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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 12, 1884
OUR NOTE BOOK.
Newport Market has vanished as magically as did Cran-
bouru- court. The now Industrial Dwellings opened
by the Prince of Wales on Tuesday cover ground which
♦ill a very recent period was a dismal slum. The Pnnco
spoke as if his heart were in liis work; and no doubt it)
wa« for he has evidently taken up the question of over¬
crowding. Much of the honour and glory of recent re¬
form in building for the poor has beon fitly ascribed to Sir
Sydney Waterlow ; but, now that the thoroughly practical
and beneficent company of which he is chairman has
“closed its building operations on capital account, it is
time that an obvious duty should be adopted and continued
by tho Stato or the Metropolitan Board.
Big towns will be found to grow for evil or for good,
according to the councils which regulate the disposal of
space. Left to ordinary “ laws of demand and supply,
which are no laws at all, but rather the mere operation of
cause and effect, land will of course riso in price with tho
increase of population; and as population increases so
does poverty. People talk as foolishly of economic
“laws” as they talk of the “laws of nature. It is,
perhaps, natural to make as much profit out of every¬
thing as we can; to “buy in the cheapest and sell in the
dearest market,” for instance, which might mean getting
hold of land by clever bargaining, rumung up cheap
tenements, and letting them at high rents. But it has
been found that if this sort of thing pays the individual, it
does not pay society._
Admirable as aro the constructive arrangements of tho
new Sandringham Buildings in Soho, persons accustomed
to spacious dwellings, with rooms for retirement and
privacy, will see matter for melancholy thought oven ui
t hese greatly improved dwellings. Those who are soon
to inhabit them will bo less huddled together than in tho
old wretched lodgings; hut the need for which Harriet
Martincau contended, the need of a little loneliness and
opportunity for silent thought, can never be satishcd in
poor families who live under conditions perhaps inevitable
but certainly sad. We must all inuko tho best of our lot,
and teach others to do tho same. But liow can a growing
family livo in three, or oven four, rooms without some
sacrifice of purity and lowering of moral tone.
Tlie Prince and Princess of Wales are doing all they
can to enliven the gloom of the latter end of the season.
The fiat has gone forth that there are to he no Drawing¬
rooms, and Lovfcos aro only held under protest; but, after
that of the other day, there was a little party of quite
-young folk and those not very much older, ihe birtn-
dsv of her Royal Highness Princess Victoria of Wales
was celebrated with a garden party given at Marl¬
borough House. Tho Duke of Edinburgh and other
members of the Royal family wore present, with many of
the nobility; and a variety of entertainments were pro¬
vided, including part of Mr. .Charles Du' al s populiar
recitations, called at St. Jaraes 8 Hall Odds and Ends.
Tho Henley Regatta was tolerably successful this year
so far as society in general was concerned. Some of the
higher lights were absent, but la haute finance was in tuu
force. Oxford and Cambridge were about equally happy,
and Eton came in for a fair share of honour. There was
capital tea on board some of the house-boats, mid the
“ Ark ” was a realm of fun, whereof Mr. Lionel Brough
was king. The pretty hostess was dressed in white canvas
and cashmere, enlivened by a few piquant cats-heads
not stuffed, but embroidered; Miss Kate Vaughan wore
two shades of blue; Miss Lotta wore stripes of black and
white, and supplied stars by her wit; and Mrs. John
Wood was soberly attired in grey.
The lute W. L. Loitch, Vice-President of the Royal
Society of Painters in Water Colours, was well known a3
an excellent story-teller, as well as a distinguished land¬
scape painter. An interesting memoir of him has just
been published by Messrs. Blackie and Son, of Glasgow,
and is founded mainly on Leitch’s autobiographical notes,
memoranda, and letters. It is written by Mr. MacGeorge,
a personal friend of the artist, and is full of mtcrest as a
record of early struggles and difficulties overcome by
industry and persevcranco. Many anecdotes are told by
Leitch himself—such, for instance, as his first visit to the
theatre, the name of tho piece being “ Mandeyille, the
False Friend; or, the Assassin of the Rock, which,
though it was seen in Dunlop-street, Glasgow, smacks
mightily of the Surrey and Coburg Theatres. Like
Stakfield and Roberts, Loitch began his artistic career as
a scene-painter. The volume contains many pleasing
specimens of his drawings.
Mr. Macmillan recently gave an extensivo garden
party, at which some of his lions were present, and roared
after a most amiable fashion. Among theso was Mr.
Thomas Hardv, who had tom himself from under the
shadow of “ the greenwood tree,” in “ Darset dear, for
a hurried peep at the London season, such as it is. btwn-
tennis was played vigorously all tho afternoon, bub gave
place to dancing as evening approached.
Among the qualities that make Countoss _Spencer an
admirable wife for the representative of the British Crown
in Ireland is her taste in dress. No matter\hbw crude are
tho colours worn by tho women who sum Hind Jip/ she
always shines by virtue of a quict eleganco that is as
.•go she appeared at
ation of steel tinted
es and Ornaments
Wo have lately given several instances of women
scaling tho heights of learning and science. Here is
another gratifying case. At London University this year
the degree of Doctor of Science, perhaps the most dis¬
tinguished the University can grant, has been for tho first
time obtained by a lady. Mrs. Sophia Bryant, daughter of
the late Rev. W. Willoek, D.D., FeUow of Trinity College,
Dublin. This result is tho more remarkable as in the
special branch selected by Mrs. Bryant—mental mid moral
science — only one man lias hitherto been passed by the
examiners. It is also worthy of notice that Mrs. Bryant s
work for the University degrees has been carried on simul¬
taneously with teaching of a high order, attended with ^
considerable success, as mathematical mistress at the
London Collegiate School for Girls. This fact is an answer,
to much of tho current questioning ns to ovorw
hero is the further satisfaction (the grp
unique as it is modest. A few day
a ball in Belfast in an exquisite coiuj
and shrimp pink satin. All the fri~o— 'zm, ,
were of cut steel, and. by v,-ay^>ddingafiu»8hing touch,
she wore one pink and one gray glove. while the diamonds
round her throat were intermingled with. pink and grey
ribbons. /\ . ^ "X _ /
Tho tea-kettle( is % emblem of domesticity, and
Robin Redbreast, who iii winter hops cheerily about door
and window-sills, perhaps grows familiar with the tra¬
ditions of our hearths and homes. In a Derbyshire village,
at tho present time, there is a robin’s nest in a disused
tea-kettlo, which .had been thrown asido into a garden
hedge, and in it a cheery pair of these birds of good omen
are diligently ministering to the wants of a noisy family
of five. Who will say that the loving couple did not build
with a keen appreciation of all that is snug and cosy t
women. There ... ------- -- , -
all) in knowing that in this lady s caso at least, i
in many other instances winch have como^wi
writer’s ken, this application to hard study
of ladies has not boon accompanied, as
Birmingham boasts of a bookseller named Downing
whose business is Chiefly of an antiquarian nature, and
who is fitly located at tho sign of the Chaucer s Head in
New-street Ho is just undertaking a labour of love m
. issuing reprints of tho best of the old pamphlets published
u t\>r relating to tbe town; and as he kn.>ws that they will
onlv bo appreciated by a faithful few is preparing but
~ ’ty copies of each. They will be elegantly got up, ancl
y annotated with short introductions for the benefit
:fern readers. Tho initial volume will be “The
j >Loyal Oration,” which appeared in 1717, and was the first
I book ever printed in Birmingham. Bibliophiles are
already on the alert, and it is probable that in a few years
e part tlie re P rints wal k® 88 scarce as the originals.
bo of the greatest possible service, not only to learners,
but to many who have advanced some stages in the game,
and that is to bear in mind that a good player will never,
in his eagerness to accomplish the stroke immediately
under his eyo, loso sight of tho probable position of the
hall after the stroke. “Position” is, in fact, “ the thing
to play for” if largo breaks are to bo made. The ex¬
planations of the various positions and strokes, which are
in themselves very lucid, aro still further illustrated by
some excellent coloured diagrams and photographs, and
the book itself may ho considered as an edition de luxe,
as no expense seems to have been spared in its production.
Mr . A. G. Payne, who edits the work, gives some interest¬
ing information respecting the construction of billiard
tables and the paraphernalia of the game, which will be
useful to persona about to choose a table.
Can it bo true that the reference library and reading-
rooms in connection with tho Grosverior Gallery have been
cloBod to ladies Y If 80 , it is rather hard on the maids and
matrons of “greenery yallcry” proclivities, especially
when they have paid their subscriptions liko men, and
fondly expected equal privileges.
Relics of Trafalgar’s fight ore neither few nor far
between at Portsmouth: but one of them, tho anchor of
tho Victory, seems to be in evil plight. It is in an obscure
spot, and the inscription is nearly illegible from dirt and
ill-usuage. Why should it not ho placed on the Common,
which has recently been glorified by the Corporation into
a spruce recreation-ground ? Thousands of soldiers and
sailors would look at it with pride, and feel their souls
stirred within them to deeds of “ dering do ” by the sight.
■V It may not bo generally known that the Eyrie Socioty
takes its name from the Man of Ross immortalised by
Pope, whose good deeds are still remembered in his native
town, though his grave is unmarked by monument or in¬
scription. Ho rejoiced in tho name of John Kyrle; and,
"bn the modest income of £500 a year, contrived to make
many public improvements, as well as to carry out private
schemes of charity.__
Great guns cost an incredible amount of money, and it
is nothing uncommon for them to “go wrong” at tho
eleventh hour. This is the case with the 48-ton guns with
■which the barbettes in II.M.S. Collingwood aro to be
aimed. In one experiment there wnsa weaknessin the saddle
carrying tho breech-piece, and iu another the obdurator, or
asbestos gus check, was in fault. The Portsmouth Dock¬
yard authorities were nonplussed; so, on the principlo that
in a multitude of counsellors there is wisdom, Admiral
Erandreth, Controller of tho Navy, and Mr. George
Rendcl, one of tho Lords of tho Admiralty, wont down to
inspect last week. The result of their observations bus
not yet transjjired. __
A delightful ball was given last Friday by the Sub-
Lieutenants of the Royal Naval College at Soutlisea and
their brother officors in tho Pavilion of the South Parade
Pier. About three hundred guests were present, including
tin; principal naval and military men of the vicinity and
their families. Women, in matters of dress, frequently
offend deeply against mnsculiuo taste, and on this
occasion tho wearers of coloured striped bodices ovet
white skirts canio in for a great many uncomplimentary
epithets. Ludy Willis, tlie wife of the General Coui-
monder-in-Chief, looked remarkably well in black lace
and gray brocade.
Hero is a batch of art items.—Under the title of
“Academy Sketches” (W. H. Allen and Cq.), Mr. Black¬
burn has issued this year, as ho did last, a supplemental
volume of sketches of pictures in tho Royal Acadeqiy and
other exhibitions, which very agreeably fulfills tho intention
or maies hub uut ,—i'",’ ». .
npt to think it is, by the noglect of househ^d\dutic
anv loss of womanly sweetness and giace.^oMcarned.
ladies one happens to know are as dohiestically lrmimcd,
and us “buxom, blithe, and debonair \ as the most
unlearned of their sex. Wo hope to be able to give Mrs.
Bryant’s portrait next week.
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Another feather in cap pf thd fair sox is tho
fact that Miss E. M. Swain, tho>ugbter of Professor
Swain, of Queen’s Apolloge, E.rmingliahi lias been
annointod resident diWb'cr at fho Wameford Hospital,
Leamington. Tim lady/held her own against eighteen
comiictitors, and is the pioneer of feminine dispensers, as
no such appointment has\W been mode before, lho
Wurneford is universally recognised ns one of the most
important hospitals in the Midland counties.
i/Tgoing to Canada this year,
ground. Our brethren in the
mir hospitality, so no doubt tho
time of it.
caused much searching of heart
iad to consider it. The story
..... _Jme to tho conclusion that tho
..orthampton was right in his earlier
learned brother was convinced of the
u ealth of tho Lord Chief Justice failed
weight, aud he was obliged to consider the
:d.
The
by way
Dominion
Bavin
N'orlliwood Park, Cowes, tho scene of many a flir-
md many a game of lawn-tcunis, has been pur-
cimseu oy Monsignor Petre for his largo school of boys.
Th-v " ill be lucky follows ; but, all the same, the Garden
Isle does not quite relish the prospect. “ Hope told a
flattering tale ’’-about a hospitable tenant who would give
hop., and Other diversions; but that is all over now and
lho rising generation of R.C.s will be masters of the
situation.
It is not only in London that sales of objeta (Tart have
been going on, for within the last week or two a couple
of smail but valuablo collections have fallen to the
auctioneer’s hammer in Derby. The first belonged to tho
late Mr. John Haslem, who probably knew more about
tho Old Derby China Works than any other man. It
comprised about a hundred pieces of china, sixty of which
were Old Derby and the rest Pinxton, Church Gresley,
Nautgarw, Coalport, and Worcester; and also a number
of enamels, all painted by the owner. Fairly high prices
wore realised, and buyers came from all parts of England
and Scotland.___
Tho second collection was Mr. W. W. Winter’s, and
consisted chiefly of Old Crown Derby, embracing
specimens by most of the best workmen. There were also
some lino bits of Old Worcester and Chelsea ; and though
the connoisseurs, who were present in full force, can
hardly be said to have secured bargains, they added largely
to their treasures. __
Tho game of billiards has taken so high a rank
amongst indoor sports, that any treatise upon the subject
from tho pen of a master will ho gladly haded by all
amateurs. There are few men so qualified to speak
with authority as Mr. W. Cook, the champion, and
ho has proved oy his book—entitled “ Billiards, which is
published by Burroughcs and Watts, of Soho-square—that
he is as capable of explaining tho science of the game as
ho is of making those wonderful “breaks for which
he is noted. Mr. Cook, like all truo teachers, com¬
mences with the alphabet of the game, and insists
upon tho importance of whnt the novice may deem
the trivial question of how to hold the cue; how to
make tho bridge with the thumb and fingers of the left
hand, the position of tho body, and tho swing of the arm.
These hints to beginners are the bases upon which he
builds tho science of the game, and thence he proceeds by
easy stages to instruction as to how to make eimy cannons,
winning and losing hazards, &c. One piece of advice will
of giving something liko a couipleto impression of the art
of tho year. “ The United States Art-Directory ”
(Cassell and Co.) is a useful guido to American artists and
art societies. It is illustrated witli numerous sketches
from pictures recently exhibited. “ Tho Magazine of Art
contains, among other matters of interest, a well-executed
engraving of what is certainly tho best picture in the
current exhibition of tho Royal Institute of Painters in
Water Colours—“Among the Missing,” by Walter Langley.
“The Art-Journal” has an agreeable variety in its table
of contents, but some of the subjects are inadequately
treuted. Alnwick Castle was worthy of better illustrations.
We have received three numbers of “Poynter’s .South
Kensington Drawing-Book ” (Blaekio and Son), contain¬
ing excellent examples for the student in drawing tho
figure. Tho June number of “Artists at Homo” con¬
tains portraits and views of the studios of G. F. Watts,
R.A., W. H. Thomeycroft, A.R.A., W. F. Yeames, R.A.,
and J. MacWhirtcr, A.It.A. Considering that this is a
purely artistic work, it is surprising that the artists
represented have not exercised a more beneficial control
over tho arrangement and production of tho pictui os.
“ A System of Elementary Drawing,” with illustrations
and examples, by W. H. Cubley (Chapman and Hall), is
intended to supply correct information to Btudents in
national and village schools, or others who are beyond
the reach of a master. The examples aro well selected,
and tho instructions are conveyed in clear and simple
language. ___
There are, apparently, no limits to the speed at
which we may travel within tho bounds of our tight
little island, though we shall never persuade tho powers that
rule any foreign lines to follow our example. Tlie South-
Eastern Railway Company is said to bo building loco¬
motives that will tako trains from London to Folkestone
in less than an hour. Considering that the distance is
seventy-ono miles, this is terrific, and only too likul) to
become “the pace that kills.”
TJTIEPAOE AXE JXEEX.
The Titlepags and Index to Engravings of Volume Eighty-four
(from Jan. 5 to June 28, 1884) of the Illustrated London Xus
can be had GiUTis through any newsagent, or direct from the
Publishing OJlce, 198, Strand. .
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British Museum, South Kensington,
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Tcksoay, July 8.
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Literary Fund, 3 pm.
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LURKING OP THE EDINBURGH THEATRE.
The lire which broke out about noon on Monday in the Theatre
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I^.wrat.'lt. Clacton-OM-e«-a. Walt»>n-«*n-tl,e-N»»-. Harwich, Doveiwu'" awt-i.*.—tv
Feilvftiiwc. b aitliwold,flun»tant*m.andCr*•itier. .
l'lll'ItlST I'tlRT.NUiiriT.V nil,I FRIDAY or 8A t’URDAY to TU(
Second, and Tlilnl CIom) TICKETS are IS.UKD by nil Train*.
Tout tat Tickets are also iMMOd from l4»*n«*»l**reet bv tha New
l-ironrii. Filev. M liltby. and the prln,dim!T*mrUt station, in ScoU.iol
A Cheap l>*y Trip to tilt is-«<l,lo. M ... ’Irnlu ironr U',-i
Clacton-on Sea, Wnttou-on thc-Nafc. and Hurwb-h. every Sunday at'-
tvn v Mon,lay at; a.m., rnlllmat Stratford, y^ro-, w.. ft... 4«. \
For full I’artlenlnrt ate Uilu dud Uw Company * rliim-bnoiia. ■ \
London. July. 18*4. _ \t n.i.ui^lliiir. General >f _
kJWISS POSTAL SERVICE. — Dating^ the Summer
VJ Searon will lie commenced the romph-te Alidnc r,„ilo*X aafdfb>w»>
Tl),- Simplon. siilOsrii, llemardlilii. Draidy. Fnrkn.<'b*’'»'ld>.Albiila.
Flnela, l.iiaiuinter, Lotpdwaraer, I.*i.,l*|U»rt. Ileruln*. Mthdt. gnradlne-Ttrul,Aiglo,
a, to SfWVllInktTdM
t URlciw ofjlrem.C<*ok..iu
Iclu.
with coupe, and
, Carrlaee* can 1*0
’ couifcf, ndilre-s
owe mol Soil, uud
Chateau d Ot-r. llulic-Sannen, ’n,iill-8aaio-u. mol Br
A roiruiar Buatal Service, with ivmfortablu/pfu
"i'li' -lire* are rcnilnt'd bythe SwlMlinvenii
obtained oil molt of tlteiai route*.
Sw ls* Pool (Mice*, mid thoTouriatt
Cay gill, of Luuduii. ___
CT. GOTHARD RAlt^^r^S^fT^BRLAND.--Tlie
U nirtrt dlovt. rapid, plcjflttwine,ahilNjclIrlitrul rimte_/ro"> KuaUi.d to linly.
l-.vCiiraioD* to tin* UIkI. bj tliv Moolitald\l!,ill*ay. fpuii Artli Slntlun, ol the
St. i JoUiard Railway. TfnvnxhfiralliKaleepiiiid.-uri fo*m Oateiid. Irnhony nirrlayia.
K*«-1lcl>«~l, vafety cmitliiuoii. bvake*. TlckH» kt all com*|»Hiding railway ataUuu*.
aud at Conic*, Gaw’a. andCaytlll aG®ce». \ \
J^YCEUM
Sole Ia-f.ee and Man
will I* i,reunited Rhak.,|,ft»reV Comply
Irrlng; Vbda. Mfe* Ellen Terry. Box
o-.,ki-d by letter or telcxnmi.—I^'ceiini
H E A HENRY 111 VIN G
najer.—On TCkhDAY, JULY 8 . and follmvlnjr Kveiimit
- .1/tWei-. fSm (
.FTIf NltJIIT. Slalvolk*. Jlr. Henry
Mr. Hunt) open dally, heat* can bo
THE I
X LIMIT!:
EVERY KV
rolled SIX AM
mid tv-
HACK, ail,Ult*
K>rle[rbdlt*
if K/A T li E, Coventry-street, NV.
. ro.prlctor * 1 * I M„miser. Mr. E*l»ar Bruce.
;** Eight, tlie IMnyiriarienl In Twenty MiinB**.
a qiurler-iwl Eight, a New Piny, in « prologue
li C**«w.*y and Coiiimi. Carr, eiilltle*! CALLED
»•*»•* very fi|,-*-e»*fi,l elory of flint name. -Mr.
, .Mr. II L lo tlii-oiin. Mr. Frank li**inev. Mr.
...... It. lie Cordova, Jlr. 8 l-Hffruv, >1 r. Asfin* u*.
Mr.jJamerau. Mr. Vainlcb-en. and Mr.O. \V. Aneou: 5Ii»»
. -Uea Owmlllie Parkee, Miea A}lw-iu,l. Now acrucry i„„l
at H4W.-lH*A.S)**rii. Carriaeea at Eleven. No fee*. Uox-OOka
tept ^yrN^eaf* may be bookcil a liiontli In a*lvance.
2ATRE.—Sole Lessee aud Manager, Mr.
_AM. Every Evening at Nine, a New Comedy, In Tlirro
yrein'll of MM. lUrrKra and Uoiidlnet. i nliti*'l KEaT'*KlJ
v. Preceili-il by. at l£ir' * 1 ,'l'VVT" la-
Kiev tnp m. llcotv open. :Jn; t^.-uumii.o «l Eij-h
Mrs."GERMAN HEED’S ENTERTAINMENT.
Mi. Alfred Heed .ml CoeMY Gialn.-NHBOUY-S FAVI.r.
w; Jlu.l.: by HamlHon Clarice. An Entirely Miieioil
-. rn.*y Drain, et.ill i t jvID'WS OF P1IK hFAhOS. Onm-ludlur vvltii
.rt, -nfltii-l A Tl.liBIWI.K FttKIMT. wrlUrn h, Arthur lanv : J1 n.L-
ii,.— >|,*RV|NU PEIICDJI.MA.M Eft every Tneerlav. Thand.y. .ml
lire*: EVKNlS’flR, Jf..ni„y. AVoln.-«l«y. and Friday. ,*t Eight.
A,lm)^iSiiri». «"«1 kb - , fall*. and ,V Booking Dffire open Ten to Six. Xft
li.tlie foi Hooking. ST.4.EOHUE S HAl.l- l^t.qlia m-plaee.
fitBE VALE OF TEARS.—DORA’S Last Great PICTURE,
L oonidetevl a few day. l-fore ho -lied. Nc'V o« VfF.W a« Hi* DOUK CALL;: BY.
X^New B.,nd-«tr.ct. w ilii liDnth- r groil pb-ta,e»- T"> to 81* Dally. I*.
TIIE DRY BED OF TIIE TIIA^IES>
The long contiuunnce of dry weather, both ill the spring and
in the summer months of this yeur, has reduced the Thames,
above tho reach of the tide, to a very low condition. At
Twickenham, the channel between the Middlesex shore and
Eelpie Island has been quite dry, so that hundreds of people
walked across to the island ; and in other parts there Was, in
the bed of the liver, a large space of gravel.where crowds of the
folk of the neighbourhood assembled day after day. A table
nud chairs were set out upon this ground for a luncheon
party, who drank their champagne in perfect sufety
Yvliere the water Hows some feet deep in ordinary seasons.
Another party measured out n cricket-ground, pitched their
wickets, mid hud a regular game, eunounded by a close
throng of spectators, who would present the bull going into
the Water. Our Mlnstriitions M these strange and curious
scenes are from photographs taken, on tho 23rd ult., by Mr. J.
Vf. tiunbie, of TYVibkjjiiliHiii. A letter in tho Times of last
"Wednesday, irom Jlr- <*• Phillips Bevnn, author of u recent
useful treatise on “The London Water Supply,” expresses
the opinion that too much water is daily abstracted from the
Thames, to the amount, raf seyonty million gallons, by tho
Loudon Water /Companies, especially at Thames Dittou and
Hampton; find that the stream is now beginning to show
signs of exhaustion. ) ) _
oerr'Y echoes.
Wednesday.
now passed, and American Railway Com-
..uently passed over one of the most testing
. l% for January and July are principal divi-
English interests have suffered no fresh
rds Philadelphia and Reading General
u*iK«ByNj3ui.i« K /^himt Yvliich much fear was expressed,
itice ol^ttie payment of the interest due on the 1st inst.
eared in the English papers of the 1st, only just
time to prevent delay, the notillention being followed
;lm provision that coupons would be retained only one day
for'-veriflcation. It is, however, worth noting that, whereas
he interest lias of lute years been paid by Messrs. Glyn mid
\). and the Company’s own agency in Ixiudon, the coupons
„re on this occasion to be cashed by Messrs. J. S. Morgan and
Co., ns representatives of Drexel, Morgan, and Co., of New
York. The term used in the notice is “ purchased” ; urnl
it may be presumed that it is a settlement right out as
between tho purchaser nnd tho vendor of the coupons;
but the use of such a term suggests the relation to such
a transaction which is always claimed by ordinary pur¬
chasers of coupons—namely, the right to full buck upon
the vendor if the purchased coupons are imi honoured.
Rat in the satisfaction felt at the way in which the 1st has
been got through little bus been made, of this point; while
both here and in America the course of prices has been ouite
reversed. Tho one question which everyone concerned asks of
l.is neighbour is, Will the change lust y The answer cannot
be given with coniidence. Some think it will; some that it
will not. Hut speculators who have been counting upon a
further lull have feared to risk too much : aud their rentir-
cliascs have given an important impulse to the recovery which
xvns naturally due to the absence of fresh serious default on
July puyments. . .
Rut before the prospect of selling to advantage was given
up a raid of unusual character was made upon both American
and Canadian securities—upon the latter, no doubt, with
the view of exciting uneasiness in Montreal nud Toronto,
and so causing the withdrawal from New York of the
aid which Canadian bunks have throughout the recent
American crisis been able to give to the holders of good
stocks and bills. But tlie only effect of importance was upon
Federal Rank of Canada shares. This Company holds a good
position in Toronto, nud it was muim^ed with vigilance uud
ability: but, as its shares have always been tlie pet of specu¬
lators, it rvi.ii most open to suiter from market Uuetuutiona
, crisis. And -f late it has suilered severely. From
.11 V- ICO 1 few mouths ago the shares wore mu down till
withe: the last few days the price lias been us low as G5. Yet
the dividend In been but reduced from 10 to 0 per cent as the
rr *t.l i of t lie recent prostration in Canada. It is not surprising
there!* • tl-al, with u keen eye to tho best thing to do, tho
tnmin r, tr. Struihey, has resigned the managership ; uud
tii ,i 11 director: im-.-' placed as the now head the Toronto
liman : of the Rank of Montreal. As Mr. Struthoy is a large
shareholder, it b fair to infer that in this prompt action lie
has served the interests of the proprietors, his own feelings
being set on one side. The result already promises to gustily
T. S.
4 NNO DOMINI,
Jl nrelW.'iki. n*i«UMVIK
of CHRIST lHiRNK I
i FRIES. 16$. Nr* I).i>
It. A.—This
by WIIWJN LONG,
FV..Vox»tli*!i will, Comm*ml»foreCISEKrs IMi-tum
O TIIL $"VR. mill otli«r Imjxirtiinl work*. *1 III* UAL-
TvbtOftU. AUialxMou, l*.
An International Exhibition of Forestry was opened on
Tuerduy at Edinburgh bv the Marquis of Lothian.
WINCHESTER.
The oldest metropolitan ns well ns the most, nncirivt mayoral
dignity ifc possessed by the City of WinAcster. The present
Mayor, Jlr. T. Stopher, lias undertaken torolebmto tho 7(X>th
anniversary of the bestowal of tbeofllceof “Mayor” by lRnrv
Fitz Empress, namely tlie I’lantngenet Henry IT. Rut the city '
was of metropolitan rank, especially in the .Saxon times, nnd
Yvas occupied by the Romans long before. Ih-ro are dug up
occasionally relics of their Imperial rule and luxury, nnd our
Artist figures in his excellent collection of -kiddies a group
of Roman vases found within a hundred yard* of the spot where
rested the remains of Alfred the Great, his Queen, find his son.
Tho mention of the great scholar nnd King reminds us that
Winchester Cathedral is the Royal resting-place of some of
the Saxon monarchy, aud the Choir still cun tains the enshrined
bones of the Saxon Kings, of whom there are hero—Kym-gils,
a.d. (ill, the first founder, and Adulphus. or Ethdwolt. father
of Alfred the Great, 85T{, Kenulpli, 714; Egbert, 837. the
founder of the undivided inoiiarchyof the Si T - 0 i;$. Edmund, t ho
son of Alfred ; 'lCdred, S)55. These relics of t lie Royal dean iro
iu coffers of Bishop Fox’s time, nnd withii, flu so are older cists
which, perhaps, date hack to Henry Do Blois, who first en¬
shrined the remains. There are six of then,' in all, and in Mm
other two rest the mingled bones of Canuh c t Emu », hi«
Queen, and two Bishops. Such a series of altrmea in n rth u
pilgrimage,V aud our Artist has reproduced the nhrino of
Kyncgils and Alfred’s father. The tombs of Rufus, of his
brother Rithurd, of Canute’s nephew, Duke Beoru, of Jinrdi-
cauute, and the glorious chantries of Wyleliom, Heaufort,
JVuynllcte, ‘Fox, and Lmigfon, who w< re architect*,
Ministers, Ldrd Chancellors, and Bishop-, ore among tlm most
important English monuments. Our Artist, however.. 1ms not
left the sacred nnd historic building, which is a vast itmly of
architectiire from the Conquest to the l'enni**winee, with¬
out (LSketcli or two for our readers; f,>x he has felicit¬
ously^ produced tlie old oaken settle, on which, round a
"pail of charcoal, sat the Norman monks whilst waiting
in'the south transept their duties in tho long office* <■>' the
Church. TliisHtillreraaiusatolerable seat. Not Queen Mary’s
C-fidir (sec Illustration), iu which the Tudor Queen < -po ised
Pliilip of Spain. This betrays the propensity of Krg.'isnmen
to carry away a relic, and it is now preserve l by an n- >u mil-
iug. In the Jibrury are Rufus’s, Fox’s, nnd Oanlincr's rings,
and tlicsc emblems of dignity arc curiou. exuinplcs of art.
Tho great Bible, the work of the monk-, proserv-.d umli-r i
glass cose, is a treasure for which its wei.-;b in old L.« - b en
offered, so splendid are its illuminations. Rut vro m ' -t walk
lip tho hill once crowned by the Conqueror’; Cast le. Of t!* <
Cromwell and Charles II. have left but the fin -j old hauqiu
liall, which is mainly a construction of I'-nry .1)., mid U.
with the exception of Westminster, the m f. hmtor’ hall in
the kingdom. Here Parliaments have sat. Kings Jh sided ns
Judges, and illustrious persons—i?ir R for f alt■: $h,. lor
instance—were condemned to death; bur its tradition ■ i buck
to the Arthurian legend; and on thdLrosteruwi': Id'dj'h tha
Round Table, with the names of the tweu’ -four Knix ’ ' i
Yvc see it now, so did that nyi^b’-hiurried King, M'ut>
and the Emperor Charles; and Drayton tliim lioeticully tivj ’
of the tuble:—
And so irrMt Artlinr’s sett old Winchw'i ■ pn-f.-r*.
JVhoMc old Hound Tuble yetubc vaunltlh t**' .- liv*.
This fine hall nnd that historic piece of carp invv, the tnhb ,
for sucli it was, ns the mortices for tin legs jret renniiu,
our Artist has well delineated in tlje sj nci- at his drap a.
ami there is no doubt that the table, in eoiue rleeorativ/ f irm
or another, lias been in the old hall (>00 years. 1 be re»td. ’um
of the hall audits historic decoration r.dbvt honour on ■ r.
Melville Portal, the Chairman,ftf the Seenions, and Jfr. () *.
Webb, the County Clerk. A hue obji ;t oih-c used 1>, lac
ivardcr of the Castle, his bronze horn (ee* Illi;-t.rauon), is vre-
servedattlie Guildhall,and sound lungs and client must he lm J
had who blew a blast on the great metal .iwt rumen t. If* ii' s i
at least 500 years. In the valley is Mi line semi.JS'ti -n
church of St. Cross, erectedbytheConqnter>r’» grandson, If - nry
l)e Blois, with its charity and its daily dole of i» - and !■>•' id
for wayfarers. Our Artist has given us n sketch r>f the n»t »nd
the locality; and also of the Black Jacks, I'.rit-eelW*, and
candlesticks once used by that <grand "Id Lanea-fri*. i
Cardinal Henry Beaufort, who added to l'o lofs’v.'oun' utlon,
the whole forming ail unique and splendeimomniiont of the
Norman and Lancastrian ideas of Cliorit ,,N The New Guild¬
hall contains nil thut is left of the - neient Corporate
glories of Winchester. There arc Cartui •>», from Henry I.’s
time down to George I., grouting nil kinds of Hberihi', rave
exemption from local rates and from tho- iin ti-r , with,- Ilost
of other documents. An able local and Jiv.lv-c<>-rations anti¬
quary, Jlr. F. J. Daigent, is about t*- pupa*-, Rhik of
Winchester which will, we hope, lie very comp',*. 1 ii IV-- City
Seal given for services by Edward f in limvVXuntplo
of seal engraving, as our Artist’s i-vetl’lr ,«how's and
tlie old Standard Weights and Mem., l *1: ’ched el-o,
recull the brave nnd politic Henry Pit Kidirmud q*pl tlmt
strung-minded Tudor Queen Bess, who gave fhe p.andm-d*.
Elizubeth called tlie Council tiiip "Twenty-: air Men,' ,>nd their
successors have this week celebrated '.tie sev< ■ liuu.’.-cd h
anniversary of Henry the Second's Chafcer i-y a religion- <»-
cession to the Cathedral, nud a luncheon in the <'a-.’i r null, at
which the Lord Jfaj-or of London and Bb -r.t l « wi re present.
The historic torch-light procession was a very interest i ig night.
It ineludod groups representative of tlu\ f -3wing gi > l«»<*nl
events: the granting of Henry II.'s Char ■ ; the gnu tin^* by
Richard II.of the Charter to Wykehani for foundin ' the v ollege
which is the mother of all public schools: the ceh-bruhou of
the festival of 8t. Swithin by llenry \ L \ the incideu*. of
Charles I. being brought a prisoner through Winchester, i.nrl
of Cromwellian soldi.-rs hunting the Roy alii ’ •; ; mu) Sir/;.
Wren giving the plane of Winchester Palace to ving Ch n r! ■■-
These groups were surrounded by monks undo tiers i: Irt -s i
in correct costume and making n splendid ta. ]•. A pn t
collection of cartularies and other hbtorical d icuni'Mit*, ft m
tlio Saxon to the Stuart times, was exhibit,< at. Si. Jolm'n
House. It is, however, a curious fiw-t, thl.f tlie orignal
Charter of Henry II. to Wim-ljcster is tin* on v Chart ,-r . u-
nected with its civic history which Bmuiot be, luund; but : i*
hoped that amongst “tin* treasures of miH./niiy laid ip in ok!
historic rolls,” Mr. F. J. Balgent, or eouu "tin p i t, ., g
antiquary engaged on historic quests, may y*t < > ov'-t i: u. 1
thus conclusively show that the preceded 1 »'/' • "•"•eo.r' I b’
Ixnidon to Winchester ns the senior Corporation m t nl .
traditionally but absolutely true. Themednlli-t’s nri h;-a r.*« n
used bv tho Mayor to aid in tho commemOiution. and Jbssr
jiieob uud Ross, of Winchester, have produced, from a sum-rb
die by the Jlessrs. Pinches, of London, bronze and rilver
medals, which are fine examples of art; tin obver* Inv tho
impresirion of Edward T.’sseal, w delinentci uour j '.i:r »\ up*:
and on tho reY’erse uro the arms of Winehci. ei.xv it li " 1 h* umw
Btoplicr, JIavor,” beneath the shield. Tho ^’'di** tr * ,! °m-
memomte the 700th anniversary of tho Maym-alt>>nf t'u- City
of Winchester, 18JH.” This memorial of tin- u... , hiug
Edward mid his faithful old city will be highly d v those
tu whom the Mayor will present it.
JULY 5, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
7
* THE COURT.
The Ducliess of Albany, with Princess Alice, arrived at
Windsor rustle on Thursday week from Claremont. The
Queen held a Council. The ltight lion. W. E. Gladstone and
t he Lord l’r< sklent of the Council had audiences of the Queen.
After the Council the Peruvian Minister (Le Contre Amiral
Aurelio Garcia y Garcia) presented his credentials on appoint-
men;. Sir Charles Lennox Wyke, K.C.B., was also introduced
to mi audience of the Queen on his retirement. The Queen
drove out Yesterday week, accompanied by|Princess Beatrice and
the Prim s of Lciningen. The Duchess of Albany also drove.
Saturday being the forty-sixth anniversary of the Queen’s
coronation was celebrated at Windsor and in London with the
customary ceremonial and with Royal salutes. At Aldersliott
... n view was held; and in Dublin tlie review postponed from
the Queen’s birthday was held in the Phoenix Park. Princess-
Louise and the Marquis of Lome left town in the morning on
n visit to • ho Queen. The Queen drove out in the afternoon,
accompanied by Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lome, and
the Princess of Leiningen. Princess Beatrice and the
Dochesa of Albany also drove. Divine service was per¬
formed ca Sunday morning, in the presenco of the Queen
and fiar.il family and several members of her Majesty’s
U iusehoVi, in the Royal Mausoleum, at Frogmore. The
Very Rev Randall T. Davidson, Dean of Windsor, after¬
wards officiated and preached in the private chapel at the castle
at twelvo o’clock. lie had the honour of dining with the Queen
and Royal family in the evening. Her Majesty drove out on
Monday morning, accompanied by Princess Beatrice and the
Princess of Leiningen. Princess Louise (.Marchioness of Lome)
and the Marquis of Lome left the castle in the afternoon for
London. Tin 1 Prince and Princess of Leiningen also took leave
of liei Majestv. The Queen drove to Dittou Park, and visited
the Dowager*Duchess of Bucdeuch. Princess Beatrice and
the Lathees of Albany also drove. Princess Christian of
Schleswig-Holstein dined with her Majesty iu the evening,
iir.d her L ,yal Highness lunched with the Queen on Tuesday.
Her MajostVdrove out on Tuesday morning, accompanied by
Frino* . s Beatrice and the Duchess of Albany. The Russian
Ambassador, hi. De Steal, was introduced to an audience of
her Majesty, and presented his credentials ou appointment.
Tim Judge Advocate-General also lind an audience of the
Queen. ,
Iho Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by
Princesses Louise and Maud, were present at a lecture given
by Professor I 'ewar at the Royal Institution, in Albeuinrle-
• re<:. on I’hi : sdny week. Next day the Prince was present
at n meeting of the members of the standing committee of the
trustees ot the British Museum. The Prince and Princess pro¬
ceeded to the camp nt Shorncliffe, where his Royal Highness
inspected the 10th (the Prince of Wales’s Own Royal) Hussars,
and distributed medals to the officers and men who lmd been
in the i cent campaign in the Soudan. Ou Saturday after¬
noon the l’riucc ana Princess left London for Mentmore, the
sent of t]#- Earl of Rosebery, near Leighton Buzzard.
Their Royal Highnesses attended Divine service nt the
P Irish church mu Sunday morning. The Prince and
iluces* vere pn*w»t on Monday at the laying of the
foundation-"tone of Alexandra House, intended for the
accommodation of lady students attending South Kensington
Museum, iiio Royal College of Music, and other institutions in
K locality. Their Royal Hignesses, in reply to an address,
pro -sea their profound interest in the scheme, ns also their
grateful acknowledgments to Air. Francis Cook, of Richmond,
who had made a gift of £40,000 for the building. In the
evening the Prince presided at the annual dinner of the officers
of the 10th (Prince of Wales’s Own Royal) Hussars, at Willis’s
Rooms. .The triennial festival of the Railway Guards’Uni¬
versal Friendly Society is announced to take place to-day
(Saturday). '1 lie Prince will preside, supported by many of
the leading railway officials of the kingdom. A letter has
been received by the Mayor of Newcastle from the Prince
intimating the intention of his Royal Highness and tho
Princess to visit Newcastle about the middle of August.
Princess Louise, who was accompanied by the Marquis of
TT-snc, presided on Tuesday at the opening of the old cemetery
of st. George’s, Bloomsbury, situated in St. Pancrns, which, by
t hi- effort* of the Kyrle Society, has been laid out and preserved
, • a public garden. On Wednesday, the Princess opened tho
•M i ry Stanford wing of St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington.
i hr ue aou! day Princess Christian laid the foundation-
ston *•‘of new buildings in Granville Park for the All Saints’
Hoys’ (hrphannge. Lowislmm.
The nuynl yaq|it Osborne arrived nt Portsmouth last. SntirfV
day morning, having on board Prince and Princess Louis
of Jii’.tti n berg* who have been attending the nuntinls of the.
Grand Duke Sergius of Russia and the Princess Elizabeth of
St. Petersburg.
THE EUROFEAN CONFERENCE.
The first meeting of the Conference of plenipotentiaries of
the Foreign Powers, for tho settlement of questions relating to
the financial position of Egypt, took place at three o’clock on
Saturday afternoon, in the Conference Chamber at the
Foreign Office. The following are the names of the pleni¬
potentiaries;—For Great Britain, Earl Granville, K.G., and
the Right Hon. H. 0. E. Childers, M.P.; Germany, Count
Minister ; Austria - Hungary, Count Karolyi; : France, M.
Wuddington; Italy, Count Nigra; Russia, M. De Stnal; and
Turkey, Musuras Pasha. The Financial Assistants are:—
Great Brituin, Sir K. Baring, K.O.S.I; Germany, M.
Derenthal; Austria-Hungary, M. De Vetsera; France,
M. De Bligui&rea. Tigra’ne l’asha and Blum Pasha
attend the Conference ns Financial Delegates from Egypt.
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Earl Granville, re¬
ceived each of the Ambassadors and their assistants as they
arrived, iu his private room at the top of the grand staircase.
1 ntroductions first took place bet ween the financial experts and
the different officials, the Ambassadors, with the exception of
M. De Stool, being well acquainted with each other. Agree¬
ably to precedent, the -Minister in whose country tho meeting
was held, Earl Granville, assumed the presidency with tho
consent of the representatives of the Powers. The next
business of the meeting was the election of protocolists, who
act in the capacity of secretaries. Mr. Philip Currie, C.B., who
accompanied the Earl of Beaconsfield and the Marquis of
Salisbury to Berlin, and was present during the Berlin
Congress, was unanimously appointed by the Powers the
First l’rotocolist; Count d’Aubigny, the Counsellor of the
French Embassy, was appointed, without dissent, Joint
Protocolist. The Hon. F. Villiers was appointed Assistant
Secretary to tho Congress. On arrival at tho Conference
Chamber each member took a seat at a largo roundtable ; Mr.
Childers, as second plenipotentiary for England, tho only
Power allowed this privilege, being seated next to Earl Gran¬
ville. Earl Granville, after the members were seated, it is
understood, opened the proceedings by making a short state¬
ment as to the proposals that were to form the subjects of the
meeting; and the financial proposals of Great Britain for the
assistance of the Egyptian exchequer were then placed before
the Congress. As these proposals had not previously beciutnfex
subject of agreement between the representatives of tho Great
Powers, the Conference was adjourned in less than li
hour after meeting, until the financial experts coulcLhave. a
opportunity of examining the different points of t
No date for the next meeting was fixed, but it was believed
that the Ambassadors would be in a position to further con¬
sider the arrangements towards the latter end of the week^_ y
FOREIGN NEWS.// ' x \\
The French Chamber was occupied on Monday in dismissing
the Revision Bill, and rejected all the amendments that; were
proposed. Ou the same day tho Council of Health nv Paris
heard the evidence of Dr. Brouardel and Dr. ProuStfwho have
been making investigations respecting the cholera at Toulon,
on behalf of the Government. They incline tq th&belief that
the disease is Asiatic cholera of a mild kind.
Hie two Spanish officers who deserted their colours in
April were shot at Geronalast Saturday morning.
The new Portuguese Loan has been covered in Portugal.
On Saturday morning,\in the ancient basilica of St.
Clement, Rome, the Reyrr’atliw CnUAglran, Prior of the Irish
Dominicans of that chtrfchi^vasX'onsecrnted Bishop of Lam-
beso, in fiai tibm, by Cardinal Simcdni, Prefect of the Propa¬
ganda Fide. The ccreiiiony was attended by the majority of
the British Catholics now hi Rome.
Prince and Prihcesft von Bismarck left Berlin for Ynrzin on
Monday morning.—Wjth the aid of a double sitting, the
German Parliament finished its work last Saturday.
We learii by special telegram that the legend of the Pied
Piper was celc lirafediitH[mnelin, in Hanover, on Sunday and
ou the previous dayany thousand persons from tho
neighbouring towns and villages filled the streets, which were
gaily decorated fcjr the occ4i>ion. On Saturday the festival
began with a procession illustrating the delivery of the town
from therms. < (uSuudny the carrying off of the children was
represented \
x'l'he crisis in Norway is over for the present. The King
lms nppoihted M. Johan Sverdrup Prime Minister. The
linw^L’tibinet includes MM. Richter, formerly Consul-
ih London, Jacob Sverdrup, Arctnnder Hangland,
Dane,Sorensen, Stung, and Blix. All belong to the Left.—
^fflie Storthing on Monday adopted, by 84 votes to 2.7, a bill
'providing for tho participation of the Councillors of State in
CTie'delibcrationsot the Storthing.—In Christiania, on Sunday
1 naan mbnssy, Carlton House-terrace, omThursany^
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by special license, last Saturday
.v.-h, : ton E. llarbore acted as
bridesmaids were Miss Lilias Gu
Hon. Rosalia a Binglmm, Hon. Mildred Sturt, Hon.
lhirdlnge, 71. 3 Buckley, and Miss Grant Tliorold.
'Hie man age of the Marquis Cassar-Desain, Knight of
the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, with Miss Eleanor
Rutherford, daughter /3t Mrs. Buckley Rutherford, of 3,
Upper Brook -street, was solemnised Vn Thursday week, in
tin- Roman C itholic 1’ro-Cathedral, Kensington; and was
not repeated, though tlib lady is h piembcr of the Church of
England, 'l lic bridesniaids were two little children—one a
daughter oi Mr, Mnclver, M.P.,and the other Miss Congreve—
idies—the Baroness Mary Zinguiliz, Miss
ter of fclie bride), Miss Russell, and Miss
Madge
PRINCESS VICTORIA OF WALES.
Tli • illustrious and rutriiible young lady, whose Portrait, given
•viMi tliis Number of the Illustrated Loudon Net is, will he surely
w*jehineri in a hundred thousand English households with
ndanri tig pleasure, is the second daughter and fiftli child of
the lYhiee and Princess of Wales. Her Royal Highness,
p, i■ Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary, was born ou July 0,
1' -. To-morrow, Sunday, is her birthday; she is sixteen
y< n 4 of i Who will not Join heartily iu wishing her
*• tfntiy ) 1 .ppy Returns of tho Day?”
qucntly went to tho Parliament building.
Last Saturday afternoon tho Emperor of Russia’s yacht
Czarevna, flying the Imperial standard, and accompanied by
two other Imperial yachts from l’eterhof, sailed past Cronstadt
out to sea. The Imperial party, composed of the Emperor
and Empress and the Duchess of Edinburgh, intended visiting
the islands on the coast of Finland.—It is announced from
Moscow that an unbroken swnrm of locusts have passed over
that city, occupying three days in their passage of travelling
eastwards.
According to the Manchester Guardian, an official despatch
lias been recently received from General Gordon, the contents
of which nre of an eminently satisfactory character ns regards
General Gordon’s safety and health'.
It is announced from Melbourne that, in response to the
Earl of Derby’s despatch of May 9 Inst, five of the Australian
colonies have offered to guarantee £15,000 towards the expense
of extending British rule ill the Western Pacific.—The Agent -
General for Victoria has received a telegraphic despntch from
the Hon. .Tames Service, Premier of the colony, stating that, the
gun-boats Victoria and Albert and tho torpedo-ship Childers
have arrived safely at Melbourne.
The Now Zealand Parliament has been dissolved, and the
new elections have been fixed to take place on July 22.
THE PLAYHOUSES.
The metropolitan Playhouses, with a few exceptions, do not
find a very profitable account, either in the exceptionally fine
weather, or in the immensely, though not surprisingly,
popular Summer Evening Concerts in the brilliantly-illu¬
minated gardens of the Health Exhibition. Londoners have
long wanted a Volksgarten after the Viennese pattern; and
they have got one at last, and are enjoying it by day and by
night iu the most wholesome manner. The theatrical at¬
tractions of the town are, however, enjoying a fair amount of
patronage. Mr. Henry Irving still valiantly adheres to
his programme at the Lyceum ; but on Tuesday, the 8th inst.,
Shakspeare’s rarely-performed comedy of “Twelfth Night,”
rehearsed by this most artistic of managers with infinite
care, and adorned with tho most refined and beau¬
tiful illustrations of scenic .artV^Qostume, and decor¬
ation, will be produced ou a /Scrtlenf Lyceum magnifi¬
cence: Mr. Irving adding tlio; role of that areh-Mushcr,
Malvolio, to his repertoire, and Miss Ellen Terry promising to
bewitch us anew as the vivdcjdHa-Yibla. The remainder of the
cast is as follows:—Mr v ,E( Terrjv Sebastian! Mr. Terriss,
Orsino; Mr. David Fished, Sir Toby Belch ; Mr. B. Wyatt, Sir
Andrew Aguecheek; Clown.Mr.Stmiislaus Callmem; Fabian,
Mr. Andrews; Antonio. Mr. How®; Valentine, Mr Haviluud;
Curio, Mr. Hellish; Priest, Mr.Rarbury; Olivia, Miss Rose
Leclercq; Marin, Miss L. Payne. The filial performance of
“Much Ado About Nothing is announced for the Lyceum
matinee of this present Saturday, the Fifth of July.
Of dramatic matineeStbefeis no end—no; not even in sultry
July. The indefatigable mutineer (one may be pardoned
for coining the word) is one of the most gallant of men
Henceitwas not astonishing that matineers should have loyally,
nnd in large numbers, obeyed the silver-toned call of pretty
Miss Violet Cani&retf ; And should, on theTwenty-fifth of June,
have thronged the Comedy Theatre to welcome the re¬
appearance of this alluring songstress for one hot afternoon in
twoitfstaof “ Fftlka.” Nor was it matter for astonishment
thiit thelatest matinoe of so fascinating a comedienne as Miss
1 Kate Vaughan should liavo drawn a brilliant attendance at
the Gaiety on the Twenty-seventh ultimo. This graceful
and versatile actress, who is so laudably ambitious to
make for herself a position in Old English Comedy
nkin'to-tfiat taken by the lamented Miss Litton, exhibited her
its on this occasion iu the bright part of Miranda, in Mrs.
i’s play of “The Busybody.” Miss Kate Vaughan,
rho was most ably seconded at tho Gaiety by Mr. Lionel
Brough as an inimitably humorous Marplot, and by Sir.
Kyrle Bellcw as Sir George Airy, is grace personified in the
/light and airy character of Lalla Rookh, iu the vivacious bur¬
lesque of tlmt name, to be withdrawn from the Novelty
Theatre to-night.
Survivors of the past week’s mutinies were not allowed to
rest on their laurels this week. They were ou Tuesday' invited
by Miss Annie Rose to lunch off “Broken Hearts” nnd
“ Dorothy’s Birthday ” cake at the Savoy; and asked by Mr.
Lubimofl to see his “Young Wife ” at the Vaudeville. Their
voracious appetites unappeased on Wednesday by MM. Robert
Louis Stevenson’s and William Ernest Henley's new melo¬
drama of “Deacon Brodie; or, the Double Life,” at the
Prince’s Theatre ; or by Miss Ada Ward’s Pauline at the same
fine house on Thursday, they may bo presumed to come with
uuduninished zest to the menu set forth for them ou this pre¬
sent Saturday afternoon, when, in addition to the aforesaid
concluding performance of “Much Ado About Nothing” nt
the Lyceum, Mr. Toole and clever Miss Marie Linden nre i.q
good-humouredly travestie Sardou’s grim play iu “Stag 1 '*
Dora ” at Toole’s Theatre.
1 am reminded by the last item that Mr. Toole will, ou the
afternoon nnd evening of Thursday next, be supported by the
most distinguished of his brother and sister artistes on 1 he
occasion of his annual benefit at tho popular Temple oi
Comedy named after our evergreen comedian.
Albeit Mr. Wilson Barrett, in spito of scorching weather
nnd a nightly earthquake, continues to live on through the
centuries in “ Claudian,” the acute Manager of the Princess’s
evidently keeps n weather-eye open for dramatic novelties ol
merit wherewith to equip his provincial travelling companies.
As has been stated “ in another place,” Mr. Wilson Barrett
iias just secured the right of the sole performance in England
and America of a new Spanish play, “La Pasionaria, the
English version of which is to be produced at Hull on the
Twenty-eighth of July. G. A. 8.
THE BASSET HOUNDS.
The twenty-third exhibition of sporting and other dogs under
tlie direction of the Kennel Club was opened nt the Crystal
Palace on Tuesday, with 128G entries, two thirds of which
belonged to various descriptions of terriers ; but there were a
large number of sheep-dogs, and nearly a hundred St. Ber¬
nards. The mastiffs, Newfoundlands, nnd Danish boar-hounds
were remarkably good. The arrangements for tenting, bench¬
ing, and feeding wero made by Spratt’s Patent Dog-Biscuit
Company, of Southwark. Among tho animals whose novelty
attracted most attention were the Basset hounds, which are
shown in our Illustration, not as they wero placed at the
Exhibition, but in a home drawing-room scene. This
breed of dog was first imported by Mr. Millais, and shortly
afterwards by Lord Onslow; but until Mr. G. R. Krehl took
up the breed it was but little known in England. It is now
rapidly coming into public favour; and this is mainly due to
the perseverance and enterprise of Mr. Krehl, who secured
the best specimens of the breed in France, and from these
have been bred the most celebrated of our prize-winners,
which are undoubtedly quite equal, if not superior, to any
now to be obtained on the Continent. Although, for some
years, theso hounds were only to be found in a few kennels,
fresh admirers are continually taking to keep this breed, which
threatens to rival iu popularity that quaint little dog the
dachshund. For hunting, the Basset, hounds have few it an;
equals, their powers of scent being highly esteemed by tho? -*
who have been fortunate enough to have seen them at wor ..
Tho most prized strain is that of Count Couteulx, and the best
dogs now in England are “ pure Couteulx.”
public luncheon wns Held nt tlie Castle Ilall, Winchester,
I Inn-tiny, to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the
jju’nlly ot the city.
Another meet of the Coaching Club took place in llyde
Park Inst' Saturday, when twenty-two teams were present.
Lord Carlingford, Lord President of the Council, presided
last Saturday at the annual dinner of tho Cobden Club, at tho
Ship Hotel, Greenwich. There was a large gathering.
The annual meeting of the Victoria (Philosophical) Institute
took place nt the house of tho Society of Arts on Monday
evening, tho Earl of Shaftesbury iu the chair. Captain F.
Tetri®,“the "honorary secretary, read the report, by which it
appeared that the total number of home and fQjejgn mombers
is now 1100. 1 Many ffepers have been read during the session.
The report was moved by Sir J. Lefrov. Sir H, Bnrkly and
Mr Flavell, of New Zealand, also spoke.
The Engraving of Cork Cathedral, from a drawing by ti
late Mr. Samuel Read, which was presented as an Ex .
Supplement with the last Number of our Journal, was that *>1
the existing church, rebuilt between 1865 nud 1870, th*
towers and spires being completed six years later, from tin-
designs of the architect, the late Mr. William Burges, A.R.A.,
and under his superintendence. This noble building, whiiS.
maybe considered not inferior to Christ Church Cathedral.
Dublin, is reputed the masterpiece of Mr. Burges, whose early
death has been much lamented. Its erection was mainly due
to the. efforts .of ..the late Bishop Gregg, whose son, the Right
Rev. Robert Samuel Gregg, D.D., is now Bishop of Cork,
Cloyne, and Ross. Tlie west front was completed recently at
the expense of Mr. William Crawford. About £100,000
altogether has been expended on this building, raised almost
entirely b7 voluntary subscription among Irish Churchmen.
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U. Dc Staal tRussia).
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PORTRAIT - SKETCH OF
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 5, 1884
THE SILENT MEMBER.
The Conservative Feers, who form a considerable majority in
the House of Lords, have corue (o n grave, though not un¬
expected, decision. At the large and important gathering of
noble Lords at the Marquis of Salisbury’s town residence on
Tuesday, the advice boldly tendered by his Lordship, and
sanctioned by the Duke of Richmond and Karl Cairns, was
unanimously accepted. This Council of War resolved to
deliver battle against the County Franchise Bill for the reasons
fruitlessly formulated by Lord John Manners in the Lower
House. In the probable event of the measure being thrown
out by the Lords next week, it is thought the Government
will call Parliament together for a brief autumn Session, to
give the Lords an opportuuity of recousideriug their action
with respect to the bill.
The Premier clearly foresaw this crisis when he uttered his
earnest warning in the House of Commons on June 2(5. In
moving the third reading of the Comity Franchise Bill. Mr.
Gladstone seemed to sniff the buttle from afar. Alluding to
the declared antagonism of certain Lords to the measure, the
Prime Minister intimated that the Government would, in
face of threatened “difficulties elsewhere,” act in accordance
with the precept in Shakspeare—
Roware
Of entranop to a quarrel; but, being in, •
Bear ’t, that th’ opposed may beware of thee 1
The heartiness with which this sentiment was indorsed by
the Liberal Party was boisterously indicated by the ringing
Ministerial cheers which greeted the declaration of the
Premier; while the resounding counter-cheers of the Oppo¬
sition testified to the readiness of the Conservative Commons
to gallantly accept the challenge, often ns they had been
defeated. Indeed, remembering the steadfastness with which
the Opposition in the Commons have at every stage struggled
against the Franchise Bill, it was by some considered that
Mr. Gladstone was indiscreet to seek to snatch n useless
laurel when he called upon the Speaker to have it recorded
that the measure was read the third time and passed netnine eon-
tradicenU. Though formally unchallenged at the time, the
record signifying a unanimity of opinion, which manifestly
did not exist, met with strong objection on the morrow,
Mr. Pell alleging that he nnd Mr. C. S. Read said “ No ”
when the question was put. The Speaker, whose watch¬
fulness none can doubt, maintained, however, that he
heard no dissentient voice. The Premier reminded Sir Stafford
North cote of the historical fact that the Bill of Rights was
read a third time and passed nemine coutradicetU*. On a
division, the motion that the phrase be erased was negatived
by a majority of 43—125 against 82 votes.
Read the first time formally in the House of Lords on June
27, the Franchise Bill comes on for second reading next Mon¬
day, when Earl Cairns, cheered by the Opposition as he sub¬
mitted his hostile amendment on Tuesday last, is to move
That this House, while prepared to concur in any well-considered nnd
complete scheme for the extension of the franchise, does not think it riifht
to assent to the second reading of a Bill having for its object** fundamental
change in the constitution of the electoral body of the United Kingdom, but
which is not accompanied by provisions for so apportioning the r ght to re¬
turn members os to ensure a true and fair representation of the people, or
••v „ny adequate security in the proposals of the Government that the pre¬
sent .(ill shall not come into operation except as part of an entire scheme.
Compared with this significant Party cartel, the other matters
on which their Lordships have deliberated sink into insig¬
nificance. As to what the ultimate issue of the contest will
be, the Prime Minister, for one, has explicitly said ho entcr-
t.iius “no doubt.”
The Plenipotentiaries of the Egyptian Conference having
on Saturday last held their opening meeting at the Foreign
Office, under the presidency of Earl Granville, it would
have been obviously inexpedient for Parliament to have
commenced the present week with an embittered Party
discussion of the Anglo-French agreement. At least,
such was the opinion of the majority of the Commons on
Monday. It was, perhaps, an unprecedented occurrence,
which the Earl of Northbrook and ft large number of dis¬
tinguished visitors witnessed from the gallery over the clock.
Mr. Bruce was present in his seat behind the front Opposition
bench, evidently prepared with a manuscript speech in sup-
E ort of his resolution against the preliminary arrangement
etween England and France. Sir. Gladstone duly moved
that the orders of the day should bo postponed to afford
the hon. member the opportunity to make his attack; and the
NATIONAL SPORTS.
Unfortunately, the same old story of hard ground has to be told
once more tins week, though, as the “ going ” is always pretty
good on the beautiful course on which the Newmarket July
Mooting is held, the racing was not os much affected as might
have been anticipated. The July Stakes on Tuesday excited a
good deal of interest, each one of the six competitors being
supported for more or loss money, though it was generally
regarded as ft match between Melton and Luminary, the
newly-named colt by Beaoclerc from Stella, ns Present Times
is scarcely of the same class ns this pair, and Donatello is
generally regarded as being very uncertain. Neither of the
cracks bad previously been beaten, nnd tho fact of Archer
riding Melton made him almost an even money favourite, but,
after a grand finish, Luminary just defeated him by a head,
the two running right away from the rest of the field. Rosie
(7 st. 13 lb.) took uuother Visitors’ Plate, and Mountain Dew
rather unexpectedly beat Ilurry and seven others fora Maiden
Plate; he is a son of the defunct Blair Athol, whose stock
have been conferring considerable posthumous honours upon
him this season. Prism (7 st. 9 lb.) brought off a good thing
very easily in the Bunbury Handicap Plate, which Drought us
to the end of n rather poor card. There was some fair sport
on the same day at Carlisle, where Lawminster (8st. 101b.)
essayed to add the Cumberland to the Northumberland Plate.
In this he,was not quite successful, ns Mr. Jnrdine’sNewton
(0 st. 8 lb.) was a little too good for him at the weights, and the
same gentleman, who is about the best patron of racing in the
north of England, also secured two other minor races.
The great event of the week has undoubtedly been the sale
of Lord Falmouth’s stud—a sale that was very properly
characterised by Mr. Tattersall ns being the most important
that had ever taken place in the history of the turf. Buyers
flocked to Newmarket from nil parts of the world; and, under
these circumstances, it snvs a good deal for English pluck,
and for the healthy state of the turf, that only two lots fell to
foreign bidders. The space at our command will not allow us
to do more than mention a very few of the cracks, for at least
half of those disposed of made very high prices, and four
figures were reached again and again. The yearlings were
offered first, and Mr. Abington gave 1400 gs. for Skyscraper;
by Skylark—Palmflower. This was soon eclipsed by
2100 gs. from the Duke of Portland for Rattle-
wings, an own sister to Gallinrd, nnd Lord Zetland
capped even this with 3000 gs. for the grandly-bred Godolplim,
by Gnlopin—Jnnnette; whilst Mr. Abington paid tlie same
price for Ccreulis, by Gnlopin from Wheatenr, the dam of
Skylark, Harvester, * and other cracks. Another notable
youngster was Oberon, by Gnlopin—Wheel of Fortune, who
reached 2500 gs.; nnd, altogether, the sixteen lots made
18,350 gs., ordhe extraordinary average of 1147 gs. Prices did
not fall off in the smallest degree when Hie brood mnies and
foals were brought into the ring. “Mr. Mai l i)’l gave
4200 gs. for Jannette, nnd also secured her coit foal by
Isonomy for 1300gs., which is, we believe, the"highest price
ever paid for n foal. M. Lupin outbid all opposition for
Mavis, the dam of Gallinrd, nnd she was knocker-down t° Mm
at 3000 gs.; whilst Cantjnicre, with a Gnlopin filly foul,
tempted Captain Mnchull/to go to 4100 ps. bpinaway and
her brown filly by Isohoiny reached /firJK) gs.; Dutch Oven
brought 8200 gs.; and the Duke off’Art land paid 5000 gs. for
Wheel of Fortune, and 1100 gs. more for her filly foal by
Springfield. Perhaps the sires sold worse than any other part
of the stud. To our mind :’,GO0gs. was quite enough for tlie
untried Halliard, but Childeric waA very cheap to Archer at
1900gs., whilst Queen’s Messenger, who 1ms one really good
representative in Reprieve, was simply presented to Mat
Dawson at 200 gs. The grand total of the entire snle—in¬
cluding the horeesin training, which were disposed of in the First
Spring Meeting—was lll,880gs., and this formed a fitting
finish to the career of the best supporter the turf has ever had.
We suppose the Inter-University match must take pre¬
cedence in our Cricket notes this week. There was the usual
fashionable crusli at JLbrd’s, though the match itself excited
far less interest than usriul; ns, unless the Oxonians met with
nn almost unprecedented series of disasters, it did not appear
feasible that they could be beaten. In the usual trial matches
that have been played by the two Elevens, the “ dark blues”
have shown a imfcrked superiority at all points of the game,
and especially in bowling, which was the weakest feature of
the Cambridge Eleven. C. W. Rock batted remarkably .veil
MUSIC.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
Last week Madame Adelina Patti appeared - for the first
time this season—in a character that lias Tong rani d
among her finest performances. As the love-di l -night
heroine in Meyerbeer’s “Dinorah” the great prim., donna
again displayed those rnro gifts and acquirements which i.
now in their fullest perfection. The simple coquetry of the
Bretou peasant girl, her flirtation with the silly be .r Corcntfuo,
nnd her fascinated admiration for the ungainly treasur< - Iter.
Hoel, were nil, ns bofore, charmingly realised; whil • the
music of the part—the graceful Blumber-s-mg, Din irah’s
shares in the characteristic duet with Com m i, in tho
melodious Bell Trio, nnd the dramatic quartet of tic Mrentt
scene—was delivered with that vocal perfection ond'chai
of style that have often before been manifested by tin same
artist. Madame Bcalchi os the chief gontherd, Signor Cotogni
ns Hoel, and Signor Marconi as Corentiho, contributed rn the
efficiency of the opera. “ Don Giovanni ” tvas to have been
given on Saturday, with Madame .Patti ns Zcrlinn, irstes 1 of
which Bhe appeared as ltosina iu “IlBarbiere <L S>.v : Ji ,”
which was substituted for the other opera on account i. tho
sudden illness of Signor Cotogni, who was to have pi lye I
Don Giovanni. Saturday’s performance was a repetiton, in
every respect, of that of the previous Saturday, already
commented on/ /'Carmen” was repeated on Monday wi n
the fine performance of Madame Pauline Lucca iu thi title
character, ns recently noticed bv us. Monday's ia f wi.i
otherwise also as before, with the important exception the
transference of the part of Don Jos6 to Signor 51 imv.. ni -k\
who sustained it With much success, especially in t- J im¬
passioned final scene.
GERMAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.
The production of Mr. C. V. Stanford’s opera, “ Saw . / hi.”
announced foryesterday (Friday) week, and advertised in tho
papers of that day, was suddenly replaced by a v- tiou
of WagnerV'H Tannh&user.” The reason assigned tor tho
Change was the indisposition of Frau Waldmauu- Lek> rii r,
wh6 was to have sustained the character of the heroine, ' he
opera, after disappearing altogether from tho nnnot ce¬
ments, lias been advertised for production next "Wedm day
evening. Of the performance of Wagner’s • Trit u . uud
Isolde” we must speak next week, when (after Fridaj the
German company will quit Covent Garden Tlieatr .
Mr. John Thomas's concert—at St. Jam: Hn 1 la-t:
Saturday afternoon—had a special interest for ndrai (•
harp, on which he is nn eminent performer. His own liul
playing was heard in several pieces of his own comp, i- a—
solos, a duet in association with Mr. T. II. Wi ght, mid
another in conjunction with Mr. T. Barker. A baud of i «-
teen linrps played some effective pieces arranged by Mr.
Thomas, nnd several of his songs were included in i vocal
selection contributed to by eminent vocalists.
This week’s miscellaneous concerts have inch -
given by Mr. J. Robertson nnd Mr. Harvey Lohr
Hull on Wednesday afternoon, und that of Muhin:
Hirlcmnnn, at Messrs. Collards’ Rooms"5n Thurso:
noon. The second concert by the students of
Sainton-Dolby’s Vocal Academy took place ut Stoinwuy Hall
on Thursday. The London Musical Society announced ;ti
interesting concert at St. James’s Hnll on Thun..lay nv bngA
Madame Jenny Viard-Louis, assisted by eminent arriijt-v. will
give this (Saturday) afternoon, at Prince's Hall, the hwlof liar
present series of renderings of Beethoven’s works M - 'Jury
jlelvul- a meritorious young vocalist—will give a con. rt at
Prince’s Hull next Tuesday evening, when s' will U mted
by several eminent artists.
d tint
PrfnVi
Vdclfna
y after*
ifndnme
general* expectation was^liat the debate would thereupon be* n - the second innings of the “light blues' 1 ^ lt ’
forthwith begun. But it is the unexpected that son.otiiT^fLole.their dispJay was singularly feeble the lust seven wickets
happens in the House, as elsewhere. Mr. Forster (clad iu one '-iMfiJsdcpnd innings only producing 17 runs On flie <atl er
of the longest frock-coats his rural tailor can ever have made) 6lde > IR , ‘ e -G' l K oc * c , two thorougl y \
mildly suggested that Mr. Arthur Arnold should drop his J>l«y«. H. V. Page did good service and B E. Niclmlhj hit
amendment, in order that the “previous question ” should bo XT^.v .bard just when runs were badly wanted; bnt T. C.
LADIES IN THE LONDON UNIVEI TV
For the first time in this country, a lady 1 • Valued the
degree of Master of Arts. Miss Mary Clara P- \ pm ed the
matriculation examination in January, 1879, f suing the forty-
seventh place in the Honours Division. Last y. :.r, at the 15. A.
examination, having obtained a place in the first <lir ; - nut
the pass examination, she gained also honour - in r' i-i with
the first place in tho second clnss. At the oxmnlw.t'. a just
concluded she is placed fourth in tho list rt 'n- M tel-* of
Arts of the year who lmve taken the degree in tlio . branch
of examination—that is, in clu-ssics, with an ieui rind nn U rn
history. The two other branches are mathematics with natural
philosophy, nnd mental and moral philosophy vith politic al
economy. Although the ladies have ns yet only otic M.A.,
fifty of them lmve obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts
three that of Bachelor of Medicine, nnd eight the cl p e of
Bachelor of Science. The ladies who have p; • dH, • m.drimi-
lation examination amount already to several Jo .nl J' Me
Dawes is the classical mistress at the Maida Vale 1 ■ .ioc m
She is the daughter of the Rev. J. S. Dawes, of S i.-bit - •
doubly
succeeded in raising when he loudly and emphatically sni.
should vote against postponing the regular orders of the day,
This unexpected stand by Mr. Goschen and other Liberal
members brought up Sir Stafford Northcotebjn defence of
the motion of the hon. member for Portsmouth; /But,
when the division came to be taken, there was beheld
the strange sight of the Ministeralists streaming out
on one side to vote ngaius^xtlie Premier’s motion, whilst
Ministers trooped out beliiud the Speaker’s chair to vote with
the Opposition, whoso move Mr. Gladstone had yet declared
“dangerous and inopportune ”1 It was also noticed that
the knot of 1’oruellite members, in the absence of their
chief, hesitated for-some tube, as to which side they should
join. Eventually they appeared to yield to the blandishments
of Mr. Laboueherc (whether the orthodbx and accepted mem¬
ber for Northampton offeree! the itfthtoement of a second
“ Thought-reading”t|ie smoking-room cannot be
said), and joined the forces of \Mr. Goschen. Thus it was
that by a majority of 42—190 njzainsfc 148—the House was
saved the inffictiohxoK another; set debate on the Con¬
ference, whiehHmnld ummestiopubly be allowed to deliberate
t its close before the judgment of Parliament is passed. Re¬
lieved of xtlyis/iiicmn'bus, tlm House on Monday usefully
occupied itself with the Muiiicijla/ Elections Bill, the needed
.Police Sup^rannuationBUh, the Merchant .Shipping Bill, the
Middlesex Re^hitry pf/Deeds Dill; and on Tuesday a scrvice-
ftble djecussjon the smallpox epidemic in London was
in, .Sir Charles Dilke’s reply indicating
ment Board is alive to its duty.
thretttehfcd/Confcrcnce debate in the House of Lords
was 4>nTti.-sday averted by the Earl of Carnarvon's con-
descenahig npceptunce of the Premier’s statement ns to tho
** dangerous.,aha inopportune” nature of the premature dis¬
cussion. But the noble Earl could notwithstaudthe temptation,
iu dropping liis motion, to pretty strongly hint that the de¬
cision of the previous day iu the Lower House had been eomo
to by collusion—a charge whiclrthe Marquis of Salisbury in¬
cisively repented, notwithstanding that Earl Granville dis¬
tinctly denied the truth of tlie accusation, and rend a letter
from Mr. Goschen clearly showing tlie proceedings iu the
Commons hud beeu unprumeditated.
who took ten wickets for 113 runs.
The result of t he return-match between tlie Austral inns
and the Gentlemen of England, which was played at the Oval
last week, was dreadfully disappointing, as, after our repre¬
sentatives appeared to have matters all their own way, the last
six or seven of them collapsed in melancholy fashion, and lost
the match by 40 runs. Midwinter’s ((50, not out, and 47, not
out) two fine innings were simply invaluable to his side, and
Blackhniii (09) butted in the pluckiest style, whilst Kpofforth
took eleven wickets for 1G2 runs; but the fielding of the team,
especially during the early part of the match, was very indif¬
ferent indeed. We can sa f little for any one on the other side
except W. G. Grace, S. Christopherson, and F. S. Wehmm.
Tlie Doctor’s two innings of 107 nnd 30 were played in his best
style; the Kentish nniateur never bowled better, mid fairly
eclipsed Spofforth. getting eleven wickets for 134 runs; nnd
Wei man's performance with the gloves was simply admirable.
This (Saturday) afternoon the four American amateurs—L.
E. Myers, H. Fredericks, F. P. Murray, and A. Waldron—
now on a visit to this country, will make their first appearance
at Stamford-bridgo against the pick of our English athletes.
Myers lias been over here before, nnd his wonderful capabilities
arc almost as well known in this country as iu America; whilst
Waldron is tlie best sprinter in the States, and we are told
that Murray will bIiow himself to be a phenomenal walker.
itics
aud
and
Messrs. John Brinsmend nnd Rons, of London, have been
appointed pianoforte manufacturers to the King of Bavaria.
Messrs. Maple and Co. have been appointed upholsterers
and cabinet-makers to the Court of Spain.
At a breakfast party given by I-ndy Pease, Mr. Henry
Richard, M.P., was presented with a cheque for four thousand
guiiicns, contributed by supporters of the Peace Society, in
recognition of his efforts to promote its objects.
On Tuesday the Lord Mayor presided nt a meeting ljdd in
the Mansion House in uid of Miss Weston's work in the Royal
Navy. Miss Weston explained her work to be the establish¬
ment on board every slop of a society to promote temperance "
and moral and religious work. Resolutions to aid the excel-
ent work were adopted.
On the 23rd inst. the Lady Mayoress will : . vc a ';aU- bat1
at the Mansion House to meet the Mayors and Provi i- of rho
United Kingdom, with their ladies.
On Thursday there wns a monster bal c j-t' n* Lie
Royal Victoria Coffee-Hall, Waterloo-road, tor th benefit of
the hnll. It wns the lust of the season.
A conversazione in aid of the City of I/mdou S. i-icy of
Artists and Guildhall Academy of Art was held y,> Rar
week in the Library and Picture Galleries of the U ilti nii;.
The guests numbered about a thousand.
In tho annual lawn-tennis contest between the 7”i‘ r
of Oxford nnd Cambridge, played last week at the All t
Club Grounds, Wimbledon, Cambridge won both doub
singles.
Tlie Duke of Newcastle has again returned his tenants 20
f ier cent of their rent9 on the past half year; mal th ■ E. ' r»f
losebery has again remitted to the tenants on his Bucking¬
ham estate 15 per cent of the rents due Lady Day last.
The number of Jive stock and the quantity ofTresh meat
landed nt Liverpool during last week from the United bi.ites
and Canada amounted to 12(52 cattle, (3200 $u.rsc.f bee’’,
and 791 carcases of mutton.
Presided over by the Lord Mayor, the eighty-sixth anni¬
versary festival of tlie Royal Masonic Institution for Boy* w
celebrated last Saturday at the Crystal Palace, and donations
were announced amounting to over £14,000—including A' 17""'
from the London district nnd over £7239 from the proi hm
Kir Algernon Borthwiek presided last Saturday evening at.
the animal dinner of tlie News venders' BenovolentandPivvid nt
Institution, nt which subscriptions amounting to nb u CHK'
were announced, the chairman giving a hundred gubicso. Ki r
Algernon made an excellent ami kindly speech.
Mr. J. A. 1'icfon, Liberal, has been return** jinonp >«cd,
for the seatJit Leicester, vacant by the retirement <r.Jib i\
Muntz,‘the Conservative Pnndidnte, hrorbvoff f’ -'eel I r
Mr
the
Mr
3538
result mal
•»i nut * I*'' ' v ** * * .
vacancy in North Warwickshire caused by 1
l!ron'fiw-Davenport, lie having polled 528J f -
; recorded for Mr Corbett, his Liberal opponent. Cu¬
lt make* i;o dlffmvueo iu thr vtab of nurfic
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. July 5*. 1384
JULY 5, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
11
CITY GUILDS.—No. V.: DRAPERS’ COMPANY.
In Throgmorton-street, a few steps from the Bank of England
mid the Stock Exchange, stands the handsome palace of the
limners’ Company. It was rebuilt nbout liftcen years ago,
from the designs of Mr. Herbert Williams, and ft view of the
interior wns published in our Journal of Jan. 14, 1871. The
outer front, of Portland stone, is elaborately ornamented with
sculptured festoons of foliage, lions' heads and rams heads,
and the arms of the Company. A lofty archway lends into an
open quadrangle surrounded by cloisters of live arches on each
side of the square; above these are stoue panels with
sculptured allegorical designs, heads and groups of figures,
bv Mr. E. W. Wyon. The entrance to the building is
through a stately vestibule, with elliptical groined ceiling und
four circular lights of stained glass; the grand staircase,
which is circular, 29 ft. in diameter, is of veined marble, with
balustrades of Devonshire spur, and is divided into eight bays
by polished marble columns; the walls are richly panelled
with similar materials, with which the lloor of the lauding is
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
' key me....
*.iliill»iia wv acknowledgM In tlie umul place, und wc aliall refer to tlio other point*
mentioned next week. •
llLurw.ni> (Oxford).—We like jonr lut TroMem well, und hope to find It correct.
U A (Dublin).—(Unit to bear from you ajaln. Any Problem of your* aliaU receira
our W-.t consideration.
O O(Kuatbonraa).—'Your Problem If still nnder examination.
W K M (Trutc-nlenl.—Nodonlitynn are right, bat we liars not yet had tlmo to eiamina
all tlie letter* received on the .Object.
WOO (Alierguveuny).—Srean.werto >V E M.
WET (New York).—Card received, and Content* noted.
Conanor Hoicti turn o» lvnum Nos.MS, Swo. 2«i»I. and TOM received from O II n
Illlchmonil. Call* of Uood Hope); of No. auM from W It Jain-* iUunralore): of
No. «W7 from r Ulbblnt (Tim.Tl «.r No.MM from W Sibley, O » X (H-Sf.8. A«U).
K I, «), Contain im.lock, I’llfriiii, \V K Manley: of No. *n> from K 1,0. St. Helena,
nicrlrn. W Kibli-r. II W (l/dnev). New Pored. 8 Mlall. It \V..rter»lCanterbnry). W K
Mauley. Jam... Ibi.Um, and K 0 II (Wortlilns); of the CoprnhaRen Problem from
E I, O and Pilgrim; and of tlie Au.trallan Problem from K I, O and JAB.
CoBukct SoLmnsa or I'koiii.km No. 210. received from It If Brook*. J Ouakln. Here-
wanl.J Hall. II Wunlell, Alpha. H Z. K EeathentoM. II II Note. I. L (ireenawuy,
W .1 Uinliiian. Jom'i.Ii Ahoworth. lien Nevis, A Kurler* (Ifambdrcl. S Mullen.
J Kulthenthaler. S J«wudea. W llllller. K Cua. Uu (ParU). Jainea Pllklnatnn. O
Seymour. B I, Dyke. C S Coxa. A asm Harper. Curl Erledlabm. Captain ll*M<>ck,
Hlaek Klilrht, J T W. F M (Edinburgh). Venator, J A Sehm s c f . T un.l O Howltt.
Xernur.l "ir.eii. A llrilln, Slmdfortli. Kimno (Darlington), Nerlnu. II W smell, I,
Pull-on (Ant* win, S Ksrrant. O Darruch. It I. Southwell. K Kerri.. Jupiter Junior.
EKH.K noit'man, (ieorire Jolcey. Krum laSidro.il A I. S, T (1 (Ware), Rev. \V
Andereon.J H (Ulnhuryh), (luluhud. T H. Pilgrim. 1) A (Dublin), DBhuiawood.
Km-.t sharatv.aal. U 1. Mnynr. Fiorrno* (Exeter). It Worter* (Canterbury), Here-
wanl. Otto I'uldrr (Olirnt), I, Ii.-dmcei, T UulTuliln Junior, K Louden, John
Cornish, It J Vinca, John Hodgson .Slul.l.temr), and B B Wood.
Solution or Phodlcx No. 2099.
WHITE. BLACK.
1. RtoKB 3rd Any mov«
2. Mute* accordingly,
PROBLEM No. 2102,
By H. Kiciistadt.
BLACK.
and 44 ft. high; it ha* a semicircular upper end, witli a half
dome ; along each side is a range of monolith marble columns,
14 n, high, detached from the walls, and corresponding
pilasters behind: they rise from plinths of black and
green marble, decorated with gold. Above the side colon-
nade are six windows of staiued glass; mottoes inscribed
in gold letters are displayed on the frieze: and
the panelled coiling is upheld by gigantic figures leaning
forward from consoles over the tops of the pillars. The portraits
of the Kings of England, from William 111. to M illmm I\ .,
that of George IV. being at the end of the room, are ranged
along one side. The reception-rooms, drawing-room, and court
dining-room, are shown in our Sketches. There is a pleasaut
email garden behind; the more extensive ground known us
“ Drapers’ Gardens,” partly as Throgmorton-avenue, being
now occupied by the ollices of stock-brokers, commission-
agents, and other business men. with a quiet way for foot-
passengers to London-wall and Finsbury-circus, or to the
Liverpool-street railway stations. The site of this llall was
that of the mansion belonging to Thomas Cromwell, Karl of
Essex, in the reign of Henry VIII., previously to which the
Drapers' Company kept house in St. Swithin’s-lane.
The Drapers’ Company had had a customary existence from
the time of Edward I., but got their first Charter of incor¬
poration from Edward III. in 1304, and in 1439, by a fresh
charter from Henry VI., obtained more considerable privileges,
as the “ Guild or Fraternity of the lJlesscd Mary the Virgin,
of the Mystery of Drapers.” It is recorded, however, that
the first Lord Mayor of London, Henry Fitz-Ayhvin, who whs
elected in 1191, and held office twenty-five years, was one of
the Drapers. They seem to have been originally connected,
in a group of ancient guilds of the clothing trades, with
the Cloth workers (who were properly “shearmen” and
fullers), the Weavers, tlio Linen-Armourers, and the
Merchant Taylors; but these several crafts branched off and
separated from each other, ns they found their respective
trade interests not n>iite identical in the changes of the
market. The Diapers, jointly with the Merchaut Taylors,
held the annual trade search at St. Bartholomew, Smithtield,
and Southwark Fairs, carrying with them a .standard measure
called “the Company’s ell”; after which they enjoyed n
frugal repast of bread, wine, and pears, in the year 1485,
costing fifteen pence halfpenny, which was no more thun their
public services bad fairly merited that day. At the present
time, four centuries afterwards, they fare much more
sumptuously, but do nothing for the woollen trade.
Thclgovemment of the Company is vested in the Master,
elected yearly, four Wardens, and a Court of Assistants,
numbering twenty-two. We give the Portraits of the
Master, Mr. It. P. Barrow, and the Clerk, Mr. W. P.
Sawyer. The membership is obtained by purchase, at
the rate of £119 4s. for the freedom of the Company,
and.£25 more for the livery, which is granted only to
freemen of four years' standing. The flnunres of the Com¬
pany, which also holds a large amount of trust property for
charities, are stated to be as follows:—Income for the year,
*.50,141’; from fees, £155. Expenditure, £45,143: for rents,
rates, &c., £2830; repairs, furniture, and plate, £5018 ; annual
subscriptions, donations, and pensions, £12,319; salaries in
England, £2140; in Ireland, £2000; Courts and Committees,
w* q ft to q sq
H.P t<»« B3rd
including dinners, £4984 -.public entertainments, £11112 ; io,c . mor*
provements in Ireland, £1908; new buildings in England, with uu yu.cn.
£5878. The sums expended in furtherance of technical uiid x 16 .^__
general education in tell rears have been as follows£2679,
£4352, £2577, £2721, £3684, £3101, £3205, £5482, £73% ..id
£7157. Among tlio charitable and educational foundations^
managed by this Company, are Queen Elizabeth’s Colh.gr. at
Greenwich, endowed by William Flambnrd, the Kentish
iu 1575, for twenty poor persons; teyeralother
( WHITE.
■White to play, and mate in three moves.
Played in the second competition for the Liverpool silver cup between the
Itev. Mr. Owen und Mr. A. Ruin. The notes appended to the moves have
been contributed by Mr. Owen.
/( IfrrrptlarOp'n ing.y
wiiiT* (Mr. 0.)
1. l*to K Srd
2. I* to u Kt Srd
». B to Q Kt 2nd
4. Kt to K U urd
r.. 1* to li «h
H. B to a 3rd
m.ACK (Mr. 11.)
1’ to K 3rd
3’ to <4 Kt Srd
3) to a Kt2od
Kt toKHSrd
Pto tilth
li Kt to ti 2nd
n n, a 3wr
Castles \ i
. (1B 1th
7. a Ktto a 2nd
H. (butties /"" A
D. Kt to K nth P to
10. P to KB 4th l'tyUlP
11. P to <i It 4th U Ufa 112nd
Not good, y t<> Q li 2nd M>pe*r* pre-
fer*l.l«y\_ X \
12. « to K square
Wliltc *e«iu. now to have the better
game.
P lo K Kt 3rd
(i to U li 2nd
11 to K nq
antiquary, . .... .
almshouses at Tottenham, Stratford or Bow, .^t('pney, Mile
end, Shoreditch, and Sonthwark, and in Berks and. Surrey;
tlie Green-Coat School, at Greenwich, founded, by ^ir William
Boreman; two schools in Wnlcs, for orphan girls - and the
Tottenham Orphan School; mid many pensions, apprentice
fees, 1 and scholarships, which liavgfecently been enlarged:
The report of tlio Commission of Inquiry into the Livery
Companies of the City of London 1ms how been publishcd. It
is signed by Lord Derby, the'puke of Bedford, Lord Slier-
brorace, and Lord Coleridge, find also by Sir Sydney Wutcr-
low, Mr. l’ell, M.P., Mr. Janies, M.l\, Mr. Firth, M.P., and
Mr. Burt, M.P. The dissentients or^ Sir Richard Cross, M.P.,
Sir Nathuniiv Rothschild, M.P., and Aldcnmiu Cotton, M.l*.,
who have signed an independent report, which materially
differ*, both in its statementsahd its conclusions, from that of
the majority. Besides this, Alderuiukypottou signs and
submits a special protest of his owjLx The majority of the
Commissioners of Inquiry recommend that the Com¬
panies 8hotUd be placed, by Act of Parliament, under
the control of an executive Commission, to secure the
better application of their trust funds, and that of
a portion of their corporate incomes to objects of
acknowledged public utility, such as education, scientific
reseai-ehCxHu! inuiiitcnauee of hospitals, picture-galleries,
inusiauu8, public libmrieft. public biitliH, parks and open spaces
for recreation, the improvement of workmen’s dwellings, and
subsidies tO tmdo benefit societies of workmen. It is stated
that, from the rise ill the value of the land, the income of
siiinepf tho Companiesfrom their house property in London—
which constitutes the bulk of the property of all the-Cora-
piinW-sU-luui nioro fihnn doubled during tlie last twenty-five
ycites, and may be expected to show a largo further increase
in the future. These sources of income limy be thus elu.-<si-
liednyx^raft income, about £200,000, which is spent
under tlie shpervisiou of the Charity Commission ; (2) Cor¬
porate income, arising from lands and moneys, which belong
to the Companies as private property. From £550,000 to
£600,(i0(‘ is corporate income. As to t he expenditure of the
eoijvxat.* income, “the Commissioners compute that about
iiir.i.(KK) is iiiiiiually sjs-iit on “maintenance/' £150,(XX) on
Ovuevokut objects, and £100,0tJ0 on entertainments.
__ , Q to Kt 2nd
1«. Q Kt to K B 3rd Kt to U Kt »q
T'<a r. tlrn.K, I tlillik.
17. ICt to Kt 8th Kt to K sq
^ \ Slur* t il h li qaa.tloiliiblu.
18. <1 to K Kt 1th
ll'il.I iisnlnA .urli n i-tnyer: bat analy.l*
will, 1 think, Ju.tlly it.
whits (Mr. O.) black (Mr. B.)
18. . 1' to U Kt 4th
Mr. Bnm Inul prerlou.ly won »nv*r»l
Kali)** mii Mi* (Jnccu'A .Mr; bat dreum-
«t«n. c. alter caw..
19. atoKRSrd P to K B 3rd
Tli« Kamo now !■*«-<.m»* very Intero.tinr.
I iIm iM-t think In. Kttu K B Snl wuuhl
liuv* lx*n an) better.
20. Kt takes K P P take* Kt
21. K B P takes P
Tlio tort!
21. Kt to Q 2nd
22. P tnkw B It takes B (ch)
23. It takes ft Q Kt to K It 3rd
24. Kt takes QBP t* to Q B Srd
2ft. U to K (Ith (ch) H *o K B 2nd
20. P takes U Kt 1* P takes P
27. R to U It Srd Q take* P
28. 1) takes Q Kt P
2*. It tnkm Kt woiiM hnr* been «p**<ll*r.
but tin' text iiinvp ms-iii. nnsii.nenibte.
The C1.IIH-, 111 fact, lnu fur tome time been
allo.tr.
28.
29. Kt takes Q
»). It to (1 II 6th
81. KttoUStU
M2. II takes It
33. It to (1 It sq.
■mil Black resigned.
Q takes Q
P to K ft 3rd
Kt to K Kt 2nd
It to Q 2nd
Kt takca B
The meeting of the Counties Chess Association at Bath, which com¬
mences on tlie 28th imt., promises to be the most successful of the series.
Wayte. ftev.’C. B. Rnnken, K. 'lliorold, Ksq., &o. The following is the pro¬
gramme of the sevcrnl touruaineuts:—
Class 1.—Division 1.—Open to British Amateurs, on sulmonption of
£1 is., who have previously wow the Unit prize at any of the meeting, of the
association, or who have otherwise, in the opinion of tlio committee,
eminently distinguished themselves. First pii/e, £12; second prize, £8.
Other prizes if there are more than six competitor*.
Class 1.—Division 2.—Open to British Amateur*, on subscription of
£1 1*. First prize, £10; secoud prize, £4. There will be a lime limit in thi*
chiwi of an hour for twenty moves. ....
The Rev. J. Orceue, of Clifton, has given £5 6s. for special prize* m
lower classes, and £5 6s. ha* been giveu by Mr. F. H. Lewis, as tlrst prize in
tlie handicap tournament. , , , . , _ .
Cliua 2.—Open to British Amateurs, on subscription of 10*. Cd. First
prize, £7: second prize, £8.
It i» also intended that there shall lie tlie usual handicap cla*s, a daw
for local competitors, with, probably, evening play.
All entries iuu»t be *ent, together with the entrance fees, on or before
July 18.1884, to the honorary secretary and treasurer, the Rev. A. B. Skip-
worth, Telford Rectory, llomcnstle.
There was an exciting flnish to the match, plnved on the ?(ith nit., the
Bristol and Clifton Chess Ass ssiation on the one side and Bath and District
oil the other. According to tlio flri$tol Time* and Mirmr, tlie conditions of
play were that two games only were to be played by each pair, draws to be
counted half a point, tlie move to be taken alternately, and games unfinished
at 8.30 p.m. to t»e adjudicated by the two captains. The lexult, after ad¬
judication, was a tie, each side scoring llj.
The following is the pairing of the players, and their respective scores:—
BRISTOL ASD CLirrOX. BATH AWI> DISTRICT.
Mr. W. l’erry (President)
Mr. C. Bourne .
Mr. N. Fetldon.
Mr. W. Franklin.
Mr. W. Hall .
Mr. tV. H. Harsant ...
Mr. . Hunt .
Rev. t4. H. Jones.
Ilr. Prichard .
Bov. N. Ttbbita .
Mr. W. Tril># .
Rev. J. E. Vernon
Ilev. K. Southby.
Total .
. 0
0
Mr. W. E. Hill ...
... 1
0
. 1
0
Itev. E. Fil l-point...
... o
l
. 0
4
Mr. E. Thoreld ...
... 1
4
. 0
l
Mr. W. Pollock ...
... 1
o
. 1
l
Mr. G. H. Cuple ...
...
... 0
o
.. 4
i
Mr. J. Burt
... 4
0
. 0
4
Mr. J. Pollock ...
... i
4
.. o
i
Mr. F. A. 11 ill ...
M|
... l
o
. 1
0
Dr. Hathwsr
...
... o
1
.. o
t
Mr. A. KuinDoll ...
• ••
... i
4
.. 1
0
Mr. 8. Hlfthtteld ...
...
... o
l
.. 4
0
Mr. T. H. D. May
• ••
... 4
0
. l
0
Mr. A. Giles
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OBITUARY.
THE EARL OF ARRAN.
Tlie Right Hon. Philip-Yorke Gore, K.P., fourth Enrl of
_ Arran, Viscount
Sudley, Of Castle
Gore, and Baron
Saunders, of Deeps,
in tlie Peerage of
Ireland, and a
Baronet, died on
the 25th ult. lie
was bom Nov. 23,
1801, the eldest son
of Colonel the Hon.
William John Gore
(secoud son of
Arthur Saunders,
second Earl of Arran, K.P.) and of Caroline, liis wife, youngest
daughter and coheiress of ►Siryl'liomaa l’ym Hales, Bart. Ill
1820 lie entered the Diplomatic Servio^Vaa Secretary of
Legation to Rio La Plata/ffi'V&’I, and Charge d’Afiaircs
there from 1832 to 1834. lu 1837 Me succeeded, at the death
of his uncle, to the family honouiV'und married in the
following year Elizabethx Marianne, second daughter of
General Sir Williuiu Francis .Patrick Napier, K.C.B., and
leaves, besides three cbmglitcrs. Wie sou, Arthur Saunders
William Charles Fox, Viscount Sudley, now fifth Earl of
Arran, bom Jan.I 0, 1839, who married, in 1865, Edith,
daughter of the lute Viscount Jocelyn, und by her (who died
Oct. 3, 1871) hns issue. Tho Earl, whose death we record,
was the Senior Knight o£ Kt. Patrick, having been invested
May 6, 1841.
SIR A C. T. DICKSON, BART.
Sir Alexander Collingwood Thomas Dickson, fifth Baronet,
Captain R.N., died on the 22ud ult. He was
bora Aug. 1, 1810, the fifth son of Rear-
Admiral Sir Arcliibald-Collingwood Dickson,
/second Baronet, and succeeded ut tlie death of
lifs brother, Sir Colpoys, in 1868, to tlie
baronetcy conferred in 1802 on the gallant
uuviil officer Admiral Sir Archibald Dickson.
Sir Alexander married, 1837, Miss Amelia
Caroline Beauclerk Whimper, but had no issue.
The title devolves, consequently, on his nephew,
who lias assumed, by Royal license, tlie sur¬
name of Poynder, and is now Sir John Poyuder,
sixth Baronet.
MR. DONOVAN OF BALLYMORE.
ilr. Richard Donovan of Ballymore, in the county of Wex¬
ford, J.P. and D.L., High Sheriff, 1859, died on the 24th ult.,
aged sixty-four. He was eldest son of the late Mr. Richard
Donovan of Ballymore, by Frances, his wife, eldest daughter
and coheiress of Edward Westby, Muster in Chancery, and
represented a branch of the Clan Lochlin branch of the ancient
Celtic family of O’Donovan. He married, Jan. 9, 1856,
Elizabeth Agnes, daughter of the Rev. Henry Wynne, Rector
of Ardcolm, and leaves issue. Mr. Donovan’s brothers were
the present Lieut.-General Edward Westby Donovan, who
served through the Crimean War, and Lieutenant Henry
George Donovan, who was killed at the storming of the Redan.
MR. MEREWETHER, Q.C.
Mr. Charles George Merewether, Q.C., formerly Conservative
M.P. for Northampton, died on the 26th ult. He wns bom in
1823, the youngest son of tlio Rev. Francis Merewether, Rector
of Cole Orton, Leicestershire ; graduated at Wadham College,
Oxford, in 1845; was called to the liar in 1848, was appointed
Recorder of Leicester in 1868, and obtained a silk gown in 1877.
He sat in Parliament for Northampton from 1874 to 1880.
We have also to record tlie deaths of—
Mr. Richard Davy, formerly M.P. for West Cornwall, on
the 24th ult., at liis residence, near Ilelston, aged eighty-four.
The Rev. John Robinson Hutchinson, M.A., B.D., Senior
Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge, on the 16th ult.,
aged seventy-five. lie graduated ns a Wrangler in 1834.
The Rev. Richard Lane, for thirty-four years Vicar of
Wembury, Devon, on tlie 21st ult., at Brixton Lodge, Plymp-
ton, aged seventy-two; second sou of tlie Rev. Richard Lane,
late of CofHeet and Bradley.
Mr. John Hamilton, of Brownhall, and St. Emans. county
Donegal, J.P. and D.L., High Sheriff, 1826, ou the 13th ult.,
at St. Andrews, in his eighty-fourth year. He was eldest son
of the lute Mr. James Hamilton, by the Hon. Helen Pakcn-
hain, his wife, sister of Thomas, Earl of Longford.
The Rev. Canon Birch, who recently resigned the living at
Frestwicli, near Manchester, which he had held for many
years, outlie 29th ult., aged sixty-four. Tlie rev. gentleman
wns Chaplnin-in-Ordinary to the Queen and Chaplain to tho
Prince of Wales ; he was also Proctor in Convocation for the
Chapter of ltipon, and a Canon Residentiary of Kipon.
General George Warren, Bengal Infantry, on the 22nd
ult., aged eighty-four. He saw a good deal of service in
India, was wounded at the siege of Bhurtpore, took part in
the campaign in Afghanistan, wns ngain severely wounded at
the capture of Ghuznee, and in 1852, at the outbreak of the
Burmese War, was nominated to tho command of the Bengal
Brigade of the expeditionary force.
Lady Horatia Elizabeth Wardlaw, at Brighton, on the 1st
inst.,nged sixty. Her Ladyship was the secoud daughter of
John James, sixth Earl Wnldegrave; and married first, in
Slay, 1847, Mr. John J. Webbe-Weston, aud was left a widow
in September, 1849. She married secondly, iuNovcmber, 1854,
Mr. John Wardlaw, sou of Lieutenant-General and tlie lion.
Mrs. Wardlaw.
Lndy Charles Russell (Isabella Clarissa), wife of Lord Charles
James Fox Russell, late Serjeant-at-Arms to tho House of
Commons, third son of tlie sixth Duke of Bedford, K.G., by
Georgiana, liis second wife, daughter of Alexander, fourth Duke
of Gordon, on the 19th ult., at Woburn, in her seventy-fourth
year. She was daughter of Mr. William Davies of Penylan,
and grand-daughter of Lord Robert Seymour; was married
April 2, 1834; and had two sons and four daughters.
Mrs. Harriet Georgina Grace, widow of Sheffield Grace,
K.H., LL.D., of Kuowle, Front, J.P. and D.L. (brother of Sir
William Grace, Bart.), und lust surviving daughter of General
Sir John Hamilton, Bart., of Woodlirook, in the county of
'Tyrone, the distinguished Peninsular officer, so celebrated for
his defence of Alba de Tonnes, on the 21st ult., aged seventy-
nine. Her only soil. Colonel Sheffield Hamilton Grace, has
assumed by Royal license tlie additional surname of Hamilton.
The Rev. James Baldwin Brown, tho eminent Noncon¬
formist Minister, on tho 23rd nit., at Coombe, Surrey, aged
sixty-four. He was son of James Baldwin Brown, LL.l).,
Biurister-at-Law, by Mary Jane, his wife, sister of the Rev.
Thomas Raffles, D.D., of Liverpool, the distinguished and
eloquent divine. lie was author of several well-known
theological works, and contributed frequently to periodical
literature. In 1878 he filled the chair of the Congregational
Union of England and Woles.
V
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TIIE ILLUSTRATED
LONDON
NEWS,
JrtY 5, 1884.— 12
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THE
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COMPAN Y.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Jvlt 5, 1881.—13
THE LATE PRINCE OF ORANGE,
It BIB APPARENT TO THE KINO OF HOLLAND.
Major, during tlie Turco-Servinn war; hesem^unde.r
Mehemet Ali Pasha in Bosnia, and on the Lom received c
Turkish war medal, a medal for disUngui.shed scrviJe in th^
field, and the orders of the Osmameh and MedjidieH (4th class)
In 1883 he proceeded to Egypt, having been soeciaUy sekcted/
to help in the repression of the cholera epidemic. He was
subsequently nominated by Mr. Clifford Lloyd to reorganise
B IDM.MUU.IH . ., n „„trr. TT<i is the author of
subsequently nominated ny iiir. uunoiu 11118 p
the whole prison system in that country. /Sf^lfifr^hor of
several medical works, one of which, on (if] }„{£»-
’. been adopted as a text-hook bV \tlie St .) John s
THE DIRECTOR OF EGYPTIAN PRISONS.
n a long letter to the Timet, written with a view to correct
rroneous statements concerning English administration m
:crypt, Mr. Clifford Lloyd records what was done towards
‘forming the internal administration of the country during
lie period from September, 1883, to the beginning of April,
,'84. Ho describes the state of the Egyptian prisons ns lie
•mnd them. For this purpose lie qiioh-s from a report ad- tcxt-hoolc ny \uie SIWWH
nergy and intelligence has succeeded in five months, notwith- Lombardi aud Co., 1 all-Mali La --
touding great difficulties, in bringing his organisation and
he jails into a most creditable state. We have much satis-
action in presenting to our readers the portrait of Dr. Harry
laule Croofeshnnk, F.R.C.8., who has deserved such com-
nendation. lie is a son of the late Captain Clncliester Crook-
hank, of the 51st King’s Own Light Infantry. As a surgeon
niploved under the British National Aid Society for the Sick
lid Wounded, he served throughout the I* ranco-1 riissimi and
limso-Turkish Wars. He received the German war medal, mid,
or his services at Sedan mid Metz, the French bronze cross. In
87G he joined the Imperial Ottoman Army ns n burgeon-
R. H. M.
-GENERAL
ROOKSHANK,
IF EGYPTIAN PRISONS.
the King’s first wife, Princess Sophia of Wurt^mherg,
who died in 1877. The King married again in 1819, ms
\ present consort, Queen Emma, who is not twenty-six
years of age. being a daughter of the Prince of Waldeck,
whose younger daughter, Princess Helen, married our 1 mice
Leopold, Duke of Albany. The late Prince of Orange had
always very feeble health, and he is now dead at the age of
thirty-two, never having married. His father, the King or
Holland, is seventv-seven ; and at liis death, it now appears, the
succession to the Dutch throne will pass to his infant daughter.
Princess Wilhclminn, born Aug. 31,1880. By the Constitution
of Holland, a Regent must bo appointed by the Stntes-GenenU
during the lifetime of the King, her gimrdians being apponRed
from among the Royal family and the Dutch nobility. The
Princess will attain her majority at eighteen. It is supposed
that her mother. Queen Emma, sister of the Duchess of Allmny,
will be appointed Regent. The Grand Duchy of Luxemburg
appears likclv to become separated from Holland at the King s
death, us the'Salic law is in force there, the next heir being a
' .. . .« 1 fVT ... tPk nmn.il’ tint, nf T 11 YOtll Mil T*fF
THE LATE PRINCE OF
The death, of heart-disease, pn the/21st ult., of Alexander
Prince of Orange, has given occasion to some conjectures
GemirOmtolomti,,,. M Sj of r.inO.urp The d.^n-ecl
Prince, his only sou, was born in August, 1851, liis mother
tween rranee miuvjwniiuu.', . .
The l’ortinit of the late Prince of Orange is from a photo¬
graph byT. M. Scliolekamp, of Amsterdam.
1. Firing a live Whitehead Torpedo.
2. Laying Down Countermines to dear the passage of the Enemy’s Torpedoes.
3. Landing-Place for Fleet.
4. Cromwell’s Bridge, Glengariff.
OPERATIONS OF THE CHANNEL FLEET AT BANTRY BAY.
14
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 5, 1884
“THE ILLUSTRATED
NAVAL AND MILITARY MAGAZINE”
A new monthly magazine, published at the JHwifrafcd
New' Office. 108, Strand, is commenced by the first Number,
for July, 1884, and seems calculated to obtain much favour
among the members of both the gallant Services, to whose
valour and professional skill is intrusted the protection of the
British Empire, and of the United Kingdom itself, not only in
times of war, but in the general state of preparedness for such
emergencies which is still a necessary condition of national
safety. Its scope includes “ all subjects connected with her
Majesty’s Land and Sea Forces,” ana its able contributors, by
pen and pencil, will be enlisted from among the many
accomplished officers, students of professional science and
history, special correspondents of newspapers, special artists,
including bouio of our own, experts in the manufactures> sub¬
sidiary to modem warfare, and others well qualified to furnish
instructive or interesting matter. The ** list of patrons
comprises four Admirals of the Fleet, as many Vice-Admirals,
half a dozeu Generals and Lieutenant-Generals, and many
other distinguished flag-officers and field-officers, theGovemor
of the Koval Military College at Sandhurst, the President of
the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, the Directors of
Artillery and Stores, and of the Army Clothing Department,
the President and Vice-President of the Ordnance Com¬
mittee, the Commandant of the Hythe School and Inspector-
General of Musketry, the Commandant of Royal Marine
Artillery at Portsmouth, the Generals commanding two ot tlie
Military Divisions, General Sir Gerald Graham, Major-General
Crealock, and other officers who have won high distinction. The
■journal is handsomely got up, in quarto, on fine paper and in
clear print, with numerous Illustrations, somo of which we ure
allowed to borrow for two pages of this week’s Supplement.
The first, entitled “A General Salute,” would appear to
symbolise the Imperial combination, at the present day, of
Indian soldiership with the old historical Army of Great
Britain, such as it has been since the time of Marlborough, for
one of the figures in the background wears a costume which
might have been seen at Ramillie* or Blenheim. 1 he other
Illustrations refer to the particular subjects or we articles, in
which Admiral Sir George Elliot treats of Lme-of-battle
Ships and Torpedo-vessels;” Captain Berkeley, of ‘ Swilt
Cruisers:” Major Hutton, of “Mounted Infantry; Major
AV. J. Elliott, of the Battle of Salamanca, with reference
especially to the “Heroism of Women in War, as
exemplified by Mrs. Dalbiac, wife of the Colonel commanding
the British heavy cavalry; while the artists, Mr. It. eaten
AVoodville, Mr. W. H. Overend, H. M. and S. Paget, provide
capital Illustrations for the above subjects. But we have not
yet enumerated half the contents of this Number. Its frontis¬
piece is a good aqua-tint photograph of Mr. AVoodviUe s
spirited picture, “Saving the Guns at Maiwand. A critical
and personal memoir of that talented artist, written by Mr.
Athol May hew, with a portrait and a peep into lus
studio, bv Mr. AValter Wilson, finds place among the
articles of general interest. Professional and technical
disquisitions, one by Colonel Charles Brackenbury
ou Cavalry Tactics, and one upon the manufacture
and use of British bayonets, with illustrative diagrams,
will be very useful to st udents of the military art. I he newly
instituted “Order of the Red Cross," for ladies nursing the
sick and wounded, or assisting such benevolent and humane
work, is described and illustrated with fine portraits of the
Queen uud the Princess of Wales, by Mr. Rudolph Bund.
There is a good practical article on our A'olunteer -Force,
called “Citizen Soldiers,” by Colonel L’Estrange. iho
Editor supplies contemporary notices and comments upon
events of military interest; and a monthly list of the actual
distribution of the regiments of the British and the Indian
Army, and of the Royal Navy, is appended to this publication.
AVe cannot doubt that it will meet the approval of all rauks
of officers, at home and abroad, and of rnunv other persons
who cherish an interest in the affairs of their honourable
profession.
Mr. Edward North Buxton presided at the anniversary
festival of the Licensed Victuallers’ School, held at the Crystal
Palnco on Tuesday. It was announced that the president s
list amounted to £1450, and the subscribers’ list to £5300.
The past and present members of Balliol College, Oxford,
gave a dinner last Saturday to the Speaker of the House of
Commons. There was a large and distinguished company
present, and the health of the guest was proposed by the A lce-
Chancellor, the Master of Balliol.
The annual distribution of prizes to the children of the
Royal Asylum of the Society of St. Anne, Striathnm-hill,
took place lust Saturday, under the presidency of the Lord
Mayor, who is treasurer and one of the vice-presidents.
There are at present 200 boys uud 140 girls in the asylum.
The Duchess of Roxburglie, acting on behalf of Princess
Louise, opened a grand lloral fete and fancy fair on luesduy
at the Duke of AVelliugton’s Riding-School, Knightebridge,
in aid of the Provident Surgical Appliance Society, which
annually relieves three tliousaud of the crippled poor.
The sale of tlie Leigh Court Gallery collection of pictures,
belonging to Sir P. W. Miles, M.P., took place last Saturday,
ot the rooms of Messrs. Christie, and realised £44,21)0. 'iho
AVoman Taken in Adultery (Uubens) brought 5300 giuneos;
a Claude Lorraine, 5800 guineas; and a lloly homily, by
Murillo, 3800 guineas.
Sir Nathaniel M. de Rothschild, M.P., presented tlie prizes
on Sunday to the successful pupils of the Jews’ Free School,
Bell-lane, Spitalfields. There are 3500 scholars on the sc
f ’* _J XV . VOlXmflv fll \ t !»i U »■( 1 (mill
TORPEDO EXPERIMENTS, BANTRY BAY.
Lost week, while the Channel Fleet lay in Ban try Bay, under
command of the llnko of Edinburgh, a series of experiments
with submarine mines and with fully-charged Whitehead
torpedoes were made by two vessels of the squadron. The
steam-pinnace of the Minotaur, on the 23rd ult., discharged a
AVhitehead torpedo at a large rock at the head of tlie bay.
The machine ran at a rate of 13 knots an hour, being loaded
with a charge of 117 lb. of gun cotton. It was adjusted to run
400 yards, and was discharged when the pinnace was about.
300 yards from the rock. The torpedo, a 16-inch one,
weighed 6001b. It struck the face of the rock 7 ft. from the
surface, and threw up about thirty tens of water to a height of
300 ft., also several pieces of rock. The result of the experiment
was considered most satisfactory^the more so ns the rock
whs very unfavourable for the purpose, containing a number
of crevices and presenting no oven surface, such us a ship
would. The base of the rock was nearly destroyed, larg-
pieces being disconnected. /The second experiment, conducted
by the Neptune, was not successful; the machine did not go
fair, uud missed. It mu its full course of 400 yards and sank.
During the stay of the licet in Bnntry Buy, it was to be joined
by the torpedo flotilla, consisting of three first-class torpedo-
boats from Chatham, ns ninny from Portsmouth, and two from
Plymouth, each in charge of a lieuteimnt, which were to operate
in connection with the Channel Squadron, alter completing
their preliminary training at Portland.
school
Tlie Lord Lieutenant of Ireland lias knighted the Mayor
of Belfast, Iflr. David Taylor.
Mr. Sheehan, a Liberal, was on Monday elected Mayor for
the city of x Cork by a majority of two votes over the nominee
of the Nationalists.
The Rev. Dr. Salmon, Regius Professor of Divinity in
Trinity College, Dublin, has been selected by the Institute of
/Fjniice to filiate vacant foreign membership.
lieu-lane, ouauiuuuo. *.. 0 . 0 -—...., / It fms l>een decided by the Court of Common Council to
registers, and the organisation recently obtained from the a'actiolarship of £50 per annum in connection with the
Vice-President of the Council ou Education the praise of being city and. Guilds of London Institute, to bo called the “Royal
“a marvellous institution.” Albany Scholarship.”
Uuder tlie patronage of Princess Louise, Marchioness of Aa-eShibitionof old silver, antiquities, mid other curiositie .
Lome, a concert-lecture on “ Henry AV. Longfellow, lus Life i, n3 been held this week at 30, Cadognn-squarc, by permission
and Lyrics,” was given on Friduy evening, the 4th ihst., ut bf t lio Eurl aud Countess Cadogau, on behalf of the Girls’
Exeter Hall, by Miss Jennie Young, of New York, hi aid of Friendly Society in the diocese ol London.
the funds of the Princess Louise Home for Young Girls. Hie Judgment in the action against Sir. Bradlangh for
Marquis of Lome presided.—This (Saturday) evening the same j 1(lv j Uj . ^ al . ( i voted in the House of Commons without having
lady will give at the same place a concert-lecture, 1 nougnts ^ ft ken the oath was on Monday entered for the Crown, but
about Women,” in aid of tlie funds of the same s ao ciBtj y the defendant obtained leave to move an arrest of judgment.
Professor J. Stuart-Blackie in the chair.
In London 2691 births and 1471 deaths were registered last
week. Allowing for increase of population, the births ex¬
ceeded by 99, uud the deuths by 1,(the average numbers iu the
corresponding weeks of the lust ten years. deaths
included 29 from emallpcx, 78 from meilsles, 23 from scarlet
fever, 20 from diphtheria, 80 from whooping-cough, 1 from
typhus, 21 from enteric fever, 1 froraou ill-defined form of
continued fever, aud 39 from diarrhua and dysentery. Iho
deaths referred to diseases of the respiratory organs, which
had decreased in the eight preceding/weeks from 360 to 227,
further fell to 218 lost week. but exceeded the corrected
weekly average by 4. Different forms of violence caused 48
deaths; 35 were the result of negligence or accident, among
which were 19 from fractures and confusions, 4 from drowning,
and 5 of infants under one year of age from suffocution.
Thirteen cases of suicide were registered.
caret-11 V..VU v.. —~. j ---— a . . ’
tlie defendant obtained leave to move un arrest ot judgment.
Mr. Morley, M.P., has received further donations of £10
from the Duke of Devonshire and Mr. William Jones Lkml
towards a fund of £ 2 U 0 t) required for completing the purchase
of the freehold lioi.isc and grounds which form a convalescent
home for working men at St. Margaret’s Bay, near Dover.
The Mercers’ Company have sent a second donation of 100
guineas to Professor Monier AVillimns for the funds of tie
Indian Institute; and the Fishmonger’ Company have sent
£50 towards the East-End Emigration Fund, of which Mr.
E. N. Churrington is the lion, treasurer.
A spacious hull, to the cost of which Mr. Samuel Morley
contiibuted £500, was opened at Bristol, on Monday, by the
Young Men’8 Christian Association, by whom it 1ms beeu
built ill commemorution of the visit of Messrs. Moody and
Snnkcy and the work which they were the tneuua of accom¬
plishing in Bristol.
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dog or other animal.
CHAPMAN and CO.. R-glitered Proprietor*.
H Y D IIO FII 0 B I A. — Tho BIRLING
HYDROPHOBIA CURB may be had of all Chemist*.
t rier 4*. lid. Wholes* * Vernier*. BARCLAY and 8d.Ni-. IV),
airlrploii-rtrret. E.Q. (A list of c*«ci compiled by th* Vicar
of Uirling w ith every bottle.)
BAl'118. A model Institution. Ulilmio lor Its |nrfoctiou n
ebyfuncw. Open Uirougliuut the whole year. Pump-room, w
the mineral water* of all tho n»o»t rrnowneil scringe. C<
Ver*atlmi Iimise, with splendid courart, hall, rrudin
rtaurmit. and wwiety mnus. Fite* «ud aimi-nuenta of
description. Slustcharmlng situation. Excellent climate.
_
FA, BELGIUM.—Hotel Belle Vue.
Flr»tC|n**, excellent! 8outli position, near tli* Ktaldlsse.
I Bain*, and cuutiguou* to tho Parc fie Sept If. urr*.
~~- - Boug*. Proprietor.
r PllR5tN'.—Graud Hutel Europe, opposite
* •‘■‘njt'a Palace. Grand-*«jiiare. Caatello. RenuUtlon for
kimfort*. lfloroom*, tlailis, lift, oinnllui-. M-elrrate
Concesslonairoa Grand Restaurant at Exhibition.
B ALE.—Hotel National, opposite Central TTETLIBERG near Z IT R I r if
Railway. Blotters comforta. moderato price*. Rest in Bdle. l_J ... , . ,, , ’ . T . , .
Dinners, llrrakfauU, and Refreshments at HitnMifaire*. Break rnL-.J 1 “ W * d I ension. anon dsr lt.H«.it_i
your journey lure. English spoken.—Proprietor, If. Mxmiu. cumatio
BELG1 '
J^LANKEN BERGHE,
Magnificent bathing sands, unrivalled in Europe,
mciiiuhi on the He* Dime, mile and s Imif long, Hltimlim
the eliwtrlo light. Kur.nal fete*, (liratie, IwF
Comfortable hole *. at moderale prices. HI.tan
via u.Ieiid, 3 hours; from Loudou, vU
Pari*. 8 hour*.
J) OULOGNE - SUR - JlER^XGrond HGtel
VENICE.
V Grand Cm
First-class hotel. Highly
rtallun mid *ta’ninera. I
ted near railway
A BRUSSELS.—- U I'itHd&l’Uuit-c r a. Agree-
ablr mnl house. siihi'Ious
uml rtlry. u itli mii vxi! xewr lioiilevAnl, Every comfort:
Excellent cooker^; 4uj>orit»r>iii*\; n.* - lot.* t <- prices.
trrrBu-W i iiutx. Proprietor.
ENEVA. —Hotel and Pension Belle Vue.
Oldest ro|iiltati"U as (Irsl-cla.s iwmslaii. Middle of large
•helterpt garden. Military arrangement* perfect. Term*,
ir-edajv Write for Praa|iuctua to J LAN 8xTTkULIk. I’rnprlvtor.
. VA. cla»s House for
Grand Hotel de Genes. First-
FainlllM itinl Tourist*; away from railway
■id odours of tho port. Moderate cliargre. Highly
ended. Uoxxax Fikuxs, Proprietors.
'RINDELWALD. — HGtel do l’Aiglc-
Nolr. Old aetabllslinl family home. PnwIvB from? finne*.
Hone* to the two Glacier*—Clinic* Mr. Stxkulv-
Fokkc* I* proprietor of the Hotel den Alpea, Jleiiton.
TTAVRE.—Hotel Continental. First-class
AX house, facing se*and pier, healthful nnd cheerful |x»itliui,
every English comfort, uliarge* modrrate. armngenuuiU mu-le,
tabled'lnite,omuibus. Kiiglisli sfiokeii. Supciiahp. I’rapr.
TTEIDELBERG.—HGtel Prince Charles am
XX Schlo**.—Flrrt-rla**. nsafest and finest view of the
Cartlc. Same house, UAtel du PavUlou, Cannes. I.tft.
Proprietor. Eli.mei.
I IEIDELBERG.—Gfnud Hotel—Facing
XX lUUw.y tiUtiou. F'.
Flrst-claaa. Highly recommeiulol.
Charge* moderate.
Proprietor, Ehil. Tiiomx.
H 0MBURG, near Frankfort.—Hotel de
I lease. Kir*t-cUu favourite house. lle*t situation. Opimaito
the sprinr* and gardens. Every comfort. Rooms, -III, Ao. Tahiti
d'libtr.' Restaurant ill gunlan. Fact. Proprietor.
TNTERLAKEN, SWITZERLAND.—Grand
X IL'del Victoria. One of the Urgrstand beet on the Continent.
Full view of the Jungfrau, duo rooms. Lift, electric light, law n
tenuli. Arnmgemeiit*. Ball*, concert*.—E. Rucuri. Proprietor.
T AUSANNE.—Hotel Gibbon. View of
* J Lake Genera and All*. Splendid garden. Shady terrace*
Where Gitdaui wrote III* Decline and Fall of th* Roman Empire.
Drain»ko|«rfect. Favourable term*.— Emil* Urrrk*, I’rapr.
I A U S A N N E.—English nnd American
J Clu-iulit. 17. Roe St. Pierre. English and American
Patent Medicine*, liuiuuiupatliy, Mineral Water*. Kuglish
•poken.
T UCERNE.—Grand Hotel de PEurope.
A-f Magnificent mountain view, on the border* of the Iaike;
l.'»l chamber*, south aspect. lioaMrig, fislilng. iNitlnng.
Omnibus to rail anil boat. Bi'ciriEa-Di'Hur.u. Proprietor.
T UCEIINE (near to).—Burgenstock Hotel.
A_J Lake of Four Canton*. ■•Cklft. altitude. Grand scvneiy.
Viewaof AIjmi and laik-. Kecommeiide-I by incdl. al authorities,
Home conitort*. entisfactory tarifi'.-. Hl'cuem DekkKa, l'rapr.
L U C E It N E. — Hotels Schweitzerhof and
Lucernerliof. Rlgli reputation. Itecoiumonfied. Always
Open. Facing itcam-laMt pier. Ne.ir stallon. Uolhard Railway.
Lift, American system, at Lucernerliof. II ico n Fiikiks, prop.
U C E It N E CASINO.
EVERY DAY. THEATRE or CONCERTS
by the llrat-rate Otrliertra Llpa.
BEADING, BILLIARD, and BALL bALOONS. PIANOS.
GARDEN,
On the Lake of Four Canton*.
Family Abonnemeuta.
T U C II O N.—Grand Hotel Richelieu,
XJ opposite th» Thermal Establishment. Frsqnenteil by
gentry. Splendid scenery.
L. EsriiAPR. Proprietor.
opposite th* Thermal Estnbtishmrnt.
Royalty ami the hlglirat uobllity and
t Irrt-clo.n arrangeiueiita.
■XIILAN.—Hotel Gmnde Bretagne, and
l’X Itrl. Iiiii.uui. Flrat-elasa Hotel: most central of thetown.
Kntirrly renovated Very comfortable iimise. The EnglhhConsui
I* n-sldent here. Koaai and Anoaoskni, Praprlctora.
"VTAPLES.—Grand Hotel, Naples. Opened
jLi January, tied. Monage.1 by A. IIAUsKIt (a member of
the llaiiser family "f tlie Schweltxerhol and Lucornerhof, lur v i
Glesilaeli, Ac., in 8witx*rlntul).
N A P L E 8.—Royal Hotel maintains its
rrputatbin a* a tuperior flrat-cliua house, under tho
i* r*oiinl sujht*I rion of It* loumleraud owner, Mr. Uapraul, an
English resident for Mv«ul years.
Englisli Divine service
A. Lxxrmr, Proprlefor.
—Grand Hotel d’ltahe.—On the
Grand Canal, close to th* Square of fit. 3I*re. Rep..wind
resUnrunt and biasM-rio adjoining the lioUI. Substantial and
generous fare. Badeu QuntwxLD, Proprietor.
"WILLENEUVE, Ltiko of Geneva.—Hotel
v Ilyion. near Castle of Chlllon. 'Hus to lost and rail,
i'enalmi fmin 8 franc*. Gardens, law n-tenuls, cricket, billiard*.
Church Service hi Hotel. J. Aioii.ki.lu, Proprietor.
/ URIC H.—Hotel Habis, First Class,
opposite Railway Station. Modern comfort with moderate
charge*. Itec.inmemlrd to Knglith and American truv*l|,-ra;
arrangement* fora stay. Addrou. lUuis-UtmsuBU. Proprietor.
“ITALIAN WINES, Pure and Natural.
A Engli*li taste. Ilarolo-A*M Cti arkllng), Clilsntl, Capri. Ac..
Red nnd Mlilto. Hating a dUtinct type, akin to Burgundy ami
Sherry. Greater lady and strength, and cheaper th.ui French
w I lies. Forwarded Ire* to London In Cask* of !<10 litres and
C**es of twelve doxen. Address—VINCENT. TKJA. and CO..
Winn Grower* and banker., Turin. Agcuts to tho Union Bank
of London.
pULLNA BITTERWATER, BOHEMIA.
X THE OLDEST AND MOST VALUABLE SPRING.
TIIE BEST STOMACHIC. Al'EIUENT.
As ms Uueicii, Sun of the Founder.
OWISS BITTERS from ALPINE PLANTS.
k? Stomachic andSanllary Cordial :fn>m a hygienicslan.Ip..Int
na Inipi.itant a* beer or wine. Cnsmn|H>lltan reputation.—A. F*
DKMMIdcr, Hunt, Interlaken, llrancii at Zurlrli, Pari*. Milan.'
“WERMOUTTI.—Francesco Cinzano and Co.
v Veriuouth.cvmblnaUon Aatl Wine and Alpine herbs, with
quinine. Refreshing.tonic.andrllgestlve. Of Ivin* Merchants,
mid F. CINZANO olid CXI., Corso Ue Umberto, 10. Turlu.
rj'RELOAR’S
• R U S S E L S QARPET8.
BEST QUALITY,
EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS,
T
LOWEST PRICE.
R E L 0 A R and
S°NS,
J^UD G ATE-HI LL.
law a which govern llio operaxi
E pnotQ and nutrition, amt by a rarelu
1130 the One properties Of well^ele
Epps has provided our break fi
C°<
GRATEFUL-COMFORTING.
'• Uy a thorough knowledge of the natural
laws which govern tho operation* of digestion
... . —--■*■— — • • - are! ll I application of
1-selected Cocoa, Mr.
,.p* has provided our breakfast tables with a
delicately-flavoured beverage which m..y MVS
iu iiisny heavy doctors' bill*. It ls by tlm
Judicious use of such articles of diet that a
(BREAKFAST) coiirtitution may be gradually built up until
rtruug enough to resist every tendency to
■liseaoe. Hundred* of subtle maladies am
floating nrauud u* reu.lv to attack wherever
PDA there i* a weak point. We may recap* mane
n fatal sliaft hy keeping ourselves well fnrtilie .1
with pure blood and a properly nourlslicd
frame."—Civil Service Gaxette.
Mado simply with bulling water or milk.
Sold In Packet* (and Tin*. J lb. and lib., for Export). Ial>elled (
JAMES EPPS and CO.. HOMtBOPATHIO CHE MY STS.
Also Makers of EPPS'S CHOCOLATE ESSENCE.
TVOVERCOURT.—The CLIFF HOTEL,
X-* charmingly situated on high cltll* facing the German
Ocean. Redecorated and rcfarnLhe.1 throughout, and under
entirely new management. Beautiful sea promenade and *pa,
with reading and music room*. Lawn-teuiii* court*, billiard*,
Ac. Moderate term*.
Friday to Tuesday return ticket*. 12*. 6d., first class.
Apply to Manageress.
N ational stock exchange,
HO, CANNON-STREET. LONDON. K.C.
STOCKS or SHARES boughtor sold at tat* prices.
NnC'iuiimlsMon or Brokerage charged,
speculative account* ..peued from 1 per cent cover,
Wilh in. further liability.
OPTION'S granted at tape prices.
Special advantage*offered to Investor*.
Close market price* guaranteed.
Order* by post or telegram Une* Immediate attention.
Coupon* cashed before they are duo.
Money advanced on Stock* and SImre*.
Large Heading-Room, with both tapes and
Telephone* for the free use of client*.
Prospectus and ailvico forwarded gratis, by the proprietors,
A. S. COCHRANE and SONS.
Stockbroker* and thalers.
f»4, CORNHILL.—PERILS ABOUND ON
li EVERY SIDE 1 THE BAILWAY PASSENGERS AS¬
SURANCE COMPANY Insure- against Accident* of all Klnda—
on Laud or Water, and has the Ijsrgest Invested Capital and
Income, mid Pays Y'early the I-argent Amount of Compensation
‘ ..... - • “ * Local Agents;
Charing-crots;
' "uxr.See.
income, mm rays i early uie i jirgen amount or com]
of inir Accideutol AssiirnnceConi|Hiiiy. Apple.the Ixxa
or West-End Offlcs, *, Grand Hotel Buildings. Chart
or at Head OIBoc. W. J. Vl
1 '0
• I
PERSONS unable to enter into business
relations themselves, hilt drrirom of employing spare
n*y profitably without further trouble beyond the sum to
rated. Ten per Cent per Annum Is offered. In the olfice of a
London Stockbroker of long standing, experience, and cha¬
racter, on sums of not Ins than ti co, returnable at the end of
tho Vwelro months. Interest parable monthly, bi-monthly, or
“desired. Good References.-Address, U.O.,cart of
Slay*, lot, Piccadilly, London.
1G
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 5, 1&4 '
NEW MUSIC.
pIIAPPELL und CO.’S New and Popular
V/ BONOS.
jyjOTHER. (Words by F. E. Weatherly.)
J^T VESPERS. P. TOSTI.
J^T VESPERS (in four keys). P. TOSTI.
r J^WIN SOULS. ISIDORE DE LARA.
J^AST NIGHT. ISIDORE DE LARA.
W HERE MEMORY DWELLS. ISIDORE
UK LARA.
Pric* 2 u racii net. port**® tree-
SCIENCE AND SINGING. By LENNOX
O BROWNE. rrlc® U. net. ^ ^ \
Cham'Ell undOo..flu.New lk>nd*«trwt.^.; and 15,Poultry, E.L. ,
/'IHAPPELL and CO.’S New and Popular
V/ DANCE MUSIC.
pAHRWOHL. New Waltz. C. LOWTHIAN.
rpoi SEULE. New Valse. L. WHEELER.
gEA BREEZE POLKA. L. WHEELER.
^£ON AMOUR WALTZ. BUCALOSSI.
P and O. POLKA. BUCALOSSI.
piuc POLKA. LUKE WHEELER.
V/ Price 2s. well net. botfMralm.
Cnin-Kt.i. end Co..». New Bond-street. w.; a nd 13. Poultry. EU
pHAPPELL and CO. have on view every
KJ Unarrlpti'in ot PIAXOEOBTR8 by the Icit mi'eri, re¬
turned from hire, to be MW at greatly reduced price, for cash,
or uur le* purchased on the Tbree-Y cuts Sj.h m.
CHAPPELL PIANOFORTES. from 10, guinea*.
COLI.ABD PIANOFORTES. from 34 guinea*.
■BAKU PI A NO FORTH*. from ilguinea*.
BBOADWOOD PIANOFORTE*. troin 34 gulnss *.
pHAPPELL
\y pias
NEW MUSIC.
CIGURD. Grand Opera, in Four Acts,
C* l,y HEY Eli. Pirfnrmfd with tbs greate.t po*sibl« suc-
cm In Hnusel*- To I* proluc.il liiimedtotely »t the Royal
Italian Opera. Will be reisiy. In a frw days, the complete Opera,
with Italian Word*. Itrld* Pin.: nl*o Cramer's Books of Mclodlee,
priced, endi; Lcimdlic- Sigurd Walt*. price a*.
Uoomtv mid Co . £»V Iliwihitrait: »nd
CiurrBM nnd Ot, 00. Now Bond-street.
MUSIC roll THE SEASIDE.
CAVENDISH MUSIC BOOKS.
Price It ouch — IUu.tr Hint 00,. London.
To be had of every Muslcseller in tho L'nltrd Kingdom.
»JtHE
I E
? THIS COULD ONLY 13E.
P i 1 THIS COULD ONLY BE. New
Song by the Composer of " Daddy.” This day. Price 2a.
Boosxv mill Co.. 2*4, Regent-street._ .
rpWO POPULAR SONGS.
■^EVER TO KNOW. By MARZIALS.
ONLY ONCE MORE. By MOIR.
V/ Hung everywhere mid universally populur. In various
key*. b. inch. Ale. the two >Min together, lor bra*- bund
Puet-froo»lx slump*.—Uounav nnd Co.. vu‘.. Itegeut-ltreet: unit
■ll Mnelrerllrru In lowil uml country.
SWINGING. By CECIL HARTOG.
O "A pretty »ong to Sir*. Clifford's charming minll
Time*. " Pew »iiHg*(reref veil hi, riir-om m otlmn Mint anardrd
to 'Swinging.' mill* Wllli Irre.l.tll. e cli..Mu by MLa Mnry
Davie*."— Standard. 2*.—Hon»KV nud O'.. l-ondon.
and CO’S STUDENTS
PIAXOPOHTES. from 10 guinea*.
pHAPPELL and CO.’S PIANINOS,
\J with Check Action, from » gnlneiu.
/"' 1 HAPPELL and CO.’S IRON-FRAMED
KJ OBLIQUE und COTTAGE PIANOFORTES for Ocean
8Uftiu«r» *011 Extreme Climate, from 35 to 65 guinea*.
pHAPPELL and CO. have on View Grand
V7 Pianoforte* from SO to »> guinea*.
00. New Bond-street; and 14. Po ultry.
N EW SETTINGS of OPERATIC
FAVOURITES.
JA TRAVIATA.
J^JARTHA.
»jiHE BOHEMIAN GIRL.
pAUST.
pHILPERIC.
V Arranged by O. F. WEST.
Each of the nbnre 3«. net. pint-free.
It ioruT Cock, and On.. New Burllugtou-street. I /mdop, W.
Pretty New Bong* that captivate tile world.
HNSUTI'S GREATEST SUCCESS. (Words by Jsvone.)
T ADDIE. New Song. DyCIRO PINSUTI.
.1 J to.umcaipien Mild In fix imuitlis.
The mo.t genuine ..io esssecured lor 100 years.
Bong in A Hat. 11 Out (A to Ei. C. D, and E flat.
Also at n Vocal Duet, Fuur-|*irt Song, and Plano 1 lece.
pARRIER JOHN. By CIRO PINSUTI.
V/ Bids fair to rival the enormous tale or “Ulilk"
•• One of the quaintest songs yet published.
E flat. F (coinps ss 1) to F>. an 1 (>. Also as a Vocal Duet.
The above pretty New Hongs. 21 stomps each.
W. MORLEY and COMPANY,
30S. Ksgent-rtreet. W.J and TO. Upper-street. N.
TOSTI‘8 GREATEST SUCCESS.
A SK ME NO MORE. Song. Words by
JA Lord Tennyson. Net3s.
Jnit published,
rpOSTTS TWENTY MELODIES, with
7 Italian and English Words.
An elegant Tolnrue. containing some of the most celebrated
melodies by the eminent composer ot the world-famed tongs,
•• Forever aud for ever," " Good-Bye,” ” That Day," •• Let It be
* 0OU pabliil»ed In two keys. Taper. Ss. net; hound. 7 a net.
Bicobm. HI, Regent-street, W.
TTIRKMAN and SON,
IV MAKERS of GRAND nnd UPRIGHT
PIANOFORTES,
A Boho-tqaare; and Brad in ore Works, Hammersmith.
TURKMAN and SON MANUFACTURE I
JV GRAND PIANOS In all sizes and In every variety of case,
end to special order. ....
The framework of Noe. I, J. 1 and 4 Is made of wrought steel,
and la especially adapted to withatanriall extremltleaof heat and /
cold. They have recently Intredured a SHORT OVERSTHUNO
IRON GRAND (onlyft. 9ln. long), at a very moderate price.
TZIRKMAN and SON’S New Models
IV Include a ateel-fremnl upright Grand and a Boudoir
Cottage, fall trichord, cheek action, and vertically Strang In
various styles and degrees of flnlah. \ .
K IRKMAN and 80N have Agents in all
the principal Towns, from whom every Information may
be obtained. All their Pianofortes are for Bade, lllre. or on the
Th rse- Years' System. _ \ \ - -
E HARDS’ PIANOS.—Mbssrs. ERARD, of
■ ■.Great Marltiip.ugh-strect. D>nilo<i. and 13. Rue de Mali,
Farit, Makers to her Majesty and the Prince and Princes* of
Wales. CAUTION the 1-uhllrUial Pianofortes are la lngs-'ld liear-
Ing the name of “ Krnril " which are not -.f their moowacture.
For Information as to authenUcity a|ipl^y at Is. Great Ma'I-
boroagh-»t.. where new Plano* can he oh
I fi m Ui KtiltiCM.
77 RARDS’ PIANOS.-^COTTAGES, from
A-i 40 guineas. >
Oni.IQUEH. from its guineas.
. I.IQUEH. from it! .
-—UlLASli.S, freini IU guineas.
D ’ALMA INK’S PIANOS Half Price, from
an. D'AI.MAINK 8 AMERICAN DUGANH from £4. All
lull compass, warrante tfor ten years; earflare free, and all risk
taken, fcaslestterm* arranged, EaUblislnij loi years.
^iTdflflsbu ry-pavgPif nt-jirty/ E.C. _
pHAEL kk L LE’*S P RACTICAL
V [ /'.'PIANO Pi IRTK,«CHOO I. ,
NrW F.Utl.rn, tlivctwoVIretSeeltor.« enlarpil.
CHARLES HALLE'- SEW PIANOFORTE TUTOR.
Thf bevt oh I most owhGTutor ever pnhllshed.
Foosvti; BkoTiritHS, Th.. Regent-clrcns, 1/Uiiioii; and
ID and llt. llrenegate. Msnclmster. _
_ /or HIRE or for SALE,
upwards.—J OH N 1JKOADWOOD slid
street. Golden-square, W. Manu-
Weytmlnster.
Unrivalled Stock, all Newest Accom¬
paniments. Oataloguea of Tunes and
Prices BTutls and (rec by post. WALES
and MoGULI/M-ll. el. I.odgste-hlll;
and SS. Cliospslde. London.
CUN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES,
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whli-li will lie l.nind loca>r,i|» U< must latourehly with any other
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Estimates and Plans on application. /\
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CALCUTTA EXHIBITION,
^EYLON
QHOCOLATE,
Pretmrrd from Coooa only recently cultivated In the Islam!.
This Chocolate luiascssra a peculiarly flneaud delicate flavour,
somewhat diflrrent from that of Chocolate prepared from Coco*
grown in the Western Hemisphere; and It will. We believe, bo
appreciated by many connoisseurs. The surcesafiil CullivaUon
or Cocoa In our pai.tern De|>endenclra murks a fresh departure
In the trade In this Increasingly Important article of food
and drink. \ \
Nineteen Prize Medals awarded to tb* Fire*, j
SCHWEITZER’S COCOATINA.
O Antl-Dvspeptle Coooa or Chocolate Powder.
Guaranteed Pure Soluble Cocoa, with excesa of Fat extracted.
Four times tiie strength of Cocoas Thickened yet Woakoued with
Arrowroot, Starch. Ac. /
The facnltv pronounce it tile no at nutritious, perfectly digest¬
ive Beverage'for •' BREAK FAS 1', LUNCHEON, or SUl'PER. "
Kreps In all Climates. Uauulre* no Cooking. A teaspoonfal to
Hrrokfast-Cup costing less than a halfpenny. Samples gratis.
In Air-Tight Tint. Is >1.1.. .is., Ac., by CliemlsU and Gr.cert.
U. SCHWEITZER and CO.. 10. Adam-strict. London. W.C.
c
H pc 0 L A T
AMSTERDAM
EXuimhoN. less.
M E N I E R.
Awarded
the
GRAND
DIPLOMA OF HONOUR.
nHOCOLAT MENIER. in i lb. and } lb.
V \ PACKETS.
\ \ For
BREAKFAST.
LUNCHEON, and BUrPEH.
/^IlOCOLAT MENIER.—A warded Twenty-
V> Eight
PRIZE MEDALZ.
\ Oookuruptlon annually
. ^ \ exceeds Myoo.uxi lb.
QHOCOLAT MENIER.
Sold Everywhere.
Paris,
London,
New York.
B ORWICK’S BAKING POWDER.
For IlKEAD. Far .nporlorto yeast.
B ORWICK’S BAKING POWDER.
For OAK KB. Save* egg* and butter.
B ORWICK’S BAKING POWDER.
For PASTRY. 8weet. light, nnd digestible.
B ORWICK’S BAKING POWDER.
For PUDDINGS. Used by Unuisauds of families.
TAINNEFORD’S FLUID MAGNESIA.
I * The best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach. Heartburn,
Headache, Omit, und Indigestion, and safest aperient for
delicate constitutions, ladles, and children. Of all chemist*.
QOCKLE’S
j^NTI BILIOUS
piLLS.
COCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
\J FOR
/COCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
V/ FOB
riOCKLE’d ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
V/ FOR IN DIG K
•N DIG RATION.
Home and Foreign ln-nranre>* *« imderderate*. f.IFK. Rst«*- /COCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS
h;w,,Hre.furyoungUv*A 0 AIUiDURUU^^
D R * D
E
0 N G U’S
(KNIGHT OF TIIE ORDER OF LEOPOLD OK BELGIUM.
KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF 1IONOUK)
piGHT-pROWN
C ° D - L I V E R QIL.
THE PUllEsT. TUB MUST EFFICACIOUS.
THE MOST PALATABLE. THE MOST DIGESTIBLE.
Proved by thirty yoar* - medical experience to be
THE ONLY COD-LIVEU OIL
wldcb produces the full curative affect* In
CONSUMPTION AND DISKASIiS OF THE CHEST,
THEOAT AFFECTIONS, GENERAL DEBILITY,
AND WASTING DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
s
“ phe
ELECT MEDICAL OPINIONS.
SIR 0. DUNCAN GIBB, Bart., M.D.,
Physician to the Westminster Hospital.
value of Dr. DE JONGH’S
LIGHT-BROWN COU-LIVKU OIL a. a thera¬
peutic agent In a number of diseases, chiefly of an
exhaustive character, bus been admitted by Hie
world OI medicine; but. ill addition, I have found
It a remedy of great power In the treatment of
many Aflectnois of tim Throat and l-uryiix,
esiwclaliy lb t> null Hi ptlon of the lultcr, where It
will sustain life when everything else fall*.
DR. SINCLAIR COO HILL,
Physician Royal National Hospital for Consumption. Veutnor.
“ T have convinced myself that in Tubercular
7 and the vnrlou. forms of Strumous Disease, Dr.
dk jonuii s i.iGirr nuutvN cud-lIvkii
Oil. iHissesoes xreater tlii rapeiltic ellle.i. ) tlmn
any other 0"T-l.iver Oil With which 1 am
•cuimlnhnl. It was esiweially noteil. in a large
nuiula-r-f cure* ill wl.l. li the |«tl*l.t« protested
they hud never l well able to retain or illgektother
Ood-IJverOH. that l»r. DM JO.NGII S Oil. was
not only tolerated, hut taken readily, and with
marked henellt." \
DR. HUNTER SEMi'LE,
Physician Hospital for Diseases ot Uio Throat and Cliest.
“ T have long been aware of the great
A ropuULluu enjoyed by the I.IGII'J'-llUGWN
UUD-LIVKR Glf.IntiiMliiced lut« uicllml prac¬
tice by Dr. DK JUNGII, auddiavsrncuiiiniciideu
it with the Utmost colilhtanCe. i have in. hesi¬
tation in Slating my opinion, that it post, are» all
the qualities of a good njldwiuclcut modinue. It*
taste Is by liumaau* disagreeable,and lulglitoysm
be cal I ml pleasant. I havefouiiil Dr. DK JbNUH'S
OIL very useful lu cases of Chronic Gough, and
especial r y iu Laryngeal Diseasecomplicated wllli
Consumption."
JOSEPH J. POPE. Eaq., M.R.C.8.,
Late 8ta(T-3urg., Army, Prof, of Hygiene, Blrkbeck Institution.
“ T found during my Indian experience
7 thatthe Worth and chansctcrol Dr. DK JUNGU'H
l.lQHT-ultUWN CGD-l.l VKH Oil. remalus*!un-
chaugeil by tropical heat or foreign climate, and
/ ft was, flora ita uniformity of rlmrscter, WU-llca-
larly n.lupG-d for loug-uuntlnued administration.
The value. of\*liydn>-carbuua‘ in all debilitated
states .if tltc system Is now hocoluiug thoroughly
recognise.I: ami It I*, without doubt, from the
animal ..lla aml fata, ruthor tlmn from their vege¬
table auhstitilte*. that w® may hope to derive th*
surest Mheflt. TlieOll of Dr. DK J0NGI1 place*
N \ ih«yeryone'»rexch a reliable and valuable remedy,
one that cannot lie too widely recognised."
DR. DE JONtiU’8 LIGHT-BROWN COD-UVEROIL
Usold ONLY In capsuled lui nuiai. Hulf-PhiU.ZS.id.; 1‘inU,
4s. u£; Quarts, u*.; by all Chemists and Druggists m th* World.
BOLE CONSIGNBE8. 1
ANSAR, HARFORD, and CO.,
310. HIGH HOLBOBN. LONDON.
OaoTtox.—Reject substitutes offered solely for extra profit.
HEARTBURN.
UNIVERSALLY PRESCRIBED BY TIIK FACULTY.
A laxative aud refreshing
Fruit Lozenge.
T AXfAT? For CONSTIPATION.
AMAH Uaiiiioriloilds,
Bile, Uesilache.
La*of Appetite.
. Cerebral Congestion.
■» v T'lTTfXJ Prepared by K. li 1111 .LON .
I NDllUl Clirmut .if the Paris I-acuity.
7 09, Queen-street, City.
London. . _
Tamsr. unlike PIIU end the nsunl Pur-
y-q T>TT T rvM gatlves. Is arreenble to take, and never
(^.KILLUri. produces Irritation, nor Interlere* with
VJ Luaineasor pleiuure.
Bold by all ChSmlsU and Druggist*. 3*. C*L a Box.
Stamp Included.
\TUDA VERITAS.—GREY HAIR restored
17 by this specific: after which It grow* the natural colour,
not grey. Unequalled n* a dressing. It cause* growth, arrests
falling, and ITS use dells* detection. The most harmlss* and
effectual restorer extant. One trial will convince It ho* no
equal. Price lew. Oil., of all Chemist* aud Hairdressers- tes¬
timonials free. Agents, K. lit! VK.NDKN and OON8. London.
miailMTI lirnruuj -»!x
prlucli al Perfumer* anil CliemleU throii|cli'»«il the wuria.
Agents, R. JIOVENDKN and SUNS. London.
VALUABLE DISCOVERY for the HAIR.
V It your hair Is turning fray, or white, nr falling off. use
"The Mexican Hair Rraower. for It will positively restore In
every caw Grey or White Hair to ID origlual colour, without
leaving the dlsagrecnhle smell of most ” Res'otsys. It makes
the hair charmingly beautiful, us well os promoting the growth
of tho hair on bald spot*, where the glands are not decayed.
"The Mexican lialr lt*n«wer"l* s.ild by ChcmlsU and Per¬
fumers everywhere, at Ss. Bd. per Bottle.
T7L0RILINE. For the Teeth and Breath.
7. Is the best Liquid DentrlflM In the world; It thoroughly
clean*.-* partially-decoyed teeth from all para.llr* or living
" animalcule," leaving them p.wrly while, imliartiugo delight¬
ful fragrance to the breath. T ho Fragrant Fiorllin* remove*
Insleufly all odours ailslng from a foul stomach or tobacco
smoko, fusing partly composed of honey, reda. and extract* of
sw eet herb*-ami plant.. It it perfectly i delicious »}>**>• •“«*.
and as harmless us sherry. oo!d by Chemist* and 1 erfumers
every where, at 3*. ml. jier Bottle.
A DVTCE TO DYSPEPTICS.—Symptoms
xV. o! Dyspepsia and lndlgc*ttnn. with speclsl advice as to
Diet. "This little paiuoli let appeals forcibly to those who have
allowed the imlate n> decide everything for them, and have |u*ld
the Inevitable penalty -t their folly-Glube. Sent loroneatainp.
J, M. Kiciuubt. Publisher. 9Z. Great Russell-strcrt. Isuidon.
r<ET A BOTTLE TO-DAY OF PERRY
VJ DAVIS' PAIN KILLKR.-lt Instantly relieves andI cures
severe scalds, burnt, sprains, brillars. tootliarJie, headache,
pains In tiio title, joints, and llmle, all neuralgic nnd rheu¬
matic P«ln*. Taken Inb-nially cine* at once cough*, sudden
colds, crump In the stomach, colic, dlarrhcca. and cholera
Infantum. PAIN KU.I.KII lathe great household medicine,
and tins stood - the test ol tifty years. Any Chemist can supply
It at Is. lid. and 3*. Ud.
H ARTIN’S CRIMSON SALT.—The
Oxygen-giving Disinfectant. Stqis Spread of Infection,
and Is effective In K-dncIng Disease. 8-e MfdlcalTeeMmooyof
highest cliaiaeter with each Bottle. As u mouth-wnali It In¬
stantly removesofleoslve taste* mid odours. Imparting to Teeth
anil Breath absolute Iri’slinnu nml purity. Used In hot or cold
bathing, ngre.nl.ly with Instruction*. It keen* the skin healthy,
gives vigour und firmness t.. tho body, freshens and pretervsa
the complexion, and Is highly conduciveb> robust health. A
Shilling Bottle I portable) makes hod gallonscrimson fluid, a*
required, gold by Chemist*. Krae to'any aMiwra for 12 stamp*
by HAltTlNTJ ORIMflON BALT COMPANY, Limited. 41.
Foregntc-strret. Worcester.
GOUT AND RHEUMATISM.
Bore. rafe. and effectual. No restraint
of diet required during use.
All Chun lets, at It. lid. and 2*. 9d. per
llox.
OI.LOWAT’.S PILLS and OINTMENT.
_ T» s.|*ui* purity the blood, .unset all dia.ilil*ra of the
liver, stomach, k id nry», and Iran el». Thi-OIntramt Is unrivalled
In the core of bod legs. oW wouud*. gout, and rheumatism.
T)LAI R’S
^ GOUT
PILLS.
H
VALUABLE DISCOVERY for tho i/Altt.
v If your hair Is turning grey ..rwhlte.or falling ofl
THE MEXICAN 1IAIH kP.NKWER : f..r It will y* el,
restore. In every aue. grey or wlilto linir to Itsorlgl. ... cvl.air.
Without leaving the tlh<qn«rab!e smell of moet " licit "ri ■ !<
mokes tiie hair clisnulngly la-auMful, as well ** pun dlur 'I.
growth of the hair on bald spote. whore theglno n n ...
decayed.
This preparation has never been known to fall In r**Con' r 11.--
hairtoits natural colour and glow in from eight totwttv. 1'iy'a,
It promoted growth, and prevent a the hulr falling *>ut, .
eating dandruff, nudlenving tho scalp In a clean, lit ull.y .V
dltlon.
It imparts peculiar vitality to tlio roots of the hair, fvrioril z
It to Its youthful frcslmece und vigour. Dally appllnarW* • f
thla pre|uirati..n for a week or two will surely re-tore fatal,
grey, or white hair to Its natural colour ami riclinc**.
It l» not a dye, n..r il.u-a it contain any colouring in
Ul. not a dye. tn.r does it contain any colouring natter or
offensive siibatunce whatever. Hence It does not soil t e h-iiins,
the scalp, or dvrn w hite linen, hut produces tho cob . witliiu
the Slllntnnceof fl.e hair.
It mav Ik hn.l of uny rrapecfable Chemist. Pcrfiimef tr p**D
In Toilet A Hides in the Kfiigiloin, at :•». ikl. J>er Buttli In t«'”
the dealer has not " The Mexican Hair Itenewer” In . « k and
will not procure It for you. It will be rent direct by rail arrisgo-
puld.on receipt oft*. In sUnip«. to any part of K.nglsl.)
Sold Wholesale by the ANGLO-AMERICAN DR' J COM¬
PANY. Limited. S3. Farringdon-roud. Loudon.
rpHE MEXICAN HAIR REN 'AVER.
WHAT BEAUTIFIES THE UAIBI
What gives luxurisnee to each trezs.
And please* e*di one's fancies ?
/n\ What adds a charm of |Krrcct grace.
And Nature's gilt ennancesT
What give* a bright aud lmuteous gloss.
And what says encli reviewer?
.__ " That quite successful l» the u»
Of 'TllE MEXICAN HAIR RENEW! Kl* ~
What glvssluzurlsnce to each tr«*.
And milker It bright anil glowing?
What kee|* It free from dandruff, too.
And htiillhy In It* glowing?
What do™ such Wonders? Ask the pram
And what says esrh reviewer?
" That mme can riinnl ..r npnmach
‘THE MEXICAN HAIR ItENEWER *'
What gives luziirinooe to each tress,
Llkraoiiic bright lialo hramlng?
What makes Uir hair a perfect mass
Of splendid ringlets teeming?
/ / What give* profusion In oxcens?
/ Why, what«vy»each reviewer? .
" Tiie oholeest jireiairaf Ion la
•THE MEXICAN HAIR RENEW*’
What give* luxurlaucr to each tress.
And makea It so dollghltul ? -
Beciooe l..»i««k the h.-nest truth
Is only just sn.l ilghllid.
What say the people and the pres*.
And wuat »*y* each reviewer?
"Thst ni.ut suiauh f..r ladles' use
Is ‘THE MEXICAN 11A!E BENEWZR! "
fl'HE MEXICAN IIAIU EJuNEWER
7 has gained for Itaell tho hlglnwt reputation, and a decided
tainHi..«ftr *11 .ilht r *• hnir «lr« Msim:*." Ml L' t/‘ •“ *»
■ Hill gAilini IUI |l«UII UW tv|iw*-»*va», .......
prrferpucu u«.*r «U oilier M h*lr fir *’mnihis *.* mi t/<
tt!lcnl« » nn»l lOiUiiiufilila Iivm. IIi«* ii <*»t ic#i» Ullc *
lk*inK cuittiKiuudcU witli UiogrvMlcfelcun^-cumb inrgf. ^
.. .. . ■ ■ i .....utu. .. r i I., i—..* I. ..
DTIIIK UGminruiiMvw wits* »••• g. • , ,
nil tliomuit d<*Miml*ftiniiMlitk»or tlM Krt iiilr i . •
tl»« «Iny. UI.4.IH tlir ..lfjHutioii.il.:© ODf^—It m tip ‘ ‘ **l 1
tho wry U-t known U> * 'bHii»*ir> rurrvutoaiiifth -Mlrt
to the h.tlr, Mi.tl • ftiifeii.K new hair to now on l« - «-•»
the hulr irlumU nro Uec.o«l: for. *1 the? fflnutlt • • u«
cone, no >tlmuhuit csin iv*tt»r© f linii: out If. ■» [ : ' »‘
till 1 rlioiliin*mily TI1K3IIDUCAN Hi
will r. m\v Hulr Mtalllj, ©nil n new frowlli of |
■ I H. .. F..I I, .tv itirv Trial lllmlltfkl * —
MEXICAN IIAIR
AN IMPORTANT Q UEST ION FOR L.‘ •
Would yob have luxuriant hair,
Uoautifiil, ami rich, ami rare;
Would yon have itootlnnd bright,
And attrectlv* to the sight?
This you really con produce
If you put in roii-t nut use
THE MEXICAN HAIR RENEWEF.
The hair It strengthen* and preserves,
And Unit a double pm)H»e nerves:
It beaiitlflea—Improvas it. too.
Ami gives it ■ moat cbui-niUig hue,
And thus III each easentiul way.
It public tavi>or gains each vl*y —
THE MEXICAN HAIR 11ENBWEB
If a single t bread of hair
Of a grey iah lint 1s there.
Thls r ' Renewer” will restore
All it* colour as before.
And thus It l* that vast renown
Docs dally now its virtue* crown— _
THE MEXICAN HAIR RENEWER.
No matter whether faded grey,
Or falling like the leaves away.
It will renew the human hair,
Aud make it like itaell appear.
It will revive It. beautify.
And every nnleiit wish supply—
THE MEXICAN IIAllt KE^
EWER
rpHE MEXICAN HAIR RENEWER.
The constitution of tho person and the condltlnn of tb» vslj
have much to do with the length of time It require. !• r re w b. r
to grow; also thlu or thick hair will ikqieml mnch njvni '.hr vita.
force remaining lu the hair-glands. New hairs are Hi «rru
start around tlio margin of the bald spot* near th* pui.ionent
hair, and extending upwards until the spotsare o..v. nil iii.HWOi
less thickly with line short hulr. Excessive brushing should d
guardnl against as soon as the small hairs make I heir appr. •
once: hat the scalp maybe sinuigcd with tain water !•’ .car.
tage occasionally. The scalp may be pressed alyl » | "
tho bone by the Anger ends, which quickens tl . cb In'
anil soflcus the spots which have reinalneil long ltd.
On applying tills halr-dinaing It enlivens tho scalp, and L • .res
where the hair begins to fall « few application* will arc '. I .
and Uio new growth liresenta tho luxuriance nnd ol ur if
youth. It may he relied on as tho best holr-dressli.f bo-dn for
restoring grey or failed hairTo Its original coloured."' ut -V of
It urodaouig the colour within the substance of V. •- ,ali. ■ m-
par Inz a peculiar vitality to tho rooU. preventing tlm »•< I- in
falling, keeping the head cool, clean, and free fr. il.iUilrnlf.
causing new hair* to glow, unless the hnlr-glandi ai i irly
decayed." THE MEXICAN HAIR BENBwIr m« the hair
suit, glossy, and luxuriant. Bold by Chemist*and I • rlunisl*.**
3«. eilT; or tout to any address free on receipt of 4*. la stamps.
ijtHB MEXICAN HAIR 'RENEWER.
When tho hair Is weak and tailed,
Like the autumn leaves that fall,
Then 1* felt that sadden’d feeling
Which doc* every heart enthral, *
Then we look lor bom* specific
To arrest It on its way. _
Ami THE MEXICAN HAIR ItENEWEB
Bids It like cncliautiucut stay.
It arrest* decaying progress:
Though the Irnir l* thin and grey
It will strengthen and Improve It,
Anil work wonders day by day.
Itrcstores the colour.
Aud brings back Its beauty. too:
For THE MEXICAN HAIR HENKWKB
Make* It look both fresh and new.
What‘s the greatest hair restorer
That the present age can show ;
What produce* wonders dally.
Which tlio world at laigo should know r
Why. THE MEXICAN IIAllt RENEW Ell
Eminently sla lithe llrsti
Thus Its fame by countless thousands
Day by day is now rehears'd.
What beautifies. Improves, and strengthens
Human liulr of every ago?
Why this famous great restorer
With the Indies It the rage,_
And THE MEXICAN HAIR RENEWER
Is the very best in ure,
For luxuriant tresses alwuvs
Do Its magic powers produce.
rpHE WORDS “THE MEXICAN HAIR
7 REN EWER " are a Trade-Mark; and the public u'lr *»•
see (he words are on every case surrounding the BolGr..ind tb*
name Is blown In the bottle.
Tire Mex ran lialr Itenewer. Prlc*8e.6d Direction* InGei mao.
F M?.y ,1 le"VuS*of most raspcctalde Dealers In all psft* of th*
"hold Wholesale by the AAMERICAN DRUG COM-
l’ANY. Limited..TL F*rrliiKil<Mi-t.Md. Lund n.
Iy.M..*: 1.lined aioi I'l.bl-l'Mlst ti^v.ll^ce. b-.8M ' ;'■'****
parish Of St. Clement Hanes. In Ut* o.nnty of «bldi*-x.
by l.vai'vv Bi.orusss, U*. BtramX afuresald.-L*t'«i*n*».
SUPPLEMENT TO THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Jvtr 5, 1884.-17
Captain Quickset followed tlxe Purson into
ROPES
in the act of Ailing a mug from a large jug of ale.
F SAND.
W R-O FRANCILLON,-
Author of /-Strange Waters," "Olympia," "A Real Queen," &c.
CHAPTER I.
THE SECOND TIME OK ASKING.
xmm : . 'rnirnam
Ax
W
THE
*
to
STI7DY
PROPfr
FAlnrat
WAS not often that
the people of Stoke
Juliot had sight of it
live stranger, dead
strangers (for cause
presently to be shown)
being much more in their
line. Nor, for the corre¬
sponding reasons, had live
strangers frequent eight of
the people of Stoke juliot.
The mere, bare fact., there¬
fore, that a live stranger
was in the midst of the .con¬
gregation of thut remote
parish at morning service on
Sunday, October the 13th,
Seventeen Hundred and
Ninety-three, was a special
vent ip the chronicles of a parish
which, for the rest, had a more
tliail sufficiently eventful history
of its ywu.
Stoke Juliot was, and is, in the
north-western comer of Devon. It
would, had it been settled yesterday,
have been privileged witli a stretch of
- v „ - sen - view bounded only by the coast
i Newfoundland, some three thousand miles away. But,
naviug crept into exirfenec btdore anybody hncl discovered the
Ul * ltU ^ tS °* uoKto spi ak of/ozone—the village
; or , and is>no thing mote) sricuke<l out of ocean’s sight
ipunu the first pnictienble^omer, and half perched, half hid
>e n on a landward slope, fib that the coast might serve ns n
“^anist the west wind and the angel of health who
, U V s \ triU! ,hnt D ,e first settlers and their de-
T.'„ r l,l, i‘H5V' l t l)y u ’d their faces open to the demon of the
hin, .. ,utt hcy were wise in their generation, since the wind'?
JSS st : u > to us brings life with every buffet, was *
all ulrm I n * V ’ kjing in the Danes. - So you might sail
•V -l hat steep Oxhom and yet more fatal
KJ"“com the north, past Skhllcross Buy and the vast
souri, “?S“? thut folI °" "- t« Sack Point on the
P - '?• Brau c 110 S k « Burrows to the Taw, without
guessing at the existence ofn Stoke Juliot—unless, indeed, you
were on board u West ludiumuu homeward bound, in a strong
wind, a dark night, and the shore u-lee. Then, indeed, you
would find but Stoke Juliot, sure enough ; and might publish
your disebveiyylf, by the help of Heaven, you left it alive.
This especiid stranger, however, had not come into the
place by the usual sea-road, but bail been blown thither from
the East —w-hence the wise men come—a raraavh, indeed. He
would have been nothing out of the common, even so near as
Bideford or Barnstaple—a lean young man, of compact build
and middle stature, with an alert, self-possessed bearing, well-
; iTinmcd and shaven, and with new and well-cut clot lies of
the latest fashion; just such a young man as might be seen
in any palish church any Sunday in uuy yeur. Perhaps,
indeed, in those days more commonly than in these, when it
is not so much the habit of young men in strange places to sit
through matins, Litany, sermon, and the rest, all for nothing
and all alone. But, in Stoke Juliot, the fact of his being a
stranger made him so much of a Phoenix that u Duke could
not have drawn to himself u single raiseroscopic gaze from a
single eye more than he. When every eye is staring its
hardest, nothing is left, even for the King. Thus it was
that a pair of marvellously quick and keen grey eyes, an
aquiline nose, and a good-natured, good-tempered * mouth
diverted a certain amount of attention among the brown-eyed,
broad-nosed folk of Stoke Juliot—evenJrom the coat of deep
claret-colourecl broad-cloth, the embroidered waistcoat, and
the fine linen neckcloth, whereof the like had never been seen
since the Young Lavinia went to pieces between the Wrack-
stone and Skullcross Bay. That ho was rather of the build
of a champagne bottle about the shoulders, and narrow about
the chest, received less note from that broad and burly con¬
gregation than such details would liuvo obtained where tliut
style of human architecture is more common. For it seemed
only according to the fitness of things that the owner of so fine
u coat, and of a waistcoat like that, should neither toil nor
spin. For men who must work for bread used to wonder a
good deal at men who will work for play : und they wonder a
little still, despite the commonness of amateur muscle. There
were no cricket clubs in those days, and it was thought
genteel to suggest the camelopard in one’s figure * 1 , and to show
soft, white hands. The stranger showed his hands a good
deal, by resting them alternately, with careless grace, on the
edge of his high pew.
For his part, this fine young gentleman lmd plenty of time
for making his own observations in return. For, though eleven
o’clock was the hour for service, and it was already more than
half past, no clergyman had appeared. However, as nobody
seemed to take any notice of the resemblance of the church to
a Quakers’ meeting, beyond an occasional creak from tli
parish fiddle or grunt from its bassoon, the stranger, liko
mail of the world, took the situation us a matter of courtM
and made the most of it. by pursuing the proper study of man
kind. Indeed, except for an ecclesiologist very far in advane
«>t his age, there was little else to study. True, the churcl;
dedicated to Saint Juliot, who, as everybody knows, was th
daughter of Prince Brycbui of Wales, and had twenty-thre
brothers and sisters, all, as well ns herself, saints in the Britis
calendar, was of extreme antiquity, and of a squat ugliness s
complete as to render it welhugh unique among all th
churches of the land. But whatever interest it no doubt pos
sessed in detail lmd been rendered null and void by man
generations of Gullios—not, indeed, thut a Gullio is the wore
enemy a church cun know, considering what the restoriui
\ uudal has done. The area, small of itself, was rendered ytil
smaller by the devotion of a good half of the gallery to u hay
stack; on one of a more or less broken row of pegs driven iub
the crumbling plaster of the north wall hung a scythe; a coi
of old fishing-nets over two more. In front of the clerk’
desk, under a black oak pulpit worthy of Flanders, stood i
table, obviously mode of broken ship timbers, and curioufili
marked with such stains us are left by rustic smokers; indeed
from a sea-chest under the table the stranger’s swift eyes per¬
ceived the projection of a brownisli-white bowl of day
Obviously, the parish church was more closely connected witl
the daily life ot Stoke Juliot than was usual in England al
la Qf- Lut the young gentleman’s eyes were soon sated witl
such like ecclesiastical eccentricities. They rambled round al
them own level, from the winter-apple face of the oldest in¬
habitant to the labyrinthine wrinkles of the parish grand-dame
to wind-blown fisherman and stout matron, wondering u little
how all the parish seemed to have been turned out of the sann
rough mould, so like brothers and sisters, fathers, mothers
sons, daughters, grand-parents and grand-children all were!
till they settled down at last on the most natural place within
their reach—the prettiest face they could find.
Even a common parish mould will turn out its happy ucci-
dents now and tlu-n. The face which thus, for want of a
better, drew and fixed the regurds of the stranger was u happy
accident—speaking by comparison. The eyes were dark of
the precise shade of hazel that characterised all Stoke Juliot
in days when all the goddesses to whom mortals made verses
were composed of rose, lily, and violet, carnation and cream;
but hers had a little more light of their own in them ; they
were ot once more grave und less dull. Her hair was hidden
under a hideous covering of black beaver, but he hncl un
admirable view of her nose, which, while sharing in the
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common tendency to be flat and broad, contrived to convert
by means of some imperceptible variation of some infinitesimal
line a certain leonine heaviness into a curious piquancy. Every
painter, and still more every sculptor, knows what miracles
the merest shadow of a shade's breadth of difference in touch
will do. For the rest, cheeks anti lips had ut any rate the
beauty of youth; and sufficient unto the day thereof is the
cood as well as the evil. A time might come when the soltly
crimsoned brown would coarsen into the florid tan which
reiimcd round her under the influence of east wind and west
wind, the blaze of the sun, and the glare of the sea ; and when
the lips, already somewhat over full and ripe, would grow
either like some, merely heavy, or, like others, hot., heavy and
hard. For there was no pleasant look about the . t. J ull( d s
mouth; aud no wonder, if all tales about those who had
owned it for generations were but half true. But tncanwhile-
Iu such speculations on the vanity of all things, even of
*• Oh, pray don’t mention it—the pleasure is all on my side,
I'm sure ; and the honour, too. I’m staying in these parts
with my friend Squire C'arew, of Homacombe” ff
JEolua, disturbed him from liis reverie. He had hardly time
sliift liis eyes from the black beaver, quick ns they were, lx fore
“ When the wicked man ” -■ x , , _.
thunde red through the church as if Stcntor had come ogam
There was no doubt about it—a 1’arson hud come at last,
and was making up, both in speed aud in volume of sound, for
lost time.
A Parson? Surely The Parson: if definite articles and
capital letters have any value ut all. Indeed, he would have
made an ordinary parson and a half, if not
The fishermen of Stoke St. Juliot were burl} teUows. b^ond
the common run; but the burliest of them all was not so burly
as he. He measured six feet two, if an inch ; he weighed
eighteen stone, if n pound, and nil this not by fat, l” 1 * by good
bone, muscle, and brawn. Yet he did not look ^
wholesome as he should have done. His face was florid, it is
true, where it was not yellowish white, but quite evidently not
like the cheeks of his flock, with sun and wind, ha w
naturally of a pale blue, were blood-sliot, his hffttaS
fleshy, aud his lips coarse and protruding. As for hi. three
chin- which might be the original of them bad become hard
to suv. Add to? these tilings a fringe of sandy hair showing
under an antique scratch wig put on awry, a crumpled pair of
bands, and a stained surplice huddled on unyhowoveranold
coat of the shabbiest snuff-colour, aud the secre of how Mote
St. Juliot came to have a bad name, and the W to lx u. i d
for a hayloft, stood revealed. Nay, the fi^rc of lns
mountainous sloven with the voice -ot a trumpet
withdraw the eyes of the young buck bdow from the parish
belle. For the grotesque is the only formidable rival that
l 'Tlfis^ue’youngbuck, having clearly fo “ nd and
from civilised regions, hud now ample food for both eg* and
ears in the big parson, the wizened clerk below him, and the
fiddle, flute, and bassoon, which the clerk s
going mid then left to their own individual and most com-
liioiifv hostile wills. In what mood he followed the service
depended upon whether devotion or humour prevailed in Ins
composition 1 If the former, he must have been scandalised:
if tliedlatter, he must have, at any rate. teen amuht-d unles^
indeed, he had that depth and breadth of hum ° ul *j 11 *;'
understands how a cracked fiddle, an asthmatic!Bute, ■
indescribable bassoon may surpass the grandest of cathedral
organs in the spirit which (to commit but little violence on
George Herbert) “ makes them and the music fine.
I doubt, however, if one so completely self-possessed and
at his ease had much of either devotion or humour. A slight
smile hovered on his Ups, but then it never left them,it was
the same for beuuty, parson, clerk, and choir. It was ncveT
whohTsmUe, yet it gave the impression of being as much as
the lips could manage, even should they condescend toattompt
more. It was the same when he regarded his own white
aU, before he’s done.”
“Ah, Sir!” said the Captain, “It was the true pastor,
r knows every spot aud blemish in liis flock, that spoke
, i,.-re I con quite understand that my being a guest at
Homacombe should not prove my best recommendation to
these sacred walls. But wc men of the world, and more
especially wc who serve the King" (lie raised his fingers, m
the manner of a salute, to his forehead), “get mixed in our
company—very mixed indeed. It was my good fortune to
have saved Squire Carew’s perhaps not very valuable life: and
he bus the virtue of gratitude. It may lx- that 1 shall do lnm
more real service before I have done. I have
“'Tlie law of Old Harry, young gentleman. U‘t s conic
to business. I ’ve got a sick cow to mind, and a new maid to
look for in a parish of thieves and liars and scandalmongers :
and the only hot dinner I get in the week waiting. ‘Gnaw
the bone which is fallen to thy lot/ ns it is said in the Hebrew.
Now, out with it, lad. You’ve conic from Homacombe—
we’ve got so far.” .... . . ,
“The truth is, Sir, that 1 wished to express my astonish¬
ment at finding a scholar of your calibre buried, so to speak,
in such n nook and corner. With I Jit in and Hebrew at your
fingers’ ends, nncl throwing them before swine—by George !
“Eh? Well, it’s true enough, as they say in the next
parish, that Stoke Juliot is the last place Heaven.made and
the first the devil will take. .... Ami as plain Mother-
English is Greek to them, ’tis all the same whether 1 give
them Parson Pengold or Parson Euripides, tor myself, I
prefer Parson Euripides.” . ,
“ Allow me, Sir, to prefer Parson Pengold; though doubt¬
less the other gentleman is excellent in liis way. ’I our sermon
this morning was not long; but it was sharp and straight to
the point, and full of learning. I judgo by sample—and I
flatter myself I understand pulpit eloquence as well as any
man. You ought to be preaching in W indaor-by gad you
ought, Sir, not lure. As I was saying to my old tncnd tbe
Skullcross Buy and Sack Point without leaving a foot-pnnt
all was so Ann and hurd: and so broad that at low tide in¬
most landward line of grey surf seemed to coincide with > he
oiling. This was Homacombe Sands-an immense brown flat,
parting the cliffs to the fur north from the cliffs to the ir
south, with no sign of human neighbourhood but u line kBn
of animal life but the rabbit burrows among the cloud, of
high dunes above high water, of vegetation but the form: ‘ of
scu-roed and marram that hid the latter, and without a !» uk
save one hugh black rock, rising like a broken steeple fr m H.-
midst of all—the very smithy where old llomeck toiled at .os
chains of sand all night long. ......
The scene must have been barren even to desolation in
cloudy weather—desolate even to grandeur under wind wul
rain. But this Sunday morning the whole desert seemed o:i«-
vast, broad smile. The sky was a blue lake, among white alps
of motionless cloud, and the sun, still high, turned a milium
pools into as many sparkling dimples. Tlie far-off foam r
in with its faint music, as white and light as falling snow -fli • - .
and there was just enough breeze to variegate the dunes v. fth u
double shade of moving green. . .
In an elbow of the broken black st.-enle, smoking the
blackest ship tobacco from u broken block pipe, sprawled
Squire Carew of Homacombe—the best-bored man hi It n,
Siirli' im introduction is nbt attractive. But, as Im • .•> i-
Quickset?’ asks the Bishop. ‘My -
honour as an officer and a gentleman who serves the K mg,
confound me if I know.’ But the next time I meet his Lord-
ship, I shall soy—My Lord, 1 know that man.
Parson PengokPs heavy face assumed a look that was
almost pathetic ; and some sort of dew rose into lus eycs.
“ There’s one big tomb in this churchyard, said he.
“And it's lettered, Hen hen Ambition. . . . . But one don t
meet a gentleman and a seliolar every day. ^ on can eat beef,
I suppose, if you can’t drink ale. If you can put up with a
rump and a junket, come and see mypigs^not the two-legged
ones, bid tlie four.^ j admire next t° a scholar,’tis a
pig,” said Cuptain Quickset. “ And I can eat beef and drink
all too, in good company. We often escape from becnficos
and burgundy tot/plniu steak npd porter, my fnend Joe
Norris and I." / s -—\ \
CHAPTER II.
VEX1. VIDI, VTCI.
Stoke JulioVamong many peculiarities, possessed fffleexacd-
iugly common thing—ft legend. Experts m folk-tore \
doubt perceive a good wmy family bkcuesses in It.to adozen
traditions, that are oniy just on tteirdeath-bed^ftsewhere
iniuiuui^ iiiuu n ii j
more, il whs uite fxuuv :~© . i and may arpue tliat the souls whereof Parson 1 eugoia naai
hands, and when the tno of musicians extemporised dc ^ Stewliat deficient in originality of imagination.
- Nevertheless theItory of Michael Scot’s Itcdcap was «*Udjr
to have travelled all the way, without th ® h *\P
North Devon from the Scottish Border; and, with the heto of
. print, less likelv still. It may be, after all .that Moke Juliot
inself into the pulpit, proclaimed- , 1im jSjfrX mother soil of its favourite legend: or it may be that
“ I publish the Banns of Marriage between Cornehus flaic, x ^ nnd had really happened in one place just
bachelor, and Tamzin Craddock apmstcr, both of tkw paneh: %A. an,- rote, it ha. one quality
If any of you know cause or just impediment why 1tot* o * ^ ^ ^ vcry quil . k i y told. , „
Simpletons should not be joined together f q iu- general repute of Stoke Juliot in those parts for all
declare It: This is the Becoudto of 1 s ^Hnhcr of evil wis so high, and in some reroecte so well
plorably appropriate accompaniment to
Like m the hart doth pant and bray
The well springs to obtaui.
Nor did it alter by a shade when the parson, having squeezed
himself into the pulpit, proclaimed
nave got, niwj u iiumv,- —.—~ .
There ’ll be no sermon to-day, because l had tosrt up all mglit
with my cow, that’s sick, and I can tufford to lose her thcse
hard times. But it doesn’t matter, for I v«- not seen
of improvement in tlie punsh (especially among the fare . )
since my last: and as that, didn’t bnng them to their senses,
I don't know what will. As the Greek 9arnuthm
Cache' ch pcrietcleiu, eUi d'<m agon xophos.
The unknown tongue seemed to contain donbjc tliiniaf r.
The preacher wasted none of Us eirye>, Uut maclc his exit even
as his entrance had been. TlicXyhuffg man lingered in his pew
until the black beaver bqrtiict had ixissed him on its way to
the porch, and had received lnm, him, to its apparent nmaze
and confusion, as impudent h ■■.glance, as fine gentleman cicr
threw to a pretty country girl. \He triumphed in her blush,
and followed the parson into tlie ^le might hte
still surpliccd reverence'm of filhng a mug from a
Inrgc jug of ale. He also/observed that the paison wore high
femboote splashed with redelay, nuH^ing a pair of corduroy
breeches such as ploughmen worp/^ut of " luth ®“y rcP l >teblc
ploughman woul
OJ UUUJ U1UUO Slavs* —.
oiu' Homeck—tuul ptrhflpa
even he would have faffed had lie not come ongnmll} fiom
I have the
not unmusical
l't-ngoldrA’ic
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the young man, in n thin, but
ing to the Reverend Jordan
its doom in’ Skullcross Bay by a false light (and there is t
w tSSbll), the retort was ready, “ That hap come, m o
Horneck. aud he were none o’ we. Whether that arch-
villainy were true or false, Homeek was not only a smuggler,
which 'was to his credit, nor only a wrecker, which meant no
more than what to win by another’s loss means to men of
bustecss now, but he aspired . to .^V latof'S
that Heaven forgot to send: just as in later J 1 . 11 '
lie would not have been content with merely taking
fair advantage of financial panics_and_ inflation^ tat would
have actively promoted them. In short, lie followed the
otherwise respectable calling of wreckage as a bngmid and
murderer, on a scale only limited by opportunity. Not even
at Stoke Juliot had it been held fair play to set a trap for a
shin nid to strangle those of the crew whom the rocks spared,
till* Home k came— nor were these things considered reputable bad as day.
(be it said to the people’s credit) after he was gone. But it is
matter, not of legcud but of history, that this finished
he was thinking just then—and yet he was bored.
If lie liad not been bored, lie would have gone to chure' ■"
see her, instead of sacrificing her to such a rival as a Mr* k
pipe in solitude/ Nor was there any reason why lie shouUl in
liuve gohetliCTC to see, as well as to be seen : lor, thorn h his
face was nothing to boast of, in the matter of build and
shoulders lie might have given the best man in Moke M
Juliot’s odds, and come off the winner, lie was cert m
nothing like so large as the parson—happily for lnni-eU
but his modest seventy inches were made the most ot m tlv
matter of natural strength, nnd he had the grace of vouih
besides. By grace, however, he set little store; for while all
the rest of the parish (save theYicar) was dressed m its Stn.dny
best, the Squire had apparently made n point ol giving f <•
•fulls nnd the rabbits nnd the sandpipers the benefit pf his vuy
orat—which was very bad indeed, for a Squire, lie look* <
fisherman with a touch of the gnm. ke. pt r: or, mud
accurately, like a wrecker with a dash of the poacher,
perhaps, like a blackguard with a clash of the genth mini,
or a gentleman running into blackguard, cnclii meeting m- ii
midway—the blackguard being past the line. On the wl-.uli-,
it was not strange that tlie Vicar should have been surpn- ii to
see a guest from Homacombe in church c>r vestry.
trouble of saying- — —-•« , .
tlie dark eyes, young mouth, and’ brown cheeks, bleu
selves with the’glory of that autumn day, and made the > i ..
man feel more than ever bored. Tlie reason whv dog.* im
hogs are never bored is tlmt they never see anything Hi i i-
not before their eyes. Francis Carew had thus to pm tin
penalty of liis purely accidental superiority over birds, beast
and fishes in the scale of creation. Absence of content ««
only turned into the vague presence of discontent bv hi-
trusion of a note that was unreal. 1- or—alas for him .— e ha
an estate of two hundred and twenty pounds a year.no friend*,
no tastes, and nothing to do but enjoy himself all dn long.
He had not inherited with his estate even so much os single
familv tradition; while two hundred and twenty 1>< u-is a
rear seemed to him so much that lie felt no need to >ak< it
more. Ho had inherited from a cousin of whom ho gar*
nothing: and, when Homacombe fell to him, lie was "ollae
straight from his mother’s funeral to the quart, ra ot t.
nearest marching regiment, and was ulinost as disappointed a
the recruiting officer when the news of his goo<l Jortun
followed him. If the news had only come before enedied But
if there is no good in going forward to meet trouble , jO.
there is still less in going back to catch it after it has { n i
So, at the age of two-and-twenty, Francis Larey. the nq
grace of the little country town in Wiltshire,
the dunce of its ancient grammar school, the sptudthnri
i. • i .. .i./.eiu. in flip, hi’lirl that i’.* wi* i
will'll;, at -
harm is to be measured by the breadth
He had lounged out late to the steeple rock, and had
sprawled there like a log. taking no account of time- r why
should he, seeing that time was all his own? But I . '
presently disturbed by a call from below.
1 “Squire, ahoy! If you’ve got those ten guineas alxmt
you, chuck them down ! ” , , r ,
“ You’ve won, then, eh, Caleb? asked Carew, >'*•' . .
and drawing his knees up till ho could clasp them with >-
vidi, rid!" crowed Captain Quickset. “I’«« >'•
devour beef with a bear in one hour from now. ^
“ What! Parson Pengold asked you to efttiel .
“Pardon me. Not to dine. To feed. Whntdjc . \ to
tlKl “ a great deal too bad—to leave me to thiK ou:
all this blessed day of rest all alone. Jiff*
bet’s won. You can’t want to be bored with fat
iTngVd mid his swineV Let him eat his beef by Ml- ^
want no help in that; and come up to the hull. c 1 h.... > i
devilled herring and a nip, and shut out this beastly sun hm
un d ace if we can’t get the bones to throw themselves up
how new. It“ nil slow enough, but anyhow nigh. ,n . •
The h i
Ix-t ’» make it night, now
- No, iio, Frank. 1 ’m a man of honour
won till 1 ’ve seen and spoke to the t ' 1 1 C 1 _ N ^ h< j“ K l > g “ r ,V
i-m down,
». thc lady is that monstrous pretty girl that was in the
p rw under the mowing-machine,” said the Captain
them wdh^aU m.v p C rri*k? What’s die to do with
I .iiii/.m^-bann w ho was asked, Heaven forbid the
course of true love, as the play says, should ever be made
n,U “ Th'n'if you’ve not come on business, and dop’t want
ale, why do you come both-er —
that should baffic liis own craft aud cunning.
SiEtSFsSwfcs sesbs*?^®s&-•—-
he is at it stUl-for so gigantic ia lus pluck that,-
hundred years’ failure to twist an inch of whip-cord, old
llomeck won’t give in.
But Cables of Sand, indeed? Say—Jdeserts: ouch an
expanse of sand that you might walk all the mile® between
stopped last night without that
know. Just think—I ani to-day Sir Caleb Qmcksct rtmy
of the Table Bound, as they say in the p nj. I am m
visit a lovely, enchanted Princess in the den of a dunemu
bi.‘ nnd dirty bear. Remember, we wero but at the fifth
biatlcwben you defied me to do anything of the kin • • ■ •
make him a Bishop. And 1 w hanged U 1 na\cu i uau u iuu
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t.> do i!, too.To think of your hnving lived all this
while in the same parish with a young and lovely female, and
ii'v, i- even to set eyes on her. While I—I hear of her last
*i: V1 1 1, make friends with her to-day and to-morrow—who
h now - ? But, by George ! Frank, yo i don’t seem to rare. You
haven't got as much blood in you, by George! as that big black
stone. You’re a good fellow, Frank; but I don’t believe you
know a women from a haystack. While I—give me one half
hour with the best of them, and she ’» a gone girl. By the
way, talking of girls, there was an uncommon pretty sample
n< ’< iiuivh to-day—quite kept the time from being thrown
away. Nance Derrick—I' ve got her name pat already; I don't
h> ic in i/ time. If Miss Mabel Openshaw (a deuce of u queer
name!) is half as pretty rs Nance, you needn’t expect iuc back
till you see me. Ta hi—I mustn't let Parson's beef get cold,
or the fat '11 be in the fir.'.”
-s> the chatterbox left the Squire once more to his solitary
m-dll tions, such as they were. “ So that's nil the thanks one
gets for saving a fellow from drowning!" brooded lie. The
Hr -1 hunce lie gets of other company, ofT he goes. Well—it’s
but natural, I suppose; I'm poor company for a man of wit
an i fashion that lias seen the world.Aiul it's my own
fault too ; it never does pay to bet after the third bottle. /
don’t want to know anything of Miss Mabel Openshaw. She
lM'i r have a dull time of it with the Parson- pretty near as
bad ns mine, without him. But even she *s got something to
b > f suppose, if it’s only to give the pigs their wash, mul to
milk the cow. One must do something; confound it all! And
there’s nothing to do: and even Quickset, with nil his
fashionable friends, and his Lords and his Ladies, can't stay
here for evermore. I almost wish the fellow had never come;
vliat it ‘11 lie when he's gone, the devil only knows. If only
a big wreck would come in-shore, ora thunderstorm, or even
a puppet-show—any mortal thing, big or small.I wish
I v. *n old Horneck himself. I '11 ask him to let me help him.
He’ll be some sort of company, any way, when Quickset's
gone."
In this humour of discontent he pulled himself out of his
c>i i r, mi l lounged, knee deep in dry sand, across the dunes,
towiiivU Phil Derrick’s, Ills bailiff and keeper — not that he was
thinkur. of Nance, but lie was disappointed by his friend's
(b - ■rtn>;i, and Ilia feet seemed to tramp that way of their own
accord.
(To be continued.)
as at Paris. But you have in addition sivnrius of bare-footed
street urabs, who pick up cigarette and cigar stumps; nml
there is more noise and movement, owing to the heavier traffic.
The harness of the Marseilles horses and mules is peculiar :
the saddle rises very high and steep, and the collar tapers up
into n lofty horn, shaped like that of a rhinoceros. .Some of
the horses wear straw hats, mul the cabs are provided with
fringed awnings. Is the Lent, then, so very great? Well, to
be trunk, the sun is rather warm at Marseilles; but, at the
same time, there is u fresh sea-breeze, and of late it 1ms been
even too fresh. But the glare of the sun is most use, and
WILLS AND .BEQUESTS.
The will (dated Aug. 3, 1880) of George Morrison, late of
Hampworth Lodge, £)owutou,iu the county of Wilts, Esquire,
who died on April 4 last, was proved iu the district registry
office at Salisbury, on May 30, by his brothers Charles and
Walter Morrison and his cousin, Leonard Downes, the
executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to
over £330,000. The testator, after charging certain estates,
of which he was tenant for life, with a jointure of £1000
a year in favour of his widow, bequeaths to' her all his furni-
renders particularly grateful the shady avenues mid tho
voluminous draperies suspended along the streets. Owing to
the violence of the northerly wind called the inistittl the
Marseillais cannot employ ordinary blinds and shades: they
have over their windows a system of bare poles running out
horizontally, and tied with rods uud girders, mid on these piles
they rig up an awning with cords and pulleys. At the first
symptom of the approach of the tnistral every rag is Imuled
down and i lie wind is allowed to whistle at will amidst the
rigging. These awnings, of great variety of colour and form,
with their poles nud cordage, give a most maritime aspect to
the whole city.
The shoe-blacks of Marseilles use colossal bruslies studded
with brass nails, and their customers are enthroned ob tall
arm-chairs. The flower-girls occupy picturesque and elevated
kiosks, from which they dominate the crowd. The now streets
's, farming stock, and an inline-
nd legacies to Charles and Walter
ii.li, and to liconard Downes £5000. He
for life, the whole of his real estate at
where, mid the income of his personal
er death, the whole of both the real uml
veil to his nephew, IJurold Charles Moffatt.
The will (dated Murcli 8, 1883) of Mr. James Frederick
Ponsford, late of No. 15, Dorchester-terrace, Bayswater, who
died on April 17 last, was proved on the 5th ult. by William
lure nml 1
diute
More.'
gives
llamp
estate;
personal
HOLIDAY RAMBLES.
(Jtj our Paris Correspondent.)
MARSEILLES. July 1.
I am not a conscientious tourist. I hate guide-books, aud my
first impulse on arriving in n new place is carefully to avoid
evi iything which might be classed under the category of
monuments, sights, or curiosities. Give mo a map of tho
towu or a view from some neighbouring height, and then let
n ramble nbout ut will and receive impressions ns I please.
t Afi< r nil, why should one be the obedient servant of a guidc-
lw»ok - Why should nne feel bound to visit this museum and
that statue became' Baedeker commands? Why should
one irivo to admire this or that architectural detail
I .vaiue Mr. Murray’s man has chosen to be struck
by it? How often have I marvelled at those for-
. lorn visitors whom you see wandering wearily through
ih.' galleries of the Louvre, guide-book in hand, stopping
l t f : this and that picture indicated as remarkable, reading
the description in the rod-covered volume, and finding the
inventory to be correct up to date. Half the tourists who visit
the Louvre are so absorbed in the business of checking
Baedeker that they do not see the collections.
I am lmppy to say that 1 have spent a week at Mar¬
seilles without hnving set foot inside any church, museum,
picture gallery, prison, sewer, or lighthouse, and never-
th'.li .s I have found the city most interesting. My
imp!, ion during the first day spent amongst the Mnr-
s allais wus that their chief occupations were drinking
absinthe uid riding in tramway cars. The town is traversed in
every direction by long open tram-cars witli cornices and
“'irtnins cut in Moorish scollops, and, above, the indication of
tho rout ’s—Joliette, Castellano, Les Catalans, Prado, Belle-
dr-Mui, Vnllee d’Auriol, Les Avgalades, and a dozen oilier
ptv.ftv homes that seem to be full of sunlight. Whatever tho
direction the route is charming, for modern Marseilles is a city
«J beaut ful avenues shaded with immense plane-trees nml
freshened by fountains ; and ns the land is a combination ©fT
bill and dale one is constantly catching glimpses of the
_,to upwards of £107,000. The testator bequeatl
of the three eldest daughters of his brother William ; £2000
tojearfii of the two youngest daughters of his said brother;
annuities of £75 each to his aunt Miss Chapman aud to Emily
Gutch ; and other legacies. All the property to which lie is
arc broad nud long, nud the whole town, with its splendid-port ^ ..
and quays, its fine stone houses and its brilliantshops^iyCs Entitled underthe wfiToMiis father and under n certain set-
one an impression of wealth aud prosperity. 1 he Marseillais, tlenient lie leaves to liis nephew, James Frederick William, the
TEKSELATEI) PAVEMENT OP A HOMAN VILLA.
I need hardly say, are fervent Republicans. The inscription
on the Arch of Triumph nt the top of the Cours Belsunce is
“ A la Itepnbliqne Marseille reconnnissnute.” T.C.
ROMAN ANTIQUITIES IN BERKSHIRE.
A Roman villa has lately been opened, mainly by the efforts of
Mr. R. Wulker, ofvUttiugton, Berkshire, on the property of the
late Lord Craven; at Woolstou, in the Vale of the’ White
Horse. Its situation is just under the hill of the White Horse.
The pavemeut shown in our first Illustration, from n drawing
by Mr. Herbert J. Reid, of Donnington, Newbury, is a very
tine specimen of the third-century tessellai. We give also uu
nt and date one is constantly catching glimpses of the pdrt^Tliuslyiriion of n second pavement found on the same spot, and
i .! .a our. Ono of tlietramway routes runsalong the Corniche one of u skeleton, believed to be that of a Saxon inhabitant,
ri .ii from *“« footpath of winch you may throw your line Tlicrewcre six skeletons altogether, nml it is supposed that
directly jute the Mediterranean and fish for red mullets. 'the villu was occupied by Saxons after the retirement of the
more delicious promenade cannot be imagined: on tliejand Romans. The pavement of which we give an Illustration is
sum < lie rocks, with aloes growing iu the crevasses, arc crowned
by j ,'tiy villas and luxuriant trees; on the otheresidc is tiie
sea, blue-with a blueness which you clo not know in the north, ■—
and smiling with countless ripples, according todliefbfmulaof) ar *
Sophocles, anerithmon gelasma. The Corniche road is ad-
tnirabld in every respect; for, alter having charmed us with the
view' a iused us midway with the pompous Greco-Gallic title
;* by liopiitliic establishment, itablUsemrnt thalnsrutherapiqne,
v finally conducts us to the famous restaurant of ■ LnTtWerve,
'•vie ve alone you cun out bouillabaisse in perfection\
Tin; amount of absinthe-drinking that takes piace nt Mar-
twill' > is phenomenul. Please observe that I do nOt tmy, “ the
mm unit of absinthe drunk," for I would not for the world
calumniate the Marseillais, for whom the process of nbsinthc-
d. inking is evidently a pure pretext for social and commercial
intercourse. The great street in Marseilles la the Rue Caune-
biere, and tho Rue Cnnnebiere is the Boulevard Montmartre
is an almost un-
eldest son of bis brother tti£ said William Ponsford ; nml the
residue of his real aud personal estate to his said brother.
The Scotch Confirmation, under seal of office of the Com-
missariot of Dumbarton, signed May 11 last, of the triret
disposition nml settlement (dated March 7, 187G), with a
codicil, (dated Jan. 30,1878), of Mr. William Colqulioun. lat-
ot Rossdhu House. Lnss, Dumbartonshire, who died oi
March 22 last, granted to George Thomas Kinnenr nml Colin
George Macrae, the executors nominate, has been sealed iu
London, the personal estate in England, Scotland and
Ireland exceeding £57,000.
The will (dated Jnu. 29, 1880) of Mr. William Leslie ,
formerly of No. 22, Tichbome-etreet, Edgware-roud, but Intel
of No. 32, Grove-street, Edinburgh, who died on April 22 last
has been proved by Miss Helen Leslie, the sister, and Adam
Proctor, the nephew, the executors, the value of the personal
estate amounting to over £54,000. The testator bequeaths all
the cash iu lus house, at his banker's, aud to his credit with
of Paris raised in intensity ; The shady side i:
broken series of cafes, with rows of fables
occupying half
SUPPOSED SAXON SKELETON FOUND IN T1IE HOMAN VIL’LA.
bt'le decanter full of syrup of gum, and two or three bottles
containing absinthe, bitters or vermouth—for the custom here
is for each man to help himsylf to drink, and not to have it
poured out stuiUngly, as itt Paris, by a waiter or versettr. I
must auv ' •• - * - -
now removed to the Aslnnolenn Museum at Oxford. The exca¬
vations are being proceeded with, and it is expected that a greut
deal more will yet be discovered.
ii jmc icis usual to represent them on the stage c.
1 '“‘V ' R °yal Theatre^/Nor have I dia.overed in the features
ot i men or the women traces of antique beauty attributable
to t • r supposed Phocawuiorigin. One thing that strikes one
viir^e women, especially in tliosc of the lower classes, is the
oHiragcous frizziness of their front hair. In Marseilles the
cut'ling-Iron triumphs, and on the footpath nt the door of
c wli 1 arbors shop you will see a squat truncated cone-shaped
hrusi.-ro surnjoiiuted by a brilliant brass kettle. The kettle
contains shaving water for the men, and ill the charcoal ashes
t '. ,e brnaero me stuck, like the quills of the prickly por¬
cupine, curling-irons for the use of the girls.
In many respects the physiognomy of the Camiebitro rc-
seinlnes that of the Paris Ooulovaids, and amongst its habitues
te vendors of microscopic dogs, opera-glasses, nick-nacks, and
no urk who offers you embroidered slippers, “ pantojfi,” just
J for the purpose of founding an emigration
aid society for the parish of Kensington was held on Thursday
in the Vestry Hall, Lord Aberdare presiding. The Marquis
of Lome moved a resolution declaring that it was expedient
to assist the emigration of carefully-selected working men uml
domestic servants to colonies where their services were needed.
The resolution was carried.
We have received, from clergymen and others, numerous
appeals to the public for help to give poor children a day in
the country ; but, unhappily, we have not space at our disposal
for the purpose to give even a list of the claims. This, how¬
ever, is perhaps not greatly to be regretted, seeing that persons
disposed to aid in the good work can readily find, hi their own
neighbourhoods, many such laudable agencies, actively, yet
quietly, engaged iu like, objects for tho poor of their localities,
without appealing to the general public for funds.
Messrs. Allison and Co., and all his furniture aud jewellery, to
his said sister Helen, and £100 to his executor Mr. Proctor.
Tho residue of his real and personal estate is to be held, upon
trust, as to ono third for each of his sistere, Mrs. Anno Proctor,
Miss Helen Leslie, and Miss Mury Leslie, for their respective
lives; uud, subject thereto, for his nephews nud nieces, Adam
Proctor, John Proctor, James Proctor, Helen Proctor, and
Margaret Somerville.
The will (dated Aug. 28, 1875), with three codicils (dated
May 18, 1876, June 28, 1877, and Aug. 10, 1879) of Miss Ann
Bull, late of No. 16, St. Paul'a-place, Bail's-pond, who died
on May 7 last, was proved on the 13th ult. by Richard
Benjamin Kemp and Benjamin Coulson Robinson, serjeant-
at-law, the executors, the value of the personal estate amount -
ing to upwards of £18,000. The testatrix bequeaths £200 each
to the School for the Indigent Blind, St. George’s Fields; tin'
Asylum for Deaf aud Dumb Children, Old Kent-road; tl.:
Hospital for Worn-out Mariners in the Merchant Service; the
Royal National Life-Boat Institution : and the Royal Society
for the rro volition ot Cruelty to Animals; £100«.«• i to the
dispensary formerly called Aldi isgate-atrctL DAj usury.
/
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PRUSSIAN DRAGOON OF FREDERICK THE GREAT
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from lapsed legacies the testatrix directa her
« « • * .1 --1 l...n. iiule il ful <)'• .
which iv.u held in Shaftesbury House; the Bnll’s-poiid Dis¬
pensary : the Sailors' Orpbau School, lately removed bom How
to Sunresbrook; the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormoiul-
Ktreet; the Sea-bathing Infirmary, Margate; the Koyal
Bethlehem Hospital for Lunatics; St. George's Hospital;
the Tree Hospital, Gray'* Inn-rood; the Children’s Hos¬
pital, Shadwell; the Circclie Hospital, Stepney-causeway;
the Knrlswood Asylum for Idiots; the Postmau’s Orpluin-
a-e Asylum; the Hospital for Children and Adults;
Tottenham tireeii ; Grey’s-yard Lagged Church and Schools
Low, r Seumore-street, Westminster; the Society ior the Relief
of Foreigners in Distress: the A.cidcnt Relief Society, 23,
Great Wind,ester-street; the Adult Blind Asylum, Oxford*
street; the 1-Yinale Preventive and Ucformntory, 200, Eustoii-
jomi ; I ho Society for Promoting Female Education. 32,
Cheapside; Providence-row Night Refuge, Crispiu-street,
Southwark; the Metropolitan Hospital, Bishopsgate; tlio
London Hospital, Mile-end; the German Hospital, Dulstou;
and the Society of Moravian Brethren: £100 Three per
Cent Consols to each of the poor-boxes of the police courts of
the Mansion House, How-street, Worship-street, ami Lam-
both ; £500 Consolidated Stock of the East Indian Railway in
aid of the funds of live native schools of the Protestant
religion in Calcutta, or elsewhere in the East Indies, to be
selected by her executors; £200, to be distributed by her
executors in sums of £10 each, to such deserving persons as they
ninv select, who may have lost all their effects by lire and have
been uninsured within the last six months prior to her decease;
two sums of £500 Consolidated Stock of the East Indian Rail¬
way Company to tlm Royal Society for Preserving Lift- from
Shipwreck, one to provide a life-boat, to be called the “ Ann,
John, and Mary," for the Lincolnshire coast, and the other
sum to provide a life-boat, to bo called the ** Endeavour,
lor the preservation of life from shipwreck on the Irish coast;
£50 each to six episcopal curates of the Church of England,
to be selected by her executors, whose respective incomes are
less than £100 per annum, and who shall have each more tlniu
four children; £100 to and amongst such and so many poor
minixtersof the Protestant faith whoseiueoinesaielcsethun £100
pc r annum, as her executors shall select, to be expended by them
in books; and numerous other legacies. All the residue ami
BABY LINEN.
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ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
In the days when your humble servaut was—well, not
precisely “ a little tiny boy,” as the Fool sings in the Epi¬
logue to “ Twelfth Night”—but a very young man, I remember
that I came to town once (** with hey, ho, the wind and tho
rain”) from Liverpool and alighted at a “private hotel” (which
was a kind of conceited coffec-shop) in the wilds of Finsbury.
I got very little sleep at that private hotel. Nearly all night
long there was audible above my head the sound of Human
Boots—that is to say, of boots with human feet in them,
ceaselessly “stomping” up and down. About six iu the
morning I fell into an uneasy slumber; but even then I
dreamed of the ghost of the Commeudatore in “ Don Gio¬
vanni” “ stomping” in his stoney greaves up the staircase of
the Libertine’s palace. At breakfast I met a middle-aged
gentleman, with a red head, and much pitted with tho small¬
pox. “ I hope that I did not disturb anybody,” quoth, in-
cidentally, the middle-aged gentleman, “but I could not
sleep last night. I could not rest. I had not the heart to
undress. .1 could only pace the room, thinking on the atrocious
tergiversation of Lord John Russell with reference to the Maynooth
Grant.” The politician with the redhead might have taken
off his boots, though, confound him!
Dear readers, have any of you lost any sleep, suffered any
loss of appetite, Bhed any tears, or vented any sighs iu con¬
sequence of the rejection of tho Franchise Bill by the House of
Lords ? Has anybody, indeed, seriously “ fashed ” himself
about that measure oue way or the other ? I saw Mr. Henry
Laboucherc, M.F., in tho shills at the Lyceum on Tuesday
the Eighth inst. It is Mr. Labouchere’s public and Parliu-
mentarily expressed desire to abolish the House of l’eers.
Unless I am mistaken, the senior member for Northampton
was talking to a noble Lord iu the dress-circle corridor on
Tuesday, and subsequently discussed an mnicablo cigarctto
with him. Terhaps they even partook of a lemon squnsh
together. Who, being in his sober senses, wants to abolish
the House of Lords, in our time ? Wore it suddenly to vanish
(us the newly-created Turkish Chamber of Deputies did after
1877) it, would bo necessary to invent another Second
Chamber. Cromwell found, at lust, that he could not dispenso
with Peers, and invented his “ Harp ” Lords.
When I hear all this foolish prating about the abrogation
of the hereditary branch of tho Legislature, I am reminded of
the old story of the Spanish litigants. Don Esteban and Don
Jaime had been at law for years, and had carried their case
from court to court, to the great joy of the luwyers. One day
Don Esteban, who was tho plaintiff, met Don Jaime, the de¬
fendant, in the street. “How is it, Caballero,” lie asked,
with haughty politeness, “that you have not given notico of
appeal against the recent decision of the Third Tribunal in
your disfavour?” “Alas!” replied the defendant, “tho
case must drop. I am mined. I have spent my whole estato
iu feeing the lawyers.” “Jfombre!" cried the plaintiff.
“Why did you not tell nie? Here are a hundred pistoles.
«o and cuter an appeal at once.” Tho British nation are
bound to see that tho litigation between the Lords ar.d
Commons does not come to an abrupt termination. The law¬
suit must be kept up; and, for my part, I hope that the two
Houses will continue to lead a cnt-niul-dog life for many
ceuturies. For a well-trained cat and dog will eat out of the
same plate; and it is only occasionally that they have a
tussle, for which neither Pussy nor Fizgig is much the
worse.
There is very little if any benefit to bo obtained from
reading the doleful speeches delivered by noble Lords iu
opposition on the evening when the Franchise Bill was re¬
jected in the Upper House, because it is tolerably certain that,
iu this case, History will repeat itself, and tho bill will be¬
come, sooner or later, the law of the laud. It is much more
and night-prowlers! The best cleaned. Certainly. Look at
the condition of Seven Dials and of Coveut Gardon Market,
with the vegetable refuse rotting in heaps in the July sun at
three o’clock in the afternoon. The “bitter cry of Outcast
London ” is iu reality a preanof joy and gratitude, and we are
all going to the Elyaian Fields (or to a Fool’s Paradise), audtlie
editor of the St. James's Gazette is of the company.
Mr. Bernard II. Becker, in his delightfully vivacious and
observant “ Holiday Haunts by Cliff-sido and River-side,”
just published by Mr. Bentley, has some very pleasant pages
on the South of France, and when lie reaches Marseilles has,
of course, a great deal to say about bouillabaisse. Mr. Becker
favours his readers with a recipe for the famous “ Provencal
fish stew ” (in reality it is not a stow, but a soup), which recipe
labours under tho serious defect of being entirely useless to
those who wish to know how bouillabaisse is made. The author
of “Holiday Haunts” merely gives the ingredients, adding
merely directions to the cook to wash and clean his fish in
sea-water, and concluding “cuire vivemeut pendant sept
minutes.”
“Cuire” what? The fish? They are only a part of
bouillabaisse. Tho foundation of tho mess is a broth or stock,
of bony fish, conger, vegetables, and sweet herbs, and this
will take at least twenty-five minutes to boil down (noto
bouille-abaissi ) before the pieces of fish are added. And then
the fish must boil for some minutes—the maximum, fifteen. Iu
once more reverting to bouillabaisse , it may not bo amiss to
repeat that its renown among English people is almost
entirely factitious, uud duo to admiration for Mr. Thackeray's
beautiful (but untechnical) ballad; that although the Mar¬
seilles hotel and restaurant keepers are cunning enough to put
very little garlic into the bouillabaisse which they serve to their
Euglish patrons, tho dish, to be in Provencal perfection, should
have the haul goiit, wliich means that it should reek wit
garlic; and thut with such a haul gout it would bo intolcmbl
distasteful to most English Indies.
“ F. M.” (Bcrgsteiggnsse, Vienna), propounds to mo
following weighty queries
(1). Can you be so kind os to tell mo if there is any history of
corsets, or ony hook at all on the subject l (2). Is thero any place V
men are generally sensible enough to wear this most comfortable o
articles of dress, and where mother* do their boys tho grei^TSnd3&>* i
train their figures in stays, and overcomo tire absurd prejudice frgamStmnra
stay-wearing ? (3). What is the proper age in which to hut in a boy his
first earring* f 1
We will taka the books about corsets fit$t. More than
thirty years ago Madame Roxey Caplin, published a work
entitled “Health and Beauty; or, Corsets and Clothing”
(Loudon: Darton and Co.). It is copiously illustrated with
lithographic pictures of a “staying” kind/ /The authoress
was a “hygienic corsetierc” in Berners-ptreet, or Newruun-
street, I thiuk. The nrchfflQlogy of corsets is treated at length
iu Quicherat’s “ Histoire du Costume en France.” Much
curious information touching corsets will also be found iu tho
“Draper’s Dictionary” ( IKdrflhouseritati audJjraper' s Journal ,
Aldcrsgate-street), and in, Blanche’s “ C'yclop:cdia of Cos¬
tume.” 8co also Fnirliolty “Madro Natura,” by “Luke
Limner,” and Mrs. II. R. IlawchCglAj^ of Dress” (London,
Clmtto and Windus,an illustrated book
on the Corset published some few years siucc by Messrs. Ward
and Lock. I have it somewhere on my shelves, but cannot
put my hand upon it just now, and have forgotten its name.
After you have consulted these works, my Viennese friend,
I should advise you to turn to a book called “ Diseases of the
Spine aud Chest,” byO^*. C. II. Rogers Harrison, M.R.C.S.,
published^by UwrchiU two-and-forty years ago. Iu Mr.
Harrison’s book/which has been liberally cribbed from by
more inocleru iiiiduipi'c pretentious writers ou tho subject) you
w.i0MhKl^d\16»>g a1111 appalling list of diseases directly or
from tight-lacing. And it may interest
. M , , , . Qo ianu. it is muen more J ^ 5w ^ hl & Ig froE
serviceable, and a great deal more entertuiumg, to turn to the vo „ Vionil , so fierr, to learn that among the medical au
report of the concludmg debate on the first Reform Bilim the J hoHties who lmvc invcig hed against the evil of tight corsets
House of Lorde on the Fourth of June, 1832-a debate at «<o bearing such names us Soemmering, Muller,
X^nhie^Jjampcr, Brinckrannn, Plntner, Bollcxserd, Peltncr,
Reinhardt, Wormes, Schnifczlein, Bucher, Mohrcnheim,
conclusion of which the third reading of the bill was carried
by a majority of eighty-four.
Tho Earl of Winchelsea lamented over tho downfall of the Cofwtitution Diobold, Richter, Ludwig, and Ilannes. To tell a Teuton
and tho destruction of that House ns an independent branch of the Ix'gin-
lature. After a pause of some length, tho Lord Chancellor (Hurry
Brougham) put the question, when tho Earl of Harrowby ro*o and Said
that, in a House of Parliament in a sister country, a member, harms
nddressed some question to the Government and received nqansivor, suddenly
exclaimed, ** Am I addressing nn Irish Senate or a Turkish Divan. Are we
to ba strangled by mutes!” Ho (Lord Harrowby) was a ware of tho
degradation to which that House had mink } but he wn* not prepared that
the noble Earl (Grey) should so plainly show his sense of that degradation
ns not to vouchsafe a reply to tho speech they had just heard. . . . The
mere introduction of the Reform Bill struck a severe blow at the inde¬
pendence of that House. . . . Posterity would condemn the present pro¬
ceedings. He could not envy the triumph which enabled the Ministry to
trample on the Crown and tho House of Lords by fostering a power which
would soon trample on them (Cheer*).
“ Soon! ” This despondent prophecy wag uttered in June,
1832. In November, 1834, a Conservative Administration was
iu power.
I have, perhaps, tdo’optimist a friend who hag lived in
tunny lands and seo^maiiy varieties of politicul rule, and who
is wont to maintain (he is un obstinate friend) that, whether a
Conservative or a Liberal Minis! ryholcl sway iu England, wo
have the very best government in the whole world. That is what
tho SI. James's Gazette of July 3 says of the government, not of
England, but of the metropolis thereof. In a characteristic
article in opposition to Sir William Harcourt’shill my brilliant
contemporary observes-/* The first tiling to notico and to
kepp steadily in view is the singular practical success of tho
London system under its irregular exterior. London is incom -
farabbj the best administered, the best drained, the best cleansed, the
lust lighted of the great cities of the world.” And so say ull of
us! The best administered. Hurrah for the vestries ! Three
cheers for the ubiquity of the police, the entire disappearance of
burglars, gurotters, pickpockets, “ confidence trick ’’-sharpers
auytmng about stays is, I should think, a sending of coals to
Newcastle indeed.
As for “ any place where men are generally sensible enough
to wear stays,” 1 can only say that I have now and again seen
newspaper advertisements, illustrated with woodcuts of male
corsets, and tlmt there is no accounting for taste. French
military officers, it used to be said, frequently wore stays when
their figures showed a tendency to stoutness. A French
Major is usually stout. Finally, as regards male earriugs, I
can only say that gipsies often, aud sailors sometimes, wear snch
ornaments; and that I wore earrings myself, ns a child, .nearly
fifty years ago, and can distinctly feel now the tiny indurations
in the lobes of my ears where they were pierced by a gold¬
smith in tho Regent’s Quadrant. Cost my parents and
guardians three half-crowns, inclusive of the gold wires. T
lmd lmcl my head shaved shortly before being ringod, and had
been otherwise “ gehennued,” with a view (I was blind) to
gettiug back my sight for mo. Had the earring experiment
any scientific warrant, or was it due to simple superstition ?
I am sorry to learn that my Viennese correspondent is in
favour of stays. When last I paid a Hying visit to tho
Kniscrstadt, returning from Moscow, in June last year, I
thought thut I lmd never beheld lovelier busts than those of
the Viennese ladies; and I vainly fancied thut the exquisite
symmetry of their corsages was due to the art istic cutting thereof,
possibly by male cutters. It is dreadful to thiuk tlmt thero
should be any tight-lacing iu the Itiugstrosse or in the Prater.
Since tho memorable occasion when the letter-carrier
expired (figuratively spoaking) on my doorstep (ho came to life
again ou tho ensuing Boxing Day), borno down by an
intolerable load of correspondence touching tho beautiful lines
written by Lord Palmerston ou tho death of his first wife from
consumption; or perhaps sinco the time, nearly as well remem¬
bered, when I had Pelions upon Ossas of epistles hurled at me
in reference to the authorship of “The Whole Duty of Man,”
I can scarcely recall a heavier shower of letters than that which
has beaten down on me about the proverb “Cleanliness is
next to Godliness.” Very many of my correspondents contend
that the locution is merely an anonymous English proverb of
great antiquity, and that its origami form was “ Cleanliness
is next to Goodliness ”—“ goodliness being taken in the sense
of comeliness, or well-favouredness ; ” and this reading of tho
saying would suggest the moral,” All cannot bo beautiful, but
all can bo clean ; and to bo clean is next to being beautiful
or goodly.” •%,
“V B.,” writing from Mozambique, East Const, South
Africn, remarks that in nn impression of thiajohmol dated
April 5 ho found un allusion to /‘ sbmo lliglilaiid caterans,”
and tlmt on turning to his new edition of Webster, revised by
Porter and Goodrich (1877), be could find no triice of “enterun.”
But I find “ caterau ” defined ill tho edition of Webster for
1880. Iam " sair owerhauded ” by pOogle who complain that
they cannot find words in dictionaries.
And the ladies and gentlemen.; who are so vciy anxious to
know the orthographyof ceftam words! How often am I to
repeat that I never learned to spell, that I am unacquainted
with tho laws of Euglish spelling, und that I am consequently
the untrustwortliiest of guides ou the matter of orthography.
Sevcu-uud-twenty ..years-- ago, in a book which I took the
liberty of writing, called' “Twice Round the Clock,” I
remarked —
I declare that, to this day, I do not know ono rule out of five in Lindlcy
Jlunnj 'a graimtiar.. I can spell decently because I can draw; and the
powfr * nob tiiydcno^ledge) of spelling correctly is concurrent with the
ityfor ckpre./iiig tho image* heforo us more or less graphically and
, wtricallylt isn’t how a word ought to bo spelt: it is how it looks on
Bapcr that t)ecicfc»/fho speller.
But in vain do I reason witli my correspondents. Here is
“ W/B.,” (Edgbnston), who would bo so very much
if 1 would tell him which is the correct way of spelling
sc.” In some dictionaries lie finds tlio word spelt
aso ” ; in others “ carcass.” Both ways arc correct, I
say. The lust is tho more accurate, I suppose, if wo
derive tho word from tho French “ carcasse.” Dr. South
speaks of a man “ pampering his own carcass”; aud Shak-
spearo has “ the carcasses of many a tall ship.” Spencer
writes —
To blot the honour of tho dead.
And with foul cowardice his carcass shame.
Milton writes of “ carcasses and arms,” and Drydeu of
“shipwrecked carcasses.” In tho authorised version of the
Scriptures we have carcases (Genesis xv. ii. et alibi) ; but iu au
old black-letter Bible in my possession (the titlepagc is want¬
ing, so that I know not its date) Gen. xv. ii. is rendered: —
“Aud when tho fowles came doivno on the carkcises Abrnm
drove them away.” There seems to have been older English
forms of “carcase” or “carcnss” in “carquays” and
“ carkoys.” Even at tho present dny, if you listen to a
scolding-match between two women of the rough class you
will probably hear a disparaging allusion, by one virugo,
to tho “earkiss” of her antagonist. We are a very odd
people, aud some of the oldest forms of English (worthy Mr.
Peggc found tlmt out long ago) are to be found in the speech
of the very humblest of our urban and rural population. Mr.
Pcgge, iu his essay on the Cockney Dialect, went so far as to
hold that the “ Woal ” the waggoner's warning to his horse,
was ouly u dim survival of the “ hoik ! ” of tho marsliulmeu
at tho media-val tournaments when they threw down their
staves as a for monition those jousting to stop.
For all this, “carcass,” I grunt, has an antiquated look.
Try it on your blotting-pad, and contrast it with “ carcase.”
Kelly's Post Office London Directory speaks of “carcase ” not
“ carcass ” butchers. Let us follow the lend of the Post Office
London Directory. Mrs. Cowdcn C'larko has also, I perceive,
modernised Slmkspcnre’s “carcasses” into “carcases.” The
spelling of tho word had been so modernised, long before, by
Theobald; but Bailey, quoting Khakspeare, writes “ carcass.”
I think that I have said enough on this head to show that the
quest for what is called “ correct spelling ” of English, is about
as difficult a task ns the search for a four-leaved shamrock.
You know the English version of “ Lucretius on the Nature
of Things,” in Bohn's Classical Library? The titlepago
announces that the book is “literally translated into English
prose by the Rev. Johu Selby Watson, M.A., Head-Master of
the Proprietary Grammar School, Stockwell.” If you have
the book on your shelves, paste inside the cover a cutting from
some London newspaper ol' July 8, to tho effect thut on .1 uly 7,
at Parkhurst ConvictPrison, an inquest was held on tho body
of tho Rev. John Selby Watson, who was convicted iu 1872 ui'
the murder of his wife, aud whose death-sentence was commuted
to penal servitude for life. It appeared that during the night
of June 29 tho deceased fell out of his hummock, striking
his head against somo object ou the lloor, and sustaining
injuries from which, on July 6, hedied. I never had the slightest
doubt that this unfortunate gentleman, at the time when ho
committed his fearful crime, was as mad as Bclliughuin, tho
assassin of Mr. Spencer Perceval. Bellingham, by -the-way,
was hanged.
I have often wondered whether, in the awful solitude of his
dungeon, the unhappy man over meditated over a passage iu
his own version of Lucretius:—
Do you now see, therefore, that although external force drive* along
many men [that is, often drives men along), umit-ompel* them frequently to go
forward* against their will, and to bo hurried away headlong, yet there is
something in onr bre«*t which enn struggle against and oppose it; neeonl-
ing to tlie direction of wliich, also, the aggregate of matter within u* i* at
time* obliged to bo guided throughout our severnl limb* and members, and
when driven forward i* curbed and sink* down into rest.
The external force which drove tho unfortunate Sir.
Watson headlong to the commission of a hideous homicide
were over study, domestic disquiet, tho toil of a literary hack,
in addition to tho travail of a schoolmaster, the dread of dis¬
missal from his post, and the sickening fear of poverty. Aud
the something within the heart which could struggle against
and oppose—which could curb and check and lull to rest the
impulse to shed blood was, for the moment, lacking.
G. A. S.
—
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, July 12, 1884.—28
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PASSENGERS PRO* TOULON AND MARSEILLES FUMIGATED AT TUE PARIS STATION OP THE LYONS AND MEDITERRANEAN RAILWAY.
9 HOLERA OUARANTINE AT MARSEILLES I OFFICERS OF THE SHIPS IN DETENTION, VISITED BY WIVES AND CHILDREN,
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Jcly 12, 1884.—29
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THE ILLUSTKATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 12, 1884
BIRTHS.
On the 19th ult., t >.t De*_n Cottage, Southampton, the wife of Richard
Gould, Kao... cf » daughter.
On the 6th inst., at 42, Portlanil-place, W., the wife of Arthur L.
Raphael, of a daughter.
On the 6th in.it., at Townhope, near Hereford, the wife of Frederick Ord
Gadsden, prematurely, of a son, stillborn.
MARRIAGE.
At St. Paul’s Church, Toronto, on Wednesday, June 4, 1884, by the Right
Rev. the Lord Biahop of Toronto, asaisted by the Rev. H. Green, K. Tuylour
English, of Ongoode Hall, barrister-at-law, to Harrietts Angelo, eldest
daughter of Major K. J. Evans, late t6th Regiment.
*,* The chart/* for the interlion of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, il
hive Skillings /or each announcement.
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 19.
anniversary,
rj-REAT EASTERN RAILWAY.-
VJ 1M1
Sunday, Jl'I.T 13.
Fifth Sunday after Trinity.
Morning Lessons: I. Ham. xv. 1—24;
Acts xvii. 16. Evening Lessons :
I. 8am. xvi. or xvii.; Matt. vi.
1—19.
Bt. Paul’s Cathedral, 10.80 a.m.
Westminster Abbey, 10 a.m.
Bt. .1 Hines's, noon, Rev. A. L. B.
Peile.
Whitehall, 11 a.m.. Rev. Canon
Tinling; 3pm., Rev. W. Hulton.
Bavoy, 11.80 a.m., Rev. J. E. Welldon;
7 p.m., llev. Dr. 8, Leathea.
Monday, Jolt 14.
Sjpvfie to be held by the Prince of
Wales, St. James’s, 2 p.m.
National Rifle Association, Wim¬
bledon Meeting: shooting begins.
Royal Agricultural Society, annual
meeting at Shrewsbury (live days).
National Hospital for Paralysed,
Bloomsbury, meeting for com¬
pletion of new building, Willis's
Rooms, the Earl of Shofteabury in
the chair.
National French Fete.
Tuesday, July 15.
St. 8within.
Moon's last quarter, 9.39 p.m.
Horological Institute,
8 p.m.
Races: Yarmouth, Winchester, and
FourjOaks Park.
Wednesday. Jclt 16.
Royal West of England Hone 8how
(two days).
Burton-on-Trcnt Regatta.
Tuuosday, Jolt 17.
National Social Science Association,
annual congress, at liirminghnm-
presidcut, Mr. 81mw Lefetre (seven
days).
Zoological Society’s Gardens, Davis
lecture (last), 5 pju., Mr. P. L.
Bela ter on Reptiles.
Rose Show and IV l o at the Mansion
House (for RoTul Hospital for
Children and Women, Wuterloo-
rosd).
Races: Kcmpton Pork and Pontefract
Friday, July 18.
Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel, 2 p.m.
8atuhdat, July 19.
Princess Augusta of Cambridge,
Duchess of Mecklenbiug-Strelit*,
bom, 1822.
Kingston-on-Thames Regatta.
-SEASIDE.—An
IMPROVED SERVICE of FART TRAINS U now rannlug to YARMOUTH.
Lowestoft, CLdon on..-™. Walton-cm-tlie-Naio, llsrwich, Dorercuart. Aldeburfch,
Fcllxatowe, SoutliwoM, Hunstanton, »nd Crotnsr.
TOURIST FOKT.MUHTLY and FRIDAY or SATURDAY to TUESDAY (First,
Second, and Third Class) TICKETS are ISSUED by all Trains. „ . . „
Tourist Tlckrts are also luued from Llfcrpool-rtrret bf the bow Route to Scar¬
borough. Flloy. Whitby, and tho prlnell«l Tuurlrt Stations In Scotland.
A Cheap I>«y Trip to the Seaside, by Fxcurslon Train from Llierpool-itrret to
Clacton-on Bea, Walton-on-th»-NaEe. and Harwich. every Sunday at *.40 o.m., and
every Monday at7 am., calling at Stratford. Fare*,.la.. 6a. la.
For full Particulars see Bill* aud tho Company a rime-booka.
London. July. I "1. William Hi nr. General Manager.
TT OLID AYS ON THE CONTINENT.—Direct through
■it. t^rvtce, Yli Harwich <I'*rkcston Qu ay), l>y til# OH EAT EASTKItN RAILWAY
COM PANY’8 fAat piuM*©ng«r-RUs»mM-* to Antwerp Mid Ucmraam. From l»n<b>n,
lAvtrpool-ftreet Station. nt B p.m., end direct through curiam from Manchester at
X p.m.,aud Doncaatcr et «.4» p.m.,every week day,arriving et Autwerpand Rotterdam
the iieit morning.
New Cheap Clrcnlar Tours fn Holland. Germany. Belgium, Bwltgerland. Ac. Low
through bookings t.) all |«arta Of the Continent from
Iilvturvaqui
r‘e •Ti
{■arts of the Continent from London and the North. For
lie and'unrxpenslve tour, rl* Harwich, read the Great Eattern UaU way f
• tours vlt llarwlrh, read tbelirrat Eastern
pany'a "Tourirta' Guide to the .
Ardennes.'' " Holidays in Holland.
Id., post-free l|d. For particulxni-..
tlncntal T raffle Manager. Llrorpuol-rtreet Station, Loudon, K.C.
r Com-
Contlnent,” price 6d.. post-f roe 0d.; "A Trip to the
id." "TheMoeelle," "Tlio llartx Mountains," price
are and time books (free), address F. Uooday, Uou-
omniriico runnlug on July SI.
Bud.
•Wert Day*.
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■jVTIDLAND RAILWAY.—SCOTLAND.—Summer Service
-l'-L of Trains to Scotland by the MIDLAND ROUTE. The HIGHLAND
LXFKESS (5.0 p.m. from Bt- l'sncratl will
laindoB (St. Pancras) .. dep.
tilaagow tbt. Enoch) .. .. arr.
lirrenock . ..
Edinburgh (Warcrleyj ..
l'erth .
Oh.ni .
Alwrdeen. „
lurnneM .
A.—The Train having ht. r»n. n«» at lo.V. a.m. on Saturdura lias no connection
with luvenirc on Sunday iiimiituR*. 11.—Tlio Train leaving Sl l'nuura. ul 0.13 on
Saturday Might* ha, no connection with Urveuuck, Oban, or piaeva uoilh of Edinburgh
on Sunday mornings.
C.—Cullman nloe|dnr-Car from St. Pancra. to Edinburgh and Perth. D.—Pullman
Drawiiig-ltiHiiu Cars from St Pancra. U> Edinburgh and Gl.<gow. K. — I'lillniau
>lo.-plnx-Car» from St. I’ancnu to Edinburgh and Glasgow Dally, also to Greenock
except mi r-atunUy nlghla.
Tlim* Cara are well ventilated, fitted with Lavatory. Ac., ami accompanied bra
Special Attendant. First Clan PaneUger. travel In the Drawing-room Cuts attached
hi I lay Express Train, without extra |nj me nt. For Berth In Sleeping-Car tlio cbai go
is Ks.. In addition to the First Class fare.
The Evening Kxpres. leaving London at 9-13p.m. reaches Greenock In tluictoen-
enab.n I'assriigers to Join the tioi.l >1 HA or IU.VA itcaniers for the lligliUudi. A
Through Carriage I. run from LONDON' to Greenock by this Train: alao by the
lok.s.ui. from M. l'ancnss.
For particulars ut Up-Train Service from Scotland to London roe Time Table)
Is.neil by the Company. Joiix N'uhle. General Manager, Midland Railway.
Derby, July, )i<54. i _
SCOTLAND, by the WEST COAST ROYAL MAIL
ROUTE.
T ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND CALEDONIAN
li KAII.WAYS.-11m SUMMER SERVICE of PASSENGER TRAINS from
LONDON to SCOTLAND Is now la operation.
T1THAT IS YOUR CREST and WIIAT IS YOUR MOTTO P
T T Bend name and county to CULLETON'S Heraldic Office. Plain Sketch,
Ss. Gl.: Colours. 7a. The arms of man and wife blended. Crest engraved on real*,
rings. Uaiks. snd steel dies. ft. fid. Gold seal, with crest, 20*. Solid Gold Ring,
15-carut, Hall-marked, with crest, Vis. Manual of Heraldry.4onengrnvlngs. SB. lid.
T. CULLETON. 23, Craubonrn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane).
pULLETON'S GUINEA BOX of STATIONERY
V-/ contains a Ream of the very beet Taper and WO Envelopes, all atainjwd In tha
moat elegant way with Crest aud Motto. Monogram, or Address, aud the engraving of
btcsl Die Included. Sent to any part for P.O. order.
T. CUbl.ETON. 2.). Crauliourii-street (conwr of Bt. Martln's-lane).
TTI8ITING CARDS by CULLETON.—Fifty best quality,
T -is. Jab. post-free, including the Engraving of (%>p|>er Plate. Wedding Cards,
CO(arh,fin KinGiuml KiivcUuk*. with Maldm Name. Ids. ut.
T. CULLETON. Beal Engraver.24. Cmnlwurn-Street,st. Martln's-lane. W.C.
■\riTREMANIE.—An easy and inexpensive method of
T decorating windows in churches, public liiiiMlnm, and private homes, by
which in»y I* produced the rich colouring and beautiful d< signs equal in al'peararo o
to real stain'd glass. Hainlbo.dc of llcalgna and full Instructions, ia. id. Particular.
iKist-frec. Windows decorated lo order Irani fia. j>er foot.
Solo Inventors, J. BARNARD and SUN, 2JJ. Oxforvl-street, London, W.
T7NAMEL COLOURS, GUTTA PERCH A, and every
JLi reqnlsite for Imitating Dresden China.
List, irre.
J. BARNARD and BON. 2B, Oxfonl-.trcet, W.
1'HE VALE OF TEARS.-DOItE’S Last Great PICTURE^
-l completed a few dayalirfore liadlrd. NOW on VIEW at the DOllE GALLEUY,
83. New Bond-street, with liltother great phtiirea. Ten to Six Dally. Is.
ANNO DOMINI, by EDWIN LONG, R.A.—This
great Work Is now ON VIEW, logither with ConimeudatoreCIBEItl'M Picture
ofClllllbT liOUNK TO THE'i'OMIl. and other Important works, at the UAL-
1.LU1KS. 165. New Bond-street. Ten to blx. Admission. Is.
and Mrs. GERMAN REED’S ENTERTAINMENT.
Managers. Messrs. Allred Reed and Orney Grain.—NOliODYH—FAULT,
l>y Arthur Law; Music by Hamilton Ciaikc. A New Musical Kkrtch.liy Mr. Opruev
Grain, entillwl 8HOWH OF THE SEASON. A New Second l*art. mtlthvl A
TERRIBLE FRIGHT, hr Arthur law; Music liy Cornoy .Grain.—MORNING PER-
FORM A.NCE8 Tneaday, Tliuradny, and Saturday, at Three; EVENINGS, Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday, st Eight. Admission. It. and U .: Stalls, be. ntnl ts. Booking
((Dice open Ten to Six. No charge for llookiug. BT. GEORGE'S HALL. Laugltaiu-
plare. Last week but oue of tho mason. p.
/CRITERION THEATRE.-Solo Ircssee aud Manager, Mr.
CIIAKI.ES WYNDIIAM. Every Evening at Nine, a New Comerlr, In Three
Arts, adapted from tlio Frcnrii of Mil. Ramiro slid tioBillnet. rntltlnl FEATIIEK-
BHAIN. by James All- rr. Preceded by. nt Klglit. SuMEHODY EI-SK. Box Office
open from Ten n.m. till Eleven p.m. Doors open. 7.10; b< coiumrnco at Eight.
THE FRINGE?S TilEATRE, Covcntry-street,W.
JL LIGHTED BY ELECTRlCm’./Proprietor and Mauagi r. Mr. Edgar Bruce.
EVERY EVENING, st a yimrlor to Eight, the Playglarism In Twenty Miuutea,
callrtl SIX AND EIGHTJ'KNCK./ At a Unarter-iavet Eight, a Now Play.In aiirologue
aud three acta, written bv Mesars. ]l ngh li nes) and U'om.Mrt Ibirr, entitled CALLED
BACK, adapt«xl from Mr. Hugh t’oow aj'a very sucnsstul story of that name. For
cast see dally papers. New scenery anil costumes. Haora 0|o-n at Half-past Seven.
Carriages at Eleven. No fees. Box-Office opiu daily from Eleven to Five. Beats may
be booked a month In adranCw.__ \/
Lon-lon (Euiton a.m.
n.m.
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Tlio IIIGIII.AND EXPRESS (8.0 p.m.) leaves Euston every night (Bat unlays ex-
rcptcdi.andlsduoatGroenia-kln time to enable iiasseiigers to Join tho steamers to
the Western Coast »f Scotland. It also arrives at Perth In time to i-unblo passengers
to brenkrs.t there before l.ioc.-edlng northwards.
From July It Ur Aug. II ibaturdays aud Bandars excepted 1 an a<1dltlonal Exproxs-
Trslu will leave Eusbm Matl.ur at.<.3Up.m. (or EilliiUnnfh. Glasgow, and all parUof
Scotland. This train will convey speclnl parties, horses, and carriages.
A Does not run to Greenock or Ubau on Sunday mornings.
B Does not run beyond Edinburgh and Glasgow on Sunday mornings.
Day saloons fitted with lavatory acoimnoxlatlon are attached to thrlO a m. down
express train from Ktishm to Edinburgh and Glasgow. Ac., without extra chap
IMPROVED SLEEPING BAl.OONrt.acc m pan led by a
THE SOUAKIM RAILWAY.
With a view to the contingency of some need for establishing
a purmiiuont military cttiiij) 911 the hills ill tlie neighbourhood
of Souukiin ufterthe hot season, a limited quautityof mutcriula
for the construotion of a short line of light railway has been
gent out from the Royal Am-iuil at Woolwich. The first ship
loud was dispatched oh the 20th ult., in the steam-traueport
Camel, of lid Gist, consisting of rails aud sleepers, with cut
timbers for erecting a jetty at Souukiin, a set of sheer-legs,
5(Mt. high, for unloading stores, and fifty iron tanks for
holding water. Two or tliree other steamers are being laden
to convey the remuinder of the railway plant to the Red
\Tjvo small locomotive engines which were pur-
qlmSed ubout two years since for a Government railway
at Cyprus will form part of tho equipment, and others
"~5 ordered to be supplied by contract. They are udapted to
{ramib^ w“n? A ^ tramway laid down in the Arsenal; and.
Extra ciurgv.aa. fur«*.!. berth. wli.'ii the Cyprus ruilwuy was countermanded, about twelve
CA.LLAXDER AND OBAJf LINE. months since, they were "placed ut the service of the Works
H tebuSd!r»iSdu!?BdRf*Hw!IiBj»d** tr * t ***^ mo,t comforU, ’ ,e rout * tjujhaWettcr^ Department, in which they are at present daily employed. All
. em tEeQompaojctf N the railway plant is designed for the same narrow gauge, and
1 w. w/hohwi^'-. 'the whole of tho material is remarkably light. The rails are
Ignlii
Fur particulars of up-train ooi vice from Scotland to Lonton
Ilia.
O. FINDLAY, General Manager, L. and
July. ISM.
s
J. TIIOMI'SON. (BncralMnn.gvr.C'aled'iUianlb^wily/ j]
'EASIDE SEASON.—TIIE
BRIGHTON
hKAFOUD
K ASTRO ERNE
BT. LEONARDS
II 1 STINGS
WORTHING
I.IITI.KHAMITON
IMMi.NOH
IIAYUNG ISLAND
ItlHTHMOUTU
bOUTIISK.V
in 21 feet lengths, and they weigh 381b. to the yard,
sleepers are formed of i-inch iron plates bent into nn
ai»rftnn flnrl upm It InnlirM wifi** hv H loiin*. r l*li
1) III G HTO N—Chea
I * From Victoria WJ» a.m.. Far.- 1
Guinea First Class DayTIckeUt.. Brigli
Brli ig.-, admitting to the Grand Aquarium
Tickets to Brlgbtou every Bundav from 1 If
Frequent Trains from Victoria and Loh
Tralua In connection from Kc
Liverpool* street.
Return Ticket* from I/mdnn avAjli
Weekly. FurtnlgtHly, and Monthly .Tickets. •
Improve.) Train Service*. \_
1'ullman Car T ralnk^bA^ettVlgUirjaiikd PrlgliNm.
ay Ticlctts every Weekday.
Full nun ear. Dlirap Half
from Victoria and Loudon
. ebonp First I'laes lJ«y
and 1* Jo p.m. Faro. Ins
The
M”
Bcctlon, and are 6 inches wide by 3 feet long. The rails
will bo luid lo form a liue only 18 inches wide, uud
will be attached to the iron sleepers by u simple grip. Although
narrow, this form of line has proved ample at the Arsenal and
sevorul of the dockyards lor the conveyance of heavy stores,
and tracks aud carnages six feet wide can run upon it in per¬
fect safety, a short uuder-uimage in frequent joints eiiubliug
a train thus composed to turn the sharpest curves. The
engines nro of 15 or 20 hone power, and can draw about forty
tons. Not more than fifty tons of railway iron are at Wool¬
wich, but orders have been sent out for 350 tons more of the
same putteru. It is calculated that the whole line can be luid
down in ubout three weeks after the muteriul is lauded.
1 TASTINGS, ST. LEONARDS, and EASTBOURNE.
J L cheap Day Return Tlckcta lakiicl daily l.y Taat Train* Irom Luuitou Bridge,
Weekday* liUlO a.m . and Sundays 8.:«i a.m.. calling ht East Croydon.
From Victoria, Weekday**A3 a.m.. »ud Sunday* u.ai a.m.. calling at Clapham
"From'ScnMngtoa (Adl 1 *<.n-ro»d)>We«kda7i 0.40 a.m.. and Sunday* p.IO a.m.
Faro*. 14*.. II*. oJ- and «*/ \ _
Cheapest route.— via
I'K. and ItOlIKN.
Y WEEK DAY AS UNDER:—
udon Bridge liialluii. l ari*,
ln p. N 3o a.m. Arr. u 40 p.m.
lo 13. 7 4»
in 13. 7 4n
Ill 43. K 27 „
1 3.1 p.m. .. ,, 11 43
1 311.II 43 ..
ICE.-From Victoria. 7 JO p.m., and London llrl.lga,
nd Back 1«tria»*. 2nd Clare.
^ , inr Slonth .. .. « 13a. («L .. il In., od.
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id Bnttanv. Spleo.lld Fart l'addle-ht.amcr*. acounpll»li Die
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TIIE CHOLERA IN FRANCE.
The outbreak of cholera at Toulon and Marseilles lias caused
a greater panic in France than it ought to lmve done ; but it is
quite right to enforce strict sanitary regulations in l’aris aud
every largo town, and to use certain precautions against tho
spread of the epidemic by foul mutter from the patients suffer¬
ing under this perilous disease. They aro dying at Toulon at
the rate of ubout twenty daily, twenty-five lust Tuesday, but
not quite so many at Marseilles; the whole mortality, in a
fortnight, has exceeded 200. It is believed that the epidemic,
which is pronounced to bo true Asiatic cholera, was brought to
those ports by French vessels from the Suez Canal. Tho first
death at Toulon occurred on the ll>th ult. That town was
previously In n very unhealthy condition, from the neglect of
proper regulations. In ordinary times it has a flouting popu¬
lation of suitors, soldiers, and marines, and 611,000 inhabitants
paying taxes, ot whom 40,000 have left the towu for tho en¬
virons. Work is at a standstill: many of the shops are closed;
and some 3000 labourers from the Arsenal have gone away with
their families, numbering 10,000 souls. Tlie Municipality has
been making great efforts to cleanse and water the streets and
the sewers, but it is feared that the bed of tlie river Durse may
contain much dangerous filth. The French naval authorities,
after removing from Toulon most of the crews of the training-
ships, the pupils of tho torpedo school, und inmates of the
hulks uud flouting barracks, have co-operated with the towu
officials in doing whatever can be done; and several of the
remaining ships are used os hospitals. We give an Illustration
of the view nt Missiessy, a part of the naval port; the arsenal
and town lie farther to the right hand. At Marseilles, where
ships of every class, arriving from the East, are compelled to
undergo quarantine, the affecting scene represented in our
Illustration is that of two young married men, officers of tho
merchant service, who are here detained in confinement,
allowed to 8eo tlieir wives and children only through
prisou bara. The passenger traffic on the Paris, Lyons,
and Mediterranean Railway, which is familiar to every
British tourist going through France to Switzerland or to
Italy, is now subjected to extraordinary Regulations. All
persons arriving in Paris from Toulon or Marseilles are obliged
to undergo the process of disinfection, performed by inhaling
for half ail hour, iu a waiting-room at the railway-station, tho
vapour of a solution of pulverised “ sulphute of nitrosyle,”
heated in large urns by the flame of a Bpirit-lamp, as is
shown in our Engraving of this subject. The floor of the room
is covered with fresh sawdust, which is swept up and carried
away, to be burnt, immediately after the withdrawal of a
batch of passengers. Their luggage is opened, and the contents
spread out and fumigated. The fumes of the vapour are not at
all disagreeable to breathe. Tlie process is superintended by
agents of the Government Health Commission and of the
Municipal Laboratory of Paris.
HENLEY REGATTA.
The weekly commentary upon “National Sports” will not
have fuiled to record the racing results at this annual meeting
of aquatic athletes und holiday spectators, which has been
celebrated the forty-sixth time. Henley, about sixty-five
miles from London, where Oxfordshire und Berks, on their
respective banks of the Thames, present much rural and
sylvan pleasantness, with agreeable parks and mansions iu
the neighbourhood, and a variety of woodland and meadow
Scenery, is a town worth visiting on quieter summer dnys. On
Thursday and Friday week, it was one of the liveliest places
in Euglund, the crowd of steam-boats, steam - launches,
and rowing-boats, eight - oars, four - ours, wherries, and
canoes, with not a few house-boats for summer sojourn ou the
river, being us great, ns upon any former occasion, and
favoured of course by the very fine weather. Our Artist, who
was there with his pencil and sketchbook, going by railway
from l’uddingtou to Henley with tlie mob of lnndsmen, made
use of his opportunities, ns the reader will see, to delineate
many humorous incidents of the mixed assemblage, ns well as
to sketch a view of the river just below Henley Bridge, which
is the end of the course, beginning at Regatta Island, a mile
aud n quarter down the Thames. Luncheon and champagne,
fun and frolic, possibly a little flirtation, add to the charms of
the Henley Regatta festival, which is not like the Oxford and
Cambridge boat-race, and still less resembles the Derby Day,
but may in some respects be compared to Ascot for the com¬
pany that it draws together.
CITY ECHOES.
Wbunesdat, July 9.
Tlio rebound in the prices of many American and Canadian
securities, to which reference was made last week, was continued
for several days, but the holidays in the States, uud the
natural course of u market which had so suddenly turned, has
since caused a pause. The gain lias, however, been consider¬
able, and it will be something if it is iu great part maintained.
It is the general opinion that by a succession of similar move¬
ments will a return be made to former prices, and that we
shall not see anything like u continuous rebound. In some
cases the rise ranged from 5 to 10 per cent, which is not a bnd
gain for one week. In Home Railways the upward movement
wus also considerable, mid a large number of foreign bonds
have also made way.
The Bank dividends now being announced are in but few
eases different from those of last year. The London and
Westminster, the London Joint Stock, the Union of London,
the City, the Alliance, and the Consolidated, are all to pay the
same, while the Imperial rate is reduced from 8 to 7. In
several cases, however, more is being placed to reserve or is
carried forward, thus showing a generally better result. Of
the discount houses the National Discount again pays 13,
und carries forward about the same balance, while the United
Discount dividend is advanced from 0 to 7, the balance
reiuniuiug, however, being smaller.
The Hudson's Bay meeting was of exceptional interest on
several grounds, but chiefly so because the chairman gave the
shareholders an estimate of the probable remaining result of
the laud sold duriug the “boom” of two or three years ago.
i)3 per share lias already been paid to the shareholders, ami it
is fully expected that a further £1 will be in hand by the time
of the next meeting. It is estimated that the amount then
outstanding will yield at least £400,000, or a further £4 per
share, it may be that collection will then be slower than it
has been so fur; but, in any case, the shareholders are secured
a steady inflow of money from land sales for several years, und
a revival in tlio demand for the lands iu hand is sure to take
S ince sooner or later. In addition to this encouraging con-
ition of tlie lauded interest, the shareholders have the satis¬
faction of knowing that, after a long period of low prices,
there is now a good market for North-West furs.
A protest against any reduction in the interest of tho
Privileged Debt of Egypt lias been uddreased by some of tlio
largest broken in tlio Stock Exchange to the Comptoir
d'Eecompte de Paris asking that the said protest shall be sent
to the proper authorities with such support as can be given.
Tlie law of Liquidation of 1880 provided, the memoralists
rightly remark, that any deficiency for the service of the
Privileged Debt should be at ull times made good out of the
revenues applicable to the service of the Unified Debt, thus
rendering it possible to obtain the necessary fund on terms
exceptionally favourable for Egypt. It is concluded, there¬
fore, that any interference with the Preference Debt would be
a complete breach of faith.
The amount owing by the East London Railway Company
for debenture interest is, according to the report just issued,
considerably over half a million sterling, uud the prospects of
this sum being paid are far from encouraging. Under these
circumstances Captain l*uvy, chairman of the late committee
of various classes of debenture und other stockholders, has
written to the directors proposing efforts should be made to
reorganize the capital account.
Messrs. Dimsdnle, Fowler, Barnard, mid Co. and Messrs.
Ransom, Bouvcrie, mid Co. are authorised to receive sub¬
scriptions for £100,000 first mortgage bonds on behalf of the
Albert Palace Association, Limited. Tlie interest is 5 per
cent, and the price of issue is pur. The present Lord Mayor
and Sir Robert Carden aro to be trustees for the debenture
holders. Tho property offered as security is represented by a
paid-up capital of £145,000. The plans of the company are
such as to obtain public appreciation, and experienced meu
ure ut the head of every department. T. X>.
JULY 12, 1881
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
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MUSIC.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
The specialty of last week was the first performance this
season of Rossini’s “ Semiramide,” with Madame Adelina
Patti in the title-character. This was one of the parts in
serious opera in which Madame Patti developed tragic powers
that could scarcely have been foreseen in her earlier charming
impersonations in musical comedy. Again last week the florid
music of Rossini (frequently too florid for tho dramatic
situation) was sung to perfection; tho bravura air, “ Bel
raggio,” having been a special display of brilliant vocalisation.
The co-operation of Madame Scalcln as Arsace was again an
important feature of the cast, the duet, “Ebben, u te ferisci,”
for the two characters named, having been exquisitely ren¬
dered. Signor de Reszke gave the music of Assur with fine
effect, and acted with impressive dignity.
This week’s performances opened with “Don Giovanni,”
which was given for the first time this season. The com¬
paratively subordinate character of Zerlina (that is, in its
dramatic aspect) becomes of primary importance when sus-
tniued by Madame Adelina Patti, and this was again the case
on Monday, when her vocalisation and her rendering of the
dramatic features of tho character were replete with charm
and grace. Madame Fnrsch-Madi as Donna Anna made her
first appearance this season, and sang with genuine drnmatio
feeling. Madame Latemcr as Donna Elvira was rather over¬
weighted with her music. Signor Cotogni’a Don Giovanni was
the same careful performance as heretofore, Signor Marconi
was an acceptable Don Ottavio, Signor Monti a respectable
Leporello, and subordinate parts were efficiently filled.
On Tuesday “Rigoletto” was to have been given, for
the benefit and last appearance this season of Madame
Sembrich, who however was unable to appear in consequence
of sudden indisposition. “ Faust” was therefore substituted,
with Mndume Fursch-Madi us Margherita, und other cha¬
racters sustained ns recently. The production of an Italian
version of M. Reyer's “Sigurd ” stands announced for Tuesday
next.
GERMAN’ OPERA, COVENT-0ARDEN THEATRE.
The series of performances which began on June 4 was
announced to close yesterday (Friduy) evening with a repetition
of “ Lohengrin.”
The specialty of last week was the production of Wagner*a
“ TriBtaii und Isolde.” This opera was given, for the first time
in England, by tho German company at Drury Lane Theatre
in 1882, when wc spoke of it in detail. Of the book (Wagner’s
own, like those of all his “opera-dramas”) it will now be
sufficient to say that it is founded on the old legend of Tristan’s
mission to Ireland, on the part of his uncle. King Marke, of
Cornwall, to bring over the beautiful Isolde ns the King’s
bride. On some former occasion Tristan’s life had been pre¬
served by Isolde, and they had become mutually attached.
Despair at her enforced marriage suggests poison. Both par¬
take of the draught, which however has been changed by
Isolde’s attendant, Brangnne, to a love-potion. Tristan
honourably conveys Isolde to her destination, and she becomes
the wife of King Marke. Stolen interviews between the lovers
are detected, through the treachery of Melot, a courtier, by whom
Tristan i3 seriously wounded, liis trusty follower, Kurvennl,
conveys him to his castle in Brittany, where Isolde follows him
in the hope of saving his life. Slic comes too late, Tristan having,
in liis delirium, tom the bandages off his wound, living only
long enough to recognise Isolde, who falls lifeless on his
body—King Marke and his followers having also arrived, and
Melot and Kurvennl being slain. Tho music is, naturally,
throughout of a sombre character, and depends largely on tho
declamation and action of the stage performers, and on the
rich and varied details of the orchestral scene. Last week’s
performance was exceedingly good in every respect. The
characters of Isolde, Brangane, and Tristan, were finely sus¬
tained, respectively, by Fraulein Lehmann, Frau Luger, and
Herr Gudetaus—that of tho King having been well filled by
Herr Wiegnnd, as was that of Knrveiiul by Ilcrr Scheidcmantel.
The subordinate parts of Melot nnd the Bliepherd were
assigned to Herr Thate and Herr Schrocdter. After having
been suddenly postponed, nnd then disappearing altogether
from the announcements, Mr. Stanford’s “Savonarola” was
promised for production this week. This event must be
noticed by us hereafter.
The concert of the London Musical Society at St. James’s
Hall last week comprised u varied selection of music, old nnd
THE PLAYHOUSES.
On Tuesday, July 8, was revived at tho Lyceum Shakspeare’a
comedy of “ Twelfth Night; or, What you Will,” a drama en¬
chanting to read, but the difficulty of playing which increases
every time that tho work is presented to the public. Tho
plot is of n dual nature: one pnrfc being of an essentially
romantic and fanciful order; while the second set of con¬
current incidents was, until very recently, held to be of as
essentially a comic and, indeed, buffoon character. The plot
of the romantic part of “Twelfth Night” is, as everybody
knows, borrowed from the Italian—either from a novel of
Bnudello, “ Jdeuola innamorata di Laitantio ti a scrciz lo veslita
da paygio ; e dopo molti casi seco si marila, e cii ehe ad suo fratsllo
avvenne ,” or from Burnable Riche’s translation under the
title of “ Apollonius and Silla” of Bnndello’s tale, or from an
Italian piny called " Gl’ Ingauni.” Those who hold from tho
ample Internal evidence in his plays that Shakapenre not only
spoke Italian, but had visited the cities of Venice, Verona,
Mantua, and Padua, will be inclined to think that for the
story of tho serious part of “Twelfth Night” he went,
not to an English source, but to the Peninsular fountain head.
While, although there is no direct testimony os to tho origin
of the comic episodes of the conspiracy of Maria and Fabian,
aided by Sir Toby Belch, Sir Andrew Agueclieek, and the Fool,
against Malvolio, those who have rend the curious papers in the
early numbers of “Blackwood” on “The Italian Art of Hoax¬
ing” will have little doubt, I should say, that the atrocious prac¬
tical joke played on Olivia’s steward is an Italian and not an
English device. Sir Toby Belch is, it must be udmitted, ns
characteristically English ns Sir Walter’s Sir Mungo Mala-
growther is characteristically Scotch and Sheridan's Sir Lucius
O’Trigger is characteristically Irish; while Maria is the
prototype of hundreds of saucy English waiting-women, and
Sir Andrew Agueclieek was in all probability the progenitor
of the vapouring nnd cowardly Bob Acres. The ‘•hulling”
talk, tho swaggering, the swashbuckling, the drunken
orgies of the two knights and their worthy compeer,
the Fool, are all minutely true to the manners of Eliza¬
bethan England; but the fraud practised on Malvolio
poet
most
brother
cheek n ^.vuaui wm. w. —« . ^......... ,
himself; nnd Malvolio, ns the part lias been ordinarily played,, 1
might be only a pompous and somewhat addle-pateu English
house steward, completely made a fool of by a grace.l6sa:crevr
of practical jokers. '
But it seems to have been reserved for the genius
of Henry Irving to illustrate the entirely Italian) cha¬
racter of tho intrigue of which Mnlvplio is a victiip, and
to bring into most powerful relief the deeper nature of
the “ madly used ” steward himself as an Italian who can
be, when fully roused by injustice, as vindictive a? Shylock—
a Jew, truly, but a Levantine Jew—and as implacable as
Othello. The letter written by Malvolio from lus manioc's
cell to his mistress, Olivia, is couched in no lackadaisical
strain, but in one of noble indignation. He leaves his duty
“ a little unthought at " tlifit he may “speak out his injury.”
When he is released,- it is with nq bated breath that he dwells
upon his wrongs. His remonstrance to Olivia is stem, eloquent,
nnd passionate; nnd when the scufril fool twits him with,
“ thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges,” the
transformation of Malvolio seems to be complete. He
does not slink from the stage a baffled and gulled
simpleton. Those laugh the loudest who laugh last.
Richelieu was tricked Into Assuming a fantastic garb,
and footing .a saraband before Anne of Austria ; and
merrily did the courtiers' laugh to see the great. Minister
playing the fool; but it was with tlieir heads off that many
of these courtly persojia had, not long afterwards, to
grin. The saraband-dancer could exchange the fool’s
bauble for the glaivKof tho executioner. And so it
is with Henry Irving as Malvolio. Bear his name in
mind'ix The commentators say, I know not with what
authority, that Malvolio is a happy adaptation from
Malevolti In “ II Sacriilcio.” I cannot see that it is any
adaptation at all. It is only tho slightly misspelt Mai Voglw,
I will evil. . Stung to. * ||
set for him by the buffoons who bad no further cause of
quarrel with him than that, as master of the household, he
interrupted their noisy, tosspot revelries. But the dark cell,
the straw bed, the shuckles on his limbs, very quickly cure
Malvolio of his fancy. In tho scene in which, contrary to
custom, lie is seen actually visible, chained as a madman,
and recumbent on his pallet, he roso to tragic dignity
and passion. The yellow stockings, tho cross-gartering, tho
amblings, the leeringB, the hand-kissing of the steward,
dreaming that he was to bo “tho Count Malvolio,” and to
come from a “ day bed ” where ho had left Olivia sleeping, to
patronise, to rebuke, and to overawe his inferiors; the airs
and graces which the besotted servitor guve himself when he
fancied that his proud mistress had written him an amorous
letter and wished to see him pose before her in apparel which
ehe affected—all disappear; nmPw&nre confronted by a .Man,
desperately wounded in his selr-love^eiasperated by insult and
outrage, but determined to assert and,to vindicate his man¬
hood. None but so truly great an actopas Henry Irving
could so exhaustively interpret the varying shades of such a
complex character as that of Malvolio, and make him in his
triumphant peroratiou or revengeful passion so completely
turn the tables on the clowns who had jeered at him.
The purt of Viola suited Miss Ellen Terry to admiration.
Tho pretty page Wjio-is so sincere a love-emissary on her
master’s behalf, nnd who is straightway fallen in love with by
the proud lady who will have nought to do with the emissary’s
patron, is, next to Rosalind, the loveliest and tho most lovable
of Sh nlo$ peare’s li Croines. ,1 have seen many Violus— some of
them ratherbver-sentimeatftl damsels, looking very awkwurd and
knock-kneed in tlieir masculine habit. Miss Ellen Terry takes
to her doublet und hose as frankly and joyously as does the im¬
mortal singer of the ‘‘Cuckoo Soilg.” But Rosalind is a
bit of a cynic, she and Celia play boarding-school girl
tricks under tha_grecnwood tree in Ardeu. She is fond of
teasing, und plaguing, and mystifying the men folk. Viola,
pn-the other hand, is all simplicity, devotion, and love. She
loves OrsincKjwithout the slightest hope or prospect of
gaining his affections. She is a very woman, yet she pleads
tliC coUsa <jf the man she loves— she upbraids for cold perversity
Hip-rival Aynom she should hate. Her own deep, sclf-sacrificing
' ted never to reveal, even though it
causes her at last to 6icken and die.
llGl t.vuiuuii if, mw «»v , _
/vivacity of a young girl who feels her life in every
limb. Her feminine exultation at Olivia's mistaking tho
page’s sex; her triumphant exclamation, “/ am the man!”
her pretty cowardice, and the sounding thwack on the back
which with the flat of her sword she administers to Sir Andrew
Agueclieek when that recreant knight is at her mercy, are all
delightfully nnd fascinatingly feminine. But she halts a long
way on this side of being a hoyden or a romp. She shows us a
beautiful, graceful, and womanly woman. Mr.Terriss as the love-
enraptured Duke Orsino looked simply magnificent in tho
sumptuous array which 6Ct out so imposingly his handsome
face und figure, nnd acted with his usual intelligence, man¬
liness, and aplomb. Olivia was played by Miss Rose Leclorcq with
a perfect knowledge of the requirements of the part, and with
much composed grace; but her intonation was at times much too
low. Miss L. Payne was commeudably saucy and agile as the
waiting-maid Maria. Mr. F. Terry us Sebastian mode an
amusingly good “double” to liis sister Miss Ellen Terry’s
Viola. The young geutloman has an excellent stage presence,
and a sonorous voice, the good qualities of which will be
more perceptible when ho learns now to mauage it better.
The experienced Mr. David Fisher was not too offensively
inebriated us Sir Toby Belch, nor Mr. Francis Wyatt (whose
legs are wonderful) too grotesquely euphuistic or too pnnto-
mimicnlly pusillanimous as Sir Andrew Agueclieek. Mr.
Howe was appropriately bluff and straightforward as tho sea-
captain, Antonio, although at times he was slightly inaudible ;
and painstaking Mr. Callmem was an efficient and not obtrusive
Fool. Of the gorgeous scenery, costumes, and general stage
management of the revival of “ Tvreltli Night,” which was in
every way a triumphant success, I must reserve notice until
next week. G. A. S.
fury by the insolent quips und
beautiful “ Stabat Mater” of Baron D’Astorga (a quiddities of the fool the evil will of the steward makes itself,
ging to the beginning of last century) occupied tho with terrific force, manifest. ‘ 1 11 be revenged on the w hole
pack of you ” he screams, rather than exclaims, as he rushes
•' l - - When an Italian by the name of Mal-voglio
new. The ■
work belonging to the beginning of last century) occupied tho tj
first part of the programme, the remainder of which comprised pnekroriyou h
Brahms’s vocal quartet “An die Heimath”; Schuinnnn’i\ thestage.^.
“ Spanisclie Liebes-Lieder,
pianoforte; madrigals, well _ . .
forte solos, skilfully played by Miss Marie Wurms, wlib Was - - - . „ ■ .. .
also an efficient accompanist to the vocal quartets, the singers Duke Orsino gives orders that the enraged steward shall be
in which (as in the “Stabat”) were Misses ^^lliofAridX pursued and “brought toapeace. It would be us well for
Wakefield, Herr von Zur-Mulilen, and HerrFriedmannT Mw all parties, I should say, if Malvolio is pacified. Ihe mischief
Ilodge presided ably at tho organ in the performance of tho which he may mean may take the form of the poniard or ot
“Stabat,” and Mr. Barnby conducted.
Madame Sainton-Dolby’s second concertby^ihstradeivts of
her Vocal Academy took place at Steinway IIall last week,
when a varied selection of music, chjelly modern, was well
rendered by the lady choristers and soloists.
The Royal Academy of Music gate a Students’ Orchestral
Concert at St. James’s Hall yesterday (Friday) week, when the
excellent course of training pursued there was manifested in
various ways. A “Serenade” for prcliestrn, by C. 8- Mnc-
pherson (Balfe scholar), and a “ Dramatic Scene,” for chorus
and boIo voices, by F. I\. Ilattersley, Were specialties in the
programme, which includedSQore or less meritorious vocal and
instrumental performances, that of Miss W. Robinson, a very
young lady violinist, having been pTcspedul merit. Mr.
Shakespeare oonductecK^-^ x \y
Herr I ehmeyer gave his annual concert at St. James's
Hall on Tuesday evening, when the programme comprised
performances by himself and other pianists, in addition to a
vocal selection,'—At the same time Miss Mary Belval, a
meritorious vocalist, gave a concert at the Princes’ Hall.
Mr. George Watts’ annual morning concert at the Royal
Albert Hall, on Wednesday, drew a lar^e attendance. The
programme, although mostly consisting of familiar materials,
was ot strong and varied interest. Very effective vocal per¬
formances were given by Mdlles. Marimon and Trenielli,
MndartieJScdlchi, Mr. Mafia, Signor Foli, nud other voculists—
Madame Sembrich and Madame Marie Roze huviug been pre¬
vented by indisposition from appearing. Madame Nornmn-
Nfamlftund Mr. Charles Halle contributed their well-knovvu
skil' respectively, ns violinist und pianist; nnd a special
(Rncino , the poem, “ Beruria,” by Porte-Riche, nnd Moore’s
‘ 11 i.nBt it one of Summer.” Instrumental pieces were
c ITectively rendered by the “ Original Hungarian Baud.”
Signor Id Giambattista, an accomplished pianist, gave an
evening concert ut the Beethoven Booms on \Y ednesday even¬
ing, wliei; lie was ussisted by several eminent artists.
the poison-bowl, or of calumny too horrible for contemplation.
There is the making of an Iago in the outraged steward. I-eb
Olivia and Sebastian, let Viola und Orsino beware. Quick loves
have sometimes violent endings. The uncertainty in which tho
spectator is left as to vvliat will be the future action of the duped
steward is only another illustration of the wonderful genius of
Shukspcnre, who is never content with the illustration of the
mere present, but has ever a finger pointing towards a pregnant
although mysterious future. There is no nobler living expositor
of yhaksptarc-au thought nnd utterance in its every mood than
Henry Irving; and liis interpretation of Malvolio must bo
accounted one of his most strikingly original and impressive
creations. Mr. George Meredith has made us familiar with
the expression “Tragic Comedians; ” and it is precisely ns a
Tragic Comedian that Mr. Irving places the character of
Malvolio before us. Shakapeare incidentally alludes to tho
steward as a sort of Puritan. He did so probably to tickle tho
ears of the groundlings, who hated the Puritans. But .Mr.
Irving is a Puritan of the South, a precisian of the land of the
cypress and myrtle, where the climatic influences “now melt
into sorrow, now madden to crime.” Outwardly, Olivia's
stewurd, as portrayed iu its newest and most artistic aspect at
the Lyceum, in his sober attire and with his gold chain nnd
wand of office, is ns austerely courteous, as sternly serene us
the Adelantndo of the Seven Cities, but under the stiff doublet
and starched ruff of this self-contained mayor dvmo there is a
heart that can throb on occasion with the wildest passion.
Beneath that scalp thinly thutched with grizzled locks there is
a brain which can be tormented with the strangest fancies.
Schlegel pointed out long ago that in most of liis plays
Shakapeare treats love more as an affair of tho imagination
than of tho heart, but that in “Twelfth Nigjit” ho
has taken care to remind us that, in his language, fancy
signifies both fancy and love. A Loving Fancy governs the
whole play. Olivia fancies Viola to be a man und loves the
pseudo page at once. Viola fancies Orsino; and it is a
dismal fancy— self-eonsciousnesB carried to its most egregious
extent, that makes Malvolio think of aspiring to the hand of his
mistress and causes him to fall, with his eyes open, into the trap
Dr. Hancock, Clerk of the Crown nnd Ilannper in Ireland
since 1880, has resigned the appointment.
The camp at Wimbledon will be ready for opening to the
Volunteers this (Saturday) morning.
At the rose show at the Crystal Palace Mr. IJ. It. Cant, of
Colchester, took the twelvo first prizes, nud he now holds the
challenge cup.
Sir Saul Samuel, K.C.M.G., Agent General for New South
Wales, has been informed by telegram of the arrival iu
Sydney of tho steamer Abergeldie, which sailed from
Plymouth with emigrants in May last.
On the representation or the Metropolitan Public Garden,
Boulevard, and Playground Association, the Rev. 11. Arbutlmot
has thrown open the churchyard of St. James, Ratcliff, to tho
public for their free use and enjoyment us a recreation ground,
the necessary sents having been presented by that Association.
In the course of the hearing of a case iu the Queen’s
Bench on Tuesday, in which Sir John Astley was ordered to
pay to a van-driver £125 as compensation for personal iiijurir-t
caused by a runaway hansom cab and horse, it was stated
that both the lion. Baronet and the Duke of Marlborough
run hansom cabs for hire.
The guardians of the parish of St. Marylebono have
erected, adjoining their infirmary at Xotting-hill, a building
forming « complete establishment for the training of nurses
for the sick poor. This institution, the first of the kind pro¬
vided by the Poor Law authorities, will lx? opened by her
Royal Highness Princess Christian on the 22nd iust.
An exhibition of drawings, executed by the pupil teachers
and scholars iu the sehoolsof the School Board for London, was
held last week at the Board School, Saffron-hill, Furringdon-
road.—The auuunl drill competition of the London Board
Schools took place on Saturday morning in Hyde Park. Tin-
Marquis of Lome acted as judge, and the challenge banner
given by the Society of Arts was presented by Princess Louise.
A conversazione,’arranged by the Council of the Society of
Arts and the Executive Council of the Health Exhibition, was
held in the buildings of the International Health Exhibition
on Wednesday evening. The reception began nt 8.30. Tho
gardens, ns well ns tho Exhibition buildings, were lighted by
the electric light; the gnrdeus were illuminated with
variegated lamps and Japanese lanterns, nnd the fount
were lighted by the electric light. The following bands ;
formedThe band of the Grenadier Guards ; the banc
and the fountains
5 per¬
formed':—The band of the Grenadier Guards ; the bund of
the Coldstream Guards; the band of the First Regiment of
the French Engineers, from Versailles; and the band of the
7th German (Madgcbourg) Cuirassiers. A vocal and instru¬
mental concert, consisting of glees,
Criterion Huudbell Ringers, was given.
A vocal nnd instru*
&c., by the Royal
asms or THK nounroii.
INITIAL OF KI'WARD IIT-’fl CHARTER
TO THE FRIARS.
GENERAL VIEW OF THE ROT. 1
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S 8HOW-YARD.
AND RAILWAY
32. —THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, July 12, 1884.— 33
SHREWSBURY
AND
ilCL'LTURAL SOCIETY’S SHOW.
ST. MARY’S CHURCH.
IRELAND’S MANSION, HIGH-STREET.
THE ABBEY.
SHREWSBURY', FROM COTON HILL.
HILL (ANOTHER VIEW).
SHREWSBURY, FROM COTON
MARKET-SQUARE, WITH LORD CLIVE'S MONUMENT.
34
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 12, 1881
SHREWSBURY
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY.
Tho interesting old town where the Royal Agricultural Society
of England ho^ds its yearly Exhibition and Congress to-day,
has a famous name in our national history. At a remarkable
bend of the Severn, upon a peninsular double hill "Jjjch
ancient Britains called Pengwern, sometime overgrown with
“ scrobs ” or shrubs of alder, the Saxons of the Mercian King¬
dom built their burgh, and gave it the old English name of
“ Scrobbesbvritr” ; ‘ ‘ Pidgeon’s Handbook,’ enlarged ondcom-
pleted by Mr? William Hughes, and published this year by
jVlessrs. Bunny and Davies, of the High-street, will proveto
visitors an instructive local guide. Our Artisthas sketched the
view of the townfromCoton Hill,on the north ridMookmg^ra
the first broad reach of the river; the Keep of the old Castle,
with the adjacent Railway Station; the Jlarkct-square lj nig
in the hollow between the two lulls covered by the town , St.
Mary’s Church, a very fine ecclesiastical edifice, presenting ex¬
amples of the Norman andGothicarchitectureof acvemlpenods:
the old Abbey Church, on the eastern or English side of
the river, which reminds us that Shrevrebury was a ro oraer ima wiu wuct uu B u. v— r-—r, \ n ation
post of the Welsh Border; and the battle-field near Haugh- ^ Rc(iistribution Bill, the passing of which ^ Jpponttom
mond Hill, three miles distant from the town, where in 1403 Rml Govenimeut alike are unanimous in declaring to bean
fat Sir tlohn Falstaff, if we may believe his word, fought•both nt public necessity P _ . . .
Douglas and Hotspur Percy, * i»Jlong ho } ir , b5 ol ^' The House of Lords presented an animated sight on
clock.” It is said, however, that Percy had already been , when the peers assembled in strong battalions to do
killed by Prince Hal. Anyhow the iMnftjgamed that new Reform Bill The three most
day against the confederate Welsh andNorthern Lords "id lnent mem | er8 0 f the Ministerial bench (EarlGmuville,
King Henry IV. built a memorial church, which was liana a nd debonnair ns ever; the Earl of
somely restored in 1861. But Shrewsbury and its neighbour- oiano, ire® ™n> mon¬
hood abound in historical authorities and reminiscences, winch
THE SILENT MEMBER.
Members seeking re-election, and candidatoa dcsiring seats
should prepare in earnest for a General Election. Tlie Lords
on Tuesday night practically rejected the County franchise
Bill bv a majority of 59 ; and, if the Conservative Peers on the
next occasion the measure is submitted to the Upper Uoiwe,
later in the year, persist in vetoing it, an appeal to the country
on the part of the Government is considered certain. In t
event, the Ministry could desire no better war-cry than that
which the adverse majority in the Lords has furnished them
The Constitutional crisis has been brought about, however,
in such a quiet, fair, and thoroughly EngUsh way that it may
yet be hoped that the wisest heads of the rival parties will, at
the eleventh hour, decide upon some satisfactory basis of uRree-
ment. Both Conservatives and Liberals being avowedly ot one
mind with regard to the expediency of granting
to county householders—that point is, Indeed, admitted m
Earl Cairns’s amendment—would it not seem to be the
rational sequence of this agreement that the measnro of
enfranchisement should have been sanctioned forthwith, in
order that both sides might co-operate next rear in n^fecting
deserve a fuller study than we have space or leisure to bestow
1X> It was a great stronghold of the Border, under the Norman
and Early Plantngenet reigns. Karl Roger De Montgomery
the feudal Lord of all the land of Powis, built bis castle on the
isthmus, to close this fortified town from a) approach by
land; and it was surrounded with walls and ramparts by
his son Robert Belesme, which were completed in the time of
Henry III. Shrewsbury was the head-quarters of Edward 1.,
as Prince Edward, in his war against Llewellyn and David of
Wales. Here David was put to death with how^le cruelty,
and later Plantngenet Kings, Edward II- and Richard II.,
visited this town with their armies, or held their 1 arlmments
here. The battle of July 22,1408, in which ^^Oknightsnnd
gentlemen and 5000 common men were slam, established the
reign of the House of Lancaster, and perhaps saved England
from being divided between the coijspmug leaders of rebellion
bv the boundary of the Trent. This was not to be . and
unity of the realm was finally secured after the V.at• c >f_ the
Doses, by Henry Tudor, proclaimed King at Shrewsbury in
1485. In the seventeenth century Charles 1. raised an army in
this part of tho country, and made the town one of his places
of military preparation against the Parliamentary forces; but
it was captured in February, 1645, when the fortifications were
destroyed by order of Parliament, leaving some remmus yet
W ° The ancient borough charters, dating from Norman time*,
were superseded by the grant of municipal tocorporat.on in
1038. One of the persons who held the office of ilayor in
the iast century was Lord Clive, the conquerorofliKliaa
native of Shropshire, whose bronze statue,by Marochetti adorns
the Market-squnre. We give an Illustration of the Seal pf the
Corporation, and the Arms of the Borough, a cunous initial
from Edward Ill.’scharter, and a Portrait of the preBent Major
This town lias several churches of ancient foundation. Old
St. Chad’s, probably a Cathedral of the Saxon Bishops of
Mercia, but rebuilt in the reign of Henry HE,:suddenly fell
to ruins about a hundred years ago. but the Lady Chapel still
remains. There is a new St. Clmd *, in another part of the
town, a stately modern building of 1792. St. Mary s Church,
already mentioned, is one of the oldest; the existing struc-
and chancel, with four chantry chapels. Ibe spirc nses to a
height of 222 ft. above tho ground, and the ground is 100 ft.
above the level of the river, so that tins church is a con¬
spicuous feature of the town. It contains many interesting
monuments, and beautiful stained-glass wmdows j the monu-
ment of Bishop Butler, by Bailey, has an air of edrw
while that of Admiral Benbow displays a sea-fight bet\<eep whi
Kimberley, looking the embodiment of strong common-^
sense, with his lofty forehead and firm f
the Earl of Derby, hard-headed Jogic pereouifiedj were faced
by three equally able leaders of theOpposition ir x the full-
bearded and bronzed Marquis of Salisbury, the grim jmd
saturnine Earl Cairns, and Hie round-headed DukeOfRich
mond, while the Earl of Carnarvon sat close by, ch irpn gb
almost gleefully expectant of the fight Exceptionally fuU
were the back benches on each side. Tnmied.ateyb.hind
Ministers sat those “ extinct; volcanoes
Beaconsfleld’a simile), Lord Sherbrook and Lord Aberdaie
and that still lively Yesuvian Scot, the Duke of Arg} lEwhile
the Duke of Westminster gave his countenance to
ment from a seat near the table. It might almost be added
that the peeresses in the galleries, niduintincWsummer
costumes,[encouraged their respective knights by H eir briKlit
presence. As the afternoon wore on, honour to tlio\W|fhbtatq
occasion was done by the attendance of the Prime of \\ «*£»/
the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Duke of Cambridge in their
allotted places on the front cross-bench.
Although the issue was to be regretted,inasmuch asit placed
the Lords and Commons inanta^^snutheWbate iiiitself wm
most creditable to the House of Lores.
two nights amply and ably discussed the bill, winch lmd been
the best part of five mouths under review m the ^uncioiisand
dilatory Lower House. Frp.ni first to last, the species wire of
a high order. 'Hie Earl of Kimberley^in Beseeching their
Lordships to read the ComityHfmnclnsu lull the second tunc,
opened the debate with a clear, earnest, and reasonable ad¬
dress, in which he recited cogently thi* ^hat thf
the measure of emancipation, repeated the promise that tfie
Government would introduce the RedGtnbiUion Brillnext ye,or,
and concluded with an impressive appeal to noble Lords -°
pass the bill, and not, by rejection,to give their enemies out¬
doors a weapon which might bo used against the House itself.
Remarkable 1 was it that tributes to the statesmanship of the
later Lord Beaconsfield should hnve been puid not oniy^by Eari
Cairns, but alsobv Lbrd Kimberley and bythe Duke of Argyll,
who said it was a Hash of genius on the part of the leader of the
Conservative party to settle the last Reform Bill on the basis of
SSSffiSSSta. His Grace forgot, however that* was
not until the Hyde Park railings were stormed tha, Lord
Beaconsfield amended his Borough Franchise measure on nose
rational lines, which the present Government now propose to
studiously self-contained in the pnarded
and careful speech in which he moved the following
scheme for the extension of the franchise,” and by the substi¬
tution of “ the principles of the representation contained m
thC The Lords had not tlie last word on the Franchise Bill.
The Premier, though he could not promise Mr. Labouchere on
Monday that a number of Liberal peers tvould bo created to
tide over the difficulty, reserved for Thursday the Ministerial
statement for which his previous quotation from bhakspeare
was probably intended to prepare the House.
Tlie other business of Parliament has been eclipsed by the
Lords’ debate on the Franchise Bill. Indeed, so absorbed
have hou. members been in their Lordships’doings that nearly
all the Privy Councillors among them were to be seen at one
time or another on Monday or Tuesday m front of the Throne
in the Upper House. Mr. Goschen (ns a rumoured negotiator)
was recognised, smilingly using thc pcmuuBivo arts of a
diplomatic peace-maker. Sir Stafford N orthwte was balanced
by Sir William Haroourt; and Mr. William Henry Smith by
Mr. Childers; whilst Mr/Trevelyan, as champion of the
County householder when he was not so fashionable a per¬
sonage as he is now, tore himself from the fascinations of the
Irish Home-Rule members to listen for a moment to the
eulogies heaped upon liis clients of old.
Lord Ilurtington on Monday secured several money votes
in the Committee of Supply on the Army Estimates; and Mr.
Chamberlain (after a lively verbal passage of arms with Mr.
Mnclver, due possibly to the heat of the weather) had not much
difficulty in persuading ihb/H ouso to nllow the Merchant
Shipping Bill To be withdrawn. The London Government
Bill on Tuesday gave rise to an interesting discussion, in which
Mr. Gladstone’and the Lord Mayor were the chief speakers for
and against the new scheme for a municipality; but the
debate on the second reading had again to be postponed; ana
it seems that this important measure will have to be included
in the “slaughter of the innocents” customary during tho
“dog days.” _
NATIONAL SPORTS.
It was only a poor Newmwk^ JMy week « ^ the »diig
money forthcoming for animnls of the best description. After
about £80,000 had been laid out at Lord I almouth s sale on
the Monday, it might naturally have been supposed that other
vendors would have suffered; but this did not at all prove to
be the case, especially in the case of the Blankiiey yeMlmgs,
which numbered thirteen, nnd averaged 1033 gs. Of course
Mr. Chapliu had chiefly to thank Hermit for this splendid
result; indeed, the six yearlings by that sire made no less than
7910 g*., or an average of 1318 gs. An own sister to Queen
Adelaide was knocked down to Sir John Willoughby fer
2000 gs., Mr. Peck gave 1000gs. for nil own brother to Lwely,
P ’ . ° .• in_xr. Lit-nn num hrnr hop Ll)
oritrinallv dedicated to St. Peter nnd St. P#;' Ba•* great objection to the bill of tlie hon. gLuitlcinan is t s
that there is no case in wh ch J«ge clasres^ of our el ow
parts are of fourteenth-century Gothic style, thelbwer an
being Norman, and the interior was restoredabout thirty years
ago; but tlie ancient choir boa disappeared^ Ainqng tho
xuin3 of the monastery is an elegant stone pulpttrpf Oct ago 11 al
read to his brethren
included in our
form, iu which one of the mori
■while dining in the refectory.
* The t«jhow- yard of the R<(jel A gricul tural Sociei^ is on the
race-course, a mile farther emit of the town, and the view of
its extensive ranges of sheds oCcitpiea the ccntral place among
our Engravings, but a description may be postponed till after
the opening day. The town has prepared ample signs of
public festivity in tlie way/blSstreetdecorations ; but we have
Sot space for drawings of thb triumpl.nl arches, which were
designed by Mr. John Robinson, of Dogpole and Church-
BtTect! Shrewsbury, Mrt-wab counted1 by 11.™- I-egB.
and by Mr. John/
have liked also to giv
and commodiousCDOat-lionse
situated odrthexb
Grounds.
By
Mistress
Michael
Mr^G’Conri
Mayor of Dublin
Bit-mingliam. We
tion of the very picturesque
the Pengwern Boat Club,
Severn opposite the Quarry
subjecte have been invested with the franchise without^ a
general distribution of power m consequeuce being con-
sidered.” Karl Cairns advanced a number of reasons why the
same objections would hold good now. He only rmsed his
voice when lie came to Ins closing sentences. Cordially
cheered when he decisively declared, * 71 * ap^ai to th *jj ,
trig derirt to lx judqtd by the country, — his Lordship
raised the decorous enthusiasm of the Opposition when
lu- answered with dignity the “menace of Mr. Glad¬
stone, and called upon the House not to be deterred from
doing its duty bv threats. It was to be noted that, while the
Duke of Argvll solemnly urged independent members to
support the Ministerial bill, his marked leaning to what lie
called “the cross-bench mind” appeared to 'ucld hugc s s
. - r . faction to the leaders of the Opposition. Of » l ‘e runaiunig
6hould speeches against the bill on Monday night, those of the Duke
^ 1__ A Parlncmil DlOSt nOtUDlC.
F. Bernard the post of
bridge, will be vacant at
tionalist, was on Monday elected T/>rd
w . e ensuing year. Mr. Brereton, a Con-
sertative, Wproposed, but only 13 votes were given for lnm,
' While Mr. O’Connor polled 34.
,e Pontypridd, Caerphilly, and Newport Railway was
d oil .Monday. 'Hie line, which has taken several years
nig passes through an extensive house nnd steam
__ t _jjng district, bir George Elliott, M.P., is tlie
principal proprietor. .
During a thunderstorm which swept over the district ot
Cornett on Sunday afternoon, Thomas Gill, a minor, who was
nursing an infant on his knee, was struck by lightning and
killed ^ The child escaped unhurt.—On Tuesday evening a
thunderstorm passed over Crewe the ram descending in
tnnwntii A bov William Edward Morns, was returning from
p^ayinfT cricket^ when he was struck by lightning and killed
instantaneously.
of Richmond ancl Earl Cadogan were most notable
There was a similarly brilliant gathering to witaMS the
brilliant termination of the debate on l uesduy.
Carnarvon’s eloquent and sincere plaint against the bill dr
forth a forcible nnd direct speech for the measure from
the Karl of Derby. Lord Brabourne’s flank fire,
discharged by a distinctly “ cross-bench mind was reod«l>
and bmkly, pointedly and wittily, answered by the Earl
of Roseberv in one of the ablest addresses this bold and
clever young nobleman has delivered. Hie Duke of Rutland s
humorous retort called up the Earl of Lrihouaie. Bren
Earl of Wemyss and the Primate were in *mou» of Jbe mil.
The I^rnl Chancellor’s luminous speech, brightened at the
finish with a few apt nnd humorous quotations, was vivaciously
and powerfully, ironically and smartly, responded to by the
Marquis of Salisbury. And Hie Honse was at its fullest when
Earl Granville ended the discussion with still a fresh ol. sion
to the wisdom of 1-ord Beaconsfield, and with a charac¬
teristically clear nnd trenchant defence of the action of the
Govenimeut. The upshot was that the second reading was
negatived, amid Opposition cheers and Minis tonal counter-
cheers, by a majority of 59-205 «R;^st I46 - and
Ivird Cairns’s resolution was adopted, os “mended
at tlie suggestion of the Earl of Dunraven—namely, by the
omission of the olirose “a well-considered and complete
KermMsV byCremorne—H azeldenn. and a filly by Kisber-
Stray Shot, ran him very close at 2050 gs. After these exciting
doings at the sale ring, the nicing was tame enough, and would
have been dullerstill but fortheracefor Arabs,:forwhich we were
indebted to the exertions of Mr. W. S. Blunt who added £100
to the stake, the Jockey Club giving just- double Hint sum.
There were eight runners, and a three-year-old named ash
scored an easy victory; but they were all terribly slow, and,
from the way in which several of them had been tried, we can
safely state that an indifferent selling plater would have
galloped away from the lot. The Chesterfield Stakes was spoilt
by Match Girl, on whom odds were kud.goingsuddenly lame,
which quite destroyed her chance, and 1 he ChiJd ofrthe Mu t,
who is a half-brother to Beau Brummell and 1-ntz, b> Blair
Athol—Ma Belle, won rather cleverly from the overrated
Lang well. Rosie, who is wonderfully kickyto handicaps, won
twice, as did Geheimuiss, who was unopposed in tlie July Cup
and Bunbury Stakes; and Lord Aliuglon s flying; mare is bi
such wonderful form just now, that owners of other craiks are
naturally chary of meeting her, and it may ultimately be left
to St. Simon to take her number down.
Nothing but an opportune storm saved the Australians from
a crushing defeat from an indifferent Eleven of England at
Huddersfield, last week. There was not a man engaged who s
likely to represent England in the three great nintcl.es of the
season, yet they played up splendidly, and it wn. iindeed^hard
1 to be deprived of their well-deserved victory, bcotton s
Hirst (71), who were the chief contributors
which is, we believe, the highest score but one ever made
against the Australians in this country. Taken ns a whole,
the butting of the Colonists was very feeble, and they did not
seen, able to do anything with Attowell s . bo ^ h, 'f’ „ wfien
professional securing ten wickets for only 7i runs. \\ hen,
however, it seemed that England must win, Scott (50), and
Midwinter (not out, 32) once more stepped into the breach,
and, helped by the rain, managed to make a draw of t.
Gentlemen v. flayers at the Oval was greatly spoilt by-the
fact that the former side was lamentably weak, especially in
bowling, and the success of the professionals b y »|«e ^ideets
was only what might have been anticipated. Uly ett (134),
who has not been “coming off this season, played a free-
hitting innings in his happiest style, and I cate capturedreven
wickets for 92 runs. Dr. W. G. Grace (notout, So und Go) batted
well, ns he almost invariably does, and hud hebwii‘ better
supported, his side might have made something of a figl t ot it
There was some very tall scoring in the mutch between Ivuit
and Sussex, Jesse Hide (39 and 112). Tester (80), Mr. \V.
Newham (76 and 48), and Mr. W. Blackman (not out, 32, and,
not out, 77), being the chief contributors to a grand aggregate
of 734 runs. In fact, they scored too many to win, for, 'hunks
to the plucky batting of Lord Harris (101, and, not out, 40),
Kent nmnaced to make a draw of it. , . „
Two gloriously flue days for Henley Regatta are against all
precedent, and deserve to be specially chronicled. Under
these circumstances, the attendance was larger than ever,
nnd we never saw so many boats of every description as
a,,u each day. The excessive heat
was v n erv n tryin P g Ul to UC |nan7"o"f the competitors, and several
men tainted in the bourse of the various races
absolute cases
men ......— —
but we are happy to say that lio , . ,
of sunstroke were reported. The Grand Challenge Cup, which
oi suDswvue wi'iu *-r
is the principal event of tho meeting, went to the London
R.C., Twickenham, which was greatly fancied, being rowtdto
a complete standstill in the final heat. J. Lowndes tho
amateur sculling champion, tned to do too much, and was
K?n LTrSmlth (Than.™ K.C.) in his triul-h.at forth.
Diamond Bealls. In tho final the latter succumbed to W. 8.
Unwin (Magdalen College B.O.), but he wasunlucky m oultag
J Farrell (London R.C.) nt a critical point of the race, though
the result might have been tho same under
Derby School secured the Public Schools Challenge Cup.
and j. Lowndes and D. E. Brown won the Silver Goblets iu
hollow style, iu spite of all their previous exertions.
JULY 12, 188-4
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
35
JULY MAGAZINES.
This month’s ComhiU concludes “The Giant’s Robe.” Poetical
if somewhat tardy justice is done to Vincent by Mark’s con¬
fession to his wife of the true extent of his deception; and
Mabel bos a scene of complete reconciliation with her faithful
lover just before his death. It is a pity that even Mr. Anstey’s
ingenuity has not been equal to the task of winding up his
tale without killing anybody; but wc must admit that we do
not Bee how this disagreeable necessity was to be escaped.
The start of Mr. Payn’s “Talk of the Town”—a tale of
auld lang syne—is not particularly successful. Ou the other
hand, his “Literary Recollections” are unusually bright. They
deal with his first introduction to London literary society, when
Dickens, Thackeray, Trollope, Charles Reade, and Charles
Lover were denizens of this earth together.
The “Royal Collection of Miniatures ut Windsor Castle,”
bv Mr. R. R. Holmes, librarian to her Majesty ; and “ The
Weasel and his Family,” by Benjamin Scott, arc, in their
respective ways, two of the best illustrated papors ever pro¬
duced by the F.nglith IlltutraUd Magazine. Mr. Henry James’s
“ Author of Beltraffio,” which he began so well, conies to a
conclusion equally shocking and ridiculous. A novelist's wife
allows her iufaut son to die for want of medical care, lest he
should grow up to read his father’s novels!
Macmillan opens with a masterly notice of M. Renan’s new
volume. Among the other principal contributions to a poor
number may be noticed a lively description of “An Irish
Trout Stream,” Mr. Bent’s description of an Easter in the
Cyclades, and a fair translation of Heine’s “Mountain Idylls,”
by F. Storr.
“ Magda’s Cow,” the tale of Polish peasant life, concluded
in Blackwood, is a most remarkable story, quite simple and
unpretending, but entitled to rank with the best of its class
for the really wonderful wuy in which the sordid side of rural
existence is depicted, without cynicism or misanthropy.
There are also a pleasant and impartial sketch of Berlin
society, the first of a series ; a trenchant exposure of the
rascalities of the American share-market; and n highly
attractive paper on Venice, pointing out, among other things,
the paucity of world-famous men in Venetian history, and
the want of individuality among them. The citizens are
merged in the city.
“A Blue Grass Penelope,” Bret Harte's new story in
Longman'$ Magazine, opens excellently with a really original
situation and admirably vivid pictures of Californian scenery
and society. “Jack’s Courtship” rather flags. There are
also a clever sparkling paper on “Sunny Brighton,” by
Richard Jefferies, and a pleasing notice of Maurice by
“A. K. II. B.”
The paper which will send readers to a not very interesting
number of the Fortnightly is the account of General Gordon’s
religious views derived from his own letters and memoranda,
and oddly intrusted to the editorial care of 31 r. W. H.
Mullock. With better editorship they would probably have
made a better impression, for we decline to believe that the
grotesque is 60 much the dominant clement in them as Mr.
Mallock gives us to understand. There is nothing in them to
lower the high estimation in which General Gordon is held by
his countrymen, but much to make one wish that he hud
enjoyed that degree of culture which would have rendered
such eccentricities impossible. The article will, nevertheless,
be read with interest, which is more than can bo said of the
number ns a whole, although the contributors include a bishop
ami a duke. The best things are 31 r. Cartwright’s defence of
tiie Congo treaty, uud Mr. George Meredith’s brilliant and
erratic “ Diana of the Crossways.”
Air. Dicey and Sir Samuel Baker, two eminent authorities,
discuss Egyptian affairs in the Nineteenth Century. Air. Dicey
insists, ns is obvious enough, that if England is to do the
work of Europe in protecting Egypt against invasion site must
have unlimited authority uud especial advantage; and Sir
Samuel Baker argues for the retention of the Soudan. Air.
Herbert Spencer replies effectively to Air. F. Harrison. Air.
Swiubume's pseau to Chaucer is, as usuul, more remarkable
for richness of music than pregnancy of matter. There is
nothing else of much interest in the number, exeept a second
budget of “ tclepnthio*” stories by Alessrs. Gurney and Alyers.
One, vouched for by Sir Edmuud Hornby, is very curious and
hard to explain upon any theory of the visible or invisible
world.
The visible world is the subject of an essay in the Contem¬
porary by Professor Balfour Stewart, who wishes to abolish it
altogether to get rid of some intellectual difficulties, in the
spirit of the old woman who set fire to her house to destroy
the rats. The house was burned, but the rats escaped. Air.
Herbert Spencer and Air. Henry Dunckley each write upon a
great political superstition; Air. Spencer denouncing aud Mr.
Dunckley extolling. Air. Spencers theme is the infallibility
of Parliament, and Air. Dunckley’a the infallibility of Air.
Gladstone. Mr. Cubitt’s essay on Sir Christopher. Wren
contains some excellent architectural criticism.
There is only one remurkable contribution to the National
Review — Air. Jumes Runciman's “ower-truetale,”hovvcnucusea
and wire-pullers made a Tory of John Leighton,a Liberal by
nature and by grace. It is brilliantly written, and affords
much food lor reflection. We tremble for J-
Courthope, who, unmiudful of Gay’s ..precept and Air.
Pickwick's exumple, lias thrust himself into the thick of the
fight between Air. Swinburne and MrFAtuoId.
The Century has excellent illustrated papers on Mrs-Bright,
the Cambridge performance of the ** Ajax,” and the scenes of
Hawthorne’s romances, although the lntteri js more note¬
worthy for the engravings than the text. The “Ku-Klux
Klau” gives a not very complete account of fchis siugular
secret association. Harper hits an excellent article on the
Nile, with numerous illustrations, two from drawings by Sir F.
Leighton, and good personal sketches of two.brainent men not
wholly dissimilar, General Jackson and Prince Bismarck. The
Atlantic Monthly is chiefly remarkable for a delicate study of
the pensive Swiss mystic Amiol, by Aliss II. W. Preston, and
a picture of ‘‘The Growing Power of the Republic of Chile,”
inspired by strcmg^pfejudice. Manhattan 1ms a beautiful
ancl discriminating biographical' and criticul tribute to the
Into Arthur O’Shatighncssy, by Louise Chandler Aloulton.
The Earl of Dufferiu is the subject of an excellent sketch ; and
a Air. Norris has the deplorabl encourage to propose that
Slmkspcare’s sepulchre should be violated, in the hope of
ascertaining the shape of his skull.
In Temple Bar there is an appreciative article by Fanny
Kemble on Salvini's performance of Othello, which is com¬
puted with Kean's, not much to its distulvantage. “ The Un¬
willing Guest" is a most amusing story of a little Countess
who, with an old Baron, her admirer, pusses the night dancing
with robbers in a wood. “Peril” and “Mrs. Forrester’s
Secret” maiUbun their interest.
Belgravia has a very humorous story in “The Great
Jnmsetjeo Railway,” a tale of speculation on the Stock
Exchange: and a quaint mixture of the humorous and the
ghastly in another tale, entitled “A Mean Revenge.”
“l’hiliaMa,” in The Gentleman's Magazine, is us lively ns
ever, hut the author must beware or n tendency to exag¬
geration. “Italian Fu.k Songs,” by E. AI. Clerke, is an
interesting account of these lively ditties, with charming
translations. The first or coquettish part of Aladame de
Kriideuer’s career is sketched by Miss Maitland. We can
only hope that the saint may have been an improvement on
the sinner, who seems to have been a thoroughly vexatious
as well as an unprincipled woman. Mr. Hudson contributes
some interesting notes ou the spiders of the Pampas.
London Society, an improvement upon recent numbers, has,
with other interesting mutter, Mr. Gerald Molloy’s memoir of
the French etcher Aleryon, a biographical notice of Sir John
Gilbert, an excellent sketch of Alauritius, and Miss Auiy
Levy’s lines, “ In Switzerland.”
We have also received a batch of Cassell and Co.’s numerous
and excellent publications (some of which are noticed in
another column), Alerry England, Forcs’s Sporting Notes and
Sketches, The Theatre (containing capital portraits of Aliss
Julia Gwynne nnd Mr. G. It. Sims, with a pleasantly-written
autobiography of the lutter, and the theatrical and musical
doings of the past month), Good Words, Time, The Antiquary,
and All the Year Round.
THE CHURCH.
The Rev. Canon Lewis, Rector of DolgeUy, has accepted
the deanery of Bangor, and his canonry has been conferred
upon the Rev. John Bryce.
The Archbishop of York ha3 reopened Wistow Church,
Yorkshire, which husundergone completed restoration, through
the liberality of the Alisses i’rest and the parishioners.
On Alonday afternoon Earl Beauchamp laid the foundation-
stone of a new church, St. Cuthbcrt’s, which is about to bo
erected in Philbeach-gnrdcns, South Kensington.
The Church of St. Lawrence, at Thornton Curtes, Lincoln¬
shire, has been restored at an outlay of £3000. The cost of
rebuilding the chancel was borne by Air. Rowland Winn, ALP.,
who is patron of the living.
The Goldsmiths’ Company have contributed £50, the
Drapers’ £21, the Mercers’ Company £31 10s., the Clotli-
workers’ £10 10s., and the Haberdashers’ £5 5s. to the funds
of the Church of England Sunday School Institute.
The Bishop of London has conferred the vicarage j>f5jt.
Alury, Paddington-green (formerly the parish church), which
lias beeii vacant nearly twelve months, since the deutli of the
late Rev. J. W. Buckley, on the Rev. Alfred Scott, M.A., of
Bulliol College, Oxford.
In recognition of the value of his services as a mission
I ueacher the Bishop of Lichfield has appointed the Rev: J. II.
.ester, the diocesan missioncr for Lichfield, and who has been
connected with the Church Parochinl Alission Society almost
from its formation, to be an honorary canon of his cathedral.
A garden fete lias been held at Chelsea Rectory, Church-
street, King’s-rond, to raise money towards the fund for ,the
re-seating and renovation of the pariah church of St. Luke,
Chelsea. The fete was opened by Countess Cudogan on Tues¬
day afternoon.
A meeting was held on Alonday afternoon in the saloon of
the Alansion House, the Lord Alayor in the clini*, for the
purpose of raising a fund for .paying off the mortgage on the
Church Missionary House in Salisbury-sqtiqre and the cost of
the recent enlargements. Resolutions carrying out the object
were carried.
In the Upper IIoubo of the Convocation of Canterbury
resolutions Imvo been passed for the formation of a Board of
Alissions, and also for the formation of a House of Laymen.
An interesting feature ©Ohe proceedings was the formal
introduction of the Bishop of Ohio to both Houses. He pro¬
duced n complete roll of the American episcopate during the
hundred years of its existence. J } *
At the mceting of the Church Defence Institution on ATon-
day, Lord Egerton of Tatton alluded to the activity of those
who were agitating for the disestablishment of the Church,
and iu urging all friends of the Church to unite in resistance
to the attack poined out that by so doing they would be
defend' ig the property of nil chnritablo institutions and cor¬
porations, which would bo similarly attacked.
A silver salver, valued «t upwards of £50, and bearing a
suitable iuscriptiou./wns lost week presented, with other gifts,
by Lord Francis Cebil, on behalf of the parishioners of Stretton,
Rutlaud, to the Itev. Edward Bradley (“ Cuthbert Bede”) and
Airs. Bradley, who lmd resided at Stretton Rectory for upwards
of thirteen 'years. Air. Bradley was recently presented by
Lord Avclnnd tfl the Vicarage of Leuton, near Gmutham.
r-^J^X^'bishop of Canterbury has presented the Rev. C. B.
Hutchinson, formerly Fellow of St.John’s College, Cambridge,
and one fit the masters in Rugby School, to the living of
NaX’ ington, near Canterbury, vacant by the collation of the
ReyhC. \V. Bewsher to the living of Fostling. His Grace has
-algo appointed the Rev. C. 1). Hutchinson to be one of his
examining cuaplains.—The Duke of Devonshire has presented
the Rev. Samuel C. Sarjant, Curute of the parish church ut
' Chesterfield, to the living of Christ Church, lJurbage, near
'Harrington, Derby, in the room of the Rev. J. G. II. Stumper.
It is of the value of £300 a year.—The Rev. William Stanley
Suttlicry, M.A., bus accepted the livingof Lodsworth, Sussex,
offered to him by the Earl of ligmont.
The new Congregational church in Lyndhurst-road,
Hmupstead, of which the Rev. R. F. Horton, M.A., is the
I’astor, was opened on the 3rd inst., when the first of a series
of dedicatory services which have been announced was held.
The church is a handsome structure of the Romanesque style
of architecture, hexagonal iu form, the pulpit occupying one
Bide of the hexagon, with an organ over it.
The annual floral festival of Christ Church, Westminster
Bridge-road, was held ou the 4th inst., and, as the occasion
was the thirtieth unniversary of the Rev. Newman Hall’s
pastorate, the hundred and first of Surrey Chapel, nnd the
eighth of Christ Church, there was an unusually largo
attendance. A “strawberry tea” was given in llawkstouo
Hall, followed by a public meeting in the church. Air. S.
Alorley, Al.l’., occupied the chair. During the evening Dr.
Wilson, on behalf of the congregation, presented the Rev.
Newmnn Hall with an address, and Air. Webb unveiled the
model of the bust of the rev. gentleman, from the studio of
of Air. Onslow Ford. The bust, in marble, is to be placed in
Air. Hall’s house, nnd a replica iu the church. Among the
speakers was Air. Spurgeon.
In the Probate Court on Alonday, a suit respecting the will
of the late Lord William Lennox was argued, the son, Air.
William Robert Lennox, urging undue influence on the part
of Lady William Lennox. Sir Jutues Hanuen, declaring the
actiou a most unfounded one, decided in favour of the will.
The Benchers of the Inner Temple gave a garden party in
the Temple Gardens on Alonday afternoon. The band of the
Inns of Court Volunteers played a programme of music ; and
later in the afternoon the choir boys of the Temple Church
wing several glees nnd madrigals in the Inner Temple Hall.
The poor children, for whose benefit the Temple Gardens ore
open nightly, were admitted later m the evening as usual.
THE COURT.
The Queen on the 3rd inst. decorated Quartermaster-Sergeant
William Alnrsliall, 19th Hussars, with the Victoria Cross, for
conspicuous bravery during the cavalry charge at El Teb.
Her Majesty also conferred the medal for distinguished ser¬
vice in the field on various non-commissioned officers and men
who took part in the Soudan expedition. Viscountess Downe
and Lord Kowton, C.B., arrived at thecastle in the evening, and
had the honour of being included, with General the Right Hon.
Sir Henry Ponsouby, K.C.B., iu her Alajesty’s dinner party.
The Prince and Princess of Wales visited the Queen ou the
4th inst., and remained to luncheon. Iu the afternoon the
Prince und Princess of Lciuiugen nrrived at Windsor Castle
on a visit to her Majesty, leaving the next morning. The
Queen and Princess Beatrice, attended by the Hon. Homtia
Stopfonl, honoured Canon nnd Airs. A.nson with a visit lost
Saturday afternoon. Her Majesty and the Princess were
afterwords joined by the Duchess of Albany at Frogmore.
The Queen drove out later with Princess Beatrice, attended by
Lady Abercromby. The Duchess of Albany also drove, attended
by the Hon. Evelyn Paget. General Lord Wolseley nnd Sir
Alaurico Fitzgerald, KnightofKerry, nrrived at the cnstle in the
evening, and had the honour of being included in her Alnjesty’B
dinnerparty. General the RightHon. Sir Henry and the
Hon. Lady Ponsouby* and the Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor
nnd Airs. Randall Davidson were also invited. The Queen and
Princess Beatrice and the members of the Royal Household
attended Divine Service in tlie l’rivato Chapel on Sunday
morning. The Very Rev. Ruudall Davidson, Dean of
Windsor, officiated; assisteff by tlie Ven. Frederick W. Farrar,
Archdeacon of Westminster and Chaplain in Ordinary to the
Queen, who f>reached\the sermon. On Alonday morning tlie
Queen drove, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess
Beatrice. Tho Due d’Aumale, accompanied bytho Due De
Chartres nnd his daughter, .Princess Aluric d’Orlcaus, visited
her Majesty, and remained to luncheon. Princess Beatrice
left the castle on Tuesday morning for Ennicotts, Chichester,
S t to Prince and Princess Louis of Battenberg. Her
drove to Frogmore, accompanied by tho Duchess of
and the Princesses Victoria and Louise of Schleswig-
Holstein.
'''—Yesterday week Prince and Princess Louis of Battenberg
amved at/Marlborough House, on a visit to the Prince and
Princess of Wales. The Duke of Edinburgh visited the
Prin<2e nud Princess on Saturday. Prince and Princess
Leiiiingen likewise visited their Royal Highnesses, nnd re¬
mained to luncheon. The Prince presided at the ninth Trien¬
nial Festival of the Railway Guards’ Universal Friendly
/Society, at Willis’s Rooms, in tho evening. The Duke of
Edinburgh and Princess Louise, Alarchioness of Lome, visited
the Prince and Princess, and remained to luncheon. On
Alonday a Levee was held by the Prince at. St. James’s Palace,
the presentations numbering about 250. The Prince went to
the House of Lords. The Prince and Princess of Battenberg left
Marlborough House in the afternoon, und returned to Senni-
cotts, Chichester. Air. A. Bassnno has submitted to the Prince
and Princess of Wales lilesize portraits of the Queen nnd
tlieir Royal Highnesses. Tlie Prince and Princess opened the
new buildings for the working classes iu Soho, to bo called
“ Sandringham Buildings,” on Tuesday. Iu the evening the
Prince was present at tho House of Lords. The Prince nnd
Princess of Wales, nnd their three daughters—accompanied
by Lord nnd Lady Suflleld, Lord nnd Lady Alonson, Lord nnd
Lady Lovelace, Lord Leylaud, Sir Sydney and Lady Wuterlow,
the Lord Alayor and Lady Alayoress, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, and others—left Clmring-cross on Wednesday
afternoon by special train for Rcdhill, to lay the foundation-
etoue of St. Ann’s Orphunnge. Their Royal Highnesses were
present at the Special Dramatic Alatinee, at St. James’s
Hall, on Thursday afternoon. The l’rinco has become the
patron of the Alarine Biological Association, of which Pro¬
fessor Huxley is president, and bos scut a handsome donation
to the fund now being raised for tho purpose of erecting
a laboratory nnd experimental aquarium on tho sea-
coast. Tho Prince and Princess have announced their
intention of being present at a grand evening fete to bo
held at the International Health Exhibition on Wednesday,
the 23rd inst., in aid of the funds for tho London hospitals.
His Royal Highness has consented to be present at a soir6e to
bo given to artisans and their wives at the Bethnal-green
Alueeum, one afternoon at tho latter end of this month, in
connection with the Beaumont Trust, the object of which is
to provide intellectual improvement nnd recreation for the
inhabitants of East London. The Prince has informed Air.
J. G. Stevenson, AI.P. for South Shields, that it will give him
great pleasure to open the new Coble Dene Dock next month.
The Prince of Wales will hold a Levee at St. James’s
Palace, on behalf of her Alajesty, next Alonday, the 14th inst.
Prince George of Wales has been promoted from the mid¬
shipman list to tho rank of sub-lieutenant, Roynl Navy,
having been successful iu taking a first-class certificate in
seamauskip.
Yesterday week Princess Louise was present at a meeting
in aid of tho Women’s Emigration Society, at Carteret-street,
Queen Anne’s-gate, which was presided over by the Alarquis
of Lorne. Her Royal Highness is the president of the society,
and Lady Jane Taylor is the vice-president. Tlie Princess and
the Alarquis of Lome dined with the Earl nnd Countess of
Carnarvon at their residence in Fortman-squnre last Saturday.
Princess Christian opened a bazaur at the Athcmeum in
Highbury New Park ou Tuesday, on behalf of tho Industrial
Home for Boys, Islington.
The Duke of Cambridge, oh the 3rd inst., distributed to
the men of tho Metropolitan Fire Brigade seventy-four bronze
meduls for long and meritorious service, and two silver medals
for spcciul nets of bravery. On tho 4th inst. the Duke pre¬
sented commissions in the Artillery and Royal Engineers to
the gentlemen cadets at Woolwich who have been successful
in their examinations. He congratulated them on their
efficiency, good conduct, and success. Last Wednesday the
Duke reviewed tlie troops at Aldersliott; nnd on Friday
(yesterday) the Brigade of Guards in London.
The I)uc d’Aumale, with tho Due Do Chartres nnd Princess
Alarie d’Orlcans, returned to Clnridgc’s Jlotel on Alonday
afternoon from tho Due d’Aumale’s seat in Worcestershire.
The Due De Chartres and Princess Marie left on Tuesday for
Paris, the Due d’Autnale remaining iu London.
The Grand Duke of Alccklenburg-Strelitz nrrived at St.
James’s Palace ou Tuesday from the Continent.
His Excellency AI. Waddington has arrived at the French
Embassy, Albert-gate, from Puris.
The Alarquis Tseng, Chinese Envoy, arrived in London
from Folkestone on the 3rd inst. His Excellency has now
taken up residence permanently at the Chinese Legation.
The marriage of Air. Arkwright, of Salton, Kcarsdnle,
Derbyshire, with Alias Agnes Somers Cocks, daughter of
Air. John Somers Cocks, a niece of Countess Somers, was
solemnised on Tuesday morning at the Oratory, Rrompton.
The bridemaids were Aliss Arkwright, the Alisses Somers
Cocks (three), Miss Alanuers, and Aliss Katharine Wegg-
ProBser. Lieutenant- Colonel Hatton, of the G reuadier G uai ds,
was the best man.
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0. Central Fountain, with the Indian Collection.
7. The Queen’* Balmonil Chalet.
3 . Contributions from the Prince of Wales, I/)rd Northbrook, &c.
4. British Guiuna Section. B - Swiss Chfilet.
THE INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY EXHIBITION AT EDINBURGH,
1. Exterior of Exhibition Building.
2. Interior, with Mammoth Tree,
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1. Officers' house.
2. Magazines. 3. The Alexandre, training-ship. / 4. The Jupiter, hulk-/'' 6. Fort Faron. 6. Fort Coudun.
lv> Z7
THE CHOLERA AT TOULON : FRENCH NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT IN THE PORT.
8. The Eylau, hulk.
THE FORESTRY EXHIBITION, EDINBURGH.
The International Forestry Exhibition at Edinburgh was
opened on Tuesday last week by the Marquis of Lothian,
accompanied by the Lord Provost, magistrates, and Town
Council of that city, nnd attended by representatives of foreign
countries and of the British colonies and India. It occupies a
spacious building, erected for the purpose, on the lawn in
front of Donaldson’s Hospital. It is a spacious and elegant
structure, and is built entirely of wood, not only the walls,
the gables, and the roof, but also the pillars, arches, and
girders. This buildiug is 640 feet long, 55 feet wide, and
45 feet high, but its monotony is relieved by three transepts,
which send out arms right and left extending to 79 feet
northwards and 64 feet towards the south. Over the
junctions of the transepts are three domes, which add to
the external effectiveness of the building, and this is enhanced
by the Swiss-like gables projecting at both sides of the
building. An unexpected demand for space by the JapnneMS'"
Government has compelled the committee to add three large
annexes on the north side of the building. Ample ac¬
commodation is provided for refreshment-rooms, kitchens,
retiring-rooms, and other conveniences, in abutmenta/ba^he
main building. On the open spaces between the trunsept^jie''
chalets and model huts are erected. A handsome nnd com¬
modious chalet in the Swiss style, erected to the/westoHite
main building, affords accommodation for eommittee-roouis,
the secretary’s office, and additional refreshment-rooms. In
nu adjoining field, covering several acres, ample space is pro¬
vided for sheds for working mRctdnem^nd for out¬
door exhibits which cannot be accommodated close
to the main building. Her Majesty the Queen sends
a chalet from Bui moral; the Prince of Wales
sends sporting trophies from India; Mr. Gladstone a pre¬
sentation axe. The miscellaneous exhibits include sections
of wood from all countries, books on forestry, models of
foresters’ cottages, specimens of wood-carving, basket-work,
skeleton leaves, furniture in all its varieties, india-rubber and
its varied applications, machinery for cutting timber, car¬
penters’ tools, foresters’, tools, guustocks, wood prepared for
railway purposes, wood pulp for paper-making, shuttles and
bobbins, bows and arrows, turnery, tea-making machinery,
wax-producing plants, cart wheels, models of bridges, speci¬
mens of inlaid work, veneers, picture-frames, gums and resins,
seeds, and models of transplanting-mnchines. The foreign
countries and places from which contributions are sent include
Bombay, Borneo, British Guiana, California, Canada, Cape
Colony, Chili, Coburg, Denmark, Dominica, Florida, France,
ermany, India, Japan, Mauritius, Norway. New
Z'HlmidrStejVinoent, Siam, Sierra Leone, Sweden, Tobago,
Venezuela, and Zanzibar.
CHINESE EDIBLE DOGS.
At the Crystal Palaco Dog Show of the Kennel Club, which
was noticed Inst week, there was a class of “ Chinese Chow-
chow,” in which four male dogs and five females were entered.
Two of the females, Pupoose and Peridot, owned by Lady M.
. O. Gore, were offered for sale at £500 each. The two males
represented in our Illustrations are a black and a red animal,
nuuied respectively Chow III. and Chow IV.; the former,
owned by Mr. C. F. M. Cleverly, is two years and a half old;
the latter was born ill 1877, and belongs to Mrs. F. Porter.
These won the first and the second prize in their class. We
have no precise information concerning the rule by which
Chinese gastronomy is directed in selecting for humau food
certain varieties of dog, and rejecting others; but it is
supposed that many of the lower class of people in China will
readily eat any flesh of that kind. Thennmeof “chow-chow”
seems fearfully significant, but it really has a different mean¬
ing. Stews and broths are the chief culinary preparations,
for which any savoury flesh may bo used, with plenty of rice.
The gelatinous parts of fish, such as the fins of sharks nnd the
maws of other species of fish, are in much request to thicken
and flavour the Chinaman’s soup; but a still greater dainty is
the beche-de-mer, procured from Torres Struit, and the most
highly esteemed of all is the nest of the sea-swallow, which is
composed of a mucilaginous sea-weed found on the coasts of
Java nnd the Malay Archipelago. The Chinese epicure lms a
refined though peculiar taste ; aud some of his dishes, though
uoue of dog-tlesh, may now be tasted at the International
Health Exhibition.
now of great interest as the main source o£ supply for the
Soudan slave-trade, which is carried on by the Arab chiefs
of the Western Soudan, of Darfour, Kordofan, Dongola, and
Berber, using the commercial depot of Khartoum for that
purpose under cover of ostensible traffic in gun, ivory, skins,
and other innocent merchandise. Headers of General Gordon's
letters, nnd the narratives of his Soudan administration in
former years, will be aware that his constant endeavour has
been to stop the sending of captured negro men, women, and
children from the Balir-el-Ghazal region through Kordofan,
or down the White Nile, to Khartoum or to Dongola. Again,
when, at the beginning of this year, ho accepted from the
International African Society of Belgium an appointment
to be their governing agent at the head waters of the
Congo, his personal object was to assist the natives of the
central territory which we have indicated, furnishing them
with arms, training them to fight in their own defence, nnd
encouraging them to resist the continual raids of the kid¬
napping slave-traders. General Gordon still intends, when¬
ever he can leave his present dangerous post at Khartoum, to
resume the mission which he before contemplated, establish¬
ing himself high up the northern tributaries of the Congo
ns he cun possibly go, and undertaking the task of formiiig
a strong defensive confederacy of the tribes dwelling there¬
abouts, who are now exposed to incessant cruel attacks by
ruthless depredators serving the cupidity of Turkish,
Arabian, and Egyptian dealers in human flesh and blood —
a system long connived at by the corrupt Government of
Egypt aud of the Soudan. The rebellion of the Soudan
led on by the Malidi, with the prospect of its final separation
from the dominion of Egypt, seems indeed likely to effect the
complete cessation of those atrocious practices, by closing the
THE SOUDAN AND CENTRAL AFRICA.
The tinted lithographic drawing presented for our Extra
Supplement this week gives a bird’s-eye view of the whole
region of the Soudan, the Equatorial Lakes, and the interior
of Africa watered by the great river Congo, witli the coasts as
far south ns the seaports of Zanzibar, on the Indian Ocean,
and St. Paul de Luanda, on the Atlantic shore, extending ten
degrees of latitude beyond the Equator. Half the brendtli of
North Africa, lying west of longitude 10 deg. E. from Green¬
wich, is not included ; and the centre of this View is designed
to fall in tho country which Dr. Schweinfurth, its most
eminent explorer, has culled “The Heart of Africa,” lying
between the western tributaries of the White Nile, of which
the chief is the Bahr-el-Glmzal, nnd the streams flowing
south-west into the Congo. This country, inhabited by the
Niam-Niom and other savuge nations of heathendom, is just
CHINESE EDIBLE DOG AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE SHOW.
CHINESE EDIBLE DOG AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE SHOW.
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JULY 12, 1884
outlets for tho slave-trade, both down the course of the Nile
into Egypt, and at the Red Sea ports where it has found a
pa*»ago to tho opposite coasts of Arabia. This beneficial
effect will be greatly assisted by tho success of the efforts now
being made for the opening of a route of legitimate com¬
merce in the opposite direction, that is to say, down tho
u (fluents of the Upper Congo, which is General Gordon’s special
idea and fixed purpose, if his life be spared, and which he means
to prosecute as soon as he cun get way from the Soudan. Our
panoramic Map, though it 1ms no pretensiou to minute geo¬
graphical exactness, is sufficient to display the relation between
the Nile and the Congo regions, and the position of the middle
country in tho interior, which is of muin importance with a
view to this solution of the problem of the East African slave-
trade. Everybody is aware that it was along the White Nile,
from Khartoum to Gondokoro, and on the rivers flowing into
it from the westward, thatGordon, when he succeeded Sir Samuel
Baker in the proviucial government, under the reign of the late
Khedive Ismail Pasha, laboured and fought, with the aid of
Kornolo Gcssi and other Europeans, whose work in Darfour
and on the Bahr-el-Ghazal was at first successful, to sup¬
press the kidnapping raids to the south-west of the Soudan.
All that region is now abandoned, of necessity, either to the
unchecked influeuce of the Mahdi or to the anarchy of the wild
Mussulman tribes, partly Arab, partly of native Soudan races,
by whom it is inhabited; and it could not be recovered by the
mere preservation of civilised rule at Khartoum. 1 he subjugation
of that vast territory, including Kordofan and Darfour and
the Bahr-el-Ghazal, measuring about five hundred miles from
east to west aud seven hundred from north to south, could
never be prudently attempted by any European Power; aud
it is impossible that auy Egyptian administration should again
hold it. This is the actual state of affairs ; and one glanoe at
the Map will show that the only alternative way of doing good
in the interior must be found in the progress of peaceful
civilisation uptheCongo. We do not here refer to the Equatorial
Lake district, which presents entirely different conditions, aud
to which uccess can always be gained from Zanzibar.
FOREIGN NEWS.
In tho French Chamber, on the 3rd inst., the Bill for the Re¬
vision of the Constitution wae finally adopted by 414 to 113
votes.—M. Uerisson, tho Minister of Commerce, stated in
the Chamber last Monday that every precaution hud been
taken against the spread of cholera, and that the sanitary
condition of Paris was excellent. The National Feto on the
14th would not, therefore, bo postponed. The deaths from
cholera continue in Marseilles and Toulon.—It is stated that
the Government have determined to demand a war indemnity
fromChiuafor the violation of the Treaty of l'icn-'lsin, and have
t legraphed this decision to M. Patenotre.—M. Bartholdi’s
colossal statue of Liberty was publicly presented to Mr.
Mortou, United States Minister in Paris, yesterday week, by
M. De Lcsseps, President of the Franco-American Association.
It is to bo taken across the Atlantic and erected on Bedloe
Islnud, in New York Hurbour.—M. Tissot, who was French
Ambassador in London from February to May, 1883, and was
succeeded by M. Waddington, died ou the 2nd i
M. Victor Mussfr, the distinguished
Baturduy, after a long illuess.
Last Saturday evening the King of Spain, accompanied by
the Queen aud the Infantas Isabelle und Eulalic, laid tho
foundation-stone of the new edifice which the Bauk of Spain
is about to erect on a site recently occupied by the l’alaeo of
Duke Sexto, opposite the Ministry of War, at the comer of
the Culle Alcala nnd the Prado. The ceremony parsed off
brilliautly, the Royal party being loudly cheered. On
Monday the King, accompanied by the Queen, reviewed tho
Madrid garrison.—In the Cortes, on Saturday last, Senor
Castelar made a speech lasting four hours, in which he attacked
the policy of tho Government. His speech is said to have
been one of tho most eloquent ever heard in the Spanish
Parliament. Ho renewed tho attack on Monday.—The Council
ot State has approved the Treaty of Commerce with Italy.
The Second Cbumbcr of the Dutch States General on the
3rd inst. upproved the Commercial Convention with France by
sixty votes against six. Subsequently tho proposed new loan
of sixty million guilders ut four per cent was agreed to by
6ixty-two votes against three.
The Emperor of Austria and the Crown Prince Rudolph
arrived early on Monday morning at Pola, the chief Austrian
naval port aud fortress ou the Adriactie. His Majesty re¬
viewed the garrison, aud afterwards went in a boat through
the fleet. He also inspected the new defences which have beat
erected during the past four years. The Empress and the
Archduchess Valerie arrived on the 3rd last, at Iscbl, where, as
usual, they purpose spending most of the summer.—There
have been heavy floods in Hungary. • \ -
On the 3rd inst. the Kings of Denmark and Greece went
from Wiesbaden to Ems to visit the Emperor of GenuafiJVRjd
returned in the evening, after dining with his Majesty.Tb®
Emperor, having finished the course of waters prescribed by~
his Majesty’s physicians, left Ems on Sunday afternoon for
Coblenz. The Emperor has made the Prince of Wales an
honorary Knight oi the Samaritan Order of 6t.'Iqhu.—In five
months of this year 80,104 Gcretins epugrated, mostly to
America, the number being 709 less than in tin* corresponding
:riod of 1883. In the same pe riod<?fl882 the number was
OBITUARY.
LORD PETIUJ.
The Right Hon. William Bernard, twelfth Lord Petre in the
Peerage of England,
J.P. and D.L. for
Essex, died on tho
4th inst. at his town
residence in Port-
land-place. He was
bom l)ec. 20, 1817,
the eldest son of
William Henry,
eleventh Lord, by
Frances Charlotte,
his first wife,
daughter of Sir
Richard Bedingfeld,
Bart., and succeeded to the ancient barony nnd the repre¬
sentation of the grpnt Catholic family of Petre at tho death
of his father ia 1850. He married, in 1843, Mary Teresa,
eldest daughter of the Hon. Charles Thomas Clifford, a
younger son of the sixth Lord Clifford, and had twelve
children. The eldest daughter is the present Countess
of Granard, and the eldest sou, Mousignor William Joseph
Petre, now thirteenth Lord Petre, is in holy orders of the
Church of Rome. Tho noble Lord whose death we record
took a foremost place among the laymen of his Church, and
was deeply interested in the cause of Catholic education.
MR. PERCY MITFORD.
Mr. Percy Mitford, barrister-at-law, so long a member of the
diplomatic body, died ou tho 27th ult. at his residence in
Park-street. He was born in 1833, son of the late Mr. Henry
Revely Mitford, of Exbury, Hants, by Lady Georgian!^ his
wife, daughter of George, third Earl of Ashbumham, K.G.,
aud his second wife, Lady Charlotte Percy. He entered the
Army, in the 43rd Regiment, in 1853, and retired from tho
service, being then in the Scots Fusiliers Guards, in 1856.
Adopting diplomacy, lie became attached to the British
legations at Dresden, Berlin, aud Brussels; was appointed, in
1863, third Secretary at Frankfort: and subsequently second
Secretary at Copenhagen and Berlin. He married, in 1863,
the Hon. Emily Marianne Tatton-Egerton, Woman of the
Bedchamber to H.R.H. the Duchess of Cambridge, third
daughter of Lord Egorton of Tatton. Mr. Percy Mitford was
elder brother of Sir. Algernon Bertram Mitford, of the Board
of Public Works, great-grandson of Mitford the historian,
and was cousin of the Earl of Redesdalc. ( \
_inst. in Paris.—
. French composer, died last
f enod of_
02,324; and of 1881, 102,519<
President Arthur has vetoed the bill for the relief of
General Fitzjolm Porter, nnd tho United States House of
Representatives has passed the billdyer thA President’s veto.
The bill agnin came bef
We have also to record the deaths of—
Mr. M. Fenwick Bisset, late M.P. for West Somerset* at
his scat, near Taunton,’on the 6th inst.
Mr. Ahmuty Irwin, RiN., C.B., late Inspector-General of
her Majesty’s Hospitals and Fleets, last week, at Southsea.
The Rev. Thomas Boucher Coney, lion. Canon of Bristol,
at Pucklechurch Vicarage, near th.at olty, in the eighty-fifth
year of his age. \
Lady Lamb (Frances), widow of Sir ChnrlesMontolieu
Lamb, second Baronet, of Beauport. and daughter of the Rev.
William Murgesson, of Van and Oakhurst, Sussex.
Ladv Gorrie, wife of Sir jobp Gorrie. Chief Justice of the
Leeward Islands, on the Kith tilt., taylier passage from tho
West Indies. /\
Miss Carnegie, of Leamington, a Indy well known for her
philanthropy, ou the 3rdimt. She was one hundred years old
on the 26th of May, hnd to within the last few days had
4 _, on tbc 1th inet.
.. r , — 7 ..^,Jiter of the second Earl
Grey, was borm^n^l^OLj/Snd.married, in 1829, tho first
Viscount Halifax, tlu-n Sir Charles Wood.
Miss Rhodk Dunn, at Hunstanton, in her 101th year. She
was born at Beoston-next-Mileham, Swaffhnm, Norfolk, on
Feb. 23, 1781. She had enjoyed good health until the last few
weeks, and could see fairly well, but wus quite deaf.
Dr. George Alfred Wulker, known as “ Graveyard Walker,”
on tho fith inst., in his seventy-fifth year, at his country seat
at Barmouth, Nprth Wales. Dr. Walker rendered signal
service to his country as a sanitary reformer, more particularly
in the crusade for the abolition of intramural interments.
Captain Johu Wynne, R.A., of Wynnstay, Roebuck, in
the\cbunty^ol^Dubliu, in his eighty-fifth year; fourth son
of Mr. Robert Wynne, atone time State Steward to tho
Lord Lieutenant ot Ireland, and grandson of the Right Hon.
OweirWyhue, M.l’., of Hazlewood, in the county of Sligo.
Mrs. Randolph (Catherine Emily Blanche), wife of Lieut.-
Gencral Randolph, and daughter of tho late Mr. Lloyd
llehketh Bam foul Heskcth, of Gwyrch Castle, in the county
of Uenbigh. on the 28th uit. This lady possessed considerable
literary abilities, aud published several popular works.
The Rev. Dr. Avcling, the pastor of Kingslond Congre¬
gational church, suddenly, at Reedham, on the 3rd inst. The
deceased minister, who had filled the pastorate at Kingsland
for forty-six years, wus a popular preacher nnd theologian, and
was to have been presented lust Tuesday with a very substantial
testimonial in celebration of his ministerial anniversary.
Major Christopher Robert Pemberton, of Newton, Cam¬
bridgeshire, J.P. and D.L., High Sheriff 1858, male repre¬
sentative of the Pembertons of Trumpington, on the 3rd inst.,
in liis eighty-fourth year. His eldest sou, Lieutemmt-Colouel
Christopher Peach lVmberton, Scots Fusilier Guards, was
killed at the Battle of Sedan, Sept. 1, 1870, while acting us
military correspondent for the Times.
member of tho House, from Iowa.\He was formerly American
Minister at Vienna£-Tbe Democrats began on Tuesday at
Clucago the Conventii>n for the selection of candidates for
the Presidency ah1 Vice-1‘residency of the United States.
It is announced, from Melbourne that the Victorian Legis¬
lative Assemble has passed the resolutions concerning the
annexation of New Gimnm ahd other Pacific islands, agreed to
.; November at Sydney.—
for the year ending
umuuuwu ucu fi -n increase of £532,000
/aKcompared with that of the previous year.—Tho South
Audrilian revenue for the past year amounted to £2,010,000,
beiilg a decreased^ £85,000 as compared with the previous
year. The actual deficit ut the end of the financial year reached
£300,000 -^-The returns of tho revenue and expenditure of
Q ucensland foTthe past financial year show satisfactory results.
The revenue for the year amounted to £2,570,000, being an
increase us compared with the previous year of £182,000 aud
£51,000 above the estimate.
The lion. Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson, C.M.G., Chief
Secretary to the Government of Malta, has been appointed
Lieutenant-Govamor of that island and its dependencies.
Mr. John James Heath Saint, of the Inner Temple. 1ms been
appointed Recorder of Leicester, in succession to Mr. C. G.
Mcrewethcr, Q.C., deceased. The Itccordersliip of Newark is
vacant by this uppoiutment.
In the report by Colonel Majendie nnd Colonel A. Forde
upon the explosions in Scotlaud-yord und St. James’s-square,
it is stated that twenty-seven persons were injured, but not
more tlmu half of them seriously. Tho dynamite used was
American, and evidently had not come from France, while no
doubt is entertained that tho explosions hud been effected
under the same direction as those at the railway stations.
There were 2458 births and 1508 deaths registered in London
last week. Allowing for increase of population, the births
were 127 below, and the deaths exceeded by 5, tho average
numbers in the corresponding weeks of the last ten years.
Thirty persona died from smallpox, 56 from measles, 20 from
Bcarlet fever, 15 from diphtheria, 53 from whooping-cough,
24 from enteric fever, and 104 from dysentery. The deaths
referred to diseosca of the respiratory organs, which had
decreased in the nine preceding weeks from 360 to 231, rose
last week to 230, and exceeded the corrected average by 30.
Different forms of violence caused 53 deaths; 45 were tho
result of negligence or accident, among which were 17 from
fractures and contusions, 8 from bums and scalds, 11) from
drowning, aud 5 of infants from suffocation.
BENEVOLENT OBJECTS.
Lady Frenke has sent three cheques for one hundred pounds
each to the Princess Frederica’s Home, the Convalescent
Hospital at Eastbourne, and the Young Women’s Help Society,
respectively, being the proceeds of the performance of “Tho
Luy of the Bell” at Cromwell House on Friduy last.
In one of the poorest districts of the metropolis—Friar-
street, Borough—a mission hall, in connection with the London
City Mission, lias been opened by the Lord Mayor, M.P.
In the building and grounds of the Earlswood Asylum the
usual aunuul summer fete was held on the 2nd inst.
A most successful concert took place at Grosvenor House
ou the 2ud inst. in aid of tho funds of tho Home for
Consumptive Females, Gloucester-place, at which dis¬
tinguished amateurs, vocal aud instrumental, assisted.
At the anniversary festival of tiie Master Bakers’ Pension
Society, celebrated on the 2nd inst. at the Crystal Palace, a
subscription list of £1700 was announced, which, after a
renewed appeal from the chair, was raised to 2000 guineas,
including 200 guineas from the chairman, Mr. J. T. Peacock.
The annual f6te on behalf of the Metropolitan Police
Orphanage took place at the Crystal Palace on tlie 3rd inst.
Lord Shaftesbury presided on the 3rd inst. at the present¬
ation of prizes given, by the Window Gardening Society of
St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster, to tlie cottagers of
the parishes, whose annual show of flowers was highly credit¬
able. This is the uimunl crowning of a beautiful and an eleva¬
ting competition, that goes ou silently all the year round.
A meeting of the Metropolitan Association for Befriending
Young Servants was held ut Stafford House ou the 3rd inst.,
Viscount Hampden in the chair. Tlie work of this Association
■was started nine years einco by the late Mrs. Nassau Senior to
help girls placed out in service from the pauper schools, as
well as other friendless girls. Lust year over 4000 girls were
assisted by this society in various ways. Those in need of
situations hud places found for them, and safe lodgings pro¬
vided meanwhile when needed. More thun 3000 situations
were found for girls in the course of tho year. Those who
were ill or needing rest were sent to hospitals or convalescent
homes.
Lord Shaftesbury yesterday week distributed the prizes to
the boysof the two training-ships lying ut Greeuhithe, tho
Arethusa and the Chichester.
Under the presidency of the Frince of Wales, tho ninth
triennial festivul of the Railway Guards’ Universal Benevolent
Society wus held last Saturday. During the evening liis
Royal Highness took the opportunity of expressing, on behalf
of tho Queen and the Royal family, thanks for tlie sympathy
shown them in their recent sorrow. The subscriptions
announced amounted to £3383, including a hundred guineas
from the Prince.
Princess Louise nnd the Marquis of Lome presided at the
annual drill competition by the boys of the London Board
Schools last Saturday, which took place in Hyde Park. The
challenge banner was awarded to the Bcrwick-street School.
The following meetings were also held on Saturday lust:—
Lady Burdett-Coutts distributed prizes to the boys and
girls of the Orphan Asylum ut Watford.
The Lord Chancellor laid tho foundation-stone of the
St. Andrew’s Home and Club for Working Boys in Great Peter-
street, Westminster, to supply tho place of the institution
which bus for yeurs existed in Deun-street, Soho. Lord
Selborue stated that £4600 had been obtained for tho now
building aud that £2400 more is needed.
General Lord Wolsdey presided at tlie annual summer fete,
inspection, &c., of the Home for Little Boys at Farningham.
The Earl of Aberdeen, at the luncheon, responded, as president,
to the toast of “Prosperity to the Home.” The report stated
that there are now 300 boys at Farningham tuid 100 at
Swanlcy. Contributions amounting to £400 were announced.
Lord Sherbrooke distributed to the successful students iu
the Warehousemen’s and Clerks’ Schools at Caterhuui the
prizes gained at the late examinations.
Sir William M‘Arthur, M.P., laid the foundation-stone of
a new coffee-tavern, reading-room, aud workmen’s dwdlings,
at the works of Messrs. Chubb aud Sons, Glengall-road.
Lord Aberdnre presided on Monday at the annual meeting
of the Society for tne Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and
congratulated his audience on the magnitude and success of
their operations.
A bazaar, in aid of the funds of the North-West London
Hospital, which is situated in the Kentish Towu-rond, was
held on Monday and two next days at the Athemeum,
Camdcn-rond. The announcement tlmt it would be in¬
augurated by Lady Henry Somerset brought together a goodly
number of its friends. Tho stalls were abundantly furnished
and tastefully decorated, and besides the usual fancy articles,
flowers, &c., there were fruit, cream, and other appropriate
refreshments.
Tho Prince and Princess of Wales and their daughters
opened on Tuesday a new pile of buildings, erected by tho
Improved Industrial Dwellings Company iu Soho, for working
men’s dwellings, nnd which is to bo known as Sandringham
Buildings. In recognition of the gratuitous services of Sir
Sydney Wuterlow and tlie Directors, tho Prince, on behalf of
the Company, presented them with a collection of plate and
other works of art. The Prince expressed his strong personal
interest iu the work of tho society.
Princess Christian on Tuesday opened a bazaar at the
Athemeum, Highbury New Park, in aid of the Industrial Home
for Boys, Copenliagen-street, N. The home lias now accom¬
modation for one hundred boys, jwho are received from ull
purts of the country.
Mr. Alderman Cotton, M.P., presided on Tuesday over nil
influential meeting, iu the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion
House, at which it was resolved to form a London Society tor
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, on the model of that ut
Liverpool.
Tlie annual meeting of the Metropolitan Drinking-Fountain
aud Cuttle-Trough Association was held on Tuesday at
Grosvenor House, tho Duke of Westminster occupying the
chair. The report of the committee stated that fifty-two new
troughs mid lifty-one new fountains for human beings had
been erected during the year. The expenditure had been £6789,
leaving a balance in hand of £101.
Viscountess Folkestone will give an attractive morning
concert at Prince’s Hull next Wednesday for the benefit
of the Military Benevolent Fund, instituted in 1875 by Mrs.
Ellis-Williams.
There will be arose sliowand floral fetent the Mansion House
next Thursday iu aid of the funds of tho Royal Hospital for
Children and Women at Waterloo Bridge-roml.
A grand evening fete, under the immediate patronage of
the Prince and Princess of Wales, who have announced their
intention of being present, will bo held at the International
Health Exhibition on Wednesday, the 23rd inst., in aid of the
fund for the Londou Hospitals.
JULY 12, 1881
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^NNUAL SUMMER SALE of
Bilks, Presses, Mantis*. Costumes. Hose, GIOTes, Lace. Trim
mfngi. Fur*. Drapery, Ac.
On account of the preparations for rebuilding u portion of the
Oxford-street premise*, all Bummer and Surplus Stock will be
re-marked to clear by tho end of July.
Write for Circular of Particulars.
pETER ROBINSON, OXFORD-STREET.
S ILKS '
pOLOURED AND BLACK 6ILKS,
VELVETS, AND BROCADES. Ter Yard.
Extra Rich Black bilks and batlns of fine make.
• , from 3*. lid. to £0 * 8
China Silks, in piece* of » yards the piece. 110
Chinese Embroidered Silks to match.
T7XTRA RICH SILKS AND SATINS,
A-i special It made for Drhlal wear and Court trains, enmpritlng
a mnrnlllcent collection «f llroradr* and Pompadours.
Coloured Satins, very flno face, specially cheap .. .. £0 2 5)
Black Poult d* Sole, worth 3*. no..o 2 fl
Black Ottoman Batin.0 2 6
T)LACK .SATIN BROCADES, usually
AJ *nl<| at.As. 1 Id. £0 4 «
Bright Surah Silki (Black) .0 1 111
Rich Black Brocaded Game Velvets.o 7 11
These Velvets are 22 incite* wide, and usually sold at lit. Cd.
CATIN GROUND BROCIlfj VELVETS
K/. (Black).£0 5 0
Rich Brocaded Velvet*, embracing all the new colours,
in two shades, mindly sold »t 15*. *bl. 0 9 11
This applies only to lengths nuder six yards.
MEW SHOT MERVEILLEUX, in all the
As fa-hloiivble mlxtnres, iisiimI price 5*. «d.£0 3 9
Tho best makes in Blsrk Bilks. Sstlns. and Brocades .. 0 5 6
About 100 pieces Coloured Veloutu Sole. 29 In. wide.
worth «s. «d.o 3 ej
pOLOURED 0TT03LVN SILKS, 19 in.
yy wlda, unassorted.£0 1 34
Coloured Twill-faced All-Silk Satins, usually sold at
ii.kl.. .. ..038
Black wide stripe Satins.0 3 8
T) LACK SATIN MERVEILLEUX,
AJ from . to 1 II
Black .s.itin (inches*, all pure Silk.0 all
lilackSiiHu*. Italian make, extra flne fare. 33ln. wide 0 2 8
Coloured JlllleItnyo ami Cadrtlle pure Bilk, specially
adapted for Young Ladies' Costumes and Brasilia
» car. worth 3«. (kl..0 3 0
pRESS MATERIALS.
Cream-coloured Richly-embroidered Alsatian lawn
Rules, double quantity of wide embroidery
each 14s. :»L. Ids. 9.I.,and 0 1* 9
Finely-worked Cashmere Robe* In Black ami all tho
new shade* of Brown. Bronge, Grey. Dark Green,
Navy, Drab, Ac., extra quantity of embroidery
cacti 1 15 8
COMPOSITE ROBES. 90 yard* In each; a grfnt novelty,
In every combination of style aud colour, all
Wool . each 110
Drou Length* nf Fine French Merino*. In ell thepre-
vailing colours, double width, |ier ysrrt .. ..010
Very Fine French Csohmoret, very wide, iwr yard, 2».
and
0 2 3
ANNUAL SUMMER SALE.
pETER ROBINSON, OXFORD-STREET.
pHE GREAT SALE
pETER pOBINSON’S
MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
REGENT-STREET. / ^- v
A
GENUINE REDUCTION
In sll DepartmcuU,
for the JULY SALE.
AfANTLES.
ArA The Rich and Handsome Mantle* for
which our iloime stands pre-eminent have all been
Onnsldemuly rwlucrd. \
Jacket* of Vsrious Materlsls.
Waterproof Travelling Cloaks, tho New 'Goodwood Wuterproof,
beal Jackets and PaletAts. Fur-UncJ (Soaks.
Natural Fur Capos of various kinds.
fiOSTUMES. A \\
V Useful and F*«hlnriableCortum«» \y
are markevl down t" wry low prices.
In Silk, Lace, Grenadine, Mcivelllenx. Surah. Cashmere,
kBIaiMSlI^
T>Y THE YARD. .-.!_ )
AA "Rich and excellent wearing
Black Silks. Sfervelltrux, Buruh, Satin*. Velvets, Game. Ac.
TALACK MATERIALS.
JL) One of the Larcret Stocks In London.
,*nd tlie most varied. All reduced in prlc*.
■J7ANCY GINGHAMS, Printed Cambrics,
-V\ iiepiiyr Igiwns. Ac.
/ ^_^l“ar»sols. Glove*. Hosiery. Fichus. Underclothing, Ac.
MOURNING ARTICLES
ABE CONSIDER A ULY REDUCED.
\roURNING ORDERS
A»A ' during the HALE
WiiPjecelve the nsunl careful sml prompt attention.
Travelling Assistants are always keiit lu road mess to proceed
at onto to any pirt of Hie Country
(BO matter tlie distance) with Guwls, sml t.. take unlers.
TNEXPENSIVE MOURNING, as well as
A the Richest Qualities, is supplied,
on advantageous terms,
to Families and their eervant*.
pETER pOBINSON’S
COURT AND GENERAL MOURNING
WAREHOUSE.
258, REGENT-STREET, LONDON.
A nnual summer sale,
REGENT HOUSE.
J. ALLISON and CD. beg respectfully to announce that their
&nmuvr Sale, at greatly reduced prices, has now commenced.
All Fancy (o>odi. Including Costumes, Mantles. Fancy l)n-u
Materials, Parssoi*. Trimmings, and latco Goods, are marked at
surhprii'eea* to effect a speedy clearance. Special attention Is
directed to a parcel of Safin Mervellleux arol burst bilks *t
It. Hid. a yard, the cheapest over ottered. Very rich Ottoman
bilks at 2*. lljd.. wnrtii 8a. Cd. A manufacturer's stock of Black
Bruch* bilks at 2*. 1 Ud., very cheap; Black and Coloured Bruch*
Velvet* at is. lid., worth from 13s. Od. to His. Cd. a yard.
Regent House. 338,240. and '212. Regent-street, W.
Q HI RTS.—FORD’S EUREKA SHIRT8.
kA Great improvementa have beeen made In the manufoetnre
of Ford's Euieka Shirts, celebratol fur their superior tilting.
Six for .40*.. *"s .45*., sent by parcels port free to jour door. Write
for Illustrated self-measure and all particulars free by post.
H. FORD and CO.. II. Fooltry. London.
7J7GIDIUS.—The only FLANNEL SHIRTS
_£JLi that never shrink In washing-nut if washed lrt) time*.
Slade In mixed colours, grey*, drabs, browns, Ac.. 13*. «d.: three
. fid., by iiarcel* po*t |«ud. Write for patterns and self-
re. To U had only of R. FORD aud CO., *1. Poultry,
for 39*
measure.
London.
T70TJNT, an Address o£ the Oldest-
JU Established BUYERS of LEFT-OFF CT-OTHEfi. JeweIHry.
Ac. Appointments made. Mr.and Mrs. I'll ILLIFS. Old Curiosity
chop. 31, Tluyer-it., Manchestur-sq., Loudou, W. Comer shop.
x per
£ll», £5nu, and £ln»each.
Redeemable by Annual Drawings at Five percent Fremlnm,
commencing July I, im.
H^HE ALBERT PALACE rVSSOCIATION,
A LIMITED.
Messrs. D1JI8DAI.E, FOWLER. BARNARD, snd CO., and
Messrs. RANDOM, liOUVEKIK, and OO.ara auUiorlsed to receive
as follows” 11 * i0t * uo, ° Mortgage Debentures, payable
£5 per cent payable on Application.
20 „ „ on Allotment.
25 „ , on Sept. lfl.
Vi „ „ on Nov. lfl.
2o •• on Jan. 15,1S88.
£100
Interest payable Quarterly on Oct. 1. January. April, and Jnlv
In each year, and will run from tire date of payment of each
Instalment, the option being given to subscribers who may pre-
rer t‘' do so to pay up the whole nf the Instalment* on A llot incut.
The Debentures are redeemable out of an Annual blnklng
Fund to bo provided before any dividend can be paid to the
(Shareholder*.
T»c*T*r* rox Drnrvrrnx nninxis.
Tlie Right llourmrable It. N. Fowler. SI.P.,
Lord Slayor of I*imlon.
JUdermsii Sir Robert IV. Carden. M.P.
_ , ... Cornell, or AbMixiaTiuTlox.
Chairman.—Alderman bir Robert W. Carden. M.P., 8, Thread-
needle-street. E.C.
The Right Honourable Lord Sufllold. K.C.B., 40, Upper
Grosvsnor-stiert, W.
LfeuL-Oeneral it. j. Fell den. C.M.G.. SI.P.. 10, Grosvenor-
crescent,H.W.. snd Wltton Park, Blackburn.
W. T. Marriott. Esq., Q.C.. M.P., fti, Ennlemoro-gardeni, South
Kensington, 8.W.
Henry Martin Tumor. E<q.. St. James’* Palace Chambers. S.W.,
and CarlU'U Club, Pall-mall, S.W.
_ Bakkxbu.
Messrs. Dlmsdsle, Fowler. Barnurd. and Co., 50, ComhlH,
D'lldoll, E.C.
Me.rs.Rm.soni. Doarorlr, and Co.. 2. Pall-mall East, London,
„ „ Solicitors.
Messrs. Newman. Stretton. and Hilliard. 75,Cornhlll. E.C.
GgKcaaL Manxgeu-—S ir Edward Lee.
Mntoox. Dmxno*.—A. J. Caldlcott. E»q., Mas. Bac., Ciytnb.—
FcriaixTEspxM or Fins Arts.— C. Wentworth Wass.Es j.
A HCIIITICCTS.
Messrs. F. J.and II. Francis, Pulmcrtton-buildlngs, E.C.
bKCRCTaar.— H. R. bharman. Esq.
Omen: Palace Clmmbers.Weitmlnrter Bridge,8.WV
This Comf«ny owns the Albert Pnlsce, which Is now *p-
K aching completion: It I* constructed upon a site facing the'
utltul grounds of Battorsea Park, originally fixed upon by
II.H.H. the Prince Consort ss the permanent site for tho Inter¬
national Exhibition of laM, now at Sy.lenlum.and lias l-eeh
erected with the object of providing for tire people of London,
and e-qrodallr for the middle and artisan cjsleli. a place of re¬
creation and Instruction resembling the Crystal Palace, but very
much moro accessible. / \
Tlie property la l-ensehold-fyom the Crawn for nlnety-tbreo
years nt a moderate ground rent, nnd includes linid iorlpg laid
the Paf**' 1U ** 0I “ 0 valuable building land to th^kratt of
The Company has also acquired the right ty a lease of the
whole of the land lying between the bulMlhg* •ndthe llalierron
lurk-road, snljcet to tlrelr obtaining novrera to ineboe an
Intended road which Is only partly toUl out. end on this site will
Nj formed a Pleasure Garden, similar to that in tile grounds of
tiie Ifortlriilturnl Society nt Poilttr KrOalngtom whleli, com-
bined with tlie attractions wl.leli wll .1 bh offered within the
building, will furnish albthht ran be desired, to make the l'nlnce
perfect Ini all Its varied requirements. ]
-Ui* £•>•'•. which hat *1 ready been erected, hoi a total length
of 4>3 ft. and breadth nf e* ft <Gallerles(l8Tt. from tho ground
floor, traverse tlie entire building, and aro approached by four
staircase*. -Jx
Attadicsl I* a handsome »t.vne ahd brlek bnlldlngof two storey*,
the;ui.p«r floor of which I-rererycd for riatureand Art Galleries,
i5~ies]'"u°ru(~m 0J '* Hitudinlng-taloons,smoking, aud
.Adjoining andlformlng part nf the Palace there Is alsocon-
rttnetodagrahd Conceit 11*11; 157 ft In length. 118 ft. In breadth,
anil 'eitt-lilgh (wllh a double gallery all round), admirably
ad* liter] for niuilfal entertnininentB. This Concert 11*11 ooni-
pansfsvouralily, si to thespaee apportioned to tho audience,
witb.kome of the IwMtnOwn Imildlng* throughout tho world
devoted to music, as wIB be »eeu from the fullowing fl«u res
\7) Superficial
length. Width, dovowto
Covent Garden (London)
>8t. James’s Hall (Ixunton)
Exeter Hall (London) ..
Llverixk'l P)iUha;tn»nle
BtrmIngham Town llall
Can Carlos (Naples)
Grand Giiera (Pui is)
La .leal* (Milan) ..
Metropolitan (New York)
Albert l'tlaco. Concert Hall
**> .
V The Tatare will be fitted np with every attraction suitable to
tlibJtallding, and throe will from time to time be renewed, so ns
to present a continuous inducement for the public to visit the
Palace.
/The management has been lutrnsted to Sir Edward free,
favourably known In connection with tho Dublin Exhibition
and other undertaking*, and whose great experience Is thus
secured for the benefit of the Company.
In the Concert llall a mngnlllceiit crean. which the Connell
have purchased, 1s now being erected. TUI* Instrument is one
of the most perfect Organs extant for musical tone, balance of
power, and constructive art, while there are few that will com¬
pare with It for sire, beauty of effect power, and iweetnees.
The Connell intend that Musical Prrfomiancesof a high class
shall form a diet Inguialiing feature among tlie attractions of the
Paiaoe. aud, having regard to tho dally Increasing love of mnslo
among all classes (fostered as it la by the effort* of the Royal
family end others Interested In the musical education of the
people), tliere Is no doubt that the Mnaical Festivals and the
(kmcerta, which will he given continually throughout the year,
will prove a permanent attraction.
Sir. A. J. Caldlcott. Mu*. Bac., Las accepted the post of
Musical Director, and Ills name It a guarantee for the efficiency
with which this department will be conducted. He has already
successfully orsauhed for the Albert I'nlaro Association a Choir
of several hundred voices known as " Tile Albert Choir."
Tho position of Director of the Picture Galleries and the De¬
partment of Art* lias been conferred upon Mr. 0. W. Was*, for
many year* with the Crystal I’alare Company, and the Council
have obtain'd tho sanction of tho Board of Trade to tiio
formation of an Albert Art Union Association, which will form
a special attraction to beaaou-tlckct holders, by affording them
exceptional prii Urges.
Tim Palace I* already fnlly licensed, and there 1) nodonbt th*t
the revenue from the refreshment department alone will be very
large; tli* Council Intend that this shall bo tnado specially
attractive, at the lowest remunerative prices, in order that the
lVace may become a really popular resort.
The Albert Palace Association, Limited, have taken over tho
Buildings ** Urey stand from the Company originally formed for
their erection.of which the present Company is a reconstruction
with enlarged ohject*. The Share Capitol of the present Com¬
pany h«* been ilxni at £lfl0,IM>. of which It ha* been arranged
that £145.009, In fully paid up Shares, shall be the consideration
for the purchase, and shall he distributed umong the Share¬
holders of the original Company.
On reference to tire drawing Inclosed with the prospectus. It
will lie seen that tho Buildings are Intended to tie continued
over nearly the whole extent of the land acquired fronting
Battersea Park, by tho erocUon. contiguous to the Concert llall,
of a handsome (Snnervstorv, larger in extent than that nt
Chateworth, an Aviary, widen will bo stocked with every de¬
scription of rare Birds, and also a Hippodrome on tlie model of
that in Paris, which is so well known a* * financial success.
Tlie buildings already erected are capable of accommodating
gn.isXi visitor*, and may now be ln*pe< Pal. Tlie site is possessed
of peculiar advantages, for While it I* within a very easy drive
or pleasant walk of the most wealthy districts of the West-End,
It is In the midst of a densely-populated neigh lam rliood, amt la
easy of IOC'S from the most extended area, by railway, traiu-
wav. and steam-boat service: at very low fan s.
The Delientare* now ottered for subscription afford a sound
and eligible investment. Tho £*27,000 Six per Cent Debenture
block of the Crystal l'alaco Company is quoted l’2u to 125 per
£1(0 Delienturc btock.
Tho Debentures will bo secured by a first charge open tho
entire property and undertakingof the Company, and the whole
of tho proceed* will be applied towards carrying onttliu objects
ofltlie Company and tlieooinpletloa of the buildings. In accord¬
ance with extended scheme as shown by the drawing which
accompanies the Prospectus. Provision has been made by tho
Trust Deed by which a sufficient animal payment I* secured to
the Trustees before any payment can be made to tho bhare-
holder*. for the payment of Interest and a sinking fund out of
which tho Debenture* will be drawn annually.
The Debentures will bear Interest at tlie rale nf 8 per cent per
annum, payable at tho Company's Bankers, quarterly, by
coupons snirexrd. Thn Debenture* sre repayable by nun nil
drawing* from a Sinking Fund of '2 per cent per annum, oom-
menclngon July 1, 1883: tho Delientnres to be paid off will be tho
number* drawn on Jnlyl In each year.
Application will be mads to the Committee of tho Stock Ex¬
change for a quotation of the Debentures In their Official List.
The form of Debenture* and Trust Deed, and the Contract
between the Company and the Allert Exhibition Palace,
Limited, may I* seen at the office# ot tlie Association, or Ou
application to the Solicitor* of tho Company.
Should no allotment be made, the Deposit paid will be returned
in full.
Prospeetnse# and Forms of Application can lie obtained at tho
office* of tire Company, or of tlie Hanker*.
Office*. Palace Chamber*. Bridge-street, Westminster, S.W.
July 10, 18*4. _
I SI 110 of £100,000 Six per Cent Fire*- Mortgage Debenture* of
£.'0. £100. LUn, and £UW0 each.
THE ALBERT PALACE ASSOCIATION,
JL LIMITED.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Director* of the ALBERT PALACE ASSOCIATION.
Limited.
Getitlomen.—Having paid to j-ur Bankers. Slessrs .
tho sum of.Found*, being s deposit of 3 per cent ca
.. 59
80
Aadlrure.
7.139
.. 1*4
SS
k.9'0
.. 133
77
19.241
.. 108
64
6,013
.. l.'W
85
8.4.V)
.. 190
85
8.509
.. 103
102
lo/ekl
.. 105
87
9.185
.. 108
W-
.. 157
101
10,908
118
17.628
£.Six per centrirrt Mortgage Dehentnre* of yonr
Company. I hereby request you to allot mo tire same (or any
smaller amount' in Debentures of £.each, and I agree
to accept tlie some, and to pay tire iriitatmenU at ths dates
uauicd In your Proapeclas, dated July 10, lot*.
Hignntiire.
Name in full ..
Address.
Date. 18*4
Addition to be filled up If the applicant wishes to psy up in
full on allotment:—
I desire to pay up]in fall on Allotment the amount ot
Dotx-nture* that may ho allot tod to mo in respect of the above
application.
Signature.
This Form to bo fllled up and returned entire, accompanied by
tlie sum payable on application, either to Messrs. DIMbDALE.
FOWLER. BARNARD, and CO.. 50. Comlitl). London. E.C.;
Messrs. HANSOM. BO0VERIE. and CO., 2. Fall-mail East.
London, 8.W.; or the Secretary, at tho Offices of tho Company.
TURIN NATIONAL ITALIAN
A EXHIBITION of 1884,Open from APRIL toOCTOBEIt.
Bclence, Industrial Arts. Agriculture, Fine Arts, Souvenir* of
the Political Renaissance of Italy, Gallery of Sfachlnecy In
Motion, IntrroatlonnTEiebtriea! Section; Entertainment*.
Railway Pares lit greatly Reduced Prices.
V.(V 1
TURIN i NATIONAL ITALIAN
-K F.XHIBITrON of 1*84, Opciittorn APRIL to OCTOBER.
Science Industrial Art*. Agriculture. Fine Arte, Pauvenire of
the Political Itenalwisnro of Italy. Gallery of Machinery In
Motion, luterpationnl Electrical Section; Entertainments.
( TUtlwuy Formi'tgreatly ltd need Price*.
TURI ftOxN ATIONAL ITALIAN
J- EXHIBITION of 1884. Open from APRIL to OCTOBER,
ficienc... luddslrlal Arts, Agriculture, Flue Arts. Souvenir* of
tire Political Rannlsitkce of Italy. Gallery of Machinery la
Motion. Intatnatfonnl Electrical Section; Ent*rtAinm<rnU.
lUilwity Fares at yrcutly Reduced l'rlccu.
Tui
X E?
RIN JJ NATIONAL ITALIAN
KXWWTIOX of 1884. Open from APRIL to OCTOBER.
/BctCTtee. Industrial Art*. Agriculture. Fine Art*, Souvenir* of
tho Political Renalaainco of Italy. Gallery of Machinery la
Motion, International Electrical Section: Entertainments.
\ \ Hallway Fares at greatly ltcduced Prices.
TURIN NATIONAL ITALIAN
-*■ Exhibition of ism. open from aprii. to October.
Science. Industrial Art*. Agriculture. Fine Arts. Souvenirs of
the Political Renaissance "f Italy. Gallery of Machinery in
Motion, International Electrical Section; Entertainment*.
Railway Fare* at greatly Reduced Prices.
TURIN NATIONAL ITALIAN
A EXHIBITION of 1884. Open from APRIL to OCTOBER.
8clence. industrial Arts. Agriculture. Fine Art*. Souvenir* of
the Political Renaissance of Itnly. Gallery of Machinery in
Motion, international Electrical Section : Entertainments.
Railway Pare* at greatly Reduced Price*.
'j'URIN
_ NATIONAL ITALIAN
— EXHIBITION of 1884, Opon from APRIL to OCTOBER.
Science, Industrial Arts, Agriculture. Fine Arts. Souvenir* "f
the Political Renaissance of Itnly, Gallery of Machinery lu
Motion, Iutoruntioiial Electrical Section; Entertainment*.
Railway Fares at greatly Reduced Price*.
TURIN NATIONAL ITALIAN
A EXHIBITION of 1881, Open from APRIL to OCTOBER.
Science. Industrial Arts. Agriculture, Fine Art*. Souvenirs ..f
the Political Renaissance of Italy. Gallery of Machinery iu
Motion, International Electrical Section; Entertainment*.
Railway Fare* ut greatly Reduced Price*.
TURIN NATIONAL ITALIAN
A EXHIBITION of 1884. Open from APRIL to OCTOBER.
Science. Industrial Arts. Agriculture. Fine Arts, Sotivcnli* of
the Political ReiiaUtuaro of Italy. Gallery of Machinery la
Motion, International Electrical Section; Entertainment*.
Railway Fares at greatly Reduced Price*.
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
L EXHIBIT ION. L ONDON.
Tatron—Her Majesty THE QUEEN.
President—li.B.U. TH E PRI NCE OF WALES, K.G.
HEALTH.
Food, Dress, the Dwelling, the School, snd the Workshop.
EDUCATION.
Apparatus used In Primary. Technical, and Art Schools.
Fresh and Sea Water Annarluin. as at tho Fisheries Exhibition.
Free Library’ and Riiuling-ltooia.
THREE MILITARY BANDS.
FRENCH ENGINEERS, Conductor. Mon*. Gnstar Wettg*.
GRENADIER GUARDS. .. Sir. Dan. Godfrey.
Omcerta will bo given in tho Royal Albert U*H twice a week,
at Seven p.m.
Organ Recital* dally In tlie Albert llall. Special Evening Fites
On Wednesday*and Saturday*.
Tlie Garden* and Building* are In tho Evening Illuminated
with Vai-irgaU-d Lamp*. Japnneao lantern*, nnd Electric Light.
OPEN DAILY, from Ten n.m. to Ton p.m.: "n Saturday*
till Eleven n.m. Admission, One Shilling on every Week Diiv.
except on Wednesdays, when it is open till Eleven p.m., and tlio
admission Is 2s. 0d.
For further details see London dally iiaper*.
Season Tickets, price £1 Is., may be obtained on application to
the City Offices.'27. Great Winchester-street. London-wail; at tho
Exhibition. Railway Bookstall*, aud tlie Libraries.
THE
C ANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY,
THE ONLY DIRECT ROUTE TO
M anitoba nnd tho Canadian
NOR TH-W EST.
This route Is not only the
SHORTEST ami MOST DIRECT, hut *lro tlio CHEAPEST
und MOST COMFORTABLE.
BE 80UK AND BOOK BY IT.
For further information apply to any S team-ship Agent, and
for Maps, Pamphlet*, and tlio fullest particulars about the
Country (free of charge), apply either personally or by letter to
ALEXANDER HEGG.
Canadian Pacific Railway Office*.
88, Cannon-street, London. E C.
XTATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE,
J-1 HO. CANNON-STREET. LONDON. E.C.
STOCKS or Sll AREA bought nr sold at tape price*.
No Commission or Brokerage charged.
Speculative accounts opened from 1 per cent cover.
With no further liability.
Difference* settled daily.
OPTIONS granted at tape price*.
Hpeclal advantages offered to Investors.
Clove market prices guaranteed.
Orders by post or telegram have Immediate attention.
Coupons cashed before they are due.
Money advanced on 8tock« anJ Share*.
Large Heading-Room, with both tope* and
Telephones b>r the free rise of clients
Frotpcclus and advice forwarded gratis, by the proprietors,
A. S. COCHRANE and SONS.
Stockbrokers and Dealers.
S UN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES,
Thread needle-street, E.C.; Oiering-rross. 8.W.; Oxford-
street (corner of Vsre-strect). W. FIRE. lUtnbllshed 171".
Home and Foreign Inturances at moderate rate*. LIKE. Fjt* I'¬
ll shrel la I". Specially l"w rates for young lives. Large bonuses.
Iimm-diate settlement of claims.
JAY’S, REGENT-STREET.
ILLUSTRATIONS OF BLACK SILK
A COSTUMES.—Messrs. JAY publish, and fnrwsrd rratl* on
application, •ketches of useful and fashionable COhTUMEb, but
they In ii" way aim nt strict delineations of their repertory,
which nre far too numerous for special drawings. They venture
to express the hope, however, that they may he honoured with
a visit at the London General Mourning Warehouse, whore will
be seen all the late»t and best design*, and where it wli I lie found
that strict moderation in price* la not in the slightest degree in
disncronlmice with the highest, excellence In material, beauty lu
dectgn. and skllfulness lu confection.
TWO NEW MATERIALS FOR SUMMER COSTUMES.
/^RfiPE T0NQUIN.—A Transparent Silk
V/ manufacture, scintillating, bright, with great draping
capabilities.
riREPE IMPERIAL.—All Wool, light,
V/ elastic, and a most serviceable wearing article. These are
only to bo had at
JAY'S, Regent-street.
EVENING DRESSES.
JLJ Two Guineas snd Two and a Half Guineas each, with
sufficient material for Bodlrw Included; made of non-crushing
silk net. Fencil drawings of tho same, postage tree, ca
application.
JAYS.
THE LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE.
REGENT-STREET. W.
40
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 12, 1884
NEW MUSIC.
NEW MUSIC.
nHAPrELL red CO/S Kerr and Popular §1™^ Grand^ Opera, ia Four Art.,
Vy ..... cess in llmreol- To I* produc-d
w bonus.
AT OTHER (in C, I), and E). Words by
1U F K Weatherly. I* *ro>TI.
T VESPERS. P. TOSTI.
A
A
T VESPERS (in four keys). P. TOSTI.
'jnVIN SOULS. ISIDORE DE LARA.
AST NIGHT.
Vv
DE
ISIDORE DE LARA.
HERE MEMORY DWELLS. ISIDORE
|IK I.AUA.
Prim - **. en-4. '.' t )•-*aTC Ire*.
SCIENCE AND SINGING. By LENNOX
S- rW u. . k
CHAPPELL and CO.’S Now nnd Popular
\J DANCE MV»IU.
j^AHKWOIlL. New Walt/.. C. LOWTHIAN.
rjioi SEULE. New Valse. L. WHEELER.
OEA BREEZE POLKA. L. WIIEELER.
Jy£ON AMOUR WALTZ. BUCALOSSI.
j) and O. POLKA. BUCALOSSI.
/MIIO POLKA. LUKE WIIEELER.
V.' Price20. each net. l**t*J5* ,re *:.. „ r n
Culrrou. *adOo..40.N*w Bond-street. W ; .mlis. Ponltry.B-O-
_..nru wiki UM greatest po»*lbli« •ne¬
ed** in ittnMel*. To lw produc'd Immediately nt tlm Royal
Italian Uprr* Will lw r-a fy. Ih n t-xr days. III* completeOpem.
with lialiau Wafd*. price Ire.: ahsO Drainer » It.u.ksot M.-lmllc*.
pr.ee 2.. e*p|»; Lain the * Sigurd Welt*, prloo 2«.
ltuoecr jnd Co.. *i'.. ltagr t-atreet; and
Cut mix Mint Co., fin, Sr* Bond-street.
MUSIC KDIt TIIK SJfASIDK.
GMIE CAVENDISH MUSIC BOOKS.
J. Price 1 * each —lt'"o.*T end Oo.. Xc-nilw.
To In. hiul of ever) Mtulrsellor In the Culled Kingdom,
THIS COULD ONLY BE.
P f THIS COULD ONLY BE. Now
Bone by til* Cnmt>o-er of Daddy." 11.1" . Priori*.
llo.il> end Co., 39). lb-gent-sti ret.
/'IIIAFPELL and CO.’S ALEXANDRE
HARMONIUMS forOHarch,8cliool*.nrDrirlnj-Hojnjji
from "to IMrilJ”’: 1 o r r. 0 on ,.,o l t,uc.Vc....' Sr^m. »><>,.,
ill fl«. i»rr quarter.— 60 , New llond-utrret: nml 10.1 onltry._
/PLOUGH and WARREN’S PET ORGAN,
\y Seven Stop.. UieMlint 8*b-bo» •»* !
Octave Coupler. Elegant Carved waloML**. '"B" 1 '*"-
Uiurricix and Co..4P. and • ,l llliry - _
PLOUGH and WARREN’S CENTENNIAL
V OBANP ORGAN. Ift Stop*. 9 Bet* of Iteedo, end Cum-
_ 0BANI>0.-
Idnetluu 'Tubes. « guinea*. _
CLOUGH end WARUKN'8
-r>IPE and REED COMBINATION
J ORGANS
With one menuel. from tM guinea*.
W|.|| two mi.nil .1* nnd pedals. from la. guinea*.
II r.lreullc motor., for I 1-wing. from » guinea*.
PLOUGH and WARREN’S ORGANS have
V ' been pronounced by the nin«t eminent mu.lcUn* In Eng-
lend to I« suprriurto nil other* lu plpe-l.he quality of tone.
/PLOUGH nnd WARREN’S AMERICAN
VV ORGAN8. A comblnetlon of pi|*» and
not go out of tune by the mo.t revere Grange. of tempemwre.
Keiy of manipulation, h.udv.mo In design, end of greet
durability. . . .
From 1 * to Its guineas.
See.'lull.nml from U guinea*.
Testimonials and Descriptive List* *ree>»y port.
Ciurrri.I. end Co.,3U. Now llond-.trret; and IS, 1 oultry.
A
A IX-LES-BAINS.—Cercle d’Aix-les-Bnins.
Sum*. [• tlieetco Concert, lull. cord, end tillllanf *al.."iie.
Military bund*, fete. Italian end French Op4r*-U>mlqtie.
Symphony concert*, roodneted by K. Coloun*._
4 IX-LES-BAINS—Grand Hotel Europe.
*'V Une of tl><> most renowned In Europe. Patronised by the
Kinrll.li elite, iosunny chamber*. Largegarden.; lawntennis.
Kell ucd table. BMKtaoog.. Proprietor.
| RETIRING FROM BUSINESS.
AIR. STREETER,
, 1 ’ J - 18, NEW BOND-STREET,
JJAVING, AFTER 38 YEARS’ TRADING,
A Ml’iilONeLES-BAlNS.—Grand Hotel, 1 \EC1DED TO RETIRE FROM TIIE
A Lakolsell in. cnihnoalcd Ferruginous WetatO. English J " _
blranp r» between K«Inn an.l Oachy. Hotel llu. gmlle.
“ UOtCl I
T
nVO POPULAR SONGS.
J^EVER TO
KNOW. By MARZIALS.
/ ANLY ONCE MORE. By MOIlt.
* t Sung everywhere end unlver*«lly popular. In varlnu.
key*. ■>. mIi. A I-.* tho two song, togitlor. I.«r taea-lmn.l
pJet-free.1* »t*inp*.—IW*.**y and Co.. Regent-atwct; and
■II Mu.ie«-lli'r. It. town and country.
CWINGING. By CECIL IIARTOG.
O - A pretty song to Mr*. OllfT.wrT. cli.rmlug wor.1*
Time*. ” raw NUl ilnu»rv«M| Jin n»"r© titan tlint awum«Hi
to * Swlivrinr,' ■unit will* cliurm by Mi»s Mary
DtrUa.''-StaatUrd. 2«.-noo»KY and Co.. la>naon.
OUNER and SOIIN’S PIANOFORTES.
BULK AGENTS,
BOOSEY and GO.. LONDON._
T>00SEY and CO. having acquired the
J) egeni'T for the splendid Pianoforte.of Itarncr and Rolm
(Stuttgart., the pabtlc I. invited to ln«|»wt Hiea* ln.trunieiiU,
which will lw found to compete m.ait favourably with auyotlier
Pianoforte* either In tone, workmanship, or price, hull ou
•ppileaMOU.—BOOSEY nnd CO.. Hegrnt-.trvot. London.
l|.H l.*r Olflllll' I* I" l""l* .. V.
Balls. Cn.noo.do. fi>.|...«l- OMrisera.of
I lleau Site. Ceunat.
|>ADEN-BAI)EN.—Hotel do In Cour do
1) I tnde. A III .t-rate and large K-t.iUllsl.merit, with extrn.lve
girden.. Warm, iiiiii. r*.. ami -tl.er Hath*. (N"t t-> l«- > "U-
foupded with In-Ul lacing the .tatoni.i- K. /ikui.km. ManaK«r.
B ADEN-BADEN.—Hotel Victoria.—First
clius. Ih-aii! ifally ».tiiriirmtthaOtfuwwitlon> llodto
ami Kmlorh-kaKiU. 5*.»mUiy nrriiiignmriit. perbi't. Afram-
iiitalntiou aujK*rior. 3I«'«ltruto clmrgcj.—r. Orobuou, 1 ropr.
LAN KEN BERG HE, BELGIUM.
Magnificent halhlng unile, unrivalled In Europe. IV
menmleoii tlm Sea Ol3.ie, mile and a half long, illuminated by
the electric l.'glit Knmael f.-te«. theatre, bell*, concert..
Coinfoitalde hotois. lit m.alernto price*, instance from Hover.
vU'O.tend.ohoar*: from laiudou.vIJ Thiuumt. labour*; from
I'urU, 8 houm.
J EWELLEItY TRADE,
TJRUGES.—Hotel tie Flnndre. Established
-*) Kugll.h reputatleii. Vleltortero rantlonedop.ln.t Isemg
rumlucti'd to n liouw of B.mller name facing the railway *t .thm.
Rhine end Moselle wince for exportation.-Uam-ti . Proprietor.
p EN EVA.—Hotel Metropole.—Lift mid
\ 7 Hath*. tlMl thirst i»sltlon. feeing lake Mid English garden:
Pier. '.*«1 cheni'MTe. Patronised l.y tho dllte. Mrs. Greullug le
English, nn " «ui>erlnU-ml» the domesticerrango...cuta.
E LKINGTGN and CO.
ELECTRO PI..;
1I0MBURG, near Frankfort.—H6tel do
-I. A 11 cm-. Kir.t-rlaiiefevoiirltr lioiiw. ..Op|»Vl"
tin- r*|irni ■« and gnnleint. Kv-ry comfort, lb-eii. in. fs>. lnblo
d'lo'do. Restaurant ill garden. KnilV. 1'iuprlrtor.
H OMBURG, or Ilomburg lea Bains.
lutlnof Ilomburg. J C
Half an hour Ir*ia Ki-ankfui t oi-.-Uie-SIalne^
__ ,.ATB.
MI.VKR PLATE.
CLOCKS anil IIBONZES.
C YNTHIA. A right merric dance.
MICHAEL WATSON. 1. nit.
riROWNING THE SEASONS. Song.
VV J. L ItoKCKKU 2 ». net.
/CHILDREN’S VOWS. Song.
VV COTSPOBD DICK. 2». net.
rpHE BROCADE GOWN. Song.
A C. MAIISHALL. 2«. net.
ltoBHT Cocma and Co.. New Burllngton-«trret. tam don. » .
NOTICE!
W MORLEY nnd CO. (the Publishers of
• ••laddie” nnd dm Pfn»ntT» newest and greatest
irocccMcet Iwg to announce that ll.ey have fortunately
the manuoirllite of the following prett* New Song*, which will
be reedv tar loti, on Mninlur, Auv I. I**l■
PATIENCE ItKWAllOEII lty CIUO PIN8OTI.
THE GO NUD ERO Its. Ily TIIEO. IIOMIM R.
TILL TIIK HU EARING OK TIIE DAY. Bv PINSUTI.
DOLLY S REVENGE fly If EN It Y PONTTP.
Kev* for all Voice*, tirder every where. v« .tamp.ee. i>.
W. Moui.kt and Co.. WO. Ilegent -rt-W ■: anil.o. 1 p|H r-.t , N.
He.drlhl.dar.
F. II. COW EM'S NEW SONG.
LONG THE SHORE. Words by
GBRon Bingham.
4 LONG THE SHORE. Mufio by
JY P. II.COWKS.
CumiN)M«l f«»r •!»•! »»nc by Mi-* Anna William*.
I'.iblUlicd in four fcayi. N<*t 1 i.
Iti«fui.i. Ue£«Mfc-»trp«t, n.
17LKINGT0N and CO.
I J T KST1 MON IA L PI, AT E.
CUTLERY. Ac.
Illu.tr, iU.I Catalogue* post-free. _
EI.KINOTON and CO..*.'. Ilrgent-.t.; or »d. Mo-.rg*te-*t..Clty.
JOHN BROGDEN,
O ART GOLDSMITH.
GOOD LUCK IIOIISKSKOB
JJ-CARAT UOI.II WEDDING UING8.
PUOTKOTEO BY REGISTERED TIlAOE-MAUK.
«. GltANU U OTEI^IIUH.DI.VGS. CHARING-C ROSS.
LKER’S CRYSTAL CASE WATCHES
•re »iit»rse.llt>g ell other*. Prl*>-Med.U-Loudon. IWH;
purD D*JT. Miver Watmie*.from £* 4s.; Gold, from Dm. Price-
LUU sent free.—T7. Cornhlll; and DO. Rrgeut-.treet.
W A .!
vrOTICE-MORTLO CKS’
X l Oxford-*treet end Orrliard-rtreet.
SALE.
CIocd of the .Season. Mortl^k** be? t<* aiitumnco that their
ANNUAL SALE I* now proceeding. Iiic..mi.lcte Servlc»«id
pari. ..f cet. et greatly lemoned j.rlce*. Ilwlnctlon. In erejT
■lein.rtu.ent. A quantity ofellchtly Imnerf.rl g..«l. will leill*-
i.,| ,,f nt nom.mil «um«.—MOIt t'lAJCKS , OAforii-.txvet end
Urrlm' tl-Ktri«*t, rortmnU'Xiiisre. lx>ndon. W.
QHOCOLAT
AMSTERDAM
ExuiumoN. mas.
M E N/l'
Awarded
tlie 'v x.
GRAND .
DIPLOMA OK HONOUR.
/'MIOCOLAT MENIER, in 4 lb.
Vj PACKETS.
For . H
IIREAKFAST.
LUNCH EONT and .BLTTER.
fHiOCOLAT MENIER
VV Eight
/ i II ARLES HALLfe’S PRACTICAL
V.' PIANOPORTE BCIIOOU
New Bditlon. tho two Klret Section* enjarprd
CHARLES I1AI.LE -. NEW PIANOFORTE TUroR.
Tim l»>t. end most uaef.il Tatar ever pal.|i*hr.l.
Fourrii llaornxio.. .Tie. Uegeiif-clrcu*. lamdun; *nd
I it ami ID, llrej.sg.tc, Maio-lo .tar._
VIHKMAN and SON,
JV MAKERS of GRAND and UPRIGHT
PIANOFORTES.
S, Hoho-eqnare ; and llredmore Work., Hemmerwmltli.
K IUKMAN and SON MANUFACTURE
n It A N D I 'I AN OS In all *Ue* and In every rarlety of
‘"i'll, "rumework of Noe. I, ?. *. and Me made of wrought steel,
ami l.c.necielly e.tapte,l In withstand all ex treralt.ee.-f heat and
“id.* tK have re<5ntly Intnaluced a SHOUT OVERSTRUNG
1IIOS GRAND mnly bft.Bln. long., et a i.rr.iw«hr.te price. \
K IRKMAN and SON’S New /Models
Incl.idb a .teel freme.1 upright Grand »nH » T*o!>-
Cottage, full trichord, check action, end vertiGsU}^strung-
varloii* *tvlf* aod drgiw* of
VIIUvJlAN and SON have AgeutB in all
IV the principal Towns, from Whom may
be obtalnwl. Allthelr PUnotartes ere for »Me.J1irT. or on ti...
1 hree-Veer*' System._\ \_\^_X
1 7RARDS’ PIANOS.—Messrs. ERARD, of
J 1*.Greet NerllKimugh-street. I/.ndorl. end 13.ID.AMe Mall.
Pan., Maker, to her Mairety end the prince end P/Inre., or
Wale* CAUTION tlm Kiiklln that Pianoforte, err hefnxkjd Iwar-
lug the name of •• Krard which are not of U.elr mnniiWirt.ire.
Kor Information a* to autlmnWeRr-apply at■ ISy Marl-
borougli-et.. where new l , leiiogranJbeuld>t;ied fromygmiieaa
QIIOCOLAT MENIER. (
Bold Eygi-y.wlie'e . ,
v’t
JON. 1*54,
CHOCOLATE,
In tim'd redo nr U.l. In
:ch
,.nly cultivated III tile Island.
__lllerly line and delicate flavour.
Ir..in that of Cli.<nlnte preper.il Iron. O.oa
i Hemisphere; and It will, we believe, bo
NconnolM-ure. The .urceMful cultivation
•i n Dem iidcnclc. mark, a fredi depart nr*
i increeslugly important article of food
Medals awarded to the Firm.
ZElt’S COCOATINA.
•eptle Cocma orOioonlate Powder,
d.il.le (Vx-oa, witli of Fnt extracted.
i. Thickened yet Weakened with
Starch. *<%
....... .mot riilHtlpiu.perfectlydlce.t-
„ for •• BREAKFAST. LUNCHEON, or SUPPER.
.Tl Cl I .antra. Ilranirea no tv-oklng. A teasfM.aif.il to
(>P coding le.» thau a h»H|*mny. hamplee gratis.
In Ab-Tlcl’t Tin*, la -d.. U.. Ac., by Clieinlet. and Gr.--. re.
II. SCHWEITZER nnd 00.. 10. Adam-slrect. londoo. XV .0.
nt ARDS’ FL
■co’;
from
UMru.
D ’AL^IAINt;^ PJANOSxItalf Price, from
Cpi. ||. .YI,>fA,7N tiTS AMERIC/AN >*|1 GAN8 Iroin LV All
lull comp Jx*. warranted fort<n ysa** r^arrhtgMre*. and aU risk
n>«t nrruimr-tv. Katp^U^hrdTW yv*n.
^i^l’‘fh<bur)r |Mvetmtdt. City* E.C. _
lr7HIRE or for SALE,
W. upsacds—JOHN 11 HOAD WOOD and
iltrnet-sDi-et. Gol.bn-tquaro. W. Monu-
.*y-ro«a. Westminster.
\r Au T n *'V/7unrlvalle.l Stook. all Newest Accom-
|V|. U S I v A Li panlmenta. Catalogue* of Tone* and
111 Prices gratis and free by port. WALKS
Tirwl’a end McCUI.LOOH. a. Ludgate-hlll;
BUALo. and M. Cheapside, London.
aTuSICA t 7 VACANCIES FOR ’TALENT^
ill The I ,< IN DON CONSERVATOIRE New H,Hiding (mar-
nllleentlv ai.p-dntcl. resident or otherwise). Horrheeter-
mn.re. llvdo Park, afford. Free Scholarehlpe and Introduction*
for HlghdJhus Engagements. L.HSiwwx* OymcLL. Director.
piANOFOU'
A (Coin '« guinea.
TTOLLOWAY’S PILLS and OINTMENT.
II The Pill, purify the blood, correct oil dlwirders of the.
liver, stomach, kidneys.end bowels Tl.eOIntment I. unrivalled
In tho cure of bad legs, old wounds, gout, and rheuroatluu.
iOWN & pOLSON’8 QORN J^LOUR
IS A WORLD-WIDE NECE8SARY.
J^ROWN & pOLSON’S QORN pLOUIt
FOU TIIK NURSERY.
pilOWN & pOLSON’S QORN pLOUR
FOR THE FAMILY TAHI.K.
pitOWN Sc pOLSON’S ^ ’URN pLOUR
FOR THE SICK ROOM.
OROWN & pOLSON’S pORN J^LOUR
HAS A WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION.
QOUKLE’S
^NTIBILIOUS
I
>IT,LS.
Mineral springs very salutary in dlecaaciof tho stomach and
liver, and in attacks Of gout. \
Unriyalled summer climate, beneficial m neryou. doblllty.
Mineral. Pine, (las, and
Sloor Bath*. ' / /
Inhalations from vapourised milt w ater, for affections of the
throat ami lungs.
Magnificent KurhaiiM, open all the year round.
Excellent Orchestra, Opera, Bf iiu.oiib,
lllourlnatioua. \ y
Iawn-Tennll. Urlrket. and Croquet;
bliout.og anil KlshlUg.
V»«t Park.
Comfortable l\ot«ls an.l private l.ou.-cs,
at iuorl.-r.stc clnii vi s. /
BunOtja LafTKlunon*. Manager.
N
H
TOW OFFERS THE WHOLE OF
IS VALUABLE STOCK OF
DIAMOND ORNAMENTS,
18-CABAT GOLD WORK.
KNGI.Ifil KEYLESS LEVEIl WATCHES
RARE JAPANHSE ART WORK.
AT A GREAT REDUCTION.
ri'HE PUBLIC will for the next few monllis
X liavo
known anil uirefii
•pcrlnl pi*l"*rtn..jti.w of wearing ume of till* well-
■ 'fly. ‘
r ertc.1 She
AYR. STREETER'S COLLECTION of
I'JL PRECIOUS BIOSES an.l GEMS. Hodsll and Cut. will
nlM. be OFFKhKD lor SALE. Goiu.o.»»cur» and (.ullcctur.uio
Invited to InsjMjct.
STREETER, RETIRING
BUSIN Kcct.
FROM
T UCERNIv—Grand HOtel do 1’Europe.
i Magnificent mountain view, on the bunlersnf the taike;
IM. chamlwri, south aspect. Rooting. Ashing, bathing.
Omnibus ta rail and boat. BuoiiKa-Dunaia. Proprietor.
[ U GE R N F.- 1 —Hotels Scnweitzcrhof and
1 Ijiccrnerliof. High reputation. Kfcoiuineoded. Alwayt
jmn. Fncing sU-rm-larat idor. Near stall.. Hallway.
■lit. American system, at I.ucenierliof. Uaussa Fbkhxs. Prop.
j\ U C E R N E CASINO.
\ " EVERY DAY. THEATRE or CONCERTS
by the flrst-intc Orchestra l.ipa.
READING. HILLIARD, and BALL bALOONS. PIANOS.
GARDEN,
Ou the lake of Four Cantons.
Family Abonnrmcnts.
f u C II O N.—Grand Hotel Richelieu,
_l_i opretlt.' tlm Thwtoal ISsl.ddlsIimrmt. FiequenUM ly
Royally and the highcet nobility and gentry. Splendid SfCUTy.
Flr.l-. tae. arrangemeot*. L. Eeraxii*. 1 sopnelor.
O S T E N D.—Hotel de la Plage. First-
i-lnss ext.-a family hole) near Kursaal. English Cliur. li.
and Knlhlng luaclilnea. R no.vm d cuisine-. Elegant i.partmcutf.
I. and O. 'I'dOMA, Proprietors. Tariff on application.
O ST END.—Grand. Hotel d’Oatendo on
the Digue, near Kursaal. and bnthlug mnchllir*. Flrst-
,-la-s hotsl. r.-t.iuranl. Glacier ler unite. 1'ruprs. Maisog
... E. Wautkm, of Itiusw ls.
0 ST END. — Hfttel Fontaine. Excellent
Dr-I cla-s hotel, near the kb n.nl I'.islno. old-e-tal.lishn-l
reputallon with the English who visit O tend. Term, moderate.
P|.'.-ial arrangements made. I'asaengei. cautioned against
deception of hotel tauter* on I ward.
opA, li E L G IU M.—HOtel Belle Vue.
O Fir»t C aw. excellent South noeltlon, near t)»o FtAblliAe-
incut 4c* Hiiius. nud coutiguuiia to Uio I’arc «le 8«pt llcurca.
Houma, Proprietor.
Z URICH.—HOtel BeUe Vue. Beautifully
Iiln.tr d on the new Quay, and adjoining the new bridge.
Much fnri non ted by English tonriitr. being icnowmd for
- ■ • - - F. Pont., I'roprlotor.
t omfort ami iriuainable charges.
ITALIAN WINES, Pure and Natural.
1 English (*at«. Hurolo-Aotl (mrkllniO. ChUintl, Coprl. Ac..
nm& White, llxvlnir n «U»iinct type, akin to Burgundy *nd
Blicrry. Grwitor body and atrcngih. an<l cheaper than rranch
which. Forwarded Ifw to himloh In Ikski of IW litre! and
ot twelve dOKD. A-tdress—VINCENT. TIM A, .rid CO..
Wine Growers and Uaiikers, Turin. Agents to tho Union Bank
of London.
O WISS BITTERS from ALPINE PLANTS.
O btoinachlc and Sanitary Conllal; from a hygienic stan.lpoint.
ns Important a* Iwr or wine. Cranopolltan reputation.—A. F.
Dknxlkv. Manuf.. Interlaken. Branch at Zurich, Parts. Milan.
VrERMOUTH.—Francesco Cinzano and Co
V Vermouth.combination A.t-i Win* and Alpine herb*, with
. • Ol Wine Merchant*
quinine. Kffrrihlng. tonic, and digestive. ... ...... .
and F. CINZANO and CO.. Cnrso lie Umberto. 10. Turin.
A DVICE TO DYSPEPTICS.—Symptom*
_f\- of Dyspepsia and Indlgratlmi. with sprclnl advice a. to
**ThU Ifeltlr ptimphlft nppciils fiUViWy U» tltoM who havo
nil own] til* iMilaUt** •ItH.ldii aVUITUlflif for tlirm, and have paid
tlm i nor (table pfoelty «f ti.oir folW’-iiloba.Seutforuneaump.
J. 31. KicMABO*. Fvbliahor. W. Great RuMelhitreet. IdOiulon.
/ i ET a BOTTLE TO-DAY OF PERRY
\T DAVIS' PAIN K1IJ.KR.-H Instantly rellevee and cure*
revere scalds, bum*, .prams, bruise*, toothache. I.easlacl.e,
■Mins In the side. Jo. nta. and limb., all neuralgic and rlieu-
Suatie pain* Taken lutenially cures at once coughs, sudden
c-.i.i. crauiP In the sbunach, colic, diarrhoea, and cholera
Infantum. l'AIN KILLER Is the great household me.Heine.
Bint haa Stoort the lest of Ufty yean. Any Chemist cau supply
It at It. ljd. add 9*. Wd. _
R L A I It'S
GOUT
PILLS.
/COCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
Ly FOU
FOU I.1VER.
COCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS.
Lf FOB BILE.
/COCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
L/ FOR INDIGESTION.
C OCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
FOU HEARTBURN.
GOUT AND RHEUMATISM.
Sure, safe, nnd effectual. No restraint
of diet required during use.
All Chemists, at le. ltd. and 2a. Bd. per
Box.
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, July 12, 1884.-41
DRAWN BY HAL LUDLOW.
He lounged against n huge press of carved oak, at a good distance from
the girL
ROPES OF SAND.
BY R. E. FRANCILLON,
Author of "Strange Waters," "Olympia," "A Real Queen," &c.
CHAPTER III.
A DOG IN A MANGER.
n bored manmight
make a }6ss telling,
assault upon his per¬
sistent ineiny. Time,
and do worse with him¬
self altogether, than by
dropping in on Phil Der¬
rick upon tluvctinnceof a
chat with Nance-^nofc that
alio had much to say, or
was mure than a rustic
pcauty, if so much as that:
but that she listened so
sweetly as almost to charm
the dumb into eloquence,
and was one of the best girls, I will
not. say in Stoked idiot, which would
signify little, but in nil Devon, which
sigiiifies u grertt deal ; as all England
knows: And what is more—though
4 One may look for little good ns a rule
when the! young Squire lets what
i serve him for thoughts run too much
*, on his servant’s daughter, in this case
it was the wisest thing he could let
them do. For she was farther above
binrthnn if she had been any com-
. , V inon Princess, so long as he re¬
mained Francis Carew of Hornncombe. And yet, either so bad
JfjV* i *. hf'Clbours’ tnste/or else so good her own, that Parson
10igold had not yet published her bnnns even for the first
tune. The Parson’s Tunizin, though two years younger, and
no in ore lit to compare with her than a hollyhock is with a
sweet pea, lmd beaten her hollow. Not a He in nil the parish,
or out of it, had kept one Sunday’s company with her since
ic days when, the most innocent of wreckers, slic went
s o u-feathering in Skullcross Ray, or raced with the tide across
the sands.
However, she throve on neglect as if it were the most
natural instead of the most unaccountable thing in the world ;
and every wind that blew seemed to leave its best with her before
G ng fur J her , on - 11 was n very small world in which she
uvea, save for the four winds and the sea. She had neither
mot her, nor sister, nor brother; the three-roomed cottage behind
tbu lime-kiln, that is to say, in the most desolate part of the
dunes, was the only home she lmd ever known, mid there was
no other dwelling nearer than the hall, a good mile and a
half away. Her father, too, was absent from the cottage most
^yOf Die day, and often all the night besides, and taught her
little beyond such things ns how to make traps for weasels or
clean a gun, for he was a gamekeeper in earnest, though his
duties wore light and few. Naturally, therefore, wlmt she
heard in church was n good deal mixed up with n self-made
philosophy. Her views on cheating the King, and on rights of
property in what the sea did not care to swallow, were of her
place and age, and would have shocked many a worse
moralist. Rut she had the instinct which, to be of any use,
must be bom in one, seeing that it otherwise takes a life¬
time to supply by force of reason—that of seeing only the best
in all things and in ull people, as if one had a hundred eyes,
und in biring us blind to the badness in them as if one had
none. And, since that is the whole secret of happiness, and
)iness is the chief secret of goodness, neither her
ethics nor her ignorance stood the least in her wny.
When Francis Cnrew-, still with his black pipe between his
teeth, lounged up to the open door of the battered cottage,
with its roof held down by boulders from the beach, and its
low walls heavily buttressed, so that it might not be carried
off bodily by a sou'-wester, she was engaged in the very hist
occupation in which, while sprawling on the Rlnck Steeple, he
had dreamed of picturing her. She was not only watching
with one eye n pot boil over a crackling fire of thorns, but she
was following the lines of a large printed book with the other.
The big black beaver bonnet was off now; and though thus,
in the eyes of a connoisseur like Captain Quickset, the face
might lose a certain ilavour of piquancy, the effect was all the
better. One could see that so open a face had no need to hide
itself away. And one could sty, also, that the rather coarse
hair, of true Stoke Juliot darkness to match the eyes, was
arranged with exceptional neatness, without any attempt at
display—a good sign when n girl lives all alone, and when
neatness must needs mean instinctive respect for her own
better self, and can mean nothing more.
“Father inf” asked Francis Carew, with a nod, ns lie
knocked the ashes from liis pipe against the door-post. “I
had something or other to say to him if he were.”
“Not just this minute,” said Anne, rising and smoothing
her gown, “lie’ll be having his look, round. Rut lie’ll be
to house betimes. Will you sit down f ”
She spoke like w lmt she was—a rustic, and with so full a
ilavour of her native soil that I must translate freely as I go
along. Rut it would be a shame to chronicle her barbarisms
of speech, for that would do injustice to her voice, which was
soft and mellow, and with a smile in it twin sister to the one
in her eyes—a smile felt, however, rather than heard or seen.
Francis Carew had nothing in particular to say to liiil
Derrick, or, indeed, to anybody; ami lie was out of temper
about nothing; and there is nothing so conducive to the pre¬
sence of the bluck dog ns nothing, us everybody knows.
Nevertheless, lie lounged into the kitchen, and leaned ngninst
a huge press of carved oak, now worth its weight in guineas,
at a good distance from the girl and the sparkling thorns.
“ You ’re rending!” he observed, when she, having said
her say, returned to her potatoes. “What a comical thing
to do.”
“ Not to call it reading,” said she, colouring a little, and
busying herself with her pot more deeply. “ I was but trying
to puzzle out u bit like, lu re or there—and ’tis hard."
“Well, Nuuce — every man to liis hobby. Rooks would
never be mine. I never could see the sense of things that
the dullards that make ’em can’t understand themselves.
There’s n lot of books up at the hull, but I’ve never opened
one. I’m bored enough, without books. Rut you may read
’em, if you please.”
He meant to be gracious; and was only gruff. Rut she
did not seem to heed or mind.
“This is from the Hall, Sir,” said she. “ Mrs. Drax lots
me have one at a time, ns you take no heed of ’em : for I’m
trying to learn myself better, and am getting to spell n bit, if
I could only see the sense of things. I’ve tried one after
another, ana they ’re all lmrd: but this one here does beat
them all. ’Tis naught but a jugglemirc.”
“Next time I ’ll lend you my own books myself, Nance,"
said Francis. “It’s all right, with you: hut if my house¬
keeper takes to lending the books to one neighbour, die ’ll be
lending the spoons to another : and though books are rubbish,
there’s a use for spoons.” He took up the volume from the
dresser, and opened it where Anne lmd kept her place with a
rolling-pin.
Anne’s eyes hung upon the Squire’s face in humble ex¬
pectation. As n gentleman, he must needs be a scholar : and
no doubt the riddle would be solved.
Rut, after staring and frowning, lie shook his head. " ‘ P.—
Ovidii—Nasonis—Metamorph—Lib—V—I I.’" he read the
page’s head-line, stuinblingly. “ Why, this is Imtiii—not
42
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 12. 1884
oven English : like what we used to be caned over at Knotshnm.
1 never thought to sec the like of that again. Why, it makes
my bark sting, even now.”
’ "Then you can’t read it, Sir? ” asked she.
“Nq— nor nobody else. It ’« one of those books, you see,
ljke the Dictionary, and Cocker, and Cicero, that were only
made to bother hoys.”
“ But somebody must write them, Sir ? asked she, looking
puzzled.
" 1 don’t know that. Anyhow, nobody ever looks at them
out of school—and no more "than they can help, in.”
“ But I should like to know,” said Nance: her natural
curiosity on fire. For the book savoured of mystery, and she
was a daughter of Eve. Moreover, that fixed belief of the
British schoolboy, that all the authors of antiquity were simply
members of a vast conspiracy to effect his personal and in¬
dividual annoyance, did not commend itself to her notions of
the fitness of things, crude as these were. Even in stupidity
must the mind of the natural woman be content to yield the
palm to the mind of the natural man.
“Mavbo Parson might know?” suggested she. “Or,
maybe, Miss Openshaw? She knows a might of things, they
sav.”
‘ “ Hung the Parson, and lmng Miss Openshaw ! ” exclaimed
Francis, still smarting under the defection of Ins faithless
friend. “ What should they know ? ”
“Nay; that would ben sad pity,” said Nance, gravely.
“ He would, be sore missed, and she is far too fair.”
“ I ’ve never seen Miss Openshaw, Nanco, and 1 don’t want,
to. But if she ’a fair—that’s enough for me. I never did
look twice at your washed-out dolls. What 1 like in a girl is
dark hair- and brown eyes—and cheeks like a woman’s, not
like your confounded curds mul whey. Like—like ”-
“ I think 1 mil go and see the Parson,” said Nance, rather
suddenly breaking in : more suddenly, indeed, than there was
anv need, not to speak of courtesy towards her father’s
master. “ He might know. . . . And . . . and I think I saw
Captain Quickset to church to-day.”
“ Ah—then it teat you lie saw ? Yes. Quickset's another
victim of Parson Pengold and Miss Openshaw—confound the
whole gang of them. Ho’s gone to see the pigs, and—well, I
wish lum joy.” Something else had put him out now—he was
annoyed that his brilliant friend had seen and admired Nance
Derrick, and that Nance had noticed the man, and no doubt
had been flattered by his admiration. He himself admired the
brilliancy of his guest so much that lie would have fain
have kept these two from meeting. For Quickset had
given it to be understood that Don Juan the great was a mere
fool to him: and so Francis Carew, though not in love with
his keeper’s daughter, felt something more than a qualm of
jealousy, and mistook it for the chivalry of a gentleman
'towards a girl who needed protection.
"Quickset is a splendid fellow, Nance," he began, with a
stupidity more dense than even the profoundest ignorance of
the world, and of the vice-world of books, could excuse. " A
splendid fellow : niul it was a lucky accident, for me, that laid
him up here. Bathe’s getting well now, and then he’ll be
gone; and it. isn't likely that a man who’s hand in glove with
all the house of Lords and 1 Julies will have time for another
thought of Homacombe. I know the world, you see : 1 was in
’Wiltshire, and had nearly gone for a soldier, before coming
here. He’s not the sort for o girl like you to know—what
with his Duchesses and such like up in London town. "Pis
my duty, as Squire of Uornacombe, to see lie leaves the
place no worse than he found it when he came. Not that
he’d mean harm—but that wouldn’t keep harm from being
done.”
1 have said that Anne Derrick always saw the best of
people, and was blind to the worst; and on no other principle
could she have failed to sec that Francis Carew, although he
lmd been in Wiltshire, did not know very much about women
nearer home. And what ft woman is apt to think of the mind
of that man who knows nothing of her half of the universe I
need not say. Here was a young fellow, old enough at any
rate t /1 know better, first inventing a rival, and thinking he
was doing himself service by warning a girl against him us
labelled "danger.” As if danger were not the eliarm of
charms as if Anne Derrick would have thought, of consulting
Parson Pengold on Ovid had she not suspected that the
•Squire’s ignorance was something of a sham-
But, with that peculiar perversity of hers for seeing only were,
the golden side of every shield, slip destroyed the solemnity of he liv
liis speech with a clutter of the saucepan-lid, and o
answered -neither sharply nor proudly, nor with consol
ness of satire —
“Thank you kindly. Sir; but. not being a Duchess, n
such like, 1 can take care of myself, maybe.”
ing. “Eh, Squire, but you're the man I'm bound to see.
Look here! ”
He drew from a huge pocket, a line of wire, with a slip-
noose at one end, and the other secured to n stone.
“ A springe for rabbits! ” said Francis. " Where did you
find this. Derrick? Not on”-
*• In Base Wood; that’s where. And a queer made bit of
wirework 'tis, too.”
“ Wlmt! ” exclaimed Francis, turning red as fire, “ Do
you mean to sav such things an- found on my land ? "
“And the birds growing scarcer, too; and with never a
gun to thin them since the old Squire’s time. ’Tis getting ns
I've said nil along. Where the master don't kill his own
game, others will, Not that ’tis my business, if 'tis not my
master’s—beyond you might think it might lx- me."
“ Father!” crietl Anne, flushing. “As if”-
“No, no, Nance,” said Francis, "you needn't tell me your
father’s an honest man. But for the lads to rob me —who am
one of themselves! 'Tis all one ns if I was to rob them.
Why, there isn’t a man in the parish (bar the Parson), young
or old, that I haven’t drunk with like a friend. No, no ; they
wouldn’t rob me.”
“Seeing’s believing,” said Derrick. “ You may turn out
the pot, Nance. I cun feed proper now that springe is off my
mind.”
“ If I could catch the blackguard that’s after my birds,”
said Francis, “I'd show him what’s law between man and
man. What a Hole this is ! Why, old Horneck would have
been ashamed to do such n thing. A fine pass the country's
coming to, when a man can’t call his very buds his own ! ”
The poor young man lounged out as lie had lounged in,
followed by a glance of pity from Anne Derrick instinctive
pity, for she would not consciously have presumed to pity
the Squire of Homacombe. He was really in n savage humour.
The many bottles and the bad cards of lust night hod conspired
to give him n bad next morning: then his friend and hero had
left him to kill a whole long Sunday all alone: then his talk
with Anne Derrick had taken a bitter and almost quarrelsome
turn : and now. by way of last straw, lie found himself insulted
in his proprietorship—"in the one point wherein he could feel
himself better than his neighbours. Nevertheless, lie felt
something like a sullen pleasure in being able to throw the
blame due to his own ill-humour upon others- being angry is
at any rate better than being bored, and he had almost leaped,
at an*outlet for anger.
“ 'Twoulddo me good to fight somebody ! ” was his nearest,
approach to a thought that day. And maybe he Was right—
especially if he could meet a poacher strong enough to exorcise
the demons of envy and jealousy that were worrying him, by
means of a sound thrashing. Meanwhile he nursed his black
dog, and named it Righteous Indignation against scoundrels
base enough to rob, not the King of his dues, not shippers of
their cargoes, but— him. He had heard of poaching,[but lie
had never realised that it is so heinous a sin.
He went hack to the large stone farm-house, which, being
the capital mansion of his estate, wits known as the Hall: mul
t he exchange from Derrick’s cottage was not for the better, in
the way of conducing to a. more cheerful inune of mind. It
Was n dark grey building; low, but with an aggressive extent of
S ound plan dispiriting to a bachelor who could not possibly
habit it all, and it stood staring from the side of an un-
wooded slope, withom> fence but a lm-ha. A very little
management would have made it both picturesque nncl com¬
fortable: but the fonner generations of..Corews, like all people
living in the midst of natural grandeur; enred not a straw lor
the picturesque, while Francis had not enough comfort iu
himself to find any to spare for. Ids dwelling. In short, lie
lived liked a hand-to-mouth lodger in a house which, though
ugly and dark without, might, within, have becu remit red
a very architectural purndise by those who nre in sympathy
with large, low rooms, full of corners and angular surprises,
generous staircases, tangles of passages, curious vaults and
closets, and utter prodigality in wood-work and stone-work,
beams, eliiimu ys.-nml walls. It could not bo called more than
a fann-housc; but then it was a farm-house that must have
been built even from tlie first with a view to large living, to
the accumulation of storks, and even to the possibilities of
siege, it mighfclravc grown into a mansion, as others of the
kind have done : and lucky it wns for its present master that
it had jailed. For its size overpowered him. even as things
fie was the possessor of four-iuid-twenty rooms: nnil
ifttwb.
Drnx, the cook and housekeeper, took her holidays as
|e pleased on weekdays, and nil day on Sundays,
urew, the great man of the parish, made a hurried
and gloomy meal on a hunk of bread and a herring, badly
ked by himself, mul then tried brandy for a change. The
i don’t know about that, Nance; for if Duchesses shone without; a world of books was nt his service within
chosen by looks, you’d be the first of them all.” "dobrs : and yet how was Francis Carew of Homacombe to kill
“ Did you ever see a Duchess, Sir, if you the time till Monday? True, he could practise ^piquet, right
"No. * But I’ve seen a Countess at Knotshftbi; npcTshe hand against left, so ns to be in better cue for Captain Quick -
was no more to lx* compared to you than—thuir—I aflrrtoy set than he had been last night. But such harmless gambling
Quickset. Ah ! Nance, I wish I were half such a fellow. Just soon palls; and at Inst, having anything lmt soothed himself
think - lie’s fought the blacks in India; the French, and I
fought the blacks in India; jlie Freti^-
don’t know who else abroad; he’s been hr fdght uffairs of
honour; ho can Hit the ace of hearts at twenty paces, ten
times running; ho dresses like th6 Krirjk^eLW'tlcftj he knows
all the lord* anil the wits; half 't^womgir'oL.ft^hion nre
dying for him; ami lie can bujtxjiis fif<h\bo 11 le Witlrpiit turning
" Perhaps he could tell me wfia^'s in tni? book,” suggested
Aune.
" Hung him — I dare soy he could do tlmK too. He's been
at college. Ho’s been < vervwfiere. \He 'a done everything
and oh ! Nance, look at nie.xjr’m an iWkward country booby,
only fit to moon ubout and yawn, and drink strong ale; and
even that gets stale nt luj
I 'in not riel
where: and it I was
know what to
“ I don’
no ladies bi
lovely, they
seeius to
‘ Nib
girl, and
only t rvin
the
nmkj^^me want it stronger.
■aNlgurc, at Bath or nny-
idy, 1 ’d be dumb, and not
” said Anne. “ I've seen
for all they ’re so fair and
different from the women, it
v, “you nre a dear, good
in the land. And 1 ’ve been
you, like a boor nnd a lx*ar. All
said. 1 thought I was good for
ly the drinking of ule, till 1 knew
I know I *m good for nothing at all. I
sister, Nance; the Hall would be some
rire,” exclaimed a rough voice from the doorway,
as there eittgred no less rough a speaker- a heavily-built but
athletic felloWj bow-legged and broad-shouldered, with some¬
thing liou-like about his broad und sullen features. But there
was a likeness to Anno about them, too, in spite of the differ¬
ing outlook. the blurred nnd rugged lines, and the stubble of
grizzly bristles over check* nnd chin. He was dressed in an
inconsistent and not -^srly dcscribnble fashion, giving him the
dir of a snilor trvung to look like a small farmer, or else of a
suiull farmer trying to pass for u sailor, and in either ease fail¬
with nn hour’s steady cognac, he chucked the enrds into a
corner, nnd went out ngnin into the air. That change, at
least, ought to have done him good, for the scene before him
wns full of seeming peace, nnd very fair. The autumn sun
had by now almost reached the crest of the opposite side of
the combe on its way to the hidden but audible sen; the brown
woods below him, nnd stretching upwards, nearly to the sun¬
set, were sinking into a sleepy shade.
Ay: Base Wood, where the pheasants were! Francis
Carew cared for sport no more than for books; but, tlun, it
made no difference to the dog in the manger that lie did not
care for straw. So he strode down the homesidc of the combe,
through the brook and into the wood, brooding,
“Quickset shall know what Homncomlx' of a Sunday
means, as well ns I. When lie’s had enough of the Parson’s
pigs, he shall come back to find nothing to play but Patience.
I 'in hanged if 1 go home again till I've done something this
blessed day. Anyhow, if I don’t punish a poacher, I shall
liuve punished Quickset, confound him. No; he shan't see
Nance a second time. 1 wish he'd never come. Yet the devil
only knows what I'm to do when he’s gone. Wlmt *s the
good of anything? Poachers in the woods; not a soul to speak
to; nothing but rocks and sand and salt-water to look at all
day long; twenty-four hours in every day, and three hundred
and sixty-five days in every year.Nance, or no Nance,
Quickset shall stay."
CHAPTER IV.
AN INGLOKIOU8 WILTON.
It was almost the first time that Francis Carew had visited
this part of hi» mvn land. Indeed, there had been hitherto no
reason why, unless from a spirit of barren curiosity, he should
ever have done so. Ho lmd not a particle of the sylvuu
instinct, which lends more fortuuate hearts to revel among
trees, whether green, brown, or bare. Base Wood meant to its
owner merely a large, dark slush, in which walking was de¬
ter table and sprawling impossible, always damp and cold, mul
teeming with vermin and weeds. For that matter, most people
used to think the same; and the Squire of Homo- oml* was
anything hut in advance of his time.
“ I wonder if there'« anything in my title to prevent my
turning some of this timber into money," thought he, as he
landed in safety on the further side of his first quagmire. "If
Quickset stays here longer, I shall want another year’s income
in hand—for the very devil has been in the cards. I ’ll «*<
Huyes about it nt Barnstaple, nnd inquire. I don’t -oe how
there can be: except that whenever one wants to do uuy thing
there’s sure to be something or somelxxly in the way.
There’ll be no pouching then: and nn ugly, dirty bog will
have been cleared away besides. I’m nfmid there must lie
some law against cutting, or all this lumber would lim e Urn
turned into bonfires long ago.”
He rambled on, taking a sullen sort of pleasure it* dis¬
comfort, as men in such humours will; now sinking nearly
knee-deep in soft, black peat, hidden by layers of fallen leaves,
now stumbling over a root, nud now forcing his way through
bracken and briar that lmd hot been cut or mown within living
memory. The wood was large, and hud some of the attributes
of tlic forest primeval. He had as yet seen nothing ot his
pheasants, or of unlawful trespassi. but he had sot a much <>!
the democracy of rabbits, und a squirrel or two, on < n< he
startled a snake—and himself besides thereby. At 1 r, aft* ran
infinite variety of scrambling, with dripping lmir, tom hnn<K
nncl boots full of dark water, he reached a clry island i mall
irregular glade, whence sprang a noble beech from a bed of
mast, moss, und leaves.
By this tune he had worked off quite half his t • mpi-r : the
twilight, hastened by the shade of the woods, v pdrkly
failing; aiid a larger appetite than he had known for days
began tt> draw him back towards the Hall.
“ One mustn’t be too hard on Quickset," he thong ! " The
next time I want to punish him, 1 'll bring h ! m a wulk. ;•> t his
beech. I expect ho’s back by now, and cursing m M ' . vu
Derrick has been finding a mare’s nest, after nil. However,
^the, next time he comes this way, he shall see I ’in not • > blind u
he takes me for. ‘Know naught of my own wo- <1- i-
Then 1'll leave him a sign that other people call tii t their
way into the von’ middle of them than poachers, or keep-r*
either.”
He took out his pocket-knife, and scored deeply into the
smooth bark of the beech, pulling a narrow strip Hie
s^ar served admirably for the stem of nn F. And, that moi-f
fnsouinting of all occupations for an idle man who is not in
love, the carving of his own name, growing upon hi- Ungers,
he did not. cease till the bceeli bore the full name of it - a u w« rtliy
owner, FRANCIS CAREW, clean and clear.
"I'll bet the Captain he won’t cut ‘Caleb Q !<•!.•• t' iw
well as that,” he said, with an artist’s pride in something at
last accomplished, as he turned homeward.
Night was falling; and this was all that Francis (.'urew had
to show for his day. And yet it was more than he . nnhi have
shown for any given ten days, ever since he hod bo n rich
man.
But if hits discovery of the insulted beech had only lx-th
achieved through sinkings, stumblings, and tearing* of fare
and hands, the return meant these things nil ox. r again,
and n vast deal more. True, the risen moon, Hite.: d *
old, wns throwing light through the branches. But t! • n
the moon, though possibly useful enough for a few nighte el
the month, here and there, is the very reverse of u ofnl in a
wood, where she plays such pranks as only those now who
have ever gone hunting fairies. Darkness merely hides the
truth; but the moonlight is nil one bewildering lie. No fri< nd
to tlic bum, who bored him, the Squire of Horancombe op< nly
swore at the moon, which not only worried nud wearied him,
but. mocked him and betrayed him. There is no need t.> rpr.de
of the fantastic beauty of mist nnd glamour, sheen nud shadow,
when lie who wns in the midst of it regarded it nil I nc as a
snare niul a stumbling-block, and as a new device of the gn at
conspiracy of the Universe to keep him from his supper and to
delay the ever-coming, never-arriving, fortune of the cards.
He was certainly a most unfortunate man, with every right i »
consider himself a bitterly ill-used one. Driven into this vil¬
lainous thicket to escape from himself, he hud not only nub <1,
but found that his hoped-for asylum was only another sort of
prison.
Then, too, the way hack seemed prodigiously long. Tlmt
wns natural, in some measure, seeing that he was wet, weary,
hungry, and no longer inspired by wrath and brandy. Bat it
was not at nil natural that the way out should be more than
double the length of the way in. He was going, de.-pitc the
pranks of the moonlight, at least as fast, niul most likely faster.
It may please fiomo persons, of an exceptionally rmuanre¬
turn, to be lost in a wood. It did not at all please Fra lie N
Cau-w, who had no more romance in him than nn ircl i.-.
Creek, or a poet without his pen. AH that his soul longed lor
wns to be amused, and all his body desired was to be at <.
And all the while that goddess of mischief, the moon, doubled
her pranks and made him redouble his curses. Now sin- made
a brown bush resemble a white gate, and so drew him it" a
hog; now again die turned, for the moment, one of her own
beams into nn open track, so that ho fell on his face ov. a
cord of wild clematis in trying to reach an opening wh eh
proved to lx- n bush of holly.
But, nt last, by the time the moon was fully two hours
higher, he stumbled out, all scratched and tern, into an op. n
space round a large and massive tree—a black mountain in the
midst of n silver sea. He went close to the trunk, partly to
rest himself, partly to consider his geographical position.
Wherever he was, lie could not now be far from home, for he
was assured that he had come back in the direction of the Hall
as straight ns a crow. But suddenly liis heart sunk. Tli> re,
deep in the trunk, were carved the words—
FRANCIS CAREW,
white, clean, nnd clear.
For two mortal hours lie had been wandering round iu ..
maze.
Philosophy, much more humour, was out. of the question .
for he was hungry, thirsty, weary, befooled, had walked Into
this trap without any sort of good reason, was painfully .lx v,
and—worst of all though he had pipe nnd tobacco, \vv- v if li¬
mit the means of lighting them. But there was a worm still
lie had no thought worth thinking: no dream worth dn amaig.
And, therefore, without drink or pipe, fancy or humour, tin re
was not n more miserable man that night in Devon than
Francis Carew. A real, hearty sorrow, however deep, would
have been infinitely happier than this dismal need of having to
live for himself, without knowing how.
He was wondering how soon it would come on to i n. as
the only shaft of misery left in Fortune’s quiver, when a > light
rustling of the underwood in front of him, ns though being
parted by some larger beast than a rabbit, caught 1 * cars.
He himself was in the shadow of the Ix'eeli; and he drexv clos.
to the trunk so as to see, unseen, what should appear Bv
good luck, it might be Derrick, come to watch for spring- -
setters. Or it might be the springe-setter himself.
And so it certainly might have been. A man, treading a.
noiselessly while ns swiftly ns a ghost or a Mohawk, glided
into the broad moonlight of the glade, so that be could plainly
be seen. It was impossible to tell how long it was nice ha
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had been young-, or, indeed, whether ho were not young still;
for his face was not only tnnnecl to the likeness of leather, but
was covered, lip, cheeks, and chin, with a full and uncombed
beard—an ornament, or the reverse, then associated solely
with ancient sages and modem barbarians. .Moreover, his
hair was of an unusual length, reaching down to his shoulders
and mingling with his beard, and forming his only head
covering. As he crossed the glade the Squire could see that
lie was better clothed by nature than by art, for the man wore
nothing hut a shirt, coarse and tumbled, and a pair of ragged
cloth breeches, leaving his legs, as well ns his leet, bare from
the knee downwards. He was of no more than the middle
height, and not apparently built for strength, but was us lean
and litho as a greyhound - all whipcord and wire. As he
came yet nearer, Francis saw liis fentures; how they were, not
made in the .Stoke Juliot mould, but wire small, lair, and lit
up withal by so blight a radiance of content ns that the
Squire's black dog should have put his tail between his legs
and taken himself off, then and there.
“ Who the devil can that scarecrow bey” asked Francis
Curew, wondering. "But so long as he knows these con¬
founded tracks” -
He wns just about to hail this possible guide (Mien another
effect of the moonlight made him pause. The light just
silvered the barrel of a fowling-piece that the scarecrow in
question wns carrying at the sling.
No doubt, the poacher; but us certainly no Stoke Juliot
man, whoever he might be. And, in any ease, despite the
rights and wrongs of property, justice must wait awhile for
vindication. It was no manner of use for Francis Curew to
take the law of trespass into his own hands when he, unarmed,
had to deal with a fowling-piece as well as a trespasser, and
did not know his way home. As to the future, he must con¬
sult with Quickset. As to th-j present, he came forward,
holding up both his bunds to show that he was unarmed, and
called out—
“ Ho, there ! I ’ vc got lost in this infernal quagmire. Do
you want to earn a guinea;' You can, if you ’ll show me the
shortest way out again.”
The paacher did not start for a moiuclit. Nor did he bring
his gun nearer his shoulder. Ho only cninc to n stand us sud¬
denly and cosily os if the swiftest motion needed no active
check, in n certain indescribable, plmntom-like manner, and
snug out, in a singularly clear and mellow voice, high-pitched,
and with as little of Stoke Juliot in it as in his face and build,
"Scare us alive 1 Here's a fool that's found the Mother
Beech, and wants to get out again. Oho ! ”
It wns a kind of laughing shout the fellow gave, but with
so much mirth ill it, and so little mockery, as to be maddening
to an ill-temper, to which lightness of heart is wormwood
uiul gall.
" Not such n fool us a man that doesn’t jump at a guinea,”
said Francis. "Now, fellow. I’m in a hurry. Look alive.”
*' The gauger at your heels—eh ? Then you'd best bide n
bit win re you are. There’s never a man in boots but you
found the old Mother, nor ever will. You 're welcome, for
me. Not but what a smuggler deserves the worst he gets—a
sea-lubber that likes the naked water better than the woods,
with the warm smell that goes to your bones. But keep your
guineas, lad. Depe Wood isn’t an inn.”
‘‘ Depe Wood Isn’t this Base Wood ”-
"Scare us alive! Base Wood? Why that’s to Homa-
combe—Squire Curew’s: a young sot that don’t know a cock
pheasant from a holly-bush. The Highest oak of Base Wood
is a good two hours away. This is Depe Wood—Sir Miles
Heron’s: another tomfool that don’t know what life means.
Fancy not knowing Dope Wood from Base Wood! But ’tis
plain your’re but a sea-lubber ”-
“Two hours from Base Wood!" The lost Squire almost
groaned. “Yes: 1 do know Base Wood from Depe Wood.
One's n swamp, and the other’s a quagmire. But if guineas
are so cheap, poaching must be a good trade ? ”
"The best in the world.”
“ low’re no Stoke Juliot man. But you must live sonie-
vsiere, where there’s sonic sort of a road ? Put me into it; and
you shall get your guinea, and 1 ’ll tell no tales.”
“Oh, 1 live somewhere! I'm the only man, barring tl.c
birds anil coneys, that lives anywhere: —
Lord Lnme-o'-wit in hi* clinir doth sit •
Of so tin, silk, and sorrow:
But never was Trout that got the gout,
Nor Fowl Unit feared to-morrow.”
don’t signify wlmt goes on outside—and what do they know ?
And who cares ? Never mind names. Nothing hut bail comes
of names, and better never will.”
“Well, guinea or no guinea, get me out of this con¬
founded ”-
“ Hush ! ”
Just then a rabbit, tempted by the open moonlight,
ventured upon a short cut across the'glade. Before Francis
saw what was happening the poacher-poet's fowling-piece was
at his shoulder and the rabbit hud been thrown into the
Squire’s own hands.
“Put that in your big pocket,” said the vagabond;
“that’ll serve for supper. But if you want pheasant we
must work work farther on. Base Wood's the place to find
my Lord Longtaii at home.”
“Base Wood! But what become of the pheasants you
kill ? I)o you cat them all f Are you an ogre, man ? ”
“ Bid you ever dine with Parson Pcngold, of Stoke Juliot?”
asked the poacher, with a grin.
Verily and indeed the Squire of Ilonmcombe seemed to
have fallen into u parish of rogues.
(To be continued.I
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WILLS AND BEQUESTS,
The will of IJ.lt.H. Prince Leopold George Duucan Albert.
Duke of Albany, K.G., was proved on the 1st inst.', the value
of the personal estate amounting to over £'I6,0UU. The will
was executed on April 27, 1882, in the presence of Sidney
Herbert and Walter James Dotigl.is Campbell, of Blythsn-ooil,
as witnesses. The operative pint simply states: “I give nil
my properly, of every description, unto my beloved wife, Helen
Freacricu Augusta, Duchess of Albany, lor her own absolute
use and benefit ” ; and ho appoints her and his friends the
Hon. Francis Richard Charles Guy Grcville, commonly called
Lord Brooke, and Sir Robert Hawthorn Collins, K.C.B.,
executors, who have all proved.
The Scotch Confirmation, under seal of office of the Sheriff
of the county of Argyll, signeiJLMay 19, of the disposition and
settlement (dated March 3, ISS^prMr. John Colvill. of Maas-
dnle and Muclirehunisli, formerly distiller in Campbell town,
who died on Oct. 17 last, granted toRqbcrt Colvill mid John
Colvill, the sons, the executors noininatc^Was scaled in London
on the 9th ulfc., the vnlno'of the personal estate in England
anil Scotland exceeding £SO,OOoN >
The will (dated Dec.^i2,T8§3), with’ncodicil (dated March 18,
188-1), of Captain MarkCilvrieGJose, one of t lie Elder Brethren
of the Trinity House,Yato oCNo. 28, Orsctt-terrace, llyde
l’ork, who died oh 5In)\lJvlast, has been proved, by Colonel
Frederick Alfred Close, 'the brother, John Inglis, Edward
Davies Browne; and James'Hutchison, the executors, the valuo
of the personal estate in/the United Kingdom exceeding
£59,WO. 'pic/testatorTbeq! i ea1 1 1 a considerable legacies to his
brothers; sisters, nephews, nieces, and others ; and the residue
of his property is to be divided between his brothers and sisters
and two pf his niecpsl
The will (doted June 19,1882), with a codicil (dated Juu. 2,
1883), of AlreSuiirt'Vincciit Lloyd, late of Syru, in the Grecian
ILITIOJII OK r-toBLUt No. 2101 recrlvM from L 1, Greenaway. F KrnU. ^‘X-JupehlgO retired British Consul (if tllO 8H.nO pluCO, who
, J uatkin (Rbeimi). j t w. u<-rcw*rd, Aaron Harper. Ecuwii* < i-«ri«>- died on rebx2o last, was proved on the 18th ult. by Herbert
"uln^’KL^ml^n'.^v'l'lll/irr^ti^irSo Jol'Vyl'l'PwBrni'lV 1 .^ 81 ?*B^l ,md l&ferd Meuriee Lloyd, the llCpheWS Hlld OCtil.g
'llie fellow dropped out his verses, between singing
speaking, with such a flavour of light-lieurteduess in tluriil
that F’rancis C’arew’s ill-temper took the form of envy.
“ F'ish ure hooketl, mid fowl nix- shot,” said he.
“And smugglers ure hanged,” said the poacher. “But.
it is better to die once than to be dying every day, and nil day.
long. I and the long-tails, and the white-tails, Lit e —HerejX’
“Here?” 7^". \, x
“And nowhere else: I haven’t been out»ide(l3ei)e\Vood
and Base Wood since I was no taller than this gun—never Dirt'
twice, when Sir Miles’s keepers lagged me uuil lmd me in the
cage. ’Twns worth while - it makes one the^laddcrof Uying,
to have tried the other thing”-
“ But how do you live? How do you get drink, tobacco,
clothes’’- \ \
“Drink? Why, isn’t there the sweetest runnel of bog-
water iu your very hearing that rain ever mudc—as brdwn and
as clear as your best cognac, and twice as steadying to the
hand ? And Toliaceo—there’s as. good herbs for a pipe grows
under your feet here ns you ever run in of a moonlight, night:
and Clothes? There’s time enough to thinkof them when
you want ’em. They Tl corned
’Twos oak and beech saying each to each.
While the year was falling old—V
If we don’t takO'Carawe ’ll bo cold and hare:
If we do, we ’ll be hare and cold.
’Twns lioocli iind oak, and again they spoke
When the sap mu miming new—
If we don’t take heed we ’ll bo dressed, indeed,
All the same us if we do.”
" But Powafc* and Shot, then ? "
“Just fern-seed and hailstones,” said the fellow, with a
mvo air of rnj'sterj-.'auil afte-f glttu/ing rotmd as if to make
sure that so'Smportanfc dscctot ran no chance of being over¬
heard.
“ Yoti live in these woods, all alone—without a friend ? ”
“ X Friend—when I ’m in the very heart of them, scare us
“live? Tell the trees that, and see wlmt they'U say. Think
of telling a man in the very heart of liis own home, and with
nil Mb kin round him, he’s got never a friend! ”
"You live alone in a swamp—houseless, ragged, without
drink, without tobacco, a vagabond, with only the chances of
n gun to keep you from starving? And yet, by- and yet
you despise a guinea, and as if yon were the rich man, and
not”—1, he was going to odd, but lie refrained, feeling it
wiser to accept, while alone at night with an armed poacher,
the character of an escaping smuggler thun of a landowner
who hud already learned too much for his own safety.
“ Wlmt ’8 your name ? ”
“ Cowcumber Jack, when I 'in lagged; I don’t know why.
It seems a disrespectful name to call a I’oct by; but then it
WHITE.
hite to play, and mate in two moves.
at Stmrton Rectory between the Rev. J. H. Ellis and the
Rev. J. Cokkr.
(liny Lopes.)
wiiitk 'Mr. E.)
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8. B to (i Kt 5th
4, P to Q U 3rd
5. Castles
II. It to K 4th
7. B to Kt 3rd
8. P to Q 4th
H. B to Q 5th
10 . U Kt to U 2nd
11. Kt to Kt 3rd
12. B to Kt 5th
13. U takes Kt
11.1* takes P
15. Kt takes Kt
lti. Q to B 3rd
17. B takes It
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ID. Kt to <1 Uh
20. K It to K sq
21. Kt toll <ith
Giving White an opportunity to play
2 1 . It to Q '.Hi, wh.-n llluck could reply
with O. Q takes It, 4c.
22. R to K 2nd K R to K sq
ni.ACK (Mr. C.)
P to Q 4th
VJi*"". otto Kuf.i.r (Ut.cut., i- Oswald. Tl I! Noy.V <; s uufleid, i. wji.mii. pcrsunn Restate in England is to be held, upon trust, for Leopold
USrjmoar, E Irallimbuie, llcv W Andrmon. Krll* llolliiinn. J Hall, II TlAlm.- bo \l. e,.„ i;c„ r , .• . , • J
Irek.S iaimnt. I lcrcc Jones, li Gray, ii t. mpieion. cs Coxr! T H Hoidron. it J Downs' He Meric, for life, and then for Cel tain of his nephews
LW*indErinrofeinSfe K0 iwiNorwiSv^and nieces. The testator has inude a separate will relating to
„ N«r*--We rrpirt to *ay that thero It a second solution to till* problem. Theautiio> hlS'propcrty ill Sj'ra.
m^BUcklurrie. InUmdilo reconstruct It. and it a.oll appear In ... .u.^dud The will (dated July 5, 1877), with three codicils, of Mr.
- Edwin Bofituik, the cider, late of Stafford, slice manufacturer,
PROBLEM No. 2103. who died on Oct. 22 last, has been proved at the Lichfield dis-
By J. Saroraukt. _ ' J trict registry by Sirs. Joanna Bostock, the widow, and Thomas
iilack. \' Bostock, Edwin Bostock, and Henry Bostock, the sons, the
executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to over
£13,000. The testator bequeaths £200 to liis wife; £8000,
upon trust, for his son Alfred, his wife, and children; and
£500 each to liis sister, Mrs. Sarah Ann Byrd, his sister-in-law,
Airs. Mary Bostock, and to his sons, Thomas, Edwin, ami
Henry, as executors. The residue of his real anil personal
estate is to be held, upon trust, for liis wife, for life, she main¬
taining his daughters, while unmarried or in need of support;
and, at her death, for his five daughters.
The will (dated May 14, 1881), with a codicil (dated
May 20, 1882), of Mr. Christopher Miignny Boyil, formerly of
Belfast, but late of The Elms, Knowl Hill, Twvford, Berks,
who died on Jnn. 23 last, has been proved by Airs. Ellen
Boyd, the widow, Thomas 1/Estrange, und Charles Henry
Brett, the executors, the value of the personal estate amount¬
ing to over £o5,0CK). The testator bequeaths all his furniture,
plate (except a silver salver, which lie gives to l)r. Thomas
Crnwfurd lluyes), and effects to his wife; and £200 each to
his executors, Air. L’Estrange anil Mr. Brett. The residue of
his property is to be held, upon trust, for his wife for life; ut
her dentil lie gives several legacies, including £2<M) to his
cousin Sir William Alugnay, Bart., and the ultimate residue
is to go to such person or persons, or for such purpose or
purposes, ns his wife shall by deed or will appoint.
The will of Mrs. Sarah Davison, late of Heath View,
Putney, who died on Feb. 10 last, has been proved by Alisa
Louisa Alnrtlm Davison, the daughter, and Francis Hemming
Pain, two of the executors, the valuo of the personal estate
exceeding £33,000. The testatrix, after bequeuthing a few
legacies, leaves the residue of her property, upon trust,
for her daughters, Aliss Davison and Airs. Sophia Colyer
Wright.
The will (dated July 20, 1881) of the Honourable Francis
•Scott, of Scndhurst Grange, Guildford, Surrey, who died on
Alurch 10 last, was nrovcil on the 4th inst. by the Honourable
Henry Robert Hepburn Scott and Lieiitcimnt-Colouel John
Almerus Digby, the executors, the value of the personal estate
amounting to upwards of £5000. The testator constitutes his
only surviving daughter, F’muccs Alurgaret Julia, the wife of
Joseph William Baxcndale, Esq., his universal legutee.
The will (dated Nov. 13, 1877) of Sir Michael Costa, late of
No. 59, Eeclcston-square, Pimlico, who died ou April 29 last,
at Hove, was proved on the 18th ult. by Henry Bromley Heath,
and William Henry Ilusk, the executors, the value of the
personal estate exceeding £0700. The testator bequeaths
the silver testimonial group presented to him by the Bir¬
mingham Festival Committee on the occasion of the pro¬
duction of his oratorio of “Eli,” the silver testimonial
presented to him on the occasion of the llundcl Festival, 1859,
the two gold snuff boxes severally presented to him by ll.lt.H.
the Prince of Wules and the Duke of Wellington, the three
conductor’s batons presented to him by tl.c gentlemen of the
operu chorus, the Glasgow Choral Society, and the Emperor
Nicholus of Russia, and a bronze bust of himself, to the trustees
of the British Aluseuin, to be placed together in a case in some
conspicuous part of the building; mid the original manuscript
Bcores of his musical compositions, to be placed in the library of
the Aluseuin. He also bequeaths to liis brother Raphael certain
furniture and effects, and an annuity of £300 for life; anil to
his executors £50 each, and a further sum of £50 each on the
death of his said brother. On the death of Air. Raphael Costa,
the testator leaves the residue of his property, upon trust, to pro¬
vide u scholarship of £120 per annum, tenable for five years,
in the Royal Academy of Alusic, to be called the “ .Sir Michael
Costa” scholarship, to be bestowed upon such young English-
born male student of the said Academy as shall manifest the
greatest ability for composition, especially as respects the
faculty of inventing melody, for the purpose of pursuing his
studies upon the Continent of Europe, mul particularly in
Germany. The scholarship is to be held upon the condition
that, during the tenure of it, the scholar is not to publish any
composition. The remainder of the income of such residue is
to be applied in providing two oilier “Sir Michael Costa”
scholarships of £40 per annum each, tenable for five years, to
be bestowixl also upon young English-born students of the
said Academy for the purpose of enabling them to pursue
their studies." These scholarships arc to be held upon tho
condition that the scholars are not, during the tenure thereof,
to accept any engagement for performing in public. The
ultimate residue, if any, of his property, niter, providing for
these scholarships, is to accumulate forthe purpose of founding
similar scholarships of £40 each.
SLACK (Mr. C.)
V to K 4 th
Kt to U B 3rd
B to B 4th
U to K 2nd
1‘ to (i R 3rd
P to Q Kt 4th
Pto tiSid
B to Kt 3rd
B to Kt 2uil
R to Kt sq
Kt to KB 3rd
P to K R 3rd
Q takes B
Kt takes P
«takes Kt
Castles
It takes B
<1 R to Kt sq
q It to K sq
Q to Kt 4th
K to K 3rd
wiiitk (Mr. E.)
23. P to K It 3rd
24. K take* P
The urrldcv of Uie iilcee hero It Imrilly
iccessful.
Q to B 8th (eh)
It take* Kt
U It to K 3rd
Q It to K 2nd
P to K B 3rd
ioiiiiiI, tint It it iu
21 .
25. K to R 2nd
26. r to K 6th
27. It to (1 7th
28. P to K 6th
29. Q to K It 6th
Verj good Imln-d.
20. Q to K Kt 4til
Black doe* not tee tlic combination.
30. Q to B 7th (di) K to it 2nd
31. It take* It
32. Q takes R
33. P to K Kt 3rd
34. It to 112nd
35. 11 takes Q B P
86. It to Kt 2nd
87. <1 to <1 0th
38. P to K 7th
39. Q to (17th,
and White wins.
It takes U
q to B 5tli (ch)
<1 to B 6th
B takes K B P
B to K 6th
Q to K 6th
K to Kt 3rd
K to B 2nd
THE COUNTIES CHESS ASSOCIATION.
We remind our reader* that entries for theclosses (at all events Class I. with
its two divisions) will be closed on tho 18th inst., next Friday. We under¬
stand that Messrs. Alin chin, Kanken, Skipworth, Thorold, and Wajrte, have
already signified their intention to compete in tho first division of tho first
class. The St. George's Chess Club lias attached itself to this Association
by a subscription of £1 la . nnd is represented on the committee by Mr.
Minehin. Other clubs are following suit, with the object of making the
Counties Chess Association thoroughly representative of British Chess. The
Rev. Mr. Way to, who is intimately connected with Bath, has accepted ofiico
ii* I’resident for the year,so that there is good reason foranticipating a most
successful meeting. Entries should be sent to the Rev. A. B. Skipworth,
Tetford ltectory, Homcantle.
Wc have received the following letter from Mr. Edward Morel, the
author of Problem No. 2109:—
To the Editor of 2 he Illustrated London JVeto*.
Dear 8ir,-I was very pltasontljr surprised at taking in hand the last
copy of The Illustrated London Metes to find there a problem of mine. I am
sorry, however, to say there is a mistake in it. Probably M. Moncka has not
sent you the corrected slip, but I do so now, lest some problem-cracker
should •’ cook it." This is the corrected position
Wiiitk.—K at K Kt 8th; (1 at Q sq.; Kts at Q 3rd and K B 5th; B at
Q 4th; Pawn at K Kt 3rd. (Six pieces.)
Black.— K at K 0th ; Kt at K R 6th; Pawns at K B 7tb, Q R 5th, and
QKtfiih. (Fivepieees.)
White to play, and mate in three moves.
In this position thero exists only one way of solution. I am, dear Sir,
your sincerely, Edward Mazkl.
Briinn, Moravia, June 25, 1881.
Solvers who have not yet discovered Mr. Hazel’s intended solution will
be amply compensated for a further study of this ingenious stratagem.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Jeir 12, 1884 — 44
GENERAL TODLEBEN.
DEFENCES OF SOUAKIM.
The death of General Count Todlebeu,
the most renowned military com*
ninnder of the Russian forces in the
Crimean War, nearly thirty years ago,
and in the Turkish war in Bulgarin,
seven years ago, was reported last
week. Francis Edward Todlebeu was
son of a German t radesman at Mitmi, in
Courland, and was therefore a Russian
subject. He was but. sixty-six years
old at his death, having been born in
May, 1818. After studying in the
schools of Riga, he was admitted
into the College of Engineers at .St.
Petersburg, where liis name is now
emblazoned in letters of gold with
the inscription, “Sebastopol, 1854-
1855.” He served with the forces
dispatched to attempt the reduction of
the Circassians in 1848 : and when tho
Hussion War broke out, in 1854, ho
was second captain in tho corps of
Engineers destined for service in the
field ; and, having distinguished him¬
self under General Scluiders in the
cunipuigii of the Danube, proceeded to
the Crimea. Although Sebastopol was
comparatively an open city, he suc¬
ceeded, tinder the continuous fire of
the enemy, in converting it into a
fortress, which resisted for more than
a year the efforts of the allied
armies. Within twelve months ho
passed successively through the grades
of Captain, Major, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Adjutant-Colonel, Major-General,
and Adjutant-General; and received,
among other distinctions, the deco¬
ration of the Fourth and of the Third
Class of the Order of St. George,
which is conferred only for brilliant
deeds and upon the proposal of the
I'luipterof the Knights of the Order,
lie also received the decoration of
St. Andrew, which is only conferred
mi Sovereigns and on members of
the Imperial Family. During the
memorable siege of Sebastopol lie was
wounded in the foot, and compelled
to retire. He was intrusted by tho
Emperor with the defence of NicolaielT,
threatened by the Allies ; and was
afterwards sent to protect Cronstndt.
After the close of the war ho
travelled through Germany to study
tho construction of its principal
fortresses. In 18(10 lie was promoted
The brief campaign of General .Sir
Gerald Graham's force on the Hod
Sea coast of the Eastern Soudan, four
or live months ago, though it infli'-ted
terrible slaughter on the hostile Arab
tribes led by Osman Digna at tlm
battles of El Tcb and Tunmsi, has not
prevented Souakim from being expo d
lo frequent nnnoyunco by night ap¬
proaches of small parties of the en> my.
On the night of Sunday, tho 8tl» u.H.,
the attack continued three hours, b>it
was repulsed by the lire of Fort
Eurynlus and Fort Cmysfort, aided by
that of H.M.S. Albaeore, on board of
which the electric light was used to
scorch the ground occupied by Ostium
Digtm s forces. An officer of thut iiip
lias--furnished us with a Sketch, fr< in
which is drawn our Illustration of tlm
working of the guns, the Nordcnf kit.
and the electric light apparatus. We
also present u bird's-eye view of tic
harbour, town, and forts of Sounkhn,
which have repeatedly been described
iu this Journal, with the ships *>f the
British squadron, H.M.S. Sphinx,
Briton, Tyne, Albaeore, and My r-
midon, lying there at tho time.
The entrance to the harbour is l.y
a strait between the mainland
and low and swampy island shown
in the foreground of our En¬
graving. The Government offices,
Custom-house, and merchants' store¬
houses, with a mosque, occupy a nanll
islet which is connected by a narrow
causeway wjth tho mainland, when i<
the Arab town of liuts, with n h w
square tlat-topped buildings of mud,
surrounding the bazaar. The ground
beyond this, where the troop- r.-m
camped, is inclosed by a sendcuculi i
lino of earthworks, two miles long, and
is defended by the old redoubts mid
the new British forts shown iu our
Illustration.
HOLIDAY RAMBLES.
(Ay our Parit Corretpoudtnt.)
IN QUARANTINE.
Island of Nissida, July.
In these days of sleeping-cars and
electricity the traveller in Eur ipcrui - ty
meets with more stirriug advent: ps
than n dispute witli on exorbitant
hotel-keeper, or, at the worst, the loss of a trunk or poi !.-
muntenu. One is almost tempted to believe that tho ago
of adventures is past. Alas, I can now state from ■ x-
perience flint the unforeseen has not been entirely I* mi: tied
from modern travel. Last Sunday I embarked m .Mar¬
seilles on the steamer Natal in the. expect a;; n of
sleeping voluptuously in a room on tho Riviera (i Ohiuju
overlooking the bay of Naples; mid, behold! liu< 1 am,
imprisoned on a desert island and lodged iu a plague-
house, ”i thy lazaretto of Nissida! The very night oi our
arrival iu the Bay of Naples quarantine was ordered by tele¬
gram from Rome, ou account of the outbreak of droicru at
THE LATE GENERAL TODLEBEN,
he was created Count Todleben; and after the pre¬
liminaries of peace had been signed he was continued in
tlic command of one of' the corps of occupation, fixing his
head-quarters at Admnople, whence lie was summoned to take
the command in child of the liussian army before Constanti¬
nople, which ill health hiid caused the Gruud Duke Nicholas
to resign. After the withdrawal of the army from Itouniclia
lio resumed his command at Adrinnople, and there en¬
deavoured to restore order, lie left Turkey iu March, 1871),
and in April was appointed Governor of Odessa. A month
later he becamo Governor of .AVilnn, in Lithuania; but his
health failing him, Tie wiis compe 1 led to resign this post.
Defences oj* Suakim
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, July 12, 1884.— 4 $
T HK SITUATION AT SOU AKIM: H.M.S. ALBACOKE SHELLING OSMAN DIGNA'S FORCES BV THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
FKOM A SKETCH BY A NAVAL OFTICEK.
Toulon. All night the Natal was guarded by armed douamers
in small bootoyTab one was allowed to approach us: we were
examined from afar with telescopes os if we were all plague-
smitten ; and finally, on Tuesday morning, the passengers for
Naples, numbering upwards of twenty, were landed at the
lazaretto. Our a rfival.Caused great excitement amongst
the guardians of the establishment, who insisted on keeping
us at a^spectful distance, and by their gestures and bearing
convinced us that it is by no means agreeable to be suspected
of being the harbingers of the pest.
On board the Natal wo were told that the lazaretto of
Nie.-idn was horribly dirty und horribly dear. I am happy to
be able to refute both these statements. The island of Nissida
is charmingly situated in the Gulf of Pozzuoli, just opposite
the south-west spur of the Posilippo. It appears to be an
extinct crater opening towards the south, and forming a little
bay, around two-thirds of which is built the lazaretto, while
the other part is occupied by u mole, a lighthouse, and barracks,
behind which rises n lull covered with olive-trees and crownedby
avast circular building used as a baguio for criminals. The old
lazaretto is a series of queer and picturesque buildings
perched on the rocks, and communicating by a most com¬
plicated series of staircases, inclined planes, aud passages,
interrupted by massive doors and iron gates. A causeway of
black stone connects the old lazaretto with the new one; and
the quays and the terrace of the causeway constitute our only
promenade. The chambers where we are lodging are lofty
rooms with white-washed walls and glazed tile doors imitating
mosaic. The furnit ure consists of a few rush-seuted chuirs, a
little table, a wash-bowl about as large us a soup-tureen,
and two or three pairs of iron trestles supporting boards, on
which arc laid the mattresses—simple canvas bags tilled with
dried maize husks. The bed-linen consists of two sheets, a
counterpane, and a pillow-caso. A small brass petroleum
lamp serves to light us to bed. For such a chamber the charge
is two lire a day, and for iui additional lira you obtuin a softer
mattress and a bedstead with a head and u footboard. The
rooms, it is true, are of monastic simplicity, but each of them
has a casement window opening on to a balcony which almost
literally overhangs the sea, and in whichever direction you
look you find a delicious view before you. On our side
you see Pozzuoli, a picturesque rock covered with white and
red houses; and in the background a line of hills, which in
the course of the day pass through the whole gamut of grey
and blue and rose. On the other side, you look across the
extreme breadth of the gulf of Naples as far us Sorrento and
Castelhunure ; but the view of Naples itself and of Vesuvius
is cut off by the heights of the Tosilippo. If one were only
free it would be delightful to wander about this island, to
admire the panorama of the surrounding scenery, and to
marvel at the blueness of the Mediterranean, which washes
its shores, and displays, through the pellucid mirror of its
waters, its bed covered with myriads of sca-plunts, which
glisten in the brilliunt sunlight like silvery flowers.
As it is, wo are not so very unhappy, after nil. At the rute
of ten lire a day we are excellently fed by a restaurateur, who
brings us from Naples meat, macaroni, and all sorts of fish
aud fruit. Our guardians, seeing that we are all thoroughly
healthy, have ceased to fear us, and arc very obliging and
genial in spite of their ferocious and brigandish air. We have
46
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 12, 1884
Sheffield,
PARIS,
and at
Belfast.
.. . •
THE DUCIE COSTUME.
I’icMIl.r l.rnlilrd, with four yard*
lor I-nIht, in Il.nrk. llrown.
Orauat. Kleplmnt. Myrtlr, m..|
Nnvy hmilr Serges. nr in mlicd
Iwr«<liim.| Itolen.lM.M. Bun*.
Willi Inxiico mntln na tier lllinu
tratl«ii, Ml». M. Buro-u Hat. to
mutch Coitumr, S*. 11<L
established communications with friends in town, who lmvo
sent us a guitar und some playing-cards; and so, between
songs, cards, forfeit games, eating, n promenade inorniug and
ufternoon, and nu occasional jump into the sea, we manage to
get tli rough the day.
At present only three ships have deposited passengers here,
und the three lots, which are kept carefully separated, number
in nil about 810 persons; but several ships ore expected both
from French and Rustem ports, and, us severe quiuuu-
tiue has been ordered by the authorities at Rome,
we shall probably bo fall before the cad of the week,
und things will not be so plensaut. However, as \v«:
arc tho victims of brute force and have no means of plead¬
ing oar cause or making heart! the voieo of reason, nil we can
do is to be patient and make the best of things. At present
we are all well and healthy and gay ns far as can bo expect c l
in such circumstances. How long wc nre to remuiu in durance
wo do not know, perhaps seven days, perhaps twenty. Our
guardians cannot give us anymore precise information. How
absurd uud vexatious this quarantine is when imposed upon
passengers arriving from France I need not remark, for rail¬
way comuiuiiicnlion between France and Italy continues, of
course, us usual. At the present moment there is perfectly
free communication by rail between Naples and Toulon, lli’o
very centre <>f the cholera plague. What, then, is the use of
subjecting pa -scngcrs who arrive by sea to the vexations of
quarantine ? 'F, (j.
The F.mpross Eugenie has presented a handsome cup to be
run for at the Aldcrshott divisional flat races on the 20th inst.
.Mr. Hubert Horner, Q.C., has been elected a Headier of tho
Honourable Society of Liiicolu’s-iuii, in place of the late Mr.
Hindu Pnluur, (i.C\, M.P.
Captain Alison, Deputy Chief Constable of Lancashire, lias
been elected Chief Constable of Somersetshire, in the room of
Mr. (doold, resigned.
Her Majesty lias conferred a baronetcy upon Mr. Bernhard
Sumnolsoii, M.l’., and a knighthood upon Professor Hoseoo.
F.H.S., in consideration of the services rendered by them in
connection with the Technical Commission.
A loan exhibition of Scottish national portraits was opened
in the National Galleries, Edinburgh, last Saturday. The
collection, one of great value and interest, numbers between
live and six hundred.
A goodly company assembled at Hnrrow-ou-tho-IIill, on
the 3rd inst., to do honour to Speech Pay. The speeches,
given in excellent style, were followed by the presentation of
the prizes gained by the successful students.
A new literary and scientific institute at Banbury, presented
to the town by Mr. Samuelson, M.P., was opened on the
2nd inst. by Mr. Mundclhi, M.P. A portrait of the donor was
also unveiled, and Mr. Mundella announced that the Queen had
been pleased to confer a baronetcy oil Mr. Samuelson.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer on the 3rd inst. received
a deputation, consisting of the Duke of Westminster, tho
Earls of Whuriieliffe and Wemyss, Mr. Robert Browning,
and others, to urge the importance of purchasing for the
nation some of the pictures from the Blenheim collection,
which the Duke of Marlborough had offered to sell for
100,000 guineas. The suggestion was strongly supported by
Sir F. Leighton, P.R.A., Mr. Frederic Harrison, Lord Abcr-
dare, and various other gentlemen. Mr. Childers promised to
lay the matter before the Cabinet.
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
A meeting of this institution was held on the 3rd inst. at
its house, Joint-street, Adelplii. Mr. Charles Dibdin, the
secretary, having read the minutes of tho previous meeting,
the silver medal of the institution, a copy of the vote inscribed
on vellum, nml £20, were awarded to Mr. W. Teel on his re¬
tirement from the office of coxswain of Ihc Plymouth life-boat,
which post lie had occupied for twenty-two years; also (ho
second service clasp and 425 to Marcus Boyle, Into coxswain,
for twenty-six years, of (he Wexford No. 2'life-bont; £25, in
addition to tho previous grant of a silver medal, to Thomas
Dobson, coxswain of the Donna Nook life-boat during a period
of twenty-seven years; and £25 to Rolwrt Williams, who has
been compelled, through ill-health, to resign tho post of
coxswain of the l’ortmadoc life-boat, which lie had held for
more than sixteen year'. Rewards muountiug to £78 w« ro
granted to the crews of life-boats belonging to the institution
and shore-boats for services rendered during the past month,
and payments amounting to £3500 were made on the 270 life¬
boat establishments of the institution.
Amongst the contributions lately received arc £650 from
tho Central Co-operative Board, Manchester, to defray the cost
of the Cnllereoats new !ife-!>ont and carriage, the boat to I
named the “Co-operator No. t"; £050 from Mrs. J. H
Macdonald for a new life-boat and equipment ; and £550 col¬
lected by Sirs. Poison, of Cti voddn, for a new life-boat, to be
nuuied the *• Brothers," which is to be stationed at Redear.
New life-boats have been forwarded to Bnruiston, York¬
shire, and Dunuiore, Ireland/
MONUMENT TO THE GORDON IKGlILANDERS, ABE»KEEN.
I Iij accompanying Illustration represent* vtlic monumental
crovi recently erected in the Dutliie Public Park At Aberdeen,
to t he memory of the gallant-officers and soldiers nf/| he Gordon
Highlanders killed in action at the butie of Tel-vl-Kebir,
or who died of wounds orldujtjrffcc in tin/ Egyptian campaign
of 13>2. Their names urV iiiscribeA/afc the back. It was
erected by public sub^tfripti(/l/uiul wn.sdesigned mid executed
by Mes-rs. AlexiniderxMaedbiiald and Co., of the Aberdeen
Granite Works.
In Mrs. Weldon’s action against Mr. Neal, her husband's
solicitor, for slander and tresp iss, the jury found for the d« -
fendant,with costs, Mrs. Weldon strongly protested, demand¬
ing a stay of execution, which Mr. Justice Smith refused.
The Ixml Lieutenant of Ireland went on the 3rd inst. to
the show of the Royal Agricultural Society, at Kilkenny,
although he only returned from London the prevn as nigh'r.
His Excellency was received by the Mayor, Mr. Sinithwlck,
M.P., and the Corporation, who presented him with a respe t
fill, address. lie was afterwards entertained at luncheon, and
visited the show-yard.
Mr. Forster yesterday week presided over another sitting
of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into tliceou-
dUioh of the canal-boat population. Mr. George Smith, of
Coalville, who for many years has takeu much interest in this
question, gave evidence, estimating the canal population at
toetweeu Ho.OOO and ’.> 0 , 000 , a number which, ns the Chairman
pointed out, was about four times larger than that given in
the official returns supplied to the Local Government Bonn!
Yesterday week Princess Louise was present at a meeting
in n:d of the .Women’s Emigration Society, at Carte ret-stp r,
Queen Anno's-gate, presided over by the Marquis of Lora. .
In addressing the meeting, tho Marquis of Lome remark. I
that there was u great superabundance of female Inborn ilk
this country, and a lack of it in the Colonies. In Quebri.
Montreal, nml Ontario there were associations which would
give a guardianship to the persons of good character v. 1 .
were sent out by this society, so that there was evciy
guarantee that labour ext racted from England would not bo
wasted in the Colonies. He heartily’ commended the work tho
society was doing. Sir Charles Tupper, High Commissioner
for the Dominion of Canada, Sir Saul Samuel, and Mr
Staveley Hill, M.l*., also spoke.
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L-EXIONi
A SPECIALTY FOR THE SKIN&C0MPLEX.I0N
As recommended 1>y
PnoF.SIR ERASMUS WILSON. F.R.S.
Late trm of the Koj-al Col. of flvrfroai, Jiaf load.
LCXIOH
Nothin* adds so much to personal appearance ns a Brignt, dear
Complexion and a Soft Skin. With these the plainest features
become attractive. Without them tho handsomest are hut coldly impressive.
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tained. and a good, healthful and attractive complexion
ensured. . \/> \ /
Its agreeable nnd lasting perfume, beautiful appearance, and soothing
properties commend it as tho greatest luxury of tho toilet. Its durability
and consequent economy is remarkable.
_ IB INTERNATIONAL awards._
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PURE, FRAGRANT,
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MISS MARY ANDERSON.
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(Signed) “ Maky Andbrson.”
Fair, White
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MRS. LANGTRY.
“ I have much pleasure in stating that I have
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MADAME MARIE ROZE-
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the hands in nice condition, it is the finest soap
in the world. (Signed) " Marik Koze."
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Is. each. Larger sizes, Is. 6d. and
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with Otto of Roses. A smaller Tablet
(unscented) is sold at 6d„ but INSIST
on having PEARS', as vilely-injurious
imitations are often substituted for
extra gain.
"V
SOAP
FOR TOILET AND
Specially Prepared for tho delioate
Skin of Ladies and Children and others
sensitive to the weather, winter or
summer. Redness, Roughness, and
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Bright, Clear
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REV. H. WARD BEECHER.
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williug to recommend soap. I am told that my
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a large sale in tlio United States. I nn» willing
to stand by every word in favour of it that I ever
uttered. A man must be fastidious indeed who
is not satisfied with it.
(.Signed) “ Henry Ward Beecher.”
SIR ERASMUS WILSON, F.R.S.,
late President of the
Royal College of Surgeons, England,
writes in the ‘‘Journal of Cutaneous Medicine” :
“ The use of a good sonn is certainly calculated
to preserve tho skin in health, to maintain its
complexion and tone, nnd prevent its falling into
wrinkles. . . . PEARS is u name engraven
on the memory of tho oldest inhabitant; nnd
Pears’ Transparent Soap is an article of tho
nicest nnd most careful manufacture, and one of
the most refreshing nnd agreeable of balms for
the skin.”
A. and F. PEARS, established nearly 100 years, Soap Makers by Special Royal Appointment to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales
TURKEY
TURKEY
INDIAN
INDIAN
PERSIAN
PERSIAN
MAPLE and CO. have
5000 to salect from
of all sizes.
1000 in Stock
in all sizes.
500 in Stock.
Superior Qualities.
correspondents
CARPETS.
CARPETS.
CARPETS.
CARPETS.
CARPETS.
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and
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TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD,
LOiLTZDOTT, W.
THE LARGEST AND MOST CONVENIENT
FURNISHING ESTABLISHMENT
IN THE WORLD.
buyer* in India and Persia (who act solely for them) from
whom they receive direct consignments of superior and first-
class CARPETS of guaranteed qualities. Purchasers are
cautioned against large quantities which are coming forwar 1 of
inferior quality, those having been made to suit the demand for
die ip foreign carpets, especially Turkey. Tile Trade supplied.
PARQUET FLOORING.
PARQUET can now be supplied to any
room without disturbing the existing floor, the average cost
(including laying and polishing) for surrounding with Parquet
n Persian, Turkey, Indian, or8quarc Carpet beiug £3.
TJOTICE.—6000 Pieces Manufacturers’
Best Brussels at 3s. per yard, but not newest patterns.
■NTOTICE.—MAPLE and CO. have SPECIAL
EXTRA QUALITIES of BRUSSELS as produced thirty
S ears ago, adapted for hardest wear, at a small increased cost,
fewest designs and novelties in colouring —MAPLE and CO.
■NTOTICE.—MAPLE and CO. have OPENED
tho NEW EXTENSION of their FURNISHING ESTAB¬
LISHMENT, making nn addition of U acre. including fourteen
new Show-Rooms, for the display of High-Claw Furniture.
MAPLE and CO. Adams Designs Furniture.
MAPLE and CO. Chippendale Furniture.
MAPLE and CO., Upholsterers by Speoial
Appointment to her Majesty,—The largest Furnishing
Establishment in tho World. Acres of Show-Rooms for the
display of every possible description of household requisites.
MAPLE and CO. Manufacturers.
M a PLE and CO. Dining-Room Furniture.
MAPLE and CO. Drawing-Room Furniture.
MAPLE and CO., Timber Merchants and
direct Importers of tho finest Woods to be found in
Africa, Asia, and America, and Manufacturers of Cabinet
Furniture in various woods byiteani power.
MAPLE and CO. Bass Wood Furniture.
MAPLE and CO. Yew-tree Wood Furniture.
MAPLE and CO. Circassian Ash Furniture.
MAPLE and CO. —BASS WOOD
FURNITURE Is one of the novelties particularly recom¬
mended, being much harder thin pine, ana a prettier wood.
600 Bed-Room Suites, finished in various woods, to so.ect from,
prices 5J to 250 guineas. Many of these are quite novelties in
shape and finish.
Tottenham-eourt-road, London.
•POSTAL ORDER DEPARTMENT.
X Messrs. MAPLE and CO. beg to state that this Depart¬
ment is now so organised that they ore prepared to supply any
nrticle that can possibly be required in Furnishing at the same
price, if notices, than any other house in England. Patterns
and quotations free.
10,000 BEDSTEADS,
BRASS AND IRON,
IN STOCK.
from 8s. 9d. to 56 guineas.
ILLUSTRATED
CATALOGUES
Post-Free.
The above BLACK and BRASS BEDSTEAD, with the PATENT WIRE WOVE
MATTRESS, complete:—
3 ft.. 60s.; 3 ft. 6 in., 56s.; 4 ft., 63s.; 4 ft. 6 in., 67s. 6d.
Price for the Patent Wire Wove Mattress, withont Bedstead:—
3 ft., 25s.; 3 ft. 6 in., 29s.; 4 ft., 33s.; 4 ft. 6 in., 37s.
“PATENT WOVEN WIRE MATTRESS.”
THE WOVEN WIRE MATTRESS is n strong nnd wonderful fubric of fine
wire, so interlocked nnd woven by n Patented process of diagonal DOUBLE
WEAVING that nn ELASTIC nn<l PERFECT sleeping arrangement is secured.
The hard spring wire used is carefully tinned, effectually preventing corrosion, nnd
presents a very attractive and silver-like appearance.
This Mattress is, in fact, a complete appliance for all purposes of REST nnd
SLEEP, combining all the advantages of a Perfect Srm.vo Bed, and can bb
MADE SOFT OR HARD AT PLEASURE BT USING THE HANDLE AT SIDE OP BEDSTEAD ; IT CAN
BE TAKEN TO PIECES IN A FEW MOMENTS, AND PACKED IN A VERY SMALL COMPASS.
They nre also greatly used in yachts and ships, because of their cleanliness.
MAPLE & CO., Maunfaiturers of First-class Furniture, London and Paris.
THE VICARAGE DINING-ROOM SUITE, Old
English in style, in solid American Walnut, consisting of 6 ft. cabirn-
sideboard, extending table to dine eight people, six small chain and two
cosy-chairs, stuffed all hair, 20 guineas. See page 20 in Catalogue.
MAPLE and CO.
QHIPPENDALE F URNITURE.—DRAWING¬
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very handsome. Glasses and Huites complete. Bed-Room Sets and Dining-
Room Suites in the same style. Brackets and Fancy Ornaments from I5s.
MAPLE and CO.
PARLY ENGLISH FURNITURE.—DINING-
ROOM FIRE-PLACES, with glasses affixed. Bideboards, Bookcase*,
Drawing-Room and Bed Furniture c irricd out in the same stylo. Cabin, is
from £3 15e. to 60 guineas. An Illustrated Catalogue, post-free.
■RED-ROOM SUITES made by
- LJ MACHINERY.
RED-ROOM SUITE in Solid Walnut,
consists of 4 ft. warilrolnj, 3 ft. 6In. chest drawer, marble-
top wnshstnnd, toilet table with glass, pcdcslnl cupboard, towi 1-
horsc, nnd threechuirs. This suite is manufactured by Mapl • nnd
Co.’s new machinery, lately erected. Complete suite, £10 is«.
RED-ROOM SUITES, in Solid Ash, plate-
gloss door to wardrobe, waahrtnnd with Minton's tile*,
toilet table with glass fixed, pedestal cupboard, towel-honrc, *' d
three chairs, complete, £10 16s.
RED-ROOM SUITES, in Solid Walnut,
complete, 16 guineas ; beautifully inlaid, 20 guineas.
RED-ROOM SUITES, in Solid Ash, with
■ L “* 0 ft. Wardrobe, complete, £22 10s.
RED-ROOM SUITES.—CHIPPENDALE.
Adams, Louis XVI., and Bheiraton designs; large
wardrobes, very handsome, in rosewood, richly inlaid; als i
satin-wood, inlaid with different woods, 85 to 20u guineas.
RED-ROOM SUITES.—500 to seleot from.
From 6} to 200 guineas.
M A PLE and CO.-BEDSTEADS (IRON).
]£APLE and CO.—BEDSTEADS (BRASS).
■JVTAPLE and CO.haveaSPEClAL DEPART-
MENT for IRON and BRASS Four-post BEDSTEADS.
Cribs, and Cots, specially adapted for mosquito cuitnin*. u>ed
in India, Australia, and the Colonies. Price, for full-sued
Bedsteads, varying from 25s. to 80 guineas. Shipper* and
colonial visitors aro invited to inspect this varied stock, the
largest in England, before deciding elsewhere. 10,000 Dtd-
suads to select from.
MAPLE and CO.—BEDSTEADS in Wood,
Iron, and Brass, fitted with furniture nnd bedding com¬
plete. The bedsteads are fitted in stocu. ready for choice. Ov. r
10,000 Iron and Braes Bedsteads now in stock to select from.
From 8s. 9d. to 65 guineas. Stiong useful Brass Bedste.d.
34 guineas. Bedding of every description manufactured on
tho premises, aud ull warranted pare. Tho Tra le supplied.
MAPLE and CO.’S FURNISHING
■ UA ESTABLISHMENT, the Iougrst in the World.
ACRES OF SHOW-ROOMS, for the display of First-class
Furniture, ready for immediate delivery. Novelties every ay
from all parts of the globe. No family ought to furnish before
viewing this collection of household requisites, it being one of
the sights in London. To Export Merchants nn unusual ad¬
vantage is offered. Having large space, all goods arc packed
on the premises by experienced packi re.
•M-OTrCE.— DRAWING-ROOM CLOCKS to
go for 400 days with once winding; a handsome present.
Price 78s., warranted. MAPLE and CO. have a large ami
varied assortment suitable for dining and drawing room. Over
60O to select from. Price 10s. Od. to 60 guineas. Handsome
Marble Clock, with incised lines in gold, and superior eight-day
movement, 23s. Cd.; also Bronr.es in great variety.
0RBERS for EXPORTATION to any part
of the World packed carefully on the premises, and for¬
warded on receipt of a remittance or London reference.
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JULY 12, 18* t
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THF- PBLNCE A.VD PRI.NCESS OF WALES: THE lit GOOD WORKS I A' LONDON.
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JULY 19, 1884
“‘Sorrow,’ said Mahmoud, ‘is a reverend thing; I
reeogniso its might, as King with King.’ ” Never has
the royalty of sorrow been exemplified to better purposo
than in the action of a Prince and Princess who, as Lord
Rosebery said with equal truth and aptitude, have broken
from sorrow’s sacred seclusion to mitigate the griefs and
sufferings of others. The season, in its conventional
phase—th o season of pleasure nnd hospitality, of money-
spending. which implies what is called money-making —
lias been in great measure missed. Put there comes now
and again another seuson than that of joy, and it is well
for a nation when the example of being prepared for it, and
of striving to mitigate its terrors to tho weak and lowly,
is sot by that nation's Princes.
Old England is not yet quite “ played out ” (not even
at cricket), us some of our native Jeremiahs would fain have
prophesied in their lamentations over thevictories gained by
the French, the Germans, the Austro-Hungarians, and tho
Americans upon our- race-courses, by tho Australians on our
cricket grounds, by tho Canadian Hanlan and certain
“ cornstalks” on the Thames, and by other •‘foreigners,” or
“ quasi-foreigners ” in or on many another arena. Surely
tho apt pupil may bo expected to beat even liis master
now and then ; nnd tho nationalities mentioned have not
been successful against us so often by many times as they
might well have been. Moreover, England still maintains
her 1 proud position as arbitress of all sports ; no aspirant
all over tho world considers that ho has made liis mark
nntil he has, as it were, received an English certificate of
liis superiority. At the same time, so far as amateurs are
concerned, the English faro better abroad than tho
foreigners hero. Witness the deeds of tho Thames Rowing
Club this very month: they went, they saw, they con¬
quered at Hamburg Regatta; they entered for three
events and won them all.
Tho child may bo the father of the man, and probably
is, as so many wise people say so ; but it is very surprising
bow differently, under the pressure of circumstances, a
man may turn out from what the antecedents of his child¬
hood and youth would seem to foreshadow. For instance,
there was Dr. Jacobson, ex-Bishop of Chester, who has
just died at the good old age of eighty-one. In early life
ho was a Nonconformist, and seemed no more likely to be¬
come an English Bishop than Martin Luther before the
“Quarrel of Friars” seemed likely to become the most
renowned of all Reformers, or Saul, the son of Kish,
seemed likely to be discovered among the prophets. But
such was tho effect of Oxford upon young Jacobson that
ho ended very other than ho had begun, and tho sometime
Non-Coiiforiner was from 1848 to 1865—about seventeen
long years — actually Regius Professor of Divinity (save
the mark !) in tho University of Oxford.
In tbeso days of competition it is singular to observe
how many “champions” there are. Not only does
every sport have its “ champion,” but each branch or off¬
shoot of that sport has its “ champion.” At billiards this
is especially noticeable; there is (though the title is at
resent in abeyance) your “ Billiard Champion,” of course,
ut them is also your “Spot-Stroke Champion,” your
“Nursery-Cannon Champion,” and, if memory may bo
trusted, your “Nose-aud-Chin Stroko Champion.” But
these, no doubt, are only “officious” and not “ official ’’cham¬
pions. It docs not appear, however, tiiat there is—as yet—
any “ Champion Fluker ” or “ Champion Misser.” In these
latter days there has sprung up a “professor” in tho
pedestrian line who is anxious to “ try conclusions ” with
any other gentleman, who desires tho quaint title of " tho
World’s Heol-and-Toc Champion.” Tho uninitiated may
be glad to learn that this expression, being interpreted,
means that the “professor” would back himself,-* 1 fora
thousand dollars” to walk down any other gentleman
• ‘ fair heel-and-toe,” as tho vocabulary of pedestrianism
has it. _ .\ ’"\
British rule in the Colonies always tends towards the
extermination of the noble savage—for if we do not
destroy him by armed force, wo brcwik pur own fair
promises and thereby break liis heart. Ho does nbt under¬
stand us; and we do not tiy tho alchemy of putting our¬
selves in his place and endeavouring to understand him.
Tho Maori King is the latest exaniple of this policy: he
has boon driven into a corner of his qnce-iride dbrniiiioiis,
and can obtain neither compensation nor redress in the
New Zealand Land Courts. \Ke lias come over bero with
touching faith in tho justice' of England’s Queen and
Government, and if ho fails to recognise that not being
the fittest ho cannot survive, who can blame him ?
Tho prices fetched by Lord Ftdmputh’s brood mares at
the late Newmarket .July Meeting wore, as regards
Januctte, Mavis, Gidtinieie, Spinaway, Dutch Oven, and
Wheel of Fortum,', so enormous as to give rise to some
comment, jAnd certainly the example of Marie Stuart,
for whom the late Mr.WrS.Cmwfurd paid, it was said,
about us much as was paid for Cantiniere, is not on-
cOurugiug. A thousand guineas, were, until comparatively
lately, 'fcejisUWed a great deal to givo for a brood-mare,
howeveredktiuguished; and, if wc go back to very old
timos^some Wonderful facts (if they bo facts) are reeordod.
QuejeigMary, tlie darii of Haricot, of Bonnie Scotland (tho
; grc'Ut Auiericitii Kiro), and of Blink Bonny, belongs ulmust
tobuy own day,; but she was literally given away in tho first
iriStanUQ, then told fur a mere song, and actually lost sight
of, uitd only recovered by the conscience-stricken seller of
her after quite a voyage of discovery. But this is nothing
to the notorious Mr. O’Kelly’s Tartar mare iu 1772-1785:
she was sold, after she was turned twenty, for fivo guineas,
and six guineas, and then (to Mr. O'Kelly) for one hundred
guineas,and, before sbodied, produced Mercury, Volunteer,
Queen Mab, and other colts and fillies, by which Mr.
O'Kelly is suid to have “ cleared about £60,000.”
It is gratifying to bo told by Mr. Moody, the American
evangelist, that wc have improved as a nation since his
last visit, eight years ago. We drink less wine, indulge in
fewer oasto distinctions, and have made vast 8tildes in
brotherly love. On the other hand, he avers that wc lack
homes, and are more in need of them than of churches.
This sounds passing strange, hut there is a ring of truth
in it; and nothing is ever so incomprehensible to tho
majority as tho light in which “ others see us.”
Mr. Moody, moreover, shows himself to be of tho samo
mind as some few enlightened prelates, who sanction the
separate use of Matins and Evensong, tho Litany and
Holy Communion, throughout their respective dioceses, and
expresses his opinion that the masses are too often positively
alienated by excessive length and lack of vitality. In
pointing out that our services were adjusted to the needs
of the ages before steam and electricity had quickened tho
pulses of the people, he indicates that lie knows most of
that section of the Church which habitually rolls several
offices into one—a practice never dreamed of in earlier
days, and long since discarded by zealous priests who. to
quote our latest critic, exorcise the faculty of “ sauctified
common-sense.” _
Tho little village of Salisbury, on tho river Harnble,
has achieved notoriety during the last few years on
account of the enormous qunntity of strawberries grown
there. No less than ninety tons were dispatched from
thence to the London markets one day last week, and the
ordinary average was something over twenty tons daily.
The retail price in Portsmouth was sixpence and nine-
ponce a gallon, and it was with difficulty that a supply of
baskets was obtained in which to puck the fruit for
market. /
Modern Loudon, like Troy and other old cities, is built
on a thick bed of debris, tho accumulated rubbish heaps
of uncounted generations. Twenty feet below the present^
level of Dowgate-hill and tho churchyard of St. John the
Baptist, Wulbrook, tho ancient causeway or landing-
place on the stream of that numo 1ms been recently dis¬
covered, as well ns tho stout oak piles of an embankment
and the sill of a bridge crossing from east to west. The
causeway was ton feet long ana three wide, and a won¬
derfully perfect specimen of Roman herring-bone ^pave¬
ment ; it was bedded in red mortar 2-i inches thick, and laid
on 8 inches of rag rubble concrete grouted with mortar.
Those old Romans wore not exactly jerry builders !
Tho British tar is usually lopked upoii^a^/a good-
tempered, rollicking fellow, spending his iQpney freely as
long as it lasts, and taking but little thought for the
morrow. The returns of the Naval Savings Bank recently
presented to Parliament, however, place Jack in adifferent
iglit, nnd show that lio lia».to u great extent, learned tho
lesson of thrift. Last your no less than £127,714 was
deposited, the interest on which amounted to £4886, and
tho year before the deposits were larger by about £6000.
“ A life on the ocean ways,” wjtlt only n plank between
him and death, oughtAo-suggest tb h sailor the desirability
of saving his hurde^niiiigs, especially when ho lias a family
ashore to provide for.
If you go to the Hcultherics, as of course you will, and
ask for a dinner d la l’/i inoiae, as perhaps you may, “ see,”
in this language of the advertisements, “that you get
it.” Here",'according to one of the latest authorities, is a
specimen ofthepropW fare. Holothurians. wbich aro
described by some exports as u “sort of leeches,” uud by
others as “ sea-slugs,’’ ami which in any case aro eaten by
theChineso ‘‘ with avidity, ” you may not be able to obtain,
and may thank Goodness you cannot; but the bill-of-fare
should contain other dainties, such as eggs that have been
kept two gears in lime (as a tasty hors (PaHire), and yet
are considered “equal to new-laid,” svvallows’-nost soup,
another soup made with sharks’ fins, pork, the bladder of
Sturgeons, uud other ingredients, duck dressed with
'chestnuts, slices of 1mm, and rice, carp, dried fish with
gmteirmushrooms and fish-halls, pork and mushrooms,
boiled fowl (over-boiled), roast crabs, lobsters, roast
ihutton and pigs’feet, stewed puddings, cakes stuffed with
yyAtor-melon seeds, rice, nuts, saffron, garlic, or herbs,
and u sort of jelly or cream made of apricot kernels. After
this, dessert, in which tablets of apple-jelly are con¬
spicuous; and, if you want to be very Celestial indeed, you
will begin with tea, and will already have been instructed
by u professor in the cliopstick drill.
It is on ill wind that blows nobody any good. And so
the financial collapse, which led to the demolition of tho
stately mansion decreed — not by Kubla Khun, but by
Baron Grant, ne Oheim — at Kensington, lias caused tho
noble staircase of wliat should have been the Palazzo
Grant to be transferred—at a “ great reduction in price,”
no doubt—to what is now thonuvv Palazzo Tussaud in tho
Marylebone-road. Tho opening of that magnificent
Home for Waxen Images was celebrated the other day by
a perfoct “galaxy ot rank and talent; ” and the only
drawback was that tho dear old foundress, Madamo
Tussaud herself, could not be presont in the flesh, as she
was in the wax, to see it. Certainly wax has not waned
8ineo the days of Mrs. Jarley: first it was a common
travelling-van, no bettor thou a gipsy's; then it was a
“highly respectable” pluco besido a “carriage repository”
(or something of tho kind) in Baker-street; now it is a
“pulatial residence ” in the Murylcbono-roud. The very
murderers and murderesses will grow too proud in their
spacious Room of Honors.
Tho British public lias many ways of annihilating
unwelcome intruders. Sometimes it is accomplished by
stolid indifference and a stony stare, and sometimes faint
praise is tho weapon rcsortod to. The band of tho Gorman
Cuirassiers at the International Health Exhibition was,
howevor, subjected to other tuetics, for tlio music of tlio
Coldstream and Grenadier Guards was so enthusiastically
applauded and resolutely encored, that the intervals
during which tho Teutons i*erformed became smaller by
degrees and beautifully loss. Tlio band of tho First
French Engineers lias now come over, and it remains to
be seen how they will be appreciated.
Amongst the recent distuiguished visitors from America
to Europe wo aro glad to welcome is Mr. Albert Pulitzer,
the successful editor of the Morning Journul. This latest
development of New York journalism has bad up to tlio
present time but a short existence; but it certainly is the
smartest, cheapest, and best conducted paper of tlio
age. Like the Pall Mall Gazette, little illustrations
of passing events, many of an amusing character, are
frequently introduced into its pages. Mr. Pulitzer, enumer¬
ating the secrets of his success, says truly—“ I think that
wliat mankind most desires is to laugh, to cheer the life
of the average man, to lighten by a pleasant smile tlie
sombre round of his daily toil, to cast a gleam of sunlight,
however transient it maybe, into tho darkness and duluess
of a careworn existence. The rules that I laid down for
my8clf with my new journal were,, that it must be per¬
sonal, local, good-tempered, gay, but first of all scrupu¬
lously pure and inoffensive. To the lost I attached the
very greatest importance. It is a common superstition
among many journals that success in journalism of that
typo can only be attained by trenching ujion doubtful
ground, indulging in dubious innuendos, and, in short,
wrapping up in tolerably decent English intolerable sug¬
gestions. That I believe is an utter delusion.”
What possible objection can the Archbishop of Canter¬
bury have to afternoon weddings ? Rumour says that he
does not love or wish, to encourage them, and yet how
comfortable they are! Tlio bride and her maids have
plenty of time to dress quietly, the house is not turned
upsido down to meet the exigencies of a wedding break-
fust, and there is no long awkward afternoon to be got
through by the family aud guests after tho departure of
the “ happy pair,” ana before the alfresco entertainments
or evening dunce can begin. Everybody lias had luncheon ;
and after church they como to offer congratulations and
discuss a cup or tea or an ice, and go away without
becoming bores or being bored themselves. A special
license is costly, but an elaborate dejeuner is more so; and
ns a wedding day is usually one of conflicting emotions,
the later it begins the better, for all parties concemod.
Convalescence is the second crisis of disease; and it is
prone to greater dangers than the first, because it is often
less regarded. When the malady is bnnislied, when tho
physician has taken his last fee with an encouraging smile
which says, “ Now you have only to pick up your strength
again us fast as you can,” when the grave injunction to
“keep tho patient quiet” is heard no more, then it is
that the sick person “out of danger” is in truly dangerous
ease. Extremes moot in this ago of growing communities.
With tlie most heartless, or seeming heartless indifforenco
to tho comfort of our neighbours, we subscribe handsomely
to those excellent institutions, convalescent homes, re¬
cognising by the liberality with which we open our
heurta and purses the curative value of rest. Thus wo
maintain at a distance the benefits wo stubbornly refuse
when it is simply a question between Number One aud
next door. If Brown > ants to get well, confound him,
let him go away, into the country somewhere, aud hero’s
my cheque to send him packing! Never, surely, was an
age so contradictory in its selfishness and philanthropy
as this age of Convalescent Homes.
These beneficent institutions owe their rise and pros¬
perity, be it observed, to the gentleness of women. They
are the happiest, temlorest outgrowth of tho medical
knowledge no longer denied to female aspirations of
studentship. Olio of the first things to strike the now
order of “ doetoresscs ” has been tho need of something
which shall take up tho work of healing where medicine
lias loft it. Hence tho modern Convalescent Home. And
a most fortunate condition is it that such a retreat should
bo out of barm’s way, for itself and all the world beside.
Difficulties which beset the foundation of an infirmary or
hospital for tho treatment of infectious diseases vanish or
are smoothed over in tho case of a convalescent homo. It
need not bo immediately or readily accessible ; nay, tho
country trip will of itself be of advantage to the person
recovering from sickness. While breathing places, lemoto
and healthful, are still to be found within ten or a dozen
miles of London, standing apart from residential neigh¬
bourhoods, they cannot bo put to better use than that of
restoration from weakness to strength.
Throe-score years and ten are said to be a good ago
for a man, and nino days for a wonder. Parrots are said
to live to two or three hundred; and elephants to an ago
worthy of their size and strength. But what is a good
ago for a bridge? Old Putney Bridgo, of wliicli tho
“ memorial stone ” in a new bridge wjis laid on tho
12th insfc. by tlie Princo and Princess of Wales, is
stated to lmvo been built in 1726, aud, in comparison
with cathedrals and churches, to say nothing of some
other bridges, may be regarded as quite a youth. But
then old wooden Putney Bridgo was not made to last,
nnd moreover has suffered many things, as anybody
can testify who used to attend the University Bout-
ruce in old days, when so many steamers accompanied tho
race, and, after it was decided, attempted to go through
tho bridgo several abreast, to tho jamming of one another
and to tho damage of the buttresses. For light craft,
however, old Buttersea Bridge was the more risky; and
it is told of an umatour sculler—and not a very bad sculler
either—that lie never essayed tho passage at Battersea
without being “ spilt.
Tlie minds of at leust two prominent journalists have
been running iu tho same groove during the last few days,
for tho amateur cab-driver who recounted tho experience
of twelve hours behind a hansom iu Monday’s Pall Mall
Gazette, and oue of tho 8taff of the Paris Figaro, both call'
attention to tlie poor horses that suffer and die from street
accidents, practically unrelieved and unattended, in the
two largest Europeun capitals. The Londoner proposes
that veterinary ambulance clusses should be formed for
tho instruction of cab and coach men in the preliminary
treatment of injuries, wbilo tlie Frenchman contents him¬
self with execrating the professional “vets” who post¬
pone coming to the relief of the “ dumb driven cattle ” of
the streets till the more convenient season when ull their
private practice is dispatched.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
61
JULY 19. 1884
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
It is my good fortune to meet so very seldom itidced with an
uncivil cabman that I was fairly astonished when, between
live »iul six in the uftcrnoon of Sunday, July 13, happening
to be journeying in a hansom from Kensington to Clubland,
I found Hyde Park-corner densely blockel by u great multi¬
tude, among which banners and brass bands were conspicuous,
and mildly requesting the cabman, in view of the impediment
of Piccadilly, to turn down Grosveuor-placo and reach Pull-
mall by the way of St. James's Park, the “ gondolier of
London ” suddenly turned upon me, aud gave me what is tigu-
ratively termed “the rough side of his tongue,” with a
vengeance.
“I oint agoiu’ down Grosvenor-place,” growled the
gondolier. 44 1 aint ogoin’ Ilyin’ all over the world. I ’vc got
my ’oss to look to; and iny ’oss 'as got to work to-morrow.”
1 meekly pointed out to the gondolier that had I in the first
instance bidden him repair, not to Pall-mall but to Buckingham
Pulace-road or to Victoria-street, Westminster, he would have
been obliged to turn down Grosveuor-placo; aud that if he
did not turn down it, I would alight from his cab and leaTO
him to his remedy by summons. Very slowly and sulkily he
complied with my behest, and I arrived, without further
mishap, ut my destination. The next morning a glance ut the
account of the Demonstration in IJydo Park against the
abandonment of the Loudon Government Bill at once made
clear the cause of the gondolier's wrath. The London cab-
driving interest lmd been, I found, represented among the
demonstrators. There were even omnibuses in the procession;
and by insisting that my cub should turn away from Hyde
l’urk-comer I had, quite unwittingly, robbed my poor
gondolier of the sight of a Show in which he would naturally
have tukeu much interest. It was, obviously, no fault of
rniue; but I am sorry.
I went on Saturday, July 12, to tlie private view of the
new and palatial building erected in the Marylcbone-road,
close by the Baker-street Station, for the exhibition of Madiune
Tussaud aud Sous’ unequalled collection of wax-work. I say
unequalled, for, although there is a remarkable exhibition of
wax-work at Berlin, and a tolerable one at Brussels, and the
Muscc Grevin at Paris is very ingenious aud very artistic, and
there arc some magnificent specimens of modelling among the
itinerant wax-work shows which turn up from time to time in
the cities of Italy, I knew of no collection of cero-plastics
which is so complete ns a Walballa of celebrities, so historically
interesting and so sumptuously appointed as the Tussaud
gallery. The Napoleon Room, with its priceless relics of the
First Empire, is, iu particular, unrivalled.
After a prosperous career of fifty years iu Baker-street, the
directors of the Exhibition wisely determined to transfer it to
a new and more enpaeious house, quite as accessible to the
country cousins and the tourists from all parts of the world to
whom a visit to Madame Tussaud’s is a matter not only of
pleasure but of duty. The migration of the waxen celebrities
was accomplished, 1 believe, without the slightest difficulty
or disturbance. Sir Frauds Burdctt (bravo as ever in buck¬
skins aud top-boots) refrained from reminding Mr. William
Cobbett of the small outstanding account (to Cobbett’s debit)
between them ; and 31. Leon Gumbettu was quite civil to the
Emperor Napoleon III. It was noticed, however, m route
that Voltaire looked slightly uskancc ut Mr. Bmdhiugh.
As for the Chamber of Horrors (which lmd so strange a
fascination for Charles Dickeus that he was continuously sug¬
gesting to his younger contributors to Jlome/wh/ Wurth thut
they should seek permission from the authorities in linker-
street to spend a night there, and record their impressions of
the appalling place iu print), I must own that I am somewhat'
chary of visiting the U. of II. alone. It wus iu early life jhy'
painful professioual duty to see the living doubles of several of
the waxen occupants of the Chamber hanged iu front the
Of course the Victor of Marengo was not frightened at the
soft-spokeu little woman, who came to bike his plastic like¬
ness ; aud it was in all womanliness that she told him that she
would not hurt him. .Still there is something parlous in
having to lie fiat on your buck while a wall is built round your
head, quills are inserted iu your nostrils, and u mass of wet
plaster of Paris is adjusted to your countenance.
Napoleon was the despair of the portrait-pointers and
sculptors to whom he sate. I have somewhere read that the
only possible way In winch to induce him to remain quiescent
for u time sufficient for the purpose of the artist, was to get
Josephine to take him on her lap. Thou he would be still
enough lor at least u quarter of an hour.
44 Lengthy.” “F.E. M.” (Cooper’s Hill) writes: “In
Scott’s ‘ Highland Widow,* chap, il., occurs, ‘For the stylo
of my gruudsire, the iuditer of this goodly matter was rather
lengthy, us our American friends say.’ As the above novel,”
adds my correspondent, 44 was written In 1826 or 1827, it
brings good evidence to bear that the word at that time was
not iu common use, and was on Americanism.” But Gibbon
had been dead thirty years when the 44 Highland Widow ” was
published ; and Gibbon wrote of 44 lengthy dissertations.” I
will go buil (that expression is at least English) that” lengthy ”
is not an Americanism.
I mentioned last week that the death sentence of the late
Itev. John Selby Watson was commuted to penal servitude
for life. I hud the foot well in mind, as I remembered having
written u leuding article on the trial and conviction of the un¬
happy gentleman at the time when such triul and conviction
occurred. “ J. D.” (Dorking) asks me, iu this connection, to
correct a mis-statement iu the “Annual Register” for 1872,
where it is said (p. 188) that “ the prisoner’s sentence was re¬
mitted, on the ground of insanity." The 44 Annual Register ”
is a highly valuable publication; it is almost the only uccekv,
sible record of those domestic occurrences which do not coma^
within the domain of the historian; uud its statements nre
usually so strictly accurate, that my correspondent thinks that
the trilling error which ho points out should be noticed. For
all that, 3Ir. Watson’s sentence should have been remitted on
the ground of insuuity.
Here is a curiousbitof sea folk-lore sent me by "G.S.G. 0.,”
from Bauta Barbara, California. “ To guni,” says my corres¬
pondent, is a household word ungmg American whalemen.
When two or more American whalers meet in mid-ocean, uud
there are no whales in sight, it is cqi tommy to'-tock topsails,
aud exchange visits. Tins social iiiwrCaui^e the, whalemen
call
all “gamming." 1 suppp&o thut whepstliefotaiRlly skippers
gam ” they feast on 44 Hunimadiddlo, ya dish composed, I
am given to underi-tand.of sWle bread, pork fat, molasses,
ciuuamon, allspice, and cloves. “Tlummudiddle ” would
not be any the worse, pel imps, fur U little whale blubber.
But whence 44 to ganf!FiL^3ly Ciulforniau friend mentions
thut an explanation ok tlie terthsis'suggested in a letter written
from Thebes, iu 1806, W Lady Dull Gordon, in which thut
lively writer states that “gami is the true mime for
mosque, i.c., m^tjug^jii«h_eyn4>ists iu a great circle of men
seated on the ground with two poets facing one another, who
improvise religious versesi” 3Iy correspondent points out
that many American whalers cruise in the Indian Ocean, uud
that in former Jenrk-Auwricuii vessels traded ut Arab ports.
There the skippers might readily pick up a few words of
the native “ lingo.” The hypothesis is ingenious, but I
cannot help fancying tlmt “ gam ” is in greater probability uu
nbbrevmtioi! of the Danish "gmmneu,” sport, or tlmt it has
something |o do with the nautical “ gammoning,” the lashing
by which the bowsprit is bound firmly down to the cutwater.
I huveasin of omission, uud ulsooucofcommisaion, to confess
nudlrtouiy for. In noticing lost week Mr. Bernard 11. Becker’s
capital 44 Holiday Haunts,” I said that the book was published
Debtors' Door at Newgate, and on the top of the Gate of- Horse- Bentley. That was the sin committed. As u matter
monger-lane Jail. I shrink from the possible contingency of^ of fact, “Holiday Haunts is published by Messrs. Rem-
seeing, in a distempered mind’s eye, two Jame/ Blpmtlekl iugton. Again, some weeks since, while I was in Baris, I
Rushes, two George Frederick and Maria MiumingS, That Way omitted, in noticing Dr. Morell Mackenzie s essay on Hay
madness would lie. \\ Fever (the useful work is now. 1 perceive, iu its second
There is reason, they say, in roasting of eggs, aud Mudnrae
Tussaud’s penchant for horrors—iu wax—the bringing together
of such grim brac-a-hrac as a working model of the guillotine,
the shirt worn by Henri Quutre wheu he was stabbed by
Ruvuilluc, and the bath in . which Marat was lying when
Charlotte Corday plunged the knife into him, was very pro-
bnbly fostered by the circumstance that she hud seen many of
the horrors of the French Revolution, and had been personally
acquainted with mnny of theactors iu that bloodstained drama.
So, likewise, with the Bonapartist idiosyncrasy which led her to
6pend thousands of pounds on the collection of objects re¬
lating to the First Empire and its founder. She hud knowu
Napoleon.
It would seem so from a book entitled 44 Madame Tussnud’s
Memoirs and Reminiscences of France (London: Saunders
and Ottley), of which I find a critic^notice in the long since
defunct “ Bello Assemble " for May, 1838. Despise not tho
reading of dead aud gone fashion-books. Despise not tho
reading of any books—even of the novels of “ Anne of Swan¬
sea” or “ Murphy’s Weather Almanack”—for the year 1839.
I read in the 44 Belle Assemble”:—
Mndame Tussaud well knew the three Consuls; she was sent for to tho
Tuilories to take the likeness of Napoleon when he was First Consul, and
was desired to be there at six o'clock in the morning. Accordingly,
alio repaired to tho palace at the time mentioned. She was ushered into u
room, where she found the renowned warrior with his wife nnd a Mudumo
Gxjuid-Mnison, Whose husband was a deputy nnd a partisan of Bonaparte.
Josephine greeted her with kindness, conversed much aud with extreme
affability; Napoleon said little, spoko in sharp sentences, and rather
abruptly. When Mails mo Tussaud was about to pour the liquid plaster over
his fuco she hogged that ho would not bo ulnrmod, adding an assurance
tlmt it would not hurt him. “Alarmed! ” ho exclaimed ; “1 should not bo
alarmed it you surrounded my head with loaded pistols."
edition), to say tlmt it was published by Messrs. Churchill.
The omission brought punishment to me promptly. A crowd
of correspondents, real or fancied sufferers from 44 summer
catarrh,” have written to ask where they can procure Dr.
Mackenzie's lecture on the subject.
Mem.: I have been sneezing violently almost every day
since I read Dr. Mackenzie on Ilay Fever; but I have not yet
ventured to walk d wu Regent-street with my head in n bug.
That there is such u malady as liny fever, and that Dr.
Mackenzie is the physician to cure it, I do not for one iuatuut
doubt; but I am firmly persuaded that iu hundreds of cases
the disturbance of the mucous membrane, which nervous
people take to be summer catarrh, is simply a cold caught from
sitting in a draught.
There is certainly not much that is diverting in this latter
dog-days squabble ubout the Franchise Bill. Altogether, tho
controversy may be described us desperately dull and dismal.
Yet has its deadly liveliness been relieved by ono touch of
broud humour. I read in a leading article iu the Daily Xeu-s
ou the morrow of the great Conservative meeting at the
Carlton
The Conservative Peers and members of the House of Commons who met
at the Carlton yesterday did not imitate tho publicity which cliorncterised
tho I jberal meeting lout week nt tho Foreign Office. Every member of
cither House who attended, was, if not exactly sworn to secrecy, yet put
under an honourable obligation to observe it. Hut the ucret cannot bt kepi
in which several hundred tneu partake.
This is extremely funny. The secret, I should 6ay, was
akin to what tho French call un secret tic Poliehiuelle. The
morning newspapers on Wednesday contained ample reports
of the proceedings nt the Carlton, even to tho cheers with
which the speeches of tho Conservative leaders were greeted.
It would be a blessed thing for the interests of peace and
quietness in the good city of l’aris if the statue emblematic of
the city of Struaburg could bo broken up into very small
pieces and thrown into the Seine. These fourtecu years past
this objectionable effigy 1ms been us exasperating a bone of
contention iu the l’lace dc In Concorde os the statue of W illiuui
III. bus been in Dublin. Draping stony Struaburg with crape,
festooningit with immortelles, and 44 ullougiug uudinurcliougiug' ’
round it on high days and liolidaysare, uodoubt, most commend¬
able manifestations from the patriotic point of view ; but when
they leud to riot uud had blood on the occasion of a great
national holiday, to the 44 chivying ” of an unhappy German
(or u irnm supposed, from his fair liair, to be a Gerniun) through
the streets, and eventually to tlitMmuisliiiig of hotel windows
and the insulting of the Germ fin ling, ^'e Statue of Struaburg
becomes something more than a nuisance. It becomes
a standing encouragement' to the roughs, who have no
politics, but are impartially blackguardly, violent, und de¬
structive. \
Mem.: We sliafiJuu^n prodigious n mount of banner-
waving mid 44 allonging und marbhoriging ” (translated into the
Cockney dialect) in London nextweek; but from tliesolid, slable,
aud serious demeanour of the members of the Trade Societies
of whom I caught a frUiupspou Sunday, as they were slowly
filing into foe^purk, I4qjipt think that window-smashing will
form n feature of tlto'Frunchise Bill Demonstration. 44 Bom¬
bas tea Furioso ” is a piece which is very rarely performed
uowudnys\ but the peroration of the speech of tlie illustrious
General Bomb^ teA fohis heroic legions is one that cannot be too
strongly impressed ou the minds of ull popular leaders :
“Begone, brave army! Don't kick up a rose. ” I have rarely
knowu any gbod to accrue from 44 kicking up a row ” ; mid
(liowTmunrf 4 rows,” even to the bloodtliirstiest, have these old
eyes seen l 4 j
jfcveprf correspondents have asked mo why I spoke of
Oliver Cromwell’s House of Peers us “ llnrp ” Lords. I knew
once— and hope to know aguiu—why they were so colled; but
\for the nonce my memory has played me false. Dr. Coblimn
Brewer, Mr. Eleazer Edwards, 3Ir. W. A. Wheeler, aud the
other reference-book makers can render me no assistance ; my
commonplace book indexes uru dumb ; and I am altogether ut
fault. 1 hud hoped to find some manna iu this wilderness in
Mr. George A. Jenniugs’ “Anecdotal History of the British
Parliament” (Loudon: Horace Cox, 1883), but, although 3Ir.
Jennings gives extracts referring to Oliver’s 44 bogus ” Peers,
he does not say why they are called “ Harp ” Lords. Perhaps
some curiously-read correspondent will be so kind as to help
me out of my temporary difficulty.
Mem. : Politicians of ull shades of opinion might read with
advantage tlie speech in the Commons iu 1639 against old
Noll’s Peers, by 31 r. Anthony Ashley Cooper, afterwards
Earl of Shaftesbury. The peroration is certainly significant
enough —
It were endless, Sir, to run through them nil; to tell you of the lordships
of seventeen pounds n yeur hind of inheritance ; of tlie fanner lordships,
draymen lordshijw, cobbler lordships, without one foot of land but what the
blood of Englishmen luis lioon the price of. These, Sir, ore to be our rulers ;
these tho judges of our lives uud fortunes; to these are we to stand bare
whilst their pageant lordships deign to give us a conference. Mr. Speaker,
wo have ulready luid too much experience how insupportable servants are
when they become our musters.
Au outspoken geutloman, Mr. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 31.P.
Touchiug tlie Rev. Dr. Cobh am Brewer, just mournfully
mentioned (why 1ms lie nought to say about ** Harp ” Lords
cither in the “ Reader's Handbook ” or the 44 Dictionary of
Phrase uud Fable” Y), tlie indefatigable compiler iu question
bus just put forth a volume of nearly six hundred pages called
“A Dictionary of 3Iirucles, Imitative, Realistic, mid Dog¬
matic” (London: Cliatto and Windus). It is un umazingly
copious fulTugo of uceounts of miracles properly so-called,
to which are added notices of ecclesiastical symbols, child-
martyrs, tlmumuturgists, saints of tlie nineteenth century,
dates of ecclesiastical customs, dogmas, titles, and instruments
of torture—the last-named with harrowing illustrations.
“ Tuttooing,” the “ eutail of broken teeth," “ four scourges
of Sutau,” “preaching to beasts,” “ luminous face,” “dragon
in Paris,” “lady turned black,” “Fasting Scotchman,”
“ bulbul speaks as a nrnu ” : these are headings which I take
at random from Dr. Brewer’s Dictionary. A wondrous
achievement of industry; but slightly indigestible. Should
be classed with Collin De Plmicy’s “ Dictiounnire lufernul”
and " Dictioniittiro F6odnl,” nnd the Rev. Nathaniel Wauley’s
“Wonders of the Little World.”
Not less curiously instructive and suggestive, but some¬
what less overpowering iutlie amplitude of their information,
are the two handsome volumes called “The Gentleman's
Magazine Library” (Elliot Stock, Paternoster-row), giving a
classified collection of the contents of dear old Sylvanua
Urban’s treasure-house of quuiut learning from 1731 to 1863.
One volume deals with “ Manners mid Customs ” ; the second
with, “Dialects, Poverbs, nnd Word-Lore.” All I can say
touching these uud similar books is, tlmt if the young man of
tlie Period takes cure to provide himself with tlie two volumes
of tho " Geutlemau's Magazine Library,” edited by Mr.
G. Lawrence Gomnie, F.8.A., and diligently cons his
Coblimn Brewer, liis E. Edwards, und his Wheeler, uud
reuds his “Notes und Queries” regularly every week, he
ought to become au astonishingly well-informed young man,
aud a ready-nt-a-monient's-uotico young mail, and a set-thc-
table-in-a-ronr—or in an eestaey-of-admiration-at-his-clevcr-
uess — young man, nnd a president-of-a-mutual-improve-
nient-society young man. Whether he will become n really
learned young muu is, us Dr. King remarked ou the moot
question as to who tho Pretender was, and who the King —
“ quite nuotlier thing.” We must go to the Reference-book
“cribs” now and nguin; but, as a rule, Reference-book
scholarship is as unsatisfactory as machine-made trousers.
G. A. S.
T1IE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Jvly 10, 1881.
to the raised lmncl. Itishiglierthnn the Yendfime Column at Paris,
nnd double the height of the lnrgest stutue hitherto known—
that of St. Charles Borroineo, on the banks of Lake Muggiorc.
The Colossus of Rhodes is supposed to lmve measured about
120 ft. in height. Placed on a pedestal 70 ft. in height, the new
statue will, of course, look still more exulted. It weighs
100 tons, its composition being three-fifths iron and two-fifths
copper, and was not cast, but formed of pieces separately
hammered into shape nnd then riveted together. The whole
will be conveyed in 350 pieces to America on board a French
sliip-of-war. One of the hands was sent to the Philadelphia
Exhibition six years ago.
A COLOSSAL STATUE OF LIBERTY.
New York Harbour, the entrance-gate of maritime approach
to the Great American Republic, lor the majority at least of
European emigrants, is about to be adorned with the biggest
figure in human form that was ever made. It is a gift from
the French Republic, at the cost of funds subscribed ou this
side of the Atlantic. On the “Fourth of July,” tlio
anniversary festival of American Independence, the formal
presentation of this gift was performed in Paris, in the
absence of 31. Jules Ferry, the French Prime Minister,
by M Ferdinand Do Lcsseps; and Mr. Morton, the
United States Minister in France, accepted it on behalf
of his nation. The design, it is said, originated with
the late M. Laboulaye, author of “ Paris en Amerique,”
an enthusiastic admirer of American institutions, but was
zealously taken up by an eminent French sculptor, M.
Bartholdi; whose previous works, his " Souvenir of the Nile,"
“ Modem Martyr," “ Funeral Genius," “ Young Vinedresser
of Alsace," and. 1 “ Vercingetorixon Horseback," are familiar
enough to lovers and students of fine art. Above all, his famous
Belfort Lion, symbolic of “Defence,” is by some thought to sur¬
pass our Trafalgar-square Lions, or rather the one lion four
timesrepeatcd.bySir Edwin Landseer. This prodigious statue of
Liberty, holding a Innip in her uplifted right hand, which is to
serve us a light-house on Bedloe Island, near Long Islaud, out¬
side the harbour of New York, stands 150ft. high from the feet
has succeeded in obtaining the degree in this branch. Since
1875 Mrs. Bryaut has been engaged in teaching at the North
London Collegiate School for Girls, Camdcn-road, which
numbers among its old pupils many graduates, eight of whom—
six graduates of London University, and two students of
Girton College, Cambridge—are on the staff of teachers. Mrs.
Bryant has taken an active part in the educational movement
generally. She has been recently appointed one of the
lecturers to the London Society for the Extension of Univer¬
sity Teaching. She is author of essays ou “ Character,” and
of a novel which 1ms considerable merit.
The Portrait is from a photograph by Mr. Robinson, of
Grafton-street, Dublin.
THE NEW LIBERAL MINISTRY IN NORWAY.
The Constitutional struggle which has been going on in
Norway for the last ten years lias ended in the complete
victory of the Liberal party. On the 20th ult., King Oscar II.
appointed a Liberal Ministry, with Mr. Jolrnn Sverdrup,
President of the Storthing, ns Prime Minister. The news was
received with great joy all over the country. Tlio King must
be congratulated upon having at Inst given way to the wishes
of his people, nnd having intrusted the formation of the new
Ministry to so able and popular a statesman as Mr. Sverdrup.
The much desired reforms, passed by the Storthing or Par-
MR. JOHAN SVERDRUP,
THE NEW PRIME MINISTER OP NORWAY.
liament, will now be sanctioned by the King; while by the
admittance of the Ministers to seats in that assembly Par¬
liamentary rule may be considered to be firmly established.
Mr. Johau Sverdrup, the new Premier, was born in 1816,
and is thus sixty-eight years old, of which thirty-three years
have been iucossantly 6pent in the service of his country. He
entered the University of Christiania as a student of law in
1833, and took his degree in 1841. Ho was early impressed
with Liberal ideas, aud became attached to that group of
patriotic men who collected round the poet Wevgeland.
Having spent a couple of years in the office of a county judge,
he married, and settled down in the little town of Luurvik.
In 1851 ho was elected a member of the Storthing for that
place, but in 1857 he removed to the metropolis, and has,
since 1859, represented the county of Akershus. He soon
became a prominent member of this Assembly, nnd his
name is connected with every important reform during
the last thirty yeurs. He was the leader of the Op¬
position party, which consisted principally of freeholders,
or peasant proprietors, nnd which had hitherto been led
by the well-known Ueland. Under the leadership of
Mr . Sverdrup, this pnrty has grown in strength at every
election, and numbers at the present time eighty-three out of
114 representatives. Mr. Sverdrup lias alwnys been a firm
believer in the Norwegian peasantry ns the kernel of the
national strength. In 1862 he was elected President of the
Odelsthing (the Lower Chamber), and in 1871 bccumo Presi¬
dent of the Storthing, a position ho has held ever since. One
of the great reforms with which his name is associated is the
participation of the Ministers in the debates of the Storthing.
After a hard struggle of more than ten years, it has now fallen
to his lot to be the first Primo Minister to meet the repre¬
sentatives of the people face to face in Parliament. Not only
will this reform strengthen the Monarchy in Norway, but it
will, more than anything else, tend to consolidate that good
feeling which ought to exj|t between the Government aud the
elect of the people.
Mr. Ole Richter, the new Minister of State in attendance
upon the King at Stockholm, is well known to tho English
public as the Consul-General for Sweden and Norway in
London, which position ho lias ably filled during tho lust six
years. In his native country, Richter enjoys the reputation
of a talented and progressive politician, who 1ms long fought
within the walls of the Storthing for the development of
political and civil liberty ou constitutional principles. He
was born in 1829, entered the University ns a student at law
iu 1845, and took his degree in 1852. In 1855 und 1S56 he
visited England for tho purpose of studyiug English law aud
politics. On his return, he for several years edited u Liberal
evening paper with great ability and courage. In 1801 lie
settled on the family estate in the Tliromlhjem district, and
practised as a barrister. In the elections of 1862 lie was
elected ns n representative for the county of North
Throudhjcm, and soon made liis mark as n debater. Iu
1872 he was appointed County Judpe in Nordfjord,
and in 1876 Judge nt Throndlijem, winch city he repre¬
sented in the Storthing till 1878, when he was appointed
Consul-General in London, llo was President of the Odels-
MR. OLE RICHTER.
NORWEGIAN MINISTER 0E STATE AT STOCKHOLM.
THE LADY DOCTOR OF SCIENCE.
Mrs. Sophia Bryant, the lady who recently distinguished
herself by obtaining the degree of Doctor of Science of the
London University — a distinction unique among her sex—is
a native of Irelund, and is daughter of the late Rev. Dr.
Willock, D.D., Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. In 1866
she obtained the Arnott Scholarship nt Bedford College,
London, her previous education hiivingdiceiicarried on under
her father's guidance. While at Bedford College, Miss
Willock passed the Senior CiqUbridg'e. Kxa mi notiouynth first-
class honours and distinction in English ami mathematics,
being the only girl who was in the FirsKChua that year, nnd
also the first girl who obtained \li*tinctum\in mathematics.
She married, but was soon left a widow, and in 1875 became
mathematical mistress at thyNorth tyobdon Collegiate School
for Girls, whose head mistresses Miss F-AL Buss, the founder
of the modern public school system for girls’ education. In
the sumo year, 1875, Mrs.Bryjmt passed the Cambridge Higher
Local Examination in English, mathematics, political economy,
and logic, obtaining a First Class in each group, and special
distinctions in English composition and logic. In the fol¬
lowing year she obtained the prize for an essay on a social
subject, open to all persons who had passed tlio Higher Local
Examination in political economy nnd logic. Mrs. Bryant
also passed, the eiftmiilation for the Fellowship of the College
of Preceptors held nt Christma*/ 1873, and obtained the
Dornck Scholarship of £20 awarded to the candidate who
takes the highest place in that examination. In January, 1879,
she took-the^first platie In the Matriculation Examination of
Loudon University, that being the first time the examination
was open to wornen. In 1880 she passed tho Intermediate
Science Examination in the First Class, obtaining a Second
Class Honour Certificate in Mathematics; in November, 1881,
she gained the degree of Bachelor of Science, being placed iu
the First Class, aud obtaining also First Class Honours in
mental and moral science, in which she took the first place,
and Second Class Honours iu mathematics. She would, but
for disqualification by age, have obtained the University
Scholarship of £50 for three years. The degree of Doctor of
Science, which she has just obtained, was taken in Mental
Science ; this includes psychology, logic, nnd ethics, with the
physiology of the nervous system, the history of philosophy,
political economy, and political philosophy, as subsidiary
subjects. It is worthy of note that only one other candidate
v—_
FRENCH COLOSSAL STATUE OF LIBERTY,
TOR NEW YORK HARBOCB.
*
stu.p'
7. Stampede of the Herd. 8. Captives on View. U. Wolves busy with the Slain.
1. Buffulo Cows and Calves. 2. A Buffalo Duel. 3. Herd Attacked by Prairie Wolves. i Sport on the Railway. 5. A Regular Battue.
0. Indian Hunters.
BUFFALO-HUNTING IN THE WESTERN TERRITORIES OF NORTH AMERICA.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON* NEWS. Ji-ly 10,
64
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 19, 1884
thing from 1871 to 1876, and of the Lngtlung (the Upper
Chamber) from 1876 to 1878. Daring his Parliamentary
career he was one of the leading members of the so-called
“intelligent opposition,” and warmly supported all liberal
reforms. He is also one of the original sponsors of the bill
for the admittance of .Ministers to the Storthing.
The other members of the new Ministry are — Messrs.
Ludvig Dane (Minister of War), A. Scirenssen (Minister of
Justice), B. Haugland (Minister of Finance), S. Arctander
(Minister of the Interior), and Professor lllix (Minister of
Education): while Assessor Stang and Pastor Jacob Sverdrup
go to Stockholm ns Councillors of State. They all belong to
the Liberal majority of the Storthing and to the Liberal party
in the country, and will no doubt long enjoy the confidence
of the King aud the people. One of the new Ministers, it may
be mentioned, was bom a simple peasant, and two of the
others are also of peusant extraction. Norway is a truly
democratic country.
BIRTH.
On the 6th Inst.. «t Fownhopo. n<t»r Hereford, the wife of Frederick Ord
Gadsden, prematurely, of u son, itilHorn.
DEATHS.
On the 15th inst., at Sonthseo. Henrietta Charlotte, the Moved wife of
Colonel H. 1). Qoete, Mad ms Stair Corps. Mid damrhterof the late Kev.
John Santeaunt, Keel or of Stanwiek. Xorthamptorwhire.
On the ltth in>t. at 7*. Portsdown-nsul, Maid* Vale, W.. Him Eljpoth,
the beloved wife of Thomas Howe Kdmunds, lisq., B.A.. (Cantub.), aged
■evcnty-eiiiht years.
*»* The charge far the intrrtinn of ftirthi, 3Inrriaget, (tad Ptalhi, it
Km Shillmtjt for each iraaouarrmtkf.
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 26.
SimoAT. JrLr 20.
Sixth Sunday after Trinity.
Mouiiu? I^-sous: II. Sam. i ; Arts
xxi. 17—57. Ev.nmv l4s»<ais:
11. Sam. xii. 1—24, or xriii.; Mutt,
x. 1 — 21 .
St. 1‘nuls Cathedral. 10.30 am.
Veetminuter Abbey, 10 a.m., Rev.
Huldiek Cotton; .1 p.m.. ltev.
(.'anon WestouU; 7 p.m., Her. F.
J. Payne.
St. JaniHi's. n<>on.
Whitehall. 11 a.m, Bev. TV. TV.
Merry ; 3 p.m., the Sub-Dean.
Suvoy, 11.30 a.m., llev. Dr. Croslegh:
7 p.m.. Rev. Dr. Riguti.
Moxdav, Jri.v 21.
National Social Science Annual
Congress at BinnioRliam (four
more dayn),
Geolotrieul Association. excursion to
South Devon («ix day*).
National Rifle A»*oci»non, TVimble-
dnn Meeting, sliooting resumed,
0a.m.
Royal School of Art Needlework;
three days’ sale.
Durham Race*.
Ti-esoat, July 22.
New moon. 0.64 p m.
Hurtieuttuml Society, 11 a.m.
Wtsleyan Cuufereme at Buralem
open*.
Highland Agricultural Society Show,
Edinburgh (four days}.
Rani*; Sundown Hummer Meeting.
TVamtcsriAV. Jour 23.
State Ball at the Mansion Hon*e to
provmaul Mayor* and their wives.
Albert Hall, grand evening concert.
Lancaster unnual regatta.
timid Western Arcliery Meeting at
Tuunton (three days).
Lineiilnsliire Agricultunil Society
Show, (imntlimn (three days).
Evening Fete nt the Intern tlionai
He Vth Exhibition for the Ismdon
Hospitals, 7.80 p.m.. tlic Piinee
and Prince** of Wales to be
present.
Tborsday, Jew 24.
Conference on Water Supply. Inter¬
national Health Exhibition, 3 p.m.
(two days).
Leicester Races.
Fbidat, Jrr.r K.
St. James, Apostle anil Martvr.
The Duchess of Cambridge born,
1737.
Quekctt Microscopical Club, anni-
vera«ry, 8 p.m.
Training N macs' Establishment.
Xarylebone, to be opened by
Prin ess Christian.
Consccmtioii of Canon Boyd Car¬
penter at Bishop of Bipon, West¬
minster Abbey.
Sitdimy, July 26.
Botanic Society, 8.45 p.m.
Huyul Academy of Music. St. James’s
Hall, noon : pvwtitattn of prizes.
National ltitle Association. Wim¬
bledon, dialribiition of prizes.
Agecmft and Mouhwy Regattas.
The StaUio of Robert Hums by Sir
J ohn Steoll on ttieThames Embank¬
ment to bo unveiled by the Earl of
Hus Aery.
SEASIDE SEASON.—THE SOUTH COAST.
HIMGHTON
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KAnTilOI'ltVE
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I.ITTI.MIAMPTOX
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lai'iT-Mnl'TH
Mil'TllsEA
Frsqnrnt Train* limn Victoria snil London Bridge.
Train* in ronnectlon fronj Keniinxton (Addlam-Rosd) and
I.lrerpnol-itreet.
Return Ticket* from London at«II»I.!o for eight d*r*.
Weekly. Furtiilglitl}'. and Monthly Ticket*.
Imprornl Train Hervlce*.
Pnllman Or TralM betWfM victoria and Brighton.
V Moris ht.it Ion.
Saturday, July 19 pep. * *.m.
Mmi.ln*. .. 91 .. lo :*>
Tnr d«y. ., 21 .. It m „
W-lnra.l*y ,. 21 ,. * 10 „
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KXCUKSS NinllT SKRVICK,-From Victoria. -Jti p.mCC
Mp.m..every » eelnUy and Sni»Uy. \
FAKKH—LtnAni to I’arl.mi'l llitrk l"t Cln»».
Available for IWnni airliln "nr >lon»li .. .. tJ IU. i*l.
'1'lilrtl Clint lietuni Ticket* (by tbr Night SeTytcvi. .xw. \\
Tlie NornnU'lr and llrlClany. hple.iol.l F*.t, Fa.HIe-st.arTiers. accomplish tlis
pi«»«ee 1 let Ween hewlmven and IJIepiw frronently in :tj Tr-uri:
A tlironrh Gondiirtor will an-mnpany the I'aMertgira Iiy tl.o Special Pay Service
thnoizlioiit to r«ri*.and riegVen*. o '- \
Tram* run along»lde Meamers at XewbaVen and Dieppe. _
r |'ICKET8 and every information nt the Brighton
1 Company'* W*»t-En<1 tlm-ra'l Office*. 7«.i;~('Ht-rlrea*. T’lro».||lly, and *. Grand
Hotel ItulMlnr*. Trafaiyar-anuare; City Office. Hay * Alviicy, Comb ill; Coulc*
I u.ls«lc-. licui; alto at tl>* \ tctorla and LondonJlrldre SlnUui...
illy order I 4.T. K* mi**. General Manager.
G reat eastern railway,—seaside.—a»
IMCIIOVKD SKItVlCE of FAST TRAINS I*, note roniihi£ Jo YARMOUTH,
l,iwe*l..|t. t:l«ctoO«at-sea. Walton—n-t;.e-N,lr. Ilaru-irli, Poverc.nirt. Aliieburyb.
FellXalowe. K.nitliwo|r|. Ilnnstanton. and Cmwr. V /
TOl'Hlsr H ) KIN 11 i I ITLY-nd FUtJiA Y_or SATtRPAV to TUESDAY (Flr*t,
8erund. and Tltlrd Cla**« TK'KW'it am jSapRll by all Train*.
'I'onri --- ‘ "
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Clacton-on .sob,'W altin-on'tlic-Nj
every Monday a!7 »m .call in-at atrath-rtV. Fare*, •*.. ft*., la.
lor mu I'artlrnlar* *ce lull* and the Company'* I'lma-booK*.
Ixmdon. July, I**t7 \ U n.i.XAJi Hurr.
General Mnnafer.
TTOLIDAtS ON TIIE CONTINENT.—Direct through
SoyTles.Tl*Harwich rParkmfon Quay), by «he GREAT KASTKKX RAILWAY
OUMPANY'S f*»t puueiicer-alcarnrra to Ant an rp and Itotterdarn. From lend. n.
J.ivi rp.N>l-«lrrrt .Hlatl.m. at s p.nf.. *nd tllrrct tbronzli rnrrlnycv from Manrlmtcr nt
» p.ni..nnd p.mcavter nt 4.4* p.m.,every week day.*rrlvln*at Antwerp and Rotterdam
tin. i *»t momlnffK _S'
-New Cliray. Gircubtr Tone* In Hol'and. Germany, Bslglnm, Swlticrlnnd. Ac. Low
tbronrli. Iiooklnr* !•> nil part* of tlia Continent from Icnd.-n nnd the N'ortli. For
Jd.-liirvatjiie and itncX|wn>ite t-mra vll Harwich, rend tlieUrrnt F.n-t.-rn llnllwny Cnm.
iottvy'* *t 'Jtnnrirta' Guhle to the Ovnilreat,” price SiL. rxwt-frvn S.I.; “ A Trip loti,*
Ardchqea.'V' Holiday* iii Holland,” "ThaMoeelle,.the llnrtx Mountain*." prlca
Id.. la'Stvfreo-lld. bor iiaitiruiar* nnd lime b-vok* (frcni, nildrea* F. Gountv, Cun-
tlnenlal TralBc II anayrr. Liverpool-,peet station. London, B.C.
noS!.cn..
■GaMe I
S T ,
GOTHARD RAILWAY, SWITZERLAND.—The
mn*t direct, rapid, plctiir-aque. and dellfMfnl ronto from EiiRland to Italy.
KtetiMlon* to tlie lilii, by tlw M-sntaln Hallway, from Arth Station, of tba
Ht.r.olbanl Hallway. 'l1ir<«izli.Roli>Z *lccplne-car* from (Mend, lailtviny rarrlaeea,
Ba*-ilirlitrtl. Mlfcty contlnnoiia brake*. Tlcketa at all corrrapcnilln: railway *Utli.n*.
and ntCook'a, tint*'*, and Cayfill'l Offifoa. ,
L yceum theatre.—M r. henry irving,
Role Idw* and Manazer.-Every Kvenmr. at s.li. TWELFTH SIGHT.
Malvollo. Sir. Henry Inlny; Vhila. Sll,* Ellen Terry. Uot-ORIce (Mr. J. Hunt)
open dally 'J‘«n U- Fi*e. Seat* can be booked by letter or telegram.—Lyceum.
TURIN NATIONAL ITALIAN EXHIBITION of 1884,
A ti|ien from AI'RII. to oiToiiKIt. Svieurp. Indnvlrla) Art*. Arrlriilturo. Fine
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BUFFALO-HUNTING IN AMEBIC A.
Tlie American bison, called btdfalo on that Continent, though
differing mnt^Hiilly D-om\the South African nnd the Indian
buffalo, stilhubpunds oii t he vast plains west of Arkansas and
beyond, towards New Mexico; but these animals were, not
many years sineo, often to he seen from the curs of the Union
Pacific Railroad along the Smoky Hill route, in Kansas. Upon
several recorded occasions, they were so close to the train that
the passengers could shbot tlu-m from the carriage windows or
the train platfortqs/i “the engine-driver,” it is said, “being
furcpnimorlnting enough to slow the train and keep pace with
(he biilfaio,” while some ardent sportsmen would alight and
cmTj' tlieir rifles walking alongside, taking aim at the
huge'beasts which sullenly moved on a few hundred
feet before the advancing train. On the broken rising
ground of the Buffalo Range, between the Ke-
pubncMv and the Platte Rivera, in Nebraska, they
were found in great numbers, but have latterly much de-
, both white men and Indians continually making war
^bpim the herds, which are thus driven farther off, generally to
tlie south-west. Their lmbits are worthy of observation; in
the mouth of August, the bulls fight desperately in single
combat with each other, and one is sometimes killed. The old
nnd iiiflrm bulls, which can no longer light, are expelled from
the herd, and it is led by the one of most distinguished valour.
As the herd stops to graze, it adopts a customary formation,
standing in lines so as partly to inclose the ground, with
sentiuels posted outside, while the cows nnd calves arc placed
in the centre. In the evening they move slowly audcautiously,
following their leader, to the nearest stream or other water,
where they drink. They prefer dry ground, instead of mire
nud marsh, for wallowing and rolling on their backs, which is
done probably cither to get rid of insects from their hides,
or to assist the shedding of the winter hair, coming off in
spring or early summer. The winter is the lime when hungry
grey wolves lmng about the herd, looking fora sick or wounded
beast, or a stray calf, which they will soon devour. Our
central Illustration represents three mounted American sports¬
men, with an Indian also on horseback and armed with a
repeating rifle, clmsiug and killing buffalo; the chief of the
party, who looks like, nil officer of the neighbouring military
post, carries n pistol, a Colt’s army revolver, instead of a
rifle. The practice is to aim nt a point just behind the
shoulder-blade, about two thirds of the height down from the
top of the hump; the skull Is so thick that it is of no use to
nim at the licua. The Indians, when by themselves, usually
hunt on foot, nnd will lie concealed among the rocks
overlooking n stream where tlio buffalo come to drink.
Home Indians kill plenty of buffalo with bows nud
arrows, the bow having forco enough to send a long
arrow many inches deep into the animal's side. They waste
ft great deal of the game, taking only what meat they need
nnd can easily carry nwny, leaving the rest of the carcases to
the wolves, the coyotes, nnd the ravens, which hold their
orgies for ninny days nfterwnrds on the field of slaughter. It
may be remarked of Uie buffalo in America, ns of the kan¬
garoo in Australia, that it can only be seen in the wild and
free state of nature nt a great distance from the abodes of
civilisation. In any town or city, even of the Western States,
the exhibition of these animals in captivity, as in our own
Zoological Society’s Gardens, would attract many curious
visitors. But there is still plenty of room for them to roam
about some years longer, before the settler comes to occupy
those spacious regions of the west.
THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.
The unvaried kindness nnd unwearied activity of their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Woles in personally
attending a constant succession, almost daily at this period of
the year, of public ceremonies and visitations in furtherance
of benevolent and useful objects, command our gratitude and
admiration.
The last week’s public work of their Royal Highnesses,
who probably have, like other persons in high life, also their
domestic and other private engagements, was of considerable
amount. The Prince had, on Saturday, the 5 th inst., presided at
the festival of the Railway Guards’ Friendly Society. On Monday
lie held n Levee nt St. James’s Palace and attended the House
of Lords. On Tuesday the Prince and Princess opened the
new buildings of the Industrial Dwellings Company in
Soho, after which he appeared again in his place in
the House of Lords, On Wednesday their Royal High¬
nesses, with their three 'daughters, were at Redhill,
Reigute, to lay the foundation-stone of the chapel of the
Koyal Asylum of St. Anne’s Society. On Thursday, they were
* resent nt the Dramatic MatinCe in St. James’s Hall. On
riday, they wont to tlie East-End of London, to a soirf-e nt
the Bothunl-green Museum, in aid of the Beaumont Trust
Fund for providing means of popnlar recreation. On Satur¬
day, the)’ went to Putney, lu very bad weather, to lay the
memorial-stone of the new bridge over the Thames. ’ The
Prince held another Leyec nt St. James’s Palace on Monday
last; he assisted on Tuesdny at a meeting of the Royal
Commission on the habitations of the working classes; and
on Wednesday their Royal Highnesses were at tlie evening
fete of the International Health Exhibition, for tlie benefit of
the London hospitals.
The Improved Industrial Dwellings Company, of which
Sir Sydney Wntcrlow is founder and clmirmnu. was formed in
1863. The report or address presented to the Prince stated
that they had expended £950,000, and provided accom¬
modation fdtS488/ families, or 25,000 persons. Taking
the average of the last five years, tlio dcntli-rate in
their buildings had been only 16*85 per 1000, ns
compared with 28’2 in tlie metropolis. In the buildings
which were about to be opened, accommodation was being
prepared for 257 families, or about 1250 persons, who would
ue selected, as far us circumstances would permit, from those
who had been or would be displaced by the “ street improve¬
ment." With the approval of their Royal Highnesses, it was
proposed to cull the new dwelling “ Haudringlmm Buildings.”
The Prince of Wales, who was accompanied by the Princess
of Wales, nnd by their daughters, Princess lionise, Princess
Victoria, aud Princess Aland, accepted this compliment of
naming the building after their Norfolk home; commended
the labours of Sir Sydney Wnterlow and his colleagues, and
presented to them a testimonial, consisting of plate and
various works of art, subscribed by a committee of which Mr.
A. B. Danicll was chairman. The Home Secretary, the Right
Hon. Sir William Hnrcourt, M.P., took part in these proceed¬
ings, which were conducted under a marquee adjacent to the
new buildings. There was a guard of honour of the lion.
Artillery Company.
The Royal vitdt to the Bctlnml-green Museum, on Friday
evening, was a very interesting occasion. About 2500 men
and women of the working classes were assembled there,
under the presidency of that most Liberal and popular mem¬
ber of tin* House of Lords, the Earl of Rosebery, accompanied
by the Countess of Rosebery (one of the great Jewish family
of Rothschild), Earl nnd Couutess Spencer, nnd Lord Carling-
ford. Air. Goschen, ALP., Air. Samuel Alorley, M.l’., Mr.
Ritchie, AI.1’., Air. Bryce, M.P., SirT. F. Buxton, the Bishop
of Bedford, and Professor Huxley were present, with other
distinguished persons. The Tower Hamlets Volunteers mid
the Post-Office Rifle Volunteers formed a guard of honour,
and two military bands were in attendance. The practical
object of the meeting was to promote subscriptions
towards a fund of £5U,000, the Beaumont Trustees offer¬
ing £5000 and an annual grant of £200 a year, for
the establishment near ltUle-eud-xoad of a “ People’s
l’alnce”; including a library and reading-room, a gym¬
nasium, a public garden, with botanical collections, a winter
garden, swimming-baths, a concert-room, a promenade or
conversation-room, “within sound of any music going on in
the hall,” and class-rooms for instruction. The palace is to be
open to tlie people, free of charge, all the year round; the
classes for instruction will include science, art, music,
literature, and technical subjects—all the industries of East
Ixmdou being looked after. If charge is made for admission
to uny part of the building it will be only to the concerts, nnd
for them the charge will be its low nR possible. Tlio Bcthnal-
greed Museum, with its valuable mid attractive collections of
art, was a very fit place for the meeting. With considerate good
taste, the Princess of Wales aud the other ladies of rank, in
this evening visit to tlie humble folk of the East-End, dressed
themselves as beautifully ns they would have done for n fashion¬
able assembly. Her Royal Highness wore plenty of diamonds
and pearls, with roses and a lovely bouquet; while the Prince
and Lord Spencer had put on their ribbons of the Garter. The
honest working people of that neighbourhood were delighted,
for they rightly understood that this was done to please them
nud to show them all possible respect. The speeches of Lord
Rosebery mid of the Prince of Wales, in reply to an intro¬
duction from the chair, were short, hearty, mid direct to tlie
purpose. Their Royal Highnesses walked round the lower
gallery of the Aluseuni, mid departed amidst the cheers of ten
thousand people.
The rebuilding of Putney Bridge, an antiquated wooden
structure erected a hundred nnd fifty years ago, to be super¬
seded by n new one built of granite, with five handsome arches,
nnd with a width of 50ft. between the parapets, at ft cost of
£240,000, has been commenced by the Metropolitan Board of
Works. The Prince mid Princess of Wales, with the three
young Princesses, having in 188U attended the ceremony of
opening the old bridge free of toll, now came for that of laying
the memorial-Rtorn* of the new structure. There was a pro¬
cession of carriages to escort their Royal Highnesses from
town, by way of Knightsbridge nnd Fullmm-roftd; and in
spite of tlie rain, when they arrived at the Southern
abutment on tlie Putney side, there was a large company
to welcome their Royal Highnesses; mining them Sir J.
M'Garel-Hogg. ALP., chairman, mid Air. H. Fowler, vicc-
clmirmim of tlio Aletropolitan Hoard, Lord Henry Lennox,
ALP., Air. Puleston, M.l*., Air. E. Bnznlgette, engineer. Air.
J. Waddell, contractor, nnd some of tlie members of the
Board. The ((neon's Weatmln»ter Rifle Volunteers, with their
baud, stationed outside tlio pavilion, formed a royal guard of
honour. A bouquet was presented to tlie Princess of Wales.
Tlio l’rince inspected tlie models and plmiR, and received n
gold trowel and an ivory mallet, with which, after listening to
an address read by Sir James 51. Hogg, and making a brief
reply, lie laid the stone on bclmlf of himself mid the Princess.
Their Royal Highnesses drove home by Way of Putney and
Wandsworth.
Air. Coddington, ALP., 1ms been appointed by the Earl of
Sefton a Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Lancashire.
JULY 19, 1884
the illustrated London news
55
out Britaiu were measured. It is on the situ of Oxford
House, where, in tho reign of Henry VII., the famous
Treasury extortioners, Empson and Dudley, practised their
nefarious tricks, not impossibly with the connivance of the
covetous King; but they were hanged for it, all the same,
m his successor’s reign. The Fraternity of Salters, by
which was meant, apparently, the trade now commonly
called that of the dry-salters, dealing in chemical sub¬
stances used for dyeing or manufacturing processes, existed
In the fourteenth Century. Their first charter of incor¬
poration was granted by Henry VIII. in 1530, mid was con¬
firmed by Elizabeth and James I.. and renewed by James II.
CITY GUILDS.—YI.: SALTERS’ COMPANY. BENEVOLENT OBJECTS.
Our Illustrations, this week, of tho London City Guilds or The Prince and Princess of Wales attended a working men’s
Livery Compaiiies, refer to the establishment of the Salters’ **oir6e, held on the lltli Inst, in the Bethnal-green Museum to
Company, m . t. Swithin s-lane, not far from “London promote tho work of the Beaumont Trust Fund, which was
^ 22: So r n, M ,,ml rr rnl ' i‘v p r ome,jt #mi
meat of the people. .Many distinguished persons were present
to receive their ltoyal Highnesses. Some particulars of tho
itoyal visit are given in another column.
f)u Monday the l’rince mid Princess of Wales, accompanied
by (lie Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud, drove to Htan-
moro, where the Princess opened ."Miss Mary Wardell’s Con¬
valescent Home for scarlet fever patients at Jirookley Hill.
Already sanctioned by tho Queen, the proposal to dedicate
a now wing of tile Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic
as a memorial of tho lato Duko of Albany was cordially
npproved by an iniluentinl assembly at Willis's Booms on
r^Taak .... U}- Jiimcs n. Monday, the proposition being supported by Lord Shiiltes-
' 1 J Mim vo.Va ,nstor >’this company is not very eventful; its bury, Sir William Gull, Lord Denman, and others. Between
was d imt^Sntil 1V- C K B at f^i St Brend -« trce 1 t i Cheapsidc, and it £2000 and £3000 were subscribed in the room.
WCrC removod 10 the present site. It was resolved, at A meeting at the -Mansion House on
Ihe hull was rebuilt sixty years ago, with a spacious fore- ’ r —— .. 1 ilouse on
court surrounded bj; the Company’s offices, a pleasnnt large
flower-bed in the middle, and handsome wrotighfc-irun gates.
Ihe Company is governed by a Master, yearly elected, two
Upper \\ ardens, a Renter Warden, mid a Court of Assistants.
The Clerk to the Company is Mr. K. L. Scott. The revenues
yearly nniouut to £29,7'.)0; while tho expenditure in one year
includes £i2<5 for rates, salaries, and attendance lees; £3049
tor entertainments; £1574 for gifts by bequest; £2508 for
subscriptions and donations to clmrifies and public objects,
pensions, and gifts to decayed members and their relatives-
£•.,.) for technical education; £1009 for investments and im¬
provements, and payments on account of £2808 and £3132 to
the Saddlers’ and Dyers’ for their slmi-c of the Irish estate.
The report of the Royal Commissioners of Inquiry, which
s mentioned in nur limt'.nnt.ii'nnf tim ei»i. Cniu.. .t .
Monday, nt which Princess Christian was present, to take steps
lor the erection of u convalescent hospital and home of rest
lor the por wage-earning classes of London. The intention
is to make the institution partially self-supporting.
Lord Rosebery. Mr. Mandolin, Miss Davenport Hill, and
Miss Orme were the principal speakers at another gathering
held on Monday in the Mansion House, in supiiort of the
“ Country Holiday Fund,” the purpose of which is to send
ailing London children into the country for two or three
weeks for change of air.
The Inst representation of Schiller’s “Lay of the Bell”
was given on Monday nt Cromwell House,'in aid of the
Women s Emigration Society, under the special patronage of
THE SILENT MEMBER.
Parliament has, in a manner, been held under various roofs
since the Conservative majority of Peers in the House of Lords
deemed it their duty to disapprove tho Ministerial County
Franchise Bill, unaccompanied by the promised measure of
Redistribution. Mr. Gladstone, on the 10th inst., felt.it
necessary to rally tho Liberal members to his support at the
Foreign Office; and tho Marquis of Salisbury responded by
calling together an extraordinarily large meeting of Conserva¬
tive Peers and members at tho Curltou Club, on Tuesday, the
15th inst.
The Prime Minister lost no time in letting the considerable
meeting of two hundred mid fifty-six Liberal members nt the
Foreign Office know the immediate effect of the adoption of
Karl Cairns’s amendment. In a Warmly cheered speech, tins
right lion, gentleman made it quite clear the Government
would stand to their gtfhjU^At the outset, lie declared the
desire of the Opposition in the Lords to precipitate uu appeal
to the country by bringing about a dissolution “ is a perfect
and absolute innovation.” 31 r. Gladstone repented that the
Government lmd by every means in their power shown that
they would not b© content withtheir Franchise Bill, but would
"'“kc every effort possible to pass next year a measure of
redistribution.’' Then cam© the Premier’s contested state¬
ment with respect to the Olive-branch offered by Enrl Gran¬
ville to Earl Cuirris. during the lute debate in tho House of
I/ords:—/- y n.
C 1 JL*r.‘ n >5° r l h ;V both " hould - on responsibility of the
identical resolutions in which it should b«
, « ‘■s'K House W1 |*Ls»ed the franchise Bill in reliance rn tho
pledges of her Majesty’s advisers to introduce tlie IteJistribulion Hill next
of tfaelr
intKufo? London fs lilP ThU™" Ml^ B " 0,0lC,,1 Fund ’ i,,8tit “^ iu by Mrs. with a ground his neck.
the Apothecaries, the Stationers, the Saddle?* tile Brewed Boys nnd GWls i n a‘a f Bernardo » Homes ior the profit year the London Government Bill, tho Rail-
and a variety of other trades. The total income of all the the speakers included the’ P M Wd ?’ ,U j th ? U “ i . versitic8 (Scotland) Bill, tho
Companies of London for 1879 (or 1880) is estimated nt £750 000 Smith M 1> Sir Ch ,l, p f 1{ed, ord, .Mr. Su mu el Wt 1 si i Education Bill, the Irish Land Purchase Bill, the
to £$00,000, a sum exceeding thetocome oftlmt^UniveraiK «••-* x l A®f_,9 , «* Ca 5 , P?? r . « nd Wd Noitoij^gW ^«y Closing (Ireland) Bill, the Coinage Bill, the Police
of Oxford and Cambridge, and of the colleges therein. The
rateable value of the halls of the twelve Grant Com¬
panies is about £35,000. The value of their pinto
and furniture is about £270,000. The annual income
of the livings in their gift is about £12,000 a year. The
vu,n ® of kalis of the minor Companies is about
£20,000 a year, ihe value of their plate and furniture is
d0>00 °- „ T 1,e Commissioners think that of the sum of
£7o0,000 to £800,000 which constitutes the nnnnnl income of
the livery Companies of London, about £200,0(8) is trust in¬
come. I hey recommend that accounts of the alumni cx-
pendttnre of the Companies, both corporate and trust, duly
certified and signed by the masters or prime wardens, should
be deposited with some public department, and should be
open to inspection. This report further suggests the
appointment by Act of Parliament of a Commission,
whidi shall undertake, pursuant to tho term* of such Act,
I I ; n txnl inn fwiii .. f ... _ e . 1 . . "
.... . , , 1111(1 Lord Noitom^QiTftm ^uuday Closing (Ireland) Bill, the Coinage Bill, the Police
I ivemoni o >0 i f?irl ' , i I , | 0m A" r ' J{l,r,mrtl< i 8 IIo »ne embarked Jk iffion BUI, and the Criminal Law Amendment Bill
Liveraool on board the Allan steamer Peruvian, for CnimduA It was significant that, whereas Mr. Goschen plaintively
Carabrid^,' 11 •** anything like menace again! E - 7
. (.8) should it prove practicable, the reorganisation
of the constitution of the Companies. The objects of
acknowledged public utility to be promoted should be mainly
metropolitan objects ; but, in cases in which a trade formerly
earned on in London lias established itself elsewhere, similar
objects connected with the present place of trade may
property be included. It is suggested that the Commission
shall be appoint**! for a period not exceeding five years-
that the courts of the Companies should be allowed a grace
for the first three of those years, during which themselves to
frame schemes in accordance with the Act, under the
supervision of the Commissioners; and that the Commis-
moiiers should have, if necessary, the remaining period in
winch themselves to frame schemes for any Companies which
may have made default in so doing, i he Commissioners
also think that any members of the Companies who may be
injuriously affected by the reforms should receive moderate
compensation.
A GARDEN PARTY.
The little girl has her small family of dolls, Minnie, ^ottfe^
and Baby, whom slip has brought out in a straw basket fort
invit
i sauce
tiny tea-
... . . —, - r .ipkin spread on the
glass. 11 is A pretty scene, and n lively instance of that great
power of make-believe,” which belongs to most little girls
up to a certain age of childhood. The veliemenVseribneUesa
ot her gesture, ns she exhorts these funny guestSof hersto
polite and orderly behaviour at theii* social lii- al. is not less
characteristic than the prudent nml dignified bearing of tho
cut. As for the dolls, there is no fear of their being rude or
greedy, but that one leaning against tlie basket seems to be
in a very exhausted condition. Perhaps theNton will do her
good. I he hostess, nt uny rate, will enjoy this Garden Party.
Ihe Mayor of Southampton last week presented to George
Baker, a seaman, a silver medal, inscribed, sent by tho French
Government in recognition of hk braveVy in assisting to
November last W °* ’ GustttV ®» hear" Cherbourg in
Tho United States Government linvC nwimledn gold Inednl
to .Mr. Benjamin Jones, chief officer of Hi© British steamer
Oran more, for Ins gallantrescne of th/erewofthe American
schooner Alimira W ooley, On March 0/
A quarterly general coprWf the Governors of the “Dread-
noiight Seamen’s Hospital Greenwich, was held on the
11th mst. at 39, Fendmrch-etrbeG Thrvo hundred and
ninety-six seamen had been admitted to the hospital ns in¬
patients during the past quarter fr©pi British and foreign
slaps. In addition to the British seamen, 121 sailors of dif¬
ferentnationalities irare benefited. Theconnmttee invite con¬
tributions towards the drainage expenses, and for the erection
of nu entirely new chapel.
Princess Christina, accompanied by the Countess of
.Selborne,, iittended nt St. Peter’s school-rooms, I inckiiei--
rond, on Tuesday, and opened a bazaar in aid of St. Peter’s
Church. Ifer Roynl Highness afterwards visited the Fine
Art ExhibitKin heldin com^ction with it. The ground behind
the church, which Bus bOen laid out at the expense of the
Kyrle Society, was dedicated to tho public nt tlie same time.
Lady (.'. Bercsford on Tuesday afternoon distributed tlie
prizes tu tlie boys M the Greenwich Royal Hospital School in
the gymnasium or the institution. Satisfactory reports were
gtveii ns toxtlie conduct of the boys and the management
of tlie establiMiment.
. ’^‘egeiieraluieetiiig and midsummer election of tho Asylum
1'atlicrleSs Children wus held on Tuesday morning nt the
^Camion-street Hotel. The annual report stated that there
arc upwards of 390 children in the institution, situated nt
Reed ham, near Catcrluim Junction, Surrey. Tlie annual sub¬
scriptions are steadily increasing, but the receipts from life
subscriptions and donations were fur less than during the
previous year. The total receipts amounted to £10,478 and
tlnrcxpcnditure to £9800. The report was adopted.
The new cabmen’s shelter erected at the Marble Arch cab¬
stand was opened by Canon Holland on Thursday morning.
Miss Jennie Young gives a concert lecture ou “ The sf.iigs
of Scotland,” in aid of the Princess Ixmise Home, on Friday
evening, the lSrh inst., nt Exeter Hull; the Rev. Donald
Macleod, 31.A., in the chair.
iiuuoi | lliillsu IIIIIL lrt
not representative, should Imve the power every few years to
bring about a great nud grave crisis liko this.” 3Ir. Bright
added, amid applause, that the Crown having long ago aban¬
doned its absolute veto, ** It would be to the great advantage,
the House of Lords it' some limit were put
in my opinion, of
upon their power of veto.’
Tlie Premier’s formal announcement to liis followers was
recited by him to tho Commons nt large the same evening
vf, ,IU ® elicited spirited remonstrances from
Sir btattord Korthcote nud Lord Randolph Churchill,
followed by a lively though fruitless endeavour on the
part of .Mr. Lnboucliero to deprive the House of Lords
of the vote of £31,842 for salaries and expenses, in
they lmd not made it known to their Party. Earl Granville,
however, was of opinion tho communication was not secret nt
The consecration of the Bishop of Ripou will take place in
" ^Bumster Abbey on St. James’s l)«y (next Friday).
P ov ; Col fin , B . A. , 1ms been appointed to the
vacant chaplaincy m ChrisTCIrnrcli Cathedral, Oxford.
T J l " , . Cro ' vn has <* the Vicarage of Christ Church.
clMrlM J ”"“ *“«*»*)’•
mi Jfer 1 !, i i»'i 0p i 0f M° nt '’ woH nttended on Monday nt We*t-
f ’ I'f tUe P r <' M( ’»c> '>f his Notary Public (Mr.
i Chaucellorsbip of the Diocese
of Soutli well upon Mr. Arthur Charles, Q.C.
nremluerl'nif livhi 1,oll . 0 ^ 3 , of Clnre Colle g®- Cambridge, han
vahie !f < fino i v g 1 (dringtcm, near Hull, York, of thi
value of £6QQ a year, to the Rev. Henry E. Maddock,
afibv© college.
Mr. John Henry Ilethcrington Smith, of the JUdland Circuit,
has been appointed Recorder of Newark, in succession to Mr
Saint, recently appointed to the Recordership of Leicester.
An Illustration of tlie embnrking of raihvny materials and
plant at Woolwich Arsenal, for conveyance to tho port of
Soiiaknn, iu the Red Sea, appeared in our last. The vessel
there delineated was the steam-ship Engineer, which was
chartered for this purpose by Government on account of her
special capacity for lifting and receiving the largest and
heaviest packages, and stowing them under deck.
On .Monday the annual show of the Royal Agricultural
Society was opened at Shrewsbury, the number of entries
being rather above the average, though fewer than those at
, ork J" st J' enr - 'Ike show was remarkably good iu every
department—the horses, horned cattle, sheep, and pigs being
iiU of high merit. Sir ibissey Lopes, 31. P., has been selected
1 resident for next year, when the show will be held at Preston.
In London, 2409 births nml 1849 deaths were registered
oiai , A,lowin e for increase of population, the births
-20 below, while the deaths exceeded by 208, the average
labours ^ .Company of Revisers 1ms finished
The preface has been finally revised and approved.
to the public; / 1 8U mlttc ‘ d to Coilvoc »tion before its issue from choleraic dinrrha a and clioiora. Tho deaths referred to
Tlie Bishop of Rochester presided nt tl,« * fi 1 senses of the respiratory organs, which lmd been 218 mid 231
the Rochester Diocesan Society for simnlving the snirUiml dec,i , ned i to 2,)6 ^eek, but
of South I/iniion lmirfi,. *1,1V. Dr,, .'PPD ,n Rthe»p*ntnalneeds exceeded the corrected average by 10. Different, forms nf
The Earl of KhufuibSy. in JtSSJ?S'.V of ?hl°re SS* ll°\2Z eaU,ad 72 .‘Vf h * : result of negligence or
commended the action of tlie society whi.-l! u-.. » , ie .. 1 , e P ort > jcudmt, among w Inch were 22 from fractures and contusions, 7
S-:«• jrstsnss •susr -«:
cases of suicide were registered.
Nine
. - . commiuncntioii was not secret at
all; but. m response to a complaint from the noble Marquis
that he had never used the phrase “ that he could not discuss
redistribution with a rope round his neck,” the Foreign
becretnry read a letter from Mr. Gladstone to tho effect that
he had only fastened tlie quotation on Lord .Salisbury
in a 1 lckwickiun sense. There was a souiewlmt heated
conversation of an identical nature iu tho Lower House
likewise Mr. Gladstone using the same arguments ns Lord
Granville in repelling the vivacious attacks of Sir Stafford
Northcote, Mr. Gibson, mid Lord Randolph Churchill.
(Jut ot much chaff tins grain of wheat was to be gathered—
tlmt the dashing young Rupert of tlie “Fourth Party”
adopting at last tlie mediatory tone of 3!r. Whitbread,
said he would willingly co-operate to bring the two Houses
into harmony, mid would attach the heaviest responsibility to
any public mnn who would prevent such a desirable consum¬
mation. It is his occasional expression of such sound com-
mon-sense as this that makes one regret Lord Randolph
Churchill docs not more frequently do justice to his better
qualities.
The Earl of Wemyss on Monday assumed in the Lords the
unfamiliar role of peacemaker. Albeit the Marquis of Salis¬
bury did not conceal liis antipathy to the noble Lord's con¬
ciliatory intervention, Earl Granville lmd the good grace to
welcome the friendly- resolution, which Lord Wemyss stated
he would move on Thursday
Jo proceed now with the consideration of
the Itepixwenutlou of the People UiU, on the understand.!!# that un humble
Address to her Majesty I« proposed before the prorogation ..f 1‘urlwmciit
humbly iiruyinif her Majesty to aummon Parliament to as-erabh* in the
f I.T. t,R ; r" lr / M>ae ot eousi.lerinir the ltedistribution Bill whi. h
^ Undertakcn topr«mt toPariiamentonthe
Ixird Granville readily promised Jlinisterial countenance to
tlie resolution ; and said the Government would be prepared
to introduce the Redistribution Bill in November, "on the
condition that the Representation of the People Bill do pass
this Session.” 4 1
Al ,at » ^ke exact point at issue between tlie Government
ana tiie Opposition. The adverse position deliberately taken
up by the Conservatives Peers appeared to imve been, on the
whole, pretty generally sanctioned at the Conservative con¬
sensus at the Curltou Club ou Tuesday. The Marquis of
Salisbury and Sir Stafford Northcote were said to have
beeu cordially supported in their opposition to piecemeal
dealing with Parliamentary reform, tho Earl of Wemyss
and a few other Peers alone recommending that discreet
action which is proverbially the better part of valour,
it seemed, however, that the joiut leaders of the Conservative
Party bravely nailed their colours to the mast—in token of
move ns an
an Address
reassemble
•'rancliiso Bill
- Jill. But,
the interest of the House of Lords itself, it- may be
pointed out that, whenever a majority of their Lordships have
set themselves up in opposition to the elected representatives
of the nation, they have invariably had to give way. Would
it not be wiser to yield with a good than a bad grace at this
Constitutional crisis.
I liis knotty question being the one absorbing topic of the
hour, it would be idle to comment on the ordinary course of
public business.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, July 19, 1884.- 5G
1. Interior of Saltern' Hall. 2. The Master. 3. The Staircase. 4. Some of the Plate. 0. Entrance Gate#, St. Swithin’s-lnue.
LONDON CITY GUILDS.—VI. : THE SALTERS’ COMPANY.
A GARDEN PARTY.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 19, 1884
THE COURT.
Tlie Queen held a private investiture of the Order of the Bath
on Friday, the 11th inst., nt "Windsor Castle, nt which
Generals Sir C.W. Dunbar Staveley, Sir Collingwood Dickson,
Sir Arthur Boston, Sir II. C. B. Dnubeuey, and Sir Jumcs
Brind received the Grand Cross and Star of the Order. Several
gentlemen received investiture as Knights Commanders, and
others as Companions. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess
Beatrice, came to T,ondon last Saturday afternoon, and visited
the Duchess of Cambridge at St. James’s l’aluce. Princess
Louise (Marchioness of Lome), attended by Lady Sophia
Mnciinmara and Prince and Prineess Louis of Bnttcnberg,
arrived nt the castle in the evening. On Sunday morning, the
Koynl family and the members of the Royal household attended J° duelling, nn
Divine service in the private chapel. The Very Rev. Randall bee l l . ft . f
Davidson, Dean of Windsor, assisted by the Rev. T. Teign- society of his
mouth Shore, M.A., Clioplain in Ordinary to her Majesty,
officiated. The Rev. Teigiimouth Shore preached. On Monday
morning the Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise
(Marchioness of Lome) aud Prineess Beatrice, drove to
Frogmore, where her Majesty was joined by the Duchess of
Albany and Prince and Princess Louis of Batten berg.
Prince and Princess Louis of liattenberg took leave of
the Queen, and left the castle for London. The Kmpress
Eugenie, attended by Mdllc. Corvisurt and the Duo do
Ba-ssano, arrived nt the castle at half*past one o’clock,
remaining the guest of her Majesty till the following morning.
The Queen hold a private investiture on Tuesday. The
Duke of Argyll and the Earl of Derby were 'invested
with the Order of the Garter; Sir Robert Torrens was invested
with the insignia of a Grand Cross of St. Michael and St.
George : und Colonel Crossman was kuighted and invested ns
a Knight Commander of the same Order. Princess Ixniise,
who has been visiting the Queen, left Windsor Custlc in the
afternoon and returned to London. Lady James Murray and
her daughter, Miss Caroline Frances Murray, had the honour
of being received by the Queen at Frogmore. Mr. T. J.
Gullick has had the honour to submit to the Queen a portrait
of the late Duke of Albany, surrounded by a memorial wreath
of the spring dowers in bloom at bis death, executed by Mr.
Gullick in his process of minor-painting.
The Priuce and Princess of Wales, accompanied by Prin¬
cesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud, were present nt a special
dramatic matinee nt St. James’s Hall on Thursday, the
10th inst., in aid of the funds of the School of Dramatic Art.
The Priuce went to the House of Lords. On Friday, the lltli
inst., the Prince was present at a meeting of - the Royal Com¬
mission on the Housing of the Working Classes, nt 8, Ricli-
mnnd-terrnee, in the morning; and in the evening nt a
soiree given by the Earl of Rosebery and the members of the
Beaumont Trust at the Bethnal-green Museum to the Working
Classes of East London, which was attended by 2000 working
people. The Prince and Priucess. accompanied by their
three daughters, went to Putney last Saturday afternoon,
when his Royal nighness laid the memorial-stone of the new
bridge in process of erection across the Thames there, to re¬
place the old one. In presence of a large and distinguished
company, the Princess on Monday opened Miss Mary
"Wardell’s Convalescent Homo for Scarlet Fever Patients n’t
Brockley-hill, Statunore. On behalf of her Majesty, the
Prince held a Levee at St. James's Palace in the afternoon,
wary caution, and fierce determination, marking the calculat¬
ing duellist, if not tlio occasional deliberate assassin. “ This
poking fight of rapier and dagger,” as it was contemptuously
called in fcjlmkspeurc’s time, being held in honest aversion by
the old-fashioned English patrons of broudsword and buckler
play, soon became the favourite means of wreaking private and
personul animosities, both at the French and at the English
Court, and amongtlie debauched and dissolute men about town
who began to defy all restraints of law and religion. Slink -
ppearo lind abundant opportunities, in his time, of studying the
morals and manners of that class of profligate idiots, who
frequented the taverns of the City where theatrical and literary
alfuirs wore discussed; and his plays contain so many allusions
to duelling, and to the use of the small sword, that it must
frequent topic of ordinary conversation in the
i day, from which many of his characters are
drawn to the life.
when presentations to the number of 200 were made. Princess
Christian and Prince Albert of .Suxe-Alteuburg visited the
Prince und Princess, and remained to luncheon. The Prince
was present at a meeting of the Royal Commission on the
Housing of the Working Classes nt 8, Riclimond-terrace, on
Tuesday morning. The Prince and Princess, accompanied by
the Princesses Lonisc, Victoria, and Maud, visited the Empress
Eugenie at Earn borough Hill, near Fnmborough, in the
afternoon. The Prince und Princess opened the bazaar in aid
of the fund for the restoration of Kew church on Wednesday,
at the Riding-School, Knightsbridge. .
Prince Albert Victor of Wales visited the Empress of
Germany on Friday, the lltli inst., and remained to dinner.
The Duke of Connaught, arrived last Monday nt Meerut.
Yesterday week the Duke of Cambridge inspected the 1st,
2nd, aud 3rd battalions of the Grenadier Guards, and the 1st
Coldstrcnms, about 3000 strong, in Hyde Park.
Prince Christian left Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great
Park, on Monday morning, for Germany.
Count Herbert von Bismarck left the German Embassy,
Carlton House-terrace, on Sunday night, for Berlin.
FASHIONABLE MARHLAGE8.
The marriage of the Hon. Robert II. Lyttelton, sixth son of
the late Lord Lyttelton, with Edith, eldest dnughfey'©LMr.\
Charles Rantley, took place on Monday at St. Margaret’s
Church. Westminster. The bridegroom was attended by the
Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, liis brother, as best infpr?~ 4 m<r\th$
bridemnids were Misses Gertrude
NATIONAL SPORTS.
The period between the Newmarket July and Goodwood
Meetings is m variably a dull one in the turf calendar ; aud the
sale of the Yardley yearlings, which took pluce on Monday
last, is undoubtedly by far the most interesting event of the
past few days. The result of the auction was rather curious,
as, though there were few buyers present, and nearly half of
the youngsters were sent out of the ring unsold, the twenty-
two that did change hands made the line and remunerative
average of 435 gs. This result was almost entirely due to
Hermit, whose son from Lady Paramount went into the
Mauton stable at 2100 gs., whilst his daughter, from a sister
to Freeman, made only 100 gs. less, and was taken by Porter.
There was a very wide gap in price betweeu this pair and a
filly by Hampton—Cherry Duchess (800 gs.), but the last-
named should prove a bargain, as should nil own sister to
Benudesert, by Sterling—Sea Gull, who was knocked dowu to
Waugh tor only GOO gs., the same trniner buying two others
by the same sire, a colt from Corsica (700 gs.) and a Ally from
Casuistry (500 gs.). We presume that the eighteen unsold lots
will be sent up again nt Doncaster.
Even making full allowance for the glorious tmeertainty
of cricket, there is very little doubt that the rain which fell
last week, and prevented all play on the first day of the
match, saved Fngluud from defeat, ns the Australians would
probably have only lmd to get something like 100 runs in
their second innings. The result was a great disappointment,
especially ns the English team was a thoroughly representative
one. Shrewsbury (43 and 25) did well, and Dr. Grace (31)
was very unlucky to bo bowled off his pads, whilst A. G. Steel
and A. P. Lucas made a fair show; but. the less said nbout
the rest the better. Nothing very great was done in the
batting way on the other side, for which Midwinter (37) was
the top scorer; but Boyle and Spofforth bowled with great
effect, the former taking seven wickets for only «9 runs. The
Australians linve this week beaten /Leicestershire by ten
wickets, tliauks to Midwinter (52), who is in rare form
just now, and to Kpofforth, who captured no less than
eleven wickets for' only 78 runs. The defeat of York¬
shire by Lancashire by six wickets/is very important, as
it makes it tolerable certain that. Notts, which has not yet
suffered a reverse, will be champion county. Briggs (not
out, 75) was top scorer for the winners, for whom Barlow
was in wonderful form with the ball, getting thirteen wickets
for only Gfi runs. Oil tlie otber side, Bates (0«) did best with
the bat, and Peate, as usual, was on the spot, getting eight
wickets for 51. Surrey has won the return-match against
Middlesex by seven Wickets. Nothing sensational was done
on either side, the highest seoto jbeing that of I. D. Walker
(47, not out). For the third yenj in succession the Eton and
Harrow limtch has been interrupted by rain, and ended in a
draw. The company was scarcely so numerous as usual, and
the pluy, taken as a whole, was by no means up to publio
school standard. The Eton team wns specially weak in all
departments of the game, and must have suffered an easy
defeat it the match could have been played out.
There have been some very large musters of spectators
during the last few days at the ground of the All England
Lawn-Tennis Club nt Wimbledon. On Monday the final of
the Ail Comers Singles took place, when the gold inednl wns
won by H. F. Lawford, who defeated C.W. Grinstead by three
sets to one,. The former, therefore, was entitled to meet W.
Jn nshaw for the championship, and the match took place on
Tuesday. Liwford again played well; but he had no chance
witliliis wonderfully clever opponent, who bent him by three
sets to love, and thus won the championship for the fourth
successive year.
The London Athletic Club Second Summer Meeting, on
Saturday last, wns singularly devoid of iuterest, and would
require no notice but for the remarkably fine walking of W. H.
Mock, one of the Americans now paying a visit to this country.
He started from scratch.
bridemnids were Misses Gertrude aud Ethel Smithy, sisters He started from scratch in the Four Miles Hnndicup, and,
of the bride; Misses Agnes mid Meriel Talbot, nieces ofthe moving in beautifully fair style from start to finish, covered
lii'i ill* rrrnrun ■ A f me i hit no 1 Al> A 1. A! J ^ . _ _ .1 tlu> illufannu •><! min 1 A «»1... t . AI.. .. _ _ ... l
bridegroom; Miss Catherine Dounc, cousin of the bride; and
Miss Meiggs. The service was choral.
A full choral wedding took place in Bournemouth, on the
10th inst., when the Rev. Rowland Hill was married to Miss
AVrottesley, only daughter of the B. AVrottesley.
Upwards of 2ou wedding presents Were received>\\
the distance in 20 min. lOsec., by far the fastest time on record.
On the same day the One and Five Miles Amateur Tricycle
Championships were decided at the Crystal Palace, both being
won by C. E. Liles. The time for neither race was remarkable.
Thirty-eight ladies and twenty-two gentlemen, including
some of the most distinguished shots in the United Kingdom,
FOREIGN NEWS.
In the French Chamber on Saturday last the Minister of the
Interior asked for a grant of two iuillionn of francs for the
relief of the eholern-strickeu towns. The grant was unani¬
mously voted, as well as a further sum of 500,000 fraucs to
defray the expenses caused by the epidemic. During the
debate the member for Marseilles declared that the accounts
of the cholera hi that town were exaggerated. In Toulon the
deaths have decreased considerably.—-In Paris on Monday the
National Fete was celebrated in the usual style. At the
Hotel Continental some students observed a German flag
among the decorations of the building, and loudly clamoured
for its removal. It was tom down by some gam in* and some
panes of glass were broken, but the police' restored order.
The Government have instructed Baron De Courcel, French
Ambassador to Germany, to express their regret at the incident.
The free pardons and commutations or reductions of punish¬
ment granted by the President on the occasion of the National
Fite this yenr umounted to 997. As usual, they were granted
only to persons detained, whether in civil or military prisons,
by virtue of oonvictiom. by courts-martial.—M. Iienan hosbeeu
promoted to the rank of Commnndcr of the Legion of Hououi
by a Presidential decree, dated July 9, 1884.—Sir F. Leighton,
President of the Royni Academy, lias been elected a Corre¬
sponding Member of the Paris Academy of Fine Arts, in the
place of the late Signor Merctire, of Rome.—At the Havre
Regatta last Saturday four international contests were carried
off by F.nglish boats.—The oldest French prelntc, M. Rivet,
Bishop of Dijon, died last Saturday of heart disease, lie was
eighty-dght yours of age, and had filled the sec forty-six years.
King Alfonso, accompanied by the Queen, the infant Prin¬
cesses, and the Infantas Isabel and Eulalia, left Madrid oil
Monday for La Grab j a, near Segovia, the usual summer resi¬
dence of theBpnuish Monarch.
On Mondny the King and Queen of the Netherlands left
Kreuth, arriving at the Hague on Tuesday evening.—The
First Chamber of the Stdtes-Geticrol lias passed the bill
introduced by the Government to raise a loan of 60,000,1)0011.,
nt 4 per cent interest, to cover the deficit in the Budget.
At the International Regatta held at Hamburg, on the
Alster, the great lluiumouia prize was wou by the Thames
Rowing Club.
A gentleman from Zurich, named Gottinger, has been
killed on Mont Blanc by the fall of an avalanche of stones.
The Emperor of Germany left Mainau on Monday, and
nrrived on the following day* at Gastein, where he will be
visited by the Emperor of Austria early next mouth. -Princess
William of Prussia was confined of a’ third son nt Potsdam,
n little before three p.m. on Monday.—Professor Richard
liCpsius, the eminent Egyptologist, died yesterday week, at
Berlin, nt the age of seventy-four. The death is also
announced of a celebrated Protestant theologian. Professor
Dbrner, who wns born in 1809, and died ou the 9th inst., of
apoplexy.
The Supreme Court at Dnrmstadt lias dissolved the mor-
gnnntic marriage of the Grand Duke with Madame de Kolo-
inino, now the Countess Romrod.
At Gmiinden, on the 11th inBt., the Duchess of Cumber-
laud wns confined of a daughter, her fourth child.
The authorities of the University of Heidelberg have
refused the offer of an unknown benefactor to give 100,000
marks to the University, on condition that ludies shall be per¬
mitted to study there.
TheEmperorof AustrianrrivedonthelOthinst. ntlsclil, and
laid the lust stone of a scientific building called the Rudolfinum.
The Crown Prince Rudolph and Crown Princess Stephanie, who
have been to Munich on a short visit to Priucess Gisela, the
Crown Prince's elder sister, have also nrrived at Ischl, where
the Imperial family will be staying for the next few weeks.—
Grafenegg Castle, the nncestral seat of the Breuner family,
was destroyed by fire early on the morning of the lltli inst.
It contained several valuable and well-known works of art.—
The trial of anarchists in Vienna resulted in tlie sentence to
ten years’ hard labour of Adolf Huunicli, fonndguilty of having
dynamite explosives and noisoned daggers in his possession.
Joseph Straacher, charged with distributing treasonable pam¬
phlets, was acquitted. The Public l’rosecutor announced his
intention of lodging an appeal against the latter sentence.
The Imperial yacht Czarevna, with the Emperor and
Empress of Russia and the Duchess of Edinburgh on board,
returned to Peterhof on the lltli inst.—Generul Higginson
lias been appointed the British representative nt the Russian
autumn muuanivres, which will commence early in August,
near St. Petersburg.
On the 11th inst. the Democratic Convention nt Chicago,
on the second ballot, nominated Mr. Cleveland as candidate
for the Presidency of the United States. A motion to make
the nomination unanimous was carried, amid great cheering.
At an evening sitting of the Convention Mr. Hendricks was
nominated for the vice-presidency.
The Indian Government has sanctioned the Calcutta Docks
scheme, which involves an expenditure of 300 lakhs of rupees.
A loan of 50 lakhs, nt4i per cent, guaranteed in India, is to
Be raised for the works, which will be commenced at once, the
land necessary for the purpose having Already been taken
A HAY OF RECKONING.
The desperate malignity of this mortal combat Is so powerfully
expressed by the Artist, in the fades of the principal an¬
tagonists, who seem determined not to part until one or other
lias got his death-wound, that there can be no hesitation in
admitting the significance of the title viHijcli lias been chosen
for it very clever and spirited dmwiftg. It is manifest that
these two ruffling gallants-of the sixteenth century, who may
be Frenchmen, Italians, or Englishmen of that period,
have long nursed up in their hearts a deadly hatred
to each other, perhaps engendered by rivalry in sinis¬
ter schemes of ambition, or by disputed gambling losses,
or by competition for the favour of some rich heiress,
or in the good graces of a Prince or Minister of State.
Which of the two may be the more consummate scoundrel, it
would be very difficult to guess; but there can be no doubt
that each 6f them has looked forward to a meeting at sword’s
point, whenever it could be securely obtained, ns “n day of
reckoning” with the other wicked mnn which was vehemently
desired for the mere purpose of committing murder iu a
ri'guhkr' fashion. .Something like foul play, or ‘‘two upon
one,’’ seems indeed to have been attempted upon this
occnsibnj Yhougli it may have been an accidental inter¬
ference oLfcluj third man, apparently one of inferior
rank, who Y* now tottering from the effects of a
stab just received in the fierce frav that has raged for
perhaps half an hour in the tapestri. d chamber. The
figure of the gentleman in black, wielding the rapier in
his right hand and the dagger in his left, a method of
fencing that wns imported into England bv Rowland York
in 1587, is full of energy in everr limb and muscle, and his
firmly-set countenance lius u miugled look of fiendish cruelty,
competed in the annual archery match at t he Crystal Palace on up-—It has been definitively arranged that the Exhibit ion nt
Thursday and Friday, last week. The Indies’ first prize for the Bombay will be postponed until the
i pnze
greatest gross score was wou by Mrs. Marshall, the second prize
being taken by Miss Ellis. Airs. Butt took the prize for the
greatest number of golds, and Miss Hammond .Spencer for the
best gold. Airs, Follett took the prize for the greatest local
score; Alnjor Fisher won the prize for the greatest gross
wore; and Air. C. E. Yeedlmm took second prize. Mr. N.
Rattray won the prize for the greatest local score. Mr. E. N.
Snow made 14 golds, nnd won the prize for the greatest
number ; Mr. Eyre Hussey tnking the prize for the best gold.
A good field of twelve swam for the Half Aide Amateur
Championship, in the lake nt the Welsh Harp, Hendon, last
Saturday afternoon. The old stagers did not show to much
advantage, the finish lying between G. Bell, Sandringham
S.C., and F. W. Aloses, Zephyr S.C., the former of whom
won by 12 yards, after a plucky finish.
Ou Tuesday the Lady Mayoress held her final reception.
The prizes to the London Brigade of the Royal Naval
Artillery Volunteers were distributed on bonrd the Rainbow,
off Waterloo Bridge, last Saturday, by Lady Brassey.
The Birmingham Congress of tlie National Association for
the Promotion of Social Science, with which is united the
Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law, will begin
on Kept. 17, lnstiug a week. The date of meeting wus incor¬
rectly giveu in our Calendar last week.
The number of live stock mid the quantity of fresh meat
landed at Liverpool during the past week from the United
States nnd Canada were smaller than that of the preceding
week, and there were no arrivals of sheep or hogs; the total
imports being 1140 cattle, 0253 quarters of beef, and 1510
famines of mutton.
winter of 1880 or 1887.
The Agent-General for Victoria has received a telegraphic
despatch from the Hon. James .Service, Premier of the Colony,
stating that the Legislative Council of Victoria has unani¬
mously passed the resolutions or the Convention of tlie
Australian Governments held at Sydney in November in
favour of the Confederation of the Colonies in an Australasian
Dominion, of the annexation of New Guinea and other groups
of islands in the Western Pacific, and of combined protective
legislation against criminal aliens, which resolutions lmd been
already passed on the 3rd inst. by the other House of Parlia¬
ment. Air. Service adds that the House of Assembly of the
colony of Tasmania has also unanimously adopted the reso¬
lutions of the Sydney Convention.—Sir Henry Brougham
Loch, K.C.B., the newly-appointed Governor of the colony
of Victoria, has arrived at Melbourne, and lias met with a
hearty reception.
The revenue of the Colony of New South Wales for the
quarter ending June 30 amounted to £1,830,000, being an in¬
crease of £120,000 M eompured with that of the same period
lust year. Almost every source of income shows a satisfactory
increase.
The Queensland Parliament was opened on the lltli inst.
by the Governor, Kir Anthony Alusgrave. In the course of
hi* speech his Excellency referred to the success of the recent
loan, and said it afforded abundant proof of tho opiniou held
in Great Britain respecting the wealth and stability of thecolony.
The Address in reply to the Kpeech was adopted by both
Houses without a division.
A new dock, whlchlms been constructed by Mr. Allen Hannome
on the south side of the Thames, midway betweeu the Albert
and Old Battersea Bridges, was opened for use hist week.
JULY 19, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
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MUSIC.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
The specialty of the week at this establishment—indeed, the
THE PLAYHOUSES.
A by no means inconsiderable advantage was enjoyed by Mr.
“" ..s.f.v nf v-V -- -:::".!:-.^. cd > } he Irving in ordaining tlio scenery, costumes, and general '
specialty of the season here—was the production on 1 uesday rations of liis superb revival of “ Twelfth Night’’ in tl
deco-
the cir-
’ T,u ’. composer cumstuncc that lie was not tied in any sense to'time ns regarded
lUlZZZ™ L'. e l™: , 1 : rancc . b - v van0U3 the dressing of his characters and their architectural surround-
ings; nor, to any great extent, was lie hampered by the
exigencies of place. “A city in Illyria and the seacoast near
it” is a geographical expression sufficiently elastic. With
regard to the “ seacoast.” it is enough that it should have a
generally Adriatic aspect; while “ a city in Illyria,” when it is
considered tlmtancient Illyricum comprised apnrtof the modem
Cfoatiu, the whole of Dalmatia, nearly the whole of Bosnia,
nndpnrtof Albania,and tlmt modern Illyria includes Carintliia,
compositions, dramatic and otherwise ; but his most, important
work is that now referred to. It was composed some years
ago, and was to have been produced in Puris ’ just
before the war of 1870. Its production, however, was
delayed until Inst January, when it was brought out at
Brussels with great success. The origiunl French book
is by MM. Du Locle nnd Blau, who have taken their
subject from the old “Eddus” and the “Nibelungen-lied,”
^ th 7 e T^ rinl j hi8 8erie8 of Conjoin, I»tria, Croatia, Itagu'aa, and'Dalmatia, mlglTtp^nt”
1 ■ blyu T d ’ how fy er ’ th ° indifferently, a Teutonic, an ItaUan, n Greek, a Turkish, or u
does not i r\rnm 1 H''ri P r i0n t T d Sy H lp,lt ‘n fl ’ ° U J *>mply8avageSclavonicappenrnnce. All these characteristics are
does not, as in AY ngner s work, introduce the gods and possessed by Trieste, the modem capital of Illyria, which in the
M. Beyer s way of conflicting styles of architecture nnd varied picturesque¬
ness of costume is us cosmopolitan ns Odessa, but in which the
predominant key of colour, language, and manners is un¬
doubtedly Italian. In Slmkspeore's time, however,where now is
the imposing nnd prosperous city of Trieste was probably only a
humble fishing-village. The more ancient town of ltagusa, in
Dalmatia, would present a more satisfactoryideal of an Adriatic
seaport, liable to be visited by corsairs, nnd near which might
ducal palace and the stately mansion of such a
be especially interesting to old patrons of the Adelphi,
peeing that Mrs. Alfred Mellon reappears in Mr. Scuda¬
more’s stirring play ns Kitty, nnd is accompanied by
n promising daughter, Miss M. W. Mellon. Enstwnrd
ho ! the Comedy Company, comprising Miss Florence St.
John, Mr. Henry Wulslinin, nnd Air. Arthur Roberts, have
taken the melodious comic opera of " ta Alnscotte ; ” while,
in the northern suburb of Islington, Madame Soldene lias
reappeared on the scene of her former triumphs, nnd resumed
at the Grand Theatre her old role in the lively and tuneful
comic opera of “ Genevieve dc Brabant.” ' U. A. S.
goddesses and monsters of heathen mythology._ _,_ if _
opera consists of four acts, which are subdivided into tableaux,
making, in fact, six divisions. The principal characters nrc—■
Gunther, King of the Burgundians; Hilda, his sister; Uta,
her nurse; Sigurd, the Frankish hero; Ilugen, a warrior.
be
companion of Gunther; Rudiger, oue of the envoys of Attila;
and Brunhilda the Walkvrie, who has been chased from heaven.
Hilda is in love with Sigurd (who hud formerly saved her life);
nnd her attendant, Uta, undertakes, by means of a love-
potion, to ensure a return of affection from the hero. Gunther
“i^r 110 Iccl a ,u k' wbero Bn ! nbildaHes iu a remembered that in the generation between the~DmkAg^
^only to be released nnd the Renaissance Illyria passed successively through fhe
It Gunther who ISLiSf f? underta £ cs * he ° u hands of the Venetians, the rfungarians. and the Turks-that
-- Gunther, who promises lnm the baud of Hilda. The is to say, from a condition of high civilisation among its upper
highly-born dame ns Olivin. For the rest, it must bo
M nlkyrie is delivered from her bondage, and brought to
Gunther's Court by Sigurd (whose face is concealed by his
visor), she being under the impression tlmt tlie monarch is her
rescuer. The discovery by Brunhilda of the enchanted girdlo
on Hilda—taken from the former by Sigurd on the occasion
of her deliverance—lends to the knowledge flint it wus by the
Frankish hero, and not by the Burgundian monarch, that the
AY nlkyrie was freed. Bmnhildu's love has reverted violently
to Sigurd; she annuls the effect of the love potion, and
his affection is transferred to the Walkyne. The jealousy
of Gunther nnd his sister is aroused, revenge is plotted by
Hagen. Sigurd is slain, nnd the opera closes with the hero
and Brunhilda rising in a halo of glory to the YVidhalla, where
Odin waits to receive them.
The opera is preceded by a rather elaborate overture, in
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HI.—SOUTHWARK AND YaUXIIALL WATER
coaiWyny.x
The amalgamation, in 18 hi, of the Md^nxhnll Company,
founded at the beginning of this century, with the Southwark
Company, which wus about ten years old in 18-li, formed nu
association whose present business is very extensive. It
supplies a great part of South London and the adjacent
districts in Surrey, bnt Jiaa to divide the territory with the
Lambeth Waterworks Company. The Southwark and
Y uuxlmll water-supply dominion includes the Borough of
Southwark, Rothcrhitlie, Crtmbenvcll, Kennington, Clnpham,
\\ andsworth, Battersea, Putney, Barnes, Mortlake, YVim-
bledon, and Richmond; an attempt of the Richmond Select
A estry to get water for itself, by boring 1.100 feet into the
chalk, seems to lmve failed. ’i'lic Company lays its mains, con¬
stantly charged, along 117 miles of streets, nnd now
supplies 101,000 houses, containing a population of
750,000 persons, With an average daily quantity
exceeding twenty nnd a half million gallons. This
18 d ? uc nt RI > average cost of little more than forty
shillings for each house, basing its assessment on gross annual
classes to one of downright barbarism.
Mr. Irving lias chosen (lie Venetian period ns best suited for
the illustration of "Twelfth Night,” and although there is n
■light suspicion of Orientalism in the garb of the minstrels who .. - ---„ —
so ravish the soul of the (esthetic Orsino, and there is an element V,l lue, but wahtm extra charge for baths, closets, nnd “ high
of Sclavonic wildness and uncouthness in the array of the guards service.” The net amount received for water-rates iu the year
who make their appearance in the Inst scene, the costumes and 1883 was close upon £197,000, of which £76,500 was counted
the Architecture belong essentially to the period of the Yenetian R* profit* The ordinary share capital of the Company is
domination ; that is to say, the sumptuous garments in ^Wd.OOO: and an equal amount has been raised by debentures
which Mr. Irving has clad his company are such of which «t froin^four to four and a half per cent interest. The water
the analogues might have been found in England at a time is taken from the Thames at Hampton ; nnd our Illustrations
when the Court of Elizabeth had reached its apogee of show the aspect of the old aud new pumping-stations there,
splendour. Orsino’s palace nnd A’iola’s scarcely less palatial adjacent to the intake works of the Grand Junction and the
villa are sumptuously l’ulladian in style; while tlie art of 'Vest Middlesex Companies.
landscape gardening, as pursued iu Illyria three hundred This Company has made great efforts to do its beat with the
Hampton it has constructed throe large
» and three spacious filters, and is also
for the collection of underground waters
undergone natural filtration; at Battersea it
reservoirs, containing forty-six million
nine filter-beds, the whole occupying
nt lenst eleven acres; .and nt Nun head there are four
covered reservoirs for the storing of eighteen million
gallons of filtered water. A deep well is also being sunk at
Htrentlinm. These works, of which we are happy to give some
tier duet with Gunther, that with Hilda, and the final love-
duet with Sigurd, nrc umong the best portions of the work.
The general tone of the music gives signs of tlie influence
of AY ngner in the prevalence of declamation, nnd the com¬
parative absence of distinctly separable movements such ns
constitute the essentials of the operas of past periods. As in
AY ngner’s stage works, the declamatory passages assigned to
the several characters are associated with very elaborate nnd
otherw^^b6e^e°oelw!in^lB^mniJliIt C <n^itn^f. " claims to commendnt^^u^bqjhat he has not’overloaded“a 6 ot a stacking b „d name for'their abundance of strange living
Albnnl^as Brun^dWn'^ii'^im^nefrrl'wiM Mn< h me comedy, dependent for acceptance on the ingenuity of creature., ‘‘tilings tentacular nnd homy, things gelatinouS
add, d^,moter to i, h s 1, - Ue ' itB P lot B,,d the wit of its dialogue, with superfluous ornament. spawny,” engendered in the slime of the stagnant
it ? Ia lhe 0 , CCa8,O “ - Mewr8 - Hugh Conway and Comyns Carr’s highly appre- tanks. Mr. Frederick Greenwood, amidst his more dignified
tem^dlecha^LrTSmml ^ T‘° dntcd P la >" of “ Cl ‘»' d Sock” % Prince’s lms paidthe P^ent occupations as a journalist of the ychique,
™ u ‘ J . pc, l ftlty by being burlesqued with the "«1 be displeased, we hope, by our quoting from
Fursfli w , e d , 1 “ ff \ Madame audaciously word-torturing title of “Tlie Scalded Back; or, tho amusing verses lie wrote in Ta,t’s Magazine of that
HUd?2dMfiTteu wnl« ° V ,w Comiu ’ ^^t'xtJie'-Nptelty. the author of the relating the dreadful doom of a Director who, in
V la M Devoviod mOu n!hfr ^°* des P er *‘t« bring'Mr. AV. Ynrdley. The drollery < lis after-dinner dream, was immersed in the Company’s
Himen deririmwlVhSJ Keszke , m is a trifle liglit as air, but it was found to be very reservoir, becoming a prey to a thousand varieties of nasty
SoSoit^siue well as tta litah 7 Vi f l,,d * - ‘ : }} wfts vci 7 weU 1 and it was frankly welcomed by ^e. The practice in 1819 was to pump the water
and scenic HWt7nrl rLv.nl^li 1 ^ , ° d ; tI,e autlie,lce - Mi.-s tat tic Venue’s bright perception of from the bed of tlie river at Battersea, below Tow-water mark,
flcrv^T.rroimdinca of fflifild?& her U ° , ‘ umo " r ' H,,d the l,roil<! f»mriments of Mr. 1 lorry Nicliolls aud nt ebb of the tide; and Londoners who can recollect wlmt
snedMfearare 6 * Bnmhllda m her nia « lc “ lec P a H. AV. Lambert in mimicking the idiosyncracies, re- was the condition of the Thames near town, before the .Metro -
1 On Mnnd.iv “ normal. ” , jpectiriily, of Mr. Kyrle Belli \v aud Air. Beerbohm-Tree ns P°“ tan Main Drainage scheme was begun will bear witness
lost annenrnncA ^ ormed fo ^. the benoflt n,ld A .iughan and Macari were most hilariously appreciated; while 10 the horrible idea of then drinking Lambeth or Battersea
Lacca > who one of the bits oL tta performance was a capital parody of water. All that is happily now a thing of tta past. IfS
i n tle ' d,, i rflL : ,cr ! as , n ? n M; “ I’or Ever nnd for Ever,” sung by Miss Venne and withstanding tho continued adverse opfnion of one or two
Si paet occasmns, including that of a few weeks back. The Mr. Nicholls. scientific official analysts, there is reason to believe with tho
} taliau Opera scasou is to close with the end of next “ Mux ram, eitoycm'." might well be the watchword of li°y«l ^Commissioners of 1869, that properly filtered Thames
London theatrical managers generally whilst July is in its
most melting mood. Midsummer Night Concerts in the lamp-
lit. gardens of the International Health Exhibition continue to
fee the rage in town. So depleted are the majority of metro¬
politan playhouses, indeed, by this favourite and agreeable
couuter-nttmction at South Kensington tlmt it lias been sug-
Hall the last, scene, before Olivia’s house; and Mr. .7.
Selby Hall the scene including the dungfeon_iir which
Mulvolio is immured. As a succession of beautiful pictures,
the miu en feint of “Twelfth Night” is equal to any of the ... , .- ...JU _
far-famed Lyceum revivals ‘.Sbut as a spectacle it is certainly Illustrations, must be pronounced highly creditable to tlie
not so brilliant, nor so imposing ns "Rpmeo nnd Juliet” or Southwark nnd A'auxlmll Company. YVe can remember,
“ Jlu< h Ado About Nothing^y Or even ns “ The Cup.” As thirty-five years ngo, a very different state of things with
regards stage management, one of Mr. Irving’s highest tlio old Vauxhall Waterworks, whose reservoirs at Battersea
chums to commendation must be that he 1ms not overloaded a
merry comedy, dependent for acceptance on tho ingenuity of
its plot and the wit of its dialogue, with ijuperfluons ornament.
Messrs. Hugh Conway and Comyns Carr’s liighlv appre¬
ciated play of "Called Buck” at the Prince’s has paidthe
usual penalty of success by being burlesqued with the
audaciously word-torturing title of "Tlie Scalded Back; or,
the Cornin’ Scar,” nt the NpVelty, tho author of the
desperate jeu d'etprit being Mr. AV. Ynrdley. The drollery
is a trifle liglit as air,\ but it was found to be very
week.
GERMAN OrERA, COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.
Mr. C. V. Stanford’s opera, "Savonarola,” advertised for
production on June 27, suddenly replaced by a repetition of
“ Tnnnhauaer,” aud withdrawn from the nnnouncemeuts for
. being by Herr Ernst Frank. As may be
inferred from the title, it is founded on the career of the great-
Florentine preacher, reformer, and martyr of tho fifteenth
century. Tlie dramatist has made him the central character,
associated with incidents more or less fictitious, and. well
suited for the composer’s purpose. The opera consists of a
prologue and three acts, the leading events tbrougliout which
are the loves of Savonurola, when a poor young student nt
Ferraro, and Clarice, the daughter of a wealthy merchant, who
is betrothed against her will to Rucello. n Florentine noble—
Savonarolu’s despair at his hopeless affection determining him
to enter the Church—and his subsequent martyrdom.
Air. Stanford’s music, like that of his " Canterbury
Pilgrims” (brought out by Mr. Carl Rosa last April, and then
noticed by us) is somewhat reflective of the style of AVugner,
by which nearly all the composers of the day are more or less
Influenced. Declamation largely prevails, and there are few
pieces which can be detnc.hed lrom theiFstage situation. There
are some instances of dramatic expression ; nnd the orchestral
details have much variety nnd colour, lending an interest to
some of the vocal music that would otherwise be felt as
monotonous. Indeed, the prevailing gloomy tone becomes,
h i ter a time, somewhat wearisome. Among the most
striking musical features may be specified the duet for Clarice
and. avonuroln, nnd the Dominican Hynrn in the prologue;
r runcesca s impulsive address to Florence, and tlie concerted
music m the flrat act; the duet for Francesca Hiid her lover
• cbastmno in the second act; the prison duct for the former
and Savonarola, and the solemn music nt the close of the opera,
lhe performance was generally good. Friinlein Schnemnck,
as Clarice m tlie Prologue and Francesca hi the following acts,
sang with exprcMjon and good dramatic feeling; Herr Stritt
and Herr 'apheidemnntel, respectively, as Savonarola and
Kucello, gave the declamntorv portions of their music with
earnest energy.^/ and Herr Kaps as Sebiestiano and Ilcrr
'' iegaud as the Monk, Fra Pliilippo, were efficient in their
r.Bjxctive degn-es; the small parts of the two spies, Alardi
and Bandini, having been assigned to Herron Mocdlinger and
i^jrent. IIlie acting was good througliout; indeed, in some
instanc es, better than the vocal performance. Herr Richter—
ns during die season—conducted ably. The performances
closed yesterday (Friday) week witlinrepetition of "Lohengrin.”
Tlie PrinceBs’s, the Haymarket, the St. James’s, and the
Y'audeville Theatres will, after this present Saturday, be added
to the number of playhouses closed. But Toole’s Theatre
reopens to-
a German
the title
the Boomerang
Haymarket will be taken for a short term by ono of
the most popular members of the Haymarket company,
Air. Brookfield, who "opens,” as the theatrical phrase
runs, with Dibdin’s conno opera of "The AA'aterninn,”
Air. Herbert Reeves taking the singing part of Tom Tug,
and with an adaptation of “ ta Reveil du Lion.” The regular
winter sensou of the Haymarket will be commenced with a
revival of the markedly successful adaptation of Al. Snrdou’s
“Dora,” entitled "Diplomacy,” Airs.Bemnrd-Beercassuming
the role of the Countess Zickn, Airs. Bancroft being
satisfied, with the character of Lady Ilenry Fairfax,
and the part of Dora being intrusted to Aliss Calhoun.
It must be confessed that this policy of reproducing plays nt
the Haymarket does not indicate managerial confidence in the
rising generation of English dramatic authors.
Matinees meanwhile rule less severely. The clever son and
daughter of the late director of the fortunes of the Haymarket,
Air. Rowland Buckstone and MissLncy Buckstone. on Tuesday
water from Hampton contains nothing deleterious to health,
the particles of organic substance which may be found
in it having been chemically changed by free "exposure to
air and light in the flowing stream, aud existing, ns proved by
the analysis of Drs. Lctlicby, (Idling, nud Abel, in 1867, only
in the proportion of one grain to a gallon of the filtered water.
It is more than doubtful whether any lake water that, could bo
brought, to London would be more wholesome than that of the
Thames auil the Lea; and it is not probable that an adequate
supply for the metropolis could be got by sinkiug wells in tlie
chalk.
Company, tho East London Company, tlio
Southwark and Vauxhall Company, the AVest Aliddlesex
Company, tho Grand Junction Company, the Lambeth
Company, the Chelsea Company, and the AA'est Kent
Company, have contributed to" the contents of an oc¬
tagonal structure, which is mnde not less attractive than
instructive. In the centre is a fountain of cast-iron, in which
the jet rises from the mouth of a swan, whose neck is clasped
by a chubby boy. The surrounding basin, of Portland cement
concrete, is decorated with lilies and other water-plants. The
floor is paved with blue marble mosaic ; the frieze nnd border
of the walls, having silver aud bronze ground, an? painted
with water birds and flowers. Tho roof iscolouml in imitation
of the sky, and on tho wall surface Liiicrusta-AY’nUon is
employed in imitation of curved cedar. The entnuico to'the
pavilion on the east side is by n Gothic arch, composed of
mains, pipes, joints, and bends, nud at each angle of the
four doorways is a section of the filter-beds in use by
each respective Company, the filtered waters from which are
enacted with humour and brightness the parts of Tony Lump- conveved to eight corresponding drinking-fountains. There
^ | IardcftS ' ,e ia She Stoops to Conquer, played are views representing the various intakes nnd water-works,
ut the Strand for the benefit of this charming young actress. b y Air. J. H. Hooper. Upon the structural decorations
Some of the most talented members of the profession gave their
services with alacrity nt the Priuce’s complimentary matinee on
"Wednesday to Mr. Charles Kelly, one of the most genuine artists
on the English stage. Alias Kate Vnughan found it necessary
to postpone for the present the Gaiety matin6e announced for
Thursday. Apropos of the Gaiety, Air. Edward Terry will
commence to go up again nightly like a “ Rocket ” on July 28;
and the Gaiety habitues will undoubtedly take care " this
steiling comedian cometh not down like a “ stick.”
In transpontine London, Alessrs. Conquest and Meritt have
handed over the Surrey for n Summer Season to an energetic
management, which has furnished forth a strangely spiced
dish in the melodrama of “ Rags and Bones,” which should
Hooper. Upon the structural decorations
Alessrs. Grieve nnd Lebhnrt nnd Airs. AA'alrotli have boon
engaged, and cost lins not been spnred. The practical details
of ihe subject have been attended to, and plans of the water¬
works, examples of mains from 13 in. to -1ft., water-
fittings of houses, meters, nnd hydrants are shown
in the external corridor. There are tables of statistics
giving the number of miles of mains, tho quantities of
water supplied, and analyses of the quality, with the amounts
of income, capital, nnd dividends. Aloreover, there is it
laboratory, nnd a library, where the apparatus and systems
of testings may be seen, and the literature of the subject
may be perused. A special catalogue is in course of
preparation.
yOlM^AD W)^KjS
PUMPIN6>AT.0^-RTj'-( A K(PT0K
■••waiimniMnwimiffttH'
Voi^Kar £r BatTe^e/
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» CITY ECHOES.
Wednesday, July 1C.
Notwithstanding some exceptions, the course of the Stock
Market* is still upwards. This is more particularly the case
with the best investment descriptions, they being acted upon
by the extraordinary cheapness of money. As to American
securities, there is just now u renewal of distrust, as
the result of a variety o£ unfavourable iinuucial par-
company is again involved. One telegram speaks of a large
lloatmg debt, and reports of a receiver being necessary are
from time to time current. The collapse of the Denver and
Rio Gruudo Kail way seems likely to cud in an assessment on
the shares. Six mouths ago the price was ubout 25, nud it is
now less than 10. Both the shares and bonds are known to
investors on this side. The representatives of the English
shareholders of the New York, Onturio, and Western ltuilroad
appear to be making good progress in New York. Four new
names are to be udded to the board of directors, three on
English account, and oue ou Dutch account.
For the fourteenth consecutive half-year, the directors of
the Metropolitan Railway Company aunouuce u dividend of
5 per cent per annum, leuviug £2500 to be carried forward.
This time last year the amount curried forward was £1228.
'The price of the company’s stock has, however, slightly fallen
in the interim, us the result of the general depression in Stock
Exchange securities. The South-Eastern dividend is to be 3J
per cent per annum, as ugoiust 3, and the undivided balance
Is larger than it was lust year. In this case, also, the company's
stocks are quoted at a reduction. Notwithstanding the very con¬
siderable fall iu London, Brighton, and .South Coast Railway
stocks the company’s dividend is again 2 per cent per annum,
while £8700 is carried forward as compared with A'GOOO. The
divicleud statement of the Manchester and Sheffield Kail way
Company is very unfavourable. The dividend is to be i per
cent per annum, us agaiust lj, the amount over being £2800
as against £2500. So far, therefore, the passenger lines have
maintained their ground, while the experience of the Sheffield
Company indicates that the freight lines have goue back.
Kiclimond Consolidated mining shares have been gradually
falling in murket estimation, until on Tuesday dealings took
place as low ns £2 5s. per £5 fully paid share. About this
time hist year the shares were worth rather over par, and they
have in their time been as high as 18 or 19. Although the
report submitted to the meeting last week was not encouraging,
there arc few mining properties that have perhaps proved so
remunerative to the original proprietors. Kegistered only
thirteen years ugo, the shareholders have received in that
period dividends umouutiug to £14 16s. 6d. per share, or
at the average rate of over 20 per cent per annum
up to the present time. This, however, has of course
little to do with the current value of the shares, the
future, not the past, being what has to be looked at. The
report to February last showed a reserve fund for contingencies
nnd working capital of £58,102, and £17,093 was carried over
from revenue account. The last dividend was 5 per cent, paid
in August, 1883.
Tu the report of the London, Brighton, and South Coast
Kailway Company reference is made to the experience of the
company indicating that the long prostration iu general
business is diminishing travelling; out this season it is
reasonable to expect that touring on the Continent will be
greatly curtailed by the cholera, and that iu consequence a
very much larger sum will be spent at home. This will bo
good for railways, hotels, and tradesmen nil over the country.
T. 8.
Emma, Dowager Lady Dymoke, widow of Sir Ilenry Dynioke,
Bart., of Scrivelsby Court, in the county of Lincoln, tiio
THE WIMBLEDON MEETING.
The twenty-fifth meeting of the National Kiflo Association at
Wimbledon opened on Monday morning. The programme
contains nearly 100 competitions, but this lurge number
conveys no idea of the multiplicity of prizes by which each one
is supplemented. The first stage of the Queen's alone has
iittuclu-d to it 300 prizes, of the aggregate value of £1068.
The St. George’s Challenge Vase presents another instance of
h similar kind, for in this competition there are 135 prizes, of
the aggregate value of £095, besides sixty badges or honourable
distinctions, which are, generally speaking, more coveted than
the money prizes. The total value of cups and money prii
given by the Association and others will this year amount
little short of £15,000.
One of the few changes that have taken place in the Execu¬
tive Council is that Sir Henry Wilniot succeeds Earl BpowiiloW
as chairman, with Sir Henry Fletcher us vice-chairman, (.'up¬
turn E. St. John Mildmay still acts as secretary, but the
working stuff has been much changed since last year.
The Canadian team came into camp last Saturday,and
occupy their usual site near the iron house. A team from
India has also arrived, and will compete with the Canadians
for the Kolnpore Cup. The metropolitnn corps occupying
regimental encampments are the London Itille Brigade, the
Victorias, London Scottish, 19th Middlescx,\I2th Middlesex,
3rd Ixmdon, 2nd Middlesex, and QuoenlsWestaiinsterS.
Many thousands visited the conmnm/oivSunday. Divine
service was celebrated in some of Uie regimcntarcftmps.
Shooting began on Monday morning in weathefriot favour¬
able for high scores, a gusty wind blowing across the ranges.
The Uxford University Team woit the Humphrey Challenge
Cup by 85 points over Cambridge. Owiug to the large number
of entries, the Alexandra competition could not be finished
before evening gun-fire. / There were other unfinished
competitions. '~ / \ \
The weather on Tuesday was yioVfavourable to high
scoring, in the first stagc of the,Queen's Prize the highest
scorer was Qunrtern^t^Sergeunfc Ault, 3rd V.B. South
Stafford, who made 34. f Colour-Sergeant Young, 1st Somerset,
made 33; there wove seventeen 32*, and a large number of
31a and 30s. Tlm first df the Ah xandm series of prizes (£30)
was won by Sergeant MUner, of the 2nd Derby, with u score
of 61. The tluceiiext nig>i»t prizetakers were Quarter
master
Jersey Ai
(£15), t*
Queen’s
the AlffS
rier, 2nd Renfrew (£20),, score 60; Gunner Lewis,
tdlery (£ 15). score 60 ; iind Corporal Baker, 1st Herts
>6v 50. Private Beck, 3rd Devon, who won the
irizc wall a £10 prize with u score of 59. In
rprjze thcrejyere four scores of 32, contributed by
/Sergi'.iut 11 ainbley, 2nd Cornwall; Lieut. Stout, 1st Lanark;
Stuart, lot Edinburgh; and Corporal Wright, 3rd
I .ttnnrk. Lord Speaker visited the camp, and there was a great
incri'ttse in the general company.
Wednesday's shooting at the 500 yards range iu the com¬
petition for the Queen's Prize, first stage, Part I., was the
event of chief interest.
OBITUARY.
SIR C. C. W. DOMVILE, BART.
Sir Charles Compton William Domvilo, second Baronet, of
Teiupleogue and San try House, in the county
of Dublin, formerly Major Dublin Militia, whose
death is announced, was born Dec. 24, 1822, the
second sou of Sir Compton l’ockliugton Domvile,
M.P. (created a Baronet in 1815), by Helena
Siuuh, his second wife, duughter of Mr. Frederick
French, of Hey wood, Queen’s County. He suc¬
ceeded to the title ut the decease of his father
in 1857, and married, June 20, 1861, Ludy
Margiu-et St. Lawrence, fourth daughter of
Thomas, lute Earl of Howth, K.P., by whom
lie laid no issue. The title devolves, conse¬
quently, on Sir Charles's brother, now Sir
William Compton Domvile, third Baronet, born iu 1825, and
married, in 1854, to Caroline, daughter of General the lion.
Robert Mcude, by whom he has oue sou and two daughters.
BISHOP JACOBSON.
William Jacobsou, D.D., Bishop of Chester from August,
1865, to the beginning of 1884, died at the palace of the see,
ou the 13th iust. lie was born in 1803, the sou of Mr. William
Jacobson, of Great Yarmouth; was educated at Lincoln
College, Oxford; was some time Fellow of Exeter College,
Vice-President of Magdalen, Public Orator, and Regius Pro¬
fessor, Canon of Christchurch, and liector of Ewelme. In
1865 ho was consecrated Bishop of Chester, but resigned, from
failing health and advanced age, in tho early part of this year,
lie married, in 1836, Eleanor Jane, youngest daughter of Mr.
Duwson Turner, of Great Yurmouth, and leaves several
children.
DOWAGER LADV DYMOKE.
Emma,
Bart., <
Honourable the Champion, died ou the 9th inst. She was second
daughter of Mr. William Pearce, uud was married Jan. 14,,
1823. Her only child, Emma Jane, married, 1861, Francis
Houltou, eldest sou of Sir Brodrick Hartwell, Burt., and had
three daughters.
DIt. IRWIN, C.B.
Auclimuty Irwin, C.B., M.D., late Inspector-General of her
Mujesty’s Hospitals and Fleets, who died at Southsea ou tho
3rd iust., was bom in 1828, the sou of the late Very Rev.
Arthur Irwin, Deun nud Vicar-General of Ardfert; was
educated in the University of Ireland : became Surgeon U.N.
1851; and eventually, iu 1880, attained tho rank of Inspector -
General, lie served in the Crimea 1854-5, in China 1862, and
in the Ashontee War 1873-4. Ho lmd the Legion of Honour
and the Medjidich, and the Imperial Order of Valour. This
distinguished officer was wounded in action ut Sinope, took
part iu the bombardment of Odessa and tho .Siege of Sebastopol,
was again severely wounded in the trendies, and was mentioned
iu despatches nud promoted. He Was present at the cupturu
of Kiubum, at the bombardment of Taku forts and Niugpo,
in several engagements ngniusb the Tueping rebels, and with
the Naval Brigade at Cape Coast Castle during the Ashautee
Campaign. For his gallant services he received the decoration
of C.B. from his own Sovereign uud decorations from other
Mounrchs. v „ ,/ / /
We have also to record the dcutlis of—
Earl Cowley, for nmuy years British Ambassador in Paris,
suddenly, on Tuesday morning, at hjs house iu Albenmrle-
btreet. 'lie was witlim two<luyS (*f completing his eightieth
year. A memoir of his Lordship will be givcu next week.
Lady Bridport, on the 15th inst., after a very short illness,
of pleurisy. Second daughter of the third Marquis of Down-
shire, she was bom iu 181-1, arid was married to Viscount
Bridport in 1838.
Mary, Lady Kettle, on the 13th inst., at Merridulc, Wol¬
verhampton, iu her 59th year. Her Ladyship wus the daughter
nnd heiress of the late Mr. William Cooke, of Merridide, and
married, in 1851, Sir Rupert Alfred Kettle.
R«v. George Townshoml Hudson, M.A., Rector of Harthill,
lieut Sheffield, Senior Brother of the Royal Hospital of St.
Catherines, Regent's Park, on the 8th inst. He was brother of
SirJamcs Hudson, G.C.B., formerly Ambassador at Turin,
nud grandson of George, first Marquis Townshend.
General John Reid Becher, C.B., Royal Engineers, on the
9tli inst, at'Southamptou.
Mr, Harry Furr Yeatmnn, of Stoke Gaylurd, Dorset, J.P.
mid D.L., ou the 7th inst., aged forty-four. He was son and
heir of the late Mr. Harry Farr Yeutimm, J.P. and D.L., uud
the representative of the old Dorsetshire family of Yeatmnn.
\ N Emma Elizabeth, Lady Lilford, wife of the present I-ord
'JTRord, and youngest duughter of Mr. Robert William Brand¬
ling, of Low Gosforth, Northumberland. She married Juue 14,
1859, and leaves surviving issue, two sons.
The great Orange demonstration at Newry on Saturday
last passed off without any serious consequences; but a
demonstration at Cleator-moor, near Whitehuven, on thu same
duy, led to rioting, in which several persons were shot uud
severely iujured, uud one was killed.
The Diocesan Conference of the Archdiocese of Canterbury
has been held this week in the library of Lambeth Palace, the
Primate presiding. The Archbishop submitted an outline of
a .scheme for reorganising the Conference. He especially
advocated that the lay members should be elected by the
laity, including the pious women of the Church. Resolutions
were discussed and agreed to iu favour of mission work and
other efforts to draw more closely to the Church those who
were but nominal adherents, and to draw iu those who were
outside, especially the poor.
The raiders of this Journal, by' tens of thousands, have
nlready learnt to value the contents of u volume recently
published by Messrs. Remington und Co., entitled “ Echoes
of the Year Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-Three.”
Its well-known author is Mr. George Augustus Hula;
and it is a reprint, iu four hundred pages, of Ids
“Echoes of tho Week ’’ for a twelvemonth, hut collected
and classified according to the nature of their subject-
matter, as *‘Biographical Echoes,” “Historical,” “Literary
and Artistic,” “Architectural.” “Social,” “ Gastronomic,”
“ Aiitiquariau,” “ Political," “ Legal,” “ Philologicul,”
“Scientific,” "Sporting," “Dramatic mid Musical Echoes.”
Those of the year 1882 were republished iu a similnr volume,
which has been favourably received. We also have good
reason to believe that Mr. Sala’s entertaining current miscellany
of anecdotes and observations, always pleasant and good-
humoured, nnd rich iu the fruits of large social experience
und observation of “men and cities” all over the world, has
gained a high pluce in public favour. The humours and
fashions of the uge, Its minor morals nnd manners, and the
characteristics of individual personality which come out iu
public life, are noted by him with a keen perception of oddity,
und arc shown in an amusing light, but with an entire absence
of censorioumiess, nnd so as not to give pain or just offence to
anybody. Few writers possessed of equal shrewdness, wit.
and knowledge of tho world have exercised their talents more
constantly hi a spirit of frank goodwill to all. There is much
in these “ Echoes” that will be interesting to future students
of the miuutc history of our time.
THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE.
The new buildings iu the Exhibition-road, South Kensington,
wliieh were opened by tho Prince of Wales on the 25th ult.,
are those of the Central Institution of the " City und Guilds
of London Institute for the Advancement of Technical Edu¬
cation." This Central Institution is designed both for a
Normal School for training instructors nnd teachers, and as
a kiud of University to preside over the different Technical
Schools und classes in Loudon und in provincial towns, to direct
and reward their studies, und to furnish higher scientific in¬
struction. The aggregate number of students who went up
for the technological examinations this year wus 3628, having
been 2322 in the year 1883, and 1563 the yeur before. The
cost of the new Central Institution exceeds £100,000, in great
part supplied by grants from the City Guilds, or Livery
Companies, out of their corporate revenues.
Tho building, which fronts the South Kensington Museum,
was designed by a well-known architect, Mr. Alfred Water-
house, A.It.A. The exterior, 300 ft. iu length, of a semi¬
classic character, freely treated, is of red brick with red
terra-cotta dressings. It is adorned with the arms of tho
principal manufacturing towns in the United Kingdom, dis¬
played in relief on its front. In the central gable, over
the main entrance, is a Gillett clock striking quarters on
three bells, und indicating the hours ou u gold mosaic
face. The building is, for the most part, live storeys iu
height. In tho basement; are mechanical workshops, three
lurge ones ut the back being top-lighted. The entrance-hall
is iu the centre of the building; and the visitor ascends by a
few steps to tho great corridor on the ground iloor, which
stretches from one end of the building to the other. Across
the corridor is the main staircase, double arcaded to the top,
the piers and balustrades being terra-cotta of a deep golden
colour. Mechanical class-rooms, physical class-rooms, a
museum for industrial apparatus, und a room for the teaching
of mathematics, are ou these lloora. There are idso two
large lecture-theatres, lighted from the sides; one for
chemistry, and the other for physics and mechanics. Ou
the first lloor, over the entrance, is a large reading-
room and library, with experiment-rooms und class-rooms.
The offices lor the administration are at the north end
of the building, terminating in the council-chamber, a
handsome apartment, on the walls of which it is proposed to
emblazon the arms of all tho Livery Companies. On the second
lloor an art-museum occupies the centre of the building, with
class-rooms and lecture-rooms on each hand. Tho principal
chemical class-rooms are over tho lurge lecture-theatres.
Ou the third lloor, above the art-museum, is a lurge
room, 67 ft. by 35 ft., with a fine semicircular roof,
for museum purposes. At one extremity of the build¬
ing is a lofty refreshment-room, for students and others,
with kitchens and larders adjoining. At the opposite end is a
large speciul laboratory, adjacent to tho general chemical
laboratories, which are over the chemical class-rooms. The
eutrance-hall and principal corridors have marble mosiac pave¬
ments. There are dinner nud cold lifts at one cud of the
building, and a large steam lift for bulky articles at the other.
The internal finishings are principally of deal, painted, tho
fireplaces uud chimney-pieces of glazed brick and stone. The
heating and ventiluting have been intrusted to J. L. Bacon and
Co. The ironwork lias been furnished by Messrs. W. II.
Lindsuy and Co. Mr. Henry Lovntt, of Wolverhampton, wus
the general contractor for the works.
MONTE CARLO.
On tho Comieho road of tlie Riviera, between Nice and
Mentone, is the small town of Monaco, the capital of a very
small nominal lTincipulity belonging to the ancient family of
Grimaldi, whose representative, Prince Florestan, in 1860,
sold his sovereign rights to tho Emperor Napoleon III. for
£120,000. The territory is therefore now under the jurisdic¬
tion of the French Republic, but the proprietorship of the
town remains with the Prince, who lias granted to M. Blanc,
formerly the head of the famous gaming establishment at Ilom-
bnrg, tho lease of a similar concern at Monte Carlo, erected
on a rocky and sandy promontory just outside the port of
Monaco; and large sums of money have been expended in
covering this pluce with fine buildings, hotels, lodging-houses,
aud villas, with the magnificent Casino, built in 1862, and
beautiful gardens uud terraces facing tho sea. Dr. J. H.
Bennett, the well-known Loudon physiciun who lias made liis
winter residence at Mentone these twenty-five years past, lias
described this place iu his agreeable und instructive book,
“ Winter aud Spring on tho Shores of the Mediterranean; ”
and in a recent letter to the l’nil Mull Gazette compluins of the
f iemicious influence of the Monte Carlo establishment, which
ic thinks ought to be suppressed by the authority of the
French Government. From Mentone, which is but live miles
distant, hundreds of visitors go there every day, und multi¬
tudes also from Nice, from Cannes, and even from San Remo
aud Genoa. Many of the invulids at Mentone, he says, “ lose
60 heavily at Monte Carlo, iu the early part of their stay,
that they have to live from hand to mouth during tho re¬
mainder; or, having come to tho Riviera to save life, uro
obliged in the winter to return home, to face diseuse und
perhaps death ; others send home again and ugaiu for money,
sell, mortgage, borrow, entirely neglect their health, spend
tho days and evenings in the close badly ventilated rooms,
and die before the end of the season. These votaries of
gambling are not necessarily the young and inexperienced;
they uro often middle-aged or" aged men and women,
uud noblemen, gentry, generals, colonels, barristers, or
S hysiciuns. The ruin that follows, bankruptcy, poverty,
ishonour, suicide, mostly fulls upon them at liomo; und if,
us is said, during the winter, about one suicide a week occurs
in und near Monaco, that is only a tithe of wluit occurs else¬
where through Monte Carlo.” He enters into a detailed
explanation which destroys the plea that has been advanced
in favour of public gaming-tables, as compared with privuto
club gambling. “ At a public gaming-table, the bank royalty
must inevitably ruin all wbo play constantly long enough to
have risked their capital thirty-six times, even if the playing is
carried on honestly. As the chances of the table are one in
thirty-six in favour of tho bunk, to gain annually nearly
£700,000, which it professes to do (17,000,000f.) t twenty-four
millions and a half sterling must have been staked on its
tables; must have been won and lost. The bank’s £700,000
profit is its royalty—at the rate of one iu thirty-six—oil this
enormous amount of money, which must, therefore, have been
played, loot, and won. If tho 17,000,000f. are tho profits
ufter deducting the very heavy expenses incurred by the
establishment, as I believe is the case, the amount actually
played must be much greuter.” It is observed, too, tluit
persons who have imbibed the love of gambling at a public
tublc soon resort to vurious privuto gaming-houses nnd clubs
which rise up in the neighbourhood. Dr. Bennett finally
pronounces Monte Carlo a most pestilential institution, and
ardently hopes thut it will be summarily abolished, without
giving uny compensation to the proprietors or to the Prince of
Monaco, llis remarks should, ut uny rate, obtain the serious
consideration of respcctublc English people.
JULY 10, 1884
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te Altt aflectlon*. Mo*t agreeable to u«e. 8c '
vetcraie?
Sold everywhere.
gULPlIOLINIC LOTION.—An external
"^aiNum d*vOBrit'k •kjn d!»«uw. Thera li wordy any
fL p i K 'a.' ,,t o l ] f ‘"•ULPHOLINK and commence '
H M'liV ’I IsA aHiui( Id m,tr» tliau a*»..s.l l.l_.. <..!>. _
** Obire than a.toni-idng."Ordinary'pImpTej;
I”!' *• U . by niiiglc. It destroy, the
.... . .. "y allectlon!. and ensure*
.'ln-mlsts. Bottles, if. lid.
....... o.vtvine. iiun iniiirii n« It IIT I
animulcula. which caWse the*e unsightly
a smooth, door, healthy skin. Sold by Clu
TTEATING’S POWDER,--Kills bugs,
Jv inotJia. ftw*. and all Insects lierfeotly unrivalled).
II trmlraabi everything hut Insert*. Tins, Cil. and ll.
NIlltsK EDDA'S HAIIY S<HITHER Is unequal In relieving
Inhiiits from gri|a-*. wind, colic. Guarauteeil no narcotic lau
absolutely sufu ciUXu.
I*. |sir Pottle. Free. >i stnm)Hi.
TIIGMAS KEATING. St. I'aul'., Londom
JHE GREAT SALE
pETER ROBINSON’S
MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
REGENT-STREET.
; A GENUINE REDUCTION
-£-a- in «|| Department*.
for tbo JULY MALE.
AT ANTLES.
A^A The Rich and Handsome M*ntlo*for
which our House ihnids pre-eminent havo all bean
onnslderuldy reduced.
Jacket* of Various Material*.
Waterproof Travelling Cloak*, tha New Goodwood Waterproof,
. beat Jacket* and Paletot*. Fur-Lined Cloak*.
Natural Fur Cape# of varlou* kind*.
( 10STUMES.
Useful and Fatliinnabln Costnmes
are ranked down to very low price*.
In Silk, Lace, Grenadine. Merveillcux. bunih. Cashmere,
. hmutlfully carols
lu Black, Urey*, and Neutral Shade*.
T)Y THE YARD.
A> Rich and excellent wearing
Black Silk*. Merveilleux. surah, batln*. Velvet*. Gauze, to
1)LACK MATERIALS.
A) One of the Largest block* In London,
aud tlio luokt varied. AII reduced In price.
ALSO
17ANCY GINGHAMS, Printed Cambrics,
A Zephyr loiwn*. Ac.
Parasols, Gloves, Hosiery, Fichus. Underclothing. Ac.
A LL MOURNING ARTICLES
YX AkE CONSIDERABLY REDUCED.
ATOURNING ORDERS
J-’A during tho BALE
... " !i! rec * ,T ® * he "* UBl careful and jipim)>t attention.
1 ravelling AuistauU are always kept III re adme** U> proceed
at once to any part of tlio Country
(no matter the distance) with Goods, and to take orders.
TNEXPENSIVE MOURNING, ids well as
A the Richest Qualities. 1* supplied,
on ddvaiitagcou* terme,
to Famllle* and their berv*ut*.
pETER J^OBINSON’S
COURT AND GENERAL MOURNING
WAREHOUSE.
230. REGENT-STREET. LONDON.
A NNUAL S U M M E R SAL E,
-cl- REGENT HOUSE.
J. ALLISON »nd CXI. beg reapectfully to announce tliot llielr
Summer bale, at greatly reduc-d price*, ha* now commenced.
All Fancy Goods, Including O.tumr.. Mantle*. Fancy Dre»*
yiatrriab, Paratula, Trlnimmc*. and Inco Good*, are marked at
nn price* a* to effect a .|ivdy clearance, hpecial ntteiition I*
directed to a parrel of ballu Merveilleux ami burat bilk* *t
1*. II(d. a yard, the cheapest over ortcred. Very rich Ottoman
bilk* at Us. lipl.. worth «•. (id. A manufacturer's stock of Block
Hroch4 bilk* at u. Il|d., very cheap: Mla-k aral ( ohm rod Uruche
Velvet* *t iff. 1 Id., WortJi from I2-. ml. In la*, ml. a yard.
Regent House. XU.MO, and 242. Regent-Urect. W.
C HI RTS. — FORD’S EUREKA SHIRTS.
O Great Iniprovrinenta have beeen made In tlie maiinftKdiire
of Font’s Eureka blurt*, celebrated fur llielc aupenOf lilting.
Six for .KM.. 4c*.,4fi*.,*eut by parcel* post tier to four dixr.'Write
for Illu*tra!ed >elf-nie**iiri. and all particular* rice by post.
It. FOBD and CO.. SI, Poultry, Loudon. N
a^GIDIUS.—Tlie only FLANNEL SHIRTS
-a -» 2 that never shrink In washing—m* If washed KO tlmbs.
Mud- III mixrel colour*, grey*, drub*, brown*. Ac.. 13s. wl. : thre e
for:»». hd.. by parcel* i«*t paid. Write for patteru* *nd wtf.
mciroirc. To Lo had only of If. FORD and CO., 11, Poultry.
London.
'POUND, an Address of the Oldest-
A Kataldielird BIIYBRMof LEFT-OFF0LUTUC3.Jewell' ry,
Ac. Ap|i>iiiitim<nt*iiiaibi. Mr. and Mn.PHII.Lll'S.Ordt.'urloaUy
Shop, HI, Th*yer-*t.. MancJio*ter-*i|.. Londoiy W. Coru«r *liop.
TTEAL and SON’S A 1
~ NEW SPRING MATTRESS.
(A* Exhibited at the Health Eihlhltiun.) V
Warranted good and *ervlc«able at a very mudvrate price.
3ft.. 'A(a.: 3ft. Hin.. Sin .; 4 ft.. »ia.; 4ft.«In., in*.
A CaUlugneof BwUtindjMid Furulturc. with roo Deiigus.and
Price-List of Bedding, free, by i«'*t. X >
Ido to lire. TO'rr BN If AM-COU UT-ROAD, W. \/
T7IRST-CLASS - FURNITURE. Lowest
A Prices. Newest UARPtefa. SILKS. DUESSES. Ac.
I'ntlerm oral parcel* Free.
T. VENABLES aud SONS. Wjiltecllapel. Uralon. E.
T)E YOUR OWN LANDLADY.—WHY
J) PAY IIINP for PUHN'ltdlkl> APAIITMENT8? When
you ran get your lltil'bB ami AI'AKTMK.M S FIJ11 Mbit ED by
PAYING WEEKLY l.isTAl.MEXTb, by winch M-tlnol tlio
Furulliire breumra your owu l nju rty. Then, un tlio other
haul, living III Finiiiali*d lb.ii*-.-r Booms, you *rere>utliiuaily
paying large auuisof mnury, and the good* never become y..ur
own. liesMea Aha*bnoyanM of lielng cou.laully Ireuildeil with
landladies. For further particular*, apply parentally to
DAVIS and CO.. Cxinpb-la ll-Uae Kurulahera.
233,232,237. afid 'Aid, Totteuliaiu-cuiirt-r-nd (Oxlonl-*treet end).
rpo BE LET ON LEASE, OR SOLD,
JL THE WABKEN. LANCING, pleasantly situated near
the Sea. eight mile* west of Brighton, two mile* east of
Worthing- lour bitting-room*, eight Bed-reom*. Hath-remm.
braiding for three liorar*.Coafli-liniiM. tan acre* of Garden, and
Paddock. Rant £101.—Apply to HUDSON STUCK PEN STONE,
Laucing, Slrorrhaiii.
^RELO All’S
J} RUSSELS QARPETS.
BEST QUALITY,
EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS,
LOWEST PRICE.
^ R E L 0 A R and g 0 N S,
JQUDGATE.UILL.
GliATEFUIi—COJIKORTING.
•• lly a thorough knowledge of Uie natural
laws which govern the o|mratiun* of dlgulhm
1 1 T» a • si “'id nutrition, anil br a careful application of
1 1 A D O tlia line pniiNTtlra of well-selectcd Cocoa. Mr.
J Klip* has provided our breakfast table* with a
iluiicntely-llatournl beverage which may *nv*
IIS many heavy doctors' bill*. It l! by the
Judicious use of »uch article* Of diet Uiat a
(BREAKFAST) c..m.Htutlnn may 1« gradually built up until
strong enough to re»l»t every Umdency to
disease. Hundred* of subtle maludte* are
(bating around ns roadr to attack wherever
C fif'fl I there Is a Weak (mint. We may rHCafw many
^UUA, „ f„tal slmltby keeplngoiirselveiwell fortlHe.1
with pure blravd and n properly iiourlthod
frame.”-Clvn Service Gaxvttc.
Made simply with boiling water or milk.
Sold In Packet* (and Tins, Jib. and I lb., for Export), labcllod,
JAMES EPPS and CO.. HOMtKOPATHIO CHEMISTS.
Also Maker* of EPI’S'S CHO COLATE ESSENCE.
n’OWLE’S PENNYROYAL find STEEL
1 PILLS for FEMALES. Sold In Boxer. I*. Hd. and
3*. UiL.or nil Chemist*. SG-nt anywhere oil recrlpt of IA or Jl
■temps by the maker, K. T. ToWI.E, Chemist. Nottingham.
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
A EXHIBITI ON. LONDON.
Patron—Her Mujesli THE OL'EEN.
Prerident-H U.U. THE PRINCE OK WALES. K.O.
HEALTH.
Food, Dick, tlio Dwelling, tlio School, and the Workshop.
EDUCATION.
Apparatus used lu Primary, 'Technical, and Art 8chooli.
Fresh and Sea Water Aquarium, al at tlie Fisheries Exhibition.
Free Library on*l llrading-Room.
TWO MILITARY BANDS.
FRENCH ENGINEERS, Conductor, Mon*, fin star Wetter.
GRENADIER GUARDS, .. Mr. Dan. Godfrey.
Concert* will be glteu In the Royal Albert Hall twlco a week,
at Seven p.m.
Organ Recital* dally In the Albert llall- Special Evening Fite*
cm Wednesdays and Saturday*.
Tlie Garden! ami Building* are In the Evening Illnmlnsted
with Variegated Lamp*. JaiMiieto Lantenis, and Electric Light.
Ol’EN DAILY, from Ten a.m. to Ten p.m.: on Satnrilays
till Eleven p.m. Admission. One Shilling on every Week Day.
except on Wediir**la/*, when It ll open till Eleveu p.tn., aud tlio
uiluiix.lon Is 1*. r»l.
F**r farther detail* »ee Ix*ndon d»l|y paper*.
Season Ticket*, price £1 I*., may bo obtained on application to
ir City Oflloe*. W, Great Wlnehrster-rtreet. l*mdou-wall: at the
' lllon.”.
Kxlllb 1
Railway Bookstalls, and tlie Libraries.
D K - D
E
O N G H’S
C
THE
C ANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY,
THE ONLY DIRECT ROUTE TO
M anitoba and the Canadian
NOR TH-W EST.
Till* route I* not only the
SHORTEST end MOeT DIRECT, hut also tho CHEATEST
and MOST COM roITTABLE.
BE SURE AND BOOK BY IT.
For farther information apply b> any Ob-nm-tlilpAgent, nnil
for Map*. Pamphlet*, and the fullest particular* about tho
country (free ol charge), apply either i*er»<m»lly or by letter to
ALEXANDER IIEGG,
Canadian paclhc Railway Office*,'
W, Cauiiou-rtrcot, Louden, E C.
B ank of new Zealand.
(Incorporated by Act of General A-wmbly. July 23.18B1.)
Bankers to the New Zealsml Government.
Capitallulucril^il and paid up. ll.uuu.ww.
Ibwerva Fund. DOA.ixio.
Head Office—Auckland. -^ /
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES. /
In Australia— Mellourue, Sydney, Newcastle, sod Adelaide.
In Fiji—la-vuka. Suva.
luNew7.rahind—Auckland, Blenheim. Cliriatchurrh. I'll mSlin,
Invercargill.Napier,Nelsoo. Ne*r IMyuuoitli. Plcbm.WelliugLou,
andatns other bran* ami places tliroughouttlie (Adnny./ /
Tlili Bank granL Draff*-its all ita Brisnchea amt Agrnrle*.
and trannai-t* every deoulptlon of banking butlneai eOupecled
with New Zealand, Australia, and FIJI ch tho mast favourable
term*. x_,-
The Ikindon Office RECEIVES FIXED I>F.I'0SIT8nf tM and
upwards. niUaaud p«rtii ular*nf wldih om be ascertained on
application. F. Kanxwmirfiv. .ManagingDirector.
No. 1. Queen Vlctorla-strfeVJlalilhiji House. KG.
•VTATIONAL stock exchange,
XI 110. CANNON -STREET. LONDON. K.C.
STOCKS nr .' IIA ll K-lla-nght or *oM St tape pi ices.
N'oConimiuhm or Br»keyagr rhare.-d.
Speculative aixutinta otyncdfruur i per cent cover.
With no further liability.
Difference wttle.1 dully. \
OPTIONS gran Hal at tape price*.
Special ndviuitnge* oilernl to Investor*,
tlio* market price* giiaiantcial.
f\Onler* by poM or telegram have Immediate attention.
Coupon# cadied (>efnre>hry aro due.
Money lulvnlioeil otrSba-k* and Share*.
larjHMIiiiidlisuvWltll both tape* *nd
Trleplmiivs fnr th« free use of client*.
Prospectus ami Oilvlco fnrwanle.1 gratis, by the proprietor*.
A. S. COCHRANE and SONS,
' stockbroker* and Dealer*.
f* 4, CORNHILL.—PERILS ABOUND ON
W EVERY SIDE! THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS AS¬
SURANCE COMPANY Insures against Accident* of all Kinds—
OIL Laud or Water, and ha* the largest invested Capital amt
Income, nml Pay* Yaarly the largest Amuiiut of Coiuie usatlou
uf any Accidental AMuraiuufonipany. Apply.the loxai Agent*;
or %\e*t-End Office. #. Grand Hotel Building*, Charlug-cros*;
or at Head Office. W. J. Vlax. Sec.
TV)VERCOURT.—The CLIFF HOTEL,
\L// charmingly situated on high dill* facing tho German
Ocean. Hedecurated anil rafornlshal throngluiut. and muler
eid I rely new muuagemeut. Beautiful era pnmiemwle and «pa,
with reading and miuio room*. Lnwu-tcnul* couru. billiard*,
Ac. Jloderate tenn*.
Friday to Tuesday return ticket*. 12s. 6d., first da**.
Apply b> 3l*u*g, rea*.
T INCOLN’S-INN HERALDIC OFFICE,
J-J Estaldlsheil Id Yean.
Only A wurd for Heraldic Paintlnr
and Seal Engraving, Paris, ISIS,Clou XL, Urlt.Sec.
PUGH BROS.’ ROYAL HERALDIC NOTE.
A Tiro no plus ultra of writing |«1*T. Ia Cream anil Pule Blue
s. aseoited tints. 2s. mb; by parcel* in»t, *3*!
and Relief Stamping. MONOGRAM DIES.
(g l*|>er. Ia Cream and Pule Bine
Sample Box. containing piper and
post, -
I ?0R FAMILY ARMS (Lincoln’s-inn
Heraldic office) send Name and Coanty. Sketch, 3*. nd.;
nurs, 7s. ftl. Anns Painted, and Engraved nil Srals.Dk-s,
i-PLATES. Ac. GruuUof Arm*.-PUMII BROS.
PUGH BROS.—VISITING CARDS. Name
ate eugrai ed In any style amt tfsi best 1 very Cards. «*. ikl.;
ditto, lb. id. Invitations, Mrniia, Bull Pr.-crniiiines. Ac.
Solid Id-Carat Signet Ring*. 42a., «¥., 5T*.0d., and upwanu.
Corporato Seal* and
PUGH BROS., HERALDIC ARTISTS, &c.
JL Hlnstmtnl Price-List on niijilleatl.m.
Addrrsaes: GREAT TUIlNsTII.K. f-INOOI.N'8-INN ;
-li. QUEEN VlOTOitIA-STIIEET, CITY.
ODRIGUES’ ^MONOGRAMS,
ARMS. CORONET, CREST, and ADDRESS DIES
Engraved a* Gem* froin Original and Artistic Design*.
NOTE-PAPER and ENVELOPES, brilliantly Illuminated by
hand In Gold. Silver. Uruiixe, and Colours.
BEST RELIEF STAMPING, any eolonr. la. per 1(0.
HERALDIC ENG HAVING, PAINTING, and 11XUMINAT1NG.
All the New and Fiuhioiiable Noto-Fapera.
BALL PROGRAMMES, BILLS OK FARE. GUEST CARDS,
WEDDING CARDS. INVITATIONS, and BOOK PLATES.
A VISITING CARD PLATE elegantly
engraved.and luo CARDS Printed, for <*. M.
RODRIGUES, 42, PICCADILLY, LONDON.
'\7TTREMANIE. — An easy and inexpensive
V method of decorating window* In churche*. public build¬
ings, and private house*, by which may bo prudacad tho rich
colouring ami beanUful designs rejual In appearance to real
klalnnl glass. Handbook of Designs and fnll Instructions, It. Id.
IhirUcnlar* post-free. Window* decorated to onler from St. iier
foot. Sol# inveiitort. J. BARNARD and SON. 233. Oxlurd-
street. Imidou. W.
PNAMEL COLOURS, GUTTA PERCTIA,
AJ and every reiiulslte lor luiltutlug Dresden China.
List* free.
J. BARNARD and SON.2-U.0xfonb«treet. W.
PENZINE C0LLAS
JL) CLEANS GLOVES.
GLEANS GLOVES.
CLEANS GLOVES.
BENZINE C0LLAS
CLEANS DRESSES.
CLEANS DRESSES.
CLEANS DRESSES.
PENZINE C0LLAS
-D REMOVES TAR. OIL.
BENZINE COI.LAS
PAINT. GREASE.
REMOVES T VRl 011.1 PAINT. GREASE,
FROM FURNITURE. CLOTH. Ac.
PENZINE COLL AS, BENZINE COLLAS.
J-) See tho word COLLAR on tho label.
See tlie word COLLAS on tlie Cop.
PENZINE COLLAS, BENZINE COLLAS.
-I) Sold everywhere, dd.. Is., ami Is. Al. per Bottle.
Agent*: J. SANGER and SONS, 1st*,Oxfvrd-rtreet, W.
(KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM,
KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HOKOUB)
J^IGUT-JjUOWN
D - L 1 v E R 0 1 L.
THE PUREST. THE MOST EFFICACIOUS.
THE MOST PALATABLE. THE MOST DIGESTIBLE.
Proved by thirty years' medical experience to ho
THE ONLY COD-LIVEU OIL
which produces tlie full curative eOecte In
CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST,
THROAT AFFECTIONS, GENERAL DEBILITY,
AND WASTING DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
gELECT MEDICAL OPINIONS.
SIR G. DUNCAN OTTO, Bart., M.D.,
I’li j siUiiii tv the Westminister Uuspitai.
value or Dr. DE JONGH’S
UGUT-BROWN C0D-L1VBK 01La*aUiera-
peilllc agent In a number of di*ea*e*,chlcl!y of an
cvli.iu-t.T0 character, has been adnutlad by tbo
--- Wbrldof mediclue; but. m addition. I have found
/ _ It a remedy of great |wwer In tho treatment "t
many Atfectloiis of the Throat and Inrynx,
„ e*ii.clally In Consumption of tlie Istter, wlicro ll
will sustain life whrn everything else toll*.”
DII. SINCLAIR COGIHLL,
Pii>»lclan Rorhl National Hospital for Consumption, Ventnor.
“ r
I have convinced myself tl
A and the various form* of
DE JONUII'S 1.IGIIT-
tliat in Tubercular
Strumous Disease, Hr.
■ _ _ BllulVN COD.LIVER
GIL possesses greater therapeuticellirary than
any other Cod-Liver Oil with which 1 am
ac<|uatnUsl. It waa esjiecUlly noted. In ■ large
nuiiiberof case* In which tlie patients protest. .!
they had never been able to retain or digrstotlier
Cod-Liver Oil, that Dr. DE JONGH'S OIL «n
imt only tolerated, hut taken readily, and with
marked benefit."
DR. HUNTER UESIPLE.
Physician Hospital lor Dlieaaesof the Throat and Oiert.
I have long been aware of the great
reputation enjoyed by tlie LIGHT-BUUWN
CUD-LIVER GIL introduced Into medical prac-
tlca by Dr. DE JONGli.and haverecommriidvd
ll with the utmost coulldcnce. I have no tiesi-
ta tluii III sbitiug my opinion, that it possesses nil
Wic ii .ill ties of » good and eniclcut luedieimv It*
taste Is by no mean, disagreeable,and luiglitevrii
bo cal led pleasant, lliavefoiind Dr. DE JuNUH'3
GIL very useful In ca*e* of Clironlc Cough, and
es|>ecla|[y In Laryngeal Disease complicated with
Consumption."
JOSEPH J. POPE, Esq., M.R.C.S.,
Late Statl-surg.. Army. Prof, of U/gtcue, Birkbock lu»tltatlon.
I found during my Indian experience
tliattlm worth and character of Dr. DE JONGII 3
LIOlir-BIIOWN COD-LIVER GIL remained uu-
cliauged by tropical heat or foreign climate, and
It Was. flora Its uniformity of character, particu¬
larly adapted tor Imig-routiuued administration.
The value of 'hydro-carbon•' lu all debllluted
state* of thesystein I* now becoiiilnctliiirotighly
recogiilneal; and It la. without doubt, from the
animal oil* and fata, rather than from their vege¬
table substitute*, that we may hope b> derive tlie
•nrest lament. TheOil of Dr. DK JONGII place.
In everyone's reach a reliable and valiubleremedy,
be too widely recognised."
one Uiatciuinot l
DR. DE JONGH’S LIGHT-BROWN COD-LIVER OIL
l**old ONLY In capsuled iMrsuisi. Ilalf-Plnt*. u. “d.; PlnU,
**. lid.; Quarts, 'J*. ; by all Chemist* aud Druggist* iu the World.
SOLE CONSIGNEES,
ANSAR, HARFORD, and CO.,
210. HIGH HOLl!(>UN, LONDON.
Citmox.—Reject subatltates oO'eml solely for extra profit.
'THROAT AFFECTIONS, COUGHS, uiid
A COI.DS ere Immediately relieved by Dll. LOCOCK h
PLLMONIC WAFERS. Notuing else give* such a sound
refrislung night'* rest. They U*te pleasantly.
WHAT IS YOUR CREST and WHAT
' *_Id YOUR MOTTO? bend name and county to
Ctfl.r.EToN'S lieimldlc Office. Plain bkets'h. S* nd.; colour*, 7*.
The arms of man ami wife blended. Crest engraved on *eal»,
ring*. Isioks. and steel die*, re. rtd. Gold aral. with crest, 3*.
Solid Gold Ring. IN-carat, Hall-m*rke<l, wlfb civet. 42*. Manual
of Heraldry. 40n EngraTlngs. 3*. ad.— T. CULL ETON. X, Cruu-
bourn-street (corner or bt. Martla’a-laue).
riULLETON’S GUINEA BOX o»
'-' STATIONERY contains* Ream of tho very boat Paiier ana
Enrelo]Mw. all stamped In tho most elegant way with ( rc.-k
and SlotUi. Momwreni. or Addm*. and tlio engraving of *i,»v
Die Included, bent to any |>«rt for P.O. onler.— T. CULLEToN
25, Cranbouru-stroct (Oorut-r of bt. Martiu's-Uno).
X/TSITING CARDS by CULLETON.
V Fifty beat qimlity. 2*. M.. (aat-free, including til*
Engraving of Copper-plate. Welding Card., fin each. .'*• Kura
luu.it Envelop,**, with Malden Nome, 13s. nd.— T. CULLEToN
Seal Engraver, 23, C ran bourn-street, bt. Martln's-laue, W.C.
0 s
MONDAY, the 21st inst., uud followiug
(limited) Doy*.
AY’S PERIODICAL SALE.
N OTICE.—Owing to a great pressure of
business. Messrs. .1A Y hove lieeh unable t-- mike all earlier
arrangement inr Uielr PERIODICAL SALE: but they will b«
able, on MONDAY NEXT, the 21st Ind.. r<-oiler the following
fi*cliiiiiin!ilv mid useful romp, ncnl parti of a well-dressed Lady's
IfeyierU'lrv, at marvellously nvlucrd price*.
pOST U M E S.— F It E N CII MODEL
Vr' COSTUMES, made by Worth. Plngat. and other*, redd
during the MIC. m at from Du to tM guineas each, now reduced to
23 and an guinea* each.
4 VARIETY of SILK COSTUMES,
J k 1 guineas each, including sufficient Silk for a Bodice mu-
C 1RENADINK COSTUMES, from 1 guinea,
VA Including sufllclrnt for a Bodice (unmade).
'TRAVELLING and SEASIDE COSTUMES,
A made up lu the best taste aud excellent materials. £1 lfo.Vd.
ANTLES.—LACK MANTLES, price
--n)guinea*, late 2i* guinea*:.did Paris Mmlel Mantle* of
all kinds, aspaclully Otlomnu, BldUenne. *ml Gaum Velvet*
of the best models aud ueweat j>atleru*. profiortlouately clump.
M
1)LACK SILKS of every description reduced
-I) In price. Including Ljoua Figured bilk*, at i». *d. per
yard,
'THE BLACK STUFF DEPARTMENT,
1- comprising every f.isblunalde and useful fabric suited for
tho present and the Doming season, reduced lu price*.
INCIDENTAL MILLINERY, HOSIERY
A COLLARS. CUFFS. GLOVRB. nml all articles of a light
description will be offered at reduced price*.
A rOURNING ORDERS will be attended
J-'A to as usual.
"VTOTICE.—As the quantities are limited, no
J. 1 goods specially named In till* announcement can be tout
OU approbation.
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THE LONDON GF.NF.nAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 19, 1881
NEW MUSIC.
rillAPPELL and CU.’S New and Popular
Kj songs.
MOTHER (in C, D, and E). Words by
iU F. K. Weatherly. I* T»k*TL
J^T VESPERS. P. TOSTI.
VESPERS (in four keys). P. TOSTI.
W HERE MEMORY DWELLS. ISIDORE
D8 I.AH A.
Trie# 2*. each net. f •>«»«* _
OHArr*LL»ndCo..So, NewBond-street. WandlS.Ponlt ry.E C.
/CHAPPELL and CO.'S New and Popular
V DANCE MUSIC.
JpAHRWOHL. New Waltz. C. LOWTHIAN.
rj^OI SEULE. New Valse. L. WHEELER.
gEA BREEZE POLKA. L. WHEELER.
J^JON AMOUR WALTZ. BUCALOSSI.
P AND 0. POLKA. BUCALOSSI.
• Price2a. each net. poategofrec-wn
CaArrci.i. and Co..ao.Ne w HondstrectTw ; snd IS. 1 onltry. E C.
/"IHAPPELL and CO. have ou view every
AV description of PIANOFOUTKS by the *n»*iei^re-
turned from hire, to be SOLD At crenlly rrdnc-d price! for cash,
or ujsy he purehssed on the riirv»-\e*n* ...
CHAVPKLL PIANOFORTES, from 13guineas.
OOLIAHl) PIANOKOHTEH. from .-Urulnenfc
EBAItll PI A XO FOSTER. frens 13 guiusa*._
BBOADWOUD PIANu FtiSTES, from 33 guine a*.
/CHAPPELL and CO’S STUDENT’S
VV PIANOrt)BTE8. from i cgulnasa- _
/“1HAPPELL and CO.’S PIANINOS,
V7 with Check Action, from 2J guineas- _
riHAPPELL and CO.’S IRON-FRAMED
OBLIQUE »nd COTTAGE PIANi IFOIIT'ES for Ocean
Steamers end Extreme Ulmatsa. fr om 33 to U, gurnets. __
pHAl’PELL and CO. have on View Grand
V Pianoforte* from* to MO guinea*.
30, New Bond-street; and 13. Poultry. __
T MEAN TO WAIT FOR JACK!. Song.
1 COnFORD IlICK. »• net.
C YNTIIIA. A right merric dauce.
MICHAEL WATSON. 2a net.
/BROWNING THE SEASONS. Song.
J. L ROECKEL. I».net.
/CHILDREN’S VOWS. Song.
KJ COTS FORD DICK. 2». net.
Bodxbt Coat* and Co.. New Burlington street. London. W.
NOTICE I
W MORLEY and CO. (the Publishers of
• "Laddie" end Clro Ptnanti'f newest end greatest
•nrcetw*) her to announce that they have fortunately 'retired
Soman utcripte of the following prettv New Song*, which wUl
be Teodrfar Issueon Monday.A uk. 11. l"t .—
PATIENCE REWARDED. By Cl HO PI N8CTI.
THE OONOIIEBORS. . »y THJtO. BONUBUB.
TILL THE .BREAKING OF THE DAY. Bvl'INSUTI.
DOLLY'S REVENUE. By HENRY PONTBT.
Key* for all Voice*. Order everywhere. « »t«mpi each.
W. MoxtrT and Co.. M3. Regcnt-st.. W.: and.o. Lpper-st- V
Beady thl* day,
F. H. COM ES S NEW SONG.
A LONG THE SHORE. Words by
Clifton Bingham.
A LONG THE SHORE. Music by
F. II. COWEJS. wtll|
Composed far And sum? by Mis* Anna \\ illlanu.
Published In lour key*. Net a*.
BiouRiu, *.1U. llcijcut-ftrrct, V/.
pHARLES HALLfe’S PRACTICAL
W PIANOFORTE SCHOOL.
New Edition the two First Sartlon*enlarged.
CHARLES HALLE^H NEW PIANOFORTE falTOB.
The be*t and raort tiwfnl Tutor ever published.
Four Til l!u.-TH«*», 272*. ll-gent-rlrcos. London; and
la and 124, Deallocate. Manchester. _
E HARDS’ PIANOS.—Messrs. ERARD, of
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Pari*. Maker* b> her Majesty and the Prince ami Prinress of
Wale* CAUTION the public that Pianofortes are being told liear-
Inc the name of " Krard " which are not of their manuf.rtnre.
For Information a* to authenticity apply at 18, Great Marl-
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I JUARDS’ PIANOS. — COTTAGES, from
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OBLIQUES, fnm 83 guinea*.
UBANDS, from 123 guinea*.
■PIANOFORTES for HIRE or for SALE,
A from W guinea* upward*.—JOHN' BROAD WOOD and
SON'S, si, Great Pulleney-street. Golden-square, W. Manu¬
factory. 43, Uorreferry-road. Wretrain*ter.
D 'ALMAINE’S PIANOS Half Price, from
fi t. D ALMAISK’8 AMERICAN ORGANS from £3. All
....'—free, and all rilk
ill comp***, warranted fur ten year*; earrl
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Ul unrated I Ltmogires post-free.
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M E A RS and. s TAINBA N K,
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\ Founder* of man y itLUr-
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..
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y.EWEL ROimElilES PREVENTED.
V J; TAN NS ANlfHlrtl liEI.IANOE 8AK1S have never
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44rv*-)l‘ *ntilif Safe*. £3 3.. Let* tree.—II. Nowgato-rtreet. E.C.
f ROWLANDS’ KALYDOR cools and
IV rvfre.hr. the face, hand*, and arm* of ladle* playing
l»wn-tvLul*. txfntin|t, yachting, and all exposed t» the heteun
and duet ; it <rad|c«los fri cklee, Un. aunbum. rtlngs of luaCCI*,
Ac., and nroilucreft beautiful and delicate complexion.
The Oobfvtouce I* now the (kllM topic.
Tile theme of convert, tlon day and night.
Amuelng o rn the meek nn.l miennlhroplc.
While all the Journal* on tha Conference write.
But ah, It need* no ('.inference of nation*
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I* for the .kin the lie*t of preparation*.
And thankfully I* u*ed In every land.
■ROWLANDS’ KALYDOR has on
-I-V Bottle a Ad. Government Stamp to prevent fraud,
be nbtrtin.d e T *ry where. A*k for ROWLANDS', of »,
I everywhere.
gai'din. L'ndon.
the
nd can
Hat to u-
NEW MUSIC.
CIGURD. Grand Opera, in Four Acts,
0 by BEYER. I'arf'irinrd with the greeted pne.ih'.e euc-
oea* in llrua-ele and at the Royal ltd »n Ojiera. Now ready, the
complete ti|>eru, with Italian Word*, price 12*.; iiluo Cramer'*
B-- k» of Aire, pno* 2*. each; and Lmn-the'* Sigurd Wallx,
price 2*.
Booaur and On.. *v>. Hcgent-etrr't: aad
CuirrxLL anil Co.. 30, New Doud-atreet.
MUSIC FOR THE SEASIDE.
CAVENDISH MUSIC BOOKS.
Price 1* each—Boo**» and Ik).. London.
To be had of every Mnucaeller In the United Kingdom.
JIIE
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THIS COULD ONLY BE.
-L Song by tlie Compowr of " Daddy." 'llil* day. Frlee 2*.
Hooexv and Co.. 20. Itcgent-atreet.
r FHE MOST SUCCESSFUL SONGS 01
A. THE DAY.
gWINGING. By CECILE HARTOG.
■J^EVER TO KNOW. By MARZIALS.
JQADDY. By BEUREND.
QNLY r ONCE MORE. By F. L. MOIR.
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T\tiRNER and SOnN’S PIANOFORTES.
±J WH.E AGENTS.
BOOSEY aud CD.. LONDON.
(Stuttgarti. thopunilOl* invitea to uiapcct nn-ee In«i.riiui‘’i
which will be found 10 compete mint favourably with any otl
l'iauofortea either In tone, workmanship, or price. L'«ta
app lotion.—HOOSEY anil 0O..2U3. Regent-rtreet. London.
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T) OR WICK’S BAKING POW D E R.
A) For BREAD. Far ruperior to
B orwick’s baking powr —
For CAKES. Sabre egg* and butter.
B ORWICK’S BAKING POWI
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not grey, lyneduaiied »• n dn ulng. It camea growth,
falling, and U’n use delicti dul.-cth'ii. The moat barml
effectual restorer ejLnt Onc trlal will convince It
eiiiial. Price lli go,, of all Ch*ml*t* and Halrdrereer*. Te*-
timonlal* free. A.-.nt*. K. HOVENDKN and SONS, London.
and Chemist* throughout the world.
HOVKNDEN and 80N8. I»ndon.
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priuclpai !'
■' The Mexican Hair Renewer, for It will losltively real
every case Grey or White Hair to lie original colour. *i
h-atlng the disagreeable amell of most " Ite*toien. ' It
thehklr charmlugly l>e*ui Iful. a* well ae promoting the growtn
of the fialr on bald .pot*, where the glands are not decayed.
"The Mexican Hair Renewer" I* tola by CbemUU and P*r-
I amors everywhere. *t S*. <d. per Bottle.
cleanse* partiaiiy-aecaywi iceni non; ™ ... ...
"anlmaleiilai," leaving them |H»rly white. Imlwrtlng a delight¬
ful fnigrance to the breath. The Fragrant. Florllln* remove*
everywhere, at 2*. 6d. i>er
rry. ho!
r Bottle.
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Vy FOB HEART
TTOLLOWAY’S PILLS and OINTMENT.
LL The Pills purify the blo>sl. <erru;t all dl*oider* of the
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In the cure of ba.1 leg*, old wound*, gout. *nd rheumatism.
DLAI R’S
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OOUT AND RHEUMATISM.
Snre. safe, and effectual, No rretralnt
of diet required during na*.
All Chemiit*. at It. IJd. and 3m. #d. per
Box.
A IX-LES-BAINS.—Cercle d’Aix-les-Bains.
superb theatre Concert, had. card, ami billiard saloon*.
Military band*, fete* Italian end French Op4ra-Uomlqua.
Bymphnny e>uicerU. conducted by E. Colonne.__
A IX-LES-BAINS.—Grand HStel Europe.
One of tiie most renowned In Europe. Patrouleed by the
English elite. JMliuuuy chamber*. Largi'canlen*; lawn-tennla.
Banned table. liriiysu coxi. Proprietor.
A MPHION-LES-BAINS.—Grand Hotel,
-CX Luke Genov*. Carbonated FrrruglipiUi Wotara. Knglltli
doctor. Steamer*between E» Ian and Ouchy. Hotel Bus gratis.
Balls. Caamos.Ac. Prop..O.Oopia>rr
•1 ouchy.
t. of III’,to
1 lk-.su Site. Cannh*.
T)ADEN-BADEN.—Hotel de la Cour do
1) llade. A flrrt-rate and larg* Establishment, with extensive
garvlens. Warm, mineral, and other Baths. (Not t» bo con¬
founded with hotel facing tho station.)—F. Zigacis. Manager.
T)ADEN-BADEN. — Hfitel Victoria—First
class. Beautifully situated nearest the Conversation llou*0
and Fredericks bod. .Sanitary arrangement, perfect. Accom¬
modation superior. Modcrato charges.—F. Gnosuoux. Propr.
TJRUGES. — HOtel de Flandre. Established
-IJ English reputation. Visitor* are eautioned against being
conducted t» a house of *imilnr name faring tlie railway station.
Rhino and Moselle wlnfil for exportation.—UsssxL, Proprietor.
T) RUSSELS. — Hotel de l’Univers. Agree -
D able central situation. Firat-claf* house, sparlousand airy,
with exit to New Boulevard. Every comfort; eXC«Ilent cookery;
*ii|ierlor wines; moderate price*.—SonoKrrrxu-Witirrj. ITopr.
p RINDELWALD. — HOtel de l’Aigle-
\J Nolr. Old estahllshe.1 family house. Pens! n from? francs.
Horse* to tho two Glaciers—guides umiccea-ary. Sir. &r*ciiLi-
Foaaxa Is proprietor of tho II3tcl de* Alpc*. Menton. x—
11 EIDELBERG. — Hotel Prince Charles am
-A-L BcbloM.—Fint-cln**. nearest sod finest view of the
Castle. Same house, H6tel du Pavilion, Camir*. Lift.
Proprietor. Eu.HK*.
TTOMBURG, near Frankfort—H8tcl de
A A Hesse. First class favoililte lioliae. Rest situation. Opposite
the hpiinvs und garden*. Every comfort. Rraunn, 2m. A'. 1'able
d'hote. Restaurant Iu garden. Kkkv. Proprietor.
INTERLAKEN, SWITZERLAND.—Grand
A Hotel Victoria Uneof thalargrataud t-eaton tlie Continent.
Full view of tlie.liiiiKfrau. 90D rooms. Lift, electric light, lawn
tennis. Arrangements. Halls, coruvrts.—E. Hucuti, Proprietor.
T UCERNE.—Grand Hotel de i’Europo.
AJ Maxn 1 llcrnt mountain vlaw, on tlie border*of the Lake;
ISO chum hors, south aspect. Boating, flslilne. bithlng.
Omnihus to rail and bunt. Bccuxa-Di'nurn. Proprietor.
T UCERNE (near to). — Burgcnstock Hotel.
Xi Lake of Pour Canton*. 3720 ft. allitnda. Grand scenery.
View. Of Alps and Lake. Uocoinmeudi-I bjr mcdh al unthorltii s.
Home comlort). .-at,.factory tariffs, IWOllk* Duiiikb. Propr.
T U CERN E.—Hotels Sciiweitzerliof and
X J Luccmerjiof. High reputation. Recommended. Always
o|kii. Faring slcam-bont pier. Near stutlon. Uotlniril Railway.
Lilt. Amoriciiusytteui. ut Lucerucrliof. llsoasu FaKiixs, Prop.
C E R N E CASINO.
EVERY DAY. THEATRE or CONCERTS
bv Hi* first-rate Orchestra Lip*.
BEADING. BILLIARD, and BALL bALOUNS. PIANOS.
GARDEN.
On the Lake of Pour Cantons.
/ / Family Abonucment*.
T U C II 0 N. — Grand HOtel Richelieu,
J_/ opposite the Thermal Establishment. Frequented by
Hoyaity and tlie highest nobility »nd gentry. Splendid sr enery.
FTfat-clhSeairauKemeiits. L. Esrnxnr. Proprietor.
QSTEND.
SEA-BATHING. BELGIUM.
'Die fined *ra-b*th!uff and the roostfreqnente.1 wnterlng-placa
on the Continent- bummer ri .idenceof their >l«Je"tie tho
KING AND QUhKS OF THE BELGIANS.
The Season is opou fnnn J line 1 t» Of tolrr.
Splendid Kursaal and magnificent Digpe. Dally concerts and
dances at the Kur-anl. two orrheatras, giaml bulls *t th" Cn.lno,
grand regatta, ilgaon-sliootlng. race*, circus, varied ftte*.
theatre. Casino, Park LcO)iold. Sea-U*thlug und*r the control
of tho town of Ostcud.
ASTEND-Hfitel do la Plage. Firet-
V-/ class extra family hotel near Kursaal. English Church,
and l-athing machine*. Renowned cuisine. Elegant apartments,
i. and U. Tnoui. Proprietors. Turin on application.
/~kSTEND. — Grand HOtel d’Oetende on
the Dlguf. near Kursaal. and bathing machine*. Flrst-
clsra hotel, restaurant. Glacier ler ordre. Propr*. Mxisox
Mauchsl. and E. Wauikb*. of Brussels.
/QSTEND. — II6tel Fontaine. Excellent
V-F Ortt-cla-s hotel, near the soa and Casin'), old-established
reputation with tho English who visit O.teml. Term* moderate.
Special arrangements made. Passengers cautioned against
deception of hotel toubers on board.
O PA, BELGI UM.—Hfitel Belle Vue.
O First Clast, excellent South position, near Ilia Ktabllaaa-
nunt dc* Bain*, oud contiguous to thu Parc do 8»pt lieu res.
Rocha. Proprietor.
■\TILLENEUVE, Lake of Geneva.—H8tel
V Byron, near Castle of Chilton. 'Bus to boat and rail,
rensinn from 8 francs. Gardens, lawn-tennis, cricket, billiards.
Church Service in Hotel. J. Ahuledkb. Proprietor.
TTALIAN WINES, Pure and Natural.
A English taste. llarolo-Astl (sparkling), Chianti. Capri. Ac..
Red and While. Having a distinct typo, akin to Burgundy and
blurry. Greater body and strength, snd cheaper than Fienrii
wines. For warded Ire® to lenuloii In ljuks of ln> litres and
Cs>es of twelve dorm. Address—VINCENT, TIJA. snd CO..
Wine Growers and Rankers, Turin. Agents to the Union Bunk
of London.
QWISS BITTERS from ALPINE PLANTS.
O Stomachic and Sanitary Cordial; from a hygienic standpoint,
iu important a< l>eor or wine. Cosmopolitan reputation.—A. F.
DBMHLEV, Mnuuf., Interlaken. Blanch at Zurich. Paris, Milan.
■\TERM0UTH. — Frauccsco Cinzano mid Co.
V Vermouth.combination A«tl Wins and Alpine herb*, with
quinine. Hefreshlng.tonlc. and digestive. Of W ine Merchants,
and K. CINZANO and CO., Corso Ks Umberto. 10, Turin.
ADVICE TO DYSPEPTICS. — Sjmptoms
Jx Of Dyspepsia and Imllgrttion. with special advice at to
Diet. " This little nampblet appeals forcibly to thoaa who liaye
allowed tho palate b ■ decide everything for tliem. and have paid
tire luevl table p<-nal ty,,f ttielr tolly "- Globe. Rent for onostamp.
J. SI Kii-uabd*. Publisher. 92. Great Ruseell-street, Inndon.
pET A BOTTLE TO-DAY OF PERRY
vJT DAVIE' PAIN KILLEB.—It Inrtantly relieve* and cure*
scvrrn scalds, huriit. sliraint. bruises. L-thsche, headache,
pains In tho side. Joints, and limb*, all neuralgic ami rheu¬
matic pains. Taken Internally cure* ut onco coughs, sudden
cohl*. crump In the stomach, colic, dhirrhm*. and cholera
Infantum. PAIN KII.I.EK Is the great household medicine,
and has stood the te»t of fifty year*. Any Chemist Can supply
It st Is. IJd. and 2i. 3d.
TVNNEFORD’S FLUID MAGNESIA.
I " Tho beet remetlv for Aridity of the Stomach. Heartburn.
Headache. Gout, end Indigestion and safest «i-«rl.nt for
del lea t*> coniUtutlon*. Udfet. and children. Of all ClieiuUtJ.
K ldliUEb O lUlbrn V Alt SbViri iSv wiuu oau
refreshing, 1*. 2a. nd., 8*. IMMMEL'S AROMATIC
OZONIZES, fragrant air purifying P»wd*rof Pinre and Mica-
lyptii*. Tho only afWihle disinfect ant. U. RIMM hL, 96,btrand.
rrAMARINA FRUIT PILLS.—For
L Headache. Constipation, llll*. Indlge.tlon. Ilrraorrhold*.
Ac. Fjpccl*lly*ulb-.l for women and children. May lie eaten
as a sweetmeat. Unlike tlie usual aperient*, th • pure laxative
never Irriute* nor Indl.p-we* !•]' bu*lne« or jliwmk. PJ'r
Box. Government stumped.—lVwt-treo ol A. 1 08ENEU and
CO.. Bole Conslguee*. a, MauioU-rtrcet. E.; or through any
Chemist.
Tj'LORILINE.
± For the TEETH and BREATH.
Afewdrop* of tho FRAGRANT FLORILINE on * wettooth-
brusli produce* a delightful f,,am, which clean*e« the luethfrom
all impurities, utrengtlienaand l>ar<b-n< thegum*. prevent* tarter,
and arrest* the progress of decay. It give, to the teeth o peculiar
and lienulIful whiteness, and Impart* is d'-llghtful fragrance to
the breath. It remove* all unpleasant odour arising from de¬
cayed teeth, a disordered st.-much. or tobacco smoke. Tho
FRAGRANT FLORILINE Is purely vegutabto, aud equally
adapted to old and V.Hlnr.
The FRAGRANT FLORILINE dioulil be used In all cn*M
of laid breath, end particularly by gentlemen after smoking.
The Florillne combine*. In a remCentietcsl form, the m.wt de¬
sirable. cleansing, and astringent propai tie*. At the same time.
It contain* nothing which can ponlbfy Injure the inoet scum lire
and dollcatn organisation.
It beautifies the testli and gum*.
! t arrest* the decay of the teeth,
t alls a* a detergent after smoking.
It render* tho gum* hard anil healthy.
It neutralise* the offonriva secretions of the month.
It Imparts to the urvath a fragrancu purely aromatic suit
^ Fat up In largo bottles (only on* *lxe) and In elegant toilet-
eases. complete, at 2*. Bd. &dd l.y all ChemLt* und Perfumer*.
WJmlerele by the ANGLO-AMERICAN DRUG COMPANY,
Limited, F*rringdon-ro*d. London.
-pLO.RLLINE.
- 1 - For the TEETH and BREATH.
Sweet as th* ambrosial air.
With It* perfume rich and rare;
Sweet as violets at the morn.
,- Which the emerald nooks »dom;
bweet as rosebuds bursting rorth
From the richly-laden earth.
It the " FRAGRANT FLORILINE."
The teeth It makes a pearly white,
X. So pure and lovely to the sight;
The gums auumo u rosy huo.
_ The brcutli Is sweet an violets blue;
While scented a* tho flowers of May.
Which cast their sweetness from each spray.
Is tho " FRAGRANT FLORILINE."
Sure, some fairy with it* hand
Cast around It* mystic wand.
Ami iiRMlnced from fairy's bower
KcenCcd perfume* from each flower;
For In till* liquid gem we trace—
AU that can DMUt y add and grace—
Such I* the ” FRAGRANT FLORILINE."
T7L0RILINE.
For tho TEETH and BREATH.
It the best liquid dentifrice In the world; It thoroughly
clennee* partially decayed teeth from all parasites or living
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X For the TEETH and BREATH.
If teeth are white and beautiful,
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Arc dally to be seen;
Thus lienee It Is that gsnera) praise
Greet* " FRAGRANT FLORILLNE I"
One trl»l prove* conclusive quite.
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It I* tho talk of every one.
An nll-absorblng theme;
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Of FRAGRANT FLORILINE."
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'Ihe teeth a pearly white;
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Sensation* of delight.
All vile secretions It remove*,
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able. Of all tho
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nothing to be compared with theFlorillnohas hitherto boon pro¬
duced, whether considered »» » heautlller or * valuablo clciiu*er
and preserver of tho teeth and gum*."
Fnm the "Young Ladles' Journal An agreeable denti¬
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reckoned Florillne. It cleunie* the teeth and Impart* a pleasant
odour to the breath. It has been analysed by several eminent
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ft* met nine**. We are frequently naked to recommend a denti¬
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them to try tho Fragrant Florillne.”
F LORILINE.
For the TEETH and BREATH.
1 have beard a strange statement, dear Fanny, to-il*y.
That tho reason that leelli do decay
I* traced to Mime object* that form In the gums.
And eat thorn In time quite awuv.
Animalcule*, they say. are cngenileied—that Is.
If tliomouth I* not wholesome and clran;
And I abo have heard to preserve them thet^rt
Is the fragrant, the sweet "FLUK1LINK!
Oh. yea I It Is trna thatsecratlona will causa
Living object* to form on your teeth.
And certaiuly and silently do they gnaw on
In cavities mado underneath;
But a certain preservative ha* uow been found
To keep your mouth wholesome »nd clean;
And you're perfectly right, for your teeth to preserve.
There '* nothing like sweet" FLO It) UN El"
'Ti* nice and refreshing, and pleasant to u*e,
' And no danger It* use can attend;
For clover physician* and dentist* a* well
Their umforiu praises now blend.
They say It'* the best preparation that's known.
Ami evident proof* have they seen.
That nothing cun equal the virtues that dwell
In tho fragrant, the tweet" FLUlllLlNE!
T^LORILINE.
^ For the TEETH and BREATH.
The " Christian World" of March 17. H71.MF*. With respect
to Florillne!—*' Florillne bid* fair to bee. mo a household word
In England, and one of peculiarly pleasant meaning. It would
be difficult to conceive* more rfneacloMand afriKabl* prepara¬
tion Tor Hie teeth. Those whoonce begin to use It will certainly
never willingly give It up." _ ... „
Mr. G. II. Jone*. tho eminent Dentist, of 87, Great Ruuell-
•treet. in his valuable little book on Dentistry, say*:-"The use
of a g,-od dentifrice Is also Indlsiensable, and one of the Wit
preparations for cleansing the teetli and removing the impure
secretion* of tlie mouth Is the liquid dentifrice called Fragrant
Florillne.' which is aotrl by all respectable cheralet*.
Tlie word* "Fragrant Florillne 1 aro a Trade-Mark.
Bold retail everywhere; M»d_whole*ito by tho ANOt^
AMKKICAN DRUG COMPANY. Limited. Farilngdon-road.
London.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, July in, 1884.-65
DRAWN nv HAL LUDLOW.
J J
“Caught at last, my lad! ” said a deep voice in his ear, us his two arms were imprisoned behind his back.
ROPES O^O F SAND
BY It. E. FRANCILLON,
Author oKa Strange Waters," " Olympia," " A Real Queen," &c.
CHAPTER V.
TRANSFORMATION MADE EASY.
THIS
' OW it happened,
L' Francis Cnvew
himself wits t lie
lust who could
have told. But lie
hud not been half
mi hour in the
company of Cu¬
cumber Jaclr be¬
fore he had dean forgotten
himself in tin- excitement of
> limiting his own supper. And
by himself I menu "such es¬
sential parts of a man’s self
ns hunger, fatigue, and need
of tobacco. He was no sports¬
man, or at least thought him¬
self none: but the sight of
x -tlmt unlucky rabbit rolling
over in thw moonlight had
'-struck hii exceedingly human
\Mt>rtl, and his new com¬
rade's serene light-heartcd-
ncS8 was catching. Then
there was a sort of desperate
lawlessness about the unex¬
pected adventure which added
»:*'*?>" 11 z, ‘ st i'i which legitimate
is wanting; and there
-s/\ v was a piquancy about Cu-
r Jack, with his Woodcraft developed into n second
' 'tun , his sernps of doggni, his touches of philosophic crazi-
« and hia exceeding unlikcuess to even-body within the
i n M - uin le of HornaCombe.
1 1 Ihc sport had Been less keen, the Squire would no doubt
m • peculated a little more closely upon the probable or
possible history of his new ucquuintunce, who certainly had no
nil r*er of resemblance to the poucher either of fact or of
• ‘dll' in. The man appeared to be without any sort of
’ . ' "cutton, commonly so called, mid his rhymes, turned out on
til pot, showed no sign of skill: but then Francis Carew was
' - :ul gc of letters or learning. If he had been, he would have
perceived a certain refinement superior to his own (not that
, ^cans much), and touches of inborn or inbred gentlehood
, 11 '* »mght be searched for among the wreckers and smug¬
s’- er ' 1 °f Stoke Juliot in vain. And it was odd, to say the least,
{ hx omJJ J
# vBm&i iiVK'Je§M :
lliat a miin who lmd thoughts of liis own. and could express
tliem afteba fashion, should elect to lead the life of u solitury
outlaw, and should even seem to ravel in discomfort, to say the
- least of it. from which any eoiuprehensible human being would
have recoiled. Francis Carew could only leap to the solution
of sheer lunacy: n view certainly favoured by the poacher’s
turn for rhyme. It is so easy lor a dull brain to make a
cracked one accountable for all it canuot understand. But
meanwhile, as I have said, Francis Carew forget even himself—
which means that he forgot his companion a great deal more.
In short, he was falling for the time into the condition of
the natural man. He only wished he had hisown gun with him,
and was unconsciously rejoicing that, instead of sitting with
Quickset over the curds uud the fourth bottle endeavouring to
work tip u fever for want of anything better, he was drinking
in deep draughts of the sharp moonlight, and growing
drunken without wine. Captain Quickset was a fine gentle¬
man—Cucumber Jack, a thief and vagabond. What then?
Francis Carew begnn to revel in the exchange. He no longer
thought of how or of how soon he should get home, lie just
threw himself into the spirit of the sport, and felt more alive
than lie hud ever felt since he came to Homocombc.
It was an odd cud for a Squire who come out to catch a
poacher—that, having found his poacher, lie should straight¬
way fall to helping him, and that with zest mid zeal, Possibly
such a tiling hud never huppened till then in the history of the
game laws—assuredly no such thing is likely to happen a
second time.
Not much had been spoken between these most unlikely of
nil unlikely comrades for some time past, and nothing that did
not concern the birds. Cucumber J ack worked without a dog,
and retrieved for himself, without losing u single head. Never¬
theless, not much had fallen to their single gun, for the
pheasants were shy and scattered, by no means behaved as
by a gorse-
on a narrow green path, while lie himself crept into the
underwood to the right.
•* When I wliistle once, make ready; when twice, let fly,”
said he.
Francis waited for the signal like a young lover beneath a
balcony. He had found something worth living for, alter all.
“When Quickset’s gone,” he thought, “hang me if I don’t
turn off Derrick, who lets a poacher like this have the run of
my preserves under his very nose, and be my own keeper, with
Cowcumber Jack under.Ah — there it goes !”
The lowest and mellowest of whistles came from the bluck
shadow to the right; clour aa the note of a flute, while so soft
that it could not have startled the most timid of living things.
He raised the gun to hia shoulder, and waited for the sound
again.
The moment of ecstasy was approaching; all his senses
were absorbed. And, before be was aware, before hard-drawn
breaths and scuffling feet behind him could give him more than
an instant’s warning, his urius were roughly dragged behind
him and held fast, while his gun fell at his feet, and went off
harmlessly.
“ Caught again at last, my lad ! ” said one deep voice in
liis right ear.
He tried to throw himself round upon his assailants, but it
was of uo use; his two arms were imprisoned behind his back
by four us strong as they, while one of his legs was grappled
in such wise that he could not struggle without fulling flat over
his gun. What treachery was this? llad his host mid guide
known him all the while, and betrayed him to a gang?
" Hold off, you devils,” he shouted out, tugging hard with
his right arm.
“ As if ’twere likely ! Have out the knot, Abram, and
noose his wrists—he’s slippier than a uadder. That’s the
trick, Abram: pull hard.”
Francis swore savagely as lie felt a noose of wot whipcord
cut into his wrists like a knife. The pain deepened his rage-,
but seemed to clear his brain.
“ I suppose I may know who you blackguards ure? ” asked
he.
“If ’twill comfort ye, I’m Mr. Bartlemy Davis: the new
broom that sweeps dean.”
“ What—.Sir Miles Heron’s new keeper, from”-
“ Ay, my lad : Sir .Miles Heron’s new keeper out of Kent:
where we don’t kno.v naught of poachers that take to the woods
and play at catch-ns-cutch-con. I ’in come to put tilings out
here u bit civilised ; and ’tis time they were. So your time’s
up, my lad; and you'll come along o’ Abram here and me.
Wlint did I tell ye, Abram? Didn’t I say it only wanted a
man that know’ll his work to clear the place of varmint afore
next moon-set—and you West Country soft-heads been at it
for years? Show me the poacher that’ll dodge Bartlemy
Davis, and 1 ’ll show you a chap that never was born, 'i hat’s
who 1 am. So come along without kicking.”
“Maybe there’s soft-heads in Kent, tew,” muttered
Abram ; but uot so as to reach the ears of the new great man,
only revenging himself by making an extra knot in the whip¬
cord.
“Very well, Mr. Davis,” said Francis. “And now jtcrhnps
you ’ll tell me, since you ’re so shurp, who 1 am.”
“Cowcumber Jack. That's soon told. Come, stir up:
don’t be as slow as the rest of ’em down here.”
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 19, 1884
“ Wait a bit. So far from being Cowcumbcr Jack, whoever
he may be, I happen to be Mr. Carew of Homaoombe.”
Abram’s grasp relaxed. But Mr. Bartlemy Davis burst out
into a laugh; or rather, into a roar.
“ That’s a good one ! I wish I'da bit of glass handy, so
you might see how much you look like a gentleman ! And n
gentleman out n-shooting by moonlight, on another gentle¬
man’s land! Ho, ho! No; 1 know' a gentleman when 1 sec
one; and I know u rascal, too. Stow gammon; and come
alone.”
‘‘You can soon see whether it’s gammon,” said Francis.
“ All you ’ve got to do is to go to Homocombe and see.”
“Ay; all a constable’s got to do is to go where the
prisoner tells him. I know. Only Kent chanced to be put
together a bit longer ago than last Jack-in-the-Grcen; and
our eyes aren't quite cabbage-gardens down there.”
A pash forward showed Francis that argument would only
be thrown away; as, indeed, it mostly is upon your very
clever men. Besides, to reason with tied wrists is to be de¬
prived of the one final argument which even the cleverest can
understand. Oh for one moment’s freedom to stretch his
cramped atm straight between Mr. Bartlemy Davis’s eyes !
But, alas! that—at least for the present—was not to be.
Our most unlieroic hero, compelled to submit to that force
nurture whereto even the greatest nations ore privileged to
bow, took refuge in silence from further temptation to give
his captors words that were certain to be useless in proportion
to their vigour.
In shbrt. Francis Carew of Hornacombe, after passing
Saturday night and Sunday morning ns a gambler and a sot',
and the following hours of sunlight m the consequent company
of a whole legion of blue devils, ended his day’s career by bis
most righteous arrest as a rogue, vagabond, and poacher—for,
in his rose at any rate, by mistaken identity no whit of sub¬
stantial injustice hud been done. And even as tin's day, so
was every day like to be—or rather worse, for the descent of
Averuus is to the full as facile in earth’s remotest comer, nay,
in a desert island itself, ns in an ancient Borne or in a modern
London. Without tastes, without ambition, without need of
work, without letter company than his own, without know¬
ledge of a lady, but with a thousand bodily desires, the native
savagery of Stoke Juliet did not seem unlikely to be in long
want of a leader- ix-rhaps of a llorueek the younger: who
coul l tell ?
Yet never did the most virtuous of young squires, who sets
an example to his whole county of all the domestic, sociul. and
political virtues, sleep more soundly or even with better content
than this no'<r-do-wcll Francis Carew of Hornacombe. Ho
was the guest of Mr. Davis, the keeper, in company with
Abram Ollif, who, it appeared, worked os a hind on some
outlying farm rented of the great absentee, Sir Miles Heron.
The former, though n bachelor, had a double-roomed cottage
nil to himself, whereat he grumbled, comparing it with Kentish
comforts, and not altogether without reason. “ But Sir Miles
is going to civilise these here parts,” said he, “out of hand ;
and lie’s scut Me down ahead, to see to the covert and the
game- never taw I such a state of things, upon my soul! Yon
should see our place, by Westerham, Abram—covert for a
Francis Carew had come out yesterday evening n fiery
champion of the law, and full of wrath against the whole
generation of poachers. It was wonderful how he had by this
time changed liis mind. “ Of all engines of tyranny, the game
laws arc the most damnable,” thought he. “ If 1 once get out
of this, I ’m hanged if I don’t swear brothers with Cowcumbcr
Jack, till there isn’t a pheasant left alive twenty miles round,
bar my own. I ’ll ”-
But the rest of his reflec tions were so vague that they were
scarcely interrupted when the arrival of the cart at the Vicar¬
age threw him back into the pressing question whether he
could possibly get out of thus scrape, and, if so, how. Of
course he knew the Vicarage by sight; but the bare grey walls
of the most ancient dwelling-house in the parish now received
an altogether new interest in his anything hut antiquarian
eyes. It was not in the village, but within a stonc’s-throw of
the church, and therefore, like the church and unlike the
ullage, in sight of the sea, though not easily visible therefrom,
being protected from the full force of the storms by its loftier
neighbour, as well as by a large buttressed bam. Now, no
doubt, it is prefaced by an orthodox walled gaicleq and car¬
riage-drive. Then it was reached from a rough, unfenced
road by a path of wcll-wom Hags, between n horse-pond and
a pigstye. Its gabled roof and enormous chimney-stack gave
it a kind of picturesque distinction: for the Vest, it only wanted
a swinging sign and a mounting block to be mistaken for a
rather rough sort of roadside inn.
Here Francis Carew, sullen of spirit, aching in limb, and
fur from bold nt heart, left the cart, and, between his two
captors, passed round the horse-pond into a big kitchen with a
brick floor and a vast chimney-corner, where, as he knew, the
Vicar transacted such business, secular or ecclesiastical,
as came before him at home. Tamzin, with nil her freckled
anus displayed to the shoulder, ami her skirts to her knees, was
rolling paste with all her might on the very table whereat
l’arson l’engold, himself the hugest of men, sat drawing at
the hugest of clay pipes over a volume that must have been
selected for its resemblance to a mountain in order to inspire
evildoers with wholesome awe. Even ns on Sunday, so on
Monday, his wig hung awry, and he had the air of having
been put together by u line of hnymnkers, clothes and oil.
Leaning elegantly over the hack-rail of a rush-bottomed chair
was that finest of fine gentlemen, Captain Quickset, with his
perfect toilet and his imperturbable smile. But all annoy¬
ance, or even surprise, at the presence of the latter to see him
in such a plight was startled out of Francis even before it had
fairly time to come.
For all at once he became aware, even as if he were in front
of a mirror, that he was, both in dress and bearing, a dis¬
reputable blackguard; that his clothes, of themselves fitter for
a stage-poacher tlmn for the poacher’s natural enemy, the
squire, were, in addition, tom wellnigh to rags, and stained
and caked with black or red mud from head tip heel; that since
yesterday morning he hud mude no sort of toilet whatever;
that he had slept among dust and straw; that his hair was
more like Tumzin's mop-head than a Christian man's, his face
swollen and bramble-clawed, liis chin bristling- with harsh
stubble, and his hands grained to the finger tips in grime.
. ... Ji-, - - — _ But, beyond all this, as/if-this mental mirror could reflect
lady fo walk in, and a park like the palm of your hand. No more than merely outward things, lie saw a sullen sot, a liung-
hiding-holc8 for your Cowcumber Jacks there. What sort of a dog good-for-nnught, from which ito altogether new shame
keeper you could have had before I came to show you wlmt’s
what, heats me. He must have been a rare fine numskull—
unless, mayhap, he sold his game.”
“ Maybe there’s that sort in Kent, tew,” but in so broad a
brogue, and with so big a chunk of bacon between his jaws,
that it might pass for assent, or, indeed, almost for the silence
that implies the same.
Francis Carew, with hands released for the purpose, but
otherwise well guarded, had also to put up with cold bacon,
instead of the pheasant, broiled an uaturel, he had hoped for.
But ho ate with u famished appetite ; and u draught of muddy
cider from Abram's wooden mug tasted better than the best
claret at Hornacombe. Then he fell into the blessed condition
of a log, on the floor where he was sitting; and it seemed no
more than an instant before a waking dream of trying to curve
Nance Derrick, with the Knave of Spades, upon the bare back
of Captain Quickset was broken by a rough shaking which
seenu-d to last for hours.
The shaking was administered by Mr. Davis himself, who
himself looked less fresh and more sleepy than befitted one of diver,
his calling on a Monday morning. No time was allowed for/-tlii-i
made him turn away hlscyesin disgust and dismay, and seek
the ground.
Yet why should he now feel all phis. and never before?
Who was there to inspire Francis Carew, of Hornacombe, with
self-contempt, among all whom the Vicarage kitchen con¬
tained ? Not Tamzin Craddock : not Mr. Bartlemy Davis;
not Abram ; assuredly not Parson Peugold; not Captain
Quickset, who, had such a feat been hitherto possible, would
have achieved it before.
The question is hartF: but the answer easy.
It was Miss Mabel Opcnslmw.
CHAPTER VI.
MISS MABEL OPENSHAW.
Life took new colour, nay/:new form, to that most promising
of black bell-wethers, Francis Carew of Hornacombe, at this
hjs^rst vision (it may have no more homely name) of Mabel
\ Fiven in n country parish, liis’ line of life had
far enough from hers to prevent their meeting; and
. - . -— D — -— .— — 7 Jy with intention, for he made a point of avoiding the
breakfast or toilette. The prisoner, once on his legs, was Vicarage, mid was naturally prejudiced against anything in
bidden to mount a curt already standing at the keeper's door, the shape of a lady. Indeed, otice, when some boorish instinct
Abram drove : Mr. Bartlemy Davis, armed with a heavy cudgel warned liiii that the only lady in Stoke Juliot was on the
and an obtrusively loaded blunderbuss, kept Francis company sands where he was lounging, lie had gathered himself up and
\ v ^'-rt‘tired among the dunes, where he could neither see nor be
, 1 suppose one may ask where we're going?" asked he\'.seen : and, as solitary men will, he had worked himself up
“I reckon the Justice'll tell you that,” said Mr-Davis/. into chronic irritation at the sound of her name. It was of
and spoke never another word. ' . some such mood that Captain Quickset had taken advantage
I- rancis felt by no menus nt his ease. For, thoiigh perfectly }vlnu he made a wager he knew himself bound to win.
well aware (never having studied metaphysics) that he was But now all was changed in the glance of an eye—of a
Hot ( 'tlU’t'lITIlKiT InoL' Iia Irrmw* Miln X nn _ 1_ A. _.‘it. .-11 it. i _ ' Jr __ <• » •
not Cowcumber Jack, lie knew that the only justice Vitkin
likely reach was that very Parson Pcngold who /iitertuineil so
notorious a prejudice against Mr. Carew of Horhuioinbe.' Nor,
were it otherwise, and were it possible for a parson to fnvotir a
paridiioncr who openly flouted him mid hk si rviees. and set an
evil example to the already evilly disposed—wbre^iyetoull this
possible, still the possession of one landed estate givesTlo man a
right to trespass after game, a^pecinliy by moonlight, on
another. Despite his position, Francis Carew’ had a very un¬
comfortable presentiment flint he would si sin have to make
acquaintance with the nearest lock-up -probably be tried, in
the sight of all Devonshire, at the next Sessions of the peace;
possibly even nt Exeter Assizes>'
“ I>ook here,” lie said, as the squat lowor of Stoke Juliot
came into right, with « bluejjlfrapse ofoyean beyond, “ what
other way for ten minutes?
and, don’t he, Abram ? ”
doubt, ail honest man’s
you go out moonlighting
J ack, my lad ? Or d ’ye
will you two fellows ta
Will ten guineas do ? ’
” He looks like t
asked Mr.
scorn lor
with your grcec!
keep ’em ui
“ You s
combe,” said
make n fair stand
thrash srafie
Mr.,DaVis;
uponsQ evident
got aK inuuy guine,
tdowfi if you ’ll drive to Homa-
tl I ’ll make it twenty, if you’ll
it when we’re there. I want to
to begin with you.”
the altitude of liis self-belief, looked down
ini} h>- tor with redoubled scorn. “If you’ve
w a ferret’s got feathers," said he, “ I’m
Wake up.
at Newmarket K H she is, I’ll make my fortune by taking
the odds on librjit a thousand to one. Twenty guineas from
a west country poacher—heart alive! Abram—if you turn
one of your long ears to this rascal’s cheek, never' another
night do you watch Dope Wood with me, sure as you ’re alive.
Guineas, indeed! Made of Brass, yourt are."
“ Maybe there’s Brass in Kent, tew," said Abram, with a
teu^ , * 10 w ^ip that had no more effect upon the mare thau
if her hide laid been us thick as Mr. Davis believed his brums
not to be.
blue
ns turquoise, but with all the deep radiance of sapphire. And
in what a plight to come into the presence of u goddess
was he!
I do not warrant that Mabel Openshaw was in truth the
whole marvel of resplendent beauty she seemed. Brought
among rivals, her fires might have paled. But here she stood
unrivalled, among the grotesque, the vulgar, or the plain : not
a creature there, save that fine gentleman, the Captain, but
served her ns a foil. And even the very kitchen made one feel
how inappropriate her surroundings were. At any rate, what¬
ever beauty she had was not of the order which brings ull
things into harmony that feel its breath, but of the order
which makes all things beside it seem poor and mean—the
beauty of the picture which demands a fitting frame, or none.
Poor Nance Derrick would have mode the humblest hut look
like home. Mabel Openshaw, in the Vicarage, looked like a
Princess out of place : in a hovel, she would have looked like
a banished Queen. A little lower, she would have seemed an
Empress. The lower she lived, one may be sure, the less ut
home her beauty would la*.
She. nt any rate, was no Stoke Juliot girl. Not only was
she blue-eyed, but (as was natural) crowned with gold: not in
the pale, half-hearted fashion common to everyday bTondes,
who seem but to absorb light, or at best to reflect it, but giving
out a light of her own—no uioou or planet, but a sun. So it
was with those sapphires (os certain poets of the day would
have termed them) her eyes: and so with her skin, which less
suggested the lily than the pearl. Whatever of nonsense may
l>e in this, let it lx* set down to Francis Carew, whose very
breath was taken nwnv, and whose wits, such as they were,
were in a maze. She was tall, and of a healthy grace, with n
generous bust, which should have reminded Francis of Juno,
ami would have done so. hail not his memories of the Queen
of Olympus 1 h*cu entirely confined to painful associations with
the third declension. Her nose, chin, and brow, moreover,
wire of classic pattern: her mouth both generous and gentle,
ut once firm and fine, and curved to perfection—the tipper lip
short, and with a slight upward curl, the lower ripe and full. Yet
the expression, both of face anil of carriage, was less majestic
than should result of right from these attributes of a Juno.
Indeed, altogether she looked less dignified tlmn demure, and
as if there were a pleasant mischief somewhere within her,
billing its time.
liut how came this nymph of the moors to be under the same
roof with Parson Pengold r Francis Carew lmd, of course,
heard some sort of a story, but he had ut any rate the virtue of
being no gossip, and remembered nothing. He wished now
that he had paid more attention. She certainly was not the
Parson’s daughter. Was she niece—cousin—sister? Was there
not some yarn about a wreck, many years ago ? But then there
were so many yams about wrecks many years ago. 'Anyhow,
this Mabel Openshaw could not have come into Stoke Juliot,
or even into existence, like Nance Derrick, or creatures of
common cluy.
“ What n confounded fool I have be; u all this while ! ”
Francis exclaimed within liiiuself. And never was spoken a
truer word.
“ .So that is Cowcumber Jack ! ” were the first words ho heard
from the most musical lips lie had ever seen or heard, while
she regarded him us if she were at a show. " Yes—lit* is just
what 1 expected. Only why is lie-called ‘ Cowcumbcr ’ ? It
can’t be liis nameP"
“ Because lie’s os cool us one, Miss,” said Mr. Davis.
“ And as slippy as well- But I reckon he ’e about run to seed,
now.”
Francis was morally grovelling before music and beauty.
But he begun to be ashamed of being ashamed, and was lifting
up his head to speak, when Tamsiu, who had been staring at
him far harder than he had dared to gaze on Mabel, pointed
at him with her rolling-pin, and bnke in-
“ Cowcumber Jack, indeed ! ’Tis Squire Carew of Honin-
combe! ” \ J J
“ Bless my soul! ” thundered Parson Pcngold. “Tamzin’s
right. That’sno more Jack o’ the Woods than I’m Bishop of
Exeter. Get a bucket, some of you, and sluice him. lift
might be Prester Jolm or Polyphemus, for all that muck and
mire can show ”-
“I am Francis Carew, sure enough,” said the prisoner,
sadly. 1 ‘ I think Captain Quickset will know mo from either
of the gentlemen your Reverence names.”
“ And it »« Frank Carew—by the Lord Harry, it is Frank
N Carew! ” said tlio Captain. “ In Heaven’s name, Frank, how
have you been spending the night, and where ? ”
“ Isn’t it improper to question a prisoner, Captain
Quickset?” asked the young lady, with n gracious smile—far
too gracious, thought the prisoner himself, with a sigh.
J “ Wc soldiers,” said the Captain, gracefully bowing himself a
whole step nearer, “make but poor lawyers. But were I Scrjcunt-
nt-Law instead of Captain of horse, so fair a judge ns Miss
Openshaw should still teach me all the law I care to know.”
And he bent himself, without seeming to advance, yet another
step towards the white hand that hung so temptingly over the
back of the Parson’s big chair. He had evidently made good
use of the time since Sunday’s dinner.
The Parson himself threw his huge folio open, and turned
over the pages for awhile in silence. Some of liis Hock lmlf
believed it to be magic: he knew it to be the great Latin
Lexicon of Fncciolati. But it served equally well the double
purpose of aiding meditation and of inspiring awe.
“Your Reverence"—at last began Mr. Davis; but the
Parson at once thundered the keeper down.
“It is monstrous,” said he, “that a landlord who never
comes within two hundred miles of my church should send
hirelings— Mislhotai liarbarophonoi— to annoy either gentlemen
who choose to be abroad at moonlight, or poor men whose
calling takes them abroad after nightfall. So long as I sit here*
I say, Fiat Ji/stitia, runt cation : Justice shall be done. Sir
Miles Heron is neither my patron, nor is he set in authority
over me ; and I shall decide this case without fear or favour.
I am informed that there is a certain person known, ai/yo, as
Cowcumber Jack, who, it is alleged, is in the hnbit of disposing
of game not lawfully his own. But I cannot be culled to
visit the offences (if offences there be) of some Cowcumber Jack
(whose existence has not been proved) upon a neighbour and a
gentleman, who, ns a friend of Captain Quickset, is necessarily
wlmt Ctesar’s wife ought to be. And therefore ”-
“I seem,” growled Abram to his chief, “ how you better
a’ took they guineas. I seem there’s not much chance of ’em
now.”
“Hold your stupid jaw,” said the new keeper, hotly. “
“Jack or no Jack, your Reverence, all 1 know is, this here
fine gentleman, or Earl, or Marquis, siuce such he be, wr.s
caught in the act after Fir Miles Heron’s game with a gun,
betwixt sunset and sunrise. And I say what’s sauce for
poaching Jack is sauce for poaching Jill—be lie who lie may.
That’s law in Kent”-
“Then I’ll have you to know, Sir," cried the Tamm,
bringing his fist down upon the table, “that it shan’t be law
in Devon.. Wlmt’s Kent, or Carthage, or Cacodnmoii, to do
with Stoke Juliot? Were you, Mr. Carew, in Sir Miles Helen’s
woods when this Mitt hot —this fellow, attacked you with his
myrmidons, or in your own ? ”
“ I don’t know,” said Francis, honestly. Somehow, with
those bright eyes upon him, he did not care to lie.
“Then if you don’t know, it’s clear ns daylight no
stranger can know,” said the Parson. “ The case is dismissed.
As for you, Mr. Keeper, you’d best not be meddlesome:
they’re a rough lot in Stoke Juliot, and they’re apt to on-
found a gamekeeper with a gauger. I lav nothing of llio
farmers, who are a had lot all round—ay, Tamz.n, tiny arc,
as you ’ll find out when you’ve married 'yours— but the re st,
their only fault is a way they’ve got of putting tniaks iuto
horse-ponds. I only hope the}' won’t use mine that way, deep
and handy though it be. But I need not remind you of what
jEschylus has said on that score. For yon, young gentleman,
you see now what comes of living ns the beasts that perish: of
mistaking meum and tnmn, and of wandering in the woods at
hours when ull honest men and good Christians are asleep and
snoring. You have been wrongfully suspected, it semis, this
time—so never do it again.” •
Having done what was perhaps substantial justice, lie
wiped liis face all over and pushed his wig a little more awry.
“Tamsiu,” he said, presently, “give that keeper and his man
n jug of cider. Mabel, my girl, this is our neighbour. Carew
of Hornacombe: ’tis his own fault he needs an introduction.
Captain, I think you Tl best take your friend into the yard,
and get Tamzin or someone to nib him down. Conx oinpax.
I must go and see after my red cow.”
“ What d’ yc think o’ new brooms and soft-heads now,
master?” growled Abram, with n grin. “ Maybe you ’ll take
counsel, next time you ’ll hunt for a poacher and snare a
squire."
“Wlmt d’ye mean by that?” asked the man, who 1 ul
done liis duty anil had found u good conscience its own t x-
elusive reward. “How’s one to know that a Devonshire
squire looks for nil the world liken Kentish vngubone? Or
that a Devonshire justice would judge like, a-no: there’s
ne’er an old woman in Kent, nor a hop-pole, would judge
like that prize hog there. Look you, Abram, if yon loicW
’twas the Squire, imd kept dark. I’d just- Dal ye
know?” r
JULY 19, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
CT
“ Lord love you, Mr. Davis ! Do you think I'd go for to
pin)" a trick on a clev;r chap like yew Y "
“ If you had-But who’s the buck in the cocked hat and
rufiles '( I ’vc seen him before now.”
** Captain Quickset, from Lon’on,” broke in Tainzin, ns she
brought, in a brown jug, the nectar meant to assuage the
smart even of injustice, and not in vain. “ Captain Quickset,
from Lon’on, to be sure ; n real great gentleman, that knows the
King and Queen ! A mortal fool you must have been, keeper,
to lay hands on the friend o’ the likes o' him! Master 'a
right—Juliot folk, gentle or simple, likes to be let alone, a-sea
or ashore ; as you ’ll almighty soon find. He dined here
Sunday, and slept here to-night, besides ; and he’s been in all
the wars: a real great gentleman, ns sure as sure.”
“Captain Quickset from London, eh, my lnss? Then he
won’t be my man : though for all he's like as two pens. I 'vo
made a bit of a mistake; that's all.
“Ay: maybe they dew make mistakes in Kent, tew,”
said Abram to his cider, before taking it down—ubout which
last there was no mistake at all.
“ Mr. Carew,” said Mabel Openshnw, with that supreme
sweetness nnd queenly courtesy which can make the most
forlorn and ragged of beggars forget that he is not dressed for
a Court ball, “ I am sorry you are not ‘ Cowcumber Jack,’ whom
I have been dying to see: but I am far more glad that you are
you —our nearest neighbour, who ought to be our nearest
friend. Will you stay, with Captain Quickset, for broukfast ?
Tamzin shall lay it in my own pnrlour: nnd then you shall see
the pigs, if you please.”
Francis missed the last faint sarcastic touch : ho forgot to
be surprised at this warm nnd gracious welcome from those
between whom nnd himself he believed to exist a mutual
antipathy. Nay, for one instant he even forgot how little ho
was fitted to cross the threshold of u lady’s bower. He was
intoxicated with beauty: he was a man lost in n divine dream.
[Tote (on tin uni.)
HOLIDAY RAMBL E S.
{By our Baris Correspondent,)
NAPLES.
At last the prisoners have been set free ! If the reader could
only realise how long and wearisome these seven days of
captivity have seemed! Victims of pure tinreasoning force,
isolated from the world, literally cast away ou a desert island,
and that, too, almost within view of Naples—that lovely city,
after having seen which, death, according to the proverb, may
bo accepted without too poiguant regrets! During the
first two or three days the lazaretto of Nisida ap¬
peared to us almost amusing: it was nu experience
which had all the charm of the unforeseen: the study
of our fellow-prisoners afforded us a certain amount of
distraction: the guitar, the songs, the games of cards and
forfeits, holped to pass the time: the scenery had still the
quality of freshness. But the lost four days! Every morning
soniu ship arrived and deposited u few score passengers,
mostly of the labouring classes: this ship came from
Toulon, this one from Genoa, this one from China. Every
day we expected to hear that the cholera had broken out
amongst ua: each group of prisoners was kept separate: we
no longer had the run of the lazaretto, as at the beginning :
whenever wo wont down for a walk wc were accom¬
panied by a guardian wearing a red scarf bordered with
yellow, and I can assure you we avoided the neighbourhood
of other groups of prisoners as if they were really plague-
aniittcn. And to complicate matters, jealousies declared
themselves amongst the ladies, and wo men all knew each other
as if we had lived together for twenty years. The fishermen,
too, who acted as servants in the lazaretto, began to tell
tales. In another week we should have all been mortal
enemies. Imagine our joy when, last night, the director of the
lazaretto announced that we should be liberated in the
morning! We were to have only seven days’ quarantine: others
arrived after us from French ports were to have fifteen and
twouty days! 1 need not dwell on the rigour of these measures
and the severity with which they fall upon the poorer pas¬
sengers parlicularly, who are thus forced to spend all their
savings in paying the exp-.nsive pension of the lazaretto.
Our entrance into Naples wus more interesting than if we
lmd landed at the port or arrived by rail, for we had a charm¬
ing drive along a country road bordered with fields of maize,
with clusters of fig and lemon trees laden with fruit, with vines
trailing from tree to tree. Here and there, alongside the road,
a flock of sheep would be seen grazing, with the little
shepherd-boy sleeping, like a lizard, on the top of astouo
wall. Then we came to the villuge of Fuorigrotta, whose
streets were crowded with herds of goats and cows returning
from their morning milking at Naples ; with asses laden wiUk
fruits; with women doing their marketing, and men gossiping.
It was only eight o’clock, and already the houses were empty :
everybody was in the street; the washing was being done
coi-am fnipiitu; the children were being washed in public ; each
one, whether cobbler or dressmaker or locksmith or water-
seller, was exercising his trade in the roadway. V
At Fuorigrotta the douaniers once more manifested their
courtesy; and then, after passing the entrance d Virgil’s
tomb ; which we determined to visit another day, we entered
the Grotta di Posilippo, an immense tunnel nearly eight
hundred yards long, averaging some fifty feet high, and paved
with stone slabs. Nothing could be more curious than the
spectacle of this tunnel crowded with carriages, carls, foot-
uussougers, donkeys and mules laden With pack-saddles and
baskets of fruit shaded by waving branches. At either entrance
you see a dazzling patch of bluzing sunlight, while in the
middle the obscurity is barely relieved by slew gas-lamps.
On issuing from the Grotta di Posilippo you have before you
a view of the bay of Naples enlivened by innumerable small
bouts wrinkling the water by their passage. Up the slope of
the hill and dowu on thd nlain below lies the town, with its
domes and puluees aiul its houses painted rose nnd blue nnd
yellow, and every where powers and fresh verdure and
l unoii-trew, with their pale yellow fruit. In the background,
Vesuvius vomits forth streams of ailver-wliite smoke; and
away, away in the distance you see fertile hills nnd plains
dotted with white housesglistening in the sun. Ah ! the sun
of Naples, bow deliciously warm and how charmingly tempered
by the sea-breeze! Jt is a mistake to think that Naples is
unbearable in the summer. To-day, for instance, we are in
the midst of thtLsuiamer — the sky is cloudless, and the sun
brilliant. Nevertheless, at noon, wc were walking full in the
sen ; niid, tlinnks to the freshness of the sea air, wo never
for a moment felt the heat oppressive.
1 must reserve for another letter my impressions of Naples.
Our entry this morning has left me with confused souvenirs of
an immense movement in the streets; of long narrow passages
going up and down and crowded with fruit-sellers, water-sellers,
and newspaper-boys; of donkeys and mules curiously harnessed
and glistening with brass ornaments; of children whose faces
seemed all eyes ; of women with shawls of resplendent colours;
u life, a movement, an architecture, a city altogether new and
strange. q\ c.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
All eommunlfnllimi relating In this dejeu Intent of (lie rater should he nddreste,! lo the
hlllor, nnd hare Ihr irord " Chru ' irrillrn an the mtehije,
0 M 1 0'|K'iili»K>n ).— Thank* for yonr IrtUr •nit th* Inclox-il. One of your
prulilruia a|>|ieai« below nnd we *liall inquire about the other.
h 8 mill K S iMarsut*).—We bellrrr the •hortmt rnntrh gnmn on record occurred be-
tne n the ua- Mr. Staunton and Mr. Ilorwitx In 1M«. Ite:e It U:—
winxa iS.)
IP u. yah
2 . P to tl II 4th
.1 K t L • 0 It Sid
4. 11 to K KtSth
a. P to K ::rd
fi. Ktto K 113rd
7. 1> to g ath
■amt (8.)
8. P tilkr. I*
P. Kt Ukr* Kt
10. Kt Ukra H
11. Kt to Bith (eh)
12. Kt to Kfitli (ch).
and Black reaigned
■i.ara (II.)
K Kt Uk.« p
II tnkra 11
U Inker Kt
li tog aq
BLai K III. I
P to K 11 «th
KttoK 11 3rd
P to K 3rd
B to K 2 nd
l' to g n tth
Kt to g 11 3rd
P take* 1*
K y iBoiti.ni.—Thank* for your letter. The problem in aix mum la. we ferret to
any. ui.mll.iblr
It B (Southend).- We are ulillrril for Uin problem,and It rlmll lie carefully examined.
Cobhkct SoLinrroKa or I'notu.XM No. 2100 ncelwd fiom II Lo Firm ijervey). J W
wilaon (Aberdeen); of No. llnl from It Wortera (Canterbury), 11 Z. Captain
llnldock. T (1 (Ware/, Alpha. Jumbo, W W Hunter, nnd II A 1.8.
Conaxer Hoi.mora or PaoBLXMa No. 2102 received from Pilgrim, I. Sh»r»wood.
Kmeat Sharawood. II II Noye*. lien Neel,. II Blaeklock, W Hilller. C W
CarBtone, n |; Wood. I, Wyman, F W Norrie. II Keeve. St.. John Bute, Jarnea
l‘ilkinirt..n. Kmnio I Darlington). KeT. W. Anderann, K <'naella I i'arla). K Fnither-
atone. A 0 Hunt. G lliiakla-ui, Nrrlon. 111. Dyke. An Old Hand. 1. Falcon (Antwcrpi,
owmitoni, JllAiihtro, It TweddeU, W Hilller. W Hewed. KG Pnrxloe. A W
Serutton. A Knrberi; (Hamburg), K and O Howltt (Norwleln, Shadforth. J Hall,
1 (crownid. It II Hr<«.kr. J II Shaw (I.lveipoop, A Itruln, Carl Krledlrbcn, Alpha.
SI O'llalluran. E le.iiden. George .lolrry. T O (Ware), J T W, Fritx IlolTluanu
(Munich., CUN (H.M.S. Aaim.an.l J K iSrUtl; Hnmpauad).
PROBLEM No. 2104.
By Orro Mkisuxo (Copenhagen).
BLACK.
WHITE. \ -
White to piny, and mate in three moves.
Played in the Handicap Tourney, now in progress it Simpson’s Divan,
Mr. Quest > lidding the odds of/K Kt to Mr. Kkw;h. The notes appended
have been contributed by Mr, (meat's / 7
[/temove White's K Kl/roik flie Board/— Danish Gambit.)
K >
P tikes P
P takes \
Q to li ard_
II to Kt 6th
Kt to K 2nd
P to d B aid
Castles
P to U 4th s "-
II to U 2nd
JPto-B 4 th
B to U 4th
B to U 4th
II takes P
li to Q Kt aril
Q takes Q
swmrit (Mr. Q.) black (Mr. K.)
49 Kt to Q 2nd P to « Kt 4th
20. R to K Kt si B to R 4th
21. B to li 2nd Kt to (1 6th
v 21. R lii Kt 3rd would have loot the game
•I.Illy. lircaiiM* of White'. reply.
22. B tnkra Kt, foUownl by 28. R take*
22. P to Kt 4th P to B 3rd
If lie hail played 22. Kt take* It. then
follow*;—
23. It takes P (eh) K to It *q
21. (J It to K Kt ft] Kt tog Mh
21- I' lake* 1’. am! ivin*.
23. B takes Kt
24. li to U 5th
25. R to K Jth
kfl. B to K 6th
27. B takes B
ii. U takes 11,
und Black resigned.
P takes B
U R to U »q
li to B 2nd
K to B aq
K takes ti
wntTK (Mr. Q.)
1. P to K 4th
2. P to U 4th
3. P to U B 3rd
4. B to B 4th
6. Kt takes P
O B to U 2nd
7. Castles
8. K to tt sq
9. I’ to B 4th
10. P takes P
11 . Q to Kt Srd /
12. « II to K «i
13. P to Q K 3rd
14. PtoK Kt 4th
15. Kt to K 4th \
10. B takes B
IfM g taken II. White wins H piece liy
17. Ktto Bind.
17. B takes Q Kt to B 4th
18.11 to B 3rd Ktto Q 2nd
Mr. Ga lineau, the popular vice-president of the City of Londi n (liens
Club, held his annual gurdcu parly on Tuesdsy. the 6th in«t. at hi* re¬
sident*, Ivy House, Beckham. This was the twelfth of an unbioken series
of i-nteitaimnrnts of the kind, and from Hfty to s xty gentlemen, most of
them cSiesspln)as, were present on the occasion. The weather was
favournlilo, and the hospitality of Mr Gastineuu was, os usual, profuse and
Renish~-\Among the ••oinpany pii sent were Mr. lilnckliurne, the Rev.
Mr. M.irdoinieir, Messrs. Hoffer, Mills, Ixird, Uumpel, Argo), Chappell,
Vjse, the Rev. Mr. Scnigill, and nearly all the well-known official* of the
City of London Club, including Mr. George Adamson, its efficient and
popular honorary secretary.
. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Rowland (says the Dublin Evening J fail of the 6th
in*t.) have been presented with a large and handsome act of Staunton chess¬
men, in ivory, by the clussplayers of Great Britain and Ireland, as a murk
of their appreciation of Mr. and Mis. Rowland's varied labours in support
of the ltoyal game. Mrs. Rowland is well nnd favourably kn ,wn to our
reudere under her maiden name, Mis* F. F. Beeohey.
We are pleased lo learn that a movement ison foot to organise a National
Cheas Ass. rotation, with its head-quarter* in London. The management of
Simpson's, 101, 8trund, having grauted the use of a room, a meeting of ull
chnixplnyers interested in the matter will be held there on July 21 u- xt, at
seven o'clock in the evening. The want of such an organisation bus I'em
long felt in this country. Hitherto the Counties Chess Association, by tlio
skilful management nnd untiring efforts of the Rev. Mr. Skipwortli, has
filled the gap. doing good service in promoting the spread anil cultivation
of Chess in the provinces ; but it has not succeeded, and could not be ex-
jrectcd lo succeed, in gathering the great body of London am iteura with n
its fold We trust to sec the old association and the new woikingsidc by
side, but the head-quarters of a National Association should, naturally, be
the capital of the empire.
Mr. W. n. Ctihiaon, the treasurer of the Blackbume Testimonial Fund,
has issued the following letter to the secretaries of chers club* in the
United Kingdom : —
“ 16, Berners-street, W, London.
“ Dear 8ir,—Although your attention has probably been directed to the
proposed testimonial lo Mr. Blackbume, I make no apology lor add reusing
you officially os the treasurer of tho fund, aud n questing your friendly and
earnest co-operation. On previous occasions I have expressed my opinion
that tho many con assist the one, and that no lover of c**ess should hold back
because his contribution must be small, whilst his admiration may be great.
‘ Date nbolum Belisario.’ You may object to the quotation, nnd say the illus¬
trious Roman was blind, whilst the opponents of Blnckhume always complain
that ho it too keen-sighted; but it is by his blindfold play that he lms distin¬
guished himself above all past and present chcs-pl.iyei s. exi cpt one friendly
rival. I request you to exert your interest with your friend* [and if you are
officially connected with a rho-a club, with your memliers) to induce them
to contribute on the present occasion. An appeal of this kind can rarely be
repeated. Should it aucoeed, it might be considered intrusive to renew the
application to the prejudice of others who. if less distinguished, may be
rqually deserving. Should it fail, the cold shade of disappointment would
blight any future effort. Much may be done without unduly taxing the
thousand* of plnyera to whom the name of Blackbume must V familiar.
1 do not presume to dictate, I only venture to solicit, and to all admirers
of our noble game I would say, if you are strong, give a piece; if you nre
weak, part with a Pawn; hut whatever you do make a move in the right
direction.—W. H. Ci'Biao.v."
At Hie lmlf-yonrly rent uudit for tho Hitckinghamsliirc
estates of Sir Nathaniel Do Rothschild, M.P., nnd Mr. Alfred
Do II •thsehild, held on the 10th inst. at Aylesbury, 15 per
cent of the sums due were returned.
The mimml meeting of the Commons Preservation Society
wn* held, by the permission of tho Duke of Westminster, lit
Grosvenor House, on the 10th inst., I^ord Mount-Temple pre¬
siding. Thcye was a good attendance, and testimony was
borne to the value of tho work done by tho society.
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will (dated Jan. 24, 1879) of the Right Hon. George,
Viscount Tornltgtoil, one of the Lords-m-Waiting on the
Queen, who died on April 27 last, at Monte Carlo, Monaco, was
J roved on the 17tlt tilt, by the Marquis of Abergavenny, and
ohn Moxou (Jlubon, the executors, tilt* value ot the personal
estate amounting to over £12,000. The testator gives the piece
of plate presented to him by the King of the Belgians to
Andalusia, Lady Moles worth ; the furniture, pictures, prints
und effects at Votes Court to his nephew, George Stanley Byng,
conditionally on his paying i!100 per milium to his (testator’s)
wife for her life ; und the residue of his property, leal ana
personal, to his wife.
The will (dated May 16, 1874), with three codicils (dated
Aug. 11, 1874 : July 12, 1876 ^and Oct. 12, 1883), of the Right
Hon. Lucius Beutinck Cary, Yiscbunt Falkland and Boron
liunsdon, l'.C., G.C.H., J.lf./D.L^jJnteof 8kutterskclfe, near
Yarm, Yorkshire, who died on Mareli4.2 last at .Montpellier,
France, was proved on Ae-Joth ult. byAdmirul the Right
Hon. l’lantagenet Fiempout, Viscount Fulklnnd, the brother,
Marshall Fowler, Theodore Williams, and William Williams,
the executors, the value of the perstinal estate amounting to
over £2000. The testutor makes certain books, pictures,
articles of curiosity and virtu, Wedgwood china, &c., heir¬
looms to go with llie family estates; and he gives legacies to
his nephew, Byron Planragenet Cary, his executois, Madame
Veuve Laurent, nnd to hiri valet. All his real estate, charged
witli the payment of £300 per annum to his said nephew, he
devises to nis ^iid brother for ltfe, with remainder to Iris first
nnd every other son in tail male, with remainder to his nephew
the said Byron Plaiitagenet Cnry. The residue of the personalty
lie leave? to his brother.
The will (dated May 20, 1879) of Sir John James Ennis,
Bart., M.P^JLJLeiJ.L., late of Balliualiown Couit, Athlone,
county Westmeath, and of 30, Curzon-street, Mayfair, was
^proved on tbe 2nd inst. by his cousin Jumes Reynolds Peyton,
ouh of the executors, the vulue of the personalty amounting
to over £14,000. The testator gives diamonds and jewellery to
^_>he safest daughter of his sister Mrs. Watcrton; £500 to Mr.
Peyton* u like amount to his agent, Thomas Quin; £100 to
his valet ; £10,000 to May Ram (daughter of Stephen Bam),
charged ou his estates in Westmeath ; aud an annuity of £300
to Margaret Henry (daughter of the late David" Henry),
Nm^rged upon his Dublin estates, lie devises Bullinahowu
Court and his Westmeath estates to his sister Mary
O’Dom'ghue, wife of The O’Donoghue, for her life, and toiler
issue in tail; his Meath estates to his sister Mrs. WnterfcOB, for
her life, and to her issue in tail; and his estates in Dublin,
county Carlow, nnd Galway to his sister Mrs. Power, for her
life, nnd to her issue in tail. Bis plate he leaves to go as heir¬
looms with Balliualiown Court, and his residuary real and
personal property to George Henry C’avell, who appears to
liuve predeceased the testator.
The will (dated June 1, 1882), with two codicils (dated
June 1, 1882, and April 23, 1884), of Mr. Arthur Witherby,
late of Ducre House, Lee, Kent, who died on April 26 last,
has been proved by the Rev Edmund Dickie Kershaw, the
Rev. Robert Ilale Witherby, and Arthur George Witherby,
the son, the executors, the value of the personal estate exceed¬
ing £196,000. The testator bequeaths £5000 to the National
Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the
Principles of the Established Church; £2000 each to the
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge nnd the Rochester
Board of Education; £1000 each to the Waterside Mission and
the Rochester Diocetan Society ; and £1000 to his wife, to bo
applied by her towards building a new school for infant
children in Church-street, Lee. To his wife, in addition to
other bequests, ho leaves £1000 and his residence ; and she is
to have the use, for life, of his furniture, plate, pictures,
effects, horses und carriages. Certain railway stocks, of the
value of over £50,000, are to be held, upon trust, for his wife,
for life; and then for his two sons, Arthur George nnd
Bertram. He appoints the trust funds under his first
marriage settlement, und also under his second marriage
settlement, subject to his wife’s life interest therein, to his
three children—viz., his said two sons, nnd his daughter, Mrs.
Grunt; he also bequeaths to his said daughter £1000, but
mokes no further provision for her, ns she was amply provided
for on her nuirriuge. Two freehold farms in Sussex he gives
to his son Arthur George, and there nrc numerous legacies to
relatives und others. The residue of his property is to be
divided between his two sons.
The will (dated Oct. 29. 1878), with a codicil (dated
March 16, 1880), of Mr. William King, Into of No. 19,
Ovington-gardens, who died on April 24 last, was proved ou
the 9th inst. by Thomas Hoade Woods and George Roper, M.D.,
the executois, the vulue of the personal estate exceeding
£136,000. The testator bequeaths £1000 to Mr. M oods in
consideration of the trouble he will have in the executorship;
£5000 each, free of legacy duty, to John Archer Jackson, and
Mrs. Clara Stone; nnd lie directs his executors to transfer to
the treasurer or the trustees for the time being ot St. George’s
Hospital, Hyde Park-comer, £100,000 Three per Cent Con¬
solidated Bunk Annuities, for the purpose of endowing or of
augmenting the endowment of such Hospital, on condition
that a ward in the said hospital shall for ever hereafter be
culled “ The William King Ward.” All his real estate and
the residue of the personalty he leaves to Dr. Roper abfolutely.
The will (dated June 3, 1880), with a codicil (dab d March 22,
1883), of Mr. John Boldero, of Lisson-grove, and ot Norfolk
I louse, St. John’s-wood-rond, warehouseman, who died on May 3
lost, was proved on the 10th ult. by John Boldeio, Frederick
Boldero, and Arthur Boldero, the sons, three of the executors,
the value of the personal estate exceeding £99,000. The
testator bequeaths to his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Boldero, £300,
ond all the furniture, plate, pictures, wines, books, household
effects, horses mid carriages at his residence; he also bequeaths
to her on annuity of £2000 while she remains his widow and un¬
married; to his sons, Frederick, Arthur, and Walter, £2000
each ; and to his six daughters £3( 00 each. '1 lie residue of
his real mid personal estate is to be equally divided between
ull his children.
Tho will (dated "March 2, 1883) of Mr. William Norton
Burioughs, late of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, who died on
April 12 last, wus proved on the lltli ult. by Thomas Proctor
Burroughs, the son, und .Mrs. Lucy Lydia Gnrratd, Mrs. Ann
Garrard, Mrs. Cordelia Clowes, and Miss Letitia Bin-roughs,
the daughters, the executors, the value of the personal estate
amounting to over £41.000. The testator devises Bnsli House
Farm. Sutton, Norfolk, to his daughter Mrs. Clowes; ond
there nre special bequests to his daughters Mrs. I,. I.. Garrard
and Mrs. Ann Garrard ; £10,(HH) mid one fifth of the residue
of his real and personal estate nre to be held, upon trust, for
his daughter Letitia for life, and then as she shall appoint.
The remaining four fifths of such residue nre given, in equal
shares, to his other four children.
The sum of £1000 per annum for fire years, necessary to
secure the conditional Government grunt of £2500 for Abtryst-
with College, has been guaranteed.
THK ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, July 19, 1884.-68
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A O I P H T GIRL.
DHAWV BY 4. 4ENISEK.
S mf-h 1 f ltd, .® cul * to ca , rr y ou mtolli K eUt conversation
' h young ladv. lier ideas und sentiments being ex-
IrH J . C H . ractt ' <1 ’ ,u ! d her principles decidedly opposed to
rdtnury flirtution. She is, however, a tine specimen of the
hkcTcli-book ftWn,aJ ’ a,ld U vwy good 8Hb J’ ect ,or <“» Artist’s
lmlf tlie population are of Roumanian or ‘ ‘ Rommnny ■ mC e
®? d , ie,r , dtt r k complexion, large black eyes, lithe figure!
features, and profusion of thick black hair,
S^°^ ndw,,d ^ around t,,e differ entirely from
^ o tl,rop< V ?°™ e nf young women are
w. /.f ’Jr ?• n,deue8S 0f ‘l>cir habits of life, and the utter
refined f rjS ,Cat, °y , « ,0n ,‘ epnve them ot P° wer to charm a
» r.^ v d , t ,cy b ' come " ,ero drudges of lazy and
tyrannical husbands. A traveller possessed of some .
female servants to consider the advantage of tolemtinc (his
innocent indulgence at the kitchen or scullery window
or m the back attic ehuinber, for it has probably an
indirect bcueUcitd effect on domestic habits, and mnv
help to reconcile young persons to long days of con-
tluemcnt indoors. We believe the merit of having first started
the window flower shows in London belongs to the late amiable
Lady Augusta btauley and her husbiiud, tlie Into Dean of
Uestmmster; and we were glad to observe that .lie annual
'Vestmmster flower show, which took place last week, is sue-
Cessfullv k<*nt. un st riilo.'o m_^
“HER ONLY TREASURE.”
Pftri8 !'. derg7 ' nided h y m ™y benevolent ladies
mien^v ! n „ t,,C,r re8pect iv° neighbourhoods, l.avo frv-
3oS£ , ll ' c,n8 ti Ve8 ' of late ,y««w. to establish local
encourage the poor to adon.’tIieiT’hS Shaftesbury wdl Saftera mtI,pr in ’ c, unden Town, Ixml
gj 8 i V : r S ,,d0W ? lM, , , t’ mo8t,y ««•«*""» ,u, d fuchHins. gi vfng ShffiSS? aT the Vc/bfv lLdl ° peU th \ d «'\ tU
SfS ,W,Ul ^ W , ,,d 11,0 8 l 'f ,l ?‘'»I-»io„ship o! boys and L ^ nt f groW . n by . «*•
v 4 .m 111 .en 1 Husbands. A traveller possessed of some'little Qrl.in,ll « . s DfI er T n ° f U lo, "V sempstress
,uck uf *—• *»— g s- sate - .T
"min look place last week, issue*
cess uily kept up. St. Giles’s, Hloomsbwry, is another pirns!,
Which w«» among the earliest to adopt this pleasant insti*
shaft h tui «V cra8 ’ ° r rather in Camden Town, Lonl
. .ui, oi points grown by the
l^iist and girls of the Aldenhnm-srreet Sunday-school.
Last Saturday, at Nottnig-hill, there was n similar meeting,
mken^ 'f “*KH Bi8h ' lp °. f , Ripon the prizes. These
tokens of public approbation me noted by us in connection
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Jily 19, 1884.—09
HER ONLY TREASURE,
DRAWN BY W. RAINKY.
70
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 10, 1884
with the simple subject of our artist's
rather pathetic drawing, which repre¬
sents n poor girl tenderly carrying to
its place the potted geranium cherished
as “her only treasure.” Such a thing
is no tritle or toy, wc should imagine,
to one who is denied the amusements
of society, tho entertainments of art,
and free access to those broader aspects
.md fuller enjoyments of bounteous
Nature, which are open to the humblest
of the rural population.
NEW ENGLISH CHURCH
AT LEIPSIC.
The foundation-stone of this building
was laid on Ascension Day, May 22, by
bishop Titcomb, first Dish op of tho
Anglican Church in Northern and
Central Europe. The English Church
congregation at Leipsic began in 18G3,
under the ministry ol the Dev. It. Wells-
Whftford; the Rev. R. L. Tuttiett is tho
present Chaplain. Tho ceremony was
attended by the German municipal,
civil, and clerical authorities of the city,
and was conducted in a very gratifying
manner. The “Chatoh of the ’As¬
cension,” ns shown in our Illustration,
is to be a handsome building iu the
Gothic style, and will accommodate
four hundred persons. The cost will
be £3000, of which sum one third
is still required. Tho excellent site,
valued at £2000, was presented by
Die municipality of Leipsic, who have
nlso made n grant of £250. Tho English
and American community in Leipsic,
though a very large one, perhaps 800
persons, consists mainly of young people,
students at the G'onservntorium or the
University, who lmvo not the means to
give much, and whose limited stay in
Leipsic, seldom exceeding three years,
prevents their taking a permanent
interest in the church. Subscriptions
may be sent to the Rev. L. R. Tuttiett,
or to Herr W. Oldenburg, treasurer to
the building fund.
Sir. Gladstone was entertained yes¬
terday week by tho Eighty Club, which
consists of young Liberals, at n dinner at
Willis’s Rooms. He touched upon the
urgent necessity of uti internal reform of
the House of Commons, entered into a
comparison of foreign policy, and advised
calm and rational consideration of the
present position of the Franchise Dill.
There were three Volunteer In¬
spections in London last Saturday. The
London Artillery brigade was in-peeled
by Colonel Finch, It.A., tho field state
showing 1043 ollicera and men on
parade, under Lieut.-Coloiul Hope,
V.C., Colonel Finch speaking favour¬
ably of the regiment; tho London
Engineers by Colonel Webber, R.E., at
Regent’s Park ; and the 7th Surrey hud
055 out for inspection at Lambeth Palace
by Colonel Fitzrov, of the East Surrey
Regiment, the corps being under Colonel
Porter, and earning high praise from
the inspecting officer for its drill as well
us soldierly appearance.
TIIK NEW ENGLISH CHURCH AT LEIPSIC.
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to take two ■!>..in,nil Ilf UNO'S FRUIT HAI.T In a tumbler of water first thing in Die morning,
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. BNO'8 I'KL'IT 8ALT excrrl*-* a simple but aprclal action on the liver. I.y which the
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 26, 1881
It is rumoured that her Majesty the Queen, as a grace¬
ful tribute to the memory of her dead son, intends con¬
ferring on the Grand Duke of Pyrmont and Waldock the
Order of the Garter. The regulation exempting Royal
porsonages from payment of fees connected with the
investiture of this most coveted distinction seems specially
salutary on this occasion. For it is an open secret that
the revenues of the father of the Duchess of Albany are
infinitesimally small, and four hundred and eighty
pounds, the expenses of the proposed honour, would
make a sad hole in his littlo income, and ho could not in
common courtesy refuse the proffered compliment.
Lawyers decided long ago that public meetings on
subjects of public interest might be legally held in the
parks or elsewhere if no thoroughfare were persistently
blocked. But there are considerations other than those
purely affecting legality that are interesting just now.
Alarmists are already walking about with eucalyptus
leaves in their pockets, with oxidised pennies next to their
skin, and other popular specifics against cholera; and
statistics show that smallpox is on the increase in London.
Although the authorities provided on Monday last a suf¬
ficient number of policemen to preserve order and regulate
the traffic during tho demonstration iu favour of the
Franchise Bill, they took no steps to restrain the danger
of infection that an influx of many thousands of visitors
must subject the metropolitan population to. In the event
of an outbreak of pestilence, ships will bo quarantined,
foreigners fumigated, and learned ossays written on the
importation of disease germs; but the cause may, perhaps,
be found nearer home.
It is worthy of note that the medical profession is not
a favourite one with the aristocracy. Younger sons of
the nobility, and older sons, too, for that matter, have not
disdained "to mako or lose money in all branches of Com¬
merce, from cab-owning to stock-broking, while briefless
scions of noble houses are far from uncommon. But
medicine scorns to be a closed profession to blue blood.
Why ? Can it be because the practical education necessary
for its pursuit begins earlier than is consistent with the
interests of Eton and Oxford.
Truly a curious custom is this modem one of lending
private mansions for professional concerts, though it is to
be doubted if tho interests of art are benefited thereby ns
much as the pockets of singers. Miss Gertrude Griswold’s
short entertainment would probably have commanded
but an ordinary audience had it taken place at an
ordinary concert hall. But Sir Sydnev and Lady
Waterlow graciously nllowcd it to take placo at their
residence, No. 29, Chcsham-place, and many people
flocked to hear the music, paying for tho privilege
many moro shillings than St. James’s Hall would have
attracted. For a charity tho fashion is not only ex¬
plicable but should bo encouraged, as the fuuds of the
Home for Poor Children supported by tho Convent of tho
Assumption can testify after tho concert in aid of them,
which took place at Mrs. Ruebcn Sassoon's. Thoro is a
considerable difference between ten shillings for listening
to a “ Monday Pop.” and twenty-one shillings for a
mediocre concert in Bolgrave-square, but the balance is
made up in powdered footmen, pretty furniture, and
eleemosynary ices.
From time to time wo hear a great deal about the
fabulous sums realised by actors and actresses op-dAe
occasions of their benefit performances. Curiously enough
tho great operatic singers, over the spoilt children of the
stag.*, reap no advantage by their so-called benefits. Of
course they get their salaries, large enoug^r«Qodh?Ss
knows, and also the barren honour of an exceptionally extra¬
vagant crop of bouquets. But the crowds that flockTtrdo^.
annual honour to Madame Patti only put additional money
in the pockets of her manager. 'This i$' the reason why
she, instead of tho usual "benefit,” this year insistedthat
the words Madame Patti’s gala night should be advertised
on her last appearance this season, on which she was
regarded as a moro than ordinarily special attraction.
Tho common star-fish, which has hitherto enjoyed a
reputation for innocence though not for beauty, now
threatens the oyster beds along the coast line of Connecti¬
cut, U.S.A., with total annihilation. It appears that the
shoals of herrings and other finny tribes which feed on
the spawn of the star-fish are bcconiipg shy of the shore
on account of the pottfhg and preserving establishments
that have sprung up. ^Consequently the five-pointed pests
have flourished unchecked, and ravaged tho ediblo
bivalves at their/hnsufe.,, A system of divers and vessels
iB now being organised from which purse-nets will bo
lowered, ami when filled the contents will bo carried
ashore as manure.V This m the only way that can as yet
be seen Sitt-df the difficulty;
»lf; but it sometimes reverses
old times tho bondsmen
‘‘si>oiied ihe Egyptians;” nowadays tho Egyptians
threaten to spoil the bondholders. The French and tho
C^ef^mHjpndholddrs, however, are expected to show fight
their representatives; and certainly there
m now than thero was before the English
French or Gorman or even English bond-
should be mulcted. If they originally received
__ interest, the negotiators of tho loan ought to be
held responsible; if the expense of the Alexandrian in¬
demnities is the cause of the proposed reduction, the
English bondholders ore no more responsible than any
other Englishman, and tho French and German bond¬
holders mo clearly free from the very slightest respon-
sibility. But perhaps tho appearance of this question
depends upon the political or financial spectacles through
which it is examin' d.
Tho Force, as it is the fashion to call the noble army
of police, has covered itself with glory iu tho persons of
Messrs. Garner, Suell, and Company, at the battle of
Iloxton, with truncheons versus revolvers. If ever men
displayed courage " under fire,” the gallant Garner and
Knell may be said to have done so; and without any hope,
even if they recovered of their wounds, of such honours as
the Victoria Cross. It was enough for them to know that
England expects every man to do his duty.
Mr. Caledon Alexander, member of tho Jockey Club
since I860, whose sudden death was announced at Kemp ton
Park during the races on tho 18th fast., hud very little
success upon the Turf, hut he was concerned in somo
notable events. In 1857 his filly Madcap and Baron
Rothschild’s Barbary ran a double dead-heut (not a vory
usual though not by any means a unique occurrence) at
Newmarket First Spring Meeting; in 18(30 ho niado a
very sporting match with Baron Rothschild to decide
whether his colt or the Baron’s should continuo to bo
called "Robin Ilood”; and in 1879 he rode his mare
Briglia (1(3st.) and was beaten in a sporting match
against Kir J. D. Astloy, who rode his own horse, Drum¬
head (16 st. 101b.). And yet Mr. Alexander was a noted
advocate of the old absurdly light "feather-weights”
in handicaps; and once, if ho be truly reported of,
“snapped” a short-lived resolution in favour of literal
" feather weights” from the Jockey Club.
"What extraordinary fascination is there about the
North Pole, that brave men aro always ready to start in
quest of it? Tho lands in its immediate vicinity aro un¬
inhabitable save by bears; they produco nothing but snow
and ice; and if a wuter-passnge should perchance be dis¬
covered at Midsummer between one frozen sea and another,'-
cui bono f It is matter for thankfulness that Lieutenant
Greely and u few of his comrades have been found alive,
but it is feared that their health is permanently injured.
Why then should any more Arctic expeditions bo sent out,
either from England or America ? They only result in
much suffering, terrible loss of life, and the amendment of
maps and charts which are of no general utility. Apol-
lyons are too many and Greathearts too few for us to
regard with equanimity this waste of men, money, and
energy among the icebergs.
If wolves have been reintroduced into the realm King
Egbert ruled and loved a thousand years ago, ho lived
and legislated in vain. The prairie wolf may not be the
worst of his kind, but it is rather disquieting to hear that
he has been domesticated in Epping Forest, and that his
“curiously coloured^ cubs have been pretty freely dis¬
tributed about England. Mr. A. D. Bartlett, the Super¬
intendent of the Zoological Gardens, declares that a
creature captured fa> what East Londoners fondly civil
“The Forest,” is a genuine prairie wolf, and gives cogent
reasons for believing that four cubs of the species were
brought from abroad and turned looso there a few years
ago. Though England is thickly populated, it is only in
patches; and there aro still plenty of woods where prairie
wolves would befarmore dangerous neighbours than foxes.
“ Fleet -yet sweet is tho time of the roses,” was the
motto of tho fair dames and damsels who on the 17th inst.
filled the cool dusky saloons of the Mansion House with
fragrant bouquets and baskets of the Queen of Flowers,
and sold them to all comers for tho benefit of the Hospital
for Women and Children in tho Waterloo Bridge-road. Tho
Lady Mayoress and hor youthful bevy of Rose Maidens
formed a pretty group; and as the sale was only of a few
hours’ duration neither venders nor purchasers were worn
''butX'Fhis Inst is a very essential point, for oven amateur
shop-keeping is fatiguing, and " It hastes, it wastes, the
time of the roses " is as applicable to the ladies as to tho
flowers. _
The notion of gilding refined gold is an obvious folly,
and it might hwe been imagined that tho idea of adding
brilliancy to diamonds was equally futilo. A Parisian
jeweller has, however, achieved the latter feat by putting
clockwork that runs for five hours inside his diamond
lockets, which causes the gems to circle round about one
another, scintillating and flashing in a most bewildering
manner. These ornaments are in great request among
American belles.
TIIE IIYDE PARK DEMONSTRATION.
The assembly of more than a hundred thousand people in
Hyde Park on Monday afternoon, to protest against llie
rejection of the Franchise Bill by the House of Lords, and to
call for some limitation of the powers of that House, was an
imposing spectacle. It wns organised by a committee in the
city of London, of which Mr. George Howell wns secretary,
while Mr. George Sliipton acted as Chief Marshal of the
procession and of the arrangements in the Purk. The
procession wns collected and marshalled on the Victoria
Thames Embankment, and started from the Clock Tower of
Westminster I’alace at three o’clock, moving along Bridge-
street, past New Palace-yard, up Parliament-street and
Whitehall to Charing-cross; then up Cock.«pur-street, nlong
the whale length of Pult-mull and up Kt. Jnmcs’s-slrcet,
passing all the political Chibs, und westward along Pic¬
cadilly to Hyde Park-corner, where it entered the
Piuk. It was led by members of tlio Farriers’ Society,
ou horseback, to clear tho way. It consisted, first,
of some five or six thousand agricultural labourers from
Kent and Sussex. Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and other
counties; the Kent and Sussex men currying their white
banner, and each man a hop-pole, with a bitof blue at the top.
There was also a deputation from the miners of the North of
Eugland. Several carriages followed, iu whichsntthe gentle¬
men appointed to preside or to speak on the platforms in the
Park, and thoso of I lie committee of management. The various
Trades Unions of London working men. with their banners,
the Liberal Clubs and Associations of different metropolitan
boroughs and of the suburbs, the Working Men's Clubs,
Temperance Societies, and Friendly Societies, with banners
and bands of music and some emblems of the trades,
and other associations of a popular character, composed
the bulk of the regular procession. It was joined or
followed, ns it went through the streets, by an immense
multitude of other people, manifestly belonging to the orderly
and well-behaved London labouring clusscs. The whole
vest moving body, extending nearly three miles in length,
passed through a liiue walled in by two standing front 1 ties of
approving ami sympathizing spectators, behind whom stood
closely ranked ns many more ns could find space at the sides
ot- the streets. The" Prince and Princess of Wales, ac¬
companied by Countess Spencer, Countess Granville, Countess
Rosebery, the Earl and Countess of Dalhonsie, and other
persons of rank, saw it from (he windows of Lord Curiiigtou's
house at the corner of Whitehall-ynrd. At the A Minimum
Club, the Reform Club, and the Carlton Club, in Pall-mall,
and at the Conservative Club, Brooks’s, and the Devonshire
Club, in St. Jnmes's-strecf, many persona of distinction, and
well-known members of both Houses of Parliament, stood ut
the windows. Lord Randolph Churchill, iu the balcony over
the portico of the Carlton, lmd to endure a good deal of rude
but not ill-humoured "chaff.” Lord Ilartington wns at the
War Office, with the Duke of Cambridge; and Mr. Chamberlain
was at the Devonshire Club. There wns boiiic hissing at the
top of Arlington-street, in Piccadilly, near Lord Salisbury's
house. Mr. Bright was nt the window of his own residence in
Piccadilly, and was greeted with the heartiest cheering. The
movement of tho procession wns necessarily slow, iis first
section only leaching Hyde Park by five o’clock.
The Burk arrangements were certainly very good. In the
open space on the east side, adjacent to Park I.nne, the
ground*for half a mile between tho Serpentine and the Marble
Arch wns given up to Beven distinct meetings, each cluster¬
ing around its own platform, which consisted of an uncovered
waggon, without horses. They were ranged in the Jorm of a
crescent open to the east, and were at such a distance from
the ordinary carriage drive, and from Rotteu Row, ns not to
cause any disturbance to the daily fashionable promenade. The
platforms were distinguished from one another by the letters
of the alphabet. Each lmd its appointed chairman, and its
appointed speakers, about half a dozen. On Platform A., the
chairman was Mr. Jesse Collings, M.P.; on Platform B., Mr.
W. 8. Caine, M.P.; Platform 0., Mr. II. Brandhuret, M.P.;
Platform D., in the centre, Mr. Clmtfield Clarke, with whom
were -Mr. George Howell and Mr. Shipton to direct the whole
combination; Platform E., Mr. S. .Storey, M.P.; Platform
I*’., Kir Wilfrid Lawsou, M.P.; and for Platform G., Professor
Thorold Rogers, M.l’., was the designated chairman, but he
could notnriivc in time, and his plnce was taken by Mr. F. A.
Ford. Among the speakers were the lion. Lyulpli Stanley,
Professor E. K. Beesly, Professor Sedley Taylor, the Re..
Ncwmun Ifall, J. Guinness Rogers, und other ministers ol
rcligiou; Mr. Qnintin Hogg, Major Klinrp llume, Mr. G.
Harris Lee, and Mr. F. Belsey, Liberal candidates for
seats in Parliament; Mr. Benjamin Lucrnft, one of the
School Board of London ; Mr. John Noble and Mr. F.
Channing, of the London and Counties Liberal Union;
Air. A. Kiinmouds, of the Kent and Sussex Labourers' Union ;
Mr. G. \V. Ball, of the Essex Agricultural Labourers' Union :
Mr. G. Mitchell, of the West of England Agricultural
labourers’ Union; and Mr. Joseph Arch, of Cambridgeshire;
Mr. J. Burnett, of tho Amalgamated Engiucers’ Society;
Mr. Pickard, miners’ agent, and representatives of many
trades and employments in London. An identical resolution,
at each of the seven meetings, wns moved and seconded,
The very latest thing in ladies’dri ss is the "House- n t each of tho seven meetings, wns moved and seconded,
id’’skirt, which has made its appearance nt several supported by several speeches, and carried by nu all but
•den unrties and in the Park. It is decidedly dowdy, unanimous vote in the show of hands. This resolution “ cm-
maid NJH
garden parties and iu tho Park. It is decidedly dowdy,
and though thero arc, of course, somo women so elegant
and pretty that they look well in it, the sisterhood in
general, if well advised, will shun the obtrusively simple
garment, and wear something more ornate.
Mr. A. O. Steel i9 well named. There must he a great
deni of steel about tho man who can make one hundred
and
and
phaticnlly protests" against the rejection of tho Franchise
Bill by an irresponsible and unrepresentative House of Lords,
notwithstanding its almost unanimous acceptance by the
people and the House of Commons; approves Mr. Gladstone’s
action in ndvising tier Majesty to summon an Autumn Session
of Parliament, and his determination to send up the bill again
to the Peers; nnd further expresses an opinion "tlmt the con¬
tinued existence of mi unchecked power of impeding and
foity-eight runs in one innings against the Australians obstructing the popular will, at present exercised by tho
their " demon,” as Mr. Steel did last Tuesday. House of l/ords, is not conducive either to tlic welfare of the
What’s in a name ? Something very curious and apt
sometimes; something very curious and perversely inapt
sometimes. “ Truefitt,” for instance, may not seem to Lo
a very appropriate name for n mere hair-dresser; hut it is
for a wig-maker nnd hatter. Nobody can deny that
"Whippy” is a rare good name for a whip-maker; so
good, indeed, as to create a doubt whether it is a real
patronymic, any more than " Norfolk Howard ” was tho
real patronymic of a certain Mr. Bugg. Nothing could
be much better for a baker than “ Ovoustonc ” ; and such
baker dwells not far from " Whippy.” As for tho tobac¬
conist, 11 Weingott ” by name, who lives in a noted
thoroughfare, had he bethought himself of bis Italian
synonym, and put "Bacco” over his shop-window, ho
might have, as it wore, killed two birds with one stone,
and hit off both his namo and trade with economical and
laconic point and brevity. As an instance of the
ludicrously perverse name, it is unnecessary to go further
thun the case of a German Jew with the impossible
patronymic of " Christian." So much amusement is to ho
derived from tho mere use of tho eyes in the streets.
peoule or the peace and prosperity of the country.”
The proceedings terminated about half-past six, having
been conducted iu the most orderly manner, and with perfect
good-humour. No accident whatever is reported to have hap¬
pened. Wc present a very large Engraving, equal in dimen¬
sions to four pages of this Journal, containing a view or the
scene iu the 1’ark, drawn by our own Artist. The I’orlrails
of the seven gentlemen appointed to preside on the seven
platforms are engraved beneath the general View. That of Kir
Wilfrid Lawson is from a photograph by A. Bassauo, of Old
Bend-street, takeu this year.
The Burns statue on the Thames Embankment will be un¬
veiled by the Earl of Rosebery this 'Saturday) afternoon ut
three o'clock.
In London 2669 births nnd 2007 deaths were registered last
week. Allowing for increase of population, the births exceeded
by 33, and tho deaths by 270, the average numbers in the
corresponding weeks of the last ten yeura. The deaths
included 23 Irom smallpox, 55 from measles, 40 from scarlet
fever, 19 from diphtheria, 69 from whooping-cough, 21 from
cut* ric fever, 533 from dyscu tery, aud 24 from choleraic diurrhu.a
and cholera.
JULY 26, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
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• ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
The “brave army” who, armed with weapons not more
lethal than hop-poles decorated with ribbons and ears of corn,
made a demonstration in favour of the Franchise Bill in Ilyde
Park on Monday, July 20, followed practically the advice of
General Bombastes Furioso. They abstained from “kicking
up a row.” They declined to “ raise Cain and break things” ;
and with charming unanimity they assisted the Metropolitan
police in keeping the peace. With regard to the number of
persons who were in the rauks of the procession, astoundingly
discrepant calculations have been made public. The estimate
of Mr. George llowell (and he ought to know) is that the
“ processionists ” numbered from one hundred and twenty-
five thousand to one hundred and fifty thousand men, and that
from seven hundred and fifty thousand to a million persons
took part in the day’s proceedings, either os “ processionists ”
or as sympathising spectators.
This is a “tall” calculation. The aggregate of demon¬
strators hns been elsewhere computed as “ between sixty and
seventy thousand,” as thirty thousand, and as fifteen thou¬
sand. The last estimate is, on the face of it, simply stupidly
and spitefully absurd. The true statistics of the mass meeting
in Hyde Park will probably never be known; and the con¬
flicting figures quoted this week will go down in print to
puzzle posterity. Prince Posterity will have many more
matters for bewilderment. A few years ago the Times was good
enough to inform its readers in a leading article that there were
a million of convicts in England. This amazing mis-statement
was never corrected in the leading journal; and posterity may
find itself morulising some day, perhaps, on the dreadful
wickedness of the closing quarter of the nineteenth century.
“ A poor show, long drawn out,” says the Morning Post.
“ The procession to Hyde Park yesterday was all that the pro¬
moters of the Demonstration could have desired,” says another
daily. “ The spectacle of yesterday was unique of its kind.
It was n demonstration made by the people and for the
people.” Thus the Times. “Tire Demonstration waB, to use
plain words, an organised lie.” Thus the Morning Advertiser.
llrnve words, bold’Tiser! By some politicians the Demon¬
stration Las been sneered at as “ a picnic,” an “outing,” and
so forth. In any case, it must be acknowledged that the pro¬
cession and the multitude which saw it pass, and gathered
round it in Hyde Turk, constituted what the Americans call a
“Boom." Such a Boom I witnessed at Philadelphia at the
end of the year 1879. The gathering (a tremendous one) was
avowedly held in order to favour the candidature of General
Grant for a third term of Presidency; but here we are in
1884; and General Ulysses Grant is certainly not in “the
running" as a possible next Chief Magistrate of the United
States.
I rend in one of the daily papers that, as the procession
passed up Piccadilly, “ at the corner of Stratton-street the
Baroness Burdett-Coutts was recognised and cordially cheered.
She was in the memorable balcony from which Sir Francis
Burdett addressed the electors of Westminster before he was
sent to the Tower; and, somehow or another, the fact seemed
to be known.” But is it a fact P Is the balcony in which the
Baroness stood the one made memorable by the proceedings
against Sir Francis Burdett in 1810? The large corner house,
No. 1, Stratton-street, was the residence of Mr. Thomas Coutts,
the banker, who bequeathed it at his death to his widow,
afterwards Duchess of St. Albans, who in turn bequeathed it
to Miss Angela Burdett, now the revered Baroness Burdett-
Coutts. Sir Francis Burdett, if I mistake not, occupied in
1810 a house in Piccadilly two or three doors westward from
Stratton-street. It is a nice topographical point well worth
settling.
We have heard, perhaps, slightly too much about Hyde
Talk this week, ns associated with “ legislation iu the streetsA
“mob-law,” “sansculotte agitators,” “organised grievance-
mongers,” and the like; but happily the enibellishuientbf the
renovated Bydo Park-corner is a subject on which politicians
of all 8liudcs of opinion, and people who are wise or fortunate
enough to have no politics at all, may agree. The disin¬
tegrated statue of the Hero of Waterloo, happily rescued (but /
only at the eleventh hour) from the melting-pot, will soon be
on its way to Aldershot, there to be set up anew for un¬
numbered generations of young recruits to look upon; Mr.
Boehm, R.A., is busy with the models and designs for the new
equestrian group of the Duke and Copenhagen which the
eminent sculptor has been commissioned to executeand the
Commit tee of the Hyde Park-Corner Improvement Fund want
thirty thousand pounds from a spirited and large-hearted public.
You see that while Parliament has voted sufficient money
to remunerate the sculptor of the new stutue, it is requisite, in
addition, to provide a suitable pedestal, which, to form partof
a really dignified National Memorialj should be adorned with
bas-reliefs commemorating AYellingtoji’s Victories, or at least
with bronze medallion-portraits of his valiant companions in
arms. Then Deeimus Burton’s triumphal arch lias to bo
completed by means of bas-reliefs round the pediment, and
at the summit a quadriga or four-horsed cur, carry¬
ing a figure of Victo.jaXAltogether, the architectural
uud plastic decorations demanded at Hyde Park-comer
will cost. some thirty thousand pounds, iu addition to the
modest contribution from the Imperial Exchequer. There
should Be no difficulty in raising the money promptly.
Already munificent donutions have been received from, among
others, her Majesty the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke
of Westminster, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, Sir Nathaniel
and Messrs. Leopold and Alfred de Rothschild, Sir Thomas
Brusacy, Mr. Albert Brasscy, Sir Richard Wallace, and Mr.
Shaw Lcfevre. And we are such a very wealthy community!
The Court of Common Council and the City Guilds will not be
found wanting, I should say ; and might not the Royal
Academy of Arts give something? The Forty are rich enough,
ru all conscience.
Still IMIu ! Horrida bella ! Belloun must needs be glorified
at the newly swept and garnished Hyde Park-corner; and
now, again, the fiery goddess Hying all abroad on her own
pinions and on thewioga of all the winds (Mr. LiuleySombourne,
del.) on the cover of the new Illustrated Naval and Military Maga¬
zine (published at 198, Stand), of which the First Number is now
before me. Or perhaps the athletic female who is so lustily
sounding her polemiki salpinx on Mr. Samboume's frontispiece
is not Bellona; but Fame. I prefer to call her Bellona,
because she is surrounded by falchions, horse-pistols, breech¬
loading guns, spears, mountain howitzers, ramrods, rapiers,
British lions, and smoke, besides four medallion profiles of
Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, and Drake. Mr. Sam-
bourne's cover is a most vigorous piece of drawing.
The contents of the first Number of the “Illustrated
Naval and Military Magazine” are very varied, and the
numerous illustrations are, as well as the letterpress, got up in
superb style. There is a splendid frontispiece in photo-
aquatint, after Mr. R. Caton Woodville’s picture of “Saving
the Guns at Maiwand,” and some capital illustrations by the
last-named gentleman to Major E. T. H. Hutton’s paper on
“ Mounted Infantry.” The magazine also contains interesting
contributions on naval and military topics by Admiral Sir
George Elliot, Captain H. Berkeley, R.N., Colonel Charles
Brackenbury, Mr. Athol May hew, and Colonel L’Estrange.
The literary gem of the number is tho well known but always
verdant story, very touchingly narrated by Major W. J. Elliott,
of Mrs. Dalbiac (wife of Colonel afterwards Sir Charles
Dalbiac, K.C.B.) at the battle of Salamanca. This forms the
first paper of a series called “ Heroism of Women in War.” I
hope that Major Elliott will not forget the heroism of the late
Mrs. Colonel Chambers with Garibaldi in the Tyrol in 18C6.
A singularly readable and suggestive work is Mr. Jolni
Ashton’s “English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I.,”.
two handsome volumes just published by Messrs. Clintto and
Windus. Did not one bear in mind the circumstance that ex¬
haustive scholars of the Napoleonic legend are growing fewer
every year, and that nine-tenths of the people who have any¬
thing to say nowadays about the Bonnpartes have gathered their
knowledge of the family and its illustrious Chief from the
rancorous pages of Lanfrey and Michelet (the last-named
historian descended so low in the direction of malevolent mean¬
ness as to assert that Napoleon had no eyebrows, and that he
Bmeared his bnir with pomatum in order to make it look
darker), one might feel disposed to opine that there wna too
much letterpress, explanatory of only one hundred and fifteen
caricatures (very cleverly drawn by the authorJpiOihese two
volumes. On the whole, however, Mr. John Ashton has done
his work very well, and with rare impartiality.^ 7
Mr. Ashton’s account of the conflicting genealogies of the
Corsican BuonopartesishighlyEntertaining. What doyou think
of the following, from an English broadsheet, published in
1803?—
Nipoleon Buonaparte in the *oc of a poor lawyer at Ajaccio, in Corsica,
in which city he was born, on the fifteenth of August, 17CD. His grand¬
father, Joseph, a butcher of the same place, was ennobled by Count Niuhoff
(our old friend Theodore), sm:e timo King of Corsica. He was the aon of
Carlos Buona, who once kept a liquor shop or tavern; but who, being eon-
rioted of robbery nod murder, was oondemned to tho Gallics, where be died,
in 1724. His wife, La Birba, the mother of Joseph, died in the House of
Correction at Genova (Genoa!) . . . Joseph Buonaparte’s wife, Histria, was
the daughter of a journeyman tanner at Bostia, also in Corsica.
I have a “ Life and Character of Buonaparte,” written by
a Mr. Burdon, A.M., and published in 1805, in which the
writer remarks qf Napoleon that his parents “ were not above
the middle ranks, and of Italian though not of noble ex¬
traction, as some have maintained.” To endeavour to make
out that your enemy is not a gentleman is a very stale
political device. How many tons of cavalier pamphlets were
there not written to denounce “ the basc-bom brewer of
Huntingdon, Cromwell” ? As a matter of fact, Oliver was a
gentleman of very ancient descent indeed.
Mr. Ashton, by-the-way, is Blightly in error when he
begins his work with the observation that “ curiously enough,
it has never been practically settled whence the ancestors of
Napoleon Buonaparte came.” If he will instruct auy foreign
bookseller in London to procure for him, from Corsica, a little
pamphlet entitled “ La V6rite Bur Nos Bonaparte,” by the
keeper of the public library at Bnstia, he will find that the
question of the ancestry of the Corsican Buonapartes has been,
to all intents and purposes, practically settled. They were of
noble race, and they came from Genoa.
With regard to the alleged abject poverty of Napoleon's
family (an allegation not endorsed by Mr. Ashton), I can only
say that, in common with many thousands of roving English¬
men, I have visited the house and tho room in which Napoleon
the Great was born, and that in the house there is a spacious
ball-room, 6till showing traces of having been handsomely
decorated. A poverty-stricken, pettifogging Corsican attorney
could scarcely Lave afforded such n luxury ns a bull-room in
his house. I remember that the lute James llauuny, that ripe
scholar and rare wit, refused to be satisfied as to the social
status of the Corsican Buonnpartes uutil a friend, whohad just
returned from Ajaccio, had told him what Charles Buona¬
parte’s kitchen was like. “ Was it the kitchen of a gentle¬
man, Sir?" the author of “ Satire and Satirists" impetuously
demanded. " Was it a kitchen iu which three courses could
be properly cooked P” Ilia friend hastened to assure James
that not only the Buonapartiau kitchen, but the cellar like¬
wise, was fully up to the mark of gentility.
In the mutter of the meaning of “ Harp Lords "ass term
contumelious!/ applied to Hie l’eers created by Oliver Crom¬
well, 1 “burn,” as the children say at blind mail’s buff; but
am not yet fully informed. A correspondent, “Si Quid,"
kindly refers me to “Pepys’ Diury,” under date May 13,
1660, where I find this entry—
To the quarter deck, at which some toylnrs and paynters were at work
cutting out 6ouio pieces of yellow cloth in the fashion of a a own and C.E.
and put it upon a fine sheet. ... In the afternoon a council of war,
only to acquaint them that the harp must be taken out of all their flags, it being
very offensive to tho King.
Elsewhere, in two places, Sam Pepys speaks of “ Harp and
Crosse” money in contradistinction to “ King’s money.” The
first-named coinage seems to have been called in after the
Restoration. In a copy of “ The History of the Very Valorous
and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha, trans¬
lated out of the Spanish by Thomas Shelton ” (London, 1652),
in my possession, I find on the frontispiece engravings of tho
Crowned Harp for Ireland, and the Crowned Thistle for Scot¬
land. The cognisance of England is absent.
“ Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” “ B. L.” writes:—
You challenged Hebrew scholars of the Talmud to discover and inform
you where cleanliness is next to godliness was to be found. I beg to say
that it is in a “ Treatise 8ota ” at th e end of chap, ix., and you can have it in
Hebrew if yon like.
“ H. 8.” (Glasgow) also favours me with the information
that “ Cleanliness is next to godliness” occurs in the chapter
“Mishnajie Sowteh” ; thus,X Alacrity (i.e., in the fulfilment
of the Divine commands) ieads to innocence; innoceuce to
cleanliness ; cleanliness to secluaibn ; seclusion to godliness;
godliness to humility; humility to the fear of sin.” Almost
an identical passage (says ) H. S.”) occurs in the first chapter
of the Talmud, “ Abodoh Zoroh ” ; and both passages emanate
from Rabbi Pinches-J>en- Joir, son-in-law of the greut
Rabbi Simcon-ben-Toclmi, who lived in tli3 time of Marcus
AureliuB. Errors in Hebrew orthography you will be pleased
to pardon. My Hebrew secretary is on his summer holiday.
“ A. U. L.,” who gives his fuU name, but omits to furnish
mo,with his address, writes me a somewhat confused letter, in
which lie says that an aunt, deceased, has left him and his
cousin a large library of books, which he wishes to divide
equally, “so that each shall have the proper value.” To this
information “ A. II. L.” adds the appalling intelligence that
between tliis date and a fortnight hence he intends to send to
the Distressed Compiler, in “ locked up boxes,” some or all of
these books (about a thousand in number) in order that 1 may
vniiie them. I most indignantly request that he will do
nothing whatever of the kind. 1 never heuril n cooler pro¬
posal in my life. As the young Indy (quoted by Mr.
Samuel Weller) observed to the pastry-cook when lie sold her
a pork-pic which was all fat, it is “ myther too rich” to be
expected, iu the uutumn of one’s life, to npprube the value of
strangers’ libraries. If the “ locked-up boxes” of books are
sent to me, they will not be taken in.
Gen. xv. 11: “ And when the fowles came douue upon the
enrkeises Abram drove them away.” This, I mentioned re¬
cently (in connection with the orthography of the word
“carcase” or “carcass”), I found in an old black-letter
Bible, from which the title-page had been torn. 1 am ex¬
tremely obliged to my erudite correspondent (and esteemed
correspondent of some four-uud-twenty years since), "J. R.
1).” (Huddersfield), who informs me that the absence of a
title-page is unnecessary to determine the version mid the
dute of my Bible. By u curiously learned process of deduction
he has arrived at the conclusion tlmt the Bible with tlie turn¬
out title-page is a copy of the Authorised Version of the date
1613. I shall paste “ J. R. D.’s” letter inside the cover of my
black-letter Bible.
“ A. N.” (Gloucester) is equally diverted and puzzled by
the following advertisement, cut from the Standard :—
Wanted, a young Lady Clerk ; must understand dissecting.—Apply to
-and Son, drapers, Oxford, and enclose photograph with reference.
“It appears to me,” remarks my valued (and Rev.) cor¬
respondent iu venerable and historic Gloucester, " to be quite
a new feature of the age that a ‘ clerk,’ and especially n 4 Indy
clerk,’ must be trained to 4 dissecting.’ ” Not quite so, Rev. Sir.
Advertisements for " dissecting clerks ” in drapery houses are
uotby any means uncommon. “Dissection” is a familiar term of
technology in the drapery business; it has somethiugevidently
to do with the separation, division, or partition of dry goods;
but of its precise meaning I am (not being a draper: would
that I were one !) at present unaware. Dozen of drapers will
have told me all about “dissecting clerks ” by this time nex
week. It is, on the other hand, somewhat irritating to tind
that in that admirable manual of textile technology, the
"Draper’s Dictionary,” “dissect” is merely defined u
“ to divide or cut asunder.” I hope that, in the next edition
of the Dictionary, fuller information will bo given respecting
dissection as practised by drapers.
The “ Cloture ” (better closure), so terribly talked about and
so timorously practised in Parliament, has become the sternest
of actualities in the theatrical woild of London. The only event
which has called for special uotice at the Playhouses during the
week just past is the production at Toole’s Theatre (Mr. J. L.
Toole is, by this time, “over the hills and far away”), under the
management of Mr. W. Terries, of the new four-port comedy
adapted to American scenes and manners by Sir. Augustin
Daly, from a German play by Herr Franz von Sellout linn. The
title given to the comedy as it is performed at Toole’s 1 heatre
is 44 Casting the Boomerang.” In the United States the play
lias been ruuniug for the last seventeen mouths us "Seven-
twenty-eight.” Another version of Herr von Schouthnn’s work
has already made a dim and fitful appearance at the Globe.
“ Costing the Boomerang," at Toole’s, achieved a brilliant
and well-deserved success. Iu the piece itself there is no;
very much that calls for serious criticism. "Seven-twenty-
eight” is the catalogue-number of a portrait of n young ludy
exhibited at tho Royal Academy. Two gentlemen fall in lov •
with the portrait; one for the lady’s own sweet sake, and tin-
other for the sake of a dog which forms one of the accessories
of the picture. Hence much mirth-moving equivoque, cross¬
purposes, droll dialogue, droller misunderstandings, and down¬
right fun, which is enhanced to the screuming stage by the
humours of u would-be poetic Benedick, a fatuous Beatrice, a
swindling publisher, and an Italian ballet-master. But the real
attractiveness of 44 Casting tile Boomerang” was due to tho
singular concord of ability in the American Company by which
the piece was acted. Mr. Augustin Daly’s transatlantic troupe
rivals the Meiuiugeuers in their rare intelligence, in their
generally different artistic fitness, and in their perfect dis¬
cipline. Miss Ada Rehati, who to great personal comeliness
adds an inexhaustible fund of bright humour us tho heroine;
Mr. Janies liurgiss as the uxorious poetaster; Mr. William
Gilbert as the grotesque pautoinimiA from sunny Italy; Mr.
John Drew as tho lover with a theory about boomerang throw¬
ing, figuratively speaking; and Mrs. G. 11. Gilbert ns the silly
wife of the poetaster, were ull admirable. The Blunder parts
in the piece were all adequately filled. G. A. 8.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 26, 1884
THE FRANCHISE BILL IN THE LORDS.
Th* TTpuso of Lords was engaged on three evenings in the
debate* on the Franchise Bill —namely, on Monday and Tues¬
day, the 7th and 8th inst., on the motion for the second reading
ol't'.f Bill, which they set aside by a majority »>f 205 against
146 iii favour of the amendment moved by Earl Cairns; and
farther, on Thursday of last week, upon the motion of the
Karl of Wemyss for allowing the Bill to pass through its
second reading upon certain conditions, which the Govern¬
ment had agreed to accept. These conditions were, that an
A'1'..vw should be presented to the Crown, asking for an
A it nnn Session of Parliament to consider the Redistribution
Bill, which Ministers have undertaken to bring in as early
r saible. This motion of Lord Wemyss, seconded
by "he Earl of Shaftesbury, was encountered by the
Karl of Cadogan with an amendment requiring that
tho Franchise Bill, as well as the Redistribution Bill,
si /mid be considered together at the Autumn Session;
i ud this was seconded by the Earl of Dunraven. After a
d'-b’ite of scarcely three hours, in which tho Marquis of Salis¬
bury (train spoke, and was answered by Earl Granville, the
n i ion of Lord Wemyss, being in elfect a renewed motion lor
tiie second reading of the Bill, was negatived by 182 votes
ag.iii.9t 182, and Ieord Cadogau’s amendment passed without
a division. The Sketches, by our own Artist, of many striking
figur* i and incidents in their Lordshipe' House, presented on
two ; uges of this Journal, refer to both the debates above
menuwued; beginning with the introduction of the Bill, on
the t‘.vt occasion, by the Earl of Kimberley, when it was
o"I'pct d by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord
f k 1 , the Earl of Rosebery, and others; but was opposed
Cairns and Lord Salisbury, and by the Peers of the
(.Vuu*erv*tive Party in general, with whom Lord Braboume,
formerly in office under a Liberal Administration, took part
in the resent instance. Lord Tennyson, voting for the first
fanu\ v vs in favour of the BiU. A crowd of members of the
JJ .ii- f Commons is seen at tho Bar listening to the debate;
nnd mure than one familiar figure will be recognised among
these, or in the rush across the Central Lobby to carry the
news ol the division to their leaders in their own House. The
rtm&iuing sketches belong to the short debate of Thursday
W' ek; they show Lord Wemyss in the act of moving, and the
venerable Earl of Shaftesbury seconding, the conciliatory
r» - >lut n which the Peers did not choose to adopt; the Earl
of < .1.; gnn proposing his amendment, which Lord Dunraven
W'vaided; and Lord Salisbury, in the same uncompromising
attii ulc as before, refusing to pass the Bill. The Duke of
Nnr/olk, who had voted against the amendment of Lord
Cura.*, and thus practically in favour of the Bill, in the
Division of Tuesday, the 8th inst., now explained his reasons
for voting against the Bill upon the motion of Lord Wemyss,
bvcaUBe he thought it would be injurious to the .dignity of
tb ir Lordships' House to alter its decision. This feeling
-^•in to have exerted much influence in the voting upon the
k •cori'l occasion, and still more in some abstaining from a vote
whi 'h ould have set the dispute at rest. In the galleries
above vere many Peeresses, including Countess Granville, the
War. In mess of Salisbury, with her daughter Lady Mary Cecil,
aad Countess Spencer.
H.M.S. IIECATE AT SEA.
The double-screw iron armour-plated turret-ship Hecate,
lately equipped for service, is now at sen with the Reserve
8q'. idxou, on an experimental cruise ; and some anxiety is
.feJtViy nautical experts, considering the peculiarities of her
ecu struct -on, especially the huge proportions of the central
elevatad deck. We have received from a naval correspondent
t! ■ Sketch we huve engraved, showing the actual situation of
the hip on tho 15th inst., while on her passage to Heligoland
in a M 1 .' r high sea; and it certainly does not look very safe.
The remembrance of that terrible disaster which belel the
turrot-s! p Captain in the Bay of Biscay, in September, 1870,
hi,. iot yet passed away from the public mind. It is, in tho
opini. n of many persons, doubtful whether the Hecate should
n»t 1 -j confined entirely to coast defence service, for which she
was origiuully designed.
TIIE WIMBLEDON MEETING.
The competitions for the Queen’s Prize claim first notice. In
li hooting nt the 500 yards range in the first stage, on the
It iii.-t., Private Day, 6th Lancashire, Quartermaster Beech¬
ing, ■ the St. George’s Rifles, and Private Ellett, 1st Somer¬
set, ,ach made highest possible scores, nnd the shooting'
-.IK showed considerable improvement. ShootinjfsMhe
..iigcs in the lirst stage was completed on the lTtli inst.
i highest scores included two with a score of 92, Private
n, 1st Guernsey Militia, and Serg.nut Ritchhvist ltpn-
fov.r with 91; two with 90; nine with
jiU twelve with 86. On Saturday last the Sixty who were
privileged to take part in the final competition were selected,
5* »»t Taylor, of the 1st Lanarks 11ire^/nmking the top
*cor« among the 300 competitors, nnd gaining the SiiVerMedal
amt I'M). Her Majesty’s Prize was won on Tuesday, after
w , ,ut may fairly be called a “ gal I an h’-con teat, by Private
Gallant, of the 8th Middlesex (Uoiliwlow) liiflea. ilia score
wia llu; and scores of 109 were made by Sergeant Taylor,
1st luuiark, and Corporal Parry, 2nd Cheshire.
Yin .ng the otlier competitions brought to a close at the
time we went to press with our early edition are the follow¬
ing: Corporul Dickenson, 2nd Lincoln, made the highest
6< • re lor the Martini Challenge Cup. For the Wiudmill
Prize, .-Sergeant Helton, 2nd Renfrew, Sergeant Hallows,
Sni \V*wt Riding Regiment, and Sergeant Tovey, 13th Mid-
■r, tied, with totals of 66 each out of a possible 70. The
George’s Challenge Vase was woh for his corps by Private
O.-oonie, 1st Warwick,,4-ho takes also the dragon cup and tiie
£old jewel. Sergeant Ilarries. lat Pembroke, took tho silver
. and the second prize. The Prince of Wales’s Prize
W «o:i by Captain Young, 2nd Renfrew, whose county team
uki took theGhink Challenge Cup. The 3rd Lanark won the
i.riy i«n Challeuge Cup, amfthe 2nd Midlothian the Battalion
S wee p 11: tfes/ For the Vizi an ngru m Challenge Cup the Com¬
mons w ><j ) vicH<jriou8,4eftting the Lords’ team by 63 points.
The M lluSNpnxe, for shooting at moving targets repre-
- ting Mpn, wos won by the Berkshire team. The United
.Ho.-pit. .^hiiUenge^hip was carried off by St. Thomas's, und
/' prize iii tiie Albert competition was taken by Major
Eton was the winner of the Public Schools Veterans’
M iH, ,' a squudof bluejuckets, from H.M.S. Excellent, won
the nriiismeud Chullengo Shield; the Duke of Cambridge’s
priz> was won by Major Young, 21st Middlesex ; Sergeant
Gilder, 9tn x Middlesex, took the Martini-Henry Wimbledon
Cup and the Kolupore Cup was won by the Canadians.
At n meeting of Scotchmen held in the camp of the
London Scottish it was resolved to establish in Scotland a
Scottish Natiounl Rifle Association.
TIIE COURT.
The Queen visited Claremont on Saturday, and was with the
Duchess of Albany when she gave birth to a son. Her Royal
Highness and her child are doing well. The Queen remained
at Claremont on Sunduy, returning to Windsor on Monday
evening. On Tuesday she paid auotlier visit to Claremont,
accompanied by I’riucess Beatrice. Her Majesty sent a
message of condolence and sympathy to the survivors nnd
to the relatives of those who lost their lives in the terrible
railway accident at Penistone. The Queen has telegraphed
to President Arthur congratulating him upon the rescue of
some members of the Greyly Expedition; and he has replied,
thankiug her Majesty for her congratulations, and again ex¬
pressing his appreciation for tho steamer Alert, which was
presented to the United States by England for the use of the
relief expedition.
The Prince of Wales was present at a meeting of the Royal
Commission on the Housing of the Working Classes, at 8,
Richmond-terrace, in the morning of Friday, last week. The
Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by Princesses
Louise, Victoria, and Maud, visited the Queen at Windsor
Castle in the afternoon; aud in the evening the Prince and
Princess went to Viscountess Folkestone’s concert in aid of
the funds of the People’s Entertainment Society, at Prince’s
Hall, Piccadilly. The Prince arrived at Aylesbury last Satur¬
day afternoon on a visit to Baron Ferdinand da Rothschild at
Waddesdon. On Monday the Prince aud Princess, with tlieir
daughters, witnessed, from a window of Lord Carrington’s
house in Farliament-street, the vast procession of working men
on their way to the Reform Demonstration in Hyde Park, tho
Royal pair bowing graciously to the applauding people. In the
evening the Prince and Princess and the Grand Duke of
Meckleuburg-Strelitz honoured the Marquis and Marchioness
of Londonderry by their presence at dinner at Londonderry
House, Park-lane. The Prince was present at a meeting of
the Royal Commission on tho Housing of the Working Classes
at 8, Richmond-terrace, on Tuesday morning, nnd went to tho
House of Lords in the afternoon. On Wednesday evening
their Royal Highnesses honoured with their presence a grand
ffito given at the International Health Exhibition in aid of
the London hospitals, and Madame Christine Nilsson's annual
concert at the Royal Albert Hall. The Prince wiU preside at
a meeting in the Guildhall next Friday, Aug. 1, to com¬
memorate the abolition of slavery in the British possessions,
which took place just fifty years ago, on Aug. 1, 1834. The
Prince and Princess will visit Newcastle-on-Tyne. on Aug. 19
and 20, and will be guests of Sir Wm. Armstrong. Their
Royal Highnesses are to open a park, a public library, a
museum, aud u dock.
The Crown Prince nnd Crown Princess of Germany, accom¬
panied by their daughters, Victoria, Sophie, nnd Margurethe,
left Berlin last Wednesday on a visit to theQueeu. They will
reside at Buckingham Palace, while staying in London. The
Crown Prince will return in the middle of August to Germany
to take part in the military manoeuvres.
Princess Christian on Tuesday opined a new home for
training nurses in connection with the Maryleboae Infirmary
at Notting-liill.
The Duchess of Cambridge completed hex eighty-seventh
year on Friday, the 25th inst. 7/
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Mr. Alfred Wills, Q.C., has been appointed a Judge, in
the room of Mr. Justice Watkin Williams.
The Hon. Sir Charles Tapper, K.C.M.G., C.B., has been
appointed High Commissioner for Canada.
Mr. Taylor has been chosen Common Councillor for the
ward of Cordwuiiier. \ JJ
A concert lyas held on Tuesday, by permission of Earl and
Couutess Cowpcr, at 4, St. James’s-square, under the patronage
of the Priucesh of Wales and Princess Christian of Schleswig-
Holstein, in aid of the Churles Lowder Sisterhood.
The All-England Lawn-Tennis Championship Meeting
concluded last Saturday, when Miss Watson became the
ladies’ champion, and Messrs. Renshaw won the four-handed
matenViu both cases valuable prizes accompanying the titles.
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THE HEALTH EXHIBITION,
ffext Week's Number of the Illustrated London Newt will consist
of Two tPholeSheels, devoted chiefly to Illustrations of the Inter -
itatiahal Health Exhibition. The Number will contain a highly -
interesting Article on the Exhibition, written by Hr. Sala ; and a
Tinted Picture of the Old London Street in the Exhibition will be
presented gratis.
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T YCEUM THEATRE.—TWELFTH NIGHT,
-Li KVERV EVENING et ttis. Malvollo, Mr. Henry Irving; Viola, Mir* Ellen
Terry. "'Twelfth N'lgl.f linotlnfenor In attrartlvenea* to any former shak.|» arian
revival et the Lyceum. the house being crowded from ftnor to celling exery night."—
Moinins Toet. July Jt. Uox-Offlce (Mr. J. Hunt) open Ten to Five.
THE PRINCE’S THEATRE, Coventry-street,W.
X LIGHTED BY ELECTRICITY. Proprietor end Munuer. Mr. Ed**r Bruce.
EVEItV EVENING, et * quarter to Eight, the Pl«y(rl»rl«m In Twenty Minutes,
Called SIX AND KIUUITEXCE. At • Quarter-part Eight, a New I'lay.ln sprubwoe
and thire art*, written by Moura. Hugh Conway and Corajni Carr, entitled CALLED
HACK, adapted from nr. Hugh Conway's very auccrufnl rtory of that name. For
cast sue (billy paper*. New iornery and coetomea. Doors open at Halt-part Seven.
Carriaeea at Eleven. No fee*. Uox-Offlce open dally from Eleven to Five. Seats may
be booked a month In advance.
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T. JAMES’S HALL, PICCADILLY.
MOORE end DURGESS H1N8TRBL9,
The OMert Ertabllahn! and the mort Popular Entertainment lc London,
THE NEW AND HltlLMANT I'KOUHAMMK.
EVERY NUHIT at EIGHT.
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and SATURDAYS, THREE end EIGHT.
TWO SPECIAL PERFORMANCES ON RANK HOLIDAY.
I'rloee,,3a., Sa. No fee*. Open 130 for Day Performance*; 7 JO tor Night.
'l/TTREMANIE.—An easy and inexpensive method of
v deodoting windows In church-v. public bulMlnr*. and private holteee, by
mey l« produced the rloh colouring nud benutilul di aign* eooal In appearance
•taiin-d glaa*. Handle->k «f Deslgna and full Instruction*. 1*. Id. Particular*
me. Window* deco rated to order from 3a, per foot.
which
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SCOTLAND BY THE WEST COAST ROYAL MAIL ROUTE.
T ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND CALEDONIAN
Li RAILWAYS.—The SUMMER SERVICE of PASSENGER TRAINS from
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Greenock
Oban ..
Perth ..
Dundee ..
Aberdeen
In vernal*
The HIGHLAND EXPRESS (8.0p.m.) leave* Easton erery night (8atnrd»y* ex-
eepted), and la duo at Oreeuock In Bine to enable paa^uger* to Join th* steamer* to
tho Wiltvrn Covet of Scotland. It also arrive* at l*erth In time to enable iM**eng"r«
to breakfaet there before proceeding northward*. Th* TRAIN Will RUN BrEOIALY
on SATURDAY. AUG. 0.
From July It to Aug. 11 (Retard*]-* and 8nnday* excepted) an additional Expratt
Train a III leave Eu*ton Station at 7-V) p ni. foe Mniburgh. Ula«g.,w, and all part* of
Scotland. Tbl* train will convey *pe< lal parliM. !>»►■>. and carriage*.
A Ime* not run to Greenock or Oban on Bn ml ivy monilnr..
n Doe* not run lieyond Kdinblirrh and Ula-xo>v on Sunday morning*.
Day aalnon* tlltnl wiUi lavatory accommodatldnar* attached toflielOa.m. down
exprru-tralu from Hu .ton to Edinburgh and U avg»w. Ac., wltlio'lt extra charge.
IMI’KUVED 6LBEPING-SALOONS, acC mp«nl«l by an atUndant. are run on th*
night train* between lavndon, Edinburgh. GUegow, Greenock, Stranraer. »ud 1'crth-
Extra charge, 5*. for each berth.
CALLANDER AND OBAN LINE.
The line to Oban afford* the quickest aud most Comfortable route to tho Western
Highland* and llland*of Scotland.
For particular* of up-traln service from Scotland to London, we the Companies
time bUU. --
O. FINDLAY. General Manager.L. and N. W. Railway.
July, 18S«. J. THOM I b IN. General Manugcr. Caledonian Railway.
ThiriDLAHD RAILWAY.—SCOTLAND.—8ummer Scrvi e
1U of Tralna to Scot and by the MIDLAND UuUTB. The U1GULAND
EXPRESS l*J)p.m. front Bt. 1'ancrael la now running.
Down Train*-Wiek Day*.
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A.—' 1'h* Train leaving St. Pan era* at 10. VI a.m. on Batnrdar* hat no conncil.ri
wit!'. I nun nron Sunday moinlng*. H.—The Train leaving St. Pancra- at U.l «'j
Rat unlay night, har no connection with Greenock, Uhan.or place* north of Edlnbt .gn
on Sunday morning*.
C-—Pullman Sleeping-Car from 6t. Pancra'to Edinburgh and Perth. D.—Pullman
Drawing-Ki*>m Car* from Bt. Panera* to E llnbarrh and Glasgow. B.—Pullma:
ble«plng-Ciir* from St. Panera* to Edinburgh and Glasgow Dally, also to Oreeurak
except on Saturday night*.
These Car* *re well ventilated, fitted with Ijvatory. (be., and accompanied b> a
Special Alt ndant. First Class l’a**cnger* travel In the Drawing-room Cars attache
to Day Express Trains wltlmnt extra payment. For berth In Sleeping-Car the charge
Is M.. in addition to the First Glare fare.
The Kvcumg Expire* leaving Igmdon at 9.IA p.m. reach** Greenock In time to en-
enab:ePa**enc*’r*tojoln thoOOl.UMUA or IONA *teamera for tho Highland*. A
Through Carriage I* run Irom LONDON to Greenock by thl* Train, also by th*
10.31 a.m. from nt. Panera*. .... „ ,
For pnrticular* of Up-Traln Bervloe from Scotland to London see Time Taldaa
Issuod by the Company. Joug N"Bi,x. General Manager. Midland Railwa.
Darby, J sly, 1881.
pOODWOOD RACES—GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS
VX SATURDAY. JULY »i. and MONDAY, JULY V. SPECIAL FAST l it > I
from VICTORIA, tor Arundel, Ltttlrhampton, Rognor. Drayton. Cblrhe.ter, II*
(for llayling Irlaud), and Fortemouth ifor Bonlhaea and the rale of Wight).
R|».lal Train*, for torvant*. How*, and Ca>rlage* only, will leave VI t. ■ la
Saturday, July 'At, at 7AU a.m. and 6.30 p m.; and Monday, July 'U, at A4S Am.,
7An a.m.. and «jn p.m.
Horae* and Carnage* for the above station* will not be conveyed by any other timu
from Victoria on theaeday*.
ON ALL FOUR DAYS OF TIIE RACER
A SPECIAL TRAIN (Flrat, Second, and Third Class) will leave Ken*lngton 7.1c an,
Victor! i 7.:» a.m.. lawidon Rridge 7.V. a.m.
A SPECIAL EXPRESS-TRAIN (Flrat and Second Ola**) will leave Kena rgt. n
S.IAa.m. Victoria D.Oa in., an l I ondon Bridge 9.S a.m. Return Fare*. 2os. aud h
AN EXTRA SPECIAL EXPRESS-TRAIN (Flret Clare Only) will leave Vi r »
S.tAatD Return Fare.JO*.
FORTNIGHTLY TICKETS for the Goodwood. Brighton. *nd I«we* IUre Mor t-
Inca:—Klrat-Glaa* Ticket* (not transferable), available from Saturday. July vi, to
Saturday. Aiig.D. Inclusive. Price Five IVund*.
TICKETS for the Riieclsl Train*, al.o the Fortnightly Tlck-t*. may lie obtain- '
previously at the London Bridge and Vletorln Station* ; aim at the Wett-End Ucn*ral
Ofllce*. 7*. Regrnt-r.rcns. I*lccadlllv. and S. Grand Hotel-huBdlnga. Trafalgar-M)ii it-
which ofllce* will remain open till 10,0 i. m. on July 73. >1.11.2). 30. and 31. an ,
Aug. 1 aud 1. (By order), J. P. Ksuour. General Manager.
G REAT EASTERN RAILWAY'.—SEASIDE.—An
IMPROVED SERVICE of FAST TRAINS I* now running to YARMOUTH.
I^iwestoft, Clacton-on-Sea, Walton-cin llie-Nuxe. Harwich, Dorercourt, Aldel ur«h,
Felixalowe, South wold. Hnnatanton, and Crnmer.
TOURIST FORTNIGHTLY end FRIDAY or SATURDAY to TUESDAY (Flirt,
Second, and Third Clare' TICKETS are ISSUED by *11 I rain*.
Touil.t Ticket* are also iraued from Liver pool-«trret by the New Route to Bear*
borough. Filey, Whitby, and the principal Tourlrt Station* in Scotland.
A Cheap Day Trip to the Seaside, by Kxcuralnn Train from IJverpool-street to
decton-mi Sea. W»lton-on-the-Naxe. and Barwich, every Sunday *t »,*0 «.m., and
every Monday »t7 a m-, calling at Stratford. Fare*. ►*.. 4*.. 1*.
lor full Particulars see Uilia and the Company's Time-book*.
London. July. IBM. William Uibt. General Manager.
TT OLID AYS ON THE CONTINENT.—Direct thrnngh
II Bervlce, VIA Harwich (rarkeaton Qiiav). by the GREAT EASTERN RAM,WAY
COMPANY'S fret inireenger-ateatner* fo Antwerp and Rottardani. From 1 n l-n,
Lltrrpool-atreet Station, at! p.m.. and direct through carriages from Mancl-derix
3 p.m..and Don carter at A.48 p.m.. every week day. arriving nt Antwerp aud Holt* id. iu
the next morning.
New Cheap Circular Tour* In Hoi and. Germany. Pelglnni, Switzerland, Ac. I iw
through booking* to all parte of the Continent from l/'tidon and th* North. F->r
tincntel Traffic Manager, Llverpool-atreet Station. London. K.O.
OT. GOTHARD RAILWAY, SWITZERLAND.—Tho
O moat direct, rapid, picturesque, and delightful route from England to Italy.
Excursion! to the Itlei, by the Monntnln Railway, from Arlli MatluH. of M.a
Bt. Got hard Railway, 'lhrough-golng aleeplnjpcara from Ortcnd. balcony carrlai ■-*,
gaa-llgbbvl. safety continuous brakes. Tlckri
and at Cook's. Gaze'*, and Caygill'* Ofll'V*.
! all corresponding rallwny aUitiiin >.
T CERTIFY that NO EPEDEMIO EXISTS, nor has exist**!
-I in thl* city for several jrer*. and that Inconreqiienceof lmp-)rtant amelioration- n
the renltiiiy arrangriiieiita. IL-ulogne I* one of the health left town* on tho Continent.
DoctorOvlon. the Medical Officer of Epidemics, also certain that the public heath
wa* never heftorthan at present. ... „ .
Signed J OLa* liAi'DXioqiia. Mayor of Boulogne-anr-mer. Boulogne. J uly 33.
1 ettcn tho truth of tills certificate In my po**e>*ton.—Bovo.
T>OULOGNE-SUR-MER.—PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby
I) given that the avnltary condition of thl* town 1ms never been hotter than at
present. It I* iwrfrotly fie* from slckneu awing to If* sanitary arrangement*.
There ha* t«en NO F.I’I IlEMIG for teveral years There la none at preaenl. except
It be th* Epidemic of HEALTH, from which only the doctora are tho auflercr*.
These facta will be officially certified.
BOULOGNE CASINO.
Thl* Establishment hat been entirely reronrtrueted. and I* on* of tbo fined In
France. C"ncort« dally In the gardens of thcrutiblDhmrnt. Uperatle and ■ tber |)er.
forvnaneea In the Inagiildcrnt new Theatre. Halls. It* unions. Grand R"t mruiit and
Oaf* unsurpassed- Ilf adlng-Rooma, withal tho leading Engll.h an.l fon ikn Jon: uad.
Cluli-Hoorn, and all the attraction* of Eure.iie.in Grand Css n-a.
Bplenilid Bea 11*thing and Sands. Sea Water Swimming-Bath*, Hot Hath*. Douche*.
Ac. Plgeon-bhootlng. Regatta*. Rare*. Grand Cvrcle de* Balia
a.geo boUI-uGNB. FOUR HOURS FROM LONDON.
Several Hotel* of Srat-rats excellence, aud Uote!*, 1'envion*. and Apaitment* to
■nit all pockets.
ip HE
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The 141st Wesleyan Methodist Conference bepan its pastoral
scasious at Burslem ou Tuesday morning, tiie Rev. Dr.
i'rederick Grceves being clioscu Prcsideut for tho year.
1/NAMEL COLOURS, GUTTA PEUCHA, and every
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J. BARNARD and SON. ill. Oxford itreet, W.
T M PORT ANT.—A Lady wishes to DISPOSE of (privately)
A her complete art of old English pattern ELECTROPLATED SI'OONB and
FORKS, quit* new. never ureul; stamped A I quality; the ret compvirea one doxen
each table *|«»'U« and fork*, rteerert rprmn* and fork*, and tereinona; tlxtv piece* in
all. T.. an Inmudlatc purchaeer Hi# low *um of 43a. will accepted for tbd entire
lot.-Mr*. UAOiKEGOR. care of Merer*. Dralllin and Oflver, Hi. Irenmouger-Use.
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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY,
TIIE ONLY DIRECT ROUTE TO
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NOR TH-W EST.
Thl* route la not only the SHORTEST and
MOST DIRECT, but aleoUie CHEAPEST and MOST COMFORTABLE.
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Rhino and lloaolle wines for exportation.-BaxaKL, Proprietor.
D IEPPE.—Hotel Royal, facing the
Superior flcit-clusahouse, worthily recommended. N
the sea. the casino, and bathiug establishment. Table d
Open all the year. Imxsoxxxcx. Pr
IT OMBURG, or Homburg les
Baths of Homburg.
Half an hour from Frankfort-on-the-Ualne.
Mineral springs very salutary In diseases of thestoc
Dyer, and In attacks of gout.
Unriyallcd summer climate, beneficial In nerrous debility.
Mineral, Pine, Ua>, and
Moor llaths.
Inhalations from TSpouriaed salt water, for affxtloni
throat and lungs.
Mvr»-N cent Kurhause. open all th» year round.
Excellent Orchestra, Opera, KSuuious,
Illuminations.
Lawn-Tennis. Cricket, and Croquet;
Shooting n.ri Fishing.
Vast Park.
Comfortable hotels an I private houses,
at moderate charges.
T TOMBURG,
Ax Hesse. First cli
near Frankfort.—Hdtel
the Bprlnxa and gardens. Every comfort. Ib-
d'hote. Reataurant In garden. I
r>
UCERNE.—Grand II6tel de
13o chambers, south aspect. Boating. Ilahlng. ..
Omnibus to rail and boat. BncHxs-DDHksx. Proprietor.
T UCERNE (near to).—Bur penstock Hotel.
XJ laikc nt Four Uantona 37JO ft. altitude. Grand scenery.
View. . .....___
Homo comforts, fat lafactory tariffs.
T u
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mien. Fin ing atcum-lioat pier. Near staG-m.Guthanl ..
Lift, American >y*tem, at Lucernerlmf. IIausxb Fxxbxs. Prop.
T U C II O N—Grand Hdtel Rii
X-i opposite the Thermal Estahlinlimeiit. Freqi
Royalty and the highest nobility and gentry. Bplend
First-class arrangements. L. Kerasox. Pr
Proprleu.ir.
O STEND.— Hdtel Fontaine. Excellent
rlr*t-cla s hotel, near the sea and Cwslno nlil1,11.',-a
Special arrangrinenta made, pas,
deception of hotel toutcr* on board.
STEND.—H6tel de la Plage.
class extra family hotel near Kuraaal. Knglls)
and lutili iir niuchlnra. Renowned cuisine. Elrgautsp
I. and O. Tiioms. Proprietor*. Tariff on application.
0
O STEND.—Grand Hdtel d’Ostende'
the Digue, near Kursaal, and bathing machine!. I
class lintel, mt-uirant. Glacier ler ordte. 1‘rupra. Mi
MsaciisL.and E. WsirTKts. Of IIrula ls. \
O ST E N D.—Grand Hdtel Continen
Fir.t class hotel, one or the largest In Belgium.
►ea lmtlimg etalon, next the Kuraaal. English spoken.
Table
S PA, B E L GI U M.r—natel Belle Vue.
First Close, excellent South poeliton, near the Ktaldlaae-
ment des Balna, and cont iguous to the Pare de Bept Hen res,
\ .. . Botma. Proprietor.
T T Flrst-olata hOtal. nswty rebuilt and fitted up wlU* e<
mwlcrn comfort An proximity b> the Kurhao* (casino),
promenades, and fu.-uig the Hotpringa (Kochbrunnrn). \
comforbihly furiilsliod'faniiiy a|wrtments, single ro
I 2 marks |Mrr Iloy. Arrangements for tmnrd. Table d'h
from:
Most elegaut mlnnil-kuler batbs and drlnklng-hall. supii.i*
direct from tha principal -print, the Kochhrunnen Un > hob
witha lift. Winter arrangements. Hot-air heating
Proprietor, T. BxxruuLn.Vve.
Iu the town *
TTALIAN WINES, Pure and Natural.
1 Enarlielitaauu B«ro'o-Aati (sparkling). Chianti. Capri, Ac.,
Ilul.iid HI, >. Hat lug
Bltfrty. Gn ‘
wihes. For,
Paae* of tw
WlneGrowe
qf London.
CWISS BITTERS from ALPINE PLANTS.
kA storitocblcrtnd San ita-y Cordial: from a hygienic star
as.Important a. Iieeror wine. Coemoiiolltan rapntatlo
TTF.RMOUTH.—Francesco Cinzano and Co.
v Vermontli.onmblnatlon A-ll Wine nnd Alpine liertw, with
quinine. Ilefi calling, tonic, and digestive. Ot Wine Men-’
and F. CINZANO and CO.. Ooreo IU Umberto. ID.Turin.
E M A R E’S
account ol Its marvellous heallnr prop. rile*.
LEMARK'B GLYCERINE CORDIAL
for the Throat. Lungs, Stomach, Courha. Colda, A si
IM-pafa. lmpalrr.1 Ingestion, nr Inflammation of
all Chemlsta. price Is. and Is. 6d. A most perfect pre¬
paration. Wholesale nnlr.
I.EVIGNE *nd 00..
19, Newman-puarago. Newman-stmt. tgindon. W.
ADVICE TO DYSPEPTICS.—Symptoms
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Diet. '• Tina little pamphlet appeals forcibly to those who have
allowed the palate to double everything for them, and have paid
-le penalty •*! their folly"—Globe. Bent for one stamp.
Ulier. 91. Great Ruasell-strert. London.
the Inevitable penalty
J. 31. liieMAiue, Publisher
riET A BOTTLE TO-DAY OF PERRY
v J DAVIS' PAIN KILLER.—It Instantly relieves and cures
severe scalds, burns, sprains, bruises, toothache, headache,
pains in the side. Joints, and llmba, all neuralgic and rheu¬
matic pains. Taken Internally enree at one* cough*, eudilen
colds, cramp In the stomach, colic, diarrhoea, and cholera
Infantum. PAIN KILLER Is the great household medlrinA,
ami has stood the teat ot fifty yean. Any Chemist can supply
Itatls. IJd snd .s. Ud.
H air destroyer.—alex. ross’s
DEPILATORY removoa superfluous hair from the face and
arms, withouteffref " " * “ -----
Boas'* Hair Dye. J*.
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i. fid.—?i, Uunb't-condult-street. Uolburo.
O LAIR’S
xr GOUT
PILLS.
GOUT AND RHEUMATISM.
Fare, safe, and effectual. No restraint
of diet required during use.
CAUTION.
H omoeopathic medicines.
It I* eerentlal to success with these remedies that they
Should lie prepared with scrupulous care, and preferably by one
who makes It kl* sole business; lienee It It verj desirable that
those nslngtliem should Insist on each bottle obtained from a
vender I "earing the l*M of a firm of repute. Those told by the
agents of J A 31KS EPPS and CO. (the flrat established Homu-o-
K thic Chemist* In England) h»y* a label oyer the cork with
Hr autograph trade mark.
TTYDR0PU0BIA IS CURABLE.—The
JLJL HIRL1NG HYDROPHOBIA CUKE tor Fit*. Con¬
vulsions. Ruble*, nr as a sure preventive after the bite of a mad
dog or oilier animal.
CHAPMAN and CO.. R"*1»ter*d Proprietors.
H
Y DROP HOB I A.—The BIRLING
HYDROPHOBIA CURE my
price 4s. Ifcl. Wholes* r Vender*. BARCLAY and SON*. 93.
Karringilon-street. K.C. (A list of cam* oenplled by tb* Vicar
ot UlrlTng with every hotlli*^
s. PETER ROBINSON, OXFORD-STREET.
* ANNUAL SUMMER SALE of
Bilk*. Dreaie*. Mantle*. Costume*. IIow, Glove*. Laoe. Trlm-
S. mings. 1 ura, Drapery. Ac.
i» t)u account of the preparation* for rebuilding * portion of the
*. Oxfonl-rtrert premise*, all Bummer and Surplus stock will be
re-marked to clear by the end ot J uly.
Write for Circular of Particular*.
h PETER ROBINSON, OX FORD-STREET.
a. A
*• S ILKS '
e
'• pOLOURED AND BLACK SILKS,
di v n, '’XLVETS. AND BROCADES. PcrY.id.
Extra Rich Black Silk* and Satin* ot Hn* make.
t ChlnaBllk*. In i>lere*ofajy*rd*thep*ere!'! U3 *'.. ,M ‘? o
(0 Culnxe Embro.dorn] Silk* to match.
PXTRA RICH SILKS AND SATINS,
,i -AX specially made for llrld*l wear and Court train*. cnraprUing
Q r- , •marnUcenteotleetionaf Bro aden and Pompadour*,
t. Coloured Satins, very line face, specially cheap .. ..io ] II
5 " c £ *•*worth 3*. ikL .. .0 2 8
Black Ottoman Satins.0 2 8
i 7) LACK SATIN BROCADES, asunllr
g . . .*old at8*.lfd. .. .,£0 4 fi
* Bright Surah Silk* (Black* .o I III
Rich Black Brocaded Gaiite Velvet*.o 7 11
- The** Velvet*are 22 Indict wide, and uiually sold at 11*. 6d.
• CATIN GROUND BROCIIE VELVETS
™ Kt (Black). . s *
Rluh llioraded Velvet*, embracing all the new colour*,
in two shade* usually *o!d at 15s. «d.0 9 11
ThU applies only to lengths under six yard,. y
MEW SHOT MERVEILLEUX, in al) the
mlxturr#. obiimI fi*|. £o \v i»
Tlir t««t niAke* In llinck Silks. P»tlr»». »nr| B'ncarfe* .. 0 ® 6^.
About WO piece* Colon i t (1 VelouU Sole, »In. wide,
worth 4*. tid.. o 2 6j
a pOLOURED OTTOMAN SILKS, 19 in.
VV Wide, unasaoited. *-rr — - .. £0 1 Jl
OoIoutnIT w Ill-faced All-Bilk Satin*. nrogHy^eJd at
Black wide stripe Batins " ” ” \ a
p LACK SATIN MERVEILLEUX,
XX from . > /X —G ..fd 1 II
Black Satia Duchess, all pore 81 Ik .. o 3 ||
«»Ma<^. 22In. vrble 0 2 •
Coloured Millr R*>c *nU tudlrllle pure speHnllr
Adapted for Younr Ladirs* Coal ume*' and 6c**lde
wear, worth 3*. 6<T .. sT 0 2 0
2)RESS MATERIALS.
Cream-coloured Rlrhly-enihruhh-red Alsatian lawn
Robe*, double quantity of wide embroidery
„ , . . 1 aclKlta. 9d/18*. 9d., and 0 19 *
Finely-worked Ca»hmera Rohe* In Black dnd all the
new ehadesof Brown. Bronxe. Gr»y. I)*rk Green,
havy. Drab. Ac., extra quantity of embroidery
COMPOSITE ROBES. 20y«rdi Inearh ; a great noveltv, ' *
IS “WWnation of style and ooloor. ali
wool \.* ** *1 r.e ,, <MCtl 110
DretaLengtli* of Fine French -Merino*. In'all the pro-
double wbltli. per yanl .. ..016
* cry Fine !- ranch Uaabnten-a, very wide, tier yard. 2 *.
•■»«* X. .X~—s . 0 2 3
ANNUAL SUMMER SALE.
pETER ROBINSON, OXFORD-STREET.
pHE GREAT SALE
pETER ROBINSON’S
MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
REGENT-STREET.
A GENUINE REDUCTION
■yXJ la all Deparlmenta,
for Hie JULY BALB.
AT ANTLES.
-i-'A Th* Rich and Handsome .Mantle* for
which our House stands pre-eminent have *1) bean
considerably redosed.
Jacket* of Various Materials.
Waterproof Travelling Cloak*, the New Uoodwmal Waterproof,
Beal Jackets and Paletot*. Pur- Lined Cloaks.
Natural Fur Cape* of various kinds.
("10STUMES.
O Useful and Fashionable Cortumea
are marked down to very low price*.
In 811k. Lace, Grenadine. Mervsillrax, fiurah. Cashmere,
beautifully garni*
In Black. Greys, anil Neutral Shade*.
1>Y THE YARD.
Xt Rich and excellent wearing
Black Silk*. Merveilleux. Sarah. Satins. Velvets. Game, Ac.
DUCK MATERIALS.
X t Olio "if the Lars eat Stocks In Ismdon,
and tlie most varied. All reduced In price.
ALSO
T?AN0Y GINGHAMS, Printed Cambrics, r
X Zephyr 1-awns, Ac.
Parasol*. Glue**. Hosiery. Fichus. Underclothing. Ac. ^
A LL MOURNING ARTICLES
A AHK OONSIDERAIILY REDUCED.
AfOURNING ORDERS
■DA during the SALE
will receive the usual careful and prompt attention.
Travelling Assistant* are always kept In rea.lln.-«* to proceed *
at once to any part of the Country »1
(no matter the dbtanoe) with Goods, and to take order*. v
TNEXPENSIVE MOURNING, ns well as
A the Richest Qualities. I« suiiplied. J
on advantageous terras,
to Families and their bervanta.
pETER J2, 0BI NSbN’S ]
COURT AND GENERAL MOURNING £
WAREHOUSE. -
238, REGENT STREET. LONDON. a
TTEAL and SON’S i.
11 NEW SPUING MATTRESS.
(A* Exhibited at Ui* Health Exhibition.) ~1
Warranted good and serviceable at a very moderate price.
3ft. 2K».: xrt.fi In.. 32*.; 4 ft . »(#.; i ft. a In., tua.
A Catnb gueof Bclsb-edsand Furniture, with 9U0 Designs, and V
Prloe-List of Bedding, free, by i»»t. bu
193 to IIM. TOTTEN if AH-COURT-BOAD, W.
RETIRING FROM BUSINESS.
AIR. STREETER,
18, NEW BOND-STREET,
[JAVINQ, AFTER 38 YEARS’ 'TRADING,
J^)EC1DED TO RETIRE FROM THE
J EWELLERY TRADE,
N
OW OFFERS THE WHOLE OF
H
IS VALUABLE STOCK OF
DIAMOND ORNAMENTS,
19-CARAT (1014) WORK,
ENGLISH KF.YI.E8S LEVER WATCHES.
RARE JAPANESE ARTWORK,
AT A GREAT REDUCTION.
THE PUBLIC will for the next few months
X havevpeclalopportu nltiek nf securing soma of thl* well-
known and. a rein I lyselected Stock.
R’S COLLECTION of
STONES tad GEMS. Rough and Cot. wfll
BALE. Connoisseurs end Colla.-to.-ear*
FROM
r R. STREETER, RETIRING
‘ " " UU81NEBB.
J^HEW BOND-STREET, LONDON, W
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Patron—Her Majesty TIIE QUEEN.
IE PlflN -
HEALTH
Presldent-U K.I1. THE I UI.NCK OF WALES. K O.
> , , HEALTH.
Food, Dress, the Dwelling, the school, and the Woikshop.
EDUCATION.
Apparatus used In Primary. Technical, and Art Scbmto. -
Fresh end Sea Water Aquarium, a* at the Fisheries Exhibition.
Free Library end Reading-flown.
MILITARY BANDS.
FRENCH ENGINEERS, Conductor, Mon*. Gustav Wrttga.
GRENADIER OBAUUd. ., Mr. Dan. Godfrey.
Omcerta will be given In the Royal Albert Hall twice a w«ak.
Organ Recital* dally in the Albert Hall Special Evenli g fib*
on Werinesdsysnnd Bal unlay a.
The Garden* end Uullillng* are In the Evening Illiiiulnat*4
with Vnriegatcd lamps, Jiipancsv Lanterns, and Electric L'»" -
OPEN DAILY, from T*n a.m. to Ten p.in.: on Batai-l'-'
till E even P in. Admission. One ShlHIng aneveryW.ee .
except on Wednesday*, when It It open till Eleven p.m.. and I •
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irC tj Office*,27. Great Wlncheater-street. tarn Ion-wall; at tk
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STOCKS or MIAKP> bought or sold at tap." prices.
No Comnilulon or Broker.ue charged.
Bim-cii lative accounts oio-ncd from I per cent cover,
With no further liability.
D.(Terences ».-H rd dally.
OITION8 grant.d at tape prloe*.
Biiecial ad.aubigrs o||eit.l to Investor*.
Clow market pr.ee* gaaiantswol.
Ordera by post or tab-gram have Immediate attratlcm.
Coupons ra.lml l-eb r." they are due.
3bmey advaiicil on Stocks and Share*.
Issrge RraJIng-Rooin, with Iwtli tape* and
Telrplmn** for the free ns* of client*,
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id"'* (lllto. 8». id. InvitaMen*. Mruns, Ball Pros in . A
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! BANNERS, Ilatclimonts, M-unir-.-il
O Brasaea, Metals. Livery Hutton*. Corporal- a-*l# an,"
Pres***. Ortlflcales and Diploma*. »nd every liran i - f r ,, -
graving and Painting. ILLUMINATED ADDIIEBSE.' - i 1 GH.
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17IRST-CLASS FURNITURE. ~Lowest
A Price*. Newert CARPETS. SILKS, DKESSEa, k-
Patlerns and Parcel* Frre.
T. VENARI.ES anil SONS. Whitechapel.London U
K EATING’S POWDER. — Kills bugs,
moths, flea*, and all Insect* (perfectly unrival.
Ilvrm'ess to everything tint Insects. Tina. fid. and 1*.
Nl'ItaE BDDA'B BABY SOOTHER la unequal In rel'-.
Infanta from grl|*w. wind, colic. Guaranteed no nair..-
absolutely safe curel.
1*. per Bottle. Free. '2 stamp*.
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80
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 26, 1381
NEW MUSIC.
/-1IIAPPELL and CO.*S New and Popular
V BONUS.
Af OTHER (in C, D, and E). Words by
III F. E. Weatherly. P. TO'TI.
VESPERS. P. TOSTI.
VESPERS (in four keys). P. TOSTr.
W HERE MEMORY DWELLS. ISIDORE
UK LARA.
Price T*. each net. p.'*t*ne free. _ _
OwArP»Li.«ndO)...'io. Nrw Bond *tirot. Wand 15.Poultry.E.G.
f lIIAPPELL and CO.’S New aud Popular
DANCE MUSIC.
Tj 1 AHRWOHL. New Waltz. C. LOWTHIAN.
'|’OI SEULE. New Vnlse. L. WHEELER.
gEA BREEZE POLKA. L. WHEELER.
jyjON AMOUR WALTZ. BUCALOSSI.
P AND O. rOLKA. BUCALOSSI.
• Price U. e.yrh net. I»•»(««• Iree.
\CAY I HAVE TUB PLEASURE?
WA Walts. MAHIR BANCROFT. „ __
Cnarrsu. tad Co.. CO. New Bond-*1 reel, \Y ; and IS, 1 oultry. E.C.
pHAPPELL mul CO.’S ALEXANDRE
V7 |{ \ |( MON I CMS. for CHnreh. Schools or lim«lni U..,in»,
from « to ISO guineas: or, on the Throe-Yewr* By»lcni, trom
At St. per quarter.—M . New B-nd-rirct; an 1 13. Poultry.
PLOUGH and WARREN’S PET ORGAN.
V_Z Baron Sbqi . including Snli-laa anil 8nl> »n«I Super
Octave Couplrr. ElegantCarved Walnut * «*>•. IK
OMArrsi.i. ami Oo.. S>, Now Bond-«r*o*; and Id. I oultry.
PLOUGH and WARREN’S CENTENNIAL
V> OIIAM) ORGAN, Id Stop*. 8 tk-U of Uccd*. and Com¬
bination Tubes, At guinea*.
CLOUGH and WARRENS
T>IPE aud REED COMBINATION
X ORGANS
With on# mannal, from on guinea*.
Willi two manuals and pedals. from 120 gnlnca*.
Hydraulic motors, for 14 -wins, from K pnm'.
PLOUGH and WARREN’S ORGANS have
v_y been prononnrrd by the moat eminent muriclnns In Kng-
latid t.. I« stijreriorto all other* In pi|>e-liko quality of tone.
PLOUGH and WARREN’S AMERICAN
ORGANS. A combination of pl|*s and reed*. which ilo
not SO out-f tunc by the most revere ihances of t.-mp-latme.
toey of manipulation, handsome in design, and of gre.t
durability.
From li to Jit yn In M«.
ftee.mdlinnd from U guinea*.
Textlmnroal* and Deacriptire l.ista free by po«t.
Pnarrnr.i. and Co ..SO, New Bond-itrcet; and Id. Poult y.
T MEAN TO WATT FOR JACK 1 Soil".
COT8FOHD DICK. 2s. net.
LITTLE MAN. Song.
By A. H. UEHREND. 2s.net.
ISTEN ! Song.
By A. II. BKHRRND. Js. net.
5 ALL THE SWEET DAYS O’ER P
M Y
A“
Bon*. Ily ALICE HORTON. 2a. not.
Robkbt Cocas and Co., Now Uurllngton-atreet. Lomlon.
NOTICE I
\\r MORLEY and CO. (the Publishers of
'I I •’laddie” and Clm I'm.nil’s newest and neatest
*iircr**>-a) lies to announce that tbfy liars fortunuU-ly .ecnint
the iiianiiscrlntaof the following pretty New Songs, which will
bo resdr for Issue on Monday. An*. II. 1**_ •
PATIENCE RKWABDllD. By Cl IIO I’lNSUTI.
TIIKCONUCKKOIU. By TilKO IIONHKC1C.
TILL THB IIUKAKINO OF I'llB DAY. By PINSUTI.
Diil.LY'B REVENGE. Ily IIKNRY l’UNTET.
Key* for all Voices. Onler everywhere. 24 sbimpe each.
W. Mohlkt Slid Co.. 2dB. llegent-st.. W.; and JO. Upprr-sl.. N.
NEW BONG.—DEDICATED TO AND BUNG BY MADAME
ADKI.INA PATTI.
pNE DAY OF ROSES. Composed by
■ ' MABY W. FORD, It net.
Loxlrox Mi'iio Pcuusniaa Goar**?. 04, Great Marlborough*
street. W.
CHARLES HALLfe’S PRACTICAL
J PIANOFORTE SCHOOL.
New Edition, the two First Sections enlarged.
CIIARLKB HALLE'S NEW PIANOFORTE TUTOR.
The best and most naefnl Tutor erer publlalied.
F.noiTii HaoTiisas. 272 a. Regent-circus. Ixvndon; and
122 and 121. Deonrgste. Manchester.
K IRKMAN and SON,
MAKERS of GRAND and UPRIGHT
PIANOFORTES,
.2, S'dovsquare ; and llradmore Worst. Hammersmith.
T/ - IRK MAN and SON MANUFACTURE
JV GRAND PIANOS In all (lies and In every variety of case,
and b- ep*.'ial order.
Tin framework of Noe. I. 2. 2. and die made of wrought steel,
and la especially adapted to withstand all extremities of lint and
cold. They have recently introduced a BIIOHT OVERSTRUNG
IRON GRAND (only 4ft. 8In. longt. at a very moderate price.
TURKMAN and SON’S New Models
JV include a steel framed upright Grand and a Boudoir
Cottage, foil trichord, check action, and vertically strung In
Various style* and degrees of flnt.li.
K IRKMAN aud SON have Agents in
the principal Towns, from whom every information!
be obtained. All their Pianoforte* are for Sale. Hire. or. on
*1 h ree- Years’ By item. \
E
FRAUDS’ PIANOS.—Messrs.
-. IK. Great Marlbomurh-itreet, London, andMVltne
Pari*. Maker* to herMnicaty and the Prince ahrl Prime**
Wales, CAUTION the Putilla that Pianoforte* are beinewld Iwar-
Ing the name of ” Krarel'' which are nbtol their mniinfaetnre.
For information aa to authenticity apply at In, Great Marl*
borough-st.. where new l'ianoi can beobtalncd from 40 gulhcn*.
T^RARDS’ PIANOS. - COTTAGES, from
Li /v »gulhinS. ■'
Onl.IQl’EB. from *5 guinea*.
GRANDS. from l» guineas.
T) IA NOFORTES for HIRE or for. SALE,
1 from 13 guineas Upwaydx—JOHN BIOIUWdlH) and
PONS. SI. Great Pultenev-rirntt. G.ildon s-iunre. -W.
factory.43. lloreeferry-road Wt-atml—*»-
Manu-
1;LK1NGT0N and CO.
Xj EI.KOTRO PLATE.
/ . \ SILVER PLATE.
V\ XIIAICKM and BRONZES.
1J LKINGTON and CO.
Xj f /—\ tiwTimonial plate.
CUTLERY. Ac.
EI.KfNhtTON and CQ^^lB^ra^SlI^OT^afl/Siiyltc^st■■ City.
IbllN BROGDEN,
V ART GOLDSMITH
\ GOOD I.UCK IIOIIBEBHOR
2J OA1SAT GOLD WEDDING RINGS.
PROTEOTKD BY RKUIBTERED TRADE MARK.
8, GRAND IIOTKL-UUILDINU». CHARINU-CliOBS.
XAT A LEER’S CRYSTAL CASE WATCHES
VT are sniiersedlngall others. Prise Medals—London, 1802;
Paris, 1887. Sliver Watch re. from fl 4a.; Oold. from it J da. Prlce-
Lista sent free.—77, Oorahlll; anil 2*1, Uegrat-4trta-t.
T>IMMEL’S TOILET VINEGAR, tonic and
IV refreshing, la. 2s. «d., Aa RIM MEL'S AROMATIO
OZONI/.KI1. fragrant air purifying Powdsr of I'iaee and Euca-
lyptoa The only agreeable dulafectant, I s. RI414ILl,, '.«l,btrand.
NEW MUSIC.
QJGURD. Grand Opera, in Four Acts,
O by RKYKR. Perform’d Willi Hie greateet poa»lblo aur-
ceaa In Drueeela and at tlie Royal ltiban Opera. Now rrady, the
Complete Opera, with Italian Word*, price 12a; also Cramer a
Book* ol Airs, price 2s. each; and Lnn»the'a Sigurd Well*.
l ’ rlC U ' Booakt and Co.. 20. Regent street; and
Chaitki.i. and Co.. 00. New Bond-street,
MUSIC FOR THE SEASIDE.
r |HIE CAVENDISH MUSIC BOOKS.
A Prleels. each —Boosbt and Co., lemd«a.
To be had of every Maalcseller In the United Kingi'oin.
I
F THIS COULD ONLY BE.
F THIS COULD ONLY BE. New
Bong by the CVmiKwernf •* Daddy.'* Tills day. Price 2s.
UooesramlCo..‘£id, Urgent-street.
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SONGS OF
X THE DAY*.
y WINGING. By CECILE HART0G.
J^EVER TO KNOW. By MARZIALS.
JJADDY. By BEHBEND.
QNLY ONCE JIORE. By F. L. M0IR.
fiOING TO MARKET. By L. DIEHL.
V A 2e, each.—B ooskt and Co., 393, Regent-street.
D O UN ER and SOIIN’S PIANOFORTES.
GRANDS, inland 100guineas.
C«IPTAGJW,Tii, 73. and K0 guinea*.
Subject to a IIIwtuI illrcoimt for CASH, or ran be pnrrliawd on
tlio TIUtEK-YKARS' SYSTEM. Price-List on application.
SULK AGENTS.
BOOSEY and CO.. *». RF.GENT-STRKET. LONDON.
THROWN & pOLSON’S QORN pLOUR
IS A AVORI.D-WinE NECESSARY. _
pROWN & pOLSON'S QORN pLOUR
FOR THE NURSERY.
pitOWN & pOLSON’S QORN pLOUR
FOR THE FA MILY TABLE. _
pROWN & pOLSON’S QORN pLOUR
FOR TIIE SICK ROOM.
|>ROWN & pOLSON’S QORN pLOUR
IIA8 A WOULD-WIDE REPUTATION.
c
II 0 0 0 L A T
AMSTERDAM
EXHIBITION, 1833.
11 E N I E It.
Awarded
the
GRAND
DIPLOMA OF HONOUR.
riHOCOLAT MENIER, in J lb. and J lb.
\J PACKETS. _ /\
For
BRKAKFA8
LUNCHEON, and
pIIOCOLAT MENIER.— A warded Twentjr-
El,llt PRIZE Ml'.DAlA.
Contiiuiptiiih annually
exceed* 24,«gr>,»)U lb.
QnOCOLAT MENIER.
8nM Everywhere.
Paris,
London.
New York.
S CHWEITZER’S C OCOAT IN A.
Anti-Dyspeptic Cocoa orChot-.I.ile PotHler.x
Guaranteed Pure Soluble Cocoa, wltliesceaeof Fatd-xtfiirted.
Four times tho strength of Cocoas TMckebed Jet Weakened with
Arrowroot. Star * ‘
The faculty pronounce
Ivc Beverage for " •
Kctuia for) cert i--M....
spoonful to Breakfast-Cup costing leas than « halfpenny,
in Air-Tight Tin*. I* Sd.. 3e.. Ac., tiy Chcml»t» nnd Groccr*.
II. SCH WEITZKR and CO.. 10. Adam-strcel. Strand, W.O.
GRATEFUL—COMFORTING.
, •• By a thorough knowledge of the natural
i law* wlm-li govern the operation* of dlgeatlon
1 v t> t> a » a i'l l nutriUou. and by a careful application of
i’ x 1 o o til" line I'loiH rUr* of well’Selccted Cocoa. Mr.
J Kpp* ha* provided on* brrakfaat tables with a
(BREAKFA
tiitlon may lai gnwlually built up until
rh. to ' * ' '
strong enoiiglv Vto resist every tendency to
disease. Handled* of rabtlo innlioltv* are
floating around us ready to attack wherever
/-* rvrv fl a there (••> weak point We may escape many
I 'UbUA. „ f n [ai ,hnrtbv keeping onraelvcewell fortllled
with pure blood and a properly nourished
\ \\Tn5tmet;*—Olvfl Service Gazette.
Made simply with boiling water or milk.
Redd In Packets (and Tins, i lb. and l lb., for Export), labelled,
4 A MRS EP.ro and CO.. HOMOEOPATH 10 CHEMISTS.
Also tinkers of EPPS’S CHOCOLATE E8BENCK.
mHELOAIl’8
USSELS QARPET8.
BEST QUALITY,
EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS,
LOWEST PRICE.
r |' R E L 0 ▲ S and g 0 N S,
J^UDGATE HILL.
Ts T
JUDA VERITAS.—GREY IIATR restored
by thi* specific: after which it grow* the natural eoleor.
not grey. Uucuunllrd aa a dressing. It cause* growth, arrrvt*
falling, and I I'o use defles detection. Tlie mo»t harmlc** and
rfTcctual rutover extant One trial will convince It haa no
<'ijn*l. Price Ins. 0d.. of all (Ticinlats snd Hairdresser*. Tes¬
timonial* free. Agents, K. IIOVENDKN and BONK. Ixmdon.
/'.IOLDEN HAIR.—Robare’s AUREOLINE
'J produce* the brsuDfnl golden colonr so much sdmlred.
Watrantcl perfectly harmlc**. Price 6*. ikl. amt Hi*. 0d.. of all
princlrat Pcrfnincr* and ChmiDts thrnughost tlie world.
Agent*. It. HOVKNDEN and BONK, l-ondon.
YALUABLE DISCOVERY for the IUIR.
■ If your hair I* turning rrcy, or white, or falling off, u*e
•'The Mexican Hair Ucnewer.’ 7 for It will positively restore in
every COM" Grey or White llnlr to Its original colour, without
h-nting the disagreeable smell Of m<»t " Restorer*.’’ It make*
the hair charmingly lieauilful. as well as proriroGiig the growth
of the hair on bald *l-ot*. where tlie gland* are not decayed.
••The Mexican llalr llentwer" Is *<>ld by Chemist* and Per-
famrrs everywhere, at 3a. Od. per Houle.
TJLORILINE. For tlie Teeth and Breath.
X Is tho best Liquid Dentrlflc* In the world: It thoroughly
Cbnnar-a partially-decayed teeth from all parasite* or living
- aiilinalculic," leaving them pearly white. Imparting a delight¬
ful fragrance to the breath. The Fragrant Florlllne removes
In*t*ntly all odour* arising from a foul stomach or tohacro
•moke, being partly composed of honey, roda. and extract* of
•west hcrlw and plant*. It I* Perfectly delicious to the taste,
and aa harmless aa «h’rry. Bold by Chelu 1st* sod Perfumer*
tv try whi le, at 2*. Cd. per DotUe.
ABLE and CO.,
M
OTTENHAM - COURT-ROAD, LONDON.
"QPII0LSTE REES by Appointment to
JTER MAJESTY.
AfAPLE and CO.’S FURNISHING
HI ESTABLISHMKNT. the la-ge.t In tho world. A.-rv# of
Show-Rooms for the ili*p!ar..f flr*t o'n** Furniture, roadv for
Immediate d-lleery. Novelllca every day fn m all parts of the
globe. No lanilly ought to furnirii before viewing thlacri lection
of lioiix-liol.t rei|ni*iti-*, it being one of the rights in loiidnii.
To ex|H>rt inrrrh»nt*an unuannl lulvanbige ieodered. Having
large .pace, nil g.-id* are packe-l on the premise* by ex|ierlriuc.l
pi- ker.,—1IAPLK end CO.,ToUriilum-cuuit-road, London,and
Of. lUiulcviird dc Btr.i»l-enrg, Pari*.
M
M
AfAPLE and CO. have a SPECIAL
i’l DEPARTMENT for IRON and BRASS Fonr-POit
IlKDBTKADS, CRIBS, and COTS, specially adapted for Mos¬
quito Curtains, used In India. Australia, and tlie Colonic*. Price
for Full-sixe Bed-dead* varying Iroin 23s. to SO guinea*. Shipper*
and (X-loufal visitors aro invited to in»pect this varied Block, tlio
largest in England, before deciding elaewher*. Ten Thousand
Bnl.tends tosebvt from —MAPLE and CO.. Egport Furnlalilng
WanlnuM,'I'ottoiiliam court-road. Ixmdon.
BEDSTEADS.
APLE and CO. BEDSTEADS.
APLE and CO. BEDSTEADS.
jy£APLE and CO.
^JxVPLE and CO.
BEDSTEADS.
M aple and c o.— s prin g
JI ATT HESSES.-The Patent Wire Woven Spring Mnt-
trc**.—We have made such edvunf ngcou* arrangement* that we
are enable-1 to fonvaril tlio abore much-admire-l Spring Mate
treece* at the following low price*:—3ft.,21*.; Sft. f> In., 2fls.;
4 ft.. 29s.; 4ft. gln.,33*.; 6It.. 40s.—MAPLE snd CO.. Jxmdon;
64, Boulevard dnStraaboiirg, Paris.
JJAPLE and CO. MATTRESSES.
•^JAPLE and CO. MATTRESSE8.
A f APLE and CO.—BEDDJNG.—Special
1'1 cxlm eoftSli Ing nn-l Frenoh Mattreeae*. Having Urge
*|«nee. nil l-.PPng i. inminfacturod on the Premise*, anil war-
run te. I pur a. E’bib;l*lied forty-four years.
MAPLE and CO . Totteuhaa-court-road. London-
AfAPLE and CO. FURNITURE.
M
M
APLE and CO.
FURNITURE.
APLE and CO,—BaasWoodFURNITURE
hone of tlie nnveltle* parlb'iilailv recomineu-lexl, la-lug
lunch hanlei ihan pine, and a prelter wimd. H though cetiiig
no more too llol-r-u-m Biiites, liuiriie-l III vurioii* w-mhIs, fo
-eh't from. Prices, .’4 tu 23n gnliienv Many of these nre quite
novelties In stwpoamLQlMkli.— 1 Toltenhnin-eourr-rnnd. London.
jyj APIJ5 and CO.
M Apr
m a j:;
-E and CO.
FURNITURE.
FURNITURE.
.E and CO. Manufacturers of First-
cln** Uensoped FURN1TUUK for Immodlate sliliiment,
the Iarge»ta*»-'rtim'lit-tif the world to select fr.on. Orders for
exportation to any part of the globe |>arke-l carefully on the pie-
mite*, ami forvraiiicd on receipt of a reiultlaneo or London
reference. Catalogue* free.
CARPETS.
>E And CO.
*E and CO.
CARPETS.
M Ari
M Ari
M APLE and CO.—The largest assortment
v of INDIAN. Persian, and Turkey CAUl'IiTS alwnyt in
stock. ni|M>rlor qualities. I'nrrhaser* should l-ewaraof Interior
Turkey carpets. whk-U are now being Imported and sold a* lw»t
quality at so much per square yard.—MAI’LE and CO., London.
CARPETS.
jyjAPLE and CO.
jyj^APLE and CO.
M AP V,
CARPETS.
[*E and CO.—A Manufacturer’s Stock
of «b-ut IIRUSSKI-S CARPKT8. at it. 11-1. per yard,
usually sold at.'s. :id. ; l«-»t quality Tapestry Mril»*’le (hut old
pattern*),at Is. MM. end 2s. l«-r yard; *b>u£ T«|«e«try Carpet,
1*. .!J-I. |*r yard. -WOO C*rmU, a great variety <>l ji.<ttrrnt, In all
•Ixe*. ready made up. In *toek. which can bo laid same day as
ordered. IIAI’LK and CO., London.
APLE and CO. CARPETS.
jyjAPLE and CO. CARPETS.
AT APLE and CO. would advise all buyers
ILL of CARI’K'PB. dc., esi-ccinllr American* now visiting
Ixiiid m. to rail amt *eo for themselves theta great novelties,
which are net vet to be found on tlie other Side.
MAPI.I' and CU.. Tottcnham^nart-road, London.
j^J^APLE and CO. CRETONNES.
jy£API.E and CO. CRETONNES.
M APLE and CO.—CRETONNES.—The
ll ock* for thereprlnllngof the flno old French Cretonnes
having been now re-enkravM, HAPLK and CO. aro receiving
the finest good* ever offered. The cloths U|k>ii which these atn
printed are of *upcri->r quality; the colours enn also be
E arantetvl. Tho design* sre exclusive, being engaged to
tPLE snd Co,. i43.Tottenh*m-court-ro*d, Ixmdon; and Paris.
JJAPLE and CO. CRETONNES.
jy^APLE and CO. CRETONNES.
pRETONNES.—MAPLE and CO. have
yy great p!en»ure In staling that they have on show the most
mognlllCFnt selection ever seen of hut-washing CRETONNES,
on extra strong and rerrlcoable tissue*.—MAPLE and CU.,
on extra strong and o-rviceabie tissue*.—siAl’l.
T* dlenliani-couit-road, London. Catalogues Free.
J^APLE aud CO.
APLE and CO.
CURTAINS.
CURTAINS.
M
AfAPLE and CO.—CURTAINS.—A largo
A assortment of curtain* In every texture. Madras, G alp urS,
Bwi*4, Lace, Muslin, nt nrlrea from 4*. Ild. to 20 guineas per
pair. Borne aiiecial novelties.
31 APLE and CU,. Tottenham-conrt-road.
AfAPLE and CO.—CURTAINS—Tlie most
i»I wonderful Improvement* have been mndo within the ln*t
few year* In Dm mnnntai taro amt colouring of Covering
Fabrics. The art In tic .-IT.-.-t which some of three g—ds-evenal
S*. 2*1. per ynrd. dmible * Idlh-glve la extraordinary. Thejirln-
rtpal fuctorle* for tlie proilucMuu lielng in France. MAI I.K and
CU. haveeetaldlsheda lioflsa In Paris, wht relry they see all the
new design*, and are enabled to reserve them exclusively for
their customers' selection.
jyjAFLE and CO. CLOCKS.
AfAPLE and CO. CLOCKS.
ItI DRAWING-ROOM CLOCKS to go for 400 lUys with one*
winding; n bstMlaoiun prerent. I'rice74*. Warmnteil. MAI LF.
and CU. fiavaa large ami varied assortment snitabla fur dining
ami drawing r.«>m. Uver live hundred to 'deft *Kom. I rice
in*. 1*1. b> CAt guinea*. Ilamlwime marble dock, with lacl»e*l
line! In gold snd superbw elelit-day movement. 23*.Od.; alto
I r.inxr-t 111 great variety.—MAPLE and CO.. London.
■jyjAPLE and CO.—CATALOGUES FREE.
T>0STAL ORDER DEPARTMENT.
J. Met*r*. M APLE and CO. lieg reauectlally to •tatethatthlS
department Is now »• organised thottbey • ro , 1 f ; 1 ' 1 /f"
exerute and supply any artlcls that can IKwsibl; w "
f Iirnohlngat tlie same price If not less than any other.house In
England." Patterns sent smi quotations given free of charge.
A f APLE and CO.— Manufacturers of First-
(Haas Bess'n**t FURNITURB for Immediate shipment.
The largest suortment In the world to telrot from, urdere Tor
ex|K>rtation to any part of the *lol» packcd o.refully on the
premise*, anil forwarded on receipt of a remittance or London
reference.
AfAPLE and CO., Tottenham-court-road,
1>A London; and 04. lloulevurd do HUoabourg. I'nrls.
TAN MONDAY, the 21st iust., and foUownig
Y/ (limited) Days. _
JAY’S PERIODICAL SALE.
"VrOTlCE.—Owing to a great pressure < f
PI businers. Merer* J A V have been unable to make an eariler
arrangement for their PERIODICAL 8ALK; but they will >•
nble. on MONDAY NEXT, tlio 21st Inut . to offer tho following
hi-liioiiablenrid useful c*'mp<mentpait* »f a ■wcU-dresrcl Lady a
Repertoire, at inaivclb.ualy reduced prices.
nOSTUMES.-FRENCH MODEL
\J COSTUMES, male by Worlli. Plngat, and others, s...^
during tlie season nt Irom 30 to 00 guinea* each, now reduced to
24 and 39 guineas each.
A VARIETY of SILK COSTUMES,
IL 4 guineas cadi, including niRlclenl Silk for s Bodice cun¬
made).
pRENADINE COSTUMES, from 1 guinea.
VJ Including tulUclent f*>r a Uwllce (unmade).
'FRAYELLING and SEASIDE COSTUMES,
A made up In tho best t**(* snd excellent materials, £1 Hi. 1 d.
each. ___
A/T ANTLES.—LACE MANTLES, prioi
J.fA itj guineas, Iste 20 guinea*; and Paris Model Slnntlre
all kind*, cvp^clully Ottoman. SiclHcnnr. mud <»auxo \c\ % '
of tlie be»t intalcU and Be west put term, proportionately cheap.
TiLACK SILKS of every description redu« <■
XX iu price, including Lyon* Figured Bliks, at it. Ski. pri
j*t4^—
rpHE BLACK STUFF DEPARTMENT^
A comprlring every fiii'donable and awful Csbrie »ulUil kr
the present snd the coming mbn. redu.-Cvl in price*.
TNCIDENTAL MILLINERY, HOSIERY,
A COLLAR 4 . CUFK8. GlAlVKS. nn.l all article* of a light
description will be offered at IMMM prlO*._
ATOURNING ORDERS will be attended
lvA to ta 11*11*1.
'W’OTICE.—As the quantities are limited, n
It gooils specially named in this announcement can be tv
on approbation. jaY'S
THE LONDON GENERAL .MullRMTNO TVAREIIOU8F
IU£G KNT-STKF.K I’. TV.
QUIRTS.—FORD’S EUREKA SHIRTS.
O Gnat Improvement* have beccn nindoln Uio nianuf.. tore
Ol Ford'* Euieka Blurts, calebratal f»r their superior flan*
BIx forMO*.. 4*'s .43*.. sent by parcel* p. at bee to your door. « i*
for Illu*tralml i>rlf-inra*ure ami all >nirllculart bee by po»t
It. KURD and CO.. 41, Poultry, London.
2J7GIDIUS.—Tlie only FLANNEL SHIRT8
Hi that never ahrink In wn.liliig - ml if washed POII" e.
Mad" In mixed colours, greys, drab*, brown*. Ac.. 13*. id.: Wire*
fortius, lid.. I>y parcels po»l |mhl. Write for pattern" ami wl'
measure. To bo had only of It. FORD and CU.. 41, I’oalt-y.
Irenloa.
I i'OUND, an Address of the Older'.
Kstnbilahed HU VERB of I.KFT-OFF CI.OTIIEB. Jewell. ,y
Ac, AplKilnimtmt*inn«le. Mr.nml Mnv. I'llll.I.ird.OI'H'uH
bliop,.’ll,Tln»ycr*ft*. MAiiclif*'t-r •(.. lA>u«lini. W. Oiucr
^yEDDING and BIRTHDAY PIIESEN'IS
RODRIGUES’, 42, PICCADILLY.
SETS FOR TIIE WRTTINO-TAIJI.E AND BOUDOIR,
IN POLISHED BRASS. OXIDIZED SILVER, and CIGNA,
from 21s. to £10.
DRESSING 0A8E8 21*. M'«
JEWEL CASES . 10*. to (to
CASKS OK 1V0BY iinUBIIEB . 0». to i "
DKBPATOli BOXES . 21*. to '
WRITING CA8KS. 12*. t
ENVELOPE OASES AND BLOTTERS .. .. tl«.t* >'•
STATIONERY CASES AND CABINETS .. 21*. t- t .
INKSTANDS .Ts.rid.t
TARCEIJl POST SCALES .81*. «d. to «
CIGAR AND CIGARETTE CAIUNETR .. .. 42* t- < > >
LIQUEUR CASES. BOs.t t.o
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ROPES OF SAND.
CHAPTER VII.
TUB PINK DAHLIA.
JJCTION •
&& • STILL
was Tnmzin who
Recalled Francis
Carew to earth by
suggesting the
neighbourhood of
the scullery, where he
achieved so much of a
toilet ns was possible
under the circumstances.
This over, he doubted for
'long moment whether
he would not.mnke his
way straight back to
Homucombc as fast as his
legs would carry him. It
was strange: but some
occult instinct seemed
bidding him lly at once
from some impalpable
danger — and besides,
when he realised the con¬
trast he, even at his best, would
present with Captain Quickset,
he felt it easier to stand up to
a dozen men of his own size
than to face Miss Oponshnw’s
cups and saucers. but never
yet did feur or shyness prevail
to drive in one direction when
bright eyes and sweet words were drawing in the other. dahlias. The breakfast table, drawn close
BY R. E. FRANCILLON.
Feeling much as if Parson Pcugold hud actually sent him to
jail, or, to speak more truly, to transportation, theyoung man,
who, save to his mother, had never spoken to a lady since ho
was bom, tramped heavily into the breakfast parlour, a prey
to all the demons who torment the Shy, save and except the
uruli-demon of impudence alone. It was not an unpleasant
little room—plain and homely, but with more signs of refine¬
ment than were to be looked for in the vicarage of so very
rough a sheep-dog as Parson Peugold. The long, low, lattice
window, above a broad, cushioned seat, commanded the whole
stretch of i norland to the east, and so received the whole of
the morning «uu. An open comer cupboard displayed the
Parson's 1 cat china, after the manner of the most modem
fashion in drawing-rooms: the few chairs, no two alike, would
have excited the envy of the furniture-hunter: a piece of tine
needlework hung over a frame, as if just carelessly thrown by ;
and here and there, on a shelf or two, or above the fire-place,
were signs that Stoke Juliot stood where many ships go down
— there were even weapons of strange make, and barbarous
images and scraps of curious carving, such as sailors bring
home for mothers, sweethearts, and wives, and arc apt to come
to shore when the rest of the cargo, hope, and life, and love,
and thoughts of home, goto feed the hunger of the sea. It
was a somewhat gruesome gathering to meditate over: but
then, at Stoke Juliot, uicn, and women too. took a purely com¬
mercial view of such matters, holding that the only winds
which blow nobody any good are the winds which blow no¬
body else any harm’. One son-relic, however (if such it was),
was’something that Francis Carew, though every cottage had
fellows to all the rest, had never seen anywhere before. This
was a large crucifix, of ebony and ivory, hung prominently in
the centre of one of the walls, oVir a vase of pink and white
to the window seat
and covered with a fine white cloth, tempted the shyest of men
to appetite with the scent and sight of crisp bacon, golden
eggs, brown bread, and u profusion of cream: and here, once
more, was Mabel Opensnaw, gracious and smiling, and
dressed—but here Francis Carew's powers of observation
failed. No man was likely to notice her clothes while she
herself was in them. Say, like the morning: or like u dazzling
white rose: or like anything else, if aught else there be. more
bright, winsome, and pure.
Even Captain Quickset, lounging in the window and
smiling over her hand, looked, for once, in the way. Francis
even began to perceive certain flaws in the perfection of his
brilliant friend: especially in the constancy of his smile and
in the delicate whiteness of his hands.
“Now. Mr. Carew,” said Miss Openshaw, gaily, and with
none of the shyness that used, in country places, to be con¬
sidered the fiif t duty of a young woman to a strange voung
man, “sit down at once — lien*, opposite Captain Quickset.
You must Ik- starving. You must help me to apologise to your
frii-nd for our poor country fnie ” --
“ You ure laughing at me. Miss Opcnsliaw,” said the
Captain, as Francis made an awkward plunge at the nearest
and most inconvenient chair, trying to find an answer,
and finding the simplest answer stick in his throat like
a bone—“ You are laughing at me—gad, you arc. You can’t
imagine what a treat such simple luxuries as those are after u
round of breakfasts with u Marquis fellow, who will stuff one
with ortolans, or a week with my friend Joe Norris—Sir Joseph
Norris, you know—who, on my honour, was so put to it for
something new that at last we had to fall back on salted
gherkins dressed in strong verjuice, and stuffed in red pepper
and cloves. Not that 1 'm an epicure: it doesn’t do for a
soldier to be a slave, but to the fuir. 1 can feust to-duv on
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 26, 1884
flg-peckers and tokay—to-morrow on a crust and a dnnk of
email beer : I’m at home, gad, everywhere.”
Indeed, so it seemed : and Francis Carew only wished he
could feel so too.
“ And you have really been spending a night in the woods,
Mr. Carew?” asked Miss Openshaw.
“Oh, that’s nothing!” broke in Captain Quickset. "/
have sneut nights in much stnmger places—hundreds of times.
1 have been whole nights in India: to say nothing of frost
and snow, witli the enemy’s bullets falling like hailstones all
the time." _
“ And is there really n Cowcumbcr Jack ?” asked she. * Or
is he only another sort of old llorueck—a bogey of tho woods,
just ns old Horneck is u bogey of tho sands? Somehow, I
can’t believe in old Homeck: 1 can’t indeed. But is Cowcumbcr
Jack really true?”
** It puts ine in mind,” struck in Captain Quickset ugain,
before Francis had time to gather his tongue together, " It
puts me in mind of the ghost at my old friend Joe’s place in
the north —Sir Joseph Norris, you know. Of course, you and
I. Miss Openshaw, are far too enlightened to believe in nursery
talcs; but down in the north they are pretty near as superstit ious
aa here: not quite, of course, but pretty near. '1 here was a
ghost there kept everybody in a panic—dressed in white, with
rattling chains and fiery eyes. It used to walk along a certain
passage; and not a soul that hud ever set eyes on it hud
lived to tell the tale.”
“ That was strange! ” said Mabel.
‘* Wasn’t it ? Well—I said I’d be in that passage all alone
at midnight, and see what happened : all in the dark and all
alone. You must own it wanted uorve, whether one believed
or no: but then I’m famous for nerve—and there was a girl
in the house, Miss Openshaw, for whose sake I would have
faced a whole army of hobgoblins: in short, whom I regarded
ns the loveliest anil most adorable of her sex—until yesterday,
and to-day. Nobody, not oven Dick Pelham, who by one
consent is the bravest officer in the three kingdoms—at least,
of his own standing, had been able to bring himself to that
scratch, though he added no end of Dutch courage to his own,
and had wagered five hundred guineas: ten to one. W lien the
clock struck twelve he heard a jingling: and he turned tail.”
" And wluit did happen?” asked Miss Opensliaw.
“To me? Why, the scampering of rats, and my own
image in a mirror, turned white by the moon. And it is iny
fixed opinion that old Homeck, whoever he may be, is a ghost
of the same kidney : and Cowcumbcr Jack too.”
“ Then there you ’re wrong, Quickset! ” broke in Francis
at last, and glad of the clnuice of contradicting his friend
flatly. “ Whether there’s ghosts or not, ’tis not fit for them
that haven’t seen them to say. But that Cowcumbcr Juck ’a
real 1 can swear: for I was taken in his company.
He had not meant to speak of liis adventure; but the
temptation to give his hero a putting down in the presence ot
his heroine was too strong to be resisted. Nor was Mabel
Openshaw the first of her sox who lmd come between friends.
“ Really ! ” exclaimed she. “And what kind of a ”-
“He lives in Sir Miles Heron’s woods, and mine, said
Francis, “ all alone. He wears as little clothes us a man can
wear, lie cun shoot better than Quickset, lie lives on wlrnt
he kills, drinks nothing but bog-water, and smokes dry herbs.
He talks in verses; but wlmt they mean nobody can under¬
stand. He hus no name, and no friends. He has never been
out of the woods but twice, when he wont to jail. And yet he
is just as real as I.”
“Frank,” said the Captain, shaking his head, I must
keep you better company, next time. You drank my share of
the claret as well as your own ; and then strolled into the wood
to cool your head, and fell asleep, and lmd a dream. / never
saw such a man, this side the sea; though, of course, it s
nothing wonderful in the country where the savages ure—m
wlmt ’s-tlie-name. No wonder you were had up fora vaga¬
bond, if thut’a the way you were found. Gad, Innik, you
looked like the king of all the beggars when yon first came
U1 “I was as sober as I am now," said Francis, stung out of
his shyness. There was certainly something offensive about
Captain Quickset’s wit which lie lmd never perceived before.
“ And I’m no more likely to see ghosts than you are. And
maybe we have quite as curious things in Stoke Juliot ns in the
land of wliat ’g-the-name.”
for, and to see how easy it is for all to win Iler smiles save himself
alone. Does it seem soon to speak of Francis Carew as Mabel
Openshaw’s lover, with a right to jealousy ? Then, however
it may seem, it is nothing of the kind—unless, indeed, the
blockheads are right who measure time by such meaningless
symbols as minutes, or hours, or years. One man mH.v die at
fourscore without having been alive an hour; another at
five-mid-tweiity, ami have hurt ten years of life for every
year of tho sun. How long had he known Mabel Openshaw ?
Five minutes—ten—fifteen ? Possibly, by Parson l’engold’a
kitchen clock; but then that clock wus notoriously always
wrong. ,
So these three talked, or rather Captain Quickset talked,
until Parson Pengold rolled in to proclaim tliut the red cow
was better, and that lie had as line a litter of young pigs to
show Mr. Carew us any in the county. Francis rose: there
was nothing for it but to obey such a summons—even though
Quickset hud the presence oi mind to excuse himself, and thus
remained alone with Miss Opensliaw. Why should love for
ever deprive a man of the wits he most needs, and always just
when he most needs them ? They say it is different with
women; and so tho rule is all the more grossly unfair.
Leaving that breakfast-parlour was like returning to that
world of sullen emptiness whence he had come. But, even
while standing in niire, and leaning over the fence of tlie
I’arson’8 not over cleanly hog-sties, lie knew that the outer
world was henceforth never more to be the same—that it had
become glorified: Parson, pigs, and all. Mabel Openshaw
had spoken; and all things were made new. It wus not
Francis Carew who lmd been wasting vague thoughts yesterday
upon a common peasant girl—that had been another man.
“ A nieo lot, aren’t they ?” asked Parson Pengold. “The
young fool that ’a to marry Tutnziu was here to see his lass
yesterday—a good judge of pigs, farmer, confound him,
though he bo; and he offered six shillings a head for the litter.
Bo 1 know they’re worth three times that, any day. But it
needs a scholar, and a gentleman, ready to understand pigs,
Mr. Carew, or for pigs reully to understand him. Did it ever
strike you who Homer (the grandest of scholars and gentle¬
men) intended to be the most striking figure in the Odyssey?
Ulysses, you would Bay? Not at all. It was Eumceus, the
swineherd—tho only mortal in Ithaca who lmd the brains to
recognise the King'when he came home. Homer knew what
lie was about; and didn’t make Eumceus a swineherd i'or
nothing, you may swear. And why did Circe, in the same
great poem, transform the sailors into swine ? Commentators
say, by way of allegory—to show what drunkenness makes of
men—especially sailors. But commentators, as usual, are
fools. To make a pig of a man is to raise him; as the com¬
mentators would soon have found out if they'd had to live
among Stoke Juliot farmers, and to look to tithes for a living.
When I was n raw hid at Oxford, I little thought ! was going
to be another Eumceus—but so tilings go, lad, and you may get
to know tho good in pigs, not counting what they gain in
guineas and save in housekeeping, by the time you re as old
os 1 . . . . Pant a com*, eai panla pelfs, eai pauta Id me Jen!'
You’ve no idea wlmt good eating there is ona spare-rib, one
of my own breeding, and roasted as I've taught Tamsan
• Yes,” said Francifthrew. “ Ytfi^-die is, indeed.’’ But
he was answering himself: and lie meant neither spare-rib nor
Tiunzin. For, to tell the truth, ^had not heard a single
word. a / ,
“ 1 She? ’ ” echoed ParsonPcugold. “Oli, 1 sec—you are
connecting the spare-rib with the creation of Eve. Falk Lug of
that—who is Ciiptuin Quiekset? Tie’s queer cattle to meet
with down here.” f W ,
“A friend of mine—that’s all,” said Francis, rather
shortly. “ He was travelling in the King’s service, and met
with an accident—got thrown from his horse, and sprained Ins
ankle. I supjSSett^'getting right now.”
" The KiugVs^Tviee, eh ? Then he’s really thick with all
those bishops ana lords t\" . _ .
" It’iCeasyto see that,” said Francis, a little sharply.
"Clown arid, clodhopper as I am, I can see the difference
between him ami me/’ , ,. ,, - „
"You didn’t know him, then, before his ankle fell
rouged?’*'”.
well.
If n word 'be
the Rabbins say.
out for you when
v. But I may say
“ I have heai-d or Co wc uni Dor juck, saia sue, ever emte "v - TT;ci7 mTkaI »_
like;
ishnw,
jump on mo Iout of tiie brae ten. • • • And so
him, .Mr. Carew, with your own very eyes
terribleP Wlmt does he look like—please?
“Well,” began Francis, “I suppose lie lo
what a man would who lived all alone in the w
“ lint I mean is lie handsome? Is he
“ I can’t tell you that, MissO
didn’t look at him in that way.
hound”-
“ We men,” broke in Cap.-
miss his own music, “ we mepdon
another’s faces. We leave Quit i
Openshaw: we do ns we woulckbe.
glance full of illustration.
Mabel coloured ever so
dressed compliments did got>vuu»e m '-"-•j »**v •
know he is handsome,” she. " And ho must have u
history. Handsome young men do not run away and hide
themselves in tho wofidrTqr nothing— ami all alone! It is
what they used to do, of eour-e. onVtfupon u time; the mints
used to. and the outlaws. \Rnt I can’t imagine a saint in
Stoke Juliot: nndltoWn Hood had Maid Marian. This man
-inning to
junt of one
charming sex, Miss
____y,” he added, with n
slightly as she foiled ; for finely-
obcome in la r way every day. “ I
has either [hnd/hiaT
dreadful deed. 4 vo
iiave agoddl
or else he has done some
e I would give one of my
with the other. I was so dis¬
tend of Cowcumbcr Jack—
.« Hint,' of course; but you know what I do
often set my heart on anything, but when I
1 said Captain Quickset, “it is done. No
.othing. But lie was in that serious condition
ull tilings seriously—even a woman’s least
uv that woman be She. So he was pondering
best obtain her a sight of Cucumber Jack : and
..j pondered 1 so deeply about how to please her ns to make her
think him deaf and dull. , , . , , . .
It is true Captain Quickset had the advantage of him in
longer acquaintance, which he lmd the knack of ripening very
quickly into intimacy; but it would have been tho sumo if
both the young men were in Mabel’s presence for tho iirat
time — every lover knows wlmt it means to hear some fluent
tongue ready with the things he feels too deeply to find words
Nor when, in company with his new friend, he returned to
tlie parlour for a parting horn of ale, could he feci dissatisfied
with the distance at winch Captain Quickset was keeping from
Mabel Openshaw—from Mabel, unsumamed, os he must hence¬
forth think of her now. She had resumed her needlework; he
was examining one of the outlandish daggers over the chimney,
opening its blade and letting it close with a spring. Francis
had never seen anything more lovely, not even sunrise itself,
than her rosy plow ; and he wondered, lor once, that the fine
gentleman could, while busking in the very breath of such
beauty, retain his chronic smile. Francis himself felt far from
smiling—a dream of happiness roso from his heart into his
throat; it wellnigli brought moisture to his eyes as lie
pictured to himself u historic storm of some twenty years ago,
when the waves und the rocks between them crushed and sunk
a noble West Indiiuiian, and left nothing for the hungry
wreckers of Stoke Juliot but a baby girl. His heart wanned
to the Parson, and his soul glowed for the girl.
“Have you made friends with all tho live stock?” asked
she. “Next time you come, I must be your guide, and you
must see my flowers.”
A sudden courage crime upon him.
“I have no flowers it Honiaeoinbe,” said he; “not one.
And there are so many in this room. May I not take one
home—just one, to—to—” He knew wlmt lie meant ; hut it
was not so easy to say; and before Quickset, too, with that
everlasting smile.
But Mabel Openshaw smiled also, in quite another way.
Then, quite gravely, she took a dahlia from a vase, the very
largest she could find, and gave it to him with a sweeping
courtesy/'' There might have been jest in all this, for a pro¬
digiously large pink dahlia is scarcely the kind of gift
blossom that a man can carry in liis coat, or cares to carry in
his hand. But, if there were mischief, Francis Carew saw
none. He only knew that to him she had given a flower, and
to Captain Quickset none. He very nearly ventured upon
bringing his lips within eighteen inches of her wonderful hand.
If Francis Carew of Monday be found irreconcilable in
mind, speech; and act with tlie Francis Carew of Sunday ; ii
the man who could really think and feel and fancy, and senti¬
mentalise over flowers mid sunrise, and grow enthusiastic over
even Parson Pengold and a red cow, cannot bo thought com
m tibia with the dull, dreary, sullen, spiritless being whose
one occupation was to be bored—what then? Francis Carew
had changed in an hour; and tho world had changed with him
And Mabel Openshaw had done it all.
>cnmrknble wits of her own. She can make egg-flip that
would do the cockles of your heart good even to dream of on
a winter morning. Bhe never liked the looks of old Daniel
Brock : rind she turned out right, for a more un-tithoous mis-
crcant never farmed un acre.”
•* Oh. Quickset is tho best of good fellows ! exclaimed
Francis, his heart all at once taking a flight sky-liigh. “And,
besides, his sprain’s well now, and he’ll soon be gone. But—
mny I ask bow Miss Openshaw is related to you ? It is shame¬
fully ignorant of me: but till to-day I have known no more of
my neighbours than if I were deaf and blind: ns indeed, Sir,
I have Deen— till to-dny.”
“ Nothing,” said the Parson, flushing hotly. No relation
at all. I suppose all the parish thinfcsrao an old fool, eh?
And may be 1 am. I don’t deny it, Mr. Carew. But when a
little live thing turned up on Hornacombc Banda among the
flotsurn and jetsam— you understand—spared even by the
winds and waves, I couldn’t refuse it house-room : I couldn t
indeed. I should have given house-room to a young pig—and,
after all, a pig isn’t so much better than a girl as that would
cora c to. There—that’s all. She don’t cost me much—and I
can’t very well turn her out of doors now. Come and see tlie
H ! “ We must be friends, Parson ! ” cried Francis, holding out
liis hand. ” Can’t turn her out? I should think not, indeed.
And not give a home to a child, a girl —like that, cast up from
the sea at your, our, very doors? 1 should like to hear some¬
body blame you for that: I’d lot him have my fist in another
way. So you are lier. Miss Openshaw’s, father, nml more?
No, Parson: it’s I have been the fool. ... We will bo
friends. And 1 ’ll come to church every Sunday: if 1 don t,
1 » m _ ”
“Not n-fore the pigs, my lad,” said Parson Pengold.
“ They never do it: and how would you like to hear a pig
swear? Do ns you’d be done by ; and never swear except at
a farmer. Conic and see the red cow. Mabel don’t caro much
for pigs; but she’d break her heart if anything happened to
the red cow.” .
Then, all ut once, Francis Carew felt n genuine interest m
the Parson’s cmv ; und he no longer felt weighted with the
jealousy he had brought with him to the pig-stye. The relief
wns about as unreasonable as the burden; but tlicu that is
love’s way.
CHAPTER virr.
LATET AN GUIS IN llERBi.
“At last!” yawned Quickset, before the two friends were
fairly out of sight of the Vicarage chimney. “ On niv houot.*
of a’gentleman, Frank, never have I been so confoundedly
bored in all my days. What bores—what boors ’) Listen to
my story of yesterday, and pity me. First, I had to cat i •
much ox as if I were my whole Company rolled into one : an i
all the time to listen to a lot of lingo that Babel himself wouldn ' t
understand. Then to regale my nose with the Parson'
pigs—faugh ! Oceans of Hungary-water won’t wash it away.
Then to tea with Miss—a prettyish piece of goods, but not to
be named in a day with the little thing I saw in church yester¬
day. It was hard work—she knew nothing about anybody or
anything; and wanted more compliments paid her than a
Court beauty. I wanted to come back to you: but it wu
dark, and tho cliffs ore awkward, and they were so confoundedly
hospitable or something that they wouldn’t let ine have guidi
or lantern. Well, well—they must be pardoned: gentlemen
in the King’s service don’t grow on every bush about here. I
was too weary to resist, Frank, or elBe too good uatured. I
had to stay. Lucky dog that you are—with all sorts of fun,
while I was nodding over a parson’s tcatray. Cowcumbcr Juck
indeed—I know what that means, Frank : next time I ’vo been
making a night of it with a bottle and a pretty girl and lnu
to show up next morning at an Archbishops with a toi l
jacket and a black eye, I’ll set up a Cowcumbcr Jack to.
Y-a-a-wn! You may pay me ten guineas now, Frank. 1 ’v«
won ’em fair —and hard.”
Never before had Captain Quickset seemed so good a fellow
as now. Francis did not wish his country beauty to be nc! -
mired by this man of fashion : and this dislike at first sight
between liis hero nnd heroine was wkathe would have prayed foi.
So he felt no call to defend his new friends, only feeling that
such depreciation made them the more entirely his own; nor
any to point out that on so moon-lit a night guides nnd lar -
terns were not required to keep even a stranger in the stt
and easy path between the church and Homacombe. Nor did
he feel called upon to interrupt the flow of talk with which
the Captain now beguiled the road. He was thinking of how
ho could fulfil liis lady’s whim of seeing Cucumber Ja< K
without losing either of her bright eyes: how soon ho might
call again: how long it was to next Sunday: what excuse 1>
could find for writing to her not later than to-morrow: how
and where he could hear her spoken of—und a hundred Other
tilings. And oh, how dull and lonesome looked Honiaeoinbe
whi n he returned—better to live like Cucumber Jack in the
green-wood than within those empty wall*. Still the dahlia
was something; he placed it in water by his bedside, and treated
It as if that soulless creature (for fragrance is a flower’s soul,
just as the voice is ours) were a Queen of Roses.
But now as to Parson Pengold and Mabel Opensliaw.
All the parish knew (as Francis Carew might also have
known had he cared to hear) that, many years before, a large
West Indiaman, called the Good Fortune, bad gone utterly io
pieces on Homacombe Sands, hard by tliut Black Steeple where
Homeck, the arch-wrecker, wus supposed to be still engaged
in his never-ending toil. Parson Pengold, when this happened,
lmd not been many years in orders, und had, indeed, but just
been presented to the living of Stoke Juliot by tlie Master and
Fellows of liis College at Oxford. Rust, and solitude, and un¬
congenial surroundings, nml the want of any outlet for hope
or ambition, had not then bi-gun to do their work upon lnm : he
was at least ns strong of anus and lungs, nnd stronger of heart
by far. He went down to the beach among his flock, not to
plunder, but to save. As it happened, however, tho wreck was
so complete that there was nothing to plunder but a larg
barrel of ship biscuit, nnd a small child, who had been saved
(as the smnllcBt and weakest so often are when the strong
perish) as if by absolute miracle. The public disappointment
was, as mny be supposed, extreme; and not the faintest
objection was made to the Parson’s taking possession of tns
little girl. She wus old enough to speak, and said, distinctly,
that her name was Mabel, nnd that her mother was called
Mrs. Openahnw; that she lind no father, nor uncles, nor
aunts, nor brothers, nor sisters, so far as she knew; that she
did not know where she had lived before going into the slap ;
that she did not know where her mother and she were going,
tliat her mother, at home, had no friends but an old priest and ft
young Indy, that she herself said her prayers, morning and even¬
ing with the rosary found upon her when she came ashore—
“ Hail Mary ” anil others which proved her mother s religion;
that she crossed herself often ; and that she was passionately
fond of u certain sweetmeat of which she did not know the name.
JULY 20, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
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These things, and others yet more trifling, the Parson noted
down while they were fresh in the child’s memory, and went to
the expense and trouble of a journey to Bristol itself, whither the
Good Fortune might have been bouud, in order to make inquiries.
But these were fruitless altogether. No communication with
any possible place could connect any Mrs. Opeushaw with any
fellow-mortal, even though correspondence, and an attorney’s
bill besides, deprived the Parson of his stipend for half u year.
There was nothing for him, at last, between sending the child
adrift and practically adopting her; and it was into the latter
course that, with the aid of the elderly woman who “did” for
him in those days, he fell.
And that might have been his saving. Indeed, why it was
not is not easy to tell — that can only be gathered from a closer
knowledge of Miss Mabel Openshaw. The girl, somehow,
never grew up into a daughter; she remained a sort of fairy
Princess, the daughter of the Sea. Possibly the bent of the
Parson had already berm taken, and his nature become too hard
to turn. Anyhow, her presence in the house neither softened
him, nor elevated him, nor kept him from drifting into the
groove that would have been uatural enough had she not been
there. That she was in his inmost heart even Francis Carew
had been able to perceive; but then his heart had been so
buried out of knowledge under a lumber of useless memories
of college learning, of swine, of ale, of heavy feeding, of
never-ending squnbbleB about tithes, and of the difficulties of
making both ends meet, that scarce Mabel herself could trace
her own image there. Even at Oxford he had been as odd in
his ways as a young man can dare, or a penniless man can
afford to be; and he hnd been an ambitious man, and had
failed—a weak man, with whom failure is once for nil. But
weakness of his sort means the stubbornness which is almost
invariably mistaken for strength; and which is strength of a
sort, seeing that it is proof agamgtthe gentleness to which
real strength is eager to yield, as Mabel grew; nnd
their growth, though in company, was in divergent lines. lie
influenced her as little as she influenced him; and maybe that
was not worse for him than it was for her.
After all, however, what strangeness is there in father or
mother, and son or duughter, falling farther apart ns time
goes on, nnd growing, each towards each, more and more
alone ? That is simply the story of every household on eurth
where the father or mother forgets that lie or she was once a
child. And that ho was ever a child the Vicar of Stoke Juliot
must have forgotten long and long ago. 11 was strange enough
tliat he remembered his Greek—and even of that, at Stoke
Juliot, one sonorous plxrase would do duty a good many times
over.
“ There, Mab,” said he, after he hnd seen the young men
clear of his gate, nnd had come back for a horn of ale bi-fore
retiring to his studies, “ that lad's not so black us they paint
him, after all. What do yon sayP”
“ He was smlly scratched and torn,” said she. “ But as
for not being so black—I don’t think I ever saw anybody more
so, till Tamzin scoured him down.”
“I don’t mean his hands,” said the Parson, who was not
over careful of his own. “ Sabbath-breaker and dicer, and
Bix-bottle man, and—worse, ho may be; but he’s n man,
and there’s always hope of a man. lie don’t chatter like a
monkey; he shows respect to his elders; and if hu don’t know
much*about pigs yet, he’s the sort to learn. I suppose he’s a
sad scamp, and last night shows he keeps bad company ; und
ho’8 much too much, I hear, about Nance Der-. Hm!
Give me another taste of ale. But when ho reached me out
his hand over the wash-trough, my heart went out to the boy.
After all, lie’s squire of Hornncombe, nnd as rich ns a man
need. But who is Captain Quickset, after all ? ”
“La, what does it matter?” asked she, rearranging the
dahlias that for Francis Carcw’s sake hnd been disturbed.
“ He is a soldier, nnd a beau—ho comes, and goes : isn't that
the way of them all ? ”
4 * But he ’s not gone yet, Mab; and it struck me he's vastly
taken with you, while he’s here ; ns much as young Carew
with Mo. I won’t have any mischief done, that’s all. But,
well, well, as noue’s done yet, none need bo ” -
“Mischief?” she asked, opening her eyes upon him with
surprise.
‘ ‘ Yes, Mab. When I saw those two young chaps about you
this morning, it was borne in on mo that no man, thank God, can
look to go on living in Stoke Juliot for ever—anyhow, outside
the churchyard. And, then, what’s to be done with you ? I
shan’t have a penny to leave. Some new Vicar will get Stoke
Juliot as a set-off for his sins; and you won't have a cupboard
to call your own. You can’t go out to service— you mustn’t,
anyhow. And yet I don’t care to let you go out of the parish
before mo. And there isn’t a man that could keep you in it,
before nnd after, but one. A woman ought to marry, Mab ;
and so ought a man. If you don’t, you ’ll go to the dogs ; and
if Francis Carew don't he ’ll go to the devil. And there ’s no
wife in Stoke Juliot for him but you, Mab, and fiehusband in
it for you but”- \ \
“ Oh, hush, Sir! ” cried she, darting to him nnd covering
his mouth with one hand while she set his wig straight with
the other. “ Are you so tired of me that you wnrtt to give me
away to the first country bumpkin that doesn’t ask me—and,
oil, to BUch a ragamuffin as M^. Carow ? And with such a
character, and all ? As if he need look far for awife to suit him,
indeed—there*8 Nance Derrick: or there’s Taimdu, if she
wasn’t engaged. But—Me! ” exclaimed the Princess, with the
merriest laugh that could be.
“ Pouf! ” You gave him a dahlia, Mab-”
“ As big as a warming-pun. Didn’t he look laughable as he
went off twirling it between his finger and thumb P I hoped
he wns going to stick it i p his coat, or his hat—that would
have been funnier still.” \ )
“But— you don’t jhink any better of that Quickset
fellow, clip” •,
“As if,” she said, tossing back her curls, “ I should think
of Captain Quickset at all. ’Tis true he is a gentleman, while
the other—but oh, Sir, doesn’t your Greek and your Latin tell
you that girls never, never, think of such things till they
come?”
“Then they ought to” -
“ That's why they don't, may be! And aren’t you going
to live to a honored ? And what will matter what becomes of
me then? Everybody lives to a hundred in Stoke Juliot, you
know.”
“ Except the Parson — except the Parson. Care killed the
eat, though she had nine lives; and a parson’s got but one,
and! tithes are worse than care. . . . Don’t marry a parson;
and don't marry ft farmer ” -
“Nor ft bear: nor a beau. There: don’t tease me any
more till the Prince comes, and then we'll see.”
She had imperious airs when she pleased, which were hard
for any male creature, however used to her, to disobey. Tho
Parson dropped into a brown study (the only sort of study in
which he now indulged) and went off with his pipe to revisit
the rod cow, with his wig. though it had been deftly arranged
not n minute ago, more awry than over.
Mabel took up her work, but dropped it after three aimless
stitches. Then she went to the window and looked out over
tho wide brown moor, with its bushes and bracken swept into
waves by tho rising wind. But if she were looking for tho
Prince, she failed: none happened to be riding her way to-day.
Then she half smiled, ana half sighed. Was the, also,
troubled with what had till this morning been the curse
of Homacombe—ennui? Then she went to the bowl of
dahlias, und, having but lately rearranged it, took to dis¬
arranging it again. But what was this, nestling among the
white and pink bloom ?
A scrap of paper. She opened it: and read these lines:—
“ Thou dorm'll I went without a Flour f
Lem then, fair Niggard that Thou art,
How those bright Suns, thine Eyes, have Powr
To plant hole Garden* in mg Hart ”
Who had written them—who had left them there so
cunningly, for her to find? Assuredly not Francis Carew.
And therefore it must be, it could only be-
6he blushed und glowed over them, though she was all
alone: for were not the lines the loveliest that pencil ever
misspelled P And she had inspired them . . . Had his Highness
the Prince come to Stoke Juliot, after ull ?
(To be continued.!
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OBITUARY.
EARL COWLEY, K.O.
The Right Hon. Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, Earl ana
Baron Cowley and
Viscount Daugiin,
K.G., G.C.B., P.C.,
D.G.L.,diedm; his re¬
sidence iuAlbemnrle-
street on the 15th
lust. He was bom
June 17, 1804, the
eldest 8'm of llcnry,
Lord Cowley, G.C.ll.
(created a Peer ill
1828), and of Char¬
lotte, his first wife,
''daughter of Charles,
--first Earl Cadogan ;
was grandson of Gurret, first E«H of Momington, and nephew
of the Marquis Wellesleyand the first Duke of Wellington. He
entered the Diplomatic Service inNl824, and continued in it
until 1867. Af ter passing through various diplomatic grades,
he was accredited^Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo¬
tentiary to France nt'1852, ari&Yapresentod his Sovereign with
ability, tact, aiid discretion at the Court of the Second Empire
from u mouth or two before the Coup d’Etat to just three
years antecedent to the Priiuco-Germun War. He succeeded
liia fnther-in'the Barony of Cowley April 27, 1847, nnd was
raised to the Viscinmty'of Dan gun nnd Earldom of Cowley
April 11,1857. The decoration of G.C.B. was conferred on him
in 1853, And that of K.G. in 1866, the year before lie retired.
His Lordship married, Oct. 23, 1833, Olivia Cecilia, daughter
of Lord lieitt^Fic/.girald and his wife Charlotte, Baroness
de Rob, anaTeavCs three sons and two daughters. The eldest
son, William Henry, Viscount Dunpnn, Lieutenant-Colonel
date Coldstjtejqn Guards, Knight of the Medjidieli, who succeeds
PROBLEM No. 2106.
By O. Maas (Mannheim).
BLACK.
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0*ine to uimminl pressure upon our space, the game and many answers
to correspondents me unavoidably deferred.
MUSIC.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
The season of this establishment is to close this (Saturday)
evening. Of the final performances therefore wo must speiik
Yext jyp'ek. The Italian version of M. Royer’s “Sigurd”
(produced on Tuesday week and already noticed by us) wns
repeated last Saturday, when the tine performances of Madame
Album and M. Jourdoiu — respectively as Brunliilda and
Sigurd—ami of Madamo Fursch-Mndi ao Hilda. Mdlle.
Reggiaui ns Uta, M. Devoyod ns Gunther, and Signor do
Res/.k6 on Hagen, ns before, gave special importance to the
cast. The use of reflected light on clouds of steam, to repre-*
sent the fiery surroundings of Bruuhilda's palace, was again
a special effect, tho splendour of the scenic und stage sur¬
roundings having been n repetition of features previously
observable. “Sigurd” wns announced for the third time on
Thursday. During the pint week, Verdi’s “Aida” wns
repented, with the transference of the title-clioructer to Madame
Helene Crosmond, who acquitted herself fairly well, consider¬
ing tho arduous task of sustaining a character that has often
been associated with the fine performance of Madame Adelina
Fatti. The announcements for this week included the benefit
of Madame Alhani yesterday (Friday) as Margherita in
“Faust,” and the “Gala night” of Madame Adelina Putti
for this (Saturday) evening, when “ Linda di Cliumouui” is to
be given as the closing performance.
The annual Prize Festival of the Royal Normal College nnd
Academy of Music for the Blind took place at the Crystal
Palace last Saturday afternoon, when the pupils manifested the
excellence of the instruction afforded them in tho performance
of a selection of vocal and instrumental pieces.
Madame Christine Nilsson’s grand evening coucert, which
took place at the Royal Albert Hall this week, must bo spoken
of in our next number.
The Tonic Sol-Fa £6te takes place at tho Crystal Palace this
(Saturday) afternoon.
Last year a gentleman gave £ 10.000 for the endowment of
a National Portrait Gul Jury for Scotland, and he lius now
offered £20,000 towards erecting a building for tlio joint
accommodation of a gallery and a museum of untiqnities.
The Art Amateur, a monthly journal devoted to the cul¬
tivation of art in the household, is an excellent publication.
It is published by Mr. Marks, of New York: the English
agents for it being Messrs. Maefarlane, of 40, Churing-eross.
Dr. Samuel Kiuus’s “Moses and Geology,” showing.the
harmony of the Bible with Science, is continually being
reprinted. Tlieseventh edition contains numerous testimonials
to the scientific accuracy and general tm-tworthinosH of tins
book, which the author has received from competent judges,
whose uames are appended.
lms one son and one daughter.
SIR WATKIN WILLIAMS.
, TlieTlon. Sir Charles James Watkin Williams, of Dolfriog, in
ae county of Carnarvon, one of the Judges of the Supreme
Jurtof Judicature, Queen’s Bench Division, died suddenly
on the 17th inst., While on Circuit. He was born Sept 23,
1828, the eldest son of the Rev. Peter Williams, Rector of
Llan8annnn, in the county of Denbigh, J.P., by Lydia, bis
wife, daughter of the Rev. James Price, J.P., of Pwllycroclion,
in the county of Carnarvon, and was educated at Ruthin
Grammar School, St. Mary’s Hall, Oxford, and tho London
University. On leaving tho University, he studied medicine,
under Mr. Erichsen, but relinquished the medical profession,
nnd was called to the Bur in 1854. His practice n« a special
pleader was considerable, nnd his lucid und useful work on
pleading mid procedure was much esteemed. In 1873 he be¬
came Q.C., and a Bencher of the Inner Temple ; from 1868 to
1880 he sat in the House of Commons as the Liberal member
for Denbigh ; and from April, 1880, to the November following,
for Carnarvonshire. In the last-named year he was raised to
tho Judicial Bench. He married, first. 1855, Henrietta,
daughter of Mr. William Henry Cary, and niece of Vice-
Chancellor Muiins; and secondly, 1865, Elizabeth, daughter
of the Right lion. Sir Robert Lush, Lord Justice of Appeal.
He leaves issue. Mr. Justice Hawkins, in referring in Court
to the sudden death of Sir Watkin, added, “One more uni¬
versally beiovod in hia profession, one more upright uud
honest us a Judge und us a man, never, I believe, existed."
VICE-ADMIRAL EWART, C.B.
Vice-Admiral Charles Joseph Frederick Ewart, C.B., died on
the 11th inst., in his sixty-eighth year. He was eldest sou of
the lute Lioutenant-General John Frederick Ewart, C.B., and
brother of Lieutenant-General John Alexander Ewart, C.B.;
was born ill 1816, entered the Royal Navy in 1830, and, serving
during the Crimean War, was present at the bombardment of
Odessa ami Sebastopol. He received, in requital, medal with
clasp, the Turkish war medal, the Legion of Honour, and tho
Mcdjidi' h. His commission of Captain bears date in 1855, and
that of Vice-Admiral in 1878. In I860, he was mude C.B.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Alter *» b.iig discussion on Monday the French Chamber of
Deputies passed the credit of 5,000,OOOf. by 373 votes to 93. —
Two deaths from cholera have been registered in Paris. In
Marseilles und Toulon the epidemic continues its ravages.—
M. de Lesseps lias informed the French Academy of Science
that the International Commission 1ms pronounced in favour of
widening the existing Suez Canal, and against the construction
of a new one.
On the 17th inst. the remains of the late Prince of Orange
were deposited in the Royal crypt of the New Church at Delft,
in the presence of u large number of illustrious personages.—
It is understood that the Dutch Council of State approves the
Ministerial Bill nominating Queen Emma of the Netherlands
to be Regent, in the event of Princess Wilhelntiuu succeeding
to the throne before attaining her majority.
The Crown Prince of Sweden’s first son, the Duke of Soder-
maiilnud, was baptized last Saturday at Tullgura Castle.—The
Norwegian Storthing has been prorogued, after a lcng and
exciting Session, nnd pi ace seems to have been established
between the Parliament and the King.
Intelligence from Warsaw states that a plot has been dis¬
covered to blow up the Palace there during the Emperor of
Russia’s stay, uud that a justice of the peace lias been arrested.
The survivors of the United States Expedition into tho
Arctic Sens, under Lieutenant Greely, have been found by tho
relief ships sent in search of them. Lieutenant Greely was
alive, with seven companions, surrounded by the dead bodies of
sixteen of their party, who had been starved to death, one
other having been drowned while seal-hunting. Tlic party
lmd suffered great privations in the camp near the mouth of
Smith Sound, where they had been from Oct. 21 to tho date of
their relief in June, living chiefly on provisions stored in tho
cairns built by Sir G. Nares in 1875 nnd by the Neptune in 1882.
The Electoral College at Mexico has unanimously and
formally declared General Porfirio Diaz to bo elected President
of the Mexican Republic.
In tho sitting of the Victoria Legislative Assembly on the
17tli inst. the Hon. James Service, Premier und Colonial Trea¬
surer, made his financial statement, according to which the
revenue for the past financial year amounted to £5,930,000,
being £154,000 in excess of the estimate. The actual ex¬
penditure amounted to £5,950,000. Mr. Service estimates the
revenue for the ensuing financial year at £5.960,000, and tho
expenditure at £6,230,000. To meet the deficit, he propnsi« an
increase of 2s. in the spirit duty. — The Legislative Assembly
of Queensland have unanimously passed the resolutions of tho
Convention in luvoiirof the confederation of the colon it*, of
die annexation of New Guinea and other Western Pacific
Isluuds, and of combined legislation against criminal aliens.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will (dated Dec. 2, 1882) of Lady Lucy Caroline Calvert,
late of No. 38, Upper Grosvenor-street, who died on May 3
last, was proved on the 17tli ult. by Frederick Calvert, Q.C.,
the husband, and Edward Young Western, the executors, the
value of the personal estate exceeding £17.000. The testatrix
leaves nil her property to her husband, for life; at his death
there are numerous legacies, specific and pecuniary, to her
brothers, nephews, nieces, and others, including £4000 to her
brother William Henry Herbert, and £3000 to her niece
and god-daughter Lucy Florentiu Montgomery ; and the resi-
tluc of her estate she gives to her brother Boberfc Charles
Herbert. The deceased was the eldest daughter of the second
Eurl of Powis, K.G.
The will (dated Sept. IS, 1883) of Mr. Thomas dee. late of
Dewlmrst Lodge, Wndlmrst, Sussex, who died on April 24
last, was proved on the 1st hist, by William Pearson, Q.C.,
Ernest Hatton, Saffeey William Johnson, and Gordon Johnson,
the executors, the value of the personal estate exceeding
£187,000. The testator leaves to his wife, Mrs. Ellen Eliza
Gee, £1000, all his wines, liquors, and consumable stores,
three cows, three horses, two carriages and harness; ho also
leaves her, for life or widowhood, Wudhurst Lodge, with tho
furniture, pictures, race cups, presentation and other pinto
and effects, and £1500 per annum; to each of his executors
an annuity of £50during the continuance of their trusteeship;
to Mr. Pearson, in addition, £500 ; to Joseph Dempster, £100;
to his brother, William Cattle, au annuity of £400: and to his
sister, Charlotte Castle, to Mary Ann Chapman, and to
Henry A. Blackman, annuities of £100 each. The residue of
liis real and personal estate he leaves to his children, and in
default of children lie settles the sumo on Arthur liilby
Pearson, tho son of his executor.
The will (dated April 30. 1883) of Mr. Judah Philip
Benjamin, Q.C., late ot No. 41, Avenue d’Jenn, Paris, who
died on May 6 last, was proved on the 28th ult. by Johu
George Witt and Lindsey Middleton Asplund, the executors,
the value of the personal estate exceeding £00,000. 'The
testator bequeaths to liis wife, Mrs. Nathalie Benjamin,
£1000; to his executors 100 guineas each : and legacies to his
sisters, brother, nieces, nnd nephew, amounting together to
£10,000. The residue of his property he gives to his wife, and
to Ids daughter, Madame Ninette de Bousiguuc.
The will (dated April 2, 1883) of Airs. Maria Susannah
Holmes, formerly of Ottawa House, Walthamstow, but lute
ot No. 16, Ca uibridge-street , Hyde Park, who died ou Nov. 11
JULY* 26, 1884
last, was proved ou the 25th ult, by Charles Joseph Holmes,
the son, Janies Stocken, and Edward Moborley. the executors,
the value of tho personal estate amounting to upwards of
£.52,000. The testatrix appoints £8000 in settlement to her
daughter Mrs. Maria Churlottc Fisher; niul she bequeaths
£5000, upon trust, for her daughter Mrs. Mary Kate Bisson
for life; £6000 to her sister Mrs. Mury Ann Dimmett; £0000
to her sou Charles Joseph: £4000 to her sou William Court;
and there are some further legacies to her children, nnd also
to grandchildren, her own and her late husband's relatives,
and others. The residue of her property she leaves to her said
soil, Charles Joseph Holmes.
The will (dated Feb. 11, 1881) of Air. James Carthew
Quick, late of No. 82, Murine-parade, Brighton, Sussex, who
died on May C last, was proved on the 20th ult. by the Itcv.
Hubert Herbert Quick nnd Frederic James Quick,'the sons,
the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to
over £48,000. The testator bequeaths £1000 each to tho
London Hospital, Whitechapel, the Sussex County Hospital,
Brighton, and the British and Foreign Bible Society; £3000
eaeli to his cousins, Jane Carthew Windeatt and Hannah
Carthew Windeatt; £4000 to his faithful friend nnd clerk,
•Tulin Thomas Henry Reck, who entered his service more than
forty-four years ago; and some other legacies. The residue of
bis estate and effects he gives to liis said two sons.
The will (dated Aug. 1, 1882), with a codicil (dated Doc. 1,
1883). of Mr. William Octavius Garstin, late of Osborne House,
llelvidcre, Idritil. 85, Baker-street, Portman-square, and of
San down, Isle of AVjghfc, Upholder and Jobmaster, who died
OH May 22 Inst, was proved on the 1st inst. by William Evans
Garstin, Norman Brealey Garstin, nnd Aubrey Garstin, the
sons, the executors, the value of tho personal estate amounting
tj over £11.01X1. With the exception of some legneies to
employes and others, tlm testator gives all his reul and per¬
sonal estate to liis said three sons.
The will (dated April 7, 1881) of the Rev. Francis Garden-^
M.A., Sub-Dean of her Majesty’s Chapels Royal of White-
bull and St. James's, late of No. 67, Victoria-street. West¬
minster, who died on A lay 11 last, was proved oirtho 25th
ult. by the Rev. Sir Vycll Dounitliorne Vyvyun. Hart., and—
Vernon Benbow, the executors, the value of the p.-rsrmnl
estate amounting to over £24,000. The testator beoitfatK*
£5000, upon trust, for his grand-daughter. OoimtaiuijAHtgiiiia
Evelyn Goldingham; and legacies to liis executors, nephew by
marriage, and late servant. The residue of his real awl per a
H onal e-tate lie gives to his sister-in-law. Miss Caroline |
Elizabeth Bourohier. V \
THE PENISTONE RAILWAY DISASTER.
A terrible railway accident, by which above twenty persons
were killed and twice that number injured, took place on
Wednesday week atBullhouae Bridge, near Penistone, midway
between Manchester nnd Sheffield. All express-train of tho
joint traffic system of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln¬
shire and of the Great Northern Company, which lmd left
.Manchester at half-past twelve at noon, broke the axle of it«
engine, and the carriages behind were thrown from the bridge
or embunkiiiev t into the road below, a depth of about 16ft
lh «y were turned upside down and broken, sonic were
smashed, to pieces, and hah the passengers suffered, nineteen
being taken dead out of the wreck of the train. Three others
died after removal to Manchester. Among those killed were
several ladies—Mrs. Conte.-., widow of a clergyman in Lnn-
caslure; Airs. Stower umf Aim. Spencer, of Boston; Mrs.
fcdelsteiu, of New Y'ork : A Has Tctlow, of Bolton-by-Holland;
Mrs. Rawlings, of Reddiieb ; and Air. and Airs. Sl.orrock, of
ijarwen, wlio were on their way to u family wedding in London.
Air. Bromley, mechanical engineer, of Victoria-street, West¬
minster, uud Air. J. P. Woodhcnd, consulting engineer, of
Manchester, were also killed. Tho Queen sent next day n
message to the Mayor of Alanclrbster, expressing her sympathy
with those who are still suffering, nnd with the families of the
tlcud. Our Illustration shows rile scene of the disaster, with
part of the remains of tho t rain. It appears that t lie train was
going at a spewed of nearly fifty miles an hour, down an incline
of one in 124, and round a curve of half a mile radius. The
axle of the engine had been properly examined at Manchester,
but the crack in the steel could not then be detected.
DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH BURGLARS.
Early on the morning of Friday, the 18th inst., the police in
the neighbourhood of Now North-road wero engaged in a
remarkable chase of burglars. Two men had been seen to a« t
lii a nuspicious manner, and, being pursued, they took refuge
1,1 trinity Churchyard. Constable Garner seized one, nnnicd
\\ iieatley, and received a bullet wound in the thigh
from the burglar’s revolver, but maintained his hold until
help came, and the ruffian was apprehended. The other
burglar, named Wright, after shooting Police-Con stable
Miell in tho groin, got into a courtyard, where a ladder
enabled him to mount to tho roofs of some cottages. Ho
passed from house to house, making several dangerous
leaps, nnd eluded the pursuit of the police nnd an angry
crowd for more than an hour.
■•'INK GOLD JEWELLERY
at ||aiiiifactiirers’ Prices, saving from 25 to 50 per cent.
MAPPIN & WEBB,
SHEFFIELD MANUFACTURERS.
STERLING SILVER, ELECTRO-SILVER,
FINEST CUTLERY.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES FREE.
LONDON WAREHOUSES:
MANSION HOUSE
BUILDINGS, E.C.;
OXFORD-STREET. W.
IWW
FOR LADIES’ DRESSES.
TO BE HAD IN MANCHESTER.
LEWIS'S, »n MARKET-STREET, MANCHESTER,
life the manufacturers of fine, first-clus* Velveteens,
which arc now known all over the world. They a re
f ist pile nnd fust dyed, nnd every inch is (tun ran teed.
If a dress should wear badly or be io any respect faulty,
LEWIS'S will give a new dress f»r nothing at all, and
pHjr tho full cost for making nnd trimmirigX Tlpfpripc
of (hew beautiful Velveteens, in Black and all the most
beautiful Odours now worn, i* 2s. “ jard. 'I his quality
Vein Lon m sold by tho best drapers at. 3s. Gd., is. ed.,
and 5a. 6d. a yard. The public, although they don’t
know it, have to pay two or three profit*, (tic difference
between the manufacturer's price and thp price the
consumer pays for Velvet cna. LEWI S'S, Mnrkrt-
street, Manchester, manufacture tliOso Vch eteens them- ;
selves, and sell them (or it might nlinort be *a«d give
them) to the public for 2S. “ yard. LEWIS'S |
ask Ladies to write for rattemsofthwe extraordinary j
blebs, judge for them- |
f Market-Street, Alan-
more than they deserve.
Wd LEWIS'S
PINE GOLD and ORIENTAL PEARL BRACELET,
in best Morocco Case, £43.
inspection of the choice Stock of Rings, Brooches, Bracelets, Necklaces
Earrings, &c., is politely invited. Catalogue free.
THE MANUFACTURING
GOLDSMITHS'& SILVERSMITHS’COMPY.
SHOW-ROOMS-
112. REGENT-STIIEET, LONDON, W.
MANUFACTORY : CLERKENWELL.
N & GRAHAM.
FITMENTS~(Regd.).
SPECIAL EXHIBIT OF
COMPLETELY FITTED ROOMS,
Embodying the Ideas and Designs of Robert W. EDIS, Esq., F.S.A.
AT T1IE
Velveteen*. They will then
■elver whether LEWIS,
Chester, praise their Velv
Write for pa 1
HEALTH EXHIBITION:
BED-ROOM, DRESSING-ROOM, and BATH-ROOM.
address in (beat
pay carnage on
Britain or Ireland. ,
When Wijt.mir, please mention this Pitper.
IEWXS S, In Market-st., Manchester.
AT
OXFORD-STREET;
DRAWING-ROOM,
BOUDOIR, and
STUDY, DINING-ROOM,
FOUR BED-ROOMS.
THB ?uBIXC ARE WARNED
to aee that tin ynri'mpplioil with Dm AHUOSY pro|*r.nn<' none
of Hi* ninny iniltu mia. Tin* Argoay la tin- only Rraco w ith two
li.<l"|*ndrn?>'. i.l Attai-hinviita going fr»ni B, c ( IVonf. i«M 0
having other poclel lenture* not contained in tho imitations,
ot *11 I oaloraand Outfitter*. every wlinc.
Ventral Dty6t, W!; drjale only.6 and 7, Newgate-street, latndoa.
w^eio.
In return for a £30 Note,
free arid We by port, one of
BENNETTS
LADIIS’ GOLD WATCHES,
I»vhrt for Ume. Ileanty. and work-
innn.Mp, With A-’/... .IWkhi. Air¬
tight. damp-tight, mill dutt-llght.
, WATCHES
J C7ieapsiA c
In return for Post-offlce Order,
free and safo by pout, one of
BENNETT’S
GENTLEMEN’S
GOLD KEYLESS WATCHES.
perfect for time, beauty. no t work-
nnin»lil|i. With tinlm Mim. Air¬
tight. damp-light, alol dilat-tight.
ikheel
SIR JOHN BENNETT’S WATCHES and CLOCKS.
£10 LADV8 OOI.D KEYLESS. Elegant and ucrerate.
£15 OKHTI.EMA.V8 STROM; COLD KEYLESS.
20 GUINEA GOLD HALF CHRONOMETER for all Cllmatea.
£25 MEDICAL and KQNTIF1C CENTRE SECONDS.
£20. £30, £40 PRESENTATION WATCH E*. Arm., and
lnacrl|itlun enildaumrd for Noblemen. Gentleman, and oilier*.
£23 HALL CLOCK to CHIME on a Rrlla.ln oak or mahogany ;
with bracket and ahlrld 3 Guinea* r*lia.
1* Carat GOLD CHAINS and JEWELLERY.
e5 and 04, CHEAPSIDE, E.C.
cures Ifarralgia, Faceache,
Tic, Toothache, Nervous and
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l-iio.M a Clbuoyman op the Ciiritn: op FNOLANu. “ Den. 20, 1883.
pl e l ir I iToommending to tlio publi.t your valuable preparation
,, n 'J’bci'o I li i vi> known it to bo used, it was most effectual in curing Neuralgia
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88
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JULY 20, 1884
BY ^SPECIAL ROYAL APPOINTMENT.
,-s. y No other article wr
Spearman s th xn ^
™oVr DEVON ass:
POR INDIA AND THE COLONIES OR POR
HUNTING AND ROUGH WEAR.
BENSON’S SPECIALLY-MADE
SILVER
COLD
CORN FLOUR IS THE BEST
Tafco no other—do not be defrauded.
“I# decidedly superior.”—The Lancet.
SOLD BY MOST 1U58FBCTAULE FAMILY GBOCBR8.
U«e JOHNSTON'S OATMEAL for
DELICIOUS SCOTCH PORRIDGE.
GOLD ENGLISH KEYL1
H ALF-CHRONOMETER,
CONSTRUCTED WITH PATENT BHBOUET SPRING,
WHICH ENTIRELY COUNTERACTS THE
SUDDEN VARIATION CAUSED IN
ORDINARY LEVER WATCHES BY HUNTING. *e.
JEWELLED ANI> ALL LATEST IMPROVEMENTS.
GUARANTEED ENTIRELY OF MY BEST ENGLISH MARE,
TO KEEP PERFECT TIME UNDER THE MOST.
TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES. AND TO
LAST A LIFETIME. EXACT SIZE OF SKETCH-
HALF-HUNTER,
HUNTER OR CRYSTAL OLASS.
SENT FREE AND SAFE TO
ALL PARTS OF TIIF. WORLD FOR
£25 DRAFT WITH ORDER.
SILVER. SAME QUALITY, £15.
PAMPHLETS FREE. GIVING FULL PARTICULARS OF
THIS WATCH AND ALL OTHERS MADE AT
BENSON'S. LU DG AT E-HI LL. and
OLD BOND-STREET. LONDON.
Established 1749.
The Hunting F/lltor of the •• Field.’’ utter a trial o! one ot
these wntchr* rttrnolng over lour month*. o»ya
•• I hare used the watch for four month*, enil hare carried It
hunting sometime* tire .ley* a »r.-k. nnil never le*. than
ll.rra, • • • I r*n cnnlMenUy rromiui'-nJ Sewn. Hcnsnn »
hunting watch a* uat tliat can ho cleperided on."—Field.
March 1L l»».
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VENICE
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Sigh*. N<> other ailrire** In Venice. Pattern*
amt end transport free to all parte.
VENICE
BECHIN’S GENUINE FRENCH-MADE
BOOTS & SHOES.
Un*urpaj*ed for Style,
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ritf’C _ l ,£ H I.ist free on applicatiyn.
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NEW CATALOGUE TO MARCH, 1884, NOW READY.
THE GUN OF THE PERIOD
HAMMERS BELOW THE LINE
— - A. ^0F SIGHT
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THE LADY’S NEWSPAPER, aaya:—
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HAVE A WORLD-WIDE FAME,”
IRISH CAMBRIC
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Tr'i v\, Flax, hemmed for u*e. Per
/ fee-M dozenCliildren’e, la. 8d. ;
4. £*w<i?Cr iAtlien'.a,. Hd.tGenta’.Sa.lId.
Ilon.-etitel.rd. per dozen: —
JKt WF\ Ladies'. 6s. «d ; Gents'. 7s.3d.
iV Sample* and Price-Lifts of
every descriptor) of Lin*n
SI .jSjr Good*. &e. (ut lowest Whole-
sale Prices to the ru bite duert),
“rc also forwarded, post-free.
ThIPLOMA and MEDAL. Sydney, 1879-80.
I * This gun. wherever »hown. has *lw*J* taken honour*.
Why bur from Iwaler* when you can buy »t half Die price from
tin. maker? Any gun sent on approval on receipt of P.O.O..
ami remittance returned If on rerelpt of gun It I* not ufk-
factory. Target trial Mlowed. A Choifoof 2<si gun*. rifle. and
revolver*, emhrnring ever* novelty in the trade. B.-L. Gtyia.
from an*, to an guinea*: B.-L. Revolver*, front «*. Gd. to I Ota.
Send six stamp- for Catalogue anti 1 Hurt rated sheets to
I! E LEWIS, (inn Maker. Birmingham. Established ISA),
largest Stock In the World. Cafentt* Exhibit Ion, l««:t-4. The
Gun of the I'eriiol h»* again take,, honour*. The exhibit w*»
admittedly the mort comprebraslv* there.
ROBINSON l CLEAVER,
BELFAST,
By Special AppointmeoU to
H M. the Queen and III. and
11.B. the Crown Princess of
Get many.
1 >ROFESSOR BROWNE and ELLIOTT’S
JL TO SMC LOTION. an unequalled Kextemr of the Hair.
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The “Nonpareil” Velveteen is
equal in appearance and wear to
the finest Silk Velvet. It is the
richest, softest, and most becoming
fabric ever produced, and is pre¬
eminently suited for Ladies’ indoor
and outdoor Costumes, Boys’ Suits,
and Children’s Dress.
EXTRACT of elder flowers
for Improving, Beautifying and
PRESERVING THE COMPLEXION.
Sold 114 Bottles Price 2 / 9 .
By AM respectable Medicine Vendors
and Perfumers.
Its great depth of immovable
pile absorbs all dazzling light, and
lends a grace and dignity to the
figure and every movement of the
body. EVERY YARD is stamped
on the back “NONPAREIL” to
protect the Public from Fraud.
Can bo procured from leading Drapers
in all parts of the World.
Wnoi.ESAt,* Aokmtr:
J. H. FULLER, 92. Watllng Street, London;
JOHN R. TAYLOR. 61. Miller St., Qla«*ow.
THE BEST FOOD FOB INFANTS
SELF-DIGESTING and containing exactly the nourishment
required (or Infants and young Children.
THE ONLY FOOD PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR INFANTS,
and contains all the bone and flesh forming constituents which
are absent from the pernicious sweet foods now so extensively
advertised
USED IN THE ROYAL NURSERIES, and manufactured for
the last twenty years by
SAVORY and MOORE, Chemists to the Queen, &c.,
143, NEW BOND-STREET, LONDON.
SA
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\\4ter^
are supplied
(So l\/e
^ueen.
is.
eVktenxy
UEGISTEUEU AT THE GEXEllAl. FOST-OFFICK FOU TltANSMlSSION AIIKOAU.
TWO WHOLE SHEETS {SIXPENCE.
AND COLOURED ENGRAVING' Post, 01d.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1884
•VOL. LXXXV.
THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXHIBITION: EVENING F^TE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LONDON HOSPITALS—THE PRINCESS OF WALES SELLING FLOWERS.
90
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 2, 1884
THE
[EALTH EXHIBITI ON
A LOOK ROUND.
By George Augustus Sala.
“When the Great Exhibition of 1831,” remarked Mr. John
llollingshead in his Introduction to the Official Illustrated
Catalogue of the International Exhibition of 1802, “ was first
put in motion, its promoters knew little of the probable
success of such a display—of the extent to which it would be
supported by visitors, or visited by the public. They could
only be encouraged by the records of certain exhibitions which
had been merely national in character and design. They were
fed upon statistics, more or less reliable, which sometimes led
them to hope, sometimes to despair. They had to overcome the
apathy of many supporters, and to check the wild enthusiasm
of others. Their administrative mechanism—with the ex¬
ception of the Society of Arts—was all new; and it creaked,
and occasionally stuck fast, until all the parts settled
down in their appointed places, and were smoothed
by action and hard work.” Mr. llollingshead did
not by any means exaggerate the gravity of the many
doubts and difficulties which beset the inccptiou of the
"World's Fair of 1831. It was, indeed, n “ leap in the dark ’’
of the extremest, but, os the result proved, of the happiest
audacity ; und I am not at all certain that contemporary
historians have done full justice to the devotion, the intrepidity,
and the indefatigable energy of the chosen band of workers
who assisted the l’rince Consort in bringing to a consummation
of uuexampledsplendouroneof the noblest and mostenlightened
enterprises of the nineteenth century. Posterity, neverthe¬
less, will not cense to hold in honour the memory of the
Executive Committee of the Exhibition of the Works of In¬
dustry of All Nations in the year 1851—Heury Cole, Charles
Wentworth Dilke, Francis Fuller, George Drew, Robert
.Stephenson (subsequently replnced by Lieut.-Colonel Reid),
and their secretary, Matthew Digby Wyatt. There were a
great many worthy people in 1851 (in addition to tho lute
cstiniablo Colouel Sibthorpe, whoso dislike to tho Paluce of
Class and all that was in it reached the proportions of
a craze) who by no meaus approved of the Exhibition;
and who, os Mr. llollingshead has pointed out, “ ex¬
pected that London would be ravaged at will, amJ
planted with many varieties of new diseases; who looked
for the tomahawk in Hyde Park, the stiletto in Cheap-
side, and dirt, strauge costumes, aud stranger manners
everywhere. Unmanageable crowds were pictured assembling
in the chief thoroughfares to make the Exhibition a stalking-
horse for root and plunder. Wild fears provoked over-caution
in the laying out of plans, and the Army and the Police were
concentrated as if for an internal war. When the statistics of
1851 came, however, to be gathered together, it was found that
there had been less crime, less disorder, and fewer accidents than
the annnal average.” It is, for many reasons, I think, highly
expedient, on taking a look round at the International Health
Exhibition of 1884, to recall the uncertain and tentative
manner in which the World's Fair of 1831 was launched on a
career which was destined to be so extraordinarily successful.
The pomp and circumstance of the inaugural ceremony on
May Hay, ’51, will never bo forgotten by those who were
privileged to behold that sumptuous pageant. As though the
event were of the day before yesterday, there rise before
the uctors in the momentous drama—the Queen; the Prince
Consort, in Field Marshal’s uniform ; the little Princess
Royal (she was eleven), bearing a huge bouquet; tljorinibr rants, bakeries, and cafes.
Prince of Wales (he was ten), iu the Highland dress ‘( and the
good old Archbishop of Canterbury holding up his hands in n
benediction—till on the great dais by the central transept, with
the immense overhanging silk baldaquin suspended front
the roof of Paxton's House of Glass. And the two time-worn
heroes, Wellington and Anglesey, walking arm-in-arm in the
procession through the nave! Aud the sham Chinese Man¬
darin impudently offering his hook-nailed fingers to the
veterans of Waterloo, to Ambassadors hud Cabinet Ministers.
Her Majesty at lust took notice oL the bogus ”
Mandarin (who was supercargo of a Chinese junk which
some American speculator had brought , into the Thames),
ami commanded that he should be placed iu a position
where he could see all the grand pageant at his case.
And the final thundering out of the Hallelujah Chorus!
The scene seems to be etched, as it were, into the memory
with an acid of treble-biting power./ I have seen tho
opening and the closiug of ft great number of International
Exhibitions, in most parts of the world, since May Day, 1851 ;
but I have no such particular recollection of the aspect and
the content^ of any one Of these gatherings us I have of those
of the House that Paxton built—of Hiram Power's Greek
Slave, und Pafaello Monti’s Slave that was veiled; of the
model of Liverpool, und the malachite doors in the Russiuu
section; of the historical picture drawn by a clergyman
with a red-hot poker on a deal board; of the
Koh-i-noor (uncut), and the Queen of Spain’s jewels;
of Osier’s Crystal Fountain and tho Royal Robing-
Rnom fitted up by Juckaou and Graham (they also had fur¬
nished the silken canopy of tho duis), and tho Comical
Creatures from Wurtomburg. Doubtless, although the Ex¬
hibition of 1851 was so prodigiously successful, it failed to
fulfil in some particulars the hopes of the most enthusiastic of
its devotees. It was to inaugurate the Thousand Years of
Peace. No weapons of war were exhibited. Riclmrd Cobden,
President of the Peace Congress, was present on the opening
day; but before the year was out the streets of Paris were
running with blood, and the Foundation of an Empire was
being luid which was to collapse, nineteen years afterwards,
in the midst of ono of the most sanguinary aud ruinous wars of
modem times. Strong efforts were made to retain the Exhibition
building ns a permanent addition to tho attractions of llyde
Park. It was proposed to turn it into a vast winter garden, into a
national art museum, into a ricling-school; but the House of
Commons, like a child tired of a too-handsome toy, evinced,
in the late autumn, a sulky eagerness to get rid of the glitter¬
ing fane which had glorified our dingy metropolis during the
summer; and the motion to keep tho Exhibition building
standing was ulmost angrily rejected. It was transported, as
all men know, to Sydenham, there to be the means of creating
an entirely new neighbourhood, aud to introduce a practically
new clement into Euglish society and manners. And,
curiously enough, although the ill temper of Parliament com¬
pelled the removal from the Park of Paxton’s palace of wouders,
the inllucnce of the Great Exhibition of 1831 has, from
that day to this, been in that immediate neighbourhood
morally and physically felt. Westward and southward of
where the palace stood a wholly new and splendid quarter has
arisen.
Tho World’s Fair in Hyde Park was literally “ the making”
of South Kensington. The Ilromptou lanes—so verdant, so
smiling in summer, so desperately dark and muddy iu winter—
disappeared. Lady IJleseington’s old mansion, erst the habit¬
ation of William Wilberforce, and which was transformed
during the Exhibition season by Alexis Soyer, the cook, into a
cosmopolitan restaurant or Symposium, was filially rased to the
ground; and in its stead arose that towering and imposing
circular structure the Royal Albert Hall, which someone 1ms
compared to “ Hanovcr-square squeezed into ft jelly mould” ;
the Royal Horticultural Society came from Chiswick to occupy
the gardens at the rear of the Hall; then came tho building of
those ‘‘Broinptou Boilers,” the humble beginnings of the South
Kensington Museum and National Art Training Schools, which
lmveuowgrown into nil immense Universityof which tho neigh¬
bouring I ndian Museum, the N atiomil Portrait Gallery, the Royal
College of Music, the Guilds’ Technical Institute, tlurNufionul
Training School for Cookery, and, last, the Now -National
History Section of the British Museum, are all, more or less; so
many succursals. Tho International Fisheries Exhibition of
1883, and the Iuternntionul Health Exhibition of the present
year, have contributed to, albeit they by liomenns crown, the
greatedifice of scientific, artistic, and technical education which
lms sprung up in the inimediftto vicinity- of the vanished
structure of 1851. Nave and transept, walla and roof, trusses
and girders, have disappeared; but tho gtniu» foci has not
abandoned the site, and is yet actively beneficent there.
And now, if you please, we will revert to the International
Health Exhibition, which—under /the patronage of her
Majesty the Queen and the presidency of his Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales—Was opened on the Eighth of May last.
I will assume, for the moment, that I have a Captious Friend
(as n matter of fact, I have numerous friends who are very
captious indeed); and that such nr. individual, apt to cavil, to
find fault, and to rnfie. objections, returning from a Look
.Round in which lie lms just Indulged himself at the Health
Exhibition, takes exception to the title, “ Health Exhibition,”
altogether. ‘*SlryPj will suppose my Captious Friend to say,
‘‘it is authoritatively aiihbunced tlmt the principal objects
comprised ,Jn the exhibition relate to and nro intended
chiefly to illustrate suth matters ns Food, Dress, the
Dwelling, the Reboot ftud tho Workshop, ns affecting the
conditions of Healthful Life, ns also the most recent appli¬
ances for elementary school teaching in applied Science, Art,
and IlnndicrafjtiL So far so good. I have inspected with
interest and approval many specimens of prepared and unpre¬
pared animal nud vegetable substances, of beverages that are
alcoholic and beverages that are non-alcoholic. 1 have visited
dairies with real cows and real milk-maids. I have seen bread
and pastry made and baked. I have seen Cookery practically
deniouattutcd in economical workmen’s kitchens, restau-
I have looked at many pots
Xud pans, gridirons and toasting forks, ovens and kitchen
ranges. I have been made aware of a vast amount of
sanitary engineering. All these things have, undeniably,
a great deal to do with health. Then, also, I Iiuvq
pursued arduous investigations on tho subject of dress
as illustrated in the Exhibition. The figures displaying tho
history of our National Costume have edified me greatly.
1 have derived much information from the study of waterproof
clothing, of furs, skins, and feathers, imd of the machinery aud
appliances for manufacturing wearing apparel. Everything
that belongs to tho Dwelling House—from ventilators to
electric lighting, from wall paper to wash-lmnd basins, from
gas-meters to candles, from fire engines to filters—of
course pertains to the science of sanitation. Education?
Well, text-books, diagrams and examples, toys and kinder¬
garten amusements, desks, forms, blind-school books, and
literature statistics and diagrams demonstrating the effects of
“cramming,” have all a secondary if not a primary relation
to health. But, Sir (you must remember that it is my Captious
Friend who is talking: I am only reporting liis words), what
have all these brass bunds, these nocturnal fetes, these flower-
shows and flower-sales, these Chinese Courts, palanquins,
luntcrus, and ‘ohow-cliows,’ these ‘twenty-thousundudditionul
lamps,’ these American juleps, ice-creams, and sherry-cobblers
that I hear about got to do with Health und an Exhibition in
connection therewith? ” “ MydearSir,” I would deferentially
reply, when my interlocutor had exhausted liis list of com¬
plaints, “ in the first place,you should not, under any circum¬
stances, be cuptious. Info is not long enough for cavilling.
In the next place, allow me to draw your attention to tho
catalogue of a very early International Exhibition—ono held,
indeed, so long ago as 1091), in the Public Theatre at Leyden.
The remnrknble display in question comprised such ‘ exhibits ’
a Norway house built of beams without mortar or stone,
a mermaid’s hand, a. crocodile, and several thunderbolts; a
pair of I.npland breeches, and a puir of l’oloninn boots, with n
murdering knife used iu Engluud, whereon was written “ Kil
tho mules, rost the females, and burn the whelps.’ ” The
Leyden Exhibition also boasted of a Roman lump, burning
always trader ground, a Persian tobacco-pipe, tho dried
stomach of a umn, aud a mushroom said to be a hundred years
old. Take, in addition to these, Leyden “ curios,” IOust Indian
coral trees, Arabian jewels, Egyptian linen, Chinese songs on
Chinese paper, a pot of China beer, the snout of a saw-llsh,
and the skin of a worn an “prepared like leather.” Now, if
just a sprinkling of philosophy bo mingled with your con¬
sideration of these objects, it may frankly be conceded that
the Leyden display of 1099 had within it the germs of u Health
Exhibition of the most comprehensive character. Tho
“ Norway House, built with beams without mortar or stones.”
That clearly formed the centre of what muy be looked upon us
the Dwelling-Houso Group of the Dutch Health Exhibition.
The “Norway House” may have exercised considerable in¬
fluence over the minds of the Batavian builders and plasterers,
the carpenters and joiners of the period. And mark that
period. In 1699. Great Britain was ruled by a Dutch King ;
and to tho wisdom aud humanity of that sovereign's
English consort England certainly owes a very appreciable
infusion into her domestic economy of what may be termed
“Dutch cleanliness.” The “Old London,” of which u single
street, reproduced with wonderful intelligence and fidelity,
forms, owing to the public spirit and the liberality of the City
Guilds, so notable an addition to the attractions of the Health
Exhibition of 1884—that Old London, the simulacrum of
which wo find so quaint, so dainty, and so picturesque, nud of
which the original was mainly burned down iu the Great Fire
of 1000, was an extremely filthy city, inhabited by a people of
exceptionally dirty habits. Domestic cleanliness wus sedulously
promulgated by Queen Mary II., who had lived long in
Holluud, and lind noted with admiration what notable house¬
wives were to be found at the Hague. One of her Dutch
chaplains may have preached before her tlmt edifying sermon
in which Heaven was described ns a very bright, spruce, sweet-
smelling place, where rubbing and polishing, scrubbing und
scouring, went on for ever und ever.
We gained something else by tho Revolution of 1088
besides the Bill of Rights. Dutch mops unci brooms, hearth¬
stone and furniture-polish, Dutch tiles and Dutch clocks
first begun to be conspicuous iu this country at tho close
of tho seventeenth century. Our Charity Schools were bor¬
rowed from Holland. The Dutch taught us how to make
table linen, and whence to procure surplices for our clergy¬
men and sheets for our beds. I will say nothing ubout Dutch
dolls, Dutch ovens, Dutch cheese, nud Dutch metal—without
which the transformation scenes in our Christmas pantomimes
would be shorn of lmlf their splendour. The importance of
those boons is obvious. Take again the “ mermaid’s hand,”
the “ crocodile,” nud “ several thunderbolts.” Do you mcun
to tell me tlmt such articles might not form thoroughly
legitimate features in a modern Health Exhibition? Mer¬
maids, to begin with, may be regarded as models of personal
cleunliuess. They do not trouble themselves about the
Department of Dress; but they ore continually combing their
liowinglocks and generally “tidying" themselves. Still, a
mermuid’s hand may be liable upon occasion to be smirched by
contact with nn inky cuttlefish, or abraded by a sharp shell.
What then could be more judicious from a Healthful point of
view tlmn to exhibit a mermaid's hand ns an inducement and
encouragement to the Fears of tho period to devise some
specially eubtlo soap worthy to be considered ns tho
forerunner of tho saponaceous phenomenon which in after
generations was to give additional softness, silkiness
and lustre to tho pal ins of a Patti, a Mary Anderson,
and a Langtry, to say uothing of the aid which it might un¬
obtrusively offer to the fetvid oratory of a Beecher? 8oap as
well us honey is an essential element in n particular kind of
pulpit eloquence. As for tho crocodile, it is almost a waste ol
words to point out what that deceitful reptile lms to do with u
Health Exhibition. .Suffice it to sny thut for unnumbered
ages ho lms been accustomed to bailie iu the mud of the Nile;
and mud baths arc by sonic physicians held to be very con¬
ducive to health. Again, excellent boots, shoe?, and helmets
cun bo made out of crocodile hide. As regards the “ several
thunderbolts ” ut Leyden, I hold their presence there to
be altogether justifiable, siuce I find that a Meteorological
Department forms au importuut feature of tho Health Exhi¬
bition. There is a large gathering of meteorological instru¬
ments, such as those used iu climatological investigations;
barometers, thermometers, aneroids, earth-thermometers, rain-
gauges, sunshine-recorders, und ozone papers. Messrs. Watson
and Rons, of High Holborn, exhibit an instrument by meaus
of which the exact temperature can be observed at a glance,
even if tlie observer be twenty or thirty yards distant; while
Messrs. Dring und Fage, of the Strand, are strong iu registered
chart barometers, new boating but h thermometers, hydrometers,
and sacchurometers; Messrs. Denton, of Uatton-gardeu,
exhibit unalterable health-thermometers, constructed in u
special manner, by which the zero is made constant by the
mercury, from age, never altering nor reading too high ; mid
Lieut.-Coionei Hnrtshoruo shows a hygrometer udupted to
show adaptations of atmospheric pressure. Tlieso delicate
minutiic of the upparutua of meteorological science may fairly
be associated (bringiug down your quarry with a very long
shot is a practice quite permissible in the economy of modern
exhibitions) with the “several thunderbolts" nt Leyden ono
hundred and eiglity-fivo years ugo. Have you any quarrel,
again, with “ tlie skin of u woman prepared like leather ? "
Why, one of our best bookbinders, Mr. Zaelinsdorf, lms (not in
the Health Exhibition) a book bound in human skin. The
desiccation of the skins “like leather " even of some living
women might bo advantageous to tlioso poor creatures whose
ruffianly husbands are in tlie lmbit of beating them. Were
their skins more Lathery, they would not feel tlie conjugal
“hiding” so sorely. The “ Lapland breeches,” and the pair
of “ Folonian boots,” speak for themselves. Tho lion. Louis
Wingfield will at once recoguiso them as integral parts of tho
Health Exhibition in connection with dress. The “ mush¬
room more tlinn a hundred years olil ” has an unmistakable
Health Exhibition reference to “ Conserves aiimentuires,”
canned salmon, tomatoes and truffles, Fasundu ox-tongues,
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the Committee of Importers of Australian Frozen Mutton,
Huntley and Palmer’s climate-defying biscuits, and John
Moir’s preserved soups, tinned hums, jellies, and whole fruit
confitures. I do not even give up us uu-Health-Exhibitional
the model of the murdering knife found in England, whereon
was written “ Kil the mules, rost the females, and bum
the whelps.” That I take to have been on allegory of tho
Liberty of the Press which was certainly found in England.
Iu the “ murdering knife ” was dimly foreshadowed tho
lancet, which for years and years 1ms “ had its knife ” into
the adulterators of food, the owners of unhealthy houses,
and the propugutors of infectious disease.
There were unconscious prophets at Leyden. They
were foretellers of the time when Dr. Benjamin Richard¬
son, in "The Field of Disease,” iu the “Ministry of
Health,” and in the “ Asclepiad,” should wield n humanely
“ murdering knife,” and wage constant war against intem¬
perance, stupidity, mid slovenliuess, so as in the end to kill
delirium tremeus, and roost smullpox, and burn the whelps
of Typhus. The “ Roman lamp ulwuys burning under¬
ground ” was clearly the precursor of the iunumernble lamps
to be found in modem exhibitions, Healthful and other¬
wise. Tho still small llmne of the perpetually incandescent
Roman lamp pointed to the very grand array of illumination
which dazzles us at the Health Exhibition—Electric Lighting;
Price’s Patent Caudle Company, with its arsenal of candles,
tapers, and night-lights; Varley's patent carbons, made iu
wool, plates, shields, coils, cords and rods, rigid and llexible,
in uro lamps giving greatly increased light, with maximum
subdivision. “ Varley’s Patents Proprietary ” exhibit,
among other apparatus connected with incandesceuce,
“a truo unipolar, continuous current dynamo, without
commutator, having its armature rotating in an annular mag¬
netic fluid.” The wonderful abracadabra of technical terms
does not take my breath uwuy. I am read of Varley’s
“ white magic” with ns much equanimity as I do of Field’s
beeswax, spermaceti, stearic acid, ozokcrit, pnraflinu nud dis¬
tilled palmo (composite) candles; of J. and C. Christie's
specialty new duplex burners, self-lighting and self-
extinguishing; of J. A. Muller's model of apparatus for
producing light nud fuel from ricc-liusks ; of Samuel Clurke's
patent pyramid nursery lump food-wnrmers aud pyramid
night-lights, and of tho Albo-Carbon Light Company's
apparatus for increasing the strength and richness of gns-
lighting. These ure all truly prodigious accessories of civfli-
zatiou ; but there were strong men before Agamemnon ; aud
had not the (unconscious) Health Exhibition ut Leydeu its
Romuu lamp “ which burned always underground ” '< It was
exhibited iu companionship with “the stomach of a man.”
Another obvious forecast of what we may expect to see in
future lleulth Exhibitions. Is not some ingenious physician
perfecting (if, indeed, ho has not ulready perfected)
an instrument with which, by means of a small lamp
and au elaborate arrangement of reflectors and refractors,
tho doctors will be euubled to take a complete survey
of the inmost recesses of our stomachs; uny, more,
explore the interior of the little Anger, and peer into the
penetralia of the great toe? As for tho “ Arabian jewels,”
the “East Indian coral trees,” the “Egyptian linen,” the
Chinese songs on Chinese paper, the “pot of Chinn beer,” nil I
can suy is that if these exhibits at Leydeu were not component
pints of a Health Exhibition, tho curved black rosewood
cabinets, the tables decorated with gold lacquer, the Shiliyama
work which Jnpuu 1ms contributed to the Health Exhibition of
1881; the “Knciff”and arrack punch sent by l'erssen and
Crouzell of Iielsingborg; the Gothic church window made of
coloured gelutiue leaves, contributed by the Gelatine Manu¬
factory of Winterthur, Switzerland; the Trappist Monks’ Eu¬
calyptus liqueur (I have tasted it at the monastery of the Tro
Foutune iu the Roman Campugnu: it cures the Roman
fever, aud is strong enough, figuratively speaking, to
blow the top of your head off) ; the corals and turtle
ornaments of Signor Antonio da Coro of Naples; the
’’outfit of u naval cadet.” sent by tho Russian Ministry of^
Marine; the Russian furs exhibited by Mr. Gnmdvifidt, of
St. Petersburg, have nothing to do with a Health Exhibition^
1 lie plain truth is (and I daresay that you arrived at it long
ago, when, for a tolernbly obvious purpose, I began to draw a
parallel between tho humble show of rarities in the Dutch
town aud the colossal assemblage of objects in tho Exhibition-)
road) that Health is Life; aud the promote rsofthe deservedly
triumphant successor to tho International FisheriesExhibition
might with equal propriety have termed the instant Congress
°f ingenuity and industry a Life Exhibition as a Health one.
The great charm and the great usefulness of tite Health Ex¬
hibition lie in its catholicity. Hud the executive council been
exclusively composed of suuitnry engineers, median men, and
professors of social science, tho Health Exhibition would havo
bt eu no doubt a display highly useful and instructive, from tho
pmnt of view of domestic hygiene, to—Well; to professional
people, students of sanitation, inspectors of nuisances, the mem-
ers of the Social Science Association, and tho Kyrle Society.
many philanthropic ladies and gentlemen, clergymen,
schoolmasters, statisticians, and patentees of meehuuioul ap¬
pliances would have taken deep Concern iu the apparatus ex-
united; butto tho mosaof the publicLvcuturu to think, and I iun
audacious enough to say, the Internatiouul Health Exhibition
''ould havo been an intolerably dull, dismal, ugly, and
cpulsivo spectacle. It is all very well to be highly technical
, philological (by the pursuit of technical studies I earn a
coiisiderableportion of my own livelihood); it is all very welt
? ° our bcsfc °«r homes aud ourselves and those
joutuaiieaUhy ; but I maintain that u Health Exhibition
t . , 1 ke P l inflexible strictness within the terms of its
e would have been to the mass of the community nothing
« nor less than u gigantic Bore. The mind and the eye of
fro, 'T'* 0 sig,ltseer do ,lot depivo «»>* very ecstatic pleasure
, tl,e contemplation of models of drain-pipes, sewer-
tilun ‘‘pr 118 ’ P“ m P*. roof-slates, joists, filters, and von-
°> s- ( Life is not made sweeter to him by the inspection
tuples of disinfecting fluids or “Illustrations of the
Chemistry and Physiology of Food uud Nutrition ”; yet these
are really the fundamental objects which should constitute an
Exhibition exclusively devoted to the illustration of Health.
Socrutes, wheu he went into tho market-place, exclaimed,
“ How many things ure there here that I do not want! ” I
fear that if tho son of Soplirouiscus took a “ look rouud ” at
the Health Exhibition in 1884 his eve would light upon au
immense variety of objects which not only he did not want,
but which ho ought not to want. I am much more afraid
that laid Suucho l’au<,u's physician been a member of the
Executive Council he would have strongly prohibited the ex¬
hibition of a very largo percentage of the things which are
now every day giving delight to thousands. IIow many
choice brands of champagne, cases of liqueurs, rich plum-
cukes and Ballx buns, fuucy biscuits and sweetmeats, bottles
of sauces aud jura of pickles, might not have been warned
away by tho implacuble ebony wand of the Governor of
Baratarin’s medico!
Teetotnlism was one of the most rcmnrkablo charac¬
teristics of the Refreshment Department in' the Great Ex¬
hibition of 1851. It was feared that when the people came
to Ilyde Park iu their thousands nud found any iutoxicauts
nt tho refreshment counters they would get uproariously
tipsy; so alcoholic beverages were pitilessly banished from
the Palace of Glass. The consequence was that a large pro¬
portion of the working cluss visitors brought stone bottles
full of beer with them ; that the well-to-do classes, wheu
they Imd had their fill of the Exhibition, went off to
Soycr’s Symposium to lunch or diue; nud that the com¬
pulsory abstinence from strong drink within tho walls of
the Pulace itself was the menus of making the fortuues of
hundreds of public-houses iu the immediate neighbourhood of
Kuightsbridge, Kensington, and Brompton. In a surprisingly
short space of time the humblest little grog-shops were trans¬
formed into stately gin-palnces; all because tho Executive
Committee of tho Great Exhibition were virtuous, and would
not suffer uny ule to bo consumed with the cakes—aud very
meagre cukes they were — vended by their refreshment
contractors.
The mistake made iu 1851 was not repeated in subsequent
Exhibitions. In the present Health Exhibition therei^/'ns-'
w« shall presently see, plenty to out nud drinlyfot^ustimijrs—
of every class and order of pecuniary means./The Neitlth
Exhibition is Liberty Hall. You may be prepared to spend
twopence or two shillings or two ponudsopa meiR-Youi- Ac¬
quirements in uny one of these directions will bo ^Uisfle'J^Yoii
may be a Vegetarian or a Carnivoreau CyoiiAamy bo u Totul
Abstainer or an Alcoholist, and, so far ns I have been ablo to
judge, nobody lias yet manifested any teniteney to hbuso the
liberty fully and frankly conceded to him. The public may eat
anddrink what they like. In the gardens iltey may smoke. They
are not turned out of tlte building at an unduly early hour.
They may stay there, if they will, until ten o’clock at night.
The drain-pipes, the sower- 1 raps, the eAte/hs, tho filters, tho
disinfecting fluids, and the electric lighting apparatus are not
forced down their throats, to to speak; There are plenty of sani¬
tary and scientific pills which they fjnn swallow if they like ;
uny, an’ they so please, they may listen every afternoou to ser¬
mons nud couferciu»s“ou. sanitation and cognate subjects. I
have before me, as it is, a goodlypileof Health Exhibition Litera¬
ture—handbooks, essaysnnd preachments generally, ou “ Health
in the Workshop,’’ “Healtliy Nurseries and Bed-rooms,”
“Health iu the Village,’Water, and Water Supplies,”
tho “Principles of Cooking," “ Healthy Schools,” “Dress,
and its Relation to Health unit Climate,” " Athletics, Physical
Exercise, and Recreutlbn,” “ Healthy and Unhealthy Houses
iuTownnndCouutry,” “ Infectious Disease, audits Prevention,”
“Alcoholic Drinks,” “Healthy Furniture and Decoration,”
“Accidental Injuries: their Relief and Immediate Treatment,”
“ Ventilation, Warming, and Lightiug,” “ Food and Cookery
for Infhilts-jmd Invalids,” “Legal Obligations in respect
to the Dwellings of the Poor,” “ Onr Duty in regard to
Health,” “ Fire and Firo Brigades,” “ Ambulance Or¬
ganisation, Equipment, and Transport,” uud if this army of
Health books does not swell to the crack of doom, it is ut least
'-tolerably certain that it will bo extensively prolonged before
the close of the Exhibition. It is clear that if everybody read
all these exhaustive essays, or marked, learned, and inwardly
digested all the homilies aimed at them, or, better still, re¬
membered and put into practice all tho precepts, all the
wuniings. aud all the counsels so obligingly conveyed to them,
there would bo very little in the end for the doctors and the
philanthropists to do, and tho death-rate would sink to a
figure so small that Dr. Richardson, iu pure joy aud exultation,
might be prevailed upon, for ouco iu a way, to qualify liis
draught of cold water with a thimblefnll of Dunville or
Kinahao.
I suppose that some people have attended tho lectures and
tho Conferences, and I hope that some more have taken to
heart tho good advice given to them, and have made up their
minds religiously to observe the laws of health all their lives
long: but I shall have studied the nmuuers of my time ami have
been altogether at sea iu the estimate which, during a long and
busy life, I have been able to form of lnitnuu nature generally,
if I am wrong in the supposition that at least three-fourths of
tho visitors to tho Health Exhibition have gone there, me
going, uud will go there for the simple uud very meritorious
purpose of amusing and enjoying themselves, and that they
care for tho drum-pipes, the sewer-traps, the cisterns, the
filters, and tho “ truo unipolar, continuous-current dynamo,
without commutator, having its armature rotating in an annular
magnetic fluid,” about as much as j’ou, esteemed, but un-
classieal Sir, may care for the fact that tho Editio Priuceps of
tho works of Aldus Gellitis of 14G!1 is worth fifty or sixty pounds,
whereas tho Conradi edition of 1781 can bo purchased for
eighteen shillings and sixpence; or ns you, dour, but unpolitical
Madam, care for the circumstance that there is not going on a
conflict between the House of Beers nud the People, but that
there is going oil nuy kind of hostile struggle between a knot
of professional politicians who ure Uut of and wish to bo In
power, and another knot of professional politicians who,
being In, are nuturally reluctant to be turned Out. The Ifydo
Park Demonstration of tho other duy was, after its kind, a
Health Exhibition of a uomudio nature. Certain pills, iu
tho shape of political speeches, were proffered, aud those who
had a mind for being physicked swallowed tho boluses. A
greut many thousauds were content with the spectacle of the
mounted farriers, the ship on wheels, the peripatetic printing-
press, the husbundmen and the hop-poles, the banners, tho
brass bands, aud the balconies full of fine folk. So bus it
been with the Health Exhibition. There, as I liuvc nlreudy
hinted, is u whole Apothecaries’ Uall full of bygienie pills to
be swallowed; but their consumption is not by nny means
obligatory; and should you prefer the alternative regimen
of fountains, flower shows, fireworks, light, American cocktails,
Mr. Robert Etzenberger’s coffee-etnll, the Chinese Court and
restaurant, “ Old Loudou,” the Vegetarian dining-room, or the
Hon. Lewis Wingfield’s waxworks, you are free to make your
choice, and may return home in a ktate of quite blissful
ignorance touching the prevention of smoke, the disinfecting of
sewuge, or the chemical andphysiologicnl attributes of a mealy
as against those of a waxy potato. The Pursuit of Happiness
is one of the Rights of Man. It is one of the Rights claimed
in the American Declaration of Independence. The Executive
Council of thcMfeoltli Exhibition ure not only noblemen aud
gentlemen distinguished by their rank or by their scientific
attainments; but they arc sensible and unprejudiced men of
the world, who cau see .that if the people are to be made
happy they mrostbe udiused. The illustrious President of the
Health ExhibitioiHrfllso fully aware of the Verity which has
been here asserted. Therefore the Pursuit of Happiness is
iuetflujted at the Health Exhibition, and Recreation has been
SHguciopsIy miuglcd with information.
( There are, it roust be admitted, many sections of the
Exhibition iu which amusement is most skilfully blended with
iustructiony uud iu no instance urc the utile and the dulee more
'Cunningly combined tliau iu the Dress Department, in which the
“ waxworks” which I have just mentioned are to be found.
The dress exhibits have, of course, been urranged ou h duly
scientific basis: with reference to their “hygroscopic” pro¬
perties, tho iuflueuce of the colour of materials iu modifying
tjte effects of the heat of the sun, the effect of poisonous
dyes (in clothing) on the skin, uud so forth. Practically, the
visitors to the Exhibition have been more interested in the
specimens of artistic costume arranged on a series of lay
figures (which uro not always quite up to the artistic mark)
from the designs and under the supervision of Mr. WingHcld,
thou iu tho hygienic aspect of dress, tho presentment of which
has been supervised by Mr. Frederick Treves, F.Ii.C.ts. Tlio
aim of the dress-hygiests is to show that there is nothing un¬
sightly in healthy attire, that costumes may be ut the same
time sanitary and graceful; uud that only a vitiated taste,
nourished on an unnatural craving for notoriety or vulgar
ostentation, gives birth to tho extravagances which ultimately
become Fashion. Unfortunately for tho dress hygeist s.
Fashion is, aud lias becu in all ages, a mystery. It is
like Fancy. No one can tell with precision whether it is bred
iu the heart or iu tho head. It comes no man knows whence,
and departs no man can tell why or whither. The only cer¬
tainties about the Fashions arc that at irregular periods aud iu
a modified form they will recur over and over aguiu, and that
so long ns communities are wealthy the dress of women will
be exceeding costly. As regards the apparel of men, our own
age is tho only one in the history of the civilised world iu
which the most attlucut and the most exalted members of the
mule sex have been able to dress at a cost which
during tho Middle Ages and the lteunissuuce, and even to
the end of the eighteenth century, would lmvj been esteemed
ridiculously cheap. If I remember aright, Mies Emily
Fuithfull once delivered a lecture in which she censured mule
as well as female ex truvugance iu dress. I do not pretend to
determine how expensive may be a lady’s bailor dinner dress ;
but I maintain that it would be with the extremest difficulty
that a geutlcnum (unless he wore a sealskin coat or hud
ruffles of old Spanish point to liis shirt) could put as much us
twenty pounds’ worth of clothes on his back. At the Health
Exhibition, iu Mr. Wingfield’s collection, you will see effigies
of uoblemeu and gentlemen, the counterpart of whose costumes
represented sums which at this day would be equivalent to
hundreds, and iu more than one instance to thousands of
pounds sterling, liis male and female figures begin with the
period of the Noruiuu Conquest, and are continued down to
the earlier years of tho present century. They have been
viewed with tho highest admiration by many thousands of
lady visitors; but I have not learned that nny gentlemen,
even of the “ masher ” type, have boon detected in gazing on
Mr. Wingfield's gorgeously apparellcd’.cavaliers and grand*
teigiuiirt with au expression of countenance iu which jaundiced
envy or “grim-visaged comfortless despair" at the thought
that, save at a fancy ball, they could never wear such gorgeous
costumes themselves, predominated.
At the same time, as regards ladies* array, I would desire
to have due attention shown to tho “ hygienic dress with
divided skirt” exhibited by Miss Louisa Beek; to the
exhibits of tho Rational Dress Society (of which the
President is tho Viscountess Hurberton), including several
varieties of out-door aud evening dresses with divided
skirts for Indies and children; and “Mrs. Bishop’s Rocky
Mouutuiu Travelling Costume.” If I mistake not, I have
travelled over the Rocky Mountains in the company of u
lady who did not find it necessary to make any additions
to her ordinary travelling costume beyond donning (it was
bitter wintry weather) a thick buffulo robe, and induing her
couutenauco (to prevent being frost-bitten) with a triple layer
of cold cream. The student of civilisation will also find
much to ponder at in the abundance of water-proofed
garments and ulsters for ladies exhibited. The variety
and beauty of the sewing-machines will likewise send
tho philosophic observer back to Iris Carlyle and to
that famous (and cruelly uujust) passage iu tho essay ou
the “ Nigger Question,” in which the mighty Pessimist of
Chelsea dings iu u denunciation of the so-culled “Distressed
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THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXHIBITION.
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Needlewomen” of his time. “Who lias not heard of the
Distressed Needlewomen in these days?” asks the irate
philosopher. “ We have thirty thousand Distressed Ncedle-
womeu—the most of whom cannot sew a reasonable stitch;
for they ure, in fact, Mutinous Servant-maids who, instead
of learning to work and to obey, learned to give warning:
‘Then suit yourself, ma’am!* Hapless enfranchised
White women who took ‘ the freedom ’ to serve the
Devil with their faculties, instead of serving God or
man ; hapless souls, they were ‘ enfranchised ’ to a most
high degree, and had not the wisdom for so ticklish a pre¬
dicament.Having finger and thumb, they do pro¬
cure a Needle, uud call themselves Distressed Needlewomen,
but cannot sew at all. I have made inquiries in the proper
places, and found quite n passionate inquiry for women
that can sew—such being unattainable just now. ‘As well
will them Distressed Astronomers ns Distressed Needlu-
women,’ said a lady to me. ‘I myself will take three
sewing Needlewomen, if you can get them for me, to¬
day?’ ” The truth would seem to be that Mrs. Carlyle
experienced a chronic difficulty in obtaining suitable
domestics for her exiguous household, and that the philo¬
sopher laboured under the impression that whenever a
maid - servant gave his wife warning she immediately
uppealed to public sympathy ns a Distressed Needlewomen.
While he was penning his angry words, there were
tens of thousands of really Distressed Needlewomen in
London—not by any means “ Mutinous Maidservants,” but
competent sempstresses, toiliug for a miserable wage
for the East-End slop-workers; and in the Loudon of
the present day there continues to linger, overworked, under¬
paid, and underfed, a great army of needlewomen who can
eew, but who can do nothing but sew, and have not been
trained and are not fit for domestic service. 15ut the
ranks of this most doleful army of needle-martyrs would be
swollen to simply appalling proportions (looking at the growth
of the metropolis and its population since 1819, when the
Carlylean onslaught on the Mutinous Maid-servants was
penned) but for the directly beneficent influence of the
Sewing-Machine. Of the influence of the machine on the
Health of the worker I will discreetly say nothing. Very
few trades are wholly healthy; and I strppose that my own,
which uses up body and brain at the same time, is among the
unheolthiest of all.
Madame Eugenie Genty’s “newly patented Health Busk,
which enables the Indies, when indisposed, to unclasp their
corsets instantaneously,” seems to he a most merciful
“philogynic ” invention. Perhaps if ladies did not lace
so tightly they might not bo frequently feel “indisposed”
and experience the necessity of unclasping their corsets.
Miss K. Loader’s “ Model Baby dressed in Hygienic
clothing;” Smith’s "patent mode of lacing garments;”
“patent grips for securing cords and laces;” ladies’ cos¬
tume for the Highlands; air- chamber hats for India;
garments of “ Oshrode ” flannel; “ Beau Ideal ” velvetecus—
my own Beau Ideal of velveteen is of a fabric which does not
make you shudder and your flesh creep when you touch it, or
even when you think of it—“ specimens of silk hose upwards
of one hundred years old ” (Queen Elizabeth’s silk stockings,
lent by the Marquis of Salisbury, are in the Framework
Knitters’ Company’s exhibit in “ Old Lyndon”); Lntwyche’s
waterproof crocodile-hide shooting-boots, and crocodile nud
serpent skin slippers—Ila! said I not so? Xow will you deny
tlielineal descent of the Health Exhibition from the Leyden roroe
show of 1C99? Lillie and Skinner’s “ Sensible ” boots, made
on hygienic principles, and Waterman’s “ Cyclists’ shoes” to
ensure safety in riding by the prevention of slipping. He who
would wish to make marginal annotations of n moral and
philosophic nature in a lurge puper copy of “ Sartor Resartus ”
should spend at least an hour every morning in the Dresa-_
Department of the International Health Exhibition.
Touching the reproduction of Old London, there is no need
to be diffuse. That astonishingly nble “ life-size ” model of an
antique thoroughfare lma from the first been ono-ofHie
leading attractions of the Exhibition. Visitors havo'lte^
come closely familiar with the aspect of the pent-house
roofs, the overhanging eaves, the dianiond-pimed'^efte^
ments, the bulkheads and nnglnzed shop-frontages where
mediiuvnl-looking trades are busily carried on, the old clocks
ancl bells and brass work, the s i gii boar(l s/and-tlie stocks.
Ladies love to climb up the nurrow staircases itnd^iivgjiitb the
darksome little upper rooms an<l/look down oft the teething
throng below. And then, it is to be hoped, tlrey ^o homo
to dream about Dick Whittington and Wi 11 iam WaliyOrth and
Jane Shore. I’or my part, I am of opinion that the repro¬
duction of “ Old London ” at the Health Exhibition should be
regarded not only as a most generous boon to the public, but
also ns a master-stroke of policy on the part of those who wish
well to the Corporation nud ily/Guilds oXtlic City of Loudon.
The excerpt of mcdia-vnl architecture and/ftiedia-val life and
manners at the Health- Exhibit iotj^hi virtually n retort
courteous, by anticipatiqu^toriie portentou-s blue-book of the
City of London Livery Companies Commission; to say nothing
of Sir WlllJauVVemcmHarcourt’s) Government of London Bill.
What right-minded Briton would Vish to tamper with such a
“lovely London ” as that simulated in the gardens at South
Kensingtckf Nfty more; a ramble through the antique street
favours the pleasing andccrUiuly harmless hallucination that
the Mercers’ and Drapers’ Companies are still exclusively
dealers in textile fabrh*'; that the Skinners are intiuiutely
concerned with furs; that the Merchant Taylors continue to
make “linen armour”; that the Clothworkcrs work cloth;
thnt the Jiarber-Surgeons shave aud let blood; that the
Broderers Embroider; the Girdlcrs make girdles; the Bow-
yers, bows and nrrows; the Needlemakers, needles; the
Patternmakers, fattens; and the Lorincrs, bridle-bits.
I am not aware whether anybody lias yet had the moral and
physical courage to “ do ” the whole of the contents of the
Health Exhibition in the course of n single day ; winding up
with attendance at a grand musical, floriculturnl, fireworks-
and-fountains fete at night; but, granting the existence of
such a determined wight, it must be acknowledged that there
is ample sufficiency of “ provnnd ” within the Exhibition pre¬
cincts to satisfy the inner man of the most exigent visitor. It is
a colossal Cnfe and Restaurant, where every variety of taste can
Ire gratified, and where, in pleasing contrast to the practice
which has prevailed at some foreign exhibitions, the rule is not
extortion, aud the exception, moderate charges. The rule ut tho
Health Exhibition is moderation. For example, you may obtain
a sixpenny dinner in tho restaurant of the Vegetarian Society,
the ln-ad-quarters of which are in l’rincess-strcet, Manchester,
and which has branches throughout the country. The Society
intend to devote the whole of the profits arising from its
apparently very prosperous experiment nt the Health Exhi¬
bition to feeding the poorof London aud t heprovinccs—on strict
vegetarian principles, of course—during the winter of 1884-5.
I have partaken of the sixpenny vegetarian dinner, mid found
it very nice. The bill-of-fare comprised lentil ancl tonmto soup,
vegetable pie, pudding with onion sauce, hominy croquets (they
were excellent); semolina and fig pudding; raspberry and red
currant tart, and mnearoni, which lost, again, was admirnbly
cooked. For sixpence one could choose from the bill-of-fare a
soup, u savoury, mid a sweet. But you are to understand that
the mioim of the Vegetarian Society’s restaurant is much more
clastic than the foregoing assortment of dishes might lend yon
to assume. Surely the following little poem, culled from the
“ Dietetic Reformer,” the monthly organ of the Society, should
make tho epicure’s mouth water:—
WHAT DO YOU EAT I
rotnto, artichoke, anil bean,
Kale, onion, beetroot, “ kraut ’’;
A wonderful array of ifrecn
From spinach unto sprout;
Teas, turnip, and tho turnip tops,
The carrot, parsnip, leek;
"With celery, and endless crops
That salad can bespeak.
Nuts,apple*,peaeliov plum and pear,
Tomato, orange, pino;
"With tribe* of berries everywhere,
From bramble unto vine ;
Oats, lmrley, millet, rye, and wheat,
With lentils, rice, or maize;
While those nrc springing round our
foot.
Nor difficult to raise,
’Tis strange how any think to eat
The innocent that graze,
Or those with wings, and tinny things
Dividing watery ways \ _ \
I do not exactly understand how salad can “bespeak”
“endless crops,” and I have not yet tried brumblebcrriee
(where do they sell them ?) as an article of diet; but there
can be no doubt that there is a great deal of good in the Vege¬
tarian movement. Mott English people eat a great deni too ranch
meat when they can get it ; while the vegetables which they out
nre, usually, abominably cooked. The Vegetarians are
not fanatically fond of the unintelligent potato mid the
crapulous cabbage. They give all vegetables a chance, and
do their very best to cook them in as savoury, succulent,
nud artistic n manner as ever they possibly can.-It is only senti-
savnges who are content^ gorge plain boiled potatoes and
“wolf ” cabbages simply seethed in wuteri The Englishmen who
fought, nt Crecy and Agincourt had never tasted potatoes. The
Vegetarians, moreoy&y admitcheese, milk, and butter into tho
materials of their cuiatHf. They do not eschew the product of
the animal; but they abjure the flesh of that animal itself.
Fish, flesh, aud fowl they utterly renounce.
Another cheap Exhibition diuiiig-room is that in con¬
nection with the National Training School of Cookery, under
the euperinteutVmcfrajlMilre. ^Btli Clarke. Then, of course,
there are the Chinese restaurant, nud the world-famed restau¬
rants of Messrs. Bertram and Roberts, including an English
adaptation of ill® “Bouillon Duval" eating-house. In the
South Gallery, Sir Philip Cunliffo Owen has a coffee-stall
and a coffee-mnking apparatus; and finally, in the leafy
gnrdpft adjoining tile South Central Gallery, nnd within
sounds of the plashing fountains, there is the Model Coffee-
House pavilion of Messrs. Robert Etzeusberger and Co.,
where you nmy obtain a cup of capital coffee or
tea for the small sum of one penny; a glass of iced
-coffee,\black or with milk, for the same sum; two slices of
hj-eacLaud butter for a penny, and a boiled egg for tliree-
halfpencel Nnturally the model coffee-house is continually
crowded. The coffee is made with Etzensberger’s patent
V^afetiire,” a simple nud admirable machine, to which I
have more than mice alluded in the “Echoes,” nnd one of
which 1 took with me to the United .States in 1879.
BRITISH EXHIBITORS.
The International Health Exhibition lms a twofold aspect,
being partly devoted to public entertainment, with the
attractive gardens, the pavilions, the fountains, the illumin¬
ations, the bands of music, the delightful promenade, and
perhaps, from an amusing nnd curious point of view, the Old
Loudon Street, the Gallery of Antique Costume, nnd the im¬
ported Chinese Court; while the remainder is expressly de¬
signed for prncticul instruction, moro especially with regard
to the actual improvements in Food, in Dress, mul in
Dwellings, the last group including houses, furniture, ven¬
tilation, wanning, artificial lighting, supply of water, baths
nnd washing apparatus, grates nnd stoves, drains and
sowers, and other necesBaries of a healthy habitation. Tho
special arrangements for the school and for tho workshop
form distinct groups; as do likewise tho instruments nnd
methods for the care of the sick and wounded, either
in war or in pence, and those of meteorological ob¬
servation in aid of the science of public health; while
the teaching uppliances of education belong to a separate
division, which will be found mainly in tho new building of
the City of London aud Trades’ Guilds Technical Institute. A
well-known contributor to this Journal, in the preceding
article, has described some of the popular features of the
Exhibition, as a beautiful and interesting spectacle; and some
account of the mechanical working of the fountains and the
electric light apparatus, and of the coloured illuminations of
tho Gardens, has been given in another page. These are
shown in our principal Illustrations, ns well ns the brilliant
scenes at the late evening fete, attended by the Prince nnd
Princess of Wales nnd a large company of rank and fashion ;
the Chinese Court, with minor sketches of the strange figures
and curious articles collected there-; a performance of gym¬
nastic exercises by a class of girls, with the special appurntus
shown in the East Central Gallery; n few specimens of
antique costume, in the Historic Gallery of Dress; and some
amusing incidents that might be witnessed in the stalls and
workshops of the Old London Street, which is also made tho
subject of n general View presented in our Extra Supple¬
ment. We have to notice here, more particularly v the examples
of special manufactures furnished by leading trade exhibitors
in tlio three great departments of Food, Dress, and the
Dwelling, ns above defined, which nre not only of commercial
and industrial value, and are entitled to public regard upon
. that account, but must also be esteemed important to bculth
and general comfort.
Taking first the articles of Food, the wholesomeness of
which is most important to health, we would observe that tho
second nud third classes of this group, considered ns manu¬
factured products, demand particular attention, because there
nre none more liable to bo rendered deleterious by improper
treatment. These are set forth in the official catalogue as
“prepared vegetable substances used ns food, including
tinned, compressed, nnd preserved fruits and vegetables,
bread, cakes, and biscuits of all kinds” ; nnd secondly, “pre¬
pared animal substances used ns food in a preserved form,
tiuned, smoked, salted, compressed, and prepared animal foods
of all kinds, including food produced by insects, such ns
houey.” There are about one hundred exhibitors in these two
classes, in the South Gallery, but several of them appear
further in other classes of the Exhibition. Among these, under
the denomination of “ practical dietetics, army and navy
rations, prison and workhouse diet, nnd foreign dietaries.”
the linn of Messrs. J. Moir aud Sou, of 148, Lendenhull-stroet,
send a valuable contribution. They have large manufactur¬
ing establishments in Loudon, at. Aberdeen, nt Seville (for
orange marmalade), and at Wilmington, Delaware, and New
York, in the United States of America. Tho contents of their
glass jars uud tin canisters, which make a goodly show, nre
preserved soups, fish, meats, gume, sausages, jams and table
jellies, marmalade, Chocolate aud milk, cocoa and milk, nnd
specinl food for invalids. Their army and navy rations, includ¬
ing boiled beef ju six-pound tins supplied totlie French troops
in the Crimean War thirty years ago, and twelve-pound
tins of tho same which they snpplitd to the Admiralty in
1851, have a certain degree oi historical interest. One
of the mostuseful forms of provision for general use is that
of tinned soups, by which, with the aid of a small saucepan,
nud a few sticks ora jet of gas, tho man of uncurtain hours, or
the busy housewife, can quickly obtain a basin of really good
soup. Messrs. Moir and .Son nre, however, now to some extent
abandoning the tin, and substituting a vessel of clear glass,
in which the soups look very pretty, resembling short
columns of polished marble. Their jams nud preserved
friiits, also put in glass bottles, make a pretty show
with their rich colours, for jam made from perfectly fresh
fruit always retains its natural hue. There is a practical ns
well as artistic advantage in the glass package. Messrs. Moir
and Son make their jam from whole fruit, and the purchaser
can therefore see that ho is buying the genuine article, nnd
one moreover that is made from freshly gathered and sound
fruit, ns that which has been plucked for any time becomes
too soft to keep whole during the process of manufacture.
The varied collection is quaintly arranged ns n trophy, with
the imposing figure of a gigantic lobster preserved whole in
clear aspic jelly as a central figure.
Beverages, going of course along with food, constitute the
fourth class of the Food group, and these are subdivided os
alcoholic,non-alcoholic, una infusions like tea, coffee, cocoa, nnd
chocolate. Pure wines nnd wholesome beers, in the opinion
of those who are not yet teetotalers, nre eminently desirable
commodities. The produce of the most favoured soils nnd
sunny regions of Europe, of the famous vineyards of France
nnd Spain and the Rhineland, and the wholesome Hungarian
wines, will not lose their repute. But as the resources of the
British Colonics beyond the seas are felt to be a matter of
national concern, we nre glad to know that Australia is rapidly
attaining a high position among the wine-producing countries
of the earth. There are districts of sufficient area, and com¬
bining the necessary conditions of soil, climate, nud aspect, to
produce wine enough to supply the whole of the world The
vine was introduced in New South Wales by Mr. J. Mncarthur
about 1820, and in 1881 Mr. Busby made a voyage to Europe,
and brought out a valuable collection of plants from France
and from the Rhine. This was really the parent stock of the
vine in New South Wales. Wine-making is an industry that
requires time to bring it to perfection, but Australian wines
nre stated by connoisseurs to be rapidly improving in qunlity.
Exhibiting abroad, under rauny disadvantages, colonial vine-
growers have won high distinction at all the lute International
exhibitions—especially nt that recently held nt Bordeaux. The
judges of wine nt the late Sydney International Exhibition,
conslstingof representative* fromevery wine-producing country
in the world, recorded a unanimous opinion to the effect that
Australian wines are on the whole excellent in qunlity, niul
destined to enter into successful competition in the markets of
Europe. One of the judges compared the valleys of the
Hunter and the Paterson with those of the Gironde nnd the
Garonne, from which the best French wines are obtained,
stating that, ns the climate and soil of the former nre both
favourable to wine production, the wines made in the colony
will every year become more like the celebrated vintages of
France. The yield of wine 1ms averaged from 100 gallons to
700 gnllons per acre, though certain kinds of grapes have pro¬
duced over 1000 gallons per acre. The area of laud occupied
by vines in 1882 was 4148 acres; the quantity of wine pro¬
duced being5-13,500 gallons; of brandy, 1014 gallons; nnd of
grapes for tabic use the quantity picked was 1110 tons. For¬
tunately, phylloxera is yet unknown in this colony, us well ns in
South Australia, where the wine manufacture whs set on foot
in 1871 by the late Mr. E. Stirling, in conjunction with Mr.
A. L. Elder. Mr. Stirling continued, to the time of his death,
to take much interest in this colonial industry, nnd his friend
Sir Walter Hughes 1ms since been active in its promotion.
The wines exhibited by Messrs. P. B. Ilurgoyno nnd Co., of
50, Old Broad-street, are from South Australia, Victoria, Now
South Wales, and Queensland.
Mineral waters and aerated waters, both natural or
artificial, nnd other exhilarating unfermented drinks, have an
obvious claim upon the friends ot health nnd temperance. At
the southern end of the West Gallery (machinery in motion)
may be seen examples of the apparatus for charging water or
other liquor with carbonic acid gas, which is employed by tho
mineral, water manufacturers. Messrs. .Tames Galloway show
n sodn-wnter machine, with double pumps nnd cylinders,
which will produce 00,000 bottles n day, and various smaller
machines, gas generators, purifiers, and holders, ami filling
machines. Messrs. Barnett and Foster exhibit a complete
factory, showing tho processes of manufacturing aerated
waters nnd of bottling beers. The exhibit comprises soda-
water machines, beer aerating machines, bottling nnd washing
apparatus, filters, stenm coil, syrup-making stage nnd
sulphuric acid tank, all fixed in their respective positions, and
in action: also fruit champagnes, counter fountains for iced
drinks, and an English lager beer fountain. The well-known
firm of Messrs. J. Schwcppe and Co., of 51, Herners-strect,
nud of Liverpool, Bristol, Derby, Glasgow, Malvern, and
Sydney, New South Wales, occupy n separate pavilion in tho
open grounds for the display of their mineral waters, the
superior quality of which is widely appreciated by consumers.
In the Dress or Clothing Department, which is naturally
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nttrnctivo to lady visitors, but which is of considerable sanitary
importance, there is n very useful collection of modern improved
nppurol, set forth in the gallery behind tlio East Quadrant, to
one side of the Conservatory, the opposite western quadrant
gallery being devoted to antique historical costume. Knots
nud slioes, of shape ugrconble to that of the human foot, bats,
caps, and bonnets, ladles’ dresses of different materials, suit*
able for diilcieiit occasions, hosiery and underclothing, gloves,
furs, lace, and various other matters of female attire, may
here be inspected. The Ladies' Sanitary Association, the
Jtational Dress Society (Lady Harberton's), and the benevolent
Association for promoting the employment of women and
girls among the Donegal peasantry in knitting, hand-weaving,
and lace-making, tire well represented hero. We are unable
to report that the patterns of “divided skirts,” displayed
under tall glass frames in this gallery, hnve elicited much
feminine admiration, or any desire to imitate them iu the fair
spectators’ own persons; but the practical character of the
show, in general, 1ms been sensibly recognised. For the credit of
the English woolleu trades, which obtained not long siuce a
patriotic patroness in Lady Kcctive, it is satisfactory to behold
such an excellent display ns that of the Bradford Manu¬
facturing Company, whose “ all-wool ” fabrics, especially their
“Century” cashmeres, are surpassed by no kind of cloth, ng
material of the soft drapery which is favoured by a refined and
icsthetic taste nt the present day. The colours are quite as
good ns the best productions of France, and, ns far as the
question of health is concerned, there is no material nioro
suitable for dresses, or more healthy iu wear. They are made
in light and heavy textures to suit tho hottest and the
coldest climates. This Bradford Company is composed of
practical people, who understand all the muiutim of making,
dyeing, and finishing; and their successful st ruggle against the
exclusive prejudice in favour of French goods is an interesting
chapter of recent industrial history. They found it necessary
to free themselves from tho intermediate agency of wholesale
nud retail dealers by offering tho goods direct to the public,
l’attems were issued mid circulars sent to almost every part
of the kingdom, calling attention to tho trade of their all-
wool goods, particularly cashmeres. They were largely
advertised, and orders and applications for patterns came in
apace. The articles proved equal to the advertisements —
good and cheap. The company’s system of doing business re¬
mains the same. They send the goods direct front the producer
to the consumer iu uuy length required, paying the carriage of
over £1 in value—a great boon to buyers, who are able to
obtain a good article ut a moderate price, with a large assort¬
ment of colours to select from. Great cure is taken that the
materials should bo turned out well. The facilities now
offered by the parcels post and the railways have helped to
swell the number of orders. The Bradford Company always
have in stock cashmeres, serges, nud tweeds of their regular
makes, nud each season they produce something new in what
may be considered fancy styles.
Fun, being suggestive of wild animal life, and of the
aspect of nature in remote foreign regions, always seem an in¬
teresting feature in shows of the clothing trades. Tho Inter¬
national Fur Store, 1(J3 nud 165, Hegent-atreet (Mr. T. S. .lay,
manager), sends a rare assortment of beautiful fur garments.
Here is an immense ermine train coat or dress; there are seal
sacques, opera dolmans, muffs, capes, hats, or boas, to give
an idea of the manifold uses of fur in ladies’ attire. An
elegant mantle for evening wear is of deep slate-blue Terry
ottoman, trimmed handsome passementerie, bordered chin¬
chilla, that lovely soft grey fur; and on the other side of the
ease is an extremely choice dolman of ruby plush, trimmed
white ostrncan. The fashionable short jacket is shown in seal,
trimmed beaver. A pretty little cape of black Persian lamb,
which is a curly fur, edged double fur balls, would be ser¬
viceable and snug for chilly days. The International Fur
Store also exhibit a beautiful seal paletot so arranged as to
admit of free ventilation, which must be a grout improve¬
ment by the prevention of over-heating. Any fur garment
can be made to measure without extra cost, while only the
best, furs and styles are employed.
“ The Dwelling-house,” which is the third main division of
things conducive to Health, comprises not only house-building,
house-sewerage, and house-ventilation, as structural require¬
ments, but all internal fixtures nud fittings that are of use or
comfort to the household ; also, the observance of sanitary
rules in tho choice of furniture. The bed-room, of all the
apartments in a dwelling house, ought to be most carefully
attended to ; and Messrs. Jackson and Graham, of 84, Oxford-
street, have upon this occasion devoted their skilful stud,
assisted by Mr. Robert \V. Edis, F.S.A., the architect, whodvs
author of several valuable treatises upon the internal decora¬
tion and furniture of houses, to produce a model bed-room,
dressing-room, nud bath-room, which wo think almost perfect
mirror, wardrobe, bookshelves, toilet-table, nml other neces¬
saries and niceties of such an apartment.
Personal cosmetics would seem to be a class of luxuries, if
not indeed, ns some think, necessaries of health, naturally
coming to ntftul after tho inspection of bed-rooms. In the
East Central Gallery, the angular end of a range of tall stands
is divided between Messrs. John Gosucll and Co., perfumers,
brush makers, and toilet c hemists, of 03, Upper Tiumies-
street, and the celebrated firm of A. and F. Pears, 38, Great
Rnssoll-street, whose manufacture of toilet soaps and sticks of
shaving-paste, in their large factories at Isle worth, was de¬
scribed in this Journal on March 25, 1882. The exhibition of
Messrs. Pears is very simple, and is only adorned with a
miniature gilt plastercopy of “ The Dirty Boy," and with the
auiiiiblu portraits of Airs. Langtry, Adelina Patti, Mudame
Marie Roze, and Miss Mary Anderson, whose testimonials to
the virtue of Pears’ soap may bo read iu every omnibus and
eveiy railway carriage. A male witness, tho present writer, is
willing to affirm that., having daily used tho shaving-paste for
many years past, ho finds it so pleasantly effective that lie means
to use it while his life is spared, with no intention of sptiriug
his beard. We could have wished to see the original drawing,
by Mr. II. S. Marks, A.II.A., of the two monks washing and
shaving, one of the cleverest pieces of graphic humour by any
contemporary artist, placed <>n this stand iu tho Exhibition.
There is fun in nil that sort of tiling, which helps the popu¬
larity of the articles sold ; but Sir Erasmus Wilson and other
eminent surgeons have borne serious and authentic testimony
to the sanitary importance of pure soap, duly compounded
and refined, as a preservative of the human skin, and u pre¬
ventive of various diseases.
BIRTHS.
On the 22nd ult., nt Kinedilar, Fife, N.B., the wife of Major George L.
O'Sullivan, Olst Argyll mid Sutherland Highlanders, of a daughter.
_ On the 27th ult., at Walton I-eigli, Salcombe, South Devon, the wife of
Lieutenant Charles W. Herbert, Royal Navy, of a daughter.
On the Xftth ult., nt 87, Glenciiirn-crescent, Edinburgh, the wife of
Augustus M. ('unyiigl.uurr, of a non.
MARRIAGE.
On the 21th ult., nt St. George’s, Bloomsbury, by the Rev. Arthur M.
Chichester, Vicar of St. Mary's, Sandwich, Charles Robert Ogle, youugrat
son of tho Intu Robert Ogle, Esq., of Eglinghuin Hail, Northumberland, to
Aliiy Eliza Uillow, only child of Alfred Gillow, Esq., of 8t. Nicholas, Isle
of Thuuet, and giand-duughter of H. Joyces Kutmcrson, Esq., of Sandwich.
DEATHS.
On the 22nd ult., at 17, Robertaon-Btreet. George Curling Hope, of
RobotUou-stitet, and Rockholiuc, Hustings, aged 63.
On tlie 23rd lilt,, ut her residence, 7 ( Belsize-torrace, Hampstead, on her
66th birthday, Catherine Abram, Widow, of the late William Abram, of
Belnizc l’.trk, and Middle Temple-lane. Induin' and Colonial papers please
copy. T (
In loving memory of Thomas Docwm. who died at liis residence. The
Grove, Swann**, Dorsetshire, on the g7lh ult., in tho 70th year of his age.
Very deeply regretted, [ • \
*«* The charge for the inim-ripn of Iiirlht, Jtarriagw, and Death/, u
i'ice ShiUinatfpr each announcement.
ONDON
Easton ilcp. I
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ITU - WESTERN RAILWAY.
VSKTIOLIDAYS.
Dorn I.ON HON. EC8TON STATION.
rotUml. Week Unys only.
p.m.
840
4 10
a 44
1144
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12 o I
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Not on Safely
night* from
London.
Mr. Justice Cliilty and Mr. Justice Wills have been
appointed Vacation Judges.
A performance of “As You Like It” was given iu tbe
grounds of Coombe House, Kingston Hill, last Saturday, for
the benefit of Princess Louise’s Hume nt Poplar.
Tho ltev. J. M. Eustace, M.A., Cambridge, lute joint ben
master, and for twelve years senior mathematical master u
Wimbledon School, has been elected head master of the Oxford
Military College.
A conference of men of all part ies was held on Tuesday at
the Westminster l’alueo Hotel on the subject of the Federation
of Great Britain and her colonies. Mr. W. F. Forste^M^>
presided; and tho meeting was addressed by Mr/W/TL
Smith, M.l’., the Eitrl of Rosebery. Lord Bury, Sir 1J. [Holland,\
the Marquis of Noniinnby, and Mr. E. Stanhope, M l’., und,
it was resolved to form u society for the purpose of proiHQting
n federation. A provisional committee vvtwrTTppomted to
consider the organisation of the proposed .society, und to
report to an adjourned meeting of the conference in the
autumn. ( 1 \ j
_ In our description of the illumirfhtio^f AliV^untjmw and
Water-Garden nt tho Health ExhibitioM, it shpiild baVe been
mentioned that Mr. James Pain, of 121, Wulwortlr-TOnd, pyro¬
technist, furnishes the Chinese hinterns and. v pth< 7 r coloured
lights used in the gardens. The bouquet preWited to the
Princess of Wales, at the evening fete on Wednesday week,
contained, in the centre (if tho nrmngeitfeut of flowers, a tiny
electric lamp, the battery for whife^wus concealed in the
handle. This was oiie-qf tlreincluulesccnt lamps patented by
Messrs. Woodhouse anibdtiKvson, of Queen Victoria-street,
who also fit ted elect lie ligh ts on the heads of the cows in the
Hon. Mis. Birkbcek's dniry-nfolL \/
On Tuesday the immial meeting of the British Medical
Association opened in QuoenV j fkdlcge, Bel fust, when tho
president of the venr, Dr.-<Junnupig, Queen's College, Belfast,
directed his presidential^^ address uiaiuly to an analysis of the
origin and cuuse^_of "the spread of epidemic disease. The
meeting was fesumed oii\Wednestlny, the attendance being
large and repfoiciitntiveY pr. William Ord (London) gave an
address on Mgdieiue, wliieltJwas favourably criticised. Section
meetings were^keld in the afternoon, but only one medical
section, of which Dy. Gomeron, M.l*., is president, was open
to the public. In tlie eveiring a conversazione was given to
the members by BrofessbcJ&ainiiig (Belfast), president of the
association. Numeybus excursions have been arranged.
KXl'ItESfl wild FAsT iTlCAINs leave ELSTON fur BIRMINGHAM at 4.14. T.:».
I(M». IIIU.M.; I2.ll IlMl.ft: I-TO; *.»l, 4.:». 4.14, C-Wl, !».14 u.m.. au.l 12.0 night.
En i.i EUSlONlo SI ANCIUplfKll anil IJ VKIU’OOL at fl.14,7A0.0.0, lulu, ll.0a.in.;
(IW MHIU Miinrliv.t.-r I.nh 14 (ta.lu Lt*cr|«.ol only), l.at, 2.48. (4.0 Mam-heater mil) 1 ,
14 .I 11 UvcrjKiiPiiiiilKSjuOy; (S.O Slauchcrtar only), 0.14 uju., and 13.0 night. 1st.
2111 I. nml 3nl Cln-ufiy iBrTryiiiv.
Cnnv*|a.tiilii.gTrHiria-ar<-ran In the opposite direction, for particular* of whirl.,
•ml complete Train MWler, *rr tlie 1.. amt N. W. K. Co.'s Time Tahirs.
The TICKET OFFICES nt BOSTON. 11UOAD-STUKKT. KENSINGTON, ami
WiLI.I>m;.N JUNCTIUN will l>e OI'KN throughout the bey. from Monday,
/anly is .[0 SI.I.A, Aug.4. Inclusive, *<> that I’saaeiigrr* wishing to obtain Tickets t"r
(any d>’sUin>lliiii •ni Wie I. nml N. \V. Hallway can do >0 at any tlmo of the day prior
/to tlieyrtSrtlbir of tlia Trail...
TICKETS 1 vi 11 Is- obtained nt any time (8nni1ay> and llank Holidays excepted) at
\tlMS pr.ycc.piU Town Revelling GlUce* of tlio Company, and will ho dal«l toauit tho
mnnitwcht l*«wiii(ni.
- On SATxlltbAY. Al'U. 2, tho EXPRESS-TRAIN bavin* LONDON (Easton) at
TTlo. Bj K>tl Mill AM (New-.treell 4 Jo. 1.1 VEKPOOL (LUuo-.trwt) 7.34. amt MAN-
» II l-..-- l r l-iK,pKxchangr) ut 7.»> p.m.. will be extended to Winderiuerr, uu tlir anno
i.itrSaTfKIAL BXTIlKSS-TIlAlNS (1st, 2nd, and Srd Class) will leave LONDON
Eu.t.m Station I at l.i. 11 . 111 . Slid 1.24 p.m. fur 111 KMINGIIAM, callin* at Rugby and
. "ivnlrv only, and urriviu^ at Ulrmlugliam (Ncw-itruoti at 4.0 p.iu. and 7.u p m.
Evpre-s-Trsins to and from the City, St. Albana, Watford, und KenalnKtou,
WILL NOT Itt’N on M-ai(Uy, An*.4.
Eh r further |mrtlculur« nr S|«v)ul Notices iasned by Uie Company.
Single llorx* (imiilhiivr, sontuii application to lintels or 1’rlvulo Kesldenee* tor tha
aiteyunco to Kiistnii Malivli of Intoudlng travellers.
, ciiuaneaKor dlsluncrs Iinder Six Mllrs. One Slillllup per Mile: minimum, Tlireo
SIiIIUii*». Knr dlstumv s over Six Miles,or when Two lioracs are used at tho requwt
ul n | f jissrn*ef. One Mill line nml Si.vpeuco per Mils.
Kmtuii station, July. I'M. O. FismaT, (Jeneral Manscrr.
A UGUST BANK HOLIDAY.—General Arrangements.
2V LONDON, UltlUHTON. AND SOUTH COAST KAILWAY.
Bxteiislon ul time fur It*torn Ticketa for dimtanoaaover l- n miles, also the Cheap
Paliinlny to kliimlsy Tickets Issmsl V. or frum lyoudou, Ac., and the Seaside. Ac., uu
Kiturday, All*. 2, w ill be available for Return uU uuy day up to and Including Wednes¬
day. An*. 4.
|)ARIS—SPECIAL CHEAP EXCURSIUN.
J From London bridge S.44 a.in. and S Victoria s.JJ a.m. and 7.40 p.m.,
Saturday, An*. 2.
Itelniiilu* fioni Pari* on any dny up to and including Aug. 15. Fare*— First Class,
«!*.: Sic,mil Clues. 37s.
p It I G II T O X.—S Al'Ull DAY' TO TUESDAY^
I > Sl’ICClAl. CIIUAF TRAINS, 8ATDHDAY. AUO. 2. from Victoria 3 4 p.m.,
cnillni; ut ClniiliKin J inictiuu ; from KmmiiigViii 1.A0 p.iu, calliiiu at West Jlroinjiftwi,
I hflK-rt. Itud lLitUTrci; ffoili Loutluit ‘2:1^ L*»Illu^ ut Now-croM uml
Gdoydt'ii,
IlcturiltDff the following Tucmlrtjr by any train aft«r 6.0 p.m. Karat 7a. C<1. and .*ia.
PORTSMOUTH AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT.
-L SATURDAY !<• TUESDAY’. Cheap Trains, Saturday. An*. J: from Victoria
In p.m.. London Urldgr 2.ju p.m.; Keturulug Uie lollowlug 1 uendsy. Fares to I'urta-
liioiitli Ton ii uml beck, 7s. <sl. and 4a.
Kow ready, elejfnnlly Ixiund in cloth gilt,
■\70L. 81 ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS,
.y Price 20 b. ; in Paper Covets, 188.
ISEit, for binding ahovc .2s. Cd. ettch.
mtTOUOS, to h"ld Six Month*’ Numbers ... 4s. (id. ,,
HEADING-CASES, for single Number . 2s. 6d. „
ICS. Strand, W.C.
them being very small, stands as a little house of one floor in POSTAGE FOR FOREIGN PARTS THIS WEEK,
B ank holiday, aug. 4 .—cheap day excursions
from Ijomluii. To Lcwca c Ncwlm>cn, Kaatboarue. bt. l^vuarU
)I*i?Ckn^-. lluvutiL. I'ortamoiiUi, die.
/ iRYSTAL PALACE.—FREQUENT TRAINS DIRECT
V.' to the Cry stal Unlace train Isrndon bridge, Victoria, Kensington (Add Ison -load),
l.lv rfp.,..|-„triet. nml Burt Ixmdou Line Station*, us rinulrtd by Die TrulUc.
llltlliUTUN HACKS. AUO. 5. 6. and 7. LEWES RACES. ADCI. 8 amt !).
CPECIAL FAST TRAINS—From Isondon Bridge and
O Vh torin. Clieup Day Return Tickets—From Hastings. Eastlwurne, Tunbridge
Well*, und iiitcnoi'iiutc atntions. ul.o from 1‘ortsiiioutli, Cincbistcr, lluiahsin, Ac., to
lirighton Knees only.
Freiiui uc extra Trnln* from Tlrlgbton to Lewes Race*.
For lull pmUculuis sec lluiulblns.
tlty order) J. I‘. Kxiaar. General Slannger.
p BEAT EASTERN RAILWAY.—SEASIDE.—TOURIST
vi FOUTNItlllTLY mid FRIDAY or SATURDAY t*i TUESDAY (First. Second,
nml Third Class) TICKETS am ISSUED hv all 'Train* to YARMOUTH. U.tve.t.dt.
ClnCloii-o'i-Sea. Wulton-on-tiii-Nnxe. llurwich, Dovercourt, AUlchurgb. Felixstowe,
boilthwnld. lliinsbnitoii. uml Cromer.
Tnnri.l Ticket, are also Issued Horn l.lverpoot-»tivwt by the Now Route to Scar¬
borough. Filey, Whitby, and tlio principal Tourist Station, in Scotland.
BANK HOLIDAY, AUG. 4. IhM.
A Cheap Day Trip to tlie Seaside, by Kxcursi.-u Train from Ltrrrpool-strset to
Dacton-un Sen. Waltott-ou-Ute-N'aXC, and Huiwich, at 7 a.m., cull mg at Stiatloid.
Fairs. Sa . 4s., 4s.
the Centnu Gallery, and must be entered, by a few persons
nt a time, iu order to see its contents. It is arranged
suitably for a married couple. Their bed-room, of whiStr-
we present an Illustration, is 20 feet by 14 feet in di¬
mensions, and the whole width of 14 feet, ou theftre-pltu e side,
is filled by a coinbiuatiou piece of furniture, in wood painted
white, consisting of tlie mmitelpjece in tlie eentre t with
cabinets, upper shelves for oniameiifs, ajid coriiice above, side
closets and drawers (with a special receptncle for the coal¬
scuttle), and two washstandp, convertible into tabfos, with
separate drawers and cabinets, writing-desk, and small book¬
shelves, all contained within a neat alcove; at each side of the
fire-place. Tho sides towards tlie fire are composed of orna¬
mental tiles. A double electric light is suspended over the
mantelpiece. The lady's toilet-table, with its mirror, and
with ample drawers, stands between the windows, and there is
a couch at the foot of the bed, as well as\jin easy-chair and
small table at the bedside—Tyro beds. placcd quite close to
one another, with their heads, under ft Coninion canopy, are
substituted for one large bed in the actual arrangement ut the
Health Exhibition. The beds are constructed with wheeled
feet to run upon movable wooden trams on the floor, with the
greatest ease, md without damaging the carpet. On tho side
of the bed-room not shown in our illustration is a door lend¬
ing into ftlie gentleman's dressing-room. To the right and
lelt of this are high wardrobes, with a tail mirror in the door
of each wardrobe,so arranged tluit tlie lady, having put on her
dress, may See herself back and front, in the pair of mirrors,
from head to foot. She is also provided with a commodious
chest of drawers. The dressing-room, is comfortable, with a
tmug fireplace, cupboards and lockers, wash-stand, dressing-
tablo, Av^iting-tnble,)bookslielve8, tbe electric light, nud a bed
for oQciisipnal use. Beyond this is the bath-room, with a
grand fixed bath in an alcove, having a variety of hot and cold
water action for plunge, aitz, spray, douche, or shower, and
with ft warmed 7 closet for towels and a comfortable seat. A
good point in the bed-room wash-stand arrangement is tlmt
the basin is emptied by a valve, at tbe touch of a handle, and
the water descends into a movable receptacle which can be
afterwards carried out of the room. AVe have also to notice,
id the East. Gallery, a dainty little bed-room, for a young lady,
furnished by Messrs. Heal and Son, of 198, Totteuham-court-
reud, with bed iu the corner, elegant mantelpiece, containing
AUG. 2, 1884.
Subscribers will pleuo to notice that copies of this week's Number, Thin
jh/icr tuition, forwarded abroad must bo pi-etmiil ueconlimr to tlie following
mte *:—Three Halfpence to Canada, United NUttes of Amorim, and tho
whole of Europe: Twopence to Africa (West Coast of), Alexandria,
Australia, lirnxil. Capo of Good Hope, Java, China (vi& United States ,
Jamaica, Mauritius, and New Zealand; Th...pence to Chinn (via Brindisi)
and India; and four pence to tlio Tnutsvnal.
Newspapers for foreign ports must be jmsted within eight days of the ditto
of publication, irrespective of the Departure of the mails.
For full Particulars *co Bill*,
l.oii toii. July. 1884.
Wilm.in Burr,Goncrul Mauaccr.
rp WINS. —OLYMPIC THEATRE—Lessee nnd Manageress,
TAOVER AND 0STEND LINE.—Accelerated conveyance
4/ of tlie Traveller* from leiiiilmi t,i llrnwcl*, iqiinni*; to Cologne. 14 liiuirv;
to Berlin, -i; liniirs; to Vicuna. :::* liourn; to Milan, via Die St. (intlmnl, J>> limin: and
to everv *rrat tilty on tlie tklitllirat. AImi to Die Bast, t la llrhnlipi.
Sliiflenml It* turn TIIIIDUGH TICKETS at very REDUCED FARES, and 401b.
of l.ir.'*ii*o *rati* ell l-sird Die mall,.
BEDS .igaluat SEA-SICKNESS. Iiefrri*limrnt ami iliiiln* room*. Urivut** Cnliin*.
RfewnnU-a-er, At. Two Services dully, iu corrc*|Hintlellce wltu tlio INTERNATIONAL
MAIL, uml Ex|*n*»-tnilii,.
Direct German Carriage*. "<"1 Sleeping-Car*.
Asriifle* at laiinlmi. .VI, Grai'eclitireii-atreet; at Dover. S. Stnunl-*tnrt; at Offend:
at llruwl*. Jfontngiic do la Coiir. MU! at Cologne, Douiliuf 12; at Berlin. VIfiiiiu.
Milan. Ac.
Dally conveyance of ordinary and specie parcel*.
-L Mr*. A. Conover. An eccentric Umnrdv, In Three Acta.hy Joseph Derrick, Author
of "Confusion," TO-NIGHT, SATUUDAY. AUG. 2. diameter. I*y Meaara. E-lward
KlChtoli. II. II. Vincent, E. D- I.voim. Frol Ih-aniiiiul. II. Akliurst, J. G. Wllt-ni. 1_
0*litter. J. W. Brodbary: Afeolame* Emma Rllfa, Klixa llnilil, K. Hope. Rnaler. amt
Carlofta Leclereq. New Scenery hv >l* ,«r». IVrkiii* and S|am*. Box Ulllco open. Ten
till Five. General Manager and stage Manager. Mr. l’lilllp Beck.
T YCEUM THEATRE.—TWELFTH NIGIIT,
Ii EVERY EVENING at. H.I4. Malvollo. Mr. Henry Irving; Viola. Ml,* Marlon
Terry. •• •Tvrolftli Night' la nut Inferior In attractlveuc** to any former Shaka|n*nri*u
revival at tho l.vceii in, tli* honan (Ming cruWilnl from floor to celling excry night."—
Morning fort. July 21. ltox-OfllCe (Jlr. J. Hunt) open Ten to Five.
THE PRINCE’S THEATRE, Coventry-street, W.
JL LIGHTED IIY KLKCTHICITY. Uroprlator and Manager, Mr. Edgar Bruce.
EVERY EVENING, at a Quarter to Eight, tho I'layglarl.m in Twenty Minute*.
Cnlle.1 SIX AND KIUHTPKM E. At a Quarter-part Right, a Now PUy. written hy
M. mr*. Hugh Conway ami Cumin* Cnrr. entlllrd CALLED BACK, adapted from Mr.
Hugh Oonwny - * very •ucocmImI »tnry of that name. For cart wedadv pa|ien*. New
wvnrry andcoalame*. Doors Ofieii at Hnlt-paat Seven. Carriage* at Eleven. No fee*.
Box-Ufllce o|wu .lolly from Eleven to Five. Seat* may lie booked a mouth In advanr*.
RANK HOLIDAY.
AFTERNOON AT THREE. NIGHT AT EIGHT.
T. JAMES’S HALL, PICCADILLY'.
THE MOORE AND BURGESS MINSTRELS.
The Bert and mort Attractive Entertainment Ir. lemdou. proudly defying all attempt*
■it roinroDUnn amt rivalry.
NEW MUSIC. NEW FEATURES. NEXT WEEK.
Return of the ertwnml favourite,
MR. G. W. MOORE.
fVair* open for Day Perfonttanc* at J.-'Vi; tor Night ditto at 7-V.
Oranlbute* run direct from the Exhibition to the dour* of St. Jaina*'* Hall,
price*of Admission; la., 2*.. 4a.. nml4*. No foe*.
s
A NN0
XIl (rnut l
of oiiKitrr
DOMINr, by EDWIN LONG, R.A.—This
Work I* now ON VIEW, together wltli Commenil*t«r»CI8EUrS Picture
.BORNE TO THE TOMB, nnd other lrn|K.r1*nt work*. attlieUAL-
l.ERIKS. If. New Bond-street. Ten lo Six. Admlatlnh. 1*.
THE VALE OF TEARS.-DORK’S Last Great PICTURE,
A completed a few day* before he died. NOW on VIEW attheDORE GALLERY,
84, New Bmid-rtrect. with Ul* other gieat picture*. Ten to Six DaUg. U.
S T. GOTHARD RAILWAY, SWITZERLAND.—The
mort direct, raiild, plctun *.pn\ and delightful route f ruin Englanil to Duly.
KxeunioD* to tlio Uhrl, h.v tho Mountain Railway, from Arth Motion, of the
St, Gotiiarvt Railway. I hsnigh-going sleepliig-CMi * from Orteud. hab-oiir carriage*,
g.ii-llclitnl. vafety eon tin non* I-rake*. Ticket* at all currc*i>oiidliig railway *tato>n*,
• nil at Cook'*. Gare'a. and Coy gill'* Ofliee*.
CYVISS POSTAL SERVICE. — Daring the Sommer
kA Season will he commenced the complete Alpine mute*, u*follow*:—
TheSluiitlon. eplogcii. Rrrnnrilhln. Brtiulg Furka,Ola-mlp. Schyn. .InHer. Allmla.
Fluela. LuKiuanler. L.tiolwa**er. Laio|i|Uart, ikmliiu. Mnloja. Kiigaillni'-TIrol, Aigle,
ChAt. au d'Uer, lliille-sannen. Tbnn-Baanen. and Brnnuen Kin*leilcln.
A regular Postal Service, with cornfortnblo |k>s; carriages, with eoo|iC* nml
baii'iiicttui'.
Tlie Tare* are regulatel by tlie Swl.a Government. Extra Port Carriage* can be
nbbilmal oil moat of Ilia* route*. !*• secure which, or the ordinary course*, mill re-*
M |«. Port IIfllce*. and Die Tourist unices ot Me**r*. Cook and Son, Guxe and Son, amt
Cal gill. Of London.
T>0UL0GNE-SUR-MER.—PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby
-13 given that the Mnltary eoudltton of this town bn* never Wn letter than at
im‘*eiit. It I* perfectly free from ali kue** owing to lt» tanlUry arrangement*.
There ha* Icon NO EPIDEMIC for *everal rear*. There I* none nt preacut, except
It be Ilia Epidemic of HEALTH, from which rally the doctor* are tiro (iilTri'iTt.
Thvw tact* are ofliclally certilled n* under hy tlie Mayer of Boulogne.
BOULOGNE CASINO.
Till* KrtnhlDhmrnt ha* b*en entirely roromtntrtrd. nnd l» one of the flne*t In
France. Uomvrt* dally In tlio ganlen* of tho rrtabllrtiiio nt- tiireratlc and other prr-
foem*nce*lll the limgnlllcellt new Theatre. Italia. IDnnlon*. Grand Ib-rtaiirant and
Caf4 unnirirnawal. lb adlng-lb*on*. with ad the leading Kiigllrh uinl foreign Journal*.
Club-Room, and all the attraction* of Enr.ua-..n Grand Casino*.
Splendid 8«l Bathing and Bond*. Sea Water Swimming-Hath*. Hot Bath*. Douehe*.
Ac. pigion-skootinc. Kegattn*. 11a. ea. Grand Cerclade* Bain*. larwn-Tennl*.
BOUT.'MINE. EDI It 1IOUKS FROM LONDON.
Several Hotel* of lint-rate excellence, and Hotel*. lYutlon*. nud A|utrtmeut* to
in it all pocket*. _
BOULOGNE-SUR-MER.
I CERTIFY that NO EPEDEMI0 EXISTS, nor has existed
in thl* city for several year*, nml 1 hat Inconaeqiieucvot Important amelbiratlen*in
the eoilt-oy arranrrm.-nt*. Ibtnlogne I* one of the healthiest town* on the Continent.
Doctor O* Ion. the Medical Dflleer of Epl.lemle*. also eertllle* that the public health
™“' Ter " e “' rth “ “ l l,re " Ut - (Signed) JULES BACDELOQCB. Mayer.
Boulogne, J uLt X).
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON' NEWS, Arc. 2, 1881.—96
THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXHIBITION.
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II EARTH EXHIBITIO N.
93
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 2, 1884
Our Royal family sots an excellent example to the
public in the neatness with which its young: girls are
always dressed. Last Friday at. the Marlborough House
pardon party the three “ Wales ” Princesses wore simple
grey foulards with black saslies and round black hats, and
the daughters of the Crown Prince and Princess of
Prussia were dressed in white with black trimmings. Ou
Saturday, when the cousins met again at the Coombo
House representation of “ As You Like It,” the English
ones wore prey tailor-made dresses and the Germans grey
silk, all having simple black jackets and hats.
The gathering of friends at the wedding of Miss Du
Maurier and Mr. Millar at St. George’s, Hnnovor-square,
last Saturday, was nothing if not artistic and literary.
Mrs. Pemgini, known to so many as “ Kate,” tho daughter
of the late Charles Dickens, was a sort of connecting link
between the two circles, and several leading ladies among
the lights of tho art-world were conspicuous by their
{esthetic raiment. Mr. Robert Browning represented
poetry, Mr. Homy James tiction, Mr. Millais was only
one out of many artists, and there wore musicians not ft
few. Chang, tho faithful hound with whose form wo are
all so familiar, alone was missing from the bridal of his
young mistress ; and if ho could only have been recalled
for an hour from his happy hunting-grounds, the picture
would have been perfect.
Which Mr. Smith ? is a question difficult to answer some¬
times. And so is: which Baden ? How many Radons there
are may be known to sonic compilers of Gazetteers; but
there are certainly three, to any one of which a holiday¬
maker may be going at this time of the year, and he should
therefore be particular to let his friends know which lie
means. They are all celebrated for “ waters,” and per¬
haps all are equally good in that respect, which may not
be very good nevertheless. There is Baden in Germany,
generally called Baden-Baden: that is where the gamblers
used to throng, and whero the Grand Prix do Bade is still
run for by international raco-liorsos. There is Baden in
Switzerland, not very far from Zurich: that is the place
where the Empress Eugenio was wont to seek relief for
mind and body. Lastly, there is Baden in Austria, near
Kclionbrunn, with its sulphur-baths, which were known
to the Romans as “ thermic Pannonicffl.” Any one of tho
three can l>e reached without a passport from Cholera
Morbus.
It is a very significant fact that none of tho “ Arabian
horses” which have been racing lately at Newmarket and
Sundown Park ran for the Goodwood Cup, for which
“ Arabs ” arc invited to run ou very advantageous tonne.
Tho last “Arab” (a term which includes “Barbs”
and other Eastern breeds) that ran for u Goodwood
Cup was, according to the modern Cocker, the Duke
of Beaufort’s Mazagan in 1808. Ho was an “ aged ”
horse, carrying only 5 st. 10 lb., and was not “ in it.” Tho
English horse Ely, when only four years old, in 1865,
carried 0 st. 7 lb., and won the Cup. Tho French filly
Jouvonce, in 1853, when only three years old, carried
fist. 9lb., only four pounds less than the “aged”
Mazagan, and won the Cup; hut Mazagan, apparently,
would have had no chance with 5 st. 9 lb., for in tlio days
of Jonvence horses “bred on the Continent” were so
lightly esteemed here as to receive a liberal allowance of
weight.
Great is the effect of deniomlisation, and of the opposite.
No sooner do Mr. A. G. Steel and a comrade master tlio
bowling of tho Australians than the Eleven of Sussex take
courage and do likewise : insomuch that Phillips, of whom
so much would not havo boon expected under tho most
favourable circumstances, put together 111 runs iuonc*
innings. Had the Australians beaten England in one
innings, instead of being defeated in that fashion, would
Sussex have come up to tho scratch in such good moral
condition ? Probably not: moral condition, makes'nuftee
runs at cricket, more points at billiards, more success in
the world, than many people imagine. The worst of it is
that so few of us—even teetotallers and
keep our moral condition under perfect control.
And now another "W imbledon i4^one^ns Dr. Watts
would havo put it, and some observers cdnqdain that it has
not attracted so much attention as usual. ButifrAvould bo
unreasonable to expect as much fuss to be mode over what
has become a regular and a popular institution as over a
novelty, over tho steady-going man arrived at years of
discretion as over the new-born babe, who may become
anything or nothing for nlljdiut anybody knows. Tliero
lmve been close enough finishes and changes enough to
keep interest alive: Gallant, tho/euonymous, won the
Queen’s Prize for Englandby thoskin of his tooth; tlio
Elcho Shield has fallen to Ireland; the Canadians havo
beaten the Mother Country,\and will therefore be tlio
more disposed to coin*' and sec us again; and tho
Chancellor’s Cludlcnge Plate, after keeping its terms for
throe years at Oxford, has migrated back again to Cam¬
bridge. I AIL this tbn(Ls>4n the vulgar tongue, to “ keep the
pot a-bilift’.” ‘
That proventionris better than cure is a good sound
principle to go upoa in view of a possible visitation of
cholera. The worst fed are the most liable to attack, and
\\'e might do worse than follow tho example of Switzer¬
land in 1H07. At Lucerne tho poor neighbours of the first
cholera patient were supplied with puro wino and strong
soup till there was no further fear of infection. At St.
Moritz and Bale a commission undertook to supply every¬
one with good sound nourishment, and at Zurich £ 1200 was
spent in less than a fortnight for tho lx-nefit of those who
needed food though not physic. The sale and con¬
sumption of cider was absolutely forbidden, but thousands
of large glasses of good wine were given away daily to all
applicants.
A curious point of military etiquette was raised at the
garden party at Marlborough House on Friday last.
The band of tlio 10th Hussars attended, and although
wearing their full-dress uniform, had on forage-caps in¬
stead of busbies. As tho Prince of Wales is Honorary
Colonel <>f the Rogimont, lie could neither have been un¬
used to nor offended by the less ceremonious costume, but
luul her Majesty been present— which at one time was not
improbable—the omission would certainly linvo been a
breach of conventionality. On the Earl of Airlio being
called on ho explained that tho chin-straps and the full-
dress head-gpar incommoded the musicians, and interfered
with the wind-instruments. This excuse, which appears
reasonable, and which must be taken us authoritative
(although the Guards w busbies), would seem to sug¬
gest that some now and .ore convenient hut should bo
found for the bands of cavalry regiments.
“Itab and his Friends,” lie in stone and they in tho
flesh, wore in great force last Saturday on tho Embank¬
ment, in the gardens whereof was unveiled a statue of
“Itnb.” Lord Rosebery did what honour a peer could do
to Robert Bums; but the question of raising stone monu¬
ments to poets admits of discussion ; at any rate, to such
! mots us Robert Burns. A poet whoso works are likely to
>« read for over will live for over, and might say with
Horace: “ Exegi inonumontnm lore perennius.” As
much cannot bo said tor warriors and other heroes of
history ; since history, too often, is read at school and
then forgotten.
Opinions seem to differ as to the appropriateness of
unveiling the Burns statue lust Saturday on the Thames
Embankment, in tho presence of a small nnd select as¬
semblage. AVe are reminded that “Robbie” was the poet
of the people, a “ horney-liundod son of toil,” &c., and
told of the great surging crowd amid whoso acclamations
his statue was uncovered at Dundee. But these carpers
and cavillers forgot tlmt this enthusiasm north of tho
Tweed wu8 duo to the fact that Bums was a bom Sept,x
and consequently a national hero. The Southron masses
nre not intimately or lovingly acquainted with his poems,
and their pastors and masters havo taught them to
regard him as a tipsy “ lichto’ love ” rather than ns singer
and seer. \ J J
So-called lestlieticism, vhilo affecting of late years
nearly ever)’ form of costume, from the watch'd! fiin of a
poet to tho mantle of a duchess, lias curiously enough
omitted to attack ladies’ riding-habits. No donut wily
woman, recognising the grace of th6 ortlioilbx tight-ti 1 1 ing
garb, is not anxious to encourage any innovation. But
the time may come when advanced disciples of tlio
Postlothwaite school wjH.be seen attired in xyediieval sage
green dresses and Henri II. hats careering up und down
Rotten Row. ^ ■■■-./> / /
A novel competition took place at the Ranelngli Club-
grounds, Fulham, on Saturday lost. Pony races, jumping
motches, and trotting contests are>all common enough,
butolmnsom cab competition is a new departure. The
energetic manager of the club offered a prize for tlio best-
nppointed street hansom, and a largo crowd assembled to
see the rival cabs driven ronud the ring. Now that the
“gondola of.-LbndOn^’Siaio^ Bcaconsfiold called it, lias
readied a pitglLof luxury hardly excelled by tlio best
private carriage, the friencllly antagonism can but have an
effect advantageous to the public. T. Aldons, the winner,
would probably command constant employment if ho
painted an announcement of his success on his winning
vehicle. It was on ibis occasion driven in admirable style
by Count Kauiiitz, ■while' the second best one was guided
by Mr. Bertie'Sheriff. One cab, however, certainly as
welLjvppoixited as the best, was disqualified on the ground
ijiat4£Av*as fresh from the carriage and harness maker,
and had never been “on the streets.” The Jehu in com¬
mand was dissatisfied with this decision, and gave Mr.
Reginald Herbert, manager of the Ranelagh Club, a jiicco
of his mind in unstinted cabman’s jargon. Probably bo
forgot this gentleman’s well-earned reputation as on
athlete.
It is not often that a police-magistrate has a chance of
imposing fines amounting to £2500; he can very seldom
go beyond “ forty shillings or a month.” Tho magistrate
at Bow-street, however, is in tho proud position of having
at last extracted £500 apiece from the three rocaloit rant
members of the notorious Park Club, making the whole
fine paid £2500. Each of the three recalcitrant members,
it apj)cni*s, had tlio alternative of “ three months’ im¬
prisonment,” which, compared with tho ordinary “forty
shilliugs or a month,” might puzzle anybody who should
bo anxious to discover what is tho proper “ rate of
exchange " in questions of “ fine or imprisonment.”
AVhatever brings grist to the mill of Charity should, ns
a generuL rule, bo encouraged ; and, from that point of
view, tlio late novel representation of “ As You Like It ”
at Coombo House, in the open air and with a lady of title,
dressed as a man, to act Orlando, may well induce appre¬
ciative spectators to “ask for more”; but, if it be true
tlmt some of the spectators have insisted ever sinco upon
living “ under tho greenwood tree,” from sheer envy of
what they saw, it is plain that in this case the cause of
Charity is likely to bo promoted at the risk of family
dissensions and to the peril of civilisation.
Lifo is a game of soe-saw, from certain points of view,
and not a very merry game either, especially for the
“ downs.” Elevation here means depression th‘re; high
water at the “ Healthorios ” with tho lovely “ f£tes ”
moans low water at the Theatres with the unfortunate
plays. People cannot spare time and money for both,
even if they could be in two plncos at once.
Tf any class suffers by a largely-attended demonstration
in tho Metropolis it is the cabmen. Traffic suspended for
three hours means to them a loss of at least 20 per cent
on their ordinary daily earnings. Did tho proprietors of
cabs take this into consideration on Monday week, and
make a proportionate deduction in their charges to the
drivers ?
Wedding presents nre taxes lovied pursuant to Society’s
unwritten statutes, and there nre certain persons who ut
certain weddings arc bound, by tlio ordinary laws of con¬
ventionality. to bo represented amongst tho marriage gifts.
But whether the donation takes the form of n plush
blotting-oiise or a silver tea service does not always depend
either on the wealth of tho donors or their relationship to
the recipients. It is proverbially ungracious to look a gift
horse in the mouth, but the lion. Luke AA'hito and the
Hon. Lilah Agar Ellis must have surveyed with excusable
prido the magnificent collection of presents given to them
on their wedding last week. Such a beautiful and costly
collection has not been seen for many seasons, and they
maybe taken as a proof of the personal popularity of Lord
Annuly’s son and A'iscount Clifton’s sister.
Tho visits of an Orleans Princo to the cholera patients
in the south of Franco have called forth some interesting
reminiscences of the Empress Ehgfinie from a lady who
accompanied her during tho lust visitation of the epidemic
to the hospital at Amiens. The Empress spoke a few pious
words to a dying man, wdio, thinking the voice was tlmt
of the rrlffficiiac who had been ministering to him, en¬
deavoured to kiss the hand that pressed his own, murmur¬
ing “ Thank yoiu, sister.” The nun bent over him saying,
“ It is not I, it is our good Empress who speaks to you,”
hut her Majestysaid, “Let be, my sister, he cannot call
me by a bettor uanjoT” A few minutes later one of the
physicians opened by mistake the door of the smallpox
ward, but immediately warned tho Empress (who was then
in the full ripe bloom of her beauty) to retire. She, how¬
ever, insisted on visiting the patient*, but would not allow
her dame de compagnie to cross tho threshold. It was
small wonder that on returning to St. Cloud it was found
that the hem of her dross had had numerous pieces cut
out pf it by tlio crowd, who affectionately’ treasured them
as relies. The pity of it is that French crowds are so
flcldc!
A\ r agcrs, from a certain point of view, resemble oaths;
they nro a sort of expletives, testifying of earnestness and
giving some satisfaction, especially if you “realise the
stakes.” But sometimes wagers, like oaths again, are
simply senseless or disgusting. Of nil wagers, how¬
ever, tho most senseless and disgusting are thoso of
which wo consfautly read in the newspapers, when a
man hots a sum of money that he will mnko a beast
of himself by over-eating or over-drinking. Still,
nobody con say that there is any over-eating or anything
disgusting about a wager of many dollars made by a
“ free American” that lie would oat two quails a day, at
a sitting, for thirty consecutive days. But where is the
difficulty and wliat is the point of the wager ? Surely tin
invalid might eat two little quails ? AVeH, the initiated do
say tlmt “ broiled quails” are “ worry dry eating,” und
that their flavour, after a few days, becomes almost in¬
tolerable. So much for the difficulty. As for the point,
it is hinted that the cater is simply employed to advertise
a certain “ pepsine ” which he conspicuously takes and
displays, with the name very plainly set forth in print,
before the eyes of the public, and especially of tho news¬
paper reporters who flock to seo him.
The difficulty of getting ont of Chancery was ex¬
emplified in a novel manner on Monday last. After
leaving tho Bench for the day, Sir. Justice Kay and Air.
Justice North found themselves locked up in one of the
Chancery courts. After rattling and knocking at. the door
for some time they were of course released. But profes¬
sional malefactors and disappointed suitors will probably
be delighted at tho coiitrrtempe, and consider it a
specimen of retributive justice. Certainly their Lordships
hnd a taste of a “block in the Law Courts.”
Shakspcare in all his writings uses the word “illusion ”
but four times. Burely, had lie paid a visit to the Chinese
Restaurant at the Health Exhibition, lie would have aug¬
mented the number by making strong remarks on tho
“ illusion ” that this Mongolian eating-house has shat¬
tered. From earliest childhood we have been led to
expect that tea in the Celestial Empire would bo browed
in a manner, if not excelling, at least equal to, the ono
common at home. Alas ! what a delusion ! For a shilling
“ Chinese Tea,” in addition to a Reading biscuit and u
shred of seed-cake, is provided a cup of the weakest pos¬
sible decoction of the fragrant herb, the only Eastern
eccentricity being tlmt tho sauecris placed on top of instead
of below the cup. If the Mandarins are really in the
habit of taking tho drink “that cheers, but not inebriates,”
as it is served at South Kensington, then our English
washerwomen are fully competent to instruct them in tho
art of tea-making.
An admirable way of givingfresh airand change of scene
to poor mothers and children lias been inaugurated by the
St. John’s Guild of New York. A large vessel known ns
the Floating Hospital takes six hundred of them for a sail
up the Hudson every AVednosday, and a capital breakfast
and dinner, with plenty of warm milk for the babies, are
provided, while all the food left over is divided among the
excursionists at tho end of tho day. The guild also pur¬
chases tickets for the steamers that go daily to Staten and
Coney Islands, and gives them to thoso who are in most
need of oxygen. Could not the friends of Outcast London
hire a steam-boat weekly and do likewise ?
Mr. "W. R. West writes from Gloucester as follows :—
“Your interesting note respecting “ AA’bat’s in a name,”
reminds me that in Gloucester we have some curious and
appropriate names, the record of which may be of interest
to your readers. By an extraordinary conjunction, there
resides in South gate-street a cooper named Fear, and next
his shop is the Tulbot Inn, kept by a Mr. Fright. It is;
however, only natural that Fear und Fright should come
together. Amongst some well-named persons in trade
may be cited Barkworth, timber merchant; Phillpotts,
coni merchant; Rust, ironmonger; Baker, baker; und
AA'areing, tailor. Until very recently there was a butcher
lmmed-Sheepway. AA'e have Brown, Jones, and Robinson
in the Corporation.”
Y
AUG. 2, 1884
THE ILLTTSTKATED LONDON NEWS
99
THE COURT.
Divine service was performed at Claremont on Sunday morn¬
ing before the Queen, Princess Beatrice, mid tlie members of
the Royal household. The Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor
officiated. On Monday morning Princess Beatrice and Princess
Bentheim drove to Hampton Court Palace, and were shown
through the Palace by the Misses Law. The Crown Prince
and Princess of Germany, attended by Captain Baron von
Nyvenheini, visited the Queen and remained to luncheon.
Their Imperial Highnesses also visited the Duchess of Albany.
In the afternoon her Majesty and Princess Beatrice,
attended by the Duchess Dowager of A thole, drove to
Wcybridge to visit the tomb of the Queen’s cousin, the late
Duchess do Nemours, in the Roman Catholic chapel at
that place. Her Majesty mid Princess Beatrice remained at
Claremont House until Wednesday with the Duchess of
Albany, who, ns well ns the infant, continues to progress satis¬
factorily. The Queen nud Princess Beatrice, attended by Sir
Henry Ponsouby, General I)u Plat, Doctor Reid, and’ the
Indies in waiting, left Esher at ten o'clock on Wednesday
morning for the Isle of Wight. General Marshall and Colonel
Campbell, directors of the South-Western Railway, were in
attendance at the station, ami the train was accompanied by
Mr. Verrinder, superintendent of traffic, to Gosport. The
Royal party crossed about noon to Osborne. Her Majesty lias
forwarded to the secretary of the Royal Agricultural Bene¬
volent Institution, of which association her Majesty is the
patron, a special donation of £50, in recognition of the demands
made upon the lands of the institution in consequence of tho
long prevailing agricultural distress.
The l’rinco and Princess of Wales, attended by the
Countess of Macclesfield, Lieutenant-General Sir D. Probyn,
and Colonel A. Ellis, met the Crown Prince and Crown
Princess of Germany, and Princesses Victoria, Margaret, and
Sophie on their arrival at the Chnring-eross Station from Ger¬
many on Thursday week, and accompanied them to Bucking¬
ham Palace. Their Imperial and Royal Highnesses, with the
three Princesses, lunched with tho l*rince and Princess at
Marlborough House. Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lome,
the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, tho Duke of Cam¬
bridge, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, and Prince Albert of
Knxe-Altcnburg likewise lunched with their Royal Highnesses.
The Prince visited the King of Sweden and Norway at the Grand
Hotel in the evening. The Prince of Wales was present at a
meeting of the Royal Commission on tho Housing of the
Working Classes, at K, Richmond-terrace, on Friday morning.
'The King of Sweden and Norway, the Crown Prince
and Crown Princess of Germany, with Princesses Vic¬
toria, Margaret, and Sophie, and the Duke of Edinburgh,
lunched with the Prince and Princess. In the afternoon tho
Prince and Princess gave a garden party at Marlborough
House, at which were present tho King of Sweden and
Norway, tho Crown Prince and Princess of Germany and their
daughters, and other Royal and Princely personages, ns well
as a very largo number of the nobility and gentry. The Prince
and Princess dined with Earl and Countess Cadognn nt
Cudognn House on Saturday evening. They were also
honoured by the company of the Crown Prince and Crown
Princess of Germany and the Princess Victoria of Prussia. On
THE SILENT MEMBER.
Parliament is within measurable distance of prorogation.
In curious contrast to the heat and excitement of the
tumultuous public meetings which demand the passing of
the County Franchise Bill is tho calm which pervades both
Houses. The formal business of the Session is rapidly being
dispatched ; and before tho Twelfth Lords and Commons will
be able to wing their way to their grouse-moors and various
holiday destinations.
The Prime Minister on Tuesday was unable to encourage
the hope, lmlf expressed by .Mr. Laboucherc, that the Lords
would be nffordea another opportunity of directly rejecting
the County Franchise Bill. Mr. Gladstone pointed out that
the measure had been practically “ laid on the shelf by two
motions.” Nevertheless, one is loth to believe that, when
Parliament is called together again in October, the majority in
the Houseof Lords will again declinetlicolfvebrnnchtobeofTcred
them. As tho Duke of Argyll remarked with sound good
Beiisc when the Earl of Redcsaale brought the matter forward
Inst, both Houses having agreed to the Franchise, and the
Premier having given an authoritative outline of the Minis¬
terial Redistribution Bill distinctly promised for next Session,
it would be a signal failure of Constitutional Government if
some reasonable basis of agreement between both Parties be
not arrived nt.
The l^ondon Conference on the financial condition of Egypt
was resumed on Monday, when, ns Earl Granville and Mr.
Gladstone explained, ‘‘an important point arose which re¬
quired reference to tho Powers.” The Prime Minister added
that he felt “perfectly sure” the Plenipotentiaries would
“press the matter forward to an early conclusion.”
Tho Government laid the satisfaction of securing the
remaining Army and Navy votes at the protracted sitting of
Monday; but some few members of the Ministry could hardly
have experienced much satisfaction at. being kept up once
more by the Irish members over an Irish measure till daylight
did appear, even until a quarter past, five on Tuesday morning.
The conflicting policies of the Government and tho Oppo-,
sitiou with respect to South Africa were ably viiulieuted on
both sides in the important debate last Wednesday oivihe vote
of £38,8(37 for tho colonies. Mr. Dawmiy (who moved ft slight
reduction of the vote) sharply criticised what had taken pluciK
in Zululnnd; niul telling speeches were also made by Sir.
Henry Holland, Mr. Ashley, Lord Randolph CliurchiH7 Air.
Chamberlain, Sir .Stafford Northcote, and Mr. Gludi>t<>in l 7 wlio
secured the rejection of the amendment by u majority of
fifty-six. Sir Arthur Otway’s return to his place nk Chairman
of Committees has been a source of general congratulation,
and a relief to Sir Lyon Playfair, who lind presided duriiig-the
lion, member’s illness. /
Sunday the Prince and Princess, and tho Princesses Louise,
Victoria, and Aland, were present nt Divine service. Tho
of Lome, likewise lunched with their Royal Highnesses.
Prince and Princess Christian visited the Prince and Princess
of Wales on Monday, and remained to London. The Prince
nnd Princess of Wales left Marlborough House the same day for
Goodwood, where they will be tho guests of the Duke of Rich¬
mond and Gordon. A distinguished company have been
invited to meet their Royal Highnesses, who were accompanied
by the Duke of Cambridge.
Prizes to the successful cadets on board the training-ship
Britannia were distributed on Thursday week by tho Duke of
Edinburgh.
were among those who paid congratulatory visits.
The Lord Lieutenant nnd Countess Spencer returned from
England to the Viceregnl Lodge, Dublin, on Monday.
The coming of age of Lord Clnndcbovc, tho eldest son of
the Enrl of Dufferin, was on Monday celebrated nt Clandcboye,
county Down.
FASHIOXADLE MARRIAGES.
In St. James’s Church, Piccadilly, on Thursday week, \tns^
celebrated, by special license, the mnrringe of the lion. Luke
White (Scots Guards), eldest son of Lord Animly. With the
Hon. Lilah Agnr-Ellis, only daughter of the Into Viecemirc-
Clifden, nnd sister of the present Peer. A lnrgt) number of
relatives and friends of both noble families were present at tho
ceremony. Air. II. Wickham (Scots Ouard^nchto ns best
mnn ; and a bevy of ten bridesmaids was in attendaitcb upon
the bride, namely, tho Lady Alexandra iAjyWiiii-Goyer,
Countess Feodoro Gleiclirn, tho llon./Violcfc White, Miss
Caroline Aenr-KIlis, Miss Iliddulph, AIis,sT,eslie,TiiKly Beatrice
Butler, Lady Edith Villiers, lion. Maude O’Brien, and Aliss
Stirling. 'Hie Right Rev. the Lord Bislfopof Bath nnd Wells
officiated, assisted by tho Rev. C. A|dorson, Rector of Holdenby,
Northampton, Viscount Clifden giving his sister away.
'Hie marriage of Air. Randolph Gordon Exskiue Wemyss,
of Wemyss Castle and Torric House, Fufeshire, with the Lady
Lilian Alary Pnulet, only daughter of the Marquis of Win¬
chester, took place by special license nt 4$t. Paul’* Church,
Knightsbridgp. on Monday afternoon/ The bridegroom was
attended by Air. Hugo Wemyss,,his brother, ns best man.
The bridesmaids were Aliss Le.-lio, Aliss Dosia Leslie, Miss
Wyndluun, nud Miss Pamela Vyndlmm. The Don. nml Rev.
Francis Cecil G. Byng‘,\Vibar of St. /Peter’s, Crnnley-gardcns,
officiated, nssl.-ted by the Rev. Francis C. Gosling, domestic
chaplain to the Marquis of Winchester.
On Monday the marriage of Mr. Vnl Prinsep, A.R.A., with
Florence, daughter of Mr. Ff R. Loylnnd, of 45), Prince’s-
gate, and Wool ton Hall, Lancashire, attracted a lurgo number
of art celebrities to M£y"Eunl's, Knights bridge. The service
was fully choral. The bridesmaids — Miss Elinor Lfeyland,
Aliss Elriugton, Miss Galsworthy, and Aliss Dawson—each
carried bouquets of different flowers, and wore long gold
brooches with “An!and Flo” engraved upou them. Sir F.
Leighton was the best man. The Prince of Wales sent the
bridegrooom a silver snuff-box.
Last Satuhlny the marriage of Air. William Alillar with a
young Indy whoso face is known to nil Great Britain—Beatrice
< lam Isabel Busson, eldest, daughter of Mr. Du Manner—took
place nt St. George’s, Hiuiover-squnre. Renders of Punch
have, nil unconsciously, wntehed her growth from the artless
httle girl wanting to know all kinds of things, to the graceful
maiden interested in balls nnd critical m the matter of
partners.
THE FRANCHISE AGITATION.
Several meetings have been held [Girimifh^tHlio^pHntry, at
some of which the House of Lords has been denounced, and at
others praised.
, The Marquis of Hartington and Mr. Bright were the
principal speakers at a great, pro-Frimchiso demoiistration in
Aluuchestor Inst Saturday, 7 at which 20,U0O 'people were presen t.
At n gathering in the Duke of Portland’s grounds at Wcl-
beck, the same day, Sir Stafford Northcote spoke in defence of
the House of Lords. /The Earl ofCamnrvon aud Lord George
Hamilton condemned tho Government nt Hounslow, nud Sir
ltiehurd Cross did the same lit Cardiff.
A " counter-demonstration ” took pliice in Hyde Turk last
Saturday afternoon, coiidenumtbnrbtthedisplny on the previous
Alomlny, nnd in support of the House of Lords. Few persons
attended, ns tho demonstration was not sanctioned by the
Conservative party generally; And a resolution antagonistic to
the views of thp gentlemen Who Called the meeting was adopted.
Conservative/representatives from all parts of Loudon met
in Cannon-street Hotel on Alondny night, under the presidency
of the I/Ord Alnyor, in support of the action of the House of
Lords on tho FranebiseBiil. The Marquis of Salisbury said
lie declined to trust redistribution in the hands of Air. Glad¬
stone or the Liberal party in the House of Commous without
condition and without deiepbe. Under tho system of English
government which luid so long prevailed, it was the duty of the
second chamber of tho Legislature to prevent the first filching
a perpetuity of political predominance for one party in tho
State. Sir Stafford Northcote spoke in similar terms.
Sir AI. H. Bench, M.P., addressed a meeting of Conserva¬
tives rtt Doddington Park, Gloucestershire, the samo day, and
moved ft resolution approving the action of the House of
Lords bn the Franchise Bill. It was adopted, as also a reso¬
lution condemning the policy of the Government.
The Loudon Conference of delegates from tho Liberal Asso¬
ciations of tho United Kingdom, upon the rejection of the
Franchise Bill and the conduct of the Houseof Lords, was
held on Wednesday afternoon at St. James’s Ilall. Air. John
Alorley, ALP., presided, nnd the chief sneakers were Sir John
Lubbock, ALP., Air. Samuel Alorley, Al.P., Mr. James Kitson,
of Leeds, Sir Wilfrid Iaiwson, AI.1’., Mr. Jesse Codings, M.P.,
Air. C. Brndlnagh, Al.P., tho Rev. Canon Bulstrodc, of
Ipswich, the Rev. J. Guinness Rogers, Air. Allnnson Picton,
Al.P., Air. Vernon Armitnge, Air. Powell Williams, and Air.
Joseph Arch. Four resolutions were carried unanimously,
condemning the action of the Lords as “fnctious and un¬
patriotic,” approving of the decision of Government to hold
an autumn Session for the passing of tho Franchise Bill, nnd
declaring it needful to reform the Constitution so as to diminish
tho powers of the House of Lotos. The proceedings were
most enthusiastic and determined in spirit.
THE AYlMIlLEDON MEETING.
Last. Saturday saw the close of a most successful meeting of
the National Rifle Association. Before briefly narrating the
closing scene, however, it will bo as well to summarise the
results of the later competitions, ns follows: —
The United Service Challenge Cup was won by tho
A'ohmteers; in the Inter-University Alnfch for the Chancellor’s
Challenge Plate, tho Cambridge team was victorious by (307 to
598 ; General Kvre’s Army Prize was won by Sergeant-AInjor
Salmond and Private \V. Johnson, of theSenfortli High hinders.
In the competition for the Klcho Challenge Shield Ireland was
again successful, Scotland coming second, nnd England third.
Tho Public Schools Challenge Cup wns won by the Clifton
College boys, the Spencer Cup being taken by Private Luce,
of that school, while the Cadets’ Challenge Trophy fell to the
Cheltenham students, and tlie Yeomanry l’rizo to the .Mid¬
dlesex corps. Tlie Gregory Prize, open to nil comers,
was won by Coloucl-Sergeaut Tilsley (1st Bedford). The
Dudley Prize was won by Air. Caldwell, of the Ulster
Rifle Association: nnd the Sporting Prizes of the Hill
House series were both won by Earl do Grey. Tho
Loyd-Lindsay Prize for the Martini-Jlenry was won by
tho Roxburghe Mounted Rifles, nml that with the Snider by
the Warwickshire Yeomanry. The first of the Olympic prizes
was gained by Private Alncplierson, of the 1st. Edinburgh. The
Any Rifle Association Cup, shot for by members at GOO yards,
was won by J. Afurphy, Irish Rifle Association. Captain
Foster, 4th West Yorkshire, took the Alnrtini-Henry Asso¬
ciation Cup. In tlie Brownlow scries for military breech-
loaders, Lieutenant. Lamb, 22nd Regiment, Cnptnin Alellish.
2nd Notts, nndG. S. Alorgnn, 2nd West Kent, each made the
highest possible score nnd divided the first three prizes. 'Hie
Auv Rifle Wimbledon Cup wns won by Cnptnin Thorburn,
2nd Peebles. The Royal Cambridge Challenge Shield was
won by the 2nd Dragoon Guards.
The prizes were distributed in the evening by the Duchess
of Abercorn. The Canadians, who appeared in the drill
uniform of their respective corns, were cheered again nnd
ngnin ns they mnrehed off with the Kolupore Cup. When the
Speaker of the IIouso of Commons (Air. A. Peel) came forward
to claim the Yizianngmm llngon there wns another burst of
applause, which was renewed pu tlie appearance of the Irish
team, headed by the Duke of Abercorn, to repossess them¬
selves of the Elclio Challenge Shield. Sergeant Taylor, of
the 1st Lanark, the .Silver Medallist of the year, and who shot
up so well at the long rauge for tluTQueen’s Prize that
he had only to Hit the target to win, had an enthusiastic
reception; but the company reserved their warmest com¬
pliments for his late opponent nt the firing-point. Private
(•allant, of the 8th Middlesex (Hounslow) Volunteers, who won
the gold medal by^uo~^oiut.\Aft,he ascended the steps, the
band of the Vi otoriosplayed “ See, the Conquering Hero
Comes,” whilst the men shouted acclamations, and the ladies
fluttered their pocket-hnpdkerchiefs. In presenting her
Majesty’s gift of\£2AQjth^ Duchess of Abercorn personally
coiigmtulnteOhe youhg'riflemnn on his success, nnd there
wns another loud outburst of cheering ns the Queen’s Prize¬
man descended nn<l passed along the ranks of his brother
volunteerin' With tjiis incident the Wimbledon meeting of
1884 cnme^n close.
NATIONAL SPORTS.
lias not been much racing of interest since the Ncw-
m.itkct Jiily Meeting, nnd it wns a great relief to nil grades of
turfites tbgct to Goodwood again on Tuesday, eveu though
the weather was threatening, and there was no promise of
. thing specially exciting in the way of sport. We should
say that the attendance if.' round was decidedly below the
bvePrtgC', but the Prince and Princess of Wales were present,
nml the scene on the lawn was as brilliant as ever. After
Legacy had just managed to scramble home iu front of her
solitary opponent for the Craven Stakes, a field of ten
Ji for i lie lialnuker Stakes, and the victor)' of the
vitber - Cliopettc colt gave backers n turn, as he was
the only one of tlie party backed with any degree of
spirit. This brought us to the Goodwood Stakes, for which a
field of eleven was far larger than had been anticipated when
everyone seemed to regard the race ns n foregone conclusion
for Florence (fist.). As the day approached, however, the
owners of some of tho others began to pluck up spirit; nnd
Doiuihl (7st. .’Jib.), John Jones (list. 101b.), and Loch Itnn/.a
(G st. 121b.) caiue iu for substantial support. Donald made
most of the miming, until reaching the top turn, where
Stockholm (Gst. 81b.) deprived him of tho lead, nnd, coming
away by herself, won by half a dozen lengths. Florence, who
made up a great deal of ground ill tho last linlf-mile, wns
second: and Loch Ranzu n poor third; but nothing had tlie
remotest chance with tho winner, who showed excellent form
in France last year, and would linve had plenty of sup¬
porters _ but for her indifferent show at Leicester last
week. The Richmond Stakes did riot prove as interesting
as lmd been anticipated, for Luminary was not started,
Melton gave way to his stable-companion. Rosy Atom,
und the three “ darkies ” did not turn out to be up to much,
though one of them — Cocoa Nut—cost bis present owner
2500 gs. at I.ord Falmouth’s first sale. It was quite evident
that Rosy Aloni was himself again, for lie disposed of Royal
Hampton very cleverly at level weights; and Cora ought never
to have beaten him at Manchester. St. Helena, by Hermit—
Cnstcllamare, lmd no trouble in securing the Ham Stakes for
Lord Zetlund; and, though Harvester fairly ran away with the
Grntwicko Stakes, he wns not much liked, aud did not become
n better favourite for tlie Legcr.
The Stewards’ Cup did not fall to the favourite on AYed-
nesduy, Queen Adelaide being left behind by Sweetbread and
Duke of Kichmoud, the close race between which, ended in n
victory for Sweetbread by a head only. Archer led off by
winning tho Alaiden Stakes for the Duke of Portland on
Lnngwell. The Sussex Stakes wns won by Hermitage, Findon
Stakes by Radius, Lennox Stakes by Geheiamiss, Lnvnnt
Stakes by Satchel, Visitors’ Plate by Middlethorpe, aud tho
Drawing-Room Stakes by Corneille.
The match between the Australians nnd Sussex last week
may almost bo classed amongst the eccentricities of cricket,
for though the county eleven has improved wonderfully of
late. it cannot be compared with tlie Colonial team, und yet
nothing but want of time prevented it from securing an easy
victory. (4. N. Wyatt (112) nud Phillips (111) were the heroes
of tlie match in the batting way, mid Humphreys did wonders
with his slow underbuild bowling, which seemed to thoroughly
puzzle the Australians, nnd took eleven wickets for 16G runs.
On the other side, Murdoch (87 nnd 37) and Alidwinter (07
nml 27) showed to great advantage, though, lmd the comity
men only fielded a little better, all their exertions could
not have made a draw of it. Yorkshire has beaten
Gloucestershire in a single innings with 57 runs to spnre.
This result was only to be expected, for, owing to the sudden
death of Airs. Grace, her sous were unable to play, and their
absence naturally weakened the western county terribly.
Grimshaw (71) nnd W. H. AVoodhouse (G2) were the principal
scorers for the winners, and the latter gentleman, who made a
most brilliant dbbut, should prove a great acquisition to his
county, which is singularly weak in amateurs. Kent 1ms
beaten Surrey by eight wickets, the latter team making a
wretched show in the first innings, which closed for tho
melancholy total of 44 runs. Their second attempt wns much
better, but they could do littlo with AVootton, that excellent
bowler getting eleven wickets for 1*2.
< In Saturday last AV. G. George ray two miles nt Cntford
Bridge iu !) min. 30 4-5 sec., which beats the record on a grass
course by u good many seconds; nnd on Alondny he attempted
to cut Deerfoot’s record of 11 miles 970yards ill one hour. It
was an unfavourable afternoon, rain falling heavily, yet ho
only just failed in his great effort, covering the extraordinary
distance of 11 miles 932 yards in the specified time.
Tho Rev. Edmond AVarro has been elected head master of
Eton College, in succession to Dr. Hornby.
The Gate/to announces that Mr. David Lewis Mncplierson,
Minister of the Interior in the Dominion of Canada, is to be
appointed n Knight Commander of the Order of St. Alichnel
and St. George. _ ...
A bill for tho grndnnl abolition of slavery in Brazil has
been introduced in the Chamber of Deputies by Senor Dantas,
the Brazilian Premier. It is expected to lead’ to the total ex¬
tinction of slavery in the empire within ten years.
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MUSIC.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
The season terminated last Saturday with n fine performance
of Donizetti's “ Linda di Clmmouui,” which was given after ft
considerable iutervul. Iu the title-character Madame Patti
(whoso “ Gala night” it was) snug with transcendent excel¬
lence, and was received with enthusiasm by a brilliant and
crowded audience. Excellent also were the performances of
Madame Scolclii as l’ierrotto, and of Signori Cotogui and Do
Iteszkc respectively os Antonio and the Prefect. Signor
Marconi gave Carlo's music with much expression, and Signor
Scolara was a good representative of the Marquis. The prin¬
cipals and Signor Deviguani, the conductor, were colled forward.
The opera was supplemented by the National Anthem, the
solo passages sung by Madame Patti. Madame Album's
benefit took place on the previous evening, when she repeated
her line performance os Margherita, iu“l‘uust,” with enhanced
power. M. Dupont conducted.
The season just ended began on April 29. The only
novelty produced wns an Italian version of M. lleyer s
“Sigurd,” in which, ns recently noticed by us, the fine per¬
formances of Madame Alboni os Brunhildn, M. Jourclnin iu the
title-character, and Madame Fursch-Madi ns Hilda, were
specialties iu a cast otherwise also exceptionally good. The
intended production of 3Ir. Mackenzie’s “ Colombo ” in
Italian, and the revival of 31. Massenet's "11 lie (li Lahore,”
are postponed to a future season. Desides the nrtists already
named, Blcsdamos Pauline Lucca, Sembrich, Durand, and
Sculchi, Mdlle. Tremelli, Signori Mierzwiuski, Nioollui,
Soulwcroix, Dcvoyod, and other efllcient artists, have re¬
appeared. Mdlles. lteggiani, Lcria, and Latcrner, 3Iudnmo
Biro do Marion, Miss Griswold, and 3iuduiuo Uelcno Cros-
niond, having made their first appearances here. Signor
Bevignuni und 31. Dupout have, in alternation, fulfilled the
office of conductor with skilled efficiency.
The Italian performances were interspersed with those of
a (ierniun company on Wednesday and Friday evenings from
June 1 to July 11 inclusive, two or three extra moruing per-
fomittuccs luiviug been given iutennediutely. 'llicse luive
been noticed concurrently.
A specialty in last week’s music was the evening concert
giveu at the lloyal Albert Hall by 3iadame Christine Xilssou—
uudor the management of 31 r. George Watts. The Swedish
prima donna sang with fine effect in Mendelssohn s Hymn,
•• Hear my prayer,” Gounod’s “ Ave 3Iuria ” (based on a pre¬
lude by Each), the “ 31 isercro ” scene from “ 11 Trovatoro,
the trio, “This 3Iagic-wove Scarf,” from John Darnett a
“ 3Iountuin Sylph,” and a pleasing new song, “ Yes,” by 3Ir.
L. Engel. 31r. -Maas co-operated in tlic “ Miserere,” and he
and Mr.' Sautley were associated with 3Iadauio Nilsson in the
trio; the "Ave 3laria" having included t)ie skilful violin
obbligato of Mdlle. Eissler, and the harp and bunmmium
uccompuniinents of 3Lv. C'liesliire and 31r. Engel. Madame
Nilsson met with un enthusiastic reception from un immense
audience. In addition to the artists already named, 31dlle.
3Iarimon, Miss Hope Uleliu, 3Iadame Sterling, Madame Itose
Hersee, Signor Eoli, and Siguor Purisotti, contributed effective
vocul performances; violoncello and pianoforte solos having
been skilfully performed, respectively, by 31. Hollman and 3Ir.
Council. The FiiuoO and Princess of Wales und the Duke of
Edinburgh were present.
The lull in Iamdon music, following on the close of the
opera season, will be but a brief one, us the Promenade Con¬
certs at C’OYeut Garden Theatre will begin on Aug. 9. The
arrangements include, as before, the engagement of a full
orchestra, with 3Ir. Cnnodus as leading and solo violinist;
and many eminent vocalists. 3Ir. W. T. Thoums :s again the
lessee, and 3Ir. A. Gwyllym Crowe the conductor. The Floral
Hall nnd the theatre* will bo brijlinutly illuminated by the
3Iaxim-Weston Electric Light.
The annual distribution of prizes to students of tlic Royal
Acndemv of 31usic took place at St. James's Hall on Satur¬
day. The Countess of Dudley was to have presented the
awards, but was prevented by a domestic calamity, and the
prizes were distributed by Maduine Sain ton-Dolby.
Sir George A. 3Incfnrreu on Monday distributed prizes at
Liverpool to the successful candidates at the local examinations
in connection with the Royal Academy of 3luaic. In tho
evening Sir George was entertained at a banquet.
The nine selected designs for the now War Office and
Admiralty building arc at No. 18, Spring-gardens, and have
been open this week to the inspection of members of both
Houses of Parliament, and to members of the Royal Institute
of British Architects, and of the Architectural Association :
and will be open to the general public for one month from
Monduy next.
In Loudon last week 2530 births nnd 1993 deaths Were
registered. Allowing for increase of population, the blrths
were 108 below, while the deaths exceeded by 22(5, the average
numbers in the corresponding weeks of tho last ten years.
There were 17 deaths from smallpox, 84 from measles, 28 from
scarlet fever, 20 from diphtheria, 57 from whooping-cough,
aud -100 from dysentery. " \ —'/
CITY ECHOES.
Wednesday, July 30.
The Stock Exchange settlement which closes to-day has
shown with remarkable distinctness that at last speculators
for a full have been quite vanquished, und that their retreat
is so complete and hurried as to give an upward move¬
ment to prices which may safely be regarded as iu excess
of what the circumstances otherwise justify. All this is very
pleasant to stockholders ; and while the pace of the recovery
is at present perhaps too rapid to last, it is the general opiuiou
that lor a long time to come the tendency will be more or less
npwurd ns regards transatlantic properties. Only one incident
has rcecutly occurred to keep alive the apprehensive feelings so
generally current up till very recently, namely, the suspension of
dividends by the Central Pacific; That company has paid
(5 per cent on its shares for many years, and those who go no
deeper than tho dividend may now be surprised; but those
who have watched the company’s recent experience must have
feared such a result. For 1881 there was £207,500 over utter
paying the dividend, while for 1882 there was only £7000 over,
anil for 1883 there was a debitbnlauce of £85,000. The price
of the stock too had dwindled from 103 iu 1881 to little above
30.
With British railways, the experience is varied. The Greut
Eastern dividend was so unexpectedly good that it started an
important upward movement; but this was in a measure
outset by the North-Eastern statement lining below expect¬
ation; and more recently the market lms been affected by tho
declaration of hostilities between the South-Eastern und
Chatham Companies in regard to the Continental traffic of
the two companies. The accident on the Sheffield line was
also against prices; but Sir Edward Wutkin seems to think
that the company is not liable, the presumed ground of
exemption being the uon-preventibility of tho cause of tho
accident. Canadian railway securities have naturally risen iu
sympathy With the altered tone of the American market,
but there are still “bears” of Grand Trunk stocks about.
.Canadian Pacific shares nre rising with particular persistency,
tli6 Government guarantee of 3 per cent per annum for ten
years now telling upon the market.
The shareholders of theCunuda North-West I.anclCompany,
Limited, have at a public meeting declared for a reduction in
tliedunount of the share to the £5 paid up, and the Lund Cor¬
poration of Canada directors have decided to recommend that
their ehures bo also reduced to £5.
After a suspension of five years, the drawing of Chilian,
bonds for redemption has been resumed. T. S.
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PiSTlIJ- U tw IS»ne*tlr Sunr*ry. and treat* of Mi-llcal «nil
Stinchal A|i|dlniic*-*: DUIoraUoii*and I.n.Xitthin*,and Krnetnrr*.
Ih-.l le* w lilch llicrcl* n t;io* 5 «ry of Medical Term* and a Cupluu*
Index. ___
London: I’ublldicd l>y J.i.uk* Err* and Co.. «, Tlircodncedlo-
rtrett; and i;u. PlcCndUly.
Ur Hr. BAIIR MEADOWS, l*liyilct*Ii (Wranltg the National
lurtJfnUuN lor Uiimuea of the Skin. Niulh E-lltlou. a*. («t.
I JltUlTIONS; Their Rational Treatment.
J Louduu: U. Hiu., Ut. Wotiulurter Urldfc-fuad,
i how market prfee* *inltmlt**i|.
o r d*r» hy p.■*i ocD-Fiimm Ihtv* Immediate »ttention.
(Xiapoim I adnnl ln-forejlicy »*•• due.
3lii|My nd),me 111 on St.uki.oti. I sltnr**.
I.nr K e ... l«tii Up** and
T«lc|dioiie»iiirtJiii fo-o u*o iif client*.
IvlS lorwanh-l Kratl*. hy th* proprleUin.
A>«^tOt'IMtANE *nd SONS.
i mid Di-alcr*.
WN and COUNTRY BANK
JTII AUSTRALIA),
d hy Actor I'lirllaincut.
Jh-nd Oliirc—Adelaide.
I* IDnh 1* now opened at No. 1*. King
-- London, K.L'.
nrr mvlved for rtx*d iieHnd* on term* to he uccr-
tlic I'ltlrr. li>ton-*t in*Id lmlf yeaily.
cc-elicct cau oliUlne.1 oh nppltcallon.
1IEMIY 1). LOOK. Manager.
A, CORNHILL.—PERILS ABOUND ON
\KVEIIY SIDEI THE RAILWAY’ PASSENllKRS AS-
L'RANcK COMPANY lu*ure*anlnat Acdilentnuf all Hlnd*-
iri**nd or IVnlri met hn* 111* l«r|fe»t IllYr*t*<l l)u|ilt*V and
litooiu*. ami Pay* Ycurly th* ln*rKc*t Aniunnt of L'oin|u‘n*ntio|i
of itny Acrtdmtnl AmuranmComiinny. Aiiidy.Uic lx* at AnmiD',
nr \v*»t-F.nd offle *.». (jmnd Hotel Utllldlntr*. Charlng-cn««»j
or at Head OOlcc. W. J. V ins. S*c.
~\f IT RE M A NIE.—An easy nnd inexpensive
V method nf decorating window* In clmrclic*. public build-
in):*, and privateI iiiiimw, hy which mny ho produced tlm rich
i-olourlnc niul In-niiMful d**lgu» equnl In npin-nraiic* to rent
rtnlnnl «ln»*. 11'inillnmk of De*l|tn* and full liiatructhui*. I*. Id.
l'artleafnn |«»t-|re*. Window* d«*nrnlM h* order from 3*. |ier
hud. Sole inventor*. J. HARNARD mid SUN. 2.13. Oxford-
rtml, Ixihdon, W.
GOLDEN
Hy WALTER CRAVEN. Practical Ouhie for
Pencil und Crayon. P-.t-frec, I*. 2d.—LmMuarixa. H*«uk.
■■ml On., 00, Ilcgcnt-itrcct. \V. All uiatcrlal* for out-of-door
sketching.
O RETCHING FROM NATURE:
O RULES. Hy WAI.TEII GRAVEN, l’ract
J.
W. 31. TURNER’S VIGNETTE
DUAW1NUS, CnniHillth'•graphed from the original* In
the National llalh-ry. hy expire* in i luleeioii. Tlio First Sell**
of Eight, In Portfolio, price 20*., Jn*t published,
tigonoi: Howm-y and Co., ill , ilxford-divet, and 100, Piccadilly
(Prince'* Ilall). London.
H OLLOWAY’S FILLS and OINT31ENT.
The l'lll* purify the blood, ron»-t all dlnnrder* of tlie
liver.•toni.u Ii.kluncy*, niulImuel*. ThelHutment I* unrivalled
In the cun- of bad legs, old wound*, gout, and rheumatuin.
A DV 1 CE
J\. of Dyspeii
••Tin* III
TO DYSPEPTICS.—Symptoms
. . , da and Indigestion, with special advice a* to
Diet. Till* llttl* pamphlet uppenl* forclhly to those who have
nl losvcd tin- itnlute to decide everything for them, ami have paid
th* liicviLilde luiuilly "I their foil} "—(Huh*. Sent for onestatmp.
J. 51. Hll'llami*. Publisher. »i. llreal Iliuuell-Unwt. Ixvndon.
G 1
IET A BOTTLE TO-DAY OF PERRY
DAVIS' PAIN KUJ.EIL—It ln*taiitly relieve* and cure*
•ever* Muld*. hum*, sptiiin*. hrulsn. toutlmchr. hendaclie,
|nln* In flic *h|e. Joints, and Hull*, all iiriiralglc aud men-
untie, piln*. Taken luD-rnallr mm nt onua miigli*, (inlden
rohl*. crump Iu Ih* Muinacll. ndlc. dlnrrlnpa. nnd cholera
Infniitillii- VAIN KILI.KK I* the great h"ii*i'!iold tneillcliie.
mol lms »ti«"l the t<-*t of Oft) year*. Any (Jhciulet call eupply
Rati*, lid. nud 2*. Iki.
WIIAT LS Y0UR\ CREST nnd WHAT
M isi YQl/'R MOTTU7 Send mime nnd county to
OULLETO.N'S Memhlic Onh*. .'Plain sketch.3* i*l.{ colour*.7».
Tli^ (iruift ol mao ninl wUw Ui'ndni* C'lfrt rn(frnv«l on wbIr.
rioK». Duik*.*n<l eTeel-dlea.M. «•). Gold »*al. with crert. ’**.
build Ihdd Ring. iH-iamt. Hall-marked, with creet. 42*. Manna)
of jf*ra|dry. 40U Engraving*. 3a. ud.—T. CULLETON. 25. Cruii-
|iourn-*t.-. et ieorncr of St. 5fartln'*-lane).
C ULLETOITS GUINEA. BOX of
STATION KRY contain* a Ream of th* T*ry he.t Paper and
A*> Knveh'iw*. all Ktaiiiped in tlie mo»t elegant way wltli Great
nnd 5lothi, Slnnognim. or Addre**, mid the engraving of *te*l
lm- Included. Sent tunny part for P.O. onler.—T. C'L LLt lON.
J AY
!'S PERIODICAL SALE.
N 'OTICE.—Owing to a great pressure of
huilnma. 5l**»m. JA Vhaielieen unnhle to make an i>nrHer
arrangoment for their PERIODICAL SALK; hut thi-y now
offer the following fn.lilonalilo nnd uwful coni|Hinent narta fo a
well-drreMd Lady's Repertoire, nt marvellous)}’ reduced prices.
pOSTUSIES.—FRENCH 3IODEL
L COSTUMES, nmdo by Worth. Pin gut. and other*, ofeml
during the *oa*ou at from 50 to iyi guinea*, reduced to 'il and M
guinea* each. JAY'S.
VISITING CARDS by CULLETON.
T Fifty beat quality. 2*. M.. juiat-free, Including the
Ensmtlnc of Ck>ui»«r-iilutd*. Welding r«rh, A»Kii»-
tvr^rtl Envrloix-i*, with Name. 13«. •<!.— 1 T. CULLKTON,
N • r.iigr*Y*r,25, Criuibouni-rtrett, est. Martin *-Ijuic, W.C.
INCOLN’S-INN HERALDIC OFFICE,
I K-tnMIahed 13 Years.
Addre-ae*: GRF.AT TURNSTILE. LINCOLN S-1NN;
7U, yl'EKN VlUTOllI A-STRKKT, CIT1.
1>UGH BROS.’ ROYAL HERALDIC NOTE.
-L The ne plus ultra of writing )wper. In Cream anil Pule Hluc.
Sample Ikix, coliUlning jmiwr mid envelope*. a**oitcd tints,
Va.Ud.; by Iwrcolt post, 3a. Illuminated und Itell
I lei Stamping.
I ^OR FAMILY AR31S (Lincoln’s-nm
Heraldic Offlce) send Name and County. Sketch. 3s. M .;
In Colour*. 7s. 8d. Arms Palntml. and Engraved on Seals. Dies.
BUOK-l'LATKS.dc. Grant, of Arms. MONOGRAM DIES.
1>UGH BROS.—VISITING CARDS. Name
J- Plate engraved In anystyleand hkl best Ivory Cards, 4s. Oil.;
l.ndv's ditto. «d- Invitations, .Menu*, IDI1 Programmes, Ac.
Solid I a-Carat Signet Kings. 42s.. M*.. 67s. nd.. and upward*.
QILK BANNERS, Hatchments, 3Iemoriul
O Hrasec*. Me-lsl*. LI very Huttons, Corporate Seals and
Presses, Certincate* niul Diploma*, and every branch of En¬
graving and Painting. ILLUMINATED ADDllESSES.-PUGU.
PUGH BROS., HERALDIC ARTISTS, &c.
X lllurtriited Price-List on application.
Addresses: GREAT TUHSsTIL*. f.l.NOOI.N'8-INN;
7ti, (JL'EEN VIurolllA-STIIEEr. CITY.
C n°
0 0 L A T
AMSTERDAM
EXUIHITIUN. 1BS3.
M E N I E R.
A warded
the
GRAND
DlfLOMA OK HONOUR
A VARIETY of SILK COSTU31KS,
4 guineas each, including siiMeiout Silk for a Iknllce >un¬
made). JAY'S.
f GRENADINE COSTU3IES, from 1 guiuea,
vjT Including iufllcicnt for a llodlcfl (unmade).
r TRAVELLING and SEASIDE COSTUMES,
JL made up Iu tlie best Uete and excellent niatdrinls.il Iks. nd.
JAY'S.
A/fANTLES.-LACE 31ANTT.ES, prieo
ILL ii| guineas. 1st* 2D guinea* : and Pari* Modal Mnn'le* of
all kinds, eepevlally Ottoman, Siclllrnno. and Gmue Velvet*
of the best model* nnd newest |.nttern», proportionately rhr*p.
1 >LACK SILKS of evejy description reduced
I 3 in price. Including Lyon* figured Silks, at 2s. Ud. per
yard. JAY'S.
r PlIE BLACK STUFF DEPARTMENT,
X. comprising every fnslihmnblo and useful fahrlo suited for
Uio present and the cuinlug eesmii. reduced lu prices.
"INCIDENTAL MILLINERY, HOSIERY,
X COLLARS. CUFFS. (WAIVES, and nil articles of a light
description will be ottered at reduced prices.
JAY'S.
flHOCOLAT MENIER, in i lb. and i lb
V PACKETS.
For
BREAKFAST,
LUNCH RON. and SUPPER.
/^HOCOLAT MENIER.—Awarded Twenty-
VA Eight
PRIZE MEDALS.
Conruinptlon aiinuntly
ria«ti B,IU),IUI lb.
^IIOCOLrVT MENIER.
Sold Everywhere.
Paris,
Jnxidon.
Now York.
GOLD MK.D.U*.
Calcutta K.xblNlU'u, ISM.
TORY’S CARACAS COCOA
J "A most delicious and valuable
article."—Standard.
Q0C0A.
PURE COCOA ONLY.
TORY’S COCOA EXTRACT
X "Strictly pure, easily swdmllated."-
W. W. sToons ar. Analyst, for Bristol.
NINETEEN PRIZE MKDAldl.
yPRATT'S PATENT
JJEAT FIBRINE VEGETABLE
J~)OG CAKES, 3VITU BEETROOT.
CEE EACH CAKE IS STAMPED
gPRATT’S PATENT nnd a X .
gPRATTS PATENT, S.E.
nnUN BRIDGE WELLS.—ROYAL
A KENTISH HOTEL (under New dtuuagemeut).
Tariff and Hoarding Term* uf the Proprietor,
J. B. Clkavs.
AfOURNING ORDERS attended to as
1TJL usual.
'V'OTICE.—As the quantities arc limited, uo
Li g*w>l* *|»'cislly nnmod In this uDiiuuncement can ho sent
ou approbation. j VY . B
THE LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE.
BEUENT-STUEBT, W.
^RELOAR'8
^RUSSELS QARPETS.
BEST QUALITY,
EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS,
LOWEST PRICE.
JRBLOAU and g 0 N S,
JMJDGATE IIILL.
OUATEFUL—COM FORT I N( *.
I •' Ily a thnrmigli knowlclg* of tho natural
law* which govern the operation* of digmtnui
I -* tv ti c * < and nutrition, and by a carolul application of
4 1 I o o til* Hue pm|>ertlc*of well-srlocted Cocoa, 5lr.
-J Epps has provldnl our breakfast table* with a
dolicatsly-rtiivniin-t Iwrprnga which miy wve
lls ninny honvy diwtor*' bill*. It Is by (he
ludicioii* u*e of such article* of diet that a
BREAKFAST) constitution mny lm gnt-lunlly loillt up until
strong enough h> resist "very tend* ncy t-i
ili.*iiuc Hundreds of snbtlo nialMlIe* are
floating around na ready to attack wherever
C D P n A ther* la a weak point. W* mny c**i»|m nun V
\J KJ A. H fatal shaft byksenlng ourselves well f.>rtm*-l
Will, pur* blond and a |in.|mrly nourished
frame."-Civil Service Gaictt*.
Mode simply with boiling water or milk.
Sold In Packet* (and Tins. (lb. and I lb., for Export), labelled,
JAMES KITS and CD.. IIOM(BOFATIIIO ClIF.MISTd,
Alto Makers of EPPS'S C HOCOLATE ESSENCE.
D OVERCOUKT.—Tlm CUFF HOTEL,
charmingly situated on high cliff* facing the German
Ocean. Ilnli-coratcd and refurnl-he-l tlin'ughont. and undi r
entirely new management. Beautiful *•» promenwleand *|>a.
With navllng and ninelc room*. l**wu-tcuuU court*, billiards.
Ac. 51.«l*rat* term*, .. ,
Friday to Tuesday return ticket*. 12s. W., Ilr*t das*.
Apply to Manageress.
atg. 2, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NUURIN NATIONAL ITALIAN
1 EXHIBITION «f 1884. Open from APRIL toOCTOBF.H.
Science. Industrial Art*. Agriculture. Pine Art*. Souvenir* of
llio Polllloil Renaissance Italy. Gallery of Machinery lu
Motion, International KlortrlnU Section; Entertainment*.
Railway Port* ut grently lledneed Prion.
H'URIN NATIONAL ITALIAN
J- EXHIBITION Of lam. Open from APRIL to OCTOIIKB.
Monte. Industrial Art*. Agriculture. Flue Art*. Souvenir* of
tli* Political Renaissance of Italy. Gallery of Machinery in
Motion. International Electrical Section: Entertainment*.
Railway Pare* *t greatly Reduced Price*.
rrURIN NATIONAL ITALIAN
JL EXHIBITION of ism. Open from APRIL to OCTOBER.
Science. Imtltorial Art*. Agriculture. Pine Art*. Souvenir* of
the lVilltlrnl ItoimlioniK-o of Italy, Gallery of SUclilnerjr lu
Motion, International Electrical Section; Entertainment*.
lUllway Parc* at greatly Reduced Price*.
TURIN NATIONAL ITALIAN
JL EXHIBITION of l**». Open from APRIL to OCTOBER.
Science, Industrial Art*, Agriculture, Kino Art*. Somnnlriof
the 1‘olllh-nl Renaissance of Italy. Gallery of Machinery in
Motluu, International Electrical Section: Entertainment*.
Railway Paine at greatly Reduced Prtcea.
TURIN NATIONAL ITALIAN
1 EXHIBITION of ISM. Open from APRIL to OCTOBER.
Science. Industrial Art*. Agriculture, Fine Art*, Souvenir* of
• tli» Political Keiiaimuiiire of Italy. Gallery of Machinery in
Motion, Intoniatlonnl Electrical Section: Entertainment*.
Railway Parc* at greatly Reduced Price*.
TURIN NATIONAL ITALIAN
JL EXHIBITION of 18S4, Open from APRIL to OCTOBER.
Science. Imlu.trlal Art*. Agriculture. Fine Art*. Souvenir* of
tlo- Political Kri.ulsaauce of Italy. Gallery of Machinery lu
Motion, International Electrical Section; Entertainment*.
Railway Fare* nt greatly Reduced Price*.
TURIN NATIONAL ITALIAN
JL EXHIBITION oflsst. Open from APRIL to OCTOBER.
Si lence, Industrial Art*, Agriculture. Fine Art*. Souvenir* pf
the Political Kenai'Mnce of Italy, Gallery of Machinery In
Motion, luternullonal Klectrlcnl Section: Entertainment*.
Railway Fare* at greatly Reduced Price*.
TURIN NATIONAL ITALIAN
JL EXHIBITION of ISM.Open from APRIL to OCTOBER.
Science. Imluatrial Art*. Agriculture. Fine Art*. Souvenir* of
the Political Renaiaaaneo of Italy. Gallery of Machlnrry In
Motion, International Klectrlcnl Section: Entertainment*.
Railway Karra at greatly Reduced Price*.
TURIN NATIONAL ITALIAN
A EXHIBITION of MSI, Open from APRIL to OCTOBER.
Science, Industrial Art*. Agriculture. Fine Art*. Souvenir* of
the Political Reualaaaiicn of Italy. Gallery of Machinery lu
Motion, International Electrical section: Entertainment*.
Railway Fare* at greatly Reduced Price*.
,4 IX-LES-BAINS.—Cerclod*Aix-les-Bains.
J- V Superb theatre. Concert, hull, card, and billiard Minolta.
Military hand*, fetea. Italian and Krrm-lr Upera-Uomiqur.
Sympliouy concert*, conducted by E. Colnnue.
.4 IX-LES-BAINS.—Grand Hotel Europe.
-*V One of th« moot renowned lu Europe, l’ntronlied by the
English 'life. HuOauul.y Chamber*. Large garden*: lnwr.-tai.nl*.
Relinrd table. Uxa.vasro.vi. Proprietor.
AIX-LES-BAINS, SAVOY.— Most
a A. Important of Continental SulphnroitaSpa*. Eleven hour*
from Paris. Rheumatism, sciatic*. gout, ami catarrh of tho
pharynx, larynx, amt nasal po*»age» efficaciously treated.
4 MPHION-LES-BAINS.—Grand Hotel,
AJL LukcGeii*va. Carbonateil Ferruglnon* Water*. English
ba-lor. Steamer* tietwoen Kvlan amt Oiicliy. Hotel'Bo*gratis,
Bali*. Cnalliu*. Ac. Prop.. U. GouLorx, ol Hotel Beau Site. Canue*.
1 > ADEN-BAD EN.
L* Old-renowned AlkalineChlor. Sod. Spring* of ll'Sldeg. C.
Cl*lor, lithium Spring of prepondfrou*content*.
New Grand Ducal Bathing K.tahll.hinent. THE FHEDERIO
IaTIIS. A nmdel Institution, unhide tor lt» perfection and
oh-ipince. open throughout tlie who’e year, pnmp-rooni, with
ho mineral water* of ull the moil renowned spring*- Oon-
vrranthui liniee, with *pleiidl>l concert, ball, n-uding. re-
• tanrant. anil society room*. Ft tea and amusement* of every
description. Muttclianulng iltuation. Excellent climate.
I J ADEN -BADEN.—HOtel do la Corn- do
L-) Bade. A flret-rate and large Establishment. with extensive
gardena. Warm, mineral, and other Hatha. (Not to lie oon-
fitllded with hotel facln( the »tatiou.)—It*. Eigi.i.gu. Manager.
1) A DEN - BAD E N.—Hotel Victoria—First
lA close. Beautifully (Itoated nearest the Conversation lliaiao
•nil Kmlerlckalaul. sanitary arrangement" perfect. Aocora-
luialntion *ii|>erlor. Moderate charge*.—F. Uunsinax, Propr.
B ADEN-BADEN. — Hotel do Russia.
First-class Hotel, with large garden. Southern aspect.
Place de la Promenade. Hydraulic lilt biendi fl-mr.
A. and O. Mocmcm, Proprietor*.
"T>ALE.—Hotel National, opposite Central
-* ' Railway. Modem Com toft*, moderate nrters. Rent III Bale.
Dinner*. lirt-ukfa-U. amt Refreshments at llull'et prlre*. Break
your Journey here. Engtfali spoken.—Proprietor, It. Mxim-tn.
1 BOULOGNE.—University College. Rapid
■* * l»ni|rivM In lourningtho frtnrh Innguugo. Klndti^ntineiit,
I'Mltliy filiation. TV rim nuxlrrnU. A|ihiy to tli* rrliicljiat,
- lr * ri.ATiiim, lor tariff ami rt«frn mfi to £n;r!i*li imniiti,
B
RUGES.—Hotel do Flandrc. Established
English reputation. Visitors uro Cailtloiieil against lielng
■ducted to a Ilona- of aimlhir Hum* farliig the railway station,
me ami Moselle wine* for exportation.—U kkmi.. Proprietor.
j {RUSSELS.—Hotel do l’Univers.
Agree-
< * ahlecentr.il *Uuat|on. First-. I"*«house, sian lo.isahd airy.
"■ h exit to New Bouievant. Every comfort: excellent e.».kery ;
■ erlorwinea; im*leiato price*.—-Scilozss-rau-Wicnrx. Propr.
f 'ALAIS.—Hotel Dessiu.—Sterne’s 11 .Scnti-
' mental Journey" wo* written here. l.oul» XVI. also
' 'ipiml an apartment. It la a favourite hotel with English
T4IEPPE.—Hotel Royal, facing the sen.
1 Superior flr*t-Cla*ehon*e, worthily recommended. Nearest
I I - WAI. 11 ... . 111.1 l.f.t I.... I* ..I I......... T.dla .ll. ..
Ml|M
Die aea. the ca*im
"l ii all tho tear.
and bathing eatablulinieut. Table <1 liAtc.
Ktvaoxugrx, 1 ‘Hipr.
( 'ENEVA.—Hotel and Pension Bello Vue,
Oldest reputation .<• lir.t-rla>.psnoioii. Middle of l*vg«
y" tereil garden, oeillbiry arrHiireiiient* perfect. Irnia,
■ day. Write for Pruepcetu* t.. J> —— •
Ji><gSvrrii»i.tx. Frplirl
mi,.
pitetor.
( |ENOA.—Grand Hotel de Genes. First-
•* olaaa IIoiim for Famillea auilT'otirOt*; away from railway
" <« and "dour* of tin) port. Shale
fwcmmeiuled. Bo>**aI
f; rindelwAj
' ■' X«lr. Old ctahll.lRal I
Hone* to tlie tieo ril*
I* proprielor <
Hotel de l’Aiglc-
nlly hoinc. Petrel- nfjem: finnca.
1-1 EIDELBERG-— Gnmd Hotel—Facing
- J Uallway eutlnli. Fri.t-clora-. Highlyleconuncudrd.
—^Charge, moderate.
„ _/ -—Proprietor, E»tt_ Tnon*.
T J ElDELBERCr.—HOtel Prince Charles am
i Sclihi*«.-Kir»t-ilaM. nearest and flne*t view of the
v *' u *. Suiuo b-juac. Hotel du Parlllou, Canm*. Lilt.
l'n-prUtor, Kum;r.
T AUSANNE.—English and American
i ( h-ml«t, IT. Hue St. Pierre. EngUoli and American
Patent Mcillrine*. llonucopatliy, Mlnerul Water*. English
■IMikrn. _
I UCEUNE.—Grand Hotel do PEurope.
A MagnllU-ciit mountain view, on the bonlort of tlie lake;
ISO clmudier*. noutli aapvct. Ihaitlng. Ilsldiig. iMthing.
Omulbu* to rail and boat, Ui’ciiKU-Dt'uaxu, Proprietor.
T UCERNE (near to).—Burgenatock Hotel.
j j Lake ut Emir CaiiUuk. .ITJO ft. altitude. Ilnunl nc-nory.
View, of Al|» and faike. Ra-conimrudc-t by (nt-dlral autliontb*.
Home cumlort*. Satiffactory tarllfe. Drill it u Deanna, I’ropr.
T
HE GREAT SALE
pETER pOBINSON’S
MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
R KG E X T-8T11E ET.
A
GENUINE REDUCTION
In all Dai-art nit-ill*.
for tlie JULY SALE.
I U C E R N E.—UOtels Schweitzerhof nml
A l.ucernerhof. High reputation, llcooniniemled. Alway*
Facing Itium-I<n6 plef. Near ntntioii, Gulliard Railway.
‘ ‘ ' Luceriwriiof. I1 ac*<.h Fiiuu, Prop,
L U C II 0 N.—Grand IIGtcl Richelieu,
oppodto the Theniuil KubildWnm nt. Fni|ii*nto<l by
Roynltv and the lilglint nobility anil gcnlry. Splemml scenery.
Flr»t-cla*» arruiigeiiienU. L. K»tb«ok. Proprietor.
"YriLAN.—Hiltel Grande Bretagne, and
J-*-»- Ratolimann. Plrat-rlaM Hotel: imst rcntml of tlietown.
Entirely renovated very cnmrurtahle house. Tho English ('miaul
la resident here. Ito»*i and Aanuiisx rri. Proprietor*.
N 'APLES.—Grand HOtel, Naples. Opened
January, 1IW3. Managnl by A. HAU.-iEll (• luenilwr or
the Hauser family of the Sciiwcltzerhot mid Luceraetliuf, Hotel
Gleubach, Ac.. In Swltxerland).
A P L E S.—Royal Hotel maintains its
J- ’ reputation a* a superior first-claim house, under the
personal su|M-rvlslon of Ita rounder and owner, Mr. Capraul. an
English resident for several year*.
"VTICE.—Grand Hdtel do Romo. This very
J-V superior establishment, conducted HTteen year* by Mrs.
l'almlerl. who Is English, Is franaierred from theProiui'iuiib- de*
Anglais to a liealthv, shelter'd spot, iininlhu-nrrit by ieu or
•ewer*. Grand garden: mngnltlcent pnnoriima. All sunny
rooms. Unsurpassed kitchen. English sanitary armugriiieiit*.
Ib-me comfort*. Reasonable terms. Arrangement* made. Omni¬
bus at trains. Tariff on application to Mrs. Palmixiii.
D.
SEA-BATHING. BELGIUM.
The finest •en-bathlngand the most fre<]nented waterlng-pUco
ou tlie Continent. Ml miner rr.ldmee of I hrlr Male.tie- tins
KING A.VI) WUKEN OF THE BELGIANS.
The Sen son I* open from J une i to Optotwr.
Splendhl Kurseal mill uiagnlMn-nt Digue. Dally ronrerfs and
dance* at the Kuria.il, two orchestras, g and balls at tile Casino,
grand regatta, pigeon—lo-.rlng. nice*, circus, varied life*,
theatre. Caalno. I'nrk Lvopold. Sea-bathing under tlie control
of the tomi of Ostrud.
ATANTLES.
-L*j- The Rich and Handsome Mantles for
which our House stands pre-eminent liavc all toen
cwnsnlerahly raliiceil.
Jacket* of Various Materials,
Waterproof Travelling Cloaks, the New Goodwo-al Waterproof,
Heal Jacket* and Paletots. Fnr-I.lmd Cloak*.
Natural Fur Cape* of various kinds.
pOSTUMES.
Vy Useful nml Faslilnnnble Costume*
ere marked down to vny low i-rlce*.
In Silk, Luce, Urcuaillne. Mervellh-ux, Surali. Cashmere,
biNiutlfullr gnnils
111 Black, Grey*, and Neutral Shade*.
D R - D
103
0 N G H’S
(KNIGHT OP THE ORDER OK LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM.
KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONoUUi
c
£IGHT-J>ROWN
° D- L ! V E R Q
I L.
B Y
THE YARD.
Hu ll and excellent wearing
Black Silk*, MervcilH-ux, Surali. Satin*, Veiret*. Gauze, Ac.
I > LACK MATERIALS.
-L-P One of the Lureeit Stock* In London.
and tlie most varied. All rvducnl 111 price.
Tj’ANCY GINGHAMS, Printed Cambr
-L Zi-pliyr Lawn*. Ac.
Parasol*. Glove*, lioaic-rj . Flcliu*. Uudcrclothlng. Ac.
A LL
MOURNING ARTICLES
ABE CONSIDERABLY REDUCED.
M ourning orders
, during the SALE
w 111 receive the usual careful and ■■
Travelling Assistant* arc alwayskept in
at iuico to any part. of the 1
(no mutter thu distalic-i with Good*.
THE PUREST. THE MOST EFFICACIOUS.
THE MOST PALATABLE. THE MOST DIGESTIBLE.
Proved by thirty year*' medical experience to be
THE ONLY COD-LIVER OIL
which produce* the full curatlre effect* In
CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THIS CHEST,
THROAT AFFECTIONS^ GENERAL DEBILITY,
AND WASTING DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
OPINIONS.
IBB, Burt., 51.Di,
iii.ler Hospital.
DE JONGII’S
11 JHOW.V COD-LIVER OILusu thrra-
agcHt lu a ii umber of diseases, cli irll, ol nu
‘ lo Chaiacter, ha* been adlinlltsl by Die
medicine; but, maddition. I have found
mcly of grant fa.wor in the trcntuieiit ut
AllecUon* ol the Throat and lorjnx.
Ill Consumption of the lalt-r. where it
It life when every tiling else fall*."
- 7 \ --DR. SINCLAIR COUIHLL,
-Pliyilclan Ibjyal National llospltul for Consumption, Veutuor.
aye couviuccd myself that in Tubercular
and tho varloua forma of Struuioua Disease. Dr.
DE JONUIIS LI GUT-BROWN COO I.IVKIt
OIL possesses greater UieralM-uUc ertlcucy than
other i'ihT-L iver Oil with which 1 am
■»y . . J . _ ...... .W
*"|>Mluted. It «u especially noUal. In a large
nuiiiberof casralu which the patients protested
they had never been able to retainer digest oilier
Cod-LlverOII. that Dr. DE JONGU’S oil. »s,
/~\STEND.— Hiltel Fontaine. Excellent
V—' tlnt-cla-a hide), near On* era and Casino, ohl-eslahllshrd
reputation with the English Who visit (Mend. Terms nnah-rnte.
S|wclal arrangement." made, passenger* cantlotird against
devvptlon of hotel Praters on board.
O S T E N D.—Hotel
clan extra fiilnll
and bathing mu
I. and O. Thom
de la riugc. First-
ra family hotel near Knreaul. English lliurrb,
ichlne*. IP-nowin-d cuisine. Elegant apurtuieut*.
A, Proprietor*. Tariff on application.
/"Y ST END.—Grand Hiltel d’Ostondo on
V the Digue, near Kuraual. and bathing inuchinr*. Flrst-
rlo»* hotel, restaurant. Glacier ler onirc. Proprs. JIaii
.M ■ ki ii ■ r„ mi l E. Wauiku*. of IlinuS'ls.
0 ST END.—Grand Hotel Continental^
Flr*t cl*« hotel. on« ot the larg<-st In Belgium. Km-ltl
sea-bathing spitlnn. next tlie Kursoivl. English s|mkefK Tab
d’libte, rnstuuiaut, billiards, Ccrcle d'Osteude lOluuj.^ \. S/
r \UCHY, Ijiu8auue.—Hotel Beau B
Flr»t-ol«*» extra. Grand view of l.itke and All's
dansante*. Coucert*. HatlsfacPiry arrangements. \v|i
*lon. Apply for Tariff'to JIakti* Rd»'knacii r. Dl
I 3ARIS.—HOtel Meuricc, Rue
opnoslto tha Tilllerle* Ganlens, full so
Family Hotel. Excellent cooking, •uia-rli* 1 '
lllton each floor. H.Siik
TNliXPENSIVE MOU
-L tlie Richest (Jualltiew. I* Mil,
ou ailvnutsgesiua terms
to Families unij lhi-.rM-rvi
pETEl
8Hk
min
1>°ME.
HOTEL DU QU1RUNJ
II. GUIHIK
r | 1 URIN. —Grand Hotel Europe, o,
-L King's Palace, Gtund-s<|i«ire Ca*t"-llo. Kojnit.itn■ .
modern toiuf*-rta. I.'si rooms, i alli", lift, onmlmi*. Mislnri
charge*. Concosslonalrv* Grand Restaurant at‘Exhibition
, OUREI) AND BLACK
V-^ \y VELVETS, AND llltOOADEd.
Kktr* llh-h lilai'k Silk* and satin* ol line make,
SILKS,
Per Yard.
\ _ from 3,. lld. to £o s
Chinn Silks, In plroe* of •» yards Uicpiece ..
Clilurre Einbroulerrvl Silks to match.
U ETLI 11 E R CJ, nchjr ZUltIO H.
Hotel and Penslnnv. ; 7*«klilrg7 v altumle. Uiirlvallcvl
climatic resort. English Dlrino oervloi. /
.. \ A, fattir, Proprietor.
VENICE.-/^riratFlmei d’Italie.—On tho
v Unuid Canal, cihoe to the~t**mare / of St. Mnrc. Renowned
restaurant and brasreriu adjoining file hotel, sub-lantlal and
generous I are. \ Bauxa (lai'xwAi.o. Proprietor.
1NEUVE, . Igiko of Geneva.—Hotel
r i?4*Ue of Uhl
ru'S. Garden*.
Hotel.
Illon. 'Bll* bv Is"at and rail,
law n-trnui*. cricket, bililaid*.
J. A*mi.>:i>ku. Proprietor.
'l!^riESBADj^Np> — English Hotel and Baths.
T r 'First-das* hotel, newly n built and fitted up with every
modern chiufort. In proximity to the Kurliaus ua-lno). tho
^pronu-nndr*, and facing Uio Hot Sprlnga I Korhhrulinen i. Wed
aiid coinb'reably furnished famny aparlmeuts, *ingl« roi-m*
froiil i roai M per day. A rrnngi ment* lor lionrrt. Table dTmte.
Jliist'elcgant mlneial-water liallis and drlnkliig-ball. sumillnt
dJr<Vt fromthe prlncl|Mvl rtn Ing, the Koclihrunni-ii. On yh.del
In the town with a Hit. Winter arrungeliu ut". Hot-air heaDng.
Proprietor, T. Ukktuolu, Vte.
7URI C ir.—Hotel Habis, First Class,
• A Opposite Railway Station. Modern Comfort with modrmte
charge*. Keoouiiurudrvl to English and Alin-rh an traveller*:
•rrungenu-nt* for* stay. Address. Ii« dii-Rki TIM.i:n. Proprietor.
T TALI AN WINES, Pure and Natural.
JL English taste. Ruro’o-Astl (•parkllng). chlantl, t'aprl, Ac.,
Red ana While. Having ndl*t>nct type, akin to Burgundy and
Bhcrry. Greater body and strengtli. ami cheaper than Flench
wines. Forwardeil tree to Dnulon In l.'aska of lot litri* nml
r*>e* of twelve dozen. Addres*— VINCENT, TKJA. -nd CO..
Wine Grower* and Banker*. Turin. Agents to the L'ub-u Bunk
Of London.
) LOURED SATINS,
•peel*: ly cheap .
Ilinck Point lie Hole, worths*, ud.
Blue* Dtloiuun Mvtllia.
very
line face,
..£11 3 4
IJ LACK SATIN BROCADES, usually
sold uto*. 1 hi. .. £0 4 li
Bright .-"Iirnli Hllks 1 ... lilt
Well Uiuck ilrucaded Gauze Velvet* .u 711
Tlii-so Velvets are 33 inches wide, and usually sold ut II*. lul.
GATIN’ GROUND BROCHK VELVETS
O tlllnt-kl. Ill t t
Rich llioouied Velvet*, embracing all tlie new colours,
III two.hutb-., Usually so.d at l-W.Ul.0 0 II
This sppile* only to lengths under tlx yards.
C°5
LOURED OTTOMAN SILKS, 19 in.
Ide. uiiaM-nteil.. . £ij 1 jj
Lolutli'i-d Twill-luceil All-Silk Sutlus, lisUally sulil at
Is. ml.0 3 fl
^UESS
MATERIALS.
£ *. d.
Cream-ro!oiir'0 Itlclily-enibroldrrml M.stl.m lawn
liola-a, double mnintlty of wide riiihroldrry
ioi-Ii Its. tab, 1U*.lul.. anil 0 18 9
Finely-vvorki"! ('i.lnnere Robes In Black and all the
new slunhs of llruwn. Ilr-iuxc, lire). Dark Ureeii,
Navy, Drub, Ac., extra i|Uautity of ciubrohlery
each
00M POSITE ROllE.i. 'Jnj arda In each; a grant noveltv.
In every Coiubiiiat-Oii of style and colour, all
Wind.. .each
Drees ta-lipths of Fine Freurli Merlmni. Ill all the pre-
i i e
l l o
vailing Cob'llrs. il'Uilil" width. |a-r yard
Very Film French Caslnnerre, very wide, tier yard. 3s.
and .. .. . .. ..
ANNUAL SUMMER SALE.
0 10
T>ULLNA BITTERWATER, BOHEMIA.
JL THE OLDEST AND MOST VALUABLE SPUING.
THE BEST STOMACH It). APERIENT.
Antox Ulbiicu. Son of the Founder.
OWISS BITTERS from ALPINE PLANTS.
O stomachic and Sanitary Coni Ul: from a lijgh nlcstmidpolnt.
as Important a* twer Or wine. Cosmopolitan reputation.—A. F.
Dkxxlky, Msiiuf.. Interlaken. Branch at Zurich, Purl*, Milan.
~\T ERMOUTH.—Francesco Cinzano and Co.
T Vermouth.combination Asti Wine mi l Aluln* lierlw. with
quinine. Refreshing.tonic, and illgrstlre. ill Wine Mi r. hunts,
and F. CINZANO ami CO.. Coro. Re Umberto, 10, Turin.
VALUABLE DISCOVERY for tho HAIR.
» If jour hair le turning grey, or white, or falling off, u.«
•■The Mexb-an Hair Ib-newer." for It will pewltlvrly rvafore In
every care Grey or While llalr to it* original colour, without
having the disagreeable smell of most " Res'oier*." It make*
tlie Inilr Charmingly lawll'iful.a* well ns prumuHiig the growth
of I Im lialr on bald sl-uta, where UlO eland' "re not decoyed.
-Thu Mexican Hair Hem wrr" la add by Chemist* and Per¬
fumer* everywhere, at3*. IkL per Bottle.
T7LORILINE. For tho Teeth nntl Breath.
A lithe lint Liquid Denfrlficc (a the world; It thoroughly
T - rRULAKEN, SWITZERLAND—Grand
*• Itv ,, " t '* v,ch rrla. U»*of the largest and barton tha Contlneut. , — . . -- - . -- .
'lew „f the Jungfrau. rooin*. Lift, electric light. Ia*n- cl* ana* partlally-decayad U-etli from all parasite* or living
"'*• Arrangement*. Halls, concert*.—E. Iti riiri. Proplletor. •• nnluialculw." leaving them pearly white. Imiiarting a delight-
—-- fill frngrunie to the bn atli. The Fragrant Florlline ramovi-a
'- USANNE.—Ilutel Gibbou. View of
1
pETER ROBINSON, OXFORD-STREET.
CHIliTS. — FORD’S EUREKA SHIRTS.
O Gn ul li"pr»V"Hients have Iwveu made In tlie iiianuraetiiro
of Ford’* Emeka Shirt*. . e rbrab.l for tlielr »nperlor fitting.
Six h-r an*., v * . c«i.. rent bj |wrerl*|a<*t free to roar danr. Write
for Illustrated self-in*a«iire ami all p-rflcular* fire by putt.
II. FultD and CO. , II. Poultry. London.
TL'OIDIUS.—The only FLANNEL SHIRTS
-A m A that never shrink in Wishing— not If washed lno flinaa.
•Mi.de III 1111 X 1 "! o-donra.grey*.drabs, brown*. Ac.. I.ls. id.; three
for -Da. ikl.. by pull-el* post |«||||. Write for patu-ril* and self-
meusnrr. To on hud only of It. FORD and (X).. 41, Poultry,
laiililou.
“I TEAL and SON'S
A± NEW SPRING
JIATTRESS.
(A* Exhibited ut the Ih-nllli Kxlii|dti"ii.)
Warranted g-""l and nrrrlmible at a very nnalt-rate price,
fi ft.. 3**.; .<ft.il III., w*.: i It- >*.: I ft. u In.. 4. w.
t Catalogue of lli'lsteadsainl Fnmitnro. with UWJ Design*, aud
Price-List of Ik-ildlng. free, bv ie.-t.
HU to IU.". TdTTBNHAM-GOI'RT-ROAO, W.
I ? IRST-CL ASS FU UN ITU RK.
A Prices. Newest CAltl'Elt*. hll.K.S. DREtil
Lowest
. . . DRESSES, 4c.
Palletn. and Parcel* l-'iee.
T. VENABLES and SONS. Whitechapel, Lundon. E.
vv. Lihf Oe oar* and Alp*. Splendid gaiden. Shady terrace*.
Ds .i. I ‘ ,lll »'" W rote Ills De,-lino ..ml Fall of tbs Kommi Empire,
lmrfect. Favourable terms.— E mii-x Ririxu, l'ropr.
instantly "II odouia arising from a foul eb'lnoeli or tobacco
•lie ke. being paitly composed of honey, wala, anil extracts of
aweet herb* and plant*. It I* perfectly del I clou* to tho tnale.
amt a* Iraruiles* aa sherry, fin'd by Chemists and Pcrfunirn
ever; wlicie. at H. tkl. per Uottla.
CIBBERS FI ELD HALL, FARNDON,
O cm>iiiiiE.
Till* Hunting Establishment or fit ml Farm, within r**y reach
ol Sir Walk'll sHiullhr Cheshire lionniU, comprise. a hamlMuno
Kinlcoimii'allonr llesbl' ii' e. in the rln-l'T»t juirt of tlie county,
and lu proximity to'll* Duke of Westminster'* estate*, about
•even miles from Chester and three from Bruxtou rallwuy
itat'oii*.
The Hon*" contain* four tub-fiilnlag and elrrrn 1*>I nml
dressing naviii*. nllllanl-fia'iii. large ganlcii* anil nh-asiire-
gro.iml*, excellent st .ldlng and aericiiltural out-b'illijliigi. In¬
cluding *!•■• rrvoulwn lw“" boxes mill abipiieus for eighteen
cow*. togeUii-r with ull or |air» of If acres of v ery fine old pas¬
ture laud, wullial-lit paddock*, with h-'.e boxes, shed*. Ac.
Entrance l.alpe. amt tSVn v.-ry supi-rlor rot tag IT.
Rent iin-dei'iib- toileslrablu tenant, or tlie property would lie
*"f''V term*apply to Mran. CUUUTON. ELl'lllCK. aud CD..
Chester.
not only tolerated, but taken readily, aud with
marked benefit."
Ult. HUNTER SEMPLE,
riiyilclnn Hospital for Dlaearaaof tho Throat and (.'hast.
I havo long been aware of tho great
reputation enjoyed by tlie LlGUT-BnuWN
ODD-1.1 VER Dll.iutroiluced Into motllcal prac¬
tice bv Dr. DE JON'Ull, anil liavereo-nimcuded
It with thu Utmost confidence. I have no hesi¬
tation In staling my opinion, that It posset*** all
tlie'juullticau! a good andelticieut medicine. II*
taste- 1 * by no mean* disagreeable, and might even
be in I led pleasant. I have (mind Dr. DE JONGII'fi
OIL very useful In cows of CliroiilcCoiigli. and
especially In Laryngeal DlseasecuiuplictUdwIUi
^BINisON.XUXFORD-STREET.
ER SALE of
Ilcee, GluTca, Lace. Trim-
for n-liuildlng a portion of the
fiiihiinrr and tiurplu* stock will be
' * ' ‘y.
Particular*.
pETER ROBINSON, OXFORD-STREET.
gILKS.
JOSEPH J. POPE, Em]., M.R.C. 8 .,
LaU fitafi-aurg.,Army, Prof, of Hygiene. Blrkbeck liutltutlou.
I found daring my Indian experience
that tlm we.nil and eliarach-rot Dr. DE JONGII H
LIUll r-illlOWN COD-LIVEU Oil, remaliisd na-
cliaugwl by tropical heat or foreign climate, and
It wa».from lu uniformity of character, particu¬
larly adapted for lolif-coiitinued administration.
1 lie value of 'hydro-carbons' In all debilitated
atati-aof tliuayitviii I* now Iwomlngthoroughly
rccogultol; and It I*, witliout doubt, from the
animal.dl, and fat*, rather than from thi-ir vege¬
table substitutes, that we mav hope to derive tha
aureat benefit. The Oil of Dr. DE JONG II place*
ill «voi7uite*irMOli a reliaMe ami vahinlflrrenieiij’.
one that counot bo too widely recognised."
DR. DE .TONOR’S LIGHT-BROWN COD-UVER OIL
Uaol.l U.M.Y ill c*»l»*ul«Nj Im»*kiiiai* HuIM’IiiU, **■. ikl.; |»lnU #
u. yu.; vjurti tn. M.; i»y all Cliotui»Uarul Uruggltta »u tho World.
SULK COX8IUNKKH.
ANSAR, HARFORD, and CO.,
21". limit llULBOItX. LONDON.
Cxtrriox.—Reject (ubstltutr* ofiered rolcly for extra profit.
by all the greatest liliv sli-iau* of tins
ay "II account of It* MART ELI.OL'fi HEAL¬
ING PIIOPEUTIES.
[EM ARE’S GLYCERINE
J * PREPARATION It.
Glycerine In lu varloui veuvri I* now being
given by all tlio - * --
til
J^EMARE’S GLYCERINE CORDIAL.
I EMARE'S GLYCERINE CORDIAL
M-A lor the
TIIUOAT. LUNGS, STOMACH,
COUGHS. COLDS. ASTHMA.
DYSPEPSIA, IMPAIRED DIGESTION.
and
Internal Inflaniiiiath'ii of any kind.
Fur Ladlea aud Children It la most to-
ri |'table, la-lug to dnllrlniM, and therefore
tmady iliffeirut to the many uauseoux com¬
pound* now sold.
A most perfect preparation. Of allC1irtul*ta.
Price I*, mid 3*. ikl.
T SHARE’S GLYCERINE LOZENGES.
I ARE’S GLYCERINE LOZENGES.
-M-A A atrong aperient a" carefully prepared and
assimilated with Glrceriuo that not the
slightest jutlu or tcirlng senntiuii I* • aured
by their octlou, theGljci r-ue w< eoflrnlng ami
In allug the Internal part* that not tin- least
foot of lliiph-asaiitiirss need be felt. Being
also nice to the taste, cau Iw taken agreeably
by I sidle* and Chlldreu. In Boxe*. is. |(<L
aud 3s.
J^EMARE'S l’ETROLEUM CREAM.
1 EMARE'S PETROLEUM CREAM.
M-A A imirvellon* c..mj">uiid ol PETROLEUM
and GLYCERINE, tlie two greatest healing
pn)peril e* known to aeiencv. and w hich alono
cure every kind of akin conipl.ilnt.
Bill ERASMUS WILSON prewTlbrn Mila
Cream a* thaoiilv true and correct reined) for
Excenia. Ac. Testimonials are coming la
ever) .lay giving rl-talla of It* great efficacy.
Ml SKIN AFFECTION ..r any kind will
withstand theefiivtof tills coni|«aliiil. It I*
sweetly aceiitnl for sia-cial use*, such a* for
Ixulb-s nml Children. Of all Chemists, pries
Is. ami 3s. ikl.
L E 31 A R E ’ S GLYCERINE
PREPARATIONS.
All Chrluisla know of these Preparations, and
we shall feel obliged l-y your insisting upon
liav Ing them, and no other.
•Wholesale only.
LEV I UNE and CO..
19. Sew'iimn-iia-rag*. Newman-strcet,
London, W.
VUDA VERITAS.—GREY HAIR restored
J-v by till* »|a-clflc; niter which It grow* the natural colour,
not grey. Uin"(ii*lln| a* a dressing. It causes growth, arret*
tailing, and I I'S tw ib-lie* dalocth-ll. The most harmlr.. and
rdhtiul re.torer extant. One trial will romlm-v it has no
I"tuul. Price hub Ikl.. of all Chemist* amt Hairdressers. Te«.
tliuuulal* Iree. Agents. II. IIOVKNDEN and SONs. Loialnn.
( 1 OLDEN HAIR.—Robaro’fi AUItEOLlNE
* M prxalii'Vs the beautiful golden colour »•> much a-lmln-l.
Warrant'd |ierf*ctly liarmluss. Price Ikl. and Ins. ikl., of all
priuclt al Perfumer* and Clnuulgt*throughout the w.-rld.
Agent*. II. HOVENDEN and BUNfi. lamdmi.
PROFESSOR BROWNE and ELLIOTT’S
A TUNIC 1 AIT ION. an aui->|iial|ed Restorer of the llalr,
arresting thu fall, anil liupiriliig * healthy and natural growth
to the roots, it will nnulucu the lialr on Mild laitohr*. whiskers,
moustaches, and eyebrows. Price. .1*. lid.. As. 'hi,. Ill*, ikl.. »ud
21#.. free by |u.#t.— 17 and 130, Feucliurch-street, lundon. E.C.
D LAI R’S
GOUT
PILLS.
GOUT AND RHEUMATISM.
Snra.saf*. and effectual. No restraint
of diet required .luring Use.
All Chemist*, at I*. I|d. and 2*. Bd. |wr
T 'EATING'S POWDER. — Kills bugs,
moth*, lleai. nml all In wet* (|»rfectly unrlvnlled).
lliriii’m" b- every thing but Imect*. Tin*, «d. and I*.
NI'Ri-K KHDA S BABY SOOTHER I* nne.|ual In relieving
Infant*fro". gri|-e«, wind, colic. Guaruntoevi no narcotic tan
absolutely sale cum.
It. per Bottle. Free. 13 stamp*.
THOMAS KEATING, st. Paul'*, Londoo.
101
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 2. JK8-1
NEW MUSIC.
riHATPELL aud CO.’S New aud Popular
SONGS.
MOTHER (in C, D, and E). Words by
■l’i r. E. Wo.tl.rrly. F. TOSTI.
VT VESPERS. P. TOSTI.
J^T VESPERS (in four keys). P. TOSTI.
\\THERE MEMORY DWELLS. ISIDORE
IT DE l,AHA.
Price?*, each net. p.adage free. *
Ca.rriLL.nd Co.. so. Now Bond-street, W.: aud 13. Poultry. E C.
pHAPPELL aud CO.’S New and Popular
VV DANCE MUSIC-
Jj'AHRWOHL. New Waltz. C. LOWTHIAN.
rpOI SEULE. New Valse. L. WHEELER.
<^EA BREEZE POLKA. L. WIIEELER.
jy£0N AMOUR WALTZ. BUCALOSSI.
P AND 0. POLKA. BUCALOSSI.
. Price ?». each net, |- .»I»kc free.
MAY I HAVE THE PLEASURE?
1TJL Waltt- MAIUE ItANUUOJT.
Cii.rrxij. andCo.. Mr. Nr wItoml-streot. W ; mid 13. Poultry. l. O.
J1IIAPPELL and CO. have on view every
VA description or PIANQTOllTKS by tl.» U-.t ni»‘ou, ro
term-d from hire, to IrSHUi.! greatly reduced prices lor dull,
or mar l«> uurchnted on the 'llion Yearn’ Bystem.
t’llAI’l'KLI. FIANOFOR I'Ktl, Innn t3 guineas.
COI.I.AUI* PIANOFORTE*. tmm guiii-as.
KIIAItl) 1‘IAXOFOUTIW. from .VI giilm##. j
BUOADWUOH 1’IANUF' GM'Kd. from IS Balder.
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BARRY’S REVALENTA ARABICA
FOOD and TONIC BISCUITS, which aavo Invalid*
and children, and nl*o rear mcceMfully infant#
whore ailments anil debility had re*Ut«l all other
liurning and treatment*. They repair the murpn*
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Dyaantery. Nervou* Debility, Typhtia. Scarlatina.
Diphtheria, Enteric Fever. Mea»le*. Nettlera»li. and-
other Eruption* of the Skin. Fever, Ague, and alt
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•lx teen other Fia d». ray*:
BARRY’S FOOD is the BEST of ALL.
It has saved many women and children wasting with
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those of the late Emperor Nicholas, the Marrhione**
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and Mr. W. M. Stanley, the African explorer*, Dr*.
Ure, AVnrter. Ac.
EXTRACTS from 100,000 CURES of cases
Xj which hail resisted all other treatment*.
t’SPEPSIA.—DU BARRY’S FOOD.
Cure 100,310.—A dangeroii# llluesa having loft my
illgcttlve organ* too wink to naalmllato ordinary
food of any kind »nf)Uleiil to keen me alive, I owe my
preservation to Du Barry’s F.aal nml Tonic ilfsciilt*.
on which I *nl>*l»t«l for months.recovering u healthy
notion ot the ... und alrengtli uml muscle.
the natunlslimentof mysrlf. my mnllral adviser, and
friemli.—EmiraUPAVoou. AVo t ihiuk,Bolton,Jiinell.
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BARRY'S FOOD.—NERVOUSNESS,
D Kill LIT Y.— AV Itll griitttnil- I testify to tin ctrnt
e 111 Cary „f Dn Barry's F,a»l In ns'orln* nml *n*
toiiilng luiuUII. having taken It for Nervon-iie*» and
AVeiikio-i*.—(Jlr* ' K. GUK-rrox, Upper Path. D<»1-
hntii. Marvhu. IMiO. N.
FOOD lias
l) u
JYYSPEPSIA.—DU BARRY’S F
JL“ curcil mo of nlifhtlr •wt-othiir*. torrlMe Irritation* «•!
th*’ mitl i»it 1 'litfrrttioii, wlilrli lunl • *1
. oljfht**ten vo*m.—4. Trlwt. 1ft,
l a *ruiice, / / ( /
-\TERV.OUSNESS.-DU BARRY'S FOOD.
li Cmv «»f tlir .\|<»rr||lM|»v*» tlr* [ Hr* |*.» n ^Ynvulll©'. of
N-v.'h TrmV li.Vrr crop'iifutf ^ |.> ■ioh* pnlpl-
In?Ion, ititO iHiryoim ttjfiUtlym anil
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JYEBILITY’.—DU BARRY’S FOOD lias
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Ingor uiiilro^lngaoywrif.or ,nuking; even theslighteat
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/CONSUMPTION.—DU HARRY’S FOOD.
\J Consnmptiou. A>tlniis. Coiinh. lirop*y, Brnfio **. on
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five yeiir* r’vaiii.iu.,.
nrtd Itmni.-sy reaj»*i»*l tali
Itolitu rSj AVobd Merchant.
,. pointiL ... . . .
ejdehivd to this divine food,
l-oi feet health.—Jlr. JaMU
•VPS I A. - CONSTIPATION. — DU
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kHfhnia, cough, cliiiitliMthui, llatiileney. sp**iu*.
•Ickne*s.und vmiiUliig, I>> Du Hurry’s Food.—M aui*
Jor.v,r,\Yovvbaiii, I. ng.Oct. H, IMo.
IVER.—DU-^1)ARRY”S FOOD.—Liver
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S’KIN DISEASES CXJRED —SULPHOLINE
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CULPHOLINE LOTION.—An external
O niiuni of curing *kin disease#. There I* ecarcely -any
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frnr , ,, v
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E ALTII.—DU BARRY’S FOOD.
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Y'.aNl ..i|*TMNk-*.ln lonuy ni*c*. allklniltofmcllclnca.
It I* |ii tirulnrty elTicrivc In ivmgh, natblna con-
... (dy.|H-|i.la>. a confined habit
\ of body, a* nluo In iliarrluea, bowel eotnplaltns. .In-
> nmniiiatory Irritation, and cramp of tlio urethra, tlio
V kidneys end bladder, and lmmotihoida.—Dr. ltun.-
W'unxKU, Pinfeaaor Vf Jledlcinc. Bonn.
U B A R It Y’S F O O D.—Pulmonary
Complaint.—Mwlntne II. de IV, In a liojielea* state of
pulmonary consumption, took the BKA'ALKNTA
AUaBICA by iidvlce of her physician. Bo rnnld
and favourable wa* tlio change It produced In her
health I Ind the dangeroii* fieri-*1 i.f her confinement,
which her lilivalciall had pmlleteil would be fatal,
laiKM-d over without danger or ilillicultr, tliangli the
baby wrlghnl si siren fumnd*: anil her Inmlmnd <-an-
not *|ienU ba- bodily of Uiia excellent Food, npon
which laitli hi. wife and rlillil are now living.
u . B A R It Y’S FOOD in KIDNEY
DIfiFABK. " If- lias cured menf kidney dliease. from
Will -li I had •nflbrorl fearfully for many year*, and
wlUch Im.l resisted the moat careful medical treat-
nicnt, and now. nt the ago of ninety-three. I am
ycrt.-.tijr ins from Uitn-ote.''—Card Leroy. Orvaux.
P A It A LYSIS, C0NSTIPATION, AND
IIAMOItnHOHlB. from widch I suffered alxty year*,
have entirely yleldcl I” Bn ll»rry'* Fiol. and I am
now. at tlio age ..f eighlv-nve, enlovlng perfect
health.—AV iu.ium lli-kr. BonUter-at-Ijv'V. Kings
College. Cambridge Oct. Id. 1*49.
A CATARRH ON THE BLADDER,
with It* excruciating misery, lunl rsslatal the great.-,, t
medical skill during eight long year#, but Du Barry •
•llrlno llavalenta Ki«»l ciir.il It In an iucrellwy
abort time.—Uxpx. Profcwor of Cliemlatry, l'arl*.
April 13. WO
P DYSENTERY, TYPHOID, AND
AGUE, I Hod l)ii Barry’# Fond worth It* weight tn
B id, l ml vine no Kiigli-b aiirxenn or offirer to go
to camp without It.—AV iixiam AVaU.ack Ei.mm.ih.
Burgeon latent the Im|ierlal uttoman Army. Jilllbiry
jiospltal, Bofia, Bulgaria.
STOMACH.—DU BARRY’S FOOD has
O ivarfectly cured many .ycara' fearful jialii* In the
aboiincli ntol Intratlne*. nml aleepleuncu. with con-
•tunt nervou* Irritability, for which ray wife linil
■nbliilltetl III vuln to medleal treatment.— V. Jloraxo.
Mrrdliait, cadi*.
A STHMA.—I)U BARRY’S FOOD has cured
me r.f tlilrty->lx years'oxthma. which obliged me to
get till four or live time* *very night to relieve my
chest from a pressure which tl’.veatenrdtnnocatiun.—
Hev.ti. HniiJ.KT. Kcmlnrlils. France.
■\TEURALGIA.— DU BARRY,’S FOOD is
ll a rsmwly which I ennhl almost »11 divine. It has
perfectly cured our dear sinter Julia, who has la-en
sintering for the ln*t foiiry*ars with nsuralxla hi tlio
In nil. whieli cauant her creel agony, and left her
aliiioat without rOit.—Her. J. Moxassikh, Aalgorgo,
France. __
CLEEPLESSNESS.-DU HARRY’S FOOD
O ha* cured my daughter, who had riitTan-d for two
vein* fearful!) I ruin general debility, nervous Irrl-
tahllltj,Xhawfcsme**, mid a total eXlumsUoll, Slid
given tier healMi. p. »«>l strength, with haul
liniacle nii'lgliivirfntue*#.—H. D* MoUTlxiri*. I nrl*.
INFANTS SAVED by DU BARRY’S
|/(ii,D_|,r. F. AV. rtenek*. Profereor nf MedlCInn
in Ordinary to the Uiilverally. Writes. April k. 1»T2:
••I -hall never forget that I owo the pnaXWOSN
one of my ehiklreii to Du Barry's Food. Tlio child
•uiTeird fretu complete emaciation, with constant
vomiting which re*l*tcil all msdlcat skill.and even
the Created erne of two WCt-nurtfS. 1 tried llo
Barry'* Fowl with the moatuntonldiliig »uccea*. The
vomiting eeaaeil Immedlotely, and, after living on
thl* fond for rax wc-'k*, tlie hnhy wa* re* to red te tbs
inoat Hour Idling health *
TNFANTS’ PROSPERITY AND SLEEP.
X Kvei- .lac* I fed my Imhy ou DU DARBY B BEVA-
l.KNTiV FOOD lie devolot* wonderfully, bring a*
strong ea a child of twice til* age- Ho sleei* aolimlly
all Might from eight p.m. to eight a.m . wlthouOnnco
waking, and In- never c»1r* during tlio day.—Boss
BkKei BV. ATlier-streat, York.
IRICES.—DU BARRY'S REVALENTA
X' AHA IlICA mutably p.ickr.1 forall cllinate*. In Thl*
of i lli.. »it U.: l II*., mI ; i Il».. •*., Alb.. Hj.j
1TALUABLE DISCOVERY for tho IIAIR.
▼ If tour hair 1* turning frrtj or white, or fullinjf • uu
THE MEXICAN HAIR RENICWER: for It will
rw»torr. In every cane.g rey or wlilto hAlr U> 11a orljrtnAl colour,
without leaving tho diRdirrerable fmoll of mo*t " K«*torvr«. It
makes tho hair charmlngWbrautlful.au well aa promoting tha
growth^ of tho hair on bald ■pota, where the glands an A
This preparation hat never been known to fall In rettoring tta
hair to ita natural colour and gloaa in from eight to twelve daya.
It promote* growth* and prevents tho hair falling out. eradi¬
cating dandruff. and leaving tho ecalp Jn a clean, heal thy con¬
dition.
It Imparts peculiar vitality to the root# of tho lialr. restoring
It to its youthful trealmo** and vigour. Dally applications of
this preparation for a week or two will nurcly restore faded,
grey, or white hair to Its untural colour and rk-hne**.
It is not a dye, nor doe* it contain any colouring matter or
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" Tlie constitution of the person and the condition of the xralp
have much te du with tlie length of time it requite* for new list,
to grow; alto thill or thick Indr will depend much upon the vitel
force remaining in the holr-glanil*. New hairs are Ur.t wa'ii to
start around the margin of Hie laid near the permanent
lialr, and extending upward, until the .pot* are covered iiiore.fr
||#* thickly wltli lino short Iiair. BXCMdVe hrudilng should be
giuiitli'l wgallist a* *oou a* the small Imlr* make their appear¬
ance: hut the scalp may ho spotiged-WIUi lam water to ouvan-
taire ocotslonally. The scalp may bo pressed and inuved on
tlie hone by the linger ends, which f|ulckrii* the circulation
amt soften* the spots which li*vo remalnsil long baid.
On applying tin* bair-dirmiig it enliven* the scalp, andlx c-se*
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and Hie new growth nre»cut« the luxuriance und colour of
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it. proiluclnp the colour within tho substance of tho hair, lm-
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falling, keeping the head cool, c ean, an.l free TOmjlandrufl.
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Auo. 2, IMA
August 2nd, 1884
I La GTRATE
Supplement to the
' PYE CORNER
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Aro 2, 188-1.-105
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GYMNASTICS FOR GIRLS.
106
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 2, 1884
THE FOUNTAINS AT THE HEALTH
EXHIBITION.
A description of the means by which the beautiful effects
shown by the fountains at the Health Exhibition ore produced
cannot fail to interest our readers. The mechanical nrrangc-
■■■ Metropolitan __
Supply, much credit is due to the engineers and electricians
engaged in conducting the series of jets and cascades, and in
providing the nieuns of illumination.
The water for supplying the fountains and jets is received
direct from the Hammersmith reservoir of the West Middlesex
Water Company. The main enters the Exhibition grounds from
the north-west, and is conducted to the water-meters, on the
western side of the centre basin, near the steps uscending the
upper terrace. The meters, four in number, register the
quantity of water supplied. From this point a large main
leads to the island, where the principal jets rise. The water
is supplied with a pressure of about seventy pounds to the
square inch, this being sufficient to carry it to a height of
120 ft. without any additional forcing power. The wires for
supplying the electric light are conveyed to the island inclosed
in porcelain tubes, which, render contact with foreign sub¬
stances impossible. The entire number of jets are worked by
wheels and levers placed inside the island. As the manipulator
emmet judge the effect of the display he works, the directions for
working are given from the clock tower at the south end of the
garden. This tower is reached by a single ladder from below.
The tower contains three rooms, aud a small platform at the
top. The lower room is not used. The secoud, which is
fronted by the dial of the large clock, is the operating-
room, where all orders are given by means of electric bells
conveyed to the machine-room below the island. Here sits
Sir Francis Bolton, who personally “ works ” the display.
In front is a board with the pushes of twenty bells. The bells
are labelled “call,” “on,” “off,” “steady,” nine different
instructed. While he is actually working the fountains and
causing the effects seen by the spectators outside, he himself
cannot see what is going on, his only means of knowing that
ull is right being the signals from the clock tower. When the
order “Lights on” is received, the five arcs are set going,
their powerful light permeuting through every comer of the
room. The strain on the eyes is very lieuvy (the carbons giving
out quantities of nitric acid and ozone), and several of the
workmen have suffered severely from these after effects.
Without coloured glasses it would be impossible to remain,
and equally impossible to leave, as, while the jets are
playing, all ingress or egress is stopped. The temperature
of the room rapidly rises, the absence of ventilation
aud the great heat thrown out by the arc lights fre¬
quently raising the atmosphere to above 100 degrees. The
heat of the electric arc is so great as to fuse even a steel tool
which may be brought into contact with it. As all water sent
up from the island fulls down on its roof, the noise is con¬
siderable, it being no easy matter to make oneself heard. The
quantity of water sent up averages 70,000 gallons an hour, but
whue all the jets arc going at once, 1000 gallons are used in
fifteen seconds. The designs to be thrown on the cascade are
worked from a lnntern placed inside the island facing the treble
full. The water towers at. either side of the statue are capable
of thowinga stream of wuter, containing a ray of electric light,
into the busiu below with a very beautiful effect.
NOVELS.
A very clever exercise in historical romance is about tlio best
description that can be given of Dorothy I'orster: by Walter
llesant (Chattound VV iudus); but that it is an exercise is con¬
tinually apparent throughout the three volumes. Many
readers, while they admire the writer’s skill and admit his
power, will wish that he had chosen a more modern subject.
However, Dorothy Forster is a most interesting study of a most
~~r—"•**> . "*•* di.cck»j, lima umereiK, lovely and charming girl, who won the heart but did not
colours, and seven pipes. Thus the attention of the engineer accept the hand of the unfortunate Lord Derwentwater, who
is first “ called.” The “on” bell and the “centre” pipe was executed for his share in the ridiculous rising of 1715.
being thou touched, the ojierator below immediately starts the About this absurd attempt there was nothing of the gallunt
centre jet, the big fountain, which readies an enormous height. -*-•*— 1 ... •* • • - - - ”
Should a colour bell be rung, a ray of light is immediately seen
to illumine the water as it rises from the island. The il¬
lumination of the water-spray, which produces brilliant effects
when falling, is done from the dock-tower. In the telegraph-
room are two “Brush” arcs of 2000-candle power each.
Ihese are assisted by the holophote, containing an arc of
10,000-caudle power, situated in the upper room. It is the
holophote that reflects the red, white, and blue colours ou
the cascade, also the parti-colours on the fountains them¬
selves. The colours are sent through a medium of
sheet-gelatine stuck on a glass frame similar to a small window.
A number of these frames are fitted on a sliding rack, and are
raised into position by the pulling of a string. On the call
“change” being given, the window in position before the
nozzle of the holophote is allowed to drop, and another imme¬
diately raised. This produces the rapid change of colour.
Ascending still higher, there is another electric arc ou the out¬
side platform. Tt is from here that the “ most light ” is raised
or lowered by the scarlet shade, which is of mushroom shape,
and, like an inverted umbrella, is drawn up until it dims the
light reflected below. Sir Francis Bolton, at his seat before
the bell board, directs not only the working of the jets, but also
and in most of the portraiture ; but the range is circumscribed
paltry * 18 **** th ® 8 rouud » the incidents are petty and
Benders who enn be satisfied with a quiet and nevertheless
sufficiently powerful tale of unseusual love, told in simple
unaffected style, with a very delicate touch and with all the
accessories that a man of culture can employ to give a charm to
what lie writes, cun be recommended to try The Amazon :
by Carl \osmaer (1. Fisher Unwin), which, though
translated from the Dutch, is an eminently readable volume,
llie translator is Mr. L. J. Irving, who seems to have done his
work sympathetically and admirably; there is a frontispiece
contributed by Mr. L. Alma Tudema; and there is an intro¬
duction, done into English from the German which Herr Kbers
prefixed to his own translation of “ The Amazon.” Whether
this English translation of the whole tale was turned from the
German or from the original Dutch is not quite plum, nor does
it matter m the least; in cither case English renders have a
line chance of becoming acquainted wjfli a Dutch “ poet
novelist, essayist, and art-historian,” whose boast, as a teller
of stories, it is to present “ delicate pictures of tlic inner life
and spiritual conflicts of healthy-minded men and women.”
A fair widow, who has been unhappily married, and determines
for the future to risk her happiness no more iu that way, is •• the
Amazon ; aud around her uro grouped a sculptor and a painter,
who are in a manner rivals for her love; a genial elderly gentle¬
man, who is her uncle find constant companion; n spinster
once lovely and still lovable, whoso life has been wrecked by
puritanical relations; and un Italian musician, a cripple, a
most touching and at the some time most pleasing, instructive,
and exhilarating portrait. The scepe is laid principally in
Koine, so that there is plenty of glorious colouring: the con¬
versation is chiefly of art, including music mid poetry, and of
love and marriuge./ Could any topics be more to the taste of
a cultivated reader ?
•how, the chivalrous romance, the meteoric dash, the fiery
enthusiasm, the early success, which have made the later
rising in 1745 one of the most brilliant, most prominent,
most moving, most attractive episodes of English history; anun .£ ei
and it must, therefore, be acknowledged that a novelist
who chose Lord Derwent water’s insurrection for a basis
had a very weak foundation to work upon. The wonder
is that so excellent a result should have been attained. To
tliut end, of course, it was necessary to pay far more attention
to the subordinate characters aud incidents than to the central
figure and the fundamental idea. Of Lord Derwentwater and of
his insurrection there is comparatively little, nnd that little is
comparatively tame. Dorothy Forster is the name of two
personages introduced into tlio novel--of a lovely aunt (who
becomes Lady Crewe) and of her lovelier niece,who remains a
spinster, and is the heroine—if there be miy lieroitie—of the
novel. The niece is made out to be the sister of Mr. Forster, or
General Forster, whom history records as the leader of the
Northumbrian insurgents, and whom the novelist describes—
with great versimilitude—as a brave, honest, 6tudid, toping,
well-meaning, incapable country gentleman, easily turned by
knaves into a convenient instriimeut. The best character in
.e Dragon ” is a piquant song by J. L. Molloy, pub-
d by Messrs. Chappell and Co., who also issue “Under
Window, ’ a serenade by L. Wheeler, and “ Twin Souls,’'
under circumstances,” as Mr. Mark Tapley would have put it.
One of the mest curious points about the novel is the occusion
it gives the author for mentioning—involuntarily, no doubt,
on his part—the names of Northumbrian gentlemen who are
known to fame rather as breeders aud runners as well as riders
of racehorses than in any other capacity ; there are,
. -- --o —— j —, ~-- the book, the most amusing, the most deserving, the most
tiie colour and power of the lights. This is done by a series constantly employed, is the said Mr. Forster’s chaplain, a man
of electric signals. The signal having been given to start, °f heart and brains, an exceedingly versatile person, typical of
the arcs are brought into position, and the display begins. a certain class of students to be found at the Universities still,
Ii ! , B T’ na J ghen from the tower is acknowledged from but with less chance now than formerly of “coming ont
the island by a reply bell. As there will frequently be under riwimt+anM. xv. —i-u v— _ <
a dozen orders in one minute, the reply bell keeps ringing
pretty constantly. Notice of intended changes are given to
the workers of the holophote above. Thus, Sir Francis Bolton,
about to start the centre jet, and wishing to illumine the
falling spray, will call, “ Stand by for change,” then, after
ringing the “ stop ” bell to put nil end to the circular jets
hitherto playing, and with a call of “Steady, high,” will ring
the “ centre ” bell, and also the “centre light ” alarm. The
large jet will immediately discharge its hundreds of gallons a
minute, the water lit by a brilliant white light from below, and
a golden tinge above. This having gone on lor a minute or more,
the call "red, white, and blue” will bo given, and the “centre
light” and “out” bell sounded. The bottom light will im¬
mediately disappear, while instead of gold the spruy will be lit
with the colours we have mentioned.
lo visit the machine-room under the island requires some
preparation and a little nerve. The visitor is equipped in u
diver’s suit (minus the helmet) and a pair of blue goggles. He
steps iuto three feet of water, and, after a somewhat precarious
bit of walking over the numerous pipes which overlfiy^thfi
cement flooring of the basin, the island is reached. Getting
into the basin is easy; getting out is another matter. To
raise oqesclf out of water, heavily weighted with dripping
canvas, through an aperture some 4 ft. by 20 in., is not
so easy; but this being done, the visitor finds himself in
the nuichhic-room of the water-garden. The. apartment is
21 ft. square. Its roof is low pitched, being little over 5 ft.,
requiring a constantly stooping attitude on the part of the
operators. The floor is crossed aucl reerosaed in aU directions
by iron pipes, conveying the water from the main to the
various jets. Wherever the supply pipe arrives beneath u
jet, a branch lends up to the roof, where it is attached to the
nozzle itself. The jets are placed in three rows, with one
centre jet. '1 here are, besides, five rings, ^vith ten nozzles
These are all on the top of the isliunl, tlie water jets
lilt liw.4 M’l. ..u<. . 1 1 , \ 4 .1 1 . .
MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS.
“ The Dragon ”
lislicd ‘
Hfr , ___ _ _
by Isidore de Lara, two pleasing vocal pieceiTthat lie well fo.
average voices. The same publishers have brought out vrniou.
arrangements of prominent movements from Mill ticker's
popular comic opera, “ The Beggar Student.” Two sets of
selections for the pianoforte, by G. W. Marks, a set of qua¬
drilles and a polka, arranged by. C. Coote, and a waltz, are
derived from tlio same source.
“ The Child and the Angel,” by F. II. Coweu, is a graceful
and expressive song, as also is “The Voice I Love ” by Lady
ArthuriliH. Both are published by Messrs. Metzler and Co.,
ns is “ 1 he American Organ Journal,” a serial editffa byd.
M. Coward, and containing many interesting pieces drawn
from vunous sources aud well adapted for the instrument
named. Arrangements of a similar kind, skilfully made by
Mr. F. Archer, are being issued by the same publishers.
“One Day of Boses’’—words by 1\ B. Marston, music by
.Miss Mary W. Ford—is a song replete with tender sentiment,
i'lie melody supplied by the composer is eminently vocal iu
character and lull of expression, the pianoforte accompani¬
ment being written with musicinuly skill, aud evincing a
decided talent for harmonic treatment. Tlie clinnge, at the
close, to the major key—with arpeggio accnnrpummeut—is
very effective. Tlio song is dedicated to Madame Adelina
Patti, who lias sung it again and again, expressing herself
delighted therewith. It is issued by the London Music
Publishing Company.
“ Country Songs for tlio Children’s Hour ” is the title of a
little book published by Messrs. Forsyth Brothers. The words
are by Mary Mark Lemon, the music by F. N. Lohr. Six
pieces of varied character make up a collection well calculated
m interest young people. The sume publishers issue some
—u 'rf j . are, of blight pianoforte music, among which may be mentioned
w who ® Lord Derwentwater lumseff “Danse d’Autrefois,” by J. L. Koeckel; “Marche uu
belonged, and one orwnom (Colonel Kadcliffe) won the St. ~ .. - ’ JU * UWI ® uu
Leger with Serina in 1781; there are the Gascoignes, of whom
Sir Thomas won the very first (properly so-called) St. Leger
with \Hollnmlaise,> in 1778; there are the Sliaftos who
rode famous matches and owned a host of famous roce-
liorses about tlie time of “the ’45,” and subsequently;
theravteria the Fenwicks, of By well, one of whom owned
tlia^ illustrious Matclieni, sire of Hollandalse; and, to
omit many others, the Swinburnes or Swinburns, of Long
wittou, one of whom was in partnership with Captain Robert
Sfiafto, ahd joint owner of tlie celebrated Wilclnir, ridden
twice by Captain Jenison Sliufto, in his great match in 1759 ;
and the Widdringtons, one of whom imported the Widdrington
Arabian about the very date of Lord Derwentwater's insur¬
rection. Perhaps, ns horseracing and horse-breeding are said
to be “in the blood," it is a blood thut leads to general
recklessness.
Analysis of character is the most remarkable feature of The
Giant’s Fobs: by F. Austey (Smith, Elder, and Co.), unless the
Combat,” “Songe des Fees,” “Souvenir d’Adieu,” “L’Alle-
gresse,” and “ Dragonenritt,” all by Edouard Dorii;
“Geraldine” (Nocturne), by E. M. Lott; and “Rondo
Scherzando,” by F. N. Lohr.
Johannes Brahms’s Four Trios for female voices, with
accompaniment of two horns and harp, lmve just been issued
in u cheap aud handy form by Messrs. Novello, Ewer, aud Co.
Of these characteristic pieces we lmve already spoken in refer¬
ence to their concert performance. In similar form the same
publishers have brought out the late Sir Stenulale Bennett’s
four sacred duots for soprano voices. The same firm has like¬
wise published (in library form) skilful arrangements, as
pianoforte ducts, by Mr. E. Silas, of Mr. A. O. Mackenzie’s
orchestral “ Ballade,” “ La Belle Dame Sans Alerci,” and the
ballet music aud rustic march from the same composer’s opera,
“ Colomba.”
Recent publications by Mr. Edwin Ashdown (of Ilnnover-
squnre) include several vocal pieces which may be reeom-
palm of renmrkabilitj' should be d,u„,cd“or the tiUa'Tl, ich j' A™" uT lro - e fr0 “ dilllcul. Mr
will probably convey no meaning whatever to muny a readerV „P'ti! L r r’ i - U V ? bte PP ul 8* S5to ilF s > ls genial
understanding, even when the book has been rend^to tlio end. d tl,orougllIy English in style; Lovimr Hands, bv s.
The story is good enough and well written enough, but not
notably good or notably well written; nor is the subject of a
each.
being distinct. There are, ^ltogcther,\l20 jbfs, many being
double or treble. The fountains nre set in action by wheels,
which are horizontally attached to the water mnins. The large
lets, those sending tlie water to the greatest heights, are worked
by levers, so as to allow the iustanhuuous start and stop,
which causes the showe^of Spray so much admired. There
arc, altogether, elevci} wheels find three levers. The wheels
are nearly equidistant rofind the fodin, the levers being in the
centre, in tl|>ro^f > nto x tiv^cii^fiilar skylights of very strong
glass. They are pinfeed, one exactly in the centre, the others
forming a squiufe aliout it. Under-each of these skylights is
a light tublc, being a wooden staind On which is fixed a hand
arc lump oF yOhO-eandic power. Over the arc. between it and
the skylight, is a powerful lens, which magnifies the light
thrown unby theirmip./ The result of tinning the light on
while tl |<: fjet nbovc is jrorking is powerfully to illumine the
stream of waier. jind produce that glistening effect which
receive® the admiration of the beholders during every display.
The power for the hand-lamps is supplied by a 70-horse power
SierinniVmilcliine.
When Hie apparatus is about to be set in notion, the ven¬
tilators, as the linrrow side-windows nre termed, are closed
down, as, if they were leftopen, the room would soon be flooded,
jlie usual stall’ is five—one man to work the valves, three to
attend to tlie lights, and one to watch nnd reply to the bells.
1 he bell boards nro fixed on the outer wall of the room, the
attendant sitting before them calling out the instructions
shown as they arc recorded. As soon as an order is received
tlie engineer ruus to the valve indicator and opens or closes, as
very interesting kind. As regards originality, the author
himself seems to have some doubt of himself; for he writes
in his preface: “It has been my intention from the first to
take this opportunity of stating that, if I am indebted to any
previous work for the central idea of a stolen manuscript,
such obligation should be ascribed to a short tale, published
some time ago in one of the Christmas numbers the only
story upon the subject I have rend at present.” The
same idea, nevertheless, lias done service already for one
novel (in three volumes) at least; and there was the
less occasion for the uutlior to mnke a sort of apology
on the present occasion, because the idea is a very common
one indeed and very likely to occur to a lrost of in¬
dependent writers, especially when they are so preoccupied
with their own special vocution nnd its importance as to be
unable to keep literature nnd its meannesses ont of the sub¬
jects introduced into their books. In the present instance the
.novelist, it must be admitted, has exhibited great ingenuity in
describing how an unsuccessful author was almost forced bv a
publisher's extraordinary incredulity into consenting to’bo
considered the writer of what turned out to be a highly suc¬
cessful work; but, of course, the man who consented was not
only a wenkling but a hound. Such a man would naturally
proceed further and rob his friend of lady-love as well ns of fume
and money. No doubt the real author was supposed to be
dead, but the supposition was proved to be unfounded beforo
it wns too late for u nmn with the least sense of honour, the
least regard for truth and right, the smallest bowels of com¬
passion, to redeem himself from utter condemnation and to
save the woman he degraded by loving for the nmn she really
loved. There is some little fun in the book but of a somewhat
poornnd feeble description, such—for the most part — ns might
pass for wit and humour at a tea party of schoolmasters and
curates. There is cleverness, certain]/, iu unuiy of the Beenes
all commendable iu their respective styles. Mr. Ashdown also
issues some pianoforte music that is worthy of attention.
“Pictures of Youth," by II. Liclmer, is the title of u
series of twelve characteristic and easy (pieces well calculated
to interest juvenile pianists; “l’ur et Simple—melodic”
is a graceful piece, bv Air. Sidney Smith, in tlio Nottumo
style; nnd “Aubadc” is a pieusing morning serenade by
M. Watson.
Messrs. Stanley Lucas, Weber, aud Co. have recently pub¬
lished some pleasing vocal pieces, among which are : “ C'astlpe
in Spain,” by Lady Benedict; “ When nil around is still,” by
W. Harold; “Bygone Days” (to Burns’s woids), by II.
Kjerulf; “ Portuguese Love-song," and “Spring Showers,”
both by E. J. Troup; and " Fetter’d yet Free,” by A. L.
Morn. The same firm lias nlso issued a cheap edition of
Brahms's twelve songs and romances for four-part chorus of
female voices. An English version of the words, by Constance
Bnehe, is given in addition to the original Germun text, and
there is u pianoforte accompaniment, which, however, is ad
libitum.
“The Children’s Home,” nnd “Laddie,” are vocal duets
arranged by A. J. Caldicott, from favourite songs, respectively
by !•'. II. Cowen and Ciro l’insuti. Several pleasing songs nre
also published by Messrs. Morley and Co. (of Regent-street),
among them ure“ Our Guards,” by Air. Watson; “Tlio
Bed Scarf,'” by T. Bouheur; aud “ Thine,” by E. Phillips.
Messrs. Morley nre nlso issuing some useful publications for
the organ. Alorley’e Organ Journal, edited by H. J. Stink, is
published in numbers, and contains some interesting pieces,
original and arranged. “ Alorley’s Voluntaries for tlio organ,
harmonium, or American organ ” consist of original pieces by
various composers.
TJGf
AUtt. S, 18**
107
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
HOLIDAY RAMBLES.
(Tty our Paris Oorrespondtnl.)
A NEAPOLITAN STREET.
Rumour nnd tradition liave calumniated Naples and its
inhabitants. The guide-books will tell you that the streets
are infested by beggars, that the town in general is full of bad
smells, und that the people are “ the most indolent and the
most squalid of the human rnce” (Baedeker). During the
past ten days I have been walking and riding about Naples in
all directions, and at all hours, and I have not once had to
complain of the importunity of beggnra. Indeed, I have
seen singularly few beggars, considering that the town boasts
500,000 inhabitants. As for bud smells, they are observable
mainly in the vicinity of the port and the llsh market; but
they are not moro pronounced than the smells of any other
caport. The charges of indolence and equal idity brought
against the inhabitants seem to mo to be equally unfounded,
or at any rate exaggerated.
Leaving out of the question the luxurious existence
of the local aristocracy and of the cosmopolitan population
of visitors, the civilisation of Naples may be said to have
remained stationary since the Middle Ages. The old
town is a net-work of narrow streets scarcely any wider than
1 liose of Pompeii, and running up and down the three hills of
.Saint Elmo, Capo di Monte, and Pizzafalcone. Many of these
streets ore interrupted by flights of Bteps, and available only
for foot or donkey traffic ; others wind about under arches and
•, milts ; and all are lined with lofty houses of grey, white, rose,
or yellow colour, with green Venetian shutters and balconies,
rhe ground floor is invariably occupied by little shops, and
the upper rooms arc dwellings. A more busy, varied and
amusing scene than one of these narrow streets cannot
bo imagined. At the corner you invariably find a
water-seller installed at a little counter decorated with shining
brass ornaments and provided with piles of lemons, half-a-
dozen bottles of nuisette, absinthe, and other liquors, stone
ucmijohns containing ferruginous, sulphurous, and other
waters, and, at each end, two slender Darrels swinging on
pivots and containing fresh water kept deliciously cool by a
rising of snow brought from the neighbouring mountains.
The aqua freeca sold at these innumerable street-stalls is
delicious, and with the addition of two or three drops of
anisette forms the favourite drink of the Neapolitans.
Entering the street, we find a most motley crowd of hawkers
of all kinds, some carrying their wares on their heads, and
others accompanied by donkeys or mules laden with tomatoes,
green figs, plums, and other fruits and vegetables, shaded by
waving green branches. The street-hawker is so deeply rooted
an institution at Naples that he has been able to ruin a company
which went to great, expense to provide the city with elegant
iron markets like those of Paris. These markets, situated in
various quarters of the town, failed utterly, and are now
employed for riding-schools and other uses. The Neapolitan
housewife insists on being served at her door, or rather at
her window, from which she lowers a basket attached to a rope
and bargains furiously over two sous’ worth of plums. This
constant lowering of baskets from balconies Blinded by flaming
ultramarine blinds and draped with the family washing hung
out to dry adds greatly to the amusing aspect of the streets.
Then, in the morning and_ afternoon, the streets are en¬
cumbered by herds of goats’and cows, led two by two with
ropes, ^loth cows and goats have bells at their necks, and are
milked in presence of the consumer. The goats even
walk up the staircases of the houses, and deliver their milk
literally at the door, whether it bo on the second floor
or on the fifth. Where the streets are broad enough,
they arc crowded with carts of the most primitive con¬
struction, drawn by queer combinations of mules and donkeys
and bullocks, often three abreast and one of each kind. The
shaft-horse lias always a saddle rising high in the air and sur¬
mounted by a profusion of brass ornaments, including two or
three weathercocks, which spin round as he advances, and
which in their turn are surmounted by a horn, or a brass hand
with the index and little finger extended so as to form the
horns which are supposed to avert the jettatura or evil eye.
No man, woman, or child in Naples is without
a talisman of some kind; the house fronts are covered
with horns of all kinds, and often you will see hung
over doors and windows an inflated black glove, with the index
and little finger extended in the required position. At Naples
superstition still retains strong hold, and, besides the horns to
avert the evil eye, every dwelling is provided with an image of
t.lie Madonna, before which a lamp is kept burning night and
day ; and all along the streets you will see images and pictures
of saints in niches, with little lamps burning before them. In
the room where I am living there are, besides the Madonna, with
her lamp, three other images of saints—namely Saint Gennnro,
Baint Antonino, and Saint Joseph, to sny nothing of a gorgeous
company of dressed dolls representing the Nativity ; while on
the landing is an oil painting of the Crucifixion, before which
a lamp is kept burning at the expense of the tenants of thellat,^
11 is hopeless to attempt to convey in words an idea of the
animation of these littlo streets. Besides the curious crowd
of shouting hawkers and chattering passengers, and vehicles
and cattle, there arc swarms of children, who in these warm
summer days are often allowed to run about stark naked. And
beautiful little creatures many of them are, with their bronzed
skins, their regular features, and their large soft eyes 1- Then,
again, everybody lives in the street. The little shops are so
♦entirely taken up by the broad family beds'"that there is no
room left to move about, and the merchandise is displayed in
1 he street. The shoemnker works in the street, surrounded by
his woiuen-kind ; the tailor sits cross-legged on the footpath ;
the housewife peels her potatoes on the footpath. At night
the gossiping and card-playing'aild eating hud drinking all
go on in the street. The whole life of the town is out
of doors; but it is neither-indolent/'nor squalid. On
the contrary, each of the little shops is the scene of
indefatigable and cheerful industry ; and both the men and
bie women wear clean Traen. The modem Neapolitan, far
f min being indolent and squalid, seems to me rather to merit
♦he titles of frugal and industrfom/ Why, then, it may be
asked, does he remain poor P Because the civilisation of the
■cfly lias not progressed with the age.-- At Naples the trades
are carefully separated und, to a great extent, confined to
certain quarters. One quarter cf the town is inhabited almost
exclusively by coppersmiths, another by wheelwrights, another
by cabinet-makers, another by shoemakers, and so forth. As
f final trait of the simplicity of manners and customs, I will
mention a curious scene which I witnessed the other afternoon.
' t one end of a small square surrounded by lofty and irregular
house-fronts wero ranged four long benches forming a
B fi’tare. Some fifty men and women were seated on these benches,
'< d in the iniddlea bronzed black-haired man with a long black
moustache and lantern jaws, was reading aloud, out of a thin
(l<>uble-oolumn folio, an Italian translation of “The Three
-Muskotcers.” This man's trade, I wns told, is to read aloud,
and he receives two centimes, or one fifth of a penny, from
‘ "ili person who sits on his benches, and nothing from the
outside listeners who remain standing. I can assure yon
Al.-x»»n»lre Dumas never had a better reader or u more attentive
audience.
CAPRI. ..
The island of Capri is the most perfect place for loafing and
lotus-eating that I have yet seen. The beauty of the island,
the mildness of the climate, the purity of the air, the simpli¬
fication of all the conditions of existence, the lavialiness of all
tliegiftsofNaturc.rendermereconsciouslifein Capri so delicious
that you have no desire to do anything. It is the paradise of that
dotce far nientt which is impossible in onr northern climes.
I have now been here a whole week ; during that time I have
not travelled by land further than half a mile from the hotel;
I have not found one single minute lumg heavily; day has
followed day calmly and serenely, and the whole island seems
to be a beautiful dreamland inhabited by graceful women who
have escaped into life from the bas-reliefs of some Greek
Temple or the paintings on nn antique vase.
The hotel where I am living is almost at the water’s edge.
It is a cool and bright house, with floors of prettily orna¬
mented tiles, and shady porticoes and verandahs, from which
you look over the ever-beautiful bay of Naples from Capo
Misenum to the Tunta della Campnnella. This splendid
expanse alone is o spectacle of inexhaustible interest: the
changing surface of the deep blue water; the varying tints of
the islands of Ischia and Procidn as the sunrises and declines;
tho transformations of colour in the amphitheatre of moun¬
tains;—all this forms a most fascinating and imposing sight.
Then, turning one’s back to the sen, one sees Capri rising like
a huge rocky sphinx out of the water, the more lofty hill
rugged and savage, the lower hill greeu and fertile and crowned
by the town of Cupri.with its little cathedral dome and itswhite,
flat-roofed houses, with arcades and terraces ; and, above, the
peak on which stand the ruius of one of the villas of Tiberius.
At the foot of this hill, in a little pebbly bay, is the Grande
Marina, or port of Capri, with its score fishing-boats moored
or hauled up ashore, a few picturesque white or rose-coloured
houses, a miniature mole, a coast-guard stution, and a short
pebble-bench, on which are a few bathing cabins.
As the island of Capri is composed of two hills, rising for
the most part sheer out of the water—the cliffs on the east
side are 900 feet high—we must not expect level roads. There
is of course a circuitous enrringe road from the Marina to the
town, and nnother which winds along the mountain side to
Anacapri; but the regular Capri roads are narrow lane'i
paved with rugged stones, with stone walls on each side, and
meandering up and down between gardens and orchards and
vineyards which rise terracc-wise up the slopes. Allthese
lanes are overhung with lemon and orange and fig trees, or
with trailing vines with their pendent fruit; the soft air is
redolent of myrtle and laurel and lemon ; the fops of the walls
are hedged with the prickly cactus-like growth of tlic Indian
fig, and their surface is alive with the swift glidings of lizards ;
and here and there, nestling amidst flowers and yerdure.'yotr'
see a modest villa whero some philosophic sopl, weary of the
busy eagerness of the west, lias come to seek rest and greater
joy under the bright sky of Capri.
It has been one of my chief delights while lure to watch
the processions of women and girls who are employed from
morning until night carrying burdens from the port up these
narrow lanes to the different parts of the island. In the popu¬
lation of Capri, I must tell ypSNwomen form a large majority.
Many of the men have emigrated to America, and the others
are mostly absent for two or three years together coral-fishing
on the African coast, so that almost all tlie labour has to be
done by the girls and women, and all the carrying is done
absolutely by them. Deuce these processions of neatly-
dressed and chattering maidens bulanQjhg on their heads
blocks of building stone, pails of mortar, amphor®
of antique form, barrels of wine and what, not, and gliding
bare-footed up the rugged paths, erect, springing, and grace¬
ful in every movement. The female types of Capri are
generally charming,'find-very various; they are often hand¬
some, always well formed, and their smooth Bkins and healthy
colour contrast strongly with the yellow and wrinkled faces of
the slatternly Women you see in most of the places around the
bay of Naples. The variety of types is due to the fact of tho
island having successively been in the hands of Phoenicians,
Greeks, Romans, Saracens, Spaniards, Normans, French, atul
English. But to whichever type a Capri woman may belong,
she is always tidy and graceful, and a most tempting subject
for an artist, a fact which lias mude Cupri u great resort of
painters of all nationalities.
It is the- custom to consider Capri merely as a winter
resort. This is a mistake. The wise people, who are always
«'Hunoritjtj\Come to Capri in the summer, and the most clmrni-
Ing tlme of tho year here is from May to September, when
the cool north-wcst wind prevails. During this season rain
is a rarity, and the wind rises at ten a.m. and blows gently
until five p.m., so that one never suffers from the hear.
"As\fbr the bathing and boating here, it is ideal. The
living, too, is excellent and abundant; and the hotels,
thanks to their winter invalid custom, are adapted to receive
Anglo-Saxons, and to make them comfortable. As for the
price, in winter board and lodging at the hotels overages about
12f. a day, but at this season of the year, when only the small
minority of wise people come to Capri, you can make a bar¬
gain to be housed and fed for half that sum; and from my
own brief experience I can guarantee that you will have a good
time, provided you do not need such distractions ns balls,
German bands, vocal and instrumental concerts, shooting-
gnllerics, or lawn-tennis. These refinements of civilisation
are liuppily unknown in Capri. T. C.
TIIE rOSTMA8TER-GENERAL AND TIIE PARCELS POST.
The thirteenth report of the Postmaster-General has been
issued. Speaking on the subject of tlie Parcels Post, Mr.
Fawcett says the new service wns brought into operation with¬
out causing the slightest delay in the delivery of letters.
Although it wns impossible to obtain trustworthy data, it was
estimated that the number of parcels would be about
27,000,000 n year. In the first weeks of the Parcels Post the
number carried wns at the rate of 15,000,000 a year. Gradually
the number increased to the rate of between 21,000,000 and
22,000,000, and this representsthe number carried at the present
time. After some experience it was found possible to effect
many simplifications and economies, and in many instances
accelerating the delivery of parcels. Without venturing to
predict whether the parcel business of the Post Office would
be large or small, Mr. Fawcett is confident that the working
expenses can be adjusted to the number of parcels carried,
thus securing the revenue against loss. The most dTectunl
way of securing economy in the Parcels Post working, it lias
been found, is to amalgamate it with the general postal service
of the country. Bo far from supplanting private enterprise,
the railway companies and other carriers have been stimulated
to introduce a cheaper and better parcels service.
The Berkshire magistrates and other residents in that
countv have subscribed upwards of £500 towards a testimonial
to Mr. Uielmrd Benyon, of Euglcflcld House,'near Reading,
on his retirement from the chairmanship of the sessions. Tho
testimonial will take the form of a portrait of Mr. Bciiyon, to
be placed in the grand j ury room of U10 assize courts at Reading.
HENRY GREVILLE.
Viscountess Enfield has courteously acceded to the request
that she should prefix to her Leaves from the Diary of Uenry
Greville, second scries (Smith, Elder, and Co.), a “short memoir
of her uncle ” (the gentleman who kept the diary); and, if
wit is to be measured by brevity, the memoir must be con¬
sidered a very witty one indeed. The whole biographical
account does not occupy more than three pages of fair size, if so
much ; but the little is welcome. Henry William Greville, we
are told, was the youngest son of Charles and Lady Charlotte
Greville, and was born in October, 1801. He died in December,
1872; and he therefore lived in the most stirring times, during
which he had ample and special opportunities for observation.
Though lie was educated at Westminster and Eton, yet
a considerable part of his childhood was spent on the
Continent, chiefly at Brussels, wheredie was living with his
family on the eve of the great /battle, kfc Waterloo. He was
tuken by the “ Iron Duke” in person to the historic ball given
by the Duchess of Richmond; mi U, as he had to wait for the
Duke in nn ante-room from time o'clock in the evening until
nearly midnight—so occupied was the great general with
business, he had three hours to spend in the interesting
occupation of watching a constant succession of soldiers, from
the highest to the lowest grade, coming to receive and depart¬
ing when they had received their final instructions for the
momentous imminent march. Deeply must that scene have
been impressed upon the excited boy’s mind ; and vividly must
it have come back to him in after years when his memory, on
other points, may have been dim, with age. Henry Greville seems
to have begun lifain eamestfso far as persons of his sort have
such lives) as private secretary to Lord Francis Leveson Gower
(when his Lordship was Chief Secretary for Ireland); to have
been made a precis-writer at the Foreign Office in 1834; and
to have exchanged that post, after a few months’ occupancy,
for the more congenial position of Attache to the Embassy at
Paris. Here, indeed, Mr. Greville was at home; he had an
extensive foreign acquaintance, he was proficient in French (as
well as in Italian); he liked society, and society liked him. He
had an artist'8 eye, we are told ; he loved the drama, and him-
Isejf. ActedCos well, perhaps, as an amateur (the late Charles
Dickeris and one or two other rarities excepted) can act; and
he was devoted to music. He was, of course, a sportsman, or
he would have belonged for nothing to the family of him who
owned the famous racehorse Alarm; but a sportsman in
moderation. Politics, both English and foreign, were his
delight; and that is the reuson why nearly every leaf of his
diary is almost of historical importance. Ho was for
many years about the Court as a gentleman usher; and he
/thus had a chance of obtaining those peeps behind the
^-Scenes which render his diary intensely interesting to tho
many renders who care not a doit for politics. The “ leaves ”
which liuve been utilised for the purposes of the present very
interesting series date from 1852, and comedown to 1856. It
is impossible to read without emotion, even after all the years
that have elapsed, the notes that relate to the death, the lying-
in-state, and the public funeral of the grout Duke of Wel¬
lington, .and the important questions nnd appointments that
arose out of it. Very curious and interesting, too, is it to rend
the unconstrained language in which it is recorded that
“ Louis Napoleon is to marry the daughter of the Countess
Montijo. She is a pretty girl—well born on her father’s
side: her mother, who was a very handsome woman,
nnd whom I knew formerly in Paris, is the daughter
of a man of the name of Fita-Putrick, who was an
English Consul in Spain. . . . This marriage makes
a very great sensation, nnd is not likely to be popular in
France.” In due time there is nn entry concerning the birth
of the promising “young Marcellus,” the Prince Imperial,
and concerning the linrangues delivered to please the Emperor
upon the occasion. Of course French wit was exhibited on
such an occasion. One gentleman’s harangue wns called “ un
discours Troplong” (the name of the President who delivered
it). In the course of this speech the speuker was inspired to
speak of “Grotius”; whereupon a senator inquired of his
neighbour: “ Qui done etait ce Grotius?” “Mu foi,”
answered the neighbour, “ je ne saurais trop vous dire,
mais probablement e’etait un fnmeux accoucheur du temps."
There is nnother entry which, with tho light thrown
upon it by the tragic events of the Frnnco-Prussian war,
begun by the Emperor under the flattering assurance
that—so perfect were the preparations—there was “not
a button missing from a single gaiter even,” rends like a
sort of prophetic utterance. “ It is curious,” runs the
note, “ that when General Airey was at Paris” (at the time of
the Crimean war), “lie enlightened the Emperor on many
points regarding H. M.’s own army on which he wns entirely
ignorant. . . . Flaliault tells me that the Emperor, who is
generally supposed to do and look into everything himself,
and to be a man of extraordinary activity and decision, is, on
the contrary, very indolent and undecided ; and being there¬
fore constantly ignorant of much that is done or left undone
in the various departments of the State, often nets on
imperfect knowledge of details and circumstances. This,”
concludes Mr. Greville ingenuously, “ must be a most
dangerous mode of governing.” And now to turn to
a very different kind of subject. “I hear that Charles
Dickens,” writes tho author of the diary, “ who wns
present at the rentrie of Ristori in * Mirrhn,’ pronounces her
to be a humbug, nnd that she will not go down in London ;
and Thackeray’s daughter, who went with ns one evening
to * Maria Stuurda,’ told me that her father did not admire her
at all. The first verdict,” in Mr. Greville’s opinion (and most
readers will agree with him), “is simply ridiculous, ns time
will prove. The other is uue affaire de gout, un drile de go At selon
moi. But is not everything of the kind a matter of taste,
against which criticism, like wisdom, may cry at the comers
of the streets for ever in vain ? If criticism and taste ngree, it
is well; if not, it is criticism that must go to the wall. And
so let this interesting nnd varied collection of “ leaves” bo left
to the high appreciation it cannot fail to command.
A handbook of New South Wales, containing general in¬
formation for intending emigrants and others, has been
published by the Agent-General for the colony.
A cheque for nearly £150 has been handed over to the
Royal Life-Boat Institution by the proprietors of Youth, that
sum having been subscribed by the readers of that journal.
The Rev. Watson Hnggar, senior mathematical master at
Portsmouth Grammar School, has beeu appointed to the office
of head master to the High School for Boys, Sunderland, to
he opened in September next.
The following is published as a trustworthy estimate, in
round numbers, of this yenr’s wheat crop in Manitoba and
the North-West territories of Canada: — Estimated wheat
acreage in Manitoba, 350,000; yield, at 23 bushels per acre,
8.OGO.OOO; estimated wheat ncronge iu the North-West
territories, 65,000; yield, at 23 bushels per acre, 1,500.000 — a
total of 415,000 acres and 9,500,000 bushels. Deducting
2,700,000 bushels for home consumption and seed, a surplus
remains of 6,740,000 bushels. Everything points to a larger
yield per acre than that of 1883.
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CHAPTER IX.
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tl at Francis should
keep his guest amused ;
and, us neither of them
had any notion of'
uinuscmcnt beyond the
cards, to the cards they
fell. Hitherto, luck had.
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sistency on tho^ajde of\ the
Captainbut to-night, with
all the unaccountable sud-
dcnudjskof Fortune’s and other
lndiesKcapriees, ehtjMleclured
herself on the side of the
Squire. And this wasthe mon-
peculiar. inasmuch ns Francis
hardly knew what cards he
held -certainly uot what cards
he played.
( Upon jny life and soul,”
said Captain Quickset at last,
I do In; • v you hold the
fifth ace i i/io card that every
gam-^ter spends liis life in
looking for. It’s well I won
that u-n guineas, or I should
U; -twenty the poorer. Hut
vnls hi a livelier game—lucky
la play, unlucky iii love, you knowix. . . . Why, Frank,
you ’re blushing like a milkmaid ’, I wonder what it feels like ?
I should like to blush for oUcferl should indeed.”
"It’s hot—and it’s close—and winning’s confounded
slow,” said Francis; throwing down liis cams, and pushing
away his chair. " I ’ve half (i mind to look up Cowcumber Jack
ignitx 1 1 Ycoolunri pleasant out there” -
” And damp mid muddy, ch
" And better fun than these eternal kings, and queens, and
knaves. besides, Miss Openshnw wants to see hiih, you
know.” Her name was burning his tongue, and it was bound
to come — a propun of boots, or Kamtsehatku, or Julius Ciesar, or
ul »y thing, place, or person in the world. Besides, love laid
J»n«le him a trifle thirsty, and truth lies uenr the top of u
h°ttlo, if ut the bottom of a well.
“Oho!” said Captain Quickset, resting his elbows on the
*«blc, and framing his pale face mul his unchanging smile with
VV1 el , Pm * cr hands. ” I ve told you what/ think of Miss
>Y kat’B-her-uamo. But what do you ? ”
' Why this— that you may think you know a lot about
women, but you don't. Mabel Openshaw not to bo named
/ with poor Naricfe Derrick ! I should think not, indeed. Why
4 the Queen herself isn’t to hr named with Mabel Openshaw.”
“Not know women, Frank P Come—that's a good one, on
my life and soul. Why, I hadn’t carried the colours the
month before I knew them as if I’d had a hand in their
making. Wait till you've seen the world, Frank : wait till
'-yqu’ve seen the Marchioness of Millflower, or her Grace the
Duchess of Cockayne: or a little foreign thing I know of thnt
dnnccs, and, between you and I, is worth the two together.
That was the girl, you know, that Lord St. Blaises and that
''fool with fifty thousand a year, Tom Dimond, winged each
other over—I was St. Blaises’ second: and the best of that
joke was that ’twas I, plain Captain as I uni, who wus aw mew
with the little dancing thing all the time. Well, well. I
must really begin to think of settling down. The Duchess
tells me so every Tuesday and the Marchioness every Thurs¬
day—those are their days. Each thinks I’m too tnrtc with the
other, you see : to have so many affairs is amusing for a season
or two, but theyhave a way of accumulating :• and that gets
tiresome, and troublesome too. Five, or six at most, all at
once, is enough for any man. So you see you can’t expect
Me to think much of a common country beauty. If we want
a toust to sweeten our wine, here’s Nance Derrick: there’s
something Pekoe—Souchong—l’ckong—you know, us the
French say, about ho-.”
Somehow Captain Quickset’s anecdotes of tho world of
Fashion, though the more effective uud trustworthy for being
told by their hero, did not to-night appear so attractive and
agreeable to Francis Carew as heretofore. “ I won’t toast
Nance Derrick—I think we ’ll leave niv servant's daughter
ulone,” said he. “ She 's a good girl, you see.”
“Oh, Frank, Frank! As if there were any differuice
between any two women on earth, below the skin ! A good
girl — good lord! As though any girl isn’t just wlmt any follow
who knows the sex wants her to be. We’ve made one wnger,
Frank: I’ll make another. I’ll lay you twenty guineas to
two thnt by this dny week I ’ll have had one kiss from Nance
Derrick and another from Mabel Openshaw within the same
hour : not taken, mind, but fairly asked for and freely
bestowed. And 1 ’ll lay fifty guineas to five thnt by this day
fortnight” -
Two days ago, Francis would have taken any wager, out of
sheer ennui. Now, the very thought of such sacrilege made
liis marrow creep and his blood boil.
“ Stop that ! ” lie growled fiercely, with a clenched fist- raid
an ominous frown. “1 don’t know duchesses nordunciiig-
girls; but my mother’s son lias known one good woman: and
if them’s one there’s more. You’ll please to give Nance
Derrick a wide berth, while your sprain keeps you here :
and ” -
“ Don’t call me out, Frank- nnd don’t kill me with
laughing, either! As if I want to spoil a friend's sport—ns if
I am so hard put to it for good fortunes, on my life and soul,
as to lift a finger for either your Nance or your Mabel! Your
mother's son, Frank, may keep the couple in double harness,
for all mine cares. I do like you, Frank—it’s refreshing to
see a fellow of your time of life fire up; it does one’s heart
good, nnd mokes one feel young again. Fill, and drink ; nnd
if you want a sentiment without a name, here goes—
Who is fairest, best, anil rarest.
She that ’* brown or she thnt’s fair!
Which, in total, ’» worth u bottle !—
I)o like me, Sir:
Of the three, Sir,
Try the last, anil stop you there.”
There was no being angry with a fellow who himself seemed
so incapublu of anger. But it seemed equally out of tlio
question to count upon his serious sympathy; and Francis
instinctively felt that his new condition ot mind would only be
ridiculous in the eyes of so consummate a man of the world.
Otherwise he would have poured out his whole heart to his
comrade, both for counsel, and for the sake of naming nnd hear¬
ing named the name of names. Debarred of his natural outlet,
he ccrtuinly beenme exceedingly dull company—so much so
that even Captain Quickset, with all his resource for keeping
the hours alive, had to give him up at last, and to go to bed
more than half sober. As for Francis, when he, uftor a con¬
siderable time longer, followed his friend's example, he wus us
sober ns a judge, but nevertheless in a state of excitement tlmt
wine never yet gave.
Nor did he sleep as long ns usual. Indeed, for once lie very
nearly saw the sun rise without sitting up for him. The
Captain, he knew, kept more reasonable hours ; so there was
no inhospitalitv in his turning out for a stroll alone. All
meals were movable feasts at Homncombe, depending partly
on the convenience of airs. I)rax, partly on the caprices of her
master and his guest, so that breakfast had not to be taken
into consideration. The great problem to be solved was, how
s«xm could he, without calling attention fo himself, reopen
communication with the Vicarage, nnd in what way. (>f course
nothing in the world was more easy. Hut since Mabel had
risen above his horizon, he was ns much lost as he hnd been on
Sunday night in the moonlight, before Cucumber Jack had
come to his rescue. Lovers have been called moonstruck
before now ; nnd not without euusc.
Was there the faintest chance of winning such a peerless
creature he naked himself over aud over again—in sublime
forgetfulness that he was a man of fortune, virtually (Sir Miles
Heron being absent) the greatest man in Stoke Juliot and
three parishes besides, while she wns but a dependent upon the
charity of a penniless Vicar. Only, I fancy, King Cophetua
himself, when he wooed the beggar maid, forgot alike her rags
and his own crown, and the corresponding readiness of the
maiden’s father, mother, and brothers (I say nothing of her
“ Don’t call mo
udmjw.
mo with laughing, cither!"
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AUG. 2, 1884
sisters), not to speak of the midden herself, to be won. The
story says nothing, at least in the common version, of the
sturdy young grinder of knives whom the beggar maid threw
over for the King. Francis, like that deplorably imprudent
monarch, ignored the acres and the rent which had certainly
not sufficed himself for happiness, and the value they might
have in the eyes of any sensible young woman, and would
have scorned "such advantages even if he had remembered
them. What should a goddess care for acres ? Oh, if ho had
only not idled away his time at the Grammar School;
if ho were not a mere ignorant, awkward clown ; if he had
but a single one of the graces wherewith that confounded
fellow Quickset was so prodigally adorned ! No; it could
never be. And yet, whispered Hope, who is Love’s twin sister—
and yet why should ever a man despair ? Since he wns bo
infinitely far beneath her, he could at least become her slave,
and serve her ns mnn never served woman before.
We know better, nowadays, than to think that women are
to be won by service; and they themselves are not behind¬
hand iu declaring their scorn for all slaves, including their
own. Besides, slavery belongs to passion; and a long nnd
careful cultivation of sentimental psychology has led us to
forget what passion means—or rather, to strike nn average
between sense nnd sentiment and call it passion. But Francis
Carew had no more sentiment in him than had the Black
Steeple on the sauds—nay, not even so much as a knight of the
Dark Ages ; while nt the same time his worship for Mabel
Openslinw was fully as much that of a hermit for a saint ns of
a man for a woman. Sentiment is the hypocrisy of the senses;
passion is manly, and therefore pure. But it is also therefore
unselfish, and again therefore finds its glory in service, not in
rule—and mostly its whole reword.
Presently a brilliant thought struck him. He would go
and get Nance Derrick to talk about Mabel Openshaw. True,
ho had snubbed her for doing so on Sunday; but this was
Tuesday, and he owed long arrears of reparation for that
sacrilegious sin. Out of the fulness of his heart his mouth
was hungering for speech ; and he felt himself as certain of
sympathy from his servant’s daughter as he was certain of not
having it from his friend. Poor Quickset, with all his brilliant
qualities, to be blinded by common duchesses and dancing-
girls to such charms as Mabel’s ! But Francis could afTord to
pity generously: that so great a conqueror in the field of love
was blind in this supreme field was as fortunate as it was
strange.
It has probably been asked by this time what had become
of Captain Quickset’s sprain—for a sprained unklc is worse
than a broken leg, according to those who have tried both of
them.
It was certainly a remarkably convenient kind of sprain,
subject, in the most unorthodox mnnner, to acute spasms mid
lucid intervals. It was much too bad for its owner to think of
leaving Hornacombe, while, on the other hand, it had never
stood in the way of his making such short excursions as to
church last Sunday. This particular morning, for example, it
kept him in bed "fully as long as usual. But, when he was
once up and dressed, it troubled him so little that he even
thought of taking a stroll for pleasure.
“That moon-calf will have gone off to the Vicarage,” lie
said to his image iu the looking-glass while adjusting his
smile. “ All the better—the more rope one gives a fellow of
that sort with a woman, the sooner he’ll be hanged. Never
raw a fellow bowled over so completely all at once, on my life
and soul—never. The game’s easier than I thought for: only
its getting confounded slow : nnd—but I mustn't complain.
I wonder what it is about me that’s so fascinating to women—
though that’s of course: but tomen as well. I think I’ve earned
a little amusement, upon my life and soul. It’s hard work
making love to ladies, though it’s easy, too. The milk-maid's
worth two of her: nnd if the lady thinks such a lot of me,
what ’ll the maid ? I must give Mabel ft day to miss me in,
and to make comparisons with the moon-calf. Yes, I do
deserve a holiday: and what else is there, in a hole like this,
todoP”
Having learned from Mrs. Drax—with whom he stood high
in favour as a gentleman whose way of giving u single shilling
made it go as fur as any other man’s two—the way to Derrick’s,
his right upon an arm which rather amazed him, it felt so
strong and firm. So, putting on an extra limp in order that
he might give the hand an extra squeeze, he reached Master
Derrick’s own chair of uncusliioned oak, and dropped into its
angular hardness with a grateful sigh.
“ Thank you, my dear,” said he. “ And so you really live
all alone in the middle of this sand—I know you, you see. I
piiw you in church only last Sunday; and you may lay your
life and soul to mine that I remembered it better than the
sermon. I 'm Captain Quickset, you know—of the Household
Service. Not a very likely sort of person to turn up in these
parts, ehP But a soldier never knows where he may be to¬
morrow. . . . Ah: the cider. Y*ou're a regular Shebe, on
my life nnd soul. Cider from such fingers is worth all the
Squire’s claret — it’s Imperial Tokny ”-
“ I’m glad you like it, Sir,” said Nance. “ Father thinks
it a good tap ”-
“And I warrant my friend Carew is of the same opinion,
eh P I should, if I were he—and drop round pretty often
to try. But though he’s my friend, lie's a bit of an ass,
all the same. Only think—with the prettiest girl in England
almost next door to him, ho’s gone nnd tumbled head over
ears in love with that white-washed piece of goods, bliss
What ’s-hcr-Name—Openshaw. What do you think of that P
Over head and ears, on my life and soul.”
“ He hat seen her, then 1 ” said Nance, rather quickly :
rather to herself than to him. “Will you have any more
cider, SirP ” She interrupted herself even more quickly than
she had spoken.
“But what do you think of it?” asked the Captain, even
more quickly still. “Don't you think him n fool ?" And ns
he spoke he looked at her eyes so hard that, by all the rules of
such contests, she was bound either to blush or to smile.
But she did neither: for she was none of the Captain's
duchesses, whoever they were, and did not know the rules.
“ I don't think, Sir,” she answered, quite simply nnd gravely.
“ Only if Squire Carew had a wife, it would be the best tiling
could happen. And there isn’t a lady in the place but Miss
Openshaw, nor a gentleman but him. So it’s how it ought to
be—that’s all.”
“ But it isn’t all,” said the Captain. “ It means thnt ho
hasn’t eyes in his head for the prettiest girl in Devon—ay, or
in London: for I’ve seen ’em all. Do you mean to toll me,
my dear, that what’s called a gentleman is only to fall in love
with what’s called a lady? Why I, Captain Quickset, though
I’m a King’s officer, and could" marry six marchionesses to¬
morrow, would rather be sitting here listening to your talk
nnd having you look at me with those sweet eyes of yours than
—than—anywhere.” She’s one of the stu pid ones, thnt want
it strong, thought he. \ --
She did colour a little at last: but her eyes'showed no signs
of having received a compliment as al» gave him back a look
even more straight than his own. “If I was a gentleman,
Sir,” she said, "I should speak to every girl as if she was a
lady — whatever she might be. I ’nr not a lady, I know: but
I’d choose to be spoke to as if I were/’
Why — as if there wns a duchess that wouldn’t give licr
wliat I *ve said of
ifc—-because it wouldn’t be
P help telling the truth, you see—
whenever I think a thing, out it comes. Como and take your
work nnd sit dowft by me : and if you want to be talked to like
a lady—I ’ll show von how a gentleman talks to a lady: never
fear. Come, my deux: you needn’t be afraid of a sprained
lamb.” / — .... \ X/
“ I know how a gentleman talks to a lady. Sir, without
showing. You may rest here, and welcome—but I ’vc got my
dny’e work to look after, and so you won’t mind if I go on with
it before father-comtes in.” The words might have been spoken
either roughly or sharply, but were actually spoken neither-
wise; on the contrary, one of the Captain’s own duchesses
could not have set him down until more admirable courtesy, as
she placed the breadth of the kitchen between him and herself
by busying herself about the dresser.
So cold and so complete, indeed, were both the dignity and
the courtesy that tiny ordinary' officer nnd gentleman would
have felt humbled without being made angry thereby. But
_ m __ | __. „_ Captain Quickset was no ordinary gentleman. “If that isn’t
he betook himself there, limping a little at first to keep up thestraight and fair a challenge as ever I lmd in my life ! ” he
housekeeper’s sympathies for a wounded hero, and then walk- exclaimed within liimself, admiringly. “ This is quick work,
ing smartly. The way was not hard to find, nor the distance bn my life and soul—hero goes ’’—and, throwing off his sprain,
-r— —i-.i--—•. * '— hemaaebut three steps across the floor. That's how a gen tie-
>v ny—as u mere wns a uueness uuu
best car-rings to have/me say of her eyes
yours! Of course I wouldn't say it—be<
true: that’s all. I can’tf'help telling tl
very far — only some three quarters y>f a mile to the dune^ l
the crest of the combe. But the latter part was not so
able: and, by the time the cottage was in sight, the
officer was welluigh fain to rctrent, his elegant shoes were to
full of the loose dry sand, not to speak of his eyes^ears, dud
hair. Still there was quite enough of him left to dazzle a for, ns a stroi
rustic beauty — indeed his spruceucss lmd been so complete and sent him
that it could afford to lose a little, even with ad
The door stood open, as when Francis
leaned within it: and there, sure enough,
in the double occupation of knitting and rending * or ratlitT in
the triple, for, just as before, she had to keep her eye on the
fire. The sight of a book for a moment took the Captain a
little aback: for that did not belong to his oth^rwiset-xliaustivo
knowledge of woman's wnys,Adndeed, d required^far less
imagination than his to perceive something a little uncanny iu
the picture—the dork girl with gathered broils poring over a
strange-looking volume, while her fingers were ewgaged in the
work of the fates, and a caldron hissed over a crackling blaze
of thorns. She must have been jntcnt indeed, not at once to
have been conscious of the presence of a live captain in all his
glory. But, whatever his faults, shyness wasjnot among them:
so he tapped on the opeq/ilpor arid,'-raising his hat, put one
foot across the threshold. - \
“I beg your pardon,” said lie. But could you till me
the nearest way to—to Homueonibc? I ’vo managed to lose
lay way.” / V -0\ ■
Nance started for a moment: then closed her book and
rose, quite quietly—not os though she were nwe-struok at all.
“8urolj-, Si^ i ” ehe answered; “you’ve only got to keep
between yon. t-iVo sandhills ”■-
“Thank yoti 11 see. But, to tell you the truth, my dear,
1 ’vo swallqWpd half theto Sandhills of yeurs already, and I
don’t wapt any more. Did you ever try to walk over loose
sand with a sprain P If you have ”-
s to a lady ! ” lie said, pressing his lips to her check,
and throwing his arm round her waist. “Thnt ’a the "-
“And that’s how he’s answered, you blnckgunrd! ” he
was answered, in a very different voice than wluit ho looked
strong hand from behind him clutched his coat collar
spinning half-way back to his chair. And, when
Cun I got you liNmp of milk, or cider P ”
It is ci rtaiiilv useful to keep a sprain handy. “ Thank you,
my dear,” Hjiid he. “ I ’m really not fit to be on my legs yet,
on my life and soul: and perhaps a draught of eider will
wash a little of thnt sand further down. ’Twin* downright
good luck that. I took the wrong turn, after all. Why, you
must be one of the original Sand Witches—eh? Would you
mind giving a wounded soldier an arm as far as that chair Y ”
She did not smile at his pun — possibly it was the first that
had over been bom iu licr hearing: but she very frankly and
gently held out her hand to the guest whom Squire Carew
honoured above all inen. He took it with l»ia left, and rested
ho recovered his balance, he found himself towered over by
Francis Carew, looking thunder.
But even then, assaulted and insulted as he was, his lips
did not for more than a moment lose their accustomed smile.
“Why—Frank, old fellow!” ho exclaimed, “aren’t you at
the Vicarage? And wliat in the name of fortune’s the matter?
A gentleman can’t quarrel before girls, or I should have been
obliged to knock you down, Frank ; I should, indeed, on my
life and soul.”
“We’ll soon put that right,” said Francis. “Don’tbe
put out, Nance,” lie said to the girl. “You’ll never be treated
this way again. As for you, Sir—wc can settle things between
us out of doors, as you don’t like to quurrel—before girls.”
“ And please—please, Squire,” said Nance, all confused and
eager, “ don’t quarrel nbout one: about me. A coward’s not
worth quarrelling with—nor a girl worth quarrelling for. He
can’t hurt you —nor me. I ’m not ashamed now; but I shall be,
if you don’t let him go.”
“All right, Nance,” said Francis. “Don’t troublo your¬
self about what concerns me—this is my own affair. Captuin
Quickset is my guest, and you are my bailiff’s daughter. Now,
Sir. I ain going back to Hornacombe ; and I presume my way
will be yours.”
Nance had thought she knew her father’s master; but his
new manner bewildered nnd silenced her. lie spoke as one
having purpose and authority, and no longer like one who had
nothing to live for, save the slow slaughtering of time. More¬
over, being unused to speech, even of the shortest, she had left
herself nothing more to say. So Francis stalked out haughtily,
ns if she were, in herself, and otherwise than as n part of his
estate, of no more account than one of the kitchen chairs,
while Quickset, throwing her a nod, airily followed at his
heels.
As soon ns they were half across the dunes, Francis faced
round to speak, but la-fore lie lmd spoken half a word, the
Captain, holding out his hand, struck in.
“ There, Frank—1 forgive you,” said lie. “ I didn’t know
I was trespassing. On my lift! nnd soul. I thought you were
struck through the heart by the fair Mabel. But there *s no
mischief done—not a grain. You can’t expect a man to sit
with a pretty milkmaid as if she wns his grandmother or lie
was hers : and, look you, you shall kiss my little danceshocs.
os the French say, and I’ll look on—and that’ll make all
square. J thought you hud a soul above vulgar jealousy,
Frank—I did indeed. Good Lord, how they would laugh, in
town or Tunbridge Wells, if they’d seen how ypu fired up
about a milkmaid! Never mind—/ won’t tell; though a good
joke isn’t a thing to be thrown away.”
Now that he was in the open air, Francis Carew himself
was beginning to be a little puzzled. Most assuredly there
was a time, not many days ago, when he would not have
dreamed of taking seriously such a trifle ns a kiss given to a
country girl by a beau. So why should he do so now ? How
lmd come to pass that even a country girl’s cheek had become,
in a sense, sacred, nnd that tho splendid and brilliant Captain
Quickset was every moment shrinking more and more into the
likeness of a cur? And a cur who not only made light of
insulting Nance Derrick, but who dared to speak of Mabel
Openshaw by her Christian name !
“ I ’in not going to say mubh,” said he. “Nance Derrick
is nothing to me—more than that she’s n girl, and too good a
girl to be played with till her head’s turned. And I’m not
going to let it be. While you ’re my guest, you ’ll keep clear
of that cottage. After that"-
“Well? After that? You’d better turn Parson Pen-
gold’s curate, Frank. It won’t seem so comical to hear you
preaching, then. And here’s your first text for you—' Why
it’s worse to kiss a pretty girl, that likes it, than to drink
yourself blind, and play cards of a Sunday, and to steal your
a h hour’s game.’ An, ’tia easy to turn Saint, when soinc-
j else is tho Sinner. Wliat would tho pretty girl have
said if a King’s officer had slunk off without doing a soldier’s
flrat duty all over the world P Why it was the prettiest thing
to see how the little coquette mado love to me—the prettiest
thing in the world. All so fresh—all so artlessly artful: so
artfully artless, you know. It was a shame your tumbling in
just at tho very nick—it was, Frank, on my hfc mul soul.”
“I’ve known Nance Derrick,” said Francis, very slowly
nnd weightily, “ ever since I came to Hornacombe. A girl
doesn’t change her nature all in a minute: nor a man. Bring
your thoughts together. You have said thnt sho threw herself
into your arms. Do you now say that is true?”
“ Frank,” said the Captain, almost ceasing to smile, “it is
a sad truth thnt there is something about me—Ileavcu knows
what—that simply compels a woman to throw herself into my
arms: yes—by dozens : by scores. I ’in not bragging: I wish
I Were. The poor things can’t help themselves: they never
think how embarrassing it must be to hi*. But wliat’s one to
do? If a woman throws herself into your arms, you can’t
tlirow her out again. ’Twos as much as I could do to escape
from the Parson’s, ’twixt you and I—and out of the frying-
pan into the fire. Yes, Frank: the little brown baggage was
as willing”-
“That’8 enough,” said Francis. “If a mnn brags about
women falsely, lie’s a linr: if truly, lie’s a coward nnd a our.
You may have your kennel nnd your bones nt Hornacombe,
like any other stray dog, till you put your tail between your
legs, and go: but not another word passes between you nnd
me. If you wish me to hear from you, you ciui write: or you
con find a friend.”
“ What! Fight nbout a milkmaid? Bali! Why, I should
bo the laughing-stock of nil the town. If it wns nbout Mabel,
now—and if 1 wasn’t crippled with this confounded sprain—
Why, you must be tired of your life, Frank. Do you forget
that I ’ve winged my man, for less cause, seventeen times—
eighteen, I should say ? Well, well. Don’t be afraid. I ’ll
spare you."
But Francis had stridden on, not deigning to answer. It
may seem a trifle to have separated two friends, who, being so
different, seemed by rights made for one another. But then,
bo it remembered, until last Monday no woman had appeared
to stir up ever ready miscliicf: and Francis knew as well as
Quickset, and Quickset ns well as Francis, that tho quarrel
itself was not wliat it seemed—that it was no more about poor
Nance Derrick than it was nbout the black rock on Hornacombe
Sand, but was about Mabel Openslinw, who had barely been so
much as named by either, and by Francis not nt all.
There are women who, no more menning it than they mean
any other mischief, can no more help setting men by the cars
than they can help existing. They may be the sweetest and
gentlest of their sex, or they mnv be just the contrary ; they
may be witty or dull, fair or plain—it makes no difference.
Wherever Helen went armies followed her, and fought because
of her. And if sho had been bom only into an Euglish
country village, every man in thnt place must have become an
Esau, with his hand against every man and every man’s hand
against him, and all without any fuult of hers—indeed, with¬
out her knowing anything about the matter; for sho would
never be the pretext of such quarrels, though always the
cause. Mabel muy not have been ono of theso Helens;
and certainly no mortal could accuse her of having wittingly
sown the seeds of strife that bud grown i up about Nance. But
6he had inspired Francis, nt any rate, with the spirit of love
combative, whieli is, indeed, the original mode of that multi¬
form passion, regarding a woman ns a creature to be won by
the strong hand rather than by the soft tongue. But she, or
the love that came in her name, lmd furthermore inspired him
with something better than the desire of tho primitive lover to
knock some rival down. She was a woman ; and, for no other
reason, every other wbinnn had become consecrated by belong¬
ing to the same sex as she. In protecting Nance Derrick from
insult ho felt liimself vindicating Mabel’s own womanhood
from profanation. And no wonder, therefore, he became some¬
what inconsistent with himself, for all such instincts were new
to him; while Mabel, if she had inspired many other tilings,
lmd not yet awakened self-conscious reflection in the Squire of
Homncombc. The rest was nature—that would have been
miracle.
{To be continued.)
Dr. Edward Hamilton lias been elected to fill the chair of
surgery in the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, vacated by
the death of Dr. Stannus Hughes.
Tho most recent development in tho manufacture of reser¬
voir penholders is the “Swift” Reservoir Pen, introduced by
Messrs. De la Rue anil Co. While possessing the best features
of the Anti-Stylograph, this holder lias the further immense
advantage of being adapted for the reception of ordinary nibs.
Lady Leigh on Thursday week opened a new eye hospital,
which has been erected in Edmund-street, Birmingham, to
take the place of tho old institution in Tcmplc-row, which 1ms
long proved inadequate to meet the numerous demands made
upon it. Tho eost of the new hospital and appliances is esti¬
mated at £20,000.
On a site presented by the Duke of Westminster, have
been opened wluit are designated the St. George, Ilunover-
Hquuro “New Parochial Buildings,” which compose dwellings
for the working classes, u large hull for meetings, concerts,
nnd entertainments, a workman’s club, youths’ club and
f vtmmsium, a lodge for the St. George’s branch of the Girls’
riendly Society, a lending library, kitchen, a room for pnrish
work, anil n dispensary and apartments for medical officers.
The buildings occupy a large spnee of ground in Little
Grosvenor-street, ana have been erected at a cost £19,000,
nearly the whole of which has been raised.
AUG. 2 , 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
111
THE TWELFTH OF JULY.
A NORTH OF IRELAND SKETCH.
Teronce tried to kiss away his wife’s tears, but they flowed
turned to the dearest volume of her life, that lay before her in
its cradle. Bending over it, and kissing it lightly so as not to
disturb its slumbers, she thought of everything that had hap¬
pened from the time of her husband’s departure; and when
she remembered the bright procession of Orangemen, she
monicanow, ...v; ....---r
for more than a few moments, and Nornli would have walked
cheerfully with her husband every inch of the twenty miles to
Castle-Camoy but for the duty that kept her at home. I Ins
duty, aged six months, was now crying in its little cradle, and
Btubbornly refused to be quiet, in spite of its mother s spas¬
modic mandates, given between her sobs, to “ whisht now,
dar ‘* D Norah. lovey, don’t tako on so,” said Terence, pushing
back his wife’s glossy black hair from her forehead and look¬
ing through her tears into her honest blue eyes that reflected
the lovclight from his own. "Sure I’ll be back to-morrow
night; it 'iTfor our good and the good of the little one there
that I am going.” .. . a
“ Oh Tirince 1 Wlmt’ll I do widout ye this long day and
the next ? It seems like parting with ye for iver. And she
buried her face In his waistcoat until the renewed sounds of
the infant’s voice forced her away. Planting one more
passionate kies on her husband’s lips, and with “ the Lord pro¬
tect ye, dearest,” she passed into the cabin, mid silently
dropping-her tears on the child, grew calmer as the little thing
proceeded with its baby meal. .
The house in which they lived was nothing but a one-
roomed cabin. It had a potato patch and a quarter of an
acre of pasture land at the back, and a muddy pond in the
front. To the outside world not by any means an enticing
dwelling, but despite its poorness there was not a happier
couple in all Ireland, from Malin Head to Cape Clear, than
Terence and Norali O’Brady. For the cottage, humble as it
was, realised the ambition of their youth. Ever since they
were boy nnd girl, and laboured together in the same field,
their one thought had been to suve enough to justify them in
becoming man and wife. A cow, half a score of ducks,
and a few poor, shabby, necessary sticks wore all their
worldly possessions; but every bit of furniture had its
separate history of love nnd hope. The table lind been
selected months before Terence could afford to buy it, and
they both often laughed now when they remembered how
Norali had surprised liim with the chairs earned with her own
hands. It was a proud moment when Terence led home Ins
bride—she a hiving, contented wife, he n devoted, holiest
husband. And so they had remained ever since. Both
cherished life as cordially as each loved the other. Every
day strengthened their happiness ; and the baby came as yet
another link in their already strong chain of mutual devotion.
No wonder, then, that though it promised to be but for a few
hours, Norah deeply felt the parting with her husband.
But for all her uneasiness, for all her sadness at her
husband's absence, for nil her soothing of her crying baby,
she was st ill proud'of the expedition that had taken Terence
away, and anxious for the result of it. In this great world it
was but a matter beneath insignificance, yet to Mr. and Mrs.
O’Brady^he possession of a few acres of bog kind, the yearly
value of which would hardly pay for the landlord’s dinner,
appeared to them the first step towards affluence. Many a
serious conversation husband and wife had together over
it before they decided that Terence could see his way to
nmko it pav him. And then when Norah gave in to his
judgment, and be determined to see the owner of the property
and make his offer, she had hardly realised the great sacrifice
that his absence would demand of her. However, lie was gone
now nnd she could only pray for his success nnd safe return,
nnd go with ns light a heart ns possible to her daily work.
Takiug the child with her, sjie trudged briskly along, with hope
expanding in the sunshine of her bright thoughts, nnd was
merrily busy, haymaking fork in hand, some time before her
fellow-laboupers had commenced.
With her baby cooing under the hedge, and her thoughts
following every footstep of her dear husband, she was the last
to notice music that approached through the silent atmosphere.
The balmy breezes blowing in calm intermittent waves of heat
bore with’them the unmistakable noise of fife nnd drum. The
peasants rested on their rakes and listened. Nearer nnd nearer
came the sound until the shrill notes of fifes and the resonant
roll of drums asserted themselves definitely. Then everyone
left off work and rushed to the roadside to see what th«r_
Gradually it came in view. A long procession of sturdy,
men swept along the road, some withjnerry, some
faces, some full of vivacity, some careworn and
but all determined and true to their cause. Here
at unequal intervals, came the bands, mustering according to
the wealth or poverty of the lodges they were attached to,
from a dozen musician’s to one energetic drummed while, from
the bright yellow belt of- the high officials to the simple rosette,/
of the humblest follower, every man added his share to the
brilliancy of the spectacle. For to-day wasi the 12th of July,
the great anniversary of the Orangemen in Ireland, and they
were going to attend a monster meeting of their craft at
Castle-Camey to register protests and announce approbation.
Dazzling and attractive ns the cavalcade appeared, inspiriting
as were the strains of the tunes, Norah O’Brady shook her
head and sighed a sigh of contentment as they passed along,
inwardly thanking Heaven that her Terence was not among
them. She was glad to think that, hismuly politics related to
his wife and child, and that he had no lodge but his own mud
cabin. The distinctions between Loyalist rind Nationalist,
between Orangemen and Itibbonmen. did not concern him.
Ho had no interest in party disputes,"he paid his rent
regularly aud worked for those who were dear to him.
But Norah was naturally attracted with the splendour of t ho
sight, and hold her little baby above her head to get a full
view of the brilliant moving mass of men.
The infant crowed with delight at the music, nnd shook its
tiny hand at the yivid eoimirs. .
After the procession lmd disappeared, and the last strains of
the music had died away iiMhe distance, si.- returned cl..
fully to her work; and whon iMva.. over for the day. went
home with her live burden in her arms, grateful with the
knowledge that she was twelve hours nearer her husband than
when be Uiul left her in the morning. Having bustled about
her household duties, pat the baby to bed. anti had a look at
the bow, she tutt vyafehing the crackling wood on the fire, and
^disti lling to the domestic humming of the boiling kettle, tliink-
iiubwliat a lmppy woman she ought to he, aud reproaching
iu-rsclflofvrying this morning. Her tears could only have made
Terence"miserable, and at a moment when lie had such
important business to think of ; nnd. as lie himself had said,
••-for tire good.of the litt le one.” By the time she had finished
her homely meal, the pangs of parting were not only over, but
Norah had already begun to tluuk of the delight of welcoming
her husband again.
Although past her usual bed-time, she could not sleep; so
she snt down and tried to read—maybe the Bible, perhaps
some profane magazine—but all the words ran into each other,
and made such sud nonsense that she put the book down aud
could not remember; but she awoke with a start on hearing
firm, decided knock at tho cottage door. For a moment slie
held her breath. What could it mean ? The rapping was
repeated, with extra force this time it seemed. Risiug silently,
and throwing some clothes hastily about her, she took her
child from its bed, and going to the door, asked, in a voice
that terror lmd made husky,
"Who’s there?” ,
“ Larry Sullivan. Let me in, Mrs. O Brady, for the love
o’ God! ’ ’
" What do you want P”
Larry, who lived in an adjacent village, did not bear a par¬
ticularly good character; and, though Norah’s fears practically
vanished, she knew he could bo on no respectable mission at
this hour of the night. Yet he might want help or food, aud
his voice sounded distressful; so, without waiting for an
answer, she quietly unbarred the door and drew the bolt. She
was perfectly calm now ; but the wan face of her visitor startled
her. It was sometime before lie spoke: his tongue seemed
to cleave to his palute and lie could hardly mutter the vague
seutence :—
" It’s a bad business.”
" What is ? ” asked Norah. All sorts of thoughts passed
through her mind, but they were thoughts only of wliat
trouble Lorry could have got into to justify his appearance
here. , ,, , ,,
" Poor Terence ! they are bringing lnm along now.
Norah O’Brady started wildly forward as though to grasp
Lorry. Then she uttered a long low moan and tottered back¬
wards into a chair. What had happened? How had it hap¬
pened ? Was her husband alive or dead ? She wanted to ask
the questions, but her paralysed lips could not form the words.
All the neatest agonies of a suffering life were concentrated in
the next few moments of suspense while she clutched con¬
vulsively at the air. The child, as though affected by the
contagion of the mother’s grief, began to cry; and, for the
first time in its brief existence, its cries were unheeded .1 oor
kind-hearted Larry Sullivan stood at the doorway stroking Ins
vapid face for want of other occupation, uud not knowing m
the least what he ought to do to snow his sympathy or soothe
the anguish of tho sorrowing widow.
For such she was; nor had she long to wait befpnrtnp/
horrible suspicion of the worst was confirmed, 7
A dozen lusty, true-hearted men brought home and laid on
the same bed that he had risen from in the morning so full of
life love, and hope, tho dead body of Terence 0’Brady.
And between them they told her all that there was to
^ There had been a riot. The gay crowd that liad enlivened
her in the morning, the prqyession tlmt baby had chirruped at.
aud waved its hands at, had come inteT^olhSion with a rival
band. They fought. Stone? had been thrown, sticks used,
and revolvers fired off. The constabulary had charged the
conflicting parties, and when Comparative order was restored
the leaders on both sides Congratulated themselves and the
authorities that but one life lmd bcen lost. It might have
been so much worse, theythought. By an accident—no one
knew how—Terence had become entangled in the mob, and he,
favouring neither party, enringxnothing for their opinions or
quarrels, soberly engaged on his own humble business, was the
God! Was this justice? Norah asked again and again,
as during tliensuing days of wild misery, with her brain
almost wandering from the intensity of her anguish, she
moved about mechanically, now clasping her baby spasmodi¬
cally to her breast, now gazing vacantly at the burning candles
as they stood nround. tlie coffin, casting a lurid glow on the
placid features of her dead husband.
At last the time came when she could no longer have
even thb morbid satisfaction of looking on the motionless face
she loved. , ,, ,
/"*<Re(tr up. nlannnh,” said a motheriy, well-meaning
neighbour, as Norah buried her head in the bed and groaned
aloud in the/deep despair of her broken heart, "Sure it s a
'-moig) | ty foine funeral.”
-'^Tjtrinriiglity foine funeral 1 i B
’l'ho wm-ils seemed to mock her. Was this to be her solace r
........ prosaic —-- ■ *
mind as the solemn mourners proceeded on their way. w Dae
consolation was it to the suffering widow that hundreds of
sympathetic, loyal, true men, wre marching with military
regularity after tho corpse. Would their gaudy ribbons, their
flying banners, or the muffled music of their drums briug him
back to her for a single moment? Could the sonorous sound
of the burial service, the responses murmured by many com¬
passionate voioes, give her interest for the life that was hence¬
forth without hope? For hfcr the future was nothing but a
dismal dreary blank.
As the weird procession passed tho cottage door her Bnnll
agonising shriek rang out against the merry cries of the
infant, who crowed with delight at the music, and waved its
tiny hands at the gay colours. James Davis.
The Lord Chancellor last week inaugurated the new build¬
ings of St. Paul’s Schools at Hammersmith, intended to
accommodate 1000 boys.
The preliminary programme for the 28th meeting of the
Nntional Association for the Promotion of Social Science, to be
held at Birmingham from Sept. 17 to 24, has been issued. 1 he
Right lion. G. J. Shaw-Lefevre, M.P., is the president.
Mr. Hudson, of Chester, who is chairman of tho English
Congregational Union of North Wales, has contributed five
hundred pounds to the fund for the erection of a new
Congregational church ut Uliyl.
The annual summer Congress of the Royal Archaeological
Institute will be held nt Newcastle-on-Tyne, beginning next
Tuesday, Aug. 5, and lasting till Wednesday, Aug. 13, the
Duke of Northumberland acting as president.
Important conferences have been held at the Health Ex¬
hibition, Sir F. Abel presiding, upon the Water Supply,
chieflysin relation to the Metropolis. Papers were read deal¬
ing with the sources of water supply, tho quality of water,
and the modes of distributing it.
Last week the Highland and Agricultural Society of
Scotland held its annual show ii
time in tho capital since its s!
Unusual interest attached to
society celebrated in connection
hundredth birthday. This event
at the centenary banquet on Wednesday
hall, presided over by tli? Duke of Richinoud aud Gordon.
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
There is, perhaps, no institution of recent days more worthy
of attention than the rate-supported libraries which are now
Bpreading through the country When we remember that
the first Act enabling these libraries to be called into existence
was passed about thirty yeans ago, the growth of them m
cities like Manchester and Liverpool may well excite wonder.
But it is a yet greater matter of surprise that great cities like
Edinburgh, Dublin, and Glasgow have so far lagged behind as
to be still without free lending libraries, and that Loudon,
considering its size and importance, is the greatest laggard of
all. Five towns, including Belfast and Portsmouth, adopted
the Acts in 1882, and six, the most important being Chelten¬
ham, in 1883. It is significant, however, that among the six
are two London suburbs, Wandsworth and Wimbledon. On
the other hand, they have been rejected in six places, aud two
of them, Battersea nnd BreutfoTd/ulsbl>elong to the metro¬
politan area. The rejection of (the Acts in large towns is not
justified by experience. On the contrary, in almost every
case in which a Free Library has been established tho
success has been unequivocal. Several of the annual reports
for 1883 aro before us, and it may be interesting to gieau
from them a few facts and statistics. .
In the "Thirty-first Annual Report of the Free Public
library, Museum, nnd Walkef Art-Gullery of the City of
Liverpool,” wo are told that the institution has now attained
a magnitude "which at its iiiception tho most sanguine pro¬
moters could notiiuvo ventured to anticipate- In the
Reference Library more^tban 466,000 volumes were issued
during the year, aud upwards of 2000 periodicals, and steps
have been taken towards the establishment of branch reading-
rooms in four different localities. When this prosperous in¬
stitution was first established in Liverpool the penny rate
produced little more thnn £3500 a year; in 1868 it yielded
£7500, and last year the sum rose to £12,i60. I he building
is now said to bo the largest in extent, and the most com¬
prehensive iriKscope, "of any kindred institution in tho
kingdom ” ; arid how thoroughly it is appreciated- by Liver¬
pool citizens may bo seen by the statistics. Now let us turn
to Manchester. In this great city, iu addition to a Reference
Library, there are six Brunch Libraries, and in the past year
1 1817588 volumes were issued either for perusal ut home or in
the reading-rooms, a number greater tlinn lias ever before
beeu reached. Manchester, too, has special rooms for boys,
winch, to quote the words of tho report, "are well Idled
during the whole time they aro open with quiet nud interested
juveniles.” At Newcastle, where the Free Library 1ms not
been in existence more than two or three years, it is stated in
the second annual report that tho success has proved of
the most gratifying character: the report from Doncaster
announces an increase in the number of volumes issued, anu
adds the suggestive statement thut the news-room is much
overcrowded and a larger room urgently required. At Ply¬
mouth, too, the popularity of the library is so great that an
enlargement of the building is said to be indispensable F ivo
years ago, It will be remembered, the large Free Library of
Birmingham was almost totally destroyed by fire, only 10UU
books having been suved out of 50,000. Tho loss was, in some
respects, irreparable, but the townsfolk were roused by it to
fresh efforts, and by the summer of 1882 the building was
restored and a new library created. Tlio public spirit
shown on this occasion deserves the highest praise, and
proves that a vast centre of manufacturing industry is fully
alive to the value of the higher wealth bequeathed by great
In a now and most useful journal, the organ of the Library
Association of the United Kingdom, the Librarian of the
Athenaeum Club gives an account of the progress of Free
Public Libraries in 1883, and to this paper of figures ami
statistics we refer all our readers who are interested m the
movement. It is surely one that ought to interest everybody.
To give a man the means of reading is to put him in the way
of being wise and happy ; it is to present him with an intro¬
duction to the best society in the world, to friends who will
not fail him in joy or sorrow, who will sweeten by their society
the drudgery of his daily toil, who will make bun more
patient because more hopeful. Knowledge is the only leveller
that no one has any cause to fear ; books are the only com¬
panions that have no tempers to irritate, and that can be con¬
versed with at all seasons. A largo number of persons live for
several hours daily a machine-like life; their higher faculties
are in danger-of growing blunted; but the man who loves
books will not consent to become a machine, will not lose his
spiritual perceptions, will no longer be content to let the
nobler faculties that distinguish humanity from the brutes
"fust in him unused.” We maybe sure that the men who
by tens of thousands frequent our free reading-rooms in tho
evenings will not form habits of tippling nt the public-house;
the boys trained by these noble institutions to love reading
ore not likely to grow up idle and dissolute.
And what schools for intellectual and political training are
these libraries likely to prove ! Readers who are sufficiently
intelligent to do so will be able to look at n subject in all Its
aspects; they will learn that truth aud wisdom are not con¬
fined to their own sect or party. Something, too, theso
libraries may do in welding together tho different classes of
the community. In the Free Reading-Room the poor man apa
tho well-to-do man are on an equality. Both of them come
there for the same purpose ; both receive a like benefit. * All
equal are within the Church’s gate,” said George Ikrbirt— a
statement which, unfortunately; is not always true; but it is
true with regard to admission within the gate of the l rco
Library, and it is because no distinction is to be seen there
between wealth and poverty—a distinction but too visible in
pew-rented churches—that the Free Libraries are appreciated
so heartily. __
Windsor Castle State apartments are open to the public.
Last Saturday afternoon the Lord Mayor, who was ac¬
companied by the Lady Mayoress, opened a flower show at
the Eton Mission Floral Society’s second annual meeting.
The Lady Mayoress (Miss Fowler) distributed the prizes.
Lord Rosebery unveiled last Saturday afternoon, on tho
Thames Embankment, a bronze statue of Robert Barns, the
work of Sir John Steell, R.S.A., presented to London by Hr.
John Gordon Crawford, formerly a Glasgow merchant. A
distinguished company was present, nnd Lord Rosebery njnas
u graceful and appropriate speech in eulogy of the quulitios
possessed by the national poet of Scotland.
The Royal Humane Society’s bronze medal and certificate
fiiivo been presented to Alfred Edward Mitchell, a lad of only
the child.
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114
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 2, 1884
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
CHESS.
OBITUARY.
WM*
The will (dated Oct. 9, 1880), with a codicil (dated July 20,
1882), of Damo Jane Dukiufleld, widow of the Rev. Sir Henry
Robert DukinQeld, Bart., late of No. 33, Eaton-place, who
died on May 25 last, has been proved by Viscount Oort and
Sir Charles William Frederick Craufurd, Bart., the nephew, the
executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to
upwards of £17,000. The testatrix, after bequeathing
numerous pecuniary and specific legacies, leuves the residue
of her property to her said nephew.
The will (dated Feb. 16, 1882), with four codicils (dated
July 18 and 30, and Aug. 14 and 22, 1883), of Sir Edward
Marwood Elton, Bart., J.P., D.L., late of Widworthy Court,
Devon, who died on April 18 last, at No. 31, Charles-strect,
Berkeley-square, has been proved by the Rev. Alfred Elton,
George Upton Robins, and George Burges, the executors, the
value of the personal estate amounting to over £13,000. The
testator bequeaths £200 to the minister and churchwardens of
the parish of Widworthy, upon trust, to lay out the interest in
the purchase of food and winter clothing to be distributed
annually at Christmas time among the poor of the said parish;
ayd some other legacies. The residue of liis real and personal
estate he settles upon his relative the Rev. Alfred Elton.
The will (dated Sept. 3,1877), with a codicil (dated Sept. 20,
1882), of Mr. James Bland, formerly of Liverpool, but late of
Henley Park, Henley-on-Thames, who died on April 7 last,
was proved on June 30 by George Henry Horsfall, David
Jardine, and Alfred Fletcher, the executors, the value of the
personal estute amounting to upwards of £162,000. The
testator bequeaths his plate, statuary, pictures, und water¬
colour drawings to his wife, for life or widowhood, and then
to his sou who shall first attain twenty-one; his furniture,
household effects, horses, carriages, live and dead stock, and
£500 to his wife, Mrs. Georgina Mary Bland; £50,000, upon
trust, for her, for life; iu the event of her marrying again
the sum to be so held, upon trust, is reduced to £10,000 ; and
the trustees are directed to pay the rent of a residence for his
wife. On the death or marriage again of his wife £20,000 is to
be divided among his children, as she shall appoint. He also
bequeaths £20,000, upon trust, for each of his daughters ; and
a few other legacies. The residue of his real and personal
estate he leaves to ull his children in equal shares.
The will (dated Jan. 12, 1880), with three codicils (dated
April 26 and Oct. 6, 1882, and Nov. 8, 1883), of Mr. Thomas
Glover Kensit, formerly of Skinners’ Hall, Dowgnte-hill, but
late of No. 25, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, who died on
May 3 last, was proved on the 8th ult. by George Kensit, the
son, the Rev. Charles Frederick Norman, and Miss Einily
Kensit, the daughter, the executors, the value of the personal
estate amounting to upwards of £142,000. The testator makes
some specific bequests to liis three children, and gives legacies
to liis sister, executors, late clerk, and servant. He leaves
£2000 per annum to liis daughter, Miss Emily Kensit, and £1000
per annum to his son, George, both for ten years. The
remainder of the income of his property is to be held, upon
trust, for accumulation during such period; and at the ex¬
piration thereof, live-sixths of the then income are to be paid
to liis said son nud daughter during their joint lives and the
life of the survivor of them, aud one-sixth to hia grandsons,
Charles Kensit Norman and Thomas Kensit Norman. On the
death of the survivor of his son aud daughter, the Manors of
llradfield Mann ingtree and Mistley, and certain farms in Essex,
are settled on his grandson Edward Kensit Norman ; and all
the ultimate residue of his real and personal estate ho gives to
bis said grandsons, Charles und Thomas.
The will (dated Feb. 23, 1884), with a codicil (dated
March 10 following), of Alias Letitia D’Arcy Irvine, late of
Carter’s Hotel, Albemnrle-strcet, who died on April 5 last, was
proved on June 27 by Henry Bertie Watkin Williams Wynn
nud General Sir Frederick William Hamilton, K.C.B., the
executors, the value of the personal estate exceeding £74,000.
1 he testatrix devises her Shropshire estates to the said Mr. H.
B. W. W. Wynn for life; then to William, Lord Bagot, for life,
with remainder to the person who shall be or become entitled
to the barony of Bagot, conditionally on none of the tenants
at the time of her death being turned out of their holdings so
long as they continue to pay their rents, and none of such
tenants' rents are to bo raised. There are legacies to her
relatives, executors, god-daughter, maid, the servants of her
sister the late Viscountess Dungannon, and others ; and
numerous articles are specifically bequeathed ns mementoes
of her. The residue of her real and personal estute she leaves
to William D'Arcy Irvine.
Hie will (dated April 5, 1876) of Captain Francis Garratt.,
formerly of the 3rd Drngoou Guards, who died on May 23
last, at Hillingdon llill, Middlesex, lias been proved by John
Garratt, the brother, one of the executors, the value of the
personal estate amounting to upwards of £10,OQQ- TJie
testator gives legacies to his brothers, sisters, nephews, and
nieces, aud the residue of liis real und personal property lo
liis said brother, John.
The will (dated June 19, 1879) of Mr. AlfreiA.ustin\C.B.,
late of No. 67, Queen’e-gardens. Bayswater, .jvlio died on
May 19 last, lias been proved by Mrs. Eliza Austin, the widow
aud sole executrix, the value of the^rsojmlj’stntow.moiiirtfng
to over £37,000. The testator gives, devhics,^aBd\b<mUeatha
all liis real and personal estate to his wile for her own absolute
use and benefit.
The will (dated March 24, 1884) of Mr John Antoine
Bradshaw, late of No. 2, Alfred-terrace, UpperHolloway, who
died on March 25 last, was proved on the 2iM HR- by Daniel
Leggatt und the Rev. SamueHBardstqvy tho executors, the
value of the personal estatojwnounthig^ to over £28,090.
The testator specifically devises his freehold property mid
ground-rente to relativos.^hoUlers of the rouses, mortgagees,
aud others; and gives sCV|-nU legucie» Kj iiiclmling £500 Con¬
sols, upon trust, to apply the iiinoihe in the purchase of coals
and groceries, to bo distributed at■.or shortly before Christinas
among at least .sixty poor persons]of the parish of Finchley.
All the residue PMiiVprop*Tty isro bo equally divided between
I he Orphan Workings Kdtoribj -the Asylum for Fatherless
Children, Keedlpuii; the Female Orphan Asylum ; the East
London Hospital for Children ; thejtondoy Orphan Asylum,
Watford; the School foKthd Indigent Blind; the Girls*
Village HoniVUOieTiomefor Working and Destitute Lads;
tho Homfi^for Working Girls; the Royal Free Hospital,
(imy’s-ihih^Qiid ^St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; King’s College
Hospital ■/ University College Hospital; Middlesex Hospital;
therijntish Ilonic'for Incurables; the Royal Hospital for In¬
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Friend Sndety; the Asylum for Idiots, Enrlswood; the
National SobURjUfor the Protection of Young Girls ; the Birk-
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Men's College. _
Newcastle 1ms been selected ns tho place of meeting next
year of the Wesleyau-Methodist Conference.
A donation of £100 has been made by the Company of
Grocers to tho funds of tho Royal Cambridge Asylum for
Soldiers’ Widows.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Emmo (D«r!tiifft‘>n>.—llutt) versions (hall be carefully examined, and one or other
-hell v-oo aJ,peer.
FKO (Tittle). The game la Interesting, hot your adversary'* plejr la rather week.
We rhould be gUd to ace a mure favourable apeclm-n of hla power* when oppoaed to
you.
R B (Southend).—Your problems are under examination, end you shell have a report
shortly.
E I. n OUackvrater).—The solution nnmbered 7 la the author's, but we defer Its pub¬
lication. et hla raqnmt.
B H O (Salisbury).—The author of No. MM admit* the accuracy of your analysts.
II H i Cmllton).—No. airs woe worthy of reproduction. We prenume It appeared under
your Unrae In the [wiper mentioned.
J It (Edinburgh).—It ben not been onr practice to publish the solutions of problems
quoted from contemporary papers: but In tills case wo shall endeavour to gratify
you.
W B (Stratford).—Pleas* send corrected diagram.
raaonsLi.i (Moscow).—In No. 210.1 the White Rook cannot be playsd to Q B 3rd. as It
stand* on Q It 6th In the diagram.
Connacrr Somtioiis or lloautx No. 2001 received fn-ra Robert P Sumhy (llncnos
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Solution of Pkoulku No. 2100.
W1IITK. BLACK,
1.1) to K Kt 7th K takes Kt•
2. Kt to K 6th Any move
3. Mute* accordingly.
• If Block play I. KtoQ 4th. White continue* with 2. Q to B ird (chi: If 1. Kt
take* P. ihen 2. kt take* P (ch>, and If 1. FQueen*,then2. KttoQBSth ;ch),«U*Uim
In each case on the following move.
Wo d-fer thesolution of No. 2W1 until Mr. Blackbume.the author, hoi hail as oppor¬
tunity of reconstruct! ns the problem.
PROBLEM No. 2106.
By Jobkpu Poai’lfiiL.
BLACK.
mx
WHITE.
Wliitu to play, and mate in three move*.
Played>tthe lY.iguo Cliesx Club, between HerrF. MotJOKA and another
Amateur.
(From SveCotor. Four Knights' Game.)
wniTK (HcrrM.
1. P toK 4
'iKffpK B
-J. Kt to Q it 3rd
4. Kt take* K P
Our enntotnpoMry call*
•' MulIcr-SchulU " gambit.
black (Herr Z )
P to K 4th
Kt to Q B 3rd
Kt to K B 3rd
till* the
6. T to Q 4th
6. PtoQBth
t, p to K 6th
8, P to K I) 4th
8. B to Q 3rd
10. V to U R 4th
Kt takes Kt
Kt to QB 3rd
Kt to Q Kt bq
K t to K Kt sc|
B to ti Kt 6lh
P to a 3rd
P take* P
black (Herr Z.)
B take* Kt
Q to K 2nd
Kt to Q R 3rd
Q to R Ath
wiiitr (Herr M.)
11. K B P takes P
12. P takes B
13. Canties
14. B to Q R 3rd
15. B to Kt Oth (oh) K to Qsq
16. R takes K B P Kt to IC It 3rd
17. Q to K R 5th
A very line conception.
17. Q tikes Q
It was " Hobson's " choir*. To avoid
the mate lie must have loat the Queen.
1R. B to K 7th. Mate.
A meeting of metropolitan and provincial chessplayers was hold at
Simpson'# Divan on the evening of Thursday, the 24th ult., to promote the
formation of a National Cheas Aasociation, Mr. Thomas Hewitt, the founder
of the WtttmineUr Payers, presiding on tho occasion. Mr. Cubison in brief
terms explained the object of tho meeting, and dwelt upon the usefulness
of a National Cheas Association to which existing clubs might be affiliated,
and proposed that it should be named the British Chess Association. The
proposition was supported by the Rev. G. A. MaodoaosU, und carried
unanimously. The Rev. W. Wayt* then proposed that the governing body
of the British Chess Association should consist of one president, three vice-
presidents, and a committee of twenty-one mem tiers. Tho following are the
officers elected. President—Earl Dartrey; Vico-Presidcnte-Ixird Randolph
Churchill. Sir Robert Peel, M.P..and Mr. John Knskin : Council—Messrs. W.
Donniatliorpo. P. T. Duffy, P. H.Oustineau, Thomas Hewitt, P. Hirschfeldt,
P. H. Lewis, Rev. G. A Macdonnell, J. I. Minchin. C. E. Mudie, Dr.
Reeves. J. H. Walsh, and the Rev. W. Wayte (all of London), N llatesun
Wood (Mancheeter), Rev. J. Greens (Clifton), E. K. K. Maidon (fjverpooli,
l(ev C. K Ranken (Malvern). Ro». A. B. Kklpworth (Horncastle), Kobeit
Bfeel (Calcutta), J.O. H. Taylor (Norwich), E. Thorold (Bath), snd G. K.
Walton (Birmingham). A motion to the effect that tho council should
have power to elect tx officio members to represent metropolitan and pro¬
vincial chess clubs was proposed by Mr. Donniathorpc, uml unanimously
carried, a* was also Mr Skcton's motion that the terms of msmbormhip and
federation of clul* be relegated to the decision of the council. Mr. W. H.
Cubison was elected treasurer, and Mr. L. Hoffcr secretary of thcawncintion.
A vote of thanks lo the chairman and to the proprietors of Simpson's Divan
concluded the proceedings, which were marked by tho greatest unanimity
throughout the evening.
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llugley In 1847. In 1850 lie was appointed lion. Canon
of Worcester, and in 1880 Canon of Gloucester. lie was an
ardent advocate of cducution, and u warm promoter of tho
philanthropic movements of liis time. He married, first, m
1854, Emily, youhgest daughter of Dr. l’epys, Bishop of
Worcester (which lady died in 1877), and secondly, in 1880,
Constance Ellen, daughter of the Uou. and Very Rpv.
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wife, only child and heiress of bir John Gibsone, Bart., of
Pentland. After receiving his education at Harrow and
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throughout tho Kaffir War of 1846-7, and lmd the command
and led the charge of cavalry in the decisive affair of Gwnngn.
He was subsequently in command of the Cavalry Depot at
Newbridge 1854 to 1856, at Canterbury 1857 to 1800, and at
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1877. ne married Nov. 3, 1835, Jane Louisa, only daughter
of Mr. Hugh Saye Briugloc, of Edinburgh, und hud two sons
and tliree daughters.
MR. J. n. LLOYD.
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eiglity-ftve, on the 18th ult. He was sou of Mr. John Lloyd,
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AITG. 2, 1884
NEW BOOKS.
The only edition of “ Cowper’s Life nncl Works ” worthy of
the poet was published by Southey in 1835. The life has the
clmnn of Southey’s delightful style, aud the works hare the
benefit of li is well-known accuracy and extensive knowledge of
literature. The biography is not one of his best books, for sorrow
had subdued the writer’s elastic spirits and had made an old
man of him before his time, but it is full of literary knowledge
and critical sagacity—n book which, if its judgments do not
in every instance command assent, must always be rend with
pleasure. The present age likes to rend the classic authors of
Knghilid in selections. Very recently, Mrs. Oliplinnt pro¬
duced what may be termed a representative volume of
Cowper’s poetry, and now the Rev. W. Uciiham gives us fatter*
of II illiam Ur.upt r, edited with Introduction (Macmillan and Co.).
Wo have always held, with Southey, tlir.t Cowper’s letters ore
the most beautiful in the language, the most artless, the most
humorous, the most graceful in point of style, and perhaps,
though this is less certain, the richest in matter. They enable
us to know the man mid to sympathise with him us with u
friend whom We see daily. His little daily pleasures, his one
great sorrow, his literary ambition, his warm affectious, his
natural charity of heart, which is apt to be concealed when
he puts oil the cloak of the theologian, are described or expressed
in the poet’s lotterswith theutniost freedom and simplicity. Mr.
lknihnm prints nearly two hundred, and states that he has col¬
lated them with the original manuscripts where they lmve been
within his reach, and restored much which had been suppressed.
It must have bet'll a pleasant task, niul it is one for which
renders should be grateful. In these hasty days, when every
moiltli, and not, as l)e Quincey said, every year, buries its own
literature, busy people may hesitate to take up three or four
volumes of correspondence. The beet that Cowper has done
ns a letter writer is preserved here, and there is not a page of
the little volume that will not be found " worthy the reading.”
We may add that Mr. Itcnliam's cureful Introduction supplies
the knowledge requisite for the full enjoyment of the letters.
It is to be hoped that they will enlarge the popularity of a
writer whose prose style is equal to that of Addison or
Goldsmith. What a charming essayist Cowper would have
made !
Mr. W. Carew Hnzlitt, grandson of the celebrated essayist
and critic, is well known, especially to the students of our early
literature, as an editor and book-maker. Offspring of Thought
in . Solitude: Modern Kasoiji (Reeves mid Turner) is the latest
volume from his pen. It consists of short papers on a great
variety of topics, written with considerable knowledge, and in
a measure also with vivacity. Mr. Carew Ila/.litt, however, is
liot what one may call a born essayist. He writes in this
form lor convenience sake, scarcely because his thoughts nnd
methods of expression arc specially adapted to it. He has
little felicity of style; nnd it is no exaggeration to say that
on style an essayist depends. Now and then, indeed, we
seem to catch the tone of the elder Ila/.litt, but wlieu this is
the case his faults as a uinu of letters rather than his virtues
are imitated. Some of Mr. Carew Hfulitt’s assertions appear
more startling than just. When he writes that Landor sur¬
vived his fame, or that Gibbon’s “ Decline and Fall” continues
to be reprinted because it appeals to two classes of buyers —
people who do not read at all, and people who think Shakspeare
would have succeeded better if he laid been an University
man,” when he suggests that readers admire Scott’s ad¬
mirable tale of “ Redgnuntlet” not for its own sake, but because
it belongs to a famous series of novels; and when he sneers
at Lord Tennyson for receiving—us why should he not?—
golden guineas for his verse, Mr. Hnzlitt seems to us more
captious than critical. And is it not a little contradictory to
write of Sir Joshua Reynolds as a man of genius, nnd of his
portraits ns ** delightful examples of ease mid finish/’ and then
to add, “they are portraits and nothing else; mere con¬
ventional, insipid, mechanical resemblances " ? Wo like Mr.
Hnzlitt better ns a narrator than ns a critic. He relates once
more the story of the forger and poisoner Wainewright. whose
name us a journalist is associated with those of William
Hozlitt, Procter, and Cliurles Lamb ; and to Lamb himself an
essay is devoted, the chief interest of which consists in extracts
from tin* letters written by Mary Lamb to Miss Stoddart, who
was afterwards William Hnzlitt’s wife. “ Coleridge Abroad,"
the paper with which the volume opens, is also well worthy of
perusal; but of the twenty-seven essays tlmt form the book
the greater number may be regarded as fairly good magazine
articles. They contain little in matter or in style tlmt deserves
to be published in a more permanent shape.
THE POLES, NORTH AND SOUTH.
Grand is not too strong an epithet to apply to the two noble
volumes, appropriately covered in navy blue’and appropriately
dedicated to our ‘‘.Sailor Prince,” the Duke of Edinburgh,
and to the officers of the Royal Navy', in which, under the
title of Voyage* of Discovery in the Arctic nnd Antarctic Sat* and
Round the World: by Deputy Inspector-General N. McCormick,
R.N.. F.K.C.S. (Sampson Low ami Co.), a gallant octo¬
genarian has published a series of wonderful narratives,
written by his own pen, and profusely as well as admirably
illustrated by his own pencil. Cato is said to have begun to
learn Greek at eighty years of age, and tliut fact—if it be a
fact — has been cited as proof of the old Roman’s vitality and
energy ; but even Cato would have shrunk, no doubt, from
the laborious and trying task of undertaking at eighty-four
years of age to see two such stupendous volumes as these
“ through the press.” The voluminous diaries, from which
the bulk of the narratives is taken, had certainly been kept
by' the nutlior religiously from the days of his youth, nnd were
ready to his hand; some portions of the narratives hud already
been given to the public apparently; nnd everybody, it is
gratifying to find, seems to have shown willingness and
alacrity in assisting the veteran; but, even under the most
favourable circumstances, the issue of such n mighty' work was
a Herculean effort for the most indomitable of medico-naval
officers at so advanced an ngv. Numerous lie modestly Calls
the charts, portraits, panoramic views, nnd illustrations of nil
sorts by which the two volumes are rendered almost incredibly
interesting and useful ; he might, without much exaggeration,
have described them rather as innumerable. - V
To give a detailed account of whnt tainecU in
the two gigantic volumes is utterly impossible; but a
brief statement of their general purport will probably suffice.
There are four “parts,” togetherwith appendices, uiid an
index. The first part, ns chronological order—for satie/uctory’
reasons—is not followed, is concerned with the famous “ voyage
of Her Majesty’s ships Erebus nnd Terror to.the South Polar
Sens under the conminnd pf Captain Sir dames Clark Ross,
R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839-1843 ; ” the second, with
the mh nun able ‘‘attempt to reach the North Pole in the year
1827 by Admiral Sir William l’nrry, R.N., F.R.S.; ” the third,
with a “ voyage to Wellington Channel in search of Sir
John Franklin,’’ in 1$.V>*3>, avdyngejjn which the author him¬
self held the chief command; the fourth, with a simple,
straightforward, snilor-lifte autobiography. In the appen¬
dices there i* some/ ekplafiatbry correspondence, besides
other matte* V of an official kind, and there are the
author’s or . “plans for reaching the North and South
Poles.” English readers are never tired of reading about
the ill-starred Franklin and Polar expeditions; and the
narratives referring thereto may be left without comment to
be devoured with the usual avidity.
It may be worthwhile, however, to borrow a few pieces
of information which will enlighten those renders who may be
forgiven if, at this distance of time, they have forgotten nil
they ever knew ubout the “ ancient mariner ” now reappear-
big— like tin- spirit of the past—to claim their respectful
attention. The author, a medico-naval officer nnd the son of
a medico-naval officer, \vus bom in antediluvian times—tlmt
is, in the year 1800, before Trafalgar and Waterloo—at the
village of Runlimu, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, where ho
passed the first six years of his life, “ not very far from the
birthplace of the immortal Nelson,” who was himself a “ Polar
man.” The author received an appointment ns Assistant-
•Surgeon in the Navy in 1823; nnd, having received his cer¬
tificate as full surgeon, was appointed, in 1827, to Captain
Purry’s ship for the North Polar Expedition. Henceforthhe may
be said to have lmd Arctic exploration on the brain. He had
begun his career, however, by serving his apprenticeship with
"Yellow Jack” in the West Indies, whither lie was sent
again after his return from the more congenial regions of ice
and aurora borealis. Whenever lie was ashore, which was
more frequently perhaps than lie would have desired, if it
had not been lor the bad ships it was his lot to obtain nnd the
hateful stations to which it was his fate to be sent, he appears
to have availed himself, with ft good sense and a diligence
which were far less common and far less common!v en¬
couraged in his day than they now are, of any chntice that
offered of attending lectures and improving himself in the
theoretical pnrtof his profession and in general scientific
knowledge. He appears, moreover, to have performed some
very creditable journeys as u pedestrian, anticipating the
“ tramps abroad ” of Mr. E. I’. Weston, and qualifying him¬
self to-compete, lmd there been such a title in his duv, for
the honourable designation of “ the world’s heel-nnd-too
champion.”
In luct, no more active officer, nnxious nnd enrcftil to keep
his mental and bodily faculties in the condition most favour-
sjiblfr-for the successful accomplishment of Arctic enterprises,
ever administered n dose of medicine, one would think, to a
reluctant ‘‘bluejacket.” But yet, sad to say, lie is a disap¬
pointed man at the end of his long nnd meritorious.career.
That is evident from the tone of his volumes, us well ns from
some of the printed documents contained therein, though it
would be too much to assume that his de.-ire to “ put his case”
before the public was predominant in his mind when lie deter¬
mined to combine some thrilling and valuable narratives with
a statement of grievances. The ways of men in high places
are certainly strange: they seem—ami perhaps they only
seem—to revel, like the Konmu Fortium according to Horace,
in a cruel practical joke. They seem— and perhaps they only •
seem—to postpone a long deserved promotion until the pro¬
moted has to be “ retired " before lie can possibly serve the
time required for the next promotion. It looks and sounds
very odd ; but perhaps it is one of those apparent injustices
which must be.
Mr. Justice Field has appointed Mr. Henry Fielding
Dickens, of the South-Eastern Circuit nnd Recorder of Deal,
to be a revising barrister for Mid-Kent and the Borough of
Greenwich, in place of Mr. Ernest Unggnllny.
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AUG. 9, 1884
Goodwood is the meeting at which our French neigh¬
bours achieved their first successes on our Turf; in 1840,
when the Due d’Orltans, who has been dead more than
forty years, won the Goodwood Cup with Beggarman
(bred in England, howover), and, in 1853, when M. A.
Lupin, who is still alive and hearty, and tlio “ Father” of
tho French Jockey Club, won the Goodwood Cup with
Jouvence (bred in France). This year M. A. Staub, of tho
Haras do Lonray, a French owner with a Geriuun name
(like Baron Scliickler), kept up tho Goodwood tradition in
a manner that would have attracted attention in the old
times before Fillo de l’Air, Hospodar, Gladiateur,
Claimant, Rayon d’Or, and other French horses showed
their heels to the English. For at the late Goodwood
Meeting M. A. Staub’s filly Stockholm (bred in France),
four years old, won tho Goodwood Stakes (worth £645)
and tho Corinthian Plate (worth about £350); u success
which, thirty years ago, would have been noticed in an
“official” document. Baron de Rothschild also, at the
late meeting, won the Queen’s Plato with Louis d’Or (bred
in France). Nobody will grudge the millionaire hia
200 gs. ; but it is quite certain that, whatever may be tho
use and intention of Royal Plates, they were not meant to
“ encourage ” horsos “ bred abroad.”
So the Conference is at an end: chiefly, if not
entirely, because the French and tho English estimates of
prospective receipts differed. The English proposal for a
reduction of 4 per cent, to be made up subsequently, if the
French estimates were found to be tho moro correct, was
very fair and reasonable on the face of it; but probably
tho Froncli representatives knew how dangerous it is to
rely upon an if. When you are to be paid in full, if thero
should be any surplus, it seems to be somebody’s business,
ninety-nine times out of a hundred, to invent something
that shall swallow up what would have been the surplus.
And if the supplementary j per cent cpuld only be raised
by oppression, most bondholders, it is to be hoped,
whether English, French, German, Italian, or other,
would rather submit to the reduction—not cheerfully, of
course, but as resignedly as possible.
Taglioni, in consequence of a recent publication, has
como to be talked about almost ns much as she was in
her life-time. A French writer says that tho two sisters
Ellsler, or Essler (of whom Therese sacrificed herself
entirely to bring out the graces of Fanny in “ the
Cuchuchn ”), jointly just “balunced” Taglioni—that is,
tho two together were just equal to her alone, if com¬
parison be possible between such different styles. The
two sisters, he says, “ctaient surtout femmes, tandis
que l’autre 6tait fee”; and so, very naturally, the two
sisters “plaisaient plus aux homnes, Taglioni aux
femmes.” By-the-way one of the sisters, Therese to wit,
who died only a few yeai-s ago at M6ran, in Austrian
Tyrol, married a cousin of the present German Emperor;
she was, in fact. Princess Adulbert of Prussia.
The Empress of Austria is always at Isclil uuder a
very transparent incognito, which is a sort of open secret
among the inhabitants. Tho other day, accompanied by
only one lady of honour, she walked to Lnufen, and
thero fell in with two little girls returning from school, to
whom she gave bon-bons and florins, while she enjoyed
their childish prattle. When they all reached Laufou tho
Empress said “Good-night” to the little people, and
bade them make haste home, whereupon the elder of the
two replied, “Good-night, Madame l’Imperatrice.” “ If
you know me, why did you not say so before ? ” asked
the Sovereign ; and the child answered, “ Madartie, I have
been taught that in this world one should never know too
much.” Tho Empress told her husband, and it is
rumoured that the sharp child will not bo forgotten.
Mr. Ruskin asks a sweeping question when he inquires,
in his Intest lecture, why British painters, great or small,
are never right altogether—that their work is always
flawed, and never thorough ? And he answers himself
by assorting, undor cover of sundry notes of interro¬
gation, that “ Hunt can paint a flower but not a cloud;
Turner a cloud but not a flower; Bewick a pig but not
a girl; and Miss Greenaway a girl but not a pig.” And
what can tho British artist say in self-defence, wen ho is
told that he is content for “ his lifo to be spent at one end
of a cigar and his fame to expire at tho other,” unless
he rejoins, that if our great art critic knew, by personal
experience, the solace to be derived from smoking the
“ pernicious weed,” ho would not say such cutting tilings
about his neighbours ?
The American interviewer is a past master in the art
of making much of little. One of the fraternity recently
sought Mr. Charles Wyndham when changing his costume
between two acts, and though told that the moment was
most inopportune, contrived to say, “You have had a
great success.” “ Glad to hear it," replied the actor.”
“ Can I see you to-morrow ? ” asked his tormentor. “ Un¬
fortunately I shall 6tart too early,” was the answer, and,
with an exchange of “Good-nights,” each gentleman
went his way. It will hardly bo believed tliat this inter¬
view occupied a column and a half in one of the next
morning’s papers. \ _/ J
"Wonders never cease. Yachting has become a
French sport, in the person of M. E. Blano, son of tho late
keeper of tho “ Tartarus” at Monte Curio, and keeper—
by consequence—of the Prince of Monaco, or, any rate, the
chief contributor to that potentate’s revenues. M. E.
Blanc has lately returned from a perfectly voluntary cruise
to Canada in his yacht Nubienne, so called from the filly
with which the ex-Princo of Monte Carlo won the Grand
Prix de Paris in 1«79. If Frenchmen who are not obliged
to do it take to tho sea and risk tlj<J sickness, what good
shall our “ silver streak ” do us ? We might as well nave
the “ Channel Tunnel ” continued forthwith.
Here is rather a neat story of tho way in which a very
shy (or proud) man made a “ proposal.” Ho bought a
wedding-ring, sent it to “the lady” (whose fingers ho
knew by heart), and with it inclosed a sheet of note-paper
with the brief question: “Does it fit?” By return of
J iost he received the moro laconic—though syllabically
onger—reply, “Beautifully.”
Nobody seems to have noticed the death (on July 31,
at a little village in the department of tho Oise) of M.
No sense of huptqur^it. npjteurs, led Mr. Doggett,
though a comedian, to institute tho “ Doggett’s Coat and
Badgo” which were rowed for by six “jolly young
watermen ” on the 1st inst. (the unvarying date unless it
fall on a Sunday)^but the. satisfaction ho felt at the
Hanoverian succession, which probably lias more than
most, people suppose to do with a boat-race from London
Bridge to Chelsea. Tip's year tho race was rowed for tho
one hundred and sixty-ninth time, and the victor rejoiced
in the good old wnierside name of Phelps, being a member,
no doubt, of tho family which produced for us an “honest
John Phelps” to discern tho only dcad-lmat that ever
occurred in the Uiiiversity Boat-Race. Other good names
among the winners are T. Cole, senior and junior, I).
Coombcs, J. Messenger, and J. Tarryer.
_ . , «. , --/ -- -T- People will travel a long way in soarcli of a pleasure
Eugene Aumont, miclo of M. Paul Aumont (owner of the that specially delights them. That popular musical
sensational French horse Fra Diavolo). Yet M. Eugenik enthusiast, tho Viscountess Folkestone, has gone, with her
AmnATif \v in wuu covnn i \r vnovo /\1 A f K a ♦ t Ivin .1 . 1 i it <1 j
Aumont, who was seventy years old at the time of his
death, was one of our earliest French antagonists /6n-t)io
turf, having purchased and run the English hoi^c Mr.
Wags as early as 1839. Ho founded tho stud vrliiciT
became so formidable in the possession of Cnwite Jn
Lagrange; but he retired from the turf in consequence^
sonio trouble that arose with Lord Henry Seymour abbot'
M. Aumont’8 TontiiTe, winner of tho French Derby in
1840. It was said that Tontine was really an English
filly, called Herodia; so that the French had something
vory like our “ Running-Rein chhq” (for the matthH»mo
beforo the tribunals) four years before wo had ours.
Anyhow, Tontine remains “in Coventry ” to this day in
tho French Stud Book.
daughter, all the way to Bayreuth to hear one performance
of Wagner’s “Parsifal.”
\
All London, diplomatic and social, will be glad to hear
that his Excellency Musurus Bey, though at present repre¬
senting Turkey at Rome, and fianefi to Mdlle. Antoniades
of Alexandria, lias selected the British Metropolis as the
place of his marriage. Remembering his long and close
intimacy with the higher circles of Society hero no one
will be astonished at his choice. Next to Counts Munster
and Karolyi, Musurus Bey is as popular a foreigner as the
European Courts have sent us, a fact specially remarkable
because ho is an Oriental and a Mussulman.
Tho Germans are a practical people, and seldom miss
tho opportunity of turning an honest penny. Even the w w „ ul ucm , ul ». lB0
cholera brings a little grist, to their null, for all travellers recipients appreciate the compliments and valuo the gifts
from 1 ranee arc obliged to subnnt to a medical exainin- accordingly. But the recognition of public services
As tokens of honour and esteem, golden caskets and
jewelled swords are generally selected by largo public
bodies to present to successful Generals. No doubt tho
ation beforo crossing the frontier at Strasburg. The
doctors who undertake this office arc naturally sons of
tho soil, and messieurs Itfv&i/ageura are allowed the privi¬
lege of paying them. This is a species of killing two
birds with oirestoite. ) y
Mr. J. R. Keene, an American sportsmun, who with a
horse named Foxhall won fche Ascot Gold Cup, has boon
unable to'exhibit it to his transatlantic friends owing to a
difference with the Custom-House authorities. They
demand tojevy on it as merchandise, and, no arrangement
having been Come teethe trophy returns to England. It
is interesting to npte a somewhat similar difficulty in this
country as far back ns 1634. Rubens lmd been com¬
missioned to decorate the ceiling of the Banqucting-Hall
at Whitehall, and tho subject selected was “The Apo¬
theosis of Jaines I.” Tho pictures were completed but not
forwarded owing to Charles being unwilling to pay tho
Custom-IIouso dues. Finally, they arrived in Englund in
October, 1635, but before they started the conscientious
artist had them opened to retouch and mend tho cracks
caused by their being rolled up for a whole year. For¬
tunately, a gold cup cannot suffer in this way, and it is to
be hoped that the Americans may yet enjoy a sight of the
token of triumph of their champion steed.
rondered would be no less if the presentations took a moro
useful form. The great Duke of Marlborough was given
a sword, the handlo of which was embellished with
precious stones to tho value of at least £1300. In the
pride of founding a now dukedom his Grace made it a
heirloom. One of bis successors, however, naturally
thought that diumouds would more appropriately decorate
bis duchess’s neck than lie idle in a glass case, and accord¬
ingly ho sold tho jewels and purchased in their place
n ncckluce. Tins ulso has been made a heirloom, so
that jiosterity does not suffer, but the transaction might
be a hint that valuable presents may as well bo selected
by the recipients as by the donors when they are openly
given in respect of acknowledged national services.
Amongst the Blenheim collection of pictures now
under offer to tho nution is admittedly the most wonderful
specimen in the world of Rubens work. Tho painting
of himself with his second wife. Helen Fourinent, and child,
is considered by connoisseurs to excel for purity of colour,
masterly execution, and tho placid atmosphere of calm
domesticity that pervades the picture, anything he over
turned out. A millionaire, well known in City circles
both for his wealth and love of art, is reported to have
offered fifty thousand nounds for the gem.
“How not to do it” must have been the motto of
those shining lights of sanitation who last week asserted
that the drains and soil-pipes of a dwelling-house in
Gray’s Inn-passage, “ adjoming a dairy,” were in good
condition, in the very teeth of tho fact that no water had
been laid on to them during tho lust eight or ten years.
Any ordinary person would imagino that they must have
been in a chronic state of block; and speculation us to
how many more such hotbeds of cholera would bo revealed
by a house-to-house visitation is idle. This is a parallel
case with a recent suburban one where an official testified
that all the drains of a houso were trapped, but omitted
to mention that all the pipes were broken.
Honolulu must surely bo tho paradise of teetotallers,
for H.M.8. Swiftsuro has just been there, accompanied
by tho Mutine, nnd reports that public-house licences are
at almost prohibitive prices, and ale costs two shillings
l>er pint, while lemon squash and other temperance drinks
aro cheap and abundant. Undor these circumstances
leave was freely given to the ships’ companies; and during
a whole fortnight Jack enjoyed himself aslioro very inno¬
cently. The presence of the officers was an excuse for
dinners, dances, and gaieties galore, and tho island wus
decorously dissipated till the two vessels steamed away for
Esquimault.
,A statue of Carrara marble, raised by national sub¬
scription to the memory of Georgo Sand, will be unveiled
on the 10th at La Chatre. The sculptor, M. Aiuie Millet,
was at first somewhat puzzled about tho dress of the great
novelist. Sho was not a woman who held oxuotly aloof
from the fashions of her day, though she wore a redingoit
and round hut when it suited her purpose. Those who
remember the chatelaine of Nohont testify that when in
the flesh sho donned that most unclassic of garments—a
crinoline. This was clearly impossible from an artistic
point of view, but luckily some one recalled tliut in tho
retirement of her country home she indulged in au Arab
gondourah, a species of saeque or robe de chumbre, all in
qite piece with three apertures, one for each arm, and one
for the head, and this is the garb M. Millet has chosen.
Tho figure is seated on a hillock clothed with plant* and
flowers; in the right hand is a pen, and in tho left a half-
open book. The face is a good likeness of Madame Dudo-
vunt when about forty yeurs of age. Her noin de plume
and real names are on tho pedestul, with the titles of her
principal works. A throng of literary celebrities will be
gathered together, but the Academio Fram;aiso is too old
and dignifies! to bo represented on the occasion.
Mr. Justico Hawkins, who has tho character of being a
severe Judge, has sentenced Duly, on whom dynamite was
found, and Egun, who had none in his possession and was
by that little the less criminul, to penal servitude for life
and for twenty years respectively, after a patient trial at
Warwick. Nobody can say that the sentence was too
severe, unless exception bo taken altogether to their trial
and to the verdict delivered against them; but it is awful
to contemplate, and it may well bo expected to have a
deterrent effect upon anybody who can think and realise
tho living death such a sentence moans. Even more de¬
terrent, however, might be tho effect of an idea tliut
ought sometimes to occur to the most patriotic aud
disinterested employers of dynauiito: any little spark of
sympathy that the public may at some time Lave felt for
them and their cause will be completely extinguished—
all over the world—if they go about blowing up innocont
people aud destroying property wantonly. The patriot,
in fact, will come to do regarded as “ hostis humnni
generis,” whom it is permissible for anybody to—well, to
rendor innocuous by any possible means.
Tlio lato cricket-match between the Australians and
tho Players of England caused a disgraceful disturbance
upon the most unreasonable grounds. For it is always
unreasonable to raise objections, much more to proceed to
violence, when a man is clearly within his right in what
he does; and Mr. Murdoch, captain of the Australians, if
indeed it were he who was responsible, was clearly within
his right to break off the game for luncheon, though his
side wanted only eleven runs to win. What with “ maiden
overs,” what with little disputes and appeals to the
umpires, and what with little delays between the dismissal
of one butsman, tho advent of another, consultations,
adjustments, settling of “ block,” and so on, it often takes
a considerable time to make eleven runs. Besides, there
hud already been signs to show that the misbehaving
spectators were simply disgusted at tho prowess of the
Australians, and that all that was said about “ money-
grabbing,” &c., was mere pretence. Englishmen aro
fond of boasting about their love of “fuirplay”: such
scenes as the late scene at the Oval make it doubtful
whether Englishmen have a right to their boast, and the
doubt is increased when we remember what was said
about the ago of Umpire, of Fille do l’Air, and of
Gladiateur, when Mr. Ten Broeck and the late Comte do
Lagrange first won races on our race-courses.
When Hartmann, the well-known Nihilist, committed
suicide a week or two ago, ho had parted with everything
belonging to him except a silver watch, which had in two
ways played an important part in his history. In tho
autumn of 1879, when he lived with Sopliio Perowskuja
(who was hung at St. Petersburg iu April, 1881) in tho
little house near tho Moscow railway, whence ne was
excavating a mine under the line, money failed him, and
his work must havo been stopped had she not persuaded
him to paiyn his watch. He raised eight roubles on it
und completed his undertaking, but, not having uuy
means of knowing tho exact time, blew up the train con¬
taining the Imperial servants instead of that by which
tho Czar travelled. That watch was at once the instrument
of success and failure.
The project of sending batches of poor children from
our crowded cities to spend two or three weeks in tlio
country is not altogether now, but imported from Austria,
where for several years publio charity lias provided
colonies de vaennees in salubrious spots, with the happiest
results on the health und physique of the rising generation.
AUG. 9, 1884
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ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
When you have passed—and well passed—that which the
Florentine calls the “ mezzo del cammin di nostra vita,” you
arc, as a rule, not very ambitious to make new acquaintances.
Most of the old friends whom you knew, and loved, are dead;
and when fresh friendships are proffered to you it often
happens that you feel rather uncertain os to whether you
know quite enough about the fresh acquaintances, or whether
they know quite enough about you, for entirely amicable
conditions to be established. There are, happily, exceptions
to every rule; and I confess to a burning anxiety to be on
the friendliest of terms with Mr. James Knowles. How could
it be otherwise, when I read in the Parliamentary debates—in
connection with the refusal of the authorities in Egypt to
permit Mr. Wilfrid Blunt to enter that Debatable Laud—
the following fascinating sketch of Mr. Knowles as traced
by the master-hand of Mr. Gladstone :—
The noble Lord (Lord Randolph Churchill) connects my name with that
of Mr. Knowles, and says that I led Mr. Knowles to believe that Mr. Blunt’s
visit commanded my approval. Now, so far as Mr. Knowles is ooncerncd, I
have had some very pleasant intercourse with him; and, under favourable
circumstances, I hope to have some more. But Mr. Knowles is editor
of the Nineteenth Century, and is editor from the crown of his head to
the soles of his feet. Whcnovor you find that Mr. Knowles has had un
interview from (with t) Mr. Blunt or from (with 1) anyone else, you may
rely upon it that the upshot of that interview was (will be 1) wholly in the
Nineteenth Century.
According to the report of the Times, these remarks were
received with “ laughter.” By the Distressed Compiler they
were perused with terror, admiration—andl Hope. I will seek
an interview (so I thought) with this mysteriously puissant
Mr. Knowles. I will cast myself at his feet. I will embrace,
if necessary, the soles thereof. I will implore that the inter¬
view may be prolonged, with the fond aspiration that the
upshot of the colloquy may be “ wholly in the Nineteenth
Century .” That is the way to immortality. Sic itur ad aslra.
“ See Naples and then die ” say the southern Italiaua; but I
say, know Mr Knowles, and then give your stockbroker
orders to buy in heavily in Egyptians. A mighty man,
Knowles. Did he not write the “ Historic of the Turkes,” the
drama of "The Hunchback,” and the comedy of ‘‘The Love
Chase”?
The jubilee of the total abolition of slavery in the British
West Indian Colonies was duly celebrated on Friday, the
First of August, being the fiftieth anniversary of the Procla¬
mation of the great act of Imperial Conscience when the British
Parliament emancipated some eight hundred thousnud black
thralls, inadequately compensated their late owners with
twenty millions sterling, and practically ruined the finest and
most prosperous dependencies in the world. The thing had to
be done; and thesiusof the Jacobian and Caroline slave-traders
were heavily visited on the children—that is to say, the sub¬
jects of William IV. and Victoria.
At the public meeting in the City (presided over by the
Prince of Wales, who delivered an admirable address) there
were present the bearers of many uumes illustrious in the
history of the abolition, of slavery and the slave trade. The
Lord Mayor was also present; aud that last-named circum¬
stance afforded another curious illustration of how “ the
whirligig of Time brings in his revenges.” When the
motion to bring in a bill for the abolition of the Slave
Trade was first made in the House of Commons by William
Wilberforce it was opposed by Colonel TarlCton, on the score
that the trade had the merit of keeping a number of seamen
iu readiness for the service of the State. All the members
of the City of London were against the motion. Watson
declured the Slave Trade to be necessary on account of its
connection with our fisheries ; and Mr. Groeveuor “ admitted
that the slave trade was certainly not an amiable trade.
Neither was that of the butcher; but yet it was a very
uecessury one." O ! whirligigs of Time !
Mr. Stanley, in opposing the motion (which was eventually
lost by a large majority), observed that ‘‘it uppeared to him
to have been the intention of Providence from the very begin¬
ning that one Bet of men should be slaves to another/ 11 And
then the honourable gentleman quoted the opinion, to the
same effect, of Dr. Halifax, Bishop of Gloucester. 0! whirligigs
of Time! ^
‘‘Napoleon at Fontainebleau aud Elba in 1814” (London,
John Murray, 1869).
Sir Neil, ns Colonel Campbell, was the British Commissioner
appointed to accompnny Bonaparte to Elba. The officer with
his arm iu a sling in the famous picture of “ Les Adieux de
Fontainebleau” is Colonel Campbell, who has left ns, besides,
a very brief but striking word-picture of Napoleon, which I
commend to the attention of Mr. Caton Woodville, Mr. Ernest
Crofts, Mr. Orchardson, and other illustrators of the
Napoleonic legend.
I saw before me a short, sotive-Iookfng man, who wn* rapidly pacing the
length of his apartment, like tome wild animal in hit cell. He was dressed
in sn old green uniform nnd gold epaulettes, blue pantaloons, and red top-
boots; unshaven, uncombed, with the fallen particles of snuff scattered
profusely over his upper lip and breast.
A Napoleon in blue pantaloons and red top-boots would be
a novelty on canvas.
Mem.: Tlio curious obituary notice of the patriarchal Mr.
Thomson concludes with the statement that‘‘he entered the
harbour of Toulon with Charles Napier, when the fleet was
fired upon by the Chateau d’lf.” But I thought that the
CMteau d’lf was at Marseilles.
The Editor of the 11 Warehousemen and Drapers’ Journal”
has been so kind as to inform me that a ‘‘ dissecting clerk ” in
a drapery establishment is simply a person whose duty it is to
*‘ dissect” or analyse and classify sales made over the counter,
for the purpose of showing the profit or loss made by each
department. He add9 that ‘‘a good dissecting clerk is a
valuable servant.” Yes; but why is not this explanation,
given in the “ Drapers’ Dictionary,” which merely vouchsafes
the definition and the Latin derivation of the verb to dissect ?
I anticipated that at least a dozen drapers would come
forward to explain the functions of a “ dissecting clerk,” and
more than twenty have done so. The worst of the matter
is, that my friendly correspondents explain too much. aud l
am unable to quote iu detail the information with wlvich they
favour me. I must find space, however, for an observation of a
Glasgow correspondent (“ D. M. G.”) who says that the
“ dissector has to mako allowances for interest on invoices not
passed back in time for * cash day,’ and credit every depart¬
ment with the discounts allowed. The work i3 anything but
easy. He has a perpetual time of squabbling with buyers
(i.e., the buyers for the Ann) in order to keep his records up to
date, and ready for presentation to the * governor/ ”
There hns been a “Conference” at Willis’s Rooms, with
the venerable Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair, of the Church
of England Funeral and Mourning Reform Association; and
iu connection with this conference the estimable Duke of
Westminster, who is always endeavouring to do good in one
direction or auothcr, bus written what I canuot help
thinking to be an injudicious letter to the papers, iu
which his Grace is good enough to tell us that “the long
established funeral aud mourning observances prevalent iu
this couutry have helped to create a mistaken idea of death.”
Dear me! Does his Grace know anything more about Death
than Dolly the cook-maid docs ? I sincerely wish that the Duke
and the Archbishops of York and Canterbury, and the other
noble and reverend promoters of an impertinent, aud un¬
called for movement vvould mind their own business, which is
clearly not to interfere between the public and the undertakers.
“ It is as natural to die as to be boj-n,” wrote ono of the greatest
of English diviues: anditis ashatural to wish tohuve a comely
funeral as a Comely christening or a comely marriage. IIow
we should be buried is a matter that should be left entirely to
our own discretion or thatof our widows or executors. I have said
so before in this page, and mean to say so again, whenever the
noble and reverend busy bodies try to dictate to the public how
funerals should be performed. If those uneasy philanthropists
must trouble themselves about coffins, let them endeavour to
exert their influence with the metropolitan vestries and per¬
suade those bodies to accord to deceased paupers more decent
funerals than aro ordinarily bestowed those unfortunates.
The strangest of statements arc occasionally made in the
obituary notices of tire Tunes, in which, on Ang. 6, I read of
an old gentleman named Thomson, who recently died at
Stonehaven, at the age of uiucty.\Mr. Thomson, the necro¬
logical notice states, “ came of the same race as that which
produced the poet Bums.” Je tie dit pus non; but what is
meuutby the curious announcement that “ for services rendered
so long ago as before the Buttle of Waterloo the Government
granted Thomson some years ago an liouorurium from the
funds of Greenwich Hospital ” ? If the olff gentlemun was
an ont-pensioucr of the hospital, this is certainly au
extraordinarily long-wiuded wuy of putting it.
Again, it is stated that Mr. Thomson “accompanied
Napoleon Bonaparte to Elba in 1814, and stood sentry over
the fallen Emperor at Pouto Ferrajo (sic).” Napoleon, as
most people know, did not go to Elba as a prisoner, but as
the independent Sovereign of that island. On his embarking
on board the British frigate Undaunted at Frejus, he was
received with a royul salute of twenty-one guns. Before
landing at Porto Ferrajo Napoleon requested thutapnrty of
En gliMKmarines should accompnny him on shore. To this
request Captain Usher, of the Undaunted, acceded; but
t ie original intention was altered; and only an officer of
marines with two sergeants to act as orderlies were sent. No
British soldier “stood sentry over the fallen Emperor” ; but
at his own instant demuud (he dreaded assassination) a
British sergeant and the Emperor’s own valet de clmmbre
s '-pt on mattresses outside the door of the Imperial bed¬
chamber. All which, and much more that is ns veracious
113 it is interesting, you may read in Sir Neil Campbell’s
'' NTouching the “ memorable balcony in Piccadilly” and Sir
Francis Burdctt, “W. W.” (Folkestone) writes: “You aro
perfectly right. The house next to the present residence of the
Baroness Burdett-Coutts is the house in which Sir Frnucis
Burdctt lived for many years, aud from the balcony of which
ho addressed tlio populace on the occasion yon mention.”
My correspondent’s father was on duty in Piccadilly, with his
regiment, tlio Tenth Hussars, when the Burdctt entente took
place. Auother correspondent (“Coustant Reader”) was
actually present on the momentous occasion mentioned, and
“recollects perfectly the riot iu front of the house and the
surging mob. *Tliere was then no gate iuto the Green Park
opposite Berkeley-street, as there now is, which made it diffi¬
cult to get clear of the soldiers; and many people were hurt in
their endeavours to escape.” According to my loug-memoried
correspondent, Sir Francis Burdctt’s residence, next door to
Mr. Thomas Coutts’s mansion, No. 1, Stratton-street, was u
house of lower elevation, with two windows on each side of
the door.
I rejoice to learn that the King of Roumania lias conferred
the dignity of Commauder of the Order of the Roumanian
Crown, instituted by his Majesty on the day of his Coronation,
on my esteemed colleugue and valued friend Mr. William
Beatty Kingston. According to the World, the diploma and
insignia of the Order were transmitted to the distinguished
journalist by Trince Jan Ghikn, the Roumanian Minister iu
London, who brought them i« propriA persond to Sir.
Kingston. Warmly congratulating my friend on the signal
honour conferred upon him, I may discreetly hint that I
have not myself any desire to be decorated with the Order
of Anything; but that if (say) the Bosnian Beys, or the
Vaivode of Elecampania, or the Kaimnkau of Bessarabia,
or the Hospodar of Heraclia, or the Tetrurch of Anatolia,
has ouy half-crowns to spare they can b<- sent on, and will bo
taken the greatest care of. You have no idea of the scarcity
of half-crowns in the parish of St. Pancras— always in conse¬
quence of the heavy School-Board rates and the greengrocer.
I am going (D.V.) in January, 1885, to Australia, to deliver
a course of lectures on “ Life as I have Seen it ”; and if I find
any stray hulf-crowns on the Australian coutineut or in Tas¬
mania or in New Zealand I shall treusure them, on my return,
as rare aud precious specimens.
Reverting for a moment to South-Eastern Europe, I have
to tender my sincere apologies to some British residents of
Galata, Constantinople, who, through their spokesman,
“A. F. N.,” asked me for information touching English
schools to which they could send their boys. The letter re¬
mained unanswered, for the simple reason that I am phy¬
sically unable to reply to at least a fourth of the “Echo”
letters sent to me. I do my best es a respondent; but that,
obviously, is not much. My Galata friends have written
again, aud not angrily, repeutiug their application. “ We
have been residing iu this city,” says “A. F. N.,” “for nearly
twenty years; we do not know where the best aud most
efficient educational establishments for boys are to b 3 found,
especially in the South of England, in consideration of climate,
after this country. Should this question bo within your pro¬
vince, we shall feel ever grateful for au extra ‘Echo' on tlio
subject.” The best that I can do for my Galata correspondents
is to advise them to write to Captain de Carteret Bisson, M.A.,
Bemers-chambers, London, W. It is his business to know all
about schools ancLcolleges in town and country, and suited to
all means.
I note the somewhat sudden death, at his residence near
I’etersfield, of Mr. John Delaware Lewis, M.A. and formerly
M.P. for Devonport, and an old and esteemed member of the
Reform Club. The Titties' obituary scarcely does the deceased
gentleman justice. It recites that he was educated at Eton and
Cambridge: that he was a Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn, a magis¬
trate for Devon and Hants, and formerly a Lieutenant in the
Pembroke Artillery Militiu. But was not Mr. John Delaware
Lewis something else ? Do we not owe to a scholar as brilliant
as ho was accurate a literal English prose translation of the
Satires of Juvenal ? And is not that translation crisp, nervous,
vigorous, aud fuithful ?
Miss Hannah M-, aged fourteen, writes me from
“ Tirzah, Tweed River, New South Wales,” to say that sho
noticed in tlio “ Echoes” that I made the statement that there
were only four words in the English language ending iu
“ dous.” No, Miss Hannah, I never made such a statement;
for the reason that my acquaintance with the English language
(or any other language) is very limited. The statement or
rather the inquiry as to tlio number of English words ending
in “dous” wus mado by a lady correspondent iu Scotland.
There are in reality four such words: “stupendous,”
“tremendous,” “hazardous,” aud “ jeopardous ’’—the last a
word very seldom used. Miss Hannah lias found out some more
words eudiug in “dous “ nitidous ” “ iodous,” and so forth.
I could supply her with many other words of the some mintage.
They are not English words properly so called. They are terms
of technology coined by chemists, “ enumerators of foreign
weeds,” and other scientific persons, and pitchforked into
modern English lexicons by wordmongers, who then proceed
to blow trumpets aud drub drums and exclaim, “See how
much bigger Our Dictionary is than the Dictionary which was
published a year aud a half ago. Buy Our Dictionary. It is
so very big.”
“The Hasty Puddiug Club.” Thanks to “J. K. M.”
(Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.), who thinks that tho Harvard
College Club iu question wus founded by the class of 1796,
aud tliut Horace Biuney, of Philadelphia, was its first
President. Uorace Binney became a jurist of high eminence;
aud muny Americans of mark have been members of the
H.P.C. My Philadelphian correspondent adds—
No doubt tlio original erase of its existence was tlio meagreness of tho
college commons; and its selection of boiled Indian eom-moal as a staple
article of food wus probably owing to the meagre furnishing of tho students’
pockets. At present tho H.P.C. has only social ends in new. It usually
coutnins about forty members, selected by vote, nine at a time, from tho
junior class. It lias pleasant club-rooms, a reading-room, a library, and a
theatre, close to tlio college grounds, and devotes most of its corporate
energy to the production of three plays yearly. Two of these are generally
of tlio typo of Byron’s burlesques. The e tub Jorbidt all alcoholic re/ns A-
mente on ,It premises ; but the tittle theatre it always filled with smoke.
“ Bully ” for the Hasty Pudding Club of Harvard !
In the report of tho tremendous verbal “ scrimmage ” in
the French Congress on the Revision of the Constitution an
excited deputy, M. Bourgeois, exclaimed, “ One would fancy
that this Palace of Versailles was one of Anne Radeliffe’s
mysterious palaces. We go on from surprise to surprise.”
We do indeed. I was aware that the lively Gaul was familiar
with the novels of Miss Braddou. I have read a French trans¬
lation of “Henry Duubar” as, I think, “Les Reprouves” ;
but it is strange to learn that the romances of “Anno
Radcliffe ” are still popular among our neighbours. I looked
into tho “Mysteries of Udolplio” the other day—I hud not
rend the book, I am confident, for more than thirty years—
and I found the Udolphian mysteries only mildly horrifying_
scarcely equalling, indeed, Nepal!) pepper in comparison with
tho Cuyeuuo which I expected.
“Sir,” writes “ T. G. C.” (Buckfuatlcigli), “can you
tell me what red tape is, aud how it came to mean what it
nicuns ?” Well, red tape is tape that is of a red colour, aud,
figuratively, it typifies excessive official formality and routine;
over-punctilious, meticulous, unintelligent bureaucracy A
“red-tapist,” according to Ogilvie and Annandalc, is “one
employed in a public office who ties up his papers with red
tape. Lord Lytton speaks somewhere of “ pompous rccl-
tapists. Mr. Thackeray was consistently hard on the
V lape and Sealing Wax Department.” Where or when the
term originated 1 am not certain ; but I ehould not be at all
surprised to find it in Cobbett. When next I take a course
of tlio “ Register,” or of “Twopenny Trash,” I will keep a
sharp look out for “red tape.” y. a. sV
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, A ,uo. 9, 1884 — 121
3. Duns tanbo rough Castle, looking north.
6. Boats of North Northumberland.
2. Lilbume's Tower, Duns tan boro ugh.
6. The Old Clock Tower, Bamborough Castle.
1 . Bamborough Castle, from the south, with Holy Islo in the distance.
4. Bamborough Castle, from the north, with the Feme Light in the d
V."
THE ROYAL ARCILEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE: EXCURSIONS ALONG THE COAST.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Atjo. 9, 1884.- 125
Th, mce-mecUng in Goodwood Park, winch took place la
wees according to yearly custom, may not have been t
important as the connoisseurs of “National Sports’’ coul
lave wished from their special point of view. But it was
pleasant social gathering of fashion and gaiety, and vn
tiiuerea all the more agreeable by the presence of a ver
‘ r n e assemblage of ladies, attired in the very latest devices (
H ' s w hH;h ure esteemed the crowning glory of the Londo
ason. 1 h 0 Prince and Princess of Wales, to the gratificatio
accompanied the Imperial Crown Prince and Prin
cssof Germany, with their children, on thebalconyof Goodwoo
Ilouso overlooking the beautiful lawn. Their Royal High¬
nesses still wore slight tokens of mourning, the Princess
appearing in a black dress over a skirt of black and white
stripes, with a light drab bonnet. The King of Sweden and
Norway, happily freed, by a wise and just concession, from
his late political difficulty with the Norwegian Parliament, was
a welcome guest at Goodwood. Some portraits of well-known
patrons of these favourite sports are placed at the top of our
page of Engravings. The Prince was obliged to return to
London early on tne Cup Day, not choosing to sacrifice the
duties of public business to pleasure. It wns, however, a
delightful scene for those who stayed. As the sky was bright
and the sun warm, the shadow of the trees on the lawn was
exceedingly grateful, especially at luncheon time. The end
space was handsomely fitted by the transverse spread of the
Naval D6pot, with the 6pergne of the mess in the centre, and
with a detachment of Jack Tars in spotless white, to servo as
retainers at the feast. While luncheon was going on briskly
under the leafy boughs, and on the drags just outside the rail¬
ings, all the talents of the race-course vied in efforts of varied
amusement. Mirth and music, with champagne and the other
“ sweets of life,” combined to form the open-air entertainment.
126
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 9, 1884
MARRIAGES.
On the 20th nit., by special license, at the Oratory. South Kensington,
by the Very Rev. Canon Wall work, of Greet Crosby, Liverpool, oaaistcd by
the Rev. Father McCall, George Henry Dodsworth, surgeon. Ivy Bank,
Uttoxeter, North Staffordshire, youngest son of the late P. C. Dodsworth,
E*j., The Lawn, Chiswick, to Lucy, youngest daughter of the late John
Taylor, 12*q., Blandish Hall, near Wigan, aud Mrs. Taylor, Wa verity House,
Great Crosby, near Liverpool.
On the 29th ult., at St. Catherine's, Staverton. near Cheltenham, by the
Rev. William Alexander Ayrton, Vicar of Chaco in be, assisted by tlio ltev.
B. C. Littlewood. cousin of the bridegroom, and the Rev. Thomas Purnell,
Viour of Staverton, George Augustus Henry Waite, of Bteadnlbane.
Queensland, J. P., eldest surviving non of the late George Derby Waite, of
Old Durlington-street, M.U.C.8 E„ to Robins Augusta Stephenson Rnea,
second daughter of the late Alexander McKenzie Rosa, of Ladbruke-
gardens, C K., and great-grmnd-daughter of the late Rev. David Row, of
Burntisland, Fu'cahire. Scotch and colonial papers please copy.
DEATH.
On the 3rd in*t , at hia mother’a residence, 82, Eocleston-equare, Arthur
Basil Brooke, youngest son of the late Sir Arthur Brinsley Brooke, Bart., of
Colebrooke Park, County Fermanagh, Ireland.
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it be the Epidemic of HEALTH, from which only the doctors are the suBorers.
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BOULOGNE CASINO.
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France. Concerts dally In the gardens of the establishment. Operatic and other per¬
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ws« never better than at present.
Boulogne, July 24.
(Signed) JCI.E8 BAUDEI.OQUE, Mayor,
THE NEW IIEAD-MASTER OF ETON.
The Rev. Edmond Wurre, M.A., of Bnlliol and All Souls’
Colleges, Oxford, Assistant-Master at, Eton, was lost week
elected Hoad-Master of the College, and was formally admitted
to the office by the Governing Body. He is n son of tho lute
Mr. Henry Wane, of Buidon, Somerset, mid was bom on
Feb. 12, 1837. He was educated at Eton, where he obtained
tlie Newcastle Scholarship in 1854, aud proceeded thence to
Balliol College, Oxford, where lie obtolnedau open scholarship,
and was first-class in the examination for moderations in 1856.
He was first-class in the Final Classical School in 1859, aud
was in that year elected to a fellowship at. All Souls’ College.
He has held, since 1860, an assistant-mastership at Eton
uuder Dr. Goodford, Dr. Balaton, and Dr. Hornby. He was
ordniued deacon and priest in 1867, by Dr. Wilberforce,
Bishop of Oxford. Mr. Warre is Commandant of the Eton
College Rifle Volunteers, and is well known ns an enthusiastic
advocate of athletics. He is author of the handbook to that
subject officially published by the International Health
Exhibition. lie married, in 1861, Florence Dora, eldest
surviving daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Charles St. Lo Mulct, of
Little Foutmell House, Dorset.
A LADY MASTER OF ARTS.
For the first time in this country, a lady has just attained the
degree of Master of Arts. This ludy is Miss Mary Clara
Dawes, daughter of the Rev. John 8. Dawes, D.D., of Sur¬
biton. She passed the Matriculation Examination of London
University in January, 1879, and was placed in the
Honours Division. In June of that year she passed the
Intermediate B.A. examination, and gained the second
Gilchrist Exhibition, taking honours in German. In the
same year she obtained tlie Cloth workers’ Scholarship for
Oirtou College, Cambridge, where she entered in October,
1879. At the end of the usual academic term of three
years, she passed the Classical Tripos in honours. After her
Cambridge course she resumed her studies for the London
University at Bedford College, London, and in 1883, at the
final B.A. examination, gain txl honours in Classics and German,
with the first place in tlie second class in each subject. At
the examination just concluded she is placed fourth iu the list
of the Masters of Arts of the year who have taken the degree
in the first brunch of the examination—that is in Classics, with
Ancient and Modern History. The two other branches are
Mathematics, with Natural Philosophy, and Mental and Moral
Philosophy, with Political Economy. Since the admission of
female students*to tlie degrees of London University, about
fifty have obtained tlint of B.A., three have become Bachelors
of Medicine, eight Bachelors of Science, and one Doctor of
Science, Mrs. Bryant, whose Portrait we gave not long ago.
Some hundreds have passed the matriculation examination.
MADAME KOWALEVSKI.
This Indy, a native of Russia, is a celebrated mathematician,
who lectured last winter at the University of Stockholm, and
who has just been appointed Professor of Mathematics at that
University. We believe that this is the first time, since the
Middle Ages (in Italy), that a woman has been appointed to an
academical chair nt liny Vfijversity in Europe. Sweden is a
country where much interest has been felt in the claims of tho
fair sex to o full opportunity of acquiring and exercising in¬
tellectual accora jjlismne*te. The position now conceded to
Madame Kowalevski is worthy of notice as a sign of the times,
and will be observed with gratification by many English
friends and advocates of higher education for women.
THE LONDON STATUE OF BURNS.
The bronze statue of Robert Bums, a copy of that at Dundee,
by Sir John Steell, R.S.A., of Edinburgh, which Mr. John
Gordon Crawford has 'munificently presented to London, was
unveiled on the Thames Embankment by the Earl of Rose¬
bery, on Saturday, the 26th ult. Ilis Lordship made a tasteful
and elegant speech; and Professor Dewar, chairman of the
committee, Sir Lyon Playfair, Lord Houghton, Mr. Anderson,
M.P., Mr. T. Filed, R.A-. mid Mr. Roe Brown, took pnrt in
the proceedings/' Two grand-daughters of Bums were present.
We give an illustration of the statue, which Btnnds in the
Splendid 80* Hathlnr and Sand'. Hp« Wain-Swimming-Until*. Hot Bath'. Douche*.
'. 1’lxvon-shootlng. Itrzattas, Ram. Grand Cere!- <1 m B->ln». l-nwn-Tcuuls.
BOULOGNE. FOUR HOURS FROM LONDON.
Several lintel* of flr*t-r*t* excellence, and IlotoU, Pensions, and Apartment* t»~-
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Bccoudly—That no quarantine la tinixwcd on traveller' arriving at GENEVA.
. CkxXVA. July 26.1884.
In the name ot the Council of State of the Republic and Qttiti>n «f Geneva.
\ \ The l'rMhi.-nt. A. OAVARD.
In the name of the Coriioration of the City of Genera. ,
_ \ \ The Preridgnt. K. EMPKVTA.
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THE NORTHUMBERLAND COAST.
The neighbourhood of Ncwcnstle-upon-Tyue, where the Royal
Archaeological institute holds its Congress during this week
and part of next week, presents many places of great anti¬
quarian interest and much romantic scenery, to be visited by
tlie excursion parties. They were at Wurkworth and Alnwick
Castle on Wednesday; at Lindisfame or Holy Island on
Thursday; and yesterday at Bam borough Castle, of which,
and of Dunstnnborough, we present some Illustrations. The
readers of Mr. Walter Besant's charming historical romance,
“Dorothy Forster,” will be especially interested in Bam-
borough, which really belonged in 1715 to the brother of that
young lady, Thomas Forster, of Ethelstou; and, when
lie was ruined by tuking part in the Jacobite rebellion,
this manor was saved from confiscation through its purchase
by his uncle Lord Crewe, the Bishop of Durham. The Forsters,
whoso truo family history, associated with the tragical fate of
the Earl of Derwentwuter/ is taken by Mr. Besnnt for the
foundation of his story, were descended from Sir John Forster,
of Bamborough Abbey, in Queen Elizabeth’s reign appointed
Governor of this old Castle. It stands on a rock of the sea-
coast, opposite the Feme Islands, nearly 150 ft. above the sea-
level at low tide, on the site of a far more ancient .Saxon strong¬
hold erected by King Ida, the couqueror of Northumberland,
in the sixth century. Tlie existing structure, part of which is
still kept in repair and liubitablo, dates from the Norman
period, but with lutcr additions. The only way of ap¬
proach is by \ the gateway on the south side, which is
shown in the first of our Sketches, with tlie round
towers on each side of the gate. The Keep, which
appears more conspicuously in the other view, from the north
side, is a lofty square building, with walls lift, and 9 ft.
thick, of the time of the Norman Conquest. The trustees of
Lord Crewe’s charitable bequest keep some apartments of this
Castle prepared for the reception of shipwrecked sailors or
fishermen, aud there are life-boats aud other appliances for
saving men from shipwreck. The clock tower is another re¬
markable feature of Bamborough represented among our
Illustrations. It is near the Belford station of tlie North-
Eastern Railway, and passengers by train con plainly sec both
the Castle and the neighbouring islands. On the same coast
arc the ruins of Dunstanborough Castle, with Lilbnrne’s Tower,
overlooking the sea, which here, in rough weather, breaks with
n terrific noise through an opening in the rocks called Ramble
Chum. This fortress belonged to Edmund, Earl of Lancaster,
a younger son of Henry III. The members of the
Archeological Institute would, of course, inspect the remains
of tho famous monastery at LindiBfarne. On Monday next
they go to Hexham, and thence to examine the great Romnn
military rampart, with its forts and towns, such as Cilurnum,
In Chesters Park, near Chollcrford, and Borcovicus, at a place
now called Housesteuds, on the Northumberland moors. They
will also visit Aydon Castle, Bywell, and Prtidhoe, on the
Tyne, Jarrow, Monkwearmouth, and Tynemouth Castle. On
Wednesday next they go to Durham. We shall give some
further Illustrations, including oue of the Cathedral Church
of Newcastle.
ROYAL NATIONAL LTFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
At a meeting of this Institution held on Thursday, at its
house, Jolin-street, Adelphi, rewards were granted to the crews
of life-boats for services rendered during the past month, and
a gratuity was awarded to the crew of a shore-boat for saving
life on the coast. Payments amounting to £2817 were mndo
on the 279 life-boat establishments of the Institution. Among
the contributions lately received were £650 from Miss Howis,
of Tulse-hill, to provide a life-bout to be named the Emma
Frisby, after her late sister; £050 from K. W. Hollon, Esq.,
of York, to defray the cost of the Filey new life-boat, the
Iiollon; £300 from tho Dramatic Club of the Honourable
Artillery Company, on account of the Walton-on-tlio-Naze
life-boat; £100 from the Ancient Order of Foresters, being
their annual subscription towards the support of their two
life-boats; and £114 from the Loyal Order of Ancient
Shepherds, on behalf of the Good Shepherd life-boat. New
life-boats have been sent by the Institution during the past
month to New Brighton, Holy Island, Middlesborougli, and
Bull Bay (Anglesea). Reports were read from the Chief In¬
spector and four of the District Inspectors on their recent
visits to life-boat stations.
gmnite'---_. . .
4796. ‘ The poetic genius of my country found me nt the
plotigh and threw her inspiring mnntle over me. She bade me
sing the loves, the joys, the rural scenes and rural pleasures of
my native soil in my native tongue. I tuned my wild artless
notes as she inspired.’ ” Tlie Prince of Wales had been first
asked to unveil the statue, and his secretary had written ex¬
pressing the Prince’s admiration for the works of Bums, and
his regret that lie was unable to undertake this “ duty iu
connection with the illustrious Scotchman.” The pedestal of
this statue is composed of four blocks of polished red Aber¬
deen granite, supplied by Messrs. Alexander Macdonald and
Co., of Euston-ij)ad, London.
“ THE GOOD SHEPHERD.”
This picture, by Mr. Harry Thompson, was in the late
Exhibition nt tlie Paris Salon, and was muqh admired. Tlie
landscape may probably have been suggested by some French
seacoost scene; and the old shepherd, in his cap ntul cloak,
with a stick in his hmul, and followed by his faithful dog, is
such a rustic figure ns may often be met in the western
provinces of that country. The sheep, which occupy n more
prominent place in the picture, are drawn with great truth to
nature, and their attitudes are very characteristic of that
animal. The details of foliage and herbage are rendered
with equal fidelity; and it is only when one looks up, and
sees the crucifix aloft fixed against a branch of the tree, that
one is startled by an unusual incident or feature iu this
idyllic presentment of rural life and scenery. The artist may
he congratulated upon a very successful composition of its
kind.
At the annual meeting of the Poor Clergy Relief Corpo¬
ration, held recently at the offices, 36, Southnmpton-street,
Strand, it was stuted that the total amount of grants during
the year had been £6631, while the annual subscriptions were
£200 more than in any previous year.
At a privnte meeting of the Council of the National Union
of Conservative Associations on Thursday week Lord Randolph
Churchill, the retiring chairman, who presided, moved that Sir
Michael llicks-Beacli be elected chairman of tho council for
the ensuing year. His Lordship made no reference to matters
which have recently excited considerable interest regarding
his own relations to the recognised lenders of the Opposition,
and merely remarked that he thought the election of the lion.
Baronet would, no doubt, prove for the good of the party.
The motion was unanimously agreed to ; so also was a sub¬
sequent motion re-electing Mr. J.E. Gorst, Q.C., M.I’., and
electing Mr. A. J. Balfour, M.P., and Mr. Akers-Douglas,
M.P., as vice-chairmen. In the evening Lord Randolph
Churchill and members of the councildined with Lord Salisbury.
The twenty-eighth meeting of the National Association for
the Promotion of Social Science will be held in Birmingham,
from Sept. 17 to 24 next, under the presidency of Mr. Shaw
Lefevre, M.P. The jurisprudence and amendment of law
department will be preiiidedover by Mr. John Westlake, Q.C.,
the international and municipal law sections being also under
his direction ; the repression of crime section will have Mr. J.
S. Dugdale, Q.C., Recorder of Birmingham, as its chairman.
Mr. Oscar Browuing, SI. A., will preside over the education
department; Sir. Norman Chevers, M.D., over the health
department; and the Right Hon. A. J. B. Beresford-llope,
M.P., over the art department. The president of the economy
and trade department has not yet been appointed. The in¬
augural address of the president will be given on Wednesday
evening. Sept. 17, and the addresses of the presidents of the
different departments on the mornings of each dny afterwards.
A great meeting was held at the Guildhall yesterday week
to celebrate the jubilee of the abolition of slavery iu the
British Colonies. The Prince of Wales presided, and in an
eloquent speech passed in review the work that had been done
by the Anti-Slavery Society during the past half century, and
pointed to the labours they had still to perform. The meeting
was also addressed by Earl Granville, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Earl of Derby, Cardinal Manning, Sir
Stafford Northcote, M.P.; Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P.; Sir T. F.
Buxton, M.P.; the Lord Mayor, M.P.; Mr. A. Pease, M.P.;
Alderman Sir W. M'Arthur, M.P., and others; and reso¬
lutions expressing gratitude for the past and pledging the
meeting to support the Anti-Slavery Society in its efforts to
urge the Governments of nil slave-holding countries to put an
end to slavery were unanimously passed.
AUG. 9, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
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THE PLAYHOUSES.
"Wits it not Theodore Hook who once told a story of n guest
at an English country house who was grently delighted
with the richness and snvouriness of the mock turtle soup
which on the first day of his arrival ushered in the dinner,
but whose satisfaction was subsequently sadly modified?
There was mock turtle the next day and the next, and,
indeed, throughout the week; but each evening the potage
was found to be thinner and less savoury. The guest took
the liberty of asking the butler, who was an old ally of his,
the reason for this continuous deterioration. “Why, Sir,”
replied the candid servitor, “it’s like this. Master only
brought down one tin of preserved mock turtle from Loudon.
He didn't expect quite so many friends to stay on through
til® week; no, after Tueiday, ue were obliged (o ntretch the
no,up a little.” The process of “stretching,” as explained
by the candid butler, meant the dilution of the waning
mock turtlo with harmless hot water. Following this
innocent precedent, Mr. F. C. Uumaud's extremely farcical
burlesque of “Black-Eyed Susun," which was found so
exactly suitable to the capacity of the tiny Royalty Theatre,
under the management of the late Miss Martha Oliver, some
eighteen years ago, has been “ stretched” to meet the require¬
ments of the vast Alhambra; but here, it must be granted, the
parallel with Theodore Hood’s mock turtle censes; siuce
“The latest Edition of Black-Eyed Susan,” produced
at the Alhambra on Saturday, Aug. 2, in no way suffers
from the expansion to which it lias been subjected.
Mr. Burnand can say with the anacreontic poet in Hood’s
ballad whose gradual increase in size and weight so alarmed
his fellow-passengers in the boat “I was Little; now
I ’m Mo(o)re.” Mr. Arthur Roberts’s Captain Crosstree is as
droll, although not so exuberantly inebriated ns the Captain
Cross tree of the lamented Mr. Dewar; Miss Mulholland is a
most sprightly and graceful Susan ; Miss Leamnr is a vivneious
Dolly May flower ; Mr. George Mudie a capital Doggrass ;
while Mr. Danvers sustains his original part as Dame Hutley.
The extravaganza line been “ stretched ” into three acts, and,
interspersed with Alhambra ballets and groupings, makes a
very merry and brilliant spectacle indeed; the mounting and
the melody and orchestration of the piece reflecting the
highest credit on Mr. William Holland, the manager, and
M. Jacobi, the musical director, respectively.
At the Gaiety there was a brilliant afternoon gathering on
Saturday, Aug. 2. to witness the performance of Air. Hermann
Vezin’s “ Little Viscount,” an adaptation from the Freueh of
JIM. bayard und Dumnnoir. The hero-heroine, the Vicomte
do Letorrieres, was played by Miss Kate Vaughan. This lady is
highly to be commended for her endeavours to bike her art au
nrr\cnx, and to show tlmt she can do a great deal more than
float gracefully in wonderfully laced skirts through a Gaiety
burlesque. Refried, sympathetic, and winning she must nei*ds
be in every part which she assumes; and she made a favourable
if not an entirely commanding impression ou her auditors as
The Little Viscount, which, by-the-wny, was created for, and
was a favourite part with, the famous Dejnzct.
Mr. Joseph Derrick has scarcely improved his reputation as
a dramatist by the production of “Twins,” the new farce in
throe nets at the Olympic. The author of the exuberontly-
droll and funny Vaudeville comedy of “ Confusion ” should
have presented the public with something far more finished
than “Twins,” which is rather the skeleton of a play than an
“eccentric comedy.” as it is designated. The main idea on
which the humour of “Twins” pivots is the perplexity
wrought by the mistaken identity of Titus and Timothy
Spinach, who so closely resemble each other that it is hard
for the dramatis persona! to tell “ t'other from which.” But in
this novel and incomplete modem Comedy of Errors nil the sur¬
rounding characters are sacrificed for the sake of the “ Twins.”
Considerable amusement, however, is caused by the scene at
Goatstile-on-Sea, where-the hapless Timothy Spinach, waiter
at the Grand Hotel, is mistaken by a number of genteel people
for his unctuously sanctimonious brother, Professor Spinach,
who is regarded as the champion of the suffering Hindoos.
The arrival at the hotel of the renl Simon Pure ndds to the
confusion ; and the diverting incidents of this act are devised
witli a certain amount of cleverness. But in the last act the
interest in “Twins” is not sustained. Mr. Edward Righton
exhibits his accustomed ability in his characteristic portraiture
of Titus and Timothy Spinach. Miss Carlotta Leclercq enters
heartily into the spirit of the caricature labelled the Hon. Mrs.
Granby. Mr. Fred. Desmond fills in the part of The O’Huver-
enck well; mid Sir. H. II. Vincent, Sliss Ethel Hope, and
Sliss Emma Ritta do their best with the scanty materials at
their disposal in “ Twins.”
A comedy full of varied character capitally delineated by
Mr. Daly’s Americun Compauy, “Dollars and Sense ” Is well
NATIONAL SPORTS.
"With the important exception of the character of the sport,
which, especially on the Cup Day, was unusually poor, the
past Goodwood Meeting was u remarkubly brilliant one.
Royalty was well represented by the Prince and Princess of
Wales, the King of Sweden, the Crown Prince and Princess of
Germany and three of their daughters, and the Prince and
Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar; whilst the nobility and
aristocracy of the couutry mustered in great force. It was
doubly unfortunate, therefore, that the sport on the principal
day should have been so very flat and uninteresting. But for
the public spirit displayed by the Duke of lluiuiltou, who
Etarted both Ossian and Friday on a hopeless mission in the
Cup, St. Simon would have had a walk over for that trophy,
ana, as it was, wc were scarcely treated to the semblance of a
race, for the St. Leger winner has unfortunately turned
roarer, and old Friday, who gained such a sensational
victory over Tristan two years ago, is long past his best
day. The Stewards’ Cup, which brought out a capital
field of twenty-three, was undoubtedly the most important of
the handicaps, uud was fought out between Sweetbread
(9 st. 31b.) and Duke of Richmond (8st. 101b.) f two of the
top weights. Though the former only won by a head, we
fancied that he had a little in hand at the finish; still, the
three-year-old ran wonderfully well considering that he hud
some pounds the worse of the weights, uud finished without
showing a trace of the faint-heartedness that some critics
thought was perceptible at Ascot. Outlie following day he
mode very short work of Hermitage, who had previously
disposed of Sandiwuy cleverly, uud though the Duke of
Westminster’s filly partially redeemed lu-r reputation by
her success in the Nassau Stakes, she beat nothing in
that race, and znny be dismissed from St. Leger calcu¬
lations; nor do we think that Hermitage is worthy of
consideration for the same event. Cormcille cannot be passed
over so lightly, for he showed himself to be as good as
Harvester; still the latter, who is no great favourite of ours,
to enre to gallop more than six or seven TurlougA.
There was nothing very startling in the two-jear-old rimuing/
Perhaps Luminary was the best that was stripped dining the
week, and, having quite recovered from the lameness' induced
by careless shoeing, liis three opponents gave liim very little
trouble in the Molecomb Stakes/''Tlm> Duke of Portland’s
Satchel, who was the outsider of the party, beat a good field
for the l.avant Stakes, wliich included previouawinners iu
l’etershnm, JLouely, White Nun, and Kingwbod paud Golden
Ray scored a wonderfully popular victory for Mr. Holdsworth
in the Rous Memorial Stake.-;, a race thiit was selected for the
debut of Armida, a half-sister to Gulliord, by Childeric—
Mavis, who was purchased by Lord Hastings at Lord Fal¬
mouth’s first sale. She ran fur better than the majority of the
Merewortli youngsters have done, and may yet repay the long
price that was given for heh We have now touched on all
the salient features of the week, and iirhy dismiss Goodwood
with the expression of the hope that energetic measures will
be taken to strengthen ilie programme next season.
Large fields were the order of the dav at Brighton, a
n mlnr meeting which begun on Tuesday. The Muiden Plate
to Pearl Diver, u son of Muster Kildare, who has already
shown us a capital representative in Melton; so the Irish
horse, whose gallant victories under heavy weights will
be well remembered, promises to prove u very successful
sire. The Marine stakes saw Antler (8st. 121b.) to the
fore at lust, and Ins success must have done the
ring a good turn, for few funded him, as his previous
performances 1 1 lis eeasoi^jmve been very moderate, und
he appeared far iMore likely to break a blood vessel than
to win. Sir George Clietwynd’s colours are not often seen iu
front nowadays, so the success of Quilt (7 st. 12 lb.) in the
Brighton Stakes wa« well received. She wus a capital per¬
former ns a two-year-old, but seemed to have lost most of
her foirw during the early part of the present season. In the
Corporation Stakes the luckless Laverock filled the thankless
position of second for the sixth time in succession. He has
been worked very hard all this year, and it was setting him
__• . , ,, , , f,,.-*' " .. ..big a task to ask him to give 10 lb. to Debenture, a smart
Ad . rte)mi g M« PUW ilr t*’ v" g T *Y doe \^ s Ally that won u race at Goodwood on the previous Friday.
Ada Rehan, Mrs. Gilbert, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Leclercq, aud tlie 0» Wednesday tin- Davies PnvV v ri >,. Webor
other members of the troupe to display their talents to rich ‘ -■ -* ree ."®! ter . 1Iundlu, P
advantage. The admirable ease with which Mr. Duly’sCom
OSTEND AND THE NEW KURSAAL.
The August flight of English families mid single holiday¬
makers from London and all our large towns uaturully seeks
the seashore, while many find an enlivening change in a
Bojourn at some foreign place on the opposite coasts. They
cannot do better than go to Ostend, which is so easily
accessible from Dover, and the attractions of which have of
late years been grently increased, drawing thither, every
season, more than thirty thousand visitors. We present
several Views of Ostend, the Plage and the Digue, a noble
marine promenade, with the Pier or Jetty, the tents und
bathing-machines ou the beach; also the Park, the Royal
Pavilion, aud the stately buildings which have been erected
for public accommodation and entertainment. Of these, the
most important is the new Kursaal. which was designed
by a well-known architect, M, J J. Naert, of Brussel*,
aud is a magnificent edifice of Its kind. It is situated
between the scu, the Aveilue, and the Leopold Park,
occupying the vust space of 30,000 ft., the larger part of
which is covered by the buildings. The Rotunda, a structure
of elliptical form, nearly 200 ft. long, is intended for a
concert-room, having its orchestra orseventy musicians in the
centre; its front presents uu arcade of thirteen wide arches,
over a covered terrfice which faces the Eea ; in bud weather the
arches cun rcndily^be elosed with gloss windows raised by
hydraulic machinery from below the pavement of the terrace.
The hall and terrace are illuminated by six hundred gaslights.
The interior, filled with an assembly of six thousand persons,
and brilliantly lighted up pt night, has a splendid effect. All
the chairs und tublcs can be removed very quickly, when
required; through tnip-doors in the floor. The coffee-saloon
and rc.stuuraut, und the ladies’ drawing-room, adjoin the
Rotunda, fronting the ecu. The ball-room, which is nearly
118 ft. long, 56ft. wide, und 45 ft. high, without any pillars
to support the ceiling, lias a vestibule at each end, witli a
broad staircase leading to the balcony, and to uu upper
outside promenade going all round the roof of the
was by no means wound up, and whilst Scot 1-rce and Superbu R6tunda N Connected witli tho bull-room is the “foyer,”
continue to do well Cormeille cannot have more than an out. with ,Hie billiard-rooms and card-rooms adjacent, and
side chance. Turning again to the handicaps, we note that there are also the reception-rooms, reading-rooms, smaller
• lb. extra did not stop Stockholm (8 st. 12 lb.) in the Good- music-room.*, management offices, and other apartments. The
wood Corinthian I’lute, and one cun only wonder how she decoration of the halls and saloons was intrusted to the most
managed to lose the £2000 prize at Leicester, though, on tho skilful and tasteful artists, who have executed it in their best
other hand, Prism's (8 st. 11 lb.) hollow victory in the Chester- style. The service of the establishment, the cuisine, stores, und
fie d Cup stamps him as a real good horse. Tim ten cellars, find ample room in the basement, which is most
behind him included some genuine livers — Gehoimnisg conveniently arranged. The new Kursaal was opened on
(9st. 101b.) and Ihebuis (9 st. 9 lb.) to wit —but the June 23 this year, and has proved a great success under the
younger of the two Oaks winners does not \uotv seem/ /direction of M. Ch. Verhaeghe, who is well known to
English visitors to Ostend. We may also mention the Casino,
situated in the middle of the town, where concerts are given
to which celebrated artistes from all the world lend their aid ;
and children’s fancy bulls aud evening dances take place ever y
week. In addition to these amusements of all kinds, Ostend
1ms a pretty theatre, where popular operettas are performed by
the best artistes from Brussels, often aided by Parisian actors
and actresses, such as Judic, Coqueliu, Dupuis, and others
well known also in London. At the bathing hour, on the Plage,
more than eight hundred bathing-machines roll towards the
eea, and there is quite a world of bathers, to whom, perhaps,
this is the most pleusunt moment of the day. The King and
Queen of the Belgians pass the summer iu their nmguificent
chateau, elevated at the west end of the beautiful Digue.
We nmy add that living at Ostend is not dearer than
elsewhere, iu spite of the great run ou this favourite
resort. Iu a very good hotel, for seven or eight shillings
per day, very good accommodation can be obtained. Excellent
apartments can ulso be procured weekly, where every comfort
can be found. There are two steamers running' between
Dover and Ostend daily, bringing this charming place within
three hours and a half of the English cousts. Ail our country¬
men who visited Ostend during the international regattas,
when more than n hundred English yachts entered the
harbour, were much pleased with it; uud others would enjoy
the four days’ racing, during July and August, oil the mag¬
nificent racecourse of Wellington, which is attended by the
Court and the Belgian fashionable world.
puny perform in the most farcical situations might well be
studied by some London companies.
Mrs. Langtry arrived in Liverpool from New York in good
health and spirits on Sunday, and full of hope of another sue-
consful provincial tour iu England, commencing next weeje at
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Bank Holiday caused quite a rush at the Adelphi, where the
excellent melodrama of “ In the Ranks," by Sir. George R.
Sims and Mr. 11 enry Fettitt, maintains its extraordinary and
well-merited popularity. Mr. Sims is labouring hard' ou a
new drama, of which report speaks highly, for Messrs. Gatti.
The Gait ty Company has been bisected—the gay and rol¬
licking burlesque half, headed by Miss Nelly Farren, sprightly
ns ever, making merry at the jnognifleent Empire Theatre, in
Mr. Reece’s “ Forty Thieves ”and Mr. Edward Terry letting
off “ The Rocket ” nightly at the Gaiety.
Mr. Brookfield, an admirable artist, to-night begins his
brief Ilaymarket season ; his chief attraction being “ Ever-
gieen,” an adaptation of the French comedy of “Le R6veil
du Lion.”
The undaunted Mr. Augustus Harris will recommence the
dramatic sensou at Drury Latie in September with a revival of
“ 1 lie \V orld.” It would be difficult for him to revive a more
thoroughly Vigorous aud dramatic play of incident, character,
and spectacular effect. G. A. S.
was won by Mr. It. Sherrard’s Samaritan, the Brookside Plate
by Sir. R. Peck’s Gnythorn, the Ovingdean Welter Handicap
by Kunisbury, the Brighton Cup by Mr. F. Slorton’s
Daluieny, the Pavilion Stukes by Sinmel, nnd the Rottingdcun
Piute by Sir. Leipold de Rothschild’s Beryl. For
Stakes Sir. E. Hobson’s Goldstone walked over.
AUSTRALIAN WINES.
At the moment of going to press we received from a cor¬
respondent, lurgely connected with the Australian wine trade,
the following letter:—In common with the Australian wine¬
growers generally wo have good reason to be pleased with the
prominence you have given to Australian wines iu your Health
Exhibition Number, through the representation of our exhibit
as it stands iu the centre of the main gallery, and we feel
reluctant to take exception to any of your remarks. We may,
however, be permitted to state, without the risk of being
thought to detract in any way from the advantages this par¬
ticular branch of iudustry has received through the interest
of the eminent names you mentioned as pioneers of the South
Australian wme trade, that the wine culture was not com¬
menced by them, but bad its birth many years previously,
the^Poos their interest being only in the cause of practically distributing
‘ these pure wines in England. We need not trouble you with
A banquet was given at. Birmingham last Saturday evening
to Barph Huddleston and Sir. Justice Wills.
About 18,000 volunteers have been in camp this week in
different parts of Great Britain.
Colonel P. Hill has been appointed Commanding Officer
of Royal Artillery in Canada.
A distinguished service reward of £30 per annum lias been
bestowed upon Major John Simpson, of the Royal High¬
landers (Black Watch), who gained the Victoria Cross by
conspicuous gallantry during the Indian Mutiny campaign. Regatta was concluded’ at' a late hour on 'Tuesday night, the
The Jemy National Rifle Association meeting ended on cup being won by Mr. S. Hope-Slorley’s Loma; Sir R.
The nmtcli between the Australians aud the Flayers of
England at the Oval was a very disappointing affair. The latter
were by no means a representative team ; still their bowling
and fielding could not well have been better, and had anyone
supported Ulyett (22 and 33) in tho butting way our visitors
would not have won by anything like nine wickets. For the
winners Bonnor ((>8) played a very fine innings, his hitting
being really splendid; and it is a curious thing about tho
giant that he almost invariably makes runs when the others
fail, und retires for little or nothing when they ure scoring.
The scene which occurred towards the encl of the match
was much to be regretted; but some of the accounts of
the affair are gross exaggerations, aud it betrayed a sad
want of management to keep some thousands of spectators
waiting whilst the players luuched, when only eleveu runs
were needed to complete the mutch. Tlie Canterbury Week
began on Monday in glorious weather, and all the surround¬
ings were exceptionally brilliant. At the time of writing
the match between the Australians and Kent is not quite
finished, but it reully looks as though the county must win,
nnd such a victory will indeed be u triumph. Lord Harris
(GO) batted splendidly in his second innings, and A. Ilewine,
a young and almost untried bowler, took five wickets for only
36 runs.
A billiard-match of 10,000 up, between W. Mitchell and
W. Peall, has produced some extraordinary scoring ou the purt
of tho latter. Not only did he make 1211 (394 spots), the largest
break on record iu a match, but he also put together ruus of
828, 501, 655, 552, 530, and 1803; his grand aggregate for
twenty breuks being no less than 8032.
The race for her Slajesty’s Cup at the Roynl Yacht Squadron
the muucs of all those to whoke industry and perseverance
the result wus due. To one, however, who is no longer among
us will be couceded all the virtues of an honest worker for
the general good, nnd for his adopted colony. Dr. A. C.
Kelly is a name honoured amongst colonial wine-growers, who
Lave learnt to profit no less by liis failures than by his suc¬
cesses. In recording the names of the pioneers of the
Australian wine trade, liis name should never be omitted.
P. B. B.
, Association meeting ended on
* **’ >"M. at Dorey with a match between Guernsey nnd
JiT.-cy, eight <ni each side, with ten Khots at 200 and ten at
<00aids. Totals: Guernsey, 701; Jersey, 694.
Sutton's Genesta securing second honours.
Tlie annual race for Doggett’s coat and badge was won
yesterday week by Charles Phelps, of Putney.
Sir E. Watkin, SLP., and a party of gentlemen visited the
Channel Tuuuel last Saturday, and inspected the works.
The Franchise agitation continues. Several meetings in
support oi the bill were held on Saturday last. Important
county demonstrations were held at Bedford, Kingswood, West
Gloucestershire, uud Newport, Monmouthshire; while tlie bill
formed tlie subject of the speeches at the ceremony of laying
the corner-stone of a new Liberal Club ut Accrington. ’ An
important Reform demonstration was held ou Slonduy at Bir¬
mingham, a procession comprising many thousands of persona
marching through tho town to a place of meeting, where
speeches were delivered and resolutions passed protesting
against the action of tlie House of Lords in respect to the
Franchise Bill. In the evening Sir. Bright and Mr. Chamber-
lain addressed some 15,000 persons in Bingley Hull, Birming¬
ham. The members of the lxmdou and Westminster Working
Men’s Constitutional Association made their annual excursion
to Hughenden on Slonday. Sir Stafford Northcote was the
principal speaker at the dinner, and gave an address in
memory of tlie late Earl of Beaconsfleld. There was another
Conservative demonstration at Tredegar Park, Newport, Mon¬
mouthshire, at which the Earl of Carnarvon and Lord Cran-
bomc were the principal speakers. Mr. James Lowther, Sl.P.,
in addressing a Conservative meeting nt Huddersfield on
Tuesday night, denounced attempts to intimidate the House
of Lords by ruffianism. The Peers had the whole Conservative
party upholding t hem in resistance to an incomplete bill.
128.— THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON*
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OSTEND AND ITS
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THE ILLUSTKATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 9, 188-1
THE COURT.
On Friday, tho 1st inst., the Duke of Edinburgh mid Prince
Alfred arrived at Osborne from Portland, in 1I.M.S. Vivid, and
took luncheon with the Queen. Princess Louise (Marchioness
of Iiome) and Prince and Princess Louis of Batteuberg alao
lunched with her Majesty. Princess Louise went out with
her Majesty in the afternoon. The Crown Prince aud
Princess of Germany, with the Princesses Victoria, Sophie,
and Margaret of Prussia, arrived at Osborne Cottage from
Buckingham Palace, having crossed over from Portsmouth in
H.M.’s yacht Alberta, Captaiu Thomson. The Crown Prince
and Princess visited her Majesty on their arrival. The Queen
went out last Saturday with Princess Beatrice. The Prince
of Wales and Prince George of Wales (who arrived in the
afternoon from North America in H.M.S. Canada, Captain
Durraut) visited her Majesty. Tho Crown Prince and
Princess of Germany, Princess Victoria of Prussia, and
Princess Louis of Batteuberg, dined with the Queen. On
Sunduy her Majesty, the Crown Prince and Princess of
Germuuy, Princess Beatrice, and the Priucesscs Victoria,
Sophie, and Margaret of Prussia, and the members of tho
lloyal Household, attended Divine service. The Very Rev.
the Dean of Windsor officiated. The King of Sweden and
Norway visited the Queen, aud remained to luncheon. The
Priuce and Princess of Wales and Prince George of Wales
also took luncheon with her Majesty. The Queen, ac¬
companied by Princess Beatrice, visited Priuce aud Princess
Louis of Battcnbcrg aud Princess Louise at Kent House in
the evening; and on Monday morning her Majesty and
Princess Beatrice walked over to Osborne Cottage to visit the
Crown Prince aud Princess of Germauy. On Tuesday lier
Majesty conferred the Order of the Garter upon Prince George
of Wales. The Prince of Wales and Princess Beatrice were
E resent. The Queen drove out in the afternoon. Princess
entrice and Princess Victoria of Prussia went out on the
Solent iu the steam-barge of the Royal yacht. The Crown
Prince and Princess of Germany and Princess Victoria of
Prussia dined with her Majesty in the evening. Baroness
Gersdorff, Count Seckeudorff, and the Dean of Windsor had
the honour of being iuvited. The Queen went out on Tuesday
morning with Princess Beatrice.
The Priuce of Wales arrived at Marlborough House on
Thursday evening, last week, from visiting the Duke aud
Duchess of Richmond and Gordon at Goodwood. On Friday
morning the Prince was present at a meeting of the Royal
Commission on the Housing of the Working Classes at
8, Richraond-terrace; and in the afternoon his Royal High¬
ness presided at a mcetiug of the British and Foreign Anti-
Slavery Society in the Guildhall of the City of Loudon, to
commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the abolition of
slavery in the British Colonies, to puss in review the work of
the society during the past half century, and to consider the
vast amount of slavery still existing in Africa and other
portions of the world.' The Prince and Princess, with their
children, arrived at Portsmouth last Saturday afternoon, and
proceeded in the Royal yacht Osborne to meet her Majesty’ s
ship Canada, on board which Priuce George of Wales is serving
as a midshipman. The annual meeting of the members of the
Royal Yacht Squadron whs held on Monday at the Squadron
Castle, Cowes, lor the transaction of the business of the club
nud to receive an account of its affairs. His Royal Highuess,
commodore, presided. On the proposition of the Prince,
which was seconded by the Marquis of Londonderry and
carried by acclamation, the King of Sweden and Norway was
elected a member of the squadron. On Tuesday evening there
was a house dinner of the members of the squadron, at which
the Prince, the King of Sweden and Norway, the Crown
Prince of Germany, Prince George of Wales, Prince Louis of
Battenberg, and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar were present.
A Reuter's telegram, dated St. Petersburg, Aug. 3, states
that the Duchess of Edinburgh, with the Grand Duke and
Duchess Sergius of Russia, arrived at Peterhof last Suturdny
from Moscow. _ .
Prince and Princess Christian left Cumberland Lodge on
Monday for Germany. ,
The Grand Duke of Mccklenburg-Strelitz, attended by
Major Winsloe, A.D.C., left St. James’s Palace on Monday
evening for Homburg.
CITY ECHOES.
Wedn’esuat, Aug. C.
HOLIDAY RAMBLES.
(JVom our Correspondent.)
ETRETAT.
Tlio cholera scare has put an end to all pleasure travelling in
the Mediterranean waters. One cannot cross from Italy to
Sicily’without being subjected to I know not how many days
of quarantine; and even the little steamer which plies between
Naples and Capri is obliged to hoist the yellow flag and
demand permission —ta praliea , ns it is called—before it is
allowed to land its passengers. This being the case, I have
been forced to interrupt my pleasant Italian wanderings and
return to France. Paris in August is, of course, unendurable;
tho heat is torrid, the air suffocating, the asphalt of the
boulevards in a state of semi-liquefaction, and the revision of
the temperature is a far more burning question than the re¬
vision of the Constitution, on which the poor deputies are
engaged. So, no sooner had I arrived in Paris than I made
haste to get away again. Where to go was the question.
I thought of Dieppe; but Dieppe is hideously ugly, mid
last year, while I was quietly swimming there, ft bathing-
man, with the word baignntr written on his cap, im-
f riously ordered me out of the water, telling me that
bad been in long enough — an interference with my
liberty which I resented. 1 thought of Tr6port, too, but I
remembered that in a previous year I was very much worried
by the employes of tho bathing establishment, who insisted
upon my entering by one door and going out by another;
and furthermore, while I was swimming, the bathing-men
hooted at me, and forbade me to venture more than ten yards
from the shore. As I persisted in swimming as I thought
proper, n man in a boat, after a furious preliminary panto¬
mime, began to blow at me upon a horn. I leit Triport the
next morning, nud do not intend to return. Hie system of
paternal government may be carried too far. Trouville did
not tempt me, because it is a dear and unserviceable place,
where you cannot even speak to your neighbour at table d liOte.
Eire tat I ku w of old, 60 I determined to go there; and now
that 1 am here I am more than ever confirmed iu the opinion
that it is the prettiest, most sociable, and most repost ful of nil
tho bathing places on the Normandy coast. Here we,are not
troubled by over-administration; everybody does as lie pleases,
dresses ns lie pleases, mid swims ns he pleases; and, above all,
everybody seems to have a good time. The bathers have
decent dressing-rooms, splendid clear water,
Murmuring *urp<*.
That on the unnumbered idle pebbles <li ifes,
life-boats to reassure tli? timid, diving-boards for the bold,
and a warm foot-bath to start the reaction when the dip is
over. Bathing and eating and loafing lire the great occupy
jmtions of the day, and in this warm Ajtgnsfe^ri'atner,
freshened by the sea-breeze, one desires nothing more. Still,
if superabundant energy craves an outlet, tne/Uasiuo cornea to
the rescue with a reading-room, a card-room, billiard-fables, a
theatre, concerts, bullsforthecliildroJHindbatis forth# grewii-np
people, and with that most fns<-hinting 'of all rosing games,
petit* chevaux or steeplechase. We have here two tables each
provided with eight little horses turning in concentric circles
on a green bai/.e race-course, nild from five o'clock in tlio
afternoon until seven, and from eight/ till eibven, the game
rarely languishes for \vnut otplu y e rs,/n mongst whom the
ladies arennturallythemost urdcntiuitUndefHtfgiible. Finally,
there are capital waiting excursions along the cliffs and drives
in the country around, which surpasses in beauty and pfe-
turesqueness the environs ofull the other Normandy watering-
places.
1 am warm in my preuse of Etretat from find experience of
many a much-vaunted and minh-advertised plage which lins
turned out to be merely ^speculation of some needy architect
or landowner. This 'is^iibW-tne/sixth season that I have
been here, and l^nAhk^place^tliis year more charming and
more jolly tlmi/e^erLbqd.^to judge from thenuinberof English
and American visitors, Ieoh elude that I am by no means the
only Anglo-Saxon of that opinion. Etretftt is not aristocratic
nor ultru-fashibnabicgji/iy modest and honest, and you get
there a satisfactoryrctu^U for a moderate outlay. T. C.
/\ "■ v :
The, Slay or nnd'Gqrporntion of Bath on Tuesday opened a
large and luxuriously-tilted swimming-bath in connection with
tlrf'suite 6f foynl baths, which are undergoing improvement at
a cost of £ WjO(J( I.
Mr. John Jgdwnrd Bingham, head of the firm of Messrs.
” Mri, JOtHgJwlwnra iiingnam, nenn oi me arm oi
The failure of the Conference on Egyptian affairs lias Hull, silversmiths, was on Tuesday elected Master
received with disappointment in France but with relief atp\^Gutter-nt Slieffield. Mr. Biughiun filled the same positiou a
almost with jubilation in this country. It is well known that few ycarsj«go.
UIU1U9V "ivu juyiiuuuu a** w .. •
the English Government sought to reduce the interest on the
debt as a means of providing for the charges of the proposed^
new loau, while the French Government were against such
reduction, though apparently quite willing that the British
Government should, nt their own risk, provide .what now
Mrs. Rolls was severely reprimanded by Mr. Justice Chitty
qh Tuesday for offering sums of money, of £10, £200, and
£1200, to his clerks, in order, ns she said, to obtain justice.
^Sheyhpologised to the Judge, and promised not to offend iu
Government should, at their own risk, provide what now the same manner again.
money is necessary. On the breaking up of the Conference Three packages of dynamite were put into the letter-box
therefore Egyptian stocks were flat on the Bans Bqurs^on ^ Xottingham Post-nfliee on Sunday night. To each a
the assumption that the English proposals would breamed {uw} ftJU , cnp \ V( , re nlt nchod; *.
out; while hereon the resumption of business on Tuesday
morning there was a very considerable rise. The altitude
taken up in this market was probably due to the feeling that
British interference in Egypt would now become inore actiyo
and effective, and that iu that case a, moderate reduction m
the rate of interest would be outset by the increased Security
thereby given to the bondholder?. Lord North brook^sAppoint-
ment ns High Commissioner has added to the confidence
already excited.
The decision given by Sir James Bacon in the case of “The
Colonial Bank v. Whinney"-seems to have fcaused undue
surprise, and Colonial Bank shares have fallen several pounds,
but to a non-legal mind no other decision would be usual or
equitable. The Bank advanced upon share certificates, and
received therewith a blank transfer. As change of ownership
was not registered, the shares were held to bo part of the
general estate of the bankrupt, and the Colonial Bank there¬
fore ranks os an unsecured creditor. This fresh experience of
blank transfers should not belosttipon other lenders of money
to the Stock Exchange. <
A severe fall has taken place in London and North Western
Railway Stock upon the announcement of a dividend of G per
cent per annum, as against 7 last year. In the case of the
Midland the decline vraa from 54 to 5, and the Great Western
rate is 5, against 5},
As marking the substantial character of the rebound
which has taken place in the better class of transatlantic
securities, it mhy bo noted that Canadian Pacific shares,
which in June laatvrere marked 41ore now 50, including the
dividend of 5 per cent per annum which will be paid in a few
days. Hudson's Bay shares have in the same time risen to 25.
The transatlantic steamer Britannia sank off Portland early
on the 1st inst., having been run into during n fog by the
steamer Bellecaim, of West Hartlepool. The crew were saved,
but a large number of cattle was drowned. The stem of the
Bellecaim was so much damaged that the steamer has returned
to Southampton to be surveyed.
fuse and cap were attached; but they tailed to net, unci no
explosion took place. Poitious of the Unittd Jrithman were
around the parcel.
The protocols of tlio Conference, which has ended without
arriving at n result, were issued on Monday, and will be
perused with interest ns giving u full account of the attempts
made to reconcile tho divergent views of France and England,
which, notwithstanding some concessions on each side, could
not be brought into accord.
The Bank Holiday on Monday was very generally observed
by the middle and working classes in London. The extra¬
ordinary fineness of the weather induced vast numbers to avail
themselves of the facilities afforded by the railway and steam¬
ship companies to make couutry excursions, nud all the attrac¬
tive places in the vicinity of London were thronged with
holiday-makers. The Health Exhibition, the British Museum,
the Zoological Society’s Gardens, uud the South Kensington
Museum were also lurgely visited.
Tlio Standard Theatre was opened on Monday for a
series of performances by the Royal English Opera Company
from Covent Garden Theatre, under the direction of Mr. J.
O’Connor. Verdi's “II Trovatore” (in the ndapted version)
was the work given on the opening night. There were several
familiar features in the cast, which comprised Misses P. Sicdle,
Lucy Frauklein, and O. Summers, Mr. Packard, Mr. A.
Rousbcy, and Messrs. Griffin and Belton. The theatre has been
entirely re-decorated, and the series of operatic performances
will doubtless be welcome to the large East-End public.
At West Bromwich, on Monday, the foundation-stone of
an educational institute was laid by Major Reuben Farley. A
procession, consisting of 1U,000 Sunday-school children from
forty-five school?, u number of local friendly societies, and
public officials, marched through the town. The Bishop of
Lichfield offered up prayer, and a choir of 1200 children sang
hymns. The Major afterwards gave a luncheon in the Town-
imll, tho Sunday-school children being provided with a free
tea at the respective schools. The Institute is to cost about
£12,000, and to be conducted on lines similar to the Midland
Institute at Birmingham.
FOREIGN NEWS.
The French Chamber on Thursday week voted the Revision
Bill, na altered in the Senate, by a majority of 29-1 to 191. In
consequence of this vote, the Senate and the Chamber met iu
Congress at Versailles ou Monday, and agreed to adopt the
Standing Orders of the national assembly at Bordeaux in 1871
with certain amendment. M. Jules Ferry then endeavoured
to introduce the bill for revision, bat a tumult aroso, us the
Standing Orders prescribed the election of the bureaux. Tho
sitting ended in confusion, nud ou its resumption the bureaux
were drawn by lot. A committee of thirty members was
chosen, to whom the Revision Bill was referred.—The Siielt
of Tuesday evening announced that Admiral Courbet's
squudron had taken possession of the harbour and mines at
Kelung, Island of Formosa.—The cholera is everywhere
diminishing iu the South of France^
A correspondent in Lucerne states that it is a great mistake
to think that Switzerland is in (lunger from cholera, the climate
being so pure. During the lust cholera epidemic there was
not, lie says, a single case in Lucerne; and only in one town
of Switzerland, and that on the German frontier, did the
disease appear, lie further states that/there is no quarantine
round the frontier, except the Italian. Intending visitors
can therefore go with their accustomed regularity to the Lake
of the four Cantons—the ltigi, I’ilatus, Miirren, and the snow¬
capped mountains in any part of Switzerland. It will be seen
by an advertisement in another column that the authorities of
Geneva also have taken action in the matter, declaring that
city to be absolutely free from cholera.
The monument to the late Marquis do Sa Da Bandeira was
unveiled at Lisbon off the 31st ult., in the presence of the King,
the members of the Royal Family, the Ministers, and the Civil
and Military authorities. The King eulogised the services
rendered by the Marquis to his country, and referred to liis
having abolished slavery in the Portuguese colonies.
It is announced from the Hague that the bill appointing
the'Qnoen of tlie Netherlands Regent during her daughter's
minority after the King’s death received almost unanimous
upproval in, the bureaux of the United Chambers.
An important piece of work bos been brought to a success¬
ful-'conclusion in Rome, in the complete renewal of the leaden
envelope of the dome of St. Peter’s Church. It has occupied
twelve years, and has cost £8000.
The German Emperor lias gone this week from Gnstein to
Isold; there to meet the Emperor of Austria. The meeting
between the two monarchs was of the most cordial character.
Prince Karageorgevich died of inflammation of the lungs
nt Isold on Monday last.
On Tuesday the Royal Palace at Athens was in great port,
destroyed by tire. Several firemen and sailors were injured.
The Queen of Denmark and the King and Queen of the
Hellenes, with their children, arrived at Copenhagen on Thurs¬
day week from Germany, accompanied by the King of Den¬
mark, who had gone to Lubcck in the Royal yacht Danuebrog
to escort their Majesties to Copenhagen.—A Royal decree
directs the Rigsdng to meet for an extraordinary Session ou
the 14th inst.
The survivors of tlie Greely expedition arrived nt Ports¬
mouth, New Hampshire, on the 1st inst., and were informally
received by Mr. Chandler, Secretary of tho Navy; Brigadier-
General Hazen, chief signal officer of the War Department,
and other officials. The party are still suffering from tho
effects of the terrible hardships experienced by them.—The
corner-stone of the pedestal upon which Bartholdi’s colossal
statue of liberty will rest was laid ou Tuesday on Bedloo
Island, with appropriate ceremony.
The death of the King of Annara lias taken place, after a
long illness. _
Tlie Grand Duke of Hesse 1ms consented to become a
patron of the German Teachers’ Association, and 1ms given
£20 towards the funds of the society.
The annual contests of the National Artillery Association
nt Shoeburyueas will be attended by eighty-eight detachment?
of Artillery Volunteers in tho first week, Aug. 9 to 15; and
eighty-three iu the second week, immediately following.
Major-General Farrell Pennycuick, who was created a
Companion of tho Bath for his services in tho China war of
18(11). and who hus also served with distinction in tlie Crimen
and India, 1ms been awarded a distinguished service reward of
£100 per annum.
The court-martial upon Captain Pollard, of her Majesty’s
ship Defence, for having hazarded it by running into the
Valiant in a recent manoeuvre in Bantry Hay, concluded on
the 1st inst. at Dcvonport. lie was adjudged guilty, nud
ordered to be dismissed from liis ship.
A testimonial iB being promoted in favour of Mr. James
Peck, wlio, for more than forty veurs, ns chief clerk of the
Sacred Harmonic Society, did valuable service to the insti¬
tution. Subscriptions will be received by the treasurer, Mr.
Henry Littleton, 1, Berners-street, W.
The Jubilee High Court of Foresters begnn Its sittings nt
Manchester on Monday morning. There were more than five
hundred delegates present, and Mr. John Bowles, Chief Ranger,
presided. Tlie Mayors of several neighbouring towns were
present, and those of Salford and Aslitou-under-Lyue gave
short addresses. .
Vice-Chancellor Sir J. Bacon lms confirmed the com¬
mutation of the Duke of Marlborough’s pension of £4000 ii
year for £107,780, and Mr. Justice Chitty lms sanctioned a
family arrangement by which certain diamonds presented by
the late Duke to the Duchess are to be regarded as heirlooms
in place of jewels sold from the sword of the first Duke.
The House of Commons Committee have rejected the
Manchester Ship Canal Bill. But a meeting was held on
Tuesday of the Provisional Committee, at which it was
unanimously resolved to continue the movement. It is now
proposed to’adopt the alternative scheme of a tidal canal from
Runcorn to Garston, thereby avoiding the shallow estuary of
the Mersey.
The Irishmen on trial at Warwick—Daly for being in
illegal possession of explosives, and Egnn for being party to ti
conspiracy with Daly against the Government—were convicted
on the 1 st inst. and seatenced, Daly to penal servitude for life,
ami Egan for twenty years. The third muu, M‘Donnell, was
not proved to have been concerned in any overt act since 1874,
when lie was convicted, and he was discharged on recognisances
to appear for judgment when culled upon.
An International Conference on Education, presided over by
Trord Cnrllugford, was opened on Monday in the new building
of the City and Guilds of Ixmdon Institute. The conditions
of healthy education, workshop instruction in schools, training
of teachers, and other questions relating to education, wire
disca-sed in tlio several sections. Mr. Mimdclla. M.P.. Pro¬
fessor H. Morlcy, Professor Fleming Jenkins, Canon Crom¬
well, and Mr. Lyulpli Stanley, M.P., were among those who
took part iu tlie discussions. Many papers were rend on
Tuesday.
AUG. 9, 1884
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THE MAGAZINES.
The CornMU is not, on (lie whole, very interesting this month,
though there is considerable liveliness in Mr. Payn’s new
novel, “ The Talk of the Town,” founded on the Ireland
forgeries; and Archdeacon Holden’s “Tribulation” isa pretty
story. The scene, where the young Indy sets five curates walk¬
ing for a rose is very humorous. Sir. Payn’s “ Literary
Recollection* ” have some amusing anecdotes; and it is gra¬
tifying to find an author of his ample experience taking the
purt of the publishers.
Macmillan has a sound criticism on the present tendencies
of fiction in France and England. The downhill course of
French fiction is pointed out; while English novelists are
warned that if they wish to impress the world equally with
their rivals, they must be equally in earnest with their art.
“ Twelfth Night at the Lyceum ” is rather severely criticised;
a negro religious service in Florida is vividly described ; and the
essential tenderness no less than the superficial crustiness of
Carlyle’s character is well illustrated by some specimens of hia
correspondence with his literary assistant, Nenbcrg. Carlyle’s
description of Thiers’s personal appearance is marvellous in its
photographic intensity; and there is a fine indignant prophecy
of the downfall of the Third Empire.
The most entertaining contribution to the English Ulus -
trated Magazine is Mr. Archibald Forbes’s “ Dough town
Scrip,” a racy account of a lecturing expedition in the extreme
west of New Zealand, for which he was remunerated in the
aforesaid scrip, upon which a coll is now understood to be
payable. There is an excellent illustrated description of
Sheffield and its cutler)’, and an interesting sketch of James
Wai-d the animal painter, embodying the sage observation,
“ One bull is very like another bull, whether it fed our fore¬
fathers during the reign of good King George, or whether
it will feed our children to-morrow.” With present prices, it
would be rash to predict what may happen to our children,
but we are confident that our fathers were not fed to any con¬
siderable extent upon bull beef. “ Bab ” is a very pretty tale.
Mr. Swinburne’s “ Ballad of Sark” is full of flue sound, not
signifying very much.
“ The Waters of Hercules ” is another of Blackwood's
Austrian stories, and promises to rival any of its predecessors.
“Tommy ” is an amusing but not very moral tale of a young
gentleman who, having nearly ruined himself by following
the virtuous precepts originnlly instilled iuto him, mukes his
fortune by adopting an opposite line of conduct. “ A Sketch
Phalanstery ” is the most striking. Merry England contains
on excellent notice of the architectural tendencies of the
Victorian ago; and the Scottish Iteciciv, though not otherwise
particularly attractive, is valuable for its excellent summary
of the contents of the chief foreign periodicals.
“Philistia,” the principal attraction of the Gentleman's
Magazine, maintains its place ns the most interesting and
amusing of any of the serial novels. “The Bed Man in a
New Light” shows that the Americnn-Indinn was not a mere
vagabond. There are good accounts of that “ liar of the first
magnitude,” Ferdinand Mendez Pinto, and that more
religions—bnt scarcely more reputable—personage, Madame
de Kriidener.
We have also to acknowledge—Good Words, Cassell’s
Magazine, Tinsley, The Argosy, The Antiquarian, The
Month, London Society, The Army and Navy Review, To-Day,
The Bed Dragon, and Colburn’s United Service Magazine.
THE SILENT MEMBER.
Collapse of the Conference! Owing to the disagreement of
Frauce and Englnud on an essential point last Suturday, the
Loudon Conference of the Great Powers of Europe on the
financial condition of Egypt was broken up. No marked re¬
gret was expressed in the House of Commons the same after¬
noon, when Mr. Gladstone communicated the intelligence of
this diplomatic failure, and ulnborately explained how it was
brought about to a full and expectant House.
The Prime Minister made it clear that the rock upon which
the Conference split was the irreconcilability of the English
and French solutions of the financial difficulty in Egypt. The
Powers substantially agreed to the proposal of the English
Government, that it would bo expedient to raise a Pre-Preference
loan of £8,000,000 to meet the present necessities of Egypt. But
France and Englnnd agreed to differ with regard to the interest
to be paid under the projected plan to the holders of Unified
and other Egyptian bonds. Whereas our Government, in the
interests of a good, fuir, and considerate administration in
OBITUARY.
RTB JOHN L. BURKE, HART.
Sir John Lionel Burke, twelfth Baronet, of Glinsk, county
Galway, died on the 21st ult. He was bom
Nov. 28, 1818, the elder son of Sir Joseph
Burke, eleventh Baronet, by Louisa, his wile,
eldest daughter of William, Lord Huntingtowcr,
and succeeded to the title at his father’s death,
Oct. 30, 1865. He was never married, nnd the
baronetcy passes to the Kuocknagnr branch,
descended from Rickard Burke, fourth son of
Sir John Burke, fourth Baronet. The late Mr.
Thomas Henry Burke, of Knocknagur, Under¬
secretary for Ireland, who was so Barbarously
murdered in the Phcenix Turk, would now be,
had he been alive, thirteenth .Baronet. The family of Burke, of
Glinsk, is distinct from tljer Houses of Clnnrictirdo and
Mayo, and possessed for centuries a great landed estate which
was dissipated by the reckless extravagance of Sir John
Ignatius Burke, teuth Baronet, uncle of the gentleman whose
death we record.
COLONEL "WILLIAM 7 SLADE.
Colonel William Hickea'Slade, late Lieut.-Colonel 5th Lancers,
died, on the 28th ult., at Richmond House, Bognor. He was
third sonof thediatiHguished Penihsulurofficer General Sir John
Slade, Bart, G.wH., by MatildaEllen, his second wife, daughter
of Mr. James Dawson, of Fork Hill, couuty Armagh. He .was
born Dec. 9, 1>29, and early adopted a military life. He served
m the Crimea with the (ith Dragoons, was present at the Battle
of Tchernaya, and ut the full of Sebastopol, and went through
the Indian Mutiny campaign, including the affair of
Meeangunge nud the capture of Lucknow. He had the
Crimean medul with clasp and the Turkish medal, as well as a
medal with blasp, for the Indian Mutiny, in which he wu9
severely wotmdecL Colonel Slade married, July 13, 18C1,
Cecilia, eldest daughter of Sir Henry Des Vccux, Bart., nnd
leaves issue.
. _ ___ . ^ MR. J. D. LEWIS.
Egypt, proposed a’diminution of the interest "on the deBt/ Mr- John Delaware Lewis, M.A., of Westbury House, naufs,
to the extent of one-lmlf per cent, the French., Pleni-V^-P'TM-P. for Devonport 18C8 to 1874, died, on the 31st ult.,
potentiury entertained so sanguino a view of Egyptian . at llia w>at near Petersfiold. lie was bom in 1828, the son of the
revenue thAt he submitted no decrease of the interest late Mr. John Delaware Lewis, a Russia merchant, was educated
at all would be called for. Mr. Gladstone stated, inf<T\ ntJ.ton, nnd at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduated in 1850,
alia, that the total cost of government in Egypt amounted J»nd was called to the Bar in 1858. He married, Jan. C, 1868,
-. —, —,_ a — ... a oMM.il in round numbers to five nnd a quarter millions r iyicLthat, Ieyesa, eldest daughter of Sir Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise, Bart.,
from Malvern’* depicts that delightful district iu very pleasant nccor<lin g to the British estimate, there was a deficit of of Idsworth Park.
Btyle. £400,000, whilst “the French were more sanguine to the extent , MR- MAXBY.
The most interesting contributions to Longman's Magazine H ,e Ereiich proposal that the Mr Charles Manby, F.It. 8., F.G.S., the eminent engineer,
are the continuations of “Jack’s Courtship ” and “A Blue d, ® cult y of (i deficit should be relegated forHetllemexittoihe Lieutenant-Colonel Engineer nnd Railway Volunteer Staff
Grass Penelope,” and the late Mr. Dutton Cook’s remarks i!' tprnn , l i onal Ca 'f‘‘ ■tCano Earl GranvilleTIrnrly objected. Corps and Honorary Secretary of the Institution, died, on the
SSSS* mrt «*** bUt ValUaWe ““ mples 01 **“■*’ “ cheered “c ^SSPSt e^on^
‘) ,e ^‘1: tucoTJz'^ 8 “"‘* ,T W v “ dd ) n r n ■* SSf'B•%£
liOfferfi’e assaultnpon the House of IPods' 1 Neitiie’rcau claim We'lo that the powets of till, maenitude bT.tjoM he in an. hlttUby" steam-vessel, the first tlmt ever made a sea-hoyage.
me?h perm.,,cut S& B2S SMSS t
that the European Powers chiefly interested may agree upon a ported by Italy and Turkey, whilst Russia, Gernmuy, and
common course of action in Morocco. Mr. Lucien "Wolf— Austria, declined to give any opinion as to the “ circumstances
himself a Jew—puts the question, What is Judaism?—and of difference between England and France.”
answers, in effect, that it is Secularism.
The House of Lords is discussed in the Nineteenth Century
by a Peer, the heir to a peerage, a Conservative and a Liberal
M.P., and a working man. The general outcome of their
remarks is that the question of a second chamber is more in¬
teresting than the question of the Franchise. Mr. Archibald
1 orbes considerably flatters our national amour propre by im¬
parting the Americau Commodore Goodrich's highly compli¬
mentary observations on the behaviour of our forces in Egypt.
Dr. Jessopp’s sketch of the founders of Muggletonianism is
ns entertaining ns his essays usunlly are; and Mr. H. G. Hewlett
writes delightfully on the county of Sussex.
Professor Seeley shows himself an able critic of Goethe in
the Contemporary llcvicio : though lie is more forward to re¬
cognise every side of Goethe’s genius than the poetical. But
for this very reason he is the more in harmony with the sub¬
ject of his essny, who of all great poets possessed most points
of contact with the prose of literature and life. Signor Bon "hi
The Opposition did not appear to have anticipated this
impotent ending of the Conference. It would be difficult,
otherwise, to account for the mild remnrks on Saturday of Sir
Stafford Northcote, or for the comparative lenienev of the
Marquis of Salisbury’s brief comment in the House o’f Lords
on Monday, when Earl Granville made a similar statement to
that of the Premier.
Ministerial revelation of further important decisions with
enthusiastic English Arab, Mr. Wilfrid Blunt, who may almost
be said to out-Arab Arubi in his devotion to the cause of
nationality; and whose zeal brought about his exile.
■ Mr- Gladstone ou Tuesday informed the House that the
Earl of Northbrook—a wise selection—would in the Recess
proceed to Egypt to study Egyptian affairs iu order to advise
-thejCabiiiet as to the best course of action. A considerable
nilZ*^ eXtrC ™ ] Z f l' ir re J. i , eW ° f the P 01 .^ of ^ V\ amount of ingenious “ heckling” could only draw from the
Ih.rteenth’s pontificate. The representative of Italian Prime Minister tlmt Lord Northbrook would retail? hS
? V t° rd * 1 ° ^ R 'r£ 1>e who , can find ndtl»>HS PO-'<ition as Cabinet Minister and First Lord of the Ad-
ater to do than to rehabilitate St. i homos Aquinos—Apd^lie rairalty, and that, perhaps, the best title that could bo given
during His sojourn in Egypt would be that of High
Commissioner. It should be mentioned that Lord Northbrook
pity is that there really is nothing better for hirn. Mr.
Llewelyn Davies replies effectively to Dean Burgon’s objections
to academical education for ladies; and Principal Grnnt wel-
coraes the British Association to Montreal in the lvoble con¬
fidence that the “men of light and leading” will for once be
ready to learn as well as to teach.
The National Review has an able criticism on Lockhart, by aounu w no necessarv aitoifieri th P i,„„ „
Lyai? 6 ^^a^iiKUdal^ev^w balln<1 b , y * ir Alfred ‘> le opportunity of substantiating the report of th
trames,*”? tii^conteoverted'diambt^^^^^^jte^o^H^" *"*’"'** ta - for as the Cabinet crcdTted the inr
son 8 Horse,” •»* t> v ixs.ia.~- »m~_ ..-Ji .
u ... , ■ by Mr. T. R E. Holmes. The Rev. Alfred
rsinitn s paper contains several instances of the oppressive and
unjust behaviour of the French in Madagascar.
The C ntury puts forth a holiday number with something
for every taste. Mr. Burroughs’s “British Wild Flowers”
will charm the lover of nature, and Mr. Stillman’s travels in
the truck of Ulysses will be rip lcss attractive to the scholar
and archaeologist. Mr. Stead 1ms not much to tell us of Gordon
that we did not already know ; but ME, liynde’s memoir of
Nun Houston, the founder of 'Texan independence, vividly
depicts the typical hero of the backwoods, a rough man capable
P® occasion of almost incredible self-devotion and generosity.
Miss Zimraem’s sketch of the literary Queen of Roumania is
very interesting. We learn with regret that the exigencies of
Mate sometimes compel her Majesty to talk fourteen hours a
day, while she writes but four. Two new serial tales, “A
New England Winter,” by Henry Janies, and “A Problematic
l name ter/ by II. II. Bbyeseh, add much to the interest of the
number. I he other American magazines arc less interesting. In
Jlarper we remark thoTfbntinuatioiis of “Judith Shakespeare”
and of tliebeaut i f u 1 lyill u s t rn ted “Artist Strolls in Holland.”
if 1 ® A tfonttc Monthly has an excellent paper by Mr. W. S.
Liscomb ou the decay of ancient sculpture, nnd n curious one
ov Mr. Lelnnd on the resemblances between the Edda nnd the
myths of the Algonquin Indians. Manhattan is lively nnd
reudable, with nothing very special.
Temple /Wpublishes the first part of some highly interest-
Jng reminiscences of the late Charles Reade by Mr. John
plenum, who was concerned in several of His dramatic umlcr-
takinps. “ Hvnemth (TToole," n tale by the lute J. S.
Guami, though unfinished, is well worth publishing on nc-
oount Of its^racy humour. Belgravia and its holiday supple¬
ment are full of good stories, of which “The Child of the
iimiviiiou *'***« iv v.miuui, uc bUlU IJlClU
any prospect of the majority of the Lords nnd Commons
geemg yet. The Earl of Redesdale’s reiteration on Tuesday
the suggestion tlmt the Ministerial Redistribution Bill should
introduced in the autumn Session met with no encourage-
will be accompanied by Sir Evelyn Boring.
The Premier’s subsequent application on Tuesday for a
vote of £300,000 to meet the contingency of an expedition to
relieve Genera^ Gordon nt Khartoum, should the expedition
be found to be necessary, afforded the right lion, gentleman
the opportunity of substantiating the report of the gallant
Envoy’s safety m so far ns the Cabinet credited the intelligence
that the Mudir of Gondola had at Midsummer received a
letter from the General himself. Mr. Labouchere and Sir
Wilfrid Lawson opposed the voto of £300,000, but the sum
was grunted by 171 to 14. General Lord Wolseley’s presence
on the occasion was not without significance to those aware of
the preparations that have been made for this expedition to
Khartoum.
With regard to the exceedingly difficult and perplexing
position of the County Franchise Bill, it cannot be said there
is ■- .... . . - -
agreeing
of tliesni
be iutroduv.™ m mu auuuuu .->i:3sion met wun no encourage¬
ment from Earl Granville. Nor did the Marquis of Salis¬
bury's steadfast adherence to his opinion tend to throw oil on
the troubled waters. To employ a military term, their
Lordships are still practising the “goose-step” on both sides
of the House.
Munificently as the Commons may at the last moment pass
the last millions of the Estimates, it is not considered likely
tlmt Parliament wiU be prorogued till the middle of next week. -
- — , .The Court of Skinners’ Company have contributed twenty
Long What ton Ilall, Leicestershire, was on Tuesday Ruhietmto the funds of the National Association for promoting
destroyed by lire. 9 btato-Directcd Emigration and Colonisation.
The Earl nnd Countess of Aberdeen entertained on Bank * Early on Sunday morning the steam-ship Dione, of Stock-
IIoliday. nt their suburban mansion, Dollis-hill, Willesden her way down the River Thames, came iuto collision
250 residents of the Homes for Working Girls iu London ’ , ” ravesend w,th n steamer supposed to bo the Camden, of
London, on her way up the river iu tow of two tugs. The
Dion o sank, and ten of her crew nnd seven passengers nre
reported ns missing. — Seventy-two persons comprising
( aptnm Quartley, the officers, crew, and seven pnssengers of
the steamer Glcnelg, which ran on the Ushant Rocks during a
fog ou Tuesday night, last week, were landed at Southampton
on Sunday from the steamer Guernsey.
We have also to record the deaths of—
General Charles Erskine Ford, Colonel Commandant
Royal Engineers, on the 27th ult., at Hnmptou Court Palace,
aged seventy-two.
Mr. Arthur Mills Tarlcton, M.A. (Cambridge), Queen’s
Advocate in Western Africa, barrister-ut-law, oii the home¬
ward passage from Sierra Leone, aged thirty-six.
Mrs. Page-Fryer (Helen Elizabeth), daughter of the late
hir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, Bart., of Battlesdeu Park
Bedfordshire, nnd widow of the Rev. Charles Gulliver Fryer,
of Sussex-square, Brighton, on the 2nd inst.
The Rev. Isaac Spoouer, M.A., for more than thirty-six
years ^ icnr of Edgbaston, Warwickshire, on the 2Gth ult.,
in his seventy-sixth year, lie was second son of the late
Richard Spooner, M.P. for Birmingham, by Charlotte, his
wife, sister of Sir Charles Wetherell, M.P.
Colonel Joseph Ontes Travers, late Leicestershire Regiment,
youngest son of Sir Robert Travers, K.C.B., on the 23rd ult
aged forty-nine: hud medal with clasp, Turkish Medal and
Legion of Honour for Crimean War. He served also in the
Afghan Campaign, 1878 to 1880.
Air. Thomas St. George Pepper, of Ballygarth Castle,
comity Meath, J.P. nnd D.L., High Sheriff I860, on the 21st
ult., aged forty-nine; elder sou of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles
Hampden Pepper, and nephew nnd heir of the late Captain
George Pepper, of Ballygarth Castle.
Air. William Henry Christie-Miller, of Britwell Court,
Burnham, Bucks, barrister-at-law. on the 30tli ult., at Moira
House, St. Jamcs’s-place, aged thirty-three. Jle was son of
Air. Samuel Christie-Miller, of Cruigentiuny, Midlothian, at
one time M.P. for Newcastle-under-Lyme : was educated at
Eton, and at Christ Church, Oxford.
Margaret Lady Herschel, widow of Sir John Frederick W
Herschel, the astronomer and philosopher, on the 3rd inst.. nt
her residence, Hawkhurst, Kent. She nod issue, three sons nnd
nine daughters. Of the latter, her eldest daughter, Caroline,
is wife of General tho.Hon. Sir Alexander Gordon, M.P., and
Amelia, her fifth daughter, is married to Sir Thomas F.
Wade, K.C.B.
The Rev. Charles Scott, M.A., Vicar of Seaton nnd Beer,
Devon, recently. Ho was formerly a scholar of St. John’s
College, Cambridge, mul a Wrangler. In 1850, he was
elected Classical uud Mathematical Master iu Alcrclmnt
I nylors School, London, holding nt the same time the living
of St. I aul s, East Moulsey. Ho became subsequently Vicar
of Chertsey, which he exchanged for Seaton and Beer.
Ihe Rev. Aiark l’attison, Rector of Lincoln College,
Oxford, nt Harrogate, ou the 30th ult. He was born at
Hornby, 1 orkshire, iu 1813, and was educated at Oriel College
Oxford ; was elected a Fellow.of Lincoln.College in that Uni¬
versity in 1840, and became Rector of his College in 1861. He
was the author of “Tendencies of Religious Thought in
England, 1688-1750,” in “ Essays and Reviews,” 1860; and of
a number of critical and biographical works.
The award of the Derby scholarship at Oxford to Air. J. W.
Aiackail, Fellow of Balliol, is a fitting termination to a brilliant
academical career.
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THEATRICALS IN THE OPEN AIR: "AS YOU LIKE IT.** AT COOMBE HOUSE, KINGSTON-ON-THAMES.
Theatricals in the open air, in England at least, are a delight¬
ful novelty: and there is no play more suitable than “ As You
Like It.” We must say that Lord and Lady Archibald Cump-
bell, with all the clever ladies and gentlemen who assisted in the
representation in the pleasant grounds of Coomb© House, Kings-
ton-upon-Thnmcs, the week before last, are to be congratulated
upon its entire success. The entertainment was got up for the
benefit of the funds of a charitable institution. Mr. E. W.
Godwin, at the request of Lady A. Campbell, had undertaken
the whole arrangement and direction, for which he deserves
thanks and praise, having selected the actors and actresses,
superintended the rehearsals, designed the stage and the
auditorium, and attended to the dresses and other pro¬
perties. The principal parts were assigned to Mr. Hermann
Vezin (Jacques), Lady Archibald Campbell (Orlando),
Miss Calhoun (Rosalind), Miss Annie Schletter (Celia), Mr.
George Foss (Adam), Mr. Elliot (Touchstone), Mr. C. Fulton
(the Duke), Mr. J. Tnpley (Amiens), Mr. Bourchier (Oliver!,
Mr. ClaudePonsonby (hirst Lord). Mr. Edward Bose (William),
Captain Liddell (Silvius), Mrs. Flowden (Plicebe), and Miss
Fulton (Audrey). Colonel Gordon Alexander was acting
manager, assisted by Mr. Percy Armytoge. The music was
under the direction of Mr. Malcolm Lawson. Our Artist has
sketched a few of the scenes of the play, which readers of
Shakspeare may recognise; the one in the centre of the pago
is that where Orlundo, with drawn sword, breaks in upon the
picnic feast of the banished Duke and Lords, forbidding them
to eat until food bo given to his poor old servant Adam. In a
grove of real “ greenwood trees,” on the lawn of Coombe
House, these scenes had a natural and most agreeable effect.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, with their children, and
the Imperial Crown Prince of Germany, were among the
audience at the last performance.
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PRIVATE GALLANT, 8TH MIDDLESEX,
WINNER OK THE QUEKJi's 1'RIZE AT WIMBLEDON.
THE LATE MR. C.E8AR HAWKINS, F.R.S.,
SERGEANT-SURGEON TO THE QUEEN.
THE LATE MR. CAESAR HAWKINS, F.R.S.
This eminent surgeon, who died at the age of eighty-five, was
the fourth of his family exercising the same profession at the
London hospitals, and holding in their day the post of
Sergeant-Surgeon to the reigning Sovereign. The family is
descended from Colonel Cffisnr Hawkins, a gentleman of
property in the midland counties, who commanded a regiment
in the Civil Wars of Charles I. The first Baronet, created in
1778, was Sir Cmsar Hawkins, who had been Sergeant-Surgeon
to George II. and to George III. The baronetcy has de¬
scended to a clergyman, who is a Canon of St. Albans, rhe
late Mr. Cicsar Hawkins, born in 1798, was a pupil of Sir
Benjamin Brodie, at St. George's Hospital, and succeeded lnm,
in 1862, us consulting surgeon there. He was President of
the Royal College of Surgeons in 1852 aud in 1861, and was
author of some valuable treatises on physiological and ana¬
tomical subjects._
THE LATE VICE-ADMIRAL EWART.
Vice-Admiral Charles Joseph Roderick Ewart, C.B., who died
three weeks ago, was eldest son of the late Lieutennnt-General
Ewart, C.B., Colonel of the 67th Regiment. He was bom in
1816, entered the Navy in 1830, aud served ns Gunnery-
Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, and Commander from 1841 to
1855, in H.M.S. Monarch, Cnmperdown, Queen, and
Trafalgar. He was present in the last-named ship at
the bombardments of Odessa and Sebastopol. He com¬
manded H.M.S. Melpomene from 1859 to 1863, and H.M.S.
Cambridge (gnnnery-ship) from 1863 to 1867. He was
employed in the Monarch, in 1842, in the transport and
conveyance of antique marbles from Xnnthus, in Asia Miuor;
aud again in 1861, when in command of the Melpomene, on
similar service at Gyrene, in Libya, receiving the thanks of the
Trustees of the British Museum. In 1859 he received the
thanks of the Secretary of State for War for service in a com¬
mittee on Ordnance. He was a Companion of the Bath,
Knight of the Legion of Honour nnd order of the Medjidieh ;
he also received the Crimean medal, with one clasp (for
Sebastopol), and the Turkish medals.
THE LATE HON. R. GODLONTON.
At Gruhamstown, the capital of the Eastern Provinco of
Cape Colony, on May 30. died, in the ninetieth year of h
age, Mr. Robert Godlonton, proprietor and conductor, for
nearly half a century, of one of the leading colonial news¬
papers, and long an esteemed Member of the Legislative
THE LATE
OF
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GODLONTON,
SOUTH AFRICA.
He was one of the select band of English settlers,
»ur thousand, who went out from England and
Scotlimd in 1820, by a special arrangement of the British
Government, to occupy the Eastern Districts, the sum of
£50,000 being voted by Parliament for their assistance on
arriving in South Africa. They lauded in April of thut year,
in Algoa Bay, and their descendents or successors, with a
few survivors of the original settlers, now inhabit the flourish¬
ing towns of Port Elizabeth, Gralianistown, East London,
King William’s Towu, the old locations of Bathurst and
Salem, near the coast, or form pnrts of the inland communities of
Bedford, Somerset, Cradock, Alice, Fort Beaufort, and Queens¬
town, which are thoroughly British in character, differing con¬
siderably from the Dutch part, the Western Province of the
Cape. The eventful history of their early struggles, ns well
for the defence of their lives and property against Kaffir
incursions as for the creation of agricultural, pastoral, and
commercial industries, in a wild region, and for the assertion
of political rights as freeborn English citizens in opposition
to arbitrary Colonial Governors, is well deserving of remem¬
brance. The names of Freebairn, Pringle, Wood, Shaw, and
Godlonton are among those of the founders of British South
Africa-it does not care to be called “ the Cape”—who will
not soon bo forgotten by their fellow-countrymen there. Mr.
Godlonton’s public services have been repeatedly acknowledged
by testimonials of the esteem in which ho was held, in the
Colony, nnd were not unknown to persons in England
acquainted with colonial affairs.
THE LATE VICE-ADMIRAL EWART, C.B.
Lord Rosebery has accepted the presidency of the seven¬
teenth annual Trades Congress, which will open at Aberdeen
on Sept. 8. He will give the presidential address on
the 10th.
Our Portrait of the Rev. Edmond Warre, the new Hend-
Muster of Eton, is from a photograph by Messrs. Hills and
Saunders; that of the Rev. Dr. Greeves, the Wesleyan Con¬
ference President, from one by Messrs. T. C. Turner and Co.;
that of the late Vice-Admiral Ewart, from oue by Messrs. W.
and D. Downey ; that of Sir D. Taylor, Mayor of Belfast, from
one by G. McKenzie, of Paisley; that of the late Hon. R.
Godlonton, by C. J. Aldharn, of Gruhamstown ; that of the
late Mr. Ctrsar Hawkins, F.R.S., by Barnaul, Gloucesler-
place, Portman-sminre, that of Miss M. C. Dawes, M.A., by
Mnvnll, New Bond-street; Professor Madame Kowalevski, by
Dahllof, of Stockholm; and Private Gallant, Middlesex Kitle
Volunteers, winner of the Queen’s Prize at Wimbledon, by
Mr. Tuhey, of Richmond.
THE REV. F. W. GREEVES, D.D.,
NEW FRESIDENT OF THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.
THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE PRESIDENT.
The Rev. Frederick Greeves, D.D., president of the Wesleyan
Conference this year, was born ut Bedford in 1833. lie was
the son of a Wesleyan minister. He was educated at Kings-
wood School, entered the Wesleyan ministry in 185-4, aud his
first appointment was for two years in the English work at
Paris. His next appointments were for six years in London.
He has also been stationed at Bradford, Oxford, and New¬
castle-upon-Tyne. His ministerial career has been one of
much acceptability and success; while ho became early dis¬
tinguished as a skilful and judicious administrator. In
the superintendence of a circuit, and in the chairmanship of
a district, he is conspicuous for his kindness, prudence, nnd
business talent. His preaching is also much esteemed. He
has done much work in various committees of the Wesleyan
connection. As chaplain to Mr. Sheriff Smith, he is not un¬
known in the City of London.
THE CHAMPION RIFLE SHOT.
At the Wimbledon meeting of the National Rifle Association
this year, the highest honours were won by Mr. Gallant, hair¬
dresser, of Twickenham, a private in the 8th Middlesex Rifle
Volunteers, whose head-quarters are at Hounslow. He scored
one point above his nearest competitors, Sergeant Taylor, of
the 1st Lanarkshire, and Corporal Parry, of the 2nd Cheshire,
iu the final contest, and thus carried off the Queen's l’rize,
value £250, and the gold medal of the Association, witli the
championship for the year. Mr. Gallant is a volunteer of
seven or eight years' standing, and has been thrice among the
three hundred competing in the previous stage for the Queen’s
Prize; but this is the first time he has shot in the list of sixty
admitted to the finaltest of superior marksmanship. Hiswell-
deserved honours ure a cause of general congratulation among
his neighbours in the western suburbs in Loudon.
THE MAYOR OF BELFAST.
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Earl Spencer, at his late visit
to Belfast, conferred the honour of Knighthood upon the Mayor
of that important city. The present Mayor, Sir David Taylor,
is a Scotchman, born at Perth in 1815. lie married Jessie,
SIR D. TAYLOR, MAYOR OF BELFAST.
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daughter of Mr. John Aruott, of Greenfield House,
Aucu ter much ty, Fifeshiro, sister of Sir .1. Arnott, D.L., of
Woodlands, Cork, lie has been thrice Mayor of Belfast, in
1867, 1883, and 1884, and is a magistrate for the county of
Antrim end the Borough of Belfast. He has also been for
many years past Chairman of the Belfast Board of Guardians,
and‘is a visiting Justice of her Majesty’s prison for the
county of Antrim, and a governor of the District Lunutio
Asylum. _
MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS.
Voice Training Exercises, by E. Behnke and C. W. Pearce
(Chappell and Co.). This is a valuable series of vocal studies,
based on the principles advocated in “ The Mechanism of the
Human Voice,” by E. Behnke, and the more elaborute work,
by Mr. Lennox Browne, entitled “ Voice, Song, and Speech.”
The exercises now referred to are entirely practical, and con¬
sist of four divisions, calculated, respectively, to develop the
lower thin register, the lower and upper thin registers,
the whole compass of the voice, and the command of
embellishments und grace notes. The music is associated
with different vowels and consonants, so as to cultivate
vcrbul pronunciation as well as musical intonation. I ho
exercises are published for each of the several ranges of voice—
soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, and bass;
and from their utility and cheapness they deserve to find a
very large sale.
“Estelle,” and “ My Nellie,” are two pleasing songs, with
flowing melodies of thoroughly vocal character, by Giro
Pinstiu, whose productions have long been highly esteemed in
drawing-room circles. They ure published by Messrs. It. Cocks
and Co., who also issue, “ The Children’s Island,” a song, of
a very expressive kind, by Alice Borton; and “ Amnnllis,
Danse Joyeuse," a bright pianoforte piece by Hugh Cleudon.
Messrs. Novcllo, Ewer, and Co. continue to furnish fresh
supplies for the use of organists. Their series of original
compositions for that instrument 1ms readied upwurds of
thirty numbers, and comprises pieces in various forms and
styles, specially written by eminent organists. A similar
series, from the same publishers, consists of original works by
Gustav Merkel, a skilled performer, and a prolific and success¬
ful composer for the instrument. Mr. G. Calkin’s “Soft
Voluntaries for the Organ ” (of which several books are pub¬
lished) may also be commended as being flowing and melo¬
dious, and well calculated either for pructico or for use in
church service. The composer of these has likewise done good
service by his transcriptions from the works of Mendelssohn,
skilfully adapted for the organ. Messrs. NoveUo, Ewer, and
Co. have also issued the 03rd Part of the “ Organist’s
Quarterly Journal,” which has now reached its eighth
volume. Under the able editorship of Dr. Spark, the eminent
organist of the Leeds Townhall, this publication maintains its
value and interest by the production of original‘compositions,
including many by its editor. All these organ works have an
independent pedal part. “Thirty Melodies” for violiu and
pianoforte, by B. Tours, constitute a second set of pleasing
and not difficult pieces, written for use in connection
with the author’s violin “ Primer.” These are also from the
firm of Novello, Ewer, and Co., who have just issued—as one
of their series of “ Primers of Musical Biography a valuable
and interesting memoir of Chopiu, the great Polish pianist and
composer for his instrument. The author, Mr. Joseph Bennett
(the eminent musical critic), lias written a concise yet com¬
prehensive life of Chopin, full of characteristic auecdotes and
illustrations of his peculiar genius; and the little book
deserves to find a place in every musical library.
“Reveries Caractcristiques” nro twelve pianoforte pieces
by Claudius II. Couldery, published by Lamborn Cock.
They are mostly in Notturno style, full of expressive melody,
and written with a thorough knowledge of the instrument.
They are highly interesting as compositions, and well calculated
to improve the mechanism as well as the taste of the player.
“ In Autumn,” by C. Oberthiir (with German and English
words), and “Beside the Sen,” by G. Lardelli, are two very
expressive songs, published by Messrs. Duff and Stewart.
“ Der Erste Kuss” (German and English), by A. Hervey,
uud “ A Village Story,” by J. De Sivrai; “ Where is My Lov’d
One” and “ My Sweetheart,” two songs by CharlesSaJaman;
a melodious “Elegie” for the violoncello, by M. Hollman;
and a sprightly “ Yalse Caprice,” for two performers on the
g innoforte, by F. K. Hnttersley—all published by Messrs,
tauley Lucas, Weber, and Co.—may likewise be commended/
From Mr. W. Czerny we have M. Faure’s expressive sacred
song, “ Crucifix ” (French and English words), for tenor or
soprano voice, with pianoforte accompaniment, and ad libitum
violin, violoncello, and harmonium parts—an impressive com¬
position, which is also published iu various arranged forms.
The same publisher issues, as a pianoforte solOj^a^bright
piece, entitled “ Spring Flowers,” by J. W. Gritton, originally
written as a pianoforte duet; and two characteristic IIuii-
garian marches, for two performers, and also as solos for the
piunoforte, by I). Brocca.
French Songs for Children, composed by P. W. Davenport
(the London Music Publishing Company). This is a series of
twelve vocal pieces—to French words, with an English version
by Lady Macfarren—well calculated to juvenile
singers, and to improve thei»\taste; the music,although
simple, being the production of an accomplished comjposer.
THE QUEEN’S FORTUNE.
Truth, referring to the announcement it made last week, that
the Queen is about to make will, says:—
Her Males'? possesses an immense fortune. The estate of Osborne is at
least live times as valuable as it was when it was purchased by the Queen
and Prince Albert about forty yeurr ago. The Balmoral properly of her
Majesty now extends over 30,tX)0 acres, Claremont was granted to the
Queen for life in I860, with reversion to the connlry ; and her Majesty pur¬
chased the property outright three rears Sgo for £78,000. Probably its market
value is not much under £00,000. The Queen also poagessea some property at
Coburg, and the princes* Hobenlobe Jeft h- r the Villa Hobenlobe at lUdcn,
one of the best residence* in the places With regard to personal property,
Mr. Nield left the Queen over £SoO.OOo f and the property left by the Prints
Consort is believed to have amounted to nearly £000,000; but the provisions
of his will ham been kept a strict secret, and the document hat never been
•• proved.” The Queen must also have saved a vast sum out of her income,
vraich has always Iwn very well managed. Since the death of the Prince
Consort, the general administration of the Queen's private affairs has been
confided to Lord Sydney, who is a consummate man of business.
I have reawm to believe that, in duo course, application will be made to
Parliament on behalf of the children of the Princo and Princess of Wales.
Indeed, there is to 1 e a Royal message on the subject of Prince Albert
Victor’s establishment next Session. The country will not, however, ho
asked to proride for the younger members of the Royal Family. The I>uke
and Duchess'of Edinburgh tie already wealthy, and on the death of the Duke
of 8axe-Co!iutg-<iotha they will migrate to Germany; but the Connaught*,
Albany*. Christians, and Battenbervs will look to the Queen for provisions;
and so also will any of the younger children of Princess Alice who may
happen to make poor matches. It will be seen, therefore, that the Queen
will have plenty to do with her fortune, large aa it undoubtedly is; und
although, iu the event of her Majesty’s death, the country would be asked
to provide for Princess Beatrice, yet she will naturally occupy on important
place in her mother's will. _
Tlie Merchant Taylors’ Company havo sent a second
donation of 100 guineas to Professor Monier Williams for the
funds of the Oxford Indian Institute.
LITERATURE.
A very remarkable book ubout a very remarkable mau is
Versonal Jteminiscenets of General Skobeleff: by V. I. Nemiro-
vitch-Dantchuuko; translated by E. A. Bruyley Hodgetts
(W. II. Allen and Co.); a volume full of interesting auecdotes
and of exciting as well us sickening aud horrifying battle-
pieces, iu some of which—if not iu all—the author participated
as a war-correspondent, as well as a friend and comrade of tlie
lute distinguished general. Readers must uot expect a
coherent biographical sketch or u consecutive narrative of
historical eveuts. No order whatever is observed, no
methodical arrangement 1ms been attempted: remiuiscences
and descriptions have been flung together in the most casual
and fragmentary manner. The author commences with a
somewhat laboured and theatrical account of the effect pro¬
duced in Moscow by tlie death of Skobeleff; and then pro¬
ceeds to string together a series of iudepeudent stories con¬
cerning the general, his father (who was also a general, but
junior in rank), his character, bis popularity among the rank
and tile and his unpopularity among tlie superior grades, the
jealousy he excited, the calumnies of which lie was the object,
the talents he displayed, the opinions be held, and the remark¬
able feats he accomplished, lie died at the early age of
thirty-seven, and lie wua already a general of seven years’
standing : this fact alone speaks volumes. Unfortunately his
death was not on the field of honour, but took place under
circumstances which gave the lovers of scandal something to
snigger about, even while his body lay exposed at the Hotel
Du.-eaux. But those circumstances were in strict keeping
with his theories of life, which were very different from the
views of Mrs. Grundy. In fact, whatever it may be right
to say of the dead, there can bo no doubt that Akh-
Paslin, or tho White General, os the Turks called him
from the colour of his uniform, was a Bohemian of tho
looser sort, as well us “a splendid general, a generous
man, and an original, if uot always, perhaps, u logical
thinker.” It is curious to leant that there were two opinions
concerning his courage: he was denounced as a coward by his
enemies, or by some of them, whilst his friends declared that
he was as complete a stranger to the seusution of fear as our own
Nelson proverbially was. If he were a coward, it must be con¬
fessed thut he showed it, ns some nervous persons are said to show
their nervousness, by an uudacity which would have more than
satisfied Dunton. This accusation of cowardice, however, is
frequently brought against tho most unlikely personages. It
may even have been brought against Ney, “ the bravest of the
brave,” though it is difficult to recall au instance of such an
accusation in his case; against tlie First Napoleon, on the
other hand, it lias frequently been brought; und against the
Third Napoleon in a very famous historical work of our day.
That Skobeleff, when suffering from bodily pain, did not
always display that perfect stoicism and indifference which
other heroes havo displayed on similar occasions is evident
from this volume under consideration, but ho concealed his
condition from his army in general, and probably revealed it
to his confidential friends for the simple reason thaThe scorned
to hide anything whatever from them, or to do anything thut
could appear to them like acting or like swagger. At any rnte,
it is not easy to know what during is/if skobeleff were uu
example of cowardice: it was certainly a cowardice of a very
rare and valuublo description, "such as prompts a mau to deeds
of surpassing valour from the very fear of betraying his real
tendency. One great fault Skobeleff seems to have had as a
geuerul, and it is a fault that baa been attributed to the
First Napoleon; lie cared not a straw how ninny lives he
sacrificed to gain au advantage, or what seemed to him a fair
prospect of udvautuge, though it sometimes turned out that
the sacrifice was useless, the advantage could not be returned,
“le jeu n’en vuliut paa la chandelle.”
Some publications,'anibng-virhich may bo numbered tlie
two large volumes entitled Fortunes Made in Business: by
Various Writers (Sampson Low and Co.), recommend them¬
selves at once by tlieir subject, and require nothing beyond n
bare summary of their- contents at the hands of a reviewer.
Such works, for instuuce, us those with which Mr. Samuel
Smiles has made us familiar, need no critical review; neither
praise nor dispraise would be likely to have much effect upon
their circulation ;4ytvould be enough for readers to know thut
the books were waiting to bo read. And to the category of
such books belong these two formidublevoluraes, which contain a
vast Sffiouut'or the information the majority of readers urg most
anxious to obtain, biographical sketches uud anecdotes con¬
cerning persona who have made both fame and money in the
/fiekLgfcohnucrce, industry, invention, and business in general.
In so comprehensive a work uo reasonable being would expect
tq find tlie elubomte details for which Mr. Smiles is remarkable;
indeed, compilation has been very freely and professedly
einplpyed by the “various writers ” whose contributions have
"been submitted to tlie revision and possibly to the manipulation
of a competent, no doubt, though anonymous editor. The
volumes are furnished, but uot iu every case embellished, with
^illustrations, chiefly portraits, some of which, it is to be hoped,
are not to be considered “ fluttering ” likenesses. There is an
inclination to grudge the muny pages devoted to a descriptive
and historical uccouutof lloruby Castle; the reader would much
prefer to have the space occupied by another biographical
sketch of some other “ self-made man.” The first volume will
tell most readers a greut deal more than they knew before
about Mr. Isaac Holden, M.P., the woolcomber, who worked
liis way up from a collier’s boy “ to the ownership of a princely
income, aud a place in the British House of Commons’’; about
Mr. 8. C. Lister aud his patient und successful manipulation
of “ silk waste ” ; about tlie “ Low Moor Company,” whereof
the partners worked to excellent purpose the property which
had belonged to u celebrated breeder of racehorses, Mr.
Lecdes («# Hookes), who sold his estate, unwitting of the iron
that lay imbedded therein, and put an end to himself
in 1787; ubout 8ir Josiah Mason, tho inventive and
benevolent, who, however, helped to corrupt tho youth
of the realm by tho propagation of steel-pens; about the
celebrated Sir Henry Bessemer, and his wonderful handling
of steel; about Sir John Brown, of Sheffield, and the “Atlas
Works:” about the Salts of Sultaire, aud “ the discovery of
alpaca”; about the Peases, of Darlington, and tlieir many
industries, uud tho claim of Edward Pease, the founder of tho
fumily’s commercial greatness, to be culled “ tho father of
railways” ; ubout the Fisons und the Forsters, of whom the
Right Hon. W. E. Forster is so well known to the public;
uud about the Fieldeus, of Todmorden, and their position
iu the kingdom of cotton. In tho second volume there
is a most interesting though necessarily brief account of
the Fosters, of Queeusbury, Yorkshire, lords of the
spindle, the comb, and the loom; of the Gladstones, of
Liverpool, who may uow be said to rule England in
tho person of their most distinguished kinsman; of the
Brights, of Rochdale, who have given us the most original
und most powerful of our living orators; of the Cunards, who
may be said to have farmed the Atlmitic, and to have found
the scales* “barren" than old Homer imagined; about the
Basses and the Burton brewers in general, whom to name is to
feel an insatiable thirst, and about a few other personages
whom it would serve no useful purpose to specify.
THE ART OF DOING NOTHING.
The Art of Doing Nothing is one that cannot be practised too
early. Some men, no doubt, seem to have a natural genius
for it; they take to it bo kindly that one is tempted to believe
it was born with them. This is not wholly the case, though,
of course, the power successfully to do nothing may be given
to some persons aud uot to others. It may be iu the blood,
but it must be developed by training; and there aro some
schools, chiefly private, which are well fitted to give a sound
knowledge of the art. To learn by rote instead of through
tlie exercise of reason, to perform pcrfuuctory tasks which lead
to uo results, to commit to memory long strings of unconnected
and unexplained facts, is the beat discipline in the world for
turning out masters of the art we are considering. In the last
century, too, our Universities trained in this way many highly
efficient pupils. Gibbon would have been one of these had his
aptitude for tho art been equal to the skill exhibited in in¬
structing him. His tutor did his best to teach him nothing, aud
would have succeeded if the future historian had learnt the
lesson properly. For uwhile it left an impression. “ I spent,”
he writes, “fourteen months at Magdalen College; they
proved the most idle and unprofitable of my whole life.”
What Gibbon learnt at Oxford, the poet Gray gained a like
knowledge of at Cambridge. Writing to his friend West lie
says:—“ Almost oil the employment of my hours may bo best
explained by negatives; take my word and experience upon
it, doing nothing is a most amusing business.” But it
was Gray who said in alter years, “ To be employed ie
to be happy,” so that he would appear to have lost the art he
once found amusing. One suspects, however, that he never
quite lost it. Gray was the most learned mau of his time, but
lie dawdled with his learning so that, apart from the amuse¬
ment it afforded him, little came of it. He made many plans,
but kept none of them; and in accepting the chair of Modern
Literature and Modem Languages at his University, followed
the exumple of his predecessors, and never delivered a lecture.
At a later period, one of the busiest men of our century had
the change of learning to do nothing at the University. “ AU
I learnt at Oxford,” said Southey, “was a little swimming
and a little boating.”
Education, it will bo seen, can help a man to do nothing;
but usually tlie art is self-taught, aud, strange to say, the
most proficient scholars nre unconscious of their skill. There
is a restless activity and fussiness about some people which is
only the counterfeit of work. They appear to have their hands
full; but if you look o little closely you will see there
is nothing iu them. Their tread-mill sort of movement is not
progress; their labour is purposeless ; and yet one has not the
heart to tell them that this eager bustle is only a troublesome
form of idleness. It must uot be supposed that a man is idle
simply because he appears to be unemployed. When the
Westmorelanp peasant said that Wordsworth was “always
booing about,” he probably thought him a very idle sort of
person; when Burns on one memorable night lay stretched
upon some corn-sheaves, with his eyes fixed on a particular
star, the Ayrshire rustics may have thought him not
idle only, but daft; yet we know now that Bums was making
verses then which will last as long as the language. Scott,
who was not only cue of the best but one of the most in¬
dustrious writers of any age, did not find, us some poets have
done, that lie could often think to purpose “ by lying perfectly
idle,” but found it best to stir up his mind by taking a light
book or a walk. A living poet, on the other hand, whom we
wot of, smokes for inspiration, and sits with his pipe as com¬
panion for long hours to all appearance doing, nothing, yet
while his bowl is constantly being refilled so also is liis brain
with teeming fancies. The mind may bo fruitfully at work
when the body rests, yet it is strange what a dread some people
liavo of being surprised with their hands folded. The man who
knows liow to do nothing skilfully is never caught in this
quiescent stuto. Real labour is his detestation, but he likes to
play at it. “Can you make no use of nothing, nuneleP”
tho Fool asks Lear, und the discrowned King answers, “Why,
no, boy; nothing can be made out of nothing,” which is true
in one seuse and false in several. There are men whose repu¬
tation rests upon it: books, articles, and, if we may venture
to say so, eveu sermons thut have no other foundation. People
often decline iu an offhand way, upon throwing down a
volume, that there is nothing in it, ulid there may be much
sober truth iu the saying. Mere print is nothing, mere words
are less than nothing, unless writer uud speaker have a pur-
pore uud know how to express it. It was said of an empty-
headed orator that ho aimed at nothing, and liit it. Men
of some learning, too, have often successfully aimed ut the Same
murk. “Consider the old schoolmen,” writes Carlyle, “mid
tlieir pilgrimage towards Truth; the foithfullest endeavour,
incessant unwearied motion, often great natural vigour ; only
no progress : nothing but antic feats of one limb poised against
tlie other; there they balanced, somersaulted, aud made
postures; at best gyrated swiftly with some pleasure, like
spinning Dervishes, und ended where they begun.” The Earl
of Rochester, by-the-way, wrote a poem upon “Nothing,”
which contains seventeen stanzas. It is laboured and must
havo been hard to write ; it is also hard to read, for Rochester
has been faithful to his theme throughout.
To pass from u poor poem to a delightful novel is a
pleasant transition. There aro few ordinary topics which
Jane Austen's inimitable stories do not illustrate. Open
‘‘Mansfield Park” and you will find iu Lady Bertram an
admirable and conscientious mistress of un art in which, if
women strive to acquire it, they are almost certain to succeed.
Throughout the novel she shines in this way, and we have a
glimpse of her sofa-like existence upon her husband’s return
from the \Ve6t Indies that is delightful. Her children, as all
readers will remember, had been unpleasantly surprised by his
sudden advent, but bis wife was really extremely happy to
Bee him. “She hod been almost fluttered for a few minutes,
and still remained so sensibly animated as to put awuy her
work, move pug from her side, and give all her attention and
all the rest of her sofa to her husband. She had no anxieties
for anybody to cloud her pleasure; her own time had been
irreproachably spent during liis absence: she had done a greut
deal of carpet work and mode many yards of fringe.”
Our grandmothers, or great-grandmothers, who drew
landscapes iu worsted work, and formed, by a process infi¬
nitely tedious, shepherds und sheep in wool, must have surely
had a fellow-feeling with Lady Bcrtrum. Life being, as we
all know, so interminably long, it might be admissible to spend
u few years of it iu these patient misrepresentations of nature.
Doiug nothing when it ceases to be an employment will be
found ut times on agreeable recreation. As we write, one can
see with the mind’s eye busy barristers aud Q.C.’s dreaming
under the shadow of trees, head-musters lolling by the sea¬
side reading novels and smoking cigars, merchants sailing or
rowing with as much indiffereuce to money-making, shall we
say ns poets ? clergymen in unclerical attire, sauntering idly
about the lonely streets of mediaeval cities, and M.l’.’s
whose most imperative occupations are a sea-bath in the
morning and a game at lawn-tenuis iu tho afternoon. So be
it, for the month has come round in which even indolence is
honourable, aud hard-worked men may legitimately enjoy tho
dreamy pleasures of the lotos eater. J. D.
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. VELVETS, AND BllOGADKfi. Per Yanl.
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Black Point lie Sole, worth 3s. . . . 2 n*
Black Utfoman satlni.0 2 0
I>LACK SATIN BROCADES, usually
-l-e aulil a to*, lid. . . 4
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11 jcb Black Brocade,I Game Velvet*..
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0 1 111
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Coloured TwlU-toCed AU-Sllk Satin., uaually sold ut \
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VRESS MATERLYLS.
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JJROWN & pOLSON’S QORN pLOUR
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FOR THE SICK ROOSt.
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/V^Bjta tfemit*gli-kiiowie,lge of the natural
‘ law* winch govern tho operations of digeatlon
» c; ami uutrltlorn'nnd'uy u carelul application of
a the lino propertlea of WaH-selected Cocoa. Sir.
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JdcItCpt'Xy-flavoured beverage which may .nvo
in, many heavy doctors’ bills. It Is by the
I"dic1.v.„ n<« of such article* Of diet that a
(BREAKFAST) r.iJiatlDlthui may bo gradually built up until
atruug'euaagli b> resist every tendency t>
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/iOrtVd 'therhja « weak point. Wo may escape ninny
( J v y *- rA * ,( fatal almftby keepl.igonriolvo*well fortIMed
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- Made simply with boiling water or milk.
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Kobe*, double quantity of wide/
_ , ... • “ c, i 14a. nd
Finely-worked Oath mere Ruhr, m 111 <, y
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Navy. Drab, Ac., extra'quantity
COMPOSITE ROUES.20 yards ,
In every couibmuRou of
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Drew Lengths of Fine French Merino
Vailing colour*, double whlUvnyr yi
Very Vine French Caaiuuuryalvvrywi ’
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% . ■ . Jacket* of Various Mnt. rlaU,
Waterproof Travelling Chmki. tho New U.aHlwo.al Waterproof,
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In Black. Greys, uni Nuutiul Shades.
T>Y TnE YARD.
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T3LACK MATERIALS.
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A LL
MOURNING ARTICLES
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, , duriug tlie SALE
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Travelling Aaslstnuu are a I way »k.-pt in n-adlnru to proceed
ut once to any part of ilits Country
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A the Richest Qualities, Is supplied,
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H ydrophobia is curable. — Tho
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H ydrophobia.—T he birling
HYDROPHOBIA CORK inxy be bad of all Chemists.
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-2 A of Dysi-epsla aud Indigestion, with special advice as to
Diet. "This little pamphlet apprnls forcibly to those who have
allowed the palate to decide every thing for them, and have twld
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iwild
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NEW SPRING MATTRESS.
(A* Exhibited at the Health Exhibition.)
Warranted g.*«d and serviceable at a very niorirrute pric*.
3 ft.. *•».; 8ft. flln.. 32s.; lit.. 4 ft. •; In . to*.
A Catabotue of Unlsteaibud Furniture, with 9U0 Designs, sud
Price-List of Residing, free, by |»«t.
19) to U>8. TOTTENllAM-COURT-ROAD. W.
T EMARE’S PETROLEUM CREAM.
* J A marvellous compound of Petroleum anil Glycerine, the
two greatest healing |io.|«rtb* known to science, and winch
•Ion," cure every kind of akin complaint. This Cream Is riven
as Hie only trim and emrset remedy for Eesema.dc.. by Kir
Lmeiiiu* Wilson, and Testimonials are coming in svery day.
giving details of it* great efficacy.
No skin affection of any kind will withstand the effect of this
romiHHind. It Is sweetly scented for special uses, such a* for
Ladies aud Infants.
Uf all Chemist*, price Is. and 2s. Ad.
All Chemist, know of three |.reparatlon*. atul ws shall l«l
obliged by your iuslsting upon having thrtn, aud no other.
Wholesale only.
LEV1GNE and CO.,
10, Newman-pasMge. Nanuan-strart, London. W.
"\J UDA VERITAS.—GREY HAIR restored
. ky this speciffe: after which It crow* the natural clour,
not groy. Unequalled as a dressing. It causes growth, armta
Ia|ling. and 1 In use defies detection. Tlie most harmless and
rlbvtual restorer extant. Ona trial will convince It ha* no
retool. Price lu*. ftl.. of all iliemist* and HalplreBaers. Tes¬
timonial* free. Agents, R. IIOVEXDEN uud BONK. London.
(^OLDEN HAIR.—Robare’s AUREOLINE
,V* producea the tamutlful golden colonr *o ranch admired.
W arranted perfectly harmless. Price de. 8d. end 10*. H.I., of *H
principal Perfumers and Chemist* throughout the world.
Agents. R. HO YEN DEN and SUNS, London.
H air destroyer.—a lex. ross’s
DEPILATORY removes superfluous halrf^-m the face and
arm*, without effect to skin 3*. rtd.; sent by post (irM stamno.
Rom * Hair Dye. 3*. dd.-ll, Laiub a-coiiduit-sttTCt, Hclborn™ 1 ^
GKIN DISEASES CURED.—SULPIIOLINE
kJ LOTION remove* eruption*, pimple*. Mum. blotch.*,
scurf. In a few day*. It is highly *nccc**fa| In ecxem*, psoriasis,
prurigo, tetter. Ac. It totally destroys many deere*eatrel In-
veteratefkln affections. Jloit agreeable to Ute. Sold everywhere.
" w*y. The effect I* more than astonishing. Ordinary pimples,
redness, blotches. Ac., vanish a* If by metric. It destroys the
anlmalcqln-which cause these unsightly affection*, and ensure*
a smooth, clear, healthy skin. Bold by Chemists. Bottle*. 2s. 3d.
QOCKLE’S
^NTIBILIOUS
pILLS.
QOCKLE’S ANTIBILI0US PILLS,
LIVER.
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS
V. FO
FOR BILE.
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^ rOR 1ND1GI
INDIGESTION.
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G FOR HEAR
FOR HEARTBURN.
XT EATING’S POWDER. — KUIb bugs,
4*- , moth*, fleas, aud all Insect* ( perf ectly unrivalled).
Harmless to everythin* but Insects. Thu, «d. and It.
NUKSK ED DA. 8 BABY SOOTHER Is nnequtl In relieving
Infant* from gritws. wind, colic. Guaranteed no narcotic (an
uhivlutely safe cure).
Is. per Bottle. Free, 12 stamp*.
TUOMAS KEATING, St. Fast's, Londom.
136
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUO. 9, 18S1
NEW MUSIC.
/'1IIAPPELL and CO.’S New and Popular
V SONUS.
MOTHER (in C, D, and E). Words by
JjX F. E. Weatherly. I*. 1‘O'TI.
AT VESPERS. P. TOSTI.
VESPERS (in four keys). P. TOSTI.
W HERE MEMORY DWELLS. ISIDORE
UK LARA.
Price J». end, net. postage free.
Ciurriu.andCo..SO. New Bond-stree t. W.; aud13.Poultr y.E C.
pHAPPELL and CO.’S ALEXANDRE
\J HARMONIUMS. for Church, Schooli.or Pnssrlng-K"jims.
from 6 to ISO guinea*: or. on the 'Ihiw-Vwf ,ram
<1 a*, per quarter.—SO. New Bond-st reet; ami IS, Poultry. _
PLOUGH and WARREN’S PET ORGAN,
\J Seven Stop.. Including Sub-bxja and Sab and Super
Octave Coupler. Elegant Carved Walnut CaM- **
Cnxrrxu. and Oo.. 00. Naw Bond-str eet; and IS, I oultry.
/PLOUGH and WARREN'S CENTENNIAL
GRAND ORGAN. U Stop*. 9 Seta of Reeds, and Com¬
bination Tube*, 93 guinea*. _._
CLOUGH and WARREN'S
P IPE and REED COMBINATION
ORGANS
With one manual, from da guinea*.
With two manual! and nedai*. trom 120 guinea*.
Hydraulic motorw. for blowing, from H guinea*.
PLOUGH and WARREN’S ORGANS have
U-rn nrunonnrrd hy the most eminent rnu-leinns in Eng-
l*n4 tw auperiorto all other# In pi|»e*l«k* quality «*f tone.
PLOUGH and WARREN'S AMERICAN
VV ORGANS. A combination of pipe* and reeds. which do
not go outnf tune by the must severe rliangcs of temperature.
Easy of manipulation, handaumo In dtalgn. and of groat
durability.
From 1* to 223 guinea*.
Secondhand from 1 J guinea*.
Teatlmonlala ami Inscriptive Meta freehr post.
CitsPrn.i. end Co.,So. New Bond-street; and 13. Poultr y,
I MEAN TO WAIT FOR JACK ! Song.
ByCOTSrORD DICK. 2u.net. Sung everywhere.
pHIC-A-CHOC. Waltz.
KJ Hy J. G. MO.NTKF10RK. te.net. Played everywhere.
TVTARITANA. Fantasia.
AM. liy GEORGE FREDERICK ’
lly GEORGE FREDERICK WEST. te. net.
_ Fantasia.
- By GEORGE FREDERICK WEST. te. net.
Rod iHr Cocjui aiul Co., New llurllngton-struct. London.
pHILPERIC.
VJ By GCORGI
NOTICE I
W MORLEY and CO. (the Publishers of
a ’ Laddie" and Ciro Pimutl’i neweat end'greate»t
lucrewi) leg to announce that Uiey have fortunately .Mured
tho manuscripts of the following pretty New Songi. which will
bu rradt for l~>u» on Monday, Aue. II. I**4 :—
PATIENCE REWARDED. By CIBO PIN8UTI.
THE CONGUKHORS. ByTHEO. UONHEUB.
TILL THE BREAKING OF THE DAT. By PIN8UTI.
DOLLY 8 REVENUE. By HENRY PONTET.
Kera for all Voloee. Order every where. 24 stamp* each.
W. Moxlxt and Co., aw. Regent-at.. W.; and70, Upper-»t..N.
Ready this day.
F.H. CO WEN'S NEW SONG.
ALONG THE SHORE. Words by
A Clifton Bingham.
ALONG THE SHORE. Music by
2 JL F. H.COWEN.
Compoeed for and aung by Miss Anna William*.
Publlahed In four keya. Net te.
Kicoini. 2G3. Regent-street, W.
C HARLES HALLE’S PRACTICAL
PIANOFORTE SCHOOL.
New Edition, the two FI rat Section* enlarged.
CHARLES HALLE'S NEW PIANOFORTE TUTOR.
Tbs beat and moat uaetul Tutor ever published.
Fosuttu Baorintu. 272 a. Regent-circus, London; and
122 and IB. Deanagate. Manchester.
T’" IRK MAN and SON,
-IV MAKERS of GRAND and UPRIGHT
PIANOFORTES.
S. Soho-square; and Bradmore Works. Hammersmith.
TT’IRKMAN and SON MANUFACTURE
-IY GRAND PIANOS In all sites and In every variety of case,
tut) to ippi'isl order.
The framework of Sot. I, t. X and 3 la made of wrought steel,
and I* especially adapted to withstand all eitrrmlt lea.'f heat and
cold. They hate recently Introduced J SHORT G\ KBOTKUNG
IRON GRAND (only 3ft.»In. lougi. .la very moderate price.
JZIRKMAN and SON’S New Models
1Y Include e ateel-fremed upright Grand and a Boudoir
Cottage, full trichord, check uctlon. and vertically strung in
various at ylre and degrees of finish.
T7IRKMAN and SON have Agents in all
AY the principal Town*, from whom every Information may
be obtained. All their Pianoforte* are for Sale. Hire, or on the
1 bree-Year*' System.
Wale*. CAUTION the Public that Pianoforte* are being add I-ear¬
ing the name of •• Krard ” which are not of tlielr manufacture.
For Information a* to authenticity apply^t_ IK. Great Marl*
borough-st.. where new Plano* can be ob
I fromio gnlne
T7RARDS’ PIANOS. — COTTAGES, from
AZi SO guinea*.
OBLIQUES, from 83 guinea*.
GRANDS, from 123 guinea*.
DIANOFORTES for HIRE or for SALE,
- from 23 guineaa upwards.—JOHN BKOADWOOD and
J.vs, Si. Great Pulteney-street. Golden-*quare, W. Menu-
ctory. *3. Horaeferry-road. Weatminater.
D ’ALMAINE’S PIANOS Half Price, from
£K DAI.MAIN K'S AMERICAN ORGANS from U .-All
full coinpaa*. warranted for ten year*; -arnage Ire*, and all riak
takvu. Easiest termi arranged. Katabbahed h*' year*.
•I, Finabury-paveraent. Oity. R.0. X \
T7LKINGT0N and CO.
A_J EI.KCTRO PLAT*. v
SILVF.lt PLATE.
CLOC KS and BRONZES.
T7LKINGT0N and CO,
Xj TESTIMONIAL PLATE.
CUTLEKYrfc \
Illustrated Catalogues nost-fre*.
ELKINOTON and C0..22.1tegent-«t.; or 42. Ifoorgate-ft., City.
TOHNBROGDEN,
O X VART GOLDSMITH.
GOOD LUCK HOItSESHOE
PROTECT** y A V' 11 EG Ih'rKI t l KD Til A D EdilABK.
a, GRAND HOTEL-BUIL DINGS, CHAUISG-CHOSg.
WALKER’S CRYSTAL CASE WATCHES
TY are auper»ed|ng all other*. Prile MMala-London. 1M2:
Parla. 1*07. Silver Watches. from D ts.; Gold, frrfm Id 6*. Prlce-
Llet* scut frefc—77. C-.rhhlll ;§«d a», Regent-street._
VAtUABLE DISCOVERY" for the HAIR.
1 If your hair la turning grey, or white, or falling off. nre
•■Hie Mexican llalr ttenewer," for It will poelUvely restore In
every rare^rey or White Hair to its original colour, without
leaving the disagreeable amell of moat " RaatafW*." It innkes
the hair charmingly keauiiful. at well a* promoting the growth
of the hair oe bald spot*. where the gland* are not decnrrd.
••TIi" Mexluan Hair Ilemwer" Is told by Cfacmieta and Per¬
fumer* everywhere, et a*. 6d. per Bottle.
T7LOR1LINE. For the Teeth and Breath.
A 1 I*the best Liquid Dentrlflc* In the world: It thoroughly
cleanars iiartiallj-drcayel teeth from all parasites or llvmg
*' animalcule," leaving them pearly white. Imparting n dellght-
fnl fragran*'* to the breath. The Flagrant Fieri line remove*
Instantly all odours arising from * foul etomarh or toh-irro
smoko,
aweet
«"«} where, at i*. lid. per liotUe
ntly all o-hmrs arising ironi a roui aiomncn or loo ino
is, (wing partly rompoaed of honey, *<vl*. and extract* of
t herl>e and plarita.lt is ncrf-cDy dellcloua to the taate.
aa harm lean at eherry. Sold by CbvmltU aud Perfumer*
NEW MUSIC.
OIGURD.
O l.s RKYEP
Grand Opera, in Four Acts,
UKYKR. Performed with the greatest po>»lbl« *uc-
»in* lira**!* him) dt tlir H.»rnl lUllan Opom. Now rviwy. Wj®
with It a him Word*, pric© It*.: Hl*oCw*n®[ *
o! Airi. prii© 2*. each: and Lomotha'a Sigunl N>aIU,
price 2s,
Uoo^ky ami Co., 309. IUf®nt-»tieafc; and
CNAl*t*KU. ami Oo.. flo.Naw Dond-atrcot.
MUSIC FOR THE SEASIDE.
r PHE CAVENDISH MUSIC BOOKS.
A Price I*, sach — Booexv and Co.. London.
To be bad of every Uuslcaeller In the Unit ed Kingdom,
JF THIS COULD ONLY BE.
IF THIS COULD ONLY BE. New
A Son* by tho Composer of •• Daddy." This day. Price 2*.
Boossr and Co.. 293. Jlegent-atreet. _
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SONGS OF
A THE DAY-
gWINGINU. By CECILE HARTOG.
JypVEB TO KNOW. By MARZIALS.
JQADDY. By BEHBEND.
QNLY ONCE MORE. By F. L. MOIR.
pOING TO MARKET. By L. DIEHL.
YA 2a. each.—Bootsv and Oo.. 293. Regent-street.
D ORNER and SOHN’S PIANOFORTES.
GRANDS. 1211 anil 150 guinea*.
COTTAGES. 70. 74. and 80guinea*.
Subject to a liberal discount for GASH, or can be purchased on
tho THREE-YEARS' SYSTEM. Price-List on application.
BOOSEY and 00.. 2M. REliENT-STREET. L ONDON,
A IX-LES-BAINS.—Ccrcle d’Aix-les-Bnins.
2\ Superb tlMStn. Concert, ball. card, and billiard aaloona.
Military baud*, f.'tea. Itallnn anil French Optra-Comiqnu.
Symphony concerts, conducted hy E. Coloune._
A IX-LES-BAINS.—Grand HOtel Europe.
2\. One uf the moat renowned In Europe. Patronlaed by the
English elite. SOOsuuny chamber*. Large garden*; lawn-tennl*.
ReSned table. B«*k **oomi. Proprietor.
A MPHI0N-LES-BAINS.—Grand Hotel,
i*. Lake Geneva. Carbonated Ferrogtnmu Water*. English
doctor. Steamer* between Evian and Ouchy. Hotel Ba* gratia.
UalU. Casino,. Ac. Prup .O. Gutiurrv.of H3tel Beau Site. CanO**.
15ADEN-BADEN.—Hotel de la Cour de
A> iude .1 A firet-rate and large Entabllilitnent. with extensive
garilena. Warm, mineral, and other Bath*. (Not P> be con¬
founded with hotel facing the station.)—F. Zixoi.cn. Manager.
T> ADEN-BADEN.— H6tel Victoria—First
J3 cl am. li* nut i fully iltHAted nearfft the Cunv«raAMon llon*e
and FnslerlckohAd. Unitary nrmugcniriiU i»erftct. Accurn-
mo<UtioD AUjierlor. Mo«ler«te charge*.. Un"i*»ioui, Pr«|ir.
T>0UL0GNE.—University College. Rapid
A) iirngrrra in le.imingthe French luugnage. Kliidtrentinent.
bealthy situation. Term* modriate. Apply to the Principal,
Mr. I’bATKic*. for tariff and reference, to Engllab parent*.
T>UUGES.—Hotel de Flandre. Established
I ) Engl tali reputation. Viaftoraar* cautioned agkinat licing
nmducUd to a housed aiinllar namu faclligthe railway station.
Rhine and KomUo wines for rxporWtlon.-BEX*tt, Pro prlvtor.
T\I EPPE.—H3tel Royal, facing the aea.
I s Superior flrat-claubouse, worthily recommended. Nearest
the sea. the Casino, and bathing establishment. Table dilute,
open al I the year. Lasaox* «Cx, ITopr.
T UCERNE.—Grand HOtel de I’Europe.
A-i Magnificent mountain view, on the border* Vt tho l-nhe;
110 chambera, smith eapect. lloetlng. flailing, bathing.
Umnlbuato rail and boat. UocH gu-DuuBg*. Proprietor.
T UCERNE (near to).—Burgenstock Hotel.
A J Lakoof Four Cantona. :iT»ft. alt Undo. Grand acriufy.
View* «>f A1 i»b uiul lank*'. KecomreeiiiMHl by medical authontire*
Home comloiu. UriDi. UucUKtt l'rupr.
UCERNE.—Hotels 8chw«iteej*of aud
I.ucernerliof. High repntatlon. Recommended. Alwnya
open. Facing strain-boat pier. Near atatlon;Ootlmrd Railway.
Lift. American ayatem, at Lurcrnerliof. lUvags Faun**, Prop.
O STEND.—Hotel de la Plage. First-
clnsa extra family hotel near Kurnuil. English Church,
and bathing m.udiiiicx Renowned eulalne. Elegant apartment*.
L and O. Thom*. Proprietor*. Tariff on application.
O ST-END.—Grand HQtel d’Ostende on
the Digue, near Kureas!, and bathing machines. First-
class hotel, /eatmirnnt. Glerlcr !er ordre. l’ropra. Mattox
JlaucnaL.end'E. Waftxxa. of Brusael*.
S T E N D.—Grand HOtcl Continental.
_ Flr,t cla*a hotel, one ot the largest In Belgium. Facing
aea-battrturatatloni'nextUioKurreal. Engllali epoken. Table
d’h&te, re,taunant, billI.rd*, Cercled'Oitende (Club).
o
S;WISS BPCTERS from ALPINE PLANTS.
O Stouiachlc aud Sanitary Cordial; from a hygienic standpoint,
as Important as beer or wine. Cosmopolitan reputation.—A. F.
'Rkhxlkt, Manuf., Interlaken, ilruncli et Zurich, Parla, Milan.
\T E RMOUTH.—Francesco Cinzano and Co.
V Vermouth.combination A«tl Wine and Alpine herlla. with
quinine. Itefrealilng.tonic, and •llgi-.tive. Of Wine Merchant*.
andjr.XJINZANO and OO.. Corao lie Umberto. 10. Turin.
C
HO 0 0 L A T
AMSTERDAM
EXUIIUTIU.N. 18SJ.
M E N I E R.
Awarded
the
GRAND
mn.oMA of noxouR.
OHOCOLAT MENIER, in J lb. and J lb.
VV PACKETS.
For
BREAKFAST.
LUNCHEON, end SUITER.
/''1H0C0LAT MENIER.—Awarded Twenty
\J Eight
PRIZE MEDAIA.
Conauniption annually
•XCwIa X5.OQO.iOO lb.
QHOCOLAT MENIER.
Bold Everywhere.
Paris,
London.
New York.
JURY’S
QOCOA.
GOLD MEDAL.
Calcutta Exhibition, 1884.
TORY’S CARACAS COCOA.
-a "A moat delicious and valuable
article."—Standard.
PURE COCOA ONLY.
TORY’S COCOA EXTRACT.
A "8trlct!y pure, welly osalmllatrd."—
W. W. SnuioaBT. Anal.vat, lor Krutoi.
NINETEEN PRIZE MKDALS.
S CHWEITZER’S COCOATINA.
Anti-Dyafieptlc Cocroi or Chocolate Powder.
Guaranteed Pure Soluble Cocoa, w/tli exon* of Fat extracted.
Four tine, the strength of Cocoas Thickened yet Weakened with
Arrowroot. Starch, (te., and In reality rheaiwr.
The faculty pronounce II the mmt nutrilloiia. piTfrcth dircst-
Ive "leverage for "BREAKFAST. LUNCHEON: or MUPpEIC."
K'Tfu for year, I n al I Olimates Beijulrea no Ofioklng. A tea-
aimonful b- 1 Ireakfast-Ciip re»Unc lees than a h«lf|,. nny.
In Air-Tight Tln«. la fld..».. Ac . by Chemul* and Grocer*.
H.SCIIW F.ITZKB .ml CO.. Id, Adnin-riroi f. Mruud W O,
TYINNEFORD’8 FLUID MAGNESIA.
1 * The Iwat remeily for Aridity of the Stomach, Heartburn,
Heads' he. Gout, and Imllgeatlon. and anf.af aie-rlent for
delicate Cuuatltutloua, ladle*, end children. Of all LlieiulaU.
N
PERFECT HEALTH to STOMACH,
JL Lunge. Nerve*. Liver, IHourt. Brain, and llreath
JO MOHE MEDICINE or EXPENSE for
Old or Young,
D c
D c
D
_ _ __ _ _ __ llreath
rvaUimt without iiunUelne, fiurging, or expense. Ivy
Du Harry’* ilellchuia HevalenVa Arnhlca Food, which
Savva llltv time, lUoul In meillclnr.
BARRY’S KEVALIONTA ARABICA
FOOD and TUNIC BISCUITS. Which »hvo Invalid,
and children, mid also rear sUCCMefully infant*
whom ailments and dvblllly had real.tetl all other
Imraiiig mid Heal menu. 'I lie.v rr|mlr the inui-niia
mniitMimre tliri'iixliout the ayatem. and cure ellrrt-
iiiilly l>y«|»i|i,la. Indige-tUin, Cunatipntion. Con-
.iili.pthnv, CiVUgh, Ail limn. Catarrh, llinrrhwa.
Dyaentery. Nervous Debility. Typhus. Scarlatina.
Dlphthenai Enteric Fever, Mcaalva. Nettlrraali, end
other Eruption, of the Skin. Fever. Ague, and all
inlbiminutory Mild wasting disease*. Dr. Komli, the
lio.t Midi'iii Authority in Loudon, after analysing
sixteen other Fo. il«. lays:
BARRY’S FOOD is the BEST of ALL.
It boa saved many women nod children wasting with
atropliyand marked debility. HW.ouOcurr*. Including
thoM-of the late Emperor Nicholas, the Marchioness
of llri-han. Lord Stuart do Dcciee, Dr. Livingstone
and Mr. W. M. Stanley, tho African explorers, Dr*.
Ure. Wurxer, Ac.
EXTRACTS from 100,000 CURES of cases
-*-J which had resisted ell other treatments.
I DYSPEPSIA.—DU BARRY’S FOOD.
X/ Cure 100.316.—A dangerous Illness having left my
digestive organa too weak to assimilate ordinary
food of anykmdsuniclenttokeepraenllvo. I owe my
prerorvatlon to Du Barry's Food and Tonic Biscuit*,
on which liutMlitedfoT months.recovering A healthy
action of the stomach, anil strength and muscle, to
the astonishment of myself, my medical adviser, mid
friends.—Knwaan Wood, West Bank, Bolton, J unel4,
1883.
T\U BARRY’S FOOD.—NERVOUSNESS,
XJ DEBILITY.—With gratitude I testify to tho greet
efficacy of Bu Barry's Food in restoring and •ua >
talnlng health, haring taken It for NcrvoM,ness and
Weakness.—(Mrs.) E. Umxrrox, Upper Park, Ded¬
ham. March 9,1880.
TYYSPEP8IA.—DU BARRY’S FOOD haa
XA cured me of nightly sweatings, terrible Irritations of
the stomach, and bad digestion, which ‘had lasted
eighteen yeai,—J. Coui-sirr, Parleh Priest. 8L
Rental lie-lies-lies, Franco. • ^
TYTERVOUSNESS—DU BARRY’S FOOD.
J. V Cure of the SUrchloneas de ltrehoh. Vrreaille-. of
seven years' llrer complaint, sleepIwsrirM. fialpl-
tathrn. and tho most Intenre nerrunt agitation and
debility, rendering her unlit for reading or social
Intercourse.
TAEBILITY— DU BARRY’S FOOD has
XJ perfectly cured me of twenty years' dyspepsia,
Oppression, and debility, which prevented mydrros-
lire or uiulrvMhis myself, or maklngercii the slightest
effiirt.—Miwbuuo BonrtL o* (Jaubuxicti. Avignon.
/CONSUMPTION.—DU BARRY’S FOOD.
\J Consumptkun. Aethmu, Cough. Dropsy, Denfiuss. on
which 1 spent (hoiiuiulsof pnunil, during twcutnr-
flvo years in vain, have yielded to tills divine food,
and 1 am no# restawffto perfect health.—Air. Jims
Rq*g*ra. Wood Merchant;
TYYSPEPSIA. — CONSTIPATION. — DU
XJ HAItRY''8' FOOD.—Cure No. so.w. of fifty years'
Indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness,
asthma, cough, .ronstiiutiou. flatuUmcy, aputnit,
\ •Icknest.niul wmlting. by Du Harry's Food.—Mam*
y Jollv. Worilnim, Ling. Oct. 1*. 1850.
T IVER.—DU BARRY’S FOOD.—Liver
X/'N. complaint and diarrlnea. from which I had suffered
fearfully Tor two years, despite tho beat medical
treatment, have yielded to Du Bnrry'soxcellcutfood.
W.-Edic. Major, ll.M.S. uiiattadicu, London.
H ealth.—du barry’s food.
Consumption. Dinrrliam.Cramp. Kidney and Bladder
<- / Disorders.—Dr. Wurecr’sTreMmoolsI;—“ Du Barry's
Fi.kI supersede*, ill many cases, all kiudtuf mrellclnr*
It Is paitlcularly edi elite in cough, ostliiua. con.
sumption, indigestion (dyspepsia), a conllueil habit
of laxly, as kls» in iharrhir*. bowol complaints. In¬
'S. S flsnimstory Irritation, and cramp of tho urcthrs. tlio
kidneys and bladder, and luemorrhoids.—Dr. lton.
Wubxxr, Professor of Medicine, Bonn.
U BA R R Y’S F 0 0 D.—Pulmonary
Complaint.—Sindame II. de B.. In n hopeless state of
pulmonary consumption, took tlie HEVALKNTA
AHA1I1CA by advice of her physician. So rniiltl
and favourable was the change It produced In her
lirsllh that the dangerous perbal of her ronflnonirnt,
which her phytlcinn had predicted would bo fatal,
passed over Without danger or difficulty, though the
baby weighed sixteen pound,; and her buabainl can¬
not speak too highly of till* excellent Food, upon
which both hU wife anil child are now living.
D U BARRY’S F.0OD in KIDNEY
DISEASE/ '* It lias cured meof kidney dlscata, from
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which Imd resisted tho most careful medical treat¬
ment. and now. At file ago of uloety-fliree. 1 am
perfectly free from dtesease.''—Curt Leroy,Orveux,
France.. • . -
P ARALYSIS, CONSTIPATION, AND
HiKMORHIIOIDS. from which I suffered sixty years,
have entirely yielded to Du Barry's Food, and nun
now, ut * the age of < elglWv-llve. enjoying perfect
health.—Wii .mam 11 trXT, liarrider-st-Law, King's
College. Cambridge, Oct. 10.1849.
A CATARRH ON THE BLADDER,
with Its excruciating misery, hod resisted thegreatest
medical skill during eight long year*, but Du ltarry's
divine Iteisleuta Food cured it In an Incredibly
short time.—Dxoa, I*rofe*aor of Chemistry, Furls,
April 13. 18(3
F DYSENTERY, TYPHOID, AND
AGUE, I'And Du Harry'* Food worth Its weight In
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Burgeon fate of the Imperial Ottoman Army, Military
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O perfectly cared many years' fearful'pklns In tho
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A STHMA.—DU BARRY’S FOOD has cured
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hr ail. whirli caiimm! ber.orMlsigiW. »|ul loft her
•Inu.At without rtft—Ker. J. Monamikb* VAlgorge,
France-
SLEEPLESSNESS—DU BARRY’S FOOD
IO has cureil «y daughter.'who had suilered for two
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bllity. all epfcMneu/and a total 5 «lf|u*t on. and
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mu#el* and cheerfulness.—M. Dg-Morrioiris. Furls.
TNFANT8 1 SAVED l bV DU BARRY’S
X FOOD —Dr. F. W. Benrke. Professor of Medicine
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"I shall never forget that I owe Ui| preservation of
ono of my children to Da Barry rtood, 1» child
suffered-from complete .emaclutlun, with constMlit
vomiting'which resisted all meilicnl skill, nnd even
the greatest care of two wot-nurees. 1 tried llu
Barry's Food with the most lutonl.liliig sucres,. The
vomiting censed Immediately, and. after living on
this fond for ilx weeks, the baby WO» restored to the
most flourishing heulOi."
INFANTS’ PROSPERITY AND SLEEP.
1 Ever since 1 fed ray baby on I)U IlARItYW IIEVA-
I.KNTA FOOD lie develops wonderfully, being as
strong «* a child of twice his •*». He sleep. Mnndly
all night from eight p.rn. to eight a.in . without once
waking, and he nerer crle* during Ilia day.—Itoug
ilxui-xv. SB, VlmT-street. York.
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Gm English piano* ut the Universal Exhibition,
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GOOD
THE
IN T HE PARI8 8ALON, 1881
FROM THE PICTURE BY HARRY
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Aro. 9, 1881.—137
R O
DRAWN BY HAL LUDLOW
"Ilavenoino nlo, Squire f” said Parson Pen gold, genially.
OF SAND.
Author of
BY R. E. FRANCILLON,
Strange Waters," "Olympia," "A Real Queen," &c.
CHAPTER X.
THE THIRD TIME OP ASKING.
I'i'i'i'i'iViVi'iVi’iVi'i'iV
a
it did not strike tlio
former us being in
anywise peculiar, was
in reality singular in¬
deed — at least so it
would strike most
people. A guest who
has been violently as¬
saulted, and still more
violently insulted, does
not, ns a rule, continue
to make use of u hos¬
pitality that has been
so unpardonably out¬
raged. The temper
of Captain Quickset,
however, proved to be
simply and absolutely
sublime. So far from
shaking off from his
elegant shoes the dust
of Honiftcoinbe (of
which Mrs. Drax left
unfathomable accu-
mulationS) lHv remained to eat, drink, and sleep, as if to
have beeu called blackguard, cur, and coward, and to have been
shaken like a tat besides, meant nothing at all. A brave
man, who has proved his courago both in the field and at
twelve paces, may no doubt afford to put up with much that
an ordiuary man is hound to resent; still there seemed some-
thing almost unearthly about such superiority to the usual
infirmities of human ’ nature. A very Quaker of Quakers
would, one would think, have yielded to tho old Adnm under
such provocation; this British officer simply smiled, and
passed it by. Even if one ascribed his attitude to a magnn-
ous spi:
s, it doc
result of ; ^he. quarrel
between Francis Carew
rage, it does not become less admirable in the sense of less
wonderful; for the British Army was not, in those days,
officered by students of the arts which soften the manners and
forbid them to be brutal.
He must also have been supematurally superior, not only
to insults, but to ennui. He was no reader, no sportsman ;
and, now that his host was treating him with a contemptuous
silence, he had nobody with whom to exchange n word or a
card. Anyone would think that, sprain or no sprain, he would
have taken to his heels—for there was absolutely nothing for
him to do but drink, and he was no sot, whatever else he might
be. A man who always holds winning cards is no slave of the
bot tle, one may be sure. As for another visit to Nance Derrick,
that game had ceased to be worth the candle; or, more
literally, the amount of sand he would have to swallow on the
way, to say nothing of the certainty of another shaking. Yet
lie stayed on at Hornacombe, and showed no signs of loss
of self-respect in his bearing—perhaps he felt none. Host
imd guest met at dinner time, and then all the outward dis¬
comfort was on the former’s side. Francis hurried through his
beef or mutton, and escaped as soon as possible into his own
den or the open air. Quickset lingered, digested, and seemed
as much at ease as if he were in the most cheerful of company.
How he contrived to exist without talking was the most won¬
derful of all. But he did so, and altogether showed such a
capacity for adapting himself to circumstances that Francis
wellnigh eclipsed even his powers of self-control by not tam¬
ing him«mt of doors. Perhaps he must have done so, were
there not something altogether so incomprehensible, and
therefore beyond all ordinary relations between host and guest,
in the attitude of a brillinnt man of fashion, a companion of
dukes and duchesses, who, lor no imuginuble reason, con¬
tinued to bury himself alive at Homacombe, alone with a man
who laid insulted and chastised him, with nobody to speuk to,
with nothing to amuse him, and with nothing to do.
Of course there are always reasons why the finest of gen¬
tlemen may find it convenient for a time to remain in hiding.
But, even so, the whole united force of a man’s debts cannot
so completely crush the spirit out of a British officer that he
will contentedly cat the bread that is tossed to him out of
contempt any more than it will inspire him with miraculous
serenity. No—there was no accounting for tile mutter at all;
and with the purely unaccountable no man knows how to
deal, let alone Francis Carew, who had entered into that new
and wonderful world wherein no man any longer knows him¬
self, much less others. After all, could anything be one half
so wonderful ns the mere existence upon the face of common
earth of such a being as Mabel Openshaw ? Meanwhile, Captain
Quickset fell into a sort of routine. He rose very late ; dawdled
for a good horn- over a single mouthful of breakfast; had a
chat with Mrs. Drax : then, if it were rainy, he would make
an elaborate toilette and do nothing; if fairly fine, would make
an elaborate toilette and stroll on the winds— not the dunes,
but the fine, firm sands from which rose old Horueck’s steeple,
and which made the finest promenade in the world. Thence,
with a never-failing appetite, he returned to the beef or mutton;
disposed of a couple of bottles — or it might be three — in per¬
fect satisfaction with his own company; took a hand with
himself at “ patience ” ; and went to bed early. Nor could so
serene a spirit, exercised in such vigorous uir, fail to ensure
sleep enough to dispose of pretty nearly half its owner’s time.
But how Francis Carew got through the remainder of that
week he himself scarce knew. It was all a string of negatives.
He did not go to Derrick’s, because he was somewhat ashamed
of what had taken place there: and because also he was smart¬
ing under Quickset’s suggestions ns to his relations with
Nance: and because, finally, he felt very differently from
herefofore about the propriety of the Squire of Homacombe
putting ‘himself on an equality with his servant's daughter.
Nance was a good girl, of course; but—well, that was all tho
mare rcasan why her solitude should be respected; indeed,
he ought to have thought of all that long ago—so lie told him¬
self now. It was not a case of being off with tho old love
before being on with the new, because there was no old lov. .«>
be off with. Still she had unquestionably been a good deal in
his life while life wus not worth living, and even friendship
with another girl seemed incompatible with such exclusive
devotion as Mabel inspired. 1 rue, he had been on his way to tulk
with Nance when he quarrelled with the Captain ; but the whole
scene, as soon as his blood cooled, left an impression of
general disgust with everybody concerned, himself included
140.—THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON
THE CHOLERA AT TOULOlf:
SCENE ON TIIE QUAY
142
the illustrated London news
AUG. 0, 1881
NEW BOOKS.
Entertainment alternates with information, interest with
astonishment, to a very unusual extent, in the two volumes
entitled Russian Traveller* in Mongolia and China: by P.
Piasaetsky (Chapman and Hall), “ translated by J. Gordou-
Cumming.” The translation is readable enough, on the
whole, tliongh it does not uhvays go very smoothly, and doubts
occasionally arise of its accuracy. As for the uuthor, there is
nobeating about the bush with him; there is no wearisomo
introductory Uourisli; he at ouco plunges right into his sub-
jeet, and ut the bottom of the lirst page has already left
St. 1 etersburg (in March, 1874), taken leave of his friends at
Moscow, picked up two of his fellow-travellers, made liis way
to Nijni Novgorod, crossed the Volga, passed over theOural
mountains, reached Siberia, and hulted ut Tiumen, its first town,
rliis is expeditious travelling, even in print, but the uuthor is
evidently a conscientious man who wishes to spare his readers,
as far us ho can, whatever is at all irrelevant to tho real matter
in hand. So that at the top of the fifth pagej after a very
vexatious incident which might have prevented us from so
much as beginning our experience of China, for lack of that
which is the sinews of travel as well as of war, we find our¬
selves at Kiachtu, tho frontier town, where we Bhako hands
with “four Chinese,” who bring with them “a strong mid
disagreeable odour of garlic uud opium.” It appears tlmt the
Chinese pronounce Kiachta “ Tzaketou ”; a fact, if it bo a
fact, which deserves the attention of the gentry who advocate
phonetic spelling. At the end of the first chapter we puss
our first night in Mongolia, a country in which, it
appears, “one must not be too exacting on the subject
of cleanliness, or pay any heed to the insects swarming
on the ground.” About flfteeu months will elapse, and a
great deal will be seen, heard, said, done, and suffered—
especially suffered, before we reach the end of the second
volume, and, regretting that we have no map with us all tho
way, or any of the way, leave “ the official members of the
expedition'' to adjust their differences as they proceed on
their road to St. Petersburg to give an account of their
mission. But, if we have lmd no map, we have, ou the other
hand, had a host of illustrations, not countless, of course, but
noticeably numerous, to enliven uud elucidate
THE BROWNINGS.
Readers who have been scared from the study of Mr. Browning’s
poetry by “ Red-Cotton-Nightcnp ” or “ Prince Hoheiis tiel-
Schwaugau ” muy bo ullured back to it by tho new edition of
Select ions from Robert lirownino's Poetical Works, First and Second
Series (Smith, Elder, aud Co.). There are several reosous why
this poet s works should be studied. First, because, according
to a distinguished member of a society tlmt bears his name,
“ Browning is undoubtedly the profouudost intellect tlmt has
arisen as a poet since Shakspenre; ” and next, because, if the
reuder does not know and love this poet, it is said to bo an
unmistakable evidence of his own incapacity. However, if ho
bo not a confirmed disciple, it may comfort him to bo told
that one of the warmest admirers of this great master stands
aghast arid bewildered at the poems published since 1868, and
that ho is not asked to admire indiscriminately the muny
volumes published in Mr. Browning's name. All great poets
need to be read again and again before it is possible to tip-
predate and enjoy their labour's. There is, however, this
difference between Mr. Browning and poets like Chaucer,
fcjhakspeare, and Wordsworth. In the latter instances
we gain exquisite delight even ou a first perusal, a de¬
light which is increased as our knowledge deepens; in
the case of Mr. Browning, tho lirst reading of u poem is loo
often more of a puzzle than a pleasure. Of course we are
bound to believe tlmt the fault lies with us, and not with tho
poet; but the fact remains, and, indeed, is recognised, for it is
stated in an address delivered at the inaugural meeting of the
society^ that “every poem of Browning must bo read three
tunes, ’ not, be it observed, to cuhunce one’s enjoyment, but
‘to be understood.” That tho labour demanded from Mr.
Browning will be repaid no one can doubt; and in the volumes
before us there are many poems which exact no more than
every one is bound to pay who is brought into contact with an
original thinker aud a creative mind. Mr. Browning is never
likely to be a populur poet, but he has written some popular
poems, aud many more which, if they cannot be called popular.
appeal to the highest aspirations of the intellect, to the deepest
feelings of the heart. The fact that in different parts of
Greater Bri tain ’ ’ twenty societies are engaged in studying and
, --e the nnrra’tive. expounding his works testifies to Mr. Browning’s vast influence,
*°r these illustrations, it would seem, we are indebted to tho tnou ° h m »}’ not be altogether to tho credit of his lucidityN
It is fitting and pleasing to notice, in company with the
a J ) , OV( -> two small volumes of a Selection from the Works of
•*iwa*.***v*v»* 0 , ji nttm, are inucuicu to tno
author, who appears to be a doctor, au artist, aud a writer, all
in one, anti to be equally able in each capacity. To his lancet
aud to his pencil, to say nothing of pills and paint, he
owed much of the consideration he commanded, the favour
lie obtained, and the safety he secured, as wpll ns the
danger lie sometimes incurred, during his long and adventurous
journey ; and, to judgo from his example, the best passport
anybody can carry in a strange country and among uncivilised
people is a knowledge of medical practice and a proficiency
iu draughtsmanship—unless, perhaps, the gift of tongues be
as good as either or bettor than both. And yet nothing surely
can be better than the divine art which relieves pain, ad-
ministers healing, and turns a Caliban into the most grateful
und gentle of willing servitors. As the couteutoof the volumes
are to all intents and purposes the notes taken from day to
day for a period of something like fifteen months, it will bo
sufficient to state that readers who desire to know as much as
passibio about Mongolia and the Mongols, China mid the
Chinese, whether iu cities or towns, such os Pekin aud Kalgau
or in suburbs and waste plucks, where the people live
the life of nomads in tents, will have their curiosity assuaged
if not appeased and satisfied, by a plentiful supply of the
most singular and interesting details, pleasant and unpleasant
Unpleasant, for instance, it is to read (at page 95 of the first
volume) that “ there is a straight roud across the imperial city
which considerably shortens the way, but, unfortunately, it u
forbidden to Europeans since an Englishman wantonly de¬
stroyed a statue.” An account of a dinner at u Chinese
restaurant may be worth studying, tlmt the venturesome who
have dined a la Chinoise at “ the iiealtheries,” or elsewhere
may compare experiences with tho author, who enumerates
more than a dozen courses, with desert besides, from
swallow's nest soup” to “ bladders of fish roasted, boiled
- cabbage stuffed with chestnuts, roast mutton and pigs’ feet
with ham and holothuriaus” (sea-slugs?). Holothuriaus, be
it known to whomsoever it may concern, "resemble leeches ”
and the Chinese eat them “ with avidity.” There was a want
of harmony, it is sad to relate, among the members of the
expedition aud their chief, and tlie author evidently felt tlmt
he was an injured being; but this detracts very little, if ut all.
from the vulue as well us attractiveness of his narrative.
Elisabeth Barrett Browning, issued by tho same publishers.
Mrs Browmug, who died ut Florence in 1861, had a powerful
genius for lyric poetry ; and a nobler spirit bus never found
expression in English verse, nor one more fully possessed with
the lughest conceptions of human dignity and moral duty,
bhe hud an intense faith iu the Christian ideal of life, in tho
Divine sanction of truth and right, and iu die progress of man-
kmd, of nations ns well ns individual souls, towards the
loftiest standard of excellence, in which view she sympathised
courageously with the best efforts of social and political
reform in the present nge. Living with her husband in Italy
during those years of tho protracted national struggle for
liberty which only gained a secure grouuu of final suc-
cess just before her death, slie spent nearly her latest
efforts m those “ Poems before Congress,” after the com¬
promise of Villafranca, which helped, iu spite of some
crudeness of literary form, alxl the wildness of her ad-
miring enthusiasm for the French military instrument
of Italian purposes, to awaken some English minds to the
crisis that was then imminent, on the eve of Garibuldi's heroic
achievements in SicilyfiSd Naples. But she had already, so
fur back us 1851, in her great poem of “ Casa Guidi Windows,”
opened to view the whole prospect of the actual condition, the
Ircsh sacrifices and sufferings, the unconquerable resolves aud
undying hopes ofItaly, throwing upon it the Btrong light of
intimate knowledge Buffused with a passionate ardour for the
vindication of a glorious cause. Mrs. Browning loved wlmt
she approved, and hated what she thought false and wrong
80 , v eheniently x that she could never bo a philosophical
poet, still less a merely jesthetic poet, or a mild sentimentalist
ummblv content to aclofn the common topics of idyllic fancy.
.She felt roused to stem iudignation in the dark days which
some of Ms remember, when Hungary, Italy, and Poland were
prison-houses and chambers of torture for all the lovers of
their country, and when both France and Germany hud been
deprived, for a time, of their hopes of freedom. Much that
she then wrote has long ceased to bo applicable to the present
atate^of Europe, but it is well that it should find place in this
Selection. * Aurora Leigh ” is not included here, though it
coutnina^Bbnie of her profoundest thoughts upon social
questions ailectmg her own sex, and is likely to be studied
with earnest attention in the present and in future times The
two volumes contain a very large number of the author's
earlier and shorter poems, some of which nro of abiding interest,
and worthy of her imaginative genius, as well as of her brave
uud generous spirit. Their versification is fur smoother and
^ The contents of the volume are, for the most part
the pure, unadulterated, iinmollified letters of tbree brotliers'
good specimens of “our boys," who went out to Texas to seek
visit, and, scorning tobetreated^ tfi " t ' d ° f her , - la .^ compositions which treat* of
accommodation had been found in a neighbouring farm-house her ? rtninly betr «y«l
insisted upon roughing it with her young brothers in their n,™ ' l « v k . e8 tinmtcs of contemporary public
camp. The letters are “ awfully ” s Ld, and moSstriicSve if! “ f ! * Ntt P oleon I1L 111 ^aly,” though iu her
than a sermon, a lecture, and an essay all rolled into one- ,? r st,ain ’ was un enormous mistake, the rapturous
nml the best of it is that they ^ h v°ivn P as8 excitement, soon to be
cooled by experience of the real situation of affairs.
THE CHURCH.
The Queen has intimated to the Church of England Young
Men’s Society that she will be happy to give the name
of the “ Leopold Church of England x ouug Men’s Uooius ”
to tho institution ubout to bo foruiod as a centre for the society.
The Archbishop of York held a levee of his clergy on
Thursday week.
Tho Archbishop of Canterbury 1ms left London. Business
letters for his Grace may be addressed to tho Resident Chaplain,
Addington Turk, Croydon.
Tho Bishop of Rochester has left England on his way to
the Rocky Mountains. Letters of importance should bo ad¬
dressed to his secretary, Mr. A. J. Day, 28, Great Georgc-
Btrect, \\ estmmster, 8.W. The Bishop expects to be back
the first week in October.
The Bishop of Truro has made au appeal ou behnlf of the
building fund of tho new cathedral.
The Archdeacon of Middlesex, ou behalf of the parishioners
of Christ Church, Lancuster-gute, has presented tho Bishop of
ltipon with a cheque for £500, aud intimated that some plate
would bo sent to ltipon. The Rev. S. Bickerstcth, the Bishop’s
chaplain, has been presented with a gold watch uud £170.
The Rev. Canon Thynne, Rector of Kilkhumpton, Corn¬
wall, has been presented with u silver tea service by his
purisliionors, in Celebration of his silver wedding.
The last service at the Temple Church before the Long
\ oration tools place last Sunday. The church will remain
closed uh$il Sunday, Oct. 5.
Tile Company of Merchant Taylors have gruuted ten
guineas in uid of the Thames Church Mission.
TJ lol ^. G ’F- A* .B’ii'th, M.A., Oxford, senior curate of
8t. Mary s Kedcliffe, Bristol, hua been appointed Minor Canon
of Ely Cathedral.
Last week the corner-stone of the new church of St. Diouis,
Parson’s-greeu, Fulham, was laid by Miss Daniel.
/♦The foundation-stone was laid recently of -new schools for
tne parish of Upton, near Chester, by Miss Anne llumberstou.
_>hey aro to he presented by her and her family to the villuge.
The Rev. Alfred R. Clemens, Curate of St. Botolph,
AlderSgatc, has been appointed chapluin and head-master of
tho London Orphan Asylum, Watford.
■n V ie £ cv r Dr ' Liddon, being the Cuuon in residence at St.
laul s Cathedral during the prescut mouth, will occu»»y tho
pulpit on tho Sunday olternoous.
The Merchant Taylors’ Company have given ten guineas to
the Loudon Diocesan Lay Helpers’ Association, to assist them
m the work in connection with the Diocesan Mission, 1881-5.
The Dean of Westminster having left, town for some weeks,
communications respecting the Abbey should be addressed to
the Canon in residence.
The Iicv. Professor Westcott will give a series of lectures on
Lessons of tliu Revised Version of tho Few Testament,’’ in
Westnuuster Abbey, on Friday afternoons of tho present
month, immediately after the afternoon service.
There was a large gathering at Ely on Thursday week at
the opening and dedication of the additions to the buildings of
of tho theological College. It is now complete iu ull its parts,
with ample accommodation for about twenty students, with
rooms for principal, vice-principal, aud chaplain. The Church
is indebted to the Bishop of Ely’s liberality for this work, und
wo undenitand he hus spent nearly £1U,OOU upon the structure
and in gifts to the bursarial fund to help students.
A military touruuweut aud bazaar iu aid of the fund now
being raised for the restoration of tho old church at Woilutou
was opened on Monday at Wollatou Park, Nottingham. Pre¬
parations for the event were made ou a liberal scale.
The magnificent five-light cast window of Mossley church,
near Manchester, has been filled with Munich stained glu.»s to
the memory of the lute J. M. Kershaw, J.P., of Aslitou-under-
Lyue. lhe artists are Messrs. Mayer und Co.—At Kilk-
liuuipton. North Cornwall, on the festival of i$t. James, two
suuned-glass windows, given by the Misses Cole, of Exeter, iu
memory of their purents, were uncovered iu the parish church.
An eitective Munich window, in memory of tho late Henry
Christopher Sclmef, Esq., of Moruex, Haute Savoie, lias beta
placed at the east end of the Church of the Holy Trinity
Geneva, by Messrs. Mayer and Co. ’
n™°i D v- ke of Leeds 1ms appointed the Rev. Charles C.
Oldfield, y ieur of Minclnn-Hampton, Gloucester, to the living
of Hurt lull, near Sheffield, York, of tho value of £600 a
yeur, vacant by tho death of the Rev. George F. Hudson •
Earl Cudogun has appointed the ltov. Robert Eyton Sub-
,. _ . . that they were not “ wriReii for pub¬
lication but without the slightest i^x|l^ritW^ould ever
get into print. At the time when the eldestbrother
Started on Ins venture, it was customary in the Northern
, . ! 8 °f 1,10 American Union to use the term “G. T T ”
which Stands for “Gone to Texas,” to describe the fate of’a
youngster who, as we have it, had “gone to the>dogs ; ” and
our Iransatluntic cousins imi^ still apply the words in tho
8e V 8 «n Jt K quite P lll * u * however, that au English
youth of the nght sort, not inclined to “drift away to
the gambling und drinking-saloons,„ 0 (o
wi thout going to the domOhmigli iie mV have to work like a
hf 1 ? 1,0 he caJjjmk.* moo- than a bare livelihood.
w would have to be very steady and
dollars a year oat of his wages
winch is scarcely an encouraging
wriileri next hi cliiefncss thinks that
chief writer,
economical to savb a
as herder orifami-Iii
prospect ” ; kjiml the
ever, that appears to bo quite a certainty
omi! hiuour for enterprising youths,
rioniiunigs/ n< the editor remarks. “ which will
the utmost.” But let inquirers read the
mui'pendc-nt opinion.
Po^r i vfi" n, r ,ll r, nm ‘ h hy tho f^nmUtee Of the
\S, Society for the production of
NolemLr , t arsl “ f , at tb ® opening of their season in
November next, when they will have the assistance of four of
the distinguished German artistes who were selected by the
TJiTi '\ a - nor for tho original performances of the work,
giveu under his own direction ut Beyrouth.
KEWARD8 FOR GALLANTRY.
The Royal Humane Society have awarded their medal to
I. Devon aged ten, for suving Mary Arnold and Mary Jones
young children, on the sands east of Burry Port Harbour
Carmarthenshire. Hector M’Clellan. aged thirteen, has also
been awarded the medal for plunging off the quay at Great
btoneliouse, with his clothes on, and rescuing two children
Among the other recipients of the medals are Quarter¬
master Be l, of H.M.8. Vivid, for saving \y. F. Hawke; on the
occasion of u collision which occurred ut Dovouport; Mr. J. II,
Hunison, for saving J. Triuiminghum in the Fos’dykc Fen
Boston, Lincoln; J. Prescott, A.B., of HMH
S ">ip,
/. ^ ,V ■» . iucnarus, OI lllc
, i U ‘. re ,?- f ‘>f o gallant attempt to save n boy in the
v Main Curd “ I , : Y' ,Iu r VOod ’ n ® ed Biirteen, for saving
’ ® 1 7*!V iu the C,u,al nt Stourbridge; J
ligg, for saving G. M'Vny in the River Eden, Carmarthen;
Lance-Corporal Sexton, 2nd West Riding Regiment, for
viaiPr&n' 0 n °* tlle '.'. nrd who is about to
visit Co^iithiigen Alderman Nr A. Lusk will perform the
mayoral duties at thoMausion House.
Sir Robert Rawlinson C.B., will preside ut tho autumn
congress of tho Sanitary Institute of Great Britain, to be held
ut Dublin from Sept. 50 to (Jet. 1. ' 1
• .'i.i 7. ^ ^oueon u-usiees linve ap-
ponited the Rev. WilRam Pearson, Vicar of Durnall, near
felieflield, to the important living of Shipley, near Bradford,
vacant by the death of the Rev. William Kelly. It is of the
vnluo of £426 a year.—The Rev. W. A. Pope, of Rcdbournc.
has been appointed by the Bishop of St. Albans’ Vicar of
Tlumatcnd, Herts. .
THE CHOLERA AT TOULON.
The scene at niglit on the Quay of the Violle Darse at Toulon
during the recent cholera panic in that town, is represented
in our Illustration, from a Sketch by M. Guyot. In front of
the colossal bronze statue of tho “ Genius of Navigation ”
standing upon a white marblo pedestal, with a rudder-oar In
his right baud, and pointing with his raised left hand to tho
Mediterranean Sea, crowds of excited townspeople stood
around the great fires, mostly of pitch, kmdled by order of
the municipal authorities to purify the air. Some were dis¬
tressed or alarmed, others put on u show of wild festivity uud
reckless gaiety, dancing in a circle about the fire, singing
mid screaming and throwing squibs or crackers over tho
pavement. 1 ho flames rose to a height of fifteen or
twenty feet, with huge volumes of black smoke, and
5J“25 a ^ rcu e ,a "? on «S ,ir «8 and faces of the tumultuous
croud. It was the opinion of the medical and sanitary
advisers of the local government tlmt this kind of distraction 7
while restrained from acts of mischief, would huve a beneficial
effect on the general health of the lower classes of inhabitants
Wmng the predisposition to be infected with the cholera’
which is supposed to seize more readily upon persons in a
moody and depressed state of mind. The morbSity and the
number of cases in hospital at Toulon have rapidly diminisl -<l
in the past two weeks; but the deaths from cholera in S
weeks, from Juno *20- to- July 84, amounted to 728. Tho
people who had lied from the town began to return
last week, und many of tho shops and factories w«-ro
reopened as before. At Marseilles, where about Moo
persons liad died of cholera up to tho end of last week the
of the harbour, us well us of tlio dwellings in
the some of the poorer districts of the &TS5tS
mc-reased the ruvages of the disease. Cholera still r,L
lation. At Avignon, at Aix, and other towns in tho south-
eastem depoitmeiita of Fruuce, it bus broken out with severity.
AUG. 9, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
143
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IRISH CAMBRIC
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Indies'. 2s. lid.; Gents’. 3s. lid.
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M
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PARQUET FLOORING.
PARQUET can now be supplied to any
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(including laying and polishing) for surrounding with Parquet
a Ptriittti, Turkey, Indian, or Square Carpet being £3.
OTIO E.—6000 Pieces Manufacturers’
Best Brussels at 3*. per yard, but not newest patterns.
NOTICE.—MAPLE and CO. have SPECIAL
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“PATENT WOVEN WIRE MATTRESS.”
THE WOVFN WIRE MATTRESS is a strong and wonderful fabric of fine
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This Mattress is, in fact, a complete appliance for all purposes of REST nnd
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MAPLE & CO., Manufacturers of First-class Furniture, London and Paris.
»J>HE VICARAGE DINING-ROOM SUITE, Old
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waruert |.wt-freo, together with
the llluntrnted Prlce-I.l.t. eon-
talntn* sao Engraving*. film.
trntlng tho raixt fashionable nml
becoming atvlei of Coatumn for
Gentlemen, Itoya.aml Ladle
QAXLIC TAR” SUIT,
. v For HOYS of
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“JACK TAR” SUIT,
“TAR” SUIT,
1 “SAVOY” SUIT, 1
"ETON
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For BOYS of
For
For BOYS of
For BOYS of
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LITTLE GIRLS.
1 3 to 11 years. 1
0 to 17
years.
“HUSSAR” JACKET,
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Hrahlcd. from .. .. Bit. id.
Braided xml Trlmrard1 ^
Wool Aitruchxu. from) la *' “*•
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AUG. 9, 1884
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AUG. 16, 1884
146
of their wits. A rush for the doors was happily obviated ;
but it would havo been prim justice l)ftd the tiro preventive
occasioned an excited exodus, with fatal results.
There lately died «t Paris the Princess de la Moskowa,
widow of Ed par Ney, youngest son of the “bravest of
the brave,” and Grand Huntsman to tlio Into Emperor
Napoleon III., from whom he received the title of Prince
de In Moskowa on the death of his eldest brother, in 1807.
The second brother, who was the Due d’Elchingon, died
during tho Crimean War, und his son. tlio second Due
d’Elchinpcn, came to a mysterious end a few years ago.
It was tho first Prince do "in Moskowa s daughter who
bocamo so painfully conspicuous in the public ]Minors
by reason of tho ruin in which she was involved
With her husband, the Due do Persigny. A great
name 1ms seldom been associated with so much of tho
brilliant and tho sombre, of fortune and misfortune.
Tho late l’riuccss do la Moskowa had two husbands in
succession, and each of them was tho son of a hero who
had boon shot; her first husband was the son of General
Lubedoyere, who was tried by court-martial and shot, and
her second was Edgar Ney, whoso father met tho
same fate under similar circumstances. To complete
tho strange story, Mademoiselle Cecile Ney d’Elchingcn,
grand-daughter of tliefirst Due d’Elcbingen. lately married
a great-grandson of ex-King Murat, which ex-King
was also tried by court-martial and shot. Tho last case
looks liko sympathy extending to tho third and fourth
gcueration.
Brighton races nro evidently not what they were,
though they are still financially successful and niulti-
tudinously attended. Tho Cup last week was turned into
a mile handicap, with 500 60 vs., commonly colled a
“ monkey,” added to a sweepstakes; and the tendency of
tho ago is towards handicaps, distances of not more than
a mile, and “ added” money: nevertheless only three very
moderate performers appeared at tho post. Tho days are
past when the Brighton Cup, then represented by a *• Gold
Cup, value 100 gs., given by JI.R.1I. tho Prince of
Wales,” would bo won by such a grand horse us Orville,
sou of Beningbrough, or such a grand mnro ns Mctcorr,
daughter of Meteor, and when the “ First Gentleman *
would ho driven on to the course (dressed in a green cout
and very tight nankeen pantaloons) in his own four-horse
} diacton, with Dr. Johnson’s young friend, .Sir John Lade;
tart., for coachman. The Cup has certainly since those
days been Avon by an Isononiy and a Mario Stuart, but it
was then Avorth more than 100 gs. ; nnd now SOOsovs. are
not a sufficiently poAverful bait. Perhaps tho old style of
sportsmen weroAveak-minded enough to value the Cup on
account of the donor; and that sentiment may oa*cu now
be not altogether extinct.
Somebody from time to timo “ bestrides tlie narroAv
world, like a Colossus,” Avhethcr a Cirsur, or a Napoleon,
or a Bismarck ; but there is no reason why AA'e English¬
men should “ creep under his huge legs and peep about,
To find ourselves dishonourable graves.” The newspapers
seem to attach rather moro importance than they need to
the frowns and smiles of Prince Bismarck, so far as
England is concerned. Suppose ho is angry Avith us,
suppose lie did instruct Count Munster to withhold tho
favour of his countenance from Lord Granville at the
Conference, avo uro very sorry, of course; but he can bo
angry if lie pleases. Wo Avere not to be bullied by
Colossus Napoleon; and it is to bo hoped that avc are not
to be bullied by Colossus Bismarck. Besides, it is
far more likely that the Germans declined to interfere at
tho Conference lest they should appear to wantonly
oppose France, than because they wore offended Avith us.
August, lot people say Avhnt they Avill, is tho
glorious, tho ripest of months, if only it bo fine Avcuth
It is tho mouth for tho lotus-eaters, a month Ayhcn i
ahvuys seems afternoon, a month Avhen overyt
on a liiclloAV, inoonliko tinge, Avithout the moonli
frigidity. August is, par excellence, tlio fruitful month;
and the French Itepublicans were lighteyfcodub jt
Fructidor. \
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There are really plenty of funny thiufts in life, if only
one had spirits to enjoy them. For mstinmirtHe Koval
Proclamation against immorality, of which av<: hrtvcjieard
so much lately, came out first under tlioAuspieesof Charles
tho Second ; nud gentlemen Avholuse their ' money by
“backing the favourite ”<^at a hurse-ruco/'(of Avliich
frequent and striking cases occurred at Brighton last
week) uro culled “the talent.” This is severe, but fucetious.
Mention is mado of a certain Saiim-itu Dora Castillunos,
who is saul to have beaten a crack fencing-master of
Madrid Avith the foils the other day, aQ& the fact has been
commented upon as Jfnfenmng xyCro a now exercise for
~ trt, if thero x be still an Angelo in
gelo of the old “school of
ioVvould probably be able to
ago received lessons in
acquitted thomsclves very
Tlio CroAvn Pnnco and Princess of Prussia, Avith their
family, Avent to Shnnklin last Aveck in the Alberta, Avliich
lay off in the bay while the Royal visitors spent an hour
or t aa'o Avith Prince und Princess Hermann of Saxe-Weimar
at the Spa Hotel. Ten years ago the Prussian Royalties
were present, at the opening of a uoav organ at St. Saviour’s-
on-the-Cliff, und they not only seemed pleased on Thurs¬
day to greet an old acquaintance in tlio person of tho
Vicar, lmt noted the many improvements Avliich havo been
made since their last visit to that lovely spot.
Apropos of the inauguration of George Sand’s statuo
on the 10th at La Clmtrc, is a curious little anecdote about
her. She once conceived an intense admiration for a
German eomi>o.ser, nnd wrote for him tho libretto of an
opera. Not being very familiar Avith the French language,
the musician went conscientiously to work and set every
phraso to music, not omitting tho stage directions. At last
the gifted authoress was invited to come to a rehearsal;
but Avlien she heard a chorus of villagers singing ‘ ‘ He
goes out by the bnck door, He goes out by the hack
door," sho snatched up her manuscript and departed.
Nothing more AA r as heard of her ojieru, nnd it is not recorded
whether the composer regretted his lost labour.
Sir Robert Peel is a bravo man, nnd, in snito of tlio
gout, is preparing to wage war against the Royal Academy.
What, ho nsks, becomes of its funds f They cannot all be
spent on tlio annual dinner and soiree. And why does it
never produce a statement of accounts ? And Avliy docs it
charge a shilling a hend for admission to its exhibitions '?
These are pertinent questions, and, in tliesg days of ehnnge,
perhaps tho Academy will have to submit to disestablish¬
ment. Even if it be so, true art will survive tho disruption.
Silk culture bids fair to become one of tho most lucra¬
tive homo industries of tho United States. Congress has
devoted a sum of fifteen thousand dollars to its encourage¬
ment, und it is hoped iluit the-head-quarters may ho at
Washington. At present there is a great lack of mulberry-
trees, and of tho Osage orange, Avhich is next best for tho
food of silkAA'onns ; but ladies are purchasing plots of laud,
nnd planting them, Avith tho intention of devoting tlicm-
seh-cs eatircly to raising silkAvorms and attending to tho
cocoons. _
Carlsbad, that hoalth-Bcstoring resort in the Erz
Mountains, is this season unusually free from English and
Aniorican visitors. Besides Lady Hardinge Gifford
and Mr. McCullough, the American tragedian, all tho
foreigners are either Russians or French. Perhaps
tlio fear of cholera prevents people from travelling
through the Continent to^tho Bohemian village Avhore
canaries and bullfinches are as common as sparrows in a
Avhent field.
Although Ave are accustomed in England to sec many
plays avoAvedly adapted or translated from tho French or
German, it is unusual for modem English dramas to ho
either translated! or performed on the Continent. This dis¬
tinction Avill shortly bo conferred on “ Cluudiau,” Messrs.
Wills and-Herman’s poetical play. Aii-nugements have
been mado for its production later in this autumn at tho
Friedrich Wilhelm Strasse Theatre in Berlin, and uftcr-
Avards in Paris, possibly at the Gyinuuse. Thero is no
rcuson Avhy a Roman condemned to perpetual youth and
beauty should bomore popular speaking English than
German or French.
wotueu to take up.
existence in Englau
arms ” in St. Jam
tell how
fencing froi:
eredita'"
When
to a tiro
chaigO/Of^playl
ill-sorts of nCAvre.
31 '
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jo many lives were lost oAving
ntal theatre, the officials avIio have
In this country became very busy,
tions Avere made, some theatres were
und hardly any place of amusement
tive inspection Avithout having to snb-
ctural alterations. Amongst tho most heartily
upproviki of. innovation Avas an iron curtain. That it
would shutout from the audience a fire on the stage is
obvious, but the danger admittedly arises not so much
from the fire itself as from a panic amongst tho spectators,
avIio, in their anxiety to escapo, crush and trample one
another to death. At tho Court Opera-House, Vienna, on
Friday last a new danger presented itself. The iron
curtain fell with a terrible crash, causing a denso cloud of
dust to rise, and naturally frightening tho audience out
Mr. Charles Comte, the AA-ell-known directoV of tho
Bouffcs-Parisieiis, and son of tho celebrntod physician of
that name, died on Monday. His Avife was a daughter of
Offenbach: and those who remember how gaily tho mar¬
riage Avas celebrated at tho Villa Orplice, at Ebpetat, also
remember Iioav tho bride’s father loft the dinner-table,
from time to timo, till at last one or twb/giiestg followed,
and saw him goto the piano, Avhero he Worked at a few
bars of the “Bergers,” Avhich was thopiece Avith Avhich
tho Bouffes reopened after its njutugj^ holiday.
Fire is no respecter of persons or of Avorks of art, and
has just played Mndnmp Sarah Bernhardt u very unkind
trick. She left home lust week for ai'Short Sojourn at Euux
Bonnes, and could Scarcely hayh reached tho raihvay
station Avlien a servant discovered that tho bed curtains in
tho room she had just quitted Ayero on tire. It avhs sjx*edily
extinguished, and the drapery .will lie easily replaced, hut
smoke and flame lmvc cruelly injured the beautiful ceiling
painted by Georges Cluirin Avitli “ Tho Triumph of
Venus.” 7 f ~ _ \
The tvA'o new salons at the /Louvre containing the col¬
lection left by-tlio dateM./T^icrs to liis compatriots Avere
oj>ened on Friday last week, and can hardly be considered
a valuable,addition to the national treasures. There are
about tAventy mediocro copies from Michael Angelo,
Raphael, LeomtrdoycjA Vinci, Rubens, and Titian, a
quantity of Chmese porcelains, pictures, and bronzes, somo
enamels, iA-ories, ana lacquers, and a fow snuff-boxes. At
one timo Mdllje^ Doimg/contemplated adding to theso
valuables a necklace formerly avoiii by her sister, the Avife
of tho “ little great man,” but was fortunately dissuaded.
That thieves are sometimes ingenious in other crafts
besides their oAvn has just been proved at Kartliaus, in
ohetnia, A\*liere a young man aa-Iio is sorA’ing a term of five
yeuitf iinprisonineiit for robbery lias, AA’ithout the aid of a
single tool, constructed a watch Avhich will go for six
'‘lours Avithout winding up. It consists of morsels of
bread and straw, two needles, a pin, and a piece of paper
the dial plate. _
National predilections sundve long, and the French
Canadians are devoting themselves to the culture of tho
ediblo frog. Tlio hind quarters being cut off in tlio most
approved manner, are sent across the frontier, und form a
new delicacy in the huge cities of tho United States,
where they arc highly appreciated.
What is the Avorld coming to in tho Avay of amuse¬
ments ? Lust Aveek a goodly gathering of “ notables” in
art and culture were conveyed by special train to a
friend’s house in the country whore gifted musicians and
singers woke the echoes of the park Avith voice and
melody: poems Avere recited by well-known elocutionists,
and scones from popular plays were acted by some of the
fclite of the world behind tlio footlights. All this avus
sensible and delightful; but uoav comes in the bathos.
“Under tho grceuAA'ood tree” Avere quantities of largo
blue jars containing soap-suds and flanked by bundles of
long clay pipes, nud tho exquisites avIio lounged on tlio
turf seemed to think that blowing soap-bubbles avus tho
most delightful pastime under the sun !
A curious story is being told of two prominent per¬
sonages who met and became acquainted by the merest
chance. About two years ago a couple of Frenchmen who
found themselves in Spain were unwilling to go northward
again without visiting Morocco. Thero avhs, hoAvever,
only one boat available for crossing the strip of sea that
separates the Payniin from the Christian country ; but
gentlemen easily como to terms, so they shared it, and
each finding the other a pleasant companion, they made
their excursion together and returned as they went. Tlio
acquaintance did not. cease there, for they met again in
Paris, and ns one of the twain Avas Prince Napoleon, avIio
had been travelling under tlie name of Comte do Moncalieri,
and the other M. Andriciix, sometime French Ambassador
ut Madrid, it may prove to be a case in which “ great
eA’onts from little causes spring.”
The Earl of Aylcsford, ono of tho first of our nobility
whe'eifibarkbd in cattle-farming in America, left England
(oof^Pfibsaay last by the Whito Stir steamer Adriatic, en
jotito for his ranehe in Texas. His Lordship, avIio unfor¬
tunately broke his leg on Derby Day, eleven Aveeks ago,
has-nbfc yet rccoA'cred tho use of his disabled limb, and
avus carried into tho train and steamer. lie was accom¬
panied by liis youngest brother, the Hon. Clement E.
Finch, who has also became a Texan cattle farmer.
CoAA’es during tho Regatta week is supposed to bo tho
Enchanted Bay for yachtsmen, and maybe the estimate is
not too high for tlio fresh-water sailors with oA-ery luxury
that modem ingenuity can devise on board, and Avith a
club as Avell fitted as any London house on shore. But
the small croft, of which there Avas an extraordinary largo
number, fared badly at Cowes last week. Despite its
proximity to Royalty, and its possession of tAvo such im¬
portant neighbours as Southampton and Portsmouth,
Coavcs is by no means a go-ahead place. It sleeps fifty-
one weeks of tho year, and all but dozes on the fifty-
second. On the great, day, the Thursday, the thermometor
stood at 88 cleg, in the town’s stifling streets, and on the
bay thero was scarcely a ripple. The great yachts, Avith
their refrigerators, their ice-making machines, and their
bakeries, Avere comfortable enough, but it was pitiful,
albeit ludicrous, to see the faces of tho occupants of the
dinghies attached to tlio lesser vessels as they returned
from marketing. Ice absorbed by the hotels, milk not to
ho had, butter (rntlier oil) in profusion, hut not in
demand, noAV bread all ordered before it could bo taken
from the oven, nnd what staff of life there remained
requiring the ship’s sow at loast to make an impression on
it. Delicacies were, of course, beyond the question, and
small wonder avus it that numerous regrets Avere heard
from OAvners of vessels of less tlmn 100 tons that they hud
been beguiled into venturing into Cowes Buy for the
iireAvorks.
Two of the leading yacht club fetes—that of the
Victoria and that of tho Portsmouth Corinthian Club—•
have been held this Aveuk. The latter has been an un¬
qualified success. It was arranged, as usual, to hold tho
rowing races in Osborne Bay; and tho patronage of tho
Prince of Wales was obtained. But her Majesty refused
the regatta to be held therein, owing to the death of tho
Duke of Albany. Tho Prince avhs communicated with,
and ho telegraphed back "Hold it in Gurnet Bay.” This,
however, avus found impracticable, owing to the enor¬
mously strong tides and currents which afflict that pretty
spot. Tho committee were Avcllnigh in despair, avLoh
Bembridge Bay. known to all A-isitors to Rydc, avus sug¬
gested. The Prince highly approved of tlio suggestion,
und the Harbour Board have given a liundred-and-iifty-
guinca challenge cup, to ho Avon two years in succession
before it absolutely pusses away from them; and havo
thereby secured the regatta for at least this season and
tho next.
Holiday-makers in the south of England—and they
are to be numbered by the tens of thousands just now—•
should, if their holidays extend over the 21st of this
month and their tastes are at all sporting, visit Brockcn-
imrst, in Hampshire, on that date. Brocken hurst Avill
have a race-meeting, but thero will bo no noisy ring of
bookmakers, none of the blackguard elements, unci no
chance of seeing a future Ascot or GoodAvood hero. It is
a little meeting arranged by tho loeul gentry und farmers
exclusively for ponies of the Ngav Fore t. Less fashionable
than their cousins of Shetland, those hardy little beasts
cun both gallop and stay ull (lay; and to anyone in want
of a picnicky race-meeting and novel sport the day should
prove right pleasant.
Colonel E. B. Mallcson, C.S.I., in a lately-published
book, prints the following epitaph—not familiar to every¬
body—which Avas placed on the tomb of the famous
Marshal Bantzau (in 1(550), avIio had lost at the ago of
thirty-three, among other trifles, “ an eye, an ear, an arm,
and a leg”:—
Du corps tin prund Ituntzmi tn n' ns qn* line doe parts,
1,’ nntie moitii? rest* dims H*s plaiin s de Mars;
11 dlspen-a partout sc* menilrcs et wi trloiie.
Tout abatiu qu’il tat, il demciira Tainquritr:
Son smtf tut en cent lieiuc le prix do la victoire,
Et Mars no lui Inlaw non d’ culler quo le occur.
It is not often in these modem days that Ave see only half
a man who is a General and a half, or even a Field-
Marshal and a half.
AUG. 16, 1884
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147
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
There is a very old story of a Frenchman who for many
vears lmd held some employment of a fiscal kind under the
T luss iau Government, uud who, wonderful to relute, was
accused of malversation in his office. More extraordinary
Ktill was the fact that he was actually tried for liU alleged
nee illations. When called upon for his defence the lively Gaul
rose placed his hand on his breast, and said in a pathetic tone,
“I have stolen.” Then, pointing to the President of the
Tribunal, ho continued in sterner accents, “Thou hast
stolen.” “ Ho has stolen ” went to the address of the Public
Prosecutor; “We have stolen” was uttered with an “all
round” “We are a merry family ” intonation; and the two
assessors owned with a blush to the soft impeachment “ They
have stolen.” Put the defendant was not culled upon to con¬
tinue the conjugation of the verb “ to steal.” The tribunal
hastened to acquit him.
Just at present everybody concerned in politics or social
affairs seems to be busily engaged in conjugating the verb “ to
Demonstrate.” “ We have demonstrated,” cry the Liberals,
triumphantly pointing to Hyde Park. “We are demou¬
nt rating,” roared the Conservatives, equally triumphantly,
from the Poinonu Gardens, Manchester, on Saturday, Aug. 9.
“I will demonstrate—when I come out,” murmurs “an
unfortunate nobleman,” who for a whole decade has been
languishing in durance vile. “ I might, would, could, or
should demonstrate,” whispers Mr. Prudluugh tb Mr. N'ew-
degnte; and “demonstrate!” the Liberal electors of Mid
Ix>thian aro beginning to shout, in the imperative mood, to
Mr. Gladstone. It is all very well, this demonstrating, of
course; but when shall we arrivo at the blessed stage of
<< q d. d.” ? When shall wo adopt the wholesome conviction
that the Franchise Pill has become an intolerable bore, and
that of all the plagues of Egypt the discussiou of the Egyptian
question is tlio most noisome and the most afflictive ?
It is refreshing—so drearily monotonous is the greater part
of the foreign intePigcnce filtered out to us by the telegraph
agencies—to learn, by way of a change, that at Leitineritz, in
Pohcmia, a mouuiueut of the Emperor Joseph II. of Austria
hus j ust been unveiled. The Gernmu-epeaking portion of the
population of Leitmcritz “improved the opportunity” to
organise a great “demonstration,” the numbers taking part
therein being estimated at twenty thousand. The “Wacht
am Rhein” was sung by the Pohemian “demonstrators,”
who wore black, red, and yellow colours.
Beyond the legend that the Sovereign whose memory has
just been hououred ut Leitmeritz once remarked that “ Royalty
was his trade,” few English newspaper-readers, I should say,
know much about Kaiser Josef II. Is there any good modem
Euglish life of him? Kaiser Josef had been, you will
remember, the Puby, “ weighing six pounds avoirdupois when
bom,” who was presented by his Imperial mamma to the
Hungarian Diet at l’resburg. According to Carlyle, the
Hungarian magnates did not on the occasion mentioned
unsheuth their swords and cry with one voice, “ Moriamur pro
ltcge nostro Maria Theresia!"; and an implacable French
critic has ticketed the pretty, chivalrous story ns one of “ the
mock pearls of history.” Carlyle admits that the Imperial
baby was bold up by the nurse; and that tlio Grand Duke
Franz exclaimed, “ Life and Blood (citam et sangnineni) for our
Queen and Kingdom " ; to which echoed, many-voiced, the
Diet, “ Yes ; vitam et sangninein.” Put wlint is there to provo
that somebody in the body of the hall did not say, “ Moriamur
pro Rege nostro Mariu Theresia! ” as well?
Carlyle calls Joseph “a graudly-ntteiupting man, who
could succeed in nothing.” Napoleon I. said of him, ns
pithily, that “ ho went mad before his time,” meaning that he
set up us a political and social reformer before the time—that
of the outburst of the French Revolution—was ripe. To my<
mind, the character of Kaiser Josef I. always suggests the idea
of Dou Quixote in a full-bottomed wig. There is a beau^fuU
(and, I hope, not mock pearl) story of his ilnding a child beg¬
ging in the streets of Vienna, who told him that she was
asking alms to be able to pay a doctor for her mother, who was
siek. The Emperor told the child that he was a physician;
uccoiupanicd her to her wretched home; felt the patient’s
pulse; wrote a prescription, auddeparted. The prescription was
a draught on the Emperor's privy purse for fifty gpldei^dnfeotk;
and the sick woman, whoso chief ajiineiit was the want of
nourishing food, got well. I think t liat\Mr, Thackeray must
have been thinking of the Imperial Mock Doctor when he did
u curiously similar act of mercy to a, sick colleague.
“ Who is happy ?” snceringly ask the pessimists. Well, I
have been happy, recently—for at least five minutes. I have
chanced upon a poetic figure wholly new to me, and which I
fondly hope is original. There'crirno to see me tire other day
u friend from the capital of Louisiana, JJ.Wa., who is Com¬
missioner, indeed, to tlu^ <Jpvetmuent<^ Europe from the
executive of the New Orleans International Exhibition, which
will bo opened next December, lie brought me n newspaper
cutting containing a deliciously tender and naive love song in
the creole, or rather negro, patois of Louisiana. I would tlmt
I could quote the chanson in its entirety ; but hero aro two of
the most characteristic of its verses—
Mo cotirri <li\n bois, bad,
Pou tonal wwi, Kami,
_ Alow mo luimui tni.
Ah. Ole*to. Celeste, mo bel bijou,
- ,Vo lainuii loi com cosoa lainuii la Ova,
“Ihasten to the woods, Zumi, to kill birds, Zurni, because
I lovo thee so. AhNCelcstc, Celeste, my beauteous jewel, I
lore thee as the pig loves the mud! ”
Bi total diric, Zumi,
Motni toumo, /unit,
Monti iimnKOtnl. /ami,
Aforae mo lminai toi.
Ah! CelMte. Celeste, mo bel bijou,
Mo lainiui toi com cotton liairnu lu bou.
“ If thou wert rice, Zami, and I were a rice-bird, Zami, I
love thee so that I would eat thee, Zami,” and so forth, with
the delightful pig-aud-mud refrain.
By a slip of the memory I ascribed last week the saying
“ It is ns natural to die as to bo born” to “ one of the greatest
of English divines.” The divine whom, at the time, I lmd in
my mind was Jeremy Taylor. But the words quoted are in
reality in Bacon’s Essay on Death. More than one corre¬
spondent has reminded me of this fact; and I am very much
obliged to “ L. E. A.” (Beverley), who gives mo considerable
consolation by pointing out that.De Quincey once erred
precisely os I did in attributing tlio quotation to Jeremy
Taylor. It was only in the 1871 edition of the “ Confessions ”
that the mistake is corrected in a note, nud the passage
restored to its right owner—Francis of Verulam.
Tlio slip will, I venture to hope, be hold still further
excusable when (os De Quincey has already remarked) it is
remembered that thoughts almost parallel to those of Bacon
on Death frequently occur in the writings of the good Bishop
of Down, Connor, und Dromore. Tuko the following, from the
“Contemplations of the State of Muu.” Lib. I. cap. 1.
Tlio short timo which any pleasure stays with us, it is not to bo enjoyed
wholly and all at once, but tasted by i>mts; so as, when the second part
comes, we feel not tlio pleasure of the first, lessening itself every moment,
and wo ourselves still dying with it; there being no instant of life wherein
death gains not ground of us ; tlio motion of tlio heavens is but the quick turn
of the spindle, which rolls up tlio thread of our lives; and a most swift
horse on which death rides post after us. There is no moment in life in which
death hath not equal jurisdiction; and there is no point of life, which we divide
not with death.
And as to the naturalness of death, compare the beautiful
passage in “ The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying ” : —
So have I seen a rose newly springing from the defU of its hood; and at
first it was as fair as the morning, and full with tho dew of heuven, as a
lamb’s fleece; but when a ruder breath . . . had dismantled its too
youthful and unripe retirements, it began to put on darkness, and to de¬
cline to softness and tho symptoms of n sickly uge; it bowed the head uml
broke its stalk; and at night, having lost some of its leaves and all its
beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and outworn faces. The same, is the
portion of every man and every woman.
In these touching words, is not “ the warbler of poetic
prose” merely enlarging on the Buconiun apophthegm?^
The following is really too good. G. R. (Wandsworth), writes,
“Many candid friends will doubtless tell you that Mr. James
Knowles, of the Nineteenth Century, did not write the drama of
“The lluuchback," and the comedy of “The Love Clneie.”
I will interrogate Mr. James Knowles on the subject. He lms
promised me (oh, joy 1) an interview; although /scarcely fiaye
to hope that (to use the Gludstouiau phrase) the upsliytyof
the interview will be wholly in the Nineteen tit Century." per¬
haps my correspondent will have the further hardihood to
assert, that Mr. Knowles (then calling himsclf lvnolles) was
not Grand Seneschal of Guicnfie in the reign of Edvitrd HI.,
and that (passing as Knoll ys) licwns not a Privy Councillor
and Treasurer of the Household to Queefi Elizabeth. But there
are some people who will assert anything.
Mem.: As a matter of faelH remember very well indeed
James Sheridan Knowles^gehophiiastcr, actor, author of
“Virgiuius,” “The Wife,” “ Tlio Hunchback,” “The Love
Chase,” “The Secretary,”\“ William Tell,” See., and in his
later years a Baptist prcacher r -weeding fierce against mi
ancient Church—lte^Avrpte ^ called “ The Rock of
Rome.” He was an excellent person, and the most genial aiul
most Irish of genial Irishmen. Most of us remember the
8toryof Knowles ami the two gentlemen (I forget whether
they were twins) who were so remarkably like one another.
Meeting one of these two Dromios in the street one day,
Sheridan Knowles, in'almostdcspairingperplexity, asked him,
“ Which of ye is the oilier V ”
Grateful thanks to “ F. G. A. M.,” who tells me that the
late Mr. John Delaware Lewis, M.A., was not only the
(admirable) translator of Juvenal but also the author of u book
(long-oiitrbf print) called “ Sketches of Cantabs,” “ containing
the liveUesb-^md most vigorous description ever written of
undergraduate life.” Livelier than “Peter l’riggins”? I
hayc long been hunting for “Sketches of Cantabs,” which, my
'Correspondent says, was published about five-and-thirty years
ago; but tho book seems to have grown as scarce as Sir Francis
Head’s “ Stokers and Pokers”—a reprint of an article in tho
^ Quarterly on railway life and manners. “ Eotlieu,” unless I
am mistaken, is also scarce. So arc “ Tvpee” and “ Omoo ” ;
and iu vain do I coulinuetohunt in contemporary booksellers'
catalogues for Mrs. Trollope's wonderful novel of American
slave-life, “Jonathan Jefferson ‘Whit law.”
The Quarterly and "slavery.” ’Twus purely by acci¬
dent that these two words became neighbours in the pre¬
ceding paragraph. Oddly enough I have just been rending a
volume of the Quarterly containing it review of “ Monk”
Lewis’s “Journal of a West Indian Proprietor” and Mrs.
Carmichael’s “ Domestic Manners iu the West Indies." This
article was published in tho very year in which the abolition of
negro slavery was finally decreed by Parliament, and, writes
the Quarterly themment:—
The reflections to which tho whole treatment of our colonists during tho
Inst tea years by successive parliaments and governments must give rise iu
any impartial bosom are of u painful kind; tho ignorance, the rashness,
the blind audacity of too many influential personages—tho mean shuttling
and intrigucry of others— and the hot, heavy, dogged stupidity of the perhaps
not ill-meaning agitators to whose pertinacity the present ministry has at last
succumbed— are features in our recent history on which future times will
pause with mingled wonder, contempt, and pity.
Thus the Tory Quarterly on the abolition of Slavery in
1833. And a Conservative Lord Mayor was present at tlio
Abolition J ubilee presided over by the l’rinco of Wales in
188-1. I think that, on the whole, tho “hot, heavy, dogged
stupidity of the perhaps uot ill-meaning agitators” has got
rather the best of it; uud that future times, while they may
look with wonder at what was accomplished by Wilbcrforce
and his friends, will not regard the anti-slavery agitation either
with contempt or with pity.
“Perhaps,” writes “C. T. B.,” you will not object to
add the word 1 timidous ’ to your list of Euglish words ending
in ‘dous.’ There is good if unique authority for it—viz.,
Samuel Butler, ‘ Hudibras,’ Part I., canto iii., line 390.
Fortune tli’ audacious doth juvare,
liut ’tis the timidous miscarry.”
The occurrence of “timidous” is not quito uuiquc. Roger
Northspeuksof u “timidous man.” Buttheword isobsoiete;
and has become so because, while we have timid and timorous,
it is practically useless. Butler, in the pride of genius,
did what ho liked with language, and sported witli words as
he listed. Look at the couplet quoted above. What would you
think of tho English of a correspondent who told you that it
would much “juvare” him to diuo witli you next Monday,
or that he would be extremely “juvated ” if you would lend
him seven shillings and sixpence, / td'b&q?uuctually repuid on
Sept. 1*?
A word about tlie Volunteers^ In a leading article in the
Times, commenting on the excellent practice of tho Volunteer
ArtiUery ut Plymouth, the writer i-bsirves that it was a
soldiers’ triumph, so far os the Volunteers Were concerned, uud
owing, in a great meusure r to tlu! assistance uud guidance of
the officers und non-commissioned officers of tho Royal Artil¬
lery. “ We may find welcome pro of iu this,” udds the Times,
“ that our Volunteers, under good guidance, become a
thoroughly effective forc&i bqt yfo should have been better
pleased if they had lioVbeenjcdinpelled on this occasion to go
outside their oyfu ranks id order to obtuiu it.”
It would be difficult to conceive anything more unjust to
tho artillery brittjrii'of'tbc reserve forces than the remarks j ust
quoted. 11ns tlie writer in the Tunes any notion of the kind of
training undergone by a candidate for u commission in tho
Roj’ftl Artillery ‘txjts a Woolwich cudet, he must fag and fag
aud fag—he must toil and toil at nt least a dozen abstruse or
jUmftilly technical branches of knowledge before he can puss
bis examination ; and many hundreds of pounds must be spent
hiaCiflufcation for tho scientific arms of tho service,
comes out as an Engineer officer ho will lmvo
f\$o> fag and toil harder still. The Volunteers are
civilians who, out of pure loyalty, patriotism aud public spirit,
gfvd up a portion of their time to military duty. But
Id they afford to go through the long, elaborate, and
rnsive training needful for the making of a thoroughly
skilful artillery or engineer officer, they would not, in most
cases, be Volunteers at all. They would joiu the regular
army', of which tho scientific brunch is, to begin with,
tolerably well paid, and which is occasionally splendidly
rewarded for the services done to the country. Tho Volun¬
teers, privates as well as officers, obtain and expect no rcivurd
beyond the good word of their fellow-citizens.
The prevailing heat, which lias made most of us so lazy,
thirsty, aud happy (for there is happiness even in grumbling
about the feverish condition of the thermometer), would appear
to have somewhat unfavourably affected tlie prices obturned
at the recent sale at Sotheby’s of the first portion of the
library of tho late Mr. Jolm Tayne Collier. Nine pounds
was but a small price for a copy of tho edition of lCud
of Sir Philip Sidney’s “ Ouranin,” with im autograph signa¬
ture aud manuscript corrections by tlie author. Three
pounds eleven shillings only was realised by a copy of a
Latin und English “Thesaurus,” annotated in more than fifteen
hundred places in the handwriting of John Milton. A slightly
better price, eight pounds fifteen shillings, was given for
Miltou’s “ Pro l’opulo Anglicuuo Dcfeusio,” with an auto¬
graph of Oliver Cromwell. Tho books which connuunded
“fancy” prices were just Mr. Collier’s own, “An Old Man’s
Diary Forty Years Ago, 1832-33,” only twenty-live copies of
which were printed, illustrated by rare portraits, letters, and
manuscript notes. Tlie “ Diary ” fetched a hundred und fifty
pounds. A volume of very curious and rare tracts, including
“a True Iteportc of the Lute Discoveries of Sir Humphrey
Gilbert, Knt.,” printed in 1383, was knocked down for the
cheery sum of two hundred and ten pounds.
So far as the Playhouses are concerned the production of
novelties calliug for extended notice at the establishments in
question lias been so appreciably influenced by the “melting
moments” of morning, afternoon, and night, by the winding
up of the season, and by the competition of the Health
Exhibition, that there is little of a theatrical nature to
chrouicle beyond the opening, on Saturday, Aug. 9, of
the llaymarkct for an autumn season, under the management
of Mr. Brookfield. The piece de resistance was a very graceful
und polished translation, by Mr. Walter Herries Pollock, of a
French drama of respectable nntiquity, called “Le Re veil du
Lion,” by MM. Juime and Bayard. So far back as 1817 a
translation of this piece, under the title of “ The Roused
Lion,” was produced at the Haymarket, the principal cha¬
racters being played by the late Mr. Benjamin Webster and
the still happily living Mrs. Keeley. Alfred Wigan, Miss
Reynolds, und Miss Seymour were also in the cast. Mr.
W. U. Pollock's version is called “Evergreen.”
The plot of “ Evergreen” is delightfully simple. It is that
of an elderly beau and vweur of the “ Cuvean ” and “ Dons do
Comus” period,who, comingto l’uris to visit his nephew,chances
on a letter iu which a certain youthful and dissipated Hector
Muuleon speaks of himas “auold mummy of nuunde.” Tlieold
lion is roused to wrath by this contumelious epithet; and he
proceeds to show that in dancing, singing, card-playing, tlirt-
iug, repartee, and fencing he is still a mutch, and more than a
match, for the gayest of the gilded youth of Paris. Mr.
Brookfield fills very artistically the role of an aged valetu¬
dinarian transformed by mere force of volition and muscle of
mind into a Lovelace; the part of the retired opera dancer, erst
played by Sirs. Keeley, was assigned to Miss M. A. Victor; und
Mr. H. B. Conway and Miss Julia GWynne also contributed to
the success of “ Evergreen.” Dibdin’s operatic farce of “ The
Waterman,” with Mr. Herbert Sims Reeves as the slenderest
of Tom Tugs, aud a farce of dubious drollery completed the
entertainment. G. A. S.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Auo. 1C, 1884.—14$
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. Aco. 16, 1884 — HO
»**£U
Francis presently-found himself walking along an unfamiliar passage, with her fingers resting on his coat-sleeve.
ROPES OF SAND.
BY R. E. FRANCILLON,
Author of "Strange Waters," "Olympia," "A Real Queen,"
CHAPTER XU.
THE PARSON'S PIPE,
may be surmised that
miiijy passages of one
kind mul another had
passed lx-t ween Cap -
thin Quickset and
Mabel before on elope¬
ment could be pro¬
posed 7 in so many
Sypyds. .Such, indeed,
was the case ; though
fewer than must have
occurred between a
more timid lover and
a more experienced
heroine. I have not
tried to account for the
glamour exercised by
the Captain; nor shall
I try. This story is of
facts, and makes no pre¬
tensions to psychology—a
science which, like figures,
can be made to show that
the doings of nature are utterly
9 unnatural, and that the prepos¬
terously impossible is just the
most natural thing in the world.
It was, of course, excessively unnatural that any woman, in
whom of course instinct is an infallible guide, should be
imposed upon by one in whom mere impudence had to do
duty for both truth and courage. On the other hand, it was
no less perfectly natural that this very impudence should be
the very power of powers, before whose magic armies, states,
brains, and hearts, alike are bound to fall. As a fact, many
a woman, theoretically adoring strength, courage, and honour,
has found all these qualities in some cowardly scamp, and
has gone on worshipping him abjectly to the end. Mabel
Openshaw had not yet arrived nt the point of worship. But
she was undoubtedly dazzled; and, if her soul was not yet
wakened, her fancy was all on fire.
She still seemed to feel the clasp of his hands when, all
glowing and startled by lust sudden romantic flight (for, even
in the histories which take him for their hero, who is ever so ready
as your Don Juan or your Count Almaviva to take to his heels - ')
she rose to welcome Francis Carew, giving one quick glance to
see that her lover’s presence was betrayed by no tell-tale sign.
Francis had been bewildered by her beauty—what was lie now,
when this sudden glory of crimson and of sapphire light
seemed to have been called forth by bis coming, and when he
himself lmd been bidden to believe that this arch-wonder of
the world was to be his own for the asking ? It seemed all too
impossible to be true—and yet could there be a greater
miracle than that a Mabel Openshaw existed in the world ?
if, seeing his confusion, and taught by her own experience
tA guess its cause, she played the coquette n little, she had nt
any rate the excuse of a responsibility that needed a covering.
.She had become the keeper not only of the heart but of the
very life of a man.
So she made a sweeping curtsey, such ns might have
become owe of the Captain’s duchesses, with no more
mockery in it than gave a piquancy to her elaborate dignity.
“ I thought you had run away again into the woods,” soicl
she ; “ and that you had been eaten by the bears—or that you
had really been trying to catch Cowcumber Jack, and had ended
in his catching you. Or shall I tell you what I had half
thought—I declare, half hoped: that you were only pretend¬
ing to be Mr. Carew of Homaoorabe, and were really Cowcumber
Jack all the while? But I sec now — you looked so much,
much more interesting when—a week ago.”
&c.
She was speaking, without knowing what, just whatever
chance sent to the tip of her tongue, while her ears were
listening for the silence that meant the safety of the Captain.
Why he lied, she did not guess; but no doubt so brave a
man" would not fly without, ample cause. But her words
nevertheless did their work, as words left to themselves arc so
terribly apt to do. So she had been thinking of him .' thought
Francis—thinking of him, despite the state in which alone she
could have been thinking of him. Only how? That was the
question still—but, however that might be, anyhow was better
than nohow: better to remember him as a disreputable ruflitui
than not at all.
No doubt he made some sort of answer. But before any
sort of talk could be set going, Tnm/.in lmd got dinner upon
the table, and had announced it by three thumps upon the
kitchen-dresser with the rolling-pin. Francis was not quite
such a savage as not to know that lie had to offer the lady of
the house his arm: and he presently found himself walking
along an unfamiliar passage, with her fingers resting delicately
on his coat-sleeve, for all the world as if he were a man in a
dream. The touch, light and dainty ns it was, thrilled through
the cloth to the muscle, and theucc along every artery and
nerve. The meal was laid in wlmt was no doubt the best par¬
lour, and therefore, to judge from its stagnant atmosphere and
its generally faded and moth-eaten look, the least often used.
Indeed, the Parson, when he had no company, preferred to
dine and sup in the more homely mid cheerful kitchen, and
kept the parlour to grow stuffy with waiting for guests who
never came. But it did not need this knowledge of domestic
routine for the Squire of Horaacombe to feel that he was being
welcomed and honoured. The Parson became genial, even
jovial, and heaped Ms guest's plate mountainous!)’ from the
joint he carved. Ilis language became more Greek, and his
accent more Devonian, while he rambled off more and more
into regions of his own without seeming to care whether he
was followed or not, blending together l’igs, Pedantry, Poetry,
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 16, 1884
Terry, Plato, Proverbs—Pearls and Swine in admirable con¬
fusion. Meanwhile, the more he talked the more he ate—
which is more than everybody enu manage to do. Indeed, it
was something of u terrible sight to see Parson Pengold dine.
His wig fell more and more awry; his cheeks grew hot and
greasy; his veins swelled; and his red eyes, acquiring an
O Tish brightness, devoured each morsel before it reached his
jaws. Obviously, Sunday’s dinner was the oasis in a desert
of tithes unpaid. But l-Vincis Curcw, so far as liis host was
Concerned, was vellnigh blind and deaf, as well as driven to
be dumb. He might have been eating ortolans instead of beef
ami pudding, for all he knew, and listening to the roar of the
waves off Wmckstone for all ho heard. , ,
Mabel, for the same reason that the Parson talked for
three, also said little ; mid, by way of farther contrast to her
protector, Francis observed that she did not eat euougli for a
liy. In these davs, for n young woman apparently in mag¬
nificent health to "light shy of her meals would be taken either
for affectation or for evidence that, despite appearances, some¬
thing was the matter. In those, and especially in country
plnces, it was esteemed a sign of grace mid of ethereal de¬
licacy, connecting her with the sylplis—forgettmg the habits
of the ghouls. Francis could not help rcmeinb. ruig. from an
entirely new standpoint, how poor Nance Derrick had thought
nothing of making a hearty meal off salt herrings, followed by
hard cheese, nnd washed down with a drought of ale. Surely
the two oould not be made of the same clay—the voung
woman who fed coarsely upon mere mortal food, and the de¬
licate crtaiture who no doubt made her real dinner upon tluu
slices of the choicest air and the perfume of flowers.
So he had enough to think about, without tolkmg: and so
had she. , „ . ...
Dinner over, the Parson began to push the port, winch,
considering the backwardness of the farmers in the matter of
titlies and the smallness of the Vicar’s stipend, was really
fin/!. But then it was marvellously easy, and marvellously
cheap, too, to get a good cellar at Stoke Juliot, so long as
one’s conscience was not troubled by dnnking what- had never
paid duty. It was so with Frnncis Curcw’s own famous claret,
laid down bvliis predecessors: and *‘ Bender unto Ctesar was u
text that lu’id never been prenched from by any Vicar of Stoke
Juliot since the days of old llomeck the M recker. Indeed,
that Cicsnr had no "rights over the winds nnd waves, mid what
-was brought by them, that to ask Squire or Parson the name
of his winc-mcrcliaut would have been impertinence un¬
becoming in anvbody with tlic least claim to be a gentleman.
-I wonder who’ll make the pudding next Sunday, said
the Parson, with a deep sigh, half of fulness, and half of
sorrow; “there’s not another woman in tliis Cimmerian parish
can make a pudding—no: not one.”
“I wonder if I could,” said Mabel, “if I tried. I don t
suppose it would be so very, very hard.”
“ Wouldn’t it though ! It would come out ns hard os a
bit of Wrnckstone, or os Farmer Jellet’s heart—or I-armer
Polkingliom’s skull. But well, well. Sufficient unto the day—
so For what we have received may we be thankful: mid may
next time give us occasion to be more thankful for better
things.” Francis had no form of his own, for grace before or
after meals, nnd failed to recognise the Parson’s. Mabel made
a sign by moving three fingers of her right hand from fore¬
head to breast and then from shoulder to shoulder which
puzzled him—and would probably have puzzled herself, had
she been called upon to explain.
“I wonder," said she, again, “if Derrick’s girl would
come to us when Tumzin*gocs. She is a good girl, 1 have
always heard: nnd she has quite nice manners. What do you
think, Mr. Carew ? Do you think she would come P ”
Francis coloured for a moment: and then felt ashamed of
feeling ashamed. What could Miss Opensliaw know of his
right or otherwise to speak for his keeper's daughter ? For he
nctunlly imagined—so far ns lie imagined anything about tlio
matter—that the comings nnd goings of the Squire of Horna-
combc were of no interest to anybody but himself; and that it
was perfectly possible for the great man of the parish to say a
civil word (not to speak of many) to n girl of any rank without
its being better known to every man, woman, and child in the
place than Captain Quickset knew the aee of spades.
“I don’t know,” said he. “But of course she is a very
good Bort of girl.”
nnd what volumes ? Why, Greek: nnd Latin: and Hebrew,
for the old squire before yon fancied himself a scholar, save
the mnrk, though he didn’t know a digamma from a sow » cur.
Over those books she pores: nnd ns she can’t read the lilies
themselves, it’s plain ns my face that she must rend wlmt a
between ’em. Virgil. Sir—why, the old scholars made more
use of Virgil than to cap verses. There are lines of V lrgil
that have boon known not only to foretell events, but to
change them, if used in a certain way. Tlic Virgiliim sortes
told King Charles the Martyr he was to lose his head, though
I forget the precise lino. Orpheus was a poet, and if we had
his verses still, we should know how the women—the women,
mark you—of Thessaly made the moon wax or wane nt will.
But that’s not nil. I "know for a fact that the morning after
Tainzin was fool enough to show Nance Derrick my best Berk¬
shire sow, ever)* man jack of her new litter died in seven days.
rncmnniltu pramimttu— forewarned, ns the vulgar say, is fore¬
armed.” . , ,
“'Why, one would think you meant Nance Demek is a
witch !” exclaimed Mabel. “Surely there arc no such people—
now.”
“If there arc none now, there were none then ; we know
there were then, so we know there are—now. Did you never
hear of the witch of Endor, girlP Or that witchcraft is the
eighth deadly sin P Whenever two persons are in company the
stronger will rules and prevails. If one of the two desires to
rale and prevail, he—or she—will increase the strength of las
will nnd therefore of his power; and what limit is thereto
such increase except the limit of desire? Unlimited desire
brings about unlimited will. Now benevolence, alas'. never
reaches so fur; but malice may bo unbounded passion there¬
fore, unbounded desire, unbounded will, unbounded power, so
far us the devil’s power may go. Can you deny that ? ilien
you can’t deny witchcraft. Do you think yourself wiser than
the wisest of all the learned times P You can’t deny witchcraft
then, unless you are a lump of vanity and self-conceit; that is
to say, unless you are a fool. Soldcn said that even if there
were no witchcraft, its professors ought to be put to death,
because their very profession implied malice such as deserved
rope and faggot, equally with a murderer's”--
“ Good God, Sir! would you bum Nance Demek P' mod
Francis, amazed at such doctrine. “ I thought it was only the
IV*-“-pists,” he was going to add, but checked him¬
self, flusliing, in time,
“I am no lawyer; thank Heaven for at least mat one
mercy!” said the Parson. “I am only a justice of the peace
mid a priest; it is the lawyers who make the law 1 ?, nnd they ’re
heathens, one nnd nil. If they weren’t, should I have to
choose between losing half my tithes and paying the other
half to the lawyers to get them in—and perhaps lose the
whole? But I know what the law ought to be ; about tithes
and about -witches too. If Nance Derrick wants to go into
human service, which she doesn’t, let her go into n farmer’s,
nnd welcome, for there ’d he a proper pair of ’ein; but not
into mine.” > . . ,
Mabel, feeling, no doubt, tlmtf the talk was running into
regions where n bottle is company, but ft woman is none, rose,
rearranged the Parson's trig, which the exciting nature of his
theme had brought dowu oyer his left cur, curtseyed to the
guest, and left the room.
The Parson wiped his forehead, poured out a glass of port,
and passed the bottle. “Excuse me,” said he. “I don’t
often talk of such things: but it does put one in a rage, now
nnd then, to feel what times these arc we live in—when every
grinning jackanapes thinks the world gets wiser the farther it
travels from the Hand of its maker: numskulls, who think,
because they can’t understand a tiling, therefore it can't be
time. They’ll be denying their own existence next, just
because they didn’t muke themselves, and don't know how.
I ’m thinking of vour friend the Captain: he's just that sort.
Ho believes fin nothing but his own stories: and I have my
doubts if lie believes very hard even in them. 1 ’m going to
smoke: you ’d best make yourself at home, nnd never mind
me. Ah—lads and liueics! You ’ll know the worth of a pipe
soon enough—never fear. There—try your luck with her.
Joiiwon’t fail: and if you do, well, there’s always a pipe to
fall hack on, 1 always a pipe, nnd a horn of ale.”
Pardon Pengold sighed heavily nnd long, as he filled, with
delicate elaboration, his clean clay bowl. When it was
!" exclaimed Parcon Pe, !5? ld,. " «>;-
_ * ^ “r* ,v * • * *
wlmt*lias put her into your head, girl ? No !” said he, after
a pause, nnd in a manner that struck even Francis Carew,
occupied though lie was. ns seeming strange.
“Why not Nance Derrick?” asked Mabel. “Mr.
(peaks well of her : and of course he knows.”
welcomo; had left him to himself, who shall nay wlmt
visions lie saw in the magic rings of smoke which he had cul-
' to perfection the art of blowing? No man can so
wholly/bring himself up to a hog's level as to need no outlet
. r nurse he knows ” \ \ for mental action: and the formation of a smoke ring with
For some reason, unknown to lumself, Franciiffelt^Xcertainty and precision needs not example leisure, but cou-
rreatest objection to the idea of Nance Derrick entering the »tant practice and considerable «k ,u ; ""ft*a
icrvice of Mabel Openshaw. Some sort of intimacy could « ways been what lie was now, and ®
mrillv fail to arise between mistress and maid: ^talking of time, say ages ago, when even Parson 1«mgold <if Stoke Juliot
diameters, he did not care that his own should eome to Mabd, h,mv ” ntW ROrt of rmL ’ s thnn the8e 118 f a2llc 113
Tom tliat quarter. Still he could offer no Valid, objection
i3ut the Parson himself came to his rescue.
“I will not have Nance Derrick,” saidTiBe- “I’m getting
the best lot of pigs in Devon, and I’m not goingtoknve them
ruined: I’m ripening the best port in the thnn; kingdoms—if
1 can’t be a Bishop, I can beat the Bench onitsowu ground :
nnd I’m not going to find it turned into verjuice some fine
afternoon. No: I won’t li^e Naiicn llcrrickabqiit»ay cellar
nnd m>j sties. So there.” _ \ \ \ A
Francis had long ago judged that his host
was a little queer; but he now began to think
was hastily the proper worth What harm could come from
Nance to’pigs anti port yipe? However, he could look his
iiucstion, while Mabel pufcHt 7 for him into words. And there
was something curiously pleasant in thq very simple fact that
Ills own thought cnmefromjier ton^he.
“ Why,” began hartn/’-
“ Tliat ’8 it,” intjerrupted>the Parson, his voice deepening
nnd filling. “That’s it—vhat harm. That’s just what
Heaven knows: ,or rather wlmt Heaven does not know. All I
know is thrttireVcr the sigttiQrict in u human being, it is in
Nance Derrick. She is a woman, to begin with: and it is
always a woman—at least in nine cases out of ten. It was
perfectly.well known among tliaChaldcans, who, as you know
L)f course* '- J DotuTion rifltonvisA Inch in t.hft
confusion of
tongpe—or.ns
render* her
>ut to male erea
lowers of his
thewi^mal science otherwise lost in the
■ at every woman has a nerve under the
io dnivo thought, behind the eye—which
afia her looks dangerous to all creatures:
res most of nil. For a man to influence the
uwers VL uia iwure to his desires requires lofty genius, pro¬
ved study, and profound learning. In a woman it onlyre-
irires the exercise of the will. Now when you find a woman,
mug or old. avoiding the society of her natural neighbours
ad companions, and without gossip or bachelor, follower or
•vend, you may make up your mind that there is something
lighty queer. A man, to bear solitude, must be either a god,
r a beast, or a Vicar of Stoke Juliot: but a woman can’t bear
at all. Company she must have : and if she don’t have it
£ one sort, it ’b because she has it of another. Then there’s
aotber thing still. Your housekeeper, Mrs. Drax, tells me
iat this Nance Derrick, though with no more education than
or Tamzin, if so much, borrows volumes from your library—
Even so does one sometimes treasure some foreign book
one cannot read: whether it bo vile or holy, its loss, for ono
reason or another, may make a void on our shelves that no
other volume con fill. It is It, and We are We: and ho who
can find a better reason will be cleverer than Captain Quickset
himself—which is not to bo conceived.
I ini'- . o**; * v ° 1 . . '
hud blown other sort of rings than these—as fragile and as
fleeting, but as round nnd clear. He may once have dreamed
of scholarship that would have expanded into fume instead of
shrivelling into unappreciated pedantry: or of a mitre: or of
u home with a heart in it instead of an appendage to a
pig-sty: or, it may be, of all three. However, the re¬
miniscences of a Parson l’cngold can be of no possible interest
or concern to any creature but himself—even though that very
thing is just the very worst of them. Probably, seeing what
\ \ Jie had allowed life to make him, Iris own sigh, though deep
that his host and new friend nnd heavy, was not particularly keen There was a dull
tain to think that “a little” sensation that life with him was not all that it might have
been: but I doubt if it went so far as to suggest that it was
not all it could have been, nnd ought to be. If there was a
phantom of some faded ambition or some dead woman in the
thought, the plmutoiu soon passed by—pigs were real, nnd
port was real, and Greek had not become wholly unreal, while
tithes were very real indeed : as real ns the devil himself in a
world of which Stoke Juliot was the visible type nnd sign.
After nil, Parson Pengold was full or beef, while that part of
him which beef alone could not fill, or pudding either, was
relieved of a load. Though he and Mabel were still strangers
in bouI nnd spirit, her presence was oil he lmd to keep his life a
little sweet nnd human; and the sight of Captain Quickset
hovering about her had filled him, more than he himself
guessed, with a new knowledge and a bitter fear. If she were
carried away, how was lie to face the complete blankness that
life would henceforth mean? The rock need not share the
life of the moss to feel cold and bare when the moss is
stripped away.
YYhnt, then, could be better, than that Mabel should be fixed
in the parish ns the wife of Francis Carew?—nn ignoramus, it is
true, who probably did not know whether tnusa was Am, here,
or hoe, but ns evidently no mere blockhead: u man, every inch
of iiim: modest before his betters, whether human or porcine:
finally one who hail sown his wild onts, who never left the
parish—and who, finally beyond finally, was owner.of llorna-
combe, nnd the richest resident in that country side.
Parson Pengold blew a special Ting: nnd told himself,
with an approving chuckle, that he lmd managed this piece of
match-making very delicately indeed: altogether like a real
man of the world. No—Mabel had got into his life somehow
or other, nnd she was more than he could afford to lose.
CHAPTER XIII.
LADY’S FINGERS.
Francis Carew himself, however, when he left the known ex¬
cellence of the Parson’s port for the unknown excellence or
otherwise of the Parson’s ward, was as ignorantly unconscious
of his own advantages of person, position, and possessions as a
lover could be. Indeed, very unlike a lover, lie was thinking less
of himself than of the lady. Nor, on the other hand, can it be
denied that she was thinking of him. Nor yet, though Captain
Quickset had done a magnificent morning’s work, was she at
all unwilling to exchange the monotonous solitude of a Sunday
afternoon, when she hod no work for her fingers, for the com¬
pany of a young gentleman whom she vehemently suspected
of having so much lost his head, as well as his heart, to her
that she might quiz him, coquette with him, and otherwise
S lay the game of cat and mouse with him, to her heart’s
csire. / s' \ \ ...
Think what it meant to have grown up from babyhood to
young womanhood without one single minute’s flirtation, and
then nil nt once to have two entire lovers on one’s hands.
Surely it would not be in nature not to make up a little for
such a length of lost time. As for knowing how—I believe
there was once a girl who did not know how ; but she died
very young.
This, however, was to be no common flirtation by way of
killing any common Sunday afternoon. One of the young
men’s lives was in her hands. Her cheek was still conscious
of the kiss that bound her to secrecy—even to craft, if that
were needful, If such a secret was to be 6acred even from the
Captain's own host, comrade, nnd friend, flirtation must
needs become a sort of passage of arms. She was not even
sure whether, for the Parson's sake, she had not already con¬
sented to an elopement and a secret marriage. She was not
$6re whet her she would be the more alarmed if she had made
such a promise, or the more put out if she had mndc none.
She only did feci that Captain Quickset was hurrying things
along uil in his own way, in the most masterful manner; and
that, however she might protest or revolt, she was in imminent
peril of being swept off before she made up a quarter of her
mind. Indeed, perhaps on the whole it would be best not to
make up her mind nt all. seeing how difficult nnd disagreeable
it would be to decide—hmv easy nnd how romantic to yield.
A woman likes to bo made love to in that fashion—so cynics
say; to be swept off her feet, nnd carried off in strong arms,
will she nill she, ns if she herself believed that soul and
brain were only given her to bo insulted nnd scorned, and the
doctrines of chivalry but a vain invention of fools, laughed nt
in lace sleeves. We, of course, haring no cynical taint, believe
nothing of the kind; mid must rather ascribe to the
omnipotence of impudence absolute the unquestionable
fascination excercised by Culob Quickset over Mabel Opon-
shaw. Strange nnd sad is it thnt he who loves the most lias
always the least of that quality which gives him hope of victory.
Hut these things will carry us away from Stoke Juliot too soon.
Frnncis Carew, considerably encouraged by the Parson's
counsel, nnd n little also by a reasonable amount of what was
better than the Parson’s counsel—namely, Iris wine—found his
way into Mabel’s own parlour; nnd, though she wus not there,
presently saw her. through the open window, slo.wly strolling
up and down on the patch of sward that lay between that sido
of the Vic arage nnd the open moor. Coming out of the dose
and stuffy dining-room, reeking with the fumes of food and
wine, into the fresh autumn breeze was in itself a delight; nnd,
springing through the window which had served Captain
Quickset a couple of hours ago, he was soon beside her in
the sun. , , „ ,
The queen of the sunshine smiled graciously. 1 ou have
soon left vour wine,” said she. “Mrs. Drax tells us”-
•• Mrs. Drax is nn old idiot,” said Francis, letting out rather
indiscreetly his certainty of what Mrs. Drax must have
told. “If there ’ s one thing I hate, it’s gossip. As if / cared
for wine, when- I suppose you have heard very terrible
things of mo”-- _ ,,
“ Oh, not so verv terrible, after nil. Besides, I m not so
sure I think much of anybody—at least of any man—who was
always good and never did anything the least wild. If I was
u man, you would hear terrible things of me ! ”
“I’m sure I’m glad you 're not one ”-
“ Glad I’m not a man ? Why ? I only wish I were. And
I ’ll tell you what I should be. I should not be like Mr.
Pengold ’ ’--
“I’m certain of that! ” said Francis ; and, indeed, unless
slie were to change much more than her sex, it was about us
certain as thnt a leopard could never be mistaken for a bear.
‘‘ And I should not be like you. I should not be content, to
hang about in Stoke Juliot, doing nothing but drink claret,
and piny cards, nnd—I forget what else Mrs. Drax snyB you
do; if. "indeed, there’s anything more. I think I should bo
more like Cowcumber Jack than anvbody else. Why have
you changed your clothes? You looked so much more in¬
teresting before ; so much more like a brigand—a pirate; nnd
to-day you only look like a squire."
And"he had been nt such pains to look like a squire. Still
there was more honey in the criticism thnn gall. She lmd not
looked upon his ruffianism with disapproval, then, after all.
•* Yes.” she went on, thoughtfully ; “ like Cowcumber Jack;
or like old llomeck; or perhaps like both together, and a fine
gentleman besides. I’d gather all the wild young men of
Stoke Juliot into n band, nnd be their Captain. I’d be Queen
of all the coast: King, 1 mean. I’d build a castle on the top
of Stoke Moor, and have ships; nnd, whenever I felt inclined,
I’d go to Bath or I/ondon nnd have my fling. There—I 'vo
shocked you, haven’t IP But I want to live, you see; and I *ve
never tried.” . A
Francis did look n little grave, being unused to the non¬
sense of girls. “If you were n man,” said he, “you would
be nobler than the noblest man that ever was or ever nill be.
You'd be what I once thought Quickset was: nnd I can't say
more. . . . Why, only once seeing you showed me wlmt a
contemptible thing nvj life has been: I feel ns if I had been
changed.”
“Changed? Into what? What n strange idea! One
would think you meant I am wliat Mr. Pengold called Nance
-Derrick," said she. “Do you want to bum me on Ilomn-
eombe lawn? It’s strange what he said, though. I wonder
if there are such ihiugs as witches, after all—and wizards,
too,” she added, thinking of how her own life, since Richard
Quickset lmd entered it, had also secraod another thing.
“Nance Derrick is no witch, poor lass; yet ’tis true she is
queer in her ways, though it never struck me so till now.
About if there are witches, I don’t know: the Parson ought
to know, I suppose, seeing it’s his trade. 1 only know one
sort of witchcraft”-
“Indeed! And that is?”-
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
151
Her eyes, looking straight into his for a single instant,
were two such beautiful questions that he required no re¬
collection of counsel, wet or dry, to give him courage. lie
even forgot his own demerits in comparison with the supremo
wit, wisdom, goodness, and beuuty of his goddess, and felt that
a goddess is also but a woman, while the humblest of her
worshippers is still a man. Though he was not touching so
much as her dress, the remembered touch of her fingers upon
his sleeve an hour ago became more intense than if it were still
there, and made his nerves and his blood thrill; while her mere
presence gave a brightness and fragrance of its own to the air.
“ It is worked by a flower,” said he.
‘‘A flower? I should like to know how to bewitch—my
enemies—with a flower. I had no notion you understood
magic. How is it done ? ”
“ That you must tell me.”
“ I ? A flower ? Any flower ? ”
“it must be a Dahlia. Do you understand now?”
‘‘Let mo sec—I’m afraid I’m very stupid, Mr. Carew.
No. I should have thought if the witches had only one flower,
it would be a myrtle or a rose. Hut a dahlia—a big, awkward
blossom, that hasn’t even a smell! I hate dahlias—they seem
to menu nothing at all.”
Could she really have forgotten the gift upon which lie had
been living ever after? Captain Quickset would have smiled at
such a fool’s question: Francis Carew did anything but smile.
” It is the only flower I care about,” said ho, very gravely
indeed.
“ That is a strange taste. It is the only flower I don't care
about at oil.”
“ I have a dahlia that I have kept for ages”-
“ And alive still P It must be bewitched indeed.”
‘‘Yes—for ages: ever since the day you—I first saw you.
It is alive still.”
‘ ‘ Oh—that! Do you mean to say you have kept that
thing? If Iliad known you cared for dahlias, I would have
given you the whole bowlful”-
** 1 don’t care for dahlias. I care for that dahlia.”
“ I see Tnmzin is bringing tea. Shull we go in ?”
“ I enro for that dahlia because I care for you.”
'I'llis was almost beyond the point to which she cared to
lend the bear with whom she had been playing. So she made
him a grand curtsey. “ Yes—such near neighbours ought to
bo good friends : and we will—especially as Mrs. Drax seems
to have painted you so much more black than you deserve.
You shall teach me magic; and I will show you how to moke
tea: and it is time.”
It was only the second time he had seen the girl in his
life. But his licnrt nnd his brain, his days and nights, hud
been so filled with her since the first time that when he had
spoken of nges, lie had said what to himself was simply and
literally true. When a man knows his own mind and his own
heart, there is no such word as too soon. Nor, for that matter,
■was Francis Carew learned in the forms of siege, lie only
knew wliat he wanted, and knew no way of getting it but the
straight one.
“ No: don’t go in for a moment more,” said he. “ I told you
that the very first sight of you changed me. That was true. I
■was just a worthless scamp, in a fairway to become a blackguard.
I hated myself all the while: but I knew no better: and that
night out in the woods only showed me that even a vagabond
like Cowcuraber Jack was worth ten of me. He did live—after
a way. 1 know what I mean. I mean that ever sinco that
morning I ’ve only lived in one big thought of you: and I
know that I always shall, as sure ns you are the only woman
in the world. .... I don’t expect to win you all at once:
but. I love yon so much that—that—well, that 1 shall win you,
or else—God knows.”
“ Mr. Carew! ” she cried, under her breath—really and truly
confused; for, though she had been actually angling for some¬
thing of the sort, it was for something of a much milder
degree. She saw at once that she had thrown her butterfly
net over a dragon. Indeed, nobody could see Ids eyes or hear
the tone of his voice without knowing him to bo in as hard and
hot earnest ns man can be.
It was not only that he had startled her by his abrupt
vehemence, but that she did not think even so much eloquence
was in that qucerly coated young Squire; and, for that matter,
lie had been really eloquent: for mere words are the lost
things wherein eloquence lies. Seeing him through the eyes
of Captain Quickset, she had instinctively decided that ho was
to supply the comedy of life, half butt, half tame bear. Th
bear certainly went up many a degree higher iu her opiui
now that she found him disposed to be anything but tame.
“ It can’t be. I)o you forget I am a Catholic ? ” asked she.
“ Is -that all ? ” he asked, joy bringing sudden light into his
eyes. " You must settle that with the parsons. That’ll be
all the same to me.”
“ Ah — but it mightn’t be all the same to me.”
“ You never go to church, I hear : I never do— till to-day:
nnd then it was only on the chance of seeing You. So it
doesn’t seem to matter much what we call ourselves: and ns
As for fasting,
to marrying, it should be any way you please. As
I *d as soon eat fish ns meat, and sooner: 1 ’vo changed my
iews ou religion very much, the last few days. You see,
rhen I used to look at the pictures in Foxe, I’d never known
view
when
you
You see,
or kn
Mabel had never heard of Foxe: but. she was weak in
theology, and had to shift her ground. “ Do you forget, then,
wlmt l told you I should be if I was a man? ”
"But you’re not a man.”
‘‘No—but tliat’s what I should want a man to be. I
should make you miserable: or else be more miserable than
you.”
“Mallei!”
“I should, though. I should bo nlways wanting to get
away from Stoke Juliot—to get out into the world. I want
to go to Hath—London — France: everywhere. I want”— —
• * Do you ? Then so you shall: and so will I. Stoke .1 uliot
is a heaven-forsaken hole, as you say. Wo ’ll go to — to Jericho
itself, if you please : and we will never settle down but where
you please, or till we ’re both tired. I might sell Homacombe:
and then we should be free, and have more to spend.”
So that also failed ; and, what was worse, she was finding
out, quite clearly, that if she made it u condition that lie
should present her with his head a month lifter marriage, lie
would leap at it gladly, and buy the knife to-morrow. She
began to feel like old Horneck’s patron, who, unable to set a
task his servant could not do, hud, in despair, to set him to
weave Ropes of Sand.
‘ * Sir. l’engold would never hear of it—never for a moment,”
said she. “There; please, pray, let us be friends ! ”
“What — is that your reason, dearest Mabel? That he
would say no?”
“ And isn’t it enough ? What do I not owe to li
not his least word to bo my law ? ”
“ Then — Mabel, I am tlio happiest man in all England
all the world! Parson Pen gold lias said yes, Mabel ! ”_
“ He knows, then ? ” /_
“ Yes — all.”
“ Oh! ”
That was not a very pleasant sort of “Oh
would not have been to ears better skilled than Frau
in appreciating shades of tone. Indeed, sli
disappointed to find that this seemingly 1
backed with authority to woo her. Very
tho way of Captain Quickset, who c
romance, behind authority’s bacb^tuwLwl
with a dash—through the window. This,
m.
Hover, li
Ierent *
o a
irted*
rather]
Utt
come
been
Ice of
her
Francis could tell. "Wliat had she done? Or, rather, wlmt
had she been made to do? As for him, ho was in the sixth
heaven, which is better even than the seventh, seeing Unit there
is still a further height left to hope for nnd desire.
It came to an end at last, however—soon for him, late for
her. The Parson begun to yawn, and Francis rose to go.
Indeed tho Parson was more than half asleep, so that
Francis could lean over Mabel and whisper to her without fear
of his host’s intrusion.
“ Dear,” said he, “ you mustn’t think I mean to hurry you.
I never expected so much hope, even — I can’t expect more
than hope all in one day. Only you ’ll never get such love ns
mine, if you wait for ever nnd ever. Oh, I wish you could bn
me for one moment, so that you might know all I feel—nil I
can’t say.I will wait now. Only tell mo something 1
can do for you—something to Imngnm nearer; something that
will make you like mo a little /better - for its being done. Only-
lot it bn something hard. I lirtvo nev^r done anything in my
life vet. Let the first thhrgvl ever'dp/'be something for
you.”
An idea at last inspit
should she not tako hit
task that would give
more ? ^— x \
“I do indeed Kpievp/yon would throw yourself into the
sea if I bade you,” she could not help whispering back, with
a pride of which She felt ashamed. “ Hut I won’t ask you so
much ns that to-day. Let hie see—let mo think of something
very, very hard. Something you would not like to do.’’ ....
“ Tin re i.< nothing I should not like to do.”
“ Nothing ? That is n largo word—so tako care. Let mo
see. I hjivp set my heart on seeing Cowcumber Jack,” she
said, looking, at him go gravely nnd solemnly that ho might
sec nothing, childish or cupricious in tno command. ‘ ‘ You
know how yon disappointeu me by not being he ”-
He saw nothing childish or capricious, yet ho could not
help looking/embarrassed and grave. “ I don’t know,” lie
said. “ Tlid pdor fellow seems so lmppy as he is, and liu does
so litfleharm, after nil; and Sir Miles Heron’s keeper is such
a ruffianly ms, it really does seem n shame ”-
What! when you said there was nothing you would not
do S—And what harm would come ? You must manage for me
to see mm iu such u way that no harm could come. But, if
you won’t”-
But—I will.”
Tlius the sea-witch set her slave his first task to do.
• (To be continued.)
was in earnest. Why
id give him some real
ought, if for nothing
______ a set,
tame, formal offer, after all; nil cut guid driid -beforehand;
it seemed almost as if she were bemgDo'nght ami-sold.
“Yes,” said Francis, Ms spirits rising-.as^Id had never
known them riso at finding her last mifl strongest reason so
lightly swept away. “ He jiqLonly- ouhseiits, but is anxious
that 1 should be your husband/askQjim, and see.Uf
course I daren’t hopjr tliut you cun enre for me all at once, ns
I cared for you. I hatikqiiite h difidrc'nt thing. Hut you can
give mo just one word to take uwav, , ns you gave mo the
dahlia; and as the l’arson- edngents. it may be whatever you
please, except No. That would 'Just send me to the devil for
good uud all. I was (near enlisting once, fora much smaller
thing. As to religion, that’s nothing; and ns for travelling—
if you tell me togoover Wrack stone edge into the sea, over
I ’ll go.” /Tv-^
And she liacl just argued, speaking of the Parson, “ought
not liis least word to bo my law?” Bitterly she repented
having set but on that course of reasons—it looked now as if
she had been advancing^them only- to have them bowled over.
Why had she hot said No at first? Why liacl sho not
swormshe could nevbrjoteliim, however much lie might strive
to make her ? Why luid,sho not treated him with contempt
and scoril ? WeR^/that is not so easy to answer, seeing how
Rard a word No is to say when one’s heart and head are play-
See-saW; when to swear that one can never love is us
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feeling. to\ .
Moreover, it is late to ask, as well as hard to
^Indeed, she had so mismanaged mutters, through her
Jens "toying that one can never quarrel, and when her
awards Francis Carew, whatever it was, was anything
Nay, ho began to interest her profoundly as an altogether misunderstanding of the man with whom she lmd to deal,
unknown specimen of that sex whereof the Captain was the that sho lmd reached the lust of her reasons without saying
model and crown. —Asamucli as that she could not care for him even now. That
“ There,” said he. " I never thought to say it to sdqnvC^aVppy profession of obedience to the Parson's slightest
Hut wlmt does it matter when, seeing I mean it with all my Wish ! That was burning her ships—for she could not unsay
heart nnd soul—nnd can never mean it more, or less, if I jh'b\ such words os those.
n thousand years? Do you think you can evericitre fbr-njo a No; there was no reason left on which a girl, bound to pose
little—Mabel?"—liis voice seemed to caress the hairie—“Not-/ ns being fancy free, with no other lover possible save hun
ns I care for you: but enough to give me tliarighfc to live for whose love she was pledged to conceal, could base a vow worth
you ? I ’ll make you care for me enough, all iii good tihie: if ft straw that she could never bo brought to return the love of a
there’s any good in trying. I know I ’m iiS^worth your
thinking of, us I am : but 1 'll change iu tmy way yoU like—
1* 11 be whatever you like to make nib. Joiiiy wan tone thing
on earth: nnd tlmt's you. Every Hung elsesliall bp as you
“Mr. Carew—whnt am I to say? Why, we don’t even
know one another ”«- \ \\
• 1 1ndeed we do. I know enough of you to want you for my
wife : nnd I—why, all I “want is for you to se&jne through and
handsome young fellow, more than rich enough, anything but
a milksop, a close neighbour, the only match she was ever likely
to find, and accepted by her friends. She herself felt that
such a position was not to bo maintained—and what was sho
to do ?
“ There; I’ve made a clean heart of it now,” said lie, with
a happy sigh ; for even he, with all liis self-distrust, felt that a
woman who could give no better reasons than these for her
doubts must needs be more than half won. • Ilow he would
“TWELFTH NIGHT” AT THE LYCEUM.
The representation of this play at the Lyceum Theatre by
31 r. Henry Irving’s company during the past five weeks hun
obtained due public favour. It is, no doubt, the weakest of
Slmkspeore’s plays in tho main interest of the story, but
abounds with passages of beautiful poetry ; nnd the subordi¬
nate plot, the trick played on Malrolio by the roguish waiting-
woman, the Fulstnfflau recklessness of Sir Toby Belch, and the
silliness of Sir Andrew Agueclieek, are tine examples of true
Shukspeariau humour. The part of 3Ialvolio, one of the most
original and effective in the whole range of comedy, is per¬
formed by Air. Irving with n thorough appreciation of its
characteristic features, pompous self-conceit, affected austerity,
and tho excessive personal vanity which betrays him to a
malicious intrigue. Our Artist’s principal Sketch of his
figure shows him as he appears in the First Act, demurely and
primly bearing his wand of stewardship, dressed in a short
mantle, high ruff, blaek silk doublet, with chain and badge,
and puffed breeches of striped silk, but without the
fatal “yellow stockings ” and cross-tied garters which he put
on afterwards, to comply, as lie thought, with the wish of liis
mistress, the Lady Olivia, us hinted in the false letter that
3iaria laid iu liis path. Two minor Sketches of the same droll
personage are introduced on the page: in one of these, he is
reading the letter which he lias just picked up ; in the other,
lie comes in his nightgown, with u caudle, to scold the two
roystering knights and the mischievous servaut-iuaici for their
noisy nocturnal revels. Miss Terry plays the difficult part of
Viola, passing for her brother Sebastian, in the attire of a
young gentleman (white satin tunic and mantle) with much
gniee of bearing, and with u mixture of pensiveuess and play¬
fulness that is very charming. We aro inclined, however, to
regard the part of 31aria as the strongest female part in the
play, though it is not the most refined of comedy parts. It is
sustained with much vivacity by Miss L. Payne. Sir Toby,
who is an inferior sort, of FnlstafF, lacking tho spirit and
intelligence of his prototype, but is uu excellent specimen
of the drunken idler and hanger-on in wealthy family house¬
holds of that age, is well acted by 3Ir. David Fisher; while
3Ir. F. Wyatt makes a foppish Sir Andrew, somewhat
resembling Master Slender. The part of the Clown, by no
means ouo of tho best of iShnkspcnrc's Clowns or Jesters, is
rendered by 31r. Callmem. The superior personages, the Duke
and the Countess, whose languishing caprices are of com¬
paratively little interest to spectators or readers of “ Twelfth
Niglit,” find at the Lyceum sufficient representatives in .Mr.
Terriss and 31iss Rose Leclercq. The scenes are beautifully
painted, including the rocky seacoast, the palace, cloisters,
and guldens, and the costumes are very pretty.
“LEAVING HOME.”
through. There is nothing/feh know of me, but what you see have marvelled could he have foreseen that morning that he
and wlmt I say” - N/ \ would return that evening with his dahlia transformed into
“I am so sorry. — so wretched,” siiidAlnbcl. “Indeed I
am—I thought we wen^gothg to be sricb good neighbours and
friends. And now yom-imve. spoiled it all. But—of course
you will change your mind—and then ” -
“Never.” < " \ \
If it werefhqt fey having Quickset on her mind, if not ou
her heart also, she woiikl have known liow to give him his
“No” outright, or downright, she feared that this clearly
most uncompromismgjdyer would not bo content without the
reason vriiy. nnd was dgtermined enough to force it out of her:
/if. on/tins other hniul, she gave him only that half No of which
the other half always sounds so much like a Yes, she would
bVgetting into more dangerous ground than so inexperienced
a coipieCto cared to risk entering. By-nnd-by she would
know perfectly well how to manage infinitely harder situations :
but mennwhileg though she had all the necessary instinct, she
lacked the varied practice which is even more necessary still.
1t is not n grateful talk to have to chronicle tho blunders of
beginners when they are otherwise so promising ns Mabel
Opcnshaw. Still it must for ouee be done. In order to learn
tact, one must first become a coward. Fearing the whole No
ns loo much like a challenge, tho half No as too much like a
surrender, she took a middle way— the only unsafe one of the
three: the No with a reason.
laurels and myrtles. How soft grew the sunshine, how sweet
tho nir! A new light came even into the familiar face of
nature, and n now music into her breathing. “And I can
wait for tho rest now. When shall I ask you again ? ”
So it seemed that Captain Quickset wus not the only ninle
being who knew how to sweep nwny the ground from under a
woman's feet, after all. Tho tables were tinned with a
vengeance. It was Mabel who lmd lost her head, and Francis
who had found his tongue.
“ I—you” — she was beginning—“but”-
“ When ?” thundered from behind them. “Isn’t onec
enough?” cried the Parson, bringing clown his hand heavily
nnd heartily on tlio young man’s shoulder. “ Give me n kiss,
Mabel. You've made two men lmppy to-day. Wasn’t Ovid
right —non sunt here timid is —ell? Please the pigs, we’ll have
n wedding. Meanwhile, como and have some ale—I mean
some ten.”
“Hut,” began the lover, himself taken aback a little at
having matters thus driven homo without even the clear Yes
of the lady, “3Iubel” -
“ Is a good girl, and she’s set my mind at rest for ever
nnd a day. A fig for the farmers now, nnd for tliut quack
Quickset too. Madam Carew, of Honincombo — here’s the
blessing of a man who isn’t afraid to grow old any more; nnd
on you too, my lad; and you shall have your pick out of the
next litter. Amen.”
Ilow the rest of that evening passed neither 3Iabel uor
This interesting picture, by n French artist, wns exhibited
under the title of “ L’Emigrante,” nnd may be conjectured to
refer to the departure of a French Indy for a new home in the
East or West Indies, at some period in the past history of
French colonisation. The. old-fusliioind costume of the
gentlemen recalls to mind tho time when, French sugnr-
£ Uniters in Hayti and iu tho JIauritius, as well ns in other
lands which still belong to France, and the French com¬
mercial establishments in India, made the fortunes of ninny
private families previously to tho Revolution. It may easily
be imagined that a well-educated gentlewoman, connected by
kindred or by niarringewith theproprietorof some colonial estate,
is obliged to embark at 3Inr»eilles or Havre for a long voyage,
which in those days could not bo so punctually and expe¬
ditiously performed as by the steam-ships of our own time.
This lady is here on the point of embarking, and sits in tho
front room of an hotel overlooking the quay, with her friends
about her endeavouring to console her natural anxiety, her
distress at “ leaving home,” and her fears of the perils of the
ocean. The faces and attitudes of these figures are very
expressive, and there is a tender sentiment pervading the
whole composition. The Engraving was made by permission
of Mr. Denman Tripp, the owner of the picture.
Eight persons were drowned while bathing on Friday
evening and Saturday last. Three of the fatalities occurred
in the Preston district nnd one near Scarborough, two young
ladies lost their lives at St. Austell, and two men were swept
away by the tide ou the Northumbrian coast.
CATUED HA I..
152 — THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON HvS, Avo. 10, 1884.—153
RUE CANNXBliBS.
The great French com¬
mercial seaport of the
Mediterranean lma suf¬
fered terribly from the
pestilence imported by
vessels from the Suez
Cm ml, though it first
appeared at the naval
port of Toulon. It has
now greatly abated, even
at Marseilles, but the
mortality was dreadful,
owing to the bad sanitary
conditions of the town,
and to tlic reckless habits
of the mixed population.
Marseilles is the most
ancient sent of civilisa¬
tion in Western Europe,
having been a Greek
mercantile colony, nud
a place of resort for
Phoenician and Car¬
thaginian trade, before
the Roman conquest of
Gaul. There was pro¬
bably an overland traffic
with Britain by this route,
us well ns from Narbonne,
long previous to the ex¬
ploits of Julius Co-sur.
The modern city instill
on one of the grent mari-
time highways \to\ the
Levant, .to Africa \ and
Asia, well ns to Italy,
and is of great corn thei ciul
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L E S.
IN TOE GRAND HARBOUR.
importance. It is the
marine gateway of France
on the South Coast,
having a commodious
harbour in a most con-
veuieutsituntiou. Twenty
or thirty years ago, before
railway tunnels were
made through the Alps,
and before Venice,
Naples, and Brindisi
offered superior facilities
to the Overland Route, it
was on the way to Egypt
and to India from Great
Britain; and it is still
one of the chief Mediter¬
ranean ports. Old tra¬
vellers remember that
they’ were accustomed to
embark there for Leghorn
or Civitu Vecchia, when
they wanted to visit
Floreuee or Rome, going
onboard thesleam-vesse s
of the Messageries Iui-
pcrinles, and coasting
leisurely along the
Riviera, stopping at
Genoa, and seeing all the
islands and headlands
of that beautiful coast.
Times have changed,
but France 1ms grown
richer and busier, and
her own Eastern and
colonial trade hus greatly
FORT ST. JEAN.
test-stricken!
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AUG. 10, 1884
increased. Marseilles is yet the Queen of the Western Medi¬
terranean, with an enterprising: mixed population of the lively
Southern races, differing much from the rest of the French
nation, but intensely French in political sympathy, though
always Republican at heart. The shores of the harbour, with
the neighbouring isles, Katonncau anil Pomugue, if, with its
historic Chfiteuu, where Mirabeau was once a prisoner, mid
two or three others, have a romantic aspect. They arc
defended by Fort St. Jean, and overlooked by the high-perched
Church of Notre Dame de hi Garde, crowned with ft colossal gilt
image of the Virgin Mary. The Alpine summits of LeTaoume,
Carpiagne, and Mont l’uget, look down on Marseilles from the
east. The Grand Harbour and the Juliette, unhappily^ very
foul water, receive the crowds of shipping. The experiences
on Innding are not very pleasant, but it is an interesting,
bustling, wide-awake city. At the head of the old port, which
has spacious new docks extending northward, you land iu the
Hue Cnnnebierc, the centre of the town, lending to the Rue
Nouilles. Here is a throng of people, anti a display of wealth,
gaiety, and social activity, startling to the voyager who has
been live or six days at sen. The Bourse, on edifice of imposing
dimensions, stands close to the lauding place, where line
streets and qunvs extend in all directions. On high ground
above the Quiii eta la Jolictte rises the Cathedral, ou imposing
edifice in the Byzantine stylo of architecture, erected at a
cost of £300,000. 'Steam-boat passengers landing on this quay
can reach the centre of the town by trum-enrs through the
line do la Republique, which used to be styled the Rue
Imperiale. The broad open thoroughfare culled the Cours do
Belsunce, adjacent to the Canuebii-re and to the line do
Nonilles, is adorned with a statue of Bishop Belsunce, who in
1720 earned the grntitudeof the townsfolk by his pious labours
for the relief of sufferers in a pestilence fur worse than tlio
present visitation of cholera. The Place d’Aix lias a triumphal
arch commemorating the victories of the Bourbon French
nrmy in Spain sixty years ago, and those of Napoleon at
Marengo and Ansterlitz. There are tine Boulevards in the
northern and eastern subnrbs, with a Palais de Longchamps,
containing gnlleries of art, and the Promenade du Prado goes
round the hill to the south. At this moment, of course,
Marseilles is very tri*U. The hospitals are full of cholera
patients, many of them dying, and others lie ou board the
h ispital ships, oue of which, called in our Engraving the
“ Pest-stricken,” will be observed among the Illustrations
supplied by a French artist.
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of l-nMage gratis on lxar.l of the malls.
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CD.—The
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from Artli Station, of the
fiW Ostentl. holcony carriages.
,,ondlng railway stations.
TICE is hereby
has never I wen ts-tter tlufn at
Excursion* to the
»t. Gotlutrd Railway. .
gaa-llglitesl. safety eon tin noon hrake*.
and nt C— - —’.’ *
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X) given that tlie tanlfary ron'litlnA of this
Present. It l» perfertly free from *ldra»sa owingUNtg^.uiltary Arrangement*.
There haa l*en No KPIHKSIH ’ f„r several year*. NTTier* I* none st present, except
it Is- tlie Epidemic of HEALTH, from which onlyMh" doctors are the *uffsrrr*.
These fact* are officially cvrtl(lr-tn* mujrr by tlio^Uw -r of Boulogne.
CASINO.
Till* Edaldlshment ha cntirWy feconstnirtod. and I* one of the finest In
Fram e. ('"Iieert* dally In rdens of ThA.-aUbJIsWnt. UperatJe and other |mr-
t,.nuances III II,* iiisgnttii iwr TheatV*. 11*11*.Reantnqa.Uraml ltesUnnint and
t uf "unror„..lpd. JSSJffi. u*. with ,/1 the l-mllng English and foreign Journals,
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(lilt all fd«ck«
THE SILENT MEMBER.
The fifth Session of the present rnrlinment. bax-ren though it
has proved, lias been an unconscionably long time dying. On
Monday tlio temperature was so abnormally high iu town that
the sea breezes of the Solent would have been extremely
grateful to poor, limp humanity. Nevertheless, Sir Stafford
Northcote plucked up courage (stimulated by tlie Conservative
Demonstration on .Saturday at Manchester, mayhap), and
attacked the Government in his best style, in demanding yvhy
the Earl of Northbrook was to be sent to Egypt. The right
lion. Baronet enlarged on tho unwisdom of concluding the
Anglo-French Agreement (which has, however, no effect
now tho Conference lias been broken np); and skilfully,
though rather fruitlessly, dissected that abandoned document.
But Sir Stafford Nortlicote’s spirited counsel that Lord
Northbrook should be armed with power to act as well os to
advise was not thrown away. It brought up Mr. Gladstone"
with the avowal that, though Lord Northbrook’s mission was/
to inquire and to advise as to tlio financial condition of
Egypt, yet there was nothing in bis commission “ to prevent
its being a mission of action.” The legislative failure of the
Session, and the trying heat of tlie weather, may have
accounted in some degree for the warmth of the Premier S\
animated reply, the vivacity of which was enliauoed by the
right lion, gentleman’s retorts when interrupted by Ix»rd
Randolph Churchill, by -Mr. Gorst, and Mr. War ton, and
by Sir Stafford Northcote himself. Mr. Gladstone's un¬
quenchable exuberance on this occasion, bis filial appear/
ance for the last Session, augurs well for his forthcoming Mid¬
lothian campaign. In the debate that ensued, it Wiw-to be
observed that Mr. Forster boldly expressed a hono that the
Government would avail themselves of tfie new departure to
take over tlie administration of Egyptian affairs ; and that Sir
Robert Peel favoured tho House with one of his old style of
rousing speeches, in the course of which lie wfis ca lled to order
by the Speaker for a slight slip. It devolved upon Mr. Childers
to defend the Ministry, which he did witli Cxcdptioual spirit.
The Earl of RedesdiCte threw lntojelFgaUantly into the
breach once more on Monday’in tho House of Lords. The
venerable Peer again lidaxluto flag of truce to the Govern¬
ment. He inquired wlietheF the Ministerial Redistribution
Bill would be presented,toParlijunciit along with the Franchise
Bill in tho autr.tmi Session. Ou Lord Kimberley’s stating
that it was the intention ofHlie Gbteimncnt to bring forward
the Franchise Bill alofid iil tliC autumn Session, and to intro¬
duce the Redistribution Bill,when the former measure had
become law, Lord Redesdalc expressed his disappointment,
and complained of the agitation which was being conducted
outdoors, “ b'tised on tbe falsehood that the House of Lords is
opposed to the irauchi^e.” But the point at issue between
the Government and tlie Opposition being only the technical
question bf otder of procedure, it limy be hoped that a satis¬
factory arrangement nmy be come to at the eleventh hour.
Albeit the Honso of Commons was kept up till a quarter
past four ou Tuesday uioniing, through the action of a de¬
termined knot pf Irish Rome Rulers, who would not allow the
Appropriation Act to pass through Committee till tlie Marquis
of Hnrtington und given his word that any fresh evidence
' ig the Maamtrasna murders would bo officially
into, the Speaker commenced Tuesday’s sitting
t»u hour earlier than usual. Having copied
r le of .Mr. Disraeli to the best of his ability,
indolph Churchill ou Tuesday udopted a former
uu«« 7 H* of the late lender of the Conservative Party;
and, on the motion for the third rending of the Appropriation
Act, taxed his piquant vocabulary to its utmost in a last
‘ jgorous denunciation of the Government on the score of their
extravagant expenditure, which was five millions more than
in tho last year of the Ministry of Lord Beacoiistleld. For tho
second time this week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer re¬
pelled with poiut the assault on the Treasury Bench. Mr.
Childers recommended his sharp assailant to follow more
closely the manner of Lord Lyndhurst nud Lord Beaconsfleld;
and trusted the House would in the future promote economy
by appointing a committee to review expenditure. The
marked firmness Mr. Forster 1ms displayed since lie left the
Ministry was conspicuous in the brief speech in which the
right lion, gentleman urged her Majesty’s Government to keep
the Transvaal up to the letter of their agreement in the new
Convention. It is a matter for wonderment to some that Mr.
Forster is not invited to rejoin tho Cabinet, which would
certainly be strengthened by his return to the Ministerial fold.
The Prime Minister flitted from Downing-street to Hawnrden
on Tuesday. The majority of Ministers and Opposition lenders
followed Mr. Gladstone’s example, und lied to the Wight, to
the Moors, or to their country seats. Faithful among the
faithless found were the few Peers who met on Wednesday to
t *1. 4 1H11 • fiml DiHililn Vnrliimifiif, to hfl
__expected
the autumn County Franchise Session.
XE-SUR-MER.
EPIDEMIC EXISTS, nor has existed
anil th>tlnc«li*i'1Mio">I important*nu*ll'»r»tl<m* In
rntoTRoiii..frit* 1*on** of Hi- liraitliirst town*on Ui« Continent,
leal Officer of Kplilemic*. also certlllc* lliat tlio |nil.llc hcsltU
TT * rn ‘' (Sign*!) JTLES BAUDKLOQUE. Mayor.
BT. JAMES'S HALT.. FICAdILLY.
rrHE\ttOORE AND BURGESS MTNSTRELS’
I Neiofiroeramiti*. performed for til* lit *' time on Momlny Inst.
A STERLING BICTT.SS.
Tlie now rone*, from hruiiiiiln* to *n«l. srretr.1 with rapt'imn* spt'lana*.
ENTUCHIASTIC RKCF.ITIIIN of III* In 1 ...... MIL ti. W. JIOOBB,
nfter an a'venre of four month*. I'rrfonnancra nil tin- >ear round.
EVERY SIGHT AT EIGHT. DAY PEHNORMANCKH ElEllY .MONDAT,
WKUNKSDaV. and SATURDAY, nt THREE. «• well.
Door* ..lien for Day I'erformanro nt J.ti; for Nlklit ihtto nt T..1|t.
OmnlhuM 1 * run dlrert from tli* Exhibition to the doors of St. .lame* a Hall.
Drive*of Adml»*lon: 1*.,2».. and A*. No Ires.
T YCETJM THEATRE. — TWELFTH NIGHT,
I A KVEIlV EVENING •« t-lX Malxollo. Mr. Henry Irtln*; Viola. Ml** Marlon
T*rry. Box-Office (.Mr. J. Hunt) ojicn Ten to Fire.
The Views of Newcastle-on-Tyne, of the city, public
buildings and parks, of tlie river and port, and of Tynemouth,
engraved for this Number of our Journal and for that of next
week, are partly supplied by the aid of local photographers,
whose productions arc combined, iu some instances, with the
Sketches of our own Artist. We are indebted to Messrs.
Mawson, Swan, and Morgan, publishers of photographs at
Newcastle, for much assistance in this line, and to Messrs.
Frith and Valentine and Messrs. W. and D. Downey for their
photographs of Newcastle, and to Mr. Auty, of Tynemouth,
for those of that place, and a line view seaward of the
North Pier. Tho View of Crngside is from a photograph by-
Mr. J. Worsiiop, of Kotlibury. Our Portrait of the Mayor of
Newcastle i* from a photograph by Mr. James Bacon, of that
city; and those of the Sheriff and tho Town Clerk, by* Mr.
II.’ ti. Mendelssohn, also of Newcastle. The Portrait of the
lute Mr. Charles JInnby, C.K., is from n photograph by
Messrs. Window and Grove, of London; and that of the lateSir
Erasmus Wilson, from one by Mr. Cluudct, of Regent-street.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Tlie Versailles Congress on Monday rejected by a largo
majority two further amendments to tho Revision Bill, and
subsequently, by 523 votes against 139, adopted article 1 of
the measure*. On Tuesday two amendments wore rejected—
one abolishing the Presidency of the Republic, and the other
providing that the President should bo directly elected by
universal suffrage. An amendment suppressing the Sennte
was also rejected. Another prohibiting Princes of former
French reigning families from residing in French territory,
and proposing the confiscation of their property was rejected
without discussion.—M. De Lesseps presided on Monday at the
unveiling of the statue of George Sand, at La Chfitre, in Berry.—
Toulon und Marseilles are gradually resuming their normal
aspect.—The French Government have reduced the amount of
indemnity demanded from the Chinese Government to
80,000,000f., payable in ten years. At the same time, the
French squadron holds Kelung, in Formosa, capturing tlio
town, after a bombardment on the Oth iust. by a squadron of
five vessels, under Admiral Lespcs, without any declaration
of war. Admiral Courbet is before Foochow, and four French
war-ships are nt Woosung.
Iu Monday's sitting of tho Belgian Chamber of Repre¬
sentatives a motion, supported by the Left, to adjourn the
discussion of the Elementary Education Bill, was rejected by
GG against 35 votes, and the debate on the measure accordingly
commenced. Riotous demonstrations against the Clerical
party and the new Ministry having taken place in Brussels,
the military have been culled out to preserve order.
A formidable ironclnd, named Ruggiero di Lnurin. was
added to the Italian Navy last Saturday. Her capacity is ten
thousand tons; she is fitted with ten boilers to work very
f iowerful engines./ Two turrets will be armed each with two
urge guns of seventy-six or one hundred tons; and the,
frigate will be fitted with a rum and two tubes for dis¬
charging torpedoes.—Shocks of earthquake were felt on the
7th iust. iu tlie immediate neighbourhood of Rome.
The International Peace Conference nt Berne on the
8ih iiistl agreed to a motion made by Mr. Appleton, of
London, in favour of the neutralisation of interoceanic canals,
and also declares the International Court of Arbitration Asso¬
ciation to be constituted. Tlie conference was then closed.
The Crown Prince of Austria lias been invited by the
Emperor William to attend the Imperial elk-hunting party in
East Friesland next October.—A monument to tlie Emperor
Joseph II. was unveiled at Leitmeritz, in Bohemia, on Sunday.
The German-speaking portion of the population took advan¬
tage of the occasion to organise a great demonstration, tlio
number of persons taking part in it being estimated nt, 20,000.—
A heavy rainfall in and about Buda-l’esth has resulted iu loss
of life and great destruction of property, a village named
Zebegny having been swept away almost entirely.
The Empress of Austria and her daughter, the Archduchess
Mary, on Sunday night made an ascent of a steep nud danger¬
ous mountain known ns the Austrian ltigi, in the Salzburg
Alps, their object being to witness the sunrise from the
summit. The Empress Eugenie arrived ou Tuesday evening
at Carlsbad.
The eighth International Medical Congress was opened nt
Copenhagen on Sunday, in the presence of the King and
Queen of Denmark, the Royal family, and nil the notabilities
at present in the Danish capital. Sir James Paget thanked
the Royal House of Denmark and the Danish nation for the
gift they had presented to England iu bestowing upon her the
Princess of Wales, the model of a wife, a mot her, and a
Princess. He hoped the Congress might bring Denmark ns
much honour, and the whole world us much benefit, us the
last congress held in London. Dr. Virchow and M. I’asfeuv
also spoke. The congress numbers over 1500 members. There
are 1000 foreign members. At six o'clock a great banquet
took place at the Hotel d’Angleterre.—The famous Danish
scholar, Professor Mutlvig, completed ou the 7th iust. his
eightieth year.
The l)a\ly Newt correspondent at Cairo telegraphs that two
steamers started for tlie First Cataract on Monday, and that
another left on Tuesday. Major Kitchener lma been most
enthusiastically received at Debbeh, and on liis way thither.
Ho left ou Sunday. Sir Evelyn Wood was to start up the
Nile on Wednesday morning. The 10th battalion of the
Egyptian army, with a camel company, started for Assouan
ou Tuesday. The Daily Telegraph correspondent nt Cairo
states thnt'n telegram lias been received from Major Kitchener
confirming the Egyptian victories over the rebels at Debbeh,
which had hitherto been discredited by the authorities.
The progress of the American harvest continues satisfactory.
Tlie latest official reports from the different States indicate
that the wheat crop will exceed 500 million bushels.—There
was on Sunday an earthquake ou the Atlantic shore of the
United States, extending over a large tract of country—namely,
from Maryland to Vermont, and as far as 150 miles inland. It
created a great panic, and one person, a prisoner in Hartford
Jail, is said to have died from fright.—The Greely Relief
Expedition having arrived in New York, the corpses of the
dead members of the original Expedition were landed yester¬
day week on Governor’s Island, and received with military and
naval honours, the Secretary for War, Generals Hancock and
Sheridan, and other officials being present.—The number of
emigrants who arrived in the United States during the fiscal
year ending June 30 last was 509,831.
Tho mail-steamers of the Allan Lino sailing from Liver¬
pool are nt present crowded to their utmost capacity by mem¬
bers of the British Association on route for Montreal to take
part in the meetings of the hotly which commence in the
Onundinu city this month. The arrangements made for the
reception and entertainment of tlie English visitors appear to
be of a very complete description. The Canadian Government
have voted £5000, and reception committees have been formed
not only in Montreal itself, but at Toronto and Winnipeg,
which will be visited in due course by the members. In the
matter of excursions very generous arrangements have been
made, notably by tlie Canadian Pacific Railroad, the directors
of which have invited about 700 members to pay a flying visit
to Manitoba and the fur north-west.
It is announced from Cape Town that the Boers have been
defeated in a severe engagement with the followers of Moutaion.
Several Englishmen were killed.
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly lias passed the
third reading of the Land Bill by 05 against 30 votes. Both
Houses of Parliament in Queensland and Tasmania have
unanimously adopted an address praying for the introduction
of a bill for the creation of a Federal Council.
The New Zealand Ministry have resigned, in consequence
of the result of the elections.
Alderman O’Coniior, a Nationalist, was on the 7th iust.
chosen Ixml Mayor of Dublin for the ensuing term.
The South Devon election took place on Wednesday. Mr.
Trcnutyno, a Conservative, was the only candidate nominated,
and he was declared elected.
AUG. 16, 1884
THE ILLTTSTKATED LONDON NEWS
155
NATIONAL SPORTS.
Cricketers have been enjoying a wonderful time of it during
the present splendid summer : but the ground is just now in
such a state that bowlers lmvo no clianco at nil, and batsmen
seem able to make almost any scores they like. This was
thoroughly exemplified in the third gTeat match between
England and Australia, which was begun at the Oval on
Monday last. The Colonists, who won the toss, of course
elected to go in, and gave a really marvellous display of
batting. Murdoch made 211—by far the largest individual
score ever put together in any of the contests between
the two countries—and M'Donnell (103) and Scott (102) helped
tiie side materially to reach the gigantic total of 551. The
whole of the English team bowled, a very unusual circum¬
stance; and, easily enough, the Hon. A. Lyttelton, who
secured four wickets at. a very small cost with his “ lobs” was
the only one that met with any marked success. England
began badly; but, after seven wickets lmd fallen, \V. W.
Dead (117) and Scotton (90) came to the rescue, and the totaL
finally reached 346. Tho result, of course, ended in a draw,
and England has thus won the rubber.
Yachtsmen arc very busy just at present, and, if only there
wore a little more wind, the weather would be perfect for tho
enjoyment ol' their favourite spoit. At tho Royal Yacht
Squadron Regatta u prize of £75, sailed for over the Queen's
Cup course, was won by the Marjorie, the Ixn na taking£50 for
second. Another race for yachts of not less than 30 tons could
not be finished, as there was no wind, and the first, second,
and third prizes went to tho Wraith, Vega, and Cetonio,
respectively. There was a very fine race for the Albert
Cup, of the value of 180 gs., nt. the Royal Albert Yacht
Club Regatta. Five vessels started, and the handsome prize
fell nn easy prey to the Geneeta, who beat tho Marjorie with
something in hand. At tho regatta of the Royal London
Yacht Club tho Wraith came ia first in n race round the Isle
of Wight, but the Ulerin took the prize on her time allowance.
From the reports of correspondents in various districts of
England and Scotland it appears that the grouse season, on the
whole, opened very favourably.
MUSIC.
The close of tlie opera season always leaves more or loss of a
lull in London music. Of late years, however, this has been
but of very’ brief duration, being quickly followed by other
musical performances; the earliest of which, this year, were
those of the Royal English Opera Company at the Standard
Theatre, which’began — as already recorded — last Monday
week. Tho next musical event, was the opening of n
new series of promenade concerts at Covcnt Garden Theatre—
again under the lesseeship of Mr. W. F. Thomas.
The performances began last Saturday evening, when
a fine baud of nbout 100 instrumentalists—headed by Mr.
Carrodus ns solo and lending violinist—gave effect to
various orchestral pieces, more or less well known; to
selections from M. Plnnquette's “Nell Gwynne ” and
Eclliui's operas in instrumental arrangements, and a new
characteristic march, “ The Roll of the Drums,” by
Ascii. The occasional co-operation of the band of the Cold¬
stream Gunrds was a feature of the evening, as was tho
singing of Mr. Stedinnn’s Choir in the vocal obbligato to u
spirited new waltz, entitled “ See-saw,” composed by Mr.
A. Gwyllym Crowe, the conductor. The performances
of the solo vocalists were perhaps the most welcome items
to the majority of the audience. Madunie Rose llersee,
Madame Enriquez, Air. Mans, and Air. Santlcy were heard
in popular vocal pieces, to tho great contentment of the largo
number of visitors who filled tho theatre, which, ns well as
the adjoining Elornl Hall, was brilliantly illuminated by
electric light. The programmes of tho following evenings
were also of a varied and attractive nature.
OBITUARY.
Air. Rowland ‘Winn, ALP., has made a reduction of 25 per
cent on the last half-year's rent of his agricultural tenants;
and Air. G. T. Sotherou Estcourt, ALP., has made a reduction
of 10 per cent.
The Lord Mayor entertained at a banquet yesterday week
the representatives of the Eorcigu Governments at the Inter¬
national Health Exhibition, the Foreign Delegates to the
International Conference on Education, and a number of other
gentlemen specially interested in the spread of scientific
knowledge throughout the world.
At the meeting of the Aletropolitmi Board of Works
yesterday week, the chairman stated the surveyor of Dulwich
College lmd mentioned to him that the governors proposed to
devote seventy-two acres of their land lor a public park, pro¬
vided the Hoard would obtaiu an Act of Parliament, take the
land, and keep it as an open space for ever. The mutter was
referred to tho Works and General Purposes Committee.
Five thousand four hundred and thirty-six volunteers pro¬
ceeded to Aldcrshott last Saturday for eight days' drill with
the regular troops. During this time they are under the
Articles of Wav, and subject to the Mutiny Act. Where
possible they pitch and strike the tents issued for their use,
n-sist in the cooking, and generally perform all the details of
camp life, besides the drills and parades prescribed by tho
commander of the division, General .Sir Archibald Alison.
The Lord Alayor was present nt the reopening of the
Brunswick Wesleyan C’lmpel, Three Colta-street, Limeliouse,
on Sunday evening, and delivered a discourse on the words
“ Believe on tho Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.”
Ilia nppeurnuce os u private gentleman rather disappointed a
large crowd who lmd assembled to see him arrive, and who
evidently expected something like a civic show. The pastor
said it was a good sign for Christianity when men of position
condescended to visit the East-End and preach the Gospel to
the people.
The emigration returns to the end of last month show that
during July 21,739 emigrants of British origin left the United
Kingdom, being 4587 below the number that sailed in July,
1883. Those going to the United States were 13,060 last mont h,
and in 1883, 13,488; to British North America Inst mouth
3776, in 1883, 4957; to Australasia last month 4091, in 1883,
7187. During tbe seven months of this year the number of
British emigrants was 150,868, as compared with 205,281
during the first seven months of 1883 ; 95,336 British emigrants^
went to the United States iu the past seven months, as com¬
pared with 127,976 in the first seven months of 1883; to
British North America sailed 23,252, and in 1883, 82,793^nnd
to Australasia 26,890 this year, and 37,721 in 1883. For^the^
past seven months the English were 85,629 out. of the total of
British origin 150,868, and for the last mouth the English were
14,541 of the total of 21,739.
The Wesleyan Conference at Burslem closed .yesterday
week, the Rev. Dr. Greeves, president, in the chair. \TForcign
mission affairs came under review, and an important- debute
took place on the proposal to reduce the staff of secretaries nt
the mission house. Ultimately it was resolved to remit tho
consideration of the question to n special committee. 'The
sanction of the Conference was given to the Rev. Ebenezer E.
Jenkins to visit officially the Wesleyan missions in India and
China. Temperance affairs, Sabbath observance, necessitous
local preachers’ fund, the custody of official Aletliodist docu¬
ments, and other matters next came under review. The Rev.
George Sargent took leave of the s ConfereuCo, being nbout to
proceed to tho West Indies as President of the proposed New
Conference. At noon the business was concluded, and tlie
public were admitted to witness the signing of the “Journal.”
The usual votes of thanks were presented, devotional exercises
followed, and the Conference closed.
A quarterly court of the governors of the Brompton Con¬
sumption Hospital was held on tlie 7th inst. in the board¬
room of the hospital at Brompton—Air. T. 1*. Beckwith in tho
chair. From the report of the committee of management,
road by tho secretary (Mr. Dobbin), it appeared that since the
annual court both buildings, containing 331 beds, had re¬
mained fully occupied; but the committee were now nbout to
close part of the older building for needful colouring and
cleaning. Tlie question of fuuds continued to be nn anxious
one for thb committee, the expenses beiug increased to nbout
£24,000 « year by the opening of the extension building.
There wus only one bequest to announce—viz., the residue of
the estate of the. laic Air. Stnllibrnss, from which very little, if
any, benefit was expected to accrue to the charity; but the
sum of £1500 lmd been received from Air. J. D. Allcroft, a
friend of long standing; and a further donation of £250 from
Air. and Mrs. Vertue Edwards, instead of a legacy. But for
this assistance, the committee would have been compelled to
order a further sale of stock. Mr. II. Herbert Taylor had
b-on appointed as-istnnt resident medical officer. The number
of in-patients admitted since May 29 was 287: discharged, many
givully benefited, 285 ; died, .59 ; new out-patieut cases, 2403.
POLITICAL AIEETINGS.
Lost Snturduy was a day of political activity, the Conservatives
having most of tho innings. A Conservative demonstration of
uuusual magnitude was held in Manchester, attended by many
thousands of people from different parts of Lancashire. The
Alarquis of Salisbury formulated an indictment of failure
against the Government, and defended the course taken by the
House of Lords. Lord Randolph Churchill was certain tfiaL
notwithstanding the clamours of Radical agitators, an appeal
to the people was imminent. Lord Stanhope addressed a larg'd,
Conservative gathering nt his seat, Chevening Park, Seven- - -, . .. , , , „ ,
oaks. Sir Charles Mills, ALP., also addressed tlie assembly .Ltmisa, .daughter of the ninth LordAY illoughby■ de Broke, and
Lord Wiuuinrleigh presided at a Conservative mectiufe at lenveanjdaughter, Dorothy Anne. Air. Jervoiso Smith assisted,
Lancaster, which was addressed nt length on the pre- 'igASoo, m toe administration of the Crimean Army Fuud. lie
sent situation by Air. Gibson, ALP. There was a Con- ^'formerly Major 2nd Regiment^Middlesex Militia. eliair-
servutive demonstration at Bangor, presided over by the °f th ° V ub * c Works Loan Commission, nnd deputy-
lion. Sackville West. Air. James Anderson RoseeliteK ^^rrnau of the Clearing-House of Loudon Bunkers,
tained the members of the Wandsworth nnd Putney Working
SIR VT. J. CODRINGTON.
General Sir William John Codrington, G.C.B., Colonel Cold-
Btreum Guards, Knight of the Legion of Honour, tlie Alilitarv
Order of Savoy, the Turkish Order of Alcdjidieh, and tlie
Alcduille Alilitnire of France, Cominunder-in-Chief in the
Crimea, November, 1855, to July, 1856, died on tho Cth inst.
He was bom Nov. 20, 1801, the second son of the famous
Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, O.C.B., who was Captain of
the Orion at Trafalgar, and commanded the Allied Fleets at
Nuvarino. Sir William received his education nt llnrrow and
Sandhurst, entered the Army in 1821 and attained the rank
of General iu 1863. Ilis rise was most rapid. He left England
a Colonel in 1854 and came from the Crimea in 1856 Com -
nuuider-in-Chief. lie took a distiuguisln-d part at tlie battles
of Alma nnd Inkerman, nnd throughput the whole campaign
to its close. His gallunt services were moi-tliigbly mentioned
in the despatches. On his return lie sat m^l'prliainent as a
Liberal for Greenwich, 1857 to l8ott, nnd was Governor of
Gibraltar 1859 to I860. 11c mutricd.lSHO, Alary, daughter of
Air. Levi Ames, of The Hyde, Herts, and l>y her (who is oncot
the Bedchamber Women to her Majesty) leaves issue, one son
nnd two daughters. \
SIR F. P. BAttI.EE.
Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee, Iv.C-ALG., who left England on
June 2 to administer the government of Trinidad during the
illness of the Governor, died on tjho 8th inst., at Trinidad. He
served in tlie Ordnance Department from 1844 to 1855, when he
was appointed UoIouiuLjSecTCtary of Western Australia, and
became a member of the Executive nnd Legislative Councils oi
that Colony. From 1877 to 1883 he held the post of Lieutenant -
Governorof British Honduras. Sir Frederick married, in 1851,
Jane, daughter of Edward J. Oscland, Esq., of Coleraine, iu
tlie county of Londdndciri-y.
MR. JERVOISE SMITH.
Air. Jervoise Smith^M-A., a partner in the banking-house of
Smith, Payne, and Smith, and ALP. for Falmouth and Penrhyn,
1866 to 186Sj died at Folkestone on the 21st ult., aged fllty-
liyevjfe Was eldest son of Air. John Abel Smith, ALP. (nephew
oLtligJlfst Lorn Carrington), by Anne, his wife, daughter of
1§jr SnmuelUJnrke Jervoisc, Bart., and was educated at Eton
aud at Trinity College, Cambridge. He married, 1874. Margaret
Alen’s Conservative Association, tbe Battersea Conservative
Association, nnd tlie Battersea Bcaconslield Club, at a social
gathering in his extensive grounds at WamLworth-commpn.
At u meeting to protest against the continued, existence of the
House of Lords, held in the evening hi SC Jnines'’s k HiilT^7&ir
Wilfrid Lawson, M.P., in the chair—a resolution was “passed
declaring that tlie House of Peers in Parliament is useless and
injurious, and ought to be abolished. AlLpvcr theCountry
other meetings were held for the purpose of advocating
reform and condemning the action of the House of Lords.
BISHOP CLAUGHTOX.
Bishop Piers Calverly Claugliton died, on the 11th inst., after
a long illness. He was the son of tlie late Air. Thomas
Claugliton, and brother of the present Bishop of St. Albans.
Born in 1814, he was educated at Brascnose College, Oxford,
where lie graduated B.A. with first class honours iu 1835.
After gaining other distinctions ho wus appointed to the
Rectory of Elton, Huntingdonshire. Having held the
Bishoprics of St. Helena and Colombo successively, he was iu
1870 appointed Archdeacon of Loudon, nnd iu 1875 succeeded
tlie Rev. G. It. Gleig as Chaplain-General to the Forces. Dr.
Claugliton wus the uuthor of several clerical essays.
Tlie Judges rose for the Long Vacation on Tuesday, and tlie
Law Courts will not reassembje ogaiu until Oct. 24, when the
Alichaelmas sittings begin.
Air. Frank Lockwood,[Q.C., of the North-Ensteni Circuit,
has been appointed Recorder of Sheffield, iu succession to Air.
Justice Wills.
Princess Beatrice has consented to become President of
the London Alusical (Societyethat post having become vacant
owing to the denth of the Duke of Albany.
At AInnclicster, ou Saturday last, n testimonial was pre¬
sented to Air. and Airs, Alundclln, subscribed by the cotton
operativesof Lancashire, ill recognition of theeffortsmadebythe
right bon. gentleman in shortening the hours of factory labour.
The Wellington statue, which lms arrived safely at Alder-
shott, lms been deposited nt the military stores close to tho
South Camp, pending the erection of u suitable stand or
pedestal on which to place it.
The Great Western Railway Company on Saturday last
opened a portidnof the Staines mid West Drayton Railway—
from West Drayton to the old posting town of Colnbrook, on
the bordertf W Bucks and Aliddlesex.
Tho Art Union of London opened on Tuesday, nt their new
galleries, 112, Strand, tlie forty-eighth annual exhibition of
tlie pictures and other works of art selected by tho prize-
holders in the current year. Asa whole the collection does
credit to the taste and judgment of the owners.
The sixth annual Army Rifle Aleeting was brought to a
close last Saturday with several competitions. The Scottish
ltifles have repeated the victories of last year, winning suc¬
cessively the Regimental Trophy, the Championship, the Duke
of Connaught's Cup, and the Bowyers’. The prizes were dis¬
tributed at the close of the shooting by Lady Alison.
The imports of live stock and fresh meat to this country
from the United States and Canada landed at Liverpool last
week show a falliug off in the arrivals of both live stock and
fresh meat when compared with those of preceding weeks.
The total imports amounted to 1962 cattle, 5517 quarters of
beef, and 355 carcases of mutton.
AIucli damago was occasioned in various parts of England
by thunderstorms last Saturday night and Sunday morning.
In Darwen a young man named Mandcn, living in Duck-
worth-street, was killed by the lightning while playing ut
footbnll. A thunderstorm passed over the metropolis early on
Tuesday morning, and many parts of the country were simi¬
larly visited, some with fatal results.
The Board of Trade have awarded a binocular glass to
Captain Alathieu Correwyn, of the Belgian fishing-vessel
Avenir, of Antwerp, in recognition of his humanity and
kindness to three of the crew of tho fishing-smack Ben Bolt,
of Hull, whom he picked up near tho Doggorbnnk on Dec. 10
last., after they had been iu an opeu boat for twenty-six hours
without food or water.
The School Board for London on the 7th inst. completed
their consideration of the superannuation and pension scheme.
'The Works Committee received special instructions to see
after the sanitary arrangements of the schools during the
recess. Tlie half-yearly balance-sheet was received. Several
notices of motion were postponed. After getting through all
the pressing routine business the board udjourned over the
holidays till Oct. 9.
The Alarine Biological Association of Great Britnin linvo
decided fo build, at an expense of £10,000, tlieir first laboratory,
on the foreshore of Plymouth Hoe. The authorities have given
the site, and local biologists have offered a contribution of
£1000. Tlie Cloth workers’ Company have marked their sense
of the importance of the proposal by voting a donation of
£500, payable by nniiuul instalments of £100, towards tho
fund.
AYe have also to record the deaths of—
The Duke of AA’cllington, who on the 13tli inst. dropped
dead at the Brighton station us lie was about to enter the
train lor London. A memoir of liis Grace will be given next
week.
Lord Lauderdale, on the 12th inst., from a stroke of light¬
ning, as lie was riding across the Braidslmw Rigg. Ilia
memoir will appear next week.
Sir Erasmus Wilson, on the 8th inst. A portrait nnd a
memoir of this distinguished surgeon are given in this issue.
The llev. John Field, ALA., for twenty-six years Rector of
AYest Roiintou, Nortliullerton, Yorkshire, on the 3l9t ult.,
aged seventy-one.
Deputy-Surgeon-General Trininell, late of tlie Aladrns
Army, who fell dead on the beach at Jersey, on the 9th inst.,
as lie was about to enter the sea to bathe.
Lieutenant-General Archibald Richard Harenc, of Kimpton
House, Herts, on the 5th inst. lie served with the 97th ill
India 1857-8, and was at tlie siege and capture of Lucknow.
Colouel Aloutgomery, commanding tlie 13th Regimental
District, and formerly of tlie Prince Albert’s (Somersetshire)
Light Infantry, who died suddenly iu Taunton on the 9th inst.
Viscountess Stopford, nt AVindaor. on the 12thinst., leaving
a young family. Her Ladyship, a daughter of the late Lord
liraybrooke, hud just completed her twenty-ninth year, nnd
was’ married, iu 1876, to A'iscouut Stopford, eldest sou of the
Earl of Courtown.
Air. Robert Spear Hudson, of the Baelie, Chester, nt Scar¬
borough, suddenly, of heart disease. Besides his recent con¬
tributions of £1000 each to tho Congregational Jubilee and to
the North Wales College fuuds, Mr. Hudson was a liberal
benefactor to all the charities of liis district.
Air. George Frederick Pardon, the well-known essayist and
editor, at Canterbury, on the 5th inst. He was born in
1824, aud from a very cnrly age was occupied in literary
pursuits. He gained likewise celebrity, under tho pseudonym
“Captain Crawley,” by his writings on billiurds, whist, chess,
cricket, and other pastimes. The articles on billiards nnd
bagatelle in the last edition of the “ Eucyclopredia Britauuiea”
were from his pen._
The Duko of Buccleuch and Queensbcrry has accepted the
presidentship of the Royal Caledonian Asylum, Holloway,
rendered vacant by the death of the late Duke.
A fir? broke out on Tuesday morning iu AVilton-road,
Pimlico, on the premises of Mr. Abrahams, n hatter, who,
with his mother, sou, aud daughter, was burned to deuth.
Four others were saved.
During the last thirty years the Royal Alint nt Sydney,
Australia, coined 1,621,080 sovereigns and 157,276 hall-
sovereigns; while the Alelbourne Alint has, since 1872, struck
1,931,333 sovereigns aud 65,500 half-sovereigns.
Tlie Earl of Alount Edgcumbe on Tuesday laid the
foundation-stone of a new meteorological observatory at Fal¬
mouth, to be carried ou under tho direction of the Aleteoro-
logieal Office, London. #
The southern detachments of the Artillery A’olunteers
marched into camp nt Shoebutyness lost Saturday, and
Divine service was performed in the mesa tent on Sunday
by the chaplain to the Mnrquis of Londonderry.
The Queen has given her patronage and a contribution of
£50 towards tho building fund of the AVorking Lads’ Insti¬
tute, The Alount, AVhitechapel, London. The object of tho
institute is to promote the welfare of the working iads of tlie
metropolis by establishing a suitable place where they may
profitably spend the eveniug hours.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Avo. 10, 1881 — 156
THE LATE SIR ERASMUS WILSON, F.R.8.
We regret to announce the death, on Friday last week, of this
emineut surgeon and munificent public benefactor, whose
charities and active services to his fellow-creatures, in manifold
ways, have gained a reputation equal to that of his attain¬
ments os a scientific physiologist, and as a -scholar.. Sir
William Janies Erasmus Wilson was bom in 1800, studied
anatomy and medicine in Loudon and Aberdeen, became a
member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1831, a Fellow of
the College in 1813, one of the Council in 1870, and President
in 1871. In 1869, having founded at his own expense the
chair of Dermatology, and the Museum of that branch of
science, at the same College, he became its first Professor. Ho
was the most eminent authority upon diseases of the skin, and
wrote many learned treatises upon that subject, besides con¬
ducting u quarterly journal of cutaucoua medicine, contribut¬
ing to other scientific journals and cyclopaedias, and ol ten
delivering lectures and addresses. Ho was author or editor of
several works treating of the study and practice of
anatomy, of a “History of the Middlesex Hospital,” and
“Art of Prolonging Life,” were designed to aid the cause of
sanitary reform. A holiday tour among the spas of Germany
and Belgium was described in a pleasant little narrative, llo
devoted much atteution to Egyptian antiquities and history,
mul the result of these studies is partly contained in his volume
entitled “The Egypt of the Past,” which was published in
,0-, ° — “Cleopatra’s Needle, with brief
i Obelisks." The obelisk now on
_| | well known, lay for many
centuries in the sands at Alexandria, and was presented to
England after the military expedition of Sir Ralph Aber-
erornby in 1801, in which one of the near relatives of Erasmus
Wilson served as an officer of the British Army. The obelisk
was not then removed; it was again repeatedly offered to us
by the rulers of Egypt, and finally by the late Khedive
in 1877, but still her Majesty’s Government did pot
think it worth the expense of transport. Erasmus Wilson"
then generously undertook to have it Drought to England at
his own cost, nnd it was done, at an expense of more than
£10,000, the obelisk being safely placed in Txradon in
September, 1878. The various acts of pecuniary beneficence
performed by Erasmus Wilson cannot here be fully enume¬
rated. lie bestowed valuable endowments ©n the Royal
College of Surgeons, and founded the chair of Pathology in
the University of Aberdeen. Ho erected a handsome chapel
and uew wing for the Sea-Bathing Infirmary at Margate,
built the Master’s House at the Epsom Medical College, and
restored the parish church of Swauscombe, in Kent. In
November, 1881, the Queen conferred upon Erasmus Wilson
the honour of knighthood. He died at his residence, The
Bungalow, Westgnte-on-Sen. lie line left no children, but
was married, in 1841, to Miss Doherty, daughter of Mr James
Doherty, who survives him. Among the honours not already
enumerated which Sir Erasmus Wilson enjoyed were those of
The Council of the Royal College of Surgeons awarded to him
their honorary gold medal two days before his death.
THE LATE MR. C. MANBY, C.E.
This emineut civil engineer, whose death was recorded last
week, had reached the eightieth year of liis age. Ho was
trained to the profession by' his father, who was the first
inventor of marine steam-engines with oscillating cylinders,
and was employed, in 1820, in the construction and navi¬
gation of the Aaron MfUlby, the first iron steam-vessel that
ever made a sea-voyage. He was afterwards engaged in the
erection of the first gasworks at Paris, and in the management
of French ironworks at Charenton and at Creusot; he was also
for some time employed by the French Government us chief
engineer of the tobucco factories. In 1829, lie became con¬
nected witli the Beaufort ironworks in South Wales, but enmo
to London in 1836, and obtained a largo general practice in
his profession, being also connected, in later years, with
the firm of Robert Stephenson and Co., of Newenstle-
on-Tyne. He was Secretary of the Institute of Civil
Engineers from 1839 to 1856, nnd received a hand¬
some testimonial on resigning that office. He was a
member of the International Scientific Commission on the
project of the Suez Canal, and joint secretary with M. Burthe-
lemy St. Hilaire in the preliminary singe of that undertaking.
The formation of the Engineer nnd Railway Volunteers Staff
Corps was due to Mr. Manby, who held the commission of
,—yy ' THE LATE MR. C. MANBY, C.E.,
LIBCT.-COL. ENGINEER AND RAILWAY VOLUNTEER STAFF CORPS.
Lieutenant-Colonel in command of that corps, and he was
often consulted by Government on busiuess of military trans¬
port and the defences of the country, lie received honorary
distinctions from several foreign Governments.
“THE KING OF JESMOND.”
Jesmond Dene, adjacent to the great industrial town of New-
castlo-ou-Tyne, and to the Newcastle residence of Sir William
Armstrong, has, by his munificent gift, become a place of
public recreation; and he is the donor of additional beuefits
to the people, of which more will be said next week, upon
the occasion of the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
But it has been necessary, within the last few days, to cut
down a well-known old tree, which was already dead, some¬
times called “the King of Jesmond,” as it stood in the way
of widening the road by which the Royal visitors will pass to
open Armstrong Park. Our Illustration, from a sketch by
Mr. Ralph Hedley, representing the act of destruction, may
be interesting to those acquainted with the neighbourhood,
nnd serve os a memorial of the changes now in progress.
TREE CALLED "THE KING OF JESMOND,
AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.
ASSOUAN AND PHIL/E.
The numerous Views of Upper Egypt which have appeared in
this Journal iuclude several of Assouan, the frontier town and
trading river-port a few miles below the First Cataract or
Rapid of the Nile, and of the isle of Pliilffi, with its ruins of
superb ancient temples, a little way higher up. Our present
Illustration shows the land rend between those two places,
which are seven miles distant from each other. At Assouan
the battalions of Sir Evelyn Wood’s army are the 2nd and 3rd
of the 1st or English-officered brigade, commanded respec¬
tively by Lieutenant-Colonel Holled Smith (60th Rifios) and
Lieutenant-Colonel P. Trotter (93rd Highlanders). There is
a detachment of Egyptian artillery with eight 9-centim6tre
Krupp guns, serving as guns of position, and there are two
Gatlings. The whole force is under Colouel !•’. Duncan, R.A.,
Colonel-Commandant of the Egyptian artillery. With each
battalion there are several English officers. Tho ground for
encamping the troops is on n broken, rocky plateau of con¬
siderable elevation near the Nile on its right bank, about a
SKETCHES IN UPPER EGYPT: ROAD FROM ASSOUAN
Tn Dun.*.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Ate. 10, 1881.—157
PARIS ON HORSEBACK : SKETCHES BY “ NLDRACH.” — SEE PAGE 163.
158
THE ILLUSTEATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 16, 1884
quarter of a mile-south of Assouan. The full advantage of
the breezes prevalent during the night is thus obtained, and
tli ere is a diminished temperature correrpondiugtotheelevation.
The vicinity of the river also removes all difficulty in the mutter
of water, except that of transport. Batteries with alternative
embrasures have beeu erected on the plateau to command tlio
town, the main caravan raids, and tlio Assouan cud of the
short railway which enables the cataract to be passed. Storm -
proof works have been erected for the infantry, and huts of
stone and sun-dried brick for the English officers. Reserves
of ammunition and stores are kept, in barges on the river below
the camp. We are informed that the health of the troops has
been excellent—far better than in Cairo. Their cheerfulness
under all circumstances—notably when engaged in working
parties, for till the works have been made by military labour—
is remarkable and gratifying ; and if the unknown quantity,
courage, could bo ascertained and found to be considerable, wo
bhould hear no more about the abolition of the Egyptian army.
CITY ECHOES.
Wednesday, Aug. 13.
Though the present traffic experience is far worse than was
thought possible until quite recently, Mexican Railway stocks
are firmer than they were last week. This is due in the first
place to a natural reaction after the very severe fall of the past
account, while more general considerations arise in connection
with the notification that Sir Spencer St. John’s missiou has so
far been successful that diplomatic relations have been resumed
between Great Britain and Mexico. It is eusy for market
operators to at once make sureof a settlement of thedebt, revived
commercial relations, and an augmented trade over the Mexican
Company’s lines. Rut all this is not going to happen in a week
or a mouth, and in the meantime the traffic statements will
rule the market. Altogether, apart from what speculators may
put about, it is clear that the minimum position is not yet
kuown. A large and similar business is being done in Grand
Trunk Stocks, and they are better just now upon repurchases
by recent sellers, and because of the benefit which must
accrue to the company from the greatly improved harvest
prospects of old Cuuuda, as well as of most other parts of the
world.
From the end of September to the 17th of October the
Bank of England will, under instructions from her Majesty’s
Government, be open to receive assents from the holders of
Consols and other National Three per Cents, for the conver¬
sion of their holdings into 2J or 2} per cent annuities. The
terms of conversion are that for £100 Three per Cents be
THE CHURCH.
The Queen has given £200 to tlio Truro Cathedral fund.
The (.'onvocation of the Provinces of Canterbury and York
have been prorogued to Tuesday, Sept. 16.
Thu Goldsmiths' Company and the Grocers’ Company have
each given £100 to the Church Pastoral Aid Society.
The old Anglo-Norman Church of St. Oswald, at Crowle,
has been reopened by the Bishop of Nottingham, after
thorough restoration.
A pastoral stall is to be presented to the Bishop of Carlisle
for the use of the see by the Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland
on the day of the opeuingof the Church Congress.
Yesterday week Mrs. Gladstone, in presence of a largo
number of ladies und gentlemen, laid the foundation-stone of
a new chancel for the St. Marylebone parish church.
At the Cannon-street Hotel lust Saturday, the members of
the Church of England Working Men’s Society celebrated
their eighth anniversary meeting. It was stated that tlio
society now numbers 7300.
Two rich windows from the studio of Mr. Taylor, of
Berners-street, have been presented to Uurlestou church, the
g ift of friends, in memory of Mr. Hazard, in his lifetime a
enefactor to the church.
A Parliamentary return has been issued showing the names
The Rev. Cupel Cure, of St. George’s, llunover-squnre, was
installed Canon of Windsor yesterday week at St. George’s
Chapel, Windsor Castle, in the room of the Rev. It. W. Boyd-
Curpenter, the newly appointed Bishop of ltipou.
Last Saturday the Bishop of London reconsecrated the old
parish Church of St. Nicholas, Chiswick, which has beeu
almost entirely rebuilt by the munificence of Mr. H. Smith,
one of the churchwardens.
The Bishop of Gloucester on Tuesday re-dedicated the spire
of St. Iuchcombe church, which was destroyed by lightning in
November last. His Lordship has also reopened the ancient
Nonnan church at Itodnuuiton, one of the oldest edifices iu
his diocese.
The restoration of the great north door of Westminster
Abbey is rapidly advancing towards completion. The sculpture
is elaborate, and has occupied the workmen many months.
We hear that the cost, which is defrayed out of Abb|6y funds,
amounts to upwards of £12,000.
^ , The new parish church of Glcndinnes, Banffshire, was on
P‘ r C0U M, st ? ck>2 *.E er 5* Mt etock - Monday struck by lightning during u thunderstorm nuths^t
1 ho 21 per cents will bo identical with those now oll fl re . The belfry was completely consumed, and the roof
“» hn,h w,n ho nnvnhl « was much damaged before the flames could he extinguished.
When its fastenings gave way, the bell fell into the edifice and
swashed many seats and some woodwork in tile interior, j
The Earl of Yarborough has given £200 towards restoring
the old Normun church at Thornton Curtis, aud-Mx, Rowland
Winn, M.l*., £580, the estimated cost of rebuilding the
chancel. Of the total expenditure, about £2000 has been con¬
tributed l>y the local landowners, the Bishops td idncoln aud
Southwell, Mr. James LowtherAl.P., and others.
On the 7th iust., the Archbishop<Cqf York reopened Nun-
nington parish church^wliichdatea back to 1280, and possesses
great historic interest. The chief donors to the restoration
land were the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of Norwich,
Kir Reginald Graham, Sir William Vvbnuey, Lady H. Pelham,
aud Mrs. Itustou, of Newby Wiskc.
By permission of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the aged
inmates of the Croydon Workhouse held their aumial
“outing” in tliegrounds of Addington Palace; and on the
previous day the Addington Working Men’s Horticultural
Society hold ifs fifth annual flower show in the park. The
Primate, being at Osborne, was unable to take part iu the pro¬
ceedings of cither day.
The Rev. George Taylor Braine, Curate of Holy Trinity’,
Hampstead, and Assistant-Secretary of the Society for Pro-
motinsXhristianity among the Jews, has beeu appointed by
the Sifiu-on Trustees toSjre important living of Liskeard,
CoruwiHI\the KfevyW. Smule, M.A., Curate of St. Jude’s,
South Kensington, has been instituted by the Bishop of
I^ndon-to the Vicarage of St. Philip’s, Eurl's-court, Ken-
the Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed the
m the market, mid interest on both will be payable
quarterly on the 5th of January, April, July, and October.
The 2} und 2} per cent stocks will not be repayable until
Jan. 5, 11105, and then the Government may, on one
month’s notice, repay at par, but in amounts of not less than
£3,000,000 2f per cents, aud £14,000,000 2J per cents. The
question which holders will ask is—should we convert? There
is, of eourse, the ri«k that those who do not convert now will
have presently to be paid oil at par, or only be allowed to
convert at less favourable terms than those now offered. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer, no doubt, hopes that such will
be the result of delay ; but there are many who do not share
lii» confidence, und who do not fear disadvantage from delay.
The London General Omnibus accounts to he presented
next week arc in the highest degree satisfactory. The dividend
is raised from IU per cent per annum to 12i, and the several
funds of the company have been added to. The Consols and
Indian Government Guaranteed Stocks held have been in¬
creased since June last year from £112,254 to £124,749, the
value of the company’s stock of all kinds from £60,479 to
£79,588, and the reserve funds from £96,934 to £119,031.
Trumwuys and railways nppeur to take away long-distance
passengers, but the abort-distance passengers iucreuse at the
rate of seven or eight millions a year. The fare per head is iu
consequence less, while the uggregate taking und the net
result are much larger.
The Town und County Bauk of South Australia is the
most recent addition to the banks in Loudon. The head¬
quarters of the company of course remain iu Adeluide.
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, after an absence of slx^-l^^r'Iu^^P^Curute-in-churge of Lycld, near Folkestone,
weeks, returned to Dublin on Tuesday, and resumed Wu td the living of Kdburton, near Hurstpievpoint, Sussex, void
residence at the Viceregal Lodge. by^Ue^esiyou of the ltcv. Christopher II. Wilkie.
Thu annual meeting of the Grand National Archery -
Societies, at St. Mark’s Recreation Ground, WiudsoFTW'-s \ \ Tn London last week 2212 births and 1624 deaths were
brought to a dose yesterday week. The sport was cOnfln^h^egt@terod. Allowing for increase of population, the births
'lad eolu.- were 319 below, whereas the deaths exceeded by 29, the
numbers hi the corresponding weeks of the lost ten years.
On Tuesday the auuuul meeting of the British Pharmacists
to handicaps shot by the ladies and gentlemen who had
peted in the various contests. The Champion lhidgrfoy ladieS,
was won by Mrs. Pain Leigh; the County Challenge Cujywiis
won by Surrey; the Champion Gold Medal for Gditleineii Avas
carried off by Mr. C. E. Nealunu, Spedding; and th^ Memorial
Challenge Cup, presented by the Royal ToxopRUitd Soeiety,
was won by Major Fisher. Mrs. Ricluutlson GaidntT, wlfe of
the member for the Royal borough, distributed the prizes,
valued ut nearly £3U0. cS. . \ \
THE COURT.
The Queen, who continues in good health, drives out almost
daily. On Sunday morning her Majesty, tlio Crown
Prince and Princess of Germany, Princess Beatrice, and
Princesses Victoria, Sophie, unci Margaret of Prussia, attended
Divine service at Osborue. The Bishop of ltipou officiated.
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eulis wlilch'canse these unsightly affections, and ensures
5-c|rar7ruuiltliy akin, bold by Clwmlste. Bottles. 2s. W.
QOCKLE’S
y^NTIBILIOUS
piLLS.
/SoCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS 1’ILLS,
VJ FOR LIVER.
COCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
\J FOU BILE.
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
VJ FOR INDIGESTION.
nOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
\J FOR IIKAUITICRN.
A DVICE TO DYSPEPTICS.—Symptoms
XX. of Uniiepela and Indigestion, with *pedal advice a, to
lrlet. •"flu, little pamphlet appeal* forcibly bi Uiom> who have
allowed the palate to decide everything for them, ami have paid
tlie inevitable penalty of their folly”—Globe. Sent for one stamp.
J. M. ItU iiASP*. Publisher. »1. Great Uusaell-street. lomdou.
ADDRESS.
pETER po BINSON,
MOURNING WARE HO US]
REGENT-STREET, LONDON.
QIIIRTS.—FORD’S EUREK
EJ Great hiiproveiiienla have biru nwde lu
of Ford - * Euieka Shirt*. Cn.ebrated for. tlielr
six tor 30s., *>■*.. Fw, aeul Uy |M»r>vU|wat free to
(or lllustrutnl self-measure mill all pan
If. FORD and CO.. 41. Pou]
TpGIDIUS.—The only I^LANNEL SHIRTS
J-LI Unit never ahriuk lu Wm>bfng=J|ot if wuahrHJ'gptimea.
Made 111 mixed Colours, greys. dr.rti«, «rowii»,.Ac.. l.'U. lit/; tl, rre
for.Ws.ikl.. by imrads poat |wld/ Write f..r (yrltiyn* and v lt-
uieasiire. To bo had only of II. IuUD and Ci)., <1 , Poultry,
T.TEAL and SON’S
11 NEW
(A* Exhibited /fit tlio j
Warraulcd geod-aud sernceahle
3It.. 2».; NSlL il In.,32s.;
A Catalogue of Ue,(ataaiLand
Price-Llst uf Beddini
fRT-ROAD, W.
FURNITURE. Lowest
SILKS. DRESSES. Ac.
rssnd/Pnrcei* Free.
So.VS. W hrnchupel. London, E.
siattiUess.
.Ill Exhibition.)
very luialcrato price.
; 4 ft. bln.. 41*.
. with uuo Designs, and
LOWEST PRICE.
p RE
LO as
ami g O N S,
r UDGATE HILL.
GRATEFUL—COMFORTING.
" By a thorough knowledge of the natural
laws Which govern the operations of digestion
I I P PS'S w “'* nutrition, and by a carol ul application of
r x A o o the One pro|>ertle*or well-selected Cocoa. Mr.
J Epps ha* provided uur break toat table, with.*
delicately-lUvoured beverage which runy save
Us many heavy doctors' bill*. It I, by the
Judicious use .if such article, of diet that a
(BREAKFAST) cou*titutlon may be gradually built up until
Strong enough to resist every tendency to
disease. Hundreds of aubtlo maladies are
iwtiug around ns ready to attack wherever
PDA there is a weak point. Wo may rac*|>a niaiiv
k* \-r zx. H fatal shaft hy Keeping ourselves well foriiile.1
with pure blood mid a proiwrly nourished
frame.'—Civil Service Gazette.
Made Simply wltli boiling water or milk.
Bold In Packet* (and Tint, i lb. and I lb., for Export), label led,
JAMES EPPS and CO.. UOMQ2OPATKI0 CHEMISTS.
Also Makers of EPPS'S CHOCOLATE ESSENCE.
C°
TvOVERCOURT.—The CLIFF HOTEL,
A-r ciramilugly situated ou high Clifts facing tho German
Ocean. Redecorated and rofurnulu"l throughout, and under
entirely new management. Beautiful sea promenade mi l s|m*.
with reading and music loom,. Lawn-teunU courts, billiards.
Ac. Moderate terms.
Friday to Tuesday return t iritets, 12s. 6d., Srst class.
Apply *> Mnnagen-os,
XT ALU ABLE DISCOVERY for the IfAIR.
» If your hair it turning grry, or while, or falling off. use
“The Mexicali llalr Kenewer.’ for It will positively rrwtore In
every ruse Grey or White llalr to Its original colour, without
lug tlie dleagrreable smeU of moat Rea* " "
dug_„_ _ . _ __ __ _ _
the Imir charmingly beauHtul.as well as prouiotlug the growth
of lbo hair on bald simt*. where the glnnda are not decav.sl,
"The Mexican Hair Reurwer " Is sold by Chemists oud Per¬
fumers everywhere, at 3*. lid. l*'r Bottle.
s'olers." It makes
pET A BOTTLE TO-DAY OF PERKY
vX DAVIS' PAIN KILLER.—It lu.Untly relieves and cure*
severe scalds, hums, sprain*, bruises, toothache, headache,
pains In the ride, Joints, ami Unite, all neuralgic and rheu-
luatic |talus. Taken lliternallr cure* at once cough*, sudden
cohit, cramp In the stomach, colic, dlarrlirea. and cholera
Infantum. PAIN' KILLER is the great h<nisehold medicine,
and has stood tho teat of fifty year*. Any Chemist Cau supply
It at Is. l(d. and 2s. ML
Tf EATING’S POWDER. — Kills bugs,
-IV moths, fleas, and nil Inoects fperfectly unrlvallod).
11 armies, to ever) thing but Inserts. Till*, ikl. and Is.
NUKSK KDDA'S BABY kOOTHER I* miMuitl In rel evlng
Infant*fnnn gripes, wind, colic. Guarauteeil no uarcotio tan
nbndutrly safe cure).
Is. iier ItotMe. Free. 12 stnmiie.
TUOMAs KEATING. SI. Paul's, London.
17LORILINE. For tho Teeth and Breath.
A Isthelieat Liquid Drntrifloe In the world; It tliorouglily
clean*-* partially-decayed teeth from all pnnulies or living
"animalciilie,” Irsvlng them pearly white, hiiiiartnig a delight¬
ful fragramo to tho breath. The Fragrant Flordine removea
Instantly all ihIoiii-s arising from a foul stoiuacli or tohsrro
smoke. Iicliig partly composed of honey. Mala, ami extract* of
sweet herbs and plant*. It Is ii-rfertly dcllcloua to the latte,
slid ns harmless hs sherry. So d by Chemists aud Perfumers
everywhere, at 2s. ud. per Bottle.
P ROFESSOR BROWNE and ELLIOTT’S
TONIC LOTION, an unequalled Restorer of the llalr.
arresting the fall, ami Imparting a healthy nud natural growth
to the roots. It will produce tlm hair ou lutld patches, whiskers,
moustaches, aud eyebrow*. Price. Sa.rkl.. te.r,!.. In*. Oil., and
21*.. free hy post.— 47 and 120. Feui-bnrch-strcct, Umdon, E.C.
tlio NEW PERFUME.
CPINAROSA,
QPIN.
O Pari.
[AROSA obtained a Prize Medal at tho
,’arlt Exhibition. Tills delicate and lovely soent Is told in
all parts of the world, and I* obralnablo direct from the bole
Proprietors, NAPOLEON PRICE and CO. Gate Price and
Uotnell), 27, Old Uuud-stmt, W., and a, Cumming-strect,
l’eutouvllle. N.
Prices. 2s. (kL.3s.iM. and St. per Bottle,
QPIXAROSA SOAP, One Shilling per
Tablet. It the finest quality Soap that can be made.
Beautifully perfumed, aud vary economical.
TT AIR DESTROYER.—ALEX. ROSS’S
A A DEPILATORY remove*superflnnns halrfrom the face aud
arms, without eflbct to aklu :w od.; sent l.y |>o*t foroi stamps.
!(••!*'* Hair Dye, Us. ikl.—2!, Lamb's-cvudult-etrcet, Uolboru.
D K - D
E
0 N G H’S
C
(KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM,
KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR!
JIGHT-JJROWN
0 D - L 1 V E R QIL.
the purest, the most efficacious,
the most palatable, the must digestible.
Prorsd by thirty years' medical experience to bo
THE ONLY COD- LIVER OIL
which produce* the full cunstuo efl’ecU in
CONSUMPTION AND I)I81CASliS OF TUli CHUST,
THROAT AFFKCTI0N8, GENERAL DEBILITY,
AND WAS TIN (i DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
ELEtT
S
Lecturer
‘D K * D
OPINIONS.
slid Lungs, but III a gr<at numivr
1 Mio profession I* exUlu.li. Ha
E, Esq.. F.R.C.S.E.,
Loudou 'Hu,ut and Ear Hospital.
GH’S COD-LIVER OIL
_ . . I such lilgli approval Irum so many
\ itlstlngulslii-,1 authorities Inal 1 c*u nai'diy su,>-
I ,—J Wool of mine win a-M Ul It* njmt.imu.
/ /\ 4 call, however, have uo lu-aitaOuii—ou Die cou-
trary, I have much plra<uie—HI stat.ug toat I Ilia
1 \ VII 1, ilhduuiiteUiy su|Kiior iu iu ini-iaiamiic
\ l llccla to nil Iillirr prvqairath.hs of C>al-E.vvr Oil
\ / glial 1 iiavepiescrrieal. Iteactlou has proved, lu mv
f. \_/;.wn exiairn-uie. l-rtlcuhs/ly valuable, u-t on.y
N. / I" tlmse illiaiii'i for wmcli It wo* original./
^-chi ploy cl, but aim lu many case* of Wc.ikm .*
of the elliglhg alul Spmkllig Voice, deiwustout ou
Bh'iichiul or lairyiige.il irritation, aud lu nil
biriii* of Mruumii* r-uiurgcuniut ul Uuuida and
Disci large, from llie Ear.
o
DR. NEDLEY,
Physician to the laird Emuleuaut of Ireland.
“ 0 F ll11 tll ° preparations of that valuable
remedial uguut. Cud-Elver Oil. Hit* most limb am ly
pure, the luo.l |">latahie. and tlie niu.t ea.iiy
ivbsiued by the sUlluacll. la OR. HE JUNG IIS
EluriI'-liUOtVN Oil., i have liabdnally pre-
e riUd Hit DK JONGIl S CUD LlVLK OIL in
‘“»e# of Pulmonaiy Consumption. wlOi very
iM iu IlrUl frnliit M, Mini X mil conlWrlitlY rcCMta-
lui’ljil it iu Ul« lliuat * rfiCMCiuU4 kin-l.”
DR. WHITMORE,
•“tfl Mcdicjil uilicvr wi liioiiii. 3lar>ivbou«.
“ \fY own somewhat lengthened experience
■‘■’A a* a Medical PraCtiUouer rflubte* me with Odi-
lidi-in u> rccoiiiuielid DK. DEJO.NGlCS LHJll i'«
BKoWN (JuD-KlVEK oil. ns Iwiiig niora
Uniform iu quality, luora certain In IU eflecU.
mure iHilaGible, and inlliiilcly Ins likely lo
dl-agree with the stomach than the Palo
Dll. If I wrro asked for an explanation 01 tho
lunrki-d aucceaa which for So many yearn hat nt-
teiulnl the adiiiiuistratlonof DR. DE Jo.Ni.H S
I.IGIIT-llltOW.N CUD LIVER OIL. 1 should
soy that ltl»owlngtolU extraordinary midlclnal.
uieleUo. and regiminal pro|iertieB. ami which aro
found to exist ui no olhor medicine that 1 am ac¬
quainted with, lu such uulJorui combination."
DR. DE JONGH’S LIGHT-BROWN COD-LIVER OIL
Uaold ONLl lu CMpaulvd Imckuial llaU-lMiU, J*. ml.; l # lnu,
4a. vd.; (juurtM, j®. ; uy *11 CiiemiaUaud OrujgUU iu Uig Wurid.
BOLE CONSIGNEEB,
ANSAR, IIARFORI), aud CO.,
310, HIGH IIOLUOUN. LONDON.
Csl'Tlok.—Reject substitutes uflered solely tor extra profit.
K ING’S COLLEGE, ‘London.—Tho
following I'lOspectiiscs are now ready:—
I. I lie Theological Ih-p.irtiiient, lucldillug butli Morning.
Evening, uiul l'r. pamlory (jlusars.
2. The Gem-nil l.ilernture D-'pirtmaat. luclmllng clmw In
preparation lor the LTnvuis.l.c* uud nil the Public Ex-
tUuamtiuiiD.
3. The Engineering and tpplled Sciences Departineiits.
4. rise knilrw ami PlvIllniUlliy ScliUtlllC Depol llui-idc.
6 . I lie I', ten lug (Musses.
n. The Cun service Dcjcirtnjeut. including Poet Oflico Fcuiala
CU-rksliipis.
7. The School, including Upper Classical. Upper Modern.
Middle and Loner Division’-.
Apply pcrsuuuily or by |K»t-card. stating which l'ru,|x"-tiis is
Wauled, Vo J. \v. Cl xmxciiaxi. eccrelury .
UKBBIDGE WELL S.—SEASON
ATTRACTIONS.
AuUICULTl*K.\L BllUU. Ac., Tl»ur*slay niul FrliUy, Aug.li
ami J.*,
• l>CHi BlIUw.TliMntday«ml Friiiuy, Aug.’Jl
autl it, |*M.
CRICKET MATCH .. .. amMXrd-
\ Ivoiit v. Nmiiuil) lu’BiUx , Aug. ’Ai. Mini 27,
1981.
TlNlUillMiK WELLS .. .. Tliu (Jihcii u( lalitml WaUr*
lug-Vinc**.
DEATH RATE EOtt JULY .. llit t«r
T
' I 'HE ART of PERFUMERY iu GERMANY.
A Franklort-on-Miim. which was formerly the hisforh.l
Csrrohulioii b’wilof the German Emperors, is sltUHte"! In tna
centre of Gtriuauy. Although well appreciated over tlie whole
g.obe for Ita luercuutile slid industrial standing, ll caiiuot Uy
claim to the title uf a manufacturing town; more correctly
might It bo cuuiidered * place s.f luxury and art. Tho fact u.
the good old putriclana of the lust century Wore afraid of a largo
proletariat, aud of the general inconvenience, „i uiug therefrom
iu linlustri.l cities; they objected therefore to the erection ot
factories lu their aristocratic town, hence sm-ky cliimni-v. and
noisy machinery were banished to tlio suburbs. 'The many lu-
■i list rial town, surrutiiidlug Fraukloit now allrmiite their
exisleuce aud pro.|«rity to this circumstance. Frankfort, on
olher lion if, has ever since laxn celebrated for urtlslic ta»te and
the Industries connected tlierowIMi. ami ou this mMIW ’liavo
always enjoyed a high reputation. The science of manufaclurluit
toilet soaps and peifumery wua brought to Frankfort hy Fivmh
emigrants (aa the uauiea of wine tlrma still show), and
has risen to turli nn extent that up to thn prre.-ut day
Frankfort - on - Main maintains tlie position „f a leau-
ing place for tolM soaiia and fieriuniery In Oennany Ju.V
as Paris doe* ill France. The largest and lin|i-.riant factuiy
III Frankfort of till* article or dally ueceunty heb.ng, to the .ml
and far-famed Arm of Mousoli uud Go., established m tin- vtv.r
17W. The Iminenso Increase of this business loiiqielhd the llrui
In 1*81 to build a now factory, on a luxurious uudgiguutio
teale. This uuwly-erected factory may U- considered a im-b l
one lu every lespvct. The whole property r.-pr, -•■ut* uu ana
of over two acres, whereof one acre is covered bv an .-dliuw
of 6aaft. frontage, and is the result of nearly a century'#
practical exiarni.c*. combined with tlie progress ami Ini-
nrurementa made In building as well as machinery.
There are three lm|">rtant facte wlnrli strike eveiyone who
visit* Messrs. Mousoli mill Go.'* place of huslin-s: first.y,
tho minute order ami accuracy lu every part uf the establish-
metili sccoudly.the thoroughly gmsl ventilation of the rooms,
b-atlug the ntniosphero pertect.y pure and healthy; ami thlrdlv,
for a noup factory Indeed a rarity, the scrupulous cleanliness
everywhere. The engraving of Messrs. Muusou’s fnctorv In t|,„
N mill" r of July 2d is u 1 rue r¥i.reM.-blat n.u of the factory. i|i,« u
Irom photographs recently taken. .Messrs. Moiisou amt Go. g.v.i
employment to about tou hands, and work with a strain No , r.
ou the Rcllevlllo system, and wltli a steam-engine of tohnrve-
p-’Wer. They pnaluce dally al>uut 24,nx) rakes or tabli-t* of
t-dlet soap and ,'VVOO U.tties. |a.ts, Ac., of perrniuny, exclusive
of wliut Is sold lu hulk. This yearly nrndac:Ion require, or raw
materia) ou mi average 4iw toils tallow and oils, lu.uuo gallons
a,coho). IWU> |H>unds ementlal oil*.
Tha Toilet bospsul Menu. M»ason and Co. are made on tha
French system by the aid of large lolling inscliluea iBroyeuses)
mill kneading machines (Peloleuses). Ur*t Introduced by them
Into Germany III the year leir and ■ublected to liuprovemciits
ever since. It sliould be roinaiked that toilet soaps mndn
on this principle are decidedly preferable to any others, for the
reason that tlio soap paste, which Is first cot in thin shavings
and. when absolutely dry. passed live or six times tlironeh
rollers of granite tat which time tha perfume Is add.d>,
I "-cornea perfect as regards smoothness, unifomiitv. and
finish. Delicate scents deteriorate greatly by being pub
In tha soap l-aste when warm, a certain quantity of the
perfume st well aa the aroma Mug lort by evaporation. It Is
easily understood that soaps whir h are stamped anil boxed w hen
perfectly dry rvnrt hard never shrink or vary In shapeor weight. As
It become* daily mors difficult tor l.talu really pure and rmulnn
e-s ntlal oils, even by paving the highest price*, M< sars.
Monson and Co. have made arrangementa to distil a largo
proportion In tlielr own factory, anil this partially accounts
for tho unusually line perfume of their products. Tin, great
esteem lu which the same are held hy tha nubile may Iw
principally attributed to .Messrs. Mouson ami CWs system, to
which they Imve made their motto; "Absolutely sound good* at
moderate prices."
1G0
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 1C., 1881
NEW MUSIC.
NEW MUSIC.
/~iHAPPELL and CO.’S New and Popular
v son as.
MOTHER (in C, D, and E). Words by
1U F. E. Weatherly. P. TOsTI.
J^T VESPERS. P. TOSTI.
J^T VESPERS (in four keys). P. TOSTI.
WHERE MEMORY DWELLS. ISIDORE
T T DE LARA.
Prioe 2*. each nrt. |hhUw free.
Omrrtu and Co. .a). New UunJ .troet. W.; and 13. Ponltry, E.C.
pHAPPELL and CO. have on view every
Vy description of PIANOFORTES by the best makers. re¬
turned from biro, to be SOLD at greatly reduced price# for cash,
or nay be pareh**ed on the Three-Yean' Syrtom.
CHAPPELL PIANOFORTES. fn»m 13 guinea*.
COLLARD PIANOFORTES, from A'. guinea*.
FRAUD PIANOFORTES, from36 guinea*.
BROADWOOD PIANOFORTES, from 15 guinea*.
C HAPPELL and CO’S STUDENT’S
PIANOFORTES, from 18 guinea#.
pHAPPELL and CO.’S PIANINOS,
Vv With Check Action, from » guinea#.
pHAPPELL and CO.’S IRON-FRAMED
vy OBLIQUE and COTTAGE PIANOFORTES for Ocean
Steamer* and Extreme Climate#, from 15 to 83 guinea*.
have on View Grand
pHAPPELL and CO
V_y Planofnrtos from 30 to 280 guinea*.
30, New Houd-itreet; and 13. Ponltry
NOTICE!
W MORLEY and CO. (the Publishers of
• “Laddie" and Clro Plnautl'a newest and greatest
smeceaws) beg to announce that they have tortunately t ecu red
tha manuscript# of tile following |irett> New Song*, which wlU
b# read! for laueon Monday,Aue. II. 1*S4 :—
PATIENCE REWARDED. By GIRO HIN8UTL
THE CONQUERORS. ByTHlCo BONHKUB._
TILL TUB BREAKING OF THE DAY. Bv.ITN8UTI.
DOLLY 8 RKVEXGE. By HENRY PONTET.
Key# for al I Voice*. Order eeerywhere. 24 atom p* each.
W. MoatKT and Oo.. VO. Regent-*.. W.; andTO. Upper-st.. N.
C HARLES HALLO’S PRACTICAL
PIANOFORTE SCHOOL.
New Edition, the two First brrtlons enlarged.
CHARLES HALLE'S NEW PIAXOFORTE TUTOR.
The beat anil moat uneful Tutor erer published.
Foumt BnoTHia*. VI*. Regent-circus. I/mdun; and
in and lit. l>ean*gat*, Manchester.
1 FRAUDS’ PIANOS.—Messrs. ERARD, of
J 18.Great MarlbiTUigh-rtreet, London,and 13. Rnede Mall,
Part*. Makers to her Majesty and the 1‘rince. and Prlnceaa of
Wale*. CAUTION the Public that Pianoforte* are being »>ld I-car¬
ing tin- name of " Krard " which are not of tlielr manufacture.
For information a# to authenticity apply at 18.'Great Marl¬
borough-st., where new Piano# can be obtained from BO guinea#.
TT'RARDS’ PIANOS. — COTTAGES, from
Jj so guinea*.
so gnu
OBLIQUES, from « guinea*.
GRANDS, from Ii5guineas.
P IANOFORTES for HIRE or for SALE,
from 35 guinea* upward*.—JllllN HKOADWOOD and
RONS. 31, Great Pulteney-strect. Golden-square, W. Manu¬
factory. 83, Horaeferry-road, Westminster.
D ’ALMAINE’S PIANOS Half Price, from
tin. D‘ALMAINK‘8 AMERICAN ORGANS from £.V All
full eomna**. irarranteil for ten year* : carriage free, and all risk
taken. Ea*lc»t terra* arranged. Established H
*t term*
pi. Fin
in*biiry-|>a«emrnt. City. K.C.
T7LKINGT0N and CO.
JLj bi.kctko p
_'LATH.
SILVER PLATE.
CLOCKS and BRONZES.
T7LKINGT0N and CO.
JU TEST1MONI
I MON l AL PLATE.
CUTLERY. Ac.
Illustrated Catalognea post-free.
ELKIXOTON and 00..S3. Kegent-.t.; or Cl. Moorg»te-«t..City.
TOHN BROGDEN,
U ART GOLDSMITH.
GOOD LUCK HOKBE8HOB
22-CAUAT HOLD WEDDING RINGS.
PROTECTED BY RF.GlKTKKED TRADE MARK.
(.GRAND HOTEL-BUILDINGS. CIIAIIING-CBOS8.
■WALKER'S CRYSTAL CASE WATCHES
TV are superseding *11 other*. Prize Medal#—London, 1803;
Puri*. 1*87. Silver Watches.from tl 4*.; Gold, from ft! 6*. Price-
List# lent free.—77. Corn hill; #nd 20. ltegent-rtreet.
M E A R S and STAINBANK,
CHURCH HELLS, with Fitting#and Frame#.
Foander# of many of the
BEST KNOWN PEAI.8
• In England and tha Colonic*. Incluillng the
BEACONkFIELD MEMORIAL PEAL. 1884.
Estimate* and Plan* on application.
BELL FOUNDRY-! MM. I7.t»i. 3l'.Whltechnpcl-rO*d. I/union.
TEWEL ROBBERIES PREVENTED.
t) J. TANK'S ANCHOR RELIANCE SAFER h*v# rawer
failed to resist the attempt* of the moat determined burglar*.
Fire-Ke*i*tlngSafe*. £35#. List# free.—II. Noweate-strwst. E.C.
C
H O 0 O L A T
AMSTERDAM
EXHIBITION. ISM.
M
N I E
E
Awarded
the
GRAND
QIGURD.
» ’ lie KEY KR.
LUNCUI
pUOCOLAT MENIER. —Awarded Twenty.
V Eight \\
QHOCOLAT MENIEI*.
6old Every where.
Paris,
JStL.
CQ^^WEITZDR’JS CO CO ATI NA.
O / A ntt-pyspcptta Coco* or Chocolate Powder.
tbit Cocoa, with rxces* of K*t extracted.
Ii of Cocoa* Thickened yet Weakened with
li, Ac., an.l In reality cheaper.
It the most nutrition*.prrfrctlviUefst.-
iv« i*.mw iur onEAKFAST, LUNCHEON, or SUPPER."
K«epa fofyear* 111 all Climate* Require# no Cooking. A tra-
■■■nunfnl tmHraakfaat-Cup routing le*a than a halfpenny.
In AI r-Tlel -1 Tin*. I* Cot.. Ac. hy Chrmiata and Groeer*.
II. SCHWEITZER and OO.. 10. Adam-rtrwt. Strand. W.C.
Four time*
\ r Arm
The faculty
l>« Beverage for
n OR WICK’S BAKING POWDER.
For BREAD. F«r superior to yeast.
n ORWICK’S BAKING POWDER.
ForCAKEU. Save*egg*and butter.
T)ORWICK’S BAKING TOWDER.
For PASTRY. Sweet, light, and digestible.
E ORWICK’S BAKING POWDER.
For PUDDINGS. Used by thousand* of families.
Grand Opera, in Four Acts,
Perform»d with Uin greatest possible auc-
eaw III lli’iioel* and at the Royal Italian Opera. Now ready, the
rotin.ii-fa. Opera. wltli Italian Word*, price li*.; aleo Cramer'a
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TOIIN
BRINSMEAD and SONS’
fj
PATENT SOSTENKNTE PIANOS may bo
lilrnl lurHins Y'enrs. attar which they l«come
tlie pruuerty of tlio hirer without further
payment.
J 0HN
BRINSMEAD and SONS’
KOSTENENTE PIANO*. Patented 1882. l’*».
■oil. Iff.A. DC'.), Pol. and 18811, throughout
Europo and Amerfnt.
TOHN
BRINSMEAD and SONS’
d
PATENT PERFECT CHECK REPEATER
ACTION enable* the pianist to produce effocts
previously unattainable.
JOHN
BRINSMEAD and SONS’
PATENT SOSTENKNTE SOUNDINO BOARD
greatly Increase* Hie freedom and vibratory
I tower of these piano*.
JOUN
BRINSMEAD and SONS’
PATENT TONE - SUSTAINING PEDAL
enable* the performer to produce beautiful
orchestral effects.
TOHN
BRINSMEAD and SONS’
d
PATENT CONSOLIDATED METAL FRAMES
ensure great solidity and durability.
JOHN
BRINSMEAD and SONS’
PATENT TONE COMPENSATOR adjortatho
mumllng board to salt the pressure of the
string*, thus giving increased life, and pro¬
ducing a fall and powerful, yet *weet. voice-
llke quality of tone.
TOHN
BRINSMEAD and SONS’
d
PATENT TONE RENOVATOR give# great
acruraey In bubmclng the pressure of the
string* to that of tire sounding-borad. /
TOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS have been
tf awarded the following distinction*:—
1884. CALCUTTA—Two Diplomas of
Honour.
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1883. AMSTERDAM—Gold Medal.
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1881. MELBOURNE-Gold Medal for
/ S' ''-Grand Plano#.
1881. MEL BO URN E-Gold Medal for
Cottage Piano#,
1880. QUEENSLAND—First Prize Medal.
1880. SYDNEY'—Special Diploma of
Honour.
1880. SYDNEY'—First Prizo Medal for
Grand l'lnno#.
1880. SYDNEY—First Prize Medal for
•v/S \ Cottage Piano#.
1878. PARIS—Cross of tho Legion of
Honour.
1878. PARIS—Gold M cdal.
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Uononr.
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V of Merit.
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L'Acndlmlo National*.
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National Academy of France.
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1869. NETHERLANDS — Diploma of
Extraordinary Merit.
1867. PARIS—Medal of Honour.
1862. LONDON—Prizo Medal.
Ac.. Ac.
TOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS’
W Recently-patented SOsTENEXT'K PIANOS.
" Purls.
" Gentlemen.—I hare tho pl-n*Ure to expre**
the gratification I have enjoyed from th# n«o of
' yonr truly mntrhle.s piano*. Their quality of
tone 1s so wonderfully sympathetic, brillinnt.
and powerful that, having the greatest |>o*»ilile
volume, they are of tlie most perfect kind, eiqie-
cl»lly a* their beautiful tone Is of perfect
eveuneea throughout the scale. The action
I* perfection ltaelf, responding with njnal
promptitude to the most delicate or powerful
touch; and under tho severest trials It*
wonderlul precision, elasticity, raid j tower
remain uiiclianged. enabling the bonndlnta
resource# of tho llrlnsmrad piano to be fully
unhH-kod according to thn Inspiration of the
artiste. In them 1 havefound a taolly splendid
InstrumenL—Believe mo. 4c..
“ YUMWI DE PaOBIZ***."
TOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS’
Recently-patented BOSTKNENTK PIANOS.
•• Parla.
"I have attentively examined tho beaut I ml
piano* of 3lea*r*. John Urlnsinead and Son*. I
ronsblrr them to l>#exceptional In the case with
which gradations of sound can Im pro 'Uod.
from tho softest to the mod powerful tone*.
These excellent piano* merit the approbation of
all artist-, as the tone is full a* well a* »u*-
taimxl. mid tho touch Is of perlcet rvcnnrsa
throughout it# entire range, answering to every
rxv|iilrement of the pianl*'
Cm. Goumod."
JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS’
*J Recently-patented SOSTENKNTE PIANOS. f ^
"Wo. tho undersigned, certify thet. after
having seen and moot c.>ii*riciitioM»ly exnmimxl
th# Krigllih piano* at the Universal Exhibition,
wo find that the palm belong* to the grand
piano* of the houae of llrlnamead.
“Nicholas Ucoinsteim.
"D. Mxomuil"
0 ;
S T E N D.—Grand H6tel Continental.
Flrtt class hotel, one of the targrit In Ilolglnm. Facing
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Pension front * francs. Garden#, lawn-tenni*. cricket, billiard*.
Church hervloo In Hotel. J. Akmlkdkr, Proprietor.
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TOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS’
W PATENT SOHTENENTK PIANOS.
" London.
•• In thanking you for yonr conrtny In pro¬
viding me with a grand pianoforte, allow me to
add that I found the same In every way highly
•atlrinctory—nnallty of tone, a sensitive and
oliedlent touch; In fact, all that we could
doire. Sims Rcxvxe."
TOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS’
O PATENT SOSTENF.NTK PIANOS.
" 1 have great nleaauro In being ab'e to vouch
to the degree of perfection to which yon hnvo
brought the art of pianoforte manufacturing.
I must *ay Dio Improvement# patented and
Invented by your firm are of »uch value that
the musical Judge*, after carefully examining
tho Instrument* competing with about *eventy
or eighty other manufacturer*, unanimously
awarded your Plano* the Flrat Prize above
them ail. I am al»o of opinion that your
Plano*, with such timide aetl-n. simplicity of
mechanism, strength of construction, combined
with the remarkablo purity and sweetness of
tone, are mirlvalle-l, whll.t your patent action
producra n touch nlnolutely perfect.
"0. J. Jacksum.
"Judgeof Mmlcal Imtrnmenf*.
"Sydney International Exhibition, 1880."
TOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS.
O Nos.- I#. 20. and 72. WIGMORE-STREET. W.
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preservation to Du Harry'# Food raid Tonic Ili.cnit*,
on which I subsisted for montbs, recovering a bealthy
action of the stomach, anti strength and uiuncle, t-1
the astonishment of myself, my metllcnl adviser, a id
friend*.—E dwaud Wood, West Bunk.liolton.Juuel .
I8fB.
BARRY’S FOOD.—NERVOUSNESS,
DEBILITY.—With gratitude I testify to the grea.
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taltting health, having taken it for Nervousness and
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TYYSPEPSIA.—DU BARRY’S FOOD has
-Le cured me of nightly sweatings, terrible Irritations t.f
the itoiiuicli. and bad illgeatlon. which hail liuD-d
yoara.—J. CoairaaiT. Parlali l’rleat. St.
tlca-Ilc#, Franco.
NERVOUSNESS.—DU BARRY’S FOOD.
-Ll Cure of tho klarchitineas do Ureltnn. VeraaUI##, of
•even years' liver complaint, slecplceiiieu, palpi¬
tation. and the roust Intense nervous agitation and
debility, rendering her unlit for reading or social
Intercourse.
TYEBILITY.—DU BARRY”S FOOD has
XJ perfectly cured mo of twenty years' dyspepsia,
oppression, and debility, which prevented niydrrs*-
incoruiiilreseiiiguiyaeir.or iiiaklngeventlieillglitvst
effort.—Madame bout li.de Cauiio.vi.tti. Avignon.
/CONSUMPTION.—DU BARRY’S FOOD.
v—^ Coiiinuiptlon. Astlnna, Cough. Dropsy, Deafness, on
which 1 spent thou.alii!*of peiuntla during twent.v-
flve years In tain, have yielded to tills divine food,
ami 1 ant now restored to polfcct health.—Mr. Jatui
ItonzBTS. Wood Meicliatit,
SPEPSI A. — CONSTIPATION. — DU
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Intlescrlbalde agony front dy*|tep*la. nervousness,
asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, snaama.
•IcknoM.and vomiting, by Du Harry'* Food.—M aui*
Julli. Wortham. Ling. Oct. ll.MSu.
[ IVER.—DU BARRY’S FOOD.—Liver
LJ complaint and dlarrbcna, from whlrh I hud (Ull'm-d
fearfully for two yean*, despite the beet medical
treatment., have yielded to l>u ll.irry'arxcelleutfood.
W. Em*.Major, II.SI.S. unattached, London.
EALTH.—DU BARRY’S FOOD.
Consumption. Diarrliira. Cramp. Kidney mid Bladder
Disorders.—Dr Wurzer'eTeslIniouliil:—" |)u Hairy'#
Final su|terredea. in litany rtisea. all ktmlsur medicines.
It Is pa tieimrly efficlltt' In cough, asthma, con-
siiniplloii, iniligesllnii tily-iaqisiai, n ronfiltml habit
of body, as also in diarilima. Intuvl coni|ilafnt«. In¬
flammatory Irritation, and crump of tint urethra, the
kidneys anil bladder, and luvinorrlioid*.—Dr. Ill’ll.
WiiRzun. Professor of Medlciuc, Bonn.
U BARRY’S F 0 0 D.—Pulmonary
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and favourable was tint clotaga it produced In her
health Hint tho dangerous iierlivl of her confinement,
which her pliyalcliiii bad prnllcletl would bo fatal,
nasiwd over wllliolit il.mger or illfflcultv, though tint
baby Weighed slxtiv-n pound-; and lieiTiusluiud i’sii-
not speak P>o liigh'y of tills excellent Food, upon
which both Id* wife and olilld are now living.
U BARRY’S FOOD in KIDNEY
HIKKASE. •• It ha* curivlmeof kblnev iHsease. from
which I liad suffered fearfully for many yeai*. anil
which hail resisted tho most carer ill niivllcal treat¬
ment. and now. at the age of ninety-three. 1 am
perfectly free from dlsseaso. - '—Cur* Leroy, Orvnux.
France. '
PARALYSIS, CONSTIPATION, AND
X II .Kill lit It III >11 >S. from which I snllerol .Ixty year*.
huvo entiroly yielded hi Du Hurry'* Fi>od.aiot I am
now, at tho age of eigbty-llvr. enjoying peifoe.t
health.— Williau Um. Harrl*ter-at-l#>w. King’s
College. Cambridge. Oct. 10.1*4!>.
CATARRH ON THE BLADDER,
with Itacxcrnciatlnginlaery, had resisted thegreatest
medical skill during eight long year*, but Du Hnrry'a
divine Hevalenta Fo-hI cured it In an Incredibly
short time.—D udz, Professor of Chemistry, Puri*,
April U. 1882
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TN DYSENTERY, TYPHOID, AND
X AGUE. 1 find Du Harry'* Food worth It# weight In
gold. I advise no Kugllrh surgeon or officer «•> go
Into camp without It.—W illiam Wallace EuraLiK.
Ku.gron late of the Imperltl Ottoman Army, Military
lii*pitul, tbiffn. llulgariil.
QTOMACIL—DU BARRY’S FOOD 1ms
O perfectly cured mknj years' fearful pains In th#
stomach and Intestines, raid *)eeplea*neaa. with eon-
•Uut nervous Irritability, for which my wltn lutd
•ubmltted In vain toinolicaltreutment.—V. MorAKo.
Merchant. Cadiz.
A STHMA.—DU BARRY’S FOOD 1ms cured
ax mo of thirty-six years' asthma, wlilrli obliged me to
get up four or five time# every night to relieve ntjr
cheat from a pressure wUlilitlirvHtemv*
Rev. 8. lkiiLLsrr, Kontlnville. France,
NEURALGIA—DU BARRY’S FOOD is
-Lx a remedy which I oonhl almost call divine. It Its*
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head, which caused her cruel agony, and left her
almost without real.—Itev. J. Moxassike, Vaigorge,
Frauen.
SLEEPLESSNESS.—DU BARRY’S FOOD
O has cured my daughter, who had suffered for two
years fearfully from general debility, nervous Irri¬
tability, sleeplessness, and a total exhaustion, and
given her In-altb, sleep, and strength, with hard
muscle and cheerfnlnes#.—II. De Moetlouis, Paris.
TNFANTS SAVED by DU BARRY’S
X FOOD -Dr. F. W. Heneke. Professor of Medicine
In Ordinary to the University, write*. April a, I.V72:
“ I shall never forget that 1 owe the preservation of
one of my children to Du Barry's Food. The child
•uffered from complete emanation with constant
vomiting which resisted #11 medical skill, and even
tha greatest care of two wet-nniaes. I tried Du
Barry'# Food with the most astonishing encores. Tho
vomiting ceased Immediately, and. after living on
this food for six weeks, the ttaby was restored to tho
most flourishing health.''
TNFANTS’ PROSPERITY AND SLEEP.
X Ever since I fed my lathy on DU HARRY'S KF.VA-
I.KNTA FOOD ho devolops wonderfully, being as
strong as a child of twice Ills age. He sirens roundly
all nlglit from eight p.tn. to eight n.m.. without once
waking, anil he never cries during the day.—R ose
Uekslev. Vlnor-street. Y'ork.
PRICES.—DU BARRY’S REVALENTA
X ARA RIGA suitably packed for all climates. In Tin*
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Tin* carriage free at homo and in Franco. AI#o
T\U BARRY’S TONIC REVALENTA
JlJ BISCUITS Insure sleep and nervous energy to tho
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21b.,8*^ All Tin* free by post. 1>U HARRY and
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18. Fall-mail: and at all the btorcs. Grocers, and
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AUG. 16, 1884
THE ILLUSTKATED LONDON NEWS
1G3
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.
The visit next week of liia Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales to Newcnstlu-on-Tyne, where he will open the new
Dock at Coble Dene, constructed by the Tyne Commissioners
opposite South Shields, near the mouth of the liver, is u fit
opportunity for us to give some Illustrations of that important
city and its neighbourhood, with a brief account of the
interesting local features.
Newcastle, which lias a population now exceeding one
hundred and fifty thousand, has become the greatest com¬
mercial port on the north-east const of England, in
consequence of the bold and skilful works performed iu
the last quarter of a century for the improvement of the
harbour and tidal river, and the creation of docks, piers, ami
railways, while the ship-building establishments at Jurrow
and the trade of North and South Shields have been largely
extended. But the historic antiquity of Newcastle is sur¬
prised by few places in the North, its site being that of Tons
JEW, founded by the Romans in the time of Hadrian as abridge
fortress in connection with the prodigious nunpart which crossed
the whole breadth of Britain from the German Ocean to the
the Solway Firth. A Saxon village and a small monastery
afterwards existed near here; but at the Nornnui Conquest,
when all Northumbria was subdued by William, his son
Robert erected in 1080 a “New Castle,” which gave birth to
tlio present town. It received liberal charters from the
Norman and Plnntageiiet Kings ; and the Mayoralty, with
election hr the burgesses, dates from the reign of Henry III.
In 14(H), by a charter of Henry IV., Newcastle was made u
County, having n Lieutenant, Sheriff, and Magistrates of its
own. It hud been thchead-quartersorbaseof military operations
ill the wars of Edward !., Edward II., and Edward III.
against Scotland, and bore an important part in the Civil
Wars of dairies I., who was here compelled, in 1048, to give
himself up to the protection of the Scottish army, and was by
them handed over to his enemies in England. The traveller
arriving at Newcastle by railway, when he crosses the Tyne
by the high-level bridge from Gateshead, at once bcos
close at hand two of the most ancient buildings, the
Keep of the Norman Castle and the noble Gothic church
of St. Nicholas. The Keep, which was built, it is known,
between 1172 and 1177, is a mighty square pile, 07 ft. high,
with walls 17 ft. thick nt the base and 14 ft. above. It con¬
tains a Royal hall, 41 ft. high, a chapel, and several apart¬
ments of state, besides chambers, guard-rooms, and dungeons.
The whole space inclosed in the Castle was three acres. The
S rincipal room on the second lloor is now occupied by the
evvcastlo Society of Antiquaries, who have formed a valu¬
able museum, and who, with their learned leader, the
Rev. Dr. Collingwood Bruce, last week received the
Royal Archaeological Institute. St. Nicholas’ Church,
a fine specimen of the Decorated style of architecture,
with a beautiful steeple, of the Perpendicular style, upheld by
four flying buttresses from the base of the four angle turrets,
at the height of 193 ft., stands in a commanding situation, in
the centre of the town. The modern buildings of Newcastle
rue stately and handsome; our Illustrations show the New
Free Library and the New Museum.
We shall have a further i pportunity, next week, to notice
some features of the town. It lias its old-fashioned streets
and li oases still remaining, bat chiefly of an eighteenth-
century character, though a few relics of the Friars-Black,
White, and Grey—or the sites and names of their habitations,
may yet be found. “The Side” and “ the Sandhill,” going
down to Quayside, are associated with many quaint
stories, such ns are cited in the biography of Loid
Eldon, a famous son of Newcastle. The old Guildhall, about
two centuries old, was erected on the Sandhill by “ Robert
Trollop, who made you stoues roll up.” There are, or were, in
that quarter of the town, some curious thoroughfares culled
“chores." A hundred years ago Newcastle was suirounded
with gnrdcns and pleasant meadows ; John Wesley, in 1759,
wrote" in his Journal, “ If 1 did not believe there was another
world, I would spend nil my summers here, for I know no place
in Great Britain comparable to it for pleasantness.” Jcsmond
Deue, a picturesque bit of rural hind, with a lively brook and
banks overgrown with shrubbery,was preserved and dedicated to
piiblic enjoyment by Sir William Armstrong in 1873. The Prince
of Wales is now to-be the guest of Sir William Armstrong at
Cmgside, near Rothbnry, in Northumberland, of which
mansion we present a view among our Engravings. It is un¬
necessary to say that Sir William Armstrong’s great eiiginfcer.-
ing factory and gun-foundry nt Elswick, on the banks of the
Tyne a short distance above Newcastle, is one of
most notable industrial establishments. The Tyne itsel
is worth a long journey to see. Its upper course,
the North Tyne rising near the mountains of the Scottish
Border, the" South Tyne nniong the Cumberland Fells,
flowing past wooded parks nud noble moorlands down to
Hexham, and through beautiful rural scenery below, is^iot
excelled in manifold attractions by nny English river, ihe
lower port of its channel exhibits a wonderful proof of the/
results of local enterprise, science, and skill, in the creation of
a first-rate wnter-wny for shipping, which has been inferred
to, and to which the prosperity of Newcastle is liminly indebted.
Wo will here only mention the construction of N<>rtluimbvriuml
Dock, completed in 1857, the removal 4»rthcBar, and of the
shoals in Shields Harbour, the removal of thc old-towii budge,
superseded by the iron Swing Bridge in 1876, aiul the deepen¬
ing of the river to 18 ft. nt low spring tides, to a point three
miles above Newcastle, with tbe cutting away of the elm nt Bill
Point, for ubout 400 ft. back from the former projecting point.
Large vessels, of 2000 tons burden, are tlms eliabled to come
up the river. The new Coble Dene Dock, from designs pre¬
pared by Mr. J. F. Ure aiid executed by Mr. P. J. Messent,
engineers to the Tyne Commissioners, has an inclosed water-
space of twenty-l'ou^'ffCfCT^ besides the basin and l 01 '* 1 !
with 2600 ft. length or qunys, Ignores of gra'i'm for
wharves, nud in front of the dock is a river-quny 900ft. long,
with deep wntcr alongside. The number of large vessds
ch ared from the port in the year 1882 hml amounted to 4.v <,
having increased tenfold in twenty years, and there is likely
to be a Mill grcuterincreuse. We present, with due congratu¬
lations, tlia portraits of the Mayor of Newcastle, Dr. H. .
NewtQii.tbo Sheriff, Mr T. Nelaon<and t he Town Clerk; as well
that oftbeMuyor of Tynemouth, Mr. John Hedlcy. Tyne¬
mouth, which Bee rather outside the harbour, adjacent to North
.shieldsris au agri’eabje seaside resort, mid is dignified by the
/XuiiM ofTtajiiiignificeiit Priory upon the lofty cliff tlmtover-
Jbbkpittio ocean. Tynemouth Castle has also a name in
history. We haW received tut interesting local publication,
entitledRalph Gardner mid the Tyne,” in which
Mr. Thomas Clarke, of Chirton Lodge, relutes the
public-spirtttjd actions of a valiant brewer, in the seventeenth
century, who strove against the usurped authority of the
Newcastle Corporation. The story is worthy of remembrance
upon the occasion of next week, but there is happily no likeli¬
hood of au official quarrel between the towns of Newcastle
and Tynemouth in the present clay. The Corporations of
Gatesheud, Tynemouth, and South Shields, as well as of New¬
castle, .and the shipowners, coal-owners, and traders, nre
represented on the Tyne Improvement Bourd. Some additional
Illustrations will appear in our next.
NEW GALLERY OF GREEK SCULPTURE.
The new Gallery devoted to the systematic Collectiou of Casts
Irom the Antique, procured and arranged by Mr. Wulter
Copland Perry lor the Privy Council Committee of Education
(Science and Art Department), was opened Inst week. Mr.
Perry is the author of u “ History of Greek and Roman
Sculpture,” published by Messrs. Longman two or three
veurs ago, and has laboured with disinterested zeal, for a very
long time past, in constant efforts to form the public taste for
this interesting study, which lie regards us a valuable aid Jo
the true knowledge of ancient history uud to the appreciation
of classical literature. Though not an urtist, but u scholar,
he has an accurate critical acquaintance with the technical
details of this brunch of art, and has minutely examined, in
the museums of Gemiuny, Italy, and France, and iu Modern
Greece, ull the renioina of that wonderlul series of works of
sculpture, from the earliest rude attempts nniong the Doric
mid Ionian races, down to the latest productions under the
Roman Empire, which will ever command the ndmirution of
mankind. His book upon this great theme is certainly
the most complete mid precise account in English of the
entire stock of such remains now existing scattered all
over Europe, mid of the incidental testimonies by ancient
writers to wluit fonncily existed; while it presents an
historical, topographic, mid technological classification which
can hardly be superseded. With these attainments of exact
learning no man could lmvo been more fully qualified to per¬
form tiie task intrusted to him by her Majesty's Government,
in which he has had the willing co-operation of foreign
urcba-ologists and directors of public Galleries of Art.
The Collection of Casts, numbering already some two
hundred ami fifty, of the size of the originals, is placed in a
large and lofty hall adjacent to the Architectural Court. The
descriptive Catalogue drawn up by Mr. Perry, with mi intro¬
ductory essay upon Hellenic Art, in which he reviews the pro-
gress of its different schools and periods, dwelling more
especially on the Athenian, on that of the Alexandrian kingdoms,
and on the eclectic school which flourished under the Romans,/
is worthy of an attentive perusal. Without this, it is ti
be feared that the majority of ordinary visitors to the South
Kensington Museum will fail to gain from the collection
'intellectual profit.however they may be gratified by the
mimy of llu- noblest figures representing the human fonii tjait
have’ been produced by the greatest masters of t he art.
of this kind ol pleasure, indeed, will be derived
Biieciinens of archaic or semi-barbarous workman '
the left-hand side of the hull, bat these are of nit
importance. The influence of Assyrian sculpture
by introducing first a portion of the relief on the b
of the Bulnwut gates, belonging to the liiuHreceutitt^1__
Christ, which are in the British Museum. The i«iir dflions on
the gate of Mycen®, nil Illustration of which, drawn on
the spot by our own Artist, Mr. W. SiinbsQn, appeared some
years ago in this Journal, is the secpnd^%e4in the historical
series. But visitor* who love beauty ibid truth m~Art v iml wlio
nre imlifferent to antiquarian curiosities, will prefer soon to
quit the nrchuio side of the collection, mid tun/with delight
to the perfect works ot-.. the renowned' Allrfciiian sculptors
in the fifth century. Mr. Perry, /however/has provided
for the urclueologist and the studenbhfdirt-liistory about sixty
examples, including those from iEghfu, of the earlier Greek
sculpture. The iine-riugle works of Myron and l’oljkleitos
are next represented-; and tlieli we come to those grand and
elaborate niythologicaf^oihpositibushdiicli adorned the temple
of Zeus at Olympia, ptfjUsdn^huvYrkcntly been discovered
bur, the press, mid the sal
early as thcinselyOs. An
Mcissouier and Gtrfihie^
Chardin, and abdut half a
recognis
puge of I
In Hit
who upj
by German researelie&
Parthenon nt Athen
Apteros, tlio Ercchthei'
the highest nttu : - -
its greatest
perfect rep:
portunt pi
vailing in
illustrated
Xunthoa; those
in Lycia; and tlidi
TIicre are also too
of course, to those of the
the 'Iheseion, the Temple of Nike
, and jlther sacred edifices, presenting
cnte of ideiil art. The later Attic school,
Seopn's and Praxiteles, aiming at the
f natural beauty, occupies an im-
tion. The diverse styles of art pre-
Jhcek communities of Asia Minor are
lines of the Nereid monument nt
ferdou ut a place now called Gjolbashi,
the Mausoleum nt lialicurnassus.
... ;ures of the altar at Pergamou, in
JlvsTit, copies /Which‘.Mr. Perry has obtained from the
Bijrliu Museum. The remainder of the collection, gathered
from the Mu earns of Rome, Naples, Florence, Paris,
Dresden, and Munich, consists of a great variety of single
statues add/ groups, and a few busts, which, however
’ lit, refined in conception, mid skilful in execution,
»o considered to have sprung from n dilettante taste
undcrrtiie Macedonian and the Roman Empires. The ad¬
mirable portrait statues and busts, of different periods, some
Of which, including the statues of Sophocles, Demosthenes,
mid jEscliincs, hold a distinguished place iu this Gallery,
appeal to a very different feeling, nud one more congenial,
perhaps, to ordinary English minds. Mr. Perry 1ms dis¬
charged the commission intrusted to him with so much judg¬
ment, knowledge, mid fine teste, us well us diligence, that lie
has merited public thanks for a valuable addition to our means
or studying the productions of Greek genius. The President
and Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education
were among the earliest visitors nt the private view on Friday
week. _^_
Thirty thousand pounds having been bequeathed by the
late Mr. Stephen Blair lor a convalescent hospital at Bolton,
his native town, on condition that the land should be provided
iu a given time, Mr. James Knowles, J.P., 1ms offered the site.
“Ye Olde Loudon
written some twenty-four pages of historical and descriptive
commentary, which is well worth reading; and the wood-
cngravings, eleven in number, arc neatly mid correctly drawn.
The report of the Select Committee on Education, Science,
and Art (Administration) has been issued. The committee
are satisfied that under the present circumstances it would
be undesirable to disturb the existing arrangements ns
to the Ministerial responsibility for primary education in
Ireland, and are also of opinion that primary education in
England and Scotland should bcuuderthe control of the same
Minister. On the subject of the head of the Education Depart¬
ment of Great Britain the committee recommend that n Board
ot (or Committee of Council for) Education should be con¬
stituted under a president, who should bo the real us well
ns the nominal Minister, in this respect holding a position liko
the President of the Board of Trade. With regard to
endowed schools, ho should bo empowered to call on tlio
governors to furnish such reports uud information as ho might
require, ami to direct any inquiries or inspection to ho made
which lie may deem necessary ; mid the same powers should bo
grunted liim in regard to public schools, except as to direct¬
ing inspection: and he should be authorised to require au
annual report from the Universities in such form us lie may
order. The committee sec r.o reason to disturb the existing
arrangements as to the supervision of the Science mid Art
Department.
PARIS ON HORSEBACK.—No. I.
ILLUSTKATED BY ••NIDIIACH."
“ Paris on Horseback”—Paris, that is to say, in the height of
the season, ns Paris was a few weeks ago—llits phan-
tosmngoricully across our Artist’s page, though a blank sheet of
paper might, perhaps, better represent tiie social aspect of the
gayest capital in Europe at this present hour. For the Bois,
so full yesterday, is empty to-(lay. These riders, sketched
by a hand ever ready to shoot folly on the wing, have now
ridden away m every direction. Some are bathing at l’rou-
ville; Bouio urc sealing peaks in the Engiidine; some are
yachting in the North Seas. The ten thousand ” lieulth-
resorta'' of Europe are gluddened by their presence, and the
Champs Elyseesnnd the Bois de Boulogne know them no more.
No seusoned Anglo-Parisiun will need to be told that the
personages represented in our group of Illustrations are well-
known habitue* of the Hyde Park hf-Jhiris. Now, the habitue*
of the Bois maybe classed imdcbt'votoends—namely, those
who ride for fresh air and exbkise, and those who ride to see
mid be seen. The first affect the niohnng hours; the Inst
make their appearance ill the afternoon. Tlio morning, more¬
over, is French; the at'ternooir «'cosmopolitan. He who
desires to sec Parisiau^elebrities—4he shining lights of the
net rise betimes and be out us
equestrians of the studio,
urOKis Duron, Jucquct, Goubic,
dozen more, sonic well and some
indifferently uiphuted, inAy be seen iu the saddle daily. I
should not be surprised if t-lie familiar traits and picturesque
"get-up ''/'hi t'eituiii'^f jthe best known among them were
'/fiitoe grpTtpmf equestrians at the bottom of our
etches.
iaeentc)oi)iple of figures wo behold a pair of brothers,
4r every morning throughout Inst seasou
witli uaniufck^eguliirity as their planetary namesakes uppear at
night in the heavens. Dressed alike, mounted uiike, each is
_BOkCuriou8ly,the duplicate of the other iu features, voice, ami
Wnner, that if the one were not big and burly, nml the other
smoiTihid slender, their own wives would not know tliem
/tpu^tr/Their very horses were alike and unlike iu the sumo
\ya)v, even to the cut of their tails !
/Fro Wo men in Paris are better known by sight than tlio
dissimilar pair at the top of the page. It would be difficult, even
the Bois, to select two men who are in all respects a greater
obtrast. One is a nobleman ; the other is a commoner. One
isan Englishman; the other is u Frenchman. One is thick¬
set, boorish, ill-dressed; the other is slemlcr, aristocratic,
faultlessly elegant. They are botli old men. Adonis (by Paris
wits dubbed “ the Centaur ”) will never see liis seventy-fifth
birthday again, and Cymon is wellnigh eighty; but Adonis
is a miracle of restoration, whereas Cy imm is n mill. Cviuon’s
story lias its touch of putlios. lie is a sportsman to the back¬
bone. His passion for horses and dogs, for the hunting-field
and the race-course, led to the shipwreck of his fortune. Of
his well-tilled stables mid populous kennel there now remain
to him but one sturdy cob, mid u couple of plebeian-looking
bull-dogs. So poor is he ill his old uge, so fallen from his
high esiute, that hq lives, it is said, in u giurot; lodges his old
cob better than lie lodges himself ; and io lus own valet, groom,
and housemaid. As for Adonis, he is a very gilded youth,
indeed—for his years. He lives iu a fashionable quarter;
he is the joy of his tailor’s heart; lie is the pride of
his hatter. Moreover, he is as methodical us he is beauti¬
ful. At live minutes to three p.m. his horse is brought
round; and, punctual as the wooden cuckoo in u Swiss clock,
he appears in the doorway at the’lirst stroke of the hour.
Then “he mounts and lie rides away"; but only to the
Chumps Elysecs. There, between the Place tie la Concorde
mid the Arc de Triomphe, he is on view daily in the season,
from three to five, llis horse, of course, is a thoroughbred of
tiie highest distinction, und liis dogs ure to Cymou’s dogs ns
canine Hyperions to amine Batyrs. Say, gentlest, most dis¬
cerning, most intelligent of readers, which of these twain is
the Englishman and which the Frenchman? Which is the
nobleman and which the commoner? You cast u regretful
glance at Adonis, while you reluctantly claim Cymon lor your
countryman. But you are mistaken. Cymon is the French¬
man. Cymon—poor, battered, rained Cymon—is a Peer of
France. Adonis, to whoso brow blind Destiny denies the
coronet for which Nature designed that feature — is plain
Smith, Brown, Jones, or Robinson, and u born native ol the
British Isles. ,
The scene displayed ill our Artist’s principal Sketch is the
Avenue de St. Cloud, leading from the Arc de Triomphe to the
Bois de Boulogne. In the season and at tiie hour here depicted,
it is crowded with riders and equipages, one hull ol whom mo
English and American. All the beauty and weulth of New
Y'ork now dispute this gay thoroughfare with the rank of the
Faubourg St. Gcrmuin and the llecting riches of tiie Bourse.
No toilettes equal those of our Transatlantic cousins; and the
fair American is now more Parisian than the Tarietcnue her¬
self. The toll lady in our Illustration, whose little son
bestrides a plump pouy by her side, is, however, an English¬
woman. So is tlio little lady in tlio short habit riding with her
thoroughly British father to the left. So too, alas! is Un¬
fair eccentricity in the steeple-crowned and much bc-feathered
liat, who has just driven her own high-stepping grey past the
crack Yankee “ whip ” whose fast Hotter 1ms nil but ruu down
au old lady uud her pug. As for the four-iu-band which is
coming along at a rattling pace yonder, it belongs, if 1 am not
much mistaken, to a prominent aud noble member of the
famous Four-in-Ilimd Club.
Ol ull Paris sights and Paris promenades, the Chumps
Elystfcs, the Avenue, and the Bois cliauge least with the flight
of years. Old names ure superseded, old historic streets are
swept away, old buildings are restored till nothing of their
antiquity is left; but in these well-beloved promenades it is
only the living current that ebbs nml Hows, pusses and changes,
and is never the same. No man living knows Puris, its people, its
visitors, its follies, its tragedies, better than lie who culls himself
“Nidruch," whoso sketches it is my pleasant office to
introduce to the English public. In his more serious moods,
lie is known by another mime. I leave my readers to find it
out, premising that before long Nidrnch mid his scribe will
meet them again. _ A. B. E.
The summer session of tlio Royal Agricultural College at
Cirencester terminated on the 0th hist., when the diplomas,
medals, certificates, mid prizes won during the term by the
students were distributed by Earl Bathurst, a member of the
governing body. The principal, the Rev. J. B. M'Clcllnn,
reported that the work done had been highly successful.
Last year mi anonymous donor placed £10,000 at the dis-
- osal of the authorities for the establishment of a National
' or trait Gallery for Scotland. A further sum of £20,000 lias
been now offered from tfie same source for the purpose of
building or acquiring premises for tiie accommodation of the
National Portrait Gallery and the Museum of Antiquities. It
is stipulated that, in order to 6ecurc tlio gift, action must be
taken before Sept. 1 next. The offer has been accepted, and
tiie Government have agreed to grant a sum of £5000 in aid of
the purchase of a site for the proposed gallery-
101. T1IE ILLUSTltATED LOJil
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 16, 1884
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will (tinted April 11,1876), with six codicils (dated Jan. 1G,
1878, July 7 and Oct. 11 and 22, 1880, Sept. 9, 18-81, and
June 28, 1882), of Mrs. Anne Adole Hope, Into of Deepdcne,
near Dorking, who died on March 31 lust, nt her town re¬
sidence, 35, lielgrave-square, was proved on the 29th ult. by
Edward James Rickards, Lieutenant-Colonel Louis de Cetto,
It.A., and Lionel Edward Rickards, the executors, the xmliio
of the personal estate amounting to upwards of £371,000. The
testatrix bequeaths £50.000 to her grand-daughter, Lady
Florence Josephine Pelham-Clinton, and mentions that she
had settled a similar sum on each of her two other grand¬
daughters on their respective marriages: and legacies to her
trustees, the governess of her grandchildren, present and lute
servants, and labourers on tier estates of Deepdeno and Castle
Blayney. county Monaghan. All her freehold, copyhold, and
leasehold property, and the residue of the personalty, she
settles upon her grandson, Lord Henry Francis Hope Pelham*
Clinton, for life, with remainder to his llrst and every other
son severally and successively, according to their respective
seniorities, in tail male. Her diamonds, jewellery, gold and
silver plate, pictures, works of art, bronzes, statuary, china,
furniture, and effects are to devolve and be enjoyed with her
settled freehold estate. ‘
The will (dated April 1, 1884) of Mr. George 11 union, lato
of Hcddon House, Northumberland, and of Marina, Torquay,
Devon, who died on April 2 last, was proved at the Newcastle
district registry on the 9th ult. by the Rev. Richard Burdun,
the son, and NVntson Askew, the executors, the value of the
personal estate amounting to upwards of £185,000. The
testator bequeaths £500 to his executor Mr. Askew ; £1000 to
Ann Surtees, an old governess in the family: £3000 to his
servant William Wetherell; £500 each to his sons George and
Alexander; and he appoints out of the funds under his
marriage settlement £10,000 to his son Richard. The rceidno
of his real and personal estate is to be hold, upon trust, for his
said son Richard, for life, and the* for his children equally.
The Scotch confirmation, under seal of the Commissariat
of Lanarkshire, of the will (dated Feb. 2, 1884) of Mr. Gavin
Addie, lute of Langloan Ironworks, Coatbridge, Lanark, who
did ut Melbourne, on Feb. 22 last, granted to George Auldjo
Jamieson, the executor nominate, was scaled in London on
the 2nd ult., the value of the personal estate in Englund and
Scotland amounting to upwnrefs of £78,000.
The will (dated Feb. 28, 1883) of Mr. Robert Mnrcliont. of
the firm of Messrs. T. H. Sauuders and Co., paper manufac¬
turers, Hartford, Kent, who died on March 10 fast, was proved
on the 4th ult. by Thomas Monckton and Thomas Hold
March ant, the nephew, two of the executors, the value of the
personal estate amounting to over £76.000. The testator
bcuueuths to his wife, Mrs. Fannv Woodbridge Marclmnt. a
certain invested sum of £2600, £500, the furniture, pictures,
plate, and household effects at his residence, and such of liis
horses and carriages ns she may select; to his brother the rest
of his horses and carriages; to his executors and to Ins
brother-in-law, George Frederick 8tickings. £1000 each, and
a farther sum of £1000 each on the death of his wife; to liis
sister. Mary Saunders, £1000; to his nephew Stephen Walter
Mure bant, £500, and a further £500 on the death of his wife;
to his partner, Edward Napoleon Haines, ns a mark of his
friendship and esteem, £10u; and to George Walter Harvey
i-'uux, £500. His half-share in certain freehold farms nt
Woodcliurch, Tenterden, Kent, he leaves to liis son Robert,
on attaining twenty-out, and certain freehold cottages
with n field, to liis son Thomas Harry 8aunders, also on attain¬
ing twenty-one. A sum is to be set aside to provide mi
annuity of £150 to be paid to liis wife, for life; and the residue
of his real mid personal estate is to be held, upon trust, to
pay the income to liis wife, for life, or until she shall marry
a gain ; then, ns to two-thirds of the capital, for his sons, and
as to one-tliird, for his daughters.
The will (dated April 30, 1880), with a codicil (dated
Sept. 23. 1881), of Mrs. Mary Armitage, late of No. 1, Red-
el itfe-squnrc, The Boltons, Brompton, who tiled oil May 25
lost, was proved on the 9th ult. by Fronds Fox and William
AUhviii Sonnies, two of the executors, the value of the personal
estate' amounting to over £50,000. The testatrix bequeaths
£200 each to the Chfiring-cross Hospital; the Hospital for
Diseases of the Hip in Childhood, Quecn’s-fiqunre, Blooms¬
bury; the Convalescent Institution, Contluun, near Rcdcar.
Yorkshire; and the Church Missionary Society ; £5000, upon
trust for her niece, Mrs. Anne Barker, and u cont ingent interest
in a further sum of £7,500; and legacies to her executors.
There are special gifts to each of her two daughters. Miss
Elizabeth Armitage and Mrs. Mary Ilrowne. and the residue df \
her property is to be held, upon trust, for them.
The will (dated Sept. 21, 1878) with two codicils (dated
Oct. 12. 1882, and March 14, 18S4) of Mr. Joseph Nutter, late
of Park-terrace, Halifax, Yorkshire, who died on May 12 last,
was proved in London on the 7th ult. by 5N i 11iam-TJaukr>iger, J5 ^
the liephcw, and John Tuley, the executors, the value of the m, q b take* F
■ ■ £40,000. The testator being IT. r take* Kt
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
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Mr. Miim-I'C latter. It >„n knew a little iik-iv el the •nlOnl.yoU Wouldkm-W tliut.
ilrejilte all involution, uu uocnilonal error Will cr e.i III.
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Solutions or rsoDLUiis.
No. 2102.
WI1ITK. III.APK.
1. Kt to K 6tli K t'kca It
2. Kt (B 4thj to a P tukeeKt
3rd
3. Kt mutes.
No. 2103.
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White to play. aml tnatc in three moves.
We are indebted to the courtesy of Mr. William Nelson, the editor of tko
Daily yWlrrSr.Tlf Siilt I.iike l.'ifv, I
Dotty irtbunr, ot .-Mia for th- tecor.l of the folluwinif Oume.
IcTrim played ut Suit l^k-Oty on June 29 last._Mc-asw. nitaos Pbatt.
j. HAitM-.Tr, HAuuitLl'i:.iTT, iiud Anruum Pkatt, mcousuluUon.sgainst
Dr. ZugRBTORT. . . . _ ....
Eithnp s Gnmo‘t.1
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1. I* to K dlli 1* M> K 40k/
*. 1* to KB 1th I'UkesP
O to n ith U toR5th(ch)
4. K toll Si P to tilth
h. Kditkes P, P to K Ktlth
fi. Kt to Q Il 3rd B to Kt 2nd
7. Piottlth Kt to K 2 nd
H. Kt to B ^rd a to R 4th
9 1‘to K It 1th P to K R 3rd
laic to B 2 nd
XVe preler 10. K to Kt (srp. the uiual
more.
10 ,
11. Kt to Kt »q
12. K Kt to K 2nd
13. K to K so
11. Kt takes Kt
IS. Kt takes ft
personal c-tntc exceeding —,- - - - ,
desirous of establishing at Bradford a home^or poor mid
destitute orphan boys, beqaenths £L0,00U with Jjuttebljjeet if
any person or persons shall xvithin twelve months from his
death give a piece of land for the erection of a home or
buildings suitable for tin- purpose; £1000 each tb the Halifax
Infirmary, the General Inllrniary, Bradford, Airedale Indc-
liendent College, mid the Croshley Orphan Horae and School,
Halifax; £500 each to the Bradford Fever Hospital, the Brad¬
ford Orphan Home, the Bradford Tradesmen’s Benevolent
Society, the Bradford Aged Spinsters’ Fund, Ripley Con-
_ii„. nn tha Port of Hull Society s Sailors Orphan
P to Kt 5th
Kt to 11 BUld
P to Kt (1th (ch)
U Kt bikes P
tl takes U
B takes Kt
Kt takes B
■__ __ B to Kt 3rd
All «ln**’ axrhnneea are In faronr of tlie
«I« ieoco, uirti ti*« iKsctor hu emergotl in>iu
wiiiTit (The Allies). nt.*c* (Dr.Z.)
111 .-mine with a fair Inspect of an cuijr
enil game.
18 . R to K B "1 B to K B 4th
19. B to K 6th B to K 6th
Iml'allon <• tlie «ln«r».t Ibittery. I’"* It
I* not i.iway# tli" l*'-t polby In rliou.
Hrrr it give, away a lb*.k for a I’awn.
B takes Kt P
Cnailes
P to ti B 4th
20. B tak.-s It
21. ltto B4th
22. B to Cl 4th
23. Kt to K 3rd
The Allies eon.luct their gams with
excellent Judgment.
23.
21. B to B 3rd
26. K to K 2 nd
2il. Kt to Cl U 4th
97. K to B 3rd
28. R takes B
29. K takes P
30. It to K B
and Buck resigned.
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B to Kt fith (cb)
P takes It
P to K It 4th
Kar Infirmary, the Femalejiefuge. nii^ the Ragged School, all
of Bradford, and Ilkley.T^Ui HmmitaL; £ 1000for mamtmning
and educating one or more boJ-« from the public elementary
school of Bradford iirn higher gttule or grammar school ; and
there is a similar legitey of XlOOOIto the borough of Halifax;
and numewuJ^tt^lcgiH^-W residue of the personalty
jw to be held, uiioi.t nut.for bis sifter, Mm. Mary GiuikrogW, for
- ' ~ ■ ldrcu of his said sister and of his late
.1884^ of Mr. Tliomns Riclmrd
HfiwKprd-creseciit, Exeter, and of Saxbam
noNdfed dn May 11 last, was proved on the
iios Richard Mills, the son, the sole executor,
mat estate amounting to over £13,000.
hat his pictures, the family diamonds,
all be held ns heirlooms with Saxham
•lives t<» his xvife, Mrs. Mary Jane Mntildu
hold furniture nnd effects at liis residence at
t- liis daughter, Emily Matilda, all his
life, and tj
brother, 5
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Hall, 8
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stock in the London nnd St. Kutheriue Docks Gompnny; te>
Thonuu* simplex- Mills. £2500 Consols, nnd certain pro¬
perties in London ; and to Frank Shnpley Mills, £1000 Consuls.
The residue of bis property he gives to his said son, Thomas
Richard. _
Mr. Samuel Morler. M.P., president of Hie London Tcm-
pentoce Hospital, has forxvardcd to its fluids £500
The meeting of the Counties Che** A«*oci»tion nt Bath, held during the
week cniing Auir. 2, wua u very successful one. The competition in the fltet
division of the first cl.uw uttmet-d a contingent of aki.itil umuteura. ami
among the ultimate prue-wtiinera the struggle was a close one, as the follow¬
ing statement of the scores will show
itnv XX' XVavte .8 IE. Thorold ... ..21
Rev! A. B. Hkipworth . Rev. O A. Maedonnell. 2
H. E. Bird.| Kcv. C. E, Ranken . lj
Th!- three prizes, value respectively £12, £5, and £2, thus fell to Messrs.
Waytc, Skipworth, and Bird.
Iu the second division of the first class Messrs. Tollock nnd Fedden are
bracketed for the first and wcond pnseu. and Mr. l-oman.of Ainsterdum. for
the third; but Uieaward is. we understand, disputed. In the aooonl-.iara
tourney the first nud second prizes fell to Messrs. Ituymoml and J. Pollock,
and Messrs. Kumboll nnd Williams tied for the third. Messrs Caple and
BhortlMiuse claim the two prizes in the third-class ompenuon. but their
claim is disputed, and will be referred to the committee of the association.
The usual businew meting of tlie aiwociation was held on Aug. 1, Canon
Br'sike, <>f Bath, presiding. A pleasing feature of the mooting was n
friendly discussion coni'emingtho new llnti-li Clues Ass'K'.atou, which wn*
reprvientcl by Mr. Haffw. the secrvhiry We are glad to learn that tlie
••Counties” fed their sir.ngth so strongly that no fear of Uung ah*orbed
or overshadowed is likely to prevent u cordial co-opomtion with the new
society. The next meeting w»« fixed to 1* luld nt Hereford in August,
18S.X, and alreudy oue gentlennui has prumued a donation of £40 for tlie
occasion.
Tlie first mcoling of the new KrntlUh Chess Association was held in
Glasgow during the week ending .Toly 2G hist. The most inler-sUng com-
petition was that forth" charnpb n*bip of Scotland and the silver cup, which
ac (0 in pan ie* tlie liue In tins joust Uiere were ten competitors, und the
play result.•<! in the honours ol III" S.-ottish championship being earned off
bv Mr. Crum, a gentleman whose name i* well kuown to our reader* as the
composer of many excellent pioblems.
Tlie following table show* the names of the comp.t'ton and their
respective sixitest—
Crum. 1, Mils.4*
l-'ra-i-r .. ... fij Ollotnwt .4
^ 0 IM-L od .3,
.
... 2
5 ' I Jiamhers
4j ■ Fyfe ...
8 liens
For*} th
Andrew*
Tn the course of the week Mr. BUckbume visited Glasgow, and. although
aim in weak health, play.'*1 fourteen games simullamously. winning them
nil For the gnnic uiipmringIn last week's Jmue, played in the course of
Mr. lllackbiime's xisit, we wen* indebte d lo the courtesy of Mr. D. 1 uiaytli,
the honorary secretary of the association.
HONITON LACE.
It is not Known with certainty when lace-making was llrst
introduced into Devonshire. That this industry lind obtained
a considerable position in the seventeenth century is well
known. From tin inscription on a tomb.*tone in the churchyurd
ut lloniton, it uppeurs that one Jiunes Rodge, xvho died in
1617, hud been so successful in bone luce selling that he gives
£109 to the poor of the parish for ever. The truditiou is that
lliis Jauica Rodge brought over from Brussels the secret of
making some or tho lino stitches used in the Flemish laces
of the period, Mid so made liis money. It is also recorded
llmt during the suppression of the Monmouth Rebellion the
Dragoons broke into the house of William llurd, or Colyton,
Devon, and stole lace to the value of £3J5 17s. 9d. Tho
earliest designs were no doubt copies of Flemish and French
luces. During the eighteenth century “ rescan" ground laces
w.-re principally made in Devonshire. The Bowers in this laco
were not applied to the ground but were made xvithit; tho
application of Bowers to hand-made ground was subsequent
to this, and Bowers applied to niachiue-iimdo net eventually
superseded both.
Her Majesty the Queen lmd lier'Avedding dress made of
Ilonitou luce, but the tunic then xviui so depressed that some
dilliculty xvus experioucetL in obtaining workers sulUdently
skilful to carry out the design; these, however, were eventu¬
ally found, and the dress was made, at a cost, it is said, of
£1000. The Exhibition of 1851 again called attention to the
art, nnd in some rospeets tlie years immediately following that
may be regarded as tho/moot prosperous for the trade this
century has known^ Luces, both nppliqu6 and point, were iu
great damafnl—noteoirly lor the home market, but also lor
America and the Colonies; nud it is computed tliut from 8000
to 10,000 workers \Vere then engaged m the iiiniiufueture.
There xvfts, however, no novelty introduced in the pal terns,
und competition led to deterioration of work, so that the enter¬
prise of tlie Belgian and Soxouy nmmifaeturcrs soon led to
their productions taking the lead in the trade.
/No doubt the rapid changes in fashion, xvliich necessitate
cheaper wiaciiiiic-mado luces being sold, xvhero formerly hand-
lpfttle hifds were used, account lor some of the depression ill
Hits' trade,/but the absence of any novelty iu the design and the
deterioration iu the quality of the goods usually sold us lloniton
iace, account still more lor that depression. With a view to
«|Veot some revival in the trade, Messrs .Marshall and 8uelgrovo
define to call public attention ami excite public interest in it.
They would suggest that teaching ol lace-making in all n-bools
aided by Government grant In the district should be part ol the
school work. To encourage this they would further suggest that
a I mid should be ruised, aided, if possible, by special Govern¬
ment grunt, to give prizes for excellence of design mid work¬
manship ; und, in order to provide these designs, u good col¬
lection of antique lace Bhould be formed at some centre in tlie
district-say at Exeter—so tliut tho students at the School of
Art may be assisted in the production of such designs as are
suitable to the work. That there is a demand for line hues,
the productions of Chantilly, Belgium, Saxony, and tho dis¬
tricts around Vienna abundantly prove; und if some such
action ns this be taken there is good reason to hope tliut lace-
making may again become an important industry iu the West
of England.
The process of making lloniton laco by Devonshire lace-
workers (who arc specially employed by MarsImU and Snel-
grove) may be seen daily iu the Conservatory ut the Health
Exhibition.
FA 8111 ON A BI jE M A R RIA G ES.
At 18, Eaton-square, the residence of Mrs. E. SportnH (sister
of the bride) was on tho 7th inst. solemnised, according to
the rites of the Greek Church, the marriage of liis Excellency
E. Muslims Bey, Turkish Ambassador at the Court of Rome,
eldest son of his Excellency Muslims Poshn, with Mdlle. Marie
AntemiiuUs, second daughter o‘ Mr. Jean An toil lades, of
Alexandria. The marriage, which xvus by special license, xvus
performed in the principal drawing-room, in tho centre of
xvliich a temporary altar was covered with a rich silver and
gold drapery. The wedding party assembled at three o’clock.
Paul Muslim* Bey acted us best man to hi* brother. There
xvero no bridesmaids. The bride xvns attired in white
satin, tho taOlior nud bodice being trimmed with orange-
blossoms, and over a small xvreatli of tho same Bowers xvus
arranged a large tulle veil. She wore no jewels. Tho Rev.
Archimandrite Hieronymus Myriantheus officiated, assisted by
the Rev. Aguthimgeloa Moskovakis. In the rear of the bride
and bridegroom wore grouped tho Turkish Ambassador and
Me. and Mrs. Antoniades, their parents. On the side of the
bride stood her young sister holding a large lighted wax
caudle, and on tho bridegroom's side was Master Cuialani,
son of tho Secretary of the Italian Embassy. 1'aul
Muslims Bey and M. Antony Antoniades (brother of the
bride) held the respective croxvus over the heads of the bride¬
groom and the bride in the course of the ceremony. The
crowns on this occasion were composed entirely or orange-
blossoms and leaves, tied by broad white ribbon. After passing
in procession round the altar three times tlie cdrcmuiiy con¬
cluded with a short prayer. Afterwords com tits were luuidid
to the guests. Numerous congratulatory telegrams xvero
received during the early part of the ufternoon.
Tlio marriage of Mr. William Henry Thomas, of Warms-
wortli Hull, Doncaster, xvitli Lady Isabella Cecil, eldest
daughter of the Marquis of Exeter, took place ut St. Thomas’s
Church, Orchard-street, Portinnn-square, on the 7th iust.
There was a considerable number of relatives and friends
present. The bridegroom xvns accompanied by Sir George
Sitwell as best man; and the bride by six bridesmaids—tlie
Ladies Frances and Louisa Cecil, her Bisters; Ijidy Georginnn
Pnkcnlinm, her cousin; and Mis* Frederica, Miss Lucy, and
Miss Mary Thomas, sisters of tho bridegroom. The bride was
attired in"ivory white brocatelle, tho front of the skirt being
covered xvitli Brussels lace, and trimmed with orange-
blossoms. She wore a large Brussels lace veil over a lew
sprays of orange-blossoms. Her ornaments included a tiuru
of five diamond star*, the bridegroom’s gift. She was followed
by her nephew, the Hon. William Cecil, as page. The briiles-
nuiiils wore costumes of cream min’* veiling, and Valenciennes
lace trimmed xvitli pnlo-bluti ribbon, und white straw hats
trimmed with lace and blue leathers. Each wore a diamond
swallow-brooch, the gilt of tho bridegroom, and carried a
bouquet of choice white iloxvcrs. Tlio Rev. Charles E.
Thomas, father of the bridegroom, officiated, assisted by the
Rev. A. Webster, Vicui of St. Martin's, Stamford, and domest e
chaplain to the Marquis of Exeter.
The marriage of Mr. Stuart San key, of the Inner Temple,
to Josephine, only child of the Hon. George Annesley, of
Newcastle, county Down, took place at St. Paul’s, Ixnigiifs-
bridge, on the 6th inst. Tho bridesmaids xvero M i*s Sunkey,
Miss Helen Snnkey, Miss Gertrude Templet', and Miss Hilda
Buller. Mr. Aubrey Spencer was best man.
The Trades Union Congress xvill meet nt Aberdeen on Mon¬
day, Sept. 8, and Lord Rosebery lias consented to give an
uddiess on the following Wednesday
AUG. 1C, 18«i
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Ai>TKnTier.M*xT.]
167
U SHMXPO.
Nothin? has contributed to improvo the
West End and other parts of London so
much as the continued recurrence of New
Buildings in the principal thoroughfares.
The block now illustrated was commenced
in 1875 and completed in 1878. Since that
period large and extensive premises in
Henrietta-8trcet on the north, and Vero-
streot on the east side have been added.
It is also m contemplation to shortly
rebuild the important block situated in
Marylcbone-lane on the west angle.
When complete the wholo stractaro,
north, south, east, west, will form A
one of the finest and most attractive
rango of warcrooms in the ^
metropolis.
Z S (JLAfAfS>.
DEPARTME
mono*
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10. ll, 12, 13, 11, 15, 10. 17, 18, 10 * 20, VERB-STREET; 331. 330. 338, 340. 312, SM. 340 ft 318. OXFORD-8TRKKT; 10, 17, 18, 1U ft 20, UKN R1ETTA-8TREKT i
2. 4, 0, 8, 10, 12, 14, 10. 18, 20 ft 22, MARYI.EBONE-LANE.
WITH BRANCHES AT SCARBOROUGH AND LEEDS, YORKSHIRE; AND AGENCIES IN PABI8, LYONS, AND BRUSSELS.
168
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
nl'G. 10 , 1884
BEGHIN’S GENUINE FRENCH-WADE
BOOTS & SHOES.
Un«urp»isod for Sty.o
JHM Tit, and Durabi •
a HR i.
A.
Pr LE0N BEC ’ iIN *
1*43 JERSEY.
JACKSON & GRAHAM.
FITMENTS jRegd.).
SPECIAL EXHI BIT OF
COMPLETELY FITTED ROOMS,
AVERY & CO
ARTISTIC WINDOW-BLINDS.
SHOW-ROOMS, 81b, Gt. Portland-st.. w.
Where may be seen in complete working order Blinds of
erery description, including
THE NEW EMPIRE BLINDS,
Pbnn. and Charmingly Decorated,
IN NUMEROUS NEW DESIGNS.
FESTOON BLINDS,
8ilk and Sateen.
LACE
VENICE
M. JESURUM and CO.
VENICE
Embodying the Ideas and Designs of Robert W. EDIS, Esq., E.S.A.
AT THE
HEALTH EXHIBITION;
BED-ROOM. DRESSING-ROOM, and BATH-ROOM.
vt'vict.’ 11,0 on| r J ” ,nui
VtlNitri Majesty's Service. l.aeo
T \CV undertb* Presidencyof
ta/iAsia- prize* obtained In nil 1
VENICEl lection ot ancient Lace.
LACE. ^
VENICE (
LACE. *
VENICE
LACE. VX&r
VT.-VTPV ,l " om * n "‘ y 1 "' V| *J M
> It Li ,'liiHpp.. Ulncomo. No. ■
I Af'F No other addra
iJiVvO. nnd tran.nnrl frr.i 1.
ART PRINT BLINDS,
LEADED GLASS BLINDS,
NIPON DWARF BLINDS,
OUTSIDE SUN-BLINDS ;
AWNINGS, ftc.
OXFORD-STREET;
DRAWING-ROOM, STUDY, DINING-ROOM
BOUDOIR, and FOUR BED-ROOMS. //
Samples and Price-Lists post-free.
COMPETENT MEN SENT TO ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
ESTIMATES (in London) GRATIS.
VENICE
M. JESURUM and CO.
PERRY TEN COMPETITION, 188 1.
-1 Euler your numo ul out*.
A*k your HUttauer tar jHirticuli«r*. gee tal loving adttrttotnfnlg.
WAU KE N PH AST’S best
WEST-END BOOTS AND SHOES,
VENICE
OOOT\s
READ'
PERRY PEN COMPETITION, 1884.
A nothk.
jpoUR PRIZES for Iho FOUR BEST
SPECIMENS of WRITING with “ PERRY
k? PENS."
T)RIZE for BOYS, aged 10 to 15,
GENTLEMEN’S PARK BOOTS,
ELEGANT STYLES.
LADIES’ GLACE AND GLOVE KID
BUTTON BOOTS
FOR EVERY. PURPOSE.,
LAWN TENNIS SHOES.
Choose your fit, and your number will he reiHsiered for future orders. This
system gives all the advantages arising from special lasts lit mum less cost.
BPECIALITIB —GENTLEMEN’S TOUR BOOTS, LADIES' TOUR BOOTS.
The only Perfect Substitute r i\j r * vj -w
for MOTHER’S MILK. IN * A IN 1 s
fv A , Recommended E\ /• I ■ IS
Mjt by the IVI I I— l\
HICHEST MEDICAL AUTHORITIES.
^PMS^ r Prepared at
* Vcvoy,
trabb mark Switzerland.
SOLD BY CHEMISTS & CROCERS EVERYWHERE.
MARK
TRADE
FIVE
MILTS AN HOU:
v IASY. y
FOOD
SILVER WATCH, value Five Pounds.
)RIZE for GIRLS, aged 10 to 15
PERRY AND CO.’S
KEYLESS SPORTING WATCH.
PRIZE B
No. 339.
y GOLD WATCH, value Five Pound;
JpiilZE for LADIES, aged 15 to 30,
PR IZE C Yflf g _i.MW gF
No. 335.
i GOLD WATCH, value Twenty-five
a- l'cunil*.
)RIZE for GENTLEMEN, aged 15 to 30,
PRIZE I)
No. 338.
GOLD WATCH, value Forty Pounds.
'TOTAL VALUE of PRIZES. SEVENTY-
-I nvt rooms.
PROSPECTUSES may be bad of any
A Stationer, or 8 and Two Penny Slump* to
pEItRY and CO., Steel Pen Makers,
A- llolborn Vm.lurt. I.oiiil.ni.
PERRY PEN COMPETITION. 1884.
A Tlirwliold W*tclir» nnd our Silver Wntrli rut Prlzra lor
lu-»t Writing will. Perry IVm. Atk muii Stationer for I’ri*-
ipvl.ii.. nr •••ml two |*imy stamp- ta l'UUKi and CO.. Steel Pen
Maker*, llolboril Viaduet.
A KEYLESS SPORTING WATCH
(In Nickel Cruse).
Tlifa Watch in the beat and cheapest in ttie mm kc t It i.- n
RELIABLE TIMEK EEPIR.
Horizontal Movement, Jewelled, nnd wclllliiriliod Crj Mat
Glass. luvnlunlsle for Hiding, Bunting, Criikelin.r, &e„
as also for Schoolboys’ wear.
TRICE 2U. each. LADIES’ SIZE, 25*. each.
The game in
STERLING SILVER CASES, GENTS* SIZE, 3'V each.
PERRY and CO. (Lim.), Steel Pen Maker?,
18, 19, and 20. HOLBORN VIADUCT. LONDON.
THE DISINFECTANT.
jj HART IN’S CKIMSON SALT. H
W Tbr Oiygm-glvlng Ill»infi'< tint. Ftnp* Spread of I
Infeotloo. and I* rlTwIltr In Itrdiirlnc IH*ea*e.
| i I Mi.tiral Testimony of l.iglimt i-liann'ter with cnrll | J |
l - LJ IkiUle. A*a m»ntli-»u*li If In.tnntlv rrmore«nlfeni.i«e 1 1
m lMi-i anil odour*. Imparting ta Teeth and Ilrrntli _
alooluta frralin. ». nnd purity. Vied In hot or enl.1 fi j
linllilnK. ak-rn-ablrwllh ln.trnet ion*. It keep* lire akin '~ KJ
I | I liniltliy. give* rigour ami tlrinncs to the l«dv. (Tl
fre.liPii* mill |>re*.-rvea the nmipli'vlon, nnd lilrlirhly '
I mild wire In rnl>u*thraltli. A Moiling ll.dtlr. I port- CJj
■Idol make* :»« pillon* crimson fluid, a* required. •
I_ Sold lir l‘hetnlrt*. Preetonny addieaafor U stamp* l.y “H
I IIAKTIS'S UllMSOX SAI.T I'll ll.l u,.nv.i,r J . 1
CHILDREN’S
DOUBLE - KNEE STOCKINGS
ELVETEEN
^ ^ Invented in Leicester,
$>' ^ Manufactured in Leicester,
/ r AV i • Sold by Adderly and Company, Leicester.
Aft MtlPv/ k UNEQUALLED FOR HARD WEAR.
W, L. 1 Every pair .tnmp-d "Apnzni.T and Cozirr." on the foot.
LADIES’BTOCKfJJOB. J BOV*’ SAILOR SUITS.
Cf fA ..JAM, Under VrataanilCn.nhlnationg I OIRU’ HAll.OU SUITS.
.. WKfjMMki JRRSCY COSTUMES. GENTS' IIAl.K-HOSE.
■^- 1 'JKIWKY JACKETS. Cndar Vc»U and Pant*.
JKMEV SUITB. I wltli Double Seat*.
mL.J kBjigjjt ^ rlt0 for Booh Price-List and Illustrated
^ ‘ ADDERLY & C0., aW LEICESTER.
riiln novel Invention ig design el to meet llie hard wear nnd tear of children, by weaving or splicing double threads
invitibly in the knee*, toes, and heel* ; and now, we gplico the ankles also, just where the boots cut through the
stocking from the friction of the ankle joint.
M R. -More than Five Hundred Ladies have wii'ten to us testifying to Hie excellence of our stockings, their
superiority over any other make, and their jo j fill reli.f from at least one half the usual quun’.ity of darning
FOR LADIES’ DRESSES.
TO BE HAD IN MANCHESTER.
LEWIS'S, in MARKED-STREET, MANCHESTER,
arc the manufacturer* of fine, limt-iTuna Velveteens,
which arc now known fill over the world. They aro
fast pile and fast dyed, nnd every inch is guaranteed.
If a dress should wear badly or be in any respect faulty,
LEWIS'S will given new dro~i fur nothing at nil, und
pay the full cost for making and trimming, Tho prioo
of these beautiful Vulvetccns, in Uluclt und ull the mogt
beautiful Colours now worn, is 2S. a yard. '1 his quality
Velveteen is gold by tlio best drapers lit tin. Ud., 4 m, lid.,
und 5s. 6d. a yard. The public, although th*y don’t
know it, have to pay two or three jnottu, tho different*
between tho manufacturer'll price und tho price iho
consumer pa)-s for Velveteens. LEWI S'S, ° r M >rlu t-
Btreet, Manchester, manufacture these Velveteen* Ihem-
stim, and sell them (or it might almost lo said give
them) to the public for 2s. “ yard. LEV/iS'S
usk l/idi<s to write for Patterns of these extraordinary
Velveteens. They will then bo ublo to judge for them-
wive* whether LEWIS'S, of Market-street, Man¬
chester. praise their Velveteens more than they deserve.
Write for patterns on an ordinary post-card. LEWIS’S
pay carriage on all orders to any address iu Great
Britain or Ireland.
When writing, please mention this Paper.
LEWIS'S, In IWarkai-Bt., Manchester.
“Refuse Imitations—Insist upon Hi
Clothes
Hudson’s
Extract
of Soap.
11 is a pure Dry Soap ini
line powder, and la tilers .
freely in Hot or Cold
"Water.
ADAMS’S FURNITURE POLISH
THE OLDEST AND BEST.-"THE QUEEN"
(the I-rdy's Newspaper) says :-** Ilaving made a ficuli trial of it* virtueH. after considerable experionca with other
compounds of tho name nanire* wo Iwl no hesi ution in xccommendiDg its use to all housewives who are in uuy
difficulty in pnliKhing their furniture. 0 —Dec. 22* l«si.
SOLD BY GROCERS, CHEMISTS IRONMONGERS. CABINET MAKER?, BRUSH DEALERS, OILMEN, ic,
Manufactory : VICTORIA PARK, SHEFFIELD. «
CAUTION.—See that the Name is on the Bottle, and Beware of cheap imitations.
60CTAND RHEUMATISM.
Surr, Miff. *nd HTrrtii.l. No mtrulut
of <1 lot requiiwl durios u*e.
All CUmuUte, st It. lid. und 2*. 'Al per
PnV
LAI It’S
' GOUT
PILLS.
Losnox: |*rlnt«t *n<l I’nbtlHinl at tb* Ofllce. Il». i.irsml, m th '
Parikh of ht. (Irnwiit Dujirf, la tlio Uiamtjr "f MlilillMcx.
by ]M« ii a> i UnoTHtiif. 11 *. btlural. atari. aid.- bzvesoAV.
Aoo. 10, 18(8.
SILVER
A ” D G0TT0S
c t5.5.0.BAG.
MOROCCO. SILK LINED
catalogue of bags post free
A CHOICE or 300
k OXFORD ST.W j
i
%
REGISTERED AT TUB GENERAL P08T-0FFICB FOR TRANSMISSION 'ABROAD.
No. 2366. —vol. lx xxv.
SATURDAY,
At’(JUST 23, 1884.
with ( SIX PENCE.
EXTRA SUPPLEMENT*
i
Lieutenant Greely.
lOMPAJCIOXS IX THEIR TEXT NEAR CAfE 8ABIXE, SMITH SODXD.
DISCOVERY OP LIECTEXAXT OREELY AXD HIS
**v ^
j
CARRYING SURVIVORS FROM THE TEXT TO THE LAUNCH.
THE A M E It I C A X
A It C T I C
EXPEDITION.
170
THE ILLTJSl'KATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 23, 1884
The Empress Eugenio is lit Carlsbad, where she dili¬
gently dnnks the waters of the Sclilossbriinnen. Every¬
one knows und reverences this Mater Dolorosa of our
latter days, clad in her long black cloak, and leaning on
the ebony cane that is meant for use rather than ornament.
She is accompanied by M. Pictri and Madamo Bourbaki,
uadis attended by Dr. Loudon, i. Hungarian Jew, who is
One of tho cleverest physicians of his generation.
The Bonanza millions are destined to enrich Italy, and
Miss Eva Mackav becomes Princess Colonna. She could
lmrdly have chosen a more undent or more honourable
family, und there is a certain fitness in the idea that tho
wealth of the New World is destined to repair tho fortunes
of that stately Roman house, whose patronymic is u
synonym for uil that is patrician und princely.
Tho Abbfc Liszt, who 1ms just been struck with blind¬
ness, is an extraordinarily eccentric old man. Although
upwards of seventy years of age, lio insists that his
i tupils—ho takes only a very select few now—shall call
lim by his first name, Franz; and lie endears himself to
them by many acts of encouragement and kindness. Tho
brilliant pianist 1ms a special weakness for tomatoes, and
lately received anonymously from London a huge case of
them, probably sent by some appreciative pupil who has
scored an artistic success in this country.
A few years ago, immedately after our war with
Abyssinia, Queen Victoria was very kind to a little Prince
of that country', who came over here for education ; and
when the poor child died from the effects of our uncon¬
genial climate, she had him buried at Windsor, in St.
George’s Chapel. King John knows on which side his
bread is buttered; and has just sent three Envoys to
England bearing presents for her Majesty in the slmpo of
a young mule elephant and a large monkey. These
animals were landed ut Osborne on Wednesday morning;
and if tho inhabitants of Vcctis were not deeply impressed
with the solemnity of tho occasion, tho Envoys were, und
that was quite sufficient.
Outcast New York is attracting quite as much at¬
tention as Outcast London, and the authorities are dili¬
gently endeavouring to scotch the evil before it becomes
too unwieldy. A Commission has been appointed by
Governor Cleveland, and some interesting facts have been
elicited, qs well as hosts of harrowing details of misery
and overcrowding. *A dying child told the inspector that
she was glad to go, because there would be more food for
her brothers and sisters. Chromos and common prints
were observed on the walls of even tho most poverty-
stricken rooms, but in only one instance was a book seen,
and that was in the possession of a coloured laundress,
whose two children were learning lessons while sho plied
her iron. _
Tho devastation caused this summer by locusts in
Central Spain is something appalling, and British furmors
may cease to grumble at the woes that besot them when
they hear that their confreres in one single Spanish pro¬
vince have lost no less than two million pounds sterling
through the ravages of these devouring hosts. The
peninsular authorities should borrow a leaf from the book
of our rule in Cyprus, and pay for the collection and de¬
struction of locust eggs, if tho plague is to be averted in
future seasons. _
A few years ago, Bosnia and the Herzegovina were
names much bandied about, though only tho haziest
notions prevailed as to tho whereabouts of the countries
they represented. Those who study tho history of their
own time are more likely to remember that the dogs of
war und insurrection wore loose in those regions between
1875 and 1879, than to know that n couple of English
ladies, Miss Irby und Miss Johnstone, have been levelling
up the position of their own sex in Bosnia ever since 1S69.
Thirty-two destitute girls at n timo have been under their
Some time ago Londoners were surprised at the sight
of an itinerant organ-grinder in a suit of sombre but
aristocratic livery. On the organ was printed the enticing
legend “ For Charity,” and it was accompanied by an
obviously disguised but evidently gentlcman-liko young
man, who knocked at street doors, and after an interview
with tho proprietors of tho bouses went away in most
eases eminently satisfied with the results of his visits.
Emulating theexuiuplo of the metropolitan collector, two
musicians are now perambulating the favourite resorts on
the south coast ostensively gathering money to bo devoted
to charitable objects. Whatever may be the ultimate
destination of tho money they receive, these tuneful twins
excite plenty of curiosity wherever they go. One wears a
black muffler tied round bis mouth and u black wig, and
the other blue spectacles and a slouch hat; they travel
with a piano fixed on a low cart drawn by a donkey, and
manugo to attract largo and no doubt remunerative crowds.
At the Eustbournc Theatre, Miss Kate Vuugban’s dramatic
company playing tho Gaiety burlcsquo “Fra Diavalo ”
purodied the performance of tbeso mysterious musicians,
to the extreme delight of a local audience that included
the anonymous benefactors of the unrevealed charity. //
caro in an orphanage at Serajevo, and diligently educa^6d--^J^w | o.st rigour. It may raise a smile at first, for
in all right principles and womanly duties, though f'ft©\3eBiQn$trators who have over demonstrated, eucli
attempt is made to induce them to leave the Greek Church, w’itb a clasp-knife, could do little to the glorious forest as
which is tho orthodox religion of the country. They arc a "'hole; but there can bo no doubt but that some of tho
_ i. _ —u -- „..,j «,• \sbow trees, such as" the Uhhii of the Bewdioa.” f)>nf nnoni
Any litigant 1ms a perfect right to appear in person
and conduct before the Law Courts uny case in which he
or sho is plaintiff or defendant, dispensing with profes¬
sional aid. How competent Mrs. Weldon is to argue and
cross-examine 1ms been proved beyond all cloubtby her
perseverance and her successes. But sho appeared at
Lambeth Police Court on Monday to muko an application
to tho presiding magistrate on behulf of somo othor party
alleged to have been ill-used. In tlms acting Mrs.
Weldon is clearly infringing tho righta-of-lawyers and
advocutcs, and, though her advice and assistance as a
juris-consult may be invaluable, yet the privilege of ap¬
pearing in Court on behalf of iffipivtq is v at present confined
to the other sex, and to those who pay largerduty to the
Inland Revenue for the certificate to practise.' Maybe no
lawyer will be found bold enough to enter into a contro¬
versy on the subject with, the litigious lady,b1it the Judges
and magistrates have the power in their own hands, und
can exercise it by refusing to listen to any one not
properly qualified, \ "
We do not need the deserted appeuraneo of tho London
streets, tho long 1 incs of luggiigo-ladon cabs proceeding to
the stations, the advertisements of rival companies
advertising their readiness tb vtdko everybody everywhere
and back at an infinitesimal cost, to know that the tourist
is about. A little pamgraph in the country papers calling
attention to tho death of a treo planted some years ago
by her Majesty is sufficient reminder of that fact. Tho
tree, originally healthy and well, slowly succumbed under
a malady which was beyond tho art of arboriculturists to
minister to. It was a malady which boasts of no especial
name, but may bo designated as the cutting-your-initials-
ondmrks-of-tre^s, affdpicing-off-twigs-as-a-memento-of-
your-travels mania. All lovers of trees will read with
pleasure the announcement which now appenrs through
thjiriength and breadth of the Now Forest, that bringers
about of this same malady will be prosecuted with tho
all tho
armed
iritkji clasp-knife, could do little to the glorious forest as
much sought nftor in marriage, and ns school-mistresses
but money is lacking, and Miss Irby finds licrsel f obliged
to apply to the British public, for funds wherewith to' carry
on her good work. Only £400 a year is required, or about
£12 10s. for each orphan, and Messrs. Twining are ready
to receive and forward subscriptions
the Queen of the Beeches,” that poem
for a painter, that picture for a poet, would in a few years
4*U a victim to the entwining of “ ’Arry’s” initials with
those of “ ’Arriet.”
An extremely bravo and daring deed
at Eastbourne on Monday by Miss Kato Muiiroo; the
well-known comedy actress andyocSikt. Miss Munroe,
preferring to take her bath in the open ocCan. than at the
spot affected by the bathihg-machines, w$nt~s6ino little
distance from shore to have her morning swim. A youth,
aged fourteen, more bold than experienced, had mis¬
calculated his strength, and probably urged on by the
tide, bud gone a great deal farther frcW tho beach than
ho had juiy right to. He was endeavouring to return,
and with what little breath he had to spare screaming for
help, when Miss Munroe. noticing, liim in troublo about
250 yards off, swam to his roseue and held him up, entirely
exhausted, until a boat reached them.
Although poor " Bloody Mary ” felt tho loss of Calais
so grievously, everybody knows that she has been long
avengedby English trainers and jockeys, who have pene¬
trated to the very heart of France and taken almost com¬
plete possession of Chantilly. There, a few years ago, died,
full of years and honours, a member of tho syndicate of
Chantilly, Thomas Carter, tho first- English trainer that
settled in Fraq.ce (in tho service of Lord Henry Seymour)
after (the institution of tho French Jockey Club. There,
too, on tho Hthinst., died the “doyen ” or “father,” as
we say, of all tho English jockeys in France; his name
was Flatman, recalling memories of tho celebrated “ Old
Nut ” (Elhalhan Flatman). He had lived for a long while
in retirement at Chantilly, but he did good work in his
day for Prince Marc de Beauvnu and M. H. Delamarro;
he rode tho Due do Homy’s Demon in the first raco for
the Grand Prix (1863), and he would, no doubt, liavo
ridden Yermout the next year, when Blair Athol was
beaten, but that Bois-Roussel, being considered tho better
of M. Delamarre’s pair, was consigned to him.
Tho initial cutters have, it must bo admitted, excellent
authority on tlioir side, for in Shakspenre’s most charming
ruled comedy, the offence which tho New Forest authorities are
determined to stamp out, is regarded as a dainty feat ou
the part of a delicious heroine. And though “W. F. G.,
1883,” most certainly annoys, j'et with ago a tinge of
romance comes over tho most unpoetical of carvings. Wo
have in our memory initials with the date 1731 carved on a
mantelpiece in an old house in tho Weald of Kent. What
manner of man was this who dared to hack away at his
host’s marble ? Surely a ruffler of the period, maybe with
a weakness for taking to tlio read in times of financial
depression. And on tho Great Pyramid quite recently
was to be soon an English name with the solemn duto 1649
attached. Who was ho who, when his country was cutting
off his King's head, laid himself quietly down in tho
Egyptian sun and carved his name ?
Surely a daily contemporary is incorrect in stating
that neither Roj’ulty nor Literature, including Art,
“ makes ” country resorts in England. Our contemporary
admits Brighton; but there are others besides tliut price¬
less boon to London by Goorgo IV. which owo their
popularity to tho Royal Family. Who “made” Woy-
mouth ? You can but answer Gcorgo III. Who “ made ”
the Isle of Wight? Most certainly her present Majesty
the Queen. Take tho Highlands. They wore “ made,” in
the first place, by Sir Walter Scott; but their popularity
was enormously enhanced amongst those who could not
undergo an examination in Wuverley or Rob Roy by her
Majesty’s visits north. Broadstairs was undeniably
“made” by Charles Dickens. Thackeray “re-made”
Tunbridge Wells. Exmoor is for tho most part traversed,
“Loma Doone” in hand, by lovers of Blackmoro. Tho
list could bo easily expanded, but tho above is sufficient
to show that the speculative builder and tho imaginative
doctor are not responsible for all our holiday haunts.
Grouse, once more, is in the mouths of men, in more
senses than one ; and once more the question is heard :
“What is the French for ‘grouse’?” Somebody says:
“ ‘ ooq de bruyere ’ ” ; somebody else, more correctly:
“ There isn’t any; they haven’t that particular fowl, and
so they can't liavo any native namo for it. ‘ Coq do
bruyere ’ is a larger fowl of a different sort altogether.”
Poor Franco ! No word for “grouse,” no word for
“comfortable,” no word for “home”! No grouse, no
comfort, no home ! And yet Frenchmen speak well of
their country—oven boast of it.
A few words on swimming, which is a very season-
aide topic just now. There- is no accomplishment about
which so many wrong ideas prevail, especially among
ladies, and more especially among ladies who know
nothing of it from porsonul experience. A man or boy,
who can swim, they seem to think, can swim any dis¬
tance, without any preparation^ for any length of time,
under any conditions of wind, weather, water, tide, or
current; can save himself and his whole family in case of
boat accident or shipwreck; and, so far as he himself is
concerned, is ius safe from drowning as Jonah was in tho
wliule’8 belly. There never was a greater mistake. Every¬
body. of course, should learn to swim, as it limy bo very
useful on occasion, when water is deep and distances are
short, und weather and temperature uro not too much for
flesh and blood ; but, as a general rule, it is only by the
most constant practice, so as to keep the proper muscles
in play, to husband the breuth, to get the body inured to
the unusual element, and so on, that a man who “ knows
how to swim ” with tho most i»erfect knmvlodgo is
rendered /fit> for more than a few hundred yards of swim¬
ming at a moment’s notice. So little is a man naturally
adapted for making progress in the water, that even
a Beckwith, though amphibious apparently, would be
puzzled to swim his two miles within the hour, even
under favourable circumstances.
Hats off to Miss Julia Green ! Most certainly ! For
Miss Julia Green lias for tho second year in succession
won the gold medal presented by the Portsmouth Swim¬
ming Club, and uguiu hours the title of Lady Champion.
Miss Green won the Eighty-Eight Yards Race last week
in the very creditable time of 1 min. 12 sec., while Miss
Annie Thompson and Miss Alice Gore followed her homo
with the times of 1 min. 23 sec. and 1 min. 24 see. respect¬
ively. This is very gratifying, as is tho fact that no less
than eleven ladies started for the race. Rememberingin how
many emergencies arising from boating parties it has flushed
across the male mind “ if anything does happen, not one
of the ludiescan swim,” and remembering what additional
nervousness 1ms been created by the thought, wo hail Miss
Green Lady Champion of Portsmouth with pleasure, and
would gladly record similar performances in every city
and town of the United Kingdom.
"What is a “ jubilee year” ? In Leviticus it is written:
“ Ye shall hallow tho fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty
throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof:
it shall be a jubilo (a/e) to you.” And so it is generally
undoistood that a “jubilee” is a quinquagesimal cele¬
bration. But horso-racing circles probably care little for
Leviticus or for custom (unless in the shape of “ gate-
money’’); so that tho “Jubileo Prize of Baden” is
advertised to bo run for on tho 25tli inst., “in remem¬
brance of the foundation of tho Baden Races in 1858.”
That is to suy, twenty-five years (for the Franco-German
war caused a cessation of the racing for one year) are the
interval assigned by the racing gentry of Baden for the
fixture of a “ jubilee.” Nothing is said in tho announce¬
ment about tho disinterested M. Benazct, who farmed
the celebrated gambling-placo at Baden and, seeing with
the eye of a general how horse-racing would pair with the
other gambling and breed profits to his advantage, set
horse-raoos, accordingly, a-going, and astounded simple
folk by his munificent contribution of more than £3000.
Surely tho Jubilee Prize might include at least a pack of
cards or a silver “ rako ” in memory of the generous
Benazct.
By-the-way, there is the “ Anti-Slavery Jubilee,” too,
which it was not quite according to Leviticus and Cocker to
set for 1884, if the “Abolition Act” was passed in
1833. As for the gentlemen who have “ written to the
S icrs ” about glorious Granville Sharp and Lord Mans¬
i’s decision in 1772, saying that “Sharp was tho
friend, not Codlin,” and that “ it is not the jubilee, but
the centenary of emancipation ” (though it is not exactly
either) “ that should bo celebrated,” they seem to forget
that the object of “ jubilee ” is tho Act of 1833. Granville
Sharp ought to have (and has in the imagination of
thousands) a monument as high as tho stars; and by all
means lot him und tho decision ho obtained from Lord
Mansfield bo commemorated by as many “’tenaries” as
possible. But there is no reason why there should not bo
a “jubileo” for the Act of 1833 without any disrespect
towards Granville Sharp or any forgetfulness of the
judgment delivered by Lord Mansfield.
Tho “ Cornstalks,” as the Australians are familiarly
called, carried batting to a pitch beyond tho experience or
even imagination of man, in the first innings of their
cricket-match against England at the Oval tho other day.
And yet, such extraordinary scoring in a manner defeats
itself; for if tho other side make any fight at nil, and tho
timo of ploying bo not extended beyond three doys, a
“ draw” and not a victory is tho inevitable result. Mem.:
Don’t score too many.
Eisenach is to bo the birthplace of a now Reformation,
but its Luther has not yet come forward. Tho Geiman
student is the being who intends henceforth to be a law
unto himself, and ho aims at the abolition of duelling, nnd
proposes in future not to live beyond his means. If to
these good resolutions ho would only add some limitation
in tho number of his bocks of beer, there would bo less
temptation to extravagance und fewer occasions of
dispute.
AUG. 23, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
171
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
Duke Arthur the Second, whose body was buried in peace at
fitmthfleldsaye on Tuesday, was in no sense of the term an
ordinary man. IIo inherited much of Ins illustrious sire s
shrewdness and blunt common-seuse, qualities which might
have won him renown for deep sagacity had ho been called
upon or had he cared to take part in the business of statecraft.
His greatest misfortune was to bo the son of his father uud
burdened with the tremendous weight of a mighty name.
The lute Duke of Wellington was a very kindly gentle¬
man perfectly simple and unaffected in liis manners, a pleasant
conversationalist, uud a sayer of drolly humorous sayings,
lie was rather eccentric, and so deaf that it was slightly
difficult to converse with him even through the medium of an
acoustic walking-stick which lie latterly carried. When tho
time comes to be personally anecdotic about him, those I
fancy who will have the most to say concerning the faits et
aestes of Duke Arthur the Second will bo Dr. W. II. Russell,
Mr Boehm, R.A., Mr. Birkbeck, M.P., and those who have
had the honour to meet the Duke at the Viscountess Comber-
mere’s luncheon parties, and especially at the table of General
Edward Lowe, the lust surviving sou of Sir Hudson Lowe. At
the residence of General and Mrs. Lowe “ His Grace the
Duke of Wellington ” was (by his own special desire) unknown.
He was only “ Mr. Wellesley,” and, under that cognomen, was
full of caustic fun.
Youthful renders of Mrs. Gaskell’s “ Memoirs of Charlotte
Brontfi ” may take note of the circumstance that the very old
gentleman of seventy-eight who has just passed away was tho
self-same Marquis of Douro about whom the Bronte girls
were so fond of inditing closely-written sheets of semi-mystic
prose. To these fervid sisters, piuing in their wild Yorkshire
home, the eldest son of Duke Arthur of Waterloo appeared in
tho light of a Hero of Romance. But there never was anything
romantic about him, either ns Marquis of Douro or as Duke of
Wellington. lie had a tolerably large crop of wild oats to
sow when he was youug; and I believe that one of the most
familiar phrases in modem English speech was first used by
Duke Arthur the First with reference to some business com¬
plications in which his son and heir was mixed up. “ F. M.
the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr.-,
and declines to interfere in circumstances over which he has
no control.” Such were the terse terms of a note written, I
think, about 1833 or 1810. I can remember no earlier
occurrence of the phrase.
Mem.: In the list of the distinguished personages present
at the funeral at Stratlifieldsaye, I note the name of the
Reverend George Robert Gleig, sometime Chaplain-General
of the Forces. Mr. Gleig fought as a subaltern with tho first
Duke in the Peninsula, in 1812. Ho servccLin the American
War in 1814-15, and, after being severely wounded, went back
to Oxford and took holy orders, and he is now eighty-eight
years of age.
Of some news It is commonly said that “ it is too good to
be trueand of that saying one is reminded by the announce¬
ment in so serious a journal as the Timet that the problem of
aerial navigation has at length been solved, and that the sur¬
prising fact has been communicated to the French Academy of
{Sciences by M. Herve Mangon. It is explicitly stated that a
method of steering balloons 1ms been invented by a captain of
engineers named llennrd, who, in conjunction with a Captain
Krebs, has been experimenting in a largo inclosuro in tho
wood of Meudou. The difficulty to be overcome was the con¬
struction of an engine combining sufficient power with ade¬
quate lightness, and this, it is alleged, has been done: the
propeller of the balloon being set in motion by a machine
composed of a series of accumulators providing u force of ten-
horse power for several hours.
It is further asserted that, on the Ninth instant, a balloon
ascent was made at Meudon in the presence of u large nunibeF
of persons. Tho “ aerostat ” passed over Meudon and pro¬
ceeded to Villebon, where, to the astonishment of the specta¬
tors, “the balloon was seen to turn a semicircle, and return-
to its starting-point in the teeth of a slight breeze. The
balloon went and returned exactly to the spots fixed upon
beforehand.” If this statement be true (and the Balloon
Society of Great Britain will lose udtime, I should say, in
sifting the matter), the greatest of social and, it may be,
political revolutions is at hand. The secret of aerial navigation
could not long bo kept; and every nation would be uble to
participate in the all but exact fulfilment of Dr. Erasmus
Darwin’s prophecy:— ' \\ \\
Soon shall thine arm, undaunted Steam, afar
Drag the slow barge, or <lrivu the rapid car;
Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear
The flying chariot through the realms ofair.
But the pleasing philosopher and didactic poet who died in
1802 was only thinking Of the possibilities of stcurn. Elec¬
tricity “ up iu a balloon ” was beyond his purview.
The “ silly season" having begun iu reul earnest, tho
newspapers are, as a necessary consequence, full of instruc¬
tive mid amusing matter; And" we shall bo spared, for a few
weeks at least, from the dully drenching downpour of Parlia¬
mentary wrangle, jangle, and “ jobation.’' A most interesting
discussion/bn the subject of Alcoholic Drinks is in animated
progress in theTeading journal; and although many old
arguments, old fallacies, old crotchets, and old hobbies are
being trotted out again, a formidable array of facts, figures, and
opinions, well worth attentive study, are being brought to tho
front. The contest is, for the nonce, chiefly between the Total
Abstainers and tho advocates of what is called “moderate
drinking.”
A very large amount of information on this deeply intcrest-
ing topic will be found in a book recently published by Messrs.
Kegan Paul, called “The Foundation of Death: a Study of
the Drink Question,” by Axel Gustafson. This gentleman is,
I believe, a Swedish journalist who, as is the habit of Scandi¬
navians of culture, writes and speaks our language as well os
he does his own. M. Axel Gustafson has also resided long iu
the United States, so that he is in every way qualified as a
student of the Great Drink question.
I do not agree with any one of the gentleman's conclusions;
and I have not much more faith in tho soundness of the axiom
quoted from a Dr. Hofcland, who says that “generally
speaking, death is not a change undergone iu a moment, but a
gradual passage from a condition of active to a condition of
latent life." But this is not the place for controversy. All I
can do is to advise earnest people to read Mr. Gustafson’s
book (although it is one of nearly six hundred pages, and the
thermometer is at eighty-five iu tho shade), and to compliment
him on the extraordinary industry and acumen which ho lias
displayed in collecting facts and figures in support of his
theories. As he truly observes, “the world literature of
alcohol is enormous ”; and Mr. Gustafson seems to have con¬
sulted over threo thousand works bearing on Drink and the
Drink question.
“It is as natural to die as to bo bom; and to n 1 ittlo
infant, perhaps, tho one is as painful as the other.” T quote
thccompletc Baconian sentence for the reason that “F. V. P.,”
(Manchester), draws attention to an apposite and beautiful
pussage in “ King Lear” (v. 2):—
Men must endure
Their going hence, even as their coming hither:
Ripeness Li all.
A lady kindly reminds me of another parallel pnssage in
Jeremy Taylor:—“ For ns soon ns a man is born, that which in
nature only remains to him is to die.”
Compare Seneca:— . ^
What is death but a ceasing to be what we were before ! We are kindled
and put out; we die daily. Nature that begot us expels us, and a better and
a safer place is provided for ns.
“ D. B.” wishes to know whether I am aware that in Aber¬
deen a pavior's rammer is called, among working people, “ a
bishop,” and wliut is tho origin of so peculiar an application
of the word. Well, “bishop” means several things besides
“ The British House of Peers.” This enchanting ballad is to
be sung to tho tuue of “ The British Grenadiers.” I grieve
that I cun only find room for two stanzas :—
gome swear by Wilfrid Lawson, For when they were commanded
To pans a Franchise Bill,
They bade a Tyrant Premier
Inquire tho nation’s will.
John Bright may mnt like Rabshskeb,
And Rogers vent his sneers;
Let’s praise their pluck, and wish
them luck,
The British llouse of Peers I
And some by Labouchcre,
And some applaud Joe Ginmberlnin,
While some by Bradlaugh swear.
Down, down with cant and caucus,
Let's greet the right with cheers.
And praise their pluck, and wish
them luck.
The British House of Peers I
Bravo, Bravissimo ! Since “Ye Mariners of England” was
published, I doubt whether thero 1ms been penned a more
whole-souled and heart-stirring lyric than “Tho British
House of Peers.” It should be sung in all Board Schools,
The allusion to the ranting of Rnbshakeh is very fine, and
would make that vapouring ambassador of the King of Assyria
“feel bad” were he alive. /©JKtlre whole, “Tho British
Houso of Peers ” may fairly be considered worthy to rank
with what somebody once culled the Knee flush ultra of modem
patriotic poetry. Only^the grammatical construction is
slightly faulty. Read by the light Jif the context, it is Sir
Wilfrid Lawson, Mr. Labouclierc, Mr. Chamberlain and Mr.
Bradlaugh, Sir. Briglit and Mr. (Rogers, whose pluck we arc
bidden to praise, and to whom we are to wish luck. But what
is manner wheiith^matter is so excellent ? Let the Haughty
Hospodar of iluwardoniead R. C.’s lines and Tremble.
I read in a morning paper that there died a few days ago
in Paris M. CharlesComte, director of the theatre known
ns the Bouffes PaHsichs, of which, under its original name of
the T3iHtrc dea Jeunes El&ves, his father, tho celebrated phy¬
sician, was the founder. M. Charles Comte was the son-in-law
of the famous composer, Jacques Offenbach, who preceded
him iu the management of the Bouffes.
It 13 by a very curious equivoque that M. Comte ph-e is
spoken of as a “celebrated physician.” He was bred to tho
Jaw, and never followed the profession of medicine. But,
if you will refer to Sir. Charles Ilcrvey’s entertaining and
instructive “Theatres of Paris” (London: Mitchell, 184(J),
you will find that the elder Comte was a celebrated phgsieien—
“epi-skopos,” the overlooker or superintendentyif-a-fldekof a/professor of physics, not of physic: in other words, a
Christiau people. According to the American humourist, Mr.
J. G. Suxe, one of tho terms for a lady’s “ drcSs-improvcy ” is
a “bishop.” “Bishop,” again, is a bcverage\composed of
burned wine, sugar, lemons, and so forth and tdlyshop ” is
n term of farriery signifying the use of deceptive ilrtstomnko
an old horse appear like a young one. But why a pavior’s
rammer should be known in Aberdeen ns “a bishop ”1 do not
know.
Mem.: Derrick the hangman (whose real name was
Theodcric) gave his name, first to the gallows itself, and then
to a crane. Perhaps thero was once a person named Bishop
who introduced some improvements in thejbonstruction of the
pnvior’s rammer. Or how would it be if some waggish medical
student called these rammers “bishops” on tlio ground of
their giving so much employment to the “ biceps ” muscles?
I rend in the World: —“ It iB said that a certain open-air
preacher, finding his congregation somewhat sparse during
the hot weather, 1ms serious thoughts of establishing an open-
air church. This, in afhio old-fashioned shady garden, or somo
pleasant, well-timbered, umbrageous park, would scarcely fail
to attract a large congregation.” Tho idea is really a very
sensible one, and the experiment might bo tried, to begin
with, iu the inclosures of the London squares. But bus there
not (lieeiH^hese very many years past, every Sunday in
summer time what is practically an open-air congregation iu
connection with the tiny Church of St. Lawrence in the Isle
of Wight ? I remember, full forty years ago, a lady telling
me that she had heard service uud sermon as one of the “over¬
flow” congregation in St. Lawreuce’s churchyard. I was never
there; and, for aught I know, tho tiny Church of St. Lawrence
'^ofA'liich I treasure a picture in coloured sand, gummed on
pasteboard, with a lock of soft brown hair and an okl kid glovo
iiil memory of somebody or something) has been enlarged or
restored, long ago. Do not laugh at my ignorance. It is
people of leisure who know their Isle of Wight by heart. I
never had any leisure worth speuking of.
The groat King Mithridates, surnnmed Eupator, wo used to
learn at school, fed on poisons; at least he fortified liis con¬
stitution by taking antidotes for the nasty stuff with which liis
euemies the courtiers attempted to destroy him. I cannot re¬
member whether we were also told that the nume of Mitliri-
dates’ physician was Hahnemann. The family of a milkman at
Philadelphia about whom I lately read a “ Norriblo Tale ” iu
the New York llerald would have acted wisely had they adopted
Mithridates’ precautions before indulging iu a feast of
strychnine pills. The Philadelphian milkman's wife, it
appears, kept a boarding-house. Just before supper one even¬
ing, one of the young gentleman boarders observed that he
was hungry; whereupon the milkman’s lady jocularly offered
him a box of pills to stay his stomach withal.
Straightway the young gentleman boarder swallowed
fourteen pills, daring a Mrs. Kelly to join in the feast. The
tindrunted Mrs. Kelly devoured ten pills. Miss Annie Kelly,
aged seventeen, swallowed twenty boluses. Mrs. Bridget
Boyle, aged forty-five, “contributed to the general hilarity
by masticating thirteen”; and Mr. Daniel Gallagher, aged
nineteen, “wound up the pharmaceutical feast by taking the
rest.” Shortly afterwards, every member of the family fell
nto convulsions, “ their distemper showing symptoms quite
similar to hydrophobia. Mrs. Boyle and Mr. and Mrs. Kelly
rolled about tbe dining-room floor in great agony.” The
Herald omits to tells us how many of the partakers of the
“pharmaceutical feast” died, or whether they were restored
to health by antidotes composed of “enormous gooseberries.”
It is something, after all, to have lived loug enough to reud
in the Morning Tost a sweet lyric, signed “R. C.,” entitled
ventriloquist aud conjuror of the rarest capacity.
Of his attainments ns a ventriloquist Mr. Hervey relates a
diverting anecdote. Comte one day fell in with a peasant
woman leading a fine pig to market. He offered a hun¬
dred francs for the animal; upon which a voice, apparently
proceeding from the pig, shrilly protested that ho was not
wortli five francs. A scandalised and horrified garde-champctre
who was standing by pronounced Comte to be a sorcerer, and
hurried him, tho pig, and the peasant woman, before the
nearest magistrate. Arrived in the presence of that function¬
ary, the pig, to all seeming, exclaimed in excellent French
that he was happy to have an opportunity to express his ad¬
miration for so accomplished a ventriloquist as Signor Comte.
Of course tho mystery was cleared up ; the liberated physicicn
gave a gratuitous eutertaiument of ventriloquism and leger¬
demain to the villagers; and tiro magistrate bought the pig
which—hapless actor in an otherwise joyous drama!—was
killed, cut up, and salted down next day.
Comte’s first theatre was at tho Hotel des Fermcs, Rue de
Greuello St. Ilonore. Thence ho removed to the Passage des
Panoramas, aud ultimately to the Passage Clioiscul. At first,
his troupe consisted of mere childreu ; but eventually no actor
under sixteen, and no actress tinder fifteen was allowed to
perform. I have a lively remembrance of the pretty, innocent
little playhouse. Some time in the winter of 1839, my scliool-
master— tnarchand de toupe we used to call him—conducted nil
his boys to the theatre in tho Passage Choiseul. He took the
entire pit for tho occasion. We went in gTeat state, escorted
by a squad of undcr-ushers or pious. I remember the names
of threo schoolfellows who were my immediate neighbours.
They were Jaime, Dumanoir, and Aleximdre Dumas, all sous
of dramatic authors, and one of whom, at least, became as
famous as his sire.
Mem.: The performance at the Theatre Comte, a.d. 1839,
was admirably decorous but slightly dull. It was something
about Frederick tho Great and his page. More thau twenty
yeurs afterwards I found myself again at the tiny playhouse
in the Passage Choiseul. Tho little theatre had been trans¬
formed into tlie Bouffes Parisiens. The Second Empire was at
its wildest and wickedest then ; and the performance at the
Bouffes was not dull. Assuredly it was not decorous. Anti cs
temps attires mecurs.
There is nothing new under tho sun. With reference to
the Louisianian uegro-patois song, a portion of which I quoted
last week, “C. S.” (Great Winchester-street) courteously
forwards mo an extract from a “Minho ” (north of Portugal)
love-song, curiously akin in its figurativeness to the Louisianian
lyric. I shrink from printing the Portuguese; for of Lusita-
niuu I have none, aud I might blunder in transcribing it;
but here is an English translation of the most touching of the
stanzas:—
O lovely one of my even! Sweet as the summer cabbage. Beautiful as
the flowers. . . . Klie says that she loves me as the pig loves the mud ; the
sun tbe humming-birds.
Summer cabbages, pi^s and mud. Not very refined sub¬
jects for imagery, truly. Yet hero they are redolent of loyalty
and sincerity and devotion. Bless the honest, truthful business
of sweethearting! It is the same in spirit—what are mere
words?—all over tho world, and always has been.
The poet is King; but the bard of the Morning Post has
not been allowed to have it all his own way in singing the
praises of the British House of Peers. In tho Pall Mall Gazette
of Tuesday, Aug. 19, and from the Radical 6ide of tho hedge,
an acknowledged monarch of rhyme, Mr. Algernon Charles
Swinburne, sweeps a furious lyre ; and in a lyric, entitled
“ Clear the Way, prophesies the most alarming things about
the Peers. Slay tno polemot continue! You at him, Sir.
Alfred Austin! Is your fiery muse dumb, Sir. Clement
Scott? Did you not write “Here Stands a Post?” Cry
havock and let slip the dogs of war! But only of poetical
war, mind. Who knows but that the continuance of tho
rhythmic conflict may at length arouse the Achilles of poetic
politics—the Great Macdcnnott himself? G. A. S.
BUSINESS AND PLEASURE.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Aco. 23, 1881. 172
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. Avo. 23. 1884.— 171
T II E
I* II I X C E O F W A L E S’S V I S I T
T () T II E T Y X E.
The Prince nncl Princess of Wales, with their
young sons nnd daughters, arrived on Tuesday
evening (it Cragside, Rotliburv, in Northumber¬
land, the country-house of Sir William Arm¬
strong ; a View of which appeared in our Jast,
with many Illustrations of Newcastle and the
Tyne. On Wednesday, their Royal Highnesses
went to Newcastle, to perform several interesting
public Ceremonial acts ; the opening of the new
park at Jesmond Dene, given to the people by
Sir W. Armstrong; the opening of the new
Museum of the Natural History Society of
Northumberland, Durham, nnd Newcastle-on-
Tyne; and that of the Reference Library in connection
with the Newcastle Public Library. The Prince nnd Princess,
accompanied from Rothbnry by their host, Sir W. Armstrong,
were received by the Mayor and Corporation at the
Central Railway Station, uud were escorted in procession
through the town. Iu the new Armstrong Park the Princess
planted a memorial tree; and, after the other ceremonials
at tho Museum nnd the Library, they partook of a
grand luncheon at St. George’s Hall, with a compuny of eight
hundred guests. The town was splendidly illumiuated at
night, when the Royal party returned to Cragside. On Thurs¬
day, they were again to come to Newcastle, and to meet the
Chairman and members of tho Bonrd of Tyne Improvement
Commissioners ou the Corporation Guay, where they would
embark in,a steamer, and go down the river, escorted by a
procession of twenty-five other steamers, to open the new dock
at Coble Dene, near the mouth of the Tyne, opposite South
Shields. Tho mine of the Albert Dock will be given to it, in
honour of the Prince of Wales. After lunching in a pavilion,
and viewing the docks, the harbour, and tho piers, their Royal
Highuesses would visit Tynemouth, being received by the
Mayor and Corporation of that town, and would see the
interesting features of its neighbourhood ; and would then
return with Sir William Armstrong to his own residence, which
is ut. some distance from Newcastle.
Tho Armstrong Public Park, as it will henceforth be called,
the gift of Sir William t.o the town, consists of the picturesque
wooded vnle of Jesmond Dene, with its stream (lowing between
rocky bunks, the naturally romantic aspect of which is not
spoilt by the devices of luiidscape-gardeuing; and of several
additions to the grounds, from time to time, portions of
Haliner Wood and Heaton Park, with an ancient ruin called
King John’s Palace. Sir W. Armstrong purchased Jesmond
Dene some twonty-threo years ago. It formerly beloif
Sir Matthew White Ridley, who was member of Pti^'
for Newcastle a great many years; but it had since j
wild nnd waste place, iu which gipsies and
their wandering tents. Sir William purchi
this condition, and resolved to lay it out
ground, determined, however, stric
idea of not subverting tho unturnK^ql
Therefore, in making over the land, 'ns
city, one of the conditions stip
“not to ultcr tho laying-out of
SIR WILLIAM
render them more artificial than at
of Newcastle and
access to tho grounds
which was given to
no a
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spot
tl 10
Sir
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rounds m n manner Lo
sum,
uud Lady
MR. R. URWIN,
SECRETARY TO THE TYNE IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS.
MR. r. J. MESSENT, C.E.,
ENGINEER OF THE TYNE IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS.
Armstrong never contemplating that the lovely dell they had
crealed should bo reserved for their own exclusive pleasure or
that of their immediate friends. The pretty biuiqueting-haU,
with its pictures anil orgau, has ulso been liberally placed at
the service of every worthy cause for assemblies and picnics, so
that Jesmond Dene lias long been a familiar and charming spot
to the people of Newcastle. It abounds in fine walks, bridges,
dingles, lieavy-foliuged trees, and musses of flowers; the old
mill with its lull, the grotto, and the sequestered nooks and
retreats having peculur attractions. It was known tliut Sir
William had long cherished the idea of making over the Dene
to the Corporation, reserving control over it only during his
and Lady Armstrong’s lifetime. This intention ho made
public in a letter addressed to the Mayor ou Fob. 5, 1883,
which was reud to the Council, and received by them and tho
inhabitants generally with gratitude and pleasure. The
generous donor also added that the Corporation were not
to he at tho expense of maintaining the grounds so long
as lie lived. Two months later lie further gave a field
of fourteen acres adjoining the Dene to be used for
popular gatherings and amusements. Other plots of grounds
lo the east and west of tliu chief gift were also presented, Sir
William requesting the Council to make additional entrances
and a carriage drive round tho custom boundary. In accept¬
ing this generous gift, tho Corporation agreed, in recognition
oi the donor, to give the name of the Armstrong Turk to tho
whole of tho demesne that now forms tho finest public
pleasure-ground iu the neighbourhood.
Tho new dock at Coble Dene, near Tynemouth, has a
water area of twenty-four acres, and in connection with the
two docks there is land to the extent of 273 acres for standage
uud storage. On tho sill tho depth is 30ft. at high-water
spring tides—a greater depth than any other dock ou the oust
coast Iu length the quay is about 3000 ft., and tho wall
dividing it from tho river has been constructed so as to give
1500 ft. of quay on the river side. Killings from the North-
Eastern Railway are made to the dock, where there tire ubout
thirteen miles uf rail for the accommodation of traffic. A
MR. JOHN MEDLEY, MAYOR OF TYNEMOUTH.
MR. J. C. STEVENSON. M.P..
OF THE TYNE IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS.
large staith has been constructed, ou each side
of which are four spouts for loading coal. One
vessel 400 ft. long, or two of 250 ft. length each,
cun be berthed at each side of the staith, and
coal shipped nt the rute of 800 to 1000 tons per
hour. At the west side of the dock u warehouse
capable of storing 40,000 qunrters of grain bus
been erected, and it is fitted up with hydraulic
appliances of the most improved description.
The gates are opened and closed by the some
power, the machinery for which has been
made by Messrs. Armstrong, Mitchell, and
Co., of Elswick. If required, the dock cau
be enlarged by the addition of twenty acres further inlnnd.
Its construction is intended to develop the import trade of
the Tyne, and lias cost three quarters of a million.
This is but one of the great and useful works of the Tyne
Improvement Commissioners, described incur Journal a week or
two since ; and we now present the Portraits of the Chairman,
Air. Jaines Cochrane Stevenson, M.l*. for South Shields, who
is n chemical manufacturer, a native of Glasgow; the Chief
Engineer, Mr. Philip J. Messent, and the late Mr. John F.
Ure, formerly Chief Acting Engineer ami latterly Consulting
Engineer, who died in May, 1883; and the Secretary, Mr.
Robert Unvin. The navigation and trade of the Tyne have
been wonderfully improved in the past thirty years. The total
registered tonnage of the vessels eleariug outwards from the
port in 1883 was G,250,000 tons. In the same year the exports
of coal and coke were 0,500,421 tons—the largest ship¬
ment in any port of the world. Uf £4,000,000 which
the Commissioners had power to borrow, there remains only
£150,000 to spend. In its first year of existence, 1853, the
revenue of tho commission was £10,300; in 1800 it increased
to £73,700; and in 1883 the nmount was £276,437.
Sir William George Armstrong, 0.1L, F.It.S., is a son of
tho late Alderman William Armstrong, merchant, of New¬
castle. He was born in 1810, and was educated ns a solicitor,
but had a stronger taste mid genius for scientific studies, llo
invented the hydro-electrical machine, the hydraulic crane,
the “accumulator,’’ for giiining increased hydraulic power
without greater altitude, nnd a variety of machinery tor its
practical application to different uses. Ho founded the
Elswick Engiue Works, a short distance from Newcastle ; and
iu December, 1854, when the siege of Sebustopol proved tho
comparative inefficiency of our old smooth-bore militnrg
ordnance, he invented the Armstrong rilled niuzzle-loacliny
gun. It was, after some delay, adopted by the War Office,
and Mr. Armstrong was knighted, and appointed Engineer of
Rifled Ordnance to tho Government. He resigned that
apointment in 1803. He was President of the British Asso¬
ciation in that year.
Our Views of Shields Harbour, and of Tynemouth, with
its Priory ruins, its Lighthouse, and the North Pier at the
entrance to the river, and the Portrait of the Mayor, who would
bid the Prince and Princess welcome to Tynemouth, conclude
the list of Tyne Illustrations for this week. There may bo
something more of Newcastle in our uext.
MR. J. F. U RE, C.E.,
LATE ENGINEER OF TUB TYNE IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS.
174
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 23, 1884
EXEMPTION OF PARIS FROM CHOLERA.
Ab Rome considerable hesitation exists in the mind of the
public that France in general, and Paris in particular, have
been rendered unhealthy and dangerous to pass through in
consequencoof the preseneeof cholera at Toulon aud Marseilles,
our Continental representative waited on the Pr6fet de la
Seine, in order to obtaiu official and reliable information ns to
the rumours which have been so freely circulated concerning
the supposed existence of the epidemic in Paris, and we have
much pleasure in placing before our readers the following trans¬
lation of a letter from the Chef du Cabinet of the Prefet de
Police, which cannot but dismiss the fears which have pre¬
vailed to the contrary :—
BIRTH.
On the 4th lust., at Frankfort-on-Mnin, the wife of It. 8. Lindler, Esq.,
C.E., of a son.
MARRIAGE.
On the 12th initt., at East Tythcrley Church. Hants, by the Itev. Ilenry
Fortes-ue, ^leat-uncle of th« bride, mwi«ted by the Her. William Loft us.
Incumbent, Charles William Solwyu, Esq., Lieutenant Koyal Horse Ouarda,
eldest son of the late lliirht Hon. tjir i.'liarlm Jusper Hclwyn, Judjfe of
Appeal iu Chunoery.to Isabella Constance, second daughter of F.G. HoLrety,
Ejq., of Lockerley 11«U, Hunts.
*«* 'The charge for the insertion of Births, llarriages, and Deaths, it
J-'ive Shilling! for each announcement.
1) It I G H T 0 N.—Cheap Day Tickets every Weekday.
a * Freni Victoria DU* a.ltl.. F*re 111. Oil., tnrludiii* I'tillinuii far. Utreau Half
THE GREELY ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
Great compassion, ns well as curiosity, lias been excited in the
United States by the recital of the sufferings of the maritime
exploring and surveying party under the command oi
Lieutenant Greely beyond Smith Sound and Kennedy Channel
towards the Polar Sen. This American Meteorological Ex¬
it ulna* I'lr.t ci.u
Cabinet du Prl'fet do la Seine,
l'uri*. Auk. 1*. 1»>I.
TO Tn* COST1SRSTAL DIRKCTOR, ILLUSTRATED LOXDOX
SEW*.
Sir.—You have manifested a desire to be exactly informed,
forthenurpowmof youreatimable Journal, uato the sanitary
state or Pari* with respect to the cholera epidemic.
Yon can assure your readers in all sincerity that there has
not been, neither is there tiny ease .if cholera in ruria. The
state of the public health is excellent.
Itoceive the aasuronce of iny most distinguished
C'lnaideration.
(Signed) Wkillkd, Chef dn Cabinet.
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Tickets to llrlKliton i very riuinUv from Victoria ~t lu.4Aa.ru. auil 1 3.to p.m. F.ru, tua.
H astings, st. Leonards, and eastbourne.
_ Cheap l)»y Return Ticket* iutirtl daily bjr F»*l Train* from Londou Brlilco.
" i -K.tnt. lu.io a.in., ami Sinuliiy. 9 „ 4 j a.m.. calhnc at Ka»t Creyil»ii.
^ Fre... Victor,*. Weekdays 9M a.iu., and buudayt 9.3) a.iu.. calling at Clkphara
Freni Kentlnrton (Adillton-road), Weekday) 0.40 a.m., and Sunday) alO t.m.
Furea, IS).. IU. lid., and 8 *.
P ARIS.— SHORTEST, CHEAPEST ROUTE. — Vi£
........ N*WIIAV*W, DIEPPE. and ROUEN.
EXFKES3 I)A1 SERVICE KVKBV WEEKDAY AS UNDER
, . * ktturia Station. London Briilxc Slatlon. I'arla.
Saturday, Ang. Z1 Lap. ) 4A a.in. Lep. ) An a.iu. Arr. u «o ti.rn.
Monday. .. 29 ,. * )9.* « so.il 40 ..
1 Ue.ilny. ., 2-1 „ « 49. k Jo. II 40 .,
We.hie.Uy .. 27 Jo ft.Jo Ift. s 2 ft ..
’Uiurala; „ 2 K „ 10 B.lo IS. k 2ft ..
Friday .. 29 .. JU So.IU »S ., .. * SO |.
KXHIIRN NIGHT SERVICE,-From Victoria. 7.fl0 p.m., and London Urldg*.
1.0p.m..avery Ueclnlny ami Sumlav.
f’A IlhS—London to Faria and IW k Wt Clou. 2nd Class.
Av.llahle for Return within One Month . .. <2 IJ«. ml. .. El lu*. ud.
Third Claa* keturn Ticket* (by the Nlrht Servlcei. 80*.
The Normandy and Brittany. bplemiht Fa»t I’ailille-Mtaamrrs, accomplith th* SOUIIfl
pa>uKr between Newliaren and IMepps freoneutly In atwut .4 Iioiid.
tlireuhnuth>Fari <>e aVid vie* t ' , ° J '»»W'n*<-r. by the iijwclal Lay Serrlce lOUliq,
Traill) run aloughde Mcomer) at Newharen and Llepji*.
We must observe that in Paris every reasonable security
appears to have been taken against the probable outbreak of
the epidemic, owing to the remarkable hygienic arrangements
resorted to; aud, as cleanliness is the mightiest enemy to the
spread of cholera, it will in all probability be stifled here.
Paris is more healthy tlmu before, and the death-rate is
proportionally lower than any other largo city iu Europe, and
inis never been so low since 18GG.
Statistics for the first week in August. 1884, prove that out
of a population of over 2,238,000 inhabitants, only 971 deaths
were registered.
There is one great and important fact connected with the
cholera stride in France, which has on this, as on previous
occasions, remained true to its previous course, coming from
the East and pursuing its course to tl.c West It still hangs L.wc.ioit, U^kil.^^^A^utVlL
over the Mediterranean regions, having completely d.sj-egarded niiWli Saturday to Tuesday <F,r.v
ealtll resorts Second, and Third OlM*) TICKETS are ISSUED, by all Train*.
illy order.
J.r. Kniuui. Genera! Managtr.
n.REAT EASTERN RAILWAY.—SEASIDE.—Ail
IMFKOVEU MKHVICK of FAST TRAINS Is now running to YARMOUTH
Tuuil.t Tickets are alsu luiiad from Livcrpool-stm-t by tire New Route to Srar-
‘ * . .. ‘ “ Uni. \ \
Ivcrpool- street to
e.40 a.ui., aud
Yar __
London, Auxuit, l.v>4.
Company') Time Ronkf.
Wii.i.iau Hiur.Oi'iirral Man tiger.
going to the eastward or south, aud spared the health
Cannes, Nice, and Mentone, and is now hovering over some
towns and isolated rural districts, owing, apparently, to the
negligence of sanitary precautions and prompt medical assist¬
ance, both of which appear to have been shamefully overlooked.
Having remurked that the cholera moves from east to west,
it will be ns well to observe that on two or three occasions
when Paris was visited during the last century, it was always -j-*- Herrin. vu u»rwi.h it'nru.ten gq.yi
imported from ports on the north coast of France or Germany. 2X&2&
J he foregoing facts are fully confirmed by the members of •*«•«» p.*n..*ycrjw*»fcd*y.«,irWiin»t Antwerp and iiotteidam
T. ' nr \ ,n MoflaiJd.-'Ormai.y; Bvlglnm. ^wltwrUnd. he. I.ow
lit rough lk« iking) to all jwrU of tb« Cuntli..nt from LmtdSS asa tlia North. For
ploIUrwaiurand liu-xp-nilio lour.rrol the U.EOLCo.'* Tuurlat (iulde to tlirOntl-
t' 2n ,, .V P ^ l ‘ ,r . r f' Kd ' .''b, rri S ArtUnnaa?' ••Holiday* In Holland.”
. A 1 .■ iwi 1 *' |ir l" V - D‘"t. I*d. For turtlirr F-rtlcular. and Tima B.>ok* (frea)
Ailifrvfi* V. L»i»oi'Av, ContincnUI Traffic SUnaRrr. Lhvpoo^StMH 8 U 1 lou.L'.C.
frOLIDAYS ON THE CONTINENT.—Direct Through
rT.TTl. Pt'v 1 -? . V . 1 A , L* rW, ' h ri^vkMton ynayl by thaliKKAT EAST CUN' RAILWAY
the medical profession who have visitcnl the infected cities. At
present there is absolutely nothing to be alarmed at, and but
little probability of an outbreak.
The following list of First-CUas Hotels is purtieulsrly recommended to
the notice of intending? traveller) to Pari*, forming ns they do some of the TROVER AND 1
best tirat-cl&Ka establishments, and posoegsinK nil the requirements of pure ^ u, r Un aUioio^tlr"
air, a plentiful supply of wuter, and perfect hygienic appliances on the most b* *»rry great city on tin
approved London systems. „
HELS a.
The Proprietor* of these Hotels are known to devote their earnest
attention to the core and comfort of their visitora, aud are,-by reason of
their experience, acquired by a Ion# residence in England, cognisant of
those requirement*. Each Hotel posseeses large and small apartments, and
there it a patent Safety Lift to each, and English is spoken.
agiaiiDt 8K
Ste««rclei.M, Ac. 'J'
MAIL, and Kx|.r«M-tnil
Direct UeniMnC«rrl
Agenclea st. l/.iul.
at Urnswls, Mont
Milsn. Ac,
Dally conveyance of ohllnsry and
Accelerated conveyance
Ml hour*; to Cologu». IS boors;
vi'i the St f)"tbsrd.3S hours: sud
Kiul tU llriioli.l.
REDUCED FARES, and 961b.
dining room). Private Cabins,
c* witu tho JSTEUN'ATIliNAL
ng-0*W
-street; at Dorer. S. 8t,....
Cologne, Doultuf 12;
nd-)tr**t; at Ortend;
t Merlin, Vienna,
II
Otel CONTINENTA
X RUE OABTIULTOXE. ». PARIS,
and Raadc lllvull. facing tli" •• .Inrilln dm Tuilcrlei."
COO Room) and Saloon),
frm a franc) to a*, franc) jier day.
Tabled'llote, 7 francs I Winn UielH.H-ll.
Breekfuit »mnl nt enpaint,.. table. 9 fr.ince t Wine Included).
•• Cute Virtu," Bllllnnls. sml •• CaM '1 rrrsMC.”
Winter liurdnn,
Conversation sml Music Saloon.
Bsth-Koom., Ac., for llyilrotlilia|ilo.
Three Lift*, communicating with each Flour, for the use of Visitors
up One o'clock In the mom lug.
IVat and Telegraph twice..
L - S T ,
GOTH^VRD RAILWAY, SWITZERLAND.—The
'-l , 1 ,rt *"Vqde.and fleHghtfu! route fn.m England to Italy.
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Kd ■fr^-^i.Vtaud ^v. i ume¥ iZ mt ■“ ‘W-
ANNO DOMINI, by EDWIN LONG, R.A.—This
<dC!l fll?F 'uiJl'lVPhTIlxTHK * u ‘A r ^ CfSEKI'S Picture
1 t-V/«vJ 6 ; - 1 i 1 N U 1 j . 1 *. oth«*r ImporUbt work*, nt tii« UAL-
»>-S. New Homl-Atny-t. Thu to Sin. Atlrolulon, 1>.
TiiE VALE OF TEARS.-DORfe’S Last Great PICTURE,
,- L v _ 1 co '' l l l,c l , »J » ‘t* day. before be died. NOW on VIEW at the DORK GALLERY,
*“• Bvii'l-.Uwt. with hie other great jikturee. Ten to Six Dally. Is.
' parcel).
H
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tut, nrE DE UfVOl.T.
Thisold-eatnhllsh.vl llr.t-<-|n». Ifobd.
Situated In the Hnivt and loMlthlest part of Pari),
ojiposlU’ the Tulleiles liarden.
lias bem entirely altered and improved
(One Hundred Km,ms)
nmler a new proprietor,
formerly dlinrtor <d the lfot.-l Amlrsnt'.
There have been added now a Tnhlo d ilute.
lfjdmnllc lift.
Reading. Smoking, nnd Hath Rooms.
Arrange men ta for the winter.
English. American, nnd liennnn pupert.
limit Hraaxaau Proprietor.
s
the Alert farther northward through Robeson Channel. It is
on the west coa9t, that opposite Greenland, and in latitude about
81 deg. 45 min. The American expedition of August, 1881,
was not again heard of until this summer, whim the few sur¬
vivors, including Lieutenant Greely, have been found, on
June 21, by a relief expedition sent in April or May, consisting
of three vessels, the Thetis and Bear, and the Alert store-
ship. The story told by Lieutenant Greely mid his
companions is harrowing in the extreme. Finding their
provisions growing - short, mid despairing of any ship
ever reaching theip, the entire party of twenty-five abandoned
their house in Discovery Bay, which they had named Fort
Conger, on Ang. !) last year. At that time they were in
hit. 81 deg. 44onin. N., but by Sept. 29 they had reached
Baird Iulet, about''seventy miles further south. Up to this
(hue, in spite of their hardships, the party were all well.
Troubles, however, new began. The sea was found clogged
with ice, which prevented them making further south’, in
order to reach thp Danish settlements before winter
set injJ7and ...haying taken refuge on an ico floe, they
drifted with it for thirty days, until, on Oct 21, they encamped
off Cape Sabine, in lut. 79 deg. N., near the mouth of Smith
■Sound. This spot they never left, and here the survivors were
found, surrounded by tho dead bodies of their hapless com¬
rades. For trine months, during the ent ire winter and spring,
they lived on this desolate spot, with no other shelter than
hastiljfrcomtructed snow huts and a tent, and with what
scanty stores they found in the cairns built by Sir George
Nnres iii 1875, anil by the Neptune in 1882, and what they
/could obtain from tho wreck of the Proteus, dispatched
oij! the same relief errand last summer, but crushed in tho
ice near the place where the Greely party wintered.
These supplies exhausted, they had to devour their
seal-skin clothing, the lichens found on the rocks still
projecting above the snow, some of which were of the same
species as the tripe de rocht , on which Franklin nnd his men
subsisted during the first expedition to the Coppermine River,
an occasional seal, nnd a few shrimps obtained through holes
in the ice. The labour of obtaining these meagre meals was,
however, too much for the feeble vitality of the party,
weakened by hunger, disease, and cold. 'The twenty-five
persons were reduced at last to seven, the others being starved
to death, with the exception of one who was drowned while
sealing, nnd Sergeant Ellison, who was rescued alive, but
died at Godlmvn from exhaustion consequent on the umpu-
tntioii of his frozen hand. Twelve bodies were rescued,
but the other live were swept out to sea and lost. The
survivors, having passed the winter iu a hut built of piled
stones and snow, with a canvas roof, were obliged to shift
their quarters in May, when the summer thaw came, nnd
moved into their tent, on rather higher ground 250 yards east¬
ward. It was an army wall tent, 9 ft. by 9 ft., pitched with
its opening to the north-east. Here, on June 21, Lieutenant
Greely nnd seven others were found, including Ellison; but
the front and western 6ide of the tent was blown down, nnd
three or four of the men, wrapped in their eleeping-bugs, lay
under the fallen poles and canvas, too weak to lift off the
covering; they had lain in this condition forty-eight hours,
and were almost starved to death. The rumours of their
having enten the flesh off the dead bodies of their comrades
are indignantly denied, and there seems to be no evidence in
support of this horrible assertion.
CITY ECHOES.
Wednesday, Aug. 20.
Of the many letters which have been published on the subject
of the proposed conversion of the national debt into lower-
interest stock some speak of tho drawback involved in the
power reserved by the Treasury to pay off the new issues on
one month’s notice after a given date, but there is little
II
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PARIS.
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Ddi* known t > t're \ ^
Enrlisli Nolillity mill irentry.
Dim jilt* itnstoy poiltlnn, \
r YCEUM THEATRE.—TWELFTH NIGHT.
THIS iF'Idsj) EVENING. «t S.lft. Mslvollo. Mr. Urnrr Irvin*: Viol*. Silva
Marion Irrrr. THE BKI.IM, SsturjHr Hn <l Monday; I.OUIs XI FrMtr »nd
Unliupadny Last Nlrht ofth" S»,„..n. Tliurelajr. An*.2S, wliou BIcilKLlKU will
Iw p rfonm.il. Box-office (Mr. J. Iliar*t> open Trn to Flvr.
8T. JAMES’S HALL, PICCADILLY.
TilIDMI'llAN'T SUCCESS OF
THE MOORE AND BURGESS MINSTRELS’
. NEW PROGRAMME. All tire nr-w *>n*) »ml *11 tire n*w unil K-nwiiilnr
cmlc ■krtcliM received withi tire rreatat rntlnuU.m Ire Iwun crow.lrd to repletion.
Ill-turn of tire InlmltiUI*and Jiintty jmnulsr oumnllaa. Mr. 1 i. W. MOORE.
LlUjarenn-nt of Mr. 1 HI K IIACK. Ule pilnclpiil rcmvIUn of lixvorh‘a Moatodon
1 rtill£»**, •** tlio I licntr* K'"' * .... .
PtsmoniioM
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poors open forUnr IVrfhrniaiicelatajtO: for Nlrht ditto at UiuBlbiiMa'Vnn
direct from th* Exhibition to the door) of St. JaniO)') 11*11. Price* ol Adnilreioii:
l*., .14., Mild No fee*.
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Finest po«lt|ort .ln P/irl*
foMior of RoeNJeM* )'alx,\
facing ID* Grand Opi-t* lion**
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A. kiirVastno.
Hotel W) llochf* Noire*. Trontllle.
“BUSINESS AND PLEASURE.”
Life at the seaside places of recreation on our coasts, in these
days of August, is dedicated to wholesome repose, if not to
to merely imply that a Treasury that will pay off 3 per cents
nt its own pleasure displays such an absence of^oucern in
the fundholders that it may be relied upon to in the future
take every advantage, the argument is probably just, for we
have first framed laws to compel trustees nnd certain others
to place their funds in the national stocks, aud then we
reduce the interest allowed on money so invested. Judged by
any and every standard, 3 per cent is not more than a fair in¬
terest, nnd the attempt to reduce it is, in the opinion of many,
scarcely equitable. The effect must be to drive optional
money into other investments, such os mortgages mid tho
better class of non-Government stocks.
The railway meetings are giving newspaper renders a pood
insight into the condition of trade and other industries all over
the country. The general experience in the first half of this
year was not only bad but it was disappointing; anil perhaps
to this is due the guarded tone with which the future
is spoken of. Yet the fine agricultural weather of
this year must have a wonderful effect in due course.
But just now the minds of railway administrators are
oppressed with the knowledge that whether the harvest be
G K ' A j
LACE DU PALAIS ROYAL
TivIb Rmprrrnr*!.
re ■«. I'r>.iitii-U>r*.
IVOLlAm,
_ tire F.liil. Royal sml th* Luivre.
I'lilli-rtw. i haiii|M-Elyre*.. Thintrr*. ami Flacr d* Is Bourse.
Small A|«*rtlnvnt- at vaiioiu |irlcr).
— Yrry lumdsoin* Dinlug-romi.
i. Iir. «kr,i«t» and Dinnrra In I'rlvat* Rooms.
thiloOO). French *nd Foreign Kewi;i*p«rs.
Central Station of Onnvbnre*.
owrlt stoml. Vehicle) of nil kind*.
Attendant, qoukin* nU langnagn.
TEL M E U R I C E
. n*. RUE he IIIvoLI
(oppoalt* tire rein'Wired Tulletie* Garden)).
A voire Sujwrlof Hotel
• •fold celebrity,
and recoiiiiui-inji'd by
knelt)li and American
famllle) ol distinction.
Sft Sitting and I7(i Bod Hoorn*.
Table d' Hftte.
R-atanr.iiit 4 In Carte.
Frlvate dinner, at fixed iirlcrs.
Pirlour. Ilnnlinr, Hnmkinc. und Bath R(K>mi.
Lilt.
H. SnmicH, Froprlctor.
.11 i z \t — , , t , ......o. V,,,.. mine iiiuucv inun ever ueiore. it is natural tl
* wl d n / t rt“' an obserredsftting with his daughter should be uppermost just now. but there is no reason to sup-
4 a ,i e x.re," ne „:.TC d a e i. W , her ? seems to have pose, one would think, that the difficulties which present
themselves ore insurmountable. It is evident from what took
place at the Great Northern meeting time amalgamation with
been reading to her father out of the book held open in her
hand. The youthful pair standing by the rail, and probnbly
doing their best to mnke themselves mutually agreeable to one
another, exhibit the mode of enjoying pleasure of another
kind, nnd we know that there is a time for all things. There
is n solitary old lady, seated on the right hand, who is
certainly aware that her time for that sort of thing passed
away long before those two young persons were born ; nnd she
feels at least no displeasure ill being permitted to slumber,
gently soothed by the soft we em breeze and by the alternate
dashing nnd rolling sound o ‘lie summer waves. But the
old pedlar, with his box of ;ets slung by a strap to his
neck, is rather intent on “busin bs.” in the way of selling a
chain of sen-shells threaded together, n brooch cut of some
bright pebble from tho bench, or any other trilling article of
the peculiar fancy ware produced nt Little Peddliugton-on-
Sen. Perhaps he was once a fisherman, or oven a sailor,
nnd has been disabled by the infirmities of age. Let him
cheat you of sixpence, if only for charity’s sake.
Mr. Algernon Bathurst 1ms been appointed Revising
Barrister for the city of Westminster.
the Great Eastern is not yet in favour with the board. At tho
Grent Eastern meeting, it will bo remembered, some favour
was displayed towards the idea.
The report, of the Chicago nnd North-Western Railway has
not reached Europe, but it has been published in America,
mid from it wo learn that this grent company lias passed
through the present crisis with so little injury tl.nt not only
have the dividends been maintained, but that the undivided
balance now amounts to 34,917,143 dols. For many Tears
large sums were set aside, and lienee this fund. In *1882 ns
much ns 2,791,000 dols. was so disposed of. Yet tho com¬
pany's shares have fallen — the ordinary to scarcely above pnr,
and the preferred to little above 130.
j 11 ^ ,e C0U P° ,lfl the Philadelphia and Rending
Railroad were announced for payment, attention was here
directed to the unusmil terms of the notice; iiud.iisthecompnny
lms quite broken down ns regards the coupons due this month,
it is just likely that the coupons of July nre still a claim on
the company, the firm who cashed them ranking as a
creditor.
AUG. 23, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
175
THE PLAYHOUSES.
Albeit tlio thermometer did not register 92 in the shade on
Monday last, as it did on the previous Monday, the August
weather was yet sufficiently tropical in its fervour to render the
illuminated gardens of the “ Healtlieries” u more desirable resorc
for recreation than a close theatre. Under these atmospheric
circumstances, nt once appreciated will be the self-sacriHce of
the Prince and l’riucess of Wales, who, fresh from the invigorat¬
ing sea breezes of Osborne, spent the one evening during which
they tarried in town at the Lyceum Theatre,accompamedby the
young Princes and Princesses. There can be no doubt it was
the characteristic good nature of liis Royal Highness that
prompted him to pay this visit to the leading playhouse.
Kone can know better than the Prince that the extraordinary
popularity of the International Uealth Exhibition, and the
withdrawal of royal patronage from the tlientres since the
demise of the Duke of Albany, have combined to make the
past theatrical season exceptionally dismal. Even the Lyceum
has had to be content with moderute audiences. It was, there¬
fore, beyond question for a good reason that the Prince und
Princess attended Mr. Irving’s theatre on Monday, and
witnessed the accomplished Actor-Manager’s quiet humour
in the rifle of Malvoiio, in the resplendent revival of
Shnkspeare’s “Twelfth Night.” Miss Ellen Terry was still
unable to resnme her fascinating part of Viola; but her
graceful nnd talented sister, Miss Marion Terry, represented
her in the character of the maiden who never told her love.
Mr. Henry Irving and the Lyceum Company will very soon
be recrossing the Atlantic to fulfil a fresh series of engage¬
ments in the United States nnd Canada. Mr. Irving will on
the present Saturday evening reappear ns the murder-haunted
Burgomaster in “The Bolls,” an impersonation of true
genius; and will repeat this vemnrkablo psychological study
on Monday. “ Louis XI.” will occupy Tuesday and Wednes¬
day; and Mr. Irving will revive “Richelieu” for the last
night of the season, Thursday next, when Miss Ellen Terry is
also expected to bow her acknowledgments to the audience for
the widespread sympathy manifested towards her during her
late indisposition.
The popular piece of “Reluclie” (as the Trench “young
man from the country” put it when he saw “ Relaclio” upon
the bills of the Varietes, Odeon, nnd Palais Royal) is still
being performed nightly at the Princess’s mid Opera Comiquc,
at the Novelty and Imperial, at the Court, Comedy, and tit.
James’s, and likewise nt Drury Lane, whereat Mr. Augustus
Harris, however, is energetically rehearsing the wondrously
spectacular and sensational drama of “The World ” for early
reproduction in September.
The Alhnmbra continues to present by far the most alluring
entertainment of a light musical and ternsicliorean kind since
the management hns sandwiched the rollicking “ Black-Eyed
See-usau ” between the vivacious Fair Ballet and the brilliant
Military Ballet. Mr. John Ilollingshead relies on the same
soarkling type of piece. At the urchitcctiirally-mngnifieent
Empire Theatre, where the patronnge of the “ Dude ” is
especially courted, Mr. Ilollingshead lias revived Mr. F. O'.
Burimnd’s diverting burlesque of “ Camamlzamnn,” in which
Mr. Edward Terry used to be bo droll and amusing nt the
Gaiety, and in which he has now a clever substitute in
Mr. K. W. ltoyce. The nimble Djiu has Miss Farren, Miss
Phyllis Broughton, Miss Constance Gilchrist, and Mr.
W. Elton associated with him in “ Caninrnlzaman,” which
further boasts a bright and comely chorus. Fare of a
similarly palalable sort is provided nt the Gaiety itself by Mr.
,T. L. Shine, who fills the part of Alderman Fitzwurren with
nil his old jocund humour in the tuneful comic opera or ex¬
travaganza of “Dick,” by Mr. Edward Jukobowski and Mr.
Alfred Murray. Of this imaginative lyrical version of the
story of Whittington, Miss Fanny Leslie is the life and soul,
dancing nnd singing with all the more zest ns Dick, umy
be, as slio is engaged to play the same role in the
Drury Lane pantomime. Embellished with the customury
number of handsome and tastefully anparelled choristers,
“ Dick ” is in its revived form also capitally supported by Mr.
Robert Brough as a quaintly mysterious Emperor of Morocco,
by Mr. Arthur Williams as a cheery Jack Joskins, nnd by Miss
Ethel Pierson ns a winsome Alice. Mr. II. Monkliouse and
Mr. W. Shine add to the humours of “Dick,” which well de¬
served feproduction.
The Princess’s Theatre is to be reopened nt the end of the
month, when Mr. Wilson Barrett will reappear in “Claudinu”
and “ Clinttcrtou.” Warm work! G. A. S.
was beaten in a single innings with plenty to spare. Kent lias
beaten Derbyshire by nn innings nnd nine runs, a result
mainly due to the grand batting of Lord Harris (112), and the
bowling of A. Henrne, who secured nine wickets for ill runs.
HOLIDAY RAMBLES.
(Front our raril Corrttpondent.)
* A NORMAN VILLAGE.
One of the charms of Etretat is that if you grow tired of the
beach and the bathing, and the study of the toilets and
foibles of the visitors, you can travel inland in any direction,
and find some of the most charming pastoral scenery in France.
The country for several miles into the interior is full or green
valleys and fertile plains dotted with picturesque villages
where life has remained primitive and unprogressive. The
general appearance of the plains is that of a vast expanse of
cultivated and pasture loud; golden patches of wheat, oats,
and colza; dark green squares of beetroot; flower/ lawns,
with cattle grazing, each animal picketed by a chain. On the
hillsides hero and there a ilock of sheep will be seen straggling
amongst the gorse and purple heather, while lower down a
clump of dusky pine-trees looms up in the sunlight. Some of
these valleys are very wild and impressive—I had ulmost said
Oriental — in appearance; and, indeed, it is a curious fact that
it was in the valley to the north of Etretat that Bida made many
of the landscape studies which served him for his illustrations of
the Bible, l’erhnps this little urtistic secret ought not to
have been revealed, for the most able critics have always been
loud in their praises of Bida’s “local colour” in liis eastern
compositions.
As you walk along the plains, you strike at distances of
every three or four miles dumps of elm-trees, and in the midst
of the trees you find a village, so snugly sheltered and hedged
round that from the plain scarcely a sign of u habitation is
visible. In a few of these villages modern nd-bnek
cottages linve been built, but in most of them tlio build
length fossil of a man who was probably struck while in flight
at the time of the destruction of the city, upwards of eighteen
centuries since. The features are well defined, the mouth
being slightly open, showing the teetli in both jaws ; the
hands are perfect, and one is supposed to have held two keys,
which were found close to it. while the legs are spread out and
slightly.raised; the left member had, however, been broken,
as the bone protruded.
On Monday the German Einperor celebrated two anniver¬
saries—the one of the buttle of St. Privat (Gravelotte), and the
other of the birthday of his Iniperiul ally, Francis Joseph,
The Emperor of Austria entered on liis fifty-fifth year last
Monday. The event was celebrated in Vienna, and other parts
of the Empire with religious services and popular fiites.
The King of Denmark gave a splendid fete yesterday week
to the members of the International Medical Congress, nt the
Christiansborg Palace. Ilia Majesty proposed the toast of tin:
foreign members of the Congress. Sir William Gull returned
thanks. He said that never had Science DSe# entertained more
royally. The Congress concluded its sittings last Saturday.
It was decided by a largtk jnajority to hold the next Congress a t
Washington.—The Danish Kigsdng met o
inst. for nil extraordinary session.
The pre
have been ^...,..^.. 5 .™,-„--—. — * - .
has been intrusted with the ''arrangements of the expedition
for the relief of General Gordon. Preparations for the ex¬
pedition are being pushed forward, and it is stated that it will
proceed by ;wny 7 6 f tlie-Nilo to Khartoum. The Mudir of
Dongola 1ms col lected a number of boats, 500 camels, and 1200
men to assist the Government steamers up the Cataracts. Five
hundred more men will be ready to help in a few days. A letter
from General Gordon has been received by the Mudir of D 011 -
gola reporting Khartoum ns being tranquil up to the 20fch ult.,
and asking forttews'of Dongola.—Sir Mahomed Sultan Pasha,
lute President of the Egyptian Legislative Council, died at
jGnRz on Monday.
'Anoka, .v-small town in Minnesota, United States, has
\ t 1 1 1 ■ . J t... A... 'I'l. « V.. 1 XT nt! #>n n 1
on the 14th uud 15tli
preparationsforan aUturnq campaign in Uppor Egypt
een seriously begun. Lieutenant-General Stephenson
ings are thatched cabins and cottages dating buck to the /^-Anpka, a aiiiall town in Minnesota, United Mates, nas
seventeenth century—long struggling buildings of timber mid beeu almost completely destroyed by fire.—The Irish National
rubble stone, with roofs and chimneys and outhouse^quumt LcagUcliasjbeen holding meetings nt Boston,
enough to satisfy the most fastidious lover of the picturesque. despatch from Victoria. Vancouver Island, states that
Generally, the village consists of u long lane bordered by Coiillvarboiir will be the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Ruil-
orcliards, and nt the end of each orchard is the cottage with 11 wiiyonlhc Pacific coast.
vine trailing under the eaves, and some hollyhocks and Anew Ministry has been formed at Wellington by Sir Julius
■' * " *Anr forming n flowerv fnuito Vogel, nnd it is constituted as follows:—the H 011 . R. Stout,
Premier nnd Attorney-Geueral; lion. Sir Julius Vogel,
Colonial Treasurer and Postmaster-General; Hon. E. Richard¬
son, Minister of Public Works; Hon. J. Mac Andrew, Secretary
/a Vi r . 3 . Tf ... If A_SX.!****!. .1 .
NATIONAL SPORTS.
The Royal Victoria Yacht Club Regatta had two gopd^ces
nt Ryde, the first for the Town Cup, over the long Victoria
course, which was won by Mr. J. Jamieson’s cutter I rex. The
second was for the Royal Victoria Yacht Club prizes, which
were won—the first by Mr. W. Goff’s yawl Neptuue, thd\
second by Mr. 8 . Lane’s yawl Arethusn, nnd the third by Mr.
H. Crawford’s yawl Nixie. The-Challenge Cup was sailed
over for by the Genestn. At the Royal Portsmouth Corinthian
Yacht Club Regatta, the Irex cume in first for the Town Cup;
but the handsome prize went to the Marjorie on her time
allowance. The same cutter also secured the annuaPprizo
given by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club for a race round the
Isle of Wight, the Neptune being second, and the Miranda
third. A race promoted by the sameblub, wliiclriook place
on Monday last, produced one of the closest finishes ever seen.
Two yawls nnd three cutters started, und eventually the Tara
came in 28 min. 15 sec. in front of the Aretliusn; the latter,
however, just took the first prize on her time allowance, and
the Vega and the Psycho gained the third and fourth prizes
respecti vely. The Solen t Yiich t Cl ub Regatta was brought off
on Tuesday, but the races wore disappointing, as two were
walks-over, and the otbers dwindled dpwn to matches.
A new sculler lias suddehly sprang into prominence in the
person of John Teemer, who has defeuted Wallace Ross, after
a closely-contested and very fast puce. His victory was, how¬
ever, completely eclipsed by that of William Beach, who, on
Saturday last, mauaged to lower the colours of the hitherto
invincible llanlan. We await details of this race with much
interest, and, in the absence of any intelligence, are inclined
to attribute the champion's defeat either to his having held his
opponent too cheap, or to his ignorance of the very peculiar
tides audeurrents of tlio Parramatta. He is quite certain not
to rest until he lias made every effort to regain his lost laurels,
and there is a talk of the four men we have mentioned arriving
together on the Thames, an event that would be u rare treat
for admirers of sculling in this country.
The Australian cricketers took 11 short rest after their
exertions iu the great match against England, and then
journeyed oh to Cheltenham, where they met Gloucestershire.
For once, M'Donnell was got rid of very easily; but Murdoch
(89). Gitfen (91), Bonner (53), nnd Scott (65), all gave nn
Immense deal of trouble, und finally put together the fine total
of 402. It was a sad blow for the county when W. G. Grace
failed to score in the first innings, nnd only made two in the
F-cnnd ; and, though his brother made 11 capital 56, the second
innings of Gloucestershire was a sad failure, and the county
iiu -- J -~ —
roses on one side of the door forming a flowery frame
for the straw bee-hives. The cottage is composed of n
large kitchen, n cider-cellar, a loom-room, midi two or.
three closets and black holes dignified by the name of
bed-rooms. The floor is unpaved earth, nnd the fire-place-'
a simple brick platform, over which the ppt is jntng iu.d
boiled on afire of sticks. The furniture is of tlie^implcst kind,
with the exception of the tall clock, the dressers, and the cup¬
boards, which are often handsome and artistic, although 'most
of the old Norman furniture has jbwnJjuptfcd up by the iu-
satinblo Parisian bric-i-brnc dealers. Still, with the dressers
garnished with coarse hand-pninted crockery, rhe_w«IlB hung
with the family warming-pan und tlie shining copper pots nnd
kettles, the shelf iu one corner with its storedf tyown round
loaves of bread, tlie wood fire and the gipsy kettle^the Norman
kitchen is a most interesting scene, especially when you see in
it the father and mother, the children, the chickens, the ducks,
und the pigs, all taking their dinner iii it together.
The Norman peasant-proprietor’s life ns depicted by the
pnintor seems happy enough. Wc see beautiful green orchards
with apple-trees bending down to Hie ground beneath tlio
burden of their fruit'; Ave admire the quaint old churns, tlio
primitive wooden ploughs, the immense long waggons drawn
by five stalwart white horses; we think how amusing it must
be to bake one’s bread iihthpsequeer yellow ovens with their
thatched roofs^desctmtling t outlie ground. I 11 reality, the
Norman peasant IhuMi hard time : and men nnd women ulike,
especially thp (women, toil laboriously to gain their daily
bread. In all the labours of the field and of the farm the
women do more than their share, and while the men are taking
their case tlie vtomelfjrre busy spinning llnx or weaving on
looms archaic enough to figure in a museum. And all this
workYs done 011 coarse fate—bread, eggs, and beaus for food,
and milk and cid€i)£or drink. Meat and coffee ore luxuries iu
•which even the well-to-do indulge but rarely. When one
really set-show hardly the French peasant earns his money
biie^caiHnulcrstand und appreciate his economy and thrift,
und the value lie attaches to the five-franc pieces which he
'^totvs away fn a stocking until he hns enough to buy the niucli-
coVeted thrtf dc rente. In one of these Norman villages the other
diiyLsftvy'u curious illustration of the peasant’s idea of the value
of money nnd of his lothness to spend it. Half a dozen
peasants who were quite large land-holders and comparatively
jicli were working 011 the high road cleaning tlio ditches nnd
_: ii.» 'rii.mn mini wpw simnlv nftvillff
for Crown Lands; lion. W. Montgomery. Colonial Secretary:
Hon. J. Bui lance, Minister of Native Affairs; lion. Sir George
Whitmore, Minister without portfolio. Sir Julius Vogel takes
precedence of the Hon. R. Stout in the Cabinet.
HEALTH EXHIBITION AND SCHOOLS OF ART.
Of all the lessons taught by International Exhibitions none
are so serviceable as those which arouse a nation to a con¬
sciousness of its shortcomings and stimulate it to ppeedy
amendment. The Great Exhibition of 1851 was thus of im¬
mense service to this country, demonstrating the inferiority in
taste and design of our art-manufactures, as compared with
those of Continental States; and the International Exhibition
of 1862 enabled us to make a fresh comparison more gratify¬
ing to our national pride. Now, again, although foreign
countries have not sent examples of their art-manufactures, we
have in the Exhibition the means of examining tlieir methods
of art-instruction nnd of contrasting them with our own;
and we have also a most extensive and interesting display
illustrative of the work and influence of our Schools of Art,
showing that we are now as much iu advance of 1862 ns wo
were then in advance of 1851. This display, the import¬
ance of which is apt to bo overlooked by those who are not
specially interested in art-teaching, occupies the whole of
the great Central Gallery, the walls being covered with the
designs of students and ex-students of Art Schools, whilst
the glass cases in tlie body of the gallery tire filled with
examples of their work, in ceramic nnd other fictile ware, in
jewellery and personal ornaments, in ornamental metal-work,
gold and silver plate, woven fabrics, lace, pictorial designs,
etchings, lithographs, wood-engravings, und so forth—
altogether a very admirable collection, well deserving
of a special visit to the Exhibition, nnd highly
creditable to the teaching and influence of the schools,
which fifty years ago had no existence. At that time
our manufactures were mainly dependent on foreign de¬
signers, but these have now been superseded by others of
native growth. And it should bo borne in mind that our
schools of art have been serviceable, not only in providing tlie
.. ...a.... dAoi'/nwive on Hmf tlm trill ill it v numifnsf. ill mir
repairing the macadam. These men were simply paying their coun try with designers, so that the originality manifest in our
taxes in labour instead of paying in money, a privilege which workmanship may bo regarded os English originality, but also
the Commune and the State allow those who think proper to - n ^uiiiing a vast number of art-workmen, who carry to their
claim it. Facts like this help to explain the enormous national - • . : -
motley reserve to which a French Government loan never
appeals in vain.
T. 0. .
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FOREIGN NEWS.
Jules Gievy, the President of the French Republic,
attniuedliis seventy-first birthday yesterday week, lie was
elected to the office of President by the Assembly on
Jan. 30, 1879.—The debate on the Revision Bill in the Ver¬
sailles Congress terminated in a victory for the Government.
Several amendments wore defeated by large majorities, and
the bill was ultimately voted by 509 to 172. I 11 the Senate on
Thursday week the credit of five million francs on account of
Madagascar was adopted by 179 against 1. Last Saturday the
Senate voted by 193 against 1 the credits demanded by the
Government for the operations in Touquiu, uml deferred the
debate on the general question until after the Parliamentary
recess. I 11 the Chamber yesterday week the Government bill
of supply for further expenses in Touquiu whs carried by 350
votes to 152, and subsequently a vote of confidence iu the
Ferry Cabinet pussed tlie House by 176 to 53. Last Saturday
both’ Chambers were prorogued until the third week in
October.—The Central Union Exhibition of Decorative Arts
was opened on Thursday week in the Champs Elysees.—It was
announced last Saturday that Chinn had withdrawn her offer
of au indemnity to France and declared war against her. This
news, however, lacks confirmation.
The King of Spi'Mi, who was accompanied by the Queen,
tlie Royal family, .- r J a brilliant Court, opened a new liue of
' yesterday week.
. from the liiouu-
wwi.vvi.o r -- J .„ Alfonso and Queen
Christina emoarked at Gijou on board the ling-ship of tlio
ironclad fleet for a cruise of a fortnight upon the north coast
of Spain. The King enjoys perfect health.
The betrothal of Miss Eva Mackay, step-daughter of the
Bonanza Silver King, to Princo Colouna, has been celebrated
with great pomp ut the villa of her aunt, near Rome.
A human relic of Pompeii hns been discovered among the
ruins in an exceptionally well-preserved state. It is tlie fall
All lliuiiui^ «• - * - -V
several handicrafts the spirit of the artist, without which no
design 1ms a fair cliance of adequate execution. In the Belgian
aud French Courts, also, may be seen examples of admirable
methods of instruction, by which even little children have im¬
planted in them some idea of design, their inventive faculties
being encouraged aud developed, whilst in the advanced art-
seliools a very high standard is attained by tlie draughtsman.
In the Technical Institute of the City Guilds the time-studies
from France are deserving of very high commendation,
especially the drawings from the life; and some excellent work
is sent from Karlsruhe and other German schools, especially
in wood-carving, a very high standard of mechanical excellence
being demanded from even the youngest students, whilst
the advanced work is brought to excessive delicacy of
finish. The policy adopted in France and Belgium,
with respect to art-instruction, is, however, very different
from that pursued at home. Abroad neither pains nor
pecuniary menus are spared in the education of tlie people,
and the voting have every encouragement to develop their
artistic taste uud ability. There is not, however, the external
influence so perceptible in its effects 011 our home manu¬
factures, exercised not only by thoso students who intend to
pursue as an occupation the design or execution of art-
manufactures, but also by the numerous amateurs who attend
the classes, and who take with them to tlieir homes a culti¬
vated taste which affects all around them, nnd thus creates
amongst tlio moneyed classes that demand for articles of
artistic excellence without which the education of designer
und of art-workman would be of but little avail, for iu the
absence of demand the supply would necessarily cease, and
the designer, however capable, would And his occupation gone.
Nothing, indeed, is wanted in England but prosperous times
nnd assiduous attention to the work of the Schools of Art in
order to lying our art-manufactures to a still higher standard
of excellence than that already reached and exemplified in tlie
Central Gallery of the International Health Exhibition.
The Company of Fishmongers have given fifty guineas
towards the funds of the Hall of Residence for Women Students
established at Byug-place, Gordon-square.
176.- THE ILLUSTRATED
NEWS, Are. 23, 1884.—177
THE PUBLIC BY SIR WILLIAM ARMSTRONG.
ARMSTRONG PARK, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, GIVES
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a
SHIELDS nARBOUR.
TYNEMOUTH PRIORY, LIGHTHOUSE AND NORTH PIER.
178
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 23, 1884
THE COURT.
Her Majesty has taken drives nearly every day, being
generally accompanied by Princess Beatrice. Sir Frederick
Leighton, President of the Royal Academy, with Mr. Eaton,
secretary, had an audience of her Majesty on the 13th inst.,
and laid before the Queen the proceedings of the Council of
the Royal Academy. On the 14th inst. the Duchess of
Edinburgh left Osborne. The Dowager Marchioness of
Ely went to London to inquire in the Queen’s name after
the Duchess of Wellington, and to convey her Majesty’s
expression of sympathy on the sudden death of the Duke.
The l’riuce and’Princess of Wales and Prince George of Wales,
the Crown Prince and Princess of Germany and Princess
Victoria of Prussia, and Prince and Princess Louis of Batten-
berg dined with her Majesty. Last Saturday the Queen
presented new colours to the 1st Battalion of the Sen-
fortli Highlanders (Uoss-sliire Buffs, Duke of Albany’s), of the
3rd Battalion of which regiment the late Duke of Albany was
Colonel. The Queen drove to the parade, which was held in
the grounds at Osborne, with the Princess of Wales and the
Crown Princess of Germany. Princess Beatrice, Princess
Louis of Battenberg, Princess Louise of Wales, and Princess
Victoria of Prussia followed in a second carriage. The Prince
of Wales, the German Crown Prince, Prince George of Wales,
Prince Louis of Battenberg, and Prince Edward of Saxc-
Weinmr met the Queen at the saluting flag. The Queen, after
presenting the colours, addressed the regiment ns follows:—
It is with feeling* of deep emotion that I present you to-day with these
new colours, os I cannot forget that had it not been for the great loss which
we have all sustained my dear eon, or else his wife, the Duchess of Albany,
would have performed this duty. From the day when your rerimeut first
assembled on the hillsides of Rosa-shire till now, when I see in the ranks
before me the men who upheld the honour of the country in Afghanistan
and in Egypt, the Seaforth Highlanders have ever justified their motto,
“Cuidich 'u High; ” and convinced of your devotion to your Queen und
country, I confidently intrust these colours to your charge. I cannot con¬
clude without alluding to the mournful but honourable duty you performed
a few months ago, when you bore my beloved son’s earthly remain* to their
lost resting-place, a service which will ever be gratefully remembered by me.
The Queen, the Crown Princess of Germany, and the Priucessca
Victoria, Sophie, and Margaret of Prussia, Princess Beatrice
and Prince and Princess Louis of Battenberg, and the members
of the Royal Household attended Divine service at Osborne on
Sunday morning. The Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor
officiated. The Prince and Princess of Wales visited the
Queen ; and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar and the Countess
of Dornberg dined with iier Majesty. The Dean of Windsor
had the houour of being invited.—Envoys from King John of
Abyssinia to the Queen have arrived in England, bearing
presents to her Majesty from the African monarch. The gifts
include an elephant and a monkey.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by Prince
George and Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud, re¬
turned to London on Monday from the Itoynl yacht Osborne
at Cowes. On their way to London they stopped at Clare¬
mont and lunched with the Duchess of Albany. Prince Albert
Victor arrived at Marlborough House in the morning from
Heidelberg, aud joined their Royal Highnesses at Claremont.
In the evening the Prince and Princess and Princes Albert
Victor and George visited the Lyceum Theatre. On Tuesday
their Royal Highness, with their Bons and daughters, loft
Loudon on a visit to Sir William and Lady Armstrong at
Crugaide. near Newcastle-on-Tyne. The doi»g9 of the Prince
and Princess at Newcastle are reported in another portion of
this Paper.
The Duchess of Edinburgh 1ms gone toBirkhnll, the High¬
land residence of the Prince of Wules, where her children
have been staying during the summer. Her Roval Highness
will reside nt Birkhull till the arrival of the Duke of
Edinburgh, who is expected about the end of September.
The Duchess of Albany is quite well, aud takes drives
daily. Her infant is doing well.
The King of Sweden and Norway visited MadameTussnud's
Exhibition on Monday afternoon. His Majesty arrived at
Quecuborough in the evening, and proceeded to Hushing.
NEW BOOKS.
Tho interest of some books is almost wholly personal. We
care less for the facts they record than for the character they
reveal. This is, for the most part, the kind of interest that
attaches to Ventral Gordon't I.e Iters from the Crimea, the Danube,
and Armenia : Any. 18, 1851, to Nov. 17, 1858, edited by
Demetrius C. Boulger ^Chapman and Hull). These letters
show that General Gordon displayed in early life many of the
line qualities which have made him famous in later years—
fearlessness, patience, untiring energy, an abiding sense of
duty. As an engineer he was present nt the siege of Sebas¬
topol, and it is noteworthy that tho young Englishman gives
warm praise to his friendly French rivals. “The non-com¬
missioned officers,” he writes, “are much more intelligent
than our men. With us, although our men are not stupid,
the officers have to do a good deal of work which the French
sapper non-commissioned officer does.” Man has been des¬
cribed as a fighting animal, and, writing in 1856, young Gordon
says“ I expect I shall remain abroad for three or four years,
which, individually, 1 would sooner spend in war than peace.
There is something indescribubly exciting in the former.”
After the fall of Sebastopol, Gordon was sent with a brother
officer to Bessarabia, to trace the now frontier line. There he
found travelling very cheap, and posted eighty miles with three
horses for “something under £1.” Before the work was
finished the English engiucers had made upwards of one
hundred plans. “ For my part,” says Gordon, “ I have had
enough of them for my whole life.” But his labour of this
kiud was by no means concluded, and he was dispatched, under
the present Governor of Gibraltar, to mark out the Asiatic
boundary. He assisted in the survey of Kars, and attempted
the ascent of Great Ararat, but was forced to descend before
reaching the summit. He was more fortunate in scaling
Alngos, a mountain 13,480 feet above the sen. The descent
was easy, for. sitting on the snow, ho was able to slide down
upwards of 3000 feet in two minutes. “A Russian doctor,”
Gordon writes, “tried it after me, and in trying to change his
direction was turned round, and went to the bottom, sometimes
head foremost. Ho was not n bit hurt.” It is significant
that in the letter from Constantinople, with which the volume
closes, the writer says:—“ I do not feel at all inclined to 'settle
in England and be employed in any sedentary way.” The
book should be rend by every one who is interested—and what
Englishman is not—in the career of this distinguished man.
It is always pleasant aud profitable to make acquaint¬
ance with such a work ns Across the Pampas and the Andes ’
by Robert Crawford, M.A. (Longmans), written «s it is
written, illustrated as it is illustrated, furnished, as it is,
with useful map, index, and appendix, though a dozen years
may have elupsed since the survey which caused the book to
be thought of was undertaken. For such duties as tho
author, who was the head of a sun-eying expedition, liad to
perform are always interesting to read nbout, ancl so are the
adventures and experiences which his discharge of those duties
gave him the opportunity or brought upon him the necessity
of encountering. Moreover, he has clone wlmt lie could “to
bring the information down to the present time,” though his
own record must be referred to a date ns fur back as 1871-2.
But obviously this chronological fact is n jnutt«r„bf supreme
indifference' when the traveller's remarks apply, as in
generally do. to u state of
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, M.P., presided on Monday nt
the opening meeting of the Cambrian Archieological Asso¬
ciation at Boln.
The past week’s arrivals of live stock and fresh meat nt
Liverpool from American and Canadiun ports amounted to,
1039 cattle, 2032 sheep, 7109 quarters of beef, aud 350 carcasps'
of mutton.
Last week 2579 births and 1631 deaths were registered in
London. Allowing for increase of population, the births wi
145 below, whereas the deaths exceeded by 67, the nvi
numbers in tho corresponding weeks of the last ton years.
A bazaar has been held at Folkestone this week, under the
patronage of the Duchess of Edinburgh, Earl G:
Lord and Lady Folkestone, on behalf of the
Hospital worked by the Clewer sisters.
The polling for the vacancy in the Ross
stituency, caused by the retirement of Sir AX
took place on Tuesday, with the j-fesult
(L.) being cliosen by a majority of more than
Mackenzie, the Conservative candidate.
Messrs. Marcus Ward and GoXyesterdity week infWgurnted
their new warehouse, Oriel House, J’arririgdon-street, with nn
exhibition of Christmas and other commemorative cards, in¬
cluding the works of Mr. II. Stacy Marks, it.A-, Mr. Marcus
Stone, R.A., aud Miss Kate Greenaway.
Preparatory to their departure ou Wednesday evening for
New Zealand, the King of the Muoris and his Chiefs paid a
visit to the Lord 51 ay or at the Mansion House ou Tuesday,
and expressed their gratitude for the apji of kindness shown
them in this country. (
The School of Art recently presented by Mr. A. Sidney
Cooper, R.A., to the Mayor and Dean of Canterbury, in trust
for the city, is undergoing extensive reconstruction in accord¬
ance with plans from the {South Kensington Science und Art
Department, / -V x O\
Five thousand volunteers who Bare been in camp at Aldcr-
shott joined the available trOops stationed there in extensive
military manann-res yesterday week. Lieut.-General Sir
Archibald^ Alison and many other distinguished officers were
present; Tke troops \VeFe divided into attacking and defend¬
ing forces, and the evolutions they were engaged in lasted for
several hours. LastjSaturday the volunteers returned home.
A diamond of 457 carats has, it is reported, been shipped
from South Africa and sold by a London firm to a syndicate
of diamond merchants. The colour equals, if not excels, that
of the finest India diamouds, and in the opinion of competent
judges it will be cut to a perfect and lustrous brilliant. In
’drop shape it will weigh as nearly as can be estimnted about
220 carats, or in lozenge shape, briolettc, about 300 carats.
The brilliunt will therefore exceed in weight all the historical
diamonds. In Bize, colour, purity, and quality it is expected
to prove to be the most marvellous stone ever known.
appro;
smell
sought
to,
the present instance -
tilings which cannot, possibly, or at any rate very pro¬
bably, be affected by a lapse of a dozen, or eveu a
hundred years. The Andes, for example, cannot have altered
much iu height or any other respect since the author was there;
and the curious story liQrtells ubout the black vulture, which
ho winged, which ’nevertheless showed such an incom¬
prehensible inclination to force its company upon both man
and beast, to the great disturbance of the latter’s equanimity,
does not depend at all for its interest upon a question of years.
Nor is it probnblo,that vu 1 1 urcs in the region traversed by the
author have acquired hi these latter days a less offensive
odour than that which made the friendly or rather con¬
temptuous vitlUirc’a presence ns difficult to get rid of ns
to endure; lor to expej/him from the place into which
lie intruded, it was necessary to approach him, and to
him was to have more smell. Whether it was the
made tlfiKhorsb Under whose abdomen the vulture
o to kick and plunge so violently, it is impossible
opt the horse’s own statement; and that is not
11 such little anecdotes, however, benring upon
natural history, give a charm of their own to
iltfonriird narrative. The business-like part of the
id it is no small part—is naturally relegated to the
It is aboon in these days to the reviewer of novels to come
upon a story that is at once pure iu tone, fresh in the mode of
-Ibgldliug, and true to nature in the delineation of character.
Theak virtues belong to Miss Sarah Tytier's latest fiction, St.
M,u!ffo's C>t>/ (Clmtto and Windus). Let us not be misunder-
:tood. It is not a iirst-rnte novel. Neither in the character
^ketches nor iu the plot does it bear the mark of a powerful
imagination or of a subtle intellect. And it is not wholly
free from the clendly fault of padding, due, no doubt, to the
notion, so dear to publishers, so unfortunate for readers, that
a novel to be successful must be extended to three volumes.
But in spite of deficiencies and defects, “ St. Mungo’s City ”
is a tale “ worthy the rending.” As a picture of Glasgow life
and in its indications of the manner in which the old is giving
way to the new, the verisimilitude is noteworthy. The three
quaint sisters Mackinnon, Glasgow geutlewoiueu proud of their
gentility while silently bearing the extreme of poverty, are no
lay figures, and the family of the Drysdules, on whoso fortunes
the main interest of the story hangs, are far from shadowy
representations. Auld Tam Drysdale displays the ludicrous
faults of the nmn who, by natural energy but with¬
out education, 1ms risen from a homely position to
great wealth; but his merits, like those of his cheery,
lovable wife, Eppie, make the surface faults of his
character insignificant. When trouble comes to others lie
behaves nobly, and when a sore temptation overtakes
him in the dread of having to give up all he 1ms laboured
for and won, the sterling principles of the man keep lum in
the right way. To test his wife and his lovely little duugliter,
Eppie the younger, whose beauty 1ms bewitched n baronet, lie
carries them off on a sail to the western isles, and usks his
“ joe ” how she would like to go back to the beginning, “with
a room or twa ami no sne niucklc ns a servant lass? ” “ Fine,
Tam, I would like it; real fine!” exclaimed Eppie, with
honest readiness and gladness. “I dinna pretend that 1 m
ns soople ns when I was young, . . . but to have you all to
mysel again; to cook for you, to mend for you, and to keep
all richt and tichfc for you without nny help—I could do it ns
well as ever, and prood to do it, my lad ! It would make up
for a glide wlieen losses. M Wo must not stiiy to toll hoiv lum
tries also his little Eppie, and hints that she may have to
give up her lover. The faithful young heart, is sure he
will never give licr up, and—but we arc not going to
toll the story—she probably knew most about the mutter “ A
young lassie’s heart,” said her mother on one occasion. ‘ is
like the kirk itsel’, no to be llchtly entered.” But we see
enough of it to love this “ winsome wee thing,” who gives a
charm to the story, ner elder sister, Clarv, too, is very
attractive in her own way, and does not show n sign of
jealousy- ut the apparently good fortune of her little sister
when Sir Hugo is caught by her fair face. We have said
enough, perhaps, to show that “ St. Mungo’s City” is worthy
of Miss Ty tier’s reputation. The style shows no signs of hasty
composition; but why does the writer think it necessary to
explain the meaning of the simplest Scottish words, not even
excepting “Dominie” and “daft”? We can assure her
that tho English men and women who read her novel are
acquainted with Sir Walter Scott, aud have even heard of
Robert Burns.
An anonymous writer has published, under the title Obiter
Dicta (Elliot Stock), seven suggestive and partly humorous
essnys, which inay be praised for originality and freshness of
style. Ilia subjects have not the charm of novelty. One of
the papers is on Carlyle, another ou Mr. Robert Browning, a
third on actors. Under the title/ST'” A Rogue’s Memoirs,”
Cellini’s autobiography is discussed; there is an essay on
“ The Via Mediu,” and another on “ Fulstaff.” The author
is a hero - worshipper of Carlyle and Browning. The
Chelsea philosopher is, in his opinion, the best type of the
man of letters England has produced since the days of
Johnson. His combination of mysticism with realism is
said to be as charming as it is rare ; as an historian, Carlyle is
ranked with Gibbon; as a critic, he is placed in the front
rank ; ns a storyteller, where, it is asked, is the equal of the
man who has told us the story of “The Diamond Neck¬
lace ” V and as a poet, the author writes—” There are passages
in ‘Sartor Resnrtus’ and the French Revolution’ which have
long appeared to me to be the sublinicst poetry of the century.”
He adds that Mr. Justice Stephen has called Carlyle the
greatest poet of the age. Mr. Stephen is u masterly writer in
his owu department, but wo do not know that there is any
special value in his judgments ou tilings poetical. In any case,
we hold, in this instance, that both ho and the anonymous
essayist ure mistaken. Verse is ns essential to the poet as
harmony to the musical composer. _ It is possible, un¬
fortunately, to write verso that, is not poetry, but
it is impossible to write poetry without rhythm. A man
may produce prose teeming with imagination, ns Carlyle
often did, W Mr. Raskin does, nncl yet luck the divine gift of
song, which is the peculiar heritage of the poet. The writer is
sevefe^m Mr. Fronde, und says that he ought to have rend
portions of the “ Reminiscences” in tears and burnt them in
lire. There is no poet who lias more ardent admirers and (shall
we Bay it?) critics of calmer judgment than Mr. Browning.
Of many men he fails to stir the pulses, but when lie does
stir them enthusiasm is boundless. It roust be allowed
that life is short and Mr. Browning long, his “ Ring nnd
the Book ” alone containing more than 2000 lines in excess of
Tope’s translation of tho “ Iliad,” while his works, apart from
this magnum opus, fill a score of volumes. On the other hand,
]iis wealth of humour, of fancy, of insight into character, of
dramatic power, prove that in this poet originality goes bund
in hand with fecundity: yet we may be allowed to question
the assertion “ that no other English poet living or dead.
Slmkspeare excepted, has so heaped up human interest for
liis readers as lias Robert Browning.” We may add that tho
essayist, though full of ability, sometimes talks nonsense, ns,
for instance, when he speaks of “the dropsical dramas of Sir
U. Taylor.”
The progress of great cities is rapidly curtailing even sub¬
urban gardens, nnd duily bringing us closer to bricks and
mortar. The poor who love flowers, and many who, if not
exactly poor, are painfully limited in income, have to bo satis¬
fied with the plants they can produce ou their window-sills.
Modern Window-Gardening, Treated under Aspects North, Sonth,
East, and West, by Samuel Wood (Honlston nnd Sons), is a
practical nnd serviceable manual, free from superfluous words,
und containing udvice expressed so clearly that the youngest
amateur gardener can follow it without difficulty. We inay
add that the little volume contaius much useful information
also on the management of small gardens.
A poet Beems especially to demand the dainty taste of his
publisher und the best craft of the paper-maker and printer.
Of Messrs. Macmillan’s new edition of The Works of AIJred
Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate, which will be completed in seven
volumes, we have now received three. They are worthy of
tlie house and of the poet, but not equal, perhaps, in point of
beauty to the “ author’s edition,” published by Messrs. Kegnn
Paul und Co. Tastes differ, however; and readers may prefer the
poems printed on baud-made paper.
The committee of the Royal Irish Military Tournament,
out of the proceeds of the meeting held in Dublin in May last,
have granted £100 in aid of tho funds of the Dublin branch of
the Army und Navy Pensioners’ Employment Society.
Cardinal Manning presided on Monday nt a crowded meet¬
ing held in connection with the annual fete of the Catholic
Total Abstinence League of the Cross, nt the Crystal Palace.
More tliuu 25,000 adherents of the movement were present.
Tuesday’s Gazette contains an Order in Council giving, nt
considerable length, regulations for the prevention of collisions
at sen Iu substitution for the orders at present in force. The
order prescribes rules concerning lights, signals in case of fog,
>d for sailing aud steering.
An analysed account of the public income nnd expenditure
for the year ending March 31, 1874, which was issued among
the Parliamentary papers on Tuesday, states that of the
income of £75,486,365 raised in that Tear, £71,735,523 was
the proceeds of taxation, and that there wus an excess of
£205,620 over the expenditure.
Mrs. Gladstone distributed the prizes to the members of the
nnwnrdeu Horticultural Society ou the 14th inst. Acknow¬
ledging a vote of thanks to his wife, Mr. Gladstone urged that
nobody should despise tho cultivation of flowers. There whs,
lie said, nothing more touching than to see how human nature
clung to beauty in its innocent and delightful forms.
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WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will (dated Feb. 5, 1884), with a codicil (dated Feb. 15
following), of Mr. James Lyue Hancock, late of Blenheim
Hodge, Putney-heath, and of No. 20(5, Goswell-roud,
vulcanised iudi’n-ruhber manufacturer, who died oil April 29
last, was proved ou the 1st inst. by William Isaac Carr,
Charles Thomas James, aud John Hancock Nunn, the
executors, the value of the personal estate exceeding £301,000.
The testator leaves £500, and all the furniture, plate, pictures,
household effects, wines, liquors, horses and carriages, at his
residence, to his wife, Mrs. Surah Hancock; his business,
business premises, machinery, plant, stock-in-trade, book
debts, and the balance nt his bauker’s to his cousin the said
John Hancock Nunn; Blenheim House and grounds to his
cousin Mrs. Sarah Nunn and her daughters, Kate and Marian;
nnd the Wellington Foundry, Charles-street, to his cousins
Fanny, Maria, and Harriet Hancock. His numerous shares in
steam and other ships he gives specifically to his different
cousins; and there are many other legneies, including be¬
quests to the workpeople at his factory, who have been in his
employ for a specilied time. He also bequeaths £1000 each to
King’s College Hospital aud St. George’s Hospital;—£500 each
to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, the Asylum for Fatherless
Children, Heedham; the Commercial Travellers’ School,
Pinner; the Infant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead ; the Hospital
for Diseases of the Chest, City-road; the Royal Hospital for
Incurables, Putney ; and the London Hospital W hitechnpel ;—
£200 each to the Orphan Working Asylum, Ilaverstock-hill,
aud the Beneficent Institution, Berners-street;—and £100 to
the Working Men’s Club nnd Institution, Roehampton. The
residue of his real and personal estate he leaves, upon trust,
for his wife, for life; then, as to one moiety, as she shall
appoint, nnd subject thereto, he gives such residue to his
cousins Fanny, Maria, nnd Harriet Hancock.
The Scotch confirmation under seal of the Commissuriot of
Lanarkshire, of the deed of settlement (dated Jan. 8, 1883) of
Mr. Charles Connell, lute of Wbiteinch, near Glasgow, ship¬
builder, who died on Feb. 14 last, granted to Mrs. Elizabeth
Campbell or Connell, the widow, James Reid, John Inglis,
Junior, Patrick Henry Higgins, Junior, and John Baird Smith,
the accepting executors nominate, was sealed in Loudon on
the 16th ult., the value of the personal estate in Euglund and
Scotland amounting to upwards of £261,000.
The will (dated Aug. 23, 1881) of Miss Helen Agnes Ellice,
late of Woodville, in the parish of Temple Ewell, near Dover,
who died on May 31 last, was proved ou the 10th ult. by
William Ellice and Lieut.-General Sir Charles Henry Ellice,
G.C.B., the cousins, tlieexecutors, thevalueof the personule state
amounting to over £61,000. The testatrix bequeaths some
legacies to servants and others; nnd the residue of her real
nud personal estate she leaves, upon trust, for Mrs. Marian
Kiug Coleman, for life; then for the said William Ellice, for
life; nnd then for the said Sir Charles Henry Ellice.
The will (dated Feb. 1,1879), with a codicil (dated Nov. 30,
1883), of the Rev. Charles Old Goodford, D.D., J.P., Provost
of Eton College, who died on May 9 last, was proved on the 10th
ult. by Mrs Katharine Lucia Goodford, the widow, Arthur
John Goodford, the son, and George Still Law, the executors,
the value of the personal estate exceeding £34,000. The
testator bequeaths £500 to his wife; the portraits given by
boys on leaving Eton, as are his property, to Eton College, to
the intent that they may be kept nt the Provost’s Lodge for
ever. There are specific bequests of furniture aiul plate to
his wife and children, nnd a considerable portion is to go witli
the mansion house aud estate of Chilton Cautelo, Somerset¬
shire, to which his said son succeeds. He makes up to £6000
the portions of each of his j-ounger children, with what they
arc entitled to out of the trust funds under his marriage
settlement, in which his wife has a life interest; and there aro
a few other legacies. The residue of the personalty ho leaves
to his said sou, nnd the residue of his real estate to be held
with the estate of Chilton Cautelo.
The will (dated June 5, 1877), with four codicils (dated
June 5, 1877 ; Juu. 8, 1879 ; Feb. 3,1882 ; and June 4,1881), of
Mr. Edward Mi Ins, late of No. 9, Queen Anue’s-gutc, West¬
minster, and of Suuningbill, Berks, who died on June 4 last,
was proved on the 4th inst. by Mrs. Elizabeth Milns, the
widow, and sole executrix, the value of the personal estate
exceeding £31,000. The testator confirms the settlement made
of his Sunninghlll estate in favour of his wife; nml thcrc are
bequests to his own and his wife’s relatives, nnd others. The
residue of his real and personal estate he leaves to his wife.
The will (dated Jan. 10,1882) of Mrs. Catherine Abnitn
(widow of the late William Abram), late of Bclsize-termcq,'
Hampstead, who died on the 23rd ult., was proved on
the 6th inst. by her step-son, George Abram, the sole
executor, the value of the personal estate being sworn
under £30,000. The testatrix bequeaths to her step-son
William John Abram, £1000; to her step-son Edward
Abram, £3000; George Stewart Abram, son of GbOrge Abriuiv,
£500; F. (t. I. Abram (siuce deceased), £250; Mrs. Jeaunie /
Goodnll, £250; her 8ister-in-law, Elizabeth Roi^s, £1000;
Thomas II. Merrinmn (since deceased), £500-. the Rev. Dr.
Tremlett, £50; her stop-daughters, Mrs. E1 iza WhitC nud\Mrs.
Charlotte A. Pnshley, a life interest in £ 1 OOOencli; her god -
daughter, Kntie Louise Abram, dangM erofOyo rge Abram,
£2000; her half-sister Eliza, £1 (KKJ. with remaiuder to her
children; the Governors of the North I/ondon Consumptive
Hospital, £1000; the London Society lor Teaching the Blind
to Rend, £500; her faithful servant, Susan Bullock, an annuity
of £70, free of legney duty; and for a window in St. Peter’s
Church, Hampstead, £100. The residue of her personal estate
she bequeaths to her step-sog-Qeorge Abram absolutely.
The will (dated Dec. 14,1883) of Mr. Peter Squire, late of
No. 413, Oxford-street, chemist, and df/No. 12, York-gute,
Regent’s Park, who diwHnt^Ypril p'lnst, was proved on the
9th ult. by Mrs. Mary / CltmUnua x Squ'k6, the widow, nnd Miss
Aim Fanny Squire, th</daughter, the executrixes, the value of
the personal estate dxceedijig £29,000. Witli the exception of
n legney to «m old servant, the only persons interested under
tlie will are testator's wife and children. The deceased was
one of the founders and three times president of the
1‘lmrnmceuticni 86ciety of GrCat Britain.
The will (dated JnnAff, l858)"€ff Sir William Brown, C.B.,
formerly cg/tlie''Wnr Office nnd of Putney, but late of Hill¬
side, Parkstone, Dorset, who died on May 19 last, 1ms been
proved ut the Blrmdford district registry, by Dame Cornelia
Jane Ilf own, the widow and sole executrix, to whom he
devises and bequeaths all his real and personal estate. The
value of the poraopnl estate is sworn under £5000.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Alt fcmmuaiVol/ons rrlaltng to thlt d'pnrlmmt of the Paper ehrml ,f U a.Urtued lo th*
Ulllur, and liar* IIIr uord " Oku ' irritlea on I hr mnlope.
K II K (Brook Icy i.—Than k* for the problem, which limit Imre due honour* If found
correct end u|> to tho murk.
Pi.kvxa aSV Oilman.—I'lene refer to note relating to Problem No. 2107 t*eIow.
r .1 (llriHidmonr).—Ai we have eoveral tlmci notified, the problem cannot be eolred In
leu than Tour move*.
K B (SouthendThink*. Thelirt l«. with the other*, under examination.
A B 8 (Trtworth).—The mime and note* are very acceptable. We aro obliged »l»o for
the authoritative report of tho lleth meeting.
Co miser Hoi.r-Tiox* or r>onH No. 2IOI received from W H I.: of Ko. 2100 from A
Bruin. K 1,0, and Pierce June*: of No.210* from Emit# Iran. W 11 L. A Bruin,
Venator. Dr F St, W Biddle, Pierce June*, New Forest, HALS, F W ImbtucJey.
and E L O.
ConaucT SoMTinx* or PannirM No 2IOT receive.! from Otto Tnliler (Uhent), Jnptteo
Junior,ODarragh.TOiW.ro).8 Karrant. P Kerri-. ACHnnt. «> Joiwjr, Thomas
Oafiakin Junior, Si O'Hollonua. It L South well. L Falcon (Antwerp'. W Dm*'. W
Illlller, C 8 Coxa, O 8 Oldfield. Q W law. I, Shariwood. Ernest blmrswood. II K
Awdry It Robinson. I. Wyman. O W MII*om. Jam.-* Pllklmrt.m. Aaron Harper.
N 8 ll..rrl». II Wanlrll, E Oiuwlla (Pari*). T If Hohlron.N H Mullen.T Orewibank.
J) W Kell. If Luca*. J A Anita.. B dray, fc B Wood. C Oswald. H lllackInrk.A M
Odbi.rne.RT Kemp. Pierce June*. Dr. FSt.. Jumbo. J Alois n.hmncke, J T W. W
(I U Jackson, Rev. W
/ Anderson (O'ld Romney). Uerowanl. J Hall. Venator. Sluul-
fortli. Edmund Field. E I.iuden. E L O. K and Q Howltt (Norwich). E E II. II II
Note*. A SI Porter. 8 Bullrn. O rosbrooka, and Alpha.
Noth.—S everal correspondent* have lent proposed *olutlon* of the nhove problem by
w ay of 1. II t» K B :tli We believe lllack lm« a goo.1 answer to that Uno of attack
In f. K to K 0th. Th* answer lo 1. Kt toQ Kt sq. a coup favoured by a largo number
of correspondent*, I* 1.1‘ to K oth. _
PROBLEM No. 2109.
By William Fishy sox (Stuttgart).
BLACK.
»1 1 mam _ wmk
White to play, and mate in three move*.
Played in the Tournament of
Messrs.
white 'Mr. S.)
1. P to Q4th
2. Kt to K B 3rd
{/■
BLACK (MK R.
P to K 3rd
Thlaleod* to whst I* mllivfZilkb'tort'*
open Ins: hut Mr. Bklpvrorth iirtprmaii*
that lie pUynl It yrora »«•*. to
thus cliristene.1 and Dr. /nk
field. Il» imsltlonsare •Isntl
the English Upciiiliff, anil A'
considered tliat the vans*
name.
2 .
8. P to K 3rd
4 . B to Q 3rd
Counties Association at Bath between
oiiTli nnd Rank km.
lar Oprninrj.) /
whjtb (Mr. 8.) black (Mr. R.)
17. Bwltl 2nd 1* to 114th
IS. <1 to Kt 3rd (ch)
■WldtwnoW get* a little the totter of the
position.
iK B to K t 4th
>. R takes Kt
1 .rjyt to Kt r>th
, Kf to K «th
4s/ y takes P
. OKloUBwi
K to R sq
Kt to B 4th
ti takes B
«to K 2nd
K to B 3rd
It takes P
cannot
21. Kt takes Q P.
A miscalculation
cost White the fume,
be exons, d fur milking
thus i-nrLvin Ids first came,
shirred that bo bad not or
sipiin..t.the,strongest nmaten . . J
but tliat lli« work of (In' w«k s meeting,
no slight hpilertaklug, devolved upon him.
\\ P takes BP
10. B takes P T takes P
11 . B to U 3rd \ Kt to B 3rd
DetLer t.i bavk tiikrn off the Knight at
-eniT. If IV bite then played 12. P to K .’.th.
Bfek c.niId reply with 12. B trikes l\t.
having «riili\-n t-i tlieciuxl snd a i>..vltl<m
' .mill to ivslat any attack White
Strong
, could/or in.
12. Kt to Q Kt 3th
IS. Q to (1 m
-ij4. Kt takes B
15. it takes Kt
Kt to Q Kt 3rd
Kt takes B
(t takes Kt
T to K 4th
Mr. hklpworth notes here: If—
1.-,. 1 B takes P
HI. Q takes P U takes Q
17. Kt take. Q U to Q «|
Ik. II t.i K Xr.1. anil White would
mrrely huve his 1’kwii ahead.
1C. K R to K sq Kt to a 2nd
Sklpwv-- ...
24. Q to Kt 4tli. threetenliiE clirckm.ite.
lie can do It lifter this move, however.
Itrcatis*. now Kt to(J UCUilsagoodaruwrr
to (J to Kt 4 til.
Q to Q 3rd
Koreteeliig the nliove line of attack and
CunrilliiK »caln»t It.
25. R to B 7th B to ft 4th
28. Q to K Kt 3rd T to Kt 3rd
27. U to R 4th I* to K R 4th
28. P to K Kt 4tli Q to Kt 6th
Very Ingeniously conceived.
29. K R to U U sq P to Q 6th
30. K to B 8th (ch)
White lias now a very pretty forced
draw. II.'dan. not .try to win. a* Hhirk
has Intol moves lu reserve for him at
several points.
30. R takes R
31. R takes R (eh) K to R 2nd
.82. R to B 7th (ch) K to Kt sq
&3. QtoQSth (ch) It to B «q
31. R to Kt7th (ch) KtoKsq
35. K to K K 7tli K taken K
(ch)
A strange oversight for Mr. Ilanken
to make. He rhoul.l have moved Ills K
back to Kt sq. nml White could then only
draw by perpetual check.
3(1. Q to Q 7th (ch),
A correspondent, obligingly informs us that Mr. II. S.
Hudson, of the Baclie, Chester, whose death was announced in
our last Number, gave £20,000 to tlio Congregational Jubilee
Fund.
A monthly magazine. The Atlantic Ocean, devoted to oceanic
and Continental travel, has made its appearance. The con¬
tents comprise lyrics nnd light articles and an illustrated series
of prncticnl pnpers of special interest to the professional
traveller nnd the ordinary pleasure-seeker.
and Black resigned.
The tournament at Simpson’* Divan was closed on tho 11th inst. It
resulted in Mr. Mason winning the first prize (£8!; Mr. Guest, second
prize (£5); and Messrs. Donnisthorpe and Guns berg dividing the third and
fourth prizes, £3 and £2 respectively.
The official report of tiro result of some of the tourneys in connection
with tho Bath meeting of the Counties Chess Association ditfem in snmo
particulars with that supplied to us last week. In tho second division of
the first class we find tliat Messrs. Feddon, Pollock, and Loman tied w ith a
acore of seven to each, 'lhe three prizes were consequently divided equally
among these gentlemen. _
Harvest operations during the past week have been actively
carried on, and the reports of correspondents in vurions districts
of England show that the cereal yield this season is likely to be
abundant.—The officiul summary of the agricultural returns
for 1884 shows that the quantity of land in Great Britain
under wheat was 2,676,477 acres; barley, 2,159,485 ; aud oats,
2,892,576. The cattle numbered 6,241,127; the sheep,
16,371,280; and the lambs, 9,665,937.
The report of the Committee of Council on Education
(England and Wales) for 1883-4 lias been issued as a Parlia¬
mentary paper. From statistics therein contained, it appears
that the number of day-schools inspected during the year end¬
ing Aug. 31, 1883, was 18,540; of which 11,703 were con¬
nected with tho National Society or Church of England,
4049 with School Boards, 1412 were British nnd undenomi¬
national, 817 Roman Catholic, and 559 Wesleyan. The total
average number of scholars in attendance was 3,127,214; of
whom 1,562,507 were nttached to Church schools, 1,028.90-4 to
Board schools, 247,900 to British schools, 102,310 to Roman
Catholic schools, and 125,503 to Wesleyan schools. The total
amount paid out of tho Parliamentary grants for the same
year was £2,518,641, of which, excluding shillings aud pence,
£1,237.006 was paid to Church schools; £843,694, Board;
£201.614, British; £127,456, Roman Catholic; and £103,809,
Wesleyan. The aggregate annual income of the schools was
£5,829,781; of which £2,766.721 belonged to the Church
schools nnd £2,134,234 to the Board schools.
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT MONTREAL.
Tho Congress of the British Association of Science at Mon¬
treal, the important commercial city of Canada, will be opened
next week. The President, Lord Rayleigh, an accomplished
man of science, will deliver the opening Address. Tho Pre¬
sidents of the different sections are, respectively, Sir William
Thomson (Physical Science), Sir Henry Roscoe (Chemistry),
Mr. W. T. Blanford (Geology), Professor Moseley (Biology),
Sir J. H. Lefroy (Geography), Sir Richard Temple (Economic
Science nnd Statistics), Sir Frederick Brnmweil (Mechanics),
nnd Dr. E. B. Tylor (Anthropology). Special addresses, re¬
ports, nnd lectures of great interest are expected from eminent
scientific men. We shall give the portrait of Lord Rayleigh,
tho President, in next week’s publication. Some Views of
Montreal are now presented to our readers, including that from
the “ Royal Mount,” looking eastward over the city ; the
harbour quay, to which stenm-sliip?OLnearly six thousnud tons
burden come all the way up the river St. Lawrence, six hundred
miles from the 6ca; the Place d’Aimes, the indue of which recalls
the old French dominion of Canada; Victoria-square, witli the
surrounding handsome buildings of modern erection ; and the
M‘Gill University, an institution whictisfands high in repute both
as a place of collegiute study, nud from the connection with it
of such eminent men of science a* Sir William Lognn and
Principal Daw.-ou. The Victoria Tubular Bridge over the
St. Lawrence, a wonderful structure of iron two miles long,
was completed in 1861, the Prince of Wales driving the last
rivet. Montreal has a population of 150,000, being the largest
city in Canada, though not the capital of a Province. It
occupies the site of the uutive Indian town or village, called
Ilochelagii, visited by the earliest French explorers three nud
a half centuries ago. _
NEW PU^LIU OFFICES AT WHITEHALL.
The building intended for the joint accommodation of the War
Gffiee and the Admirulty will occupy a lurge space on the west
Bide ot Whiteblill and great part of Spring-gardens, extend¬
ing to the '-Parade and the Mall in St. James's Park, it will
stand in Whitehall adjacent to the Horse Guurds, covering
Jtlie site of the present Admiralty, and a good deal of additional
ground; There 1ms been a competitive exhibition of archi¬
tects’ designs, from which the judges, including the First
Commissioner of Works and the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Mr. AV. II. Smith, M.P., and two professional advisers, have
chosen the one shown in our illustration. It is that con¬
tributed by Messrs. Lecmiug and Leeming, brothers, of
Halifax. It comprises, in the interior, a great oblong quad¬
rangle, 219 ft. long by 80 ft. wide, entirely surrounded by tho
buildings; those of the War Office being to the loft hand of
the Whitehall entrance, overlooking the liorse Guards’ Parade
at the back; nnd those of the Admiralty on the Spring-
gurdens side, where the broad roadway of the Mall will bo
continued, opening into Whitehall, but leaving Messrs. Cocks
and Biddulph’s bank nt the comer. The architects propose to
adorn the south end of the Whitehall front with a lofty tower,
260ft. high, close to the Horse Guards; while each angle of
the St. James’s Park front will be surmounted by a tower,
with an elegant cupola, directly underneath which towers,
respectively, on the first lloor, will be the apartments of tho
two Ministers, heads of the official Departments, the Secretary
of State for War and the First Lord of the Admiralty. This
appears to be a very appropriate, as well ns stately aud even
magnificent design, but Borne objection may be raised to the
costliness of the higher tower in front, and it may be feared
Hint the effect wouldbe to reduce the lbw HorseGuards building
to extreme insignificance, and to provoke a demand for its
reconstruction. Another objection lias been taken to tho
design as it now stands, upon tho ground tlmt the inter¬
mediate court or quadrangle, between the two sets of offices,
being entirely closed iu by high buildings, will not allow
ventilation. But it would probably not be difficult, though
with a sacrifice of much ground-space for the buildings, to
throw open tho rear of this court to St. James’s Park. Onr
Illustration will give an idea of the external beauty nnd
elegance of the proposed buildings, which are in the Renais¬
sance style of architecture, witli roiiuded windows separated
by Corinthian columns ou the principal lloor, and with roof-
turrets, in pairs, topped by small domes, upon which it is
suggested that statues niny be placed. The three angle-
towers, the tall one looking over Whitehall, and the other
two, on the Park side, marking the distinct location of the
War Office aud of the Admiralty, seem to be the most con¬
spicuous architectural feature outside. The interior arrange¬
ments for the different offices, in which altogether nearly
1100 persons, clerks, messengers, and servants, are usually
employed, are said to be very convenient. The largest apart¬
ment ’is the Nnvul Board-room. The buildings will contain
three fioors to be occupied for business purposes.
“SALLY IN OUR ALLEY.”
Among the favourite pictures nt tho late Exhibition of the
Royal Academy, Mr. E. S. Kennedy’s very pleasiug delineation
of the scene that is suggested by a verse of this charming old
ballad is one deserving of reproduction iu our Engraving.
“ Sally in our Alley ” was composed about a hundred aud fifty
yeurs ago by Henry Carey, a man of genius, a natural son of
the Marquis of Halifax, aud a poet, as well as a musical com¬
poser, whose works have considerable merit. He is mentioned
with approval by Addison in the “ Spectator.” The Artist
lias faithfully represented tlie costumes and manners of London
street life at that period, when City prentices could indulge,
ou Sundays and holidays, in harmless social gaieties without
going out of town. It is, however, a very special engagement
tlmt the honest hero of this good old song is privileged to keep
when he “ walks abroad with Sally,” dressed ns we sec, in nil
his best, witli a festive nosegay in his buttonhole, but with his
lmt sternly cocked and with a stout stick in his hand, showing
that he is ready to do battle for her protection in case of any
rude fellows presuming to accost her iu an impertinent manner.
The sweet girl herself, whom he melodiously proclaims tho
darling of liis heart, is a very pretty figure, in her modest
maidenly attire, though its fashion would not be admired at
the present (lay; and the air of trustful, but lmlf-timid lovo
nnd tenderness with which sho regards him ns she leans upon
his arm, is justified by the sincerity and fidelity of his attach¬
ment. What though, us he confesses, “my master nnd the
neighbours all make game of me and Sully,” lie and she can
still look forward to the time of their lmppy wedding nud
to a lmppy married life, “ but not in our alley.”
Alderman Whitcombe, of Portsmouth, was received last
Saturday by the Prince of Wules, to whom lie handed n cheque
for £3000 for the foundation of a Portsmouth Scholarship at
the Royal College of Music. In addition to giving two thirds
of this amount, Mr. Whitcombe has taken an active interest
in arranging entertainments, by means of which the balance
has been raised. Tho Prince warmly tlmnkcd him for Ms
public-spirited conduct. Mr. Whitcombe lunched with the
Royal party.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, A to. 23, 1881 — 180
1. Montreal, View looking east, from Mount Royul. 2. Victoria-square. 3. The Plate d'Aimes. 4. Montreal Harbour.
5. The M'Gill University. 0. The Victoria Bridge of the Grand Trunk Railway over the 8t. Lawrence.
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE AT MONTREAL, CANADA.
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. Aio. 23, 1884.- 181
Tin:
THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, K.G.
joined tlie Roman Catholic Oliurch. lie obtained tin* I
Prize for n theological essay in 1841, and again in 184:
tin* subsequent years, he devoted his attention to pljilpsophieu
mid general literature. He was appointed Classical Examine
at the University, tirst in 1848, and again iu 1853, tindet_jW
new Examination Statute. During the controversies iipiiir
University Reform, he contributed lrcquentiy td the discussion
of important questions, and gave evidence before the Royal
Commissioners upon this subject, lie was also un Assistant
Commissioner to inquire into Elementary Education in
Germany. His literary labours were vhrioUsund extensive,
‘"feseaiches
__ a view
Joseph Scaliger and of Isaac
necl work/ published in 1875, is
he Wrote many essays upon
rnVittjmd other journals, lie
life and writings of Milton
uermany. ins literary laDours were various ana exte:
but much industry was bestowed on lus special feseii
into the literary history of the sixteenth century, with a
to writing the biography x pf Joseph Scatiger and of
writing the biography
Casaubon. The last-meift:
one of standard excelleu
kindred topics in the Qua
also contributed the
TI1E LATE GENERAL 81 It W. J. CODRINGTON. G.C.B.
to the “Eminent Men of Letters” series, and prepared a
critical edition of Milton's Sonnets, with a valuable commen¬
tary, as well as the Clarendon Press edition of Dope’s “ Essay
oil Man” and “Satires and Epistles.” Mrs. Pattison, his wife,
is author of an elaborate work on the Renaissance of Art in
Franco.
Earl Manvers has made a return of 40 per cent to his
agricultural tenants, and the Earl of Yarborough a reduction
of 15 per cent for five years to those tenants who have paid
their rents.
THE LATE REV. MARK PATTISON, B.D.,
RECTOR or LINCOLN COLLEGE, OXroKD.
The Rector of Lincoln College, the Rev. Mark Pattison, who
died on the 30th ult., was eminent ns a literary scholar,
especially iu the historical and critical study of the classical
ecnool of authorship in Europe since the revival of learning.
He was born in 1813, the eldest son of the Rev. M. J. Pattison,
Rector of Hnwkswell, or Hauxwell, near Richmond. He was
educated at Oriel College, Oxford, and took his degree in 1836,
in tho second class ; in 1840, he was elected a Fellow of Lincoln
College, and took deacon’s orders iu the Church soon after¬
wards. For a short time he was attached to the views of the
Rev. J. II. Newman and the “Tractarlau” school of theology,
but mndiiic 1 his opinion of this when some of its leaders
THE NEW CITY OF LA PLATA, LUENOS AYRES, THE CAPITAL OF TI1E ARGENTINE REPCLLIC.
182
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
LA PLATA, THE NEW CAPITAL OF THE
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC'.
The flourishing condition of the Argentine Federal Republic
under its present Government, with the stability of its public
credit, the rapid increase of its commerce, nnd the opportunities
which it affords to British enterprise and capital, has been
recognised by all who are acquainted with South American
nilairs. Its vast natural resources as a pastoral region, not
excelled by those of our Australian colonies, demand only that
the country should be more fully occupied by European
settlers, who will enjoy one of the finest climates in the world.
The Federal territory, extending nearly fourteen hundred
miles from north to south, nnd seven hundred from west to
eRst, possesses an incomparable maritime outlet in the grand
estuary of the La Plata, receiving the waters of the great
navigable rivers Parana, Paraguay, and Uruguay, with their
numerous tributaries: whileto the west,asfnras the Andes, and to
the south of Buenos Ayres, in the fertile plain of the Salado, there
are immense tractsof land capable of every variety of production
in a temperate climate. Theoldcityof Buenos Ayres, founded by
the Spanish Viceroys nearly three hundred years ago, is situated
on the south side of the La Plata estuary, a hundred and fifty
miles from the open sen, and has a population now exceeding a
quarter of a million. It is not, however, a convenient port,
there being a mere roadstend, where ships drawing 16 ft. of
water are obliged to anchor seven or eight miles off the shore,
exposed to violent winds; and large steamers must lie in the
middle of the estuary, here about thirty-six miles wide. The
discomfort to passengers in lauding is often felt, while the cost
of lighterage for goods is sometimes as much as their freight
across the ocean.
To remedy these inconveniences, by providing a new
commercial port, with a new city which is to super¬
sede Buenos Ayres as the capital of the Argentine Re-
S ubHc, has been the bold aud judicious policy of the
ational Congress, the Senate and Chamber of Deputies,
inspired by patriotic motives, and resolved to insure the
progressive prosperity of their magnificent country. This
task has been accomplished, to a considerable exteut, within
the post sixteen months, chiefly by the energy and ability of
one man, Dr. Dardo Itoclm, Governor of the metropolitan
province of Buenos Ayres. On the shores of a fine natural
harbour, called Ensenada, forty miles below the city of Buenos
Ayres, the new city, bearing the name of La Plata, has begun
to arise, while effective works of harbour improvement and
AUG. 23, 1884
HUNTING THE WILD RED-DEER.
Cloutsham Bull has so long been recognised as the one place
most appropriate for a gathering of west country sportsmen to
celebrate the commencement of each stag-hunting season that
it Imrdly seems like an opcningdny when the Devon imdSomersct
hounds have their first formal fixture at any other poiut oil
the borders of wild Exmoor. Standing on the bare rounded
brow of Cloutsham, one is in the very heart of all the peculiarly
picturesque and poetic influences that have helped so much to
make this wild sport popular for centuries among all classes of
people in the beautiful west country. One is there high above
the topmost boughs of Horner Wood, nnd looking sheer down
on a growth of oak-trees set so close together that only the
dark masses of leaves can bo seen at first and the valley
looks ns if clothed densely with low bushes. As the eyo
accustoms itself to distance, the wide-spreuding branches
can be seen, uud then here and thero in more open spnees
the great grey trunks lower down. Only after gazing for
several minutes can a stranger quite realise the immense
dteptli of that wooded ravine. Then ho discovers that what
lie has taken to be mere bushes are really trees of noble
growth; aud that the opposite hill, instead of being fringed
with scrubby brushwood, as ho had at first thought, is
thickly set with oaks, the interlacing branches of which form
a.vast covert, wherein scores of red-deer might lie securely
hidden from view. Even then, however, he cunnot see that
under those oaks the hillside is seamed by deep crevices,
nnd rudely broken by gigantic boulders, among which
no horseman can rido except by steep stony paths tlmt
the stags havo made in frequently passing from
down the ravine, tumbling and foaming over boulders, but
it is so overshadowed that it flashes buck no sunlight, and
is so far down that its loud babbling cannot be heard by
nnvbody on Cloutsliuin Ball. The meadows and orchards of
Porlock, where Horner Y'ulley widens to the sen, look close at
hand, but to reach them by a path that follows the windings of
the brook one must cover ninny miles. This, in fact, is a great''
forest, dented by several deep ravines or combes that seem
formed by nature to be the haunts of wild red-deer. On the
other side, separated from Cloutsham by u valley almost as
deep as Horner, the mountainous height of Dunkerry rises.
Its rugged slopes are covered with bracken, purple ling, and
rose-coloured heather, except where patches of bright green
show in boggy places, or rough boulders crop out. Westward
BUILDING OPERATIONS IN THE WESTERN
SUBURBS.
Wedirect the reader's attention ton seriesof Sketchesof “Grow¬
ing London," in another part of this publication. The subjects
there delineated were found on several of the estates whicli are
the field of the gigantic building operations of Messrs. Gibbs
and Hew, who have, within seven or eight years past, quite
revolutionised West Kensington and Fulham. They were the
first who had the foresight to perceive the value of the
Cedars estate, os a site for houses of moderate rout. Upon
tins laud they commenced operations, their specialty being
semi-detached villas at rents f rom £50 to £60, but which also
had the merit of being well and solidly built. This the public
soon found out; for after what was at first a but modest venture
such was the demand for the houses erected by tlio firm, that
other estates were acquired,/mostly their freehold property
and at the present time they have ten building estates, not
, esfc Kensington, but also at Fulham, Wimbledon
1 ark, Richmond, and Twickenham, with ail area of over two
hundred and twenty acres, in course of rapid development. •
A few figures may here be interesting, as showing how nny
firm that enters for that whicli the public requires, aud is not
content with giving an ornamental urticle.butone that is sub¬
stantial, will succeed. The enterprise had, at the end of six
years, grown to such vast proportions, and the stress of work
both mentally and bodily, became so great upon the partners!
that they concluded it was better to divide the strain, as well
nntns timr T the , r P s P°»*ib|litie 8 . The result was that a Company was
thicket to f T med ’„ m m2 > bcu, ,' in tf the title of Gibbs and Flew (Limited),
iver rushes "' 10Se f^ ce8 “ re ut tho Cedars £stut <-‘- Kensington. This
company was formed, with a capital of £100,000, and last year
the capital was increased by private subscriptions to £250,000.
1 heir property now comprises the following estates—viz., the
Cedars, Momington, Boron's Court, and 51 argrnvine-gardens,
estates at West Kensington, on which villas of from £60 to
£100 rental are built, as is also the case at Munster Park.
Fulham, and at Richmond Bridge. On their estate called
Waldegrave Park, Twickenham, which is adjoining the
historic Strawberry Ilill of Horace Walpole, detached villas of
special designs find ready purchasers aud tenants. On tlio
Fulham Park, 51 mister Purk, and Salisbury estates at Fulham
a smaller class of residences have been erected, at rentals from
£'i0 per annum. Wimbledon Park, a recent purchase, has
nqt yet been developed; but it is intended to bo laid out with
canal, nearly 500 ft. wide nnd nearly ten miles in length, from
the harbour through the district south of the new city, whicli
will bo connected with the former capital by the Western
Railway, aud also by the Great Southern Railway of Buenos
Ayres.
The inauguration of the city of La Plata ns the new capital
took place on April 5 this year, since which date the whole of
the official business of the Province has been transacted there.
The population, industry, and trade of the city are quickly in¬
creasing day by day. It has some important public edifices ;
besides the Cathedral, shown in one of our Illustrations, there
is a commodious palace for the Legislative Assembly, nnd the
Theatre, the Lnw Courts, the offices of the Educational Council,
of the Department of Engineers, of the Police and Fire
Brigade, and the Provincial and Mortgage Banks, also tlio
exteusivo workshops of the Western Railway. The city lias
been endowed with a noble park, having an area more than five
times that of Hyde Park, abounding in luxuriant groves of
eucalyptus-trees, aud intersected by the broad canal above
described. We present a View of the new city, ns its establish¬
ment, with that the new port, in so good a harbour os Ensenada,
must be nn event of general interest. There has of late years
been an amazing increase of traffic and shipping at Buenos
Ayres and the “River Plate," with muil-steamers from all
ports of Europe nnd the United States.
The future prospects of the country, and the development
of its immense resources, render it a mutter of vital importance
to have at the head of affuirs a man endowed with such high
qualifications and capabilities as Dr. Rocha, and it is therefore
reasonable to expect that he will be recognised as the most
deserving uud eligible candidate for the Presidency of the
A rgentiue Republic. It maybe mentioned, to tlio credit of
his three years’ administration in Buenos Ayres, that the
Hggrcgnte length of railways actually in working, or iuA
forward state towards completion, is now 2200 kilometres,
having been only 1082 kilometres in 1881; so that more than
one kilometre leugth of railway has been constructed every
duy in his term of office. The new City of La Plata was
fouuded by Dr. Rocha on Nov. 19, 1882.
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ndges there is a deep combe with sides so precipitous tlmt
horsemen can only cross at certain points well known to
natives. These things make distances deceptive itnd the
country very difficult for a stranger to ride over when houuds
are running hard.
An opening day at Cloutsham, however, bus always been
made an occasion of much festivity by the holiday crowds who
declared by tho Company is at the rate of 12 per cent per
annum.
In the present depressed state cf so many industries, and
especially of building, such a result is startling, and we will
endeavour to explain it. In the first place, as the Company
have so many estates, and of such varied character and re¬
quirements, there is not tho temptation that the ordinary
from towns and villages within twenty miles have gathered JSX?/ H 8 # pU , sh ° a t0 - com P Ie U°’ 1 . un ->' °“ e P ortio » of tho
there once every year, and to the minds of sOnraf]people such lf the . h ° USCS in °ue district, of one size or de-
feasting and gaiety would) have appeared unseemly so soon
after the denth of Mr, Ifenwick Bisset, who for twenty-six
veurs held honoured sway asm us ter of the Devon and Somerset
hounds. For this reason the fixture hakbeen changed to Ilolmbush
Gutc on Porlock Hill. Journeying from 5Iiuchead, therefore,
one turns not aside as usual through the narrow lanes that
lead by quaint West Luekhdrn village jb tho foot of Dunkerry
or up the avenue of ancient walnut-trees to the cool, shadowy
glens of Horner, but must needs follow the dusty, sun-scorched
roud towards Porlock. Entering the tortuous street of that
picturesquely secluded Vilhige^oye sees, on the hill above, a
crowd of horsemen, Carriages, and gaily attired spectators
already nsseirihled^ The point they occupy scarcely seems
barely a mile off, yet to reach it one must toil up the zig-zng
turnings of it road so steep nnd long that horses are sobbing
from the oppressive heat and covered witli lather before they
have gone lmlf way. Gji tlio ridge there is no shelter from
fierce sunshine, nnd dire soon feels liow cruel would be the
stress of hard galloping on too-willing steeds if houuds should
begin to run.
We are not kept long in doubt before deep hound notes
proclaim Hint the tufters liuve some game on foot in the pine
woods Unit clothe tho tall precipitous cliffs of Porlock Bay.
senption, are not selling or letting readily, that particular
work is stopped or eased in the rate of progress, and operations
in another district ure pushed on which offers better results.
The reason why the houses built by the Company let nnd sell
so readily is also not far to seek. They are all soundly built,
and contain the latest improvements; even the smallest class
are provided with hot and cold water, and bath-rooms, with
electric bells ; while encaustic tiles, stained-glass, and marble
fenders give them an attractive appearance not often found in
houses of this class. Another inducement to tenants is tlmt
the houses are not only better, but cheaper, than the ordinary
suburban dwellings; and the Company are enabled to offer
these terms because they buy their material largely, nnd con¬
sequently at a less price than the builder who buys in smaller
quantities ond probably nn credit. Not only this, but they
have erected largo workshops where the joinery work is turned
out by machinery with all the latest improvements, and tho
Company also make the bricks required on tlio estates, and the
stone and marble chimney-pieces.
Our Artist’s Illustrations, to which we again refer, ore con¬
ceived in the humour of the title “ Growing London.” We are
first introduced to u sweet piece of woodland nud lake scenery
uctually now to be seen at Wimbledon Purk; this represents
peace “ before the invasion." We ure there shown the
THE LATE SIR W. CODRlNGTOlj^tLGJ^,
The death of General
mandor-in-Chief of the
retirement of General Simpson, to the end oJ~the Rifsalip.
in 1856, was recorded in our Obituary lost week, lie wus in
the eightieth year of his age. Sir William was the second son
of Admiral .Sir Edward Codringtofi, who was one of Nelson’s
Captains at Trafalgar, and who destroyed the Turkish fleet nt
Navoriuo. lie sat in the House of Commons two yettrs, from
1857, as M.P. for Greenwich, and was afterwards Governor of
Gibraltar, aud ut different time* held various military offices,
but was not, after the siege of Sebastopol; further engaged in
the active conduct of a campaign.' \
‘tiXK «?• *•.«• "' d ° “° ld
drive litni to and fro with a fierce clamour tlmt scarcely ceases for
a moment, pressing close on his footsteps wherever he turns, uud
at last the lordly monarch of the glen, bearing full forest rights
on his beamed frontlet, bounds out of covert into the field where
''hulidreds of people are gathered. Scarcely deigning"to turn
aside from the throng, he throws his head proudly back, casts
ST. GILES’S CHRISTIAN' MISSION.
From the pages of the lost annual report of this society just
published, we gather thatjthowork among discharged prisoners
is steadily progressing, ns will be seen from the following
figures. During the past year, 14,286 men were discharged
from tho threo metropolitan jails—viz., Coldbnth Fields,
Holloway, and Wandsworth, of whom 8841 accepted tlio
invitation to the free breakfast which is offered to
each man as he leaves the prison. The breakfast is served
ia an iron room just outside the gates of the prisous
when an opportunity- is afforded of conversing with tlio men ..-.. over .*,gu mn.
ns to their future prospects aud striving to induce Hounds must surely huve turned down towards Horner, and
them to turn over a new loaf, with what effect may be gathered we are not out of the hunt. No ! hurrah ! there they go like
from thefuct tlihf 2876 huve signed the temperance pledge, - -*--- ... . ... •' *»
aud 15921 cases have beetf further helped ns follows:—Sent to
peK 87 ; situations obtained on land, 227 ; fares puid home, 54 ;
warrantable deer, lie is not heavy with the fat of idleness, but
looks as if ho may hold on at that long steady gallop of his
long after the stoutest steed 1ms been ridden ’to a standstill.
Hope whispers that there is just a chance of a moorhind
run after all. At this thought men mount hastily. Arthur
comes quickly for the pack, and without waiting for tufter9
to be stopped, luys his houuds on the line at once. Every¬
body is anxious only for a good start. Over the rough moor
wo gallop as if it were level turf, scattering the migrant
heather-blooms in a cloud as our horse’s hoofs brush through
them ; then clatter down u stony path, slipping on the loose
“shillets" at every stride. Rido liurd ns we may, none can beat
tl»o huntsman, who, iu spite of his sixty-seven years, is quickest
of all in getting down these steep hills. A moment’s pause
to heur which way houuds are turuiug, and tlieu we must gallop
faster than ever to be with them, for yonder goes our hunted
stag over the opposite ridge. Will ’lie turn down tho next
valley or hold straight on? Some of us having that chance of
a moorland mu always in view, keep as fur up the combes as
we safely may, hoping to nick in nt the right moment. Wo
get on to n lofty ridge, and cun neither lienr nor see anything
but a cloud of horsemen speeding far away over Leigh Hill.
sent to Colonies, 70 ^assisted with tools, stock, clothes, money,
Are , 1154. In addition to this, there are homes, with accom¬
modation for forty inmates, where the men find a shelter
whilst seeking employment, thus being kept awuy from the
evil associations of the common lodging-house.
The central station of the 5Iission is situated in the heart
of St. Giles’s, where there is a constant aeries of efforts for the
general welfare of the teeming multitudes of poverty-stricken
humanity there abounding, which 1ms met with most
encouraging results. The Superintendent of the Mission is Mr.
pigeons, skimming over the heather straight for Sweet Tree,
and perhaps for Dunkerry. Twenty minutes ut the best
speed our poor steeds can raise to-day will take us there; but
just os wc have settled down to rido with all the judgment at
our command, hounds turn back again, and we know that all
hope of getting to the moor must be abandoned now.
Ouee in the recesses of Ilomer, among herds of fresh deer,
our hunted one is not likely to quit them again. Tlio best
thing now is to make our way to Cloutsham Ball, nnd wait on
that point of observation while Arthur limits up and down tho
water. After an hour or two thus spent, hounds rouse tho
stag once more, and push him hard through fields of standing
,, ,, ^ . _. - , -- coru on the crest, but he baffles them again: uud we have ut
x P ^; P ! a ^; r Ie f nt V S( l u , nre ; W.C.; and length to confess tlmt Arthur Heal and the Devon and Somerset
the Ireasurer, Mr. h. A. Bcvan, of 54, Lombard-street, E.C. houuds ai
ore beaten.
H. II. S. P.
other the workshops. We see next the interior of one of the
joiners’ workshops of Messrs. Gibbs and Flew (Limited).
A view of a range of semi-detached villas is presented in
the fifth of these Sketches. The cricket-ground now being
formed in the Baron’s Court Estate is shown in the next
Illustration. This will be larger by two acres than Lord's
cricket-ground; nnd there will be, in connection with it,
racquet-courts, swimming-baths, pavilions, and a specially
designed hotel. It will be only a few minutes’ walk from the
West Kensington station, on the Hammersmith branch of the
District Railway. An Illustration of some of the smaller
cottages is given; and we have, lastly, n view from one of the
windows of the Club House on the Cedars estate, where some
of the members are supposed to be watching a match which
is being played on the lawn-tennis grounds tlmt havo been
formed for the benefit of the tenants. To complete our
description, St. Paul's Schools, which were opened the other
day, have been built on a site adjoining the West Kensington
estates, some of the masters’ houses being actually upon the
Cedars estate. The facilities for a high class of education are
now therefore very great. Several churches nnd chapels of
various denominations have been built on these estates, and
two hotels, one, “The Cedars," being equal in accommodation
to ninny much more nmbitiously situated. One last word for
the Club House, which is as complete iu its appointments as
many at the West-End._
The Promenade Concerts nt Covent Garden Theatre con¬
tinue successfully to prevent the void tlmt would otherwise be
left in London music betwecu the cud of the opera seuson nnd
the renewed activity of the autumn season.
By command of the Queen, 5Iessrs. Downey, of Ebury-
strect, Eaton-oquare, attended at Osborne on Saturday last,
and took photographs of her Alajesty in tho act of presenting
new colours to the Seuforlh Highlanders. The same artists
lmd also the honour of photographing the Prince and Princess
of Wales and their family on board the Osborne.
Our Portrait of the late Duke of Wellington is from a
photograph by Lombardi; tlmt of the late General Sir W.
Codrington, from one by Messrs. Maull and Fox : tlmt of the
Mayor of Tynemouth, by 5Ir. 51. Auty, of Tynemouth; that
of Air. Stevenson, ALP., Chairman of tiieTyne Commissioners,
bv Maull and Fox ; tlmt of the late Air. J. F. Ure, C.E., late
Chief Engineer, by J. Fergus, of Largs; and that of the late
Rev. AInrk Puttison, of Oxford, by Full, of Baker-street. The
Views of Tynemouth Priory alul Lighthouse, of the North
Pier, nnd of Shields Harbour, are from photographs by Mr.
Auty, of Tynemouth.
AUG. 23, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
183
THE CHURCH.
Tlio Bishop of Winchester has been attend¬
ing confirmations in Jersey.
It is announced that Dr. Hale, the Bishop
of Brisbane, 1ms intimated his intention of
resigning his see in March next.
The Rev. Charles A. Lane, Curate of St.
George’s, Campden-hill, has accepted a living
ut Winnipeg, North America.
The Mnrqnis of Northampton has given a
site in Exmouth-street, Clerkcnwell, for a new
church. The district will bo token out of St.
Philip's parish.
In opening the triennial visitation of his
diocese, the Bishop of Chichester advised the
clergy not to accept “locum tenons ” preachers
Without due inquiry into their antecedents.
Canon Malcolm MacColl was installed,
during the service last Saturday morning in
Kipou Cuthedral, by Canon Residentiary
Holmes, and “read himself in” on Sunduy
morning.
The Rev. Dr. Simpson, Sub-Dean of St.
Paul’s Cathedral, lias consented to become
president of the London Church Choir
Association, in the room of the lute Bishop
Claughton.
On Thursday, last week, the Rev. R. W.
Loveridge, Vicar of St. Phillip’s, Mount-
street, Bethnal-green, took nearly 2000 of his
parishioners for a day in the country to
Loughton. Of this number 1-100 were children
of the poorest class.
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ng niabUInc*. Flrst-
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S T i
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 23, 1884
NEW MUSIC.
A’
pHAPPELL and CO.’S New and Popular
BONOS.
[OTHER (in C, D, and E). Words by
L F. E. Weatherly. F T ioTL
T VESPERS. I'. TOSTI. '
VESPERS (in four keys). P. T08TI.
WHERE MEMORY DWELLS. ISIDORE
ll UK LA It A.
Price 2s. vacli net. postage free.
C«Arr*iLandOo..60. New Bund-street. ".: and IS. Poultry, E.C.
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PLOUGH and WARREN’S PET ORGAN,
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PLOUGH and WARREN’S CENTENNIAL
vy U It A Ml Ollti AN. IS stop*. U Seta of Kred*. ainl Com¬
bination Tube*. M guinea*. _
CLOUGH and NYAKOKNfl
T>IPE and REED COMBINATION
A. organs
Willi one manual, from Gi culne.ta. _
Wi li tw.« manual* and pedal*. Worn If guinea*.
Ilv raullc motor*, for Id wine, rront *,'gul)irM..
PLOUGH and WARREN’S ORGANS have
been prunnnnont bv tile most enimrnt musician* III Eng¬
land l> I e •■i|»-rno to all oilier. In p |>*-1 lie quality uf toin j I
PLOUGH and WARREN'S AMERICAN,
\J ORGAN*. A combination of p t>e< »n I n«V*. whlch d-'
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Kiay ..f imunpulatlon. ha»<tsofn# Hi deign, aud of gre.l
durability. . • t \ I
Prom t Mn Jj. ptilm-na.
Secoiulii.iiol from II unloeaa.
Teetlinon .Land Descriptive MW.IWtojjl,,
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Now ready.
gEE-SAW WALTZ. By A. G. CROWE.
SlEE-SAW WALTZ. By A. G. CROWE.
O N..w being performed Krery Ewnl* at tin- l*roin~
na.leConiH.ru, r..vent U .men. ami rnUiui uatleady
rtHlemaml.d. The " I lnira" -ayrt—"Th.- H ive ty
which prove I the chief .«.<r»a ihervm.ny wua
»lr. A. U. Crowe. nrw unfa. •B.v-.'mw, .with a
clill'lrvii'a iu, n»u*lor**l l»y Mr/ • rlH'lr
of toys and glvK Utn l.r.lmr- of who* yuung voices
ail.l.,1 a charm to tin* naiVvM ef the niuefc. .In tno
andante movem-iit the village clock I*
twelve, and the children an- eogerly b*>k)ng lor tli
sign of Ulamhail: Ui.-n. a- t o y troop out of w iped
and ecatiilrer acro«* the villaeu gn-rn. tine mildc.
apiimprt delv lively. change* Into Wall* time ail they
Iwgin their play on the we raw. The audience had
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M gr*i.Bit atoUkc/ti. Gn at Marlbonulgh-atreat, l.ondon. W.
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THE ROLLING DRUMS. Descriptive
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r pOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD, LONDON.
■^JPHOIrSTERERS by Appointment to
JJER MAJESTY.
\T 2 VPLE and CO.’S FURNISHING
i>A KSTABI.ISHMENT, the lurgeat In the wnH.I, Arret of.
Show-Kiwma for tho ilitplairof hr.t o ava Kiirnlt.ire, ready f"r
Inimrihutc i!rHf<*ry. Novrltlt-B ovctj- d*y Iruin' t«ll i* »rU tlie
rIoU. Ko family aught Jo furiiDfi Ujluru Hewm* tUM0n>l«ct4on
of l.omtelioM rtN|iii*iU«. It beinjr ono of Uio HkIiU in L*'ii*Ujn.
To cxih'rt ro*rdiiinUnii.uritiiiiift| a<t«anUffn llivine
Urge Rimer. *t| k>mU m* picK«t on the prvmi«e« l»y exporicnoed
S cktr*.—MAPLK nnd COy.Tottenham-comt-road. London, and
Donlernrfi tie Strnil»oiuir, Paris, •
JJAPLE and CO. BEDSTEADS.
j^JAPLE and CO. BEDSTEADS.
\f 2 VPLE and CO. have a SPECIAL
1*L' DEPARTMENT f.*r IRON anil BRASS Pour-jio.t
BEDSTEAD.', Citin', and COTS, am* ially ...l.ii.teil for.Moa-
quttu ClfrtaJna.Tlied In India, Atiatralla. anil tho lolonlea. Price
Tor Knll-ai*" Bod.teaila varying Hum *2.'ki- t..*o giilnenai Shlppdra
anil O-joidal visit da are InVIted to Inanect thla varie.1 Stock, the
Urgeit In-England, before deciding elaewhere. Ten Thoumn.l
Pr.l.tPailatoaeh'et Irnin.—SIAPI.E alid'OO.. Eipoit Fumlahlng
Warrflouar*. Tottenham court-road. Ixmrton.
BEDSTEADS.
’yjAPLE and CO.
jyj, APLE and CO
M AP “
FURNITURE.
rMIOCOLAT MENIER, in i lb. aud i lb.
V PACKETS.
For
BtlKAKFAHT.
LUNCHEON, and St' ER.
W MOllLEY and CO. (the Publishers of
a •'Laddie" and Clr» Plnant 'a newqat anil grrate.t
turceawa) l*g t>* announce that they have fortunately * retired
the manuacrlpl, of the lollowuig pretty Nrw Songa. _ Now
'Patience rewarded.
TUB CONQDEUOBS. By THKO
TILL TIIE BREAKIN'O OFTHK DAY. By PINSUTf.
G.AiKto Fl.and II flat.
DOLLY '8 REVENGE. By HENRY PONTBT.
E Rut (E to E). 11 ml F.
Onler everywhere. 21 aMmparach.
W. Moni.rr and Co.. Ail. Ilegriit-at.. W.; andTO.-Upprr-at., N.
•VTOW ready. By GEORGE II. SWIFr,
J. A Orgrinl.t, l-arlth Clmvrh. Ilungerford. Berka, SONATA
ill (!, for Pianoforte. Price V. net. , _
London: N'ovaixo, Ewsu. and Co., 1 . Bemera-rtreet. w.
C HARLES HALLE’S PRACTICAL
PIANOFORTE SCHOOL. I
New Edition. tlM two Fleet seetlonaenlarged.
CHARLES IIAl.LK'a NEW PI A NO ft IRTE TUTOR..
The beat ami moat Baefnl Tutor ever pul.liahul.
Foaami llnornrn*. i:iJ. itegent-dreqa. l/mdon; and
122 and lit. Deanegate. Uanclirator.
K IRKMAN and SON, Pianoforte
Manufacturer*, 2 and *>. Solo-aquare. nnd llra.lm.ire
Work,. Il.mnieramlth. OVERSTRUNG IRON UUANIW
(Aft. nln. I»iig*. from uo guinea#. Steel Uramla (patented In
JtfTo and I am. from IlM guinea*.
7 t r IRKMAN and SON’S NEW MODEL
IV UPRIGHT PIANOS (4 ft. high) nrw full trichord. Iron-,
(tamed, nnd are fitted with till beat check action*. Price# from'
Jo guinea*, varying according to atylo of caao and degree of
Hulali.
T r IRKMAN and SON have a constant-
IV mi.piv of 8 ECONlMIAND 2 JBANnS and OOTTAOltSK
at retlureil price*. All their plan..forte, are for SALE, 1 IIRE,\
orou theTllHKK YEARS' SYSTEM. \ ^ \
I ? HA RDS’ PIANOS. —MoasreN^XlfflCof^
-i l». Great MarllK>Mnrh-*Ir. . t, l^.nH.io, niolTl.K.ie d* Jl Vlt.
Pari*. Maker* b>' i.er Malesty and th« Prince aiM Prime** of
AValea, CAUTION tlie I'unllr that Phuintene* are l--lng*'hl loar-
lug the name of •• Krerd " which are noV-.f Their inanufneture.
For Information a* to niitheutirity apply at Is, UPaaCSMarl-
U .rough -«t., where new Plano* ran be obtaliH*.lf,r.no All gulnra*
~|7 It A IlDS’ PIANOS.-COTTAGES, from
12 / y » gaimaaa
0 >VLfQUlM. 2 rnih aVrnlnea*.
GRAN DS, fiftni IftVgiyineaa.
l»r.\ NO FORTES fofimiE or fop SALE,
A fr.mt guinea* iipjeayda^Joff!T\IIHOAtiWOOII and
FOSS. * 1 . Orrat PtlBelie
furtory, «.i, ller*eferrj -n
pUOCOLAT MENIER.—Awarded
K ' r,,t PKIZK* MEDALS. x
.. - * * - OonrfOTiiptWn itmtiially
, exceed. A>,i»Av««'tbr
QHOCOLAT MENIER.
8old Everywhere.
endrin.
New York. X
■J-BKIKOTOX a:
and CO.
•EtTIMONTAL PLATE.
..TTLKI1Y. Ac.
11 hint rated Cnt.ilogutw port-free,
and CO ,22.Regrnt-at.; or 12.9h»rg«t*i-it., f'ify.
)GDEN,
ART GOLDSMITH.
GOOD I.UCK IIOItSKSIfOE
n-CAISAT GOLD WEDDING KINGS.
PKOTBGI'KD BY REGISTERED TRADE MARK,
u. GRAND I1OTH L-BUILDIN0S. ClIARING-CKOSg.
WALKER’S CRYSTAL CASE WATCHES
TV are »uiier*edlng all other#. Prlle St.vtala— London. I»i2:
Pari*. 1*>7 silver Watehr*. from r* 4*.; Gold, from Id b*. Prlce-
Lbta lent free.-77. Corn hill; and BO, gegen t (treat.
JURY’S
QOCOA.
GOLD MEDAL,
utta Exhibition, IBM.
Calcutta
PRY’S CARACAS COCOA.
I A moat deilclona and. vuluablo
aitfcle."—Stand*
PtHW CliUOA ONLY.
TORY’S COCOA EXTRACT.
X "Strictly pure >«*lly aaalmilated."—
W. W. _»i»i.|iaa_T._AiirtjaLJor»lriatol.
NINETEEN PI
MEDA1>.
QCHWEITZER’8 C0CQ^1*INA.
O Antl-Dyipeptlc Cooiaqr Cliocolat- 1'oemjr.
Guaranteed Pure Soluble Cocoa, with excraa of Pal extracted.
P.urHu^.jtj^horO^
>as 'Thickened yet Weakened with
_ ..and in reality clieaper.
The faculty pronounce it the moat nutrlth-u*. perfectly digrat-
" BREAK FAST. WJN OH EOS:or.dUl>l'EH.'-
.»ee,.a for year* in all Climate* Require* no Cooking. A lea-
Mxxmfal t-» Break furt-Cup c*..!lng let* than a halfpenny.
In Alr-TIghtTiO*. la ad.. 3*., Ac., by Chemhrt* and Grocer*.
H. SCHWEITZER and CO., 10, Adam-itreCt, Strand, W .G.
jyjTAPLE aud CO.
jy£A PLE fincl CO.
\TAPLE nnd CO. Manufacturers of-Firat-
1»X clio i SCwmied FU It NIC (IRK for linmnliate ahitinirtit,
fW.e huge*! e.-.iEtuieiit iu the World to M*lect TrMn. Onb-r* for
eaporVi'li.n tom.y part ofthdglobe packed cur.'ludy on tliepre-
niirei. in.l fovwara.il I'li-rccelpt of a remlttuiice Or London
irbr.nre. C.italogue»f tee.
^ j A I’LK and CO. CARPETS,
jyj A PLE and CO. CARPETS.
VIA PLE nnd CO.—Tlie largest assortment
of INDIAN. Tertian, and Turkey CARPETS alwnii In
■lock.superior-‘Ihalities. 1'urrhiuera >h.,uliF Irewarc of inleflor
Turkey carpet*, which are now l^ing Imported and aOld a# heat
quality at to muoli per »nunrc yard.—MAPLE and CO.. Loudon.
J^JAPLE nnd CO. ' CARPETS.
^JAPLE and CO. . CARPETS.
AXAPLE and GO.—AManufacturer’sStpck
lvl „! .B„,t BRUSSELS CARPETS, at'2*. 1 hi. Jaw yard,
iiaiially *ohl at .*. d.; t» *t quality Tapeatry. Urinaria (hut old
iM.ttomai.ut I*. Kkl. Mild va. per yard: »t-uu Taptatry C'urpot.
I*. Sid- per yard. WWOGariieta, a great vuri.-ty of pitterm. ln nil
alze*. ron.ly made up In >tock, w hi. I* can bo laid *«mo day a*
oidereil: * -MAPLE nnd CO.. London. " " ,
.^JAPLE and CO. CARPETS.
J£APLE and CO. • CARPETS.
A f APLE nnd CO. would advise all buyers
III „f CARPETS. Ac., eaneclally Ainericnvm now vlatttng
Ianuli.n. to-rull and »ee dor Oionweive* there great uoveltle*.
whlcli air not yet to l>« fortnd'on the other alde._ _
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GRATEFUL-COMFORTING.
, V By a thorough knowledge of the natural
■ Maw» which govern the operation# of dig*,tl.'ii
r> g t o kiiii autrlthin, and by a careful application of
1 D O file line pnqiertlriof Well-W'lected Cocoa. Sir.
K|i|i. hoa provided our hrraktiut table# with a
delicately-flavoured beverage which (nay aavo
u* many bMvy doctor*' bill*. It I* by the
"\X_ \ludlclou* use of »u*h article* of diet tliat a
(BREAKFAST) coiiatllutlon may be gra-lually built up until
\ /rtrong enough to re*lat every tendency t.
diaenM. UundrttU of subtle nmladivi are
floating around u* ready to attack wherever
/'.nnn i there I* a weak point. Wo may tecape many
( iU,bvA. a fataidiaftbykeepliigourwlreiwell fortified
V_/\ \ With pure bliaul anil a pnqierly nourlihed
frame."-Civil Service Gazette.
Made alinply with boiling Water or milk.
Id In Packet# (and Tin*. Jib. nnd I lb., for Egport), labelled,
LAMES EPPS nnd CO.. HOMlEOPATIftC CHEMISTS.
Alw Maker, of KITS'S CUOCOLATE ESSENCE.
rPRELOAR’S
BRUSSELS
CARPETS.
BEST QUALITY,
EXCLUSIVE
DESIGN S,
LOWEST
PRICE.
T REI.OAR
ami ^ O N .S,
L
U DO ATE IIILL.
VALUABLE DISCOVERY for the IIAIR.
V If jtrur Imlr I* turning grey, or white, nr falling off. urn
"Tlie Mexican Hair It.newer.' for It wilt norttlvoly rertorc in
every flaa Giev or While llair to It* original colour, williont
b ating the.liiMgrveable *mell of mo*t " llwolijl It make*
the hair chan.. leaiplfnl. a* well a# promo'lug the growth
of Hie hair ..n l"«"l *|«‘U. where the gland- are not decayed.
"The Mexican llair lien.wer " I* —Id by CbemlaU and Per-
Iuliter* every« here, at .1*- 6d. |H>r Bottle.__
I 7LORI LINE. For tho Teeth and Breath.
. lithe tiert Liquid Denirlflce In the world; It thoroughly
clean*.*, partially der.vo.1 te.fli from all pira.lie# or living
"nulmalculw," leuvlng them pearly while. Imi.’.ttliig a delight¬
ful frag ranee to the breath. The Fragrant Fl.wjllnh remove*
Instantly "II odour* arlilng from a foul atomach or tobacco
nm-ke. being tatrtly camtaned of Iiouey, fud*. and extract* of
swret her In and plant*. It I* perfectly dellclou* to 1 hei taate,
and a* harmlri* na *herrr. (fold by Chemlrt* and rerfamen
everywhere, at '2*. ed. per Bottlo.
BEDSTEADS,
nnd 0 O.—S P It I N G
- MATTRESSES.—''The Patent Wire- Woven Spring- M d-
tn*M.—We hitve m.v.lc auHf ndVuunftron* arrAng.imen tv that we
ara . nalOcri to. f"rw..ril the above mu. li-a.liii.iv.1 nprlhg Hot/
tn-sana at the f..k»wing luW price# :-1 ft ,11*.: Sft. il/n,. 2d#*.;
«fi\ a, . t fl. Ilm,..tw.; .".ft. to*.—MAPLE and CO., LOudun;
Gt. HvUluianldeMr.i.lmurg, Pari*.
JJATLE und CO. MAT^ESSES.
YJAPLE and CO. MATTRESSES. XX^_
ATaPLE _nnd CO.—BEDDING-Special
ll-L extra *oft Spring and Frouch Mattieaoe*. Having ar|*
*in.e till laoldink i* mntrtftiefutod'On/tfie I’:e»nl*e», and wa/-
rautcdpiiro. Eatuhllxhirt forty-four yeai*.
MAPLE uii.l CO.. Tottenham-i.vmrt.road. Lnulon.
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APLE and CO-
APLE nnd CO.
FURNITURE.
FURNITURE.
A | APLE nnd CO.—BossWood FURNITURE
I* .me..r tlie iioveltlrs p.irlloularlv recommended, being
rmn-lrdnuiler (baa pine/aiid'n prettier w.aat. aith.mgli c»*tlng
III. »H.a.* .»> U.'.|-(...m snftea. nulalied In Various woods, to
• e «■ i from; Prkv-ii.a to.2» guinea#. M*ny..f th**o aro oulte
■lovvltie* in shape a.i.l[lliW*h.—ToUeiiham-coiir'-piad. lainden.
FURNITURE.
an- not yet to M loiin.ron the other »iue.
MAPLE and.CO.. T.ittenham-court-rood, London.
APLE and CO. CRETONNES.
jyjAPLE nnd CO. CRETONNES.
AfAPLE and CO.—CRETONNES.—Tlie
XvX. ll ock* for the reprlntingof the fine ol.l French Cretonne*
having boon now re-engraved. MAI'I.F. and CO. are receiving
the finest good* over offered. The cloth* upon which these me
printed are of superior quality: tho colonre cun also ta>
gunrmifeetl. The deigns are MUliulve being engaged to
JIAPI.Ennd Co., lia.Toltenhuui-court-road. Iaindon; and Paris.
jyjAPLE and CO. CRETONNES.
^£APLE and CO. CRETONNES.
/CRETONNES.—MAPLE and CO. have
great pleasure In stating th»t they have on show the rnort
magnificent selection ever seen of fnat-waaliins ORKTONN E8.
on extra strong and serviceable Ilsauo*.—MAI I.E and CU.,
ToWcnhara-court-road. London. Catalogues Free.
jyjAPLE and CO.
jyjAPLE and CO.
CURTAIN8.
CURTAINS.
AfAPLE and CO.—CURTAINS.—A large
IvJ. assortmentur curtain# In eve.ry lextine, Madras. Guipure,
Swiss,Luce. Muslin, at luicesfrum is. lid. to M guinea* per
pair, bom.' aiwulal novelMM.
MAI'LK und CO., Tottenliam-court-roud.
M APLE and CO.—CURTAINS.—The most
wonderful Improvement* have been inu.l* within the la*t
few yrara In the mamifn. ture and colouring of Covering
Fabrics. Tlie artl.tlc effect w hich some of theve gold#—even at
n.. 2d. Iieryiint,<|.aihl**.hiu> give I* extraordinary. Tho prin¬
cipal fact ’lies for the |ir.ductbm la , mg in France. MAPLE and
Co. have (wtabllahivl a In.ns- hi Pari*, whereby they sea nil the
new design*, and are enuldr.1 to reaerTe them exclusively for
their customers' selection.
jyjATLE and CO. CLOCKS.
M aple and co. clocks.
DIIAWING-IIUOM PlsOOKS logo for 400 day* with once
winding; s Iibii.Ihuiu* prvaent. Price 74#. Warranted. MAPLE
and exi.ii *vo a Inrgo and varlol ausortmeut aiiltnbl- for dining
and drawing r-.iu, over five hundred to select from. 1‘rlce
In*, id. to r*i guinea*. I(and*utne mnrlde clock, with Inched
lines III gold and »il|a»ri<w el iit-day movement. '22a. (id.; also
bronze* In great variety.—MAPI.E and CXI.. I^indon.
APLE and CO.—C.VTALOGUES FREE.
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1>0STAL ORDER DEPARTMENT.
J. Mrtort. II API.E and CXI. beg rcanectf ally to abriethat this
deiiaitinent I* now *.. organl#e.| flint they nre fully prepared to
execiit * and lUIpp y any nillc.e thaO call p..«slldy In' reiinlred In
fnm'shlnd «t tin. snin- price. IT ’•'*» Ilian any other house In
England. Pattern* eent and qu.dat.oiiaglveu free of charge.
M APLE and CO.—Manufacturers of First-
Cliun Kfim*• 11• •• l I'CRNITURK for •1ilnmi«nt.
The largest a*a>rtmenf III thn world to so'ect from. Ordera for
ex|>oitat(.u. to a .y part of the globe packed carefully^on the
premise*, ami forwapled on reccll'
reference.
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pt of a remittance or London
APLE and CO.,yTottenbam-court-road,
London ; and #». Boy!«v*nt de 8'raslioiirg, Part*.
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XTO MORE MEDICINE or EXPENSE for
JlA Old or Young.
“PERFECT HEALTH to STOMACH.
JL Lung*, Nervi-*, Liver. Blood, Bmln. ami Brea 11.
reabired without medicine, iiurg.iig. or ex|ieii*e. by
, Up Burry'* delicious RvtnlentH Aial.ica Food, whi. n
save* fifty times It* Cost In meitlclne.
HU BARRY’S REVALENTA ARABICA
1/ FOOD and TON Hi BISCUITS, which snve Inv.ri ...
and children, and also rear succssufully itifai.G
whose all in. nts and debility hod resilted all olio,
nursing nnd treatment*. They repair tlie mu-oil-
membrane# throughout the system, nnd cure effert-
unlly Dyypepeia. Indigestion, Oonstlpatlon, Con¬
sumption. Cough. Asthma. Catarrh. Uhtrrlm-n.
Dysentery. Nervous Debility. Typhus. Hcarlntmu,
DiphUierln, Enteric Fever. Mc»*lea. Nettlerash, mid
other Eruption* of the 8kin. Fever, Ague, and *11
a <• Inflammatory and wasting disease*. Dr. ltouth, the
best Medical Authority lu Loudon, after analysing
sixteen other Food*. *ay»:
T\U BARRY.’S FOOD ia the BEST of ALL.
AJ It hi* saved many women and children watting with
atrophy and marked debility. mo.OOOeurv*. Including
' . r those of the late Emperor Nichols*, tlie Marchioness
of tire hah; Lord Stuart do Decide. Dr. Livingstone
and'Mr. W. M. Stanley, the African explorer*, Dr*.
• Ure, Wurxor, Ac. x.
"CVXTRgVCTS from 100,000 CURES of cafes
JLi T which had resisted all other treatments.
HT^PE^SfAv^DU BARRY’S FOOD.
1 JL7. v Cni% Idd.Mfl — A ilnngeroiia llinrsa having left my
digestive orgnill t.«. weak to .isshiillaU. onllnary
f,s.,|»f anv k.ii.l*iiflb-leiitt<iki'.|.ine*llve. I ..we my
. - ■! . .. pedscrvatk«iu.t.. Du Barry's F...«i aud T«nm Blacults.
on w hi. h I siibalsli'l for month*, recovering a healthy
,-^ Action id th" stomach, and strength and muscle, to
. • >. UiolUWt.l*hiiie*it..t myself, my liiedla*) advuer, and
frielnia.—Kbwkkv >Voop, West llnnk.Bolb.il, June U.
U BARRY’S FOOD.—NERVOUSNESS,
DF.BII.I I'Y.-Wllh gn.titil.le I fesUfy to the great
of Ihi Harry's F.aal In nutlorlng nnd *u«
^ s taining lii'itllli. Inivh.g taken It lor Nervomuipa# anil
. ,y. Weidui'r*. .Mr* i E. UurrroN, Upper l'uik. U»i-
(■ \. Iltiiii. Minch p. ion.
D yspepsia.—DU baury’S food Jm»
cured moof irigi.ily sweatings, teirlblo Irrltntlona «f
/ / tho ab.liuich, and isel dlgestl.'li. which had IntU'd
'* / elgtiteen 1 years.—J. GoNVaiikr. Pnrl*li Priest. St.
Roiuitiu»-<le*-|.ii*. Flamy.,
VERVoUSNESS.-DU BARRY’S FOOD.
it cure id the M»ichlo|«o> de llrehan. YersniLo-, of
seven-ytrire' tlver complaint, *leeple*snrs*. |*l|d-
.. and the most iiiteu*.. nervous agitntb.il and
iljblllty,ren.Icrh.g her unlit for reading or aod.ri
Ihtricomse.
I DEBILITY.—DU BARRY’S FOOD lias
A-' . . perfectly c’nrril me of twenty years' ily*|a>|M.a,
»|i|iru*sion, uml debility, which prevrnterl niydp's*.
iimor uud r<wsl iig inysolf,or niu king even the .,lgl.P>t
vfl'.rt.—MiuUinc Boa. i.i. pic CaitnoNKrri. Avignon.
CONSUMPTION.—DU BARRY’S FOOD.
x-2 Cpn<nni|.tifln; Asthma, Cough. Di..|o), Dniln. *», .oi
•• •* • whU:h~l sp.'hl thmiMM.Isot |a>nnda .hiring lw.nl.-
llve years In vain, have yield.it I*, thla divine final,
and ‘I uni flow rent..ml to perfect In u.tli.-.Mr. Jsliw
Roukbts. Wood Merclmnf.
JAYSPEPSI A. — CONSTIPATION. — DU
1/ BAItin H FOOD—Cure No. 4i.Xtf.of lllly /car*'
10dCfcrila.hU agony from d)S|aq>*la, Mer.i.llaliws,
natlilua, cugh. constiiwlioa. flatulency, snosms.
sickness, und Vomiting, by Dll Barry's Fowl. M.m*
Jor.tv, Wortham, Ling. Oct. 14.11*50.
1 I VEIL—DU BARRY’S FOOD.—Liver
, cmiiluliil nnd dlarrluea, from which I hailanlhnd
frnrliiliy for two years, despite the last iu.rM.nl
trentmeiit, have yielded to Uu Iturry'sexcellent B»»l.
W. Kmc. injur. II.M S. aunttoched. l.omlon.
H EALTH.—DU BARRY’S FOOD.
ron-iimiith.ii, Dlarrluea, Cramp. Kidney and llla.1.1. r
DUariere.—Dr. Wurzer'sTestlmonlnl:—" Ini Barry'*
F.aal siiperaedea, In many coees. sail klndiof Incllclno-.
It l» pattl. ularly effective in cough, asthma, con-
supipth.il, Indlgiwtlon (<ly*|w|.sln), n cnllncl luvl.lt
of body, us al*.. Jn diarrii.en, bowel aunplaiiiL, In-
li..minatory Irritation, and cramp of the urethra, tliu
kl.ln.-vu ami-bladder, nnd ha-morrheld*.—Dr. lieu.
Wcnzxn; lTofetaor of Medicine, Bonn.
f\U B A HRY'S F 0 0D.—Pulmonary
-I f Complaint.—Madame H. ile B.. In a liepelm* »tate of
pninemary consumption, took tho REVALF.N'IA
ARABICA by advice ..f her phvtlclali. So rapid
and favourable Was the change it produced In h.-r
lieulth that the ilangerou* period of her conllumiieiri,
, . . .which her. physician had predicted would be fatal,
loused over without danger or dWculty. though the
baby Wflghod Sixl. cn pounds; and her inubaml celi-
' ’ not Vpeuk too highly of thla excellent Food, upou
which Irnth Ids wife nnd child are now living.
D U BAURY’S FOOD in KIDNEY
IriSP.V'K. " It lia* cured meof kidney dlseaie, from
wld. || l had sufleted fearfully for many mil. and
which bad rotated th* most csvrefulmedlCHUreatmeni.
• r and now, ot tho age of ninety-three, I am perfectly
Irvr from disease. "—C’ur4 Leroy.Orvaux.Fnsnce."
P ARALYSIS, CONSTIPATION, AND
ILEMOURIIOlDS. from which I suffered sixty years,
have entirely yielded to Du Barry'* Food, ana 1 am
now. at the ago of elghty-Uve, enjoying perfect
health,—W illiam It CUT, liarrlster-at-Law. King#
'. College. Cambridge. Oct. 10.)M0.
A CATARRH ON THE BLADDER,
with lUoxcrudallng misery, had resisted tire greatest
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OPES OF SAN
BY R. E. FRANCILLON,
Author of ".Strange Waters.” “ Olympia," " A Real Queen," &c.
to fiml him turning up smiling in another; but with a sense
of Mabel through it all. In short, he was in something of a
fever; but it was of the happy kind, which does no harm.
Mabel also was in something of a mental fever, though
of a less liuppy anil therefore less harmless order. She
managed to escape much further talk with the Parson for that
night, for it was fortunately late, and he was somewhat
fuddled—though not more so than Stoke Juliot would have
considered becoming, or than she had learned to consider the
natural condition of middle-aged manhood at bed-time; or
indeed than was held consistent, at that period of history, with
all the grave and dignified virtues. For it was a serious age,
on the whole: men considered that, since drinking was worth
doing, it was worth doing thoroughly and on system—they no
more thought of frittering away their heads upon nips than
their brains upon light reading, or their lives upon useless
worry. At any rate, Parson Peugold had made sure of a good
night’s rest, without the consciousness of a single duty left
unfulfilled: which might not have been the case if he had
gone to bed with his head entirely clear. He was better off
than Mabel, poor girl, who had to think things out with tho>
help of nothing more soothing thnu tea.
\Vas she really engaged to two young men at once P The
more she thought it over, trying in vain to get counsel from
her pillow, the less she could come to u decision upon what
ought, as being a mere question of fact, to be so easily settled.
Is it indeed possible to be really engaged to two young
men P She questioned her pillow till it seemed stuffed with
flints instead of feathers, aud became as incapable of giving
her sleep as of giving her counsel — her, who scarcely knew
what it was to pass a uiglit without u good eight hours of ua
sound a sleep as if'tea had never been discovered. Un¬
questionably, Caleb Quickset hud overcome even- reason she
could urge against her miming away with him to Scotland.
As unquestionably. Francis Curew had overcome every reason
she could think of for refusing to bo his wife all in due time.
How far had she promised Quickset ■ How fur had she not
promised Francis Curew P That both men thoroughly believed
they had won her was clear. Even as to Parson Peugold—-it
Francis Carow was the man of his choice, it was Caleb
Quickset whom in his own interest he ought to choose.
That was the puzzle that bewildered her sleepless brain.
Put her heart was also beginning to wake up, and to open its
eyes. Those deliciously exciting strolls along the sands gained
a*new meaning now that she had to face the prospect of being
hurried into marriage with a man who was no more to be
named in a dav with Captain Quickset than a common flint
with a polished diamond. Only think of the two side by side ;
not with the eyes of thq heart, which are notoriously blind,
hut in the dry b'ght of reason. Francis Carcw was a heavy
country squire; Caleb Quickset, an officer of rank and dis¬
tinction in the service of the King. The Squire dressed on
week dnvs like a ruffian, and on Sunday like a scarecrow out
for a holiday ; the Captain, like Perfection. The Squire was
ignorant and uwkwurd ; the Captain, brilliant with travel, and
intimate with the great- world. The one’s passion was rough ;
the other knew how to blend the most delicate sentiment with
the most exalted passion. The Squire was a man, but the
Captain was a Captain : and more. One was shy and silent
before her; the other, all graceful ease. How could even the
coldest reason fail to choose betweeu them? And it is nlwavs
the reason that leads, the heart that follows—anil especially
with women, as all the world knows.
Then’ was one wav out of her trouble: and just one. ThL
was to dismiss her pillow from her cabinet as incompetent and
to take counsel of a friend-a friend who, considering his
feelings towards her. must needs be absolutely unbiassed, aud
who, from his wide experience of the world and of human
nature, would be able to counsel her as a friend indeed, anil as
wisely as honestly. In short. Captain Quickset’s own parting
words had been “ To-morrow—the usuul time—Horneck’s
Steeple—the Bands.” llow fortunate that she was not to be
left to bear her own burden all alone for more than a few
hours ! She would soon see the one man on earth who would
ON THC SANDS.
0iA^CI8.CAJfE W could
not help, for oucc. re¬
gretting ~hi« queer
quarrel with Captain
t i u iiksit. There would
huvebeen glory for the
country Squire in tell¬
ing the fine gentleman
that, if the latter could
boost luKaequaiutancc with
duchysS^s, he himself had
Won utleust a finger of Mabel
(Jficiisluiw, one of whose
golden curls was worth them
2l U He was perfectly sutisfled
with bis progress, and felt no sort of
dissatisfaction that all the avowals
of love, present or to come, had been
entirely oh his own side. He had
hot, when he set out iu the morning.
yv much as dreamed that she would
*A/ev«n listen to him, or that he would
have the impudence to ask a goddess
— to become the wife of a mere mortal.
Or rather, lie was sorry that Quick-
set had turned out u sort of creature
r whom no glorv was to be won: for everything in the
tpe of jealousy had died. The creature, however, was
rep in un arm-chair over a solitary game of cards, aud
iling like a child wljtn it is supposed to be dreaming of
gels. Francis put out the guttering candles, left him there,
d went off to bed to dream of limiting Cucumber Jack
rough pathless forests swarming with wild swine; of thrust-
; the Captain out of each corner of his house in turn only
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 23, 1884
be able to tell her \vhat to think and wlmt to do. That
thought brought rest to her brain and eyes: and, before she
knew she had been asleep, it wus day.
It was the unsociable custom at i he Vicarage for the Parson
to breakfast alone, in the kitchen : for he had no fancy
for beginning the day with slops, was an early riser,
and disliked the trouble of washing his bunds and changing
his clothes between his first interview with his pigs and his
second. So lie used to sit down in the rough, and gossip with
Tumzin, or the man of all work, while the former of these two
kept him supplied with huge hunks of fat bacon and his
customary morning horns of ale ; for no amount of port over
night ever affected his appetite in the morning. Mabel, as
if she were already the finest of ladies, rose at any time she
pleased, and breakfasted on as much ones little as she fancied.
She was something of an epicure in her delicate and fanciful
way, and lived very largely (and sensibly and wholesomely) ou
thin brown bread spread with six times its thickness of cream ;
she was at any rate so far the angel that Francis Corew took
her for that she fed on angels’ food. To-day, however, she
found her appetite vanished. She had read that such things
do happen to people in love, and was not displeuscd to find it
so. She had read a little ; for the Parson’s ill-cliosen library
was large, and not so confined entirely to theology and the
dead languages as to be innocent of what was thought to be
light literature when lie was a servitor of liis college. The
cream-pot was not half emptied when, finding that the Parson
was deep in the discussion of dinner with Tamzin, she set out
for the sands, taking cure not to pa-* the kitchen door.
At any rate, whatever the emptiness of her life, she had the
advantage of liberty. There was nobody to hinder her goings
•ut and her comings in when and how she pleased. She knew
better than to cross the dunes, and reached the edge of the
sands by the cunning management of scraps of natural path
down a portion of the cliff that hail a broken face: it looked
like a feat of mountaineering from a distance, but was per¬
fectly easy for miybodv with a fairly good head and firm feet
who knew the way. l-'roni the point where her descent ended,
just where a little moorland stream broke over the edge of the
cliff into a mist of foam, and where masses of dark rock lay in
Titanic confusion, ns though just here there had ages ngo been
some desperate pitched battle between earth and sea, she
could see the whole vast stretch of the sands, right to the
blaek central rock named after the arch-wrecker, and beyond.
I*t was a grey forenoon: the wind had shifted, and the desert,
with its far-off edge of rolling breakers, looked bleak and
cold. Hut Mabel Opeiisliaw was not one of those people who
are affected by the whims and caprices of NAtore, as if she
were their mistress: and she was too true a nurseling of Stoke
Juliot to be struck by the fumiliar sight of a broken mast thnt
had got wedged between the teeth of two of the grimmest
rocks, like u bone between the jaws of some gigantic beast of
prey—if such sights were few, it was because such bones were
too useful ns fuel to be often left alone.
Though the wind was hard and sharp in her face, that she
was the first to reach Homeck’s Steeple 1 need hardly say.
She w.is the woman, and be was the man: and, for that
matter, Captain Quickset’s toilet was not u thing to be
slurred over, even though made but for the sake of a
country Parson’s penniless foundling. She seated herself in
a leeward corner, and thought over the same old legend
tint had nearly inspired Francis Curew to go to the devil—
how loug ago ? The devil was to keep old llomeck employed.
But, whatever the task the devil could find for him to do, old
Homeck did in no time, up to the murder by false lights of
whole ships’crews : till at last the tnsk-inasti r, devil though
lie was, could tliink of no more mischief for old Homcck’s
hun is to do. And vet, if he could not, lie would he troubled
by old llomeck till the day of doom. And so he was baffled
till lie bit upon the plan of setting his troublesome servant to
iho o.ie impossible labour of twisting ropes of sand: and
here, a: this very spot, all night long, was old llomeck at it
still. That was the story—not perhaps quite as Francis
Carew, a foreigner to the parish, recalled it: but substantially
the same, and fuller in detail. Well—it was no concern of
h r.s: and no doubt old Homeek’s doom and Nance Derrick’s
witchcraft were each about ns true as the other.
"No: I cun not," she thought, answering no immediate
question, but to the general issue between herself and life ut
l'urgc. " I had better have been drowned out there as n baby *
than be fixed to a rock like a limpet for—twenty-three from
three score and ten—let me see: forty-seven years: near!
eternity ! I do not see the use of it all. ’ Why didn't he 1<
me to drown ? lam no use to him : lie has liis parish and
other pigs; and he would have them just the same if I hud
never been born or were dead to-morrow. I ”- \
“ A thousand guineas lor your thoughts, sweetheart y’ j*al
Captain Quickset, coming into sudden view; "and ten
sand more, if one of them was of m_*. I urn not ];
No: it is you who are too soon: I am true to
soldier’s time. And how impatient 1 have
moment, you mustn't ask me to say. And you,
waiting—for Me! There!” he exclaimed, *3
round her as she leant against the rock, an
check: ” Now tell me your thoughts, und tlii?
mine. They tcere of Me 2*"
Under the steeple, they were o fTuivlnghT. txit a tele¬
scope’s from some far-off vessel, an i\eouItPkdJunidiold her
hand and her waist safely. Win t\shc lovedTtira or not
(and she was beginning to fecCri h\aj<l love him) it wus
comfort unspeakable to feel that
her, and a better brain to think fo
“ 1 don’t know what thev w<
note in her voice at which Fruni4s
"They were about myself—and about
were about you; I am sure they were notatx
"If they w
gallantly, translating
a woman’s thought
admitted it, tli
clearly still
" i neve
been worn
" Why
" And
“ n r Ay
Woman can lie ; i
make Me thchuxi
arm to support
own.
, with u s)mq>
mid have wondered,
don’t think they
you. They
IF die better! ” said he.
his own way ; lor of course
'aptuin Quickset; if ■-!»•
nied it. then even more
all the more.”
iigsbefore. . . . But I liuve
iines ; the loveliest ” -
to show mnukind how lovely a
•ould be any better reason than to
and to drive all other beings to
id, vvhut has happened ? You are not
vnd it’s just being myself that makes me
so so—H^nould think you might see what I mean. I mean
1 ’ve been Wondering what I really am. 1 can’t have coinc
from m»wh rc>and be nobody. I know f ’in not like any girl
that f ever saw- I don’t mean at Stoke Juliot, of course;
thnt Si nowhere; but at Bideford. or wherever else 1 've been.
Mr. lVusedd once seut me to school there for months, ho I
know 1 can't help knowing that I'm no more like what
von *<l export to find nt Stoke Juliot Vicarage limn you'd look
to find Mr. Pcngold—elsewhere. 1 know I could take a place
in the world among the best of then*; mid yet I don’t, know
whether 1 'ni born a princess or a bcggnr-girb And why
should I have all these wants and these feelings, when there is
nothing to come of them—when”-
She had never spoken of lieraelf so freely to him before;
and. for one thing, because it was not easy to speuk of oneself
when Captain Quickset was by. This time, however, lie let
her run on, holding her waist with one hand and meditatively
stroking his chin with the other, but lie interrupted her so
sharply and suddenly thnt she started.
** When—what ? " asked he.
“ And somehow I never thought of such things until—
It never came home to mo how ull alone I am before ”-
"Something ha* happened, sweetheart. On my life and
soul, something has happened. What is it? You have never
let out my secret, Mabel?"
"As if! No; nothing has happened. Nothing ever Imp-
pens. Unless you call it happening that—I liuve had an
offer, and 1 don’t know whether I have said Yes or No.”
“Oh, is that all! Of course you have had an offer.
You 'll think nothing of such n trifle when you’ve Imd a few
thousand more, if’s that barbarian numskull Frank Curew.''
" Why, how ou earth could you guess "-
" It didn't need Spinks to guess thuf. In the first place,
there was no other biped in Stoke Juliot; in the second place,
anybody could tell with half an eye that you’d riddled the
poor bumpkin through und through, lie was bound to pro¬
pose before another week was over. I should have liked to
see how he did it, though. I suppose lie hung his head, and
looked nt his toes, and asked you to walk with him of a Sun¬
day, like Jack nnd Jill? By the living Harry, what will Name
What-do-you-call-lier say ? A regular guy Othello, upon my
life and soul! ”
"Indeed, he didn't speak like that, at all. T thought he
was quite different from wlmt lie is. I thought like you do.
But 1 don’t now. And - the worst is—I'm ordered to marry
him. Mr. Pengold nnd lie- Mr. Corew—had settled it all
between them before they spoke to me ; and ”--
Ouptnin Quickset whistled, low and long.
"Hu!” he exclaimed, nt last, "then there's but on6
thing for it, dearest girl. It isn’t to be thought about. It;
must be done. Scotland is the only word.”
It was the word which, in her'heart of hearts, she knew
would come from him. She would even have felt humiliated
if it had not come ; and yet it alarmed her now that it came.
There was no need for him to repeat his arguments pLyester-
duy morning; and he seemed to know there was Jroneed.
For that matter, he assumed, as u matter of counky that any
woman is willing; and, however often a man who holds that
not uncommon creed maybe mistaken, he cannot fail to be
right now und then. There was once an almanack - maker who
made his fortune by successfully predicting nheavy*moW-
stonu in the dog-days. It was his one happy hit ; but" nobody
afterwards dared to question liis powers of prophecy. So the
Captain simply nddeu,
" In how many hours can you
CHAPTER
WHAT I'RAJffMS t’ARKW FOUJiDy
It was u terribly large question for a nnui who had quite made
up his mind to put to a girl who had contrived to convince
herself that she bad not mnde up her own. Indeed it was so
large, nnd required so long a sjlenco, that it is only needful to
follow the example of her love*, and to wait in patience,
because in certainty, foiOhcinevi table Oonduaion of the saying
about talking castles./^HrwasAhiiplyrnie tliut she hud not
realised her utter loneliness iiFStbkc Juliot Vicarage till this
gallant Captain had Iliwhcd with His startling brilliance into
her sight; and how intinitely more lonesome would Ik- that
loneliness if 1 1 e lumrjqycd only to ride away ! She
believed in hint through undTTirough. Why not? Who does
not bchevo in vyhomsocyef she desires to believe, through and
through? He had fired her fancy with visions of life such
as lie described it a festival of splendid pleasure and varied
joy. Perhapstlie heart of the sea-witch wus still u little cold ;
but her fancy was all on flame.
Onge more she shuddered nt the other picture—the life of a
limpet with Francis Carew' at Homacombe; the perpetual,
hopeless CqndemWtion to the life she was learning to detest,
ion from the life she longed for. The wild swuu
doomed to the ponltry-ynrd just us she was
to fed her wings. Then for when does not that
of all the senses, the sense of duty, fail to ally
desire? — then she entirely believed that her duty to
in and protector bude her disobey him for the sake
benefit in the end, nnd place an impussuble gulf
tween herself and Francis Carew lief ore more mischief could
done. More than ever it was clear that whatever was to be
(lone must be done behind the Parson's back, so that lie might
m all the good without unybody being able to accuse him of
abetting a fugitive from the law or of breaking faith with
Francis Carew. It may not do to inquire too deeply into the un¬
selfish side of her meditations; but, nevertheless, the side was
there, and uppermost, though not, maybe, going very far down.
But she was so long silent that at last the Captain began to
tliink he hud given her quite time enough for going through
the proper forms of maidenly hesitation. The wind was cer¬
tainly sharp, mul he was growing cold; and even the most
hesitating of maidens has no right keep the most patient of
lovers waiting till his nose reddens.
" I 'll tell you,” said lie. "how we will mnnage. It will he
ns easy us drinking: then* 'll be no sort, of fuss ut all. I liuve
plenty of money, and can easily get more. I 'll leave the
place for a few days, long enough tor everybody to think I *m
gone for good—never mind where; I *m a soldier, and under¬
stand strategy as well ns fighting in the field. It will lie whut
they cull in tactics a diversion, you understand. And, faith, it
will be the deuce’s own diversion too. All you have to do will
lie to lie awake in your bed-room every uight from eleven till one:
everything’s quiet by that time, in this land of nocl. To show
that you’re awake and ull’s safe and well, put a caudle in the
window, and as soon as you hear a rattle on the glass take the
candle away, so that I may know you've heard. One can't be
too particular in signalling. Then, as soon us you bear another
rattle, just throw on a hat nnd cloak, and have a hand-bag
r udy, if you like, and meet me a* your own parlour window.
I'll have a coach, or cart, of some sort, waiting and the
thing’s done. Why, I’ve done it” -hundreds of times, lie
was probably going to add. out of force of habit: but managed
to cheek his tongue in time. " And then we’ll be as happy
for ever us you are beautiful and us the days are long.”
"No, Caleb. \\'e should lie followed, It can't lie."
" Followed ! Faith, it would take a good follower to follow
me. Do you think that 1, whom all the lairds and Commons
of Parliament are trying to catch, and can’t, and all the Judges
arc running after, am likely to be caught by the parish con¬
stable, who can't even catch a rascally poacher? Who 's to
follow? The Parson doesn’t look much good at a match of
heels: why. T’d give him the start to York, and still be first
at Gretna Green.”
" It '» not lie. . . . The more I think of it, the more I *ra
sure ilint Mr. Carew is pot what wj believed. . . . He is a man
to have his way.”
“Oh, lie’s to be the follower, is he ? Well, I can quite under¬
stand that Frank Carew might even befool enough to try to catch
liis own tail if he took a fancy tliut way. Obstinacy is always
tlie certain sign of n fool. But—my dearest Mabel, listen to
me once lor all. 1 ’m not going to hear any nonsense ubout
Francis Carew. Let him act like a man by Nance YVhnt-do-
you-call her; but don’t let him come with liis meddlesome
blundering in «iy way. I’m a lamb when I ’in let alone:
nobody more so. You will leud me with u ribbon. But the man
who doesn’t want to meet an enraged tiger had better keep
out of my road. You know why 1 ’in in temporary hiding now.
Not that I should care to put on the tiger with a buuipkm like
that; and indeed I should really be exceedingly vexed if lie
compelled me todo him an injury. Still, the notion of him fol¬
lowing Me ! Absurd. Why, 1 should simply brush him away
like a butcher a bluebottle fly.” '
lie did not speak fiercely^ or even contemptuously, but
with the supreme mid smiling indifference of one whose scorn
oi such u rival was too complete to condescend to the tone of
scorn : too complete oven to seem more than u very little
u in used. But Mabeldid not even yet feel wholly reassured.
"lie uuttld follow ns,” said she : so completely had
Francis Curew made her feel, through all liis awkwurdness, that
her gilt of a flower had been playing with fire.
" Let him, then," said the Captain, just n little crossly for
one of so perfect a temper—perhaps just a little jealously.
" I don’t exactly know which way he 'a follow, because there
are a good many ways out of Stoke Juliot, and we should only
take one of them. . IT’s lust about thirteen to two, or perhaps
twentyrwven to four,That he'd take another. But, it las
thick head did hit on the right one by chance, what then?
You would be sale with me. 1 wonder, Mabel, you should
have the smallest fear of anything tliut could happen to you,
once with Me. 1 toll you, once for all, that 1 don't iare a
single snap of the linger tor that terrible bumpkin of yours.
I shouldn't if he was Goliali come back again; but, ri it's any
-"comfort tO/jr'on, 1 have my own suspicions of that same terrible
•"■bumpkin’s courage. As u soldier, 1 put no faith in those big,
broud, bony men. Courage belongs to the mind; it isn't
-"'muscle—it’s nerve. Why, with my own hand, which is like
a lady’s to look nt, I’ve sent two Life Uuurdsmeu together into
a ditch; and they were so scared they didn't dare pick one
another up for an hour. 1 ”-
Carried away by many stirring personal reminiscences of
the triumph of courage over mere brute strength, lie did not
notice, perhaps did not care to notice, that Mabel suddenly
slipped hcrsell out of the protection ot his arm, aud hurriedly
garnered her cloak ubout her; perhaps .-lie also was getting
cold with standing so long in the bleak air. And lie noticed it
the less because lie wus thus enabled to illustrate his recol¬
lections by drawing his fist up to his shoulder and jerking it
out again iu defence of Mabel against space nt large.
“ 1 happen to be a Gentleman, you see,” continued lie.
“ And if nerve beats muscle, blood bents nerve. Y ou can
always tell a gentleman by the shape of liis finger nails and
the blueness of his veins. The Duke of—South walk —aud I
were comparing finger-nails the other day, and, by my life und
soul, you couldn’t tell miue from his or liis from mine. I only
wish Squire Curew, of Horuacombe, uou/d try his knuckles of
beef against u hand with nails like these: and tlieu you'd sco
for yourself the difference between blood and bone.”
Just then he looked up from his hauds, which were, in
truth, admirably delicate and fine. And, in the midst of liis
address, his eyes met those of Francis Carew himself, straight
before him. And lie felt, to his small comfort, that the shaking
lie had got for trying to kiss Nance Derrick wus an unpromising
preface to what lie might getter putting liis arm round Mabel
Upenshaw.
It was certainly ns awkward ns it was unexpected a meeting.
Francis Curew had long given up lounging on the rocks; it
was the lust spot where Captain Quickset was likely to be
found; and as lor Mabel, whut business hod she there, in
such company, und in that cold wind ? Francis was no master
of liers, und she lmd not made herself answerable to him ; yet
she could not avoid Hushing, and her flush prevented her from
perceiving anything in the oeuring of the Captain thnt might
seem inconsistent with his words. He still smiled, though m
somewhat sickly l.ishion. It was certainly as awkward u
meeting os could be. Francis Curew, however, lifted liis hut
to Mabel, ignoring the Captain ns completely as if she were
alone.
•• I was on my way to the Vicarage,” said lie. “It Lull
the better 1 find you so much nearer—it will save you some
distance, us we are close to the mouth of tho Combe : und it is
not very fur from there. I'm afraid you will find the walking
a little rough: but I huve found n track that is fairly dry.”
Finding himself ignored, the Captain recovered himself
nnd stepped briskly lorward.
" I was just telling Miss Openshnw—whom I met here by the
purest accident—the purest, on my life and soul—tliut I really
must be leaving Homacombe: I must indeed. Affairs of
state, you know, can’t always wait for me, if I can lor them.
No l'unch, no Play. And I don't like to purt in nmliee,
Frank, all for a hasty word. Nobody could bear nmliee before
Miss Openshaw, on my life and soul. Here’s my hand, Frank
—and never mind apologies. We ’ll make a mutual set off, ns
we say in the Army : I should say, as they say in the Low.’’
” And," said 1-minis, “youcan be home in an hour, if you
please. Will you come ? "■
The Captain shrugged his shoulders, nnd fell to whistling
nnd re-examining his nails. Of course no brave man can
quarrel liclore a lady, or risk making a scene: nor would Miss
< ipeitshuw fail to draw the proper moral trom liis generosity
und good temper as compared with the savage discourtesy nnd
ill-conditioned display ot boorish jealousyon the part of liis
rival. She would take for granted that an officer and gentle-
niuii would take projH-r measures to chastise an insult at the
fitting place and tune, and in the fitting way: since the
•Squire’* finger* showed no disjiositioii to make farther ac¬
quaintance with liis coat-collar, he was rather pleased than
otherwise at the turn things had taken.
But naturally Mabel only looked bewildered. Indeed, she
wa* rapidly losing her self-possession altogether between these
two, and was taking far less intelligent notice of their idiosyn-
cracies than either of them believed.
" Indeed, Mr. Carew,” she suid, putting on an armour of
ire. " I can find my way back to the v'icnr.igc quite well alone.
And since you gentlemen seem to have so much to say to one
(mother, with your permission I will.”
The Captain, secure of his ground, went on whistling:
Francis looked humbled.
"I)oyou forget whut you bade me do last uight?” he
asked. * * And do you suppose it is not doue ? ”
** Last night? No:- l don’t remember anything, Mr.
Curew—except tliut I uni to liuve nothing of my own: not
( veil a will.”
" Y’-ou said you hud set your heart on seeing Cowcumbcr
Jack—because it was hard. And I suid—but never mind that.
Ut course you can see him in half an hour."
Only just before Quickset hud come to his tryst she had
been meditating on the Honieek story; und lyre, under the
v&ry shadow ot old Horneck’s black steeple, it was borne in
AT T G. 23, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
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upon her that her slave also had performed his first tusk too
Boon. She sighed — there seemed some real human nature
about that foolish old fancy, ufter all. I low had he managed
to do so quickly for her sake, in a few short hours, the task for
which a trained poacher-hunter had come down all the way
from Kent only to find himself baflled? Such swift service
for her sake merited at least the reward of civil word; though
of course she could not think of exposing herself to new per¬
secution by taking a lonely woodland walk with so desperately
energetic a wooer. So she looked to the Captain to decide for
her. Surely he would not endure that his rivnl should thus
coolly carry her off, though but for an hour.
So far, however, was the Captain from interfering that,
having come to a full understanding with his nails, he was
completely occupied with smiling at the ofling. Indeed, ho
looked altogether as if he did not care a straw.
Such indifference piqued her. If he could act not caring
bo well, so could she.
“ I made a mistake, Mr. Carew,” she said, with a glance
meant to be a little kind, but which seemed to him like a sun¬
burst through a cloud. “I do remember. And of course,
now, I must come. I can’t imagine how you have managed it
lor me; but I do understand; and I am grateful—for thinking
bo much of a whim.”
Again she sent a half-glance towards the^Captain. Why
opportunities for helping her. We have already seen Hornu«
cQjnbennd Base. Woods- with his eyes :• and there is no need to
sec them with hers. * The beauties of damp, deJ-Ay, and until re.
left to run wild were enjoyed almost ns little then as now,
only with the difference that noboby thought it the proper
thing to pretend to admire them. Mabel was thinking of
herself, and of how glad she would be to be at home again :
for, if love-making would have angered her. being angered is
better amusement than being bewildered and bored.
•• So 1 did liud the beech somehow," said he, helping her to
spring into a smooth place: “ and 1 marked the way, so that I
could find it now whenever I please. I leaned the gun 1 took
with mu against it, with a tiusk of powder and another of shot,
and got into covert, prepared to wait 1 —I’d provisioned myself
for a good eight-and-forty hours. For I was somehow as
certain that Cowcumber Jack made that beech his head-quarters
as that you—I—well, ns anything. You haven’t much farther
to go now: and all the worst’s over. We're coding to a
glade os smooth as a card, table. Well—By the Devil’s own
luck I hadn't been there over an hour and a quarter when out
comes the vngnbond after the gun, like a moth after a candle.
So, you see, it was more luck than good management after all.
I might have waited a week: and there he was in little better
than an hour. I was afraid of scaring him by coming out of
covert; but the fellow does deserve his name — a real cucumber
couldn’t have been less scared than be was of me. The long
did not that potential tiger throw off his lamb’s wool; nip out couldn’t have been lest
a No, and lay his hand (metaphorically speaking) on his sword? and the short of it is, I am to find him there when I come
But for the assurance of such a No, she would never have back, and he keeps the gun.
consented to keep the Squire company for five minutes, let
alone an hour. But the No did not come. Perhaps he was
jealous ; perhaps angry with what he might mistake for
coquetry ; perhaps he did not think it prudent to assume airs
of dictation over her; perhaps he was too much of a gentle¬
man to profane a lady’s presence by a quarrel; perhaps—but
this final perhaps wus not to be thought of in the case of one
who had proved his courage up to the liilt — in words.
There was nothing left, therefore, but to be as good as her
own word. It both surprised and pleased her to find that she
had power over this high and mighty lover to make him jealous,
and she was irresistibly tempted to try her power a little more.
Possibly it was not altogether the first time that the un¬
favoured lover has been caught up into Fool’s Paradise only in
order that a favoured rival may be snubbed with a view to his
advantage. Lingeringly, Mabel prepared to leave the rock
under escort of Francis Carew ; but, though she made her
preparations with amazing slowness, and though she sent
glnnce after glance towards the Captain, her signals for inter¬
ference were in vain. At last her glances became, instead of
appeals, flashes of angry lightning. Then, after one pout of
f nae and scorn, she brought her whole sunshine to beur upon
'rancis..
“ Are we never going to start ? ” she asked. “ I have been
ready for ten minutes and more. Why do we not go ? And
are we really going into the woods ? How new and fresh it
will all be! ’’
“ Why,” said Francis, “ I thought I was waiting for you.
I’m all ready. Come.”
She knew somehow, without looking, that Captain Quickset
had turned off along the Vicarage to Stoke Juliot ; and, now
that her plunge was made, she repented her cruelty. Of
course the poor fellow was angry, and with cause ; and of
course he could not Bhow it, then and there. So vexed was
she with herself that she felt she hated poor Francis, and even
despised him a little for being so swift to satisfy a woman’s
whim. So possible is it in five seconds to pass through five
hundred flatly contradictory moods. I f Francis looked forward
to improving the occasion of a walk with the lady of his love
all to himself, and of earning a little glory in her eyes for his
prompt achievement of his first task, he was bitterly dis¬
appointed. But in truth he hud not looked forward to any-
thing but doing Queen Mabel’s will, without any thought of
either profit or glory: it was for her to be pleased, if she
pleased ; all he had to do was to do. So, now that the Captain
was no longer there to be vexed by it. her sunshine turned cold
and dull, and she sought, by irritating silence, to punish
Francis Carew for her own misdeeds. And no doubt the
punishment would have been felt as keenly as she wished had
he been a thousandth part as much in love with lvimself as he
was with her.
“ I suppose you are wondering how I managed to put salt
on that poor fellow’s tail,” said he, as they turned up the
stream that divided the woods from Homacombe.
“ No. That is to Bay, yes. How ? ”
” I don’t think it was a bad plan. It did Becm too great s
shame—I mean to hunt down a poor vagabond who, after all;
Indeed!” said she—and even that was something; for
she had been as silent as the woods themselves.
"Ah, I suppose you think I made a fool's bargnin? It
docs sound like one. But there *s something queerer about
the vagabond than I know how to tell. This hole of a parish,
when one comes to know it, is as full of queer things as I never
thought a wood would be. That vngabond knows I mean him
no harm as well as I know it myself; and I know he’ll keep
his word, and be at the beech, os well as if I could see into his
mind. It seems strange, but it’s not half so strange os my
finding that beech-tree by myself, considering how I first got
there, and how I got away. Yes, it is a strange thing, feeling
that one can see into the heart of another, and without doubt¬
ing if what one sees is true. . . . I wish you could see that
way into mine.” \ \
'Mabel certainly had no such wish on her side ; so she said
nothing, not even “Indeed.” Nor did she even wish to be
able to see into his heart, beeause she thought, wrongly
enough, that she knew perfectly well without seeing.
“ And there is the very tree,” ho exclaimed at, Inst, after
a very little more scrambling. Assuredly he had given her no
cause to complain of him so far. ‘ ‘ And now — one little leap
more, and here we are.” , ' "•_
She had not the faintest interest in her whim any-longer,
and fully intended to dispose of Cucumber Jack as soon as
possible. She sat down to rest on the huge root, already
cushioned with new fallen leaves, while Francis cast about for
signs that he had not misread the faith of the vagabond to
whom he had just given a new gun. / , N \ ._
It seemed at first as if he had been over sanguipe; and she
even found pleasure in Ilfs discomfiture, and in disillusion con¬
cerning his power of rending human/nature. She smiled to
herself, out of the depths of her now wide aud varied ex¬
perience, to think what ridiculous creatures men in love—
except, of course, $he Captain—are. While waiting with
mock patience, and idly picking Up and dropping again the
dead brown leaves of her cushion, she. chanced to glance up
sideways at the bole pf^ftreedi, ahd there saw something
that made her smile stiff more—the word
MABEL
clearly and newly cut in the bark right over the name of
Francis Carew, os if the latter were a signature. So this was
how he had been occupying~hifiiself while waiting that morn¬
ing for the vagabond whd seeincd to have so little intention of
earning his gun. Yea-Vmen were foolish indeed. They put
faith in one another, and Waste their precious hours in working
for girls’ whims and spoiling good trees with girls’ names.
And what right had he to moke free with hers, for all the
poachers in Stoke Jpiiot to jest over? But though she
flushed at the sight, she'wgw the most angry with the criminal
because lie had made her angry with herself for not feeling
angry enough with him. This was not logic; but it was Mabel
$pqnahaWW\
In short, she was all at once in a whirl of opposite moods ;
none of thcmtlccp—unless, indeed, one or two that nppenred the
most shallow — but infinitely confusing and confused. She was
iust beginning to wonder how long Francis Carew’s faith in
CROSSING THE CHANNEL.
Our August, holiday-maker* and seekers of health or pleasure
in change of ecene ought not to bo deterred from visiting the
opposite eonsts ol France and Normandy the most salubrious
saores of Continental Europe — by the fact that cholera lias
been prevailing in the Mediterranean seaports about six hun¬
dred miles distant overland. Gala s and Boulogne, to people
who like those places of the easiest icort from England, are
quite as sale, and will continue to be so, from the peril of
epidemic disease, as any of our own marine bathing and
lounging towns in Kent and Sussex. The short st a-|.n*»ago
either from Dover or Folkestone is a refreshment to the Lon¬
doner ; and it is amusing, for a couple of hours, to observe
the figures and attitudes of those on board the steam-bouts,
from which our Artist lias selected a few characteristic
subjects. The English captain of the “Mary Beatrice” is a
well-known personage, Captaindhtne, who has earned the title
of "the Itoyul Captain,” becaumrhe hjia often been specially
appointed to take charge of the South-La.'tern Bailway Com-
lmav’s boat which conveys the frince of Wales, or some other
members of the Royal fiuuily^acfoss the Channel from Folke¬
stone. The French Captain, M. Jntelet, of a boat running
between Calais and Dover, i? a smarted lively officer, a man
of proved courage, who has more than once plunged into the
waves to save the,ffvesrof persons falling overbourd, at the
risk of his own, and^whp is deservedly a lavourite with pas¬
sengers of both nations. Our renders will notice the differ-
dice of costume, as well between the hnglish ami rrench
crews, as between the ladies aud gentlemen travelling
by these Channel boats;rthe French traveller being usually
attired pretty much as if he were on a hind journey, or
merely walking tH%\ streets on a rough and windy day,
whereas the Englishman, his wife and daughters, have a fancy
for special equipmeiit as tourists, with Glengarry caps or soft
felt hats, loose dust-coats, capes, and knickerbockers, and
with scarveBi^rug^ bags,' slung field-glasses and couriers’
pouches, and light overall dresses, hats, and veils, for the
ladies, showing that they consider such a trip ns this worthy
of business-like preparation. They carry about on deck their
portmanteaux, hand - baskets, and bundles of umbrellas,
Aha^Tflud parasols, or repose beside them on the shelves of
^Ihe cabin, according to the present or absent sensation of
“ nmi-de-mer,” from which let us hope that all may soon be
delivered. But at its very worst, in these calm summer days,
it is pleasanter and healthier to be ferried across the Channel
in properly appointed steam-boats, and probably not less
expeditious, than it could ever bo to undergo the gloomy
penance of a submarine railway tunnel nearly thirty
miles long (including its end approaches) with a stifling at¬
mosphere, and not a glimpse of daylight all the way. lhe
disagreeable experience of sea-sickness is a trifle compared to
the injurious physical effects of two hours’ confinement in an
underground passage which could not possibly be ventilated,
and the horriDle monotony of which would be a dismal ex¬
change for the bright prospect of open sea aud sky.
had helped me out of a mess; and he with the keepers after human nature would lead him to wait for this vngabond, and
him, and all. Of course I should have had to do even that— to meditate upon the cutting things she would say to him on
but it struck me, while I was in the middle of shaving, that in )„, r way home, her thoughts digressing, for they had ample
that struggle with that blackguard, Davis, I had his gun; so time u’nd quickness, to Captain Quickset, when Francis
that he must have been left without one — unless, as wasn’t exclaimed,
likely, he had two. How I found my way to that big beech, “Here he is at lost—ns sound asleep as midnight. I said
when I’d only found it the first time by losing<my way, and he would be here: gun and all. Wait there, while I rouse
should have been there to this day butfor help, is more thari I j, j m . It’s an odd notion, though, to sleep face downwards,
can guess,” Baid he; never having been told jqve can do much . Holloa, Jack — wake up, my man. Well, this is something
more wonderful things than find the most ebnspicuous tree in like sleeping. . . . Good God ! ”
a small wood between sunrise and afternoon, if it goes to work
with a will. “ Only somehow I seem to have got a new pair of
eyes, since ”- -
He stopped abruptly. She had inode up her mind that she
was going to be tormented with, unwelcome love-making, and,
finding that she was only going to be made the victim of a
long story without a word about herself in jt, was put out by
the prospect of being spared what she feared. Had he taken
advantage of the situation, she would have been angry : as he
scrupulously avoided doing fgv-she was, angry all the same. As
for him, he would have cut wit his tongue rather than say a
word to make her think that he had any end in view but doing
her a pleasure. , / %
In short, he was puzzling her more And more. She would
have understood a sullen imitation of Captain Quickset's
jealous silence, or rough angeratjflnding her in his rival’s com¬
pany, or a warmer continuation of last night’s love-making:
and instead of any of these things he was talking ns if he lmd
really never so much as seen the Captain, ns if last night’s
talk had been but a dream, and as if his only purpose was to
put her nt her ease. How differently would the Captain have
behaved! He assuredly’'^vould not have turned suddenly
silent at finding himself on the edge of a compliment, or give
his hnnd to help aghdoVer the roughnesses of a wood as if he
/Were afraid of hurting her fingers by touching them. But
thtmthc Captain was a gentleman of experience—and she
sighed V, Francis Carew could, therefore, only be the other tiling,
wlmfccvorit was : and she frowned. And what was meant by
sigh or frown, she herself could not have told.
For they iyere in the wood now. and were getting well into
it: and she might surely hove realised a little how completely
safe from himself and all else her lover’s distant reticence
enabled her to feel. Had she been less absolutely safe -hr his
hands, she would perhaps have realised it better. Though
her lover, and believing himself all but her promised husband,
he waited upon her os a humblo squire might attend a-Queen,
keeping anxious watch over her every footstep, but making no
It was into a cry of horror that his voice broke. She had
never heard such a tone since she was a child, and the ship
whence she had been saved went down. She sprang to her
feet; but had she felt braver she would not have stirred a step
from the beech-tree. Whatever impulse it was, it was not of
courage that made her run at once to where the unknown
danger in that dark wood might be, but where also was the
man who die knew would shield her from fiery dragons ns
surely as she scorned him, and as she thought she lmted him.
“ For God’s sake, stay where you are ! ” he called out : but
his thought for her came too lHte, and she wus already by his
side, looking down into the staring eyes of a dead man—a
ghastly corpse, bearing witness with its visible blood against
some fellow-creature's hand.
She turned sick at the sight; and could only look her
question.
“ It is Derrick—Murdered ! ” cried he.
(To he continued.)
The report of the Fishery Board for Scotland for the year
1883 has been published ns a Bluebook. Among other subjects
dealt with in the report are harbour accommodation, the
herring fishery, the branding of herrings, the cod and ling
fishery, beam trawling, salmon fisheries, and marine police.
The present year has' witnessed the formation of a larger
number of Volunteer camps than usual. The total number
sanctioned by the authorities in Great Britain, exclusive of
the annual gatherings at Wimbledon, Sboeburyness, and
Aldershott, amounted to 133.
Colonel Fox-Strangways yesterday week highly com¬
plimented the. officers.,non-commissioned officers, and men
forming the Southern Division of Artillery Volunteers on the
admirable discipline they had maintained during their week
in Shoeburyness. The meeting had been one of the most
• successful yet held. The Northern Division took possesion
of the camp last Saturday.
GROWING LONDON.
Year by year, almost month by month, the rural scenery of
four English shires, Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, and Essex, is
swallowed up by the Metropolitan Octopus, the huge con¬
geries of more than half a million closely-built houses, thrust¬
ing out its town buildings, with insidious pretensions to sub¬
urban pleasantness, along the main roads of the Home Counties,
north and south, east and west, north-west, north-east, south¬
west and south-east, absorbing the quiet old villages and
hamlets, encroaching on their public “ Greens,” devouring
private parks and gardens, transforming the verdant hills and
meadows into hideous brickfields, and subsequently into a
labyrinth of gravelled roads with similar rows of petty villa-
dwellings, or streets not much unlike those of any other modem
English town. The richer classes of London have migrated to
the western suburbs, while the middle classes have gone farther
north and farther south ; and the latter have certainly got the
best of it in their choice of a locality of residence, so far us the
natural situation is concerned. High gate, Hampstead, and
Hornsey, on the north side, Brixton Rise, Streathain, Dulwich,
and Norwood, on the south, have advantages of air and
aspect far superior to any site west of Kensington and
Notting-hill. On the other hand, though Hammersmith,
Brook-green, Shepherd’s Bush, and Wormwood-scrubba
are neither very attractive nor aristocratic, the movement
of town extension is still westward, and Holland I’ark
is hardly now suburban, being completely inclosed by
populous quarters of West London, 'lhe railway-line from
West Bronipton to Addison-road, Uxbridge-road, and
Lalimer-road commands a large portion of the newly-built
or half-built ground, where the features of “Growing
London” delineated in our Artist's Sketches may be viewed
by passengers from the carriage windows. It is not many
years since pleasant fields, orchards, and large gardens, with
a distant view of the hills of West Middlesex, occupied the
greaterpartof that space for several miles. Theactualneiglibour-
hood was at least semi-rural, and the fair open country was
fully within sight. That was “before the town invasion.
Then came Ae “ invaders,” the men of bricks and mortnr,
witli advanced skirmishers of the shovel and rpade,
who cut away the green turf, dug square pits in
the earth for the foundations of houses, made lengths
of mud and dust which were intended for roads, and
generally disfigured the landscape till one could have wished
to see it built over ns quickly as possible. Long it lay in that
desolate condition, relieved only by the sight of vast rows of
piles of neatly-cut pasty clny, the newly-moulded bricks, lu re
and there gathered in stacks for burning with a disagreeable
stench. Gipsies pitched their camps in the suburban wilder¬
ness, like the Bedouins hanging around an Eastern city, but
not, so far as we know, watching for a chance of plunder,
unless it. were that of the household linen fluttering on rones
in the back gardens. Boys came to play cricket, and smaller
boys to fish or catch worms in the muddy ponds and ditches.
A plot of ground was hired for a lawn-tennis club. Temporary
hutsandsheds were put up for the accommodation of bricklayers
and carpenters, who began, after a time, the work of actual con¬
struction. It was rapidly carried on where the speculative
builders had plenty of money or credit; the tall houses, de¬
tached or semi-detached, or in the closed lines improperly
called “terraces,” which ultimately become the sides of
streets, rose up in a few months, roofed and windowed, and
calling for tenants; and they seemed, like the serried battalions
of a gigantic army, to be marching and counter-marching,
manceuvring to and fro, with a view to some combined plan of
ta< tics, on the battle-field of an immense plain outside the in¬
habited town of London. That is the way in which London
extends to the westward, not by growth, but rather by
territorial conquest, by an apparent, military occupation, m
which blocks ol houses move forward so suddenly, and with
such manifest force and determination, that they seem like
enormous bodies of combatants inspired with a commanding
' will. Our anxiety is to know when and where they will
stop. ' It m'ay be that the next generation will see Loudon at
Uxbridge.
THE ILLUSTRATED T.OXDONT XEWS. Aro. 23. 1HA1.—1AA
1. One of the Crow— English.
7. •• Those troublesome big hate.
6. The English Captain.
11. Sketching under Difficulties.
2. One of the Crew—French.
8. In the Cabin.
3. A British Passenger. 4. A French Passenger.
0. Braving the Breeze. 10. French Captain of Calais Boat.
0. Hoisting the Flag.
12. Honeymoon Travellers.
CROSSING THE CHANNFL. — I. THE BOULOGNE BOAT.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Aun. 23, 1884.—
1. Semi-mrul, before the Town Invasion. 2. Some of the Invaders. 3. Outposts of the Attack.
6. The Growing Town. 0. Cricket-Field at West Kensington. 7. Workmen’s Dwellings.
4. In tho Workshops.
8. Lawn Tennis Club.
GROWING LONDON : 8KKTCHES IN THE WE3TERN SUBURBS.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 23, 1884
HOLIDAY AKA DING.
Theseason thatalluresEiiglisluncn totlie moors and mountains,
to seaside haunts and to tlie greenery of woods, is the
dull seasou of the year in the book market. Even the hard¬
working student throws his volumes aside when the reapers
are in the field, and the hot sun of August pierces through the
forest foliage, making a dickering shadow on the ground. To
live an outdoor life, a life of sensation rather than of thought,
of dreamy musitigs rather than of definite action, is the natural
wish of the man who lias been toiling hard for ten months.
His mood of mind inclines him to think he can very well
dispense with books altogether. Nature, lie may declare, has
much to tell that is not to be gained from study. Does not
Shnkspenrc say that continual plodders win little save base
authority from others’ books? Does not Milton say that
•' many books are wearisome ” ? Docs not Cowper say of the
tame scenery round Olney that even there Learning may wiser
grow without his books? And does not Wordsworth say that
one impulse from the vernal woods—and why not from the
summer and autumn woods, also ?—will teach us more of moral
evil and of good tliun nil the sages can ?
There may be truth in these poetical declarations, but it
is not the whole truth. Nature does but grant to us what wo
take to her. “ We receive but what we give and it is the
full mind, the mind most susceptible to Wauty, most quick
to perceive, most ready to appropriate, that gains from natural
scenery the most exquisite delight. In other words, the
source of our pleasure amidst scenes of loveliness or grandeur
is to be found in previous cnltur.*, the culture that is chiefly
gained from books; and, other things being equal, the man
who possesses the largest stock of knowledge will have the
greatest enjoyment in his holiday hours. Nor is this all:
the mind, "like tlie bod}-, requires Co be fed daily; if not
always with substantial food, yet with the fare that will stimu¬
late fancy, quicken the intellect, aud keep the bruin from
stagnation. Few of us can afford to live long on our own
thoughts: conversation even with the dearest friends llags
after awhile, aud it may be questioned whether the delightful
leisure of the summer vacation will be fully enjoyed if we do
not carry books with us into our retreat. Of course everything
depends upon the choice we make. There are authors —very
respectable writers iu their way—who need a librury chair, a
desk, and a winter tire. One has to brace up one’s courage to
rend them. They are sound in quality, blit dry, solid; but
not alluring. Their works are indispensable on tlie shelves of
a good library, but we do not take them to our hearts or treat
them as companions. The political economist, the sagacious
writer on finance, the historian of tlie English Constitution or
of English lubour, the untiquurinu who has read a nation's
stcry in the “ deep-delved earth ” must be content to remain
behind when we make our August flitting. Tastes differ, no
doubt, and there are tourists who may find a place iu their
trunks for Schopenhauer's “ Philosophy” or for De Morgan’s
•• Trigonometry; ” but most of us atsuch a time will crave, and
justly crave, for lighter food. Light literature is essential
lor holiday reading; but it need not be trashy literature. The
hook read in a beautiful spot should be worthy of being
remembered in association with the place.
One of the most delightful of novelists has made the
hero of “ North anger Abbey” say, “The person, be it
gentleman or lady, who lias not pleasure in a good novel
must be intolerably stupid.” Miss Austen is right. There
are few things in literature more grateful than a first-rate
story. In the season of recreation ami rest the novel
is perhaps the most welcome form of literature, but the
tales chosen for country companions should be of the
highest class, and not the refuse of the circulating library.
AVe have been sometimes told of late that in politics the period
of ten years lands us iu ancient history; the same remark
appears to hold good with novels. Headers prefer the newest
fiction simply because it is new, while they turn with in¬
difference from volumes rich in imagination, in delineation of
character, in the artistic management of plot. .Some there are,
it is to be feared, who are contented to read trash, and worse
than trash, from the total lack of moral and literary perception.
A far larger number take the poor novel of the hour because
it is most accessible. This is a mistake at all times, but in
preparing for theland or seaohnnge of theyear selection seems to
be especially called for. English fiction has nnmy masterpieces,
books that lay holdof us as only works of genius can. If any such
arekuown to the traveller merely by report, lethiui selectat least
two or three for his companions on his journey, and they will
not fail to prove his friends. It seems absurd to curry a com¬
monplace story into the country when ignorant of some of the
best novels of Scott and Thackeray, of Dickens and Jane Austen,
of Charlotte Bronte and George Eliot.
Fiction pleases most readers; the sway of poetry is
more limited, but more powerful. Poets are the inter¬
preters of Nature; they give as eyes; they show us
the depths and heights of life; they rouse ill us larger
aspirations; they mvaken feelings of which without ihein
we should be unconscious. There arc people who tell you they
like poetry next to prose; which means that for them it is
without significance. There ore others who know tho joy it
yields, and they will not need to be advised to take their Sliuk-
speare or Wordsworth, their Kents or Tennyson, with them when
they go into the country. And what daintier little volume cun
they carry in their pocket than Mr. Palgrave’s *• Golden
Treasury of Songs and Lyrics”? Then the essayists,
especially “Elia” the dearest and greatest, are delight¬
ful companions in the country; and there is a small
but very precious book, edited by Professor Colvin,
containing the choicest thoughts and wisdom of Savage
Lmidor, that will be found to suit many moods of mind.
So also will Sir Arthur Helps’ “ Companions of My Solitude,”
a book of the essay class, rich alike in beauty and in thought.
“ The Autocrat of the breakfast Table,” the numerous and
charming volumes of Washington Irving and of his great
conn toyman Hawthorne—whose “ Impressions of England.”
by-the-way, should have an infinite attraction for English¬
men—are all books to be read and enjoyed in the open air.
The choice indeed is infinite, and if the vacation tourist
select wisely he will add not n little to the pleasure of his
linppy leisure hours.
A concert arranged by Madame Adelina Patti on behalf of
the Swansea Hospital, given on the 14th inst., was an unpre¬
cedented success.
A series of chromolithograph reproductions of J. W. 51.
Turner’s Viguette Drawings has been published by Messrs-
George Rownev and Co., of Oxford-street and Prince’s Hall,
Piccadilly, which will be acceptable to many lovers of art.
The first portfolio contains eight drawings, those of Traitor’s
Gate, Tower of London, Greenwich Hospital, the Fair frt^
Salisbury, St. Peter’s at Rome, the Ruins of the/Temple at
Piestum, Galileo’s Villa, Derwentwatcr, and Loch Lomond.
They are well drawn on the stone by Mr. M. H. (Long, but on
a very small scale. The entire work is to comprise twenty -j
four such drawings. /
There were several political demonstrations, Li&orul ulid
Conservative, lost Saturday—the principal otfe.pbrhnps, being
that at Highclere Castle, where the Earl of Carnarvon received
the secretaries of Conservative associations in and uround
London. Mr. J. K. Cross, M.P.,and Mr.Charles Russell, M.P.,
attended a Liberal meeting in Bolton. Viscount Dury. Sir
Charles 5Iills, 51.P., Mr. Grantham, M.P., Viscount Lewis¬
ham, M.P., and Mr. Talbot, M.P., were the principal speakers
at a Conservative gathering held in Lewisham. The Cheshire
Conservatives held a meeting at Beesfon Castle, which was
addressed by Mr. J. W.vLowtlnr and the Messrs. Tollemnclie.
At Bolton and at Aberdeen Kefonh demonstrations were also
held. Air. E. Gibson* M.F., spoke at a great gathering of
Conservatives at Halifax on Monday evening.
At the half-yearly meeting of th^/5Iidlaud Railway Com¬
pany, held yesterday week at Derby, the chairman mentioned
that the number of [first-class passengers had been 40,175 less
and the third-class ,75(1,530 more than in tlie previous corre¬
sponding half-year.-■'In presenting the half-year’s accounts to
the shareholders'oYtlje London and North-Western Railway
Company last Saturday, Mr Richard Moon attributed tlie
diminution in the dividend, which lie described us the greatest
drop that had ever occurred in the history of the company, to
the fact that trade, instead of reviving, was now worse than
ever, while competit ion was fiercer than it had ever been.—The
Board of Trade’s report on the railways of the United King-
doin/bfta been issued;. The capital invested is £784,921,000,
an increase of ^17,000,000 Biuce last year. Another notable
fact is that while-first and second class passenger receipts keep
deelimng, third class steadily increase. The latter are now
mueh ritore than double first and second combined.
OBITUARY.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. K.O.
The most noble Arthur Richard Duke of Wellington, Marquis
Douro, Marquis and
Earl of Wellington,
Viscount Wellington,
and Baron Douro, of
Wellesley, in the
Peerage of the United
Kingdom, Earl of
Aloriiingtoii, Viscount
Wellesley of Duiignn,
and Bniiiii of Morn-
ington in tho Peerage
of Ireland, Prince of
Waterloo in the
Netherlands, Duke of
Ciudad Rodrigo, mid
A (Jrulidce of the
First Cross ill Spain ; Duke of Vittorio, Marquis of Torres
Vcdms, and Count of Vimiern in Portugal, died suddenly at
Brighton, 'on the loth inst. His Grace was born Feb. a,
lHUi, the elder son of Major-General the lion. Sir Arthur
Wellesley, whose great services eventually achieved the brilliant
titles we have just--enumerated. His mother was the lion.
Catlicriue Pnkeuliuni, dangliterof Edward 5Iichnel, second Lord
Longford. After passing through Eton and Trinity College,
Cambridge, lie entered the Ritie Bngudein 1823, and attained tho
ruukof Major-General in 1802. lie wasitn ardent advocate of the
Volunteer movement, and became Lieut.-Colonel of the Victoria
Rifles, Middlesex^ of which county he was Lord Lieutenant.
He succeeded his father, tlie Great Duke, Sept. 14, 1852, and
his cousin,The Earl of Murnington, July 25, 1803. Previous
to his accession /to the Peerage, lie sat in the House of
Commons for Aldeburgh, 1829 to 1831, mid for Norwich from
1837 to 1852. In January, 1853, he was appointed Muster of
t"the Horse and sworn of the Privy Council. He married,
April 18, 1839, Lady Elizabeth Hay (member of the Royal
Order of Victoria and Albert), daughter of the eighth Marquis
■ u Tweeddale, hut had no issue. The family honouvs devolve,
-^nnsvquyntly, „„ |,j 8 Grace’s nephew Henry, now third Duke
of Wellington, elder surviving son of the late Lord Charles
Wellesley.
THE EARL OF LAUDERDALE.
The Right Hon. Charles, twelfth Karl of Lauderdale, Viscount
of Lauderdale aud
Maitland, aud
Boron of Thirles-
tfuleund Boltoun,
in the Peerage of
Scotland, mid a
Baronet of Nova
•Scotia, died on the
12th inst., having
been struck by
lightning while
out shooting. He
was bora Sept. 29,
1822, the only son
of the Rev. Charles Maitland, Hector of Little Longford,
Wilts, and succeeded to the family honours at the death of
his kinsman Thomas, eleventh Earl, G.C.B., Admiral of the
Fleet, and Principal Aide-dc-Camp to the Queen, Sept. 1, 1878.
He represented the great family of 5Iaitland of Thirlestane, of
which was John, Duke of Lauderdale, K.G., the celebrated
Minister in the reign of Charles H. The nobleman whose
dentil we record was never married.
BARON DE TEISSIER.
Baron de Teissier,* on the 17th inst., at his residence, 7,
Brunswick-square, Hove, in his sixty-eighth year. The de¬
ceased was until very recently connected with several public
bodies in the town. He was a member of the Board of Com¬
missioners for Hove, represented the Church party on the
Brighton School Board, and was for many years .Justice of the
Peace for Sussex. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the British
Army, and served in Scinde, Afghanistan, and Beloochistnn.
General Brine and Mr. Dale crossed tlie Channel yesterday
week in the balloon Colonel.
■RETIRING FROM BUSINESS.
TV f R. STREETER,
1, - L 18, NEW BOND-STREET,
JJAVING, AFTER 38 YEARS’ TRADING,
J)ECIDED TO RETIRE FROM THE
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competition. Catalogue Free.
THE MANUFACTURING
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SHOW-ROOMS :
112, REGENT-STREET, LONDON, W.
MANUFACTORY : CLERKENWELL.
rm
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TO BE HAD IN MANCHESTER.
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um toe manufacturers of fine, flret-elaoa Velveteens,
which oro now known all over tho world. They are
fust pile and fast dyed, and every inch is guaranteed.
If a dress should wear badly or be in any respect faulty,
LEWIS'S will (rive a new dress fur nothing at all, and
pay the full cost for making and trimming. The prico
of these beautiful Velveteens, in Black and all the most
beautiful Colours now worn, is 2s. a yard. 'J his quality
Velveteen is Bold by tho best drapers at 3s. 6d., 4s. ttd.,
aud Cs. 6d. a yard. The public, although they don't
know it, have to pay two or three profits, the difference
between the manufacturer's price and the price the
consumer pays for Velvet-, ens. LEWI S'S, of Mutket-
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selves, and sell them (or it might almost be said give
thorn) to tho publio for 2s. a yard. LEWIS'S
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SIR JOHN BENNETT’S
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£15 GENTLEMAN'S 8TBONO 09L.D KEYLESS.
20 GUINEA GOLD HALE CHRONOMETER for all CUmatea.
£35 MEDICAL and SCIENTIFIC CENTRE SECONDS.
65 and 64, CH
15.
In return for Post-office Order,
free and safo by post, one of
BENNETT8
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perfect for time, twenty, anil work-
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WATCHES and CLOCKS.
£20. £30. £40 PRESENTATION WATCHES Anna, and
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£25 HALL CLOCK to CHIME on s Bell,, in oak or mahogany'.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
191
AUG. 23, 1881
LONDON WAREHOUSES:
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*TIIE 11-LUSTRATEI) LONDON NEWS
Ara 23, 1884
FOB IBDIA AND THE COLONIES OB FOR
HUNTING AND ROUGH WEAR.
BENSON’S SPECIALLY-MADE
COLD, SILVER,
£25 ^ £15
JACKSON & GRAHAM.
FITMENTS (Regd.).
SPECIAL EXHIBIT OF
COMPLETELY FITTED ROOMS,
Embodying the Ideas and Designs of Robert W. EDIS. Esq., F.S.A.
AT T1IE
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f have uied the watch for four month*, and have carried It
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March 2 1. IWI.__
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AUG. 30, 1881
Hopetoun House, Queensferry. near Edinburgh, where
the Prince and Princess of Wales drove from Dalmeny to
lunch on Saturday, is one of tho largest palaces in the
United Kingdom. Like the Duke of Hamilton's castle,
tho Earl of Hopetoun’s Scotch homo covers almost os
much ground as Windsor Castle. Political partisanship
melts in the geninl presence of Royal visitors, for although
the young Earl is an energetic Conservative and acts in
the House of Lords as junior whip to Lord Lathom, yet
he and tho Earl of Hosebery and the whole of the dis¬
tinguished party of visitors were photographed together
in tho grounds of Hopetoun House. Tho stables are
illuminated by electric light, planned and fitted up by
Lord Hopetoun's brother, tho Hon. Charles Hope, an
amateur engineer of no mean attainments.
The Chinese, like tho chief product of their country,
appear to bo always in hot water, and but for their vast
population they would have bcon annihilated by earth-
qmikes, war, typhoons, and famine long ago. In 1877 it
was estimated that the inhabitants of the Celestial Empire
numbered 433,500,000, having increased in ono hundred
years more than 220,000,000. Of course at the latter date
more reliance could bo placed on the Census; but that
China is like a burrow of human rabbits is undoubted.
Two earthquakes in 1GG2 and 1731 destroyed 400,000
persons at Pekin alone; while during the famino in the
northern provinces in 1877 upwards of a quarter of million
of natives are supposed to have perished from want. With
such enormous loss of life ns they suffer and have suffered
for centuries from natural causes, it is little to be wondered
at that the prospect of losing a fow more thousands by
fighting with a European Power has but little terror for
them, and that they blindly oppose the French instead of
submitting to a pacific end of the diflieulties between
two such ill-matched nations.
Riots about religious armies', nopular politics, and
militia movements aro not altogether unfamiliar; but a
riot in a London theatro is a new thing in these days, and
one not to be welcomed. At tho Holbom Theatro on
Saturday last a most unseemly drama was enacted in tho
visitors’ portion of tho house. After taking money from
the audionco there was no performance provided on the
stage, and an indignant public attacked the officials, broke
furniture, and otherwise misconducted themselves until tho
police appeared. A difforonco between the management
and the actors caused tho latter to strike, and the curtain
therefore could not bo drawn up. Which party was to
blame docs not affect tho main point that persons who
have paid for their seats nro entitled to have the advertised
entertainment provided, and their natural oxcitcmont even
if it carried them beyond the lino of docent behaviour,
was explicable if inexcusable.
At tho banquet given to tho Medical Congress in
Copenhagen, at which England was represented by no
less a luminary than Sir W iiliam Gull, between 3000 and
4000 bottles of wine woro drunk. Modical opinions aro
divided as to tho wholesomcness of alcoholic drink, hut
thcro should not bo much diversity of opinion on the
subject now, seeing that tho abovo very respectable amount
of fluid was consumed by 1200 diners, and tho assembled
healers proved satisfactorily that, however large the doses
they may inflict on their patients, they aro perfectly ready
to swallow equally largo draughts themselves, tho only
difference being tho unimportant variation between nux
vomica and Perrier Jouet.
In tho Nile Expedition tho command of the boats has
been intrusted to Colonel Butler, tho husband of Miss
Elizabeth Thompson, of “ Roll Call ” and “ Quatre Bras ”
renown. Mrs. Butler lius, so far. had no such opportu¬
nity for striking out a now and original line in tho
portraval of military episodes as will now bo afforded to
her, and tho new Kbarkeo uniform will doubtless figuro
in some of her future compositions.
The recent prosecution of a yacht’s crow at Newhaven
for smuggling, and the conviction and sentences of all
concerned, have called forth some stringent remarks, but
it seems to us that it is an isolated black Case, which shows
up the general spotlessness of tho yachting niftrino very
favourably. In tho official yachting guide thore are no
less than 4098 yachts registered. Taking an absurdly low
average, that of three mon to each boat, >wo have hero
xoinn 15,000 men. That yachting crows have ample
facilities for smuggling one eannot deny; they aro in and
out of foreign ports all tho summer. Very little regurd
is puid to their goingsandconiingfl, and that there should
be^ only during tho season ono conviction for an offence
which those in a far higher rank of life than sailors fre¬
quently commit, speaks volumes for tho character of as
fine a lot of men "as are to be found in the United Kingdom.
Nothing is ever “unprecedented”; everything has
always been dono lx-fore (and will be done again). .Some¬
body, of course, will discover some day that W. J. Peall's
break at billiards of 1989 (with 548 consecutive “ spot-
strokea”) was not “unprecedented” when ho made it;
and, oddlv enough, there was a story tolcl many years ago
of an Italian billiard-player in London who, if he did not
make such long scores and so many “ off tho spot,” used
to do things more wonderful still, playing with two tables
sido by side, and scoring from ono table to tho other.
En attendant, somebody “writes to the papers” to say
that the lat© achievement of scoring “GOO runs for half
the wickets” at a cricket-match (Sheffield Park v. Mr. R. T.
Ellis’s Eleven) is not “ without precedent,” and mentions
a case (unfortunately without tho year) when G74 runs
were made for three wickets [out of which number E. M.
Grace made 228, W. G. Grace 190 (not out), and J. Cranston
174 (not out)].
Though rough, it was really well meant; and the
Prinoo of Wales, knowing tho interest which his feUow-
oountrymen up in the north take in all matters pertaining
to sport, can understand how thoroughly cordial was his
reception lust week in Newcastle, when, in order to
express its greatness to a friend, a miner felt compelled to
say, “Crowds of people 1 Cheering! Why, man, there
couldn’t have boon more excitement if thcro had been a
boat-race going on ! ”
The recent fatal accident at Bournemouth seems to call
for some revision of tho Explosives Act. As tlio law
stands, a firework manufacturer or a firework vendor can
bo heavily punished— and rightly, too—for negligence.
But anybody can buy fireworks, and in many instances
they fall into hands in which Laudanum or Arsenic would
be equally safe. Everybody with a largo circle of youthful
acquaintances must know one boy nt least who may
attribute tho absence of his eyebrows to an injudicious
investment in gunpowder. Tho sale of fireworks to ono
and all seems courting danger.
Mr. Vanderbilt is said to have taken forty thousand
dollars, instead of tho hundred thousand offered—accord¬
ing to the reports—by Mr. Bonner, for “ Maud S.' Sho
is not, of course, a 44 beautiful quadroon,” now that slavery
and slave-selling have ceased in the free United States, but
a far more valuable animal, a “ trotting ” maro ; and her
title to immortality is that she has “ beaten tho record ” (that
is, her own “ record ” of a mile in 2 min. 10} sec. and the re-
doubtablo gelding Jay-Eye-Soe’s “ record ” of 2 min. lOsoc.)
by trotting a mile in 2 min. 9J sec. The Americans have
certainly “como on” wonderfully with their trotting sinco
wo sent them their “father of trotters,” the famous
Messenger; and they also seem to possess a very much
improved chronometer. When it comes to measuring
fractions of a second, and when by that measurement a
"trotting" mnre seems to do her mile a fraction of a second
faster every time sho comes out, it is astonishing how
involuntarily tho tongue twists up into tho cheek at tho
announcement. One would much rather sco whaVtho two
fastest trotters can do sido by sido than bear that ono has
beaten tho other by the “ time-test.” There is no doubt,
however, that Maud S. can do her mile in a time that
would seem miraculous to our poor old Infidel (son. bf
Turk), who is said to have “trotted fifteen miles in ono
hour, carrying 10 st.,” about tho yeax / 1780, or to tho
Phenomena mare, whose name has been handed down
to posterity as having “ trotted nineteen miles within
tho hour” in tho “good old times” of tho First
Gentleman.” _ ,/X
Vacations for working girls—seamstresses, clerks, and
factory hands—aro arranged by the Charity Organisation
Society in New York. Farmers in country places take
them in from Juno to September, and the society pays
the journey and a fortnight's board and lodging. Another
branch of this benevolent work is devoted to paying tho
travelling expenses of those who are at a long distance
from their parents, KO/that they may go homo for a visit,
and tho railway companies generously co-operate by
reducing tho fares.
It might have been supposed that after the Interna¬
tional Peasant, Festival and tho Slmkspeurean show in the
Albert Hall,i the reign, of bazaars would have been over,
but in reality they have merely migrated, and wo hear of
them from every part /of tho United Kingdom. Oban
was the sceno of the latest a few days since, and it was
held under the shelter of a building specially constructed
on the Esplanade, thOt/Iooks over the Sound of Mull.
Marvellous to folate, it was characterised by a novelty in
the^hape of a game-stall. Tourists returning southward
woroiftHhcusely taken by tho boxes of grouse, and tbo
sale of them was fast and furious.
It may be remembered that after the Paris Commune
eight prominent women were tried and condemned to
death, hut their sentences were commuted simply because
they were women. Two, named Saetens and Retif, were
tout to Cayenne, where they died; Eulalio Papavoine,
who in private lifo was ono of tho gentlest of her sex,
died in a maison-de-santi ; Mdlle. Marchais married
a gendarme; nnd Madame Leroy, tho woman who
denounced her lover, espoused a Dutchman whose
acquaintance sho made while in exile. Of two others all
trneo has been lost; but the eighth, tho Citoycnne
Lemelle, as sho likes to be called, is to bo met with on
all public occasions. She was to have been transported ;
but being pardoned instead, betook herself to nenri
Rochefort and asked him for employment. “ I know no
being more honourable than a woman who works for her
own living,” said that grandiloquent personage, and
immediately gave her n little post on tho Intranoigeant,
which brings her in about £50 a year.
Versailles, ft dead-alive place enough in general,
becomes, from time to time, as it has been lately, the very
centre of agitation, the observed of all observers. Vicis¬
situde aud Versailles arc almost interchangeable terms.
It was tho home of tho Grand Monarquc, of Louis the
Fifteenth, and as regards tho lesser Trianon, of Marie
Antoinette; it was the official capital in 1789, as it was
again in 1871; the Emperor William’s head-quarters were
there, and there, from tho Galerio des Glaees, tho new
German Empire was proclaimed ; in 1797 an enterprising
publican hired the lesser Trianon nnd turned it into a sort
of “ Argyll Rooms”; in 1800 a branch of the Hotel des
lnvalides was established at Versailles; on Jan. 3, 1805,
Popo Pius VII. stood in the Galerio des Glaees ami blessed
tho kneeling crowd below ; in February. 1805, Napoleon
tlie First gave his great ball in tho Salon d'Herculo,
Versailles, and in 1809, ho ret ired to tho greuter Trianon,
to hide his feelings on his repudiation of poor Josephine;
in 1830 Charles tho Tenth rested there on his way into
exile, as Louis Philippe also, for a moment, under similar
and yet dissimilar circumstances, in 1848 ; in 1837, under
the uiispiods of tho “ Citizen King," tho opening of
Versailles as a museum was celebrated ; on Aug. 25, 1855,
the Emperor Napoleon III. and tho Empress Eugenie gave
their splendid ball to Queen Victoria at Versailles; nnd
at Versailles, on March 20, 1871, just after the establish¬
ment of the Commune, the National Assembly was installed
at tho Palace. __
The report that Miss Eva Mackay was about to bo
transformed into Princess Colonna has been doubly con¬
tradicted. Mrs. Mackay writes from Dresden to the
Paris Figaro saying that no matrimonial project for her
daughter is on the tapis ; and Signor Marcantonio Colonna,
Ducu di Marino, writes to assure us that he is the eldest
son of his father, who alone has any right to that title,
and that neither of them contemplates marriage with the
Bonanza heiress. Ho adds that there are many other
branches of tho Colonna family, though none of them can
rightfully claim the title of Prince.
Mrs. Maxwell is at once to be envied and congratu¬
lated on tho charming house she has 'built for herself in
the very heart of the Now Forest. In that green and
cool retreat sho is writing her Christmas Annual, and if
the sylvan glades, and the great oaks, hollies, and beeches
can bring inspiration, it will be one of her best.
Bees sometimes take up tlieir abode in strange places ;
and somo years ago a swarm tlew into the roof of Stour-
mouth Church, near Wingham, aud, as the Vicar would
not allow them to be disturbed, they bred and multiplied,
and accumulated good store of honey in that elevated
position. But now another Vicar has arisen who does not
sanction the busy bt.*es within ecclcsiustical precincts; so
they have been destroyed; and their carcases filled a
couplo of good-sized casks, while their honey turned tho
scale at two hundredweight. This is not an isolated
instance; for bees swarmed into tho parish church of
Cbesham, in. Buckinghamshire, just after its restoration;
and in an old tower at Bunny Park, near Nottingham,
thos e are bees and vast quantities of honeycomb.
Corresponding, to a certain extent, with our 44 Sussex
'•fortnight” of horso-racing at Goodwood, Brighton, and
Lewes, our French neighbours have their week of horse-
racing at Deauville-Trouvillo, and then their week of
horse-racing at Dieppe. To Deauville, therefore, went all
tho French young “ bloods ” of the Turf this year; and
some of them endeavoured to restore vi et armis the statuo
raised there many years ago to the well-known Due de
Moray (who was regarded as the “ creator ” of Deauville-
Trouville), and taken down at the timo of the “events.”
From the humorous or ironical point of view tho young
“ bloods,” however nearly related to tho late Due, should
rather have left the empty pedestal to mock itself; for
on it was still inscribed: “Au Duo do Moray les
habitants de Deauville recounaissants.” But, as has been
well pointed out, tho statue was not removed by order
of the new Republican authorities or by an angry mob,
but by M. Lo Gonidec, tho sympathetic mayor, for fear
it should meet with maltreatment in the heat of tho
moment; it is not public property but the property of the
subscribers; and there is reason to believe that tho young
“ bloods,” if they had proceeded in tho legitimate way,
might have obtained their object by moans of that very
municipal authority which, represented by the police,
very properly put a stop to their well-meant violence.
It was a thousand pities that so disgraceful a riot, com¬
mencing in little and at ono time threatening to end in a
really nasty fight, should have disturbed the Garrison
Athletic Sports at Portsmouth on tlio first day; for on tho
second, when the pickets had been strengthened, and all
chance of awkwardness done away with, the number of
tho spectators was in no way commensurate with tho
beauty of the afternoon nnd tho attractiveness of the pro-
gramme. Athletic sports are athletic sports all the world
over, though in this case soldiers and sailors lmd worked
for novelties, and hud obtained them in their obstacle
races, tbo clever obstructions in which would buvo
gladdened tho heart of the Irish party; in their
donkey race, in which Sub-Lieutenant Wilkins, R.N.,
clud in a costume suggestive of Mr. Harry Payne in
a Drury Lane harlequinade, easily beat Lieutenant W il-
loughby, R.N., arrayed us an Albanian; and in their Tug
of War, wherein fifteen officers of tho Navy pulled fifteen
officers of the Army over the mark, amid cheers from tho
Bluejackets which could have been heard at Spitheod.
But can there bo athletic sports in staid, sober
England ? One may well be excused for rubbing one's
eyes and doubting tho accuracy of one’s sight. For in
the centre of the ground is erected a wooden platform some
eighteen inches in height. Round it are gathered
some twenty officers, displaying most of her
Majesty’s uniforms. To the platform comes a boat¬
swain, with his fiddlo in his hand; he strikes up his
tiddley-riddley tune, and on tho platform, with stolid
face and staid demeanour, a private of the Lancashire
Regiment essays tlie clog-dance of his native county. Ho
is succeeded by a Bluejacket; he again by a gunner; and
some dozen men contest in this dancing competition. Tbo
Bluejackets are tho best; they have the advantage in
costume, which lends itself far more readily to dancing
than the stiff dress of tlio sister service; the Bluejacket can
utilise his broad straw hat in a hornpipe, but nothing can
be done with tho hideous Scotch cap of tho soldier, while
the sailor throws a “ go” into his performance which the
well set-up soldier lacks.
The late and severe frosts of lust spring were supposed
to have destroyed the prospects of tho fruit crop every¬
where, but tlio Kentish orchards aro literally laden with
apples, and tho plum-trees gleam purple among the green
coulins and rosy-chceked pippins. Tho hops, too, look
dean and flourishing ; a little picking was done last week
by tho natives, who are locally termed tho “ respectable
people,” whilo the exodus of tho “ un-respectable” from
London did not begin till Sunday morning.
It seems possible that a certain confusion of tongues
may obtain in the United States during tho coming season,
for three well-known actresses intend to play in English
at the various theatres. They aro Madame Ristori, who
is Italian, Madame Janish, an Austrian, and Mdlle. Airnec,
who is “ Frenchwoman.
AUG. 30, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
195
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
1 should much like to know whether any of the jubilant French
politicians aiul journalists who, just now, safe and sound on
the Far' 8 boulevards, and rejoicing over 31. Jules Ferry's
“reprisals’’ in Chinese waters, nro twisting the festive
cigarette and merrily dipping their noses in the opalescent
absinthe, have ever read a book, published just a hundred
years ago, willed “Voyage aux Indes Orientals et a la
Chine,” by M. Sonnerat, “ Commissaire do la Marine et
Nutumliste Pensionnaire du Roi.” If 31. .Sonnerat'a work
be yet popular among our neighbours, little surprise
need be felt at the complacent belief expressed in Paris
that the Chinese os belligerents arc the smallest of “ small
potatoes,” and maybe “chawed up” without the slightest
difficulty by the lively Gaul. Here is a terse summary of the
Celestial character, as given by the “ Commissairo do la
Marine ” aud “ Naturulisto Pensionnaire ” of Louis XVI. :—
The Chinese aro rascally, nrrogunt, insolent, and cowardly. Ten
Europcmis anno 1 simply with sticks would be sutHcicnt to put a thousand
Chinamen to flight. If they concede to us no kind of freedom, it is because
they are iuvnre of their own weakness. ... Is it not a reproach to tlio
honour of the French nation that the Chinese servant of M. llot, supercargo
of our East India Company, should have undergone three years’ iinprisoumcnt
ns a substitute for his muster, who wus ul»o fined throe thousand dollars
because, while out hunting, ho had accidentally killed u Chinumuu 1
The mills of the gods grind slowly; but they grind
exceedingly small. Assuredly, M. Putenotre must have taken
out a copy of Honncrut to China with him ; and Admiral
Courbet (who “ itched ” to bombard Foochow) must keep a
Sonnerat in las cabiu. 31. Rot aud his Chiucse servant
(unhappy precursor of 3Ir. James Tayu's “Proxy”) have at
length been uveuged.
Whftt’sin a name? A recently-published list of the French
force engaged at Foochow contained, on its first publication
here, ono of the drollest of blunders. We are told tlmt the
squadron comprised the Dugiiag-Tronin, the Vipire, the lynx,
the Villart, the Triomphnute, and the Detaining. Wlnit on
earth, or rather on sen, wns the craft bearing the nnme of the
“ Detaining ” ? Next day, the list beiug rectified, the oddly-
named vessel, a wooden screw cruiser, turned out to be the
D'Fstaing.
The mistake was not more ludicrous than one which wns,
more than a quarter of a century since, made in the case of
the present Enrl of Carnarvon, llis Lordship, when u very
young man, just entering upon public life, was anxious to
personally learn something of the habits and manners of tlio
criminal classes; and ut his instance Henry Muyhcw, the author
of “London Labour and the London Poor,” convened some¬
where at the East-End a meeting of ticket-of-leuve men. They
oil behaved, for the nouce, very well, and Lord Carnarvon was
very much eclifled by what he saw and heard; but he was some¬
what discomposed by one Of the speakers, who went by the
sobriquet of “ Boss-Eyed Peter,” alluding to the distinguished
guest of the evening as “ the Noble Henri of Conniving.”
“Detaining” (or “D’Estning”) ninkes an amusing ad¬
dition to one’s list of English corruptions of French words.
According to Captain 3Iarryat (“Diary in America”), the
common American name, “ Doolittle,” is a corruption of “ Do
P Hotel.” Another authority holds that it is an Anglicisntiou
of “De laTolle” ; but 3Ir. Bardsley, in “Our English Sur¬
names” (Chatto aud Windus), conjectures that “ Doolittle,”
like “ Soattergood,” “ Makepeace,” and “ llatewrong,” is
only a mediaeval English nickname allusive to the cha¬
racteristics of the personage so nicknamed.
Again, Captain 3Inrrj*at derives “ Peabody ” from the
French nnme, “ Pibaudifcro”; but 3Ir. It. Ferguson, M.P.,
in "Surnames ns a Science” (Routledge, 1884), is inclined to
think that “ I’eabody ” was originally " Pipbody,” from pipy,
swift, active, mid that it may also have been a sobriquet/
What’s in a name? This same Mr. Ferguson, by-the-way,
makes a droll bash of my own humble patronymic, which he
imagines to bo an English surname, and which he traces tothv]
Anglo-Saxon and the Frisian ; whereas it is in reality jidaik-
age corruption of the Latin designation of uu officiul lposslbly
a lump-lighter, or sweeper, or tipstaff, or something humbie-
of that kind) connected with an aueieut Iiomau Ilall of Justice.
V \
3Iem.: “Bunker” (word of fear to British ear^jskiiid to
be a corruption of Bon Cceur” and" Bumpus ” of “ Boil
Pas.” What’s in a name ? When I pore over the dogmatic
assertions and scarcely less dogmatic conjectures of the
philologers I continually feel inclined to usk them “But
supposing it isn’t so ? ”
“Oh! rest his bones.” I mean” thoso of Michel Ney,
sometime 3I»rslml of France, Duke of F.lchingen, and Prince
of the 3Ioskova. The death of tlio second Duke of Wel¬
lington has led to a revival of the controversy ns to whether
the first Duke was or was nbt dispoped tb sfivo the life of the
“bravest of the bravo,” which life, if only the requirements of
strict justice are to be borhe in mind, was undeniably forfeit to
the law. This time the disputants as to how much or how
little wns done by tM Iron Duke to prevent the execution
of Ney nre Sir William Fraser (who will be remembered with
kindly feelings by the readers'of this page for his generous
exertions on behalf of John Baldwin Buckstone) and General
31ontngu McMiirdo. The impulsive Baronet and the gallant
General are both armed with “ the highest authority,” oral or
documentary, ns to the statements which they advance ; und
tln.ro is A considerable discrepancy between their statements.
I have my own opinion in the matter; but, as it is not sup¬
ported by any “ high authority,” the opinion is not worth
anything. x/')
31em.: Rummaging the otherdny in a collection of bygono
French plays in the “ 3Iagnsln Theutral,” I camo across a
piece entitled “ Lo Procfis du 3Inr6chul Ney,” described us
“an Historical Drama in Four Tableaux,” by 3131. Fontan and
Dupeuty. It wns produced at the Theatre ties Xouvemitcs,
I’uris, in October, 1831. The Duke of Wellington is among
the characters; and I was fully prepared to find " Lor
Vilaintou” assailed with the most furious invective for his
abstention from taking any active part in the attempt to rescue
Ney from his fute. It wus an agreeable surprise to find that
the French dramatists hud dealt very mildly with the Hero of
Waterloo.
The Duke makes a single and brief appearance in one scene
of the drnnm representing an antechamber in the palace of the
Tuileries. He lins just left the private cubiuct of Louis XVIII.,
und is, apparently, not in the best of tempers after his inter¬
view with the 3Iajesty of France. He has somewhat angrily
ordered his carriage, when a Bonnpartist General on lmlf-pay
solicits his good offices on behalf of Ney. “Encore lo
Marcchnl Ney! ” exclaims Wellington. The General proceeds
to maintain that the incriminated Marshal is irrevocably placed
under the safeguard of the Treaty of the Third of July, 1815,
otherwise known os the Capitulation of Paris, which virtually
extends an amnesty to ull persons politically compromised
during the Hundred Days. To this replies the Duke of
Wellington:—
General, I am in despair that I cannot give you my support. Tlio con¬
vention of the Third of July was never ratified hy the Kiujj of Franco. It
is unfortunate, truly unfortunate; but Otis informality [vice fa forme) de¬
prives us of tho power of interfering iu any way with the acts of tlio
Government of his Majesty Ixmia XVlIf. You must excuse mo, General,
I have an appointment with the Minister of Murine.
Exit F..M. the Duke of Wellington, K.G. Evidently ho
was unable to interfere in circumstances “ over which he had no
control.” In the lust tableau, 3Iurslinl Ney is duly shot on the
Place de PObservutoire at the Luxembourg. According to tho
stage directions, tho execution is curried out by a squad of
veterans under the close surveillance of a number of gendarmes
Angelo, and the 3Iadonnadel Curdellino of Rafaolle to look ut
ull doy long. Similarly, I think that life on a desert island,
or iu a light-house, or nt tho North Pole, or ut Bastiu iu
Corsica, might be rendered quite tolerable if you could only
have u complete series of Bohn’s Libraries, Holes and Queries,
and Punch to enliven your solitude withal.
3Iy facetious contemporary has been extremely funny this
week on the poets who huve been recently “ waking up” tho
columns of the newspapers with more or less incoherent screeds
of verse for and against the House of Lords. “ Ruil away, my
budding bardlets,” sings 3Ir. Punch himself:—
This hysteric day
Shrieking lives, so shrieking answers,—jotinuiL say not nny,
Long enough lias Itoason hold: You, up and mil nwny
tilling nml idute, revile and l>ludgeoiuwith assumnee hold,
Tongue of gentle, stylo of scholar,.-now nre. far too cold;
Go it like an ungry fishwife when upon the scold.
This is pretty good for a “bardlet” rutbeffull blown than
budding, who lias done a good deal iq the way pi hard poetico-
political hitting in the course/of' the last two-und-forty years ;
but 1 should like to know what Puneh{\\Ovt that lie has got his
white kid gloves on, and has scented handkerchief with
Jockey Club) thinks of the following excerpt from a political
ballad written a.u. 1811,,tothe tune of tho “Fine Old English
Gentleman”:— / — \y
I ’ll t-mg.yoti a rvt'Wbalkid, and I’ll warrant it fir?*, rate.
Of tho days of tfnit old gciitleljiiiii who lmd Unit lino estate,
"When they spent the public money at a bountiful old rato
On cvhy niisux"«s, kii>ivp, uyKHiop, »t ev’ry noble gate,
z' Mntjio fine Til cl English Tory times—
,— J Sooii muy they come again:
I huve substituted the/^vord “knave” for one rather more
risnne. The waiter of thisjr-tunzu and of the six following ones
(which are rutliar stronger, if anything, than the first;, was
certainly not (uiiymoreThaii is 3Ir. Swinburne) “abudding
bardlet.” Ha wifeEuotr given to “ slanging and slating,” to
“ howling and cursing.” But at tho time of a political crisis
(thcre-was one iiy~i811J he wus wont to speak his mind; and ho
spake it tiumistdkubly. lie who wrote the song to the tune of
“The Fine Old English Gentleman” wus Charles Dickens,
disguised in civilian garb. Tho Marshal wears a blue reduigote , You will find it in Forster’s “Life.”
black silk smallclothes and stockings, buckles on his shoes, V_ .. j
and a round lmt. I have a contemporary engraving its.-\ x 31cm.: That which Punch (with his new white kid gloves on,
presenting the dead man, thus arrayed, lying on a bier in and the scctit on his mouchoir) is advocating would seem to bo
corpse/WUS '-
Clmrih
one of the wards of a hospital whither the
removed after tho execution. Two Sisters of
praying at tho foot of the bier. Rest the bones of/
Key !
I fancy that the French politicians and jouruatrsts tlid noY _
hate (or pretend to lmte) us quite so bitterly iri ,TS3 Ths they
do now. Among the recent onslaughts on England arising
from the sickening business at Foochcwthero \ 8 not oue more
amusing than tho diatribe of M. PaulDe' Cnssugmie. The
lost time that I had the honour to meet this -eating-gentle¬
man was ut tho funeral ut Oliislelmrst of the Prince Imperial,
who had been trained at an English Military Schoqj/who had
worn our uniform, who lost his(life.fightiug in our quarrel, and
who was borne to his grave oil the cnrringtFof a British gun and
surrounded by British soldiers: the Hqir to the Crown and other
Princes of the Blood Royal being among his mourners. Hear
the fiery 31. Paul De Cassag-nacN^-
To-day, Engined is nt the mercy of everybody; anil Napoleon would no
longer be obliged, trembling w ith rage, to ub indon those sands of Boulogno
whence the Imperial eagle so long watched its opportiuiity to blind tlio
English leopard.
The English leopard ! "Will nobody lend 31. Paul De Cas-
sngnae aeopyof Boutell’s “ Heraldry” (Bentley), where he will
find that the Lion of England leased to be blazoned ns a “ Lion
leopartlc,” or “ lupuW/’/f>c‘ leopurt,” so far back as the
fifteenth century; when our Lion, whatever his nttitude or
action, ‘^received his true name, which he has retained under
nil circumstances until our dwii time.” But 31. Paul De Cas-
sngmie’s heraldic herfe^y is no new thing. 3Iore than once I
huve pointed out that iu the “ 31edallic History of Napoleon”
there tire numerous engravings of medals (struck under the
uupervisiou of the accomplished scholar, Deuon), in which the
“ English leopard ” is tearing up the treaty of Amiens, or is
being strangled by Hercules, bound iu chains und links of iron,
or otherwise maltreated. Tho famous medal anticipatory of
-the iuvasiou of England, and which bears oil its exergue the
''iniptulont inscription “ frappec it Londres cn 1804,” once
more figures Hercules, but no leopard. The King of Clubs is
sulfocnting iu his arms a chimerical figure, half man and
half fish. Admiral Lord Nelson, G.C.B., possibly. Or perhaps
'Hie nondescript which the demigod is battling with is a Tartar.
“ I *ve caught u Tartar, Jack ! ” “ Well, bring him along! ”
“ But I can’t.” “Well, come on without him.” "But he
won't let me." “Frappec a Ixmdres,” quotha! “ Frappec ii
Cluiillot,” 31. Taul De Cassagmie—or at Auticyza.
3Ir. Henry George Bohn, the veteran bookseller, formerly of
York-street, Coveut-garden, has paid the debt of nature at
the great age of eighty-nine. The obituary notices of tho
deceased gentleman shite that he was busily engaged in the
bookselling trade “ before any living publisher, even in¬
cluding 31r. 31urray, was bora.” Ho fur back ns 1815, 3Ir.
Bohn was travelling in Germany for his father; and he was
attending a book auction at Leipsic when the battle of Waterloo
was being fought. The lute bibliopole was uu uncommonly
shrewd mail of business; but I have heard that in the midst of
nil his laborious counting-house pursuits, he could always find
time to devote one day a week to attend to his roses at
Twickenham, of the cultivation of which flowers he wus
passionately fond. He formed, besides, a magnificent col lection
of art books, pictures, miniatures, und porcelain.
By tho creation of his “ libraries,” of which the preseut
publishers arc 3Iessrs. George Bell and Sons, 3Ir. Bohn not
only amassed a handsomo und well-deserved fortune, but ren¬
dered an immense service to the cause of tho higher education
among all English-speaking peoples. lie did' even more for
us than Emile De Girnrdin diet for France by the publication
of the “Pantheon Litteraire ”; although 31. De Girnrdin
was certninly entitled to the gratitude of his couutry-
nien when lie brought out a complete translation of
Plato at tho low price of tlireo francs fifty centimes.
But the six hundred and sixty-one volumes of the Bolm
“libraries” (they will only cost you a mutter of a hundred
and forty odd pounds for a complete set) embrace almost every
couccivnble brunch of human knowledge. I think that it wus
Tlieophile Gautier who said that he would not mind being
sentenced to solitary confinement for life if it could only bo
arranged that the place of his incarceration should be the
Tribune of the Ufflzi nt Florence, with the Venus de Medieis,
tho Daucing Faun, the Wrestlers, the Virgin of Michel
traction of backbone in political minstrelsy. To me the
iesare quite os delightful as the Radical ones—so long as
Hhout, my brother deeamisndo!
y' Shirtless hmther, eoino shout with me!
AVhnt shall we shout for. whnt shall wo shout for.
In this same merry year, ’Thirty-Three!
3Iem.: Did 3Iagiun, I wonder, write a poem, nlso published
in Irater (in 1834, I think), entitled “ Thank God, wo have
Beers”? The Morning I’ost “bardlet” 6liould look those
strikiug verses up.
Since the editor of a very big English Dictionary, now in
course of publication, once condescended to ask mo when tlio
expression “conspicuous by their ubscnce” first made its
appearance in English speech, I hope that I shall not bo
accused of making mountains out of molehills in reverting to
the tonriinre de phrase, “Circumstances over which we luivo
no control.” I was under tho impression that it originated
with tho Great Duke of Wellington about 1830 or 1810. That
impression is not wholly destroyed by a communication from n
correspondent, who tells me that “causes over which he lmd no
control ” occurs iu a Funeral Hermon preached by the Rev.
.Alexander Fletcher, 31. A., at Finsbury Chapel on Sept.29,1839.
'Unit.would bo “ about ” the time that the Duke's letter wus
published.
It is surprising to find how swiftly characteristic expressions
uttered by great people are caught up by the commonalty aud
incorporated iu popular speech and writing. “ It will bo a
mockery, a delusion, and a snare" was first, said by the first
Lord Detiumu in giving judgment in the House of Lords iu
the great Writ of Error ease of Daniel O’Connell. At once,
“ a mockery, a delusion, aud a snare ” became port and parcel
of English phraseology. Whether Earl Russell’s “ Rest und
bo thankful” (in the matter of parliamentary reform), und
Prince Bismarck’s blunt saying ubout the Parisians stewing
in their own gravy arc original, I do not know. General U. H.
Grant's dictum about “dying iu tho lust ditch ” was borrowed
from William of Orauge, the Third of England.
In re Kosciusko, “A. H. II.” (Liverpool) tells me that in
the gnrdcn of the Hotel Excelsior at Varese, North Italy, there
is a beautiful grotto in which u small fountain rills from tho
rockwork. Neur the fountain is a short column supporting a
small bronze urn; and beneath is the inscription “ Cor Thadei
Kosciusko.” 3ly correspondent udds that the hotel had for¬
merly beeu a villa belonging to a noble Italian family, und
that the people of tho albcrgo have no doubt whatever as to the
urn containing the heart of the hero. With my compliments
to my little lady correspondent of the symmetrical pothooks
and hangers.
“ Inquirer " (Clifton) asks mo, “ If you were going into tlio
depths of the country, Wales or Devonshire, for a month or
six weeks, and wished to take one or two books to beguile the
long autumn evenings after a hard day's exercise, wlmt author
would you select, Hlnikspenre, Don Quixote, Tennyson, or
what? Mind,” adds my correspondent, “only two books."
Lust year ho packed lip “Sartor Resartus”, but. on
endeavouring to rend it to a small party, was coughed down,
und voted a boro.
At this I do not wonder. “ Sartor Resnrtus,” although it
purports to bo uu essay on Clothes, is, as regards sartorial in¬
formation, meagre and disappointing. It is a wonder I ul
book of Destructive Philosophy, a mine of learning, burnout ,
Satire, aud pathos, and ns an example of the Cnrlylian
style, simply perfect; but to understand its allusions and
illustrations a special education is required iu tlio politics nml
sociology of the period between 1830 and 1840. “Sartor
Resartus” should be rend (and re-read, till your eyeballs ache)
with a file of the Examiner on ono side of you und of Bbek-
tcood't Magazine oil the other. I can imagine u mixed com¬
pany being fearfully bored by a course of the “ Surtor ”
without a gloss of contemporary journalism.
The books which I would unhesitatingly recommend to bo
taken into tlio depths of tho country nre (1) Shakspeuro and
Don Quixote, or (2) Carlyle’s "French Revolution" and
Washington Irving's “ Sketch Book.” As books to take to
sea, Burton’s “Anatomy of Melancholy,” “ Howell’s Letters,”
The Fairie Qiieetie, mid Pepgs' Diary. I italicise the two lust-
lmmcd works for the reason that I have never met with any¬
body who could nver that he lmd rend cither l’epys or Spenser,
from beginning to end, without drawing rein, on dry land.
But between Gravesend and 3Ielbourue one ought to be able
to track the Blutunt Beast to his lair. G. A. S.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NLAN’S, Auo. 30, 1881.-196
THE BRITISH MILITARY
E XPEDITIOK UP
THE NILE.
COLOSSAL STATUE IN THE QUARRIES OF TUMUOS.
TEMPLE OF SUKKOT.
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THIRD CATARACT OK THE NILE. AT BANNER.
TILL ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Ato. 30, 1884 — 197
found out what the sea is made for. For the truth is that
there was nest to no poaching in the*neglected coverts of Base
and Homacombe Woods for the simple reason that poaching
was considered dull and tame, and unworthy of hands that
could set a sail or work an oar—why, seeing how little the
game were cared for, it hardly seemed against the law. Now,
however, since the misadventure of Mr. Davis, the half-
mythical hermit’s name began to grow into that of a people’s
hero: and men and women began to nsk one another who he
was, and whence lie had come. And this, strange to say, not
tin; oldest wrecker in the parish, nor even its matriarch, could
tell, though one of them said he could remember old Homcek
in the flesh, and the other that Cucumber Jack had haunted
Base Wood when she herself was a little girl, four score years
ago come the day when her dead man left her standing ringless
before the altar rails on the news coming to church that a two
hundred and eighty ton sch /oner was ashore.
But they were a dull-witted folk down there, seeing
nothing strange or out of the common in things that else¬
where would excite something more than nine days' wonder.
On such coasts, even more than in the midst of ocean, surprise
becomes deadened and its capacity lost by daily familiarity
with wonders, while so few lives bore looking into that there
was a tacit etiquette, only possible among the very dull and
incurious indeed, to let one another’s peculiarities pass as
things of course, without inquiry. This general bluntness
of wit only rendered the position of Mr. Davis the more
unendurable. His sharp wits had been baffled by their blunt
ones; and, what was worse, lie had a strong, though uncon¬
firmed suspicion that there was a league among all these
savages to side with Cucumber Jack and baffle authority still
more. Once at least since that unlucky night's work he had
received information of where the poacher was to be found at
a certain hour nnd place which turned out to be a hoax of an
exceedingly uncomfortable order, obliging him to scramble
out of a cave at the risk of liis limbs to escape the rising tide.
Not that he thought a whit the worse erf his own sharpness
in having mistaken for a poacher such a Squire as Francis
Carew. On the contrary, lie told himself, and he told others
also, that if such a Squire had been seen on a Kentish high¬
way, he would have been put into the parish pound on the
score of his clothes alone. He drew his ideas of a Squire from
Sir Miles Heron— a very different sort of Squire indeed. But
Stoke Juliot knew nothing of Sir Miles: and so, in its be-
nightedness, was content with a Squire like Francis Carew,
just as they were content, in his different capacity, with
l’arson Pengold. Live and let live was the principle of both
Squirt* and l’arson, and it suited Stoke Juliot to a huir. To
say that absolutely nothing was known of Sir Miles is possibly
going a little too far. For example, it was perfectly well
known tlmt most of the farmers paid their rents to him
through the agent of a lawyer at Barnstaple who represented
the London lawyers who attended to the affairs of Sir Miles :
and some of them. Parson Pengold at any rate, knew a little,
though a very little, more. Indeed, he could hardly help
having a certain amount of knowledge, as linving been at
college with Sir Miles, nnd as having had some slight acquaint¬
ance with him there, though the Parson was n graduate and in
orders when the Baronet, then Mr. Heron, came up to keep
his first term ns a Gentleman Commoner. Possibly they had
been tutor nnd pupil: possibly that relationship, or some
other, had led to the admission of the Parson to the Vicarage
of Stoke Juliot. But. all this whs ancient history: at any nite,
the Parson had never l>een known to speak of it. or to refer in
any way to Sir Miles. Very possibly, indeed, he had himself
practically forgotten that he had ever mixed in any sort of
society except that of his pigs, or had ever had the ambitions
of a scholar.
He, nnd the one or two who had tho superior amount, of
knowledge, were aware that Sir Miles began life as a younger
son—indeed, as a fifth son- so that his prospects of ever be¬
coming interesting in any way to Stoke Juliot were, at starting,
CIIAITER XVI.
THK HERONS OF WRENSIIAW.
is not to^ he im¬
agined that Mr.
Davis had been idle
all this while. He
had liis commission
Item Sir Miles
Heron; and, what¬
ever its nature, he
considered the cap¬
ture and abolition
of Cucumber Jack
within its terms.
And, so far as this
was concerned, he,
a representative of the
civilised county of
Kent, had only suc¬
ceeded in mnking him¬
self the laughing-stock
of Stoke Juliot, by having
taken up the Squire for
poaching on his own lands.
Indeed, for that mntter
the Stoke Juliot folk were
beginning to take n sort, of patriotic
pride in their locnl celebrity, ns
having made such a fool of the vain¬
glorious foreigner. Hitherto, the
personage known as Cucumber Jack
had been regarded (by those who admitted his actual
existence) ns a harmless simpleton, who chose to associate
with rabbits and such small deer to indulging in the nobler
pursuits, manlier joys, und greater gains of those who had
DRAWN BY HAL LUDLOW.
Nance Iqiew'hewjo receive a visitor courteously, nnd Mr. Du vis began to feel as if be were talking to a lady.
ROPES OF SAND.
BY R. E. FRANCILLON,
Author of "Strange Waters," "Olympia," "A Real Queen," &c.
198
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
ATIG. 30, 1884
In only one respect line! he proved disobedient during those
last mournful vein's, llis father’s heart was set upon his
marriage: but ns vainly ns nil efforts, short of Fate’s, hud been
to keep him from going abroad. Perhaps this required the
hand of Fate also. However, Fat© was so long in working that
although his father had been dead some fifteen years. Sir
Id ilea Heron, of Wronsliaw in the county of Kent mid Stoko
Juliot in the county of Devon, was unmarried still. He was
only fifty-seven, so that lie had by no means outlived the
market: but he made no appearance therein, living entirely
liis own life, which was ostensibly one of pleasure. Ho had
been a greut traveller for those ilnys, having seen not only
Paris but Vienua and Home ; in London, he was a great club¬
man, and had recovered much of his old tuste for theplay ; when
his autumn was not otherwise occupied, he spent one or two
months at Wrenslmw, which, however, practically mount Tun¬
bridge Wells; iic made muuy visits at great houses; and Hath
was the nearestnpproach he ever made to his neglected estates
in Devon. Ho was something of a dilettante and connoisseur,
and very much of n beau, with a hundred tastes, but without
a single occupation; making mnuy acquaintances, very few
friends, no intimates, and no enemies. It was said that ho
could be singularly fascinating, both to men and to women, if
ho pleased ; but lie seldom cared to tnko the trouble, and con¬
tented himself with the exercise of nil the quieter social
qualities which ensure n man of the world, in the most honest
sense of the term, a cordial welcome wherever lie may be.
Altogether, unlike as ho was to the family label, lie was yet
more unlike wlmt nature lmd originally labelled him ; for ho
had promised to turn out a mere elegant lounger as little as to
preside over the House of Peers. On the whole, ho wus cer¬
tainly a disappointing man. Whether that was because ho
was also a disappointed one, nobody thought of inquiring, any
more than any of her worshippers had thought of inquiring
what became of poor lYggyGuraou when her beauty was gone.
If he lmd ever hud a secret of any sort, ho kept it to himself;
and, being always unmarried, seemed likely to keep it to him¬
self for good and all.
All this amounts pretty nearly to the entire combined out ¬
ward knowledge of Parson Pcugold nnd Mr. Davis—of the,
former for the earlier, and of the latter for the later portion.
Whatever else the Parson might remember was lost and buried
within the. capacious cemetery of his person. But whatever,
ilr. Dftvis knew, lie told, and that vnuntingly, for he find been
bom nnd bred at Wrenslmw, nnd coupled its owner, for un¬
approachable position, with the Duke of Dorset mid the Dean
of Canterbury. That lie lmd been chosen to take charge of
the hitherto neglected preserves on the Stoke Juliot estate had
given him something ot the pride which ought to be felt by
the Governor-General of n great colony; and he certainly did
not trouble liiiuself to speculate why Sir Miles should suddenly
have been seized with any personal interest in an estate which
ho had hitherto ignored as completely asi if its ownership hud
given him neither rights nor duties. In short, Mr; Davis was
inspired not only with the full sense of duty, but, with the ut¬
most pride in duty; nnd he wns living on gull and wormwood
so long as Cucumber Juelywns breathing the ait of Base Wood
instead of that of a jail.
Thinking how lie should procccd in such wise ns to keep
himself clear from further traps and snares, he, like the intel¬
ligent man ho was,/came/tofhc, conclusion that somebody
or other must be in the whole confidence of Cucumber Jack,
nnd that this soinebody must be ft woman. That was always
the way in Keut: so it was highly probuble that it would
l>e also the way in Devon, lie eoUld not be long in the neigh¬
bourhood without finding that then* was something peculiar
about the Derricks, if only this, that Squire Curew’s keeper
must either be a homkliot-tolet a poacher tlourish midcr his
very nose, or el so must be oucof tliose who, as the old song has
it, “ sells his dp* 1 **; that is to say, goes shares in the plunder.
Indeed, lie /njoiro than suspected Derrick’s master himself of
moonlight poaching on Sir Miles’s land—in short, having
poaching. Cueumbm'JiU'k, and Squire Cnrew on tlm brain, ho
easily evolved the theory that Squire, keeper, mid .Tack, were
all of n gang. That being so, the question, Who is SlieP
became tolemhly-glear. There never was a gang without a
She .'A was contrary to the nature of things; nnd She there¬
fore inmjt bo Nnricfe Derrick, ns clear as day, whether she were
4 ack’sftWeethoart or the Squire’s.
betters. Mr. Davis had complete confidence in his
own intiuenci? over the softer and more manageable sox : for,
_______ i? his ma*t (, r. Sir Miles, he wns not yet a married man. Nor,
termination “to* remain no longer'n'burden upon either ^d^npogironi his personal qualities, was it at all likely that a sum
family or liis countrv, and to go into some sort of business of Kent-should be counted second best beside a ragamuffin
beyond the seap. ’ Squireen like Cnrew,-or n rascal of n ponclicr. So he found or
Such an announcement would lie thought nothing wonder- made occasion to stroll by the cottage on the dunes while
fill nowadays. Hut Miles Heron’s youth wns the high ti(V«t^PcVick was out, ns usual, on those urgent affairs which
well-paid places without nny work, apparently invented for 'always overwhelm a man who lias nothing to do, und does it
the benefit of the younger sons of large families.;: ...mid-it;wns diligently. ... . . .
when, moreover (it was a long time ago), a barrister ciinhLphr- ‘‘Afternoon, Miss, ’said he, pntrom.singly, as he entered
chase’ all the luw lie needed for a living ready mrtdc from niiv the kitchen where Nance sat, as always, alone.
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small indeed, not to speak of the groat Kentish estates of the
Herons, which were really worth having. Stoke Juliot was a
mere accidental appanage, without even a habitable mansion,
and not even of much value us u source of revenue to u rich
nnd ancient house whose lines were cast in the Garden of
England. Miles was bred to the Har: and liis abilities wore
considered such that, with his family influence, lie had at
least ns reasonable a prospect of the woolsack ns nny m in can
have who is not obliged to fight his way from the very bottom
of the stairs. It was also intended that ho should marry
money, by way of helping his rise—be it remembered that tliis
was a' long time ago.
Many persons, who had never heard of Stoke Juliot, remem¬
bered Miles Heron at Oxford ns a fine, manly, dashingyoung fel¬
low, with tastes infinitely largcrthiincven his generous allowance,
nnd with nil the qualities most appreciated by young men inthose
(lavs, including u decided uversiou from anything in the shape
of serious study, lie wns the best-humoured, best-tempered,
nnd bcst-intuml of beings, who no more thought of saying
No to himself than to any other acquaintance. Why his
family chose to label hint Lord Chancellor would be past
guessing, were not family labels notoriously unaccountable
things—were not tho swan invariably taken for the goose, nnd
the goose for the swan. He earned up with him to theTeinple
a heavier cargo of debts than even an eldest son cares to start
life on; and, in the spirit of the couple in the German story,
who, when their cheese rolled down the hill, sent their bread
after it to catch it, went hard at it to make London double the
debts of Oxford, ns London well knows how. There were no
bats and boats in those days as outlets for a young gentleman’s
superfluous energies, nnd to keep him clear of a thousand
follies. For one thing, lie took an inordinate fancy for the
stage, regarding it as the highest pursuit in which the human
mind can engage, and as being (so he often argued) to law
nnd politics wlmt man is to the baboon. The stage does not
mimic life, he used to be fond of urgiug; it is life that only
mimics tho stage, nnd that badly. Ho wrote for the great
actor of the hour a tragedy that wns never accepted ; and a
comedy, which was both performed and—damned. Hut, grout
us was liis passion for the stage, u-s the art of arts, greater still
was his fondness for the company of actors—a fondness sur¬
passed only by his preference for the society of actresses in
general, and of one actress in particular, one Margaret or
Peggy Garden, who for a very brief season set the town on tiro
with her Belvidcra.
Hers was indeed a brief season— bo brief that T doubt if it
occupies so much ns two sentences in the very fullest history
of the British stage. Yet accounts of her appearances are
still to bo found in old journals, wherein slio is styled tho
tenth rouse, in whom Melpomene nnd Thalia were nt once com¬
bined nnd outshone, nnd wherein arc printed various rhymed
effusions “To the fair Gardenia,” not unfrequcntly signed
“ M. 11.,” meaning Miles Heron. The fair Gardenia took tho
smallpox in so malignant a form that her career, which in
truth depended wholly upon her beauty, was closed for ever—
the poor tenth muse became nil at once bv that cruel scourge,
whom some ignorant idiots would again let loose upon the
world, ugly, prematurely old, half deaf, und half blind. What
on earth can be conceived more terrible than the fall of such a
fate on n girl in the full morning glory of her triumphs and
her clianus ? That question, however, none paused to answer,
l’oor Peggy Garden disappeared, und wns forgotten in an
hour: far more utterly than if she had died. And what made
it all the more pitiable was tlmt, though she lmd boon delight¬
fully wild in her ways, not even the most scandalous gossip
lmd’ ever whispered tlio least harm in tho very wildest of
them all.
In 6hort., not n single heart seemed broken, or so much as
chipped, even. What Miles Heron felt, he alone knew; for,
like the rest of the world, he ncvcur named her name from that
day. Only his closest intimates could observe in him a greater
gravity, and a fnlling off in his passion for the stage. Hat
then liis growth in gravity might well bo due to liis growth in
debt. However that might be, when the long-delayed time
approached for his being called to the Outer Bar, ho amazed
hi* father the Baronet, Sir Matthew Heron, by an announce¬
ment tlmt demolished the family label, and scattered it to tho
winds.
He was in debt to the tune of more thousands than an
estate burdened with five younger sons nnd seven daughters
could afford, lie had not learned enough law to prosecute a
plough-boy for stealing a turnip. He proclaimed himself
failure and a fraud. Finally, ho dec-lured his unalterable
wig-mnkcr. But neither the certainties of Quarter Sessions anywhere about P 1 wan
for Sir Matthew Heron’s son, nor nil the nsrardd-ipfln^iee of VJ J ‘~ : ‘
the family lawyers at Canterbury and in I.inrdln’s-irm-fi.Tds,
nor the purchase of a place in the offiqeof the Controller of
waste candle-ends in the Royal Scullery, could tempt young
Miles out of his apparent lunacy. There must have been some
backbone in the young fellow, after all. He was Bent upon
paying off his own debts in liis own way : and, though nil tho
reason was unquestionably on the other side, he remained us
stubborn os a mule. \ \
Sometimes Sir Matthew almost fancied that there must bo
some secret reason for this apparent insanity. Miles had never
Ixten obstinate in liis life before : his debts were mostly due to
liis incapacity for saying No. But no sikgtet reason could he
discover. Nothing was of any avail, either to counteract tho
young man’s determination or to find but its cause—if there
were any beyond general folly. Nile tried 'onxing, bribery,
ridicule, authority, entreaty, quarrelling : but all alike in vain.
And Miles would actually have sailed at last for foreign parts
when a terrible event oecurrcd wliich changed the current of
liis destiny once for all.
I Ie lmd four elder brothers. Miles wns within ten days of
sailing when Matthew} the beir;.Tolni, tho soldier; William,
the clcrgvnttta; and Philip, tho naval lieutenant, were caught
in a squall while out deep-sen fishing together, capsized, and
all drowruxl. There is no dwelling on such a tragedy—happily,
their mother hnd diedBeforo tlmt dny.
There could be no further thought of exile for tho only
remaining son, bow tho licir. Could lie have left his in¬
heritance, with its new duties, he could not leave his father
now, whether lie had nny secret reason for wishing to leavo
England, or none. Old Mir Matthew,whoso first-born und name¬
sake lmd been the best loved of nil his sons, began to break
rapidly, and clung to Miles, the family failure, nil the more
intensely for their recent quarrels. He fell more nnd more
Into a state of helpless dependence upon his only son’s pre¬
sence, nnd could scarcely hear tho latter to be out of his sight
for five minutes at a time for fear lest lie also should be torn
away. Nevertheless, it was years before the new-made heir
became Sir Miles.
Is Derrick
to say a word to him about
badgers. liis wood joins mine, nnd I’ll swear to it there’s
more badgers in Homncombc tlmn I've seen ull my life in
Wrcnshaw. Wo. must join dogs, nnd give ’em a clay.”
Even lie lmd to admit, ns he looked round with a sports¬
man’s observant eyes, that Kent did not contain a neater
kitc hen, or, allowing for difference of complexion, a handsomer
girl. Indeed, Mr. Davis, being himself a red man, lmd a
natural affinity for dark beauty. He removed his cap, rubbed
liis hair into order, and laid down his gun.
Nance knew liow to receive a visitor courteously; which,
after nil, is n matter not of art but of nature. Mr. Davis began
to feel ns if lie were talking to a lady, absurd ns was the idea,
considering that she represented Squire Carow’s man, while he
represented no less a personage than Kir Miles Heron of
Wrcnshaw.
“ Well, I don’t mind waiting a bit for Derrick,” lie snid.
“ There’s not much doing to-day; nnd I must settle nbout
them badgers. What a lonesome place you do bide in, to be
sure—fit to make one die of the blues. But, of course, it
seems queer to me, coming out of a country where the gentry
hang together liko hops on a bine, and there’s nothing left to
run wild. Why, our very son-cliffs are white—not black, like
yours; nnd you should just see Wrenslmw nt cherry-time.
Squire Cnrew's a carious sort of n customer, cli P I’ve seen
hundreds of Rquires, but I never cume across one like he.’’
“I don’t know much nbout gentlefolk,” said Nance.
“ Squire Carew, nnd Parson, nncl Miss Openslinw—tlmt 'n all
I ’vo seen.”
“ Ah, you wouldn’t think much of them if yon’d seen Sir
Miles, and the Duke, and the Dean. Nor nothing of Ilorun-
eombe, if you'd seen Wrenslmw and Knole.”
Nance know nothing of Dukes or Deans, even if she find
ever henrd of them ; but she felt that it wns not for a foreigner
to run down her mother corner of earth while she stood by.
Nor, for tho sake of old times, could she admit that any of
earth's comers contained n brnver and nobler gentleman than
Squire Cnrew, of Homncombc.
’Tis not my fault I ’ve never seen Sir Miles.” said slie, in
her grave and straightforward way. “ If I’ve known of none
better tlmn Squire Carew, ’tis because lie does wlmt your
master don’t—show himself to them he lives by.”
“Hey!' As if my principal. Sir Miles, would como nnd
bury himself alive! Though when I’ve got tho woods in a hit
of order, why then maybe’s may be. But come, lass, you
forget one other gentleuluu you’ve seen—and an uncommon
fine gentleman too. Wlmt ’s the name of that other gentle¬
man nt llonuicombe? I’ve heard, but it’s slipped away.”
“There is no other gentleman nt Hornncombe,” said she,
shortly. “ Will you have eider, or ale ? ”
“If I was ut home, I’d sny ale; but, as they can’t brew in
these parts, I ’ll say cider, though ’tis but gripy stuff nt best.
Leastways, if there’s not n gentleman at Homucouibe, there’s
a Captain—Quickset—that’s tint very name. Who’s he P ”
“ Ho ’b a friend of the Squire’s.”
“But the queer thing is, I could take my ontli I’ve seen
that same clmp elsewhere; and yet he weren’t like a bit wlmt
he is now. 1 Can’t fix him; but I’m ns sure as sure. ’Tis
mixed up somehow with—no; it couldn’t bo that, neither.
How got ho to be so thick with your Squire ? ”
“ 1 can soon tell you tlmt, Mr. Davis,” suid Nance; “niul
yon won’t find our eider poor, nor sour. Wlmt Captain
Quickset wanted iu our parts, ho knows; but Squire Cnrew
saved his life one dark night by nigh losing his own. Squire
Carew just stopped liim riding>over Oxhom on horseback
in a fog, and instead of a neck-break ho got off with what ho
calls a sprain. Maybe they do braver things whore you como
froils, but ’twns brave enough for here.”
“ No; the eider ’a nut so bad. A foggy night, eh P Your
Squire’s pretty often out o' nights, I suppose P ”
“I suppose lie docs with himself much wlmt ho pleases—
folks mostly do when they can,” snid she, beginning to notice
tlmt Mr. Davis was asking questions. They were clumsy
questions enough, With the only merit in them tlmt 6he could
not possibly guess" their drift, as she assuredly would lmvo
done had there been any ground for tho keeper’s suspicions.
Hut, ns has been said, asking questions wns contrary to Stoko
Juliot manners, and was therefore to bo met with uuythiug
except nil answer.
“Audi faucy there’s a good hit of business done here¬
about,” said Mr. Davis, knowingly, taking evasion for ad¬
mission, “ o’ foggy nights nnd o’ moonlight nights ns well.
Bless me, lass, Tom Davis isn’t the man to tell tides. I guess
there’s more fair trading down by Hostings nnd Winchelseu
way in one year tlmn hereabout iu ten. NVlicn I drink good
stuff I never look to seo if ’tis duty paid. Lord, lass, you
needn’t be shy with me. Conic, now—don’t Squire Carew
have a hand in running a cargo, when there’s no moon to go
shooting by P Cowcumber Jack, cli P Isn’t that liis name
ashoreP And isn’t Captain Quickset captain of a lug—
wli-o-c-e-W! ” lie whistled, suddenly slapping his thigh.
“ I know whore I ’vo mot Captain Quickset now! By tho
living Jingo, ’tis the very man! But all right, lass. Tom
Davis isn’t tho man to tell tales; leastways, if nobody tries to
take him in.”
Nance was not best pleased with either her visitor or until
his visit, for she had borrowed from Mrs. Drax nt the Hall a
volume out of which she was teaching herself to read, with
hotter results than out of Ovid—namely, the Spectator—and
was deep in the Vision of Mirza. It did not mean much to
lier as yet, but it lmd begun to mean somet hing, with a pros -
pect of meaning more. And wlmt if the yoiuig Squire did
follow tho pursuit common to all Stoko JnliotP For that
matter, what if lie were a pirate or a brigand ? ‘Wlmt, even,
if he no longer cared to como for a pipe nnd a chat to his
keeper’s cottage, nnd chose to forget the very cxistenco of
Nance Derrick in the fnscinations of Miss Openslinw ? Was ho
not Francis Carew, iuid had lie not a right to do whatever ho
pleased P
For, alas ! Nnnoo Derrick, haring read no romances, and
having been taught no conventions, did not know how wrong
it was to give away lier heart before being asked for it: how
much move wrong to give it to her father’s master, who could
mean her no good even if ho meant anything: nnd to one,
worst of all, who, till another woman transformed him, wns
about as useless nnd worthless a lmuglit-do-good ns wns to bo
found even in Stoke Juliot—and more than that no man may
sny. I do not mean to sny she ever told herself, even in
her inmost thought, that she wns in love with Francis Carew.
“To bo in love” is n phrase ; and she did not know how to
think in phrases. So far ns it meant nnything to her, it would
mean walking together of a Sunday afternoon : and of course
there could bo uotliing of that kind. Slio was only aware of a
cruel nnd unbearable bitterness when ho protected her from
the Captain with a sort of generous contempt ns if she were no
more to him than n stray dog whom ho was guarding from
blows: she knew, well enough, that it was not lor her sake ho
lmd been angry, mid the knowledge stabbed her hard.
When her futlicr told her t hat the Squire had been to church
and to the Vicarage she just felt ns if life had turned cold nt
the core. If slio had known herself to be in love, she could
have had a good heart-break, picked up tho pieces, mid
nmiuged them into nn ideal imago of herself to weep over nt
ease until she grew tired even of such enduring delight ns
self-pity; but, as she knew nothing of tho passions by name,
nor knew what n comfortable rense of superiority they givo
to thoso who nro conscious of them, sho could only feel like a
sparrow who has been left to starve for the sake of some now-
Ixjught goldfinch by n capricious master—all desolate nnd
dumb, and pitiably unlike the lofty poet who knows not only
how to sing, but how to sell, liis infinite woe.
So little curiosity did slio show in the identification of
Cnptuin Quickset that Mr. Davis very naturally leaped to the con¬
clusion that ho find really got upon the heels of a gang, nnd that
the identity of Francis Carew, smuggler, with Cucumber .Tack,
poacher, Unshed out in nn instant of inspiration, wns quite likely
to be true. After all, wluit could be more likely, on tho
assumption that the Captain was, in Mr. Haris’s belief, not
altogether tho same as lie oppeared to bo in his own P “ Yes; ”
mentally exclaimed the keeper, “ Squire Cnrew is Cowcumber
.Tack: and Cowcumber Jack is Squire Carew. That makes
everything round nnd square ; and I never made any mistake,
after all.”
For indeed it was so manifestly impossible ho could have
made mistake, that by this impossibility alone the ease was
proved. Mr. Davis was a bom detective—so far as the logic of
the craft wns concerned.
Here was the theory. And Foueli6 himself could have
evolved uo better, nor one that held together more har¬
moniously :—
Stok" Juliot wns a den of thieves: one and all.
That the only coimeetion between Squire Cnrew und Captain
Qniekset should be a foggy night nnd a slmm sprain, was
absurd on the very fact* of tilings.
Squire Cnrew had been taken red-handed : and the dis¬
missal of the charge on a frivolous pretext only proved that
like Parish, liko Squire: nnd liko Squire, like Parson.
Who professed to havo set eyes on Cucumber Jack? Never
a soul. There was no evidence of his existence, beyond a tale
that the Squire would set about to screen himself, or else his
accomplices, to screen the Squire. IIus not. every wrongdoer
some imaginary Cowcumber Jack on whom to father his sins '<
ATTG. 30, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
199
Squire, Parson, Captain, Keeper, Keeper’s daughter, and
probably every man and woman in Stoke Juliot were all in a
Kang to rob the King of his dues (which was pardonable) and
Sir Miles Heron of his game—which was the veritable un¬
pardonable sin. Whichever way Mr. Davis looked, he saw a
hundred suspicious signs, which, combined, amounts to ns much
proof ns any reasonable man requires for the vindication of his
own sagacity. I«iko the zealous and dutiful servant he was,
his spirit, rose to the occasion : and he vowed to prove a match,
single-handed, for this den of smugglers, wreckers, poachers,
squires, parsons, and thieves. He would use Nance for his
fulcrum : and he was the more inclined to this method since she
was really so pretty a girl—quite pretty enough to season duty
with pleasure. The only difficulty was that lie did not quite
know how to begin. Perhaps, on the whole, tlio best way
would be to assume an uir of easy indifference and security.
“No — I’m not one of those keepers,” lie observed,
i\ propos of the situation in general, “ that can’t live and let
live too. I guess I’m more like your good father’s sort, that
sees, and hears, and says nothing. There’s no doubt a wood
that's been left alone Uke Hose Wood, and the rest, must look
to have things going on that one would be bound to take
notice of at a place like Wrenshaw. There’s men that would
as soon clap a whole parish in jail as look at’em. But I.’m
not one of that sort. Live and let live, say I. Take me ns I
am, and I take you ns you arc—that is to say, every man ns I
find him. You see what sort/am. I sav, lass,” he added,
with a wink and a grin,“if C’oweumbcr Jack:was to die, would
the sexton be uncommon far out if he was to bury Squire
CarewP ”
Nance saw both the grin and the wink, niul was quite
ready to take Mr. Davis for the most kindly disposed of mortal
keepers. But, ns she had not the least notion of what ho
meant, and as she had no more sense of humour than old
Honieck’s Steeple, sho could only look puzzled—winch is not
easy to distinguish from looking confused. Indeed, she did
colonr a little: for it was becoming paiuful to her to henr her
father's master’s, very name.
“ I thought he wouldn’t,” said Mr. Davis. “ But, Lord, how
a gentleman likes to amuse himself, is naught to me. Somo
likes cock-fighting : somo don’t. I knew a young gentleman
once that cared for nothing but hiding behind a lmy-stack, and
jumping out on people to make them start mid'squeal, and
then running away. Some again likes sweet-hearting: and
small blame to ’em, when there's a pretty girl like you. I ’ll
lay longish odds I know Squire Coweumber’s way—and smull
blame to him, say I. I thought, there was no pretty girls out
of Kent. But, bless you, everybody can bo wrong in some¬
thing-even me.”
She was beginning to look so hot that lie felt snre he was
upon the right ground now: and surely no girl would be nblo
to resist flatteries which had done ample execution in the ser¬
vants' hall at Wrenshaw, where the bachelor keeper was worth
wearing ribbons for.
Something sho had to answer, and it was the first thing
that came.
“ I hale Squire Carew! ” she exclaimed, facing this intruder
THE COURT.
The Queen enjoys excellent health, and takes drives daily,
accompanied generally by Princess Beatrice. On Thursday
week her Majesty drove out with Princess Louis of Bnttenberg.
Princess Beatrice and the Princesses Victoria, Sophie, and
Margaret of Prussia, went out on the Solent iu the steam-
barge of the Loyal yacht. The Crown Prince and Princess
of Germany and Princess Victoria of Prussia dined with her
Majesty in the evening. Viscountess Dowue, Baron Nyven-
lieim (in attendance upon the Crown Prince), and Major-
General Sir Redvers Buller (who arrived at Osborne in the
afternoon) aud Captain Thomson, of her Majesty’s yacht
Victoria and Albert, had the honour of being invited. The
Crown Prince of Germany, who took leave of her Majesty on
the previous evening, left for Germany yesterday week in her
Majesty’s yacht Osborne, Commander Fawkes. The Queen's
dinner party last Saturday included the German Crown
Princess, Viscouutess Dowue, Mr. and Sirs. Goschen, and the
Rev. Canon Capel Cure. On Sunday morning the Queen, the
Crown Princess of Germany, Princess Beatrice, and the
Princesses Victoria, Sophie, and Margaret of Prussia, aud the
members of the Royal household, attended Divine sen-ice at
Osborne. The Rev. Canon Capel Cure officiated. On Monday
her Majesty and the Crown Princess of Germany received
with deep concern the sad news of the death of Lord Ampthill,
the Queen’s distinguished Ambassador at the Court of Berlin.
Her Majesty had a high regard for him, and the Crown
Princess loses in him a dear and devoted friend. Lord
Ainptliill’s loss is a public one, for he served his Sovereign
and country most ably aud faithfully. On Tuesday the Crown
Princess of Germany and Princess Victoria breakfasted with
her Majesty and Princess Beatrice, it being the anniversary
of the lamented Prince Consort’s birth. Mr. William
Hoffmcister, D.D., who has attended her Jlajeaty and the
Royal family for forty years, lmd the honour of knighthood
conferred upon him by the Queen.
Intimation has been received at Balmoral that the Queen
will leave Osborne next Monday, and travel by special train
to Bullater, arriving at Balmoral on Tuesday afternoon. Her
Majesty will be accompanied by the Duchess of Albany.
The Queen lias been pleased to appoint Viscount Enfield
to be Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, iu the room of the late
Duke of Wellington.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the members of
their family, concluded their visit to Newcastle yesterday week,'
and left by the forenoon train for Edinburgh. The Prince
caused letters to be written to the Mayor of Newcastle and to
the Chairman of the Tyne Commissioners expressing the great
satisfaction they lmd derived from tlicir visit. On arriving at
Edinburgh, the Royal party visited the Forestry Exhibition,
St. Giles’s Cathedral, and the Infirmary, and draye''in the
evening to Dnhneny, where they were the /gfiests for a few
days of the Earl and Countess of Rosebery] Lust Saturday
the Prince and Princess visited the Forth Bridge, where the
mode of construction in use at this giguntic undertaking
was explained by Sir James Ealshaw. Afterwards they drove
upon her great secret fiercely, and then sharply turning away, to Hopetouu House, and were entlutsiastu aily eheered by the
“ I don’t want to hear his name.” ' ’ inhabitants of the district, who prepared special deco-
“ Wh-e-e-e-w!” whistled Mr. Davis, again. “Hero’s
another pair of shoes: and both odd ones! That means
there’s been something betwixt them that’s off—and all the
better for me. If I don’t get at the bottom of things now,
I "m a fool.So you hate that poaching vagabond, do
you?” lie asked. “1 didn’t think a lass like you would
stand a scoundrel like that, that calls himself u Squire, and is
no more than a common poacher and thief, that ought to be in
Maidstone Jail. But never you trouble about him. Davis
is after him: and the man Dnvis is after hasn’t much of
a start, any how. Sir Miles mid you will be pretty squuro
with Squire Jack, alias Cowcumber Carew, before I ’ve half
done.”
Though not much of a scholar, ho thought, he knew of
what a maddened woman is capable, and the dire effects of
beauty scorned. So it seemed to liim quite natural when
Nnncc turned round upon him more fiercely still: mid he was
only spared from being considerably surprised by his ignorance
oi girls’ hearts by tlio startling appearance of a very different
girl at the door.
It was startling, indeed: for it was Mabel Openslmw, all
breathless and white, looking os if she were flying from some
demon at her heels.
The keeper pulled off his cap, and stared: Nance ran to
save the young lady from falling.
“Somo water! ” cried Mabel. “No—I am not going to
faint. But how shall I say it — what I have to say! Get me
some water, my poor girl — while I try for words.”*
"What is it. Miss ? Con I help?” asked Mr. Dijvis.
rations in their honour. Their Royal Highnesses returned
to Dalmeny in the evening. On tjrindny morning the
Prince ancl Princess attended Divine service on board her
Majesty’s ship Warden. In the eveninga distinguished party
mot the Prince and Princess at dinner at Dalmeny House.
The Prince and Priucess anti their family concluded their visit
to Lord mad Lady Rosebery bn Monday. They were much
cheered as they drove up to Dalmeny station, where the Earl
and Countess Dowager of Hopetouu were also preseut to bid
them farewell. The Royal party proceeded by train to
Ballater. where they arrived in the evening, aud drove thence
to the Highland residenbe^/'Th^ Prince has presented a
gratifying souvenir to the boatswain of H.M.S. Cauadu, for
the at tention he paid to Prince George during his cruise in
that ship. It consists of u handsome silver pocket compass,
bearing on the lid tire coat of arms of the Prince of Wules,
mid around it the following inscription:—“ Presented by
H.lt.H. the Prince of Wales to Mr. William Jacobs, boat¬
swain II.M.S. Canadn, August, 1884.”
The Duke of Edinburgh/ in command of the Channel
Fleet, now in the Waters of Lough Foyle, was on .Saturday
last 'presented with addresses of welcome from the Cor¬
poration ofDpndonderry mid from the Irish Society. On
Monday the Duke of Edinburgh, his son, Priuce Alfred, aud
Viscount Camden, visited the Ginnts’ Causeway. They were
accompanied by Sir II. Bruce, Bart., M.P., whose guests they
are, Colonel and Miss Hervey Bruce, and a number of other
ladies aud gentlemen.
<i t . 0 . .... j. , , --- \Princess Louise, travelling incognita, nrrived at Gnstein on
** n J ‘ ir Milos Heron s keeper. Is there aught I con dof D/T^yraday week, and took up her residence at the Elizabeth-Hof.
“Indeed, you can! Hugh—Derrick has been shot by
She spoke in a hurried and fearful whisper, lest Nance, who u L -
had gone for the water might hear. But Mr. Davis had no
such delicacies — such things used to be no novelties to men of
his calling. "■
“Derrick shot by poachers!” lie cried out, taking up his
gun. “ Then thnt’s murder, by ”—A
“ I lush, for God’s sake!” cried Mabel. But it was too
luto. The crash of a pitcher on the brick floor told that Nance
lmd returned too soon, and hud heard. \\
.''label sprang to her side. But there was no sign of faint¬
ing, any more thau there can bo in a stone. \\
“ Father is dead ! ” said she; her arms rigid at her sides,
mid her fingers clutching at her gown.
Mabel knew not wlmt to say or do; sho could only sign
Davis to the door. Tlio keeper looked along his gun, from
muzzle to lock, gravely.
“ This is Squire Cowrumber’s work,” said he, looking full
and hard at Nance. “ I know. You didn’t hate for nothing —
I see. Nor you shan’t lmte for nothing, neither. You may
cheer up, lass—for this meqns Gallows.”
“Who killed himy” asked Nance, still as if stone were
speaking. “ Who is the man?” \/7
“I’ve said liis iimne,” said Mt. Davis. “Leastwise, one
of cm. And you know what’» the other as well as I.”
“ be quick, for God’s Mike ! P cried Mabel. He went; mid
she was left to bring back to lifo the murdered mun’g child, all
unknowing how.
X ' -. ( To It continued.)
A special meeting of the Town Council of Wick was held
last tsirtimlay. when the freedom of the burgh was conferred
on .Mr. John Pender, member for the Northern Burghs, on
account of the assistance he has given to the authorities in
obtaining a harbour loan for Wick.
Ihreu prizes of two hundred, one hundred, and fifty
pu liens, offered by the Burnley Corporation for the best plans
submitted for the new municipal buildings, have been awarded
by Mr. Waterhouse, architect, ns follows:—1st. Mr. H. lloltom,
D-wsbnry; 2nd, Mr. George Carson, Leeds; 3rd, Messrs.
H u trass and Coward, London.
FASIIION’ABLE MARRIAGE.
The marriage of Miss Louise Alexandra WUliams-Wyuu, only
surviving daughter of Sir Wntkin Williams-Wynn, Burt..,
M.P., to her cousin, the heir to the Wynnstay estates, Mr.
Herbert Lloyd Wutkin Willimns-Wynn, of Cefn, St. Asaph,
was celebrated at Rnabou parish church on Tuesday morn¬
ing. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a
dress with an ivory white satin petticont trimmed with old
Venetian rose point lace, the bodice mid train being terry
velvet, and the bridal veil was fastened over the customary
wreath of orange-blossoms with a pearl and diamond star, the
gift of the bridegroom. The bridesmaids were Miss Helen
Williams-Wynn, sister of the. bridegroom; Miss Rowley
Conway, Miss Hampton Lewis, Miss Constance Williams-
Wynn, Miss Herbert, Miss C. Brownrigg, Miss Peel, Miss
Leighton, all cousins; Lady M. Byng, mid Miss Edwards,
Rnabon Vicarage. The village and district were gaily deco¬
rated with triumphal arches, flags, and mottoes of goodwill.
The counties of Deubigli, Flint, Merioneth, mid Montgomery
were en fete, all the places of business and works being closed
mid a gem-rul holiday observed. The wedding breakfast was
given in the great hull at Wynnstay Mansion, the number of
guests being 500.
The forthcoming season of the Sacred Harmonic Society
will include the first performance in London of Mr. A. C.
Mackenzie’s new oratorio, “The Rose of Sharon.” This work
will be given under the composer’s direction shortly after its
production at the Norwich Festival, for which it has been
composed. Handel’s “Belshazzar” will be revived to cele¬
brate the Bi-centenary of Handel's birth, in February next.
Berlioz’s “Childhood of Christ,” Mendelssohn's “St. Paul,”
aud other works, will be included in the seasoii’s programme.
The leading singers engaged are .Madnine Valleria, Miss Emma
Nevada, Miss Anna Williams. Madame Putey, Mr. Lloyd,
Mr. Maas, Mr. Bridson, mid Mr. Santley. Choral rehearsals
will shortly lie recommenced. Mr. Charles Halle will be tlio
conductor, and Mr. W. II. Cummiugs the assistant-conductor,
as hitherto.
CITY ECHOES.
Wednesday, Aug. 27.
Though money is even cheaper than it was, Consols decline iu
value, iuvestors being turned aside from them by the plans
of the Treasury in regard to conversion into lower-interest
stock. At the same time most other high-clnss investments
are rising; and for some time, apparently, this will be the
tendency, for there is really no reason why free agents should
put up with less than 3 per cent. The splendid harvest
weather of the past month boa also aided numerous securities,
both iu America and Europe ; while the unwonted fineness of
the weuther has stimulated passenger traffic all over the
country. The principal check to confidence is the action of
the French in China, but it is yet too early to estimnte what
the recent occurrences will lead up to. That it may possibly
endanger the relations of ull foreigners with China is the chief
cause of anxiety.
The Government returns as to Life Insurance Com panics is
one of the most useful publications authorised by Parliament,
and it is particularly fortunate'in receiving the prompt
attention of the better class pf weekly business papers. The
magnitude of the interests atlstakeare seen from the fuct that
109 companies are engaged in life insitidiice business in this
country; that the premium income in 1883 was£14,766,250;
that £5,724,021 was received as interest on investments ; that
£593,739 was received in respect of annuities issued; mul that
as much as £2,884,950 was paid away iu expenses of manage¬
ment. The percentage of expenses has increased, being iu
1883 19-5 per cent, as compared with 19-1 in 1882, and 18-5
iu 1881. It seems to be dutrbf proportion that one fifth of the
premiums paid by policy-holders should go in expenses; but
of the 109 companies five are worked for less than 0 per cent
of their income, eight others are worked for between G and 10
per cent, while forty others are worked at from 10 to 15 per
cent, fourteen at from 15 to 20 per cent, and the forty-two
other companies average 40 per cent of expenses, the range
being up to 70 and 80 per cent, a few spending all their
income in expenses, and somo very much more than the
current income. Happily, the bulk of the business of life
insurauceds in the hands of economically managed companies.
^-Tt js understood that plans are already being considered
for the settlement of the claims of the Mexican bondholders.
The idea seems to be that u rate of interest, which Mexico
could now meet, leading up to a maximum of 3 per cent on
the present bond would be equitable. If that were agreed
fo aud carried out, the Englishbondholders would have reason
to be satisfied. It is little use talking about arrears of
interest, original conditions, Ac. An insolvent Govern¬
ment, like nu insolvent trader, compounds, not iu pro¬
portion to the claims, but iu proportion to the means in
baud or in prospect. No one who knows what is going on in
Mexico in the way of consolidation and progress cun doubt
that there is yet a great future for that country; and there is
lmrdly less room to doubt that the resumption of diplomatic
relations by Great Britain will be the beginning of a new era.
T. S.
FOREIGN NEWS.
The expected rupture between France and China lias at
leugth taken place. The Chinese Government having refused
its assent to the French ultimatum, Li Fong l’ao, the Chiuese
Minister at Paris, took leave of M. Ferry on Thursday week,
aud received his passports. Some particulars of the bombard¬
ment of Foochow Arsenal by the French are given iu another
column.
The King and Queen of Spain arrived on Thursday week
at Ferro 1 on bourd the ironclud Vittoria, escorted by three
other ironclads and a gun-boat. Their Majesties arrived at
Corunna last Saturday afternoon, and met with a cordial
reception from the large crowds which thronged the streets.
The fifth International Congress of Hygiene was opened at
tlio Hague on Thursday week by Dr. De Beaufort.
The International Agricultural Exhibition at Amsterdam
was opened by the Minister of Public Works and Commerce on
Tuesday. Most of the European countries are well represented.
Princess William of Prussia, who lately presented the
nation with a fifth direct heir to the Imperial throne, has
fallen ill of scarlet fever, but her condition is stated to bo
without complications. One of her maids-of-liononr 1ms also
been attacked by tlio same ailmeut. — Lord Ampthill, her
Majesty’s Ambassador to Geruiuuy, died on Monday at liis
summer residence at Potsdam, after a short illness. The
Emperor William has paid a visit of condolence to Lady
Ampthill, and the Berlin papers allude in feeling terms to liis
death. They eulogise the diplomatic services of the deceased
Ambassador, and point out tlmt his German sympathies gained
for him universal regard. His Lordship’s unexpected death
was preceded on Sunday by u decided rally, which inspired
liis family with great hope. All Lord Ampthill’s children,
who were spending their summer holidays at Potsdam, sur¬
rounded their father’s dying bed.—The fifty-seventh ainiual
exhibition of the Royal Academy of Berlin opened to the
public on Sunday.
The Abbe Liszt lias not become blind, as has been stated.
The Emperor of Austria returned to Vienna on the 20tli iust.
from Isold. His Majesty, en route, paid a visit to Steyr, iu
oixlev to inspect the Exhibition of Industry and Art now open
in that place. His reception there was most enthusiastic.
The Emperor left again for the camp at Brack, on the Leitha,
to take part in the approaching manoeuvres.—The Crown
l’rinee and Princess met with an accident on the 21st inst. by
the upsetting of their carriage while driving at Lemberg. Tlio
Crown Prince grazed his hand, but the Crown Princess
sustained no inj ury.
The Emperor Alexander has ordered the body of General
Couut Todlebeu to bo transferred to Sebastopol on Oct. 13,
and that a monument shall be erected to his memory there at
the cost of the State.—The Emperor and Empress arrived at
Peterhof lust Tuesday afternoon on tlicir return from Krasnoe-
Selo.
The old market situate in the centre of Athens was de¬
stroyed by fire on the 21st inst.
In a brief letter accepting the Democratic nomination for
the Presidency of tlio t'nited States Governor Cleveland
declares himself in favour of an amendment to the Consti¬
tution, disqualifying the President for re-election to that
office, and advocates tin? protection of workmen against in¬
fringement of their rights by aggregated cnpital, and, to a
certain extent, against the immigration of competitive labour.
Mr. Hendricks accepts liis nomination to the Vice-Presidency
by the Democratic Convention.
Montreal lias made elaborate preparations for the British
Association, which meets there this week.
A proclamation lias been issued at Pretoria announcing tlio
estublislnueut of a Boer Republic in Zululaud.
The Hon. \V. It. Giblin, Premier of Tasmania, has resigned,
owing to ill-health. A reconstruction of the Ministry has been
effected, with Mr. Douglas us Premier nnd Colonial Secretary,
uud Mr. Burgess as Colonial Treasurer.
THE FRENCH WAR IN CHINA: YIEW OF THE CITY OF FOOCHOW, FROM THE BRITISH CONSULATE.
* **
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Ado. 30, 1884.-
THE ARSENAL OF FOOCHOW, BOMBARDED BY THE FRENCH NAVAL SQUADRON LAST SATURDAY.
THE FRENCH WAR IN CHINA.
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Avc.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 30, 1884
EXEMPTION OF PARIS FROM CHOLERA.
As some considerable hesitation exists in the mind of the
public that France in general, and Paris in particular, lias
been rendered unhealthy and dangerous to pass through in
comequenceof the presenceof cholera at Toulon and Marseilles,
the following translation of a letter from the Chef du Cabinet
of the Prefet de la Seiue, must dissipate the fears which have
prevailed to the contrary
Cabinet du Prefet de la Seine,
Pan*. Aug. 12.1884.
TO Till CONTINENTAL AGENT, ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
Sir,—You have manifested a desire to be exactly informed,
for the purpose* uf your estimable Journal, a* to the sanitary
state of Palis with respect to the cholera epidemic.
You can assure your leaders in all sincerity that there has
not been, neither is there any case of cholera in Paris. The
state of the public health is excellent.
Receive the assurance of my most distinguished
consideration.
(Signed) Weiller. Chef du Cabinet.
BIRTIIS.
On the 21st inst., at Aihteud, Surrey, the Hon. Mrs. Foley Yereker, of
nson.
On the 16th inst., at .9, Elm Park-road, Chelsea, Mrs. George Grey, of a
son.
MARRIAGE.
On the 21st hurt., at Bids ton Church, by the Rev. TV. Milner, Robert,
second son of the late Joseph Uabbett Btuddert. of Woodlnwn, county Clare,
to Florence Mr. (Daisy) youngest daughter of the late F. B. Schrader, of
Edge-lane, Liverpool.
The charge for the insertion oj Itirths, Marriages, and Deaths, is
Five Shillings for each announcement.
s
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BRIGHTON
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Frequent Train* from Victoria and London Bride*.
Trains also from Kensington and Uverpool-strte!.
Return Tickets from l»ndon * reliable for eight day*.
Weekly, Fortnightly, and Monthly Tickets.
Improved Train Service*.
Pullman Car Trains beta eon Victoria and Brighton.
In Paris every reasonable security appears to have been
taken against the possible outbreak of the epidemic, owing
to the remarkable hygienic arrangements resorted to; and, n9
cleanliness is the mightiest enemy to the spread of cholera, it
•will in all probability be stifled there.
Paris is more healthy than before, and the death-rate is
proportionally lower than any other large city in Europe, and
him never been so low since 18GG.
Statistics for the first week in August, 1884, prove that out
of a population of over 2,238,000 inhabitants, only 971 deaths
were registered.
There is one gTeat and important fact connected with the
cholera stride in France, which has on this, ns on previous
occasions, remaiued true to its previous course, coming from
the East, and pursuing its course to the West. It still hangs
over the Mediterranean regions, having completely disregarded
going to the eastward or south, and spared the health resorts
Cannes, Nice, and Mentone, and is now hovering over some
towns and isolated rural districts, owing, apparently, to the
negligence of sanitary precautions and prompt medical assist¬
ance, both of which appear to have been shamefully overlooked.
Having remarked that the cholera moves from east to west,
it will be os well to observe that on two or ' three occasions
when Paris was visited during the present century, it was ulways
imported from ports on the north coast of Franco or Germany.
The foregoing fucts are fully confirmed by the members of
the medical profession who have visited the infected cities. At
present there is absolutely nothing to be alarmed at, aud but
little probability of nu outbreak.
The following list of First-Class Hotels is particularly recommended to
the notice of intending traveller* to Pari*, forming a* they do some of the
best firnt-clas* establishments, and possessing all the requirement* of pure
air, a plentiful supply of water, and perfect hygienic appliance* on the most
approved London systems.
The Proprietors of these Hotels are known to devote their earnest
attention to the care and comfort of their visitors, and are, by reason of
their experience, acquired by a long residence in England, cognisant of
those requirementa. Each Hotel possesses large and small apartments, and
there la a patent Safety Lift to each, and English is spoken.
gEASI
RYDE
COWES
SAXDOWN
SHANKLIN
VKNTNOK for
BONCUirKCH and
FRESHWATER
BKMUitlDGIS
DE SEASON.—THE ISLE OF WIGHT.
Hi rough Tickets, including all charge*.
The Trains by this route run to and from the Portsmouth
Harbour Station. The Isle of Wight Trains ala) now run
to end from tlie New Pier Head Station at Hyde, thereby
enabling Passengers to step from the Train to the Steamer
and vice vers*.
>S EA
SIDE SEASON.—NORMANDY COAST, £c.
Through TlckeU from Victoria nnd I/mdon Bridge, vli
Ncwhavcn and Dieppe or Ncwhaven and lionflear.
TIIE ANGLO-NORMAN and BRITTANY TOURS.
These Tickets enable the holder to Tlalt the Rouen
National Exhibition and all the principal places of luternt
In Normandy and Brittany.
For full particular* see Time-Book* and Tourlsta' Programmes of the London
Brighton, and South Coast Railway, to be bod at all Stations, and.at the West-End
• 1 -- -. 1'lcca.lllly, sud 8. Grand Hotel Buildings,
. Royal Kichange llulldlnga. and Cook's
_ _ _ _ ita may be obtained, a* well as at the
London Bridge and Victoria station*.
By order.
DIEPPE
ROUEN
FECAMP
HAVRE
llON FLEUR
THOUVILLR
CAEN
llIKltBOL'BO
Brighton, and South Const Railway, to be bsd
General Inquiry Offlcs*.2*. Regent-circus. l*Ic
Trafulrar-sqiiare; City Office, Hi»y»' Agency. ♦.
Tourists' Office. Ludmto-drctii: where Ticket
eta may
J. P. Kmoirr, General Manager,
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0 T E L CONTINENTAL,
S. Rl'E CA8TIUI.IONE. S. PARIS,
and line de itltoll. lacing the 1 Jardin dra TuilrrtM.'*
Con Rooms and Saloons,
from 5 franca to .it Irenes per day.
Table d’lIAt*. T friinre (Wins Inclnded).
Breakfast served at srj-urate 1«bU«, A Irene* (W ine Ineluded).
•• Cafe Divan. Billiardo, and "Cal* Terrosae."
Winter Uaelan,
Tonversatlon and Miralc Saloon.
BaUi-)(»-ni«, Ac., for IlydrotMiaple.
Three Lifts, communicating with each Floor, for the use of Visitor*
up to One ..'clock In the momlng.
Poet anil Telegraph officer.
0 T E L WIN
MS. RIF. DP. R1VOI.I.
This oM-ratabhslinl llrat-rlna* lintel,
situated In tin" lliieat and healthiest part ol Paris,
opposite the Tulleilea lianlrn.
has been entirely nltored ami Improve*!
(One Hundred Room*)
tnolrr a new proprietor,
formerly director ••( tlie Hotel Amlrant'.
There have ben «I.1M now a Table d'ltute.
Hydraulic lift.
Reading. Smoking, ami Hath Rooms.
Arrangements f"-r the winter.
English, American, mid German papers.
Hkkkv Snusn, Proprietor.
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BCE DE l.A PAIX.
PAR I a.
In tlie centre of Purls.
Orro of the
most Aristocratic and Renowned Hotels,
le'iig known t-> the
English .Nobility and Gentry.
Despite Ita guy position, \
It Is perfectly quiet
and retlrr .1 from the tholouglifitre^
Everyth lug calculatol to make .
Engllah «|iol<en
Closo to operand Bo
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P L E N
DID
Finest position
corner at Rue de Ik
facing the Grand Opera ^
and Dimh-yurda. ,
Reaioaatile charge*.
Reduced pries for Winter
An
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Fame Proprietor. Hotel de* ItocliU* Noiret, Tronrllle.
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mpcrnir*).
I’miiviatsin
S'BAND H
, .„ ysl and the Loners,
uUerle*.'»>hainjra-Kly**ea. Thentro*. ami Place de Is Bonne.
And HmslrApaitmoots at vurloil* prices.
:dsoeito Vtiy handsome Dining-room.
; oVWkL? Breakfast* and Dinner* In I’rlvste Rooms.
IngSaloona. French and Foreign Ncwsj-apers.
Central Station of Omnllmwv
stand. Vehicle* of nil kinds,
louts q uaking all language*.
G i R A N D HOTEL MEURIOE,
T 22*. UTK DE R1VOLI
(opposite the renowned Tulleri- s C.ardenil.
A very Superior Hotel
or old celebrity,
and recommended by
English and American
tamllle* of dlttini-lion.
3d Sitting and 170 It,-*) Rooms.
Table d- 11,.to.
Reitanrant k la Carte.
PrlvuT* dinners nt fixed price*.
Parlour, lleudmr. Mnoking.aod Hath Room*.
Lilt.
U. basxttca. Proprietor.
G reat eastern railway.—seaside^-au
IMPROVED SERVICE of FAST TIIAIN8 la now tunning to YARMOUTH.
Lowestoft, Clacton-on-Sea. Walton-on-tlie-Naie. Harwich. Doveroourt, Aldeburgi,.
Felixitowe. tSouthwobl. llunsUiitoii, and Cromer. . .
TOURIST FORTNIGHTLY nnd FRIDAY or 8ATCBDAY to TUESDAY (Firat,
Second, amt TlilrdCIat.' TICKETS are ISSUED, by all Trains. ..
Tourist Ticket* are also leiucd from ldverpool-strest by the New Route to St«r-
boroagh. Filey. Whitby, and th* principal Tourist Station* In Scotland.
A Cheap Day Trip to tire seaside. by Excursion-Train from Ltrerpool-stroet to
Clacton-on He*. WsItoa-en-the-Niue. and Harwich, every Sunday at e.10 a.m.. and
every Monday at 7 am . calling at Stratford. Fare*. Ss , fie., *a.
For full Particulars *ee Bill* aud the Company’s Time Books.
London. Auguat.lsM. WILl.iiN 111rr.General Manager.
TROVER AND OSTEND LINE.—Accelerated conveyance
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Direct German Carriage*, and Sleeping-Car*. \
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Milan. Ac. . /
Dally conveyance of ordinary and specie parrels.
CT. GOT HA HD RAILWAY, SWITZERLAND.—Tlie
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Excursion* to the 1(1*1, by tho Mountain Railway, from Arth Matlun, of tbe
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gas-lighted, safety oontlnuoiu lowkea. Tlckot* at *11 corresponding railway station*,
and at Cook's, Gass's, and CsygHPs Office*. \ \
ANNO DOMINI, by i^WIN LONG, R.A.—This
great Work I* now ON VIEW, together with CommendatoreCIHEKPS Pin nr*
of CHRIST BORNE TO THKfTOMK, and other Important work*, at tlie UAL-
1,Kit IKS, IKK. New Bond-strcOt. Ten to SIX. AdmlSalOD. 1*.
THE VALE OF TKARS.-DORE’S Last Great PICTURE,
± completed n trw diy* l-for*. hedied. NOW on VIEW at tho DORK GALLERY,
*3.New Hv<ii,l.*t i rrt, with In* other great pictures. Ten to Six Dally. 1*.
~PT. JAMES’S HALL, PICCADILLY.
TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS OF
T IIE JIOORE AND BURGESS MINSTRELS’
NEW PROGRAMME. All the new rong* and all the new and »cr*«aniliig
_(iio.viiai, nr.miMOAi, *n', oen
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la ,?*., 3a..aVjd is. No fees.__
STANDARD THEATRE, Bisliopsgato.
\ I>**ee *ud Manager, Mr. John Douglas. Prodnctl m of an original Drama.
DAYHRKAK. ty Jkin*. Willing. Ml** Aiuy Steinberg and Mlaa Carivtta Addison,
lull ch|u|iauy. Krery Evening, at7.30.
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THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES.
Wc publish Ibis week a supplement on the potter’s nrt, to
which wo would refer our readers, containing n series of
Sketches taken by our Artiston his visit to thnt old established
manufactory founded by Job Ridgway in 1779, nnd now for
many years carried on by the enterprising firm, Brown-
Weethead, Moore, nnd Co. We were much struck with the
complete nnd admirable arrangement of that great hive of
ceramic industry, where about MOO hands are employed in the
production of tlie choicest examples of art pottery to the most
useful articles of every description for domestic use. This
firm are nlso the most extensive manufacturers of sanitary
vessels of the latest and most approved principle sanctioned
by the Board of Health, and of every variety of druggist and
perfumery goods. The show-rooms arc well worthy of a visit,
where line specimens of choice china of nil descriptions and
earthenwaro of superior excellence are exhibited, comprising
the most elaborate designs of exquisite taste nnd workmanship
in dinner, dessert, nnd tea services suitable for tlie table of the
prince and peer down to the middle class and tho cottage of
the peasant, as proved by the numerous medals gained nt the
various exhibitions of England, France, Austria, Australia,
and America.
THE PLAYHOUSES.
Mr. Henry Irving has marked the closing nights of the season
at tlie Lyceum with u histrionic tour deforce. Abandoning the
cross-garters of Malvolio, the great actor on Saturday, the
23rd, ouce again evoked the enthusiasm of the Lyceum
audience by his weirdly impressive embodiment of tho part
of the conscience-stricken Burgomaster in “The Bells,” a
famous role which he repeated on Monday, the 25th. His
most finished nnd consummately artistic portrait of Louis the
Eleventh was tlie leading attraction on the ensuing Tuesday
and Wednesday. For the concluding night, Thursday, Mr.
Irving reserved himself for Richelieu, respecting his imper¬
sonation of which wily and astute character I shall have some¬
thing to say next week : the exigencies of the printing-press
rendering it impossible to notice the farewell performance,
with Miss Ellen Terry’s graceful saint d'adieu, iu the present
Number.
Mr. Wilson Barrett begins his autumn campaign proper nt
his Oxford-street head-quarters this instant .Saturday evening
with a revival at the Princess’s of the impressive and ornato
Earthquake and Mental Anguish Drama of “ Claudinn,” iu
which Mr. Barrett will resume his classic kilt. By-the-way,
being at Romo lust winter, I sent home to somebody, ns a
birthday present, a reproduction in brouze of the Triumphal
Augustus. You know the wondrous bnre-legged statue, with
the outstretched right hand of Imperial GVsnr. Some friends
were dining with me the other day : was it in jest or earnest
that I heard one of my guests murmur ns he passed the
bronze statuette of the Triumphal Augustus: “Wonderful
likeness of Barrett; but I thought he wore sandals in
* Ulaudian / * ” By way of recreation, one may be allowed to
suppose Mr. Wilson Barrett will play tho part of the suicide-
poet Cbattertou the same night.
Mntinees, I may plead guilty, are not a source of joy to
me. Yet may I be permitted to mention, on trustworthy
authority, that some diverting episodes were to be found
in the avowedly new and original farcical comedy in three
acts, named “A Wet Day,” which was performed at
the Vaudevilio Matiu6e on the Twenty-first instant. " A
Suspicious Night” would appear to have been a more
suitable title, Beeing that the familiar complications that
arise spring out of the adventures after “ twal’ ” of a
guy old Alderman and his son-in-law iu the absence of
their spouses. Figuratively speaking, however, in the trio of
acta which tell the story of “ A Wet Day,” it does “rain,”
“pour,” and finally shower down “cuts nnd dogs ” on the
devoted head of Mr. John Enderby, who is made to be the
scapegoat of his elderly beau of n father-in-law until Alderman
Chmkible himself is ut lust exposed as the chief culprit by a
certain Miss Tottie-de-Vere, pluyed with considerable self-
6 'ssession by Miss Addie Conyers. As the baited Mr. Enderby,
r. Charles Groves wus the life and soul of “A Wet Day,”
the author of which, Mr. Walter Browne, was called ut tho
close of the piece.
The “Depleted Treasury ” is a drama or comedy, ns the
case may be, familiar to most Thespian artists. I imagine it
must have been performed at several theatres during tlie
recent tropical weather. But nowhere with such uproar and
riot as startled the propriety of Holbom last Saturday night.
It wns a daring adventure to open the Holbom Theatre in
August on the chauce even of tlie talents of the lively Coole
family, with tlie vivacious Miss Lizzie at their head, floating
the new burlesque of “ Little Lohengrin" to the haven of
success. On Saturday came the crash. Financial com¬
plications having unfavourably influenced the Salary List, the
Company struck. The Management offered to return to tho
audience tho money taken nt the doors; and endeavoured
to do bo; but the funds “gave out.” A moiety of the
audience (riotous and violent us the Worthing contingent of the
“Skeleton Army”) thereupon ran amuck, so to speak, in
the auditorium, actually drove some members of the staff up
“ the flies ” for safety, nnd continued their lawless behaviour
till the police cleared the theatre. The dauntless Miss Lizzie
Coote will seek solace in a Gaiety matinee to-day, and will
solicit tlie suffrage of the public afresh in “Little Lohengrin.”
Wide experience has taught Mr. George Conquest nnd Mr.
Paul Meritt the kind of melodramatic fare which best suits tho
palate of a transpontine audience. The well-worn theme of
baby-farming is the main subject of the new drama by
Mr. Julian Cross, “Outcast Poor; or, The Bye-ways
of London,” presented on Monday; and, as the scenes
comprise a “ Squalid Garret in .Seven Dials,” a capacious
West-End Drawing-room by way of contrast, a garden ex¬
terior with the carrying off by force of the heroine, nnd,
finally, a house with the front wall obligingly removed to
allow the spectators to witness the ultimate triumph of Virtue
over Vice, it may be imagined that plenty of excitement is to
be found nt the Surrey. Eventually, as the playbill consider¬
ately foretells, “ The venomous serpent betrays itself by its
own rattle! ” Cheerfully enough does Mr. T. F. Nye, a
post-muster in stage villainy, bear the burdens of the ser¬
pent’s sins on his shoulders. Mr. A. B. Cross plays the part
of nn Amerieun Nemesis with vigour; and exceptional ability
is displayed by Miss Amy McNeill in a singularly sympathetic
bit of acting ns the blind heroine. Clearly, Miss Amy McNeill
should make her mark iu domestic drama. G. A. .S.
Mr. P. J. Tower, J.P. (Notionalist), 1ms been elected,
without opposition, member of Parliament for the county of
Waterford.
An Exhibition hns been opened nt. the Agricultural Hull,
Islington, of machinery in motion employed in the great manu¬
facturing districts of Lancashire nnd Yorkshire.
By tlie death of Sir Erasmus Wilson, the Freemasons lose
£1000 which lie had promised to hand over to the Provincial
Lodge of Kent for tlie benefit of the boys’ school.
It is understood nt Devonport that Mr. Chntfeild Clnrkc is
going to offer himself as a Liberal candidate for that borough
iu conjunction with Mr. G. W. Medley.
Signor Gayarr6, tho tenor singer, wns married last week in
Spain to the daughter of the Mayor of his native town. Tlie
lady brings to her husband a large fortune.
'Diepast week’s arrivals of live stock and fresh meat nt
Liverpool from American nnd Canadian porta amounted to
1186 cattle, 2380 sheep, 4792 quarters of beef, and 112 carcases
of mutton.
Public interest in the Franchise question is certain to be
freshened ut the beginning of next week. Achilles Jins left
hi* tent. Iu other words, Mr. Gladstone on Wednesday left
Hawarden Castle on a visit to the Earl of Rosebery at Dnlmeny,
nml wns welcomed in Edinburgh with an enthusiasm which
will doubtless stimulate the Prime Minister to put forth his
grentest oratorical strengtli on Saturday, Monday, and 'l ues-
day, the days the right lion, gentleman lms devoted to the
unfolding of his new Midlothian programme, mid probably to
replying to the speeches of tlie Marquis of .Salisbury and Lord
Randolph Churchill at Manchester, nnd to the unusually
spirited nnd effective address which Sir Stafford Nortlicote
delivered on Saturday last to the vast Yorkshire Cons*'war I ve
gathering at Xostell I’riory, the scat of Mr. Rowland Wiun.
AUG. 30, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
203
THE EXPEDITION UP THE NILE.
The War Office is busily making preparations for the ex¬
pedition to meet and relievo General Gordon, and to protect
the removal of the Egyptian garrisons from tho Soudan.
General Lord Wolseley goes to Egypt as Commander-in-
Chief; but it is still expected that the actual leadership of
this expedition will be intrusted to Major-General William
Earle, C.B., who was on Lord Wolseley's staff in the
Campaign of Tel-el-Kebir. The force to bo employed up the
Nile will number about 5300 British soldiers, who will bo
collected at Wady Haifa, in Nubia, near the Second Cataract
in the ascent of the river, 200 miles above tho First Cataract
and the Egyptian frontier town of Assouan. Six steam-
launches, taken from the licet in tho Mediterranean, are to
bo sent up the Nile to Wady Haifa, and beyoud there,
if found practicable, to assist the expedition, either by
towing or ns patrol steamers. A large supply of coal
is on the way to Wady Haifa, whence it
will be conveyed by rail and camels to
Tnngoor, near the Ambigole cataract.
Three hundred camels have ulready been
collected at Surras, opposite Sutnneb, above
Wady Haifa, for the transport service.
Major-General Earle will have, ns his
second in command, Major-General Sir
Bedvers Duller, V.C., with Colonel W. F.
Butler, C.B., and Major Allcyne, It.A.
Great activity is now shown in getting the
boats, tents, and special material audstores
required for the journey up the Nile ready
for shipment to Egypt. The boats will bo
rowed or towed, according to the condition
of the river, aud will bo hauled up the
rapids by ropes, or pushed up by poles, as
may be found most convenient. Three
thousand natives of Dongola are engaged
for the hauling labour; and it is said that
600 Canadian river boatmen will be enlisted
in the service, which is very similar to
that performed under Lord Wolseley’s
command in 1870, in the Canadian Bed
River Expedition.
With regard to the railway accom¬
modation existing between Cairo and the
borders of Nubia, there is a continued
line of railway, via Cairo, from Alexandria
to Siout, a distance of about 300 miles.
From Siout to tho First Cataract is over
250 miles without a railway; but at the
Cataract there is a small line of railway
eight miles long. From the First Cataract
to the Second there is no rail. Between
Alexandria and Samis, about 750 miles,
there are about 340 miles of railway, the
last-mentioned place having a line of rails
to it from Wady Haifa, thirty miles long,
constructed many years ago, but never
worked by the Egyptian Government.
It is the cataracts or rapids on tho Nile
which present the chief difficulties of
moving a body of troops up to Dongola,
which is sitnuted on the bend of the river
between tho Third and Fourth Cataracts.
From Cairo to Assouan, a distance of about
540 miles, the Nile is navigated by
steamers, the journey occupying twelve
days; but it is where tho first cataract
is situated, just above Assouan, that tho
real difficulties commence. There are six
principal cataracts between Assouan and
Khartoum, besides many falls and rapids
of lesser importance. The first cataract
is at Assouan, the second at Wady Hnlfa,
the third at Ilnnnek, about forty miles
below New Dongola; the fourth is on that
part of the Nile which runs south-west
nearly half-way between Abu Homed and
Debbeh ; the fifth is thirty-five miles
north of Berber; and the sixth cataract is
near a village called El Hajar, about fifty
miles north of Khartoum. The smaller
cataracts are all between Wady Haifa and
Dongola. They ore as follow :—Snmneh,
Wady Attireh, Ambigole, Tangoor.Uckma,
Aknsheh, and Dahl, or Ambikol. The
Snmneh and Wady Attireh cataracts are
not difficult, but the Ambigole cataract,
which extends four or five miles, is im¬
passable at low Nile, and a severe trial at
high Nile. A Bhort distance further, tho
cataract of Tnngoor also bars the way,
and is ns difficult of passage os that of
A mbigolo. From Tnngoor to Dongola, and
for some distance beyond, there are few
cataracts offering serious impediments. It
is probnble that the expedition will bo \
pushed forward by rail and river to Samis
or Snmneh, where a po9t will be estab¬
lished, and thence to Tnngoor, near which
an advanced base will be forihed pre¬
paratory to undertaking the next stage of
the journey up the almost unexplored
northern bend of the Nile. From Ilnnuek,
the third cataract, to the fourth cataract
the river is navigable by sailing-boats, a
distance of 224 miles; thence/to Abu
Ilnmcd, for 140 miles, it is only passable
for smallboatsathigh Nile, and there areAeven distinct cataracts
on route; from Abu Ilamed to Berber, for 133 miles, the river
i« navigable by sailing-boats ; and from Berber to Khartoum,
which ts a distance of 200 miles, navigation is possible, though
difficult by boats and steamers nt low Nile. If it should be
decided that the expedition .shall leave the Nile at Ambikol,
and cross the desert to Shindy, there will be a distance of 160
miles to traverse by land.
We present "Views of the Second Cataract, nt Wady Hnlfa;
of the third great Cataract, at Hnnnek; and of the ancient
quarries of Tumbos, near the Third Cataract, with a colossal
f-tatne, 12 ft. long, still lying where it was cut out from tho
stone; also the Temple of Sukkot, below Samneh, in tho
district called the l’utu-el-Hajar, or “Belly of Rocks.”
Samneh, on the west bank of tho Nile, is considered by
T-epsius to have been made tho boundary towti of the Egyptian
dominion against the Ethiopian nations, so far back as the
twelfth dynasty, when .Sesurteseu III. extended Egypt in this
direction. The river here is confined between high banks on
cai.li side, which are well adapted for defence, and which
seem to have beeu fortified at an early period. There are
remains here of temples of the eighteenth dynasty, nnd there
is an inscription of tho date of the Mnuethonm dynasties.
Lepsius states that some of the temples were used for marking
the rise of tho Nile, nnd are the earliest Kilometers that wo
know of. Tills author also says that he obtained proof that
the Nile four thousand years ago rose on an average, nt
Snmneh, 22 ft. higher than it does at present. The place on
the west Bide, opposite Samneh, is called Kumiuoli, where
there are old fortifications, nnd a temple dating from the time
of Thothmes II. One of the lesser cataracts is at Ambigole,
a place on the cast side of the Nile, about twenty miles above
Samneh. There are also cataracts some miles higher up at
Tangoor, Lamuluy, ami Uckma.
Draughts for the Mounted Infantry are being got ready nt
Aldersliott und Winchester. Draughts for the 14th Hussars,
Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Commissariat and Transport
Corps, Ordnance Service Corps, Uoyul Sussex Regiment, South
Staffordshire Regiment, Royal Highlanders, King’s Royal Itifies,
Gordon Highlanders, und Cnmeron Highlanders, numbering
in all 1150, will be conveyed from Portsmouth to Egypt in the
hired transport 1’oonah during the first week of September.
THE
CHINA
MAP OF NUBIA AND THE NILE FROM ASSOUAN TO KHARTOUM.
The 9th aud 11th companies of the Commissariat and
Transport Corps, numbering 200 officers and men, left
Woolwich on Monday morning, and proceeded to the Royal
Albert Dock, where they embarked ou board the Goorklm,
and left the Thames in tho afternoon. They had to call at
Portsmouth for tho 18th Corps (Supply Branch) of the Com-
mi8surint and Transport Corps, and a detachment of the 2nd
Battalion Royal Highlanders, Royal Engineers, and Army
Hospital men, numbering altogether 700 troops. The re¬
inforcements will be disembarked at Alexandria nnd proceed
by rail to Cairo. _
The Duke of Rutland last week opened a piece of ground
of twenty acres which has been devoted for purposes of
recreation to the people of Ilakewell, Derbyshire.
The annual congress of the British Archeological Associ¬
ation, of which the Prince of Wales has become patron, wUl
begin at Tenby on Sept. 2, under the presidency of the Bishop
of St. David's.
Captain Kirby Ridgeway, of tho Bengal Staff Corps, who
g lined the Victoria Cross by conspicuous gallantry in tho
aga Hills Expedition of 1879, has beeu appointed to act as
on Assistant-Quartermaster-General of the Bengal Army.
FRENCH WAR WITH
FOOCHOW.
The French naval force in the Chinese seas lias begun tho
war, in a vigorous fashion, by the bombardment of the great
arsenal at Foochow, opposite the] island of Formosa, and by
destroying tho Chinese villages adjacent, and sinking or
burning many vessels in tho river. This action took place ou
Saturday last, having beeu preceded, a week before, by tho
bombardment of Keeluug, the Chinese port on the north coast
of Formosa.
Foochow is a city of 030,000 people, being one of the
most important commercial ports for the tea trade, and the
capital of tho province of Fu-kien. The port is filled with English
merchant-ships during tho annual tea season. Its situation
on the coast is midway between Hong-Kong and Shanghai.
It was opened to foreign commereoby the Treaty of Nanking
in 1842. The city is built on the north or left bank of the
River Min, about tliirty-four miles from
tho sea. All the foreign hongs and con¬
sulates are on the opposite or south side of
the river, across a massive stone bridge.
There are two passages by which the river
may be entered; nut the south channel
is now disused by large ships, being safely
navigable only by junks, und even these
must bo skilfully handled. The north
channel, between the islands Wogn and
V Woufou. is that alone by which the French
war-vessels could enter. Abovo Wogn
Island the river is protected on each side
by fortifications. It presents great natural
obstacles to navigation from the number
of suuken rocks. It was said that tho
passage of the Min had been studded
.with torpedoes. The usual anchorage is
off tho south point of Pagoda Island, nine
miles below the city.
The Chinese Government arsenal nt Foo¬
chow, on the north bunk opposite Pagoda
Island, was a large and important estab¬
lishment. It was founded by II. Prosper
Giquel, and was for many years carried
on under his personal management, with
the aid of French engineers and foremen.
Of late, however, it was entirely in nutivo
hands. This arsenal contained a foundry,
fitting and erecting shops (in which largo
marine eugiues were constructed), rolling-
mills, boiler shops, smiths’ shops, a liuul-
iug-up slip, capable of taking vessels of
700 tons displacement, and all appliances
requisite for building and engining ships
of war of modenite size. About twenty-
five vessels have beeu built here, of
various dimensions up to 250 feet in
length, and horizontal high-pressure com¬
pound engines up to 200 uomiual horse¬
power. The earlier of these vessels were
built of wood, from the designs of French
engineers, and the engines of some were
made in France. These engines and some
constructed at Foochow were of the ver¬
tical low-pressure type, and ns these nre
unsuitable for unnrmoured wnr-ships, the
later oues have been copied from u pair
of horizontal engines manufactured by
Messrs. Maudslay and Co. in 1876. The
boilers were mude nt Foochow, with iron
plates imported from Europe. Borne of tho
composite corvettes built hero are said to
have reached a speed of 12.J knots per
hoar; and attempts were being made to
construct improved vessels with a speed of
15 knots. There were large training-
schools at Foochow for the navy of tho
province and for supplying the native
technical staff of the arsenal. Some of
the young Chinese officials have been
educated m France, America, and else¬
where, and are exceedingly intelligent aud
well-informed. A large numberof students
were being trained in Frnucefor service at
Foochow Arsenal.
The city is at least nine or ten miles
above the arsenal. The scenery around
Foochow is very beautiful. In sailing up
the river from the sea vessels have to leave
the wide stream and enter what is called
the Kimpia Pass, which is barely half a
mile across, and, inclosed as it is by bold,
rocky walls, it presents a very striking
appearance. The pass of Min-gan is nar¬
rower, nnd with its towering cliffs, sur¬
mounted with fortifications and cultivated
terraces, is extremely picturesque, and lias
been compared to some of the scenes on
the Rhine. Merchant-vessels, except those
of very light draught, are compelled to
nuchor at Pagoda Island, owing to the
shallowness of the river, which has been
increasing of late years, and the difficulties
of navigation.
Telegrams from Shanghai announce that
the arsenal of Foochow was destroyed by
Admiral Courbet on Saturday. Tho bom-
bardmeut began at two o’clock iu the
afternoon mid ended at eight. Only
one battery replied to the French fire. Seven Chinese gun¬
boats were sunk and a number of transports, while two
succeeded in making tlicir escape. Many hundreds of the
Chinese were killed by tho French fire, or drowned in the
river. It is stated that the French lleet sustained little
damage. From Pekin wo learn that the Governors of Kwang-
Si and Yunnan have received orders to march with their forces
into Tonquin.
We nre indebted to Admiral Hood for the use of several
water-colour Sketches of Foochow, Pagoda Island, and the
Min River, including the View of tho city from the British
Consulate, which is represented in one of our Engravings.
Tlio Jubilee Prize at Baden-Baden races, worth £2500,
exclusive of a gold cup given by tho Grand Duke of Baden,
was won on Monday by Air. Hammond’s Florence. Tho £500
Steeplechase was won by Herr Oehlschluger’s Bell Tower.
A gang of workmen has been employed in laying tho
foundation for a new bridge to bo erected over the ornamental
waters in Regent’s Park. The new bridge, when completed,
will enable persons coming from tho south-west and west-
central distrets to avoid tire circuitous route by which they
have at present to reach the Zoological and Botanical Gardena.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Ate. 00, 1881.— 204
MESSRS. RENARD’S AND KREBS' BALLOON STEERED BY ELECTRICITY, AT MECDON, NEAR PARIS.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. Am. 30, 1884.-20*
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT
MONTREAL.
The President of the British Association of Science, nt
its Congress held this year in the city of Montreal, in
Canada, is the Right Hon. John William Strutt, third
Baron Rayleigh, a Peer of the United Kingdom, who is a
vow distinguished mathematician and scientific man, a
■>< i'i C . 1. . UnriSa^*r mwl Dl-/\f OL'COV nP ITmnW-
Rayleigh
Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his degrees of
B.A. and M.A., and was Senior Wrangler and first
Smith’s Prizeman in 1865, and was elected a Fellow of
Trinity in the following year. He succeeded to the peer¬
age on the death of his father in 1873. His seat is
Tcrling Place, near Witham, Essex. His Lordship
married, in 1871, n daughter of the lute Mr. James
Maitland Balfour, of Whittinghnme, Prestonkirk, and
lias children. He was appointed a Commissioner, in
1877, under the Act for the better administration of the
■Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Our Portrait of
Lord Rayleigh is from a photograph by Messrs. Elliott
and Fry, of Baker-street.
The inaugural Address of the President of the Con¬
gress at Montreal was delivered on Wednesday evening
in the Queen’s Hall, Lord Rayleigh being there intro¬
duced to the British Association by Sir William
Thomson, the retiring President. Lord Lansdowue, the
Governor-General of Canada, was expected to be present,
and to address the meeting. The different sections of
the Association, tinder their respective Presidents, who
were enumerated in our Inst, occupy separate apartments
in the buildings of the M’Gill University, where the
proceedings were opened on Wednesday afternoon,
the Mayor and Corporation of Montreal attending
there to present nil address of welcome to the Asso¬
ciation. About 800 members of the Association from
Great Brituin had arrived at the end of last week,
and the local committee made arrangements for their
lodging, while the citizens have subscribed a fund of
40,000 dols. for the expenses of the public receptions,
and the entertainment of their scientific visitors. They
will be invited to enjoy the excursions to Quebec and
the Lower St. Lawrence, to the Dominion capital, Ottawa,
to the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence, the
Falls of Montmorenci, the shores of Lake Ontario, und
the Falls of Niagara. The last-mentioned wondrous scene
lies already been visited by parties of the earliest comers from
Great Britain, belonging to the British Association. We are in¬
debted to Captain Bedford Pirn, who was with one of these
parties at Niagara, for n photograph of the party nt the Whirl¬
pool Rapids, a few miles below the mighty cataract, at which
place Captain Matthew Webb, the champion swimmer of the
world, met with his death not very long ngo. The members
of the British Association, and those of their families who have
accompanied them to Canada, will find abundant objects of
interest in that country to employ their leisure after the
business of scientific discussion. It is probable that some of
them will undertake a more extensive journey, going on west
of Lake Superior to Manitoba and the North-West Ter¬
ritories, and even to the Rocky Mountains.
THE RIGHT HON. LORO
RAYLEIGH, F.R.8.
The New Zealand Legislative Assembly has passed a vote
of want of confidence in the Ministry.
PRESIDENT OK THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT MONTREAL.
A BALLOON-STEERING EXPERIMENT.
M. Ucrvd Mangou lias communicated to the French Academy
of Sciences a report in which he states that a\ navigable !
balloon lias at length been perfected by a captain of enguieerr
named Rcmard. According to several Purisinn journals, a-
successful public trial of the new balloon was made Inst
week, in the presence of a large concourse of spectators.
Captain Renard, it is said, has, for several years post, been
prosecuting, in connection with Captain Krebs, experiments in a
large inclosure in the wood of Meudoii, nssignefl to them by
the French military authorities. The difficulty was to obtain
a motive force in the car of tlio balloon, thp apparatus of
which should not be too ponderous for the sustaining power
of the balloon itself. If shell locomotive ctrald bo safely
carried by the balloon, these project^ believed, it would be
comparatively eusy to steer it against the wind. Captain
Reuurd discarded the idea of a steam-engine, and found,
it is alleged, the dynamic agent which he sought in
electricity, with an apparatus of accumulators, by
the force stored iu which an engine of ten-horse power
could be propelled during several hours. Under these
conditions an ascent was made on Tuesday week. The
balloon rose from Meudou and proceeded to Villebon,
when, to the astonishment of those watching its progress,
it described a semicircle and returned, notwithstanding
the apparent opposition of a slight breeze, to the ploco
whence it came. The trial was repeated, with similar
results, the aeronaut subsequently declaring that the
points where the balloon should halt, and return to its
place of departure, had been fixed upon with precision
beforehand.
Our Illustration shows the scene in the park at
Meudon, with the building of the “ Etablissemcnt
d’Aerostation Militnire,” and the balloon near enough to
the ground for spectators $*xace its form and that of the
.car, with tiro screw propeller attached to its stem end.
The balloon is of a longoyal shape, pointed at both ends,
and holding the usual supply of gas. Below was
a net containing, ih^addition to the officer who at¬
tended the valve and the one who steered, certain
electric accumulators, which supplied a motor, em¬
ployed to set in action the screw propeller, by which
the balloon, so far us we can understand, is not only
driven in space, but ulso to some extent guided in the
same way thafra ship is directed in its true course by
means of a rudder. It is said that £24,000 have been
spent by the Freuch Wnjr Office in these experiments;
but during the past forty years many similar inventions
have been tried, undliaVo resulted in failure. There is
really mTiinnlogy, in the balance of mechanical forces,
between the position of a buoyant machine, entirely sur¬
rounded by the air in which it hovers, and that of u
vessel floating on the surface of the water.
SALVATION ARMY RIOTS AT
WORTHING.
The pleasant seaside town of Worthing, usually one
of the quietest places on the coast, lias been disturbed
by riotous conflicts of the same cliumcter as those in
several West of England towns, by the violence of the
‘‘ Skeleton Army,” opponents of the religious processions
of the “Salvation Army.” The local branch of the
last-mentioned association lias for some time past held
its regular Sunday services for worship and preaching in
a building called Montague Hall. On Sunday, the 1/thinst.,
the street parade of its members, meu and women, boys
and girls, singing their hymus and carrying a banner
inscribed “Blood and Fire, 458,” the leaders being
uttired iu a flaming red uniform, marched through the
town. It had been discontinued four or five Sundays,
at the request of a public meeting of the inhabitants
on July 9, and the police had been instructed to pro¬
tect the Salvation Army people from attack or insult. The
Skeleton Army, which is organised by keepers of low beer-
shops and others interested in Sunday drinking, with a
numerous rabble in their train, waylaid the Salvation Army,
and intercepted it upon its arrival at Montague Hall. The
standard of this hostile array was a hideous block banner, upon
which tiie figure of a human skeleton was painted in
white. It seems clear that they were the aggressors, de¬
liberately attacking the Salvation Army in Bath-place, near
the Hall, and the police very properly interfered to stop the
fighting, iu which many persons were severely beaten and
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kicked. The Salvation Army discreetly escaped into Montague
Hall, and there shut themselves up for the remainder of
the day. The magistrates issued summonses on Monday
against the ringleaders of the Skeleton Army. This
exasperated them aud their followers to a renewal of the
disorders ill tho evening of Monday, when they inarched
through the town, shouting and singing, and made an attack
ou the Salvation Army barracks, between New-street and
Prospect-place, where the ordinary weekday evening service
was being held. Showers of large stones were hurled through
the windows, to the great danger of the congregation, some of
whom sought shelter under tho benches. Tho private house
and shop of Mr. G. Head, painter, in Montngne-street, who
lias befriended the Salvation Army, was likewise attacked
by throwing stones and smashing tlie windows. Mr. Head
appeared with a revolver, and fired aniougsb the mob,
wounding several, to prevent their breaking into his premises,
ns the police were not nt hand. The riots were renewed on
Tuesday and on Wednesday by several hundred “roughs,”
probably from Brighton, Portsmouth, and other towns: but
the Worthing police lmd now been strengthened, and the
magistrates sent for military assistance, a troop of tho -1th
(Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards. Upon their arrival, Lieut.-
Colonel Wisden, the presiding magistrate, read tho Riot Act
in front of theTowulmll, near midnight ou Wednesday, and
tho streets were then quickly cleared. A number of persona
of the Skeleton Army have been arrested, and will be pro¬
secuted for riot and assault. No charge is made by the police
authorities against any members of the Salvation Army, but
their obstinacy in continuing their st reet procession is generally
blamed.
We learn from Simla that tho Afghan Boundary Com¬
mission will leave Quetta ou Sept. 1. The Ameer is to furnish
an escort of 1200 men.
The Postmaster-General notifies that from Sept. 1 reply
post-cards, impressed ou each half with a penny stump, may bo
sent to Egypt.
A flower show was held on Tuesday in the grounds of tho
Tower of London, under the putrouage of the Constable of the
Tower, General Sir lticlmrd Dacres. The prizes for the best
display were competed for by the warders on duty at tho
fortress, the artillerymen who are stationed there, and a few
of tho inhabitants of the district.
“ Picturesque Wales” is the name of a remarkably well-
written and cheap guide to the chief holiday resorts of the
Principality, plentifully embellished with Engravings, and
illustrated by railway maps. The vivid descriptions by the
author, Mr. Godfrey Turner, are likely to lurgely increase
tho number of holiday tourists iu “ Picturesque Wales.”
The National Horse Show opened ou Tuesday at the Royal
Dublin Society’s premises, BnlTs-bridge. The show is the
largest that has ever been held iu Dubliu, the entries number¬
ing close upou 800. The second unuuul dog show, under the
uuapices of the same society, opened the same day in the
Zoological Gardeus, Photnix Park, with 478 entries, against
350 hist year.
An extraordinary scene was witnessed in tlie llolborn
Theatre last Saturday evening. The manager being unable to
proceed with the advertised performance, an announcement
was made that the money which had been paid for admission
would bo returned. This was followed by an attack on the
part of tlie audience upon the movable property of the
structure, and in the progress of the riot some of tlie persous
connected with the theatre were roughly treated by the mob.
Tho Farmer gives summaries of about 470 returns from
agriculturists in various parts of the country. The result ns
to the wheat crop of 1884 is that is considerably over the
average of late years, and better than the average of tlie last
twenty years. The returns for barley indicate a crop slightly
under last year, and just under the twenty years’ average. Tho
yield of outs will bo deficient, nud the returns for Jmy aud
clover nro decidedly discourngiug. The dry weather, which
was favourable to wlieut, ruined tlie hay crop.
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, replying to the com¬
munication of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tiuun with
reference to the Munmtrusnft convictions, especially as to
the fate of Myles Joyce, says that after a most careful ex¬
amination he has arrived at the clear belief that the recent
statement of Thomas Cusey, the informer, that he had been
compelled to give false evidence in the case, is absolutely
false, and that tho verdict, even if depending solely on the
other evidence given at the trial, wns right and just.
THE CHURCH.
On Monday the Bishop of Bungor gave his triennial charge
to the clergy in the cathedral.
The Bishop of Melbourne, Dr. Moorhouse, has been elected
Chancellor of the Mel bourne University.
Tlie Chapel Royal, Whitehall, will be closed during the
mouth of September.
The Archbishop of York will be absent from home during
the mouth of September. Matters of business which are of
great urgency can be submitted to tlie Archdeacons.
The Bishop of London preached on Sunday morning nt the
dedication festival of the Church of St. Bartholomew the Great,
iu Smithfield.
The Bishop of Ripon Ims reopened Ousebum church, an
ancient Norman structure, after thorough restoration by the
patron of the living (Mr. W. F. Scholtield) and others.
The vacant preboudal stall of Welton Beckhall, in Lincoln
Cathedral, lias been conferred upon tho ltev. F. IJ. Blcukin,
Vicar of St. Nicholas, Lincoln.
Tlie niciuoriul-stone of the Coleraine parish church wns
laid yesterday week, with Masonic honours, by Sir J. Whittaker
Ellis, M.l\, Governor of the Irish Society.
The Bishop of Londou lias, it is stated, offered the ennonry
in St. Paul's Cathedral vacant by the death of Bishop
Claughton to Bishop Kelly, late Bishop of Newfoundland.
The cauoury is accompanied with tho Archdeaconry of
London.
The Rev. Lord Wriotlicsloy Russell, Canon of St.
George’s Chapel, Windsor, opened last week a sale of useful
aud ornamental work, held bv J.ady Ocorgiium Needham and
Lady Alicia Bristowc, at Dirdict House, Duteliet, iu aid of the
missions to China and tho Jews.
The Bishop of Truro received last week an anonymous
donutiou from a lady of £.>00 for the new cathedral; and rings,
bracelets, and other articles of jewellery ure reaching him by
post.
The Bishop of Ripon, who about a fortnight ago preached
at the service in connection with the inauguration of a, new
tower and spire nt Holy Trinity' Church, Binglov, made his
second iippeurnuct; iu his diocese ou the 21st inst., when he
reopened the church of Allerton Bywnter, a district church
in the parish ot' liippax, restored nt a cost of £7000.
A beautiful three-light stained-glass window, by Messrs.
Lavers, Westlake, and Burraud, Inis been placed iu the Lady
Chapel of the parish church of Crediton. It is the offering if/
Mr. Henry Felton Smith, the youngest sou of tlie Vicftr of
Crediton, and is a memorial of his brother and his brother's
wife, who both died in India a few yeurs ago. \
The annual fete in connection with the parish schools took
place in the Lambeth Palace Grounds yesterday week,
under very pleasant nud enjoyable circumstances. The boys’,
infanta', mid Sunday schools were represetttciUby very large
contingents, and tho children entered heartily into the
numerous sports provided for them by^Uio^e/Tcspousible for
the management of tho tbte. A ten was given to the chilclreu
in the course of the afternoon. The band ofThe L Division of
Police were present, and played an attractive selection ol music.
A commission appointed homo' titno ago by the Bishop of
St. David’s to inquife into the spiritual wants of the deanery
of East Gower, Glnniorgftnahire. held a private sitting lost
week ut Swansea, under the presidency of the Archdeacon of
Carmarthen, and passed a draught report. Tho report si lowed
that a great want ot churdles exists iu this populous deanery,
and it recommended the erection of ten new churches, at a cost
of about £30,000, and Kmunber of mission chapels. In most
of the cases siteshayetilready been either promised or given.
A new cluireh at Peel, Isle of Mail, which has bceu erected
mainly by efforts of the Bishop of Sodor and Man, was opened
on Tuesdap Service Was gone through in the church, and the
Archbishopof York preached. The Bishop of Sodor and Man
also assisted. Afterwards tho Archbishop laid the foundation-
stone of a navigation, grammar, and mathematical school,
which >s to be built close to the church. After this, the Arch¬
bishop receive^ addresses from tlie inhabitants of Peel aud
from tlie clergy-of" the Isle of Man.
, Sir Saul Samuel, K.C.M.G., Agent-General for New South
Wales, has Been informed by telegram of the arrival iu Sydney
of the steamer Australasian, which sailed from Plymouth with
emigrants in July lust.
MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS.
“A Dictionary of Music and Musiciaus” (a.d. 1450-1884),
edited by Sir Ueorge Grove (London: Messrs. Macmillan and
Co.). This valuable work lias catered ou its fourth volume,
the first portion of which (the 19th part) has just been issued.
This fresh instalment begins with a continuation of tlie article
ou the old Carol, “Sumer is icumeu in,” and ends with a
paragraph on the term Tirarsi. The most important of the
urticles is that by Mr. C. H. II. Parry, on Symphony. This is
a very comprehensive and exhaustive essay on tho grandest
form of instrumental music, which Mr. Parry has traced from
its origin, through its development by Haydn, Mozart, aud
Beethoven, down to its most recent elaboration by composers
of the present day. Another noticeable article is that on
Temperament, by Mr. James Idicky. The Dictionary, when
completed, will be a work of unparalleled value aud interest—
at least in our langungc.
“ Hero and Leandcr,” a dramatic cantata by C. II. Lloyd
(Novello, Ewer, and Co.). This work was composed expressly
lor the approaching Worcester Festival, aud is to be performed
at the first of the miscellaneous evening coucerts in the Public
llall, on Sept. 9. The libretto—founded on the well-known
classical legend—is written by Mr. F. E. Weatherly, who
lias supplied u good framework for dramatic contrasts. Tho
music is for soprano solo (Hero) and baritonosolo (Leunder),
chorus, and orchestra. Of the merits of the composition it
would bo premature to speak until after a hearing of its per¬
formance ; but it may be permitted, from a perusal of the
printed score, to predict its favourable reception. The sumo
publishers have issued, in a similur handy uud inexpensive
form, an edition of Bnch’s lino cantata for Whitsuntide,
“God so loved the world.” This is ulao to be given at tho
Worcester Festival in tho cathedral on Wednesday morning,
Sept. 10. Of tho other arrangements for this celebration wo
shall speak next week. _
A shock of earthquake was felt in Jersey on Tuesday.
St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, is closed for a fortnight for
cleaning and repairs, preparatory to the reopening of tho nave.
From Mozambique it is reported that the natives on tho
Zambesi have risen en masse, nud defeated u Portuguese forco
with great slaughter.
Nearly 30,000 persons assembled at the Crystul Talaco lost
Tuesday, on the occasion of the twenty-ninth annual Foresters’
Fete, in aid of the Distress Gift and Asylum Funds.
Tlie Lord Mayor left the Mansion House last Tuesday on a
tour to Denmark. Alderman Sir A. Lusk, Bart., M.P., will
uct us locum tennis during his Lordship’s nbseucc from the city.
Before King Tawhiao and liis chiefs left England they were
presented by the British and Foreign Bible .Society with copies
of the Bible iu the Maori language.
The Court of tlie Skiuners’ Company have given twenty-
one guineas and the Court of the Clothworkcrs’ Company £20
to the funds of the Nutionul Association for Promoting Stuto-
directed Emigration und Colonisation.
The fourth fruit aud vegetable show organised by tho
Health Exhibition, in conjunction with tho Royal Horticul¬
tural Society, was held oil Tuesday in the conservatory at
South Kensington.
Iu Loudon 2060 births and 1579 dentlis were registered
last week. Allowing for increase of population, tho births
exceeded by 23, and the deaths by 91, tho average numbers iu
the corresponding weeks of the lust ten years.
By permission of Sir R. II. Williams-Bulkeley, Burt., tho
annual fete iu connection with the Clio training-ship, which
is moored iu tho Menai Straits, was held on Monday at
Baron Hill.
Messrs. Winsor mid Newton, of Rathbonc-pluce, have pub¬
lished “ Studies of Nature,” by the late W. Muller, containing
facsimiles of eighteen pencil drawings by this celebrated artist.
They are udmirably adnpted for drawing-copies.
In the rifle contest between twelve members of the Midland
Rifle Club, of Birmingham, and ns many of the North London
Club, held at Tottenham last Saturday, the Birmingham men
scored a total of 793, tho Londoners 721.
General Sir Archibald Alison has issued his report on the
great field-day at Aldershott, when 6000 of the volunteers took
part in the manoeuvres with the regular troops. The report
generally is highly complimentary to the volunteer force, the
more so as it deals in a spirit of minute und appreciative
criticism with every movement for which the volunteer com¬
manders were responsible.
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Black «5.
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D “• D
O N G H’S
(KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM,
KNtQHT OF THE LEGION Or HONOUR)
c
0 D
piGHT-pitOAVN
• L
I V E R
0
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THE PUREST. THE JI03T EITICACIOUS.
THE MOST PALATABLE. THE MOST DJOEtsTlBLBk
Proved by thirty years' mnlical ox|>erlence to be
THE ONLY COD-I.IVEIl OIL
which produce* the full curative effecU in
CONSUMPTION /YND DISEASES Of THE CHEST,
THROAT AFFECTIONS, GENERAL DEBILITY,
AND IVAM ING DlhEAbliS uF CHILDREN.
gELECT ME DICAL OPINIONS.
, / DR- PROSSER JAMES,
Lectnfer ou M»tert» Medic*. 1/nuluu Hospital.
"»E JONGU’S LIGHT-BROWN
COD-LIVER, OIL contains the whole oi Die
Clive Ingredient* of the remedy, ami is ra/iiy
‘Pi»ted, Hence It* value, nut uuly In Dl*ra«-a
" r tup Inrpatamt Lungs, but ill a great number
casnk^ywnich ihu Pre.fe.rtou 1* exunding it*
D
C\
LENNON. BROWNE, Esq.. F.R.C.S.E.,
S or Surgeon Central Loudon Threat aud Ear ilotpital.
K. DE JON'GH’S COD-LIVER OIL
has received sucli high approval from so many
distinguished authorities that 1 can hardly ,ui.-
lK»e auy word of mine will add to it* reputation,
j can. however, have uo hesitation— on the cun-
j , . t . r ‘ r J - 1 bare much plrasuro—in Gating that U.ia
*• undoubtedly superior In It* luerapeutio
effect* to all other preparation* of Cod-L<ver Ull
tluitl luveprracribcvl. lUactlonliasiirortvl,iuniy
_/ pwu experience, |Mrticularly valuable, not umy
In those diseases lor winch It was original./
employed, but also In many cares of WoakuesS
i. 1 “ lo .® | n8 i ng end Speaking Volcf, dependent on
Bronchial or Laryngeal Irritation, and In all
forma of Strumous Enlargement of Gland* and
Discharges from the Ear.' p
, , DR. NEDLEY,
Physician to the Lord Lieutauantof Ireland.
QF all the preparations of that valuable
v 7 remedial agent. Cod-Liver Oil. tho mutt uniformly
pure, tlio most palatable, aud tlie most easily
..'A .V.'.V'' MI,,,d, l u UK - DE JOXGH'5
lrtli.*li 1 *lSuU\\ N OIL. I liHVe It aI>i t'lAlI s i»ru-
aenta-d Dll. UK JUNG118 UOU-LdvSt oIl^7n
A-j^-a ,.y l Blmonavy Consumi-tlon. »ith very
U-I.ellclal result*, and I can ContldenUy recoin-
tueud it as the most eUlcacious kind."
, _ „ „ DR. WHITMORE,
() mte Medical Officer of Health. St. Marylebone.
TV T\ own somewhat lengthened experience
**,* Medical Practitiunrr enable* mo with con-
dencetorecommemlUH. liE JON'GH'8 LIG111-
llHuW.S COD-1.1 VEIt OIL us lu-lng more
ii in form In quality, more certain In IU effect/,
lnore latlatatile, and lnltiiitcly less likely to
JVi?** 1 ?? 1 W,U| W,e stuinoch than tlio Pain
Oil. If I were asked for au explanation of tho
marked success which for so many year, has nt-
administration of DU. liE JO.NGHK
UOHT-IIIIOW.S COD LI VLB OIL. i should
say that it Isuwiiig tolU extraordinary medicinal,
d'etetic. ami regiminal pniperUe*. and which are
I**tiiid to <*xUt in no otiior laeiliciuo ttmt 1 am
quaiutva will*. In aach uniform combination."
S B i DIpHT-BROWN COD-LIVER OIL
I*sold ONLY in capsuled lurxuiAL IlaU-Piuts, 2*. Dd.; Pints
Is. M.; 0uarta. ns. ; by all Clieiuiataand Druggists m the World!
SOLE CONSIGNEES.
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French Merinos, very wide .1*. ltd. to
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A BUck'Velveteen, spedaliycheep " ” ^ J J ,?
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ADVICE TO DYSPEPTICS.—Symptoms
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Diet. I ins Iiulo pamphlet appeals forelhly U> thore who lisvo
allowed the Palate t-« Uecidn everything for tilem, and have nalil
thy inevitable penalty «t tlielr folly"—Globe. Scut' - *
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
AUG. 30, 1884
NEW MUSIC.
f^HAPPELL aud CO.’S New and Popular
V SONGS.
AT OTHER (in C, D, and E). Words by
ill p. I:. w..«ti.-Ti» i* Tovri.
VESPERS. P. TOSTI.
^T VESPERS (in four keys). P. TOSTI.
WHERE MEMORY DWELLS. ISIDORE
> T UK I .A BA.
Price 2*. each nrt. |xnt*=e free.
Oil An*KI.Lnod Co., to. New llonilstlcor. W .; aud 13. Pool try, E.C.
( 'IIAPPELL and CO. have ou view every
V_Z description of PIANOFDltTKS by the M makers. re¬
turned from Hire, to be BOLD at greatly reduced prices lor cash,
or may l» purchased OH the Three-Year* - Hysteni.
rinrntiL PIANOFORTES. from lagnlneo*.
OOLLAUD PIANOFORTES. from Sdgulnea*.
Kit Aim PIANOFORTES. from SI guinea*.
llKOAUWOOU PI ANUFOlt'TES. from 33 guinea*.
pHAPPELL and CO’S STUDENT’S
\J PIANOPOltTES. from I« guinea*.
pHAITELL
\J with (
Check Action, from to gulne
PHAPPELL and CO.’S IRON-FRAMED
V' OBLIQUE and COTTA'iK PIANOFORTE* for Ocean
Steamer, and lCxtremo Climates, from 34 to tii guineas.
C HIAPPELL and CO. have on View Grund
/ Pianoforte* from ao to 204 guinea*.
ao. New ltond-itreet: and 13, Poultry.
s
Now ready.
JEE-SAW WALTZ. By A. G. CROWE.
CEE-SAW WALTZ. By A. G. CROWE.
O Now being performed Every Evening at the Prome¬
nade Concert*. Covant Garden, ami enthusiastically
ra-demandcd. The •• Time* " says:-" The novelty
which proved the chief success of Uie evening wag
Mr. A. O. Crowe * new waits. 1 Bee-haw. with a
rhlldron'a ehoru*. rendered by Mr. Btedman • choir
of boy* ami girl., the frealme** of whoso yoailf voice*
added a charm to the neivet* of themusic. In the
andante movement the village clock I* *Ulkmg
twelve, and the children are eagerly looking for the
tlgn of dlimltaal; then, a* they troop out of »rh<K)l
and scamper ncrou tlie village green, the mudo.
appropriately lively, change* Into wait* tlmeaatliey
begin Vhelr play on the .rc-eaw. The audience had
the piece repeated throughout. Beautifully Illne-
tiatcl ropie* of the wait*, price 1*. net; or. prat-free.
Slsrzik)' and Co!™il. Great Marlborough-*treet, London. ML
1
UIE
Now ready.
ROLLING DRUMS. Descriptive
Battle M trcli. lly GEORG ASCII. Perform*! with
the greatest sneers* by t he Pull Orchestra arid Band of
the cold.tr. am Gnarda. «t the Promenade Concert.,
(invent Garden. Beautifully lllurtrated. Price 2e.
net. Piwt-free. 81 stamp*. . . . . , ...
Mltzlkii and Co.. 42. Great Marlborough-ltroot. London,».
Now ready.
JWEET VIOI.F.TS WALTZ. By P.
B CO A LOSS I. perform'd With the greatest succe-e
at the Promenade C-.nearti. On vent Uanten.
rully Illustrated. I'rlro-l. net. P-at Ir e. -•« damp*.
Mtrai.ru end Co.. «••. Croat Jlsriboiuiigh-stlwl. Uoidoii. W,
|> OBEUT
COCKS anil CO.’S
LV NP.W PC UI.1CATI0NS.
'PILE ROUND WORLD.
1 ALICE BOUTON.
/IRANI) MILITARY TOURNAMENT.
VJ (Musical Rids of tho l*t Life Guards.) By J. PR1BUAM.
T MEAN TO WAIT FOR JACK.
JL OOTBFUHD DICK (Hung everywhere with great success).
Each 24. net.
c. New Burllngtoa-gtreet, London. W.
W MOKLEY and CO. (the Publishers of
• "Laddie" and Ciro Plntutl'a newest and greateit
■nrcearc*) lw* to aimounce that tliey haTe fortunately Neared
tl.n manuscript* of Uie following pretty New Bong*. Now
'Patience bewarued. Be girojmnsuti.
K flat. F (0 to F). and O.
THE CONQUERORS. By Til EG. BONHEUR.
K Hat (11 to E), and P.
TILL THE BREAKING OP THE DAY. Ur PINSUTI.
G. AIK. to K), and II flat.
DOLLY'S REVENGE. By HENRY PONTET.
E flat (K to K). and P.
Order every whare. 34 stsrope each.
W, Moatur and Co., asi. Kegent-et.. W.; and70, Upper-st..N.
/' WF.NDOLINE GAVOTTE. By CECIL
VJT NIELSON. "The prettleat piece of It* edrool which wo
have received f..r a .me time I* ■ Gwendoline.' a petite gavotte /by
Oedle Nielson. The melody will catch the m..*t obtu*o
ear,"—The Graphic. 8ol« or Duet. I*. 6d. net.
Derr and browser, 2. H«nover-«treet. W.
D E LORME’S ABC INSTRUCTIONS
for tlie PIANO, the easiest Pianoforte Tutor over pub¬
lished. Intelligible to I ho yourgret capacity. Price 2a. net; by
post, 2s. SI.—Dorr aud St»w*ut. 2. lbiirovs,-street, A .
NEW MUSIC.
JF THIS COULD ONLY BE.
TF THIS COULD ONLY BE. New
-1- Bong by the Compo-er of Paddy-'' Thl* day. Price 2*.
Bnnsxr and Co..‘£t*>, Ib-gent-itroet.
HU IK MOST SUCCESSFUL SONGS OF
J- THE DAY.
gWINGING. By CECILS HARTOG.
J^EVER TO KNOW. By MARZIALS.
JQADDY. By BEHREND.
QNLY ONCE MORE. By F. L. MOIR.
pOING TO MARKET. By L. DIEHL.
* J 2*. each.—B oosbv and Co.. 293, Urgent-*treot.
MUSIC FOR THE SEASIDE.
rr HE CAVENDI8H MUSIC BOOKS.
JL A Mat of Content* gratl*.
Price H. each — Uousbt anil Co.. London.
To he had of every Muslcsvller In the United Kingdom.
gONGS
Just published, price 1*..
OF THE DAY
(Book 6).
When tlie heart I* young,
l-u not fnrgit mo.
Mignonette
ulil Cathedral Rolls.
Ha.1 wo bul known.
Containing:
BuoiKY and Co.. 293. Regent-street
leire In n cottage.
Teach luc to forget.
Hlrhinond Park.
Day* gone by.
The Click”!! in tho orchard.
Thl*day. 32 page*, price 1*..
S ongs for young girls, a
Collection of Eighteen Bongaby TAUBKIIT. with English
wunU, specially suitable for youm ladle* from twelve to ilxtsen
year* f>t ǣǥ, f'-nnln* Ibi* now number of tho Caveudlwi Mualc
Books.—boossY ami Co., 2»ft, liwnt ativot.
r THE DIAMOND MUSIC BOOKS,
X 91 and 40 page*, price Sd. cadi.
1. The Binging Muster.
2. The Muale Jla>ter (Pianoforte).
3. The Violin Mnater.
4. Family Gh 1 . Book (40 Olee* and I’nrt-Bongs).
fl. Harmonium Voluntary hook (40 piece*),
o Select l lano Place* dll Book I.
7. Ditto (hi) It-ok J.
n. Garotte* and Minuet* (I-').
U. Marclic* (14).
10, Haired Song* (4«).
11. Scotch Song* (30).
12. 1 1 l*h Song* (30).
13. Old BaglUh Songa (SO).
14. Modern Kngltah Songa (10) Book 1.
IS. Ditto (10) Book 2.
ID. New American Songa (12).
17. Songeof the Sea (1.1).
J H. Reel*. Country Dunce*. Ac. <73>.
I), J iroenlle Pianoforte Book. 24 I'leees.
20 Juvenile Bong Book (41 Bong*).
Boone* and Co..2M, RegvuMtreet.
Each containing 40 page*, priceOd.
THE SINGING MASTER. Complete
A lii.tructli-ns In the art of Hinging, with numerous
Exercise*. Solfeggi. Ac.
THE MUSIC MASTER. Complete
JL tufttiuctiotii lor playiii* il»o 1 'innutortr. with nil n«cvflMVjr
ScmI •. KxcreliM. Stu«lif», «ml iiunirruai tliort riecci.
r PHE VIOLIN MASTER. A Complete
X nndhud for playing the Violin, with coplou* cxi rel-o*aud
itudlc* In every bram.ii of practice.
B—I.KT anil C0..2US. Regent-rtrcet.
CHARLES HALLO’S PRACTICAL
0 PIANOFORTE 8CHOOL.
New Edition, tlie tw.. First Section* i onlarml.
CHARLES HALLE'S NEW PIANOFORTE TUTOR.
Tim best and ino»t u-eful Tutor ever publlalied.
Kouifk Ueoraaas, 272*. Itagent-drcm. Ixmrton; and
122 and 124. Dsaiugnle, Manchester. _ _
r j'() LADIES.—SALE of NEW MUSI^
JL at a large reduction and post-free.
of ,11 piililliliere inatock. Newcople
commence Id., Dd., wt. Catalogue* rent«
J.tV. Morr*rr,3. Bamrtiury-street. Lond
17 It ARDS’ PI AN OS. — Messrs. ERARD, of
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lug the name of " Enird " which are not
For Information a* to nnthenllclty *|i|il/\*t
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El,l,t PRlZB MEUAIX
PRlZB_
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TORY’S CARACAS COCOA.
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CHWEITZER’S C0C0ATINA.
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-Four Item toe strength of Cocoa* Thlckeonl yet Weakened with
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of the lialr i.n bald Mad*, where the glainl- «re not ileeaynl.
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A«M*lON ciimI* va Uin nlnulatto produce ndccU
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nu-nily incrmi/t ll»c frrrdoro »Qd vibrato rj
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OHN BRINSMEAD anil SONS’
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1880. SYDNEY—First Prize Medal for
_ Cottage l'lano*.
1878. PARIS—Cross of tlie Legion of
Honour.
1878. PARIS—Gold Medal.
187j8N PARIS — Silver Medal.
1877. SOUTH AFRICA —Diploma of
Honour.
1877. SOUTH AFRICA—Gold Medal.
1870. PHILADELPHIA—Grand Diploma
or Merit.
lVlfL PHILADELPHIA — First Class
Medal of Honour.
1874. PARIS—Honorary Membership of
L'Acadf mlc Netionale.
1874. PARIS.—Diploma of Honour of the
National Academy of Franc*.
1870. PARIS-Gold Medal.
1869. NETHERLANDS —Diploma of
Extraordinary Merit.
1867. PARIS—Medal of Honour.
1862. LONDON—Prize Medal.
Ac., Ac.
JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS’
O Recently-)!*trilled BOBTENENTK PIANOS.
" Paris.
“Gentlemen,—I bare Uie pleasure to expre*,
the grallflcatlon I have enjoyed frum the uae ot
G ur truly niatrhle** piano*. Tbelr quality of
ue I* to wonderfully tympathrtic, brilliant,
and powerful that, having tuo greateit poulblo
volume, they arc of ton mutt peifiv-t kind, espe¬
cially a* their beautiful tone I* of perfect
evennca* throughout the scale. The action
Is perfection llnelf, responding with equal
promptitude to the moat delicate orpoweiful
touch: and under tho strewn trial* Its
wonderful precision, elasticity, and power
remain unchanged, enabling the boundlet*
resource* of the Brlnamra 1 piano to bo fully
unlocked acronling to tlio Inspiration of the
ait Ip to. In them I have found a laally tplendid
Instrument.—Behove me. Ac..
" Vuuixik dm I'ACunaxM.
JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS’
tj Recently patented BOSTKNENTE PIANOS.
“ lAFils
"I hare attentively examined the beuutllul
piano* or Me**r*. John Brintiuead anil Sons. I
consider them to be exceptional In llieeasu witli
which gradation* of round can be produced,
from the softest to the mo,t iiowertul tone*.
Theae excellent iilnno* merit the approbation ot
all artlat*. a* tho tone is full iu well a* *n»-
tainnl, »nd the touch I* of |ierfect evenin'**
throughout It* entire range, answering to every
requirement of tlie plaiibt. Cu. UocgoD.
JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS’
U Recently-pateutrol B08TENENTE PIANOS.
•' Paris.
•• Wo. the undersigned, certify thst, after
having *eeii and most conscientiously examined
the English piano* at tlie UIIIver**l Exhibition,
we And that tlie palm belongs to tho grand
piano* of ths bouse of Briuaiiiiail.
"NlruuLAa Kt'siMSTXia.
" D. Maiimu*."
TOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS’
O PATENT bOsTENENTH PIANOS.
■•I^indon.
••In tbankliic you for your rogrtesy ill pro¬
viding me wllli a grand plwiiolortr, allow me tn
add that I found tlie same Iu every wav highly
satisfactory—uuality nf tone, u aeuait.vu ami
utad.eut touch; Iu fact, all that
desire.
JOHN
BRINSMEAD and SONS’
PATENT BOBTENENTK 1'IANOB.
■■ I have great plvosiire In bring ab'e to vouch
to the degree psrbellou to which you liavo
brought tlie art of plniiiifortp iiiaiinlacturing.
I must say the Improvement* patonte.1 anil
Invrutrel by your Arm are of such value float
the nnisli-Hl judirea. alter cure In Iv exiiuilliing
tbe luslruini utxn iqi- ting wllli aboul sevuity
or eighty other manufacturers, unanimously
awarded your Plnuoa tlie Plrat I'rixe abovo
them all. I am alto of niiiiilon that voile
pianos, w ilh such ahmib- acil- ii. aliuplialty of
meelinnl-lii. strength of roii-tructhui. roiuhfneil
with the remarkable purity and awrrtneka ot
tone, are uunvu'la .wllli t your patent action
product* a touch absolutely perfect.
'■ C. J. Jsiigsog.
"Judge of Musical Ilia* rament*.
•• Sydney International Exhibition. I MO."
JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS,
O No*, is. 20. and 22. WIOMOIIK BTKEET. W.
THE llBINSMEAD WORKS.
OBAFTON-HOAD, KKNT18H-TGWN. N.W.
ILLL'BTIUTKD LISTS FREE.
D u
N O MORE MEDICINE or EXPENSE for
Old or YouDg.
PERFECT HEALTH to STOMACH,
Lung*, Nerve*. Liver. Blood. Brain, and Breatli
restored without medicine, purging, or expense, by
lJu Harry * deitelou* ltavaleuta Arabic* Food, wblcli
saves fifty time* It* cost In medicine.
BARRY’S REVALENTA ARABICA
FOOD and TOMQ BISCUITS, wlilch «ro Invalid*
uml children, aud alto rear *ucce»»fully Infant*
wiioie nllinent* *nd debility had re*i*tod all otlicr
mu sing and treatment*. Tiiey repair tlie murou*
rneinhiiui tliruugliont the system, and cure altect-
uully l)js|K'p*la. Indigestion, Conitlpatlon. Con-
guiiiptiuu. Cough, Asthma. OnUrrli, Ularrlim*.
Byseiitanr, Nervous Doullltv, 'Typhus, Scarlntln*.
lJiplillrenn, Enteric Fever. Measles. Neltlrnuli, and
otiirr Kruptliius ■>{ the bkin, Fever. Ague, and all
liillaminatory mill watting dltcase*. I»r. UouUl, tho
bast Mdlii'ii■ Authority m Loudon, after analysing
■Ixteeii otiier Finds. *ay»:
TJU BARRY’S FOOD is the BEST of ALL.
It hot tutted many women and children wasliug with
atrophy and marked debility. lOu.ouOcurea. Including
those of tho late Kimiernr Nicholas. Uie Marchioness
of iir-han. Lonl btnart de Dccle*. Ur. Uvingtton#
and Jfr. YV. JI. Stanley, the African explorer*. Ur*.
Uro.Wurxcr. Ac.
T7XTRACTS from 100,000 CURES of cases
I * w hh'li had rcristed all other trrntineut*.
D yspepsia—du barry’8 food.
Cure 11)0,310.—A dangerous llliic** having left my
digestive'-organ* too woak to asglmlinte ordinary
fomi of any xludgulBoienttolieep me alive. I owe my
preservation to l)u Barry'* Food and TonlO Bltcult*.
•>n which I nubultted for montbt. recovering a healthy
action of tlm nt-mach. and strength ami iinitcle. to
thi) aatoulshmeut of myself, my meilicul advlaer.and
fi'ii'mls.—Enwakb Woou, West Bank,Bolton.Juuell.
TJU BARRY’S FOOD.—NERVOUSNESS,
U DEBILITY.—With gratitude I testify to the great
efficacy of Uu Burry'* Food In nxtoring anil »tn-
< \ tabling health, having taken It for NervoUkncuand
Wookueak—(Mrs) E. Uoxi-row. Upper Park, Dod-
liaiu. Match V. IM0.
TkYSPEPSIA.—DU BARRY’S FOOD has
X-r cured ine of nightly sweatings, terrible Irritations of
till' (toiiiacli, ami had iligi-ation. which had la»tod
eighteen ye»rs.-J Cour*uKT. I'urlMi PrlMt. bt.
Romaf tie-aet-1 les. Fiance.
XTERVOUSNESS—DU BARRY’S FOOD.
Is Cure of tlie March lone** de llrehon. VewaiUe*, of
seven years' liver complaint, sleoplesinr**, |ralpl-
tatlon. and lire most Intense nervous agitation and
debility, rendering her unfit for reading or social
Intercourse.
D ebility.—du Barry’s food has
perfectly cured mo ot twenty year*' dyspepsia,
opprcaalon, and debility, Which prevented my ilre**-
ingor ii in!reeving myself.or making even tliesnghtost
effort.—Madame Bubullub OsnnoNrrri. Avignon.
TJYSPE PE I A. —CONSTIPATION. — DU
J J IIAIIUY S FOOD.—Cure No. 49.IU.'. or flfty year*'
imlescrlbable agony Irom djspepsia. iiervousiies*.
asthma, cough, constiiAtlon, flatulency, spanns,
Mckiies*. and vomiting, by Uu Barry's Fooil.-Msui*
Jolly, tVoi-lhum. l.ing. Get. If. I "to.
T I VEIL—DU BARRY’S FOOD.—Liver
±J complaint anJ diarrhaa. from winch 1 had •ullVrtd
feariully for two year*, despite the best medical
treatment, have yielded to |)u Barry'* excel lent food.
W. Edik. Major, II.M B. unattached. Loudon.
E ALTII.—DU BARRY’S FOOD.
H
inrhui, lllsrrhcoa,Cnsni|i. Kidney and Bla.hlir
r*.—Ur. Wurxer »Te#Uliioiiliil:-"Uu llarry'*
Coin 1
Ulauruir*.- --- .
F.»«l »ii|ier*eUe*.lii many raao*. an klnd»ot im-iliclne..
It Is lukrtleUlnrly effective ill oiugli, asthma, eon-
•uiiititii.il, liidlgestlnu iilys|H!|isia), a confined In,hit
or laxly.as aim• in diarilKMi, howul complaints, in-
Itniiiiiintory Irritation, auderamp of Uie nreiliia tn*
killin gs uml bladder, aud IirIii.ii rliolil*.—Ur. liou.
Wuaxau. Professor of Jlediciuc, Bona.
U BARR Y’S F 0 O D.—Pulmonary
Complaint.—Madam* II. do li.. In a liopide***tale>of
pulmomiry coiuumpliuu, took tire UKVALKN1A
AltAlllCA by udvioB of her phy*lcl*ii. Bo rapid
and fuvourable wo* tho change It produced In her
health that Uie dangerous period of her confluemrnt,
which her physician liud predicted would tw fatal,
passed over with.,utdanger or difficulty, though tlie
baby weighed sixteen pounds: and her husband can¬
not speak too highly of this excellent Food, upon
which both his wife and child are now living.
BARRY’S FOOD in KIDNEY
DISEASE. " It has cu red ineof kidney disease, from
which I had suflered fearfully for many rears, and
which hsd real stedthemost careful medicaltreatiuont,
and now. at tlie age of ninety-three. I ant perfectly
free from disease-"—0ur4 Lon.y.lirvaux, France.
•PARALYSIS, CONSTIPATION, AND
X ILKMOKIUIOIDS. from which I suffered sixty years,
liavo entirely yielded to Du Burry's Food. auU I am
now, at Uie ago of eighty-dvr, enjoying perfect
health.— William Hunt. Barrlster-at-Law. King'*
College, Cambridge: Uct. 10.1849.
CATARRH ON THE BLADDER,
D
D
A
with itsexcruclating misery. Imd resisted thcgieatrst
medical skill during eight long yean, but Uu Barry e
divine Itovalenta Fond cured it In an incredibly
short time.-UxDg, Professor of Chemistry. Paris,
April 13. iw/i
JN DYSENTERY, TYPHOID, AND
JL AGUE. I find Uu Barry's Food worth Its weight In
gold. I nilvlso no Kugildi surgeon or officer to go
Into camp without It.—W illiam Wallaub Ei.msi.ib,
Burgeon lute of the Imperial Ultouian Array, Militury
hospital. Bnfla. Bulgaria.
STOMACH.—DU BARRY’S FOOD 1ms
O perfectly cured many years' fearful pains In Uie
stomach and hiU-stlnes. uud sleeplessness, with con¬
stant nervous Irritability, for which my wife hud
submitted In vain tomedicaltreatment—V. Slovsao.
Merchunt, Cadi*.
\ STUM A.—DU BARRY’S FOOD has cured
-ZA- me of thirty-six years' asthma, which obliged me to
get up four or five time* ovary night to relieve my
chest from a pressure which tlireuteiiedsufloivitlon.—
Rev. 8. Boillbt. Ecralnvlile, France.
-VTEURALGIA.—DU BARRY’S FOOD is
J-v a remedy which I coo'd almost call divine. It has
iwrfrruy cured our dear sister J ulla, who lias been
sintering for the lost lour years Wllli neuralgia In the
hi-iul,which civuswl her cruel agony, anil left hcilal most
without rest.—Kev. J. Mum assiku. Valgorge, France.
SLEEPLESSNESS.—DU BARRY’S FOOD
O lias cured my daughter, who liad eulteied fur two
years fearfully Irani general debility, nervous Irri¬
tability, aleapleunesa. and a total exhaustion, uml
given her health, sleep, mid strength, with hard
luiivcle and cliei rfnines*.- II Uu Mutrri*>uis, Paris.
JNFANTS SAVED by DU BARRY’S
A FOOD—Ur. F. W. Ilmicae. Prolessor of Medidiw
III ordinary to tho Unlveraily. writes, April H, IM72:
•• I all as 11 never tor get that 1 owe the preservation nf
one of my children to Du Barry's Fund. The child
suffered from complete emsclutlon. with constant
vomiting which resisted all medical skill.anil even
tlie greatest Caro of two wet-nurses. 1 tried l>u
Dairy's Food with the must astonl'hlnr sneer**. T lie
vomiting ceased immediately, and. after living on
this fixxl for aix weeks, the baby w as restored to ths
most nourishing health."
JNFANTS’ PROSPERITY AND SLEEP.
JL Ever since I fed my l-sliy on UU IIAIIUY B RhVA-
I.ENTA FOOD lie develops wonderfully, being os
strong as a elliId of twice Ills age. IlssleelM MOimlly
•II nlglit from elglft p.m. to elirlil a.in.. w i Grout line*
waking, and lie never crlce during the day.—Hose
Bkxsi.kv. . 49 . Vincr-strcet. York.
PRICES—DU BARRY’S REVALENTA
1 AltAlllCA suitably packed for all olhuetee. In'line
or till., at is.; lib.. 3s. 0d.; 2 lb., ■«.; Alb.. 14s.:
12 Ih.. .42s.; 24 lb., ora,; or about 2rl. per meal. All
Tin* c.irluge free at home and in Fiance. Also
BARRY’S TONIC REVALENTA
BlsCUITB insure sleep and nervous energy I" Ih"
most resGess and I nleet. I'd. In Tins, Ilh,, 3s, ikl.:
2III., its. Ail Tin* fiee by po.L DU llAKIIY nli.l
CO. (Limited). 77, llsgeut-street. Isimlon. IV.; ..
at H, RaeileCastlgfleue, Paris: alsolhroiigh Fortuiini
and Mn non ■ Barclay: fclwards; Button, Nrwla'iy;
Ho veil ilen ; l.ynrli; tlie Stnrrs; and st 4. Cliespslde;
CruMO iind Iflarkweil; 4M9, Oklord-stm-t. Cobbet.
19. Pall-mall: anil at all thu 3 to re*. Grocers, and
Chemist* III tlie World.
Lokdom: Printed and Published at the Office. 126. Strand. **
Parish of Bt. Clement Dane*. In the County of Mlildlesex,
liy 1 suit i vi [iLurllEca, 19*. Btisnd, afuicssid.-BATCSOST.
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE ILLTJSTI lTED LONDON NEWS, Aro. 30, 1884.
TIIE EXPEDITION UP THE NILE:
OF BRITISH TROOPS AT SIOUT FOR ASSOUAN.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. Am. 30, 1884.— 209
WEDGWOOD.
•HE traveller by roiid or
rail through the busy
and populous district
of the Staffordshire
Potteries will find little
that seems agreeable in
its external aspect. The
natural features of what
was once a rich and
pleasant landscape have
been deformed by coal¬
pits, and by ironworks,
with their vast heaps of
scori®. The undulating
slopes and lovely valleys
have been levelled by de¬
posits of potsherds and
debris, and vegetation has
been fatally’ impeded by
the vast quantity of smoke
which escapes unconsumcd
from countless fires, dis¬
figuring everything over
which it casts its pall.
The district, however, is
the seat of an art that
has been carried by its in¬
habitants to a perfection
not equalled in nny other
part of the world. It is,
moreover, the home of
an industrial population
which 1ms contributed to
that excellence by the in¬
telligence which has been
brongh t to bear upon what
is to-4ay, as it was thousands of years ago, essentially a
handicraft, dependent mainly upon the exercise of individual
skill aided only by the simplest mechanical contrivances.
The manufacture of pottery 1ms been pursued in this dis¬
trict from very early times. The historian Plot, writing in
1G70, gives much curious information with regard to the art
at that time, when there was an important trade done in the
earthenware butter pots, made in large numbers for
toxetcr market. Burslem was then the only place of any
importance, and it still rejoices in being regarded ns the
“Mother of the Potteries.” In 1715 there were in Burslem
parish forty-three pot works, but these were of the humblest
character. The oven was generally, as now, conical in form^tmfcV
diminutive in size, inclosed within an extemporised easijjg^
there was an open pan in which the clay was exposed for sun
drying; and a thatched shed or two served as the Workshop and
dwelliugof the potter, who carried on his business with the nief of
his wife and children and occasionally with the furtlievassistarice
of oue or two labourers, the stalf of workers yarcly exceeding
eight. Upon the mother or daughter usually'-deVolved the
task of carrying, in panniers, on horse or donkey Back, the
goods thus made to be sold from door to door. br At the
country fairs. Within fifty years after the time of
which wo are speaking, Josiah Wedgwood was buried
at Stoke, and the epitaph inscribed upon his'Anonument
there records that “ he converted a rudo and inconsiderable
manufacture into nil elegant art and an important
part of national commerce.’’ The transformation thus
effected is further testified to by John Wesley, who, visiting
Burslem in 1760, described it as a scattered town on the top of
n hill, inhabited almost entiriny by poor and ignorant potters.
A later passage in his journal very graphically speaks of the
whole face of the country having been changed “Tn nhnnt
twenty years, houses, villages, towns have sprung up,
writes, “and the country is not more improved' than
people.” This remarkable and rapid improvement in
moral and material conditions of the district and its popu¬
lation was largely due to the exertions and enterprise of
Wedgwood nncl to the influence of his example. Before'his
time there was a remarkable race of ingeniqus—pqtters,
examples of whoso productions are now much valued treasures
in the collections of connoisseurs of them. Of the Tofts, tlje
Astburys, the Whieldons, of their ways and works, Mr.
Leon Solon has lovingly told the story, in his^Alt/of
the Old English Potter,” a luxurious ^volume published
by subscription last year. But Wedgwood effected the
revolution which is not overstated in his epitaph, or too
warmly eulogised in the nddresa which Mr. Glndstoiie delivered
when he laid the foundation of the W ed gw bod-1 11 s!i t il te twenty
years ago. Within the present century the development has
continued without interruption. The little scattered hamlets
extending along a road nine or ten miles in extent have grown
into a group of towns ytl which foqrnrecorpornte boroughs,
and which have a total population exceeding 150,000. Their
productions range over the widest variety, from the drain-pipe
and roofing-tile to the richest mosaics, from the simplest
platter to artistic ivorks in porcelain, which are often worth
more than their weight in gold.
Perhaps the most, notable and surprising circumstance is
that, with the exception of an abundant local supply of coal,
the materials which are used in the fabrication of these
wares have to be brought from considerable distances.
Certain marls were found iu the coal measures, which were
chiefly relied upon in the rude productions of early days,
and some excellent red clays are still got in the neighbour-
BUILDINGS FORMERLY ON THE SITE OF THE
WEDGWOOD INSTITUTE.
MAKING TILES.
hood. But these arc applied only in the production of
exceptional coloured “ bodies,” or in the construction of the
seggors, of which we shall presently have to speak. The
ordinary white earthenware is composed of kaolin, or Chinn
elny, a felspnthic earth, carefully got and prepared in Corn¬
wall ; Cornish stone, a decomposed granite, obtained in the
same county; flint stones, gathered on the French as well ns
our const of the English Channel, calcined and ground in
water; and ball day, which is shipped in vast quantities from
the Devon and Dorsetshire harbours. In the constitution of
porcelain the flint and ball dny are omitted; and bone, chiefly
imported from South America, also ground nfter being cal¬
cined, is used, and gives the transparency which distinguishes
cliimi. The proportions in which these materials are used
vary according to the judgment of the manufacturer and the
character of the “ ware ” he produces. For the glazes which
are required, there are “fritted” together (or fused) flint,
Cornish stone, and carbonate of lead. But tire most valued
ingredient is borax, which, though obtained in remotest parts
of the Eastern and Western hemispheres, is chiefly got from
certain natural springs in Tuscany, and refined nfter being
brought to England. It will thus be seen that, to produce the
simple dinner-plate which is bought by the peasant for a few
pence, materials are brought from distant parts of England,
and in some instances from far-away countries. When it is
seen through how many processes the same platter must go
before it reaches the hands of the dealer, one may well
Inarvel at the price for which it can then be purchased.
The Illustrations which we arc enabled to publish herewith
will cuuble the reader to follow intelligently some of the prin¬
GOLD BURNISHERS.
cipal stages of manufacture. First, lie will make his way to
the “ Slip House,” where the materials which go to make up
what is technically called the “ body,” are carclully measured
out iu the proportions determined, are blended with water,
plunged uud ground in rotary vessels, until they arc reduced
to a creamy consistency so fine that it passes through a series
of silk lawn sieves, the meshes iu which are incredibly fine.
Having been next exposed to magnets in order to abstract the
fine particles of iron remaining in the mixture, the “slip”
Jins to be couverted from liquid to a plastic condition.
To get rid of the superfluous water it was the practice iu
early times to expose the mixture to be dried in the sun. In
later days it was, and to some extent iu our own it is, run
upon long open kilns, heated by flues running under their
fire-clay floors. But a process more economical and efficient has
grown into general use, and the slip is now forced by pumps
into presses, each chamber of which contains a strong calico
bag. The pressure applied expels the water through the
calico, which is fine enough to retain the clay. Thence car¬
ried to the pug mill to be further compacted, and to have the
minute bubbles of air expelled, the clay is stored iu mode¬
rately humid cells, and is ready for the hands of the potter,
to make, as he did in days of old, “ one part a vessel unto
honour and another unto dishonour.”
The potter’s wheel has a wonderful record. Paintings out
the walls of Egyptian tombs testify to its existence 4000 years
ago, of substantially the same construction and worked in much
the same manner as to-dnv. A small horizontal table lias a
vertical spindle which revolves in a socket. Sometimes it is
driven by the hands or feet of the potter, sometimes by au
attendant, sometimes, ns shown in our Illustration, by steam-
power, the workmnn seated behind it being enabled to regulate
its speed by applying his feet to the mechanism contrived for
that purpose. Upon this wheel, the thrower, as he is now
called, can produce any object of circular form, and by this
process were made all the vases, the urns, and other simpler
vestiges of pure fictile art which the Greeks and Etruscans have
bequeathed to us. No operations have such fascination for the
onlooker ns have the feats of the thrower. He slaps the ball of
TREADING THE SEGGAR CLAY.
210
AUG. 30, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
THE
STAFFORDSHIRE
POTTERIES.
clay upon the revolving wheel, presses it dexterously with both
hands, and it responds to his wish like something animate.
It rises, is depressed, becomes tall, squat, graceful, or the
reverse, at the pleasure of the craftsman. We are told that it
is becoming the rule to make many articles by moulding which
were, until lately, formed in this way, and that the thrower's
art is now pursued by fewer workmen than was once the case.
The circumstance is certainly regrettable, for no purer or
more ingenious handicraft 1ms ever been practised, and its
decadence would be an artistic calamity. Happily, however,
the thrower survives, and we follow the articles ho has shaped,
and which, after being dried in a stove, are carried to the
turner with his female attendant, whose business it is to per¬
fect in the lathe the surface, and sometimes to ornament it
ingeniously with fluted, beaded, chequered, or other devices
in relief; sometimes to inlay it with bands or mosaic patterns
of other coloured clays, cunningly blown upon the article as
it revolves upon the lathe. A modification of the potter’s
wheel, known as the “jigger,” is used for the production of
such circular pieces ns dishes and saucers. The “jigger,”
the “ whirler,” and the “jolly,” may be said to occupy an
intermediate position between the two great brauches of the
S ofter*8 craft, nnd they mark the transition which is slowly
eing made from the simplest processes of pure handiwork by
the introduction of mechanical contrivances. In many works
these are driven by stenm-power, nnd steam is also used for
heating the chambers in which the ware is placed on shelves,
which, revolving on a central shaft, can be brought round to
the opeiiiug, so obviating the necessity of entering the stove:
nn unwholesome duty, formerly devolving on the children,
who were called “ mould runners.”
The moulds in which have been shaped the articles in¬
capable of being formed on lathe or wheel, have been made at
different times of various material—sometimes in earthen¬
ware, at others in metal. But all these have been superseded
by piaster of Paris. It offeis many advantages; can be cast
and, when worn out, renewed with ‘great facility; but, above
all, has such u thirst for moisture that it absorbs readily the
superabundant water from the clay which has been shaped
into it, and so liberates the article from its hold.
The moulds are sometimes of the simplest, ns where, in the
case of a dinner-plate or other flat ware, one face only is of
consequence. In the case of a toilet-ewer, or of the other in¬
numerable objects which are less regular in form, the mould
1ms to be contrived in many parts, so that the article can bo
formed in detached pieces nnd subsequently joined together
by a cement of liquid clay, when the several sections of the
mould have been bound up together. Furnished with liis
proper supply of moulds, the presser prepares his clay much
as n pastrycook does her paste. Batting it out on a plaster
slab, lie takes the thin sheet of clay so formed nnd lays it upon
the mould, pressing it by the aid of the simplest implements
so that it adheres in equal density and receives every
feature of the modelled ornament. The various parts
being united ns lias been described, and sufficient cbji\
traction having been ensured in the stove, the mould is
free to be used again in its turn, aud the article goes
through the necessary fettling, ns it is called,\by which
the edges are neatly dressed up, and traces of the seams left
by the joinings of the mould are as far ns possible removed.
Some objects are, however, so complex that it is impracticable
to produce them from the plastic clay. The Parian figure
shown in one of the Illustrations is a case in point. After being
modelled by the sculptor, sometimes, n'j in this instance, nn
Academician, the model is handed over to the mould-maker,
who dismembers the figure and forms distinct moulds for the
amputated limbs, the trunk, and other parts. The statuette
has thus to be made often in twenty or even thirty pieces,
which thus separately formed are presently united as our
Artist has depicted.
But for this intricate work the clay is prepared in a liquid
state. The mould is then filled with the creamy “slip,”
which presently subsides as the water is absorbed by the
plaster, and, the superfluous “slip” having been emptied,
n skin of clay of the desired consistency is found adhering
to the mould, from which it is in due course removed ana
attached. This method is called casting, aud it is also
employed iu making egg-shell china and other delicate
specialities.
Yet another plan is followed where compactness nnd
solidity is the chief desideratum, os iu the case of slabs, nnd
of the tiles which are now used for so many purposes besides
that of forming pavements. For this end the clay is pulverised,
and, being very slightly moistened, is filled into steel dies,
and is then subjected to pressure applied by a screw, to which
movement is given by the vigorous turning of a heavy wheel.
1 he dies are so contrived that clay dust of different colours
can be filled into their several compartments, so that the
effective inlaid patterns so much admired arc simultaneously
made in the same machine.
We lmve thus indicated a few of the principal devices
which are employed. But it is impossible to give any idea of
the difficulties with which the potter 1ms to contend. Nothing
bricks when the oven is filled with ware and before the fires
are lighted. External to the oven, and sufficiently large to
leave an intervening ring of space, there is a conical casing
which is called the hovel, and which, looking like a gigantic and
l ather squat champagne bottle, is ever the conspicuous feature
in a pottery landscape.
Hut before being put under fire, the ware has to he
“placed,” ns shown iu our Illustration, in vessels of nn open
fire-clay called “seggars.” For the first firing the ware is
bedded in flint or sand, and ns much is packed within the
Beggar ns it can properly be made to hold. The seggars are
then carried into the oven, and are fixed one on the other, with
a luting of marl between, in what are called bungs, until Hie
oven can hold no more. The opening having been closed and
the fires kindled, the l:eut is gradually increased, and the
operation is watched with keen interest by the fireman, whose
judgment is guided by certain “ trials ” which lie is able to
abstract from the 8r0,\and which to his experienced eye
sufficiently indicate the action of the heat. Some three days
having been occupied in firing up and cooling down, the oven
is emptied, and the wore has reached the stage known as
“biscuit.”
The first important stage thus achieved, the ware, after
being carefully looked over, is passed on to undergo its subse¬
quent treatment. Perhaps it lias to receive the familiar de¬
coration which is applied by printing. There is a story that
this device was discovered towards the close of the last century
by one who observed children pasting prints on the un-
glazed pitchers which had been thrown away. The
method \Ja mechanical, but cheap and effective. From
an engraved copper-plate an impression is taken on tissue-
paper, which is then laid on the porous ware nnd rubbed to
secure the absorption of the design. This is done so effectively
can apparently be more simple and tractable than clay. In fact, that upon the paper being washed off the coloured pattern is
no material is more subtle and capricious. The contraction, impressed, nna, being of a metal'
retained after being fixed by lire.
varies according to the composition of the clay aud the mode
of treatment adopted, sometimes being ns much ns one fourth
of the bulk. The utmost vigilance has to be used in regard to
the quality of the materials, but even with the greatest care
This done, the ware is
passed on to undergo the process of glazing. We have already
indicated some of the materials used in the composition of
glazes. These, after being vitrified, are ground In water, and
CLAY PRESSES IN SLIP-HOUSE.
the ware will crack, wreathe, warp, and play other freaks ; and
special watchfulness and care have to be exercised when it
comes to be tiied and perfected by fire.
The oven is circular in form, varying from 12 ft. to 20 ft. in
diameter, having fire-places distributed at equal distances
round its circumference, the mouths of which are fed from the
outside. A door-way is provided, which is built up with fire-
in that condition are placed at the service of the dipper, who
immerses the biscuit-ware in the mixture, the water or which
is readily absorbed. A coating of glaze is thus left on the
surface. Upon being fired iu the glost oven this is converted
into the cleanly, glassy exterior with which we are familiar.
With a large proportion of china and earthenware the stages
of manufacture are now complete, and the goods are ready
for the market. But with regard to important classes of goods
there remuin other processes of an extremely interesting
character. Painting, gilding, and other kinds of decoration
are, with few exceptions, executed on the euamel surface. The
colours are of course specially prepared from metallic oxides,
combined with certain fluxes for the purpose of aiding the
colour to combine with the enamel. Infinite ingenuity is
exeroised with remarkable success in devising effective novelties
in this department. For gilding, the English potters use nu
extremely pure quality, very different in value, mid incon¬
sequent durability, to that of their Continental competitors.
Mixed with quicksilver nnd its proper flux, the inky-looking
amalgam is ground upon a glass slab, ns is being done by the
spectacled lady in the Illustration, and is then ready to lie
used by the neat-handed girls in the same picture.
It will be observed that those latter have their right arms
steadied upon a rest, while before them are pieces of china
h'r . r
ppBHi re pi
upon which they are pencilling circular lines, the pencil being
held fixed in the hand, while the wheel is mndo to revolve
with the saucer or other object upon it, and thus the ring is
painted on witli accuracy and ease. The richer kinds
of decoration provide employment for men whoso great skill
nnd judgment may well clmllengo comparison with those of
their better-known brethren who work with the simpler media
of oil and water colour.
Hut here, ns iu the stages already described, the fire has to
be called into requisition. The kilns or muffles iu which the
colours and gold aro fixed by firing are surrounded bv lines,
nrnl have to bo moBt carefully tended, ns a littlo heat more or
less is fatal to tho desired effect. Upon being withdrawn from
the kiln, tho gold has the appearance of a dull buff; in the
lianas of the burnishers, however, it is cleaned nnd polished
with agate, or bloodstone, nnd ncquires the brilliant appear¬
ance natural to it.
Our notice of tho district nnd its industry would be incom¬
plete without some reference to those whose enterprise and
talent have made their prosperity. To mention by name tho
lending firms in the Potteries would here be invidious.
SLIP-HOUSE
BLUNGING.’
AUG. 30, 1881
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
211
Happily, it is unnecessary, since their reputation has been
confirmed nud extended by the exhibition of their productions
nt Paris, Vienna, and every great international show.
Brought into coiupetition with the manufacturers of other
countries, the English potters have lelt their rivals behind, and
beaten on their own ground the subsidised efforts of SfevreB, of
Dresden, and of Berlin. The operative classes deserve a
fuller notice than it is possible here to give. Their wages are
chiefly calculated by piecework, and they labour without the
accompaniment of noisy machinery. These circumstances
explain several characteristics. The work-people freely discuss
in their workshops the political and other topics of the day,
Jnd they give effect to their views with fearless independence.
They sing nt their work, and their Tonic Sol-I-'a choir has
repeatedly been victorious in all-England competitions, the
last occasion being at the Crystal Palace a month or two
ago. The men ure fond of athletics, and the annual
“sports” nt Stoke nre reputed among the best in the
country. Of course there is, as everywhere else, a much
too lurge proportion which is idle and worthless. But of the
great mass of the working classes the contrary may be truly
said, they are generally well clad and well housed. The
Education Act is doing its work with the general sympathy
and co-operation of those for whose benefit it is intended.
And although the nrt-workers rely rather upon traditions and
the training of the workshops, there are large and successful
schools of art ut Stoke, Burslcm, and Hanley, the latter having,
to its great honour, this very year carried off one-third of tho
total number of gold medals awarded to the entire kingdom.
The reader who cares to know more of the district and its history
will do well to look np the admirable lives of Josiali Wedgwood,
by Miss Meteyard and Mr. Jewitt, while those who desire
further information regarding the scientific aspects of the
ceramic art, ennnot do better than study the compact and
learned treatise by M. Arnoux which is included in Messrs.
Stanford'8 scries of “ British Manufacturing Industries.”
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Alt commmlrnllant Trialing to Ihlt department of the Vapor ikould If addreuetl lo lilt
HUItr. an.l ham Ike void ■■Cheat " written on the enrrlope.
II A I. 8 (CatorbaRC.—No, 81«7 U by no mr»n« o**jr of Rotation. Wo congratulate you
on your iMirsevrrmico nnil it* tuccoiful ro«nlt.
IIII C ;S»ll»biiry>.—I'lruto refer to the author'* letter published *omc week* ago.
U W M (Manchcutor).—It ahall aoou appear.
II S(MbcnWld).-"Cook'« Synop»|«of the Che** Openin**" rbouhl rultyon. bnt wo
fear It In out of print If your rotative la poaltlvrly n tyro, ho cannot do bettor tliun
•tmiy Staunton'* “ Handbook," publi*hedby Uohti.CoTent-ir Meu.
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’lYmeralro): of No. 2107 from New Forest. J K (Ediuliurxbb HA L 8. I( li brooks.
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It It Wood. W miller. 1, "vman. E Capita iPari.t, A M Porter. G S'ildtl. Id. Jupiter
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8 Lowndo*. A W 8criltton.il W Kell. L Knlonn (Antwerp). F Kerris. T II Holdron,
II A 1,8. Taveme du Dome (Bruseola). W Middle. Charles SI Osmond. Venator.
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A SI Col borne, L I, Greenawar, 1 G 1‘rnrstoe, IIII Noree. \ (• limit, Thomas Waters,
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Ainsworth. L Sharrvood, Ernest Hharawood. II Wardell. Aaron llnrper, G Hu*kli»on.
II lllacklock, V SV Slllrnm. A Karberx (llamlmnr'.G Potlirooke. W bewse. CUswald.
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.1 R (Edinbunrh i, SVoodhlll and Pliilllii* (llrlrutburg) An Old Hand, Etnmo
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Solutions of Problems.
No. 2102. No. 2103.
WHITE. BLACK.
1. KttoK 6th K tikes R
2. Kt (15 4th j to ft 3rd P takes Kt
8. Kt mutes.
white.
t. R to ft 6th
2. Matos accord ngly.
BLACK.
Any more
No. 2101.
WHITS. BLACK.
1. BtoftMh P takes B
2. ft to K B 5th K moves
3. ft mates.
If Klsck more* I. K B P. then White
continue* with 2. B take* I’, and mate*
next more.
No. 2106.
WHITE. BLACK.
1. KttoQfith P to Q Kt 4th
2. P to B 4th (ch) K takes either Kt
3. Q mates.
If Black play I. B take* Kt. White con¬
tinue* with 1. K toy.ipl (dl». ch); and If
1. K takes Kt. then 2. Q to R 5th (cb).*c.
OBITUARY.
srn WILLOUGHBY JONES, BART.
Sir Willoughby Joues, third Baronet, of Cranmer Hall,
Norfolk, J.P. nnd D.L., M.A., died on tho
20th inst. He was born Nov. 24, 1820, second
son of Major-General Sir John Thomas Jones,
K.C.B., a distinguished Engineer officer,
irair-mi— created a Baronet Sept. 30, 1831. He was
educated at Trinity College, Cambridge;
graduated ns a Wrangler 1843; nnd in 1845
succeoded his brother, Sir Lawrence Jones,
second Baronet, who was murdered by brigands
in Turkey. Sir Willoughby was elected M.P.,
in tho Conservative interest, for Cheltenham,
1847-8, but unseated on petition, and unsuc¬
cessfully contested West Norfolk 1805. He was
Chairman of Quarter Sessions for that county, and served as
High Sheriff 1851. He married, April 15, 1856, his cousin
Emily, daughter of Mr. H. T. Jones, by Caroline Lady
Hurdiugc, his wife, and leaves issue. The eldest son, now
Sir Lawrence Joues, fourth Baronet, was born Aug. 16, 1857;
and married, April 13, 1882, Eveline Mary, daughter of Mr.
James Johnstone Bcvan, of Nortligato House, Bury St.
Edmund’s.
THE LADY CARBERY.
Harriet Maria Catherine, Baroness Carbery, died, on the
19th inst., at Phale Court, Dnnmanway. Her Ladyship was
the ouly daughter of the late Lieutenant-General Edmund
William Shuldhani, of Duumaiiwiy; and married, in 1852,
George Patrick Percy, present Lord Caibery, by whom she
liuves an only child, Georgiaua Dorothea Harriet, who
married, 1876, James Francis, present Earl of Bandon.
MR. H. O. BOHN.
Mr. Henry George Bohn, tho publisher, formerly of York-
street, Covent-gardeu, died nt his residence, North-end House,
Twickenham, on the 22nd inst., nt the advanced age of eighty-
eight. The son of a London bookseller, after completing
his education, he entered his father’s business, where he
soon acquired a knowledge of books which made him one of
the best bibliographers of the age. In 1'31 he commenced
business on his own account, and it is impossible to estimate
too highly the services lie rendered to the more intelligent
portion of the community by republishing, nt a cheap rate, a
vast number of the most valuable works in literature, science,
philosophy, history, biography, topography, arclurology, th(}d-
logy, natural history, poetry, art, and fiction. For his scries
of cheap classics he translated several of Schiller’s, Gotlie’e,
and Humboldt’s works, lie also edited Addison's worjc&r-apd
a new nnd enlarged edition of “ Lowndes's Bibliographer's
Manual.” He was also the compiler of a “ Polyglot of Foreign
Proverbs,” a “ Handbook of Proverbs,” an “ Illustrated
Handbook of Geography,” and a “ Handbook of Pottery and
Porcelain and other Objects of Virtu;” and the editor'otji^
“ Handbook of Games of Chance, Skill, and Mrtuiial Dex¬
terity.” Mr. Bohn was also an eminent antiquary, a Fellow of
the Antiquaries’ nnd of many scientific and learned sbcicties,
including the Philobiblon Society, to which he contributed a
“Life of Slmkspeare” and an extensive ‘‘ Dictionary of
English Poetical Quotations.” Mr.Bohu married the only
duughter of the late Mr. Simpkhi.
We have also to record the deaths of—
Mr. E. A. Boy, Assistant-Keeper of the Printed Books,
British Museum, on tho 14th inst., aged sixty-four.
The Rev. George Stnuntpn Barrow, M.A., late Vicar of
Stowmnrket. Suffolk, second sop of Sir George Barrow, second
Baronet, of Ulvorstoue, on the 10th inst.,'qiged forty-nine.
Mr. Fhineas Itiall, ofOldCon 11 a 1 fill, iu the county of
Dublin, J.P. nnd D.L./Htgh Sht(riff K 1863, on the 15th inst.,
aged eighty-onc.
Mr. John Aitkeu, of Urmstdn, J.P., a well - known
geologist, twice president of ,tips Manchester Geological
Society, recently, aged sixty-fofu'.
Lieutenant Frederick W. L. Birdwo id, R.A., ft promising
young officer, eldest son uLGcucrji^AVilliain Ilbcrt Birdwood,
recently, in India.
(i corghma Elizabeth, Dowager Lady Wharncliffc, relict of
the 8CCond^BarOT\WhajmclilTe, on the 21st inst., at her
vcsitltiMo^iu^l'ilney-Street, Park-lane, aged eighty. She was
4 daughter of Dudley, first Earl of Hurrowby.
Mr'. Henry I’icurd-Canibridge, of Bloxworth, nud Stanton
Court;- id the county of Dorset, J.P. and D.L., on tho
11th insfcvUt his seat near Weymouth, eldest son of the Ilev.
George Pidind fwho assumed the additional surname and
arms of Cambridge), and nephew of Mr. John Trcucluird, of
Poxwcll.
Captain Cecil Alfred Tufton Otway, late 2nd Life Guards,
of Newcastle Court, Radnorshire, J.P. and D.L., High Sheriff,
1881, who contested tho Radnor Boroughs in 1880, on the 18th
in-t.. in bis thirty-ninth year. He was second son of Captain
William Miirjoiiiinnks Hughes (afterwards Otway), 4th Light
Dragoons, by Georgina Frances, daughter and heiress of
General Sir Lcftus Otway, K.C.B.
PROBLEM No. 2110.
Bjr Henry Bristow (Croditan).
BLACK.
WtT
White to play, nnd mate in two moves.
Played in the Finit Class Tourney of the Counties Chess Association at
Bath, between Memos. MacDoxnell and Tiiorold.
^ J, French Defence.)
white (Mr. M.) ' w.ack (Mr. T.)
1. P to K 4th P to K 3rd
2. P to KB 4th P to Cl 4th
3 P to K 5th P,to <1 B 4th
4. Kt to K B 3rd P to K B 3rd
Till* mov**eem» to weaken tit* Kin*'*
It would h»ro bean better, wo
think, to h»re played out either Knight.
6;P to Q 4th Kt to Q B 3rd
6. R toft Kt 5th B to Q 2nd
7. B takes Kt B takes B
8. C.istlos Q to 15 2nd
Xlatncavrinfi to ensll* i'n the Queen'*
ibl*.
(tr-ng attack.
9, P to B 3rd
10. K to U *q
n. ft, to K 2nd
12 1‘ takes P
H P to ft Kt 4th
11. B to K 3rd
>15. P to ft R 4th
10. P to It 3rd
17. Kt to R3rd
Castles
B to K 2nd
P to K B 4th
B takes P
B to K 2nd
K to Kt Rft
Kt to R 3rd
Kt to B 2nd
P to K R 3rd
If 17. B take* Q B P. White take* R P.
cheeking.
I 1 *. Kt to ft 4th ft to B SO
19. ft to K B 2nd P to K Kt 4th
Beit. Ho cannot rars tho H P.
20. Kt lakes B (ch) ft lakes Kt
21. B takas P (oh) K to R sq
22. B to Kt 6th Q R to K Ktsq
23. Kt to Kt 5th P takes P
21. B to ft B 7th
The nmo hn* now become criUral anil
Inteiv.tlns. 8e*er«l *|M-rtat<>r* tlioUEht
tlist 24. H t<> (J util would b»v» won for
White, hut Mr. Macdonald pointed out an
eirertlro reply to that mote In 21. II to
B4th.
wuiti (Mr. M.) black (Mr. T.)
21. P to ft 6th
A very clever *troke. at onco attacMn?
and defending.
25. T take* P B to R 5th
26. ft to H 3rd
Till* teem* hi* best ronree.
23.
27. ft takes ft
v8. Kt to ft Cth
29. B takes Kt
80. It to R 2nd
31. B to B 6th
32. P to Kt 5th
33. P takes P (oh)
34. P to R 6th
35. R takes P
36. P takes R
37. K to Kt 2nd
38 . K to B 2nd
Well pland
from th* rhecl
R to Kt 6th
P takes ft
Kt takes Kt
K R to Kt sq
R to ft 6th
K R to K Kt 6th
K to Kt 2nd
K takes P
P to B 6th
ft R takes R
R takes P (ch)
U to Kt 6th (ch)
He ha* naught to fear
eck by discovery.
88. R to Ktsq (dis.
ch)
39. K to B sq R to ft R sq
Hero perhaps X*. K to Kt 2nd it better.
40. P to R 6th B to Kt 6th
41. U to It 5th B to R 6th
41. P to R 7th B to ft sq
43. R to R Cth (ch) K to Kt 2nd
Ho h*« no better re*“iiree. If he had
played 4,1. K to (J 2nd. White mold have
chi rked wllli IPvik; and If Hlark then
plays K to K 2nd. K to Kt fitli (dlacli).
followed by It to KtStli. wins.
41. R takes P R to R sq
45. U to K 8th R to It s<j
40. P to K 6th.
nnd Black resign'd.
Our problem tin's week tied for the second prixe in a tourney recently
orpmised by the Sheffield Independent. Tim author is favourably known to
renders of this column, where ho made his di'but as n composer of the s
problems.
Tho ftriiish Chet* Magazine is issued as a double number to cover the
current month and September. The contents are of t he u*unl varied and
entertaining character- Among the most valuable papers is the contribution
uf Mr Edward Marks on the mate with the Bishop and Knight.
The American papers announce that Dr. Zukcrtort has completed his
tour of tho United States, and has embarked from S .n Frnneiaro for London.
Our readers will please note that in the (fame between Messrs. Skipworth
and Raukcn, moves 6 and 0 on both aides should roud thus : —
6. P toft B 4th P to ft Kt 3rd | 6. Castles
Castles.
THE INDIAN AND COLONIAL EXHIBITION OF 1883.
The Prince of Wales lias addressed the governors and other
authorities in India and the colonies with a view to enlist their
inllncnce in support of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition
which is to ho held nt South Kensington iu 1886. Writing to
the Governor of Bombay, his Royal Highness says: —
It is kit intention to bold u sp*-cml exhibition of the produce nnd imnu-
f iclurcs of the Indian Empire nnd the colonies in 18 ^ 6 . Th- interest shown
’ y the millions of visitors to the Indian Museum nt South Kensington and
tu the collections of Indian art exhibited bv the Science and Art Depart¬
ment in all the larger commercial tanas of the United Kingdom, and at
Paris, Beilin, Stockholm, and Copenhagen, since 1“79. proves the widely-
extended appreciation of tho hand-made manufactures of India which
exists on ti.e Continent of Europe nnd in this country. The express pm—
E >se ■ f the Exhibition of 1886 is to demonstrate on tho fullest scale to the
haliitanta • f these islands the unbounded industrial resources at their
command within the limits of her Majesty's Indian and colonial dominions.
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will (dated March 1, 1884) of the Right Hon. Henrietta
Frances, Dowager BaronessChesnam, late of No. 17,Grosvenor-
8treet, who died on May 21 last, was proved on the 17th ulfc.
by the Earl of Leicester and Lord Edward Cavendish, M.P.,
the executors, the value of the personal estate exceeding
£4000. The testatrix bequeaths her jewel cry, plate, pictures,
furniture, household effects, horses and carriages, to her
daughter tho CountesB of Leicester; £2000 to her daughter
Lady Lyttelton ; £1000 to her son William Edwin; and legacies
to servants. The residue of her personal estate she gives to her
daughter Lady Lyttelton and her sons William Edwin and
Edwin William in equal thirds.
The will (duted Sept. 29, 1882) of Sir Alexander Colling-
wood Dickson, Bart., late of Gwydyr House, Byde, Isle of
Wight, who died on June 22 Igstpwas proved on tho 17th ult.
by John Thomas Campbell./the Rev. William Edward
Dickson Curter, the nepnewi and the Rev. William Colling-
wood Carter, three of the executors, thb v^luc of the personal
estate in the United Kingdom amounting to upwards of
£53,000. The testator heaueaths £7000 to his niece Mary
Adam; an annuity to his brothe*}\J^auds; £4000 between
the daughters of his said brother; £6000 Brazilian stock to
his sister, Mrs. Henrietta Dickson ; £1000 each to his nephew,
William Edward Dickson Carter, and his nieces Augusta
King, Ellen Burton, and Maud Ravenhill; and legacies to his
executors and servants. The] residue of his real and personal
estate he gives to his niece Florence Dickson.
The will (dated Nov. 27,1882) of the Right Hon. Sir Ilenry
Bartle Edward Frere,_Bart., P.C., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., late of
Wrossil Lodge, Witubludon, who died on May 29 lost, was
proved on the 19th inst. by Dame Catherine Frere, the widow,
Sir Bartle Compton, Arthur Frere, the son, and Edward Temple
Gordon, the executors, the value of the personal estate amount¬
ing to over £23,000. The testator beaueaths to his wife £500
and all his personal estate, except stocks, shares, chattels real,
money ana securities for money; and to his executor, Mr.
Gurdon, £50. The residue of his real and personal estate is
to be held, upon trust, to pay £400 per annum to his eon during
Uthe lifetime of his wife, and the remainder of the income to his
, wife, for life . at his wife’s death he gives the proceeds of the
saleoFlpt) real estate to his said sou, and portions of £3000 to
cach-ef'his four daughters. As to the ultimate residue, he
leaves two sixths to his sou nnd one sixth to each of his
daughters.
The will (dated Aug. 9, 1852) of Mr. Alexander Donald
MacGregor, formerly of Rio do Janeiro, Brnzil, but Into of
Melrose, Guernsey, merchant, who died on March 21 last,
was proved in London on tho 7th inst. by Major Alexander
Donald MacGregor, the sou, the value of the personal estate
amounting to upwards of £192,000. The testator’s children
succeed to the whole of his property.
The will (dated Jan. 2, 1884) of Miss Marti.a Butler, Into
of No. 25, Marlborougli-buildings, Bath, who died on May 3
last, was proved on the 16th ult. by Charles Samuel Slocock
nud Arnold Charles Burmcster, two of the executors, the vnlito
of the personal estate amounting to over £41,000. The tes¬
tatrix leaves her interest in certain lands nnd hereditaments ut
Eddington, in the parishes of Hungerford and West Sitefford,
Berks, which she inherited under the will of her late uncle,
Mr. Lovelock, to her grand-nephew, the said Arnold Charles
Burmester; £200 to the Bath United Hospital; and legacies
to relatives, friends, nnd servants. The residue of her personal
estate is to be divided betw.ecn her nephew, James Tliring
Ooxh, and her nieces, Susan Elizabeth Coxe and Caroline Mary
Burmester.
The will (dated June 11,1883), with two codicils (dated
Nov. 21, 1883, and Jan. 1, 1884), of Captain Henry Cirsnr
Hawkins, R.N., late of Weston, Somersetshire, who died on
May 14 last, was proved on tho 26th ult. by Sirs. Ellen
Hawkins, the widow, YiHiers William Cajsnr Hawkins, tho
brother, and Alfred Wright Surtees, the executors, the value
of the persoual estate amounting to upwards of £19,(MX). The
testator makes provision for his wife in addition to her sett lenient;
nnd bequeaths £100 to the Seamen nnd Marine Orphan Asylum,
Portsmouth; and some other legneies. The residue of his
property he leaves to his brothers, Thomas, Arthur, and Villicrs,
iu equal shares.
The will (dated March 15, 1881) of Admiral Alexander
Boyle, R.N., late of No. 17, Princc’s-gurdcns, Hyde Park,
who died on June 8 last, was proved on the 24th ult. by
Charles Dalrymple nnd Frank Pratt Barlow, two of tho
executors, the value of the personal estate exceeding £16,000.
The testator bequeaths £10,000, upon trust, for liis wife, Mi*.
Agnes Boyle, for life, nnd then for liis son, James; and a few
other legacies. The residue of his property he gives to his
wife.
The will (dated April 30, 1884) of Sir Edward Clive Bailey,
K.C.S.I., C.I.E., late of The Wilderness, Ascot, Berks, who
died on April 30 last at Wilmington Lodge, Kcymer, Sussex,
was proved on the 29th ult. by Dame Emily Anne Tlieophila
Baylcy, the widow nnd solo executrix, to whom he gives,
devises, and bequeaths all his real and personal estate abso¬
lutely. The value of the personalty amounts to over £7000.
The will (dated Feb. 2, 1883) of Mr. Frank Ives Scuda¬
more, C.B., formerly of the General Post Office, but late of
Therapia, Constantinople, who died on Feb. 8 last, was proved
on the 23rd ult. by Sherwin Scudamore, the value of the per¬
sonal estate exceeding £5000. The testator leaves all his real
and personal estate to his wife, Mrs. Jane Ellen Mooro
Scudamore, absolutely._
The annual astu mblage of Artillery Volunteers nt Slioo-
buryncss was successfully concluded yesterday week.
Yesterday week the oougressof the Cambrian Archaeological
Association concluded their sittings at Bain, and have fixed
upon the ancient town of Tenby for next year’s annual meet¬
ing. Excursions were made to several ancient churches nnd
antiquities in Merionethshire and Denbighshire.
At the unnual meeting of the licensing magistrates at Bir¬
mingham, Mr. Hinton, solicitor to tho Tendon and North-
Western Railway, mentioned that the extension nt New
Station, Birmingham (costing nearly £400,000, and making tho
station the largest in the world), would be completed by tho
end of tho year.
Yesterday week the Bristol Town Council authorised the
issue of £675,000 Corporation Debenture Stock to provide tho
purchase-money of the Avon mouth and Portishcad Docks,
which will now be incorporated with the City Docks, the
property of the Corporation. The amalgamation will termi¬
nate the rivalry hitherto existing.
Her Majesty’s Government have awarded pieces of plate to
Dr. Jose Dalhon and Chevalier Dr. Schmidt, in acknowledg¬
ment of their kindness and attention to the shipwrecked crew
of the British barque l’unjnub on the occasion of tho strand¬
ing of that vessel at Tangier on Dee. 19, 1883. — Tho Board of
Trade have awarded their silver medal to Mr. Thomas Leys
Henderson, second mate of the steam-ship Uydnl Hall, of
Liverpool, in recognition of his gallantry in saving the life of
one of the crew of the barque Mocl ltliiwnn, of Carnarvon,
which was in a sinking condition off the Smalls on Feb. 12
lost.
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A RELIC OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
It is quite possible for nuyone wandering past the deep-shaded
forest that appears to guard the crumbling ruins of the old
castle, to go on his way utterly ignorant of the wonderful and
beautiful relic of by-gone years that is hidden in the woods.
The road, deep-red in parts, that lies between tall hedges,
rich with verdure and trimmed heavily with ferns, that grow
almost too luxuriantly, wanders up and down hill and leads
away to the open sea, blue glimpses of which are obtained
ever and nuou by lie who may be looking for the castle, while
brown-sailed fishing-boats slip silently along the glistening
waterway, until they either are lost in the tender grey haze
that lies along the horizon; or disappear behind one of the
points that, being red and topped with greeu, do not stuud
out conspicuously as do the whiter cliffs, a little farther away,
that tell us where the chalk begins agnin.
Ou the left hand stretch away the wonderful heights and
hollows of Dartmoor; here, notwithstanding that the sun
beats down andulmost scorches the wayfnrer ainoug the lanes,
which are as the veriest hot-bed, great masses of mist lie, like
the bodies of slumbering giants, from which, as the soft
wind drifts from tor to tor, n dark head is occasionally raised,
only to be hidden again as once more the mist folds its soft
drab raiment round the hills, and for a moment stays silently
and motionlessly there. It were possible to remain gazing at
those moors forever: here a vast purple hollow is disclosed,
only to be lost once more ; there it is eusy to trace the drifting
shower that would wet us to the skin; presently a glorious
burst of Bunshiue lights the whole expanse, and then again
the gloomy mist falls, and the whole of the range of hills is
lost to us. There Is nothing in England - nay, nor near it,
to compare to the wouderful moor, where picture after picture
pusses before the sight-seer, who can never weary of the
pnuomma, where rapid, narrow, yellow streams rush down to
turn the great water-wheels in the valley where the miners
are at work; and where it is impossible not to believe in the
thousand and one legends that are told us; and where it is
equally impossible not to see pixies and giants, or not to
understand how ghost-like, how humnu, are the storms and
changeful weather that are to be found there.
Still by tho old castle we might bo miles away from
bog and moor, from mist and pouring rain. Hero the silent
trees are sileut indeed, heavy and beautiful with their August
plumage; and though as we wait nt the entrance sundry dry
and perished leaves flutter down ou the very green gross
below our feet, there is nothiug else to tell us that autunm
is near at hand; though the swallows and swifts round the
old towers are swooping and turning and manoeuvring as they
never do save when it becomes necessary to try their wings,
aud show the young ones what species of work, wlmt length
of flight, lie between them and the other summer on tho
distant shores of Africa.
Tho cnstlo is hidden, indeed, in a very mass of greenery :
although standing high, these trees stand higher ; mid ut first
we look down upon them through the shifting green light that
is thrown by their boughs on the old grey walls, that appear
grim and savage even now all the old stern defcuces are down,
and the men-at-arms arc represented by the bent custodian,
who lias lived in the village seventy-two years and never left
it: save once: when* in a fit of reckless' search after know¬
ledge, he tramped the five miles that still li« between our
castle and the rail and took train for a tiny town a few
moineuts’ journey. But he tells of this with horror still; and
relates how, while the train wns going, he hud to shut his eyes
to “ preserve his siuses,” and prayed aloud all the time: to
which two circumstances he attributes the fact that he is still
alive and able to open the great gates between us and the
castle itself. Not for worlds would he live in the two little
rooms that are his. He don’t believe in ghostesses, not he; but
ho is firmly convinced that there are things that “ mnrtel men ”
don't quite knowhow to account for; and when better folksthnn
he have aeon Lady Margaret, all in white, wringing her hands nt
the top of her tower; and have distinctly heard the tread of
the two grey horses as they backed for the lft't fatal plunge
into tho green expanse before them, it is not for he to brnve
Providence, who has clearly ordained the castle to bi left to
itself and the owls, jackdaws, and ghostesses, as soon as the
shadow under the great wuhing-treo becomes too black to ho
might save a spectre form. Indeed, it is almost impossible,
even in broad daylight, to be strong-minded enough to tell
the old man that wo, too, do not believe much in the super¬
natural ; it is impossible to feel quite canny as we stand on the
grout green mound, and hear how the wall fell forward /~
beneath Oliver Cromwell's ennnon, and crushed with its fnlP
soldiers and officers, whoso unburied bones yet lie under tho.
very place on which we arc; aud to listen to the terrible story of
Then, when we leave the courtyard nud penetrate into the
iuterior of the building, we are bidden to look up through
a great hole on one side of the kitchen chimney, and
dimly we perceive a small square tower or space above us,
lighted by a slit in the wall, almost covered with ivy. Hero
stray murderers flying from Justice halted awhile before they
could inukc for the wild safety and fnstnesses of the moor ;
here priests whose religion was unpopular lay hid; cavaliers
rested awhile e’er continuing their flight, or, maybe, their
fight against law aud the people ; and hero one lord kept n
refractory sou, at times even forgetting to hand him up tho
necessary food through the hole placed conveniently by the
kitchen fire, until his fiery soul was subdued through his
stomach, and he gave in, doing just as his father would have
him to do.
Thinking over the long-windedness of the law in these
days, when it takes welluigh a lifetime for au honest man to
get his own, or rather so much of it as these long-robed
gentlemen do not want themselves, we cannot altogether be
glad of the departure of the Middle Ages; that is to say, if
one were pluced there, owner of such a castle as this; for if a
weaker or younger brother waxed troublesome, it was easy
quite to seize him and keep him incarcerated where he was not
too comfortable, and where a spare diet would lower his
spirits mid render him amenable to reason.
At no other epoch would it have beeu possible for tho
Lady Margaret to have pounced on her elder and fairer sister,
keeping her close prisoner in yonder damp mid dismal tower;
Lady Margaret, whose face was not fair and whose fortune
was small, beinj? naturally annoyed to see all the good things
of this world given to the elder, took the law into her own
hands, and, having first drugged the “proud Lady Eleanor do
Pomeroy,” deposited her in a gloomy chamber until her lover
had transferred his affections to her, and until she incon¬
tinently and ungratefully died, becoming a ghost simply to
underrate and undervalue the property that had ceased to be his.
What wonder that this tower is the most ghost-like corner
of the whole ghost-ridden spot! At fall of eve a low wail
penetrates the shadows, nncl stills the henrt’s blood of any
listener; then a phantom door is opened; footsteps are heard;
the wail is stayed by blows; and then up the staircase flits the
figure of n grey lady, wringing her lianas and sobbing, finally
plunging from the top of the tower into space, becmisfr la'r
conscience dogged her steps nud embittered her existence,
until she wns forced to hurl herself from the very place where
8lie had caused her sister to endure so much.
It is pleasanter certainly to note the great stone ovens and
places, each with its appropriate furnace, for heating sepamto \
dishes, that speak loudly of the good cheer that was once a
parable and proverb in the country side ,- to see yet extant the
iron cage in which tho turnspit dog sat mid turned the
spit, tho supports for which -arc yet in the stones; to note
the clinging beautiful ivy creep over the walls erst decked
with tapestry, and climbing so luxuriantly in places that the
stem is as thick as an ordinary tree, and tlic tendrils have
f ienctrated through the stone walls themselves, and peep out
icre aud there shyly, os if wondering at their hardihood; and
to glance down through tho green trees, where the brothers
made their desperate lctqv and sec the soft moss on the
branches whence the ubiquitous fern springs, standing
sheltered ns if embraced in the arms of the trees, and nodding
to the squirrels as they scatter along after the beech-nuts,
that arc already becoming prizes worth having.
The Middle Ages still linger, with their teeth drawn and
their claws cut, even outside the castle walls; they stand like
sad spirits hmid-in-lmndround the greatwishing-tree, which is
twenty-four feet round; and leans half way over a slippery pre¬
cipice that prevents nuy but the surest-footed folk from walking
backwards round the immense elm 1 lirec times, and so obtaining
their henrt’s desire; they waiider mournfully past the remnants
of the old cross, and they enter the gloomy house where tho
steward of “my Lord" lives, and finally ensconce themselves
in one of those muny many beds in which Jane Seymour slept
the night before she went to be married to her loving spouse.
But tin*, church knows them no more, and is much restored,
having gained in cleanliness and hygiene what, no doubt, it
lost iii/picturesquenesK hud we do not care to linger there,
for even the old monument^ are cleansed and polished, and
the tine screen is ineiidcd and repaired until it might have
beeumiide yesterday ; though present-day life certainly lias
notliiiig'in ^ominon with Berry l’omcroy.
H iiideu among the dunes and hills, or standing on
eminences,^ire^still left us many nil old place not done to
death by tourists; but none is so rich ns the old castle where
x once^therie|mour8 and Pomeroys reigned. And the enthusiastic
DmvellcrT'done out of his ordinary rush abroad, cannot do
itself rich in much tlmt is
pend some days in scouring the
this most perfect relic of tho
0*1 - — -- ’ ■
perished in the moat, rather than full into the 1 1 audau>Lthelr N
conqueror. And as we listen to his graphic history, told, no
doubt, for the thousandth time, we can almost hear—as
the peasants hear in the neighbouring village at nightfall—the
dull thud of the eight hoofs on the grassy couytyurd, him the
sickening crash of horses nud men as they piiiiigqcl ltcnd-fir-'t
through the trees, falling with a splash into the moat , that now
is dry enough, and only a mere hollow fqtt£>f ft*t:ii8 and lost
year’s leaves.
_
Yesterday week Countess Granville opened tho Deal and
'Wnlmer Horticultural, Poultry, Pigeon, Rabbit, and Cage
Bird Exhibition, nt St. George’s Hall, Deal.
The Duke of Westminster, Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire,
nnd Lord Egerton have become vice-presidents of the Maccles¬
field Chambor of Commerce. The Duke 1ms also accepted tho
presidency of the Macclesfield Industrial School.
HOLIDAY RAMBLES.
{From our Paris Correspondent.)
MONTI VILLIERS.
I have passed the last ten days in endeavouring to escape
from tho madding crowd. Never before have I seen the
Norman beaches so thronged. At Etretnt the leading hotel
is serving some five hundred dinners a day, and the little
beach is so full of people that the bathers can with difficulty
work their way to tho water’s edge. Dieppe and Trouville are
still more thronged, thanks to the attractions of tho lnre-
week. Havre, too, ia full of visitors. In these conditions life
at the seaside is fur from agreeable. None of the Norman
watering-places is prepared to accommodate the multitudes
which the ffitesof tho Assumption let loose from tho towns ;
and not only is there n lack of decent lodging, but even the
food falls snort, and table d’h6te dinner becomes almost a
buttle. The only thing to do is to fly, and seek refuge in some
quiet spot until the rush is over.
My present refuge is a lovely old Normnn town about
ten kilometres from Havre, built on a little river which flows
between two wooded hills--a most smiling and picturesque old
E lace. Moutivilliers was\ formerly a fortified town, and
elonged to the Monks of the Royal abbey founded there in
the seventh century. Now all that remains of the ancient
town is the church, several fine sixteenth-century houses, some
xemnauts of the old walls, 6ome ruined towers, and the moat,
which has been transformed into gardens. The abbey, it
appears, was destroyed in 1791, at the time of the Revolution.
The church of Moutivilliers is a splendid monument, dating
partly from tho eleventh and partly from the sixteenth
centuries, with au elegant octngonul spire and a square central
roofed tower, a magnificent porch, n rose window, nud some
delicate flamboyant stonework, which unfortunately suffered
severely not only during the Revolution, but during the
religious wars, whenMontivillier8wa8 inthehnndsof theHuguo-
nots. Inside the church there is a fine stone pulpit, a curious
altar dated 1605, nnd various architectural details of great
interest. But, without heeding details, the mere spectacle of tho
church of Moutivilliers, surrounded by the old town with its
shady squares and fountains, where ihe gossips of the town ex¬
change the news of the day ; its old hnlf-tiinbcr house*; itsgrniu
markets crowded with lusty Norman farmers; its main street,
through which runs the river Lcznrdo, giving the place a
vague resemblance to Venice;—all this forms a most delightful,
reposeful, and thoroughly old-world picture.
In one of the oldest of tho houses bordering the river I
discovered a most curious person, who is culled /spore Blanchet.
He was sitting there in his shirt sleeves in the comer of a
smoky nnd dirty kitchen, on a broken-down arm-chair, with
his legs resting on n dilapidated trunk, llis clothes wero
ragged and greasy ; his long buff leather wuistcoat was covered
with patches of filth ; round his loins a tattered coat wns tied
by the sleeves ; hit emaciated face was stained with dirt and
snuff; und his long white hair hung down over his shoulders.
In his slender nnd aristocratic hands beheld an old eighteenth-
century volume, “ La Morale enseignle par 1’Exemple." Verily
I never saw a dirtier old man, a more interesting head, or
a more delicate hand. When I entered M. Blnnchet rose
with effort from his chair, with his head bent forward,
his elbows clinging to his sides nnd his bands dangling from
the wrists. He looked like a lean und fentherless old barn¬
door fowl. I’ire Blnnchet is simply a miser and n bibliophile;
and he has conceived the queer idea of presenting liis rich
collection of 5000 volumes to the library of Moutivilliers, of
which he is the curator. This collection was begun by his
father, who, ut the time of the troubles of the Revolution and
of the destruction of the Royal abbey, got possession of many
of the manuscripts and books which formed the library of
the monks. This nucleus Pfcre Blnnchet 1ms enriched by
his own efforts, nnd now the whole collection lies buried
in this forgotten old feudal town, stowed away in tho
municipal building side by side witli the fire-engine. Tlic
collection might have done better service had it been placed in
some more accessible town, but the wishes of the eccentric
donor have had to be respected, nnd so Moutivilliers reserves
nn agreeable surprise for the travelling bibliophile, and the
octogenarian librarian is ready to talk by tho hour about
his treasures, his block books, bis Aldines, his Lyons
editions, liis l’buitins, bis rare Boccaccio, bis manuscripts,
bis medals, his eiboire wrought by Germnin, the cele¬
brated Parisian goldsmith, his drawings by the masters,
liis engravings, nnd all the antiquities of Moutivilliers,
which he has lmd the good fortune to discover, nnd the satis¬
faction of presenting to his native town. Tho poor old gentle¬
man will probably not live much longer to deprive his heirs of
liis hoardings, so that it would be useless to suggest tho
addition of the name of P6re* Blnnchet to tlic meagre list of
objects of interest which the guide-books give to Moutivilliers.
But if perchance tho reader happens to find himself within
reasonable driving distance, I recommend him, especially if ho
loves old books nnd old churches, to drive over and see this
quaint nnd picturesque old place, nnd to spend an hour or two
in the library. _ T. C.
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Edinburgh University Buildings Completion Fund a second
subscription of £1000.
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Overhead, a blue September sky, just flecked by white
clouds which the balmy breeze is driving over the Kentish
Would; in tlio air, ft keenness of morning nud of night,
sufficient to bruoo up muscles nnd nerves and foretell the
approaching colour transformation of the hedges und the
woodlands. Bending over baskets and stripping with
dainty Ungers the graceful vine of its golden fruit are
maidens, simply yet tastefully clad. At noon a pleasant
meal, at which attend rustics in their cleanest smock -
frocks. A tiro in the open at night and a talk, may be a
song, while its flickering flames light up the tangled
alleys of l lie hop-gardens. Such is the picture as given
us scores of times by those who should know better. The
reality, as seen this week, is—the fairest part of Kent
beneath a leaden sky, from which falls with keen and
deadly persistency the pent-up rain of months past;
picking the hops are draggled dreary creatures, the
shape and form and even sex of the happier ones being
lost in old sacks exhumed from mediaeval ragshops, while
the others in sumo eases trying to make shift with woebe¬
gone umbrellas of which tlio sticks are alone waterproofs,
but in the majority of instances shivering and crouching
in the most miserably insufficient clothing. East-End
fineiy never can claim much admiration, but when the
East-End hat is shapeless and pulpy, and the East-End
feathers are draggled, and tho East-End gay ties and scarves
arc colourless, then, indeed, is it a scene of dcsolution.
That a great army pours down from London every
year on to the Kentish Hop Gardens is known: how they
continue to come is not. A policeman with a smile of
ineffable wisdom opines that “ it is best not to ask too many
questions.” A knowing man that constable, and withal
good-heurted. But whether railway fares are paid by tho
fruits of houestyor not, they are paid, and father, mother,
sons, and daughters arrive on the same scene year by year,
and pitch their quarters on the same spot in the lane or on
the hillside with unacquired knowledge of the locality which
may be seen in tourists of a higher rank who make for tho
best seats at tho table d’ hoto at Rome, nnd know where
to got the best cigars in Constantinople. Despite ruin
and damp, crowded sleeping places, and wretched cooking
accommodation, there must be something very fascinating
about “going a-hopping”; it may bo the change of
quarters, tho fresh air, nud the fragrance of the hops, or
it may be the freedom from civilisation, indicated by the
absence of landlords and tbe Metropolitan police; hut there
is a something which causes theso city arabs to undertake a
pilgrimage Kent wards each September with all tho zest
which scuds the keen shot over the stubble nud the turnip
in the same month.
Much good lias been done of late years among
the hop-pickers by charitable and well-intentioned folks ;
but there is yet a class for whom little has been,
done, for whom we would plead. They cannot
plead for thomselves. They huvo no voice in tho family
arrangements. They arc not consulted ns to the annual
exodus. We mean the children. It has been pitiful these
lust few days to see these little ones, soaked to tho skin,
exposed to wind and rain, thrown down on damp sacks,
protected, if at all, by wet branches. Not the country
air itself, even after tho squalid lanes of unknown
London, can make up to these mites for the seeds of con¬
sumption, rheumatism, and fever which their terrible life
must implant within them. Here is a chance for ladies!
Establish creches where tho hops grow thickest (a wayside
cottugo or a tent would do), and see that while the elder
branches of the family are earning money the little ones,
drones through no fault of their own, are kept at
warm and dry. _'_
Point Je Venise has been resuscitated, though Madame
Bourry-Palissor, in her celebrated book on lace, declared
it to be extinct. It was from the lagoons of Venice that
tho great Colbert imported thirty lacemakorg^aiid, in¬
stalling them at Louvain, devoted fifty thousand erbwhs
of pubbo money in introducing their handiwork in to his
own country. In proportion as lacemaking grew and
flourished in France and Flunders, it declined in Venice,
from which all the best workwomen had been draughted
away, till only a coarse edging, a mere injbrdgli6 of
threads, was made at Chioggia, and sold at a cheap rate
to the very few tourists who cared to buy it.
It was reserved for tho Chevalier Michelango Jesurun
to revivo Venetian lace; and, encouraged by Queen
Margherita, the Princess Giovanelli, and other great ladies,
ns well as by that patriotic patrician Commendatore
Paolo Fambri," he established in nis own house a school of
professional lacomakers, who, when perfect in their art,
were sent forth among the islands Add lagoons of Venice
to teach all who would lean*, the mysteries of bobbins,
thread, pin*, nud patterns. They now have about four
thousand disciples; and no less than thirty-four varieties
of point dt I 'eni/e ^are made. Many of these, like the
lovely point roer, are worked entirely with theneodle, and,
but for their tint, cannot be distinguished from the finest
specimens of antique lace. Tho greatest novelty is the
den Idle polych rome, in which flowers ancl arabesquos aro
produced in colours, giving the effect of the finest Gobelins
tapiaacrieiP\ y _
sooner have the survivors of the latest Arctic
expedition boon Wscued and brought home, than some
relics of the preceding one have been found. Early in
June a party of Esquimaux discovered on, or partially
imbedded in,-aft icc-floeat Julianslmal, on tho west coast of
Greenland, part of a tent and some stores marked
“Jeannette, together with a cheoue-book, a pair of
trousers, and a bearskin covering the remains of some
animal unknown. It is calculated that tho floe must have
been carried at least 3000 miles by the currents from tho
spot where the Jeannette was abandoned.
Holiday-tasks, on tho authority of a schoolboy still
living and suffering, are “ a stupid invention, of no use to
anybody.” lie is quito convinced in his own mind that,
though they may have been intended in tho first instance
to be a romody for that mischief which .Satan is supposed
to find for idle hands to do, it is a caso in which tho
remedy is worso than tho disease, the antidote worse than
tho bane. lie thinks that the secret of the holiday-task
is tho wicked spito that lurks in the bosoms of head
masters, who “ can't leave a fellow alone even in the holi¬
days,” who wish to give him a practical illustration of tho
“ semper amuri illiquid,” and who, should ho have a pony
which causes him to postpone from day to day, until there
is no time left, the commencement of his “ task,”
endeavour to teach him, by his own experience, that
“post cquitem sedet atra cura.” He declares that it is
treating him like a ticket-of-loavo man, who is constantly
reminded that he is not quite free from the olutches-of the
authorities, but has to perform some irksome little duties
during his time of liberty. As for “ moving fellows up ”
when they “go hack,” simply because “ they have done
their holiday-task and other fellows haven’t,” tho school¬
boy opines that is a “ horrid sluuuo, because some fellows
have no time to themselves in the holidays; and besides,
some fellows’ friends don’t believe in holiday-tasks und
some do, so that fellows whoso friends do aro made to
work, and have an unfair advantage over fellows whose
friends don't.” “ Besides,” observes tho schoolboy,
“ when fellows get leave in the Army or Navy or any
other profession or business, clerks, and so on, they don’t
have a holiday-task. I cull it a horrid shame; it looks
as if the beggars grudged you your holidays. Besides, tho
fellow that does lus holiday-task and gets liis move when
he goe3 back is nearly cock-sure to be beaten iu ‘ tho half ’
by tho fellow that didn’t sweat at all in the holidays, but
sweats all the more in term-time.” So far the schoolboy;
and there seems to bo “ something in it.”
Apropos of schools and schoolboys, we still sec in tho
newspapers advertisements of “establishments” in which
“everything” is taught by English and foreign masters
and governesses, “diet” is •* unlimited,” “ separate bedK
rooms” are given, “recreation-grounds” are extensive,
daily sea-bathing (in the summer) is provided, a covered
gymnasium is kept handy, perhaps no holidays (to speak
of) aro granted, and tho “ inclusive terms” are twenty or
twenty-oue guineas per annum. Once more the question
arises: Is it possible :1 Or, are the “ establishments ” kept
by philanthropists ? Or, again., is “ Dutheboys Hull ” as
common an institution as it was in the days before
Charles Dickens, senior '? Audi If the pupils aro really
properly housed and fully fed and carefully tended, how
about tho “many English and foreign masters and
govcmiesses ” ? How do these instructors and instruc¬
tresses fare, and what are their salaries ? Why, the
“ vegetarians" who give you a dinner for sixpence at tho
“ Healtheries” would M puzzled to feed and lodge—•
let alone educate—a lot of hungry boys at the rate of
twenty guineas per aunuou Tlm'-secret is one which
requires more explanation than has over yet boen vouch¬
safed.
Expectation is a-tiptoo just now in respect of the
forthcoming St.Leger at Doncaster, which bids fair to be
a more than usually sensational race. None of tho best
colts of the your, unless .Scot Freo ami Harvester be more
than “ second best,” were engaged in it, or, if they were
engaged, they were soon disqualified; but all the best
fillies were in it from the first, and, as September is known
as “ the mares’ month,” they have reason who think that
a filly will win it. It was at one time thought to bo a
gift for Busybody, winner of tho Oaks, and, even
when her chance was supposed to be represented by
tho odds of a hundred to ono against her, there were
enthusiasts who, remembering the case of Dutch Oven,
■>yero pot shaken in their allegiauco until sho was
“ shrsitched.” In any case, Superba, Queen Adelaide,
and Sandiwuy, are three beauties that might puzzle a
Paris who hud to award tho golden apple, threo fillies
wliose equals are scarcely to be found among tho colts,
thdugh, of course, some one of tho latter may bo better
than any one of tho former. However that may be, one
should always be prepared for u surprise in the St. Legcr,
as when Theodore won with “a hundred guineas to
your walking-stick” against him, Faugh-a-Ballagh and
Caller Ou at about tho same odds, and Dutch Oveu at the
odds of an extreme “ outsider.”
If no son should bo bom to the King and Queen of
Holland, it is possible that a claimant to tbo throuo may
come forward from Calabria, where a cadet of tho
Chalons-d’Orungo, being exiled from bis native land,
established himself in 1667. This prince, who had not
fled penniless, purchased a largo estate near the village of
Piaue-Crati (Coscnza), and transmitted it peacefully to
his posterity. The head of the family at the time of the
French conquest of Naples was Mario Chalons-d’Orangc,
who followed King Ferdinand IV. to Sicily, and con¬
sequently had all his property confiscated. Complete
poverty soon became his portion nnd that of his children,
but they wore excessively proud, and did not even en¬
deavour to claim the estate till 1872, when they lost
their cause, and, after appealing, lost it a second time
in 1874. _
This was tho natural effeot of political changes, but in
1837, after due examination of their pedigree, tho two
brothers d’Orange then living and their families had beon
recognised as Princes of Nassuu and Geneva, and nobles of
tbe town of Coscnza, a process probably analogous to tho
claiming of arms in a herald’s court. Several attempts
had previously boen made to obtain recognition from the
Kings of Holland, but all in vain, though in 1827 the
monarch thou reigning was kindly disposed, and only
asked for proofs of their identity. 'When tho Prince of
Orange visited Naples thirty-two years ago these were all
gathered together, and duplicate copies deposited with tho
Dutch Consul there, and ulso in the King’s private
archives at the Hague. This formal proceeding, however,
was absolutely without result.
Monscigneur Allou, Bishop of Meaux, the doyen of
French episcopacy, died early on Saturday morning last,
in tho eighty-eighth year of his age. For tlio last twenty
years he had beon quito blind, though ho perhaps felt
that infliction ns little as was possible to any man. His
reverence for Bossuct, his groat predecessor, was un¬
bounded, and ho exhumed tho coffin and had a glass
inserted over tho face, and finally hud it deposited in a
new tomb. During the Franco-Germau war Monsoigncur
Allou was obliged to received Goneral Von Moltke os his
guest, und tho respect of the soldier for the prelate was
something ideal. There wus at Moaux during that ounce
terrible an engineer who, when tho bridges were blown
up and tho roads rendered impassable by mines and ex¬
plosives, refused to repair them, considering that to bo
the best mode of keeping the invaders at bay. Of course
ho would have paid for liis obstinacy with his life hail not
the Bishop personally waited on the Emperor William
and interceded for him so successfully that ho received a
freo pardon.
Tho Fremdenblatt of Vienna reports that an Austrian
who reigns, it appears, in souio part of South Africa is
willing to yield liis kingdom to his mother-country on
receipt of a rental for life. “ This,” adds another news¬
paper, “ would be an opportunity of founding an Austrian
colony in Africa. ,K - The Austrian referred to is tho son of
M. Ladisias Magyar, the well-known African explorer.
Ho is tho proprietor of tho kingdom of Bihe, situated to
tho East of the Portuguese port Loanda. His father
married the only daughter of the negro Prince reigning
at Bihe, and on tho death of his father-in-law succeeded
to the throne. Bihe has an extent of 1300 square leagues,
and a population of 50,000 inhabitants. It communicates
with tho sea by a navigablo river.
Tzou-Ann, the Empress of China, is by no means a
cipher in tho Government of tho Celestial realm, for she is
universally recognised as a clover and determined woman.
She is now fifty-seven years of age, and has been a widow
since 1861, when her husband, tho Emperor Hion-Fong,
died in Mantchouria, whither he had retired after the
taking of Pekin by tbo Anglo-French Army. It has been
reported that sho is of Tartar origin, but in reality she is
of pure Chinese family, and her father was a member of
tho Han-Lin, or Academy of Science. Circumstances havo
no doubt embittered the soul of Tzou-Ann, for she detests
every European thing and person, and sets her face
doggedly against the tide of Western civilisation. Some
of the stones told about her do not say much for her
intelligence, though they show her prejudices to be
abnormally rampant.
The death of tho late Duko of Wellington having re¬
vived so many well-known and well-worn anecdotes, it may
not be out of place to call attention to what that celebrated
philosopher De Quincey thought of imeodotage generally,
in his essay on War, lie says: " All anecdotes, 1 fear, are
false. . . . Rarer than tho pheenix is that virtuous man
(a monster ho is—nay, ho is an impossible man) who will
consent to lose a prosperous anecdote on tho consideration
that it happens to bo a lie." Peoplo who are full of rich
humorous stories to be hung on ut the shortest notice to
tlio greatest man most recently deceased, might also with
advantage read the foot-note to the same essay. It is too
long for quotation, but suggests that a good mot then
circulating in Paris as the property of Talleyrand, was
ascribed by tho past generation to tho Prince do Liguc,
und fifty years previously to tho same Prince when a
younger man. Twenty years before, it belonged to
Voltaire ; and so on, retrogressively, to many other wits,
until at length the very same repartee was found doing
duty amongst Pagans in pretty good Greok. How many
of to-day’s “ good tkiugs ” aro familiar in different forms
to students of the classical epigrammatists Y
The year’s work of a great artist must not be estimated
from tho amount that appears ou the walls of the anuuul
picture exhibitions. Mr. J. E. Millais, R.A., in addition
to those works ho showed at tho Royal Academy and
Grosvenor Gallery in tho spring, also executed an order
for four fancy pictures of children, of tho same class as
the now famous “Cinderella” and “Cherry Ripe." Of
these, which adorn the dining-room of a connoisseur well
known both in London and on tho moors, an idyllio
“ Little Miss Muflit” is considered the finest. To this tho
great artist has lately finished a comjianion. It represents
a lovely dark-haired buby, aged about four or five, seated
ou a bed of strawberries, with her laj> full of the sumo
luscious and decorative fruit. Her attention is distracted
in the act of eating by a flight of butterflies, on which
she is feasting her eyes. The double meal is symbolical
of “ Perfect Bliss,” the title of the picture, which may bo
seen in public next May. Meanwhile it will bo engraved
by Messrs. Atkinson und Cousins, It. A.
Life on board a light-ship must be as lonely as can
well be imagined. An ordinary-sized light-ship earries
about five to seven men, who remain in her for two months
at a time without holding any communication whatever
with tho shore or other ships. Being stationary, und
having no work to do in the daylight, tho monotony of
existence must be almost unbearable to the crew. At the
expiration of every two months a Trinity House steamer
relieves the men, who lmvo ono month's holiday and then
return, and so on, until some post on a lighthouse or coast¬
guard station becomes vacant, leaving promotion possible.
If the weather bo too bad, the Trinity steamer may be
deluyed several days, but this time is deducted from the
vacation, not from tho working time, tho dates of which,
thoreforo, never vary.
The origin of the word “Nihilist” has long been dis¬
puted, and it has been attributed to Tourgueuieff and
Victor Hugo respectively. Someono has now discovered
that it was used by St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, in
tlio fourth century, exactly in its modern sense. Ahhiliati
appellantur, quoth the Bishop, quia nihil creditnt rt nihil
docent. Verily, there is nothing new under tho sun.
SEPT. 6. 1*84
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
219
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
“Dissolve, dissolve, dissolve!” That word once said and
twice repeated should be, according to the Earl of Lytton, in
a speech recently delivered at u Conservative picnic, the
Shibboleth under existing circumstances of the Conservative
party. From tho rhetorical point of view, “ Dissolve,
dissolve, dissolve! ” is dclicient in emphasis. Each word
would be better for an additional syllable. Compare “ Agitate,
agitate, agitate ! ” and “ Register, register, register! ” In
the next place. Lord Lytton is wrong in his premisses.
The great-great-grent-grent-grandfuther of tho telling piece
of tautology in question was tho ancient Athenian who held
that the secret of oratory lay in “Action, action, action!”
Then came the French Tribune of tho People with his fiery
formula, “ Del'Audncc, de l’audoce, et toujoursde l'audace!”
To him succeeded Daniel O’Connell with his “Agitate, agitate,
agitate! ” and to the illustrious ogitutor Sir Robert Peel tho
Second was not slow in applying a counter-blast which has
become famous. Speaking at an electoral dinner at Tam worth,
in 1837, Sir Robert remarked:
It may bo disagreeable, and indeed inconvenient, to attend to the regis¬
tration of voters which annually takes place throughout tho country. All this
may bo revolting; but you may depend upon it that it is better you should
take that trouble than that you should allow tho Constitution to become
the victim of /also friends, or that you should be trampled under the hoof
of a ruthless democracy. Tho advice which has been given by some persons
was “Agitate, agitate, agitate!" Tho advice which I give you ia this—
" Jtegistcr, register, register!"
The “hoof of a ruthless democracy” is good. I have
always thought that the Poet Bunn had Sir Robert’s metaphor
In his mind’s eye when, iu the libretto of Bolfe’s “ Bohemian
Girl,” he penned tho immortal lines—
When tho fair land of Poland was plough’d by tho hoof
Of the ruthless invader and might.
In any case, the counsel of the Greek orator, of the French
revolutionary, of the Irish repealer, and of the English states¬
man, applied to a condition of things not transitory but per¬
manent. The Athenian prescribed continuous “action” to
orators; the Frenchman bade his followers bo incessantly
audacious; the Repealer bade repealers not to cease from
agitating; while Sir Robert Peel's shrewd advice at Tamworth
sank so deep into the mincls of his hearers that from that day
to this tho registration of voters bus always lmd the most
sedulous niul indefatigable attention on tlie part of the Con¬
servatives, whereas tho Liberals have been beaten “ into their
boots” at scores of by-elections, not because they were
numerically weak, but because their registration had been
grossly neglected.
But Lord Lytton's “ Dissolve, dissolve, dissolve ! ” cannot,
iu the nature of things, be a permanent cry. Parliament can¬
not be continually dissolving. Finally, the catchwords suffer
from a vice of form as well ns of conception. The Greek spoke to
orators, tho anarchist to nuarchists, the repealer to repealers,
the Conservative statesman to Conservative voters. But whom
is Lord Lytton addressing? By tho theory of the Constitution
the only person who can dissolve Parliament is the Queen. It
is impossible that Lord Lytton can be peremptorily calling on
her Majesty to dissolve Parliament, seeing that wc have been
repeatedly told that tho Peers have no wish to force a dis¬
solution. The House of Commons cannot dissolve itself, and
tho Prime'Minister, who practically cau do so, won’t; so that,
oil tho whole, Lord Lytton seems to have been conjuring
nobody in particular to “ Dissolve, dissolve, dissolve! ”
As a rule, I read four novels a year—two English and two
French ones. That, I should say, is a sufficient pabulum of
fiction to be perused by an elderly person of unimaginative
temperament, and who holds that “ Tom Jones ” is the best
English novel that ever was written, and “ Le P6re Goriot ”
the best French one. I have not gone through my course of/
French fiction for 1884 yet. I await mid-November, and whire'i
facilities for a trip to the South a hoped-for abrogation of the
detestable quarautine regulations at present in forco may
bring me. But I am reading my first English novel for th<3
autumn, “ Ishmacl,” by the author of “ Lady Audley’s Secret ”
(3 vols., J. and It. Maxwell). I nray not say anything touch¬
ing tho plot or the characters of Miss Braddon’s latest fiction,
since, in doing so, I should bo impinging on the province of'
the reviewers, an irritablo race, prone to hurling leaden ink¬
stands and paper-weights (figuratively speukiug, of course)
at tho heads of impertiueut purugraphists: to say uothing of
stabbing them with critical paper-knives, slashing them with
critical scissors, and burking them witli critical paste.
Thus much I may say concerning “Islimael,” that on its
composition Miss Braddou seems\to have j^stowed a pro¬
digious amount of loving care, and that in artistic development
of character and minutely graphic word-painting of scenery
and incidents she recalls tho very best work in those directions
of Honorc de Balzac and of Charles lleade. Unless I am
6adly inistakeu, “ Iahmuel” will udd a Very bright leaf indeed
to the luxuriant chaplet of laurels which crowns tho brow of
the author of “ Lady Audley’s Secret.”
I sincerely wish, although of course Miss Braddon’s novels
have made her as wealthy as the Lady of Banbury Cross (sho
must have beta! wealthy to have had bells at her toes as
well as rings on her fingers), that Mrs. or Miss Ellen Blake
had left our leading lady novelist the trifle of a hundred aud
forty-six thousand pounds which, within the last year, 1ms,
through the intestacy of the owner, become a “ Crown wind¬
fall”—tlmt is to say, has been swept into the coffers of tho Stato.
As sincerely do I wish that Mrs. or Miss Blake lmd left mo
this prodigious mass of mouey. You cun huve but a faint idea
of the useful and decorative purposes to which I could turn
a hundred and forty-six thousand pounds—or, for the
mutter of that, as many pence. If Mrs. or Miss Ellen Blake
had only left her vast wealth to the Royal Hospital for Childrcu
and Women, iu tho Waterloo-road, or to tho Cab-Drivers’
Benevolent Association, or to tho British Orphans or the
British Blind, or the British Deaf and Dumb! l’rovoking
Ellen lllukc!
A “Crown Windfall” does no-perceptible good to man,
woman, or child. It is but a drop of water, so to speak, iu
tho ocean of the revenue. It will be strictly and methodically
accounted for by official people ; but, so fur ns any appreciable
benefit that it will confer on anybody, the huge pile of cash
might be so mauy dry leaves. Should there not be on Act of
Parliament to constrain tho State when windfalls drop iu to
devote a portion, if not the whole, of tho proceeds to the
benefit of some public charity, tho erection of some public
building, or the purchase of some notable work of art?
■When it was really tho Sovereign who received the windfall,
there was a elmncc of some generous uso being made of it.
But no such chance exists when tho State, and not tho
Crown, is tho recipient of tho equivocal inheritauee. “ My
Lords” are not bound to be compassionate. The Solicitor
to tho Treasury is not expected to have any bowels, savo
those that are made of red tape.
The publisher (Mr. John Murray) of Hermann Melville’s
“Typce ” and “ Ornoo ” has been so courteous ns to send mo
copies of those enchanting narratives of Polynesian adventure
and “ four months’ residence nmong the natives of a valley of
the Marquesas Islands.” To “Typee” and “Omoo” the
polite publisher has adjoined Sir Francis Head’s “ Stokers and
Pokers”; and all three works, I am assured, have never boon
out of print, are still selling, and cannot therefore be considered
“source.” lam right glud to see it. If I remember arigbt, I read
“Typee” and “Omoo” for the first time, in Murray’s
“Colonial and Home Library,” about 1819. Tho “new
edition” which has just reached mo bears the date of 1861,
as does also “Stokers and Pokers.” If, for some years past, I
have not come aeross uny one of theso delightful books, it may
be for the reason that I am growing a little blinder aud u little
duller every month—if not every week.
To what philosopher is Humanity indebted for having first
formulated the intensely human (that is to say selfish) senti¬
ment embodied in the exclamation:—“ Vicent nous'autres :
J bas Us autres ! ” ? Many years ago, I remember noting in a
newspaper an extract from a letter purporting to have been
writteu by a lady at Algiers, and describing a terrible ship¬
wreck which laid occurred off the port iu question, TJShe^
went down with all hands,” wrote the lady; “Therewere
two hundred souls ou board. Thanh Ileacyh^ihert tecro no
Tug fish among them / ”
For a long time I used to think that this letter must bo
apocryphal. But I begin to believ^Iu it$ genuineness now,
when I find tho naive candour of its cynicism equalled in a
paragraph written from the Engadine by a correspondent of
the World. Says this lover of his specieW “ I am glad to hear
that no English were concerned in the serious tram wag accident
which tooh place on Friday between the latter place (Tnrasp) and
Schulz .” Is not this delicious? Vivent nous autres! No
English were concerned jii the serious tramway accident.
A bas Us autres ! It does not. in the least mutter how many
Frenchmen, Germans, Italians, or peoplo belonging to other
nationalities were more or less smashed.
By-tho-way, in “ Atlas’s ’’ paragraph in the sell-same
number of the ITorld in which allusion is made to Mitchell’s
“ Sail Journal;*’ [“Sail” its evidently a misprint for “Jail.”
Such accidents will happen. Last week the printers made mo
speak of “ Anticyzu ’^ instead of “Anticyra.” Atthosamo
time it is ns well that the Convict Prison Diary of John
Mitchell should have its 'jnjbpcr designation ; for tho “ Jail
Journal ” happens to be a book of wonderful descriptive
power. It is not equal to Silvio Pellico’s “ Le mie l’rigioni,”
but it is worthy of a niche on a special shelf between Baron
Treuck and Mirabeau’s Letters from the donjon of Vincennes.
Dow passionately eloquent was the victim of twenty-two
Uttres de cachet and futuro Tribune of the People ou tho
detestable quality of the prison haricot beans and the prison
beef!
The most interesting portions of Mitchell’s “Jail Journal”
are the description of his passage ns a convict sentenced to four¬
teen years’ transportation in a British gun-boat to the prison
tit Spike Island, and his subsequent deportation to Bermuda.
If I remember aright, he was very humanely treated on board tho
gun-boat, of which the commander lent the captive “Pickwick ”
to read. Of that officer's having done so, complaint was nfter-
wards made iu the House of Commons. Mitchell’s experiences
of the “Still vexed Bermoothes” are almost fascinating iu
their graphic force. Let it be noted, however, that although
Mr. Mitchell wns heavily chained when lie was conveyed in tho
prison-van from the Courthouse to the place of his embarka¬
tion, he was not, during the whole term of his captivity, sub¬
jected to one tithe of the horrible ignominy and humiliation
which have been tho lot of later Irish political prisoners. On
tho whole, the authorities seem to lmve done their best to
soften the misery of his lot, and to bear in mind that, although
lie might be u rebel, he was a gentleman.
“Why,” writes “Ii. R. R.” (Holloway), “do you write
the word ‘ jobation,’ aud thereby upset nil my preconceived
notions that ‘jawbution’ is n mock solemnity for the vulgar
‘ jaw ’ P ” My good Sir, I wrote, “jobation” because tho
word means a loug dreary homily or reprimand, mid 1ms
reference to the tedious rebukes inflicted on the Patriarch
Job by liis too obligiug friends.
“ Diauiftutinn Jack ” is so good ns to send mo four closely
written sides of foolscap, bcgiutiiiig “ You speak of tho
Australian Eleven now in England ns ‘Cornstalks,’ or rather
as being known us such.” 1 mil absolved from reading tho
remainder of “ Diumantiim Jack’s ” communication, us it so
happens that I have never made any kind of allusion, direct
or indirect, to the Australian Eleven, anywhere, and I
have not tho slightest knowledge of ever having called
those distinguished athletes cornstalks or corn-cobs, peu-
shucks or liop-biucs, pine-cones or ouk'-npplea or cucumber-
frames.
Most assuredly is there nothing new under the sun. I
thought that “ as the pig loves tho mud ” was nil expression
which might bo considered a novelty, at least in poetic imngcry
of an amatory nature. But no sooner hu>l I quoted the
“coson” who loved the “bou” iu the Louisianian creole
patois lovo-ditty, than a parallel expression from a PortugUf.se
peasant's love-soug was sent mo by u Lusitauinii correspondent.
This week, a lady,” \V. F.” (Rhyl), obligingly forwards me an
extract from u letter of the lion. Andrew Erskine to James
Boswell, Esquire, published in the “British Letter Writer,
from the XVtli Century to the Present Time.” The lion. A.’s
letter is duted Nov. 23, 1761. Says tho writer:—
By heavens, Boswell, I love you more^-but this, I think, may be more
conveniently expressed in rhyme. /
More than a herd of swjrte a kennel muddy;
More than a brilliant futile polemic stody;
More than fat Fatetaff lov’d a cup ofSack ;
More than a guilty erirniiiat tho ruck;
More than attorney* love by. efreata to thrive;
Aud more tluiu wifvhos to bo burht olive.
It may be presumed that Jauies Boswell, Esquire (who wns a
member of the Bur)7refrained from showing to his friends
among tho Writers to the Signet that part of tho Honourable
Andrew’s poetic effusion which contained the wicked calumny
on the integrity of attorneys. But the allusion to the swine and
the muddy kennel may have tickled “ Jemmy ” Boswell, who,
after partaking too frequently of t’other bottle, wus apt to seek
repose in the all-equalising gutter. It was once, when going
circuit, and on the morrow of an ulfrcsuo slumber, that some
waggish members the Bar mess incited Jemmy to move for
tho writ “ Quafe-adiiffisit pavimeuto ? ”
Iiy-thc-wrt^a very judicious and esteemed friend of mino
has njoredhau tmcc asked me to “ begin a crusade against the
indiscriminate uso of the term ‘Esquire.’ ” Such a use, he
^cqptfeudsi as is commonly made of tho title iu question is
absurd, without meaning, and mischievous. I am too old, too
sUipidflind too uniniluential to begin a crusade against any-
Hlii»g; still, it is worth while to look into the “ esquire ” matter
alHtlc. The American lexicographer Webster, defining the
word, says that formerly an esquire was tho armour-bearer,
shield-bearer, or attendant on a knight; und that iu modern
times the esquire became next in dignity to the knight.
Continues Webster —
In England this title is given to tho younger son* of noblemen, to officers
of the King’s court and of tho household, to couitsollors-ut-law, justices of
tho peace while in commission, shcritfs, and other gentlemen. In tho
United States tho title is given to public officers of all degrees, and 1ms
become a general title of respect in addressing letters.
As a mntter of fact, Webster is misleading. The title of
esquire may belong to the younger sons of noblemen, but it ia
neither given to nor taken by them. For example, the younger
son of the Earl of Whitechokerly is commonly known as and
addressed as “The Honourable Fabian Fitzdottrel,” and not
ns “ Fabian Fitzdottrel, Esq.” We speak of and write to “ Mr.
Sheriff Callipash,” not “Sheriff Callipash, Esq.” In writs
and other official documents the case may lie different.
Mem.: According to Blount (of “The Jocular Tenures”)
the King’s scrgeant-chirurgeon, tho Bcrgeant of tho ewry,
and tho master cook, aro esquires. Royal cooks are usually
Frenchmen. How would “Monsieur Marmiton Casserole,
Esq.,” look ? Nowadays everybody who so chooses dubs him¬
self or is dubbed “ esquire.” Remonstrances against a really
preposterous assumption are not by any means a new thin-’.
Rend tho 'Taller, No. XIX.:—
Tho appellation of esquire is tho most notoriously abused of any class
amongst men. I will undertake that, if you read tho superscriptions to nil
tho offices in the kingdom, you will not find three letters directed to any
but esquires. I have myself a couple of clerks; and tho rogues make nothing
of leaving messages upon each other’s desk: one directa to Degory lioose-
quill, Esquire; to which tho other replies by a noto to Neheiniuh Dusliwell,
Esquire, with respect. In a word, it is now pop ulus armijerorum, a people of
esquires.
At liis residence, Bank-parade, Preston, Lancashire, in his
ninety-first year, 1ms just died Mr. Joseph Livesey, whoso
name for more than two generations has been a household
word among those men of tho North-West Country who,
according Jo Hugh Miller, “bulk largo iu tho forefront of
humanity.” Tho lato Mr. Joseph Livesey was something
more than a man of patriarchal age, beloved and revered by
all who knew him. IIo was a British Worthy of the type that
old Fuller loved to draw—a typo of tho representatives of
which iu modern times no meaner writer than Dr. Samuel
Smiles should be the historiographer. Mr. Joseph Livesey
may be said to havo been tho founder of the Total Abstinence
movement in England; having, on tho First of September,
1832, draughted, for tho signature of himself and six other
earnest men who thought ns he did, the first tee-total pledge.
Nor during the ensuing fifty years did he ever falter in fight¬
ing the good fight of temperance. Of course he was an
cuthusiast, and hated Sir John Barleycorn as fiercely as Milton
hated episcopacy und Butler puritauism. Without enthusiasm,
tins world would be a terribly humdrum oue.
The venerable Preston Worthy fought as bravely in favour
of Free Trade as ho did against Strong Drink. His tougue,
liis pen, his purse, were always at tho service of those who held
tho once unfashionable doctrino that tho toiling masses have
a right to recruit their strength with ubundant. and uutuxed
food. Wherever there was injustice to bo combated, cor¬
ruption to bo denounced, wrongs to bo remedied, there was
Joseph Livesey — self-sacrificing, single-minded, persistent,
und courageous. When, half u century ago, tho New Poor
Law came into operation, Mr. Livesey, all stauch Liberal, as
lie had ever been, was among the first to protest against tho
narrow-minded, heartless, and cruel administration of tha
new code—the denial of outdoor relief, the pitiless rigour of
“ tlie workhouso test,” the barbarous separation of husbands
und wives for the crime of being poor, the insufficient diet,
and the often brutal treatment of paupers by relieving-otficers
and workhouse-masters. Mr. Livesey did not approve of
Church-rates, and consistently declined to pay them. IIo
did approve of popular education and charitable works of all
kinds ; and his long and happy life was oue grout achievement
of usefulness und beneficence. G. A. 8.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Stir. G, 1884. 220
THE GREELY ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
THE NILE EXPEDITION.
Some account lias been given of the American Meteoro¬
logical Expedition, commanded by Lieutenant, now
Major, Greely, of the United States Army, in the farthest
north channels beyond Smith Sound, thnt part of the
Arctic Regions where the British Polar Expedition, in
May, 1876, penetrated to within fourhundred geographical
miles of the North Pole. The Americau Expedition, in
1883, succeeded in getting four miles beyond, this being
effected by u 6ledge party travelling over the snow from
Fort Conger, the name they had given to their huts
erected on the western shore near Discovery Cove, in
Lady Franklin Sound. The farthest point reached, on
May 18, was in latitude 83 deg. 24 min. N.; longitude
40 deg. 46 min. W., on the Greenland coast. The
sledge party was commanded by Lieutenant Lock-
wood, and the following particulars are supplied by
Sergeant Brainerd, who accompanied Lieutenant Lock-
wood on the expedition. During their sojourn in
the Arctic regions the men were allowed to grow
the full beard, except under the mouth, where it
was clipped short. They wore knitted mittens, and over
these heavy seal-skin mitteus were drawn, connected by
a tanned seal-skin string that passed over the neck, to
hold them when the hands were slipped out. Large
tanned-leather pockets were fastened outside the jackets,
uud in very severe weather jerseys were sometimes worn
over the jackets for greater protection aguinst the intense
cold. On the sledge journeys the dogs were harnessed
in a fan-shaped group to the traces, and were never run
tandem. In travelling, the men were accustomed to
hold on to the back of the sledge, never going in front of
the team, and often took off their heavy overcoats and
threw them on the load. When taking observations
with the sextant, Lieutenant Lockwood generally re¬
clined on the snow, while Sergeant Brainerd called
timo and made notes, ns showu in our Illustration.
When further progress northward was barred by
open water, and the party almost miraculously
escaped drifting into the polar sea. Lieutenant Lock-
wood erected, at the highest point of latitude reached
by civilised man, a pyramidal-shaped cache of stones,
six feet square at the base, and eight or nine feet high.
In a little chamber about a foot square half-way to the
apex, and extending to the centre of the pile, he placed
a self-recording spirit thermometer, a small tin cylinder
containing records of the expedition, uud then sealed
up the aperture with a closely-fitting stone. The cache
was surmounted with a small American flag made
by Mrs. Greely, but there were only thirteen stars, the
number of the' old revolutionary flag. From the summit
of Lockwood Island, the scene presented in our Illus¬
tration, 2000 feet above the sea, Lieutenant Lockwood was
unable to make out any land to the north or the north¬
west. “The awful panorama of the Arctic which their elevation
spread out before them made a profound impression upon the
explorers. The exultation which was natural to the achievement
which they found they hud accomplished was tempered by the
reflections inspired by the sublime desolation of that stern and
silent coast and tuo menace of its unbroken solitude. Beyond
to the eastward was the interminable defiance of the un¬
explored const—black, cold, and repellent. Below them lay
the Arctic Ocean, buried beneath frozen chaos. No words
can describe the confusion of this seu of ice—the hopeless
TilE HATE LORD AMPTHILL, AMBASSADOR AT BERLIN,
SEE OBITUARY, l*AOE 233.
asperity of it, the weariness of its tom and tortured surface.
Only at the remote horizon did distance and the fallen snow
mitigate its roughness and soften its outlines ; and beyond it.
in the yet unattainable recesses of the great circle, they looked
towurd the Pole itself. It was a wonderful sight, never to be
forgotten, and in some degree a realisation of the picture thnt
astronomers conjure to themselves when the moon is nearly
full and they look down iuto the great plain which is called
the Ocean of Storms, and watch the shadows of sterile and air¬
less peaks follow a slow procession across its silver surface.”
The London Hungarian Association had u bright little fete
at their “Home” lasF Saturday night. M. Trefort, the
Hungarian Minister of Public Instruction, who has been
travelling for some time in England, was present, and almost
all Hungarians residing in Loudon, besides a few Englishmen
sympathising with Hungary, assembled to give him a hearty
reception.
General Lird Wolseley, who again takeB immediate, com¬
mand of the British forces in Egypt, and who will per¬
sonally command the expedition up the Nile, to Dongola
and probably to Khartoum, for the relief of General
Gordon and the military evacuation of the Soudan, left
England at the end of last week. The collection
and udvauce of British troops, with a contingent of
Egyptian troops, between Wady Haifa and Samneli
or Surras, above the Second Cataract in Nubia, more
than two hundred miles from Assouan and seven
hundred from Cairo, proceeds with great activity;
while Major Kitchener is near Debbeh, or Old Dongola,
three or four hundred miles farther to the south,
watching the movements of the hostile Arabs, and
arranging with the Mudirof Dongola, and with friendly
Arab tribes, for their services in aid of the British
Expedition. It is understood that Lord Wolseley
iB not to seek hostilities with the partisans of the
Mahdi, or with any of the tribes who have revolted
against the late Egyptian rule of the Soudan, but will
fight them if they attempt to dispute his passage, or to
prevent General Gordon coming to meet him.
The Nile has risen four feet at Wady Haifa, and
seven steamers have passed the First Cataract. Two
more companies of the 1st Battalion of the Sussex
Regiment arrived at Wady Haifa last week. The
battalion is under orders to push on to Dongola
immediately^ with three months’ rations for 1000 men.
We refer to the map which we published lust week,
showing the whole course of the Nile from Assouan up
to Klmrtomn, with the positions of Wady Haifa, Surras
and Sumneh, New Dongola, Old Dongola, Debbeh,
Ambikoi, Abu Hameh, Berber, and Sheudy, and the land
route across the Bahiuda desert from Ambikoi, avoiding
the great north-eastern bend of the river. The six
principal cataracts or rapids, which are marked and
mimed in our map, will probably be evaded by landing
the boats and conveying them a few miles over short lines
of temporary railway, for the construction mid working
of which several hundred skilled hands are to be sent
out from England. The boats will be rowed, poled,
— sailed, or towed by large numbers of men, according to
the condition of the stream and other circumstances; and
Lord Wolseley’s experience of such operations, in the
Canadian Red River Expedition of 1870, lends him to expect
no great difficulty in this mode of proceeding. The chief
anxiety is for the collection of sufficient stores of provisions,
at those remote stations in the desert, to supply thousands
of men, horses, and camels, when they arrive.
Wo have reason to believe that the following accurately
represents the facts in regnrd to the Nile ExpeditionA force
will’bc disputched to the frontier of Egypt (Wady Haifa) with
a view to being sent on to Dongola should the course of events
render it necessary. Although the movement of Mounted
Infantry and of some battalions of infantry up the Nile has
already commenced, the strength and composition of the force
will not be settled till Lord Wolseley has arrived in Egypt
and consulted with Sir F. Stephenson. For the transport of
the force 400 boats, 30 nnd 32 ft. iu length, and 6 to 7 ft. beam,
weighing from 050 to 11001b. each, will arrive in Alexandria
between Sept. 21 nnd 30. A further-supply of 400 similar
boats will follow at an early date. Five hundred Canadian
voyageurt will urrive at Alexandria at the beginning of October,
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THE GREELY ARCTIO EXPEDITION : THE FARTHEST POINT NORTH.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Skit. 6, 1884.-221
THE BRITISH
EXPEDITION
UP THE NILE.
SAMXEH, THE PROPOSED STARTING-POINT.
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CATARACT OP AM BIO OLE.
222
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
SEPT. 6. 1884
and 300 Kroomcn from the West Coast of Africa will arrive
there about the 10th of the same month to assist in navigating
the fleet of boats. Each of the boats will contain two boat¬
men and ten soldiers, nud will be fitted with coses specially
designed containing one hundred days' supplies. They will
draw only 20 in. of water when loaded, so that n low Nile
would b« on advantage rather than otherwise. The first con¬
signment of 400 boats will, on arrivul at Alexandria, bo at
once forwarded to Wady Haifa. The ration for the bout
service is a special one, more resembling a ship ration than a
field ration. It is based on the assumption that for a
considerable period the troops will be entirely dependent
on the supplies contained in the boats. The difficulty
of providing variety in diet is very great, os the space
for stowage is necessarily limited. Each boat will carry
seventy-five packages of food supplies, weighing, roughly,
about 48 cwt., including weight of packing-cases. This pro¬
vides one hundred days’ supplies for twelve men. The rntion
consists of preserved meats of sorts, including specially pre¬
pared bacon, biscuit, cheese, pickles, preserves, floor, ten,
sugar, salt, pepper, preserved vegetables, lime-juice, crbs-
wurst, rice, tobacco, <£c. Each boat carries a box of medical
comforts for the sick, and is fitted to exist ns a separate unit
during the period for which it is supplied. The force
now in Egypt will shortly be strengthened by the 1st
Battalion Berkshire Regiment from the Mediterranean, and
by two seasoned battalions which are first for relief from
India—viz., 1st battalion ltoyal Irish and 2nd Battalion East
Surrey. The 1st Battalion Royal Scots is also under orders to
proceed thither from the West Indies. Special head-dresses
and clothing have been provided for the whole force. It is
believed that the force will be in a condition to advance from
Wady Haifa, should circumstances render it necessary, by
Nov. 1.
The officers selected for Lord Wolseley’s Staff are Colonel
Sir Herbert Stewart, K.C.B., Colonel R. Harrison, C.B., R.E.,
Colonel Sir Charles Wilson, Colonel H. Bruckeubury, R.A.,
lx>rd Charles Beresford, Commander R.N., Lieutenant-Colonel
Maurice, R.A., Colonel Henderson, nud Captain Lord Airlie,
several of whom started from London on Tuesday.
Letters from GenendGordon to .July 13 have been received,
stating that all was well at Khartoum, and that he could hold
out there four months longer. A private letter of Aug. 10
lrom Khartoum has reached a merchant at Cairo, which re¬
ports a victory won bv Gordon over the besiegers. There wus
three days' fighting, and on the third day the enemy’s loss
amounted to 1800 men, with two of the lending sheikhs. The
besiegers afterwards withdrew to another eucawpxnent east¬
ward of Khartoum.
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BIRTH.
On July 23. st Mozafferpore, Tirlioot, India, the wife of diaries F. K.
Simpson, of CluUuIUi, of a daughter. *
MARRIAGE.
On the 21nt ult.. at BiJaton Church, by the Rev. W. Milner, Robert,
second son of the late Joseph Gnbbett Studdert, of Woodlawn, county
CUre. Inland, to Florence M. (Daisy!, youngest daughter of the late l. B.
Bchriider, of Edge-lane, Liverpool.
DEATH.
On the 21th ult., at 24. Grosvenor-gardenu, aged 74, Caroline, widow
of Major William Milligan, formerly of the 2nd Idfe Guards, and
of Cotswold, Cirencester, and daughter of the late Sir Cliorlea lie* Voiux,
Bart.
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A BUDDHIST MONASTERY.
The Buddhist system of religion, it is said, 1ms the nominal
adherence of at least three hundred millions of mankind
among the nations of Eastern Asia, comprising great part of
the populations of China, Thibet, Mongolia, Ceylon, Barman,
Siam, Annum, Japan, and the Malay Peninsula. It is of
Indian origin, though it has been superseded in India,
generally, by the polytheism of the Brahniiuienl worship.
Buddhism, in u corrupt form, still prevails ill Nepnul und
Bliootuu, and in other Himalayan countries adjacent to
Thibet, but has long since been extirpated from its origiual
scat in the North-West Provinces of India. It flourished
greatly there under King Anoka, in the third century before
the Christian era, extending over Hiudostnn, in one
direction, and over the Puujnub und Cabul in the other,
from which Buddhist missionaries were sent forth to
spread the knowledge and practice of this religion in
the farthest parts of Asia. The legend of the saintly
or angelic life of Gautama Buddha, or Sakya Mouni,
the Indian Priuce who was reputed to have devoted himself,
by divine inspiration, to the teaching of this faith and to the
deliverance of nil men from moral degradation, bos been
chosen ns a noble theme of sacred poetry, but is not sup¬
ported by historical evidence. It is certain that Sakva was the
name of n military race, probably descended from the
.Scythians, who conquered some part of the plains of India in
the pre-historic times; and that Gautama was the desig-..
nation of a sacerdotal family among them. Buddha was
the deified person, an emanation of the invisible and
universal divinity, not in an historical but in h mystical
sense. At any rate, the philosophy and the ethical precepts of
Buddhism were received as a great improvement upon the
barbarous idolatry of the ancient world, and this more
benevolent kind of religion was established in China, by the
Emperor Miug-Ti, about eighteen hundred years ago. A
E recise description of its tenets will be found in the treatises
y learned authors, which the Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge has reeeutly published, on the *‘ Non-Christian
Religious Systems.” Many travellers in Asia,-especially in
Thibet, in India beyond the Ganges,\and in tiio Chinese
Empire, have visited the great Buddhist monasteries, which
possess rich endowments, and which are the abode of largo
numbers of professional devotees, keeping up an elaborate
ritual, but not always irreproachable putterns of real piety, or
effective teachers of wisdom and virtue. The group of figures
nt the entrance gate of a monastery shown in our front page
Engraving presents a fair example of their ordinary appearance,
and may remind us of some media-vul institutions formerly
existing among the nations of Europe.
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THE FREKCII AVAR IN' CHINA.
Tlie bombaixlnjenkof tlieArtepdl of Foochow, a fortnight ago,
by part of tbo ,f>qiuiaron of Admiral Courbet, was mentioned
in our last: ( and some Views of the Chinese arsenal, of tho
city of Foochow, ten or eleven miles higher up the river Mill,
and of thrwnaU islands and forts in the river, were then pre¬
sented to our readers; The French Admiral has since made
a combined attack, with his gun-boats coming down the river
on (nie side, and with the larger vessels of his squadron on
the other side, lying at the river’s mouth, on the Miiigun and
Kinpai forts, which defended its entrance, mid has, by a
/simultaneous bombardment on both sides, reduced these forts
to silence. The Chinese lied, leaving their guns, which Yvere
afterwards seized in the batteries, and were burst with gun¬
cotton. Hrthe conflict at the arsenal, on the 23rd ult., the
French had six men killed and twenty-seven wounded. Their
''vessels sustained no damage which could not be repaired on
the sqrtif . The Admiral says that the Chinese losses were very
\ considerable. According to a telegram from Shanghai they
are estimated nt one thousand killed and three thousand
wounded. Another estimate fixes the number at from two
''thousand to three thousand. Military operations by the
French are reported to have recommenced in Tonquin.
A telegram from Hong-Kong states that the French
Consul and the French merchants were expelled from
Canton on tho 23rd by order of the Viceroy. The Chinese
military commanders have been ordered to uttack nil French
war-ships and merchant-vessels entering or leaving tho
treaty ports, and all the French vessels in the ports have been
ordered to leave ut once.
We present another Illustration of Foochow, witl*. soldiers
crossing the bridge that joins the river-island of Nantai, tho
site of the foreign settlement, to the principal city, which has
already been described._
The opening of the partridge-shooting season was dis¬
advantageous^ affected in most districts by the heavy rains of
Sunday and Monday, but the reports mainly agree as to birds
being plentiful.
The anniversary festival of the Seamen’s Orphan Asylum
was held at the asylum at Snaresbrook, on the borders of
lipping Forest, last Saturday, under the presidency of Mr.
O. E. Coopo, M.P. Mr. Hackwood, the secretary, read a list
of contributions, amounting to £080.
In London last week 2100 births and 1542 deaths were
registered. Allowing for increase of population, the births
were 145 below, while the deaths exceeded by 88, the average
numbers in the corresponding weeks of the lost ten years. The
deaths included 12 from smallpox, 22 from measles, 24 from
scarlet fever, 10 from diphtheria, 22 from whooping-cough,
2 from typhus, 20 from enteric fever, 3 from ill-defined forms
of continued fever, 200 from diarrhoea and dysentery, and 17
from choleraic diarrhea and cholera.
Last Saturday completed the three months during which
tho Inner Temple Gardens have, by the kindness of the
Benchers, been open to the public daily from six until nine
o’clock. Notwithstanding the hundreds of poor children
who on every fine evening eagerly availed themselves of the
opportunity thus nfforded them of having a romp and play on
the large and well-kept grass-plot iu these gardens, the head
gardener states that in not a single instance was any injury
done by them either to the plants, trees, or shrubs. The
example thus set by the Benchers of the Inner Temple in open¬
ing their gardens might well be followed by other bodies
having grounds or gardens under their control.
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT MONTREAL.
The meeting of the British Association nt Montreul began on
Wednesday week under most favourable auspices. In the
afternoon the Mayor and Corporation presented an address of
welcome to the members ; and at the opening meeting, in the
evening, Lord Lonsdowne, Governor-General of Canada, who
welcomed the members to the Dominion. Some references to
the American scientific men present drew forth loud applause.
His Lordship yvos succeeded by Sir W. Thomson, as tho
representative of Professor Cayley, the retiring president.
Sir Wttliam expressed liis thanks for the honours received, and
introduced the new president, Lord Rayleigh. The opening
address of Lord Rayleigh, Yvho holds the professorship of
Experimental l’hysics iu tho University of Cambridge, was
chiefly devoted to a record of recent progress iu the science of
physics, including mechanics, electricity, heat, optics, and
acoustics. In the course of his review he specially referred to
the work of Siemens and Clerk Maxwell. In conclusion he
dwelt upon the educational importance of mathematics and
science, nud the advantages of French and German over Latin
and Greek.
At u meeting of the Council of the Association, Admiral
Oimnauucy stated tlmt 765 members had arrived. Captain
Bedford Pim suggested that Lieutenant Greely, the Arctic
explorer, should be elected an honorary member of the asso¬
ciation. The suggestion, yvhs received Yvith great applause,
aiul was carried unanimously.
The Sectional President’s addresses were all rend on Thurs¬
day. Papers were read by Sir Thomson Reynolds in Section A,
by Messrs. Gibbs and liar court in B, by Messrs. Gilpin and
Honeymnn in C, by Messrs. Bates and Carpenter in 1). by Mr.
Lefroy in E, and by Messrs. Atkinson, Westgarth, nud
Douglas in F. Iu Section G Mr. Baker read a paper on the
Fortli Bridge, Mr. Harkshaw one on the Severn Tunnel, nud
Mr. Smith one on the Canadian Pacific Railway. In Section II
Air. Dawkins rend a paper, and Mr. Powell read one on tho
classification of the North American languages. A con¬
versazione was held in the evening, attended by n large
number of citizens, nt which Mr. Cottercll exhibited speci¬
mens of spectrum analysis.
All tho sections met yesterday week, and the meetings
were largely attended. Four hundred members left Montreal
iu the evening on an excursion to Quebec, to bo present nt a
garden party given by the Marquis of Lansdowne on Saturday.
Four hundred members left on Saturday for Ottawa, where a
public luncheon in their honour yvos provided ; 300 left for an
excursion on the lakes; and 300 for tho White Mountains.
None of tho sections met on Saturday. In tho afternoon
various entertainments were given the city, such as lucrosse
gomes, the games of the Caledonian Club, and boat-races on
tho river. In the evening Professor It. S. Ball, Astronomer
Royal of Ireland, gave a lecture on comets, in the Queen s
llall, which was crowded, this lecture being open to the
public. The lecture was rendered attractive by numerous
illustrations.
On Sunday there Yvere a number of devotional services in
the churches of the various denominations ; and the occasion
was seized by Professor Felix Adler, of New York, to expound
the principles of the Ethical Societies, whose foundations lie
laid doYvn, and which have now arrived both iu New York and
Chicago at a considerably advanced stage.
On Monday morning the various sections resumed Yvork.
In tlie Chemistry Section Professor Roscoc stated that the
Association had decided to award a yearly medal to tho
McGill University, in commemoration of its visit. Among
the papers read yvos one by Professor Schuster on sunspots;
Professor Roscoe rend one on the diamond deposits of South
Africa; Professor Bonncy, on the Arcluean recks of Great
Britain; Dr. Hunt, on the Eozoic rocks of North America;
Professor Bloke, on the pre-Cambrian rocks of Canada; Lord
Kosse, on polishing specula; Air. Adams, on the phosphates of
Canada; Mr. Joncas, on the Canadian fisheries; Mr. Smith,
on the Canadian lighthouse system; and Sir James Douglas,
on improvements of coast signals. Tho sections were well
attended.
On Tuesday highly interesting papers were read by Lord
Rayleigh, Dr. Dallinger, Lieutenant Ray, Air. Walford, Chief
Engineer Yanhome, Mr. Haliburton, and Admiral Coinmerell.
Iu the Alathematical Section, Mr. Glainher called attention to
the number of mathematicians who had attended the meetings.
But the event of Tuesday was the reading of a paper by Lieu¬
tenant Greely. It excited the greatest interest. He reported
that his party had made the valuable discovery of an open
Polar country. He travelled 150 miles withont touching snow,
an experience never hitherto dreamt of by Arctic voyagers.
In this district, vegetation yvos abundant. Dead willows were
seen, and grasses and plants abounded. The valleys were
luxuriant, and they would afford plenty of fodder for musk
cattle. It Yvos an oasis amid the perpetual ice. It yvos
noticeable tlmt traces of the reindeer entirely vanished. The
explorers discovered the remains of a permanent Eskimo
settlement. Southwards of this pleasant region there lay
perpetual ice. Lieutenant Greely believes that a natural
genial change is in progress. In his researches he crossed
Grimiell Laud, und he paid a tribute to the accuracy of the
maps drawn by Lieutenant Beaumont, of the Royal Navy.
A dinner was given to Lieutenant Greely in the afternoon, nt
which 100 persons were present. General Lefroy wus in the
chair.
The citizens of Alontreal gave n reception in the evening to
the members of the Association, which was largely attended.
The corporation of AIcGill University, in commemoration
of tho association meeting at Montreal, conferred, nt the
closing meeting on ‘Wednesday, the honorary degree of LL.D.
upon the following prominent scientists:—Tlie president,
Lord Rayleigh; the following vice-presidents :—The Governor-
General, Lord Lnmdowue, Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir Lyon
Playfair, nud Professor Frnnklnnd; the general secretorie
Captain Douglas Gnlton and Air. A. G. Vernon Ilftrcorrt; tl
secretary, Professor Bonncy; the sectional president, t .
William Thomson ; Sir Henry Roscoe, Mr. W. T. Blnndford,
Professor Afoseley, General Sir J. H. Lefroy, Sir Richard
Temple, Sir Frederick Bramwell, Dr. 1$. B.Tylor, ui I seve
distinguished American men of science.
The meeting of the Association was highly successful.
At the annual meeting of the Tweed Commissioners on
Alonday, at Berwick-on-Tweed, a committee yvus appointed to
make a comprehensive and exhaustive scientific inquiry into
the origin, development, and treatment of the salmon disease,
and £200 was placed at their disposal. The number of dead
and diseased salmon grilse and trout taken from the Tweed in
the last five years was stated to be 37,009.
The foundation-stone of a new hall for the Butchers’ Com¬
pany was laid on Monday morning in Bartholomew-close by
the master of the company, Air. Thomas Kilby. The aucieut
hall of the Company in Knstcheap was pulled down to allow
of the completion, of the Inner Circle Railway nud the widen¬
ing of Enstcheftp. Mr. Kilby stated that the first butchers’
guild was established in 11S0, in the reign of Henry II., and
its first charter Yvns granted by James I. in 1000. The cost of
the hull will bo £7058.
SEPT. 6. 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
223
PARISIAN SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
(From our own Corespondent.)
Puns, Sept. 2.
In another week Paris will be itself again, and the heroes of
fashion, the eaters of first fruits and smokers of dear cigars,
will have abandoned the elegant beaches of Normandy and
Brittany for the more animated and more high-pressure life
of the boulevard. Already the capital is beginning to show
signs of the approach of the winter season. There iB no
longer any open-air music in the afternoons in the parks
and gardens; the little tables in front of the cafes are occu¬
pied by their habitues superficially bronzed by the sea breezes
or mountain sun; the Cafe Anglais no longer prepares a bill-of-
fare for one solitary diner; the clubs, the restaurants, the
Pois do Boulogne, all the great public resorts, are becoming
once more unimated; and already a dozen theatres have re¬
opened their doors, encouraged by the grey sky and frequent
showers with which we ure now fuvoured.
Nat urally, the great topic of the day is the war with China.
I read in an American journal that the successes of Admiral
Courbetaro creating great excitement, and that the boulevards
are crowded with groups commenting on the achievements of
the French fleet. For my own part, I have not remarked any
particular excitement on the Boulevards. The gentlemen
who between five and seven p.m. devote themselves to the
distraction of “ stilling green parrots”—that is to say, drink-
frora Potsdam yesterday week, on route for London. Repre¬
sentatives of the Emperor, tho Empress, and the Crown
Prince were in attendance at the railway station. The Foreign
Diplomatists also joined in the universal marks of respect to
the deceased Ambassador. A special memorial service lor the
late Lord was held in the English chapel at Berlin on Monday.
All the members of the British Embassy and the American
Chnrgc-d’ Affaires were present.
The Emperor of Austria arrived at Arad yesterday week to
attend the manoeuvres about to take place here. The Crown
Prince and Princess left Briick last week after a stay there of
fifteen days.—An extraordinary number of militury manoeuvres
are taking place in Austriu-Huugury j list now. The Croatian
Diet has been dissolved. It was elected three years ago.
The King of Denmark has appointed tho Mayor of
Copenhagen, 31. Finseu, to be 3Iinisterof the luterior.—The
Conference of tho Evangelical Alliance assembled on 3Ionduy
at Copenhagen, about 2000 members being present. An
int roductory meeting was held last Saturday in the university
hull, ut which the president welcomed tho delegates, and the
ljord Mayor of London responded for the English members.
The King aud Queen of Deumurkbave signified their intention
of attending some of the meetings. The alliance elected Dr.
Knlknr us president of the Conference, and the Lord Jluyor of
Loudon, aud Count Bemstorff, of Berlin, as vice-presidents.
The Emperor of Russia left St. Petersburg early on AVed
iHiiv tnrtniiiin \\T« ............. .. ...l.C.l. *1..
ing absinthe—read tho few telegrams we receive very calmly. nesduy morning for Warsaw.—Tho muuoeuvres in'which the
You see, China is a very long way off, and the frivolous Russian Fleet are engaged in tho neighbourhood of Cronstudt
Parisians cannot be expected to take a deep interest in the
operations going on there. Indeed, I am inclined to believe
that comparatively few Frenchmen know where China is, for
the other day I heard an eminent General say that in case of
necessity the French forces might go to China overland !
Amongst other topics of conversation we have, of course,
Sarah Bernhardt. The grand tragedienne lms returned to
Paris, and is to reappear shortly at the Porto Saint-Martin in
“ .Macbeth.” Meanwhile, she will rehearse a new drama by
Sardou, which is to be called “ Theodora,” of which tho
heroine will bo tho courtesan queen of Justinian.—'There is
sonic talk amongst people of artistic tastes about tho ex¬
hibition of the Union Centrale dcs Arts Decorutifs now open
in the Palais de 1'Industrie, where tho Sevres manu¬
factory exhibits u new kind of porcelain admitting of
enamel decoration, such as lias been employed for centuries
by the Chinese, and which has hitherto been n mystery
to Western ceramists. The new Sevres porcelain is excellent
ns regards the quality of the paste, but the forms of tho
objects and the style of decorution are far from artistic,
'i he amateur* are examining with groat interest tho efforts of
the Sevres manufactory to produce what is known ns flamli
ware, efforts in which tho national manufactory has been
preceded and excelled by private manufacturers, and notably
bv 31. O. 3Iilot, who 1ms produced Jlambe vases of n richness
and depth of colour equal to that of the Chinese. The
ceramic department in this exhibition is especially interesting.
One cannot write from Paris in the beginning of September
without speaking of the opening of the shooting season.
Jj'ouverture de la cheuse at Baris is a pretext for spending a few
days in the country, or accepting nil invitation to some hos¬
pitable chateau. But above all it is a pretext for donning
strange accoutrements, boots, gaiters, wonderful hats, and
formidable game-bags, which are filled by the intermediary of
city poulterers if they are filled at all. Of co’urse in good
preserves the real French sportsman makes as line a bag ns
his English colleague, but as a rule tho Parisian sportsman is
a mere caricature, a walking-gentleman of tho chase; and if,
E erchnnce, he does kill anything, nine times out of ten it is
is dog that he kills.
As many curious reports have been current of late about
the health of Baris, it may be useful to state that not only
have we had no cholera, but the sanitary condition is excep¬
tionally good. The death rate lost week, 987, as compared
with lu92 and 1196 in the two preceding weeks, is the smallest
on record this year._ T. C.
An imposing sculpture of ft lion was unveiled at Belfort
on Sunday us a memorial of Colonel Denfert Hochercau, u
descendant of Colignv, who defended the town in 1870, aud
of Thiers, who saved it from annexation to Germany, by
threatening to renew tho war sooner than sacrifice it.
The King and Queen of Spain arrived at Vigo last Saturday
afternoon, and left in the ironclad Victoria on 3Iondny for
Gijon, which was readied on Tuesday.
On Monday the opening meeting of the Conference
begun on Thursday week with an attack upon the fortifica¬
tions, which was repulsed. This was followed by u decisive
battle between two sections of the fleet, and u review. The
Czar mid Czarina were present.
An International Electric Exhibition was opened In Phila¬
delphia on Tuesday by Governor Battcson. The British
Government was represented by Captain II. R. Do Wolski, of
the Royal Engineers.
Despatches from Lima, received at Now York, report that/
on Wednesday week General Caceres entered the city with
ninety horsemen, followed by a rabble. His men begrfli. indis¬
criminate firing, and killed 150 persons. He was finally
driven back by the Government troops, who took 300
prisoners. General Caceres escaped. He said he hud 1300
disciplined troops under his command.
• 'i he Hon. James F. Garrick, Agent-General for Queeus-
land, has received a cablegram from his Government/notifying
thut the Laud Bill has passed the second reading.
The New Zealand Ministry inis resigned, in consequence
of a vote of want of confidence passed by?4ke lluuftr of'
Representatives.
A Reuter despatch from Tien-Tsin states tlmt the Japanese
Afiuistcr lias claimed for his Government ihe sovereignty of
the Iyoochoo Islands. His ExceHencv ateciiucs to /treat at
Tien-Tsin, and will shortly proceed to Pekin. J
MUSIC.
TITE WORCESTER MUSICAI, FRSTtVAL.
The one hundred and sixty-first meeting of the cathedral
choirs of Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester will take
plucc, at the first-named city,, next week. It is scarcely neces¬
sary to remind renders that the ultimate object of these
festivals is to bring aid to the widow* and orphans of the poorer
clergy of the three dioceses, and tliiais,effected entirely oy tho
collections and contributions received at the Cathedral after
the services and musical performances there, and other
donations, no use being made for that purpose of any profits
from the sale of tickets. These, indeed, are usually very small,
and have been ^om^imes nilj instiuices having occurred of
very large balances on tlie wrong side. To meet this possi¬
bility, the number of honorary stewards (among whom the loss,
if any, is divided) bus been gradually uud largely augmented—
in the present case more/than 220 noblemen aud gentlemen
having consented so to serve ; the list being headed with the
name of the Bishop of Worcester, President of the Festival.
The principal solo singers announced are:—Madame Album,
3Iiss A. Williams, Mrs. Hutchinson, Madame Putey, 3Iudatnc
Enriquez, Mr. E. -Lloyd, 3Ir. B. Newth, Mr. Brereton, and
Mr. Snntley.
\ The orchestra—headed by Mr. Carrodus ns soh) and lead¬
ing violinist—Comprises many of tho most eminent London
Tnatramentahsts; the chorus being composed of the three
associated choirs, with reinforcements from other quarters.
/Bherc/tvill be a special inaugural service in the Cathedral
International Societies" of the Red Cross was held at Geneva. !?'“'' lrr0 ' V (Sunday) morning with a sermon, appropriate to
Nearly all tho European States were represented. A letter occn8 > ou > to be preached by the Rev. \\ . J. Knox-Little,
was read from the Empress of Germany announcing'diet uir° n °! })°™ csU ' r ' t l *® n,us jp comprising l)r. Bridge's
iutention to subscribe 50U0f. to the funds of the society. .,Hy ,n j?. , T I'-G. Ouselev s To Deuin and
The Belgian Chamber adopted last Saturdaf Vhe^ew of Emt umie " lul ° U V”? 1 °"i
Primary Education Bill by 80 Clerical against 49 i .ibernl votes. • E ^- Pt Uinu> " nd Dr ‘ Crolt 8 uuthem Ct ? aloud tmd
Uu Sunday a great Liberal demonstration of delegates front
the whole country was held at Brussels to present a petition to
the King respectfully begging his Majesty to refuse his assent
to the bill. The processions proceeded along thc principal
streets, which were lined with a sympathetic crowd, hand¬
kerchiefs waving from tho windows. There were bands of
music, flags, banners with devices and sentences/?' Tho King
being at Ustend, the petitiofYwas left at the Palace. Tho
troops were confined to barracks, and perfect order was kept.—
On Monday the triennial exhibition of pictures and sculpture
was opened at the Fine-Arts Palace, Brussels. The King
and Queen came from Ostend to be present. Their Majesties
were received by the Minister of Fine Arts, the Burgomaster
of Brussels, and the 3Iainiging Committee. The French,
German, Dutch, and Belginu schools fire represented, and
there are many remarkable pictures.
,, At the International Agricultural Exhibition at Amsterdam
Queen Victoria was nvrurded three first prizes, aud the Prince
of Wales two second prizes, for oxen aud milch cows. The
Minister of Public Works distributed the awards on Monday.
The Emperor of Germany was thrown from his horse
v bile riding in the park at Babelsbcrg last week. Beyond a
slight strain to the muscles liis ilajesty sustained no injury.
His Imperial Majesty arrived nt Berlin on 3londay, and took
up his residence at the Royal Palace, in readiness for the great
parade of the Guards porps on Tuesday, the fourteenth
anniversary of the battle of Sedan. At the parade the
Emperor Appeared again on horseback, sitting as firm in his
saddle as ever. He was received with the greatest enthusiasm. At
the dinner which followed in the Castle covers were laid for 350.
There was a state performance at the Opera.—The Crown Prince
returned to Berlin on Thursday week.—Although Princess
William of Prussia is not yet quite recovered, her lately bora
eon was christened on Sunday, with much ceremony, in the
Schloss at Potsdam. The Hereditary Princess of 3Ieiningen,
e ldest daughter of the Crown Princess, acted for the mother,
and the Emperor held at the font this, his third greut-grand-
pou, who received the name of Charles. Among the sponsors
of the Prince are the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, the
Kings and Queens of Wurtemburg and Sweden, and the King
oi Buvnria.—The remains of Lord Ampthill were removed
_ J - - Cry
shout.”
3londay will be appropriated to rehearsals in the Cathedral
mul the Public Hall, and the Festival performances will opeu
with 31. Gounod’s “ Redemption ” on Tuesday morning.
On Wednesday Cherubini’s grand Mass in D minor, Handel’s
overture to “Esther,” Bach’s cantata, “God so loved
the world,” Spohr’s “ Cliriatinu’s Prayer,” and Schu¬
bert’s "Song of Miriam” will be given; and, in tho
evening (also in the Cathedral), Slcndelssolm’s “Elijah ”
will be performed. Thursday morning’s programme' will
begin with the “Stabnt Sluter ” of Herr Dvorak (con¬
ducted by the composer) and close with tho first pai;t of
Meudelssohn’s “St. Paul” ; liandel’s “Messiah,” on Friday
morning, forming, ns usual, the climux to the oratorio per¬
formances, which will bo supplemented, in tho evening,
by n special closing service in the nave of tho cathedral, thus
completing the religious aspect of the occasion.
Concerts of miscellaneous secular music will be given in
the Public Hall on Tuesday and Thursday eveuings; the
earlier occasion including the production of a new cantata,
“Hero aud Lennder,” composed for the festival by 3Ir. O. II.
Lloyd. In accordance with precedent, the Cuthedral organist
of the city in which the festival is held (in this case Mr. Done)
acts as conductor.
An English version of Boito’s “ Mefistofclo” hns recently
been produced with great success by the Carl Rosa Opera
Compauy iu Dublin—the principal characters sustained by
Madame Marie ltoze, Miss Burton, 3Ir. B. 3IcGuckm, and
31 r. Ludwig. Mr. Rosa contemplates an extended season nt
Drury Lane Theatre, commencing next Easter. “ Aleflstofelc,”
a version of M. 3Iassenet’s “ Manon,” aud a new opera (on a
Russian subject) by 3Ir. A. GoringThomas, will be produced ;
3Ir. A. C. Mackenzie's new English opera being deferred to
the season of 1886.
THE PLAYHOUSES.
A large and brillant Lyceum audieuce on the night of Thurs¬
day, Aug. 28, testified iu the heartiest fashion their admiration
of tho dramatic genius of 31 r. Henry Irving ut the close or tho
distinguished actor's subtle aud powerful delineation of the
clearly-cut character of Cardinal Richelieu in the lute Lord
Lytton’s historical play, wherein, it should also be men¬
tioned inpassing, an extremely graceful and comely aud brightly
intelligent young actress, 3Iiss Winifred Emery, shone as
Julie do 3Iortemur. The culminating poiut of enthusiasm iu
this vuledictory demonstration was reached when 31 r. Irving
reappeared before the curtain leading 31iss Ellen Terry, whoso
right arm was still iu a sling, but whose beaming face, us she
bowed her thunks for the wurm applause bestowed upon
her, eloquently Bpoke of returning health. The habitual
farewell speech, a model address on this occasion, was
made by 3Ir. Irving, who Unformed his friends tlmt the
Lyceum Company would commence thrityiraus-Atluntic tour
in Quebec on the Thirtieth of September next. The American
tour is to be closed ut Now York on the Fourth of April;
and early in the ensuing May 3Ir. Trying, Miss Ellen Terry,
uud the Company are to reappear at the Lyceum, “Olivia’”
being named us one otThe earliest revivals. Particularly sig¬
nificant was the eordiul approval by the audieuce of the pus.-age
in which Mr. Irving smilingly spoke of his intention to “per¬
manently settle down at home” on his return from thissecoud
American trip.
The Lyceum, during 31r. Irving's absence, will be under
the direction of 31 r. Abbey, who reopens the house to-night
with 3Iisk Mary Anderson as the star iu Mr. AY'. S. Gilbert's
play* of “ l’ygmulion nud Galatea” and “Comedy aud
Tragedy.” \ I
3Ir. YVileqh Barrett should have token in a large stock of
health during'hiepJceut vucutiou. With uudiminished earnest¬
ness and power did this admirable actor sustain the arduous
-roles of “ Claudian ’ ’ and “Clmtterton ” lost Saturday night
at the Princess*s Theatre ; and, when recalled by the gratified
nuditojy, lie yet lmd breath left to return the inevitable speech
Lof thauksJ and to announce n grand revival of “Hamlet”
us his next novelty. 3Jr. Wilson Barrett has secured as a foil
to hiaHanilet an emotional Ophelia in Jliss Enstlnke, whose
perioraianco of the purt of Almida in “ Claudian ” is replete
with grace and feeling. It is whispered thatoQ that art, skill,
'research, and liberal expenditure can do will be forthcoming
to render the Princess’s “ liumlet” the dramatic event of tho
autumn.
About the same time that 3Ir. Wilson Barrett was unfold¬
ing his programme, 3Ir. Terriss was putting a good face on
mutters at Toole’s, nud informing the audience that the brief
season ot 3Ir. Daly's American Company had been more suc¬
cessful than he had anticipated it would be. The artistic
ability of the leading members of this excellent troupe of
comedians wus shown during the last nights of the engage¬
ment in the amusing force of “ A Woman’s Won’t” and
Colley Cibber’s old-fashioned comedy of “ She AY'ould mid She
AVould Not,” in which 3Iiss Ada Rclian was charming as
llypolitn, nud Mr. Junies Lewis was delightfully humorous in
the character of Trappanti. A return visit of .Mr. Daly’s
mirth-moving compauy would be welcome.
Adaptations from the German are becoming not uncommon
on the London stage. A fresh one wus submitted for approval,
and gained it, at the Hiiymarkct on 3Iouday. “ Bachelors”
is the inviting title of the comedy, the English version of
which is by Mr. Robert Buchanan and Mr. Hermann Ye/.iu.
Divcrtiugly is it shown iu “ Bachelors ” how n group of Bene¬
dicks in a celibate home come iu the end to surrender nt dis¬
cretion to the irresistible Beatrices with whom they are thrown
into contact. That clever young comedian, Mr. C. Brookfield,
who lias taken upon his shoulders the management of the
Haymarket during the autumn season, performs with great
humour the droll part of Professor Bromley, who is driven to
propose to more than one lady. “Bachelors” is otherwise
well acted. Alisa Kate 3Iunroe and Miss 31. A. Victor as the
bewitching widows, Mr. 11. B. Conway us Lovelace, 3Ir.Stewart
Dawson as Marrable, Miss Julia Gwyune, Miss Ruth Francis,
3Ir. Charles Coote, 31r. E. Maurice, and 3Iiss 3Iary Alurden,
all acquit themselves with the requisite spirit to make this
peculiarly funny piece go off well. Mr. Brookfield does not
spare himself, for lie is for the remainder of the evening the
life and soul of “Evergreen.”
Theatrically speaking, London will be almost itself ngain
m another week. To-night, the Comedy reopens witli the ad¬
mirable comic opera of “Rip Van Winkle.” 3Iessrs. Willie
Edouin and Lionel Brough join bauds nt Toole’s next
Tuesday, when both these popular low comedians will appear
in a new and sparkling burlesque, “ Babes ; or, YVhincs from
•the Wood,” u punning title worthy the dry author, Mr.
Harry Puulton. On Thursday, the Eleventh of September,
3Ir. Augustus Harris will court fortuue again nt Drury Lane,
and not unsuccessfully if careful rehearsal means anything,
with the remarkably engrossing and exciting drama of “The
AY orld,” which brought this clever and energetic young
manager his first stroke of managerial luck. G. A. M.
The autumn Congress of the Sanitary Institute of Great
Britain, which lias the Duke of Northumberland for its presi¬
dent, will be held this year at Dubliu. Sir Robert Itawlmson,
C.B., the president of the Congress, will open the Congress
with an address on Tuesday, the 30th iust., aud the proceedings
will last until Oct. 4. * 6
Horace Davenport, the ex-amateur champion of England,
on Tuesday swam across the Solent from Portsmouth to Rydo
aud back in five hours and thirty-five minutes.
The exhibition of works by tho members of the City of
London Society of Artists iu the old Law Courts adjoiuiug the
Guildhall hns proved so successful that the promoters lmvo
decided to retain tho collection on view until the end of
September, a month longer than was originally intended.
A. public drinking fountain, presented by Miss Emily
Bessie Urboll, of Duke-strcet, Mauchester-square, was publicly
opened on Wednesday, in tho St. George’s-gardeus, Wuke-
tteld-street, Regent-square, in the presence of Mr. .Milton, the
secretary of the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association
and several members of the St. Pancras Y'cstry.
The Consul-General of the Argentine Republic has re¬
quested that a mistake in our description of tho new city of
La I’lala might be rectified. La Plnta was mentioned ns "the
new capital, whereas the city of Buenos Ayres is still the capital
of the Federation, La Plata being only the new capital of the
province of Buenos Ayres.
The New Island Lighthouse off Belfast was handed over to
the Commissioners of Irish Lights on AY’cduesday, having been
completed by the contractors, 3Iessrs. Dixon aud Co. It stands
150 ft. above the level of high water, and its illuminating
power extends over twenty miles. A fog signal of groat power
is attached to it. Residences for the keeper aud his assistants
luive been erected on tho island.
The funeral of the lute Lord Ampthill took place nt St.
Alichael’s Church, Clienies, Buckinghamshire, on AV'ednesday
the remains being placed in the family vault of the Russell's,
beneath the village church. The coffin was covered with
floral wreaths. On the head panel is placed a simple brass
plate with tho following inscription :—“ The Right Hon. Udo
AY llliam Russell, first Baron Ampthill, bora 20th Fcbruarv
1829, died at Potsdam, 25th August, 1884.” Precisely at one
o clock the funeral cortege left the rectory.
Siiiinii .rminuiiiiininiiir
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226
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
SEPT. 6, 1884
THE COURT.
The Queen is in excellent health and spirits. On Thursday
week the Duke of Wellington hod an audience of her
Majesty at Osborne to deliver up the Badge of the Garter
worn by his uncle, the late Duke. The Crown Princess
of Germany and Princess Victoria of Prussia dined with
her Majesty. General the Right lion. Sir Henry and the Hon.
Lady Ponsonby, Captain Arthur, C.B., her Majesty’s ship
Hector, guard-ship at Cowes, and Captain Thomson, her
Majesty’s yacht Victoria and Albert, had the honour of being
invited. Yesterday week Gunner Alfred Bretnall and Privates
Daniel Brady and Stephen Patterson, Royal Marines, were
decorated by the Queen with the medal for conspicuous gal¬
lantry for services performed by them at the battle of Taiuai.
The Crown Princess of Germany and Princess Victoria of
Prussia dined with her Majesty, Sir Howard Elphinatone
hail the honour of being invited. The Earl of Northbrook
and General Lord Wolseley arrived at Osborne on Saturday
last, and had an audience of the Queen, previous to their
departure for Egypt. The German Crown Princess left
Osborne ou Saturday to attend the christening of the infant
Duke of Albany at Esher. The Queen drove out in the after¬
noon, accompanied by Princess Beatrice and Princess Louis of
Buttenberg ; and at Osborne Bay her Majesty inspected one of
the boats built by Mr. J. White, of Cowes, for the Nile expe¬
dition, the boat being loaded to its intended deepest draught,
and having its full complement of ten soldiers and two boat¬
men on board. On Sunday morning her Majesty, Princess
Beatrice, and the Princesses Victoria, Sophie, and Margaret of
Prussia, and the members of the Royal household, attended
Divine service. The Rev. Canon Protoero officiated.
The Queen left the Isle of Wight for Scotland on Monday
evening. Her Majesty was accompanied by Princess Beatrice,
Princess Margaret and Prince Arthur of Connaught, and
Princess Victoria of Germany; and was joined ut Basingstoke
by the Crown Princess of Germany. The Royal party reached
Ballater on Tuesday afternoon. The Prince und Princess of
Wales, accompanied by their sons and daughters, drove into
the village in open carriages, and waited to receive her Majesty.
The Prince aud his sous wore the Highlaud costume. An
unusually large crowd gathered in the area beyond the plat¬
form, and when the Queen approached she was greeted with
enthusiastic cheers. Her Majesty bowed smilingly, and took
her seat in an open carriage drawn by four greys, with
postillions and outriders. A guard of honour of the 2nd Bat¬
talion Royal Scots was drawn up, nnd saluted her Majesty as
she passed. The Prince and Princess of Wales, after a short
conversation with the Queen, the Crown Princess, and the
other members of the party, took leave of her Majesty. The
Queen then drove away amidst loud cheers, going by the north
side of the Dee to Balmoral. The Prince and Princess of
Wales drove up the south side of the river.
The Crown Princess, after a short stay at Balmoral, will
proceed to Germany. Princesses Sophia and Margaret of
Prussia remain in the Isle of Wight during the visit of the
Crown Princess and Princess Victoria to Scotland.
The rrince and Princess of Wales, with their sons nnd
daughters, are enjoying themselves at their Highland resi¬
dence. The Prince and his sons. Princes Albert Victor und
George, were out on Tuesday, last week, in the Woods of The
Knocks, near Abergeldie. Five splendid stags fell to the rifles
of the party. One cf the stags had a magnificent head, with
eleven points. In the evening a deer dunce was held at
Abergeldie Mains, followed by a torchlight procession. The
scene was a very romantic one, nnd the visitors seemed to
enjoy it thoroughly. On the following day Prince George
was in Ballochbue Forest, and shot two stags. On Thursday
week the Prince and Princess, accompanied oy Princes Albert
Victor and George and Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud,
paid a visit to Aberdeen, und were entertained at luncheou in
the Townhall by the officers of the 3rd Battalion Gordon
Highlanders. The Princess of Wales subsequently presented
new colours to the regiment. The day was observed ns a
general holiday, aud in the evening the city was illuminated.
The Duke of Edinburgh, who arrived with the Channel
Fleet off Kingstown on Wednesday week, visited Dublin on
Thursday, and was the guest of the Lord Lieutenant and
Lady Spencer. In the course of the day his Royal Highness
visited the Horse Show. The Duke was everywhere
greeted with great cordiality. Yesterday week Sir Thomas
Steele, Commander of the Forces in Ireland, visited the
Duke. Last Saturday the Duke again visited Dublin with
Prince Alfx-ed of Edinburgh, and was received at the
Dublin railway station by the Lord Lieutenant. His
Royal Highness was loudly cheered on liis landing, aodwas
frequently saluted in the streets of Dublin. He lunched at
the Viceregal Lodge in the Plnx-nix Park, and afterwards
watched the close of a cricket-match between I Ziugnri and
the military. On the Channel Squadron arriving at Queens¬
town Inst Monday, the Mayor of Cork went on board the
Minotaur, nnd welcomed the Duke, who expressed his gratifi¬
cation at the reception of the officers of the equudron on the
Irish coast. The Duke left Queenstown on Tuesday morn¬
ing for Castlemnrtyr, the residence of the Earl of Shannon.
Princess Alexandra Olga Victoria, third daughter Of the Duke,
attained her sixth birthday on Monday. \
The Crown Princess of Sweden arrived at Eastbourne on
Saturday lust. _ \ \
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The Arcliiepiscopal Library at Lambeth is closed for five
weeks. \\ \\
The Bishop of Salisbury has -arrived in Bournemouth for a
period of rest. Dr. Moberly fsJii his eighty-first year.
Lord Nelson opened a Church of England Working-Men’s
Institute at Christclmrclv onTluxrsday week.
The enthronement oftheBishop of Kipou (Dr. Carpenter)
lias been fixed to take place in Ripdn Cathedral next Tuesday.
The Ripoiu Diocesan Conference will be held on Tuesday
aud Wednesday, Olt> 7 and 8, in the Philosophical Hall, Leeds.
The Bishop of R'ipon lias appointed the Rev. W. J. Court¬
ney to the »<?le charge of Dent, near Sedbergh.
By the death of the Rev. 'Frederick Ffrench, the living of
Orton, near Southwell, Notts, has become vacant.
The Bishop of Llandaff, has so far recovered from his recent
illness, caused through .the rupture of a blood-vessel, that he
has bei«n enabled to leave the palace for Derby.
The Bishop of Lincoln has addressed a letter to the clergy of
his diocese. thankiugtliem for their prayers nnd kind expressions
of sympathy duriug his recent severe illness.
The XrnhptNof Bangor (Dr. Campbell), in his chargo at
Llandegai onThursduy week, said that the Church is gaining
in strength, in spiritual life, und energy.
We hear that the Bishop of St. Albans has presented the
Rev. A. K. Noil hey, Vicar of Offiey, to the vicarage of
Kickmanswortb, worth £600 a year.
The Archbishop of York, as a trustee for the Speaker's
Commentary, bus apportioned £100 of the profits arising from
that work to the Wyelif Society, which was formed in 1882 to
complete the printing of John Wyelif a writings.
PAPER AND INK.
Anthony Trollope used to say that all the outlay needed by
the man who selected literature as a profession was in paper
and ink. In one sense this is true. He has not to take
chambers, like the barrister, or an office, like the architect;
neither has he to purchase stock, like the tradesman. Unlike
the merchant, he requires no balance at the banker’s ; unlike
the physician, he is not forced at the commencement of practice
to speud much while earning little. The literary man is free
from many of the fetters by which men in other professions
are bound. Ho can live or starve, as he pleases; if he
earn little he can spend less. He has no partnership to buy
on borrowed capital; no establishment to keep up for the sake
of appearances; he can write as well in a garret as in a
mansion ; and there is scarcely any position, however narrow
or painful, in which he cannot carry on his daily work.
What a free life it seems! How pleasant to spin fancies
and sell them for guineas! To work when ana how you
please, to charm the whole world of readers, and put money in
your purse at the same time ! The young writer who chooses
this delightful profession never doubts of his success in it.
He remembers the prizes; he forgets the blanks. He
Bees uuthors riding in their carriages ; he does uot or will
not see the needy army of writers who work through weary
hours day by day, and cam a miserable pittance. The want
of success, that “Work without hope” of which Coleridge
writes so feelingly, is especially poiuful to a journalist or
author, for he has to bear it alone aud in solitude, without any
of the alleviations which come to men in more active occupa¬
tions. But the possibility of this sorrow that makes the heart
sick does not occur to the literary tyro. Other men have won
iu the race, and why should not he; if he cannot win fortune
he may do what is better—rise to fame; and the dream of making
a name in literature leads him to despise difficulties. Some
men, it may be observed incidentally, seem to live on dreams;
and so long as they do not wake to find that they lmve been
dreaming, the life is a pleasant one : but what if they do?
The profession of literature resembles in one respect that
of the stage. No one probably was ever hindered from
engaging in either by the adverse arguments of authors or v
actors. There is so much iu both professions which looks
tempting, that the man with a turn for writing or for acting
wishes to try for himself whether the path is full of thorns 6r
flowers. Two, however, of the most conspicuous jneir-qf
letters this century has produced were under no illusioimbout
the occupation they deliberately selected. Southey, after
vain efforts to succeed in law and medicine, settled ^lown to
literature, and called it his “ one happy choice.” “ No man,”
he said, “ was ever more contented with his lot than I am ;”
aud no man, we may add, ever toiled at the oar With more
untiring energy. lie knew what he could do, and so long as
he had his household treasures round him his heart did not
fail. But Southey did not counsel others to follow ill his
steps. “It is a difficult as well ns a delicate task,” he wrote,
“ to advise a youth of ardent mind and uspiring Jhpughts in
the choice of a profession; but a wise ninn will have no
hesitation in exhorting him to choose anything rather than
literature. Better tliut he should seek his fortune before the
mast, or with a musket oh his shoulder and n knapsack on his
buck; better that he should follow the plough, or work at the
loom or the lathe, or sweat over the anvil, than trust to
literature as the only means of his support.” And now listen
to wlmt another “author by profession ” lias to say, who pur¬
sued through a long life a similar course of honourable toil.
“Periodical writing,” says Carlyle, “is simply the worst
of all existing employments. . . . Incessant scribbling is in¬
evitable death to thought.” And again : “It is galling and
heart-burning to live on the precarious windfalls of literature. ”
In a pecuniary point of view, Scott gained infinitely more by
authorship than by his official posts, yet Sir Walter always
maintained strongly that literature was not a pursuit to live
by, aud, like Charles Lamb, he considered it a bad crutch,
but a good walking-stick. A man should be very well assured
that lie possesses what is known in medicine as staying power
before he devotes liimscl f to authorship. It is not the capacity
of occasionally writing clever things that will serve him in
what Carlyle calls “ tho''trade of literature.” The brilliancy
that sometimes dazzles us in young writers is a thing of youth,
which disappears with the season of its birth.
Literature, with far fewer prizes, is ns exacting a pro¬
fession us medicine or the law. To succeed, a man must give
ail his days to it, and we had almost said his nights. How
much knowledge it demands, how much versatility, how much
happiness of expression, will he obvious to every render. A
small fund of thought nnd learning will be soon exhausted,
and it is essential that acquisition should keep pace with
composition. At the same time, the author whose works are
of any worth will not lmve got up his knowledge for the tem¬
porary purpose of using it. To be employed effectively it must
have been assimilated before, and become a part of his being.
Andheniustbecontenttospeudyenrs in preparatory labour, and
often in abortive efforts. Literary success seems easy, because
we do uot see tho toil that has secured it. The ambitions youth
looking at the great names in literature asks why he, too,
should not lift his forehead to the stars? Why should lie ?
Genius is one of the rarest of gifts, and authorship without
genius, although often extremely useful, yields a compara¬
tively small return in money aud less in fame. Why should
he P when among all the sons of men so few, so very few,
stand out from their fellows in literature or art. After all, the
only man of letters truly deserving of the title is he who
pursues literature with undivided affection, who loves it in
poverty as much as iu wealth, in obscurity as much ns when
it makes his name famous, and who finds in it the best of
masters, because he is the most loving, the most faithful, the
most self-denying of servants. J. D.
It is again stated that the Blenheim “ Raphael ’^hns been
purchased by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for £70,000.
A new church, dedicated to St. Giles, in the Early English
style, has been opened at Marfleet, in Holderuess. It replaces
a brick structure built in 1793.
The Standard correspondent in Copenhagen reportsThe
long-mooted question regarding the site of the projected
English church is in these days decided in favour of the spot
suggested by the Minister of War. The site thus chosen is
on the Esplauade, an open space between the Citadel and the
Custom-House, immediately adjacent to the harbour nnd the
inner roads, aud therefore the very best that could have been
chosen for seamen.
The preachers at St. Paul’s Cathedral for the present month
are as follow:—Kept. 7, morning, tho Rev. Prebendary Scott;
evening, the Rev. Dr. Guy, Head Master of the Forest School,
Walthamstow. Sept. 14, morning, the Rev. Prebendary
Reynolds; evening, the Rev. T. IT. Houblon, Vicar of
Wantage. Kept. 21, morning, tho Rev. A. Williamson;
evening, the Rev. G. B. Yaux, Curate of Wellington, Salop.
Sept. 28, morning, the Rev. Dr. Wace; evening, the ltev.
Canon Sumner, Rector of Old Alresford, Hants. The Rev.
R. H. Scott Holland, being the Canon in residence for the
mouth, will occupy the pulpit on Suuday afternoons.
THE CUP THAT CHEERS.
In the social history of England during the last hundred years
tea occupies a prominent place. Modern philanthropy has
found iu it a strong support, nnd it is needless to observe that
half the religious and charitable associations in the kingdom
are iudobted to tea meetings. Yet, strange to Bay, when first
the herb became populur in the eighteenth century it was
opposed on moral grounds. John Wesley used all his eloquence
to denounce the use of it as likely to injure not the body only
but the soul. He terms it poison, and argues that for the sake
of those whom it injures and on whose hearts it has too much
hold, it is the duty of all men to abstain from it. Dr. Johnson,
who drank tea iu inordiuate quantities, and often kept airs.
Thxale up till four o'clock in the morning while she poured
out cup utter cup of tho “ watery luxury,” was startled at its
large consumption in this country. Tea, he admits, is a
barren superfluity unfitted for the lower classes of the people,
as it supplies no strength to labour, but gratifies the teste
without nourishing tho body. He is informed that the nation
expends upon it more than £300,000 annually, aud udtuits that
if this be the case the importation ought to bo stopped by a
penal law.
When Johnson wrote, in 1757, he stated that two years
previously nearly four millions of pounds had been imported,
not to reckon that which was surreptitiously introduced; aud
lie adds, “ Such quantities are indeed sufficient to alarm us.”
If there was cause for alarm then, what would the Doctor say
now ? A hundred years after he wrote, more than 75,000,000 lb.
were charged with duty, and the total export of China tea last
season amounted to 151,000,0001b., while in one month of the
present year the deliveries of teas from India alone exceeded
0,000,00O lb. Readers are not generally fond of statistics, but
it is well to have a dear conception of tho enormous progress
of the trade.
The taste for tea grows with the years, nnd it may now
be looked upon ns a necessary of life. Both in the higher
classes of society and in the lower the tea-pot is one of the
most familiar of domestic objects. There are some extreme
abstainers, however, who do not regard the sight with
pleasure. Mr. Ueade, who has lately written un interesting
little volume upon tea, states tlmt there is a society in America,
consisting of 10,000 members, pledged neither to drink tea nor
^coffer; and Dr. Richardson considers that tea is a fruitful
cause of much mental depression. “There are many,” ho
says, “ who never know a day of felicity owing t<» this one
destroying cause.” This opiniou was shared by the late
Dean of Bangor, who thought that tea-drinking, by destroying
the calmness of the nerves, was acting as a dangerous
revolutionary force among us. Unhappy tho man whose
friends hold intemperate views of temperance. At one
house he is not allowed to poison himself with wine;
at another he is denied tea; at a third the righteous
soul of his host is “ vexed ” with coffee; at a fourth vege¬
tarianism is in the ascendant; and in all, probably, smoking is
looked upon us a vice, nml tobacco us the source of un¬
numbered evils! Tea, unlike tobacco. Inis the better half of
the race upon its side, nnd women at least will bo glad to
know that the consensus of opinion is friendly to their
favourite beverage. It 1ms been proved incontestably
that soldiers nnd sailors can work better on tea or
coffee than on rum; that they keep out the cold of
the Arctic* regions more effectually than alcohol, and are
more invigorating in tropical heat. In mountain climbing
cold tea is preferred to brandy, and in the harvest-field tea
g ives more working power than beer. Of course, people who
rink very strong tea or great quantities of tea generally suffer
in consequence from indigestion and nervous affections. There
are exceptions to the rule, however; nnd Mr. Gladstone has
confessed that lie drinks more tea between midnight and four
in the morning than any other member of the House of
Commons, and that the strongest tea never interferes with his
sleep.
when ten was first brought to England, in the first half of
the seventeenth century, it was almost a priceless luxury, being
sold for £6 and even £10 the pound. It was comparatively a
luxury, too, in Johnson’s day; but in the present age the
price has rapidly fallen, aud now wliat is called ten can bo
bought for eightecupence a pound, llow much the cheap
samples of the herb are adulterated, we ilo not know; but
even in the early years of the century a Report of the House
of Commons states that “ millions of pounds’ weight of sloe,
liquorice, and ash-tree leaves are every year mixed With
Chinese teas in England.” And this wo do know, too often
by experience, that cheap tea is wholly destitute of bouquet,
aiid lias no exhilarating quality. Yet people who cannot
plead poverty, and who would be ashamed to give their friends
poor wine, are strangely indifferent ns to the quality of their
tea. The cup they offer does not cheer, and, failing to do
this, is of no service whatever. Afternoon tea is or ought to
be one of the pleasantest institutions of the day. Conver¬
sation flows readily when assisted by the kindly inspiration of
the tenpot. Tea is a great support on such occasions to the
nervous man. When he suddenly discovers that he lias
nothing to say it gives him something to do.
Happily, the latest medical authorities regnrd the afternoon
tea not only as harmless but beneficial. Assuredly it promotes
geniality and cheerfulness, and, as an adjunct to lawn-tennis,
had a value feelingly appreciated by many of us during the
recent hot days of August.
Over 20,120,000 tons of coal were raised from the Yorkshire
coal-fields during the last official year.
The Quern has conferred the further distinction of n
diploma upon the members of the Royal Institute of Painters
in Water Colours.
On Monday the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland left Dublin for
Gowran Castle, Kilkenny, for the purpose of being present at
the festivities attending the coming of age of Viscount Clifden,
oue of whose guardians his Excellency has been since I860.
Mr. William Comer Fetheram, Q.C., has been appointed
Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature for the North-
Western Provinces of India, in the place of Sir Robert Stuart,
resigned.
Nearly all the troops comprising the Aldershott division
took part in ft sham fight yesterday week, the main body,
under General Sir Archibald Alison, manoeuvring against a
skeleton enemy commanded by Colonel SirllowardElphinstone.
The Royal Victoria Hall and Coffee Tavern (once the
Victoria Theatre) reopened last Saturday with a very attrac¬
tive programme. Four evenings iu each week are devoted to
the variety entertainments, nnd on others lectures are provided.
A bands concert will be held in Victoria Park to-day
(Hospital Saturday), five bands playing selections of music,
nnd in the evening there will be a concert at Victoria Hall,
both performances being in aid of the Hospital Saturday Fund.
Sir George Russell on Thursday week cut the first turf of a
line of railway which is being constructed by the El 1 1 am Valley
Railway Company to connect the South-Eastern main line at
Cheriton, near Folkestone, with Canterbury. The new railw ay
will open a rich agricultural district.
SEPT. 6. 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
227
MOUNTAINEERING IN THE TYROL.
It i9 said that fear of the cholera has lessened the number of
English visitors to the Continent in this holiday season ; but
those who delight in the High Alps have nothing of that kind
to fear. Many of our couutrymen will just now be enjoying
Switzerland and the Tyrol, us freely as in past years; and
those who have sufficient enterprise and fortitude of mind, as
well as robustness and activity of body, may again be inspired
with the romantic ambition to climb the ’loftier peaks and
traverse the most difficult passes. Some of the perilous feats
that are occasionally performed by members or disciples of the
Alpine Club are exemplified in our page of Sketches, with the
portrait of a notable Tyrolese guide in the centre, wearing the
ordinary cap and feather of national costume for his class.
The mode of operations, in ascending precipitous sides of
mountains, is necessarily different from that of ordinary
pedestrian progress along a level road. It becomes, in certain
places, a pretty frequent resorting to the practice or precept,
“Up with the ladder and down with the rope,” but seldom
with results so fatal ns in that proverbial adage. Scaling the
perpendicular walls of rock that perhaps overhang a possible
drop of several hundred feet, or submitting the weight of your
body to suspension from above, while you painfully struggle
upward, trying to stick your feet into the notches j
cut with the axe by your guide, is a fair test of
courage and the strength of manhood. Not quite so
but equally trying to the nerves and to mental resolution, is
the slow walking of several men, tied together, on the
narrowest slippery ledge, half-way up the height, around
the bulging shoulder of a mighty cliff, where the
sudden fall of one person might drag his companions
down with him, ns happened in the terrible disaster of the
Matterhorn, nineteen years ago. It need scarcely be re¬
marked that the situation of the young geutlemnn astride
the trunk of a tree thrown across a chasm of unknown depth,
though he has a rope about his waist the ends of which aro
held by native attendants on each side, cannot bo altogether
secure and comfortable; but the glories of mountaineering
adventure aro enhanced by its real dangers. He will,
nfter many hours of extreme toil, gain the summit
which may command an extensive view of the lower
country, with surprising peeps into the recesses of the
Alpine highland region; but which may, on the other hand,
THE ROYAL VISIT TO NEWCASTLE.
The opening of Armstrong Park, Newcastle, by the Prince and
Princess of Wales, on the 20th alt.., was related in our Journal
at the time. We now present an illustration of the golden key to
GOLD KEY FOn THE PRINCE OF W.VI.E8 TO OPEN THE
AHMKTUONQ PARK, NEWCASTLE.
reveal only a stony top-shelf with nothing upon it, and. the
swelling bulk of adjacent mountains, losing half their graudeur
of form compared with their aspect from below. It will, how-
ever, be a just cause of triumph when he descends, with neck
unbroken, to return safe home after the Long Vacation, and
can relate his achievements to friends among the under¬
graduates of Excelsior College; and no oue there will be so
unkind ns to quote the ironical advice of the Roman satirist :—
I, demons, et outre per Alpes,
Ut putrria placeus, et declainntio'tlai.
ROYAL NATIONAL LIKE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
At a meeting of this institution held ou Thursday last, at its
house, John-street, Adelphi.it was reported that during the
current year the institution had contributed, !>)• its life-boats
ami other means, to the saving qf 475 lives from shipwrecks,
besides assisting to rescue nitie Vessels from destruction. For
these services four silver medals aud £3057, in cash have been
granted ns rewards. Among the contributions lately received
were £500 from Mrs. R. F. Browne, ofDublin, to provide a
life-boat to be named the “Richard Browne,” and placed on
the const of Dublin ; £100 from tho Dramntic Club of tlio
Honourable Artillery Company further, on behalf of their
new life-boat fpr Walton-on-fhe'-Nazo; and £7 5s., being nn
offertory on board H.M.S. Tourmaline, per the Rev. James
Payton, R.N.j/Oliaplain. Life-bouts were sent by the in-
ments amounting to £2808 were made on tho 277 life-boat
establishments of tho institution.
On Tuesday the annual exliibition of tho Warwickshire
Agricultural Society was held at Stratford-on-Avon. There
was mi excellent show, the entries including 820 animals.
The dinner took place in the aftomoou, in a tent in the show
ground, and was well attended. Lord Leigh presided.
Among the notable bridges in the world is the one at
Langung, China. It crosses an arm of the China Sen. This
structure is some five miles long, and has not less than 300
arches. Over the pillar of each urch reclines a lion made out
of a single block of marble, mid yet 21 ft. long. The roadway
of this bridge is 75 ft.
BADGE TO COMMEMORATE T1IE OPF.NIXO OF THE NEW DOCK
ON THE TYNE.
the new Park, manufactured by nn eminent local firm of gold¬
smiths, Messrs. Reid and Sons, of Grey-street, Newcastle-pn- \
Tyne; and of the spade with which the Princess planted a
young oak-tree. The ring of the key bears the arms of New¬
castle, and on tho reverse side is the Prince of Wales’s plume .
surmounted with a crown bearing the Royal inscription,
“Honi soit qui mol y pense.” The key is very handsomely
and ingeniously designed, and the inscription on the shield
is, “Armstrong Park, Newcnstle-on-Tyne, opened by his
Iioyal Highness the Prince of Wales, Aug. 20, 1884. The
spade presented to her Royal Highness is about ft. long v
The handle is made of black oak from tho anri'ept Type bridge.
In the centre is a drawing of a shield bearing the Newcastle
arms; there are also empanelled the arms of, the Prince mid
Princess. The spade bears the foUmrintt imciiption :-/-7 The
visit of their Rovnl Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales to Newcu*stle-ou-Tyne; opening of tho Arrtistrong
Park, Aug. 20, 1881.” A medal, bearing a facsimile of
the seal of the Tvue Commissioners, and a brooch or badge,
to commemorate the occasion, were also made by Messrs. Reid
and Sous, aud have been generally admired.
THE LOAN EXHIBITION, EDINBURGH.
Lost year we gave a brief notice of the “ Loan Collection of
Old Masters and Scottish Nutional Portraits” then exhibited
in Edinburgh. This year the Hoard of Manufactures, to
which our Northern brethren, with that eye to practical results
so characteristic of them, have confided the entire control of
art mutters, has partly repeated and very much extended the
portrait portion of last year’s exhibition. Die result is
altogether admirable.
To the student, indeed, and to the man whose habit of mind
has a teudency towards quietude and philosophy, the present
collection of Scottish portraits nffords a refuge from the out¬
door turmoil of tourist life — which we need hardly say is, from
the cholera scare, more rampant this autumn than ever—if not
an absolute antidote to the political excitement to which the
perfervid genius of the Scottish people is at this moment sub¬
mitting itself.
The collection consists of 5(7?f f
portrait-busts, forty-four
seventy-one eastsof Scottis A __ r ,.
these are all, with perhaps here jam there nn exception, well
hung and placed. The, compiler of the catalogue has done
good service in the historical notes wmch he has appended to
the names of those represented , nu d had lie only extended his
labours to the artists themselves, stilting the place and the date
of their birth and burial, and a word, so far as it could be ascer¬
tained, as to their training,\he would have enhanced tho
permanent, value or his book, j If wo remember rightly, last
year’s catalogue did toqietjiing of this kind, and it is rather to
be regretted tlmt the-practipe has been discontinued.
With the revival of art in this island we generally follow
the examples of Walpole, and associate with it the honoured
name of George Jamqsime ; but, noticing time the number of
portraitsiu the present exhibition whose authors are “un¬
known” reaches nearly two hundred, and that many of these
evidently belong to the first half of the seventeenth century,
we are forced to the conclusion that the practice of portraiture
was much mol e diffused than we generally suppose.
Jamesone, Aikmnn, Alexander, tho Allans, Runciman,
Allan Ramsay, Sir Henry Raeburn, Sir David Wilkie, Sir
consists of 573 painted portraits, thirty-five
ty-four engravings hud miniatures, and
f Scottish portrait-medals. Hut for crowding.
C I T Y E C H 0 E S.
Wednesday, Sept. 3.
While the most secure 3 to 4 per cent securities are increasing
in value, many important sections of dividend descriptions are
losing ground just now. Americaii^issues do not hold, pro¬
bably because the traffic returns are not yet guiuing much
over the experience of 1883, pud further because investors aro
kept back by the succession prevents and disclosures in
in regard to railway administration in the States. Canadian
suffer somewhat from sympathy. The Grand Trunk dividend
is now much talked of. This time last year it was known on the
12th. British Railway open stocks are also weaker. Caledonian
and North British move continually j ust ns the dividendcstimnte
of the hour suggests^ Mexican Railway Stocks are still the
objeet df a great deal of speculative interest, and once more
it is placed beyond doubfcrtlmt the traffic returns are known
with precision in advance of the official publication. It is not
supposed tlilit tho officials of the company in London are con¬
cerned. One result of the resort to hostilities in China by
France is nn ndvuuce in the shares of our Chinese Tea Com-
''P^nies, the supposition being that, as the export from China
may tugreby be impeded, present stocks will rise in value.
Caledonian stock bos risen on the notification of a dividend of
4 per cent per annum, which is the same rate ns last year.
The plan for reconstructing the defaulting Wabash, St.
Louis, and Pacific Railwny Company is now before English
"Investors, aud it has been received with considerable pre¬
liminary discontent. It does not appear that the board or
those who father this scheme at nil see their proposals from an
English standpoint. Our people aro naturally very sore.
Their experience dates from 1881, when the Railway Share
Trust Compauy issued the bonds of the Wabnsli Company
under a general mortgage of 50,000,000 dols. The price was
£215 per bond of 1000 dols. About the same time the ordinary
and preference shares were admitted to the Official List.
The former came to be quoted at about 50 per ceut, and the
latter at nearly par. The bonds are now little over 40, the
ordinary shares at 6, and tho preference shares at 14. It
now appears in this scheme of reconstruction that in 1881,
when these bonds were issued, and when the shares obtained
admission to the Official List, tho company ought to have
been in the hands of receivers, ns iu that year, nnd up to tho
break-down, four of the directors and the Iron Mountain
Company, as lessee, had supplied what money was necessary
to keep the company going. The bondholders here say that
they were deceived, and the buyers of the shares have the same
view. It is now proposed to pay the debts thereby incurred
by the issue of G per cent non-cumulative bonds for tho
amount, and into these new bonds tho general mortgage
bonds are also to bo converted. The holders of ordinary and
preferred shares are to lose all interest in the company, unless
they subscribe 8 dols. per share. If they do that, they arc to
receive G per cent first preference shares to the amount of such
subscription, and also new second preference shares and
orclinnry shares, respectively, for their present holdiug shore
per share.
The Bnnk of England have caused to be notified that the
conversion of Consols and other 3 per cent national stocks into
lower-interest stock is not compulsory. It appears that the
Bank found a wide-spread feeling that there was no choice
left to the fundholders. No oue need to convert, and iu my
opinion no one ought. _ T. S.
The forty-first Congress of the British Archieological
Association opened at Tenby 011 Tuesday, the Bishop of
■St. David’s being president. He reviewed the history of
arclucologienl research during the past quarter of a century,
and commented upon the good results which had followed
upon the operations of tho eociety. The meeting will close
next Thursday.
SPADE VSED BY T1IE PRINCESS OP WALF.S TO PLANT A TREE
IX AUMSTUONO PARK, NEWCASTLE.
John Watson Gordon, John rhillip of Spain, George Reid of
Aberdeen, are names not altogether unknown to fame, and
most satisfactory examples of these and many others adorn
the walls of the present exhibition.
Then, as to the people represented, wo have telling like¬
nesses of nearly all those who have left their mark on tho
history of Scotland, nnd sometimes on that of England,
beginning with Lord llartington’s “James V. and Mary of
Guise”—two magnificently painted three-quarter lengths, in
one frame, by some “ unknown ” artist—and coming down to
notable men of our own day and generation. Mary Stuarts,
of course, abound, and there is tho usual difficulty of
reconciling them one with auotlier.
Among the heads which struck us for their individuality,
and the glimpse they give us into character, was the George
Buchanan of Fourbuy tlio elder, contributed by the Royal
Society of London ; the Marquis of Lothian’s great Marquis
of Argyll and his sweet fair-haired Marchioness, the lat ter one
of the best portraits Jamesone ever painted; William Drum¬
mond of Hftwthomden, by Cornelius Jansen; nnd “the
Admirable Crichton,” by an unknown hand. From tlio watch¬
ful reserve of his eye and aspect, and the palpably nervous
sensitiveness in the action of both hands, one at all nccus-
tomed to the look of mnsters of fence would not hesitate a
moment in accepting this ns an authentic portrait of the man.
Here, too, is the grim, ascetic-looking Andrew Caut, the
man whoso name, if it did not furnish the English language
with a new word, ought to have done so; here, too, his meteoric
contemporary, the great Montrose, from the masterly hand ot
Hurthur8t, and of his aubuni-huired sister, Margaret, Lady
Napier, a magnificent creature, who might well be the sister
of a hero. Lord Napier and Ettrick, says that this portrait is
by George Jamesone. If so, the notions about this painter
must be revolutionised, nnd he must take his place iu future
among the master limners of the world.
Lely and Kneller, Reynolds nnd Gainsborough, are all
abundantly represented here, and represented well; but none
of their portraits, admirable though many of them are, leave
so abiding an impression on the mind of the writer of these
notes as Sir Henry Raeburn’s likeness of himself, which for
force and vitality is almost unrivalled in the exhibition, ami
that of his comely wife, which for absolute naturalness nncl
suavity one would have to wander over many galleries to find
its fellow. J. F. R.
I
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Sept. (5, 1884 —228
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING
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THE TYROL.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Sept. C, 1884.— 220
SKETCHES IN THE ISLAND OF FORMOSA.
'HYJA'AN Lane AT TAl-WAN-FU.
WOMEN OF PEPO-WAN.
PRAWN-FISHING.
SURF-RAFT ON THE COAST.
FORT OF ZELANDIA, BUILT BY EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS.
230
THE ILLTTSTEATED LONDON NEWS
SEPT. 6, 1884
NATIONAL SPORTS.
After all the indifferent racing that has taken place of late,
it will be quite a relief to get to Doncaster next week, where,
in spite of the omission of the names of St. Simon and Duke of
Richmond from the entries, and the unfortunate collapse of
Busybody, there is every promise of a fairly interesting Leger.
Brest and Conaglen are two of the latest additions to the
“missing” list, aud the field seems likely to be made xip of
Scot Free, Superba, The Lambkin, Harvester, Sir Reuben,
Queen Adelaide, Hermitage, Cormeille, Sandiway, and Cnm-
busraore, with t wo or three hopeless outsiders like Crim Tartar.
We have not attempted tonppend jockeys to these, as, at the time
of writing, a good deal of uncertainty exists on this point. Now
that he is not required for nny north-country candidate, John
Osborne may be seen ou the back of Scot Free, in place of
Platt, who rode the colt so well in the Two Thousand. The
Duke of Westminster will probably claim Archer for the better
of his pair, in which caso Wood may be intrusted with
Superba; and it is understood that Cannon will have his choice
of Jewitt's three, the general impression being that he will
elect to take his chance with Sir Reuben. Looking at tho
previous performances of the various candidates, tho race
• seems a fairly open one, though there can bo no doubt that
Scot Free is lully entitled to his position at tho head of the
quotations. _
The heavy raiu, which fell all over the country on Monday
last., somewhat spoilt the prospects of what promised to be au
unusually successful First of September; still, all things con¬
sidered, some really excellent sport was enjoyed. Coveys
were unusually large, and the birds were strong ou the wing
and remarkably free from nny trace of disease; whilst, as
harvest operations nre in ft far more ndvnnced stage than
usual, there was a very large amount of cover. Reports of
good bags have come in from various parts of the country, aud
in many places partridges could be had for five shillings per
brace, even on Monday night.
Last week the Australians gained a grand victory over a
strong eleven of the South of England in a single innings,
with 107 runs to spare. Nine of the team got into double
figures, P. S. M’Donnell (66), W. L. Murdoch (59), and J.
M‘C. Blackham(notout, 58), doing the most of the scoring;
whilst Spofforth altogether took twelve wickets for 128 runs.
Their opponents made a respectable show in the first innings,
but, at their second attempt, collapsed in melancholy fashion,
the entire side only getting 58 runs from the bat. As was
pretty sure to be the case, Lancashire had au easy task against
.Somersetshire, the bowling of Watson, who took eleven wickets
for 108 runs, being mainly instrumental to gaining a victory
for his countv by ten wickets. No large score was made ou
either side. The defeat of the South of England was amply
avenged by the North, who beat the Australians by no less
than 170 runs. In the first innings there was little or nothing
to choose between the two sides, the scoring being very low;
but. when everything seemed to be going against England,
Barlow (101) and Flowers (90) gave a really magnificent
display of batting, and entirely changed the aspect of the
game. Too much praise cannot be awarded to them, for tho
wicket was most treacherous and difficult, as was proved by
the fact that, at their second attempt, the Colonists were all
g*t rid of for 76, Barlow doing further service to his side by
taking six wickets. _
ARCI1ERY SEASON PRIZES.
In several counties the Archery Societies nre bringing their
meetings for the year to a close, aud distributing their chal¬
lenge badges and season prizes. Tho Standard gives tho
following result:—
The Challenge Badge of the Anglcsea Archers (Dorsetshire)
has fallen to Miss E. Dendy, on a score of 697—two days’
shooting, club rounds, six dozen nrrows at 6U yards and three
at 50 yards. Mrs. A. Bouldersou (731) and Mr. Rogers have
won the badges of the Fakcnbum aud Dereham Club for tho
best aggregate of the season—three meetings, club rounds,
four dozen ut 60 and 50 yards, and also at 80 and 60
yards. The Challenge Prize of the Wakefield Ladies’
Archery Society has been finally won by Mrs. Wilkin. The
Challenge Prizes of the Worcestershire Society (ten dozen
arrows at 60 yards—aggregate of two meetings) have been
THE RECESS.
Southerners accustomed to hear unmoved Mr. Gladstone's
most eloquent Rights of oratory would have been astonished to
witness tho boisterous and demonstrative enthusiasm with
which the Prime Minister was welcomed by his Midlothian
constituents in Edinburgh ou liis arrival in tho Scottish
Capital on Wednesday week, aud at the vast meetings which
he addressed in tho Com Exchange on Saturday nud Monday
evenings, and nt tho Wnverley Market on Tuesday. Tho last
Midlothian Campaign of Mr. Gladstone 1ms proved as success¬
ful as his first. The Premier proved that his unsurpassed
powers of eloquence remain unimpaired by age and hard work.
His magnificent voice held each enormous assemblage from
first to last. His speeches were received with acclamation.
He departed with the confidence of his constituents in him
undhninished by one iota.
The Premier begun his first speech in the Edinburgh Com
Exchange, on Saturday, with a richly-deserved culoginm of
the Earl of Rosebery, liis genial host, for his legislative labours
on behalf of Scotland, none the less to bo commended because
the virtual rejection by the majority of the House of Lords of
the County Franchise Bill had deprived Scotland of one or
more good measures. Tho burden of Mr. Gladstone’s initial
speech was that tho Government felt bound to take their
stand by the Franchise Bill, which would be presented once
again in tho autumn Session to the House of Lords, in tho
hope tlmt the ninjority would wisely reconsider the matter,
and would consent to pass the measure. Mr. Gladstone found
it necessary, of course, to vindicate the foreign policy of the
Ministry; and this he did most brilliantly iu Monday’s
address, which was at once a lively philippic against the
belligerent course adopted by tlic late Government, which
hud left a heavy legacy of debt and difficulty, and
had been mainly responsible for the consequent] troubles in
South Africa and in Egypt, the dispatch of Lord Northbrook
and Lord Wolseley to Egypt being hopefully referred to.
But the one distinguishing refrain which ran through all
three speeches was the earnest appeal to the better judgment
of the Conservative Peers. I<aet Saturday's Hatfield “ picnic ”
to the contrary notwithstanding, it may still be hoped that the
majority of the House of Lords will discover once more that
discretion is the better part of valour, aud will at the last
moment accept the olive branch thus gracefully held out by
Mr. Gladstone on Monday last:—
Let u* hopo that, without compulsion, without fear, without strain upon
the Constitution, the admonition of the past may suflice, «uvi that great
assembly, calling buck to life the glorious traditions of its remoter past, may
take the course which will best tend to place it in close harmony with tho
affections of the nation, and to prolong its own existence for an honourable
share, through ages yet to come, in the direction of the fortunes of this
mighty Empire.
NOVELS.
Posthumous works are frequently.very difficult to deal with
for fear of appearing to take thtj opporttinity of “kieking a
dead lion;” but iu the case of Suiylehcart and lionbltfuee,
by Charles Reade, D.C.L. (Chattd and Wimllis), there is,
fortunately, no place for any such fear, since, there was seldom
if ever u tale which gave less excuse tor infringing the injunc¬
tion “do mortuis nil nisi bonum.” /The story fills but one
volume, and it is therehare npt so long by two thirds us the
stories with which Abe deceased author was wont to instruct
and astonish and move and charm his readers, and, of course,
it is not nearly so elaborate; but he rarely, if ever, wrote any¬
thing more powerful iu parts, more sweet and tender iu parts,
more lifelike in parts, more droll in parts, more manly, whole¬
some, and readable altogether. \ The late novelist generally had
n grievance which he wished to air, or a controversy which ho
desired to curry on, or a theory which ho was anxious to pro¬
pound, or an abuse which he was determined to show up, or
an injustice which lie endeavoured to get rectified; ancl in tho
novel under consideration it seems as if he hud in his eye
tho legal position of ) married women and the intolerable
servitude that must be endured by a married woman who finds
too late that she is joined in holy matrimony with a moral
skunk, and yet is too delicately and religiously constituted by
nature to release-Iiereelf by the only means ot' which she can
avail herself. Tlur tale should certainly be read, though the
awarded to Mrs. l»orter!l38 hits, 606 score, 15 golds; and Mr. remedy which appeals to be suggested in it may not com-
E. W. Villicrs, 174 hits, 816, 23 golds. The “Ancient Scorton maud universal or even any but a very limited sympathy.
Arrow,” the 211tli anniversary contest for which was held nt If it be the sign of a powerful novel not only to sustain the
Kettle, Yorkshire, was won by Lieutenant-Colonel Burton reader’s attention but to enthrall it, then may Ltteia, Hugh, end
(Royal Toxophilites). Among the “Archers of the Time," Auplher: by Mrs. J. II. Needed, 3 vols. (Blackwood and Sons),
' ’-—•»».- — -l’- di.X u n ce d a great success. It is a tale of character
au of plot, nud tho interest rests entirely on the
characters mentioned ill the title, “Another” being a
certain Everurd Deane, a man of intellectual tastes and strong
fictions, who, though she does not know it at first, holds
da’s heart in his keeping after he has generously enabled
lier to marry Hugh. The circumstances under which the
acquaintance with Deane is brought about form the weak
part of the story; and Mr. l’rescott, Lucia's father, might
have been drawn by the veriest tyro in fiction. Mrs. Needed
is no tyro, but she is ou safer ground when depicting the
passion of love in three totally different natures. Hugh, who
had been Lucia's boy lover, is a handsome, honest naval
officer with a violent temper, and a jealousy about his wife
that brooks neither argument nor explanation. He discovers
to his disgust that he is largely indebted to Everard, whom he
hates; and when Lucia, with frank sincerity nud trustful¬
ness, confesses that she is in danger of loving Deane too well,
instead of bringing her husband nearer to her, as she hoped,
she makes what threatens to be an irreparable breach between
them. The struggle of a wife to keep in the right path when
her husband becomes brutal and her lover exercises all his
fascination is described with much pathos. No doubt for the
sake of the plot Lucia places herself more than once iu a most
perilous position, and almost justifies Hugh’s boiling wrath;
but the reader has never any fear that her purity will be
dimmed in consequence. What ho may be allowed to question
is whether Mrs. Needell does well to present a man of Everard’*
type with such noble qualities, such disinterestedness, such
power of sympathy, who at the same time, if Lucia had been
weak enough to yield, would have snatched her from her
husband at any cost. All our sympathy is demanded for
Everard; while Hugh excites our dislike, and gnashes his teeth
on every convenient opportunity like a stage hero. Yet,
though he cannot understand Lucia’s difficulties and doubts,
which probably few husbands would do, he confesses humbly
enough ut last tlmt he ha* loved her through all. The writer
lias treated a difficult position with delicacy and skill, but, for
all that, we do not like the position.
Somerset Club has been taken by Mrs. Mar wood-El
an aggregate score of 678; and the Rev. T. Crump re
Gentleman's Medal, his total score being 671.
FORMOSA.
The large island of Formosa, a name given to by the
Portuguese, that of Tai-wan being its Chinese name, is
separated from the mainland of Chinn, tlic province of Fu-
Kien, by achanuel ubove one hundred mile* widtf. At tho
northern extremity of this island j^the^coaiiiig port of
Kclung, which was bombarded by the Frcneh-squadron a
few days before they attacked^ the nr&ennl undforfcu of Foo¬
chow, ou the opposite mainland coast.\ The principal Chinese
town on the island is Tai-wnu-fu, mi the western coast, where
the Dutch had a commercial settlement; in the seventeenth
century. One of our Illustrations is that of Fort Zeluudia, or
“ Castle Zcolaud,” as it is called in tlie inscription yet legible
over the gateway, built Mil 1030.\ l t lias been much
damaged by earthquakes, as well as by time and neglect.
Tho Dutch were driyett--qut in/RMil, after defending
this fortress in a rifege-e^ ten months. The town has
a population of 70,000, and is entirely Chinese, but as
tin' port is only an cx^-wd roadstead, maritime trade is under
a disadvantage. It has, nevertheless, some exports of sugar,
tumeric, se-uninm, nndxother native produce, while the im¬
ports are of Tjiiimse and European manufactured goods.
TukOW, AtwtheE pOtt farthor south, lias a better harbour, but
is a mucu smaBer town. The size of the whole island is ubout
two hundrid miles in length, from north to south, and sixty
or seventy miit^ wld^ but the interior is wild, forest-covered,
and mountainous, and has not been well explored. The
Chineke^actnal rule'w confined to the west coast; all the
oii-torn part in inhabited by savage tribes, most of them con¬
tinually at wnr^rith the Chinese, and never yet subdued. Our
{sketches include some figures of native women, belonging to
the tanicr tribes; the prawn-fishing traps on the shore; and
one of the singular rafts, formed of bamboos lashed together,
with a large nib iu the middle to sit in, by which the surf-
waves and heavy swell on this coast are safely traversed in
landing or embarking from ships ut anchor some distance off
tho shore.
Tho Bibble Committee of the Preston Corporation have
accented tho tender of Mr. Thomas Walker, of Westminster,
lor the execution of the new river works ut £45G,000.
Our Portrait of the late Lord Amptliill is from a photo¬
graph by the London .Stereoscopic Company.
Au exhibition representative of the industries of Gloucester¬
shire and Somersetshire, with ubout 500 loan pictures of local
and other artists, was opened nt Bristol by Mr. Joseph Weston,
the Mayor, on Tuesday afternoon. It is the largest of the
kind ever held in the West of Englaud, and is In aid of the
funds of Bristol University College.
BOOKS ON CANADA.
The Montreal Congress of the British Association of Scionco
gives particular iuterest just now to fresh descriptions of tho
grandest British colony, which lies but a few days’ voyage
westward across that Anglo-American sen, the Nortli Atlantic.
The late Governor-General, tho Marquis of Lome, has kindly
written for tho Religious Tract Society a compendious account
of tho whole Dominion of Canada, filling two hundred pages
of a book entitled “ Canadian Pictures," with a large number
of wood-engravings. Ixird Lome, as well as his predecessor
Lord Dufferin, travelled about a great deal, and saw all
places, things, and persons of importance in British
America, of which lie gives a most favourable report,
heartily rejoicing iu tho vast natural resources of the various
provinces and territories, aud in the healthy social mid
political conditions of their people. There is probably no
country in the world of equul promise, ou tho whole, for
English, Scottish, and Irish emigrants who are willing and
able to work, and who wish to have their part in the growth
of a self-governing community destined, without separation
from their Old Home, to become great and prosperous, free
from the economic difficulties of crowded European States.
A glance at the largo Map prefixed to this volume will show
the extent and wonderfully advantageous position of Canada,
that name being now understood to comprise all between the
Atlantic and the Pacific'; tho shores of the Gulf and River St.
Lawrence, and north of Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, and
Superior, a magnificent water-way iuto the very' middle of the
American Continent at its greatest breadth ; the fertile plains
of Manitoba and the North-west Territories, with tho greut
rivers flowing into Hudson’s Bay ; and thirdly, the Province of
British Columbia and Vancouver Island, possessing mineral
wealth and a maritime situation that only need time aud labour
for u profitable development. The Canadian Pacific Railway,
to be completed within three or four years, having already
reached the foot of the Rocky Mountains, will bind together all
these lands of the Dominion federally united, ou equal pro¬
portionate terms, by the Government at Ottawa, and loyally
attached to the British Crown, while enjoying the privileges
freedom quite os fully as the States ol the neiglibouriug
Republic. The collective population is already rutlier more
than that of Scotland, though not yet equal to that of Ireland;
bub there is every reason to believe that it will, ut some date
ill the next century, be increased so os to equul the present
population of the United States, and to far exceed the present
census of the United Kingdom. This is u grand and inspiring
prospect; and Lord Lome’s well-written description of the
Dominion uud its most important parts—of its geographical
divisions
institutions,
s, physical conditions, political history and insti
rial relations to England—of the Maritime l’r
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, with tho islands of the Gulf
of St. Lawrence; of Quebec, the old French Proviuec,
and Ontario, which is purely British; of Winnipeg and
Munitoba, and the newly-settled plains beyond; finally,
of the far-west highlands uud tho large island on tho
Pacific coast—will be found worthy of pcnisul. From fifty
thousand to n hundred thousand immigrants ure now yearly
pouring into Canada, mostly from our own couutry, to make
their homes there and to create u branch of our nation which
is likely to attain considerable strength iu tho lifetime of those
whom we see going out, and who will not be so much removed
from us by distance as those in the Australian Colouies. The
subject, therefore, which Lord Lome has so ably treated, in
this opportune contribution to the useful productions of the
Religious Tract Society, is one deserving of every English¬
man's attention ; and liis Lordship litis performed the task in
a very agreeable and instructive manner.
“A Handbook for the Dominion of Canada,” published by
Messrs. Dawson, Brothers, of Montreal, lias been specially
prepnred for the use of visitors at the meeting of the British
Association, nt the request of the local Reception Committee
in that city. It is edited and mostly written by Mr. S. E.
Dawson, one of tho Local Secretaries, but somo of tho
chapters, treating of geology, botany, and natural history,
are by different colonial scientific men. The statistics of tho
Dominion are sufficiently given, and with greater precision, to
the most recent date, than in any publication of the kind
which has appeared iu London. The more detailed and
minute topography here presented is tlmt of the older Pro¬
vinces, formerly called Lower and Upper Canada, besides
Novu Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island: tho
cities of Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto ure particu¬
larly described; aud the different railway lines, the Grand
Trunk with its many ramifications, Hud the Intercolonial
Railway from Halifax to the St. Lawrence, nre traced in their
course through these Provinces. We should think this volume
u most convenient pocket companion for travellers who do not
intend to go to the Far West.
Mr. Sundford Fleming, C.M.O., the able engineer of tho
Intercolonial Uuilwuy and olio of the earliest pioneers of
Canadian Government surveys for tho Great Continental
Line, in which surveying’ operations he was engaged
from 1871 to 1880, is the author of a pleasant volume
culled “ England nud Canada,” published by Messrs. Sampson
Low and Co. It relates his personal observations “ in a
summer tour between Old mid New Westminster” ; as he h id
been in England on a visit, und went out again in July (la
yeur, or the year before), and then started on a journey across
the Continent to British Columbia, where there is an infant
town bearing the name of New Westminster, of which some
of our readers may have heard, liis intimate knowledge of
Colonial affairs, and of persons who take an active purt in
Colonial society, gives value to ninny of his remarks. We are
struck by his arguments in fuvour of constructing a bridge
over the St. Lawrence at Quebec, to bring Hnlifux, the winter
port of Canada, into more direct railway connection with
Ottawa and the Canadian Pacific line.
Her Majesty has graciously given £100 to the funds of
King’s College Hospitul.
In distributing the prizes nt Bimnm to the winners of the
Bimam Highland games on Friday, Lady John Manners said,
“ We have all much pleasure in bearing our testimony to tho
skill and agility displayed by the competitors.”
Captaiu Thomas Amlot, of tho British steamer Mcntmore,
has been awarded by the President of the United States a
gold watch and chain, for liis services in rescuing the crew of
the shipwrecked Americau schouner Jacob Keinzle, on Feb. 29.
The deaths are announced of the Dowager Marchioness of
Londonderry ; the Dowager Lady Seafield; Sir Robert Torrens,
formerly Chief Secretary and Registrar-General of South
Australia; and Mr. Joseph Livcsey, of Preston, the founder
of tee total ism, who lmd passed his ninetieth birthdny.
Mr. Alfred Nixon, captain of the London Tricycle Gub,
who recently rode from Land’s End to John o' Croats, has
succeeded in riding from Loudon to Edinburgh under three
days. Mr. Nixon left Hoi born Viaduct at 2.15 p.m. on Aug. 28,
mid reached Milne’s Motel, Edinburgh, at I 15 p m. on rim
31st. '1 he distance is 390 miles, giving a daily average m 132
lililes. Tuc machine used was a CVntrul-gi ared Imperial Club.
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sea-lnitlung st-.tlon. next the KursaaL ' Knglfidi spoken. Table
d'hftte. revtauiant. bllllurds. Cercle d'Osb udo (CIttUl. - /
G UVS HOSPITAL.—The MEDICAL
SESSION COMMENCES on WEDNESDAY.0(71'. 1.
The Hiwpital contains. Iwalde* Ihe l«-ls for Medical nnd.
p rxloalI .'rates, wards for Olwtetrlc, Ophthalmic, and dtlivr
t -I departnn-nts. \ \
,W clui.-rs are hebl In the Hospital for Students preparing
*' Examination* of the I'nivcrslty of London »mf of other
• "lining hoard*. \\
lUINTMENTS.—The Houee Surgeons snd House Phr-
• I IS. the Olv-tetrlc Resident*. Cunlcal Assistant*, end
lire* er* are M wted frem the students acconllng to merit and
without payment. There are nl». a lame number of Junior
Am o.ntments.eirry nartoflne Hospital Practice being system¬
atic.|tr employed (or instruction.
EnVIIANCK 6I HOLAR8HI I'd.—Open Seholarahlp of 1M
rninea'. In Clastic*. Mathematics, and Modern l^sneuaves
Open Scholarship of 135 guineas, In Chemistry, Physic*. Botany;
and Zoology. \
PRIZES. Ac.—Six Scholarship*, varying In ralne from £10 to
“Orach, fpr general proficiency In Medl.-al^tn.!y •. Uie'Jrvaxnrer'*
Gold Medal. In Medicine: Ihe Trc,Mirer', 6ol.l Medal, In
burgery: the Gurney I In* re Prlr.e of X'pl for UHnlcnl Study; the
B"*n-y Prl*e of « guinea*, for Pathology; the band* 0”X echo-
Jarsldii of XIA per annum for three rear*, for I'liyslu ogy; (he
Jorepfi llo-re I'rlxes of £»1 and £10; the Michael H*rT|s I'rlxeof
tin for Anatomy; th* Mackenxl*. Bacon I’rlltc of £ld, for Uph-
thalmMCOpy: the Maekenile Bacon Prize for Nergout Disease*.
°'ct' i the B odctt 1'rlr.e for Hyglene. v.lne tth.
.For Prosprctu* and fmlner Information apply to the Dean.
Dr. F. TatD'X. 7 ^ \
Guy's HoipItal.Tajndon.S E.. July. lxM.
O STEND.— Hotel Fontaioe. Excellent
llrst-class hotel, near tlin M«ndCoslna,ahUestaldhdinl
reputation with the English who vivltM.teml. Terms moderate,
bpecial arrangement* made. Passengers cautioned against
deception of hotel toater* on board. \
/ 'lOLOURED SATINS, very fine face,
VV specially cheap .£n 1 II
Black 1*011 It do bole, worth Se. 6d.. ..0 3 ii
Black Ottoman batlns.0 2 u
PETER ROBINSON'S.
TJLACK SATIN BROCADES, usually
XA soldutS*. lid.go 4 u
Bright Surah Silks (Black) .. .. o III!
Bich Black Brocaded Gauze Velvets.0 7 II*
These Velvets are 33 Inches wide, and usually sold at II*. !>t.
GATIN
^ (Block)
l Br
GROUND BROCHE VELVETS
.... .. .. , fo 5
llich Urocitdrd Velvot*. emhr»clnp nil Uhmh?W COlOBVf,
lu two »!uido*. usually *old ut 16*. tkl.0 9
Thlt Hppilni oulv u> Imfftha umlcr six yard#.
PSTEB UOiOSavH'ti.
pOLOURED OTTOMAN SILKS, 10 in.
vy wide, unassurted.to 1
Coloured Twill-faced All-Silk Satin*, usually (old at
4*. 6d.0 3 0
Pattern* port-free.
JJETIRING FROM BUSINESS.
AT R. STREETER,
X 18, NEW BOND-STREET,
JJAVING, AFTER 38 YEARS’ TRADING,
JjECIDED TO RETIRE FROM THE
JEWELLERY TRADE,
J^OW OFFERS THE WHOLE OF
TJIS VALUABLE .STOCK OF
diamonik Ornaments.
1 «-< .'A IIAt UOI .D WG KK,
KNUt.IslI KK YLE6S LEV K1 1 WATCHES,
RABIJA PAN EH a ART WORK.
A/P A OHBAT KEDi ai'lUX.
r | , llE I’UBLIC will far tho next few months
km.wn aud^t-‘"^' W> - rt “' , ‘- li ''‘ “ c ' :uriu « • un, ° ut w»U-
GEASIDE nnd TRAVELLING DRESSES.
. . . _ . . . _ Per Yard;
Devonshire. Witney, Scotch, and other SERGES. In
various shades of Navy. (beam. Black. Hfvnle.
Ac..; all Wool, very wide .ud. to £0
Homespun Calhurre liege, mixed colours.0
PErBU BOBlNaON'B.
aril;
{(
_
AUTUMN DRESSES.
N EW
All the usual and several distinctly New Hilaries of
Colour In Ottoman Casimir Angola Foul**, lor
J*nl . -0 13
Cashmere d'llalle; all wool, verj durable.. o I 0
French Merinin. very wide ./1*,ird. to u J u
FINE FRENCH
CzYSiniERES.
V 4
yERY
Velvet Velveteen*, much Improved In make, colour,
and price . ., . . 3*. id. !o 0 3 3
A Black Velveteen, (pedelly cheap .. \ .. .. U. 0 1 11
patterns |K>»t-free.
rETEK HUBINbOJCH. \
J)RESS MATERIALS.
Cream-coloured Blchly-emhreddered Alsatian lawn
Bobes, double quantity of wide embroidery
rach 14s.!»!.. Id*. 1*1-and 0 IS S
Finely-worked Cashmere Kola-* in Black and ull Ihe
new shades of Brown, Bronxe. «rey. Dark Green.
Navy. Drab. Ac . extra quautlty of embroidery
COMPOSITE ROBES. 31)yards In each; a great novelty.
In every combination of stylo and ooluur. alt
Wool .. I .. .. ' J .each 1 I 0
CLEARANCE SALK OF SURPLUS STOCK PREVIOUS
n V TO REBUILDING.
PETER ROBINSON, OXFOItD-STREET
J- AND BEGEMT-8TKEKT.
STREETET{'8 COLLECTION of
• n . d . GE V S - Bwu « h -■**» cut. win
lor oALK. CV»unoi»»cur* aiui CulUvU*r« «ie
to I I
ST^ETER,
RETIRING
BUSINESS.
FROM
J^8, NEW BOND-STREET, LONDON, W.
/-—— - -
THE
pANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY,
xy THE ONLY DIRECT ROUTE TO
AT AN ITO BA aud tho CANADIAN
f- 1 -*- NOUTH-WEST.
, This route Is uot only tlie
KHOETEaT and SIGHT UlllECT. but alv. tho CHEAPEST
. .and MOST COMPOR PAULK.
_ , .. 61'liE AND BOOK BY IT.
For further Informatlun anidy to any BUWu-sh Ip Agent, and
for Jfaps laiuplilet*. and the fullest particular* about tue
country (freo of charge), apply either perxniullv or by letter to
„ ALEXANDER BEGG.
Canadiau Pool lie lull way Olllcei,
®. Cannon-street, Lrndou. E.C.
J^OBINSON’S,
MOURNING
pETER
COURT AND FAMILY
WAREHOUSE.
M to W;. REGENT STREET. LONDON.
0 N
Mourning Good* will he forwards! to any imrt of
approbatlon—no matter the distance—with an c
fitting Dressmaker lif dr-ln-.ll without a
RECEIPT OF LETTER OR
TELEGRAM.
‘ England on
excellent
. .. auy
extra charge whatever.
Addreee—
ROBINSON. MOURNING WAREHOUSE.
REGENT STREEP.
7>LACK MATERIAL COSTUMES, both
Jj witli aud Without Crape, beautifully and
fashionably designed.
The largest variety that ran lie seen in any one establishment,
ranging from 1 to 10 guinea*.
•ILK COSTUMES, beautifully made,
' copied from th# most expensive French Motels,
nt II, fi. 7. and up to 30guinea*.
(JUCUY, Lausanne.—Hotel Beau Rivage.
.. ~ * .,lp*. Soirees
Winter peo-
X/ Flnrt-rlnss extra. Grand view of Lake and Al'
donsantes. Concert*. Katisfact>.rr nnangt-ment*. V
•Ion. Apply for Tarllftuylxui-i.v Ri'rgxxciif, Director.
T3ARIS.—Hotel MeuriOe, Rue de Rivoli,
X opposite tho Tuilerles Gardens, full south. High-class
Family Hotel. Exccllvnt cooking, superior wine*. .Safety
lilt on each floor. \ \ H. Suikxich. Proprietor.
T)EGLIy—Grattdy\HOtel Pegli (formerly
-4- He In MSdilcrrauCe). Facing tho sea. snntha.pect.tur-
reundril by gard'-qs and mnnntdm*. Climate umurpaaerri. Sani¬
tary nrtengvigent*; saU»factorJ charge*. Uia iiek-Di uukii. Prop.
\ HOTEL DU QUIRINAL.
It. UoaaixucnL and Co.
fl’URIN.—Grand HOtel Europe, opposite
A KlilgU Pnlobe, Urand-eqnare, Cash-llo. ReiiuLutmn for
mo«|«rh coiufotl*. IJu rooms. Baths, lift, onmilius. Moderate
charge*.'■ Concrealonalrv* Grand Rcrtauraut at Exhibition.
T70R TRAVELLING and the SEASIDE.
A Useful and Inexpensive Costume*.
lu Block. Gn-y*. and Ni-utrul Shiulet,
frem I tod guineas.
77 OR THE HOT WEATHER.
A COSTUMES In Grenadine. Sateen. Zephyr.
Lawn. Lara. Surah, and Fonlaid Silk, and n variety of
light thin texture* at very moderate prices.
^TRAVELLING CLOAKS in ZEPHYR SILK
A (a Novelty). beautltuUy light and storm-proof.
Varlot* shade*. 33*. wl. and 3a*. od.
PARCELS POST FREE.
A Made-np article* or material*
by tho yard promptly furwarded.
ADDRESS.
pETER po BIN SON,
MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
regent-street, London.
Y/'ENICE.—Grand HOtel d’ltalie.—On the
V Grand Canal, close to the Square of St. Marc. Renowned
restaurant and brasserie adjoining the hotel. Substantial and
generou* tare. Vittl OhDUid, Proprietor.
TTERMOUTH.—Francesco Cinzano and Co
v Vermouth.combination A«tl W.no and Alpine herb*, wit)
and F. CINZANO aud CO.. Cores* I
Ipliie lierbe. with
Ol Wine MerehaUt*.
Umber to, W. Turin.
YILLENEUVE, Lake of Geneva.—Hdtel
T My ran, near Castle of Chilton. 'Bus to loiat and rail.
Pension from » franc*. Garden*, U» n-tennls, cricket, billiard*.
Church Service In Hotel. J. Aumlcox*. Proprietor.
J)UTCH BULBS.
DIUF.IT FROM TI1E/GR0WER8.
A NT. RQGZEN AND SON.
11 / NURSERYMAN, oveuvekn,
^ NEAR HAARLEM. HOLLAND.
INTENDING PURCHASERS of DUTCH
oAre tnvltod u. Inmect ANT. R0GZKN end SON'S
'MTAleOUUE tor 1«H4, mml th»* Urjro mviii' eflreted l«v
”1*5* dftraoi with th»> The rufal.^no will »k* wnt.
«PU»f*tl.-n t" their A (rent*.: MERTEN 8 and
CD. 3. CruaHane. St, Miary-nt-HlII. London" EC.
TIAIR DESTROYER.—ALEX. ROSS’S
„'*• DEPILATORY remove* snpeilluoos hair from the fare and
arm*, withont oflert to skin 3* fid.; sent by port for .'.I stamps.
It"*. • llair Dye. ;t*. 8d.—31. Lamb's-condult-strect. Uolliorn.
TOWLE’S PENNYROYAL and STEEL
•* PILI4 for FEMALES. Sold In Boxee, I*, lid. and
"l., of all chemist*. Sent anywhere on receilit of IA or M
•o)uij„ by the maker. L. T. TOWLE. Chcm.it, Nottiughum.
Z U It I C H.—Hdtel linbis, First Class,
opposite Railway Station. Modern comfort with moderate
charge*. Itecommended to English nnd American travellers;
arrangement* fora stay. Addre ss, lUnis-IUrrixugB. Proprietor.
TTEALTH OF GENEVA (Switzerland).
AA In consequence of erroneous and prejudicial rumour*
that have been circulated nvqiecUng Ihe Sanitary State of
Geneva, the Government of Genova deem it llirlr duty to de¬
clare!—Firstly—That GENEVA I* absolutely tree from Cholera.
Secondly—That no quarantine i* linte-srd on travellers arriving
•tGKNKVA. Gkxxva. July 3d, 1884.—In thenameor theComicli
of etate of the Re|mbltrand Canton of Geneva The I'rertdent.
A. GAVARD- In tho name the Coriairatlon of th* City of
Genova. The President. E. KMPKYTA.
F ILLNA BITTERWATER, BOHEMIA.
TUB OLDEST AND .MOST VALUABLE SPRING.
THE BKST STOMACHIC. APERIENT.
Amtox UiJiaicii. Son of tho Foamier.
Q UN FIRE and LIFE OFFICES,
O Threndoi *dlo-*troi t, E.C.; Chorlng-cros*. 8.W.; Oxford-
rtrert (corner of Vere-street). W. FIRE, Eslaldlahed ITIft.
Home and Foreign In. lira rices at moderate rate*. LIFE.
Established 1810. specially low rate* for young live*. Largs
bonuses. ImmntUte settlement of claims.
T70UND, an Address of tho Oldest-
A Established BUYERS of I.KFT-OKF CLOTHES,Jewells ry.
Ac. A|r|Hilntmmbinuule. Mr. and Mu. PHILLIPS, Old Curiosity
bhoji, 31. Thaycr-st., Mam hcslcr sq.. London, W. Corner shop.
GRATEFUL—COMFORTING.
" By a thorough knowledge of the natnrel
lavra which govern the operations of digestion
E ppqtq and nutrition, and hy a caretul application of
rro 0 the due properties of well-selecle.1 Cocoa. Mr.
Epps haa provided our breakfast table* with a
delicately-flavoured beverage which ra«y save
n* many heavy doctors' bill*. It I* by the
judicious use of euch article* of diet that a
(BREAKFAST) constitution may bo gradually built up until
strong ennngh to resist every tendency to
disease. Hundred* of subtle malsdle* are
floating around u» ready to uttack wherever
C flpd A there Is a weak point. We may escape many
Jx. m fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified
with pure blood *nd • properly nourished
frame."—Civil Service (laxcltc.
Made simply with boiling water or milk.
Sold In Packets (and Tins. | lb. and I lb., for Export), labelled.
JAMES EPPS and CO.. HOMCEOPATIUG CHEMISTS.
Also Maker# of EPPS'S CHOCOLATE ESSENCE.
WHAT IS YOUR CREST unci WHAT
*. YOUR M01TO7 Bend name and county to
CUbLETUN 8 Heraldic Glliec. Plain ckeu’h, 3s ial.; colour,. Te.
1 lie anna of man aud wife Ideudr-d. Crest engraved 011 seal*,
rings, books and sired die*, ee. ikl. Gold real, with creel. Jure
Solid Gold Ring. 18-canst. Hall-marked, with crest. 42*. Manual
gf He raldry, *nuEngravings.a*. ud.-T. CULLLluN, £).Cran-
bo urn -street (corner of bt. Martln's-lauel.
pULLETON’S GUINEA BOX of
VV STATIONERY contains a Ream of thu very boat Fniicr and
(Sun Elivehipe*. all stamped In tlio most elegant way Willi Croat
and Molt.., Mom-gram, nr Address, and the oogravlnr of steel
Du- Included, bout to any part for l’.O. onlcr.—T'. C'ULLEToN
30. Cranbuiirn-stroct (corner of St. Martln'*-lane).
VISITING CARDS by CULLETON.
» Fifty best qaallly. 2 ,. 8.1.. jartt-freo. Including the
Engraving of Copjier-puic. Wedding C'*ida. ft) each, ft) Em-
l.owl Lnvrloja-B. with Maiden Naino, 13s. Ud.—T. CULLETON
Seal Engl aver, 2j, Craiibouru-atrrct. St. Martln's-lunr, W.C.
QUIRTS.—FORD’S EUREKA SHIRTS-
Urent Improvementsluive been made In the manufacture
ol Fonl’s Kuiekn Slnrta. co.ehratod for their superior llttiug.
Six lor :»ia.. (■'*., sent by parcel* post (re.- to your door. Write
for Illustrated self-measure and all particular* free by post.
II. 13)111) and CO.. 41. Poultry. London.
7J7GIDIUS.—The only FLANNEL SHIRTS
U±J that never shrink In Washing—not If Wusticil ho times.
Mail** lu unxod Colour*, xrey*. drab*, brown*. A-c.. 1 3a. id,; three
for Si*, id., by parcels post paid. Write for patterns and self-
measure. To In r .
London.
had oiily of H. FORD and CO.. 41, I’uultry,
QOCKLE’S
^NTIBILIOUS
piLLS.
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS FILLS,
FOR LIVI
pOC’KLE’S ANTIBILIOUS FILLS,
^ FOB BILE.
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS FILLS,
FOR INIilrii
FOR INDIGESTION.
COCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS FILLS
C FOR HEAR
FOR HEABTOUttN.
falling, and 1 fs uw ilelle* deUarti.ai. The most lunnirsa and
elba:tuul reprrer extant. One trial will convince It lias no
equal. Price lira. U.I., of all Chemists aud ilivirdre-tire-r*. Tes¬
timonial* free. Agenta, 11. HOVKNDKN and t)ON». I-ndnu.
/" J.OLDEN HAIR. —Robaro’s AUREOLIXE
V produces the ImtuUIul golden itxlour so much ndmlreil.
Warrant..I perfectly hnnnlea*. Price i«. Ud. and Ills. id., ut all
principal IVi-futiiem ami Clicmlfta throughout tin* wuiitL
A&mu. U. HOVKNmc.N amt 60NS. i*ondun.
pRELOAR’S
pRUSSELS QARPETS.
BEST QUALITY,
EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS,
LOWEST PRICE.
R E L 0 A R and g 0 N S,
pUDGATE HILL.
T
THIRST-CLASS FURNITURE. Lowest
JL Prices. Newert CARPETS. SILKS. DRESSES, Ac.
Patterns and Parcels Free.
T. VENABLES and SONS. Whitechapel, London. E.
CKIN DISEASES CURED.—6ULPH0UNE
KJ LOTION remove* eruptions, pimple*, rrelnc.-*. blotches,
•curl. In a few day*. It U highly siiremudul m eat.-mu. p.-irisal*.
prurigo, letter. Ac. It totally destroy, mam dre-n-aeah-d m.
veteraleskln altectlou*. Mo»t agreeable to uic. Sold every when-.
GULPHOLINE LOTION.—An external
mean* of cnrlmt skin dl*eiu*». Th. r* I* iramue
glitly adectioiis, and ensure*
by chemist*. RvUlcs. 2*. ud.
aiiimalculi* which cause these unsi
a smooth, clear, healthy skin. Sold
7J0LL0WAY’S PILLS aud OINTMENT.
Ai The Pill* parity the blond, correct all disorder* of the
liver, stomach, kldueye, and bowel*. The Ointment Is unrivalled
In the core of bod legs, old wounds, gout, and rheumatism.
EATING’S POWDER. — KUls bugs,
AV moths, flea*, and all (meets (perfectly unrivalled).
Harmless to every thing but loswts. Tin*, wl. and I*.
NURnE EDDA S BABY SOOTHER Is unequal relieving
Infant* from gripe*, wind, colic. Guaranteed no narcotic ,» a
absolutely safe curei.
THO
I*, per Bottle. Free. 12 stamps.
MAS KEATING. St. Paul'*. London.
TXINNEFORD’8 FLUID MAGNESIA.
A / The brat remedy for Acidity of tlio Stomach, Heartburn.
Headache, Gout, and Indigestion, aurl safest aperient lor
delicate constitution*, ladies, aud children. Ot nil Chemist*.
CT. JACOB’S OIL.— Tho most valuable
LA for the relief and cure of Pain. Used externally, 2*. 6d..
or. post-free, 2*. ud.
Nias air. 1. King EJw aril-street, London, E.C.
P ROFESSOR BROWNE and ELLIOTT’S
TONIC LOTION, an unequalled Restorer nt the Hair,
arresting the fall, and Imparting a healthy and natural grow til
to tha root*. It will pn-dnee the hair on bald palchea. wlilskera,
moustache*, and eyebrow*. Price. 3s Bd.. 3*. Ud.. 10*. Bd„ and
311., Ire* by poet.-47 “ .
Price. .....
47 and 130, F on church-street. London. K.U.
232
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
SEPT. 6, 1834
/"HERE MEMORY DWELLS. ISIDORE
UK I .A It A.
Price 2*. radi net. p-*tnjre free.
NEW MUSIC.
/■"IHAPPELL and CO.’S New and Popular
80 MIS.
AT OTHER (in C, D, and E). Words by
1T± V B. We.tl.rrly, P TOVTI.
Y'r VESPERS. P. TOSTI.
AT VESPERS (in four keys). P. TOSTI.
W
Frlcf •*». moil net. n
C»iApr*Ltiin4Co.,5u. New Uond-Urwi. «1$. Poultry, E C.
pIIAPPELL and CO.’S ALEXANDRE
vy HARMONIUMS. far Church. School*, or nrawInc-U .-m..
from 0 to 13» guinea* f or. on the Tlirw-k car* System. from
£1 fl*. par quarter_So. New Bond-*tr*et; and 1ft. Poultry.
PLOUGH and WARREN’S PET ORGAN,
V-/ Seven Stop.. Including Sub-baw and Sub and Super
Octave Coupler. Elegant Carved Walnut C«»e. IJipimea*.
Cn a i‘i‘K i.i. and Co., ft), Now Boud-*treet: and 1ft, 1 oultry.
/PLOUGH and WARREN’S CENTENNIAL
GRAND ORGAN, IS Stop*. 9 BeU of Red*, and Com¬
bination i’ubce.SS guinea*. _
CLOUGH and WARRENS
PIPE and REED COMBINATION
JL ORGANS
With one manual, from u; guinea*.
With two muuinih nnd proa*. lr'ou 1>) guinea*.
Hydraulic motor*, for l.liw mg. from ' coin..,.
PLOUGH and WARBEN’S ORGANS have
\J u-rn iiroiionm nl l,y the mint eminent mu.lctan* In Eng¬
land to 1* auprrtorto all other* In p,pe-lik- quality of tune.
/Slough and warren’s American
VV ORGAN*. A romldmitlon of pqm* an.l rmla. whh h do
not go out of tune hy Uie m»at rover* change* of Unper atum
Ku*y of manipulation, haudrom* In dealgn. and of great
dural,lUty.
From IS to lift guinea*.
Secondhand from li giilne**.
Testimonial* and UrocrlpUr* 1.UL free be po*L
CnarrKM and Co..00, New fiinldtmti and 15. Poultry.
A XT MOBLEY and CO. (the Publisher®.of
VT . "Laddie" and Clro Pin.utlh ne.eat and greatest
■urenae*) l»g to announce that they have fortunately .ecuret
the manuacrlpta of U,e following pretty New Song*. Now
"“'Patience rewarded. Br cibo pin auTi.
K. flat. F (C to r >. and U.
THE CONQUERORS. By
TILL THE BREAKING OKTH^UAY ^PIN8UTI.
DOLLY'S REVENGE. By HKN.IV POW.
Order everywhere. 24 itamp* each. ,
W. Moii.et amt Co.. Ml. He*ent-*t.. W.; and TO. L pper-at. ■ N -
NEW PIANOFORTE MUSIC.
T3UON GIOItNO. Rondo. COTSFORD
1) U1CK. lt.6d.net.
1AANSE nuptiale e. jakobowski.
X-J lt*l. net
TL BOLERO. Spanish Dance. COTSFORD
X DICK. 2*. net.
C l RANI) MILITARY TOURNAMENT
T imualc.,1 ride „f the trt Life Guardi).
By J. PHI PHAM. 2*. net.
Rudest Coca* and Co.. New Burllngton-itreet. London.
SYDNEY SMITH’S PIANOFORTE
O MKTHoU. Price Its. Till* work, which hid* fair to
become " Tb* method at method*." may Im had of every muilc-
geller. ori* rent Jawt-lree to nil port* of the world for 'it 6d. by
the publisher. Euwia AaUDOWK, Hanover-aqunrc.
rpo LADIES.—SALE of NEW MUSIC
X ata Urge reduction and port-free. All MW Song*. Plec**.
Ac., of all publisher* In stock. New roplM. heat edithm*. Price*
commence Id., M.. Wl. Catalogue* sent stall.. WMteflwe.
J. W. Morrarr.S, llamibory-itreet. London,N. ErtablDlitdlwr.
K IRKMAN and SON,
MAKERS of GRAND and UPRIGHT
PIANOFORTES,
Sand 1). Solio-muare: and llrailmore Work*,
lianunenmith.
T7TRKMAN nnd SON’S HORIZONTAL
IV GRAND PIANOS are constructed „f wrought-iteel. and
nrc therefor*eapeciully adapted for the Colonies and extremes,
of trmperatare. Tin y also make a Short Overstrung Iron Grand
(S ft. 9 iii. long) at a very radonite price.
TZIRKMAN und SON’S NEW MODEL
IV CrUIUHT PIANOS range from 4 ft. high, are fall
trichoid. iron-framed, and lit tel will, Uie Imst repetition eh*rk-
artloa*. They can b- obtained In every variety of ca*e. In¬
cluding Rrnalaaanre anil Queen Anne style*.
All tlielr Pianoforte* am for Hale. Hire, or on the Three
Tun' System.
1 7 RARDS’ PLAN OS.—Messrs. ERAIiD, of
-i ih.G reat Marlbur-nizh-itivct, London, and 1.1. Rue de Mali,
Paris. Maker, to her Malesty nnd the Prince and Prince** of
Wales. CAUTION tlie Public that Pianoforte, are being wld I ear¬
ing the name of •• Kr.,nl " which are not of tlielr manufacture.
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TOIIN BRINSMEAD and SONS’
*f Recently-],atenUal SOSTENENTE PIANOS. ^ ^
"I have attentively examined tl,e hcuntilul
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which gradations of sound can he nro.tttrxd,
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'Plicae excellent nnin»* merit the approhatlon of
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Uie Kiigif *1, piano* at the Universal Exhibition,
we find that the palm belong* to the grand
piano* of the houte of lirlsi»ni ad.
“ Nicholas ItuafurrkiN.
•' D. MaQMV*."
J OHN BRINSMEAD and SONS’
PATENT HOSTKNENTB 1'IANOB.
" London.
•• In tlmnUhig you for your courtesy In pro¬
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dealte. 8'H* lik«v«a.''
1?L0RILINE. For the Teetli and Breath.
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T OHN BRINSMEAD nnd SONS’
tj PATENT SOSTENENTE PIANOS.
" 1 Imvo great pleasure in being nh’e to vouch
to the degree of iwrficiloii to which you have
brought the art of pianoforte manufacturing.
1 mutt eay the Improvement* patented and
Invented hy vonr firm *re of such value that
the musical judgea. after carefully'examining
the Instrument* competing with about seventy
nr eighty other manufacturers, unanimously
awarded your Piano* the First Frit* almvo
them *11. 1 a in * 1*0 of opinion that your
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with il>" remark able purity and *wcetnr»aof
hme. are unrivalled, whilst your patent action
produce* a touch absolutely |a'rfect.
"0. J. J*c**ox.
"Judgeof Muslcrtl Instrument*.
"Sydney International Exhibition. lifflO."
TOIIN BRINSMEAD und SONS,
U Si*. IK ' 20 . and «. WHSMOHK 8THEET, W.
THE HBI.VSMKAD WORKS.
ORAKP>N HOAD. KENTLSII-TOWN. N.W.
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MORE MEDICINE or EXPENSE for
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N°
PERFECT HEALTH to ST03IACH,
X Lungs, Nerve*, Liver, Blood, llrnln. and Breath
restored without medicine, purging, or expense, by
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TYU BARRY’S KEVALENTA ARABICA
XZ FOOD ami TONIO BISCUITS, Which *»V" Invalid*
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other Eruption* of the Skin, Fever. Ague, mid all
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l««t Mvallnsl Authority In London, after analysing
sixteen other b<" d». says:
T)U BARRY’S FOOD is the BEST of ALL.
-4Z It ha* saved many Wuinci, ami children wait lug with
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of Urban, Lord Stuart do Dcdea, Dr. Uvlugston*
and Mr. W. SI. Stanley, tho African explorer*. Dr*.
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EXTRACTS from 100,000 CURES of eases
-Lj which had resisted all other treatment*.
T JYSFEPSIA.—DU BARRY’S FOOD.
-I-Z Cnre luo.Ali).—A dangeruu* IIiikm having left my
-•—digestive ergatia t*", weal, to a** n,d»l« ordinary
fond of any klndmlBdcnttokeepmeaiive. I owe my
/ preservation to Du Barry'* Food and Tonic Ul- mt*.
on which I Huhalstedfor nmritli*.recovering « healthy
aetloii of the stomach, and strength and miiKle. t->
the nidonislimcnt of mjM lf. my medical mlvlaer, uml
\ friend,,.— Enwaab Wood, West llank.Iloltoii. Jiinsli.
l*Kk
BAIiRY’S FOOD—NERVOUSNESS,
DICHIL1TY.—With g rat I tilde I testify In the great
elllcacy of Du Barry'* Ftwtl In restoring a„,l *u»
taining 1,,-nltli, having liken It for N*rvou«ne**and
Weakrie**.—(Mrsi E. Gaurrox. Up]>cr Park. Ded¬
ham. March 11, IskO,
T\YSPEPSIA— DU BARRY’S FOOD lias
XZ cured mo of nightly sweating*, terrible Irritations of
the *t<nm<eh. nnd bad digestion, which had lusted
eighteen year*.—J. Omriair, Pariah rrle»t. 8L
Bomaine-aes-lle*. Franc*.
NERVOUSNESS.—DU BARRY’S FOOD.
it Cure of tlir Marclileiiesa de Ural,an. Ver-alll*-, of
seven year*' liver complaint, ileeplersnea*. p»lpl-
tatioii. and the moat Intense nervous•giUtthni and
debility, rendering her unlit for reading or social
Intercourse.
TYEBILITY.—DU BARRY’S FOOD 1ms
XZ ]ierfectly cured me of twenty year*’ dya)M , |«l*.
oppression, and debility, whieli prevented my dress-
lira or u ndretei ng myaolf.or making even the slighteat
effort.-Madame Uoskll ok UaiBoxkTTI. Avignon.
/CONSUMPTION.—DU BARRY’S FOOD.
Vz Conaumptfon. Asthma, Cough. Dropsy,Drain,'**, on
which I spent thourand*Of |M,un,l* during twenty-
live years In vain. h*vn yielded to till* dlvln* food,
and I am now restored to perfect health.—Mr. J*M>*
HonxBT*. Wood Merchant.
TYYSPEPSIcL — CONSTIPATION. — DU
XZ BARRY'8 FOOD —Cure No. 4:>.Kt2. of fifty year* -
ln<le*crlbahla agony from dyspepsia, nerve,,■ure*.
nathmn. cough, constipation, flatulency, snasin*,
• Icknes*.and Vuniting, by Da Barry'* Food.—Slaai*
Jolly, Wortham, Ling. Oct. 14. UOO.
L IVER—DU BARRY’S FOOD.—Liver
complaint ami diarrbcBii, from winch 1 liml •iillend
fearlully for two yeara. despite the le»t luc,Ileal
trealmeiit. have yielded to Du Burry'sex, client food.
W. ElUB. Major. U.M.B. Ill,attach,’,1. Luuilon.
D D
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Coiiximptlnn, Dlarrliura, Cramp. Kidney and III,older
Disorder*.—Dr \Vurier'aT*»llino,il*l:—“ Du Burry'*
Kv*d *uper*edc*,iu many caaea. all klmlaut medicine*.
It i* I'urto alarly efl.rctivo In rough* aithma con-
«m„|d,..n. indigestion idyspepaiai. a on,lined habit
of body, ua also In ,liar,liar*. ImiwoI complaints. In-
llummntory irritation, and cramp of tho urethra, tlia
kidney* and bladder, and ha-munhulda.—Dr. Ron.
Wriiznn. Pmfeasnr or Medicine, Bonn.
U BARRY’S F00 D.—Pulmonary
Complaint.—Mad nine II. do B.. in a hOtwlr** »tate of
pulmonary cou’umptluu. took tho li EVA LENTA
ARABICA hy advice of her physician. Bo rati Id
and favour,tide w„» the change it prudurril in her
health I hut tho dangerous period of her contlnement,
which her physician had predicted would ho fatal.
(Ms-eil over without danger or dlfflculty, tiioiigh tho
(why weighed sixteen pound*; and her In,•hand can¬
not speak he, highly "f till* excellent Food, upon
which both Ida wife and child are now living.
u BARRY’S FOOD in KIDNEY
DISEASE. '• It Iras cured me of kidney ,lliea*e. from
which 1 had augend fearfully for many sear*, and
which hail resisted tlioinoatcaroful medical treatment,
nnd now. at the age of ninety-three. I am perfectly
fro* from disease."—Cui* Leroy.Ortaux. France.'
■PARALYSIS, CONSTIPATION, AND
X ILK.MORIIHOID6. from Which 1 •nflered sixty year*.
have entirely yielded to l», Barry'*.Food, ami I am
now. at the age of eighty-live, enjoying perfect
health. —William Hcixt. Barri.ter-nt-Lnw. King*
College. Cambridge, Oct. 10,1H4I).
A CATARRH ON THE BLADDER,
with Itscxciuciiiting misery, hud resisted thegirah'st
■millrul skill .luring olaht long year*, hut l>„ Buny's
divine Uevaleidu F>hiI cur'd it In *u lucredimy
short time. —DkhK. I’rofessor of Chemistry. Fail*,
April 15. IdU
F DYSENTERY, TYPHOID, AND
AGUE. I lb,d Du Barry's Food worth It* weight In
r ;old. 1 advise no Engllrlr surgeon or officer to go
„to ramp without It.—W illiam WaLLxck Ki.msI.ik.
Surgeon late of the Im]aqiai llttomnn Army, Military
hospital. Soil,,. Bulgaria.
STOMACH.—DU BARRY’S FOOD lms
O jierfectly cured r„*ny yeara' fearful lulus III the
•Uunacli ninl Inlr-stlnre. and »le*|)les*i„’>i, will, con-
■tant uervou* hrilahlllty, for which my wife l,n,l
euLimit'd Iii vain tonudical trcstinent.-v. Movamo,
Merchant. Crnllg.
A sItIMA.—DU BARRY’S FOOD lias cured
me of thirty-six year*’ asthma, which obliged me to
get up lour or live times every night to relieve my
el,e*t from a pressure whichtlireatenedsufTocation.—
Bov. H. BuiLLcr. Erralnvllle. Franco.
N euralgia.—du barry-s food is
a remedy which 1 could almost call dlvlno It lias
perfectly cuml our dear Ulster Julia, who ha* been
sillier n ,2 for the lust fouryeal* Willi neuralgia In tho
bend, whirl, caliml her cruel agony, mol led Ion almost
Without real.—Rev. J. MokAsaiKit. Valgorge. France.
QLEEPLESSNES8.-DU BARRY’S FOOD
O lias curd my daughter, who had suflered for two
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They carried the corpse up the few entry steps leading into the room in the roof where Derrick slept.
ROPES X© F SAND.
BY R. E. FRANCILLON,
Author of “Strange Waters," "Olympia," "A Real Queen," &c.
CHAPTER XVH.
"LEAVE 1LT, ALONE."
D Stoke Jtriiot owned ft
physician or surgeon,
ho would have beep-
useless. Derrick was
dead : and anybody
could see how. He had
been shot through the
brain. Nor did it re¬
quire a magician to
point to the notorious
poacher of Hose Wood
ns his murderer.
Ik was so natural, as
- Francis Carew, while
keeping watch oyer die
dead body, had to own.
The poacher was clearly a
savage, while no doubt the
example of Mr. Davis had
stirred up the ambition of
Derrick to have the first
hand in the capture. There
would bg a Sort of shame
in Jetting the man from
Kent crow over the Hom-
nedrnbe keeper. No doubt
there had been a meeting,
and an affray: then a murder: and Francis felt a pang
through h is own conscience when, he had to remember that,
had it not been for him, the savage would have been unurmed.
Having guided Miss Openshaw/from that fatal wood, and
sent her to seek>for help, he returned to the beech and kept
guurd over his servant's corpse till Davis arrived, thinking
meanwhile of poor Nance once more. How would she bear
itShe was impassive, he knew; silent, and slow; but even
he knew well enough that she was anything but cold, and that
her fnthcr was all she had to caro for in Hint little world of
theirs. How small and petty all feelings about all living
things and creatures, even his own, seemed beside the dead
cause of a great and crushing sorrow against which all human
will must needs be in vain! He had never seen death before,
except when his own mother had died : nnd she had died old
and at peace in her bed, simply fulfilling the last function of
nature. Rut it was against nature that a strong man should
be struck down in the noon and fulness of his strength, while
the weak girl who leaned upon him was left to live on.
At last Mr. Davis came. “A bad business this—Squire,”
8eid he, roughly. “ Poor chap: he 'll never pull trigger no
more. Whose day’s work do you call this here f ”
m
W
“Cowcumber Jack’s,” said Francis, “I’m afraid. I’m
glad you ’ye come: as this is Sir Miles Heron’s land, l’oor
Derrick’s just where I found him : except that he was lying
on liis face' and that I’ve closed his eyes, l’oor fellow—and
poor* Nance. Now you’ve seen him, we must get him to his
own cottage. How con we best carry him ? ”
“ So they call this Jack ‘ Cowcumber,’ do they, because ho’s
cdol. ‘Icicle Jack,’ I should say. . . . Oil, 1 know how to
carry a corpse well enough. We ’vc hod jobs liko this in
Wrenshaw Park afore now. There was three banged last time.
You ’ll choose to take the feet, I suppose? ”
“No. I’ll take the body. He was my servant: and died
in my service—there. I’m ready now.”
“ * Icicle Jack,’ indeed! ” muttered Air. Davis, at the sight
of such unparalleled coolness on the part of a murderer.
“ There never was Cowcumber uor Icicle as cool as that hand,
nor never will be till the day oJ doom—uor then.” Yet, even
while lie shivered, he admired.
Francis was anything but deficient in his own sort of
courage: but liis heurt failed him when, after a heavy tramp
through the woods and across the dunes, terrible enough to
give one a nightmare n week for years, he reached the door of
the dead man’s cottage, and knew that he had to enter bear¬
ing such a burden. To his infinite relief, the kitchen was
empty of all but Mabel Openshaw, who, as they entered,
turned awny her eyes.
They carried the corpse up the few crazy steps leading into
the room in the roof where Derrick slept, laid it on his
mattress, nnd covered it with a sheet. Mr. Davis remained up
stairs: Francis returned to the kitchen.
“ Nance knows ? ” asked he, almost in a whisper.
Mabel had plainly been weeping, nnd was now almost
hysterical. It was her first experience of anything in the
shape of grief or pain. “ Yes—she knows. I’m afraid she
know too soon. Oh, how dreadful it all is! And I don’t
understand—she has not shed a single tear. What does it
mean P ”
“ God knows, dear. But this is no place for you. Let me
take you home.”
“ Oh, yes—home: let us go home.”
It wns indeed a trngedy: nnd yet Francis found his first
comfort that day during the walk back to the Vicarage. Mabel
was distressed beyond measure, apparently by what hud tuken
»lace between her and Nance: she forgot to coquet, and
•’rancis felt that she was sincerely looking to him for support
and protection.
“ Then—tikis is a Murder?” asked she at last.
“ It is, indeed.”
“ Arid by the very man I came into the woods to see ! ”
“I’m afraid so.” He could not help putting it in that
way ; though surely it was better that savage of the woods
I
should be the criminal than any man who had others than him¬
self to live for.
“ What will be done with him ?”
“ He will have to be caught, now, nnd he shall, if it costs
me nil I am worth in the world. Derrick was my own servant,
and then that poor girl, she does feel. You bade me show you
that man, and I will. He will be brought before Mr. Pengold,
who will send him to be tried at Exeter. And then he will be
found guilty, nnd hanged.”
“I will never see him. I could not bear it, now. It all
makes me feel as if I were somehow mixed in it—I am not,
am I?”
“ YVn. Mabel ? What an idea ! Then what must I feel, who
gar h. .. the gun”-
••Because of Me. I nm not a good girl, I told you I’m
not, nnd it’s true. I don’t believe I know how to feel. Nance
Derrick docs; nnd it is terrible to see. Ought one to feel like
that ? I could not, if all the world was to die.”
“ Like what, Mabel P”
“ She knows who killed her father—that keeper had told
her. And all she said was, ‘ Blood for blood ’ : and in such
a way: it terrified me: it mude me tum cold. They are
terrible people here : Mr. Pengold nlwavs says it, and it
is true. Mr. Carew—Nance Derrick, the witch, is the most
terrible of them all. ... I do believe in witches. I saw the
curse in Nance Derrick’s eyes.”
“ You are frightened, dear; and no wonder. And yon not
feel? You arc feeling only too much: you mustn’t think so
much of a risk that every man runs every day. Anybody
may die any day, in a duel, a battle, a shipwreck, nil sorts of
ways; and Derrick died doing his duty, mind: that must bo
put ou his tomb. And you not good ? I only hope you ’ll never
be better, until I’m half good enough for you as you are.”
That was his only word of love-making all that day.
Having led her’ safely to the Vicarage, he had n long
interview with Parson Pengold. The Parson took the news in
his
Instead
solutions so easily afforded by
with i
and
original grounds. “ We must nil die at Tost — that’s one thing
to be thankful for,” said he. “It’s the one satisfaction, be-
S ond the Greek, and of course the Hebrew, there is in having
cen bom. Poor fellow — poor fellow ! It’s something to know
there was one man in Stoke Juliot with brains enough for a
bullet to find. All the more pity he's gone. But it all comes
of the law. If there was no law against poaching, there’d be
no poachers; if there were no poachers, there'd be no killing
keepers ; if there were no killing keepers, a parson with the
ill-luck to be a justice would be able to live in peace—what
time have I for murders, pray, with my sermons to write, and
uva viuw Willi l lirbUli l cu^viu. X uu x iwa tuo uena ill
lis own way; that is to say, altogether unlike any other man’s,
'nstend of beginning with horror and ending with those con¬
volutions so easily afforded by the combination of philosophy
philosophy,
234
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
SEPT. 6, 1884
my pigs to feed, and my red cow ailing again—with my servant
quilting and the farmers all behindhand with their lawful
dups ? Game laws ! Let them pass an Act, short and sharp,
for the better recovery of tithe-pigs. Take a wise man’s ad¬
vice, my friend. Hang Cowcumber Jack. I mean don’t hang
him. Leave ill alone. Don’t bother me with such things.
If you want to hang every man in Stoko Juliot, begin with the
fanners; but if you don’t want to be the only living soul left
in the parish, let 'em be. Paullo majora canamus. lias Mabel
named the day?"
"No.”
" Then why the—why haven’t you ? Well, then; I ’ll name
it myself, that’s all. You’re not half a lover, my lad. Come
to me to-morrow morning—and I’ll have had it out with
.Mabel, and I’ll put up the banns next Sunday, whatever she
may say. Don't meddle with Jack Cowcumber, or any other
scoundrel, unless you want a hornet’s nest about your ears.
Stoke Juliot.’s Stoke Juliot. When you ’re a year or two older,
you’ll know what that means. Camarinam ne moveas : let sleep¬
ing dogs lie. Hide over to Barnstaple, and buy the magic
ring.”
Nevertheless Francis was unmoved from liis purpose of
bringing to coudigu puuislunent tho murderer of Nance
Derrick's father. He clid know enough of Stoke Juliot to be
perfectly aware that all the sympathies of the place would be
stirred in favour of any man who vindicated the public rights
of liberty against law, and that his alliance with the keeper
from Kent would render him a public enemy. Revenue officers
lmd been put out of the way since Horaeck’s time, yet justice
had never been done upon those who were regarded as any-
riling hut murderers. It was a new thing to kill a keeper;
but that was only because it had been a new thing for ft keeper
to interfere with a poacher. So it behoved Francis to proceed
with infinite care. Otherwise, the murderer would assuredly
escape, finding in every human being in Stoke Juliot a friend
and helper. The parish had its constable, it is true ; but that
functionary was perfectly well known to be the principal
owner of a fishing-smack which fished for kegs so far off as
the Scillics, and even as Guernsey, where the home duties did
not run; and so was especially interested in leaving Camarina
undisturbed. As for calling in the authority of the county, he
might as well commission a lion to catch nn eel at the bottom
of a pond.
He went straight home to think things out in quiet; for
once finding something to think over apart from Mabel.
Though even thus he never gave a real thought of how Nance
was doomed to watch all through the night, with no company
but her dead father and her own thoughts of desolation and
revenge. Her heart had need to turn away from its own
bitterness ; and to seek refuge from wormwood in gall.
And there, through it all, sat Captain Quickset, eternally
smiling over his eternal pack of cards, waiting for dinner, or
supper, or whatever Mrs. Drax might choose to call the next
monotonous and wearisome meal, just as if he had never been
snubbed or shaken. Francis never felt such nn intense desire
to shake this extraordinary specimen of a guest out of the
window ns now. Hospitality may be sacred; but even sacred
duties have tlicir bounds.
"Frank,” said the Captain, at last breaking silence, "it
begins to strike me that this sprain of mine is getting well. In
short, if I stay here any longer—delightful as these quarters
are—they ’ll be raising the hue and cry for a man who, though
I say it,* can’t well be spared. Between you and me, I 'in
positively in terror over the heap of letters waiting me.
Women will write, yon know ; and they have a way of expect¬
ing nn answer that's flattering, and all that, but mightily tire¬
some to fingers more used to the sword than the pen. Bless
you, Frank, to think Richard Quickset needs to spoil a friend's
sport with village beauties, for want of better of his own ! You
want to be quit of me, of course—’tis but natural; for a red
coat does play the very devil with the poor fools; they can’t
help it, on my life and soul.”
"Yes,” said Francis, “I do. I’ve things to mind that
make a cow-a soldier of your sort, best out of the way. You
can ride the grey mare to Barnstaple, and leave her at the inn.
1 shall have business there before long; and they ’ll know my
name.”
“ That will suit my book famously. Of course I don’t like
to trouble you, but you see I’m out of the way of my bankers,
and I didn't leave town for so long a stay. And we mayn’t
meet again. So perhaps it will be best if we settle up accounts
to-night, nnd then we shall be clear of one another in the
morning.” /V--^
"Accounts? Do you mean fighting? In that ease—here
I am.” ’ \\
" You are nu absurd creature, Frank; on my life and soul
you are. As if I'd risk your life, and make myself a laughing¬
stock for the rest of my days, about a parson’s girl ora milk-
maul. I don't even know about which it would be. I, who
have fought with nn Earl about a Duchess.—Buh ! No, hQ ; I
mean our accounts ns between two men of sense and reason—
the little balance on the cards.”
" Do I owe you anything still? ” \
“ A mere bag o’ tails, Frank—nothing more. Such a trifle
I 'in downright ashamed to ask you for it, on my life and soul.
If it wasn’t that a man can’t tfftvel with empty pockets, I
wouldn't mention it at all; and if it ’s inconvenient ”-
"Of course it's convenient,” said Francis. "I’m not
going to let you go, owing you a shilling. How much is it P
You shall have tho money now."
Hero’s the account—Carew Debtor to Quickset; Quickset
Debtor to Carew. Of course you ’ll chock the items ; but I
don't think you ’ll find unytliing wrong.” /
“ What!” exclaimed Francis, after n glance at the paper.
"You menu to say I owe you all this—nine hundred and
ninety-eight pounds A
"And eleven sliififfigs> Nine hundred and fifty-one
guineas, to a T. Th<s fortune of war, Frank—the fortune of
war. A mere fleabiic, after nil. I’ve played at tables where
twice the money ha^changed hands in half an hour. I 've lost
more myselfj bnjr^ingle shake of the bones. It would liave
been more, only you lmd such cursed good luck that last night
we played ; there’ was jeositively nothing your cards didn’t do.’ ’
Francis examined the paper in silence—not because he in
ilic lcastNloiibted its good faith, or because he hoped to
diminish tho figures by looking at them, much less because he
had thcleftst intention of postponing full payment, but because
lie really clid not fiee-Fow the money was to be raised by
tu-mnrrow morning.
x/xYou don't life? it ? ” asked Captain Quickset, in a tone so
fulhqf cqudi'sceneibn as to amount, in the ears of Francis, to a
snccrX " Well—perhaps it mayn’t seem such a trifle to you as
it does touiex Of course there are people who think a guinea
too much to lbse. I ’ll tell you wliat wo ’ll do. I ’ll take the
odd fifty-one guineas to carry mo to town, and we’ll play
double or quits for the odd nine hnndred—the best two hnnus
out of three, or the best three out of five.”
“ No.” Francis despised the man, but none the less felt
the sneer. " I '11 pay what I owe. I haven’t the money in
the house, or anywhere to lay my hands on without trouble.
But it shall bo done somehow, even if you have to stay here
another day.”
"Oh, there’s no trouble,” said the Captain. ‘ ‘ Your lawyer
in Barnstaple has got your title-deeds, hasn’t he? Yes; you
once told me so. Thev 're good security. Give mo a bill on
yourself ot three months for the lot, with nn extra—let mo
sec—yes; nn extra twelve guineas to cover the discount, and
ho ’ll let mo have it like a bird, and you can mortgage an acre
or two to meet the bill. Why, it’s just the simplest thing in
the world.”
"That would do, of course. But I don’t know how to
draw a bill.”
" Frank—I have seen strange things in my time. But the
strangest thing I ever saw in my life I shall never tell of ;
because I object to being given the lie. Not even to Joe
Norris, who knows me for the soul of truth, will I whisper such
a wonder as a country gentleman who doesn’t know how a
bill’s drawn. I should sleep that night iu Bedlam. And yet
I’ve seen it with my own eyes.”
CHAPTER XVIII.
"WHY—ROPES OF SAND.”
If Nance Derrick passed a night such as one scarcely dares so
much as think of, Mabel also spent by no means a happy one.
Indeed, it is a very open question as to whether on the whole
she did not suffer the more sharply of the two. Nance was
crushed and numbed—the one reality of her life had followed
her dreams, so that she had only her own crushed self left to
live for. I doubt if under such conditions a sufferer can be
rightly said to feel, any more than one who is stunned. But
Mabel’s troubles were of another kind, and affected another
nature. For she was being tortured in the worst of ways for
her comfort-loving and sensitive temper: nnd a thousand
needle-pricks, though they go scurce skin-deep, give more ex¬
quisite pain than one blow that paralyses the nerves. Her
parting from the Captain that day had been terribly like a
quarrel: her nerves had been made doubly sensitive by the
sight of blood, death, nnd despair: and now, just when she
had escaped into the familiar safety of her own bower, the
very demon of tactlessness urged Parson Pengold to choose
that very moment for urging the suit of her lawful lover.
Had it been his object to make her loathe the very name of
Francis Carew, the attack could not liave been better timed.
Had she been simply left alone, it was quite ou the cards that
she might have come to choose tho better man of her own
accord—at any rate, have hesitated so long before choosing
the worse that the chances of the two men would have become
equal. As things turned out, thanks to the Parson, the stars
in their courses fought in favour of Caleb Quickset and dead
against Francis Carew.
There is neither occasion, nor space, to tell how by means of
Greek, Latin, and Hebrew; of logic and philosophy; of social,
political, and nutural history ; of theology, ethics, expediency,
nnd self-interest, Parson Pengold exhorted his ward to her
bounden duty and her clear advantage of accepting Francis
Carow with a plain " Yes,” and of naming the day, so that he
might put up the banns. Though he had reason fully on his
side, he argued as exhaustively as if he were nn advocate
desperately bolstering up a bad cause. She had no answer to
give him: so he supplied her with answers, and then knocked
them down. Francis’s praises were sung till they becamo
nauseous: Captain Quickset was run down till his portrait
became an impossible caricature, and till Mabel's heart was
provoked to rebellion in his cause. In short, the Parson, like
many another man of learning, proved himself an arrant fool.
However, he let her see one thing quite clearly—that, with¬
out some bold stroke, marriage with Francis Carew was her
doom. She had no tolerable excuse for saying “ No ” : and
own to her secret engagement, or understanding, or whatever
it was, with Captain Quickset, she did not dare, for his own
sake as well as for her own.
Two nearly sleepless nights were bad for the nerves of one
who had hitherto never known what such things menu : nnd
she was looking really fil, nnd feeling so, when next morning
came ; nnd, for once, found her glad to rise. She felt hunted,
and her head ached; nnd altogether felt that there ore better
parte to play than that of a heroine, after all.
The Parson had just come in from liis yard, and was de¬
molishing cold bacon and ale with the enjoyment of a plough¬
man who had gone to bed wholly sober the night before. He
nodded his head as jovially as if all the farmers of Stoke Juliot
had been hanged.
"I believe I shan’t be worried about poor Derrick after
all,” said he. “ I’ve been talking over the evidence, with tho
pigs, and I've made up my mind to refuse a warrant even if
one”* asked for. Nobody saw or heard a shot—that’s quite
clear: and if one was to hang every dog because he’s
got a bad name—any way, I’ve made up my mind. I
suppose I ought to go and see the lass, be she witch or no.
go this morning, if 'twasn’t for the red cow, and if I hadn’t
my confounded sermon to write, and twenty tilings to do ut
home. I ’ll go to-morrow; I shall have time then. Sat eito, si
tat bate. By-the-wny, young woman, I caught Tamzin this
morning trying to liide a letter under her gown—a pretty
thing to be going on under my very eyes : 1 wasn’t going to
stand that, so I read it, every word. Oho ! So it has conie to
secret corresponding under the nose of the old gentleman—
eh P—* Dear Mabel: To-morrow at the steeple. I am starting
for Barnstaple, and must see you before going.’—‘ Must * ? I
should think he must, indeed. And to Barnstaple ? I can give
a good guess what fairing he ’ll bring home. So the lad don’t
want the Parson to do the love-making for him, after all.
You are a puss, Mabel. There—take your letter: and don’t
look like a sunset at midsummer. Go and meet him. Fancy my
preaching for hours last night when ’twas settled betwixt you
all the time. Give me a kiss. You 're a good lass: and 1 ’m
a happy man. And the red cow *s better than ever I thought to
see her again.”
She took tho letter—it was in Quickset’s now familiar hand,
the hand which had hidden the first billet-doux among the
dahlias ; but, happily, unsigned. That stroke of luck was so
great that she had neither the heart nor the courage to over¬
throw the Parson’s belief that it was an assignation on the
part of Francis Carew. What an escape it had been !
Captain Quickset was indeed being fought for by all the
stars in the sky.
No time had been named for the meeting: which might
have told tho Parson that matters were further advanced than
even he supposed. While poor Nance wa3 sitting with her
dead, neglected and deserted by all the world, she who stood in
the place of the Vicar’s daughter went down to the sands, well
nigh witliin sight of the cottage, full only of her own troubles.
And, after all, who can possibly have trouble equal to one’s
own ? And there stood Quickset himself, already before her—
the interview must be urgent indeed to bring the beau so
punctually abroad into the growingly bitter air.
" All—Mabel! ” exclaimed he, coming forward to meet her.
"Things have come to a crisis: and a sharp one. I’m not
like I was yesterday, to throw down and pick up again. To¬
day, I’m to take, or to leave. Which is it to be ? ”
“Caleb! Don’t speak like that—when I’m in such
trouble [ don’t know wliat to do, or where to turn. They
have settled it all between them—Mr. Pengold, and that Mr.
Carew. He is going to buy the ring to-day—I was told so
only last night—ana I am to be asked iu church next Sunday.
And if you can think of nothing-Caleb ! Why did you let
me go into the wood yesterday with that man ? ”
" He asked you to marry him, of course ? ”
"No, indeed. He thinks it enough to have asked Mr.
Pengold. That’s a thing with which I have no sort of
concern.”
"If lie had, I’d have—but, as he hasn’t, never mind.
Don’t you see that I couldn’t possibly interfere? It was ns
much as I could do to keep from knocking his thick skull from
his shoulders for hia insolence; but I couldn’t, without com¬
promising you. That was tho only thing that saved his bones,
upon my life and soul. . . . But the crisis. 'The long nnd the
short of it is, I must fly.”
“ Fly ! and while I”-
"Yes. The bloodhounds are after me. Yon remember
Dans: the man who took up rise Squire for drunk and in¬
capable ? He ’a supposed to be down here for Sir Miles Heron.
He’s down for nothing of the kind. What Sir Miles has got
to do with it, ’s too long a story: but he’s a friend of the
Marquis, and that’s but one wheel within the machine. I
know that man Davis for a Bow-street runner, as sure as I love
you! and”-
‘‘ A Bow-street runner ? What is ”-
"Bless my life and soul if I can find out anything they do
know down here ! Why, a runner is a rascal from Bow-street:
nnd Bow-street is where the runners come from. They’ve
tracked me out, Mabel. J’ve been here too long: and I must
go. What’s worse: Scotland’s no good now.”
" And you— you leave me to be the wife of this man ! ”
" No. I would sooner see you die at my feet. That is
why I had to see yon. You must swear to me that never,
whatever happens, will you be the wife of Francis Carew.”
" I thought ”-she began, in a bitter tone : but paused.
She believed in her lover’s peril: but it seemed nevertheless as
if he were thinking more of his own safety than of her own
need. It did not make her care for him the less—selfishness
never lessens love: but, after having beeu implored to elope,
it was a cold and tame proposul that she should be left beliind,
with nothing but a vow to guard her. " I can swear nothing,
Caleb,” she said, less bitterly but more sadly. " Mr.
Pengold is determined. I cannot fly in his face. And you
will bo gone: but Mr. Carew will be here.”
“ You misunderstand me, my darling, you do, upon my
life nnd soul.” His arm crept round her waist, and he kissed
her cheek tenderly. "I shull come back, never fear; only do
as I tell you, and keep a good watch every night between
eleven and one. I’ve got plenty of mouey for everything.
I’ve arranged to have a thousand guineas waiting for me ut
Barnstaple, in safe hands, this very day ; and there ’ll always
be plenty more. Only it mayn’t be for some time ”-
" For how long?”
“That depends on a hundred things.. It might be a
month ”-
“ A month ! And next Sunday ”-
“ Well, Mabel—what then ? ”
“ I am to be called in church. And Mr. Carew is gone to
buy the ring. I hate him—oh, how 1 do hateliim ! But I shall
have to marry him. He is a strong man—I think very nearly
ns strong as you; nnd he will have liis way as surely as ”-
"As youlove meP Ah, but there are two words to that
bargain, Mabel. Am I going to let you be dragged to the
altar, n victim, by a.drunken hedge-parson and a ruffianly
bumpkin, while Caleb Quickset, officer and gentleman, lias
two arms to liis shoulders, and the clearest head iu the British
Army between ’em ? Perish the thought, as the piny says;
perish it, upon my life and soul. Of course you ’ll find it a
hard battle without me to support you—though love himself is
his own shield and sword, as the play says again. But can’t
you put the thing off ? Aliy woman can put oil things. Gad,
I’ve known a woman put off her own hair. But, seriously,
would you swear to wait for the rattle on the window-pane if
my numskull of a rival were out of the way?”
“ Ah, if ho only were ! ”
" Then send him out of it, Mabel. Any woman can send
any man out of anything—out of his wits, even, if he’s got
any. Let me see. You told me one day that nursery talc of
old Horner—Homy—Horneck—what’s-his-nauie. Do the
triok yourself. Give Squire Carew something to do that’ll
take him some time.”
"I’ve tried it already, Caleb. I told him to find mo
Cowcumber Jack, because everybody said it couldn’t be done.
He did it the next day. It was only that—that horrible
death—that prevented my seeing the man within twelve hours
of my bidding.”
" Tell him something harder, then. Let me sec-tell him
you ’ll never marry anybody under a Captuin.”
“ Then he would be a Captain, somehow. He would buy
hi nine If a company, if he had to sell all his land. He means to
hare me, Caleb: and it’s that makes me afraid.”
" Lord Chief Justice, then: or Admiral of tho Fleet: or
Com-cuttcr to the King.”
" You may laugh, Caleb. I can’t laugh. 1 know this:
that whatever I bade him do, he would do, sooner than any
other man would think about beginning. And 1 should have
to abide by my word.”
Captain Quickset fully appreciated the advantage that the
lover who commands has over the lover who obeys. Yet he
. scarcely cared to hear what, though spoken of the man she
hated, seemed dangerously like an admiring recognition of
invincible power.
“ Then remember the end of the story,” said he. "If vou
can’t give him something that would bent a man, give him
something that would beat the devil.”
"If there were anything in the world”-
" Set him to spin Ropes of Sand.”
“ Ropes of Sand! ” mused Mabel. " Wliat are they ? ”
“Why— Ropes of Sand,” said the Captain, "nro just—
Ropes of Sand. Fancy a woman asking such a question of a
mail! ”
(To be continued.)
It is proposed to confer the freedom of Aberdeen on the
Enrl of Rosebery on the occasion of his visiting that city to
deliver an address at the Trades’ Congress ou the 10th inst.
The extension of the Walker Art Gallery at Liverpool being
now complete, the whole of the galleries were opened on
Monday. In addition to the usual autumn exhibition, tlie
following societies occupy separate galleries, which have been
assigned to them:—The Royal Society of Paiuters in Water-
Colours, the Royal Institute of Painters in NVuter-Coloius, tho
Royal Hibernian Academy, the Institute of l’uinters in Oil-
Colours, the Dudley Gallery Art Society, the Society of
Pniuter-Etchers, the Liverpool Academy the Directors of the
Grosvenor Gallery.—A letter has been received by the Mayor
of Liverpool from Sir A. B. Walker, offering to defray the
entire cost of the additions made by the Corporation to the
Walker Art Gallery, at a cost of £12,000. The original offer
of Sir A. B. Walker, for tho establishment of the Walker Art
Gallery at Liverpool, was £20,000, but the generous donor
expended £32,500.
SEPT. 6, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
235
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will (dated Oct. 23, 1878) of Dome Emily Mills, late of
No. 36. ChnrlcB-etreet, Berkeley-square, and of Hillingdon
Court, Uxbridge, who died on April 22 last, lias been proved
by Sir Charles Henry Mills, Part., M.P., the son, and the
lion. Francis Johnstone, the grandson, the executors, the
value of the personal estate amounting to upwards of £41,000.
The testatrix makes specific bequests of jewellery, furniture,
Sic., to her son, daughters, and other members of her family;
and gives pecuniary legacies to her executor Mr. Johnstone,
servants, and others. The residue of her cstute she leaves,
upon trust, for her daughter the Hon. Mrs. Eleunor Duncombe,
for life, nud then for her issue as she shall appoint.
The will (dated March 15, 1880) of Madame Louise
Eugenie Pauline Odart De Hilly, Marquise d'Oysonville,
formerly of Luunay Baffcrt, Commune of Chavaignes, Canton
of Noyant, but late of No. 30, Hue de Londres, Paris, who
died on March 16 last, was proved in London on the 1st nit.
by Charles Dcnouille, one of the executors, the value of the
personal estate iu England amounting to over £15,000. Subject
to some legacies, tlio testatrix appoints her nephew, Henri,
Marquis d’Oysonville, universal legatee.
The will (dated July 15,1872) of Mr. John Black Leishman,
late of Birkby House, Bickley Park, Bromley, Kent, who died
on July 20 last, was proved on the lltli ult. by Mrs. Mary Ann
Madeline Leishmnn, the widow, Edward Ford Duncansou, and
John Ingli8, the executors, the value of the pcrsonul estate
amounting to upwards of £103,000. The testator bequeaths
all his plate, household furniture, pictures, books, wiues, and
effects to his wife ; and £100 to hia executor Mr. Inglis. As
to the residue of liis real and personal estate, ho leaves one
third between his daughters, Mrs. Mary Ann Duucunson and
Miss Elizabeth Leishmnn; and the other two thirds, upon
trust, for his wife, for life, and then in equal moieties for his
said two daughters.
The will (dated Jan. 30, 1882) of Mr. Reuben Levy, formerly
of No. 18, Bayswater-terrace, Bayswater, but lute of No. 143,
Kiug’s-road, Brighton, who died on June 7 hist, was proved
on the 9th ult. by Jnmes Levy Hart, the brother, mid Lewis
Emanuel, two of the executors, the value of the personal estate
exceeding £77,000. The testator, after bequeathiug £100 to
hia executor Mr. Emanuel, free of duty, leaves one third of the
residuo of hia reul and personal estate to his said brother,
James Levy Hart; oue third to his sister, Mrs. Rebecca
Jessell; one sixth to his niece, Mrs. Mary Hamilton; and one
sixth to his nephew, Ernest Jessell.
The will (dated Dec. 8, 1880) of Mr. Percy Mitford, J.P.,
late of No. 48, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, who died ou
Juno 27 last, was proved on the 6th ult. by the lion. Sirs.
Emily Marion Mitford, the widow and solo executrix, the
value of the personal estutc amounting to upwards of £41,000.
The testator gives, devises, appoints, and bequeaths all his
property of whatever kind to his wife for her own absolute
use and benefit.
Tho will (dated Dec. 9, 1881) of Mr. Alfred Hudson Slmd-
wcll, one of the Taxing Masters iu Chancery, late of No. 1,
Harrington-gardens, South Kensington, who died on May 31
last, was proved on July 26 by Thomas Lloyd Murray Browne
and Maurice Otlio Fitzgerald, the executors, the value of the
personal estate amounting to over £35 ; 000. The testator
bequeaths the silver-gilt cup presented to his grandfather by a
former Duke of Northumberland to his nephew, Charles
Lancelot Shadwcll; and £200 to each of his executors. All
his real estate, and the residue of the personalty', ho leaves to,
or upon trust for, his daughter, Mrs. Mury Campbell.
The will (dated Jan. 6, 1868) of Mr. William Henry Dalton,
formerly of No. 28, Cockspur-street, publisher and bookseller,
but late of No. 30, Coleherne-road, West Bromptnn, who died
on June 23 last, has been proved by the Rev. William Henry
Dalton and Howland Neale Dalton, the sons, tho executors,
the value of the personal estate exceeding £30,000. The
testator bequeaths £100 and his residence, with the furniture
and effects, to his wife, Mrs. Martha Dalton; and nineteen
guineas each to his brothers and sister for the purchase of
rings. The residue of his real and personal estate is to be held,
upou trust, for his wife, for life, and then for his two sons.
Tho will (dated June 14,1884) of the Rev. Thomns William
Baxter A vcling, D.D., latoof No. 208, Amherst-rond. Hackney,
who died on July 3 last at Rccdho.ni, was proved on the
12th inafc. by Thomas Goodall Aveliug and Charles Taylor
Aveling, M.D., tho sons, and tho Rev. Arthur Firmiu
Joscelyne, the executors, the value of the personal estate
amounting to over £8000. With the exception of a com¬
plimentary legacy to his executor Mr. Joscelyne, the pro¬
visions of the will are wholly in favour of testator’s wife,
children, uud grandchildren.
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.
The annual report for 1883 of Colonel Henderson,
missioner of Police for tho Metropolis, states that the
authorised strength of the force on Dec. 3JUlast was 25
superintendeuts, 611 inspectors, 1036 sergeunts, and 10,950
constables. During the year 21,110 houses were built,Torm-
ing 361 new streets aud oue now square, covering a distance
of 56 miles and 84 yards. There were 212 police officers
commended by or received pecuniary^rewards from judges
and magistrates, and 1041 were rewarded by the Commissioner.
Assaults on tho police numbered 2776. There were 79,373
offences for which arrests were maueX There was an increase
of drunk and disorderly persons, and a slight increase of cases
of mere drunkenness. It is, however, stated thuilhe police do
not now arrest for simple drunkenness. There was a con¬
siderable decreusc in the number of felonies, including
burglaries. Directions have been given W issue revolvers
to such of the police ompleyettTm Bigliffanty in the exterior
districts as are desirous of having them, and they have been
instructed in their use. Double patrols have also been estab¬
lished wherever practicable in lonely and retired districts.
At the annual examination for prizes offered by the Society
of Apotliecafiea/tfib first, a gold medal, was awarded to Mr.
John Henry Garrett, of University College, and the second, a
silver medal and books, to Mr. Henry Hamilton, of the Bristol
School of Medicine.
The councilor the Society of Arts arc trustees of £400, pre-
*ejiled to them by the Owen Jones memorial committee, the
balance of the subscriptions to that fund (upon trust), to ex¬
pend the interest thereof in prizes to “students of the schools
of art who in annual competition produce tho best designs
for household furniture, carpets, wall-paper and hangings,
damasks, chintzes, &c., regulated by the principles laid dowu
by Owen Jones; ” the prizes to “ consist of a bound copy of
Owen Jones's ‘Principles of Design,’ n bronzo medal, und
Mtvli sums of money as the fund admits of.” Tho prizes will
be awarded on tho results of tho annual competition of the
Science and Art Department. Competing designs must be
marked “In competition for the Owen Jones Prizes.” The
next award will be made in 1885, when six prizes arc offered
for competition.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
All rommunkallont relating to this department of Hr Paper riould be addmted lo the
PM or, and kart I He word “ thru written outlie meet ope.
T H (Munich).—In tli* stuctulcJ poiltlon of tour lut. please examine the effect of
i. Kttog unit.
IIheward (Oxford).—Thenkt; the problem (hell have early attention.
Plrvka (Boulogne).—We hate fonrardtd your letter to the author. What about
No. 2100?
J 8 I. (Natal).—We Khali examine the poeltlon amended at you tuggeat and let you
know the reault.
New Fosxrr.—See answer to Plem*.
M O (New York).—We do not think It dlffUnlt, but It ahull, nerertheleaa. appear.
Connrrr SOtPTIn.tl or Pw'Blrm* No*. 2(107. 90W. and IBM received fiom J 8 Logan
i It a I,burn. Natal): of No*. 3009, 2100 . and 2101 from O II Hate I Richmond, Ope of
flood Hope); o» No. vim from J A B: of No*. 2105, 2IOI. 2107, and 3108 from W K
Man by (I’entcrden): of X -a 210(1.2107. and 3100 from It Wortera (Canterbury): of
No. 2107 from (1 31 (11. Ms. T'm*ralre), and Emile Frnu ; of No. 2I0S from Heinrich
Skornlk .Hamburg). Emile Fnm. O 31 (11.31 S. TemCrairo), Laura Ureatm. and
Jacinto Magalhne* (Oporto). .
CoauEcr ZotmoKf or Pboblrm No. 2109 received from H II Noyea. R trackball.
It J Vines, James 1‘ilklngtan. Jumbo. KKH.F Ferrta. I. Shsrrwood, Erne»t Share-
wood. N S Harris, Emmo (Darlington). George Jolcejr H Warden. II I. Southwell,
llev. \V Anrl-rson (Old Romney), Laura Greaves, CW Mllsoni. 1, I. Orecliaway. A t!
Hunt. CSUoxe. Tit Holdron, 0 H Baxter (Dundee). J TW. W (1<> Jackson, a W
l aw, H I.uc»a. I. Wyman. Nerina, W W Hunter, O S Oldfield, C Darrajrli. K Casells
I Pari*). Shad forth, S Bullrn, G Hutklaaon, An Old Hand, M O'lIsUomn, New Forest,
T Sinclair. T O (Ware), Joseph Ainsworth. W MllUer, B Lowndes, A Wlcvnore.
I.Falcon (Antwerp), Nerina. E Elabury, H K Awdry. W J Rodman.Thomas Water*.
Otto Folder (Olientr. D W Kell. Ben Nevis. C 8 Coxe, W Dowse, J Hall, Kirby and
tho Ensign, Emile Fran, II II Brook*. K Wortera, Mereward, 8 Farrsnt, and Jupiter
Junior.
Noru.—This problem cannot he solved by way of 1. Q to K II tq. Black having a
good answer to that cousin |. B to Kt Sth : and If White continues with 3. Q to B Bth.
then 2. K to K tth prevents the mate on the third move. The answer to 1. Q to K B
Stb la I. H to II 4Ui. 4c.
white.
1. K to B 6th
2. <1 to K 4th (oh)
8. P to Kt 4th
• If D'.ack play 1-
Solutions of Problem*.
No. 2106. No. 2107.
WRITE. BLACK
1. B to K 6th K to Q Sth •
2. B to Kt 4th (eh) K moves
3. R mates accordingly.
BLACK.
K takes Kt
K to B 4th
Mate.
K to Q B 4th. then
2. P to Q Kt 4th (ch) I if I. Kt on Q Kt4th
moves, then 2. Q to Q 4th (ch); If I. B to
QIiaih.thm3.Qto K Itsqfch); If I. B
risen here, then 2. Kt on Q B (Sth to K 7th
(ch), mating In each case on the third
move.
• If Black play I. Ktto K Cth.then 3. R
fakes P (ch): If 1. K takes P. then 2. It to
Q 8th (ch). mating on tho third move.
No. 3106.
WHITE. BLACK.
1. Kt to a B 5th K takos R
2. K to B Sth P moves
3. Kt mates.
PROBLEM No. 2111.
By II. \V. tfiiKnn ittt> (Canterbury).
BLACK.
imp
HI
HP
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ii
th
B
HI
WHITB.
White to play, and mate in two moves.
riaycd at Bath in t he First Class Tourney of the Counties Chess Association,
between Messrs. Skipwobtu and "Watte.
(Irregular Opining.)
BLACK (Mr. Vt.)
P to ft 4th
P to K 3rd
Kt US K B 3rd
B to Q 3rd
Castles
P to Q Kt 8rd
B to Kt 2nd
white (Mr. B.)
1. P to Q 4th
2. Kt to K B 3rd
3. P to K 3rd \
4. B to ft 3rd
5. Castles
6. P to B 4th
7. P lo Q Kt 3rd
8. Kt to B 3rd P to B 4th
9. Rto K»| Kt to B 3rd
10. B P takes F K P takes P
11. B to R3rd PtakesP
13. B takes B Q takes B
13. Kt to Q Kt 5th ft to ft so
14. Q Kt takes P Kt takes Kt
15. Kt takes Kt P to Kt 3rd
10. ft to K 2nd RtoBsq
17. Q R to B sq Q to K 2nd
18. BtoROth KRtoftsq
Overlooking IS. B takes R: 1®. R takes
B. Q to Both. 4c.. winning the oxchaoga.
19. B takes B 0, takes B
20. Q to Q Kt 2nd
21. P to B 3rd
22. Cl to K 2nd
23. R to B 3rd
21. KRtoQBsq
25. P takes Kt
Kt to K Sth
Kt to B 4th
P to Q R 3rd
Kt to K 3rd
Kt takes Kt
R takes B
white (Mr. 8.)
26. R takes R
27. Q lo K 6th
28. R to B 7th
29. RtoB8th
30. R to Both
31. P to O 4th
32 . R to B 6th
33. P to K.R 3rd
34. a to K 7th
35. R take* Q P
36. ft to K 6th
87. K to R 2nd
38. U to K 7th
89. P to B 5th
BLACK (Mr. W.)
P to Q Kt 4th
ft to ft 2nd
ft to ft 3rd
ft to ft 2nd
ft to ft 3rd
Q to Kt 3rd
ft to R 4th
ft takes P
R to K B so
ft takes Kt P
P to Kt 5th
ft to ft 6th
P to Kt 6th
ft to ft 7th
The only move. White threaten* both
P to B 0th and R to Q 8t h. Now If to. I* to
U nth. Black’s answer U 40. Q to K B 8th
(ell). and 41.6 to QKtiq; and If 40. Rto
Q Stn. then follow* 40. Q to B 0th (ch), and
41. K take* R. prepared to tako tbs Pawn
with Q, when It checks at K B Sth.
40. ft to ft 6th P to Kt 7th
41. P to B 6th
43. R to K 5th
43. R takes ft
44. ft to B 4th
45. P to Q 5th
Q to K 6th
P Queens
Q takes R
Q to K 3rd
Q takes B P,
and White resigned.
Mr. J. O. Howard Taylor, whose delicate health for some years past bus,
wc regret to say, deprived the chess world of many brief and brilliant games,
sends ua a curious skirmish which occurred to him recently. Mr. Taylor
observes; " I do not remember any similar finish, but there is nothing new
under the sun; and I have a strong impression that I must have been fore¬
stalled in this.
I i *. „ ,
1 “ Tho following ia the gauielet referted to
(A" Kt Defence in (A* K B Opening.)
white (Mr. T.)
1. P to K 4th
2. B to B 4th
3. Kt to K B 3rd
4. Kt to Q B 8rd
black (Amateur).
P to K 4th
Kt to K B 3rd
Kt taken P
Kt takes Kt
wniTK (Mr. T.) BLACK (Amateur).
6. Q P takes Kt P to ft 3rd
6. Castles B to Kt 6th
7. Kt fakes K P B takes Q
White mates in two moves.
The subscriptions to the fund for a testimonial to Mr. Blackburns come
in more slowly than is desirable. In the la»t few weeks, however. Leeds
has contributed £10, Calcutta £20, and a donation of £6 has been received
from Mr. Burns, tho well-known Melbourne amateur. Mr. Blackburne's
physician prescribes a sea voyage to warmer climes to avoid the ooming
winter in England, and tho great chessplayer will therefore probably
leave for Melbourne in the course of next month. We hope to see him
depart with a full puree ns well as the hearty good wishes of English chess-
player*. Subscriptions may be forwarded to Mr. L. Huffer, 18, Tavistock-
Blreet, Covent-garden. _
The Duke of Sutherland yesterday week reviewed, at Dun-
robiti, the Sutherland^ ire Rifle and Artillery Volunteers.
Earl Sydney opened n bazaar at Deni yesterday week for
the benefit of an institution for the Deal and Wnlmer boat¬
men. Earl Granville took part in the proceedings; and
Countess Granville, Countess Sydney, Lady Churchill, Lady
James, and the Mayoress of Deal, were stall-holders.
A Fisheries Exhibition for West Cornwall wns opened
yesterday week nt Penzance, oue of its objects being to aid
the Newlyn Harbour scheme. At a meeting held in con¬
nection with it, the necessity of further harbour accommo¬
dation generally was urged, and it wns pointed out that the
supply of fisli us food was greatly curtailed by the heavy
charges of the railway companies for cnrringc.
OBITUARY.
LORD AMPTHILL.
The Right Hon. Odo William Leopold, Baron Ampthill, of
Auipthill, county
Bedford, P.C.,
G.C.B., G.C.M.G.,
Ambassador at tho
Court of Germany,
died on the 25th ult.
His Lordship was
born Feb. 20, 1829,
tho third son of
Major-General Lord
George William
Russell, and was con¬
sequently grandson
of John, sixth Duke
'OfBedford, K.O. Ho
entered the Diplomacy in 1849^03 Attache at Vicuna, und sub¬
sequently acted iu a similar capacity at Paris, Constantinople,
Washington, Florence, Naples, and Rome till 1870, when ho
was appointed Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, and was employed on n special mission to Prince
Bismarck, at the head-quarters of the German army at \Yi •
snilles, from November of the lutti v year till the March
following. In 1871 he was accredited Ambassador to the
Court of Germany, sworn of the Privy Council iu 1872, created
G.C.B. (civil) iu 1871, and G.C.M.G. in 1879. He was third
Plenipotentiary on tlie part Of Great Britain at the Congrcsi
of Berlin in 1878, and was ^elevated to the Peerage as Baron
Ampthill, of AmpthUi, county Bedford, March 11, 1881. liis
Lordship married Lady Emily Theresa Villiers, third daughter
of George, fourth Earl of Clarendon, K.G., and leaves four
sons and two daughters. The cldestson, Arthur Oliver Villiers*,
born Feb. 19,-^. 186 9/ is now second Lord Ampthill. The
Portrait of the deceased Lord is given o:i another page,
/X DOWAGER LADY BUXTON.
Elizabeth, Dowager Lady Buxton, died on the 28th ult , nt
Shad well Court, Norfolk, in her eighty-first year. Her Lady¬
ship was eldest daughter of Sir MoutagueCholiueley, Bart., of
Easton, Lincolnshire, M.P., by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter
and heiress of Mr. John Harrison, of Norton Place; was
married, in 1824, to Sir John Jacob Buxton, second Baronet, of
NjnMwell Court, M.P., and had one son, the present Sir Robert
JaCQly Buxton, third Baronet, and two daughters, the late
Mrs/ Spencer Stanhope, of Cannon Hall, Yorkshire, and
Isabella Anne, wife of General Bulwer.
MR. MARMION FERRERS.
/Mr. Marmion Edward Ferrers, of Bnddesley Clinton, in the
county of Warwick, J.l*. and D.L., senior coheir of the
barony of Ferrers, of Chartley, died on the 23rd ult. He was
born Oct. 13, 1812, the eldest son of Mr. Edward Ferrers, of
Buddesley Clinton, by Lady Harriet Anno, his wife, daughter
nud coheiress of George, second Marquis Towushcnd, six¬
teenth Lord Ferrers, of Chartley, uud represented, in the male
line, one of the oldest aud most distinguished families iu
England. If forfeiture had not intervened, he might, ns heir
male, have established a right to an earldom of Derby, of a
creation antecedent to the earldom of the Stanleys.’ Mr.
Marmion Ferrers married, iu 1867, Rebecca Dulcibella, only
daughter of the late Mr. Abraham Edward Orpeu, but, ns lie
leaves no issue, liis brother inherits the representation of the
historic family of Ferrers.
Wo have also to record the deaths of —
Mr. William Itayner Wood, of Singleton Lodge, Lancashire,
J.P. and D.L., ou tho 20th ult., iu his seventy-third year.
Tlie Rev. Thomas Trufford Shipman, M.A., Rector of
Lydiard Tregoz, Wilts, aud Hon. Canon of Carlisle, ou the
27th ult., aged lifty-threc.
The Rev. Henry Charles Knightlcy, forty-five years Vicar
of Conibrookc uud Compton Verney, Chaplain to Lord Wil¬
loughby de Broke, on the 14th ult., aged seventy. He wns
second sou of the Rev. Henry Kuightley, brother ol Sir Charles
Knightlcy, second Baronet, of Fawsley.
Mr. George Ross, of Pitcalnie, in the county of Ross, J.P.
and D.L., recently. His father, Jnmes Ross, succeeded to
Pitcalnie aud the Chieftainship of tho clan Ross in 1809, nt
the death of liis kinsman, Mungo Ross, who claimed the
earldom of Ross iu 1778.
Major-Gcnerul Julius George Medley, R.E., late Consulting
Engineer to the Government of India for Guaranteed Rail¬
ways, Lahore, on the 12th ult., at Port Said, iu liis fifty-sixth
year. He served in the Indian Mutiny, at the Siege of Delhi,
and was severely wounded while leading the storming party nt
the assault of the Cashmere Gate. He was nUo at tlio capture
of Lucknow.
Emily Eleanora Wilhelmina Leslie, of Ballibny, in the
county of Monaghan, only child and heiress of Colouel
Charles Albert Leslie, of Ballibay, on the 26th ult., in her
eighty-first year. She was twice married, first to Mr. Arthur
French, and second to the Rev. John Charles W. Leslie.
Her eldest sou by her first husband, Robert Charles, J.P. and
D.L., served as High Sheriff in the county of Monaghan in 1857.
After a long inquiry, the Board of Trade Court nt West¬
minster lias decided that tlio recent disastrous collision
between tkc steamers Camden and Dione, off Graveseud, wns
due to the reckless navigation of tho captain of tho latter,
whoso certificate wns suspended for six mouths. He was,
however, granted a mute’s certificate.
Last week the members of the Somerset Archicelogical
Society lind their annual gathering near Shepton Mullet, Lord
Carlingford, as president-elect, the bishop of Bath and Wells,
and Sir. E. A. Freeman taking part in the proceedings.
Yesterday week Lord Carlingford entertained the members at
luncheon at Radstockou the close of the three days’ meeting.
The centenary of the introduction of Wesleyan Methodi: m
into the Channel Isles wns celebrated yesterday week in Jersey,
that being the first among the islands iu which Methodism
was preuched. The Sunday school scholars, umnbering about
2000, marched in procession through St. Helicr’s, and, after
being addressed in tho English and French chapels, were
entertained at tea by Mr. Edward Holden, of Bradford, York¬
shire, who received his early education in Jersey.
The Earl of Derby received ou Thursday week a deputation
who represented the serious depression of tho sugar industry
in the West Indies, and suggested various measures for the
relief of those Colonies. In replying to the three principal
suggestions. Lord Derby said Lord Granville wns ot opinion
that the Continental Powers would not be likely to ncquiesce
in the proposal of an International Conference to consider the
question of the sugar bounties. Tho United States lmd
informed her Majesty’s Government that they considered wc
had no claim under Treaty for the most favoured nation
treatment to be extended to our Colonies. As to a special
reciprocity between the West Indies and the United States,
ho was quite willing to enter into the question, with the
assistance of other departments.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Sei-t. 6, 1884.—280
1 The Vt6 Cate!in.
2. Doing Banting. 8. ToUctto al f«*». 4. Steeplechase Practice.
r.VtlS ON HORSEBACK, NO. II.: SKETCHES BY **NIDBACH.” SEE PAGE 238.
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Sept. 6, 188-1.-237
CROSSING THH CHANNEL.—n.
0 si sic omnei: Some of these pnssengers are very much so;
others wo are sorry for them-are much more so; but they
are not nil in the same sad plight. Well did Horace say, that
the man who first hnd the foil v to put himself on board a
fragile vessel in a rough sea needed a stomach of si out oak,
fortified with triple plates of brass, to endure the outward and
*ni eommotion - ' ,he horrors of the “middle passage,”
still perforce endured by many Britons who were perhaps bom
to rule the waves,” and who « never, never will be slaves,”
are more easily imagined than decently described. Pnssengers
m!, y> >>» this respect, bo divided into three classes of capability.
There is the person who “ doesn’t know what it is to be ill ”;
the person who “ knows he will be ill ” ; and the person who
“doesn't mean to be ill.” These different characters are truth-
fully sketched by our candid Artist; making the first example
of a robust and vigorous man in the prime of life, who stands
at the bulwark, in a sufficient cape and cap of knowing
fashion, bravely smoking his perpetual short pipe; the second,
a cadaverous gentleman, mournfully awaiting his doom on the
bench of the saloon cabin ; and the third, bless her heart! a
very pretty girl, resolved to enjoy the sea breeze and not un¬
conscious of the admiration due to her neat figure, set olf by a
dress of faultless fit. There is a fourth occasional variety of
confident sea-voyager, exemplified by the elderly lady of
scientific tastes, who has got “an infallible specific " in a
sinall phial, and is taking the dose with an air of stern deter¬
mination. Wo wish them all a comfortable transit to the
french coast, while we sympathise sincerely with the suffer-
mg married pair, bound to each other “ for better and for
worse ” whose community of a cruel experience is perhaps
consoled by their faithful sharing of the undeniable woes of
the passing hour. It is not agreeable to con template the scene
at tlio saloon diuner-table, at what ought to be “ the festive
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SEPT. 6, 1881
meal; ” and scarcely more pleasnntisthe nocturnal confinement,
presumed to be for repose, of the male occupnuts of uneasy berths,
nil weary and some poorly, disturbed by n pertinacious snorer.
But the brief ordeal of unaccustomed navigators will come to
an end in much less time than it seems to those in pain.
“ Then are they glad, because they be quiet,” and presently
disembark in “ the desired haven.*' It remains only to “do
their duty ” at the French Don one, where they must offer the
keys of their trunks and Gladstone bags, and declare, in
stammering accents, that they have “ rien i\ declarer.” The
Channel is crossed; the Continent is won; and the sturdy
Britous, “lords of human kind,” may for a week or month
S arade before foreign nations that “ pride in -their port,
efinnce in their eye,” which commands the respect of the
world.
PARIS ON HORSEBACK.—No. II.
ILLUSTRATED BY “NIDRACH.”
We ore still in the Bois de Boulogne, and still (by your leave,
and with a little exercise of the imagination) iu the pleasant
month of May. The acacias have not yet lost tlio young green
tint of spring; the morning air is still cool and fragrant; and
it is not too hot, even at eleven n.m., for n canter, a gallop,
or a leap. The resources of the Bois are inexhaustible. For
those who love shade, solitude, and a momentary forgetfulness
of city sights and sounds, there arc green tuuucls of side alleys
in which one may drop the reins, let Iiosinante take his own
pace, and ramble on for half un hour together without meeting
any fellow-promenader, save a rabbit or a squirrel! For tlioso
who lcve leaping, there are ha-has, barriers, low quickset
hedges, and streamlets of running water, by aid whereof the
mimic steeplechase may be ridden without much peril to life
or limb; while for the refreshment of the inner man or the
entertuinmeut of the worldly-minded, there are the restau¬
rants, the cafes, the "billards,” and “pymmides” of the
Pre Catclau.
r The Pre Catclau is no more a “ meadow ” than St. John’s
Wood is a forest. It is simply wliat iu France is called n road
point; that is to say, an open space in ft wooded tract or
park, where four roads meet. Iu the centre of this open space
stands a dumpy obelisk ou a disproportionately lofty pedestal;
while, round about, stnud various structures more or less
picturesque, iu front of which may be seen the usual Parisian
idlers seated at the customary little inurblc-topped tables,
taking coffee and absinthe, playing at dominoes, smoking, ami
rending the papers. The entirely fashionable and proper
proceeding on reaching the Pre Cateluu is, however, to drink
a cup of milk at the pseudo-Swiss ChSlet depicted in our Illus¬
tration. The mounted revellers in the foreground, two of
whom are about to “trinquer,” are a w'ell-known American
qnntuor, who might huve been seen doing the same thing
nt the same hour, every morning last season. The milk is
good milk enough, for such os like if, and are idyllically dis¬
posed : anil the big white cups of heuvy stone-ware hold each
a full half-pint.
The obelisk has a history. It is wot ancient Egyptian: it
is not even a Homan imitation of nil ancient Egyptian original,
though classical forgeries of the kind are not unknown. But
it is respectably aged, mid it replaces a still older, and still
more respectable, monument, to which there attaches an
historical legend apparently of some antiquity:—A certain
•Sieur Catclau, who was a native of Provence and reputed
to be one of the most celebrated Troubadours of his
‘lav, lived, it is snid, at the Court of Beatrice of
Savoy, wife of Raymond Berenger, last Count of Provence of
that name, and vassal of Philippc-lc-Bel, King of France.
These names date the legend, and place Catclau the Troubadour
at about the close of the thirteenth century, or the beginning
of the fourteenth. Great as was the renown of Proveui,nl
verse, numerous us were the poets of that favoured pro¬
vince, Catelnn so eclipsed his compeers that the fame of his
sweet singing travelled far and wide, and reached the
ear of the King. Hereupon, Philippe coveted his vassal's
nightingale; and, in the right royal fashion of his time,
requested the Countess Beatrice to send her poet to Paris.
The request was, of course, a command. Cutelan at once
started for the North, carrying with him certain gifts
from his mistress to her Sovereign. By the time, however,
that lie arrived in Paris, the King had left for his Cli3te.ni
of I’oissy, leaving word that Catelnn should follow him with
sill expedition ; and because the Bois de Boulogne (then culled
the Forest of Rouvray) was infested with robbers mid vaga¬
bonds of every description, his Majesty especially directed
that the strnnger should be escorted bv a detachmeut of the
Jioyul body-gunrd. Unhappily for the luckless poet, the very
measures taken to ensure lus safety proved the means of bis de¬
struction. Chattiug familiarly with the lender of his escort^
he imprudently displayed the casket with which he had been
intrusted, nnd boasted of the costly gifts sent by his mistress
to the King. His folly was his death-warrant. Hnvingcometo
a lonely part of the wood, his protectors fell upouhiin and upon
his servant, butchered the hapless pair, and buried them ou the
spot where the obelisk now stands. Great was the disappoint¬
ment of the assassins when they forced open the casket and
found iu it only a few small bottles o( the famous perfumes of
Provence. Th?y. however, shared the 8p6il,8uch as it was;
nnd then went ou to Poissv, where they protested that they
had seeu nothing of the Provencal traveller, nnd that they
feared he must have set out without waiting for their escort,
nnd so have been waylaid on the road. Then the King, in grent
tribulation of mind, sent forth scouts to search tlio forest and
the country round. The trodden grass nnd freshly-turned sods
at once betrayed the spot; and Philippe, when he'lmcl given the
bodies Christian burial, eroded across over tlio place where they
lmd beeu found. This cross, according to the legend, was yet
standing till replaced, in the course of the eighteenth century,
by the present monument. The criminals, meanwhile, be¬
trayed themselves. The enptnin of the guard-being, like
many a “ curled darling ” of that age, half fop, half bravo —
presented himself one day in the Royal Audience Chamber so
redolent of the precious “rose-essence” of Provence, that tlio
King’s suspicious were awakened. A messenger was dispatched
to Ills lodgiug; the casket and the perfumes were found; and
the assassins nnd their leader were burned alive.
•Such is the legend ; nnd such tlio foundation upon which a
French lady novelist, whoso mime I am ashamed not to re¬
mem lXY, lias written a pretty little mediaeval romance, cutitle l
“Aruuud Cutelan.” More severe historinns aver, however,
that the present obelisk is wholly innocent of foregone asso¬
ciations, and that it was simply erected ns a “ rendezvous da
rfiaise" by a certain Sieur Catelnn, who held the office of
Capitnine des Chasses under Louis XV. The armorial
bearings sculptured ou the pedestal, nnd now illegible, uro
believed to bo tlioso of the suid Sieur Catelnn, from whom is
probably descended a noble Breton family of that name who
carry three Boars Sable on a Field, Argent.
Turning from history and herniary to the substantial
realities of to-day, the stout riders iu Nidrach’s second Sketch
are depicted in the act of endeavouring to melt their “ too, too
solid flesh ” by a severe course of Banting in the saddle. They
arc gallant privates in tlio “Liver Brigade” of Paris. The
adjoining subject introduces us to n well-known old beau and
ci-devant lady-killer, who ut seventy-five is still ambitious of
conquest. Strolling very quietly along the more sequestered
alleys of the Bois, you may surprise him any morning at his
al-fresco toilette. Ho carries a small looking-glass in the
crown of his hat, nnd a hair-brush nnd powder-puff in
his pocket; and only the rnbbits know what use he makes
of them. The hard riders nt the foot of our page uro
M. de la M-and M. do R-, two inveterate sportsmen
who put their hunters at everything leapable, and whose
breakneck feats are one of the daily sights of the Bois.
On the hill in the distauce is seen Fort Mont Valerian, very
slightly indicated; and I hope I do not commit a serious
indiscretion if I hint that Nidrach—hitnsclf daring sports¬
man—may possibly bo present as a spectator. A. B. E.
POETRY.
The Muse of the Far West was assuredly present at the com¬
position of Id pit and Lyric s of the Ohio Valley: by Johu James
l’iatt (Kegnn Paul, Trench, nnd Co.), and let an appreciable
portion of her tuneful and descriptive spirit rest upon the
faithful servant who besought her aid. There is a sound, as
well as a sense, of true poetry iu the various pieces; and there
is n suggestion of poetry about the two or three illustrations
which accompany the words. The writer seems to be instinct
with the life of the great valley of which he sings, and the
voice in which he utters his thoughts is a sort of second to the
voice of Nature. But the writers themes are not borrowed
from natural scenery and the life of the farm ulone; the
political struggles of hie great country, the war between North
and South, and the votes recorded for Lincoln, huve supplied
him with material out of which he has woven some very
touching and melodious fancy-vforlc. The writer is, taken
altogether, as unlike Crabbe, as unlike Gray, as unlike
Wordsworth, as one poet can be unlike another, for he is quite
original with a distinct individuality, but there are in his
writings touches that call to mind Crabbe, Gray, and Words¬
worth. This means no more, of course, than that he is rustic,
idyllic, pathetic, domestic: that he plays, for the most part,
ou the outeu reed, and that, though self-taught and un-
imitutive, he plays sometimes like the masters of that simple
instrument.
Such v«y hard things arc said of critics and the exercise
of criticism in Echoes of Life-, by Mrs. FrankSnoad (Chapman
and Hall), tlmt one is almost afraid to say anything about tlio
writers poems, to offer so much ns a humble tribute of con¬
gratulation and to express so much as a feeling of respectful
surprise that so creditable a result should have been attained
muter such adverse circumstances. And yet, after all, u
C'lnditldtt-of ill-health is not by any means incompatible
with the production of the most charming verses; ex¬
perience would lead one to predicate quite the contrary.
There are many of the compositions which will be rend,
especially by ladies, with grent enjoyment and admiration;
the writer writes in nil moods, grave and gay, didactic, con¬
templative, and other; nnd by one little effusion, entitled
“ Quaker Cousins,” shows on ability to compete successfully
witli some of the best among the writers of what are called
6ociety-verses. “ My Diary,* though it rises in literary style
not much higher than the standard which the title would lead
a reader to expect of a diary in rhyme, is noble in conception,
pure and sweet in tone, nnd very affecting in its conclusion ;
containing a story of love and self-sacrifice and of perfect
understanding between three mutually appreciative souls,
which it is very wholesome and refreshing to read. The verso
occasion ally appears to halt, from a redundancy or deficiency
of syllables; but, if it be more than mere appearance, an
appearance due to the render’s inability to master the metre,
the cause, no doubt, is to be sought for in that regrettable
ill-health which rendered careful revision almost impossible.
There is fantastic mirth and not a little clever versifying in
Voder a Fool's Cap : .Songs by Daniel Henry, Junior (Kegun
l’aul). These sougs ore founded on our well-known nursery
rhymes, and may be regarded ns poeticnl versions of them.
Sometimes, ns in “ My Lady’s Garden,” the verse is charm¬
ingly rhythmical. We have not apace to do it justice, but
two or three stanzas shall be quoted. The render must be told
that “ the pretty girls all iu u row " ore mistaken iu the day¬
time for Margarets, but at night they rouse from their summer
drowse and, decking themselves- in their bells unci cockle¬
shells,
They spread their faint green winiw abroad,
Thoir wings »r.d dinging robes abroad,
And upward through the pathless bluo
They soar, like incense smoke, to Ood.
Who gives thorn crystal dream* to hold.
And snow-white hopes and thoughts to hold,
And laughter spun oi beams ol the sun.
And tears that shine like molten gold.
When their hands can hold no more they take their flight to
where the lady lies asleep, and shower the gifts upon her.
And this is why lay Lady grows,
My own sweet Lady daily grows,
/ In sorcery such, that at her touch
Kwcot laughter blossoms nnd songs unclose.
Mr Unity has a touch of pathos sometimes, as in the admirably
rendered versions of “ Bobbie Sliafto,” “ Banbury Cross,” and
“ Curly-lock a " ; but, whether pathetic or mirthful, there is a
true ring in these songs which will surprise and please the
reader. A happy thought has been carried out in “ Under a
.Fool’s Cap” with singular success. If this is Mr Henry’s
first excursion into the “ realms of gold,” we venture to
prophesy, or at any rate to hope, that it will not be the last.
If poets were “made” and not “born,” then, iudeed, it
might bo said that The Islet of the Blest and Other Poems: by
Andrew Goldie Wood (Macmillan and Co.), would pass muster
as true poetry. Excellent, however, ns the verses are, poetical
as are the forms of expression, thoughtful as are the utterances
iu some of the pieces and harmonious in all, the inspiration
seems to be drawn rather from the groves of Academe than
from the springs of Helicon, from culture rather than from
nature. Still, the verse that the man of culture writes is
nearly always readable, as it certainly is in the present in¬
stance, with the addition of more than a common share of
elegance, delicacy, observation, apprehension, sentiment, and
even fancy. But the very titles of the poems— many of them—
will testify to the truth of what has been said about the source
from which the writer sought to be inspired; his themes are
very frequently classical, suggested by the Greek mythology
or tradition, and in them he is at his best, which is often very
good iudeed. He does not eschew whnt nmy be milled native
or universal subjects, mid he handles them with much grace
and feeling; his peculiar powers, however, are exhibited to
better purpose iu the other pieces. The writer, as his friend
and editor informs us, “ is now beyond t.he reach of human
praise or blame,” cut off before he could fulfil the promise of
liis brilliant cm-eer at Oxford ; lmd it been otherwise, there is
little doubt that he would have had no reason to regret tho
publication of his volume.
“ How well Horatius,” assisted by two comrades, “kept
the bridge in the bravo days of old,” know all men; but
whoever has the pleasure of rending The Lady of llama and
Other Poems : by George Eyre (Alex. Gardner, Paisley', will
acknowledge that the feat of “the dauntless three” was
child’s play compared with whnt was done by two brothers
“on Rauza’s shore,” when single-handed, or, rather, double-
handed, they fight “a hundred foeraen” in the open, without
the advantage of position which the Roman heroes nre under¬
stood to have had. The two brothers nre, unfortunately, rivals,
but friendly and affectionate rivals, for Rio love of ii certain
Leras. The story of the two brothers, of their gallant
fight against hopeless odds, nnd the death of one of
them, is told with great spirit in excellent blank verse:
nnd this is the longest piece in the volume. Of the “ other
poems,’* some nre very charming specimens of musical versi¬
fication nnd easy rhymes, though the author sometimes takes
the little liberty of rhyming or not, as he pleases, notwith¬
standing his evident intention, to be inferred from the great
preponderance of rhymes. Unless, indeed, he should be under
a curious hnllucimition, taking "darkness” to be u proper
rhyme for “madness”; but this not to be thought of. One
very original simile he employs nt the eightieth page ; he singH
of “ vows light as grasshoppers," a comparison which is not so
renmrknble for felicity nnd aptness as for originality and
grotesqueucss: “vows light ns worn half-sovereigns” has
almost as appropriate and poetical a sound.
The amount realised at the two days’ sale of Lord Wilton’s
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3 ft.. 50s.; 3 ft. 6 in., 55s.; 4 ft., 63s.; 4 ft. 6 in., 67s. 6d.
Price for the Patent Wire Wove Mattress, without Bedstead—
3 ft., 17s. 9<L; 3 ft. 6 in., 21s. 6d.; 4 ft., 23s. 9d.; 4 ft. 6 in;, 26s. 9d.
PATENT WOVEN WIRE MATTRESS”
THE WOVEN WIRE MATTRESS ie a strong and wonderful fubrio of fine
"°' ett b ,y a Patented process of diagonal DOUBLE
WMAYING that an ELASTIC and 1,, r “ T ' r ' ,w
-.... v,u. ua. u»>a, marble-
top wash stand, toiletttUTcwitli glass, pedestal cupboard, towel-
horse, and three chub*.,-This snip- is manufactured by Maple und
Ot.'a new machinery,,lately eriVted. Complete suite, £10 15s.
RED-ROOM SUITES, iu Solid Ash, plate-
glass door to wardrobe, washatond with Hinton’s tiles,
toilet table with glass fixed, pedestal cupboard, towel-horse, and
three chairs, complete, £10 15s.
BED-ROOM SUITES, in Solid Walnut,
complete, 15 guineas; beautifully inlaid, 2)guineas.
BED-ROOM SUITES, in Solid Ash, with
S ''Vft. wardrobe, complete, £22 10s.
BED-ROOM SUITES.—CHIPPENDA LE,
Adams. Louis XVI., and Slieirnton designs; large
wardrobes, very handsome, in rosewood, richly inlaid; also
satin-wood, inlaid with different woods, 86 to 200 guineas.
BED-ROOM SUITES.—600 to select from.
From 6J to 200 guineas.
]\JAPLE and CO.— BEDSTEADS (IRON).
]yjAPLE and CO.— BEDSTEADS (BRASS).
MAPLE and CO.have aSPECIAL DEPART-
T MENT for IRON and BRASS Four-po-t BEDSTEAD8,
Cyibs, and Cots, specially adapted for mosquito outline, used
in India, Australia, and the Colonics. Price, for full-sired
Bedsteads, varying from 25s. Shippers nnd colonial visitors
are invited to inspect this varied stock, the largest in England,
before deciding elsewhere. 10,000 Bcdst. ads to select from.
MAPLE and CO., London.
M Ap LE and CO.-BEDSTEADS In Wood,
Iron, and Brass, fitted with furniture nnd bedding com¬
plete. The bedsteads aie fitted in sloes, ready for choice. Over
10,000 Iron and Brass Bedsteads cow in stock to select from.
From 8s. 9d. to 66 guineas. Strong useful Brass Bedstead,
84 guineas. Bedding of every description manufactured on
the premises, and all warranted pure. The Trade supplied.
MAPLE and CO.’S FURNISHING
ESTABLISHMENT, iho Largest in the World.
ACRES OF SHOW-ROOMS, for the display of First-class
Furniture, ready for immediate delivery. Novelties every day
from all parts of the giobo. No family ought to furnish before
viewing this collection of household requisites, it being one of
the sights in London. To Export Merchants an unusual ad¬
vantage is offered. Having lnrge space, all goods are packed
on the premises by experitneed packers.
uitielc that can possibly be required in Furnishing at "the same
price, if not leas. than any oi
an 1 eii itatimis fre*.
Patterns
,n . , . . , . - - BEKFECT sleeping arrangement is secured.
Iho hard spring wire used is carefully tinned, effectually preventing corrosion, and TJOTICE.—DRAWING-ROOM CLOCKS to
presents a very attractive and silver-like appearance. "go for 400 days with once winding ; a handsome present
fiI This Mattress is, in fact, a complete appliauce for all purposes of REST and 7n * --*“* ’--
bLELI, combining all the advantages of a Perfect Smuno Bed, and can re
MADE SOFT OH HARD AT PI.KAfilllE BY 1 SINO TUB HANDLE AT SIDE OF BEDSTEAD ' IT CAN
BE TAKEN TO PIECES IN A FEW HOMENT^ AN I) PACKED IN A VERY SMALL COMPASS.
They ore also greatly used m yachts and ships, because of their cleanliness.
MAPLE & CO., Manufacturers of First-class Furniture, London and Paris.
rnco 70s., warranted. MAPLE and CO. have a large and
varied assortment suitable for dining and drawing room. Over
600 to select from. Piioe 10a. 9d. to 60 guineas. HsniLome
Marble Clock, with incised lines in gold, and superior eight-day
movement, 23s. Gd.; also Bronzes in great variety.
QRDERS for EXPORTATION to any part
of the World packed carefully on the premises, and for¬
warded on receipt of a remittance or London reference.
MAPPIN & WEBB,
SHEFFIELD MANUFACTURERS.
STERLING SILVER, ELECTRO-SILVER,
FINEST CUTLERY.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES FREE.
LONDON WAREHOUSES:
MANSION HOUSE
BUILDINGS, E.C.;
AXD
OXFORD-STREET, W.
v*
Charming Ringlets
Uinde’d Patented
Hair Curling Pins.
(Careless’s Patent.)
Simpler, Surer, and
Much more effective
Than Curling Irons.
Comfortable and Invisible.
Simplicity itself.
Mus. Laxgtby writes:
“ In ton minutes they
Mike a perfect
Frlsette.”
Sold everywhere,
In 6d. nnd Is. boxes.
Or Sample box Free
7 stamps, from J. Careless,
Ilarbome, Birmingham.
Beware of miserable
Imitations. ^
FOR LADIES' DRESSES.
TO BE HAD IN MANCHESTER.
LEWIS’S, in MARKET-STREET, MANCHESTER,
are the manufacturers of fine, first-claaa Velveteens,
which are now known all over the world. They are
fast pile and fast dyed, and every inch is guaranteed.
If a dress should wear badly or be in any respect faulty,
L E Wl S’S will give a new dress for nothing at all, and
pay the full coat for making and trimming. The price
of them beautiful Velveteens, in Black find all the most
beautiful Colour! now worn, is 2s. a yard. ’! his quality
Velveteen i« sold by the best drapers at 3s. Gd., 4s. 6d.,
nud 68. Gd. a yard. The public, although they don’t
know it, bavoto pay two or three profits, tlio difference
between tbo manufacturer’s price and the price the
consumer pays for Velvet- emt. |_ £WI S’S, of Market-
street, Manchester, manufacture these Velveteens them¬
selves, and sell them (or it might almost bo said give
them) to the public for 2s. “ yard. LEWIS'S
o"k Ladies to write for Patterns of thoso extraordinary
Velveteens. They will then bo able to judge for thein-
•elvei whether LEWIS'S, of Market-street, Man¬
chester, praise their Velveteens more than they deceive.
Write for patterns on an ordinary post-card. LEWIS'S
pay carriage on all orders to any address in Orcat
Britain or Ireland.
When writing, please mention this Paper.
X.BWZS’8, In Market-st., Manchester.
Price £8 8s. Weight, 8 lb. Size, 14 by 7 by 2j in.
the ONLY PORTABLE and COMPLETE MACHINE extant, unique in its simplicity.
THE “HALL” TYPE-WRITER.
The “Times" referred to this Machine on March 11,1881, m follows :—“Messrs. Witiixrby may claim the credit
of having introduced from America n NEW TYPE-WRITER, which is both cheap and portable. . . . The
Iiriiiciplo of this beautiful little Machine. ... It may bo used 'll any position, on a desk or in a railway-
mi mage. ... A practised hand can achieve from thirty to forty words a minute, which ia a pool deal
faster than most people can write. . . . The plate is fitted with capitals and small letter*, stops, numerals, Ac.
PROSPECTUSES AND ALL PARTICULARS POST-FREE FROM
WITHERBY and CO., 325a, High Holborn; and 74, Cornhill, London.
invaluable, as they instantly cluck the spasm, promote
sleep, and allow the patient to pnas a grad night Are
perfectly harmless. nnd may be smoked by iadies
children, and most delicate patients, rrice 2a. Gd box
of 86 Cigarette* Of *11 Chemists; or, post-free from
WILCOX and CO. ’ m
Caution.—To guard againtt fraudulent imitationi, See
that (ark box bears the name of •• Wilcox and Co., “311,
Oxfurd-ltiret, London."
ADVICE TO DYSPEPTICS.—Symptom*
ot Dysoepata and Indfp-tUon, with .pcclal adrlrr u to
I’lct. "1 Ina I titlepamphlet appeals fon.-il.lj to those who hav.
Allowed the iMlate t*» decide vvervthinr for them, nnd hav* .,n|.l
U...nov.Uhfepen.Ity ..r their folfy -filohe. Sent foron.rt. 1 .."“
J. M. Rii'Haana. Publisher. 91. cheat Ruwell.trrrt. tendon.'
/^ET A BOTTLE TO-DAY OF PERRY
DAVIS' FAIN KII.I.KB.—It Instantly retlryes and cure*
•ever* scald*. burnt sprain*, bruises. to-th ache. headache,
pains In the shls, jo nt*. and llmh*. all neuralgic and rheu¬
matic pains. Taken Internally rare* at once ronylii. sndden
relit*, cramp In tn- >t»mach. relic, .lli.rthien ind cholera
infantum. PAIN KILLER is the treat I.
of nnr rrmr ‘ Any < ' h • m|,, “ n
240
SEPT. 0, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
MOURNING FOR FAMILIES,
FOE INDIA AND THE COLONIES OR FOR
HUNTING AND ROUGH WEAR.
BENSON’S SPECIALLY-MADE
PALATABLE
GENTLE,
JAY’S
experienced
DRESSMAKERS
^ \ and
\ MILLINERS
• • ». R=Pi Travel to any part of
. *' •'> ijv the Kingdom,
jMt "^■■1 . Free of expense to
1. purchaser..
They take with them
'if/ Dreesei and
s Jf y. Millinery, besides
r 4 Fn'.ternj of Materials,
: i- 31 ls ' l* r and
JcJ'" iBmBj upwards,
7 .• - BB' vV all marked in plain
■ v-
- - -:i .} v ' • Hi- price as if purchase-!
at the Wareheuv, in
■ ' |y; ; Rcgcnt-strcc’.
W;\‘ r.ea»!.a!i> estimator
;C. ' •’•• K j H’-’ischoM h’ 'urui'."
. . - ‘■l* ! r.t a great raving to
large or rinstil families
I-Funerale at etated
chargee conducted in
—-- - London or Country.
JAY’S,
The London General Mourning Warehouse,
REGENT-STREET, W.
SILVER,
GOLD,
WATERS
THE PERFECTION OF NATURAL APERIENT
Tor Bilioua attack* and Headache*. Act* directly on the Liver, regulates the Bowels, and stimulates the Kidneys.
A cure for Indigestion, Constipation, and all Stomach derangements._ . . ke ™
Acta a* an intestinal tonic, and its habitual uao does not lower the system. If taken ctco morning, will keep
th<! Supersedes *11 others, and is recomraendcdiby tho leading Medical Men without exception.
Eveiy bottle direct from the celebrated 8pring in Hungary.
Sold everywhere, at Is. 6d. and 2*. per Bottle.
JCSCTfLAP BITTER WATER COMPANY (Limited), 38, Snow-hill, London, E.C.
CHILDREN’S
DOUBLE-KNEE STOCKINGS
Invented in Leicester,
Manufactured in Leicester,
Sold by Adderly and Company, Leicester.
UNEQUALLED FOR HARD WEAR.
Every pair Mumped "Amiiu and C»*W." on the foot.
LADIES’ STOCKINGS. | BOYS’ SAILOR BU ITS.
Vnder Vesta and Combination* | GIRLS' BAILOR SUITS.
JERSEY COSTUMES. (JESTS’ HALF-IIOSE. ' .
JEUSEY JACKETS. Coder Toil. and I’antk
BOYS’JERSEY SUITS. I MUooJjfeBCnta.
The beat makes at wholesale prices.
Write for Price-List and lllustrated
Catalogue, post-ft-oo.
.*-l.i -. LEICESTER.
GOLD ENGLISH KEYL]
HALF-CHRONOMETER,
CONSTRUCTED WITH PATENT BREC.I ET SPRING.
WHICH ENTIRELY COUNTERACTS TUB
SUDDEN VARIATION CAUSED IN
ORDINARY LEVER WATCHES BY HUNTING. Ac.
JEWELLED AND ALL I.ATEST IMPROVEMENTS.
GUARANTEED ENTIRELY OP MY BEST ENGLISH MAKE,
TO KEEP PERFECT TIME UNDER THE MOST
TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES. AND TO
LAST A LIFETIME. EXACT SIZE OF SKETCH.
HAI.F-HUNTER.
HUNTER OR CRYSTAL GLASS.
SENT FREE AND 8AFK TO
ALL FARTS OF THE WORLD FOR
£25 DBA FT WITH ORDER.
SILVER. SAME QUALITY. £15.
PAMPHLETS FREE. GIVING FULL PARTICULARS OF
THIS WATCH AND ALL OTHERS MADE AT
BENSON'S. LUDGATE’HILL, and
OLD BOND-STREET, LONDON.
Established 1749.
The Hunting Editor of the •• Field." after a trial of one of
Him watches extending over four mouth*, eayi :—
•’ I hare a>ed the watch for four months, and have carried It
hunting *o me times live days a week, and never less than
three, see I can confidently recommend Measrs. Bciis.in a
hinting watch as on# that can bo depended on. —Field.
March 4L MU. _
ADDERLY & CO
This novel Invention is designed to meet the hard wear and tear of children, by weaving or splicing double threads
invisibly in the knee*, toes, aud heels; and now, we splice tho ankles also, just where the boot* cut through the
stocking from the friction of the ankle ioint.
N n —More than Five Hundred Ladies have written to us testifying to tho excellence of our stockings, their
superiority over any other make, and tlieir joyful relief from at least one Half the usual quantity of darning.
LAYETTES.
List No. I .. .. IS s o I List No. 4 .. .. flT » o
List No. 2 .. ..£11 1 3 List No. 5« .. . til M
List No. 3 .. .. MS II SI *A spSclallM for hot climates.
•• Excellent quality and good taste.’’— 1 The Queen.
ADDLE Y B O U It N E,
Ladles’ Outfitter. Coraitand Baby-Linen Manufacturer.
37, PICCADILLY (opposite SL James’s Church), LONDOZT.
TUB QUEEN.
THE LADY’S NEWSPAPER, wyi;—
THE CAMBRICS OF ROBINSON l CLEAVER
HAVE A WORLD-WIDE FAME.”
IRISH CAMBRIC
POCKET HANDKERCHIEFS.
Fntriples post-free. All pure
Flnx, hemmed for use. Ter
/ fcr-M dozen:—Children’s, Is. 8d.;
4. Indies’.2a, lid.;Gents’,3*.lid.
N\ Hem-stitched, per dozen:—
Jm/ Wr-AX E Ladies’, 5s. 6d.; Gent*’, 7s.Sd.
W Samples and Price-List* of
every description of linen
W.~ 1 *AJ T Goods. &e. (nt lowest Wliole-
fVK-'y sale rriceB to the Public direct),
r^nlMC 'k-J&E— are also forwarded, post-free.
CHIN’S GENUINE FRENCH-MADE
BOOTS & SHOES.
Unsurpassed for Style,
Fit, and Durability.
9|Ht n
|SKaj»w^vdB :
a
leon ore :i n,
JERSEY
“Refuse Imitations—Insist upon Hudson's.”
ROBINSON l CLEAVER,
BELFAST,
By Special Appointment* to
II M. the Queen and H I. and
It.H. the Crown Prince** of
Germany.
Clothes
BY SPECIAL ROYAL APPOINTMENT.
I )„ No other articl# woven
infiRTman s *«“ u t * i t , lut ‘ y n . scncnu
According to tho
•’Queen, ’’ It
has no rival.”
Hudson’s |
Extract l
of Soap.
It is a pure Dry Soap in ^
fine powder, and lather* .
freely in Hot or Cold
Water.
DEVON
For ladle*’ wear, beautiful qualities. D. fid. to 4s. «d. the yard:
for Children's wear, capitally strong, la Sd. toJa. the yard; for
Uentlemen'a wear, double width, as. fid-to 10s. sd. the yard. The
Navy Blues and the Blacks are fast dyea. On receipt of In-
atnictlons.samples will hs sent Pour-Fa**.—N.B. Any length
cat, and Carriage Paid to principal Railway Stations.
Only Address: SPEARMAN and 8PEARMAN, Plymouth.
NO AGENTS.
uoutasd rheumatism.
Sure. aafe. and effectual. No rest
of diet required during "*■ /
All Chemists, at Is. l|.l. dud 2S, Ik
THE OXYGEN-GIVING DISINFECTANT,
The whole of the Medical Fress and leading Physicians recommend
Anger’s JToodrE”
This delicious and highly nutritive Food can be taken when all otheis disagree.
Of tho highest praise, and only requires to be made known to the profession to ensure it* extensive
»mpl'*yment ’’—Practitioner, February, 1883.
Sold in TINS at la. 6d., 2s. 6d., and 5s„ by all leading Chemists, or the Manufacturers,
MOTTERSHEAD and CO., 7 , Exchange-street, MANCHESTER.
0 _ ^15.
In return for Post-office Order,
In return for a £10 Note, free ami safu by post, one of
free and safe by poet, one of BENNETTS
BENNETT'S i if iMhII GENTLEMEN'S
LADIES' GOLD WATCHES, GOLD KEYLESS WATCHES,
f. r time, brauly. and work- ■ LT.I,'.Tl* J With ' Air-
jnanahlp. With KOfit* Actio*. Air- tight, damp-tight, and durt-tlght.
-“-^■sSrSSkff BENNETT'S WATCHES aud CLOCKS.
£10 LADY’S GOLD KEYLESS. Elegant .nd accurate. £3 ?i^^on^Wa^«Wor A J^OT^CT««^.»«>o‘ h ”»-
£15 GENTLEMAN S STRONG GOLD KEYLESS. nal.L CLOCK to CHIME on S Belli. In oak or mahogany;
J,,„|v T . COLD HALF CHRONOMETER for all aimatca. with bracket and ihlrld 3 (.alneaaoxt™.
L A I ITS
GOUT
TILLS.
In nddition to till, well-known and highly-valued Preparation,
n Shilling Bottle nf which makca XW Gallons ol Crimson Fluid,
the public can now obtain
HABTIN'S CRIMSON SALT DI81NFECTINO POWDER,
n perfectly soluble,non-polwnoua,non-corroalve.ODOURI.ESS.
mid most powerful Dl.lnfcctant. Deodoriacr. and AntlMptlc.
rraily for Instant use. by sprinkling upon all that I) offcualve or
Twrclle. Esq., F.O.8.. saya:—’’The rrsulta of an
extended and rlalmrnte serir. of rarrfully conducted rxperl-
ments convinco me that llerlln’a Patent (,'rlu.son Salt Dlain-
frrting Powder is n most roilaldr. economical, thorough, and
wilo disinfectant.’’
Sold by Chemists everywhere in Tins.
Prices, Is. and 2s.
Wholesale by H ARTIS’S CRIMSON SALT Co., Ltd.,Worcester.
PUBLIC ARB WARNED
are supplied with tho ARGOSY proper, and none
iltatloni. The Argo.y G the only Brace wlthtwo
■rd Attachment, going frjim (taek to Front, be.ldo
Decinl feature, not ronUlnal In the Imitations,
dl Hosier, and Outfitter., everywhere.
Wbolcsul* only.fl anil 7, >ewgate-sti«ct, London.
Los ISIS: Printed and PnWI.i.rd at the OfBoe. 130. Slr-nd.'nUi*
Pariah <*f 8t. Clement l*«ne», In the County of Mlddlreoz.
by I no am IlKOTHaw, Ufi, Strand, nforemid.—SaTtfBDAY,
banKUBEH «. IW4.
WESTGATE-ON-SEA,
REPLETE WITH EVERY CONVENIENCE fOR VISITORS. SEA
SILVER
FITTINCS
IVORY
BRUSHES
PARKINS
a £ d COTT 0S
c {5.5.0.BAG.
MOROCCO SILK LINED
CATALOCUE or BAGS POST FREE
A CHOICE or 300
OXFORD ST.W^
ctvnc tt '4
WATCHES
C 7 ieapsv<*
I The Substitute for-Castor Oil
'fHB ttWpTtITi!ft
REGISTERED AT THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE FOR TRANSMISSION ABROAD.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1884
EXTRA SUPPLEMENT » By Post, ujo.
COME UNTO TUESB YELLOW SANDS/'—DRAWN BY A. FOKKST1EB,
242
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
SEPT. 13, 1881
The last of tho three annual processions of Bruges
marched through that ancient and dilapidated city on
Monday. Organised in memory of Charles the Good, a
Count of Flanders who flourished in the twelfth century,
and was assassinated, it was simply an exaggerated repre¬
sentation of our own Lord Mayor’s show. There wore
knights in armour of various periods, tradesmen, and
watermen in their typical garb, the burgomaster and other
grandees of the town in full costume, and handsomo
trophies significant of art, science, and commerce. Then
followed relics from tho various cathedrals, including
a jowellod reliquary studded with priceless gems, sur¬
mounted by solid gold figures of saints, and estimated us
worth £120,000, and somo pictures by various old Flemish
masters, including one by Pierre Pourbus, Bubens’ master.
Tho Brugcoiso and their neighbours think a great deal of
their ancient cavalcodo, ami peoplo go to it from all tho
adjacent places and pay large* sums for windows to view
it from. But it is hardly so attractive to the English, who
have not tho same respect for historical memories and
religious relics as have their Continental and American
friends. _
Travellers in Now Jersey have this summer been much
delighted with the sight and scent of a bod of wild roses,
about six acres in extent, close to tho main lino of tho
Pennsylvania railway. They seemed to blossom afresh after
every shower of rain, and must bo slightly different to our
dog and field roses, as they thrive only on marshy land.
Tho Welsh are in a groat state of anxiety lest their
ancient languago should bo stamped out, and bitterly
resent the regulation which makes it penal for children
attending board schools to speak in the vernacular during
school hours. A conference of educationalists is to ho held
at Kuabon, in North Wales, and Mr. C. G. Lelund, who
never neglects liis philological opportunities, means to
attend it. _
“Fumator” asserts thnt “ somobody cheats” ; nnd ho
procoods to prove his assertion as follows. Bo it pro¬
mised, ho says, that ho smokes a great deal, and thinks
(with tho kind permission of tho Anti-Tobacco Associa¬
tion! that ho is a vast deal tho better for it. No\v ho
smokes, it appears, a certain tobacco (which shall not be
specified hero for obvious reasons) sola in packets of one,
two, or more ounces, and, for all tho gorgeousnoss of tho
outside wrapper, of very good quality. These packets
undoubtedly have a fixed prico iu the market; and yet
“ Fumator” complains thnt for tho packet of two ounces
ho is charged in Kensington a round shilling (if ho buys
it in person) or olovon-poneo (if he sends a servant); iu a
court off Piccadilly eleven-pence, in other places near
Piccadilly a round shilling; at Ashford, in the lovely
county of Kent, ten-pence half-penny; at Wye, in the
same lovely county, juBt ten-ponco. And yet all the
venders aro supposed, of course, to make a profit and,
presumably, a fair profit. Unless somebody cheats,
“ Fumator” classes the matter among the things which
“ no fellow can understand," because a special London
article is cheaper in tho country than it is in London;
and tho cause of tho cheapness in an out-of-the-way
country-place can hardly ho “ selling a quantity.”
The children of Scandinavia do not seem to think there
is room enough for all of them in the old'country, and aro
emigrating in considerable numbers. The Swedish clement
is already a powerful one in tho United States, and both
Swedes and Norwegians come over to England as domestic
servants. They are very strong, early risers, hard workers,
and can turn their hands to anything, and consequently
contrast favourably with tho “ servant of the period ” for
small families. _
Not a single article of food or physic will presently l»o
left to us. Our tea has been pronouncod ‘ deadly,” milk
too often contains all manner of germs with/ ugly names,
claret and port have a suspicions savour of logwood, ahd
beer is an utter abomination. Most peoplo in need of a
tonic or something to pick them up iu this miserable state
of things have flown to somo form of quinine, audit is too
cruel to bo told that oven this last resource is a much-
abused drug, and that its habitual uso is stigmatised ns
‘ ‘ suicidal. ’ ’ '
Belgium ought to derive a vast revenue from its Post
Office. Tho cost of sending and registering a packet of
papers weighing about six ounces from Ostend to Paris is
three francs seventy-five centimes, or throb shillings and a
penny halfpenny ! _ /N \\
Touching tho “ Houlthories,” it is very nice, no doubt,
for the public to ha vetho ‘ ‘ F isherics ” and the “ Heal I h-
eries,” and something similar ov’ety year in connection
with tho Albert Hall: but what of the “ Woultheries,”
what of tho well-to-do persons, the “ comfortable classes,"
thatlivc in t^e neighbourhood!' It issaidthat of such persons
the lives are rendered a burden by reason of the sort of “ Bar-
tlerny fair” which goes ou all the whilo on tho pavement
and in the roads leading to tho principal show, by tho
various obstructions, by the collection of omnibuses and
cabs, by tho disputes between cabmen and “ conductors"
and their"fares,” by tlie violent language, by tho sale of
/divers articles, such as the “ scratchcr,”or uny other “fun
of the fair,” and such aa tho objectionable pamphlets
or harmless pamphlets with objectionable titles that a
certain Mr. Smith was committed to prison for selling or
attempting to sell the other day; and it is stated that tho
inhabitants of tho said " Wcaltheries ” are beginning to
migrate, and that property in tho neighbourhood, in con¬
sequence of tho nuisance, is beginning to lose value. Tho
nuisance, of course, is caused by the necessity under
which most people will persist in believing themselves to
t lie of making a living ; and the sufferers uro tho peoplo
who either do not lie under that necessity ut all or make
their necessary living in a more wholesale, loss sordid, loss
obstrusivc kind of way. Sodifficult is it in this life to nmko
things " pleasant all round ” ; so truo is it in this life thnt
" what is one man's meat (the poor man’s) is another man's
poison (the rich man's).” Thus poor Mr. Babbage, tlio
mathematician and philosopher, making an unobtrusive
but abundant living, was at. constant war with poor Signor
Saffrouclli the organ-grinder, making a voiy obtrusive
but at the same time a very scanty livelihood.
Madame Adelina Patti is entertaining a large party nt
Craig-y-Nos Castle, her country seat in Swansea Valley.
This phenomenal songstress, who, like Othello’s wife,
could “ sing the Ravagouoss out of a bear,” had intended
to have received a succession of visitors during the autumn
nnd early winter; but, having arranged to leave England
for tho United States on Oct. 23, sho 1ms been compelled
to hasten her guests; nnd her lovely and enormous castlo
is now quito full.
On Monday last tho Conference which has in view tho
establishment of an international codo for the protection
of literary and artistic property held its first meeting at
Berne, in Switzerland. If the aim of this society bo
carried out, even at a remote period, a long-felt and much-
writton-about grievance will bo satisfied. But it is curious
that the work should bo commenced ou tho Continent,
whore English novels aro daily published without the
consent of their authors, and sold at a quarter tho price
charged iu London.
The French do not allow the grass to grow imder their
foot when they desiro to do honour to their national
heroes. Already tho Gymnastic Society of Abbeville, tho
native place of Admiral Courbet, 1ms formed a committee''
and commenced to collect subscriptions to present him "
a sword of honour iu commemoration of his work nt
Foochow. w'
Modem science lias many uses, and it is proposed that
tho island of Reunion shall henceforth be warned of tho
approach of cyclones by heliogmphic signals from the
Islo Mnurico, which, is always visited by those storms somo
hours before ltcunion. The inhabitants of the latter
island will thus bo able to take their boats v ashore, and
make wlmtever preparations aro in their power before the
fury of the cyclone bursts upon them.
Wagner’s music must be extremity exciting to somo
natnros, for news comes from Munich that lost week,
during ono of the rehearsals under the superintendence of
tho Abbe Liszt, a spectator becumo Actually frenzied, and
was with difficulty restrained from strangling a lady who
sat next to him. If this is to be tho effect of “ tho music
of tho future,” no one will bo anxious for its naturali¬
sation in England.
Few visitors tq Paris arc perhaps aware of the exist¬
ence of a monument of tlio ninth century called the Tour
dit Hoi Hagobert. It consists of an old staircase, with a
wooden balustrade of a single piece thirty or forty feet in
length, which leads to a platform from which a panoramic
view of the part of Paris called the Cite nnd of tho north
side of Notre Dame may be obtained. Tho approach is in
tho Hue Clianoinesso. This curious rolic is not mentioned
in any encyclopedia, nor yet in Xuirc Hume tie l'tiris, and
nothing is known of, its connection with King Dagobcrt,
though the name probably carries tho germ of its history
and associations.^
Tho danger attendant ou the importation of cargoes of
rags from India and Egypt is evident when it is taken
into o<)nsi<leration that poor Hindoos wear their cotton
cloths till they drop to pieces from ago and dirt, and that
cholera is almost chronic in tho rural districts where they
live.' Pilgrims to Mecca, too, are annually decimated by
that diseiise; and, even when their bodies uro cremated,
the pld rags of their clothing are somebody’s perquisites,
iindLfind their way to England and America, without being
disinfected, as material for paper-making.
Bussian society has boon thrilled nnd stands some¬
what aghast at tho severity meted out to Prince
Bariatinsky, the Colonel heretofore commanding the
cruek regiment of Horse Guards. He has been dismissed
from that command, deprived of his rank as one of the
Czar’s aides-de-camp, relegated to tho ranks of tho
cavalry of the lino, and placed under arrest, nis crime
was having appeared at Court on tho name day of tho
Empress in tho ordinary uniform of his regiment, instend
of a recently-prescribed uniform for aides-de-camp, nnd,
in spite of remonstrances from high quarters, actually
wearing liis regimentals at the State ball in the evening.
Perhaps ho would not have been so hardly dealt with had
he not been nn old offender, for at tho triumphal entry
into Moscow ho had the audacity to ride behind tho Czar
in an English instead of a Cassock saddle, and ho is well
known to dislike the revival of the old Russian accoutre¬
ments which find favour in tho eyes of his Imperial
master.
Horse-racing cannot be recommended ns a vocation,
for many reasons more or less obvious. On the whole, it
certainly does not pay, whatever tho two or three hundred
thousand pounds cleared in sheer stakes by Lord Falmouth
during a prosperous (on the whole) and honourable
career may seem to prove. Nevertheless, many u
man lias risen to a good position from nothing) ns
regards respectability and estate, via jockeyslup and
training or somo other pursuit related to horse-
racing. There was Mr. John Hutchinson, breeder and
owner of the famous Beningbrough. Hamblotomun, and
Overton, in tlio old duvs of the last Marquis of Rocking¬
ham, the Minister; tTTere was the trainer-jockey, Mr.
Forth, who rode the winner of the Derby, Frederic, in 1821),
when his own horse, Tho Exquisite, ran second; there was
tho astute Mr. "Tom” Pan-, who was called "the Talley¬
rand of tho Turf ”; there was tho celebrated “ Wizard of
the North,” Mr. John Scott, of Whitewall, who started ns
a "lad" and ended by being regarded as a sort of "squire”;
there was Mr. I’Aiisou. of Malton, who commenced in
much the same way, and become the owner of tho famous
brood maro, Queen Mary, and, through her, of Blink
Bonny, Bonnie Scotlaud (a great American sire), and
Blair Athol, diroctly or indirectly; and now wo liuvn, if
not exactly iu tho same category, in a very analogous list,
Mr. It. Took, Mr. C. Blanton, and, lastly, Mr. John
Hammond, originally a stable-boy, it is said. How Mr.
Hammond's St. Gution ran a dead-beat for the Derby this
year, know all men; and liow his good niaro, Florence,
won tho " Jubilee ” Grand Prize at Baden in those latter
days, has been duly rccordod in tho chronicles.
A marriage which is arranged to take place next week
in Paris between Mdllc. Madeleino Doslandes and Viscount
Maurice Floury will unite two families whoso opinions
huvo hitherto been as wide asunder as tho poles. Tho
Flourys have been wurmly attached to the Napoleonic
dynasty, and Mdllo. E'cslandos is tlio grandchild of
Catalani, tho colebratod singer, who hated tho first
Napoleon with all the force and tiro of her Italian nature.
When sho went to Paris in 1800, preceded by a colossal
reputation, ho offered her £4000 a year for singing twice
a week at tho Opera, with two months’ holiday every
summer; but, determined not to accept, yot fearing to
refuse, sho fled to England, where she was received with
open urius, and after every British victory sang the
Natiouul Anthem and Rule Britannia to enthusiastic
audiences. In private life sho was Madame do Vulabreque,
and sho fell a victim to cholera in 1849.
It is tho policy of the Czar, and thosA who surround
him, not let the world know exactly where he will
meet liis great-uncle, the Emperor William, and the
Emperor of Austria. It is, however, thought probable
thnt Skiernewicsy has been fixed on, as it is situated on
the lino from Bromberg to Viennu, and from it thoro is a
branch to Warsaw. Tho town is squalid and principally
peopled by Jews, but the chateau is an iminenso building,
and hours the stamp of muny generations of rich and
powerful masters. It was onco tho home of Princess
Lowicz, and within its precincts Field Marshal Prince
Bariatinsky, tho conqueror of the Caucasus and friend of
Alexander II., spent his last years nnd died.
GENERAL GORDON’S ARABIC DESPATCH.
We are indebted to Major Gordon Money, 79th Cameron
Highlanders, acting Assistant Military Secretary to Lieutenant-
General Stephenson, commanding the forces in Egypt, for a
facsimile of the first letter written in Arabic to the Mudir of
Bongola by General Gordon nt Khartoum, which reached
Dongola about July 18. It is written on both sides of a very
small pieco of paper, and this is the front page, with uu
English translation which wo print by its side :—
Mudir of Bongola!
Khartoum nnd Seminar iu
perfect security; and Mohammed
Aluncd carries this, to give you
news; and, on his reaching you,
give him all news ns to direction
uud position of relieving force,
nud their number. As for
Khartoum, in it aro eight
thousand soldiers, and the Nile
lias risen rapidly. Ou arrival of
S’jO!
r Continuation on back page, written diagonally, and with the paper laid in
different position:]
messenger, give him
one hundred reals Med-
jidich, from the State.
(Signed)
C. E. Goanox.
(Dated)
1301, Shnhan, 28.
(June 22, 18S4.)
The blue stump, with the letters L. S., is affixed to this letter.
"COME UNTO THESE YELLOW SANDS.”
Ariel’s song of invitation, in "The Tempest,” may be suitably
addressed by the lodging-house keepers of Snndbeucli, iu
August nnd September, to the Paterfamilias and Mnterfumilius
with the troop of small children. It has often been remarked
that, for the diversion of sportive infancy, the sand is a greater
attraction than the sea. ‘‘And there take hands," whether
or not the little boys and girls huvo ‘‘courtsicd and
kissed”; let them "foot it fently,” with their shoes und
socks off, which islmlf tho fun; they are sweet human "sprites,”
very sweet nnd very sprightly; and they bear no heavier
** burthen ” than a few tiny wooden spades uud tubs, tho
implements of playful engineering work, which threatens to
let. in " tho wild waves” on tho soft margin of a level slioie.
Canals are dug, six inches wide and nenrly two inches deep,
presently filling with salt water the excavated hollows, nnd
mnking formidable lagoons iu which a multitude of living
creatures, baby crabs und shrimps, not much unlike
fleas, aquatic beetles, and many other insects, the curious
“ Bundhoppers ” which swarui by myriads and millions, und
other species of " things tentacular nud horny, things
gelatinous and spnwuy," tempt the juvenile fisherman to
exert his skill. " Iiowgh, wowgh ! ” not indeed \‘ the watch¬
dog’s bark,” but that of delighted canine companions
of this marine recreation, is heard among these young people,
ns Jumbo or Jingo springs forward iu his joyful eagerness,
knocking down two of the smallest little girls, who aro
more frightened than hurt. “The strain of strutting
chanticleer ” is seldom made audible iu this place ;
that inland bird is rather disposed to shun the vicinity
of the dashing billows. We will therefore take leuve
of the images suggested by Ariel’s song, from which the Artist
1ms borrowed aline for the title of his drawing of this pleasant
scene. Children have no better pluy-grouud, not even in a
meadow when the grass is dry, than the fine sands on many
favourite places of summer sojourn ulong our English coasts.
1 he shallow water, for many yards out, is quite safe for the
feeblest waders, nud a splashing will not give them u cold.
SEPT. 13, 1881
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
243
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
The King of Italy being asked, when at Venice, to visit the
races ut 1'ordenonc, made answer that at l'ordeuono people
would be amusing themselves; but tlmt at Naples the people
were dying, and that lie should go to Naples. So in cholera-
smitten Neopolis hus King Umberto and his brother Ainhdco
arrived. Bravery is the leading article in the stock-in-trade of
the House of Savoy; und the two Royal Oalantuomini are
steadily carrying on the business left them by their father,
Vittorio Emuuuele II. Queen Mnrghcrita, “the Pearl of
Savoy,” would have accompanied the King her husband to
the plague-atrick.u city; but the physicians positively for¬
bade her Majesty to undertake the jowncy.
There aro certain emergencies in which the King’s name is
really a tower of strength. King Umberto is, perhaps, the
least fussy and ” stuck up ” of Continental potentates. His
manners are simple; his Court is inexpensive; he rides or
drives on the l’inciau or in the Corso at home without any
guards or outriders, in the plainest of garb and a “ pot” lmt.
But, when the occasion calls for it, ho can be every inch u
King; and it is the King's business to go down among the
lowliest of his subjects when plague or famine, eurtlupmko or
inundation, are abroad. The Emperor Napoleon III. understood
this well enough. When half Lyons had been swamped by
the overflow of the Rhone, ho and his stuff rodo through the
submerged streets with bags of gold at their saddle-bows to
relieve the immediate needs of the starving population. When
Amiens and Lille were decimated by the cholura, Ca-sar went
down at once to the distressed cities und visited every hospital.
Obviously his presence there could not cure the sick; but the
inowledge that the King—the Kenning—the Able Man—was
ibout gave heart to the timorous and encouraged the
undismayed to further effort.
Only Csesnr lmd to deal with the iiugrntefullest people in
the woild. He lost ubnttlc, and the cry of “ Vive l’Empereur,”
was forthwith followed by one of ** A la povte ! ” Just now,
the Neapolitan populace are shouting “Viva Savoiu! Viva
Umberto! Viva Amudco!” and saluting their Sovereign as
“ II Secondo Padre de la Pntrin.” If {"foil oiurn) he went to
war und lost a buttle, would the Italians make haste to get rid
of him, I wonder? 1 hope not. Still, if the History of
National Ingratitude ever came to lie written, it would be
voluminous enough to fill the shelves of lmlf the Alexandrian
libraries which the Caliph Umar did not burn.
•
I went from Home to Naples last year; my guide,
philosopher, and friend being a wise und kindly English
physician, long domiciled in the Eternal City. Together wo
explored the lowest quarters of a town which inny broadly bo
described as an Immense Seven Diuls, intersected by several
llolywell-strcets, Wych-streets, and 11 an way-yards, with u
sea-front of surpassing splendour aud loveliness, und a
mountain background of unrivalled beauty and grandeur.
Leila Napoli! Keeking Naples! Filthy Naples! City of
sweet 8omuls and horrible odours—of crime unutterable, und
squalor indescribable ! Yes, indescribable; for, lmd I put to
paper and published even the soberest uurrutivo of wlmt—
under the guidance of my friendly medico—I suw last
December in Nuples, I should have been assuiled by tlicusuul
outcry about “gushing” and “ sensationalism,” and so forth.
But, now that the cholera 1ms really elutclicd Naples, it may bo
permissible to quote wlmt the Naples correspondent of the
Standard (certainly not a “ gUBliing ” or sensational journal)
hus to say of the slums of “ Bella Napoli.”
On vinitio# this morning the most afflicted districts of Mercato, I'oilo,
«nd Vienna, I found the peoplo far more composed than might have bcea
expected. Many, of course, loudly bewuiled the loss of relations.
A\ nndering through this labyrinth of narrow streets, from which you enter
into courtyards, the so-cnlicd Fondnci, inclosed by houses from six to seven
store)s high, altogether excluding ventilation anl sunlight, one feels
astonished that uny of their inmates can escape tho fearful disease. No
fewer than tw b hundred thousand souls uru crowded together in these lower
quarters of the town, in the filthiest imaginable upurtmeuts, continuing^
often ten to twelve inmates each, who have to share ouly one or two bods,
nro without the commonest decencies of life, and have scarcely any water
to drink, and none to spare for ablution. It is no wonder tliut tho epidemic,
ojco having reached these places, will uot be easily stamiied out. '
Mum.: Wo have places just us horrible — ouly their area is
smaller, mid they uru gradually diminishing in ijumbuK—iu
London. It would appear to most rationally minded people
tlmt one way (and a very important one) of dealiu^TwiHrli
liltliy slum is to look after ita draiuagtxf'bat/thuiis a bqitrse^
which (if the report which I recently read iu the Mall
Gazette of a sermon preached at AjLjSniut.s', South Lambeth,
tc accurate) is not wholly approved of by the Rev. F. U. Leu,
thu preacher of tho discourse iu question.
It is tho opiuiou of the Rev. Vicar of All Suriits' that
"religion, morals, und social order” in this country had
If the world lmd thought more about cleaning out its drains a
couple of hundred years ago, wo should bo living now in a
more peaceable world, and a more temperate and a happier
one. And is not cleanliness next to godliness, Dr. Lee ?
Mem.; The amiable Vicar incidentally remarked tlmt there
wero one hundred and sixty-three kinds of religion professed
in this country. Tho Doctor is, no doubt, right; but from
memory (I am by the sad sea waves, and listen while they moan)
I can only cite the following “ kinds ” or vuricties of religion
in England. These are professed by
Moderate Anglican*, nigh Churchmen, Ritualists. Evangelicals, rres-
byteriuns, Roman Catholics, AVcslcyans. I’riinitivo Methodists, Baptists,
Particular Baptists, Unitarians, Independents, Congrcgationulirts,
Joanna fiouthcotoniuns, Plymouth Brethren. Moravians, Latter-Day
Saints, members of the Church of the New Jerusalem, Quakers, Jews,
Mahometans, Armenians, Buddhists, Neo-Buddhists. Comtists, followers of
Mr. Voyst y, English Benedictines (Futlicr Ignatius), Ranters, Jumpers,
Gcrmnn Lutherans, Dutch Protestants (Austin Friars), Spenecoiis. Countess
of Huntingdon's Connexion, Free Christiuii, French Reformed, Reheboth
Unsec tar in us, Hnsso-Greeks, Salvationist*. Revivalists. Swcdenborgi ana,
Spiritualists, Quictists, Univcrmlists, Tlieosophists, Millcunrtans, Hur-
risites, and Bryanitcs.
This list is given strictly “ without book.” I huve said
nothing of Auabaptists. I have made no mention of
Gnostics (although I once knew a lady who declared tlmt
she held tho tenets of that philosophers’ sect), of Agnostics
(because they do not profess anything), or ol Drowui&ts,
Mugglctouiuus, or Fifth Monarchy Men, because I do not
know whether any professors of those creeds be still extant.
The list might have been considerably swelled by admitting as
professors of “some kind” of religion the Worshippers of
Mammon and the Worshippers of .Self. In any case, my
schedule must abound in glaring omissions, some of which it
might be worth my correspondents’ while to repair, with a
view to showing whether Dr. Lee’s estimate is exaggerated or
the contrary. For example, I should be glad to know win
there aroanyEnglish Adamites, Confuduus, Brahmins, Uliebfr
and so forth.
"T. M. M.” (Wigton) remarks tlmt the word “ traj
now more frequently applied, colloquially and in the /news¬
papers, to a wheeled conveyance than was formerly the ease,
and wishes to know why and when such a vehicle wi
called n “trap.” Well; "trap” is Old English
cloth or housing; and the epithet may have bet
from these to the conveyance; still, I ran/
been told, when I was a child, tlmt tho term
popularly applied to (two-wheeled) cjoitvejrtmct
murder of Mr. William Wcare (who lived mL) .
Thurtell, Frobert, and Hunt.
It was in a gig and from a
Thurtell und Weuro started
latter, was to be his last joume
(who was a professional gamble!;)/
to his doom by the assurance .tliut !
uit^trect tlmt
which, to tho
wretched man
lured or trapped
tiKfiml, «t TlmrtcH's
house iu the country, a victim who could.be easily fleeced.
The fatal gig became au object of considerable notoriety. It
was purchased by an enterprising manager, und exhibited us'
“ the origiuul gig iu whn;.
eh Mi*- Thurtell murdered Mr.
hi thojSUrrcy Theatre; nay, it
lmd long abandoned tho lirst table of the law . . . und now
the second table was following the way;of the lirst: the world
being more interested in cleaning out drains, uucl in crying
out when a great statesman said wimt everyone knew to be
false: 4 Wlmt marvellous ability! Wlmt a Grand Old
Man!’”
/ .. \
I have nothing to sny here about the “ Grand Old Man”
° r tlie truth or falsity ol-Jiia'statements; but my dear Dr.
Lee, if \ye do not clean out the drums wc ahull be devoured by
typhus and tmmllpox and the cholera, and wo slmll die. I
like Dr. Leo very much. I have always admired the depth
of his scholarship, the strength of his convictions, his beueflccnt
" ay of life, and his earnest, manly, plucky way of putting t hings,
'''ere I affluent I would present him with “Little Em’ly’s”
pabulum, “a cocked lmt and a pocket full of money;”
ouly I uni afraid tlmt tho erudite compiler of tho “ Muuuulo
Clerieormu ” would prefer a birctttu to a cocked lmt. But wo
Rnist clean out the drains, esteemed I)r. Lee, aud clean them,
“d unsavoury «s may be the task, very persistently indeed.
subsequently added a new term to the vocabulary of Thomas
Carlyle. “He was u respectable man; lie kept a gig,”
deposed one of tho witnesses at the Thurtell trial. Thence tho
Curlyleiau “gigmunity.”
Of course, if there arc any references to a “trap” for a
vehicle prior to the Thurtell trial, t he story which 1 heiud iu
my childish days fulls to the ground at once. How many of
the stories told to us when wo were children have been
exploded T^Tlmt doctors are allowed by law to smother
between two feathtr beds ull patients suffering from hydro-
pirobioT/Hiiiit/\Fuuntleroy (afterwards it was Tuwell, the
lQuaker murderer) never wus hanged; tliut “Spring Heeled
Juek\’ wus the Marquis of-; that the Priueess - was
poisoned, and tlmt the Pig Faced Lady resided in Merrion-
■ square', Lublin, and fed from a silver trough. Were you
never entertained in your nonage with similar fables? Nuw-
'fldnys, youug persons, I presume, are only nourished “with tho
"Tany tules of scieuce und the long result of time.”
American philologcrs (they arc u wary race), who are con¬
tinually on the watch for any slips iu his English which John
Bull limy commit, will not fail to remark tlmt at tho Muusiou
House, on Monday, Sept. 8, Alderman Sir Andrew Lusk made
repeated allusions to " the omnibus traffic iu front of tho
Mansion House aud other places.” Clearly, from the trans¬
atlantic purists’ standpoint, Sir Andrew's use of the word
“truffle” for 44 locomotion” was indefensible. “Traffic”
properly means uu interchange of goods, merchandise, or
properly of uny kind, between countries, communities, and
individuals.
How (lid you dure
To trade and truffle with Macbeth
lu riddles uud ulfairs of death !
Of course everybody knows wlmt is meant by omnibus traffle,
and a railway truffle manager. Still, two wrongs do not make
a right; nndiu wuruing us tliut we sin against good English
in culling locomotion truffle, our American ceusors have us
undeniably on the hip. By-tlie-wny, I often see iu their own
newspupers the word 44 truffle ” misused.
There have been, this week, two noticeable public mentions
of that 44 Indian weed,” which is n sedative aud a solace to
some, and uu uboniination to others. “In the Nile boats,”
the papers tell us, “ the special luxuries will be the medical
chest for emergent use, and a liberal supply of tobacco. One
hundred boxes, each containing 10 lb. of cake tobacco, have
been sent, und threo hundred others nro to follow —making
altogether 10,0001b., or nearly 21b. of tobacco per mini."
Should this be looked upon as plcusaut tidings, or as an Awful
aud Horrifying Announcement ?
Aud now comes into court (that of the newspapers) .Mr.
W. Burdett-Coutts, who, in a very sensible uud rnuuly letter,
mukes no secret of liis opinion tlmt while our fishing-fleets in
the North Seaure demoralised and plundered to an intolerable
degree by the flouting grog-shops or 44 Coopers,” of which we
have heard so much lately, "it is no use offering fishermen
spiritual ministrations in tho plucc of tobucco und grog.”
Mr. Burdett-Coutts thinks tlmt the men must aud ought
to have tobacco, and tliut 44 many of them, iu the midst of
hardship und exposure, cuunot do without grog.” So ho
lius the hardihood—the sensible hardihood—to propose tlmt tho
smacks of the Thames Church Mission, which huve ulrcady done
such u vust mnouut of good amoug our fishermt-u uud our
water-side characters generally, should enlarge their sphere of
usefulness by serving out, iu strict moderation, to fishermen,
tobacco in lieu of the abominable stuffy at present dispensed
by the foreign 44 coopers.” Mr. Burdett-Coutts would like to
go further, uud incite the Mission,' smacks to dispense grog,
4 * under cureful restrictions as to quantity find frequency of
supply”; but lie is uware that the Mission is conducted uu
totul abstinence principles, and so wiihliolds his suggestion.
But could not the Usher-folk obtain some good sound Loudon
porter, “ns sold at the brewery tap,” somehow?
The Earl of Egmpnt is a wag. A great Conservative meet¬
ing wus convened ou(Saturday, the Sixth instant, ut his Lord¬
ship’s scut, Cowdray l’urk, Midhurst. Six thousand tickets of
admission had been issued ; hut, unfortunately, it rained cuts
mid dogs all day, und the ,vi»itors to Cowdray Park lmd to bo
counted not by) thousands but by hundreds. The persisteut
downpour inspired the Earl of Egmout with tho following
rcully humorous utterance:—
lie Lad not Uio smuBost doubt in his own mind thnt this unpleasant
ncuthcr fM ilic nork af the Radical pnrty. Ou the occasion of tho earth¬
quake in Essex, a stanch Conservative friend who was breakfasting with
hijii, said,>niop^ning the morning paper, “ By Jove, here’s an earthquake !
Itj ’H just lik^ Glkdstono. He ’» always interfering with lauded pro-
pertyyy(Lau S liU:e).
Wilfrid Liiwson should look to his laurels.
been rcudiug an account of the defiantly convivial
ceettdigs of the New York 44 Thirteen Club," who held
their annual dinner at a place called Glen River, in the vicinity
of] t^ie Empire City ( ?). The object of the club is to dis-
iitenuiico the vulgar prejudice against dinner parties of
Ifirtecn, mid to throw ridicule on similar “silly superstitions.”
At the door of tho rcstnuruut u ladder wus placed, slanting to
the roof of tho building; und uuder this ladder each guest
deliberately walked as he entered. Tho members divided
themselves into dinner parties of thirteen, and each diner
solemnly spilled some salt from his own particular salt-cellar.
The bill-of-faro offered an occasion for the performance of
numerous more or less ghastly mummeries.
Tho cliairman of the “Thirteen Club” certainly made a
palpable hit when, in his after-dinner speech, lie pointed out
that thirteen had proved not uu unlucky, but an auspicious
number for the United States; since it was Thirteen Colonies
"which achieved independence, uud 44 tho old flag which led
them to victory lmd thirteen sturs und thirteen stripes." Tho
merrymakers did not break up until a late hour; nnd the
festivities, it was hinted, might have been still further pro¬
longed but for a rule of the club, which forbids any member
from drinking more than thirteen bottles of wine at a sit¬
ting. But this I coujecturc to have been a mere facetious
interpolation on the part of the reporter.
I hope tlmt it was on a Friday that the nnti-vulgar
prejudice dinner took place. Friday an unlucky day! It is
time lor that silly superstition to be exploded. Remember the
well-authenticated ease (the story has been told a hundred
times) of the good ship the lines of which (at Natchez, I think)
wero laid on a Friday ; which was christened the 44 Friday” ;
which was launched ou a Friday; the name of tho skipper of
which was Friday ; and which foundered on a Friday, with all
handt, in eiyht of port.
I learn from tho well-informed Era that tho title of M.
Yictorien Surdou’s long-expected new drama is to be “ Theo¬
dora,” and that it deals with the story of the Emperor
Justinian and the remarkable lady who, from au exceptionally
disreputable condition of life, rose to slmrc the throne of the
Lower Empire. The actrcss-Empress, whose early perform¬
ances iu the circus ut Constantinople have becu so graphically
described by Gibbon, will be a pivot rouud which tho
tableaux of n most splendid spectacle are to turn. I
merely mention tho subject of M. Sardou’s forth¬
coming drama in this pluce for the reason tlmt I am
desirous of drowiug the attention of London theatrical
managers to the circumstance tlmt there is extant a very
powerful drama dealing with the history of Theodora and
Justinian by the late Watts Phillips, author of “The Dead
lieu it,” Thu play was altogether an original one, aud was
produced (I think) at the Surrey Theatre nbout twenty years
siuce. But of the date of its production (having been mainly
abroad between 1803 and 1870) I am not at all certain. It
would be curious to see Watts Phillips’s 44 Theodora ” revived
in the teeth of the Frenchman's.
“Rest uud bo thankful.” 44 W. E. M." reminds me that
shortly before the delivery of the speech in which the expres¬
sion cited last week occurred, Earl Russell had been spending
souio time in the Highlands, and “no doubt lmd driven
through the interesting puss of Glcucroe and seen at the
summit the stono on which is inscribed ‘Rest and be
thankful.’ ” Very good. At Ludgate there used to be (and
may be still for might I know) a post or ledge, on which
porters and others carrying heavy weights might temporarily
deposit their burdens, and beneath was the monition 14 Rest,
bat do not loiter .” That, I take it, is about the best kind of
udvice to offer to a sincere mid earnest Reformer. Rest—thnt
is to say, don’t be in a desperate hurry; but do not loiter. Have a
crust of bread mid elieesc aud lmlf a pint of beer nnd a quiet
pipe, and then begin “pegging uwoy ” again in the cause of
progress. G. A. S.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON* NEWS, Sz:-r. 13, 1881—211
SKETCHES FROM THE “ILLUSTRATED NAVAL AND MILITARY MAGAZINE."
AFTERNOON BAND.
UPPER UNION GALLERY, GIBRALTAR.
THE SIGNAL ST^TIGN^Olli HALT A H
HIP OF "INFLEXIBLE” TYPE HEELING OVER AFTER ARMOUR PLATING IS DRIVEN IN AT THE WATER-LINE BELT.
BAITS ARTILLERY
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Skit. 13, 18&L— 245
MAJOR-GEN. SIR PETER STARK LUM8DSX, K.C.B., C.S.I.,
COMMAMIElt OF TI1K AliiIIAN BOCNUAUY COMMISSION.
SIR C. W. WILSON, K.C.M.G., C.B.
Colonel Sir Charles William Wilson, of tlie Royal Engineers,
1ms gone to Egypt, with the appointment of Deputy Adjutant-
(ifiural, to carry out, under I^ord Wolseley, tire political
arrangements with the tribes with which the Cordon Relief
Expedition may have to deal. Sir Charles Wilson entered the
service in September, 1855. Early in 1858 he was appointed
secretary to the Commission for marking on the ground the
boundary between the British and United States possessions
in North America, from the Pacific to the Rocky Mountains,
and in this task was engaged four years. In 1884 ho went to
Jerusalem, for the Palestine Exploration Fund Committee, to
make a survey <>f the city, and conducted levelling operations
to determine the depression of the Dead Sea. In the following
year lie returned to Palestine, in charge of the first expedition
sent out by the l’nlestiue Exploration Fund. Ju 18t>9 he was
appointed Assistant Commissioner under the Borough Bo
Commission. In 18(58 lie aguiii left for t he East incoiiiimim
the expedition to survey the Peninsula of Sinai. OndfisrHiifnlio
was uppoiuted Executive Officer in the Topographical Depart¬
ment of the War (JJIicc, and as the department enlarged
under his direction became successively^ ts Director, ntid
filially Assistant Quartermaster-General in the Intelligence
Department. For his services in connection with the format ion
of this Department, lie was made a Compniuou'of/the Bath.
In 1874 he was elected a Fellow 0 f the Upyiil Society, and
was President of the Geographical Section of the British
Association, which met that yenydt Bclftist. On leaving the
Intelligence Department he was givcir-dmrgo of the Survey
of Ireland. In 1878Ah^ was appointed Commissioner
on the Intemutiomd Commission for the settlement of the
Servian Boundary, and was shortly after promoted to
the rank of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. In the spring of
dary
C.B.,
9 lie was appointed Consul-General in Anatolia, and
the following year was sent on n special mission, to
Eastern Boutnclin and Macedonia. For his services there
and in Asia Minor lie was, in 1881, made a Knight of St.
Michael and St. George. In 1882 he proceeded to Egypt, to
be ready to act as Commissioner with the Turkish troops. At
the close of the military operations, lie was selected to watch
the trial of Arabi and other poUtical prisoners on the part of
the British Government, and was afterwards attached to
Lord Dull'crin's special mission. In June, 1882, the University
of Oxford conferred on him the honorary degree of D.C.L.
for assistance rendered to archmologicid studies in Asia Minor.
On returning to Eugluud he was again appointed to the survey
of Ireland. He has now started on an expedition where his
varied experience of Eusteru tribes and people will prove most
valuable, aud which doubtless is personally gratifying to him,
as u lrieud aud brotlier-ollicer of General Gordon.
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tlio lougoit Hint most extraordinary u|n,n record.
THE AFGHAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION.
Major-General Sir Peter Stnrk Lumsden, K.C.B., C.S.I., whose
Portrait appears iu our Journal this week, has started for
Central Asia to take command of tho British expedition for
the survey and settlement of the north-western aud northern
frontiers of Afghanistan. His route, with that of those going
from England to join tlio expedition, is tho one crossing tlio
Black Sea nnd the Caspian, by way of Odessa, l’oti, Tiilis, and
Baku (there being now a railway connecting the two seas),
thence by steam-boat to Reslul, for Teheran, and through
Persia to Meshed, near tlie eastern border of Khomssuu.
They will bo met by a military escort from India, under
command of Major Ridgeway, which will have marched
from Quetta through Beloocliistnn to tho Helmuud, nnd
thence to the Afghan frontier. Our Special Artist, Mr.
William Simpson, who was in the last Afghan War,
lias left England to nccompnny this expedition, and
will furnish a series of Sketches of the countries and
people, some of them hitherto little known, through which it
will have to travel. Tlie actual surveying operations will be
conducted by three officers of the Royal Engineers. Major
Hill, Captain Gore, nnd Lieutenant Talbot. Dr. Aitchison
will study tlie natural history mul botany, nnd Mr. Griesbach
tlie geolog)’, of the region to be traversed, which is likely to
yield some interesting contributions to scientific knowledge.
Oriental archeology, history, and ethnology may also be ex¬
pected to gain valuable additions to the existing stores of
learning. Sir Teter Lumsden takes for his aide-de-camp
Major the lion. G. C. Napier, a son of lx>rd Napier
of ‘ Mngdaln. He will have the political assistance of
Colonel Stewart and -Air. A. Condie Stephen, U.B., of
the British embassy nt Teheran. With reference to the
5 M?rsonal antecedents of this distinguished officer. Sir Peter
niiusden. it may be mentioned that he and his elder brother,
afterwards Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Lumsden, were
officers of the Corps of Guides in 1857, when they were em¬
ployed iu a difficult mission to Afghanistan, at the crisis of the
Indian Mutiny, and performed the arduous nnd perilous service
to their great credit. Sir Peter Lumsden, who was then a Lieu¬
tenant, has risen to his present rank by constant end active^
services, principally on the North-West frontier of India. He
was Adjutant-General to the Commnnder-in-Chief of the
Forces in India, General Sir Frederick Paul Haines,, during
the last Afghan War, nnd he holds a position on the. Bengal
Staff. lie is a Knight of the Bath and Companion of tute^tnr
of India. ( \ )
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THE NILE EXPEDITION.\
The War OfQcc preparations, both in En^iiind-jihd In Egypt
or Nubia, for Lord NVolseley’s boat expeditiou^Tf^ the Nile
With a view to relieve GeueraLGordon, a fa ^ontmueu with
great activity. The first- lot of thirty/bbats coh^tructcd in this
country specially for the expedition WcrMemOTtlfom Wool¬
wich on Moudav, on board tlie hired traiisport Pelicaii. with
1200 tons of commissariat and ordnance stores; and eighty-
six bouts more have since gone out on board the President
Garfield. A large number will Ir* sent from Portsmouth,
having been constructed by Messrs, John . Read nnd Son, of
that town. The Pclicnn/Has taken out-, In portions to be
fit ted together in Egypt/ the steel steam-launch, with
stern-paddle designed and constructed by Messrs. Yarrow,
boat-builders, of Ppphuv: whiclyTs shown in our Illus¬
tration, aud which in intended, to be used for the
conveyance of Lord,' ^Wolseley and his personal stuff. It
will be armed with a Nordenfeldt machine-gun ut tho forward
end of the pl^ vated^ilopu - deck,/ nud another gun on tho roof.
A chief engmborof the Roy.ilNtivy is going ontincharge, with
competent a^istants, nnd will rebuild the steamer aud take her
up tlie|NIIe/ft» / soon its possible/..The materials of which the
steain-lauilcU is cum posed wilkbe the first stores landed, and
she is to haye lijne days-eturt- of the other boats, ns there arc
some preliminary surveys to be made before tlio main advance
takes,plnee. Two or three of the ordinary Nile steamers have
foiled to pass the First and Second Cataracts, ns the river had
been /falling, but its general rise may possibly bo expected
s tUrthe end of September. Ill addition to the other auxiliaries
taken to w-ait upon the army in this expedition, it is intended
to engage some hundreds of the native boatmen on the Nile.
The selection of the Canndinn boatmen Is duo to Lord
WoUeley’s'i&porienccs iu the Red River, nnd Sir. H. M. Stanley
is credited witli the suggestion which has been adopted in tho
employment of the Kroomcn labourers from t he West Const of
Africa. Lord Northbrook nnd Lord Wolseley arrived at
Alexandria on Tuesday, and proceeded nt once to Cairo. Our
Special Artist, Mr. Melton Prior, lias gone to accompany tho
expedition. The Sussex regiment lias been sent on from Wndy
Ilnifn to Samis, near Snnmoh, the starting-point of the boats
with the troops.
The directors of tlio International Health Exhibition have
decided to continue the series of hnllnd nnd instrumental
concerts which have been from time to time held in tho Royal
Albert Hall, on every Monday nnd Saturday evening until the
end of October. Organ reoitul* are also given three times
daily on the grand organ in the Royal Albert Hall.
“THE ILLUSTRATED NAVAL AND
MILITARY MAGAZI^LE^X
Tho third Number of this new monthly periodical, for Sep¬
tember, lins made its appearance, published at the office of the
Illustrated Lnmtr/n Netct. In Jultywhen the first Number was
issued, we greeted it with the measure of approbation which
it fuirly.deservcd, noticing tlieditbTi'iittppics of its'aescriptive,
narrative, scientific, and professional writers, amongst whom
nre men of high authority and great experience in the land
and sea services; nnd presenting, by special permission of its
proprietors nnd editor/, a fy)V specimens of tho Illustrations,
which have considerable iirtwtic itn rit. The August Number
was ns good, its/frouti>Djw«y u photo-aquatiut, being an
effective reproductiph^TtliVihife picture, “ Le Bourget,'' by
the eminent French'w»r-pahite>, Alphonse de Neuville, whose
porti-ait and a biographical memoir found place in tho
magazine: there was a portrait also of General Sir Gerald
Graham, drawn by Mr. R. C. AVoodville. We have equal
satisfaction in noticing the September Number, to which our
well-known Special Artist^M?; Melton Prior, who has been
in so many Arrlciin carnpiiigns on the West Const, in South
Africa, in IrTgypTftnd the Soudan, contributes a few brisk and
lively anecdotes of the Ashnntee War of 1874. His sketches
of Sir Garnet Wolseley and Commodoro Hewett (the present
Lord Wol^he^vCopiiiinnder-in-Chicf iu Egypt, and the
present Admirai Sir.\ViIlium Hewett, Commander on the East
India Station) wero foitliful portraits at. the time, which was
te/yenrsago, and in the undress of that notable campaign;
tlieligure of one of “ Hint’s Artillery ” is chamcteristio of the
sameexpeditioir: We have also transferred to our own pngo
/ of seleClions two of Mr. W. II. Overend’s views of the rock-
\ftota^^bf Gibraltar, which is described by Colonel the lion.
Ai tlmrAbiynell, R.E., iu a very instructive article, with ten
J 111 Ld rations, including tho portrait of the Governor, General
JfiT'Jolin Adyo. The student of naval tactics, and of naval
nfebit/ture, will do well to bestow his serious attention on
the series of practical and scientific essays, by Admiral Sir
\ George Elliot and Captain H. Berkeley, treat ing of the proper
xAvuys and means to light “Our Future Naval Battles." This
series of papers is continued by one of Sir G. Elliot’s, on
“ Tlie Gun Attack and Defence in Fleet Actions," nnd by some
additional remarks on “Modem Ships and Appliances,” from
Captain Berkeley, completing their present deliverance upon
those subjects. Sir George Elliot points out that, in ships
with belt-armour, tho water-line will always be found the
most vulnerable part, and will be aimed at by tho enemy’s
gmmers nt short range tiring on the beam. The engine-room
compartment, being large, is the most dangerous point to ho
pierced, us uffectiug tho buoyancy of the ship. The disastrous
consequence of such an injury is shown by Mr. Overend's
drawing, which furnishes one of the Illustrations we have
borrowed, representing a ship of the “ Inflexible” type, after
having cot her armour-plating driven iu at that point in the
water-line belt, heeling over in great apparent peril of sink¬
ing. Sir George Elliot recommends instead of a water-line
belt of armour the insertion of an armour-plated deck below
the water-line, with cellular watertight compartments ill tlie
hull beneath it: he seems, indeed, to be inclined altogether
to dispense with side armour. Some lighter rending is pre¬
sented by Mr. .1. S. Winter, in “Army Sociely—TNvo
Plunges,” a little story of the discomfiture of a match¬
making mamma, to which the scene at the “Afternoon
Baud," furnishes an Illustration. The Portraits which
appear this month comprise those of her Royal Highness
Princess Christian (following the Crown Princess' of Germany
nnd the Princess of Wales, nr. Ladies of the Older of tlie Red
Cross); Vice-Admiral Sir William Hewett, V.C., K.C.ll.,
K.O.H.I., nnd Mr. W. H. Overeud, an Artist, well known to
readers of our own Journnl. An engraving drawn by him,
“ Preparing to Ram,” with Turkish seamen lying down on
deck iu readiness for tho impending shock, is reduced from
one of our own. Tlie photograph of his latest picture,
“ Victory,” an incident of the old French war, English sailors
crowding in the mizen chains, to give three cheers for a bout’s
crew pulling off to take pofgession of a captured French
ship, makes n capital frontispiece to this Number of the
“ Naval und Military Magazine.”
MUSIC.
THE WORCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
Tlie arrangements for the 101st meeting of the three choirs of
Hereford, Gloucester, nnd Worcester were noticed by us in
detail last week, nnd it only remains now to refer to the open¬
ing of tlie festival. This was preceded by n grand inaugural
service on Sunday morning, tho musical portions of which in¬
cluded the co-operation of the band aud chorus. Special
features in this respect were Dr. Bridge’s “ Hymn to the
Creator," Sir F. G. Ouseley’s “Te Dcuui ” nnd “ Beuedictus ”
in F; Mendelssohn’s sublime psalm, "When Israel out of
Egypt came”; mid Dr. Croft’s anthem, “ Cry aloud and shout.”
Hr. Bridge, organist of Westminster Abbey, conducted the.
performance of his own composition ; Mr. Done haviug other¬
wise acted as conductor. Air. Hugh Blair was the organist.
Tlie sermon—appropriate to the occasion—was preached by
the Rev. W. J. Knox-Little, Canon of Worcester. There was
an immense congregation.
Monday morning and evening were appropriated to re¬
hearsals—of the sacred music in tlio Cathedral, nnd of the
Bccular programmes in the new Public Hall, where the evening
concerts were given.
The festival performances opened in the Cathedral, on
Tuesday morning, with M. Gounod’s oratorio, “Tho Re¬
demption,” which was generally well rendered ; the exquisite
singing of Madame Albnni iu the principal soprano music, tlio
line performances of Madame 1’utey in the solo contralto
music, of Air. E. Lloyd in the important tenor narrations, and
of Air. Snntley in the impressive passages associated with tlie
Saviour, having been—as in the first production of the oratorio
nt Birmingham in 1882, nnd on subsequent occasions— features
of prominent interest. Airs. Hutchinson and Air. Broreton
contributed to the efficient rendering of the principal solo
vocal music. The first performance of the Oratorio in
Worcester was a special event, nnd drew n very large con¬
gregation. Mr. Done (organist of Worcester Cathedral) con¬
ducted, and Mr. L. Colborne presided at the organ.
The first of the miscellaneous concerts in the public hull
included the production of Air. C. II. Lloyd’s new cantata,
“Herb nnd Leander.” The text is written by Air. F. E.
Weatherly, who has supplied a good framework, based on
tlie well-known classical legend. The music comprises pieces
for orchestra, chorus, and solo voices, the music for the latter
Raving been assigned to Miss A. Williams (us Hero) nnd Mr.
HanHey (as Leuudcr). The composer has successfully availed
himself of the opportunities offered for dnmintic effects, nnd
1ms produced a work worthy of his reputation nnd of the
festival for which it was specially written. Of its merits and
characteristics we must speak further next week, when
noticing the other festival performances. These were of
high interest, although devoid of absolute novelty; the only
approach thereto having been the production, for the first time
here, of Herr Dvorak’s ".Stnbat Mater,” a work that wns
noticed when first given in London. Cherubini’s grand Alass
in D minor. Alendelssohn’s "Elijah” nnd the first part of his
“St. Paul,” and “The Alessinh ’’were the other chief features
of the sacred programmes; the festival having been sup¬
plemented, ns it was inaugurated, by a special service in the
cathedral yesterday (Friday) evening.
Tlie twenty-eighth meeting of the National Association for
the Promotion of Social Science is to be held in Birmingham,
beginning next Wednesday, nnd ending on tlie 24th inst.
The Portrait of Alnjor-Genernl Sir Peter Lumsden is from
a photograph by Air. T. Fall, of Baker-street, Portnmn-
squure; and that of Colonel Sir Chnrlcs William Wilson is
from one by Lafayette, Westmoreland-street, Dublin.
Dr. Sedgwick Saunders, the Corporation medical officer,
reports that the health of the City of London is remarkably
good; and ho declares that the City was never cleaner,
healthier, or more free from nuisance nud legitimate cause of
complaint than at present.
During n thunderstorm iu Orkney on the 4th inst. AIiss
Williiuninn Leusk, residing with her mother nt Knoekhall,
near Stromness, was killed by lightning. The lightning struck
lier on the neck, tearing and burning her clothes, breaking a
watch in lier pocket, nnd tearing the boots from her feet.
The Convent nnd Church of the Order of the Perpetual
Adoration,which wns built by the late Dowager Imdy lierries
on an eminence near Dumfries, was consecrated on Monday.
It is stated to be the only establishment of tlie Perpetual
Order in Great Britain.
Under the auspices of the D, S, nnd X Divisions of the
Arctropolitnn Police, tlie annual fete in aid of the funds of the
Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage took place on Monday
nt Loitl’8 Cricket-Ground, St. Jolm’s-wood ; and, in spite of
tlie inclemency of the weather, there were between two anil
three thousand persons present.
Notwithstanding inclement weather, the amount collected
in the streets for the Hospital Saturday Fund amounted to
£1900, nnd included £184 in gold, £1000 in silver, and £550 in
copper, the bronze coin weighing over a ton and a half. Tho
mums from the committees in charge of boxes in tlie remote
districts, of the metropolis nre not included. The church
parade and sermon at Clcrkemvell parish church on Sunday in
aid of tho fund realised £30.
Tlie division lists of tlie Oxford Local Examinations were
issued on Wednesday morning. The total number of candi¬
dates examined was 1970—namely, 1332 juniors mul 038
seniors. Of these 013 juniors nnd 416 seniors gained certifi¬
cates ; twenty-live senior boys showing sufficient merit to be
excused from responsions, and six of the senior girls exemption
from the first examination for women. The highest place in
the examination wns gained by ,R. A. Sampson, of tho Liver¬
pool Institute ; T. A. Lawrenson, from tlie same establish¬
ment, standing second; nnd R. Johnson, from the King’s
G. 11. School, Warwick, third. In the juniors, T. IL Brig-
house, from Kingswood School, Bath, is first; L. B. Radford,
from Queen Elizabeth School, Ainnsfield, second; and F. 11.
Wrnldy, Kingswood, Bath, third.
In spite of a pouring wet morning on Alondny, the British
Archieologist8 nt Tenby went over to Pembroke by special
train to inspect the castle. Having inspected several of the
towers, nnd examined the windows, doorways, and battlements
in detail, Air. Brock, who acted as guide, collected the party
into a room over the entrance gateway, where he gave them
a short address on the leading features of the architecture
and history of the castle. From the castle it was
hut a short walk to Afonckton, whore there were to
be seen tho remains of a Benedictine priory, joined
on to the parish church ns n chancel. Having lunched
at an inn in the town, they returned to Tenby. At
tlie evening meeting, held in the Townhnll, Air. De Gray
Birch read u paper on the Successive Charters of Tenby, from
IheThirteentli to the Seventeenth Century. The usual votes or
thanks Were then passed, nnd the congress broke up, ns far as
Tenby is concerned; most cf the member- leaving early on
Tuesday for Haverfordwest nnd St. David's, to examine* tlm
cathedral and the old episcopal palace, under the guidance of
the Bishop.
SEPT. 13. 1884
TIIE PLAYHOUSES.
The autumnal theatrical season lias begun m earnest. While
four London theatres have been reopened during the past
week, one or two of the managers who have gallantly kept
their doors open all the summer are now reaping a golden
harvest. Messieurs Gntti have the gratification of knowing
that the exceptionally powerful play of “ In the Ranks ” has
S roved one of the most prosperous plays that have ever
een produced upon the metropolitan stage, and that its
powers of attraction have not diminished one jot, albeit
the piece has enjoyed an uninterrupted run of close
upon three hundred performances ut the Adelphi. At
the little Strand, the rich humour of 31r. David Janies
ns Perkin Middlcwick has been displayed to such advantage
that the late Mr. Byron’s comedy of “Our Boys ” lms taken a
fresh lease of life: Monday last having witnessed the hundredth
representation under "Our Boys” new roof-tree. Mr. Thomas
Thorne’s excellent company of comedians at the Vaudeville,
where the extremely diverting fureiculpluyof “ Confusion " yet
nourishes, will very shortly uppeur in Mr. II. A. Jones’s new
piece, “ Saints and Siunen. Mr. Edgar Bruce’s enterprise
at the Prince’s Theatre in Coventry-street has been rewarded
by the undoubted success of the effective and mysterious
drama of “Colled Back,” which was played for the hundredth
time on Tuesday night.
The large audience that filled the Lyceum last Saturday
night naturally accorded a most enthusiastic welcome to the
handsome American actress who first took the fancy of the
town last autumn in the classic but somewhat stilted role of
l’artheniu, in an extremely dreary play. .Miss Mary Anderson,
who resumed the parts of Galatea and Claric e, in Mr. W. S.
Gilbert’s clever plays of “ Pygmalion and Galatea ” and
"Comedy and Tragedy,” lias improved since I saw her lost
in the spring. Her Galatea is endowed with more human
sympathy, and her whole performance is more symmetrical.
This is the more surprising, as Mr. Terries hardly equalled Mr.
Barnes ns Pygmalion. Miss Myra Holme did not please so well
ns Miss Amy Roselle did in the character of Cyniscn; nor did Miss
Larkin, invaluable in domestic comedy, shine very brilliantly
as the shrewish Daphne. By this time, however, all have
probably grown more accustomed to their parts. Miss
Anderson, it may bo added, triumphantly performed her
arduous task as the actress heroine of ‘ ‘ Comedy and
Tragedy,” in which she was supported by Mr. Terries as
D’Aulnoy and by Mr. ‘William Rignold (the warlike Lcucippe
in the first piece) ns the Due d’Orleans. “Romeo and
Juliet ” will be the next revival at the Lyceum.
The astute and hnppily youthful Manager of Drury Lane
Theatre secured an attraction both before and behind
the curtain for his re-opening night (Thursday), when
not only was the stupendously sensational melodrama of
“The World" to be revived with all the original effects
of the ship blown up at sea, the struggle for lite on
the raft, the realisation of Westminster Aquarium, nud
the Clmrlcs-Reade-like Mad-House scenes ; but Mrs. Weldon
had been invited to smile approval from a box, and
bold advertisement lmd been given by Air. Augustus Harris to
the subjoined passage from her letter:—“I looked long ago
upon that drama as a most effective nlly of my own, and thank
you for bringing it out again just at u time when public at¬
tention lms been drawn to it in such a merciful way by the
patience of a Judge and jury. It will be an extra hint to Par¬
liament to see to the Lunacy Laws.”
Melodious to a degree, and having the signal merit of a
clear story, M. l’lanqnette’s operutio version of “ Rip Van
Winkle" may well have a renewed run at the Comedy, where
it. lifts been revived, with Mr. Frederick Leslie in his con¬
summately clever embodiment of tho part of Rip ; with Mdlle.
Berthe Latonr, a French soprano of power, as Rip’s wife and
daughter, with Mr. Henry Wulshnm, the favourite tenor, ns
Hans, with Air. Harry Pnulton and Miss Coote likewise in the
cast, and with the wealth of colour and beauty for which tho
Comedy is noted.
Lighter musical fare obtains at the Empire and the Gaiety,
bright Miss Fnrren and Company having returned to the
latter with the “ Camarulzaumu ” burlesque, and the Empire
having reproduced “ Robin Hood” for the delectation of the
golden youth who affect the resplendent now theatre in
Leicester-square.
Air. Toole’s Temple of Farce and Comedy in King William-
street, Strand, is worthily occupied by a compauy headed
by those accomplished l’ust Ainsters in the art of creating
merriment, Air. Lionel Brough nud Mr. AVillie Edouin. Whilst.
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THE MAGA
The ingredients of the Coni hill are but alight this month,
though "The Curate of Chumside” would be a very
tremendous story if it were credible. The curate’s villainy,
however, is great ly overdone ; and even granting the possibility
of the character, all consistency would be destroyed by his
ultimate remorse nud suicide. The credulity of the antiquary
in Air. Pftyn’s " Talk of the Town ” will, we fear, seem equally
incredible to renders who may not bo aware that the story is
strictly historical, It might have been better to select a less
exceptional situation. '1 here is nothing else of note except u
useful paper on dynamite.
The Enalish Illustrated , too, is scarcely up to its usual mark,
though “Friede” is a pretty story ; and everybody is to be
congratulated upon the termination of “The Armourer’s
Prentices.” Air. Ainger’s essay on “Tho Women of Chaucer”
is elegant nud discriminating, and further remnrknble for the
illustrations by Mr. II. llyland; as Mr. Laug’s history of
cricket is for the many charming and quaint engraviugs after
old pictures illustrating the development of the game. The
splendid frieze representing a Bacchanal procession, by Etienne
Delaune, also deserves particular attention.
Macmillan is noteworthy for nil ndmirable lecture by Canon
Creighton on the political nud social history of tho North¬
umbrian Border; and for a tale of kidnapping in Mexico,
founded upon fact. Air. Traill's imaginary conversation
between Wilkes and Sandwich is uninterestiug for its apparent
aimlessness, until, just at the end, we detect the application to
Air. Bmdlnugh'B case. Air. Motley's review of the mouth is
marked by that morbid distrust in the future of his own
country which spoils him for a politician. The writer of nil
essay on “ The Decay of Genius" assumes the fact, and thinks
that*competitive examination may have something to do with
it. To us it seems doubtful whether there is auy foundation
for the complaint, except ns regards poetical ana imaginative
genius, which is always intermittent.
“The Waters of Hercules," in Blackwood, continues to
commenced in Temple Bar , and promises to prove n good
average specimen of his manner. The second instalment of
Air. Coleman’s reminiscences of the writer contains little of
special interest in the way of anecdote, but many instances of
Mr. Itende’s charity and generosity. "The Red Alanor.”
understood to be by a daughter of Lord Lytton, might pass
very well for an early work of her grandfather's. A light
sketch of Bernal Osborne teems with anecdote ; and there is
much good sense in the smart satire of “ Phases of the Day.”
The best thiug in Belgravia is “ Abdoola,” an affecting tale of
tho ill-requited devotion of an Oriental domestic.
Wo have also to acknowledge—London Society, Good
Words, All the Year Bound, The Antiquarian Magazine, St.
Nicholas, Aunt Judy’s Magazine, The Month, The Red
Dragon, Merry England, Theatre, Illustrated Science Monthly,
the Army and Nuvy Magazine, and The United Service
Alugazine, which contains uu important article on tho training
of nuvtil officers.
evince the author’s power of describing the scenery of Eastern
Europe; and the scene of the antiquarians in the vault dis¬
plays not only graphic power, but humour. “ Fiddler* Three ’ ’
is pretty; “Throe loung Novelists”—Alcssrs. Crawford,
Anstey, and Conway—are not unfairly criticised ; but the
most valuable contribution to the number is the account of
the inexhaustible petroleum wells of Baku, which owe tlieir
marvellous development to two young Swedes.
Longman's Magazine continues “Jack’s Courtship " nud
“ AIndam,” mid concludes Bret Hnrte's
relic-lope”—one of his best stories. A1
courses on “ The Art of Fiction,” which
teueb. / \
The various papers in the Eorlnightlg Review, on the con¬
troversy between Lords nud Commons, have been rightly
clcenn d of sufficient importance to be fully discussed by the
political press. The only other political coutribulious, by Mr.
Grenvell and Air. Alaclmrnuss, relate to the affairs of South
Africa, and most cunningly exemplify the mischief wrought
by that pulsyof modem public life, the reluctance of Alinistersto
assume responsibility. Lord Cochrane's paper on Chili gives
a satisfactory account of the couiitry in general, and mentions
particularly the recent developnicntOTtlie growth of the vine,
which promises shortly, touring Chili into competition with
France in the European market. " Diana of the Crossways”
pursues her brilliant and eccentric course; and Air. Ernest
Alycrs’s "Rhodes” is exedleut 'verse, though hardly poetry.
Among several interesting articles in the nineteenth Century
perhaps the best are Air. Romanes’s clear exposition of the
Durwmiuu theory of instinct; Lord Lymington's nppeul to
the House of Lords to avail themselves of the present oppor¬
tunity of rendering their Chamber moru truly representative
of the best elements of the nation ; nud the Alarums N'obili-
A'itelleschi’s sketch of the lending morul characteristics of the
Italian people^ and tlie/ effect of the national unity in
obliterating provincial peculiarities. With every allowance
lor the ex-parte character of Dr. Cameron’s statement of tho
case qf the Highland cottiers, few will rend his article without
being convincecF tff the necessity for interference. Alias
Lambert concludes her interesting paper on leprosy; and
Afri^F^ B. Johnson points out the great importance of the
Straits settlenients to English commerce in tho East.
The Contemporary Review offers a special bonne louche to its
renders in tho shape of a review, by no less a person than
Sheik'v, of a novel by Thomas Jefferson Hogg, both review and
tho drily quaint humour of Air. Brough invests with fresh nOTeHmying been equnlly unknown until recently discovered
drollery the part of Bill Booty, a picturesquely ugly Free-. by Professor Dowden. The novel, entitled "Alexy I Immatoff,
booter of the old Victoria type, the overbrimming fun and is a much more high-flown and romantic production than
nnimut spirits of Mr. Edouin render his share of the uctiob ui 'A:oU]d have been expeclcd from Hogg; and Shelley s notice,
“Babes; or, W(h)ines from the Wood,” similarly strong in which appearediu the Critical Review for December, 1811, in
mirth-moving power. Air. Edouin is the Dolly,mWhiu^Miss in a corresponding key. Tliero are excellent critical nrticles
Alice Atherton ns Tossy he has a companion “ babe" instinct on the " Purgatory ” of Dante by Dean Plumptre. ana Sea
with fun and frolic. The pranks of this well-muted couple Stories by Air. W. Clark Russell. Ihe Bishop of Carlisles
in tho school-room elicited shouts of laughter; and Alias essay on uppnritions has little connection with that subject,
Atherton’s mimicry of the sing-song vocalism of an ungainly
schoolgirl was irresistibly mirth-moving. Indeed^lTtekiss duet
which she sang with sprightly nud dashing AI ias Grnce Umitley,
one of the most charming young ladies m'dlio troupe, was re¬
peatedly encored. Iu fact, there i» a superabundance of good
tilings in “ Babes,” which is as rollicking, jovial, mid enter¬
taining a burlesque ns the town has seen for some time. In
addition to the principals already referred to, mention should
be made of the amusing acting of Air. Charles E. Stevens as
Sir Rowland, Alias Grace Huntley os Ralph Reckless, Air.
E. Fyfo Scott as the Doctor, and of the piquancy of Aliss Edith
A'nno ns Patty Buttre, a pretty dairymaid. Tho author, Mr.
Harry Paul ton, was calico for to receive a round of applause;
but, being at the Comedy, could qbfc, appear. Air. Lionel
Brough acquitted himself with accustomed humour, nud with
u touch of manly feeling to boot, ns Ben Bloss, in the new
“curtain-lifter” called “ Off Duty,” a sympathetic and
interesting little domestic comedy by Air. T. Edgar Pemberton.
G. A. S.
Arr. Wulter Scott. Fellow of Alerton College, has been
appointed to the Clmir of Classics in the University of Sydney,
as successor to the late Professor Badkum.
The weight of fish delivered at and near Billingsgate
Alnrket during August by land and water was 10,701 tons. —
The total weightof fish seized during the month of August last
by the fishmeters appointed by tho Court of the Fishmongers’
Company at and hear Billingsgate Alnrket and on board boats
lying off that pluce wns 100 tons 5 cwt.
The committee of the Royal Humane Society has conferred
rewards on 70 persons who, in many eases under circumstances
of great gallantry, rescued 82 others from drowning. Of tho
70 cnxes, niedala have been conferred upon 1.7 persons, one also
receiving rho clasp, 4(J received testimonials, and 17 pecuniary
Towards.— 1 The Mayor of Cambridge on Saturday last publicly
presented to Henry William Hardy, the custodian of the
•'orporation bathing-shed, the certificate of the Royal Humane
Society lor saving life from drowning, and mentioned that
during the past live years lie had saved ten lives.
but lms many interesting facts und spccidutions on mental im¬
pressions communicated from a distance. Air. Goldwin Smith
writes a few weighty words on the Franchise and the Lords;
and Air. Huweis contributes some interesting particulars of an
individual peer, the late Duke of Wellington.
The Xational Review lms a spirited argument in favour of
protection to British manufactures, by Mr. W. J. Harris; a
sketch of Sir Bartle Erere’s government of Sind, by Sir F. J.
Goldsmid; a narrative of the Bristol riots of 1831, whose
authority is much impaired by its evidently partisun character;
and a high and just estimate of tho younger Pitt as an orator,
by Mr. C. F. Konry.
The Century has a valuable analysis of the number of tho
foreign-born population of the United States, whit-li abounds
with curious suggestions. The Irish reniaiu in the east, the
Germans and Scandinavians go west, tendencies which must
in time produce very important consequences. The “New
Astronomy” shows the immense progress of solar phy.-ies ill
late years, nnd is beautifully illustrated: as are "From
Coventry to Chester on a Bicycle,” nnd “On the Track of
Ulysses.” There is n fine portrait of Littro: the accompanying
memoir is inadequate. The Atlantic Monthly has a finely
written nnd valuable narrative of Wolfe's great victory, by
Francis Turkman, and some very curious observations ou tho
habits of ants, by Aliss Alary Treat. Tho renders of Harper
will turn to a Bketcli of the late Charles Reude by Robert
Buelumnn, und will not be disappointed. “ A Run Ashore
nt Queenstown” and “ Wheat-Fields of the Columbia” are
interesting in subject, and well illustrated. A now Btory iu
Manhattan , "Colonel Judson of Alabama,” displays much
humour, nnd Air. P. B. Alarston’a “Wind Gardeus” is u
pretty poem.
“In Greek AVnters,” “ Wlint Dreams are Aludc of,” nnd
“ War and Christianity ” are all acceptable contributions to
the Gentleman's Magazine', but “ Philistia" continues the chief
uttmetion. The self-conceit of the young men who assail
existing institutions, without an idea thnt their defenders may
have a right to nu opinion, is very amusingly hit off.
Air. Kendo’s posthumous novel, “A Perilous Secret,” is
NATIONAL SPOUTS.
The prospects of n successful Doncaster Aleeting were not very
promising on Alonday Iasi, as min was falling lu-avily nil over
the country. P’ortunateJy, it censed early ou Tuesday morn¬
ing, nnd, though the course was a trifle heavy in places, no
fault cpuld be reasonably found with the “ going.” There
wns the usual attendance outlie town moor iu the early morn¬
ing to witness the gallops of the St. Leger horses, and, whilst
opinions were divided as to Scot Free, The Lumbkin gained
hosts of new friends by the resolute style in which lie covered
tho entire course. The card was headed, as usual, by the
Fitzwillimn Stakes, in which few people expected to 6ee Mod red
beat Toastmaster so decisively at 7 lb., so the bookmakers
began the week iu very promising style. The Filly Stakes
proved to be the good thing it looked for Alerry Duchess; and
then came the Great Yorkshire Handicap, for which there
were only foqr runners, ubout the smallest field that has ever
turned out f6r it. The race wns a curious one, as Lawminster
/(8 st. « lb.) was at one time quite a hundred yurds behind tho
jest, and looked hopelessly out of it. lie is, however, a
^capital stayer, and, as the others tired, they came bnck to him,
and Osborne hud never to really call upon him to beat Hauteur
(7 st.) by half a length. The antagonism of St. Ilelcun nnd Royal
Hampton in the Champagne Stakes excited very great interest,
ftnd, though the race wns generally regarded as a match between
the pair, there were half a dozen other runners. St. Helena, who
possessed an unbeaten certificate, looked somewhat light and
Rifle Grass jaded, and was actually the first beaten ; but Royal Hampton
r. llemy Jiuncs dis- made a bold bid for victory, nnd it was muiuly owing to
:h seems difficult to Archer’s brilliant finish that Lnngwell struggled home a neck
in front of him. The last-named, who is a son of Springfield
and Furiosu, came out ut Ascot with ail immense private repu¬
tation, but, until gaining the victory we have just recorded,
he hud done little or nothing to justify it. The remaining
races of a heavy card were of trilling interest.
As soon ns the betting opened <m Wednesday there was a
decided tendency to oppose Scot Free, and Sir Reuben also
declined, in consequence of the advance of Superba mid Har¬
vester. Two or three unexpected starters cropped up, and tho
runners numbered thirteen. There wns a delay of fully ten
minutes at the post before the flag fell to a good start. Cam-
busmore and Superba soon drow to the front,ithe pair going on
side by side iu front of Sandiway, Hermitage, Somerton, and
Sir Reuben, with Harvester, Cormeillc, nud Tho Lambkin
next, the lot being whipped in by Donbaster Cup. Little
alteration in the above order took place for a quarter of ft
mile, and then Hermitage took up the running und carried
it on, with Harvester, Superba, and Sir Reuben in immediate
attendance. As they commenced to go up the hill Somerton
took second place to Hermitage, the pair being followed by
Cormeille, in close company with the latter being Tho
Lambkin, Superbu, Harvester, and Sir Reuben, with Scot
Free, Cambusmore, and Sandiway next. In this order they
went over the hill and out of sight, but on reappearing from
tho dip Hermitage wns joiuod by Cormeille and Somerton, the
otherpositions beinguiicliunged to the Rifle Butts, parsing which
Cormeille assumed the command, followed by Somerton. Hermi¬
tage, Tho Lambkin, and Sir Reuben, in the ordernumed, thesa
being separated by a wide gap from Queen Adelaide, Har¬
vester, Scot Free, and Sandiway, with Doncaster Cup ti long
way in the rear. Somerton and Cormt illo continued showing
the way to the half-mile post, where Somerton dropped back,
and the retirement of Lord Ellesmere's colt was quickly fol¬
lowed by Cormeille, nnd Hermitage was left at the lieud of
affairs, ’with The Lambkin nnd Sir Reuben next; Superba,
Scot Free, Cambusmore, nud Sandiway being the only others
nt all prominent. As soon ns they began to make the
final bend Hermitage had to give war, and The Lambkin,
taking tlm lend, went on iu front of Sir Roubcn, Sandiway,
and Superba, these being the only ones novr left with any
chance. Sir Reuben was beaten below the distance, and
Sandiway took second place; but all efforts to overhaul
Lambkin were unavailing, and she was beaten easily by a
length ; Superba was third, three quarters of a length fiwny;
with Sir Reuben fourth, Queen Adelaide fifth, Hermitage
sixth, Cambusmore seventh, Harvester eighth, Scot; Five
ninth, Royal Fern tenth, Cormeille next, and Soiperton
last, except Doncaster Cup, who walked in with the qrowd.
The favourite was the great disappointment of the race; and
and it is evident cither that he has been overdone in his train¬
ing, or is unable to stay moro than a mile. Harvester, too.
cut up very badly; mid, on her previous form, Sandiway had
no pretensions to bent Superba, or, indeed, several others in
tlie field.
As is usual at Doncaster, the sales of blood stock during
the week were remarkably heavy; but little was done on
Tuesday, when none of tho best lots were- sent into the riug.
Everyone was glad to note that I/ord Fnlmouth purchased
the brood mare Dorimway, one of his own breeding, 1'or
1000 guineas, which looks as though his Lordship could not
make up his miud to give up all connection with the turf.
Duchess of Richmond, an own sister to Richmond, mude 480
guineas, but otherwise prices ruled very low, and the majority
of the lots offered did not chiuigo hands.
Lady Augusta Alostyn on the 4th inst. laid the comer-
stones of a Cottage Hospital which is in course of erection at
Llandudno, as a public memorial to the lute Mrs. Nicol. The
Bishop of Bangor delivered tho address.
The Kddystone Lighthouse, erected by Smeaton, has been
rebuilt by local subscriptions on Plymouth Hoe. It will be
dedicatee! as a navigating beacon by tho brethren of Trinity
House on the 24th inst.
The Great Western Railway Company opened a new station
on Monday morning at Slough Junction. The structure
includes four very long platforms, nnd the usual waiting-
rooms, lavatories, nnd refreshmeut-rooras. New relief lines
between Slough and Alaidenhoud were also utilised, thus
adding six miles of auxiliary railway to the homo district of
the company, the cost of which, together with the new station
uccommodution, is estimated at £70,000.
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BLACK BASS FISHING IN THE LAKES OF THE ADIRONDACKS, STATE OF NEW YORK.
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IN A KENTISH HOP-GARDEN.
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KEPT. 13, 1884
PARISIAN SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
(From our own Con tupoiideiil.)
Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 0.
The newest phenomenon in Paris is a violent outbreak of
Anglophobia. Some huro-braiiicd journalist lias started tho
cry of “ Shs mix Anglais; " others have taken it up, and
imagined wonderful Austro-Oernmn-Russo-French combi¬
nations for remaking the map of Europe mid crushing tho
hypocritical and selfish English. A new weekly, called L'Anti-
.Light is , has been started lor the purpose of fomenting a com¬
mercial and then a maritime war against John Hull, and then,
finally, of invading England and "inflicting on the English
in their very brigand-dens the chastisement for the crimes which
they lmve committed with impunity during so many centuries.”
Even the serious Paris newspapers are full of articles, ns silly
ns they are virulent, against England.
Paris has been absolutely uninteresting during the post
week. People are beginning to return from tho seaside; some
stay in Paris, others simply pass through on their way to
country houses; it is a season of arrivals and departures. The
Chinese war 1ms lost the charm of novelty; tho cry of “ Sus
mix Anglais ” can hardly be inode a topic of conversation. In
short, Paris is absolutely dull; so dull that the journalists, in
order to fill up their space, have to write about Swedenborg,
and give analyses of his mystic doctrines. Tbc pretext for
this eccentric conduct is the approaching opening of a
tfwedeuborgmn church in tho line Thouiu in tho Latin
quarter. This church, which will be called “The New
Jerusalem,” has been built, at the expense of a rich Parisian
Swedeiiborgian, for the benefit of the few score mystics who
practise the same cult ns himself.
The Pantheon has been the rendezvous of artistic Parisians
of late, the attraction being the mosaic in the apsis of the
church, which has at length been completed, after many years
of work. The mosaic is tho lirst important w-rkof the new
national school of mosaic annexed to the Sevres porcelain
nianufuctury, and under the direction of MM. Hebert,
Guillaume, Lenepveu, and Charles Gamier. The subject, by
Hebert, represents Christ standing ; Jeanne d’Arc and Saint
Genevieve are kneeling before him; the Virgin JIary is stand¬
ing beside him, and Christ is showing the future destinies of
Erance to her military and resolute guurdiau angel. These
destinies of Franco will form the subject of frescoes around
the walls of the Church, two of which are already completed—
namely, Cnbanel’s Life of Saint Louis and Puvis deCliavanues’
Life of Saint Genevieve. The new mosaic occupies u space of
about one hundred metres square. With the exception of
certain colours which appear rather crude and gluring, the
mosaic is a remarkable and perfectly successful piece of work.
The Minister of Agriculture has drawn up a bill imposing
a heavy tax on foreign cattle imported into France, the object
being to encourage pasture-farming in France instead of crop-
growing, which is becoming more aud more difficult on account
of tho scarcity of labour.—A deputy, M. I’lessier, lias proposed
to a Parliamentary Commission to authorise the destruction of
game by nil possible menus. The idea is that the ravages of
game help to ruin the French fanners !—The candidates for
the three seats now vnennt at the Academy are for that of M.
dTInussonville, M. Bocher, the Orlcauist senator; for that of
M. Mignet, M. Victor Duruy, liistoriau aud former Minister;
and for that of M. Dumas, M. Bertrand, perpetual secretary
of the Academy of Sciences.—Emile ZohVs new novel will be
called “ Germinal.” It will be the story of a miners' strike and
a study of tho straggle between Iubour and capital. T. C.
The cholcrn. which is decreasing in France, is becoming
more serious in Italy, especially in Naples. The King has sent
lO.OOOf. for the relief of the sufferers from the cholera epidemic
nfc Spczin. His Majesty, accompanied by liis brother, the
Duke of Aosta, arrived iu Naples on Monday afternoon, und
was enthusiastically received. The King visited the (.'onocchia
Hospital, accompauicd by the Duke of Aosta, the Ministers
Depretie and Muncini, ami the Prefect, .Syndic, and Deputies
of Naples. Ilis Majesty afterwards went to the Christulline
Hospital, and on leaving handed to the authorities a largo sum
of money for the relief of the sufferers, as he also did at thu
Conoccliia. He declined to use any disinfectants while
assing through the wnrds.—The executive committee of tho
talian National Exhibition has decided upon awarding fifty
diplomas of honour; 200 gold, 1000 silver, and 3000 bronze
medals, besides over 4000 honourable mentions.
About one hundred persons were wounded in rioting nt
Brussels, which arose out of clerical demonstrations on
Sunday. There was also great agitation at Antwerp, Ghent,
Bruges, and other cities, where the Clericals arriving from
Brussels were hissed and ill-treated.
The Emperor William on the 5th inst. received the Gj»wtt
Prince and Prince Frederick Charles on their return from the
Silesian maiucuvres near Navitsch. Subsequentlythe two
Priuccs paid a visit to the Empress. \
The Austrian military nmneouvres began on the 4til inst./
in the presence of the Emperor, two entire armyebrps being
engaged in the evolutions.—For the puriioSe^qf promoting
Austrian commerce, it is stuted that the Austrian Government
lias resolved to send four or five war-vessels i>uvoynge^,xound
the world. The first ship to be engaged in this novel work is
the Saida, and her first mission is^-iisccrtam'ttte Commercial
capabilities of the ports of Australia. .... /
The final meeting of the Evangelical Alliance nt Copen¬
hagen was held last Saturday. After addresses from Mr.
Clemence, of London, und Dr. Kulkur, of this city, speeches
were delivered by Mr. Anderson, England Kyount Dernstorff,
Germany; and M. Monod, France, expressing their thanks for
the kindness und sympathy with which they und their fellow-
subjects had been received in Copenhagen.
The Emperor and Empress of Russia reached Warsaw on
Monday morning. Theirfirst public act was to attend a “ Te
Deum” in the Greek Church; and thence they proceeded to
the Catholic Cathedral, where their Majesties kissed the
crucifix. Subsequently, the Emperor and Empress, with tho
Grand Dnke'George, were present at a review of 50,000 troops
in the Mqkotoff-TIhHb neav Warsaw. In the evening Warsaw
was illuminated. Tliefr .Majesties lield nil official reception on
Tuesday nt the Lnzienki Palace. In the afternoon they visited
the MariesIlMutute for Children. A number of arrests have
been made of persons supposed to be Nihilists; the shops
Blong the rdutes taken by the Czar are closed by order half an
/hour hefbre lmtarrival; and no unauthorised person is allowed
to approach within .three hundred paces of the Emperor.—It
is*tntecl that the Emperors of Germany and Austria are to
mcctthcCznr shortly.
At the fcipsing meeting, on Wednesday week, of tho
British Association at Montreal, Iiord Rayleigh said that nt no
previous meeting had the association been provided with such
spacious rooms. It was resolved to erect u free public library
in Montreal ns a memorial of the visit, ami a large amount was
nt once promised, including one donation of £10,000. A largo
party ot tho members went to see Niagara ; a party of the
members visited Toronto, where an address was presented to
them, and they were taken to wo the various objects of
interest. Other parties started for the Rocky Mountains;
and many attended the meeting of the American Association
in Philadelphia. The meeting has been a social and political
OS well as a scientific success.
The annual session of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science was opened at Philadelphia on the
•1th inst. Professor .1. P. Lesley, the new president, took tho
chair, and introduced Governor I’uttisou, ot Pennsylvania, who
welcomed the delegates. Major Smith, of Philadelphia, also
made a brief speech of welcome. President Lesley responded,
and the work of tho different sections then began. About
300 British ami Canadian members of the British Association
arrived nt Philadelphia on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday,
last week, from Montreal, to attend the meetings of tho
American Association for tho Advancement of Science, now
going on. A local hospitality committee received them ut tho
railway stations, providing home* for them with citizens or in
hotels. They were formally welcomed to Philadelphia at a
large meeting nt the Academy of Music on Friday night. The
British guests were given excursions last Saturday to tho
Atlantic senconst resorts near Philadelphia; also by the
Pennsylvania Railroad to Crcssou, ut the summit of tho
Alleghany Mountains ; also by the Heading Railroad through
the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania. A reception was
given on Monday to the British Association members in
Philadelphia und the members of the American Association by
the University of Pennsylvania.—The funeral of Mr. Folger,
tho lute Secretary to the Treasury, nt Genera, New York, on
Tuesday, was attended by President Arthur and several
Cubiuet. Ministers.
A telegram from Durban announces that Mr. Piet .Touberi
lms accepted the Presidency of the new Boer Republic in
Zulu laud.—The Portuguese have regained their positions nt
Mopen, on tho Zambesi, from which they were recently driven
by the insurgent natives.
According to a telegram from Cape Town, the Gentian
Government has annexed the belt of const iu South-West
Africa from 18 deg. to 20 deg. south latitude—that is to say,
from Angra Pequena, northwards—with the exception of
Wulflsh Bay, which is English.
Intelligence received from Bonny, on the West Const of
Africa, dated tho 14th ult., states that Consul Hewitt lias
hoisted the English Flag nt Wnrree, a town on the trier
Forcados, and on the banks of two other rivers, the Kscardos
and tho Ramos. It is stated that the territories thus placed
under British control ure valuable oil-producing countries,
witli n lurge population.
Of the seven Australian colonies five have adopted an
address iu favour of federation. These arc Victoria, Tusmnnin,
Queensland, Western Australia, and South Australia.—Tlie
Government of New South Wales lias issued a^proclnuintion
prohibiting tlie importation of dynamite and nitro-glycerinc
compounds for a period of six months front the 2nd inst.—The
ship Lostingliuni, bound from London to New Zealand, lms
been wrecked off Jackson’s Head. -The captain und his wife,
with four passengers nttd ten of the crew, were drowned.
A new .Ministry has been formed in New Zealand, with the
Hon. R. Stout as Premier, and Sir Julius Vogel us Colonial
Treasurer and Postmaster-General. /%
The Indian Government bus proposed a grant of five lakhs
of rupees in aid of the British Colonial Exhibition to be held
at South Kensington in 188(1. \
Her Majesty’s gun-bout Zeplivr was proceeding up the Min
River on tlie 6th inst.. when, under a misapprehension, she
was fired upon by tlie Chinese forts, and one officer and one
man were wounded. The Chinese authorities, on discovering
their mistake, offered nn apology und reparation. The houses
of the foreign residents at tlie Pagoda anchorage, Foochow,
have been pillaged by Chinese soldiers, irrespective of the
nationality of the foreigners.
The Japanese Churge-d’ Affaires officially contradicts the
report that his Government hud entered on fresh negotiations
with China about tlie sovereignty of the Loochoo Islands.
AMERICAN LAKE FISHING.
Visitors to the International Fisheries Exhibition Inst rear
will perhaps remember tlie vast and various collection of speci-
/metts, models, plaster casts, pictures, and samples of fishing
apparatus, nnd fish products, contributed by the Government
of the United States. The North American lakes, an well as
the sea on the coasts of the Western Continent, and its
mighty rivers, contain a great nbundance of fish, including
Some kinds which might profitably be introduced into
tlie inland fresh waters of Europe, more especially
of the British Islands. One of these is the “ black bliss,”
which should not be confounded by readers innocent of
ichthyology with tho sea-fish called “ the bass,” common
^enough oil our own shores. It is esteemed by' American
anglers more highly than trout, but thrives better in
ponds nnd lakes thou in streams. The beautiful lake
and mountan district of the Adirondueks, west of Lake
Champlain, in the northern part of the State of New York,
is much frequented by summer tourists and sportsmen; and
here is the scene of black bass-fishing from a boat, which is
represented in our Illustration. Tlie Marquis of Exeter, sumo
years ngo, imported a few hundreds of fish of this species,
which he plnccd iu the White Water pond iu Burghley Park,
Stamford, und which have thriven Very well. No fish take greater
care of their eggs nnd infant small fry, concerning which sonto
interesting anecdotes are told by Mr. R. B. Marston, in one of
the prize essays written for the late Exhibition. He further
remarks that “the black bass rises freely to the fly, and will
also take baits of every description, aud, when hooked, affords
superlative sport. It is as free front bones ns the trout; the
flesh is firm, white, crisp, and delicious, with curd between
tlie flakes.” It is, however, a fish of prey, and should not bo
admitted where other ilslt are to be preserved.
The Queen has approved of the appointment of Mr. Edgar
M'Culloch as Bailiff of Guernsey, in the place of the late Mr.
John Ue Hnvillund Uterinnrek. The appointment includes
that of President of Stutes of the Island.
Great success lms attended this season's fishing of tho
Dundee whaling fleet in Duvis Straits. The nine ships had,
up to August, killed seventy-seven whales, yielding 840 tons
of oil nnd forty tons of whalebone, the value being £114,000.
Anew volcanic island lms appeared about eight miles off
the south-west point of Iceland. No one lms yet approached
it in an open boat; but the lighthouse-keeper, who first
observed it, has noticed that one side of the cone appears to
have fallen into the sea.
At a meeting of the Scottish Corporation on the 4th inst..
Sir J. Heron Maxwell in the chair, fifteen vacancies Were
announced and fifteen candidates, eleveu boys and four girl-,
were selected aud admitted to the benefits of the Royal
Caledonian Asylum. It was reported that £HHX> had been
received anil invested, through Messrs. Couth* and Co., in New
Two-atid-u-Ilalf per Cent Stock towards the maintenance ot
•the institution. Several donations have been forwarded from
the Duke of Bucclcuch, Lord Rosebery, and others.
CITY ECHOES.
Wkdvesdav, Sept. 10.
Stock Exchange business gives no signs of improving, trans¬
actions during the week having been on a most limited scale.
At the same time, however, the general tone of the markets lms
not been unsatisfactory, the movements iu the leading securities
having been generally upward. Consols have risen slightly;
while tho demand for other llrst-elass investment stocks has
continued, with tho result of u further advance in Colonial
Government loans and Home and Colouiul Corporation bonds,
English Railway preference nnd debenture stocks, nnd Gas and
Water issues. Home Railway ordinary stocks huve also been
firmer, though it must be confessed tlmt neither tho traffic
statements nor trade reports have been encouraging. American
lines have been subjected to less than their usual fluctuations,
nnd on balance tlie changes are moderate nnd irregular.
Canadian nnd Mexican descriptions have lmd an advance, the
latter on traffic considerations.
The directors of the Caledonian Railway Company lmve
decided to recommend a dividend for the half-year ut the
rate of 4 per ceut per annum, leaving about £1)000 to be
carried to tlie current accounts. This announcement has
given considerable satisfaction, the rate of distribution, iu
spite of a decrease of £27,000 shown in tlie half year’s
traffic returns, being the same as for the corresponding
period of 1883, while tlie surplus remaining is hardly £ .000
less than this time last year, when £11,768 was carried
forward. It should, however, bo stated that the compensation
charges for the half year under review are considerably lighter
than during tiie six mouths ended July last year, when tlie
1’cuilec and other claims lmd to be deducted from revenue.
The Australian Banks in which this market is concerned
make a good show for the half year now being reported
upon. The Australian Joint-Stock Bank is to pay 12} per
cent per immuaj the Bank of Australasia, 14 per cent per
annum; the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, 25 per
ceut per annum ; tho Mercantile Bank of Sydney, 9 per cent
per annum; and the Queensland National Bank, 15 per
cent per nmiuui. All these rates are, with one exception, tho
same us those paid last year. The exception is the Queensland
National Bank, whose rate of 15 per ceut per annum compares
with 12 last year. In addition to these generally very high
rates, large amounts are placed to reserve aud carried
forward.
But at home. Banking profits arc affected by the low value
of money, und the Bank of England, whose half year closed
last week, is not likely to pay more than 9} per cent per
annum, as compared with 10 last year. T. S.
THE FRANCHISE AGITATION.
Scotland is still the centre of political life, the nbode not only
of her Majesty, but also of the Prime Minister, who, having
considerately paved the way in Midlothian for what we trust
may yet prove a satisfactory arrangement of the differeqeo
between the Lords and the Commons, repaired further north
to receive fresh homage in the shape of enthusiastic greetings
at every station on the line of route from Dalineny Park to
Invercnuld. Mr. Gladstone on Monday enjoyed the hospitality
of the Queen at Balmoral; and the Premier has since been
the guest of the Eurl of Fife nt New Mar I^odge. Albeit
the right lion, gentleman is now enabled to indulge in a period
of comparative rest, it is on the cards the good work of re¬
conciliation is progressing.
Saturday has of late become a day of political demon¬
strations. While tho fifth Conservative meeting in the soulh
of England in support of the House of Lords was being held
on Fata relay last at the Sussex sent of tho Earl of
Egmont, Cowdray Park, Mill hurst, the Liberals wore
marshalling vast popular gatherings in Glasgow, in
Carlisle, and in Swansea. Steadfast advocate of the
County Franchise when the question was not taken up by
the lenders on either side. Mr. Trevelyan was the very mnu
to move to enthusiasm the large assemblage of Scotsmen who,
after tho impressive procession through Glasgow, filled St.
Andrew's Hall, and lustily indorsed the notion of tlie Govern¬
ment. With similar heartiness were the Liberal sentiments of
Mr. Dillwvu nt Swansea and of Sir Wilfrid Lawson nnd Mr.
John Money at Carlisle cheered tlie same day. Against these
considerable meetings the Conservatives had to set the afore¬
said Saturday afternoon gathering nt Cowdray Park ; another
nt the seat of Mr. C. R. B. Legh, near Macclesfield ; and a
much larger assemblage nt the Earl of Zetland’s seat near
ltedcar, where the temerity of the Ministry in proposing a
County Franchise measure, unaccompanied by Redistribution,
was denounced with great animation.
Sir Richard Cross hail so much to be thankful to the late
Conservative leader for that only common gratitude was
shown by the ex-Homo Secretary on Tuesday iu lauding the
political virtues of Lord Beucoustield, in unveiling a statue of
liis Lordship at Ormskirk; but Sir Richard Cross obviously
forgot for the moment, the proverbial odiousuessof comparisons
when he strove to exalt liis deceased chief at the expense of
the present Prime Minister.
IN A KENTISH HOP-GARDEN.
Some daily papers in September are wont, year after year, to
bestow descriptive reports on the habits and behaviour of the
multitude of hop-pickers, men ond women, boys and girls, of
tlie IiOiidnn labouring classes who go down into Kent und
Sussex for this sort of temporary employment. It is certainly
desirable that the local arrangements for the proper reception
and accommodation of these crowds of strangers in u rustic
neighbourhood should be under careful regulation ; und the
activity of county magistrates, guardians and overseers of the
poor, and parish clergy, who arc entitled to claim the assist¬
ance of the gentry, of landowners, farmers, and all other
respectable inhabitants, may be eommemliibly exerted to
prevent any gross disorders. Better organisation of the hop-
picking campaign, with reference to lodgiug, feeding,
and the requirements of personal decency nnd comfort,
will be observed to lmve g od results in the ordinary
condition of the parish or district, and will reflect much
credit upon those who have made an effort to improve the
state of things upon this occasion. But the subject of our
Illustration is altogether of a wholesome and agreeable cha¬
racter ; being the appearance of a hard-working good mother,
busied amongst the hop-bines, with her infant in a rude kind
of “perambulator," or baby-cart, safely kept under the
maternal eye. We hope that the fresh country air, with tlie
salubrious nature ol the hop-plant, will be good both for
mother and child, while the enining of some extra shillings
will help to supply the household needs at home.
A wlmle, measuring nearly 33 ft. long, got through the
lock gates into Goole Docks on Friday lust, where it was
speedily captured.
Mr. Lloyd, chief warder in charge of the civil prisoners
at Chester C'ustie, has been appointed Governor of Hunting¬
don Prison.
SEPT. 13, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
251
THE COURT.
ITcr Majesty is enjoying herself in the Highlands. Yesterday
week the Queen and Princess Beatrice droveout; and in the after¬
noon her Majesty, accompanied by the Crown Princess of
Germany, Princess Beatrice, and Princess Victoria of Prussia,
visited the Duchess of Edinburgh at Birklmll. On Katurday
lust the Queen drove out with the Dowager Marchioness of Ely.
The Duchess of Edinburgh visited her Majesty, and remained
to luncheon. In the afternoon her Majesty, attended by Lady
Ely, drove to the Qlassalt Shiol, to meet the Crown Princess
of Germany, Princess Beatrice, and Princess Victoria of
Prussia, who, with their suite, Baroness Gerwlorff and Count
Seckcndorff, had asceuded Lochnngar in the morning by the
valley of the Odder, and returned by the Uhwsnlt. Divine
service was conducted on Sunday at the castle by the ICcv.
Archibald Campbell, Minister of Crathie, in the presence of
the Quceu, the Crown Princess of Germany, Princess Beatrice,
Princess Victoria of Prussia, and the Royal household.
The Rev. A. Campbell lmd the honour <*f dining with
the Queen and ltuyul family. On Monday morning the
Crown Princess of Germany, Princess Beatrice, and Prin¬
cesses Victoria, Louise, and Maud of Wales, drove through
Uracmar and crossed the Dec and the Victoria Bridge to the
Falls of Quoich, extending their drive to Lord Fife's Derry
Lodge. In the afternoon the Queen, accompanied by the
Princess of Wales, also drove through Bmemar. Her Majesty,
who was in deep mourning, but looked in good health,
smilingly acknowledged the greetings of the visitors along the
road. Mr. Gladstone, witli Mrs. and Miss Gladstone, drove
from Iuvcrcuuld to Balmoral and lunched with the Queen.
The Premier stayed to dine with her Majesty*, and spent the
night nt Balmoral, dining again with the Queen on Tuesday.
The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Albert mid
Victor and Prince George, were out deerstalking in the
forests around Abergeldie nnd Birklmll on Thursday and
Friday last week, and enjoyed excellent sport. Each of the
young Princes killed a couple of stags on Thursday*, and on
Friday two more fell to their guns. The annual Bruomar
Gathering of the Clans took place yesterday week. The
Prince mid Princess, nud other members of the Royal family*,
witnessed the games. The Crown Princess mid Princess
Victoria, attended by* Baroness Gorsdorff nud Count Secken-
dorff, dined with the Prince nnd Princess. The Prince of
Wales, accompanied by Prince George, arrived at Marl¬
borough House on Sunday morning from Abergeldie Castle.
Their Royal Highnesses were present nt Divine Bcrvicc.
Prince George left Marlborough House on Monday for Green¬
wich, to pursue his studies at the Koyal Naval College. The
Prince accompanied his Royal Highness to the college, mid
returned to London in the afternoon. The Duke of Edin¬
burgh visited the Prince of Wales. On Tuesday the Prince
went to Doncaster to see the races, being the guest of Mr. C.
Sykes, M.P., at Brnntinghnin Thorpe.
The Prince of Wales lias forwurded to the Lord Mayor the
sum of £1000, the amount arising from the Hospital Fete nt
the International Health Exhibition.
The Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Queenstown on the
4tli inst. from Castle-Martyr, the seat of Lord Shannon,
having travelled by special train from Mogeely. His Royal
Highness, who was received nt the terminus by Rear-Admiral
Lethbridge, nt once drove to Riverstnirs Quay and proceeded
on board the flag-ship Minotaur. Madame Marie lloze mid
Colonel Henry Mapleson lind the honour of being entertained
nt luncheon by his Royal Highness. In the evening the Duke
dined with Admiral Lethbridge at Admiralty House, the
Mayor of Cork (Mr. Barry Sheehan} being among the guests.
A deputation from the Cork Harbour Board went on board the
Minotaur yesterday week, nnd presented the Duke of Edin¬
burgh with nu address. Subsequently, his Royal Highness
lunched on shore at the Royal Cork Yacht Club. The Channel
Fleet left Queenstown in the nfternoon. The Duke landed at
Portsmouth on Monday from her Majesty’s ship Minotaur, and
proceeded for London. On the nomination ot the Priuce of
Wales, a trustee of the Royal Agricultural Society of England
and a member of its council, the Duke of Edinburgh has been
unanimously elected a life governor of the society. His Royal
Highness 1ms given £50 to the funds of the institution.
Princess Christian arrived at Buckingham Palace on
Tuesday from Germany.
RESTORATION OF WESTMINSTER HALL.
The removal of the old Law Courts, ns every Londoner has
perceived, left the exterior of the west side of Westminster
Hal], opposite the Abbey, exposed to view, with its ancient
buttresses nml “flying buttresses,” which were built iiitlie
time of Richard II. to support the existing roof. The original
roof of the Norman Hall built by William Rufus had Item,
destroyed by tire at the end of the reign of Edwnrd III. The
walls appear to have been raised somewhat higher when the
new roof was constructed, und the addition of the buttressed
was needful for their support. It is believed that they were
formerly covered, or rather connected together by a structure
which is supposed to have consisted of an upper and lower
arcade, forming a two-storeyed cloister, which it is now
proposed to restore, and to place a building, otlso at right
angles to the north-west portion of the Hall, on ground
which has always been occupied by subsidiary buildings
of one kind or another. The proposed alterations include
raising the towers mid some change in the facade at the
north end; but this we may regard as a seporate matter,
unconnected with the treatment of the western face. The
lower storey of the new north-west building is to have an
open orcacle towards New Palace-yard, and to bo used as a
shelter for horses and carriages, instead of the shed or pent-
hpuso nt present, provided. The lower stbrpy or cloister of the
other portion, aloug the west side of the Hall, is to be an
elongated porte-cochhr,'pfr be reached-by a drive from the
comer of New Pnlnce-ynrd down to the south end of the
cloister. Doors will be provided, with steps, up into West¬
minster Hull from the jower cloister. In the upper cloister,
there may be apartments for different offices, if needed,
in connection with the business of the Houses of Parliament.
The design proposed by Mr. Pearson, architect to the Govern¬
ment Board of Works, shows a cloister, the arches filled in
with iron grilles, on the lower storey, and a closed and glazed
upper storey; a battlemented parapet, the buttresses and flying
buttresses brushed with large nud heavy crockcted pinnacles.
At the north end there is to be a new two-storeyed building,
< xvith a high-pitched roof, at right angles to the Hall, nml
occupying nearly the position which the Early English build¬
ing at the north-west angle occupied. Some difference of
opinion concerning the architectural propriety of these ad¬
ditions to Westminster Hall was expressed the other day in
the House of Commons; and the First Commiasioner of
Works, Mr. Slmw I/efcvrCj agreed to wait till next Session
before proceeding with their construction. Our Illustrations
will enublo competent critics of architecture to form theirown
judgment.
The Duke of Westminster has promised to take part in the
opening of the North Wales College next month.
town, nnd promoted many public improvements. In testi¬
mony of the valuable life-work of Sir. Livesey, his remain*
Were honoured by a public funeral nt Preston on the 5tl)
inst. Business was partially suspended, and representatives
attended from most of the chief towns of the kingdom.
Charlotte Marin, Dowager Lady Keane, on the 8th inst.,
nt her residence in Montagu-sqnare. Her Ladyship was the
younget-t daughter of the lute Colonel Boland, nud married, in
1840, as his second wife, Lord Keane, G.C.B., the distinguished
General and Coinmniidor-m-Chief in India, who was raised to
the peerage for his brilliant expedition to Afghanistan, and
who died in 1844. Lady Keaue married, secondly, in 1817,
Mr. William Pigott, of Dulliiighum-house, Cambridgeshire,
but was again left u widow in 1875.
OBITUARY.
SIR A. GRANT, BA TIT.
Sir Archibald Grant, seventh Baronet, of Monymnsk, J.P. and
D.L., died on the
4th inst., nt his seat
near Aberdeen. He
was bom on Sept. 21,
1828, the eldest sou
of M r. Robert Grant,
of Tillvfour ; was
educated at Eton, nnd
was formerly Captain
4th Light Dragoons,
lie succeeded to the
title at the decease of
his uncle, Sir Isaac
Grant, in 1868: nnd, ns ho was never married, the baronetcy,
conferral in 1705 on his ancestor, Sir Francis Grant I/ord
Cullen, the famous Scotch lawyer, devolves on Sir Archibald's
brother, now Sir Francis William Grant, eighth Baronet, Lien*
tenant-Colonel Bengal Stuff Corps, who was bom in 1828.
The Grunts of Monymnsk arc u junior branch of the ancient
family of Grant of Grant.
Sin J. L. DUNTZE, BART.
Sir John Lewis Duntze, third Baronet, whose death is
announced, was born Aug. 16, 1809, the only
son of Sir John Duntze, Bart.., by Elizabeth
his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Carew, Bart.;
was educated at Eton, nml was formerly Lieu-
tennnt 7th Drngoon Guards. He succeeded his
father June 21. 1830, nnd married, March 15,
1881, Frances Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev.
James Coles; Rector of Miclmelstone, Mon¬
mouthshire, by whom lie lmd no issue. The
baronetcy devolves consequently on his cousin,
now Sir George Alexander Duntze, fourth
Baronet.. /Society, and the Clementina Hospital at Frankfort, £8000
THE DOWAGER 5fARCniONESS OF LONDONDERRY. euch^^to. the Jewish Convalescent Homo, Norwood; the
Elizabeth Frances Charlotte Marchioness of Londonderry German Hospital, Dulstou; the Metropolitan Free Hospital;
died on the 2 nd inst., at 25, Upper Brooko-street. 1 lor Lady- The Home /for Jewish Deaf and Dumb, Wulmcr House, Not-
ship was bom Dec. 18, 1813, the eldest daughter of Rqbci t, ^ttngQnllj/aud the Indies’ Coujoint Visiting Committee of the
third Earl of Roden, K.P., nnd was twice married—flrsty iiK I’njtcd Synagogue and the Board of Guardians, £2000eneli:— to
1836, to Richard, sixth Viscount Powerscourt, who died in s tlie Jewish Ludies' West-End Charity; the Bread, Meat, and
1814; nnd secondly, on May 2, 18-16, to the fourth Marquis-of -Coal Charity; the Institution for the Oral Instruction of the
Londonderry, K.r., who died in 1872. By her first husband D*af nnd Dumb; the Buckinghamshire Inllrumry at Ayles-'
she leaves two surviving sons, Mervyn, present Viscount \bnry ; the Royal .Sea-Bathing Infirmary, Margute; the
T — «- i Hospital for Incurables ut Putney; the Infant Orphan
Asylum, Wunstead; and the Eurlswood Asylnm, £1000each;—
TIIE WILL OF BARONESS DE ROTHSCHILD.
The will (dated Jan. 28, 1 p8^) ot^ Chjir lotte Baroness do
Rothschild (the widow of the lute Barou"Lionel Nathan do
Rothschild), late of Gunneri'bury Purk^Middlcsex, and of
148, Piccadilly, who died/on Marcli lO lust, was proved on tho
4th inst. in the principal registry by her three sons, Sir
Nathaniel Mayer de Rofhschild, Bart., 51.1’., and Messrs.
Allred aud Leopold de Rothschild, the executors named in the
will, the personal eStateTn. the Urnted Kingdom amounting to
£295,139. After itmktug variouft bequc8t8, including legacies
to servants nnd attendants, the testatrix bequeaths the follow¬
ing charitable legacies JTp the Jews’ Free .School, Boll-
lane, £15,000 ;—to t he Jews’ I nfant-School, Commercial-street,
the Westminster Jews’ Free School, the Stepney Jewisli,
Schools, rind the BnysWirter Jewish Schools, £3000 each ;—to
tho Jewish Board of \Gunrdinns, the London Hospital, nnd
the Evelina Hospital, £10,000 each ;—to the St. George's
Hospital nnd to th<; /Jewish Ladies’ Lying-in Clinrity, £5000
each;— to theWestLondon Hospital, Hammersmith; the Jews’
Hospital nnd Orphan Asylum, Norwood : the Jewish Emi¬
gration Society, the Ladies’ Benevoleut Loan nnd Visiting
Powerscourt, K.r., and the lion. Lewis Wingfield/
SIR R. R. TORRENS.
Sir Robert Richard Torrens, G.C.M.G., of Hannaford, Devon,
51.P. for Cambridge in the Liberal interest )86>CtG 1874, died
on the 31st nit. He was bom in 1814, the eldest son of Colonel
Robert Torrens, 51.P. for Bolton, was educated at Trinity
College, Dublin, nnd formerly held the office of Collector of
Customs. Treasurer, nnd Chief Secretary in Soutli'Anstj-idia, in
which colony he represented Adelaide in Parliament. The
Grand Cross of St. 5Iiclmel nnd St. George was conferred
on him in 1872. Sir Robert married, in 1839, Barbara, widow
of 51r. Augustus George Ailson, daughter oUitr. Alexander
Park, of Selkirk, and mete jof, MurtgU Park, the traveller.
Sir Robert’s name will be nssociatedjvith the system of land
transfers which, known ns the “ Torrens Act,” is adopted in
Australia, New Zealand, and many other colonics.
5IR. HORNRY.
5Ir. William Henry Hornby, J.P. nnd D.L., 5I.P. for Block-
bum from 1857 to 1869, and ft leading cotton manufacturer
of that town, wliose death is just announced, was bom July 2,
1805, the third son of 51 r. John Hornby, of Rnikes Ilnll. In
1851 he was elected 51 ayor of Blackburn, on the incorporation
of the borough. He married, 1831, Margaret Susannah,
dnughter nnd heiress of Air. Edward Birley. of Kirkhatn, nnd
had a large family. His second son, Edwnrd Ken worthy
Hornby, succeeded him as 51.P. for Blackburn. Another of
his sons is 5Ir. A. N. Hornby, tho famous cricketer.
5Ve have also to record the deaths of—
Tlie Rev. John Morris, the oldest minister in the English
Presbyterian Church, in his ninety-third year.
5Ir. CImrles II. Jones, J.P., first nnd four times Mayor of
Huddersfield, at the age of eighty-four.
Dr. James Collis Browne, the inventor of chlorodyne, on the
30th ult., nt his residence, St. Ijnwrence-on-Sen.
The Rev. John Reed, Vicar of Ncwbum, Newcastle-ou-
Tyne, which he held for ilfty-two years, aged cighty-one.
5Ir. Horace Turner, one of the oldest Liverpool merchants,
Qm the 4th inst. He originated extensive reforms in the Dock
Board warehouse system.
Tho Rev. William Douglas Veitch, of Eliok, in the county
of Dumfries, late Vicar of St. Saviour’s, Puddington, on the
4th inst., nt his sent near Sanqulmr, aged eighty-three.
51 r. Thomas W. Lidderdule, for more than thirty years an
officer in the British 5Iuseum, on the 4th inst. He was dis-
to the Institution for the Relief of the Indigent Blind of
the Jewish persuasion, nnd the Society for Relieving Aged and
Needy Jews, £500 each; — to tho United Synagogue for the
Augmentation of the Stipends of the Officiating Ministers,
£5000; — and for the benefit of charities in Frankfort to be
selected by lier executors, £2000. The testatrix’s three sous
are appointed her residuary legatees.
“ORDERED OFF.”
The scene nt a railway station, where a young soldier of the
Highland Brigade, accompauiod by his sorrowing mother, is
awaiting the train by which he starts for the port of embarka¬
tion on foreign service, is represented in 5Ir. Frank lloll’s
picture with much truth and force pf expression. This
pathetic situation must be of frequent occurrence in the
family histories of the North British peasantry, whoso robust
and hardy youth contribute ft most efficient portion of tho
Queen's Army. Mnuy an uged parent, who may perhaps be a
widow, has occasion, while months and years roll on, to join
in the mournful strain of affectionate longuig that a Scottish
lassie was once supposed to sing:
O where, and O where, is my Hit-lund laddie gone t
He’s gone to tight the French, for King George upon the throne;
And it’s O, in my heart, but I wish turn safe ut home.
Instead of lighting the French, in these days, be maybe going
1o fight the Arabs of tho Soudan, the Afghans, the Znlus, or
the Kaffirs, for the glory of Queen Victoria instead of King
George. Anyhow, let us hope that he will return some day,
and tlmt he will thou be a comfort to his poor old mother.
Lord Duffctin has been appointed Viceroy of India,
5Ir. ,T. Russell Lowell, the American 51inister, has inti¬
mated to the 5Iuyor of Boston his readiness to assist at the
inauguration of the new dock at Boston in October.
Rear-Admiral J. E. Baird, Royal Navy, lias been appointed
to the command of the squadron in the Pacific, in succession
to Renr-Admirnl Lyons.
The first denominational hall in connection with the Irish
Queen’s Colleges was opened at Cork on Wednesday. Pro¬
testant students will be lodged nnd religiously educated there,
while attending the lion-denominational classes of tho college.
The arrivals of live stock nnd fresh meat nt Liverpool
itish Museum, on the 4th inst. He was dis- during the past week from American nud Canadian ports
tiuguished os a Scandinavian scholar, especially in Icelandic amounted to 3549 cattle, 3335 sheep, 6153 quarters of beef,
bibliography *
The Rev. Henry Hunter Hughes, B.D., formerly Fellow
nnd Tutor of St. John's College, Cambridge, on the 4th inst.,
nt Layham Rectory, Suffolk, aged eighty-seven. 51r. Hughes
held tho rectory of Layham for forty-eight years.
General Frederick Ilrooko Corfield, of tho Bengal Infantry,
on the 2nd inst., nt Upper Norwood, aged eighty-one. lie
served during tho Fuiijaub enmpuign of 1818-9, and was
present nt the actions of Chilliamvallnh nnd Goojerat.
Mr. Robert Dickinson, on the 9th inst., aged seventy-six,
nt Bliotley House, in the county of Durham. lie wns a
magistrate for the county of Durham, and married Margaret,
daughter of the late Mr. 51utthias Bradley, by whom he
leaves issue.
Colonel the lion. Archibald Dougins Pennant, J.P. for
Northamptonshire, formerly Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel
Grenadier Guards, on tho 8th inst., at Dinas, near Bettws-y-
Coed, aged forty-seven. Be was second son of Lord Penrhyn,
and was married to Harriet Ella, daughter of second Lord
Gifford.
Louisa Emma, Downger Countess of Seafield, nt Grant
Lodge, Elgin, on the 2nd inst., aged sixty-six. She was
second dnughter of 51r. Robert George Mnunsell, of Limerick,
and was three times married - first, in 18-13, to Francis William,
sixth Earl of Seafield; secondly, in 1856, to 5Iajor Godfrey 11.
5Iassy; and thirdly, in 1864, to Lord Henry Loftus.
5Ir. W. Russell, many years Accountant-General of the
Court of Chancery, on the 5th mst.,nt Brighton, after a pro¬
tracted illness, in his eighty-fifth year. He wns the youngest
son of Lord William Russell, brother of the fifth nnd sixth
Dukes of Bedford, lie married, 5Iay 17. 1828, Emma, daughter
or the late Colonel John Campbell, of Sehnwfleld, Argyleshirc,
by whom, who survives him, lie leaves two sons and a daughter.
5Ir. Joseph Livesey, the father of teetotnlism, on tho 2nd
inst., nt his residence. Bank-parade, Preston, in his ninety-
first year. lie filled most of the public offices in his native
nnd 350 carcases of mutton.
5Irs. Moncrieff 1ms been presented with a suite of apart-
incuts nt Kensington l’ulaco; nud the suite of npiu-tmrnts
at Hampton Court Palace vacated by her has been presented
to tho widow of tho lute Admiral Hall.
Madame Adelina Patti has consented to accept a portrait of
herself, painted by an eminent artist, from Sir Hussey Vivian
and otiier members of the Swansea Hospital Committee, in
recognition of her kiuduess in raising £1400 towards the funds
of the hospital by two concerts.
The trustees of the National Gallery have arranged the
f mrehnso of two of the most important pictures in the Bleu-
iciin collection. These are the Virgin and Child, by Raphael,
known as the 5Iadonnadei Ansidei, aud the equestrian portrait
of Clmrles I., by Vandyke.
In London, last week, 2574 births and 1520 deaths were
registered. Allowing for increase of population, the births
were 73 below, whereas the deutlis exceeded by 115, the
average numbers. The deaths included 11 from smallpox,
16 from measles, 18 from scarlet fever, 31 from diphtheria,
36 from whooping-cough, 1 from typhus, 20 from entericfover,
1 from nn ill-defined form of continued fever, 178 from
diurrheeft and dysentery, nnd 2 from choleraic diarrhoea nud
cholera.
Three sailors who were landed nt Falmouth last Saturday
tell a terrible story. They and a lad had been in charge of q
yacht, which was being taken to New South Wales. She
foundered during a storm nt the Equator. The crew escaped
in a punt, only having time to throw two cans of turnips on
boara. They tossed on tho sea for twenty-four days, until
rescued by u German barque. During this time the lad was
killed ami eaten. On arriving nt Falmouth the men were
arrested ; nud on 5Ionday they wero charged before the
magistrates with the murder of tho boy, and after some evi¬
dence lmd been taken they were remanded, pending the receipt
of instructions from tho Treusury.
3. View showing proposed restoration.
1. View from south-west, showing the ancient buttresses. 2. Westminster Hall and New Palace Yard.
PROPOSED RESTORATION OF THE EXTERIOR OF WESTMINSTER HALJ-.
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PARIS ON HORSEBACK.—No. III.
ILLU.STU.VTED BY “NIDRACH.”
THE BOIS DE BOULOGNE AND M. DE LE88EP8.
From Philippe lc Bel to XI. Grevy, from Cutolun the Troubadour
to M. De Lesseps, is u long stride in history. It curries ns from
the end of the thirteenth to nearly the enil of the nineteenth
century—a period of six hundred years, daring which the Bois
lius undergone some notable vicissitudes and beheld some
strange reverses of fortune. Its present name dates from
about the reign of Louis XI., up to which time it appears in
ancient maps and chronicles as the Forest of Bouvray—so
culled because the tree which therein chielly abounded was
the oak; in French, the chine route or rota te, which hath
its sturdy root in the Latin Jtobnr. The Forest of
Kouvray was of much gruutcr extent than the Bois
de Boulogne, for it covered the whole tract of land inclosed by
the great loop which the Seine makes between Xleudon ami
St. Denis. Louis XI. endowed the Forest with seignoriul
rights and bestowed it in fief upon Jacques Cottier, his
physician; a gift which was annulled by Parliamen¬
tary enactment when the King died, in 1483. We next
hear of the Bois de Boulogne (no longer Forest of
ltouvray) ns being surrounded with walls and stocked
with game by Francois I.; and from this time forth it
become the favourite liuntiug-pleaaaunce of his descendants
when in residence at their palace of the Louvre. Under
Henri III., the weak-brained votary of lap-dogs and bdboqmt,
this ground narrowly escaped being disforested and con¬
verted into a monster cemetery. His notiou (which was
not without a certain gloomy grandeur) was to cut six great
convergent avenues opening upon u central urea, in the
midst of which he proposed to erect a magnificent royal
mausoleum. In this mausoleum his own heart, and the hearts
of the Kings his ancestors, were to be enshrined. He further¬
more determined that every Knight of the Most Holy Order
of the .Saint Esprit—an order founded by himself in 15!)8—
should be required to build his own tomb within the precincts
of the new necropolis; each tomb to stand alone, to be con¬
structed of fine marble adorned with carvings and statues,
and to be planted round with yew-trees cut into divers fan¬
tastic shapes. “ In two hundred years’ time,” said the King
complacently, “ it will be one of the most antuaing prome¬
nades imaginable. Them will be at least four hundred tombs
here.” Fortunately for modem Paris. Henri III. cither
changed his mind, or died before he had time to carry into
effect tliis very original scheme for laying out a place of .public
entertainment.
Charles IX. (a mighty sportsman, and author of a famous
book of venery, “entitled “La Clmsse Royalo”), Henri IV.,
and Louis XIII., ull hunted with hawk and hound in the Bois
do Boulogne; and it was not till Louis XIV. permanently
removed'his court to Versailles that this ancient Royal chase
fell out of favour. Thenceforth it was so neglected, that
towards the close of the reign of Louis XVI. its trees were
fast dying out, and the place was becoming a mere wilderness
of bushes. Decimated by the revolutionary axe under the
Reign of Terror, it had but little timber left when finally
cleared for wood to make palisades for the Paris barriers at
the approuch of the allied armies in 1814. Iu 1813, after the
capitulation of Paris, the Bois de Boulogne, which then pre¬
sented the appearance of a rough clearing in an American
forest, formed the camping-ground of the British troops.
Subsequent plnntiug, however, and iu course of time the
growth of new shoots from old stocks, restored the sylvan
aspect of the Bois. Charles X. and Louis Philippe improved it
by constructing rides uud drives; aud, finally, Xupoloon Ilf.,
witli the aid of a staff of luudscape gardeners, civil engineers,
and architects, converted it into one of the most beautiful
parks iu Europe.
.Such, briefly, is the history of the famous and delightful
Hois de Boulogne. Between 'the Forest of Kouvray and the
llyde Park of modem Paris, what a contrast! Where the
stag of ten once strayed unbidden, the steam-roller now wends
its ponderous way. Where erewhile the baying pack, followed
by princes and gallants, coursed adowu the glades, Monsieur
Do Lesseps, indifferent to closed roads and prohibitory pla¬
cards, canten serene with his multitudinous family of little
boys. Vain ure the remonstrances of the Garde Cuampdtre.
Will he, think you, who ubolislied Nature’s own barrier between
two seas, bo chocked by u rail across the roadway ? Deaf to
the voice of muuicipul authority, the great man goes over the
rail as though it were n mere bramble; and if any pang of
apprehension thrills his paternal breast ut sight of t^e
likely to be daunted where matters of serious moment are con¬
cerned. Innumerable arc the anecdotes told in Egypt of his
sangfroid, his ready wit, and his indomitable will. That he
projected and carried out his great enterprise in the teeth of a
powerful opposition, fomented by Lord Palmerston's Govern¬
ment, notwithstanding that Cabinet intrigues were put into
execution by meuus of subsidised Bedouins and local Sheikhs,
ure facts which, however humiliating, it is impossible to
controvert. One Mouktur Bey, the agent especially
charged to orgauiso this opposition, took up his quarters
at Tol-el-Kobir, and thence conducted a loug, harass¬
ing. and secret warfare against XI. De Lesseps and lus em¬
ployes. If beasts of burden were needed for the transport of
material, every available camel in the district was requisitioned
and sent elsewhere. The fellaheen were prohibited (but iu
vain) from accepting employment, first upon tiro new Sweet¬
water Canal, trail next upon the Suez Canal. Somo fifty or
sixty workmen were one day pounced upon,, curried off, aud
actually thrown into prison. Towards evening, M. Do
I*esscps galloped alone into the market-place of Tel-el-
Kebir, where the Bey and his officers wore serenely
smoking their cigarettes and sipping their coffee iu the
gateway of the official mansion. Addressing the Bey with a
torrent of reproaches, De Lesseps demanded theiustaut release
of his men, whoso cries were distinctly audible through the
grated windows of the jail. Mouktur insolently refused;
whereupon De Lesseps knocked him down. Cowed and dis¬
graced before his own suljordinates, and in view of nil the
principal townsfolk, Mouktur ut ouco releused his prisoners, to
each of whom, as he came out, De Lesseps publicly presented
a golden English sovereign. “ Be it kuown to all men here,”
he said, “that my ana is strong to punish, und my hand freo
to reward.”
Having on uuothcr occasion invited a party of local nota¬
bilities to pipes and coffee, he showed them a long array of
empty bottles, ranged like a row of ninepins outside the door
of his tent, “See this toy',” M. De Lesseps said, taking a tiny’
revolver from his pocket. “It will kill six men in succession.”
liis guests laughed, thinking it was a jest; but when they'
beheld him knock over six bottles one after the other, they
were thunderstruck. “We Frenchmen are all armed witli a
brace or two of these pretty little playthings,” said M. De
Lesseps, “ and we exterminate ull who oppose us. For my
own part, I take every black spot in the desert for a gazelle.”
To say that neither ho nor any of his agents would haveeora-
iuittod an act of criminal violence is, of course, unnecessary ;
but he knew that he must make himself niul his people feared
if the sea was ever to find free passage between Suez and Fort
Said. . \ \. J
One last story, and I lmve done. When at work upon the
northern arm of the canal between Ismuileeyuh and PortSuid,
in a district half bitter lakes and half desert, a Certain Arab
sheikh undertook to intercept the fresh-water convoys which
supplied M. De Lesseps’ labourers with that first necessity of
life. The chief engineer, M. Laroche, went Iu search of this
same sheikh, put a revolver to his throat, and toldhim ho was
a dead man if he clid not instantly rayok<Hjds orders, mid give
every facility to the water transport. Tile affair nmdo n con¬
siderable noise at the timir. iuid M. Da LessCps was summoned
to Cairo to answer for tiro misdeeds of his representative.
“My representative did right,” lie said boldly, “ und it is well
for your sheikh that lie had not iuy selftb deal with. Ile deserved
death ; for is it not said iu the Koran ye ahull not refine water to
him that thirtieth in the deteri ” / This apt quotation silenced
the accusers, and the inquiry was dropped.
For the foregoing anecdotes, none of which, I believe, lmve
previously uppeared iu print, I am indebted to the courtesy of
M. Arthur Rhone, thd, well-known author of “ L’Egypto u
l’etites Joumces.” A. B. E.
THE VOLUNTEERS.
A rifle meeting of the St. George’s Volunteers was hold on the
4th inst. at Xunhead, when Quartermaster Beeching won the
St. George’s Challenge Cup, Private J. Hciirne took tiro
Turner Challenge Plaited the Ladies Challenge Cup was won
by Private Pickwick, Private Henrue won the Silver Challenge
Shield, and tlio .Milton Challenge Shield was awarded to
Quoitermaster-Sergcaut Beeching.
The annual rme-nmteh between teams of twenty a side,
representing .North London and South Loudon, took place on
the 3rd inst. at the Park Ranges, Tottenham. The South
London mCtt-gained by thirty jxnuts.
. , . . At the Park Ranges, near Tottenham, on Monday, the prize
“dolorous rout” of his juvenile following, his immovable rifle ^competition among the members of the Honourable
countenance tells no tales. For that rout, the grim steam- Artillery-Company began. The first prize was won by
roller is uuswerable. Six excitable ponies, mounted by six private F. l’urker, the second by Private Brooking, tlio third
bare-legged and black-haired lit tle boys, kick up their four- by Privute Chunter, and the fourth by Private J. K. Johnson,
und-twenty heels, und fly before the dreadful roar of that The competition was brought to n close on Tuesday. The
uncanny monster. Three saddles are instantly empty, ami Principal event wus tlio contest for the annual prize presented
three little boys ure seen flyiug through the nir./The great by the Prince of Wales (Cuptain-General und lion. Colonel)
man, leaving liis olive-branches to pick thcmseltes tip as best for the encouragement of rifle-shooting in the regiment,
they am, rides ou, as monumentally cool as the stnxtte Homer scored 1)1, being beaten by two points by Munciny, but
of tlio Commeudutore iu “Don Giovauui.” Xor is it to ns the conditions specify that tlie Prince of Wules’s prize cuu-
bo taken for grunted that these six small boys represent
tlio whole of XI. I)o Lesseps’ little family^it.
Some three or four more, though not yet\k sight/ are
bringing up the rear, und will soon be round the corner. For
M. Do Lesseps’ little boys are iuiiUuienibhj-^Wie ^uids of
the seashore or the stars of the milky way; und ‘‘tlie cry is
still—They cornu!” These itre lm children by a second
marriage, their mother being, I think, n Spanish creole. They
arc not all little boys. There is u .-priiikUngof little girls, but
I know not precisely how many. When dealing with numbers
so vast, a dozen more or less makes no appreciable difference.
XL Do Lesseps has a townliouse, a country house, and a
chalet at Isnmiieeyah. His town houseTa in the Rue Riche-
pause, near the Madeleine;—Hp is tlu/ntost hospitable of men,
and lie welcomes all niMpnaHtiea/uU iireeds, all politics ut his
lavish table. After dinner, he inyUcs you to follow him to
the nursery, to viewAhA children In their cots. Sleeping or
waking, in befLpr ou horseback, these little ones are the pride
and glory of tiirirfatlier'jKhettrt^Thus surrounded, he forgets
his seventy-eiglft .years, aini believcs himself immortal. Iu
Nidruch’afspirityd Sketch there is no exaggeration. Photo¬
graphs of the patriarch und his tribe, riding ill cavalcade or
crowded in open carriuges/nre to be seen in all the shop-windows
of Paris. XL De I-essOpa’ boundless hospitality, especially
when iitTns coun t ry nlace, leads him into many a difficulty
with liis ebok;/iJi, for instance, when ho unexpectedly brings
ft^whUfl*ring Arch urological Society home to dinner. Being
on a certain occasion required to provide for fifteen additional
goes ta/thix .functionary threatened to commit suicide. “XI. le
Baron ordered dinner for eighteen,” he said, tragically,
“and now In- requires me to lay covers for thirty-three!
There is not food enough in the house. It is impossible! ”
caitir cuillant t icn d impouiblc!" quoted his master, calmly.
“ You ulinll have all you want in an hour.” With this ho
went round to the stable, saddled his horse, slung two big
wicker baskets across tiro pommel, galloped off to tire neigh¬
bouring town, and speedily returned laden with fish, flesh,
and fowl, to suy nothing of half a dozeu dangling hares uud
rabbits. The mau who refuses to be thwarted iu trifles is uot
not be twice taken by one competitor, limner wus adjudged t-lro
winner. Private Muun has now four times been second for the
prize. Captain Huuday, though not entitled to take the Prince
of Wales’s prize, is uwurded a valuable painting presented by
Sergeant \v. S. Jay. Lieutenant XI’Kouzle whs the winner of
the Duke of Portland's prize of 15 guineas; Private T. Xluim
took the second prize (the late Captain Jucotis’s): uud Privute
Gilbert the third (IauxI Colville of Culross's) prize. The lu»t
contest on the list was the President's Prize for the champion¬
ship of the regiment, and the winner of this most coveted
honour was Privute Gilbert.
The annual distribution of prizes to tiro men of the
2nd Tower Hamlets Engineers Regiment, whose head-quarters
are at Victoriu Park-square, took place last Saturday iu the
grounds of Mr. J. T. North, Avery-liill House, Eltlium. Tiro
chief prizo-winnurs were Sergeant-Major Britton (who recently
won tiro Regimental Challenge Clip, and retains it), who
received a handsome timepiece; Sergcunt-Major Roberts, a
hunting-wutcli; and Corporal Inkpeua lield-gluss, these being
engineering prizes. _
The King of Saxony has given fifteen pounds towurds the
funds of tiro Germun Teachers’ Association.
The annual meeting of the Braenmr Highland Society,
kuown us the Bmenmr Gathering, came off ou the -Uli inst. iu
front of Mar Castle with great success. The assemblage in the
?ark included the Prince and Princess of Wales, XIr. Gladstone,
Irs. und the Misses Gladstone, Lord and Lady Manners uud
Lady l’ierrepont. Sir William and Lady Ilurcourt, Prince
Xluleolni Kliun, Persian Ambussador, the Bishop of St. Asaph
and party, uml many at present staying in the district. Tlio
Royul party, and also tiro Premier’s party, were vociferously
cheered as they entered und left tiro ground. The sports
engaged in at tlio gathering were of tiro kind common to these
Highland meetings, including pipe playing, throwing the
hummer uud stone, tossing the caber, and dancing. Following
the Brneuiar Gathering, there was a torchlight ball at Mur
Lodge, which wus attended by many distinguished visitors.
THE C11UKCH.
St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, lias been reopened
for Divine service. The Rev. Cupel Cure is in residence.
The reopening the belfry ut lJcucoiisflehl church and tlio
dedication of tiro new bells took place ou Tuesday.
Over 400 clergy of the diocese of Itipon were present
ut the enthronement uud installation of the Bishop of Kipon
(Dr. Carpenter) on Tuesduy.
A pastoral staff will be presented to tlic Bishop of Curlislc,
iu the Cougress-lmll, Carlisle, by the Lord Lieutennut of
Cumberland, ou the 30th inst.
Tlie Hon. and Rev. Maurice W. F. St. John, Vicar of
Kempsford, Gloucester, has uoeepted the offer of the Lord
Chancellor of the cuuonry in Gloucester Cathedral, rendered
vacant by the death of the lion, and Rev. W. H. Lyttelton.
At the early hour of seven o'clock on Tuesday morning tho
Rev. J. B. Wilkiusou, Curate of St. Paul's, Kuightsbridge,
laid the first stono of another portion of the Church of tlio
Ascension, Lavender-hill, Battersea.
The Bishop of Newcastle’s land has reached a sum of moro
than £30,000. Eleven additional clergy nre at work in North¬
umberland by its mean.', one new church has been built und
another is iu course of erection.
Following the example of the Into Dean Stanley, who
frequently occupied the pulpits of Scotch purish eh lurches,
Dr. Bradley, Dean of Westminster, has conducted u Presby¬
terian service in the Established Church of Cliiruside, iu
Berwickshire.
Tho Rev. Dr. Gifford, Hon. Canon of St. Albans, and
Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of London, has accepted
liis Lordship’s offef* of the cunoury in St. Paul’s Cathedral,
and the archdeaconry of London thereto uttaclicd, rendered
vacaut by the death of Bishop Cluughton.
This vear’s festival of the Three Choirs lias been held this
week ut Worcester. It was preluded ou Sunday by a special
service at tho Cat hedral, ut which a new motett, composed by
Dr. Bridge, of Westminster Abbey, was suug. The preacher
was Canon Knox-Little.
Tho hid burial-ground of St. John’s, Westminster, situated
between Page-street and Horacferry-roud, has been converted
infoarecreation and pleasure garden.—Islington old church-
x yard is to bo converted iuto a public recreation-ground, at an
estimated cost of £ 10110 , half of which will bo defrayed by tiro
Metropolitan Board of Works und the other moiety by tlio
vestry of Islington. The space—tin acre aud a half—is to bo
turfed, and provided with liower beds.
It is proposed to erect a memorial window iu the Octagon
Chapel, Bath, to Sir William Herschell, who composed several
hymn uml chant times for the use of tlio choir there. — The
memorial to the lute Bishop of ltipou, it has beeu decided,
shall hike the form of a new east wiudow in ltipou Cathedral,
and it will be dedicated to the first two Bishops of the
diocese.—Tlio parish church of Yuldiug has been enriched by
a painted window, from tlio studio of Mr. Taylor, of Beruera-
strect, the gift of Mrs. Baines, widow of tho lute Vicar, and
iu his memory.—A memorial window to the Rev. George
I.. It. Wildig, who died last year ut Million, has been placed
iu St. Luke's Church, Liverpool, of which ho was for a short
time the Vicar. — A otaiued-gluss window, from the studio of
Xlessrs. Warrington and Co., lias beeu placed iu Westbounio
church to the memory of the Itev. John Mee, late Vicar of tho
parish.—Bishop Titcombe unveiled a Munich window iu the
English church ut Baden-Baden ou the 3 Intuit, us a memorial
to tho late Rev. C. L. Butler, XLA., who wus lion. see. lor
tlio erection of this church. Tho artists are Messrs. Mayer
uud Co., of Xluniclt aud London.
Mr. Gladstone, on the part of tho Crown, has appointed the
Rev. J. Lett Stackhouse, Curute-in-olmrge of Berkeley,
Gloucester, and Domestic Chaplain to Lord Fitzlmrdinge, to
tiro important liviug of Christ Church, Aslitou-under- Lvue,
Lancashire, rendered vacant by tiro preferment of tiro itev.
James D. Kelly to u cunoury iu Manchester Cathedral. — Tho
Bishop of Itipon hue collated the Rev. Dr. Burdsley, Vicar of
Bradford, and the Rev. Samuel Joy to honorary canonries in
the cathedral; uml lias likewise instituted tho Itev. William
Pearson to tiro vicarage of Shipley, near Bradford, and tlio
Rev. Samuel Joy to the new vicarage of Birstwith. — The Rev.
XV. E. lleygnte, of Salisbury, has been presented to tlio
valuable living of Leigh, iu the diocese of Salisbury, the
vacancy being occasioned by the resignation of tho Itev,
George Thompson.—The valuable living of Kirby Weetertou,
Yorkshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Cimon Body,
1ms been offered to aud accepted by the Rev. W. Hutchings, of
C'lewer, Windsor. The liviug, which is worth £1000 per annum,
is in the giftof the Eurlof Fevershum. — The Bishop of Nelson,
New Zealand, 1ms appointed the Rev. Tliomus Russell, B.A.,
late of St. James’s, Leeds, to the incmubeucy of St.John’s
Church, West Port, New Zealand-—Tlie Duke of Somerset
hue presented the living of Teigiigraee, Newton Abbott.
Devon, to the Rev. Thomas R. Gruudy, formerly Curuto of
XVoolborough, Newton Abbott.
FARM ITEMS.
The aunuul exhibition of the Manchester, Liverpool, and
North Lancashire Agricultural Society wus held at Stockport.
The entries were up to the average in number, and have not
often beeu surpassed iu quality. Dairy cows were the principal
feature of the show of cuttle. The first prize and gold medal
for the best ball the property of a landlord was taken by XIr.
R. Wilkins, of Lougton; Mr. Preston, who showed a mag¬
nificent animal culled Knight of Gwynne, which lius already
tukeu many prizes, being second. In the class for the best
bull of any ago or breed, tiro leading position was taken by
XIr. John Rowley, of Norton, Doncaster, with Self-Esteem, a
thrco-yenr-old. Self-Esteem was first at the Royal Show this
year, iind has tukun a largo number of champion awards. Tlio
society’s gold medal for the best cow of any age or breed wus
awarded to Mr. T. II. Utiteliinsoii, of Cutterick, York, for
Lady Puun lu. The gold medal for the best heifer was taken
by Mr. C. W. Drierley, of Teubury. In sheep, Leicestershires
und Shropshires were of scarcely so high quality as usual, but
Lincolns were a fairly good das'*. There was uu excellent
show of heavy horses, but light horses were poor. Poultry
uud dogs were fuirly good.
Tho Earl of Cork attended on the 4th inst. the annual
dinner of the Evercreecli Agricultural Society. He con¬
gratulated Somerset farmers on the quality of Cheddar cheese.
Under the presidency of Sir H. R. XVilliums-Bulkelcy,
Bart,, the annual show of the Anglesey and Carnarvonshire
Agricultural Society was held at Bangor ou the 4tli iust.
I,ord Lutbom’s shorthorns at Lutliora Park, near Orinskirk,
were sold by Mr. Thornton ou the 4th iust. The twenty-nine
lots fetched 2881 guineas, or an average of little leas than £05.
Tlie Prince of Wales bought u handsome heifer for 81 guineas
by tlie 51st Duke of Oxford. Several bulls were bought for
South America. Tlio Earl of Boctive, at a subsequent
luncheon, complimented Lord Luthoin, wlioso absence was
jnacli regretted, on having had tlio enterprise bring into
tliis country such u celebrated cow us the Duchess of (Jucidu.
SEPT. 13, 1884
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THE TRADE UNIONS CONGRESS.
On Monday the seventeenth annual Trade
Unions Congress commenced its sittings in
Aberdeen. After the election of Mr. Thompson,
of Aberdeen, ns president for the year, Mr.
Brcmclhursfc, M.P., read the report of the Par¬
liamentary Committee. The Committee con¬
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to give the people a better position and greater
power in national ufTairs. They did not seek
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State obstruction to freedom, equality, nud
prosperity. On Tuesday Mr. Thompson gave
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of Lords and urging the Government to press
forward the bill with energy was adopted. Lord
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the number of factory and workshop inspec¬
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On t there I* a weak point. We may t-araiw many
,1, * . ■ 1 •• 1 .* *. _it'd *
c°
fatal abaft hy keeplngouraelvr* well fortIMril
with pure blood and a projierly nourished
frame."—Civil Servlca Gazette.
Made simply wltli bulling water or milk.
Sold in Packet* land Tin*. Jib. and I lb..for Export), lalielled,
JAMES EPPS and CO.. UQMUSOPATIIIU ClfEMMTS.
Alto Maker* of EPPS'S ClluCOLATE ESSENCE.
WHAT IS YOUR CREST and WHAT
"T IS YOU 11 MOTTO! Send name and county to
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The arm* of man and wife blended. Crr*t eugraveil 011 seals,
ring*, book*, ami ateel die*, ka. id. Gobi *.wl, with ant.!*.
Solid Gold King. IK-carat. Hall-marked, with crr*t. 4 3s. Mantni!
of Heraldry. 41X1 Eiigriiviug*..la. ml.—T. CULL ETON. 2u, Craii-
bouru-*trvet (Corner of St. MartlnVianel.
pULLETON’S GUINEA BOX of
STATION EUY oontaln* a Ream of the very beat Paper ami
mu Eiivalugir*. all Itain|ail In the moat elegant Way with Croat
and Mottn. Muiiugram. or Addle**, and tlie enrravlng of ateel
Die liii-lndcd. Sent P-any part for P.O. onler. — T. CUIXEI'UN,
To, Crania 111 rn-*treel (Comer uf St. MnrUu'l-laucj.
VISITING CARDS by CULLETOX.
V Fifty heat quality, 2 s. M,. |*.<t-free, luelndlng the
Engraving r.f Copper-plate. Wedding ti.rd*. On each, Jo Eni-
boaaavt Envelope!. wiUi Malden Name. U*. ikl.—T. CUU.KTON.
Seal Engiaier, US. Cranlwuni-atreet. St. MartlnVlalie. W.C.
7) I CHARD BENTLEY and SON,
W new IIUIII.INOTON-STHEET, LONDON,
l'L'ULlsUUlS IN OUDINAIIY TO HER MAJESTY.
PROFESSOR BROWNE and ELLIOTT’S
-L TONIC BOTION. an iiueqnalleit Ueaturer of the Hair,
arrratlngtlio fall, anil lni|iaiting a healthy aud natural growth
to the root*. It will product) the hair on bald |iatclie*. wliiokera,
mouatachea, and eyebrow*. Price, Je.tkl.. J*. (id., lu*. ikl., and
21*.. free by po*t.—47 and 120. Fenrhurch—t rvet. Loiulun, E.O.
CKIN DISEASES CURED.—SULPIIOLINE
o LOTION remuves eruption*, pimple*, rvalue.*, blotchee.
•enrf. Ill a lew day*. It la highly aucce-eiul In eczema, p»-rlail*,
prurigo, teller, .to. It totally ih-alroy* many der|eae«ted In-
xeteiotuikln alfection*. Moat agreeable to use. Sold everywhere.
QULPHOLIXE LOTION.—An external
^ menus of curing ikln (U«Mlrn. Th«re la soarcrly iny
cfii|*tloii but will yleltl to e»(JLl'HULtNK amlooiiinirncu to f«lo
iW Tlit tflkct m mom tbau *#ti>iii*hui K . OrUumry iiimiiifs,
rinlllfM. blotcllM. Ac,, v AM I fit tin if by linigif. It tlp.tr.’VA the
• 111111 hi I r'Ul a* which c.’iiMe tliPiO uiiAightly AfT^tlona, uml etmun-n
ft Mu”otli, clmr. healthy akin, fcuhl by CbeiniAU. lWttii’*. 'U. ml.
B
L A I Il’S
GOUT
PILLS.
GOUT AND HI1EUMAT18M.
Sure. ealc. and effectual. No reatralnt
ot diet required during uae.
All Clieiulat*. at 1*. IJU. and 2*. 2d. per
Box.
r pOWLE’S PENNYROYAL and STEEL
A I’ll.1.1 for FEMALES. Sold lu Box**. I*. IJd. and
2a. tkl.,of all chnnlit*. Sent anywhere 011 receipt of IJ or at
- 1 “ .-IWLK.i. ’ ‘
•tamp* by tho maker. E. T. TOY
, Chemlnt, Nottlugliam.
By Dr. HA Hit MEADOWS. lMiyilcl.au (foyinra) to the National
luatitutla.il for Diaeaaee of tho Skill. KTuUi Edition. ’ 2 *. lid.
7;UU1TI0NS; Their Rational Treatment:
A-d Laiudou: 0. Uiu., MI,\Vc«tuUu*tvr Brldgvivad.
”:- \--—~ - -
GTEL CONTINENTAL, 3, Rue
Caatlgljone. At. Pari*, and line d" Klvoll, facing the
. . 4 in dc* I iijh-rle/. UX) Room* nnd S doona, from i Irmu a
“H*"**^ oft- ’J able d’lIAte. 7 fnunw iWlue Inclinkali.
J; rfr • .tf. *T n, * t ': t»l*lra. a ir.iiir* (Win. limuidedi.
Inf" Divan, llllllnnl*. and Cal' Terrajait.’’ Winter Garden.
C-invefaMb.ii an.l Mule Saloon. Bnth-lt .. Ac., for Hydnv-
tli'ianle. q lire* IJft*. communicating with rndi Floor, for the
Telegraph Ofli'ce** <Jqo o cl ' Jt ' k *“ Bio morulng. IVot and
^TTOTEL WINDSOR, 220, Rue de Ilivoli.
"oi T !i'* 0 , d-«'«'- ,l, hed Brat-clim llutal. (Itnalrd In the Umut
aiid hr'.lt ih-.t part of Pari*, oppoalte tlio Tuile.le* Ganlrn*. ha*
2.. . altered and Improved (One Hundred Uoinu)
2V„re r .5* Sm pwp^rtov. ferinrrly dlrertor of tlio Hotel
-4™'^“**- Miera lu*ve bren adilod now a Table d'llote. II,-
dr.inllc lift, ltendlug mnokiug. and Itatli lh-.m*. Arrange¬
ment* for the winter. Engliah. American, and German iinjtnr*.
lltxnx Si-ut.MjKi.. I’loprietor.
7TUTEL VTbSTMINSTEIt, Iluo dc la Puis.
Vnr , lt ;, •" tho centre of Perl*. One of the mu*t ArW—
»F||.thmowued IloUd*. Kuig known ti t ie EuglUh
Nolilllty and Leiitry. peaplte It* guy pioltmn.lt h, perfectly
quirt and retired from the tiioroir/hrure. Everything calculated
ol wrami'd U “ - J - US,Ul ‘ <JK -
/7J.RAND HOTEL DE LA PLACE DU
VA PAI.AI 8 ROYAL (Ci-k-vant de* Tml* Empcreora).
31 i km ii nnd i.uu-ig, I'ropriottav. i:o. Hur»u. Ulroll. lfi i'»rK
vIh!!i!v K V ie t!* ,s< ** ,u ’> **■».! the l>»uvrt*. in tho
"J TuHerle*. Clinmjaa-tlyaeea. Theatre., ami Plnru
2r.it Lnrre nml Small A|mitmrnt« at v.iriuu* i«ric<*.
Slttiiig-rva.iu*. \ery hainlwuiie Diiilug-ro"iii. Table UMIOto
at six clock. Ilrcakfaat* ami Dinner. In l’r.>.ir,. Uumia.
Umvcrmtlon and Reading Snhu.ii*. French and Foreign New
V'Vi v l r > ',‘ ,r “ l . r ,,,t " f <»ni"ib“MW. UMCll Stand.
Vehicle*ol all kind*. Attendant* »i«*klngall language*.
riRAND HOTEL MEUIIICE, 228, Ilue do
YA Illvoll (opjioalte the renowned Tullrrn-a Uanlcntt. A verv
Mi peri. *r Hotel "f ol,| celebrity, and recutuim-nded hy KilfllSi
amlAnieriCMii fandl.e* of dl.tluctkm. .f, MtUug and 170 lied
l . able il Ite.tai.raut i hi Carte. Private dinner*
at llxed price*. Parlour, iteudllig, Sin dong, ami Ibdh U.a.ni*.
*-***• II. Sntaunu. Proprietor.
13LEASU11E SAILING VACIIT CO JIPAN V.
J- A C'rulMf in fiiinmirr byi-.-Th.m- wUhtnf; to du al t)i«
winter, crulaiuit in •«>utbvru IfttltuUr*, mv fiMrilcut !*• vivw tho
tiMKiiiHf^ut yucht T>burtiift, lulJ i«*hm lying at i:
Jetty. Wc.t India Dock (Frucliun l|.*trict b. \V. I. Duck stall..n
eight mliiate*), leaving launlMi i»ct. I. Plymouth Oet.7. |or a
«lx rnmitlia crulae. A lino railing yacht l* clmaeii m p.rl. r-
em-e to a .framer to uvuid cualing .ml the wearying iliumi.,
thiiinp of the i>r>qieller. The ii.,rta ..( call w ill Include Gibraltar,
l.arondnc*. and Jamaica, and the cay city of New Urli ana for
the graud Exhibition.uud oflier intcritlmg |»irU and Gland*.
all cliuacu tor tlieir "-Hill, ity of climate and bright tiiinm-r
weal her. Linivallcd accMiiiimdatiuii ami cid.lne. Strain-
biuuch lor tlddng and iliiaitln.-. nnd table wine found. Trnn.,
IJUgnlucas. Sev. ml large family cihiu. at «ia* ml r .tci. Apply
t»» Captain J. Kk.vxKiu.Kt. on !«>*., 1 ; Sewell and Crowthvr. lx.
C»ck>pnr->trMt, W.; or Coiupun, * Ullloca, II, Southami,tun-
row, liulbom. YV .C.
r PUN 13 RID GE W ELLS.—110 YA L
A. KENTISH HO'TEL (under New Mmiagcnulit).
iurlff ami lloorilliig Term* uf tho 1'ruprlelvr.
J. U.Ctsavs.
J A Y ’ S, It E G E N T - S T R E E T?
IMPERIAL.
QltEPE
NEW MATERIAL FOR MOURNING WEAR.
“ "IV T E S S U S. J A Y, of Regent-street,
-E*A London, have Mcurcd a novel ninuulacture for black.
It la ull Wind, nml ,ot Iva.ka exactly Ilk" cr»|H-. » It Imt Uio
erlnkled or crliu|KM aurfacu wlildi la Invqmrable from that
falirie. It I* *a.|ii| anil mirntdiirulilc.being frreiiom thoel.nll ity
of the more la-rislmble nlk ci«|w whieli It *u clowly rex inl.lo,
and yet It l« gloray. it uppc.tr* under tlio mime of • Crtpo
Iintierial, ami la mode up effrctlTrly Ini., ontnmea f-.r ibn-p
imuiriiiiiir.w li. il It la no*eoiiipnliory to trim with crepe. Tlio
IInil •liiHtld beconsrntiilutcil on intn-luelng h fabric which will
auawer for the dee|ic>t iii.,nriiiug drraa. and will wcaru* long na
the mourner elect* to uso It.”—Extract from •• Tlio Uuccu "
Howapu|ic-r.
MOURNING FOR FAMILIES.
AT E S S R S. .1 A Y ’ S Experienced
-C’l- DRExxMAKEUS and MILLINERS travel to any part
of tho kingdom, free of expenar to puri-hnwra. They take with
them lire*** and millinery. I*..Id'* |mttern< of material* at I*,
per yard and ui.w.inU, all in.irk.al in plain figuire. nud at the
unto price a* if purriiaacd at tha wanlmuaa In Kec. Tit-lr.at.
Keaioiiahle r-rlm.it..* are also given for llon-elndd Mourning,
at a great raving P« large or am,<11 f.imlllc*. Fuucrala ut aUUai
charge* couilucual lu Loudon or i-oantry.
J AY' S.
TUE LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE.
REGENT-STREET. \V.
THIRST-CLASS FURNITURE. ~ Lowest
-1- Prices. Newest OARI'KTD, SII*K.<, DKKS8C8. Ac.
I'nihnuiviMi l'Mirels Km*.
_T* VKNAHLKS uu«l ho.NS, \V|iiUi:liii)K!l l l/)mlon, K.
XT0LL0 WAY’S PILLS and 0INT3IENT.
AA The Pill* purify the hbr-d, correct all dln-iulera of ttire
liver.tlomach. kidney*, .ind Iniwpla. Tlio ointment I* imrliallot
In the euro of bail leg*, old Woumlv, guilt, and rhciimatuim.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
' SETT. 13, !Sf4
NEW MUSIC.
SECONDHAND PIANOFORTES.—GREAT
O OAI.E.-A imml«r of the he*t Instrument* of all
ncvcrlption*. returned from hire. and nearly «* goml
n- new. at greatly rftlip-nd nriwi for Cnali, w »n lire
•Jhree Ymri' System, at Cl I AI’FLLL and CO. S.
imnl Oblique Cottage and Grand X'lanolorta*.—
Secondhand. . . _ ...
Col lard Cottage aadOran'l Pianofortes.—Secondhand.
Croud Wood Cottage and Grand Pianoforte*.—Second¬
hand. _ . ...
Chlrkrrlug Overstrung and Grand 1 laiiofurtes.—
(ra-romlhand. , _ , ...
Chappell Pianlnoo, Overstrung and Graud Plano-
furh-s.-Sci-ondhand.
Secondhand American Organ*. ...
r.louili and Warren American OrffMi Rwminnand.
Simeon and Hamlin Amrrtcnu Organ*.-seceiidliuud.
jvlnxandre Harmoniums.— Secondliaod.
A Urge k at greatly reduced price*.
/"IIIAPPELL and CO., 50, New Dond-strect;
and 14,Poultry.
1IIAPPELL mid CO. lmvo on view every
ruiAr
Vv iIpm-1
— description of PIANOFORTES by the teat maker*. re¬
turned fn«m lure, to lie 801.1* at greatly reduced prlcea for email,
or may ire i.un-lnured on the Three-Years' Syrtero.
CHAl’PKLL PIANOFORTES. from 14 nalnea*.
COLLAR!) ITANOFOKTES. from 33 guinea*.
FRAUD l , IANOFORTE8, from AS Balnea*.
BKOAUWOOD PIANOFORTES. from 34 guinea*.
1IIAPPELL and CO’S STUDENTS
J PIANOFORTES. from 10 gdlnuu*.
C
pHAPPELL and CO.’S PIANINOS,
\j with Clieek Action, from 2) guinea*.
/"11LAPPELL and CO.’S IRON-FRAMED
VV OBI.IUUK mid COTTAGE PIANOFORTES for Ocean
(Reamer. and Extreme Climate*, from 44 to *4 Balnea*.
HAPPELL and CO. have on View Grand
Pianoforte* from 40 to guinea*.
U>, Sew I'-oud-rtreet; and 14. Poultry.
c
Now ready.
gEE-SAW WALTZ. By A. G. CROWE.
SEE-SAW WALTZ. By A. G. CROWE.
IJ Sow boknB performed Every Evening at the Prome¬
nade Concui ta. Outout (l«ri|nii, ami cntlinaiaatlcally
re-demanded. Tlie 1 Imea" eaya:-"The novelty
which proved tlie chief imcwi of the evening waa
Sir. A. U. i’rowo'e new wait*. •See-Saw/ with a
children'* churn*. rendered by Mr. Stedmnn'a choir
ol Imya aud glrta. tlie fmhur»s of wbcae youns voice*
added a charm to the naivete of the mualc. In the
Aii'ianto muvemrnt tlio »HUg© clock it »trlking
twelve, and the children are eagerly looking for the
eign of di*ml*aal: then, aa they troop out of school
and scamper ncroaa the TlllaB" Breen, the mnilc.
appropriately lively, cliaimc* into w»IU time a* they
lregln their play on the tee-eaw. The audience had
the piece repeated throughout.' Beautifully IIJn»-
t rated coplea ut tin. wait*. i>rice 2a. net: or. jiort-free,
2* >tain |is. .
Mrrzizu and Co.. <2, Great Morlboroug U ntreet. London. W.
Sow ready.
SWEET VIOLETS WALTZ. By P.
O llUC lIXJSSi. Performed wiUi the greateat suece**
nl the I’roinenade Cmiecrtv. Cuvcnt Harden, llrautl-
Mctzi.ku
fully Illaat.ated, Price go. net. l’out free.24 atarupa.
i and Co.. 42. Great Slorllrorougli-itreet. london. W.
YV MOBLEY and CO. (the Publishers of
II e "lavldle" mid Clro Pinonti'* newcet aud gic*tc*t
ailcceawal Ireg I" announce that they have fortunately .ecu red
tilO Copt right* of the following mill Sew 6<>ngf. Sow ready.
PATIENCE REWARDED. By GIRO PIN8UTI.
K tint. F (C to Fi. and O.
THE CONQUERORS. B/THKO. BOXHKUR.
I*. K Hat(II to El. and F.
TILL THE BREAKING OF THE DAY. By PIN8UTI.
G. A (K ta F). and It flat.
DOLLY'S REVENUE. By HENRY POSTET.
E flat (K to i), and f.
•' The Lite of the reavon." 24 atamiw each. List* gratia.
W. Moiilkt and Co.. IM*. Regent-at., W.; and70. Lpper-at.. N.
-\TEW SONG, THE ORPHAN’S PRAYER.
It Wi.rdi by C.J- Botre; Maaic by BEBTIIOLD T0DB8.
A grand Contralto Song, with ad lib. Harmonium accompani¬
ment.
1YTEW SONG, THE THREAD OF THE
It STORY. wont* and Mtulc by LOCISA GRAY. In O
and E. One of the moat charralnB songs by tho Compoaerot
- What an Angel Heard,'' “ Ixwt Awhile." " Dermot and I." Ac.
N EW SONG, SHALL I TELL? Words
by E. Oxenford ; Muilc liy UEBTHOLD TOURS. In A
and F. playful and highly effective. Aloo"Come hack with
the Flower*." In FundU: and " Sir Rupert and Qllea" (nolgh-
boura). In C and D, favourite *ong» by HerthoklTour*.
N EW SONG, IIAPPY YEARS. Words
and Mualc by COTHFOBD DICK. Tho omipoaer«.< Uia
K liar tong. ••tiood-Byr." word* by 0. J. Whyte-Melvllle, Ua*
«ia»lly aacceaaful in " Happy Year*."
20. each net. port-free.
Derr and Stuwakt. 2. lfanover-rtreet. W.
I 7DWIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR SONGS.
-A THE OLD AND YOUNG MARIE .. F. II. t'owen.
THE UAHUKMAN'S CHIU* .A. II. Behreod.
IN TIIE SWEET OF THE YEAR .. .. C. Ploautl.
THE LAST OF THE II0Y8 .M.Wataon.
THE DREAM OK THE OLD SACRISTAN .. O. Uarrl.
price 2a. each net, postage free.
T7DWIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR
±J PIANOKOUTK PIECES.
DAMON.Seymour Smith.
IKiRiil ilY .Seymour Smith.
I.ADY HETTY.Seymour Smith.
ItRHGKHS ET HERGEBEB .. P. Beaumont.
CORONATION MARCH .. .. M.Wataon.
Price la. bl. each net, portage free.
YDNEY SMITH’S METHQ^
"Tliemr-Uio-lof method#.'' \ T
Price 2a. M. net. poatage free.
Enwix AanpuwK. lianover-afjuare. \
s
N
JEW SONGS.
j MEAN TO WAIT
1 COTS FORD DICK. Sang .
M Y LITTLE MAN.
A. II. BE1IREND.
r PHE SONG OF A BOAT.
JL ALICE BOBTOJf>>
Each 2a. not.
Koiimbt Cocua and Co.. New Iturllngtnn-ativet.
JACK.
Ith great adccra*.
C
'IHARLES IIALI^TS-JPRADICAL
PIANOfOBTKBCHOOh. ^
New Edition, the tWu Hrat Section*enlarged.
CHARLES HAI.LE'S NEW PIANuFtUI'lE TUTOR.
Tire bruit ami most n—fo 1 Tutor ever puMnlicd. "
FoaetTU llaoTHaaa. 272a. Ilegent-elrcml, L.iulnn: and
I22|anii 12 *. Derm »g« te, SI a n cyeater.
r |’0 LADIES.—SALE of NEW MUSIC
JL at a lam rvdifetronnnd imrt-frre. AII new Songs. Piece*.
Ac., of all publ Idiera Inebirk. New copjen. beot i^lilhini. Prices
commence 4d.. M.. f»l. Catnrogiir.TU-nt gratia. |v>»t-free.
J. W. >l«vraw;3. Uarnatiuiy-atlMt. Lotiiion.N. K*tabllaliHl 1*17.
vSARDS’ iTANQS^yMessrs. ERARD, of
Xh |a.c>rtut Alarll»>r or|i «tr~)t. leuidiin.and IS. Ilnn d* Mall,
l-arn. .Tlaki-re to her .Ma|e-ry_ahd tho Prince and l’rlncea* of
/Wall's, CAtmON tli"J'iii'llr that PmimfnrteaareIving wild tear-
liig tho mime of " F-r.irtt '' which nro not of tiielr ■naniifnrtiirn.
Fpr mfomiatinn M ill ahtheuticity apply at in. Great Muri-
l»roiigh-*t.. who>* Minjpm mu be olitalnwl from lugoinni.
■LUlARDS’ PIANOS. — COTTAGES, from
A-J nn guinea*.
OBLIQUES, from 04 guinea*.
GRANDS, from 144 guinea*.
PIANOFORTES for HIRE or for SALE,
A from 35 guinea* upward*—JOHN llHOADWItOD and
SON'S. S3. Great Pulteney-»trect. Gr.Meu-w]uare, W. Slnim-
factory.44, Ilorveferry-nwiI, Weotrnlnater.
D ’ALMAINE’S PIANOS Ilalf rrice. froru
tl DALMAISLS AMERICAN OHGAN.H from *4. AH
full comp*a*, warranted for ten year* j carriage fiee, and all riok
taken. Easiest tenm arrangmt. F-*tabll*hrd lai year*.
VI, Klnabury-pavemunt, City. E-C.
NEW MUSIC.
I F
F.
THIS COULD ONLY BE.
THIS COULD ONLY BE. Now
Song by the Comp-wornf Paddy " Thlada). Prlce2*.
lhioaKv and Co.. 2iG. Iti-£enl-»tre*t.
r FHE MOST SUCCESSFUL SONGS OF
X THE DAY.
OWINGING. liy CECILK IIARTOG.
'M'EVER TO KNOW. By MARZIALS.
J^ADDY. By BEHREND.
QNLY ONCE MORE. By F. L. MOIR.
C rOING TO MARKET. By I*. DIEHL.
i 2*. each.—B ooskv and Co., 2M. Regent-street.
JIUS1C FOR THK SEASIDE.
CAVENDISH JIUSIC BOOKS.
A I.lati'f Content* grnti*.
Price la. raih —Ucoagr and Go.. I-ondon.
To be had of every Mustcvcllrr In tho United Kingdom.
gON
s’GS
J nit puhhdicd. price 1*..
OF TIIE DAY
(Book C).
Containing:
When tlie heart I*young- I l.nve In n rnttage.
I Hi not fnrg! t mo. I Teach ino to forget.
Mignnnette. | Hinliiitoild I'ark.
tild Cathedral Bella. liny* rone Id'.
Had we but known. I The euch *> In tire orchard.
lh»»KT and Co., *t»4. llegent-al rv* t
s
Till* day. .72 iKigv*. price I*..
ONGS FOR YOUNG GIRLS.
Collection of Eighteen Songa by TAURKKT, with Kngllall
worela, a|ie>-lally suitable fur joiin* Indie* from twelve to • Ixtceii
yrarv ut age, forming tlie uewnumlnT of tiio Cavemli*h Music
Itoolo.—hooagv and Co., 4«5. Regent -street.
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OCOA.
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HEALTH.
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EDUCATION'.
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Fresh anil Sea Water Aquarium, a* at the Falierie* Exhibition.
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.Season Tirkets. prlco £1 I*., m«y lie oblalneil on npplleatlon to
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t f4, CORNIIILL.—PERILS ABOUND ON
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XTATIONAL ART-TRAINING SCHOOL,
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Visitor—EDWARD J. i'OY.NTEU, E».]., it.A,
Director—T. ARMSTUONbLEM.
Prlndpal —JOHN V. L. M'ARKKS. K-q.
Tlie WINTER SESSION WILL COMMENCE on WED¬
NESDAY. OUT. 1. Public Art Clmeealn col nice l loll wltli tba
Training School, open to the Public on liaynunt of Fee*, are
established for Student* of both sexes: tie- studies roinprlao
Drawing. Painting, and Modelling,as applied to Ornament, tho
Figure. Landscape, nml Still Life. CsndliUta* for admission
who ore not already registered a* itnilcDt* of the sdioul must
p**» « preliminary examination In Kreeiiand Drawing of the
Second Grade. Special admission examinations will be held at
the achool at frequent Intervals during tlie session. The first
examination tor tlie furthcoming session will Ire held on
Tueklay. Sept. 90 st 11.45 «.m. and 6.45 p.m. Application lor
Information n* to fee* nnd for admission shoo Id he nisdo In
writing to the Secretary, Science nml Art DepartmenLor. nn and
after Uct.l. personally to the Registrar attire School,Exhibition-
rood. South Kenalngtan, S.'V.,
ro • By order of tin- lyrds of the Coiniiiittac of Council
l / \ -y' ,/on Ednratlon.
K
I N G’S C 0 L L E G E, London-Tho
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2. The General Lltemtuie Department, Including cheves In
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amination*.
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\4. 'i'he Evening Ulna-re.
. 0. The Civil Service Department, locludi ng Post Olfice Female
Clerkship*.
7. The School, including Upper Classical, Upper Modern,
Middle and Lower Divisions.
Apply irervonally or by post-card, slating which Prospcctn# I*
wanted, to J. W. Cex.-i imiham, beerrtury.
S IBBERSFIELD IIALL, FARNDON,
CHE8I1IUK.
Tlila Hunting Estaldlshmeat or StMl Farm, within eaay rracli
of Sir Watkin s and tho Cheshire humid*. Comprises a handsome
and coinnnrtkms lu-sldeuce. In lire choicest part of Die county,
and In proximity to the Duke of Westminster's relates, about
seven mile* (rum Chester nnd three from llroxtoii luilway
station*.
The Ifoune contain* four entertaining ami rlevrn bed anil
dressing rooms, billlard-room, largo garden* nnd plraiure-
gpiuuda, excellent atabllng nnd agricultural oiit-lnillilinp*. In¬
cluding aloo seventeen loose boxes, and *lilp]s-ns for eighteen
cow*, together with all or part of ta acres of very lino old
1 ‘nature laud, walled-ln paddock*, with Imran boxes, sluds, Ac.
tntrance lodge, and two very aupertor Cottage*.
Rent moderate to desirablo tenant, or tire property would bo
eotd.
For term* apply to Messrs. CHUBTON, ELVU10K, and CO.
Chester.
QUIRTS.—FORD’S EUREKA SHIRTS.
LJ Great Improvements have been made In Uio niaiiufiirtnre
of Font - * Euieku Shirts, co.cbratcnl for their superior fitting.
Six tor .'»*.. so#., 45s.. sent liy imrcels post fieetnyunrdimr. Write
for lllustrutnl self-iireasureniid all l^irllrulais Ii<h- by
It. FORD nml CO.. 41. Poulliy. London.
7I7GIDI US—The only FLA NN E L 8HI RTS
-t*2 that never shrink In w«»lilng-B»t If washed HO time*.
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iiirusuie. To Iw had uuly of II. FORD and CO., 41, Poultry,
London.
T70UND, an Address of tho Oldcst-
X Established BUYERS of I.EFT-OFF CLOTH KS, Jewellery.
Ac. Appolntnicutamnde. Mr. and Mrs. I’ll 11.LII’S,Old Curiosity
Shop. 31. Tliayer-at.. Manclicalrr aq., launloii, \'. . |‘.
A IX-LES-B 2 UNS.—Cercle d’Aix-les-Bains.
2*. Superb theatre. Concert, ball. cord, and bill lari raloona.
Military band*, frtaa. Italian end French Opilrn-Cumlqu*.
Symphony Concerts, conducted by K. Colonne.
B ADEN-BADEN.—Hotel dc la Cour de
Bade. A ftr»t-n»te nnd large Kstabllaliment. with extensive
garden*. 'Vann, mineral, nml other Batin. (Not ta lie con¬
founded wills hotel lacing the »tatu>ii.)-F. ZiM.ua. Malinger.
TAIEPPE.—HOtel Royal, facing the sen.
J ' Superior firtt-d»**linu*e. worthily icromnwiidsil. Neunrat
the*••*. lire casino, and linlliiiig raluldUliisient. Table d'hote.
Open all the >ear. I.snnoysziix. Propr.
H EALTH OF GENEVA (Switzerland).
In consequence of crronenn* and prejmllclnl rumoui*
taut have been circulated ic,|*rcUng tire (military State of
Geneva, lire Government of Geneva deem it tlmir duty to de-
i laic — Firstly-Tlist GENEVA is nlivilutoly tree from Cholria.
►ei .aidly—’That no qunruutiue I* (in|>"ted on travellei* arriving
at nkNKVA. Gsnzva. July'Al, I .on.—In tlie unmoot tho Council
• •t -tataof the Republic and Cutitoii of Geneva. The President,
A. 0AVAR1). In tho name of tile Corporation ot the City of
Geneva. Tlio President, K. F.MPKYTA.
YTARSEILLES.— Graud Hotel Louvre,
■DA «ud Poll, lasrgest III Marseilles; universal reputation
(nr modem roniforta; nnuleruta cluirge*. Lilt, table d'lmto. Mi¬
llards, bsthu.oinulhii*.—P aul Nxi>*. iiw».n nxn ami Co.. Propr*.
ST END.—Grand Ilfttel Continental.
Flr»t dun* hotel.onu at tho l*rgr*t In Belgium. Faring
sea-bathing station, next tire Kureanl. English spoken. Table
d'lifita, rostauraut, billiard*. Ccrclo d'Orteude (Club).
o
/ASTKND.—Hotel Fontaine. Excellent
V/ tlr.t-ela » hotel, near tlio rea anil Casino, old-established
repntatinii with tire English who visit U.lcud. Terms moderate.
Special arrangi-menU ramie. Pnsactigeru cautioned aguinat
deception ol hotel toutaru on board.
DEOLI,—Grand II At el Pegli (formerly
X De la Jlf'dllerranee). Facing the tea. Sontb Uipect. sur¬
rounded by garden* nnd mountain*. Climate mini rp*> -ed. Saul-
l.iryarrsiigi ineiita; iatl-fartoryi liarj"*, Iti'r iiXB-Di SUXU,Prop.
yEUMO UTH-—Fraiicesco Cinznno and Co.
’ Vermouth, conildiiation Art I Wine and Aliune liurbs, with
qulninn. Kelreihing, tonic, and digestive. Of Wine Merchant*,
and F. CINZANO and CO.. Ootuo Ba Umberto. Id. Turin.
D
R.
D E J
o n a ii's
(KNlGHT OF THE OIIDKR «>F I.KOPHI.D OF BKI.GIUM,
KNIHIIT OF THK I.KGIOX OF llllNOURl
] IGHT- J^ltOWN
C 0 D - L 1 V E U 0 1 1
THK PUltExT. THE MOST EFFICACIOUS.
THE MOST PALATABLE. TIIE MOST DIGESTIBLE.
Proved by thirty years' medleal experience to bo
THE ONLY COD-LIVEIl OIL
w hich produces lire lull curativo edict* In
CONSUMPTION AN1) DISEASES OF THE CHERT,
THROAT AFFECTIONS, OENERAL DEBILITY,
AND WASTING DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
gELEOjr MEDICAL OPINIONS.
/ PROSSER JAMES,
Lecturer on Materia Mullen, I-ondon Hospital.
“ TVU, DE JONG ITS LIGHT-BROWN
X-e CDD-LlVEIt OIL eoiilaiii* tlio whole of tho
active ingiv-dlcuta ot tliu remedy, and la eaaily
digested. Hence It* value, nut only In Disease*
--- of til* Throat aud Lunn, but lit n great nnuilrer
\ of ca cj ti widen Bin Prulwslon 1a extending It*
x'T~T\ tire."/ _
LENNOX BROWNE, Esq.. F.R.C.8.E.,
Senior Surgeon Centnil launloii Throat and liar lluspltal.
“1\R. DE JONGH’S COD-LIVEIl OIL
.X* has received »UCli high aliprovul from *o many
Uisliugulrtnd autlioritlea Uiat 1 can hardly nip-
pose nay ward of mine will add to it* reputation.
1 can, however, have HO hesitation— on the con-
tr»ry, 1 have much pleasure—in .taring that this
Oil re undoubtedly luiperlor In Its therapeutic
cIIcvIb to all other preparations of Oid-I.lvar Oil
that 1 havepreua lhed. it*iiclloulisiproved,In my
own rx|a<r(viico. |iartkulaily valuable, lint only
III lli"te dlaeaien lor WllK.ll It WU* origlnnily
employed, but also In many case* of Wrjikiieaa
of tlioMugliiginid Sinking Voice,dapendontun
Bronchial or Laryngeal Irritation, aud In all
form* or Strumous Kulargciueut of Clouds aud
Discharges from lire Ear."
(F
DR. NEDLEY,
Physician to tho Lord Lieutenant of frcland.
f all the prcpariitions of that valuable
reinnllnl agent, C-al-I.iverGII, tlio most uulfomily
pure, the imrat palatable, nnd Ilia moet ea-lly
rvtalinvt by tl.o elunntcJi, ia D1I. liR JONG 11 d
LIGHT-U1IOWN OIL I liave liab.tually iire-
SeriboU DU. DK JO.NGll'S COD-LIV LU OIL In
cases of Pulmonary Consumption, with very
beneficial rcsuila. mid 1 can confidently rrcuiu-
mend it a* tire moat rfflcuclous kind."
Dlt. WHITMORE,
lute Medical Officer ol Health, bt. Marylcbone.
“ TV/T Y own somewhat lengthened experience
A*X aa n .Medical Practitioner ennbh a mu with con¬
fidence lo recommend DR. DK JONGII'b I.IG11T-
HRoW'N COD-1.1 VLB Clll. as lielng more
uniform In quality, more certain In lu effect*,
more palatable, and Infinitely less likely to
disagree with tho stomach than tire Palo
Oil. It 1 were asked tor an explanation ot tho
marked sucres* winch for so many year* ha* at¬
tended the nd.iom.lration of DR. DK JONUH'8
I.IGIIT IIHOWN 00D L1VKK OIL. I should
my Unit ill* owing pi It* extraordinary medicinal,
dieletie. and rvglmliinl pro)ierUrs, ami which ora
{■•und to exist In no other medicine that I inn ac¬
quainted will), in such uniform combination."
DR. DK JONAH'S LIGHT-BROWN COD-LIVER OIL
laauld U.NI.Y In cauaulod IsirKiilsI. IlnlM'llitu,Vs. id.; Pint*,
«s. od.; Quarts, '.>*.; by all Ohcintitsnnd Druggists n the World.
BOLE CONSIGN IUS8,
ANSAR, HARFORD, nnd CO.,
214, mail BULBOUS'. LONDON,
Caiinoz.—Reject eubstllutaa offered solely for extra profit.
VALUABLE DISCOVERY for the HAIR.
* If your hair I* turning grey.or white, or falling off. use
••'I'li* Mexican llair llcnower, for it will positively restore In
evriyriwe Urey or White Hair to Its original colour, without
l.nvimr tire disagreeable smell of most " Rea'orera." It. makes
the hair charmingly U-nniiful. ns well a* pi-omotlng the growth
nt lire luifr un bald spots, where tlio glnnds are not ilcraved.
"Tire Mexican llair liens wer " lu a>dd by ChenilsU and l‘*r-
fuinrre ever) where, at 3*. fid. jicr Bottle.
I^LORILINE. For tho Tooth and Breath.
X It the best Liquid Drnlrifice In tlie world; It thoroughly
rlciinar* partially-decayed teeth from nil |>ara>llra or living
•-uiilmalciilv," leaving them p<-nrly while. Imnurringa delight¬
ful fragrnneo to tho breath. Tho Fragrant Floriline remove*
luatautlr all oilonr* arising from n foul stomach or tolascco
•moke, beliig partly comjiored of li.urey, *.«la, and extracts of
tweet herb* and plants, it li perfectly delicious to the t.-uta.
nml iu harmless a* iliorry. bo:d by Clicmlrta und Perfumers
everywhere, at2*. fid. |ier Bottle.
-VTUDA VERITAS.—GREY HAIR restored
J. v by thUsprcifie; after which It grow* tlio natural colour,
pot grey. Uneipiallcd a* a dressing. Jt entire* growth, arrests
falling, and 11'» live ilellca detection. Tire moat Imrmlraa anil
effectual restorer extant. One trial will convince It has no
equal. Price In*, ml., of all Chemists nnd llalnlrcasera. Te«-
tlinoulala Ire*. Ageiila, K. IIOVKNDEN and SONS. London.
p OLDEN IIAIIl.—Robnro’s AUUEOLINE
\X produces Uin l- .iulifnl gohleii colour *o much mlmireil.
Wzrranteil perfectly liarinlesa. Price fat. i-l. and ine.fi<l.,of all
principal I'erfunier* nnd i'lieiiil*ls tliroiighmit the world.
Agent*. R. IIOVKNDEN and SUNS, London.
TT AIR DESTROYER.—ALEX. ROSS’S
XI I IE PI I.ATORY remove* superflanua hair from the fare and
ntm*. witlimit ofi'ect b‘ skin 5* fid.; rent hy post f..rlH atamno.
Ross'* llal r Dye, at. 6d.—21. Lumb *-iundult-*tuct, ilolboru.
QOOKLE’S
^NTl BILIOUS
piLLS.
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
FOR LIVER.
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
yy FOR IIILE.
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS TILLS.
V> FOR INDIGI
INDIGKsTION.
QOCKLE’S
ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
FOB HEARTBURN.
A DVICE TO DYSPEPTICS.—Symptoms
J\. of l)),|*|itl» and Indigestion, wltli special advice as to
Diet. “Tlila little pamphlet sp|>eals forcibly to those who hava
allowed the liulate ta decide everything for them, ami have paid
the Inevitable penalty of their folly"—Globe. Sent for emotamu.
J. JL Illcuaapa, Puldlehcr. 1)2. Great Kuiaoll-ttrcet. London.
pET A BOTTLE TO-DAY OF PERRY
VT DAVIS' PAIN K11.LKlt.—It Instantly relieve* nnd cure*
severe ncnlda. burn*. *|ir»in*. bruleea. Umriiaelie, luuulache.
pain* III the »li|e, Joints, and limbs, all ucurnlgli' soil rheu¬
matic |Hihia. Taken liiterniilly cures at ones rough*, ■iiddrn
cold*, ei amp In the stomach, colic, diarrlian nml cliolera
Infantum. l'AIN KILLKIt l* the great lioiiaehold medicine,
and lina stood the teat of fifty yrar*. Any Chomlat can supply
it ut I*. IJd. and 2*. Dd.
1 I YDIiOPHOBIA IS CURABLE. —The
JL L UIKI.INU HYDROPHOBIA CURE for Fit*. Con-
v u'alona. liable*, nr a* a sure proventlvo alter the bite ot u nied
dog or id In I'Hinmnl.
CHAPMAN and CO.. Regtutored Proprlotor*.
H
YDIIOPHOBIA.—'I’he BIRLING
IlYBROI'IIOmA fU'ltB may Ire had nt all Chemist*,
prlco 4*. fld. Wholonalo Vender*, BARCLAY nod BOMS, #5,
Farriugilon.iitreet. K.C. (A Bit ot case* compiled by tba Vicar
of Hiding with overy bottle.)
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Sf.it. 13, 1881.-25'
the nino hundred and odd
ashamed for having to offer
iyond feeling a little
DRAWN BY HAL LUDLOW.
Da via lea via If the eottage, after his interview with Sqairo Carew.
ROPES OF SAND.
BY R. E. FRANCILLON,
Author of “Strange Waters," "Olympia," “A Real Queen," &c.
CHAPTER X*IX.
YOU ABE YOU.
re of Cap¬
tain Quickset was
an enormous relief
to Francis Carew,
well worth the
thousand pounds it
had cost him. He
drew a freer breath
altogether—the whole
air\seemed purified.
Fpr not only did one
part of him despise the
man, but another part
stood in a shameful sort
of awe of him. Coward
and cur he might bo;
but still he was that
piost dangerous of all
rivals in the sight of a
self-mistrustful country
man: a brilliant gen¬
tleman who knew women
and the world. Francis
Carew had learned much
these last weeks, but by no
means everything; he had not
. learned, for example, to mis¬
trust the note of a man’s own trumpet, in
proportion to the loudness of its blowing. Still even he
found scope for rumination, now that the Captain had
carried himself off for good and all, as to the latter’s
motives in general. Why had he ever come to Stoke Juliot?
*' 'aneis had sonic hazy recollection of having been told why,
some time or other, in the course of their cups; but, what¬
ever it was, lie had clean forgotten. Possibly he hod been
hiding from duns; such things will happen even to the best
regulated Captains. But oven so, Stoke J uliot was an exceed¬
ingly unlikely place for a complete stranger to the country to
choose for an asylum. On the whole, that solution of the pro¬
blem was the Inst that would hold water. Nor was there n
woman in the case, that was clear. He had been as much a
stranger to Mabel Openshuw (the only woman in the world) ns
he had been to her comer of Devon. No—there was no con¬
ceivable reason at all, since the ostensible reuson hud been
forgotten, for the endurance at Horaacombe by Captain
Quickset even of fate in the form of a sprained ankle, especially
since the last lmd little of the usual incapacitating character.
Of course Francis had none of the advantages of specinl know¬
ledge open to Mabel. And if he had, it is probable he would
only huve been more puzzled still. For, uuversed in human
nature os he was, even he would not have swallowed the cock-
and-bull duel story which the Captain had found good enough
for Miss Openshaw. There are stories which men dare not tell
to women; others that they dare not tell to men. This was
one of the latter; for, if he had told it to his host, Francis,
instead of being simply unable to account for his visit, would
have known it to be with an object that had to be covered by a lie.
However, the great thing was that, whatever he had come
for, whether for anything or nothing, the man was gone. No
longer did hospitality call upon Fronds to sit at table opposite
a man with whom he could not exchange a word, or feel some¬
how that ho was entertaining a snake without knowing what
forth not wholly clear. Still, Mabel’s lover could not feel per¬
sonally answerable in conscience for the follies of so completely
different a person us the Francis Carew who had never seen
her : and, after all, he had bought useful experience more
cheaply than most men who purchase it from brilliant strangers
neross u card-table.
It did not strike him that he was bound to face a painful
scene in Derrick’s cottage—of course Nonce would know that
the Squire would Rtand her friend, and that the daughter of n
servant who lmd died in his service need have no fear for her
own future. But it was clearly his bouuden duty to lose no
time in inquiring how Mabel had borne the shock of yesterday,
und the sight of things unfit for augels’ eyes.
So, as soon as Captain Quickset and the grey mare were
fairly skirted on their journey, to the infinite grief of Mrs.
Dim, who had bestowed all her humble uud motherly affection
upon thnt brilliant and lively young gentleman, Francis set off
for the Vicarage, where lie found the Parson in the kitchen
drinking ale.
“Oho!” exclnimcd the latter, jovially. “So this is how
we manage two meetings in one day—sweethearting in the
morning, and proper company-keeping in the afternoon.
Well, well. Et in Areadii Ego -though that, by-the-way,
was never said of Love, but of Death. Still, a saw that won’t
cut twenty ways is a poor sort of a tool.”
“ Quickset's gone! ” said Francis. Of course he could not
guess iu the least at what the Parson was driving: but it
seemed to be Greek for hint thnt he was calling a little too
often for some sort of proprieties. So he gave a reason for
having made a special call.
And I trust to the- to some place a long way off, where
he '11 stay. Wc mustn't be uncharitable, my lad : but I never
did like your friend. He was a Sham. It’s not that he didn’t
know a hog’s snout from a sow’s toil—pleuty of good men
mayn’t know that, and fine scholars, too: and plenty of
farmers may. But T’m a man of the world : and I hadn’t had
him five minutes under my eye before I saw him sniggering in
his sleeve. I ’ve as good an appetite for flattery as ufiy man
and more by token because it ’» never been spoilt by filling. But
I don’t like to be buttered us if I was a Lord Chancellor turned
out among a mob of hungry curates. Don’t trouble to stick
up for your friend. Go und talk to Mnbel. I suppose a
thousand things have happened in the last hour.”
“And I must speak to you ubout Derrick,” said Francis,
“before I go.”
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“ Aboilt the funeral. Aye. We must have that over. We
must have no coroners come prying about here. If he makes
it murder, he ’ll have to hang the parish ; and if it 'a felo tie >e,
it ’ll have to be a stake and four cross-roads.”
“ It w murder.”
' 4 Sly good lad, on that question I refer you to Aristophanes.
Oo and talk to Slabcl. U it's murder, it will out; if it
doesn’t out, it isn’t nnirdcr. I ’m in this parish to do justice;
and justice shall be done ; never fear. Only leuve it to me."
Francis was beginning to understand the Parson by this
time : and shrewdly suspected that the five-syllabled authority
Was simply thrown’in to impress him with the expediency of
submitting his ignorance to superior learning. It was plain
enough that Justice, ns represented at Stoke Juliot, did not
intend to stir front her books, her swine, and her ole. Then,
all the more did it devolve upon himself to take the matter
into his own hands. Fortunately, Micro was Davis to aid him;
and perhaps Sir Miles Heron himself would see that Justice
should not go to sleep in the selfishness of her chimney comer
for want of lushing. Meanwhile, to talk to Mabel was the best
ns well ns the only thing that could be done.
He found her perfectly composed. She was, as usual, at
her needlewoik, and received him with unusual good-humour—
not, indeed, with the brightness of glunce and speech that had
first captivated him, but with a gracious sweetness infinitely
more precious in a lover’s eyes. It was a double charm.
I had to come,” said he, “ to learn how you are. I can
never forgive myself for having led you into that wood just
When-Hut 1 won’t speak of that now. 1 only want to
tell ycm hoW remorseful I Imve felt—for you.”
•’•Then, if you won’t forgive yourself, I must forgive you.
Will that do as well?”
“ If is the only thing that will do.”
“Thenyou are absolved.”
“ Mabel ”-
“ Well, Mr. Carcw?” ■
“ You remember our bilk the night before ”- out her in
“ I think—some of it. Which part do you mean ? " choose to
“ I can tell you every word,” said he, leaning forward, but she was c
coming uo nearer. “ At least, if not all I said to you—which
was all dull and stupid enough—every smallest thing you said to
me.I said you mustn.'t think 1 meant to hurry you : I
asked you to give me something I could do for you, and would
make you like mo a little the better for its being done. And
I asked you to let it be something really hard. And you
said ”-
“Oh, please don’t tell mo what I said! You have a
terrible memory iudeed. You mustn't remember anything
I say—you must not indeed: never. I contradict myself
at least a thousand times a day. You might ns well bring
up against n Hood-tide that it was ebbing only mi hour
b.doro”- -
"And you said you believed I would throw myself into
the sea if you bade. However, you took me at my word: and
gave a task that has turned out to be a great deal worse than
nothing. In one way it was done: only too easily done: in
another, it lias not been done at all. I nave got to find poor
1) Trick’s murderer all the same: but for justice’ sake: not
yours. Set me my task in earnest, Mabel: not one of child’s
play, out of caprice, but one worth doing as n step on the way
to win you: one”-
She raised her eyes : and met his with something strangely
persuasive in her own. He was so unmistakably honest and
earnest that she must have been worse than witch indeed if
she did not feel one pang of remorse, nay of repentance, for
tlio treacherous part she had at bust, in her cowardice, and
under outward fascination, made up her heart to play.
" You must fancy,” she said, almost sadly, " that you care
about me a great deal.” Nor was that sadness, or that touch
of pathos, in her voice wholly assumed—indeed, she would
rather that it ha t not been there, formidable as such weapons
are for a winning game, and though she meant to win.
“Fancy, indeed!” exclaimed Francis, low mid deep, and
bending forward. “ If fancying’s knowing, I do. Of course
1 on can’t know how much—but I want you to know.
"And you would really do anything?” this time her
eyes did not meet his—liis had become the conquerors.
“ Anything that man can do, or that you can bid me.
" Even if ” -
“ Yes: whatever it might be.”
* * Even any thing wrong ?”
" You would not bid me do anything wrong.” /]
" 1 don’t know. Hut 1 will not, you may be sure. I am
half afraid to tell you what I really do want, though, all the
sume.”
“ You afraid — with me?”
“A little. When you look at me so hard-like that—you
do make me a little afraid. . . . You know who I am?’^
"Of course 1 know. I wish you knew me, half as well.
"Then,” said Mabel, "you know that I am a foundling, a
sea-waif, like half the lumber in this room—a hanger-on upon
one who does not know me or understand me-: that 1 have
neither kin nor name. He keeps me here not because he
loves me—as he do.-s his pigs—though mnyb^fitile better
than his books—but just because lie i* used to my being about
the place, and because ho is afraid pXcl^lge^U’aiiiy,in. because
she cooks to suit him, is more to him thftuTnm: he would
prevent her marriage, if lie could; but you scc liow cugi i he is
lor mine.” V\ -\\
“ It is because lie does care for you —-r
“ No. And lie is quite right. am nothing but n burden
on him. But I am somebody. I i/iW have a name. It makes
me miserable when every other live creature lias human
belongings, that 1 am nothing but a piece pf sen-drift: a flake
of foam, blown up by the wind, and meaning nothing. Don t
you understand ? I may 1iav«? it iiv my power to repay Mr.
l’cngold all his charity, if the tnith Were known. I here may
bo parents who have lost me-, and need me. F limy be
princess—I may lie beggar: I copilot tell. I want—I want to
know who I J . ,
Francis considered: for hr was not a man to make a vow
in a hurry. Nevertheless, the vow was made liefore it was
thought over/ \\ // , „
“ Very well,” said he, quietly. "Then you shall know.
Even she looked surprised. “ Do you know what
service means?”
gold might know other things. But that is soon known, with¬
out his knowing why. One has a right to ask everything about
her One means to live for — it is not as if anything on earth
would make any difference to me in that way. Why, if you
turned out to be a Princess with millions, it would make no
difference to me.”
That her turning out to be a beggar, or worse, would make
no difference went without saying. But, as the one who would
be the first to marry the beggar would naturally be the last to
marry the princess (lovers’pride knows of such queer caprices),
he thought it needful to put his devotion in the strongest way
lie knew, liis was not that poor and cowardly sort of love
that is afraid to ask a richer woman to marry him because of
what the envious may say.
• 4 But suppose your search should take you n way from home? ’ ’
"Then it must take mo. It will be better to loss the
sight of you for a while, and even the sound of your voice, if
that brings me nearer to your liking, than to sec you and bear
yon every hour, while drifting farther and farther away. I
want to work for you as weU as to live for you. 1 shall live for
you everywhere ; but how can I work for you here. ... I uni
not afraid of a long labour. Nobody lias ever searched as I
shall search; I shall never lose a moment: minutes shall be
days. How can I fail P ”
"Is this a Hope of Sand?” she asked of herself, doubt¬
fully, catching from his calm tone and resolute eyes an inst inct
that lie would be as good as liis word, and that he would por-
linps come buck to her to-morrow' with the tusk performed.
"And if it be ever done—what sliull I have to say? Buthe
miut go. And it anil be good for him: whatever happens, he
will thank me for having forced him out into the world. . . .
And—he must go.”
And then, though she hnd been content to live some fifteen
years in ignorance, she did really wish, now that she had
spoken of it, to know who she was and whence she had come.
Who would not? And if she found a man willing to work
out her mystery for her for no more reward than she might
choose to give him, or even for none at all, especially when
she was becoming more nfruid of his presence than she wisher’
to be - • /\ L
But there is no need to finish that sentence. Every mortal
one must not judge for all. After
would have put out the Fire of London. When he goes to the
devil, that chap’ll be cool still.”
This half-admiring speech, however, was not addressed to
the Squire’s own ears, who hail meanwhile entered the cottage.
To liis amazement, even though lie had been to some extent
warned of the calm way in which she hnd taken her grief, lie
could not realise that anything had happened, from wlmt lie
saw. The kitchen was just ns clean and trim as ever. It is
true no pot was on the lire : but, for uuglit else that was to be
seen, Derrick might be expected back from the woods any
minute to liis meal. He could almost believe, fur a moment,
that yesterday had been n day in a dream. There, even, sat
Nance herself, in her usual chair, with her father’s opposite,
and with her usual volume on lu-r knees-
She was reading, being no scholar, more than half aloud,
and very slowly : so that, strueje-by so unexpected a sight ns
that any mortal should take to n book in sorrow, he only half-
entered, and heard her words :/- 1 ‘ I pav-c l some time in the
contemplation of this wonderful smmture, and the great
variety of objects wliich it_presputel. My lieurt was filled
with a deep melancholy t<> We several dropping unexpectedly
in the midst of mirth and jollity, «mV catching at everything
that stood by them to save them.-elvds. Some were looking up
towards the ’heavens in a thoughtful posture, and in the midst
of a speculation stumbTtd and loll out of sight. Multitudes
were virv busy in the pursuit orbubbles that glittered in their
eyes and' danced Ifeloro tlicm\; but ofteii when they thought
themselves within reach of 'them, their footing failed, and
down they sank. In this confusion of objects, I observed
some witlp^iin<-tar8.inTliciT hands, who run to and fro upon
the bridge, fhrusting^cveral persons on trap-doors which did
not seem (to lie iii their way, and which they might have
cscuped had they not been thus forced upon them ” - -
8 lie came to u pause, and Francis, remembering the Parson’s
opinion of her, was ready to imagine himself interrupting a
witch in the midst of an incantation. And, indeed, there was
something terrible about her, with that hard look in her eyes.
•‘Nance: iny poor girl,” he began, not knowing what to
say,/
/Sheclo.-d her book, and rose.
/" Wliat is a sciraetar ? ” asked she. “ Is it a gun ? ”
"Cbiue”— he spoke to her as gently as lie knew how—
1 you. need not be afraid for yourself. Of course tliis cottage
must do that for himself: . .
nil, there was a good deal of her only visible mother, the sea, s „ - . ... .. . ..
about Mabel Upenshaw, beyond her possession of so many is vours for as long ns you please. \ou are like the daughtu
self-contnidietorv minds. She had currents in lieT'oWii of a good soldier, who lias been killed m buttle -—
nature that could’ carry awnvstrong swimmers: and jfejtfhe tides " Mr. Davis says, said she, breaking through the aw kunrd
do
once
wliili
he ... .
say, not at all. Caleb Quickset thought
lie did know her, as much as the infinitely smaller nature may
know the infinitely larger—that is to say, with perfect
accuracy to one degree short of nothing, or as .Science may
know Nature.
And yet, it may be, there was not much to know. I-rancis
left her, elated by the most baseless hope thojkever woman
succeeded in palming off upon man : and so filled was he with
Nothing that he had nearly reached home before it occurred
to him that lie had accepted n task that might leave justice
to Parson Peugold and the murder of poor Derrick un¬
avenged. /\ / /\ ' ' . .
Even for Love’s sake, that must not be : indeed, Love itself
seemed to inspire Honour- And, now that lie hail seen to the
state of Miss Opeusluiw’s nerves, and been satisfied with their
freedom from injury, there was nothing to hinder him from
learning how Nance Derrick had borne her less important
sorrow. Nance, it is true, had lost a father: but then Mai cl
might have laid a littlc-linger-Aehc, and the whole universe
have thus been thrown out of gear.
“ The only thing is—will
CHAPTER XX.
A VISION OP MIRZA.
He was rewarded for Ms thoughtfulness by meeting, within a
few yards of Derrick’s door, Mr. Bnrtlemy Davis, the very man
of all others whom he wished to sec without delay.
" You ’ve been to see poor Nunce ? ” lie usked, lus conscience
smiting liim ever so little to find that the Squire’s as well as
the. Vicar’s and the Vicar's daughter’s neglect had not been
shared.
m Yes,” growled the keeper, without lifting his fur cap or
ftddingnSir.
^^*AAnd>how”-
"Isslie? It’s uncommon kind of you to ask: nnd—it s
Uncommon cool.” lie might have meant the weather, by some
\rapid bcquence of idem**. 44 Oh, she's wonderful well: con¬
sidering. Some women cry : some women don’t: it’s always
hard to tell which lias the most feeling. Miss Derrick seems to
be one that don't cry. She’s done everything her own self,
> laid the corpse out and ull. \ou’ll like to see the corpse,
maybe ? You ’ll find it ull there, and the young woman too. 1
looked in to sec if there was nnytliing I could do; but there
was nothing. Maybe you ’ll like to see if there’s aught more
you can do ? ”
The keeper’s tone hnd always been offensive from the first;
but a mail who has made a mistake like his has acquired some
privilege of that sort, and then it might be Kentish manners
Besides, Francis, during his residence at Homacombe, lmd
never taken up the attitude of a lord of the soil in whose
presence hats are doffed nnd tongues ure smoothed.
"I’m glad she bears up,” said he, realismgnll the difference
between a Nance and o Msbd. Mabel would assuredly huie
been heart-broken : Nance, it was clear, had been stunned for
the moment only. 44 You 'rc a good fellow to have seen after
her. Wo mustn't hour malice, you and 1—we must lay this
scoundrel by the licels together, and the sooner the better,
lor 1 ’ve got business on hand that will take me away for a
time.” ,, „
“Avc. Like enough. Sol d suppose.
"You’d suppose?” asked Francis: for the first time
noting that there was sometliing odd in the keeper’s way.
" Why should you suppose?”
"Oh, nothing. Only ’tisn’t likely anybody would want to
j n . VOI1 know waat [nac l.ulc in these parts if he could get away: where a keeper s
cd. Do you know wmu mat shofc Uke u llof , or „ poacher, and nobody stirs a finger. In
___ Kent, now, there’d have been a hue and cry. I don t wonder
, you give me my answer hen it Kern • , ^ stoke Juliot _ not at ull .”
ive me. 1 don t mean that, l .... .He's old: and
/itKdofie,?^ No. Mabel: forgi- -
don't want to serve you for wages. 1 want to serve you
because You arc You. I don’t know what else it means: and
I don't care. Of course I must have a starting-point. Parson
Peilgold will tell me nil he knows.” .
"No. He can only toll you what all the parish knows.
At least—I don’t want’him to think—to misunderstand. Ion
understand me ; but how would lie ? You can ask him
questions; that would be natural; but lie must not know why.
Ah for the chief things, I can tell you as well ns he. The slop
that threw me ashore was the Good Fortune, from the «est
Indies. My name is really Mabel; perhaps it is really Open-
ttllftW ’ * - - -
" I know all that. Do you suppose there is anything to be
known about you that I do not know ? I meant that Mr. 1 en-
Sir Miles u—-- — _ , ,, ,
44 You musn’t blame the Parson. He s getting old: and
he can’t bring himself to believe in Murder. And no wonder.
I can hardly believe in it myself—though worse things have
been done in Stoke Juliot, if nil tales be true. But we must
teach the place better: the mail that shot Derrick shall bo
haliped. Come up to me this evening, nnd we 'll talk over the
best way of catching the scoundrel, so that he won’t have
warning. He was niv servant: nnd lie was murdered on your
land And we both know the murderer, as well ns if we’d
seen the shot, fired. If the law won't work, you nnd I must
do without it: for, so sure as I live, the mail that murdered
Derrick shall swing. Don’t forget to come.”
“I’ll come, Squire. . . • And to think that s the very
man ! Talk of Cowcumbcrs indeed—why, one drop of liis blood
England, too.’
" He says you know the man, Squire Carcw, and that you
will no more lay a finger on him ”-
"A finger? I should think not indeed. A hangmans
rope is the thing I sliull lay upon him.”
44 You do know the man ?”
" As well as you know him. Of course it is that poacher.
Who else should it be ? ”
" Ah, 1 knew that Mr. Davis was wrong about you ?"
" Mr. Davis is an ill-conditioned fellow, and lie must have
a lesson. However, lie’s stanch, nnd means work, and that’s
the great thing just now. How dared he pretend to know
what I should or should not do ? ”
•• I won’t say that. It matters naught, because I knew he
was wrong. 1 did not think that a man was to be shot like a
ganger.”
He had never dreamed that anything in the shape of
woman could be so unwomanly. Nance Derrick lmd uiways
been reticent, nnd quiet even to coldness, but he had never
thought her hard. This was less like sorrow than revenge.
"The Parson must see,” thought he, as he regarded her
silently and sadly, for he could not preach, and if be could, he
would have been ashamed.
“The scoundrel shall swing for it — ucver fear,” he said,
turning away from her less in pity than in repulsion, nnd speak¬
ing somewhat coarsely, because that seemed in best accord
with such a moot! ns hers. And yet, if he could have known
it, the turning of her whole soul into the one channel of
vengeance, seeing no sin in it, was just because she had beta
robbed of one sort of love just when the other lmd been
strangled in its first consciousness of birth. Passion must
have some outlet, and all the more when minds are blind and
hearts are dumb. He would not have thought, her nutuiv
hnrd could he have seen how, all through its secret depths, it
was wrung and tom. Probably Mabel might have done good,
had she been another sort of woman: or possibly even Parson
Pengold, had that parish priest been another sort of mini.
But all she could do of herself was to give n grout cry for
justice— as those who have only learned to read the Lord’s
Prayer backwards call revenge. Nor is it a wholly ignoble
cry, so far as poor human nature goes. At any rate, it is
better than the tears, which mostly mean but, self-pity. But
Francis, in common with the world at large, was repelled by
dry-eyed passion ; nnd so, having done his duty by her, he
turned away. •
A savage might linvc understood her, or an angel, or a
very young child; but assuredly not the man who loved Mabel
Opensliaw. As for herself, having assured herself that
vengeance was in safe, in infallible and inexorable bauds, she
returned to her interrupted story of the mysteries ot life and
death, and finished it solemnly, being left by that immortal
fragment somewhat less wise than before. If this was God's
justice, then give her her own. Then, till it grew dark, she
sat beside the body, which none had yet come to carry away.
She was terribly alone. And if there were ever witches, this
is the way they ure made.
Yes, the sooner this repulsive business wns settled, the
better indeed. Derrick and Nance would be off Francis’s
mind, nnd he would be free to work lor Mabel, and to think
of her alone. As it was, lie was sorely tempted to take the
Parson’ 8 counsel, to let things go, and to avoid stirring up
eucli a bottomless pool of wickedness as Stoke Juliot seemed
to be. Why should he trouble his life with u solitary crime
with which justice, religion, and leuming, refused to interfere.
Despite his innate stubbornness, he would assuredly have
yielded to so natural u temptation were it not for something in
Nance’s hard uud deeply glowing eyes that haunted him, and
forbade him to hold his hand. It was as if there were some¬
thing in the Parson’s doctrine after all—that a witch is one
devoured by some evil passion, be it bate, malice, envy, or
revenge, to such a pitch that her passion becomes active power,
influencing others either by way of a curse, or else by way ot
compelling them to obey demonic will.
The thing, then, must be done. First- of all, it was need¬
ful to arrange witli Mr. Davis some plan of operations, so that
the murderer might be trapped securely without their intention
being guessed at by so much ns a stray wind. It was doubly
fortunate, therefore, that Captain Quickset wns out of the way,
seeing how consistent was that officer's rule of life with tlio
principle of seeing, hearing, and tilling nil. His quick wit
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AN OLD HULK.
COMMERCIAL DOCK.
DOORWAY, n6TEL DE VILLE.
THE ROADSTEAD.
QUAY X2i THE HARBOUR.
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would have been useful, but liis quicker tongue would have
been dangerously in the way.
Having fed on whatever Mrs. Drax chose to give him, with¬
out heeding whether it'were hot or cold, fish, flesh, or fowl, he
sat thinking over nil these things, with a view to some practical
and practicable plan. I dare not say that thoughts of Mabel
did not interfere sadly with complete mental concentration ;
for he not only missed Captain Quickset from opposite, but lie
could not help tilling up his empty place with a fair vision of
a mistress of Horaacombe. Well—she should sit there at last,
though ho had to work his way to her round the world. How
gracious it had been in her to single out him for the service
next her heart—him, out of all mankind! Why, it was almost
enough to have beeu chosen for the duty, even if there were
no hope of a reward, lie would win her—a man surely cannot
give his every thought, fibre, and breath to a woman in vain.
In short, despite all other troubles, he felt more glow of life
in him than when he was the very idlest dunce at the grammur
school. No man thought good claret a sin in those days, or
dreamed of its ever being thought so; wherefore, in cups moro
fragrant for the absence of Captain Quickset’s eternal smile,
he gave a yet rosier colour to tho vision of the future that
threw him heavenly glances from the opposite chair.
A Tool’s Paradise is not the worst sort of Eden, after all.
As for the time it would take to win Mabel, that seemed to
annihilate itself as her lover dreamed on. As lie had told her,
he would make the years days, and the days hours. It was
much cosier to uiukc practical plans for this than for the other
thing. Opeushaw, for example, was not an everyday name ;
and the West Indies did not look, on the map which he con¬
sulted, as if they would require an eternity for tho search of
all their comers. Why, there were twenty clues. There was
the name of the ship ; the name of the child, her age, her
religion, her early recollections—such os they were. The
original inquiry must have been bungled indeed. As to what
he would discover, he hud no fear at all. Everybody could
see that Mabel Opeushaw was a lady bom, from the sole of
her miraculous foot to every point of her glorified hair. It
would be hard, of course, to be absent from her presence only
for the shortest season. But Francis Carew was for too-healthy
to be troubled with imagination; and sufficient unto the day
was the hope thereof, the pride, and the joy.
How it happened, or what it meant, he could not tell; but
presently he was aware of that indefinable sensation which
warns us we are not alone. Homacoiube had never beeu
thought haunted beyond what all houses are; nor did the
candles flicker or turn blue, but that he was not alone he became
more and more assured ; and, as he was by no means subject
to vapours, he did not think of doubting the justice of’his
own sensations. It was not Mrs. Drax who was about the
place, for that good woman both trod and breathed heavily.
Nor could it be that confounded Captain—nobody was likely
to conic back to Stoke Juliot who lmd near n thousand guineas
to spend elsewhere.
“ Come out and show yourself, whoever you are ! ” he
called out nt last, not expecting an answer, but wishing to
hear the sound of his own voice, for company.
He looked round the huge, dimly-lighted room ns lie spoke ;
and then he was indeed surprised. For there, as if the air had
taken substance, stood Cucumber Jack himself, quietly leaning
on his gun. Francis started up so suddenly as to overturn his
chair. Was a second murder on hand—was the master to
follow the man ?
“ I *ve brought back your gun,’’ said the poacher. “ I
wasn't there, so it isn’t mine.”
Francis could only prepare himself for a struggle. So he
took up the only weapon nt hand—namely, the heavy elaret-
jug, and held it by the neck, ready to let fly. A good aim,
he thought to himself, would set him free for Mabel’s work
sooner than lie had hoped for; while n bud one—well, there
must be no bad one, unless he meant to follow Derrick to Stoke
Juliot churchyard in another character than chief mourner’s.
(To be continued.)
SKETCHES OF TOULON.
The cholera, which nppenred first at Toulon, lias very much
abated there and at Marseilles, but its visitation is now severe
at Naples. A few Sketches of Toulon will still have some
interest for our readers. That town und Mediterranean sea¬
port, with its great naval arsenal, is situated forty miles from
Marseilles, by mil, at the eastern extremity of the Gulf of
Lyons, near the IIyferes islands, and in full view of passing
steam-boat# bound for Italy. Its foundation is of Roman
antiquity, and it was more .than once destroyed by Saracen
pirates in tho Middle Ages, but was rebuilt by the Counts
of Provence; and the French Kings, Louis XII., Fruncis
Henry IV., und Louis XIV., constructed fortifications to
defend it. It was repeatedly attacked by thtyEnglish
fleets in the wars of the lust century; and in 1793 was aiinosK
captured by Admirnl .Sir Sydney Smith, but the Revolutionary
troops revolted against the proposed surrender, and a terrible
conflict ensued between them and the townspeople. This was
quelled by the energetic notion of Napoleon Btionaparte, then
ft young Lieutenant of Artillery, who imin<xlthe
command, and directed his bntterieaaguinsttlie Eiiglishwith
ouch effect that in a few days they were forced to retire. It
was the beginning of Napoleon's gtpftt inilitary ' renown.
Toulon has a population of about fifty thousand', with
soma maritime traffic, but itscliief Importance is de¬
rived from tho establishments of the French naval
service, which employ ten thousand meiL including
convicts sentenced to penal servitude. The 4«yWn is over¬
looked behind by Mont Fnroni with Fort Croix and large
barracks on the summit, niuTfey the loftier heights of La
Plutriore, Mont Coudon, 2300 ft. high, to the cast, and Cap
Gros and Mont Cnoumc, 32C8TL>to the Vest. Several forts
arc erected on these hills^Whilo Uiosoof Midbousquet and
Lumalguo, nt each end of the harbour, protect the shores from
hostile approach. ThV roudstend is spacious ami safe; nt its
eastern side is fWipyep trance to the commercial port, with
the town dock, now used byAfio^team-boats, which was the
old naval dock constructed by Louis XIV.; the present
GovtTnmcnt cttKky fiaincd V^iib^n. Gasligiienii, nnd Missiegsy,
with the Arseihds, flu- BngiSeqrConvict l’ri v>n, nnd the factories
of naval stores, extend along the shore west of the town.
One of our Sketches, is that of the house occupied by the
Marine Prefecture, which hfts the official direction of all these
estrttflislniieiits>nnd others give n general view of the harbour,
froin.cmtl'ide, n vievy of. the town, the quays, and the com¬
mercial port, with itsdock, and nn old hulk usually occupied by
some of t lie cduyicts, but latterly used as a cholera hospital ship.
The Hotel de Vijle, or Townhnll, has a grand doorway,
adorned with twojraely sculptured caryatides l>y Pierre l’uget,
who resided nt Toulon. The Cathedral Church of St. Mary
Major also contains fine works of sculpture and good pictures.
The tourist may enjoy from Toulon excursions to the neigh¬
bouring heights, which command nmgniliccnr views of sea and
land ; and the Hyercs isles are worthy of a visit.
Vice-Admiral Corbett iins been appointed to succeed Vice-
Admiral liico as CoiaiuttudCi'-in-ChioI at the Norc-
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXHIBITION.
MESSRS. F. ALLEN AND SONS’ MACHINERY FOR MAKING
COCOA, CHOCOLATE. AND CONFECTIONERY.
Space beiug limited iu the machinery in motion gallery, the
Executive Council considered that it would be better for the
interests of the public to intrust the showing of the nbovo
processes to a firm who would make a joint representative
exhibit, nnd accordingly selected Messrs. F. Allen and Sons,
of Bisbopsgate-street, E.C., and Cuual-road, Mile-End,
London, for that important position.
They show a very interesting collection of modern
machinery, numbering twenty-seven distinct machines. The
preparation of the cocoa bean can be watched until it is manipu¬
lated into 1 lomajoputhic, Standard, EssentialExtrnct, and other
cocoas. Tho manufacture of chocolate is simple but interest¬
ing, Bomo very nice machinery being employed. Cocoa and
sugar flavoured with vauillu and other spices being the bust* of
all chocolates. The visitors here can see the making of
Imperial, lloyul, and other chocolates, including chocolate
drops.
The manufacture of sugared almonds and carrawny comfits
is brought about by working either the almond or curruway
seeds in large copper pnus, which works the sugar over the
objects to be coated.
The boiling of sugar for the ranking of City butter-scotch,
acidulated drops, almond rock, &c., is indeed amusing; tho
visitors may see the loaves of sugar broken up, boiled, nnd
turned into various devices. Hose, musk, and peppermint
lozenges are made by a very ingenious set of machines, which
mixes the paste, rolls, and cuts the paste into various shapes.
On the occasion of tho hospitnl fdte, Messrs. Allen und
Sons generously supplied the conservatory stall with bon-bons
and chocolates done up in pretty boxes. These sold ns fast as
possible when dispensed by her Royal Highness the Princess
of Wales, nnd added considerably to the funds of the charity.
The original intention had been to limit the stalls to fruit and
flowers, but the boxes being more portable and permanent,
were admitted by the Marquis of Hamilton. The same liberal
and enterprisiug gentlemen also supplied n stall kept by Mrs.
Cunliffe Owen, near Old London; Lord Charles Beresford’ drove
a brisk trade at his fish-pond, making Messrs. Alien’d sweets do
piscatorial duty. Judging by the continuous crowd of visitors
round Messrs. Allen and Sons’ exhibits, it must be one of the
features of the Exhibition.
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Editor, and hate the tmrd ••Chat terUInt on the oUrdipe. __ S
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aayou will MM by referring t.> the aolutwn below. In Ui.it rarlation.lt White
ooatinao with! Q to If Gtli. tlie aniwvr Is3. K to Kitli, tec. A.
fiiunroam.—Aa the greateat care la taken to acknowledge correct lolutlnin, we can
only Infer tliatyoura never came to our linnila. \ \
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another Amateur.
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WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will (dated Nov. 12, 1883), with a codicil (dated May 1,
1884), of the Bight Hon. William Bernard, llarou Petre, J.P.,
D.L., lute of Thomdon Hall, Brentwood, Essex, nnd of
No. 35, I’ortluud-place, who died on July 4 Inst, was proved
on the 2 l Jth ult. by the lion. Henry William l’etre nnd the
lion. Frederick Charles Edmund Petre, the brothers, the
executors, the value of tho personal estate mnmintiug to up*
wards of £11)2,000. The testator leaves to liis wife £1000, find
his leasehold house iu Portlaud-place, with the furniture,
pictures, and effects, und a carriage nnd pair of horses; lie
also leaves her, for life, a service of plate and the fuiuiljr
diamonds und jewels; liis pictures and paintings, excepting
those ut Portluud-plaee, ami tho said diamonds and jewels, at
his wife’s death are made heirlooms to go with the settled
family estates. His other furniture, plate, books, manuscripts,
medals, sculpture, woiks of art, &c., and tho fleer at Thorn*
don, he gives to the person who shall at his death succeed to
the title. He bequeaths to his eldest son, William Joseph,
live und dead stock, implements ol‘husbuudry und crops, to the
value of £10,000; to each of his sons, Bernard Henry Philip,
Philip Benedict Joseph, nnd Joseph Lucius Ilenry, such sum
ns, with certain other sums they ore entitled to, will make up
their portions to £43,000; and ho makes provision for his
daughters. To his executors lie gives £500 each; and there
me legacies to servants. All his real estate and the residue of
his leasehold property aro left, upon tl-ust, so as to puss With
the settled family estates; and tne residue of the personalty
is to be applied iu paying off any incumbrances thereon.
The will (dated May 24, 1684) of Mr. Robert Watson-
Srayth, lute of Wadhurst Place, Sussex, who died on May 28
last, was proved on the 8th ult. by Mrs. Louisa Watsou-
Bmytli, the widow, and George Masters l’ync, the executors,
the value of the personal estate exceeding £85,000. The
testator bequeaths to his wife all his household goods and
effects and £1500; to his son William Douglas Watsou-
Smy tli, £11,000 (to be brought into hotchpot) to his nephew,
George Masters Pyue, £1000; to liis niece, Mrs. Alary
Elizabeth Board, £200; uml to the Rev. Thompson Phillips
£500, free of duty. The residue of liis estate und effects, both
''Tclil and personal, he leaves, upon trust, for his wife during
her life ; and at her decease he gives the sum of £11000 to his
son Robert, which legacy the testator considered nn equivalent
for the estate of Edwins Hall, in Essex, givcu by him during
liis life to liis son William Douglas. The ultimate residue is
to be equally divided among his five surviving children.
The will (dated Jan. 3, 1880) of Mr. Chnrles Benvau,
/bnnister-at-luw, M.A., Cantab, Examiner of the Supreme
Court, late of No. 91, St. George’s-ioud, South Belgravia,
who died on June 17 last, was proved on the 15th ult. by
Charles Albert Beavan, the son, the sole executor, the value of
the personal estate exceeding £37,000. The testutor bequeaths
to the Treasurer mid three senior Bouchers of the Middle
Temple for the time being £500, for the purpose of additig ft
stained-gloss window to the Temple Church; “item my gold
repousse snuff-box, item such of tho law and equity reports iu
my library as they may select, item my portrait by Ludovici;”
and there are legacies to his brother and sisters, nnd other
rclutives and others. The residue of liis real and personal
estate is to be held, upon trust, for his said son.
The will (dated Aug. 31, 1877) of Mr. Edwin Cox, late of
No. 11, Rochester-terraec, Keutisii Town, who died on J uly 1
last, was proved on the 18th ult. by George {Slight, M.D.,
Alexander Elphinstone, and Walter Rye, the executors, tho
value of the personal estate amounting to upwurds of £35,000.
The testator bequeaths £500 each to the Butchers’ Charitable
Institution, in aid of the building fund; the Royal Free
Hospital; Earlswood Idiot Asylum; the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, Old Kent-road ; the Blind School, St. George’s-in-
the-East; the City of Loudon Truss Society; tho National
Benevolent Institution; the Hospital for Consumption and
Diseases of the Chest, nt Brompton; the Cancer Hospital;
Middlesex Hospital, Westminster Hospital, Clmring-cross
Hospital, and St. Mary’s Hospital; and there me legacies to
his brother, sister, niece, and others ; and a provision for liis
housekeeper. The residue of his property he gives to his
executors.
The will (dated May 6, 1884) of Mr. Charles Meredith,
late of South Shore, Blackpool, Lancashire, who died on
June 23 lust, wns proved on the 15th ult. by Mrs. Alice Aim
Meredith, the widow, Thomas Albert Lit Her, and John Eaton,
the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to
over £28,000. The testator bequeaths £200, the cn-h in the
house, his household furniture und effects, and his homes und
carriages to his wife; £100 each to his executors, Mr. Littler
and 51 r. Eaton ; and there are bequests’in favour of his son,
Frederick’ liis daughter, Mrs. Littler, and the two children of
his late son, William. Tlie residue of his real and personal
property is to be held, upon trust, for his wile for life or
widowhood, and then for all his children by herns she shall by
will appoint.
The will (dated April 11, 1883), with a codieil (dated
April 10, 1884), of Lieut.-Colonel James Roxburgh, formerly
H.E.I.O.8., Bengal establishment, lute of No. 1, Clarendon-
road, Kensington, who died on July 11 last, wns proved ou tho
9th ult. by Mrs. Catherine Edith Pinson nnd Joseph Prior,
the surviving executors, the value of the personal estate ex¬
ceeding £20,000. The testator bequeaths £100 to the Great
Arthur-street Mission, the income to be distributed annually nt
Christmas among twenty poor persons resident iu the neigh¬
bourhood of Great Arthur-street; and numerous legacies to
liis son, daughter, grandchildren, own and late wife’s relatives,
servants, and others. Tho residue of his property is to bo
divided between liis son nnd daughter.
The will (dated Nov. 5, 1883) of Mr. George Henry
Cnrbutt, late of No. 31, Craten-hill-gimlcn i, who died on
Juno 18 last, wns proved on the 9th ult. by Edward limner
Carbutt, M.l\, Thomas Daniel Crews, mid Francis Cnrbutt,
the son, tile executors, the value of the personal estate amount¬
ing to oyer £23,009. The testator leaves nil iiis property to
his four children, Francis Cnrbutt, Mrs. Annie Power Gibson,
Miss Selina Cnrbutt, nnd Edward Goddard Cnrbutt.
After the irilenee of a prolonged summer, aouiuIs of action are on e moro
h‘ iml in metropolitnn ohess circles. Preliminary to the winter Meson, tho
The will (dated March 17, 1884) of I he Hon. Sir Charles
James Wutkin Williams, one of the Judges of the Queen’s
Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, lute of No. 97,
.- ... «... Saint George’s-rond, Pimlico, who died on July 17 Inst, wns
iin° "■*** proved on the 22nd ult, by Dnu.e Elizabeth Anne Williams,
the widow, und sole executrix, the value of the personal estate
exceeding £8000. The testator gives and devises all that
he 1ms power over to his wife and his three children,
Wat kin, Penrose, and Given, to be divided equally between
them.
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I.imunl meciimr of .-cretariw of chc-s dub* for tho P .,rpo«e of ..rruiiring The will (dated Sept. 19, 1882) of Mrs. Rebecca Gray
Jilrf’ h ,J r x, 1 r ot ,h ? ^ «
nitond on ihi» occasion, and wiilnubDiit draught rules to aurora the ootnne- ” iwkor, Berks, who died nt Windsor on Dec. 14, 1883, was
--- evening. —..
uttmil on lhia occasion, and wlH «ahmit draught rules t<> govern the compe¬
tition for the trophy jointly presented by himself nnd Mr. Baldwin.
Tho Hereford Chess Club, under the presidency of Mi - , ('hartal Anthony
jun., hiu rapidly rben to a front place In tho ranks of iuuvinci.il no,o-
cmtions. In the conrae of a flying visit lu«t week wo learn.,1 that it num¬
bers nearly ono hundred memhon,; nnd wo observed that, ivea in this
dull season for indoor p nUme*, iLoru is a goodly attoudiui u of laciubvis
for alteruoou and evening play.
proved on Juu. 31, 188-1, by James Anderson Rose und Julia
Mmia Gray, the niece, the acting executors. The value of the
persouul estate amounting to upwards of £22,000. Tho
testatrix bequeaths £1900 to tlie Clmring-cross Hospital;
various legacies to her H.-dcr, nieces, and nephews; nnd the
residue oi her properly to her said niece, Julia Maria Gruy.
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"BRINSMEAD and SONS'
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ACTION enable* tlie pianist to produce effi'cta
previously unattainable.
OUN BRINSMEAD and SONS’
PATHS’ TSOSTENKSTE SOfNIiINO HOARD
gn-atly increaae* the freedom ami vibratory
|iower of their piano*.
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JOHN
BRINSMEAD and SONS’
PATENT TONE - SUSTAINING PEDAI.
enallira the |H'rformcr to produce beautilnl
orchestral r flee la.
BRINSMEAD and SONS’
PATENTCONBOMDATED METAL FRAMES
ensure (treat aolldlty and durability.
BRINSMEAD and SONS’
PATENT TONE COMPENSATOR o'Jnrta the
toiin.ling hoard U> ault tlie piraauiv of tbo
airing*, tbu* glrlng Increaaed life, ami pro¬
ducing a full and powerful, ytt ewcet. Tolce-
like iiuality of tone.
TOIIN BRINSMEAD and SONS’
f) PATENT* TUNE RENOVATOR give* great
Iteetirary In hubinclng tlie pressure of tiic
string* to that of Uieeoandlnf-bnaid.
TOIIN BRINSMEAD and SONS have been
*' B* nnleil tlie following distinctions:—
1881. CALCUTTA—Two Diplomas of
Honour.
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1883. AMSTERDAM —Diploma of Honour.
1883. AMSTERDAM—Gold Medal.
1883. PORTUGAL—Koval Order Knight¬
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1883. CORK—Gold Medal.
1883. ROME—Honorary Membership of
the Royal Academy of Saint Cecilia.
1882. NEW ZEALAND—Gold Medal.
1881. MELBOURNE—Gold Medal for
Grand Planea.
1881. MELBOURNE—Gold Medal for
Cottage l’ianoe.
1880. QUEENSLAND—First Prize Medal.
1880. S Y D N E Y—Special Diploma of
Honour.
1880. SYDNEY—First Prize Medal for
Grand Planea.
1880. SYDNEY—First Prize Medal for
Cottage Pianos.
1878. PARIS—Cross of the Legion of
Honour.
1878. PARIS—Gold Medul.
1878. PARIS—Silver Medal.
1877. SUUTII AFRICA— Diploma of
tfouoar.
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of Merit
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186‘J. N ET11EIt L ANDS — Diploma of
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1867. PARIS—Medal of Honour.
1862. LON DON—Prize Medal.
Sc.. Ac.
J OHN BRINSMEAD and SONS’
HrcrnHy-palentcd SOoTKSENTE I’lANOS..
"Gentlemen.—I have the {denture to express
the gratification I liave enjoyed from the u*o of
yunr truly matrhloii piano*. Their quality of
tone I. «i wonderfully *ym pathetic, brilliant,
mid powerful tlmt. having the greatest possible
volume, they arc of tlie most perfect kind, tape-
dully a> their Imiutlful tone la of perfect
evenueu throughout the nolle. The action
I* perfection Itself, responding with eqoal
E omptltude to ttie inoet delicate or powerful
iicli; and under tlie eevenxt trials Its
wonderful precision, elasticity, and power
remain unchanged, enabling the boundless
resource* of Uie llrlnaniead (dano to tie folly
unlocked according to the Inspiration of the
article. In them I have found a really splendid
lu*truroeut.—Believe me. Ao..
•• Vlahimi* nn Pachbsxh. ‘
J 0HN ,
BRINSMEAD and SONS’
Recently-patented SOSTENENTE PIANOS.
•• I have attentively examined the tK-a'itIlUT
piano* of Mesers. John Itr m-mood mid Bona. I
consider them to be exceptional In the e«ue with
which grailstlon* of found can be produced,
from the aoftest to the most powerful tones.
These excellent pianos merit the approbation of
•II artist*, as the tone is full as well as sus¬
tained. and the touch la of perfect evenness
throughout it* entire range, answering to every
requirement of the {
CM. tipPXOD.”
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BRINSMEAD and SONS’
Recently-patented SOSTENENTE PIANOS.
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"Wo. the undersigned, certify that, after
having seen and mint conscientiously mini ined
tile Knell.h piano* at the Cjilvervat Exhibition
the Kllgll.h piano* at the Universal BflrtUIUon.
we And that the pnlm helongs to the grand
pianos of the house of Hrfnsmvad.
• Nicholas Kr dixit*ix.
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provement* patented an I
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jfc 1 am also of opinion that your
■Itti such si mid* action, simplicity of
■ii.itrength of construction, combined
remarkable purity and sweetness of
unrivalled. whilstyonr patent action
imalncc* a touch absolutely perfect.
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THE LOSS OF THE YACHT MIGNONETTE.—FROM SKETCHES BY MB. EDWIN STEPHENS, THE MATE.
Tho way in which they slowed themselves in tho dinghy.
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Seiling before the wind: Uow the dinghy was managed during the hurt nine days.
268
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
SEPT. 20, 1881
Perhaps no poem better deserves, certainly none more
n uires, that its manifold beauties should bo sot. forth by
oving hand, guided by judgment, than Mr. Philip
Bailey’s “Festus. Numerous editions of this remarknlla
work have been issued; but, unhappily, each succocding
edition lias generally been burdened with additions,
which, excellent in themselves, servo only to break tho
oont nuity of a poem which oven in its original form lacked
unity. “The Beauties of Festus,” published by Messrs.
Longmans, Green, and Co., have been selected with dis¬
crimination and taste, and will doubtless send many
readers to tho book itself, besides pleasantly refreshing
the memory of those who have already been delighted
with its perusal. By-the-by, the publishers would confer
a boon on the world by issuing “ Festus” in its unamended
form.
Amongst the public services rendered by Sir Edward
Malet, tho Ambassador appointed to succeed Lord
Ampthill at the Court of Berlin, may be counted perhaps
the most perilous mission that has been intrusted to
a diplomat of lute years. At the commencement of the
Franco-Prussian War there wore despatches of an im¬
portant nature to be delivered to Count Bismarck, who, it
will be remembered, accompanied tho German Army
through tho campaign. They were confided to the care
o* Sir Edward Malet, then second supernumerary secretary
to the Legation iu Paris. Although tho French in their
national excitability wore irate against all foreigners, Sir
Edward, after a narrow escape of being shot us a spy,
succeeded in crossing the lines and accomplishing the
object of his journey. The authorities wore more careful
of him on his return, and it was under a flag of truce that
he re-entered Paris, whence, at tho commencement of
the siege of the French Capital, he retired with tho rest
of the Embassy to Bordeaux.
A contemporary calls attention to tho fact that at the
last Royal Academy Exhibition at Burlington House two
hundred and throe pictures only were sold within tho
building, out of sixteen hundred and sixty-four. Happily,
the number disposed of at tho bureau of the Exhibition
does not in any way represent tho actual number that
changed bands, for it would be a bud look-out for artists
generally if this estimate could be accepted. Many
pictures, especially those of great artists, are sold before
ever brush touches canvas, and others are disposed of
during their progress, and more still on Academy Sunday,
when well-known buvers are invited to view the woi'ks of
the painters. There is a commisaion charged to artists on
all sales effected at Burlington House, and this may deter
poorer painters from putting the lowest prices on their
roductions. No conclusion can bo arrived at from the
guros quoted, except, maybe, that Burlington House is
not the best picture rnurket in the metropolis.
Therein a rumour that “ A Life for n Life,” a novel that
came five-and-twenty years ago from the pen of the gifted
authoress of “John Halifax, Gentleman,” is being drama¬
tised. It lends itself admirably to tho process, and will
make one of the healthiest, and at the same timo ono of
the most thrilling domestic dramas of the day. Theodora
and her sisters, Max Urquhart, Frank, and the girl he led
astray, are all worth resuscitating on the hoards, for their
familiar figures in one guiso or another are always crossing
and recrossing the stage of human life.
A knowledge of “simples” used to be considered ns
essential to an English lady’s education, as was that of
heruldry to tho accomplishments of on English gentleman.
But now the herbs of tho field and garden are neglected*
or used only by medical men who give them new names
‘difficult of pronunciation, and maids and matrons though
very much an Jait as to bedding plants, are ignorant of
the properties of tansey, hoavhouud, rue, and tlieiriton-,
goners. A Welsh horticultural society is trying to revive
tho wisdom of our ancestors, and offers prizes for col¬
lections of medicinal herbs that grow in Montgomeryshire.
Surely this is a step in the right objection. \\
Although Formosa is not and never has been tributary
to the Mikado, Japan views tho French occupation of that
island with fear nud displeasure. She considers tho
example a bad one, and thinks it will lead to a desire on
the part of England and Russia to establish themselves,
respectively, on islands that, acknowledge hor sovereignty.
She is not, however, ill prepared, for she has a navy of
ironclads, large and efficient orsenals, and a standing
army trained on the best European models, and could
make it decidedly warm for unwelcome intruders.
Tho well-known French frigate Coligny has boon at
Amsterdam during the visit of the French Minister of
Agriculture to tho International Agricultural Exhibition
of that city. In sending this vessel, in preference to any
other of tho navy, the French Minister of Marino has
shown a tact much appreciated by all the inhabitants of
tho Northern Venice, the'name of the illustrious martyr
being held in great veneration by all Dutchmen. The
arms of Admiral Coligny were nicely engraved on tho
invitation-curds issued for tho magnificent entertainments
given on board the ship during her stay.
Dr. Johnson once expressed a wish, or half a wish, to
haw an island of his own. One in the loch of Dunvcgan
was offered to him by a Highland laird on condition that
he would reside on it ono month in the year, and ho was
highly amused with tho funcy. Ho talked a great deal of
tbil island, Boswell tolls ue ;'how ho would build a house
there; how he would plant; how he would have cannon;
and how he would sally out and attack a neighbouring
island ; and then, adds tho biographer, “ ho laughed with
uncommon glee, and could hardly leave off.” To be the
owner of an island, or to have tho prospect of possessing
one, ns Suncho Fauna discovered, fires the imagination.
It may bo doubted, however, whotlierany ono will envy a
merchant of Kirkwall, who has just purchased Copin shay,
one .of the wildest islands of the Orknoy group, and a
favourite haunt of sea-fowl, which are, we suspect, its
only permanent inhabitants. Twenty-nine of tho Orcndos
are’ inhabited, und a more lonely and desolate corner of
the British Empire it would bo difficult to visit. In
stormy weather—and Orkney weather even in summer is
usually stormy—these treoloss islands, with their treacher¬
ous coasts, inspire a feeling of awe, but the man who
would test his mental resources, or who wishes for a new
sensation, should spend a winter on Hoy or Sanda.
The county of Kent, we all know, is “the garden of
England” ; audit is famous for its Kentish hops, Kentish
cherries, Kentish cricket (with Lord Harris ut the head of
it), and “ Kentish fire.” But it is not everybody who
knows that Kent is the home of the Muses. It would
seem, however, to judge from what was revealed during
a short visit there lately, that it is tho fashion in Kent
to air grievances or to proffer “entertainment for man
and beast” in rhyme.
For instance, at Ashford, in Kent, the inhabitant of
“ Burra Cottage ” has Bot up conspicuously on tho wall a
board whereon is printed, so that he who runs may read,
the following tuneful plaint:—
Bum Cottwre: an<l who’d have thought it!
That William I’omfrvt Burn bought it t
And 44 with eyw,” nut “ brains,” ho took the pains.
To block a poor loan’s window.
There is in this effusion a great deal that requires ex¬
planation before even a native of Ashford can understand
it. 'What William Pomfret Burra bought was not the
cottage, but an adjoining field, wherein ho stuck up a
black board, so that, should he wish to build, he might
not hereafter bo overlooked by the “ poor muu,” who
otherwise might have advanced tlio pica of “ancient
view.” The “eves,” not “brains,” is a piece of very
bitter satire, likely to be lost on tho world in general, who
may not ho aware that the wealthy Mr. William Pomfret
Burrs (who is said tohavo dropped tho “Burra” from his
name and become simply Mr. William Pomfret in conse¬
quence of tho poet’s stinging satire) once advertised for a
“ man with eyes and brains” to take service with him.
The grammatical structure of tho lines is probably to be
explained in much the same way in which a “Gampish ” bit
of Greek used to bo explained to us in our boyhood when wo
were reading Thucydides. “Something,” we were told,
“passes in the mind of the writer ’’; but, if we ventured to
imitate tho groat historian in our Greek compositions,
“ 8omching passed in tho miud ” of tho master, and
caused him to produce a cano.
Again, at Kearsney, near Dover, Kent, there is, on tho
spot where a turnpike once stood in the days, perhaps,
when Mr. Weller drove a coach and men who had been
much harassed by “ widdors ” withdrew from communion
with mankind (and especially womankind), and “ kept a
pike,” a little inn, with tho sign of “ tho turnpike-gate”
swinging in tho air. Underneath tho sign is a board, on
one side of which is painted tho following distich:—
Tin Rate swings well ami hinders none;
llefn-ah you; pay; und travel on:
and, on the other side, the grateful traveller’s reply
I'm much refreshed; here, toko your pay;
Ba sure 1 ’ll coll another day.
The sarcastic allusion contained in tho words “and
hinders none ” will be apparent to t.ho meanest capacity ;
and tho two specimens given will suffice to show what a
“pleasant wit” and what a talcut for—let us say—
rhyme appear to ho innate in the men of Kent.
Anarchy seoras to provail among the English colony
of trainers and jockeys or stable-boys settled at Chantilly,
France. Two or three times a week lately there have beon
accounts of boys apprenticed to Anglo-French trainers,
such as Messrs. C. Pratt, Webb, and others, leaving their
employers suddenly, taking “ French leave ” in fact, with¬
out the proper certificate, and. unfortunately, talcing some¬
thing besides “ French leave.” Some of tho young
urchins were found the other day discussing alfresco, in
tho forest of Chantilly, some good things they had obtained
in the name of Mrs. Webb from the chief confectioner of
Chantilly. Having “annexed” whatever they find handy,
and having, perhaps, received money from unprincipled
persons for betraying “ stable secrets," they abscond in
twos and threes, make their way to Boulogne or Calais,
and tako boat for England. It is said that tho sale of the
stud belonging to the famous Anglo-French trainer, Mr.
Henry Jennings, a sale which took place soon after Baden
races, was caused, to some extent, l»y tho difficulties Mr.
Jennings experienced, now that he is well stricken in
years, in dealing with his “ boys ” and “ lulls.”
The military profession appears to be without honour
in China, the troops arc the rawest of the raw, and the
most shameless corruption is the rule rather than the
exception. A national proverb says, “ As you would not
use good iron to make a nail, you would not use a good
man ns a soldier.” It is true that for many years past
small bodies of troops have been drilled by Europeans at
the treaty ports, but scarcely any attempt has beon made
to communicate what has thus been learned to the main
body of the army in any part of tho interior.
During the bombardment of Alexandria a gallant
Naval officer, Commander Bradford, led a party of
Marines who at great, risk swam through tho surf to spike
the guns of Fort Mex. His prowess has by no means
diminished, for last week ho saved a lady from drowning
at Portnieston Bay, in Cornwall, under exceptionally
trying circumstances. She had been swept out to sea by
an under-current, and when Commander Bradford reached
her was quito insensible. Ho found it quite impossible to
swim ashore with his burden on account of the heavy sea,
and therefore made for tho Mcdrip Hock, which he con¬
trived to grip with ono arm while ho upheld the lady with
the other till assistance arrived. He was much exhausted,
and it was a long while before sho showed signs of
returning animation.
Crickot will soon he quite over for tho season,
and ull sorts of curious faefs will be collected in
the papers. After all, howover, there will probably
bo nothing so remarkable to record as the match
got up by two noblemen, for a thousand guineas,
in 1611, between eleven she-cricketers of Surrey ami
eleven she-cricketers of Hampshire. Tho age of the
cricketers ranged from fourteen to sixty (Ann Baker, the
“ crack ” bowlercss for Surrey); the match took place in
Mr. Strong's field, Ball’s Pond, Middlesex; and the
nobleman who hacked the heroines of Hampshire
“ realised the stakes.” Cricket-matches are not mado
nowadays for money, with gambling noblemen for
patrons; and it is quite funny to read that crickot was
greatly objected to in tho “ good old times,” because of
tho gambling to which it gave rise. Iu our days cricket
is loved and encouraged, because it is not only the
healthiest, but tho cheapest and least tainted with
gambling of all our great sports.
Madame Edmond Adam’s new hook, “La Patrie
Hougroiso,” is nothing if not political, and very skilfully
she touches on the great questions that now agitate
Europe, especially on those touching the position and
influence of Franco. She writes of what she has seen;
and though she visited Hungary as a poseuse, that attitude
enabled her to know more of its institutions than if 6he
had gone merely as a tourist and sightseer.
Tho greeting sent from this side of the Atlantic to Dr.
Wendell Holmes on his seventy-fifth birthday must be
cheering to that delightful essayist. It is well for an
author to receive somo of the praise due to him in his life¬
time as an earnest of more hereafter. If fume be worth
anything—and, iu spite of tho Into Mr. Bagohot, most
men tike it who can win it—that of the man of letters is
probably the truest and tho most lasting. So, evidently,
thinks Dr. Holmes, who observes in "Tho Poet at the
Breakfast Table ” that there is no earthly immortality to
be envied so greatly as tho poet’s. “ If your name is to
live at all, it is so much more, to have it live in people’s
hearts than only in their brains.” Dr. Wendell Holmes
is more distinguished as on essayist than as a poet, but he
has tho “ one touch” due to a fine imagination which makes
an author dear to lovers of literature. Place his volumes
by the side of Addison and “ Elia,” and probably there
will bo no sholf of your library to which you will turn
more frequently. _
Tho northern heights of London are just now attract¬
ing attention, and not without good reason. The popu¬
lation on this sido of the metropolis grows rapidly, and
its breathing spaces are few. Hampstead Heath, tho most
important open ground of the district, consists only of
about 250 acres, and a strong effort is being made by a
committee, headed by the Marquis of Westminster, to
secure additional land before it is too late. Then the
beautiful woods which lie between Hampstead, Highgate,
and Croucli-eud have become tho property of tho Eccle¬
siastical Commissioners, and the question is asked, Shall
these woods be sacrificed to tho builder or secured per¬
manently for tho public benefit ? It has boon argued that
Parliament, whoso servants the Ecclesiastical Commis¬
sioners ore, can use tho property as it will, and would bo
justified in appropriating it to this object. Parliament,
no doubt, might ao many things which a regard for vested
rights will prevent it from doing. It can, howover, save those
1100 Rcres in a perfectly legitimate manner by authorising
the Metropolitan Board to pay a fair amount of compensa¬
tion, and wo trust that this important step will be taken.
England is sadly behind hand in its educational treat¬
ment of tho deaf and dumb, who, if tho oral system
used in Germany were adopted, would not be dumb at all.
It has been proved that dumbness may bo prevented by
teaching spoken language, and a Training College for
Teachers of tho Deaf is now in active operation at Ealing.
To promote the good cause, and it would be difficult to
find one more deserving of support, a number of well-
known authors, headed by Mr. Justin McCarthy, have
published a volume of proso and verso, entitled “ For
their Bakes.” Some of tho tales and poems are charming,
and all are readable; while tho ndminiblo account of the
“Pure Oral” system, by the founder of thosooioty, should
do much towards promoting its success. Ono groat cause
of congenital deafness is said to bo the marriage of first
cousins, and tho writer mentions the casoof a family, eight in
number, “all congenitally and totally deaf ” from this causo.
Fresh wonders are continually cropping up in the
kingdom of nature, and among the latest are ucrobatio
beans. They come from Mexico, and each pod contains
three kernels, each of which is about the size of a three¬
penny piece, rounded on one surface, wedge-shaped on
the othor, and “ greonery-yallory ” in colour. When held
between the finger and thumb they appear to pulsate, and
when placed on u table they spring about sometimes to a
distance of two inches. A few were recently procured by
the United States Agricultural Department in Washington
for the sou of Secretary Fretinghuysen, so the report is
not a mere traveller’s tale.
Tho merchants who annually assemble from all parts
of Europe nud Asia at tho fair of Nijni-Novgorod have
unanimously given in their adhesion to the scheme for an
international lino of railway to bo called the Extreme-
Orient, which is highly approved of by tho Russian
Imperial Council, and was traced out in 1875 by General
Bagdanowitsch at a geographical congress in Paris.
When the lino is completed it will bo possible to go from
Paris to Pekin in twelve days, anil it need hardly be said
that the Chineso do not enjoy the prospect.
The apple crop in tho United States is most abundant
this season, and the quantity and very superior quality of
tho fruit is said to be due to the comparative scarcity of
moths during a far more temperate summer than usual.
Tho weather has abo had a remarkable effect on tho
southern tobacco crop, for though of average value, the
“ pernicious weed ” has put forth such small loaves in
Virginia, that cultivators hardly recognise the production
of their own plantations.
SEPT. 20. 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
267
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
“George Washington,’' quoth the American “ Orator Top,”
“ wiut a great man ; and ho never slopped over.” John Bull
used to think himself a great man; but, owing to his manifold
iniquities, tlio cup of his obloquy and humiliation is not only
full, but it has slopped over. Bull, tlio French press, the
editor of the nti-Anglais, and the author of the engaging
pamphlet “ Sus u 1’Angleterre ” liavo not failed to remind us,
is everything that is bad. ‘‘England is the cause of ull the
trouble in the East. England has hypocritically encouraged
those treacherous barbarians. The Englishman’s pride is
merely brutal egotism ; his courage is a matter of guineas.
Odiously perfidious and ridiculously impotent, Eugland is
now in the Chinese, as she wus iu the Egyptian affair, deceitful,
false, and treacherous.”
Of course. “’Twos ever thus from childhood's hour.”
Bull was boru bad. lu addition to his latest acts of turpitude,
it is well known (to Bull’s French critics) tlmt lie habitually
oppresses the mild Iliudoo ; sells his wife, with a lmlterround
her neck, iu Smitlifield; trains enormous “ bouledoguca ” to
bite pieces out of the calves of pussing strangers; and intoxi¬
cates himself with “ grogs iuonstrueux ” made of equal parts
of “porterbierre,” “ rodartrhom,” and “ ginpalass.” In
addition, we arc a nation of shopkeepers; wo burned Joan of
Arc; and we persist iu declaring tlmt tlio “Vengeur” never
w»mt down with her colours nailed to the uiast und her crow
shouting “ Vive la Kcpubliquo ! ”
This kind of thing wo have heard a great many times, and
must be prepared to hear it a good many times more, from our
good friends on the other side of the Channel, who, after
abusing us as though we were pickpockets lor the last few
weeks, urc beginning to express astonishment tlmt the I’urisinn
hotels are empty and that the Boulevard shopkeepers have
few English customers. Still, at this momentous crisis, when
Bull, politically speaking, mny be likeued to the proverbial
“toad under the liurrow, when every tooth gave her a tig,”
it is hard—it is desperutely hard—on B. tlmt lie should lmvo
bitter and wrathful words of misrepresentation flung at his
head by a geutlemau normally so placable and so benignant
as Mr. Henry Richard, M.P. Speaking at Liverpool ut the
meeting of the “ Cymmrodorion,” tlio prelude of the annual
Welsh Eisteddfod, Sir. Uiclinrd observed, inter alia,
For a Ion? time the English press dixrlnined to notice these assemblages.
But when they did notice them, it was only to assail them with bitter
invective and vehement scorn. All the venerable bardic forms und tra¬
ditions were held up to ridicule .... At a time when the learned men of
Germany and Franco were making u profound study of Celtic lore, and
finding in it finalities of brightest udmiration, these literary Baslii lhr/ouks
of tlio English press were trampling it under foot with uuilueious and
triuinplinnt mockery. Tlmt denoted one of the idiosyncrasies of tlio English
chuructor. Ho hud a theory of his own us to tho Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-
Norman mcc. It was tliis, thut as a conquering mce, as a colonising raw,
ns a commercial nice, that was in whatever related to the manipulation of
tho material elem nts of life and society, they were without their equal
among tlio races of tho world ; but us a governing nice they were not so
successful, since they failed to utUich and to assimilate to themselves other
races whom they might conquer or unnex.Tlioru was no race in tlio
world, with whom tlieyluid oomc in contact, whom they hud quite succeeded
in fusing und amalgamating into unity with themselves.
Is not Mr. Eiclmrd, in this contention, nnmsingly incon¬
sistent F Race-fusion and amalgamation between England
and Wales are precisely the things which he does not desire
himself. lie wants to keep the Welsh language and literature
and “ the bardic traditions ” alive. How could they be kept
alive if there was a thorough fusion and amalgamation between
the two races? Iu tho Scottish Highlands such “ fusion and
amalgamation” would have become much more manifest tlmu
is actually the ense hud it not been tlmt for sentimental
reasons the English aristocracy sympathised with the revival of
the Highland dress, admired a harmless Jncobitism in poetry,
and took to dccrstnlking and salmon-tishingas national North
British sports. I am old cuough to remember when not
a single English newspaper ever mentioned tho Braemar
gathering, and when, out of Hell' 1 a Lift, not a word was ever
said In southern journalism about “goff,” or “ curling,” or
“nurr and spell,” about “tossing the caber,” und “putting
the stone.” Sir Walter Scott’s novels und Hogg’s Jacobito
ballads made tho Highlands intellectually interestiiTg^^be-
patronage of Royalty and Sir Edwin Landseer's deerstalking,
dog, aud shepherd pictures made tlio enchanting district
fashionable; and tlien Edinburgh Professors begun to think it
high time that the study of Gaelic should be eBtkmrnged,
“ Wild Wales” is tiie purudise of tho painter and the tourist;
hut the Sassenach cannot be expected to grow very enthusiastic
about tho Cymmrodorion and the Eisteddfod until th«r“ bardic
traditions ” make themselves articulate iu generally readable
literature.
With regard to Mr. Richard's strictures on the failure of
Bull’s countrymen as a governing race, I should like to ask him
a question or two. lias lie reflected that Bull has so far fused
and amalgamated his idiosyncra-ies in those of the Scot, ns to
be able to maintain vast numbers of Scotchmen in the highest
employments connected vritli the government of India? Has not
Bull sent Scotch viceroys and Irish viceroys to Calcutta? And
touching his capacity for governing foreigners, I would usk very
explicitly usfollows. First,is thcreuny English or English-speak¬
ing community in any part of the world that is subject to foreign
rule? Next, I would ask whether for more than a hundred
years wo have not been governing Frenchmen in Canada,
and Spaniards at Gibraltar; for nearly a hundred
years Italians at Malta aud Spaniards iu Trinidad;
for- upwards of sixty year's Frenchmen in tho Mauritius,
Germans iu Heligoland, and Dutchmen at tho Cupe of Good
Hope? In the Ionian Islands Bull certainly failed to conciliate
the natives ; but ho may possibly do better iu Cyprus. On
the other hand, where and when did our great rivals, the
Germans, ever succeed in fusing and amalgamating with a
race whom they lmd conquered and essayed to govern ? Did
* fusion and amalgamation ” exist between the Austrians und
the Lombardo-Venetians at any time between 1815 and 1850 ?
Did the Flemings and the Dutch fuse und amalgamate iu
Belgium between 1815 and 1830? Bull does his best. Hero
and there he has made hopeless failures. In Ireland he may
never become a successful governor: elsewhere he has dono
pretty well.
“ Bui-loon I ” On Sept. 15 the first centenary of aerostation
was celebrated iu tho drill-ground at Mooriielda of tlio
Houoiunble Artillery Company, the self-same “place of
aims” where, on Sept. 15, 1784, Signor Vincenzo Lunurdi,
secretary to the Neapolitan Jliniater, made the first balloon
■ ascent recorded iu Englnud. Tho “function” at the Artil¬
lery Ground on Monday last was a very grund one; and severul
balloon ascents were made.
It happened, unfortunately, that two days previously the
so-called science of ucrostution experienced a heavy blow aud
sore discouragement. At Meudou, near Paris, a second ex¬
periment in aerial navigation was made, in the presence of the
War Minister, General Campeuon, by Captains Rcuard and
Krebs. A rather strong breeze was blowing, and, although
the balloon was able for u few seconds to sail against tho wind,
it was uuable either to rise or to return to its starting-point,
the propeller, at the expiration of teu minutes, having censed
to revolve. The machine descended near Versailles, uud
was subsequently towed back to Mcudon. So, humanity’s
vehicular locomotion is not to be revolutionised yet awhile.
“ Bul-loon! ”
“ Mamma, do they dr}' themselves with macaroni?” Such,
it is said, was the question put by a sharp littlo English girl to
her munmia, us she was joumoyiug by road from Naples to
Pompeii, mid saw the many macaroni factories oil each side
the way with tho unfinished macaroni hanging to dry on what
were apparently clothes-horses. You may wash yourself with
a great many things, from a lump of ice to a wax-candle; hut
it is to be feared tlmt had the mamma of the sharp little
English girl told her daughter the literal truth, it would be to
the effect tlmt among the poorer classes of Neapolitans com¬
paratively few have any need for towels, seeing that they never
wash themselves at all.
Be it ns it may, the sight of the macaroni factories between
Naples aud Pompeii seems to have filled a correspondent of
tho Titnca with indignation and alarm; and ho feels it "a dirty
which he owes “to tho people of this country” tc> caution
them against “the use of macaroni and other pastes riiiide in
Italy, Naples more especially.” The macaroni in course of
manufacture hangs “in the open air amid clouds of dust, flies,
and steuch of all kinds, the loculity being evidently one of
the very poorest and dirtiest in this mb&t beautiful city, and
no doubt it is the stronghold of the dreadful scourge now de¬
vouring tho poor inhabitant^)then, without ally stretch of
imagination, one lias only to think of this important article
of food, which is so much used, being manipulated by plague-
stricken workmen, whoilodoubt sicken mid die amid the
macaroni which is being prepared, under such horrible con¬
ditions, to send broadcast over the world aud spread the
pestilence.”
Tliis is shocking. We had vermicelli soup (flavoured with
grated parmesun cheese) at dinner yesterday, uiul I was think¬
ing of u disli of macaroni d I'lialienno for next Sunday. But
the thought of tho possibility of microbes in one's macaroni is
unendurable. Are we quite certain, too, as to the iin-
mnculateness of tho manufacture of Florence oil ? How stands
it with Bologna sausage P Nay, who shall say but that the
Neapolitan coral, of which such sweetly pretty things are
made for the adornment of the ladies, may not convey with it
the germs of cholera r
I do not say that tho macaroni-denouncing gentleman is
altogether wrong, or thut he is yielding to a spasm of un-
rcasoningterror. There seems to bo (according to the scientific
persons) not only Death iu tho Pot, but tho peril of death iu
our wall paper, our stockings, our cosmetics, and our lollypops.
Cholera (according to the scient ific persons) migh t be us readily
concealed iu a box of Smyrna figs or Valencia raisins or a tin
of Sardines ns in u packngo of mneuroni. Duly, I am ufrnid if
On analytical chemist is to supervise the proceedings of all our
Cooks, mid the apparatus of our dinner-table is to comprise u
microscope by the side of each plate, two thirds of the well-
known formula, “ 'Whitt to Eat, Drink, and Avoid,” might as
well be struck out. AVeshould he constrained to “Avoid”
everything.
Especially articles of attire which owe their hue to aniline
dyes. Vainly, it would appear, did the unthinking imagine
that a boon to civilisation hod been secured when from a pro¬
duct of coal-tar hud been produced, by cunning chemical treat¬
ment, the colourless, oily liquid, with the vinous smell aud tho
burning tuste, which when acted upou by arseuious acid,
bichromate of potassium, stannic chloride, and so forth,
yields the beautiful tints known ns aniline purple, aniline
green, magenta, violine, &c. Iu the matter of these dyes tho
trumpet of alarm lias once more been sounded by the Times,
in which, some twenty years since, a remarkable leading
article appeared on the dangers of red socks.
Tliis time it is a lady who wore a pair of red silk stockings,
“purchased not fur from Chimug-cross.” After donning
these hose she found that the colour of the stockings lind
been transferred to tho skin, and very soon her feet were in
such a high state of inflammation that she was compelled to
consult a doctor, who ut once pronounced that the stockings
hud been dyed with a poisonous uuilino dye. “ At once.”
Was the doctor quite certain that ho was right iu his offhand
pronmieiamiento !
Tho Scottish Highlanders of old, as Lord Archibald
Campbell knows full well, could Hud on their own beautiful
hills plants from which they could procure really “ fust ”
colours, wherewith to dvc tlio plaids which their women wove.
It appeurs that the peasantry of Donegal are doing at present
wliat the Highlanders did hi remote ages, und have sent to
tho Health Exhibition a consignment of stockings “ guaranteed
to be dyed with vegetable dyes.” The Shah of Persia, it is
also stated, lias discovered the fugitive nature of aniline dyes,
uud excluded their importation lest they should injure the
good name of Persian carpets. Finally, I may mention that I
have ut homo a splendidly bound folio, profusely illustrated
with delicate steel engravings, called “ Lo Caramelistc
Fran^ais,” iu which tho author, who was head coufectioner Lite
in the seventeenth century to Stanislas Duke of Lorraine and
Bar, boasts thut, with tho exception of cochineal, all the
brilliant colours which he used for tho embellishment of his
confectionery were of vegetable extraction. One vegetable,
iudeed, he would have nought to do witli ns a colour-giver,
lie substituted saffron for gamboge. For tho last-named
drastic inspissated sap or gum-rcsiti ninny of us, I fear, have
a sneaking kind of affection. Sternly used our parents aud
nurses to warn us against putting to our lips the paint-brush
that had touched gumboge. The warning to mu was in vuln.
The cuke of gamboge (indescribably gorgeous when applied to
the epaulettes of F.M. the Duke of Wellington and tho helmet,
cuirass, and greaves of Timour the Tartar), was tho favourite
ono iu my “box of paints; ” and without sucking your paint¬
brush now and again, how could you (at the age of seven) finish
the Duke’s epaulettes, or fill in the round knobs on Timour’»
armour?
But this was very well when we and all the world were
young. When u manufacturing firm receives un order for
(say) fifty million pair of red silk stockings, or a billion of
pairs of purple mittens, those dyes, I suppose, must be used
which chemistry has 60 obligingly placed at the disposal of
commerce. It is a wholesale age. There is too much of every¬
thing, contend some philosophers. Too much London, too
many newspapers, too much education, too much talk, too
many laws, too many dinner parties (a la Jlusse), too much
piuuofortc-pliiying. too inuny speeches, and too much money
in too few hands.
Ar-cprrespondont (“B. 51. B.”) is so kind as to remon¬
strate with me for having incidentally remarked in a recent
issue of the “ Echoes ” thut I was growing a little blinder aud
a little duller every mouth. I am very much obliged to my
correspondent for bis kind remarks; but I beg leave wholly to
differ from him, and to be stiller tlnm ever in the opinion which
I expressed) If any proof were wanted thut I continue to grow
blinder and stupider every month, it. would be found in tlio
-circumstance that I fail to discern the slightest element of
emuilt) fun, wit, humour, or drollery iu a remarkable pro-
uetion entitled “ Slinpira’s Lost”; otherwise “ lie, She, It,
an Episode in Enrly Egyptian History.” Tin's work purports
do be tin adaptation, by a well-knowu English rhymester, of
jtfie text of tho “wonderfully clever skit” entitled “ Er,
Sic, Es,"’ which excited so much interest in Germany that, in
the course of a few weeks, ten thousand copies of the “skit ”
were sold. To my dull and blind sense “ He, She, It” appears
only, artistically, a marvel of technical skill uud, intellectually,
u monument of elaborate stupidity.
As I have said, the technique of the book is really wonder¬
fully clover. It is quite possible that “ the marvellous imitation
of antiquity with which tho book is got up lias puzzled many
connoisseurs.” I fic.ly grant the quuint attractiveness of the
brown sackcloth covering, the frayed aud ravelled edges of
the leathern thongs, and the broad seal of green wax bearing
an uncouth impression of the seal of King Ruppsippos. It
may also readily be admitted that the illustrations by Herr Karl
Maria Seyppel, a young genre puiuter of DusseUlorf, which
nro pictorial parodies in black aud wliito of the groups of
figures iu ancient papyri, and in the mural paintings at Thebes
and Beni-Hassan, are exceedingly quaint. But I wholly
dissent from the complacent assertion in the prospectus of
“ He, She, It ” that “ in no previous work have the curiously
stiff and unnatural attitudes of human figures found in
Egyptian hieroglyphic slabs been endowed with life and
connected with incidents of modern life with such startling
effect uud such clever druwiug.”
Egyptian and Assyrian iconography has been parodied
times innumerable (so to speak) in England by such artists as
John Tenniel, Richard Doyle, Charles Bennett, Liuley Sani-
boume, and William Brunton. Clever young Herr Seyppel
is a follower and not a leader in tho graphic burlesquing of
antiquity. I see that Professor Ebers, writing to Herr
Seyppel, sagely remarks that, “Life is so much in earnest
that we must be thankful to anyone who helps us to a lieurty
laugh.” Beanmnrobais’ Barber said something to the same
effect about u hundred years ugo; but the worst of it is, thut tho
contemplation of “ He, She, It ” does not make mo luugh.
It makes me yawn; and thou I find myself going bock to the
pros mid cons of the Fere Bouhoura’ old thesis:—whether it be
ossible for u German to be witty. After this will you further
euy that I am growing duller and blinder ?
I noticed in Notes and Queries, the other day, that the Rev.
Dr. Cobiiuin Brewer accused me of having given him “ a
tremendous wigging” because he had not helped my halting
memory to the meuning of Cromwell’s “ Harp Lords ” as
mentioned above. I give anybody a tremendous wigging 1
Esteemed Dr. Coblium Brewer, I ain tho humblest of the
humble, the most deferential of the deferential. Uriah Deep
was my first cousin; my real name is Mavrworm, and “ I like
to be despised.” But liero is a correspondent of mine, “An
Irishman,” who writes iu a red-hot rage from Dublin to
complain that Dr. Brewer, in Iris “Dictionary of Phrase and
Fable,” uud under the heud of “Misnomers,” states that
“ Irish 6tcw is u dish not known in Ireland.” “ Why,”
exclaims my irate correspondent, “ there is not a more com¬
mon dish on Irishmen’s tables every day in the year, from
Dublin to Galway, than Irish stew.” My correspondent adds
that Irish stew is sometimes called “ Beggars’ Dish.” Names
are capricious. In Franco a dish curiously resembling Irish
stew is known ns a “ Navarin aux ponunes” ; aud at German
table-d’hfites I have met with an umnistakeable “ toad-in-u-
liolo ” disguised us “ COtelcttes it la Nelson.”
All readers of Don Quixote’s weekly bill-of-fnro in tlio
first chapter of that immortal romance will remember the
“duelosyquebmntos,” which Motteuxtrnnslatesas “griefsand
groans ” and another translator (an Englishman) “gripes and
grumblings." I am away from my books just now, or I dare say
that I could cite at least a dozen more “ Englishings ” of
“duelos y quebrantos” from as many English translations
of Cervantes* masterpiece. The writer of a review of a
new und splendidly illustrated edition of “Don Quixote,”
published by Mr. Puterson, of Edinburgh, takes exception to
Motteux’ phrase of “griefs and groans,” “which," says the
reviewer, “ can carry no meaning whatever to a foreigner’s
mind.” He proceeds to tell us that “ the Manchegan delicacy
was wliat tlie Scotch liill-shcpherds call * braxy ’—tho llesh
of sheep that had died of disease or accident; only that the
more frugal Spaniards economised, and pounded the bones.”
Certainly ; but what significance would “ braxy ” have to an
ordinary reader of an English translation of Don Quixote ?
G. A. S.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Skit. 20, 1881.—268
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1. The dinghy in which the survivors spent 21 days at sea. 3. Quadrant, with writing on Use lid.
2. lid of chronometer, with the Captain's letter to his wife. 4. Chronometer.
THE LOSS OF THE YACHT MIGNONETTE.
AS THE MIGNONETTE WENT DOWN.
THE STORY OF THE MIGNONETTE.
A sadder story of disaster at sea was never told than that of
the survivors of the loss of tho yacht Mignonette, which
foundered on July 5 in tho middle of the South Atlantic
Ocean, 1300 miles from the Cape. She was a small vessel, of
thirty-three tons burden, 52 ft. long, 12 ft. wide, and 7 ft. 4in.
deep, and rigged as a yawl. She was built in 1867, and was
formerly owned by Mr. 8. Hall, of the New Thames Yacht
Club. She was purchased last year by an Australian gentle¬
man, Mr. H. J. Want, of Sydney, who made arrangements for
her being sent out to Australia. An experienced sailing-
master of yadito, Captain Thonins Dudley, of Colchester,
undertook this job, and engaged the assistance of Mr. Edwin
Stephens, of Southampton, as mate, who had served as chief
oilieer in the Union Company’s steamers and in large sailing-
ships. Edmund Brooks, of Brightlingsea, likewise an experi¬
enced seaman, accustomed both to yachting and long voyages,
was also engaged. Captain Dudley is thirty-two years of age,
nnd has a wife and several children living at Sutton, in Surrey.
Mr. Stephens, who is thirty-seven years old, has a wife and
children at Southampton; but Edmund Brooks is unmarried.
All three are men of excellent character, and of proved ubility
as sailors; Dudley was noted among yachtsmen for his courage,
as well ns for hiB steady behaviour. They took with then:,
from Itchen Ferry, Southampton, a lad mimed Richard Parker,
the younger son of a widow, but who had been kindly adopted
aud brought up by Captain Matthews, formerly commanding
one of the Isle of Wight steamers. This poor boy, who was
high-spirited, intelligent, and always well behaved, had been
accustomed from childhood to boats and ships, but had never
before made a long voyage. Ho went, rather aguinst the will
of his friends, in the hopefulness of youthful ambition, think¬
ing that it wonld “ make a man of him; ” but ho has died the
strangest death that everbefel any human being ; and the three
elders, his companions in this terrible adventure, are now
brought home and held to answer a charge of wilful murder,
upon their own voluntary confession of the dreadful facts, while
the general feeling towards them is that of sincere compassion.
The Mignonette sailed from Southampton on May 19,
stopped at Madeira a few days at the beginning of June, and
met a vessel on June 14 which brought home letters from the
unfortunate crew. After crossing the Line, on the 17th, they
met with heavy gales which continued many days. It. is
doubtful if the yacht was iu a Ben worthy condition; at any
rate, her side was knocked in by the blow of a heavy sen, and
she foundered in five minutes. They bad but just time to get
into the dinghy, a boat 13 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, with no provisions
but two tins of preserved turnips, and without any fresh
water. During the first three days they’ ate nothing; then
they opened one of the tins, and ate the contents. On the fifth
day, they caught a turtle, whichyielded them food till the twelfth
day, with the other tin of turnip, but they had nothing to drink.
To relieve the feeling of thirst, their worst suffering, tney some¬
times wetted their clothes, or let themselves hang overboard in
the water. The boy Parker, in spite of tho remonstrances of
his elders, drank a quart or two of sea-water, and it made him
very ill. On the nineteenth day he appeared to be dying.
The captain had already spoken to them about the possible
necessity of casting lots for one to die, in order to save tho
lives of the rest. He now took his penknife, aud killed the
hoy, stabbing him in the jugular vein; Stephens consenting
to the ant, but Brooks refusing to have anything to do with it.
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THE MILITARY EXPEDITION UP THE NILE.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Skit. 20, 188-1,—200
All three drank t he boy’s blood, and ate of his flesh from the
nineteenth to the twenty-fourth day. They were finally
rescued by the Gurmuu barque Moutczuma, which brought
them to Falmouth; they were treated very kindly by Captain
Simonses and all on board. They did not for u moment conceal
the dreadful action which lmd taken place. On arriving at
Falmouth, they were arrested under the Muyor’s warrant, and
put into prison ou the churge of murder, two of the crow of
the German ship remaining in that port us witnesses; but the
magistrates lust week agreed to liberate all three prisoners ou
bail, adjourning the examination until Thursday of this week;
and they were allowed to go to their respective homes.
We lmvo obtained a few Sketches made by Mr. Stephens,
the mate of the Mignonette, showing the muuner in which the
vessel was lost, and the “dinghy,” or small boat, in which
they drifted nearly a thousand miles across the Atlantic during
those terrible twenty-four days, with tlieir contrivances lor
sailing, and for lyiug-to in heavy weather. The yacht, which
'The boat was driven, in general, by gales from the south-ea$t,
us far us latitude 24deg. 28min. S., audlongitude 27deg. 22min.
W., which is nearer to Rio do Janeiro, but must be at lenst
500 miles from tho land of South America. It was entirely
out of tire track of every ocean Bteam-ship; and it could only
have been the accident of bad weather that caused the German
brigantine to sail where she met with these unhappy men,
whose eventual preservation is a great wonder. The affecting
letter written by Captain Dudley to his wife on July 17, which
he placed inside the glass lid of the chronometer-case, has been
published in the daily papers. It cannot be doubted that both
he and Mr. Stephens, in desiring by any means to prolong
their own lives, were chiefly animated by alfectionnto anxiety
for those dependent on them at home. Without such a
motive, we should think, few Englishmen would have cared to
escape death—a chosen death by drowning—at the price of a
horrible outrage upon human feeling, though it might not
have been an actuul crime.
1. Rigged with sails. 2. Showing awning.
BOATS FOR TIIE NILE EXPEDITION.
had her storm try-sail and a jib-sail Bet at the time, was
struck by the Bea ou hur starboard quarter, between tho
rigging aud the counter; she went down by the stern. Tho
dinghy, of which tho outside measurement is 13 ft. by
4 ft. 3$ iu., and which is very shallow and flat, just gave
room for three men and a boy to stow themselves in the wuy
shown in one of tho drawings. They rigged up a sail mude of
the three men’s shirts, with an oar set up as a mast forward,
and the stern sheets stuck up aft; they also contrived a “ sea
anchor,” of the head-sheets grating and the bed of the water-
breaker, lashed together with a bit of rope, and towed astern,
to keep tho boat’s head to wind, as the sea was so rough that
they could not use their oars. The captain had saved from
the yacht, to serve iu navigating the boat, both the quadrant
aud tho chronometer, but we do not suppose he was
able to make any use of them. The yacht was lost in
latitude 27 deg. S., and longitude 10 deg. W., or thereabouts,
which would be above 000 miles south by west of St. Helena.
270
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ADDRESSES BY THE EARL OF ROSEBERY AT ABERDEEN.
Lord Hnsebery visited Aberdeen on the 11th iw*t. for the
doable purpose of delivering an address to the Delegates at
the Trades Union Congress, mid receiving the freedom, of tlie
city. The noble Earl, who was tho guest of l*or<l Aberdeen,
at lfaddo House, was accompanied by Lady Rosebery, and
was met ut the station by Lord Aberdeen, the Lord Provost,
mid other local dignitaries.
On entering the Congress Ilall, Lord and Tjidy Rosebery
received nn enthusiastic welcome. The President, in thumune
of the Delegates, presented the Countess with h lmud.soniu
bouquet. His Lordship’ spoke mainly upon the subject of an
Imperial Federation of Grout Britain and her Colonies. He
argued that the present relations were un-iitisfaetory, that
they ought to be closer, and that only the working classes of
the Colonies and of the home country could bring such a
Federation about. 'Die noble Earl pointed oiit various wavs
iu which a more intimate relationship would benefit tho work¬
ing classes; and he urged the Congress to take up the
subject and work nt it until the desired result was attained.
In the afternoon his Lordtdiip wits presented with the
freedom of the city, the ceremony taking place in the Music-
Hall, where there was a largo and brilliant attendance. Lord
Provost Matthews presided, and, after addressing Lord Rose¬
bery in complimentary terms, tied the Latin diploma of the
citizenship round the hat of the new burgess, iu accordance
with the usage of three centuries. land Rosebery, nftcr ex¬
pressing his sense of the houour conferred on him, said no one
could lodkxO^ihd without seeing that tho future of Great
Britain was with the cities. The population of London was
now more Mian one eixiKtfiat of England and Wales, and in
Scotlmid during tlie past ten years the urban population had
increased IT per cent, while the rural population had di¬
minished by -1 per relit.. This change of rural into urban
population W(is continuing, and was bringing with it im-
P'UbCnt consefluenoes. lie felt satisfied that, whichever
Government happened to be in power, a Scotch Secretary of
ttyuc Bill would be passed nt no distant date, both parties
'being pledged to it.
Lord Rosebery on the 11th inst. gave nn address to the
Trades Union Congress ut Aberdeen, and was afterwards
presented with the freedom of the northern city.
THE NILE EXPEDITION.
General Lord Wolseley, with a part of the Staff appointed for
the military expedition up the Nile, is now actively super¬
intending the preparations in Egypt; while Colonel W. F.
Butler C.B., Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General,
has this week started from London, after getting through a
great deal of work nt tho War Office in furthering and direct¬
ing the business to be done here. The steam-ship Narunja
1ms taken on board, at Woolwich and at Portsmouth, sixty-six
more of the bouts specially designed and constructed for this
expedition, and has sailed for Alexandria. These boats ore
scut out in charge of Lieutenant the lion. F. L. Culborne,
of the Royal Irish Rifles, to whose courtesy wo nre in¬
debted, as well ns to that of Colonel W. F. Butler,
for permission given to make drawings of one of the
boats, with its equipment, sails, uml awning, and of tlie
manner in which the packages on board can bo arranged,
if desirable, so us to form a breastwork against an enemy’s
riHe-shot. Tho bout, which is painted white, measures 30 ft.
by <5ft. Gin., and lias a depth of 2ft. 6iu. It is built of fir,
weighs about ten hundredweight, and is propelled by twelvo
oars and two sails. Awnings are provided to protect tlie crew
from tho sun. At tho trial two mid three-quarter tons o£
stores, consisting of biscuits, preserves, meats, vegetables,
lime juice, mid ammunition were placed on board, it being
proposed to allow 330 rounds for each of the twelve soldiers
on board. Tho buoyancy of tho boat obtained favourable
notice, and when the stores were all stowed, sufficient it was
-thought for a hundred days, which may be occupied in the
passage up the Nile and back, and twelvo men hud taken their
plnces, the mean draught was 1 ft. 8 in., being 4 in. under tho
prescribed limit. Including valises, camp equipment, and
other necessaries, the total weight ou board was estimated ut
upwards of three niul a half tons.
I/n-d Wolscloy has ordered a camel corps to be formed of
detachments of equal strength from the three Household
Cavalry Regiments and sixteen other cavalry regiments in
Eiiglnnd, ns well as from the seven battalions of the Guards.
The strength of each detachment is to bo two officers
mid forty-four rank mid file, or eleven hundred in all. They
nre to be" formed in three divisions, the first to consist of heavy
cavalry, the second of light, cavalry, and the third of Guards.
There was sharp fighting near Sonukim oil Monday, when
twenty of tho Souukitn police, mid fifty men of the Amarar
tribe, while escorting a convoy of supplies and thirty women,
were attnekt'd by 200 Hudciidowas, some on horseback. Major
Oliemisido sent off 100 men to assist, the Anioram, who, in the
meantime, gained a complete victory, mainly owing to tho
efforts of the police. Oiiunn Bigiia’s nephew and sixty
llndendowas were killed. The Iosh of the Amnrara in killed
mid wounded was twenty. They enptured a quantity of booty
and nineteen horses, mules, and c-uimls. Tho police escorted
tlie women to Sauakim unharmed. I
Our Extra Supplement Engraving shows a party of Arabs
of the Desert, under couunntul of British officers, out for a
“ Reconnaissance,” and halting for repose on their toilsome
march. y X ^
The steamer Aberdeen, 2371 tons. Captain Barclay,
chartered by Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South
Wales, sailed from Plymouth for Sydney on the llt-li inst. with
a total of fill emigrants; and on the same day the fine four-
iiuisted iron steamer Duke of Argylo left Gravesend for
Queensland with f.G4 bounty passengers on board.
CITY ECHOES.-
( X , / / Wednesday, Sept. 17.
Though on many accounts money is now working off. the
competition for the best Stock Kxdmngo securities continues.
Tho British Funds move with the rest, and Consols nre being
bought day by day, in spite of the threatened repayment,
bankers and others who are familiar with all the questions at
issue being apparently the principal buyers. The small
investor who is iu C'ousols probably remains in, but lie is not
likely to desire more under present circumstances. His own
municipal stock is much more familiar to him, is quite ns
safe, mid pnys much more. Or he may go to tlie stocks of
the greut colonics, and there select from several which yield
34 to 4 percent. The new 3J per cent issue of Canada cau
still be got lit05 to : and though this seems a relatively high
price, it is to bo^boriie in mind that. Canada stands at the top
of colouinl borrowers, and her position is so improving tliut
even this high price promises to be presently succeeded by yet
higher levels. But the competition for investments is not
confined to Government issues, but extends to most other
classes. Only American railway issues nre nn exception to
this, mid they are further depressed by bad traffic statements
niid continued disclosures as to the finaiuiul condition of the
defaulted companies.
\ Subject to final audit, the revenue of the Grand Trunk
Railway, for the half-year ending June, is telegraphed to be
£433,573 against £511,909, the extra receipts being £81,423
ngninst £51,320. Interest on debenture stock, bonds, and
xeuts takes up £327,177, ns ngurnst £313,822 last year, and
subsidiary lines absorb £73,027 under the various agreements.
'Jllis leaves £114,192 between the Great Western and Grand
Trunk capitals, the former taking £34,258 and the Grand
Trunk £i9,931. This will permit of the first preference
dividend of the Grand Trank being paid iu full, leaving £592
over us compared with £1032 brought in.
In making known that they have determined to pay the
usual interim dividend of 10 per cent per annum, the direc¬
tors of tlie Rio do Janeiro Gas Company, Limited, narrate tho
course of their negotiations with tho Government in regard to
the new tender tor supplying Rio with gas. Nothing is yefc
settled. 'The authorities goon advertising for fresh tenders,
und the company have formally withdrawn their tender.
Tho unfortunntc share and bond holders of the Erie Rail¬
way Company nre asked to once more provide means to put
their nflairs iu order, rind their English representatives not
only think that ns much ns 5,000,000 dols. should be raised for
this purpose, but they have as good ns said that the English
holders of the company’s securities will contribute their
proportion.
It is now nssumed that the yield of corn throughout
Europe this year will a little exceed a good average. A few
of the smaller countries are below, and some are above. Most
of the northern countries hold a good position this year.
Tlie North British Railway dividend of 3J per cent per
annum is the same ns last year. The amount to be carried
forward is £4500. __ T. S.
Tbe salmon net-fishing on the Tweed closed hurt Saturday.
The season was a very nnremuuemtivc one to the lessees of
fishings, as salmon have been scarce, whilst grilse und trout
have been ranch below the average.
In a memoir of Colonel Sir Charles W. Wilson, K.C.M.G.,
C.B., R.E., lately appointed to a high poston Lord Wolseley’s
Staff in Egypt, wo last week referred to his important work in
the topographical survey of Palestine. It should have been
explained that, previously to tlie institution of the Palestine
Exploration Fund, he had gone to Palestine, at the suggestion
of Lady Bardott-Cuutts, but paying his own personal
expenses, and executed a survey of the city of Jerusalem, with
a view to the improvement of its water supply. In the course
of this work, he made some discoveries of arobseological
interest, which led iu the following year to tho foundation of
the Palestine Exploration Fund. Our Portrait of Sir Charles
Wilson was from n photograph by Mr. Lafayette, of Dublin.
MUSIC.
THE 'WORCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
A few remarks remain to be added to our previous notices of
this celebration. Mr. C. n. Lloyd’s new cantatu, “Hero nud
Lenuder” (briefly referred to lost week), was the one absolute
novelty of the occasion. As previously said, the author of tho
words is Mr. F. E. Weatherly, tho subject being the well-
known classic legend. The work consists of two parts, supple¬
mented by un epilogue. Tlie first portion, “ The Feast of
Adonis,” opens with a chorus of people from Abydos,
introduced by a characteristic orchestral prelude, the
whole movement being well sustuiued and highly sug¬
gestive. The next noticeable pieces are the Processional
music and the “ Hymn to Adonis,” in which is some ingenious
reflection of the antique style by the use of the ancient minor
mode. The duet lor Hero and Leander, “1 had u dream of
Love,” is one of the best numbers iu the work, full of melody,
well written for the voices in contrast mid combination. This
piece—udmirubly sung by Miss A.Williams and Mr. Snntloy—
pleased greatly. The music, choral aud otherwise, celebrating
tlie “Return to Abydos,” is geuiul mid characteristic. The
second part of tho cantata is naturally of a more sombre tone.
Leandcr’s air, “The sky is black,” has some good declamatory
vocal passages and some effective orchestral writing; the follow¬
ing scena for Hero, “Oh! loyd, why tamest thout” being very
expressive of grief and despair, but too brief for the import-
mice of the situation. The Epilogue consists of some pleasing
Btruins for chorus nud orchestra, expressive of commiseration
for the fate of the lovers. The recurrence, in several portions
of the cantata, of certain marked phrases associated with special
incidents or sentiments, gives u goodeifectof unity to the whole.
It might have been wished that Air. Lloyd had given more of
development to some of the movements, his work erring rather
on the side of brevity than diffuseness. There is much merit
iu the music—sufficient indeed to justify its repetition in
Loudon, nud its wide acceptance, by choral societies. Miss A.
Williams and Mr. Santley gave full effect, respectively, to all
tho music for the characters of IL-ro and Leander, aud the
performance (conducted by the composer) wus also very
efficient in other respects. " The cantata was received with
greut applause. Itwas preceded undfoliowcd by a miscellaneous
vocal nud instrumental selection, a specialty iu which was Mr.
Can-odus’stiiie performance of tliefirst movomentof Beethoven's
violiu concerto.
Tho next morning’s performance of Cherubini’s grand
mass in D minor included the important feature of Madame
Album’* admirable rendering of tae chief solo soprano music,
as at the previous Worcester Festival, in 1881. Tho other
principal vocalists last week were : Airs. Hutchinson, Ahulame
Enriquez, Mr. B. Newth, aud Mr.Broroton, Air. Dyson having
assisted iu the “ Incuruntus ” for six voices, llaudcl’s over¬
ture to “Esther” opened tho second part of tho morning’s
performance, and Bach’s cantata, “ God so loved the world,”
("Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt ") followed. This work
(which was composed for use at Whitsuntide) contains an
introductory and a final chorus, nn air for soprano and one for
bass. The choruses are iu the grand style of tho old master,
tho last movement being nn especially tine example of fugal
writing. The soprano -air, “My heart ever trusting,” has
long been popular. It was finely sung by AIndnme Albnni.
Tile somewlint dull bass air was carefully rendered by Mr.
Brexotim. Spain’s graceful and melodious—but scarcely
sublime—“Christian’s Prayer,” was effectively given, the
solos by Airs. Hutchinson, Mudnmo Enriquez, Air. B. Newth,
mid Air. Brcreton, and the clay’s programme closed with
Schubert’s “ Song of Miriam,” the soprano part of which was
well sung by Aliss A. Williams. In the evening (also in the
cathedral), “ Elijah ” wus given, having been removed from its
usual position, ut the opening of the Festival, iu favour of
AI. Gounod’s “Redemption.” The principals in “Elijah”
were Madame Albnni, Miss A. Williams, Airs. Hutchinson,
Mesdamcs Futeyaud Enriquez, Air. E. Lloyd, and Air. Santley.
One of the specialties of the week wus the first, perform¬
ance nt Worcester of Herr Dvorak's “Stnbnt Alater,’.’ con¬
ducted by himself. This line work lias been previously spoken
of in reference to its performance ill London, where it was first
produced by the Musical Society of London. The work de¬
rived additional impressiveness from being heard amid the
surroundings of tho magnificent religious temple in which it
was given nt Worcester. The co-opoiution of MudnineAlbnni,
Mudnmu Pntoy, Air. E. Lloyd, nud Air. .Santley secured the
excellent rendi ring of the solo portions, and the orchestral and
choral performances were also worthy of the occasion. The
first part of Aieiidelssoliu’s “St. Paul” followed the “Stabat
Alater” — the soloists having been Aliss A. Wilburns,
AI ai lame Pntoy, Air. E. Lloyd, Air. Santley, Air. Brcreton,
nncl Air. Mil’lwnnl. In the evening, the second nud
last miscellaneous concert took place, with a varied and in¬
teresting vocal aud instrumental programme, n specialty in
which was if err Dvorak’s orchestral symphony iu 1), con¬
ducted by himself. The work is strongly characterised by tho
nationality of the Bohemian composer, especially in the
vigorous und impulsive “Scherzo” with its marked rhythm.
As we have previously commented on the symphony, we need
now only say that it wus finely played by tlie band, it ami its
composer having been enthusiastically received. A selection
of choruses and solos from the second act of Gluck's opera,
“Orffio,” was another prominent item of the programme.
The airs for Orpheus and Lurydice \v< re expressively sang,
respectively, by Aladtime Patoy mid Airs. Hutchinson. In the
general rendering of the selection, however, there were one or
two indications of insufficient rehearsal.
The “Messiah” nt the cathedral In the morning, and a
special closing service there iu the evening, terminated the
Fcstivul yesterday (Friday) week. The soloists iu Handel’s
sublime oratorio were Alndame Albnni, Aliss A. Williams,
Meadames Patoy and Euriquez, Mr. E. Lloyd, Mr. Santley,
aud Air. Brereton.
With the exception of the works directed by their com¬
posers, nud some portions of the evening concerts, tho per¬
formances hnvo been conducted, with careful attention, by
Air. Done, organist of "Worcester Cathedral, who has so
officiated nt past Festivals; Mr. C. L. Williams having assisted
nt tho evening concerts. Air. L. Colbomc presided ably nt
the organ in tho oratorio performances; Air. Blair having so
Officiated at tho services.
The two evening miscellaneous concerts took place in the
new Public Hall which replaced the building burnt down since
the Inst Worcester Festival, held three years ago—this being
a better room for sound, more ample in accommodation, and
more convenient of access than the College Hull where the
concerts used to bo given. The magnificent organ placed ut
one end of the Public Hall is duo mainly to the exertions of
the Rev. Canon Cattiey, who 1ms long exercised great and
vnluablo influence ou the organisation of the festivals, ami to
whom ou this occasion—ns in former instances—special thanks
nre due for facilities and courtesies rendered.
Last week’s celebration was the IClst. meeting of the three
choirs of Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester (held in yearly
alternation at each city), the object of which (ns previously
stated) is the relief of widows and orphans of the poorer clergy
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of the three dioceses by collections made nt the cathedral, nnd
subsequent donations—the receipts for admission to the per¬
formances generally falling below the expenses, the deficit
being made up by the honorary stewards. The collections nt
the cathedral Inst week amounted to upwards of £1(100, and
this sum will doubtless be increased by further donations.
TIIE PLAYHOUSES.
Mr. Augustus Harris deserves to be complimented on the good
taste displayed in the rcdecoration of Drury Lane Theatre,
which, hundsoniely garnished and thoroughly cleaned, was re¬
opened on Thursday night, September the Eleventh, with a grand
revival of the most remarkable sensational drama of modern
times, comprehensively entitled “ The World," by the joint
authors, Mr. Paul Mcritt, Mr. Henryl’ettitt,audMr. Hnrrisliim-
sclf. 1 apprehend the collnboruteurs who laboured and brought
forth this extraordinary ollu podrldu must have scrutinised
the World through spectacles of a very jaundiced hue—say,
through Mr. Justice Hawkins’s, if that severe Moralist und
acute Judge docs wear glasses. Mankind does not appear in
an ngreeuble light in “ The World.” in these days of Dyna-
mItards, however, the blowing-up of a Capo passenger-ship by
an infernal Machine ninv be regarded as a legitimate feature
of an exciting play designed to represent the times we
live in; and a late deplorable story of the castaway crew
of the lost yacht Mignonette lends particular force to
the exceptionally effective Haft scene in “The World.” In
mid-ocean, with only a few plunks between them and the
deep, are seen a group of survivors from the Lily of
the Valley. They are Charles Hartley, otherwise Sir Clement
lluntingford (earnestly iinpeisoimted by Mr. Arthur liners);
a furnished sailor who breathes hit last on the frail raft;
and young Ned Owen, a youth whom Sir Clement saves
from the desperate attacks of the gaunt and pan-lied
Martin Dushford, who would greedily swallow t he few
precious drops of water leit. This raft effect is admir¬
ably managed. As Mr. Lionel Brough, looking in us
n natal connoisseur from “The Unbee” might say, “Just
agony enough; but not too much agony 1 ” It is clear that
general relief is experienced when a ship in full sail
conies in view, ami the flash and report of a signal-
gull tell the castaways that rescue is close at linnd. There
is a hearty and sustained outburst of applause as the
curtain descends on this striking stage picture. With
similar fidelity are reproduced the brilliant Westminster
Aquarium seeue, wherein Mr. Augustus Harris earnestly
delineates the perfidious character of us good-looking a
villain us ever trod the stage, the irreclaimable Harry
lluntingford; the Chloroform situation at the Great
Hotel; the River Be treat und Victory; the rencontre of
the heroine and villuin, with its surprising deuuihneut, at tho
Palace Clinmbers; nnd the guy and glittering Last Dunce
nt the Fancy-Dress Bull strangely chosen for meting out
final justice to all. Enriched with new nnd elaborate
scenery from the clever brush of Mr. Henry Emden; and
produced with n skill worthy the reputation of SIM. Augustus
and Charles Harris, "The World” was sent revolving on what
should be another successful run—a result which will be
materially contributed to by the energetic acting, especially
of the enterprising and industrious Manager himself as Ilarry
Huntingford: of Mr. Arthur Dacre ns the Sir Clement from
whose life “the clouds roll by” at lost; of Mr. It. (J. Carton
in the clearly-cut character of Langley, the scoundrelly
solicitor; of Mr. John Wainwright ns the Diumoud-
Beeker, Martin Bnshford; and of Miss Agnes Thomas,
who tills with marked ability the part of the boy,
Ned Owen. Unfailing laughter greets the droll “gags” of
Mr. Ilarry Jackson us the unscrupulous Moss Jewell; but the
morality and expediency of making an obtrusive comic
character of bo consummate a rascal may be questioned. The
little given to tho ladies to do was creditably performed by
Mfss Marie Illington as Mary Blytho; by Miss Edith Wood-
worth os the resplendent Mabel Huntingford; uml by Alias
Lizzie Claremont as Alias McTub.
The del ightful music of Sir Arthur Sullivan and the fantastic
humour of Mr. W. S. Gilbert again shine to advantage at
the Savoy Theatre. Air. It. D’Oyly Carte on Monday re¬
opened his pleasantly cool playhouse (refreshingly illuminated
by the Electric Light), und reproduced tho sprightly lyric
comedy of “ Princess Ida,” with Afiss Leonora Bmlmm still
seductively bright and captivating iu the leader of the “ sweet
girl graduates”; and with the remaining favourites in their
respective roles: Air. George Grossmith ns grotesque as ever as
the King Gama, who “ can’t tell why ” ; the 6priglitly Alias
Jessie Bond as lively ns of yore us Alelissu, and comely Alias
Kate Chard again full of witchery us Psyche. Alcssrs. ~
Rutland Barrington, Brocy, and Durward Lely fill their
allotted parts with the manliness and humour of old. As u
refined entertainment, in a word, “Princess Idu” remains
uiiupprouclied in the list of London recreations.
Mr. Henry E. Abbey seemingly has a keen eye fot beauty
Not content with re-estnbli.-hing lmndsonie Miss Matty 'Ander¬
son ns a popular favourite at the Lyceum, Mr. Abbey will in
the winter take a lease of the Prince’s Theatre in order to
exhibit the talents und personal clmmisof Airs. Langtry afresh
to London nudiences. This exceedingly attractive lady is
meantime maturing her powers and successfully touring in the
provinces us Miss liardcastle, Lady Teazle, Julia, and Lady
Ormond in " iu Peril.”
The reopening of the Court Theatre by Mr. John Clayton
nnd Air. Arthur Cecil with the Haymurk.-t comedy of "Jicir
Men and Old Acres” wilbclaim notice next week.
Flying visits to the East-End and to the North of London
have disclosed two sturtling melodramas qf an old, old type,
but ever new. The fact that the borrowing vilhuiles iu Mr.
James Willing’s formidable new plnyof “Daybreak” at tlio
refurbished Standard are only dreamt by the sorely-tried
heroine, Aliss Carlotta Addison, detracts from the interest of
the exciting story. Yet is it well worth u trip to Shoreditch
to admire the skill nnd vrahnnilanre with which animated
tableaux of the Derby Day and the Return from Epsom are
placed upon the stage by Mr. John Douglass; nnd to judge of
the naturalness with which Air. Richard Douglass, witli the
touch of a true Artist, renders rural scenes. Furthermore,
“ Daybreak ” is singularly well enac ted by Aliss Amy Stein¬
berg (whose portrayal of n breach-of-promise-seeking widow
is very droll and amusing), by Air. E. Snss, Miss Carlotta
Addison, and Mr. F. Shepherd, a cheery low comedian
extremely popular with tho Standard audience. It is the
realism of the Derby scenes, represented with a Frith-like
power, that will draw people Eustwurd ho, however, to behold
“ Daybreak, ,K s
“ A Ruined Life,” though constructed of familiar materials,
Is a drama of power, indicating that the authors, Mr. Arthur
Goodrich and Mr. J. R. Cranford, possess a considerable
knowledge of stage effect. It is just the kind of piece to suit
tha Grand Theatre, built on the ashes of the Philharmonic,
Islington. In “ A Ruined Life” .sensational episode succeeds
scnsnitnn.il episode with a rapidity which evokes the shrill
uppioyiug whistles of the “gods."* The inevitable babe that
stands between one particular persomige and fortune is stolen,
and left witlia worthy couple named Potts, but only to be reared
to till the office of clerk in the counting-houseof the conscience-
stricken Air. Alountcaahel, the hand of whoso fair daughter
lie eventually wins after triumphing over a sanctimonious
villain, one Milas Wheedle. Brightly mounted, “A Ruined
Lite" is strongly cast, the complex story being admirably
represented by Air. J. H. Clynds, Mr. Goodrich, Air. Crauford,
Air. H. Proctor, Miss Ella Claiborne, Miss T. Lavis, and Air. C.
A. White, among others.
The latest novelty at the Westminster Aquarium, tho
African Eurthmen, will be found well worth seeing; notubly
entertaining being the intelligent pantomime of the sym¬
metrical leader of the troupe. At the adjoining Imperial
Theatre Aliss Ada Ward and Captain Disney Roebuck appear
in “Tho Honeymoon.”
It will be seen that the Town offers enough to pick and
choose from in the way of dramatic faro, iu all conscience.
_ G. A. S.
THE VOYAGE TO MONTREAL.
The seven or eight hundred members of the British Association
for the Advancement of Science, who crossed the Atlantic to
attend the Congress of that learned society iu the great
commercial city of Canada, enjoyed in most instances a
delightful voyage. We have to thauk Air. Richard H. Watt,
of Bowdon, near Manchester, a passenger on board the steam¬
ship Oregou, of the Dominion Line, for a series of Sketches
which will be acceptable to many of our reuders. The common
incidents of the summer route from Liverpool, round the
North of Ireland, directly across the oceau and through the
Straits of Belleisle, which divide Newfoundland from Labrador,
theuce up the Gulf of St. Lawrence nnd the noble river
of that name, to Quebec and Montreal, arc familiarly knowu
to a great number of travelled Englishmen who huve chosen to
visit the nearest nnd greatest oi British Colonies. Our cor¬
respondent had the opportunity of introducing some figures
and scenes more espcciuUy characteristic of this particular
occasion; for there were, among his fellow-passengers, several
learned Professors, and other accomplished persons, who
kindly delivered lectures and addresses in the saloon, aud the
audiences gathered to hear them had quite ns good u time os
in lounging on deck or playing the ordiumy games that
beguile hours and days at sea. Dr. Robert Ball, F.R.8., the
Royul Astronomer for Ireland, Professor Williumson, F.K.S.,
of Dublin University, Air. T. Rupert Jones, F.K.S., the geolo-
f ist, Air. E. Ravenstcin, of the Royal Geographical Society,
>r. Anthony Traill, of Dublin, Mr. David Chadwick. M.P.,
and other gentlemen, contributed in this way to the intel¬
lectual entertainment of those on board, all being freely
admitted. The Oregon left the Mersey on Thursday, the 14th
ult., at three o’clock iu the afternoon, about the sums t ime as
the Polynesian, of the Allan Line of steam-skips, and they
were in sight of each other three or four days. Khe put in nt
Belfast Lough very early in the morning, on Friday, aud lay
there till luilf-pant uiue, receiving the mails from shore by the
tender. The mails for the Allan steam-ships ore put on board
at Aloville, iu Lough Foyle, near Londonderry. The Poly¬
nesian, which hud been last seen off the Calf of Aiau, five hours
after leaving tins Aleraey together, again came in sight on
Saturday evening, beyond the north-west const of Ireland, but
was lost to view u day or two later. There was a strong
westerly wind, and a rather high sea; the weather iu general
was cloudy. The course after leaving Ireland was to north¬
west for three days, and rather south-west afterwards. The
passengers, including scientific philosophers und reverend
divines, condescended to divert themselves with “shufile-
bonixl" nnd “ hopscotch,” to the delight of their little
girls, and of sensible elder ladies. A line Aurora Borealis
was seen on the night of the 20th, uud icebergs to the
north on the following day, when the ship was approaching
the North American Continent. The portrait of Captain
Williams, commander of the Oregon, was sketched os lie
stood on the bridge und proclaimed that icebergs were in
sight. On Friduy eyeniug, the 22nd, six duya ufter quitting
Liverpool, they entered the Straits of Belleisle, having the
island of that name, uud the opposite coast of NewfouudTund,
in sight before dark. The Atlantic is thus easily crossed in
less than a week. The lectures delivered had beeu on
“Electric Railways,” by Dr. Traill, with exhibition of
model engiu-s and cars; “Reminiscences of the House
of Commons,” by Air. D. Chudwick, AI.P.; “Recent
Exploration iu Africa," by Mr. Kuvenstein; “Geology,
puiticulnrly that of Chalk,” by Air. Rupert Jones; and
“ The Corridors of Time,” by Professor Bull, Royal As¬
tronomer, of Dublin. On Sunday, the 24th, religious service
w.is performed in the steerage by the Rev. Dr. Pott, of
Moiitreul. The passage up the St. Lawrence to Quebec, after
passing the promontory of Gaspe ou the southern shore of the
Gulf, presented a succession of flue views; and that of the
town uud grand old citadel, high ou its fortified cliff, over¬
looking the port und tho majestic river, can never fail to
interest a visitor from Great Britain. The Fulls of Mont¬
morency, a short distance from Quebec, are seen from the
passing ship, but are worthy of a closer inspection. On
leaving the Oregon at Quebec, on the evening of the 24th. au
address was presented to Captain Williams, signed by eighty
of the passengers, acknowledging his courtesy and kindness,
nnd expressing their confidence in his skill, and their satis¬
faction with everything ou bourd the ship. Aloutreal, which
our correspondent reuched two or three days later, is not only
n flourishing but nlso an interesting city ^ and its situation,
with the tine wooded hill rising behind it, and the broad
expanse of water iu front, is remarkable to view. The members
of the British Association were soon mode to feel themselves
quite ut home in Almitrcal, as much us in any provincial town
of the United Kingdom.
The Lord ALiyor has opened a fund at the Aransion House
for the benefit of the sufferers in Naples.
Tuesday’s Gazette contuius the text of the treaty for the
suppression of the African aluve trade, concluded between her
Alajesty and the King of Abyssinia.
A large deputation waited upon the Huddersfield Town
Council on Tuesday, nnd reauested the members to put into
operation the powers of the Public Free Libraries Act. The
Alayor read n letter from Air. Joseph Croslaad, borough
magistrate nnd chairman of the Huddersfield Banking Com¬
pany, offering to give £5000 towards the cost, provided the
remainder was raised by subscription. The deputation esti¬
mated that the total cost would be £0000.
Last Saturday afternoon the Alnyor of Bradford, in the
presence of the Corporation, opened the Bmdford-moor
recreation-grounds, which had been dedicated to the use of
the public by the town council. An estate consisting of forty-
eight acres of moorland having been bought nt a cost of
£10,000 by the Corporation, an excellent site, comprising one
third of the whole, has been laid out as pleasure-grounds,
£8U00 being spent in the ornamentation of the land, the
formation of lawns for tennis, football, cricket, and other
outdoor games.
THE COURT.
Yesterday week the Crown Princess of Germany, Princess
Royul of Great Britain und Ireland, and Princess Victoria of
Prussia took leave of the Queen ut Balmoral. Her Majesty
walked out with Princess Beatrice in the morning, aud
drove with her Royal Highness, intended by the Countess of
Erroll, in the afternoon. On Saturday afternoon her Majesty,
accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove out on the Glcn-
cluuie road by Auchnlletcr Farm to Fraser’s Brig. Tho Chime
was crossed here to the north side, along which the carnage pro¬
ceeded to Coldroch Form, where the Royal party partook of fen,
ufterwhich the Queen engaged in sketching for tho best purtol un
hour. Braenmrwas reached on thehome journey at lialt-piwtsix.
The Queen’s dinuer party included the Princess of Wules and
Prince Albert Victor, as well ns the Duke of Richmond and
Gordon, and Principal Tullocli, who both urrived nt the
castle in the afternoon on a visit to her Alajestv. Divine
service was conducted ut Balmoral Castle ou Sunday by tho
Rev. Principal Tultoch, iu the presence of the Queen, Princess
Beatrice, and the Royal household. The Duke ami Duchess
of Edinburgh, with Prince Alfred and Princesses Alurio,
Victoria, and Meliia, visited the Queen anil remained to
luncheon. The Duke of Richmond and Gordon, K.G., and
the Rev. Principal Tulloch had tho honour of dining with her
Alajesty. On Monday in&ming tho Queen walked out with
Princess Beatrice. In the, afternoon her Majesty drove,
attended by the Dowager Alurchioucss of Ely and tho Hon.
Frederica Fitzroy. PrhidesH Beatrice rode, attended by Miss
Bauer. The Duke of Richmond uud Gordon, K.G., tho Ver/
Rev. Principal TulLoe,h, I).D., and General Lynedoch Gardiner,
left the jcustle. The Duchess of Albany, with her two children,
arrived at Balmoral on Tuesday afternoon. Her Royal
Highness was aecouipnuied by Princess Christian, and was
met at Builuter by Princess Beatrice. The Grand Duke ot
Hesse and his daughter Princess Irene have also arrived at
Balmoral on * visit lo the Queen.
The Qu6eu has seut a telegram to Queen Margaret, nt
Alonzu, expressing lier sorrow and sympathy at the outbreak
Jtt cholera in Naples, and licr hopes for its speedy ubatement.
The Crown Princess of Germany and the Priuccss Victoria
of Prussia yesterday week visited the principal sights in Edin¬
burgh: In the morning their Royal Highnesses inspected tho
I.o:ui Exhibition of Scottish Nutionul Portraits, afterwards
visiting Holy rood Pal nee, the Royal Infirmary, and St. Giles’
Cathedral. On their returning to the Balmoral Hotel, tho
Lord Provost, Sir George Harrison, had the honour of iui
interview. Their Royal Highnesses subsequently drove to the
castle and the Forestry Exhibition, uud lelt for Loudou by the
9.10 p.m. train. The Oennun Crown Princess and Princess
Victoria, with their suite, left England lust Saturday for
Diisseldorff, crossing from Shecrucss to Flushing. Princesses
Sophia und Alavgaret of Prussia will remum ut Osborne until
about the 26th inst.
The Prince of Wales on Monday morning left Dupplin
Castle, where lie had been the guest of the Eurl and Countess
of Dudley since Saturduy. He drove from the Castle to
Perth, where lie took the train for Aberdeen. A large crowd
had assembled at the station, nnd the Prince was heartily
cheered. Ballnter was reached about five o’clock, and the
Prince nt once entered a waggonette nnd drove off. The
weather whs line, and u pleasant drive wus experienced to
Abergeldie, which was reached at six. Prince George of Wales
is pursuing his studies at Greenwich College.
Vice-Admiral the Duke of Edinburgh joined the Duchess
at Birklmll lust week.
The Duke of Connaught, who has passed nn examination
iu Hindustani, will return to England next April.
Sir Peter Bra'flu Ameni, G.C.AI.G., the Greek Minister to
England, died on Alonday. His Excellency had represented
Greece iu Loudou since the spring of 1882.
FA8III0NAJJLE MARRIAGES.
The marriage of Sir George Dallas, Bart., with Aliss
Felice Mary Welby, eldest daughter of the Rev. Georga
Eurle Welby, wus solemnised on Wednesday at the parish
church of Bnrrowby, Lincolnshire, the Bishop of Not¬
tingham und tlie Rev. AI. E. Welby officiating. The bride
wore u dress of white satin duchesse, handsomely trimmed
with old Flemish point luce aud pearls, white tulle veil
with a tiara of diamonds, and looped up with two diamond *
Stars, and round her throat a necklace of pearls with beautiful
diuuiond pendunt. She turned a bouquet of the choicest
flowers, her train being borne by two pages, the Earl of
Cottenliain und the Hon. Everurd Pepys, nephews of the
bridegroom, dressed in pale blue satin and plusn suits of the
date of Queen Elizabeth. The bridesmaids (Aims Emily
Welby, Aliss Ethel Law, Miss Welby, Miss Dent, Lady Evelyn
Bertie, Aliss L. Welby, Lady Airy Pepys, aud Miss Adeune
Pelham) wore white striped satin bodices and white muslin
skirts covered with Valenciennes lace, relieved with pale-blue
velvet bows. They wore veils and blue feuthers on their heads.
Each bridesmaid wore a diamond swallow brooch, ami carried
bouquets of tea roses, gardenias, and forget-me-nots, the gifts
of the bridegroom. Tho best man was Colonel Francis Towry
Adeune Law, O.B.
Sir William Grenville Williams, Bart., of Bodelwyddnn and
Pcngwem, Flintshire, wus married to Miss Ellinor Harriet
Hurt Sitwell, only daughter of Mr. Willoughby Hurt Sitwell,
of F’erney Hall, Shropshire, at St. George’s Church, Uanover-
•quare, lust Tuesday. The Earl of Powia, the Dean of Here¬
ford, Sir Watkiu und Lady Williams Wynn and niuny other
friends were present.
Mr. Robert J. Foster, of Harrowins, near Queensberry,
Yorkshire, was married to the Hon. Evelvn Augusta Bateman -
Honbury, second daughter of Lord Bateman, on Tuesday
afternoon, by special license, at St. Peter’s Church, Euton-
squnre, in tlie presence of many relatives und friends of both
families—among them being the Marchioness of Donegall and
Lady Dorcas Chichester, Earl Beauchamp, Earl and Countess
Stanhope, the Earl ot Powia, the Countess of Norbury nnd
Ladies Gralmui Toler, Viscountess Massareene and Ferrari!,
and the Hon. Airs. Skeflliigton, Lord uud Lady Northwick,
Lord and Lady Edward Churchill, and the Hon. Robert and
Mrs. Lawley.
Charing-cross railway bridge is to be widened, nnd at low-
wnter ou the 11th inst. the first cylinder was placed iu position.
The inaugural performance of the Moore and Burgess
Minstrels’ twentieth consecutive year at St. James’s Hall in
one continuous season was given on Thursday evening, when
an entirely new eutertaimneut was presented. This company’s
performances, n pleasant medley of drollery and pathos, con¬
tinue to draw crowded audiences. During tho Health
Exhibition there are special attractions.
The North Loudou Alusicul Society—now in course of
formation—promises to exercise a beneficial influence in its
locality, its present temporary address being Jeunor-road,
Stoke Newington. The institution proposes to give concerts,
with the co-operation of a choir and a string bond; free tuition
to students of special talent; prize competitions and foundation
scholarships being umoug the objects of the society.
272 — TIIE ILLUSTRATED
XEWS, Sbpt. 20, 1884.— 273
)N
Pi mirmninft wr, Puffin Island, and Anglesey.
Belfast Lough—Tender Returning to Belfast.
The Last of ’'Quid Ireland’ 1 —A Dirty Sea.
Captain William*
Commanding s.s. Oregon.
A Lecture on "Electric Railways.
Iceberg: latitude 61 deg. 8 min. N., longitude 62deg. 62 min. W.
View of tl:e 0
a*P>'. Gn f of St Iawrrr.ee.
Pilot Cutter on the 8t, Lawrence.
The Astronomer Royal
of Ireland.
A Philosopher.
Geologist Lecturing on a Piece of Chalk.
Kerent Exploration in Africa.'
Quebec—8.30p.m., Sunduy, Aug. 24.
Southern Shore of the St. Iawn-ncc, opposite Bic Island.
SKETCHES OF THE VOYAGE OUT.
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT
Porpoises.
The Aurora Borealis, 0.30 p.m., Aug. 20.
Latitude 61 deg. 23 min. N.; longitude 41 deg. 40 min. W.
Belle Isle—Straits of Belle Isle.
274
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
SEPT. 20, 1834
THE RECESS.
Party argument on the County Franchise Bill lws not advanced
a single stage further. Quitting the Hurl of Fife's hospitable
seat at New .Mur Lodgo on Monday for Hnddo House, Hr.
Gludstoue was the recipient of fresh manifestations of
Scottish enthusiasm ut each stopping-place. The Prime
Minister became the guest of the Earl of Aberdeen;
mid was on Wednesday agreeably made aware that
in the cordial demonstrativeness of its Liberalism Aberdeen
equals the fervour of Edinburgh. The Prime Minister's
passage through the thronged streets of Aberdeen was a truly
triumphal progress. The keynote of nil the Premier’s utter¬
ance!* was struck on Monday, when, speaking from his carriage
window in answer to the Address presented by the Lord
Provost of Aberdeen, the right lion, geutlemuu concluded a
brief speech by saying:—
Well. I wish to say, my Lord Provost, before you and your fellow-ritixen*.
that the marks of th*t etUluuUiiu have been still more abntid mt and still
more undeu.uble during the weeks that I have now epen' in Scotland than
they w*?re lu 1871# (Cheers). I know it very woil to be the caie that,
happening to be, however inadequately and unworthily, the head of the
Queen’s Government, 1 am naturadr token as the symbol of a great cause.
It is the cause which excites your interest, and which, beaeve me, excites
mine (Hear, hear, nnd renewed cheer* I. I may not have a great deal
of strength or a great deal of time yet left to me, but until that great cause
is disposed of, my strength and my time, whatever they may be, are at your
service (Cheers).
Sir Stafford North cote on Monday gallantly opened hit
Midlothian campaign in Edinburgh. The Leader of the
Opposition in the Commons wits warmly welcomed by the
Conservatives of the county, and loyally greeted at the Con¬
servative Club. At the inevitable luncheon, Sir Stafford
N’orthcote repudiated the notion flint the Murquifl of Salisbury
was chiefly responsible for the Conservative antagonism to a
Franchise measure unaccompanied by a Redistribution bill.
The Conservative leaders us a body shared the responsibility,
mid concurred in the justice and expediency of the
stand made by the majority of the House of Lords. Such
has been the argutneut which Sir Stafford Xortheote
lias repeated at sub icqueut Midlothian meetings, lie main¬
tained his opinion at Hopetouu House, oil Tuesday, when a
considerable number of Conservative addresses of confidence
were received and acknowledged by him. In the evening the
right lion. Baronet still stood by the Franchise Bill and Redis¬
tribution measure coupled; but lie concluded by attacking
fclio Government for their alleged failures in Egypt and South
Africa. While the Earl of Carnarvon was earnestly speaking in
the same strain on Saturday at a Conservative gathering
in Ilcdsor Park, near Maidenhead, Mr. Bradlnugh was at a
large meeting in Victoria Park, defending the Franchise Bill
and attacking the Lords.
After this stormy Recess, it will be a relief when Par¬
liament reassembles, on Oct. 23, “lor the dispatch of divers
urgent and important affairs.”
Lord Winmarleigh yesterday week opened ft home for
friendless girls ut Croston, near Ormskirk, erected by the
Indies of 1’reston, and observed on the work ladies might do
for the Church, eulogising the Countess of Lathorn and Lady
Louisa Cavendish for their work for the good of their flex.
In the presence of a large number of spectators at Lydd
Camp, ucnr Dover, yesterday week, and at a special parade of
the troops, Sergeant Howell, of the York and Lancaster
Regiment, was presented with a medal for distinguished
bravery in the field at the buttle of Tainai.
It is announced in the Gazette that the petitiou of the lion.
William E. Sackville West and others, praying for the gruut
of a charter incorporating a college for North Wales, and that
the site of such college may be ut Bangor, will be taken iuto
consideration by u Committee of the Lords of the Council.
The awards of the International Forestry Exhibition,
Edinburgh, were issued last week. In the British section, her
Majesty has received a first-class gold medal for a model of
Balmoral summer - house, composed of Scotch firs. Great
Britain has received nine first-class gold medals, British
Guiuuu one, India one, Japan one, and the United .States one.
Chester Castle Prison was closed last Saturday by order of
the Home Secretary to civil prisoners ; and all the remaining
convicts were removed to Kuutsford. The castle now remains in
exclusive possession of the military authorities as an establish¬
ment for military prisoners. The whole of the stuff of officers
and warders have received appointments at other jails.
Last Saturday what has been truly the most active and
useful season the Volunteer force has known since its inaugri*
ration came to n close, when the Inst of the regiments which
have been under canvas during the year marched out of its
lines at Scarborough, that corps being the 4th West Yorkshire
Artillery, whose head-quarters are at Sheffield.
The street collection in behalf of the metropolitan medical
charities, which took place on Saturday week, is now ascer¬
tained to have realised nearly £2801), notwithstanding the wet
weather, against £2300 collected on the preceding Hospital
Saturday. The workshop collection—the Hospital Saturday
Fund’s main source of income — is likely to^produce much
more this year than it did lust year, when the tptdl wfts £7482.
The lluest Fisheries Exhibition held in the provinces was
brought to a close at Penzance lust Saturday evening by the
High Sheriff of Cornwall. It was arranged to benefit the
fishing centre of Newlyn, which sadly needs a harbour. The
success of the displny was great, and nearly £1000 was realised
as clear profit over the West Cornwall .Fisheries Exhibition.
A long list of diplomas was anuoqheed on Saturday evening.
The present week is one of gre.it interest to Welshmen in
various parts of the kingdom by reason Of the “ Royal National
Eisteddfod,” held in Liverpool. The meetings began last
Monday and euded on Saturday, the locale of the principal
events being the North Hayniarket,wlrich was elaborately
arranged as a pavilion. Simultaneously meetings have been
held every day at the Townhnll, under the auspices of the
Cymmrodorion Society. Mr. Iienry Richard, M.P., gave the
opening address to this society on Monday, his subject being
the relations of Wales to England; and the first Eisteddfod
concert took place in the evening, under the presidency of
Alderman Samuelsoh.
The twenty-eighth meeting of the National Association for
the Promotion of Social Science, with which is united the
Society for Promotjng^the Amendment of the Law, was
opened in Birmingham on Wednesday, the sittings being held
daily for a week. The proceedings were inaugurated by a
special serviefe at St. Martin’s Church and a sermon by the
Dean of Worcester^ 1 and the Right Hon. G. J. Shaw-Leferre,
the president, gave the inaugural address iu the evening.
The addresses of subsequent days were given by Mr. West-
luke. Q.C., Mr. Oscar Browning, the Right Hon. A. J. Bercs-
ford-Hope, M l*., Viscount Lymington, and Dr. Xorinnn
Clievers, respectively. The business of the congress was
relieved, and opportunities afforded for mutual intercourse
among its members, by two conversazioni given, one by the
Mayor, and the other by the reception committee; in addition
to which excursions have been arranged to pluces and objects
of interest within the neighbourhood.
NEW BOOKS.
In military matters the hegemony ut present belongs, by right
of the custom which regulates precedence among nations, to
the Germans, because they were the lust to win great victories
in Europe; and that fact gives additional interest mid im¬
portance to The Jlattle-jkliU of tier many : by Colonel G. B.
Altilleson, C.8.I. (W. II. Allen and Co.), a volume which, in
any case, would be wonderfully interesting and important.
And let nobody suppose that the author has been vain enough
to think that even lie, with nil his careful study, power of
apprehension, faculty of discrimination, lucidity of arrange¬
ment, comprehensiveness of grasp, mid gift of condensation,
could compress iulo a single volume, however economically
mauuged—if, at uny rate, it were to be of wieldy and
portable size—even the most meagre account of all the
battle-fields of Germany. The present volume, of course, is
only an instalment, to be followed, let us hope, by other
volumes equally instructive, equally attractive, equally valu¬
able ; and valuable above nil, one would think, to the young
and—for that matter—to tlie old student of wax and warlike
achievements, to whom the various maps and the one plan (of
the battle of Blenheim) will be of more significance and
assistance than even to tlie unprofessional reader. The author
commences this volume with the outbreak of the “Thirty
Years’ War," and ends it with the “Battle of Blenheim.”
The other chief battles which he lms occasion to describe are
Breitcnfeld (better known to Englishmen as Leipzig, but not
to be confounded, of course, with Napoleon’s buttle of Leipzig,
nearly two centuries later) in.1631, the river I^ech, Liitzen,Niird-
liiigcu, Jimkowitz, Tuttlingen mid Freiburg (in the Breisgan),
Mergentheim, Allcrsheim, Zusmnrsliauseii, and Prague, the
pass of Fehrbellin, and Vienna, of which Prague, again, must
not be confounded with soother and later battle of the same
name, which lias caused many a dweller in town and country
to regret the existence among civilised peoples of such nu
instrument as the pianoforte. The affair described in this
volume is the defence of Prague, under the direction of Don
.Tuurez Conti, against the attacks of the Swedes, under Prince
Charles Gustavus : und a gallant, a desperate, and a suc¬
cessful defence it was. The promiucut figures in the dramatic
events recorded are among the most romantic and heroic of
history; und renders will undoubtedly throng to this work to
have their memory refreshed concerning Gustavus Adolphus
and Wallenstein, Piccolomini nud Banner, Vou Rmizuu,
Turenne, Oond6, Mercy, John Sobieski, Prince Engine, and
Mail bo rough. The author makes one curious little mistake,
natural enough and common enough among ordinary writers,
but scarcely to lie expected in the present case: lie mentions,
at p. 187, " the daring of Quintus (etc) Cnrtlus,” meaning, 6f
course, Marcus. Quintus was the historian, who lived some
centuries after the other. Not but wlmt some historians are
very during indeed—more during, perhaps, tliun even the
fabulous M. Curtins.
Such apprehensions of possible profanity ns may bei excited
by the title of The Region of the Eternal iFire, by Clun ks Marvin
(W. II. Allen and Co.), arc entirely baseless; nor is there any
ground for niitieiputing, whether with pleasure or pain, a
theological discourse of a kind that need* not to be more
particularly specified. The huge volume, with its mass of
information and its liberal supply of illustrations, denis
chiefly with that wonderful region where “petroleum gas has
flared for countless ages, arresting the attention of navigators
at sea, us well us of people travelling by Caravan on laud, by
its lurid glare nt night.” The mit.h6tL.tcU8 of tlie buy of Buku
mid the peninsula of Apsheron ; tlmtpeninsulawhich jut9ont
far into the Caspian and~on which brims an “. eternal Are,”
the object, it is believed, of devotion among the superstitious
natives of tlie neighbourhood, “ even before the worship of lire
became the religion of the Persians.” To Baku Hocked the
fire-worshippers of India iii the days of Jones Hauwny (who
probably guve the name to liiuiway-yard, or IIumvny-street.
Oxford-street), and they “had a tradition that the Eternal
Fire had flamed ever since the Flood, and that it would Inst to
the end of the world.” But it was with more practical and
busim-ss-like views than those held by the fire-worshippers
that the author, whose “letters about the Oil Foun¬
tain? at Baku” had attracted much attention and
excited deep interest when they nppeared iu the Morn¬
ing Pott Inst year;/ set out “to investigate more fully the
petroleum industry.” The result of his investigations appends
to two different classes of readers ; to those who are connected
with the petroleum trade, and may find his collection of
statistical and other data extremely useful, nml to those who,
having a political turn of mind, are desirous of knowing” what
Russiais doing iu the Caspian,’’ and may therefore share the
profound interest which tlie author feels iu “ the kerosiue
factor of the Central Asian problem.” For the author, ns
everybody must know by this time, is nothing if not political,
keeps u sleepless eye on tlie movements of Russia, nud ceases
not to cry aloud, like Wisdom at the comers of the streets—
and to about us much purpose—warning our Government and
our statesmen of tlieduuger that threatens our Indian Empire.
If “the brightest jewel of the British Crown,” us Calais was
called in the days of “ Bloody ” Alary, and as India is called
to-day, be lostto ns, it will not be because Mr. Charles Marvin lias
kept silence, has hidden his light under a bushel, or has failed
to have his books brought to tlie notice of the public. There
is a third class of readers, however, for whom, apparently, he
has not written, and who, nevertheless, are more likely than
any other to be delighted with his present volume; and that
is made up of those countless readers who, having no connection
with the petroleum trade, caring nothing for it ns a menus of
making a livelihood and of accumulating wealth, and being
perfect Galhos as regards the Central Asinn question and the
encroachments of Russia, will admit with gratitude, if they nre
wise enough to read liis book, that they have seldom, if ever,
expended tlie comparatively short time required for a perusal
of the work to such excelleut purpose, whether they look for
information, or entertainment, or the gratification to be
derived from the contemplation of wliut is both novel and
marvellous.
The late Blanchard Jerrold was probably ns familiar with
French social life und witli the political life of France as nny
man of his time. His daughters have now published, in two
volumes. At Home in I’arie (Allen and Co.), the pages of which
were in type at tlie moment of the author's death. Mr.
Blanchard Jerrold’s style is not without point and piquancy.
He sees tilings vividly, and describes them incisively. His
book is the outcome of varied knowledge, and of nu experience
few Englishmen possess. The more the reader is familiar
with tlie period of the Second Empire, and with the journal¬
ism it called forth, the better will lie appreciate these lively
sketches. An ignoble coquetting with vice, a love of the
bizarre and horrible, and a strain of cruelty often go lmiul in
hand, and were to be seen in the journalists and feuillctnn
writers of the period. Uiider the date of 18(58, Mr. Jerrold
wrote:—“The pitiless French literature, of which I have been
a constant reader for some years past, says this—that 1m
whose business is amusement inny gather the materials of
his trade in the felon's cell and at the grave of disgrace.
The clown is to grin through the widow’s cap; the
harlequin 9laps the back of age with his bat and shivers it
over the busy grave-digger; ” and the writer points out how
brutally this aspect of the French character was displayed
when Napoleon was ill ut Sc. Cloud. His symptoms were
described and gloated and the number of hours counted
which the Liberal journalists supposed he lmd yet to live.
License like tlmt eejoyed by the renders of the Ruppcl would
not be tolerated in England; bat when Mr. Jerrold adds that
the French chroniqueur is not restrained by a spark of
delicacy, while we in England nre—well, much better than
our neighbours—oue hopes it may be true, while remeinboring
that when Mr. Jen-old wrote, the “interviewer” had not been
invented. Of'OTlo great jomualists of France the author has,
of course, only words of praise; and the paper on l’revost-
Pnmdul, which touches on the different position of men of
letters in Loudon and in Paris, is especially worthy of
attention. The second volume, dedicated to a single
topic of the highest social interest, is entitled, rather
awkwardly, we think, “The Art of Alms in Franco.”
The author’s investigation into ibis subject was most
elaborate, and hr* statements show that many lessous
might bu learnt fit England from the French method
of poor relief. Mr. Jerrold’s plan was on extensive oue, and
in the service of poor law reform it was his wish to investigate
the principles and practices of the chief European .States. At
first lie met with the approval of some members of the
Government, end he was assisted by the subscriptions both of
Conservatives und Liberals. But somehow the plan could
only be partially curried out; and Mr. Jerrold observes, it is
to be hoped erroneously, that it is the policy of our statesmen
to avoid such n laying bare of sociul sores ns thqt on which he
was bent, «ud to “hide the truth iu regard to tlie working
poor.” We should be inclined, ou the contrary, to say that
the condition of the poor is the foremost question of the day.
It has been said tlmt it is a considerable test of the novelist’s
art if lie can write a short story well. We are not Bure that
this is true, but if it be, Airs. Craik’s Mite Tommy, a Mediavul
Romance (Macmillan and Co.), deserves no slight meed of praise.
The delightful old maid who gives a mime to the tale lost her
heart in early youth, without his knowing it, to a certain Major
Gordon, who went to India, married foolishly, and, having lost
his wife and fortune, returned to Englund iu the autumn of
his days. Miss Tommy’s tender womanly heart yearns over
the poor poverty-stricken soldier with tlie fidelity of a nature
that, having once loved, loves on to the end. 8ho is wealthy',
and would gludly give the Major hulf her substance; but lie is
as proud as he is poor, and not until he is threatened with
blindness is she ublc to minister to him as she wishes. There
comes a day when Miss Tommy is taken ill, and in the prospect
of death she sends for Gordon, and in this supreme moment
the secret of her life is revealed. After an affectionate con¬
versation between the two she tells him he must go. "* Pre¬
sently. One word. You are not so very ill? You will try to
get better?’ ‘Oil, yes, I will try,’ speaking in the soothing
tone which one uses to a child, not uuneeded, lie being utterly
unmanned. ‘Good-bye, then, just for to-day,’ he muttered,
* Good-bye.’ And lifting her hand, lie would have kissed it, but
she drew him nearer to her, and putting both her arms round,
his neck with unutterable tenderness, she kissed him on the fore¬
head und on the poor blind eyes. ‘All my life! nil my life!' she
murmured, with a smothered passion almost like that of youth.
They kissed one another, once more, solemnly nml lingeringly,
ns if for un eternul farewell, and then I led him out of the
room.” The narrator of the story has a romance of her own,
being in love with the Major’s nephew, who, when the book
opens, is dispatched to Iudia for three years to be out of
her way. The two remain faithful, however; the lieutenant
returns to Englaud a colonel; aud, thanks to the most generous
of old maids, is ut once able to marry Deciinn Murray. It is
as a happy matron with a troop of boys around her that the
render makes the acquaiutuncc of Deciinn, but it is needless
to say that her family interests nre quite subordinate to the
interests of Alisa Tommy and her beloved Major, who will
remind the reader of one of the finest characters in fiction.
Colonel Neivcome. Airs. Cmik has, we believe, a large ac¬
quaintance with English literature, yet, Btrange to eoy,
Steele’s famous oulogtum of Lady Elizabeth Hustings, “ to
love her is a liberal education,” is ulluded to os referring to
the Countess of Pembroke.
Orders have been issued from the Horse Guards that in
future all officers of cavalry, artillery, and infantry are to be
put through u practical course of field sketching aud recon¬
naissance during the winter months.
Field maufEuvrcs were carried out on the Fox Hills on the
llth inst. by the troops forming the Aldershott division. The
opposing and defending forces were commanded respectively
by Colonel llazkrigg, R.H.A., and Lieut.-Colonel Alolyueux.
Alderman Sir Robert Ciirdnn, ALP., who recently occupied
a seat on Urn beuch in the Kingstou-on-TInunes County Court,
condemned the practice, which lie observed there, of ad¬
ministering the oath to a lady wliilo she wore her gloves.
Tlie harvest home of the Philanthropic Society’s Form
School nt liodliill took place last week. The Archdeacon of
Kt. Albans preached at the thanksgiving service. Sports were
aiterwnrds engaged in, and the aiiuuul supper followed.
The winter session of the Charterliouse Science and Art
Schools and Literary Institute, the largest science and art
school in the United Kingdom, will begin next Saturday,
under the presidency of the Rev. Iienry Swann, ALA.
The arrivals of live stock nud fresh meat nt Liverpool
during the past week from American nml Canadian ports
amounted to 320 cuttle, 513 sheep, 0085 quarters of beef, and
3^0 carcases of wuttou. •
At the annual meeting of the Justices of Lancashire, held
at the Countv Hull, Preston, on tlie llth inst., the report
of the General Finance Committee of the county showed the
revaluation of lamcnsliire for new rate basis hud put the total
value up to almost £3,000,000.
At Exeter yesterday week the presentation of n silver salver,
n diamond locket, ami one hundred sovereigns was nindo to
Air. and Mrs. William D'Urbnn by the Mayor, in recognition of
their services in connection with the Albert Memorial Museum.
Air. D’Urbnn has been curator for twenty-two years.
The celebration on the English estates of the coming of
age of Viscount Clifden took place on the 11 tit inst., nt
Holdenbv House. The tenantry from Buckinghamshire and
Oxfordshire travelled down to Northamptonshire. Au address
und two silver vnses were presented to his Lordship.
One of the galleries in the British Aluseuin, formerly
occupied by specimens of iiiiimnmlia, has been thrown open to
the public, nud exhibits a series of inediteval nml more recent
antiquities, comprising enamels, carvings in ivory, arms nud
armour, a considerable number of ancient clocks mid watches,
and some interesting relics of our Kings and Queens.
An application was recently made to Mr. Justice Wills to
appoint a testamentary guardian to the Duke of Newcastle.
Airs. Hope, the Duka's paternal grandmother, who died ►nine
months since, in France, lmd left him nil her property, and it
was necessary that a testamentary guard in ii slimd iqipL to
the French courts. The Duke ol Hamilton was iippaiiii* •!.
SEPT. 20, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
275
PARISIAN SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
(From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 16.
Every year the Tuns season seems to begin later and later, and
people continue longer tlieir economical sojourn away Irom
Paris *• It is on account of tlie Krueli," say the wiseacres;
•• we have not got heard the last of the Union Genemlo
And developing this theme, the wiseacres will cite in proof the
rareness of dinner parties, the want of splendour in the equipages
of Paris, the fashionableness of cheap woollen stnils for ladies
costumes, and the general diminution of luxury during the
past two years, ns manifested in u score minor details. All this
is true to a certain extent: trade is bad ; 1 avis is dull;
and events of interest are rare. About the Chinese war, you
know more in England than we kuow here. At n Cabinet
Council held on Saturday, M. Ferry informed lus colleagues
that China lmd not declared war upon Frunce, and that the
famous it at dc represaillei therefore still existed, lhe Council
adjourned until Sept. 23, and so, for tho present, the idea of
convoking the Chambers before tho date alrwdy fixed
namely, Oct. 15—lias been abandoned.
On Sunday a fOte was hold in the garden of the Tuileries
for the benefit of the victims of the cholera in tho South. One
of the novel features of this fete was an international pigeou-
llying match. Some fifty thousand birds were let loose in tho
course of tho day. Since the siege of Paris the carrier-pigeon
lias been almost a sacred bird lor tho Parisians, reminding
them of their hopes and fears in 1870-1, and of the precious
nows contained in microscopic letters tied to a pigeon s wing.
A writer in one of tho journals reminds us.of a proposal of
Louis Blanc that the carrier-pigeon should henceforward
figure in the anus of Paris to perpetuate the souvenir of its
services, .
Slmkspenro threatens to take possession of the Paris
theatres this winter. At the Comedie-Frun?aise Hamlet,
translated by the elder Dumas and Paul Meurice; and at the
Odeon ••Macbeth,” translated into verse by Jules Lacroix,
are being rehearsed. Meanwhile, Jean Richepin’s strange
adaptation of ‘‘Macbeth” has been revived at the lorte
Saint-Martin, with Sarali Bernhardt and Marais in tlio two
great rules. Surah Bernhardt, especially in the sleep-walking
scene, nets magnificently, and throughout her plastic elegance,
the grace and noblouess of her bearing, the largeness and
easiness of her gestures, and the charm of her voice, keep one
in a constant stato of admiration.
Gambetta’s property, Les .Tardies, at Yillc d’Avray, is for
sale ; the house ulone, in which the great statesman died, will
be kept as a souvenir by his friends. Gambettn's house was
not actually Les .Tardies where Balzac lived, but only a de¬
pendency of it. The real Les .Tardies, of which L6on Gozlan
has related the history, was bought bv Gambetta only a few
weeks before ills death, and immediately demolished to make
room for a new liouac. M. Jules Cnavetie has recently related,
in Le Temp*, how the material of the great novelist’s house
are now lying in a moss-covered heap waiting to be sold. < )f
Balzac’s Les Jnrdics all that remains is the name und two half-
rotten gates. The house where Balzac died, at the corner
of the Rue Balzac is also destined to be demolished.—
Madame Edmond Adam has published a volume entitled
“ La patrie Hoiigroise,” which is attracting much attention.
Madnmo Adam takes tho side of Hungary and of Magyar
independence against Austro-Hungarian dualism, aiid^ of the
opposition against the Opportunist Ministry ot 31. Tiszo^—-
31. Alexandre Dumas is writing a four-uct comedy, which will
probably be played at the Theatre Francois next spring, the
subject of the piece is said to bo that of the same writer s
novel. ” L*Affaire Clemen<;eau.”-Oiio of the oldest of the
Parisian cafes, the Caf6 dc la ltotonde in the Palais Royal, is to
be demolished. In the eighteenth century this cafe was very
famous; it was the rendezvous of the savants and literary
men of the day; and it was on a table of the Cafe do la
Rotonde that the 31ontgolfiors opened the subscription to pay
the expenses of their balloon experiments. T. C.
King Humbert on the 11th inst. visited a new hospital in
Naples, which had been speedily filled, and subsequently re¬
ceived the members of the Provincial Council at the palace. He
pressed them to take active measures for the improvement of
tho poor quarters of the city. He also expressed his regret at
the religious processions in the streets, and the Archbishop
has since instructed the clergy to discourage them. King
Humbert and the Duke of Aosta left Naples oil Sunday niter-
noon. Representatives of all the popular associations weffi nt
the station to salute his Majesty and the Prince on their de¬
parture. The King, in bidding farewell to the 3Iayor, said ho
wont away more relieved, us the cholera was manifestly de¬
creasing. The Royul train arrived at Rome at eight o clock.
Notwiihstauding the telegram from Signor Deprotis and the
instructions given, accordingly, by the Prefect, an immense
throng filled the square outside the station, while within wore
gathered all the Senators and Deputies staying in Rome, the
municipal councillors, among whom were particularly re-
marked the members of tho Catholic group iu full strength,
and a largo concourse of the citizens of Rome. The reception
was most enthusiastic.
The Belgian Senate lins adopted, by 10 votes against 25,
the Education Bill ns passed by the Chamber of Repre¬
sentatives, and it is stated that the bii! has received tho Royal
assent. Feeling on tho subject is still, sfcroug.
On Jlonday the Stntes-Genml of Holland were opened by
Royal Commission. The Spoech from the Throne referred to
the iu tended revision of the Constitution, and declared urgent
the amendment of Article 198 prohibiting the modification of
the Constitution during a Regency.—The whole of the Kiscro
captives have been released to the Dutch Governor of Achcen,
and the Rajah who held them in captivity has submitted to
Dutcli rule.
Iu conferring upon Prince Bismarck the order Pour le
Write, tho German Emperor has written a letter to the
Chancellor. Acknowledging his eminent services to tho
Fatherland, hia/Majt^ty observes that he hopes it may give
the Prince pleasure “ to receive also ns a soldier the recognition
of his scryiebs which lie lifts earned so well.” — The Crown
Prince represented the Enipcror at the military manoeuvres
which began on Mouday morning with the field exercises of
the Seventh against the Eighth Army Corps iu the vicinity of
Bcdbjarg, near Diisscldorf.—Sir Edward 3Talet, English
Minister at Brussels, has been appointed to succeed the late
Lord. Amptliill ns our Ambassador to Berlin.
The AustrfitttyEmperor, King Milan, and the Crown Prince
Rudolph, with a large military suite, left Vienna for Angeru
lost Saturday morning for the conclusion of the manoeuvres.
All returned on Sunday to Vienna. On tho 10th inst. tho
great (linnet 1 in honour of the fete-day of the Emperor Alex¬
ander III., took place in the Rittersnal, the great hall of the
lhug. A Renter’s telegram »tutc9 that the village of ltautten-
berg, iu lower Austria, has been destroyed by fire.
Tho King and Queen of the Hellenes and their children
left. Copenhagen on Sunday for Lnbeck. Prince George, the
second son, remains in Copenhagen to go through the Naval
School.—Colonel Balmson, of the War Department, 1ms been
appointed Minister of War, in succession to Commander Ravn,
NATIONAL SPORTS.
It is generally conceded that the horses which took part in the
who retains the portfolio ns Miuister of ilarine. Leger were a decidedly moderate lot, but their form looked
The Emperor and Empress of Russia paid visits on the n little better on the Thursday, when Hermitage, who made no
10th inst. to the gymnasiums in Warsaw, and were present at *h ow at all iu the big race, ran right away with the Scur-
___i gy _
the luying of the foundation-stone of the new wing of a Red
Cross Hospital. After other visits, their Majesties returned
to the Lazieneki Palace. In the evening the Emperor and
Empress gave a Stute dinner at tho Lazieuski Palace, attended
by nearly a hundred persons. Among the guests were five Polish
ladies, two Polish gentlemen, and the Catholic Archbishop.
The Czar und Czarina afterwards left for Novo Georgievsk, to
witness the military manoeuvres, arriviug at the Imperial liead-
jjquartcrs before miduight. The lltli being the Emperor s fete-
cluy a special thanksgiving service was celebrated in the Warsaw
cathedral. Their ilujesties entertained at luncheon a large
number of Generals and State dignitaries, yho were conveyed
by special train to Novo Georgievsk.—The three Emperors
met at Skicrnievice on Sloudny. The Emperor of Austria, who
whs accompanied by Count Kalnoky, arrived at Skiemievice at
two o'clock, and had a most cordial greeting from the Czar.
Tho Sovereigns embraced each other, and the Emperor
Francis Joseph kissed the hand of the Czarina. 'Hie Czarc-
witch and the Grand Duke Peter were afterwards presented to
the Austrian Emperor. The Emperor William,^ who was
accompanied by Prince Bismarck, arrived at four o clock, and
was met by tho Czar and Czarina aud the Grand Dukes. His
JIujesty embraced tho Czar three times, and then the Czarina,
the Czurewitcli, and the Grand Dukes. lie then embraced the
Emperor Francis Joseph, and giving liis arm to the Czarina,
conducted her 3Tujesty to the carriage nnd drove to the palace.
A banquet was given at the palace at niglit, at which the three
Emperors were present. On Tuesday morning the three
Emperors held a parudo of the two first battalions of the
Russiun Regiments of Francis Joseph nnd William I. in the
garden iu front of the chateau. The two Imperial guests, like
their Imperial host, were in the Russian uniforms of their re¬
spective regiments. Tho three Emperors went shooting in the
alteruoon, while their respective Ministers for Foreign Affairs
held a conference. The German Emperor left on 1 uesday
evening, nnd tho Emperor of Austria on Wednesday.ho
Journal de St. Titer,bourg, in an article on the meeting of the
three Emperors, says that the whole civilised world wiU see m\
this meeting a policy of peuce. So may it be !
Lord Lausdowne on Jlonday inspected the Canadian
voyageurs engaged for service with the Nile Expedition, mid
nddressod them regarding the dangers of their duties. HnK
lordship expressed confidence in Lord Wolseley und in the
success of tho expedition under his command. The steamer
conveying the eoyageurs sailed amid cheers from, the spec¬
tators.—.Mr. Dawson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill
Universitv, Montreal, has been knighted by the Queen, in
acknowledgment of the services rendered by him and ins
colleagues to the British Association, whose recent meetings
were held in the University buildings. \ "
Tlio funeral of the late Mr. SlacGahan, formerly Special
Correspondent of the Daily AWi in Bulgaria in 1876,
took place on the 11th inst. at New Lexington? Oluo, the
ceremonial being attended by 15,000 people. Bishop V nt-
terson officiated, mid preached an eloquent sermon at tho
church. Among those present wert/tjve mother, the brother,
and the widow of the deceased. MucGahan died at Constan¬
tinople on June 9, 1878, and was buried in that city on the
lltli of the same month. His body has been taken home,
nnd his countrymen have recommitted it to the ground with
honours such ns have/rarfely been bestowed upon private
citizens.—Tlie death is reported of Mr. Robert Hoe, of Now
York, the well-known printing-machine maker, lie made a
considerable fortune out of liis printiug machines, which were
first sent over to the United Kingdom iu 1858, and one of
which was used for many years iu printiug the inner forme of
this Journal.
The Ginliamstown and Port Alfred Railway has been
opened throughout its entire length by the Commissioner of
Crown Lunds nnd Public Works of the Cape Government.
We have received a communication from the India Office
authorising us to announce that the JIarquis of ltipon will
retire from the Viceroyulty of India before the close of the
present year, and that lie will be succeeded by the Earl of
Dufferin. The press of India is unanimous in its approval
of Lord Dufferin’a appointment. Lord and Lady Dufferm
gave a garden party at Constantinople yesterday week.
The company included all the members of the Dip¬
lomatic Body, and the 61ite of Constantinople society.
The expressions of regret at his Excellency’s approach¬
ing departure are very general. Lord Dufferin lmd his
farewell audience with the Sultan on Saturday to announce
his departure. His Excellency has received about n hundred
telegrams from all parts of the globe, including India and
China, congratulating him on his new appointment. Baron
Calico, the Austrian Ambassador at Constantinople, gave a
bauquet and brilliant fete last Saturday night iu honour of
Lord Dufferin, at which nil the member* of the Diplomatic
body und other notabilities were present. Lord Dufferin left
Constantinople on Tuesday morning.
31. James Snowdon Calvert, the last survivor of the Leich¬
hardt Australian Exploring Expedition, died ut his residence
near Sydney, on July 29, ut the age of sixty.
TIIE PANAMA CANAL.
Tho Illustration which we give on the next page represents
oue of niuiiy spots of the American isthmus upon which works
have been started by the Interoceanic Panama Canal Company.
Tlio View is taken from a photograph of a purtof the works of the
Corrosita Hill on the slope nearest to Colon. The Hill, which is
situated in the section of Obispo, has itsoblique summitupon the
nxisof the Canal, and istotherightof thotrench, going from Colon
towards Panama. Tlio Illustration will doubtless mterest unr
renders, iu presenting to them an exact idea of the vast under-
taking of piercing the American isthmus. In the report of
31. Ferdinand De Lesseps, issued at the meeting of tlie share¬
holders oil Julv 29 lust. M. F. De Lesseps guarantees the entire
completion of the Canal in 1888. There arc no difficulties m
the way ; it is purely nnd simplv an excavation, and not such
an undertaking as was the Suez Canal, when they had to convey
the fresh water of the Nile, and to pass through mountains
of sand, and to create inland lakes, ports and piers, und
finally to pass into a marine lake, with other difficult problems
borough Stakes in spite of liis 7 lb. penalty; North Riding,
who was in receipt of 121b., never got near him, and his
Cesarewitch chance must be a poor one indeed. Though there
were ten runners for tlie Rous Flute, even money was laid on
the Chopettc colt, who, however, nu t more than Jus match
in Lonely; and this brings us to the Portland Plate, lor
which there were only eight runners, the smallest number ill
the history of the race. Energy (9st. 10 lb.) tan a very
great horse under liis crushing weight, nnd might have
made a bold bid for victory had he not been shut in when
attempting to get to tlie front. This disappointment left
the finish to Leeds (8st. -1 lb.) nndFruga{5st. 7 lb.), and, after
a very interesting struggle, the former, who started first
favourite, just beat the outsider 6f the party by a liend. 1 lie
Alexandra Plate was booked aa a good thing for Sweetbread
(9 st. 12 lb.), but ho did not move any too soundly in his pre¬
liminary canter, and, being hopelessly beuten at the distance,
left Huateur (7st. 31b.) to dispose of PerdiUi 11.(7 Bt. 21b.)
rather cleverly. , . • , , , , . u
On looking over Friday’s card, the task of picking oiu
winners seemed a comparatively eiisy one, but it turned out by
far the worst day that backers have experienced since Ascot.
To begin with, they laid even money on Cambusmore for the
Doncaster Stakes, and he could only run a very bud third to
Limelight and Quilt. Tlie former is nn own sister to Lime¬
stone und/Quicklime, and had never previously_appeared in
public. Tho victory of King 3Ionmouth (8 st. i lb.) in tlio
Prime of Wales’s Nursery Plate was o very mento-
rious one, as he jwas conceding more or less weight to
each of liis eight opponents, nnd nppeured to have
plenty in hand at tho finish. When it become known
that Thebais would not oppose The Lambkin lor the Don¬
caster Cup, tlie race appeared such a gift for the bt. Leger
winner that we were surprised to find the bookmakers accept
7 to 4 with considerable freedom. Tho favourite seemed to
have the race completely iu hand just outside the distance,
but, a few strides further on, Louis d’Or suddenly shot up to
him, oiid, iu spite of all Platt’s efforts, beat him by a neck.
This result is so utterly inexplicable that we are bound to
assume the form to be ull wrong, and that The Lambkin liad
not recovered from the effects of his exertions in the Leger.
3lore misfortunes followed, us Brag (8st. 101b.), who was a
red-hot favourite for tlio Westmoreland Stakes, succumbed
very easily to Montroyd (8 st. 6 lb.}, against whom 100 to 6
was obtainable at the fall of .the ling. As a last effort to
retrieve their desperate fortunes, plungers accepted the
slightest shade of odds about Cherry for tho Park Hill btakes,
but, good filly ns she has often shown herself to be over a mile,
tho St. Leger course proved fur move than she could compass ;
whilst Queen Adelaide, in spiteof struggling with more deter¬
mination than usual, was not quite good enough for Belinda.
Taken ns a whole, the yearlings sent to Doncaster for sale
were not a very brilliant lot, and we never remember business
to have been slacker. Tlie Wuresley lot, which were entirely
by Albert Victor and Chevron, sold fairly well, the thirteen
averaging 287 guineas ; but this was easily eclipsed by Lord
Scarborough’s eight, for which tlie capital average of oJ5
guineas wus obtained, Persian, a very nice colt by Discord—
Mnndane, realising 750 guineas. On the Thursday, which is
the great day for the sales, an own brother to Luminary, by
lJenuclerc—Stella, made 1700 guineas, and this price was not
approached during tlie week. It must specially be noted that
Lord Falmouth gave 1000 guineas for Doncaster Belle, an own
sister to Sir Reuben, nnd ns his Lordship also bought Green
Snake, a beautiful filly by Robert tlie Devil—Evergreen, und
one or two other yearlings, we may confidently hope to see the
famous “ magpie ” colours to the front again next season, 3Ir.
Crowther Harrison sold four of his wonderfully well, at an
averago of 477$ guineas ; and Mr. Cnrew Gibson had nlso
every reason to congratulate himself, as his eleven averaged as
nearly as possible 470 guineas, a colt by Roaicruciuu 3Iantclla
(1050 guineas) beading the list. A good many lots changed
hands on the last day, but prices ruled very low.
The Australian cricketers wound up their highly successful
tour at the Oval lust week, when they beat a very ludiffereut
team, supposed to represent the South of England, in one
innings, with 5 ruus to spare. The wicket played very trickily,
nnd no score of any importance was made on either side ; but
Spofforth proved simply unpayable, and got rid of twelve men
for only 7. runs. In the second inniugs, lie accomplished the
“hat trick,” disposing of W.G. Grace, Painter, and Read,
with successive balls. The match between Smokers nnd Non-
Smokers, at Lord’s, tliis week, proved successful in adding
nearly £600 to tho Cricketers’ Benevolent Fund ; and little
more need be said about it. O. J. Bonnor’s 124 was a fine
exhibition of big hitting, nnd really won the match for the
Non-Smokers ; but a good deal of the play, especially after
lunch on Tuesday, wus a mere burlesque on tlie game.
On 3Ionday evening tho 100 Yards Amateur Swimming
Championship wh 3 decided at the Lambeth Baths. There
were tour starters, but the race was looked upon as a certainty
for T. Cairns, the amateur champion nt 220 yards and
600 yards. To tho surprise of everyone, however, J. L.
3Iayger, of the Buuoii-on-Trent S.C., took the lead from the
ptarC nnd Cairns, never being able to get on terms with him,
was beaten by nearly two yards iu 71 1-5 sec.
R. H. English, North Shields B.C., has created quite a
sensation in bicycle circles by winning the Crystal Palace
Fifteen Miles Cliulleuge Cup in 41 mm. 29 3-5 sec., easily
beating the record from two miles upwards. Not content
witli this achievement, ho rode on until he had completed
20 miles 560 yards in 59 min. 0 3-5 sec., which is far in adduce
of the performance accomplished by Cortisjust before be sailed
for Australia. _
Tlie Lord Lieutenant of Ireland returned to the Viceregal
Lodge, Dublin, last Saturday evening, after his tour in tho
south of Ireland. His Excellency visited a number of publio
institutions in Cork on Saturday. He was everywhere cor¬
dially received.
At the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday James Wright
nnd William Wheatley, tho Hoxton burglars, were indicted
for shooting at three constables, named Chamberlain, Gamer,
mid Snell, with intent to murder them. They were tried for
which were for a longtime considered ns impossible for tlio shooting Garner; Wright was found guilty of wounding him
successful construction of the Suez Caunl. The opening of with intent to murder, and Wheatley with wounding to
successful -- — - - - t -
this Canal of Panama to the world’s commerce will be one or
the most considerable achievements of the present century, nud
will rapidly promote the activity aud general prosperity of the
world’s commerce. _
A marker, named Peers, at a rifle range near Knntsford,
Cheshire, was killed by a bullet fired by ono of the 15th
Cheshire Rifle Volunteers during their competition inst Satur¬
day. The deceased was uiurking when he incautiously exposed
liis head, aud a bullet passed through it.
prevent hia lawful apprehension. Wright was sentenced to
penal servitude for life, and Wheatley for twenty years.
Last week 2604 births and 1373 deaths were registered
in London. Allowing for increase of population, tlie births
were 5, and the deaths 1, below the averuge numbers in the
corresponding weeks of the last ten years. The deaths
included 9 from smallpox, 11 from measles, 23 from scarlet
fever, 22 from diphtheria, 27 from whooping-cough, 16 from
enteric fever, 1 from simple continued fever, 126 from
diarrhoea and dysentery, aud 2 from choleraic diorrhaa.
VTORKS OF THE PANAMA CANAL, NEAR CORROSITA HILL.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Sott. 20, 1884.—277
CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY OF TUB FIRST BALLOON ASCENT IN ENGLAND AT THE LION. ARTILLERY COMPANY’8 GROUND, FINSBURY.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
SEPT. 20, 1884
THE CnURCH.
Sunday was observed as a day of thanksgiving for the
harvest in Canterbury Cathedral.
The Bishop of Ripon preached on behalf of the Girls’
Friendly Society in the Leeds parish church cn Monday.
The Bishop of Ripon has accepted the office of Vice-
President of the Church Defence Institution.
The Chester Diocesan Conference lius been fixed by the
Bishop and Standing Committee to be held on Oct. 22 and 23.
Dr. Stubbs will preside.
The death is announced of the Rev. Canon Mitton, Vicar
of St. Paul's, Mnnningham, West Yorkshire, and Hou. Canon
of Ripon, at the age of eighty.
Tho Rev. Canon Liddon has put liis name down for a
second donation of £501) to the Puaey Memorial Fund, which
now amounts to over £30,300.
The Earl of Devon on Monday unveiled a window at tho
west end of the church of Cop ton, St. Mary, Devon, to the
memory of the Rev. J. N. Liglitfoot, the late Vicar.
The Bishop of Worcester has subscribed £10 towards the
liquidation of the debt on the Primitive Methodist Chapel
at Worcester.
The Bishop of Bangor ou Sunday opened a transept which
has been added to St. James’s Church, Bangor, by public
subscription, as a memorial to the late- Mr. John Hughes.
The York Diocesan Conference will assemble in t he Victoria
Hall, York, on Oct. 29 and 30. The Archbishop of York, as
president, will give the opening address.
The chapel of the Exeter Diocesan Training College was
lost week opened after enlargement, which hud been rendered
necessary by the increase in the number of students.
The Bishop of Worcester on the 12th inst., consecrated a
new church dedicated to St. Eodwal, at Fin stall, to take the
place of an old building which was inadequate for the wants
of the growing population.
The Nontwich Choral Association, which includes within
its radius nineteen churrfhes in tho district, held its twenty-
third annual festival on the 11th inst. There whs a crowded
congregation, and a very large attendance of the clergy of the
diocese. The tine old church was tastefully decorated.
A stuiued-glass window to the memory of Mrs. (irnhnm,
widow of a former Bishop of Chester, lues been placed by her
children in the south aisle of St. Oswald’s, Chester.—A
stained-glass window in memory of the late Sir George Amey,
Chief Justice of New Zcnlaud, has been placed in the south
transept of Salisbury Cathedral. — A beaUtiful window of
stained glass has been placed in Scarborough parish church,
in memory of the late Miss Hull, lost surviving daughter of
the late Mr. James Hull, for many years Master of the
llolderuess Hunt.
The Hon. and Rev. Maurice W. E. St. John, Vicar of
Kempsford, Gloucester, lias been appointed by the Lord
Chancellor Cnnon of Gloucester Cathedral. — The installation
of Canon Evan Lewis, Rector of Dolgelly, to the deanery of
Bnngor, in succession to the late Dean Edwards, took place on
Thursday week at Bangor Cathedral, in the presence of a large
congregation.—The Duke of Beaufort Jiusolfered the living of
Llnngattock, which is worth £900 per annum, to tho Rev.
Thomas James Bowen, B.A., Vicar of Kilvey, Swansea, who
has accepted it.— Tho Rev. William E. Emmett, Vicar of West
Drayton, near Uxbridge. Middlesex, has been appointed to the
vicarage of St. Mark's, Notting-hill, which was vacant by the
retirement, through continued ill-health, of the Rev. Edward
K. Kendidl.— The rectory of Penboyr, Cardigan, vacant by
the death of the Rev. John Sinnctt, has been conferred upon
the Rev. David W. Thomas, Vicar of St. Ann's, Bethesda,
Camurvoushire. The living is tho gift of the Earl of Cawdor. —
Tho Rev. George S. Cuthbert, Vicar of Dray ton-in-Hules,
Market Drayton, has been nominated to succeed the Rev.
W. H. Hutchings, as Sub-Warden of the House of Mercy at
Clewer, near Windsor. He was Curate of Clewerfrom 1873 to
1875.— The freeholders of the parish church of Llangullo,
near LUnidyssil, Cardiganshire, have elected the Rev. Ebeuezer
Jones, Curate of St. Peter’s, Carmarthen, to the living, vacant
by the cession of the Rev. William Rees.
Professor Monicr Williams has induced the Indian Govern¬
ment to establish, in connection with the Indian Institute at
Oxford, six Government scholarships for deserving natives of
India desirous of entering the Civil Service.
An Art and Industrial Exhibition was opened on Mofiday-
at Newbury by Earl Nelson, who was accompanied by
Countess Nelson. The ceremony took place in tho Corn
Exchange, in the presence of about five hundred members of
the principal famines in the district. \
Mr. Samuel R id, merchant, of Kirkwall, lias bought the
island of Copinshny, along with four small islets, the acreage
of the whole being 180 acres, from Colonel Balfour, of Balfour;
Convenor to tbe county. Copinshny is one of the wildest
islands of the Orkney group, and furnous for the euormous
number of sea-fowl upon it.
At a meeting of the Liverpool LocnL Marine Board on
Monday a gold chronometer watfdi wns presented, onbehnlf of
the United States Government, to Mr. Am lot, master of the
steamer Wentmore, for having saved the crew of the United
States schooner Jacob Keinzle during a hurricane off Cape
Henry in February last. A binocular glass was presented, on
behalf of tho Board of Trade, to Mr. SI‘Nutt, master of the
barque Zema, of Picton, Nova §c<itiu, lie having saved tho
crew of the Durham, of Londou, off Gape Horn, in January.
GUNNERY EXPERIMENTS AT INCIIKEITH.
The island of Iuchkeith, in the Firth of Forth, was the scene
of an important series of experiments in gunucry on the 7th
ult. and two later days; 11. M.S. Sultan co-operating with the
officers of the Royal Engineers ami Royal Artillery to test the
effects of muchiuu-gnus and of shrapnel shells in damaging
and silencing the butteries of the island fortifications. These,
which were recently constructed, are mounted with eighteen-
ton rilled muzzle-loading guns, m barbette, in an open emplace¬
ment. A number of dummy wooden figures, representing
artillerymen, were placed in tho north-east battery to be fired
at, to see how many would be killed or wounded. Among
those present were General Sir Andrew Clarke, C. B-, I nspector-
General of Fortifications; General Reilly, R.A., Inspector-
General of Artillery; Colonel Scliuw, U.E., Director
of Works and Fortifications; Colonel Grant, command¬
ing Royal Engineers in North Britain; and Colonel
Keate, commanding Rovul Artillery, with many other
officers of the scientific branches. The Sultan wns under
the command of tho Hon. A. G. Curzon, Commander R.N.
She hud a variety of machine-guns, Gardners, Hotchkiss, Gat¬
lings, mid Nordent'eldts, on her decks and in the tops or
plat forms oh tho masts of the ship. These began firing quick
volleys at tho butteries, first at 1000 yards range, and after
each round the effect was examined by officers going ashore.
Fifty rounds were then fired, at ranges from 1500 yards to
3500 yards, by the tcu-iuch guns of the ship, which kept
under way at the time. The operations were watched by
many spectators coming over lrom Edinburgh, amongst
whom was the Lord Provost. On the second day, Aug. 9,
the officers appointed to note the effects of the firing were
sheltered in a pit, which was protected by sandbags, between
Battery I. and Battery 11., on thoisluud. Thomoeliino-gunswere
fired at a near range of one hundred yards, and did grout exe¬
cution, most of the dummies being hit by the bullets. There were
fourteen of the machine-guns, firing altogether 5383 shots in
flvo minutes; ono Gutling discharged 900 shots, and one
Gardner an equal number. On tho lltli, the third day, the
ten-incli eigliteen-ton guns of the Sultan fired three rounds of
shrapnel, at 3000 yards, 2000 yards, and 1500 yards ranges.
The shell used was one weighing -100 lb., containing 3G0bulls,
each of -1 oz., with a bursting charge of 7 lb. 9 oz. of powder.
The effect was to rend off large pieces of the concrete walls of
the battery, and to inflict mortal injuries upon most of the
wooden men, but the gnu mid carriage aimed at still remained
fit for service. We have been favoured by Captain G. S.
Clarke, R.E., with a set of photographs taken by himself,
showing the manner in which these experiments were
conducted.
ARCHERY SEASON TRI/.ES.
The Raglan Archers (Monmouthshire) have held their final
meeting, the Transferable Badge, for score, berng awarded to
Miss Oakclcy; and the Raglan Badges, for greatest number
of hits for the year, Miss Onkelej and Captain Mynde Allen.—
At the John o’ Gaunt's Bowmen's anuunl prize meeting, held
in Springfield Park, Lancaster, the ChnlUnge prizes were won
as follow:—First Glass, the Champion’s Medal and Clasp for
highest gross score, Mr.Gregsoii; also the Silver Cup for first
score. Second Class Challenge Prize, the large Silver Arrow,
for highest gross score, Mr. JSlmrpe. Third Class, small Silver
Arrow, for ditto, Major Turner. Open to All ('lasses, tho Gilt
A rrow, for best gold, Air- E. Sharpe.—Mrs. Crichton hmsreceivcd
the Challenge Brooch and Medal of the Wycside Bowmen,
for most golds made during the season, and Mr.
lJattiscombe the (Jliampimi medal of the Society, also for most
golds in the some period. — The season of the Blackmoor Vale
Club 1ms temiiiiftfccd iti Miss Phelps winning a prize for gross
score, divided by hits of both meetings, and Miss G. Fox the
wooden spooliforthe greatest number of whites at both meet¬
ings, no prize having been taken at either meeting.—At the
eighth target meeting\jf the North Lonsdale Archers the
Ladies’ Champion Budge, for uggregnte gross score of four
(National Rounds) meetings, was awarded to Mrs. Ainsworth,
1180 score. Prizes for season score (aggregate of four best
scores; were also won by Mrs. II. Clarke, Alisa Kigge, Colonel
Ainsworth, and Mr. II. llibbert.—Tho prizo meeting of the
Loinfanle Archers, in Springfield Park, Lancaster, on tho
9th iiW\re8Ulted/iuMisslliude, Mrs. Preston, Miss K. Sharpe,
the ltev. F. Preston, Captain Garnett, and Air. F. N. Garnett
gaining the score prizes.
A Parliamentary return issued on Monday shows that on
NbVi Hd, 1883, there were 31(1 savings’ banks in England, with
1,145,588 accounts remaining open, tho total umouut owing to
depositors being £33,881,G S 0.
\ Cardinal Alanuing opened a hospital on Monday at St.
Helen's, and in reply to an address ho expressed his worm
interest in such institutions, in promoting which persous of
ull classes and religious opinions could bo united.
There was an extraordinary display of Feninnism in Dublin
on Sunday. The occasion was the funeral of Dennis Duggan,
a Fenian " centra.” About fifteen thousand persons marched
in militury order to the grave, among those who attended
being three members of Air. Purnell’s Parliamentary Party.
In consequence of tho increasing popularity of tho
"Wolverhampton Fine Art-Gallery and Industrial Exhibition,
the Executive Committee contemplate keeping it open beyond
the time originally fixed—viz., the cud of October. l r p to the
present time •bout 192.000 persons have paid for admission
since the opening, tho receipts at the doors having realised
ubout £5700, independent of season-ticket holders, who
number something like 2000.
THE BALLOON CENTENARY.
There are many Londoners who know Finsbury-square,
Chiswell-streot, and Bunhill-row, within half a niilo of the
Bank of England, but do not know the spacious parade-
grmud of the Honourable Artillery Company of Loudon,
adjacent to the Armoury House, a substantial and rather
stately building erected in 1735. In this grassy iuclosurc of
six or seven acres, now surrounded by houses, the first im¬
portant balloon ascent in England took place on Sept. 15,
1781, tho aeronaut being Signor Vincenzo Luunrdi, Secretary
to the Neapolitan Embassy. The Prince of Wales, afterwards
King George IV., and many persons of rank and fnshiou,
witnessed the ascent, which was quite successful. Signor
Lunurdi took up with him a dog, a cat, and a pigeon, mid
came down safely near Ware, in Hertfordshire.
On Monday last, the hundredth uuuiversury of this per¬
formance, tho Bulloon Society of Great Britain, with the con¬
sent and assistance of the Honourable Artillery Company, the
most ancient and historic of Volunteer Corps, had a centenary
celebration in the grouud at Finsbury-square. The alliance
between these two associations had been heralded, on Friday
evening, by an interesting historical address which was delivered
to the Balloon Society, at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster,
by Captain F. S. Dumarcsn de Carteret-Bisson, of the Royal
Jersey Light Infantry Volunteers, a well-knowu resident in
London. The arrangements for die festival on Monday, com-
§ rising three balloon ascents from tho same ground, were con¬
noted by a committee of tlie Artillery Company, of which
Cuptain Holt was the chninnnu, while the Balloon Society wns
represented by its president, Air. W. II. Lefevre. Many well-
knowu aeronauts, Mr. Wright, Mr. Barker, Air. Lithgow, Mr.
Bcataon, Air. Emdeu, und M. l>e Fonvielle, of Paris, were on
the ground. The afternoon was beautifully fine, with a light
wind from the east-south-east, uud a clear sky. By four
o’clock, the time for the first ascent, there wns a largo attend¬
ance in the Artillery Ground, and many housetops and wiudows
commanding a view were occupied. The three balloons sent up
were tho "Colonel,” in which Alajor-General Brine, It.E.,
crossed the Channel, and which was now manned by that
gallant officer, together with AI. L’Hoste, tho Secretary of the
Paris Academic d'Aerostation MetCorologique, and with
Captain Bayliss. of the Honourable Artillery Company, Solicitor
to the Commissioners of Sewers; the "Monarch,” of which
Air. Dale was aeronaut, with Air. Shadbolt and Air. Hemnictt;
and the. "Robin Hood,” occupied by Air. Youens, with
Buglor-Scrgcnut Loach, of the Honourable Artillery Com¬
pany. The (Jus Light and Coke Company lnid on special
pipes from tho high-pressure main in tho City-road, ami
the work of inflation was carried out very well.
After tho ascent of the balloons a meeting was held in tho
Armoury House, under tho presidency of Colonel Beaumont,
who, alter referring to tbe three ascents that lnicl been made,
introduced M. De Fonvielle, the president of tho French
Aeronautical Society, and ho made a short address. A vote of
thanks and congratulations to the Honourable Artillery Com¬
pany was passed, and tlmnks were given to AI. De Fonvielle
and AI. L'iloste. During the afternoou and evening the bund
of the regiment played a selection of music. Telegrams were
subsequently received announcing the safe descent of the
Monarch at Ilnrefield, near Uxbridge, at a quarter past live
o'clock, and the Robin Hood ut Sudbury. near Harrow, at
twenty minutes pust five. General Brine's balloon descended
at a quarter before six, at "VViuslow, six miles south of Buck¬
ingham, and fifty-five miles from Londou.
THE FINANCES OF THE LONDON CORPORATION.
Mr. Benjamin Scott, Chamberlain of London, has issued liia
yearly budget, showing tho receipts aud expenditure in
respect of the City Estate, for the year 1883, aud also of the
public and trust fuuds in the chamber for the sumo period,
it is, says the Citizen, a prodigious volume, covering more than
250 quarto pages with a perfect maze of figures. The income,
with a balance of £2G,581 brought forward, totalled £700,517 ;
and the expenditure was £090,081, leaving £15,800 to the
credit of the next account. Rents aud quit-rents produced
£130,102; markets, £149,445; but against this latter sum
charges to tho amount of £137,105 had to be placed. Loans
aggregating £249,652 were raised during the year; others,
totalling £238,500, were discharged. Tlie expenses of civil
government me returned at £57,003, including the maintenance
of the dignity of Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Judges, aud officers
of the Mayor’s Court, aud the expenses of the Mansion
House, Guildhall, aud other law courts. Amongst the items
of the year was a grant of £19,517 made on account
of the new coancil-cliamber, which is to be opened this
month. The bond liabilities of the Corporation uro given us
£5,478,000. _
Yesterday week the ladies, members of the committee
having supervision of tho needlework section at the Wolver¬
hampton Fine Arts Exhibition, of which Lady Vrotteslcy,
wife of the Lord Lieutenant of tho county, is president, were
entertained by her Ladyship at a garden party. The company
included the Countess of Durtiuouth und the Mayor aud
Mayoress of Wolverhampton.
There was a large assemblage at Devonshire Park, East¬
bourne, on the 11th inst., when the final rounds in the South
of England Lawn-Tenuis Tournament were played. This
year’s tournament, both in spirited play and popularity, sur¬
passed that of any previous year. In ladies’ singles (handicap,
final round). Aliss F. Burton beat Miss Nellie Burton, and took
the first prize ; and in gentlemen’s singles, All - . L. C. Easton
beat Air. AI. A. Orgill, und took tlm first prize.
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A IX-LES-BAINS.—Cercle d’Aix-les-Baius.
xX Superb theatre. Concert, ball. caul, and Millard saloons.
Military band", frtos Italian ami French Outra-Cumiuuc.
Symphony omeerts. conducted by E. Coloime.
A IX-LES-BAINS.—Grand Hotel Europe.
XX One.'f the most renowned In Europe. Patronised by the
Knallah elite. AXJauuuy chombcr*. Large gardens; lawn-tennis.
Refined table. HaaM**coxi. Proprietor.
77ADEN-BADEN.—Hotel do la Cour de
-Lf Bode. A llrat-rate uml large Eftahllshment. with ext-n-ive
garden*. Harm, mineral, anil other Hath*. (Not to I- con¬
founded with hotel lacing the elation.>-F. /.ISOl.xu. Manager.
77 RUSSELS —Hfttel de l'Univers. Agree-
-M-f aide central aitnat Ion. Firat-i-Inashoiise. a|Mirloua and airy,
with exit to New Boll lev,ird. Every comfort; excellent cookery;
sajarlor wines: nuclei4to priors—SciioKrrrgB-WiKirrz,Propr.
J)IIESS MATERIALS.
Cream-coloured Rlchly-embroldcred Aliktlan Lawn 1 *' d ‘
Kolws, double quantity jif wide emiif.l.lery
, , . „ . / xticli l«*.:al . Ula.»li, amt 0 IS 8
Finely-worked Cashmere Rahra lu Black and all tha
new Shades or Brown. Uronic. Grey. Dark tirren.
Navy, Drab, dc., extra quantity Of embroidery
COMPOSITE noI)KS.20):irda In each;* grent no* el tv,
!!'. r r ,r y ewutbluatinh of style ami odour, all
Wool .. ,.^vr .. .. .. each I 1 0
CLEARANCE SAKE OF SURPLUS STOCK PREVIOUS
/ / TO REBUILDING.
ROBINSON, OXFORD-STREET
AND REGENT-STREET.
RETIRING FROM BUSINESS.
A T R. STREETER,
_ 18, NEW BON D-STREET,
TJAVING, AFTER 38 YEARS’ TRADING,
J^ECIDED TO RETIRE FROM THE
JEWELLERY TRADE,
JJ0W OFFERS THE WHOLE OF
II
IS VALUABLE STOCK OF
DIAMOND ORNAMENTS,
l" CAKAt Gi'liD WORK.
ENOf.IMI KEYLESS (.EVER WATCHES.
HARK,JAI-AVK.-K ART WORK.
AT A GREAT HKUtOTIOX.
q'HE I’UBLIC' will for the next few months
X IniVe (|>eclal opjeirtbid! Ira of securing aoiue ut this well-
kliown and rare lull)- aeh-b'd Stock.
A ( HT- STREETER’S COLLECTION of
-L’i I'ltEt lOUS 8TUNES ami GEJIS, Ihregh «,„( i;. t W ill
«'*" '* OFFKhKD for SALE. Com.ouaiur. aud ubOM&M
Invited to iiripm •„
MR- STREETER, RETIRING FROM
— / BUSINESS.
^ 8 , NEW BOND-STREET, LONDON, W.
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Fresh and Sea Water Aquarium, as at the Fisheries Exhibition.
rice Library and Krading-l(U"iii.
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O.ncorti will bo s i viu m tho llojol AUwrt Hall twico a week,
atbeseu u.rn. ^
Organ Recitals dally In the Albert Hall. Special Evening Fetes
on Mnudaya. Hwlmoalay*. and Nitunlnj*.
I.Ganlena and Jlnlhllnga are ill the Evening Illuminated
W J . B, *“' J “pvureo I *«nterns, mid Electric Light.
DAILY, fr.mi Ten n. ill. to Ten pm.: on Saturdays
till Kieveii p m. AdiiilseinH, One Shilling on every Wiek Day,
exrept nil Wcdnef.|a) s, w hen It la open till Eleven p.m., and tha
ad nil."lull la 2a. t'al.
Fnr further detail" ore I/indon dally paiier*.
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■ A<l<irfM—
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UEtiENT-bTllEKT.
A TILAN. —Hotel Grando Bretagne, and I ATOURNING
ATX Rolehmann. Flrat-claa* Hotel; moat central of the town, i 111 ... .
Entirely renovated very comfortable I ThaEngtlsli C'Miiul
Is resident here. ltoasi aud A.'intiearm, Proprietors.
FOR FAMILIES,
IN CORRECT TASTE.
can be purdiafed at PKTKK HgBINmiN' 8. of Regent-street,
at a print aaviiig In price.
0 ST END.—Grand Hotel Continental.
First rlass betel, one or the large?t In Belgium, Facing
sex-hath mg station, next the Kurraal. EnglUh siaiken. Table
d lu'itc. restaurant, billiard*. Cercle d'Oatvudo I Club).
Skirts In new Mnnniing )
Fabrics, trimmed Crape >
oral her** l*o .. .. /
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IIE ILLUSTRATED PENNY
ALMANACK FOR l*M.
containing a Portrait or W. E. Uladataoe. Luther and hla Wife
at home, and Twenty-tw.. other Interesting Engraving* from
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Licenses; Kcllp-e*. R-markable Event", roaf-nfflee Regulath-na.
J. v «rlvtV"fUae f,, l and Interesting IntannaUon.
"upplled by 0 \ iraaiu, Ang-l-court (172), btrand;
and H. WiMJAisa. «a. Old Halley.
OK ETCHING FROM NATURE: GOLDEN
l-} UUI.ES. Ily WALTER OltAVEN. Practical Guide fnr
Pencil ami Crayon. Post-free, la. 2d.— Lrnnann, B.snr,
and On.. tiO, Regent-street. W. All niatailals for out-of-door
•ketchliif.
By Dr. IIAIIR MEADOWS, Physician (2t> yearn to the National
I n-tlt uti.-ri lor Diseases of the Skill. Ninth Edition, 2». fid. '
7^RUPTI0XS; Their Rational Treatment.
XJ tamdeii: O. llll.h, 15*. Westminster Bridge-read,\
O STEND.— Hotel Foutoino. Excellent
Hrst-rla-s hotel, near the sea and Casino, olii-eatahllslied
reputation with the Eugll*h who vlrit O tend. Terms moderata.
Special arrangements made. Parsongera cautioned against
deception ol hotel toutera on board. \ \
pEGLI.—Grand JlAtei Pc-gli (fornicrly
X Do la M*dlte:tKn*e). Paging the sea. Sonth a.pect. sur¬
rounded by garden* and mr antalii* CHin"t'un>iir|i«,.e,l. cnnl-
taryarraugnuents; s« thfae to ry cl target Bucusu-Dubueu, Prop.
\TERMOUTH.-~France 8 co Cinzano and Co.
T Vermouth.combination A»tl Wine and Alpine hrrl*. with
quinine. Jtefre.hing tonic,and digratlve. Ol Wine llerchauts.
ami F. CINZANO and CO., Oreo Re Umberto, lu, Turin.
to*, to 5 guineas.
Mrntics ta correspond. from 88s. thl. to 5 guineas.
B lack biaterial costumes, both
with and Without Crape, bctutlfully and
. fashionably ileslcncd.
The largest variety that can be seen In any one establishment,
ranging from I to io guineas.
CILK COSTUMES, beautifully made,
copied from the moat expensive French Models,
at6. 4. 7, and up tn 20 guinea*.
7?0R TRAVELLING and the SEASIDE.
-X Useful and Inexpenrive f 'oetuinrs,
In Black, Gn-ys, ami Neutral oliodos.
from I toAgnlueus.
T AKE LEMAN. MONTREUX.
-IJ \ LEMAN.
LAKE
New Elltlon.pp. IS), doth. Is., or by post hnr 13 stamps,
D OG DISEASES TREATED BY
HOMOEOPATHY. By JAMES MOORE. M.lt.C.V.8. Each
dlsraae is fully tlewrlla-d and nrescrllwd for.
J. Lrrs and Co.. 170. Plcounily; and «*. llireadneedle street.
^PRATT’S PATENT
JJEAT FIBRINE VEGETABLE
J)0G CAKES, WITH BEETROOT.
gEE EACH CAKE IS STAMPED
gPRATT’S PATENT aud a X.
gPRATT’S INTENT, S.E.
7>ltOFESS0R BROWNE and ELLIOTT’S
X TONIC LOTION, an unequalled Restorer or th" Italr,
arreallng the fair, and 'iiiparting a healUiyaml natural growth
to the root". It will proiluae the hair on bald patches, whiskers,
nv'uatarhra. and eyeorow*. Frl«. :«s.«d.. .ta.od.. IDs fid., and
21s., fie" by post.-*7 and 12D. Fenchurch-street. London, K a
prurigo, totter, Ac. It l**15ly^dcatroys mans’deepAfateri Iro
v*tera:eskln affection*. Mo.t agreeable tomte. Sold every where.
CULPII0LINE LOTION.—An external
h > means of curing akin dlseaata. There Is acarrelv nnr
eruption but will tluid t.i cULl'MOl.INK and commence to fail®
aw iy. I ll" cilert Is more than "*'.inl Mng Ordinary pimp ■ *,
r>dn.-**. blotches, Ac . vanleh as If liy magic, ltileetrovaf.be
amm-hui". which e»n*e tii"*e unslghti) slfectlona. and eiwuree
a »noiuth. clear, healthy skin, bold by OhemitU. Buttles, *». ud.
Montrenx, on tha shore of Lake lx-inan—the Lake of Geneva—
has gained universal reputation a* a place of sojourn In autumn,
winter and spring. In the exceptionally Hue weather of lids
season It hasatreudy l-cgiin to receive uumorous uatlcuta fur tho
!-cnchl of the Grape Cure.
Besides enjoying the agreeable climate here and the charms of
a rural neighbourhood, visitors to Montreal have all the ad¬
vantage* of a town. There lathe Klirsaal, with Its orchestra,
theatre, midlng-moma. and Aaaembly Rooms, and a Trinkhmle
with a oovoroT promenade. There are excellent hotels, with
board at from rtf. to luf. a day. There are German. Catholic
am! Encllah churches. Emim nt physicians and g<«d chemists
are resident here.
Railway and * loam-boat station* at Ctarana, Vernea, Terrltct
and Veytaux.
CU PERI OR BLACK SILKS,
... at 8a. lld.,4*.0il.,5*. W.. d*. .Id., 7a. ad.
Highly recommended by l't.TKH RoBlNSOIf.
An luilnsiise btnek,
Irani 2 *. upward*.
HE HERKOMER ART SCHOOL,
. , . HL'MIIEY. HERTS,
studeuts whldngtojoin lUo Hcrk umr School at llaeliey mart
*eud In a strniy m black uml wluUr of Uio nudu llguro I or
approval la t wci-u sent. 14 and .V.
Tho boliool ItIKH'KNS on (MT.C. I SSL For fall particular*
apply to the Secretary at tho school.
Tv ING * S COLLEGE, London.—Tho
.following i'lo.pectuscs are now n-iuly
1. The 1 licoliiglcjil Department, Including both Morning.
Evening, and Preparatory Claaecs. *'
2. llie Uuncrai l.itcratme lh-partnient. Inclndlng clasies In
prepiirathm tor tho UuDcraiUos aud all the Public Ex-
ahiliiatiiina.
3. The Engineering nnd applied Sclenros Departments,
f • ? M"ideal ami Piellnuiuu-y bcluntdlc DciNtrUnrnts.
4. The Kveulng CUa-ra.
0. The Civil Service Department, Including Post Offlce Female
Urrkililiiy,
- R l' l J° o1 ' ,l 'r""' in » tlwier CUmlcal. Upper Modem,
Middle and Lower Dlviaious.
Apply perauually or by pottecar<l. stating which Prosneetus la
wanted, to J. W. ccxxikmiaii. secretary.
J 8 AAC MOSES MARSDEN, Esquire,
, deu>'n«d. Pursuant to tlie Act ..f Parliament of 23nd and
? , . n 1 i^y < 'I t fr l . 9 l *V tc ' r ,*“Mtnled "An Act to fortlu-r amend
the law of Froiertv arid to relievo Tru.loe.," Notice Is hereby
given that the iKLDlioilS and all utlmr perw'DS having any
M?ra‘K8°v r |*oI“/:L''v ,T‘V: r ’be Estate of IbAAO
JlAI{B1,Kf '' '"‘'"f*' Kenringcon-ganten-tSWKee. Hydn
lark, hi tho couuty of Middlesex, taqulre, deceased (who die I
"" • .. ' July. I8H«, and whnao will, wiih ten oalicl*
on tlie 2i)tli dny
thereto, wna
Principal
Court-f J
•a* proved on the 4th day of Septcmb-r, I8H4. In the
ll"gl*t.y of the ProbateDlviahin of Her Majesty a High
ojtlre. "7 Estlier MooesMaraden, Widow.the Ueilctof
the dc-ciued, Herbert Philip Maraden. Rudolph Isaac 'is’klra,
Montague Montagu Marsuen, and Stephen Lcoiiold Maraden.
Esquires, live of the Kxecntor* naiucl in and appointed by tho
said will and codicils’, are hereby required to send the i>*r-
tlcalM*. In writ.ng. of ti elrclaim* nr demand* to us. the un.b r-
slgncd, llm Mdlcitors hir th* said Executors, on ortn-lore the l*t
day of Novymber, iws altar which day Um raid Executors will
pr.Kxwdtodlstilhutatlioii.arta of th« said decgaied amon, Uie
partle. entltlcvl thereto, having regard only to tho claims and
demands ol which they shall then havu had notice, and tnat the
said Executors will not b" liable for the aps-taoreny n.rt thni>v.f
so oietribiiteu to any perron or person* of whose uebt. claim,
or demand they alialf not have tlicn received notice.
Dated this mil dey of 8eptoml>er, 1881.
Taxrux. TaiXKi, end Joecrn. 14n. Fenchurch-street.
London, E.C.. Sollcitora lor the* ml tjccutors.
A
QOCKLE’S
j^NTIBILIOUS
piLLS.
QOCKLE’S ANT1BILI0US
PILLS,
FOR LIVER.
LARGE aud SUPERIOR STOCK
of Broch* Velvet*, lireclri Satin*. Ac.,
in varioua twautlful design*,
for Mantles aud Drcssoa,
_ from II* «ld. to IP s, fid. per yard.
P VEXING DRESSES, DINNER DRESSES.
-h-J An "xtamlve variety.
New Styles, Iwautifniiy and flulilunahly made.
Block Grruadlne from 1 guinea.
Black Brussels net from -£ia. fid.
" " ' uinra*.
nations, from 3J guinea*.
„ . . B/ack Lace from a guinea*.
Block Merv. with various nuvsl cumhlnatloui
^'RAVELLING CLOrYKS in ZEPHYR SILK
I <• Novelty), beautlf ally light and storm-proof.
Various shades. 2ta. ikl. arid :tM. ikl.
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
^ FOR BILE.
(COCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
FOR I \ DIG I
FOR INDIGESTION.
/lOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
^ FOR UEAUi
FOR UEAUTBURN.
ADVICE TO DYSPEPTICS. — Symptoms
XX o( Dyapei'am and indlxeetlon, wltli special advice as to
Diet. "1 III* little pamphlet ap|>ea!s forcibly to til"." who havo
allowed the palate to drehtu everytlihig for them, end have land
the Inevltahl" penady of their folly"—Globe. Sent for one ataniu.
J. M. Ricu* ana. I'ubllslirr, 84. Great Ruuell-street. London.
/’ET A BOTTLE TO-DAY OF PERRY
'I DAVIS' l'AIN KILLER.— It Instantly relieves and cure*
severe scald*, burn*, sprain*, hruiara, toothache, hpadache,
P“ins in tho aide. Joint*, and Unit’s, all neuralgic, and rheu-
matiC pallia. Taken llilrnially cm** at nnro coughs, sudden
cold*, crump III til" atomncll. colic, dhirrlnra. and cholera
infantum. I'AIN KII.I.KH la tho great lionaelioltl nnaio-inp,
and liaa at. an I the ta.t ol fifty yrars. Any Chemist can supply
it at Is. lid. a lid 2*. Ud.
PARCELS POST FREE.
A Made-up srtlcleeor materials
_ “Y Die yard promptly (orwsrdej.
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MOURNIN G WAREHOUSE,
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PIRST-CLASS FURNITURE. Lowest
X Price*. Newest CARl'Ei S. SII.K8. DRESSES, Ac.
__ Pattern* anil 1‘arce.a Free.
T. VENABLES and SONS. Whitechapel. London. E.
TTALU ABLE DISCOVERY for tho HAIR.
.. ik V, ,< J ur h f. ,r , •• turnlu* grey, or white, or falling off. ate
The Mexican Hair Renower'* for It will poaltlvely restore In
every case Grey or White Hair to It* original colour, without
having the disagreeable smell of moat Restorers." It make*
the ha&ch*rm.ngly - beautlf al,aa well ** promoting tho growth
?/ ’ ,,e •'* | f nn katla Bints, where Hie glands are not dreayrd.
••The Mexican Hair Hemwer"|* an d by Chemists and Per¬
fumer* everywhere, at 3*. «d. per Bottle. ’ 1 “
GRATEFUL—COMFORTING.
|, ■' By a thorough knowledge of the natural
l»Wl whJcU govern U»o oiMtr.tTiun* of tlicoatlnn
1 7 P P S’ S " ll 'l n«trlHoi., and bv a careful application of
* x X kl o tha fine properUeeof woll-e"!acted Cocoa. Mr.
-a tppa lias provided our breakfast tablet with a
delictitaly.ilnvonred beverage which may save
us many lie.ivy doct*’r»' lull*. It Is by the
mnnirriST, J “' 1 ,,f , ' ,ch *>f ‘>'et that a
(BREAKFAST) constitution may bo gradually built up until
strong enough to resist every tond-ucy to
diaeate. liiindrcds of auhtlo maladies w
II. At In* around us ready to attack wherever
O C 0 A. *'Vra T "T k i rK '"! t ' VVc •"«» «e»|w many
I . a faUUhanbykerpliijgoaiaelVHWell fortlll.-l
v-r with pure blood and a properly nourished
frame. —Civil Service Gazette.
Made simply with boiling water or milk.
Sold In Packet* ian.1 Tin*. Jib. and l lb., for Export), labelled.
JAMES EPPS and 00.. HOMCEOPATHIO CHEMISTS
A ’ to Makcri ol END'S CHOCOLATE ESSENCE.
T'RELOAR’S
JJRUSSELS Q A II PETS.
BEST QUALITY,
EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS,
LOWEST PRICE.
JRELOAB
aud g 0 N S,
£UDGATE HILL.
77 LORI LINE. For the Teeth and Breath.
X I* the best Liquid Dentrlflco In the world: It thoroughly
Clranae* partially-decayed teeth from all parultea or living
• animal, ul*. leaving them pearly white. Imparting a dellght-
fn 1 fragrance to the WaUi. Th. Fragrant Nor I line nmo”n
Instantly all odour* arising from a foul stomach or tobacco
sm-’ke, being partly com pored of honey, sol*, and extract* of
sweet herb* and plant*. It la perfectly dellcloq* to the taste,
nnd n* harmless as sherry. Siild by clu-mlst* and Perfumers
everywhere, at2s. fid. per liottls. ou
ATUDA VERITAS.—GREY HAIR restored
• fUr J irh,C . h 11 STOW* the natural clour.
f.ni r ^ ,, :«A U i ? 1 |"?' drewing. It cauiea growth, arrest*
felllnp, uml 1 1e ximt detection. iTi© moat hnrmlf^ nnd
effectual rertorer extant. One trial will ror.vInre t hM no
equal Price lua. M.,of all Chemists and HalrtJteawml'SS
tlmonlal* free. Agenta. IL IK) VEN DEN and SON'S. Loudon.
/ 7 .OLDEN HAIR.—Robore’s AUREOLINE
produce# the beautiful golden colour so much ailmlred
"'V'T'f. l ’ r| c« S*. Ml. snd ins. Ad., of*ll
principal Perfumers snd Chemists throughout the world
Ageuts, It. UOVENDEN and SUN'S. Loudon.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
SEPT. 20, 1884
280
NEW MUSIC.
SECONDHAND PIANOFORTES.—GREAT
0 .SALK.-A number of tho beat Instrument* of ell
description*. returned from hire, *ml nearly u good
••new, at greatly reduced price# for cash, nr on the
Thren-Veara' Hyatam, *t ClUfFKU. end CO. 8.
Krsrd Oblique Cottage .ml Grud Pianoforte#.—
mtUiAtitl.
Collnnt Cottage and Grand Pianofortra.-Secondhamt.
Broadwood Cottage und Grand Pianoforte*.—Second-
hand.
Chlrkrrlng Overatrung nnd Grand Planofortra.-
Breondliand. . _ . _
Cliappell Pianino*. Oreritrutif end Grand Piano¬
forte*. -Secondhand.
Secondhand American Omni,
dough and Warran American Onrana-Secondhand.
.M uon und llamllii American Organ*.—Secondhand.
Alexandra Harmonium*.—Secondhand.
A large .tuck at greatly reduced price*.
/CHAPPELL and CO.. 50, New Bond-street;
V> and IS, Poultry.
pHAPPELL and CO.’S ALEXANDRE
V-f II AIIMONI CMS. for Church. School*, or Drawing-Room*.
fn>tn II to IM guinea*: or. on tho Three-Vcar*' Bystem. from
f I he. per quarter.—SO, Ne w Bond-«treet; and IS. Poultry.
PLOUGH and WARREN’S PET ORGAN,
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So furious wm the shook that it sent Squire Caww backwards against the table, sweeping off bottles, plates, and glasses in a general crash togother.
ROPES OF SAND.
CHAPTER XXT.
OUT OP THE WOOD.
brought back your
gun,” repouted Cu¬
cumber .lack, in his
clear, thin voice, with-
\OTt a touch of the
local brogue. “ I wasn’t
there ■ so it isn’t
\ mino.H \
* ‘‘Have' you come to
giveyourself up ? ” asked
Francis.
‘ ‘ 1 ’ni come to give up
the gun—if coming here
\ won’t do ns well as
staying there.”
“ Then lay it down; no,
hand it over to me.”
Cucumber Jack put his
lips to the barrel, glided
\ forward with his noiseless
Indian stride, and pre¬
sented the weapon to
Francis, butt forward. Then he
fell back to the same distance ns
before.
There," said he: —
“ And Ix>r<l I jmgtail he will luuffh with elec.
And Kir Whifc-tuil skip for fun ;
For Fur and Feather will jrrin together
At* Jack with never a pun.
There : I made that ns I came along.”
Certainly he was a oncer sort <>f an assassin. Francis put
down the gun behind him and the pitcher in its proper place
before him.
“ 1 'oust think a minute what I’m to do with you,” said
he, sternly. ** Giving vonrself up quietly like this ‘is the last
thing I thought you’d do." He thought whether he would
BY R. E. PRANCILLON,
Author of “Strange Waters," "Olympia," "A Real Queen,'
not carry the savage straight before Parson Pengold ; but then
it struck him that the justice might scarce be in a condition to
take a clear view of his duty, especially remembering his pre¬
judices in favour of any prisoner. Not only must the Parson’s
hood, but the evidence, have time to become perfectly clear.
And even then it might be better to carry the prisoner before
some magistrate gifted with less learning, nnd farther re¬
moved from the peculiar effects of Stoke Juliot air.
‘‘There’s nothing you need trouble to do with me," said
the other. ‘‘I’ve not been under n roof but the jug’s since
some where in old Ilorneck’s time, and 1 don’t care to stay
longer than I need. I can shift with a stick, or a stone in u
sling. Only a gun saves trouble, and it made a good jingle.
So that’s done, nnd 1 ’ll go again.”
Fruncis was becoming slightly bewildered. “ Go P When
you come to give yourself up for Derrick’s murder ’’-
Suddenly the man shuddered, and held his hands before
his eyes—first close, then half at arm’s length, as though
holding off some vision he dared not look upon.
“ Don’t speak of that—I saw him. Don’t inukc me see it
again ! The wood will never be the old wood ; the Mother
Beech herself was bleeding. She ’// never bear leaf nor mast
again. Iilood of a beast or a fowl—that’s nature; but blood
of a man ! There’s no rhyme to be made to that, try what
you will. There—it’s gone now. ... . But I couldn’t stay
for you, by the side of n dead man, with open eyes. So I ’ve
brought hack the gun you gave me to stay for. I didn’t stay:
so it isn’t mine.”
“ Do you mean to tell me, man, that yon have come to
give yourself up for the murder of Derrick—yes or no P ”
‘‘There—now you ’vc said it again ! ”
“ I Rave said it again. Are you the mnn that killed him?”
’ ’ I ? / take blood that—that was like my own ? ’ ’
” That *s what I mean. For a poacher to take blood—is
that such an unbelievable thing?”
“ Dh. it’s nothing to see the blood of a pheasant or n hare.
We ’re all in the same game ; hawks do that: it’s the way of
the woods and all. All ’sfnir among friends. They don’t blinne
—•* — ’— —* v -friei ’ ""
Ac. - ‘ ..
more for taking their lives than I’d blame a lion or a bear for
taking mine. ’Tis all in love ami friendship, nnd doing what
we d be done by. But there’s no love noi liking when man
kills man. The blood smells foul, like a black hemt—
uml ” he covered his eyes again, all his proverbial eoolmcs
gone.
“ Then—why have you come?”
“To give you back your gun : because I didn’t stay.”
I he man did not seem insane, though, to Francis’eves, so
wild in his talk and ways. Ilis horror at the idea of human
bloodshed did not appear in the least like remorse, though so
completely unlike the common, conventional behaviour of one
whose hands are clean. It was more like the conduct of a
timid child, or a hysterical girl: and his distinction between the
blood of beast and the blood of man, though incoherent
enough, was not altogether without on echo in Francis Carew’s
own brain.
“ Did you kill Derrick P” asked he.
“ Did you ? ” asked the poacher quickly : with a change of
manner so sharp and sudden that for a moment he seemed
another man.
“ God in Heaven, mnn—No ! ”
‘‘Then you did not. And God m Heaven. No. So say I.”
Francis looked at him. long nnd hard. The trembling that
had seized him nt the first speech of man’s blood had not quite
left him: but no eyes on earth could have met his more
simply and straightly than this mom than suspected mur¬
derer's. There was no more guilt iu them than in the eyes of
an infant who has never heard of crime. • •
“ Have come to say who did kill Derrick, then P Did you
see the thing done P ”
“ I «nv it done? I ? No—scare us alive ! I saw It —when
i came - back to Mother Beech; and ever since I’ve been
lying with my head in a heap of leaves. I’d be there nmv.
but for n shower nt morning that washed the woods a bit
clean.”
“ Here—whoever you are, take this, any way,” said
Francis, pouring out a bumper from the bottle he had not
thrown. ' ;
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Tho poacher took the glues: looked at it curiously: and
then suddenly let it down with a smash on the floor.
“It’s tho same thing—it’s the same smell!” he cried,
trembling again. “ And where’ll I go now the Fox himself
don’t know. The wood’s no place now, with this stuff spatter¬
ing the Mother Beech herself, and its drops left to breed under
the ground. And there's men can do what makes the very
water turn like—that, and the very air sick to see . . .
Just bide n bit, while I shut my eyes u long time.”
"No; you’re not the man,” said Francis, after a pause,
during which the other stood swaying slightly from side to
side, with his eyes literally closed. “ I’m certain you're not-
the man.” He could not even yet comprehend why he hud
received this visit; but the talk had put that mutter out of his
hea l, and it somehow seemed to him natural enough that the
man should be there.
Perhaps the conclusion was rash: perhaps it was one that
no lawyer would have made. Cucumber Jack might be an
actor, or lie might be a madman; or lie might have been driven
mad, in his solitude, by the haunting ghost of his victim.
His agitation and incoherence were, at the very least, ns con¬
sistent with the sense of blood-guiltiness as with that clean con¬
science which is traditionally supposed to know no fear. But.
what, after all, is it tlmt does make us believe in one another,
when we do believe? It is certainly not reason, who always
bids distrust, or a man's speech or bearing, which may always
be construed in twenty conflicting wavs. If such were the source
of a man’s faith in a fellow-man, faith would be ran* indeed.
By the usual process—that is to say, by the assured insight,
which is the only real rule, whether it prove right or wrong.
Francis was as'certain that thiR savage was ns guiltless of
Derrick’s death ashe. llisown nerveswere fur too strongly made
to understand why the more sight of a corpse should so affect ono
whose trade was the taking of life; but he had already begun
to find out that even Stoke Juliot held many tilings hitherto
unknowu to his philosophy. Since the world contained a
Mabel Opensliaw, what else should be called stronger
“No, he repeated, with increasing conviction, “You are
not the man.”
“ I know that,” said the poacher, opening his eyes. *' The
only thing is—where ’ll I go ? ”
“ Look here, my man,” said Francis. “ I can’t make you
out at all. I believe you came on that poor fellow’s body
just as I did, and were frightened out of your wits, though
that’s another queer thing for a man like you. I sup¬
pose it comes from living alone. That isn't good for any
man—it's not good for man to live alone," added this
son of Adam, his head full of a daughter of Eve. “You must
change your life, or you’ll be found dead in the woods your-
scir; or you '11 be getting to think you see all sorts of nonsense,
like the yokels that can’t pass a barn door without swearing
it's got hoofs unci horns.”
“Alone? What makes you think I live alone? The only
trouble is living in such a crowd. Why, there ’« more trees in
Base Wood than you’ll find all round about, if you was to
trump for a night and a day; and us for the fur and tho
feathers, ’tis downright hard to keep them from crowding one
out of elbow-room."
” But without a soul to speak to—I know what it means
myself ”-
“Speak to? Scare us alive! Why, the worst of them is,
they’re always at it—talking, I mean; and making up all
sorts of rhymes. I wish I could make up rhymes like they !
They never seem at fault—don’t the trees, when the wiml
blows through.” The cloud and the terror seemed to have,
left him as completely as if they hud never been there. His
cyee brightened up, and his words came freely, though in the
faint, thin, somewhat dull tone that belongs to men who
seldom use their tongue^, and* with now and then a broken
sentence or a pause for a word. “ You can't know much about
the woods, Squire, to talk the way you do. I ’ve heard men
talk.- -sea fools, uud that kind; but they 're dull company,
after tho trees. Who’s so wise as a Fox? And who ever
heard of a Fox going to sea ? And what a poor thing is u
man’s tongue when it can’t give back one rhyme that a leaf
will make to your eyes—let alone your ears. And then in a
wood you’re not bothered with the stars. All's snug and
warm. Talk and good company ! Why, that’s just whut I
live for; and there you talk about Base Wood Beeches as if
they were as dull as Hornacombe Sands.”
Francis shook his head : all this was beyond him, as well it
might be, as expressed with no better kind of word-painting
than Cucumber Jack knew how to use. There are plenty of
pens that would with ease translate his talk into what would
have at least a semblance of philosophy, which readers or
hearers might at any rate profess to understand. But to
Francis Carew u Beeeli was but a Beech : to Cucumber Jack it
was so much more that he could only listen to it in reverence,
and only long that it were possible to comprehend half it had
to say, or to be its humble friend on equal terms. Yet the
very earnestness of his unquestioning creed gave his words a
simple weight, so that no true lover could think of a lie in
connection with this true worshipper.
Indeed, it seemed as if he had oiever suspectod the fellow,
much less taken his guilt for granted, and he felt grateful to
the Parson for having prejudged the case in the prisoner’s
favour.
“You’re a queer customer, any way,’ snidhe>'" ‘VI can’t
make you out, and I doubt if it's much good my trying. But
[ like you; though you do seem to have more of a woman
about you thau Is natural to a mail. How long have you been
living in the woods? I suppose you weren’t bom there?”
“ Oh, I can’t count the days. May be as many os thcre’vc
been in my time; and I can’t rinnd any that came before.”
"Don’t you know who you axe? Haven’t you got a nurae?”
“ ()h, we don’t trouble about calling names in there. We
know one another all right, without sdeh stuff as them. If
I’d a name, ’twould be nil one like putting myself outside;
’twould be as if I was n thing bv myself, and not one with tho
rest of them. ’Tis brid enough, as ’tis, to feel oneself looked
down on by tbetiycs, all becau$6 one’s got such a cut-off-
from-the-re8t like sort of a self; but with a name all to one’s
own self, ’twould be wqrso still. No, no; no names for me.”
” You’re no countryman of these parts. Aud you wouldn’t
talk us you do if you hadn’t had some better teaching than I
had; though if birch madc scholars, I ought to be at the top
of the tree.”
“ That’s naught. We’re all gentry in there."
/x“ All ? What all ? I thought you were alone. "
“ What all ? Why the trees, of course. Wlmt else should
wo W—ui there ?”\/
” You ’re too much for my wits, my man. One would
think you meant you're a tree yourself”-
“ Worse luck, no. I wish I were. Maybe 1 shall be some
(by—but They know what They’ve been—one pair of cars
can’t hear a thousand tongues all rustling in the wind together.
But they’ll learn me everything—
When I’m planted sound in the good warm ground,
And my sap begins to spring."
It was clearly no use to ask him questions. Francis had
suspected from the beginning thut tin- poacher’s wits were at
any rate not cut according to Stoke Juliot puttem; but
love hacl taught him humility enough not to set down every¬
body whom he could not understand ns a crazy fool. A man
who takes a woman for a goddess has little right to scorn
another man for seeming to confuse himself with a tree: and
in truth the poet’s hope of developing some day or other into
timber and foliage, as n higher state of being, was scarcely
worse or better founded than Francis Carew’s hope of out-
rivnlling a Quickset iu the heart of Mabel. No man is con¬
scious of such instincts; but they do their work in spite of
him.
He was t rying, to tho best of his power, to lay hold of «>m ■
theory that would work, when he heard his housekeeper’s
heavy tread along the passage: and lie had already received
warning enough that she was more apt to discuss the uffnirs
of Hornacombe outside the house thau wus good for him.
There was at any rate no reason why she should let the
Vicarage know that her master made up for the loss of Captain
Quickset by getting the most notorious poacher iff the parish
to come and drink with him—lie would once have cared not a
halfpenny if all the world knew tlmt he kept company with
old Nick, or even with old Homeck : but- things were different,
now. So he anticipated her entrance by opening the door him¬
self, and standing in it, as if by chance, so that she might
say her say without having to come into the room.
Mrs. Drax, considering her importance in the household,
has certainly not yet received the attention which, if she
herself had been allowed any voice in the matter, she would
assuredly have claimed. When Francis Carew first came to
Hornacombe, he had found an exceedingly stout and linrd-
featured widow already in full possession. Indeed, slu*
had served the late Mr. Carew of Hornacombe for so many
years as to have acquired in her own belief a sort of pre¬
scriptive right to the office and emoluments of housekeeper; and,
the new heir not earing a straw who served him or how he was
served, she remained on as one of the fixtures. It was not in
Stoke Juliot nature to miss chances of profit, whether blown
from the West in the form of wreckage, or from the East in
the shape of a cureless heir. Francis, if ever he gave half a
thought to the matter, knew perfect.lv well that Mrs. Drnx
plundered him ns conscientiously os if he were a West India-
mau gone aground: but then for her own sake she would keep
off other vultures, while it was perfectly certain that there was
not another capable manager in the parish who would not have
done the same. So he submitted to her usurpation, ns was
indeed inevitable, and regurded Mrs. Drux as a portion of
destiny. And thus things nad gone on at Hornacom be, in the
smoothest aud most uninterrupted discomfort, and wit h no sort
of collision between that accomplished wrecker, Mrs. Drnx, and
that ship without a pilot, the Francis Carew.
But the latter perceived, even in the dim light of the passage,/
that there wns au ominous gloom about the whole expression
and bearing of Mrs. Drax the like of which he had never seen
till now. Moreover, it wns entirely without precedent that
she should disturb her master while he wns supposed to be at
his cups : and she was ns abject a slave to precedent as any
special pleader of ancient Media.
“ I’ve made bold to take the chance of your being at home
for onco in a blue moon, Mr. Carew,” said she.
“I suppose you mean ybu want, to speak to me about
something,” he said, rather impatiently. “ Well ? ”
“ No, Sir. I don’t want to clo anything of the kind. I've
never spoke—and seeing all there's been to speak about,
there’s not another woman in my place would have held her
tongue.” \
"Well?” lie asked again, leaning against the door-post.
“ I ’in ready to hear anything you’ve got to say. Is there
anything wrong? ” \ vv
“ No, Sir. Naught 's wrong, and I've naught to say.”
“Then, as I haven’t either, Mrs. Drax”-
“I want to ask. Sir, I want to know when’s the day
vou ’re to be married; and how you’re going to settle about
Me.” A [ \ \
He felt he Ought to he angry with the woman’s im¬
pertinence, especially a»‘ there was something beyond im¬
pertinence in her manner and tone. But lie could hardly feel
indignant at finding a practical turn given to his dearest hope :
so he took it with all the good humour due to an old servant
from an expectant bridegroom.
“ Nonsense,” said he. “ What has put that into your head ?
There's no day; und I very muchr doubt if there ever will be.
Whatever happens, you ’ll never suffer, you may be sure.”
“ Begging your pardon, then, Mr. Carew, that’s just what
I shall. 1 ’ve not put up with the goings on in this house all
these years’ll years’n years only to be turned out by a
benighted Fapess at the end. All the drinkings, and the
gamings, andtheall-manner-of-hours, and the sweethcartings,
and the not coming homo to mealses, isn’t what I’ve been
used to: no wonder the poor Captain ’s took himself off,
'through not being able, that’s a real gentleman, to abide such
going-ons. And I not taking a sixpenny worth from week’s
end to week’s end—not so much as a candle end nor a cheese
rind, as all the parish knows.”
“That’s your own fault, Mrs. Drax,” said Francis.
“ Then all the more credit to me. Y’ou find another woman
as ’ll say the same without a lie, and I ’ll find you her as has
yet got to be made. My old master, he that was here before
you, and lays in the churchyard, he knew my value— he
wouldn’t have married me out, not for twenty ships stuffed
with silver and gold. He knew his place better than go
marrying—a quiet gentleman, just such another as the poor
Captain that’s gone, sitting quiet over his books, and ns regular
as Yule.”
“ What, Mrs. Drax—you mean to forbid the banns?”
“ Begging your pardon, no, Mr. Carew. All I want to ask
is, how you mean to settle betwixt Miss Mabel Opensliaw und
me. /can’t go.”
“ I see—I and my wife (he could not deny himself the
pleasure of the word) will have to lodge elsewhere. Well, we
shall make shift somehow. I dare say ' r -
“ And p’rups Miss Mabel, begging her pardon, will be pleased
to know how when you’ve driven off a real gentleman, with your
wild ways, you 've ’took up with o common keeper—a common
spy / cull him, coming to put his nose into what’s nobody’s
affairs. P’raps when she’s Madame Carew she ’ll like to keep
company with Mr. Davis, if that’s his uamo, that says you’ve
bid him come ”-
“ What —is Davis here ? ” asked Francis, suddenly remem¬
bering not only his appointment with the keeper but why
it had been made. And there was Cucumber Jack in the very
house, and in that very room : and guiltless, though it might
be in the teeth of reason. “I did bid him come. Why, instead
of talking all that confounded nonsense, didn’t you tell me he
was here P ”
“Because you never asked me ! ” said Mrs. Drax. “ Because
I know my place, better than everybody knows theirs. Why, /
wouldn’t marry—no, not if all the parish was to go on their
bended knees. But there, p’raps you’ll think better of it,
now you know you’ll have to choose 'twixt a girl that was
picked up off the sands as you might pick up a stick of
drift, ana a servant that’s worth her .weight in silver and
gold ”-
“ T<^1 I' fo come here,” he interrupted her, sharply—so
sharply that the old humbug began to suspect her master of
not being quite such n fool ns she had rated him; and not
altogether without cause.
CHAPTER XXII.
A QUESTION OF LAW.
Francis waited till Mrs. Drax was out of hearing, and then
dosed the door. He looked round the room, half hoping that
the poacher had again resolved himself from the air out of
which he hud seemed to come: but there was no such luck—
tho man had tuken up the gun from which lie had come to
part, and was contemplating it lovingly.
“ The keepers are after us, mv man," said Francis,
quietly. “ I don’t want to give you up: but I can’t protect
you, if you ’re seen. 1 wont to talk to you aguin : so you
must keep out of sight till the keeper’s gone. Go into that
closet; and keep quiet till I open the door.”
“ No more noise than the moonlight,” said the poacher,
recovering his proverbial coolness at the prospect of a familiar
danger, and laying down the gun. “ But ”—he hesitated, and
pointed to the closet which stood dark before him : “ In there /"
“ We don’t lay traps ut Hornacombe, my man,” said
Francis. “ You ’ll be as safe there ”-
The poacher gave one other glance at the closet: then a
swift look at the other’s eves.
“ As in the heart of the Mother Beech,” said he—and in
he went without another word, pulling the door to after him.
Both word and act were so eloquent of implicit trust that, lmd
any suspicion still lingered in his mind ot the other’s faith, it
would have died then and there. A poacher who could trust
his liberty to a country gentleman’s cupboard had surely
earned a right to be trusted beyond all other men.
In another minute, Mr. Davis entered, just ns Francis had
time to reseat himself over his wine.
“ Here l um, Squire,” said lie, gruffly, looking round, with
all-embraeiug eyes, at everything in the room, even while
speaking: and by no means missing the broken glass and the
pool of red wine on the floor.
•‘I’ve been thinking the whole matter over, Davis,” said
Francis. " And I’ve come to the conclusion- But sit down :
here's tobacco: and that's cognac, if you don’t care for
wine ”-
“ And duty free,” growled Mr. Davis, “ I ’U go bail.” But
he nevertheless helped- himself gt nerously, and took a good
gulp, drawing a chair to within a yard of the table, and seat¬
ing himself so exactly on the edge that the tenth of an inch
more would send him to the ground, choir, tumbler, und all.
“Ay: and 'tie duty free. 'Tis odd how duty does take the
flavour out of a thing: but ’tis true.”
“I’ve been thinking the whole thing out,” 6nid Francis,
with the air of a judge, “and I've concluded that the Purson’s
right, and there ’'s nothing to be done.”
“ Aye, Squire. And that—that’s just what. I’ve concluded
you’d conclude.”
“ You see, there’s no case against any mail. Just run
through the evidence. My keeper was found shot in your
wood—that’s all. Who in tlnf world is to say it wasn’t mere
accident? He might have been carrying his gun at full cock,
and the trigger might have caught in a bramble ”-
“ Ay. He might. But ‘ might* ’s n stifllsh sort of a word
when both barrels was loaded, and clean. I made bold to lay
hold of the gun myself: and I’ve got it now, just as’twas
then, all safe at home. He was never shot with his own gun.
Besides, that was loaded with shot: and 'twas n bullet did his
game.”
The truth of the matter was that Francis saw, no less dearly
than Mr. Davis himself, how straight the finger of suspicion
pointed at Cucumber Jack : nay, he saw it even more clearly,
for he knew how lately the poacher had been at the very spot
where Derrick’s body was atterwarda found. There wus ample
evidence for an arrest; ample for a committal; niidu notorious
rogue and vagabond, without friends or ineuns, and-looking
more like a heathen savage than a Christian, wns not likely to
have doubtful points strained in his favour. True, the British
law favours prisoners, and has always favoured them. But iu
those days at least the Courts did not always, except out of
sheer delight in a good quibble, follow the example of the law :
and Francis Carew was only lawyer enough to have certain
vague uotions of black caps, and hanging judges, and of a
criminal trial as a sort of fox-chase, with the lawyers for the
hounds. Better that the real criminul should go free than that
the search for him should begin with putting in peril the neck of
the chief suspect, of whose innocence Francis Carew was as
convinced, by the light of nature, ns he was of his own by know¬
ledge. Better to forego justice to the guilty than that such a
thing as this should be.
“And if it were a bullet—what then? " asked he. “Mon
don’t go with bullets after rabbits and birds — r
“ And that shows when ’tis after keepers they go, and
men. . . . As you say, Squire, people don’t carry bullets into
woods after common game."
“ And as to the man. Why, there's no more proof against
Cowcumber Jack than—thau against me.”
“ He’s called Cowcumber because he’s cool. Because he '*
uncommon cool! No—cool’s not the word.”
“ I mean this, Mr. Davis. When I say there’s no more
proof against Cowcumber Jack than against me—just consider
how things would look if I was to be ou my own trial. I was
in that very wood myself ever since sunrise; I suppose tres¬
passing, though that’s more than I know. Now you can’t
prove thut of the other man, who may have been miles away
for aught anybody knows. ’Twas I found the body ; and they
that hide, as they say, can find. I might have done that for a
cover, vou see ; und then put it upon Cowcumber Jack as the
most likely man. And yet I should get off as clear as day—
for all there's a stronger case against me than anybody in
Stoke Juliot, bar none. You're not on the right track,
Mr. Davis. Whoever did this murder is no more Cowcumber
Jack ”-
Mr. Davis reached out from his chair edge to the table edge,
and put down his tumbler. “As you say, Squire Carew. ’Tis
no more Cowcumber Jack than ’tis your own self. And for
why ? Becuuse there’s no such a Jack at all."
I-'rancis stared at such a rapid conversion. But it was too
good a theory to lose.
“ Faith, I begin to think that’s about it,” said he. “ And
now that's settled ”-
“And why’8 there no Jack?” asked Mr. Davis, slowly,
piuting his right hand into his breast. “ Because his name’s
Francis Carew, of Hornacombe, Esquire. I-ord, I knew tho
’dentifleation when I took you up for poaching on Sir Miles’s
land—I ’in Kent, I am. And how about Nance Derrick, Squire
Cowcumber, eh ? How 'll that look when you 're up at Exeter ?
And how’ll it look when you're proved thick and thin with
Caleb Quickset, Esquire? So you was in those woods, was
you? So, Francis Jock Cowcuuibvr Carew, of Hornacombe,
Esquire, you’re my prisoner for the murder of Philip Der¬
rick ”-
“ Are you drunk or mad ? ” i ried Francis, starting from his
chair.
“ Never mind,” said the keeper. “ That’s naught to you.”
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283
“ It’ll boa pood deal to you, though,” eaid Frauds, clench¬
ing his fist. “ You arrest we t ”
** That's it. I knows well enough 'tis at my own peril, rot
being a constable ; but I'll stand the peril—Sir Milts, he'll
see me through. 1 goes on reasonable suspicion of felony;
and that’s good law. And here,” said he, drawing n pistol
from his breast, "is ns good warrant as any Parson Pen-
gold's—nnd better too.”
The man was clearly not to be trifled with—at another
time, Francis must have respected in him the three grand
qualities of courage, determination, and zeal for duty. That
a trifle of wounded vanity lurked at the bottom, made them
none the worse: that Nance Derrick's supposed injuries hatl
tinged this rather rough diamond with a flavour of chivalry,
rendered them all the better. But Francis, naturally enough,
only saw a blundering bully. Not knowing how for the fellow
would carry matters, he snatched up the gun that leaned
against the arm of his chair, grasped it by the barrel, and
brought down the butt upon Davis's right arm, which, un¬
prepared for the blow, let the pistol fall. Davis, a thorough¬
bred bull-dog, closed in and grappled with the gun—the man
who had killed his own keeper would hnve small scruple in
shooting down another man's.
The struggle was sharp, but short. The gun went off
between their hands, startling the wrestlers apart. Davis
sprang back, nnd pointed to the wall.
"There ! ” he gasped, pointing to the portait of some dead
and forgotten Carew, through whose yellow forehead now
appeared a small round hole. "There—now we know who
goes shooting with bullets: and there's thy gun, as well ns the
mnn! ”
Francis put his foot on the pistol, and threw the gun far
across the room.
"Now,” said he, "we’re man to man. If yon think I
murdered my own servant, go to Parson Pengold for a
warrant ” -
" And get kicked out, like when 1 had you up before. Like
enough I’d go to one of the gang for a warrant against
another."
"Then go to some other magistrate—go to Barnstaple, or
Ilfracombe, if you think yourself in the middle of such u
den,”
“And let you out of my sight—not I. I’ll go to Barn¬
staple : and you 'll come too.”
" 1 ’ra not going to wrangle. So ”-
“ Nor I. That wants a cool head: and I'm not a Cowcumber.
1 say there’s no Cowcumber, because he's you: and ’twas you
shot Derrick: and I arrest you for murder in the name of the
Law.”
" You say that—when wc 're but man to man ? ”
11 Ay—if you were fifty of you. As there’s but one honest
man in the parish, he must take his chance: so here goes.”
And the keeper, his blood by this time well warmed, came ou
Ji'ce a battering-ram, in the cause of Right against Wrong.
But the blood of Francis Carew had also begun to boil,
lie Had the advantage of-height, and -perhaps-a little of weight -
besides, ns well as of youth: though in point of training the
pupil of Capt ain Quickset was by no means up to the mark, but
much the contrary, while the keeper was as hard us nails. He
prepared himself for the onset by kicking the pistol under the
table nnd then received the charge by a heavy blow on the
keeper’s skull, which, however, seemed to have no more effect
than upon a bull’s. He had to meet the shock: and so
furious was it that it sent him backwards against the table,
sweeping off bottles, plates, and glasses, in a general crash
together. . . .
The keeper’s object was to get the Squire down and under
him, so as to force him to surrender. That of Francis was
.imply felf-defence—not that lie was unwilling to give Mr.
Davis os much punishment as came conveniently in his way.
The latter, with blit a slight change of tactics, again made a
battering ram of himself, nnd, utterly regardless of descending
blows, threw his arms round Francis’ waist, and endeavoured
to trip him up suddenly. But Francis, though taken by
surprise, contrived to stand firm nnd to get hold of the other's
throat with his left hand. And so they struggled : straining,
and swerving in a desperate embrace that every man in Stoke
.1 idiot would have given a year of wreck to see.
The arrest seemed little likely. But Mr. Davis was far too
true a Briton to dream of defeat, or to believe anything im¬
possible to a thick skull that means winning. And nt Inst
Fortune declared for him: ns indeed she mostly does, nt last,
declare for the thicker skull. Both men stumbled together
over a ••hair that had been overthrown in the grapple : and it
vvas Francis Carew who went down ou his back, dragging the
other afterJdm. ~ * /-- - . \
The keeper seized the moment’s advantage to grasp his
arms, and to bring his whole weight to bear so as to pinion^
them to the floor. \ \
" Now ! ” he panted. “ Do you give in?. Are you&ow<rttm|>er
Jack now?”
•f No,” rnme in a clear easy voice from elsewhere, start lmg
the keeper so much that Francis almost shook himself free.
•• If Squire Carew’s to be took upforbeing (.'owcumber Jm k, as
lie’s called by the fools, why — I *11 go.” •.
“ And who the devil "—the keeper could neither say much,
nor look round : for lie felt his opponent to be waiting the first
moment’s chance of u spring. . \
” You 're wanting Cowcumber Jack, aren’t you - \\ ell, if
one must have n name like any other two-legged fool, that ’»
mine. The Squire hml caught me iilrondyy ypu see—us you ’d
have known in another minute, if you hadn't been such n -
keeper. Come—here I am.”
Mr., Davis was getting bCvmdcred : but ho could not forget
that there was a gun somewhere handy, n loaded pistol under
the table, and a man in the room free to use them. Even the
bravest and strongest may, liny must, yield with but little
shame to such odds ns these: dud he rose, Francis following.
Nevertheless, he/ did not blithely retreat-indeed, he
deliberntelv set himself in the path of danger: that is to say,
between odds and the door, which might for aught lie knew
let in longer odds Still. The eyes of the two younger men
met : then said Francis to the poacher—
“ You rascal: to think you could get me out of a scrape bv
a lie! As if 1 were in the smallest danger, beyond that of
having to break one or two of this ruffian's bones before I’d
done.- Be off with yon, you lying rascal; and never let me
see your face about Horancombc again."
7^ "That’s all right, Squire,” said the poacher. "You caught
me fair; like a hawk catches a skylark, nnd fnlrer than that
can’t be I 'm Cowcumber Jack : and if Cowcumber Jack shot
your keeper, then so did 1.”
Francis himself was taken aback for a moment by this
audacious confession, unido ns coolly ns if murder were of no
more account than the slaughter of u fly. Well— lie had done
Iiis best for one whom ho considered innocent: he could not
help it if his unreasoning belief had been wrongly bestowed.
As for Mr. Dnvis, he was getting simply bewildered, nnd could
onlVi.stnre from ope to the other, like a man in a maze. ,
"Then nil I cun sayTs,” he said nt Inst. " if that s the real
.Tuck Cowcumber, mid’lie looks nigh as like it as you did your¬
self, and if you 'vc caught him, you'll hand him over to me.
And if you 're the wrong Jack Cowcumber. there’s no malice
’twist men that's had r. good set-to. But ’tis an out-and-out
queer parish, this here."
He made a dive into the debris for the brandy bottle, which,
though sadly broken, still held about a cupful in the heel. 'The
poacher seized the occasion to pass carelessly behind Francis
and to throw u curiously-pitched whisper into his ear.
" All right, Squire. Since was you killed Derrick, ’twas
sure to be all fair. Never you mind, or trouble. Now 1 've
seen That in the woods, I'd ns lief swing as no. I 'll stick to
it I’m Cowcumber Jack that shot Derrick; and you stick to it
too." He whistled to cover the end of his whisper, and
watched the keeper set down the heel of the bottle with a grave
sort of interest in the process of drinking brandy out of
broken glass without cutting one’s tongue.
"Good Heavens !” cried Francis in his heart, "wlmt have
I done to this creature that he should wish to hang in what he
thinks my place ? Why. if he were a dog and I his master, he
could do no more. . . . I could do no more for Mabel than
die for her: and . . . Davis,” he said, gravely, "you have
heard what this man says—that he is in my custody. And in
my custody he stays. This is my house: nnd you will go.
This is my affair now ”-
But the keeper hesitated still. " I ‘11 do my duty, ’
snid he.
"You've done it," said Francis. “And I’ll do mine.
This is my house; and this man is in my custody. A game¬
keeper ought to know wlmt trespass means ”-
•* I suppose you mean you ’ll do to me as von did to Derrick
among the lot of ye,” said the keeper. " Well, you've saved
your necks to-night—but ns sure as death ’s deuth, you may
look to see the last of your gang — Captain, Parson, Squire,
Cowcumber, and all.”
He shook his fist, nnd retired, if not with victory, yet with
certainly nil the honours of war that courage and a sense of
Right can claim. Francis followed him silently with a candle,
saw him out of the house, nnd barred the door. Then he
returned to the clmos of broken glass, shattered furniture, and
streams of blood-like wine, where the poacher stood whistling
softly, in philosophic unconcern.
" Do you know you have confessed to murder? ” asked lie,
sternly. " Do you want to die ? ”
" I want to be planted underground,” said he. “ I don't
want to have to go on being a live mnu : a tiling that js not
fit to be numed by a snake nor a toad. Anyhow, a dead man’s
better than a live one: he’s one bit liker to the trees ; and the
blood goes out of him. and the sap comes in. And I want to
get hold of the right rhyme.”
" Why do you want to save me, thinking me y-
“Oh,'that’s all right,” said the other, whistling again.
" Why any daddy long-legs could tell that, with half an eye.”
• * Why ? ” If t\ \
" Why — Because I do.”
{ To be continued . ) A
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and all the member*-of the Royal family.” Sho afterwards
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WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
Tlie will (dated April 17, 1879), with a codicil (dated Sept. 30,
1880) , of Dame Jane Barker Mill, widow of the late Sir John
Barker Mill, Bart., late of Mottisfont Abbey, in the county of
Southampton, who died on Jnn. 2 last, was proved ou the 28tli
ult. by the Hon. Henry Dugdnle Curzon and Sir Walter
Barttelot Bnrttelot, Bart., C.B., the executors, the vnlue of
the personal estate amounting to upwards of £75,000. The
testatrix bequeaths the pictures bequeathed to her by her la’e
husband to be used nnd enjoyed by the person who slinll suc¬
ceed to Mottisfont Abbey; £3000 each to her four nieces
Mary, Fnnuy Augusta, June Elizabeth, and Susan Swinburne
Drewe; £8000 to her nephew the Rev. William Ball Drcwe;
£15,000, upon trust, for her niece the Hon. Mrs. Eleanor Knapp
Curzon, her husband nnd children ; £5000, upon trust, for her
nephew George Henry Drewe; £3000, upon trust, for her niece
Mrs. Ann Elfridu Maynard ; £5000, upon trust, for the two sous
of her late nephew Major John Swinburne; €10,000, upon
trust, for Mrs. Frederica Emily Elizabeth Swinburne, the
widow of her late nephew Captain William Swinburne, for
life, and then for his three children; and numerous other
legacies, pecuniary nnd specific, to relatives and servants. Ah
to the residue of her real and personal estate, she leaves ono
third, upon trust, for the widow and children of her Into
nephew Captain William Swinburne, and two thirds, upon
trust, for her niece the Hon. Mrs. Curzon and her children.
The will (dated Jan. 25, 1881), with a codicil (duted Dee. 12.
1883) , of Dama. Frances Lamb, the widow of the Into Sir
Charles Montolieu Limb, Bart., late of No. 3, Cadognu-place,
who died/dipJuly 1 last, was proved on the 21st ult. by Henry'
Enrdley Aylmer Dnlbiac and Francis Beil by Alston, two of
tlie executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to
over £37,000. Tlie testatrix leaves her residence No. 3,
Cadogan-placO, with furniture nnd effects, to Mrs. Emily' Alien
Bridges Taylor and her husband, and on the death of the
survivor to her god-daughter. Jessie Funny Taylor ; £5000,
upon trust, for the said Mrs. Bridges Taylor; £2000 each for
the said Jessie Fanny Taylor and Elea Rose Alston ; lier Swiss
cottngo and the land held therewith in Sussex and £3000 to
Robert Garnett Head; £6000 to the Baroness Bertha Halkett;
£1000 to Georgiaua, Baroness Reitstentein ; £5000 to Mrs.
Margaret Halkett; and there are many other legacies to
relatives, servants, and others. The residue of her property
she gives to Mrs. Bridges Taylor.
The will fdntcd May 28,1874), with acodicil (dated March 1,
1881) , or Mr. George Rothe Ladeveze Adlercron, late of Moy-
flnrc, in tho county of Meath, nnd of Kildnre-street Club,
.Jnblin, who died on May 16 lust, ut Leamington, was pro veil
in Ixmdou, on the 22ndnit., by William Edward Smytlie nnd
Robert Conway Dobbs, the executors, the value of the per¬
sonal estate exceeding £163,000. The testator, besides other
bequests to her, bequeaths to his wife £250 ; and he leuves her
for life or widowhood his residence nnd £300 per annum, in
ndditiou to the provision made for her by their marriage
settlement. Yearly payments arc also to be made'to liis wife
for each of his children, while under age, for their mainte¬
nance and education. He bequeaths £10,000 to each of his
younger sons; £6000 to each of his daughters; certain
diamonds, pictures, &c., to his eldest surviving son, to descend
in the eldest male line; nnd there are other legacies to
children and also to servants and others. The residue of liis
real and personal estate lie gives to his son who shall first
attain twenty-one.
The will (dated Feb. 14, 1877) of Mrs. Helen Elizabeth
Page Fryer, late of No. 17, Southwick-cresccnt, Hyde Pmk,
and of Bnttlesden House, Sussex-square, Brighton, who died
on the 2nd ult., was proved on the 20th ult. by Alfred Erasmus
Dryden, the sole executor, tho value of the personal estate
amounting to over £63,000. The testatrix, after making
bequests to her relatives, god-children, servants, and others,
leaves one moiety of the residue ol her real nnd personal estate
to her cousin, tho said Alfred Erasmus Dryden, and the other
moiety between her cousins, Gertrude Freeland and Edwurd
Bayfield.
The will (dated Dec. 1, 1879), with acodicil (dated Sept. 8,
1880), of Jlr. George Powell, lute of Rock Bale, Tunbridge
Weils, who died on the 3rd ult., was proved on the 21st ult.
by George Thompson Powell and Henry Albert Powell, the
sons, and Edward Morley Chubb, tlie executors, the value of
the personal estate amounting to over £54,000. Tho testator
bequeaths to his wife, Mrs. Mary Margaret Powell, £500, the
cash in the house, nnd all liis jewellery and wines; to his son
Henry Albert, £3000, to equalise his share with Ins brother ; to
his two sous, George Thompson nnd Henry Albert, tlie moneys
receivable under the policies of insurance ou his life after
making certain payments thereout; and some other legacies.
The residue of liis real nnd personal estate is to be held, upon
trust, for his wife, for life, and then, subject to annuities to
his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, for his said two sous in
equal shares.
The will (dated Dec. 13, 1882) «>f Colonel Wyndhnm
Edmund Bowes, lute of No. 67, Ludbroke-grovu, Notting-hill,
who died on July 14 last, at Herne Buy. whs prdved ou the
18th ult. by Cecil Edward Beivcs, the brother, and George
William Culme Soltnu Symons, the executors, the value of t he
personal estate amounting to upwards of £32,000. The
testator leaves his jewellery, plate, household furniture anil
effects, uud £200, to his wife ; and the residue of liis property,
upon trust, for his wife, for life, nnd then for his children ns
she shall appoiut.
The will (dated Feb. 29. 1884) of Mr. George Augustus
Coliuau, lute of No. 70, Adelnide-road, South Hampstead, nnd
of No. 29, Argy 11-street, Regent-street, who died on June 18
last, was proved on the 21st ult. by Mrs. Louisa Matilda
Colninn, the widow, nnd sole executrix, the vulue of the per¬
sonal estate amounting to over £24,000. The testator gives
the moneys under the marriage settlement of liis late wife, and
other inonevs to which he is entitled in her right, to his four
children, Florence, Gerald, Evelyn, and Rose; lie also
gives £500 and some specific legacies to each of his said
children, including the goodwill of his practheof a solicitor
to his son, Gerald ; uud there are some legacies to friends, to
his clerk, nnd a servant. The residue of his property he leaves
to liis wife.
The will (dated Dec. 5, 1882), with u codicil (dated Jun. 12,
1884) , of Mrs. Mary Ilenrica Neave(tlio widow of Mr. Sheffield
Nenve), late of No. 39, Brynn.ston-*qiinrc, who died on
July 11 lust, was proved ou tho 20th ult by Sheffield Henry
Morier Neuvc, the son, and Reginnld James Mure, the
executors, tho value of the persoual estate amounting to over
£19,000. The testatrix leaves many pecuniary and specific
legacies to her children ; there are also legacies to her brother
and sister and to her son-in-law, Mr. Mure; and £100 is to bo
divided between lu-r servants. The residue of her property is
to be equally divided between her children.
The bazaar which was opened recently by Earl Sydney nt
Deal, on behalf of the Deal nnd Wuhner Boatmen's Institution,
at which Countess Granville, Countess Sydney, aud Lady
Churchill were stall-holders, realised nearly £800.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Sept. 20, 1884.— 285
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TIIE ILLUSTRATE!) LONDON NEWS
SEPT. 20, 188-!
POETRY.
Earnest contemplation of his subject is tho first duty of a
ijcict ; nud tlua duty-sivms- to have been disdmrged.most
faithfully before Silrnut: by Thomas Woolner (Macmillan mid
Co.) wus commenced. First, apparently, came deep medi¬
tation, then a chaos of thought, then n careful discrimination,
and ultimately consecutive utterance in melodious numbers.
In some verv graceful auil musical blank verse the poet begins
bv telling, with advantages, the love-talc of Silenus and Syrinx,
a Sileuue as different from the commou conception of him us
Hyperion differs from a Satyr. How Silenus and Syrinx, the
detni-god and.the nymph, met and loved; liow, being in
attendance, as usual, on Dionysus, lie had to leave
her for a while and follow the god through India;
how, during that while, poor Syrinx was persecuted by
the nmorouo l’dii; and how, to escape from the persecution,
she plunged into a limpid stream and was transformed into a
reed upon it banks, all this is told most picturesquely, sym¬
pathetically, and tunefully. Then u description is given or
the manner in which Condign punishment is in dieted upon Fan;
lmt what precise form it took is not easily defined : suffice it to
say that he is supposed to perform the part of a very evil
spirit indeed among mankind, suggesting all sorts of contempt¬
ible ami wicked deeds, including infanticide and all the
honors connected with “ bnby-fariniiig.” The poet sings, too,
how Sih-nus, disconsolate for the loss of Syrinx, is sunken m u
torpor of grief, until his friend and pupil and, at the same
lime master, Dionvsus, comes with wine-cup and cymbals and
mtei ads, and rouses him to festivity. In plain words, Sileiins
tak.s to drink; and, when ages have passed, he presents him¬
self with a bald head and a gross uncomely form, to say
nothing or n red nose and watery eyes-with such externals
in fact, as we have been accustomed from our youth up t«
ascribe to him. Hut even then, as is well known to readers of
mythology, he could sing a good song, us indeed lie does in
this poem ; he could prophesy, if only he were cuught m his
sleep ; and, as appeals from this poem, he could discourse of
natural scenery ns truth fully and attractively as Mr. Richard
Jefferies writes. The poem also would lend a reader to
imagine that Silenus suffered—on oneoccarion at least—from
delirium tremens; but the fit is of short duration, the con¬
sequences arc not very tremendous, and the beauty of the poem is
very little—if at all—marred by the unfortunate incident. One
passage there is—at. the fourteenth page—which might puz/Je
some readers who nr« aware that Athena herself was called
l’allas, and do not know that that was also the name of tho
giant whom Athena slew. In the sumo passage there is the
word *‘glonriiig,” about which it would be well to have the
opinion of Polonius. Would lie consider it as “good” us
** moblcd queen'.”?
A good old-fashioned, nniuly, chivalrous lay, sung iu six
cantos, is Dougin* : by Douglas Moffat (Aberdeen: John Avery
and Co.), in which the story of Douglas and Percy utOtterbum
is interwoven withi a love-story like that contained in “The
Lady «,f the Lake.” iike another more briefly told ill the soug
of “ Young Ldcliiuvar,” and. to a certain but very limited
extent, like yet nuothcr—but less melancholy than this so
dramatically represented in tlie poem of “Lord Lilias
Daughter.” The writer has caught a portion of the gallant
spirit and picturesque style of his great master. Sir Walter
Scott, and the poem, if not of a high order as regards origi¬
nality of conception and treatment, brilliancy of colouring,
and richness and splendour of diction, is full of flue senti¬
ment, life, movement, and vigorous versification.
Signs of inflate poetical taste and yearning ore clearly
discernible in Wandering Echoes : by J. E. D.G. (Kegnti Paul,
Trench, and Co.), and the writer appears to have u girt akin
to that of the singers who delight in the quaint and graphic
ballad. The “Echoes.” however, are decidedly deficient—ns
perhaps echoes might be expected to bc-iu certain little
matters that appertain to structure and metre. The writer is
apparently under the impression that such words as “ chasm,
“dire,” “hour,” and so on, ure dissyllables, an impression
which, being constantly acted upon, affects most unpleasantly
a reader who may happen to hold a different opinion. In¬
deed, the “ Echoes,” regarded as literary compositions, liavo
an appearance of extraordinary crudeness; or else the writer
regards versification from so novel and original a point, of view
that u few explanatory words would have been acceptable by
way of preface and preparation. Too much importance, of
course, ought not to be attached to the syllabic and mecliumcul
brunch of poetry; but some concession should bo made to
ordinary usage and popular prejudice. The writer, moreover,
entitles one of the compositions “VonitttB Yanitatem,
which would be at once set down ns a mere mis¬
print, if it were not that in another place mention is
made of the famous geese that preserved the Capitol, and
they ure described as being sacred to “ Ares,” which looks ns
if the writer were a little hazy concerning things Roman, in-
eluding perhaps the language. It is quite clear, however,
from the little poem ” Feutherstonehaugh,” that the writer lias
a turn for poetical and also metrical expression.
Comparisons, being proverbially “ odorous,” it were best to
resist the natural inclination which arises to compare the
“ historical mid romantic poem "AjallecL2?o4rJ‘* the lime*: by
Alexander W. M. Kennedy (KegmixPmil, Trench, and Co.)
with “Murmiou” and “Itokeby” and other “Thy*” which
this more modern aspirant to the honour of enrolment among
tho lyric bards bus evidently adopted as his models, carry¬
ing the resemblance of form into matters of mere frame¬
work—from the introductions, dedicate)ry\or other, prefixed
to the various cantos, down to tlie learned mid copious
notes, constituting in themselves an interesting epitome
of history, legend, tradition, and anecdote, collected together
at the end. Horace has described the hopelessness of attempt¬
ing to cope with Pifldfir in dithyiambic verse; and not
less hopeless is ,it to uftefnpt tp Cope With the great “ Wizard
of the North” in hialoWu line, especially as a writer of those
incomparable songs which flash and sparkle amidst his lays
like polished gonis betwec'u successive links of n golden chain.
It is tho fashion tp snter at “.the Wizard” us a poet, and of
course lnr was hot a poet like Bums; but the “Lay of the
Lost Minstrel 7 and the “ Lady of the Lake ” abound with
romance, which is near akin to the spirit of poesy, and they
have a gal hint air and a martial ring which cause the heart to
swell middle pulse tb beat as at sight of a brave array and at the
stirriug soiiiul of thetrninpet. It should suffice lor the author
/6K“ Hubert tlxr'vDruco " to reel tliut, though he may luck his
master’s niagio touch, and may have failed to reach his master’s
spirituudevel and standard of picturesqueness, he has achieved
a creditable.copy, and Ims probably—on the whole—written
tlie bette^ywsca. The volume, it should be added, is “illus¬
trated by James Fned, juu. ” ; and it may be permissible to
regret that the illustiatioiis are but three.
Au octogenarian lover of verse, who has translated Homer's
Odyssey, and who resides, apparently, at Hastings or St.
Leonard’s, presents, under the title Hhreds and Batches
(Williams mid Norgute), a collection of short pic es, noticing
the topics of the day and incidents of .personal, experience,
with a few Imiiu and Oreek epigrams, skilfully turned, uMl
not devoid of wit uud humour.
CHESS.
TO COltItESPON DENTfl.
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F.M (Yeorll).—Ulio pnilili'iii U marked. awl tlie gamci, for which afci-pt onr tlinnki-
•Imll receive curly uvtciitiou.
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Mr. Wade. IK,Tnvlrtock-Hrcrt, Covrut-giNMIL
R It < Sou t liriul).—Tlmnk•. Yonr Io«t protdi m .Imll be examined wtlli tlio other*.
I' 11 i M uiileli).—Tlio »mondincut wnu MtMfoCtory.
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week 1‘receding publication.
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Soi.iTios or riiuni.RM No. 2110.
WHITK.
1. QloUKtN
2. Mutes ncoordinplj-.
ai.ACK.
Any move
PROBLEM No. 2113.
By Fnnz IIorrxA.x (Munich).
HLACK.
WHITE. / /
White to play, and mate iu three mores.
An off-hand Gam« pluyed by Mr. Blacksobsk durinsr his recent visit to
Glasgow. His opponent on thi* occasion wus Mr. D. Forsyth.
[Siahop’a Go mbit.)
WHiTit (Mr. F )
18. Kt to Kt 2nd
!0 B to Q .Ird
20. li to K 3rd
21. P to K R 3rd
22. P takes P
23. B to B 5th (eh)
24. P'takes Kt
25. Kt to K 2nd
2(1 Kt takes B
Wlill* la nrotiuldy not ••• nccuKtonml to
ofT-linuil piny aa Ida mnaterly mlveraary.
.mil Ima now got an IndrlenalMe p.-altlon.
27. It takes P R takes Kt
2S. It to Cl sq R takes P (dis.
ch)
20. K to Kt 2nd P Queens.
Double check and mate.
black.(M r..B.)
Kt takes P
B to B 4th
R to K B sq
Castles
Kt to K 4th
Kt takes B
R to R 3rd (eh)
B takes B
R to Q 7th
whits (Mr. F.) black (Mr. B.)
1. P to K 4th Pto K 4th
2. P to K B 4th P take* P
S. B to B 4th P to Q Kt 4th
4. B takes Kt P Q to R fith (ch)
5. K to B aq P to K B 4tlr -
It. P to 1C r.th B to Kt 2nd
7 Kt to TC B 3rd Q to R 4th
8. P to ft 4th P to K Kt 4th
9. Kt. to B 3rd P to Kt 5th
10. Kt to K *q P to B 0th
11 . 1> to K Kt 3rd* Kt to K 2nd
12. <i to U 3rd P to B 7th
13. Kt to Kt And P to B :.tli
14. Kt taken P Q to B 2nd
15. P to K 6th Cl to B 4th
1«. P takes P (ch) Kt takes P-
17. Q takes ft Kt takes ft
'Die winter »ca*on of the City of Iondon Chess Club will be formally in¬
augurated on the evening of the 29th inst.' at tho new rooms in the
Falutatiou Tavern, Ncwgale-atreet. A supper will be served st eight, mid
_4I sm-ikiuir concert, commencing at nine o'clock, will follow. The growth of
thi* club from a little coterie of amateurs that, twenty years agtt-semhled
nightly on the llrst floor of n Flcet-atreet tavern to its prc*«°t position, in¬
dicates in a very marked wav the spread of chess iu T-ondon. Twenty years
ngo it registered little more tlmn twenty active members, whereas now there
ore about three hundred on it* muster-roll, and these include nearly every
nian of mark in the metropolitan chess world. Much of the splendid success
'Which lms attended this association in later years is due to wise manage¬
ment. and much to the indefatigable exertion- of tlie honorary secretary.
Mr. George Adamson, whose enthusiasm for chess is identified with tin*
pto-perity of tire dub of which he is such a zeulo- s member. The list of
competitors, "tie hundred, in the winter handicap tournament is now being
made up. and a lively session is anticipated.
Dr. Zukertort arrived in Ixmdon lost week from his tour of the United
State*.
Mr. J. Abbereoii, solicitor, Dewsbury, lias been appointed
magistrates’ clerk for tlie West Riding at Dewsbury.
Major James Gildea appeals for books and periodicals, Sec.,
for our soldiers and sailors in liospitul in Egypt, to whom he
also proposes sending some extra comforts, such us cigars,
tobacco, loose jackets, smoking-cups, or similar articles in¬
trusted to his cure. All contributions should be delivered at
20, Pliillimore-gardens, Kensington, free; and he also usks
for donations towards expenses of packing and carriage.
A regal window has been placed in the Roman Catholic
Church of St. Philip, Arundel, containing figures of St. Henry
of Germany. St. Edward of England, St. Louis IX. of France,
St. Edmund of England, St. Eric of Sweden. St. Harold of
Denmark, St. Lucia of Britain, St. Ethelbert of East Anglia,
St. Canute of Denmark, St. Olave of Normandy, St. Oswald of
Northumberland, and St. Stephen of Hungary. There are
also figures of St. Elizabeth Queen of Hungary, St. Margaret
Queen of Scotland, and St. Cunigunde Empress of Germany.
A General Court of the proprietors of the Bank of England
was held on the lltli iuet., Mr. J. S. Gilliat, Chairman of the
Court of Directors, presiding. The amount of the profits for
the half year ending Aug. 31 lust was £704,815, making the
amount of the rest on that date £3,723,323. After providing
for a dividend of £ 1 15s. per cent, the rest would be £3,032,056.
It was agreed that tho half-yearly dividend to Oct. 0 should
be at tho rate of £4 15s., without deduction on account of
income tax. The dividend warrants will be paid ou Oct. 7.
Mr. Reginald Lane Poole is going to Vienna to examine
finally, previous to publication, the Wyclif MSS. he is editing
for the Wyclif Society. Tho membership of this society has
considerably increased during the past year, but it is far below
in numerical strength the proportions which its literary,
religions, uud historical claims would warrant. Among tho e
who have joined are the two Archbishops, the Dukes of Devon¬
shire and Buckingham, tbeF.nrl ot Shaftesbury, the Bishops of
Bret 1 1 and Wells and St. David’s. Lord Ebury, the Lord Mayor
of London, and Professor Westcott.
O II I T U A 11 Y.
LADY 8EMPILL.
The Right Hon. Maria Janet Baroness Scmpill iu Scotland, a
Peeress in her own right, died at Moreton Pinkney, Northamp¬
tonshire, on the 5th inst., aged ninety-four. Her Ladyship
was duughterof Hugh, thirteenth LordSerapill, and succeeded
to the title at. her brother’s death, in 1835. She married.
June 14, 1836, Mr. Edward Candler, of Moreton Pinkney,
and assumed, together with her husband, iu 1853, the mime
mid arms of Sempill. There was no issue of the marriage,
and the ancient barony of Sempill, dating us far buck us 1489,
devolves on Sir William Forbes, Bart., of Cruigievur, who
becomes sixteenth Lord Sempill, in right of liis descent from
the Hon. Sarah Sempill, eldest daughter of the twelfth Lord,
and wife of Sir William Forbes, fifth Baronet.
THE COUNTESS ERNE.
The Right Honourable Selina Griseldu, wife of John, present
Earl Erne, K.P., of Groin Castle, in (he county of Fcrmuungb,
died on the 6th inst., nc Red Lodge. Southampton, iu her
eightieth year. She was second daughter of the Rev. Charles
Cobbe Beresford, and grtunl-dnughter of the Right Hon. John
Beresford, whose father wn« the first Earl of Tyrone. Her
eldest son is Viscount Crichton, M.P. for Fermanagh.
REV. C. W. BAGOT.
The Rev. Charles Walter Bagot, M.A., Rector of Castle
Rising and Iloydou, Chancellor of the Diocese of Bath and
Wells, and Registrar of the Diocese of Oxford, died on the
10th inst., aged seventy-two. He was fourth son of the Hon.
and Right Rev. Richard Bagot, D.D., Bishop of Bath and Wells,
by Lady Harriet, his wife, duughterof the fourth Earl of Jersey.
He graduated at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1834, and became
F. llow of All Souls’. He married, Feb. 18, 184G, Mary, second
daughter of Major-General Chester, and leaves issue.
We have also to record the dcuths of—
The Hon. Catherine Canning, second daughter of the late
eminent diplomatist, Viscount Stratford de ltedcliffe, on the
7th inst., aged forty-nine.
The Rev. Canon Stephen, Incumbent of St. Paul’s, Sydney,
eldest son of Sir Alfred Stephen, G.C.M.G-, C.B., on the 20tli
ult., aged fifty-eight.
The Hon. Francis George Hay, second son of the Earl and
Countess of Kiuuoull, on the 11th inst. lie was iu his thirty-
second year, and was formerly in the Royal Navy.
Mr. Walter Raleigh Browne, member of tlie Institution of
Civil Engineers, and formerly Fellow of Trinity College.
Cambridge, an accomplished mathematician and writer, on
the 4th inst., at. Montreal, whither he had gone to attend the
meeting of the British Association.
Mr. John Netten Kadcliffe, Vice-President of the Epidemi¬
ological Society, Medical Inspector of the Privy Council and of
the Local Government Board, recently. He lmd the 1 urkiali
mid Crimean medals as well us the order of the Medjidieh for
his services.
Major-General George Frederick Moore, retired, at tlio
residence of his son, Dowushire-hill, Hiunpsteud, aged sixty-
seven. He entered the Array iu 1839, and served with the
10th Regiment iu the early part of the siege operations before
Mool tan in 1848, taking part in the storming of the enemy’s
position, and otherwise distinguishing himself.
Mr. Edward Stillingfleet Cayley, of Wydale, York, Bnr-
rister-nt-Law, J.P. and D.L., on tlio 10th inst., aged sixty.
He was eldest son of the late Mr. E. S. Cayley. M.P. for the
North Riding of Yorkshire, uud represented a branch of tho
Baronet family of Cayley of Brompton. He was author of
“ European Revolutions of 1848.”
STREET SKETCHES IN CAIRO.
The peripatetic seller of a refreshing drink called “sherbet,”
which is not of an intoxicating quality, perambulates tho
narrow streets of the native quarter. Our Artist has sketched
his figure, laden with n capacious jar of that diluted syrup and
with a number of small cups, iu which lie dispenses it to his
thirsty customers, lie sings uow and then a few words of
Arabic verse, celebrating the virtues of the cooling bever¬
age; and in like manner do the street hawkers of fruit,
water-melons, limes, dales, and lupins, invite with'vociferous
melody, and with hyperbolical praise of their edible wares, the
taste which may be gratified at n trilling price. Various are
the sights mid sounds, the costumes, the gestures, uud the
cries, prevalent among the diversity of caterers for popular
gratification in the Egyptian capital city. Water, as might
be expected, is everywhere on sale, usually carried in goat¬
skin bags, which seem, when full, a very heavy burden, but
which speedily lose their weight by frequent tapping for tlie
household or personal needs of the people. It is to be hoped
that Cairo may some day have the advantage of such a regular
and abundant supply as tho Alexandria Waterworks Company
has provided for the second largo city of Egypt. Fakes and
loaves of bread, coffee-stalls, tables spread with sweet¬
meats, and proffered piles of tobacco or cigarettes, tempt
the lounger to regale himself in many n shady corner.
Flowers are offered in profusion, while trinkets of filagree
silver, embroidery, lacquer-work, and ornamental pottery,
are thrust upon the attention of Europeun visitors.
Now and then, a couple of minstrels, with u dancer,
tumbler, juggler, or suake-elnirincr, stop to arrange for an
exhibition of tlieir skill, which tlie stranger is called upon to
reward, mid by which lie can give n cheap treat to a crowd of
native bystanders. Life in Cairo, so far as it goes on iu the
open air, is thus made to appear rather lively, in ordinary
times, without the express permission of the European
Conference, and independent ot a Dual Control.
The Chester Town Council bus adopted a recommendation
by the Free Library Committee to open the Reading and
Reference Rooms on Sunday afternoons.
The Trades Union Congress at Aberdeen closed its sittings
lost Saturday, after passing a number of resolutions, the chief
of which were iu favour of muking tlie Public Free Libraries
Act compulsory, and of legislation against the over-sizing of
cotton goods. ’ A resolution in favour of the opening of
national museums and art-galleries on Sundays was shelved
by the adoption of tlie previous question. Southport bus been
selected us the place of meeting next year.
Air. Brock, A.R.A., lias completed lor Cardiff a marble bust
of Mr. Monehius, who, it will be remembered, presented to tho
town some mouths ago pictures to the value ot £10,000. This
bust, which is a donation from Air. W. Thomas Lewis, of
Aberdure, will staud in the picture gallery.—Mr. Brock has
also completed his nmrblu statin* of Sir Richard '1 emple, which
will shortly be forwarded to Bombay, there to be erected iu
tho Townhall.—The statue of Sir Burtle Frerr, which is to bo
erected in the Thames Embankment Gardens, ut a cost of
£2700, 1ms been intrusted to Air. Brock, A.R.A., who will
execute it in bronze. It will be 11 ft high, and it is to staud
<m a granite pedestal near the statues of Tyndale and Sir
James Outrnm.
SEPT. 20, 1884
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Thcro is something very funny in the quantity of
invective written uud printed concerning the uction taken
liy Nubur Pusliu in the matter of the Egyptian Sinking
Fund. It is said to ho all Lord Northbrook's doing, as
most likely it is; and ft general howl is raised against
England and her High Commissioner. Yet all newspapers,
no matter what their political colour may be, seem to agree
thatsomestop, such as hits been taken, was absolutely neces¬
sary, and that tho step taken was all but unavoidable.
And yot all tho Powers nro to “ protest” or hnvo already
“protested.” Their protest ought to rend thus : “Tho
conduct of England in this matter is tolerable and not to
bo endured; that villain of a Lord Northbrook advised
tho very measure that was all but inevitable under the
circumstances.” _
Is there on record, it is asked, any ease of an innings
E laycd at cricket without a singlo run ? Yes ; between
oys under thirteen years of age, however. It was played
at Levon shir o Park, Aug. 1G. 1883; and what makes tho
matter more curious is that there wore twelve players
a side, that only one run was required to avoid a defeat in
one innings, and that in tho second innings when every hoy
made a “duck’s egg.” there was not a single “ extra.”
Tho match, though only between little schoolboys, was so
remarkable that it found a plnco in the public prints.
Very remarkable, too, was tho match played at Woking as
long ugo as Aug. 28, ISIS, hotwecu grown men. when
eleven gentlemen of Woking went in and uiudo 71 runs
against tho best bowling that could ho got among eleven
gentlemen of Shicro, who themselves went in and made
71; Woking went in ngain and again made 71, and then
Shicro went in again and again mudo 71. A truly
wonderful instance of a “ drawn” game.
Perhaps one of tho most singular wedding-dresses ever
heard of was that of a bride in the midland counties, who
wont to the altar a few days ago in white flannel instead
of the regulation satin and orange-blossom. Shu was tho
daughter of a rich man, and tho bridegroom was at least
equally wealthy, so it was purely a matter of taste.
A noble Lord, not unknown to Committees in tho
Upper House, 1ms devised now but not inapt designations
for certain daily articles of food. Instead of “ fisli ” and
“fowl,” lie says a “ swimmer” and a “flyer.” People
appear to understand his mcaiting, and lie gets a tolerable
change of diet without venturing outside tho circle of
“lius and feathers.”
“Tho Ilub” has been visited by an epidemic of violin
playing, and elderly Bostonians who have escaped tho
contagion pronounce it an unmitigated nuisance. Almost
every other girl in tho streets is the bearer of h violin-ease,
anu the twanging of tho too often discordant and suffer¬
ing strings makes day and night both equally horrible.
Tho makers of these instruments aro thankful for the
increased briskness of trade, and, though their ears may
bo tortured, remark that it is an ill wind that blows
nobody any good._
Is there any fund attached to any of our hospitals
which provides for tho travelling expenses of discharged
patients? Doctors and matrons anu nursing sisters aro
very kind and thoughtful, and probably inquire whether
those who have been undor their care have money to tako
them long distances to their homes. But perhaps tho
question is rarely asked when the patient leaves one
suburb of London for another, though tho walk, say fronj^
Brampton or Victoria Park Hospital to Brixton Hi
would try the strength of a person in good health. Out'
may cause absolute breakdown and relapso in one wli
is only just well cuough to take half an hour’s outdoor
exercise. Travelling by rail and train is so cheap in thesd-
days that it may not occur to anyone in authority to
inquire whether tho necessary threepence or ^hcptjnch is
forthcoming, and yet thcro nro thoso who loav&The wards
penniless, even if they have a homo to go to. •
That a little knowledge is a dangerous thing was
experienced the other day by a girl who bad picked up
several familiar names, and waaf^KH«Iilyout.uf..her'd«*pth
among sundry intellectual shallows. A stranger asked
if she had ever read “ JiUUi Eyrt^X uud she forthwith
declared herself well acquainted witlinll the works of that
charming writer. She nlsoVpronoiUiccd sentence on
Daniel Dorondn, saying that his Looks were too analytical;
and finally observed that while fully appreciating every
novel ever written by Adyfi t>Bede,\she thought they ail
dealt too exclusively with the surface of life.
Boating men freqtrtnSy^nddo Ui/mselves on making
tho riskiest voyages i^i tiiosiLilk-st and frailest of cruft,
ami one of tho mow rcmarkiiblh feats of this kind -on
record was ftoomnpushoa at thy beginning of the present
month by Mr.R'. B. Burelrard’.- of tho New York Canoe
Club. In a civi^JO Gjily fdurtfeqn feet long and twenty-
eight inchrs boiuu.eiilli«l febp'fijmi, he went down all tho
rapids of tho Kiyor St* Lawrence, reaching Montreal on
tho Gtb. iilhight bavo L'ccu imagined that so small a
eanoo wqukbonly have harried its navigator, but he con-
trived /fa awity a tent, an indiavubber mattress,
biniikeis, chungo of clothes, cooking stove, fuel and pro¬
vision^ for a fortnight.
—
General Von Moltke is a well-known lover of flowers.
On his departure from Rngatz ho took with him a largo
bouquet, hut ho reckoned without the custom - house.
Arriving at tho frontier, tho Austrian customs officers were
going to tako possession of the flowers in compliance with
the precautionary measures now taken against tho
phylloxera. Either than lose his bouquet, the worthy
Oonoral changed liis route, uud returned home by the
valley of tho Rhino.
Temperance is an excellent thing to practise, and a
“bunch of bluo ribbon” is a very pretty adornment,
whether “ to tie up my bonny brown hair” or to ho worn
on my bonny brown coot. But when it comes to preaching
total abstinence and to condemning the moderate or even
liberal, though not too liberal, use of intoxicant though
not necessarily intoxicating liquors, it is tiipo to call upon
the preuebors to give chapter and verso for what they say.
Of course drunkenness is uncompromisingly denounced
by St. Paul and other Christian teachers of tho highest
authority; but they certainly used to take a littlo
wine for their “ stomach’s sake.” And here, with
chapter and verso (tho hist chapter of Proverbs, the sixth
and seventh verses) is a very remarkable utterance, an
injunction laid upon King Lemuel, of which very few
persons seem to have any knowledge. “ Give strong
drink,” it runs, “ unto him that is ready to perish, and
wine unto those that he of heavy hearts. Let him drink
and forgot his poverty, and remember his misery no
more.”
Oddly, enough this is exactly the class of persons on
whom Sir Wilfrid Lawson and his like would impose total
abstention. Perhaps, too, Sir Wilfrid and Company
would not attach much importance to wlmt is, after all, tho
opinion only of King Lemuel's mother. That opinion,
however, has been allowed for agos to stand in juxta¬
position with tho 8113-111 gs of The Preacher, the Wise King;
and that opinion dearly is that, whilst Kings, Princes, and
“the upper ten” should abstain from drinking champagne
or Prince Bismarck's favourite mixture (it is said) of
clmiimugno and stout, the poor man, whom Sir Wilfrid
and Co. would rob of his very beer, should bo permitted
occasionally to get a littlo “ forrarder,” though not, of
course, so “forrnrd” as somo poor men seem to think
themsclvos justified in getting, even when they havo not
the five shillings to pay for tho consequences. Drink is a
terrible curse without u doubt; still it was not “ drinks,"
but “opes” (whonco “ onium,” says an ignorant ctymo-
logist) that tho classical authority- called “ irritumeuta
lnalorum.”
Many’ persons take a sort of general interest in horse-
racing, though they neither bet nor attend tho races. They
murk, for instance, when a “youngster” fetches a long
price at a famous sulc, uud look out for the first appoar-
anco of the expensive purchase in public. They probably
undo a mental note of Louisbuurg/ Ibr^wliom Mr.
Brodxick-Glooto gave as much as four thousand guineas
or more at Lord Falmouth's auction, and they will,
perhaps, he sorry to learn that there is some doubt whether
the cult will face any of his engagements ns a two-yeur-
old, such as the coming Middlo Pink Plate and Dewhurat
Plate. Not that there is anything the inatter, fortunately,
with the colt; hut lie is very big ail'd raw, they say, and
can hardly ho got ready this year. There are now so
many valuable races for two-yc.ij/olds, and a winter is
such a perilous timtr to <gaes ihrougli, that it is a grout
pecuniary risk to keep a prbiiiisiug colt untried in public
till he is three youi,s old. Tnttt cjoursc, however, was
adopted with tho celebrated Blair Athol; and quite lately
with tho French horse Little Dmlc, winner of the French
Derby and of tho Grand Prix) do Paris. And Little Duck
lias broken dow n. Ahsit umtoi/
LouishonfgT by-tho-way, was sold “ under Lord
Exeter’s mmuitions ” i and, as tho meaning of tho ex¬
pression is x noK. , ‘ generally- undorstuuded of the people,”
it may ho worth Whilo to explain. Tho purchaser is not
liublo for the engagements of the animal sold: but, if ho
plcasds, may run the animal for any 0110 or moro of tho
engagements orfjmying half the stake; and should I 10
win, or receive a sum of money- for running second or
third, X ■ •’ ' ’ '**■-.. ' 1
to,
to t'Brtvo a/miiior forfeit or discount” (as
^hsc^cly expressed), may scratch the animal ut his option,
tilriossnqticu he given by tho purchaser (who then becomes
liable for half the stake or forfeit) that I 10 wishes to run
for a particular race.
France now and then plumes herself with delight over
some evidence of entente eurdiutn 011 the part of Germany,
ami very recently endeavoured to show that the Teutons
are her true friends and tho English hor enemies. That
was rather an exaggerated view of the case, and was soon
dropped. A littlo incident that took piano last week has,
however, been commented on with grout pleasure. Two
French priests on their travels wero in Cologne Cathedral
ami about to view its relics and treasures. At that
moment an officer in uniform entered, accompanied by
only one of tho ordinary custodians of the edifice. Hoeing
that they wore Frenchmen, lie constituted himself tlieir
cicerone, showed them everything worth seeing, and then
bade them a courteous adieu. On inquiry, the two priests
found that this polite and painstaking officer was nono
other than the Crown Prince of Prussia.
Everyone who is acquainted with tho pictures in the
Louvre, must remember the copy of Raphael's famous
Madonna «li Loretto which hangs there. It is said that
the original lias just been discovered in tho collection of a
private gentbman at Hyeres, and thoso who have good
memories on such points recall tlmt the picture disappeared
from Rome in 1798 ns soon as General Colli, then m com¬
mand of the Roman troops, heard that tho French Army
lmd reached Ancona.
Anyone who wishes to ho domiciled amid historic
associations, and docs not object to taking up his abode
in Jedburgh, N.B., may become the tenant of a curious
three-storeyed stone house in which Mary- Queen of Scots
lived for some months during tho winter of 10(10-7. It
has not been long vacant, and tho landlord is Colonel
Armstrong, of St. Petersburg. It was old even when
Mary Stuart sojourned there, and neither record nor
tradition exists as to when it was built or who was tho
builder thereof. It was from thence that tho fair Quoen
paid her hasty, foolish visit to Bothwell at Hermitage
Castle, during which she probably caught the fever that
immediately afterwards prostrated her. In one of the
rooms there still hangs a piece of tapestry representing
tho meeting of Jacob and Esau, which is said to have been
wrought by the maids of honour during tho stay of their
Royul mistress. _
One of the most curious coincidences of modern times
is tlmt Hir Edward Mulot should have been nominated
English Ambassador at Berlin on Sept. 18, for it was on
Sept. IS, 1871), thut ho had an interview at Meaux with
Prince Bismarck which was not without significance.
Sir Edwurd was then an Attache to the British Embassy
in Paris, and it was well known thut he did not exactly
share the sympathy of his chef tor la belle France in her
hour of sorrow. The Iron Chancellor and tho embryo
diplomatist spent a couple of hours together, during
which it was clearly understood that Prussia meant to
have Metz snd Strasbourg, and would not hesitate to
bombard and even burn Paris if nccrssnri/. Tho French
nation does not forget that Sir Edward Mulct has recently
been our representative in tho land of the Pharaohs, and
attributes the project of suspending the Egyptian Sinking
Fund to his influence.
THE NILE EXPEDITION.
The news from Khnrtomn, to the 29th nit., of important
victories gained by General Gordon, nnd the repulse of the
Maluli’s besieging force, has apparently caused the military
and authorities iu Egypt to put a limit on tho amount of tlieir
preparations for the expedition up the Nile. Lord Wolscley
lias telegraphed to the War Office tlmt lie docs not at present
require the two battalions of infantry which were to have been
sent on from Malta; but tho draughts from the Guards
and various cnvnlry regiments, to form the proposed Gomel
Corps, aro collected at Aldershatfc, where they were to be
inspected last Thursday by the Duke of Cambridge, and were
to embark next day at Portsmouth. Lord Wolscley occupies
at Cairo the pnlucc called tlio Kasr-cl-Noussu, of which wo
present an Illustration, lie is expected, however, iu a few
days, to proceed up the Nile, and to superintend the advance
of liis force at Wady Haifa, near the Second Cataract.
The British troops are being sent up as rapidly as possible,
going by railway from Cairo to Assiout, nnd thence by steam¬
boats to Assouan, where 11 short railway conveys them past the
First Cataract to re-embark on the Nile for Wady Haifa,
which is about two hundred miles from Assouan. Two of our
Sketches nre, respectively, tlmt of some troops and officers
awaiting the departure of tlieir train at the Boulak-el-Dakrtir
Station, Cairo; and thut of tho conveyance of an advanced
guard up the river, near Korosko, in a “ dnlmbieh ” towed by
the steam-bout Mukmoudieii. This detachment consisted of
180 men of the Sussex regiment. The total strength of tho
British army in Egypt is now 13,579, of whom 091 are sick.
Three identical cipher telegrams from General Gordon, dated
Khartoum, Aug. 20, have been received by the Khedive, Sir
Evelyn Haring, and Nubar Paslm. Tho text of tho telegrams
is ns follows:—“I am awaiting the arrival of British
troops in order to evacuate the Egyptian garrisons. Horn!
111 c Zobelir Paslm, nnd pay him a yearly salary of £8000. I
shall surrender the Soudan to the Sultan us soon as 20.000
Turkish troops have arrived. If the rebels kill tho Egyptians
you will be answerable for tlieir blood. 1 require £300,900
for soldiers’ pay, my daily expenses being £15o0. Within a
few days I shall lake Berber, where I have sent Colonel
Stewart, Mr. Power, and the French Consul, with a good
number of troops nnd Bushi Lnzouks; who, after a fortnight's
stay there, will burn tho town, mid then return to Khartoum.
Colonel Stewart will first go to Dongolu and then 10 tho
Equator, to bring back the garrisons from thence. I dis¬
believe the report of the Malidi’s coming, nnd hope the
Soudanese will Kill him. If Turkish troops arrive they should
eomo by Dongola and Kussula, uud you should give them
£300,000.”
General Gordon’s messenger reports that on July 24 Emir
Abou Khnnga, with an army from Kordofnn, was defeated ;
and on Aug. 29, before the messenger left Khartoum, another
battle had taken place, in which the son of the Sheikh Sicl and
liia followers wero killed, and the siego of Khartoum was
raised. This intelligence is confirmed bv a letter to tho Mmiir
from Klietw Moos Boy stating that he nnd his troops wero at
Halfaya; and that the Shnggfa tribe nnd people had come in nnd
submitted. Tlio chiefs have bogged for mercy, mid liove entered
into a compact, swearing on tiro Koran never again to follow
tlicMahdi. This compact they have since observed. Sc-mumi
is in perfect security. It is expected that General Gordon
will come to meet Lord Wolscloy’s expedition between
Khartoum nnd Donpolu. The latest message received at
Ambukol states that many-of the besiegers have withdrawn
from Khartoum, and that supplies arc coming iu well from
the south. General Gordon lias sunt four steamers to relieve
the garrison of Seminar, and on their return ho will dispatch
u lorce to Berber to meet tho British expedition.
Sheikh Suloli, chief of the Ktibbobish, tho most important
tribe in tho Soudan south of Dongola, has written a letter to
Major Kitchener professing personal loyalty, but saying that
lu« tribe has gone over to the Mudlii, and lie himself is power¬
less with them and a fugitive. Tlio letter says tlmt tho
Kubbnbish would have aided General Uiuks if backed up, but
will not assist the coming expedition, though tlio tribe will
probably supply- food and camels lor tho troops alter the
rebels have been defeated.
Professor Max Muller on Monday opened a High School
for Girls at Leamington, nnd spoke with satisfaction of the
perfect success which had attended the High School at
Oxford, where the scheme was at first strongly opposed, ns it
had been at Leamington. The Rev. Dr. Wood, Principal of
Leamington College, piesided, and there was u distinguished
company present.
The animal conference of tho pastors, delegates, and
officers of the associated churches of the London Baptist
Association was held on Tuesday evening at the Metropolitan
Tabernacle, when tlio president, tho Rev. J. W. Todd, D.D.,
of Kydculmni, opened the proceedings with nn address on “A
more thorough* knowledge of Hatred Scripture—an urgent
need of our ago. How may it best be promoted?” Mr.
Spurgeon was prevented by illness from being present.
Mr. II. M. Stanley on tho 18th inst. uddressrd a special
meeting of tlio London Chamber of Commerce, at the Caiumn-
strcct Hotel, 011 tlio recent operations of the International
Association in the basin of the Congo. Ho dwelt, on the gnat
resources of tho country, nnd strongly protested agiiim-t tlm
Portuguese pretensions, which, if admitted jmd enforced,
would, lie declared, act ns a blight on a ^region other wish
capable of wonderful development under the free constiluthm
that was being prepared. Tlio grout ball was crowded, a ml
tlio audience gave tho traveller u most enthusiastic reception.
In tho evening Mr. Stanley was Entertained at 11 banquet at
tlio Cannon-street Hotel by the members of the Chumbur, S.r
George Chambers iu the clmir.
SEPT. 27, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
291
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
Tho wonderful gentleman who edits the St. James'* Oarette'
who finds out n fresh mare’s nest every week-day afternoon,
and who, if pigeon’s milk ami frog’s butter were marketable
commodities, might set up u colossal dairy for the side of those
articles, has just made (Sept. 23) tho astounding discovery that
Mr. Gladstone (bom 1800 ) i* only u brilliant amateur! We “hear
bo much,” observes the wonderful gentleman of tho “ 6*. J■ G.,"
“of the terrible enrnestnewof the Prime Minister, thntit sounds
like a paradox to talk of his work being amateurish ; but
bo it is, nearly all.” “ Amateurish ” is a horribly un-English
Bounding word (I am sorry to say that we owe it to Charles
Dickens); but let that pass. The thing is tho discovery that
Mr. Gladstone (born 1800) is “ not much more of a statesman
than an archaeologist ” ; and that he is iu alt things an amateur.
Well, so he is, in one sense. Lot us take the dictionary
definition of “ amateur.” I am nearly bereft of books by the
and sea waves; but I had the foresight to bring Ogilvie
mid Aunnndalo with me. “Amateur. One who cultivates
any study or art from taste or attachment without pursuing
it professionally or with a view to gnin.” Mr. Gladstone
scarcely answers to the ordinary idea of a professional
politician; and he has certainly not pursued his studies with
n view to gain ; while, ns n statesman, lie lias not yet made
himself an Earl or a Knight of the Garter. He has not yet
made his clerk a Peer or his solicitor a Baronet.
“ And then,” concludes the wonderful gentleman of the
5. J. 6\, “the jealousy; the so-easily enraged vanity! But
we have said enough” (I should think so!), “ and may very well
end with a prayer that the Lord will very soon deliver this
alllicted kingdom from its brilliant amateur.” Very just,
very generous, very reverent, very charitable, this “ prayer ” ;
but still, it is not quite original. 1 like old Noll’s better. “ Oh !
Sir Hurry Vane ! Sir Harry Vane ! The Lord deliver mo from
Sir Ilarry Vane.”
The Social Science Congrcjs of 18S4 will certainly have n
claim to remembrance for the prominent place taken by the
readers of papers in tho Art Section, so ably presided over by
Mr. Bereeford Hope, M.P. There was, to bo sure, a con¬
siderable quantity of nonsense talked during some of the Art
“powwows.” lor example, what did my old and much-
ndmired friend Mr. Charles G. Lclaud, who told his hearers so
many edifying things about the system of art-education pursued
in t ho classes which ho has been teaching with sucli excellent
results nt Philadelphia, mean by deprecating the drawing of
“ abstract arnbesques without any immediate aim.” I hope
tlmt Mr. J.el and was, in this instance, inaccurately reported.
My dear Hans Breitmann, you know us well as I do, that
there is no such thing as “an abstract arabesque.” You
might ns well speak of a muscular skeleton. An arabesque is
the concrete outcome of an abstract geometrical plan. An arab¬
esque, bo its design Grtoco-Romau or Morisco or Cinqueccuto,
must have, ere it can be traced, its exactly defined geo¬
metrical groundwork. There is not nn arabesque in tho
Allmrabnior the Alcazar, at Pompeii, or in the Bntlis of Titus,
that has not its geometrical abstract. Without it, u decorative
design would not be an arabesque. It would bo only a
M snarl,” a complicated and aimless entanglement of lines, as
“ snarled ” us the hair which the lady in Speuser oft rent from
her head.
3 thank thee for reminding me of that word, most erudite
writer of a technological paper on “ring-spinning” in the
Times. The technology of “ ring-spinning ” is not, you may
opine, a very inviting subject to be taken up when you aro
enjoying a brief furlough nt*tho seaside. But to mo the essay
on "ring-spinning” has been ns entertaining ns one of tho
Arabian tales, or Miss Eruddon’a “ Islimnel.” What mines
of old English word-lore do you not find in tho vocabulary
of the factory, Iu tho Tunes article I rend of a “snarl pre-
ventor,” as invented by Mr. Brooks. I first thought that
Shirley Brooks’s “Naggletona” hnd come to life again, nnd
that the best of all “ suurl preventers ” would be the smiling
nnd placable Mr. lunch. But I timeously remembered that
“snarl” in textile technics hnd nothing to do with snarling
in tho sense of growling or being snappish, but tlmt to
“snarl” a skein of thread is to twist or entangle it, Mr.
Brooks's “snarl preventpr” is a new form of thread-wire
which pounces on snarled threads and preveuta their coming iu
contuct with the adjacent ones.
But tho vocabulary of cotton-spinning is all-embracing,
and takes iu not only old but new words.
Ballooning, again, is another difficulty which occurs in ring-spinning.
.... This ballooning is the outward curving of a loose thread of yarn
between the thread-wire and the point of contact with tbs traveller. Tho
bulge, or curve, assumes the outlino of a balloon; hence the naxno given to
tills defect, which is remedied by the anti-balloon ring.
It is a fur cry from Spenser's snnrwtt hair” to Mont¬
golfier’s hot-air bag; but Cotton is King.
I have received a letter signed “A Genuine Toffy”
(Boulevard des Capacities. Paris), Which apparently treats of
Mr. Henry Richard's speech at Liverpool, of the Eisteddfod, of
the Oynimrodoriou, of Boswortli Field, nnd of the Cockney Press.
I say apparently-} for, in the main, tho gentleman's letter is, to
tnc, us inscrutable as Stonehenge. Has not Mr. Yates somewhere
told u story of Anthony Trollope, at a meeting of Post Office
employes, telling one at tho speakers that he had not heard a
word that he lmd said, but that ho (A. T.) altogether dis¬
agreed with him? I urn unable to decipher a tithe of “A
Genuine TuffyY” communication; but I hasten to assure
him, in nil sincerity, that I entirely agree with every word
that ho has written. May the beards of tho Welsh bards and
the strings of their harps never grow less; nnd confusion to
the Buhlii Bu/.ouks (as Mr. llenry Bichard calls them) of the
Cockney press who huvo dared to disparage tho Eisteddfod
and the bardic traditions I Such unscrupulous scribes would
in align the North Polo and speak disrespectfully of the
Equator.
A not very edifying dubiety would appear to be the
present condition of miml of the worthy people who think
‘that the approaching centenary of the death of Dr. Samuel
Johnson ought in somo liinuner or another to be publicly
celebrated. The memory of the Sage of Bolt-court (and of
many other courts In the neighbourhood of his beloved
Fleet-street) has already been honoured by a statue nt Lich¬
field (recently embellished by some frolicsome spirits with the
contents of a blacking-bottle), and by an effigy, imperfectly
attired iu sham classical raiment, in St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Moreover, u perennial monument 1ms been raised to the genius
and the virtue of tho Doctor by one Janies Boswell of
Aucliinlech. To my mind, the very best way in which wo
could possibly commemorate llio centenary of Sam Johnson
would be to devote a larger portion of our time to the study
of In's admirable writings. It is shameful to be told that nobody
reads “ Husseins,” or the “ Bnmbler,” the “ Idler,” and tho
‘Vanity of Human Wishes” nowadays.
A terribly grim correspondent is “ IL E. 8.,” who, under
date of Aug. 2, writes from Vellore, North-West Madras Pre¬
sidency, remarking tlmt “ people at homo seem to make a
groat fuss about cholera,” and Who therefore forwards nie nn
extract from the Madras Mail, which, he says, “ will give to thoso
who live at home nt ease” an idea of what real cholera is like. 1 fc
is needless to horrify my renders by quoting the extract in its
entirety; but it inny be stated that since January Inst cholera
has been raging with the greatest virulence in the district of
Tnnjore, that many villages have been almost entirely devas¬
tated, that the weekly mortality from cholera bus never been
less than five hundred, and that “the local authorities liavo
not been awakened to a sense of their responsibility even by
the harrowing total of 15,000 deaths.” But since niv corres¬
pondent wrote, we “ who live at home at ease ” have certainly
been able to gather nn ideu of what cholera is really like— in
tho city of Naples, nt least.
"Who shall say that we have no longer any great writers
among us, and that the mantle of Junius, of Burke, of (JibbbiTv
of Macuniny has not descended on any modern shoulders?-
Bend the following splendid peroration to u letter on contem¬
porary politics published iu the Morning Post : — V \
The linndwriting is on tlio woll; lmt thin tlrao there is nomysbry nM9f
it. There is no occasion to call in the magicians, unil tk^u0ralwBn^itn!t
the QhUi nns, anil the soothxnycrx ; no Daniel is required to trnn.-lnte it;
everybody reads it and understands it except oumdies. It is very 'simple.
“Because you have forsnken the tiuo god, conttnon-senhe, and have/ fol¬
lowed after the nonsense pod's theory— sophism and pinidox—therefore
yoor kingdom shall be taken from you," Arc. If ntmnie future period an
Englishman should visit and explore tho sources of his race, nnd the de¬
cayed and ruined homes of his fathers, and should exclaim," Dow are tho
mighty fallen I” “Whence comm this great ruin!” the last man in tho
lust street will answer, “Gladstuiie and Briglitf Free trade and foreign
policy!”
These arc, indeed, “ thoughts' twit breath© nnd words that
burn.” At the sumo time, there is always somo littlo peril in
prophesying too precisely. How would it be if “ the lust man
in the last street” instead of replying “Gladstone nnd
Bright! Free trade anil foreign policy 1 ” should make this
Bimple answer, “ Walker!” J
“Can you toll nie^Vvrites-iiM. A.” (Eastbourne), “ who
wrote the lines—
They cut his throat from ear to car.
Ills head they battered in;
Him name wrts Mr. William Wcaro,
He dwelt in Lyons Inn.”
“ M. A." remarks tlmt he hn9 seen the lines attributed to Mr.
Thackeray, to John Wfison Cfoker, nnd to Theodore Hook. I
have always understood that they were written by Hoolc;
but, at present, I can give no authority for my impression.
Mem. V I wish tlmt some patient and discriminative London
antiqimr^yould write a monograph on Lyon’s Inn, that queer,
grimy littleinn of Chancery on the site of which, in New-
bustje-street, SI rand, now stands the Globe Theatre. All kinds
of strange peoplehuve hail clmmbersin Lyon’s Inn. The English
solicitor of Napoleon tho Great (during tho captivity of the
latler ht St. Helena) lived in Lyon’s Inn; and many were tho
occult communications that, from 1810 to 1821, passed between
-the secretaries of the Exile of Longwood and the confidential
lawyer in London, who seems to have had full control over tho
Imperial funds.
In connection with Lyon’s Inn and Wear© nud Thurtcll,
and the horrible Gill’s Hill murder, “ J. ]).” (Dorking) asks
me to use all my influence to “ get rid of the silly word trap,”
as applied to a carriage. “ Depend upon it,” continues
“J. I).,” “tho story you were told when a child about the
term being popularly applied to a two-ivheolcd voliiclo after
the murder of Weare is utterly untrue. I am older tlinn you
aro” (is “ J. D.” quite certain about that?), “and I well
remember tho Gill's Hill-lano tragedy in 1823; and I am
certain that the word * trap' did not become popular, even
as slung, till nearly thirty years later.” Oh! oh ! oil 1
I cry “Oh ! oh! oil! ” for the reason tlmt “J. D.” goes
on to sny : “ The earliest instance of the word in print that I
can just now quote occurs in Household Word* for 1852 (vol. v.,
p. 252) in an article headed ‘Phases of Fnblio Life'; nnd
there it is used, ns it were, apologetically, as if not yet legiti¬
mate.” “Trap” is not yet a legitimate English word for a
two-wheeled vehicle, although iny correspondent quotes an
advertisement in my respected contemporary, the Guardian,
from a rector who, in seeking a locum tenons , offers the us© of
“a pony nnd trap.” “Trap” for a wheeled conveyance has
ceased to be a vulgar slang term. It has become a harmless
colloquialism.
But, touching the first printed use of “ trap” ns signifying
a carriage, it so happens, my much valued correspondent, that
the articles called “ Phases of Public Lifo,” which appeared in
Household Words two-nnd-thirty years ago, were written hg gottr
humble servant; nnd I am ready to come into any court and
make affidavit that, in 1852, I hnd been familiar from my
earliest youth with the word “ trap” ns a term of “horsey”
slang for a gig. Attentive students of Fierce Egan will very
probably be able to show that the brotherhood of Jehu were
accustomed t<» speak of their gigs as ‘ ‘ traps ’ ’ years before I
was bom or thought of.
Mem. : Dates form an important item in the history of the
minutisB of civilisation, and this Liliputiun controversy con¬
cerning traps emboldens me to put a question not to experts in
slang, horsey or otherwise, but to the most constant and the
kindest of my constituents, the ladies. Iu a story called “ Le
Pied d'Argile ” written in 1S38 in the Jltrue de Paris by Charles
Do Bernard (that by no means contemptible rival of Ilonoro
3) • Balzac), a gcntiemmi who happens (strange fatality !) not
to have any ready money about him, requests a temporary loan
for u charitable purpose from a lady to whom ho is engaged
to bo married. She is, bo it remembered, a Parisian lady of
fashion, and she proceeds to unknot one of the comers of
her pocket-luuidkercliief uuii,to produce therefrom her purse.
Now, I want to know .■Whether any ladies nt the present day
arc in the habit of tying up their purses in the comers of their
iitouchoirs. Tho lady to-whom l usually apply for information
on matters fcmiiiino x-arries licr jrortemonnaic clutched in her
hand; but she tells mo tliat m otonibuses slid has occasionally
seen members of her own sex! (but of the industrial classes) tie
up their purse in a Writer of p handkerchief nnd then twist
the liandkerthieLitsclLround the hand. Bo it also borne in
mind that the portniimnait with a metal frame and leather
compartments and eicmsl which was almost entirely to super¬
sede the old rehggclypurse of silk or steel bends, came into
popular use iir LSlfi, two years after dairies Do Bernard's
“l’jed d’Argile” was first published. Envelopes and
‘HTrdguct” qr l* Albert ” watch-guards became popular ut
about Hnrsnmc period ns that named.
( / /"'N ) •
For a complete list of the kinds or varieties of religious
in England “G. W.” (Amerslmm) refers me to Whitaker's
'uimwek (to which Lord Boaconsficld gave immortality in
inncction with her Majesty’s assumption of tlio title of
Empress of Biudostun). The much-knowing Whitaker gives
no less tlmu one hundred und eighty-seven sects, having “cer¬
tified places of worship in England and Wales,” asagaiust the
Dev. Dr.Lee’s one hundred nnd sixty-seven. My own littlo
list of forty-eight was given entirely from memory, nnd hud
not the slightest pretensions to be exhaustive.
But I am even more grateful to the gentleman who hits
kindly sent me a “Dictionary of Religions and Religious
Sects, compiled nnd printed by Fred. Simms, ntliis Private
Press, llcnwyke, Worcester, 1883.” Mr. Simms observes, in
his prefatory “Apology,” that, having frequently inquired ut
the booksellers for a Dictionary of Religious Sects, nnd always
receiving the same answer—namely, that no such book (in tho
form lus required) was published, he thought tlmt ho would
try to compile one liimsclf; and at one© set about the work.
There is, it is true, ft Denominational “Dictionary”; and I
lmvc nt homo a work iu two corpulent quarto volumes “ Tho
Faiths of the World”; but Mr. Simms’ littlo dictionary has,
among other merits, thoso of being portable, simple, uud
compendious.
Brighton is a town where (even hnd I not a hundred other
reasons for paying my hoinago to tho Queen of Watering-
Places, whenever I have somo littlo leisure) I can uhvuys jiick
up interesting books, uud, moreover, books which to me are
scarce. 1 have not yet visited my favourite book-hunting
grounds among the stalls in Brighton Market; but I have been
to the great book store iu North-street, und to the one in Ship-
street, hard by the Post Office, und have already made some
tolerably lucky finds. Item, tlio “ Album of the Cambridge
Garrick Club” (what do you say’ to that, Mr. BurmmdS'),
published early in the Thirties, with somo spirited etched
portraits of Sheridan Knowles, Douglas Jerrold, William
Charles Macready, nnd Miss Mitford; item, tho lion. Charles
Lnugdule’a “ Memoirs of Mrs. Fitzhcrbcrt” ; item, the “Cor¬
respondence between Frances, Countess of Hartford (after¬
wards Duchess of Somerset), and Henrietta Louisa, Countoss of
Tom fret, between the years 1733 und 1741.” Four volumes.
Highly entertaining, and edifying to boot.
But here is ft more curious work. Four stout volumes, of
more tlmn five hundred pages each, of “ The Diary' of Thomas
Burton, Esq., Member in the Parliaments of Oliver and Richard
Cromwell from 1050 to 1050, with an account of the Parlia¬
ment of 1654, from the journal of Guiborn Goddard, Esq.,
M.P. Now first printed.” Tho work, edited by' John
TowiU Rutt, was published by Colburn in 1828; nnd concern¬
ing it I am about to ask a very crude nnd, perhaps, idiotic
question. Are those Diaries and Journals gcuuinu, or mv they
an ingenious pasticcio compiled from tho Parliamentary History,
tlio State Trials, Whitlock, Thurloe, and tho rest? There was
a deluge of apocryphal memoirs published between 1825 and
1823.
At all events, T. Burton and G. Goddard may help mo in
my quest after the meaning of Oliver’s “Harp” Lords.
Again, in vol. iv., page 7, 1 find a curious morsel of philo¬
logical information which may be of some slight service to
I)r. Murray when, in liis Big Dictionary, ho comes to tho word
“parole.” In the matter Of ano Mr. Henry Wroth, who lmd
got into some tronble with the House of Commons,
Mr. Turner nnd Mr. Trevor moved Hint his parole might be taken.
Sir Arthur linsleriggc— The word parole is (I ueie t runt. I move th.il the
Berp unt take his bond. Kir Gsorgo Booth—Boeing tlmt wo all understand
not French, lot us take his word: tlmt is En»lish. sir Riduird Temple—His
•word is sufficient. Colonel Bennett I move that ho enter boil to the
Sergeant. Mr. Neville — I move that he enter security.
The Guiborn-Goddard MS., it is stated in n footnote, recites
that Mr. Wroth’s affair was referred to a Select Committee,
nnd in tlio meantime he was discharged on Iris parole; "but
that being a French word, and martial-law, too, he was ordered
to give security to the Sergeant.” Tile great Wroth 'vise might
have been quoted to advantage in the Commons tu our own
time, when honourable members had so much to say about
the “ cloture,” forgetting or wilfully ignoring its plain English
equivalent “closure.” But they had other notions touching
English iu Oliver’s days. G. A. 8.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Sept. 27, 1884.—292
THE LATE GENERAL P. B. CORFIELD.
MAJOR-GEITERAL J. G. MEDLEY, R.E.
A long and useful Indian career was brought to a olose, on
the 12th ult., by the sudden death, at Port Said, of Major-
General Julius George Medley, R.E. The period of thirty-
six years, over which General Medley’s term of service ex¬
tended, has been most eventful in the history of British India.
An actor in many of the most stirring scenes of the Indian
Mutiny, Lieutenant Medley performed good service in the
reconnoitring of the main breach, and in the operations of the
first column, which he led, in the assault upou Delhi; the
story of which he has described with vivid force in a small
book, frequently quoted by Sir J. Ivaye, entitled “ A Year’s
Campaigning in India.” His services in the field being ended.
Major Medley was appointed Principal of the Thomasson
Civil Engineering College at Roorkee, a post which he held
forseveu years (18G1 to 1868), and with which his name will bo
always honourably connected; for bo left it the first Civil
Engineering College in the Empire. General Medley’s sub¬
sequent career was in connection with the railways of the
North-West. First as Superintending, latterly as Consulting
Engineer to the Indian Government, he has had a hand in
pushing forward the construction ami completion of the
frontier lines. He was a strong believer in the importance of
railways from a military point of view, and us an instrument
of civilisation. He was an advocate of the development of a
system of feeder lines, mtlier than of fresh enterprises, and ho
believed in the ultimate success of a uniform rate of
cheap railway fares. As an author. General Medley 1ms
contributed several works both to professional and general
literature. Of the former kind are a littlo engiueers' manual,
now extensively used throughout India; three lectures, de¬
livered at Chatham, and subsequently published, on “India
MAJOR-GENERAL J. G. MEDLEY. R.E.
ROUND TOWER AND CATHEDRAL, BRECHIN.
BRECHIN CASTLE, THE SEAT OF LORD DALHOUSIK, VISITED BY MR. GLADSTONE.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
BEIT. 27, 1884
nml Indian Engineering” (E. and F. N. Span); nnd several
papers, in n periodical of which ho wiw the originator and for
many years the editor, on “ Indian Engineering." To general
literature he lias contributed a augge-tive book on America,
entitled 44 An Autumn Tour in the United States nud Cunudu ”
BREOIIIN, FOR PARSHIUE.
Brechin Castle, where Mr. Gladstone was staying last week as
the guest of the Earl and Countess of Dallumsie, is situated on
the bunks of the river South K»k, close to the snuill town of
Brechin, in Forfarshire. In 121M» Edward I. occupied Brochiu
(H.S. King and Co.), nnd n small religions treatise culled C ,u»tle, mid there roccfved the homage of King'Jolm Bftliol.
"Modem national Christianity (Hardwicke). General aut , tlie « llvmi dcr of the crown and kingdo
Medley's sudden removal from a sphere m which it might have
been enlcuhrtod that be lmd many more years of useful activity
before him, will be lamented by n large circle of personal and
professional friends.
the following year, Wallace drove the English from this
stronghold, and the ensile was then held m the Scottish
interest by Sir Thomas Maule, mi ancestor of the present
proprietor. This heroic captain in 1303 defended the castle
against Edward T. during a siege cf twenty days, nnd was
mortally wounded by the English artillery, his dying words
being a' cry of defiance to the foe. Next day the garrison
, and appears to have been forthwith destroyed,
nothing of the old pile now remains, though
present building are of great nge, and the south
wall is in some places nearly 5 ft. in thickness. The
Mnules, of whom the present Earl of Dalhousie is the
COrEMAN’S CANOE RAFT.
The
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Department on the 11th hurt.. when its remarkable stability
dirrs srlTrsxns el z sSsis trsa
pinrtplc TX $ 22 , Coperaim, it *»«* »»*. Sgjhta CVtfe h» exteraivo parka and wood.
Will be remembered, Crossed the Channel on bis scat rnlt iu
Noveiiibm* lost. The aium- raft scut out *» ™ the £‘1° nilder tl.o castle walls, is a unkme structure in a most
consists of two very light cnuoe-snnpetl hurtles, z> it. long,
made of deal, with ribs of American elm, and covered both
inside nnd out with stout canvas. These two canoes are
placed Hide by sidu with n space of two feet between
them; four cross-spars nre then fitted right across the
top of both, mid faulted securely down. The bodies of
the canoes, which arc each constructed iu five water¬
tight compart lie uls, uro then decked over with hutches.
The space between the canoe* is covered over with three
hatches, in like manner, niakiug a clear dock about 18 ft.
long by 8 ft. wide, for the accommodation of the men. It
is not intended that the canoes should ever bo used singly, but
only when lashed together iu the form of u raft us described.
Capsizing is impossible, but in case of*an accident from the
raft being damaged in nny particular part, it is far less likely
to sink than an ordinary boat, ns the canoes arc constructed in
compartments. Tho lroat carries two sails, three oars, and
twelvopaddlcs, and tlicrenrcnwnings stretched from bow to stem
of each canoe. When the raft has to be propelled by inminnl
labour It is believed that paddles will be of more service than
oars in inexperienced bauds, and if need be, every man on
board can take to paddling. A raft thus constructed will
carry twelve men and -15001b. of stores, but one can easily bo
made to carry 7 >00 lb. of stores. The stores can bo placed in
tho compartments of the canoe*, and having been covered over,
the platform is available for the accommodation of the men.
The idea of the inventor has been to make his mit as light and
portable as possible, so that, when rapids arc reached which
cannot be safely navigated by ordinary boats, it can be quickly
t-oken to pieces and carried beyond the cataracts by the crew.
There would appear to be some very considerable advantages
in the use of those rafts, which nre easily taken to pieces and
carried overland, instead of being lmuled through with con¬
siderable risk. They afford more, room for the men to move
about in; can be propelled with puddles in parts where oars
nre of no use among boulders, for instance: and, above all
things, it is almost impossible for them to capsize or sink. The
raft, when fully laden with stores, ha only a draught of about
two feet. Tiiis is only one of several recommendations.
BIRTHS.
On the 2lst inst., ot Clapham-common, the wife of 31 r. AW S. Caine,
31.1’, of» son.
On the Sind in»t. at lUrkstooc Roctorr, Grantham, the wife of the Rev.
E. M. Clement*, of u wn,
On the find in»C., at tit. Paul’s, Walden Bury, Wclwjn, Ladjr 0lamia, of
MARRIAGES.
On tho !7t)i Inst.. n» the j»nri*h chinch of Drumliobn*. Ballintm, hr the
father of the bride. K Iw.ir.l Holland. I> I. Royal liteh 0>n«tnl-ulnry,
llnifrheda, county Lmi'h, second non of Lieut.-Gulonel .John lf«>l nnd,
Nortlifleef. Kffli, to l>lith Ajtnca, yuungesit daughter Cf the Itov. A. dagov,
I>.1) . Vioar of Iatunliohuo.
ill which are a number of remarkable trees, and many striking
views. The Image Bridge across the South Esk, rutinlng
under tho castle walls, is n unique structure in n most
picturesque position. Brechin Cathedral dates back so far ns
the twelfth century, although it was not completed before the
fourteenth. In the early part of the present century it was
44 restored,” almost out of nil recognition; beautiful mould¬
ings and pillars, arches and windows, were plastered over, and
have not yet been restored to their pristine beauty. The
lion ml Tower adjacent to the cathedral is one of two such
structures in Scotland, the other being at. Abenietliy. It is
10t> It. iu height; was evidently designed from the first
stand alone; nnd is unconnected with any remains. The!
Round Towers have long bullied the researches of untiquoriei
but nre believed to have been erected about eight hundred
years ago. Iu Ireland, where they are said to be "ns ould IU
the hills,” there nre seventy-six towers of this general type. \
THE LATE HEN ERA L CORFIELT).
General Frederick Brooke CorOrld, of the Bengal Infantry,
died last week at bis residence in Upper Norwood, aged eighty -
ono. The deceased entered tho Army iu 18*20, mid obtained n
liciiteunutcy in 1823. He was promoted to the rank,of Cuptalh,
in 1831, became Major in 1848, nnd Licitteimut-Coloin-l in
1840. The gallant officer served during the Punjuub campaign
of 1848-il, and was present at tho actions of Chilliimwulluh
tuul (ioojemt. He wns advanced to a colonelcy Ju 1854. and
became Mujor-Goiieml in 18Q0. I-icuteiiivtit-Goiiernl in 1870,
and a General in 1877. He was married twice-yfirstly, to
Annie Nairn, who died in 1862; nml secondly, in lj86<i, to
Julia Elbubelh Eglan, who .nirviyea lrim ; but he has left no
issue.
THE MAN IN POSSESSION.
Tho rat-catcher's faithful terrier knows liisdirty, and mounts
guard over the trap eon; nil) big tho captive vermin, with a
resolution strictly to forbid every other dog's meddlesome
approach; and tiie fierce earnestness of this canine “ nmn iu
possession ” is sullii ieiitly dioii. He is quite n Jack-in-ofHce,
fully aware of his responsible authority, and probably known
that the imprisoned victim will hereafter be turned out for his
own and his master’,* Sport, when his patience will be amply
rewarded. There is either n great deal of human nature in
dogs, or a certain amount of chggishness in man, which Sir
Edwin I.andscciv-iibpVe. uTl^rtthcr Artists, was able to com¬
prehend und -Interpret iil~t)ic former instance. Whether it
be owing to [ sitpciw intelligence, ns a natural endowment
of their race, or to tyieir constant, social companionship
with limuim friends, / nml tho confidential employments
with which tln-y nrt-' mlrusted, comparativo psychologists
limy decide. It oifen seems a pity that they cannot
spenk'our language ^bnt then, we fear, they would tell tales
of our behavioui>Taiiul lTwould bo scandalous if n poacher's
On tho Oh in.t . ut the Fnivrr.ity Clinpri. StepliMi’s-B’iwi. TInMm, l>y dog w , Tl , tempted to tliril Queen’s CVideDCe before the
«... iu,. •> «*..«^5^^ig27iS3; pfe■%.«» SSSm m. «««i kun..*«i™*.. th. w.
I-:»na, Major Jtagb Alirlull MucN’iunani
IrUa Dili-ion Royal Artillery, only son of William MmsMuhon. K-q . L*l>>n-
more. Kilinariy. >-unity Ctiro, «u4 maternal aninilson of iho late Curtain
While, U.N■bbsntalU R>u**\ Gat way. to Olivia, d lUgbter and eolivinsa
of the late Conifclius Cteagli, E»q., D«n*an CaitK county Clare.
On th«. iwh in*t., at Kt. Oeonfe'*. Tufnclt Park. N., l>y the Rev.
F. M. Iliivke. ns i'iwl by the Rev. J KargeMur, Alexander SL N'ulhaa, of\
TrevennUai J.-kIkp. 8;. Am hew. Jamaica, U> Georgic, daughter of the late
George ffnukui, Loadonderry. lreluud.
DEATHS.
hip-M]mUn%lrt prove a mischievous gossip, und might possibly
ciiuHe the breiiknig-ott' of a inntcU by some unfavourable reve¬
lations of a mistress's ill-teiuper; and tlio secrets of the
parlour would be carried down to the kitchen, or out into the
Btfoet^ljousehold offences could no longer be safely pallintrd
by saving that 44 the eat did it”; but they would too easily
be niiuie known when 44 the dog mid it,” nnd most of the
units would soon give warning in presence of such a
At the HAM National, Geneva. Switierland, R. Mellifont Towiuhend, favoured family spy. On the whole, it Benina to us, the dog
ANNO DOMINI, by EDWIN LONG,
J V trrnt IVMk b now OX V!K»’. t->ertli»r wiUi CprmiMiiiUn.ri
E*q , ot a, Fnimeuaded*— Anjflsi*. Nioo, Fiance, (Wed 87 years-
On the SUt m-t.. at Fumham Itoyal. Hue its, suddenly, Rwliord Ctiaxt^s
Rowe. M.A.. Fellow of Trinity College, Cam bridge, wred
On tho BOth inst., at Rutland-guto, the Lady Mary Whitbread, aged 80.
■»* The charge f or the inttrUon of Dfrlht, iforringe^ oml Deniht, U
■ iiU*U 9 $ for each announ cement,.
R. A.—This
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of I'llflloT IIOItNK TO rilKTOJIK. “ini eMiSf Hi.pon.itt wen... ..t the li.Vl^
I.KKIKS, li». New U*>iu!-*treet. UVu to81*. Adntwfon.il. -/■
rPHB VALE OF TEARS.-DOUE’S iWt Great PICTURE,
JL a.Mi|.icw,U fr*d*y» died. NOW <«| VIKW M il.- 1>0|IK UAI.L.KHV.
W.. New will. I..* other ci»»t plani-^. sTim t.. Stv L>*lly. »«.
TAOVER AND OSTENI) LINE.—Accelerated convoynuco
.1 ' „f tl.c Traveller* Inna hondan U> llni«wl*. l^.lienn; to C-Soan.'. 1.1 l.oum:
I.. ll-rlln,.'>. Iioiir*; t«> Vl-ium. ■-< hoar*, to Mlji.ii, v!. tlic St/lothurd.31 lieur»; umt
to rv. rv rrWi.t Cllv on lh» Conth.-nl Aim fetJ.c !•:-»*.?. vl i I r In.llwl.
SliiKleiwd Knurt) T1IHOL.iU TU KI.rs ..t very mUrl’tiUU FARES. BT..I ailli.
en u better jxisition ns it is, wanting discourse of reason,
and being exempt from the perilous obligation to make
express statements in articulate speech, lie is always for¬
given, and usually admired, for giving utterance to his natnrnl
sontiments in his own simple way : and this lie can do in zuoli
a lively manner as to engage lmniau sympathy, and almost to
make him appear one of ourselves.
lira Tlx iio . _
of I .unnsu jtnil**W>l • f *l>- iij*l.-. ,
lltlns««*li>*t si:.\ S|I'KN'K.<S |:ofrt*limrnt an.l d»nlnr rasm*.Prlrnt* Cahln*.
M. vviintfM ..-. .tr. T«|»S<r*livsfJ»Wy. fiiCOrn -Jiuxia^iidtWill.thoLNT1UIX ATUl.sAL
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nt J’.rH’*rl*. JlmitiSU'/a- I,. C>>ur, W>a ; «t O'i.'ifiiv, Iwiulwl la; »t Ik-illu. Vienna,
JllliitiA.-. (rs. ZX X. / Z
1 >.iIly ofirt w y an e*of ordinary nml rp-rir jlsr-v ’«.
QT. GOT!IAI(D\RAILWAY, SWITZERLAND.—Tlie
mot!. 11 m.'!, rwi.ai, iiirtlii't-ci-iAad ilofiehtfill ran!.' fn.tn K.Uflonrt to Italy.
E*riii-.|.in» t.i tlm hui. I.y tlio M.'iiixOiln Iwilwny, from Artli iMattlua. *-r tl.o
M. (iotlianl MnUwytS. n.r. nel. r..lnir»i , , -|'l"ir-c»f« tr..m O.Utnl, Wucoiiy cnrrl»|t«w.
k*«-IIkI<M. mh’ljr vttitiiniiHW Tlokvtont all c.irr.'*|-jii*Ilnr railway
nim ..t COOT*, tJ«vo'«, rnia<liyirm'*om<w.
- ft. JAMFS'8 HALL, FIO’AJlILLY.
i'KICJII IIAM KOUt'ESs OF
MOORE AND BURGESS MINSTRELS*
I’fttidllAMIIK. All Ui» n-w K.i.e* <md nil tho now nn.l semmltic
oumlc nkoUCrj. ir- oivivl will. tl>" ri.-nU-vt out!. 11 - 111-111 liy lion—» cruW'l.xl !•■ rriiloUoil,
It- tnni ot th- ln.l 111 IUI.l- nnA Ju tl' i«>liiHnr ... U. W. >HM»llK. _
r-r!orvimiirr«,.IMi.f ..I K.VICItV NI'illT ..t ." n.H'l : HA\ I'EUFOTIV-
ANi'ES KVKIIY M'XNI'AV, W|;|INK>HAV. nml s vIM UIHV. «t 1*JlllEK. n« troll.
Iiwra opr it f'”' l>»y IWnonnnCT «H»i; I>>r Nirhl -lit*., nt T-Vl. Onii.il.nioM run
illrrrt from ih- Koliiultl.al to tl.o .loom of *t. Jnimw'i U til. IVIron or \.Iinl»»loii:
1*.. 'J*.. '-., .m l V*. Nr. Jm *
THE PRINCE’S TH E A T It E, (joveutry -street, u .
1 I.llillTEti BY ELRCTRICITY. 1’rot.rloMr«mt Mnt.«e«>r. Mr. K.ly»r l«rn«».
KVI.lt J h>KMN(l ntaoimiu-r to EiKlit. tho I'li.reiiiri-iii Iu Twenty >1 bin ton.
mil.. I nix AM> tCtUHlTEACK. At » Cjn«ri..r-|.«*t B.rl.l.n Now Floy. M-rltlon by
Mo——, line). m.mI Unninn ••orr.onlliU-1 (IaU.Mi HACK. od*|i|**l fr-.ln ilr.
Iturrh OoiiWny** vary *n.T«->.lnl itor) of tlii.l immr. For nut —ihulr |»i|wra. Now
•rrfirry n>»t ••••ntiimo*. |f.».r* o|»ii »t H*lf.|. .*t fH.v. n. X’nrr'Wtmnt Flov- 11 , Mn fiwn.
It-skini.o oiwn -lally fr>m fil-rro b. Five. MATIN UK of CAI.I.KU HACK.
bATCUUAY. OCT. 4. at 2JU.
Sir Thomas Lennard's huirterswcre last week sold by auction
at Beilins Park. Forty-two aniiuals realised 5396guineas.
The Earl of Aberdeen has consented to preside at the
miniv. rsnry festival of the Scottish Corporation, to be held ut
the Freemasons’ Tavern on Dec. 1.
Lord Rosebery lms mot with nn unfortunate accident.
While riding in Palmeny Park on Tuesday his horse stepped
into a rabbit hole, throwing his Lordship, whose collar-bone
was broken.
Tho Queen has conferred Hie decoration of tho Imperial
Order of the Crown of India on Mbs Edith Helen Fergusson,
daughter of the Right Ron. Sir James Fergusson, Unit.,
Governor of Bombay.
Tho Registrar of the tfniverrify College of South Wales has
received nu intimation from Lord Aberdare to the effect that
Lord Cmvdor will subscribe £100 a year for five years towards
the institution.
Her Majesty's gun-boat Wasp wns wrecked early last
Monday morning on T«ry Island, off the coast of Donegal,
and ot u total complement of about fifty-eight men on board
only *ix were saved. None of the officers survive.
An exhibition of flower*, fruit, nml vegetable* was held by
the Royal Horticultural Society in their conservatory at South
Kensington on Tuesday und Wednesday. The chief attention
of the exhibitors of fruit had been devoted to apples and
grnnes, while dahlias bud primarily occupied the exhibitors of
flowers.
Ill London, last week, 2198 births nml 1315 deaths were
registered. Allowing for increase of population, the births
were 126, and the deaths 101, below tho average numbers
in the corresponding weeks of the last ten years. The deaths
included 0 from smallpox, 18 from measles, 26 from scarlet
fever, 21 from diphtheria, 2*2 from whooping-cough, '27 from
enteric fever, 80 i'loni diarrhoea mid dysentery.
WESTMINSTER HALL.
*Wo supplement our Illustrations of Westminster Hall by
another, showing more completely the new work which tho
First Commissioner of Works, Mr. Sliaw Lcfevre, desires to
carry into effect. We are able also to give u more complete
account of the proposals, derived from the drawings nnd the
printed report prepared by Mr. Pearson, U.A., tho architect,
nml lately laid before the Houses of Parliament.
Although necessarily of a technical character, Mr. Pearson’s
report contains much matter of interest to the general reader.
It forms a complete architectural history of tho building ; nml
no time or trouble seems to have been spared in order to reach
reliable conclusions as to the form of the buildings which from
time to time existed in connect ion with the Hall. We arc told
that the plans have been prp.ired with the object of recover¬
ing, consistently with present requirements, tho aspect which
the building presented in Richard II.'s time. This is with
good reason. Richard II. entirely transformed the 44 Great
Hull of William Rufus,” nnd gave it the aspect which it now
in the main possesses, and would have possessed almost in its
entirety but for the erection of the Law Courts in 1820-25 by
Sir John Soane, who is treated nil too kindly with the remark
that he 44 appears to hare shown but little regard for the old
work.”
In the course of the excavations lately carried out, nml by
reference to old documents, it lias been discovered that a wall
existed, until demolished by Sbnne, between each of the great
buttresses, containing between it and the Hull a building of
two storeys, of both of which old plans have been exhibited.
The foundations of this wall are now exposed, while its con¬
nections with tlie buttresses, the form of its original parapet,
and even the mouldings of its coping, arc quite visible on all
the buttresses. Two rows of arches set by Richard II. against
tlie old Norman wall of tho Hall, to carry the floor nnd roof,
respectiveiy^of^ this added building, may be Been in our
Ulnstmlion published on the 13th iust. Time the form which
Richard II. gave to the building lms been determined.
The former existence of ft building running along the side
of the Hall, within the buttresses, nt once explains the reason
why flying buttresses were erected instead of tlio much
stronger and simpler form of buttress attached to the wall
which we find on all the great bnuqucting-liullS of the
medfttvnl period. Standing out as they do nt present, they nre
nu-nniiigless, when we consider that the flying buttress was
one of those clever expedients invented mid often used by our
forefathers to overcome tlio difficulty of carrying ft great
thrust across ft roofed space, as we see, for imtance, over tho
aisles of 'Westminster Abbey. In the same manner Richard II.
adopted the method ut Westminster Hall, and it is interesting
to observe, both here and at the Abbey, that tho arched
portion of the buttress was cut by ,tlio aisle roof, so that part
of it remained outside and part was seen inside the attached
building. The old wall between the buttresses was deeply
recessed, the buttresses standing out boldly from it, ns our
Inst week’s Illustration shows. Thus a massive sense of
support was cleverly given to the great roof, the apertures in
the battlements allowing the flying arches of the buttresses to
be clearly seen. Relying, therefore, upon the weight of
evidence, and with n view to giving the flying buttresses their
proper meaning, und other features, such ns tlio wall arches,
at present meaningless, their allotted work to do, it is
proposed 44 to rebuild the wall between tho buttresses in its
original position,” making it exactly the same height as
formerly.
Other reason?, practical nnd nrtistic, nre given for the re-
erection of this building. Mr. Pearson considers it of great
importance to the dignity and effect of tho whole, nnd still
more strongly urges its importance by his desire to protect
from the 1-oudou atmosphere the Norman wall of Rutus, the
destruction of which is assured in a few years if it is to remain
unprotected. On this point the report is very urgent.
At the north-west end of tho Hall, where now a slied stands
for the shelter of horses, the remnants of a building were
found, which tho architect assigns without doubt to King
IIenry III. The drawings (from theGnrdnercollcction) which
were exhibited of this building as it originally existed, and
the manner in which the whole extent of Henry III.’s work is
traced out, arc not tho least interesting part of this latest*con¬
tribution to the history of our great Hall. On the site thus
occupied a building of two storeys projecting westward is
pienosed, but it is to bo in character with Richard II.'s work,
as tlie data are thought insufficient to warrant any attempted
reproduction of that of Henry 111. The lower floor of this
building will form a stand for horses ns the shed docs now,
and we would suggest that the upper floor, as well ns the new
building along the side of the Hull, be allotted, ns they most
conveniently and suitably may, to tlie uses of Grand Com¬
mittees, and that direct entrances from the Ilall be given to
each of the looms. The Great Hall, now merely one of the
London sights for strangers, would then once again assume
something of its old business-like aspect. Our Illustration
to-day shows this projecting building, and also the proposals
fordoing away with the appearance of poverty which the
upper part of tho front facing New l’ulacc Yard now presents.
The architect here proposes to alter.the windows and raise the
towers one stage, 80 ns to harmonise Barry’s elaborate archi¬
tecture with tlie severer work of the Hull. By bo doing ho
hopes "to render them worthy of their position mid import¬
ance in the group in which they now play so insignificant nnd
discorclunt a part.” Thut this would ellcct a great improve¬
ment artistically in the whole pile wo believe few will deny,
but the old battle between sentiment und beauty will have to
be waged again mid won before it can be decided.
We have thus endeavoured to describe, from a careful com¬
parison nnd study of the building, the report, and tho drawings,
more fully and impartially than, wo believe, bus yet been
* done, the scheme which tho First Commissioner has luid before
Parliament.
We are inclined to think tlie now opprobrious term
41 Restoration” which has been applied to the scheme neither
a judicious nor a correct one, although the architect has him¬
self made use of it. Preservation rather than restoration
would better describe it. Mr. Pearson proposes to preserve
the old Norman wall intact, to preserve interesting features
which have been added in later times by giving them again
tho work to do for which they were designed. 1 ie would pro-
serve the reason for the very existence of the flying buttresses,
nnd nbove nil he would prest-rve tho simple character of tlio
old Hull, and all this by erecting distinctly new buildings;
in the exact position, certainly, and embracing whatever is left
of the old ones, but which can hardly be called restorations,
although, thus interwoven with the old, necessarily designed
in that same broad and simple style, which is the chief charm
and characteristic of the Great Hall.
\Y*e think it fortunate that such an undertaking should be
fully considered by a select Committee of the House. In tho
meantime the Illustrations which we have published, together
with our elucidation of them, will, we think, aid those who
nre interested in the matter to form a clear judgment upon
it; but we would recommend in mlditum n careful study
of nil the facts which appear in the published Parliamentary
Report.
SEPT. 27, 1S84
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
THE PLAYHOUSES.
The comfortable Court Theatre, which can always be depended
upon for refined and pleasant entertainment under the
present judicious management of MM. John Clayton and
Arthur Cecil, was reopened on Thursday, the Eighteenth
instant, with the excellent comedy of “New Men nnd Old
Acres,” which was originally produced by the Into Mr. Buck-
M«no at the Haymarket, with Miss Madge Robertson (now
Mia. Kendal) ns an irresistibly charming heroine. In these
levelling days, when the shrewd sous of a frugal Duke
take to business lor a livelihood or an addition to their
pocket-money ns naturally as a Scotsman comes to London ;
when “ Something in tho City ” is done by many a
noble Lord with a pnrdonnblo weakness for Directors’
fees ; and when younger eons of patrician families con¬
descend to tread the stage itself to add to their incomes,
the leading motive of “New Men and Old Acres” can scarcely
be considered quite so strong ns it unquestionably was when
the piece was first played. The comedy was so well written,
however, by the authors, tho late Mr. Tom Taylor and Mr. W.
Dubourg, and abounds in so many touches of humour and of
human nature, that its revival is always welcome. All that
conscientious art and careful rehearsal could do has been douo
for “ Now Men and Old Acres ” at the Court. The cast is very
good. If Bliss Marion Terry is a shade less spontaneously ex¬
pressive than Miss Ellen Terry was in the same theatre some
years ugo as that particularly winsome young Indy, Bliss
Lilian Vavasour, there is so much that is bright
and intelligent, captivating nnd natural, in tho younger
sister's delineation of the part as to contribute greatly to tho
strength of tho piece. Her scenes of banter with Lady
Vavasour were highly appreciated, ns were tho delicately
enacted love-passages between Lilian and her merchant lover,
Mr. Samuel Brown, who was represented by Mr. John Clayton
with that reserve of force for which this cultured artist is
remarkable. Tin’s quiet and lifelike portrayal of n noble
character is well matched by Mr, Arthur Cecil’s light and airy
nnd clever impersonation of tho gentlemanly but impecunious
father of Lilian, Biarmndlike Vavasour, of Clove Abbey.
Not loss admirable was that accomplished actress, Blis3
Le Thier©, who lias never been seen to greater advantage.
Her Lady Matilda Vavasour was a masterpiece of comedy.
Mrs. John Wood revelled ill the exhibition of the vulgar
eccentricities, tempered by vivacity nnd good nature, of Mrs.
Banter; while the Mr. Benjamin Banter of BIr. G. W.
Anson was a dose study from life of a rich nnd ugly
money-grubber. Mr. II. Beeves Smith is sufficiently lively
nad green us the Bertie Fibs-Urge, whose sentimental lady¬
love, Bliss Fanny Banter, fulls to the lot of Bliss L. Fane.
Tho excellent piece of olmructeriaitiou by Mr. E. D. Lyons,
whoso Beithold lihiseiibnlg is really capital, should not escape
commendation. BIr. Gilbert Trent tilled well the part of
Seeker, the solicitor. With fresh nnd bright new scenery by
BIr. T. W. Hall, “NewMen nnd Old Acres” should draw
well nt the Court until Mr. Bronson Howard's American play,
“ Young Mrs. Winthrop,” is ready for production. Let me
add that the entr’actes at the Court are made more than
endurable by the singularly able orchestral selection performed
under the direction of BIr. Curl Armbruster.
It is Leap Year. I observe that Mrs. Kendal took
advantage of her prerogative to deliver a thoughtful and
well-reasoned review of tho theatres before tuo learned
members of the Social Science Congress at Birmingham on
Tuesday. One of the most highly-honoured gentlewomen, ns
well as one of the greatest of stag© favourites, Mrs. Kendal
was eminently fitted to hold the mirror up to the 1'layhouses.
I trust that they will profit by the reflections.
C'ordinlly sped on their way, BIr. Henry Irving. Bliss Ellen
Terry, and the Lyceum company on tho Eighteenth of
September left Liverpool, on bourd the Allan steamer Parisian,
for their second American tour. In the meantime, BIr. Wilson
Barrett, determined to make liny whilst tho stage sun shines,
announces the lust nights of “Clnudinn” at the Princess's,
and the forthcoming production of Hamlet on u scale of
elaborate magnificence.
The Gaiety Theatre, directed with signal ability for many
veais by BIr. John lloliiugshend, is now to be managed by a
brand-new Gaiety Company, of which BIr. Hollingshund will
l>e, I presume, the guiding spirit. The Gaiety programme will
be changed next Monday, when tho diverting new farcical
comedy of “A Wet Bay” and “Little Fra Diuvolo” will
take the place of that, most amusing farce, “The Goosq
with the Golden Eggs," nnd the gay burlesque of
“ Camaralznman.”
“Nita’s First,” nnd “Vico Versa ” being brimful of
humour and good humour, their revival in October by Mr.
Harrington Daily at the Opera Comiquc should be rewui‘dod‘
with success.
The 300th night of the remarkably popular nniVintoresting
Adelphi drnuui of “In the Ranks,” py Mr. George IL-Sims
and Mr. Henry- Pettitt, was celebrated on Wednesday nightrl
Improved by repetition, Mr. Joseph Derrick’s farce in three
nets, “The Twins,” was oil Thursday acted for the fiftieth
time at the Olympic, BIr. Edward High ton sustaining the dual
pails with unfailing drollery. Notice of BIr. Henry A. Jones’s
new play, “Saints nnd Sinners,” nt the Vaudeville, must be
perforce postponed till next week. G. A. S.
A new Townlinll, which has been erected nt n cost of
£25,000, was opened at Leamington on the 18th iust., amid
i rrent popular rejoicing. A luncheon fallowed, «t which Lord
lertforu nnd Lord Leigh wore among the guests.
BIr. J. Cowen, M.P., gave the presidential address nt the
mutual meeting of tho Northern 17liiaii dr Mechanics’Insti- i
tutes, nt lllnydon. Ho dwelt upon the progress that had been
made on Tyneside since the Union was established, in 1818;
nnd said tho people, having achieved personal independence,
should now strive for intellectual enfranchisement, and leuru
to think for themselves.
Dr. J. W. Hayward, Liverpool, presiding last week nt tho
annual congress of homoeopathic practitioners, delivered an
address on recent pathology iiv its bearings on scientific thera¬
peutics, nnd in the eonrsolof his remarks said that honicro-
putiiic treatment with infinitesimal doses cut short infectious
diseases dependent on living germs, and supported this state¬
ment by statistics with regard to cholera, yellow fever, and;
typhus, papers were read on the materia me’dicnof the future.
The twentieth detailed annual report of the Registrar-/
Central of the marriages, births, and deaths in Ireland for;
1883 has been issued as a Bluebook. From this it appears that)
the marriages registered during the year numbered 21,308, tin?
births 118,1(13, and the deaths 00,228. Both absolutely'and
in proportion to the estimated population the marriages and
births are under tho annual average for the preceding ten
vyurs; the mortality is somewhat in excess of the average]
J he recorded natural increase of population, or the excess o£
births over deaths, was 21,933, the loss by emigration amount*)
iug to 108,724. There would thus appear to liavo been a
<lm »se of 8(5,789 in the population during the year. Tin]
estimated population in tho middle of the yeur was 5,015,282
MUSIC.
The Froincnnde Concerts at Covent Gnrdcn Theatre are still
maintaining their interest mid attractiveness. Lust week’s
Classical night introduced a talented young pianist- Signorinn
Gemma Luziaui—who has gained the first prize nt the Baris
Conservatoire. Of this distinction she proved herself worthy
by her artistic performance of Beethoven a Pianoforte Concerto
in C minor, and unaccompanied solo pieces by Chopin uud
Rubinstein. Tho' genuine impression made by this young
lady will doubtless lead to a prosperous career. Saturday'
evening was a grand military night, in commemoration of the
Battle of the A Inin. The programme included- as usual on such
occasions—Jullion’s popular “ British Army Quadrille,” with
full orchestra and military bauds, other features of tho con¬
cert having been more or less of u martini character, and
equally devoid of novelty. BIr. Cnrrodus’s highly skilful exe¬
cution of Paganini'sdifficult Fantasia on “The Carnival of
Venice ” wus a specialty of the evening. The vocalists were
Madame Enriquez, BIr. E. Lloyd, and Brr. Novara—BIr. W.
Joyce having delivered a recitation of Tennyson’s linos, “ Tho
Charge of the Light Brigade.” The so-called “ Promenade”
portion of the theatre was densely crowded. Mr. F. II. Cowell’s
“ Welsh ” symphony will be performed—under his direction—
at ufxt Wednesday’s concert.
The Eisteddfod held nt Liverpool last week included tho
production of n new snored Cantata, “ Nebuchadnezzar,”
composed expressly for tho 'occasion by Dr. l’arry. The solo
vocalists were Bliss Blury Davies, BIr. B. Davies, und Mr.
Dvfctd Llwys; tho choruses having been rendered by tho
Liverpool Cumbrian Society. The work was well received.
As it will probably be hom'd in London, Wo must await 1 lint
opportunity to speak of its merits. Other oratorio per¬
formances were given with great efficiency; Sir G. A.
BIncfurren having expressed himself in terms of high com-
niiudation. There were tho usual competitions for prizes for
vJf ul and instrumental performances, and musical and literary
composition.
llcr Majesty's Theatre is to be opened, about the last week
of October, for a series of twenty-four performances of Italian
jpern, under tho direction of Bir. Samuel Hayes, who is now
fn treaty for the engagement oi vocalists uud' a conductor of
acknowledged eminence. The prices are such as should eihuiro
success—orchestra stalls nt half a guinea, pit admissions at
half a crown ; and the terms otherwise exceptionally low for
Italian opera.
The twenty-ninth season of Saturday afternoon concerts at
the Crystal Palace will begin on (Jet. 18. During the series,
many features of strung interest will be presented. Tho J
bicentenary birthdays of Bach and Handel, and the mini-/
versary of the birth of Brahms, will bo celebrated; the last
occasion probably bringing forward his fotiith syiupliony,
which is now in course of composition. “ Berlioz’s “To
Deum “—for three choirs, orchestra, and Organ, will be pro¬
duced, for the first time in this country, and other specialilies
are contemplated. Eminent solo vocalists and mstruuientalists
uie engaged, and there is prospecinteresting^season.
The ammoniaphonc is an ingenious justnudfent, invented
by Dr. Carter Bioflat, for, artificial /vqicC ciiltivatioii. By
close observation und Ourecul analysis'of the purest air of
Italy, Dr. Moffat lias suege^det^ in obtaining a chemical
combination of tho constituents thereof, many years having
been bestowed by <hbu in,/tlie x i;ealisntiou of his purpose.
This seems -now to have boeii effectually done so as to
place within easy reach a menus Bfjliiiproving tho quality
and the sustaining/powqjxof the vocal organs, whether
used in singing or public spenkingrt besides nlTording relief in
chest complaints. Tfid process is p very simple one, consisting
merely of a few ini mint ums liYim a metal t ube, inside which is
some abstirbi nt^fmtegial^aatnjHted with tho chemical liquor.
’J he invention lots laen f^cuied by the Medical Buttery Com¬
pany, Begcutfsircct. \
THE CHUItCII.
The first ordiiiMipft by the Bishop of Ripon was held on
Suuduy.
The Bishop of Sputhwdl recently consecrated a new church
ut Blutlock, Bath.
The Bishop of Durham presided lust week nt tho opening
of d lligU'Scliool f..r boys, in connection with the Church
tjcuqols Cthnphiiy (Limited), in Pmk-terrace, Sunderland.
Tliq Bishop of Kulisbuiy 1ms 1 announced officially tliut he
will pot himself transact further diocesan business. Bishop
Kelly boHig appointed his commissary. This is regarded us
leading up to Dr. Moborloy’s impending retirement.
\ Tho Bishop of Chester, at tho diocesan conference to be
held ouQct. 22 and 23, will bo presented with a Congratulatory
address by the clergy and lay delegates, as that occasion will
be the first of their meeting in confcruncc.
The Bishop of Ripou lms appointed the non. and Rev.
A. T. Lyttelton, Blaster of tSolwyn College, Cambridge, to bo
liis examining chaplain; and tho Bov. Dr.Cott, Vicar of Leeds,
anil tho Rev. Arthur T. Waugh, to be liis chaplains.
The Bishop of Blunchestcr has conferred the honorary
caivonry in his cathedral, vacant by the death of Canon
M'Gmth, oii the Rev. James Augustus Atkinson, BI.A.,Rector
of Longsight and Rural Deuu of Ardwick.
An anonymous donor has cleared off the remaining debt
on St. Peter’s Church, Harrogate, amounting to several
thousand pounds, and a friend of the Vicar lms presented u
new west window of stained glass for the church.
Sir Richard Cross, M.T., opening a new church school at
Pemberton, near Wigan, congratulated tho township on
having by voluntary effort met tho educational wants of the
district, und thus prevented the formation of a School Board.
Bhs. Fraser recently laid the stone of a new church at
Rtoneficld, near llusliiigdcn, the cost of which is being de¬
frayed by Bliss Carter. The Bishop of Blunohorter said tliut
220 new churches had been consecrated iu the diocese siucetlie
formation of the Sec of Blunchestcr thirty-six years ago.
The Rev. George C’uthbert, Vicar of Draytou-in*Hales,
near Bfarket Drayton, lias been nominated Sub-Warder of
Clewer House of Morey, near Windsor, in succession to the
Rev. W. Hutchings, who has been appointed to tho valuable
living of Kirby Blisperton, Yorks.
Some correspondence has taken place between the new
Bishop of Chester (Dr. Stubbs) and the Dean (Dr. Ho\vson)ou
the subject of the introduction by the former of the eastward
position during the Prayer of Consecration, n position not
adopted by tho late Dr. Jacobson, or by auy Bishop or Dean
of Cheater since 1(5(52.
St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, lms received n hand¬
some present from the Bishop of Rangoon (the Rev. l)r.
Strncbun), who was the first Follow of tli.it College to receive
a bishopric. It is a massive silver bowl, weighing eighty-
seven ounces, which took tin; first prize for Burmese work¬
manship in silver ut the Calcutta Exhibition.
The Bishop of Lichfield lms made arrangements to hold a
most complete visitation of his diocese, extending till the
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commencement of 1886. He proposes to visit every church,
parsonage, and school, and examine the children where
practicable in the Apostle’s Creed, and as far as possible hold
confirmations during the visitation in accordance with tho
ancient practice.
A massive marble memorial of the late Admiral Sir Richard
Collinson, K.C.B., Deputy Blaster of the Trinity House, has
been erected by Bir. E. J. Physiek, sculptor, over the family
vault ill Perivale churchyard, near Ealing, from a design
specially prepared by .Mr.' Physiek, in which (lie services of
tiie deceased iu Okhiu and iu tho Arctic regions are effectively
introduced.
Speaking on Tuesday nt a church reopening at Huston,
near Northampton, the Bishop of Peterborough said churches
are not architectural museums, merely designed for tho
recreation and instruction of persons of an nrchieologieal turn
of mind, but places designed for worship nnd the comfort of
those who attend them, and whatever interferes with these
objects should be removed. .
A correspondent of tlio Timet writes:— “On Sunday, the
1 lth inst., the first religious service was performed in the new
English church m .Moscow, by the chupluin, the Rev. H.
Bernard. The building is notyet consecrated, no Bishop
having sufficient leisure for the journey to Russia, but it is
intended that tlie^cereiubny shall be performed at the first
opportunity.” rt-. \/
At Cambridge, on Sunday afternoon, a church parade was
held of the benefit societies of the town and district. About
•100 members assembled jby. Parker's Piece, aud, headed by a
baud, went through the to wn to Christ Cliurcli, where a special
Service wits held and irSeriuoii was preached by the Rev. Delme
Jtadeliffe. The collection was in aid of the Hiinstauton
Convalescent Home and the Cambridge Victoria Asylum.
An amateur concert was given in tho Towiihall, Great
Grimsby, hwt_\yeclc, by Lady Eleanor Heuengo, in aid of the
fund for tiie restoration of lit. James’s, Grimsby. The
Countess of Yarborough mid other Indies played tho piano;
Lrnly Adelii Larking, Lady Eleanor lleuewge, Bliss Barker,
and tl»e Rev. Robert Crucroft played violins; and the
vocalists' ''included Miss Bailey, Bliss llure, mid Bir. Coward.
A fund for the augmentation of poor benefices in the
diocese of St. David was started at Carmarthen last week.
The Bishop said there were seventy-five livings under £100
Tvycur, und forty-nine under £200. Canon Williams observed
that an annual endowment of £18,000 was needed. Donations
nml subscriptions to the amount of over £1000, including £600
from tho Bishop, were promised from the Carmarthen Arch¬
deaconry alone.
A choral festival in commemoration of the reopening of
Tewkesbury Abbey took pluce on Tuesday, in the presence of
a largo congregation. The chorus numbered nearly 600 voices,
and included choirs from most of the towns and villages iu
tiie neighbourhood. A new anthem, “One thing have I
desired of the Lord,” composed for tho occasion by the Rev.
Kir F. Uuadey, was sung. Canon Knox Little preached tho
sermon, in winch lie urged that all should assist to raiso (lie
£3000 still required to complete the restoration of the church,
which was a national possession. Tho offertory produced £55.
The four-light east window of Akelcy church, near Buck¬
ingham, lias been filled with Bluuich stained glass by Messrs.
Moyer and Co. It represents tho Birth of Christ, His
Baptism, tho Angel at the Tomb, und tho Supper ut
Eunntius.—Besides the plnciug a lucmoriul window in Kt.
Luke's Church, Liverpool, to the late Rev. G. L. B. Wildig,
us recorded iu u previous Issue, a brass in memory of him
has been placed iu the chancel of St. John’s Church, H orton -
luue, Bradford, by a few of his old friends. Bir. Wildig was
Vicar of St. John's parish from 1878 to 1881.
Acting for the Bishop of Loudon, the Bishop of Bedford
lias collated the Rev. Joseph Kahn to tho vicarage of St.
Stephen’s, Upper Holloway; has instituted the Rev. Charles
J. Ridgeway to the vicarage of Christ Church, Puddingtou;
lms licensed the Rev. Matthew Sweetnnm to the perpetual
curacy of St. Murk’s, Victoria Park; mid also the following
to the undermentioned curacies- The Rev. William G. Beau¬
mont, to AH Saints’, Soutli Acton ; the Rev. John A. Bells, to
All Saints’, Nottiug-hill; the Rev. Arthur M. Dale, to
Chiswick; the Rev. Douglas I*. It. Nairn, to St. Augustine’s,
Haggevatono; and the Rev. Wilfrid K. Ogle, to St. Blink’s,
North A udlcy-street.
The Bishop of Manchester, in consecrating a new cemetery,
spoke in strong approval of the Burials Act. He said he
rejoiced that recent legislation hud removed in relation to
burials what had at times caused unfriendly feelings between
Church people and members of other communities. The
Ituriuls Act, which was looked forward to by many Church -
men with so much dread aud apprehension, had proved itself
not only perfectly harmless to tho true interests of the Church,
but laid helped to combine m one seutimemt of citizenship in
the kingdom of God those who. owing to circumstances of
birth, tradition, or momentary irritation, had become members
of diflVrcut communities.
A sermon was preached iu St. Barnabas Church, Kensington,
on Sunday morning, by the Rev. G. R. Thornton, the Vicar, in
aid of the funds of tho Hospital for Consumption, Brompton.
At the close of an excellent discourse, tlio preacher said that
the form their brotherly love would take that day was tho
relief of some of the many sufferers from consumption, some
of the 15,000 in Loudon alone, whose lives were wasting uwnv
with this terrible disease. lie wished that more could cumo
under the influence of the Bromptou Hospital, which used to
have its 210 beds for in-patients, but hud now added another
137 beds, besides tho blessed work it was doing among the
out-patients, whoso numbers hud reached to upwards of
300,000 since the commencement of this great work. It
behoved them to do tlieir best to assist in meeting the
additional £10,000 a year which wus now required.
Next Monday tho evening classes for males nnd females
conducted by the School Board for London in nearly evety
district of the metropolis will be reopened. The fees, ns usual,
will be merely nominal, whilst the subjects taught will
embrace almost every branch of education.
The Board of Trade have awarded n binocular glass to
Captain C. Omncs, of the French brigantine 8t. Lion, of St.
Main, in recognition of Ids humanity und kindness to tho
shipwrecked crew of the barque Olnno, of Liverpool, whom
he received on board liis vessel on July 1 lust, off Staten
Island, South America, near which tlio Olano was wrecked,
and conveyed them to Valparaiso.
Bir. II. Labouchcre, M.l*., whoso efforts in the cause of
providing to }b for children lying in the various hospitals mo
well known, recently received from n lady who wishes to
remain unrecognised a cheque for £160, to be laid out in somo
wuy conducive to the pleasure of the poor next Christmas. In
fulfilment of the commission fifteen huge musical boxes, each
fitted with visible castanets, bells, and dram, nnd playing ten
popular airs, have been bought, nnd will in due time be sent
to a similar uumber of workhouses in und near the metropolis.
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THE TALACE OF KA8R-EL-NOUS8A, THE RESIDENCE OF LORD WOLSELEY IN CAIRO.
WAITING THE DEPARTURE OF T11E TRAIN FOR ASSIOUT, AT THE UOULAK-EL-DAKRUR RAILWAY STATION, CAIRO.
THE NILE EXP E D I T *1 O N.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Sept. 27, 1884.—297
KILLING VIPERS IN THE FOREST OF FONTAINEBLEAU.
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SEPT. 27, 1884
THE COURT.
The Queen enjoys excellent lienltli. Yesterday week her
Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, Princess Christian,
and Princess Irene of llesse, visited the Enrl of Fife at Mar
Lodge, goiug and returning by way of Bracmar, where a large
and enthusiastic crowd was waiting for the Royal party to
pass. Sir Edward Mulct, K.C.B., arrived at Balmoral Castle,
and kissed hands on appointment as her Majesty’s Ambassador
at Berlin, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and
the Royal family in the evening. I-ast Saturday afternoon her
Majesty drove, with Princess Beatrice, the Duchess of Albany,
amt Princess Irene of Hesse, to the Danzig Slriel, where
Princess Christian and the Grand Duke of Hesse joined them.
The Prince and Princess of 'Vales, with Prince Albert Victor,
dined with the Queen, and his Excellency Sir Edward Mulct
and the Rev. Dr. Donald Macleod had the honour of being
invited. Divine service was conducted ou Sunday morning at
the castle by the Rev. Donald Macleod, D.D., in the presence of
the Queen and the Royal family and Rovnl household. The
Abergeldic pew in Cmtliie parish church was occupied by the
Prince and Princess of Wales, with Prince Albert Victor and
Princess Louise of Wales, and most of the Indies and gentle*
men of the Royal household. The weather was gloomy, with
drizzling rain. The Queen has presented her godchild. Victoria
Alexandria Carpenter, who was bnptised in Kipou Cathedral
on the day of tho Bishop’s enthronement, with n handsome
gold pendant, sot in pearls and a largo diamond, with
Victoria” engraved on the back.
The Prince of Wales, who is the guest of the F.nrl of Fife
at Mar Lodge, went out deerstalking on Tuesday iu Mar
Forest, in that division of it which .stretches northwards beyond
the Linn of Dee towards Ben Mncdhui, where tho Prince was
successful in the opening stalk of the day, and killed one
splendid stag. The weather was cold, but dry and hard, and
a slight powdering of snow coated the crests of the Ben
Mucdhui range. Madame Album sang before the Prince and
party nt Mar Lodge iu the evening. The noble host enter¬
tained the following party to dinner—The Prince of Wales,
the Countess of Lonsdale, Lord Langford, Lady Mnndeville,
Lndy Claud Hamilton, Lord Colville of Culross, Mr. F. Knollys,
Captain Wynne Finch, ColonelTcesdnle, Mr. Horace Fnrquhnr,
Count Herbert Bismarck, and Sir. Charles Hull, Q.C.,
Attorney-General to the Duchy of Cornwall.
FASHIONABLE marriages.
The mnrringc of Viscount Feilding and the Hon. Cecilia
Clifford, sister of Lord Clifford, took place in the family
elmpcl at Ugbrook Talk, Devon, on Wednesday morning.
The wedding procession wulked from the house to the chapel,
a company of tin- Royal Horse Artillery forming ft guard of
honour. The bride’s uncle, the Hon. and Right Rev. Bishop
Clifford, assisted by the Rev. Bernard Vaughan, officiated ut
the ceremony, which was followed by the nuptial muss. Rev.
T. Reekie was muster of the ceremonies. The bride, who was
given away by her brother, wore a magnificent dress of white
satin, with a long train embroidered with pearls, and a tulle
veil, which completely enveloped her, with the customary
wreath of orange-blossoms. Her ornaments were diamonds
and pearls. The bridesmaids were the Hon. Emma Clifford,
sister to the bride, and Miss Emily Clifford, her cousin ; the
Ladies Clare, Winifrido, Agues, and Emily Fielding, sisters to
the bridegroom ; and Miss Maud Berkeley, his cousin.
shire
Tho marriage of Mr. Shirley, of Ettington Park, Warwick-
re. and Ixmgh Fen, county Monaghan, with Emily, elder
was the bridegroom’s best man; and the two bridesmaids
were Alias Alice Macdonald and Miss Katherine Shirley,
sisters of the bride and bridegroom. Tho bride, who was
conducted to tho chancel by her father, wore a dress of ivory
rehun /rise and satin, draped with Irish lace, a wrentli of
ornngc-blossoms, and tulle veil. The bridesmaids wore dressed
In white muslin and Inec, with bonnets composed of shaded
pansies and purple velvet. Master Hugh Chufy, nephew of
tlie bridegroom, acted as page, lie wore a costume of black
velvet, with a large and beautiful Irish point-lace collar.
All*. Henry Wickham (Scots Guards), youngest son of tho
late Mr. Lmuplugh W. Wickham, was married to the Lndy
Kthelreda Caroline Gordon, youngest daughter of Charles,
tenth Marquis of Huntly, in the pnrisli church of Orton.
Longncville, Huntingdonshire, last week. Major Wickham,
Royal Horae Guards, attended ns best mnn to his brother.
The bride was attended by only two bridesmaids—Miss Wick¬
ham, sister of the bridegroom, and tha Lady Elena Gordon,
sister of the bride. Tho bride-cake was supplied by Alegars.
Buszard, of Oxford-street. \
Air. Elliott Charles Bovill, Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Cyprus, has been knighted.
Air. W. Morris, speaking at the opening of an art exhibition
in Manchester last Saturday, deplored the division of the
people into rich and poor, and said he wished to see all class
distinctions swept away. a \
The Canard liner Etruria was launched last Saturday
morning from tho yard of Messrs. John Elder and Co., of
Glasgow. Tho ceremony of gaining was performed by the
Duchess of Alanehestcr.
The Duke of Westminster hh^ contributed £-1000, and a
further donation of £100, towards the Chester museum and
schools of science and art shortly to be commeuccd in the
(irosveuor-rond.
Messrs. Rothschild and Sons have Pent the Lord Mayor
£100, and Air. John Ortellimid Air. J. \V. Wagner have each
contributed a similar sum, towards the Mnn»ion House fund
for the relief of the suff erers by the cholera in Naples.
Among the improvements being made by the Duke of
Bedford nt Coveut-garden is a very considerable enlargement
of the wholesale llower market, in order to afford greater
facilities for the increasing trade iu flowers.
Thomas Orroek was found guilty at the Central Criminal
Court Inst $utiiiday of flay murder of Constable Cole nt
Dalston in December, 1882, whilc endeavouring to arrest tho
prisoner, who was abofft to break into n Methodist chnpcl.
Air. Jubtice Hftwkiu-' feuteuced him to be hanged.
/'"An Ira portan t resolutiou was come to yestcrdny week by
the Manchester Ship Canal cugincere. T1 >ey agreed to reeom-
mend the adoption of the alternative scheme, by which the
canal would be carried along the Cheshire shore debouching in
deep water, and thus avoiding the threatened interference with
the navigation.
Captain Jonep, of the Dundee steamer Loch Garry, which
brought the survivors of the Grcely Expedition from Disco to
St. John’s, was on Monday presented with a valuable piece of
silver plate and a purse of sovereigns by the shareholders of
the Dundee Loch Line Steam-Ship Company, in recognition of
his services in safely navigating tho Ixich Gurry in the Arctic
Ocean, and being the menus of bringing home Lieutenant
Greely and liis party.
THE RECESS.
There is a break in tho dull monotony of the political sky nt
Inst. The point of difference between the Lords and Commons
is so slight—both averring agreement with tlio grunt¬
ing of the County Franchise, and avowing n desire to
proceed with a Redistribution Bill—that it will say little
for the wisdom of the rival Parly leaders if some basis of
reconciliation is not arrived at before the reassembling of
Parliament in October. The Prime Minister, on his part, hoped
for the best ou Saturday lost. Air. Gladstone clearly looked
forward to some such satisfactory issue when, in acknow¬
ledging tlie address of welcome presented by Provost Reid
at Forfar, he expressed his “firm conviction that the inllucncc
on the mind of Parliament would be such that, without force,
without menace, without intimidation—lie almost hoped with¬
out further controversy—tlie immediate extension of the fran¬
chise to two millions of our fellow-subjects who desired and
deserved it would be carried into effect.”
Whilst tho large Scottish gatherings have abated not a jot
of the enthusiasm with which Air. Gladstone was welcomed on
his arrival in Midlothian—whilst it should be recorded ns a
significant sign of the times that the popular demonstrations
in Edinburgh and Aberdeen in honour of the Premier
were equalled in sustained heartiness by tho greetings offered
to the light lion, gentleman on Saturday Inst at Bridge of
Dun, Forfar, when Mr. Gladstone was proceeding from the
Earl of Diilhousie’s custle to Glands Castle—we should also
mention that Sir Stafford Noithcote received warmly .cordial
ovations from the Conservative Associations at Edinburgh,
Berwick, mid Newcastle-on-Tyne on Monday last. The right
lion. Baronet, addressing large meetings on Tuesday in St.
George’s Hall mid in the circus at Newcnstle-on-Tyne, clearly
repeated tlie objections entertained by the leaders of the Con¬
servative Party to the introduction of the Franchise Bill, un¬
accompanied by the Redistribution Bill, and made a point
when he cited Mr., Fawcett’s recent awkward admission
that the consideration of both measures in one Session would,
in his opinion, have been the better course to have adopted
had not the Government decided to act otherwise. Air.
Fawcett plainly wants to be invited to join the Cabinet.
Tlie Marquis of Salisbury, returned from his sojourn at
Dieppe, opens fire upon the Government at Glasgow next
week. Air. W. H. Smith landed from his yachting cruise
round the United Kingdom to find tlie Service clubs full of tho
seasonable discussion on the condition of our Navy raised by
the J’aU Mall Gutctte. With sailor-like dash, Mr. Smith rushed
into tlie fray, and in a seasonable and outspi ken letter in tlie
Telegraph of Tuesday suggested thata Parliamentary Com¬
mittee should be appointed to inquire into “ Tlie Truth About
the Navy.” __ "•
KILLING A VIPER.
Popular opinion is tolerably unanimous that vipers ought to
be killed; for there is no British or European snuke which is
so decidedly condemned ns the enemy of mankind.^ Even the
gentle poet Cowper, who testified that he would not number
on his list of friends any person who heedlessly set foot upon
a worm, relates with mild exultation/ both in prose and iu
verse, his exploit of *‘ the Colybrind,” nnd how he dealt with
the dangerous reptile that had frightened the three kittens
uud puzzled the elder cat.
With outstretched hoe, I -leu him at the door.
And taught him, "Never to come there no more."
It is true that the viper does not voluntarily, of pure malice or
Satanic suggestion, attack humon beings; but if it be acci¬
dentally trodden upon, or sat upon, it will turn and bite. Its
head is furnished with a large glnrnl at each side, which
e reduces a yellowish oily substance conveyed by ducts to the
ase of two sharp* fangs in the upper jaw; these tangs are
set in a groove, apart from the ordinary teeth, ancl can be
raised or depressed by voluntary muscular action when the
viper draws back its head and opens its mouth to strike a
deadly blow. The effoct of the venom is much dreaded, but
has seldom proved mortal to healthy adult persons, and is not
to be compared to that of the rattlesnake or the cobra. The
vipm/lp England, limy always bo distinguished from every
other shake, by having a zigzag chain of black marks running
along tho spine, while tlie general colour of its body mnv
yuiy ; and by having a largo block mark, in the shape of a V,
on the top of its head, which is short and broad. The common
snake of this country, which grows to a much larger size, nnd
differs Materially from the viper, is perfectly harmless. These
rem arks ft re probably not less correct in reference to the same
speefes^of'reptiles in France; and our Artist's drawing of a
scene in the Forest of Fontainebleau requires no further
comment upon the subject.
^The Earl and Countess of Dnffcrin nnd Lndy Helen
Blackwood have arrived in England.
The Afnyor of Lichfield 1ms issued an address to liis fellow*
citizens iu favour of commemorating the forthcoming
centennry of Dr. Johnson, amt asks that nil replies and offers
of assistance may be forwarded to him before Oct. 1.
Lord renrhyn and Afr. 'V. Rntlibone, 31.1*., havo each
given one hundred pounds towards tho memorial to the late
Dean of Bangor, which is to take the form of a Welsh Scholar¬
ship at the University College for North Wales.
Tlie London Society for tlie Extension of University
Teaching has just issued its prospectus of lectures and classes
for the ensuing term. The society has arranged fur about
twenty centres in the metropolis.
On Wednesday, with elaborate ceremonial, the Deputy
Master and Elder Brethren of Trinity House formally handed
over to the town of Plymouth the Kddystnnc Lighthouse,
which for ISO years stood on n solitary rock thirteen miles
from land, and has now been re-erected on Plymouth Hoe. In
the evening there was a banquet, at which the Trinity Brethren,
the F.arl of Morley, several member? of Parliament, the Mayors
of adjacent towns, and a hostof naval nudmilitnry and municipal
celebrities attended. Tho Alayor gave n conversazione in tho
Great Guildhall. Tlie re-crcction of the lighthouse lias cost
about £2000, and it forms a prominent object of interest for
many miles around, a magnificent view being obtained from
the summit.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Tho tweilty-ciglith annual congress of the Social Science Asso¬
ciation opened on Wednesday, the 17th inst., ns was mentioned
in our lust Issue, in Birmingham. Alr.Sluiw-Lefeviv.M.P., Presi¬
dent for the year, delivered the presidential address to u huge
audience in the theatre of the Alidland Institute. He reviewed
the legislative action of the past twenty-eight years upon
social questions, nnd, ill conclusion, remarked that there had
been during the lust two years a distinct revival of public
interest in social questions. He thought also that there never
laid been n t ime when there was n greater number of economic
questions of tho highest importance as affecting the trade, the
condition of the people, null the future of this country, which
required discussion und elucidation, with u view to the
formation of a sound public opinion.
On Thursday the opening address for the day was given by
Dr. Westlake, Q.C., president of tho Jurisprudence Depart¬
ment. The principal subjects discussed in the departments
were the eufraucliiscment of leaseholders, the teaching of
drawing, local government, and repression of crime.
Air. Oscar Browning, president of the Education Section,
opened the session yesterday week by an address upon a
national system of secondary education. He also advocated a
technical education such ns had been found very beneficial on
the Continent. Among the subjects discussed in the sections
■wore:—The pupil-teacher system, land registration, schools
of discipline for juvenile criminals, the Limited Liability Acts,
and how best to improve the dwellings of the poor.
The proceedings last Saturday opened with nil address by
Air. Beresford-Uope on the strength nnd weakness of Art.
Among the other subjects which occupied the attention of the
sections were the better preservation of open spaces, prison
reform in Ireland, hospital ships, tlie future of sonic Loudon
hospitals, and railway rates iu the Midland comities. There
was only one excursion—u small 0110 —to Coventry.
An address on Kcouomy nnd Trade was given on Monday
morning in the Midlnud Institute, by Viscount Lymington,
ALP., president of the Economy mid Trade Department.
Discussing the question of Stuto Socialism und the inter¬
ference of Parliament with individual liberty, lie held that
there were distinct limits bcyoiul which the action of tlie
State was neither beneficial nor wise. It cob Id not.
In contended, directly adjudicate ns to tho business ar¬
rangement of work nnd property. A discussion took
place on the social condition ol the working classes,
i’rofessor Leone Levi read u paper, in which he held
that, on the whole, the working classes might be said to be
better educated, stronger in physique, with more time at their
command, in the enjoyment of greater political rights, in a
more healthful relation towards their employers, receiving
higher wages, and better able to effect some savings in lh84
than they were in 1857.—There wus a large attendance in the
Department of Art, under the presidency of Air. Neale Solly.
Air. Walter llesant read a paper showing how a love and ap¬
preciation of art could be developed among the masses of
the people, lie based his remarks chiefly upon the
experience of the east end of London, where, lie
declared, the Bethnal-green Museum, the institution
intended to be a great educational centre, had done
none of the things for which it was established. It was simply
a dumb and silent gallery. There was no teaching, bat still
it attracted a great many visitors on free days. Air. Thomas
Powell, of the London Trades Council, read a paper on the
Sunday Opening of Aluseunis und Galleries, and n -resolution
in favour of their opening was carried.—In tho Education
Department, the powers of the Charity Commissioners over the
endowed schools were discussed, Mr. Rowland Hamilton intro¬
ducing the subject in a sketch of the history of previous legis¬
lation. Much interest was taken in the account given by
the Rev. Dr. Crosskey of a new kind of Board School opened
in Birmingham through the generosity of Air. George Dixon,
who has built the premises at a cost of £2000, and placed them,
rent free, at the disposal of the Birmingham School Board.—
The ubolitiou of private lunatio asylums whs, in tho Inter¬
national Alunicipal Law Section of the Jurisprudence Depart¬
ment, recommended by both writers of the special papers on
tho question of lunacy law reform.—Among the other subjects
brought before the congress were Commander Cameron’s
successful enterprise in the foundation of tlie Commercial
Geographical Society; the value of tlie services of lndy poor-
law guardians, attested in a pnper by Aliss C. Biggs; infant
mortality; the Girls’ Friendly Society; open spaces: pollution
of rivers; nnd the eyesight of school children.—A working
men’s meeting was held in the Midland Institute in the
evening, under the presidency of tlie Alayor. There was a
large attendance. Air: Shaw-Lcfevre, M.l\, gave an uddress
on the objects and aims of social science.
The final meetings of the various departments were held
on Tuesday, and tho last of the presidential addresses was
given by Dr. Norman Chcvers, C.I.E., president of the Health
Department. He strongly blamed the drainage system of
Loudon us the cause of much disease, and said the death-rate
among children in the metropolis might bo reduced one
linlf.—Aloet interest centred in a paper rend by Mrs.
Kendal on the drama. She held that in many respects
the modern stage had improved, while in others it lmd
deteriorated. The style of the plays was included in the
hitter category.—Aliss Davenport Hill rcud a paper on the
Laws for Enforcing (school Attendance ns carried into effect
uuder the London School Board, together with certain
remedies recommended in the Report of the Royal Commission
on Reformatory and Industrial Schools.—Air. Oscar Browning
presided over the Education Department, where tho dis¬
cussion on the papers read turned principally on the value of
classical education us a mental training. A paper by Pro¬
fessor •Sonnenschein gave riso to a discussion upon the proper
pronunciation of the Greek language.—A conversazione was
given by the reception committee at the council house in
the evening, nt which there was a large attendance of
members ol the association nnd visitors. ,
The concluding general meeting of the members and as¬
sociates was held iu the theatre of the Alidland institute ou
Wednesday morning, under the presidency of Mr. Slmw
Lefevre. The council reported that the attendance iu the
departments lmd been good, and the business of all the de¬
partments had been well conducted, and the discussions well
regulated and of practical interest. The total number of
tickets issued was 073. The usual r
departments were read._
reports by secretaries of
The members of the Iron and Steel Institute have held
their annual meeting this week at Chester.
The Alayor of Sunderland (Mr. J. W. Waymnn) has notified
hi8 intention to depart from the usual custom of giving the
aiiiiunl mayoral bunquet, and has given 100 guineas for the
relief of the distress prevailing in the town.
The Lord Alayor presided yesterday week nt the inaugural
meeting of the Educational Session of the Young Men’s
Christian Association. His Lordship, in opening tin* pro¬
ceedings, congratulated tlie association upon the progress it
was making, and expressed his high sense of the value of llio
work which the educational classes were doing.
SEPT. ll, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
299
PARISIAN SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
(From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 23.
"What is tlie meaning of tin? prolonged inactivity of the
French squadron In the Chinese seas? lias Admiral Courbet
refused to act until the Government 1ms precisely defined
tlm situation, and frankly declared whether Franco is at war
with China or not? Are further reinforcements to be sent to
the Hoot and to General Bri$ro de l’lsle, who is threatened
once more with an invasion of Pavilions Noirs? How
docs the Government intend to meet the deficit of
two hundred millions in the Budget? Is there to
be a new loan of a milliard this winter? These nncl
other questions of high import are, it is believed, to occupy
the attention of the Cabinet Council which lias been post-
Nova Scotia. The provinces of Ontario mid British Columbia
long since adopted the substanco of the English Judicature
Act of 1875.—Professor Tanner has visited the settlement iu
North-West Canada founded by Baroness Burdott-C’outts for
emigrants, from East London, uud reports that it is in a
flourishing condition.
The New South Wales Budget justifies the expectation of
a surplus of nearly a quarter of a million at the end of the
your. A .loan of £5,0U0,0U0 is ubout to be proposed for the
construetionof railways already sanctioned by the Government.
Sir Julius Vogel, the new Treasurer, made his financial
statement in the New Zealand Legislative Assembly on the
Kith inst.. lie proposed a conversion of the .loans by which
the sinking fund charges would be relieved and the interest
reduced, and a reduction of the property tax by one half. lie
CITY ECHOES.
date of the meet ing estin ' fttcd tl,c avenue for the year at £3,830,000, and the ex- i 10 ia cr s It
Dine resolutions are P wul »turo at £3,770.000, placing the surplus on the year’s liouidatiou
transactions at £60,000. The Treasurer afso announced that lic l u . idn,ifm . ns laid do "'» M levers, but the violation
potted from to-day until Saturday. The
of tlio Chambers is also to be fixed, and some
to be taken relative to the formation of a colonial army, for in
presence of the development of the colonial enterprises of
France and the consequent drain on the regular nrnty, the
Government, it is maintained, must take some measures, under
penalty of compromising the system of the defence of the home
territory. It is probable tliatu bill for the formation of a colon ini
army will be presented at the opening of Parliament, and
discussed immediately; for, without a special army, colonial
extension and a colonial policy are impossible. M. Ferry’s
position, in these circumstances, is not of the surest; for
colonisation is not n subject which deeply interests the stay-
at-home Frenchman, and it might bo found that the majority
are of the opinion of M. Ch'nienreau—namely, that French
colonisation simply amounts to mounting guard and doing
police duty for the benefit of the commerce of other nations,
a game which is hardly worth the candle.
It may interest invalids and others who are in the habit of
flying southwards with the swallows to know something about
the sanitary state of the Riviera. A document, published in
the French journals, dated Nice, Sept. 1(5, and signed by the
Consuls and Vice-Consuls of the different Powers resident at
Nice,-Menton, and Cannes, states that Nice and the neigh¬
bouring winter stations have been free from cholera, and that
the public health there is excellent; that the quarantine,
established as a preventive measure at the western limit of tlio
territory of Nice, has been suppressed since Sept. 6, and that . . .
travellers may now enter the town without any formality extinct, at the denth of Sir Compton Domvile of Templeognc, dividend not
or impediment; and that the whiter visitors nmy, as usual, * n 17(18, when the estates devolved on his nephew, Mr. Charles the third pre
rtersall ulong Pocklington, M.P., who assumed the Bimiume of Doruvile, is a sudden s
Wednesday, Sopt. 24.
Of the several interesting events which have excited notice in
the Stock Exchan ge during the past week, the decision of the
British Gfm’mirteht In rftgnrd to Egyptian finance is perhaps
the most important. It has long been the contention of the
British authorities that, as the revenues of Egypt uunssigned
to the bondholders were insufficient to meet the enlurgcd
occasions of the Government which followed the revolt of
Arnbi, the surplus of the assigned revenues, after meeting
bonded iuterest, should be placed at the service of the
Government. Hitherto such surplus has been used in tlio
reduction of the debt by the purchase of bonds in the market
for cancellation. The diversion of such surplus from the
service of the debt is not therefore any hardship to the bond*
o is, of course, a direct infringement of the law of
ho would ask for authority to raise a further loan of £1,500,000.
Finally, he declared that, in his opinion, the finances of the
colony were buoyant and elastic.
The Chinese Government liavo made an apology to Sir
Harry Farkos for tho mistake made at the Kinpai forts in
firing on u British ship.
OBITUARY.
SIR VT. C. DOMVILE, BART.
Sir William Compton Domvile, third Baronet of Templeoguo
and Santry, in the county of Dublin, J.P. and
1).L., died on the 20th inst. He was born
May 20. 1825, the youngest son of Sir Comp- them is obvious,
ton Pocklington Domvile of Templeognc and The Grand ']
ought to be condoned on the ground that, as the govern¬
ment of Egypt, is the first essential, and could not
otherwise bo efficaciously c arried Oh/ it was expedient to
so npply this surplus. The French bondholders have
been taught to expectthnt al! the gain of'the British occu¬
pation should fall to the bondholders, while the cost of it
should fall on tlie* British Treasury. The other Powers are
not likely to take rvery severe view of what lias been done.
Some of them are probably hnlnzed beyond expression at our
“muff’’-like hesitation in this and many other Egyptian
difficulties. The English bondholders have received the de¬
cision with indifference,/thus showing their good Reuse, for it
does not practically concern them in itself, while if thereby
fresh issues of stock arc prevented or delayed the gain to
Sundry, M.P., Gustos Botulorum of the county
of Dublin, on whom a baronetcy was conferred
May 22, 1815. Sir William succeeded to tlie
title a few months since, at the death of Sir
Charles Domvile, July _10 last, lie married,
July 12, 1854, Caroline, sixth daughter of
General the lion. Robert Meade, and leaves
issue. His only son, now Sir Compton Meade
Domvile, fourth Baronet, was born Oct-. 24,1857.
There Wfl8 a former baronetcy in tho family, which became
come with perfect security to take up their quarters ,
tlie Mediterranean littoral between llyfcres and San Remo.
The sporting world of Paris is agitated by a great scandal.
At the races at Maisons-Lafflttc last Wedneday the jockey
Andrews wns run down and thrown by two other jockeys
within a few yards of the winning-post. Andrews lisd lus
shoulder broken, and wns otherwise seriously wounded. Tlio
general belief is that there was foul play; and Andrews him¬
self is represented by different journals as having made con-
trndictorv declarations, and the jourunlists are accusing each,
other of lying, tho end of which accusations will he a duel or
two. Meanwhile, tho incident 1ms called attention to the
scandalous swindling and trickery practised on tlie suburban,
rnce-eourses of Paris, and a strong campaign has been begun'
in the press with a view to obtaining the suppression of these
open-air gambling hells, where a fair race is an unknown
phenomenon, and where owners, jockeys, and bookmakers are
ull in league to swindle uud rob.
According to all reports, tlie wine crop this year will be
extraordinary, both in quality and quantity. As in 1858, the
excessive heat of the summer will advance the vintage by at
least a fortnight, and both red ami white wines will be excellent
and ubundnut.—Since the outbreak of the cholera at Toulon
at the end of June up to Sept. 15, the total number of deaths
from the nmlndy in tho whole of France amounted to 5000.— ,
Four pictures bequeathed bv M. Cottier have just been hung
i« the Louvre. They arc “TheBattleof the Cimbrians” and
“ The TValls of Rome,” by Decamps ; “Tigers,” by Engine
Delacroix ; “ linmlet aud the Grave Digger,” by the sum'*.
_ T. C.
Floods have occurred in the eastern provinces of Spain, and
great damage has been done to the crops nnd other property.
There has beeu, however, but little loss of life.
The virulence of tho cholera epidemic continues to abate
in Naples, ns well ns iu other parts of Italy.
In the Second Chamber of the Netherlands on tho 19tll
inst. the Minister of Finance presented the Budget for the,
next financial year. The expenditure is estimated at 136,000,000 \
florniB, and the receipts at 121,000,000 florins. The deficit of\
15,000,000 florins includes the loss by the eventual dcriione-
nnd was futlier of the first Baronet of the second creation. V\
GENERAL RUMLEV. \
General Randal Rumlcy, Colonel of the Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers, died from a carriage accident on the 13th instCat
Chilton Lodge, UmigerfortL He entered the Aniiy iiTI824,
and attained the rank of Major in 1844. In 1817 lie i^is, with
tho Gth Regiment, in tlie Kaffir war (for which lie lmd a
medal), in the following year was promoted to a Lieutenant-
Colonelcy, in 1862 became Major-General, ^and- retired as
full General iu 1877. The colonelcy of tho RoyalInniskilling
Fusiliers was given to him in 1870. General Rumley married,
Sept- 30. 1838, Caroline Mari', daughter of General Sir George
11. F. Berkeley, K.C.B/Ouid sister of thepresent Earl of
Berkeley. She died Doc. 20, 1882, aged sixty-seven.
REV. CANON MITTOX.
Trunk Railway dividend wns given lost week.
It was really batl, and it was followed by a very inferior
traffic statement. With the nid of these two considerations,
the long array of speculators for tlio fall beat down prices
from 5 to 10 per cent; but no sooner did they begin to buy
back iu order to realise profits than a sharp rebound set in.
As compared with u week ago, there is, however, a material
reduction. Now that the result of the last half year is known,
the utmost interest is shown in the period now nearly half
expired^ The estimates of whut the result may be are very
w ide ^Qf each other, for they vary from the first preference
.. ’ not being quite covered to there being something for
preference. A railway feature of quite another sort
speculative demand for Brighton Railway stocks,
the market having nil at once woke up to the well-known fact
that Brighton is very full this year, and that, in connection
with the autumn Session, ninny families will necessarily
sojourn near London who would otherwise be abroad and in
distant parts of the British Isles. The interests of investors
iu American railways do not improve in outlook, and it is
being seriously nnd influentially discussed whether it would not
he well to establish here some sort of protection society to deal
with all questions of default, Ac., upon American issues held
in Great Britain. Everything in such a direction would depend
upon the character of tho men elected to control such an
organisation.
As to whether Mexican bondholders should accept the pro¬
posed term 8 of settlement to be offered to their consideration
to-day is discussed in many places, uiul from many stand-
Tlic Rev. WeJbury Mitton/Honbrary C nnon of Ripon, nncl for . Oul°okow would be glad if the bondholders could see
thirty-three years Vtanr of St. Paul’s. Mnuniughum, died ou ! interest m doing so, and if the Mexican Government
‘ "• - ^ " • - b proved able and willing to keep to the agreement, for every-
one must be tired of the disagreeable subject of Mexican
default, more particularly as all the sin is not ou the side of
the defuultor. . i
^M*VV J V IU Cl • IC-4.ll Wl i-4,1
the 12th inst., aged seytmty-nino. He whs ordained in 1828,
amliii 1863 received the degree of M.A. After holding several
curacies, ho was instituted to the Vicarage of St. Paul’s,
Muuninghum, in 184(1, Wdmode Hon. Canon iu 1871.
MIL T. TV. tlt'NNIXO.
Mr. Thomas Wyatt Guuiiing, barrister-at-law, died nt
Venlnor, Isle of "Wight, on the 14th inst. This eminent law
reporter wiukjsallfed to the Bar in 1836, and devoted himself to
the laborious Occupation of reporting Chancery cases, with
such signal ability that he gained unsurpassed reputation in
that branch of the profession, his reports obtaining for him
the highest consideration, from tho Judges and his own
colleagues. \ >
We have also to record the deaths of —
Mr. Ahtllony Murray, of Dollerie, nt his scat in Perthshire,
on tbe lCfli inst., aged eighty-two. He was a cadet of tho
Murrays ofGeli ter tyre.
Mb Robert Frederic Gower, of Glandownn, Castle Mnl-
gwyn. nnd Clyn Dcnven, Pembrokeshire, J.P., at Custle
MuIgwyiT, on the 12th inst., in his ninetieth year.
Lady Mary Whitbread, nt 56, Rutland-gate, at the age of
1 Her Ladyship was tho fourth daughter of William
tisation of silver. The deficit in the ordinary Budget luuoiiirii^^,^!'^; , s ... , - .
only to 3,500,000 florins, which it is proposed to cover by t-iuules, fourth Earl ot Albemarle. Mie was twice married,
increasing various taxes nnd by effecting considerablc economies
in tlie ordinary administration. The Minister announced the
introduction of a bill lor tho imposition of u tax on tobacco
and for modifying the stamp duties.
The Emperor William arrived last week a 1 Castle Benrath,
near Diisseldorf, the Imperial head-quarters\dnrinir tlio
• , C ? r P 8, Mis Majesty was on horseback during the
whole of the review, which Justed for two kdurs. The Imperial
inauojuvres were concluded on Tuesday by the operation of
the 8th (Rhineland) Corps against, re- skeleton enemy.—An
Imperial decree fixes the new elections to the Reichstag fur
tlie 28th proximo.
The AribergUailway was opened on .Saturday by thc Emperor
fi jo*’ i,n i ost 3' met with an enthusiastic reception at
tne different stations on the line. Three passenger-trains
w ® n . through the tunnel, the Emperor and a number of high
officials travelling by the first. The newline lms been con¬
structed to place Austria and France in direct communication
Mr. John Gurney Iluwkins, head of the firm of Hawkins
nnd Liiulsell, of Hitcbin, and brother of 8ir Henry Hawkins,
the Judge, on the 17th inst., aged sixty-four, lie was
admitted an uttoruey iu 1844.
The Rev. John Allen Giles, D.C.L., Rector of Sutton,
Surrey, nt his residence,the Rectory, Sutton, on the 24th inst.,
"o was formerly, for some years,
School, and was the author of a
the Greek clussics adapted
Mr. Thomas Avtlrar, of Glanomera, county Clare, the
. - m -;r- - v* VII iUVIUUI)
auernoon from Arlbergat lliittcldoif Junction, near Vicuna,
wiicnce lie proceeded to GtJdhlC, the Imperial Chateau, near
PurlinP ru l ,l,rut ‘ on * or t * ,e opening of the Hungarian
Hie Danish Rigsdag has boon convoked for the 6th proximo.
Hie Emperor of Russia, accompanied by the Empress,
teuton th$ 18th inst. on a shooting expedition, whence they
returned nt eight o'clock in the evening to Skicvnievice. The
r mnd Duchess Maria Punlovna left iu the afternoon for
Anisti-nlum. The Grand Duke Nicholas, tlio Emperor’s uncle,
mid M. l)f Gicra have also loft Skicrnlevice.
’1 here has been an eartlmimko in the United States. Tt
Mt at many points in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, aud
wntm-io nnd m some parts of Kentucky. The shock was also
-t 1 nt Detroit, Cincinnati, and at Fortwnyiic, iudimia.
do damage was done.
1 la; new judicature system. bn«od on the English system,
cna.u into operatum thin montli throughout the province of
The Hon. James Motternni, Q.C , Judge of the Birmingham
County Court, at hi« residence near Birmingham, ou the
litth inst., aged sixty-seven, after a brief illness. He was born
in 1817, nnd was called to tho Burin 1851, afterwards goingthe
Oxford circuit. He became a Q.C. in 1875, and was made a
County Court Judge the following year.
Mr. William I'eere Williams-Freeman, aged forty-nine,
on the 18tli inst., at Clapton, Northamptonshire, lie was
educated at Eton, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, nnd wns
for several years', fn the Diplomatic Service. He married, in
1803. Ella, elder daughter of the lute Mr. Herman Merivule,
and leaves, with other children, a son, Augustus Pcere.
SOUTH AFRICAN WARFARE.
The warriors here engaged in fierce conflict are not Zulus or
Kaffirs of any tribe, whoso endless feuds with each other liavo
been made a pretext for intrigues nnd aggressive interventiou
by their Dutch and English neighbours, with a view to the
further annexation of native lauds, South Africa, iu the far
interior, beyond the northern and western borders of the
Transvaal, still harbours the larger kinds of wild beasts
of prey, the lion nnd the leopard, or “C'upe tiger,” being
the most destructive; while the buffulo, tho rhinoceros,
and the elephant, continue to haunt the banks of the
Limpopo river. It is not easy, however, for the travelling
sportsman in these days to get a shot nt those tremendous
creatures. Thirty or forty years ago, they were tolerably
abundant in places which are now the abode of civilised
man; and the late Captain T. J. Lucas, of the
Cape Mounted Rifles, killed a fine lion almost pre¬
cisely on the site of the town of Bloemfontein, the pre¬
sent capital of the Orange Free State. There is yet, how¬
ever, a preserve of elephants in the forest of the Knysna
district, iu the Cape Colony, where tlie Duke of Edinburgh
enjoyed an elephant-hunt iu liis first visit to that country ; a
few buffaloes still inhabit the Kowie bush; and leopards have
been seen, oven of late years, pursuing the bucks on the plnin,
the baboons iu the mountain recesses, or perhaps the farmer’s
sheep on a lonely pasture. But it is only in the remoter inland
parts of South Africa, huudreds of miles distant from colonial
settlements, that any such scene could be witucssed as thnt which
our Artist has depicted. A lion, assisted by the female of his
family, 1ms attacked a buffalo, and they are about to subdue
the struggling victim, when tlicir right is disputed by another
lion, whose courage and strength promise a terrible tight,
>f escape. In
into the river,
some time
_Daniel relates
how the prophet saw the Empires and Kingdoms of the world,
in the similitude of diverse great beasts, with iron teeth nnd
nails of brass, nnd with a variable number of heads, horns,
and wings, greedy to devour much flesh, breaking mankind
in pieces, and “stamping the residue under their feet.”
The history of military Imperialism, from that day to this,
has verified the general comparison; nnd there is a political
aiul moral lesson to be drawn from the spectacle of bestial
warfare.
During a thunderstorm on Sunday forenoon the lightning
killed Mr. Livescy, a tourist, of Ashton, in Makerfleld, who
The Ilcv. Charles \\\ Iingot, Chancellor of the diocese of ) ' d T'fl c? *1'®. " u J nmlt , ot Snowdon from Beddgelert.
Bath and Wells, iu his serentv-second venr Hr was the * '•« church of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, was struck by lightning
fourth son of tlie late lion, and Right Rev. R. SLot sue! d , iui " p morning service, and suffered some damage. Thunder-
- . . .. B . ...V. BIU * storms are reported from other parts of the country.
Yesterday week wns issued the report of tho Metropolitan
Board of Works for the year 1883. Referring to the improve¬
ments effected under the Artisans’ and Labourers’ Dwellings
Improvement Act, tho report states that the eighteen schemes
proposed by the Bonrd and sanctioned by Parliament have
involved, or will involve, tho displnceme-.c of 23,414 persons,
rui'iinrinn in 104 rooms. The dwellings already erected give
for 12,008 pci-sons, and lnnd is now vacant,
disposed of, upon which houses may be built to
accommodate about 14,300 more. The net cost of the Board’s
operations under the Act has been about £1,247,950.
cesfively Bishop of Oxford and Bath and Wells; wns formerly
Fellow of All Souls’ College, Oxford, and in 1846 was
appointed to the living of Castle Rising, near Lynn, Norfolk.
A day of thorough enjoyment was spent on Thursday week
by the 156 children and officers of tho Royal Caledonian _..
Asylum, at tlio Health Exhibition, tho admittance fees being occupying 10,H
paid for by .Air. James Saunders, one of tlie directors; Mr. accommodation
Donald Swanson, an ex-directnr, payingthe cost of conveyance, but not disposi
other friendH were only to<> plioc d to aid in conducing'to the • • •
comfort ami happiness of the Scottish orphan childreu.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Sept. 27, 1884.— 300
m\\lW ||| IN A WEAK MOMENT
In W£ AGREED TO JOIN
//\ ®lr fr”; „ Brown ,n a tramp
B ! W^j "['along the. coast.
^ 'f~T~ 00 * ^ ERE • Bov:s//
4 I" s A VS HE /well CO
//'.. BY UR A n to Blue.mould
L v lSli:/ — /\Nr sjart away from
IgU^THERE SPLENDID COUNTRY FOR WALKING. I KNOW
'/ ,,
EVERY INCH OF IJ-AND NO END Op SHORT CUTS -HAPPY
THOUGHT - Sfc.NZ> OUR KNAPSACKS OM IBY T^Air*
OUR KWAPSACM5 TO C*,UN1M<-DQE WHERE
LLP • OUT THE TRAIN —
THE SHORT CUT WAS RATHER SWAMPY
AND R MIST WAS RISING - BUT Qi\OW N
SAICK ITS ALL RIGHT COME ON*
Swamp • onc or us pllblv hoped
BROWN MAD MT "mist Hi 3 WAV
WAS SO LATE THAT GROWN S ^_ -
SAID WE MUST CET OUT AT WOPBLEJOIM RNDJAKt A SHOR
CUT he Knew 70 oum^i co-e t So out we get and off we go
^ DEEPER P.ND DEEPER STILL u
CHARMING NAT 1 VE ATTRACTED 0V OUR CRIE*
SHOUTS TO US TO fROLL OR irf S, SHALL ALL
BE DROWN ED !.'
carrying two Plan ks
US* Aoo UNDER
W£ CREEP BACK TO
5LETON MORE DEAD
than alive.
VIVE We H AV£ TO WEAR BLRNRE 7 S
uOJRES R RE BEINCPRI EP.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Sept. 27, 1884.—301
NEXT M08NINC WE START OFF AGAIN FOR CUMMlOGE
COT ilT SAYS BROWN OF COURSI THIS 13 THE. WAY
SHO^rtK THAN THE OTHER NO»W«MPS HERE
Th»ST iM£ H E takes uS a SHORT cut through
A VERY SWAMPYWOOD- SUDDENLY WE HfAf^
cpLmns Popping away all rounq us - we all
SHRIEK out To the MEKJ TO STO P TIRlNGr
Our conti dfncf in brown is a little shaken
But he overrules our. objections to short
Cuts and once - more we leave the
INN at WOBBLETON NEAT WORMING
r o R GUM MlOGc.
S APPE.AR FAON) 0EMINO THE T re:es
TIE. X>OW IN YE FOOLS OR y E I L BE SHOT
THE JUSTICCS HAPPEN TO 5 E sittinc, - SO WE AR£ t a k£n BEFORE
THREE OR 7*ou<\ VERY PuvioouS GEntlcmem who wax / _
VCI\Y Wl\OTH ANB TtlL US All ^ C 5 F
A rt/^AvCAY ©AD qUARTE-R OF AN HOUR '' •
Wt/lRt 9EI2ED' OUiu.1 CO BY thE SPIRITED PROPRIETOR AND
MARCHFO OTT TO 0 F C HA RCcC D W ITH TRES PASS I N Cr .
THE DRCAOruL THINGS THEY ' ~-gg^
SHOULD LIKE TO Do WITH US —
However, after a lot more Bully in G and ThREaT* E N/NG
Free once: more - we all
ACRE £ WITH ONE. ACCORD TO CUT-SHORT
WALKING tour
AND SO CLADLY TAKE Ol/R LAST
SHORT CUT TO THE TRAIN HOM £. *
£ W O / lAA/T CO >C
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
SEPT. 27, 1884
NEW BOOKS.
German literature has of Into years exhibited a few successful
examples of the use of prose Motion In representing the social
life of ancient times; more especially of those historical
epochs which were fraught with momentous problems of faith
and conduct, or which marked the transition from one phase
of civilisation to another. One of the most effective and
certainly of the most learned and thoughtful writers in this
line has been hitherto known by the worn tie plume of “ George
Taylor,” but will henceforth be identified us l)r. A. llausmtli,
Professor of Theology ut the University of Heidelberg,
whose treatises on themes of ITotestaut diviuity lmd
already earned him a considerable reputation. Many of
our countrymen who read German have perused and ad¬
mired the story of An Uncut: An Historical Romance of
the Roman Empire , which lias rapidly passed through four
editions, mid bus tuken runk as a classical masterpiece of its
kind. An English translator, whose initials, *‘J. D. M,,”
appear on the titlepngeof a volume just published by Messrs.
Longmans, 1ms done good service to the generality of readers
among ua by furnishing an agreeable and faithful version of
this remnrkable tulc. The strongest personal interest that it
is calculated to excite is that belonging to the two chief
characters; namely, the Emperor Adrian, whoso portrait is
drawn witli strict regard to historical truth, uud his favourite
companion, the graceful young Greek Antinous, whom he is
believed to have trusted and loved u« a confidential friend rather
than ns a mereservant. It is well known that Adrian, the most
laborious of rulers and statesmen, while travelling ubout inevery
proviuce of the Empire, from Syria, Asia Minor, and Africa,
to Gaul, North Britain, Germany, and Spain, nevertheless
found leisure for a diversity of intellectual recreations, one of
which was the comparative study of different religions. He
seems to have been, like most other highly educated Homan
men of the world, a thorough sceptic in regard to all the gods
of all the nations; but lie was minutely acquainted with the
existing creeds and forms of worship. The leading idea of
this romance, from a psychological point of view, is tlio dis¬
turbing effect of such thoughts as may thus have been uroused
in the sensitive mind of the Greek youth, brought into contact
with the conflicting views of Christianity, Hellenistic poetical
mythology, and the profound mysticism of Egyptian loro,
underlying the ritual of Isis and Osiris, which became fashion¬
able in’ Imperial Home. Antinous is represented ns a victim
of moral despuir, occasioned not less by these painful doubts,
in the anarchy of religious opinion characteristic of that age,
than by his equivocal position in the Emperor’s household. This
notion of hispossiblcmeutalcondition, though purely imaginary,
for aught wo know of his case, is perfectly consistent with the
actual state of the Homan world in the second century of the
Christian era, and lends u higher interest to the pathetic story
of his premature and voluntary death. The commonly
received explanation of his motive for drowning himself in the
Nile is that he sacrificed bis own life, in accordance with the
intimation of an Egyptian oracle, to save the life of his
master, who was then suffering under what seemed likely
to he a mortal disease. There is good reason to believe that
this was the fact, since Adrian showed his gratitude for the
uot of devotion by orduiuing divine houours, temples, statues,
and public adoration for this unfortunute young person ; nncl
Professor Huusmth fully adopts that part of the recorded
history, working it out with minute circumstantiality, and
adding to it the invention of an insidious intrigue, between
..Elius Verus and the priest Amenophis, to get rid of Antinous
by lending him to suicide. The dramatic skill with which
this portion of the story is developed seems hardly less com¬
mendable tlmn the force and truth of portraiture applied to
the historical characterof Adrian, and the ideal represenlntion
of u bewildered spirit and distressed consciousness in the lost
life of the lmnd>ouie young Greek. We do not find equal satis¬
faction in nil the accessary figures ; that of Phlegon, the Greek
secretary, with his Homan wife, rather disappointed by his
treatment in patrician society ut Home, but. relying upon his
skill us a man of business, is one of the best. The ministers
and members of the Christian Church are scarcely up to the
(mark, and the fanatical old lady, Grtwdna, is much too silly;
while the imbecility of the lions and tigers in the Colosseum,
though it spares us the belief in a miracle, is rather more
difficult to believe. A Professor of Theology might have
found in Ecclesiastical History some better materials for a
description of the manner in which truo Christian faith
endured the Honiun persecutions.
Exaggerative expressions should be avoided, ns far as
possible, by ordinary persons in the ordinary business of life,
and therefore tliu strong temptation to call A Lund March
from England to Ceylon : by Edward Ledwich Mitford, F.H.G.S.
(W. I£. Allen and Co.), the most interesting work that
been written for many years past, Bliull be manfully resisted :
but it is certainly one of the most interesting works that have
ever been written at all. It nnfori unately, however, ita^ no
index. Oddly enough, wliat makes the interest so wonderfully
great is exactly what would reduce the inferestto an inappre¬
ciable quantity in most cases; the contents of the two
formidable volumes are so old, the experiehcea recoidcd
are of such antediluvian date/\the long \jhuriiby- de¬
scribed was under taken two-score and live years ago. Hut u
thing may be old without bciug stale, flat, unprofitable ;
the very age may lend a peculiar charm, whetlier of vener-
ability, or of instructivcnesa, or of pieturrsqueness, or of
singularity, or, to risk the use of paradoxical language,
of novelty. For it certainly is a novelty to have the past come
back, like the shadow upon the suii-dial of N^haz, and puss
before your eyes in its vury lrtfat ns it was. This is tlm sort
of novelty provided in the tirivvoluinc* under consideration.
They contain a narrative which, to speak under correction, is
altogether unique; an ^ecolint^of n perilous journey under¬
taken, in the days wliep nrilroads wete in their infancy
among ourselves and other European nations, through
countries which have always had a fascination for travellers
and readers, sjorue/ttf which haVo always had a character
for wildness, inaccessibility, inhospitably, lawlessness, nnd
fanaticism, .and which, neverthelbss, it has always been im¬
portant to lhfc4rfitts 6f4iidiu/the guardians of Constantinople,
the possible-opponent* of Hussia, both in the nearer and
the farther Wist, to know’ and understand, ns thoroughly ns pos¬
sible, geographically, politically, ethnologically, and socially.
Nowadays, tin-re are thousands of mere travellers, as well us of
coftHnissipiieddifliciiils, who have gone, and from time to timo
still go.; over the ground, or a considerable part of the ground,
which was truvelled oVer byournuthor; but. they do it rapidly,
ut their ease comparatively, under recognised nnd respected
authority, and hi all but perfect security. And what they see,
whufc information they acquire, corresponds with the rapid
conditions, with the altered circumstances under which they
travel, like men whose way is, to a certain extent, prepared
before them, ami whose observation is, from the nature of tlio
cuse, cursory and superficial. Our author, on the contrary,
took his life in his hand, moved slowly nnd painfully, had to
depend oti his own wits, for the most part, or upon such milk
of human kindness or such lmninu love of pelf ns ho found
among tlio people he encountered. And in proportion to tlio
slowness ol his movements, the xclutively long duration
of his halts, and tlio privacy, so to spenk, to which
he was necessarily admitted sometimes, if ho obtained any
kind of hospitality at all, arc the interest, the reality, and the
worth of his descriptions and observations. And here let it lm
remarked, by-tbe-wny, that lm seems to bn n man of singularly
good common-scusc, of considerable cultivation and acquire¬
ments, of wide general knowledge, of calm, judicial mind, of
no little resolution, of just tlio proper temperament. But
what dicl lie do ? Well, as long ago ns 1880, with n companion
for a part of the wav, but alone for all the rest, ho, “being
without occupation ” und encouraged by "the probability of
employment, in the colony of Ceylon, cither in the Government
service or in the newly-opened enterprise of coffee-planting,”
set out for the land of promise, nnd, reflecting tlint *' by
taking a south-east line through Southern Europe, Ontmt
Asia, and India,” ho could reach his destination “ with
no more sea tlmn the Straits of Dover, the ferry of tlio
Bosphorus, nnd the Strait of Adam's Bridge, through
most interesting and little - known countries,” he re¬
solved upon that course. Through Dalmatia, Montenegro,
Turkey, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Assyria, Persia,
Afghanistan, Sciudo, uud India, the intrepid travellers
wilit, nnd “after two years and ten months of wandering,
and traversing nearly 1(1,000 miles on land. 70UO of which were
on horseback,” lie arrived nt the homo of coffee, where, it is
pleasant to relate, lie found tlio employment of which lie was
in search. IIow useful and how deeply interesting such a
work as these two volumes must be, it only for purposes of
comparison between “ then nnd now,” needs surely no de¬
monstration ; and if anything could be more admirable than
the narrative itself, it would bo the spirit in which it is
written, without a symptom ot brag nr self-complacency,
with grateful acknowledgments of kindness and assistance
received, whether from strangers or from friends, foreigners
or fellow-countrymen, with very little of complaint, or denun¬
ciation, or insinuation, und, wlmt is unhappily too uncommon,
in these self-sufficient days, with u humble thanksgiving for
protection and support “in hunger and thirst, in sickness nud,
weariness, in perils nnd dangers, both evident and latent ”-r-
n protection and support which it is impossible to refer to any
other source than “ the God of Heaven.”
Tlio most wholesome food is very often—not to say,
generally—n little dry and unpalatable ; nnd. bearing this Un¬
questionable hut perhaps utiinspiriting fact in niind^the^ace
of readers may taka heart enough to attack and master the
contents of Forestry in Norway: compiled by Jolm t'ronmblp
Brown, LL.D. (Edinburgh: Oliver nnd Boyd; London:
Simpkin, Mnrshull, nml Co., nnd William llidor and Konw
which is by no means so attractive a work i»s it is-
likely to be instructive. The compiler, it will be noticed,
does uot attempt to mince, matters op to throw a veil
of pretence over patent facts; liis volume is neither
more nor less than a compilation, accompanied by com¬
ments, uud no attempt lias been made tb knock the com¬
pilation into the form of a con see u tire, coin pact, efiter tai i i i 11 g
piece of work. The volume is, for the most part, a string of
separate extracts taken from various books, reports, news¬
papers, and so on, with the inverted commas of quotation con¬
scientiously appended; aticl nobody Cfuyaeuy that this sort of
urrangement lias too business-like ail appeuranco to promise
much amusement. Indeed,.the work is oue of a series, scien¬
tific and didactic in intention and purport, and appeals rather
to the student, the inquirer, the man ot business, the specialist,
than to tlio ordinary reader. Tlicqvihutity of apparently
trustworthy information that has been collected in a relatively
emnll compass is enormous; and, whatever maybe the case
with the other chapters, such a chapter as that concerning tlio
** mechanical action of glaciers/’ifor instance, can hardly fail
to arrest the nt tefition nild awu ken the momentary interest of
nnv i n t cl I i gent, .render, especially of a reader who has ever
“done” a mountain.
OVELS.
An essay in historical romance is {exceptit excipiendv) very
admirably performed in The Armourer's Pnntiees ; by Charlotte
M. Yonge (Macmillan mid Co.), a story which is sufficiently
interesting in itself uud which contains u curious and even
instructive picture of life us it was or ns it is described by
ceitaiu moire or less trustworthy authorities to have been in
England under Henry the Eighth and Cardinal Wolacy. It
will, lib doubt, be enough for the general reader's purposes, if
a hint bo given of what entertainment is likely to be obtained
from the.two volumes. A certain man, of gentle birtli but of
small estate, u verderer of the New Forest, died und left three
sons, one by one wife und two by another. The two brothers
were us good ns turned out of house nnd home by their half-
brother, who wus much their senior, and to whom, as the usage
of the day was, the woodmanship reverted as a matter of course,
being of that kind of service which was in those days looked
'upon ns an inheritance. He hud taken to wife a shrew: hence the
tears shed by the two young brothers, and hence their deter¬
mination, by no means discouraged but rather rejoiced over
in his inmost heart by their hen-pecked bulf-brother, to go
and seek their fortune? in London. So they set out, accom¬
panied by a superannuated hound; nnd some Btirring ad¬
ventures they meet with before they discover in the metropolis
the undo upon whom they rely for introductions, whom they
believe to be a personage high in office with the great
Cardinal, but whom they nre somewhat dismayed to find
occupying the onerous indeed, but rather remunerative than
honourable post of “ common jester ” in the ecclesiastical
household. They become “prentices”; oue to an
urinourcr, the other to a printer. All this, of course,
offers excellent opportunities for so practised a hand
as the writer of this novel; nnd it can scarcely be
necessary to say that the opportunity is not neglected.
There is plenty of incident, plenty of love-mnking, plenty of
fighting, pb-ntyof sermonising, plenty of telling situations;
and there is a more or less successful, as well as very con¬
scientious, imitation of “ English ns she was spoke,” or os the
novelist imagines it to have been “ spoke," in the days of the
Monarch who was called “ tlio bluff.”
Difficult, indeed, is it to deal with such a novel as Foxglove
Manor: by liobert Buchnnnn (Chuttound Windus), because the
author writes so well and so powerfully, nnd yet the story is so
very shocking, so unlikely to servo any good purpose, that ouo
cannot help wishing it laid never been written at nil. The
author himself considers it necessary to write a short, apolo¬
getic preface and, in the course of his narrative, to make tsnino
kind of excuse for the employment or" plain 1 nguago” (which
is certainly very plain indeed); and, winner :r an author is re¬
duced to apologies nud excuses, it always looks — to use a
vulgar but expressive phrase- a little “ fishy.” The story, in
fact, is an exceedingly painful one, sure to offend not only tlio
susceptibilities, but the good, proper, «h < nt feelings of very
many worthy persons; it cannot he oeifimnomlcd on any
ground but flint of the cleverness, eloquence, humour, and
power with which it is written ; nml safaris it Irani bel<>ngiug
to the category of those romances which “ will nut bring a
blush to the cheek of modesty *’ tlint. it “ might make a diKtt-
nlute blush for shame, if,” us poor llood put it, “door-plates
were not so brazen.” There is no disputing, however, that
the most modest reader of novels should by this time have
become quite case-hardened by continual experience of
“risky” literature; and so a warning in the present
instance may either bo altogether wasted or prevent
readers from enjoying a tale which is objectionable
only for its themo and for the “ warmth,” as well
as the exceeding plainness, with which that theme is
occasionally treated. The object appenrs to have been to
exhibit in strong contrast the characters of a lustful, hypo¬
critical, morbid English clergyman and a comparatively pure-
minded, uoble, philosophical agnostic. The precious parson,
having met with a severe but not sufficiently severe punishment
for his wickedness, is kindly handed over to the Homan Catholic
Church as a convert; akind attention, on theauthor'spart, which
that communion will probably not appreciate very highly.
The author says he has known just such a clergyman, and
evidently implies that he was therefore bound to introduce so
eligible an acquaintance to the public.; but the necessity is
not nearly so apparent as that of living, and even tlio necessity
of that has been called in question. The author vews that he
lmd not the least intention of gibbeting “clergymen of the
English Establishment” generally, and his statement must,
of course, be accepted. His intention, or rather want of inten¬
tion, would evidently have been clearer hud ho contrasted the
wicked priest not with a righteous agnostic but with another
priest belonging to those “sane nnd hculthy men, too un¬
imaginative for morbid deviations,” of whom he professes to
allow that “the English Establishment” consists “for the
most part.”
One of the freshest nnd brightest stories of the present
season is a onc-volumo novel, entitled A Danish Parsonage
(Messrs.. Eagan Paul, Trench, and Co.), professedly and
undoubtedly written by an enthusiastic follower of tlio “gentle
craft.” The author’s argument is that the Vikings ofold,.when
they planned nn expedition, carried it through or died in the
attempt, and that in their descendants this tenacity of purpose
has become singleness of aim nnd self-sacrificing devotion to
duty. The hero of the title is John Hardy, an upright und
wealthy Englishman, fond of his mother, and a great fisher¬
man and keen lover of all kinds of healthy sport. After fish¬
ing through Norway nud Sweden and becoming enamoured of
Scandinavian life and traditions, he accidentally fishes in a
West Jutland river, nud advertises for quarters neur the
Gudenna, where he can angle to his heart’s content nnd also
learn the Danish language. Among tlio many answers he
receives it one from Pastor Lfndul, of Vandstrup Projstegaard,
who is extremely particular ubout references, frank ns to the
demerits as well us merits of his river, and who is the father
of & grown-up daughter, l’roken llelga, and two younger
boys, Karl nnd Axel, to whom he requests the straueer to
teach English in return for instruction in Danish. The Pastor
himself is a beautifully simple character, much beloved by his
“ parish children,” but a cultivated man witlml, and one whose
chief doctrine is that “kindlinessis the real gold of life.” Frokeu
llelga, with her flaxen hair and violet eyes, proves to bo tlio
Scandinavian Princess Hardy’s mother lias bidden him bring
home as his wife, but the young lady is so absolutely devoted
to her father and what she feels to be her duty that she is hard
to win, and steels her heart against tlio Englishman for many
months. In fact, her parent nnd Hardy’s mother nre obliged
alternately to undertake the rule of Deus ex machmA before she
permits herself to expund und acknowledge her love for the
bold rider nud skilful angler, who hns found his way iuto her
good graces by his manly prowess as well ns his kindly con¬
sideration for nil with whom lie comes in contact. An immense
number of Danish legends and superstitions nre brought in,
but they come so easily and naturally into the l’astor’stnlk ns
lie smokes his porcelain pipe, or drives nud cruises about with
his guest, that they are neither obtrusive nor wearisome. “ It
is the simplicity of perfect truth about him that lias made his
daughter a pearl without price,” ure the words in which John
Hardy sums up his appreciation of Pastor Lindnl nnd Helga
for his mother’s benefit. The admiration of the Duuish gentry
und officers for Buffalo, an English horse taken over by u
groom for Hardy’s use, is very naive, nnd the fishiug experiences
arc of course the author’s own. Every chapter is headed by
n quotation from Isank Walton's “ Complete Angler,” mid
they ure marvellously appropriate and well chosen.
Mr. Hiehnrd Jefferies, as wo all know, is a delightful
chronicler of country sights, of the beuuly that lies in the
fields mid hedge-rows, of tlio aspects of tlio clouds, of the
glory that is upon the lonely hills. In The Dewy Morn, a novel,
2 vols. (Bentley), the characteristics abound with which we are
familiar in his earlier works. There is the same loving and
skilful hand in the delineation of natural objects, the same
fine sense ol colour, the same delicate sympathy with the
“fellow mortals” that haunt our woods and moors. In u
novel it is, however, essential that human interest should pre¬
dominate. Scenery must be subsidiary to character. Several
personages figure in tlieso pages, but on two only, Fyliso
Goring and Murtiul Barnard, is the attention strongly
concentrated. The heroine is a girl of rare beauty and
exquisite form, pud on her face and shape the writer dwells
with the feeling iof the artist; so, also, does Barnard, whose
admiration in tlio earlier stages of the narrative is, if oue can
believe him, wholly artistic. Any other woman, lie thought,
if as bountiful, would have suited him as well to look at. Any
other man, however, would not have suited Felise, who fulls
ardently in love with Barnard nt first sight, and is under no
restraint in the expression of her passion. If Bnrnavd would
only gaze upon her face, she thinks its beauty would win him ;
but at first, having a prior obligation to another woman, the
efforts of Felise seemed to fail in their object, ller conduct
will strike the ordinary render ns eastfntiully unmaideuly; but
then tlio ordinary render, perhaps, is not expected to under¬
stand, as Mr. Jefferies does, wlmt conduct is justifiable in “ a
natural woman.” Girls, however much they may desire to bo
married and there is nothing unfeminine in tlio wish to have
a husband and a home — linve to wait till they nre asked; but
Felise could not wait. “Shewould not submit; shn would
not wait to the burden of ' He comctli not.’ She would force
circumstances to her will, nnd mould her fate in her hands.
The precipice was perpendicular, yet she would scale it. It
was natural for h woman to uttempt the impossible. Tlio
strong limbs, the deep chest, the intense sense of life within
ln r, urged her to the effort, and promised success ... If she
failed, riic 'rabid be utterly broken ; if she failed, the end would
conic quickly. She could not live without her love.” The
impose of tlio heroine is thus clearly seen at the outset, nnd
iow if. was accomplished must bo left to the reader to discover.
As a story, “The Dewy Mom” is weak in plot and wanting in
probability. Short though the novel be, it has many digressions
and reflections which one feels inclined to skip, and it is in
the d<Bcrip||ons uf external nature alone tlint the author shows
the cunning of his hand.
TJio Autumn Congress of the Sanitary Institute of Great
Britain will ho held in Dublin from the 30th insfc. to Oct. 4.
Thera will bo sections for “Sanitary Science and Pre¬
ventive Medicine,” “ Engineering and Architecture,” uml
“Chcmistm Meteorology, and Geology.”
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(lreln’B to Intimity t*» luit’ciitri ilrtlroiu of «doiitlrie
^ .V 1 ” 0 W now reiii
BL1.11.Dd illy nt Ih.. II.H.iu. nf tin- /, -.
PALL-MALL TLKCTI110 ASSOCIATION. USUTEU.
21. liollioni Vlnduct, l.uudoii, E.C-
I \ENTISTIty.—Dr. G. H. JONES will
y, forward frois hie only mhlrras. No. OrStt lluirll-
strect, ii|.]ii '. ito the Iritl.h Sliireum. »Sixty-four Pak-e 1 LLUs-
TKA l tb PAMPHLET. GRATIS and ,.-4n«e. wfih Iiii of
rnidn s. dialoiuns, and aumda at lliu great exhibition..
•• Chrlitfau L nlou •• uy.
•' Before (ViisiilUngu deiitl.t the Paniplilet by Dr. G. If. JOhe.
Uhoiild lie rs.nl by evrryone, to Hurt when- prlze-:nr,!.tl teeth and
Work HIM, .krn run be lied nt eh birm generally paid for Hie most
lufuriur description ot dentistry. ' \
r rOWLE’S PENNYROY'AL aud STEEL
.... ■!"* Sold In lloxes. Is. IJd. and
1*. Vila, of all CViftnfflU. t Srnit ntiywhn u on rvcrlpt of 15 or ^ft
•taiuiM l>* tlioiiiuhcr. xcnviiic. UicniUt, Nottingham.
PROFESSOR BROWNE anti ELLIOTT’S
'JU.NItMAnTON. kn nne-|imlled lie. burr .-f tlie Hair,
ain-atli.g tin; UIi,Y>udliniwr|;ing a healthy nod nutoral growth
to UienaiUXiroaOJI iimlnee the hair on l.nia p itehea, wlilakers,
mnuasiclies, An-l eyeln-ywa. Trice. Jte.iH.. Ha.ikL. lua ikl.. and
2la., bee by |n.<t--4: a ndUbFeiichurcli-atreft. London. E 0.
\7ITREJIANIE, — An ensy and inexpensive
f rneUio.| ..f deporivtln g Wi u,b>ws In churches, public build-
IMS. 4 in I private I by which may Ira pm<;ticod tho rich
Mlourhiir olid l-eniiMfu! d«*l«i< «lll#l In ainienraiico to real
*^b..-d wla.a. Ibni.llnink --f li.-agua mid full I list ruction*, ta. Id.
lurlkilbirs post-free, Wlad-wi d.-. ..r.il.-d b. nnler from :u. per
rv't. irnle/juventors. J. BARNARD and SON, 3U. Oxlord-
diect, Loiuluii. )V.
Y\ r ANTED, respectable YOUNG WOMEN,
“BKVAKTS, to p.ocrod to NEW
II HI WALES. I aawires. including rrovi.l.ina, Unhllng, Ac.,
II l.egranl.d by the AcriiGGi-nenil In flr.t-ch... ■Itumeni to
Mppimi-d apiillcnuta. npm payment «f Lt ra. ll. An exia-riencnl
Sllrgron and Slalnm a.--Minp.<ny <ach .ldi>. -||,o I'lilnnlal
Gmeminent provide* fmiarCmiiiiK-datl.-n forth* Single Women
.luring tell nn.Va after their nrrlv.d In Sydney. The next
tti-i.lner will la. dlatratelKd aln.ut Oct. ai. Further InfnrmaMon
ntay Iraolilalnrd at the KM KillATKiN DEPARTMENT, New
Sm.tli W.ilea Government Offic s. 3. Westmilutcr-diaiubera.
\ Ictoiia-stivct. 3Ve.tmu.ater, 8. W.
pASHIONABLE AVEDDINGS.—Benntiful
A Toil.met* .‘f Cludceat Flow-era. for l.- ndon or C-muitrv
at very mml-.mle pi ice*.— WILLIAM llOwPER, It*), Oxford
at. ret. liNldnll, 33.
JAY’S, REG E N T - S T R E E T.
'TRAVELLING CLOAKS in ZEPHYRSILK
-L- (u Novelty i. In-niillfully light'an.l storm-proof.
3 ai lous kliadc*. iUa. ed. and 3bs. i*l.
PARCELS POST FREE.
\ Mt.le-np arilrlea or materials
by the }anl promptly torn aided.
pETEIt J) 0BINS0N,
MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
/ 7 il LU liNT-sTRLET. LONDON.
pETER ROBINSON, OXFORD-STREET.
(Coloured and black silks,
.V? , ... v l'-f-VKT8. AND niMJCAIMM. Per Yard.
I-.xtra Rich Black Silks aud Satina o! Du* make.
fcWna8IIka,In|il«T4of20yanlstliepteoe r ?! Ma *".! ,1, ‘!'? I l I g
Chinese Embroldertd Silks to watch.
(^LOURED SATINS, very fine face,
S|ierlal|) cheap .. ■ ii
[Slack Toiiltdo Sole, worth 3a. Cd. ,.026
Black Ottoman Sutina.non
JNTERNATIONAL HEALTH
L EXHIBITION. LONDON.
„ Patron-liar ilajrely TUB QURRN.
President—U.II.II. THIS PRINCE OF 3VAI.ES. K.O.
_ . _ .. . HEALTH.
Food, Drew, the Dwolllng, the School, and the 33’erkaliop.
EDUCATION.
Apiiaratua uae.l In Prima ry, Te chnical, and Art School*.
Freeh and Sea Water Aquarium, aa at the FUheriW Exhibition,
r no Library and lleaillng-Rooin.
„ . MILITARY BANDS.
Qineert* wlU be gtreu lu Uiu Royal Albert Hall twice a week.
DOVQII l».lu,
Orruii fieciUls dally In Oie Albert llall Special Evening Fete*
oil Monibty*. 33 rdii-MlNys. Thursdays, Frida is. aud Siltunlay*.
— Unlldlnga are In thu gimme lllniuliintnl
I-aiitcrna.uiid Electric Light.
• lifts daily in.,., .. ... Admission, one
w lieu It 1*
d.
f paper*.
obtained on application to
-street. la-udi-u-Mall; al the
ta°. m fc * S I,AlL,Y - JC'f Ten a.m. to T. i.m, A dm
Shilling on every 33rek lksy, except on 33V.bn-a.lays,
0, E" T‘ 5wven n.m., and tbc ndmbslon Is 2s. lid.
Tor fnrMirr details sec London dally
B^n TIckeM. price fl I... may be
Mmoityomere.-n,Great IVinchesler-.
fcxhlbition, Kalin-,iv l!.*-k-!,ills.and I
I the LlUrarlrs.
1>ANK OF NEW ZEALAND.
-*-r (lucorporatad by Act of Geurrnl Aiw-mbly. July 1 * 01 .)
a! Rankers b> tlie New Z-alnnd Goirrmnriit.
vapllnJ subscnlied nml paid up, tl.uuo.tAw.
Rewrve Fund. C>r2i.u>i.
IIch. 1 Office— Auckland.
- _ . , lX BRANCHES AND AGENCIES.
i n Airatralln-dUt'll-ii'nie,Sydney. NewcwaUe.and Adelaide.
In TiJI-Lvvuka. Suva.
,Tu New /••id. md— Auckland. Illenlielm, Chrlatcliurcb, Dnnntln,
JurrrcargllLNaiiler.Neleni, New PlytnouUi.Plcb>u, Wellington.
•* l* oll(ertowns and |duces tlirvugbout the Olmiv.
Ihl* Hank giants Drafta mi all IU llram lira ami Agencies,
and tren-ncta every deacrllitlon of Imiikmg bu.inesa Colinrc-tad
Hifcli Now Z<*uIaiuI ( Au«trali«, anil Fill ui iLo )uu>t favuttralbO
wpiir— /
The London Office RECEIVES FIXED DEPOSITS of Vm ami
upwards rate* and partlcnfara of which enti Ira a aortal ned on
abdication. K. I.*iik«>-nriiv. Managing Director.
N o. 1, (Juein 3 Ictorln-itrret, 31au*!on House. E.C.
C i4, CORNHILL.—PERILS ABOUND ON
•i..K ll l.f!. l, 5.L?' 1,E HAILIVAY PASSENGERS AS-
oi RANj.L 0O3IPAN Y lnsure* against Accident, of all Klnds-
on laud or Itater. <uid has Uie Lare-st Ii.vrat-d CaplUI and
Jnojnin, and Pay* 3 early the largest Am . it »f QompenaaMon
°* Vff Accidental AasiinmceComiwny. App'y.the loxal Agents:
or 33 e*t- End Office, *, Grand Uotel Buildloga, Charine-crooi;
or at Head Office. • — * - *
w:
J. Vias. Sec.
CUN FIRE and LIFE OFFICES,
Tlircadnredlo-stroet. K.C.; Cliaring-erosa, 8.3V.; Oxforl-
Jtreet (corner of Vcre-atreet), 3V. KIKE, EaUdrllahcd Kin.
Home und Foreign Insurances at moderate ml. s. LIFE.
l-.sUhlMird 1*10. Specially Inw rates for young lives. Larr#
bouuaea. Immediate settlement of claims.
T
HE
HERKOMER ART
BCSIIBY. HERTS.
SCHOOL,
Students wishing to Join ihe lirrkmmr School at Ihishoy must
Bend In a study in black ami white of tho nude I! cure tor
approval between 8*pt. 13 ami »i.
Th* School REOPENS on OCT. 6.18*4.
npply to tlio Secretary at tlie school.
Ilgute
For full particular*
r |'HE FEMALE SCHOOL OF ART.
A Patron-Th* QUEEN.
lh» Autumn Srnal-m coninienc.-a ,.n Oct. 1. Proinectu* and
forms of udmlaiion to lie obtained at the School.
43. Queeu-aquare, Ulooiusbury, W.C.
TUNBRIDGE WELLS.—ROYAL
-A KENTISH HOTEL (under New Mniiiigriiiruli.
larlff and Boarding Teruu ot tlie Pro^iietur,
J. li-CUEAVU.
I )LACK SATIN BROCADES, usually
aedd nt C*. lid. .. .. fo 4 «
Bright.-(mail Sllka (Black) .. 1114
HJcji Blackllroea«l*'J Gnukfl Velvet*.u 711"
Jlicso 3 civets are 22 Indies whin, ami usually told utils. Ul.
CAT IN* GROUND BR0CHE
(IllackV. . .. £11 A
Rldi Binciiitcd Velvcla. embracing all the new colour*,
In tw-'shuilr*, usually sold at 13a. V-l.0» 11
Tkl* applies only to lengths under llx yard*.
VELVETS
0
HTRELOAll’S
B RU
SSELS (^AEPETS.
BEST QUALITY,
DESIGNS,
EXCLUSIVE
LOWEST PRICE.
r JP R E
E L 0 A R aud
S
J^UDGATE HILL.
O N S.
(COLOURED OTTOMAN SILKS, 19 in.
wide, iinnvaorteil. £o 1 hi
Coloured Twilt-laccd All-Silk Satins, usually sold at
te- ML.0 2 *
1 'sth-rn* post-free.
PETEK ROBINSON S.
xpsw AUTUMN DRESSES.
Dovonahlre, Witney, Bcntch, nnd other SERGES. |,* cr '
various simile* nf Navy, Cream. Black. Bn-nje,
Ac.; nil Wmil. very will* .id. to fo I *
Ib-iue.puu Cashmere liege, mixed colour*. 0 I o
QIIEPE
IMPERIAL.
NE3V 3IATKRI.il, FOR MOUIININU WEAR.
M ESSRS, j A Y, of Regent-street,
London, have seemed a nmol manufaiture for black.
It Is all wool, and vet looks exactly like ertpe. aa It has tho
crinkled or crini|» .1 surface which 1* Inseparable from thn*
fdiric. It la a- -Id and most durable, leing rrrefrom Iheehot Icily
of (he more |n rlahable silk ci*|« w lilch It so closely reteinblea,
acl yet It la glowy. It appears under tho numa of • C1*iw
1 mj.ri Ini.' and I. made np eflrctlvcly Into eoetume* for deep
iitmrning. when It Is no* compulsory to trim with cr>'ji-. Tlio
il|m •liniihl ln> reiigratulnteil on intro-luolnga fabric which will
arswerforthedei’i-eet mouiiiliig d-eu, «ml will vmrM Ring as
tin inonrner elects * . —
ntwspopor.
to uco it."—Ex trail from " Tho Qum-u "
\TEW AUTUMN DRESSES.
■A. » £ •. d.
All the uaunl and several distinctly New Shades of
Odour In Uttomau Ouhuir Angola FoiUOs, irar
janl . 012
Caahmere d'ltalle; all wieil, very durable.(I I 0
brviioh Merino*, very wide . Is. Ihl. to o 2 »
VERY FINE FRENCH CASHMERES.
, !(<>• to (i 'j y
Velvet Velveteen*. Hindi improied lu make, c-luur,
andprire .. . 2a. 3d. to 0 X 3
A IBnck Yclveh cn. specially elo-rip .0 111
Patterns |a-at-frve.
PETEK ROBINSON'S.
MATERIALS.
1 1. d.
Crenm-enTonrrd HU hly-eiiibroMcn-d Alsatian lawn
Rolra*. double ijuautlty of v, Ido eiul-mbU-ry
, . iscli 14*. Id.. HI*. i«I..hiu| 0 IS 9
Hnely-workcd Casliincro Kolo-a in Illn.-k and all (lie
nc iv el wiles of lUown. lirontc. Grey. Dark llrren.
Navy, Drab. Ac., extra iiuantity o! embroidery
COMPOSITE nOBES.lOyariUliioarh: a great novcltv,
III every (ombiunt ou of style ami colour, ali
"ool .each 1 1 0
CLEARANCE BALK OF SURPLUS STOCK PREVIOUS
TO KK.Bim.DING.
pETER ROBINSON, OX FORD-STREET
A_ 4X0 REGENT-STREET.
CIIIUTS.—FORD’S EUREKA SHIRTS.
tlnrat Improvainenlahave been made 111 the manufacture
o( ford • tu cks Slrirta. ce obrnted for their superior lilting.
. • £*•• * clU,, > IwrcrlapostfrMtotonrilnnr.3Vnta
for IHuatrutikl sclf-iiienaure and all imrtlculaia fill- l.y post.
It. FORD and CO.. 41. Poultry. London.
717 GIDI US.—The only FLANNEL SIl I UTS
^ that nevor shrink In washing- not If wathni hdUnra*.
Made III mixed colour*, greys, drab*, browns, Ac.. 13a. id.. Uire*
t-iriUM.ild,. by 11a reel• post paid. Write for patterns and self-
measure. To bo hud ouly of 11. KURD ami CO.. 41. Poultry,
lenulnn.
J70UND, an AddrMB of tho Oldest-
-1- E.tubll-h.d llUYEllHof I.EtT-OKr LT.iiTIlES.Jewrlltiy,
Ac. ApnoliitniriiteniudP. Mr. and Mm. Pit 11.1.1 18,Old Unrlioity
blioji, fl, -i Imyer-st.. Mamlirster-aq., London, 3V. Corner shop.
PIRST-CLASS FURNITURE. Im
-*- Price*. Newest CARPBT8. 811, K8, DRESSES, tx.
Patterns and I’srtela Free.
. T. 3 ENABLES ouil SONS, 3V Jiltcchspcl, London, K.
OUATEKUL—COMFORTING.
" Uy a thorough knowledge of the natural
laws which govern tlie operations ul digestion
1 ? P P S * S •*><l nutrition, and by a oarolul application of
r r ° a Wit! lino properties of w*U-*elocted Cocoa. Sir.
- 1 E|in* has provided our brvakfuat table* with a
delli-utcly-lluvoured beverago which 111-iy *«io
■is ninny heavy doctor*' bill*. It la by tlio
Jinllcioua use of such articles of diet that ,»
(BliLAht AST) constitution may bo grodiuilly built up until
strong enough to resist every tendency to
disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are
llonting around ns ready to attack wherever
C om I there Is u weak point. SVo may escape many
* fatal sluitt by kerplng ourselves well fortide-l
with pure blood ami a properly uourialu.il
frainC?'— Civil Service Gaietlo.
Made simply With bulling water or milk.
Sold In Packets (and Tills. 1 lb. nnd I lb., for Export). hdraU*d,
JAMES EPI-S and CO.. IIOMIEOKATHIO CUEMISTri.
Also Maker* of El'PS'd CHOCOLATE ESSENCE.
WHAT IS YOUR CREST and WIIAT
IXYOVU' M0n-O?^8ri.d name and county to
(UI.I.EI IIS o Heraldic Office. Plum -ki-tvli, 3* lid, i OilotUM, 7*.
The arms of limn and Wife bb n-bd. Crest enyravnl on seals
• t ** 1 die*.Ha.W. Gold in-al. with crest, fa.
Ndid Gold King, is- carat. Ilall-niArked, with crest. ('.'*. 31»mml
of Heraldry, 4i*l EliRrnvinga Xa. nd.—T. CULL ETON, Si. Cnus-
bonrii-atr.it (corner of St. Murtin'»-!ane).
C U LLETON’S GUINEA BOX of
Vj/ STATIONERY contain* u Ream of thn very be-t I'arer mid
anil >.ii v ol"|.-a. all sUiu|>ed in tlie most elegant Way With Crest
ami 3I«lto 31,1(1, .gram, or Address, and Uie enem.lnc of ih- l
Dielnclinled. Bent to any part f->r P.O. order.—T. CL'LLLIUN
23, Crauhouiu-street (coruer ui 8L UarUn'a-lune).
\7ISITING CARDS by CULLETON.
v Fifty brat qnnllty, 2e. *».. laait-frr... Iiii-lndlng tho
Engraving of Oop|wr-plate. Wcbllng Caidi, -Vi each, flu Em.
I-'-:! Unvcliqra*. Wltli Alnlden Name. Bis. .al.-T. CULLETuN.
bcal l-.ngraier, 23, ( ninboiirii-slna t. si. MartlnVIali.. W.C
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304
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
SEPT. 27, 1884
NEW MUSIC.
QECONDHAND PIANOFORTES.—GREAT
O SALE.—A number of the beat Instrument* of all
descriptions, u-turned from hire, and urarly a* good
a* new. at greatly reduced price* for cash, or on the
Three Year*' System. at CHAPPELL and CO.'S.
Zrard Oblique Cottage and Grand Pianofortes.—
Second h a nd.
4,'uilnrd Cottage snd Grand Pinnofortee.—Secondhand,
linxidwivd Cottage and Grand Pianoforte*.—Second¬
hand.
ChlcKUrtfig Overstrung and Grand Pianofortes.—
Secondhand.
Cliapl" II t'mnlnoa, Overstrung and Grand Piano-
forte*.—Secondhand.
Secondhand American organ*.
Clough and Warren American Organs.—Secondhand.
Moron uml llaiiillu American Onrnns—Secondhand.
A lev,noire Harmonium*.—SecondImnd.
A large -tock ut grvatly reduced price*.
C HAPPELL and CO., 50, New Bond-street;
and 10.Poultry.
/"'IHAPPELL and CO. have ou view every
description of PIANOFORTES by the bed maker*, re¬
turned from hire, to be SOLI) at greatly reduced price* for cash,
or may bo purchased on the Three-Year*' System.
CHAPPELL PIANOFORTES, from Iff guinoa*.
COLI.ABD PIANOFORTES, from US guinea*.
KHAKI 1 PIANOFORTES, from x". guineas.
BHOADWOOD PIANOFORTES, from 8* guineas.
pHAFPELL and CO’S STUDENT’S
1TANOFORTB8, from 1« guinea*.
/'UIA1TELL
with (
and CO.’S PIANINOS,
Chrck Action, from guineas.
pHAPPELL and CO.’S IRON-FRAMED
v>) Oin.lUUF. and COTTAGE PIANOFORTES for Ocean
Steamers and Extreme clliuat--*, Irom 15 to C8 guineas.
pHAPPELL and CO. have on View Grand
\J Pianoforte* from 00 to JOB guinea*.
to. New Bond-street: and 14. Poultry.
NEW WALTZES.
gEE-SAW WALTZ. By A. G. CROWE.
OEE-SAW WALTZ.
O The following edition* are now ready.
Pianoforte Solo, with vocal obbligato .. Price 2s. net
Pianoforte Duet, with vocal obbligato .. Price V*. lid. net.
yull Orchestra.Price a*. not.
Vocal Part (Old Notation).Price G>1 net.
Vocal PaittTun ic Sol-Fa).Price tld. u«t.
UWEET VIOLETS WALTZ. By P.
O BliCALOSSl. Now being performed at the Promenade
Concert*. Post-free.2* net.
T ES FLEURS VALSE. By EMILE
-4 J YV.U.RTKCFKL. Now being pcrlomicil at the Uaymarket
Theatre. Port-tree. 2*. net.
f iLARICE WALTZ. Dedicated to Miss-
Mary Anderson. Now being performed at tlio Lyceum
Theatre. I'nst-frrr. 2». net.
Mini.ni and Oo„ 42. Great Marlboroegh-street, London. W.
I ?D WIN ASH DOWN’S POPULAR SONGS.
•i TUBor.l) AND YOCNU MARIE .. *. H.'Oowcn.
•JTIK BAIMIKMVN'S CHILD .A. H. IMlNBd.
IN TIIK SWEET OF Till: YEAU .. .. 4). PliMUtl.
THE LAST OF THE HOYS .M. Watson.
THE DREAM OF THE OI.D SACRISTAN .. U. Uarrl.
Price 2a. each net. postage free.
Ti'DWIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR
A.4 PIANOFORTE PIECES.
DAMON.Seymour Smith.
In>Id i IIV .Seymour smllli.
I.\1)Y IIKTTY.Seymour Binllh.
DKKGKIte ET BKROEBES .. P. Hi-aimiunL
CORONATION MAUCIt .. .. M. YVstsou.
Price 1». ut. each net. postage free.
D WIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR
-2 PIANOFORTE PIECES.
PUR ET SIMPI.K .Sidney Smith.
PSYCHE (Gavotte) .. .. .. Tib. Mattel.
GLISTENING DIAMONDS .. Guslar latbge.
BY ROBBING WKIU.YV. S. Uockatro.
Price 2*. each ntt. postage free.
I I'D WIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR
J YVAI.lZKff.
AUP IMMEIl fForEv.r, .. .. OscarSeydel.
I.KHKWOIIL (Farewell) .. .. o*car8aydsl.
CELIA .Flunk J.Smith.
I.A l-RITA.Ed. Reyloff.
Price 2s. each net. po*t*g# free.
s
YDNEY SMITH’S METHOD.
"The method of methods."
Price 2*. Oil. net. postage free.
Kerri k Asuuowx, lUnover-wpiare.
W MOBLEY and CO. (the Publishers of
• -Ijnldie" and Clru Piniuti'* newest and greatest
succeav*) Iieg to niinomicv that they have fortunately >ec,irevl
Uicoonvrlrfit* of the followingnratt) New Dories. -Now ready.
PAtl KNOB REWARDED. By UIKO PINSUTI.
K flat. Y (C t.. F|. and O.
THE CONQUERORS. By TUFA). IIONHKLTl.
I). KlUtllllo El, and P.
TILL THE BREAKING OF THE HAY. By PINSUTI.
G. A i Kbi F). nud II lint.
DOLLY'S REVENGE. By IIKNUY I'oVl'ET.
K flat i E to K). nnd F,
"Thehltsof tlieaeriH.n.'' 2« sUmitf t-acli. !,!•!* gratis.
W. Mi»i.tT and Co.. 2UU. Urgent-*!.. YV.; and70. Upper-st., N.
J^EW SONGS.
I
rpHE
M Y
M Y
MEAN TO WAIT FOR JACK.
In E flat and K. COTS FORD DICK.
Sung everywhere with great success.
SONG OF A BOAT.
ALICE! HORTON.
NELLIE.
CIRO PIN8DTI.
LITTLE MAN.
A. H. BEIIRKND.
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gELEOT MEDICAL OPINIONS.
DR. FR0S8ER JAMES,
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“ T\R. DE JONGH’S LIGHT-BROWN
J.--* COD-LIVER OIL contains the whole of the
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LENNOX BROWNE, Esq., F.E.C S.E.,
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" T)R. DE JON'Gil’S COD-LIVER OIL
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i can, however, have no hi-sItAlluii—on the con-
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case* of l’lilmona'y .. wltli very
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mend It as tire moot i-Hk-ucluus klud."
DR. WHITMORE,
late Medical UlUcer of Ib-ultli.Ml. .Ylsrylebons.
“ A J Y own somewhat longtlionod experience
-*-'X us n Modh-al Practitioner eunbh'S rue with enn-
ililvncc to recommend Dlt. DBJONUH's light-
BUoYVN CUD-LIVER Ull. ■■* Iwlug irion*
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CHAPTER XXIII.
A LAST APPEAL.
may seem, a little
strange that Mrs.
Drax should have
heard nothing of a
fracas which might
' have disturbed the
Seven Sleepers. That
is to say, it would be
strange could it bo
proved she had hoard
nothing: for it is
quite possible that
she had heard a good
deal, and yet had not
felt called upon to
interfere. When men
are fighting in that
fashion, the right
place for the ears of
a respectable widow
is under the blnnkets
—at any rate, in no
unsafer place than
the keyhole.
However that may
be, she showed no
signs of surprise at
the condition in which she found the room, onlv putting on an
air of solemn severity as she laid breakfast for her master next
morning. She might be only silently protesting against what
comes of carousing with keepers, ns against those quiet nights
which Captain Quickset spent in such exemplary decency—just
a quiet game at cards, a fifth bottle or so, and to bed, like a
gentleman, before cock-crow.
Nor was it in the least likely that Mr. Davis should spoil his
own business by making the events of last night a matter of
t.M.t.V.V.W.V.M.r.’A
mb*
■ ■/.-
ublic gossip. And yet, by the time Parson Pengold lmd been
is morning round, and had his customary gossip with Tumzin
over his first draught of ale, he had heard the strangest story
that even a Vicar of Stoke Juliot had ever been told. It
obliged him to take not merely a first horn of ale, hut a second.
Mabel had far too much to think of to notice how much
more awry even than usual was the Parson’s wig—more even
than when the great tithe question was exceptionally agitating
the brains which the wig covered. Yes—Francis Carew would
surely go : and even the shortest absence would be something
gained. And the Captain—would lie really carry her off, like
a lover of romance ; that lover who is bound, at one time or
another, to visit every girl’s waking dream ? 'Hie very ex¬
citement of her relation with such a gallant was so nearly like
love that love, in some stage or other, it must surely be. * That
had been her only doubt—did she love him ? Sometimes her
mind said No while her heart said Yes: sometimes her mind
said Yea while her heart whispered No. . . . Yet she must love
him, after all. She must love somebody nt last: and whom
would she ever find more worthy than he f He wus so different
from that poor young Carew, or ratherthatodious young Carew:
so gentle, so witty, so ready in resource, so accomplished, so
high-spirited, so courteous, so refined, so full of brilliant ad¬
venture, so handsome—no: not exactly so handsome, but so
graceful, and, above all, so brave. Surely, if she did not love
him, she could never love at all: and to incapacity for loving
what woman will own '(
And then she was bound to love him for the Parson’s sake:
bound to be true to him through his trouble, for the sake of
all that love itself has ever been thought to mean. No woman
has ever doubted yet that love means taking double the rough
with about a quarter of the smooth : and if Mabel waited too
long over making up her mind, she would share none of the
rough at all—to the end of her days she would be the one
woman who had let her lover fight through all the storms
alone, and had held aloof from him until the sun shone. Well,
was it for Captain Quickset that he was the lover over whose
head the clouds were gathered : his rival’s the head over which
the Bun seemed to shine ?
she missed him out of her days she was even more sure : no
that love had come into her life, licr heart felt empty ar
aching till he should come again. "I do love him ! ” she erii
to herself : “ I must, and I do. If I did not, I should be tl
Yes—she did and she must love him: she was sure. Tha
she missed^ him out of her days^ she was even more sure : nov
an(
cric(
T -'-- •"** •“ * '“•« ••'**1 * 00 thl
most ungrateful girl under the sky. I ought to be proud
and—I am. I will wait for him ; and when—if—he wants me
I must go : aud—I will. Poor fellow: to think that I am al
he has in the world ! The all ought to be as much as it can
and—it Shall.”
No wonder she was beyond the reach of gossip that day
She was plunged in such thoughts ns these, over head anc
brain, when Tumzin put her shock head in at the door.
41 Derrick’s Nance wants to sec you, Miss Mabel,” said
the girl.
“I can’t—No: I must, I suppose,” she contradicted her¬
self, suddenly remembering how much right Nance Derrick
had to command help, uudicncc, anything she pleased.
So Nance Derrick entered: and Tamzin withdrew. Thf
two young women had but seldom met: for the Parson lmd
un objection to having a person with so many witch-mark*
about his pigs, and Mabel’s visits to her poorer neighbour*
were few aud far between—in this respect, at any rate, Francis
Carew in holding her to be a veritable angel was not wrong.
Now that they did meet, a poet might be excused for fanrving
that day and night had met together in the same room. It
wus not only that the young lady’s hair, skin, and eye’s were
those of a spring morning, while Nancels colours were black
and brown; or only that the one was dressed gaily and the
other in gloom. It was in the whole air of each—Mabel
softened and brightened by her own thoughts : Nance
strangely stem for one so sorrowful and so young.
“What can I do for you?” asked Mabel, with more zeal,
perhaps, than she felt. ** Please sit down. If there’s anything
in the world ”-
Nance remained standing. 44 There is something, Miss,”
said she. 4 ‘ Nobody knows what my father was'to me. ... He
was as much as I was to him.”
(Continued on page 307.)
The vagabond opened his eyes and sat up wide-awake
ROPES OF SAND.
BY R. E. FRANCILLON,
Author of "Strange Waters," "Olympia," "A Real Queen," &c.
306
[▲BranaraKT.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LOUpOH NEWS
SEPT. 27, 1884
Among the myriad tissues used for dress, and worn by
either sex. Velvet is facile princept. As regards the
adornment of women, nothing shows to so great advan¬
tage beauty of outline and graceful figure, or the clear¬
ness and delicate colouring of the complexion. It is
equally becoming to the blonde and the brunette; it
does not merely clothe, it drapes and designs ; lends a
dignity and grace to the wearer, and requiring but little
ornament, derives its elegance from its own richness of
colour and draper)’. From the first ages of which we
have any record in the annals of dress, velvet held a
royal place. Among the splendid presents sent to
Charlemagne bv the Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid. about
the year 800, were several pieces of “ Samite,” as velvet
was then called, a
nomenclature de¬
rived, so sayetli
tradition, from the
Isle of Samos,
whence came the
silk of which it
was woven. It was
about the twelfth
century that velvet
began to be woven
at Palermo, and
thence the manu¬
facture spread over
Italy, the best
specimens coming
from Lucca. Velvet
was then used for
covering the furni¬
ture and hanging
the walls in royal
palaces; a little
later it was em¬
ployed for the vest¬
ments and orna¬
ments of churches.
Nuturally, it was
not long ere the
fairer sex saw how
their charms and
attractions would
l>e increased by
the adoption of
this sumptuous
material ; and
Agnes Sorel, the
“ D ime dcBeaute,”
brought it to the
highest fashion at
the Court of
Charles VII. of
France. It was
about the fourteenth century that velvet
name it has possessed ever since. It was then'rigidly
confined to the use of the nobility, the middle classes
being prohibited from wearing it. From that time
it 1ms been essentially the dress of the “ grande
dame,” and in all the mutations of fashion, whatever
might be the temporary favour or disgrace of brocades
and other rich pattern tissues, velvet has always held its
own and special place. The desire to dress to the best
advantage and se faire belle is not, however, confined
to- the wealthy lady who can purchase a Genoa or Lyons
velvet, and the demand for some material to pro¬
duce the same effect at a moderate price resulted,
ns demands generally 'will when persisted in,
in an attempt at creating a supply. But what an
attempt was that of the first Velveteens! A piece
before me now, turned out of an old box, has induced
falling naturally in the richest and most graceful folds.
But am I deceiving myself with a piece of Genoa
velvet ? No; turning it to look at the back, I find the
griffin and the rest of the trade-mark of the “ LOUIS
\ clveteen.” That accounts for my indecision, for
the “ LOUIS ” is so wonderful a representation
of the best Silk velvet, that it has to my know¬
ledge repeatedly deceived both the hands and the
eyes of experts. Were its beauty its only attraction,
there would be every excuse for the repeated orders
all the Court dressmakers here and abroad have been
receiving during the last few years for dresses of
“ LOUIS " Velveteen. The couturiere9 would perhaps
be better pleased if its‘•appearance” were indeed its
passing to and from the carriage,many other dress materials
would be injured, but this has only to be shaken to remove
every trace of rain. Most materials are suitable only
for certain styles of dress; the tailor-made serge, or
English woollen that makes a perfect travelling frock,
would be an impossibility at dinner. Velveteen is per¬
fectly free from this drawback ; there is no time in the
day, no occasion on which it looks out of place, and no
material, of the plainest or most elaborate tissue, with
which it will not freely combine; for the skirt that ac¬
companies a aatin tunic one day may appear the next
with caehemirc, or even muslin, an advantage that can¬
not be too highly estimated, in a travelling wardrobe
especially. This makes it the most economical and
convenient ma¬
terial
AV/'
only claim to favour; for it wears so splendidly, retaining
its richness of colour, softness, and lustre, to the very
last moment of its use, that, though an absolute invest¬
ment to the customer, it is by no means so remunerative
to the dressmaker, who, had an inferior make of
velveteen been selected, might have orders for four,
during the time the one “LOUIS” will wear and
look well. In no material is there so marked a
difference between good and bad qualities, as is the
case with velveteen, the “shabby-fine” appearance
of the inferior makes and the elegant and luxurious
effect of the “ LOUIS " being as widely different
as a coarse crochet edging from the finest “point
d’ Alemjon.” Looking again at the piece before me, I
find it is the first I ever had—in 1878, if I remember
rightly; yet it has lost none of its colour or brightness.
I know at the time I thought it perfection, but it was
not, evidently; for since then velveteens have been
decidedly improved by some peculiar process of “ lock¬
ing” the pile, which results in this bearing any amount
styles
ever manu¬
factured. Of course
these remarks only
apply to the best
quality, such as I
have described, for
one of those
which become worn
and dull after two
or three timeswear¬
ing is the acme
of shabbiness. To
ladies — and they
are many—whose
dress allowances re¬
quire considerable
management to en¬
able them to dress
according to their
tastes and position,
LOUIS Velveteen
is simply invalu¬
able; it is by no
means, however,
confined to those
who choose it for
this reason, its own
intrinsic beauty of
effect and graceful
drapery have made
it a great favourite
among the leaders
of fashion both
in England and
abroad, Paris and
Vienna especially.
At the salons
of the principal
Court dressmakers,
this is abundantly
proved by the
made in LOUIS Vel-
frocks with their short
the present train of thought. This specimen was, I con¬
jee. ttye><ihce black, it is now a rusty iron, it is hard and
stiff, and hangs in sharp points, as if lined with brown __ 0 __ r _,__... __, g ttI1 , ..
paper; was it ever fondly imagined to imitate velvet? „• of creasing or crushing, without either the appearance
Surely no manufactured material ever made so rapid of the velveteen or its wearing qualities being in the
and immense a progress. I contrast the piece just de- least affected. Rain, also, does not injure it in the least,
s ‘ribed with n yard of modern velveteen, also before and many women who really understand the art of
me; such depth of shadow, peach like a bloom on the dress, don a “LOUIS” Velveteen when going for a
lights, so soft and silky to the touch, and as I lift it, round of visits, or a shopping tour on wet days. Even
charming dresses of all
vetccn, from the walking
plaited skirts or full and plain and their dainty fitting
bodices, to the elegant long train cut in one with
the bodice, and hanging in rich folds over a brocade
or satin skirt covered with lace. At one time the
wearers of them would not have dreamed of substituting
velveteen for velvet, but then the “ LOUIS ” had not
been introduced. Such testimony as this, however,
much as it is sought after by many makers of other vel¬
veteens, is not necessary to establish the fame of the
“ LOUIS.” Still, it is satisfactory to see, as an added
proof of the incalculable strides Englishwomen have
made in the Art of Dress during the last few years,
that beauty of material and artistic effect are now more
sought after than tissues whose principal attraction was
that they were known to have cost a large sum of
money. Had all English makers of dress materials the
public spirit, taste, and tact shown by the manufacturer
of the “LOUIS” "Velveteen, in improving bis special¬
ties to the tastes of the day, instead of vainly attempting
to alter those tastes for their own convenience, we
should never have heard of the decadence of trade in
English fabrics.
Every yard of the genuine bears the name
“ LOUIS.”
SEPT. 27, 1881
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
307
Mabel certainly did not know: but, “You were every-
• tiling to each other—I know that,” said she.
“And what that means, I can never tell. So I can’t look
for others to know. But what I can look for is that a man
shan't be shot and buried like less than a dog because he ’«
left naught behind but a girl.”
“(lood Heaven, girl, what can you mean? Surely, who¬
ever did that deed will be found. The Vicar is a justice, you
know. You must tell him if there's anything you think ought
to be done ”-
“ I have been to him this minute, Miss Opensliaw. And so
I come to you.”
“ Why in the world to me?”
“Because you ure a woman; and because there’s not a
man left in all Stoke Juliot now father’s gone. ... I have
had Squire Carew’s promise, that I trusted in like gold:
and ”-
“ Squire Carew’s promise ! ” exclaimed Mabel, flushing and
haughty, although she hated him.
“To see the right done. And now—now I hear that all
last night ho was fighting on the side of father’s murderer
ugainst the law. Ho 'a like all the rest that call themselves
men : they all hang together; and if one will have nothing to
do with their ways he's shot down. I don’t know how father
quarrelled with them; but be sure 'twaa that he was an honest
man. ... I have spoken to the Parson, Miss; but he spoke
bock in the unknown tongues, and bade me be patient,
patient: for there was naught to be done: and that was
“Squire Carew fighting on the side of the—the murderer!
Surely, someone must havo been telling you falsehoods. Why,
he would do anything ”-
“ No. It was no falsehood. Mrs. Drax was to our house
this morning: and she knows. And the new keeper, he knows
too.”
“Then it seems, my poor girl,” said Mabel, “there is
nothing to be done. I don’t understand thesa things; nor you :
but the Vicar must, and—patience. Wo ull have our troubles
to bear,” sighed she, thinking, not without pride, how infinitely
heavier were her own. What was the common lot of loss,
when suffered by another, compared with the trouble of a girl
engaged to two men at once, convinced she hated the one, mid
but half convinced that she loved the other ? “ Wc must a 1
have patience,” said she, “ though I own ’tis hard. Wo
women—what can wo do, without brains or hands? And,
Nance, remember that your father cannot be brought back
again, and that Revenge is a Sin.”
Hitherto, Nance had spoken quietly, and low, with scarce a
change of tone. But this frozen doctrine, preached so lightly
by that golden-haired princess, came cruelly hard. Nance
started forward, clasping her hands in the instinctive way
of prayer. “And you are a woman—like myself!” sho
cried out bitterly. “ Fan have all things: I have nothing-
nothing but Revenge left me in the world. If ’tis Sin—let it
be ; and 'tis theirs, not mine. Would you have my own father
killed, and none to suffer but me ? ”
“ No, Nance. But ”-
" No. And one word from you would do it all. Oh, Miss
Mabel—’tis nothing to you, but all to me. Only say one
word! ”
The girl’s whole soul was in her voice and her eyes. Mabel
had never seen such a sight as a woman’s soul, and was half
alarmed.
“ What word ?” asked she.
“ Rid Squire Carew keep his promise—bid him be a man.”
“Why—what would that do?” asked Mabel, flushing
again.
“ Oh, Miss Mabel! What would it not do? Do you need
to be told he worships every stone you’ve stepped on P Don’t
yo i know it in your own heart—see it with your own eyes? ”
Mabel did not know much : but the other’s soul lay so open
before her in its rebellion that only a bora fool could have
failed to read.
“Indeed,” she answered, eyes meeting eyes, “you have
seen a great deal more than I. You have no right to think
that anything I can say would have the slightest weight with
Mr. Carew.”
“ When you are going to be his wife ! ” exclaimed Nance,
amazed.
It was on Mabel’s lips to say," I am going to be nothing
of the kind.” But, well or not well for her, she was
beginning to learn that the reeds of Midas grew rankly in
Stoke Juliot, and the ears of the Vicar were the first to catch
the whispers that they told the wind. So she held her tongue; ■
and thereby let silence answer in its accustomed way.
“At one word from you,” urged Nance, “he would throw
himself from the Oxliom. And you’ve only got to say the one
that ’ll bid him be a man ”-
Throw himself from the Oxhom—those lmd been almost
his own very words, when he first implored Mabel to set him a
task to do. Was it, then, so very true ?
“Oh, Miss Mabel—for your own sake, and for God's sake,
don’t let him make one with all these cruel and wicked men.
And for his sake, Miss Mabel, his wife that’s to be, bid him be
what he's meant for, so that all evil in Stoke Juliot may be
made afraid; so that we may have a master at last, to tench
right and punish wrong. I used to fancy I could do a little to
help that: but I ’m stupid and a fool, though T’ve tried not
to be: and I'm no lady, that he should care for any word of
mine. But you, so good, and so beautiful, and so wise, and
whom he loves so dearly, as nil the world can see — you won’t
let him take to all these wild ways, till Old Homeck himself
couldn’tmako Stoke Juliot more of a hell than it’ll be made
by Squire Carew: he tliat could make it like another Shining
City if so he — if so yon would please. . . . 'Tis for Fnther: but
’tis for Him, too. Miss Mubel—just for God’s and his and
all our sakes, and your own, just say the word to do right, nnd
save him, nnd all.” /
It was like suddenly finding a dumb creature turn eloquent
to hear this quiet and silent girl break out into volcanic speech
over her wrongs. It wns not the words — for of these-, indeed,
she had but slender choice—but the fire she put into them,
that made her,seeni half-inspired.
“ It is foryou to .“peak to him—not I,” said Mabel, after a
dead pause. £ Speak to him like that: and if you fail—what
is left for me to say ? ”
‘ ‘ Everything—to him who loves you.”
“ What do you know—what have you learned of such
things?” / \ x
“ You will speak to him, Miss Mabel?”
“ 1 ”-began Mubel; but, in truth, she had nothing to
answer. She shook her head impatiently. “No. Indeed there
is nothing I can do.”
"Then, God help us all; and him ; und you, too!" said
Nance, falling back into hardness again. “ You were the last-
hope: nnd that’s gone. If you loved him, you wouldn’t ask
me wlmt I know, und what I've lenmed. You don’t love him :
you don’t even know him : nnd yet he loves you, and you’re
to be his wife—and what docs (hat mean? No; I do know
nothing: I never shall. I only know fnther's dead, and those
that killed him are to go five. . . . Rut I say they shall not
go free, be they high or low, und if they ’re guarded by every
Justice and Squire in Devon. If I could punish and save by
a curse, I’d"-
Mabel felt herself tremble nnd turn pale. She was any¬
thing but a lioness—rather an antelope who fancies a tigress'is
about to spring. She gave a startled cry, us the girl before her
raised her hands, but no longer in imploring appeal.
But almost before the cry could be heard, the I’arson bustled
in.
“ Nance Derrick! ” he thundered—“ Begone this moment:
I will have no curses: how dare you force yourself upon Miss
Openshaw when I had preached to you the virtue of patience
mid the sinfulness of revenge? Vatic retro. Saga ; Per hoc
tigninn Ego exorcito Te."
The poor girl’s bosom gave one convulsive heave, almost a
sob, nnd she turned to go. The Parson plac ed himself between
her and Mabel, his eyes commanding her, und his right hand
extended, the thumb and little finger projected towards her in
the form of a pair of horns, while his lips moved as if he were
muttering n spell, of which a word or two in some unknown
tongue now and then reached the ear.
"There," panted he, when sho wus gone. “Tho work
I’ve had with that young woman—she •'« a witch, Mabel: I
waa sure of it from the first; and now I know. What was I
saying only the other day ? Her heart's block with malice
and vengeance : and whou that happens, curses are the devil’s
own daggers. Thank God 1 was in time ! I ’ll get a horse¬
shoe—to-morrow, and nail it over the door. Weil-pouf!—
that’s over for to-day. I ’ll get n horn of ale: for our church
has no office of exorcism, and 1 hod to make up one as I went
along; nnd that was hard. - But—good Lord, that I should
forgot ’em — the pigs und the red cow : she ’ll be seeing ’em as
she goes by—and she ”-
Out he bustled in a greater hurricane than he had bustled in.
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE SQUIRES GREY MARK.
Francis Carew’s breakfast was anything but an agreeable one,
independently of Mrs. Drax’s air of injured propriety and the
chaotic condition of the room. He had to take stock of the
whole of a complicated situation at once: und, not being
trained to systematic thinking, his brain, none the better for
the blow which his head had given the floor last night, felt
painfully in want of oiling.
' ‘ Confound Sir Miles Heron! ” was the most obviousth ought,
and one that needed no search whatever to find. “ Whatever
scoundrel killed poor Derrick, it’s nil Sir Miles’s fuult that
the thing goes rolling on like a snowball. If he hadn’t sent
down that confounded keeper of his, I should have got to the
bottom of things all right enough—but what ’sto be done now ?
If that poor vagabond gets taken, lie ’ll swing for it its sure as
lie didn't do it, now that the fool has owned to it with his own
lips in Davis’s own ears. He’ll never get over a confession—
why I'd find him guilty myself, if X didn't know ’twn.s a lie.
And n lie told to save my own neck, that was in no dnnger—
Heaven knows why: but, by Heaven, the liar shall not
swing. . . . Though how I’m to save him—Heaven knows that,
too. Whatever happens to ino or him or any man, Mabel’s work
must be done. She gave/it me, God bless her, because I
wanted something hard. And now it ’s like enough I shall be
dragged off to Exeter for a witness or something—If I don’t
have to stand in the dock myself, side by side with Cowcumber
Jack : Parson Pengold’s all right, but, worse luck, he’s not the
only justice in Devon. A warrant will find its way into
Stoke Juliot, as sure os Davis is a bull-dog without a brain.”
However, this, though more or less sound in theory, was no
sort of practical conclusion. It was not practical to see that
while Mabel must bo obeyed at once at any cost, it was no less
imperative that he should not stir hand or foot on any earthly
service till the poacher could be seen through his peril. Some
may see duty in the last alone: but then they have never seen
Mabel Openshaw. It could be guessed by her knight nnd
lover that any law could be above her slightest word—Nance
Derrick knew him well. /
Breakfast over, he went with Ilia pipe for company into the
stable, whence his only horse had departed : blit it in nowise
helped him. Thence, after, a walk round, to see if anybody
happened to be about, he unlocked n shed that had been built
for a cow-house, locked it again behind him, and pulled him¬
self into a loft bv means of a broken ladder. 'Hie loft would
have been dnrk had the thatched roof been whole: but the
thatch let in the light, so that the place was only dim. In this
loft, outstretched upon a pile of not over-clean straw, lay the
poacher,' sleeping as no murderer surely ever slept, if sweet
sleep and a clean conscience are as true wedded lovers as men
say.
-A But presently, without needing a touch or a word to wake
him, the vngahond opened his eyes, and sat up wide awake nil
at ouce, without needing the preparation of n single yawn.
He even seemed alert and cheerful. But the next moment his
face clouded.
“ That comes of sleeping under a roof! ” said he. “ ’Tis
all one as if one was buried alive—I haven’t had a single
dream : or buried dead, that’d be, aud not with the sap sing¬
ing past one’s ears. And yet there’s foolish folk that sleep
under thatch or shingle whenever they can. No wonder it
blackens their hearts and bleaches their brains. ... No; I
can’t put up with sleeping without ever a dream again. If I
can’t sleep under the trees, I ’ll sleep under the ground. 'Well,
Squire—when ’a it to be?”
“ When ’8 what to be ? ”
“Why, when I’m to be run to earth. I’ve got a bit of
fancy, while I was lying here after you’d locked me up—that
I wouldn’t like to bo nailed up like a weasel on a keeper’s
gibbet, but given n start, nnd let run like n linrc. I don’t
mean the chance to get away ; but I’d sooner have a hare’s
death than a man’s: nnd a cock pheasant’s sooner than nil:
only we ’re made too foolish to fly. And one shoots a beast
or a bird all in love and friendship'; and because ’tis all their
own sport ns well ns cm's. I wonder, if I put it that way, if
the justices would turn me out in n wood—I’d show them ns
fine sport as any Jock-harp, aud like it, too.”
“Wemusn’t waste time on nonsense now,” said Francis.
“You are neither to lie shot nor hanged. Why you want to
be either, passes mo: but 1 ’in no hand at riddles, nnd so I’m
no hand at you. Do you know what a warrant is ? ”
“ What fool doesn’t know n Wnrrnn’ ? Why the roofs tho
rabbits sleep under—more fools they, when there’s the sky for
a roof to us all,” he said, looking ruefully at the hole in the
thatch. “Have you a pipe, Squire? I want to taste some¬
thing clean.”
“ A warrant’s an order that we must both obey. Hint
new keeper’s not likely to rest after last night’s work: not if I
know the man. Nor can I hide you here. They’ll search
every corner of the parish : and the woods would be less safe
for you even than ” -
“ No—never the woods again. The leaves are turned reel ;
nnd 1 don’t want the sort of dreams I’d get there now. For
God’s sake, Squire, don’t talk of the thing nor-the plnce-
again.”
“I’m hanged myself if 1 know what to do with you!”
said Francis, more than half angrily. “If you’d only not
told that lie — and you don’t seem to care. And I must leeva
Stoke Juliot: maybe for the other end of the world.”
The poacher lmd lighted his pipe by this time, had crossed
his legs, ond was smoking serenely, absorbed iu his curls of
smoke, os if he were an Oriental awaiting with equal
indiffermce the sentence of fate, whether it were to lx- a
sceptre or a bowstring.
No wonder, if this were his usual way of taking things,
that he had been christened with reference to his coolness:
though Francis was beginning to suspect that the soubriqmt
was not wholly deserved. .Still, there rould be no question of
the man’s entire coolness now, if it wore not indeed a quality
something less than human. lie certainly laid the gift of
sp.-ecli: yet he used it rather as some wild animal suddenly
rendered articulate might, than like a biped with n human
soul. Indeed Francis himself, without knowing it. now
instinctively regarded him in tlie light of some sylvan creature
of the chase, from whom( it would be absurd to look for
thought or reason. So they sat over against one another, one
on his straw divan, tho other on un did coin -chest: the
poacher frankly and passively letting his chosen master think
for him : Francis vainly endeavouring to think for two.
“ I’ve got it! ” exclaimed the poacher at last, in a tone of
triumph.
“Got it—got what?” asked Francis, hopeful, but utterly
surprised, so little'did he look to the other for light of any
kind.
“A rhyme V-a rhyme to ‘Hedgehog’: what I’ve been
hunting after since the last primrose went out ! ” said he.
I-’rancis was tpo utterly disgusted with the fellow’s un¬
seasonable levity to listen to the discovery of a rhyme to Hedge¬
hog : which is therefore lost to the world. So far hud hit
thoughts to wander iu their attempt to reconcile duty to his
liege lady with duty to a reckless and irresponsible vagabond,
that it would be waste of time to follow them further:
especially nsa much more important personage is wundering
further and further out of sight meanwhile.
Captain Quickset, though he had acquired the reputation of
r. poor horseman ns well as of a poor shot, and was probably
therefore ns great a contradiction to his reputation ns men
mostly are, certainly coutrived to ride the grey mare to
Barastapleat an exceedingly fair puce, and lost no time in seeing
Mr. Carew’s lawyer about that nine hundred nnd odd guineas.
The lawyer lifted his eyebrows a little: but it was not for a
country attorney to make remarks upon a young gentleman's
debts of honour: besides, he possessed the title-deeds of
Homncombe, knew them to be unexceptionable security, and
scented a mortgage on excellent temiH in the air. lie lmd
always supposed that such a beggar on horseback ns Squire
Carew would, as a matter of course, ride post-haste to the
usual place, and took for granted that this was the first stage.
Certuinly the sum was considerable: but it was obtained
without serious trouble, nnd the Captain rode off with heavy
pockets, having neglected notliing except the trifle of leaving
the grey marc at the inn.
Indeed, it wus on that identical grey marc that he again
took the road.
So much money in charge of a solitary traveller was of itself
equivalent to that blaek care who sits beliind the horseman.
For the roads were in those days not altogether ns free from
adventure as they have since become. So experienced a cam¬
paigner was not, however, to be taken unawares: so, with
characteristic daring, he privately armed himself with a needle,
safely stitched the notes inside the lining of an under waistcoat,
and only kept out sufficient to prevent the complete emptiness
of n traveller of good appearance from inviting closer inquiry.
Thus equipped, he proceeded, always on the grey mare nnd at
an easy pace, to Tiverton : thence to Taunton : thence to
Glastonbury: thence to Froiue : thence to Salisbury : thence
to Winchester. From Winchester, he started on the high road
to Southampton: colled a hnlt at Biehopstoke, where he let it
be known tliat he was Southampton bound : but, ns soon as
possible afterwards, struck into a by-road and travelled. north¬
ward, avoiding all the inhabited places he could, till he reached
Basingstoke, where— so skilled was he iu affairs where most
men fail—he sold the grey mare in open market lor fully ns
much as she was worth, and something over. From Basing¬
stoke he posteel to Dorking: thenco lie reached Tunbridge by
the public stage. So much easier nnd even quicker is it to
travel across the breadth of England than to travel, like
Francis Carew, from duty to duty, or, like Mnbcl Openshaw,
from one mind to another.
Arrived at Tunbridge (Old Tunbridge—not the Y.'olls), lie
betook himself to a rather humble lodging for a gentkman of
his distinction: a small, shabbily furnished room over a
draper’s, which served for pnrlour and bcd-chainlx r in one.
A couple of red herrings and a pot of ale were brought him by
a slatternly and slipshod maid, who, despite her want of
attraction, lie did not omit to chuck under the chin and send
away grinning— for the Captain was in truth a very Emperor
of hearts, and was perhaps a little weary of making love to
romantic country maidens who require some approach, to the
fine style. His "frugal supper over, he carefully < lorcd the
door, placed a chair against it for want of a bolt, unstitched
his notes, nnd counted them — what with free quarters at
llomnconibe, winnings that had been settled up at the time,
and the price of the grey mare, he wns the richer for his trip
into the country by considerably over n thousand pounds. The
process of reckoning lasted long, and evidently gave him nil
the enjoyment due to work well done. He did iiot return the
money to his person, but made up the notes into a roll, put the
gold into a leather bag, and banked both l ag nnd roll in the
most cunning of dark comers contrived nt the l ack of a corner
cupboard apparently stuffed with a lumber of odds nml ends,
into which Eve herself would not think of prying—odd gloves,
broken boot-jacks, empty ink-bottles, rusty mouse-traps,
mouldy biscuits, nnd a thousand nnd one items such as may
ncouinulntc in the worst regulated of bachelor rooms.
How he spent the rest of the evening is scarce matter for
inquiry. Tunbridge wns not a centre of dissipation on a
large scale, but it is n poor place that affords none for those
who know where to look for it; nnd Captain Quick* t evidently
knew very well. Were his proceedings described in detail,
they might just possibly be thought amusing: but only by
those who would enre to take part in them. Nevertheless, ho
got into no sort of trouble, fell into no silicic quarrel, spent
next to nothing, aud finally went home ana to bed in a con¬
dition that not even Mrs. Drnx herself could have regurded ns
Unix-coming a gentleman.
Nor was he lute next morning: but by nine o’clock, dressed
in n decent suit of brown, a quiikerish hut, mid the cleanest of
linen, presented himself at the office of Messrs. Ware, Smith,
nnd Ware, the principal attorneys in the town, who had si
connection with the gentry of the neighbrurhood, small in
amount, but of first-rate quality nnd profitable to correspond.
One could make an easy guess at the position held by the firm
from the fashion of its abode. So far from attracting notice,
it formed a mere off-shoot of the dwelling of the junior nnd
onlv surviving partner (for Wade the cider nnd Smith were
deud long ago)— a big brick house standing in four acres of
(Comtinutd ou page 310.J
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Sept. 27, 1884 .— 308
1. A Fur Merchant at Assouan.
2. The Nile, between Assouan and the First Cataract,
opposite the Convent of 8t. George.
3. Arabs of the Neighbourhood of Asaouau.
4. Ihihnbich awondfnr tlie Cataract by tho First Gate
6. Nile, near Hnoadiu (Nubia).
6. Doum Palm-trees at Kulabsheh (between Assouan and Korosk
7. View near Koro*ko.
8. Women and Children of Assouan.
0. The Nile, between Knlubshch and Koroalco.
THE EXPEDITION UP THE NILE : FROM ASSOUAN TO KOROSKO.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Skit. 27, 1884.— 309
WHAT'S O’CLOCK?
RUSTIC SPELLS.
Fortune-tolling, by the lauded tokens which some flowers and
pluuts are supposed to nllord of the coining events of life, more
especially of those affecting the happiness of lovers, lias pre¬
vailed among simple rustic folk in many countries, before the
institution of parish schools, which ought to tench them
better. The well-known sceuh ih Goethe's “ Faust,” where
poor Gretcheu pulls off the petuls of u flower, one by one, with
her anxious comment upon their number,>“ Er liebt midi—
hebt mich niclit," has irequently'been anticipated by English
pools or may even have been anticipated by some of them.
Miss Luudon — celebrated in her time ns ” L. E. L.,” describes
a maiden practising this mystic rite:-^
Now, gentle flower, I pray thee tell
If my love loves, atxi loves me well;
Now. I number the leaves for my lot;
I He loves not—he loves me—loves mo not—
\ He loves me—yes, thou lust leaf, yes !
I ’ll pinole thee not, for tiint sweet guess.
Mr. James Itussell Lowell, the present American Minister
in London, once sent, a dried flower from Rhineland to a
jonng Indy ucross the Atlantic, with the following sugges-
uqu| /
Perhaps, some fair-haired German maid
Hath rlurked one from the wlf-sumo stalk,
And numbered over, half afraid,
Its petals in her evening walk.
‘ Ho loves me, loves me not 1 ” she cries;
“ He loves ine more than earth or heaven ! "
And then triad tears have filled her eyes.
To tlnd the number was uneven.
And thou must count its petuls well,
Because it is a gift from me.
And the last one of nil shall tell
Something I've often told to thee.
'1 hese prescriptions for the floral soothsaying arc very explicit;
iu"i there are many grasses, as well ns flowers, that can bo
•sed for n similar purpose, us is done by the little girl iu
one of our Artist’s drawings. She, indeed, is too young
to be thinking very anxiously of a lover; but her
childish speculations, ns limy happen early in the
mind of her sex, turn upon what sort of dress she will have to
wear as a grown-up woman. “Silk—satin—cotton?’’ till the
list, twice or thrice repented, finally runs out with “rags,”
at the fatal enumeration of the lust tiny shoot on the slender
stalk of gruss. The boy, on his way to school, having loitered
perhaps too long in the tempting ficld-puth, only wants to
know what o’clock it is; or, us children say, when they ask
you to look at your watch for them, “ Giui you tell me the
right time?” lie lias a notion of finding the hour of the day
by blowing off the downy seed-curriers of the dandelion; but
his elder sister, if she be a real North Country lass, could
make the dandelion, or hnwkweed, give her much more in¬
teresting information. It would tell her, if she hus a lover,
not only whether he cares for her, but where he is, east or
west, north or south, and when lie is coming to her. There
are a great variety of such fond superstitions, ns those of the
four-leaved shamrock in Ireland, and the poppy of Sicilian
Theocritus; but the young people are now expected to be much
wiser than of yore.
SKETCHES OF THE UPPER NILE.
The scenery up the river from Assouan to Korosko, half way
between the First mid the Second Cataract, passing out of Egypt
and into the Nubian Desert, will strike the attention of our British
soldiers, as Lord Wolscley’s force goes up, with a peculiarly
strange aspect, differing extremely from the vast cultivated
plains of the Lower Nile. The town of Assouuu, with its
motley population of Egyptians, Arabs, and Negroes of
the Soudan, collected at this important river - port for
purposes of trade, has been repeatedly describea. Our
Artist has first sketched the portrait of a negro merchant
dealing iu furs, and some groups of Arabs, women,
and children, whom lie saw ia the neighbourhood of Assouan.
The series of rapids called the First Cataract, above the isle
of I’hiliP, where the stream is impeded by numerous rocks and
boulders of dark granite, making the ascent very difficult oven
at high water, and the descent frequently perilous at certain
passages called the “ Gates,” will be avoided by the use of a
short line of railway, which 1ms been completed and put in
order for the service of the military expedition. One of our
Sketches gives a view of the part known us the “ First Gate,”
nearest to Assouan, with a “dalmbieh,” or Egyptian sailing-
barge, commonly used by tourist parties, slowly making
its way through comparatively tranquil pools. It will
have to be hauled and pulled, by a hundred noisy Arabs,
up the narrow nud tortuous passages a few miles higher
up the river, before safely arriving at Mahattali, the port on
the southern or Nubiuu side of this formidable burner to
navigation. The banks of the Nile, immediately above
Assouan, assume a character quite unlike that of any
scenery fn Egypt; the granite rocks, with lofty sandstone
cliffs rising behind them on the eastern side, huve a
stem aud savnge look seeming to forbid the further
Hdvnnce of civilised man; and even where they begin to
disappear, the river gliding more gently through beds of
golden sand, only a narrow strip of verdure, with a few doum
palms and other trees close to the water’s edge, is left to
interrupt the glaring sterility of the eastern and western
deserts. The present series of Sketches does not go beyond
Korosko, where the desert path leaves the Nile for Abu llumed
uud Berber. j.
The Homers’ Company, which hns an interesting collection
on view iu the Old London Street at the International Health
Exhibition, is circulating a Brief History of tli& Horuero’
Company of the City of Loudon.
SILK? SATIN? COTTON? RAGS 1
310
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
SEPT. 27, 1884
land within n high brick wall, nntl approached by a short
avenue of elms with real rooks in them There was a separate
office door, but it was in a back lane, and only to be discovered
by the remotest accident or by the most familiar knowledge.
A solitary middle-ugctl clerk was seated in an outer.office
that any less substantial firm would have scorned, when the
Captain entered from the door in the back lane.
('nptain Quickset nodded airily. “ Old Ware ini'" asked he.
“Mr. Ware, Junior, is in, Mr. Quickset.” said the clerk,
dwelling upon tho Mr. in each case in manner that was in
itself a rebuke, and with anything but cordiality in his
pomposity. “ We have l>een thinking you a long time gone.”
“Then you’ve been thinking just about right, Meadows:
I have been a long time gone. But you'd have been a
longer.”
"I don’t know about that, Mr. Quickset. Where*ve you
been?"
“ What—don’t you know, Meadows. Why, I thought you
knew more of Ware, Smith, and Ware than Ware, Smith, and
Ware themselves. But, ns it seems you don’t—why, just go
nnd tell old Ware I want to sec him; and look sharp, Meadows,
please.”
“Go and tell Mr. Wore, Junior, your business yourself,”
said the. clerk, wrnthfully. ‘‘And I beg you ’ll remember that
I *m Mr. Meadows—mind that: Mr. Meadows before you
were bom, nnd may be after you’ve been lm”-
“ Had up to receive the honours due to my conspicuous
services—quite so. I wish you may live half as long. Well,
as you won’t do your own work, I must do yours, nud see if
tho master's got better manners than the man," and he pre¬
pared to tap at the inner door.
“I wouldn’t advise you to walk in there, as if ’twns a
tavern parlour," said Mr. Meadows.
“So why? Doesn't old Ware keep good tipple? lie
ought to”--
“ Because l >lo happen to know that Mr. Ware, Junior, ia
very particularly engaged. So you’d beat wait till you’re
sent for. young Sir.”
“ Oh ! And who’s the particular engagement, pray? That
mostly means a pretty girl. Well, I did not think that of old
Ware’. And—oh, you hardened old sinner, to guard the
door 1 ”
“’TisSir Miles Hemn, Baronet, of Wrenslmw-There
“ -Man alive, why didn’t you tell me so before ? Wlint—my
friend, old Miles? The very man I want to see.” Without
more than the most formal of taps, nud senree waiting for an
answer, he opened the door of the inner office and went in.
“ And I’ve been thirty-eight years in the office,” $ rowlcd
Mr. Meadows, “nnd I wouldn’t dare walk into that room like
that—no: not for fifty pounds. A pretty world it *s getting,
when nil impudent scamp's set to business that an honest man
mustn’t know. All the same, I wouldn't be an impudent
scamp—no. not to know even - secret in Kent,” added he.
And, to do him justice, he could not have been one, even if he
had tried.
[To k continued.)
Viscount Hampden’s Sussex herd was disposed of last week
nt Glynde, the noble Lord explaining that he was advised his
fur n was unsuited to the breeding of stock.
Mr. J. A. Hem-son, R.N., of the Royal Naval College,
(treemvieh, lias been appointed Professor of Engineering nt
the Royal Indian Civil Engineering College, Cooper’s-liill, in
succession to Professor Unwin, lately appointed to the City
Guilds Technical institute, South Kensington.
The following is the prize-list for session 1883-4 nt the
Royal Naval College, Greenwich:—General proficiency, first
prize, £100, Lieutenant H. E. Purey-Cust; second. £80, Com¬
mander J. E. T. Nicolla, R. N\; third, £50, Commander U. It.
Miu-onocliie, K.N. ; best examination for Gunnery Lieutenant,
£80, Lieutenant T. B. S. Aduir, R.N. ; best examination for
Torpedo Lieutenant, £80, Lieutenant L. Bayly. There were
six prizes for proficiency in the following subjects:—Pure and
applied mathematics, £50, standard not readied ; physics and
chemistry, £50, standard not reached; navigation, nautical
astronomy, and marine surveying, £50, standard not reached ;
marine engineering and naval architecture, £50, Captain R. 1).
King, R. N.; fortifications nud other military subjects. £50,
standard not reached; foreign languages, £50, Captain G.
Skipwitli, K.M.L.I.
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.1 K (.South llamn-trod). F.nimo (Darllnclon). II A I* S t# Seymour C Bar agli. Ikn
Nevl*. C 8Coke. 8 Pitrmnt, E Ourlla i I'arla). II lllackall. Kitlcn. B Ur*y. (' ii»>»,.|.i.
I. Fob-on (Antwerp), luplter Junior,C II S itl.M.S Aaial. N 8 llarrli-. II II Nutm,
K () Paralo*. A M Culo'nr. Julia Short. Pilgrim. It lllnrklork. (Ilto Filldar Ghent),
It I. Southwell,(i 8 Oldllcld. II Itrevo, Her W An eraon .Old llomneyi Plrxiin. \
W Scrultoo. A barber#. H Waidell, L I.Greenaway. W 1 f 11 Her. \v Morllng. T Wxtkina.
Calvert. JIiml*i, E louden, I. chorawood, Ernr-t Slmrawo-d. II Jtnnii. I. Wyman.
John Uodgann. Alpha. Conger. S ilullrn. N It Mullen, (i W Law. E K II. Heine II
Weal gate. K M (Edlnbu'gli). T (» (Ware). Captain BaMuck. E I. 0. W KManl.x,
Tbomaa (ialfakin Junior. Ilughrndrn. M OTIallnran. II Hrewa>er, Jamea Pilkuiut n.
Hex-ward, W Warren, Sliaufortb, W Biddle. D W Kell, and F Pino Junior.
Solution of Pkoblk* No. 2M1.
WHITE.
1. Kt to K 8th
2. Mates accordingly.
BLACK.
Any move
PROBLEM No. 2114.
By J. H. BlaCKBLIINK.
White to play, and mate in three moves.
Our problem this week is an amended version of No. 2101. Mr. Blaekbume
has taken some trouble to reco mtnict the position, nnd hopes it will now
hold its iiwu uKuinst ourcorpu of solvers.
A pretty porit on from Paris, by way of Prague. It is the composition
Of M. Kaiel Miikovxky, and was published in the Pateirelc:—
White: IC nt <4 R 2nd, (J at K »q, Kts at U K 4th and Q Kt8th, B at
Ii Kt 4t.li, Pawn nt U It .ird. iSi x pieces.)
niack: K at Q Kt4th. Kt nt Q 6th, Pawns at Q R 4th and Q, 4th.
"White to play, nnd mate in two moves
We arc informed that a fsi-ndly challenge ha* liecn given by Mr. Thorold
to the ,l(ev Mr. Wayte, the first prize winner in the last tourney of the
Counties Che<s Association -to play a match of seven games up. without
oouminjr draws. Hj/Wayte lias accepted the rfdjf, and the match will bo
contested eluting the nexi Christmas vacation.
'"A-watch between twelve of the St. George’s Chtms Club, Birmingham,
anil a like number of members of the R'ourbridgc Chess Club was played on
the 13th lost. It resulted in a victory for the latter with a scoicof l«l to 14$.
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will (dated Jan. 23, 1878), with two codicils (dated Aug.20,
1880, and May 20, 1881), of tho Right Hon. Susan, Baroness
North, late of Putuey-hiil, Putney, of Wroxton Abbey, near
Ilanbury, and of No. lf>, Arlingtuu-street, Piccadilly, who
died on March 5 Inst, has been proved by Colonel John Sidney
North, the husband, nnd sole executor, the value of the per¬
sonal estate amounting to over £1-1,000. The testatrix charges
the trust funds under her marriage settlement with £10,4)00
in favour ol her husband, nnd she leaves him, for life, her free¬
hold house in Arlingtou-street. The service of gold plate,
formerly the property of the Earl of Guilford, she bequeaths
to her sou, William Henry John, who succeeds to the barony;
and there are annuities (to be paid out of her settled real
estate) nnd legacies to Into and present servants nud others.
The residue of her property she gives to her husband.
The will (duted June 30, 1870) of I<ndy Isabella Clarissa
Russell, Into of Woburn, Beds, who died on June 10 last, wns
proved on tho 30th ult, by Lord Charles Jninc< Fox Russell,
the husband, nnd sole executor, the personal estate being
sworn under a nominal sum. The tcslntiix appoints to her
husbiuul, for life, the whole income of tho rosiuimry estate 'of
her late uncle, Mr. Henry Seymour, and which under his will
is held, upon ttnst, for her. At her husband’s death she
appoints, out of tho said trust funds, £ 12,005 to her daughter,
Mrs. Clarissa Elizabeth Windham; »uch sum as, with the u a
settled on him on his marriage, will make up £15,000, to h r
son the Rev. Henry Charles Russell; and the remainder of
the said trust funds between her son, George William Erskiiie
Russell, and her said daughter, Mrs. Windham.
Letters of administration of the personal estate of the
Right Hon. Sir Laurence l’eel, P.C., D.L., D.C.L., late of
Garden Reuch, Yentnor, Isle ol Wight, who died on July 22
last, without leaving any will, and without having been
married, were granted on’ the 8th inst. to Edmund Peel, the
nephew, the value of the personal estate exceeding £3000.
The personalty becomes divisible between his sisters nnd the
children of his deceased brothers mid sisters.
The will (dated July 17, 1880) of Mr. Caledon I)u l'r6
Alexander, late of No. 30, llelgravu-square, who died on
July 18 lust, was proved on the 5th inst. by Sirs. Anna
Caroline Morton Alexander, the widow, Francis Alexander
and Harvey Alexander, the sons, the executors, the value bf
the personal estate amounting to upwards of £117,000. Ihe
testator leaves £1000, his leasehold residence in Belgrave-
square, with the stables, mid all his linen, china, glass, wines,
household stores, horses nnd carriages, to hiu wile ; his plate,
jewellery, race-cups, books, pictures, u»d prints, to his wife,
for lile, ami then to his son Francis; to each ol his servants
who have been in his service twenty yeura, £200; those wlio
have been in his Service ten years, £100; and to those who
have been in his service five years, £50. He makes up tlic
income of his wife, with what she is entitled to under their
nmrringe settlements, to £5000 per annum, and lie bequeaths
annuities to his daughters and younger tons during the life¬
time of his wife. On the death of his wife lie bequeaths
£12,000, upon trust, for each of his daughters, Mary. Louisa,
Margaret, and Evelyn, to be reduced to £10,000 on their re¬
spective marriages, his other daughters having been provided
for on their marriages; £25,000 to his son Harvey; and
£15,000 each to his two sons William Mark and Reginald.
The residue of his real and personal estate he gives to his said
son Francis.
The will (dated Aug. 16, 1883) of Mr. John Whecley
Bevington, late of No. 2, Brunswick-terrnce, Hove, Sussex,
who died oil the 10th ult., was proved on the 27th ult. by Mrs.
Eliza Bevington, the widow, and Herbert Shelley lleviugtoii,
the nephew, the executors, the value of tlm personal estate
exceeding £57,000. The testator bequeaths his furniture,
household effects, the cash at his bunker’s, his life policy for
£2000, with the bonuses, nnd an immediate legacy of £500, to
his wife; £2000 to Iris daughter, Mrs. Eliza Jane Upton; nud
£200 to his executor, Mr. if. S. Bevington. The residue of his
real and personal estate is to be held, upon trust, for his wife,
for life, and then for his children, Timothy Bevington, Mrs.
Upton, und Mrs. Mary Anne Quitter, in equal shares.
Major-General Hutchinson on the 18th inst. inspected the
new portion of the Inner Circle Railway, find arrangements
are being innde for the opening of the line on Oct. 1.
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311
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
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“ I hnvo attentively examined the beautiful piano* of Messrs. John Brinsraead and Sons. I consider them to
be exceptional in the ease with which gradation* of sound can bo produced, from the softest to the most powerful
tones. These exoollcnt pianos merit the approbation of nil artists, os the tone is full as well as sustained, and the
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JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONSI'H^wis^vSC^™"
312
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
8EFT. 27, 1881
67,
IMPORTANT _S TOO K SALE.
OETZMANN & CO.,
69, 71, 73, 77, & 79, HAMPSTEAD-ROAD, near Tottenham-court-road,
ARE NOW OFFERING FOR SALE AT THEIR SHOW-ROOMS A PORTION v OF THE SUPERIOR AND WELL-SELECTED
it
LONDON,
STOCK OF THE “LONDON LOUVRE”
(LATE D. B. JOHNSTONE and CO., of 232 to 270, EDGWARE-ROAD), Sold consequent npon Expiration of Lease, together with the
STOCKS OF TWO LARGE MANUFACTURERS,
PURCHASED FOR CASH, AND THE WHOLE OF WHICH WILL BE SOLD OFF AT PRICES CONSIDERABLY BELOW VALUE.
THE STOCKS COMPRISE AN IMMENSE ASSORTMENT OP SUPERIOR AND WELL-SEASONED CABINET FURNITURE, BEDSTEADS, BEDDING. CARPETS, RUGS,
LINOLEUM, CURTAINS AND CURTAIN MATERIALS. TABLE COVERS. BLANKETS. QUILTS. SHEETINGS. TABLE LINEN, FENDERS, FIRE-IRONS, TABLE
CUTLERY AND ELECTRO-PLATE. LAMPS. CLOCKS, BRONZES, PICTURES, VASES; DINNER, DESSERT*AND TEA AND TOILET SERVICES, TABLE GLASS, ftc.
Messrs. Oktzmasn, in announcing this important Stock Sale, beg to say tlmt the goods will be offered at such prices as cannot fail to insure a speedy clearance, and would therefore
respectfully solicit au early visit. Families Furnishing or Replenishing, Hotel-Keepers, and Large Buyers will find great advantage in purchasing from these Stocks.
The SALE WILL COMMENCE at TEN O'CLOCK each Day. Deliveries by onr Vans to every part of Town or Snbnrhs. G oods for the Country packed and delivered free to the London Termini.
COVENTRY CHAIR”
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ARTISTIC WINDOW-BLINDS.
SHOW-ROOMS, 81b, Ct. Portlano-st.. w.
Where may be seen in complete working order Blinds of
every description, including
THE NEW EMPIRE BLINDS,
Thun, and Charmingly Decorated,
IN NUMEROUS NEW DESIGNS.
FESTOON BLINDS,
Silk and Sateen.
ART PRINT BLINDS,
LEADED GLASS BLINDS,
NIPON DWARF BLINDS,
OUTSIDE SUN-BLINDS,
AWNINGS, &c.
Samples and Price-Lists post-free.
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ESTIMATES (in London) GRATIS.
BEETHAM’S
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Is the most Perfect Emollient Milk for PRESERVING
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la a perfectly Pure and Harmless Toilet Powder which
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impart that Beautiful Bloom to the Complexion which
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FOR LADIES' DRESSES.
TO BE HAD IN MANCHESTER.
LEWIS’S, in MARKET-STREET. MANCHESTER,
are the manufacturers of fine, first-class Velveteens,
which aro now known /At over the world. They are
fast pile and fast dyed, and every inch is guaranteed.
If n dress should wear badly cr be in any respect faulty,
LEWIS’S will give a new dress for nothing at nil, and
pay the fuU cost for making and trimming. The prico
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beautiful Colours now worn, i»2s. * J‘ or< L T bis quality
Velveteen is sold by the best drapers at 3s. 6d., 4s. «d.,
and 56. 6d. » yard. The public, although they don’t
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between the manufacturer's price nnd the price the
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DOUBLE-KNEE STOCKINGS.
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IN THE BATTLE OF THIS LIFE, “THE DRYING UP A SINGLE TEAR
HAS MORE OF HONEST FAME THAN SHEDDING SEAS OF GORE”
WARN
What is more terrible than War?
Outraged Nature.
She kills and kills, and is never tired of killing till she has taught man the
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ZULU WAR.-Surveying the Maputa River.
TM PORT ANT TO TRAVELLERS AND ALL
1 LEAVING HOME FOR A CHANGE.—“ Winchester, July 13, 1884.
Kir,—I write to tell you what your FRUIT SALT has done for me. During
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SI 4
“ In this age,” said Southey, “ when a person of any
notoriety dies they lose us jittlo time in making a book of
him ns they used to do in making a mummy." This is
oven truer now than when the statement was made, some
sixty years ago. The bookmaker follows the undertaker
like the funeral baked meats which coldly furnished forth
tho marriage-table of Hamlet’s mother, Thcro are, how¬
ever. notable exceptions to the rule, nnd thi< week Mr.
Traill gives to the public tho first biography of S. T.
Coleridge hitherto published. In saying this, wo do not
forget tollman's abortive attempt, which, as Christopher
North said, was deader than a door-nail; nor tho brief
biography prefixed to a recent edition of tho poet's works.
Mr. Traill's critical life, short though it must necessarily
be, will give an independent estimate of a consummate
poet and of a Christian philosopher whose influence on
tho thought of the age has boon largely felt. To judge of
Coleridge fairly and generously will neo 1 sympathy us
well us knowledge. Some day, the subject may bo treated
on tho scale it deserves; meanwhile, this miniature bio¬
graphy in the series of “ English Men of Letters,” will bo
read with the keenest interest.
portation might cause u panic in the false huir market.
The supply would not equal the demand, and prices would
rise enormously. Wigs are things that, onco affected,
cannot easily be done without. It would be pitiable to
think even of a bald-headed damo who for years had
indulged in a new chestnut coloured “ front ” every
quarter, and who set by a certain portion of hor incomo
to ]>ay for it, suddenly discovering that the luxury was
no longer within her m> ans, and that she had to grow old
“in a single night." Emigration to China would be tho
only available remedy.
Tho disgraceful conduct of tho mob towards the fol¬
lowers of Whitefiolil and Wesley in the iast century is
equalled by tho nibble who in the present day pursue tho
Salvation Army in Worthing. Relig.ous processions may
ho inexpedient, but so long as they are allowed by the
Legislature it is intolerable that what Lamb called “ the
sweet security of streets" should ho made insecure by
lawlosirullians. Anarchy has been allowed to gain tho
ascendancy at Worthing, and, it is to bo feared, has not
yet reached its culmination. Mob law grows by what it
feeds on, and it is evident that ever)’ successful raid will
add to the difficulties of the magistrates, and to tho
weakness of the police.
Who does not know the pretty little blue iridescent
butterflies which figure on sprays of urtificial flowers?
They are popularly supposed to be natives of Mexico, but
are in reality blue Iloplies, and are collected in tho
Pyrenees and on the banks of the Loire. As long ago as
18(H a distinguished naturalist observed how very plentiful
they were in that district, especially during the sunny
hours between ten and five. lie distributed little boxes to
the peasants, and promised to buy all the Iloplies they
could collect. This was the beginning of a largo business,
and there wero speedily several houses in Paris which sold
from 500,OUU to a million of thoso insects annually. They
wore then worth from ten to twenty-tivo francs per
thousand, but the price lias now fallen to two fiancs fifty
centimes, or about two shillings.
No less than £100,000 in gold was sent out to Lord
Wolseley Inst week in the Australia. It was packed in
strong boxes about a foot long, each of which contained
•100 sovereigns. Forty or fifty of these were lifted on board
at a time in largo baskets and 6 hot down into tho hold like
so many blocks of coal. This money is for tho pay of tho
troops in Egypt and tho hire of native auxiliaries.
£150,000 wus at the same time shipped fot India in tho
Oilman, a splendid new vessel, which, like the Australia
and tho Deccan, belongs to the Peninsular ancLUnental
Company.
the owner wero wicked enough to hot) at odds of thirty to
one against her at starting. Take the French horse
Pulestro, again, who won tho Cambridgeshire in 1801 ;
there wero serious thoughts of making him into dog's-
meat when ho was a yearling, and lie was sold for the
number of francs that go to iniikuupnpultry sixteen guineas.
Yet tho Gormans, of all peoplo in tho world, were fain to
purchase him from tho Freucli fora sire; and from them
ho was purchased by the Austro-Hungarians. Put neither
Germans nor Austro-Hungarians hint much joy or profit
of him. Still, it ull goes to show what a lottery is the
purchasing of thoroughbreds, and how much more chance
there would seem to ho of making a hit by “ taking a
quantity” cheap (with judgment), than by giving a small
fortune for a single yearling. No doubt there will he the
in tiio expenso of keeping tho “ quantity ” ; hut not for long, per¬
haps—u selection would s 6 qtf^>no wquld think, ho possible.
The parish of West Horndon, it appears, had hut one
voter until very lately, when that single one moved into
another parish, and West Ilomdoh was left voteless. This
is very sad, no doubt; hut it was. still sadder in the
" good old times/’ when the parish might have been a
borough and the single voter might have returned his
two members' to serve in Parliament, and might have made
a very fair income out of it.
“ Do mortuis nil ni§i bonum” is a kindly injunction
which, of course, does not always hind everybody. For
instance, a very well known gentleman, the Rev. Mr.
Ward, an almost life-long resident in Cambridge, has
just died, and to the announcement of liis death was
appended tlm-following equivocal remark:—“ Although
tho deceased had a vicarage in tho town, his timo during
the post few years has been wholly devoted to tho in¬
terests of Alio C.U.C.C.” Bo it noted that Mr. Ward
Miis President and Treasurer of tho Cambridge University
'Ctwkc*
Mrs. Fletcher, an American medium, having spent a
year in a London prison for the cause, as she assorts, of
Spiritualism, docs not seem to have had a bad time of it.
The spirits brought her flowers, they carried her to seo
her husband in America, leaving her body in tho prison,
and had hard work to make her return to it; they gave
her pencils nnd sheets of note-paper, carried a letter to
Calcutta and brought hack an answer within forty-eight
hours, and actually abstracted a letter from the mail-bags
in order to take it to its destination more speedily. Tins
was not all. These friendly spirits offered to unlock her
door and convey her to freodom over a wall thirty feet
high. The lady, however, declined the proposal, and was,
we think, wise in doing so.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie declares in his lively volume,
“ Round the World,” that every commoner in England is
insulted by the existence of an aristocracy. It makes his
blood boil, and if he had his way, ** neither king, queen,
prince, nor lord, should live in our native isle.” Mr.
Carnegie is a Republican, and can tolerate no social
inequality save that founded upon learning. Unfortunately
for the consistency of human nature, Mr. Carnegie taep’s
a conch, as Mr. William Black and Mr. Matthew Arnold
can testify, and if Carlyle’s dictum be true, that mankind
is divided into those who keep gigs and those who keep
thorn not, the possession of a coach and four makes a
difference between tho owner find the rider in a penny
omnibus as wide as that between a lord and commoner.
To see “ an American four-in-hand” dash by while sitting
modestly on a knifebonrd upsets altogether the pretty
theory we are ull so fond of cherishing, that “ ono man
us good as another, and a great deal better.”
Tho beautiful bead embroidery on net, so much in
vogue for wedding and hall drosses, is all lunid-mudcanl
imported; hut if workers could only ho found, ifcndglit
he done more advantageously here. It is quite; dm wing- _ w _ _ #
room work, and ladies might do it at their o\Vn homes at would hardly answer in London, for telegrams do not
w"..”.prices. Taste, exactitude, quickness, and- always bring pleusaut tidings that people would cure to
Germany has set a good example to our Post-Ofliee
authorities, but it is doubtful whether they’ have confidence
ugh to follow it. In Germany telegrams may he
pdsted in pillar letter-boxes to he paid for by tho re¬
cipients. However great the convenience, the system
remunerative _
the peculiar knack of making tho embroidery look as
if it hud never been touched by luunls/are Yfequirpd, and
surely there must be some dainty workers whb possess
these qualifications. Some energetic woman might con¬
stitute herself a head centre, anil give the iVprk out
and take it in again. Skilful hands wottkLW able to
produce half a yard per day of many patterns, though of
course tho quantity would vary according to width and
elaborateness. But it would be useless for ladies to fancy
that tlu-y could do it in tluyyntervals of lawn-tennis and
gossip, they must bo prepared to.regard it as a serious
business, and their pinploj’eis must be able to rely on them,
and know that they will put on extra Steam at a pinch
when business is pressing, and money to be earned.
To our already long list of/( qlogies,” another has just
been added, and it naturally springs from German soil.
The new science is called -shoeology, and its high priest is
a follower of iSf. j/riSpin. He delineates character after
inspecting shoes that have been worn for a few weeks, and
declares tlplt if heel and too have been trodden evenly the
owner is an energetic pistil of business or a good wife and
mother. If uwAcrfOe worn on the outer edge, it
shows eccentricity in"man, or love of adventure and an
original mind in \vomam >If worn away on tho inner edge,
it Uciiotha niasciiliue feebleness or feminine modesty. It
S is said that practical Teutons matrimonially inclined have
hpiuidtnowiK to submit the shoes of rival fair ones to this
rof 6 $sur(i}f M shoeology ” before committing themselves
y ]X>itpmg the question.
pay for. For instance, a telegram from a stockbroker
that Unifieds had gone up and money made would be
gladly taken in, hut if the news were disastrous tho po.-t-
mon might he met with the reply, “ opened in error, not
for me.” All sorts of complications might arise. How
dreadful it would he to be culled upon to pay a shilling for
the news that your daughter had eloped, or that your sou
had been plucked for his littlo go. There are certain
telegrams whose very nature suggests payment by tho
sender, so perhaps it will he as well not to borrow the new
invention from our Teutonic neighbours.
The Rugby colony in Tennessee seems to be getting
over its difficulties, as the litigation respecting the validity
of lund titles 1ms been decided in its favour. The colony
now consists of 1*55 persons, and tho foundation of
its public school is contemplated. The head master has
been already chosen, and his name—Thomas Arnold Wise,
is suggestive, to say the least of it. “ To till the ground
and to keep it, is the chief duty and delight of man,” says
Professor ltuskin, and the New Rugbeians seem to he of
his opinion, for they are making a huge fruit and vege¬
table garden of the 35,000 acres of land in their possession.
If Utopia ever is to he realised on the face of the globe, it
ought to ho on this estate in Tennessee.
The Germans are beginning to mark their acquisi
of Alsace in the most decisive manner possible. \The-scouts and food. Every Celestial grave was ,
new buildings for the University at S.rasbourg are illct!me paper, joss-sticks, and* 9 roast pig.
complete, and w.ll he opened by the Emperor WH^m ln in.ta.ieo Mm pig was a whole one. weighing a
person the week after next. Nor is this all; forsome^oiK
the Impi-ti il family will henceforth live in thetpWn cele^
hruted for goose-liver pics a few monthsjn every year.
A magnificent palace is boing built fori their accom¬
modation, at a cost of a quarter of a ngllipn^pbuhds
sterling. It will stand in an enoriHous park, and tw stylo
oi architecture is nicdimvnl Italian\\T^a^citamhsFronch
tieoplo will indeed think that the'improvement of their
lute property is adding insult to injury.
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An unappreciative dramatic critic once suggested that
“ Hamlet” would bo a better play without Hamlet at all.
Perhaps had lie lived in these days lie Would be surprised
to hear of an innovation not Unito so destructive, as the
'withdrawal of the Prince of Denmark f£om the trnsredv
named after him.
N&w York was greatly interested a week or two ago
\ Hiy the doings of the Chinese colony, who curried out their
i^Xphtiouul custom of anuuully providing their dead with
decorated
In ouo
. w weighing about two
undrod pouuds, and browned and spiced to a nicety.
Aftor lying on tho grave for an hour exposed before the
spirits of tho dead, it was taken hack to tho family abode,
cut up into 3 lb. portions and sold. The sending of
BvrVaut-sto tho departed is typified by cutting out men and
women in paper, writing messages and fastening them to
the bauds of these durnij servitors, which are then burned
in a circle of sacrifices, while tho bystanders repeat " Here
are the servants who will wait upon thee.”
vival of *■ Hamlet” at
presence of the Ghos
of course, but ho will-
also will be an original _ __
hint from the recent succe:
Like It,”
the garden/not in the
been represented-
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Mr. \Vilson^arrct4 proposes, on the ro-
Theatre, to omit tho
is voice will be heard
The playhouse scone
glish stage. Tuking a
rformance of “As You
Ouse scone will bo in
has always previously
The Frenchmen appear to bo very sanguine at present
about their prospects in tho imminent Second October
Meeting at Xfowmarket. They babblo of Alr. Lcfcvre’s
Alchiduc for the Cosarewituh and M. A. Lupin’s
Xaintrailles for tho Middle Park Plate. Certainly
M. Lupin, if any Frenchman, deserves to have a big
success on our turf. Still, wo have not all of us our
deserts, as was painfully evident to unfortunato Baron
Bohicklor at tho lute First October Meeting, when his
*’ Sceptre ” departed—the worse for wear—from our shores.
Several German newspapers are laughing about tho
Peace Congress held at Bomo last August, and point to
the activity existing in tho Krupp establishment ut Essen.
More than 20,000 men uro occupied in the workshops in
the manufacture of the different kinds of guns. This great
fii in possesses several mines of its own, some of which are
situated in Spain. Four ocean 8 team-ships, twenty-eight
locomotives, and eight hundred nnd eighty-three railway
trucks complete this formidable stock, constructed for the
sou- purpose of exterminating tho human ruco.
It is curious to observe how badly off the French
Turf appears to lie for young siros. At tho races the other
day in the Bois de Boulogne it was noticed that all tho nix
events were won by “Benjamins”; that is, by sons or
(laughters of very old sires—namely, Well Off, son of
Plutus (twenty-one years old); Master Albert, another son
of Plutus; Tho Cuudor, son of Dollar (twenty-four);
Eohaloto, daughter of Vermout (twenty - three);
Escogiiffe, son of Caterer (twenty-five); unit Salome,
daughter of Macaroni (an English sire, however—
twenty-four). Thoroughbred sires, nevertheless, do
not seem to live quite so long nowadays as they
were wont to live: in 1800, or thereabouts, there were in
Lord Lonsdale's stud at Lowthcr, Westmorland, six sires
whose ages amounted to one hundred and forty-four years,
and two of them, Ajax and Pleader, were respectively
twenty-nine and thirty years old. Lord Rocking¬
ham's Sampson lived to thirty-two, in 1777, and Hr.
Fenwick’s famous Match’em to thirty-three in 1781.
Mr. Pickwick’s cab-horse was said to have been forty-two ;
but the statement was made under excitement, and,'
besides, it is not known that the horse was thoroughbred.
Ruhon 8 /t^o-great<w 0 rk 8 , the one of himself, wife, and
child, and the other of himself and wife, were purchased
froiuMhi Duke of Mail ho rough by Baron Alphonse Roths¬
child, of Paris, for fifty thousand pounds !
-
Who, having,/ seen a real live Chinaman, or even a
picture of one on a tea-tray, could have imagined that
celestial heads supplied Europe with false hair? Now
that this has been publicly announced, there might be a
memorial signed l»y ladies only anil addressed to the
French Chambers praying that hostilities with China
should cease, so that there he no cessation of tho export
of that necessary material. A great decrease in the im-
Thc Cambridgeshire will soon he upon us; and among
the winners of that race are one or two cases very in¬
structive to purchasers who give large sums of money for
yearlings. Take The Widow, the winner in 1847. She
was, first of all, given away by the Marquis of West¬
minster, her breeder, to his steward, Mr. Taylor, who sold
hor for ton sovereigns to Mr. Soames, who sold her for
twenty-five sovereigns to Mr. Balchin, who rode hor as a
hack, She never had a hit iri her mouth, it is said, till
she was four years old; she never ran a race in public till
she was “ aged” (that is, seven years old), in 1840; and
the very next year, after passing from hand to hand, she
won the Cambridgeshire for Mr. Leigh. It is truo that,
as Mr. Bright said of the young nobleman’s ancestors who
“came over with tho Conqueror," she “ never did any¬
thing else,” at least to.speak: of; hut then the Cambridge- whatever is charged by the'i^val* Acmlemyfor an™k
shire was worth about £1 ,00, to say nothing of bets (if of art disposed of within the walls of Burlington House
air. James, M.P., it appears, is very much attached to
fox-hunting, and hu “reason why” is, according to tho
newspapers, “ because ho believes it to he a thoroughly
democratic sport.” Mr. James must he ono of those
credulous people who will believe anything. It would be
interesting to know what ho believes to be a thoroughly
aristocratic sport. Perhaps, football or knurr and spell.
Our attention has been called to a Note which ap¬
peared in our issue the week before lust, stating, among
other matters, that a commission is charged to artists on
sales effected at Burlington House. The writer of this
note had certainly been misinformed. No commission
OCT. 4, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
315
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
An esteemed friend, whose politics are Liberal, wrote to me
the other day to ask whether I could suggest to him any¬
thing “ fresh and spicy”—that was his exact expression—to
introduce into a speech which he wiw about to make on the
Franchise Bill. “ I can’t think of anything," he plaintively
added, “ that has not been said at least fifty times within the
last fortnight. Do try to help us out of the difficulty.” Now,
“fresh and spicy ” quotations are not in my line. There is
nothing new and little spicy (out of Java) under the sun ; but
I happened to have brought my “ A ” commonplace book (not
Brighton “ A ”) to the seaside with me; and in the index I
sought for extracts under the head of “Reform,” “ Parlia¬
ment,” and “People, Representation of the.” “Aha!” I
cried, after a little while, “this will do for my friend. This
is 1 spicy ’; this is apposite; this is cogent euough " :—
A bill which only touches the representation of tho people must ori¬
ginate in tho Ilousc of Commons. In the formation and mode of pasting it,
the exclusive right of the Commons must be asserted at scrupulously at in the
cate of a money bill,
Mindthut! “ The exclusive right of tho Commons.” That
contention, I thought, should give the Lords “fits.” The
quotation is from Junius, in the famous “ Postscript to John
Wilkes,- Esq. ” ; and I suppose that old “ Stnt nomiuis umbra ”
is still accepted, in some quarters at least, as a constitutional
authority. But, alas! I suddenly remembered that the
quotation has a context, and that such context is an elaborate
defence of rotten boroughs. The dejure power in the Legislature
to abolish such boroughs Junius serioualy questions. Away,
oligarchical and boroughmongering Junius! I sent my
friend, nevertheless, the quotation about the “exclusive right
of the Commons.” The speech wus only for the Local Parlia¬
ment of Little Pedlington, an assembly held in the bar-
parlour of the Unicom and Spectacles; and the speaker was
not bound to say anything about that unlucky context and the
sympathy of Junius with Orampound and Old Sarurn. All is
fair in love, war, electioneering—aud the Franchise agitation.
“ What is a clam ? ” Is it possible that so naive a question
should have been asked in bo grave and reverend a newspaper
as the Times? Such, however, seems to be the fact, which has
elicited from a correspondent of the Times, adopting the
signature of “ An American ” (but whose vivacious style and
breadth of information make me incline to the belief that he
must have been recently staying on a visit to Mr. William
Henry Hurlburt, Cosmopolitan, Cognoscente, aud Culinary
Censor), a note in which clams are almost exhaustively treated.
I suy “ almost” exhaustively, since “ An American” does not
preface his lively prolusion by telling us what a clam is,
naturalistically speaking. He merely speaks of it as a
“ luscious bivalve.” The clam is, I apprehend, the common
name of certain bi-valvular Bhell-fish of several genera and
many species. Thus there are the Thorny clam ( Chama
Lazarus)', the Yellow clam ( Tridacna eroeea)', the Giant clam
( Tridactta Giyas) ; and the common clam of the United States
{Mya arenaria). The name " clam ” is conjectured to be a
contraction of “clamp,” and allusive to the tenacity with
which some of these creatures stick to the rocks.
“An American” gives a capital recipe for a “clam-bake ”
(unfortunately too long to quote), which the Times, still
amusingly innocent, calls, in two places, “clam cake.”
Clam-bakes are the delight of and the occasion of much mirth
and festivity all along the New Englaud coast; and “ An
American” has attended many by-uo-means contemptible
clam-bnkes upou the shores of New Jersey and Rhode Island.
“Clam-chowder," in the proper confection of which the
illustrious Daniel Webster excelled, should be beginning to be
popular in Eugland, since “An American" tells us that “on
every large steamer leaving New York for Liverpool thousand^
Being myself connected with the printing trade (long may it
flourish!) I should object to politicians holding bean-feasts;
but I incline to think that much good-fellowship might be
promoted by, say, an out-and-out Tory Tripe Supper (onions
adl ib.), a Liberal-Cons-rvative Liver-and-Bacon Lunch; a
Moderate Whig Toad-iu-a-Hole Party ; an Advanced Liberal
Kidney-Pudding Caucus; and a Radical Bubble-and-Squeak
Soiree. Our Hibernian brethren might obviously celebrate
Irish-Stcw Festivals; and the Scotch Liberals should be
strong in Haggis and Cocknleekie Demonstrations. There
is no need to give any advice to the excellent Temperance
organisations. For half a century they have had their
periodical Tea-fights and Muffin-struggles. Think not for
a moment that I am jesting. The two most lamentable
features in English political discussion just now are spite¬
fulness and ill-nature. The umvorthieBt of motives are
ascribed to the most honourable of men. The lie direct is
given every day. Everybody seems to be shaking his fist in
somebody else’s face. Now, were political meetings to be
prefaced by something akin to a barbecue or a clam-bake, I
will wager that ill-natured orutory would very soon fall to a
discount. There is plenty of oratory after the banqueting at
the Halls of the Great City Guilds; but you scarcely ever
hear an acrimonious word uttered. Why ? Because the guests
have hnd such a jolly good dinner. I use “jolly” in its
Chaucerian sense. The less sociable wo grow, the more
cantankerous we become. Our fathers used to full out, now
and again; but then they would muke up their differences
over “a rump and dozen ” at the Old Ilummums. Recon¬
ciliation does not seem to be an element recognised in modern
public strife.
It is rather late in the day to revert to the subject of the B %j* M
expression “ bullet in mouth” ; but I must return my thnnks * ac 5^ r
to “C. S. S.” (Kilwa, Kivingi), who mentions that one of his
servants, iu describing the murch of a gang of slaves, told him
that—
The leading Ami s were always ready to take the life of anyone they
met wham they might suspect to be a source of danger. That they murehed
Jiisaei Kinwani, literally lead (or bulletl in mouth. On inquiring the
ing of the expression, it was explained that when an Am'
lie put* a store of bullets in his mouth, in order that, when
may not be lost by fumbling in his pouch.
Whether this is really the invariable custom of the militant
Arab my correspondent is unable to say. It is well worth
noting now, when from the military intelligence in the papers
it would seem that the equipment of the gallant ^members of
the Camel Corps comprises an arrangemeivt of ball cartridges
not exactly “in mouth’Mrut in “bandoliers,”/worn saltire-
wise over the tunic, and which gives the brave fellows,
according to the reporter, “ the appearance of musketeers of
the sixteenth century.” >
A writer in the September Number of Harper's Monthly
Magazine (which 1ms only just come under my notice) has been
so kind ns to read from beginning to end (that, at least, I
gather from intenialevidence) thePrefnce to a book of mine,
called “ Echoes of the Year 1SSJ" (a selection from my con-
contributions tdTheHluStraled London News) , which was pub¬
lished some Weeks since by Messrs. Remington and Co. This,
indeed, is an honour.\ The usual practice, I have been
told, in reviewing a book, is to cut the leaves and then
smell the paper-knife. It is the opinion of the writer
in Hamper that in this prefnee there is “ a tone of sadness and
weary regret anddisuppoin'tinent.’’ Is there, indeed? Did I
enjoy thG acquaiubmce of the writer iu Harper , aud were he to
favour rae With a visit when he next comes to Europe, I would
show him the cupboard in which I keep, nut a skeleton, but
the horse^collGr through which I regularly grin every Saturday
I have seen, in the bygone, far in the interior of Mexico,
some remarkable “scantlings” of prodigiously stocked
haciendas; and I remember the administrador of one mng-
nificent farm who was accustomed to wear on gala days a
sombrero galonado reported to be worth fifty pounds sterling in
gold and silver embroidery. I was told that on Sundays
the buttons of hiB jacket were onzas d« oro, or gold
doubloons. Cosas de Mtjieo! * But the grandest idea of
a tremendously rich farmer is that embodied in the story of
the eligible young mun who, travelling on horse-buck in the
very Fur West, sought and obtained a night's hospitu ity at
a farm-house. The fanner's daughter had rod hair, she was
snub-nosed and freckled ; but she had the heart that could
feel for auother; and throughout supper she evinced her
partiality for the eligible young-qian by kicking his shins under
the table. Early next morning the fanner entered his guest’s
bed-chamber, flung open the window/ and bade him look
mound. The eligible yobng'mail looked, and on every side, as
fur as the eye could reach, there was one dense and serried pro¬
spect of gruutiug pigs. 4 ‘ Theer,” observed the farmer, in a
tone of quiet exiiltittioij. “ The young man as pleases my Sally
has half them hogs
In a curious article on
Paris correspondent of
olphe Thiers, by the more curious
^ Times, I read ns follows:—“The
conclusion to beNUawjida that when you die you must have
yourself laid in thb, magnetised coffin of the Prophet and lloat
’twixt heuven anc| earth. This is llie only way to prevent the
dogs from^sqiling ybur tomb.” The parable is a coarse Hnd
clumsy ohePbu/tnat with which I am concerned is the myth
of Mahomet’s coffin being suspended between heaven and
-—earth. Several correspondents have interrogated me on tho
lately; aud I have been unuble to give them a satis-
uswer. What is the origin of the legend, and whence
ft obtain currency ?
'_“.Prny Sir,” writes “Olivia,” “if you were ever doomed
the fate of Robinson Crusoe, and if you were allowed
choice of six bookB, besides the Bible, to take with
you to your desert island, which volumes of English
standard literuture would you choose ? For my part
(Olivia’s), I should puck up Shukspeare, Byron, Shelley,
‘Clarissa Harlowe,’ Boswell’s ‘Life of Johnson,’ and Thomas
a Kempis’ ‘Imitation.’” What! what! “Queen Mab,”
“Don Juan,” and Thomas u Kempis? Oh, fie “Olivia”!
For Byron and Shelley substitute Scott mid Wordsworth,
aud for “Clarissa Harlowe” “The Vicar of Wakefield,”
and you might find in my fair correspondent’s selection
a half-dozen of books which would be eminently satisfac¬
tory to a multitude of feminine Robinson Crusoes. They
would not satisfy me; but I fancy that I should get on
tolerably well with the Bible, Shakspenre, Swift, Strype’s
Stow, Bacon, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, aud the Post
Office London Directory. The two last-named works would
surely incite me to write a couple of prodigious epic poems in
ever so many cantoB apiece, the first on the Vanity of Human
Dignities and the other on the Immensity of London. But an
epic must have a hero, you may urge. Well, the first epic
might have Willium the Conqueror and the second Sir Rowland
Hill for a hero.
of clams are put on board by clam-loving Americans, who fancy^ ,nor,, ‘ n 6 ; anti 1 woul<l adduce the testimony of my next-door
life not to be worth living without clams.” I have eaten dab/ neighbours to prove that when I am notnt work I am continually
playing on the banjo or the bones, or singing comic songs.
I confess, however, that the gentleman in Harper half tempts
~ine to try the Sorrowful liue of business, and to sing with Mrs.
^Carter—
Hail. Melancholy; gloomy power,
> Companion of my lonely hour,
To sober thoughts confin'd 1
Thou sweetly sail ideal guest.
In all tlit soothing charms ■ onfest.
Indulge my pensive mind.
Through yon dnrlt grove of mournful yews
With solitary steps I muse,
By thy direction led ;
Ilere, cold to Pleasure's airy forms,
Consocinte with my s.ster worms,
And mingle with the dead.
But away with Melancholy ! Wlmt does the gentleman in
Harper mean by saying that iu the preface aforesaid I begged
my correspondents not to send me “ packages of what the
Americans term ‘ hospice ? I wrote “ projuce,” and it is
so printed in tho book. All Down Eastern Americans know
what “ projuce ” moans. It is a convertible term for “sass.”
Pumpkins are “ projuce” ; so are pippins.
chowder in London. Mr. John Clayton of the Court Theatre,
is an admirable expert in its preparation.
I like clams well enough—especially the Little Neek ones—
boiled, broiled, baked, stewed, roasted, in a purer, raw, or in
chowder. But I frankly confess that I like clams best when I
cannot get oysters, of which the former are the festive but
inelegant relations. I gravely doubt wlietlier cIainB WiU ever
become generally popular in England. Yuunmybilk/of the
spread of Radicalism among the et^ntetLclassi-Ai buDiireat-
ing and drinking we are the most coniervujlvG^Mjpple in the
whole world. Would Sir Charles Dilke cat wTifeHc&P/Would
Sir Wilfrid Lawson eat periwinkles? Is Mr. John Morlcy
partial to mussels P Would Mr.\Laboucbere—well, perhaps
the senior member for Northampton might condescend to
cockles.
It is curious to mark that just at the time when the
humorous correspondent/©!-the Timef^&a inditing words of
wit nnd wisdom toucliiW cUuns, there was being flashed
beneath tho ocean u cablegram announcing that at Shelly -
ville, Indiana, there lmd been hejd a grand "Democratic
Barbecue" in which some forty'thousand persons took part.
To the uniiiilinted 4 'a x “ Barbecue ” may seem as mysterious
an affair as a “c)am-bake,” To barbecue a pig was a well-
known process in Anglo-Normnn inedimval cookery. The
animal to bd barbecued, or broiled whole, was first split up
the lack,-and the term itself is said to be derived from
“ barbe-A-queue." Compare “ enp-i-pie.”
But a modemx^inerican barbecue is a large social or
political open-air entertainment at which animals are roasted
wholi and provisions of all kinds are consumed. After the
provnnd lias fceeh done ample justice to, the speech-making
begins. A “barbecue,” I take it, might apply to any kind
of at fresco fenst, just n? the “ swarry ” offered by the Bath
footmen to Mr. Samuel Weller consisted of a boiled leg of
mutton nnd trimmings.
The " barbecue ” idea associated with contemporary English
politics might liuve wholesome, cheerful, aud genial results.
The richest farmer in tho world! He was called, I rend,
Seiior Nicolas Anchelena; and he died lately at Buenos Ayres.
His property is said to have consisted of one thousand seven
hundred and ten square miles of land, on which were one
hundred nnd fifty thousand cows and half a million of sheep.
Why, Seiior Anchelena might have celebrated a colossal
barbecue every week, and never have felt the drain upon his
flocks and herds. lie must have been richer than “ the rich
Nmneniii8” that Jeremy Taylor tells us of; for Seiior
Anchclena’s wealth was not restricted to live stock. He
had abundant house property in the city; and his entire
wealth at tho time of his decease is estiinnted at nearly two
millions nnd a linlf sterling. I regret to add that he has left
me nothing. Miss Brnddon and I hnve been waiting these
many years for somebody to leave us n million sterling apiece.
We even drew up, once, in He/gruria, “a form of bequest for
intending testators;” but the modest invitation has met
with no response.
I learn that arrangements are in progress for holding next
year, at Bristol, an exhibition of women’s industries. The
title of the proposed display is rather a harsh-sounding one;
but the idea of the promoters of the exhibition seems to be au
excellent one:—the bringing together of specimens of work
requiring skilful training, so as to illustrate the part taken by
females iu various arts and manufactures. Hide by side with
the industries of the day, it is proposed to have a loan ex¬
hibition of ancient needlework and other objects illustrating
the occupations of females in times past.
Mem.: The “ other objects," in addition to ancient needle¬
work, might comprise pick lea and preserves, cordials, home¬
spun linen, stockings, patchwork counterpanes, and em¬
broidered slippers; to say nothing of bead purses, shell-work,
feather-work, and “poonali” painting. Altogether, the
exhibition should be a very instructive one, ns showing, first,
the large number of new industries which are now open to
women; ami, next, the larger number of industrial pursuits
which, through prejudice or the jealousy of male artisans, are
yet closed to the better sex.
When I first began to look at life there were a very few
female wood-engravers, fewer female lithographers, and no
female typographers nor watchmakers. Are there very inanv
women pursuing such vocations now? Female clerks anil
book-keepers were, at the time of which I speak, rarities;
and there were, of course, no lad}'telegraphic or photographic
operators, eolourers or mounters of photographs, designers of
Christmas and birthday curds, law writers, or copyists. And
there were certuinly no women doctors, house-decorators, or
philosophical lecturers. On the other hand, there are, at
present, at least (itty remunerative employments which women
might very fitly pursue, hut which they are pr. eluded,
somehow or another, from practising. The Bristol Exhibition
should open many eyes and expose many instances ot cruel
or stupid injustice to the sex.
"In re trap” as a two-wheeled conveyance. A. F. F.
(Glasgow), trtat : seventy-five (your health, respected Sir!),
very well remembers so far back as March, IMS, a gentle¬
man calling for lefresl.mcnt at his (my correspondent’s)
father’s house, near Belfast. lie was going to ride to harriers,
nnd when pressed to remain to dinner, pleaded that his
“trap” was at the lodge, mid that he must be off, or he
would be late for the meet. So much for a date; but a cor¬
respondent in France, whose communication will be in¬
serted next week, has given me a lucid and common-sense
explanation of why a gig was originally termed u “ trap."
The term has nothing whatever to do with slang; it lias nothing
to do with Jack Thurtell and Mr. Willium Weare, and it is
not by uny means silly.
With respect to the doggrel lines (not quite correctly
quoted iu the first instance),
They ent bis throat from enr to ear,
His brains they battered in ;
His name win Mr. AVilliam Weare,
He dwelt in Lyon's Inn.
I have been asked for my authority for ascribing them to
Hook. My authority is one of my predecessors in lliis page,
lVter Cunningham, who, in the “ Handbook for laindon”
(John Murray, 18411), quotes the lines sub voce Lyon's inn,”
aud gives them to Hook. ’ G. A. S.
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON* NEWS, Oct. 4, 1884.— 31C
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WOMEN* TAKING THEIR CHILDREN FROM TIIK INFANTS’ HOME,
We are thankful to be able to say that the cholera in the most
populous of Italian cities is rapidly abating; the number of
fresh eases daily occurring lias fallen to little above oue hun¬
dred, and the number of deaths to about fifty; but some
thousands have died, and there were, a fortnight ago, nearly
three hundred deaths in twenty-four hours. The amount of
suffering, panic, and general misery occasioned in Naples by
this terrible visitation is beyond conception; and it hns engaged
the more attention since King Humbert personally devoted
himself to visiting the cholera hospitals, accompanied by his
brother, Prince Amadeo, Duke of Aostu, the Syndic of Naples,
the Archbishop Cardinal San Felice, and others, courageously
and kindly endeavouring to console the Bufferers, and inspect¬
ing all the arrangements for their benefit. Ilis Majesty and
the Queen have also bestowed a large Bum of money, 300,000
lire, from their private purse, in aid of the Naples Cholera
Relief Fund. The horrible revelations that have been made
of the unwholesome condition of the dwellings of the poorer
classes in that city have aroused both the Municipality
and the Italian Government to a resolution that the
task of sanitary improvement shall be effectually taken
in hand. It appears that many thousands of families are
huddled together in foul cellars, and in the crowded apart¬
ments of old houses built in close alleys without any inlet for
ventilation, and almost deprived of the light of the sun. The
Prime Minister, Signor De Pretis, has emphatically declared,
“ We must cut open the bowels of Naples ” : and has pledged
his Government to undertake this work, adding that he will
not remain in office unless it is done. The quarters of the city
where the cholera lias been most prevalent are those of the
Mercato, the Vienria, I’endino, and Porto, some part of which
was constructed three or four hundred years ago, and
which are seldom visited by English or foreign tourists.
The population of these densely inhabited quarters is
not much less than two hundred thousand; that of the
whole city and suburbs being about half a million. The
houses are mostly in a dilapidated and ruinous state,
entirely undruined, and the walls and floors of the roans are
sodden with iiltli, so that it will bo necessary to demolish-,
them altogether. Two of our Illustrations show the nsp<t
of the corner of the Via Porto, and of oue of the narrow
RELIGIOUS PROCESSION IN THE STREETS,
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THE INHABITANTS LEAVING NAPLES,
THE ILLUSTRATED LOXDON NEWS
OCT. 4, 1884
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lanes, alleys, " closes " or “ wynds," as they are called in
Edinburgh, shut in between tall houses of live or six storeys,
where the air is iilways pestilential. Those of the Via degli
Oretiei jire almost as bad. In the other Sketches, our renders
will ice a number of poor women taking away their children
from the Asilo Infantile, a charitable institution where many
little ones are received and fed, but which became perilous on
uccouut of the epidemic ; a scene ut the railway station, with
people of the middle classes hastening to lly from Naples;
aud a religious procession iu the streets, formed by weeping
women, preceded by men stopping to kneel and pray at
certain places, witli a crucifix aud luutcrus carried behind,
and with the image of u canonised bishop surrounded by
burning tapers. The ceremony of the miraculous melting of
the blood of St. Juuuurius was attended last week, ut the
Cathedral, by a great multitude of devout believers.
BIRTH.
Lieutenant Tudwoy, together with forty-seven cases of am¬
munition, passed a' spot on the left batik of the Nile where
the palm-leaves and furze were ablate for a distance
of half a mile. The sail of the nuggar caught fire, but the
crew cut down the must and threw the aniimitiiibm overboard.
No oue was injured, and the men arrived safely ut Dongola,
after recovering the ammunition. There has been sickness
among the soldiers of the 3 ;th (Royal Sussex) Regiment at
Dongola, and three have died. A soldier at Surras lias been
carried off by a crocodile.
General Lord Wolsoley left Cairo for the Upper Nile on
Saturday last. He was nccoini allied by Major-General Sir
Red vers Bailer, Colonels Brackenbary, Swaine, Maxwell,
Pratt, and Maitland, and his aides-de-camp. A large crowd
assembled at the station to sec them off. Among those present
were Abdel Knder and Mustnphu Fehmy.
• The intended Camel Corps, to be formed of the Guards
and detachments of ninny regiments at home, who left Eng-
On the 18th ult., at The Priory, Itanworth, Norfolk, the wife of Qeorp. 1“* ttt ft® e ', ld 0, J 8 " b j ett of f «» Illustration
William Dauby Palmer, Esq, of a daughter. designed to show the style of their equipment. J hey will, of
course, act in the field as mounted infantry, though composed
MARRIAGE.
On the »)th ult., at Holy Trinity Church, Mickleg&te, York, bv the Rev.
0. M. -Sir Rector of TiUuigioa, Sussex, Lieutenant-Colonel Frederic
HUu-It" i Uerries, second sou of the late Lieutenant-General Sir William
L. Hemet, K C.U., C B„ to Susanna Mary, widow of the late John W.
ltill. Esq., ut Mi 11 brook. Iik ey, Yorkshire, and daughter of the late Rev.
llenry Uair-o, Vicar of Uoibliug, Lincolnshire.
DEATH.
On the 37th ult., at The Park, Nottingham, Sarah Ann Muloock, wife of
Robert Evans, J.P., aged 49.
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The men of the 1st and 2nd Life Guards, of the Royal Horse
Guartl8, and of the Foot Guards, dressed in their special
uniform for this service, left London on Wednesday week lor
Aldersliott, where they were inspected next day by the Duke
of Cambridge, with the rest of the Camel Corps, uud embarked
on the Friday afternoon at Portsmouth, on board the steam¬
ships Deccan and Australia, for transport to Egypt. The
total number is about fifteen hundred, officers and private
soldiers.
Letters from General Gordon to the authorities at Cairo,
dated to the cud of July, have been received by way of Kassnla
and Massowuh, but are not yet published. The Timet, on
Monday lust, gave a communication of the same date from its
TIIE PLAYHOUSES.
Highly gratifying to Mr. Thomas Thome must have been the
emphatically hearty welcome which he received at the hands of u
large Vaudeville audience oil Thursday evening, the Twuniy-
flftli of September. The occasion was this accomplished
actor’s reappearance at his own house, after a long absence, in
a new and arduous part—tlmt of the central churuotec in tin*
new and original five-act play of rather grim interest, " Saints
und Sinners," written by Mr. Henry A. Jones, the clever young
dramatist who lias done particularly good work for the stage
ns the co.iuborateur of M*. Henry Herman in the drama
of "The Silver King" and in the interesting onc-«ctchuuicter-
study of ** Clintterton.” In accordance with the prevailing
fashion, Mr. Jones introduces "Saints and Sinners *'with a
poetical quotation, duly set forth on the playbill. In this
instance Bums is laid under tribute, the verse being a familiar
one—
Then gently *cim your brother man,
8 till gentler deter woman, _
Tbo' they may gang a k< nuin : wrong,
To step aside u human.
Regarding " Saints and Sinners” in this charitable light, one
may lind much to admire in the piece, albeit there are undoubted
faults of construction, and errors of judgment in the handling
of hazardous points by the author. But the latter may be
gently scanned, us the defects are not ineradicable. The plot
is touching, ulthpugh scarcely novel. The Reverend Jacob
Fletcher, Minister of Bethel Chapel, Stecpleford, is troubled
with a pretty daughter, Letty, who indulges iu the not alto¬
gether uncommon feminine vanity of having two strings to her
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Captain Eustace Fanshawe, whose cold-blooded style of woo¬
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The fasciuuHHg-'Uaptuin entraps Letty by the stale
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THE NILE EXPEDITION.
Our Illustration* of the arduous work of hauling the steam¬
boat Nnasif-Kheir up the Second Cataract or Rapids of the
Nile, between Wady Haifa and Semneh, are furnished by
Sketches which were taken on the spot by nn officer attached
to the 1 iritis!i military expedition. The operation is aimlW
to that frequently witnessed by tourists in Upper Egypt at
the First Cataract, between Assouan and Mnlmttah, not fat
from the isle of Philio. Several hundred Arabs or Nub
Gordon and Colonel Stewart, who has been in Khartoum sinee
February lust. He sends a brief diary of the events of tli^
siege from March 23 to July 31, relating continual skirmish e*
between the troops of the Egyptian garrison and the Arabs
beleaguering the town. General Gordon seems to 1irY«
conducted the defence with great skill and spirit, laying
mines nil rouud to blow up the approaching parties oi
besiegers, many of whom were killed by these menus, mid
using his armed steam-boats and barges, with bullet-proof
turrets erected on the deck, to drive them from tlid banks oh
the river. But his Egyptian troops, whether front cpwurdiee -— 0 -.., t . a - v , —---- --j - — ....
or from disaffection, refused to meet the enemy iii the -upon / "Your mother is waiting, Letty, for you to say, ‘ Y
field. Seven hundred of the garrison, altoggtfief,"we^killea The girl's heart is instantly toadied. She throws hers*
during the siege, but chiefly through tiny ticnchery of the
Egyptian officers, and in disgraceful lliglit when they en¬
countered the Arabs. The latter frequently came up dose to
the ramparts, so tlmt their bullets fell in. the town mldiu the
Governor’s palace; but the gitarisoii niiiiihere*^/several
thousand, with plenty of arms uiiqyHmmuiiilibir,"while the
assailants, as we kuow from General Gordon’s preceding
despatches, did not much exceed 1500. /There wivs apparently
no danger of the place being captured by assault, iis position
being until rally strong, and completely fortified. The troops
hod provisions enough iu store to maintain them to the end of
September. There vtas, however, much ecaruity of food
among the inlmbitnhte of tlie town, a:*J rations were dis¬
tributed to the poorer class, until supplies came in from the
country south of Kluntoum. General Gordon 1ms con¬
tinued in good health; but Colonel Stewart received
a slight wound, from which he has quite recovered. None
of the remittances of money sent from Cairo ever
reached K1 mrtouinf and Genernl Gordon was obliged to issue
paper money, and to borrfiw from the morchnuts there, for
his large expenses during the siege, lie laid no menus of
providing for the safe removal of the townspeople. Eight or
ten thousand of these, before the siege began, left Khartoum
to place themselves'unde* the rule of the Muhdi. The victories
of General Gordon. recen tly reported by way of Dongola, uud
supposed to have had, the effect of raising the siege of
Khui toun), took place iu\tne middle of August, a fortnight
later than the date of Mr. Tower’s letter sent through Knssahi
apd MusSowfib. The garrisons of Seminar und Kassnla hud
likewise nuide n successful defence, and were in communication
with General Gordon at Klmrtoum. There is every reasou to
believe that thbse
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towns are in no immediate danger.
CoToneFSir T. D. Baker, now serving ns Adjutant-General
Nubian to the Forces in Irelund, has been appointed Adjutmt-General
negro -s are employed with ropes to tow a vessel through in India, iu succession to Major-General Sir G. Greaves,
the intricate and winding pas'Hgcs among the granite ^wboto term of appointment expires on Oct. 30 next,
rocks tlmt lie in the bed of the river. Threuor four An unsuccessful attempt was made last Saturday night
ropes are,generally attached to the bow of the yessel, ancl to blow up the Council-house at Salisbury. Many persons
each is liel 1 by a special gang of haulers, who taketheir stuinT' were severely shaken. A reward of £200 lms been offered for
ut (litri-ri-nt points, uud with imieli shouting to eobli other v the discovery of the perpetrators.
eoutrivo hy joint action to bring her head, tliis. way dr that, in
the direction of safety aud forward progress. Some of them
nru on the river’s bank, others get upon tlio\r^ka^mr v ni'kl-
cliiimiel, waling or swimming toviiud fro* bitt. fdr^flm
Englishmen uud others who had to « vo»s the river at a wider
pint, a hawser was stretched rightaerdes.fuHteiied tot he shore
at each en I, and a boat, with wriHe rutiHihg taekleTaidoii tlio
hawser, was used to ferry them bvdr Our sailors and soldiers
worked very well, assisted by 1 ‘>00 Dongola men and 800
meu of Msiitfh, but it was no easy budness, nud took many
dnj's. The Nussif-Kheir arrived ut. Symiiebjlast Sunday ;
ami, just us she reached the upper end of the rapids, one of
the hawsers parted, nnd the boot was swept down the western
channel. The crew were obliged to cut theWninininglimvsers,
and the steamer hod a iiniToWTjscapeof tiding dashed to pieces.
The second attempt to asuumFtlnKrapidAvus successful!; but
several of tlio lloats of the port While were smashed, by
striking some rocks jqjll? tinder the] surface of the water. On
the same day, tlie twin-Serew pacWt-boat Montgomery arrived
at Semueli, lmviiig sGaiued tlirmigh tlie western channel, thus
avoiding the full ftirWqf the catainet. After once passing the
spot kuown as the- Semneh Gate, wliere the river is getting
shallower ahd nioie dangerous, there is but little difficulty in
making the passage. OiiMtmday last a sad accident took
Tilnce. One of the native boats with men of the Sussex
i tegimen Fwm^wreckL’don/ita way up. Two lives were lost,
th(K x rest (>f -the soldiera being saved. All the arms au*l
biK^itgei were lost. The first steam-pinnace arrived at
Suiras On Friday week. She had been hauled down
an improvised slip from the railway to the river.
The task whs a very difficult one; for the ground is
hard, the drop steep, mid the engineers had no appliances
whatever for such work. After she is afloat, the boiler and
engines will be fitted to her; nud it will be some days before
she is ready for service. The extension of the railway to
Ambigol is getting on rapidly. When completed, this scctiou
will be of great service.
Sir Herbert Stewart and staff, with 2 »0men of the Mounted
Infantry, nrrived at Dong >ln on Tuesday hut. A native barge
or " uuggm "conveying forty of them, under the command of
Lust week brought the number of visitors to the Inter¬
national Health Exhibition to upwards of three millions.
During the remainder of the time that it will remain open
cheap popular excursions will be run from and to the south
and south-east of England.
The new rooms devoted to the National Art Library at
South Kensington Musuem were opened for public use on
Wednesday. There nre in the library upwards of 60,000
volumes, nnd over 190,000 drawings, designs, engravings,
prints, and photographs, ull bearing upon art.
On this (Saturday) evening the moon will be eclipsed, the
first contact with the lighter part of the planet’s shadow
taking place at 7h. 17 min., the first contact with the umbra
or darker shadow at 8h. 15 min., and tlio lost contacts with
the umbra and lighter shadow at 11 h. 40 min. and 12h. 47min.,
respectively.
The first of the inaugural lectures in view of the twenty-
fifth session of the Crystal Palace Company’s School of Art,
Science, and Literature was given on Thursday week to a
crowded audience by Dr. G. G. Zerffi. The subject of his
address was “ Past und Present in the East," a parallelism
demonstrating the principle of causal evolution iu history.
Fifteen lives have been lost by the foundering, on Sunday
night, of the British steamer Bushire, after collision with the
steamer Bernina off the Portuguese coast. Among those lost
were several passengers. The Bushire was bound from Cardiff
for the Persian Gulf.—An Australian telegram announces the
wreck on a reef in Torres Struits of the ship George Gordon.
Part of the crew are missing.
Lord Salisbury lms issued a circular to his supporters in the
House of Peers calling their attention to the fact that Parlia¬
ment is to meet on Oct 23, and reminding them of the proba¬
bility that before the middle of November " mutters of the
utmost gravity ” will be submitted to the consideration of the
House, when "the presence of every Conservative Peer will be
most urgently required." Sir Stafford Northcote, in a letter
to the Conservative members of the House of Commons,
requests their attendance at the opening of Parliament, "as
important business will be taken ut once."
girt diseovehi/to her grief and shame that the man’ for
wliofn sin: lias left home aud friends is already married.
.Letty is traced here, however, by her sorrowing father
and by lier constant lover. The finest scene in the piece
is that in which the broken-hearted Minister, having
foreed'iiis way into the luxurious drawing-room in which
ie finds his lost daughter in tears and iu silk attire, nppeals
witli infinite pathos to Letty by all her old remembrances to
return home with him. For a time lie conjures her in vain,
for she lms promised to accompany Captain Funshaweto India.
At length, pointing above, the bowed father says to his child,
"es ! ’ ”
herself into
liia outstretched arms. Leaving her betrayer, Letty returns
t > Steepleford to endure two acta of persecution from a de¬
signing deacon, who procures Jacob Fletcher’s dismissal, but
who himself is eventually driven to seek refuge in the
humble cottage of the aged Minister. It is under this roof
that the sorrows of Jacob Fletcher nnd of Letty are ended
by the return of her faithful sweetheart, George Kiiigsmill,
whose generous offer of his licurt and home is accepted.
Pruned of the animadversions against the black sheep of the
Dissenting flock, nnd shorn of the needless reflections on
religious matters, “ Saints and Sinners" would remain n piny
worth witnessing. Mr. Thomas Thorne has never acted better
than he does as the meek and long-enduring Minister. Mr.
Henry Neville throws so much life aud spirit into the
rOle of George Kingsmill that it is a pity thin strong
port was not more strengthened and developed. With similur
fervour does Mr. H. B. Conway realise his peculiar ideal
of Captain Fnushawe’s character; while it would be
difficult to find n more attractive or more earnest repre¬
sentative of the luckless Letty than Miss Cissy Gralmmc.
The broad comedy of “Saints und Sinners” is supplied by
Mr. Frederick Thorne, who is artistic ns ever in the small part
of Lot Burden; by Miss Kate Phillips, delightfully obstinate nnd
matter of fact ns the poor Minister’s faithful housekeeper; by
Mr. Mackintosh os the repulsive Samuel Boggard; by Mr.
E. M. Robson, excellent as the stolid Prabble with a standing
grievance against the "Stoics”; by Mr. F. Grove as Uncle
Bnmberryund Raddles; and Mr. \V. Lestocq iu a disagreeably
clever bit of characterization which he would do well to
moderate.
A well-merited tribute to the excellent delineation of
character in the powerful drama of “In the Ranks," by Mr.
George R. Sims und Mr. llenry Pettitt, continues to be puid
every evening at the Adelphi. Laughter nnd npplnuse were
not louder or heartier ut the first performance than on the
Three Hundredth Night of "Inthe Ranks.” An overflowing
house on the Twenty-fourth of September testified by their
01)11111810.410 appreciation of the many admirable points of this
deservedly successful and thoroughly healthy play that
popular interest is unabated in the vicissitudes of Mr. Charles
Warner, the soldier hero, and of the heroine, Miss Isabel
Bateman ; in the humour nnd pathos of the Wedding und
Jail delivery, nud Hie Barracks; in the genuine comedy of
Mrs. II. Leigh and Mr. E. W. Gnrden ns Mrs. mid Joe
Buzzard; nnd iu the eventunl frustration of the knavish
tricks of Mr. J. I). Beveridge ns Gideon Blake by tliut most
gallant and upright Nemesis, Mr. John Ryder.
With respect to the houses associated with lighter fare, the
Alhambra lias been closed rulher suddenly; but a menu of
the customary omelet Ut-tavJJUr lightness is offered nt the
Gaiety, where mercurial Mr. J. L. Shine, Miss Farren, Misses
Constance Gilchrist and Vincent, and Mr. Elton dash with
the requisite vivacity through " A Wet Day,” by Mr. Walter
Browne, the famed Gaiety Burlesque Company afterwards
making merry in the lnte Mr. II. J. Byron’s diverting piece of
drollery, "Young Fra Diavolo.” On this present Saturday
evening "Polly” should put the kettle on securely at the
Novelty Theatre, in Great Queen-street, innsmuch as the new
comic opera of "Polly,” by Mr. James Mortimer and Mr.
Edward Solomon, has presumably been duly rehearsed. Mr.
Charles Wyndham also courts fortune again to-night, when
the bright nnd comfortable new Criterion will be reopened
with "Featherbrain.”
" Happy Be Thy Dreams ! ” would, I imagine, be a welcome
aspiration to the ears of Mr. George Conquest and Mr. Paul
Meritt—could it be but realised. For, it seems liardly pos¬
sible that sleep can be light nnd balmy to these Post-Masters
in the art of constructing Melodrama. Cradled at the blood¬
curdling " wings ’’ of the Royal Grecian in the pre-Sulvution
days of "The Bird"; weaned on a rousing diet of Porte St.
Martin spectacles; and nourished thereafter on the most
sanguinary tomes of the Newgate Calendar — Messieurs
Conquest and Meritt may, perhaps, be excused if they
evince ill middle-age an insatiable appetite for a supper
of horrors. It wns a stimulating mail of this kind, gar¬
nished with the usual spicy seasoning, tlmt these gentle¬
men placed before their numerous patrons at the Surrey on
Monday evening. Opening with a murder oil Epsom Downs;
diversified with changes from an actor’s garret to the lamplit
grounds of the " Ilcalt lieries,” and thence to a Thnmes " .Sen¬
sation Scene” nt ihc new Railway Bridge Works on the river
nt Blacklriars—the new melodrama of " Sins of the City," by
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MM. Conquest ami Meredith, held u vast audience spellbound
on the first night. Remarkable was the ingenuity with which
was forged link after link iu the chain of evidence bringing
the murder of Henry Martin home to the areh-villinn, Alfml
Cooper, alias the Chevalier Tounelier, who found u linished
representative iu Mr T. F. Nye. But tlio distinguishing
histrionic feature of “ Sine of the City” wits the remarkably
forcible and even tragic acting of Mr. George Conquest ms the
old actor, Hill Stockley. A word of commendation is likewise
due to Mr. E. Gurney for his quiet and gentlemanly de-
meuuour as Arthur Beverley, betrothed to the modest young
actress, Eve tStockley, a part very charmingly and sympa¬
thetically sustained by Miss Amy McNeill. Oilier iuiporiunt
roles are capitally enacted by A. H. Cross mid Mr. George
Conquest, Juu., by Mr. T. Hyde and Miss Clara Luidlaw and
Miss Jenny Leu. “bins of the City,” in a word, is a typical
Surrey melodrama._G. A. S.
MUSIC.
Signs of immediate approaching activity in London music are
now apparent. We have already noticed the principal features
in the prospectus of the twenty-ninth series of Saturday after¬
noon concerts at the Crystal l’alace—beginning on Oct. 18.
The next important event will be the resumption, on Oct. 27,
of the Monday Popular Concerts, with the llrst performance
of the tweuty-seventh season.
Next in order of date will be the opening of the new
season of the Sacred Harmonic Society, on Nov. 7, when Mr.
A. C. Mackenzie's oratorio, “The Rose of Sharon,” will be
given for the first time in London—its earliest production being
on Oct. 16, at the Norwich Festival, for which it wua specially
composed. The Sacred Harmonic Society will repeat several
Standard works, aud will celebrate the bi-centennry cf
Hmidel's Girth by a performance of his “ Belshazzar ” on Feb. 27.
Engagements have been made with many eminent voculists,
and Mr. Charles Halle will again act as conductor, as will
Mr. Cummings us assistant conductor, and Mr. Fountain Meeu
us organist.
On Nov. 10 the Royal Albert Hall Choral Society will open
its fourteenth season with an evening performance—for the
first time in England—of the music of Wagner’s “ Parsifal,”
the last (and some think the best) of the deceased composer's
44 opera-dramas.” The work will be performed again by the
Society on the following Saturday afternoon. It will be some¬
what curtailed, and will be given with the original German
words, and with Fruulein Molten, Herr Gudehus, Ilerr Iteich-
mann, aud Herr Siehr as solo vocalists, they having been
engaged in the Bayreuth performances of “ Parsifal.”
Standard works will be repeated, and there is a possibility that
Berlioz's grand ‘‘Te Deum ” may be produced. Madame
Albaui, and many other eminent vocalists are to appear during
the season. Mr. Baruby's continued fulfilment of the office of
conductor, and the co-opemtiou of the fine band and choir of
about a thousand performers, with l)r. Stainer again as
organist, are guarantees of the efficiency of the performances.
On Saturday, Professor Sir G. A. Macfarreu delivered the
inaugural address at the Royal Academy of Music on the open¬
ing ol a new term of the institution of which lie is the principal,
lie paid a tribute to tlie memory of the late Mr. G. Benson—
one of the professors of singing—and made some sensible
remarks on the proper course of study for vocalists aud
piauists.
The first Ilcnry Smart Scholarship has been awarded to
W. J. Kipps.
A statue of Bach was unveiled on Sunday afternoon, at his
birthplace, Eisenach, in the presence of Princess Marie of
Meiningeii, Franz Liszt, a deputation from Loudon, and many
other spectators.
Mr. and Mrs. German Reed's entertainment will reopen
for the autumn season on Monday evening next, Oct. C.
“Cherry-Tree Form” will form the first part of the pro¬
gramme ; mid Mr. Comey Grain will give for the first time his
new musical sketch, entitled ‘‘Troubles of a Tourist.” The
bust new after-piece, “A Terrible Fright,” will conclude the
porformauce.
The testimonial in nid of Mr. Peck, for many years a
valuable and active- although not prominent—officer of the
old Sacred Harmonic Society—the predecessor of the present
institution—is being promoted by a committee of eminent
musicians. It is to be hoped that the result may prove of
benefit to one who needs uud deserves it. Mr. H. Littleton
1, Bernera-streci, will receive subscriptions.
PARISIAN SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
(hum our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Tucsduy, Sept. 30.
The French Cabinet resumed its councils Inst Saturday, when
it was decided that Parliament should meet on Oct. 14. '1 lie
Mii.l tors were informed by M. Ferry of the progress of affairs
in China, and of the imminent action of Admiral Courbet
against Kclung. M. Ferry also communicated the despatches
concerning Egyptian matters, and informed his colleugues
that, in consequence of uegociations between the Cabinets of
Paris, Berlin, Vienna, and St. Petersburg, an identical note
had been sent simultaneously to the Government of the
Khedive, declaring null and of none effect the act by which
the Egyptian Government have suspended the paymeut of its
Sinking Fund. At the opening ol the Chambers u supple¬
mentary credit of fifteen millions will be demanded, to meet
the expense of the Chinese expedition.
One cuiinut walk along the streets of Paris of late without
finding crowds of people at every corner star-gaziug at high
noonday. The air is thick with balloons of strange and fisli-
like shapes. The most interesting ascent of the week lias
been that of MM. Tissuudier on Friday last, when, with a pro¬
peller driven by a dynamo-electric machine with motive force
of 1J-horse power, various evolutions, circles, and turning
movements were executed in spite of wind, the propeller
making 190 revolutions a minute, and the wind having a
rapidity of about three metres a second. M. Gaston Tissnudier
reud n paper on this ascent before the Academy of Sciences
yesterday. The Tissandier balloon is in the shape of an
ellipse, with pointed ends; it is 28 mitres long and 9 mitres
20 in. diameter; tlie volume is 1000 mitres cube; its total
weight when it rose from the ground was 1240 kilogrammes.
During the experiments the balloon remained constantly ut an
altitude of between 400 and 500 mitres.
The past week in Paris bus been fertile in battles, and
journalists aud politicians have been skewering each other
with rapiers, and even biting each other. Tlie newspaper
polemics over the racing incident which occurred at
Maisons Laflitte lust week ended in a duel. A newspaper /
warfare between a writer in Le Jladicat and the /Corsican v
deputy, M. Emmanuel Arene, ended in an invasion of the
offices of Le Radical by M. Arene aud his friends. Insults und
blows were exchanged, a pistol went off either by accident or
premeditation, M. Ardne’s hand was severely bitien. oud noV
the police are making an inquiry into the matter. Injaymty,
in most of these quarrels and duels between journalists, there
is no real haired; they quarrel aud fight for the afniisemeiit
of the gallery and for the sake of gaining notoriety. The
trick is so transparent, aud the ubsurdity of the duels^sb
S a tent, that the public is no longer deceived^TheJdarjiulist,
finding himself contradicted by the journalist Y, will not
admit that he is in the wrong; he will not even 4i 9CU8S
the matter; he calls Y out. They fight, wound each (other,
honour is declared satisfied, but Y^’s \cdutradictioh still
remains. On several occasions already it has beeh proposed
to form a tribunal of honour, which should decide whether
there was ground for a duel or not; and now the proposal is
renewed by an eminent/journalist, who regrets to see the
discredit into which silly duelling is bn»ging“the profession
iu tlie eyes of the public] V /n /
Poor Sarah Bernhardt continues to occupy public
attention with her /Strange career of disorder and genius.
On Sunday her house in the Avenue de Villiers was
covered with IlnraingNcwe^coloitred bills, announcing the
sale of a “ Riche etf-nopibreux x mobilter appurtenant u
Mine. Sarah Bernliaidt.” The &n)e, however, did not take
place ; a lady friend of the famous actress paid at
the lust moment the &jm necessary to prevent the sale. The
seizure was made ,by the Credltoia concerned in the affair of
the liquidation of the AmbiguTheatre, which Sarah bought
some two years ago und forgot to pay for.—M. 'Paine is be¬
coming morel dud more retrograde and monarchical in his
writings. In a fragment of his forthcoming volume on "Lcs
Urigiius de le KraUcaJUonieniponiiue,” published in a Parisian
review, M. 'Paine runs down Duuton, Robespierre, and other
figures of the Revolution, with strange severity, while he
glorifies the frivolous aristocrats of the old regime.—The
baby-show, whieh Wus to have opened this week in the Pavilion
de la Ville de Paris, lias been prohibited at the lust moment
by tlie Pjefect of Police for hygienic reasons. T. C.
The Second
Lord and Lady Brabazou opened Canonbury-squnre.
Islington, yesterday week ns a public recreation-ground. Ifcis
the gift of the Marquis of Northampton.
'Pile Council of tlie Incorporated Law Society have accepted
an invitation to hold the uuuuul provincial nieetitig'fi
present year at Birmingham. It will accordingly be heldYik
tlie Council-house in that town on the 21st uiid 22 ncl iust.
In London last week 2571 births und 1243 deaths were
registered, the former having been 56 and th<j laTterd^ below
the average numbers in the corresponding p(pi Ochaf/the Inst
ten years. There were 10 deaths from smallpox, 1 2 from
measles, 20 from scarlet fever, 14 from diphtheria, 15 from
whooping-cough, 90 from dysentery, and noLmcTfbm typhus.
The imports of livestock ^id fresh meat to tiffs country
from i he United States and Canada continue on a large scale,
and tlie arrivals of live cattle ut Liverpool during the past
week sliow a further increase in the imports, but the quantity
of dead meat, although large, was nofciiKexcesubf the previous
week. The total shipments amounted to 2253 cattle, 1310
sheep, 5137 quarters of beef, and 500 car bases of mutton.
Tlie Associated Chambers^of Conpuerce have held their
autumnal session for the lirgTHme iiK\yolverh*unpton. The
delegates—in number about 200, representing the principal
commercial centres in England, (rbluud, and Scotland—were
received on Tuesday by the Mayor and Corporation in the
Towuliall, aftcr which they adjourned to tlie Exchange, where
meetings for the discussion qf various subjects enunciated by
different chambers represented were held. Sir. C. M. Norwood,
M.P., president, iuXthe bj&nitigynddresa, suggested the
desirability of passing the JLe'rchant Shipping Bill ut an early
period, uud meuppoiutuiQiit of a Royal Commission to inquire
mto the forking of the Board of Trade. Several resolutions
were agrc^d td l i om Various chambers.
The Committee of the Royal Humane Society have decided
to award one silverjffiedul, thirty bronze medals, twenty-two
certificates of thanks engrossed on vellum, and eighteen on
parchment, in addition to several pecuniary rewards, for
gallantry in saving life. The silver medal of the Society has
been awarded to Frank Shooter, bathing superintendent, for
the rescue of Forrest F. K. Hartnell from the mill-stream,
Exeter, on July 16. Bronze medals have been awarded, at
the recommendation of the Colonial Office, to Emosi, u native
of Nusilai, an I Ratu Joshua, Swaui, ami Apraim, members
of the Fijian Police, for service® rendered at tlie wreck of tlio
Syria on the Nusilai Reef, Fiji, on May 13. A number of
bronze medals huve been u warded in other cases.
.... _-- Chamber of Holland agreed, by 68 votes
’ against 14, to lake into consideration the bill for the modi¬
fication-of the Constitution in the sense of permittiug changes
in tile'Canstitution during n Regency.
The seventh session of the International Literary and
\Artistic Association, the object of which is to secure the copy-
^rigty of literary and artistic works to the authors mid their
, was opened ut Brussels last Saturday. Tlie following
resolution was voted on Mornluy“ Artistic, like literary,
\property, has for its basis the creation of u work.”
The Emperor of Austria opened the Hungarian Diet at
Pesth on Monday, and said it might confidentially be hoped
that every effort would be made to advance the welfare of
Hungary, undisturbed ns she was by external complications.
The new Royal Opera-House at Pesth was opened lust Saturday
in the presence of the Emperor, the Ministers, members of
Parliament, and other persona of distinction. The Inter¬
national Fisheries Exhibition, of which tlie Crown Prince
Rudolph is tlie patron, was opened ut Vienna on Monday.
Tlie Diet of Croatia was opened on Tuesday.
The tinny manoeuvres having terminated, the Emperor of
Germany, with the Empress, the Crown Prince and Princess,
and Princes William and Henry, paid a state visit to
Mueuster, the capital of Westphalia, on Wednesday week, and
attended a banquet given by the Provincial States. On
Thursday tlie German Emperor, with the Empress and the
Imperial family, attended the festivities held at Cologne in
celebrat ion of the completion of a grand scheme of improve¬
ments in that city. Tlie streets were resplendent with
decorations; enormous crowds lined the route of the pro¬
cession, and tlie enthusiasm was unbounded. General Von
Goeben’s statue was unveiled at Coblentz yesterday week in
the presence of the Emperor, the Empress, tlie Crown Prince
aud Princess, Princes William and Henry, Count Moltke, and
numerous high Generals and officials. The Empress celebrated
her seventy-third birthday on Wednesday, surrounded by
those nearest and dearest to her. at Baden-Baden. The paper's
loyally and cordially congratulate her Majesty in prose and
verse. Princesses Sophia Dorothea and Margaret Beatrice, the
daughters of the Crown Prince, arrived at Flushing on
Saturday morning from Cowes, on board the Royal yacht
Osborne. Their Royal Highnesses left by express-train at 7.20
for Frankfort. Prince William of Prussia has gone to Vienna
to be the hunting guest of the Austrian Emperor.
The elections to the Second Chamber of the Swedish Diet
took place in Stockholm on tl.e 27th ult., the Liberals carrying
tiie day in almost every electoral division.
The Emperor and Empress of Russia began last Saturday
their return journey to St. Petersburg. No stoppage was
made at Wursaw, the Imperial truin being immediately on
arrival shunted on to the Warsaw District Railway, by which it
proceeded on to the direct St. Petersburg line. Their Majesties
urrived at Peterhof the same nigiit.
Mr. Walter Gresham, theUnited States Postmaster-General,
has been appointed Secretary to the Treasury. Mr. Frank
Hatton, tlie Assistant Postmaster-General, is acting as Post¬
master-General.—Sir William Thomson lectured on Monday
night, under tlie auspices of the Franklin Institute, at tlie
Academy of Music, New York, on the wave theory of light, to
a large audience.
The Canadian Pacific Railwny system embraces 3956 miles
of road, of which 2892 miles consists of main line, and 1054 of
branches and short lines. Of the main line, extending from
Montreal to Port Moody, only about COO miles remain to be
completed, and upon this the work of construction is proceed¬
ing rapidly.—Sir. Henry Irving* Miss Ellen Terry, and the
other members of the Lyceum Company, arrived at Quebec on
Saturday last—all well. Cm, Tuesday Mr. Irving aud tho
Lyceum Company made jtueir first appearance in Quebec,
44 The Merchuut of Venice’’ being the play represented. The
music-hall was crowded to its utmost capacity by an appre¬
ciative audience, who followed thV performance with the
closest attention. Mr. Irving has rarely played Shylock with
greater force, and Miss Terry, who has entirely recovered from
her recent indispoSitlon. won a most enthusiastic reception.
The players were twice recalled before the curtain at the close
of the performance.
An influential meeting was held last week in Capetown, at
which resolutions were adopted protesting against tlie violution
by the Boers of the new Trausvunl Convention, and contain¬
ing assurances of loyalty and readiness to assist in maintain¬
ing the trade route into the interior. A monster petition to
the Queen is in course of signature.
In NeV BouthAVfilea the Government has submitted to the
Lcgislat.ve Assembly a comprehensive scheme of railways,
the estimated cost of which, to be raised by loans from time to
time, will amount to £14,000,000 sterliug.—Splendid rains
Jiave fallen throughout Soutli Australia.
A telegram from Teheran dated Sunday states that Sir
Peter Lumsden, the Commissioner for the delimitation of the
.Afghan/ frontier, ancl his suite were presented by Sir Ronald
Thompson, the British Minister, to the Shah. His Majesty
- expressed great interest iu the expedition, and ordered his
Wuzeer to carry out any requirements which our Minister at
TejJeran may wish for iu connection with it.
A telegram from Tien-Tsin says that it is reported that the
Empress of China has decided to conclude peace with France,
and that hopes were entertained of a peaceful settlement
of the existing difficulty._
CITY ECHOES.
Wednesday, Oct. 1.
Selling of the British Funds continues to result from the
policy adopted by Air. Childers, while investors are showing
more and more preference for their own municipal stocks, and
for such other high-class descriptions as yield what has new
to be considered a good return. Foreign Government securities
are also receiving more attention, not excepting Egyptian,
these being amongst those which have risen. The suspension
of the Sinking Fund on the Egyptian debt has, us was to be
expected, met with a great deal of ignorant clamour both here
and abroad; but, economically, it is beyond reproach, and it
is officially stated that when considered by the London con¬
ference it met with practically no opposition. For some
British railway stocks there also continues to be a good de¬
mand, but Transatlantic railway securities nre still under a
cloud. The uncertainty as to the “pool” is apparently the
main difficulty in one direction. Tlie Grand Trunk managers
refuse the percentage allotted to them, contending that in l be
apportionment their recent growth has not been sufficiently
regarded, but there is thought to be some prospect of tho
decision being reconsidered. 44 Bears ” of Grand Trujik
stocks, of course, hope for a war of rates; but tlie stock¬
holders and their directors should use all their influence to
make that the last resort.
Tlie Mexican bondholders have accepted the proposals of
settlement submitted, and now it is for the Mexican Parlia¬
ment to give power to the executive to carry out the agree¬
ment. As to this ratification taking place there seems no
room to doubt. In due course, therefore, the present bomb
should be replaced by bonds representing the '‘consolidated
debt of Mexico in London.” These bonds nre to be dated
Jan. 1, 1885, nre to bear 2 per cent per annum interest for the
first two year's, then 2J for two years, and thereafter 3. Tlie
bonds may be bought for cancellation by the Government at
or under 50; and when the price is over 50, drawings for re¬
payment at 50 maybe made. Holders of 1851 bonds will be
required to exchange each present bond and arrenr coupons
for £112 of new bonds, and the 1864 bonds and nr rear coupons
are to be exchanged for £52J of new bonds. Certain mis¬
cellaneous certificates are to be converted on corresponding
terms. Conversion is, of course, optional.
An interesting question was raised at the meeting of the
.Sciude, Punjuab, and Delhi Railway Company in regard to
the proposed manner of raising new capital. £200,000 is
needed, and the Indian Government require this to be
obtained by the issue of debentures iit 31 percent, while ns
the company has some shares of £20 on which only £5 lias
been culled up, the holders of such shares a-»k that they
should provide the money needed, and, of course, under the
5 per cent guarantee. As the company's traffic does not
yield 5 per cent, und the Government have to provide a large
sum each year (£100,000 for 1883), the Government naturally
desire to raise the further money at the lowest mmket rate.
The great bulk of the holders of Sciude stock must side
with the Government, because as their chuiice ot bonus
dividends depends on the growth of net revenue over the
dividend charges, to pay 5 per cent for what can be got at
34 is against their i 11 teres,t. But so persistent were the
holders of the partly paid shares that the meeting was
adjourned to let the matter be laid before the India
Office. Unless the case of the opposing shareholders is
stronger than has yet appeared, it seems tlmt the interest of
the guaranteeing Government und of the bulk of the share¬
holders should prevail.
The New \ ork Central Railway Company has created
10,000,000 dols. debentures, to run for twenty years at 5 per cent,
of which 6,500,000 dols. is likely to be pluced here. T. S.
The trustees of the Cholmondeley Charities have granted
£20 to the British Asylum for Deaf and Dumb Females.
Sir Bernard Sumuelsou, M.l*., distributed prizes in con¬
nection with the Liverpool science and art classes on Monday.
A bazaar held last week at Bournemouth in aid of the
Convalescent Home founded there by Lady Herbert of Lea
realised a profit of over £70.
Mr. Alderman Nottnge was on Monday selected as Lord
Mayor-elect for tlie City of London for the ensuing year; aud
M. Alderman Whitehead and Mr. George Faudel Phillips
were on Saturday sworn iu us Sheriffs of Loudon uud Middlesex.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Oct. 1, 1884.—320
HORN HEAD. DONEGAL.
flat. There are about seventy families, mostly of fisher¬
men, living on the island. The Wasp, it seems, was not
steaming, but going under sail, when this accident
happened ; she was schoouer-rigged, and had all her sails
set, except the spanker,. The weather was bright and
clear at half-past three In the morning, when the vessel
approached 'lory Island, and those on watch saw that
they were dangerously nenr land. No effort, however,
was made to change her course, and about a quarter to
four site struck on an isolated rock that lies northward of
the extreme west point of the island. The vessel staggered
to leeward from the effect of the shock, and all hands
rushed on deck. The commander took a hurried look
round, and, seeing that it would be impossible to stand
out to sen under sail, and to clear another dangerous reef
ahead, ordered the engineers to get up full steam. Un¬
fortunately, the fires were banked, and it would have taken
an hour or more to get up sufficient steam. The next order
was to get out the two life-boats, the quarter-boat, and
the gig ; but the boats had not got clear of the davits
when they were dashed to pieces by the sea, which
overwhelmed the vessel. One of the waves struck the
bridge, sweeping into the sea the commander and two
officers who were standing on it. The vessel then seems
to have been swept off the rock into deep water, where she
soon foundered. The men saved were It. Kattenbury,
quartermaster; J. Hutton, ship’s cook ; P. Andrews,
second captain of the forecastle; W. H. Dunn, seaman;
and A. Bromhead and W. Styles, privates of the Royal
HORN HEAD. DONEGAL.
The loss of u British gun-boat, and of fifty lives of British
seamen and naval officers, by the recent disaster on the
north coast of Ireland, is a lamentable event. It was
early in the morning of Monday week, the 22nd ult., that
this vessel was wrecked, on her way from Westport, county
Mayo, round the north-western shores to Moville, in Lough
Foyle, below Londonderry, where she was to take on
board the Irish Hurbours and Fisheries Commissioners,
having for some time past been employed in their con¬
veyance from one point to another. The Wasp was a
composite gun-boat of 465 tons burden, with engiues of
470-horsepower, nod was commanded by Lieutenant J. D.
Nicholis, the other officers being Lieutenant F. A.
Warden, Sub-Lieutenant T. S. Guppy, W. Hudson,
engineer, and J. W. Kerrigan, gunner. Mr. Hudson was
on shore, and so was the surgeon, Dr. Brown. The coast
of Douegal, from the Bloody Foreland to Horn Head, is
very wild and rugged, with numerous rocky islands, the
largest of which, called Tory Island, lies eight or
nine miles off the shore, while the smaller isles, Inishbeg,
Inishdoey, and inishboffin, are to the south of Tory
Island, towards the entrance of Ballyness Bay. A vessel
coming from the south-west, and intending to pass round
Mulin Head, the most northerly point of Donegal, would
steer near Tory Island. There is a lighthouse on Tory
Island, at the north-west end, standing 122ft. above the
sea-level. This island is two miles and a half long, and
one mile broad ; there is a range of cliffs, from 100 ft. to
300 ft. high on the north side, but the southern shore is
H.M.S. WASP, GUN-BOAT, LATELY EMPLOYED TO CONVEY THE FISHERY AND HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS ON THE IRISH COA8T.
THE WRECK OF H.M.S. WASP.
WRECK OF H.M.8. WASP AT TORY ISLAND. DONEGAL.—FROM SKETCHES AND INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE SURVIVORS.
THE 1LLU8TRATEP LONDON NEWS,
322
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
OCT. 4, 1881
Marines. They were taken on board H.M.S. Valiant, which
was seut to Tory Island, and brought them to Rathmullen,
Lough Swilly; thence they proceeded by Londonderry to
Dublin. We are enabled, by sketches and information
obtained from these survivors, to present an Illustration of
the wreck of the Wasp, along with some views of Tory Island
and the coast. A naval court-martial will be held to determine
whether any person was to blame for the loss of the vessel.
OBITUARY.
SIR RICHARD LEVINOE. BART.
Sir Richard George Augustus Lcvinge, seventh Baronet, of
High Park (now Kuockdrin Castle), in the
county of Westmeath, whose death is an¬
nounced, was born Nov. 1, 1811, the eldest sou
of Sir Richard Levinge, sixth Baronet, by Eliza¬
beth Anne, his wife, eldest daughter and coheiress
of the first Lord Itnncliffe. He succeeded to the
title at the death of his father, Sept. 12, 1848,
and was elected Liberal M.P. for Westmeath
in 1857, which he continued to represent until
1865. He was formerly Captain 5th Dragoon
^ Guards and Lieut.-Colonel Westmeath Rifles.
Sir Richard married, first, March 20, 1849,
/ Caroline Jane, eldest daughter of Colonel
Itollcston, M.P., which lady died in 1858; and
secondly, Feb. 10, 1870, Margaret Charlotte,
widow of Mr. D. Jones, M.P., of Pautglass, and daughter
of Sir George Campbell, of Kdenwood. She died Nov. 5,
1871. Not having had issue, he is succeeded by bis brother, Sir
Vero Henry Levinge, now eighth Baronet, bom Nov. 8, 1819.
HON. GILBERT n. CHAND09 LEIGH.
The Hon. Gilbert Henry Clumdos Leigh, M.A., M.P. for South
Warwickshire, J.P. and 1>.L. for that county, and Captain
Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry, whose death, by an accident
in the Bighorn Mountains in America, is just announced, was
the eldest son of the present Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh, by
Caroline Amelia, his wife, daughter of the second Marquis of
Westminster, K.G. He was bom Sept. 1, 1851, and was
educated at Harrow, and Magdalene College, Cambridge,
and spent some time in visiting India, China, Japan, nnd
America. In 1880 he was elected Liberal M.P. for Warwick¬
shire, in which county the Leighs of Stoneleigh have long
possessed a very considerable estate. The grandfather of
the ill-fnted gentlemnn whose decease we record was Chandos
Leigh,'the poet, on whom a pceruge was co»ferr>d in 1839, in
consideration of his being the heir male of the former Lords
Leigh of Stoneleigh._
We hnvc also to record the deaths of—
The Rev. Hugh Bigot, Rector of Stretham, Cambridgeshire,
author of “ The History of Ilndleigli," aged sixty-five.
Mr. William Peltit Griffith, an eminent architect and
archa*olopi8t, on the 14th ult., aged sixty-nine.
Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Fraser, retired list Madras
Army, on the 18th ult., aged just ninety.
Mr. Thomas Vaughan Richards, OO., suddenly, at the
Grand Hotel, Bath, on the 26th ult.
Colonel Henry Francis, late of the 29th and 64th Regiments,
at Brighton recently, afteralong illness, aged sixty-one.
Mr. Henry Btngley, of Highnin, Essex, J.P., at his resi¬
dence, 19. I^nves-crescent, Brighton, on the 22nd ult., in his
eighty-third year.
Colonel Barnes, commanding Royal Artillery, on the 28th
ult., nt Alexandria from dysentery, at the residence of General
Stevenson.
Major-General George Frederick Campl>ell Bray, late
Colonel of the 90th Regiment, on the 26th ult., at his resi¬
dence in Kidbrook-grove, Blackheath.
The Rev. William Morgan Davies Bcrrington, J P., Rector
of Nolton-eum-Roch, Pembrokeshire, on the 21st ult., at
Drnidston, Haverfordwest, aged eighty-two.
The Rev. Arthur Robert Ward, M.A., Vicar of St.
Clement’s, Cambridge, fourth 6on of the late Mr. William
Ward, M.P. for London, on the 25tli ult.
Lady Mary Smith-Barry, wife of Mr. Arthur Hugh Smith-
Barry, of Fota Island, county Cork, and Marbury Hall,
Cheshire, and third daughter of the third Earl of Dunraven,
K.P., on the 21st ult., in her fortieth year.
Mr. Richard Charles Rowe, M.A., Fellow of Trinity Colh _
Cambridge, third Wrangler, and second Smith’s prizeman'inN
1877, Professor of Pure Mathematics at University College,
London, on the 21st ult., aged thirty.
Lady Adelaide Beresford-I’eirse, wife of Sir Henry M.
De La Poer Beresford-Peirse, Bart., and sister of the Earl of
Bandon, the 29th ult., at her residence in Eaton-terrace, ut
the age ot thirty-eight years.
The Rev. Thomas Frederick Simmons, M.A., Canon Ot
York. Rector of Dalton Holme, nenr Hull, recently. Educated
at Sandhurst, he entered the Army, out, resigning his com¬
mission, took holy orders. In 1868 he was first chosen Proctor
for the Archdeaconry of the East lading- \\
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
E P V (Gl*»bury).—Your problem hu b«n overlooked, bat It ih»ll now 1 .»t» early
attention.
C P (TooUn*).—An able analyela of No. 21IS. and we believe without flaw of utijr kind.
O M (Copenhagen).—We »n» (Trent I y obllgr.1 for tho flip*, and the prohleme accom¬
panying them. We gr-etly etlmlro Herr Fund* i problem, and It appeare below.
D A (Dublin).—Very good Indeed ; If found correct, it thnll ooon app.nr.
K U (Munich).—Thanke. Tho problem ahull be carefully ex.roluwl.
OAN (Malta).—Yoar letter haa been forwarded to the uuUior.
TTLt Brighton).—There la only ono eolutlon to No. llio-tho one publlahed.
K II K (Urockley).—You ihall have an early rrport on your problem.
E M iDarlington).—Your letter* are read with pleaaure, jour crltlclem being alwaye
Intelligent and genial.
Cornier Soi.moN* or Panni.iMa Noa. 2100. 2101. and 2KB received from J 8 I .ngnn
(Hlackbrun. Natal) : of No. 21 io from Jumbo: of No. 2UI from Pi.rce .lone*.
I .aura (Irravra. it Wortrni .Canterbury): of No. 2112 Iron l> W iU<lny), bnrl P rl ; <*-
Mwo. W tl Jack. Otkur Hartmann (Malaga). It Wortere (Cniferbury), J Pietty
Wrentham. A 8 Voeper. PleiOO Jonee. I-»ur» (Jreave*, llnirr Dit.tow. A W Cwper,
JAB, and J R lllytli.
Courkct SoLrrioga or Poobum No. 7113 received from Venator. Carl KrlrdleWn.
T O (Ware), Alplia, L L Oreenaway. Jame. Pllklnr on II W.nlell. Jupiter Junior.
H Karrant. E Kl-bury, lien Nevi*. CDarragh. W Hllllor. M iVllallon.n.,11 Itrevr..
D W Kell, 0 Otwald. 0 8 0oxc. It L Southwell. E Caaella il’aril), A WScrutlon.
Thoma* Water*. F Ferrl*. H II Noye*. Otlo Kulder (Ohmti. II lll«cliio.k.
I. Wyman. W J Rudnian. R T Kemp, O Seymour. L Itewnge*. Edmnnrl Held,
8 Mullen. O W Ia»w. A M Porter. II K Awdrr, Jowph Aln*wonli I. Miar*w<a-I
Kmeet Shartwoo.1, N 8 Ilnrrl*, Aaron ll*r|,er, It It Wood. It Je**op. 8 I ouinlra. A O
Hunt. II Incertoll. W Biddle. Onptnln Me Mock. W lilcknian J K iBuntti IlnnipMead >.
Jumbo, II llu.klM.iri a M Porter. E Featlieratone, (j L May tie, R (.ray. An Uhl
Hand. A W grrntton. R Ulackall,0 B N (H.M.8. Aaia). J T W.Jnhn llo.lgton iMal.l-
atone). T Sinclair. Shod forth. J It (Edinburgh), B Tweddcll, IV E Mauby, Thoiuaa
Gaflakln Junior, and G Foibrooke.
Solution of Pboblck No. 2112.
writ*. ni.apk.
1. Kt to Q 2nd K to Q 4th*
2. Kt to K B 3rd Any move
3. Mate*.
•Tb" ume line of attack hold* good agalnit the defences. 1. P takes K and I. K
take. B- _____
PROBLEM No. 2118.
By "William MitoiiksO*.
BLACK.
For
or the follow Ing interea'intf Game Wv lire
Copenhagen. It wo* played recently
WkLLBACH.
[Giuoco riano.)
Game we are indebted to the Xutionaltidtnde of
between Meson. Pritzbl and
whitr (Mr. W.)
1. P to K 4 th xPtoJC 4tli
2. Kt to K H 3rd Ktta<JB3rd
8. B to B 4th Bto B 4th
4. P to U 3rd Kt to B 3rd
5. P to Q 4th P takes P
6. P take. P B to Kt 6th (ch)
7. B to Q 2nd B takes B (ch)
8. (I Kt take. B Castles
0. Castles P to Q 4th
10. P takes p Kfft takes P
11. PtoQKtSrd Sy
M II. Q taKbir.l. Block con retreat the
K t toKtSrd \b-X 11. K It to K m aeetn*
better tlian Uie iui->o In the text.
11. Kt to B 6th
ll.B to K Kt 5th at nne. I* tatter.
4th B to Kt 6th
tdK R 8rd B to R 4th
14. K>hiJ< -q Q to Q 2nd
>16.1‘ln U Mli KttoK2nd
16. Kt to B 6th Q to Q 3rd
d7\Kt takca 1*
'^Wh|te win* one and loee* two Pawn* by
-till* jnatwauvrr. 17. Kt to K 4th. with the
v lew of retreating It to Kt 3rd. 1* m taler
line of play.
>D.
IS. B to B sq
10. K to R 2nd
20 . Q to « ah
Q to K Kt 3rd
Kt takes It P(ch)
Kt takes K B P
KttoKt6th(ch)
whits 'Mr. P). slack (Mr. W.)
21. K to Kt sq Kt to B 4th
22. Cl to B 6th K It to K sq
23. B to Q 3rd
Threatening 23. Kt to K It 4th. de.
23. Q to K B 3rd
21. PtoQ6th
Very well played. From Ihl* |Olnt the
« me become* highly lnte"*»lnr.»Itl.ougli
lilte dissipate* the advantage he ha*
gained.
24.
Kt (Kt 6 th) to K
6th
B takes Kt
It to K 4th
U to Kt 4th
26. PtoQ7th
26. B takes Kt
27. R takes Kt
28. Pto K Kt 4th
Why not 28. B to R 3rd ?
28. Q takes R (ch)
29. Q takes 0 It takes U
80. Pto Q 8th|(sa)
31. Kt takes R
32- R to K B sq
33. Kt takes P
84. B takes P (eh)
36. R takes B
86. P to It 4th
37. It takes B P
38. K takes R P
Drawn game.
R takes Q
B to K sq
B to Q 4th
B takes Kt
K takes B
It to K 7th
R to Q Kt 7th
It takes P
K to Kt 5lh.
The following curious Gamelet comes to us from the “Frosty Caucasus.”
It was played recently at Tiflis between our correspondent, Mr. F. E.
Oidbiss, and M. Dkhbrian.
The Library Association of^the United Kingdom met in
Dublin on Tuesday, under the presidency of Dr. J. K. Ingram,
the librarian of Trinity Collcge\ Among the occupations of
the Association has been the consideration of the plans of the
new building for the National Library of Ireland.
Sir Robert W. Carden, M.P. . opened the new building nnd
laid the memorial-stone of theFox-court Ragged School and
Mission, Gray’s-inn-road, Holbom, on Thursday. Mr. J. D.
Allcroft, treasurer of Christ’s Hospitdl, Sir William Wheel-
house, Q.C.. and others took part iu the proceedings.
The National Association for Promoting Technical
Education have appointed a deputation to visit the Continent,
for the purpose of reporting upon the technical instruction
given to the industrial classes m Germany, France, Switzer¬
land, and .elsewhere, and the influence of such instruction
upon manufacturing and other Industries at home and abroad.
Messrs. Shaw, Savil), and Albion Company’s steam-ship
Coptic, Captain \V. JJ. Kidley, from New Zealand, arrived at
Plymouth yesterday x Ve£k. Her cargo included 22,038
carcases, 540 half carcases, 535 legs, and 70 pairs hind-
.juarters of mutton, 308 pieces of beef, and one lamb, besides
Borne fish and game which had been brought over in a
frozen stnte, in excellent condition. This is the largest cargo of
frozen meat ever brought over from New Zealand in one ship.
The Court of Common Council has voted £105 to the fund
now being raised by the Lord Mayor for the relief of tho
suffererb by the cholera at Naples. The Court has also grunted
a retiring’nllowunce of £o00 per annum to Mr. Henry Do
Jersey, the iate Secondary. Discussion took place at a recent
meeting of the Court in reference to tlie failure of the Central
Fish Market in Farringdon-street to answer the expectations
of its promoters. It was stated that the years trade equalled
only that of ten days in Billingsgate. The matter was
referred for further consideration to the Markets Committee.
whit* (Mr. G.)
6. P to K B 8rd
7. P to Q B 4th
8. Kt takes Q P.
Checkmate.
BLACK (M. D.)
B to O 2nd
P to Q B 3rd
WHITE (Mr. G.) BLACK (M. D.)
1. Pto Kith Kt to KB 3rd
2 . Kt lo Q11 3rd Kt to Q 11 3rd
3. P to Q 4th P to K 4th
4. 1* to Q 6th Kt to K 2nd
6. Kt to Kt 6th P to Q 3rd _
A Gem from the Vienna SporUcttung, the composition of Herr Fokda.
White : K nt Q II 7th, QitQB 6th, Kta at K Kt 2nd and Q B 2nd,
Pawn at K R 2nd. (Five pieoee.)
IHatk: K at K 4lh; Fawns at Q B 4th, 6th, and 6th; KtatKReth.
(Five piece*.)
White to play, and mate in three moves.
From the report of the honorary eecretarv we learn that the pant seaxon
of the St. Nicholas Che»* Club, Brighton, haa been very successful. Of twelve
matched in which theclub engaged, seven were won, three loot, and two drawn.
The *t«tcment. of accounts shows a balance in favour of the club, and there
has been a considerable increase of members in the course of the past year.
There won high revelry at the City of London Cheoa Club on Monday
evening, when the opening of the new rooms at the Salutation Tavern.
Newuate-etreet, wi< celebrated with pipe and song. The chair wa* occupied
by Mr. Pilkington. the president, and the vice-rbair by Mr. H. F. Oastineau,
supported by u large number of members and visitors, including Messrs.
Blackbume, Cobioon. nirschfleld, Hoffer, Macdonnell. R. Sontar, A. E.
Studd, Dr. Zukertort, and the tenor vocalist, Mr. Edward Cotte. The
loyal toasts haring been duly honoured, the president proposed the health
of Mr. Black home, expressing the cordial wishes of the members for
that gentlcmnn's *peedy restoration to health and hu safe return from tho
Antipodes. Dr. Zukertort's health won also propotwd by the President, and
tlie former, who was heartily welcomed by the assemblage, responded in
humorous terms. He said that during his recent travels from Hell-
gate, New York, to the Golden Horn, California, he had played
soma thousands of games and had made many warm friends, to meet
whom again lie looked forward with pleasure. Songs and recitations
followed the spcecl.e*. Mr. Halley presiding at the pianoforte. Mr.
Coite wa* in splendid voice, and sang with his usual power and charm of
style Mr. Cutler'* ingenious parody of the "Midah.ptnita” was reoeived
with g> eat favour, the members joining in the effective ohom*, "Cheerily,
, n v hoys, play the game." Among the recitations deserving sperial mention
was the late Mr. Arthur Mattl.ison’s monologue of the •• 8ttpf.” which, as
regards ease of manner and appropriate gesture, was extremely well
delivered. Among the later tonsta was the health of the honorary
Monetary, Mr. Gtoigj Adainsou, whose aerricca to the club wcie duly
acknowledged.
WILLS ANI) BEQUESTS.
The will (dated March 18, 1882) of Mr. Thomas Evans, Inte of
No. 1, Wood-street, Cheaptude, and of Cray ford, Kent, ware¬
houseman, who died on May 1 last nt Bexley, Kent, was
proved on the 4th ult. by David Evans and George Evans,
the brothers, and Edward Knowles Corrie, the executors, tin?
value of the personal estate exceeding £142,000. The testator
bequeaths £10,bo0, nnd all his plute, pictures, jewellerv,
books, wines, furniture, and other articles of household use,
horses, carriages, nnd live nnd dead stock to his wife, Mrs.
Jessie Matilda Evans; £50,000, upon trust, for his wile, for
life, in the event of her marrying again the capital sum to be
held upon trust is tube reduced to £20,000; £10,000. upon
trust, lor ench of his daughters, Jessie Maude nud Evelyn
Minnie, nnd a further sum of £10,000 each on tho death ’or
marriage again of his wife ; £2000 to his brother David ; £200
each to his brothers David and George as executors; and £500
to his executor and brother-in-law, Mr. Corrie. Tho residue
of his real and personal estate he leaves, upon trust, for his
sons, Robert Corrie nnd David Howard, l’rovision is mndc
for the contingency of hiu leaving any other child beside those
named.
The Scotch Confirmation, under seal of office of the Com-
missarlot of Ayrshire, of the trust disposition nnd settlement
(dated Jan. 12, l884j~of Mr. John Taylor Gordon, of Fairfield,
Monkton, in the county ol Ayr, who died on June 24 last,
grunted to Mrs. Margaret Watson or Gordon, the widow,
Alexander Mackenzie, John Mansfield Mackenzie, and William
1’ollock, J\ie accepting executors nominate, was scaled in
London on the 3rd ult., the value of the personal estate in
England And Scotland amounting to upwards of £100,000.
The will (dated May 17, 1884) of Mr. Clement William
Unthnnk, late of Intwood Hall, Norfolk, who died on July 13
last, has been proved by Mrs. Mary Anne Untliank, tlie
widow, and Clement William Joseph Untliank, the son, the
executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to up¬
wards of £08,000. The testator, iu udditiou to sonic specific
gifts to liis wife, leaves her, for life, a residence, with certain
furniture^ plate, china, and effects. The residue of the per¬
sonalty is to be held, upon trust, for bis wife, for life, mid
-then lor bis said son.
The will, as contained in two papers (dated, respectively,
Nov. 23, 1882, nnd May 2, 1884), of .Mr. William James l'nt-
torson, late of Carlton-crescent, Southampton, who died on
July 15 last, was proved on the 10th inst. by Joseph Robins,
the Rev. Henry Charles Watson, Theophilus William Trend,
and Edward Keate State, the executors, the value of the per¬
sonal estate amounting to upwards of £69,000. The testator
bequeaths £5000, free of duty, to the executive body of the
Royal South Hants Infirmary, to be called “the l’atterson
Chaplain Fund,” upon trusts, for investment, the income to be
appropriated ns a stipend for (ichaplain, who is to be a member
ol the established Episcopal Church of England and u te
of one of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge ; £} i. 00 to
the Royal South Hants Infirmary for its general purposes;
£1000 to the minister and churchwardens of the parish of All
tSaiuts, Southampton, upon trust., to apply the dividends for
the relief of the necessitous poor of the said parish; £1000 to the
minister and churchwardens of the parish of St. l’niil, Tortsea,
tliedividends to be applied in nnimilar manner;—£500 each to the
Southampton Dispensary and Humane Institution, tlie Hants
Female Orphan Asylum, the Church Missionary Society, the
British and Foreign Bible Society, and the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts;— £25( tm i lo tho
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; the lioyal
Hospital for Incurables, Putney ; the School lor the Indigent
Blind, St. George’s Fields, Southwark; the Asylum for the
Deaf and Dumb, Old Kcut-road; the National Hospital lor
the Paralysed and Epileptic, Qnecn’s-sqimre, Bloomsbury;
the Corporation for Clothing, Maintaining, and Educating
Poor Orphans of Clergymen of the Church of England ; St.
John’s Foundation School for Sons of Poor Clergymen of the
Church of England; and the Shipwrecked Fishermen and
Mariners’ Royal Benevolent Society;—£150 cut li to St. Mary’s
Cottage Hospital, West Front, Southampton, nnd the Sana¬
torium, Bournemouth;—£50 to the Firs Institution, Bourne¬
mouth; £12,000 to Henry Studdy Theobald and Harriet Jean
Tronson, in equal shares; £9000 between the four daughters
of Colonel Robert Hunt and Arthur Edward Stace; £-1000
each to the said Rev. Henry Charles Watson, and his daughter
Mrs. Lang; and there are numerous other legacies, both pecu¬
niary and specific. The residue of his property is f»» he divided
between the six children of the late Charles Wilcox, Ida
Wilcox, and the said Arthur Edward Stace.
The Scotch Confirmation, under seal of office of tlie Com*
missariot of the county of Edinburgh, of the general disposition
and settlement (dated Aug. 22, 1854), of Miss Barbara Hay
Anderson, of Moredone, who died on May 25 Inst, nt No. 24,
Moray-place, Edinburgh, granted to Miss Christina Andtrsou,
the sister, and the surviving executrix nominate, was sealed in
London on tlie 1st ult., the value of the personal estate in
England and Scotland amounting to over £42,000.
The will (dated Aug. 20, 1881), with two codicils (dated
Dec. 31, 1881, and Jan. 4, 1882), of Mr. Edward Chord,
formerly of No. 3, ClifTord’e-inn, Navy agent, but late of
No. 20, St. John’s Park, Upper Holloway, who died on
July 27 last, was proved on the 1st ult. by William Chord
and Thomas Chard, the sons, two of the executors' the value
of the personal estate amounting to over £33,000. The
testator bequeaths legacies to grand-children, relatives, nnd
others. The residue of his real and personal estate is to be
divided into four equal parts, one of which he gives to each of
his children, "William, Thomas, and Ellen; and the remaining
part is to be held, upon trust, for his daughter Sirs. Harriet
Tibbs.
The will of Mr. Edward Weethend, formerly of Manchester,
manufacturer and warehouseman, but late of No. (>, Spring-
field-terrace, St. Leonard’s-on-Sen, who died on Feb. 20 last,
was proved on the 23rd ult. by Mrs. Betsey Collie, the daughter,
the value of the personal estate exceeding £22,000. The tes¬
tator’s wife, to whom he left all his property, having died in
his lifetime, the personal estate becomes divisible between liis
next of kin, according to the statute for the distribution of the
estate and effects of an intestate.
The will (duted Nov. 13, 1882) of Miss Anna Mnria Duller,
late of Pound, Devon, who died on Aug. 4 last, was proved on
the 8th ult. by George Frederick Buller, the brother, one of
the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to
over £17,000. Tlie testatrix leaves legacies to members of her
family and to her godson, nnd the rest of her property to her
brother and sister, George Frederick and Emma Buller.
Tlie second public park established in the year in the
borough of Huddersfield was declared open by Mr. Alderman
Wright Mdlor, Mayor, last Saturday, amid ninny signs of
public approval. The park consists of thirty acres of land,
and was bought by the Corporation several year* ago from
tho trustees of Sir,John Ram*deli, the lord of the manor, at
£1000 per acre, Sir John also giving a contribution of £5000
and paying half the cost of making the roads round it.
OCT. 4, 1831
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
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THE CHURCH.
The York Diocesan Conference will be held at York on
Oct. 29-aud 30. The Archbishop will preside.
The Chapel Hoy id, St. James's, which has been closed for
some weeks for the necessary cleaning, will reopen for Divine
service on Sunday next (to-morrow).
The Earl of Chichester presided on Tuesday afternoon at u
valedictory dismissal of missionaries, at Exeter Hall, in con¬
nection with the Church Missionary Society.
The Bishop of Newcastle’s Fund, raised for the purpose of
Church extension in the new diocese, amounts to £35,511, and
several of the contemplated schemes are being carried out.
The Earl of Lntliom yesterday week placed a tublet in the
corner of o new Sunday school institute which is being erected
at Southport to the memory of the late Rector of North Meols,
the Bev. Charles llesketh.
The Bishop of Loudon has intimated that he will hold his
fourth visitation in St. Paul’s Cathedral from Monday, Nov. 3,
A BISHOP’S PASTORAL STAFF.
Upon the occasion of the meeting of the Church Congress
tin's week at Carlisle, the clergy and laity of that diocese
presented to their Bishop, the Itight Rev. Harvey Goodwin.
a pastoral staff manufactured by Messrs. Bar ken tin mul
Krai), of Kcgeut-street, London. The design was furnished
by Messrs. Bodley and Garner, architects, of Gray’s Inn.
The stem is of ivory, in three pieces jointed together, the
joints, separable at convenience, being covered by knops of
silver gilt. The upper port, 2 ft. long, is of silver gilt, rising
from a Bat hexagonal kuop bearing the inscription, in Latin,
“ Thy rod and thy staff comfort me.” Above this, the stem
for nearly four inches is hexagonal, richly chased with foliage,
and supports a second and larger knop, a much flattened
sphere, richly jewelled with amethysts, topazes and pearls;
the amethysts and topazes ure uncut, and the latter are set in
brooches of small pearls, producing a rich, quaint, and old-
fashioned effect. Above the jewelled knop, the stem swells out
and supports two tiers, each of six inches, with canopies, flninls,
to Friday, the 7th, on which latter day he will deliver his and crockets exquisitely worked with architectural detail of
charge to the assembled clergy. the Early English period. The upper and smaller tier of niches
On Sunday morning the Church of St. Lawrence Jewry,
Gresham-street, was reopened. It had been closed for some
time lor renovation. The ancient Church of St. Alplmge,
London-wall, was also reopened.
Mr. W. Reynolds, of lligligate, has laid the first stone of
a new church, to bo dedicated to All Saints, iu the parish of
St. John, Upper Holloway—the third which has been erected
iu the eight years the Rev. W. U. Deardeu has been Vicar.
The Chancellorship of the diocese of Bath and Wells,
vacant by the death of the Rev. C. W. Bagofc, has been
conferred by the Bishop on Mr. T. E. ltogers, Recorder of
Wells and deputy chairman of the Somerset (Quarter Sessions.
A new church is in the course of erection at Southport (St.
Philip’s), and the Bishop of Liverpool has consented to lay* the
inemuriul-stone on the Util inst. The Church of St. John tho
Baptist at Pilling, near Fleetwood, is about to be rebuilt at
a cost of £1700.
Yesterday week Lord Houghton opened a bazaar at tho
New House, Gosford, Haddingtonshire, on the estate of the
Earl of Wemyss, for the purpose of raising funds to endow the
church at Cockenzie. The stalls were presided over by Lady
Wemyss uud others.
The Bishop of Ripon on Monday laid the foundation-stone
of a new church at Headingley, of which the Rev. F. J. Wood,
a nephew of the late Lord Ilatherley, so long the senior Curate
of Leeds, and known for refusing so many offers of valuable
preferment, is the Vicar.
The old parish church of St. Tad rig, Anglesey, which is
one of the most ancient ecclesiastical edifices in Wales, was
yesterday week reopened after a complete restoration, carried
oat at tho expense of Lord Stanley of Alderley. The Bishop
of Buugor preuched iu Welsh.
Mrs. Symes, who lately presented the reredos to Bangor
Cathedral us a memorial to her brother, Colonel Holt, lias ex¬
pressed her intention of erecting an oaken screen as a
memorial to the late Dean Edwards, thereby completing the
original designs of Sir Gilbert Scott.
• The Bishop of Peterborough on Monday consecrated a
church at Silverstone, Northamptonshire, built from the
designs of Mr. E. P. St. Aubyn, and erected at the sole cost of
Mr. K. Loder, M.P., of Whittlebury. The church replaces a
building of the seventeenth century.
Lord Kensington, M.P., has promised £510, payable in ten
annual instalments, to the St. David's Diocesan Special Fund
for the augmentation of Poor Benefices iu the Diocese. The
Bishop of St. David’s has also subscribed £500, payable by
instalments iu five years, besides on annual subscription of £100.
The Rev. R. W. Enrnght, formerly Vicar of Holy Trinity,
Bordesley, visited Birmingham last week, and was presented
by his old congregation with a silver communion service ; a
chalice and cross, handsomely inlaid with precious stones; a
communion bug, and a cheque for £150. Mr. Enraght
preached to large congregations at All Saints', Small Heath,
and at St. Alban's, Birmingham.
The parish church of Akeley, Buckingham, has been much
improved in its internal appearance by the tilling of the east
window with handsome Munich stained gloss. The four subjects
introduced represent the Nativity, the Baptism, the Angel at
the Tomb, and the Supper at Eminaus; and the work i»
erected as a memorial to the late Rev. J. Holford Finley,
thirty-three years Rector of the parish. The artists are M
Mayer and Co.
The Church Congress opened its proceedings at Carlisle on
Tuesday with a busy and well-filled day. Three sermons we
preached by prelates appropriately chosen to represent
Northern Province ami Lite Episcopal Churches
and Ireland respectively, the Bishop of the Di
his address as President of the Congress, and sev
discussions were opened and pursued. Besides t
Sion was seized before the Congress was fo
the presentation by Lord Muneuster of a _
scribed for by the clergy uud laity in the ...
Goodwin, the learned and energe fib .diocesan of Carlisle/ An
Engruviug of the pastoral stuff is given in tluTneit Column.
The Earl of Lovelace has pr/'sented the RevTjobnT. Willis,
Rector of Ycrbeston-cum-Loveston, Pembrokeshire, to the
vicarage of Earls Shiltou-cum-Klmstliorpix in the county of
Leicester. Lord Lyttelton has conferred the rectory of Hagley,
Worcestershire, vacant by the death of Canon Lyttelton, on
the Rev. William Cobliam Gibb&>.,Vicar of Abingdon, Berkshire.
The Rev. J. W. Wynne Jones/Rector H Lampeter Velfrey, a
son-in-law of Lord Aberdurc, and formerly a Curate of Dean
Edwards at Curnarvon, hasr-begn presented to the vicarage of
thut town, vacant by the resignation of Canon Evans. The
Bishop of Lichfield offered the valuable living of Tatenhill,
near Burton-on-Tnnt, to Prebendary Andrew, Rector of
Tideswell, and lie qccbpted it, butj at the earnest request of his
present purisldoOem, lie has, on reconsideration, declined it.
The Rev. Pender Cudlip 1ms accepted the vacant living of All
Saints’, Sparkwell, l’lympton St. Mary, Devon. The Rev.
William Scott, bf Kcbie College, Gkford, senior Curate of St.
Mary Mugdalenc, Paddington, is going to work as a Curate
of Cowley St;. John’s, near Oxford, prior to the formation of a
new diatfict^tp whichjie is to be appointed. The living of
Llanbeblig-with’tCarnarvon, vacant by the resignation of the
Rev. Dr. Evans, has been conferred on the Rev. John W.
Wynne-Jones, Rector of Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire,
who Wns formerly Curate of Carnarvon and Rector of Aberdare.
The Simoon Trustees, who are patrons of the living of
Swansea, wffiqylms beeu vacated by the removal of the Rev.
Dr. Morgan to St. Mary’s, Leamington, have offered the
living to Canon Smith, of Nottingham, and, subject to the
approval of the Bishop of St. David’s, the rev. Canon has de¬
cided to accept it. The vicarage of St. Mark’s Church,
Victoria Park, London, has beeu presented-by tho llytnlman’s
Trustees to the Rev. Matthew Sweetnmn, of St. Auluu’s
Theological College, who has for some time filled a curacy in
the North of England.
ogram J
in tho lower are six figures in oxidired silver, illustrative of
the early history of the diocese of Carlisle. They are those of
St. Niniau, St. Kentigeru, St. Cuthbert, and St. Herbert of
Derwentwater, known to all North British ecclesiastical anti¬
quaries ; King Henry I., who founded the see, and Athelwald,
the first Bishop of Carlisle, all arrayed in their proper cos¬
tume. Above these figures, which are two inches nigh, is the
Pastoral stapf for the bishop of caklisl*.
iral crook, oval in section, richly chased with foliage, and
ng crockets of trefoil leaves. An angel praying, in oxi¬
dised silver, is on the inner side below the round of the crook.
The crook itself is filled with delicate tracery of trefoils and
circles, and in tho centre is the Annunciation: the figures of
the Angel and the Virgin, who kneel on each side of a pot of
lilies, are of oxidised silver, with gilt nimbus over the head;
above hovers the Holy Ghost, represented by a nimbed and
radiated dove; on a label are the words Ecet Ancdla Domini.
The whole design is shown iu our Illustration.
A second edition has been issued of “ Obiter Dicta ” (Elliot
Stock), which wns favourably noticed in our Number for Aug. 23.
Mr. M. D. Chalmers, of London and the South-Eastern
Circuit, hus been appointed County Court Judge for Birming¬
ham, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Motternm.
Another addition to the numerous family of asteroids lias
beeu discovered by a Veuetian observer. The new planet is
described as of the thirteenth magnitude.
Miss Peck began her series of lectures on ” Ruined Cities
and their Remains” at the British Museum last Wednesday.
The series will include Persepolis, Palmyra, and Baalbec, Tyre
mid Sidon, Petra, Tarsus, and the cities of Lycin.
The Stock Exchange is to be. lighted throughout with the
electric light, both in the old and new buildings. The con¬
tract for carrying out this work lias been intrusted to Messrs.
Woodhouse and Knwson.
Nearly the whole of the metropolitan and provincial
hospitals, and medical schools in connection with them,
inaugurated the commencement of the session on Wednesday,
by introductory addresses.
With the exception of Spofforth, the Australian cricketers
nil left thF country on Thursday week, sailing from Gravesend
iu the P. mid O. steam-ship Mirznporo. All the men were iu
capital health and Bpirits, and expressed themselves delighted
with their trip. Spofforth will sail next week in the Ganges.
Mr. C. 8. Ronndell, M.P., yesterday week opened a new
school at Brighton, which has been specially established for
giving instruction in the higher standards. It will accommo-
dnto (ilo children, and has cost nearly £10,000. On the third
floor there is provision for nearly 300 more children receiving
instruction iu connection with the Science and Art Depart¬
ment ; and there is a cookery school on the top floor.
THE COURT.
On Monday morning the Queen drove out with Princess
Beatrice, and iu the alternoou her Majesty, attended by Lady
Churchill and the Hon. Frances Drummond, drove to the
Duntzig Sliiel. Princess Beatrice mid Princess Irene of
Hesse rode out uud met the Queen at the tJliiel. The
Queen enjoys excellent health. Yesterday week her
Majesty drove to Abergeldie Mains ill the uiorniug, with
Princess Beatrice and Princess Irene of Hesse, and honoured
Colonel Byng and his daughters with a visit. The Duke and
Duchess of Edinburgh lunched with the Queen and Royal
family. In the afternoon her Majesty drove out with the
Princess of Wales and the Grand Duke of Hesse, and the
Duchess of Albany drove, attended by Miss Bauer. Princess
Irene of Hesse, and Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud
of Wales rode out. Last Saturday afternoon the Queen drove,
with Princess Beatrice and Princess^ Irene of Hesse, attended
by Ludy Churchill, to IuvcrcaivU), und honoured Colonel
Farquharson with a visit* and the Duchess of Albany
drove out, attended by Miss Bauer/ The Marquis of
Hartington, who arrived at the Castle as Minister in
attendance, and Colonel Farqulmrson, of Invercauld. lmd the
honour of dining with the Queeiiund Royal family. The
Queen telegraphed to StoQeleigh Abbey her condolence with
Lord and Lady LeigTfOn, the distressing death of their eldest
son, the Hou. Gilbert Leigh, M.P. Divine service was con¬
ducted at Balmoral Castle on Sunday morning by the Rev. A.
Campbell, of Crathie, in the presence of the Queen and the
Royal family and the Royal household. Count Herbert Bis¬
marck and the Manjiris of Hartington had the honour of
dining with the Quecnr'and the Royal family. Sir Edward
Malet has returned from paying a visit to her Majesty ut
Balmoral before hip departure for Berlin.
During Somejioura of the forenoon of yesterday week the
Prince of Wales was engaged at lawn-tennis along with
the Earl of Fife and a number of the Mar Lodge party. In
je afternopp his Royal Highness, accompanied by the Earl
Fife, drove by the Victoria Bridge and Old Mur Lodge to
Gtondeny, in the neighbourhood of Benniacdhui, where the
PfinceAwent out deer-shootiug. That division of the forest
was the scene of a grand deer drive, which proved a
capital /success, the result being that nine stags were
of which seven fell to the Prince’B rifle. II is
oyal Highness dined at Mar Lodge in the evening. In
bration of the remarkable feat of the Prince of Wales in
ing seven stags to his own rifle on Friday in Mar Forest, a
dance by torchlight to the gillies and others was given nt
night in front of Mar Lodge. About thirty gamekeepers and
gillies dressed in Highland costume took part in the dunce,
which was kept up tiil a late hour, the Prince of Wales, the
Earl of Fife, and the distinguished visitors now at Mar Lodge,
remaining till the close. Last Saturday evening the Prince of
Wales, attended by Colonel Teesdale, Lord Colville of (hilines,
and Mr. Francis Kuollys.C.B., drove home to AbergeldieCiu.tie.
On Thursday week Prince Albert Victor of Wales drove from
Abergeldie Castle to Invercauld House on a visit to Colonel
Farquharson. The Colonel afterwards, in company with his
Royal guest, drove to the distant shooting-lodge of Loch
Bulig, in the north-eastern division of Invercauld Forest and
nearly in the 8lmdow of Ben Avon. Yesterday week Prince
Albert Victor went out deer-stalking in Invercauld Forest,
accompanied by his host. The young Prince was successful iu
killing one splendid stag, carrying a very showy antlered head.
The Prince returned to Abergeldie in the evening.
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh left Birkliall last
Saturday morning. They journeyed to Ballater in a closed
carriage, the Wcotber being wet and stormy. Their Royal
Highnesses arrived at York station about half-past, nine p.m.,
and passed the night at the Station Hotel. Oil Sunday morning
they drove in a private carriage to the Cathedral, where they
attended Divine service. They left York by special train in
the afternoon for Brough, becoming the guests of Mr. C. Sykes,
M.P., at Brantingham Thorpe. On Wednesday the Duke
opened a Sailors’ Home at Hull, laid the foundation-stone of
a new wing to the Infirmary, and opened a bazaar iu aid of
the Spring Bank Orphanage.
The Duke of Cambridge arrived iu Dublin on Monday for
the purpose of making an official inspection of the troops in
Ireland. The Inst visit of his Royal Highness to the sister
island was in 1868, when he was present at the installation of
the Prince of Wales as a Knight of St. Patrick. On Tuesday
there was an inspection of all the troops in garrison in the
Phoenix Park. The Duke was accompanied by tho Lord
Lieutenant aud Countess Spencer, and attended by a numerous
stuff. On Wednesday the Duke proceeded to the Curragh to
inspect the troops there aud at Newbridge. Ilis Royal High¬
ness returned to Dublin in the afternoon and was entertained
nt an ofllciul dinner by Sir Thomas Steele, K.C.B., Com¬
mander of the forces in Ireland.
The Royal yacht Osborne sailed from Portsmouth yester¬
day week for Cowes, to embark the children of the Crown
Prince and Princess of Germany, who, having concluded their
visit to Euglaud, have returned to Germany.
FASHIONABLE MARRIAGES.
The Hon. George Augustus Ancon, K.Ii.A., second son of the
Earl of Lichfield, was married to Blanche, fourth daughter of
the late Mr. G. Miller, of Breutry, Gloucestershire, in Hcubury
church, near Bristol, last Saturday. The Hon. l’itzroy
Stewart was the best man ; aiul the six bridesmaids were the
Lady Beatrice Anson, sister of the bridegroom; Miss Maud
and Miss Muriel Miller, sisters, and Miss Constance Miller aud
Miss J. Lucas, cousins of the bride, and Miss Peel.
Mr. Angus Roderick Macdonald, second sou of Admiral
Sir Reginald Macdonald and the lion. Lady Macdonald, was
married to Miss Leucoleue Helen Clarke, only daughter of the
Rev. Henry Clarke, M.A., on Wednesday week, ut St. Servan.
The marriage of Captain H. Norland, of the 5th Lancers,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Courtney Morland, of Court Lodge,
Lamberhurst, with Lady Alice Maud Nevill, second daughter
of the Marquis and Marchioness of Abergavenny, was
solemnised on Tuesday morning in the parish church of Front,
Sussex, by the Bishop of Sodor and Sian, formerly Rector of
the parish, assisted by three clergymen. The bride, who was
given away by her father, wore a dress of pearl satin duchesee,
trimmed with orange-blossoms and Brussels lace, the front
embroidered in white jet. She wore no jewellery, except a
diamond star, the gift of the bridegroom. She was attended by
six bridesmaids—namely, the Ladies Idina, Rose, and Violet
Nevill, her sisters; Miss Egan, cousin of the bridegroom;
Mips Bnillic Hamilton, and Miss Ruby Strcatfield, who wore
dresses of cream lace and satin, with gold bonnets, and carried
bouquets of yellow flowers uud brown leaves. The bridegroom
presented each of them with n gold bungle, with the crest of
the 5tli Lancers in enamel. The bride was nlso attended by
Lord Henry Nevill’a youthful son and duughtcr. The best
man was Mr. Henry Leimard.
Colonel Edward St. Aubyn has been appointed deputy
warden of the Stannaries of Cornwall and Devon.
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THE RECESS.
Stormy as have been the antagonistic speeches of Mr. Glad¬
stone and the Marquis of Salisbury in Scotland, there is a
break in the cloud*. Negotiations have taken pluce with a
view to the settlement in a mutually satisfactory manner ot'
the difference betweeu the Lords and Commons. It is to be
hoped oil will have been effectually thrown on the troubled
waters by the time Parliament is called upon, as Ministerial
and Opposition leaders have reminded their adherents, to
reassemble on Oct. 23.
The enthusiastic welcome of the Marquis of Salisbury to
Glasgow on Tuesday by upwards of ten thousand Con¬
servatives was indisputably a significant incident in the
present agitation. The noble Marquis maintained liis position
with characteristic boldness and tenacity in replying to
the formal greetings from the Glasgow Conservative Asso¬
ciation and the Orange Grand Lodge of Scotland. lie
j usi iiicd the ground taken up by the majority of the House of
lit.rds in declining to puss the County Franchise Pill un¬
coupled with the Redistribution measure proposed by the
Govern incut. His Lordship defended this step ns perfectly
legitimate on the part of the Conservative Party, the interests
oi which, he resolutely maintained, would be sacrificed were
a general election to take place under the new Franchise Bill.
tSiicli was the burden also of the speeches Lord Salisbury was
culle.l upon to make in Glasgow on, Wednesday. But it muy
be profitable to coutrast with the irony of which the noble
Marquis is master the graver and weightier utterance of Mr.
Gladstone in the City Hall of Perth on the Wednesday of lust
week: —
Tne pati-nce of the countrv wa* tried to a certain extent hjr the vote in
July. Siuoethat lime mueeeuf evidence l.uve been accumulating,diffident,
and more than suttiaeiit, we think, lor lire etuisfacuun ot all reasonable
minds, it U not to be expected ih.t wo should consent to aoqui see in a
stale of things in which irreipoiaiole p .wer U to be continually and
ubeiinato'.y rutted against power winch is responsible. The propositions
involved ill such a doc trio* a* thut would go to tne veryrootof youruoi-rtios.
If ih • independence of Uie House of Holds is to be pitiuded fts u reason lor
pcriuaneu: iv rcsisliug piopo-ilioiis so moderate and so leasoufthle as tnose
involved in the Franchise Dili, then, inaecd, the question would l<e mised
whemer lieronturj’ » U<1 imwpumnole power should any longer be lo.ern’ed
in its present slutpe, a ud the country would be umhftrkod in a controversy of
whicii 1 will only suy th it 1 f«ar it would be bitter; 1 know it would belong,
but it could only eud one way-iu great and extensive changes in the present
balance of the Constitution.
The Prime Minister’s return homo from Scotland was
marked by a coutiuuauce of the marked enthusiasm which
greeted him at every stage of his triumphal progress. Mr.
Gladstone, in the brief addresses elicited from him by cheering
multitudes at Edinburgh. Carlisle, and Preston, repeated his
words of warning to the House of Lords.
On Saturday last, Mr. Chamberlain at a meeting near
Birmingham, Mr. Forster ut Utley, Mr. Coweu at Blaydon-
on-Tync, and Mr. Samuel Morley at Tunbridge, offered similar
counsel to the majority of the Peers. The President of the
Board of Trade, on what grounds we do not know, hazarded
the opinion that the Lords would not yield after all. But wo
are, nevertheless, not without hope Ihut it will yet be found
the followers of the Marquis of Salisbury in the House of Lords
have reawakened to the fact that discretion is the better part
of valour.
The Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar Eisenach has given
•even guineas to the German Teachers’ Association.
Mr. Samuel Storey, M.P., has given £200, and a townsman,
who requests his name to be withheld, has sent £105 towards
the relief of distress in the town of Sunderland.
The Pier and Harbour Commissioners have recommended
the Treasury to grant £60,000 for new piers and harbours ou
the coasts of Donegal, Sligo, Mayo, Galway, and Clare.
A meeting of commercial travellers was held last week at
the Mansion House, when a resolution was adopted approving
of u scheme for establishing, in all the leading towns, hotels and
clubs for the use of members of the commercial community.
Mr. T. Sidney Cooper, R.A., of Vernon Holme, nenr
Canterbury, completed his eighty-first year yesterday week.
The School of Art which he presented to his native city of
Canterbury 1ms been rebuilt.
Colonel Sir Archibald C. Campbell, of Blytliswood, has
been unanimously nominated for election as Grand Muster
Mason for Scotland, in succession to the Earl of Mar and
Kellie, who retires ou St. Audrew’s Day.
General Newdigate, commanding the Eastern District,'
yesterday week presented medals for distinguished bravery tp'
the men of the Lancashire Regiment who were present
El Teb and Tamasi.
BR1N3MEAD AND SUNS’ PIANOFORTES.
The progress made in all branches of science and art during
the \ iotorinn era has tended to revolutionise most old-worltl
ideas and the pace at which new experiments develop into
practical use, and even become themselves what it is the
tusliion of the hour to cull time-worn aud out of date, is to
any reflective mind surprising. Particularly ure these
observations apposite when the strides made m the manu¬
facture of musical instruments come to be considered, aud
especially do they point to the pianoforte, which, «s the most
popular of all mechuuicul sound-producers, is naturally the one
that lias received most attention ut tlie hands of the inventors.
Among these latter none takes a higher rank in themusicul world
than the firm u£ Messrs. John Briusinead and Sons, who may be
said to have inaugurated a new era for the instrument with which
their names for so many years have been indissolubly associated.
As a striking illustration of the advancement alluded to, no
better coutrast could be cited than tliat which u piano of the
Regency, or to speak more correctly, of that epoch immediately
preceding the advent of our present Sovereign, affords when
placed Bide by side with one of the latest outcomes of this firm’s
skill as shown at the International Exhibition now drawing to
a close at Sydenham. Here can be seen iu concrete form the
ideul dream which fancy may conjecture as having filled the
brain of Cristofali the Florentine, who nearly two centuries
ago hud evolved the rude nucleus of our preseutpiano. Here may
bo inspected instruments which have won the encomiums of
crowned heads, Priuccs and Dukes galore, and indeed it would
be difficult tocouceivea higher slandurdof perfection in detail
or ensemble than the elegant exhibit of the Wigmore-street
linn iu the great glass palace ou the Surrey hills, where they
have gained the Diploma of Honour and Gold Medal. Yet it is
ouly when a Liszt sits down and draws upon thut well of har¬
mony, or a Rubinstein wakens the echoes with the thuudering
roll which, to some ears, is the sweetest melody, that one really
begins to comprehend the delicate manipulative finesse of a
great piano-maker. Why is it, asks the curious critic, that
Driusmcud’s Sostenente make should give forth notes of such
sonorous tone? To tell the initiated thut this curvature of
form to which the sounding board is adjusted is the mam
secret, and that the wearing out of this important adjunct
once the great bane of pianists, has been obviuted by a simple
remedy patented under the name of the “ Tone Compensator,
is to talk language as intelligible as the tongue of LilBput, of,
what is much more terrible, the argot oi an East-End cockney.
But run over the scales, and the lull effect of these modepnx
improvements is heurd in a dialect which requires no
laborious grammar or ponderous lexicon to make plain, for
the language of true harmony is universal.
Setting aside the technicalities of check repeater action and
pedal improvements, taking for granted th^t Messrs. Brius-
mead aud Sons include iu their instrument every' kind of
accessory which serves to make a piano perfect, there must, at
the same time, be a sense of Batisfactiop when the purchaser of
u Brinsmead Cottage or a BriiiBinetta Grand finds that the
highest authorities in Europe unite in a dispassionate pican of
praise of those particular instruments which is absolutely
monotonous in its superlatives. The approval of Kontski,
Sims Reeves, the Abbey Liszt, and Gounod, each aud all
masters of the first class, should be sufficient to satisfy the
most ext giant. But Messrs. Bnusmega’s catalogue of favour¬
able opinions—from/the Kings of Bavaria aud Portugal, the
Conservatoires of Brussels and Rome, down to the latest
parvenu , who feels that ouly through Wigmore-street can his
drawing-room have tlie finishing touch 7 put to it—is much too
formidable an affair to receive thut. plenitude of attention it de¬
serves in the course ot ii brief newspaper notice. Suffice it to say
that there is no capital in the world where the name is not one to
conjure with inmusical circles, and u household word all
round; and if the firm which fOr fifty years has devoted itself
to a piuuofortebulture sometimes displays a little natural pride
in the vast business they have created, and in the great
statistical fact that their huge factories turn out a complete
instrument every working hour throughout the year, who
shall blame them ?
THE OLD COSTUMES EXHIBITION.
Few of the million visitors to the International llenllli Exhi¬
bition nt South Kensington forget tlie amusing collection of
life-sized wax figures iu tired iu the different costumes worn
by English people ut successive periods from the Norman
Conquest to the reign of George IV. This collection, placed
in the West Quudrant galleries between the Aquarium mid the
Conservatory, was designed and nr ranged by tlie lion. Lewis
Wingfield, who delivered, on June 24, uninteresting lecture on
“'Hie History of English Dress,” Mr. G. A. Sain presiding over
the audience. The costumes were made, from Mr. Wingfield’s
designs, by Messrs. Auguste and Co., oi Wellington-streot,
but the wigs by Mr. C. H. Fox, of Russell-street, Covent-
garden; the wax figures are the workmanship of Mr. Edwards
of Wuterloo-roud. They Btand iu nineteen glass cases, each
of which is designated by the mime of one of the English
Kings or Queens; but eonie'important reigns, that of
Edward III. for example, are not included, since they did not
bring in any marked change of civil costume. The Exhibition
of Military Costume, furnished partly by the armour col¬
lections in the Tower, by the War Department, the United
Service Institution, and by Messrs. L. uud H. Nuthuu and
Messrs. Tussaud, is a separate affair. We have selected, for
the subjects of a page ot Sketches, tlmt of one of the ladies of
the time of Richard II.; a knight in armour, ou horseback, of
Henry VIII.’s reign; a Puritan of the Commonwealth period ;
ft gentleman of Ghurles IIYs time; one of Queen Anne's time,
with ii contemporary lady’s head-dress ; the dress of a country
squire, mid that of a lady iu Derbyshire, under King
George 11.,.and a fashionable Londoner’s dress of the same
period. In each pfthese instances, our Artist 1ms introduced
one or two spectators, from among the ordinary visitors to
this year’s Health Exhibition, who are inspecting the figures
of their possible ancestors, in apparent unconsciousness of
some points of-resemblauce between the old dress uud that
worn by themselves at the present day. There is, however, an
utter aud absolute dissimilarity iu the cuse ot the military
uniform worn by the two soldiers of the Guards, compared
with the iron shell of plate-armour tlmt encases the knight
who him' have fought at Fiodden. Among the costumes worn
by middle-class people in common domestic and social life,
the persistency or repetition of the sume general forms seems
natural; while there is, as might be expected, less change in
the dress of people living iu rural ueighbouihoods than in
town. This last remark is strikingly illustrated by the two
Sketches of “Town Dress” aud “Rural,” of the time of King
George II., viewed together with the modern attire of some
visitors to South Kensington. The alteration of sliupe in
masculine attire since the early part of the eighteenth century
has been gradual, and has been more conspicuous in the
abridgment of wuistcoasts, the adoption of trousers instead
of breeches, and some modification of collar and sleeve in the
frock-coat, than in the introduction of essentially novel gar¬
ments. Flaps and full skirts, with plaits or folds, sleeve-cuffs,
ruffles, frills, aud neckcloths, have been discarded, as well us
cocked hats, wigs, and shoe-buckles; and black has superseded
all colour in men’s dress. The muff was only a passing whim
of effeminate affectation, but instances of its being carried by
some gentlemen are cited in Mr. Wingfield’s lecture.
The Master Cutler of Sheffield lias arranged for the Cutlers’
Feast to take pldcp on Thursday, the 16th inst.
ATsir John Lubbock, M.P., gave the address at the opening
of the^thitty-first year of the Working Men’s College, Greut
Urmond-atreet, on Thursday evening.
The meeting of tlie Iron and Steel Institute at Chester
-was concluded yesterday week, when excursions were made to
vantraaplaces of interest in North Wales.
Lord Enfield has been appointed Lieutenant and Custos
On Tuesday the Sanitary Congress and Exhibitibn^Wei^Xllotulorum of Middlesex, in the room of the late Duke of
opened in Dublin. The ceremony was performed by tlie Lord Wellington.
Mayor, who also presided at a public luncheon which preceded After hearing a deputation from the Poplar District Board
the opening. In the evening Sir Robert Rawlinson, thel’ri- on the question of additional means of transit across the
sident of the Congress, gave his inaugural addre^s\ > Thames' below London Bridge, the Metropolitan Board of
evening,
£1,3110,598 ; ail'd for the year of £3,795,910, ^'^’pmp^cUwitli
the corresponding periods in 1883/
The Health Committee of the Liverpool Corporation recom¬
mend the appropriation of twenty-five acres of tyavertree
Park ns a site for a hospital lor infectious diseases. They
recommend the erection of a series of buildings with a wide
belt of land and trees to secure isolation. \\
Tuesday laid tlie memorial-stone of the new extension to
Bradford Infirmary, which is to be made at a cost of about
£12,000. The Mayor announced that the amount required for
the extension had been already raised, and £3000 iu addition,
to be handed over to the investment fund, the total amount
subscribed being nearly £16,000. Mr. Holden, M.P., headed
the subscription-list with £1000.
Pheasant-shooting opened on Wednesday with favourable
prospects.
The Lord Mayor on Tuesday forwarded £1000 as a first
instalment from the Mansion House Fund for the relief of the
sufferers by the cholera at Naples.
Two heavily armed gun-boats built for the Queensland
Government for coast defence have gone through satisfactory
trials ou the Tyne.
Mr. John Bayley, of Plymouth, lias communicated his
intention of presenting to the inhabitants his portion of tho
land at the mouth of the Plymouth Leut, for the purpose of
constructing a storage reservoir.
At a meeting of the Board of Delegates of tlie Hospital
Saturday Fund it was reported thut the lust street collection
will probably amount to about two thousand eight hundred
pounds, which is about five hundred pounds more than iu the
previous year. The workshop contributions ure also larger
than last year. The idea of u supplementary collection was
therefore abandoned.
The annual autumn route march of a detachment of tlie
London Rille Brigude for the purjxj.se of instruction in minor
tuctics and outpost duty took jjluce ou Saturday afternoon aud
Sunday. An inspection of the 2nd Durham (Seuhara) Artillery
Volunteers took place at Sealmni Harbour lust Saturday ufter-
noon, by the Colonel Commaudant, the Marquis of London¬
derry, ufter which the prizes won by the detachments of the
regiment were distributed by the Marchioness of Londonderry.
The Countess of Strathmore presented 358 certificates to
the Dundee classes of the St. John Ambulance Association on
Friday week; and Lord Egerton of Tatton presided at a
meeting at Stockport on Saturday to open the ensuing
session.—A detached class of the St. John’s Ambulnnce Asso¬
ciation was formed some time ago by Assistant Surgeon
Arthur Price, of her Majesty’s Convict Prison, Parkhurst, Isle
of Wight, for tho purpose of teaching the warders how to
render "first aid to the sick and wouuded.” The examination
wus held by Surgeon-Major Wearne, A.M.D., on Saturday
last, when eighteen candidates presented themselves, all of
whom passed.
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A IX-LES-BAINS.—Cercled'Aix-les-Buinfl.
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1>aLE. — B tftgl National, opposite Cciitml
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B RUftfiELSN^HMel de l’Univers. Agree-
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tear
. and hutlilng 1
llslimrnt. Table d hole.
Lx**ui>xkfi. Propr.
yERY
FINE FRENCH
Velvet Velveteen*, much Improved I
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A lLack Velveteen, ineelallycheap ..
PattrrnYqawt-f
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UEGEXT-STREE1'.
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Skirts In new Mourning )
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orotherwlse .. .. J
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T>LACK MATERIAL COSTUMES, both
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iJILK COSTUMES, b-*nutifully made,
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J70R TRAVELLING and the SEASIDE.
A Unt-ful ami Inexi Cndir Coetuuir*.
Ill Black. Gn-y*. and Ni-lllr.il Miade*.
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s
UPERIOR BLACK SILKS,
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Highly reoammeii'hd by I’HTKU ROBINSON.
An Iminriite St-wk,
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!N0A. — Grand Hotel de Genes. First-
A r,la** lloiire for Kamlllea and Tourist*; sway from railway
node/and odour* ot the port. Moderate charge*. Highly
iv^uiuiiiidril. B-'SiKi Kukbch. Proprietor*.
f A US ANNE.—Hotel Gibbon. View of
Luko Genera and Al|w. Splendid garden. Shad) terrace*.
W lieivGIbbiiii wrote III* lhi:lliie*nd Fall ot the R..111.111 1 injure.
Drain*, e iwrfrct. Favourable term*.— Emile lUrrzn. Propr.
AJILAN. — Hotel Grande Bretagne, and
-i-'A llelclimenn. FD*tcl**» Hotel - most central ofthetowu.
Eutireli renovated very comlurtal'le bouse. The Engl i*h Conan I
Is rrshleiit here. lto**i sml AMBSosgrri. Proprhdoi*.
"V^APLES.—Grand Hotel, Naples. Opened
-i-v January,HUG. Manage.I l.y A. IIAU.-Lll (a tuemlier of
the llaua-r family ■•( the Schweltxerbor and Lucerueiliof, II tel
Uleuliai-h, Ac., lu Switzerland).
\TAPLES.- HOTEL BRISTOL.
1 > Superior Hygienic airaugemeuts.
A. l.xt’MiV- Proprietor of the Peusion,
Urtllbcrg, near Zurich.
MAPLES —Hfltel Metropole (Cook’s
i’ siwclal house). Pension from Hf., with *’lne. Reatniirant,
cal-. English lair. Grand establishment of Imtli*. Ilnniliiain
and other*. *•■* anil fresh water. Oinoll U>; tram dour.
"VTAPLES. — Hotel Tramontano, bn the
-L* Co eo V. Emanuel®. Hlgheetand healthiest pa t; magni¬
ficent vli vv of tho buy and lelamia. Desirable homely f in iy
hotel. Kept by an Engllrh Lady.
A T A P L E S.—Royal Hotel mnintains its
-i-l lepntntion us s snperior flrit-clae* house, nuilrr th*
la<r*on 11 *ii),crvDion of It* louniler ami owner, Mr. Capraiil, *n
Kuglieh reanlent for several year*.
(AST E N D.—Grand Hotel Continental.
V ’ Fir.t-rlans hotel, one 01 th* largest In Belgium. Facing
re.i-hnthing *t»ith'n. next the Kur*aal. KngHsh (lioken. Table
d'liAte. rurtauraut. billiard*. Corel” d'Ostende iClub).
CAUCHY, Lausanne.—Hotel Beau Rivage.
v/ First-class extra. Grand Yiew of Lake and Atm. SoIrSe*
dalinalitea. Concert*. Satlsfartory arrangement*, winter pen¬
sion. Apply for Tariff to Mxrrtif UrrxsAOHT. Director.
1)EGLI.— Grand Hotel Pegli (formerly
i- De In MMIIterranee). Facing tlie sea. Sonth a-jiect, an r-
riuinded by garden* and mountain*. CllmateOnaurpanied. Sanl-
tnr) arraiigemenU; satisfactory charges. Hrcnca-Di uhzk. Prop.
1 )0ZZU0LI, near Naples.—Hotel Grande
X Bretagne. Warm winter n-#lderc«. near the Sollatara.
and reii..» m .1 ruin* of I'ozznoli. Uaial. Ac. Mr*. Dxwz*. the
propr.eicew. Is Engll-li. Mmlerute terms; tarlll free.
1 >0ME.—Grand Hotel do Russie. First
w clae*. lomutifiil; near Etigll*h ami Amerlmu churched;
aimitnii'iit* facing *outll. Hotel warm.,I b) camrlter-ariange-
nii'nta; noalcrale price*. Lift—O. Mazzoxi. I'r-prieior.
R 0ME -
HOTEL DU QUIRINAL.
B. Gt'nazxBcni. and Un.
' TURIN.—Grand Hotel Europe, opposite
A King's Palace, Grand-*quare. Ciutello. Reputation for
110-leri. comfort*. 140 room*. Baths, lift, oinnibu*. Moderate
t-h*n.-r*. l'oiice«hin*ln* Grand llolnuiaiit at Exhlhltein.
A
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mvar oil* beautiful diwizu*,
for Miiutle* and lliessr*.
1r. ni 6* tbl. to IIM. lid. per yard.
1 EVENING DRESSES, DINNER DRESSES.
-2 . An extensive variety.
New Style*, beautifully and fo-hionably made.
Black Grenadine fr.un I guinea.
Black IlniMel* net from 29* Cd.
Bla k I ace from .1 guinea*.
Black Mere, with varioua novel combhiat.on*. from 3| guinea*.
f TRAVELLING CLOAKS in ZEPH VR SILK
X. (a Novelty 1. beautifully light and storm-proof.
Various lhaih*. £•». ikl. and Xt*. 6d.
)ARCELS POST FREE.
Made-np article* or material*
by tho yard promptly forwarded.
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MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
REGENT-STREET. LONDON.
T70UND, nn Address of the Oldest-
JL Established BUYERS of I.EKl'-OFF CLOTH ES, Jewell, ry.
Ac. Ap|H)intmentemad®. Mr. and Mr*. I’H I I.LI PS,Old Cuihudly
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ATEItMOUTH.—Francesco Cinzano and Co.
v Vermontli.Ciiiiihlnathui A-tl W lie and All'lne herb*, wltli
qu 11 ne Refreshing.tonic, and illgi-rilre. Ol Wine Merchant*,
*mi F. (,'IXZANO uud CU.. Cor*o Re Umberto. lu, Turin.
ATEN ICE.—Grand llfttel d* Italic*.— On the
V Grand Canal, cl"*e to the Square of St. Marr. Ib n wiinl
re-f.iur.iot and brasserie a .Joining tlie hotel. bub»tai.tt*l and
gci.touii* aie. Bxi'KR GBi'xw*i.n, Proprietor.
/URIC II.—Hfitel Habis, First Class,
AJ iip|Ki*ite Railway Station. Modern comfort with nudmte
Cllnrgi*. Recommended to English and Aluvrhail travellers;
arm 11 ip menu fora stay. Aiblrrs*. IIxuis-Ukutinokh, Proprietor.
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A laxative anA refreshing
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rpAUSD For CONSTI RATION.
I A M AH Hemorrhoids.
M R. STREETER’S COLLECTION of
PRECIOUS SPUNKS mill GEMS. It ugh amt Cut. will
aim be OFFKhKD for SALE. Connoisseur* and CollecUii* me
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OCT. 4. 1S84
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C LOUGn nud WARREN’S PET ORGAN,
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VTEW SONGS. Sung on Madame PATEY’S
Concert Tour.
A SHADOW. By Sir ARTHUR
SULLIVAN. Sung by Mad.mo Patey.
r piIE BREADWINNER, By COTSF0KD
X DICK. Sung by Ml** Anna William*.
'THE LOVE FLOWER. By C0TSF0RD
i DICK. Sung by Mia* AiUPattarwn.
O ’ER THE HILLS OF NORMANDIE.
lly P. DK KAYE. Sung by Mr. Sidney Tower.
M Y LASS AND I. By MICHAEL
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X MICH AKI. WAT-ON. Sung by Madame I'atey.
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T ’AMOUR IMMORTEL VALSE. Pur
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7?DWIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR SONGS.
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E
7DWIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR
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-i PIANOFORTE PIECES.
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J " The method of method*."
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il*.
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GPOUR’S VIOLIN SCHOOL. Edited by
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JERUSALEM. HENRY PARKER'S very
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7’HE GOLDEN PATH. HENRY
X I'aIIKKRS New Song. Snng l.y Slilile. Tremetllaud Ml**
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TN
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gANTLEY’S NEW SONG.
( JNE NIGIIT CAME ON A HURRICANE.
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EVER TO KNOW. By M A IIZIALS.
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pANSERON’S METHOD fo>
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he following mlltlon* are now ready.
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'lanulori* Duet, with vocal obbligato .. Price 7*. fid. net.
'ml Ori'hratia.price 7*. net.
^.Vbi*l Part (Old Nutation).Price Gil net.
Vipbtl Part i Ionic So -Kill.Prlc* ul. m t.
SET VIOLETS WALTZ. By I\
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ES FLEURS VALSE. By EMILE
WAI.DTEUFEL. Now lielng pi-rforiued at Ure IJaymarknt
Theatre.
pLARICE WALTZ. Dedicated to Miss
Vy Anderaon. Now liemg perform' d at the Lyccnui Theatre.
IN THE MOONLIGHT. Waltz. By A.
X O. CROWE. Now being pci formed at the Pronionade
Conceit*.
S IMPATICA. Waltz. By P. BUCALOSSI.
Performed at tho II I} III .rket Theatre.
pAKTHENIA. Waltz. By ANDREW
X LEVEY. NOW lif'
HE REIGN OF TIIE ROSES.
(Mywntl*.) / /
U NTIL WE MEET AGAIN. (Auf
WIcileriKihen.)
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^IGNOR DENZA’S ADMIRED NEW
O SOXG8. /--y
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gTAR
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OF 51Y HEART. LTublished in
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N
JEW SONGS.
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ATIKNOK RKWAKDKD. By CHIU PIN8UTI.
X K llat, F iG bi F). and fi. W.iriU. JaXmie.
OiarniiiiK ami |'retry, with a daali of *ly humour; Tory
efl'ctUve.XGauuot tall to pleaw everyone."
X'NUDKROHS. By T1IK0. RONIIKCB.
II. K flat, b to K). an.l F.
L'hli hi ll mid (laehlug new Imu or bnrltnn* long will rival
In |*ipu!nrliy Udoardo Karri's wurld-ftnownnl King *'l'lie Did
gAue..A stirring and powclfol avng."
TILL T HB BREAKING OF TIIE DAY. By PIN8UTI.
G, A iK to FL and ll flat. Words, Jaxour.
/•' A iplen.lid *ong; one of uncommon merit. The music I*
rich aud lull, and contain* a most cnarmlng refrain.' 1 "Ouo of
Signor Pln«nll « liiu*l and prettiest songs.
DOLLY'S REVENUE. By HENRY l'ONTET.
K llat (Kbi EL and P.
•• An Intensely amuslug bullod. *et to an extremely pretty and
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W MORLEY and CO. have the honour to
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hUKKl.Y. the excewlve bi-auly "f which coinpoaltlon will ensure
It high ilntmction m the musical world, and will prove one of
■ lie greute.t and moat, grriiilne aiiccrsw-* recurnt for many ye.il *.
topic* ready for issue MONDAY, OCi‘. W. Order ol all kluslc-
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VTfcNITIENNE. Viilse By EMILE
T W ALU I EUKEL. Now being iieiforrued at tho Olympic
IGHT* OF LOVE. Waltz. By A. G. JJLKINGTON and 00.
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TJOWN STREAM. Waltz. By WELLS
X." IIKNHY. Now U-Ing performed at tho Scarborough
Cnnrerta.
AT EPHISTO. Polka. By PERCY REEVE.
I*JL Now being |ier formed at the Piolnriiade Concerto.
"I)ITZ-RATZ. Polka. By J. M. COWARD.
XV Now In-leg iierform«l at the Prumenade f'oucert*
G J. RE LOTS. Galop. With Grelots
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-Lx Now being performed at Hie Pr. menadc Uoucerts.
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V If your hair I* turning grey, nr while, or falling elf. ure
"Hie llexii on Hair Kenewer. for It will |«i*ltlvely nsl-ire In
every cn*" Grey *«r White llalr to It* "iliclual uilour. without
having thedlMgi'-eidile iniell of ,u"*t " lie* mera." It nmkea
tire hair' haimuigly la-aii'iliil,a* well a* pronio'lag the growth
of lire hall' mi bald spot*, where Ui« ghiii'l* are not delayed.
"Tho Mexican llalr llem w«r " I* *"iil by Cheniist* and l'er-
fuinvrsavei) where, at J*. nd. per Bottle.
JJL0R1LINF*. For the Teeth and Breath.
X I* thv I«-»t Lli|iU<) D< nlriflce In the wotlil; It thoroughly
clean*.* |,nrt|idly-d"'ny*l leetU from nil pnrualle* or living
*-ai"iunlculu','- leaving them pearly while, iuiimrting a delight¬
ful ftngruiree G* file Ti.nwllt Til* Krnkiant Florillne removei
Ini'i'idly all od"iir* aiIriog froi'i a foul stomach or
*iii"ke. [".lug I'.'.llv i-"i"lK>erd of h"i"-y . Wnln. and extract* of
■ went lierl* mid piai't*. It I* pm f.-etiy deliclou* to the ta«tc.
and a* haimlea* a* »llerrr. hold by GheiuliU aud Perfumer*
•very where, at 7a. Ud |*r Bottle.
AY’S, REGENT-STREET.
QltEPE I5IPERIAL.
NEW MATERIAL rOR MOURNING WEAR.
“AIESSB8. JAY, of ltegont-streefc,
i-'X lojudon, have aecti'ed a nntel manufacture for bls'-k.
It I* all wool, and yet look* ex," lly like i-t4p", a* It hna tho
crlualed or crimped aurfaco which la Inxparuhle from t)i..t
fabric. It l**id d and iibHit durable. IHnc fry* Irvin Die elasticity
of lire mom perishable *ilk ci*p« which It *0 cloudy resembles,
and yet it I* (tossy. It appear* under the 11.1ms of ' Cr4pe
Imperial,' and I* niada up efl'rctivi-ly into cosinine* for ili-a.p
mourning, when It I* n"'-compulsory to trim with crime. Tire
firm riiould be congratulated on introducing a fabric wfileh will
answer for tho dccpe.t mourning die**, and will wear a* tonga*
the mourner elect, to use It."—Extract from " The Queen ”
newspaper.
SIODRNING FOR FA3IILIR8.
E 8 S R 8. JAY’S Experienced
DRESSMAKERS atul MILLINERS travel to ,ny part
or the kingdom, free of expeuko l<> pun lister*. They take with
them dres.re and millinery. Iieride* pattern* of material*, at 1*.
per yard mil upwards, all marked In plain flguie*. and at the
' ia* Ir purchased at tire warvhou** in.
M
»ame price 1
Regent-*tr*et.
Rrasoiinhlr estimates are alv> given for llomehold Mourning,
at a gient raving to large "r small fanillle*. Funeral* at *tatcd
cliaige* conducted in lerinlon or country.
J vY s.
THE LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE.
REGEN l -hTREE P. W.
Ull I UTS.—FOR D’S EUREKA SHIRTS.
O GreatJinprov-mcnU have been mado In the niMiufartiiro
of Ford’s Eureka Shirt*, co ebratci tor their .upcrlor lilting.
Six lor .'in*., tea . 44*., sent by pnrcelapost free to your dour. Write
for Illuitratrd f . f-nieaiure and all lurtk-ulnr* Dee by post.
11. FORI) and UO.. 41. Poultry. London.
7J7GIDIUS.—The only FLANNEL SHIRTS
J L that never shrink In washing— not If washed tm time',
Made in mixed Coloure. grey*, drabs, browns, Ac.. 1:1*. 6d-; Uin e
forxllt.'.tld.. by parcel* jrest paid. Write for |.ntterns and self-
men.lire. To be had only of H. FORD and GO.. 41. Poultry,
Icixloii.
QCHWEITZER’S COCOATINA.
b? Antl-Dy (peptic Cocoa or rhoco ate Powder.
Guaranteed Pure Soluble Cocoa, with rxronaof Fat extracted.
I'our time* tne strength of Cocoa* Tlilckeireil yet Wonkened with
Arrow pM't, Starch. Ac., anil in real ty cheaper.
The faculty pronoimce It the most nutritious, perfectly dlgeit-
Ive Beverage for "BREAKFAST, LUNCHEON, or SUPl'EK."
K'-ep. for >enr. In nil Climate*. Requires no Cooking. A tea-
spvrenful to Breakfait-Cup costing lees than a halfpenny,
in Air-Tight Tins. I* ml.. !t*., Ac., by Chemist* and Grocer*.
II. SCHWEITZER and 00.. 10. Adam-rtreet. Strand, W.O.
TT'IRKMAN und SON,
JV MAKERS "f GRAND and UPRIGUT
PlANoKUltTEB,
3 and 9. Solio-ei'inre: sud Brndinore Work*,
ll ammerrinliU.
TZIRK51 AN and SON’S HORIZONTAL
-IV GRAND 1’IANOS are onrtrurted of wrouglit-ateel, and
arv therefore especially adapted fur ill" Colouie> ami extremes
of leuipernliire. They aim make a Sln>rt Overstrung Iron Uraud
(4ft. bin. long; at a very moderate price.
ir IIIKMAN and SON’S NEW MODEL
IV Ul-RIUHT PIANOS range from eft. high, are full
t'ohoid, iron-lraiurd. and litted With the Beat re)«ntlou clieek-
S'tlon*. They can !>•• ahtalneil In every variety of case. In-
(liuiing Itcnnl'reauceaiid Qnrvii Anne style*.
All their I'lanofoite* are for Sale, Hire, or on the Three
Y'or*' System.
PIANOFORTES for HIRE or for SALE,
X from 24 guinea* upward.— JOHN IlnOADWUUD and
SONS, 3>, Great I'ulleney-rtreet. liolilrn-»quare. W. Mauu-
lactoiy.44, Horreferry-rnud. Weatiuiu.ter.
JOHN
pRY’f
QOCOA.
GOLD MEDAL.
Calcutta Exhibition, 1861.
RY’S CARACA8 COCOA.
most delicious and valuable
article."—Standard.
F 1
PURE COCOA ONLY.
PRY’S COCOA EXTRACT.
X "Strictly pure, enslly a*.lmllated."—
W. ff. st" i*in ht. Analyst, for lln>t»l.
NINETEEN l’KIZK SI E11AI Jl.
C
II 0 C O L A T
A3IBTRRDAM
EXHIBITION. 1883.
M E N I E R.
Awarded
the
OttAND
DIPLOMA OF HONOUR.
pUOCOLAT MENIER, in i lb. and i lb.
PACKETS.
For
BREAKFAST.
LUNCHEON, and SUPPER.
C I10C0LAT MENIER.—Awarded Twenty-
Eigbt
PRIZE MEDALS.
Con.uniptii.ri annually
exceeds 74,0U).i««i lb.
QHOCOLAT MENIER.
Sold Everywhere.
Paris,
London,
Now York.
QOLDS
CURED BY
DUNBAR’S ALKARAM, or
Anil-Catarrh Smelling-Bottle.
QOLDS.
Q0LD8.
QOLDS.
D K
^LKAltAM.
^^LKARAM.
ALKARAM.
I F inhaled on the firstsymptoms, ALKARAM
will at once arret them, and cure sever" r«*0* In half an
hour. Sold by all Ulirnil*t*,2*. lal. a B'tt'e Add ten. Dr. Dunlior.
cate of Mrurl 3*. Newbury and Son*. 1. King IMwanl *t.. K.C.
ADVICE TO DYSPEPTICS.—Symptoms
-*V Of Dyipepela and In.llgestlon, with (Jieclal advice as to
Diet. " Thi* little pamphlet appeal* forcibly to those who iiave
allowed the pulate to decide every thing for them, aud have paid
the inevitable penalty"! their folly"—Globe. Sent lor onestamp.
kb*. Publisher, vi. Great lliiuell-stroot. London.
J. 31. ItieiiAkp*
1 ET A BOTTLE TO-DAY OF PERRY
G
DAVIS' PAIN KILLER.— It Instantly relieve* and cure*
severe ■cald*. hum*, sprain*, bruise*, toothache, headache,
pal"* III the side, Joints, and llmbe. all neuralgic and rheu-
luat o puliu. Taken Internally care* at once cough*, sudden
cold*, cramp in the stomach, mile, diarrhoea, and cholera
Infantum. PAIN KILLER I* tho great household medicine,
and ha* stood the test of llfty year*. Any Chemist can supply
It at 1*. 14*1 - and 2*. ad.
\ r UDA VERITAS.—GREY HAIR restored
i- ’ by thi* spcrltlr: utter which It growa the natural colonr,
tret grey. Umv|ualle<l "■ a drewng. It ranee, growth, arro.t*
falling, and I I'S u>" il'itic* detecliuti. Tire moat hari'ile** alnl
rlTectual restorer extant. One trial will convince It ha* no
equal. Price In*. Ocl.. of all Chemist* and ILdnlreuerH. Tes¬
timonial* tree. Agcuta, IL I10VKNPKN and SONS, Loudon.
p OLDEN IIAIR.—Robnrc’s AUREOLINE
X J produce* tho beautiful golden colour ao much admired.
Warranted perfectly harmlee*. Price in. •*!. and in*, ad., of all
principal I'erfumera and (,'l"."il*t* throughout the world.
Agcuta. K. 1IOVKNDKN aud bON8. Ixindon.
QOCKLE’8
^NTIBILIOUS
piLLS.
QOOKLE’S
ANTIBILIOUS
TILLS,
FOb LIVER.
QOCKLE’S
ANTIBILIOUS
PILLS,
FOR BILK.
QOCKLE’S
ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
FOR INDIGESTION.
QOOKLE’S
ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
FOR IIF.AIl rilL'HN.
C KIN DISEASES CURED—SULPH0L1NE
^ LOTION remove* riuptl"ii*. plniplr*. mine**, hlotelie*,
scurf. IU a few day*. It I* highly succeestu! in eczema, paorlail*.
prung", tetter, Ac. It totally dr.lroyi many deep-wateil In-
veteraieskin ailectlon*. 3lo*t agreeable to u*o. Sold every where.
OULPHOLINE
mean* of coring
LOTION.—An external
coring akin dl*ea*r*. Thera la icarcely any
erupt mu hut will yield to 8ULTH0LINK and commence to fade
away. 'J'hoofleet ir ore than asbinlriiliig. Ordlnaiy plinpb*,
rnlnera. hlotclir*. Ac., vant.li as If by magic. It deitroy* Uia
animal. ul*> which ca im> tbeae unalghtly aflectlona, and etnuroa
Oheinlata- Bottlae.laM.
a smooth, clear. Iseall by akin, bold by
Bottle*. 1
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Oct. 4 , 1881.-329
pnnruiiiRAiiamT-«
DRAWN BY UAL LUDLOW.
R O
CHAPTER XXV.
THE GOOD FORTUNE.
gentlemen were in
tlie lawyer’* private
office wJieii Captain
Quickset entered.
(Jne was Mr. Ware,
junior, himself—a
llorid personage,
whp\might be con¬
sidered as descended
from u fanner and
grazier on one side
Of his house, and
from a Bishop’s
butler on the other.
‘•'On tv hat fools wo arc!’ Mr. Ware reflected.
OF SAND
Though still Mr.
Ware, junior, he
was a gruudfuther
of some years stand¬
ing, and had a
grandson articled to
himself: so what
distinctive descrip¬
tion would be given
to the j unior’s j unior
was already becom¬
ing a debatable
question. He had
married into a
county family, and
had a son at the bar: so his clients, attorney as he was,
almost regarded him as one of themselves.
The other gentleman, standing while the lawyer sat, was a
still hnndsome man of some fifty years old, well preserved by
nature, and still better preserved bv the arts that, help her.
He was tall, and had kept his figure to perfection ; he wns fair,
but, though lie had wisely left the colour of his lmir to the
hands of Time, who always knows best wlmt to do, he had
scarcely a wrinkle, except a few printed by the crow His
expression denoted little strength, but much refiuemem and
BY B. E. FRANCILLON,
"Strange Waters," "Olympia," " A Real Queen,"
nness: all men are more or less either Roman, Greek,
ebrew, or Mongol, and he belonged to the Greek order. He
was evidently, moreover, something of a beau, but in a very
different sense from that in which the Captain was one. The
latter had been unapproachable for elegance at Stoke Juliot,
but be seemed to shrivel up into something remarkably like
vulgarity (from beau into buck, so to speak) when in presence
of this plainly dressed, quiet mannered gentleman.
“Ah. Quickset, you’re punctual,’’ said the attorney,
nodding to him without rising. “ Sir Miles, this is Quickset,
you know.”
Sir Miles Heron, of Wrenshaw, bowed with just a touch of
stiffness in his courtesy — a stiffness, however, evidently not
intentional. The Captain bowed with his usual familiar ease.
“lam very pleased to make the personal acquaintance of
Sir Miles Heron,” said he. “ I am perfectly ready with my
report. Shall I begin ? ”
“ If yon please,” said Mr. Ware; while Sir Miles began, ns
though seized with a sudden fit of abstraction, to pace the
room slowly between the window and the door.
“Shall 1 give it to you, Sir, or to Sir Miles?” asked the
Captain.
“ To me,” answered the attorney, throwing n slight glance
behind him, and seeing how his client was engaged. “ It will
be ull the same.”
“ Very well,” said the Captain, drawing a scat to the table
and sitting down. “ I will, since it’s all the same. My com¬
mission, as I understood it, was to make inquiries whether a
West ludianmn named the Good Fortune had ever been heard
of on the const of Cornwall, North Devon, Somerset, or south
Wales. I understood that the work was put into my hands for
the excellent reason that the work was of a nature requiring
at once courage, discretion, delicacy ” -
“ Yes, yes,” suddenly interrupted Sir Miles, impatiently.
“ That wns the reason. Well?” He had stood still for half
a moment; and then continued his quarter-deck-like walk a
little more quickly than before.
“ Pray get to the point, Quickset,” said the lawyer. “ Of
course we hoped we knew our man. Well ? ”
“Faith, then, gentlemen, not to be e-ghost-ical, I found
yon wore right—the job did want all those things. Why, on
my life and soul, ’tis as much ns a man’s life is worth, to put
&C.
things mildly, to be heard asking for a lost ship along parts of
that shore. ’Twos not so bad on the Welsh side: though I
learned enough there to niuke me shy of asking plain questions
on the other”-
“ We know all that,” said Mr. Ware. “ I)o get on."
“I’m getting on—though if you *d time to hour n few dozen
of my adventures, ’t would make your skin creep and your hair
curl—it would, on my life and soul. Talk of your Indies—I
say England trumps ’em all. But where there’s a will there ’s
a wit: and where there’s a wit there’s a wav. However, not
to make a short story long, 1 ’ll tell you all about that another
time.”
“ If you please, Quickset,” said Mr. Ware. “By all means
another time.”
“ Let me see—I shall have to leave out all the interesting
part: but that’s your misfortune and Sir Miles’s—not mine.
Talking of oneself is always dull work, and dry. However, to
make a long story short, I went everywhere on the right tack,
ns they say in those nautical parts, and made friends with the
women everywhere. Bless their souls and mine, ’tis wonder¬
ful how fur one may- travel, mul how much one can learn, with
a kiss and a soft word : and then there isn’t a woman in any
parish who doesn’t know ten times as much as all the men.
And there isn’t one doesn't keep open heart to a gentleman—
doesn’t wear her heart upon her sleeve, for jaws to peck at, as
they say in the play ”-
“For Heaven’s sake, Mr. Quickset,” broke in Sir Miles,
stopping again abruptly. “ let the play alone. I am here to
learn results—what do 1 care how they are gained.”
“I’m afraid wexiust let the fellow tell his story in his own
manner, Sir J Liles,” said the attorney. “If one interrupts a
witness of that sort, one only gets one step forward and two
back again.”
“ As they say in the play,” repeated the Captain, not a whit
disturbed. **■ The consequence is that I ’ve got a list of all the
wrecks from Pen Coer to Tol l’edn Penwith—there’s names for
you, and all unknown of—for the last twenty years: and not oneof
them’s uumed the Good Fortune —no: not one. 1 'in exceedingly
glad if that is any satisfaction to you, gentlemen : but I need
not say I am sorry for my own, considering how much of my
service money was to depend on my succeeding ’ ’-
[Continued on page 331.)
330
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
OCT. 4, 1884
HARNESS’ ELEC fRIC BELT U it once CUM PORTABLE, IilCI.1 A III.K, and EKKEOTCAI.. It mark* n NEW ERA In th# history ..f Electm-Themm'utic*.
Mi'll' III Him Scientific Journal*. en.'lt cun ninny* It n-Ilo.l nn a- u w c, certain, mil Mwedy H'IihiIj lor GOUT, RHEUMATISM. LUMBAGO. SCIATICA. INI - " "
consequent on *lu$gl>h circulation or dcicctivo o gaulc action.
raiMMitlci. It H tlio only ELECTRIC BKI.T flint lint won the approval of 1
INDIGESTION, CONO’l'ICATION. NERVOUS DEBILITY. niiU lho many d
NOTE THE ONLY ADDRESS:
205, REGENT-STREET, LONDON, "W,
Patent Battery Belt.
SECTIONAL VIEW OF BELT. SHOWING BATTERIES (B)
CLOSED.
THE ONLY ELECTRIC BELT
tliat has won the approval of the medical and scientific
Journals. Read:—
Dr A. AVII^ON. the editor of Health, Judo 27, mya: — “Wo have
-xurnined the Harness’ * Medical Battery Belt ’ io which you hnve made
AH INVITATION
that no more purveyor of Chains, Bands, or eo-callod
Magnetic Belts dare extend.
PATIENTS are invited to attend at the Consulting-Booms. !05,
Regent-ttrvet, Ixmilon. W„ mid GRATUITOUSLY TEST FOR THEM¬
SELVES the effect* of the electric currents produced by these Belts.
WEAKNESS OF LOINS AND HIPS.
. ,_Marlboro'-street. Wpct-atrcct. Lord*. Mnr 1!».
....... i..< T,.„^i. y . | am Blnl , „. tc , h ,j „
gradually to my M.il.r.ril..n,
ling HU Inquiry .in Hi" Hiirnci
RHEUMATIC GOUT.
Yew-Tire Hon**. IWtlnmt, Jnly I.
The geiitli-mnn fur whom I purchased the lUn.iw licit.
Iiefuic I li ft Im.iiiC, ha* willt. u fosny thnt It linn ili.nr him nil
lniiii. il..' ileul ..f good: he can now |>a*s the whole day out of
door*. which Ills dalle* reqilue him to do, an i he In most
thankful lor Ills present etiito of hrnlth. S. D. Hum
LUMBAGO.
A Id worth. Ilnn’cmcre, Surrey. Jane 33.
t hnve w.'m your lliiriic.n' Itnttrrv Hell nlmul six week*,
end I uni glad tony Hint 1 uni marli heltcr. mid hiqie. by con¬
tinuing uwiring tlio Bolt. I thill get well.
SUtrun-c Etuitixu*.
HEADACHE.
Smithtlrrt. Gravesend. Mny 17.
Suffering much from hendnrhr* I trim! your Talent Harare*'
llnttcry licit, mid hove found great relief fibiu It.
J. Aismuiiii.
RHEUMATISM.
5. Mnltlnnd-Tcrrare. Hruee-grovr. Tottciilinm. Mny 13.
In answer to your lifter, Inin t-.rrj I Imre neglected writing
to you no Ion*, hut I mil ptautd to tell you the result of the
llarne.n' llnttrrv licit in very satisfactory, a* It lioa quite cerad
me of Itlo'iunatleni. I hnve not lout nny time siliro 1 hiulHio
II. If ; | still rout ome lining It, n. I Imd great lamellt tnun It.
mill I hnve rmimmr-mled It to neveml |ico|ile thnt nre suffering
from tho complaint—In tmr£. two dlffrrcnt people hnve want*-!
me to lend them my Bolt to try the exiwrlinent. nn they ree It
ln.li .lone me no much good: hut I tell them to come to your
pla.-a ..ml buy one. an I d<> not nirmi to |mrt wlrh mine.
\Vlulling yon the greatest meets*. I rein tin. yonr* truly.
J*s. Gibbous.
- - * —. V ''"»v-rut-i v, ibtus, mnr I.',
Received yours Innt Tnewlny. I >m *lml to mate Hint my
loins mol hip mv in-ruling gradually to my nallafaetlon. 1
cordially thank yon for making mi Inquiry an to the llnrnen.’
Buttery Belt. Jon* Cuno*.
RHEUMATISM.
1. Canalatreot, Hnrt'S-hlll, Brlerlcy-hlll. Staffonlidilre.
_ y July io, lKM.
It In with very great pleasure I am enabled to inform yon
that your llnrm-iu-' Bntfery Belt lias done me n great amount
of good; I enn wnlk ladler nnd ipilrker. nlul I c.n stoop
•l.mt n great deal better, nnd I only regrol I <lul not try onv
lieforc. W. If authiioiin’.
before.
GENERAL WEAKNESS.
13.'. Dudley-rond. Tlvhlnlc, Tipton, July 7. HUH.
1 received ymir letter h-duy. and. In rrplj. I um very
thnnkful to tell ton I am deriving n great amount of henrill
from the llainmn' Ilsttery Belt. I feel stronger and I .otter In
every wny. Jonxru bi'ti.ruun.
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
13. Bembrldge-ntrei't. Mill-street. l.lrerponl.
Dear Sir.—It being now nrnr theeinl of the month, 1 wish
to rriHirt the progress 1 burr iiuule toward* rerovrrv frmn mi
dleiaae by the tine of your Harness’ Battery Belt. Therein not
tlienllphtentdoiilit hut Hint the Belt linadone me n great deal ol
f .«»l. 1 intend to recommend yonr Belt to my Inriidi. who 1
now nre thinking of getting one, an your Ba lt* nro genuine—
not the utcIrM tr.-sli cold by n iiuniber of firm* I know.
Yours truly, Joagi'ii Collikowood,
DEBILITY.
57. Chcnter-ntreet. Clreneenter, Jn'y 7.
I «m hnppy to any thnt I feel a decided rlinnge for tho la-Ker
since wearing jour Battery Belt. It, Joiimkin.
Pom- Mortals prayed, “Oh, Hygpia. go.idoss fair. \
To euro • nr ills, oh say what SHALL wo wear."
Tho goddess answered, “Teuton. Frank, and Celt,
“Bo wise, and wear the HARNESS' BATTERY BELT.
IMPORTANT.
If you are suffering f>om any slight derangement, with
the cause Of which you are well acquainted, send at once
for a HARNESS’ BATTERY BELT, and obtain relief;
but if your case Is complicated you should send for a
“Private Advice Form,” and the Consulting Electrician
will adviso you before you purchase.
CAUTION.
Do not be misled by tbe unscrupulous and misleading
assertions of the dealers In antiquated and worthless chains
or bands in whioh pieces of orinolino steel are sewn. Those
frauds have been over and over again denounced in tho
solentiflo press. Write to the editors for opinion.
ELECTRIC BELT.
HARNESS’ BATTERY BELT. *>nt free by pout on receipt of 218., p
to G A. Niti.*• is. Send for 1'nmplilol, entitled “ OALVA
NATURE’S REMEDY FOR IMPAIRED VITAL ENERGY,
free from
THE MEDICAL BATTERY COMPANY, No. 205, Regent-street.
London, W. (two doors from Conduit-street). PARIS AGENT-
Messrs. ROBERTS & Co., 5, Rue de la Poix.
at Manufacturers’ Prices, saving from 25 to 50 per cent.
FINE ORIENTAL PEARL BRACELET, , \^\/
in best Morocco Case, £12.^'^\'\\
Tlio Stock of Rings, Brooches, Bracelets, Necklets, Iinrrings, &c., ia tlu; largest and choicest in
Loudon, and contains new and artistic designs not to be obtained elsewhere, an inspection of
which is politely invited, l’lniu figures. Cash prices. Goods forwarded for selection and
competition. Awarded Six First-Class Medals and the Cr0ss\of the Legion of Honour.
Catalogue Free. _ \ \ '. /
THE MANUFACTURING
Snow -Rooms :
112, REGENT-STREET, LONDON, W
MANUFACTORY : CLERKENWELL.
Tlio strictest examiner mar try "vara tort of touch ami night without discovering t
v EL\ KTS they no cloaely mu-in bln. whllo th" |iernlUr arrangements resulting In the I
Interminable uml rntigli wear, which would ruin real Velreta at four time* the pride.
KOR COSTUMES AND TRIMMINGS
It la unequalled; and In fact, for all purpoaea In which Silk Velvet may lie u«rd. we specially
Every yard of the Genuine bears the mime •• LOUIS.
recommend the LOUIS VELVETEEN.
CHILDREN'S
DOUBLE-KNEE STOCKINGS
.A- Gr
AND IVORY FITTINGS.
» Invented in Leicester,
Manufactured in Leicester,
Sold by Adderly and Company, Leicester.
UNEQUALLED FOR HARD WEAR.
Evcy pair * tamped "Annxui.r and Com'*." on tho foot.
LA I (IKS’ STOCKINGS. I BOYS’ KA1UUI Hll ITS.
Under VcntaandOmihlniitlons. GIRLS’ BAILOR SUITS.
.IKKSKY WSTUSIK.S. GENTS’ HAI.K-IIOSE.
JERSEY JACKETS. | Umlar V«rta nnd Paata,
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“You found no trace P ” asked Mr. Ware. “ You never
even heard the name?"
“Neither trace nor name. It was the Bad Fortune all
through. You may bo at ease, gentlemen. When Caleb
Quickset fails, it is failure indeed.”
Sir Miles continued to pace the room : the attorney sat
silent: the Captain crossed his legs and continued to smile.
“ You’d better send in the account of your charges ut once,
Quickset,” said Mr. Ware, at last. “ For the present, you
can go. I ’ll send for you if I want you again.”
J t was not a very courteous way i'or a country attorney to
dismiss a Captain in the army: but, os has already appeared,
this particular Captain never took offence when he could help
it: and, after all, an nttorney was but an attorney, and not
worth the waste of a gentleman’s condescension. So, he rose,
bowed, and left the room with his usual graceful ease.
" I am sorry,” suid Mr. Ware, as soon us the door had closed.
“I’m sure you are,” said Sir Miles. “ Not that you can
know how groat a disappointment this is to me. . . . Well:
it 'a over. 1 suppose, though, we enu take for granted that
this fellow has done all that any man could huve done ? I did
not take to him, to be sure: but ’ ’-
“No, Sir Miles. You mustn’t let yourself hope. I
wouldn’t say that, if it wasn’t the kindest thing to say. The
fellow was quite right, though it did sound like boasting. If
he has failed with such a reward as a thousand pounds for a
spur, there’s not another man in Kent or England who’d
succeed. I wouldn’t trust him with sixpence: but he’s as
sharp as a needle, and there was no room or temptation for his
playing false here. If he succeeded, a thousand pounds for his
trouble; if he failed fifty, over his charges for his fee : in neither
case no secret to sell and no buyer if there were—in a case like
that one may safely trust the veriest scamp alive.”
“ Who is the man?"
“Oh, the old xtory I expect—probably some small estate
spent upon the Jews. When I first knew him, he was playing
tragedy in a barn ”-
“ An actor P ” asked Sir Miles, suddenly.
“A player. He got into some sort of trouble: and,
though I need not say such things are not in the line of Ware,
Smith, and Ware, one of our clients—in fact, it was Parhams,
the bankers--hud to prosecute, and the circumstances were
such that, for once, we thought fit to break our rules. It was
odd, but mv lad Anthony, who’s on the way to the woolsack,
was retained to defend, at Maidstone Assizes: and be bunged
if the young rascal—Anthony, I mean—though’t was but the
secoud brief he’d ever held, didn’t get Caleb Quickset clean
off, against all the evidence, and his own father besides ! I
never knew a touch-and-go case better handled in my life than
that was by my son Anthony: and lie was complimented by
the I /Orel Chief Baron himself, who tried the case, on the waj'
it was done. He got him off, Sir, on the very smallest flaw in
the evidence you ever heard of, or ever will. . . . Well, Sir
Miles, it did seem hard that a man who’d got off on such a
beautiful flaw as that shouldn't linve nnother chance: and, as
he seemed a sharp customer, such us the steadiest of firms linve
a use for now and then, I put an inquiry in his hands that he
certainly did work out uncommonly well. He was grateful to
my son Anthony, you see : and he didn’t remember that the
father had been on the other side—Ha ! ha! ha! So we’ve
kept him about the office. We find him copying, and such
like, where there’s no confidence required; and so have him
at hand for matters that require—well—say brains.”
“ Well, old friend, you ’ve done as much for me as mortal
man could, I know. We’ve worked out this last chance; and
it ’» not your fault we’ve failed.” He sighed.
“I’m not so sure,'though, Sir Miles, that, though it cer¬
tainly isn’t our fault, it mayn’t be yours.”
“Mine*”
“ Yours,” said Mr. Ware, firmly. “ Tf you were to go to
my friend I)r. Adams, over the way, and were to hide all your
symptoms, it would be more your fault than his if you were
left uncured. It’s just the same in law. Here you come to
me to find you the Good Fortune, under circumstances that
make it likely enough her loss was concealed by wreckers.
Well, that was a straightforward thing enough to do for an old
friend and client, without wanting to know more, ouly it has
failed. Now, what would Dr. Adams say, over the way ? He’d
say, ten to one, that it might have been the simplest ease in
the world, and that he could have cured you in a twinkling, if
he’d only known all. And so I say to you. Mind, I 'in not
asking for n single• confidence. I’d us’ lief as not let the
whole matter alone. But I can’t be certain we couldn’t have
cured the case if we'd known all the symptoms—ns a lawyer
of more years’ standing than I care to think of, I can’t,
indeed." \ "
“ My dear Ware, said the Baronet, “what you say is all I.
just as true as the law and the gospel combined. And I gather V “ Is it not enough—for one man ? ”
one thing from it of which you ought to be proud.” \ V-O'' “ Isn’t it enough, for one man, to In
“ You mean, you heard her name coupled with mine.”
“ Boys will be boys—* To and for his and their proper use
and benefit. Subject nevertheless to such life interest ’ ”-
“Confound you, Wure ! ” exclaimed the Baronet. “Here
am I telling you the secrets of my life, and you ’re listening
as if I were a cobbler talking about a debt of three farthings.
You ’re not listening at all.”
“ Indeed I am,” said the attorney, laying down liis pen,
“with all my ears, and all my heart too.”
“ But you never heard, nobody ever heard, how I loved
that poor girl. By George, Sir, she never knew it herself until
she got the smallpox, and all the despicable libertines that
swarmed round her when she was a beauty and a toast dropped
off and forgot her ns if she were in her grave. ‘Ware—it puts
one in a rage with the world.”
“ Worlds will be worlds.”
“ As if the smallpox didn’t make her lovelier than ever, by
George! Of course I married her. And so would uuy man.”’
“Married her!” exclaimed the attorney, forgetting his
promise, and opening his eyes wide.
“Of course I married her, I say. What makes you look so
amazed ? Don’t people marry every day ? ”
“ Hm ! That depends very much, Sir Miles. It isu’t every
day that an heir to a title and a great estate marries an actress
just because she has lost her beauty and her friends. . . .
It isn’t every day one hears of such a love-match as that, Sir
Miles.”
“ Oh, yes, you do. It’s the commonest thing in the world.
I ‘m amazed, Ware, that you, u man of your experience, should
be surprised.”
“ And Sir Matthew never knew ? ”
“ Never. My poor Peggy took it into her head that, instead
of being the loveliest, she had become the most hideous of
women—all she wanted was to hide her face so that it might
ncvqr be seen again. Poor girl! We’ve all got our crozes,
Ware: that was hers. It was all I could do to get her to
marry me. It was only because I’d have gone to the devil
without her that she gave in : and then I had to swear that the
whole thing should be a secret between us twp. . . . She made
up her mind to be dead to everybody but me. She wouldn’t
have a minor in the same room with her—much less u pair of
strange eyes.” /X V
“ Hm! ” muttered the lawyer; “an actress—hideous and
crazy besides. And he married her J No wouder he hid her
away.” But what he said was unheard.
“ We were married in Oxfordshire, privately; by tho
Reverend Jordan Pengold, who’d been a tutor of mine. I
took her to a cottage near our place in Devonshire—if you
knew the place you’d know she was invisible there from any¬
body concerned as if I’d married her with the rin^ of King/
Candnales. It’s a place where nobody stores und iiobody
tells."
“I beg your pardon. Did you say that the"place is in
Utopia. I understood you to say Devon.!’
“ I detest sarcasm. Ware. It’s the last resource of a man
who wants to bo witty, and doesn’t kliow how.”-
“ Well, well. It wasn’t in Kent, anyway.”_X”
“ Meanwhile, I planned to take her abroad. All my people
knew I meant to leave England to seek the fortune of a
younger son over the eyefl^n debt: buty of bonne, they never
knew why. I went so’ far a* to send her off before me—of
course we could not go together, or the whole thing would be
known. . . . Ware— she had not sailed a week when my
brothers died." / x \ X
"Ah—I sec now.”
“Of course you spe. How could I leave my poor father
then P I wasn’t n good eon: but I wasn’t a brute*, Ware. And
how could I tell him that his last living son, his heir, was
married to one who—the loveliest and dearest woman on
earth—but”- \Vy J
“ I see.” X_ -X''.- X’
“The world never sees such tilings as they arc.”
‘ * Never, ^ir Miles. *\ \
“ I had to put off joining her. Of course I sent her all the
money she could need. Of course we wrote, by every ship
that could cany a letter; She understood it all. ’ By Heaven,
I believe she loved me almost as much ns I loved her. The
parting,couldn’t l>e long,you see. My father never recovered
from his great blow. He died at last.: and then I sent for my
poor girl. It was bard to get her to come back: but she came.
NoX Slw nAvcr came.”
\ “Never came ? ”
“ No. From that day to this, never have I heard of her
again, whether she is dead or alive. And now—and now you
know' all.”
“ Ab./. . . But no, Sir Miles. I do not know oil. This
must have been fifteen years ago.”
of fish if a mermaid drops among them all out of the sea.
You’ve inquired of that Bristol attorney—what !a his name—
Jeffry Matthews?”
“ Dead. No such office in Bristol for the last, dozen years.”
‘ 4 Write to your Yicnr, down in Devonsliire. A parson would
be sure to have heard of a child saved alive out of the sea.”
Sir Miles handed the attorney a letter. “ Read that,”
said he.
“If lean. It seems written with a rolling-pin. ‘Dear
Sir Miles,’ What’s this—Greek? I may skip that, I
suppose—* I am in receipt of your favour, and ! have to inform
you that this parish is become a very catnarinu of iniquity.
The arch-fiend hath inspired the farmers to combine to defraud
the Church of her dues, so that Ananias, were even he held vile
enough to be prisoned in Stoke Juliot for punishment, would
seem snow-white among such u goat-fold. It is all I can do
to live: and were it not my bounden duty to wrestle against
wrong to the death, and to do with all my might what my
right hand finds to do. I would shake the dust from my feet,
and turn usher in a school. But’—Greek again—‘We may
not look for a good whelp from an ill do&: I have dived deep,
and brought up a jxjtsherdx You ask if a certain ship was
ever wrecked on thewxfihores. There is no use in asking. If
a ship had been lost and a ehikl saved, of course I should have
known. If I were ignorant you may lx; sure that it never
happened. Nevertheless, I have made all inquiries; and, ax 1
tell you nothing, yotKjnny IxNCcrtam there is nothing to tell.
1 should advise you to try the coast of Ireland, or the Goodwin
Sands. Vive etrale. Jo hoax Pknoold.’ What—the parson
who married yon K.I see/ Stoke Juliot was his fee." . . .
“ I trjed all I eotrid to trace my wife fifteen years ago, I
have done all l could to (nice my daughter now. Anil note tell mo
that a niim who uiiburies his sorrow to no gtxxl end is not a fool.”
The attorney handed buck the letter. “ Not such a fcx>l as
the man who hides it, so that it must eat In. Hm—let me sec.
We must ndycftistK Mabel Opensliaw nnist hear of something
to her advantage’ if she applies—and there must be n reward
for proof of death or for ” -
O “It has been done. There, Ware — you see how much you
can advise. Only an advertisement—which it’s a thousand to
one the right person will never see. A thousand ? A million to
one, and more . . . Good day.”
The Attorney accompanied his client to the outer door; then
returned, and began to muse. “ Oh, what fools we are,” he
reflected, “ when we are young ! Sir Miles Heron, of Wrenshaw,
with all the world at his feet—married to a mad playeress
because nobody else would have her: not because she was
lovely, but because she was ugly, and crazy, and without a
penny, and without a friend: and for her sake to sacrifice nil
that the heart of a sane man can desire. Love, indeed! That’s
not love—unless love’s only another name for folly of which a
gibbering idiot would be ashamed. And an heiress, may be,
to throw all Wrenshaw into common law and chancery, and
the Devil himself knows where—unless she’s dead, as pray
Heaven she may. Tlmnk Fortune Quickset found nothing,
because there was nothing to find. Oh that men, before they
marry, would take advice—and to think that what young man
has done, young man may do. If Anthony ever makes a secret
nuuringe with a nm/1, ugly, penniless stage-player, I ’ll—no:
there ’« no chance of that: Anthony’s a chip of the old block :
and he ’a no fool. . . . Poor fellow—poor fellow. 4 Subject
nevertheless to such life interest* ”—and on lie went with the
deed.
In short, to drop all further disguise, it will lmvc been
gathered by this time that Mr. Anthony Wade liad signalised
his debut ut the bar by obtaining the acquittal of as great and
ns little a rogue ns ever twelve of his peers allowed to escape a
jail. Nor, by this time, is the reason why the ex-actor, versed
in green-room gossip, and with a genius for putting this and
that together, should conceal the existence of, and make love
to, such an apparently penniless person as the Vicar of Stoke
Juliot’s ward.
But the Vjcar himself — why should he, with Iris affection
for the girl, have written in such wise to his patron as to lie
her out of her rights? Could Caleb Quickset himself have
answered that question (had it come in his way), then even
Caleb Quickset would not have been surprised—lie would have
been astounded, bewildered, amazed.
tiling from it of which you ought to be proud.
“Ah—of having common-sense, I suppose?” asked
attomej-. /
“No” -
“ Of having a son like Anthony P ”
“ No, of never having known what real sorrow means.”
“ Haven’t I though ! 1 ’ve known nine-tenths of the
troubles of this half tile county—had ’em all oii^ny^sltbuklers
ever since I was a boy.” a. \ \ ’"W
“If you lmd, you wouldn’t ask a man to lay open his
heart as if he were showing a surgeon n son:. Your auulogy
won’t stand testing. AnnlogiesTicver do.”
“ But it will. A man with a sorrow that won’t speak it
out to a friend, is—begging your pardon, Sir Miles, a—well,
as I don’t want to be knocked down in my own office and in
my clerk’s hearing, I won’t say a fool. There/ Friendship:
it doubles our joys, and halves y - \ .
“Toast and sentiment—toast and water, Ware. But—I
wonder if you’re right in one way : I wonder if I hnve been a
fool to let silence grow apon jnc till tho very thought of
speaking out becomes positive pain. I had to be silent at the
beginning of things fori cause; und now the cause is gone, it’s
harder to speak than ever—to indifferent people most of
all ”- J
“ Look hero. Sir Miles," said the attorney, swinging him¬
self round in his chair, “if you call me an indifferent people,
1 ’ll do thq knocking down myself, client, friend, and baronet
us you are. So there again ! ’/
“ Ware. <Jf l make a clean breast of the symptoms, will
you promise not to look at me till I *ve done?”
“ I ’U keep my back to you," said Mr. Ware. “ If it’s any
help to you, 1 ’ll shut my eyes.”
Sir Miles resinned his walk: the lawyer drew a deed before
him, and began to read, or to affect to read busily, just as if
lie were alone. Many minutes must have passed in this per¬
fect silence, when at last the Baronet leaned against the
mantel piece and spoke.
“Did you ever hear of Margaret Garden ? ” asked he.
“ Margaret Garden? No," answered the attorney, carelessly
and abstractedly, and making u scratch or two upon the draft
deed with his pen. “ ‘To have hold receive and take the said
part or share unto the said John Jones his exors admors
and assigns’-1 beg your pardon. Yes: 1 do remember hear¬
ing of Margaret Gurden, when I was a young man.”
enough, tor one man, to have waited before asking
after the Good Fortune t Of course I’ve no business to usk :
but that’s what I mean.”
Sir Miles Heron took from his pocket a creased newspaper
—such as country newspapers were in those days: a single
sheet of four narrow pages, printed in pale ink on rough grey
paper, and stained in port with the walnut hue of damp and
uge. 44 Read that,” said he, pointing to an advertisement on
the first page. “This news-sheet came into my hands, with a
bundle of old playbills I chanced to be buying, not fifteen
weeks ago—let alone fifteen years.”
“The Bristol Argus. 'Absconded,'" read Mr. Ware,
“ 4 a black negro boy, thirteen year* of age, four feet und four inches
high, with silver collar, answering to the name of Pom peg ' ”-
44 Pshaw! What have you got there? It’s tho next
one ”-
“I see— 4 To all persons it mag concern: this is to give notice
that a female child, of supposed name Mabel Openshaw, came ashore
from the wreck of the Good Fortune (homeward bound) on Sunday
sc'nnight: her mother lost ut sea : und no kindred known. The said
child is thought to be from the West Indian plantations or elsewhere ;
and (as 'tis conjectured) of the Popish religion, of a fair complexion,
and of six gears old, less or more. Any person having lawful claim
or othencise to the custody of the said child may hear of the same by
making application and paging all charges to Mr. Jeffry Matthews,
Attorney-at-Law, Proctor, and Notary, Wine Street, Jlnstol.
N.B. — The Good Fortune went on shore within the Channel at
St. . . . ’”— Hiatus valde hiatus: the pajier was here torn
through, and the remainder of the advertisement lmd gone.
44 A child? ” asked Mr. Ware.”
“Didn’t I tell you we had two children?” sighed the
Baronet.
44 And Openshaw—who is Openshaw?”
“ I was Openshaw. It was my poor Peggy’s name off the
stage; it was to have been our name abroad.”’
“ And the other child?” asked Mr. Ware, now very grave
and attentive indeed.
“ The boy? God knows : with his mother in heaven. Bat
the girl did live, you see: she may be living now : and she is
mine" -
“ Ay — if she lives: and heiress of Wrenshaw. By Heaven,
Sir Miles—why fhe devil'didn’t you consult me before ? This
is n confoundedly serious thing. You have sisters—co¬
heiresses : some with children of their own. A pretty kettle
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE STOLEN' HORSE '. AND THE KEY.
Francis thought over the situation until at last lie made up
his mind. It is something new of him to say that he thought:
but the process did not come so very hard to him after hc’lind
once begun and lmd found out how. Love is the best of
schoolmasters—ns has been said before.
First and. foremost obedience to Mubel brooked no deluy—
therefore lie must run no risk of being hindered from stalling
on his quest forthwith by Mr. Davis, or by some more
J eremptoiy and authoritative instrument of the criminal law.
t might not be prudent for an innocent man to fly from a
S iossible trial: but then prudence is not among Love’s earlier
essons, excellent schoolmaster though he be. That lesson lie
keeps back till it is too late to be useful. Indeed, it hardly
occurred to Francis that Ins sudden departure would be open
to misconstruction : and if it did, he assuredly did not cure.
On the other hand, the poacher must not bo deprived of liis
solitary believer and protector. Outside the woods, the creature
was clearly ns helpless nnd as ignorant ns a child—his wits
seemed to need the shelter of leaves for blossoming. There
was only one thing for it—he himself must go forthwith, and
Cucumber Jack must go with him. Anyhow, it was impossible
to go off even on Mabel's service and leave an innocent man to
be hanged on his own confession.
By the time he had seen the end of a good number of
pipes, he ,luid mapped it all out in his mind. He would, of
course, see Mubel herself once more. Then, that very night,
he would make the poacher walk with him the fourteen miles
to Barnstaple, where he would find the grey mare, sec Mr.
Huyncs about Quickset’s money, raise what he would require
for a voyage, rig out the poacher as a valet, and then take
passage from Plymouth, or wherever else circumstance should
decide. His notion of the Indies, East or West, was as vague
as most people’s: but no doubt he would at Plymouth find a
vessel about to sail for some port of either one ludv or another.
That was an after concern. Meanwhile, sufficient unto the
day would be the parting vision of Mabel: for thence his
thoughts had started, and there, having made their circle, they
settled down again.
So, taking all precautions against observation from Mrs.
Drax, he made his new nnd most unwelcome and inconvenient
guest comfortable with beef, bread, and tobacco (ale the savage
would not hear of) ; nnd, having obtained a promise, more
binding in this case than bolt.' and bars, that the poacher
would continue to sit cross-legged iu the loft till liis return,
he set out church-wards. His Princess was in her bower, and
she looked so lovely in his sight that his will wavered, and he
felt that to leave her even to win her—how hard it would be.
‘ “ Mabel," said he— 44 1 am come to say good-bye.”
Her heart leaped: but it took no part in her voice, ns she
asked, with a gentle surprise, “ Good-bye ? ”
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BIG HORN STALKING IN TILL ROCKY MOUNTAINS,
334
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OCT. 4, 1884
“Yes—I nm not going to lose one needless hour. ... I am
off to seek for you, Mabel, all the world over : and, please God,
to find.”
How could she help being proud of her power ? And if Nance
Derrick had been right, mid this troublesome lover was truly a
secret brigand, how could she help being all the prouder still ?
There is no glory in taming a good young man : but a candidate
for the mantle of Homeck—that triumph would surely make
the best of girls proud.
“ You are really going!—Oh, if I were only going too.—No:
I don’t mean that, Mr. Carew. But I do envy you : I do wish
I were a man.”
“ And I couldn’t go, without hearing you bid me good
speed.”
“ Of course—I don't know—suppose you find out that I am
what you would not wish me to be ? ’-
“ As if! When you nre you. What else matters to me ? I
ilou’t know how it is, Mabel; but I had so much to say to you,
nnd now it is nil gone. I was wondering ns 1 came along if I
should never see you again, and if you would care. That was'
one thing. And tlun ”-
“ Pray don’t think of such things as that!” said she, ever
so little conscience stricken. For foreign travel, even though
no further than Exeter or Launceston, meant a great deal to
the Stoke Juliot mind : and besides, there were wars in those
days, as even in Stoke Juliot wus vaguely known. “ Oh, you
will come back again ”-
“ And then?” asked he, looking wistfully into her bright
eyes.
“ Then ? Why then I may be dead myself,” said she. lightly.
“If you choose to talk in that way, so will I. I was saying
how I envied you your travels—the mountains, the cities, the
women, the men, the—the—all sorts and kinds of beautiful anil
wonderful things”-
“ One doesn’t think of all that,” said Francis, “when the
most beautiful and the most wonderful of all he leuves
behind.”
“ That is too handsome a compliment not to take and
koep,” said she, curtaining with mock formality. She seemed
to In* in n new mood to-ilny—it is true, he lmd never seen her
twic ■ in the same, and each seemed to best become her.
“ Who knows," she asked, “ of this quest of yours but me? ”
“ Not a soul. I wish none to know*. I wish to come back,
some day, as suddenly os I go, bringing all the good news that
1 know it will be. There is something—what can I call it ?—
;o nothing sacred about what I do for you, Mabel, that if it
wj:c only breathed upon would seem to spoil. Is that non-
sui s: ? 1 wish to Heaven, dear, I could put it into words:
but nil words, confound them, are only fit for people who
feel nothing a 1 , ull.”
“ You won't even tell the Vicar?”
“ I suppose I must tell him. He would think I am false
or insincere, if I go now, when-anil yet how should I tell
him so that he could understand? I wish there were nobody
but you and I in the whole world ! ”
“ No. Yo i could never make him understand. But I can.
Leave that lo me.”
It is pcsnble that she really half meant to tell why her
lover left her ns soon as there’was talk of putting up the
banns. But such a promise was infinitely precious to Francis:
it sounded like a declaration of alliance in a common cause.
“ Anil this—this is the last time I shall hear your voice,
and see your face, and breathe the same air with you. for
God knows how long,” said he ; his own voice trembling,
and his own eyes feeling moist for the first time since his
mother died. The simplest impulse made him hold out liis
hand for hers. “God bless you, dearest,” he said, more
firmly. “ I ask you nothing more before I go—only some
least token that will not die like a flower: nnd—and—to kiss
your baud.”
No human creature, not .being dumb, lmd less eloquence
than Francis Carew: no human creature, having any sort of
soul, was less apt for sympathy than Mabel Openshaw. But
she was really moved : anil, hating the man as she thoroughly
believed, and of set purpose sending him ou a wild goose chase
to be rid of him, she was half surprised by her own emotion,
and half ashamed. Yet, after all, it is just the shallowest
pools tlmtnrc the most easilj’ stirred. And, after all. lie did
deserve something for his pains: und since no reward was to
follow, simple justice, or simple merer (there is no difference)
demanded that he should not be left wholly without a fee.
So, divinely blushing—no great achievement for her transparent
skin—she gave him her cheek instead of her hand. ’‘ Gooil
speed ! ” said she.
If he had only guessed that his were not the first lips to
touch that exquisite and fragrant bloom ! Well—after all, it
be for mine. There’s some thinks they can keep house on
nothing a day, and Anil themselves.”
“Oh, I ’ll arrange about money matters with Haynes.”
“ Going voyaging alone. That’s wliat. the man’s son did in
the tale—ancl’twas to worse thnn wives became to, and husks,
and swine. The old Squire never stirred from Homncombe,
till he was walked to the churchyard—but /’ll do’my duty,
Squire, never fear, so long as my name’s Mubina Drax, if I ’ve
got to goon the parish—but sendee is no heritage.”
Francis began to think that even for a bachelor, whose
property is of the sort he cannot put in his pocket, to leave
domestic cares beliindhim at n moment’s notice is no such easy
thing ns it sounds. Nevertheless, Mabel had given liiin an
all-sufficing tulismun against every common care: and he could
not feel out of temper towards even this ancient sen-ant—
especially as lio was going, at any rate, to leave her behind.
So he gave her the two or three orders that occurred to him,
feeling certain that they would not be obeyed, nnd then
returned to his prisoner. Cucumber .lack was still smoking,
and still cross-legged : it was just as though he had taken his
instructions literally, and never moved a limb.
“My man,” said he, thinking it useless to argue the
question, and impossible to explain his plans, “ are you game
for a walk to Barnstaple ?”
“To jail?”
“No, no. To liberty. I’m going a long wav off: nnd
Burnstnple’s the first stage. And you must come too.”
“Well, yes: and well, no. . . . I can’t think what’s
come to me, Squire. I don’t seem to rhyme no longer with
anything at all, be it what it may. . . . Out of the woods, I
don’t seem to know my butt hand from my trigger hand, or
my eyes from my ears, or my head from my heels. T’m ns
clean lost under this thatch as you were under the Mother
Beech : nnd as I can’t get back there, Barnstaple or Blazes Is
all one to me.”
“ Be it Barnstaple, then. Look here—you’ve led your sort
of life too long: you are dazzled, you see, like coming out of
the pitch dark into the light of twenty candles. What’s to he
done with you in the end, Heaven knows: but you must come
into my service for a while.”
“Must I? Then I suppose I must—that’s all. I never
thought to make man my master: but the devil drives.”
More and more Francis was finding it hard to realise the
identity of this lethargic fatalist with the alert and light¬
hearted woodsman, who lived of choice and with enjoyment n
life of hardship and loneliness from which any ordinary man
would have recoiled. Under the shadow of the trees, and shut
up in a stable-loft, he seemed two separate beings even while
the same—the one all vigour, self-reliance, nnd quickness of
hand nnd eye : the other a helpless log, without a symptom of
sense or a whit of ill. Francis could not divine tin- cause in
the least more skilfully than ninety-nine men of a hundred
would have done, and would still do: but lie recognised the
effect, especially as it made his own plans the easier to fulfil.
What was he to do with him. though, ns soon ns lie was beyond
the reach of English law ? However, once more sufficient unto
the day was its own evil: he must first.get this helpless in¬
cumbrance out of the law's reach, before lie could even think
of getting it off his own hands. /
As he would procure all lie required for liis indefinite voyage
at Barnstaple and Plymouth, his packing was but slight—in¬
deed, it consisted entirely of half a pound of tobacco, a couple
of pipes, a pocket-flask well filled, a sword-cane, twenty
guineas in gold and silver, and an exceedingly withered dahlia
carefully put up in a silver snuff-box that hud belonged to the
late Squire. “ I am off,'Mrs. Drax,” said he, paying a lust visit
to the kitchen as soon us his preparations were made. “ Wish
uie good luck ! "—and he held opt-bis hand.
“ It ’ll be no fault of mine,” said the good woman, “ if you
come to harm. -1 wish you the best luck, I’m sure: but
whether you ’llgctitisiiot forme to say. And what I look
for’s more like to come to pass thnn what I wish for, for the
one’s always, and the other never at all. So I wish ”-
“There, there, Mrs. Drax, if that’s wlmt wishing comes to
I think we ’ll leave it alone. Pray look for something von*
good, anil wish for something very bail: and no doubt I ’ll
find y^H something in foreign parts worth your looking for if
I find Humacombe whereT left it when 1 come home again.
Good-bye.”
He carried into the loft n bundle of some half-woni clothes
of his own, anil bade the pouclier put them on. lie had half
feared tronblcon this score : but the latter, though awkwardly
enough, obeyed. That day’s and night’s imprisonment seemed
to liave reduced the wild iuuu of the woods to a mere machine,
whose wirVs anybody might pull at will. And when the burly
Squire’s over-large*garments were wrapped round him he
is in Fools’ Paradise that grow the greatest joys. He Was looked the most deplorably wretched of creatures that ever wore
armed for all things now : even for parting. What coulcl' i Iie_^'o®cent clothes. Not a vestige of liis grace was left him—nay,
wish for more—at any rate, for another hour ? hia very features became vulgarised, and such light as had
No doubt he should have taken her in his arms nnd to his remained in them was gone. It was a miserable transformation
heart, then nnd there. But never yet did a man truly in love, altogether—and, as it seemed, even less of the body than of
to the point of worship, do the right thing just at the right the mind. Neither before nor after the process of dressing
time. And the misfortune of one who lias never before loved did the poor wretch utter a word.
a huly, even in the poorest sense of loving, is that he is apt to
mistake her for something more thau woman; and the meaner
have been his amourettes, the less likely is lie to sec in her nny
likeness to the women he lias known. Fmncishnd kissed the
cheek of a goddess: and what mere mortal should dare more ?
Nay, the goddess herself had 'Stooped to him of her own
accord—and what goddess could as more ? For he hail not
learned much mythology at Knotslmm Grammar School, and
knew not how much more goddesses used to do'.
He successfully avoided th^ deseoration of nil interview
with Parson Peugold, and returned by some needlessly round¬
about way home, drunken, as the poet says, without wine.
Nothing had happened whiRf TiC wns away-—indeed, there was
nothing to happen, unlcss Mf. Davis had taken advantage
of his absence to be troublesome, which, after the experiences
of last night, was by no means likely.
“I’m going{WyiouniejvMps. Xh-ax,” said he, without
preface, aud in the most indifferent way in the world. “ Most
likely I shal| be gone some time. You il look after the house,
of course; and I’ll get IJayniFS^oIetJthe place to one of the
farmers—youiig Hale, tfittt’s going t > marry the Parson’s
Tamzin, wants u farm of his own, I hear.”
“ I suppose that means you've settled to be married your¬
self. Squire Carew,” said she. “ Well — better that than such
(Q u cry—on« ton r ?)
I only ask. so to know when I’m to turn myself out of doors.”
“'Whenever I marry’, Mrs. Drax, depend on it you ’ll know
all about, it, and Won't suffer. I am going to make a voyage—
alone. Do yon understand ? I leave to-night: and if you’re
not content with liuving Homacomlie all to yourself, and
nobody to overlook you_you ’re hard to please.”
“No, Sir,” said she: “I’in not hard to please. I may
have my faults: but hard to please—no: that ’ll never be put
on my grave. I ’ll stay : because I hate to see waste and ruin,
and any other woman would wash- in a week what. I couldn’t
rave in a year. I ’ll stay; but ’twiU be for your sake: it won’t
exclaimed. “ I wouldn’t have sold that mare for a hundred
guineas. Which ronil did he go ? ”
The bagman, or whoever Ire was, rose, and conic forward
with a bow.
“ Perhaps I can be of service,” said lie. “ You are inquiring
after one Quickset. Have I the honour of addressing Mr.
Francis Carew of Ilorancombe?”
“ That is my name, .Sir,” raid Francis, a little surprised—
though it was "true he hud been addressed in the stranger’s
hearing as Sir. Carew. “ And if you can put me in the way
of finding that mare, I shall be eternally grateful. I want
her, for I am leaving these parts, anil with speed.”
"Then Mr. Carew,” said the stranger, “you have saved
me a journey to Homncnnrbe to-morrow : anil I will save you
a journey in return.” He drew a folded document from his
breast, anil touched Francis lightly with it ou the shoulder.
“ Francis Carew, it is my duty, ou this warrant, to arrest you
on the charge of the- wilful murder of Philip Derrick, in
the Parish of Stoke Juliot/: nnd I ehnrge these good men
here to stand by aud aid me, in the name of liis Majesty King
George.”
Without giving himself time for n single thought. Francis
let out with his fist, and sent the officer flying into the-fire¬
place, and scattering the embers: then, before hostler or
waiter could recover their wits, he.was out of the coffee-room,
across the yard, and away. Footsteps followed him : but he
knew they were Jack’s, and lie did not pause. To be stopped
on the very threshold of Mabel’s quest by sueli a thing as this
—it was not to be borne. It was a moonlight night by the
nlinnnnc, so no lamps were lighted in the streets : to, as the
moon did not choose to obey the almanac, he had the darkness
to help him. Up one street ami down another lie ran till lie
hod put tome dozen 'turnings between himself and tlio King’s
Head: then he drew rein.
He was hot mid breathless: but Jack, despite his unfamiliar
garments, was cool enough to deserve liis nickname. While
recovering his wind nnd wiping his brow, he felt something
cold and hard pressed into his hand.
“ What’s this ? ” asked he. “ A key ? ”
“l leanied what that's for when I was in quad at
Bideford,” suid the poacher. “And they’re in quad now,
themselves.”
“What—you’ve looked the coffeo-rooin iloor on them?
By George, you’re not quite such a fool ns I was getting to
take you for. But—talking of fools—whnt am I .' What the
devil's to be done now ? ”
And he lmd to answer that question liimself: for the
poacher again seemed to lose the use of liis wits null liis
tongue.
[To be continued.)
Just, as dull was the dark walk to Barnstaple. Francis
stepped out stoutly, full of love aud strength : the ex-poacher
stole noiselessly after him like his ghost or shadow. Though
every step parted Francis further and further from her he loved,
I doubt if that night contained a much happier man in all
Devonshire. The free savage and poet had not been more com¬
pletely changed into the ill-dressed and vacant-minded clown
thun the victim of einpty-heartedness and blue devils into the
knight errant seeking adventures for the sake of his love and
his lady. For, though every step meant further parting, his
lips still thrilled and burned with their first kiss, and his heart
was singing Hope’s first and sweetest song. And if ever man
meant winning, that man was Francis Carew.
It was just past midnight when they reached Barnstaple,
and Francis proceeded straight to the king’s Head, where he
was known. The house seemed asleep: but he rang up the
boots, who fetched the hostler.
“I’ve come,” said Francis, “for my grey mare; and for
beds for mvself nnd my man.”
He walked into the coffee-room as he spoke, where n guest
was still sitting, in company with a decanter anil n plate of
biscuits, over the dying fire—a bagman, probably, or at any
rate somebody of that sort or level.
“ Your honour’s grey mare, Mr. Carew ! ” exclaimed tlio
hostler, screwing sleep out of his eyes.
“ Nothing’s happened to her?” asked Francis.
“ Why—sure, Mr. Carew, she went off with your honour’s
friend.”
“ Good Heaven.' Wasn’t she left here ? ”
“ Left here, Sir P Oh, she left all right enough ”•-
“ And Captain Quickset didn’t even leave a message ? ”
.“ Not with me, Mr. Carew,” said waiter and hostler to¬
gether. Gradually it began to dawn ppon Francis that, where a
horse is concerned, even an officer and a gentleman may see -
no part icular liana in doing by his friend as his friend would
be perfectly welcome to try to do by him. Only Francis did
not put the matter so delicately to himself; imd, in a word;
he swore.
“ Why, the fellow ’a a horse-stealer, besides ull else! ” he
LOWESTOFT AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.
This page of “ Humbling Sketches " does not show much of
the modern improvements in the harbour, the town, and (lie
accommodation for summer visitors, which have made Lowes¬
toft a favourite seaside resort and a place of increasing
maritime traffic. The Artist lias been rather in search of
picturesque bits of rurality anil antiquity in the quiet vicinity,
a short walk from the grand Esplanade nnd South Pier which
together form one of the finest marine promenades on the east
const of Euglaud. The North Pier is chiefly devoted to the
import of cattle from Germany, Denmark, and Holland, anil
to the fishery trade, which 1ms good facilities of eonvoyimc-o
to London by the East Suffolk railway. These piers,
1300 ft. long, are constructed of massive timbers braced
together, the intervals being filled with blocks of stope. A
circular lighthouse on each pier, exhibiting brilliant signals,
guides the approaching vessel to the entrance of the harbour,
which lias twenty ncres of water-space, witli a depth of 21 It.
at low tide. The inner lmrbour is formed by the ancient out¬
let of the river Wuveney, und by a creek, or continuation of
the stream, which communicates with tlio Breydon water
behind Yarmouth. It is separated by a lock from tlie outer,
but receives coasting vessels, nnd is furnished with capacious
wharves and warehouses. It is the port of a rich agricultural
district, nnd of the towns of Beetles and Bungay, situated up
the river, while it shares with Yarmouth some of the
Norwich trade. The piece of water, two miles long, which
Btretclies inland south-west of Ix>\vestoft, luis from time im¬
memorial been called Lake Lothing. Tilts may probably have
given its name to the town, with the addition of “ tolt,”
which in East Angliun speech ineunt a cluster of houses.
It stands ou a high cliff overlooking tlic sea. Below this arc
the Denes, a long range of sandy levels aud hillocks of sand,
curiously varied in surface, interspersed with grass-plots,
shrubberies, and small groves of trees, planted by the owners
of seaside villas. It is a very pretty prospect from any part of
the cliff, except where buildings for the curing of herrings and
other fishery work extend along the beach. Queer little
dwellings, like that inhabited by the Peggotty family
at Yarmouth, made of portions of old ships or bouts,
as snug as ordinary rustic labourers’ cottages, nestle
under the warm side of the cliff. The old town abovo
has many quaint corners; steep narrow alleys and flights
of steps leading down to the beach. It is older even
than Yarmouth, the site of which, indeed, still lay under
water at the time Lowestoft was founded. There was a
Homan military station here, or not far from here. To the
north aud to the south of Lowestoft, withiu easy distance, are
places worthy of a visit in a morning stroll. Pnkefield has an
ancient parish church, and an old Hall, stately in its time,
which is now a farmhouse. On the north side is the village of
Corton, with its Church of St. Bartholomew, partially restored,
but still retaining the square embattled tower, with buttresses,
half overgrown with ivy, which our Artist lias sketched.
BIG HORN HUNTING, ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
The lamented death of the Hon. Gilbert Leigh, M.P., whose
body was found some days ago at the foot of a precipice in the
mountainous territory of Wyoming, in North America, has
brought into notice the name of the “ Big Horn
Iiange.” The Argali Big Horn (or Ovis Montana) is a
kind of wild sheep, peculiar to that region, which is
of large size, standing about three and a half feet high at
the shoulder, mid the horns of the rnnle, three feet long,
form almost a complete circle, inclining outward and
downward from the head. It- was in hunting this singular
animal, which haunts the loftiest grazing-grounds on Hie
Rocky Mountains, that Mr. Leigh encountend the fatal
accident reported last week. The Big Horn gives its name to a
river, wliicli flows into the Yellowstone from the south-west,
and to a broad range of lofty mountains, situated in about
latitude 44 N., longitude 108 W., north of the Wind River
Range, rising up in the most elevated part of the great plaint
east of tlio main-Cordillera. This-country is still inhabited
by the Hionx Indians, and the United States Government
maintains several forts or military posts there to check their
occasional depredations. Our Illustration represents a Big
Horn hunting-seene, to which some interest may attach on
account of the melancholy event that has recently occurred.
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OOT. 11, 1884
11 Quis bonus est vir ? ” Who or what is a “ straight¬
forward man”? A “well-known successful turfite”
advertises that he “ is willing to shuro good things with
a select few, providing they act as straightforward men.”
Does it mean that this philanthropist is willing to share,
like St. Martin, his very cloak with his brethren, if only
they will give him proof of their dire necessity P Or does
it mean that he expects a “quid pro quo”P Now, a
“ quid,” in the language of the Turf, means a “sovereign.”
But that being so, why should the advertiser confine
himself to a “ select few ” P The puzzle is propounded
hereby for the edification or mystification of all whom it
may concern.
Whether we shall ever come to be beaten by the
French at our national game of cricket, which Frenchmen
were wont to regard as a thing more incomprehensible
than the Asian mystery, romains for posterity to discover.
Meanwhile here is an Announcement which will surprise
some “ ancient Britons ” :—
Le Cricket Club de Chantilly e’eet rtuni vendredi dernier sur U petit*
pelouso de Chantilly pour disputer uu match aveo le Club de Paria.
Le temps a t'W tn'a favorable et le jeu intlreaaant.
C’eet le Cricket Club de Paris qui a vainqueur.
“ Vendredi dernier ” means the 26th of Sept. It does not
appear, however, whether the two elevens consisted of
Frenchmen or of Englishmen, or of both together. But
if there bo in all Fruuce twenty-two native Frenchmen who
can and do play “ le cricket,” and like it, then our neigh¬
bours may well say that, “ tout vient a bout 4 qui suit
atteudre,” and that “ ce n’est que l’imprevu qui arrive.”
Another candidate for—a thousand dollars at Niagara
Falls. A Mr. Wormald is said to have made up what he
is pleased to call his mind that by placing himself inside
an india-rubber ball, supplemented by an arrangement of
tarred ropes and compressed air, be will be shot by the
force of the current a long way beyond the Falls, will be
picked up (alive) on the rapids, and will “ realise ” a
thousand dollars. Anybody who succeeds in such an
attempt must be admitted to have performed a wondorful
feat, but should at once be charged with attempting to
commit suicide, if only “ to encourage the rest.”
Many people fancy that they can play billiards; but
tbon there are players and players. Your ordinary player
is considered to do pretty well if he scores two games of
100 each within the hour; Mr. John Roberts, junior,
scores 000 points in half-an-hour. At least, tbat is
what he did—or is said to have done—the other day,
■when ho made a “ break” of 1154, the largest break he
ever made, though Mitchell has made as many as 1830,
and W. J. Poall the almost incredible number of 1989, at a
break. Yet neither Peall nor Mitchell considers himself
(unless in petto) the peer of Roberts: and this seems to show
that billiards is a curious game, about which King
Solomon, had it been played in his day, might have had
some notable remark to rnuke.
The position of France between Germany and England,
inclining, as she appears to be, first to one and then to
the other, recalls the awkward position of the gentleman
between the two “charmers” in the well-known song.
Ouly France, no doubt, would have to change the words
of the song a little, and sing, “ How unhappy I should be
with either.” _
The frightful and terribly adulterated articles which
are so constantly given us to eat aud drink, at clubs as
well as at other places, may well have led the poor womanf"
who was suffocated the other day at the Surrey County
Lunatic Asylum to imagine that “ she had dogs anq
devils in her stomach," though she was, no doubt, con¬
founding personalities when she said that it was ‘‘ the
dogs” that “were violent, and used had languag«^\
Somebody else, probably, was “ violent and nsed bad
language,” and altogether displayed a madness with
considerable method in it. <
“Birds in their little nests agree” (according to the
very mistaken notions of Dr. Matts); aud yet learned
representatives of various countries cannot agree, it is
said, about a mere “ meridian.” The French represent¬
atives are even said to have shown considerabib fueling”
in their rejection of Greenwich, as if they supposed that
the “meridian" there was some poor miserable object in
the hospital.
Spelling is, of course, past praying for ;A)ut the sight
of the expression “ 6th Carabineers,” spelt in that ortho¬
dox way, has suggested some" melancholy reflections con¬
cerning the extreme and gratuitous perversity which
sometimes prevails in matters orthographical. You must
writo “carbine,” not f‘ carabineH; but “ Carabineers” (if
you meun to be orthodox), not “ Carbineers ” or “Cara-
oiniers” (which would be a fair and square adoption of
e “ grenadiers,’’ which we do adopt).
Jtiks its advocates; but you would never
inent (or the War Department) to spell
phonetically. Ordinary spelling is bad
enough, but tiiH phonetic system is ever bo much worse:
“ that way madness lies/’
A truly imperial present has the Emperor of Austria
sent to tjio Mikadtyof Japan. Above ull other accom¬
plish mentsthe Austrians excel in their knowledge of
horseflesh and their love of horses. Some of the finest
riders imour''Q 3 Vh shires hail from Austria and Hungary,
no tabid Count Kinsky, who won the Liverpool Grand
National Steeplechase in 1883, and Count Kaunitz, who
goelfts strargbt as any man with the Quorn aud Pytcliley
bounds.' The Empress is notorious as an ardent lover of
the chose, travelling many miles every year to indulge in
her favourite pastime. So that the four magnificent
horses that are eu route from the Austrian Imperial
the French
Phonetic apelli
get a gull an'
their designati
Stables to Moutz Hi to, the present ruler of Japan, will
certainly lack nothing in the way of size, substunce, bone,
and blood. It is to be hoped, however, that the Mikado
will not do as a Chinese Emperor once did with a present
•of carriage aud horses. Being unaccustomed to the use
• of European equipages, and not appreciating the comforts
inside, he had the horses led by grooms, while he rode on
what appeared to him the exalted seat, the coachman’s
box.
Sir Joshua Reynolds’ picture “ Sympathy,” which has
been in possession of the Aylmer family for the last
century, has been purchased by M. Ferdinand De Roths¬
child for a large sum, on dit £4000.
Yet another social link between America and this
country. Mr. John Leslie, of the Grenadier Guards, son
and heir of Sir John Leslie, Bart., of Monaghan, has
married Miss Leonie Jerome, Lady Randolph Churchill's
sister. The wedding was private, taking place in New
York in the absence of any relations of the bridegroom.
The Irish Nationalists appear to attach great im¬
portance to things that with other persons less patriotic
would seem of little consequence. . The streets of Dublin,
or such of them as bear names referring to England or
Royalty, are to have new titles, perpetuating the recol¬
lection of great and patriotic Irishmen. A cause that
can be assisted by trifles light as air, such as the proposed
alterations, must not be grudged the delights it wifi ex¬
perience from the possession of a FameU-avenue, a Sexton-
street, or a Biggar-8quare.
There are different ways of backing an opinion.
Englishmen generally resort to the bet. However, at
Calcutta, the other day, Dr. Klein, “appointed by the
Indian Government to examine into the cholera question,”
showed his opinion of Dr. Kooh’s theory concerning
“ microbes ” in a different and more practical way : “ ho
swallowed a number of them,” happily “ without any evil
results.” Was Dr. Klein the gentleman who not long ago
drunk a tumbler of supposed “ oholora water,”-full of
“ bacilli,” and took no harm ? That was also in India,
aud the feat was performed by a doctor. This should be
very convincing: for even Hannibal Chollop, who was
*• fever proof, and likewise ugur,” did not pretend to be
“ cholera proof.” /' \
“ Triplets” do live and thrive, though it is commonly
believed that they do not. Here is Mr. G. Mares, watch¬
maker, of Halstead, Essex, who was presented with two
sons and a daughter at one birth, in 1863, who received
the Queen’s “ three pounds ” at the time, and who has
been sending the Queen a photograph Of the 7 dauntless
three” as they appear, “ well and prospering,” at the age
of twenty-one. They are 4 ' life abstainers,” a fact of
which Sir Wilfrid Lawson and his friends may make as
much as they can.
We are glad to see that Mr. Ainger, than whom no
more competent editor could be found, has published
Charles Lamb’s “ Miscellaneous Essays and Poems.” It
forms a companion volume to his edition of “ Elia,”
and contains “all of Lamb’s miscellaneous writings tbat
he had himself selected for preservation in a permanent
form.” Lamb/Wasfond of poetical quotations from old
writers, and one or two in “ Elia ” battled Mr. Ainger’s
research, although assisted, we believe, by Mr. Swinburne,
whose kuowleuge of our early literature is wellnigh
unrivalled. Since the publication of “Elia” one "find” lias
been made by Mr. A. H. Bullen, who is engaged on a new
edition of the Elizabethan dramatists. Lamb’s “ Super¬
annuated Man ’^ writes, “ I am like the man
\‘V—that’a bom, and liu his years come to him
\ In Mmi' green desert.' ”
“I regret much,” says Mr. Ainger, “that I have not
sucaeedod in tracing this beautiful passage to its source.
Itduus a ring of the Arcadia." Mr. Bullen has since dis¬
covered it in Middleton’s “ Mayor of Quinborough,”
where, however, the words are “ rough desert.” Elia’s
gentle hand touched nothing that it did not improve.
Two centuries ago an Act was passed obliging the
dead to be buried in woollen, in order to protect home¬
spun goods against foreign linen. This led to Pope’s
lurnous satire on Mrs. Oldfield, the actress:—
Odious! in woollen 1 'twould a taint provoke !
(Were the last words that poor Narcioaa spoke)
• • • • •
One would not sure be frightful when one’s dead!
The tables are turned, and now Dr. Jaeger prescribes
woollen for the living. This is the new panacea for the
ills of life, and if Englishmen wish to bo strong, and
Englishwomen healthy and beautiful, tbey ore advised to
dress from head to foot in woollen garments.
Once more an assault has been committed in a railway
carriage, and once more the communication with the
guard has been found defective. If a life were lost, and
in this case 6uch a result seemed likely, something might
be done; as it is, the fact will probably be stated and
forgotten. A heavy fine is inflicted on the traveller who pulls
the cord without good reason ; why should not u heavier
fine be imposed on a company which professes to give to
its passengers a security that does not exist ?
The United States Government is very much in earnest
about oncouruging the culture of native silk, and baa just
issued a circular ottering to give silkworm eggs to persons
who cannot afford to buy, but are willing to devote their
time and attention to rearing and feeding the insects.
The number of eggs given will depend on the kind aud
r ntity of food within the reach of the applicant, und
on tho amount of previous experience. Miss Rossiter,
the Philadelphiun lady who may be considered the pioneer
of the movement, thinks that it will not muke any per¬
ceptible advance till the State erects a 44 reel ” which will
prove to be the missing and necessary link between tho
“raiser” and tho manufacturer. At present the silk
cannot bo wound off the cocoons and passod on to the
factories without the intervention of middlemen who eat
up the profits of the producers.
Dr. Hughes Bennett, in his lecture last week at West¬
minster Hospital, complained that there was no vocation
so unthankfully acknowledged os that of the medical
man. No doubt the medical profession, like every other
in this country, is overstocked, no doubt the practitioner
without special talent or connection must be content to
make a living. It is rarely that he cannot do that, and
bis chances are certainly superior to those of the average
barrister, architect, or man of letters. On the other hand,
there are, and alwuys have been, rich prizes in the pro¬
fession. In the reigns of Anne and William IH., Dr.
Radcliffe had an income of more than seven thousand a
year; Dr. Mead, whom Pope has honoured, gained nearly
as much ; Sir Henry Halford received from ten to eleven
thousand ; and in the reprint, with additions, of a curious
little volume called "The Gold-Headed Cane," from
which these statistics have been taken, it is stated that a
popular living physician bad a fee bf 2000 guineas for
twice going to Pau, and a 1500-guinea fee for a week’s
sojourn at Pitlochry.
Do visitors to Matlock ever remember Phoebe Bown,
the woman who lived und died there in masculine attire,
who was the best judge of horseflesh in the vicinity,
played the bass-viol in the musicians’ gallery of tho parish
church, and discoursed sweet music on the flute and violin ?
She could lifta hundredweight with each hand, walk forty
miles a day, guide the plough, thatch, and do farrier’s and
mason’s work, break in colts with a marvellous amount of
cess,, and had Milton and Shakspeare at her tongue’s
end. To these accomplishments she added that of being
a good shot, and ber exploits are still quoted in tho neigh¬
bourhood. Her principal diet was milk and oatcake, and
she abhorred pork as righteously as if she had been a
daughter of Israel. Her epitaph is so terse and appre¬
ciative that it might have been written by that ripe
scholar the Rev. Adolphus Irvine, Vicar of Hayslope, and
may still be deciphered as follows:—
Here lies romantic Phoebe,
Half Ganymede. hull tiebe;
A maid of mutable condition,
A jockey, cowherd, and musician.
No word has been more universally admitted and oven
welcomed into other languages than the Italian fiasco,
which in reality designates a wicker-covered bottle, such
as is used for olive oil, and has nothing whatever to do
with failure, false steps, or the thousand aud one mis¬
adventures to which it is ordiuarily applied. Italian
tradition accounts for it by saying that Biancolelli, a
celebrated harlequin, always carried with him to the
theatre some item of everyday use, and cracked all
manner of jokes about it. One evening he appeared on
the stage with an empty fiasco in his band, and said a
great many droll things respecting it, but the audience
was 6ullen and refused to even smile at his charming.
Thereupon the enraged harlequin flung the bottle away,
following it with much unparliamentary language, and
thenceforth, whenever any attempt proved unsuccessful,
people compared it to Biancolelli’s fiasco, and thus the
word came into universal use in its new signification.
It is said that the powers who rule (he Luton School
Board have decided to allow straw-plaiting to be taught
to the pupils lest they should lose the nimbieness of finger
and delicacy of touch indispensable for those who are
to keep up the prestige of “Tuscan” and "Double
Dunstable.” Unfortunately, so much plait is now im¬
ported from the Continent that it is scarcely worth
anyone’s while to learn how to make it at home. Prices
were low enough thirty years ago, when a “score”
(twenty yards) of Tuscan fetched from 2s. 6d. to 3s. Od.
in Tring market, and “ double seven ” Is. 4d.; but it is far
worse now, and in all cases the straw has to be bought of
the dealer and deducted from the price of the plait.
Ladies who rejoico in the soft fluffy white feather trim¬
ming called marabout will perhaps bo surprised to bear
that they are indebted for most of it to the plumage of
the common turkey. “ Bubbly-Jock ” has a great many
downy feathers, and the majority are only coloured at tho
tips. These are cut off, and all brown and grey bits that
remain are bleached into snowy whiteness and then woven
into a kind of webbing, from which tbey never drop off, us
the main stalk of tho feather is incorporated with the
foundation. Tho best turkey feathers come from York¬
shire, and are sorted into various tints for different
tr immin gs.
New words and expressions are continually being in¬
troduced into most living languages, and this is a terrible
stumbling block to many students of French, who corn -
S lain that they can read and enjoy Voltaire, Bossuet,
lusset, and Lamartine, but are at a loss when they tuko
up a romance or a paper of their own day. Longfellow
shared this feeling to some extent, aud declared that the
only modern French he could read and enjoy was in the
works of M. Renan.
The Canton of Obwald in Switzerland is blessed with a
peculiarly paternal Government with the high-sounding
name of the Conseil d’ Etat, and its very latest decree
forbids that anyone under the age of twenty should smoko
tobacco, cigar, or cigarette within its jurisdiction.
In 1885, three centuries will have passed since the im¬
mortal Raleigh took that great step towards the civilization
of European nations — the introduction of tobacco!
Think, smokers, of the angry moods the fragrant weed
has soothed, the weary hours it has wiled away, the happy
moments whose pleasure it lias enhanced, and you will
approve the notion of the Chicago tobacconist who pro¬
poses to raise a monument to the great Sir Walter!
The inhabitants of Wirksworth, in Derbyshire, are
about to honour the moniory of Dinah Morris, or
rather of Elizabeth Evans, who is supposed to have been
the prototype of George Eliot’s gentle and saintly
Mothodist preacher. Tho memento will take the form of
a chapel, but at present the necessary funds are not all
forthcoming. The edifice, if over completed, will be a
unique und perliups half unconscious tribute to the genius
of tlie authoress of “ Adam Bede.”
OCT. 11, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
There are to my mind few ghastlier and more chilling spec¬
tacles than that of a London house “locked up” during the
absence of its tenants at the sea-side, or confided to the charge
of a subdued female person of uncertaiu age, whose nights
you remorsefully think, sometimes, must be beset by appre¬
hensions of burglars and ghosts. Yet the Bubdued person of
uncertain age may (if she have a young nephew or niece to
keep her company) bo a more efficient custodian of your resi¬
dence than the highly-recommended “man and his wife,”
who, you sometimes discover when you return to town, have
been in the habit of giving evening parties more hilarious
than select during your absence, and of “dancing the hays,”
and “ playing Meg’s diversion” generally, with such of your
belongings as they could get at.
Such a ghastly and morrow-freezing mansion in the W.C.
district I have to visit every Wednesday, on the correction of
the proofs of these “ Echoes ” intent. All the stair-carpets
are up, and the stony steps strike icily into you. Bolts nud
bars everywhere; and in the hall a fearful accumulation of
pumphlets, newspapers, booksellers’ catalogues, voting-papers
for charities, and circulars relating to sewing-machines, the
best fresh butter, the Vestry of St. Pancras, the Shoe-Blacking
Reform Association, the West Central Mission to Brandy-Bull
Sellers, the Knife-Grinders’ Art Union (authorized by Act of
Parliament), and Wallsend coals. There was something else
that, last Wednesday, I noticed on the staircase wall of the
ghastly house iu the W.C. district. It was the large etching
(splendid in drawing, but too black and blurred in the
shadows) from the painting of the “Entrance of Charles V.
into Antwerp ” ; and then (the etching looking ghastly and
lugubrious under the circumstances) I remembered that the
painter of the famous picture, Hans Mnkurt, was lying dead
at Vienna.
The career of this greut painter was exceptionally splendid,
but lamentably brief ; and at least half of it wus a bitter
struggle against poverty and lack of appreciation. Prior to
the Paris Exposition of 1878, when the “Charles V.” attracted
universal attention, and was greeted with universal applause,
the painter of “The Seven Deadly Sins,” of “Ophelia,” and
of “ Spring,” was scarcely kuowu out of Austria. In his own
country the gifted painter was by his Sovereign magnificently
enriched. In Kaiser Franz Josef, Hans Makart found the
most generous and the most sympathetic of patrons. It was
on land belonging to the Imperial and Royal demesne that the
artist’s palatial studio was built. lie painted sumptuously,
lived gorgeously, spent his money lavishly, and died, at forty-
two or forty-four, comparatively poor.
Makart was, in his last days at least, an extremely taciturn
man. I have heard a good story told of a lady who (she was a
great admirer of the painter) sate by his side for more than an
hour vainly attempting to make him talk. At length, in
despair, she cried, “ Herr Makart, let us change the con¬
versation.” The story is almost as humorous as the one
related of Heinrich Heine. A friend called upon the poet a
very few days before his death; and Heine murmured, “You
will find me very dull and stupid this morning. M. Choa has
been with me ” (M. Choa was a notorious blockhead), “ and
we changed our minds.”
It seems to me that very hard measure lia9 been dealt out
to the Hammersmith costermongers; and I said so, in “another
place,” in a leading article some days since. These poor, hard¬
working, and as a rule honest and decent men, have had their
standings unmolested in Hammersmith for more than sixteen
years. All at once, the Fullmra Board of Works has discovered
that street-sellers are a nuisance, and whole batches of sum£
monseswere issued against the costermongers, not under the
Police Aots, but under the provisions of a cloudy old statute
pussed so long ago as 1817, and known as Michael Angelo
Taylor’s Act. On the face of this law, which ought to have
been repealed long ago, the magistrate at Hammersmith Police
Court had no option save to convict the costermongers brought
before him, and numbers of them have been fined. ' - -
The costers, naturally, have practically raised the cry of
“Haro!” When an old-time Norman was intolerably op¬
pressed by the tyranny of petty officials, he was wont to shout
out three times, “ Ha, Rhou ! Help, myPrince ! Wrong is
being done me.” “ Rhou ” was Rollo, the Just Duke of Nor-
maudy, who was in the habit of hanging up his golden
bracelets to posts at the intersection of roads, as a tacit re¬
minder to all whom it might concern that it was not permitted
to steal gold bracelets nor anything else in the Ducliy of Nor¬
mandy, and that whoever stole a bracelet from a post, up to
that post would surely bo hanged. Duke Uollo is dead, and
his bouI is with the 8aiuts ( we trust/bufc the costers have
found a respondent to their cry of “ Haro! ” The venerable
Earl of Shaftesbury, past eighty, feeble and ailing, but
with his bund true as ever to the plough when the Straight
Furrow has to bo driven, has spoken up for the costers. “I
have the deepest, sympathy,’’ writes this excellent and com¬
passionate nobleman, “ for the costermongers of Hammer¬
smith. They arc the victims of a law harshly and un¬
necessarily put in operation. My long experience of the
costermongers in Golden-lane shows me what the class in the
district really is, andwlmt, if civilly and kindly treated, it
might be, everywhere.” Score twenty for the Earl of Shuftes-
bury, K.G.
Mem.- The Home Secretary (assuredly no “gushing”
philanthropist),distinctly disapproves of the persecution of the
Hammersmith costermongers.
nere, from “ Rustic” (Dinan), is a common-sense, and, as
I venture to think, sufficing explanation of the term “ trap,”
us applied to a wheeled conveyance—
Tlio old-fashioned gig had, under the seat, a sort of boot extending a
few inches beyond the back of the seat. At the beginning of the century
gigs wew raised upon higher wheels than at present. On this raised vehicle
the boot was lengthened behind, holding a brace of dogs for sporting
purposes. In these “dog-carta” (thus named afterwards) the dogs were
at first placed in the boot at the front; and I dare say that the “ noble
sportsmen ” may occasionally have had their heels or their calves bitten by
dogs with short tempera, and with scant liking for the confinement of the
boot. This led to a great improvement, in the shape of an open latticed box,
which was attached to the back of the body of the conveyance, and provided
with a TRAl'-door behind for the admission of the dogs. In process of time
the lattioed box was found very convenient for tho carriage of other things
besides dogs; and, as everything conveyed in the cart (chattels, not poople)
had to be put in through the trap-door (soon curtailed into “ trap ”: com¬
pare “ ’bus” for omnibus, “ cab” for cabriolet), the oonvcyanco itself was
eventually termed a “ trap.”
Mem.: The curt and bald definition of “trap” as a
wheeled vehicle in Webster’s Dictionary (Goodrich, Porter,
and Muhn, 1880) amusingly marks a difference between
English and American parlance. “Trap,” says Webster, “A
wagon or other similar conveyance: Colloq.” And Mr.
Thackeray is quoted as an authority for the colloquialism,
“ trap.” But, to the English mind, “ wagon,” or “ waggon,”
conveys the idea of a heavy four-wheeled vehicle with a tilt.
It conveys the same meaning in French. A railway carriage
is a “ wagon.” In American, a “ wagon ” may be, com¬
paratively speaking, as light as a feather. Compare “trotting-
wagon,” “ spider-wagon.” “The waggoner,” says Sir
Roger Lestrange, “ took notice that it was the worst wheel
that made the most noise.” Is that proverbial locution still
in useP
The Silly Season is coming to a brave end with a foolish
clutter about “ Sanitary Clothing.” Dr. Gustav Jaeger, Pro¬
fessor of Zoology and Physiology at Stuttgart, lias made the
notable discovery that, being animals, we should wear animal
clothing. “The absorption by vegetable life of poisonous
emanations from animal life is a process not limited to living
plants, but is continued by vegetable fibre—such as cotton,
linen, &c.—with the difference that while the living plant
assimilates these emunations, the dead fibre cannot do so, but
exhales them agaiu when wetted or wanned. . . . It suffices
to wear clothes of pure wool throughout, and there is an end
at once to the unpleasantness noticed in linen and cotton
underclothing,” and so forth.
Dr. Jueger’s Sanitary clothing for men cpnrists of ' tigfit-
fitting stockingette ” (what a word ! does hetneAnstockinet P
aud that is scarcely less hideous) uudergarments, made of
pure undyed wool, fastened over ttie shoulder, and of double
thickness over the breast.
The coat or jacket is double-breasted, buttoned well uptOthe throat,
contains no lining nor padding unless of pure wool, and is either undyed or
treated only with uninjurious fast dyes. The samp raid applies to the trousers,
while the waistcoat is either dispensed with altogether, Wit forms an inner
flap affixed to tho aide of the coat. Inside tho sleeves and tho trouser-legs
there is a contrivanoe which, fastening tight round the limb, prevents up¬
draughts; for cold, rheumatism, lumbago, See,, are caught by the sudden
rush of cold air to one particular part of the body, and not by tho gradual
cooling of the entire system. The feet are chid in pure woollen socks with
divisions for each toe, while the upper part of the boot is made of felt, the
lower part also of felt or of porous leather, and the inner soles consist of
perforated leather and layers of felt. Thus the boot is thoroughly porous,
and the feet are consequently kept as dean and pure as the hands.
It strikes me that Dr. Jaeger's wardrobe must have been
hitherto sadly deficient in wh&t English people have long en¬
joyed: that is to say, woollen hosiery, “fleecy” and other¬
wise. Most of us wear next to our skius gormeuts of flannel,
of cashmere, or bfsilk; but, in addition, most of us have a
partiality for wearing clean shirts, preferably of long-cloth,
with linen fronts, collars, and cuffs. We do so for the sake
not only of comfort but of cleanliness. If Dr. Jaeger’s
pedantic scheme were to find universal acceptance, and the
poorer cli'.sse8 ceased to wear cotton, they would cease to have
their woollen underclothes washed, and the mass of the people
would become as personally filthy ns the Russian moujik, who,
being an animal, indeed wears “animal clothing” in the
shape of/his malodorous sheepskin touloupe. The ancient
Romans never had their woollen togas properly washed. When
the garments had become intolerably unsavoury they were
sent to the fullonica to be fumigated with sulphur and “dis-
greased ” with fuller’s earth, and subjected to other very
nasty processes, for a description of which see Pliny, Natural
History XXVII.; while' the poor wore mautles of dark-
coloured wool to save the expense of sending them to the
Julio. That would surely be one of the effects of our
being “ Jaegerised.” There are undyed wools, black and
browu. In my mind’s eye I see an advertisement of the
future. “ The Abruzzi Uuder-Wear. Pure uudyed wool of a
rich chocolate hue. Lasts for ever. Never wants washing .”
Away, Jaeger! You are not to be permitted to convert the
free-born Briton into a German sausage with a tightly-fitting
woollen skin. We wont fresh air aud plenty of clean linen.
As the brother of a quondam student of the Royal Academy
of Music (F.A.S. ob : 1880), I note with great joy a letter from
Mr. John Gill, Secretary to the Academy, that there has been
so large an increase in the uumber of students at the ad¬
mirable institution iu Tenterdeu-street, Hauovcr-square, that
it has become imperatively necessary to restrict the use of the
large concert-room to scholastic purposes; that no public per¬
formances within its woIIb are now practicable; and that,
consequently, the authorities have no longer any need to apply
to the Middlesex magistrates for a music license. It is a
somewhat diverting commentary on the manner in which we
manage art matters in England that tho Royal Academy of
Music should ever have been constrained to ask for permission
to give occasional public concerts from an authority which
licenses ginshops.
Yet I mind the time when the Royal Academy of Musio
required not only a music but a dancing license. I remember
the annual ball of the R. A. M. When was the last festivity
of that kind held in Tenterdeu-street; or did the ball take
place at the Unnover-squnre Rooms ? The particular “ hop ”
to which I allude was held in 1830. High stocks, double
breast-pins, cliocolate-colcured dress-coats, crimson velvet
dress-wniBtconts, white under-waistcoats, light pniiUt’.QOUB,
speckled silk socks, aud pumps were the wear then.
From Naples comes the news that Italian sympathy for the
cholera-stricken city (now happily beginning to exhibit
symptoms of convalescence) haa taken iu many towns the
form of the public and ceremonious collection of clothes and
money for the suffering Neapolitans. Such a collectiou is
called a “ Passeggiata di benefleenza.” There has been one in
Rome. The movement has been taken up in Palermo; and I
read of fifty-four cars filled with articles of dresB and with
money to the value of 70,000 lire, nearly three thousand
pounds sterling. Of the cash nearly nine thousand lire were
in copper coin, “ showing the interest which the poorer classes
took in the movement.” The cars were accompanied by eight
bands of music, which played alteraately the Royal Hymn
and that of Garibaldi, amidst indescribable enthusiasm.
Excellent. The public collection, by-the-way, in Sicily
of cast off garments for charitable purposes is no new
thing. Excellent, I repeat; tut take care. Take care of
infection. I hope that when the money arrived in Naples
the authorities took care to boil the coppers. When Mr.
James Catnach, printed of Seven Dials, was at the height
of his prosperity as a purveyor of popular anthology, he was
in the habit of receiving such large sums in copper that he
used to take the coins in a hackney coach to the Bonk of
England. / '^hen'v^8Ti^»ghbour8 in Seven Dials refused to
take his coppers for fear of catching a fever, which was said to
have spread by their contact with the hands of low cadgers
and hawkers, the ready-witted Catnach boiled his discredited
coppers en masse in a strong solution of soda and vinegar; and
with brightness his pence and halfpence recovered their
popularity.
Inareview in the Times of a very interesting monogram, by
Mr. Macgeorge, on the life and work of the late distinguished
water-colour painter Mr. W. L. Leitch, who was in early life
a theatrical scene-painter, the reviewer incidentally remurks:—
Thera is a story current about him which Mr. Macgeorge does not toll—
deeming it, perhaps, beneath the dignity of history—to the effect that on
one Occasion, when a Highland drama was being acted, the tartans and
stockings ran short; but Leitch, equal to the situation, turned hi* painter’s
skill to good purpose byadoroing his own legs with a magnificent pair of
stockings painted on the bore calf in all the brilliancy of oil colours.
A scene-painter would in greater likelihood use distemper
instead of oil-colour; but that is no great matter. But it
appears tome to be a matter of sheer physical impossibility for
any painter to describe a tartan pattern right round his leg from
shin to calf. He might so adorn somebody else’s legs; but I
doubt the practicability of his adorning his own. Besides,
his attempting to do so would be absurdly useless. He might
paint the pattern on a piece of paper or canvas, and, cutting it
to the shape of the simulated hose, stick them to his legs. A
much better story of playhouse shifts is that of the young
actress in a poverty-stricken country theatre, who was “ cast ”
for the part of Captain Macheath in tho “Beggar’s Opera,”
and was absolutely destitute of a pair of jack-boots. But she
was the object of the respectful attachment of the local
chemist and druggist, who provided her with a store of black
sticking-plai6ter, which, carefully stuck on to a puir of long
cotton stockings, had a very Macheath and jnck-boot-like
look, indeed.
Dr. James Macaulay, M.A., M.D.—deem not “ Dr.” as
well as “ M.D.” to be a pleonasm: In that list of subscribers
to Dryden’s magnum opus, of which I spoke just now, I find
the name of “ Dr. Garth, M.D.,” has done good service to the
cause of letters by editing a compilation of “ Johnsonitum,”
which, in a most tasteful and symmetrical form, on stout
paper and in bold, clear type, haa just been issued by Mr. T.
Fisher Unwin, of Paternoster-square. “ Dr. Johnson, his
Life, Work, and Table Talk: the Centenary Edition.”
Such is the title of the bundy little volume of one
hundred and fifty-six pages pages before me. I hope
that its perusal may incite studious young men to read
Johnson throughout. Once master the mechanism of his
diction (and very noble his diction is, notwithstanding all the
silly sneers that have been flung at it), aud there is nothing
obscure or unintelligible in the Doctor; and I am sure that
it would be difficult to light upon as many consecutive pages of
Sam Johnson’s writing from which studious young men might
not be able to cull some directly instructive and improving
matter. I never met what I may call a fully-read man yet
but, after a short time, I discovered that he was full of Johnson
proper. It is the frothy aud superficial man who worries aud
wearies you with Boswell’s Johnson at second baud.
In the matter of the title of Esquire. Several corre¬
spondents who have addressed me on this subject have slightly
misunderstood my meaning. I am fully aware that the son of
the Earl of Whitechokerly lias every right to bo addressed as
“The Honourable Fabian Fitzdottrel, Esquire” ; but I con¬
tended and contend that we do not so now address him. Y/e
write to him simply os the Hon. Fabian Fitzdottrel. One of
my correspondents has seen a letter addressed to “The
Honourable Horace Walpole, Esquire.” For all that, the
practice of epistolarily dubbing Honourables Esquire seems lo
have been dying out so early as the end of the seventeenth
century. In the list of subscribers to the first edition of
Dryden’s Virgil, fol., Jacob Tonson, at the Judge’s Head in
Fleet-street, near the Inner Templo-gate, 1697, I find
“William Bromley, Esquire, of Warwickshire”; “Orlando
Bridgman, Esquire,” “ Lady Chudleigh of the WcBt,” “Mr.
Willium Congreve.” “ Mr. Grlnliu Guibbons,” “The Honour¬
able Will Chcyney," “The Honourable Colon Finch,” and
“The Hon. Edward Clifford.” Then I am puzzled by “The
Hon. Mr. Robert llrucc”; and finally, “TheHonourable IJciiry
Boyl” and “The Honourable James Stanley ” are Esquires
as well. Sam I’epys and his trusty Will Hewer are Esquires.
A dogmatic correspondent, “ 0. C.” (Northampton), who
starts with the postulate that “ a gig is not a trap.” and who
sends me some pen-and-ink diagrams (not at all badly drawn)
of wheels and shafts signifying in the main nothing, had
better read “ Rustic’s ” lucid explanation of how a gig became
a “ trap,” and then “ take a back seat” iu one. G. A. B.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Oct. 11, 1881 310
AMUSEMENTS OF OUU SaiLoBS AT SUEZ : DONKEY
THE FRENCH ATTACK ON FORMOSA.
The French squadron commanded by Admiral Courbet Inst
week again attacked Kelung, the Chinese town and port on
the north coast of the island of Formosa, which wns bom¬
barded, on Aug. 5. by n part of the naval force under Rear-
Admiral Lesp^s. The Chinese forts, of which there are four,
two on the east side of the bay, and two on the west side, the
former armed with eight Krupp guns, were on the first
occasion silenced by the fire of the French ship, but a small
landing party was repulsed in au attempt to capture these
forts. In the second attack, on Wednesday week, the western
forts were taken after somefiglitiug, four or five of the French
being killed, and about a dozen wounded. Kelung is a place
of little commercial importance, but has some trade with the
opposite const of Chinn, about Foochow. There are coal-mines
at a short distance froip the town, which are worked by the
Chinese, but tlie goal is unsuitable for steamers. Sulphur also
is found in a neighbouring valley. Not fnr south-west of
Kelung is the port of Tnmsui, which the French have now
occupied. Its harbour is better than the others at the northern
extremity of the island, and it has a larger export trade of rice,
ten, hemp and jute, and grass-cloth fibre, sent to the nearest
Chinese ports. There is un old Dutch fort on the hill, long
since deserted.
At a meeting convened by the Mayor of Ramsgate it lias
been resolved to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary
of the birch of Sir Moses Monteflore by an extensive distri¬
bution of coal and blankets, the latter bearing Sir Moses’
motto, “Think and Thank.” Tuesday, the 28th inst., the day
of the celebration, will be observed as a holiday in the town.
KELUNG CITY AND HARBOUR, BOMBARDED BY THE FRENCH,
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OOT. 11, 1884
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On the 8r>l inat., at Haddo House, Aberdeenshire, the Countess of
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MARRIAGE.
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Philip Eustace, youngersonof the Rev. Thomas D. C. Moreo, Vicar or Const
Church, Newgate-etieet, to Emily Ann Pullen, niece of John Jarvis, Esq., of
65, Ludbrokc-grove, W.
DEATH.
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Lumsden Seton, Bart., of Pitmedden, aged 48.
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TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS OF
THE MOORE AND BURGESS MINSTRELS’
A NEW PROGRAMME. AU the new songs and all the new and screaming
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THE NILE EXPEDITION.
General Lord Wolseley, commanding the military expedition
up the Nile, left Cairo a fortnight ago, and is uow at War "j
Haifa. While at Cairo, hia Lordship was constantly occupied
in the business of the expedition, but he occasionally took
riding exercise on the Shoubrali road, and was seen trying a
camel, in order to prepare himself for the intended march
across the Nubian Desert, in which he will lead the Camel
Corps of British soldiers. Our Artist has sketched this novel''
incident, an Illustration of which appears on the front page.
The men of the Camel Corps arrived at Alexandria, by the
steam-ships Deccan and Australia, from PorLsmouth, <Mi
Tuesday last. The rowing-boats are now being sent up the
Nile, iu barges towed by stenmers from Siout to Assouan, at
the rate of lorty in a day. The railwny fronv Assouan past tlie
First Cataract docs not work satisfactorily, two of tho five
engines having got out of order, or run off the rails. At
Wady Haifa, some progress has been made; the Royal
Engineers are completing the Second Cataract railway to
Surras, the commissariat stores are beiug forwarded to the
latter place, and a military hospital nas been formed.
Lord Wolseley arrived there on Sunday last. Sir Charles
Wilson has gone on to Dongola, and the troops are rapidly
moving up.
The report that General Gordon had driven the enemy out
of Berber, bombarding that town from his steamers on the
Nile, and had then returned to Khartourp, seems to be con¬
firmed. On the other hand, we have thb Bad news of the
death of his comrade,.UoTofieL John Donald Stewart, of the
11th Hussars, the only British officer who had shared
with General Gordon the labours of the defence of Khartoum.
Colonel Stewart was wit)i General Gordon at the attack on
Berber, towards the end of September, and afterwards, in
one of the steamers, went on down tho river, intending, it is
supposed, to reach Debbah or Dongola. The steamer got on
a rock, and could not pto^ed. It is said that Colonel Stewart,
who had about forty men with him, then rondo nn arrange¬
ment with an Anib chief, wlio promised to conduct him across
the desert to Meruwi. But as soon ns he left the steamer,
the Arab 3 treacherously iet upon him and those who accom¬
panied him, killing all of them except four. Colonel Stewart
w^ 8'4 very able officer, thoroughly acquainted with the
Soudan, and his death is a great loss to the expedition. The
news had not, up to Wednesday evening, been officially con¬
firmed; but there was little doubt of it.
Lord Northbrook was to arrive at Assouan in the middle of
this week. There are rumours of liis intention to propose
the entire suppression of the native Egyptian army, as a useless
burden on the finances of Egypt. The protest of the European
Public Debt Commissioner!! against the suspension of the
Sinking Fund has been followed by notice of judicial pro¬
ceedings against the Khedive’s Ministers; but it is not likely
that they will be brought to trial.
KASSALA, IN THE SOUDAN.
The diary of the Timet' correspondent at Khartoum, Mr.
Power, one of the three Englishmen, including General
Gordon and Colonel Ltewart, who have been iu that besieged
city during the past seven montliB, states that u letter had
reached General Gordon from the Arab commander at Knssala,
Seyyid Mohamad Osman, an Emir of Mecca, promising his
assistance to the Khartoum garrison. Kassala is situated east
of the river Atbara, just about half-way between Khartoum
and tlie seaport town of Massowah, on the shore of the Red
Sea, but distant some three hundred miles from either
of those places. We are indebted to Mr. W. D. James
for the view of Kassala now presented to our readers,
which is from a large and fine photograph taken by himself
in one of his journeys through the Eastern Soudan. It
will be remembered that he and his brothers, with Mr. G.
Percy Aylmer, Mr. R. B. Colvin, Mr. Lort Phillips, Hiid other
gentlemen, formed a party which went out in December, 1881,
landing at Souakim, aud travelled southward to the Ba*6
country between the Gash or Mareb river and the Settite, or
Takazze, on the Abyssinian frontier. Mr. F. L. James gave
an interesting description of that region, with many anecdotes
of its native people, uud of the hunting of wild animals
there, in his volume entitled “ The Wild Tribes of the Soudan,”
published by Mr. Murray last year, and noticed in this Journal
at the time. His brother had been there four years before.
Kassala, indeed, has long been the chosen rendezvous of
European hunters, sportsmen, and naturalists, in quest of
large game to be found in the East African desert, or of living
specimens to be procured for zoological collections; and
many of the animals in our Regent's Park Gardens
have been obtained from that place, where it is a re¬
gular trade. The province is rich and fertile, growing
cotton of good quality; and the water of the Gash, for some
miles above and below the town, is made to irrigate the soil
by the aid of 41 Sakiyehs,” or water-lifting machines, similar
to those used on the Nile in Egypt. The town, which is next
in size to Khartoum, has a population of fifteen thousand,
besides the garrison of soldiers. It is surrounded by a wall,
and seems to have been held by Seyyid Mohamed Osman,
agninst the hostile Aruba, in the months of April and May this
year, with much vidour and skill, and with entire success. The
communication with Massowah was interrupted for a time, buA
has since been restored.
SAILORS’ DONKEY POLO AT $UEZ.
Whenever and wherever Jack is ashore, with free leave to
amuse himself as he likes, the favourite pastime for him is
riding nny kind of four-legged beast. Horse, ass, mule,'
camel, or dromedary, is all the same to hirm; there are
countries where men ride on oxen, and Jack could do that ns
well as another. At Suez, and probably at other ports of
Egypt and the Red Sea, donkeys are more available than
ponies; aud British seamen, who take a satirical pride in
emulating on land the performances pf British soldiers, have
recently attempted an asinine imitation of the military game
of polo. Tt is great fun tp see them, as they are shown in our
correspondent’s sketches, on the sands adjacent to that har¬
bour, desperately struggling/with the stubborn temper of
native quadrupeds which refuse to gq through those perilous
manoeuvres. The poor animals were naturally bewildered by
their strange riders beiug armed with such queer implements
as polo-sticks fitted witli ladles, hammers, and even pistols
tied at the end, wherewith to smite and drive the flying boll.
The saddles, too, were ill-adapted for successful assumnship;
the fact is, as every Country boy knows, that you should have
no saddle, but sit on the crupper instead of the loins of your
beast, if you would give free action to liis forelegs, which are
comparatively weak. Moreover, these Egyptian donkeys are
used to be guided by the halter, not by reins, and a pull of
the bridle only provokes the creature to throw you off. The
boatswain’s mate, ns an experienced sailor, bethought him of
handling that natural rudder, the tail, but not even with the
aid of two Arabs, hauling and shoving, could force his vessel
of wrath to answer the hplm. Various methods of steering,
tacking, belaying, slacking, holding on, heaving away,
clewing up, letting go, and executing other nautical opera¬
tions on ass-back were tried in vain. The nnti-e donkey-boys,
unaccustomed, like their long-eared chargt.-, to such terms of
Art,>dl^nbt understand the orders. Donkey Polo at Suez
was, on tbe^ whole, a manifest failure, but the attempt was
capitqT(un. ' _
Next Monday has been appointed for the receiving day
for the works of art intended for the autumn exhibition of tlie
Nineteenth-Century Art Society, at theConduit-streetGulleries.
Thomas Henry Orrock, who shot a constable at Dalston
nearly two years ngo, and Henry Harris, who murdered his
wife at Kilbum, were hanged on Monday in Newgate Prison.
Last week 2610 births and 1328 deaths were registered
in London. Allowing for increase of population, the births
were 12, and the deaths 117, below the average numbers
in the corresponding weeks of the last ten years. The deaths
included 10 from smallpox, 12 from measles, 26 from scarlet
fever, 21 from diphtheria, 11 from whooping-cough, 18 from
enteric fever, and 70 from dysentery.
Many applications having been made at the Brompton Hos¬
pital for Consumption for the services of trained nurses to take
charge of private patients, it lias been decided that a limited
number of nurses shall be kept to meet what is evidently a
want widely felt in the community. While all the nurses of
this hospital have had unusual opportunities of gaining a
thorough knowledge of the requirements of patients suffering
from diseases of the chest, fully qualified nurses will always
be available to proceed at any time to undertake private cases
of all sorts, whether medical or surgical. Full particulars may
be had on application to the Lady Superintendent, Hospital
for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, Brompton.
The Sanitary Congress in Dublin continued its sittings on
the 2nd inst. Mr. Cotton, engineering inspector to the Local
Government Board for Ireland, reud a paper, in which lie
gave an account of the progress the country was making in the
way of improved drainage and water supplies. Surgeon-
General De Benzy read a paper, in which lie contended that
experience in India affords sure ground for believing that
cholera, more perhaps than nny other of the great pestilences
which afflict tne human race, admits of prevention. In the
evening the members were entertained at a banquet at which
Earl Spencer was one of the speakers. The business of the
Congress was concluded on the 3rd inst. by a lecture from Dr.
Carpenter, of London, the cliuinunn of the council. He urged
tliut stringent legislative measures should be passed to prevent
the overcrowding of houses in the poorer parts of cities, and
further recommended that in place of sewage being thrown
into the sea and wasted, it should be used for manuring. If
the present system of sewage in London were continued, a state
of things would gradually be produced which would make the
future sanitary history of the Thames somowhnt similar to
that which belongs to the Pontine marshes or the deltas of the
great rivers of India.
MUSIC.
THE NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
The Inst provincial Festival of the year will take place next
week, beginning ou Tuesday evening, and ending on the
following Friday evening. The occasion will be the twenty-
first triennial meeting held at Norwich. This Festival—like
those of Birmingham, Leeds, and Bristol-is independent of
uny association with other celebrations, unlike those of the
meetings of the associated three cathedral choirs of Gloucester,
Hereford, and Worcester, which take place in yearly alter¬
nation at each city—the 161st of these occasions (nt Worcester)
having been reported by us last month. Tlie object of all
these festivals is a benevolent one—that of the three-
choir meetings being the rendering of help to widows
and orphans of the poorer clergy of tlie respective
dioceses—the purpose of the other festivals being to aid the
funds of local hospitals. The Norwich Festival has long been
of high importance, second only to that of Birmingham.
Under the conductor-ship of the lute Professor Edward ’laylor,
Spoilr’s sacred music was first made extensively known in this
Country at Norwich Festivals, some of liis finest works having
been produced there; his oratorio “Tlie Fall of Babylon”
having been composed for Norwich. Sir Julius Benedict (who
conducted these Festivals from 1842) has brought out here
some fine compositions, notably his “Legend of St. Cecilia.”
Other important works—by composers past and present—have
been produced. On the retirement of Sir J. Benedict, Mr.
Randegger was appointed conductor of the Festivul of 1881,
and the forthcoming performances will again be under his able
direction. __/ ^
Next week’s celebration promises to maintain the high
character of the Norwich Festivals; the arrangements beiug
on a grand scale, and the programmes including novelties of
interest. The orchestra aud chorus will number about 350
performers; Mr. Carrodus is the leading mid solo violinist,
l)r. Bunnet is the organist, and Dr. Hill the chorus master,
Mr. Itandegger—as already said—being the conductor. Tho
principal vocalists are Miss Emma Nevada, Miss Anna
Wiiliums, Madame Fatey, Miss Damian, Mr. E. Lloyd, Mr.
Maas, Mr. Santley, and Mr. Thorndike.
/■'Great interest uttnehes to the production—next Thursday
morning—of Mr. A. C. Mackenzie’s new oratorio, “The Rose
of Sharon,” composed expressly for this Festival—other
novelties (ulso produced for this occasion) will be, nn “Elegiac
Ode,” for solos, chorus, and orchestra, by Mr. C. V. Stanford,
to text by Walt Whitman; “Apollo's Invocation,” by
Mons. J. Massenet (a ecena, to be sung by Mr. Maas), a
inndrignl by Mr. Barnby, a new part-song by Dr. Hill, mid
one by Dr. Bunnett.
Tlie Festival will open on Tuesday evening with “ Elijah,”
M. Gounod’s oratorio “The Redemption ” will be given on
Wednesday morning, and the first miscellaneous concert will
take place in the evening. Thursday morning (ns already
said) will be devoted to Mr. Mackenzie’s new work, the second
miscellaneous concert occuring in the evening. On Friday
morning the usual sacred climax will be Handel's “ Messiah ” ;
a third miscellaneous concert in the evening closing the
Festival with a varied and interesting programme, comprising
Mendelssohn’s “ Walpurgis Night” music, and a selection of
characteristic and humorous pieces.
All the performances take place in St. Andrew’s Hall, a
fine gothic building, the remaining nave of a church, some
four centuries old.
Mr. George Watts’s annual benefit concert took place at
the Royal Albert Hall this week, when the attractions offered
were unusually great and varied.
PHEASANT-SHOOTING: A WARM CORNER.
We cannot honestly profess to be particularly in love with
pheasant-shooting, or, nt nny rate, with what is generally
understood by pheasant-shooting in these luxurious days.
However highly grouse may be preserved on the Scotch and
English moors, respectable bags are not to be made without a
certain amount of bodily labour. In the course of a long day
there is bound to be plenty of tramping through tho heather,
and the unaccustomed exercise, together with the fine bracing
air of the north, is sure to send home the Londoner—whose pre¬
paratory gallops have been taken on the pavement of Regent-
streetor Pull-mall—healthily tired out, and feeling that “Some¬
thing attempted, something done, Hus earned a night's repose.”
Partridgc-Bhooting, too, lias entirely changed its diameter.
Twenty years ngo, or even less, a kennel of well-broken
pointers or setters was nn indispensable adjunct to the sport,
and the true sportsman derived linlf liis enjoyment from watch¬
ing tlie wonderful patience and sagacity that Don and Sanclio
would display in working every inch of a big stubble field, or
likely patch of potatoes. With the “ high ” farming now in
vogue all this is altered. The reaping-machines leave no cover
for the birds, and resort is bad to driving, so tliut, in most parts
of the country, the pointer’s occupation is gone, and one clever
retriever is the only dog required by a large party. Still, even
now, a good show of birds cannot be obtained without a reason¬
able amount of walking, and up and down a turnip field, with
the wet leaves coming well over one’s gaiters, is not exactly
the path that a sybarite would choose for a morning’s
stroll. Pheasants, on the contrary, can be slaughtered
in any quantity without nny exertion whatever, provided
always that money is no object, and that one can find enjoy¬
ment in sport (!) of this kind. It would be impossible to breed
them naturally in the numbers required, so, at the right
season, there is a large demand for eggs, which, in the lirst
instance, have to be obtained by fair means or foul, mid this
leads to an immense deal of poaching and stealing. The
eggs are set under hens, and for two or three months in the
year a head keeper’s time is fully occupied in rearing
the young birds. These, being turned down only a few days
before a big battue has been arranged, are almost ns tame
as barn-door fowls, and have often to be fairly kicked
up before they will rise. Under those circumstances, a
favoured guest can be driven to the end of the wood towards
which the beaters are working, placed in a warm corner—
on a chair if lie prefers it to standing—and then he only
requires two guns, and a servant to load, to enable him
to kill ulmost as many pheasnnts ns he chooses. Each bird
will have cost the owner of the shooting at least a guinea,
and we cannot help thinking that lie has received very poor
value for his money. In a thoroughly wild state, however, the
pheasant is capable of giving really excellent sport, and is a far
more difficult bird to kill than might be imagined. We have
many a pleasant remembrance of a brisk morning towards the
end of October, with just that touch of frost in the air which
is so delightful after a long hot summer. A walk up and
down n likely piece of mangel lias resulted in a couple of brace
of partridges, several outlying rabbits have been accounted
for, and, in one small field, no less than five hares have been
added to the bug. Approaching a small spinney, the keeper
tells us that we are sure to find a few pheasants, and we soon
hear the whirr with which the gorgeous bird rises, when it
requires a little more skill to stop him than if wo had been
honoured with a “ warm corner” at some fashionable battue
ocrr. 11 ,1884
THE ILLUSTKATED LONDON" NEWS
843
THE PLAYHOUSES.
Town is refilling, rejoicing the hearts of theatrical managers.
One after the other the long deserted playhouses are being
opened. Abandoning the uncongenial rOle of a Birmingham
moralist, Mrs. Kendul is delighting her wide circle of admirers
afresh at the St. James’s in Mr. Pinero’s English version of
M. Georges Olmet’s popular French drama, “ Le Maitre
des Forges. A little less further west, at the brilliantly
and handsomely renovated Criterion, now transformed into
one of the most luxurious, elegant, and commodious of
London theatres, Mr. Charles Wyndhain has resumed the
laughter-moving performances of Mr. Albery’s diverting
comedy of “ Featherbrain,” of which Mr. Marius is the life ana
soul. “Featherbrain” has been ingeniously ballasted, and
now runs smoothly enough. In Leiccster-square, albeit the
Alhambra remains closed pending the answer of the most
potent, grave, and reverena signors of the Middlesex Bench to
the application for a Music-Hall license, the spick and span new
Empire continues open under circumstances as udverse as
worthy Mr. Micawber suffered under, the new Managers re¬
lying on the harmony and fun evolved, chiefly by Miss Fanny
Leslie, from the burlesque opera of “Dick,” which is
succeeded by the comic ballet of “ Rip-iti-Pip.”
On this present Saturday night, the place of “ Princess
Ida” at the Savoy will be taken by the Gilbert-Sullivan
musical pieces of “Trial by Jury” and “The Sorcerer";
and the Op6ra Comique will be reopened by Mr. Harrington
Baily, who offers light and attractive fare in Mr. T. G.
Warren’s baby comedy of “ Nita’s First” and Mr. Edward
Rose’s neat stage version of Mr. F. Anstey’B droll schoolboy
Btory, “Vice Versd.”
The Novelty Theatre, conducted with signal ability by
Miss Nelly Harris, was well filled on Saturday night lost,
when the new musical piece of “Polly” was produced with
every sign of success. Conveyance being so much in vogue—
convey, the wise it call—it would be idle to inquire how far
the writer of the libretto has been indebted to “ H.M.S.
Pinafore ” for his dramatic personages, or in what musical
libraries the composer of “ Polly ” has sought inspiration
for his airs. It will be sufficient to remark on this point
that Mr. James Mortimer and Mr. Edward Solomon have,
with considerable ingenuity, adapted the naval situations of
“ll.M.S. Pinafore” to the Army in the comic opera of
“ Polly.” His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Command-
ing-iu-Chief is possibly too good-natured to take objection to
the genial caricature of him presented by Mr. Alfred Bishop
in the cleverly acted part of General Bangs, O.B. Notwith¬
standing the venerable General’s experience of matrimony,
and the antagonism of “ the General’s eight fair daughters ”
(whose introductory chorus, very lively and taking, deserved
the ready encore it obtained!, the susceptible Bungs, C.B.,
no sooner catches sight of plump and pretty Polly Pluck-
rose than he incontinently falls in love with this be¬
witching daughter of the regiment. Fickle Polly is
also beloved by Private Mangel, whom she eventually con¬
sents to wed when the mystery of her birth is cleared up, mid
her own particular Tommy Atkins avows himself a German
Prince. The music of “Polly is remarkably melodious.
Allusion has been made to the catching chorus of “ We are
the General’s eight fair daughters ”—a chorus matched by the
very quaint and diverting “Dear Papa” in the second act.
The tripping “One more kiss ere we part,” with which the
first act closed, likewise richly merited the irresistible demand
for its repetition. Miss Lillian Russell, gifted with a voice of
rare sweetness, made a captivating Polly, nnd was encored in the
really charming lyric, “ What is love? ” The General Bangs of
Mr. H. Bishop was well mated with the Lady McAsser of Miss
Susie Vaughan, who always throws plenty of individuality
into her assumptions, and invests her present rSle with
abundant character. Mr. II. Cooper-Cliffe as Colonel Tussell
nnd Mr. Leamane as Private Mangel, and the well-trnined
chorus representing the “ General's eight fair daughters ”
with the smart Hussars and Life Guards, contribute further to
the success of “ Polly,” the composer and author of which
had to appear before the curtain to bow their acknowledgments
of the crowning tribute of applause. G. A. S.
Mr. Elliot Stock announces an English copyright edition
of “ Bayard Taylor’s Life nnd Letters, edited by his widow.
Messrs. Marcus Ward mid Co. have sent us some examples of
new menu, dance programme, and guest cards. That they-
are tastefully got up goes without saying.
The Seamen’s Orphan Home Bazaar at Hull, opened by
the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh on Wednesday week;
realised £5225.
Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., is about to retire from tlie
command of the 2nd West York Yeomanry Cavalry (Prince
of Wales’s Own), which he has held twenty-one yegrt^
The Inner Circle Railway of London and its extensions to
Whitechapel, with the five new stations, Cannon-street, East-
cheap, Mark-lane, Aldgate East, and St. Mary, Whitechapel,
were opened for public traffic on Monday.
A largely-attended meeting was held at Manchester on
Monday, at which the necessary authority was by resolution
given to the city corporation to make contribution towards
the cost of promoting the Ship Canal Bill next Sessibn.
A scheme has been started fbc erecting a School ©! Science
ttnd Art for Southport, at a cost of £6000?' The Town Council
has granted a site, and the authorities of South Kensington
Museum have promised £850.
Having heard the evidence of the survivors' of the Wasp,
the court-martial at Portsmouth has found that the gun-boat
wu« wrecked from the waut of due caresahd attention in the
navigation, but that no blame was attributable to any of the
survivors.
Democracy formed the subject of an interesting address
given on Monday night by the Hon. James Russell Lowell,
United States Minister to this country, at the Midland
Institute, Birmingham. He defined democracy as that form
of society in which every man has a chance, and knows that he
has it.
Sir William M‘Arthur/ M.F.j has informed the Liberal
electors of Lambeth that it is not his intention to seek re-
election for the borough at the next election. He has
represented the constituency for sixteen years.—Speaking nt
Maidenhead on Tuesday night. Mr. Walter, M.P., intimated
his intention not to seek re-election for Berkshire. The other
two bitting members will also retire.—Mr. S. C. Evans
Williams, who has represented the Radnor Boroughs in the
Liberal interest since 1880, lias resigned his seat.
Messrs. Raphael Tuck and Sons hare published a large
chromo-lithograph entitled “ Closing Scene in tho Life of
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Benconsflcld.” It represents tho
Ilonse of Lords in 1880, with Lord Benconsfleld addressing tho
House, and it contains nearly 250 portraits, among whom the
leaders of the two great political parties are easily recognizable.
The artist has handled a very difficult subject with great
success, the portraits are faithful, and the general aspect of
the House is well rendered.
THE MAGAZINES FOR OCTOBER.
The English Illustrated claims the first place among the
magazines of the month iu virtue of a contribution the like of
which is not often to be found in a magazine, the second part
of Mr. Shorthouee’s “ Little Schoolmaster Mark.” Many
renders will see nothing in this intensely spiritual composition,
which has indeed more of the indefinite subtlety of music than
of the definiteness of plastic art. It is the natural growth,
rather than the creation, of a mind steeped in mystic fervour,
feeble ns a tale, exquisite as a prose poem, and expressed in a
consummately beautiful style. “ A Family Affair,” Mr. Hugh
Conway’s new story, displays the reverse qualities, being very
well constructed, very entertaining, and so far devoid of nuy
special significance. It does credit to the writer’s versatility,
bearing hardly any resemblance to his former stories. The
other contributions are of little account.
“ John Cnnn’s Treasure ” is a fair specimen of the exciting
stories of which we now expect to find nt least one in every
number of the Cornhill. It is very well written, but fails to
thrill. Mr. Payn’s “Talk of the Town” continues to be
lively and entertaining, without as yet arousing any very
serious interest. “The Sanatorium of the Southern Ocean”
describes the hot springs of the northern island of New
Zenlnnd, a phenomenon in its wny unequalled in the world, and
expected to prove of the greatest medicinal value.
The principal article in Macmillan is the admirable in
memoriam sketch of the late Mark Puttison, by Mr. J. C.
Morison, dwelling chiefly on a single side of his activity as an
academical reformer, but displaying the fullest sympathy with
bis refined aud attractive character. “Steam, the Tyrant,”
is a valuable paper, suggesting how the excessive concen¬
tration of industrial labour in towns may be counteracted by
the employment of electricity as a motive force, which could
be generated by water power, so that the brook might again
turn the mill as in ancient days. “Notes in the Canton de
Vaud” contain useful particulars of the land system of the
community, and other social matters.
Blackwood opens with another Shnkspearean study by Lady
Martin; the subject this time being Rosalind, and the more
interesting as being one of the eminent tragedian's favourite
and most successful parts. The “Waters of Hercules” is u
C novel in itself, and especially so as depicting one of the
-known districts of Eastern Europe. “The Soudan and.
Abyssinia” contains exceedingly picturesque descriptions of
adventures near the Abyssinian frontier. “ The Last Words
of Joseph Barrable” is a clever satire on well-meaning but
inconsiderate philanthropy.
Longman's has the exciting continuation of Mr. Clark
Russell’s nautical romance; Mr. Froude’s bright but dis¬
cursive account of his Norwegian tour; and a pathetic tul©
by Mr. W. Norris.
The writer who in the Fortnightly 1levinv discusses the
question whether England is a great European Power answers
in effect that she is, and will continue so long as she is filling
to submit to the sacrifices entailed Aipoq her by the position ;
and that she cannot cease to be a great Power In Europe
without censing to be a great Power anywhere.- Mr. W. S.
Blunt is much too prone to take Indian natives at their own
valuation; but his “Idena about India” contain important
and painful evidence of the growing alienation between the
races from the thoughtless and stupid arrogance of too many
Englishmen. This is by far the most serious of the dangers
which beset our Indian empire. The Rev. G. R. Gleig con¬
tributes some interesting notes bn the late Duke of Wellington,
a man who seems to have only wanted his father’s self-sacrificing
devotion to duty to hr.ve4one the State considerable service.
But he does not seem to have thought that his great hereditary
position imposed any further duty upon him than a con¬
scientious discharge" of such obligations os he could not
escape. There is nothing else remarkable, except the con¬
tinuation of George Meredith^ “ Diana of the Crossways.”
The Nineteenth Century has several papers of practical but
none of commanding interest. We wish Mr. Swinburne would
take to himself some of his own excellent admonitions touch¬
ing intemperance in language, delivered in an essay on Charles
Ileade, who cannot now be the better for them. “Progress
aud Wages,” a paper on co-operation by a working man,
is most excellent and sensible; and nearly the same
may be said of Lady Milnes Gaskell's picture of a
model farm; of Mr. Dunster’s advice to farmers on market
gardening; and of Mr. Lionel Ashburner’s defence of the
Indian revenue system. It would be better for Ireland if Miss
Charlotte G’-Brien ’b attacks on the English Government for
“systematically expatriating” her countrymen were well
'founded / but, in fact, the opposition of the Irish members has
prevented anything being done. The reverse cause probably
prevented Lord Beaconsfield from anticipating Mr. Gladstone
as an Irish land reformer, as Sir John Pope Hennessy shows
'be at one time seemed very likely to do. The enlightened
views expressed by him in 1852, when Irish votes were in the
market, remained in abeyance when Irish members definitely
cast in their lot with the Liberal party.
The Contemporary Review has little of remarkable interest
except tho continuation of Professor Seeley’s important
essay on Goetho and M. Tnine’s protest against tlie schemes
of modem Socialists. The former essay is eminently sound,
but not distinguished by originality; the energy of the latter
seems somewhat impaired by the translation. Sir John Lub¬
bock’s plea for a national school of forestry, and Mr. Coxwell’s
essay on aeronautics are useful and interesting; nnd Mr. Free¬
man discusses the reform of the House of Lords without
arriving nt any definite conclusion.
Lord Salisbury’s article on redistribution in the National
Review bristles with statistics, nnd will find ample employ¬
ment for the political press. Mr. Kebble’s notice of Pitt and
Signor Gallenga’s paper on Italian social life are the most
interesting of the other contributions.
The Century has an excellent Bketcli of the oddities and
humours of the civil war, on both sides; a valuable study of
American society before the Independence, with illustrations
taken from old mansions of the colonial epoch; a critical
article on Austin Dobson, with a portrait; and tho conclusion
of “Dr. Sevier.” The most interesting thing in Harper te a
portrait of Darwin, apparently ten or twelve years earlier than
any of those hitherto engraved, and thus giving an idea of his
appearance in middle life. It illustrates a paper of personal
recollections, containing an explicit statement from his own
lips of the extent of his obligations to Sir Charles Lyell. The
Atlantic Monthly has an exceedingly pretty poem by Oliver
Wendell Holmes, with other interesting matter.
Temple Bar has the continuation of “ A Perilous Secret,” a
biography of Lady Hamilton, a criticism on Emerson, and
somo very sound observations of the late Barry Cornwall’s on
“The Reading of Books,” contributed by his widow. The
Gmtlemun'e Magazine has a picturesque sketch of Morocco nnd
Tunis, ns seen on the way home, by Mrs. Lynn Linton ; and an
entertaining discussion of so uninviting n subject as canni¬
balism,by Mr. A. S. Johnston. “Philistiu,” tho serial tale, 1ms
a fine stroke of conscious or unconscious humour in tho
situation of the newspaper leader-writer, who is equally
afflicted nt being made to advocate an India frontier war and
forbidden to apologise for the murderers of tho Emperor of
Russia.
The Art Journal maintains its high position, and though,
in these days of cheapness, it may seem high priced, the pur¬
chaser always gets the full value of his money in the shape of
etchings and engravings. Mr. Chattock’s first-rate etching,
“ On the Medway,” is alone worth the price of the number.
The Magazine of Art, beautifully printed and lavishly
illustrated, is always attractive, and this month the editor has
been singularly happy in the selection of his materials. The
article on Old London Taverns deals with a subject of great
interest, and that on Old English Painters is not less tempting.
The other principal serials of the enterprising firm ol Messrs.
Cassell, Petter, Galpin, and Co., are—The Quiver, Cassell’s
Family Magazine, CaBsell’s Saturday Journal, Greater
London, Royal Shakspere, Fnmiliur Wild Flowers, Book of
Health, Old and New London, Ulustrated Universal History,
Popular Gardening, Picturesque Europe, and Picturesque
America. x-—
Belgravia has some amusing stories, and a pleasant account
of the ambitious fancies and wild speculations of Balzac. Miss
Alice King’s “Exmoor urjd-'iis People” and Mies Zimmern’s
“ Visit to Mary Cowden/Clarko^’ relieve the excess of fiction
in the Argosy. The Red Ihagon is very creditable to the
literary enterprise of the Principality, and Fore's Sporting Notes,
a new venture, seems well adapted to its special public.
Among Fashion Books rectived are—Le Follet, the Season,
Ladies’ Treasury, Ladies’ Gazette of Fashion, World of
Fashion, Moniteur de la Mode/and Myra’s Journal of Dress
und Fashion.
We have also received London Society, Chambers’s Journal,
All tlie Year Rocuici, St. Nicholas, Aunt Judy, tho Army and
Navy Magazine, the United Service Magazine, Merry England,
Eastward Ho, The Scottish Church Review, The Month,
Outing, and the Antiquarian Magazine.
^HE HIGIIGATE WOODS.
Close to the Highgate railway station in tho Archway-road,
opposite the lower end of Southwood-lniie, which descends half
a mile from tlie High-street of Highgate, and which is reached
by the Cable Tramway, is one of the most inviting pieces of
ms tic,wood land to be found in the Home Counties. Standing
in tlie main road nbove.the station, mid looking cast-north-
east, the view is down a widening valley, with Sheplievd’s-cot-
hill to the right, and Muswell-hill to the left, not surpassed in
beautyany where near London. On the one hand, the charm¬
ing lawns and shrubberies of an extensive private pleasure-
ground, attached to “the Priory,” slope down to a piece of
water near the railway; beyond this, a green hill extending
to Hornsey shuts out the sight of town and suburban build¬
ings. On the other side of the valley, along Muswell-hill-
road, the steep face of the north hill is entirely clothed, from
top to bottom, with a dense growth of 'trees nnd underwood;
at least equal, in the purity of its sylvan aspect, to any part of
Epping Forest. This portion of the Highgate Woods, distant
about five miles from the centre of the City of London, is quite
as accessible as Hampstend-heath, but is much less familiar to
strollers in quest of the pleasant scenes of rural nature.
“ Churchyard Bottom Wood,” containing fifty-five acres, is
divided from the “ Grnvel-pit. Wood ” by Muswell-hill-road,
which runs due north of Highgate. The first-mentioned wood
is traversed by a public footpath, which is entered from Wood-
lnne, a short road with about a dozen small villa houses, and
which issues, at tlie eastern boundary of the wood, on an open
field-path leading to tlie south of the Alexandra Palace, near
the cottage where Moore resided when he wrote “Lalla
Rookh.” Our Artist, Mr.W. 11. J. Boot, of Hampstead, whoso
delineations of English landscape are highly esteemed, fur¬
nishes some truthful and beautiful Sketches; among which i3
that of the eastward outlook, over Wood Green nnd Tottenham,
and the broad meadows of tlie Lea valley, to Walthamstow,
Higlmin Hill, and tho skirts of Epping Forest, about
Clungford. He has also sketched “The Heart of the
Wood;” “A Brooklet” at the bottom, issuing from a
deep ravine; and “A Steep Path,” down the almost
precipitous side of the hill. This is broken here and
there by jutting knolls that command lovely glimpses
over the tops of tlie trees below nnd tho dense tangle ot various
bushes, hazel, and black birch, with small poplars, ash, alders,
hornbeam, and other coppice growth, intermixed with plenty
of briurs, and with ferns on the lower ground. The western
piece of woodland, comprising above sixty acres, covers the
space between Muswell-hill-road nnd the continuation of the
Archway-road towards Finchley. It is intersected, as far as
Forder’s Green, by the Alexandra Palace branch of the Great
Northern Railway. This part of the Highgate Woods is not
open to the public, being leased to a farmer, who has a large
dairy, and who grants his customers special permission to walk
here upon some occasions. It is upon higher ground, and
lacks the variety of scenery that is enjoyed in Churchyard
Bottom Wood. The undergrowth, too, which is of considerable
value, has been recently cleared in Gravel-pit Wood; but the
trees are generally larger, and there is n pretty “ Peep towards
Highgate,” which Mr. Boot has not failed ‘to sketch.
Further on is a curious avenue of pollard hornbeam, a rare
feature of woodland scenery. There is, perhaps, no hope of
every remnant of the old woods being saved from the common
fate of rural land in the neighbourhood of London, that of
becoming mere building-ground. But if some fifty acres on the
Churchyard Bottom side, near the “Woodman” and “Gipsy,”
old-fashioned public-houses well known on that road, could
be preserved in their existing condition, with a few additional
paths opened through the enticing thicket, London would
possess a bit of pleasure-ground unique in its sylvan
character, to the delight of all lovers of nature. This question
has lately been discussed in the daily papers, since the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, owners of eight hundred or a
thousand acres of land, between Hornsey and Ken Wood,
Hampstead, formerly belonging to the Bishop of Ixmdon, are
about to obtain immediate possession of tlie whole, by the
surrender of Lord Mansfield's lease (not including the estate
of Ken Wood). It has been suggested that they would deni
liberally with the Corporation of London, the Metropolitan
Board of Works, or any committee of subscribers, who might be
prepared to offer reasonable terms for the purchase of u part
of the Highgate Woods, for the sake of public recreation. No
better opportunity, in our judgmeut, is likely to occur than tho
present; aud there iB no piece of ground better worth saving.
The cost would not be enormous; but theincrensed vnlue given to
the remaining land, ns a site for mansions ami villas, by securing
the continuance of this woodland retreat in its vicinity, ought
to compensate, in some measure, for a concession in the price of
the fifty acres. It is expedient to narrow the question to this
point; because, while the Ecclesiastical Commissioners are
bound, as official trustees of public property, to take care of
the main interest, and have no right to give part of it, away,
they may yet be led to perceive that there will be no real loss
in so disposing of Churchyard Bottom Wood, nnd mnking better
profit of the more extensive lands which they may retain for
sale to the builders. We earnestly commend the subject to
public consideration, assured it is not one of mere local interest
to Highgate alone, but one concerning the whole of London.
The Hornsey Local Board, led by their zealous and public-
spirited Chairman, Mr. H. It. Williams, have taken up tho
matter, aud further actiou may now be exppeted.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Oct. il, 1884.-34-1
1. A steep path. ?. A peep towards Uigiignto. 3. The heart of the wood. 4. Looking East. 6. Hornbeam Avenue. <5. A brooklet.
SKETCHES IN HIGIIGATK WOODS,
4 *A
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Oct. 11, 1884.- 345
346
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
OCT. 11, 1884
PARISIAN SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
{From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 7.
Admiral Conrbet occupied Kelung on Oct. 1; the Chambers
meet on Oct. 14 ; within the next seven days we may expect
another great victory, real or imaginary, which M. Jules Ferry
will announce with satisfaction to his docile majority, and
once more all will be for the best in the best of all possible
worlds. Meantime, it has been discovered that that heathen
Chinee Li-Hnng-Tchang hns been tampering with the treaty
relative to the evacuation of Tonqnin oy the Chinese troops,
and changing the dates and text with premeditation and
intent to deceive. One sometimes feels inclined to characterize
the whole Franco-Chinese affair as grotesque.
Grotesque, too, is the so-called Poubolle question, which
has been occupying attention for some weeks post. M.
1‘oubelle, Prefect of the Seine, lias received notice from the
State to quit on Oct. 15 the portion of the Louvre where he
has been temporarily lodged, and to tuke up his quarters
in the new Hotel de Ville, where his predecessors lodged
for centuries past. But under the Republic, it appears, the
Prefects, all-important functionaries as they are, have lost
their prestige. At any rate, the Autonomist majority of the
Municipal Council have forbidden the representative of the
State to instal himself in the Municipal Palace, and this
deliberation having been annulled by a superior decree, the
irrepressible Autonomist majority have declared that it will
oppose, even by force, M. roubello’s attempt to enter the
palace. The question has been referred to the Conseil d' Etnt.
The author of “John Bull and His Island" has published
a new volume called "John Bull’s Daughters,” in which he
gives his impressions of Englishwomen of all classes. M.
Max O’Kell lias already proved that he does not love England
or the English ; n tact which will not preveut us from reading
his volume with amusement. M. O’Kell remarks the unin¬
viting aspect of the aristocracy in Rotten Row. "In the
carriugefl," he says, "you see scarcely any but disagreeable
and stupid faces, loto balls that cast upon you a dead glance of
indifference. They are the faces of bou constrictors in course
of accomplishing the process of digestion. No siniles, no
pleasant signals of recognition from carriage to carriage; it
is Madame Tussnud’s museum out for a drive. A solemn and
stnpid procession.” The prettiest of John Bull’s daughters,
according to M. O’Rell, are the shop-girls and the barmaids.
These he calls le bit article fiminin Anglais. M. O’Rell’s book
is bright and interesting, and he renders a warm tribute
of admiration to the real virtues of the English woman and of
English home life. *■
The second centenary of Corneille was celebrated last Wed¬
nesday in the usual manner at the State theatres of the
Comedie-Franqaise and the 0d6on. and in an extraordinary
manner by the celebration of a mass for the repose of Corneille’s
soul at the Church of St. Roch, where he is buried. The
Academicians, the actors and actresses of the Comedie-
Fnmqnise, and a number of artistic and literary celebrities,
were present at the ceremony, which, by-the-wny, has not
given universal satisfaction. The religious papers say it was
sacrilege, and fall foul of the Cure of St. ltoch, who con¬
ceived the idea of making religion do honour to letters;
the free-thinking journals, on the other hand, say that the
comedians of the “Maison de Moliire," ns the Com6die-
Frunqaise is traditionally called, hud no right to enter a
church, in their official capacity, until the church hud repaired
its wrongs towards Moliire, to whom it refused burial, and
whom it treated as a miscreant. Next Sunday the centenary
of Corneille will be celebrated at his birth-place, Rouen, with
fetes and speeches. On the same day the second centenary
of Antoine Watteau will be celebrated at Valenciennes, and a
statue of the famous painter unveiled.
The Parliamentary Inquiry Commission is to send a dele¬
gation of seven members to study the industrial crisis at
Lyons and St. Etienne.—No less than 1800 divorce cases are
inscribed for hearing during the coming Session.—The
Government has signed with a group of financiers the con¬
cession of the Paris Metropolitan Railway. The line will run
from l’ateaux to Reuilly, through the centre of Paris, com¬
municated with the Northern, Eastern, and Lyons Railways.
In the centre of Paris, under the Boulevards de Strasbourg,
de Sebastopol, de Bntignolles, de Clichy, Hue Auber, &c., the
railway w-ill be underground. The line will be over twenty-three
kilometres long, and will costubout 116,000,000f. The capital
will be 50,000,000f.,in 500f. shares. When the revenue exceeds
7 per cent, the State will take half the surplus. It is expected;
that the Metropolitan Railway, on the right bank of the Seinq,
which is alone projected at present, will be ready in time foi\
the Universal Exhibition in 1889. T*G‘
The Session of the Dutch Stntcs-General terminates to-day
(Saturday), when both Chambers are to be dissolved. It is
stated that the elections to the Second Chamber will take
place on the 28th inst., and those to the First Chamber oh
the 5th prox. ; the new Parliament being opened onN'ov. 17.
Sir Edward Malet had an audience of the King of the
Belgians on Monday, and presented his letters of rcciiTl, pre¬
vious to taking his new post in Berlin.—The distribiition of
prizes to the successful candidates in the educational com¬
petitive examination took place on Sunday in the Palais dea
Academies, under the presidency of the Minister''6f Public
Instruction. The King and Queep, who were present at the
ceremony, were received with cheers by the crowd, but there
was some slight hooting.
The German Emperor has presented to Prince Bism arck a
copy in bronze of the Niederwajd monument. Prince William,
who has for the past week been the guest of tho Austrian
Emperor, 1ms been very^successful h*\tlib cliumois limits in
the Styrian Alps. Out of tlio total bag of sixty, ten are set
down to Prince William’s rifle,
and Crown Princesjj Will acco
Germany, and will probably go
Lost Saturday beinj*the—iore-wny •••« ~*
Austria, there wns High Mass iff the Cathedral of St. Stephen,
Vienna, rfTvyhmiAkcMinisters and higher civil and military
functionaries were present.—M. Mnknrt, the well-known
painter, died at Vienna Ofbmn fever, oil the 3rd inst.
The Royal Palace of Christiansborg, Copenhagen, was com¬
pletely destroyed byjlre^n the 3rd inst., many of the adjoin¬
ing buiidiTTgN including the chambers of tho Rigsdag, being
ScribuH^ lujuretjXKing Christian IX. opened the Danish
Kibsdag on Monday. The ceremony was performed in the
Grand 11 dU.of the University of Copenhagen. His Majesty,
in his speech, prged Parliament to secure the independence of
the country B-yjMissing tho measures necessary for its defenco.
TIis Majest y referred to the destruction of the Christiansborg
1’ulace, and was deeply moved. The two Chambers afterwards
adjourned to Nov. 3.
A violent hurricane has occurred in Iceland, causing great
dosti action of property and shipping arid loss of life.
The keel of the now ironclad Kntimrina II. was laid last
Saturday at Nicolnieff, in tlio presence of the Grand Duke
..lexis. ’ The foundation-stone of the first dry dock in South
Russia was laid on Monday at Sebastopol, in the presence of the
Grand Duke Alexis. On Tuesday, at Sebastopol, wus laid, in
the presence of the Grand Duke Alexis, tho keels of the two
armour-plated vessels Tchcsme and Sinope. These vessels
will form additions to the Russian Imperial Black Sea Fleet.
Fresh discoveries of gold-fields are reported on the
Russian-Chinese frontier of the Anioor, twelve miles from the
frontier on the Chinese side; and the Russians, who have com¬
plained so much of the invasion of their own side by the
Chinese, are now swarming over to the new Chinese El Dorudo.
The revenue returns of New South Wales for the quarter
ending Sept. 30 show an increase of £190,000 as compared
with the corresponding period of last year.—While the Duke
of Manchester wus recently travelling m the north of Queens¬
land, his party were attacked by a number of aborigines, and
several of them were killed. His Grace laid a narrow escape.
According to a telegram from Calcutta, the soldiery at
Mandalay, in suppressing the riot at the jail, killed 430 of the
prisoners as they were attempting to escape.—By a collision
on the Eastern Bengal Railway sixty passengers are reported
to have been killed or injured.
TIIE RECESS.
The Trime Minister held the first of the autumn Cabinet
Councils on Tuesday ; and has issued the customary circular
to Ministerial members inviting them to bo present on the
opening day of the Session, the 23rd of October. Whilst Mr.
Gladstone significantly informed his supporters that " it is in¬
tended to proceed at the earliest moment with important and
pressing business," Earl Granville, in the formal letter he
wrote to the Liberal Lords, considerately said, "Your Lord-
ships’ presence will be specially important when tho Franchise
Bill is brought to the House of Lords.” In the meantime,
the engrossing affairs of Egypt and of South Africa are occu¬
pying the close attention of Ministers in Council.
The Murqiiis of Salisbury’s most effective address by far
in Glasgow was that which the noble Lord delivered with
characteristic force and incisitencss yesterday week in St.
Andrew’s Hall. This was a most able and well-reasoned reply
to the second and most important speech Mr. Clad stone made
in Edinburgh. It tersely justified the action of the House of
Lords in declining to pass the Franchise Bill unaccompanied
by the measure of Redistribution. It traversed tlie^wholq
sweeping retort against tho Premier:—
What I ask you, again, is to turn to those words—
“ The children bom of thee are tlie and sworf,
Red ruin, and the 1 waning up of laws,”
that were.sddressed to the Govemmentof Lord lt. ucoiwfleld by the Govern¬
ment of Mr. Gladstone (Laughter). •• Red tuin ’Mlook at the bombard¬
ment of Alexandria (Cheers). •• llreakitig up pf laws.”—all F.umi e protest¬
ing against you for a breach of international law. The Inl and swum
arethoee 6000 Arabs slaughtered for meiely, hn Sir. GlndstOne-said; opposing,
in the instincts of what they believed to be patriotism, their naked
bodies to the power of the invention* of modem tin amis .Cheers). 1 defy
him to show anything in the Govemmentof Lord H-oe .nsb.ld which will
st all app oach for lawlessness, or for tlie misery it luor'oirated, the ltd
ruin and breaking up of laws, or infliction of tire and sword, which has
been the result of his own moral maxim, of hia owu procrastination, and
liia fear (Cheers). \
The Conservutive Purty lmd again reason to plume itself
upon tho dashing speedi of Lofdjhuidolpli Churchill ou the
Slime date at the large Conservative meeting in the Liberal
city of Leeds. With characteristic boldness did his Lordship
grasp the nettle of the present political situation, maintaining
that were a Conservative Government now in power, both
Franchise and Redistribution would be dealt with by them as
drastically as thffditfe LqM Beocoiiafleld grappled with the
Household Franchise in'18(57. But on this point Lord
Randolph may have reckoned without his present Leader,
who differed so greatly from Mr. Disraeli on this reform,
it will be remembered, that he resigned his sent in the Cabinet
rather than be associated with the change. It may here be
mentioned that SiT Richard Cross addressed liis constituents
at Atherton on the 3rd inst., and that Sir Michael llicks-
Beach aired his eloquence at Bristol on Tuesday. But neither
ex-Minister threw fresh light on the situation.
/^h* Liberal demonstrations in favour of the Franchise
Bill and against the majority of the House of Lords eoutiuuo
to be large and numerous. But the iteration lias grown weari-
-aome*. The Marquis-of Hnrtington, addressing a vast meeting
'TosTSrttutday at Kawtenstall, opened the door for conciliation
when heintiinated-tliat the Ministry might be prepared to explain
\their Redistribution Bill if the Franchise measure should be
accepted in the Lords. Mr. Forster, at the enormous gntlier-
'Tng the same afternoon at Woodhouso Moor, Leeds, strongly
-siipportcd the Government, whose most advanced champion,
Mr. Chamberlain, met with a hearty reception at Stoke on
Monday, and on Tuesday took up a resolute " no-aurreuder ”
attitude against the Lords.
CITY ECHOES.
Wednesday, Oct. 8.
Money is rising in value, and though it is still only 2 per cent
for discounts and depositors are getting but 1 per cent, it
seems not unlikely that we shall soon sec an advance in the
Bank rate to 2J or 3 per cent, and a corresponding improve¬
ment in the interest allowed to depositors. But without wait¬
ing for relief in that quarter, those who have money seem to
be going to the Stock Exchange and there making selections
cf safe securities, almost regardless of price. Colonial Govern¬
ment issues are excitiug most notice, more particularly tlie
3 4 per cent bonds of Canada and New South VVoles.
A good security, 34 per cent interest, and a rising price as
maturity approaches, are conditions not easily found as the
market now stands, more particularly now that the. British
Threes ura being interfered with; As to converting the Threes
into the lower inteiest stocks, tho banks have come to an
understanding that they will hot at present do so. Some think
tliut this decision will he fatal to Mr. Childers’s plans ; but that
is, perhaps, too much to hope. The interest taken in other
departments is mainly speculative. In railways, for example,
the principal Scotch stocks are ilut upon the course of certain
accounts, while Brighton stocks have responded to the large in¬
crease shown iu this week’s traffic statement. United States nud
Cuiiadiuu railways have been favourably affected by the re¬
ported agreement as to the "pool"; but the information as
to whut are the conditions is very vague, and on some points
it is conflicting.
A good beginning lias been made towards establishing an
association for tlie protection of English holders of American
securities. At the meeting held for the purpose, a provisional
committee was appointed to work out the plans of such an
association. The proposal received the heartiest support of the
Stock Exchange, arid, so assisted, it is nearly sure to succeed ;
but it is understood to be the wish of the members who have
identified themselves with the effort that the management
of the association shall be entirely independent of the Stock
Exchange. This is a good sign. It wus pointed out at the meet-
zing, and it is of course within everyone’sexperience, that English
(jlofdcrtTo^ American railroad shares are practically powerless,
because they do not register their shares. It is proposed that
tlie-ueW association shall have such shares deposited with
thmufor registration ; but it should not be overlooked that
holders have hitherto avoided the time and risk involved in
sending shares to America for registration, and that " the
market,” in a very notuble case, is now refusing to deal iu
shares registered in Loudon, because of the transfer for¬
malities involved on selling or borrowing on them In some
way the New York Central agents avoid all tlmt is objection¬
able, and unless the new association can do so, registered stock
must be less marketable than stock which chuuges bauds at
will.
It appears tlmt the Coloniul loans so far placed here this
year amount to just under twenty-two millions sterling. In
the whole of 1883 tho total was £24,167,OUO, and, ns there are
nearly three more months to run of this year, 1884 may well
show u gain on its predecessor. Until recently the rate was
seven und eight millions a year. Moreover, tlie interest paid
has generally declined 4 und 1 per cent, iu the fuce ot the
much larger sums obtained.
In regard to the Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi Railway
partly-puid shnres, it hns been contended by more than one
eomspuiideut that distiuct assurances wero made to the
holders of 6uch shares that the unpaid capital would be culled
up, hut the socretary of the company forpially denies that any
such promise was ever made. T. 8.
he Austrian Crown Trince
my him on his return to
:t to Potsdam.
:-d«y of the Emperor of
HIDE AND SEEK.
Tlie playful humour of a little girl is upt to find especial
delight in hiding from pursuit, and this sport may be practised
with the cat or dog, ns well as with a human companion.
Behind the hnystack, for at least live minutes, the farmer’s
merry young daughter attempts with partial success to elude
the eager quest of her canine favourite, who is probably quite
aware that it is all in fun. Ho iB out with Nancy every day,
mid there is no end to their tricks upon each other. She has a
private understanding with Simp about most affairs of family
life, and tells him every secret of her innocent heart. Tho
dog, for his part, looks up to this child as the wisest and best of
liuman beings, nud thinks her immensely superior to his master,
who never speaks to him but in a severely imperative tone.
Nancy prefers to be loved and willingly followed; she is good-
natured, affectionnte, and sympathetic ; the relations between
her and Snap ore pleasant to both. It is good to see them at
play together; every child in the world, in country or in town,
should have o chance of learning simple kindness from some
grateful animal, for this helps to form an amiable temper
which will keep its sweetness iu domestic and 60 ciul life.
Sir George Meyrick, Bart., lin* given his Anglesey tenantry
an abatement of 5 per cent on this year’s rentals.
Lord Edward Cavendish, M.P., laid the foundation-stone
of the new Townliall at Eastbourne on Thursday.
The annual exhibition of tho Photographic Society of
Great Britain was opened to the public on Monday in the
gallery of the Hoynl Society of Painters in Water Colours.
The Rev. William Walter Merry, M.A., Public Orator of
tlio University, lias been elected to succeed the late Mr. Murk
1’nttison as Reetor of Lincoln College, Oxford.
Nottingham Castle Museum hns received n valuable
addition to its art treasures. Mr. Felix Joseph has sent
on loan the remaining portion of his well-known collection
of old Wedgwood ware, and the collection in its entirety now
occupies five largo glass cases iu the principal Louu Court.
NATIONAL SPORTS.
The Newmarket Second October Meeting began somewhat
tamely, though the Cesarewitch this year promised to prove
such a very interesting race that the town was fuirlv full of
visitors. The easy victory of Tombola (6 st. 101b.) in tlie
Cesurewitch Trial Handicap drew renewed attention to the
claims of Stockholm for the big race, and the only other
interesting event on Monduy wus the Clearwell Stakes, for
which there were nine runners. At first, odds were laid
against Langwell, who was said to have been amiss since liis
success in tho C'humpagne Stakes at Doncaster, but, as none
of liis opponents were supported with any freedom, he was
eventually backed against the Held. Even inside the distance
tlie Duke of Portland’s colt appealed to have any amount in
hand, but he tired very much in the last hundred yards, and
only scrambled home a neck in front of Goldsmith. The
latter is an owu brother to Goldfield, and cost—if our memory
serves—2550 guineas as a yearling. He is a big overgrown
colt, but has fine racing points, and is still so backward that
there is every chance of his training into a first-class performer.
St. Gutieu’s (8 st. 101b.) hollow victory in the Cesarewitch,
under an unprecedented weight, is one more proof that a race¬
horse is never so good ns iu the autumn of his three-year-old
season. This view is further strengthened by the fact of
Arcliiduc (8st. 51b.) finishing a good third, another line per¬
formance, and one tlmt finally disposes of the doubts that were
cast on the stamina of the French colt. Florence (9st. 2 lb.)
also did wonderfully well under her big weight, and Mr.
llmumond—who is reported to have won £40,OUO ou the race—
is indeed a “ favourite of fortune ” to huve such u filly as this,
und a colt like St. Gatien, in his very small stud. Thus
St. Gatien still retains an unbeaten certificate, and if only he
and St. Simon—another that has not known defeat—could be
brought together, we should have a race that ought to draw
every lover of sport in the kingdom to see it.
Public performances und private trials were well repre¬
sented in tlie Middle Park Plate on Wednesday by Melton and
Cora on tlie one hand, and Xaintrailles and the Casuistry colt
on the other, and, though the fight was a good one, the public
performers had the better of it. Since liis victory in the New
Stakes at Ascot, Melton has been amiss, or he would not have
been allowed to start at 10 to 1, for tho recent victories of
Maclieatli mid Busybody have shown us Hint the old theory
that no horse can win this race with the full penalty is alto¬
gether untenable. Having regard to the heavy weight he
was carrying, Archer lay off with Melton until they ascended
the hill for home, when he begun to draw up, and finally de¬
feated tlie “dark" Xaintrailles rather cleverly by half a
length, Royal Hampton and the CuMiistry colt running a
dead-heat for third pluce. Royal Hampton thus completely
reversed his Doncaster form with Langwell, and neither Cora
nor Lonely showed to much advantage.
On Tuesday morning " Mr. Manton's ” long-threatened
Buie took place, and proved more of a weeding-out than a
geuuine disposal of his stud. Such heavy reserves were placed
on all the cracks that they returned to their old quurters,
with the exception of St. lionornt, an own brother to Thebnis,
St. Marguerite, and Cluiivaox, for whom Captain Macliell
gave 4000 guineas. Kiufuuns went to Sir George Chetwyltd
for 1000 guineas { but perhaps tho bargains of the sale were
l'riucc William (610 guineas) and Lovely (050 guineas).
A show of hardy fruits was opened at the Crystal Palace
ou Tuesday, the exhibition continuing till Saturday.
OCT. 11, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
347
NEW COUNCIL CHAMBER, GUILDHALL.
The new Chamber for the Common Council of the City of
London was opened last week. It was desigued by the City
Architect, Mr. Horace Jones, late President of the Itoyul
Institute of British Architects, and has been constructed, with
its fittings and decorations, under his superintendence. It is
on the north Bide of Guildhnll, occupying tiie former site of
the Court of Exchequer, and partly that of the Chamberlain’s,
Town Clerk’s, and Architect’s offices. In form, the new
chamber is twelve-sided, having a diameter of 51 ft., sur¬
rounded by a corridor 9 ft. wide. It harmonizes in style witli
the Guildhall and Library. It has sitting accommodation for
206 Common Councilmen, the seats being ranged on rising
plutforms, coucentric to the Lord Mayor’s Chair; while the
Sheriffs, Recorder, and twenty-five Aldermen sit on the dais,
right and left of the Lord Mayor, and the principal City
officers below, in front of him. The Lord Mayor and
Aldermen have a special entrance, which will hereafter
be connected, by a grand staircase', with the dais of the
Great Hall; and there are other convenient separate ap¬
proaches to the corridor, for members of the Corporation,
reporters, and friends. The Chamber is divided from the
corridor by canopied oaken screens, decorated with rich
tracery, and with panels displaying the arms of the City
Companies ; four niches are to contnin busts of the Queen and
late Prince Consort, the Prince and Princess of Wales. A
dome, 61 ft. high, with a lantern, gives light and ventilation,
aided by twelve clerestory windows, the central parts of which
are of painted glass, with figures representing the cardinal
virtues. Ou the north and south sides of tho Chamber are
division gangways, for taking the votes in the same manner as
in the House of Commons.
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will (dated Dec. 22, 1882) of the Right Hon. Emma Eliza¬
beth, Baroness Lilford, late of Lilford Hall, Northampton¬
shire, who died on July 9 last, at Ascot, was proved on the
13th ult. by her husband. Lord Lilford, the sole executor, the
value of the personal estate exceeding £3800. The testatrix
bequeaths legacies to her sou. the Hon. Stephen Powys; her
sister, Miss Laura Eleanor Bruudling, and to her godson,
Gerald Prederick Stopford; nnd she declares that her diamond
Court necklace and some other jewellery are to be deemed
heirlooms, and are to go to the wife of the Lord Lilford for
the time being.
The Scotch Confirmation, under seal of office of the Com-
missariot of Ayrshire, of the trust disposition and settlement
(dated July 11, 18/3) of Dame Jessie .Jane Montgomery
Cuninglmme or Boswell, widow of Sir James Boswell, Bart.,
of Auchinleck, county Ayr, who died on March 1 last, granted
to Lady Talbot de Malahide nnd Mrs. Julia Grace Jessie Jane
Mounsey, the daughters, the executors nominate, was sealed
in Loudon on the 17th ult., the value of the persouul estate
iu Englaud and Scotland being over £7900.
The will (dated Feb. 15, 1872), with a codicil (dated Dec. 7,
1877), of General Sir William John Codrington, G.C.B., Colonel
of the Coldstream Guards, late of No. 110, Eaton-square, and
of Danniore Cottage, Hickfield, in the county of Southampton,
who died on Aug. 5 last, was proved on the 18th ult. by
Allred Edward Codrington, the son, one of the executors, the
value of the personal estate amounting to over £159,000. The
testator gives, devises, and bequeaths all his real and personal
estate of every description to his wife, Dame Alary Codrington,
absolutely, for her own use and benefit.
The will (dated Jan. 11, 1875) of Mr. Joseph Kingsnorth
Parton, late of Sumner House, Maidstone, who died on
Aug. 17 last, was proved on the 17th ult. by Mrs. Jane Parton,
the widow ; nenry Parton, the brother; and Thomas Man-
waring, the executors, the value of the personal estate
amounting to upwards of £73,000. The testator bequeaths
£10,000 and all his furniture, plate, pictures, books, and effects
to his wife; nnd £200 each to his executors. All his real
estate and the residue of the personalty are to be held, upon
trust, for his wife, for life, then to his children by her; and in
default of children to hi3 wife, absolutely.
The will (dated April 10, 1879), with a codicil (dated
May 22,1880), of Mr. John Keeling, late of Tottenham, who
died on Aug. 23 last, was proved ou the 15th ult. by Herbert
Howard Keeling and the Rev. William Grulmra Keeling, the
Bons, the surviving executors, the value of the personal estate
amounting to over £10,000. The testator makes provision/
for his daughter Airs. Fanny Ebbs, and for his sous John
Stanley and Thomas Howard; and bequeaths legacies to
grandchildren and to his brother Thomas. The residue of
his real and personal estate he leaves to his daughter: ilrs>-
Marian Howard Francis, and to his sons Herbert Howard
and William Graham, iu equal shares.
The will (dated Feb. 24, 1858) of the Rev. Henry Alildred
Bireli, Rector of Prestwicli, Lancashire, nnd Canon of Ripon
Cathedral, who died on June 29 Inst, at Windsor, was proved
on the 5th ult. by Mrs. Harriet Julia Birch, tfie^vidovv/ Jolin
William Birch, mid tho Rev. Augustus Frederick Birch, the
brothers, the executors, the value of the personal estate amount¬
ing to over £39,000. The testator Ib?ives / 4fie'plate, pictures,
prints, articles, and things received as presents from the Royal
Family for the use and enjoyment of his \vife, forjif6, or until
she shall marry again, then to his eldest sou, for Ufe^afid then
to his descendants in seniority of line ; all his household
furniture and effects to his wife; £100 to liis brother John
William; £1000 to his brother Augustus Frederick ; and £850,
upon trust, for his unmarried systers. All his X0al estate and
the residue of the personalty arc to be held, upon trust, for his
wife, for life, and then for his children os she, shall appoint.
The will (dated Dec. 29, 1879) of Ale^Wulter Dalton, late
of No. 10, St. Stephen’s-road, ^hephef<jy Bush, who died ou
July 1 last, at Cardiff, was proved on the 16th ult. by Mrs.
Aune Dalton, the widow, the value of the personal estate
amounting to over £23,000. The testator leaves £100 and his
household goods, furniture, audeffeets to his wife; nnd the
residue of his property, upon trust, for her for life; in tho
event of kis wife marrying again an annuity of £300 is
substituted f'drivich life interest; subject thereto, the residue
is to go to Lionel Wulter Dalton.
The will (dated Aug. 9,1870) of Air. Robert James Figgott,
formerly of Ruscoinbe, but late of Twyford, Berks, who died
on July 20yasf, wiis proved on the 11th ult. by Mrs. Emily
Ann Piggott, tin? widow, and Ellis Hull, jun., the executors,
the valtie of tho personal estate amounting to over £18,000.
Subject to a legacy of £100 to his executor, Mr. Hall, the
testator gives all his real nnd personal estate to his wife,
absolutely. \
The Board of Trade have awarded a binocular glass to
Captain II. Rchberg, master of the German barque Vanden-
bergh, of Rostock, in acknowledgment of his humanity and
kindness to the shipwrecked crew of the ship Aros Bay, ol
Glasgow, whom he received on board his vessel when they
abandoned their ship off Cape Horn ou June 28 last and
conveyed to Valparaiso.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
AH communication! relating to Util department of the I'a/rr thould ho addreued to the
FAilnr. and hat* the i cord "l hen written on the enrelove.
Jvwno (Dumice). —The coincidence U curious.
W U (Stratford).—You «r» Altogatlinr miatnkrn. Mr. Klsrkbnrnc cotnivxwd nod
pu III I shod fine problems before lie was recognlied u. n greet plsjer oror the i-urd.
W I, U (Oxford).—We ahull And space for jour •• curios* •• at an rarlj date.
Hxbkwaud (Oxford).—Your position bears no resemblance to the original, and Is
strong enough to walk alone.
W ..°| ‘ WhahjJ.-We forwarded a game last week, but cannot, of course, raj whether
It is or Is not the Partlo referred to In jour letter.
CoasKcrSoi.(rTioNSor PaonLXMa Nos. 2IM and Jinfl received from J S Logon (Black borne,
Natal); of No. 2112 from Kmlle Kraq.J 11 II K S. ll A (Dublin), Judy : of No.*ltS
lrom Emile Frau. New Forest, tlereward. K U Brooks. D A (Dublin). J A U. Jumbo.
Congo, and Captain Baldock.
OoasKCT Boumotrs or Pkoelkk No. 2114 received from U Wortera (Canterbury).
J r W. Ill-reward. Aaron Harper, N 8 Harris, Thomas W.iters. L Wyman. H Iteeves,
h » &"S’^J'Vi’ , A W fcrutton 0 Oswald. A C Hunt. Jnm-a Pllklligton, 8 llulh-n.
»« El-bur j, Otto Folder (Ghent). 8 Lowndes. W J Itudnian. II Wardell.
K '‘•' Hi* (I aria), F frerrls, L 8h«raw<x>l, Erne*t Hliamwoul, R Jes4oi>. It Tireddell.
C Darragh, H Blncklock. K L Southwell, (j Seymour. E Kvatheratone. O W Law. II
Innwsoll, H H Noyes. It T Kemp. A M Porter. <! Iluskhs-n. It Gray. H Farrant.
II K Awdrv.j Alois Bchmucke. DA (Dublin), rilm-lforth. Jupiter Junior. W Hlllior.
It II Brooks. Carl Friedleben. >1 O Halloren. l> W Kell, Joseph Alusw.-rth. K
I Anderson (Old Bonnier.. Kmrao (Darlington i. C S Core, T G
(Ware). W W Itoliertaon (Edinburgh), and E I. G.
O' 1 "**77 'O' P?"*t.»is ,ru "> Pslaeok receive.! from J Alois Schmucke, Carl
Friedleben. W Bid lie, Emino (Darlington), anil E L G.
PROBLEM No. 2116.
By O. Nemo (Vienna).
BLACK.
WHITE.
White to play, nnd mnto in three moves.
Played in the summer of 1883, at Thorpe, between Mr. LO. Hqwakd Tatlos
and a Visitor.
{EvAnXi Gambit.)/'
white (Mr. T.)
1. P to K 4th
2. Kt to K B 3rd
3. B to H 4th
4. P to ft Kt 4th
6. P to Q U 3rd
fl. P to a 4th
7. Castles
black (Visitor).
P to K 4th ^
Kt to Q B 3rd
B to 04th
B takes KtP
B to K 4th \
P takes P
Pukes,*'',
2nd
white (Mr. T.)
20. P to Kt 4th
■21. BWX Bsq
22 . B to ft B aq
black (Visitor).
Q to K R 6th
ft to K R 3rd
Kt to K B 6th
L* then table, blit necessary to the rescue
of the beleaguered (jueuu.
23. R takes Kt
| 24. B to ft B Ith
26. B to ft 6th
I. B takes P (ch)
) B to Kt 2nd
. P takes ft
■ Kt to K K 4th
03. P to Kt 6th
31. It to ft 3rd
Threatening S2. B Ukes B. followed. If
Black play S2. It takes It, by a forced mate
In three moves.
ft to ft B 3rd
B to Kt 2nd
ft to ft B Oth
K to It sq
Q takes ft
B to ft B 3rd
ft It to K Bq
K to K 3rd
81.
32. R to K B 6th
33. Kt P takes R
P to Kt 3rd
R takes R
Black resigned; for If he pln/Xl. It fakes
B. White wins offhand by it. P to K 6th.
The compromised defence; t)
by one who seems to know It.
careless mood. \
8. ft to Kt 3rd Q to B 3
9. P to K 6th ” • ~
10. Kt takes P
11. B to R 3rd /Castles
12. ft R to ft aq P to Kt 4th\
13. B to ft 3rd -A (QtoRtth
14. Kt to ft 5th Kt takes Kt
16. ft takes Kt P to Kt 6th ,
10. B to Kt 2nd R td Ktsq
17. K R to K sq B to Ktltrd
18. R to K 4th Kt to K 2nd
19. ft to Kt 3rd Kt to Kt 3rd
A retnrn-match between representatives of Lancashire and Yorkshire
will be played at the Athenioum.Manchester, on Saturday, Nov. 8 next. Euch
oannty will send seventy champions into tho lists.
Tha~elev6nth annual report of the Athenwum Chess Club shows that
nuritur the past season the rlub has engaged in twenty matches, win¬
ning fourteen, losing three, nnd drawing three. This club appears to us to
present exceptional advantages to chessplayers residing in the noith of
IjOtidoH.' The members meet every Wednesday and Saturday evening at the
¥ Athemeum Institute, Camden-road, and the aunual subscription is only
fid. Thewinter season opens to-night, the llthinst., when the ofHeera
the ensuing year will be elected. Any amateur desirous nf becoming a
fflember should address the honorary secretary, Mr. I. Forster, 416, Camden- ’
rd$d;\N.
\Last week a match between the clubs of Bradford and WakeSeld. eight
a side, was contested under new conditions. It was played by telephone,
and successfully, although the length of the circuit, the connection being
made through Leeds, was twenty-five miles. Appended are tho names of
the players and their respective scores
BltAOrOBD.
OBITUARY.
SIR J. L. SETON, BART.
Sir James Lumsden Seton, eighth Darouet, of Pitmeddcn, in
the county of Aber¬
deen, died on the
28tli ult. He en¬
tered the Madras
Army iu 1852, and
served in the Pegu,
Indiau, and Abys-
siiHuu campaigns,
obtaining medals
for each. He acted
also as Regimental
Adjutant during
the Indian Mutiny,
i . N and was severely
wounded at the taking of Cawnpore. He was Aide-de-cump
to the late General Havelock during a portion of the cam¬
paign, and subsequently to Sir G. E>'J^revelyan whilst Governor
of Madras. Sir James was at one time Assistant-Super¬
intendent of Police in the Madras Presidency, besides having
been occasionally employed ns brigade Major and as u Deputy
Judge-Advocate. He was present during part of tiic Frunco-
Gerumu War, being r atFftc.l)ed to the Army Corps commanded
by General Von Goeben, and was awarded the Iron Cross of
Prussia (Second Class) and tho Medal of Captured Ordnance.
He was author of “Opeiutiuiis of the North German Tyoops
iu Lorrainfi'Ruffc Picardy in the Campaign of 1870 nnd 1871,’’
and formed part of tiro Court-martial held in Jamaica on
Governor Eyre. Sir Janies retired from tlie 102nd Royal
Fusiliers aA Captain iu 1870, und succeeded his father. Sir
William Gpote/jetqii, seventh Baronet, on Dec. 30, 1880. Sir
James murried^Tifitughter of the late Mr. Castle, but, as he
leaves no issue/the baronetcy, conferred in 1683 on Sir
Alexander Seton, Lord Pitmedden, an eminent S'otch Judge,
devolves on liis brother, Lieut.-Colonel Sir William Samuel
Seton,—Hart.,- 4th Bombay Ritles, who married the only
daughter of Major-General Hustings Wood, C.B., and lias
issue. )
ADMIRAL BLAKE.
Admiral Patrick John Blake died on the 29th ult., at liis
residence, Thurston, Bury St. Edmunds, aged eighty-six. lie
waa sccond son of Sir James Henry Blake, third Jiaionct, of
Laogham, Suffolk, by Louisa Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of
Geueral the Hon. Thomas Gage, the celebrated Commander in
the American War. He entered the Navy iu 1813, und
attained the rank of Admiral iu 1872. He Berved iu South
America, in the East India station, and in tlie campaign iu
China, where he took part iu the attack in 1841 on the Forts
and Batteries at Chuenpee.
We have also to record the deaths of—
Sir Charles James Freake, Bart., of Cromwell House, Ken¬
sington, on Monday. His memoir will be given next week.
Mr. William Bates, surgeon to the Borough Hospital at
Winsou Green, Birmingham, editor of “The Maclisc Gallery
of Portraits,” recently.
The'Hon. nnd Rev. Edmund Tudor St. John, M.A., third
son of St. Andrew Beauchamp, fourteenth Lord St. John, of
Bletsho, on the 30th ult., aged thirty-six. He married, 1877,
Adeline, daughter of Admiral Farquhnr, and leaves issue.
Mr. Michael 0’Slmtiglmessy, Q.C., of Bruree, in the county
of Limerick, formerly chairman of the county of Clare, on the
28th ult. He married Julia, sister of the late Mr. Michael
Cahill, of Ballyconrn, county Kilkenny, nnd died at un
advanced age. Ilis call to the Bar dates back to 1828.
Tho Rev. Edward Heneage Paget, formerly Vicar of
Hoxne, Suffolk, third son of General the Hon. Sir Edward
Paget, G.C.B., on the 29tb ult., aged fifty-six. lie was
grandson of tlie third Earl of Dartmouth, son-in-law of the
third Lord Auckland, aud brother of the Dowager Marchioness
of Ormonde.
The Rev. Edward Bullen, Rector of Eastwell, near Melton
Mowbray, aged eighty-nine.
Mr. William Richard Ransome, the well-known agri¬
culturist, of paralysis, tit his residence, Coursers’ Ridge,
Herts, at tlie age of sixty-two.
Major George Douglas, J.P. and D.L. county Bute, on
the.29th ult., at the Brae, Bridge of Allan, aged eighty-one.
Mr. Alfred Nevett Fletcher, J.P. and D.L. Ross-shire, on
the lst inst., aged thirty-one. He was eldest son of Mr.
James Fletcher, of Rosohaugb, by Frederika Mary, his wife,
niece of Sir Alfred Stephen, C.B., and nephew of the late
Mr. John C. Fletcher, of Dale Park, Sussex, High Sheriff 1863.
The Rev. Charles John Hooper, M.A., LL.D., D.C.L., on
the 28th ult., at the Old Vicarage, Sparsholt, near Wantage.
MaoMoater
Onion* ...
Knapton
Rpencer...
Hudson...
Muller ...
Wool lard
Schott ...
1
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1
1
1
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Day
Ash
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8cliollel.l
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Buys
Reynor ..
WAKEFIELD.
1
1
0
i
Unfln.
0
0
0
Bradford thus won the match by five points to two.
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
At a meeting of this institution on Thursday week, at its house,
John-8treet, Adelphi, rewards amounting to £123 were granted
to the crews of various life-boats of the institution for services
rendered during tlie nast month, when they saved fifty-seven
lives. A binocular glass was awarded to Mr. H. Chalmers,
second mute of the barque East, of Liverpool, in recognition
of his services in contributing to the rescue of the crew on
the occasion of the wreck of that vessel at Ardwell Point,
Ayrshire, on Dec. 12 last. Other rewards were also granted
to the crews of shore-boats for saving life from wrecks
on our coasts. Payments amounting to £3939 were made
on the two hundred and seventy-nine life-boat establishments
of the institution. The sum of £650 had been received from
Mrs. Atherton Howard, of Mayfield, Cheltenham, for a life¬
boat to be named the “Star of Hope,” in addition to a
contribution of £25 in aid of the general funds of the
institution. New life-boats were sent during the past
month to Filey, Cullerconts, Cromer, North Sunderland, nnd
Bnrmston : and it was decided to replace the boats at seven
other stations by new ones possessing all tho latest iinprove-
menis. Reports were read from the chief inspector and lour of
the district inspectors of life-boats on their visits to the coast.
THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION AT DUBLIN.
At the annual meeting of the Library Association in Dublin
on the 1st inst., Lord Charles Bruce, M.P., read a paper ou
Earl .Spencer'8 library at Althorp, and the Lord Lieutenant
afterwards addressed the meeting, stating that lie took the
greatest interest in free libraries, which were a most valuable
assistance to the intellectual progress of the people. In tlie
evening the Lord Mayor opened two public libraries, one on
the north and one ou tlie south side of tiie city. Un the 2nd
inst. Dr. R. Garnett, of the British Museum, read a paper on
“The Use of Photographing in Libraries.” He referred
specially to the British Museum, nnd advocated tlie establish¬
ment of a photographing department in that institution, at
the expense of the State, lie said that at present the charges
for photographing were sufficient to seriously impede the
British Museum in its earnest desire to circulate its treasures.
If, for example, the Ashburnhnm manuscripts could have
been photographed, the question of tlie transfer of the Irish
portion of them to Dublin would have been of no importance,
lly a further application of the same principle, Ireland might
lmve facsimiles of early manuscripts illustrative of her ancient
language and literature. A discussion followed, iu which the
speakers expressed themselves unanimously in favour of the
establishment of a photographic institution in connection with
the British Museum. A resolution asking the Government to
apply photography for the recording of public documents and
the copying of books and manuscripts was passed on the 3rd
inst. The council und officers for the forthcoming session
were elected, nnd the next year’s meeting was appointed to
take place at Plymouth. Votes of thunks were passed to the
Provost of Trinity, the Lord Mayor, and the president, Dr.
Ingram. The proceedings terminated with a reception at tlie
Provost's house.
Cardboard bearing designs stamped in relief, for modelling
and other kindred purposes, may be sent to the several
countries and colonies composing the Postal Union at the
reduced rate of postage applicable to printed mutter.
The delegates to tlie meeting of the Associated Chambers
of Commerce at Wolverhampton having concluded their
business, went on excursions on Thursday week. They visited
the works of the Staffordshire Steel Ingot Company, and then
proceeded to the seat of the Earl of Dudley, where they visited
tlie limestone caverns, the ruins. Sec., nnd were entertained to
luncheon. A ball, given by the Chamber of Wolverhampton,
formed a fitting conclusion to the day.
JIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Oct. 11, 1881.—318
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Oct. 11, 1831.—310
I. Duke nail Duelitla of Elinbmirn reooivfa* .Address from the Mayor,
a. Mayor's daughter presenting a) bouquet to tlio Duchess.
3. IVsnin
Station Hotel.
•1. Arrivnl nt the Infirmary.
5. Iler Itoyul Highness laying foundation-stone of Out-Patients' Wing.
0. Luncheon in Towuhnll: Duke of Edinburgh returning thunks.
7. Tassing through Whitefriar-gmte to tlio Docks.
8. Royal and Civic party on buunl the Maxcpjia,
in the Humber.
THE ROYAL VISIT TO HULL.
of Edinburgh, on Wednesday wcok,
’ay tlio foundation-stone of a new
ly tlio foinulntioitrKtonc of u new
Out-Patients' Department. und
Hull Seamen's'Orplmn Asylum
Tlio Duke (ind Oncli
visited the town of Hu]
wing of the Infirmary f
to open it ba/.aar in aid of the __, t ..
nml .Schools. Their Royal Highnesses, on' 1 arriving from
Rrantinglmmthorpe, the seat of Mr. Christopher Sykes, M.P.,
were met rttthe North-Eastern Railway station bv the Mayor of
Hull, Dr. A. E>ll()R]t, with Mrs. Rollitaml tlieirinVant daughter,
and by the Sheriff/Aldermen, and other members and officers of
the Corporation. The Mayor presented an address of welcome,
and so aid the Warden of the Hull Trinity House and the
Chairman of n joint Committee of the Friendly mul Trade
Societies. Little Miss Rollit gave the Duchess a bouquet of
flowers. Their Royal Highnesses went in the Mayor’s carriage
to the Infirmary, with an escort of the Yorkshire Hussars,
commanded by Lord Lascellcs. They were received by Mr.
Henry Simpson, Chairman of the Hoard of Management of the
Hull General Infirmary, who presented an address, to which
(he Duke replied. Two foundation-stones of* the new
building were laid upon this occasion, the first by tlio
Duke of Edinburgh, the second by her Royal and Imperial
Highness, who seemed much amused to find herself at this
work, but used the level, square, and mallet in the proper
wav. The Duke and Duchess went through the wards, and
spoke kindly to many of the patients, amongst whom wore
two Russian sailors. They next went to open the bazaar of
the Orphan Asylum, in a drill-shed nt the Artillery barracks.
Mr. C. 11. Wilson, M.P., chairman of the managers, received
them hero, and the proceedings were of much interest. The
Mayor and Mayoress entertained tlieir Royal Highnesses, with
u party of 150 Indies and gentlemen, “at luncheon in the
Townhull; after which they drove to Whitefrinr-gnte, and
embarked on hoard the steam -yacht Mazcppa, belonging to
Mr. W. S. Dailey. In this vessel they pnssed through the
Prince's Dock, viewing the ships, and up tlio liver, to the
Albert Dock, where they disembarked mul entered n special
train of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway,
by which they were conveyed to London.
Tlic annual ceremony of crowning the Rose Queen, in con¬
nection with St. Austin's Mission, New Kcnt-rond, was
observed lust Saturday at Epping Forest. The “ Queen ” is
annually chosen by the members of Father Nugec’s con¬
gregation, it being understood tluit the selected one hns
proved during the previous twelvemonth to be the most con¬
spicuous tor the possession of those virtues which go to adorn
girlhood. This year’s selection is a young girl named Alice
Ilieks, aged sixteen years. Her “ majesty” was attended by
twelve “.maids of honour,” besides six little girls, all dressed
in becomiug apparel.
350
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
OCT. 11, 1884
THE COURT.
The Queen and Princess Beatrice and Princess Christian
attended Divine service in Crathie parish church on Sunday.
The Prince and Princess of Wales and their family were also
present. The Rev. Peter M‘Kenzie, D.D., Moderator of the
General Assembly, officiated. The Dean of Windsor dined
with the Queen nnd the Royal family. Her Majesty drove to
Braemar on Monday afternoon, accompanied by Princess
Beatrice and Princess Irene of Hesse; and the journey was
continued to the Linn of Dee and the Quoich, near which the
Royul party had tea. Before returning to Braemar the Queen
called on Mrs. George Clark, at Allanaquoich House, nnd
stayed there a few minutes. A young man, the son of Mr.
Thomson, the superintendent of roads and walks on the estate
of Balmoral, died on Friday last, and his remains were interred
in the churchyard of Crathie on Monday afternoon. The
Queen and Princess Beatrice witnessed the funeral. They sent
wreaths to the parents of the deceased. Madtime Albani, who
is staying at Old Mar Lodge, was invited to Balmoral, and had
the honour of singing before the Queen aud the Royal family
last week.
The Prince of Wales, who is the guest of Colonel Far-
quharson at Invcrcauld House, took part on Tuesday in a deer
drive, aud succeeded in killing two splendid stags. Last week
the Prince, Prince Albert Victor, aud the guests at Abergeldie
enjoyed capital sport in the deer forest3 of the districts. On
Friday thirteen stags fell to the rifles of the sportsmen. The
Prince leaves Deeside at the close of this week: the Princess
and family remaining at Abergeldie for another fortnight.
l>i nice George of Wales, who arrived at Marlborough House
yesterday week from visiting the Prince nnd Princess of Wales
at Abergeldie, left in the afternoon for the Royal Naval
College, Greenwich, to resume his studies.
Chatham was en fete last Wednesday on the occasion of
the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh to launch the
monster ironclad ship Rodney, built in the dockyard. The
Duchess named the ship.
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught have (according to a
telegram from Simla) visited the Khyber Puss, and are now
proceeding to Cashmere.
The Duke of Cambridge, having reviewed the cavalry of
the Dublin garrison in the Phcenix Park on Thursday week,
left for Belfast, where he was enthusiastically received. Yes¬
terday week the Dake of Cambridge drove into Belfast from
Belvo’ir Park, the residence of Sir Thomas Bateson, M.P., and
inspected the garrison. Afterwards his ” ’
inspected the military barracks. North Queen-
went to the offices of the Belfast Water Comn
he was presented with an address. The Duke and a numerous
party then partook of luncheon with the Mayor at the Town-
hall, and next visited the York-street mill aud iron shipbuilding
works of Hurlandaud Wolff. Last Saturday afternoon the Duke
left Belvoir Pnrk for Dublin, accompanied by the officers of his
stuff and Sir Thomas Steele, commander of the forces in Ireland.
The t)uke of Cambridge went to Cork on Monday. He was
accompanied by Earl Spencer, Sir Thomas Steele, K.C.B.,and
a staff of officers. At Cork he was received by the Mayor,
General Young, his staff, and a guard of honour. His Royal
Highness reviewed the troops of Cork garrison and cavalry
from Ballincollig. The brilliant display was witnessed by
thousands of citizens. On Tuesday the Duke visited Cork
harbour, forts, and fortifications, and was entertained nt
luncheon on board the steamer City of Cork by Sir George
Penrose, the High Sheriff. The Duke left Cork for England
on Wednesday morning. He was cheered by a large crowd
on his departure.
The Empress Eugenie arrived at Dover from Paris yester¬
day week, and left by boat express-train per South-Eastern
Railway for Waterloo, eu route for Famborough.
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On the 2nd lust., nt noon, the marriage of Mr. Conyngham
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{ tarish church of Kiltennell, Gorey, comity Wexford. Mr.
tichnrd Maxwell, of the Foreigu Office, noted as best man.
The bridesmaids were Miss Maud and Miss Nora Shelley aud
Miss Mary Bridges (children), nieces of the brido; MiBS
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sailor huts to match. Each wore u gold bangle, the gift of
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trimmed with Brussels lace and orange-blossoms, and her veil
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Kiltennell; the bride being given awny by her fathe^.
Mr. Joliu lieslie. Grenadier Guards, onlyjwn of Sir John
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daughter of Mr. Leonard Jerome/of Ne?rYoik, and Bister of
Lady Randolph Spencer ChurchiHjxwere"married at Grace
Church, New York, on the 1st inst., by Bishop Potter.
The marriage of the Mantels of Stafford, M.P., eldest 8on
of the Duke nnd Duchess of Sutherland, with the Lady Milli-
ccnt St. Clair Erskine, eldest daughter of the Earl of Kosslyu,
is fixed to take place on Monday, the 20th iust.
THE CHURCH.
The Archbishop of York delivered an address in Sheffield
on Tuesday night iu support of the cause of temperance.
The Hon. Mrs. Warner will lay the foundation-stone of
the new Church of St. Michael and All Angels’, Walthamstow,
to-day, when the Bishop of St. Albans will deliver au address.
Yalding parish church has been further enriched by the
erection of another painted window, from the studio of Mr.
Taylor, of Berners-street, the gift of Miss Wurde, as a
memorial to a relutive.
The living of Longdon, near Tewkesbury, Worcester, of
the value of £323 a year, falls to the gift of the Dean and
Chapter of Westminster by the death of the Rev. A. Cottrell
Lefroy, at the age of Beventy-two years.
The Bishop of Ripon lias opened and dedicated to St. John
the Baptist u new church at Dawgreen, West Yorkshire,
erected at a cost of £8000 by Mrs. Hagen, of Crow Nest, near
Dewsbury, in memory of her late husband.
The foundation-stone of a new church at Stonefold,
Haslingdon, Lancashire, was recently laid by Mr. William
Turner, of Manchester, a nephew of Miss Turner, of Carter
Place, at whose cost the church will be erected; the site being
given by Mr. Worsley-Taylor, of Moretou Hall.
The Bishop of Peterborough presided on Tuesday nt the
Diocesan Conference in that city, and delivered an address ou
the work of tke Church nnd its influence cm the nation. Dr.
Magee referred to the subject of housing the poor, and said it
was idle to expect men to lead the lives of Christians when
they had the houses of brutes. He, however, deprecated too
much Stute interference, which had a pauperising effect.
The Bishop of Rochester lias returned to England after
visiting the Bishop of Western New York at Buffalo, the
Bishop of Iowa at Davenport, the Bishop of Minnesota at
Faribault, the Bishop of Utah at Salt Lake City, Dean Hart
at Denver, the Bishop of Pennsylvania at Wilks Borrc, and
the Rev. Phillips Brooks at Boston. The Bishop also at¬
tended, by invitation, the annual convention of the diocese of
New York, held in New York city, under the presidency of
Assistaut-Bishop Potter, Sept. 23 and 24.
At the sitting of the Church Congress at Carlisle on
Thursday week, the subjects debuted iu the morning were
E urochial missions and social purity. In the afternoon, in the
Till-Hall, there was a discussion on England’s religious
MESSRS. SILBER AND FLEMING’S NEW
WAREHOUSES.
On page 354 of this week’s issue we give an Illustration of the
new warehouses of Messrs. Silber and Fleming, iu Wood-street,
Cheapeide. It will be remembered that iu December, 1882, a
conflagration which broke out upon the premises of Messrs.
Foster, Porter, and Co., Limited, was not completely subdued
until it had destroyed many of the adjoining houses, including
a great portion of Messrs. SilberandFleming’spremises. Taking
advantage of the havoc then wrought, the Corporation, with
that liberality which happily characterizes their actions, decided
to widen this busy thoroughfare, to the extent of about five
feet, along the whole line of the conflagration, that is to suy
from Addle-street to London-wall.
Not to be behind the Corporation in their endeavours to
improve the City, Messrs. Silber and Fleming have erected a
very handsome structure, which, from an architectural point
of view, is probably without an equal in the City of London,
so far at least as business premises are concerned. It is built
almost entirely of Portland stone supported on red aud grey
granite pillars; the capital of each pillar consisting of an
artistic aesign in terra-cotta Doulton ware, embossed with
the coat of arms oLti specific nation; whilst two floors
above, and surmounting another . pillar, But of the Portland
stone, is a Andy carved head representative of the nation
whose escutcheon is immediately below: America, Australia,
France, Germany, indeed most of the nations of the world
with whom England Las commercial intercourse, are here
represented. This large block is practically divided into three
buildings, and has two entrances—one in Wood-street nnd
the oilier in London-wall. One cannot fail to admire the
taste which has been exhibited iu the internal architecture and
adornment of the place.
The second-illustration will afford a general view of the
spacious chamber represented, which is exceedingly well
lighted throughout by means of a very extensive well-hole ;
aud as the eutire roof consists of plate-glass, every oppor-
tuniiy is afforded for obtaining the greatest amount of light
procurable.
_^ The effect of looking up to the roof through the well-hole
from the ground floor is charming, the opening on each floor
being blosed in either by ebonized cases, fitted with various
goods, or by wrought-iron railings of an exquisite design. Iu
this department are displayed sterling silver goods, electro-
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At the Congress Hall the religious plated ware, jewellery of every possible description, gold
... u . — % * i : 11 ...4 Ai.«l ilmmAiirlo oiifl r»rliiiV TU'i'ClBIIU
plied by the study of the lives of holy men andwomen, by active
self-denying charity, and by worship and holy communion.
In the afternoon the subject was the advantages of an Esta¬
blished Church. The proceedings pf the congress were brought
toaolosein the evening by a conversazione in the Drill-Hall,
to which the members were invited by the Mayor. Votes of
thanks were pussed to the Bishop of Carlisle, the Mayor, and
preachers, readers, and speakers, for the parts they had taken
w promoting the success oMlie congress.— On Saturday night,
at the Congress Hall, Carlisle, about 2500 women, mnny of
whom were of the working doss, likened to an address,
specially adapted to women, in regard to their social relations
and domestic duties. It was the first meeting of the kind iu
connection with a Church Congress.
The autumnal sessipn-of the Baptist Union, which takes
place at Bradford this week, was opened on Monday evening
by the reception of tlie ministers and delegates in St. George’s
Hall by the Mayor. There were nearly 1000 delegates present.
The proeeedings thro'tgliout Tuesday were devoted to the
consideration oLlhp wurkrof-tlie Baptist Missionary Society.
Resolutions were passed approving the action of the com¬
mittee in extending the operations of the society in China
and on the Congo, and pledging the Union to raise
additional funds for this purpose. In the afternoon the Rev.
Dr. Liuidells, of Edinburgh, preached to four thousand
persons in St. George’s Hall; and in the evening Mr. Isaac
Holden, M.P., presided o ver au enthusiastic missionary meet¬
ing in the same hn|L
autumnal meeting of the Congregational Union was
begun on Tuesday iu the City Temple. The Rev. Joseph
Barker gave the inaugural address, the subject of his discourse
beiiig\‘ Tli&Tiarger Ministry.” Upwards of 1000 delegates
were present. In the evening a crowded meeting of the Con-
fp-egutional Total Abstinence Society wus held iu Exeter
Hall, Mr. S. Morley, M.P., presiding.
In the adjoining departments — ------
goods, real and imitation bronzes, marble and other clocks,
musical boxes, mechanical figures, umbrellas, sticks, whips,
&c .; silver, duplex, and other lamps. These form only a
small portion of the large and varied assortment of goods
manufactured and sold wholesale by this firm.
A marriage is arranged between his Excellency Sir Edward
Malet, K.O.B., the newly-appointed Ambassador at the Court
of Berlin, and Lady Ermyntrude Russell, younger daughter
of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford.
The OasetU announces that the Queen lias appointed Mr.
Edward Augustus Freeman, M.A., D.C.L., Honorary Fellow
of Trinity College, Oxford, to be Professor of Modern History
in the University of Oxford, in the room of the Right Rev.
William Stubbs, D.D., Bishop of Chester, resigned.
Mr. W. E. Forster presided at a soiree held on Tuesday
evening in connection with the jubilee celebration of the
Mechanics’ Institute of Thornton, near Bradford, and dwelt
upon the great moral, intellectual, and social improvement
which had come over the working population of England since
the era of mechanics’ institutes.
The annual competition for the golf championship, open
to all coiners, was played ou the 3rd inst. over the Prestwick
Links, Ayrshire, and was won by J. Simpson, Elie.
The barque Palala, of London, 1030 tons gross, has been
wrecked off False Cape, near Simon’s Bay, South Africa, and
out of the whole crew only three were saved.
It 1ms been decided by the executive of the Scottish Land
Restoration League at Glasgow to raise a fund of £1000 to
bring over M. Henry George from America for a lecturing
tour throughout Scotland.
The prize for Greok elegiacs, open to all undergraduates
at Trinity College, Cambridge, has been awarded to Arthur
Fenton Hort, scholar of the college. The subject was Milton’s
“ Ode ou the Nativity.”
About one hundred members of the Stock Exchange met
yesterday week, and resolved to establish an English asso¬
ciation to protect the iuterests of holders of American
securities in this country.
On Monday evening the session of 1884-5 of the Evening
Educational Classes of the Young Men’s Christian Association
was opened by the Lord Mayor, who distributed the prizes to
the successful students.
Mrs. Leonard Courtney, wife of the member for Liskeard,
distributed tile prizes to the students of the Liskeard School of
Science and Art on Mouday evening, and Mr. Courtney
addressed the students.
Lord Derby presided last Saturday at the opening of the
University College, Liverpool, and, in distributing the prizes
to the successful students of the medical faculty, delivered an
address in which lie dealt chiefly with the positiou and
prospects of the institution.
The arrivals of live stock nnd fresh meat nt Liverpool from
the United States and Canada during the past week amounted
to 1827 cattle, 786 sheep, 8324 quarters of beef, and 414 carcases
of mutton, showing a slight decrease in the imports m com¬
parison with the arrivals of the preceding week.
The British Duiry Farmers’ Association opened their ninth
annual show ou Tuesday at the Agricultural Hall. It is
described os an excellent one. There are on exhibition 278
heifers and cows, GO bulls, 122 goats, more than 3000 head of
poultry, nnd 40 pens of pigs. The Queen is represented in
several of the cattle aud pig classes. Two prizes were awarded
to her Majesty.
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HU HE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PEG
JL WOFFINGTON. With Picture* of the Period In Which
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gagjsW. liegeiititrcct, W. Ail lor liut-otdoor
POTATO CROP and APPLE CONGRESS
J- (The).—8ce the GARDENERS'»lAtJAZlNE; Saturday,
Oct. II. Full lti-|K>rt of I'otulu Exhibition, the Jensen System
of Potato Cult uie. Apple (J--igres* Reported and Illustrated.
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A IX-LES-BAINS.—Cercle d’Aix-lcs-Bains.
Superb theatre. Concert, ball, card, and billiard aalooua
Military bands, fetes Italian and French OpAra-Comlqne.
Symphony concert*, cowl ucted by E. Colon tie.
TDIEPPE.—I-Idtel Royal, facing the sea.
J * Superior llrat-clam limme, worthily recommended. Nearest
the aea, the casino, aud bathing establishment. Tilde d Ir'te.
Open all Uie year. Lak»o.vxxix. Propr.
AJARSEILLES. —Grand HOtel Louvre,
J-’J- and falx, largest In Marseille*; universal reputation
for modern Comforts; moderate charges. Lilt, tahle d'hote, tslt-
liards. hath*, omul bus.—P aul NxuscuwAMutRHiid Co., 1‘ropra.
0 ST END.—Grand Hotel Continental.
Flret-clas* lintel, one of III* largest In Belgium. Faring
sea-bathing station, next the Kur.aai. English spoken. Table
d'li*te, rustaurant. billiards, Cercle d'OsUuiie I Ciuh).
pEGLI.-Grand Ilfttel Pegli (formerly
X Be la MAdlterrairle). Fiicng the tea. south a-pi-ct. sur¬
rounded by garden* and mountain-. Cliinat' niioUipHSeed. Sani¬
tary arnuigeiueuU; satlituctory charge*. Buculb-Duhuxu, Prop.
\TERM0UTH.—Francesco Cinzano and Co.
» Vermouth.combination A-tl Wine and Alpine herb*, with
quinine. Refreshing.tonic, and dig-rtlve. Or Wine Merchaute,
and F. CINZANO uud CO., Corso Re Umberto, lo, Turin.
T AKE LEMAN. MONTREUX. LAKE
XJ LEMAN.
Montreux, on the shore of Lake I wman—the Lake of Geneva—
has Ruined univoisul reputation os a place of sojourn In autumn,
winter and spring. In the exceptionally line weather of this
season it lissalreudy begun to receive uiimerou* justlcut* for the
benefit of the Grape Cure.
Beside* enjoying the agreeable climate here and the charms of
a rural nrlglilantrliuod, visitors to Montreux have all the ad¬
vantages of a town. There Is the Kunual. with its orrle slra.
theatre, rc.ollng-r.a-ms. and Assembly Rooms, and aTrinklia le
with a covered promenade. Then* are excelli-ut hotel*, with
board at from Af. to inf. a day. There are Uermnn, Catholic,
and English cliuiche*. Eminent pnyalclsna and go<al chemlaU
are resident here.
Railway and steam-boat eta? lout at Clare us, Vernex, Terrltct,
and Veytuux.
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
i- EXHIBITION'. LONDON.
Patron—Her Majesty THE UUEEN.
Preddent-11 ll.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. K.O.
Fresh and Sea Water Aqiiarliim.ua at tlie Flalieries Exhibition.
Free Library and Read fug-Room.
MILITARY BANDS.
Concerts will be given lu the Royal Albert Hall twice a week,
at Seven p.m.
Organ Recital*daily la theAlbert Hall. Special Evening Ftte*
Every Evening.
The Uanleus «nd Building* *re In the Evening Illuminated
with Variegated Lamps, Japanese Isvnterns, and Electric Light.
OPEN DAILY, (rum Teu a.m. to Ten p.m. Admission. One
Shilling on every Week Day, except on \\ednradays, when It It
open till Eleven p.m., and the admission It 2*. Ml.
For further details tie London daily papers.
Benson Ticket*, price II Is., mar houbbilnrd on application to
the GityOflkws.27, Great Winchester-street. Loudun-wall; at the
Exhibition. Railway Bookstalls, and the Libraries.
SCIENCE and ART DEPARTMENT of
O tlie Committee of Council on Education. South Kensington.
NATIONAL ART TRAINING SCHOOL.
Forty I-ecturos on the Historical Development of Ornaments)
Art, with special roierriico to /Esthetics, and the General
Courses given (luring the hut Two sessions, will be delivered
by Dr. 0. G. ZKRKFL F.H.B L.. F.R.HUtdl., In the Igicture
Theatre of tlie South Kensington Museum during the Session
I8M-A, on Tuesday Evenings at Eight o'clock, commencing
TUESDAY, OCT. 7, 1884. / > .
Tha Public will lw silmlttnl on payment of 10*. for each
Sessional Course of Twonty Lectures, or 13s. for the complete
Annual Course of Forty Lecture*, or la. eurh l.eetiue. V \y
B ank of new zeaLancd.
(Incorporated by Act of General Assembly. J uly 29,1361.)
Banker* to the New Zealand Government.
Capital subscrilied and paid up. 4l.Wu.UU0. ^ \
Reserve Knud. £>:23.0uu. / --—^
llea .1 OlHce-Auckland. / /
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES.
In Anitralla—Moll-ourne. Sydney. Newcastle, and Adelaide.
In FIJI—Levuka, Suva.
In New Zeulaud—Auokland.Blenheim,Clirletchurch,Dunedin,
Invercargill.Napier,Nelson, New ITyinoiilh, I'lctuii.Wellington,
aim at :h other low nu und pUces UircoighoutHie Odoyiy.
and I
with
^The London omce RECEIVES FIXED DEPOSITSofXWl and
upwards, rate* and particulars of whldi con l« ascertained on
illcation. K. I.AiiK woiirm. Miinuguig Director,
o. I, Quern Vlctorln-itreet, Mausion House. /
riuirKiii, ,icw i ij iiiuiiiii, i u.iMii,miiiii^wu>
at M oiliertowus and place* thronghouLthe Gwlpny..
his Rank grants Drafts ou all Its Branches and Agencies,
transact* every description of banking busbies* connected
h New Zealand, Australia, and FIJI cn the moat favour*b.e
“Si
s’ UN FIRE and LIFE OFFICES,
O Tlirendnced'e-street, EO- ;\Cliariiig-crots, S.W. ; t)xtord-
street (corner of Vero-street), W. FIRE, /ErtabllaheuMTIn.
Homo and Foreign 1 mu ranees at niodcratonilcs. LIFE
Established l»10. Specially low rates for youiig live*. Large
bonuses. Immediate svttlt-iucnt of .claims.
/*4, CORNU ILL —PERILS/ABOUND ON
D EVERY SIDE! THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS AS¬
SURANCE CGSJpANYdusuiea agaliist Accidents of all Klnilt-
on latnd or Waterr-aml has' the Largest Invested Capital and
Income, and Pays YeariJ~Mu!Lnrgo*t Amount Compensation
of any Accidental ArpuimiceCilmpiiiiy. Apply,the Local Agcnte;
or Weet-End (Juice, a, Grand liutei Buildings, Chiiring-cros*;
or at Head UfHw. \ W. J. Viah, Sac.
ANTED, resi)ectnble YOUNG WOMEN,
TT a«'-DOMESno SERVANTS, to proceed to NEW
SOUTH WALES. Passage*, me.tiding Provision*. Bedding, 4c.,
vwB be granted by the Agont-Geiieriil In tlrst-clasa steamers to
approved appltiaiita. upon payment of a each. An experienced
Mirge.ru knAMatroh accompany lach ship. The Colonial
Government prOrldw freencoomniiMlallon for tho Single Women
during ten days after tlielr arrival In Sydney. The next
steamer will be dispatched about Oct. il. Further informal Ion
may I-eohtallied at tho EMl(iRAT ION DEPARTMENT'. New
South Watoe Government unices. 4. Weslmlnster-chambers,
Victoi'IX'street, Westmiuster, S.W.
WoRW IC K ’ S B AKING POWDER.
JL> NOTICE.—If Rorwldt'*
1>0UWICK’S BAKING
JL) 1* not the beat In tbi
POWDER.
rorhl,
B ORWICK’S BAKING POWDER
Why hoe it g a ined Five Gold Me.lals,
ORWICK’S BAKING POWDER.
Whllet no other Raking Powder
T)0RWICK’S BAKING POWDER.
1) lias gained one?
B " ORWICK’S BAKING POWDER.
This la not a riddle, but a question
1)0 II WICK’S BAKING POWDER.
-1) Which any housewife
n o II WICK'S BA kTnG POWDER.
__ Will answer os follo w*:— _ ,
DORWICK'S BAKING POWDER.
JO " It. cause It makes tlie beet of bread.
ULENCY AND EMACIATION.
Wliat to Eat anSKDflnk. and What to Avoid. Ac.
x xT I Vet-tree. Sixpence.
C. MuxrrKiui and Co.,3, OhtSwau-lane, Londen, E.C.
C KIN DISEASES CURED.—SULPIIOI.INE
k-J LOTION remora eruptions, plmplea. rrdntrs, blob-lies,
•curl. In a few days. It Is highly tucceeetul lu eexema, ptoriail*.
prurigo, tetter, 4c. It bitally destroys many drrp-wat-d ln-
veteraiotklnalloctlons. 3lo»t agreeable to use. Sold eveiv where.
CULl’UOLINE LOTION.—An external
kJ means of curing akin dlaeaaea. There Is *c*rcely any
eruption but will yield bi eUl.l'HULINE and commence bifade
»w»y. The effect Is more than asPail .hlug Ordinary plmplea,
redneas, blolche*. Ac , vanl.h as If l.y magic. It destroys tho
animalcule which calm theae unsightly am-Kinira and ensure*
• siuoulli, clear, healthy (kin. Sold by Chemlste. IMtlts. U. Jd.
E ORWICK’S BAKING POWDER.
_ The lightest of pastry, _
OIIWICK’S BAKING POWDER.
_The crispest of biscuit*._
OOKWICK’S BAKING POWDER.
Jl) And tnmt tmnut<n** f!'b« "• , -'- , i
OUWICK’S BAKING l’U \VD Eli.’
Ami Is, In fact, a boon and
OUWICK’S BAKIN G POW D ER.
A blaming to women." _
ORWICK’S BAKING POWDER.
Bold by all Qroceis. Ac.
B
“ T FIND Dr. LOCOCK’S PULMONIC
A WAFERS etill rank as alTnrillng the ipredlrat relief In
TIIUOAT ami OlIK&T AFFECTION'."—Signal W. II.ToBHKH,
M.l“.6.,Tl>ttef4vwu. Bristol. Pike Is. I|d. per Box.
F
FOR THE SEASON. R. 7A
t )laotie# and C'oak*. XJ XJ
ASUIONS
Elegant Mantle* and C oak*.
Beautiful Millinery,
and a choice variety of New Coatnmw
from the First Houm
I n Paris.
lnsiieetlnn Is resportiully solicited
■it PETE it UOBINSON'H
MOURNING WAREHOUSE 23d to 2U2. ltEGENT-STI.EET.
E
0 N G H’S
OR
J\N RECEIPT OF LETTER
yj TELEGRAM.
Mourning Goods will tie forwarile.1 to any part of F.ngland on
approbation—no mattertliedlstauoe—with an exosliuut
Utting Dressmaker <If dertred), without any
extra i_mn i ge wlmtever.
PETER BOBINKON MOURNING WARBUOUSR.
REGENT-STREET.
C
M ourning for familiEvS,
IN CORRECT TASTE.
cau be purchased at PETER UOIIlNeON’S. ol Begcnt atreot,
at a great saving In price.
Sklrfa In now Shunning |
Fabric*, trimmed Crape y 15*. toi guinea*,
or ollierwise .. .. J
SI.mties to correspond, from 2 to3 rulnea*.
both
1>LACK MATERIAL COSTUMES,
Xt with and w thout Crape, beautifully end
fadili'iialily deslgnnl.
Tho largest variety that can be seen in any one establishment,
ranging from 2J*. ltd. to I" guineas.
CILK COSTUMES, beautifully made,
D copied from the most expensive French Modelt,
at 4.3.7. and up tn'JOguiura*.
L’OR TRAVELLING and tho SEASI1
L Useful and lneX| cindve Costupir*,
tn Black. Greys, and Neutral ohaaea.
from 27t. lid. to4 guineas.
UPERIOR BLACK SIL
at 3*. I Id.. 4s. Gd.. 4*. 9d.. 6* 3d.. 7a. ski.
Highly recount lend, d by PETKIl 110U1N8UN.
Aii hninenae Stock,
from 2s. upwards.
LrVRGE aud SUPERIOR? STOCK
of Broclii Velvet*. Brncli* bulln<. 4c.,.
In vsr uui beautiful d.-mns.
for Slantles and Diesaeji, / .
from 6* Gd. td 10*. Dd. per yard. ;
I EVENING DRESSES, DINNER DRESSES.
AJi An extensive variety. 4^
Style*, beautifully and faeluunably
Black Urenadhicjniin 1 guinea.
Black llrussr)^ net fr-m 'Ala. Ud-X
Ulai-k lAce tromd guinea*.
Black Merr. with various aovrel cumbinut.ona, from 3} guineas.
VELLING (pioA KS iu ZEl’H YR SILK
(* Novelty), ben'itrtbjly light arid Storm-proof.
Various shades. Tut. iai.ind xjs. ul.
’RAVELLING
WAREHOUSE,
JENT-STBEET. LONDON.
CIIIRTS.—FORD’S EUREKA SHIRTS.
Grout itnpioveincuts have been made lu tho nianuructure
of Ford's Euieka Shirts, ce.ebruted for their supeiior lilting.
Six Mr 30*.. 4* s ,44*.. sent by |mreels (vat lire toyour door. Write
for Illustrated self-iiirasure and all lu.rtlcnlai* liee by post.
.. 41. Poultry. Loudon.
U. FOB!) and (XL.
TI ’GIDIUS.—The only FLANNEL SHIRTS
-ZAj that never shrink in washing- not If washed Pu times.
Mad-- hi.linxed odour., greys, drabs, browns, 4c.. Ids. 6d.: three
-fv-r .me. (at., by parcels post paid. Write for pattern* and self-
mt'asiire. To bo had uuly of B. FORD and CO., 41, Poultry,
Lonijon.
ft
ICH SEALSKINS (from 7s. lid.
upwards) and Clothafor Ladles' Jackets and Ulsters were
or so cheap and good at at Uie present time, our prices also
fully oiie-ilnrd lower than those charged by West-End
Houses!—ALFRED BROWN and SONS, 111 and llfi, Uolbwru, A LKAftAM.
Loudon, R.O. /\
Aj’OUND, an Address of the Oldest-
X ErtabliiJnd IfUYF.RSof IJJKT-OFFCLOTHES,Jewell*IT,
Ac. AplasInlineutainiMle. Mr. and Mis. I'll 11,LI Pa,Old Uuiluslty
Oli-'P. dl. T'nnyrr-st.. Mam healer # |.. lamdoii, W, Ooruer shop.
'j’RELOAR’S
J)RU8SELS Q A ft PETS.
BEST QUALITY,
EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS,
T
LOWEST PRICE.
R E L 0 A R and
g° NS,
J^UDGATE HILL.
GRATEFUL—COMFORTING.
" By a thorough knowledge of the natural
laws which govern the operations of digs.tion
J v p p qi Q anil nutrition, and by a careful application of
^ X A o O the lino pni|>ritleaof well-selected Cocoa. Mr.
-4 Kpp. has provide! our breakfast table* W1U1 a
deiicately-lhtvoured bsverage wliidi may rave
us many heavy doctors’ bills. It Is by tlie
Judicious use of aucli articles of diet that a
(BREAKFAST) constitution maybe gradually built up until
strong enough to resist every tendency to
disease. Hundreds of subUo maladies are
floating anmnd lie rendv to attack wherever
C nrvn l there i. a weak point. We may escape many
U O V A. „ t„talaliaft by keepingourselveawell fortified
with i-ure bh>od and a properly nourished
frump."—UlyU Service Gazette.
Made simply with boiling water or milk.
Sold In Packets land Tins. | lb. and I lb., for Ex|Kirt). labelled,
JAMES EPPS and CO.. lIOMlKOPATIIIC CHEMISTS.
Also Maker* of EPPS'S CHOCOLATE ESSENCE.
c
1U0C0LAT
AMSTERDAM
EXUI1HTION. 1833.
M E N I E IL
A warded
the
GRAND
DIPLOMA OF HONOUR.
pHOCOLAT MENIER, in i lb. and i lb.
PACKETS.
For
BREAKFAST.
LUNCHEON, ami SUPPER.
pHOCOLAT MENIEIL—Awarded Twenty-
Eight
PRIZE MEDALS.
CoiitilinpUon anuiiully
exceeds Ai.iui.issi lb.
0IIOCOLAT MENIER.
Sold Everywhere.
Paris,
l/mdnll.
New York.
I \ENTISTRY.—Dr. G. H. JONES wiU
J ' forward from Ida only address. No. 47. Great Ruioell-
street, uiipneite tin- ilrltlsli MiiM-um. a Sixty-four Page ILLUS¬
TRATED l*AMl’HLET. GRATIS and po.t-frre, with list of
medals, diplomas, and nwuida at the great exhibitions.
"Olirietiun Union" **>#: —
" Before consu I ting a dentist the Pamphlet by Dr. G. It Jones
should lay read hy everyone, to llnd • here prise-medal teeth and
wnrkmaireliip ran be bad at cbaiget generally paid for the most
Inferior description of drulislry.
(KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OK LEOPOLD OK IIKUHUM.
KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR)
J IGHT-JJHOWW
° D - J 1 V E R Q f L.
THE 1'UllEaT. THE MOST EFFICACIOUS.
THE MOST PALATABLE TI1E MOST UIGESTIUI.K
Proved by thirty yean' medical experience to be
TUB ONLY COD-LIVER OIL
which produce# the full curative edecte in
CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF Tllli CHEKT,
TIIUOAT AFFECTIONS, GENERAL DEBILITY,
AND WASTIN'(I DliEA.-vES OF CHILDREN.
g E L E C T M EDICAL 0 PI NI OX is.
JR. PR038EK JAMES,
•UMatbrm Yledica, lajudon Hospital.
T\Rj VDE JONQH’S LIGHT-BROWN
J-e'X WuD-LIVEli^OlL conla-ii* Um whole ol tlie
o Ingrudleiits of the remedy, end is rasi-y
Hence 1U value, uul only lu Diseases
trail uud Lungs, but in a great number
which tho Profession la extruding It*
BROWNE, Esq.. F.R.C 8.E.,
Central Loudon Throat and Ear Hospital.
JONGH’S COD-LIVER OIL
approval from so many
a that I Cau luridly sup-
received such high
distinguished authorities I
pose any word or mine will add to it* reput-iinm.
1 can, however, have no hesitation—^on tlie con¬
trary. 1 have much plramie-iu stating that tin*
Oil is uuilwubtedly superior in It* lhera|«uliu
eflectituall other preuaratlnua of Cod-lnver Oil
that 1 havepreacribvd. its action lias nrored. in my
own experience, particularly valuable, not ooly
lu those *isriucs for winch It wu* originally
eiupluyed. but also In many rases of Weakness
of tlie binging and Speaking Voice, dependent mi
Ur-’iiclilai or lairyugeal Irritation, and in an
forme of Strumous Enlargement of Gland* and
Discharge* from the Ear.
DR. NEELEY,
riiyaldan to the Lorn Lieutenant or Ireland.
0F all the preparations of that valuable
remedial agent, Cod-Liver Oil. Uie must uuitoliii y
pure, tho most palatable, and tlm most ran y
retained bv the stouiacli. Is lilt. BE JONGH'S
LIGHT-BROWN OIL I have liab.lually i.re-
•cribed DR. BE JO.NGIl'S COD-LIVER OIL .11
cases »f 1‘ulluouuiy Consumption, «Itl. veiy
benrllclal result*, and 1 cau conlldrully recoin-
niend it as the moat efficacious kind."
DR. WHITMORE,
late Medic., uilicor 01 Health.si. Marylcbone.
A I Y own somewhat lengthened experience
all «sa Medical Practitioner riialil. a III. with .-.-n-
lidenre lu rrcumtm ml DR. DE JONGil's LIGHT-
BROWN COD-LIVER OIL as I«1 iir 11u.ro
uniform in quality, more certain In its elk-.u,
more palatable, aud liiliiiitely lera likely to
disagree With the stomach than tlie I'alo
Oil. H I were asked for all explanation the
marked sucre* which for so many year* ii"* at¬
tended the ndimuiaDatloii of Bit. DE JO.NGIl'S
LIGHT-llltOW.N COD LIVER OIL. 1 should
any that It la owing to !ta extraordinary in tllciual,
dietetic, and regiminal properties, mol wl.l.-l. are
found to exist in no other medicine that I «nl ac¬
quainted with. In such uniform combination."
DR. DE JONGH’S LIGHT-BROWN C0D-UVE1! OIL
la sold ONLY in capsuled Lnevui.l. ILIM'iut*. . d.. I’liito,
0.1*1.; Quart*.us.; hy*llCfiemistaandDrucgi*U.u tlie Wood.
SOLE CONSIGNEES,
ANSAR, HARFORD, and C0-,
21". HIGH HOLBORN. LONDON.
Caotiok.— Reject substitute* oflerrd solely for extra profit.
0OLDS CURED BY
1VR. DUNBAR’S ALKARAM, or
XJ Auti-CaUrrh Smelling-Bo Ul*.
^LKARAM.
^LKARAM.
001.DS.
0OLDS.
0OLDS.
I F inhaled on the first symptoms, A LKARAAI
will at once arrest them, and cum severe cn-rs In half an
hour. Sold by all Chemists,2*.ltd.* Buttle. Aildiera. I'r. Dunbar,
csieof Messrs F. Newbery and Sons, I. King Edward »t.. E.C.
(JNIVERSAU.Y PRESCRIBED BY THE FACULTY.
A laxative and refirehing
Fiuit Luieuge.
For CONST! PATION.
Hmmorrlioids,
Bile, Headache.
Loss of A|,petite,
Corel.ia* Onceetlon.
Prepared by E. GRII.LoN.
Cliemirt of the Paris faculty,
09. Queen-street, City,
London.
Tamnr. unlike l’lils and Hie nsual Pur¬
gatives. Is agreeable lo Dike, amt never
prod me* irritation, nor Inteitcre* with
huilnr,* or ph-asure.
Sold by *11 ClienmUand DriirgisU. 2*. Cd. * Box.
Stamp lucluded.
'J’AMAR
JNDIEN
QIULLON
0 OCKLE '8
^NTIBILIOUS
I
)ILLS.
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
xJ FOR LIVI
pOCKLE’8 ANTIBILIOUS PILLS
KO
FOR BILK.
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS
FOR IN DIG I
DIGESTION.
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
V for u kart i
MUDA
J-3 by tin
VERITAS.—GREY HAIR restored
by Uilaepeclllr; after which it grows the natural odour,
not grey. Unequalled a* a dressing. It came* grew tii. arn-.t*
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ROPES OF SAND.
BY It. E. FRANCILLON,
/^\Author of "Strange Waters." "Olympia," ‘‘A Real Queen,” &c.
CHAPTER XXVII.
VIGIL.
for a few
Francis Curi-\v^was the
happiestman in Devon,
it is far ettsfeg^to decide
who was thcunlmppiest
girl in England. No
doubt some few tliou-
\s:imlsAvould have said
•• It is I ” -but, though
.\tttbel Opauhaw would
assuredly have been
among the ehorus, it
was hot she. It was
Njhee Derrick—loving
a Iwuu who scorned
her and who loved
another; compelled in
hoi - turn to think tne worst
<pi the man to whom she
had given her heart; with
nothing i‘> live for but vengeance,
and baffled even there.
The day after the Squire’s
j. wjAy»iyv\- _ t sudden departure from llonia-
,\r S'combo was that when, by the
ar ' Vic ar’s orders, her father was to
be buried iu Stoke Juliot church-
J ’nrd. Nature st-ldoni. or ever, adapts her caprices to our
lumoureX^hV^hinks nothing of weeping over a wedding and
luugliing over it Jauriul: and, on this nutunm morning, she
put on one of her broadest smiles. And yet may she be more
sympathetic than we know: weddings are not always the
thresholds of joy, nor funerals, we are bidden to believe, of
sorrow.
The spectators were many, for .Stoke Juliot seldom went
u-fisliing by the light of the sun : the mourners were few, for
the dead man had few friends. Nor onlv so— it was the full
belief of the place that he had died in setting to work that
Tnfcrnal machine, the Law. A keeper killed by a poacher—it
was nearly as much in the eternid fitness of things as a revenue
officer shot down by a free-trader. Mr. Davies was not there:
and if he had been it is questionable in wliat plight he would
have come away, for Cowcumber Jack was I lie mythical hero
of t.ic hour. Squire Cnrcw did not follow his servant to the
grave: and nobody blamed him, though not in the least know¬
ing why. Miss Opeushuw had no liking for gloomy scenes,
and, had she not the excuse of her creed, would doubtless have
found a better. Iu short, there was no mounter but Nauec :
and her heart was too chill and heavy to let her shed a tear.
The glory of the day shone upon the suddest burying that ever
was seen.
Nor did the performance of these last rites by the Vicar
comfort her by its solemnity, or lift her heavy thoughts from
the poor passions of earth—how pour both at their worst and
at their best!—to the world whence the sun shone. Pursou
Pengold, all slovenly and awry, and fresh from n preliminary
liora, was late as usual, and kept even a corpse wuiting for
him in the lych-gate for a good half-hour. How he went
through the order for tho burial of the dead at a bellowing
gnllop nmy not here be told. Nance stood bowed beside the
grave: and followed out her own thoughts, even with “ Thou
knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts ’ ’ thundering at her
outer ears. She was as little conscious of all the words of
comfort and hope as of the blue sky of St. Martin's summer,
or of the surge of the broad green sea below : and of these as
little as of the curious, sullen, and unsympathising crowd.
She was thinking only of how her father and one friend had
been foully struck down in the midst of life : of how the master
she above all trusted and worshipped was in league with
murder: how the priest and magistrate had driven her from
his doors when she came to ask for justice: how even a woman,
a woman like herself, had listened to her harshly and coldly,
uud had refused to speak one word that should avenge the
dead and save the living.
“O Death, where is thy sting?" bellowed Parson Pengold.
“ o Grave, where is thy victory? ”
And Nance Derrick’s heart responded, though not in words—
“ At the hands of every man’s brother will I require the life
of man. . . . Though none will help me, till the man who did
this thing is dead, i will not die. Though he escape all else,
ami though the earth, and the seas, and the skies befriend
him and hide him, he shall not escape me. I will pursue him
wherever he goes, even to the ends of the world. With his
own curse lie shall be cursed: and all they who are not with
me this day."
If ever there was a witch, Nance Derrick was one now. For
of all the ways to witchcraft, none is so swift or so straight as
to utter a curse by a dcud man’s grave: and that wliilc the
Church is speaking her holiest words. Something must have
spoken in her eyes, ns well as in her heart: for the Parson,
having thrown the benediction at his congregation us if it were
a stone, hurried off without a word to the mourner. Nance
stood in silence and watched the clerk, helped by u more able-
bodied volunteer, fill the grave. She did not leave there a
single flower: and the little crowd parted, rather, it would
seem, out of fear than out of reverence, to let her puss
homeward alone.
The Parson also went home. ‘‘So that’s all over, thank
Heaven ! ” he felt, with a sigh of relief. ** Nobody will trouble
more about it now. . . . And that girl standing by nil the while,
and not dropping even the shadow of a tear. Witches can’t
weep. It’s an awful sign. I hope no evil will come. . . . No:
1 have not done ill. I ’ll defy Thomas Aquinas himself to
make one single, solitary lie in that letter. I remember every
word of it: and it’s all as true as steel. And if it were twenty
lies- Bv Jupiter Olympus, am I to have nothing in life:
neither wealth, nor hope, nor anything on earth : that I should
be called upon to give up my one ewe lamb? Have I brought
the child up, uud made it my own, till I can’t do without it
ubout me, and then be called on to give it up to a stranger,
just when I want it most — just when I 'm getting in sight of
growing old ? Her father, indeed—her father, t hat sent wife
and children to die of yellow fever (Sod knows where, to be rid
of them : her father, who paid me for a marriage he repented
of by burying me alive ! What can a man like that want with
a child? * I’in her father: I’ve math her mine. She shall
{Continued on page 365.)
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marry Francis Carew. She ehall be tied to the only place
where I can never wholly low her, and where, maid or wife,
she ’ll still be my child. ... I might have been a Bishop by
now: when there ’« C'mmptou of Braseuose, and Koshlcigh of
Christchurch, and Chichester of Merton, hiding their want of
brains under a mitre, every one. Not one of the dunces had
as much Greek in his whole body as l in one hair of my wig:
and they 're peers and prelates, save the mark, while I ’m—
Vicar of Stoke J uliot: dead before 1 die. . . . J ust that one
girl I’ve got to care for: and by — by Jupiter Olympus, I’ll
not be cheated nor bullied out of that, as if she was a tithe-
Nance,” said he again, “ stranger things are happening
than I can tell. A warrant is out against me for murder—
Me! 1 can’t stay to meet it: and now I ’ve made things worse
by~well, by refusing service, and taking to my heels. I gave
them the dip at Barnstaple: I darcu’t go to Homucombc—
that will be in the hands of the enemy by now. I daren’t
show myself at all. But this is the last place where they’ll
look for me-- And give us a mouthful to eat, Nance, me
and—my friend: for we’ve been all day playing hide-and-
seek ; and it’s a weary game.”
Nance glanced from one man to the other: who could this
pig: no, not if I’ve got to lie myself black and blue. stranger be ? Was he, too, a fellow in these dark doings that
famzin, you slut: some ale.” seemed overshadowing Stoke Juliot, and filling the air with a
plague of blood and terror ? Was tins a new Quickset, with
whom her master was riding straight to the devil, at the
devil’s own speedl' She made no answer—indeed, she could
not speak : out she brought out some hard cheese, some
wofully stale bread, and some eider (it was ull she had), and
laid them out before the young Squire and his friend. Francis
ate ns men eat who have learned for the first time what real
hunger menus: the other, slowly and sparingly, and drank
not ut all, while not speaking a word.
At last Francis appeased his wolf. “Nance,” said he,
“ Davis, who is a zealous blockhead, has managed to persundo
himself, and some justice or other with less sense than Parson
Pcngold, and no knowledge of me, that I am guilty of this
crime. I can’t stay in England to face the thing out, for a
hundred reasons that are neither here nor thcro. I must act
So, to tlieir different thoughts, the Parson and the chief
mourner went home. Those of the former are far easier to put
into words than those of the latter, as few need to be told who
have ever gone home from the sight of a full grave to the
sight of an empty chair. And the less cusy are they, inasmuch
as what she felt was so much more than sorrow. Even as her
father had been shot like a dog, so he seemed to have been
buried like a dog: and all the while the murderer was as free
os air, protected by all the great und befriended by all the
humble. I said, long ugo, that Nance had not grown up to
womanhood without having made up some sort of philosophy
couceming life aud nature: and it was far too unleumed to
have obtained simplicity. There was all that she had heard
and more or less misunderstood in church: there was the
influence of the unceasing and infinitely wonderful drama of day
and night, summer and winter, wind and storm, along the rocks
and the sands: there were the rough lives about her, with their
more than half heathen ways: there were the books that she
endeavoured to read without aid : there was now the wuking
of her own passions, mid the reaching out her arms for the
bread of love and justice, and finding only hearts and eyes of
stone.
Among the common knowledge of the place, which has
not even yet wholly departed, was the tradition that the
powers of good have less avail with the things and doiugs of
this world than the powers of ill. Old Homeek was the lead¬
ing case: bul. to tell the truth, Stoke Juliot had seldom been
without its wise woman, who obtained her wisdom—well,
she herself perhaps hardly knew how. A wise woman was
one who could foretell a coming wreck fourteen days before¬
hand, and where the ship would run ashore: could make
rebellious butter come in the churn: could give a certain
follow word than to believe Cucumber Jack a murderer. Ho
paused and considered: and the end of it was that, for once
at least in his career so far, lie did the right thing.
“ I trill take it,” said he, holding out his hand ; not for the
money-bug, hut for hers. “ After all, anything will bo better
than asking a girl like you to tell a lie for the sake of any man
alive. For that matter, I don’t believe you could do it if you
tried. . . . Thank you, Nance; you ure the best girl in
England: bar none.” It was not as if she would lose: he
could write to Ilaynes of Barnstaple from somewhere or other
ubout her having the cottage rent free mid about her loan
beiug repaid at royal interest. For a man, thunks to our
despised ancestors, is no felon till lie is proved one, and, once
beyond the law’s arm’s reach, his property was as much his
own to deal with as if his name was clear.
lie should have kissed her cheek as well as clasped her
hand: but the lips which had touched Mabel Openshaw’s
were debarred from all meanbr toueh for ever— mu t that, for
ck in his chair, and
eing in company lie
Nance’s sake, was just as well, lie
reconsidered what he should do: and,'
could trust, talked as tl/c/be&t way of thinking. Meanwhile
that unaccountable friend of his filled his pipe without asking
leave, leaned his urnis on 4hc tublb/pillowed liis head upon
them, and half closed Iiis eyCs. Nance, so far as she observed
as if I wore in truth the guilty man, and fly.”
‘‘ Who is this man with you?” asked Nonce, by way of
answer.
As Francis was flying from justice in this guilty fashion as
much to save the poacher from the gallows as for Mabel’s
sake, and as he knew whom Nance thought her father’s
murderer to be, he could only answer, “ Oh, never mind that:
as he’s aiding and abetting u supposed felon, we’d best name
no names. . . . Nance, you ’re the only creature I can trust :
aud that’s why I’m here.”
him, thought
the part of this
of llomacow
Said Franc
go. . . . The la
if they ’re
half a fool — and what was
Quickset in the mysteries
ut of this country wc must
over the parish in two days more
Barnstaple’s closed : und when
they mis^qsirtTe, them ’ll be the hue aud cry. I’ve lost my
t\ thief of a Captain, confound him: and
I can’t a fiord to buy two : and if 1 could, I daren’t show my¬
self to < leal. /' vo cou ld only make u Hying leap to Ply¬
mouth—we inight liiHl a ship before we were found. But a
trump Co Plymouth on foot—why, the wurraut would be waiting
for us: a carrier pigeon could us soon lx,* out-raced by a pair
bf ^nuils. ^Kupce—1 was better off without the money. Any-
charra against cramp, read fortunes in tea-leaves and mar- him down for this murder was enough to assure lie/ that Tty
riages from apple parings, say her abracadabra backwards, and also was auother victim to the injustice of mankind—sk> reason-)
be serviceable to her neighbours in various other useful ways, able women are : us long may they remain. J
But, above all, she could avenge her wrongs without the aid “ 1 want you,” said lie, “to do three tilings—and pbt~oiie
of the law. Nance remembered the last of the wise women, of them hard. First, you’ll never let Jn()i4alRii()wtiirtt
now buried where (if all tales were true) she had little business I have been here to-night: either me or my friend)' Nest, you
to lie: she remembered how the neighbours used to make way will let us two stay here for two nights: this is the last place
for the old lady jusfc as they hud made wuy for Nance herself we should be looked for—so near home, and yet not at home,
that very day, aud how she was said to know the most secret aud you poor Derrick’s girl: and wliere I am, Nujice/yhu will
affairs of every household, and to punish those who mis-spoke have nothing to fear. And to-morrow you mtwt gethie some
her even in the heuriug of only a oat or a bramble-bush, and money—worse luck : for 1 have butTweiitv guineas, and that
could see in people's faces who would out-live next Twelfth won’t carry me farther than jail. I ’ll give>\ouuiiOTiler on the
Night, rnavno would die. bunk for two hundred—then’ll have mqre'of' mint' than that:
Then tfitap was the faint tradition of a strange woman who and if they ask you a question, tell t hem who you are, and
had lived ill that very cottage many years ugo—a woaian they won’t think its for qnysrilf' thqn./If they ask anything
who had come there none knew whence, and was never seen more, say it’s money I o\ve,d your father: and they’ll ouly
without a dose veil, as though her face were too hideous ou. .stare that a murdery^shoii^t not be a thief besides. The
too terrible to be looked upon by mortal eyes. She, also, lmcr*S(fcM , rier goes over to Barnstaple to-morrow : so vou can go with
been known to do the strongest things: she did not foresee 1m. And before 1 go off somehow, when the hunt grows
wrecks, or at any rate did not foretell them, but she would go cold, as best I may, I '11 leave you some paper to show that
into the village (always with that awful veil) aud would do you hold this cottage rent free : and I shan't keep all the
unlieuid of good by word and deed—which of course signified ‘ '* ”
The girl’s heart swelled for a moment with pride. Not to /ft(>w K I-knewd^en the first tiling that had to be done.'
Mabel Openshaw had lie come in trouble, but to her. Nodoubt ■ idweur to me that your hand did not kill futher! ” she
hewouldgohack to Mabel if ever the sun shone again: taS&Nancq Suddenly exclaimed. “ Swear it to me on—on your love for
would always have tho remembrance that it was to her he'ftud -Mabel J0penshaw!"
come in darkness and storm. For a moment, she was alint
softened : anil the burning hunger to help him, which she ft
in Huuven, Nance l If I murder my servunt—your
.. t _ 'ather? Are you gone mad with the rest of them? If'that
pleaded to Miss Openshaw in vain, came back upon ,herteu- were so, should 1 be here — should I have touched your hand ?
told. And^thcmcre discovery that all the world w^s jitmtiu^x Twould not insult mau nor woman nor living thing, nor shame
myself, by forswearing such a buse, such a bloody, such a
that she could effect unknown liann, had she pleased. Men
and women had learned to come to her for counsel: audit was
always wise counsel, those who remembered her voiee used to
say. She had not died, but had vanished: and that part of
her story liod always impressed Nance Derrick’s fancy the
most, of all. Now, however, what impressed her fancy the
most was the power she must have possessed for harm—an
enviable power.
How was such power obtained ? From those books beyond
understanding that she used to borrow from Homncoiube?
From the sayiug of prayers backwards ? From special gift ?
Or simply from hungry desire 't As to this last, Nance, ever
since she had failed to move Miss Openshaw, hod been con¬
scious, not only of the desire for such power as this, but, in
some sort, with a strange sense of its possession. Her curse/
wus not like such things for the most part, a mere impotent^
throwing into empty air of empty words, but had been a
resolve that seemed even in the making thereof to be half ful-
•ill..,! \r. -j _ v . . .it* x !• f ^ n
money to myself, Nance* you may he sure.”
Not one word in all this that Was unkind: and yet not one
that was kind. But eycn<thi8 jxild indifference was less hal’d
to bear thun hishintthatshe was to be paid in hard cash for
her aid. A witch, 1 think, bus always differed from her sisters
in being more of a woman than thev—at once more quickly
and more deeply moved by all things, greut and small.
Nance’s bosom heaved, but she did not answer. She left the
room ; und after a minute or two nt m ■ l with a lurge rough
bag of/leather, which clashed and rang as she threw it down.
“There.” sui d/she, with a tone of frosly scorn to hide her
hurt. ‘• That wilrdb as well. I have no mind to tell lies.”
yd^anciH uiitied the bag, anil found it stuffwl with gold.
Nance,ivitha gc-tun• of impatience, emptied it in u noisy and
glittering shower. Francis could only watch her in mute
snrprise. Where could an honest, man, like Phil Derrick, have
its effect upon the stranger was peculiar indeed,
instead of his eyes glistening and his fingers trembling at such
tilled. Yes—she had given herself something to live fop-T'-thc a sight, he threw himself back in his chair, and burst into such
fulfilment of a consecrated vow. She opeued the big vVdume^a^ntc of laughter as—what shall I say ? as a man only can
of Ovid, for the sake of the unknown tongue that seemed hmgh who has never laughed before. But there was nothing
suited to her mood of exaltation, mid followed the jiirgouwfth in it'either of a cynic’s contempt or of a fool’s delight over the
her eyes, while her heart threw into the clironicle
amourettes a meaning very different indeed from aWtlmt
there. In short, she was soaring into u mood of mysticism,
in which the body forgets itself, and the mind itscliains W as
this intoxication the result of reading in unknown tongues ?
Then she would read on, and on, andqn, in the faith that wisdom
would lead to power, and power to the fqlness of revenge.
In some such mood as this, has it never happened that tho
overwrought mind aud the desperate heartof^aQnte weak
woman have seemed to see the tiir take visible form, aud
to hear it take audible sound—tliiit slie Ims seen, in all his
terrible beuuty, the Prince of the Air, and heard him say,
All these things shall be tliinc, if thou wilt fall down
ami worship me? I know not: but this I do lcnow, that if
such phantasm lmd appeared, Nance Derrick would have felt
neither amazement nor fear. And this, that if Parson
I’engold could have had his way. ami women’s bodies again
been made food for bonlires^sliii Would Tyive gone to the stake
a firmer believer in her own guiltTUHn even the Parson himself
would have been—like hundreds of■■..women before her who have
mistaken their desires for their deeds.
She read on and on into tho- dark till her mind wns in a
whirl. She could repeat, without book, many scores of tho
Latin lines,jin some barbarous fashion of her own. Want of
sleep and food; also, were doing 1 their work. She lighted u
candle, aud then again read-mid brooded, on and on. And
whatever she read, always translated itself—“Let that mau
be in my power, to do with him what I will.”
Suddenly, long after durk, she heard a single blow upon the
doohx It did not startle her: but it filled her with awe. For
she'' knew that hervqw’lmd been heard.
CHAPTER XXVIH.
GOLDEN STARS.
She lose, and opened, letting in a howling gust of wind, wet
with u sudden rain. Then, for a moment, she started -just
one moment, and no more.
“ Nance ! ” said the voice of Francis Carew.
She opened the door more widely. Hi: entered at once,
followed close by a stranger: und then himself shut out the
xaiu and wind.
piaii\ stuff that makes the world go round. It was genial and
iearty—even musical, though presently he had to hold his
sides as if they ached with breathlessness and pain. It was as
if he were sitting at sonic glorious farce, far too comical for
scorn, it was surely the strangest explosion ever heard.
But it certainly obtained no sympathy : and presently, the
laugh having exhausted itself, lie rested his chin in both his
hands, and leaned forward over the table, regarding the gold
with a half smile of solemn humour. It evidently interested
him profoundly: and yet in a strange sort of manner that
would make u miser undu spendthrift and a mouey-huntor all
alike feel mean, could they have seen tile fellow’s eyes, und
known how to read them. Francis, almost angrily, pushed the
coins away.
“No,’ 1 said he. “This money was your father’s, nod is
yours. Put it back, and never let it be seen again. I don’t
even ask whence it comes.”
“Oh, there’s no secret about that,” said Nance. “There’s
plenty of such got in Stoke Juliot: only father didn’t riot it
away. He was saving to buy the place, and to trade for his
own hand. He was saving for Me. And what does he want
with it any more—and what do 1 ?”
“ 1 see,” said Francis. Indeed it was dead against all that
Stoke Juliot knew of good manners to say more. A man might
be an honest gamekeeper, yet not be so far advanced beyond
his generation to see harm in poaching upon the Kiug’s manor—
for that matter, indeed, Francis himself, whose own cellars
held the best and cheapest claret in England, saw none. A
smuggler who died rich was no doubt a sort of wonder : but
then Phil Derrick had always been a peculiar kind of man.
“ My dear girl, I can’t touch it even. I’m more glad you ’re
so rich than 1 can say—you'll be a match for the richest
farmer in the country ” —
“No. I won’t. And if this money’s no more use to you
than it is tome,” she said, gathering it up in a heap, ” I 'll
oven throw it into the sea, bug mul all. Out of the sea it
come, and back into the sea shall it go.”
Eyes and voice meant herwords as indeed they mostlv did
in Stoke Juliot. where, with all its many sins that of acting
was unknown. And then Francis did, after all, know some¬
thing of Nance, though by instinct, and certainly not by study.
It wus uo more possible to doubt that, with her, deed would
cowardly deed. But 1 will eay to you—No. Aud no oath
/could be half so strong as tliut plain word.”
“Thank God,” said she. “ I knew it—but I wanted to
hear you say it, straight and plain. Aud—aud 1 am glad you
did not swear. And 1 am glad you ore leaving this cursed
land, wliere the devil has hold of you by the arm. I need
him, too : but as his mistress: not as his servant, as you ure
bound to be ”-
“ Nance! What in the name of him you are talking of do
you mean ? ”
“ I know. I mean you must go.”
“And so I would—for may be my neck’s sake. But it’s
my heels must save my neck, and my head my heels: and it
doesn't, see how.”
“ Your friend here?” asked Nance, frowning. “Doesn’t
he kuow ? ”
“ No.”
Nance walked slowly to the window, that looked seaward,
unil looked out in silence. After a while,
“ Come here,” said she. Francis followed her, and looked
out into the wind. “ Do you see something—out there—far
away ?”
“ A star?”-
“ It is like u star. That is tlio way you must go.”
“ Come, Nance,” said he, beginning to think her troublos
lmd turned her bruin, “ Gome-1 Tu not ready lor the skies
yet, ami don’t want to go there before I *m bound. Go und
lie down, there’s a good girl: you want sleep: uml my friend
and I will lie down here for to-night, wherever we may bo
to-morrow ”-
“Ne. Yon must not remain an hour.” She had a plau,
as women mostly have when men's wits fail (though seldom
until then), and not the worst of it was that it would remove
the Squire from the circle of Mabel Openshuw’s spell. “ You
must go this night—and that is the way. . . . That star
is—I don’t care wlmt I tell—that star is the Maiden, from whom
the money came. I’ve watched that star hundreds uml
hundreds of times, mirk or moonshine. I know all her ways.
She don’t belong to this place, she nor her crew: but the
people here unload her, and she's the luckiest trading ship
that comes. There’s one star now—by-aud-by they 'll signal
from the sands, und then there ’ll be two.”
“And then?” asked Francis, in a low voiee, and doubt¬
fully, but beginning to understand.
“Then you must come down to the sands—with me. You
must join the first bout that puts out: and sail with the
Maiden wherever she may go. I don't know where: but 1
think ’t.is mostly to a place in Cornwall, called Spain.”
“To Spain ! All, it 1 could reach Spain .' ”
“ You would be able to leave the country then ? ”
“ 1 should have left it, Nance—and one can get to the
Indies from Spain. You are a wonderful girl : a real witch,
but not in the Parson’s way. But will they take me ? Will
they run the risk of carrying off an escaping ”
Nance pointed to the bag of gold. “ As if for that,” sho
said, “they would not do any tiling ill for choice : but good,
too, if good meant gold. Don't let them think you have more
than you can give them—that's all. And they’ll kuow me:
and 1 can tell them what I please. . . . Ah ! ” lie exclaimed,
suddenly, pointing out straight to sea.
There, sure enough, shone a double star.
And at the same moment came a heavy knock itl the closed
door.
(To he tonfinurd)
Lord Aberdorc, the Rhondda Valley Cemetery on the
2nd inst., unveiled a monument erected by public subscription
to commemorate tl»e valour of Mr. Daniel Thomas, colliery
proprietor, who lost his life last year whilst trying to rescue
the meu overtaken by the gas explosion at l’en-y-Graig Colliery.
A new baptistry which lma been added to the Church of
St. Andrew, Fort William, has been consecrated by the Bishop
of Argyll and the Isles. It contains four windows in memory
of Bishops Low, Ewing, anil Mmkamess, uml Dr. Puscy,
and the font itself is in memory of Anna Marie Grey, while
there is an oukcu door in memory ol' the Rev. (.'. F. Loader.
From a Parliamentary return just issued by an order ol' tho
House of Commons it appeal's that there aro 421 olil savings-
banks in the iTiitcd Kingdom. The number of accounts open
in these banks is 1,5(56,184, and the sura owing to depositors
£44,5)87,105), to meet which the Government held on the general
account £44,821,787, and on the separate surplus fund
account (upon which the Government allow the banks uo
interest) £301,207.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Orr. 11, 1S84.— 35(1
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THU NILE EXPEDITION : 8AKIYKU AND 8HADOUE, NEAR HOHOSKO.
2. A Barrel .Stump Orator. 2. Liquoring Up. 3 . Raising the Pole.
THE PRESIDENTIAL CANVASS IN AMERICA: A POLE-RAISING.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, 0<t. 11, 1884.
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THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANVASS.
The scenes represented in our Illustrations are such ns may
now be taking place in ninny towns of the Western States
during the vehement contest of political parties to secure the
triumph of their respective •‘tickets’’ ut the nppronching
Presidential election. It should be observed that the immediate
business in hand is not the actual election of the future President,
as this does not belong to the direct popular vote. The people
of each State ill the Union have to choose early in November
a number of delegates called electors, who will assemble, a
month afterwards, to vote for a President of the United
States. The number of electors contributed by each
State must be the same as the number of Senators
and members of the House of Representatives, takcu
together, that it sends to Congress. Every State hus
constantly two members of the Federal Senate, who are
nominated by the State Legislature ; but the apportionment
of members of the House of Representatives to the different
States is variable; it depends on the population, and is
readjusted, in due proportion, according to the census ut
periods of ten years. Consequently, the number of Pre¬
sidential electors' belonging to a particular State is not always
the same; and the whole Electoral College, which consisted
twenty years ago of 815 electors, has been increased to 401.
The State of New York, with its largo population, has now
thirty-six electoral votes; Massachusetts lias fourteen, Indiaua
fifteen, Pennsylvania about twice as many; Illinois and Ohio,
ORIEL HOUSE, FARRINGDON-STREET.
As nn example of improved London street architecture, we
give un Illustration of Oriel House, Furringdon-street, the
peopl
for a list of electoral delegates appointed by a Party
Convention, mid pledged to choose a particular candidate,
Mr. Blaine, or Mr. Cleveland, or General Butler, at the
Presidential election In December. This list is called “the
ticket,’’ in accordance with “ the platform," that is to
say, the resolutions passed by the Party Convention in
July. From July to November, every fourth year, in view
of the constitutional necessity of electing a President, n
vast amount of political agitation is going on all over the
United States, but more especially in the States which
have the largest population, and where parties are most
equally divided. In New York State, with above one
bullion of persons having the suffrage, the “Republican'’
and the “Democratic” parties have alternately won and
lost the majority, since 18(18, with an average 20,000 of
independent voters going sometimes on one side mid some¬
times on the other. Above nine million primary voters,
throughout the United States, took part in the Presidential
Election of 1880, when General Garfield, or rather the ticket
for his electors, in the aggregate received 4,442,950 primary
votes, whileGener.il Hancock, on the Democraticplatform, got ns
many as 4,442,035. When the electoral delegates met, there were
nineteen States voting for one side, and nineteen on the
other; but, as the more populous States, including New
York, were in favour of Garfield, he finally obtained 214
electoral voles against 155 electoral votes oust for Hancock.
The fiunl result is assured, in fact, by the November election
of delegates; and preparing for this is often the occasion of
much stump oratory, or speaking from the elevation of a
barrel, as our Artist lias represented, at a public-house door,
with subsequent ** liquoring-up" at the bar; while bands of
music, torchlight processions, bonfires, and the exhibition of
trophies and garluuds, on a pole raised in the main street of
the rural township, give a festive nir to the political "boom,"
reminding us of old election days in England.
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last twenty years. This exhibition was held on the occasion
of the opening of Oriel House, which is so called from its
central feature, an oriel window of three storeys. The design
for the building, executed in red brick and terra-cottn, was
made in the Loudon studio of the company by Mr. Thomas
Crane, who presides over the artistic staff there. The architect
selected was Mr. George Vickery, who intrusted the terra-cotta
so freely used to Messrs. Doulton mid Co., of Lambeth. The
building is spacious, admirably planned by the architect, and
well lighted. The prominent high gable and red-tiled roof
remind one of Amsterdam ; while the style, which is of no
exact order, but might be called u “ free Renaissance," shows
that a City warehouse may be inode u handsome building, with
an individuality that is most valuable to architectural effect.
This is of particular importance in a street of the ample width
of Furringdon-street, where the Fleet river once flowed along
the valley, by the foot of Ludgatc-hill, to the Thames at
Blackfriars. __
IRRIGATING MACHINES ON THE NILE.
The “sakiyeh” and the" sliadouf’’ are different kinds of
machines used for raising water from the Nile to irrigate the
adjacent fields. At every few hundred yards along the river
bank, in Egypt or in Nubia, but more frequently in the purt
below Luxor (town to Siout, rises the tall pole of a sliadouf ;
where all day long, ut the water’sedge, one half-naked fellah fills
the leathern bucket in the water; while another man standing
at the top of the bunk pours it into a trough, discharging it into
the trough and drain across the narrow field. Higher up are seen
the large roiincf wheels of the sakiyehs, to whose revolving spokes
are fastened a st-t 01 earthen jars which descend to fill them¬
selves in the river, and slowly rise, turning round on the wheel,
until they spill their contents into the wooden trough. These
wheels are worked by oxen, the driver of which, half asleep,
often sits in a basket slung behind the wheel, perhaps shel¬
tered from the burning sun by a roof of ragged grass matting.
All day long, in the heavy heat of noon, and ull night long,
beneath the silent stars, is heard the groaning, creaking sound
of thjs-muchine, incessantly employed to shed fertility on the
soil, from which little profit is reaped by the labouring
peasantry : the foreign bondholders and the grasping officials
of tfie Egyptian Government taking the largest share of its
produce. This primitive method of irrigation on the Upper
Nile is the main instrument of agricultural industry, the
principal source of revenue, and the chief support of the State.
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ORIEL HOUSE, FA R RINT. DON - STREET.
new premises in London of Mesa's. Marcus Ward unci Co.,
Limited, whose name is widely kifomi/iu connection with the
graphic arts. They have been printers in colours since the
lithographic colour process was first; used in England, and
their Christmas cards alone have gained themt-a high reputation
for good tustc. Their publications and the manufactures of
paper, leather, and other materials produced at the Royal
Ulster Works, Belfast, givirsempioyment to a thousand
workpeople, and are distributed ,over the world by the
warehouses of the /Company in Loudon, New York, and
Melbourne. A short time since we referred to an ex¬
hibition of their manufactured, and of two thousand
water-colour drawings -auidc for the firm during the
From a Parliamentary return recently issued it nppenrs
that the total number of Martini-Henry rilles in the hands of
British troops is 225,619, of which 118,493 are distributed to
infantry of the line, 89,177 to the Militia, and 12,665 to rifle
volunteers. The number required to arm the remainder of the
Volunteers would be 158,367, and there are 281,178 in store.
A handsome new building erected by the London School
Board was opened on the 2nd iust. in Lombard-wall, East
Greenwich. It occupies a commanding position in the
Greenwich and Woolwich road, and is an exceptionally lofty
building, containing large and airy class-rooms. Accommo¬
dation is provided lor 778 boys, girls, and infants.-Another
new building erected by the Loudon School Board was opened
on the 3rd inst. in the Lower Deptford-road. It. occupies a
spacious site near Windmill-lane; and, like the school which
was opened at Greenwich, contains a number ol large and airy
class-rooms. Accommodation is provided for 800 children.
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OCT. 11, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
359
BEETHAM'S
“GLYCERINE & CUCUMBERS
la the most Perfect Emollient Milk for PRESERVING
and BEAUTIFYING the SKIN ever produced! It
entirely removes and prevents all ROUGHNB88, RED¬
NESS. SUNBURN. TAN. &o.. Boon render* the SKIN
SOFT, SMOOTH, and WHITE, and preserves it from
the effects of exposure to the SUN, WIND, or HARD
WATER. Ac., mure effectually than any other known
preparation. No Lady who value* licr COMPLEXION
should ever bo without it. ns it it INVALUABLE at all
Reason* for keeping the SKIN SOFT aud BLOOMING.
It is Perfectly Harmless, and may be applied to the
Teuderest Infants. Bottles. 1*., Is. Bd., 2s. Gd„ 4s. 6d.;
any size free for 8d. extra. N.D.—Beware of Injurious
Imitations.
BEETHAM'S fracrant
“ROSE LEAF POWDER”
Is a perfectly Pure and Harmless Toilet Powder which
cannot injure the most tender skin. It is delicately
tinted t > resemble the beautiful colour of the wild rose,
aud is itronglv recommended to be used with the nlmve
wash, as it will gi catty aid it in keeping the skin clear
and healthy, free it from unpleasant moisture, and
impart Unit Beautiful Bloom t > tho Complexion which
is bo much adui rod. Boxes. Is.; free for is. 2d. In
handsome Box, containing two tints and puff, f». fid.;
free for 3d. extra, from the sole makers,
M. BEETHAM and SON,
Chemists, Cheltenham.
AVERY & CO.
ARTISTIC WINDOW-BLINDS.
SHOW-ROOMS, 81b, Ct. Portland-st.. w.
Where may be seen in complete working order Blinds of
every description, including
THE NEW EMPIRE BLINDS,
Plain, and Charmingly Decorated,
IN NUMEROUS NEW DESIGNS.
FESTOON BLINDS,
Silk and Sateen.
ART PRINT BLINDS,
LEADED GLASS BLINDS,
NIPON DWARF BLINDS,
OUTSIDE SUN-BLINDS,
AWNINGS, &c.
Samples and Price-Lists post-free.
COMPETENT MEN SENT TO ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
ESTIMATES (in Loudon) GRATIS.
THE OXYGEN-GIVING DISINFECTANT,
Harms Crimson Salt
In niMitlou t" tMa well-known and hlehlv-vnlncl I'mutratlon,
n Shilling llottlcot which makes300 Gallon* of Crlmrai Fluid,
the pnliliccnn now obtain
MARTIN'S CRIMSON 8AI.T DISINFECTING POWDER,
n perfectly aolllbl*.■nn-pol«oaou*,iioB-corro«lTe. ODOCKI.ESS,
ami most |H»werful Disinfectant. Deodoriser, and Antiseptic.
dsliLcr' U * r ' by •Prinkline upon all tlmt Isollenilveor
Geo, R. Twcertle. Esq., F.C.8., says:-"The n-sulta of an
rxtemlrd nml rlaUir.it.. .serh» of < airfully r..ii<liirtc<l nxnerl-
inenUcaivinc- me that Hartiu's Patent Crimson Salt Dlsln-
fretlna Powder Is a most reliable, economical, Uioroucli. and
safe (lialnfecUiit."
Sold by Chemist* everywhere in Tin*.
Price*, Is. and 2s.
Wholesale by HARTIN'S CRIMSON SALT Co., Ltd.. Worcester.
LAYETTES.
I uJv i •• ■• £M a list jfo. ft* \.. . .£.11 o 4
U*tNo.S .. ..til II a I »A spechdlM for hot climate...
Excellent quality and good Uiste."— 1 The (Jiieen. \
A ° DLE Y BOURNE.
I.a/lhs Outfitter, Corset ami Baby-Muon Maimfiu'Hirer.
37, PICCADILLY (opposite St. James'. Church), LONDON.
THE QUEEN,
THE LADY’S NEWSPAPER, a»y«/X
“ THE CAMBRICS OF HCBINSQri & CLEAVER
HAVE A WORLD-WIDE FAME.”
IRISH CAMBRIC
POCKET HANDKERCHIEFS.
Samples poet-irwy: All pure
Flux, hemmed for use. Per
v dozen:—Children’s, 1 *. 8d.;
La<liefl',2a. lid.; Gents’, 3a. lid.
Hem-Stitched, per dozen:—
Ladles', 6s. 6d.; Gent*’. 7*.3d.
8amples and I'rice-list* of
every description of Linen
Goods, &c. (at lowest Whole¬
sale Prices to the Publiedirect),
are also forwarded, post-free.
ROBINSON X~ CLEAVER,
BELFAST,
By Special Appointments to
JIM. the Queen and JII. and
R.H. tho Crown Princess of
_Germany.
1TOLLO WAY’S PTLLS and OINTMENT.
■TLTT I’.HU.parity the blood, corrsct all dlaonlora ..f Ilk
n Ui.. h'. k "a' 1 ha'vel*. The Ointment 1. unrival Irtl
in tho c Ure of L*l le fI , old wound., gout, and rh.umat..m.
UNIQUE AND DELICIOUS.
luicet (UnintiMn
(ReailTER eo)
WILSON'S NEW AMERICAN SWEET BISCUITS,
Jilobrrair -price.
Sole Consignee of Wilson's American Biscuits, David Challen. Mildmay Road, London
..iiiriiirmn
The Child will thrive beat on
Just gibe tljcm n single trial. Wilson’s
(Set it sljilling tin
of floor grocer or chemist. BABY
5oIe (Consignee.
Jlnbih (Cljnllrtt. bonbon, ^l.
I?
O
- 1 ■ ■ ~ - ■ ■ • ■ f 1
_ V'!
Extra
A genuine luxuiy at a moderate price
Toast |
Toast
J^xtra
Extra
may be found in Wilson’s American
Extra Toast Biscuits. Being un¬
sweetened they are equally acceptable
for Breakfast, Luncheon, Dessert or
Extra
Extra
Tea, and delicious with either wine or
milk. These the daintiest, crispest
biscuits ever baked are now Variously
Toast
Toast
Extra
imitated./ Bee that you gei the gen¬
uine. Of all GrocerifciAc. The Sole
Consignee, David Chalkn, London. N
Toast
Extra
Toast 1
— -r—~ - - -
-— —— «=—*l|
MAPPIN & WEBB,
SHEFFIELD MANUFACTURERS.
STERLING SILVER, ELECTRO-SILVER,
FINEST CUTLERY.
ILLUSTP.ATED CATALOGUES FREE.
LONDON WAREHOUSES:
MANSION HOUSE
BUILDINGS, E.C.;
AMO
OXFORD-STREET, W.
Charming KinghI*
Hindi's Pute.,u.il
Hair Curling I’ins.
(Careless's Patent.)
Simpler, Surer, and
Much more effective
Than Curling Iron*.
Comfortable and Invisible,
Simplicity itself.
Mm*. Laxotry writes:
“ In ten minutes they
Make a perfect
Frisctte.”
Sol.l eytsywlierp.
In Od. and 1 «. b >xes.
Or Snm]ile liox Tree
7 stamps, from J. Careless,
Ilarlximc. Birmingham
Beware of miserable
Imitations. J
Iling out the counterfeit and base.
King in the true, the •* Argosy,"
The alHuilute perfection " Brace "
For ease and elasticity.— Tennpttm i,l, n irtd.
Intending rurehusers of AK008Y BRACE8 should he
careful to see the mime '• AltGOSY.’’ which i. stumped
oil the Web of all genuine Argosy Braces, and to slii.t,
tl.e imitation, which are frequently offered by dculeiN
wl.o, n gardless of '.be comfort of their custom. n«. en¬
deavour to push spurious articles in order t ■ nuke an
extra profit. Insist upnn having the Argosy Bran. Sold
i very where. Central Depot (Wholesale onlyj, 0 and 7 ,
Newgate-street, E.C.
SCO
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
OCT. 11, 1884
JUST PUBLISHED,
A MAGNIFICENT
ILLUSTRATED ALBUM CATALOGUE
Of FASHIONS and NOVELTIES for tho
WINTER SEASON.
SENT GRATIS ON APPLICATION.
IMPOKTANT TO INTENDING “CYCLE” PURCHASERS.
. RUDGE & CO., ST COVENTRY
THE OLDEST TRICYCLE AND LARCEST CYCLE MANUFACTURERS IN THE WORLD.
(REGISTERED)
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE,
IKIODVO
METEOR,” "ROVER,” nnd "SOCIABLE”
TRICYCLES,
FnKK on Ai-PUCAtiou.
rARLEY & SUTTON
Meteor Works, West Orchard, Coventry.
THE CENTRAL-GEAR RACER,
THE NEW PATTERN CONVERTIBLE, COMPLETE.
ILLUSTRATED 1-RICE-LISTS FltEB OS APPLICATION.
Dri-ot* London, 12, Queen Vletoria-stroet, E.C.; 143, O.xford-atreet, W.; Manchester, ico- i. Deansgate j
Birmingham, 4, Livery-street j Liverpool, 101, Bold-street; Glasgow, 241, fiuuuhiehull-stroct; Edinburgh, 2D,
Hanover-streot; Belfast, 40, Itoynl Avenue.
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NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA’S
•BINOCULAR TELESCOPES,
ADAMS’S FURNITURE POLISH
THE OLDEST AND BEST.-" THE QUEEN ”
(the Lady's Newspaper) says“ Having made a fresh trial of its virtues, after considerable experience wilh oilier
compounds of the sumo nature, we feel no hesitation in recommending its use to all housewives who are in any
ditiiculty in polishing their furniture.”—Dec. 22. 18K3.
SOLD BY GROCERS, CHEMISTS IRONMONGERS. CABINET MAKERS, BRUSH DEALERS, OILMEN, &o)
Manufactory: VICTORIA PARK, SHEFFIELD.
CAUTION.—See that the Nome is on tho Bottle, and Beware of cheap imitations.
UOUT AND RHEUMATISM.
Sun’, safe, unit effectual. No restraint
ofillet required during uso.
All Chemists, at Is. lid. and '.’s ml iicr
Box.
CHILDREN'S
DOUBLE - KNEE STOCKINGS.
"Refuse Imitations—Insist upon Hudson’s.”
FOR
MILITARY SERVICE,
DEER-STALKING, <>r YACHTING.
Mounted in Aluminium or Bronte Metal.
Long Rungs, with High Mngnifyiug Tower and Perfect
Definition.
Ilyn now c»nildiiiiti*>ii of lemu-s N.until and Zamlirn Imve
|innluml u gl»». eight Inches In length. |>...w.siiig nil i|,.,
mltniiUKvsof tit" Inner aim binocular falrkcopf.
Illustrated Price-Lists posted free to all parts of the World.
f 't wHk. Invented in Leicester,
Manufactured in Leicester,
\ Sold by Adderly and Company, Leicester.
fafc, UNEQUALLED FOR HARD WEAR.
(Afy M PSBfj Every puli- stamped " Anesui.v nml JOawev." on tho f«.t.
. LaDII-s- BTOCKIKUk. \ Vy> BAILOR SUITS.
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J JERSEY CXiSTUMES. f OBNTS' HAM-’-HOSK.
•> .IKIIHEV, .I.GKKTS. Under Vests and Pants,
V !/'* SCV DOYS’ JERHISY SUITS. I with Double Seal*.
Sg&g C' f J ^l] best makes at wholesale prices.
bW ^ j Write for Book Price-List and Illustrated
^ rjL-'^/Catalogue, post-free.
ADDERLY & COMPY., JS!L. LEICESTER.
designed to meet tho hard wear and tear of children, by weaving or splicing double threads
toes, nml heels; nnd now, we spjjwx tho nnkliH also, just where the boots cut througl, the
1... ..f it. ... LI.. *1.1.. ....rt «i ill friiln •• t limvl nilA liulf Mist liulllll rilliltlt Itr
Clothes
Hudson’s
Extract
of Soap.
NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA
SoiKXTiKic- Ixstkumkxt Makkiis axu Opticians
TO TllR Clt'KEX,
HOLBORN VIADUCT.
Biuxciiks :
45, Comhill; 122, Regent-street; Negretti and Zambra’s
Photographic Studio, Crystal Palace.
Illustrated Catalogue, 1200 Engravings. Ss. 6d.
It is a pur© Dry Soap in i
tine powder, and luthere .
freely in Hot or Cold
Water.
LOUIS
I THE BATTLE OF THIS LIFE, “THE DRYING UP A SINGLE TEAH
HAS MORE OF HONEST FAME THAN SHEDDING SEAS OF GORE."
mS ' l^IT ] WAR!/
What) is mo J e ^ femble than War ?
She kills and kills, nnd is never tired of killing till "be lias taught man the
■“.A; ’ J terrible lemon be is mi alow to loam, that Nature is only conquered by ohey-
ing her. How much longer must Die causes of this startling army of pre-
■ gfyC-f fA* f=- vontiblo deaths continue unchecked ! Forth© means of prevention onu for
' . UtSfir \ < pr,~* rvuig henltli, b\ Niitiir.il Mmiii-. -.11 lane- Illii-tinU-d Sheet wrup|»sl
HHr wiilnsu-h bottle of KNO’H KRl’IT HALT, whieh pn-piirv<l from sound.
ripe fruit I, when taken with water, nets as a natural aperient; its simple
M Ijr *.< but imtunil m-tion remove* all impurities. thus preserving nnd n-sbinug
If I »"■»>«*•■ ,f great value in keeping the body m health were universally
■ . ei & . known, no family would be without ft.
j ZULU WAR - Surveying the Maputa River.
k« important to travellers and all
■Lcftk WJr--A IJi.VVI.NO HOME FOR A UHANOK—"Winchester. July 13. 1 KHI.
1 “ UnKoxV' V.\ -d |;>r.4 Wr, I write to tell you what your FRUIT SAI.T has done for me. During
HHtNmXV .K: J the Zulu War, Consul O'Neill and myself hud occasion to survey the
11*. in' A) 1 Maputa River. We had great difficulties in stowing sufficient fresh water
Jr y t;-jfik 1 ^" r ° ,,r U'x-d. nnd were oldigtxl, on our return, to drink the river water —
BV' aMKT j water, you may call it, hut I call it liquid mud ; nunl-lmnks. Uilh sides, n
/A TT fyflgtfB tropical sun all day, nnd a miasmatic dew all night. Wo lind the good
lllwfwH fortune, however, to have with ua u couple of bottles of your invalunblo
—: l A J wl . ,--sl FRUIT SALT, nnd never took the ‘water’ without a judicious admixture
. of it; nnd so did not suffer from the abominable concoction. Now, when
wo arrived tit Lorenzo MarqUAT, there was no more FRUIT SALT to be obtained. I was sent on to Durban, but
P°df Mr. < (‘Neill was on the rtut of his back with nguc. At Durban I could only get ono bottle, as every one was sold
out, it being so much in demand. When 1 mention that wo only went in a small boat, with four niggers, and that
two expeditions from men-of-war, with fully-equipped boats, had tried the survey before, and only got forty niilea
i having lost the greater part of their crews through malaria), while we got over eighty miles. I think I urn only
doing vomjustice in putting our success down to your excellent preparation.—I am. Sir, yours faithfully,
"To J. C. Eno, Esq , llutclium, London, 8.E. A Libutexamt, II.N., F.R.G.S.”
JEOPARDY OF LIFE. THE GREAT DANGER OF DELAY.
YOU CAN CHANGE THE TRICKLING STREAM, BUT NOT THE RAGING TORRENT.
BLOOD-POISONS. The predisposing causes of Disease; or, How to Prevent a Susceptibility
to take Disease.
QICK HEADACHE.—“ After suffering for nearly two years and a half from
severe headaclio and disordered stomach, nnd after trying almost everything nnd spending much money
without finding any benefit. I was recommended by a friend to try ENO'S FRUIT SALT, nnd before I had finished
one bottle I found it doing me a great deal of good, and now I am restored to my usual health; and others 1
know that have tried it have not enjoyed such good health for years.—Yours most truly,
“Robert Humi-iikeys, Tost Office, Bamisford."
A NATURAL APERIENT. — ENO’S FRUIT SALT.—An unsolicited
TA Testimonial from a gentleman, an F.8.A., who is now above eighty yenrs of age “I have for a long
time used ENO’8 FRUIT SALT. I have found it an effective yot gentle aperient, very benellcial to persons of
sedentary habits, especially such os exercise not the limbs but the brain, anu frequently require to assist nature
..it! « I... /,.ons ?# am*. aasA.Il..» * . - * .. 1 ..liL .. __^. 11 .— .... 1
As regards the adornment o# women, nothing shows to
so great advantag^Jbeauty of outline and graceful figure,
or the clearness and deliQme colouring of the complexion.
It is equally bedomjfrg to ?the blonde and the brunette; it
does not merely clothe, it drapes and designs; lends a
dignity and grace to the wearer, and requiring but little
ornament, derives its elegance from its own richness of
colour apd drapery.
Every yard of the genuine bears the name “ LOUIS.”
The whole of the Medical Press and leading; Physicians recommend
For MFANTS, £T\ _ __ ^ ^ «7T^ J For INVALIDS
Kuni DELICATE U QGlS H 0 0 U & *" ° f ^
CHILDR£k (* / > ^ “j/ W '- X ^ L V ^ DIGESTION.
This delicious and highly nulntive Food can be taken when all others disagree.
“ Mr. Benger’s admirable preparations. . . . would bo assimilated with great ense.”—Lancet, March 25,1882.
“ A great advance on any previous attempt in this direction. It is invaluable.”—London Medical Record,
March 15, 1882.
“ Deserving of the highest praise, and only requires to be made known to the profession to ensure its extensive
employment ’’—Practitioner. February, 1883.
k_5 FEVERISH COLDS.—DRAWING AN OVERDRAUGHT ON THE BANK OF LIFE
fagged, unnatural excitement, breathing impure air, too rich food, alcoholic drink, gouty, rheuma
blood-poisons, bUiounnesn, sick headache, skin eruptions, pimples on the face, want of nppctiU
synjMg
Sold in TINS at Is. 6d., 2s. 6d., and 5s., by all leading Chemists, or the Manufacturers,
Sold by all Chen: 'its. Directions in Sixteen Languages Hoio to Prevent Disease.
MOTTERSHEAD md CO„ 7, Exchange-street, MANCHESTER,
PREPARED ONLY AT ENO’S FRUIT SALTWORKS, HATCHAM, LONDON, S.E.. BY J.C. ENO'S PATENT.
with » SIX PEN
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TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
OCT. 18, 1831
The embarrassment of a guest in a London mansion
who mistook his noble host for his own butler, was almost
equalled last week in Paris by tho correspondent of a
Hungarian paper, who had been sent there to ascertain
tho mission of Count Herbert Bismarck to the gay city.
In the reading-room of tho Grand Hotel he found that all
tho German newspapers had been collected by one gentle¬
man, so ho approached him and said, “ After you, if you
please; or, better still, will you allow me to glance at
them for live minutes, I only want to seo one thing.”
“ With pleasure,” was the courteous reply, “or can I be
of any assistance to you ? I have just been through them
all.” “ I want,” said the correspondent, “ to see whether
any of thorn say what Cornit Herbert Bismarck is here
for.” “That is precisely what I want to know, too.”
“Are you then a ' special'P” “Sometimes.” “Have
you been able to find out anything?” “Not a wold.”
“ Well, you know ho is staying in this hotel; we must try
to see lnm.” “ I have already done so, but ho knows no
more about it than you or I.” At this moment a servant
entered with a telegram, which ho handed to the last
speaker, who read it eagerly, and, saying good-evening
to his interlocutor, walked rapidly away. “ Who is that
gentleman ? ” asked tho Hungarian of the servant, who
was still in the room. “ Count Herbert Bismarck,” ho
answered, and iu a few more minutes the Iron Chan¬
cellor’s son was seen driving off to the station on his way
to Berlin.
Commander Hutton had a very ticklish task in bring¬
ing the Dryad homo from Bombay. This ship did good
service in the Egyptian campaign of two years ago; nnd
in remembrance of its experience kept a black goat on
hoard, which the men took at El Teb. She then pro¬
ceeded to Bombay; and it was only on account of the
rotten state of her hull that she was ordered home, and is
now being paid off at Chatham, much to the regret of her
crew, Avho are nearly all natives of Devonport.
John Chinaman is tolerably wide awake, and has con¬
trived to evude tko laws expressly framed by the United
States Government to prevent him from settling there. Ho
goes now to Havana, where for about £3 ho can procure a
passport and a naturalization paper. Armed with these
documents, ho boldly enters New York as a Spanish
subject, pursues his business without let or hindrance, nnd
returns to the Flowery Land as soon us lie considers him¬
self rich enough. _
Colour-blindness is dangerous, and in fact disqualify¬
ing, in engine-drivers and other railway employes, and
moon-blimlness is equally undesirable in sailors. Yet
Vice-Admiral Close says that 1I.M.S. Trident once ran
a narrow chance of being wrecked right under a light¬
house because the navigating officer was moon-blind—
that is to say, unable to see the light which stared him
full in the face only lmlf a milo off, aud suggests that tho
loss of tho Wasp was due to a similar catastrophe. If this
conjecture bo well fonuded, both officers and men ought
invariably to have their sight tested before starting on a
voyage, or even u cruise.
Two important events have just occurred at Buda-
Pesth—the opening of the Hungarian Reickstadt and that
of tho new and splendid Opera-House. For the latter
occasion, Liszt, the well-known musician, composed a new
cantata, but unhappily the leading motif was that of a,
Magyar melody with revolutionary associations, and, As
the Emperor was to bo present, its performance would
have been akin to welcoming a prince of the House of
Bourbon to his ancestral throne by playing the Marseil¬
laise. It was quite ui.'ntentional on tho part of tho
7 aaestro, and he did liis Ljst to remedy it by substituting
some fragments of an old Hungarian opcrn./^Th^ first
night, however, was not destined to pass over without u
sensation, for a house close to the new building caught
fire, nnd a panic was with difficulty averted.
This week, as Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford, Mr.
Raskin begins a course of lectures on “ The Pleasures of
England.” Amusement, admiration', and surprise are
likely to bo felt by every ono who listens to'thia^loquent
master of English. Agreement is not necessary to enjoy¬
ment when a man of Mr. Ruslnn’s gemus and eccentricity
pours out of his treasury things new and old. Of this we
may bo sure : the thoughts he utters will Carry with them
the strength of strong conviction and tho suggestiveness
that quickens intellect and awakens sympathy. The
Inst lecture of the seven, in which * 1 Mechanism ” will
be discussed undor tho heading of'“The Pleasures of
Nonsense,” promises, from tho standing-point of Mr.
Ituskiu’s philosophy, to be especially noteworthy.
In these Not.-, lust week we referred to Sir Joshua
Reynolds’ picture, purchased by Baron Ferdinand Roths¬
child, ns “Sympathy.” Of course this was a mistake,
the groat and well-known masterpiece being the lovely
portrait of little OUy Gwatkin, the artist’s niece, which is
named “Simphcity.”' This charming work, painted in
1389, when Sir Joshua was sixty-six years old, shows no
sign of declining years, no symptom that the hand had
grown unsteady, or the eye aim. According to tho book
of Mr. Pulling, M.A., on tho subject of the first President
of the Royal Academy, the great master was then as fresh
as ever, and MdSiuiplicityr ” exactly expresses tho character
of the portrait. It is the ideal of happy, guileless
babyhood, the personification of the “simple child
that lightly draws its breath.” Yet there is nothing
insipid in the little yiaiden; she is an honest, fruuk,
good little girl. It is an idyl in itself; and, with its
graceful lam Iscnpe background mid the simple wild flu were
which the child hohls so carelessly, is indeed a gem of
which even so celebrated a collector as its new owner may
well be proud.
Much of the charity of the present day is of an
eminently pructicul and self-sacrificing character. Instead
of merely contributing mouey, men und women are ex¬
pending time and thought on the improvement of the
miserable nnd the fallen. Four years ago, a refuge for
young women and girls was opened in Ratcliff Highway,
which is superintended by a lady who has with her a
band of lady-workers. Tho mission ought to be hotter
known than it is, since it is free from the sectarian
element which sometimes cramps charity. The work has
boon successful, and it is necessary that tho premises
should be enlarged. “ I have myself,” writes Miss Steer,
the superintendent, “lived for four years in Ratcliff
Highway, and other educated women are perfectly willing
to join me, had we accommodation for them.” An appeal
such as this deserves a hearty response. If these noblo-
bearted women are ready to give their lives to the work,
those of us who live at home at ease may at least tako
our light share in this fruitful labour by subscribing to
its support. _
It lias been announced that Covent-Garden Theatre
will in tho course of a few weeks be turned into a circus,
and votaries of theatrical and musical high art aro raising
their voices loudly against the promised degradation. Yet
Covent-Garden Theatre has from time to time been tho
scene of riot and disaster. It was hero tbut an attack was
made on what the audience considered to be “ their rights.”
The proprietors, iu 1763, attempted to suspend “half price,”
an old-established custom that has only recently passed
away. Mr. Fitzputriok, an Irish gentleman, was ring¬
leader in the opposition to the new plan, and was heartily
encouraged by no less a personage than Mr. Francis, now
accepted as the author of “Junius.” The night chosen
for the demonstration was one for tho benefit of Mr. Victor,
who had altered for the occasion “ The Two Gentlemen of
Verona.” IJ,> -echos wore rnado to the excited visitors, and
it was not until benches were tom up, lustres and girandoles
broken, and wanton destruction of all sorts of property
completed, that the management gave in. Within the
last few years, too, it has witnessed more than one dis¬
graceful riot by the class known as medical students,
while tho drinking-bars and promenade concerts and their
attendants aro hardly of the highest class. With such a
record, the sticklers for dignity of the drama need not
make a fuss about the proposed introduction of circus
clowns und bare-back riders.
Nor has Covent-Garden Theatre had more than its
share of good luck. Finished and opened on Dec. 7,
1732, under tho management of\Mr. Rich, its value
so increased that in the year 1767 it was purchased by
Colman, Harris, Powell (the actor), and Rutherford from
his executors at tho price of £60,000, subject to a ground
rent of £300. But the subsequent discordance hetween
the partners was the first onslaught on the popularity of
the pluyhouse. On Sept. 20, 1808, the theatre was
burnt to the ground; and, though the effects were
insured for £50,000, the . loss was immense, and in¬
cluded tho organ loft by Handel as a legacy to tho
theatre. The new house that was built up never prospered.
After scuffles, scandals, and encounters between managers,
Kemble retired from the direction, ruined. Then opera
was tried; then melodrama; then Macready, after whom
came Madame Vestris and Charles Mathews. They lost
their all, and were ejected by the proprietors, who once
more endeavoured tc» manage the theatre. At length, in
1856, while a conjurer was giving a masked ball of the
niosiNyulgar kind, tho Covent-Garden Theatre was again
destroyed by fire. In tliis year the present house was
built, and in it Italian Opera seems to have found at least
a temporary grave.
Lord Londesborougli and Archdeacon Blunt deserve
well of all who have the interests of dumb brutes ut heart.
With several other humane gentlemen, they last year
offered prizes to the owners of tho horses and donkeys for
hire on Scarborough sands that had been kindly treated
and looked well and happy ut tho end of the season.
Animals bad onough for the class of work necessitated by
the demands of tourists at seaside resorts are not as a rule
particularly woll cared for. Frequently, their proprietors
are littlo better off than the beasts themselves, and enjoy
a return on their capital for a few weeks only in each year.
During the remaining months, the animals ore often prac¬
tically idle, so that t he poor donkey boy may be perhaps
excused for making hay while his sun shines. But even in
their working time beasts deservo more consideration than
is their share, and therefore it is to bo hopod that the
excellent example set by tho noble and reverend gentlemen
will be followed, and that the practical remarks made by
Lord Londesborough at tho first distribution of prizes last
week will re-echo far and wide.
In 1881 Sir John Willoughby gave three thousand six
hundred guineas, it is said, for the yearling that beeamo
known at three years of age as Queen Adelaide; aud only
the other dav, at Newmarket, Queen Adelaide was put up to
auction, and did not nearly reach the reserve price of three
thousand guineas. It is true that she won some valuable
races at two years of ago, but not enough to justify the
price originally paid for her. Such vast sums given for
yearlings recall the Claimant’s famous philosophical remark
in his note-book: “Some men has plenty money and no
brains,” &c.
Tho scoundrels whose mission, ns they seem to think,
is to “blow up” everybody and everything have been
blowing up tho Parliament buildings at Quebec now, and
once more O'Donovan Rossa is mixed up with tho matter,
as usual. He “ declares that he knew of the plot at
Quebec before it was carried out, and ho exultingly warns
tho residents of every city protected by tho British flag to
take to flight if they desire their safety.” We can rako
up old statutes and cau enforce strange laws to put down
harmloos nuisances like more or less honest costermongers;
couldn’t we rout out some old treaty, or make some now
international arrangement, or do “something short” to
get rid of such a nuisance ns O’Donovan Rossa, or, at
any rate, as tho song about Dick Turpin lqjs it, “porwail
on him to stop ” ?
Of course it is a “smart” thing, an “enterprising”
thing, to obtain “early information,” whether ubout a
scheme for Redistribution or about anything else as to
which the public “wants to know”; but should in¬
formation be obtained, as the man of the world in Horace
says “ res” should bo obtained, ‘recti* si possis; si non,
quocumque modo ” ? Leader-writers in newspapers como
down verv heavily on immorality, dishonour, dishonesty,
nnd the like; and should newspapers, then, encourage
persons who tako an unfair advantage of opportunities,
persons like Mr. Wellington Potts, or whatever his name
was, Mr. Charles Marvin, and other “ enterprising ”
individuals ? Newspapers, as tho great educators, arc in
a very responsible position; they ought to discourage,
surely, anything approaching to moral laxity. “ Instead
of which,” to borrow a celebrated saying, they “ go ubout
tho country” gathering information by means which an
Ancient Pistol, but few other people, would admire or
recommend. _
“ Bon sang ne ment pas ” is a true saying, or a saying
that veiy often proves true; and Horace truthfully
remarks that “ Est in juvoncis, est in equis patrum
Virtus.” The last example cited is St. Gation, tho horse
that ran a dcud-heat for t he Derby, won the Cesarowitch
tho other day with a heavier weight than had up to that
timo been successfully carried for that race by any horso
of any age, and, like St. Simon 1ms never yet been
beaten. Now, St. Gatien is said to bo the son of a cab-
horse (The Rover, son of Blair Athol), though by no
means a common cab-horse; and even if he be the son (as
some persons say) of Rotherhill, he is, nevertheless,
equally of “ bon sang,” though the sire was not greatly
distinguished as a pei former. Yot the good blood has
come out. It is not irrelevant to remark that Squirt, tho
6ire of Marske, was led out to be shot as worthless before
he became the sire of Marsko aforesaid, of Syphon, and of
the cclebratod Purity’s dam ; aud that Marske himself,
sire of Eclipse, was sold for twenty guineas by a farmer,
who was “ highly pleased that he hud quitted with, as he
thought, a bad bargain .”
When we say, ns we very often do, that “ we are not a
military nation,” what do we mean P Not, as some people
seem to suppose, that we do not produce Generals who
can compare with any other Generals (witness Marl¬
borough, Wellington, Napier, aud the rest), or that we have
not soldiers who will “go anywhere and do anything”;
all we mean is thut position makes us perforce rather
naval than military, and Continental nations compara¬
tively rather military than naval. But when w r e say, as
wo very often do, again, thut “wo aro not a musical
nation,” we are generally supposed to mean it literally.
Sir Julius Benedict, a great authority, however, on the
12tli inst., declared that “ no greater falsehood had over
been uttered,” because “ in his opinion," and he doubtless
has music in his soul—“ the English are the first musicul
nation in the world" (Cheers). Well done, Kir Julius.
But does he darkly allude to the wide-spread patronago of
barrel-organs ? _
Ordinary readers, who know little or nothing of horse-
racing and betting, hut who, nevertheless, read their news¬
papers right through for conscience sake, must sometimes
be as much puzzled as if they were reading Hebrew or
Chinese. It would be interesting to know what they
make of such a statement as this:—“When tho * pen-
cillcrs ’ met to-day there was a very 4 full house,’ but not
much business doing. However, matters improved a little
when a * City leviathan ’ stepped forward ana offered seven
and n half ‘monkeys’ against tho little chestnut. This
occurred in a quiet comer ; but when the intending
hacker fell back upon second thoughts and ' made tracks ’
for the bookmaker, the last-named was not of the same
mind, nnd more especially so as in another quarter ho hod
luid 100 to 12 no fewer than eleven times.” This is not a
quotation from anything published at Hanwcll or Colney
Honour being so much dearer than life to heroic souls,
as wo read in tho works of moral philosophers, novelists,
and professors of fencing, how comes it that, when two fire-
eaters like Captain Fournier, Ambassador of Franco, and
M. Henri Rochefort, editor of the Intransigeant, have a
littlo affair to settle, they not only confront ono another
with “ toasting-forks ” instead of fire-arms, but “make it
up” when each has received “a scratch,” one in “tho
neck” nnd the other on “the right hip”? It was, of
course, because the “seconds,” as they are called, “agreed
that honour was satisfied.” Then the “seconds,’’ who
have been or may be “principals” in their timo, think
that a “ scratch,” under certain circumstances, may repre¬
sent the damage done to “ honour.” If so, wouldn’t it ho
as well to leuve such “ affairs of honour,” under such
insignificant circumstances, to cats, or to the peculiar class
of human beings known as “ beldams ” ?
Vegetarianism bids fair to achieve a conquest. Dr.
Richardson, who is well known as an agitator in favour of
cold water versus alcohol; who denounces tobacco, and
regards tea and coffee with suspicion, appears likely to
move a step further in tho direction of keeping “ a pure
table.” At present he indulges in “ tho flesh pots,” and
is not tho sworn foe of beef and mutton, but ho is
evidently ready to free himself from this bondage, and to
browse in the green pastures of tho vegetarians. Ho lias
discovered in tho tone of society a tendency in this
direction; ho hints that the consumption of fruit and
cabbages may effect a great social and political revo¬
lution, and he suggests that his now friends should
call chemistry to their assistance, and extract milk
from vegetables. Why we should take this trouble to
procure what, “ for purposes of food,” may servo as milk,
when cows yield the genuine article so liberally, Dr.
Richardson does not say. It would seem that there is
what one may call an oxtremo party even among vege¬
tarians. To abstain from animal food is not onough ; it is
now hoped that tho time may come when little cooked
food will be eaten, and “ Nature’s products taken just as
she herself prepared them.” If Nature is to bo followed,
it would bo logical to eschew chemistry. Why send
away the cook in order to promote the chemist P
OCT. 18, 1831
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
3G3
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
“ An' tic goinpany vouglit mid tie duple leeks Till tie polish cmnn
made us slitop.” So sang Hans Breitmnun of one of the least
enjoyable episodes of the famous “ Barty ” which began with
“ biano blayiu’ ” nntl ended with a free fight. But there was
some explanation, if there was no excuse, for the outbreak of
turbulence in which tlio Breitmaun “ barty ” culminated.
There had been too much “ souse uud brouse” about. The
consumption of Lager had been awful. The poet himself
admits that the guests “ nil got droonk as bigs,” and lie him¬
self acknowledges having “put his raout to a parrel of peer,
And droonk it oop vid a selnvigs.” Emboldened by the mad¬
dening wine, or at least beer cup. lie proceeded to “giss Matilda
Ynne.” That justly-offendeddamsel was fain to “ slilog ” lier
impertinent admirer on the "kop” or head; and that led to ‘‘do
gonipany ” breaking up the tables und fighting with the legs
thereof until the New York police made their appearance on
the scene, and carried off the ringleaders in the fray to the
Jefferson Market station house.
“ De Company ’’—a perfectly uninvited company—have
been fighting at Birmingham, not with table-legs, but with
chairs, billets of wood, clubs, and whatever other aggressive
weapons of a lion-lethal kind came handy. A Liberal mob on
Monday, Oct. 14, scaled the walls — even broke down the walls
in some parts -surrounding the grounds of Aston llnll, where
the Conservatives were holding u monster demonstration, mid,
to adopt Breitmaunian parlance, “ Raised Cain and Broke
Thiugs.” The mob prematurely exploded tlio fireworks,
including a portrait of Sir Stafford Nortlicote; stormed the
platforms in the different halls where the Conservative leaders
were to have made speeches; hustled the reporters; howled
themselves hoarse, and, in fine, “smashed up” tlio Demon¬
stration. It is a moot point whether the practical invisibility
of the police was a mutter to bo regretted or to be rejoiced
over. Had the borough constabulary been present in force
they would have been obliged to use their truncheons. Then
the row would probably have become a riot; and at lust it
would have been necessary to send for the military. It would
have been a shocking thing to revive the grim memories of the
Bull Ring.
T remember once taking a Indy to the great annual Onion
Fair at Birmingham. After about a quarter of an hour she
entreated me to conduct her home again. She felt frightened.
Everybody, 6he said, looked so big and so strong, and she
expected imminent quarrels. And yet the propinquity of
onions should make us tender, even to tears. Everybody
knows that from more than one point of view the people of
Birmingham are Ugly Customers. The Midland Conservatives,
it is to be hoped, showed fight, and let their opponents “ have
it” with their fists and the chair-legs as hard ns they could;
but they were clearly outnumbered. I miss from the row the
element of English fair-play. The Tories had every right to
demonstrate to their heart’s content in that which was for the
evening their own domain; and the mob of roughs who scaled
the walls of Aston Park ought to be heartily ashamed of
themselves.
I hope that Messieurs the Reviewers will be kind to Mr.
Fitzgerald Molloy’s new work, “The Life and Adventures of
Peg Woffington: with Pictures of the Period in which She
Lived ” (2 vela., Hurst and Blackett). The adventures of the
graceful, brilliant, and kind-hearted Irish actress were not very
momentous, and her life was not very exemplary; but she
amices a most interesting central figure, round which Mr.
Fitzgerald Molloy has made to revolve a varied and pic¬
turesque panorama of London life in the middle of the
eighteenth century. Ilorace Walpole, Lord llervey, Colley
Cibber, Dr. Doran, Lord Macaulay, George Anne Bellamy, t
Macklin, and other authorities are laid unstintedly under
contribution for the biographies which Mr. Fitzgerald Molloy
narrates mid tlio good stories that he tells; but he has a gift
and a clinrm which are peculiarly his own. lie is a
a clairvoyant even, from a literary point of view. Me sees
things—not in the present, but in the past—so clearly, grasps
them so tenaciously, and reproduces them so vividly, that
they come to us without any of tlio dust and rust
of time. It is ns though lie were uncorking a bottle of old
inndcira, laid down perhaps when Alderman Beck ford was
Lord Mayor, und deftly pouring from the flftbwebbed flask a
liquor that has lost nothing of its generosity, and is s.tUl clear
ns a bell, sound as a roach, sweet as a nut, and strong as a
Turkish hammal. The lust simile, I am afraid, is incongruous.
The hammaU of Stamboul and Pern, who Carry — who well
carry—on their backs a chest of drawers as jauutily as though
it were a lady's bonnet-box, are teetotallers.
“ What is one man’s meat is another man’s poison.” Is it
not my Lord Chesterfield who warns us tiiftt it is very rude to
mingle vulgar proverbs with our familiar discourse ? Of course
it is rude; yet I cannot refrain from quoting the old saying
when I rend that the clergy of Stratford-on-Avon issued a
protest against the local statute fair or “mop” held on
Monday, Oct. 13. “ Lot us bo freed;’’ exclaimed the reverend
remonstrants, “from such disgusting sight and smell of half-
roasted oxen tod pigs in oar midst, stopping our best
thoroughfares, and suggest ive of nothing but cannibalism.”
It may be stated that a feature of the Stratford “ mop ” is tlio
roasting of a number of oxen and pigs on spits in the streets.
Yes; that which is one man's meat is another man’s poison.
The Symposium against which the Stratford clergy so warmly
protest Is only this dim English survival of the medieval
“ barbecue.” That very oldfestivity, transplanted to America,
hus, as I mentioned a week or two since, flourished exceed¬
ingly in the States, and attained colossal proportions. The
Shelby ville barbecue was hilariously enjoyed by thirty thousand
guests. The clergy of Stratford-ou-Avon think tlmt the
custom of a barbecue is much more honoured in the breach
than the observance. There is not much that is surprising in
the objection entertained by the clergy and by mnny of the
county gentry to “mops, roasts, and statties ”: celebrations
held ostensibly for the hiring of servants, but which in
recent times have been the occasion of much drunkenness and
dissipation.
A statute fair on the stage, especially in the comic opera
of “ Love in a Villuge ”—why is that delightful lyrical drama
never played nowadays?—is a highly frolicsome and humorous
entertainment. I mind that admirable comedian the lute
Robert Kceley, in the “Stnlty Fair” scene in “ Love in a
Village,” standing forth, in n smock frock and n billicock hat,
smacking a long whip, aud singing a song beginning, I think—
If you want n good lad with a stout, honest heart,
That knows how to manage a plough or a cart.
The burden of the ditty was “Gee, Oh! Dobbin!” The
agricultural interest was not hopelessly ruined in those days;
and the “ Stiitty Fair” was deservedly popular.
I never went to but one Statute Fair, and that was" some
ten years ago. It was held in a village a few miles from
Birmingham. Whether it was a “mop,” I do not know ; but
I am certain thnt it was a “roast”; for an ox was being
roasted whole, al fresco, in the yard attached to a public-
house. The spectacle was, I declare, a most dismal and
sickening one. The month was November; the day a drearily
rainy one; the roasting beast would not “ taken good colour,”
but sputtered and scorched to a dull orange-tawny and
dingy brown-ochre hue; the smell was anything but inviting,
and in the surrounding crowd the males were generally grimy,
and, to a considerable extent, beery. Cheap printed calicoes,
brazen faces, and unmannerly conversation were conspicuous
among the ladies. It was not at all like “ Memo England in the
Olden Time.” Was there ever a “ Memo England in the
Olden Time” P George Daniell’s book and Strutt’s “ Spu
and Pastimes” to the contrary notwithstanding.
But whence “mop”? Dr. Brewer tells us thnt som
dnys after the statute fair a second, called a “ mop,” is hot
for the benefit of those not already hired. Tills fair “too
or wipes up the refuse of the statute fair, carrying away
dregs of the servants left. An ingenious conjecture. It may,
however, at the same time be borne in mind that anWchnie
name for a young girl is a “moppet,” nnd thton'^toop^H
menus also a wry month, a grimace. PerilnpiTthe^V mop”“of
Merrie England (if there ever was a Memo England) began
with “ mops and mowes and wreathed smiles,” oir with
grinning through a horse-collar—the'true ^agricultural
outlook.” ^
A Norfolk correspondent ("E. R.”) wishes-tb/ know the
meaning of the expression ‘/t}o to Pot’V^wliether it be slang,
whether it refers to a person/ place, or/tbfiig, and so forth. I
can only tell my correspondent to refer 7 to the index to .Votes
and Queries, in which learned and entertaining publication the
origin and the meaning of “Qo to pot ” were discussed some
years ago. It is, at least, of mediieval date, and lias some
kind of reference, I fancy, to tlio pot full of penitential ashes
which, prior to the Reformation, used to be placed at the heads
of dying persons. In course of fciipe, to sny (lint a person or
thing must “ Go bTTW’ meailt^mit the person or thing was
irrevocably doomed to dissolution or destruction. It was
equivalent to the\ marking of the forehead of the condemned
criminal in ancient Greece with the letter tint a, for thanatos.
1 remember reading tip sdine contemporary account of the
deliberations of the conspirators iu the pretended Popish Plot
the phrase “ Jnme? also ihqsfc Go to Pot.” The conspirators
(according to Titunpatcs) had settled all tlicir arrangements
for the assassination of Chnrles II., nnd subsequently decided
that h»4)r0ther James, Duke of York, should be involved in
the uatnOf atC^—be. , “ Go to Pot.” In modern times, the saying
lias become mere slang.
Touching the cracking of long whips by rustics in smock-
frocks, “ Delta ”* writes me from Stroud (Glos.) : —“ Can you
give me any information as to the following singular perform-
toicejEh Caistor church, Lincolnshire, nnd when it fell into
disuse P ” : —
In the early part of tlio century, in tho spring—I believe on a certain
Sunday in Lent—a man. dressed in a smock-frock and armed with a largo
carter's whip, ascended the pulpit, and kept smacking tlio whip over the
Jicad of the clergyman, during the reading of the first and second lesson.
A relative of my correspondent—a native of Caistor—was an
eye-witness on several occasions of this curious religious
exercise. I am densely ignorant of English folk-lore, and
have no idea of what the performance could have meant,
unless it was remotely allusive to the once customary Lenten
self-flagellation of the faithful.
The esteemed lady who wishes me to tell her the origin of
the tiseof tlio “doyley,” or “ d’oily,” which are placed under
the finger-glasses at dessert, is respectfully informed that
that doyloys or “ doily* ” have been repeatedly discussed in
this page, and that tho back volumes of tho Illustrated
London N*-ws are to be obtained from the publishers.
I may add that the ventilation of the “doyley” sub¬
ject brought mo u large mass of correspondence from
various members of the ancient and historic family of
D’Oyley or D’Oily—correspondence which I was very sorry to
be unable to publish in extemo. As it chanced, it was only
yesterday that I was reading in Jules Janin's big book of anti¬
quarian and picturesque gossip, “ La Normandie,” a list of the
Norman Knights who came over to England with the Con¬
queror ; nnd turning over the schedule at random (I wanted a
uameof chivalricsoundforthelieroof a story), I came upon Beau¬
mont, Benufou, Bontevilaiu, Montfort, Amberville, Roumilly,
Riviere, Bennjcu, Morimont, Basqueville (Baskerville?), De
Gournny (Gurney P), Bray, Tracy, Mnrmion, Beck, Montgomery,
Courtenay, *St. Clair, Harcourt, longue ville, Mortimer, Du
Pont, Mnndeville, Tancnrville, nnd L'Omlhjr. At first I chose
Beaufon ns tlio name of my hero. “ Ralph Benufou, Lord
Harumscarum ”; but ultimately decided in favour of
Bontevilaiu. There is a fine nggressive ring about it, sug¬
gestive of kicking n refractory serf down all tlio stairs of tho
donjon, even to the lowest dungeon beneath the moat.
Mem.: Home two hundred Norman lords and knights
seem to have come over with the Conqueror; but not so many
as fifty have left any permanent mark in English nomenclature.
“ Sir,” writes “M. D.” (St. James’s), “ why do gentlemen
almost always take off their hats to chimney-sweeps?” But
they don't. At least, I never heard of (he practice. Not that
the “ chum inies ” go altogether unattended by marks of public
respect. In the days when the London mob was the noisiest,
merriest, and best-uatured of mobs (long before the time of
the bestial and cowardly rough), the appearance in a crowded
outdoor nssemblnge of a sweep In full professional costume
always elicited from the many-bended a good-humoured shout
of “ Make way for the Clergy “jurnl the dense throng parted
and made a lane for the gefitlguitui in black (soot) to pass.
Even now, l should say u swcdp. lias amplo elbow-room
allowed him in a railway carriage.
“C. N. P.” writes i no from ,Sfc\Petersburg that in the
English church (lately rebuilt) nt Moscow the first bride who
was married was presented by the churchwarden witli a
beautiful new bridle and a lmnibomcly printed congratulatory
address. Tho gc^mlchnroji worden said that tho gift was
in conformity with on old English custom. Is there such a
custom in our ui{dst,?
M. Max OHlelL/by-tKe-way, severely disapproves of the
language used by thAclorgyman in tlio Form of the Solemni¬
sation of Matrimony. In his recently published “ Fillesde John
Bull” (I itni "reading it in the ninth French edition, nnd its
predecessor, ” John Bull ct son lie,” is stated to be in its
forty-second edition), M. Max O’Rell gives a burlesque dc-
6cr^>tion of a Wedding according to the rile of tho Church of
nghfhd^x and expresses himself as deeply shocked and
ndliTiAed by the crudity of the preliminary homily addressed
hf' the Celebrant to the bride ami bridegroom. Cosas de
Ingjaicrya, M. Max 0 11 11. You have found out more about
lisli manners nnd customs than ninety-nine out of your
h forermme-rs have been nble to do; but still, your
knowledge of John Bull, his Island, and his Daughters, is
amusingly superficial. It is about the kind of knowledge that,
with great assiduity, might be picked up by a French author
in an English school, who in his moments of leisure sedulously
rends the English newspapers, nnd whose female acquaintance
had been in tlio main restricted to the wives of small tradesmen
and the daughters of lodging-house keepers.
For example, in describing the sleeping apnrtnient (allons
done!) of “ Mistriss John Bull,” M. Max O’Rell has the
hardihood to say that the aparlmcut resembles the bed¬
room of a French female domestic servant. “Six straw-
bottomed chairs, narrow and fragile, an iron or brass bedstead,
a toilet-table before the window, a wardrobe generally without
n glass, and a sitz bath ” ! Thnt, according to M. Mux O’Rell,
is the furniture of Mistriss John Bull’s beU-clmniber. Tout
eela sent son hitel garni. As regards the English system of bed¬
making, read the following: —
In makinjr a bod in England it is not tho practice, ns it is in France, to
remove tho pcd-olothca one by one in order, subsequently, carefully to
replace them one by one, so os to avoid making the slightest crease. In
I tiglnnd tho bed-clothes are limply turned down to the foot of the bed;
tho feathcr-bcd is shaken, and then the hod-clothes are chuekod (on
i rjlanqut) to the head of the bed again.
When n man makes a “ molly ” of himself by describing
the work of tlio housemaid, lie should at least bo strictly
accurate in his descriptions. M. Emile Zolu is often abhorrent,
but he is rarely inaccurate. 1 made it my duty to institute
some inquiries couceming bed- making in the gymeceum
attached to this establishment. Tlio nuthoiitics of the
pynroceum informed me (with a smile of contemptuous
compassion) that the process of bed-making in n well-
ordered English household is ns follows. To begin with,
the windows are opened und the bed is thoroughly
stripped, and the articles are hung, one by one, over
tho backs of chairs. The mattresses are turned and re¬
turned over the end of the bed. In the household in which
I occupy a subordinate position we shun feather beds, nnd our
heads repose on hard pillows. At the expiration of three-
quarters of nil hour the mattresses are replaced iu position,
and the bed is carefully made, tlio different covertures being
scrupulously adjusted one by one, so as to make nil smooth and
tidy. M. Max O’ Kell's experience of English housekeeping
might have been gathered from a sojourn in some Mrs. Lirriper’a
Lodgings, where the mnid-of-all-work wus n “slavey” at eight
pounds ft year, who wore black cotton stockings long before
sable hose became fashionable, nnd who generally had hers
adorned with n hole in either heel. I hope to return to
M. Max O'liell’a “I'illes de John Bull” again and again.
The book is exceedingly clever und amusing, invariably good-
humoured nnd tolerant, nnd as full of blunders ns an egg is
full of meat. Why on earth did lie not get some English
friend to look over his proofs before the book saw the light?
By so doing ho might have saved himself from priuting tho
ridiculous mis-statement (page 74) about our Divorce Uourt
procedure.
An irate gentleman, signing himself “A Railway Official,”
lias written to the leading journal protesting against Mr. Glad¬
stone’s “most reprehensible practice of making speeches from
the windows of railway carriages.” “ Considering,” writes the
“ Railway Official," “ the enormous traffic continually rolliug
along, I am sure thnt every intelligent man will concede that
‘addressing the nation' from railway carriages is very un¬
desirable, to say the very least of it. And where is tho line to
be drawn, or is tho practice to be confined t.o Prime
Ministers ? ” The protest is an entirely sensible one ; nnd the
practice of spouting from railway carriage windows should not
only be abandoned by politicians, but strongly discountenanced
by the railway companies. It is really intolerable that a
railway platform should be converted into a scone of
turbulence and confusion merely because hundreds or
thousands of idle people want to hear n statesman orate
from a carriage window at the risk of tho “block” und the
“staff” system being totally disorganised and n horrible
Smash occurring. 1 ho original fault is in tlio gobemonehe
crowd, who would bo delighted if Mr. Gladstone climbed
up n grensv pole, in addition to declaiming from a window ;
or if the Marquis of Salisbury danced a saraband on the
footboard of n saloon carriage, while Sir Stafford North-
cote nml Lord Randolph Churchill did “The Bounding Birds
of Babylon ” on the locomotive; but public men should have
common-sense and aelf-oomuinnd enough to disappoint the
gobtmouches, und travel in dignified taciturnity. (J. A. 8.
TII1C ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Oct. 18, 1884.—304
VCTSO OF THE CASTLE.
CHRISTIANSBORG CASTLE, COPENHAGEN.
This stately Royal palace at Copenhagen, occupied by the two
Chambers of the Danish Rigsdng or Parliament, but not used
ns the King's residence, was destroyed by lire a fortnight ago.
Our Illustrations present views of the building, and of the
scene during the conflagration. It was n modern edifice,
erected about sixty years ago on the site of one previously
burnt, but the original castle, renowned in the history of the
Danish monarchy, was of the twelfth century. Its position is
in the oldest part of the city, on nil island called the Slotsholm,
formed by canals adjacent to the harbour, but connected with
tlie other streets by bridges. The State apartments, which
were very splendid, were used for ceremonies ami festivities
of the Court of Denmark, the Inst occasion being on Aug. 15,
when the King received the International Medical Congress.
The collection of paintings and other works ot art was saved
by great exert Ions, butThorwaldseu’s bas-relief of Alexander’s
entry into Babylon was fatally disfigured. The Thorwnldsen
Museum of Sculpture, which stands near this palace, escaped
injury. The books in the library, archives, and documents of
historical or political interest were also preserved.
BURNING OF CHR1STIANSBORG CASTLE. COPENHAGEN.
SKETCHES TN UPPER EGYPT.
The scene delineated by our Artist, M. Montbnrd, was
sketched by him, two or three years ago, at Keneli, a town on
the right bank of the Nile, opposite the grand mins of the
Temple of Dendcra, nearly four hundred miles up the river
from Cairo. Keneli is nt the Nile terminus of the shortest
road across the eastern desert from the port of Uosseir, on the
Led Sen coast, and is the entrepot for much trade finding
its way to the market of the Khnn-el-Khalily at Cairo. It
has, nlso, a considerable native manufacture of hand-made
pottery, beautiful in colour from, the rich reddish-brown of
the clay, and often gracefully artistic in shape. Tho finest
dates in Egypt are purchased here, and some of the Arab and
Egyptian merchants possess considerable wealth. The town
has no architectural features of interest,' being a mere big
collection of mud-built houses in dismal and dusty streets.
There is a large inn, near the Pasha's palace, used by
Mussulman pilgrims resting here ou their way to Mecca.
'They assemble in a ..court roofed with palm-stems and
matting, and sit round it, with pipes and coffee, upon
a divan of bare brick, or on the clay floor, to enjoy the
THE FIRE.
favourite entertainment of seeing tho “ ghawn/.i,” the im¬
pudent dancing-girls for whose performances Keneli is
especially renowned, swinging about their limbs and bodies to
the music of the “ rabab,” a rude sort of one-stringed fiddle.
The performer, who belongs to a class of females nowhere
deemed respectable, is sumptuously attired in yellow or gTeen
silken robes of decent length, and loose red trousers, with a
profusion of ornaments, necklaces, ear-rings, bracelets,
bangles, and strings of gold coins fastened in lier black lniir,
or forming a girdle round lior waist. She often carries a pair
of brass castanets, beating them together in time with tho
music. Her motions are rather posture-making than dancing
in steps, and their violent voluptuousness 1ms a disgusting
effect in the eyes of European spectators. Mr. Fairholt, in
his‘‘Up the Nile,” and Mr. Julian Arnold, in “Palmsand
Temples,” describe this exhibition with little approval, nnd
bear witness that none of the “ghawn/.i” have much
pretension to beauty.
Baroness Bnrdett-Coutts has been presented with a
highly congratulatory address by the Corporation of Cork.
THE CASTLE OF CHRISTIAN! BO Itq. THE DANISH HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Oct. 1$, UHL— 305
v
THE CM.' SHfm
CRYSTll PAUCI,
M 3crJ Cat r 7j
1. The family go to the seaside : Mi** Clara's pet is forgotten.
2. The Cat. left behind, diverts hcreelf with the epurrows.
3. Commits larceny at the milk-can*.
4. Helps herself at tin - ruts'-mei-'. basket.
i. Looks sliarp alter the mice.
fl. But they keep out of danger (and this Cat becomes so thin, tliat she fa
not lit to be sent to the Cut Show 1 .
7. On the contrary, the Jones's Crit. which has not been eo neglected,
arrive* in good condition nt the Crystal l*ahtcc.
8 and !*. 81ie ploy* and enjoys herself.
10 . EuU well.
11. Drinks.
12. Cleans herself.
13. Rests und sleeps.
1-1. Returns home, crowned with honours.
i—
OUR CATS A DOMESTIC HISTORY
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON -SEWS
ocrr. i\ i-8i
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BIRTH.
On the 8th inst., »t 13, Sloaae-ntrett, 8 W., the wile of Oscar tie Satg6,
of a daughter.
MARRIAGE.
On the 8th inst, at Bouth Stoneham Church, Southampton, by tho llev.
W. D. Harrison, M.A., Ernest Charles Lambert CougdOB, K M L I..
younrat sou of the law Colonel Cong don. to Agnes Alice, only child of
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TBIUMPHANT SUCCESS OF
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A NEW PROGRAMME. All the new aungs and all the new and aorwainlnc
rPHE VALE OF TEARS.-DORli’S Last Great PICTURE,
X comp ete,! a few days before he died. NOW on VIEW at tho DORK GALLERY,
aa.NcwBond-strucl. with his other great pictures. Ten to Bix Dally. It.
ILLUSTRATED LONDON ALMANACK.
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Coloured Pictures, bg F. De Neck, F. 11. Paty, and G. 0. Harrison,
inclosed in a Bcautfullg Coloured Wrapper, printed by Leighton
Brothers' Chromatic Process ; Twenty-four Fine-Art Engravings;
Astronomical Occurrences, uith Explanatory Notes; and a great
variety of Useful Information for reference throughout the Year,
will be published at the Office of the “ Illustrated London News,"
next Wednesday, Oct. 22, Price Ono Shilling; Postage, Twopence-
Halfpenny. Post-Office Orders, fe., payable to Ingram Brothers N
LAUNCH OF H.M.S. RODNEY AT CHATfMX-
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, ou Wednesday, h»t.
week, attended the launch of this* powerful ship of war, nt
Chatham Dockyard. Her Imperial and Royal IIigtiiiess por-
formed the operation of turning a small wheel, to rclcascThe
weights by which the immense hull was deprived of it^ retain¬
ing props on the sloping ways, so as to let it slide, into tho
river. The Rodney is tho second of a new class of ve.-sols to
be named oftor famous. English Admirals. Her ipoasureiiit nls
are—length betweenpcrpendiculnrsy'825 ft.; extremebreadih,
68 ft.; depth in hold, 20 ft. 5 in. ; the .dntuglit iB. forwnrii,
26ft. 3in. ; aft, 27 ft. 3 in.; mertn, 26 ft. Uin. The great
width of beam gives the ship/tlmt buOyancy nttd stnbility
necessary to tm armoured vessel carrying n considerable top
weight of steel-plated turrets and heavy guns. Throughout,
the Rodney is built of steel, and a broad belt of 6 teel-faced
armour is carried along her sides rfndd*hips> v protccting the
water-line from shell or shot. /H/Brcitndtd in made secure by
armour 18 in. thick along tho sides ami 16 in. at the ends, ami
her gun-deck is shielded from a raklngvmre by armoured
screens, while the two polygonalbnrbetti> in which the heavy
guns arc mounted are ciumrbKai^our^Tuin. to Hi in. thick,
with the facets set at (it slopeX Below the load-line is nn
armoured deck which; before jnid abaft tho citadel, is
2 J in. thick. r'TjMK maiii dcc^ over this part of the
vessel is formed of three thicknesses of 1 in. steel plates. Tho
armament will iuchidu four.. 63-tou breccliloading guns,
placed two Jin e&di dl tlic bi>rbett(M^^ fix 6 -in. breechloaders
on the gun deck, tw*lT 8 vfcpoundCT quick-firing shell guns,
eight NordenfeklKNtud two Gardner guns. There arc four
positions, two on ejtclKSfde, for the discharge; of Whitehead
torpedoe^,"df whidi sHejdH carry twelve. With twin screw
vertical i'(»Mipbu.nd engines, it is expected that a speed of six¬
teen fcnqts per hour will be attained. These engines arc from
the works pf MesarsvHmnplirys, Tcminnt, und Co.
MUSIC.
THE NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
This important triennial celebrntiou—the twenty-first—took
place this week. Having already given details of the umuigc-
nients for tho perfoi amnccs, and n list of the principal works
selected, we have now merely to record the opening ol the
Festival. The oratorio chosen for the occasion wus " Elijah,”
'which lias, ever since its first production at Birmingham in
1816, generally been fixed on for the inauguration of our
provincial festivals—u notable exception having occurred at
Worcester lust month, when Mendelssohn's great work was
superseded by M. Gounod’s ** Redemption,” “ Elijah ” having
been sliif ted to the second evening. In this week's Norwich per¬
formance of 14 Elijah," a feature was the appearance of Miss
Emma Nevada, to whom was assigned tome of the principal
soprano solo music. This young American lady appeared at
Her Majesty's Theatre, as Amina iu “ La Sounumbula,” in
1880, since’when she lias obtained much success at l'nris.
Miss Nevada sang the soprano music of tho second part oi (he
oratorio with refinement, but some want of power. Tho
other principal soloists were Misses Williams and •Damian,
Madame I’uioy, Mr. Maas, und Mr. Suntley. Ol Miss Nevada's
merits we shall apeak further next week, with the fuller
opportunity afforded by her performances iu Gounod's
••Redemption,” Mr. Mackenzie’s “Rose of Sharon,” and
“The Messiah”; and in secular pieces iu the miscellaneous
concerts. Besides the works uumed above, the week's pro¬
grammes have included Mr. C'. V. Stanford’s “Elegiac Ode "
(to words by Walt Whitman); M. Massenet's tenor scant,
“ Apollo’s Invocation ”; a new march, entitled “ Gamp Lite,”
by 8 ir Julius Benedict; a madrigal by Mr. Barn by; and
part-songs by Dr. Hill and Dr. Buuuett—all Festival novelties,
to which we must relcr next week.
Next Monday, tho 20th, being tho anniversary of the
death of M. W. Balfe, a Dalle commemoration concert is to
be given at Covent Gulden Theatre.
Three Richter conceits me to be given—at St. James's
Hull—ou Oct. 28, und Nov. 4 and 11. Although the pro¬
grammes promise no novelty, they are of varied interest.
Madame Jenny Viurd-Lonis, the eminent pianist, has
announced a second series of her interesting periorumuces of
Beethoven's chamber music; to take place, at I'rince’s Hull,
on Nov. 16, Dec. 19, Jan. 20, Feb. 18, und March 18.
OUK CATS.
It was recently nnnouuccd tlmt, In addition to the refuge for
lost und stray dogs, and tho accommodation for dogs tem¬
porarily placed by their owners in charge of the institution,
hospitality would be extended at Battersea to An equally
popular kind of domestic favourites, “ our cats,” which too
often suffer cruel neglect when Loudon families leave home
for a month or two iu the summer and autumn holiday season.
The Illustrations furnished by our Artist thie week" arc de¬
signed to show the probable experiences of feline life in the
deserted household upon those occasions, When the proper ser¬
vants, us well us the ladies and children, may be absent for
many days, and there is jjfcrhaps onljrn “ Care-taker,” with
a casual charwoman, to Wok after tho premises, some in¬
different strungers who will scarcely think of Pussy, and whom
Pussy will be alraid to approach. Orders may have been
given to take good care of tlibcatj'-Intt, if the perplexed mid
timid creature docs nob come forward daily, at a convenient
hour, to ask for what sherwauts, the cats’-meat man will have
called ut the house clbprTn vain, and Puss will go hungry,
prowling or dozing in out-of-the-way corners, iu the cellar
or on the housetop, believing thiit the new human inmates
have no friendly intentions toward her. If a saucer of
milk is pluced for hpi* in the kitchen, it will not be
easy to pcrsuadeTii^to sip it in the presence of thorc in
whom she feels no trust, mid whose voices and manners arc
probably lesi gentlo tlmu those of the mistress and tho maids
to whom slio is happy: tp belong. Under these distressing
circumstances, cuts imve been known to prefer helping them¬
selves by stealth to the contents of the milk-can, or to skewered
slices of questionable ilesh brought iu a basket for sale on
account bf their regular diet, and, in some rure instances, they
have resorted to still more criminal depredations iu the house¬
hold larder. We do not attempt to palliate the guilt of such
praetieeSjF'Ut would only plead for some consideration of tho
weakness and /allibility of feline nature, ami the pressure of
aetuul want resulting from defective social or domestic
arrangements. It may be said, on the other hand, that the
cat’s otwiricss ond duty is to catch mice. If the mice would
Allow themselves to be caught, she would bo glad to do so;
but if they keep out of her reach, is that any fault of hers? is
that any reason why she should be starved to death P She has
often been blamed, when Miss (Jluru was ut home, for trying to
catch the small birds in the garden; but she has seen that
young lady’s Papa and brother returning from n country visit
'vWith pheasants or grouse which she understands were killed
by them; so Puss does not think it can be very wrong after
nil, and pursues her little game, but with scout success. What
with one thing, and what with another, anxious, worried, and
uncertain of her future prospects in life, missing too tho
affectionate caresses, the lluitering praises, tho winning
glances and sweet speeches of her absent patronesses, this
poor cat has been pining sadly ; she is thin and weak, dirty
mid stupid, not fit to be seen—certainly not fit to be sent to
the Crystal Palace Cat .Show. It is thought she is ill, she is
going to die, she will be dead before they come home.
11 ow different is the situation of tho neighbour cot, be¬
longing to Mrs. Jones ! This animal is curelully provided for
and constantly tended ; everything is done to make her happy,
und she is ns fat as she can be, while no cat, so fur ns we
are aware, ever becomes fatter than she ought to bo. 8 he
cuts heartily, drinks judiciously and discreetly, plays joyfully,
cleans herself punctually, rests and sleeps most peacefully ; it
is quite a pleasure to see her. Finally, she wins a prize ut the
Cat Show, nud is crowned with glory aud honour.
THE i’LAYHOUSES.
’Theatrical entertainment more refined and diverting tlmu tl.nl
which Air. R. D’Oyly Carte has hitherto supplied nt the elegant
und comfortable Savoy Theatre it would be difficult to dis¬
cover. Albeit the comic operas of “The Sorcerer,” nud
“Trial by Jury” are not new, these exceedingly humorous
works of Sir Arthur Sulllvnu nud Air. tV. S. Gilbert were ou
Saturday night, the Eleventh of October, ns gleefully enjoyed
by a brilliant audience as if they had been successful
novelties. It wus made quite clear that much fun was yet
to be obtained out of the well-exploited realm of Topsy-
turveydom. Prefaced by its delightfully melodious over¬
ture, relished all the more from tlie fact that Sir
Arthur Sullivan himself conducted, 44 The Sorcerer” was
brightly opened by the tuueful chorus of village lasses,
whose coquettish Kate-Greenaway costumes were especially
charming. AVlmt if reminiscences of 44 Faust” were suggested
by Constance's first sweet aria? The recital of the demure
damsel's fond attachment for the middle-aged baritone
\ icur was none the less acceptable. Admirably acted as well
as sung, “Tho Sorcerer ” never went better, if it ever went so
well. As tho arch-contriver of all the mischief, the spell-
worker who by means of his insidious philtre und “Der
Freischiitz ’’-like comic incantation makes the most unmate-
ublo couples full iu love with each other, Mr. George Grossmith
is iu his element. I hcT 01 eertr veils his identity under the mimo
of Mr. John Wellington Wells, it will be remembered. Among
the drollest sit nut ions are tho.'C in which the irreproachable
Ludy fiangazure be tiny 8 her j assion for Mr. Wells, and tho
high-bred dame's quondam admirer, Sir Munnndukc Poing-
dextro, finds the mature chut ms of Mrs. Tartlet, tlio
pew-opener, irresistible. '1 licet cleverly individualised parts
toll tho more because of the point and spirit dis¬
played by Mr. GiWmilh as Mr. Wells, and by Mies
iiruudrnm os her Ladyship, Mr. It. Temple as the elderly
baronet, mid Miss Ada D 0160 as Mrs. Tartlet. Similarly
excellent in eviry way is Mr. Barrington ns Dr. Daly;
while for archness and coyness Miss Jessie Bond’s
Constance is equally praiseworthy. As the bride und bride-
groom, Aline' and Alexis, Miss L. llruham and Mr. Durwnrd
T.i ly me well matched. Mounted with richness and good
taste, and diversified with attractive incidental dunces, “The
Sorcerer ” is, iu a word, interpreted so well that the merry
opgru lius unquestionably entered upon a fresh lease of life.
Author, Composer, and leading Vocalists fully deserved the
t nihusiuslic culls with which they were honoured. As though
“Tho Sorcerer” were not n sufficing pabulum for one
evening, the uproariously funny dramatic cantata of “Trial by
Jury” is thrown in at the Savoy ns a palatable dessert; mid
serves to introduce Mr. Barrington in the wig and gown of
the amorous Judge, a bevy of captivating choristers ns
bridesmaids, Miss Dysnrt ns n tuneful plaintiff, and Mr.
Durward Lely ns the tenor defendant.
The birth-place of Qilbert-Sallivan comic opera has not
flourished since Mr. R. D’Oyly Carte removed to the popular
•Savoy. Nothing daunted, Mr Harrington Baily has reopened
the Operu Comique for ushort bcujoii with Mr. Edward Rose’s
neat version of Mr. F. Anstcy’s quaintly funny schoolboy
story of “ Vice-Versft; ” and the three-net Baby farce of
“ Nita’e First,” by Mr. T. G. Warren. The wonderful trans¬
formation of father iuto sou, nud of sou into father, effected
by tlio magic power of the Guradd Stone; and the morti¬
fications Mr. Bultitude lias to undergo ns n schoolboy nt Dr.
Grimstonc’s academy, are as amusing ns ever in 44 Vice-Versa.”
The ingeniously contrasted characters in “Nita’s First,” the
surprising complications arising from Nitn’s clandestine
marriage, and the adventures of the missing baby, toll ns well
ut the Opera Comique ns they did utthe Novelty. The farcical
comedy is zestfully enacted by tlio author, by Mr. Tercival
Clark, Miss Lottie Venue, Mbs Eleanor Button, Miss Edith
Bruce, Miss Agnes Verity, Miss Emily Miller, Mr. W. E.
Gregory, und Mr. F. II. Herbert. Bill-of-fure light and good,
the Opera Comique only needs customers.
Mr. Wilson Barrett’s bold nt tempt to reach the topmost
rung of the dramatic ladder of fame being made too lute in the
week to be noticed in the present issue, I must reserve for tho
next Number n review of “Hamlet” os produced at the
Trincess’s Theatre.
Renamed tho Canterbury Theatre of Varieties since it has
obtained the Music license, the spacious choregrnphic temple
on the cast side of Leicester-square is to be reopened to-night
with n miscellaneous entertainment whereof bullet will still bo
tho chief staple of attraction.
Tho jocund bund who afford infinite pleasure to tho quiet
people rejoicing iu “Mr. and Mrs. German Reed’s Enter¬
tainment” have returned to St.George’s Hull witli “Cherry-
Tree Farm” and 44 A Terrible Fright,” to which Mr. Corucy
Grain has added a sprightly nncl laughter-provoking musical
sketch, “Troubles of a Tourist.” ~ G. A. S.
On Monday tlfc Middle Templars opened tlieir gardens to
the general public to witness the splendid show of chrysan¬
themums of the present season. The llowers were in beautiful
condition, although they are exhibited, owing to tho remark¬
ably- gntial weather of the lost few month*, three weeks
before Uio usual time. The Inner Templf-gnrdens, where tho
flowers are in a forward state, will be opened next Monday. —
The usual display of chrysanthemums in Finsbury Turk will
be opened to the public to-day (Saturday).
The Queen has given £25 to the marine station for scientific
research at Grunton, on the Firth of Forth.
Lord Fortescue, distributing the prizes nt the Devon
County School, West Bucklmid, said the school should be
independent and self-supporting, and should give a sound und
thorough education, with comprehensive religious teaching.
Miss Fornell bus been elected to 011 open scholarship at
Lady Margaret Hall. The scholarship, which is tenublo for
three years, is of the value of £35 per annum.
The Elclio Challenge Shield, which was won by the Irish
team nt Wimbledon, was on Monday deposited with tho
Dublin Corporal ion by Major Leech, on behalf of the Irish
Rifle Association.
On Monday the Duke of Cambridge inspected tho Ports¬
mouth Garrison troops on Southsen Common, and subsequently
presented the Soudan medal to a number of men belonging to
tho Royal Irish Fusiliers. The Duke on Tuesday inspected
the troops in tho Isle of Wight.
Mr. P. Coll has been appointed Crown Solicitor for Dublin
in the room of Mr. W. Anderson, retired.
A testimonial 1ms been presented to Dr Jubez Ilogg by the
members of tho John Hci vey Lodge of Freemasons, of which
lodge he is treasurer and ono ol the founders. Tho testi¬
monial consisted of a beautiful portrait in oil of Dr. Hogg.
Tho Gazette states that her Majesty has been pleased to
appoint Mr. Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy, Lieutenant-
Governor of Briiirii Honduras, to be Governor and Com-
mander-iu-Chiei of that colony.
The Mayor of Manchester has officially intimated that he
cannot legally entertain the demand for a poll with reference
to tho Manchester .Ship Canal scheme.—At a special meeting
of the Salford Town Council it was resolved, with three
dissentients, to impose a two-peuny rate for promoting tho
Manchester Ship Canal scheme.
The Council of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce have
passed a resolution declaring that the project of renaming the
streets of Dublin would, if carried into effect, be most injurious
to the interests of the trading and commercial classes and to
the community at large; und that it would crento a vast
amount of commercial and postal confusion and inconvenience.
The total amount resulting from the shilling charged encli
person who inspected Eaton Hall, the seat of the Duke of
Westminster, near Chester, has been sent to Chester Infirmary
in the shape of a cheque from tho Duke, who is president of
the institution, for £5(JU, no less than 10,000 persons, including
a considerable number of Americans, having gone over tho
lmll during the past year.
At the reassembling of the School Board for London
on the Oth inst., alter the usual summer vacation, the annual
statement by the chairman of the work of the Board whs read,
front which it appears Hint 367 schools, accommodating
328,683 children, are now under its charge. After pointing
out that there is still, according to the mat census, a largo
number of childrcu for whom educational provision should bo
made, the report alluded to the outcry about over-pressure as
exaggerated, and justified the estimated expenditure for tho
present year of £U50,804, to meet which the Board had issued
u precept for a rate of 8 d. iu tho pound
OCT. 18, 1884
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
3C7
THE RECESS.
“ What is called by courtesy a Recess ” (to quote the plaintive
language used by Sir Stafford North 00 to on Monday after the
Birmingham broil) has come to be far from u period of
recuperative holiday-making mainly for our foremost States¬
men. It was, doubtless, out of the fulness of his heart that
Sir Stafford Northcote spoke as he did of what used to be
a time of rest. Have not the Opposition Leader and
Ministerial Leader of the Commons alike, since the proro¬
gation of Parliament, spent laborious days and consumed
much midnight-oil in forging thunder-bolts to deliver
one against the other ? But to what purpose? Numberless
ns have been the speeches made upon the Franchise
Difficulty during “what is called by courtesy a Recess,”
neither party appears to have reached a single step further.
The rumours of Compromise and rational concession which
filled the uir a fortnight ago were baseless, if wo may trust
wholly to the stubborn platform utterances that have fallen
more recently from the lips of the Marquis of Iiortington
and the Marquis of Salisbury. But there are other sources
of information besides public meetings. landing an ear
to the well-informed in these inner circles, one might
be excused for thinking that. In spite of the valiant
open protests at Kelso and Birmingham, the menus have
been devised to bring about the passing of the Franchise
Bill by the House of I,ords majority, which has paved the way
by formally declaring in favour of the principle of the
measure. This action on the part of the Lords has certainly
not been rendered more difficult by the irregular publication in
The Standard at one of the Redistribution draughts prepared
for the Committee of the Cabinet. After the remarks of the
Marquis of Harrington at Ohatsworth respecting the Redistri¬
bution scheme, it is probable that the Ministerial bill will
not differ very materially from this prematurely revealed plan.
Be that as it may, a considerable amount of valuablo time
wonld be spared could some influential Peer persuade the
majority in the Lords to pass the Franchise Bill with good
grace, and thus facilitate the introduction by the Government
of their complete Bill for the Redistribution of Seats. If the
meeting of the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Salisbury,
and Karl Cairns at Gordon Castle should eventually bring
about this desirable result, it will not have been held in vain.
Rhetoric, meanwhile, luxuriantly flourishes. If, ns the
Marquis of llartington declared lust Saturday at the vast
Chstsworth meeting, “ the resources of the Constitution are
not yet exhausted,” it must be allowed tlmt the vocabulary of
the English language 1ms been taxed to the utmost in the dis¬
cussion of the County Franchise question. In emulation of
the late Lord Beaconstleld, the Marquis of Salisbury and Lord
Randolph Churchill have even exercised tlicir ingenuity in the
art of coining phrases. Thus, at Kelso on Saturday, Lord
Salisbury retorted on Sir William llarcourt, who had termed
the noble Marquis “an arrogant dictator,” by calling the Home
Secretary a ‘‘roystering blade.” Ilia Lordship furthermore
called Mr. Cliamberlaiu the "Nemesis of Lord llartington,”
and airily dismissed Mr. Gladstone as "an aspiring and en¬
croaching Minister.” As for Lord Randolph Churchill, rather
before the time he accused the .Marquis of Harrington of
having " chucked up the sponge”; and, speaking after
dinner at Birmingham on Tuesday, the noble Lord objected
to the Constitution being handed over to tho “ Pinchbeck
Robespierre, Mr. Chamberlain, or to tho renegade Democrat,
Sir Charles Dilke.”
Party exasperation reached its head on Monday at Bir¬
mingham, where tho greatly preponderating number of
Radicals appeared to have entertained n strong objection
against the holding of the announced Conservative gathering
at the Aston Grounds. There was a repetition of the Hyde
Park Riots, with this difference, that the Rudical ringleaders
lirnl no excuse for their violence, inasmuch ns the Con¬
stitutionalists had simply resolved to hold a ticket meeting in
tho grounds of Aston. Nevertheless, the walls wore scaled,
tho mootings broken up, and Sir Stafford Northcote and Lord
Randolph Churchill driven to deliver their addresses at on
adjacent hotel. By nobody is this deplorable immte regretted
more keeuly, perhups, than by the Radical leaders proper of
Birmingham.
Franchise speeches have also been made by Mr. Forster at
Bradford, Mr. Fawcett anil Mr. J. Holms at Hackney, mid by
Sir Charles Dilke at Oldlmm. One and all have advanced
strong reasons why the Lords should come to a Bpeedy agree¬
ment with tho Commons on the point at issue.
Tho end of the Recess is, fortunately, near. Parliament is
to renseemblo next Thursday, when tho Address in reply to
her Majesty’s Speech is to be moved in the House of Lordsby
Lord Helper and seconded by Lord Lawrence. A like function
will be performed in tho Commons by Mr. E. Staff >rd Howdid'~_
and Mr. WilHaiu Summers. ^ \\
AUSTRIAN FRONTIER SMUGGLERS.
The immense laud frontiers of the Austro - Hungarian
dominions, bordering on many different foreign countries - to
the west and north on Bavaria, Switzerland, Saxony, and
Prussian Silesia, on Poland and Russia, to the Bouth-west ou
Italy, and to the south-east on Servin; Montenegro, and Rou-
lii:.lii.i -extend round a circuit of 4300 miles. The southern
and eastern boundaries, more especially those of the Slavonic
provinces, the llaimte, and Traiisylvmun.purtly mountainous
un:l partly traversed by rivers flowing into the Danube through
territories scantily inhabited by a rude mixed population, aro
difficult to guard, even in peaceful times, from the irregular prac¬
tices of lawless free-traders, or smugglers of contraband wares.
Dalmatia and I.-tria, with the'-Seaports of the Adriatic, aro
under separate Customs’ jurisdiction, affording temptation
to unlicensed trade with that part of the interior, which
has not yet been suppl-c^cd^y * he recent annexation of
Bosnia and the Herzegovina within seven years pn*t. Our
Artist, Mr. Sclionberg, in nisei f an Austrian, contributes a
few Sketches illustrating the life of mountain and river
smugglers in the Slavonic provinces, the wild scenery of their
frociuent haunts and perilous rqntcs, avoiding tho high
roods, and their occasional encounters with the armed patrol
of the Customs’ Guard service, oniyof whose Htation-houses,
on the banks of tho Save, is also depicted among these Illus¬
trations. A bund of fourior five bold and hardy law-breakers
is seen emerging from a sequestered water-mill, laden with
packs cpntnfitimj merchandise which has paid no duty to his
linpeHql and Royal Apostolic Majesty Francis Joseph; elud¬
ing, in the darkness ot night, tho patient vigilance of sentinels
lurking ii) the adjacent iir-woods; creeping along tho roeky
path which ovevhaugs a precipico, where the deep ravine is
crossed by a siyglo plank; surprised and intercepted, some
running away to a friendly house, where they hide the
smuggled goods beneath a trap-door in the floor ; one culprit
taken prisoner, and marched, with bound hands, on the high
road, iu front of a soldier, who will shoot him if lie tries to
escape; and two boatmen on the river, with a full cargo,
stealthily punting along the shore under the tall growth of
reeds and sedge, while a storm of thunder and lightning
favours their safety from pursuit. It is a wild kind of life,
which often trains ineu for deeds of a more criminal nature.
CHESS.
TO COItRESPONDENTS.
Alt eommunlrallemt relaling In Ihlt Ae r artmmt nt thr 1'aprr thouhl In addreteed lo the
Kditor. nuil hare Uu I curt! •• Chctt wi Vtm oh I he enrrfoj*.
B 0 I. (Flnul'Ury).—Wo art- ulwnjs gl»/l to hear from yon. Your ln*t If very oc-
Op labia.
D W I. K (Sldcup).—Tbanka. It found correct. It shall liato a diagram aa aoon a*
possible.
IxaoMHiA.—The Bishop was placed for the purpose or preventing a solution by way of
I. Kt to ItSUi. Neither Mr. Blackburn* nor ounelvca are. therefore, responsible for
the acute mania you describe.
K M (Yeorlli.-Look again at the problem with the following:—!. Kt to (J Gth (ch),
K to B Ath (brat): j|. li to K B 'ml (ch); and 3. (J to Kt 3rd. mate.
Correct Solutiox or Pnont.ru Nu. JM received from PA Broughton (Honoluln):
of Noe. 2111 and 21U from V K UlbblnaiTiftla) and O Belton (Tiflle): of No. 211*
from H II O (Sallabury). and J Phllllpa (Helensburgh): of No. 'ills from John
D idler, Kmlle Prun. A w Cooper, O » N (Jl.il.S. AsU>, and John liodgaon; of the
J'aliuvk Problem from J H (Edinburgh), T Sinclair, llcrawanl. Ueor-'C J Veale.
PliTna; of Herr Komla'e Problem from K.mmo (Darlington). J It (Kdlntmrgh).
11 Ibihlnam, I. Wyman. 8 Uttllcn, A 0 Htlaklsaon. Hcreward. Kittcu. R Uray.
U It Urooka, O I. Mayne, (ieorge J Veale, I’levua. A w Scrutton. and Judy.
CoamcrTT Solution or Psont.HMs No. 2111 received from I.Sherwood, Kmest Sharewood
Xerlna, J It (KdInburgll). T Greeubnnk. An Old Hand. Key W Amlerfnn (Old
Romney), C Darrash, Ben Nevis, Otto Polder 'Client), D W Kell. J T W.
Julia Short, H II Noyee. K K II. Hem ward, W Hlllier, 0 W Miltons, F Firm.
II A L8. It If Brooke. 0 II N <11 M S. Asia). E Caeclla (I'srts), M O'llnlloran. C S
Ooxe. I, Falcon (Antwerp), Jupltor Junior, II Lncaa. Kmirm I Darlington), 11 Ib.bln-
eon. I, Wyman, A W Scrntton. W I, Wrnnford, W Biddle, T (l 'War*), H BUcklock.
O 8 U'nneld. Jamea Flikingtnn. 8 Fam«nt, Inaoninln. Plevna,Bhadforth, It I. South-
well. I! lleerea, A M Oolboni*. Ij L <3r**n»» ay. Aaron llar|wr. It Cray, B B Wood,
S Lowndea. N 8 llnrrla. II T Kemp, O W Law. If Wardell. K Elabnry. U fngerrall,
K Louden. E J Posno(Haarlem). Venator. N H Mullen. K TwcdJell, and It Wortera
(Cantorbory). _
Solutions or Pbodlkms.
No. 21t3.
The author’s solution of this
E roblein opens with I.B to Bfith;
ut many of our correspondents have
proved tlmt it can be nU- h lived by
way of I. Kt to It 4th. Both solu¬
tions nro withheld to give the author
an opportunity of correcting his
error.
No. 2114.
BLACK.
K takes Kt*
Any move.
WRITS.
1. Kt to (l 6th
2. Cl to Kt 8th
3. Q or It mutes.
•If Black play I.K to B 4tli. White
continue*, with 2. Kt to Q 4tli (eh); If
l. P take* HI. then 2. Q to Kt 7th (oli); If
1 . II to Q It Iltli. thru 2 . Kt takes V. mating
In each case on the third mors.
PROBLEM No. 2117.
By W. Biddle.
BLACK.
rhtyed a few days ago at tho Divan, between Mr. J. II. TIi.ackburni,
yielding the odds of Queen's Rook, and the Champion of the Westminster
School. '
l Remo v* WhiU , fQ It from tht board.)
white (Mr. B.) | BLACK (Mr. A.)
1. P to K 4th PtoQdth
2. P t ikes P 11 takes P
3. Kt 1 1 Q B 3rd
4. Kt to B 3rd
ft. It to B 4th
6 C.istlca
7. P to Q 4th
8. Q takes B
OKI
1! to Kt 5th
P to K 3rd
Kt to Q B 3rd
B take* Kt
Kt takes P
white (Mr. B.)
9. Q takes Kt P
10. Q to B Oth (ch)
11. BtoK Ktftth(ch)
12. Kt to K 4th
13. Kt takes Kt
14. Q takes B P (ch)
15.11 takes P (oh)
black (Mr. A.)
Kt takes P
K to K 2nd
Kt to B 3rd
Q to Q 5th
P takes Kt
Q to Q 2nd
K lo Ksq.
White mates in a few move*.
A Danish G.unbit from South Australia, quoted from the Adelaide Olterver ;
played between two members of the local chess club, Messrs. Ciiabliok
and Cook*.
\ WHIT*--./
_(Mr. Clinrlick).
1. P to K 4th
2 P to Q 4 th
3. P to Q B 3rd
"A. B to Q B 4th
BLACK
(Mr. Cooke).
Pto K 4th
P takes P
r takes P
P takes P
Throretlcnlly.thl« le pronounced to tie
onto lint In practice we nave found tliat It
glv«* While a epleudld attack
WHITE
(Mr. Charlick).
13. R takes Kt
14. Q takes B
BLACK
(Mr. Cooke).
B takes R
Kt to R 3rd
Our eon temporary Justly observes that
here Black ilinnhl have taken the Knight
with a winning game.
15. Kt to Q 4th
16. P to B 3rd
17. Pto II 4th
IS. P to B 5th
19. P to B Gth
20.1* takes P
21. R to l« 5th
22. Q to Kt 6th (oh)
Black resigned, because lie must now
lose bis yucni or be checkmated.
Kt to B 2 nd
li to Q 2nd
Castles IK R)
P to Q II 4th
P takes P
Q to K 4th
B takes R
6, Q B takes P li to Kt 5th (ch)
6. Kt to Q 2nd Kt to K B 3rd
7. P to K 5tit Q to K 2nd
8. Q to K 2nd P to Q 4th
Vo. lit,, Kt 3rd Kt to K 6th
10. KKttoBSrd B toKtftth
11. R to Qaa PtoQB.lrd
12 Castles Kt takes Kt
A neat two-move problem from Dr. Gold’s collection:
While: K at Cl Kt 4th, Q at Q 8th, R at Q 4th, Kt at KB 5th, Pawn
ut K Kt 2nd. (File pieces.)
/Hack: K at K 4th ; Pawns at K Kt 6th, K 3rd, and K 6th. (Four
pieces.)
White to play, and mate in two moves.
At the annual meeting of the Barnsley Chess Club, held on Tuesday, the
7th inst., Messrs. R, Bury, H. II. Taylor, E. Wright, and J. Iluigh were
elocted President. Vice-President, Treasurer, and Seoie'ary, respectively.
From the re|>ort we learn Unit six matches wero played by the club during
the post season, of which number it scored five and lost on y one.
1 ho St. Nicholas Chess Club. Brighton, engaged in the flr-t mat ch of the
season on tho 4th inst., oppoeod by n representative team from Lewes. The
result was in favour of Lewes by the odd gnnroina total of thirteen. A
return-match between the antne clubs will be played on the 25th inst.
The lute Mr. George Bulloch, of Dunipnce, lias bequeuthed
more than £1000 to the funds of tho Scotch Free Church.
Lady Randolph Churchill presented certificates on Wednes¬
day at the Midland Institute to the Birmingham elapses of tho
St. John Ambulance Association. Lord Randolph Churchill
was present.
The memorial-stones of tho new wing of the Working
Lads’ Institute, Whitechapel, wore laid on Wednesday by the
Lord Mayor. In the evening a public meeting was held,
under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury.
Last month the officers of tho Fishmongers’ Company
seized at mid near Billingsgate and on board boats lying off
that place 106 tons 9 cwt. of Hsh ns unfit for human food. Of
this quantity 6i tons came by water, and 42 by land; 65 tons
were'" wet” fish,"and 41 tons shell-fish. Iu the same period
12,700 tons of fish were delivered nt Billingsgate, of which 8613
tons came by land mid 4237 tons by witter. Among the fish
seized wero anchovies, brill, conliish, cod, crabs, cels, John
Dorys, haddocks (21 tons), herrings (13 tons), lobsters, mackerel,
mussels (18 toh$), oysters, periwinkles,pilchards, plaice, prawns,
salmon, shrimps, skate, smelts, soles, tench, turbot, whelks,
and whiting (11 tons).
THE CHURCH.
Thu Bishop of Rochester will consecrate the new Church of
St. Katharine, St. IIclcttn- gardens, Rotiicrhithe, this afternoon.
The Archbishop of Canterbury will begin the visitation of
all the churches in his dioccso next Monday. His Grace will
initiate his visit ltion ut St. Paul's Cray, Kent.
The Archbishop of York held a levee of his clergy nt Lcndul,
near York, ou Monday. 11c has given £100 towards tho
erection of a new church at Cloughton, near Scarborough.
The Rev. F. Vaughan Mntlicr, Rural Dean, Hon. Canon
of Bristol, and Vicar of St. Paul’s, Clifton, lias been elected
Proctor in Convocation for the Archdeaconry of Gloucester,
in the room of the late Canon Fenn.
The Rev. Dr. Walters, Vicar of Llan samlet, Glamorgan¬
shire, lias been elected proctor to represent the clergy iu tho
diocese of St. David’s, in the room of the late Rev. John
Sinnctt, Rector of lVuboyr.
A harvest festival took place on Monday night iu St.
Paul's Cathedral. There was a vcry ljlrgc congregation, in
which the working-class element preponderated. The Rev.
W. Richards, Vicar of Itjleworth, preached.
The parishioners of Holy Trinity Church, St. Austell,
Cornwall, have placed a flue four-light Munich stuincd-ghiss
window (by Messrs. MnyerancPCo.) to the memory of the late
ltev. Fortcscue Todd, Vicar from 1838 to 1881.
Monday being St. Edward’s Day, a number of Roman
Catholics assembled in Westminster" Abbey and engaged iu
intercessions at the shrine pf St. Edward for the conversion of
England to Catholicism,
At the opening services of the new place of worship of tho
Wellington-street\United Presbyterian Church in the west
end of Glasgow, Jon Sunday, the collections amounted to
£12,500. This iasiiid to be the largest collection over made in
auy churcli in Scotlaad.
Acting for tho Bishop of London, the Bishop of Bedford
consecrated last Saturday the church of St. Andrew, which
has been erected for the use of a new parochial district taken
from the mother parish of St. Mary, Stoko Newington. Tho
-Sermon was preached by Bishop How. A luncheon was sub¬
sequently held, nt which the Lord Mayor presided.
The corner-stone of the new Chuieh of St. Michael and
All Angels', Walthamstow, was laid last Saturday, in the
presence of a uumcrous company, by the Hon. Mrs. Courtney
Warner. The Bishopof St. Albans,iiot\vith>liunlinghis recent
domestic bereavement, was present. The collection placed on
tho stone amounted to the large sum of £970.
The Church of St. James, Piccadilly, is to be reopeued
to-morrow (Sunday), after undergoing repairs, which will be
paid for out of the moiety applicable to ecclesiastical purposee
df £8000 paid by the North-Western Railway Company for
the purchase of a portion of the disused burial-ground in
H nm ps t end - road.
Bishop Titcomb visited Clarens, Switzerland, on the
2nd inst., and inspected the new English church in course
of construction. T lie cdiQce is of Arvcl marble cut out of tho
Alps at Villeueuve ; and the style is pure Gothic, in the form
of a cross, with massive square castellated tower nt the angle.
Subscriptions for tho new church will be gratefully received
by the secretary of tho Colonial and Continental Church
Society, 9, Seri cants’ -in n, Fleet-street, London; Rev. W.
Ormsby, Chaplain, Clarens; or Major Do St. Hubert
d’Eutragues, Church warden, Clarens.
Under the presidency of the Bishop, the Gloucester and
Bristol Diocesan Conference commenced in Gloucester Cut lie-
drill yesterday week. A report was presented, showing that
tho new education code had, on the whole, worked satis¬
factorily. Tho attendance of children was better and more
regular, and their attainments were higher. No complaint
had been made of over-pressure, and it was urged that more
should be done for the night schools. The Bishop introduced
and commended the establishment of n provincial house of
laymen, as proposed by tho Upper House of Convocation, and
a resolution was unanimously passed in general approval of
the scheme. A committee was appointed to consider I ho
better custody of parish registers and deeds and church plate.
The Archbishop of Canterbury lias presented the Rev.
Robert Palmer, Vicar of Queenborougfi, to tho living of
Bethcreden, vacant by the cession of tnc ltev. A. F. Smith.
Tho living of Lampeter- Velficy lma been conferred on tho
Rev. D. Pugh Evans, Vicar of St. Peter's, Carmarthen. Tiio
Rectory of Crowcombo, Somerset, 1ms been presented by the
patron, Sir Robert Bateson Harvey Bart., 51. P., to the Rev.
G. W. N. Custance, Vicar of Blsliopswood. Tho Rev. A. R.
Webster, 51.A., Curate- in -charge of St. Martin’s, Stamford,
and private chaplain to the Marquis of Exeter, lias been
appointed to the living of Sinwcll, Rutland, vacunt through
the death of tho Rev. Charles Arnold, Honorary Canon of
Peterborough. The Rev. Mortyu R. Allmitt, Curate of St.
Paul’s, Upper Norwood, has been appointed to the living ol
Allhallows' , Leeds. _
A new steamer, the Allen Gardiner, built for the South
American 51issionnry Society, has conic round from tho Clyde,
having called nt Liverpool, Bristol, and Portsmouth, and is
now lying nt the jetty of the Western London Doek, previous
to her start for Tierra del Fucgo, on or soon after the 20th inst.
At a meeting of the congress of railway servants resolutions
were carried demanding n uniform code of absolute Mocks us
necessary for the safo working of railways, and expressing
regret that the efforts to shorten the hoars of labour of railway
servants had been attended with so slight success.
Wc are requested to announce that the Commissioners of
her Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings intend to dis¬
tribute this autumn among the working classes and t lie poor
inhabitants of London tho surplus bedding-out plants in
Battersea, Hyde, the Regent’s, and Victoria Porks, the Itoynl
Gardens, Kcw, and the pleasure gardens, Hampton Court.
5Ir. W. F. Thomas, the lessco and manager of tho
Promeuade Concerts, Covent-Garden Theatre, 1ms given tho
free use of the theatre, on 5Ionday, tho 27th inst., for the
benefit of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum and (Schools. Ho
lias undertaken to pay the artists engaged, the band, and other
incidental expenses.
The Bishop of Lichfield yesterday week, In the Kensington
Townhall, gave the address in connection with the opening
of the session 1884-5 of tho King’s College lectures ami classes
for Indies. The Rev. Ilenry Waco, D.D., Principal of King’s
College, occupied the chair, n large number of the members
of the cinsses mid their friends being also present.
The Young Men’s Christian Association, 186, Aldcrsgate-
etrect, has long provided inst ruction for young business inen
iu the City, the entries in the various classes last session
numbering 2689. The new session commenced oil 5fondny,
when the Lord Mayor distributed prizes to foriy-one success¬
ful competitors in the last examination. In these cinsses
instruction is given in u wide range of subjects, including
modem and classical languages, music, science, and the
ordinary commercial branches.
1'iIE ILLf.STKATED LONDON ^EWS, Ucr. 18, 188-1.—308
1. Departure on a Smujrglin* Expedition.
■ 2 . Quark of the Customs' Service.
•) Sniuaxlm on the mountain puth. ft Hiding away the smuggled good*.
4. Surprised. « Arrest of a smuggler.
SMUGGLERS* LIFE ON THE AUSTRIAN FRONTIERS.
7. ltivcr smuggler*.
fj. Uiud-llvtuc on the Save.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Ocr. IS, 1861.— 36S»
Ai.iit. poor Yorick ! he hath borne me oil bin bark a thousand times.
TUB CU1LUHOOD OF HAMLET,
The unfortunate I'rihee of Denmark. whose character, though
not it It ogl'd 1 i«t heroic', is extremely hnmnn, walks with his
trusty friend liorntio in the churchyard where the two clowns
lire digging a crave for the fair Ophelia. He was thought to
he mad, and to Jiiive been sent to England, where madmeu
have always been well taken care of; but his comments on the
problems of life and dcuth, us bo looks at the skulls tossed un
by the gravedigger’s spade, nre in a vein of moral wisdom anil
profound compassion which 1ms no touch of insanity. He re¬
flects, with the utmost seriousness, notwithstanding liis grim
play of humour, upon the end of mortal business, of worldly
prosperity and pride, in the ease of the politician, the courtier,
or the lawyer, now “ chupless, and knocked about the sconce
with a dirty shovel.” It is a patlu-lic incident that he docs
not yet know that the grave which they arc making ready is
for her whom he “ once loved,” and whose heart was broken
by liis strange behaviour. Having but just landed from
his sea voyage, lie is not awure of her death till
the funeral enters the churchyard. He asks, indifferently
enough, who is to be buried there; and the answer is
only, “One that was a woman, but, rest lier soul, she’s
dead.” Hamlet asks no more about her, but his attention is
presently called to a skull that has lain in the earth three-and-
twonty veurs. He is told it is that of “a mad rogue,” says the
clown, ** who poured a flagon of Rhenish on my head once” ;
it was Yorick, the King’s jester. And this familiar name,
with the fond r< numbrances or liis own boyhood, with nil the
fun, the kindness, t lie innocent joy that brightened liis
earlirst j'ears in his father's house, softens the mind of Hamlet,
oppressed as it is by the sense of a terrible work before him,
and by the painful doubts and Fcruples that hinder its exe¬
cution. “Alas, poor Yorick ! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath bome me on
his back a thousand times.” The Artist has, iu our Engraving,
represented Yorick, attired as a Court jester would be, carry¬
ing the little Priuee, and striving In please him by arts which
those who love childro i willingly practise. Hamlet's infancy
was not ungrateful ; as he says himself, touching the jaw¬
bone which 1ms fallen silent, “ Here hung those lips that f
have kissed, I know not how oft. Where ho your gibes now,
your gambols, your songs, your flushes of merriment, that
wero wont to act the tabic iu a roar I- ” Alas, poor Yorick !
370
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEAVS
OCT. 18, 1884
PARISIAN SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
(/'row our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 14.
The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies met to-day for the
winter Session. The Parisian masquerade is thus once more
complete, and all the actors are at their posts, including the
new Minister of Commerce, M. Maurice Rouvier, who has been
appointed in place of M. Herisson. The first business of the
Session in the Senate will be the discussion of tho bill for the
reform of the Senatorial elections, which ought to be discussed
and voted rapidly, so thut the elections of next January may
be made under its direction. At the Chamber of Deputies—
apart from interpellations on the Chinese war, cn the Franco-
German alliance, on the economical situation, Ac.—the pro¬
gramme includes the Budget of 1885, and n number of bills
relative to criminal trials, university reform, reduction of the
hours of labour in manufactories, urmy reform, and the great
question of the scrulin de list* will also be brought up again,
hi. Ferry has the good fortune to be able, if access;try, to call
the attention of Parliament to a brilliant victory at Lang-Kep,
in Touquiu, where General Negrier hus been routing the
Chinese.
A duel has now become the almost obligatory conclusion of
every literary and political discussion. Ono journalist or
politician fights with another, not because he hates him, or
because he lias been personally insulted by him, but because
they differ in opinion or in party. Last Friday M. Rochefort
and Commander Fournier fought with swords in the Bois de
Vcrridres, near Paris ; the former was wounded sliglitly in
the ueck, the latter slightly in the ribs. The seconds there¬
upon stopped the combat and the adversaries shook hands, M.
Rochefort saying to Commander Fournier: “ It is neither the
man nor the naval officer that I attacked in your person but
simply the functionary of M. Ferry." The distinction is
curious. The duel took place in consequence of a smart and
violent article of M. Rochefort on the affair of the falsification
of the Tonquin treaty.
The question of gamiug 1ms been once more revived by the
closing by order of the police of oue of the best known and
most frequented clubs iu Paris, “ Le Cercle des Arts
Lib^raux.” This club, in spite of its title, was purely a
gaming-house; but in this respect it did not differ from a score
of other clubs in Paris. Many fortunes huve changed hands
around its green tables; it was a favourite club with the
gamblers, and play was always lively and nearly always very
high ; still, it was a well-conducted club, and no serious
scandal had occurred to provoke the exercise of the arbitrary
power which the Prefect of Police has in dealing with clubs.
Naturally, this incident lias given rise to much discussion and
comment. By closing the “ Cercle des Arts Liberaux,” it is
argued, the Prefect of Police has contracted the duty of closing
the other clubs which, under the colours of commerce, sport,
art, science, or letters, are merely gambling hells living and
nourishing on tho cagnotte, that is to say, the percentage taken
by the table on the banks. Furthermore, there is a general
tendency, in the press at least, to advocate the acceptance of
guming as a fixed instinct of humanity, a social necessity; and
some of the most influential writers are asking if it would not
be more equitable and more moral for the State to regulate
gaming, seeing that it cannot suppress it. Why should we
not have cheap gaming ? As it is, the cagnottt takes at least
10 per cent, without counting the thieving. If the Stutc took
gamiug in hand it would suppress theft and take only 2 per
cent. The whole matter is argued in detail, nnd the advocates
of State interference demand for the public cheap, loyal, and
cash gambling, nnd they do not sec why the State should not
draw a revenue from the gnming-table just os well as it does
from its taxes on Stock Exchange operations, cards, alcohols,
tobacco, and even more shameful instruments of vice.
General Lebrun has published a volume entitled “Do
Dnzeilles 5 Sedan,” in which he sets forth in a new light the
question of the responsibilities engaged iu this gravo event.
The conclusion of the Geuerul is that the Empress was
primarily to blame, and, secondarily, Marshal Mac Mahon, for
obeying the orders of the Empress, when ho knew that tlioy
were foolish and totally ruiuous to his country. General
Lebrun's book, though not written agninst Marshal MacMuhon,
implicitly shows the Marshal to have acted, from Chalons to
Redan, not os a soldier or a citizen, but only as a docile
courtier.—A new dinner has been added to the already long
list of Parisian artistic and literary gatherings: it is called
tho “ Diner des baa-bleus,” and is composed, ns its name
indicates, of avowed blue-stockings, Indies who write for
tho ncwspai>ers, write novels or travels. The blue-stock¬
ings intend always to invite ono man to the dinner to oh
the guest and lion of the evening. Iu these days of Anglo¬
phobia and Gallophobia, of M. Mux O’Roll’s pamphlets and
the English replies, of the Anti-Anglais newspaper, and of the
raving-; of a “ Brutal Saxon,” ibis curious to notice that iu the
Paris shops English products take the lead. The euplci jytho
woollen and merinos, the perfumery, the neckties, ibo'tmkuts’
stuffs, the biscuits, the mustard, the pickles, and « thouland
other things, are English. The young French swell wears
London-made clothes, Ixnulon hats, hoots, linen, sock-, and
cravats. His perfumes come from Rond-street, iiL pocket-
book from Vienna, his match -bo,A from hitssttjL Tldr only
thing French in the dress of a modem French swdl is tlm
rose-bud that lie weura in hi? buttoffsliolc^Tlitcc statues
were unveiled in the provinces on Sunday—oneitt Uouen,
where the bicentenary of its townsman Corneille was cele¬
brated ; one at Valenciennes of it^townsmnn Wntlcnii; ami
ono at Bourg to the memory of Jo abort, ;; General of the
Revolution. ’ \\ T. C.
A Central News telegram from Paris says:—An official
telegram 1ms been reccivedjnuounciug-thiti the French forces
have achieved a grout victory.\ A battle was fought on the
11th inst. iu the Valley of Locho an. Toe contest was severe,
but the French troops, Valiantly led by Colonel Donnier, com¬
pletely routed the enemy\Tho Chinese army was annihilated,
and its Gene
The city of
visited by
injured nfeqr!
property. A 11
night, when nil
sent lO.OPOfr-m at
smit the
s
. - 4 /
Sicily, was on Tuesday, the 7th inst ,
killod more than twenty persons,
liers.nnd did great damage to
cpt over the city last Saturday
were killed. King Humbert 1ms
sufferers. Cardinal Sun Felice has
huUuiiu a pastoral cross, given him by
verted into money to assist tho sufferers.
* iuiself given 10,000?., mid the Prince oi
Val
The hmv x Hmversity building at Vienna was inaugurated
last Saturday by the Emperor, in presence of tho Archdukes,
the Minister of Public Instruction, the Archbishop of Vicuna,
the university authorities, nnd a large confluence of students
nud spectators. It is oue of the new architectural monuments
on the Ringstrasse, standing between the Townlmll and the
Votive Church.
The Emperor William has presented to the Berlin Royal
Library 1052 manuscripts in the Arab tongu •. The oldest
date as far buck as 1058.—Count Herbert Bismarck bus
accepted tho candidature to the Reichstag which luis been
offered him by the National Liberal electors of the Duchy of
Lauenburg.
The King and Queen of the Hellenes, with their children,
arrived at Athens on the 8th inst. Tho Ministers and civil
and military authorities were present at the Piraus to welcome
their Majesties, who met with a hearty reception on landing.
The Emperor nnd Empress of Russia and tho members of
tho Imperial family left Peterhof on Monday, and took up
their reBideucc at Gatschina.
The International Prime Meridian Conference at Wash¬
ington on Monday adopted a resolution in favour of Green¬
wich us the standard meridian. The representatives of France
and Brazil did not vote, and the San Domingo delegate voted
against the resolution. On Tuesday the Conference resolved that
longitude be counted from Greenwich iu two directions up to
180 deg., east longitude being designated "plus,” and west
longitude “minus.”—Mr. Frank Hutton has been appointed
Postmaster-General. He held the post of First Assistant
Postmaster-General under Mr. Gresham.
Two dynamite explosions took place on Saturday afternoon
in the new Parliament buildings at Quebec, injuring them
severely. Two persons were slightly injured. The Govern¬
ment has increased the reward it offers for the discovery of tho
authors of the explosions, to four thousand dollars. The con¬
tractor offers an additional live hundred dollars.
We learn from Durban that the Transvaal Volksraad has
adopted the proposal of the Executive Council to withdraw
the proclamation placing Montsioa’s territory under tho pro¬
tection of the Republic.
The annexation to Cape Colony of certain British pos¬
sessions in tho Transkei has been officially recorded iu the
Gazette .—Steps have been taken by her Majesty’s Government
for proclaiming tho British Protectorate over all the southern
coasts of New Guinea to the eastward to the 141st meridian of
East longitude.
The Agent-General for New South Woles has received a
telegram stating that the condition of Mr. Stuart, the Premier,
who was stricken last week with paralysis, has much improved.
THE COURT.
Her Majesty continues iu the enjoyment of good health.
Frinceas Christian took leave of the Queen and left the Castle
on Thursday week. Princess Beatrice, attended by Lady
Churchill, accompanied her Royul Highness to Ballater. The
Princess of Wales, with the Princesses Louise, Victoria, nnd
Maud of Wales, visited her Majesty, and remained to
luncheon. In the afternoon the Quoen drove out, attended
by the Hon. Harriet Phipps. Princess Beatrice walked out
with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Albany.^ The Prince
and Princess of Wales, Prince Albert Victor of Wales, and
tho Grand Duke Michael Micliuelowitch of Russia dined with
the Queen. Count Paul Schouvnloff, in attendance on tho
Grand Duke Michael, and Colonel Teesdulo, in attendance on
the Prince of Wales, were included iu the Royal dinner j nrty.
The Prince of Wales and Prince Albert Victor of Wales took
leave of the Queen yesterday week, before leaving Abergeldie.
In the uftcrnoou her Majesty drove out with the Duchess of
Albany, and her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice drove out
with Princess Irene and the Grand Duke of Hesse. Last
Saturday morning the Queen drove out, accompanied by
Princess Irene of Hesse, and hi the afternoon her Majesty
drove out with Princess Beatrice. The Duchess of Albany
walked, attended by Miss Bauer. Divine Borvice was con¬
ducted at Balmoral Castle on Sunday morning by the Rev. R.
Herbert Story, D.DL of Roseneuth, in the presence of the
Queen, the Roynl family, and members of the Royal house¬
hold. The Rev. ft. Herbert Story and the Rev. A. Campbell
lmd the honour of being included in the Queen’s dinner party.
On Monday morning tho Queen went out, attended by I-acly
Churchill; and Princess Beatrice and Princess Irene of Ilcsse
walked with the Duchess of Albany. In the uftemoon the
Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Albany, Princess
Beatrice, and Princess Irene, drove out. Her Majesty walks
and drives out nearly every day.
The Prince and Princess of Wales yesterday week left
Abergeldie for London. In passing through Aberdeen the
qld'colours of the 3rd Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders
were presented to the Princess. On Sunday the Prince
and Princess, Prince Albert Victor nnd Prince George, and
Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud were present nt Divine
serviceat Marlborough House. Tho Prince and Princess of
Wales, attended by Miss Knollys nnd Cnptuiu Stephenson,
left Marlborough House last Monday afternoon on a visit to
Iy<>rd and Lady Hastings at Melton ('unstable, in order to be
present at the Norwich Musical Festival. Prince Albert
Victor, attended by the Rev. J. N. Dalton, left Marlborough
House on Monday for Trinity College, Cambridge. Prince
George has returned to tho Roynl Naval College, Greenwich.
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh left Clnrence House,
St. James's, for Euatwcll Park, lust Saturday.
FASHION ABLE MAHIUAGES.
The marriage of Colonel the Hou. George Patrick Hyde
Villicrs, Grenadier Guards, Military Attache nt Paris, second
son of George, fourth Earl of Clarendon, and brother of the
present Peer, with Louise, only daughter of Mr. George
Disney Mnquny, of Florence, was celebrated by special license
in Rt. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, on tho afternoon of the
9tli inst. Tho wedding, on account of mourning in the family
of tho bridegroom, was a very quiot one. Colouel the lion,
(luirli s Edgcunibo noted ns best mnn ; and there were four
bridesmaids Miss Ella llnird, Lady Maud Wilbrahnm (niece
of the bridegroom), Miss Ernestine Fuller, and Miss Margaret
Leavitt. Tho service was fully choral. Mr. Mnquny gave his
daughter away. Both bride and bridegroom received a great
many presents on the occasion of their marriage. The Prince
of Wales and Prince and Princess Edward of Suxc-Wcimar
were among the donors. Colonel Villiers also received a silver
sulver from his brother officers of the Grenadier Guards.
The nntrriage of the Earl of Caledon and Lady Elizabeth
Graham Toler, second sister of the Eurl of Norbury, took
place on the 9th. inst. in St. Paul’s-Church, Knightsbridge.
Sir Simon Lockhart, Bart. (1st Life Guards), was beet man.
The six bridesmaids were the Ladies Mary and Charlotte
Graham Toler, sisters of the bride, Lady Jnne Alexander,
sister, nnd Ludy Gertrude Bouvcrie, cousin of the bridegroom,
Lady Constance Milles, and Miss Holford. The Earl of
Norbury gave liia sister away. The bride-cake was supplied
by Messrs. Busznrd.
The marriage of Mr. Charles John Stewart, youngest son
of the. Into Mr. John Vamleleur and Lady Helen Stewart, of
ltockhill, iu the comity of Donegal, with Lady Mary Graham
Toler, eldest sister of the Earl of Norbury, took place on
Monday at St. Peter’s Church, Cranley-gardens. Lord Stan¬
hope attended Mr. Stewart as his best man; and the five
bridesmaids were Lady Charlotte Graham Toler (sister of the
bride). Miss Ruth Wood, Miss Mary Gimlon Rcbow, Miss
Vaiulclcur, nnd Miss Violet Hamilton. The Eurl of Norbury
gave his Bister uway.
* CITY ECHOES.
Wednesday, Oct. 15.
The expected advance in the Bank rate lias been made. It is
now 3 per cent, aud depositors are receiving 2 per cent, and
not the miserable 1 per cent to which they lmve of late had to
submit. Moreover, the open market has kept up to the new
standard. For this there is sufficient reason, and, indeed,
there is almost room to fear that protective steps were too
long deluyed. Not since May of lost- year have the reserve and
the bullion nt the Bank been so low as now, and then un
advance was made from 3 to 4 perceut to cheek the dwindling,
it is hurdly worth while to look back further; but it is pro¬
bably many years since such proportions as now prevail have
been allowed during the reign of a rate so low as 2 per cent.
This aspect of the subject, however, obtains importance
because there is an export demand for gold, ns well as a steady
reilux of currency to the agricultural districts, as the result of
the bettor season.
The effect of this enhanced value of mouey is a check to the
upward movement in securities of tho highest class. Tho
Kuglisli funds are all lower, and such kindred securities as
ludiun and municipal issues have also gone back in many
cases. Speculation lias also been a little checked all over the
market. This was made evident nt the settlement which
closes to-day. There is now no particular “account” open
for or against any security. Even iu Grand Trunk stocks the
“ bear” account is evidently much reduced. It would indeed
be difficult, one would think, for a speculator to disc-over a
single “lead.” The market for Transatlantic railway
securities is at the moment under the influence bf the state¬
ment that an attempt is being made to thut the Baltimore
mid Ohio traffic out of New York. Grand Trunk of Canada
stocks suffer with the American lines, owing to the import¬
ance of its American connections. Apart from Ibis most
recent incident, American business is generally looking better.
Money is abundant, und is fast accumulating; only good
business is being done by the banks, and the opinion prevails
that the principal Stock Exchange securities have now got
into strong bunds.
The adjourned meeting of tho Scinde, Punjaub, nnd Delhi
Railway proprietors in regard to the issue of debentures was
even more stormy than wus the first ono. Some rough things
were saicl of the present board, and the question which has
given rise to this feeling was again left undecided.
The San Paulo Gas Company again pay 10 per cent per
annum. The Eastern Extension Telegraph dividend for tho
past half-year is 7 per cent per annum, as compared with G
last year. The Western Umon Telegraph Company propose
to reduce their dividend rate from 7 to 6 per cent.
Another fall has taken place in Colonial Bank shares. On
Saturday the dealers would not give more than 40. Ten
months ago the price was 73. The amount paid up is £30,
nnd the liability is up to a further £70.
The conversion of the Turkish Debt is to be commenced in
the principal capitals of Europe on the 20th of next month.
T. S.
AU PR INTEMPS, PARIS.
We give in tho Illustration on the opposite page a view of tho
“ Grands Magus ins du Printemps dc Paris.” The Engraving
itself shows the importance of these mngnsincs. The facade
(shown on another page) is familiar to nil, and is classed
among the curiosities of Paris. The dimensions of tho central
hull ore of grandiose proportions, and the ceilings of the
vestibulo nro enriched by the graceful designs of a remarkable
mosaic, reckoned among the finest in France. From the
centre of this vestibule branch three passages—one leading
to the central lmll; another to the left, called the Galerie de
Provence ; and ono on the right, the Galerie Haussmann. In
the Provence gallery arc six hydraulic lifts communicating
with the eight floors of the building. The whole of the
galleries are lemnrkablo for the profusion of light, which, as
tho Engraving shows, enters in a flood from tho centre of tho
elegant dome. In the gallery of the right-side aro tho trimming
and mercery departments, with innumerable articles 6f novelty;
further on are the flower nnd feather departments; but it is
in the centre of tho Hull where n better notion of the
Mugusins du Printemps can bo obtained. It is the most
complete type of architecture known in this second half of
the nineteenth century. It is constructed entirely pf iron ;
aud the beautiful white stone, for which Paris is 60 remark¬
able, is visible from the fumades. But n faint idea of its
bold Architecture enu be given hero. In the middle of the
central hull will be seen un iron bridge, to which nro attached
umbrellas aud parasols of all colours and forms; adjoining, is
the glove department.
The first floor is reached by on elegant double stair¬
case of considerable dimensions. Nearly the whole of the
Galerie de Ih-ovence is occupied by the velvet and silk depart¬
ments, where will be found the world-famed mark of silk, the
“Marie-Blanche.” The linen, lace, and troussenuxdepartments
face the llaussumun Gallery; and their elegant nature renders
them equally attractive to the notice of the buyer or visitor.
On the second floor uro exhibited tho carpets, curtains,
nnd furnishing materials, which ure highly appreciated by the
visitors to the Health Exhibition, where are displayed some of
the articles referred to. In the millinery nnd dress-innkiiig
departments will be found all that is elegant and fashionable
in robes, mantles, bonnets, Ac.
The three upper floors are devoted to the purposes of ti e
administration—in one of which is tho forwarding depart¬
ment—whence thousands cf parcels are forwarded to all tho
nations of the civilised world, and carriage free to all parts of
England aud its Colonies. The directors of the Printemps iipc
general commission und export merchants, nnd shipnny article
that may be required by their correspondents. On another
floor arc to be found the kitchen nnd dining-room, devoted
exclusively to the employes of the establishment, where aro
cooked and issued 3000 meuls daily.
Not only is the Printemps attractive during the day, but
it is one of tho sights of Pans nt night a fairy scene—when
hundreds of electric jets convert the basement into a palace
of light; the machinery for which, and tho hydraulic lifts,
are worked by a steam-engine of 400-horse power, the plans of
which are to bo seen nt the Health Exhibition.
In a word, this establishment is one of the most attractive
of the French capital, and deservedly frequented und patronised
by the English, who nro ever anxious to procure tho last new
fashions from Paris aud at tho sumo time to economise their
expenditure by a visit to the Grauds Magosins du Printemps,
Puria.
The City Press says that the Postmaster-General lias given
a contract for 150 millions of post-cards to a German firm, on
the ground of excellence beyond those of competing firms.
In London last week 2282 births and 13-1-1 deaths were
registered. Allowing for increase of population, the births
were 404, and the deaths 184, below the average numbers
in the corresponding weeks of the last ton years. There were
9 deaths from smallpox, 9 from measles, 1G from scarlet
fever, 1C from diphtheria, 11 from whooping-cough, 2G from
enterio fever, aud 11 from dysentery.
OCT. 13, 1881
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
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THE LATE IION. GILBERT II. CHANDOS LEIGH, M.I*.
THE LATE COLONEL GREGORY.
Another of tho few remaining Crimean officers, Lieutenant-
Colonel Gregory, passed away on the 7th ulfc. Colonel Gregory
joined tho 41th (Essex) Regiment in 1848; when he was only
seventeen years of age, and remained in it during the whole of
his service. Ho went through the Crimean campaign—
receiving the Crimean medal and three clnsps, tor Alma,
Inkernmn, and Sebastopol, the fifth class of the order of the
Medjidich, and the Turkish medal. This gallant officer also
served through the Chinese campaign of i860, for which he
received the China medal and the clnsp for tho Taku Forts.
Colonel Gregory’s sudden removal will be lamented by a largo
circle of personal and professional friends.
THE LATE HON. GILBERT LEIGH, M.P.
The lamented death of this gentleman, killed by falling over
a precipice in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming Territory,
in the western region of North America, was lately mentioned
in our pages. Ills remains, brought to England for interment,
are now daily expected. The Hon. Gilbert Henry
Chaudoa Leigh was the eldest son of Lord Leigh, of
Stoncloigh Abbey, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, his mother
being Lady Caroline Amelia, fifth daughter of the second
Marquis of Westminster. He was born on Sept. 1, 1851,
and was educated at Harrow School, and at Magdalen
College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of B.A.
in 1875, and that of M.A. in 1878. At tho General
Election of 1880 he was elected M.P. for South Warwick¬
shire and he voted with tho Liberal Party. He was a
magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for the same county,
and a Captain of the Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
Mr. Leigh was unmnrricd. His brother, the Hon. Francis
Dudley Leigh, has become heir apparent to the peerage
and estates. The family, originally of Cheshire, is of
great antiquity, but this branch derived its fortunes
from Sir Thomas Leigh, who was Lord Mayor of Loudon
in 1558. The barony was created in 1830, and was ton-
ferred on Mr. Chandos Leigh, father of tho present Lord
Leigh, who succeeded to the title thirty-four years ago.
Vintners’ Company had jurisdiction over its sale by the quart
in taverns, to which was added the sale of beer, Cooked meat,/
and sugar. They inspected the liquors sold by the. taverners,
and punished rather severely those guilty of adulteration.
There was a rich wine called musondel; there was malm¬
sey; there was Rhenish, and Dale, a sort of Rhenish;
there was “slum,” a strong new wine; there was Gascony
wine aforesaid; there was Canary, or sweet sack, and '/ Sherris
sack,” which was not sweet, sack being a term applied to all
the white wines, except Rhenish. “You rogue,” says
Falstaff, “there's lime in this wick, too.” The historian,
Stow, relates how, “in the sixth year of Henry VI., the Lom¬
bards corrupting their sweet wines, wheu knowledge thereof
came to John Ranwell, Mayor of London, he in divers places
of the City commanded the heads of the butts, and other
vessels, in the open streets, to be broken, to the number of
fifty ; so that the liquor, running forth, passed through the
City, iu the sight of nti people, like a stream of rain-water;
from which arose a most tout ft some savour." All wines coming
to the port of London were to be landed at a place above
London Bridge still known as the Vintry, “so tlmt the King’s
THE LATE LIKIOVCOLONEL GREGORY, 44TH REGIMENT.
czs
courts and committees, £238 for the “ swan royalty,” £260
for Lord Mayor's Duy procession expenses, and £1725 office
and management expenses. The charity trust income, of
which we do not know the precise amount, is applied to maintain
the almshouses in Mile-end-road for thirteen aged pensioners,
and there are certain annuities and gifts to the poor.
LONDON CITY GUILDS.
VII.: VINTNERS’ COMPANY.
The second and third volumes of tho Report of the Royal
Commissioners of Inquiry concerning the estates and
administration of tho Guilds and Livery Companies of
the City of London are published this week. They
contain the detailed returns made by the Companies in
reply to the circular of the Commissioners, uncUaome
correspondence upon the subject. The recommendations
of the Commissioners for the reform of those ancient and
richly endowed Corporations were printed at Midsummer,
and we then gave some account of them. It is proposed
that a Commission shall be appointed, for five years,
to superintend the reorganisation of the Companies, and
tho redistribution of n huge part of their corporate
income, but the Companies would be allowed three) - ears to
form schemes of their own forthe attainment of these
objects. The Commissioners regard the sums at present
spout by the Companies on entertainments, maintenance,
and the relief of poor members as excessive. The
revenues should bo devoted to scholastic and scientific
objects, such as education mid scientific research; to
general public purposes, such as hospitals, libraries, picture
galleries, museums, baths, parks, nnd open spnees ; and to the
improvement of woikmeu’s dwellings nnd subsidies to the
benefit societies of the trades the Companies represent. The
expenditure should bij chiefly metropolitan, but where n trade
has moved out of London, objects connected with it in its iu w
habitat might bo included.
\Vei linvo already described several of the twelve Great
Companies—namely, tho Goldsmiths, Fishmongers, Merchant
Taylors, Drapers, Clothworkcrs, and Salters; the one to be
here spoken of is the Vintners' Company. The trade of
vintners is that of wine merchants, importers of foreign wine,
nnd seems to have first become commercially important in the
twelfth century, with Bordeaux or claret wine from the south¬
west of France, then called Gascony. The mcrclmnts im¬
porting wine bore In official Latin the name of “ vinctarii " •
but their fraternity was called in English “the Merchant
Wine Tanners of Gascony,” and this is as likely ns the other
title to have been shortened into “vintners.” The retailers
of wine, the “ tabernarii," were a subordinate class; forthe
THE LATE COLONEL C. H. BARNES, R.H.A.
The death, at Cairo, of Colonel Christopher Hewetson Barnes,
of the Royal Horse Artillery, has occasioned general regret.
He was connected by family relations with the counties of
Essex and Suffolk, and resided some time at Ipswich, where
he was well known nnd esteemed. llis earliest military
service was iu the Bengal Artillery, having won a cadetship
offered ns a prize to the successful candidate iu a competitive
examination at Kensiugtou Grammar School. In the out¬
break of cholera among the garrison of Meean Meer, Lahore,
in 1856, Lieutenant Barnes distinguished liimself by his
constant and sympathetic attendance on the sick. In the wnr
of the Indian Mutiny, iu 1857 and 1858, he commanded two
guns manned by volunteer officers nnd sergeants, in
several nctious, and was shot through the breast at the
siege of Neeinuch. He received the thanks of the Indian
Government, and tho Oude medal, for these gallant
services; after which he was transferred to the Queen’s
Army, and became Captain in 1861 and Major in 1872.
At a later period, Colonel Barnes was in command of a
battery of Royal Horse Artillery at the Currugh, in
Ireland. He afterwards joined the army of occupation
in Egypt, and held command of the Royal Artillery in
that country at the time of his futal illness. He has left
a widow and two sons iu England.
THE LATE COLONEL BARNES. R.H.A.,
COMMANDING KOVAL ARTILLERY IN EGYPT.
bottlers and guagers may there take custom.” The Vintners’
Company was first incorporated by a charter of Henry VI., in
1427, the year when the adulterated sweet wines of tho Lombards
gave such offence to the palates and noses of the Londoners.
A common seal was granted to the Company ten years later.
1 he charter was repeatedly confirmed, renewed, and enlarged
by Henry VII., Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, and James I.,
and underwent some temporary modifications at a later date.
1 he Company is governed by a Master, elected yearly in
June, three Wardens, and a Court of Assistants, fifteen in
number. The Hall, in Upper Thames-street, was erected
m 16/1, from a design of Sir Christopher Wren’s, but is of no
great architectural beauty. Our Illustrations show the interior
of the court-room, nnd some of the decorations, furniture, and
curious old plate, with a portrait of tho lust Master. The
income of this Company is returned nt £11,000; the expenditure
includes £2600 for charity, £400 for subscriptions to aid
hospitals, schools, nnd benevolent institutions, £3000 for
entertainments and Hall expenses, £680 for restoration and
decoration of Hall, £1103 fees to themselves for attending
MODERATION.
Bioderation is perhaps one of the least commended of
virtues, but it is certuiuly one of the most coiumeudable.
Jn politics, iu literature, in art, iu social and domestic
lile, exaggeration and excess produce unnumbered evils.
It is the moderate man alone who can look nt things in
what Bacon calls a dry light. He only is no victim to
illusions, he can keep free from prejudice because he has
an unclouded eye for truth. We ure not going to talk
politics, in these party days, when men on both sides
m e in danger of yielding to the falsehood of extremes,
it is well, if it be possible, to stand aloof, not loving
England less than the most- fiery of partisans, but
Imply loving peace more. So the wrathful politics of the
time shall be left uloue, with the obvious remark that
moderation is not one of the features with which they
can bo credited. In literature the curious observer will
note n similar tendency to exaggeration. “After a certain
period,” said War ton, “ in every country and in every
language, men grow weary of the natural and scnrcli
after the singular.” At tlmt point we seem to have
arrived. Too often novelists strain after effect, and
,grammar and sometimes morality in doing so.
1 hey want to startle rather than to tench, and the more
unnatural the situations they can iuvent the better.
This vice is indeed most rampant on the other side of the
Channel, but there are plentiful traces of it here also,
especially in the case of third-rate writers, whose oue
object, not otherwise to be attained, is to attract
attention. I» much of the verse of the day (he same
want of moderation is obvious: young poetasters,
and old ones too, grow desperate in the attempt to
say something original, and so we have an apostrophe
to a beautiful star with a crimson mouth, and to a moon
with brows of gold, and a poet who sings “the Equalities
and Finale of things,” exclaiming that he goes screaming with
wings slowly flapping. The spasmodic poetry that shrieks,
and the erotic poetry that sins against wlmtSwift called sweet¬
ness and light, both indicate a tuste for the extravagant and
perverse. Truly says a poet, who is himself not wholly
guiltless, that nought
In a song c*n be good if the turn of the veno is
Kur-feichetl and dear-bought.
In Art is it possible to doubt that there is much nt once dear-
bought and far-fetched ? Artists destitute of imagination
labour to be grotesque, mid it must be admitted that they
succeed. Their manipulation and daring excite wonder. We
lift up our hands in ustonisluncnt, and this is the admiration
which they crave. Moderation in the family and iu society
is too often conspicuous by its absence. Plain living and
high thinking are poetical blessings seldom to be met with
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OCT. 18, 1884
in real life. Men live 80 comfortably and expensively at their
clubs that they hesitate to marry; and that the hesitation is
not unreasonable in high life may be ascertained by applying
to Mr. Worth; while in a lower class of society the accounts
sent in at Christmas by West-End dressmakers will tell a
similar tale. And the money cost of dresses is not all. The
style shows too often that the first object is display, ns the hist
Thought is moderation in expenditure.
We live in a fast age, and everybody runs at his top speed.
The race begins in our school days, when an amount of
pressure is put upon young brains which would be felt in¬
conveniently by some old ones. Then follows competition in
nil its branches, and a cramming system which, in many cases,
leaves its victims immoderately stupid. On the other hand,
there nro great prizes to be won by clever young men, in
India, in the Colonies, and at home; and it would bo absurd
to suppose that the fierce struggle for them is compatible with
moderation. As well might you expect two men in mortal
contiict to refrain from giving each other hard blows. At n
later age, the haste to be rich keeps life at a high pressure.
The old motto, "Rest and be thankful,” is one that has no
meaning nowadays. Men take their pleasures in a hurry;
their only leisure for meditation is in ex press-trains.
For good or for evil, the tendency of the time is to extremes.
Wc proclaim our religion with drums and trumpets, and
Atheism lifts up its head in public places. Drunkenness on
one side leads to the denunciation of a glass of wine upon the
other. The City feast kindles the ire of the Vegetarian; the
High Church of England Ritualist drives one man to Rome
and another to Dissent; we despise a Via Media; if we
do not sail to the Arctic zone, we must fly os fast as steam
can earry us to the Torrid. “Our age,” said Niebuhr,
“ knows nothing but reactions, and leaps from one extreme to
another.”
'1 here is another aspect of the subject that may be men¬
tioned in concluding this brief comment. The moderate man,
it hns been well said, makes others so, and in the long run the
most zealous of enthusiasts acknowledge and respect his
power. For consider what is implied in the term Moderation.
It does not mean indifference or Pyrrhonism or contempt, it
is not cynicism, it is not heartlessness. It implies sobriety of
judgment, calmness to weigh argument, and, in another sense,
it includes the high socim qualities which are the salt of
society. Truly says old Thomas Fuller: “ Moderation is the
silken string which runs through the pearl-chain of all
virtues.”
Sir Charles
Professor Leone Levi gave the introductory lecture at
King’s College, Strand, on the 9th inst., on the opening of the
winter session, his subject being “The present state and
prospects of trade.”
Professor Jowett, the Master of Balliol College, Oxford,
has been elected Vice-Chancellor of the University for a third
term.—The new Indian Institute was opened by the Vice-
Chancellor on Tuesday, after an address delivered by the
Roden Professor of .Sanskrit, Mr. Monicr ‘Williams, on the
following subjectHow can the University of Oxford best
fulfil its duty towards India?”—The Posey Memorial House
was opened on the 9th inst. by the Bishop of the diocese.
The proceedings commenced with breakfast at Keble College,
after which the clmpel of the house was dedicated and the
librarians admitted to office.—Mr. Edward Charles Everard
Owen, B.A., Exhibitioner of Balliol College, Oxford, lias been
elected to the vacant fellowship at New College. Mr. Owen
took a first in classical mods in 1880 and a first in classical
greats in 1883.
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OBITUARY.
SIR C. J. FREAKE, BART.
James Freake, Bart., of Cromwell House,
Kensington; Fulwell Park, Middhscx; and
Bank Grove, Surrey, died on the 6th inst., in
his Beventy-first year. He was eldest son of
Mr. Charles Freake, and was married, April 4,
1844, to Eliza Pudsey, eldest daughter of Mr.
Charles Wright, one of the lion. Corps of
Gentlemen-at-Arms, and sister of Brigadier-
Geueral Sir Tlionius Wright, C.B., by whom he
leaves one surviving child, now Sir Thomas
George Freake, second Baronet, born Aug. 12,
1848, who married, April 21, 1868, Frederica
Charlotte Mary, second daughter of Colonel
Frederick Maitland, of Holywell, Kent, and 1ms
issue. The title was conferred on the late
Baronet on May 23, 1882.
THE DOWAGER VISCOUNTESS DE VESCI.
Emma, Dowager Viscountess dc Vesci, whose death is
announced, was widow of Thomas, third Viscount do Vesci,
and youngest daughter of George Augustus, eleventh Earl of
Pembroke, by Catherine, his second wife, daughter of Count
Woronzow, of Russia. Her Ladyship was bom Aug. 23, 1819,
and was married Sept. 19, 1839. She leaves issue, John
Robert William, present Viscount de Vesci; one other son,
Eustace, Captain 9th Lancers; and three daughters, the
eldest, Marchioness of Bath.
We have also to record the deaths of—
The lion. Beatrice, wife of Colonel ITollinshend Blundell,
formerly Maid of Honour to the Queen, youngest daughter of
Vice-Admiral the Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng, on the 3rd inst.
The Rev. Charles Arnold, Hon. Canon of Peterborough,
and for forty-six yenrs Rector of Tinwell, on the 2nd inst., at
his Rectory House, aged eighty-two.
The Dowager Countess of Shrewsbury and Talbot, on tho
13th inst., at ABhridge Park, Earl Brownlow’s seat, near
Great Berkliampstead. She was the eldest daughter of Henry,
second Marquis of Waterford, and was bom in 1807.
Colonel Stanley, uncle of the Earl of Derby, at his residence,
Halcot, near Grange-over-Sands, on the 13th inst., aged
seventy-six. He was formerly in the Grenadier Guards, but
had for many years lived a retired life.
The Rev. William Spencer Edwards, of considerable note
in tho Congregational Body, formerly Minister at Arundel-
square, City-road, and Lewes Congregational Churches, the
author of works of travel and popular theology, on the 4th inst.
Mr. Augustus Craven, formerly in the Army, and sub¬
sequently in tho Diplomatic Service, on the 4th inst. He was
Secretary of Legation at Stuttgardt from 18-13 to 1851, and for
some months in 1846 Private Secretary to the Marquis of
Normanby, Ambassador at Paris. \ ""
The Rev. William Thursby, M.A., of Ormerod nouse,
Burnley, Lancashire, J.P.,on tho 10th inst., ng-.d eighty-nine,
lie married, in 1824, Eleanor Mary, eldest daughter of Colonel
John Hargreaves, by Charlotte Anne, his wife, daughter and
heiress of Mr. Lawrence Ormerod, of Ormerod.
The Venerable Edmond Dalrymple Hesketh Knox, Into
Archdeacon of Killnloe, on tho 6th hist., aged eighty-three.
He was elder son of the Hon. and Right Rev. Edmund Knox,
Bishop of Limerick (seventh son of the first Viscount North¬
land), by Anna Charlotte, his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas
Hesketh, liurt.
HOME NEWS.
Sir William Harcourt distributed the prizes on Tuesday to
the successful students of the Derby School of Art.
Tlio Royal Alfred wing of the Croydon Hospitnl was opened
by the Archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday.
The Portsmouth Town Council have invited the Social
Science Congress to hold its next annual session at Portsmouth.
Mr. George D. Fottrell, jnn., formerly solicitor to the Liu d
Commission, has been appointed Clerk of the Crown for Dublin.
Mr. Trevelyan, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, lias taken
up liis official duties at Dublin Castle.
Lust week the foundation-stone of the new Boatmen's
Rooms at Deal was laid by Countess Sydney.
Messrs. Longmans published on Wednesday Sir. Froude’s
*' Life of Thomas Carlyle,” in two volumes of about 500 pages
cadi.
The county magistrates for Berks have unanimously elected
Mr. O. C. Cherry, of Dcnford House, Hunger ford, as clinir-
ranu of the court, vice Mr. It. Bccyon, resigned.
At a special meeting of the Council of the Hospital
Sunday Fund, held yesterday week at the Mansion House, it
was resolved to distribute lurthcr Bums to institutions that
have already participated in the collection.
Early on Saturday last the Dublin steamer Europa
foundered in the Clyde, after collision with the inward-bound
steamer Roseville, and the captain, engineer, and three of the
crew were drowned. The Roseville had to be run ashore.
The arrivals of live stock at the port of Liverpool dm ihg
the past, week from the United States and Canada amounted
to 2682 cattle, 1506 sheep, 6677 quarters of beef, and 650
carcases of mutton;
Messrs. Snmpson Low and Co.’s first lVsne of Harper's
Magazine Christmas Number will bo 70,000 copies. It will
contain articles by William Black, Hugh Comvny, Phil
Robinson, Charles Dudley Warner, and W. D. Ilowells.
Mr. James Spicer, on his retirement from the offices of
chairman and treasurer of the Colonial Missionary Society,
has been presented with his portrait, which has been pnintid
~oj, subscription, and is to be hung in tlio Congregational
Memorial Hall.
Last Satuiday evening the Forestry Exhibition in Edin¬
burgh was formally closed. From tlio opening of tho
exhibition on July 1 to the close there were 500,000 visitors
admitted.- The Loan Exhibition of National Portraits also
closed on Saturday last.
The Fordie and Locliolly estate, in the parish of Cnputh,
Perthshire, was sold on the Mb inst. in Edinburgh for £13,500.
The estate extends over 456 acres, 368 of which are arable;
and the free rental, exclusive of woods nnd shootings, is £430
per annum. It is situuted about eleven miles from Perth.
Lady Hope Grant 1ms presented to the Museum of Science
and Art at Edinburgh tho gold jug or ewer which was given
to her husband by the officers of the British army in China iu
1860. It was purchased by them out of tho “loot” of tlio
Summer Palace at Pekin.' It is of solid gold, twelve inches
and a half high. The bullion value is estimated at £300.
On the invitation of Sir William M'Arthur, M.P., chair¬
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v company of gentlemcu held a conference on the 9th inst., at
the Westminster Palace Hotel, on the South African crisis.
The speakers, who included Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., urged
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j^J APLE and CO.
A PLE and CO.
A I APLE nnd CO.—Baffs^VoodFURNITURE
Is one of the noTtltlco particularly recommended, being
much harder than pine, and a prett ef vrbod. a thongh costing
no more. OD) ll'-l-r-- m bolt. *, Ilulili d in varmn* wood*, to
eeh'.t from. Price*. 14 to 'AW gulnen Many of these are quite
novel tie* In thnpe and llih^h.—TVtteiiham-COart-road, Ixindon.
FURNITURE.
re All (he mual and serernl distinctly New ehadr* of
1 an*. Colour In Ottoman Caalmlr Angola Fuulr*. per
j^f APLE and CO.
jyTAPLjfe and CO.
M A ;
FURNITURE.
APLE and CQ* / Manufacturers of First-
l(i*t Sootoned EtfRNITUHK for Immediate rtiliuurnt.
ir pirgert a*Miitlnent 111 the world to teleet fre.m. (ir.lot for
portal loti'4p aujr narTbf tlieglolie pocked (arefuily on the pie-
De«, 11)11 1 fdrw.iiilij) on receipt of a remltlunce or London
refenoce. 'Cntalogm* fore.
j^2APLE and CO.
^2APLE and CO.
CARPETS.
CARPETS.
XT APLE nml CO.—The largest assortment
T’A. of INDIAN, Fenian, and Turkey CARPETS alwaye In
Mock, Miierlor qunlltlr*. Purrliaaen *liould la-wnroof Interior
Turkey 9kr|«it8, which ore now being imported ami told *s bret
quality at to much per square yard.—MAPLE and CO., Loudon.
CARPET’S.
CARPETS.
'10LDS.
A LK
ARAM.
C
OLDS.
P 1 ’ inhaled on the first symptoms, ALKARAM
will at oncenr rot them, and dure tetere cafe* In half an
hour. 8old by *ll (.'ln'nilsf*,2«. "d. a Bottl
caie of Metara. F. Nowboi
AddiBno. llr. Dunbar,
ryand Urn*. I. King Edward »t„ K.O.
A D\TCE TG: DYSPEPTICS.—Symptoms
XI. "f l>y*Kp*la and ImllgssUon, with ipeclal advice a* to
Diet, "Tin* Illtle pamphlet appeal* forcibly to tliooe who have
allowed the palate to dceldu everything for them, and hale paid
the inevitable penalty of their folly^"—til..be. Sent lor one >tamn.
< \ J.'JI.RluiiiBin. Publliher. 4«, Holborn VlailUCt, K,0.
AiT A BOTTLE TO-DAY OF PERRY
■AJ DAVIB’ PAIN KILLER.— It initunMy relievos and cure*
severe scald*, bum*, sprains, bruises, toothache, headache,
C ,tn* rn\t lie ride. Joint*, and limb*, all neuralgic nnd rheu-
»tio~p*ln*. Taken Internally cure* at once cough*. *ndd< n
cold*, cramp lu the rtnmaeh. colic, diarrha.*. and cholera
Infantum. PAIN KILLER I* tho great htmseliobl mnliciue,
sml ha* stood the teat of tifty year*. Any Chan lit can supply
Itat I*, lid. and 2s. ud. '
U.VIVERSAIiLY PRESCRIBED BY TIIK FACULTY.
A laxative and ref reviling
TAMAR For CONST! RATION^ , ' 0 “ n 8«-
I 'A 41 Alt Ila-morrhoid*.
-*- Bile. Headache.
Loss of Appetite,
Oerebrat O ingritlon.
TNDFRV Prepared by K. GRILLON,
I Chemist of tho Fail* Faculty,
69. Queen-afreet, City,
_ Ijondnn.
Tamar, nnllka Fill* and the usual Pnr-
/~4 PTT.T.ON gotlve*. I* agrreahlo to take, and never
1 iuijjaW' produces Irritation, nor Interferea with
3-" . blitlneosor plenuire.
Bold by all Chemitts and Drugxiit*. 2s. £d. a Box.
Btamp Included.
(JOCKLE’S
^NTIBILIOUS
JTILLS.
pOOKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
V - y FOR LI
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
Ft)
FOR BILE.
riOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
FOB INDIGK3
IND1GK3TION.
BURN.
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
rOB HEART
PROFESSOR BROWNE nnd ELLIOTTS
TONIC LOTION, an unequalled Restorer of the llalr,
arrmllngthe lali. nml lin|>artoig a licnlllij ami natural growth
to the routs. It will produce the lialr on bald |>a:< lie*, wlntker*
rauUaUchr*. and eyebrow*. Price, ;i*. <Vl., Se.tkL, bit. 6.1and
free by poat.—47 and 120, Fouchurth-street, London, K.O.
Jt£APLE aud CO.
jjjAPLE and CO.
A I APLE and CO.—A Manufacturer’s Stock
-irtl of fb.ut BltUS.SEM CARPETS, at 2s. lid, i>er ynrel,
Utuuily void at nd.; I* *t quality Tapestry RrtlfaeU (but old
pattern*), at I*. lOd. nnd 2s. per yard: *U'Ut Tafaftry Carm-t,
1*. l(d. per yard. 3000 CsriwU, a great variety of pitterqi, In oil
lire*, ready made up. In stock, which can bo laid oamo days*
ordered. MAPLE and CO., London.
J^APLE aud CO. CARPETS.
J^2APLE and CO. CARPETS.
M APLE and CO. would advise all buyers
of CARPETS. Ae., eaixxlally American* now visiting
I .'" 'I 'll, to rail ami see tor tlieinsrlvre there great noveltlr*.
which aro not yot t-i bo found on the other elde.
MAPLE and CO.. Tnltonhtm-court road, Iamdon.
J^2 aple and CO. CRETONNES.
^2APLE and CO. CRETONNES.
AI APLE and CO. — CRETONNES. — The
i-T.JL Block* for the reprinting of Uie Hue Old French Cretonne*
having been now re-erirraved. MAPLE and 1X». aro receiving
the Illicit gr-alv ever olT-re<L Tlio cloth* upon which these aro
prlnte-l uiv of iuw<rl»r quality; the odour* can also bo
girarnntrnl. Tho designs are exclusive, being engaged to
MAPLE arid Co , l4."..Toltciiham-court-road, laindun; and Par l«.
JjAPLE and CO. CRETONNES.
JJAPLE and CO. CRETONNES.
pRETONNES.—MAPLE and CO. have
Vy great pleaanre In itatlng that they have on thow the mcift
tnognnlceiit selection ever seen of fast-washing 0RKTONNE8,
on extra strong and rervlccablo tlnauei.-M Al’I.K and CO..
Tottenlnim-rourt-rvail, London. Catalogue* Free.
JJAPLE and CO. CURTAINS.
CURTAINS.
jy|APLE and CO.
AT A PLE and CO.—CURTAINS.—A largo
x“-L asrortiiientuf curtain* In every texture. Ma.lroj, Guipure,
Swim, Dice. Muehn, *1 prices from 4s. lid. to .'o gnlm-a* per
pair. Borne sirewlnl novelties.
MAPLE and CO., Tottenham-conrt-road.
A [APLE nnd C0.-CURTA1NS—Tie most
J-vJ. wonderful Improrrment* have been moile within tho Inst
few year* In tho niannfnrtnre and oolonring of Covering
Fabrics. The artlatlc effect which some of these good*—even *t
a«. 2d. per yard, double wblth-glve I* extraordinary. The prin¬
cipal factories lor the production being In France, MAPLE and
CO. have established a home In Paris, whereby they *ee all the
new design*, and are enabled to reoerve them excloilvoly for
their rnotomeiY velectlon.
TyjAPLE and CO. CLOCKS.
A [APLE nnd CO. CLOCKS.
l’A DRAWING-RIJOM CLOCKS to go for 400 day* with once
winding: a hand.onm preaent. Price 70*. Warranted. MAPLE
and CO. hxvo a large ami varied oasortment luitable for dining
and drawing room. Over live hundred to select from. Price
Ins. Wil. to r*j guinea*. Ilandoome marble clock, with Incited
line* In gold and •uperior eight-day movement. 23*.6d.; also
bronzes In great variety,—MAPLE and CO.. London.
J^YATLE and CO.—CATALOGUES FREE.
pOSTAL ORDER DEPARTMENT.
A Meoar*. MAPLE and CO.begresiwvtfully to statethat this
department la now *•• organised that they are fully prepared to
execute aud mpply any artle e that can noasibly be miuirret in
funivlilngal too tamo price. If not lee* than any other honre In
England. Palterns rent anil quotation* given tree of cbaige.
M *\PLE and CO.—Manufacturers of First-
llaav (vvivnid FURNITURE for lmiiie.llnto shipment.
The largest aa-ortinrnt In the wot Id to te’ert from. Orders for
expoitat) -n to soy part of the glolie packed rarefnlly on tho
premise*, and forwarded on receipt of a remittance or London
reference.
A I APLE and CO., Tottenham-court-road,
AYA Loudon; and Oi.UoulevnnldeStrasbourg. Pari*.
pETER ROBINSON, OXFORD-STREET.
pOLOURED AND BLACK SILKS,
VELVETS. AND BROCA DIM. Per Yard.
Extra Rich Block Silk* and Satin* of flue make.
from 3*. lid. to £0 8 0
China Silk*, In nleeesof20 yards the niece., ..110
Chinese Embroidered Silks to match.
pOLOURED SATINS, very I
Vx specially cheap .
Black Poult de Sole, worth 3*. Cd. ..
Block Ottoman Satin* .
face.
fine
.. £0 I II
..026
..026
I > LACK SATIN BROCADES, usually
1* »oltl at C*. lid.XO 4 6
Bright Surah Bilks (Block) .0 III
Blrli Black llr •ended Gance Velvet*.0 7 11
There Velvet* are22 Indies wide, and usually sold at II). Cd.
BROCHE VELVETS
, . . ..X0 4 6
elvets. embracing nil the new colours.
le*. UMially *r.'d «ll,'«. •«!.0 9 II
illcsonly tdb'HKib' under elx yaid*.
rRJSOQTTOMAN SILKS, 19 In.
,1111 assorted, .XO I I
'1 will-fared All-Silk Satin*, usually sold at
.0 2 6
Pattern* port-free.
_JETER ROBINSON S.
■\TE\V AUTUMN DRESSES.
13 \ \ p„ y.n].
Dcvonihlre. Witney, Scotch, and other 8ERGE8. la
various shade* of Navy, Cream, Black. Bronte,
■/Wool, very wide .Dd. to £0 1 A
..010
’■IB'IIA riuuiM UI vmiii, Dintl
V '',dcl7 'i>llAVonl, very wide
meepun t'aahinere Bege, mixed colours..
AUTUMN DRESSES.
yard .
iliineic d'ltalln; all wool, very durable ..
French Merino*, very wide
I*. 114. to 0
CASHMERES.
■j 0
VERY FINE FRENCH
» 2s. 2d. to 0
lilvct Velveteen*, much Improved In mak". c- 'oiir.
and price .is. 3d. to 0
A Black Velveteen, specially cheap.0
Pntb-mv port-free.
I’ETER ROBINSON'S.
J^UESS MATERIALS.
Cream-coloureil lUchly-embroldcrret Alistlan Isiwn
Robe*, double quantity of wldo embr-ldery
• ach II*. Ud.. 16*. fid., and 0 It 0
Finely-worked Cashmere Rubes in lllurk and all 'be
new slimlra of Brown, Bronze. Grey. Dark Grrvn,
Navy. Drab, Ac., extra quantity ol embroidery
' each 1 IS «
OOMPOMlTE ROBES, 2U yard* In each; a great novel tv.
In every combination of alyle and colour, all
Wool .each I 1 0
CLEARANCE 8AI.F. OK SURPLUS STOCK PREVIOUS
TO REBUILDING.
pETER ROBINSON, OXFORD-STREET
J- AND IIEOENT-STIIKET.
F
ASHI0NS FOR TIIE SEASON.
Klcgnnt Mantles and Cloaks,
Beautiful Millinny.
and a choice \t< letv of New Costumes
front the > 11 ,-t Houses
In Pari*.
Inspection I* rewiwctlullr mllcitod
at PETER ROUINbON'8
MOURNING WAKKIIOL'KE, 2fM to M2. REGENT-STREET.
0 N
OR
RECEIPT OF LETTER
TELEGRAM,
Mourning Good* will be forwarded to any part of England on
approbation—no mattertbedistance —with an excellent
nttlug Dreaeniaker Ilf dedtvd), without any
extra ebarze whatever.
Address—
PETER ROBINSON, MOURNING WAREHOUSE.
REGENT-STREET.
ATOURNING FOR FAMILIES,
Lv-L IN CORRECT TASTE,
can be purchased at PETER KOBI.NnDN'S. ol Regent etreet,
at a great oaring In price.
Skirt* In new Mourning )
Fabrics, trimmed Crape > SSs. to 3 guineas.
orolberwiae .. .. )
Month* t<> correspond, from2 to6guinea*.
1>LACK MATERIAL COSTUMES, both
-Lr with and w tliout Crape, beaullfully and
fadilonably iletiKmil.
Tiie largest variety that ran be seen In any one ertabllalimmt,
ranging from 23*. od. to 10 guinea*.
CILK COSTUMES, beautifully made,
^ <opfM from t)ie ruo*t «x|*nii ve French 51 o«U*1r (
At 4. 6, 7, nml np P> 70 giiinrsA.
OR TRAVELLING anil the SEASIDE.
F
Useful and Inexyenilre Coetumea.
lu Dlork. Grey*, and Ntutral bhade*.
from 27*. Od. to 3 guinea*.
8
U F E RIO It BLACK SILKS,
at So. lld..4f. Cd.,3*. M„ C* 3d., 7*. 6.1.
Highly recommendiil by I'l-.TKR ROBINSON.
An 11 n mm id Stork,
from 2*. upward*.
A
LARGE anil SUPERIOR STOCK
of Broch* Velvet*, llroch* eallu*. Ac.,
in vurlou* beautiful design*,
for Uantle* and Drewe*.
from 6* ikl. to lbs. 6d. per yard.
■pVENING DRESSES, DINNER DRESSES.
Ax An extenilvc variety.
New Style*, beautifully and fadilonably mode,
lllsck Grenadine from | guinea.
Black Brunei* net from 2H. (kl.
Black laid: fre.m 3 guinea*.
Black Merr. wlUi various novel comliln*tiona, from .1) guinea*.
'TRAVELLING CLOAKS in ZEPHYR SILK
A (a Novelty), beautifully light and storm-proof.
Various tliadts. ii«. ttd. and 38*. tkf.
1>ARCELS POST FREE.
A Made-np article*or materials
by the yard promptly forwarded.
pETER pO HINSON,
MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
REGENT-STREET. LONDON.
Tn'GIDIUS. — The only Flannel Sliirte
Xl J That never shrink In washing.
Three for 311s. 6d.
n. FOBD and CO..4). Poultry, London.
TI^GIDIUS.—Tlirec for !
-X JLj Soft a* silk, and very
Free by Parcel* Post.
39s. Gd.
elastic.
R. FORD and CO.. 41, Poultry. London.
Tl^GIDIUS.—For Under-Vests and Drawers.
jL m J Made to order.
Pattern* and *elf-mra*ure free by poet.
R. FOBD *nd CO., 41, Poultry, Ixnidou.
ICH SEALSKINS (from 7s. lid.
Lumlnn, K.C.
'1
''O FAT PERSONS. — How to remove
superfluous fnt, cure obeiity, and Improve the In-altli
without *eml-rtarvatl ■■ dietary or tatlgulnz •■xerclro. by F. 0.
KUB8KI.L ilate of IS, Gower rtrent). Herlp* and utlier imr-
tirulara will lie *ent fire on r-ralptof stamp'd rnvelu|ir to F. 0.
HU88F.I.L, Woburn House. 8tore-*t., Ikdlord-wj., London. W.O.
376
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
OCT. IS, 1881
NEW MUSIC.
Tim IJbreth'aut both operaa la book. Price l». Mi
'PRIAL BY JURY. By W. S. Gilbert
X ami ARTHUR SULLIVAN. Now performing -t the
Revoy Theatre. Complete word* ami mualc, 2*.fid. urt; piano¬
forte *nlo. 2i. id. net.
'I'RIAL BY JURY. Waltz, Lancers,
X Quadrille, and r>>lka. HyCII.U-AI.RKHT 9..on li net.
Cuirrcu niidCii.,'i>, New 1! ml itiwl.W.; «ml iS.IViu.tr), K.0-
QHAPPELL and CO.’S NEW SONGS.
M OTHER. P. TOSTI. Sung by all tlie
prlnc>,i Vucnll.t*.
T VESPERS. P. TOSTI.
W HERE MEMORY DWELLS. ISIDORE
DE I.AIIA.
r^ATES OF THE WEST. CAROLINE
Vj ' LOWTlIlAN
Q.ATES OF THE WEfeT. As a Vocal
Q RIPPLING TID10. Mrs. MON CRIEFF.
J^£Y TRUST. I. DE LARA.
'JMIE DRAGON. J. L. MOLLOY.
CO SWEET A STORY. COTSFORD
O DICK.
I FAREWELL, YET NOT FAREWELL.
X CAROLINE I.OVVI III AN.
CAFE THERE TO REST. A Love Song,
O By A. KANDKGiiKU. Sun* by Mr. Edward Lloyd at Uiv
Norwich Musical Festival.
Price J». each net.
CmrrxuiadCo..SO.NewDoml-xtreot, Vf.; and 14.Ponltry.E C.
C HAPPELL and CO.’8 ALEXANDRE
HARMONIUMS, for Church. School*. or Drawing-Room*.
I root a to lan guinea*: or. on the Throo-Yeara By item. Irom
(I 4*. per quarter.—40. New Bond-ftreet; and 15. Poultry.
PLOUGH and WARREN’S PET ORGAN,
V> Seven Stop*. Including 8illi-bau and Sub and Siij er
octave C»uu:rr. Elegant Carved Walnut Co*e. In gninca*.
CUArrau. an I Co.. S'. New Hon l-,; reel; and 14. Poultry.
PLOUGH and WARREN’S CENTENNIAL
Vy CRAM) OKCAN. 14 Stop*. 9 Beta of Heed*, end Com¬
bination Tube*. 34 guinrai.
Ct.OfOII and WARREN'S
P IPE and REED COMBINATION
ORGANS
With one mannal. from mt rnine.,*.
Will, tw.. uianu.liaul pod* ». Horn 125 guinea*.
My* r*u Ic m-'tora, lor l.l..wing, from * guinea*.
p LOU'AH and WARREN’S ORGANS have
been prim >u»i«l by the Moat em nent musician* In Eng¬
land t-. 1-e *u|*-riO' to all other. In p | «-i he ipiality ot tulle.
/1 LOUGH and WARREN’S AMERICAN
OHGAS •». A 0-mldnation of p pe* an.l reed*. whl.li >b>
lint go nut -f lane be the moat often* change; of temp mine.
Kaay "f manipulation, hun.lsom* In dc*lgu, and of giu.t
durability.
From 14 to »M guinea*.
See <i*.ll■ itn.l tram 14 guineas.
Tntlnn n at* anil lv*rrlpUte l.’al* free by prat.
Can ril.1 nml Co..4n, New lb-nd-street; end 14, P--nlt y.
W MORLKY and CO.’S NEW SONGS.
• Poet-free. II etenip* each.
1MTIENCE REWARDED. By CIRO
X pin ttm.
K ll..t. F (C f” Ei. end •• Word*. Jax-me.
“ Cliennlng end inity. mill e dealt •( at) humour; very
elfrdlvr. Cannot tail t» p ra-e everyone."
'P II E CONQUERORS. By THEO.
X HON II EC II.
r>. K flat - III. K). and F.
"Tliti led I end ili-lilnjr new be*, or baritone <ong will r.’vsl
In p-putarlty O.b-a .Li liar. I'a workl-rvii-aiinl *ong - The Old
Hr gn-le..A •tlrring end |e)*eifal mi|."
'TILL THE BREAKING OF THE DAY.
J |ly PINnCTI.
a. A I £ to F), end II Her. Wo-.lt. Jexone.
A eplemii.1 a dig: one of unrinumoli merit. The fnn*lc la
rich eiol lull, en.l contain* e nmat Cuer.n.ll ; refiain.' "One of
n km ir Pinauti * Hunt and prettieet eoug*. *
I \OLLY’S REVENGE. By H. PONTET.
I* K flat (K to K>. and F.
** An Intenaely imniln: belled. *et to an extremely pretty en.l
Mi-otrlilug tn-tlodv. The |*>pnlurRy of Uile aong la a waiter
for rale pre .icumi. '-bl.i-ni.nl IWb
-Thelilteof Uieeeaeon ” 21 stamp* rocli. Met*gratia.
gUHELY. By A. H. BEUREND.
VV. .WORLEY and OO. have the liononr to announce that
they Imre n-cured. at great expense. the c-.pvrijht ot A. If.
IlKill: END'S liut end prvttie.l *ong. SUItkl.Y. the rxreedve
beuty of which roiiipnellbui will rn*nre It high dl»t notion m
tlm muaieal world, end will prove one of I lie create tend mrel
t rim lire niitrun «ei ured for many ye n. Come* tee iy for lean*
IUN«*AY. HOT. W. order of ail >1 u.lowlier* In the world.
F G illt> Ki. A flat, an . li flat, .iit.oop-.
W. Moulkv ami Co.. *a», llrgriit-ft.. W.; ..ml 70, Upper-lt.. N.
77DWIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR SONGS.
-Id Till-: <11.11 ASH MM Nil MAIUE .. P.ll.i'owrn.
THE BAHiHHUN-a < llll.l) .A II. Itelirvnd.
IN Tit* 8WKKT OP TilK YEAR .. .. < Pln.uti.
THE LAST HP THE IIOVH .>1 Wateon.
TIIK 1*11 KA51 OK Til 1C Ol.l) SACRISTAN .. U. Uerri.
Prior U. each net. pmlege tree.
E
DWIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR
PI A NO PORT K riEOES.
DAMON.heymonr 8niltli.
IhiKDiIIY ..Seymour Mnith.
I.AUY IIETTY.hrynioiir 8ini li.
HKIIi.KIt' EP HKlKIKItES .. P. Il-eomont.
COIIONATl'.N MARCH .. It. Wateon.
Price I*, tel. each net. portage free.
“AT
17 DWIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR
-Id PIANOFORTE PIECES.
PCU KT SDItT.K .Sydney Smith.
I-4YUIIK dltrtUtl.Tib. 51*1 UI.
Hl.leTKMN.i DIAMONDS .. tln.rnv teinge.
I»Y Ki aillNU WEI It.W. S, llockuup.
Pr.ce 2a. each mt. pmtege f*a»i.
DWIN
ASHDOWN’S POPULAR
WAI.TZES. - ^
AUK 151 HER (For Ever) .. -.T-Oacer SeydeX N
I.KIIEWOIII. (Ken-wriu ./ ^IhU-ar Bey-lel.
CM. IA . Z/^r^renhJ.Snlth.
LAV RITA. i. .. Ed.\H.y off.
Price 2a. each nel. poaUge frve.X \
CYDNBY SMI TH’S MET HOD.
*3 “’Tl.e me - |ie.| ..f inHIindK” ^
p.lce 3a. tel. n-t. |ealeKe frto.
Emwis A«4iyh <W<r4teti..ver kq^iire.
\T EW SONGS. Sungou Madame PATEY’S
liHKfit T.iu?r^
A SHADOW. I)/ Sir ARTHUR
J V SBfXIVAN. Silns by M nUm-. Petey.
T I *ME BREADWINNER, By COTSFORD
X MICK. Bnng i.y.Hlee Anne William*.
'PlIE LOVE FLOWER. By COTSFORD
X DICK. 8n«* by M a* Ada Patterwii
O ’ER THE HILLS OF NORMANDIE.
Ily P. DKFAYK. Hung by Mr. Sidney l ower.
M Y LASSNCND I. By MICHAEL
WATSON. Minby Mr. Franklin Clive.
'IMIE QUAKERS DAUGHTER. By
± MICIIAKI. WAT ON. Bung by Motemo Petey.
The above nonga may be obfalue.1 vf *11 Muaxaellcre. | rice'.’a
eaeli.
Peiar tai Wn.ua, 4a, C.eet Marlborough atrret. Ixuidon, W.
T ’AMOUR IMMORTEL VAI.8E. Par
Xj FA III AN HOME.
The pretllrtt and mint |0|ml»r Vel r of the nun. Can Le
l*ad ot all MoaicicUare.—Peiav and \\ ilU», Pub.a.o.ie.
NEW MUSIC.
r piIE MAID OF THE MILL. A great
J- »uccrf».
f PHE MAID OF THE MILL. By
A STEPHEN ADAMS.
'PHE MAID OF THE MILL. Sung by
X Mr Kln.nl l.loyd at the Promenadi- Cmoeila enl re¬
ceived with (he grreteet eutlmelumii. The Wont.by i. .oidt- n
Aid--; Ilie llgiir by the Coin|n>-er ot "The Him- A e.linn
Mountain,." PuhPalieil. till* day. In three key.. To I* lied of nil
Mndcwilera. Price 2..-Booa»r nnd Co.,294, llvgmt-»trcet.
'THE RIVER OF YEARS.
'PIIE RIVER OF YEARS. New Song
X by MA 1(7.1 ALU. 2a.—Ib-oeav end Co.,2D4. Regent-atmt.
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CHAPTER XXIX.
THE BLACK BTKEPLB.
liis cy&s hud told, him so, Moreover, liis cars also told him that
he had heard voio6ifc> though he had failed to distinguish them :
voido outside. “T’ve
yiat ’ll be pleased to h (
“He’s seen the jig
ae ii au neaiu voices, muugii lie aau iuuea to (usunguisli Uiem :
and he began to reflect that lie had perhaps been premature in
ahfloujicilig himself by name. They might indeed be only
neighbourscome to comfort the mourner: but even so, lie
ho&Iban ' ‘
neignoourscouie to comtort the mourner:__
had k'nrnwl p| late too much of liis own unpopularity in the
silent stranger raised
his head for a moment
from the table, but
scarcely opened hity~parish to imnginc that ho would be a welcome addition to the
eyes, and otherwiatv^cyn^ahyx On the other hand, even if Nance Derrick’s com-
did not stir. Francis punlomiyCre but fellow-mourners, there might still he soine-
eould not help start- thing to learn. For he was determined to see tlic whole hunt
ing, and instinctivelyoHt: and, though no reasonable mind \vould suspect the
rnised his sword ( mthjtmee of Derrick’s murderers under the dead man’s own
Nance raised her finger liQijSe on the very day of his funeral, still that was all theory,
to cominantj/^silgnee K for which stupidity has a thoroughly practical scorn, lie
then put out\thu li.
and threw the room i
pitch dnrkness, since there
was no fire./'"\^ \\
'1’he knock come again.
“It’s I, I)a\is,” said a
outride. \‘J’ve news
ear.”
ght in
o>v, and knows I’m
And
the wi
in,” whispered she.
I fear he ’s hoard speaking, too.
Hut she did not ask, “ Wlmt ’s to
be/done?” She answered before
asking: which is certainly the better way.
y
Now Davis, though in ways enough as
stupid a fellow as Fnuiois T’arew hud Culled Jiim, hud those
compensating qualities which invariably render the stupid more
than a match for the sharp, whether it be in getting learning,
or getting money, or, iii short, getting anything: or, above all
things, in the art of running dertvn crime. Cleverness is
weakness: but ytiipidity is power. Stupidity never runs
beyond its aim : never becomes bewildered by leaving the high
rood for shortcuts and by-paths—notoriously the most abound¬
ing in blind alleys uhd quagmires: keeps to one plain ideu, which
may fail, instead of following two, or thre •, or fifty nt once,
which must' fail. Stupidity means pluck, self-confidence,
tenacity, ldiudness to defeat—in short, tl e great heroes of
notion are pretty safe 1 to be stupid men (level mod from stupid
boys. Stupidity succeeds, and the world calls it cleverness,
talent, genius, or what, not: but it is stupidit.' all the same—
indeed to devote oneself body and soul to what is called success
is of itself the nK$t stupid of stupid tilings, aiu. an unquestion¬
able proof of arrant stupidity if no other were required. Mr.
Davis was just a bull-dog with two legs instead of four: and
what stupider or nobler biped can there be P
Having knocked twice, announced himself once, and re¬
ceived no answer, he considered within himself whether he had
really seen the light in the kitchen, which certainly would not
have been burning had not Nance Derrick been at home.
And, being stupid, he was certain that lie had Been it, because
knew that the Squire and the Poacher had escaped from
/Hamstaplc. He had assured himself that very evening that
neither wus at llomacombo. They must be somewhere, and
somewhere might he anywhere: and then women, if they have
ever caied for a man once, are such fools.
“ llood-night, then,” he called out loudly, “if it’s too late
to let me in; ” and went off, whistling ostentatiously, and
With as much noise as the soft sand would allow. The hearts
within the cottage must once again have beat freely. Hut,
having whistled himself beyond hearing, he returned as softly
as the sand would allow: which was softly indeed.
The door looked landward, across the dimes und up the
combe. He took up his position just nt the comer of the
cottage, so that lie could see any regular exit, and retire out of
sightatthesauicmoment, if need were. Tliisalso, though without
liis intending it—that would have been altogether too complex
au idea—gave him as good a side view of the lower reach of
sands as the night allowed, which was becoming better and
better as the rainy haze cleared off before moonrise. The
favourite candle of Stoke-Juliot was already, more loyal to the
alumnae than she lmd been last night, showing a misty, wet
rim ubove the ridge of the moor, and the scud soon began to bo
seen flying. It was a first-rate night for trade — a steady
wind off shore, and a moon that gave just light enough by
starts, and no more.
Nor had the keeper to wait long. No light reappeared in
the cottage: but presently the door opened, and three figures
emerged. The moonlight, such as it was, came straight upon
them : and the keeper easily enough recognised the shapes,
though not the features, of Nance Derrick and—sure enough !—
Squire Carew. The instinct of the bloodhound lmd been
right then, after all. Hut Nance P Well—she was a woman,
and therefore an idiot: that was enough to settle any part she
might lie taking in this night’s doings, whatever they were.
The third figure puzzled his eyes a little: but not for a
moment his mind. He lmd never seen before those awkwardly
hanging clothes, but he knew the easy glide, more like a
shadow’s than a man’s. Nance come out first: then the Squire:
the other followed. Davis listened hard, drawing in his
breath, and falling a step back into the shadow of the wall :
but not a word was spoken. Nor was there aught else to
observe beyond that, while Squire Carew stepped out firm and
erect, his follower hung liis head, and looked about nervously
from side to side.
Presently the three hud become four. Keeping at a dis¬
tance for prudence sake, but not too great to shorten easily if
he pleased, Davis also followed, without any risk of his foot¬
steps being heard on that yielding lloor of sand and sea-weed.
Presently they turned sharp round down a hollow in the dune:
and straight in front up rose old llomeek’s black steeple,
turned into yet deeper blackness by the moon, while a lung,
broken line of white lay far beyond.
“I’m hanged if I can see their game!” thought the
keeper. “ 1 ’d have laid forty to one they were making for
Hasc Wood to hide in: and they ’re going straight to sea. One
couldn’t hide a pin on Homacombe sands. Perhaps they’re
making fora cave—there are caves Oxhorn way, to be sure.
Well, if that’s your game, you’d as good be making for jail:
and I 'll make so bold to elmlk up which cave it be. Talk of
your Runners and Redbreasts! I wouldn't liuve lost this
night's chalice for a hundred pound."
Tlic loose sand and its grey-green carpet had como to an
end, and they were on the hurtl flat, dotted with luminous
pools left by the tide. Davis expected them to turn to the
right—that is to say, to the north, pnst. Skullcross Hay and
under the church towards Oxhorn. Hut, Nance still leading,
he had to follow them, save for a slight southward slant,
straight towards the sea.
They must thus have been moving nenr a quarter of a
mile, so broad are Homacombe sands, before — the flying moon
haviug found a moment’s clear place—the keeper plainly saw
a number of figures moving along the nearest line of foam.
There were horses : and there were men. There was no need
to ask himself what they were doing here by the moonlight,
or who they were: and a cleverer man would assuredly have
turned tail. The bull-dog, however, felt in his breast for the
fellow of the pistol he lmd lost last night, and slightly
quickened his pace, less careful of keeping his footsteps silent
than before. “ 1 've got to the bottom of things at last,”
said he : “ and if I don’t see the bottom through now, I 'm —
hanged.” Not that hanged was the word he used: for he
swore stoutly when he swore at all.
The moving figures, on a nearer approach, proved less
numerous than they had npjiearcd at a distance. There were
three farmers’ carts, with their teams: and there were some
dozen men, mostly fishermen (so called, though not by the fish)
or farm-hands, but including at least two persons of a more
important grade—one the keeper recognised as the Hluck-
srnith: the other, as Cornelius Hale, tin; young former who
was iM-trotiled to the Parson’s Taman. There was no pre¬
tence at concealment, beyond the fact that they were working
at night, a necessary precaution against having too many
neighbours’ fingers in tlieir pic : they were talking freely, and
even laughing, ns well us heavy-hearted Stoke Juliot knew
how.
Davis kept close enough behind his unconscious guides to
look from a distance like one of their party: then slipped
(Continued on page 379 .)
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himself off, and got behind a full cart, whence, at least for a
while, lie could see and hear without being seen. Altogether,
the company of importers were keeping an exceedingly poor
look-out. ‘‘It’s wanner work than this in Kent,” thought
he, with patriotic pride. He had no plan of action — only to
hold on to his duty and his enemies with his teeth, whutever
all the smugglers in Devon could say or do. As for his chance
of a crack on the head—firstly, he never thought of that ; and,
secondly, if he had, he knew that his head was superlatively
thick and hard.
I have said the group was working with good cheer. But
ns soon ns the moon showed them Nance Derrick the talk
ceased at once, and the laughter, such as it was, as well. As
it had been in the churchyard, so was it here — something had
come to her which repelled men, and made them afraid. At
the sight of Francis, some touched their hats: but sullenly.
He was a customer, no doubt: but then he was a gentleman,
who was bound, on such occasions, to keep his eyes shut and
walk another way.
It is not good to feel one’s neighbours shrink from one.
Nance could not fail to feel what had now glaringly happened
to her twice in one day: but, instead of making her heart
sink, it gratified her with a sense of growing power. Since
love was to have no place in her life, her desire was to be
feared, like the wise women before her. She had never taken
part in such work before, save ns a watcher for the twin
light of the Maiden : but she came up to the group bravely,
beckoning Francis to follow.
“ The Squire's going aboard the Maiden," said she. “ The
next boat tliut puts out will take him : he ’ll give a guinea to
every man here, and two to every oar.”
“That’s a rum start!” said the Blacksmith, after a
general silence, during which he had looked round at every¬
body in turn. Davis, from behind his waggon, tried hard to
reconcile filial affection with a girl’s giving her aid to a man
whom she could not possibly fail to suspect of having at least
guilty knowledge of her father’s murder, if notmure. That she
herself could be an accomplice was too monstrous a suspicion
for any healthily stupid mind to entertain. He could only
fall back upon the theory that the Squire had been her lover,
and that she, being woman, was therefore a fool.
“ Yes: it is a rum start, my lads,” said Francis. “ But a
start it must be, ram or no. You know me, and I know you :
mid a man who wants to get out of the country this road,
isn’t likely to tell tales. I ’ll give what Nance Derrick says,
and a trifle over, for a lift in your next boat for me and my
friend.”
“Is he going, too?” asked Nance, with a frown. “I
thought—you were to leave all such friends beliind.” She was
thinking of Quickset: and that Francis knew.
A drawling consultation in an undertone began between
three or four of the men. The rest stood to receive a fishing-
boat, sunk by its burden nearly to the gunwale, which luboured
heavily into the shallows. Some wadecl out to unload: the
Blacksmith hailed the boat through his hands for a trumpet,
and was answered in the same way. Immediately afterwards
another man waded from the boat and joined the group-
“ What’s wrong now ? ” asked he.
Francis was gradually discovering that a man might live
years together in Stoke Juliot, on terms of boon companion¬
ship with its men and of flirtation with its women, and yet
have everything to learn. This new-comer was altogether
unknown to him. He—this new-comer — was a somewhat
under-sized fellow, and therefore in signal contrast with the
big fellows, Francis included, who stood round: ho was almost
a head shorter than the poacher, who was decidedly the shortest
there. His rough fisherman’s clothes announced him some
sort of a sailor, but he had none of the ease of carriage proper
to the calling: on the contrary, there was something almost
military in the way he made the most of his insufficient inches,
and in’ the upward tilt of his chin. He was of a curiously-
dark complexion—dark, although without a vestige of colour,
such as is found mostly in men whose work lies underground:
his straight hair and short benrd were dead black, as were also
a pair of eyes, the like of which for glow and depth few
Englishmen in those days had ever seen. His head was tliut
of a much larger man, and his limbs of a smaller: his features
were of an Oriental cast, and at any rate picturesque, if not
handsome—a low forehead, splendidly curved brows almost
forming together a single arch, a Hebrew nose of the finer
sort between harshly-developed cheek bones. His voice was
soft—almost womanly: but it was quick and determined too. /
An absurd funcy—especially absurd in so unfunciful <&'■
person—crossed the mind of Francis that even such must have
Old Horneck himself have looked in the flesh : or rather must
look now, if he really ever, as men said, revisited his steeple
by the light of the moon. Just such black eyes must have
glowed out of just such caves: jnst so pale and dead a skin
would tell of one who lived and worked only by night, mul lay
underground all day.
“ That’s where you are, Skipper,” said the Blacksmiths
“ Right or wrong, blamed if ue know. Squire Carew of Horau-
eoinbe wants a trip ubonrd the Maiden •
“ Oh! ” said the other, bringing his eyes to bear upon all
who had no business there. “ Nance/Derrick, too—eh ? which
w Squire Carew of Homncombe ? ” •. \
“I,” said Francis, stepping forward. “My friend here
and I are in trouble—as young fellows wijl be, now and then—
and we want to be set down somewhere beyond sea. Of course
wo don’t want a free passage, Captain Horneck” -
‘ * Horneck ? The devil! ”-
“I beg your pardon,” said Francis. “I don’t know why
the name came to my tongue: but I suppose it’s natural
about here. Well—is it done ? ”
“Come, lads—look alive ! ” shouted the Skipper, turning
from him brusquely. “ The tide won’t wait: it doesn’t want
more than myself to settle this affair. No, Squirt!. It’s not
done. You and your mate may be in trouble: but so are
hundreds of better men.: mul the Maiden ’s got plenty to do
without being u ferry-boat for jail-birds. And 1 ’m too old a
chough to be caught with chaff, young man. I’ninn honest
merchant captain : and I’m not going to let my owners in for
risks outside the way of trade,”
“Tell Captain Trestruil, ? ’said Nance, “ what you will pay.”
Francis noticed that thgmun and the girl, though knowing
one another by name,(iiid doubtless old acquaintances, had not
spoken to one another n single word.
“ It is all a matter of money,” added she, aloud. But the
Skipper took no notice of her taunt, if such it was meant
to lie.
“It isn’t rich men that run away. Captain Hor -
Trestrnil,” said Francis. “But I’ll pay what I can. Say
five-and-twenty guineas down, and five-und-twenty when wo
land.”
“ Jim. If it’8 worth fifty guineas to get away, it’s worth
more.”
“Not a penny more,” said Nance, coldly and firmly. “I
told Mr. Carew what to offer you us we came ulong. You will
take him for that ”-
“ And twenty guineas over,” said Francis, who hated a
bargain. “ I can stand that. Is it ‘ done ’ now? ”
“I don’t ask you what you've done,” said the Skipper,
“ and I don’t want to know. And I don’t nsk your mate’s
name, nor what he 'a done. Out-Tunning the constable, or
cheating the hangman, ’tis all one to me. But a bargain’s a
bargain. If this is a plant to get us into mischief, and if
trouble comes of this voyage, I ’ll put it down to your
account, and overboard you’ll go. You 've heard my name:
and if ever you heard of it before, you know well enough it
means n man of his word. And you ’ll submit to discipline
while you ’re aboard: und you ’ll find it tighter than a man-o’-
war.”
He said nothing more about the money, after Nauce hud
taken that matter in hand: and Francis, occupied as he was
with his own affairs, could not help dreading lest there should
be something more between this Trestrnil and the girl than he
would wish to fancy. Nobody could imagine anything wrong
ubout Nance in the common—that is to say, the uneharitable—
sense. But then any relation, whatever it might be, would bo
wrong between these two. He did not like the looks of Captain
Trestrail—they were altogcthertoo outlandish to suit an honest
Briton when to look like a Frenchman was to stand convicted
of every crime. And here, no doubt, had been this fellow
coming and going in the Maiden, moonlight night after moon-
lignt night, in constant communication with Derrick, and
therefore with Derrick’s girl-. It took a long time to know
Stoke Juliot, thought Francis, indeed. Of courage he had as
much as even ft lover needs : but it was not so wholly blind as
that of Mr. Davis, and it was not with much satisfaction that
he looked forward to a long voyage in this man’s company and
under liis command.
“ You may trust him now," said Nance, as if answering
his inmost thought. “ He will have to bring rue back u sure
sign that you arc safe : or he knows wlmt he knows. And he
will bring back the sign.”
Francis could not comprehend: but he was ashamed of
lmring somehow shown signs of a mistrust that could possibly
be misread by a woman into fear. Otherwise lie might have
thought more of words that seemed to imply yet more strongly
than aught else some peculiar relation between these two. /
" I have no distrust of Captain Trestrail—none," said lie;
stoutly. “He is a sailor, and we are men in trouble^: that js(
enough, I suppose. He trusts us, and we trust him. (loo
bye, dear Nauce: never while you live shall you regret all you
have done for me this day. Stay in the cottage;, and wait til
you hear from me. It won’t be long. You are a schol ar , yc
Know, and I ’ll try to write plain. Promise you
the cottage till you hear from me—and I shall hav>
Haynes, and Mrs. Dmx, and Parson l’engold, au'
“ Miss Openshnw ? ”
“ Everybody—ubout nil sorts of things: but yo
By George, my dear girl, if it weren’t for ypurvre^s
in jail this night, instead of on the sea. . / v Good-byc. . . .
Come,” said he to liis friend. ( \
“No,” said the poacher. “I will not come. Neither I,
nor you.” t\ \ \ / /
They were the first words Nance had heard him speak:
and they startled her; as, indeed, they startled Francis
besides. ' They were very quietly spoken, but in a tone of
resolve there was no mistaking. They talked at him: lie was
absorbed in the contemplation of Captain Trestrail.
“ Are you mad ? ” askesl Jf’riiiicis, inipaticutly. “ The boat
will be putting off in half a hujiutexdome.”
“I would rather/be hanged,” said he, still devouring the
Skipper with liis eyes.x “ And scare us alive, hanged 1 ’ll bo.”
“Great Heaven !” cried Francis, “ Was ever mortal but I
troubled with such a man ? You inult come, and you shall.
1 must go: and without you I must not stir, whatever befalls.”
“ What in the devil’s nume are you staring at me like that
for, fellow ? ” asked the Skipper, angrily. “ Did you never see
a British sailor before? If you’re coming, look sharp: if
you ’re uot, all the better: but don’t stare at me."
“ Maybe ’twns a dream—maybe ’twos a dreum,” mused the
poacher, butwithout moving his eyes. ‘ * Maybe it's all a dream,
from beginning to end: And sometime I ’ll wake up under the
boughs ami find the trees true again. But the sea—no : never
the sea. And never with you. If I must have bad dreams,
I'll choose my own. I’lldream I'm hanged. One can’t go
on dreaming after dreainihg one *s hanged.”
He said all this in the calmest way: ulmost too culm for
sadness, though it was sad, too.
didn’t burguin for u wudrnau”—began the Skipper,
returning thegaze.
Francis was in despair. He could not leave the fellow to lie
takeiijot liis word, though the temptation was sore.
“ Skipper,” said he, “ This man must and shall go. It is
more needful for him to go than I. 1 said we were in trouble:
and—you see. Here, my lads,” ho called out, “ Into the boat
with him, and every man of you shall have a guinea more.”
No sooner were the words out of his mouth than the
poacher threw off the coat that impeded his nits as well ns liis
limbs, threw it at the faces of two or three fellows who hud
'-run forward at the hint of a guinea, and took to his heels.
Nor was there one there who could have caught him, save one—*
and that was Fortune. By darting behind the carts, he
bettered his start: and, by bettering his start, he lost the race.
For he rushed into the anus of Mr. Davis, who, seeing escape
for himself impossible, clasped the poacher with a practised
grasp that eomWcd strength with skill.
Nor did the poacher resist, beyond a moment’s obedience
to impulse. “ Follow me—run,” he said quickly to the
keeper. “ A race to the gallows ! You ’re n woodman—not a
seaman. So 1 ’ll give in to you. But now—run.”
But Mr. Davis was a bull-dog, not a greyhound ; and it was
length of limb that was needed then—not strength of jaw. A
moment had been enough to lose that game. Davis hud caught
the poacher: but the free-traders had caught Davis, and,
therefore, the poacher too.
Nevertheless so stupid a braiu as the keeper’s (lid not know
how to turn, nor so stupid a lieurt how to tremble.
“ Name o’ the law ! ” cried he. “ This here’s Cowcumber
Jack that murdered Derrick: and that there’s .Squire Carew
that helped liim, that a warrant‘s out after, too: and if ye
don’t want to be hanged, ever}’ man jack of ye, for aiding and
abetting, hold ’em fast and stand by! ”
Cowcumber Juek—the hero of the hour ! Neither Francis
Carew, nor Captain Trestrail, nor. least of all, the poor hero
himself, could have counted upon the magic of that name.
Before the Skipper himself, who seemed for once utterly taken
aback, could say a word, the keeper was sent rolling over oil
the sands, and the poacher was thrown into the empty boat
well nigh head-over-lieels, and his coat after him. Nay, the
slow and sullen Stoke Juliot throats gave out a dull roar that
sounded almost like a cheer. It was n mail impulse, even for
« crowd : a less stupid fellow than Davis might, with a trifle of
tact, have turned the feeling the other way. And it was a
brutal impulse, again, even for a crowd, considering that the
jnurdered man’s daughter was standing by, fresh from her
father’s grave. . . . But so it was. The Skipper made two
strides forward towards the prostrate keeper: then two strides
back again. There was a faint gleam of steel in the moon¬
light—but the Blacksmith laid his heavy hand upon the
.Skipper’s arm.
“ No, Skipper,” said he. “ There *s no call to lie reared of
one man. Knives are for need.” Davis, defeated, hut not
even yet conquered, staggered to his feet, and doubled liis
lists: and the Skipper, seeing that the popular voice was
ugainst murder, turned sharply upon Francis.
“Now, mate — come, if you're coming," said he, roughly.
There was no longer time for thought. “ Remember -don’t
quit till you hear ! ” was all he had time to call to Nance, lie
waded into the surf after Captain Trestrnil, and scrambled into
the stern of the boat: the boat was pushed off, gave a long
leap, and settled steadily under the oars.
He had little fear for Mr. Davis : nor (it must lx- confessed)
had he very great amount of care, even though lie may forfeit
a certain amount of sympathy thereby. (>f course it was his
duty to see thnt that zealous vindicator of the law cauie to no
noedleSs harm. But then duty, or wlmt lie took for sileli, was
pulling so many ways at once: and then the keeper was so
uncommonly like a human bloodhound. If a man will run his
head at u brick wall, and thcybrkkslmppen to be harder than
the head, the natural consequences oniH needs follow. It was
a rough place and a rough Time: and/one does not, when
pursued by a bloodhoipdf~wht)fcher it have two legs or four,
A to ihake kind inquiries it it tumbles
waste time by t
down.
What the crew
seen, except in
their skipper.
Trestrail him
cause of all till
vestige of
more
and th
is ofte
would turn out had yet to be
jght judge from the style of
rus of btoko Juliot. Captain
Udder. The poacher, the unworthy
state of dismal apathy, every
t of his face and bearing. A
sen the outlaw of Depo Wood
jtg-wtftild be hard ta find. A popular hero
tire enough, but not often more deplorably
unequal to his repute than he whom Stoke Juliot had chosen
to set up as the vindicator of the rights of the people against
the rightVqfTavg/ Meanwhile Francis Carew had forgotten
what BoredonTTneuns. lie enjoyed the excitement of the stag
who has baffled or outstripped the hounds: lie was a fugitive
wftli the of crime : lie was becoming steeped in ndven-
turev'pnst, present, and to come. Life was growing worth the
JiripgrN )(U1 liis senses revelled in the buffets of the wind, the
spray, the swing and grind of the oars, the dark water,
the flying scud, the misty moonlight, with a clear stur named
“4lalx4 ” shining constant over and through it all.
\ “ This here’s Cowcumber Jack! ” the keeper had exclaimed.
'AH that follows has taken long enough tr write : it has
probably taken short enough to read. But even rapid reading
does not measure the swiftness of the action. From the time
when the keeper first grasped the poacher round the waist till
the time when the boat wiu* full five lengths beyond the outer
surf, all had happened in a flash, und everything together.
To one heart there it gave time but for a single thought -
“The man who murdered father: sent into my hands in
answer to my longing: and it is 1 who have let him go ! ”
And brought under her roof by Francis Carew: and her
gold borrowed to insure the Murderer's flight—it was infamy.
Had she been as yet a full-blown witch, the bout for the
Maiden would have foundered then and there. She clutched
at her bosom with a fury of wrath that could have found no
human words. Alone on the earth, denied justice by man,
refused pity by woman, mocked alike l.»y Heaven above mul
by the powers below, betrayed by the man to whom her heart
belonged, once in worship, but now in shame and scorn,
repulsed even by the very neighbours as if already branded
with the seal of lost souls, and impotent through it all.
The keeper limped towards her, followed by a hoot and a
groan.
“ You Black Witch ! ” he growled at her us he passed lur.
“So this is all your work—eli? I’ll make a clean sweep of
this hell, as sure as I’m living man.”
She did not answer him : she did not even seem to feel the
blow. She did not notice that, us soon as she was seen
between the keeper and the rest, none followed him. It was
as if her presence created an unseen bonier, across which none
dared move. She stood there motionless, blind, deaf, and
dumb while the last waggon was loaded in ominous silence;
and there she was standing when the last whip cracked mul
the last wheel creaked under its load—even till she was left
alone with old Horneck’s black steeple upon the desolate
sweep of sand.
{To be continued.)
GIBTOX AND NEWNHAM COLLEGES.
The following awards have been made at Girton College, con¬
sequent upon the recent examinations:—The College Scholar¬
ship, of tlie annual value of C-15 and tenable for three years,
is awarded to Miss B. A. Holme; the Scholarship given by
the Misses Metcalfe, of the aunnal value of 50 guineas, is
awarded to Miss A. Ramsay ; the Cloth workers’ Exhibition, of
the value of 30 guineas per annum, is awarded to Miss A.
Liberty; the Scholarship founded by the Old Students of the
College, and of the annual value of £45 per annum, is adjudged
to Miss M. S. Worley; the Drapers’ Company’s Scholarships
are adjudged to the Misses A. 8. Riding and M. S. Raymond,
of the Clergy Daughters’ School, Bristol.
The scholarships offered by the council of Newnliam
College for success in tin* Cambridge Higher Local Examin¬
ation, held in June last, have been awarded as follows:—The
Goldsmiths’ Scholarship to Miss Ashford, Bromsgrove: the
Clothworkers’ .Scholarship to Miss Iiisliop, Newnhani College;
the Drapers’ Scholarship to Miss Gardiner, Newuhuni College;
the Cobden Scholarship to Miss Karp, Newnhani College; the
scholarship given by a private donor for success in Greek,
to Miss Pocock, Newnliam College. Scholarships have also
been awarded to Miss Powell, Bislnun : Miss Raleigh, Newn-
ham College; Miss Brown, Plymouth High School; Miss
Pool ton, Truro High School; Miss Helen Atkinson, Cam¬
bridge; Miss Moore, University College, Bristol; and Miss
Flavoll, Birmingham.
Four lady nurses have been selected to proceed to Egypt
for service with the Army Medical Department in the Nile
Expedition.
The Lord Mayor has issued invitations to the nu mbers of
the Incorporated Society of Authors to a dinner at the M ausi m
House to-day (Saturday).
The Entrance Scholarship of the London Hospital Medical
College, of the value of £00, lins been awarded to Mr-William
S. Fenwick: andtliatof the value of £40 to Mr. J. H.Sequieru.
Captain Clietwynd, R.N., having carried out a series of
experiments in oiling the waves, has come to tin* conclusion
that while in many cases such a plan is highly beneficial to
fishing-vessels, and more especially to ships in the open sea. it
is of practically no advantage to life-boats having to pnss
through tin* largest breakers, over which oil is powerless.
The number of persons of British origin who left the United
Kingdom for places out of Europe during the nine mouths
ending Sept. 30 was 200,078, of foreigners 40,704, and of
persons whose nationality was not distinguished 3331, the
total being 253,11(5. This shows a decrease, compared with
the corresponding period of 1883, of 82,480.
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A BAZAAIt JN CAIRO.
Tlic older part of the city of Cairo, inhabited chiefly by the
native Mussulman population of the trading classes, but in¬
cluding also the Jewish quarter, is on the east side, which is
the furthest from the banks of the Nile, and extends to the
citadel, founded by Salndin in the twelfth century on a rising
ground towards Mount Mukuttam. The ancient city walls, on
the north and east sides, remain for the most part standing;
but their former position on the south side can now be re¬
cognised only by the names of the demolished old city gates,
in the direction of the Esbekiyeh and modem Europeanised
town. Two main thoroughfares cross each other in the centre
of the ancient town ; one is the Ghoriveh, with continuations
nt each end under different mimes, running from north to
south ; the other is the Mooskce, running from the Esbekiyeh
to the east wall and its gate. The principal Mohammedan
sacred edifices, or mosques, which were very magnificent till
allowed to fall to decay, arc situated in or near the Ghoriveh,
the High-street of Old Cairo. Much of the street itself, and
immorous by-streets, alleys, narrow lanes, and courts, on each
side of it, is occupied by the small shops and stalls of different
classes of tradesmen; the jewellers, silversmith'', copper¬
smiths, armourers and cutlers, drapers, shoemakers, suiters,
fruit-dealers, coufection«--s, druggists, booksellers, and others
presenting n succession of particular trade bazaars. The Red
8ea and .Soudan trade, and the cotton market or Marglmsh,
have their allotted place in this neighbourhood. The bazaars
are not the least interesting, to European visitors, among the
sights of Cairo. Few or none of the shopkeepers live there ;
indeed, the shop is merely a stone-built recess, open in front,
just large enough for the tradesman and bis shelves ; at night
it is closed by letting down a shutter, which he locks and bars
when he goes away. _
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The IrisHi Probate, granted at Dublin, of the will (dated
July 19, 1875), with nine codicils, of the Right lion. Somerset
Richard, Huron Farnliam, late of Farnham, Cavan, who died
on June 4 last, granted to Somerset llenry Maxwell, the
nephew, the sole executor, was sealed in London on the 22nd
ulfc., the aggregate value of the personal estate in England
and Ireland amounting to over £39,000. 'The testator settles
all his freehold manors, farm lauds, and real estate in the
county of Cavan and elsewhere, on his nephew, Somerset
Henry Maxwell ; and ho leaves annuities of £150 and legacies
of £1000 to each of the three daughters of his late brother,
Richard, with an additional £250 each to Isabella and Anna ;
an annuity of £150 and a legacy of £1000 to Henry Edward
Maxwell, the younger son of his said brother; and there are
annuities and legacies to other nieces, friends, land steward,
valet, butler, gardener, servant, and others. The residue
he gives to his said nephew, Somerset Henry Maxwell.
The will (dated Sept. J, 1879), with a codicil (dated April 23,
1884), of Mr. William Robert Mitchell, late of the Stock
Exchange, and of No. 14, North-terrace, Camberwell, who
died on Aug. 29 last, was proved on the 27th ult. by Richard
Thorp, Peroival Spurting, and Percy Mitchell, the nephew, the
executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to
upwards of £319,000. The testator bequeaths £50,000 to his
sister-iu-lnw Mrs. Louisa Harriet Mitchell; £25,000 to his
god-daughter, Isabella Addison ; £15,000 to his niece Mabel
Mitchell; £15,000, upon trust, for his niece Mrs. Edith
Gould; £10,000each to Mary Suttou and to his sister-in-law
Mrs. Sophy Mitchell: £10,000 between Louisa and Emily
Murv Whiteber; £1000 each to the Middlesex Hospital, the
British Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, Old Kent-road, mid
the Green-Coat School, Camberwell; mid many other legacies.
The residue of his real and personal estate he gives to his
nephews, Charles William and Percy Mitchell.
The will (dated Jnn. 10, 1883) of Mr. Thomas Browning,
formerly of I bit ton-court, 'J'hreadneedle-strcet, afterwards of
No. 6, Whitehall, but lute of Queen Victoria-street, who died
on Aug. 9 last, was proved on the 24th ult. by Henry Bain-
bridge Browning, the nephew, Cyrus Waddilove, and Thomas
Wood, the nephew, the acting executors, the value of the per¬
sonal estate amounting to over £91.000. The testator
bequeaths £250 to the minister and churchwardens of the
parish of Hadley, near Barnet, Herts, to be invested, mid the
dividends applied at their discretion nt Christmas for the
benefit of twelve poor persons—six men and six womeu ;
£200 to the Bishop of London’s Fund; £150 to the Master and
Wardens of the Worshipful Company of Distillers, to belaid
out by them, with the approval of the Court of Assistants, in
the purchase of u piece of plate, to be presented to the said
Company; fifty guineas each ■ to Clmriug-cross Hospital;
the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel ill Foreign
Parts ; the Law Association for the Benefit of the Widows and
Families of Attorneys, Solicitors, mid Proctors in the Metro¬
politan District: the United Law Clerks' Society; the Deaf uud
Dumb Asylum, Old Kent-road; the School for the Indigent
Blind, St. "tieorge’s-fields; the Hospital for Consumption and Dis¬
eases of the Chest, Brompton; the Cancer Hospital, Brompton :
the Asylum for Idiots, Ear Is wood; the Infant Orphan Asylum,
Wnnsteiid; the Royal National Life-Boat Institution for the
Preservation of Life from Shipwreck; the Royal Albert
Asylum, Snaresbrook; and the London Orphan Asylum,
Watford; and numerous and considerable legacies to his
brother, sisters, nephews, nieces, graml-nephews and nieces,
godchildren, and others. As to the residue of his real and
personal estate, he gives one fifth each to his nephews, Henry
Built bridge Browning, Edmund Campbell Browning, mid
Montague Charles Browning; uud two fifths to his nephew
Hugh Edmund Browning.
The will (dated Jan. 24, 1881), with a codicil (dated
March 24, 1884), of Mr. Mackintosh Balfour, formerly of
Bombay, secretary and treasurer of the Bauk of Bombay, but
late of No. 47, Bassett-road, Notting-hill, who died on June 7
last, was proved on the 29th ult. by Mrs. Caroline Louisa
Balfour, the widow, mid James Balfour Paul, two of thc
executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to up¬
wards of £39,000. The provisions of testator’s will are con¬
fined to his wife, children, uud other members of his family. /
The will (dated Jan. 8, 1883) of Mrs. Henry Noel Courtney,
late of Glenview House, Fresh ford, Somersetshire, who died
on Aug. 22 last, was proved on the 25th ult. by John
Win penny Courtney and Edward Courtney, the brothers, and
Hugh Frederick Underwood, tl)epOMputots.the value of the
personal estnte exceeding £21,000. The .testator bequeaths
legacies to his executor .Air. Underivood, t’o a cousin, and to
his servant; and the residue of his renl and personal estate ho
gives to his said two brothers, to be divided bet ween them.
The will (dated April 8, 1880) of Mr. George Evelyn
Seymour, late of Cleiver Hill House, near Windsor, Berks,
who died on Aug. 11 last, was proved on the 23rd ult. by
Alfred Seymour, the brother, and Bonier Williams, the
executors, the value of the •personal estate exceeding £18,000.
The testator, after making somtf specific gifts to his wife,
Mrs. Evelyn Seymour, leaves his freehold premises, Clewe:
Hill House, and the residue of his real and personal estnte,
upon trust, for his wife, for life or widowhood, and on her
death, or marriage again, for his children, in equal shares.
The will (dated June 27. 1884) of Mr. Trew Jegon, late of
Chulvey Park, Slough. Bucks, who died on Aug. 11 last, was
proved ou the 22nd ult. by Mrs. Eliza Jegon, the widow, John
Graham Jennings, and Richard Henry Barton Castle, the
executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to over
£11,18)0. The testator leaves £100, the cash in the house, aud
nil his furniture uud effects to his wife; he also leaves her
£1000 per annum, for life, to be increased os the charges on his
freehold property are paid off; there are many other legacies
and annuities, some of which are not payable until the death
of his wife; and the remainder of the income of his property
is to be applied in paying off the mortgages on his real estate.
Ou the death of his wife and the payment off of all the incum¬
brances, he gives the Crown and I Ibrscshoe property to the said
John Graham Jennings; and the Cadley; Coal property, sub¬
ject to the payment of one moiety of the income to Agnes
Hobbs, for life, to his god-daught-r, Mrs. Mary Smith. The
residue of his real and personal estate he leaves to his wife.
RUSTIC POLITICIANS.
The traditional charms and virtues of rural life have been
held to include a superior constancy of neighbourly friendship;
and this sentiment i» expressed by the Artist in his pleasant
Drawing. Innocent cheerfulness and lmbitunl kindliness shed
a beautiful light on the wrinkled faces of the two old men,
who are quietly smoking their pipes together in a leafy corner
of the cottage garden. They linvc grown up in the same
village, and have grown old together, but with a difference of
education and of occupation, the one labouring in the field, the
other devoted to thought and study, which does not prevent
nu interchange of recollections and opinions, interesting to
both parties in the conversation. All the social aud domestic
history of the parish for nt least sixty years has been transacted
under their personal inspection ; and they have witnessed the
births, marriages, and deaths, the troubles and the happier
fortunes, ; in every household around them. These topic?,
discussed in the spirit of charity, and with perfect mutual
confidence that neither will indiscreetly repeat elsewhere
the unfavourable comment that may drop from the lips of the
Other upon some fault of persons among their acquaintance, are
by no means unprofitable matter for talk. The render of
Wordsworth’s “ Excursion,” the reader of C’owper or of
Crabbe, will appreciate the tone in which those “short and
simple annals of the poor” would be discussed bv a couple of
thoughtful aud benevolent elders, wise enough to discern
beneath superficial variations of social position the common
interests of humanity, aud the workings of good mid evil under
tho universal laws o'f morality. We give credit to the gentle
spirits of these two good old men for sound meditation upon
such wholesome themes. They are not mere ancient gossips,
but sympathizing observers of the lives passed in their rustic
neighbourhood. It is possible, indeed, that they may just
now be discussing topics of political importance to the whole
country : the Franchise Bill, and the pretensions of tho
House of Lords. =
• Lord Edward Cavendish, M.P., in presence of a largo
assemblage, on the 9th inst., laid the mcniorial-stouc of a nwv
townlinll and municipal buildings at Eastbourne.
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T1IE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
OCT. 25, 1884
3SG
Tho book season has begun, and the London publishers
uro giving and promising nil ample variety of literary
food. Readers, however, probably rejoice with trembling.
Everyone, in these days of culture, is expected to read
everything, and of popular works which form tho topic of
conversation in society, few men have the courage to con¬
fess their ignorance. This is one of tho penalties of
civilisation. Wo road, not what we like best, but what
we are expected to read and like. What a relief it would
be to some of us if we were able to treat our current litera¬
ture as the priests in many of the Buddhist temples in
India treat their sacred canon. The volumes, it is suid,
stand in a revolving book-case: u man, by giving it u
push, makes it turn round, and thus he gains the merit of
having perused the whole canon.
The chief literary event of the month is the completion
of Mr. Froude’s “Life of Carlyle.” As a writer, as a
thinker, as a talker, Carlyle is tho most conspicuous figure
in England during the second half of this century. His
genius fills his pages with life, his humour and energy of
expression take the reader captive, his very eccentricities
are in his favour and help to make him popular. Tho
biography of such a man, written by a master of the art,
must needs coiumiuid attention, especially os the judg¬
ments of Carlyle upon men still living amongst us are
uttered without reserve. The work has been compared
with Boswell’s Johnson, which is said to ho meagre in
comparison. Carlyle, according to tho Times, is a greater
person than Johnson ; and “ all the reading world will
allow that there can bo no comparison between Mr. Froude
ami Boswell.” We need not discuss the weighty question
of Carlyle’s superiority to “ the great Cham of letters,” nor
compare Boswell with Mr. Froude. It may bo suggested,
however, that a good deal that draws us to the history of
Carlyle’s lifo belongs to tho day and will die with it, and
that if Johnson be a smaller man than Carlyle, and
Boswell a much smaller man than Mr. Froude, it does not
follow that a biography hitherto the most famous in the
lunguuge must bo now removed from its pedestal.
Nowhere in the neighbourhood of London are tho oak-
trees finer than in Baynes Park, near Wimbledon, a lovely
spot already in the hands of the builder. Counsels of
sweetness and light evidently prevailed when tho estate
was laid out, for the houses, though eminently picturesque,
will never bo numerous, and the woodman is emphatically
forbidden to touch “ a single bough ” of the forest
monarchs whose youth probably dates back to the time when
the Iceni woro encamped on the neighbouring common, and
tho “ British warrior Queen ” there in her perplexity
“sought counsel of her country’s gods.” The soil is
peculiarly dry, and neither at mom nor dewy eve does a
particle of vapour arise from it, even in lute October.
There should be joy in Wappmg, for “poor Sir
Roger,” or Sir Arthur, or plain Arthur Orton, has been
set at liberty. It was said that ho “ desired to livo in re¬
tirement,” which would bo about tho lust thing ho could
do ; but it is difficult to reconcile that statement with the
publication of a wholesale libel in tho form of a “mani¬
festo,” and with arrangements made for various public
meetings, to bo held at various towns, already amounting
in number to as many as 211. This is tho modest retire¬
ment of tho ostrich with a vengeanco.
Anybody who pleases may lawfully wear a piece of
blue ribbon; but, still, it may misleud the public. For
example, there is tho cabman who is said to wear a bit of
blueribbou in order that facetious persons, tuking him for
a “ totaliser,” may sneeringly ask him to “have a drink,”
when he at once cheerfully closes with the offer. Parade
of virtue should be uvoided as muoh as any other kind of
parade. _
This is tho Houghton Meeting week at Newmarket; and
how this weok, though falling in October, may vary in
weather from one year to another in this funny climate of
ours may be inferred from what happened in 1840, when the
fog was so dense that men had to oe stationed, like rail¬
way flagmen, from point to point of the course to guide
the jockeys, and tho track had to be marked out by
a covering of tan and sawdust.
Apropos of racing, there died the other day, at Pound
Stud Furm, aged nineteen, tho once fumous horse Wild
Oats, who, but for a “ leg ” (which “ filled ”), should per¬
haps have won tho Derby instead of Pretender, or might
havo run a second dead-heat with Pero Gomez for second
place. Wild Oats, as a stud horse, though he had not
much success, was highly respected for his sire’s (, Wil l
Dayrell’s) sake. He had several owners, from the Duke
of Hamilton’s date to Buron Maltzuhn’s, of the Pound
Stud Farm, who gave 2000 guineas for liim in 1881.
Advertisers do not seem always to weigh fully the pro¬
bable effect of their advertisements. For instance, tho
worthy advertiser of “ sauce for all,” or “ sauce for lhe\
goose and sauce for the gander,” with a picture of a goose
swallowing tho sauce with avidity, does not seem to have
reflected that the advertisement may have an effect dia¬
metrically opposed to that which is intended ; for it would
appear that you must be a gooso to like the sauce.
“ It was I killed the Ilarphang,” wrote a brute
named Lethbridge with his cunc in the sandheneath the
poor bird’s cage at the Jardin d’Acclimatation, Paris, the
other day ; and, as he seems to desire that his name and
achievement should be published abroad, it is a pleasure to
assist him as far as possible, so that he may be held up to
universal contempt, unless his friends can prove that he is
fortunately out of his mind and not responsible for his
actions. It is a pity that this wanton bird-murderer,
beyond paying the fine and damages in which it is some
comfort to think he was mulcted, cannot be made to bear
about with him—to parody a tavourite expression of the
novelists — the “mark of Cane.f’ That is what lit “wants.”
Lady Colin Campbell has just started some penny
dinners for poor children in a terribly squalid part of
“ Outcast London,” and gave the first dinner last week.
Tho bill of fare was soup, boiled mutton, and bread,
thoroughly wholesome food, but perhaps not altogether
suited to the guests. Even hunger will not overcome tho
distaste of the English poor for soup, and boiled mutton
is less popular as well as less nourishing than roast beef.
The purveyors of penny dinners who havo served the
longest apprenticeship to their good work havo invariably
found that the top side of the bnttock of beef is the joint
containing tho least bone and fat, and the most gravy, and
consequently it is tho most suitable for their purpose.
Professor Buskin does not altogether approve of modem
pronunciation; for, in the first of his new series'©!^
lectures, which was given on Saturday at Oxford, he
adhered to tho old method of pronouncing Celtic, And
would not pronounce it as though written with a K, for
fear ho should “ be expected to say Saint Kckilia,” Ifcis
indeed to be hoped that any such hardness of speech may
be averted. .
The powers that rule Bussian society disapprove of
flirtation; and, by a sort of unwAttqifcode of customs,
will endeavour to put it down duiing'the cpihiiig winter.
Tho ©diet has gone forth in/f}t. Petersburg that at all
balls henceforth each gentleman shall waltz only once
round tho room with his partner, and then relinquish her
to another candidate for that honour. The new. system
will at least have the charm of variety,
-- \\
Dread of cholera has caused a great many delicate
persons, who would haye'w intered in the south of France
and Italy, to take up tnoir abode at Montreux, whero tho
natives have rejoiced ojver their coming gains. Unhappily,
snow and hail have already visited the town and neigh¬
bourhood with such Vehement© that the strangers are
departing ns rapidly as
t hem seemT'sorel/pij z zled
winter. L \ \ / /
It must havo been a strange and pathetic sight on the
9th inst., when the remains of several departed Indian
chitefa wer^ reintened at Buffalo in a picturesquely situated
pieCedf ground set apart for that purpose by the pale¬
faces, who now rule where the sachems of old hunted in
the depths of the forest primeval. There was a goodly
gathering of their descendants, many of whom woro
feathers and wampum, while others were in ordinary
European costume, and some few in tho uniform of the
United States Army. Funeral dirges woro chanted, and
thirty representatives of the Six Nations stood by the
coffins while they were lowered into the graves, tho
ceremony being completed by a Delaware chief, who
f ironounced a benediction in English. The old order
ms indeed changed for tho red men, and they can hardly
be expected to appreciate the now ono very keenly.
lenience uunu mo strangers are
they arrived, though most of
;d us to where to spend their
Tho issue of A fin© library edition of the Elizabethan
dramatists will he Welcome to all lovers of our early liter¬
ature. It is, perhaps, a bold venture ou the part of the
publisher, or would bo if he had chosen an editor loss
competent than Mr. A. H. Bullen. He combines qualities
rarely united in ono iliam—tho patient industry aud verbal
criticism of the scholiast with the keenest appreciation of
literary excellence.. The series begins with the works of
Marlowe, whose gonius, considering when he worked and
hbw, fills the reader with wonder. His power was felt by
Hbuksjiearc, and felt also by Goethe; and Mr. Bullen is
not, perhaps/a rash prophet in saying that “ so long as
high tragedy continues to have interest for men, Timo
shall lay no hands on the works of Christopher Marlowe! ”
Yet what a difference there is between our feeling for
Shakspeare and for his greatest predecessor! To tho one
w© give love, to the other admiration ; the one is a daily
companion—when wo wish to meet the other we go to
tho library. _
The announcement that a distinguished service reward
of fifty pounds per annum has been conferred on Major
Henry Woods, “ one of the few survivors who took part
in the memorable campaign in Afghanistan in 1842,” may
perplex the civilian. Of course it is not to be supposed
that services rendered two-aud-forty years ugo are
recognised for the first timo to-day; of course it is known
that England, when rewarding her brave soldiers and
sailors, never forgets the maxim bid dat qui cito dat.
Headers, however, with awkwurd memories may recollect
cases in which a grateful country has repaid tho high
achievements of youth by a pension in old age. From one
point of view, tho advantage of such a delay is obvious.
This week tho Cambridgeshire Stakes, at Nowmarket,
has been lost and won for tho forty-sixth time since its
establishment in 1839, but it is doubtful whether there
lias ever been a more remarkable race, from certain points
of view, for that handicap since the very first year, when
Lanercost was first, Hetman Platoff second, and Micldeton
Maid third. For there were no railways to speak of in
those days, aud Lanercost, having travelled by van from
Dumfries, wns almost paralysed whon he arrived at New¬
market a few days before he had to run; then Hetman
Platoff and Mickleton Muid both belonged to tho same
owner, Mr. Bowes, who in his euily days could
win “classic races” (the Derby four times, and two
years in succession with Daniel O’ltourke and West
Australian) to any amount, but has always been very
unfortunate in handicaps; and lastly, Mickleton Maid
did the very worst she could for “self and partner” by
making tho pace so hot that Lanercost, who was a
sluggish horse, and required a lot of “rousing,” was
fairly put on his mettle, and did his very best, whioh was
about tho best that could be. Hence the first throe, oddly
enough, came in exactly in the revorsed order of the hotting;
for Mickleton Maid, the favourite, was third ; Hetman
Platoff’. the pivot, or second favourite, kept his place of
second ; u.i.i Lanercost, the third favourite, was first.
With each important revival of a 8hakspearean play
comes a host of literary and artistic recollections.
Following the production of “Hamlet” at the Princess’s
Theatre, it may be interesting to note thut there are only
two copies known of tho first edition of the tragedy. Of
these, one, wanting last leaf, wns purchased in 1825 by a
Duke of Devonshire, and has not since left possession of
his Graco’s family; the other, wanting tho titlepage, but
having the last leaf intact, is in the British Museum. If
perfect, there would be thirty-three leaves, quarto size.
The following is the description on tho titlepage: — “ Ye
Tragicall Historic of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke. By
William Shake-speare. As it hath beene diverse times
acted by his Higlmesso servants in tho Cittie of London:
as also in the two Universities of Cauibriilg aud Oxford,
and elsewhere. At London printed for N. L. and Iolrn
Trundell 1603.” By permission of the Duke of Devon¬
shire, a photographic facsimile was taken of this in 1858,
but only forty prints were allowed to be issued. At this
time the second copy was not generally known, having
but just been bought (hi 1856) by Mr. Booney, the well-
known bookseller of Dublin, for a mere trifle.
The welfare of needlewomen has always been interesting
to the benevolent public since Tom Hood’s poem, “ Tho
Song of the Shirt,” was published in JPunch, on Dec. 16,
1843. It created ©profound sensation at tho time; and,
besides t rebling the sale of the paper, caused u number of
charitable institutions to start up in support of semp¬
stresses. Even now, tho wages earned bj T needle¬
work are miserably small, chiefly because the orders
pass through so many agencies, each one having to
share in the difference between the price paid by the
consumers and that received by the operator. With a
view of bringing them into closer contact, a kind lifdy
has opened on office in Westminster, where a registry of
needlewomen will bo kept, so that those who require
plain work or sumptuous artistic embroidery can find the
names and addresses of honest competent persons anxious
for employment. This should, indeed, prove a boon to
hard-working under-paid toilers, whose gratitude will
doubtless repay the oharitahle originator of the scheme.
For the first time since seven years ago, Italian Opera
will take a place on the stage of Drury-Lane Theatre.
Madame Patti will make her reappearance in England
there, after her American tour, on June 8 next, under tho
management of Colonel Mupleson. Formerly, Covent-
Garden opposed Drury-Lane or Her Majesty’s Theatre in
friendly operatic rivalry, and Madame Putti always
favoured the opposition. In fact, she has supported Mr.
Gye’s company for twenty years. Now it seems that
there will be but one bouse open for opera, aud that for
hut a short season of six weeks.
Two great geniuses have recently passed away, both
dying mad. One was Louis Lacombo, the musician, and
the other Makart, the gifted young artist. With the
ruling passion strong in death, they had both become
delirious over their art. Tho painter was violent, thinking
himself to be a colour-box, while the composer was
melancholy, aud pined away from inability to orchestrate
a cantata, the tune of which kept ringing in his ears.
Lacombe died in Paris, and Makart at Vienna.
Successive thought-readers have so effectually whetted
tho Purisiau appetite for the mysterious and supernatural
that no salon is now perfect without its pythoness. The
marvel of the moment is a pretty young woman in good
society, who is known as la dame uux tying les. All secrets
are apparently open to her; she reads the past like a book,
aud foretells the future with marvellous exactitude; and
yet her only guides are the pins which she asks her friends
to scatter on the floor. She is, perhaps, most fortunate
with perfect strangers. She professes complete ignorance
as to the origin of hor strange powers, or the mental
process involved in their development. It is said that a
lady who possessed a similar gift foretold the flight of
Louis Philippe, and the rise and fall of tho Second
Empire.
Bankruptcy is too common nowadays, and is managed
with too little publicity for the general weal. They
manage these things far better in China, for if a native
dealer fails to pay his creditors, they all assemble at his
house, fortified with their pipes and a goodly store of rice
and tea, and there they sit, calmly smoking, sipping, and
eating till the money is paid. If, however, the defaulter
be a European, they post a police agent at his door, aud
fasten ou it a huge sheet of paper, on whioh each creditor
writes the amount owing to him. It is decidedly uncom¬
fortable to “ fail ” in the Celestial Empire, aud conse¬
quently the occurrence is a rare one.
Belies of past ages are being destroyed everywhere,
and the latest instance is tho demolition of the little
church of Laeken, near Brussels, which dated from the
eleventh century, and is supposed to have been built by
Balderic, the famous Duke of Brabant, who began the
Church of St. Gudulo. All the materials huve been sold
by auction, including the rare and valuable stained glass
of the windows, and the tapestries from the old Chapelle
de St. Barbe, where Queen Marie Louise, the “angelic”
daughter of Louis Philippe, was buried, in 1850.
It has often been remarked that tho old-fashioned
working farmer who cultivated a few acres profitably, with
the aid of his own family and one or two labourers, has
been improved off British soil, because landlords have pre¬
ferred letting large areas of land to tenants with sufficient
capital to introduce all sorts of modem improvements.
Sir Frederick FitzWygram would fain bring about the old
order of thin"*, and lie told his tenants last week that
ho would gladly let a small holding to any agricultural
labourer who had saved £300, at the same time pointing
out that sixpence a day laid by regularly between the ages
of twenty and forty would produce that desirable amount
of capital. The average steady hind spends at least that
sum of money on beer, so tliut tcetotalism and thrift
combined ought to render it easy for him to become his
own master while still in the prime of life.
OCT. 25, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON' NEWS
38T-
EOHOES OF THE WEEK.
With the death, in his seventy-ninth year, at his secluded
retreat in Silesia, of William Augustus Louis Maximilian
Frederick, Sovereign Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbiittel, a
Field-Marshal of the defunct kiugdom of Hnnorcr, atid a
General of cavalry in the Prussiun service, might come the
opening of a floodgate of historical memories. But we ure
too busy, I suppose, with our Franchise Bills, Egyptian
imbroglios, Bechuanulnnd muddles, Congo contentions, nud
other topics so dear to the heart of Jawkins aud Borekins of
the clubs, to trouble ourselves for more than five minutes
about the harmlessly eccentric gentleman, and persistent old
bachelor, who died on Saturday, Oct. 18.
If you wish to know all about Duke William’s brother
Charles, tho discrowned and ambiguous Duke of Brunswick
who left such a prodigious sum of money to the city of Geneva;
about the Duke’s father, the moody, morose Duke who raised the
famous corps of Black Brunswickers, with their sable uuiforma
and shukoes adorned with death’s-heads and cross-bones (this
was the Duke celebrated iu “ Childe Harold ” as “ Brunswick’s
fated chieftain ”); about his aunt, Caroline, who wished the
inscription “Caroline, the Injured Queen of England,’’ to be
engraved on her coffin-plate: and engraved it was, only
Garter King-of-Arms, acting under orders from Government,
caused the plate to be removed from thepoffin when the remains
of the ill-starred lady were taken ubroHd, to be buried in the
cathedral vault at Brunswick ; and, in particular, if you would
be told all about tho Duke’s grandfather, the Duke of Bruns¬
wick who, as generalissimo of the armies of the Coalesced
Kings, issued, iu 1792, that furious proclamation against tho
French Devolution, the final cause of which was to make
Napoleon Bonaparte master of the continent of Europe, read
Mr. Percy Fitzgerald’s “Memoirsof the Princes and Princesses
of the lieign of George III.,” and the same indefatigable
writer’s “Life of George IV.” With the exception of the
melancholy Duke who “ rushed into the field, and, foremost,
lighting fell,” at Quatre Bras (and even he could be mirthful
upon occasion, and was a capital hand at mimicking Lord
both French aud English. And I declare that I grant you to
be all lnwworthy as you were iu the days of KiugEdwurd; and
I grant that every child shall be liis father’s heir after liis
father’s death, and I will not suffer any person to do you
wrong. God keep you.” Certainly, Mr. Alderman Nottuge,
Lord Mayor-Elect. With all my heart, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff
Whitehead and Mr. Sheriff George Fnudel Phillips. There is
to be an ambulatory trophy, commemorative of “ The City's
First Charter, a.i>. 1007,” in the Lord Mayor’s Show on tho
9th proximo. William the Conqueror, in complete armour,
uttcuded by two Norman knights (the Seigneurs of Beaufou
and Boutcviluin i ), will be in tho cortege. The charter will be
in a gold box, on a raised dais, “ guarded by Janissaries with
drawn swords.” Why Janissaries, Mr. Alderman NottageP
That famous corps of Ottoman militia was non-existent in
1067. They were not raised until 1326.
“ Mops, roasts, and stntties.” “ W. H. R.” doubts the
validity of Dr. Brewer’s conjecture as to the origin of the term
“mop;” and is iucliued to think that when a servant-maid
attended a statute fair for the purpose of being hired, she carried
a mop, which from time to time she trundled in order to show
her efficiency in using that domestic instrument. Cateris
paribus, shepherds carried a lock of wool in their hats, and
carters a bit of whipcord.
The curious custom of whip-cracking in Caistor church.
“C. H. B.” (Leeds) tells me that the custom is fully described in
Sir Charles Anderson’s “ Lincoln rocket Guide ” (E. Stanford).
“On Palm Sunday a man from Broughton brings a whip
called a gad. The stock is made of ash, the tlioug of white
leather. At the beginning of the first lesson, he cracks the
whip three times in Caistor church porch; after which lie
wraps the tlioug round the stock, with some twigs of moun*^
tain ash. He then ties a small leathern purse, iu which thcrc_
are twenty-four silver pennies, to the whip; takes it on his
shoulder and walks up to the desk; aud as the minister reads
the second lesson the whipster waves the whip^bver the
parson’s head, and then kneels on a cushion, holding the
substituted the word “travel” for “traffic,” which last means
sale, barter, exchange, or trade, and does not mean passing
to and tro upon the earth or going down to the sea in ships.
The advocates for commissariat reform on board ocean
steamers wish to see the tublc-d’liOtc meals at stated hours
abolished, and that the passengers, instead of being called upon
to feed gregariously, should be allowed to eat when they liked
uud what they liked, paying for tlu-ir me ds, or portions of
meals, d la carte. Thus, a passenge r who was not sea-sick, but
whose appetite at sea was small, would not, perhaps, be called
upon to disburse more than two shillings or hall-a-crowu a
day for his occasional snacks of food; while the passenger who
was hopelessly sea-sick and couldn’t eat anything would not
be called upon to pay miyttiin^x Under the present system,
the fare which he pays ut rinj'bJHqe ot the steaiu-ship company
includes full board (exclusive of ufev^riVjces); and lor that full
board ho must pay, wlysfiierlre be ablatio consume it or not.
Sea-sick passengt
(especially the ladle
sympathy; but 1 col:
the conversion,
restaurant d lu
Castlereagh), the Dukes of Brunswick-Wolfenbiittel appear to purse in that position to the end of the lesson, when he retires
have been a very merry family indeed. into the choir. The whip aud purse are subsequently carried/
very merry family
Mem.: The sons of the Duke who was killed at Quatre
Bras were brought up in England; and Duke Charles the
Ambiguous, elder brother of Duke William the Iuoffensive and
recently deceased, did at least one useful thing during his stay
among us. * As the boy Prince Charles of Brunswick, he laid,
in September, 1813, the first stone of the abutment, on the
Surrey side, of Vuuxhull Bridge.
hip aud purse are subsequently
to the manor house of Hundon, a hamlet in Caistbr parisli
This curious custom is now given up./ JJut what did it
mean ? Is there any explication to be found of it in Blount’s
“ Jocular Tenures ” P
“ G. S.” (Spilsby) kindly sends me a pen-and-ink drawing
of the Caistor gad-whip, as exhibited at Lincoln iu 1848, and
notes two legends in connection with the Fulm Sunday
custom; first, that the lords of the manors'^ Hundon and
lhe Times relates a characteristic anecdote of the potentate Broughton, at some very remote period, Lad been at enmity
who, to a certain sense, may be regarded as the Last of the for ycttr8> nud at length ended tl.W feud by a terrific com¬
bat of two, in which the Lord of Huuson, getting the
worst of it, covenanted to offer, in token of submission, a
gad-whip mutually in Caistor church, or in default forfeit
some twenty-two hundred acres of land at Broughton. Legend
number two is to the effect that a lord of the manor of
Broughton accidentally killeda Uundon boy with a blow from
u whip; and, in penanco for that misadventure, made yearly
offering of a god-whip in Caistor church.
There M would appear, another claimant besides
Theodore Hook and John Wilson Croker to be the author of
the doggrcl lines on tlie murder of Mr. William Weare, “ who
lived in Lyon’s Inn,” by t)io rascally trio Thurtell, Hunt, and
l’robert. “ W.s^ S.” (Lodway, Bristol) mentions that in
Vol. II. of the Sporting Magazine for 1839, Lord William
Lennox gave n biographical sketch of a certain William Webb,
who appenra to have eujoyed some notoriety as a low co¬
median. Dissipated habits brought him to the very low level of
a link-boy; and lie was ultimately transported for felony, aud
died on liis passage out. To this scamp Lord W. Lennox
Guclphs:—
A story ia told of a desire on the part of the Brunswickein to see their
Ute ruler marry, taking at last the form of a petition to this effect, which
was presented to the Duke by three reputable citizens. The Duke received
the deputation very graciously, aud said that he would soon giro them an
answer. Barely an hour, therefore, liad elapsed before large posters were
stuck ail over the town announcing that, on the same evening, tho company
at the Ducal Theatre would, by special command, perforin Topper's comedy
leh bleibt ltdig (I remain single). And thus tho citizens promptly received
tho promised answer to their petition.
An enthusiast for public morality, who has adopted the
notn Je plume of “A Visitor to the Riviera,” has been nt the
pains of compiling a volume of more than three hundred pages
about the enormities of the public gaming-tables at Monte
Carlo, in the Principality of Monaco. The compiler has been
■o kind us to send me an early copy of his book, which is very
well got up, and is published by Messrs. Rivington. 1 am very
much liis debtor ; but I am unable, for very slmrae, to moralise,
about Monte Carlo. For nearly twenty years I played
regularly every summer at the Kursaal at Ilombourg. I have
backed the red at Baden-Baden, and put all my money on
“posse” or “ manque" at Wiesbaden. I lmve stuck to the attributed tho ballad on the murder of Weare. It is to the
“dduze demiers” at Spa; have ventured on “fatal zero” tuUe ot “There’s uue Luck about the House.” My cor re¬
nt Gcueva, and have wagered considerably on “pair” and spoil dent sends the entire ditty, but I can only find room for
“impair” at Aix-la-Chapelle. I am just too yojmg/Wr^. two verses. The “ Lyon’s lira " one you know
member when Frascati’s, in the Rue de Richelieu,Turis, wHm~V
tripot; but I have “fought the tiger” at New York, at
md those vvhore appetites are delicate
live myroost earnest and heartfelt
int I fail to toe my way towards
of an ocean-steamer into u
.. _ ... - - ..._ jiiloon is the common sitting-
room. Passt iigcrs chnL Joungc, write tlieir lettirs, tend, and
piny chess and draughts j litre. The cloth is laid from time to
time by the stewards; and the performance of that operation
.is a Bourpelff^teaijoy/jo the hearty aud hungry passengers,
among whom l lnvvSritfiown persons so utterly iv] infinite and
abandoned ns to border “ sherry and angostimi,” or even the
culpabloV’ocktailJas a whet before dinner. 1 am ulmid that if
the auliKmHableymfelittered from morning till night by “kick¬
shaws” ordered at intermittent intervals, by squeamish people
or by invnluTsTthc general comfort of the saloon would be
seriously imperilled. You might suggest tlmt the restaurant
should be kept separate from the saloon. But would it be
possible, evfc'n on board the largest steam-ship, to spare the
additional space required for a separate restaurant ?
After all, the main thing to be worked for in a sen-voyage is
safety'; aud one of the chief factors in the insurance of safety
48 discipline. The regular victualling or messing of the pas¬
sengers, the officers, and the crew on board u sunnier is part
of the discipline of the ship; and I gravely fear that the
maintenance of that discipline would he endangered were
there a perpetual hurry-scurrying of stewards from tho galley
to the restaurant, uud an incessant messing about with
passengers who required a mutton cutlet (under-done) at
eleven a.m., or an omelette <n« fints Jterbrt ut two p.m., or
beef-tea at five, or urrowroot at eight. 1 nni quite prepared
to be told that what I have Buid touching the ocean-steamer
commissariat is barbarous, brutal, prejudiced, mid unen¬
lightened. Be it so. But there must be among my renders an
appreciable number of buccaneers, Red Rovers, Pirates of
Barntaria, Corsairs, Channel pilots, sea-dogs, mid "old suits”
generally. They will understand my motives.
The philosophic truth is that people who go to sea must be
divided into two great categories. Tliose who like the sen, and
who do not mind roughing it; and those who, whether they
are or are not sea-sick, are desperately uncomfortable and out
of sorts from the moment they leave the harbour’s mouth
until they arrive at the port of their destination. These last
will thoroughly agree with Dr. Johnson’s summary of a sea-
life : —
Washington, and at Saratoga; and iu Hnvapa hud Mexico I
have played “ monte ” till the pockets of my dress-coat have
given way beneath the weight of th£ doubloons, or tmzas de oro,
which I have won - to lose them ngroh in about Wenty-two
minutes and a half. No; I wcrfRd rather not moralise about
the enormities of Monte Curio; nor about the private gaming-
dens of Nice, which are twice as iniquitous as the public
casino of Monaco. I have been twice to Prince Florian’s
principality within the last foifr yeurs, but have never risked
a cent at the tables. I do not wish to elnim the smallest
credit for having, latterly, so abstained frdtii gambling. The
appetite for it, in my case, ia dead : that'is all. On the oilier
lmnd, I am acquainted with numbers of ladies and gentlemen,
moving in the first circles, and between fifty and seventy-five
years of age, who are as inveterate gamesters now as they were
when they were young. x \
At the same time, I will undertake to preach a lay sermon
against gambling as long as Upper Winipole-street so soon
as 1 hear that Tuttersall’s has been suppressed; that betting
on racecourses and at pigeon-matches has been made felony;
that the Stock Exchange has been closed by Act of Parlia¬
ment ; that Derby Sweeps at the Pall-Mall clubs have been
sternly prohibited by the committees of those institutions;
that speculative investments have ceased to be advertised; and
that “ bogus " companies have ceased to be floated. I am very
sorry to say anything against my own countrymen; but I dare
to affirm that, in the matter of gambling, we are the veriest
hypocrites on the face of the habitable globe. The Americans
take the lead as a nation of gamblers. We come next; and we are
closely followed by the French, the Italians, and the Spaniards.
“William the King friendly Balntes William the Bishop,
and Godfrey the Portreve, aud all the Burgesses within London,
Confined he was in Hertford Gaol,
A jury did him try.
And worthy Mr. Justice Turk
Condemn.d him for to die.
Now Mr. Andrews he did strive,
And Mr. Chitty too,
To save tho wicked wretch alive;
But no; it would not do.
It is not at all unlikely that William Webb was, after all, the
real Simon Pure, mid that he was one of Mr. James Catuach’s
hack poets, and wrote the Weare verses for the Seven Dials
press. Mr. Cutnacli, it is well known, made almost as much
money out of the Gill’s Hill Lane murder as lie had done out of
the Cato-street conspiracy. On the first-named occasion,
when tho excitement about Thurtell’s execution was beginning
to subside, Mr. Cntnnch published a secoud penny broadside,
beginning “ WE ARE alive again! "which the public rend
“WEAItE.” Mr. Catuach’s patrons did not approve of the
trick; and, it is said, dubbed it a “ catchpenny,” whence arose
(it is alleged) the epithet applied to a trumpery publication.
But I should sny that the term “ catchpenny ” is of much
older date than the Seven Dials press.
“ Go to (the) Pot.” This expression, according to
“W. S. W." (Clitheroe), occurs in one of the sermons of good
old Bishop Latimer. The impression left on the mind of my
correspondent is that the worthy Bishop spoke of au individual
“Going to Pot" in the sense of liis going to perdition.
An attempt has been made to cause the Silly Season “ to
go out with a boom ” concerning the alleged shortcomings of
the commissariat department on board ocean steamers. That
which I have written is, perhaps, sufficiently roundabout in
expression; but the name given to the movement in the Timet,
“ Reform in the Ocean Passenger Traffic,” is downright
nonsense. There is no more any “ traffic ” in ocean pas¬
sengers between Liverpool and New York and r ice vend than
there is, at this time of day, a trade iu negro slaves between the
coast of Guinea and the West Indies. I note with much grati¬
fication that the Building A 'etc* has, in referring to locomotion.
tags
to five oa laud.
“ E. 8. F. ” (Fleetwood) writes : “ Dear Sir,—Will you be
good enough to inform me when first the expression • mare’s
nest’ was used, and by whom?” 1 don’t know. Tho
expression is in Beaumont aud Fletcher—
Why dost tliou laugh t
What man's ntst hast tliou found t
Ask Professor W. W. Skeat; or, the rather, consult his dic¬
tionary. It is supposed that he knows more about the history
of the English langunge than most people do. I have not got
Skeat yet; nay, nor Littre, nor Richardson, nor Dugdule’s
Mouusticon [that will cost you flve-and-twenty pounds), nor
“Modern Painters.” I cannot afford them. How can you
afford to buy books when the precept for the School Board for
London has risen to eiglitpencein the pound, and will possibly
continue in the crescendo f My tailor (a patient man) is suf¬
fering because, just before I left town, 1 invested in a copy of
Montfaucon’a “Antiquities” (fifteen vols., fob); mid my
greengrocer would have been undone had I yielded to tho
temptation to buy a complete set of the Delphiu Classics, first
edition, crimson morocco, extra, tooled, gilt edges. But I
withstood the temptution; and the man of cauliflowers and
potatoes is paid.
On Saturday, Oct. 18, the Lord Mayor entertained at a
grand banquet, in the Egyptian Hall at the Mansion House, a
party of about one hundred and sixty gentlemen—authors,
journalists, men of science, and dramatists, with some lead¬
ing members of the Corporation of London. The House of
Peers was represented by Lord Houghton and Lord
Crewe; otherwise, the men of brains and the men of
business had the field entirely to themselves, and
the ornamental classes were conspicuous by their ab¬
sence. There were a good many clergy men present,
and 1 suppose that they had all written books. There was
a diplomatist, too, at the festive board, H.B.M.’s Minister
to the Helvetic Confederation; and I know tlmt Mr. F. O.
Adams has been guilty of the venial sin of authorship. Law,
likewise, was represented by the learned Recorder of London,
tlie learned ana genial Town Clerk, Sir John Monckton, and
Mr. Underdosvn. The last-named gentleman did not, I much
regret to sny, in liis after-dinner speech, tell liis inimitable
story of how the late Sir Alexander Cockburn did not shoot
Lord Westbury’s gamekeeper. I dined out throughout uu
exceptionally' brilliant London senson some years ngo mainly
on the strength of an imperfect remembrauce of Mr. Under
down’s story.
The purpose of the banquet was to meet the “Incorporated
Society of Authors.” Tho objects of the Incorporated
Society were lucidly and not too lengthily explained by Mi.
Walter Bcsniit, the distinguished novelist; and tlieir objects
appear to be the cultivation of improved business and social
relations between authors and publishers, and the em-ournge-
ment of and participation iu any practicable movement for
obtaining a copyright treaty with tlio United States. Tho
evening throughout was a very harmonious one, and the after-
dinner speeches were, as a rule, brilliant, including ns they did
addresses from such practised orators as Lord Houghton, Mr.
Edmund Yates, tho Rev. Dr. Wace, Sir Henry Thompson,
Mr. lJlackmore, Mr. William Black, Mr. W. S. Gilbert, Mr.
G. K. Sims, and Mr. Comyns Carr. G. A. S.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Oct. 25, 1884 — 388
OPENING OF
PARLIAMENT: NfOVERS AND SECONDERS OF THE ADDRESS.
MR. W. SUMMERS, M.P. FOR STALYBRIDGE.
Mr. Edward Stafford Howard, M.P. for East Cumberland,
is second son of the late Mr. Henry Howard, of Grey stoke
Castle, Cumberland, where he was bom in 1851. He was
educated at Harrow, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, and
was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1875. He has
sat for East Cumberland since April, 1870. He is married to
Lady Rachel Anne Georgina, daughter of the second Earl
Cawdor.
Mr. William Summers, M.P. for Stalybridge, is second son
of the late Mr. John Summers, iron merchaut, of that town,
residing at Sunnyside, Ashton-under-Lyne. lie was born in
1853, and was educated ut Owens College, Manchester; at
the University of London, where he took the degree of M.A.
after winning a gold medal in classics and other prizes; and
at University College, Oxford, where also he obtained a
degree. He has been called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn, and
was elected for Stalybridge at the 1880 General Election - .
Our Portrait of Lord Helper is from a photograph by
Elliott aud Fry; that of Lord Lawrence, by Bourne and
Shepherd, Calcutta; that of Mr. E. Stafford Howard, by
Benjamin Scott, Carlisle; and that of Mt. W. Summers, by
RusseU and Sons, South Kensington.
MINISTERIAL CHANGES.
Her Majesty bus been graciously pleased to signify her ap-
J roval of the following Ministerial changes:—The Right Hon.
. G. Dodson, M.P., on being raised to the Peerage, retires
from the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster, to which
the Right Hoc. G. O. Trevelvan, M.l*., is appointed, with a sent
in the Cabinet. Mr. Trevelyan is succeeded in the ollice of
Chief Secretary for Ireland by Mr. Cumpbell-Banuernian.
THE NILE EXPEDITION.
Our Special ATtist, Mr. Melton Prior, who accompanies Lord
Wolseley’s military expedition up the Nile, has sent us two
Sketches from Assiout, in Upper Egypt, where the railway
from Cairo terminates, 250 miles above the capital city, and
where the troops, the stores, and the small boats sent out
from England, are put on board steamers for conveyance to
Assouan, the head of ordinary steam navigation below the
rapids of the First Cataract. Assiout, of which town he
presents an effective general view, is situated a mile from
the river-bank, on a small island connected by an arched stone
bridge with the western mainland, below a hill or mountain
which was, in the early ages of Christianity, the ubode of
numerous hermits and refugees from persecution ; the grottoes
in which they dwelt, and the tombs in which they were buried,
are still to be seen. The town is a place of considerable trade,
being connected by the Bahr Yusuf Canal with the fertile
lake district of the Fayoum, and it has 25,000 inhabitants, with
two fine mosques surmounted by minarets, a palace for the
provincial governor, a college, bazaars, baths, and some well-
built houses; the manufactures of linen and woollen, pipe bowls
and pottery, are much esteemed. The port of this town is El
Ifamra, where all the Nile steamers land or embark either
passongers or cargo; and it is here that the English-made
boats are shipped for transport to the higher region of the
Nile.
We have also received from an officer employed with the
advanced guard of the expedition, beyond Wady llnlfa, some
additional Sketches of the difficult passage of the second
Cataract by the steam-boat Nnssif-Kheir, of which an Illus¬
tration was given two or three weeks ago. To the Engraving
of “A.Critical Moment,” are appended the portraits of
LORD BERBER.
LORD LAWRENCE.
MR. E. STAFFORD
EAST CUMBERLAND.
THE OPENING oK^PART^AMENT.
The Address to the Queen, in reply to her Majesty’s Speech
from the Throne, at the opening of 1’arliuiuent on Thurs¬
day, was moved in the Houfe^of Lords by Lord Belper,
and seconded by Lord Lnwrenfce: In the House of Commons,
it was moved by Mr. E. Stafford Howard, and secouded by
Mr. W. Summers. \
The Right Hon. Henry Strutt, secomL Baron Belper, was
born May 20, 1840, and was educated at Trinity College,
Cambridge, where he obtained the jdegree of Bachelor of Laws
in 1863, and subsequently that of Master of Laws, lie sat
in the House ofHAiinmona ns 51.1*. for East Derbyshire from
1868 to 1874, and was elected for Berwick-on-Tweed in 1880,
but in Juno 64 that year succeeded to the peerage, on the death
of his father, who was a well-known Liberal, and was
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in Lord Aberdeen's
Ministry thirty years ago. The present Lord Belper, in 1874,
married Lady MnrgnretCoke, daughter of the second Enrl of
LtfCe$ter
The Right lion. Sir John Hamilton Lawrence, Bait.,
second Baron Lawrence, is son of the lnte eminent Indian
stutcsinmY, Sir John Laird Mnir Lawrence, who was Chief
Commissioner and first Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjaub
from 1852 to 1859, Viceroy of India from 1864 to 1868, was
rewarded with a peerage, and latterly was first Chairman of
the London School Board. The present Lord Lawrence was
bom Oct. 1, 1846, was educated at Trinity College, Cam¬
bridge, where he took his degTee of B.A. in 1869, and was
called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1872. lie murried, in
that year, the only daughter of the lnte Mr. Richard Campbell,
of Auchinbreck, Argyllshire. In 1879, on the death of his
father, he succeeded to the peerage.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Ocr. 25, 1881.—389
THE NILE
EXPEDITION :
SKETCHES BY
0 U It SPECIAL
ARTIST.
SHIPPING BOATS AT EL HAMRA, THE PORT OF AS8IOUT.
ASSIOUT, ON THE NILE, THE TERMINUS OF THE RAILWAY FROM CAIRO.
390
THi: ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
OCT. 25, 1884
Lieutenant Poore, R.N., commai ding the steamer, and ol
Coki the chief of a tribe of Nubian Arabs employed to help at
the Cataracts, the best swimmer on the Nile, and a most.
useful and trustworthy man. In the other Illustration, General
Sir Evelyn Wood stands on the top of a high rock at the left
hand, with his aide-de-camp, overlooking the passage of the
llah-el-Kebir, the“Ur«at Gate” of the Cataract. What is
called the Cataract must be understood as rather a succession
of rapids flowing between the rocks in thochanuel of the nver.
The following description is tuken from a letter of the
Standard correspondent: “From Wady Haifa upwards, for
many miles above the Second Cataract, the Nile is «“P}7 ®
succession of these rapids. We surmount one, and in half
an hour have to conteud with another. During lngli Nile
many of these ore, of course, completely submerged, but as
the river falls, more and more of them appear, until at last it
becomes impossible even for a nugger to ascend. We are now'
almost at the end of the navigable season, and are ex¬
periencing the Nile at its worst. After a time it is possible to.
cmnpreheud the system by which the boatmen navigate,
although at first it seems highly bewildering, and to.
the novice alarming. Every rapid has its slack water,
sometimes on one side of the river, and sometimes on
the other. When we get to the cud of one stretch, wc
shoot across the stream to the other, and so gradually
ascend, as if by so many locks. The dangerous period, of
course, is when striking across, as the boat is then earned
rapidly downwards, and if it should fail to reach ii) time the.
friendly eddy on the other side, might be dashed against the
rocks that lurk under water, and so be wrecked. One thing is
certain: small boats such as those coming from England will
not be able to sail up the rapids after the manner described
above. In the first place, they will not have enough will¬
power; and in the second, they will not be large enough or
strong enough to s\rim in mid-stream or to cross from eddy to.
eddy. They must be hauled up close in shore, which in many
places is no easy task, owing to precipitous banks and over¬
hanging trees. If the pioneer craft carried a number of gun¬
cotton cartridges, many of these obstacles might be blown
away; but, in any case, to drag the boats along the Nile banks
will’ be wearisome work. Powerful steamers might prove
effective, but the period for seuding powerful steamers to Don-
golu has now passed. Perhaps, however, ns some assert, the
Nile will be easier for small craft when at its lowest. Semneh,
eight miles from Surras, was reached on the third day. the
Cataract here is, to some extent, worthy of the name. I he-
river evidently passes over a ledge of rock deep at the bottom,
but still sufllcieut to cause a full, over which the boats have to
be hauled by munu.il labour. Here three hundred of the
Mudirof Dongola’s men are stationed for the work, and as.
■we showed round the bend of the river they swarmed down to
the Mach to meet us. The boat was lightened of most of ite.
cargo, and then, laying on to a hawser, some two hundred
yards long, and shouting and singing, the noisy half-naked mom
soon pulled her over the fall. The Semneh Catnract, though
honoured with a place on the map, will not prove so serious an
obstacle to the Expedition as the nameless rapids described.
Ub Lord Wolseley’s army, possibly, may have no fighting to do-
when it gets up' the Nile ; but General Gordon is actively
engaged m river steam-boat expeditious to drive Ins enemies
out of the towns und villages below Klmrtoum, some of which
lie has bombarded. The Engraving presented for our Extra
‘ Supplement is designed to show the probable character of.
such incidents ; and that entitled “ An Ambush of Arabs
will serve to illustrate the nature of guerrilla warfare in the.
Soudan.
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of a daughter. MARRIAGES.
On the 7th inat.. at KfldaUon Churah. copntr Caw. by the BrrJ.' 0.
Martin. A M , Kilh-shandra. uncle of the bride, and hie Ven Archdeaciin . f
Kiltn .ro, Hector the parish, the Kev. Frederick William Bamford, Rectoi
of ICillnuirlite., couuty Cavan, to Agatha Mant, eldest daughter of the late
11. II Clifford, Esq., Bengal Civil Bervioc, of Newtown, county Kilkenny,
and Greenville, county Cavan.
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Graham, Vicar of Bexley Hwtli, Kent, awrat-d brtho
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of John Aird. Esq.of 14. Hyde Park-terrace, W., and IJantysiUo Hall,
Llangollen, North Woles. . . _ _ _
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Elizabeth, third daughter of the IhUj WflllJUH Temple, uq.
DEATHS. -
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Brevet-Colonel Henry Vansittart RiddeU, Bengal Infantry, and Officiating
Deputy Commissioner. _
On the 12th in»t., at The Grange. Earl*a Barton, Northampton. Herbert
William, infant son of Charles Herbert Hornby. '
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Colonial Secretary, St. Kitti, West Indies, aged 74.
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THE COURT.
At the Council held by the Queen at Balmoral on Friday, last
week, the Speech from the Throne, delivered at the opening
of Parliament, was submitted and approved by her Majesty.
The Queen attended Divine service on Sunday afternoon m
Crathie parish church, and was accompanied by Princess
Beatrice, Princess Alice of Hesse, and Lady Southampton
(Lady-in-Waiting), and two other ladies. It being the half-
yearly Socrumeut Sunday at Crathie, the Queen, with Princess
Beatrice and the other ladies, received Holy Communion.
The service was conducted by the Rev. A. Campbell, minister
•of Crathie. Lord Dufferin has gone to Balmoral on a visit to
the Queen, previous to his departure for India. Until Nov. 5
the Court will wear mourning for the late Duke of Brunswick,
iBecond cousin to her Majesty the Queen.
On the evening of Friday, last week, the Prince and Princess
.of 'Wales and the distinguished circle invited by Lord and
Lady Hastings to meet their Royal Highnesses at Melton Con¬
stable again visited Norwich, for the purpose of attending the
last concert of the Norwich Musical Festivals Several of the
principal buildings in the city were illuminated in honour of
-the occasion, una the leading thoroughfares were crowded.
At the express wish of the Prince, portions of Sir. Mackenzie’s
“ Rose of Sharon ” were introduced into the programme. The
Prince and Princess returned to Marlborough House last
.Saturday afternoon; and on Sunday the Prince and Princess,
and Princesses Louise, Victoria, und Maud, were present at
Divine service. On Monday the Prince and Princess were
present nt the marriage, at St. Paul's Church, Kuightsbridge,
of the Marquis of Stafford with/Lady Millicent St. Clair
Erskiue, daughter of the Earl and CountcBS of Bosslyn.
Their ltoyal Highnesses went afterwards to the wedding
brenkfast at 2, Hamilton-place, Piccadilly. The Grand Duke
of Hesse and Princess Irene, and Prince and Princess Louis
of Battenberg visited the Prince and Princess of Wales
previous to their departure for Germany. Lord Suffield left
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ART NOTES.
In the Fine-Art Society's rooms, at 148, New Bond-street, a
most interesting exhibition has been opened, consisting of
nearly three hundred sketches by Mr. Ernest George, already
well known as ,-&& etcher, and still better known as an
architect. In the selection and treatment of his subjects Mr.
George proves himself to be a thorough artist, these sketches
being remarkable for picturesque brightness of colouring,
freedom of execution, and for happily chosen points of view.
-They include views in Belgium and Holland, France,
-HjrRzWland, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Scotland; in
which last section, by-the-by, the catalogue includes “ St.
Giles’s, Cripplegate, London.” In addition to being a first-
rate designer of new houses, Mr. George is a capital sketcher
of old ones.
\J&Ies8rs. Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell, 133, New Bond-street,
have on view studies from nature in oil, by Mr. Ernest Parton,
and a scries of drawings of the east coast of England, by Mr.
Charles Robertson.
A new and spacious gallery, called the Hanover Gallery,
47, New Bond-street, has been opened by Messrs. Hollender
and Cremelli with a collection of foreign pictures, among
which will be found works by Isabey, Corot, Meissonier,
Israels, and others.
The Photographic Society’s exhibition, at 5 a, Pall-mall
East, is excellent in all respects, but from want of space we
are unable to give a detailed criticism of the large number of
works deserving notice.
An exhibition of cabinet pictures in oil by the Dudley
Gallery Art Society will be opened next Monday at the
Egyptian Hall.
’ Next Saturday has been appointed for the private view of
the autumn exhibition of the Nineteenth Century Art Society,
at the Conduit-street Galleries, aud the exhibition will be
open to the public on Monday, Nov. 3.
Messrs. Marion and Co. have brought out an album of a
novel kind, which bids fair to become popular. It is called
the “Celebrities Album,” and each alternate page has groups
of well-executed portraits of persons distinguished in politics,
religion, literature, and art, leaving the possessor of the
volume to crown the selection by making the celebrity of his
choice the centrepiece. The catholicity of the plan will render
this tastefully got up album an acceptable addition to the
drawing-mom table of persons of every shade of opinion.
The Beaumont Album, the newest artistic novelty, charms
by its chaste simplicity. The pages have broad margins of
Turnbull’s celebrated water-colour drawing-boards, assorted
white and various tints, so that the portrait of each friend may
be surrounded by his or her own artistic work, or favourite
flower or design ; and there are four pages (two at each end)
of vellum cardboard, for pen-and-ink work, illumination, in¬
scription, or dedication. The binding is in plain Levant
morocco or calf, prepared for painting in oils, the clasp being
a patent expanding one. This handsome album is issued by
Messrs. Turnbull, of Beaumont Mill, Leyton, Essex.
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UtuUvu Dridgo SUtiouA*
The Archbishop of Canterbury has accepted the office of
E resident of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Old Kent-road and
[argute, in the place of the late Duke of Buccleuch.
MUSIC.
. THE NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
Our last week’s notice of this great music-meeting was
necessarily incomplete, as the performances did not terminate
until the Friday evening (Oct. 17). The most important
novelty was Mr. A. C. Muckeusie’s dramatic oratorio, "The
Rose of Sharon ” ; composed expressly for the Festival and
produced on the Thursday morning. The text has been
selected from Holy Scripture, and arranged in form for
musical purposes by Mr. Joseph Bennett, whose literary powers
and acquaintance with the musician’s art (a rare combination)
eminently tit him for the task. His book is laid out in four
parts, comprising u series of scenes dealing with the well-
known scriptural love song, preceded by a prologue and fol¬
lowed by an epilogue. The four divisions are entitled,
respectively, “Separation,” ‘‘Temptation, “ Victory,” and
“ Reunion.” The characters supposed to be represented by
the solo vocalists are the Sulumite (sopruno), a Woman (con¬
tralto), the Beloved (tenor), King Solomon (baritone), and an
Elder and an Officer (both bass). Mr. Mackenzie’s essay is the
most important of all his productions. lie hud previously gained
distinction by several works—orchestral and other chamber
music—aud more recently by his grand opera “Colombn,”
brought out at Drury Lane Theatre by Mr. Carl Rosa last year,
and afterwards performed abroad with success. The distinction
thus gained justified the commission given by the directors of
the Norwich Festival for a work of still more ambitious aim—
one dealing with a subject from sacred history. “The Rose
of Sharon” contains much beautiful and impressive music.
The vocal writing—both for the soloists and the chorus—fa
fluent nnd effective; the orchestral details being throughout
full of picturesque' colouring and contrast. The occasional
recurrence of prominent representative phrases gives h good
effect of unity and coherence. Of the pieces for solo
voices^ may specify the expressive prologue for contralto
and other passages for that voice ; the beautiful love passages
for the fclulamite and the Beloved in the first scene ; the
subsequent duets for them, especially tliut in the fourth
parti the several solos for Solomon, particularly that
in which he addresses the Sulamite; and the duet for
her and the King in the third part. Some of the choral
movements are very effective, among these being the
Vintagers' choruses, respectively of glodue^s aud lamentation,
those in the great scene of the Procession of the Ark, and those
of the closing portion of the oratorio, including the choral
epiloguo in which the moral is conveyed. The solo singers
were Miss Emma Nevada (the Sulamite), Madame Patey (a
Woman), Mr. E. Lloyd (the Beloved). Mr. Saiitley (Solomon),
and Mr. Thorndike'(an Elder aud an Officer). Miss Emma
Nevada made a far better impression on this occasion than in
her first appearance in “Elijah” on the opening night of tlio
Festival. The love music of the Sulamite was given with
charming grace and refinement, and sustained, if it did not
enhance, the great success obtained by the young lady at the
miscellaneous concert of the previous evening, to be here¬
after referred to. The music assigned to the other singers
named was also excellently given. In “ The Rose of
Sharon," Mr. Mackenzie appears to have been lees in¬
fluenced by the vagueness and indcfiuiteiiess of style now
prevalent in tlio new German school than in some of his
previous workB, and his success lias been consequently greater.
Its performance was conducted by himself, and its cuthusia tio
reception promises well for its future acceptance elsewhere.
It will be given in London, for the first time, by the Sacred
Harmonic Society on Nov. 7.
The performance of Gounod’s “ Redemption ” (its first
hearing in Norwich) calls for but brief remark. The soprano
solo music was sung with much refinement by Miss Nevada,
the principal contralto, tenor, and baritone music having been,
as often before, finely rendered, respectively, by Madame
Eatey, Mr. E. Lloyd, and Mr. Santley. Mr. Thorndike
rendered valuable co-operation by his effective delivery of tlio
bass narrations, and Miss Damian was of service in sonio
of the concerted pieces. The last day's performance, yesterday
(Friday) week, consisted of “The Messiah,” in which Miss
Nevada sang the soprano solos of the first part, those of tlio
second part having been allotted to Miss A. Williams. The
other principal vocalists wore Mndnmc l’atey, Miss Damiuu,
Mr. Mans, Mr. Santley, and Mr. Thorndike.
Mr. 0. Y. Stanford’s “ Elegiac Ode ’’—produced nt the first
of the miscellaneous evening concerts—is a setting of words by
Walt Whitman, for solos, chorus, and orchestra—the verses
being taken from President Lincoln’s Burial Hymn by tlio
American writer. The music consists of opening aud
closing choruses, a soprano solo (with chorus), and a baritone
solo. Although the prevailing tone is, necessarily, sombre,
there fa yet much contrast of style, and a sustaining interest
that precludes uny feeling of weariness, the work not being
unduly prolonged. The vocal writing is highly effective, both
in its boIo and its choral details, and the orchestral accompani¬
ments are rich in contrast and colour. The soloists were Miss
A. Williams and Mr. Thorndike, who gave their music with
high efficiency. The work was conducted by the composer,
and was enthusiastically received. It will probably booh have
to be spoken of again in reference to its London performance.
At the same concert Miss Nevada made a very groat impression
by her admirable singing in the Couplets du Mysoli, from
FMicien David’s opera, "La Perle du BrGsil.” It is, ap¬
parently, in the style of florid bravura music that this young
lady’s power chiefly lies. On the occasion now referred to,
her pure quality of voice, extensive upper range, finished
execution, and exquisite refinement of style, were displayed
with triumphant success. The accompanying flute obbligato
was played to perfection by Mr. Sveudsen. At the miscel¬
laneous evening concert of Thursday evening Miss Nevada
obtained another great success by her fine rendering of the
Rondo finale of “La Sonnambula,” her crowning triumph
having been at the closiug evening concert on Friday (yester¬
day) week, when she sang the mad scena from “ Lucia di
Lammermoor,” with transcendent effect. Here, again,
the important flute obbligato of Mr. Svendsen was a
prominent and valuable feature. The appearance of Sir J alius
Benedict nt the Thursday evening concert was hailed with
acclamations. The veteran composer conducted the perform¬
ances of his new march, “Camp Life,” and the scena and
finale from his “ Legend of St. Cecilia,” in which the refined
singing of Miss Nevada was a feature. The work just named
was produced at the Norwich Festival of 1866, Sir J. Benedict
having been the conductor of these celebrations from 1842
until that of 1878, when he retired in favour of Sir. Rnudegger.
A bright madrigal by Mr. Barnby, nnd pleasing part-songs,
respectively, by Dr. Hill and Dr. Bimnett, were among the
festival novelties—each of these having been directed by its
composer. Classical and popular symphonies, overtures, und
other orchestral pieces, a violin solo brilliantly played by
Mr. Carrodus, and more or less familiar vocal pieces, were
features at the miscellaneous evening concerts besides those
already mentioned. Witli the exceptions specified, Mr. Ran-
degger conducted the festival performances (it need not be
said with zeal and ability), Dr. Bunnett having presided at the
organ with efficiency. The administrative arrangements were
excellent.
OCT. 25, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
391
THE PLAYHOUSES.
“ HAMLET " AT THE PRINCESS'S.
The immediate and unqualified success achieved by the pro¬
duction by Mr. Wilson Barrett at the Princess’s on Thursday,
Oct. 16, of Shakspeare’s tragedy of Hamlet, with the actor-
manager himBelf as the still inscrutable Prince of Denmark,
may be considered as due to two leading causes. In the first
place, Mr. Wilson Barrett has with equally happy skill and
audacity largely altered the ordinary acting version, not with
the intent of further curtailing, mutilating, and ** Bowdleris-
ing” the poet’s text, but of giving back to Shakspeare that
which is Shakspeare’s own, and of which, so far as the modern
stage is concerned, he has been deprived by the stupidity of
dramatic hacks, or by the egregious vanity of actors who,
paraphrasing in their minds the notable Baying about Eclipse,
the race-horse, resolved that, in the case of the performance of
Shakspeare’s masterpiece, that it should be “Hamlet first,
and the rest nowhere.” Mr. Austin Brereton, in his just
published and very valuable monograph, “ Some famous
Hamlets from Burbage to Fechter, has told us of the
too long, and divided it into two. He entirely changed the
scenes m which the King and Laertes conspire to kill Hamlet,
so as to make Laertes’ character more estimable. He left the
audience in ignorance of Ophelia’s fate; and the Queen,
instead of being poisoned on the stage, was led from her
throne, and was “ said to have become insane from a sense of
her guilt.” When Hamlet attacked the King, in the last scene,
the latter drew his sword, defended himself, and was killed in
the encounter. Finally, the Gravediggers were wholly expunged
from the play; Osric was as ruthlessly excised, and Laertes was
provided with a “high falutin’ ” dying speech. Garrick’s
revised version ” soon fell into oblivion ; but since his time
there have been many pedantic or simply idiotic versions of
“ Hamlet ” played and printed, so full of incongruities, sup¬
pressions, and obscurities as fully to justify the query of the
perplexed French spectator who, when the final co-operative
butchery was o’er, asked, “ Mais pourguoi eet abattoir, dirigi par
Monsieur Osrie ? ” Mr. Wilson Barrett has, so far ns ever he
could, given us not the pedant's, or the prompter’s, or the
conceited actor’s acting version, but Shakspeare’s; and the
strange but pleasing result has been that a tragedy, which on
the stage may to many seem stilted, artificial, and cloudy,
becomes a most picturesque and animated melodramatic
play, quite coherent and sequential, and full of the liveliest
liumun interest. The episode of the murder of Poloniiis,
and its consequences in the sedition led by Laertes, is,
by the restoration of long-omitted scenes, clearly and fully
set forth ; more scope and verge are given to the characters of
the King and Queen, and more light (complete illumination
is impossible) is thrown on the relations of Hamlet and
Ophelia than has been ventured upon for many a long year ;
and the final catastrophe is naturally and not violently
suggested. To very many of the spectators—merely play¬
goers and not Shakspearean scholars—who have crowded the
Princess’s since Thursday, the Sixteenth inst., “Hamlet,”
owing to the sensible and generous restorations effected by
Mr. Wilson Barrett, may have seemed, comparatively speak¬
ing, a new play. And it is certain that they liked the new
play immensely, although all that seemed new was Shak¬
speare’s glorious and immortal own.
The second reason for the unmingled success of the tragedy
lies in the singularly novel, intelligent, and original present¬
ment of the character of the Prince of Denmark. I have seen
many Hamleta, and have a distinct remembrance of them
all. Maoready, magnificent in elocution, but uneasily and
sometimes grotesquely melodramatic (as in the pocket-hand¬
kerchief fluttering passage); Charles Kean, exceptionally
graceful and romantic in early youth, harsh and cynical in
age; Phelps, Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, Creswick, Barry
Sullivan, Fechter, and Henry Irving—the last two supremely
princely, tender, and emotional. And I have heard Charles
Young and Charles Kemble read Hamlet. I do not intend to
compare Mr. Wilson Barrett’s Hamlet with that of any previous
impersonator of the part. A few living playgoers may re¬
member Edmund Kean in the character. The elder Booth,
George Frederick Cooke, Macklin, Garrick, John Kemble
belong in their Hamlets as hopelessly to ancient history as do
Burbage, Taylor, and Betterton. But I can frankly Bay of
Mr. Wilson Barrett's rendering of the part that I never before
suw anything like it. He has at least created a Hamlet of his
own; and the performance seems to me in the highest degree
natural, intelligent, Mid artistic. He has, it is true, left the
spiritual side of the part pretty much where he found it. The
S sychological character of the Royal Dane is, and mueitcon-
nue to be, an insoluble mystery. Mr. John Cordy Jeaffreson
has found out nearly all that is discoverable, perhaps, about ‘ • tlio
Real Lord Byron ” ; but the secret of the “ Real Lord Hamlet”
is locked up with the dust and ashes in that grave at. Stratford-
on-Avon. Succeeding generations of tragedians have laboured
to conceal their inability to fathom the mystery of Hamlet’s
being by giving him now a classical and 4>dactic, now a
dreamy and romantic, individuality. Now he lma stalked aud
solemnised, towering in sable plumes, majestic and austere,
with the Danish Order of the Elephant round his neck, as he
does in Sir Thomas Lawrence’s picture of John Kemble. Now
he has ranted and roared, mouthed and sputtered, thrown
himself into antic attitudes, or burst into fits of hysterical
weeping. All this has been mainly dust thrown in the public
eyes. The actor seemed to be continually saying, “1 must
not, for occult reasons, tell you precisely what maimer of man
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, really was; but you must gather
it from my tricks and my manners.” There is neither manner
nor trick about Mr. Wilson Barrett’s Hamlet. The poses of
Claudian, the studied moumfuluess of the Silver King, have
disappeared. Mr. Barrett’s Hamlet is altogether natural aud
unaffected. We see u very young man—eager, restless, im¬
pulsive, impetuous, full of loving aud lovable qualities, prompt
to forget and forgive, implacable and ruthless only towards
the murderer of his father, the obligation to revenge whose
death has been laid upon him by supernatural command.
The magnificent speeches assigned to him he delivers easily,
gracefully, and with perfect elocution, but wholly uncon¬
ventionally, and, as it were, incidentally. There is, in fine,
throughout this noble performance distinct and pervading
evidence that the actor is thinking much less of Wilson
Barrett, tragedian, than of William Shakspeare, Poet of all
Time; [and that he is working heart and soul to place before us
“ The Tragical Historic of Hamlette ” as Shakspeare meant it
to be played, and not merely in a manner most conducive to
the pnncipal character having the stage to himself during the
major part of the evening. Devotees of the classical school
of declamatioV may object that Mr. Wilson Barrett’s delivery
of the “ To Be or Not to Be ” soliloquy was slightly
undignified. So it was from the strictly classical point
of view. It would scarcely have pleased the excellent
Hannah More, who remarked of Garrick’s Hamlet that
“Whether in tlio simulation of madness, iu the sinkings of
despair, in the familiarity of friendship, or the meltings of
tenderness, he never once forgot he was a Princo ; and in every
variety of situation aud transition of feelings, you discovered
the highest polish of good breeding and courtly mahners.’'
Whether it was consonant with the highest polish of good
breeding and good manners among the Princes of Hannah
More’s time to indulge, as Ilamlet does, in the grossest
doublet entendres in the presence of ladies; to describe with,
loathsome particularity the decomposition of a murdered
corpse ; and to allude to the ghost of his father as “ True¬
penny ” in “the cellarage,” must be left to students of tho
Georgian era. Mr. Wilson Barrett was certainly not con¬
ventionally princely ; but there may have been Princes quite
as outspoken and as animated os he is at many mediaeval
courts besides that of Elsinore.
Mr. Wilson Barrett was supported with tolerable efficiency.
Miss Eastlake, as Ophelia, revealed in the mod-scene a gleam
of true dramatic genius. Otherwise, she was vaporous and
nebulous—very graceful and floating in mien, but mainly un¬
substantial. Miss Margaret Leighton—whose comely port
and visage might excite the enthusiastic admiration of M. Slax
O’Rell—was not half matronly enough. Mr. E. 8. Willard,
as the King—usually a ponderous and morose villain—acted
as an alert and vivacious man of the world, with a propen¬
sity to commit capital offences. I never saw a portrait of
the poisoner Wainewright, the “Janus Weathercock ” of the
London Magazine; but Mr. Willard looked as one might
suppose Wainewright to have looked in his palmy days. Mr.
John Dewhurst was respectable as the Ghost, and Mr. Clifford
Cooper was most painstaking and discriminating as Polonius.
Mr. J. R. Crauford made no particular mark as Horatio; but
Mr. Frank Cooper, as Laertes, acted with some vigour. It ia
almost needless to say that that excellent comedian Mr.
George Barrett was admirable as the First Gravedigger.
Miss Mary Dickens played very quietly and gracefully the
small, but responsible, part of the Player Queen. The tragedy
was carefully and expensively mounted; but is a pity that the
“ archaeologist” did not see his way to making the costumes
of the male characters less hideous. With exception of
Hamlet and Polonius, I have rarely looked upon such a set
of guys os those whom archaeological accuracy has placed
on the stage of the Princess’s. But after all, “The Play’s
the Thing; ” and after that, Mr. Wilson Barrett, whose inter¬
pretation of Hamlet is the boldest and the most triumphantly
successful that has been seen for many a day.
The Alhambra has been transformed by the arch-magicians
of the Middlesex Bench into a Theatre of Varieties. As such,
the commodious place of entertainment in Leicester-square
promises to become hugely popular. Under the skilful
Musical Directorship of M. Jacobi, who has under him a
splendid orchestra, and the experienced Acting Management
of Mr. Charles Morton, the new era in the fortunes of this
house has begun most auspiciously. At the Alhambra, it is
possible to assist at a richly diversified series'-of light and
attractive performances without being discommoded—that is,
in the selector parts, as is sometimes the case in the over¬
crowded Music-Halls. The opening programme, framed with
a liberal hand, boasts, in addition to the choregraphio
spectacles for which the Alhambra is fainouspa brilliantly
played overture from Auber’s “ Masnniello” fo start with ;
the arch serio-comic singing of a graceful and comely
vocalist, Miss Jessie Acton; an amusing comic panto¬
mime by the droll Rowclla Troup?; the Musical Eccen¬
tricities of “ The Four Gees ’%‘ / a spirited selection
from Gounod’s GPaust,” charmingly rendered by the
excellent baud; the humorous songs of vivacious Miss
Bessie Bonehill; the bold trapezbjehte of M. Gaspary; the
enthusiastically applauded ditties of quaint and funny Mr.
Arthur Roberto; and, among other things, very good in their
way, the really wonderful pigeon-clmrming exhibition of
Mdlle. Eugenie Garettu, a remarkably clever young lady from
the Paris Hippodrome. The torpsichorean festivals of the
Alhambra remain unrivalled. Alluring nnd captivating in the
extreme is the Grand Rustic Ballet, in which the flower of the
choregraphjc' corps featly go through the difficult Maypole
and Morris Dances; likewise the lively Kermesse Ballet, of
which Mdlle. Puiladino is the bright particular star.
The Canterbury Theatre of Varieties, it should be stated
in correction of an error Which crept into last week's Number,
continues, under the skilful management of Mr. A. Thiodon,
to provide abundant recreation to South Londoners in. the
Westminster-bridge-road.
. Mr. Augustus Harris, having become Bole proprietor of
“ The World ” (surely, enough to satisfy the ambition of the
Augustan ruler of Drury Lane himself), will take the success¬
ful spherical drama on a provincial tour.
Miss Mary Anderson nppears in Mr. W. S. Gilbert’s
“ Pygmalion and Galatea ” for the Inst time for the present
at the Lyceum matinee to-day (October the Twenty-fifth).
The Lyceum will then be closed for the final rehearsals of
“ Romeo and Jilliet,” in which Miss Anderson will uppear
next Saturday, the First of November. G. A. S.
Mr. Mackenzie Wallace has been appointed private secretary
to the Earl of Dufferin, the new Viceroy of India.
Hood’s Comio Annual for 1885, published on Wednesday,
contains numerous contributions in prose and verse by authors
of note, and is copiously illustrated by artists of mark.
Headed by Mrs. Wallis, the Mayoress of Eastbourne, Indies
stationed themselves last Saturday in the central parts of the
town and at the public buildings,’where collections were made
on behalf of the local hospital erected to the memory of
Princess Alice. The experiment was a great success.
Mr. W. F. Thomas, the lessee, has placed the Covent-
Garden Theatre at the disposal of the executors of the
Licensed Victuallers’ School and Asylum for a benefit, on
Monday next, the 27th inst., when the whole receipts will be
devoted to the funds of these extensive institutions.
Mr. E. A. Freeman, the Regius Professor of Modem
History, gave his inaugural lecture on the 15th inst., to an
audience that crowded the large lecture-room of the Oxford
University Museum, and included the Vice-Chancellor nnd
most of the heads of houses, and professors.
At Oxford on Saturday last Mr. Ruskin gave the first
lecture of a series on “The Pleasures of England,” in which
he proposes to arrive at a just estimate of artistic life in this
country os developed in the past and existent in the present.
The exordium of this scheme contained a description of the
“ Pleasures of Learning," as exemplified in the patient
and reverent search after Christian truth and human beauty
by the early Saxons in England.
A good-service pension of £150 a year has been awarded by
the Lords of the Admiralty to Captain James W. East, vneunt
by the retirement on the 14th inst. of Captain Frank T.
Thomson.—A good-service pemiou of £100 u year bus been
presented to Major-General D. J. Gamble, who recently
relinquished the command of the troops stationed in the West
Indies, in recognition of his Crimean and New Zealand war
service, and staff service at Dover, Aldershott, Ao.— 1 The
Lieutenant’s Naval Pension of £50 a year, vacant by the death
of Commander William T. Standbriage, has been awarded to
Commander Heury E. C. Robinson.
NATIONAL SPORTS.
A highly successful meeting took place at Sandown Park at
the end of last week, when there was a larger nnd more
fashionable attendance than has been seen there ut tho corre¬
sponding fixture in any previous year. Nearly every stake
was contested by good fields, but the onlv one to which we
need refer is the Great Sapling Plate, for which there were ten
runners. Mr. H amm ond has been so irresistible of late, that
it was not surprising that his Alaska should have been mude
favourite, especially as she had run well recently, aud escaped
with only 8 et. 61b. to carry. Next in demand cume Royal
Hampton, who was the best representative of quality, but lmd
to concede Alaska no less than 20 lb. He ran well under his
big weight, but not so well as Hopscotch, and both of them
had to strike their flags to Dame Agues, who was burdened with
9 st. 7 lb., and must be very near the top of the tree. We cannot
take leave of the meeting withoutcongratulating the authorities
on their enterprise in producing an entirely new style of race-
card. It is in book form, and, in addition to ail the usual
information, gives the complete performances of every animal
engaged in each stake. Those enthusiastic followers of public
form who may be seen at every meeting with a card m one
hand, a Calendar in the other, and ? collection of all the tips
of all the prophets in their pockets, will fully appreciate this
iunovation, and the Sandown Park executive may expect
plenty of the “sincerest forai of flattery” in the shape of
imitation.
There was only a poor muster at Newmarket on Monday,
and, as racing on that day has become so thoroughly un¬
popular in all quarters, We trust that sooner or luter the
Jockey Club will see fit to discountenance it. Every race on
Monday, and th? first four on Tuesday, were won by the first
favourite, and each of the ten winners was ridden by Archer
or Wood^ro that the backers had a wonderful time of it, and
several well-known members of the ring discontinued business
for the week. Though there were eight sturters for the
Criterion Stakes, the brilliant performance of Melton in tho
Middle Park Plate appeared to leave this event quite at his
mercy, and, taking the lead at the Red Post, he cantered home
a length and a half in front of Golden Ray; Langwell and
Risingham cut up very badly again, and it is difficult to
understand how the former of the pair ever managed to win
the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster. Though there were
only eighteen runnere for the Cambridgeshire, which is the
smallest field that has gone to the post for that race since Ralph
Trait seventeen opponents in 1842, great iuterest was felt in
the result, and betting was fast and furious right up to the
fall of the flag. At the finish Florence (9st. 1 lb.) lmd a
fractional call of everything, and the money was piled on
Prism (9 st. 71b.) to such an extent that he was brought to
7 to 1. A splendid start was effected ut the third attempt,
and the pace was so good from the outset that, fully a
quarter of a mile from home, everything was hopelessly
out of it except the three placed horses, Archiduc (8st. 91b.),
and Sandiway (7 st. 9 lb.) The last-named pair were
done with at the distance, where Florence ana Bendigo
(8 st. 2 lb.) drew away by themselves, and ran a desperate
home, the filly staying the better of the pair, and winning by
a short head. Pizarro (7 et. 31b.) gained third place, six
lengths behind Bendigo, and Archiduc and Sandiway were
next. Mr. Hammond—the modem Midas—has thus accom¬
plished another best on record, by winning the Cambridge¬
shire with an animal carrying a heavier weight than any
previous winner has ever been burdened with; and such a
run of luck as ho has enjoyed this year is without parallel in
the history of the turf. Prism performed fairly well, but
Sandiway’s defeat was one more proof of the very moderate
cahbre of the St. Leger field, aud Macheath cut up as badly as
bottled-up horses generally do.
On Wednesday the Stand Handicap went to Glen Albyn
9 st.), who still retains a nice dash of speed; aud Domino
st. 13 lb.) continued his winning career by carrying off the
New Nursery Stakes from a dozen opponents. After liis
brilliant victory in the Criterion Stakes on Monday, Melton
was not pulled out again for the Dewhurst Plate, for which
there were ten runners. Odds of 5 to 4 were taken about
Xaintroilles, but he had not the smallest chance with the
Sterling—Casuistry colt, who thus atoned for his poor per¬
formance in the Middle Park Plate, and ran up to his private
trial. Cora, indeed, proved too good for the French colt,
and this in spite of the fact that she was slightly amiss.
W. G. George’s second attempt to boat Deerfoot’s one hour
record proved a failure, and he is not likely to run again for
some time to come, as he will shortly start for Australia, where
it is possible he may decide to settle down. The fiual meeting
of the London Athletic Club will take place this (Saturday)
afternoon, when an interesting programme will be run through
at Stamford-bridge.
Professional billiard-players are hard at work at the Agri¬
cultural Hall and the Palais Royal, Argy 11-street; but, at the
time of writing, neither tournament is nearly finished. 'Up
Islington way, Mitchell andPeall seem to have matters pretty
much in their owu hands; and, at the opposition show, John
Roberts, jun., has given one or two magnificent exhibition*.
s?
Mr. T. Mosse Macdonald has been appointed secretary to
King’s College Hospital.
Sir John A. Macdonald, K.C.B., tho Prime Minister of the
Dominion, lias arrived in Loudon from Canada.
At the Mansion House on Monday evening, the Lord
Mayor and Lady Mayoress received a large gathering of
members of the Young Men’s Christian 4* 8oc i a tion at u
conversazione.
The distress at Sunderland is reported to be becoming more
and more intensified as weeks go by, and labour becomes
scarcer. Want and misery and starvation, despite the efforts
of the relief committees, are daily increasing. Tho subscriptions
received to the relief fund have considerably increased.
Tbo Duke of Abercom presided at the conferring of degrees
of the Royal University of Ireland, iu Dublin, on Wednesday.
An unusually interesting part of the proceedings will be the
admission of nine young ladies to the degree of B.A.; and u
musical exercise, composed by unothcr young lady for her
degree in music, will be performed.
Tho sixth annual National Exhibition and Market of
Brewers’, Licensed Victuallers', and Mineral Water Trade
Machinery aud Appliances, which opened at the Agricultural
Hall on Monday, is pronounced to be the most thoroughly
representative of the series. One of the galleries is used for a
billiard tournament, in which all the champions will take pnrt.
The Tichborne Claimant, whoso conviction for perjury
dates from Feb. 28, 1874, was released on a ticket-of-lea vr-
last Monday from Pcntonville Prison, whither he had been
removed on the previous night. The Claimant, in company
with Mr. Quartcrmuine East, drove in a cab to Scotland-yard,
where the usual formalities were gone through preliminary to
the issue of a ticket-of-leavc, and lie was then discharged. IIo
has prepared a “ manifesto ” to tho electors of tho United
Kingdom, complaining that his imprisonment was the result of
a “conspiracy.’’
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
OCT. 25, 1884
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will (dated April 8, 1879), with a codicil (dated June 1,
1882), of the Right Hon. Lord Claud Hamilton, P.C., late of
No. 83, Portlimd-plaoe, who died ou June 3 lost, was proved
on the 4th inst. by Lady Elizabeth Emma Hamilton, the
widow, and Douglas James Hamilton, the son, the executors,
the value of the personal estate amounting to upwards of
£12,000. The testator bequeaths £1000 and all his wines,
horses, carriages, live and dead stock, to his wife; and his
leasehold residence, with the plate, books, pictures, furniture
and effects, to her, for life. On his wife’s death, he gives his
{ date and plated articles to his son. There are annuities to
lis two married daughters, Mrs. Tyndall and Mrs. 'lolle-
xnoche, during his wife’s lifetime, and legacies to them on her
death. The residue of the personalty is to be held, upon
trust, for his wife, for life, and then for his son and unmarried
daughter.
The will (dated July 29, 1884) of the Right Rev. Piers
Calvcley Claughton, D.D., Archdeacon of London ami
Chaplain-General to the Forces, formerly Bishop of St.
Helena, and afterwards of Colombo, Ceylon, late of No. 2,
Northwick-terrace, St. John's-wood, who died on Aug. 11 last,
was proved on the lBt inst. by Mrs. Fanny Surah Claughton,
the widow, and sole executrix, to whom he leaves all his real
and personal estate. The vnlue of the personal estate amounts
to over £8U00.
The will (dated April I, 1884), with a codicil (dated July 15
following), of Mr. Michael Sichel, lute of No. 25, Priuce’s-
gardeus, who died on Aug. 15 lost, was proved on the 27 th ulfc.
by Julius Adolphus Reiss, George Emil Adolphus Reiss, and
Walter Sydney Sichel, the son, the executors, the value of the
K rsonal estate amounting toupwardsof £180,000. The testator
queaths £500, and all liis plate, books, pictures, wines, fur¬
niture, household effects, horses and carriages, to liis wife,
Mrs. Helena Sichel; 100 guineas to each of his executors; and
£150 to his coachmen. The residue of his real and personal
estate is to be held, upon trust, for his wife, for life; in the event
of her marrying again, the amount to be so held upon trust for
her is fixed at £2U,U00: and, subject to such life interest, he
gives the residue to liis son, Walter Sydney, and his daughters,
Amy Caroline, Edith Helen, Gertrude Mary, Minnie Cecilia,
and' Margaret Elais, the son’s share to be double that of each
of his daughters.
The will (dated July 27, 1881), with a codicil (dated
June 18, 1883), of Mr. Alfred Bell, lute of No. 49, Lincolu’s-
inn-fields, nnd of South Marston, Highworth, Wilts, who died
on June 21 last, at Eastbourne, was proved on the 1st inst. by
Miss Mary Louisa Ekius Bell and Miss Clam Gcorgiana
Consett Bell, the daughters, Frederic William Steward, and
George Ernest Steward, the executors, the valuo of tho per¬
sonal estate amounting to over £85,000. Tho testator leaves
}ub leasehold house, No. 56, Gordon-square, with the furniture,
plate, and effects, and all his freehold, copy hold, and leasehold
property in tho county of Hertford, to his second daughter,
Miss Clan G. C. Bell; liis mansion house at South Marston,
with the furniture, plate, articles of virtu, live and dead stock,
all liis freehold, copyhold, nnd leasehold property in the
counties of Wilts and York, and other counties, except Herts,
to his eldest daughter, Miss Boll, and he bequenths to her
£2000; £11,000 to his third daughter, Mrs. Fluccilla Matilda
Liiidscll; £3500, upon trust, for his grand-daughter, Matilda
Eliza Sarah Bell, the only child of his deceased sou; and
numerous legacies to relatives, trustees, friends, clerks, and
servants. As to the residue of the personalty, be bequeaths
one moiety to his eldest daughter, and the other moiety to his
second daughter.
The will (dated March 10, 1882), with two codicils (dated
Feb. 15, 1883, and June 27, 1884), of Mr. Robert Dickinson,
late of Shotley House, Skotley Bridge, Durham, who died on
the 9th ult., was proved on tho 9th inst. by Edward Joshua
Walker and Charles Ueury Walker, the acting executors, the
value of the personal estate amounting to over £70,000. The
testator leaves two horses, two carriages, £1000, and all liis
household furniture, plate, books, and effects, to his daughter
Miss Josephine Dickinson; £20,000, upon trust, for her, and
bis residence, Shotley House, until her marruige ; £500 each
to his daughters Mrs. Cavendish, Mrs. Walker, nnd Mrs.
Todd; £20,000, upon trust, for his son, Thomas Bradley
Dickinson, his wife, and children ; and legacies to his executors
and trustees. The residue of liis real and personal estate he
gives to his four daughters, in equal shores.
The will (dated Feb. 19,1883) of Mr. Edward Samuel Dowling,
late of No. 14, Holland Villas-road, Kensington, who died on
July 26 last, was proved on the 26th ult. by Mrs. Martha
Ran doll Dowling, the widow, Heber Dowling Ellis, M.D., and
Clement Dowling, the nephews, the acting executors, the
value of the personal estate amounting to over £34,000. The
testator leaves £2000 and all his furniture, plate, and. house¬
hold effects to his wife ; £500 each to his sisters, Mrs. Mart ell
and Mrs. Greenly, and hiB brother, James Henry Dowlingj
£250 to his executors. Dr. Ellis and Mr. C. Dowling^ and the
residue of his real nnd personal estate, upon trust, to pay the
income to his wife for life, At his wife’s death lie bequeaths
£1000 each to his snid brother and to his nephew Edward
Greenly ; £4000 each to his said sister* andtohis nieces, Mary
Rhoda Dowling and Emma Fennell£2Qtro~4}{Wm\ to his
nephew's Theodore Edward Dowling, Ambrose Dowling, and
Clement Dowling; £500 each to the North London or
University College Hospital, and the Koval National Life-
Boafc Institution; and other legacies. The ultimate residue
he gives to his nephew Heber Dowling Ellis.
The will (dated Jan. 23, 18fi3j of Mr. Charles Liles, late
of Nos. 25 and 26, Hart-street, Covent-garden, nnd No. 32,
Lamb’s Conduit-street, wholesale provision merchant, nnd of
No. 15, Maida-vale, who died on Aug. Mast, at Lyme Regis,
was proved on the 4th iilsLby Charles Edgar Liles, the son,
and william Joseph Fraser, the executors, the value of the
C ersoual estate amounting to over £28,000. The testator
equeaths £100 and his plate, books, furniture, and household
effects, to his wife, Mrs. Eli on Liles; and legacies to his
brother, sisters, his executor, Mr. Fraser, and to the manager
of his business. The goodwill, stock-in-trade, capital, and
book debts of his business he gives to his Baid son, subject
to the payment of an annuity to his wife and to his brother
nnd sisters. The residue of his real and personal estate is to
be held, upon trust, after payment of £100 per annum to his
daughter/ Beatrice Ellen, for his wife, for life or widowhood,
mid then f6r his said daughter.
We are requested to state that the legacy of £1000 refereed
to in the abstract of the late Mr. W. R. Mitchell’s will, given
last week, is not'ior the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb in the
Old Kent-road, but for the British Asylum for Deaf and Dumb
Females at Clapton.
Lord Wrotteslej opened the Nicholson Institute at Leek
on the 16th inst., in the presence of a large gathering. The
building has been erected at the sole cost of Mr. Joshua
Nicholson, head cf the firm of Brough, Nicholson, and Co.,
Bilk manufacturers, Leek, and lias cost £30,000. It embraces
a free library, picture galleries, museum, and school of art.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
AO communication! rtlating la Otii deyarlaunl of tht thnuld he addrtutd to tho
Editor, and hart I ht 1 cord "( heat' wriUtn on Iht rnrttopt.
A H T (Egremont).—A player tw “ca.tlo " after liU King hu teeea checked, provided
the Kin* lux not been moved.
Eiho (Darlinftoni.—The two Torsions shall tie compand.
E M i Westminster).—Thanka for the promise of jronr eomapondenoe. We ehall
always be glad to hear from yon.
I, D (Londun).—The opening move of the solution of jonr problem Is Incorrect. A
Iliabop p aced at (j rth cannot beplar-d to Ktsrd. Send aoorrected solution, and
wn shall be pleased to examine tho problem. •
J 0 Q (Ealing).-Thanks for the end-game, which. If found Interesting, shall soon
appear.
A W 0.—To be acknowledged In the first list, eolations should reach ns not later than
Friday morning. We do not know who are the publishers of Loyds "Chess
Strategy.■’
Correct Boliyioss or Problem N'o. 311S received from r E Olbblns (Tlflls): of
Mot. 3'12 and 3IIS from Jacinto Magalhtea (Oporto); of No. Bit from Pierce Jones
an.l II II C (Salisbury); of No. 3IU from Carl Krl. d elicti. Edmund Field, Pierce
done*. New Foiest, (leoige Jolcey. A WCooper, and II IKIiSallabuiy) ; of the Palate*
ProMcni from He* W A rider* di (Old Romney), Pierce Jones, and, Jumbo; of Uerr
Fonda's Problem from John PriU hard. Junto, Pierce Jones, and Lisle.
Conati-r Buldtioxs or Proelrm No, 3116 received from the Rev W Anderson (Old
ICnmnej), J Hall, » Fan-ant. W Hilller. K J Vine*. <J W Law. II Wardell, W L
Wrenford. H II Brooks. J T \V. Joseph Ainsworth. A M Porter. R Cray, Herswaid.
J 1C 1 1 .llnbursli), (i Seymour, Kitten. Aaron Harper. M O Halloiau. II Blacklock. L
Deluges, II It Wood. W J Rudtnsn. Elsie. N S Harris. A W Scrutton, B LSouthwell,
carl rrlntlebon. HeorgoJ Veale, Jolla Short. A SI Coltmme. It T Kemp. L Sharswood.
Krnr-.t Slmrrw-d. Ren Nevis. C Oswald, Jupiter Junior. Plevna, E Louden, R J O,
PARISIAN SAVINGS AND DOINGS.
HALS.
Bouitioxb or Problems.
No. 2116.
WHITE BLACK.
1. Q to K 8th K takes D •
2. Kt to K B 3rd K moves
3. Q mates.
• If Black play 1. K to B 6th, then 2. Q
to K 3rd. Ac.
“ Palacek " Froblkm,
WHITE. BLACK.
1. Q to It 4 th Anymore
2. Mates accordingly.
Herb Fonda’s Pkoblkh.
wniTE. BLACK.
1. KttoR4th X to B 6th•
2. Q to Q Kt 6th X moves
3. U to B 6th. Mate.
• If Blnek piny 1. Kt to K B 6th. then
3. Kt to K l» Srd (Ch); ir 1. Kt to K Kt 4Ui.
then 2. Ktto Kt 0th <ch); nnd If I. Kt to
II nil or Kt Nth. then 3 y to K Kt nth.
muling. In each cane, on the following
move.
PROBLEM No. 2118.
By Howard Ma/kla.
BLACK.
One of a seriu of offhand Game- pin red between Messrs. E. L. Raymond
v and F. Mobley.
( Vienna Came.)
wniTK (Mr. It.) slack (Mr.M.J
1.1* to K4th P to K 4th
2. Kt to « H 3rd B U> B 4th >
Black drier viot l»*ln happily In choosing
this weak defence to the Q Kt «|ienlng.
8 Kt to K II 3rd
4.1« U> Kt 6th
r>. tWitra
rt. Kt tukenP
7. P to Q 4 th
B. Q takes U
lk ltw to Imre retreated the Q Kt to
y ll 3rd
B, P to K B 4th
10. P to IC U 3rd
11. l’to K 5th
12. 'P to II 6th
13. ato K Kt 4th
Kt to Kt 6th
Kt to K B 3rd
Kt to R 4th
Kt to R iq
whitb (Mr. R.) black (Mr. M.)
In beeteging these unfurtunste Knights.
White hss ointrlvwl to develop a danger¬
ous sttack on tho KIiib'* <|unrtere.
13. * P to K Kt 3rd
14. B to Kt 6th P to K B 3rd
16. B to B 4th (ch) K to Kt 2nd
16. Q taken Kt
Very pretty and effective.
16. P takes Q
17. P taken P (oh) R lake* F
18. Kt to K 4th KtoBnq
19. Kttake. R Q to K 2nd
19. Ktto B 2nd Is no better. f'W White
I wius easily by an, Kt takes K P (ch).
•20. It to II 6th (ch)' Q to Kt 2nd
i 21. K t taken It P(ch)KU)K 2nd
I 28. B take* Q,
and Blnclc resigned.
Kt to Q It 3rd
K Kt to K 2nd
Onxtlen
Kt lakes Kt
B t nken P
X Kt to Kt 3rd
In the correspondence match between Paris and Vienna, Paris is now
represented by Messrs. Olerc and Charaier. Herr Enel inch has retired from
the committee representing Vienna in the name match.
A match, ten n side, between the clnbs of Greenwich and Lndgate Circus,
played on the lGth inst., resulted in fsvour of Greenwich by rix games to
four.
A very flne composition by C. Dahl, of Copenhagen :
White: K at U It square. B at K B 6th, B at K 7th, Kt at Q R 6th,
Pawns at Q 3rd nnd Q-K 2nd. (Six pieces.)
mack: K at y It fith. Kt at Q 4th ; Pawns at Q It Itli and 6tli, Q Kt 6th,
and QB Oth. (Six pieces.)
tY bite to play, and mate in four moves.
At the Royal College of Physicians last Saturday the
Harveian oration was delivered by Dr. F’issell Reynolds.
The delights of the angling sensors, at least for the trout-
fiaher, are post pleasures of tins year; but those who have
been in Dovedale, or who mean to go there next year, or some
time or other, may read with much gratification a little
shilling book, which Messrs. 8am;>son Low and Co. have just
published. “ An Amateur Angler's Days in Dovedale,”
written by “ E. M.,” who lives hi London, and who dedicates
his charming bit of personal narrative to his daughter and
his grand-daughter, will certainly be preserved on many a
shelf where Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton hold the most
honoured place. Good old “Plscator” has still faithful
disciples, literary as well as practical, in the present age.
A series of sixpenny pamphlets, printed and covered in a
neat and attractive style, each containing about one hundred
pages of topographical description, with a great number of
wood engravings, is published by Messrs. Morton nnd Co., of
Queen Victoria-Btri-et, City, under the title, “ Illustrated
Railway Guides.” These inviting and really instructive books,
which, being thin and flexible, are convenient articles for the
pocket or portmanteau of a railway passenger, tell as much as
some bound volumes do of the places along the route, for
example, of the Midland, tho Great Northern, the Great
Eastern, the Great Western, the London and North-Western,
the London and South-Western, the South-Eastern, the
London, Chatham, and Dover, the Brighton and South Coast,
and the Metropolitan Lines. There is also a Continental
Guide, authorised by the South-Eastern Railway Company,
for France, Switzerland, and Italy.
(From our Tarit Correspondent.)
Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 21.
As in 1883, the Parliamentary year ends with three great
questions—Touquiu, the deficit in tho Budget, and the indus¬
trial crisis. On all these points, to judge from the newspapers
of three weeks ago, the country was anxious to be informed,
and the Government was pressed to convoke Parliament
immediately. Now that the Chambers have met, all this noble
ordour has disappeared. The sittings of last week were very
brief. MM. Delafosse and Raoul Duval asked to interpellate
the Government on China and Tonquin, and M. Lockroy on
foreign politics; but there was no display of furious hostility
against the Ministry, and the interpellations were accepted for
reply when the Ministry asked for fresh credit. On Saturday
M. De Roys interpellated the Government on its economical
policy, but M. Ferry implicitly requested tlrnt the discussion
of that matter should be adjourned until the presentation of
special bills rendered it opportune. The past Parliamentary
week is thus almost null.
Crime of all kinds is the order of the day. On the stage,
in fiction, in reality, murder and assassination play a large
role in the preoccupations of Paris, as of all great cities.
The crime now absorbing all attention is, perhaps, only an
imaginary crime, for it still figures in the papers as the
“Mystery of Montreuil.” A servant-maid, named Elisa
Boehmer, disappeared three months ago, and no trace of
her has been found. Her employer Pel, a clock-maker,
is suspected of having killed her, and either calcined her body
or cut it up into fragments, which he has buried here and.
there in the plain of Saint-Denis. Pel has been arrested, and
the police are seeking evidence of the crime, if crime there be.
The necrology of the week includes a name dear to all
lovers of old books, bibliophihsm and bibliography, the name
of Paul Lacroix, better known by his pseudonym of the
Bibliophile Jacob. The deceased had been for many years
curator of the library of the Arsenal when he died last
Thursday of gout, at the age of seventy-eight. To say
what Paid Lacroix has written, is difficult; it would be easier
to say what he has not written, for no more prolific
and multifarious writer has existed in the present century.
Ilis phij'e and novels belong to the beginnings of Romanticism;
lie edited Clement Morot while still a schoolboy, and he was
editing and annotating up to the time of liis death; ns a
historian he will be known by his series of sumptuous volumes
on the arts, manners, usages, and customs of the Middle Ages,
the Renaissance, and the eighteenth century. His writings
on the curiosities and odditieB of history, science, art, aud
literature, are almost Innumerable, as may be imagined wheu
it is said that his collected works fill at least 1200 volumes.’
The Bibliophile Jacob leaves some memoirs, which cannot fail
to be interesting, for, although a bookworm, he came into
relations with all the celebrities of the century.
The third annual exhibition of the Incoherent Arts is now
open in the Gnlerie Vivienne, and promises to bo a great
success. It is impossible to give a serious account of this
show, for the whole affair, pictures, catalogue and all, is a joke.
One of the great successes of the exhibition is a picture of
M. DcLesseps reviewing his family; the children present their
backs to tho public, and their heads are adorned with real
hair; M. De Lcsaeps has his lust-born in his arms, and holds
at the same time an isthmus-piercing cork-screw. The illus¬
trated catalogue off era a most crazy and curious collection of
plays upon words.
The book of the week is an anonymous volume,
“L’linperatricc Wanda.” The author is said to be the
Comtesse de Mirnbcnu, a witty lady whoso pen is highly
esteemed by the readers of “La Vie Parisionne.” In
“L’Imp6ratrice Wanda” we find under transparent musks
the personnel, or rather what was the personnel, of half
a dozen European Courts. The heroine, Wanda, in Mario
Fedorowna, wife of Alexander II.; and all tho other crowned
heads and their Courts are presented, as it were, in »« ii.nc'
lantern, including the Court of tho United Island'*, “ v* ._•»
Royal, but not amusing at all,” whr.se Queen ‘ laments
publi dy her spouse, and will bewail him unti li.e last hour of
her reign.” The book seems to mo flimsy and silly ; but, being
a book with a key, people are all curious to reud it T. C.
On Tuesday the members of the Belgian Ca’ met gave in
their resignations.
The golden wedding of Prince Anthony of Hoheuzollern
was celebrated on Tuesday with much ceremony at Sigma-
ringen, the chief guests being the German Emperor and Crown
Prince and the members of the immediate family of the jubilee
pair. Tn the afternoon a blessing was pronounced in the
Ancestral Hall of the castle, the Emperor of Germany lending
the Royal pair to the altur. In the procession there were,
besides the Emperor, three Kings, two Queens, and thirty-six
Princes and Princesses.
The Duke of Brunswick died last Saturday morning, in his
seventy-ninth year. Shortly afterwards, General Hilgem, the
Prussian officer commanding in Brunswick, issued a pro¬
clamation to the inhabitants of the Duchy ass6rting the
Imperial German Government’s right to examine the question
of the succession, nnd calling upon the Brunswickers to await
its decision with confidence.
The King nnd Queen of Denmark left Copenhagen on
Sunday night for Germany in order to attend the funeral of
„ue Queen’s brother, the Landgrave of Hesse.
The remains of the late General Todleben were interred on
the 17th inst., with much ceremony, in the General Military
Cemetery at Sebastopol.—Six Russian officers and two women,
convicted of a Nihilist conspiracy, have been executed in the
citadel of St. Petersburg.
The Presidential canvass in the United States grows more
eager as the day of election approaelies and the area of doubt
is narrowed.— 1 The Prime Meridian Conference of Washington
lias adopted a resolution providing that the universal day is to
be the mean solar day, aud to begin for the world at the moment
of mean midnight of the initial meridian, coinciding with the
beginning of tho civil day. it will be counted from zero up
to twenty-four hours.—Mr. Vanderbilt has given 500,000 dole,
to the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York to be
used as a building fund.—Mr. Henry Irving began on Monday
a three weeks’ engagement at the Globe Theatre, Boston.
The Lyceum tour in Canada was a triumphant success.—A
great fire has occurred at Carthage, in the State of New York,
by which 160 buildings lmvo been destroyed.
The Premier of Cape Colony lias telegraphed to the Agent-
General here that the Cape Ministry has submitted proposals
to the Imperial Government for settling the Becliuana question
without resort to arms.
According to n Reuter telegram from Brunswick, the Pro¬
vincial Assembly has been summoned to meet for an extra¬
ordinary Session on the 23rd inst.
Miss Braddon’s annual, The Misletoo Bough, containing
stories by this popular author nnd others, is announced for
early publication. The annual will be fully illustrated by the
best artists, us before.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
395
OUT. 25, 1884
THE NEW ZEALAND LINER ARAWA.
Tho Arawa, the fine New Zealand liner built far the Shaw
Savill and Albion Company by Messrs. Denny, of Dumbarton,
is a very handsome vessel, having n gross tonnage of 5000 tons,
admirably well designed. She is full-rigged as a four-musted
ship, carrying ample sail power to take advantage of favour¬
able winds on her long voyages, and is engined as a screw-
steamer, with engines of novel and exceptionally economic
type, working at a boiler - pressure of 160 lb. to the
square inch, and indicating 5(K)0-hor80 power. Her actual
dimensions are 420 ft. in length, 46 ft. in beam, with depth
of hold of 32 ft. The menu speed attained at full boiler
power was 15-31 knots in her trial runs in the Clyde last week,
although the weather was boisterous and tho wind strong.
This vessel is the first of a fleet of liners built expressly for a
service hitherto worked by sailing-vessels and chartered
steamers. The greatest care has been taken to secure
economy of working. Her engines ore based on a system of
four cylinders and triple expansion, whereby a saving
of more than 4u0 tons in tho consumption of fuel is
expected to be attained in her regular voyage, the gain
being 800 tons ou the double voyage out and home.
Thus 400 tons more cargo-carrying capacity is added to
the ship. The cellular double bottom principle being
adopted, the trim of the vessel can be maintained by
letting in water from the sea to the extent of 840 tons as the
fuel is burnt away. Her safety is provided for by the division
of the hull, up to the line of the upper -deck, into nine water¬
tight compartments, and the middle body is brought up high
in citadel form, fulfilling the requirements of the Admiralty
for merchant-vessels eligible for employment by the State. In
the long covered space under the spar-deckthereare on each side
two rows of first-class cabins, with berths for ninety-five
passengers; and the state-rooms are fitted in a convenient way,
the upper berth sliding up out of the way, and the lower berth
dividing into two and sliding aside into seats; when a removal
table can be placed in between them. In this way the rooms,
which measure 9ft. by 6ft., are rendered suitable for day
service. The first-class saloon is a very spacious apartment,
extending from side to side of the citadel-house, and occupying
a square of 46 ft. There are lines of central tables and numerous
side tables, sufficient for thedining of a hundred passengers. The
walls ure panelled with ornamental woods, hand-painted with
elegant designs by the School of Art at the Dumbarton Works.
The lighting in the daytime is by square ports in the sides,
and at night by electric incandescent lights. In the centre there
is a large oval railed opening, and over it a cupola is fitted on
the top of the social hall, above the dining-room. A fine toned
organ, an excellent piano, and an elegantly carved bookcase con¬
taining 300 volumes are further provided for entertainment and
amusement during the voyage. The second-class accommoda¬
tion, and that for the emigrants on the main deck, are very good.
Refrigerating chambers on the Bell-Coleman principle, for 500
tons of meat, with au additional compartment that would hold
500 tons more, are placed below the main deck. The electric
light is supplied by two Ferranti dynamos, to 300 incandes-
cents, including those which light tlie sleeping-cabins. The
trade with New Zealand has so much increased that the intro¬
duction of steam transport has not displaced the sailing-ships,
and the Company which is now showing so much energy in
advancing steam communication employs still, we believe, a
fleet of more than thirty sailing-vessels.
NEW BRIDGE AND SCHOOL AT BEDFORD.
At Bedford, on Tuesday last, the 21st inst., a new bridge over
the Ouse was declared open by Eurl Cowper, K.G., Lord
Lieutenant of the county, and the ceremony was performed in
the presence of the Mayor (Mr. Joshua Hawkins), the Aider-
men and Councillors of the Bedford Corporation, and a dis¬
tinguished assembly of county and borough gentlemen. The
bridge is built from the designs of Mr. J. J. Webster, A.M.I.,
C.E., Lord-street, Liverpool. Messrs. Goddard and Massey,
of Nottingham, hud contracted for the ironwork, and Messrs.
Pilling and Co., of Manchester, for the stonework, approaches,
and everything not included in the ironwork. The whole has
been well and substantially executed.
Tuesduy was also the day appointed for the opening of the
new extension of the Bedford Grammar School, Earl Cowper
kindly giving his servicqs'for this occasion after performing a
similar office at the New Bridge. The building contains a
useful suite of class-rooms, which have been in use since the
beginning of the present year, and provides accommodation
for about 300 boyB. a necessary provision for a school that has
risen, under its present heud master, Mr. J. S. Phillpotts, from
270 in 1875 to it^ present number of 584, mainly day-scholars.
Mr. Basil Cliabpneys is the designer of the new class-rooms,
and the work was successfully carried out by Mr. Samuel Foster,
of Bedford and Kempston. The structure is of stone, and has
THE NEW STEAM-SHIT A RAW A (SHAW, SAVILL, AND ALBION COMPANY'S NEW ZEALAND LINE).
a substantial appearance, being well in keeping with the main
school buildings. The sdiool is one of the sixteen grammar
schools licensed by Letters Patent of King Edward VI., 1552.
It was endowed by Sir W. Harpur, 1566. The endowment
defrays about one half of the real cost of the education, tho
other port being defrayed by the fees. A, large number of
retired officers, widows of clergymen, and professional men
come to reside in or near Bedford for th? sake of the school.
There is a classical side and a civil and military side, and the
school has been especially successful in preparing for the
Indian Civil Service and for Woolwich. The play-ground
contains a gymnasium and fives’ courts, besides a carpenter’s
shop, with lathe and forge rooms. The chemical laboratory
and physics room are well fitted up.
A great feature in Bedford school life is the river. “ Eights ”
and “ Fours ” giido by at the foot of the play-ground, and tho
“Henley crew” win as much glory among their Fellows as
the Eleven itself. The growth of the school has been bo rapid
that even the buildings just opened will shortly be inadequate
for the members seeking admission, and the governors are now
contemplating further additions.
A most useful map of Egypt and tho Soudan has been
published by Sir. James Wyld, Charing-cross. It is on a
large scale, and gives the Nile from Cairo to Senaar, the names
of all the places, ancient and modern, tribal designations,
heights above the sea level, routes, &c. By its aid the progress
of the British expedition can be easily followed.—Messrs.
Johnston, of Edinburgh and London, have also opportunely
issued au excellent map of Egypt, Nubia, and tho Soudan.
It is divided by red lines iuto squures of a hundred miles each,
and the routes taken by General Gordon and General Hicks
are marked.
MESSRS. SILBER AND FLEMING’S
WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE.
In our issue of the 11th inst. we gave an Illustration of the
new warehouses of Messrs. Silbcr and Fleming, in Wood-
street, Cheapside, E.C. The group of engravings on page 402
of the present issue, will servo to illustrate a few more of their
numerous departments.
On opening their new premises, the firm inaugurated a
new method of business, and as this novelty in commercial
enterprise seems to us to be of Borne public interest, we pro¬
pose briefly to lay before our readers a few of its chief points.
Traders are invited to bring their customers to Messrs.
Silber and Fleming’s warehouses, where they may
find, under one roof, almost everything that the most
discriminating taste may demand, and where they will
have the privilege of buying at wholesale prices; it being
left to the trader to arrange with his client what com¬
mission the latter shall pay for the exceptional opportunity
thus afforded him. It will be seen that this system must prove
au all-round advantage; for not only will the public benefit,
botli as regards the prices at which they purchase their goods
and the immense variety of articles they will have for selection,
but the trader will be enabled to extend his busiuess without
increasing his stock or his trade risks, and without further
investment of capital.
In London last week 2812 births and 1511 deaths were
registered. Allowing for increase of population, the births
exceeded by 95, while the deaths were 43 below, the average
numbers in the corresponding weeks of the last ten yean.
There were 10 deaths from smallpox, 12 from measles, 27 from
scarlet fever, 21 from diphtheria, 15 from whooping cough, 17
from enteric fever, and 44 from dysentery.
NORTH WALES UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.
In connection with the ncwlv-created University of Wales, a
college for North Wales has been established at Bangor. It
was opened lust Saturday by the Earl of Powis; Lord Penrhyu,
Lord Aberdare, and Mr. Mundella, M.P., the Vice-President
of the Committee of Council on Education, taking part iu the
proceedings. There was a street procession, in which the
various trades of the town, the council of the college,
the court of governors of the institution, graduates of uni¬
versities, mayors and corporations, local boards of several
towns in North Wales, and the Bethesda and Dinorwic
quarrymen took part. Lord Powis (President of the College)
delivered his inaugural address at the Penrhyu Hall, the pro¬
cession going afterwards to the building which Lord Penrhyn
has bestowed on the College, and which was formorly the
Penrhyn Hotel. The ceremonial of opening was performed
by Lord Powis with a gold key, handed to him by I.ord
Penrhyn. A luncheon was provided, at which Mr. Mundella
made an interesting speech, and there was a public meeting
at the Skating Rink, presided over by Lord Aberdare. The
Principal of the College is Mr. H. R. Reichel, uud it promises
to be very successful, opening now with forty students. Sub¬
scriptions to the amount of £34,000 have been already promised.
A large party of gentlemen associated with English
literature and journalism wus entertained at dinner in the
Mansion House by the Lord Mayor last Saturday evening, in
honour of the Incorporated Society of Authors.
The Duke of Cambridge inspected the troops in Chatham
garrison on Thursday week, and afterwards held his inspec¬
tion at Dover; and witnessed u sham tight between the Dover
uud Shomcliffe forces at Alkham Valley yesterday week.
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OPENING OF NEW BRIDGE AND ADDITIONAL SCHOOL AT BEDFORD.
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XEROY OF INDIA, AT BELFAST.
A stronghold in Munkcrouuc's country
Kurumun, the missionary station of the Rev. J. Mackenzie
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Huts in Maakeroanc’s chief village.
The Langeberg mountains, on the border of the Kalahari Desert.
OUR DISPUTE WITH THE BOERS: SKETCHES IN BECHUANA LAND.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
OCT. 25, 1884
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CITY ECHOES.
Wednesday, Oct. 22.
The scramble for passenger traffic on certain railway routes
in the United States is by far the most prominent feature in
the Stock Markets just now. The effect is cutting of rates
and diminished receipts. Mr. Vanderbilt is of opinion that
this will result in some of the weaker companies passing into
the hands of receivers. The election will not affect this, he
thinks, whichever way it turns. The prospect is a cheerless
one for investors on this side, for British capital is more or
less in most American railways. Already a great many of
such companies are in different degrees of difficulty, and it
was hoped that the worst had been got through; while now
we are told by an undoubted authority that still worse is
pending. That there are too many railways in the United
States has long since been admitted; and Mr. Vanderbilt
goes further, and says that wages are so disproportionately
nigh that the wages of n skilled workman equal the selling
price of the article produced—material, capital, &c., receiving
nothing. Hence it is, we suppose, that the Canadian Pacific
Railway Board have been able to place a contract for 10,000
tons of steel rails with American merchants nt a considerable
gain upon the prices tendered from the United Kingdom. It
has. on this, been too hastily taken for granted that the price
of this contract betokens the cost of production in the States;
but it is more likely to represent the necessitous condition of
the seller. Some speculators ou Monday sold North-Eastern
Railway stock us though our rail-makers had no further
prospect of livelihood.
Quite a revival of business lias taken place in Indian gold-
miuing shares, and chiefly because the respective boards are
putting the surface of their properties to ordinary uses. As
gold-mining ventures, these companies excited a large amount
of enthusiasm at their inauguration; but when it was found
that gold could not be got iu paying quantities, the value of
the shares dwindled away until they were, a few months ago,
to be had for a few pence each. They are now worth shillings..
They are each of £1, fully paid, and are now thus quoted :—
Cootacovil, 2s. ; Dcv&la, 6s.; Hoover Hill, 5s.; Indian Con¬
solidated, 2s.; Mysore, 18s.; Tauibracherry, 6s.; and Went¬
worth, 6s.
On the 17th inst. the option of converting Consols and
other nutionnl 3 per cents into 2J or 2J per cents closed as
regards the terms then offered; and it is almost needless to
say that, so far, Mr. Childers has failed. Only £21,648,000
cume iu for conversion, and of this just upon twelve millions
belonged to several Government departments. As the Three
per Cents amounted to nearly 700 millions, there is no question
about the failure. Holders who can exercise choice can get
3 per cent elsewhere without much, if any, risk, and while
they cau do so it is not necessary to put up with less than 3.
It is understood that the effort to establish an influential
institution for the guardianship of British investments iu
Transatlantic railways is making progress, aud now gives
promise of ultimate success. It will not be confined in its
operations to the United States, but will include Canuda and
Mexico.
Owing to the decline in the value of wheat, the Bank of
South Australia is unable to continue a bonus which it has of
Into been paying; but us the dividend is 10 per cent per
annum, the shareholders are not. suffering much from bad
times.
Telegrams as to the Philadelphia and Reading property are
discouraging; once more there is a large floating debt to be
grappled with. T. S.
A DESERTER.
Compassion, unmixed with the resentment naturally felt
towards culprifs of a more criminal class, is roused in the
hearts of most people by the sight of a man in custody for a
■serious military offence. He may not be a bad man, though
he is a bad soldier; we cannot kuow the motives that have
prompted him to abandon the Queen’s service, aud to l'isk
severe punishment for the mere attempt to reclaim his civil
liberty, which few of us would allow to be compromised upon
any consideration. The right to live where and how he likes,
to earn his living honestly by the trade or work that he knows—
the right to abide in England, or rather in Scotland, which
seems in this case to be bis native country, where he can visit
his old father and mother, aud his other kindred or friends—
the right to marry and settle when he has pleased the girl of his
choice, and feels himself able to make a home for her, but finds
her scarcely willing to wait four or five years till his discharge
from the Army—these are social rights which he thoughtlessly
renounced, some time ago, in listening to the persuasioufoTth^
recruiting-sergeant, but which he lias recently desired to possess
equally with his brothers. Cowardice, indolence, impatience of
discipline, have had no share, and drunkenness or othervice lias
had no share, in prompting him to the crime of desertidnV
But here he is, a prisoner handcuffed and led through'the-
streets by two of his own Highland regiment, and destined,
probably, to long confinement in mil, os well as to lasting
degradation. Every spectator of this sad incident must feel
sorry for the rained man who meant no harm to anybody,
though liis conduct in breaking an express contract of service
is justly deserving of censure. The Artist has given much
expression to the figure and countenance of this deserter, as he
paces onward to the barracks, between his guards, silently
brooding over his bitter thoughts; .heedless of the staring by¬
standers, and of the half-frightened boys and girls in the
street, who believe that he is going to be shot.
OBITUARY.
MR. A. M SULLIVAN.
Mr. Alexander Martin Sullivan. M.P. for the county of Louth,
1874 to 1880. and for the county of Month 1880 to 1882, died
on the 17th inst., aged fifty-four. He was of humble parent¬
age, the second son of Mr. Daniel Sullivan, of Bantry, and
received his education at the national school of Berehaven.
An eloquent speaker, an able journalist, and an attractive
“litterateur,” Mr. Sullivan filled a large epAce iu the public
regard. Originally employed in etching and wood engraving in
Dublin, lie soon turned to the newspaper and periodical press,
and became, in 1855, connected with the Nation, of which he was
subsequently editor and proprietor. In 1868 he was prosecuted
for seditious writings, and underwent four mouths’ imprison¬
ment. During his incarceration, he was nominated Lord
Mayor of Dublin, but declined the honour. His Parliamentary
career extended from 1874 to 1882. In 1876 lie was called to
the Irish Bar, and in 1877 to the English, at which ho gained
a fair amount of practice. Mr. A. Hi. Sullivan was one of the
original founders of the Home-Rule party, took at all times
an active interest in questions of social reform, aud was a
prominent advocate of the temperance movement. He married,
in 1861, Frances Genevieve, daughter of the late Mr. John
Donovan, of New Orleans. His principal literary works were
“ A Visit to the Valley of Wyoming ” and “ New Ireland,”
and his last public utterance was an impressive letter from
Cork on the subject of temperance.
ADMIRAL OTWAY.
Vice-Admiral Robert Jocelyn Otway, of Castle Otway, in the
county of Tipperary, J.P. and D.L., died on the 16th inst.
lie was second son of the Rev. Samuel Jocelyn Otway, and
succeeded to the Castle Otway estates by the bequest of his
cousin, the Hon. Robert Otwny-Cave, nt the death of that
gi-iulemnn’s widow, in 1849. The Admiral’s uncle. Sir Robert
Waller Otway, G.C.B.; a distinguished naval officer, was
created a Baronet in 1831, and another uncle was General Sir
Loftus William Otway. Admiral Otwuy, whose death we
record, was educated ut, the Itoynl Navul College, and entered
the service at nil curly age. In 1846 he was second in oom-\
mund of the Naval Brigade in New Zealand, aud in 1858
gained post rank, being shortly after placed on the retired
list. He married, in 1836, Anne Digby, youngest daughter of
Sir Hugh Crofton, Bart., aud leaves an only child, Frances
Margaret, wife of Mr. William Clifford Bermingham Ruthven.
THE REV. RICHARD TOWNSEND.
The Rev. Riclmrd Townsend, one of the Senior Fellows of
Dublin University, who died on the 18th inst., was eldest sou
of the late Commander Thomas Townsend, R.N., and was
boru at the Castle, Baltimore, the former feudal stronghold of
the O’Driscoll sept, in the county of Cork, April 30, 1821.
Mr. Townsend never bad a public school education, being pre¬
pared for his collegiate matriculation by his mother a nd aunt,
the most gifted members of the old house of Frcke (Lord
Carbery). At all undergraduate examinations Mr. Townsend
came first in mathematical honours; and in 1845, at first com¬
petition, waa elected to a Fellowship of Trinity College. In
1866 he waB elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, chiefly lor
his mathematical work “ Chapters on the Modern Geometry of
the Point, Line, and Circle.” He subsequently held the
offices of Examiner in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in
the University of Loudon, aud for the pust twenty years held
the same office under the CWl Service Commission for India.
Mr. Townsend married Mi.-s Barrett in 1852, but leaves no
family. f ^
We have also to record the deaths of—
The Countess of Carrick, widow of Somerset Richard, third
Earl of Garrick, and motlter oftlie present Earl, on the 13th
inst., at Mount Juliet, Thomustown, in her eighiy-fifth year.
Mrs. Emma DumfoVdA wife of the Bishop of Chichester
and daughter of the Rev. John Keate, D.D., Canon of
Windsor, on the 16th inst.
Etheldreda Anne, Gptintess of Hopetoun, eldest daughter
of Mr. C. T. 8. Birch Reynardson, of Holywell Hall, iu the
county of Lincoln, widow of John Alexander, fifth Earl of
Hopetoun, and mother of the present Earl, on the 15th inst.
Mr. Francis James Wildman-Lushington, of Norton Court,
Ken|, J.P., on the 15th inst., at his seat near Faversham. His
father, the latk Mr. James L. Wild man, assumed the additional
surname of Lrishington.
Arabella, Dowager Lady O’Donel, daughter of Sir John
Blake, Burt., of Meulo Castle, in the county of Galway, on
the 13thTnst., aged seventy-seven. She married, Dec. 1,1827,
Sir Hugh James Moore O’Donel, Bart.; and secondly, Mr.
-Jphn O’llara, of Ralicen, in the county of Galway.
Mr. Chambre Brubazon Ponsonby, of Kilcooly Abbey, in
the county of Tipperary, formerly in the 10tli Hussars, J.P.
and D.L., High Sheriff of the county of Kilkenny 1882, on the
9th inst., on board the Cunord steamer Oregon, aged forty-
four. He was fifth iu descent from Major-General the Hon.
Henry Ponsonby, of Ashgrove, who was slain at Fonteuoy.
Admiral Nicholas Lcfebvre, on the 7th inst., at his
residence, Rue Lefebvre, Guernsey, in his eighty-eighth year.
He entered the Royal Navy, Jan. 18, 1811, and saw a good
deni of service. He was granted by the Royal Humane
Society a medal, for having frequently saved the lives of
seamen. His retirement as Admiral is dated Jan. 9, 1880.
SKETCHES ON THE NILE.
Our Artist still finds in the neighbourhood of Assouan, the
ancient Syenfe, the farthest properly Egyptian town up the
Nile from Cairo, distuut 550 miles from the capital city, fresh
subjects for hia industrious pcucil. It is, indeed, a picturesque
and interesting purt of the river, with the crags and bouldera
of black syenite, the golden-brown sands, and the bright
verdure of cultivated fields and palm-groves, affording good
effects of contrasted colour; and with some ruins of temples,
Roman baths, and tombs belonging to different ages of an¬
tiquity, though none of great architectural importance. The
Isle of Elephantine, nearly opposite the port and town of
Assouan, has been frequently described. It waa the boundary
of Egypt under the Roman dominion, and was then covered
with stately edifices, of which few remains are left, ouly an
arch, some pillars, a statue or two, and a massive quay wall,
with a flight of stone steps from the water’s edge. 1 he stones
of the side walls of these steps are inscribed with lines and
letters relating to the rise of the Nile,./forming one of the
ancient Milometers. Heaps of broken pottery lie at the south
end of the isluud, some of it finely glazed, aud showing much
decorative skill. The people now living ou Elephantine nro
all Nubians, and little better than savages, though quiet und
well disposed. Assouan has a cousiderable trade with Nubia
aud the Soudan. .—- y
LORD DDFFERIN AT BELFAST.
The newly-appointed Viceroy of India, the Earl of Dufferin,
late British Ambassador at Constantinople, previously at St.
Petersburg, and before that Governor-General of Canada, was
last week entertained by his neighbours at Belfast with n grand
banquet in the Ulster Hall. The Mayor of Belfast, Sir David
Taylor, was in the chair; and Lord Templetown, Lord
Waveney, Sir Thomas Bateson, Bart., M.P., and other mem¬
bers of Parliament were among the speakers. We present uu
Illustration of the scene at table when the Mayor proposed
Lord Dufferin’s health, to which his Lordship responded in a
graceful and cheerful oration, speaking hopefully of our Indian
Empire, and saying he was convinced, from his knowledge of
Russian statesmen, that there waa no real cause for suspicion
of their designs in Central Asin.
Sir Stafford Northcote on Monday distributed the prizes to
the boys of Kingsley College, Westwo rd Ho, of which institution
he is president.
Through the Port Admiral, the Queen has contributed £25
to the funds of an association for providing nurses for the sick
poor of Portsmouth.
Mr. H. Walker, B. A., Snell Exhibitioner of Balliol College,
Oxford, has been appointed Lecturer of the English Language
and Logic at St. David’s College, Lampeter.
BECHUANA LAND.
We learn this week, by an official telegram from Capetown,
that the Government of the Cape Colony has submitted pro¬
posals to the Imperial Government for the peacenble settle¬
ment of Bechnana Land, which would thereby come under the
authority of the Colonial Government. Rechunna Land com¬
prises the narrow strip of territory on the south-west border
of the Transvaal, inhabited by native tribes, or confederations
of small tribes, called the Barolonga and the Batlapins,
amongst whom some hundreds of European Bettlers, mostly
Boers or Dutcli farmers, with a minority of English, have
taken up their abode. These have formed two separate local
communities, named Stellalnnd aud Goshen, in the north and
the south of that territory. The native chiefs have been always
nt war among themselves, and have frequently been assisted
by European volunteers, on one side or the other, acting
quite independently either of the Dutch or the British.
Governments of the neighbouring civilised provinces—
namely, the Cape Colony, and the two Dutch Republics,
that of the Transvaal and the Orange River Free State. The
recent negotiations for keeping open this territory, as the ouly
available trade route to the interior of South Africa, were
conducted by Lord Derby and Sir Hercules Robinson mainly
in the interest of the Cape Colony; and it was never con¬
templated that the Government of Great Britain should
provide a military or police force to secure their execution.
We aqe glad, therefore, to learn that the Colonial Government
has become more alive to its duties mid responsibilities in this
matter. It is the best way of preventing any renewal of the
dispute with the Republic of the Transvaal, which has many
friends and well-wishers among the Dutch population of the
Old Colony.
Our Sketches of Bechnana Land, which were drawn in
1879 by Captain Newnham Davis, of the Buffs, represent
scenes in that part of the country which was formerly ruled
by Munkcrouue, the Batlapin chief, and which has now been
transformed into the settlement of S tell aland, the European
new-comers here being mostly from the Cape Colony. The
missionary station of Kurumuu, long occupied by the Rev. J.
Mackenzie, who assisted Sir Hercules Robinson in the arrange¬
ments lately made, and was appointed Deputy Commissioner
of the British Government in Beehuann Land, is shown iu one
of these Sketches. He has been succeeded in that appointment
by Mr. Cecil Rhodes.
The University of Oxford has conferred the degree of
Doctor of Music on Air. Bridge, ALA., organist of Chester
Cathedral, brother of Dr. Bridge, of Westminster Abbey.
The nucient office of Alarchmont Herald, which dates from
the reign of King James II. of Scotland, has been conferred
upon Mr. John Grant, the Carrick Pursuivant.
Sir Thomas Brassey, M.P., gave a lecture on Tuesday
evening at Hastings on “ Naval Affairs.” He asserted that in
shipB of the first clnss wo have an incontestable superiority;
in the second class we are equal to any other Power; and in
vessels of the third class our superiority is immense. He had
no hesitation in saying we have succeeded in keeping the front
rank ns a naval power.—In a long letter to the Timet on
Alonday, Sir E. J. Reed, formerly Chief Constructor of the
Navy, who, ns he remarks, has hitherto taken no part in the
present agitation on behalf of a substantial increase of our
naval power, expressed his views on naval affairs generally.
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/ DRAWN BY HAL LUDLOW.
The girl looked in his face, modestly, but not shyly. Ho mot her look culiuly, with an encoura^inK hall smile.
ROPE S O F SAND.
BY R. E. FRANCTLLON,
Author of “Strange Waters," “Olympia," “A Real Queen," &c.
CHAPTER XXX.
STRANGERS.
eared for cases : not fees.
NCE upon a time
there lived in the
city of Nantes a
physician, of borne
note in his town
and time, named
Jacques Carrel. In¬
deed, he lived some¬
what before his
time, for he was a
specialist : and his
special t y was disea se
<rf the brain. He
took a genuine delight
in maniacs and idiots,
and (as not infre¬
quently happens) so fur
found iiis favourite ex¬
amples contagious that,
though a man of exceed¬
ingly small means, he
neglected all more profit¬
able forms of practice for
the Sake of scientific study.
In the end, his repute was
high, but his purse was
low: the former increasing day
by day—the latter dwindling
almost hour by hour. He
And when a physician does this.
will find its many cases and ns few fees as his heart can
desire.
But Fortun -, that arch-coquette, seldom fails to reward
those who trust to her with a sufficient measure of raag-
mmimous scomfof the worst she can do. l)r. Carrel happened
in the year 1786 —there was a good deul of acute mania in the
air just then—to be colled in to attend a wealthy creole, a
.Monsieur Castellan, who showed decided symptoms of soften¬
ing of the brain. It was, however, an ubnormul ease in certain
ways, nnd Dr. Cunvl worked at it con amort —and, as it turned
out*, con amort in more senses than one. For Monsieur
Castellan, himself a widower, had an only child, Antoinette,
for whose sake he hud come to France, in order that she might
have the best education that money could procure. But the
father’s illness interfered with these plans. Antoinette was as
faithful a nurse as the doctor was a devoted physician. They
met daily: and the result was that the impressionable young
creole fell in love with the middle-aged physician over head
and ears. Whether he fell quite so deeply himself, I dare not
say, probably not quite over his heart, for there science reigned
supreme—but still as deeply as a savant can be expected to
It hlay 1>e considered the leading symptom of Monsieur
Castellan's disease that one of his very latest responsible acts
was to give his cordial consent to the ujurringo of his nurse
with his doctor. It was a terrible misalliance; the creole wus
as rich as Croesus, and the physician as poor as Job. Never¬
theless, he may have felt it would smooth his passage to a
World where such distinctions cease to reckon if he could be
Sure of leaving his child, otherwise alone in a foreign country,
in such safe and honest hands us lie knew the doctor's to be.
No doubt he might have done better. There were cadets, nay
heads of noble houses — Monsieur le Comte, Monsieur le Baron,
Monsieur le Chevalier—who would have gladly raised
Antoinette Castellan to their level with half her fortune: there
were scions of the haute bourgeoisie who would huve given her as
much os she could give, and more. And the best of them all
would huve done well, for Antoinette was bright and nminblo
ns well as rich, beautiful, and young. But she had set all her
tropical heart on the doctor, who was neither noble, nor rich,
nor young, nor beautiful: and her father could not find it in his
heart to say her nay — so lie must have been very mad indeed.
When, despite all care nnd all skill, ho passed into the final
stage of his hideous malady, no father had ever a more devoted
daughter or son. Not the most envious could say that, when
Monsieur Castellan died, the doctor's ensuing fortune had not
been amply earned, though his wife’s rentes must have amounted
to forty thousand crowns a year, dear and full. It would have
been uatuml for Doctor and Madame Carrel to make their
home where the rentes grew. But he held, nnd she implicitly
agreed with him, that France was the most admirable field for
lunacy practice and for the study of mania in the world: so he
remained at Nantes, and, since he no longer needed them,
the fees came pouring in. Not that he neglected the advan¬
tages of travel. He spent a whole year in the Low Countries,
and eighteen months in England, working out a system of
natural idiosyncracics which required original observation, nnd
learning the languages so that he might converse with the best
authorities on equal terms. And he was just about to proceed
to Italy, when Carrier, the monster of monsters, came down
upon Nantes, and the doctor had just time to fly the country',
not as a student, but as an exile aiid refugee.
Had lie been alone, he would have stayed: for Carrier, con-
sidcred as a violent lunatic, would have been better worth
studying than a hundred common madmen. But he was
unswerublc for Antoinette as well as for science: and, in fine,
even a savant is a man, and very much of a man. Lunacy is
to be studied everywhere and ulway's : love but once—though
there arc philosophers who have held them to be one and the
same. Since this is not the story of Dr. and Madame Carrel,
though that story is well worth the telling, it must suffice to
say that, after a hundred risks, nnd adventures enough to con¬
vert the Doctor into one of his own patients, they obtained a
passage on board the Maiden, Captain Trestrail, and were run
ashore, in company with other contraband goods, in a retired
cove somewhere in Torbay'.
Tile Carrels, however, differed from the refugee of the period
in four exceedingly important tilings. They were rich : they
were good republicans—at least in theory; and the Doctor
could speak the English language, anti came with a high pro¬
fessional reputation ready made. He did not, moreover,
intend to remain in the world’s asylum of refuge—Madame had
a country far away from France, where wealth, peace, mid
safety were waiting her, and thither they resolved ns sewn ns
possible to proceed.
This was not altogether an easy matter. Still, few
things were at that period of history impossible to a
man with plenty of money and influential friends: iukJ,
having spent a delightful holiday in a re-inspection of tho
Loudon hospitals, diversified by some hard work in the shape
of medical hospitalities, he and Madame obtained a cabin in a
West Indiaman that wna about to sail from Plymouth under
convoy — it was true she was bound for Burbadoes, and the
Correia for a French possession: still, the remainder of the
voyage could hardly prove insuperable when so much had been
made. Where there ’s a will there ’s one way: and where
there’s money, there are fifty more.
Walking one day by Cat water, while waiting for a wind,
nnd speculating (for lie was far,in advance of all past, present,
nnd future times) upon that sublime form of contagious
insanity which wastes noble harbours upon war-ships, and
glorifies tho art of killing and maiming above that of healing,
his eye was caught by something that distracted his attention
even from that busy scene,"where ship-carpenters were ham¬
mering their hnrdest upon English oak, and French oak
besides—for a battered prize had been brought into Cutwater
only the day before.
There was plenty to stare at: and probably no eyes in
Plymouth but those of Dr. Carrel would have been attracted
by a humbly dressed country girl who passed him by, for there
were dozens of girls about, had his eyes been in search of such
wares, better worth looking at than she. Indeed, a less notice¬
able young person it would be hard for any ordinury observer
to find. He would have set her down for some small funner’s
daughter, who had sold her eggs or her cheese, nnd have passed
on. But for Jacques Carrel that sun-bumt face and blunt
features had a supreme fascination.
“ That girl is sane—and it wants but the touch of o feather
to send her mad! ’’ said he.
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j In short, the girl was a Cose: and some insight of his own
told him that it was likely to prove a peculiar one. And if it
should really prove abnormal, how could he have the heart to
pass it by? He might, by this one neglect, lose some oppor¬
tunity for special observation never to be regained. He had
already passed her by some dozen yards, but he promptly
turned back, and, lifting his hat with what was then considered
outlandish ancl un-English courtesy, he asked her, in best
accent, if she could direct him to the Hoe, with “a thousand
pardons, Mademoiselle.”
“I don’t know, .Sir,” she answered. “I’m a stranger
here.”
“And I, too, Mademoiselle,” he said, quickly, without
giving her time to pass on, for there was something in her very
tone, having nothing to do with her unfamiliar accent, that
puzzled him. “ As wo ure both strange—will Mademoiselle per¬
mit one question of more P I am physician: it is our wilier—
our what you name it ?—to go about and see. I am candid :
I never mince tlio bush: that iB not my way. I sec you in
trouble : and 1 say to myself, aim ! all the trouble is like the
painiug tooth—out lie must come.”
Any man, woman, or child who suspected Dr. Carrel of a
double motive in anything he said or did was invariably a . persons to accuse themselves of the mysterious sin than were
“ Grand Dieu," thought the physician, “ If Heaven has
not sent me a true case of the woman who thinks herself tore Ore,
and wants to sell her soul! Truly, then, the Revolution 1ms
not been in vain ! . . . Yes. Mademoiselle: 1 am wise : very
wise. And I will say what you shall do. You shall come with
me.”
“Tothe Indies?”
“ All of the good time. Menu while to Madame Carrel,
my wife, who is yet more wise than I. So you will have
vengeance — eh ? And you have the power to make your will
to act to the end of the world ? Mien — very well, indeed. You
shall see Madame. Yes, yes: I understand you, nil entire.
You are not afraid to come. Nobody is afraid to come with
me.”
“Afraid!”
It is not everybody, however, who has the eyes, the cars,
and the experience of Jacques Carrel. It would have taken
many a physician ten times the time to have spotted what he
was now convinced was her monomania— a croze well known to
nil who have studied that most marvellous of nil the chapters
of the world’s history, the annals of witchcraft, usleadiug more
knave or a fool. It was no doubt both eccentric and imprudent
for a Frenchman (that is to say, one bom to be kicked and
ducked without trial) to accost a girl without reasonable excuse
with u hundred British tars within hail of timid or insulted
beauty. But Jacques Carrel lmd done u hundred things more
imprudent, and a thousand more eccentric, and had never
suffered either in repute or in person for one of them, lie
possessed the triumphant impudence of single-minded
simplicity. Even Antoinette herself, with nil her native
tropical jealousy, would not have been jealous of her Jacques
if he had taken to spending half his time with Helen or
Cleopatra. She would have set it down, with perfect,
equanimity, to the demands of s.foncc: and. wlmt is more,
that would have been perfectly true, in short, except for
maniacs, idiots, and Antoinette, Jacques Carrel lmd no heart
nt all: or, more accurately, no heart to spare.
The girl looked slowly in his face, modestly, but not shyly.
Hemet nor look calmly, and with an encouraging half smile.
And, after all, even in those days a foreigner had his privi¬
leges—wlmtcver would have seemed insufferable in an English¬
man was, for that very muon, perfectly natural in him.
A wad-doctor, to be worth bis salt, must be born with one
indispensable quality—wlmt to the surgeon is the strong and
sensitive hand, to him is the penetrating and commanding eye.
He was too simple and unconscious to be aware of his own
principal gift, but it. was there: and it may have have had
not a little to do with his winning the heart of Antoinette
Castellan. He used to pooh-pooh Mesmer us a quack : but ho
might have rivalled Mesmer lmd he pleased.
The girl just indicated a curtsey, and made as if to pass on.
“ In trouble ! ” said she : but rather to herself than to him.
"And, Mademoiselle," said the Doctor, with impressive
emphasis, “ it is a trouble that I can cure—or none.”
“ You, Sir?”
“I.”
“ (>r none, you said, Sir. So it is none. Unless "-she.
suddenly Hushed up, and broke off, us if some sudden thought
had almost taken her breath uwav.
The Doctor put his hands behind him, for the sake of
rubbing them. A llusli and a pause like thut meant that,
sooner than he had hoped, her coming craze was about to
show.
“ Unless, Mademoiselle ? ”
“ You are a foreigner. You will know foreign lands. . . .
Perhaps you can tell me the way to the Indies : I have asked
till I am tired in this horrible town.”
“The way to the Indies ! ”
“ Never mind, Sir. Only I thought, being a stranger like
me, you might not laugh like the rest”-
“ Laugh, Mademoiselle—I ? Do you take me for a brute,
fora savage, for a liog— tnjhi, for a Bull: a John Bull? No,
no. You do not laugh yourself of me, when I ask for the
Hoe. I am physician—not buffoon. We will speak to the
sjrious, my child. So you walk yourself to the Indies, eh?
And from where ? ”
“ I have walked from Stoke Juliot, Sir.”
“ Ah. How far is that?”
“ Maybe seventy miles "-
“ Eh 'bieii. Your family is to blame, that they let you walk
so far, all sole.”
“ I have no family, Sir. Can you tell mo ”-
“All softly, my good girl: all of good hour. ... It is
true : she has no friends,” mused lie. “ She is n mmlcst girl. \.
She lias no common croze. ... I can tell you of the Indietu!^''~A
said he: “and I will. But I also must know something,
Mademoiselle. Suppose you ask me the way to the precipice.
Shall I say, to the right hand, to the left hand, before 1 know
ever accused of it by others. But instances were rare in those
sceptical days: and Dr. Carrel rejoiced with the rejoicing of a
book hunter who has found one of the lost books of Livy.
To obtain such a treasuie all to himself: to study it in all its
E bases : to trace it to its origin—it was all too much happiness :
e would let his plantation go to the dogs and stay in England
if he were a free man. But—brilliant thought! Why should
lie not enjoy the plantation nud the case too ?
Nor was his diagnosis by any means altogether wrong. The
brain of Nance Derrick had truly been growing morbid to the
point of danger. We know how it had been with her when left
alone, and worse than alone, under the black slmdowof Old Hor-
neck’sstecpleonthedesolatc and haunted sands. There is no need
to recall that moment of impote nt agony. Francis had spoken
of Plymouth: of the Indies: un inward spirit compelled
her to follow in the only road of which he had left her the
faintest sign. She still lmd shillings enough left to start her
on the way, and the very hopelessness of the qupgk. (for so
extremes meet) seemed to assure her that her vengeance wad-
henceforth to be taken in charge by the unseen powers. .
That just when her money was at an end she should meet
with a Foreigner who knew the Indies, and who was a Doctor
and a wise man to boot, was surely u direct result and accept¬
ance of her vow. And it assuredly docs happen t hat comej -
donees of this sort happen in chief to those whose whole
faculties are open to them: which lessens their wonder. She/
had no doubt, or hesitation about following Dr. Carrel whore-
over he chose to lead. Happily for her, he wosnu honest man,
for she saw him solely through the passionate colour of her
vow, and she would no less have followed a rogue. It is no
wonder he thought her bruin turned op turning. She walked
passively beside him, ho imperceptibly cross-examining, till
they reached his lodgings, where hedclt her iiFonc-rdom while
he hastened to Madame in another.
Not even when she was, left alone in a -t range house and
room in a strange town— and how strange wnsliny town to a
Stoke Juliot girl .’—did her courage fail. The very strange¬
ness of it nil made it all the more natural. The unfnmiliurity
of sights, sounds, and odovlrs raised her all the more above
herself, and were ominous of yet greater and stranger things
to come, bhe might have waited for some half hour when
there entered, not. Dr. Carrel, but a-light, quick step nnd a
silken rustle: and when she looked round, her eyes fell upon
a real surprise—a girl.
*• I am Madame Carrel}” said the surprise.
Nance’s experience of ladies had been hitherto limited to
Min Gpenshaw. And if MWOpeiisliuw was the type of the
lady, wlmt sort of creature could be Madame Carrel? Miss
Openslmw was tall, and full nnd stately of form and bearing.
Madame was us squill ns ,a full grown young woman could be—
Nance herself was a head and shoulders ubove her loftily built
coiffure. Miss Openslmw was ns fair as the day—Madame was
darkey even than Nance, with bright black eyes magnificently
lurge, and n complexion _Of the palest and clearest brown.
Miss Opoiishnw looked and moved like a queen : Madame like
a fairy. She was all movement nnd sparkle: and her quick
speech was so much like laughter as to make one wonder what
her laugh could lie. Miss Openslmw was a swan: Madame a
humming-bird. Such was the girl who had fallen in love with
the grave physician, old enough to be her father: niul not only
sop but, was still enough in love with him to delight in helping
him to carry out his slightest whim.
CHAPTER XXXI.
NEWS,
The Sovereign Queen of all the Muses, the Mueo of History,
you do not’mean to walk over the edge when you lirriveY^T-^/iias much cause to oomplain—supposing Her Parnassian
am prudent: none of your poke in the pig for iut’Alf you
have right that you go-go, and bon voyage :bui if yph have
not right then not for Jacques Carrol: liot'st/fflsi’ lie
half turned on his heel, ns if about to go on his way.
She sighed heavily: but lie did not Mini. “Sir,” she said
hurriedly; “why should I not toll why, if I must ? 1 mil
tell: it i» not my shame. . . . My father has l>ocn killed : nnd
the man who killed him is gone thne," she almost whispered,
lifting her baud towards the sea.
“A vendetta. Ah! It is always so with the savage
islnnds : Corsica— England: it is always the same. You hare
reason, my pqor child," said he: pitiful, but a little dis¬
appointed-lie had expected some thing s6 fur more interesting
and so much loss sane.
“ 1 am right. So now -the way ? ”/ ?
“ And who is the man ? ” \A\
“ He has no name:, but I shall find him : nnd I shall know
him”--
“No nanie,. 5Iu(le!uoistdle? Thal is strange ! ”
“ Wlmt do i care for his name?” she asked, with a touch
of excitement higher voice that the Doctor’s cars caught at
once and that made his hcnrt ? bbuiid. “I shall find lam: I
have swam to Hud him. and I shall.”
“Wlmt, Mademoiselle— because you have sworn? Avow
is not magiivthnt it can iiud what is’gone.”
To his delight he saw a sort of Him pass over her eyes, ns
though tlroir light had turned inwards. “ Now for it,” thought
he>\£fe wished they were in a less public place, but that could
not be helped : he must make the most of things ns they were.
When slio next spoke her voice bud a muffled sound, as if .-lie
wero speak itrg from faraway.
“You ure foreign : and you know tlio way to tile Indies!
That is no wonder. 1 knew 1 should come the right way.
Everything will lead me the right way. There true good iu
the book. . . .J shall r.ot Jos.- him twice. That came of being
weak: 1 shall not bo weak again. . . . Whnl are your” tlio
girl asked abruptly, recovering her vision, and with u tone in
which the Doctor's practised ears recognised fear, or rather
exalted awe. “ Did you know 1 need you? Are yon— wise?
Are you here because—because I called upon upon to lead
me and to give me power ? Tell me what 1 shall do ! ”
Majesty cures a straw. One would think from this chronicle
that nothing was going on all this while but the love of a
country squire for a country coquette, the passion of a crafty
knave for the unknown heiress of Wrenshnw, uud the narrow
complexities of a mere village tragedy. And such, indeed,
was the troth, so far us Stoke Juliot was concerned, whither
flew none of those rumours, false or true, that kept England
at large in a fever and ferment from end to cud. Or, if such
rumours came, it was so slow and faint that they lost all their
meaning by the road. The tavern parliament and the cottage
councils confined themselves to their own proper business of
wind and weather, and would source have known the King’s
name to be George had not that been u fact established by the
liturgy for eighty years. My own belief of Stoke Juliot is that
some rumour of the Wars of the Roses reached the place some¬
where in Cromwell’s reign, and the direct news of Queen Anne’s
death about the date of the Buttle of Waterloo.
Yet it was but some fifteen miles from Barnstaple: and
Barnstaple had heard great ami terrible things. The very day
after Francis Cnrew lost his head to Mabel Openslmw, a Queen
of France lost hers to the guillotine. Since then, the Girondists
hod fallen : the Prussians had been beaten: Colonel Buonaparte
had taken Toulon: Lord Howe had given its title to the
Glorious First of Juno. Most persons con till up these skeleton
sentences for themselves: and will realise that, while Parson
Pengold was feeding his pigs, the Inst of the Wars of tlio
Giants lmd begun.
How many times lias life been compared with the sea?
Perhaps nearly os often us to the .veins, or to the tires. But it
is iu nothing more like the sea than in this that the storms,
however great and terrible, arc but surface matters, nud affect
neither the depths nor the tides. When one comes to think of
it, the most striking thing iu all history is. not how many
persons nnd lives the storms have affected, but how few.
History lias her thousands— Silence her millions: so that
Silence U lifter all t he greater lhusc. In the wildest and most
stirring times, when oue would think, to read of them, that
every living creature must have been the sport of plague, fire,
.mcl swoftl, still the millions have gone on buying and selling,
fulling in love nnd marrying, and in short regarding nil
change Very much as they regurdid the weather, very much as
if nothing so very much were happening after all. Even to
this day we may read private memoirs, written in violent times,
from which it is impossible to gather that anything was happen¬
ing of more consequence than the conduct of some boy at
school, the eternal war between householder and servant.’ the
late or early arrival of the cuckoo, an attack of gout, or the
price current of small beer. These times ore also great times,
and will be called so eighty years hence: and vet how many
of us lose an hour’s sleep or u meal’s loss of appetite for any¬
thing that goes on outside our own doors? War and peace,
fire, plague, and finance, still claim their victims, ns of old :
but in the quietest of times men must die nud suffer, and iu
the least quiet they can do no more.
The memoirs of the Vicar of Stoke Juliot, therefore, suppos¬
ing him to have kept such things, us every countiy parson
should, nud as is always possible in the case of even the least
likely of men, might be searched in vain for any allusion to
the rush of events which were lushing into fury the surface
waters of the world’s sea, whereon Royal ships were founder¬
ing, and volcanic islands Were rising everywhere. Their
contents, apart from tithes and tithe pigs, could have been
summed up easily.
For example, on the day when theTrussians lost Deux-Ponts,
the Vicar lost what were to him of infinitely more importance,
as every householder will cordially allow—the sendees of
Tanurin Craddock, who on that day became Tamzin Hale, 'flic
surrender of Gutithiloupe to England was signalised nud over¬
shadowed by the surrender of the Red Cow to the lust law of
Nature. And so pii, uiulsp on. Times even for Stoke Juliot,
or even for ditch \Vater, were amazingly dull. In one grand
respect the Parson'wasable to congratulate himself on his dis¬
cretion and foresight — Camarina had not been disturbed. lie
bad piloted tile parish through what ut one time hod promised
to Ik- an awkward affair. Tlmt fire-brand, the new keeper, had
left the place without having given any further trouble. That
witch, NnncC Derrick, had taken herself off, iu the swift nnd
sudden manner of her sisterhood, whether on a broomstick or
elscliow, before the Red Cow’s death could be fairly laid at her
doors. I’hil Derrick was not only buried, but had been for¬
gotten—nut so much as a plank of ship’s timber recorded those
virtues Which have so remarkable u way of growing out of
-grave*! ykiiiee there were no more keepers, there were no more
pcftclicrs: so that element of trouble also had settled down.
And, above all, he hod not been called upon to stretch any
more points of truth with regard to Mabel. Even us the
'Absence of keepers had abolished poachers, so hud the ubscuco
of questions prevented lies. The reasoning might not l>c first
rate: but what is the use of reasoning except to heal con¬
science ? And for so easy a work ns that, a very weak dose
will serve.
And, when one comes to think of it, conscience had an even
exceptionally fair share of reason on its side. Mabel might not
bo altogether the girl that a father would desire, if fathers had
the risky privilege of choosing their own offspring : but still
she was the Heaven-given child of a childless mnu—the most
divinely pathetic of relations that the world contains. Which
had the more right to her—the father who had been no father,
or the no father who liud been a father to the girl, and more?
.Sir Miles Heron of Wrenshnw had wealth, rank, kindred,
friends: the Vicar had only Mabel, out of ull humanity. She
had been given him by a miracle—and why, but for his sake, had
the sea cast her up at his doors ? As to his wronging her of
an inheritance, that never troubled liis mind, llis loss would
be so infinitely more than hers, that the latter would seem
nothing in comparison, lie did not consciously feel any want
of sympathy. She hud just become as much a part of his life
as liis pipe and his tankard ; and beyond that the force of
words cannot go. Of course, he dimly intended to do justice,
in n general way, in the eud. Every appropriator of others’
belongings nlwuys intends to make restitution, in a general
way. But meanwhile conscience lives in clover—at least,
until its good intentions are frustrated by being made to pave
the inside of n jail. However, there i9 no law againtttiippreuio
vrri and snyyestio falsi : so the Parson was safe on that score.
His notion had been to tic Mabel to the parish with that
once-upon-a-time most indissoluble of fetters, a wedding
ring: and then it would not signify whether Mabel Car ew had
been Mabel Openslmw or Mabel Heron.
He did not often go to Barnstaple market—perhaps not
once in three years. But the cow needed a successor; nnd,
as he happened just then to be out of speaking terms with
every fanner in the place, the journey had to be made once
more. When lie returned, in the carrier’s cart, which had
made, in not much over five hours, tlio same journey that
would now take his successor nearly forty full minutes by
road and rail, he lmd supper served, in honour of the occasion,
iu Mabel’s own special parlour, where a big bowl of cowslips
and blue-bells baa superseded tlio dahlias.
He appeared to have umdc a bad bargain, although, despite
nil his scholarship, lie was as good u mnu at n deal as nuy man
of his cloth iu Devon. For he ate ami drank in silence; and
it was not until liis big body was full that lie opened his soul.
“ I’ve heard some ill news to Barnstaple,” said lie, filling -
liis pipe. Ho did not commonly smoke in Mabel’s bower:
but then lie had come to frequent it more since the change of
maids and the fear of losing the mistress, while a market day
was outside all rules. “ When did you hear last from Squire
Carew?”
Mabel, in the act of sweetening his punch, dropped spoon
and sugar as if a wasp lmd stung her. For, to toll the truth,
she was conscious of having told a lie : and though the end,
which was peace and quietness and the gaining of time and
the avoidance of trouble, seemed to justify the means, she
could not get rid of that apprehension of being found out,
which is the larger part of conscience, if it be not the whole.
“I — I don’t know,” stammered slic. “Lord, how awk¬
ward I am.”
The lie she had told was this—a white one enough, hut
still oue that needed keeping. Unable to confess her having
sent her lover beyond seas for a whim, she had evolved the
legend that he had been suddenly summoned'abroad by a
kinsman who had not long to live, and who desired the com¬
pany. during liis few remaining days, of his future heir, She
had fixed, at random, upon France os the scene of this fiction,
which, for the rest, was harmless, and answered her purpose
perfectly well. 'Hie excuse was reasonable : the distance was
sufficient: it saved all to-day’s trouble, nnd to-morrow would
be long enough in coming to be left to look after its own
affairs when it came. And thus far all circumstances had
aided her. The 1 ’arson was as ignorant as herself of the real
story of Francis Uarew’s flight from Hornncombc: those who
had profited by their share in it were silent for their own
sokes, and Mr. Davis lmd not chosen the Vicar of the l’arish
as his futhcr confessor. So for ns appearances went, Mabel
had succeeded in ensuring all she required— indefinite delay,
during which she might sit down nnd let things drift mid slide.
So used had she become to the situation, that she hud almost
come to believe in the story of lu-r own invention, nnd to
forget that her white lie could possibly a sert iteelf, and pass
out of her own control.
What could have happened now? Was it possible that
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Francis had prematurely returned, and, by the most perverse
ill luck, Hacl met the Vicar at Barnstaple Market before seeing
her ? Had they been comparing notes, and was the ill news
that she had been deceiving one or both of them ? Of course
the fear was vague—the ill news might refer wholly to the
cow market, and have no connection with the question as to
when she had last hear ! from her lover. Hut the nnnomiec-
ment of ill news was of ill omen for the bearing of the
question : and, though she did not regret having taken liberties
with facts, her exclamation at her own awkwardness did not
wholly refe r to the dropping of a spoon. _
“ It is u long time, she nddoX after a paust^ thinking
that on tiie whole the safest thing to say.
“ Mabel,” said the Parson, busying himself with his bowl,
“I'd give my new cow to know you'd heard from him one*
since he’s been away."
His eyes' avoidance of her face, and his tone, were more
ominous still. Her heart began to flutter—not that she was
timid, but that she hated trouble, and anger, and difficulty,
and all such things. She would lx- able to pick hei way out
of any mess cleanly, no doubt: but it would be a painfully
disagreeable thing to have to do.
“ You said—ill news,” murmured she.
“ And you don't say either Yes or No,” said Parson
Pcngold.
“ X -y—es,” she began f ltrringly and ended firmly. “Of
course ” -r-
Hc sighed: it was a mere toss up whether her answer had
been luckily or unluckily bold. lie sighed again : shook his
head sadly : and blew out three perfectly-formed smoke-rings
before speaking again.
■* Woman—woman woman ! I do declare that if the man
you loved best was to turn out a villain you'd swear him an
angel of light if anybody did but hint he’d a black hair. If
anybody hinted he didn't write to you once in six months,
you’d swear you laid letters from him ten times an hour,
though you hadn't hud a line in a year. lie's not written to
you—not once: There ! ”
“ .Sir! ” Her exclamation mount nothing: it was only some¬
thing that had to lx- made.
•• We 're at war with France ! I heard it this very day.”
For tlmt matter, we had been at war with France for
the last year and more. Nor is it to be supposed that the
ignorance of the Vicarage was completely representative
of the parish, which, after all, possessed a journalist in the
person of the carrier, and indeed had closer and more
peculiar relations with the French nation than places more
in the way of public news. War with France! The
annonneeiivcnt brought the blood hotly to Mabel's cheeks and
brow, not na those of an Fuglish girl, but ns those of one who
was within an nee of being detected in a falsehood, and that a
clumsy one. Why had she sent her lover to France? Why
had she not scut him to Kamtsehatkn, or the country of Prester
John?
ThePurson saw the flush. “ It >»bud news," said ho. “ But
don’t you be downhearted. 11 ‘s best to know the worst —and it’s
a thousand times better lie should bo n prisoner of war than if
he had not written out of neglect or because he had seen
some ot her face to catch his fa ncy. It *» not such a hard fat e
to be a prisoner of war, if he Be not taken in mins. ‘ We must
be patient—that's nil. Think of Penelope—How long Ulysses
was away: but he came. And as to tlmt, we’ve always
beat n the French : and we always shall. Olio Englishman’s
n match for three frog-eating Frenchmen, any day— they say
at Barnstaple the war can't last long—can't possibly last
long."
So ho lamely tried to comfort her, lit tie knowing how
needless was comfort for anybody but the comforter. Such
relief came to her with every word that, fori-while, she almost
believed that Francis Curew had rcullv goi e to Franco and
must therefore have becom.’ a prisoner of war. When she
fully recovered her faltering wits, then—how fortunate tlmt it
wu< to France she bad chosen to make him travel, after nil!
No matter how long In: was absent, no mat ter how little he
might write, that French war would account for all: and if lie
did write—well, it would be time enough to account for a letter
when or if it came. She did not like the prospect of having to
risk a second white lie: so, ns her custom was, she shut her
eyes to the chances of such need.
“ I trill bens patient—us I can,” said she, with a sigh of
relief. “Indeed 1 will. . . . Shall I mix you another
tumbler of punch, after your long drive?”
"By—George, Mabel, lmt you 're a bravo girl ! . . . Yes,
you may: one more.”
She, ns if to show that she remembered the example of
Penelope, resumed her favourite embroidery, almost marvel¬
ling at the case with which a lie had been made to seem like
truth—almost vowing tlmt she would never tempt Fortune
with even the whitest of lies again. And then she fell into
other thoughts at which, could he have read them, Parson
Pcngold would have been considerably more surprised than
pleased. He, however, had too much work for his own
thoughts, to sperulatc upon hers. For he. also, liud u white
lie on the bruin : and now that there seemed some chance of
its having boon told in vain, it begun to trouble him. It was
abominable that two nations should go to wur as if for the mere
purpose of spiting Parson Pen gold. It was the fault of Franco,
of course—no sane Englishman ever doubted that: but trad it
been the fault of England it would have been the same. He
hacl sot his whole heart upon Ibis marriage: and every week
that passed increased the chances of something going wrong.
It was bad enough, in all conscience, that the young Squire
should have had to leave the country unmarried: even though
of course relatives with money, who wish to make the
acquaintance of those to whom to leave it, are not people to
he disobeyed. Omnia e'tncll Amor, sed vincit Jin tin Amornn —
Love conquers all things, save Gold alone, wus a maxim
not likely to be nbsenl'Trom the heart ofunv middle-aged
scholar. But this accursed wur Francis Cnrew was too young
to be considered safely bound, nud blue eyes are apt to be
forgotten when black eyes shine.
There was one comfort—the parish was empty of nil else
that could interfere with his plans. Quickset had been the
great peril, and he was forgotten: .Mabel’ was safe, if only her
harebrained lover would keep true.
“ You won’t fret? You won’t worry ? ” he asked, anxious¬
ly, ns he brought his thoughts to an end by emptying his
tumbler. “ You will be patient, and bntve?”
*• Indeed I won’t: ana indeed i will,” said she.
“That's a good lass!” he thundered, bringing down his
hand, not over lightly, upon hers. But it was his notion of a
caress: and it happily had the merit of being rare. ** Tell me,
Mabel, that you don’t want to leave Stoke Joliot: that it’s
your own choice to stay here : that—in short —if the sea’« your
mother I'm your father, and uot so bad a one that yon want to
run away. Tell me that’s true. ... It t'» true? Then 1 bn—
bunged if yon shall' ”
He had not waited for her answer: indeed she was sharply
biting her lower lip. for his caress had really hurt her hand.
But he was too anxious for a Yes to run the risk of n No.
No—be there war or peace, faith or falsehood, marriage or no
marriage, the Parson now know more than ever that he could
not give up his one ewe lamb.
(To b« continued.)
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6d. and Is. per Box. At all Stationers. •*'* SpcciraenBox~ with HnhYkind*,T>y post,
SttACNIVEN and CAMERON, 23 to 33, Blair-st., EDINBURGH,
PEN MAKERS TO IlEfc MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT OFFICES. (Est. 1770.)
•• They enme «• a boon and » IiIi-mims t.. men :
The Pickwick, the Owl, and the Wavtrlry Pen.”
407
t)CT. 25, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
THE “LOUIS”
VELVETEEN.
GOLDSMITHS’ ALLIANCE
(LIMITED),
Late A. Ii. SAVORY and SONS,
SILVER AND BEST SILVER-PLATED MANUFACTURERS,
The strictest examiner may try every test of touch and sight without dis¬
covering that these arc other than the GENOA VELVETS they so closely
resemble, while the peculiar arrangements resulting in the Fast-woven Pile enable
them to stand interminable and rough wear, which would ruin real Velvets at
four times the price.
(Opposito the Bank of England.)
SPOONS & FOURS.
TEA & COFFEE SERVICES,
WAITERS & TRAYS.
CLARET JUGS & GOBLETS,
CRI'ET & 'BREAKFAST FRAMES,
LMSTANDS, CANDLESTICKS,
it is unequalled; and in fact, for nil purposes in which Silk Velvet mnv be used,
we specially recommend the “LOUIS” VELVETEEN.
As regards the adornment of women, nothing shows to so great advantage
beauty of outline and graceful figure, or the clearness and delicate colouring of the
complexion. It is equally becoming to the blonde and brunette; it does not
merely clothe, it drapes and designs ; lends a dignity and grace to the wearer, and
requiring but little ornament, derives its elegance from its own richness of colour
and drapery.
Every yard of the genuine bears the name
THE WEAR OF EVERY YARD GUARANTEED
A new Pamphlet of Prices,
Illustrated with over 800 En-
g ravings, will be forwarded,
gratis and post-free, on appli-
LOUIS.
ALCSEIES.
Massive Silver Bowl, richly dinted, gilt inside,
on cbonired plinth, to hold 9 pints
lo o cation
“ OLD QUALITY” Brussels
' f CAUPET.—OKTZMANN ni.,1 CO.
Irnvo always in stock spine bed Flvc-Framo
liruasclnot KXTUA Quality. nunc ns turd to
!<• m.iile thirty vents ugo. These nre mndo
I'»r O nml i'O. from the lw*t •elected H„me-
pr-nvn Wools, in *i«vliil lileh elan and
newest CNifiir,«reof reiiinrkiibledurnlillity,
•iimI costinR but little mure Uion the usual
quality.
IMTRNISHING IRON-
± MOVrflRRY DEPARTMENT.—Supirior
KI.EOI RO pi.ATETeaand Ceff.-e Fnrvln-i,
Sj>«iris. F'lrki. Cruets. Ac. (niinllty giiarnii*
t«-n I rr !*••»( warranted Table Cutlery: hnii.l-
wm 1 Cool Viui’S. Dish Covers: Japanned
Toller Ota; Kitchen Iionmnnirerjr of every
ile*crl|itli>'i : Mata. Matting. Broom*.
JttaMirs. Pal's. *o.
DR. DE JONGH’S
(Anight of the Order of Leopold of Belgium and of the Legion of Honour)
LIGHT-BROWN COD-LIVER OIL
1’utouted throughout Europe ami America. Special Appointment to the King of Portugal, lSSfl; Specinl Appoint¬
ment to 'Lie King of Duviirui, 1881; Gold Medals at the l’rincipul Intenmtional Exhibitions; Two Gold Mclals,
Culcutta. 1881; Two Diplomas of Honour, Calcutta, 1884; Diploma of Honour and Gold Medal at Amstetdnm, 1883;
Itoyal l’ot'uguese Order of Knighthood, 1883; Legion of Honour of France, 1878. 9
JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS’ PIANOS,
ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
Incontestably proved by Thirty Years’ Medical Experience to bo
THE PCKF.ST, THE MOST PALATABLE, THE MOST DIGESTIBLE, AND THE MOST EFFK
IM CONSUMPTION, THROAT AFFECTIONS, AND DEBILITY OF ADULTS ANO CHILDREN.
SELECT MEDICAL OPINIONS.
SIR HENRY MARSH, Bart., M.D.,
Physician in Ordinary lo the Quern in let I anil.
“ I consider Dr. De .Tough's Light-Brown Cod-liver
Oil to lx: a very pure Oil, not likely to create disgust, ami
n therapeutic agent of great value.”
DR. GRANVILLE, F.R.S.,
Author of “ The Upas of Germany."
“ Dr. Dc Jongh's Light-Ilrown Cod-Uvcr Oil does not
cause tire imusea and indigestion too often consequent
on tlic mlministiation of the l’ale Oils.”
DR. EDGAR SHEPPARD,
Professor of Psychological Medicine, King's College.
" Dr. De Jongli’s Light-Brown Cod-Liver Oil hns the
rare excellence of being well Inline and assimilated bv
stomachs which reject the ordinary Oils." \
'Hie Patent String Adjustment supersedes the wooden wrest plank and its clumsy
old pegs, ana the consequent grave defects of quickly getting out of tune, easy
SIR G. DUNCAN GIBB, Bart., M.D.,
Physician to the IPcSIminster Hospital.
'* ' n “ ! Vl,1 ' ,e 9 LDr. De Jongh’s IJght-Bruwn Cod-Liver
Of! •'* » therapeuticagent in a number of diseases,
chiefly of OB exhaustive character, Iiu.h been admitted
by the world of medidne/’'^ /
DR. SINCLAIR COGHILL,
Phi/sicitjpiei t he / 1 ospilnl for Consumption, Ventncr.
"In Tulaaril lac. and the various forms of Strumous
Disease, Dr. De Jongh’s 1 Oflpossesses greater thempolitic
than any other Cod-Liver Oil with which I am
Acquainted.” . --
DR. HUNTER SEMPLE,
Physician to the Hospital for Diseases of the Threat.
" I have found Dr. De Jongh’s Ijght-lhown Cod-Liver
Oil'vety Uaeful in coses „f Chronic Cough, and especially
perfection, and durability of timing being thus attained.
_ • ,_
FAULKNER’S CELEBRATED DIAMONDS. SPANISH CRYSTALS
DETEinONWMPOSSlBLE.
THE ONLY PER PECT /SI 1 bST I TUT E FOR DIAMONDS OF FIRST WATER
T iiirn; detection ImuoMlhla: i n.l 1
l>efy tbs IIEXT JCIHiES to tell
them fnm DIAMONDS. The l.rtl-
llaacy anil lu»trr nre nio*t iunni- 1 -
I MU, nml equal to BRILLIANTS.
WORTH TWENTY GUINEAS.
The Slope* being real Crystal*, nml
splendidly faceted. They will mb!
ncld*. alkallr*. and Interne heat. All
sIi.hm Kt by diamond letter*, and
beautifully flnlubcd.
Blngle-iton* Earring*. from 10*.
Bo... 1 ... j*. If P-’lr: Scarf l’ln*. Shirt Stud*.
Snnller ini 12 . Necklet*. Ac.. SO*, to Cm.
Tural.ed »'nch worn for Court and other
' '", occailon*. T.-tiiuonlnl* from all
Siiiiit bn !•. to |.art* of the World. The** >l.>n„
match, in (Jold, nre dully mining greet reputation
X*.. lo*. throughout the World, and ham
T bren awarded Three I'rixe Medal*
rroj» the Oieat Exhibition*.
TI 10 Piildlc nre enrhe*l ly Invited to
INSPECT onr ninr, ell.mi selection
now ON VIEW, which nilonUhr*
nil VIMUin. Catalogue* port-free.
Norte*.—These r tone* can not pu*.
•I hi* lie had elsewhere, and are only
to lx. obtained ..r the SOLE nf-
1’OBTEII and MANCFACTl'BEIl,
.STwSK. rAULK HEB,
smaller. io«.. in#. 174 , High-street,
...ytto. wuh Notting-hill-gate, London, W.
"•n«.“ n,e E*Ubli»hed 1860.
Beware of Imitation*, coplc* of
these Engraving*.
RRINSMEAD find SCONS’ RECENTLY PATENTED 80STEXENTE-PIANOS.
““•w attentively examined tho beautiful pianos of Messrs. John Britumcod iiud Son*. 1 consider them lo
exoo^ gona 1 in the ense with which gnidattoiw of sound can U- produced, from t’,e softest to the most powerful
*es. nu-se excellent pianos merit the approbation of all artist*, ns the tone is full ns well as sustained, and the
ncn is of perfect evenness throughout its entire range, answering to every requirement of the pianist, fit. Gounod"
OHN BRINSMEAD & S0NS{
DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS AND ILLUSTRATED PRICED CATALOGUES POST-FREE.
Coxkt Bsoocu. 8a. Cd.: Call. I*. Oil. Extra.
408
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
OCT. 25, 1884
NICHOLSON’S
VELVET-VELVETEENS!
BEN SO ISPS
“ SPECIAL STRENGTH "
AVERY & CO.
ARTISTIC WINDOW-BLINDS.
SHOW-ROOMS, 81b, Ct. Portland-st.. w.
Where may be seen in complete working order Blinds of
every description, including
THE NEW EMPIRE BLINDS,
Flam, and Charmingly Decorated,
IN NUMEROUS NEW DESIGNS.
FESTOON BLINDS,
• Sillc and 8ateen.
Oar VELVET-VELA ETEEN
talngone of the mostfaihiuu-
able and favourite fabric* of
the day, we have hail It manu¬
factured In four qualities, In
the choicest tint*, which are
equal in appearance and have
the aoftneta and Ik auty of
rich Lyon* Velvet. Onr
Velvet • Velveteen* are all
mounted In convenient pat¬
tern books, to that all the
qunlltle* and colour* Can bo
wen at a glanrr.
No. 1. Quality. Fait File
Velvet-Velveteen. It. Hid- per
y«rd.
No. 2. Quality. Fine Twill
Fuat Pile Velvet-Velveteen,
to «Jd. per yard.
No. Quality, Fine Twill
Fi t File Velvet-Velveteen,
to I ltd. per yard.
No. 4. Quality. Very Illeh
K tie Twill root Pile Velvet-
POR INDIA AND THE COLONIES
OR FOR HUNTING AND ROUGH WEAR.
SILVER,
GOLD,
ART PRINT BLINDS.
LEADED GLASS BLINDS,
NIPON DWARF BLINDS,
OUTSIDE SUN-BLINDS,
AWNINGS, &c.
fSEBSSk Ilg$y rliL* . ImU i - r. t • i ■
i--'"
Sampv ll,"ki. po-t Inf.
. BrU m k
! \ I in <>
.k. t.
iSKy ■> i ii k • l ul ls - m i
f|ITWVKTKKS. from Is. lljd. lo
-aw* „ M p,, y ,rd.
NEW PUR CAPE, 81LK8JATIN8,PLUSHBS.
Black or Brown Fare, varlmia, VELVETS, *c.. noth Black
10a. »d.. lie.Ud.. and 21*. and Ooloarod. In all the latert
Clarice Hat. to match ( oAumoj. noveltliy.
fromGr. lid. Fattemt free.
Illuitratlonaof Costume*, Jersey*. Braided Jacket*. Jlautlee,
Cloak*, and Furt. poit-free.
Patterns of all the lateat productioni in Diet* Material*.
p<>it-frce.
d_ isricnoxasoisr «sc co.
SILKMERCERS TO THE QUEEN.
M. 31.42. and 43. BT. PACL'8-CHURCHYARD. LONDON ; on 1
COSTUME COURT. CBVSTAL PALACE.
Pompefan Brown on Ivory gr°RB<i> 7a. Cd. tho sot.
Other excellent patterns, at 3s. 9d. and 5 b. 6d. the set.
ALFRED B. PEARCE,
39, LUDGATE-HILL, E.C. (Established 1760.)
falilngne (with Nine Fnniialilng Estimates! on application.
Bamples and Price-List* port-free.
COMPETENT BEN SENT TO ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
ESTIMATES (iii Lon ion) GRATIS.
GOLD ENGLISH KEYLESS *
HALFCHRONOMETER
GOUT AND RHEUMATISM.
Fnre. rnfe, and effectual. No rettralnt
of diet required during nee.
All diemirtt. at 1»- 4«1. and 2m. od. per
Uox.
JUST PUBLISHED
A MAGNIFICENT
ILLUSTRATED ALBUM CATALOGUE
Of FASHIONS and NOVELTIES for tho
WINTER SEASON.
BENT GRATIS ON APPLICATION.
I* A I R’S
GOUT
PILLS.
BRIQUET SPRUNG. TO COUNTERACT THE VARIATION
CAUSED IN I.EVER WATCHES BY HUNTI.NO. Ac.
GUARANTEED ENTIRELY OF BE T ENGLISH MAKE,
TO KEEP PERFECT TIME UNDER THE MOST
TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES. AND TO
LAST A LIFETIME. IN HEAVY 18-CARAT CASES.
HALF-HUNTER. HUNTER. OR CRYSTAL GLASS.
SENT FREE AND 8AFE AT OUR RISK TO
ALL PARTS OK THE WORLD FOB
£24 DRAFT' WITH ORDER. SILVER. SAME QUALITY.£15.
The Hunting Editor of •• The Field," nfter a Mai of one of
three watch,-*, extending over fourmontha, aayt, March 22. Ix*«:
■'I have u**l the watch for four month*, and have carried It
hunting Oometlmea flve ,'aya a week, and never leoa than
three. • • • | can maAdently reeommrnd Meten. Bemou’a
hunting watch Oi ono that run be defended on."
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RDDGE A C0 ,"r COVENTR'
THE OLDEST TRICYCLE AND LARGEST CYCLE MANUFACTURERS IN THE WORLD.
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THE Y & N
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NEWEST INVENTION. EXQUISITE MODEL. UNIQUE DESIGN.
PERFECT COMFORT. GUARANTEED WEAR. UNIVERSAL ADAPTABILITY.
FREE FROM COMPLICATION.
ADVANTAGES OVER ANY OTHER MAKE OF CORSET.
rpHI8 CORSET has been Invented to supply wliat was really
A wanted—rl».. a. Corset warranted out to spilt In the teams, at the name time combining every
excellence required In a lady't Comet. All thv j*art* are arranged dlagonnlly Instead of tlie ordinary
upright piece*, the Kramtbeing thus relieved of a great iKirtlon of tlie .train. The material la alto cut
on tlie bio*, and yield, to tlo- rlgiire without epllttlng. The bone, are arranged to give «upp»rt to the
figure where required {avoiding undue preaanrel, and by emoting the diagonal ream* prevent the
utmost strain in wear tearing the fabric. The *|m‘cI*1I»i‘ of coeatmetlon give, the freest adaptability
to the figure, making it unrivalled in It* graceful proportion*, and meeting the rroulrcrnente of the
latest f toll Iona without any r,implication* of tolta, strap*. 4c. Heware of worth lealt Imitation*.
Every genuine Y *ml N Conet I* damped Y and N Patent Diagonal Beam Coraet. No. 116. In
mitLATo I- had of all lilgh-elao* Draper* and ladle*' Outfitter*: through the principal Wholesale
'Hmi»e*. This Corset lisa gained the Gold Modal at the New Zealand Exhibition. I*. GOLD
MEDAL-HIGHEST AWARD for CORSETS-LONDON INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. IBS*
BEETHAM’S
GLYCERINE & CUCUMBER
la the most Ferfcct Emollient Milk for PRESERVING
and BEAUTIFYING tho SKIN ever produced I It
entirely remove* and prevents all ROUGHNESS, RED¬
NESS. SUNBURN. TAN. Ac.. Boon render* the SKIN
SOFT, SMOOTH, and WHITE, and preserves it from
tho effect* of exposure to the SUN, WIND, or HARD
WATER, Ac., more i ffectually thnn any other known
preparation. No Lady who value* her COMPLEXION
should ever be without it. a* it i* INVALUABLE at all
Season* for keeping the SKIN SOFT and BLOOMING.
It is Perfectly Harmless, and may Lo applied to the
Tendercat Iilunt*. Bottles. !*., 1*. 9d., Is. 6d., 4*. 6d.;
any size free for 3d. extra. N.B.—Beware of Injurious
Imitation*.
KEYLESS HALF-CHRONOMETER
REPEATS HOURS. QUARTERS. AND MINUTES.
WITH FLY-HACK SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH FOR
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PERFECT ASA TIMKI8T.A RACING WATCII, A REPEATER.
IN MASSIVE 4-OZ. IH-CARAT GOLD
HUNTING OR HALF-HUNTING CASES.
ENAMELLED WITH CREST AND MONOGRAM.
SPECIALLY RECOMMENDED FOR INDIA.
SENT FREE AND SAFE TO ALL PARTS AT OUIl RISK FOR
£100 DRAFT OR NOTES WITH ORDER.
Richest Custard ! Without Et
Half the Cost and Trouble I
Choice—Delicious —a Great Ll
S ee that you get BIRD'S.
StllTd
BEETHAM’S FRACRANT
“ROSE LEAF POWDER
Is a^perfectly Pure and Harmless Toilet Powder which
canuot injure the mo»t tender *kin. It i* delicately
tinted to resemble tho beautiful colour of the wild rose,
and is strongly recommended to be used with the above
wn»h, a* it will greatly aid it in keeping the akin ciesr
and healthy, free it from unpleasant moisture, and
impart that Beautiful Bloom to tho Complexion which
i* *o much admired, lioxea, 1*.; free for 1*. 2d. In
handsome Box, containing two tints and puff, 2a. Cd.;
free for 3d. extra, from the solo makers,
M. BEETHAM and SON,
Chemists, Cheltenham.
FOE EVEE^DAY TJSE
SILVER,
GOLD,
lining 'Practical Hints amt \ f If W Jt5KilS^
** forTorty Dl*b«* for tno ■ w 11 ri
inner and supper Table ' ■ * - • —-
Address:-ALFRED BIRD & SONS, Devonshire Works, BIRMINGHAM
cures Neuralgia, Faceache,
Tic, Toothache, Nervous and
Sick Headache.
THE QUEEN,
THE LADY’S NEWSPAPER, says:—
THE CAMBRICS OF ROBINSON i CLEAVER
HAVE A WORLD-WIDE FAME."
IRISH CAMBRIC
POCKET HANDKERCHIEFS.
Famples post-free. All pure
Flnx, hrmmed for use. Ter
S dozenChildren's, la. Sd ;
h fiftteSvV, Ladies’.2a. lid.;Gents',8s.lid.
M Hem-stitched, per dozen
Aflv *Mlv Ladies’, 6s. 6d.; Oenta’, 7s.3d.
VsM Samples and Price-Lists of
every description of linen
'' .IK lUfif:' Goods, &c. (at. lowest Wholc-
sale Prices to the I’ublie direct),
are also forwarded, post-free.
lM §ROBINSON l CLEAVER,
BELFAST,
By Special Appointments lo
II M tl.o Qik und III mil
H.II. the Crown Princess of
Germany.
J.WtfSVOH
l u oc* i r alii
From a Clergyman of the Church op England. “ Dec. 20, 1883.
U£rg\ •* Gentlemen,—I have great pleasure in recommending to the public yourvnluablo preparation
• Tikheel.’ In cases where I havo known it to be used, it was most effectual in curing Neuralgia
mid aieo Toothache. I hope you will be well repaid for your certaiu and safe remedy.—The
**5? Editoh of * Tho Parish Magazine,’ ficdlington, Northumberland.”
Sold by all Druggist* and ratent Medicine Venders, at 2s. 6d.; PARCELS POST FREE for 2s. 9d. in Stamps
or p.O.O., from the Manufacturers, CLARKE. BLKASDALE, BELL, and CO., YOBK.
lxmdon: Savory and Moore, lt3. New Bond-street; Butler and Crispe, 4. Cheapside.
Edinburgh; Dtmcan, tlockhart, and Co.; Belfast: Grattan and Co.; Paris: Roberts and Co., 5, Rue «te la Paix.
COLD KEYLESS THREE-QUARTER PLATE LEVER.
KKYLES* ACTIOS. RUBY JEWELS.
STOUT PATENT DAMP AND DUST TROOF
18-CARAT CAffm STRONG CRYSTAL GLASS.
GCARANTEKD A FIBST-CLASS TIMEKEEPER.
SENT FREE. AT "OUR RISK. TO ALL PARTS
FOR £10 DR A FT. SHA'ER. same quality. £6.
Any uf tii* above Watrhe* will to rent free and refs, and at onr
rltk.il an y part of the World, on receipt of Banker ■ Draft for
* h pamphma*frM. gtriD* fall particulars of the** and all other
Watches, trom flit, to fUO.
THE OXYGEN-GIVING DISINFECTANT,
BY SPECIAL ROYAL APPOINTMENT.
Spearman’s
"S \sr DEVON 3 SS'
In addition L-till* well-known and highly-valued Preparation,
a Shilling Bottle nl which makrt 300 Gallon* of Crimson Fluid,
the public can now obtain
MARTIN'S CRIMSON SALT DISINFECTING POWDER,
a perfectly #olublc,non-pol*onout, non-corrosive. ODOUR LESS,
and niott powerful Disinfectant. Daodurtrer. and Antiseptic,
ready for Instant utc. by sprinkling upon all that It offeatlve or
diDfffOQI*
Gao. R. Twredle. Eiq.. F.C.8.. tayt:—"The re*ult* of an
extended and rial-.rate u ric* of carefully conducted experi¬
ment* convince me that Hastin'* Patent Crin.ton Salt Dltln-
fecting Powder It a tnott relUblr. economical, thorough, and
eafe dulnfectant."
Sold by Chemiits trsrywher* in Tina.
Price*. 1«- and 2*.
Wholesale by HABTIN'8 CRIMSON 8ALT Co, Ltd.,Worc**Ur.
AS II ION ABLE WEDDINGS.—Beautiful
J- Bouquets of Choicest Flower*, for lemdon or Country,
at very moderate pricet.-WILLIAM HOOPER, 186. Oxford-
itre«t. London, W.
(WATCBXAXXB to th« Quern),
THE STEAM FACTORY, 62 & 64. LUDGATE-HILL.
Wett-Esd House:
25. OLD BOND-STREET, W. LONDON.
Tlie New 111 n*trated I^mphlct. of Gold Jewellery, Sliver ditto.
Drawing and DJnlng Room Clock*. Chime *n«f Hall Clock*.
MindraT Boxe*. Silver and Elrctro-Plato.Ac., containing over
1000 Dtelgn*. will be rent Free to any l«rt of the world.
For Ladle*' wear, beautiful qualities. 1*. 6d. to 4s. M. the rand:
for Children'* wear, capitally rtrong. 1*. 3d. tojh. the yard; for
Gentlemen'* wear, doable wfdlh.2*. id. to 10*. *d. the yard. Tho
Navy Blue*-and tli* Black* »re f**i dye*. On receipt of In¬
struction*. lOmple* will to rent I’oaT-Fate.—N.B. Any length
cut, and Carriage Paid to principal Railway Station*.
Only Addrea*: SPEARMAN and SPEARMAN, Plymouth.
NO AGENTS.
Log nos : Printed and Published at the Office. 198, Strand. In the
r*rl*h id St. Clement Dane*. In the County of Middlesex,
by IgcaxK luoiiixei, His. Strand, aforrealu.— 8*tv*d*i,
Octous 33, UW. "*
REGISTERED AT TUB GENERAL P08T-OPPICE FOR TRANSMISSION ABROAD.
1. Fin/d mid imeceasful uttempt to get the steamer over the smmil
“ gate " of the Cataract.
2. Mr. Webber (boatswain!, one of the Cataract party.
3. Mr. A. Pigott (tho day after) reading of “ Another Failure at the
Cataract."
4. The Plague of Flics—Enduring it!
6. First day off duty—R. de Lisle trying to sketch.
6. Crossing a rope bridge to look out for hawsers from the aU-umer.
SKETCHES BY AN OFFICER OF THE NILE EXPEDITION: AT THE SECOND CATARACT.
410
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 1, 188-1
Many nro the admirable institutions; but can any bo
more admirable than the National Life-Boat Institution
Between 1851 and 1883 there were 02,730 wrecks, with a
loss of ”9,051 lives; which loss would lmvo been almost
doubled but for the Life-Boat Institution, since, during
the same period, that institution was instrumental in
saving 21,167 lives. Since its foundation, in 1824, the
society has assisted in saving 41,105 lives; and it would
assist in saving more, if the public would exhibit the
appreciation in which they cannot fail to hold the work
by coming forward more liberally with subscriptions.
At Newmarket, last week, three brothers, jockeys,
C. Loates, T. Loatcs, and S. Loates, rodo the first, second,
and third horses for the Stand Handicap; and this was
thought remarkable. But history repeats itself, some¬
times with a diminution of remurknhility; for the Oaks is
a greater race than the Stand Handicap, and in the
memorable year 182S, when the first doad-hoat for tlio
Derby was run between Cadland and The Colonel, the
fust three fillies in the Oaks, Turquoise. Ruby, and
Rosetta, wero ridden, respectively, by John Day, illiftin
Day, ami Sam Day (whether brothers or other very near
relatives), insomuch tlmt the Oaks was said to have been
“the work of threo Days, though it was over in 2 mm.
40 sec., or thereabouts.”
The International Health Exhibition by general consent
bus been an unprecedented success, so far as the number
of visitors is concerned: what do the enterprising pro¬
moters think of an International Discnses Exhibition ?
The suggestion is hereby freely presented to all whom
it may concern. Depone! upon it, tbo success would bo
more unprecedented than ever: there is nothing liko
horrors to “ fetch ” the British public. Then the scientific
“cholera morbus.” Then the surgeons and makers of
surgical instruments would have a rare chance of adver¬
tising themselves; and the gentry who form the outside
“fair” in the road could make a congenial livelihood by
selling all sorts of ingenious models after their kind. It is
really worth thinking about.
The poet is of all men the least in need of a monument.
If his living words do not keep his memory green, stone
or marblo will be of no avail. For our sakes, however, if
not for theirs, it is fitting we should do honour in every
way to the writers “On whom the Muses smile.” There
is no poem in the Inn gun go bettor known than Gray s
“Elegy;” and it is well that Cambridge—whoso under¬
graduates did not treat the poet as they ought to have
done when living—should, oven at this eleventh hour,
raise a monument to one of her most distinguished sons.
Mr. Edmund Gosse, who receives subscriptions for this
object, is about to honour Gray still more effectively by
the publication of a complete edition of his works, in four
volumes. Everybody knows, or might know, that a box
full of Gray’s MSS. is carefully preserved at Pembroke
College. Mr. Gosso has had free access to it, and the
valueof his research in this precious depository will be
soon known to the public.
Mr. John Bright’s arguments in favour of a Sunday
delivery of letters in London seem to us irrelevant. That
some young men might receivo good advice from their
mothers on that morning, and spend the day better i~
consequenco, is possible ; but it is obvious that the gr _
mass of letters received would he by no means of tba
edifying character. It is not the postman only who would.
Buffer from a change which would nnprofltably disturb
the business life at England.' Indeed, the whole for
the argument lies tho other way. If this inighty^clty'
loses nothing or next to nothing by tho non-driver
letters on Sunday, why should a Sunday post be^ssen _
to tho well-being of country villages and provincial
towns? It must bo remembered that i,ii the frequent
week-day delivery of letters our great towns nowadays are
nearly, if not quite, as well cared for us the mctropolisitsclf.
Ah amusing book might l*c written about fashions in
medicine. At the beginningVf\the Eiglitconth Century,
people flocked to Welwyn to drink the waters there, and
the poet Young, who was Rector of the parish, writes
in 1746, “Wo hftvo a physician now near us who drinks
them himself all the wintered a l:<dv comes seven miles
ever)’ morning for the same purpose.” At the same period,
Tunbridge Wells was in itsglory. ThoBeil, as it was called,
was the centre of fashiolf and gout, and Hampstead and
Epsom had no mean rqpjtilatibn^ watering-places. Those
Professor Ruskin surpassed himself when lecturing on
the Pleasures of Faith, last Saturday. After oxhorting
his hearers to set to work daily to do something for the
help and honour of their country, neither joining in tho
world’s iniquities, nor turning asido from its miseries, ho
added: “But . . . if you allow yourselves to be hindered
by tho wishes of your friends or the interest of your
families, or tho bias of your genius, or tho expectations of
your college, or any other bow-wow-wow of this wild dog
of a world, then for von* shame give up all title to be
free or independent, and recognise yourselves for tho
slaves yon are, with your thoughts put in wnrd to your
bodies, and your hearts bound in manacles to your hands.’
It is evident tlmt the great art-critic’s eye for pretence has
not grown dim, nor his natural force ot invective abated,
with advancing years.
It is, perhaps, little known beyond the limits of his
family that Comte Duchatel, the French Minister at the
Court of Sweden, is the owner of a chateau near Charcntou,
which is an exact model in miniature of tho Tuileries.
Now that tho hitter is destroyed, tho former has an ad¬
ditional value.
Pussy is very much at a premium among our troops in
Egypt, and happy is the man Avho has contrived to seciiro
a feline pet. The tents are infested with rats nnd mice
and creeping things innumerable, but they all seem
equally welcome to a cat with a taste for game. One
young officer, who 1ms n snowy white favourito with a
tortoise-shell tail, is considered a valuable acquisition by his
companions nnd is much sought after. Perhaps tho
omnivorous appetite of cats for small creatures which do
so much to make life nnendurahlo points to tho reason
why they were held sacred in tho land of tho Pharaohs
in ancient times. __
Madame Marcella Scmbrieh, tho cantatrice who has
taken Paris by storm, at tho Theatre Italian, is by birth
a Pole, nnd ns superstitious as the rest of her country¬
women. "Wherever sho goes she insists on appearing first
in the rule of Lucia, and whenever a stranger is presented
to her, sho folds her hands so ns to bring the thumbs
uppermost, in the firm conviction that she thus secured
good luck in tho now acquaintance. It is said tlmt sho
originally mado her debut as a singer at Athens, and that
no sooner had she entered the hotel on her arrival than
it was struck by a thunderbolt. She was terribly alarmed,
but her husband assured hor that the ancient\Greeks
regarded such an occurronco ns q good omen; so she took
heart of grace, and 1ms found favour ih the eyes of tho
public from that day forward.
Wo have heard a goOf| deal of lato yea^ about the
fabrication of modem antiques, and ^Blackwood” some
years ago gave a lnarve 1 lous ji,dcolitit/6f the painting of an
“ old master ” in a mansion not a hundred miles from
Hampstead Heath. That the game is not yot pluyed out
has just been shown iri Paris, wherd ft leading journal last
Saturday announced an important Said of pictures belong¬
ing to an Amorienn gentleman. On that very day tho
pictures arrived vift London, and nu expert speedily un¬
packed and inspected them. IIis horror, on discovering
that the so-called ancient c anvases were false, nnd that
most of tho ipodern ones bore the forged signatures of
prominent Fijohch artists, may bo better imagined than
described- \ ’ V ) ) _
students in northern Russia labour under difficulties
almost pass 'ouricompreheusioii. During tho long
’ dayJignKp^ly lusts from an hour and a
o hohjfi, and tho Academy of Arts at St.
about to dovote a considerable portion of its
’ing its laurtnts southward, whore their
yf work nnd study are greater. It is hoped
iidopting this plan, much progress will bo mado,
isia will bo well represented, both in painting and
■- at the Universal Exhibition of 1881).
Art
which
winte
half
rsb
wero the days of fou
popular physi
to sleep with
animals bging
curious pn
own centu _
neck in tho
hours. T
Dyer, w
V
fort
icndcd;
,ds, and an eccentric and
consumptive patients
rooms, tho heads of the
the curtains. Another
ihnm, brings us to our
„___Bliis patients up to the
caving them in this position for some
'''I tale of Lamb’s friend, George
ing'ttble to got anyone to listen to his
inough to inflict them on these un-
Dyer was a good fellow, hut in this
iuKtunde ]ii3 iiuibiti()n got the better of his charity.
■When thoNud schools of Berlin were rebuilt, a great
many pictures wero stowed away for future consideration.
Exi*erts have now been selected as a species of hanging
committee to choose those which are to liavo places of
honour on tho walls, whilo tho residue will be sold in a
lump or consigned to oblivion. These gentlemen have
mado a grand discovery, for among tho paintings they
have found a “Resurrection,” by Leonardo da Vinci, dated
1480. Berlin is to be congratulated on the possession of
such a treasure.
\Qur French neighbours aro not altogether satisfied with
ied; own prison discipline, and contemplate adopting
tliC- 7 system of Louvain, in which each convict lives
\and works quite alone in his own coll, anti never leaves it
Without wearing a hood which conceals his face oven from
tho officials, and theirs from him. A curious custom is
thnt the inmates arc not culled in the morning by the
ringing of a bell, but at six o'clock tho doors are thrown
open, and tho convict who acts as organist is con¬
ducted to the instrument, which is in the clmpel nnd quito
central. Hero he plays, for a quarter of an hour, frag¬
ments of hymns, operas, dance music, or whatever comes
into his hoad; and during that time tho beds aro con¬
verted into tables, and tho cells prepared for the day’s
work. It is rarely that tho prison is without the services
of un efficient musician, for the science of sweet sounds
does not act as a deterrent from crime.
Parliamentary language seems to bo in danger every
Session of growing less Parliamentary. The Autumn
Session is scuroely more than a week old, and already
honourable members lmve applied their knowledge of
natural history in a way that, to say the leust, is more
poiuted than polite. Sometimes a speech or a question
which, as far us words go, seems eminently courteous, is
so contrived as to convey a sarcasm in every word; some¬
times a sharp attack cu u political opponent is wound up
by what 1 seems liko a generous admission. We do not,
however, praise tho hungry man who cut off his dog’s tail
and cooked it, for his kindness in giving tho dog the bone.
The “ farewells” and “ last appearances ” of actors and
singers are not always to be depended on ; and it is to be
hoped, for tho sake of tho Americans, that Madumo Patti
will not keep her word. The gifted prima donna left
Queenstown for New York on tho 26th inst., to make, as
sho announces, her last visit to America. That her
phenomenal voice should bo laid at rest so soon seems
pitiable, for the diva is only forty-two years of age, while
Madame Grisi sang almost as well as ever when sho was
past fifty. However, if Madame Patti docs not alter her
mind, many of the Transatlantics will doubtless take a jour¬
ney across whut they call “ tho big drink ' to hour hor again.
Sir Moses Montefioro, whose centenary has boon so
gloriously celebrated this week, was not tho first Jo wish
Sheriff of London; Mr. (afterwards Sir) David Solomons
preceding him by two years in 1835. To enable him to
take that office, a special Act of Parliament was passed,
without anything like tho opposition that was raised
when the first Hebrew member of Parliament was elected.
While the agitation was going on about tho Jewish Oath
Bill, Baron Lionel Rothschild, who was returned for tho
City of London in 1849, but not permitted to tako his seat
until 1858, endeavoured to enlist tho great mind and
giant pen of Thomas Carlyle on the side of tho Israelites.
But the sage of Chelsea declined, and observed that “ho
could not conceive why tho Baron and his friends, who
were supposed to he looking out for tho coming of Shiloh,
should he seeking seats in a Gentile legislature. But,”
added Carlyle, repeating tho conversation to Mr. Froude,
“ho seemed to think that the coming of Shiloh was a
dubious business, and/that in the meanwhile, &c., Ac.”
It iscuriousthat Sir Mpses never sought legislative honours.
Sir John Normon was tho first Lord Mayor who went
by water to be sworn at Westminster, and who instituted
the Lord Mayor’s Slibw. This was in the year 1453, aud
tho magnificence of tho pageant increased so greatly that
in 1685 tho cost had boebnio so enormous that all the
more extravagant testates of the show were henceforth
abandoned. Coming to Tutor times, wo find that there
has boon a growing, inclination to moderate the glories of
tho annual civic pageant; hut the Lord Mayor-Elect,
Mr. Alderman Nottage, will have nothing to do with such
retrenchment, liiid promises un entertainment this year
that will only bo second in splendour to a Drury-Lane
pantomime. Ho applied to a theatrical manager for tins
loan of dressed for all the Kings and Queens of England,
/ but tho fichemo was found to ho impracticable, and had to
bd abandoned. However, wo are promised other extrava¬
gant attributes; and Mr. Sanger, the circus proprietor,
is tirsupply a thousand pounds’ worth of his wares. If
Everything at tho Mansion House, during tho ensuing
yday, is to ho carried out on the same lordly scale, Mr.
Nottage will rank in nmgnificenco with a predecessor. Sir
Henry Pickard, who, in 1357, sumptuously entertained in
one day four monarchs—Edward. King of Englund;
John, King of Fiance; the King of Cyprus ; and David,
King of Scotland; besides the Black Prince, and a wholo
host of nobility. Tlmt must have been a Lord Mayor’s
banquet worth remembering, nlthough the succulent
turtle had not yet been introduced.
“Winning jockeys” seem to occupy a great deal of
attention in those days, as indeed a “ winning” anything
or anybody does. And certainly it appears to be a good
thing to bo a successful jockey. Hero is Mr. F. Archer,
tho “ loader” of his profession, whoso “ mounts ” for this
year are not yet finished, but last year they numbered 631,
of which 232 were “ wins.” Now, at tho rate of pay re¬
cognised by the Jockey Club, which is five guineas for a
“win,” and three guineas for a “lose” (besides two
guineas for every private “trial”), this would bring in
more than the income of a Colonial Bishop, or “ gig-
bishop,” as the irreverent speak; but tho custom is to pay
at least twenty-five pounds for a “mount” in the Derby
and St. Logor, and other “ big” races; nnd to a jockey of
such standing (or riding) as that of Air. F. Archer, an
owner would" not oiler less than from n hundred to a
thousand guineas forwinning a race, accordingto tho impor¬
tance thereof, or would expect to huve tho offer “ declined
with thanks.” Besides all this, there are “retaining foes”
aud presents. So that a very successful jockey may make a
comfortable fortune in a short time. On tho other hand,
an unsuccessful jockey may easily come to tho workhouse,
of which many iustunces might bo mentioned; aud a very
successful jockey, when he behaves as “ a beggar on
horseback,” may die in debt and misery, liko the cele¬
brated Sam Cliifney, senior, and others.
Mr. John Hammond, who began life as a stable-boy,
must agree with tho adage which says tlmt “it never
rains but it pour3.” At the beginning of the season he
seemed to liavo no very bright look-out with St. Gatien
and Florence: and now tho former has won half tho
Derby, tho Queen’s Vaso at Ascot, the Cesarewitch
(with the highest weight ever carried to victory), tho
Free Handicap Sweopstakcs and tho Jockey Club
Cup at Newmarket Houghton meeting, and tho latter
has Avon the Summer Cup and Do Trufford Cup at Man¬
chester, tho High Weight Plate at Ascot, tho Jubilee
Prize (upAvards of £2000) at Baden, tho Queen’s Pluto at
Lewes, and the Cambridgeshire (Avith _ the highest
Aveight ever yet carried to victory). That in itself
Avould be pretty well; but Air. Hammond also bets
“ some.” The performance of Florence was, of course,
brilliant, but not so brilliant as that, of the American
FoxhaU, who Avas but threo years old when ho carried
just a pound less than Florence at four years of ago, even
if allowance be mado for sox.
Tho library at tho British Aluscum 1ms recently
acquired a clean and perfect copy of the original edition
of “ The Pilgrim’s Progress.” It avus published in 1678,
six years after John Bunynn was released from prison in
Bedford, where he Avroto his masterpiece. There are only
three other copies of this edition knoAvn, and of these one
is imperfect._._
Peoplo who are fond of variety may ho glad to leara
that “ the number of different hands which any single [or
marriod] player at Avhist may obtain from a puck of fifty-
two cards, Avithout ever repeating tho sumo combination
of cards, is 63o,0U3,559,G00”; and peoplo Avho doubt
this statement, and in A\ r hom is the spirit of the late Mr.
Babbage, or of “ tho Calculating Boy,” may be recom¬
mended to verify it for themselves.
A certain man, having listened until bo was weary
to a certain eloquent exponent of “ women’s rights,” avos
heard to say afterwards: “ Well, I know that was
Latin for Law, so I suppose Jex is Latin for Jaw. It
is not everybody Avho Avill understand this “goak, as
Artemus Ward Avrote tho word; but it is not a bad
“ goak,” if received with understanding.
NOY. 1, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
411
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
An amiable friend of mine was once so good us to remark to
another amiable friend (may their shadows never be Jess!) that
my delight in these “Echoes” was to “get among a lot of
old books” (thus did he elegantly put it), and indite concern¬
ing those ancient tomes matter about which nobody cured a
halfpenny. That may be. Thought is free; and there is a
gold as well as a silver side to every shield. But, for once in a
way, I have mudo some atonement for getting among the lot
of old books and writing things concerning them for which
nobody cares a halfpenny by the perusal of some braud
new books, about which, I should say, the rending world
will care a good deal. Yes; I have been reading new
books this week until my eyes have ached ; reading early iu
the morning and lute at night; and, in defiance of peptic
precepts, reading at meal-times likewise. Item, Lord Malmes¬
bury’s “Autobiography”; item, “ Thomas Carlyle: a History
of his Life in London, 1831-81” (Longmans’); item, “The
Correspondence and Diaries of the lute Light Hon. John Wilson
Croker, F.U.8., Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 to 1830 ”
(3 vols., John Murray).
These are the “ Croker Papers ” for which polite society
lias been waiting so eagerly and bo long. Sir. Croker died
iu 1857; thus a respectable length of time has beeu allowed
to elapse before the publication of the revelations of the
quondam editor of the Quarterly. The diaries and corre¬
spondence ore edited by Mr. Louis J. Jennings, author of
“ Republican Government in the United States,” and whilom
editor of the Jfeto York Times. This accomplished publicist
lms, in a temperately written introduction and an nble
running commentary on the leading incidents of his hero’s
career, done his best to whitewash the memory of Croker.
lie has succeeded better, perhaps, than Mr. Forsyth succeeded
in whitewashing Sir Hudson Lowe (of whom J. W. C., by-the-
wuy, had no very great opinion).
Mucaulay hated Croker, and vilified him. Lord Beaconsfield
disliked him, and lampooned him, as Mr. lUgby,in“Coningsby.”
Thackeray both disliked and despised him, and bus drawn a
despicable picture of him in the Mr. Wcnham of “ Vanity
Fair.” Mies Mnrtineau had a strong aversion to him ; Lady
Morgan, Leigh Hunt, Huzlitt, of course, had no love for the
trenchant editor of the Quarterly, lie was, it may bo hinted,
violently abused for writing a good many articles of which he
had not penned one line, in Mr. Jennings’ volumes we see
quite another John Wilson Croker—a cheery, sympathetic,
kindly-hearted man, eminently upright and incorruptible ;
a place-man, but no jobber; “ in private life free from
bltuue or reproach, devoted to his home, overshadowed as it
was by the death of his only sou; deeply attached to liis
kinsfolk, and never turning a deaf ear either to friends or
strangers who came to him for help, and could prove that they'
deserved it.”
He was the trusted friend of George IV., of Canning, of the
great Duke of Wellington, of the second Sir Robert I’eel (with
whom he eventually, for political reosous, broke), uud of Sir
Walter Scott. Ho was kind to Theodore Hook: lent him
money and got him out of prison. He was kind to Thomas
Mooru (who used him rather ungratefully). He obtained from
Peel a Civil List pension for Mrs. Somerville; uud successfully
besought pecuniary succour for Dr. Muginn—speaking, how¬
ever, of that distinguished Conservative journalist iu cruelly
contumelious terms. He was mainly instrumental in per¬
suading Parliament to purchase the Elgin Marbles for the use
of the nation; ho was anxious to bring Cleopatra’s Needle to
London ; he tried to give that which he questionably thought to
be good advice to Haydon the painter ; and he was, through¬
out his long and militant life, savagely, vindictively',
shamefully unjust to Napoleon the Great, whom he vitupera
while living and traduced when dead.
As a proof of the cowardly and unmanly tnan'W'Ti
which lie could speak of a fallen foe, I quote the^follotving
(voL i. p. 89), from a letter from Croker to Peel, dated Aug. X,
I 816 i—
George Coekburn ia come back in good health and spirits : hq give* us vo
hn/iee of Jluou'i/Kirlt'n dying. He cats, he says, enormously; but hfr drinks
little, takes regular exercise, and in is all respects so y^y.carcfol of his
&ircu.-« that he may live twenty years./ Coekburu and ho parted bnd
friends; but I believe ho wishes ho had (.'ivekbum back again; for Sir
Hudson Lowe is as strict as Cockbum, without any of Tiiidhyliness and
little of liis activity and talents. I think Buonaparte must feel, himself like
Don Juan, Ute-b-Ule avegla statue du Ggihtiiaiulenr,
Every line here quoted is disgraceful to Croker, both ns a
politician and ns a man. “ He givcSi^ 110 W^cs of Buonn-
parto’8 dying” induces tho inference that the British
Government deliberately sent 'Nnpoleon to St. Helena in the
hope that the climate wpukLkill liiufx Observe that when
Croker expressed to Peel-hia disjippoiitiment that Napoleon
was not moribund, the Exile of Longwood had barely been
twelve months in captivity. The statement about his eating
enormously isP&gjfty false; lie was invariably ns temperate
in eating us lit} Was in drinking. That Croker’s chagrin
My dear Sir,—I hod forwarded to Mr. Klwin your notes containing your
resignation and your subsequent rider to it, and have delayed answering
the Litter until I should hear from him, which I havo done to-day.
Ho and I are quite of one mind with regard to the value of your con¬
tributions to the Quarterly Review ; but we havo also come to an unanimous
decision which it is necessary to import to you in referenoe to the subject of
King Joseph’s Memoirs, which you have chosen,—that the Quarterly Review
shall on no account give admission to abuse, of I Amis Napoleon directly, nor to
indirect attacks conveyed in condemnation of the first Emperor :
The italics are mine. Bravo, John Murray! Bravo, Mr. Elwin
(a worthy gentleman: 1 have met him at John Forster’s)! And
three cheers for Nemesis!
For the rest, the “ Croker Papers” frequently exhibit their
author in a really amiable light. He had “Boney” on the
brain, and could not help being frantically malignant towards
him. There is n good deni of hard reading which the ladies
may not find very interesting, in the three volumes; but this
is relieved by a multitude of good stories, as a rule brilliantly
told. There is a most terrible picture (drawn by George IV.)
of the death-bed of Sheridan, which will provoko controversy,
and on which I therefore abstain from enlarging. The Iron
Duke comes out splendidly iu his conversations with Croker ;
and wo have the pleasantest glimpses of young Mr. Robert
Peel, nlmost a dandy and frequently a wag. George IV., too,
in public and private life, is conspicuous, and very agreeably
so. His Majesty is made to tell some capital anecdotes,
among which the following may be cited os a sufficiently racy
(and not scandal-mongcring) specimen :—
The Harringtons havo u passion for lea-drinking. Whether it bo taste
or fnsonity, I cannot say; but the drinking of tea in that house was most
extraordinary. It began, naturally enough, at breakfast; but it extended
very unnaturally through the wholo day and night. I havo seen them
drink tea just before dinner. I have even seen them ilriuk tea after supper,
nnd the wholo family, old und young, were possessed with this slip-slop /
propensity.
As yet, I havo not come across, in the “ Croker Papers,” any
notice of Charles Dickens, whose name, oven, does not occur irF
the index to the three volumes. Of course I am lookutg
the singularly uufortunute prediction, long attributed to J.W^
Croker, that “ Bo/, liud gone up like a rocket, and
down like the stick.” Thomas Carlyle, to judge
nnces which 1 have come upon in his “ Life iu Lorn
to have held anything but an exalted opinion of t
novelist. The Sage of Chelsea considered “
“ trash.” To be sure, he was not an infal
merits of novelists, classing, ns he did, the powerful
and profligate melodramatic romaneier, E
subtly analytical and philosophical
Mystdres de Paris” and “La G
Errant” and the “Peau de Cha
Jack the Painter!
Carlyle’s word-pictu
grand dinner party
little fellow, Boz, I
brows that he arches
loose mouth: a fat-
shuttles about—cyeb;
manner while speak
common-coloured hu
silky brown)
small, und
wick. For
seems to gue.
The Sage, howe
without u slight
gori
to the
coarse
th the
“ Lcs
‘ Le Juif
abalus nnd
as ho met him at a
nutured. “ He is a fine
intelligent eyes; eye-
ge, protrusivo, rather
no mobility, which he
d all—in a very singular
this with a loose coil of
reality, n most beautiful
small compact figure, very
prsny rather than well—this is Pick-
t, shrewd-lookiug little fellow, who
what ho is, and what others are.”
liable, more *w, to dismiss Pickwick
at the npriiwe
momentary ini
year, to tinK/
Louis X
fftther
v a
Boi
any imilujs
to Can til
ou the
Wellington.
[“akin
clmr;
heulth of tlie"illustrious prisoner was no
' owyby hi* writing, Inter in the same
e medical adviser aud nurse of
u of St. Helena is pretty well—or
tcrll." Humane liyeemi! Of course,
.lively. And I may hint to the anti-
ho will surely write to me that I have not by
rgotten that Napoleon, in his will, left a legacy
io sub-officer who was tried aud acquitted
of attempting to assassinate the Duke of
But Nemesis overtook the ferocious politician who was
so sorry that his enemy was not at the point of death.
On April 21, 1864 (vol. iii. p. 313), Mr. John Murray writes
from Albemorle-street to Mr. Croker, then iiu old gentleman
considerably past seventy:
milder.” The dinner was a very
one, at Lord Holland’s; nnd among the company nt
in thosdrawing-roora afterwards were Lords Nor-
owue, Morpeth, “French ” Guizot, the Queen
rwards Duchess of Somerset), &c. “Nay,
was of the same dinner party, thauyh they do not
d him overmuch." It strikes me that about the year
intles Dickens was being tremendously lionised in
ondousociety, and that the aristocracy “heeded" him very
nvucli indeed. But opinions—as I luivo already remarked—
r. The elder Mr. Dombey found Paris cold and dull.
“Lady Holland” the Sage depicts os “a brown-skinned,
silent, snd, concentrated, proud old dame,” with something of
a falcon’s face, and showing much of the white of her eye.
Good. When I was last in town I found ou my hall-table tho
just-published (Ninimo) and sumptuously-embellished edition
de luxe of the “Characters of Jean de Lnbruyt-re,” a new
English translation by Mr. Henri Van Latin. 1 shall have
something to say about that notable volume next week;
but cannot Mr. Froude or Messrs. Longmans see their way
towards bringing out n companion volume to Mr. Ilenri Vuu
Laun’s, entitled “The Portraits of Thomas Carlyle: ” each of
his terse word-pictures to bo illustrated by a portrait of tho
original, say by Mr. Hubert Herkomer and Mr. Janies
Whistler?
Lady Holland would do excellently well to begin with.
Then Adolphe Thiers, “talking immense quantities of watery-
enough vain matter—a lively little Provencal figure, not
dislikcuble, very far from estimable in any sense ”; then
I’rospore Merimee, “a wooden pedant, not without concise¬
ness ” ; then Cardinal Newman, “ destitute of the intellect of
a moderately sized rabbit”; John Keble (of the “ Christian
Yeur”), “a little ape”; Bishop Wilberforce, “shifty and
cunning”; Margaret Fuller, “a strange, lilting, lean old
maid, not nearly such a bore ns I expected”; Harriet Mar-
tineau, “ broken into utter weorisonieness, a mind reduced to
these three elements—Imbecility, Dogmatism, and Unlimited
Hope”; Macaulay, “u Niagara of eloquent, commonplace
talk. . . . essentially irremediable, commonplace nature; all
that was iu him now gone to the tongue; a squat, thickset,
low-browed, short, grizzled little man of fifty ” ; Charles
Babbage (of the calculating-machine, and who so lmted organ-
grinders), “ eminently unpleasant, with his frog mouth and
viper eyes, with his hide-bound, wooden irony, and theacridest
egotism looking through it.” “Odds fish ! ” as Nell Gwynne
once exclaimed, mimicking King Charles II. to liis Royal face:
into what queer company has Thomas Carlyle introduced us !
Aud to think that we poor, ignorant, benighted Philistines
should have been in the habit of admiring, und looking up to,
and revering, the famous men and women of whom he speaks
as though they had beeu so many black-beetles !
From all this, however, there is thus much that is con¬
soling to be gathered. Sir H. Drummond Wolff bus been ia
tho dismaUeet of dumps and Lord Randolph Churchill in tho
hottest of wrath because the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain,
in the course of an unseemly squabble in tho Commons about
tho Aston Park riot, spoke disdainfully of Sir Ileury as Lord
Randolph's “jackal.” Now, noble and honourable gents,
just think of the names which Thomas Carlyle applied lo
people more famous than ever you are likely to be. llow
would you relish being likphejUto. upes, frogs, vipers, ami
“moderately sized rabbits r/r Mr. Chamberlain, however,
seems to have been wrong' inRio nLsjteaking even figura¬
tively of his opponent ^3/tr-tH&cjSttl.” He should have said
“lion's provider,” iqsqciid. Never' call a foe a “laughing
unpar dun ably rude. But you might,
La bird knowu to naturalists us
shocking to call un adversary
will do just ns well. Literu-
nd, aftei) many years’ experience, is but a
juld l better my condition by setting up an
'[embers of Parliament tho Art of
jithets in a Polite Form ?
goose.” That would
without much often
anser albifrona. I
a “ wild ass”
ture, I regret tl
poor trade. SR
Academy
Appl
“ Sir,”\writes “AV. F. ” (Inniskillen), “I do not think
flannel underclothing should bo washed. I never wash mine.”
3 am sorry forttp^W. F.” May difference of opinion never niter
friendship; but we are as opposite poles asunder us regards the
virtues of soap anil water. There may be cases, of course, iu
whKh the washing of garments may be injurious and even
^-fatttl to health. When I was young, the soldiers of the Foot
(as did also the New Police) wore white trousers
throughout the summer. I remember, when 1 was a very
''small child, living in a tall old London house (in or near North
^Amlloy-street, I think), the back windows of which com¬
manded n distant view of the now long-disestablished Portman-
street barracks. I can see, now, long lines of tho gallant
guardsmen’s white trousers hanging up to dry in the side-yard
of the burrueks. My nurse used to tell me that these trousers
were washed, customarily, once a week; but they were damped
aud thoroughly pipe-clayed (for the sake of making a fine
show ou parade) every morning. The consequence must have
been that the garments could never have been properly dried.
What seeds of rheumatism and consumption may havo
been sown among the brave fellows by these pipe-clayed
galligaskins !
Mem. : The gallant guardsmen used on Sundays to attend
old Quebec-strect chapel. Their thunderous psalmody rings
in my ears as 1 write. What big, strong, serious-looking men
they wore to be sure; large-whiskered, shnveu-chiuned— dcs
bons bourgeois , us Erckmaim-Chatriun have described them at
Waterloo. You would see privates of forty and five-uud-
forty, and grey-headed sergeants of fifty and upwards in the
days of which I speak.
Tho American Exhibition. That is, the display of Arts,
Manufactures, Products, and Resources of the United States,
which promises to be among the most brilliant attractions of
the London season of 1880, “ precisely one hundred and ono
years since John Adams, tho first Minister of tho United
States who came on a friendly mission to Great Britain, pre¬
sented his credentials to George III.”
And what, the unthinking may nsk, will be the principal
items In the American Exhibition ? dame (excellent edibles,
clams: I have had many long, letters about them), soft-shell
crabs, leviathan oysters, terrapins, corn-cobs, sewing-
machines, clothes-wringers, india-rubber over-shoes, wooden
hams and nutmegs, buck-wheat cakes, pumpkin pies, watches
made by machinery, elevated railways, rocking-chairs, braudy-
sinashea, egg-noggs, mint-juleps and cocktails, porter-house
steaks, Saratoga trunks, Californian gold nuggets, petroleum,
pork nnd beaus. Bourbon and Ola Rye whisky, Catawba
champagne, Drake’s Plantation Bitters, cotton-gins, maple-
syrup, molasses candy, the Night-Blooming Cereus, and
the Scent, of a Thousand Flowers? Avaunt; envious and
invidious Britisher ! There are more things from Maine to St.
Paul’s, Minnesota, and between Cotumunipaw und the Seal
Rock at the Golden Gate, than are dreamt of in your bovine
philosophy. Tho American Exhibition should be a singularly
interesting nnd comprehensive display, und should teach mul¬
titudes of untravelled English people much of a reully sur¬
prising nature touching the art, the industry, and the resources
of the Great Republic.
Mem.: Among the features of the Exhibition will be an
American theatre, in which performances will be given by
American artists, nnd by “the negro singers who keep ulive
the reminiscences of plantation life and minstrelsy.”
Long nnd painful experience of the press has confirmed me
in the belief that metal types, although technically composed
of so much inanimate lend, antimony, mid tin, are, albeit
inarticulate, sentient and thinking entities, und that they are
endowed with a bitter hatred of all human kind, especially
of authors nnd editors. My idea is that these types, resenting
the outrage of continued distribution and re-distribution with¬
out enfranchisement, aud of being “ set-up ” when they want
to lie down, to say nothing of their being locked up in
“formes ” when they wish to go free, conspire among them¬
selves to form unholy combinations, and thus to bring about
the shocking disasters known as misprints.
But I must acquit the types of having conspired against
me in the,matter of a recent curious slip of the peu to
the effect that tho first bride who was married ut the
new English Church at Moscow was presented by tho
churchwarden with a “ Beautiful new Bridle.” To my
horror I subsequently found that I should have written that
the Moscow Beatrice had been presented with “ a beautiful
new Bible”! Tho drollest thing in connection with this
preposterous blunder is that at least half a dozen of my
correspondents see nothing at all strange in it. “ T. S.”
(Deptford) writes as follows:—
There is in the venerable church of Wulton-on-Thamoa n “Gosop’s
Bridle”—a curious instrument presented by a person of the name of
Chester. It. was intended to be worn us a punishment by the fair sex whom
tongues had engendered mischief. . . . It boars this inscription : " Ch. 4 r
presents Walton with a bridle to eurb women’s tongues that talk too idle. -
181.1." The presentation is said to have been duo to tho cl rcunn-turn*- of tho
person whose name it bears having lost a valuable estate through tlio
Instrumentality of a gossiping woman.
G. A. 8.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 1, 1*84.-412
MAJOR KITCHENER,
ON SPECIAL BEK VICE IN THE NOV DAN
TIIE LATE MAJOR SHERRAHD.
DIED IN EGYPT.
appears likely to have been Colonel Stewart. Tie, however,
would certaiuly have refused to abandon the boats. Three
Europeans are stated to have been put to death. The steamer
was armed with one gun, and had ammunition and rifles,
which have been seen at the wreck.
The expedition of Lord Wolseley, so far, has been chiefly
a matter of transport; and it is at Assiout, says a corre¬
spondent, “ that one begins to realise the magnitude of this
undertaking by seeing the miles of trucks standing there laden
with all manner of stores. If you watch only for half an hour
the coolies unloading and reloading at the riverside, ucoom-
C ying themselves all the time with their monotonous, tune-
repetition of about four words, without which they seem
unable ever to work at all, you cannot fail to wonder what is
to become of such a vast quantity of food.” Mr. Cook has the
superintendence of the whole transport, and is responsible for
the safe conveyance of the boats and supplies up to Samis. Tho
former, painted white, are packed in a framework of three tiers
on barges, each tier carrying ten boats, the whole protected from
the sun by matting. One steamer tows two barges and carries
itself thirty boats, so that there are ninety in each shipment. At
Assouan the boats are placed on the river and towed in strings
up to Sarras, where it is expected the troops will embark in
them and sail or row to Dongola. There appears to be no
regular contract drawn out between the Government and Mr.
Cook, except that he is to receive £40 for each sailing-barge
spondeuts, of the difficult operation of getting steam-boats up
the Second Cataract of the S T ile, above Wady Haifa; the per¬
sonal movements of Lord Wolseley and his Staff when in the
neighbourhood of the First Cataract, and among the famous
ruined Temples of Phil®; and other incidents of the pre¬
liminary bustle pertaining to the British military expedition.
The portrait of Major Kitchener, the very active and energetic
officer who is employed in the Soudan to gain intelligence of
the conduct and intentions of the Arab tribes, and to conduct
negotiations with their chiefs, is also placed before our
readers, and likewise that of Major Sherrnrd, the first
officer connected with this expedition whose life has been
lost, dying of fever at Assouan on Sept. 9. We leam this
week that, on Saturday last, the first of the small rowing-
boats, sent out from England for the conveyance of Lord
Wolseley’s troops up the river, was hauled up through the
torrent of the great cataract. No appliances whatever were
used except its own gear and some short towing-ropes. 'The
operation occupied a quarter of an hour, and was more suc¬
cessful than even the most sanguine officers had expected.
The second boat was hauled up by means of Captain ITammill’s
cleverly-arranged tackles. This was done even more rapidly
and safely. Fourteen other boats were taken round by
CHINESE PICTORIAL VERSION OF THE CONFLICT AT FOO-CHOW: REPUL8E OF THE FRENCH GUN-BOATS.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON .NEWS, Nov. 1, 1884.—413
LORD WOLSELEY’S YACHT AT THE HEAD OF THE FIRST CATARACT.
414
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 1, 1884
ANNO DOMINI, by EDWIN LONG,
A rr**t Work U NOW OX VIKW. W< U>*r with otlior Import
OAI.I.KllIEfi, Put. New lioiul-fltreet. TeutoSIl. AilraiMlon.lt.
T
carrying stores to the base, and various sums for the dif¬
ferent .steamers employed, according to their size. The
estimate of the total coat of this is half a million, and is the
largest tender ever accepted by the Wur Office. Large coaling
depots have been established at different points along the banks,
an agreement being made that Mr. Cook is to be indemnified in
the event of the coal not being required for the expedition. It
has run short lately at Assiout, uud prevented the steamers
starting for some days, but they are goiug again now. There
has been some misunderstanding, Mr. Cook not holding
himself responsible for the gear belonging to the row-boats.
Consequently, it has been removed in some cases from the
boats and conveyed separately, which causes much confusiou at
Assiout and delay in getting it dist ributed to the different boats
to which it belongs. With little exaggeration, there is almost
a procession of barges under sail, carrying sacks of all kinds
of provisions. It is quite certain that without Mr. Cook’s
co-operation the expedition by the Nile would never have
been curried out. Me expects that the first batch of 400
rowing-boats will have been placed at Wady Haifa by the
end of this week, and the whole of them, to the number of 800,
by the end of next week; the lust hundred were forwarded
from Assiout on Saturday last.
Wo have to thank Mr. H. S. Heard, special correspondent
of the Maili/ Newt, for the sketch of Lord Wolseley and his
staff, Sir ltedvers Buller, Colonel Swaine, Colonel Brnckeu-
bury, and Lieutenant Childers, on the ‘2nd inst., standing
upon the roof of one of the temple buildings at Phil®, and
looking up the Nile towards the First Cataract; also for a
sketch of Lord Wolseley's small 6tenm-yacht -waiting at the
upper end of the Cataract, which has already been des¬
cribed. From Lieutenant Rudolph De Lisle, R.N., who
has been employed several weeks at the Second Cataract
in hauling up tho Nussif-Kheir and other steam-boats,
we imve received many sketches, some of which appeared*
in our recent publications, and to these are now added
the 6ix engraved for our front page this week. One of ... .
the most striking represents an officer apparently, in the
perilous act of crossing a branch ox the stream, auovo me ruiira*n Dnawing-ruoin v
raging rapid, by a rope to which lie clings with hands and
feet, intending to get to the opposite rock, where a comrade is
already posted, and there to catch a hawser which will be
thrown from the steam-bout, to ussist in guiding her passage.
The upper Engraving shows the final and successful attempt
to get the steamer through the “ sec ond gate ” of these rapids.
A portrait of the boatswain, .Mr. Webber, appears in the left-
hand comer. On the day after this arduous and satisfactory
performance, Lieutenant Alfred l’igott, lt.N., an officer of the
Cataract party, seems to be “oil duty,” having well earned a
MARRIAGE.
On the 23rd ult., at Westminster Chapel, London, by the'Rev. William
JackBon (Bournemouth), Phi ip Lancaster Brocklchunjt, of bwythamley
Park, Staffordshire, to Annie Lee, elder daughter of the late buiuuel
Dewhurat Southfield, ll&ndforth, Cheshire.
DEATH.
On tho 21th ult, at his residenoe, Aiskew House, Bedale, Yorkshire, tho
Re». lUehard Anderson. M. A., son of tho lat« John Anderson, Eaq., of
Swinithwaito Hall, Wensleydale, aged 93.
V The charge Jor the insertion of Birtht, Starriagee, and Deaths, it
Juve Shillings for each announcement.
’HE VALE OF TEARS.—DORA’S Last Great PICTURE,
_ eoinptsUd a tew <l» r . More ludM.NOW ou VIEW at U.o UOR E GALLERY,
Ki.NewUoaU-strc4.-t. witu lilt other great picture*, leu to Six Dally. I*.
THE PRINCE’S THEATRE, Coventry-street, W.
S. LIGHTED BY ELECTRICITY. Proprietor sn.
EVERY EVENING.ataUnartor to EI*I>t. th* PI
called SIX AND KIGMTI’ENl'K.
K rgtnri.ni lu Twenty Minutes,
ijjht, a New Play, written t>y
l Carr, entitled CALLED BACK, adapted frum Mr.
Hush Conway's very tuecrs.rul .tory of that name. For cast see dally paper;. New
scenery and costume*. Door* Open at !I»lt-n.st Seven. 0«Tl *XM*tK 1 r r «i. Nofees.
Bux-Offir* open dally from illeicu to Five. MAT IN LI. of CALLED HACK,
SATURDAY, NOV. K. it 2J0.___
8T. JAMES’S HALL, PICCADILLY.
TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS OF
T HE MOORE AND BURGESS MINSTRELS’
NEW PROGRAMME. All Uie new songs nnd all the new and screaming
comic sketches received with the greutet enthusiasm by houses crowded to repletion.
. - • aedlan, Mr.G. W. MOORE.
ANGUS
Doors open for Day Performance at 3 JO: lor wigut arcto at /..wi. uiimiimece nm
direct from the Exhibition to the door* of St. James's HaU. Price* of Admission:
ls..2s.,3s..*udh*. No fees.
SEASON.
T
HE BRIGHTON
Art Loan Exhibition at Roral Pevlllon open every week-day
Frequent Traiua frum Victoria and Ix>ndon Bridge.
Also Train* In connection frnn Kensington. Chelscu. Ac.
Return Ticket*. London to lirlKlitoa, available for eiclit days.
.. 0h Hates, i
Available to travel by
. ,,i-...g-.vwM. ...... ___ Ictorla and Brighton.
Through BooVlug* to Brighton from principal station* ou tlio Railways In the
Nortlieru and Midland District*._ I
IIRIGHTON EVERY WEEK-DAY (except Brighton
.1 J Race Days. Oct. SX an-l 'hi).—A First Clast Cheap Train from Victoria. 10 a m.
Retu n Tickets 14*. 6d.. including Pullman Car; avalUblo to trturu liy. the
Day Ketu n Ticker* 14*. «d.. including ruiimau par;
Ait p.m. Pullman Exprrt*-Traiu, or by any Utcr Timlu.
Diitted on tho Upper Nile at this season, are grievously dis¬
turbed by the plague of noxious insects; and our clever
Correspondent himself, while occupied iu drawing his sketches,
has to suffer a painful amount of molestation.
Our Special Artist, Mr. Mellon Prior, has supplied us with
a batch of interesting Sketches, which are being engraved for
our publication next week.
Major H. H. Kitchener, R.E., whose name lms so fre¬
quently been given as the able informant of the War Office
concerning tho situation of affairs on tho Nile between
Dongola and Berber, was bom June 20, 1850, received Lia first
commission iu the Royal Engineers Jan. 4, 1871, and was pro¬
moted to the rank of Captain on Jan. 4, 1883. Jie was en¬
gaged iu 1877, for the Palestine Exploration Fund, iu com¬
pleting tho topographical survey of Western Palestine,
previously conducted by Major Claude It. Couder, 11.K.,
and thirteen hundred square miles of that survey were
executed by Major Kitchener. He has not yet received the
distinction of any medals or orders, but will have amply
deserved them, uud higher military or official preferment, by
liis presout work. The Portrait, which shows him in his
Egypliau cavalry uui.orm, is from a photograph by 0.
Schroefft, of Cairo.
Major J. 0. Sherrard, of the 2ud Battalion South Stafford¬
shire Regiment (formerly the 80th Regiment), whose death is
much laineuted by his comrades, entered the Army in 1868,
served in the Perak campaign against the Malays in 1876, and
in South Africa in 1878 and 1879, leading the left attack
ugainat Secocoeui, in the Transvaal, under Lord Wolseley’s
command; mid, in the column under Colouel Rowland on tho
Swazi border, he was Acting-Adjutant of liis regiment. He,
served in the Zulu War, and was
for which campaign lie received the
specially mentioned in the despatches,
for service iu the F °
it, was promoted
regiment then at' _ _ _
tlie Nile, but lms not been spared to have a share in the active
operations. The Portrait is from u photograph by H. 8.
Mendelssohn, of South Kensington.
Brighton, returning fr«>ra Brighton by tlio x.40 ii.in. Train. 8|>ccl»t Cacao Fare from
Victoria, I ncluding 1'ullinauCar, 14*.■ av aila ble by thuee Train , only. \ _
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D SATURDAY. Oliean First Class Train* from ViclorU nt 10.» Mill .11.40 s.m..
railing at CUpham Ju ncUou. auJ frum London Rrlilgs at V.aoajn. ami I4.0p.iu.,
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and the Rural ravlliuu. ^
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Powerful ruddle St«uii*r*. with excellent Ac. 'I ruin* run *loiiff*f<le
* l **hOCTH N OF' kBANCE^'iTKi'.Y. 8WITZKRl.A.VD./*o —Tourists' TIckeU an
Issued, enabling tho bolder to visit all the principal -
rriCKETS and eveiy information at Brighton Company’s
JL West-End General Office*. W, ID fcnfodrciM, riccndlllv. aad Grand Hotel Hu I ld-
Ing; Bar's Agency, Comblllt CoOk'*. Lu.Ijrate-Clrous Office: al
London BridgeSUtloui. t By «rd«r) JVF . Ksight.
■Do at Victoria und
Geucral Mamiger.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON ALMANACK.
Now Ready.
The Illustrated London Almanack for 1885, containing Six
Coloured Picture^ by F,D*Neck,'P. II. Paw/, and G. 0. Harrison,
inclosed in a BaiulifullgColourcd Wrapper, printed by Leighton
Brothers' Chromatic Process; Twenty-four Fine-Art Engravings;
Astronomical Occurrences, with Explanatory Notes ; and a great
variety of Useful Information for reference throughout the Year,
is published al the Office efthe" Illustrated London News."
Tost-Office Ofde^s, payable to Ingram Brothers.
Price One Shilling ; Postage, Twopence-Halfpenny.
CHINESE VICTORY AT FOO-CIIOW.
It had been generally supposed, from the accounts which have
reached Europe, that the guii-boats of the French naval
squadron in the Min River bombarded the Foo-Cliow Arsenal
uud the adjneeut forts, drivingsout their garrison with little
difficulty, and sinking all ijie Chinese junks. But a
Chinese Special Artist, in the sheet from which we have
copied this Engraving, represents a very different scene,
the valiant defenders of the place pouring forth a ter¬
rible caunonade and fusillade, sending a Trench vessel
to tho bottom, while multitudes 0f\ the enemy are
drowned or shot, the fire of the batteries apd troops ou shore
being assisted by that oL-a-CUinese fdree afloat on tho river.
In the aerial region abdyej-tUp Chinese'Governor condemns
prisoners to death. Contemporary history, at least in that
region of Eastern Asiii/ secius liable to a considerable degree
of variation, according to the point of view occupied by its
reporters and dhroniders; nnd we should not be surprised to
learn, from some Chinese book, that the allied British and
French armies were oiiee utterly defeated aud destroyed in
marching towards the City of JPekin.
Mr. Ruskin, as Slade Professor of Fine Arts in the
University of i)xford, _gave Inst Saturday the second of his
lectures oti the ” I’leasures of England," in the theatre of the
luiw "University Museum, which was again densely crowded.
'Tho eleventh annual Polo and United Counties Hunt
Fancy-Dress Ball is arranged to take place at the Royal
Pavilion, Brighton, ou Thursday, the 20th inst. A numerous
list of lady patronesses aud stewards has been secured.
Tuesday’s Oaselte announces that the Queen has appointed
the Right Hon. the Earl of Dufferin, K.P., G.C B., G.C.M.G.,
to be Governor-General of India. His Lordship, who will
take liis departure for India ou tho 12th inst., has taken
reception-rooms aud offices at Brown’s Hotel, Dover-street,
where he will transact urgent business prior to leaving for
Calcutta to enter upon his duties as Governor-General of
India, in the room of the Marquis of Ripou.
TTKAT.T n EXHIBITION AWARDS.
The Health Exliibition, after a brilliant career, has been
a w A* a uauva v»* »
or classes take more than one award. In this case they take
but one medal, aud receive certificates of tho other awards
jiiade them. The total number of gold medals awarded is 278,
of which 242 will be presented. Silver medals are awarded to
the number of 572, aud bronze medals to the number of 070:
but as some gained in more than one class, the actual uumber
of medals to be distributed is 526 silver and 594 bronze. To
foreign Governments aud departments, municipalities, nnd
corporations, 187 diplomas of honour will be presented ; aud to
contributors of literature bearing on the objects of the exhi¬
bition 110 special certificates of thunks. The Society of Arts
present eleven medals. To Monday night the uumber of
visitors to tho Health Exhibition had exceeded 4,000,000. 'Die
Morning Post says that the expenditure incidental to the Inter¬
national Health Exhibition has been very considerable, but 60
far as can be ascertained at present the surplus will be about
£30,000. _
Under the auspices of the London Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children, tho Lord Mayor on Monday opened a
shelter for children at Harpur-street, Holbom. The Baroness
Burdett-Coutts expreesedher sense of the importance of the work.
On Monday the honour of knighthood was conferred by
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland upon Mr. Samuel Lee Ander¬
son, who for some years past has discharged the duties of his
father, Mr. Mathew Anderson, Crown Solicitor for Dublin.
Sir Samuel Anderson retains the office of Crown Solicitor for
the counties of Kilkenny and Waterford.
Presentations were made on Monday evening to Police-
Constubles Chamberlain and Miller, of the N Division, in
recognition of the courage displayed by them in attempting to
arrest, at midnight on June 25, in Park-street, Islington, the
armed burglars Wright and Wheatley, now iu penul servitude.
Chamberlain was presented with au illuminated address and
£140, and Miller a similar address aud a purse of £35.
Several disasters to shipping are reported to have occurred
during Sunday’s gale. The most serious was the wreck of the
Little Beck at the entrance of the Channel to Rotterdam, by
which fourteen lives were lost.—Several gales were again
reported in the middle of the week from all parts of tho
country, attended by a heavy rainfall, which has been of great
service’in replenishing the exhausted reservoirs in the north.
Around tho coast many accidents to shipping have occurred.
THE COURT.
The Queeu enjoys good health, and walks or drives daily. Her
Majesty went out yesterday week, attended by Lady South¬
ampton, and Princess Beatrice rode, attended by the lion.
Evelyn Moore. In the afternoon her Majesty, attended by
Lady Southampton, went out driving with the Countess of
Dufferin. The Duchess of Albany and Princess Beatrice also
drove out. The Earl and Countess of Dufferin had the
honour of being included in her Majesty's dinuer party. Last
Saturday morning the Queen went out, attended by Lady
Southampton, and. in the afternoon her Majesty drove with
Princess Beatrice and the Duchess of Albany to the Linn of
Mulch. The Eurl and Countess of Dufferin left the Castle,
after having taken leave of the Queeu, on their departure
for India. Divine service was conducted at Balmoral Castle
on Sunday morning, in presence of the Queen and the Royal
family. The Rev. A. Campbell officiated. The Queen and
Princess Beatrice will leave Balmoral about Nov. 21 for
Windsor, and will remain there until the departure of the
Court for Osborne for the .Christinas season. The Duchess of
Albany, who has been Residing for several weeks with the
Queen at Balmoral, left on Tuesday for London, accompanied
by her children. The'Queen aud Princess Beaarice accom¬
panied her Royal Highness to Ballater, driving buck to
Balmoral in the midst of one of the llercest gales that has been
felt iu the district for years. Mr. Trevelyan, accompanied by
the Right Hon. J./G. Dodson and Mr. 0. L. Peel, Clerk of the
Privy Council, arrived at Balmoral in the afternoon, having
travelled to Ballater in a special saloon carriage attached to
the mail. --——sy
The Prince and Princess of Woles nnd Princesses Louise,
Victoria, nnd Maud were present at Divine service at Marl¬
borough House on Sunday. Princess Louise, Marchioness of
Lorue, visited tho Prince and Princess and remained to
luncheon. Prince Waldemar of Denmark, brother of the
Princess, arrived nt Dover in the Danish sloop Fylla, from
Copenhagen, und left iu the afternoon for Marlborough House
on a visit to the Prince and Princess. The Prince and Princess
/mid Prince Waldemar visited the studio of Mr. Boehm and
Mr. Sydney P. Hall on Monday morning. Lord Suffleld hud
an in terview with the Trince of Wales on his return to Loudon
from attending tho funerals of the Landgrave of Hesse
and the Duke of Brunswick. On Tuesday liis Royal Highness
Was present at a meeting of the Royal Commission on the
Dwellings of the Poor. Further progress was made with the
consideration of the chairman’s report, and several paragraphs
were agreed to. The Duke of Cuuibridge visited the Prince
and Princess of Woles ou his return from Brunswick. His
Royal Highness, attended by Captain Stephenson, arrived
at Bubraliam Ilall in the evening, on n visit to Lord and
Lady Cndogan. Acting ou tho advice of the Duchy of
Cornwall authorities, the Triuce lms determined to lay out
in building-plots all his property at Roche, immediately
opposite l’adstow, on the north coast of Cornwall. 'Hie
property will be disposed of on such terms that every one de¬
sirous of building will be able to erect his house aud make it
his own freehold. _
FASHIONABLE MARRIAGES.
In the Wellington Barracks Chapel, last Saturday afternoon,
the lion. Heury Charles Legge, Adjutant 1st Battalion of the
Coldstream Uuurds, second son of the Earl and Countess of
Dartmouth, was married to the Hon. Amy Lambart, late Maid
of Honour to the Queen, eldest daughter of Mr. CJustavus W.
and Lady Fanny Lambart, of Beau Pure, county Meath. Prior
to Saturday there had never been a wedding iu the chapel.
Princess Christian, Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-
Weimar, and the nearest relatives of the contracting couple,
occupied the choir stalls on each side of the chancel, and that
part of the chapel was decorated with white flowers. The
centre aisle was lined with the non-commissioned officers of
the 1st Battalion of Coldstream Guards. The bridegroom
was attended by Sir. Horace Htopford as best man. The
six bridesmaids were Miss Cecil and Miss "\ iolet Lambart,
Bisters of tlie bride, Lady Georgians Legge, sister of the bride¬
groom, Lady Blanche Conyuglmm, Hun. Emily Orrnsby Gore,
and Miss Ponsonby. The bride wore a dress of rich white
duclicsse satin trimmed with crystal nnd orange-blossoms, and
lier jewels included a sapphire bracelet, tlie gift of her
Majesty; a tiara of diamond stars, the Countess of Dart¬
mouth’s present; a diamond necklace, the gift of the Earl of
Dartmouth; a sapphire and diamond bungle and diamond
Coldstream Guards’brooch, tlie bridegroom's presents. Tho
service was fully choral. Mr. Lambart gave liis daughter
away. The wedding presents were over three hundred in
number. The Queen presented the bride with a diamond and
sapphire bracelet, a valuuble Indian shawl, and some prints.
Her Majesty also graciously sent a bouquet arranged by her¬
self, and expressed a desire that tlie bride should take it with
heron leaving town. Princess Christian sent her a tea-service,
Princess Beatrice a diamond hasp-brooch, and tlie Duchess of
Albany ruby aud diumond pins. The presents sent by the
l’atshull tenantry consisted of a valuable silver bowl, two
cundelabra, and a diamond bracelet. The bride-cuke was
made by Messrs. Busznrd.
Major liavenhill, of tlie 85th Light Infantry, was married
on Tuesday morning to Miss Lacon, the eldest daughter of Sir
Edmund Lacon, Bart., M.P., at St. James’s, Piccadilly.
Owing to the wish of the contracting parties, the wedding was
of a strictly private nature, the bride being accompanied by
her father ouly. _
Captain William Henry Cuming has been awarded the
good-service pension of £150 a year, vice Captain J. W. East.
The number of live stock nnd the quantity of fresh meat
landed at the port of Liverpool during the past week from the
United States and Canada amounted to 1965 cattle, 1559 sheep,
7688 quarters of beef, aud 700 carcases of mutton.
Hyde Park was the scene on Sunday of u great demonstration
against the House of Lords. Contingents marched thither in
eight processions from different districts of the metropolis,
assembling in the Park late in the afternoon. Speeches—many
of them strongly denunciatory of the House of Lords—were
inode from nine platforms.
In London 2694 births nnd 1463 deaths were registered last
week. Allowing for increase of population, the births were
77, and the deaths 135, below the average numbers In the
corresponding weeks of the lust ten years. The deaths
included 15 from smallpox, 16 from measles, 22 from scarlet
fever, 22 from diphtheria, 12 from whooping cough, 12 from
enteric fever, and 27 from dysentery.
The following will be the route of the Lord Mayor’s
Procession on the 10th inst.From Guildhall-yard along
Greslium-strect, Prince’s-strcet, Mansion House-street, Queen
Victoria-street, Budge-row’, Cannon-street (Mansion House
Station), Queen Victoria-street, Queen-street, Olieapsld**,
Newgate-street, Holbom Viaduct, Charterhouse-street, l ar-
ringdou-street, Fleet-street, to the Royal Courts of Justice;
ana returning by way of Strand, Charing Cross, \\ liitelmll-
place, Thames Embankment, Queeu Victoria-street, Queen-
street, King-street, to Guildhall.
NOV. 1, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
415
THE PLAYHOUSES.
“ From information 1 have received,” the revival of "Romeo
ami Juliet” lit the Lyceum to-night, for the purpose of pre¬
senting one of the most beautiful women of our time in the
fascinating part of the heroine, will vie in grandeur and
novelty of scenic effect with 31 r. Irving’s memorable pro¬
duction of Sbakspeare’s incomparable love-story oil the sumo
stage. Miss Mary Anderson lias been greatly aided in the
adequate representation of “Romeo and Juliet” by the Hou.
Lewis Wingfield, who has designed the costumes. The charm¬
ing American actress has had a whole week in which to com¬
plete the elaborate arrangements, for which Mr. Henry E.
Abbey has given cart* blanche; and a most brilliant and allur¬
ing spectacle will, at least, bo realised when all the world and
his wife troop to the Lyceum this evening and for the rest of
the autumn season.
Oil the unimpeachable authority of the clubman who knows
everything and everybody, I also gather that the Avenue
Theatre, on the Victoria Embankment, is to be reopened next
Thursday with an exceptionally exciting drama in “ Just in
Time,” by Mr. F. C. Burnnnd. The remarkably strong com¬
pany engaged by Mr. George Wood for this new play com¬
prises Mr. John S. Clarke, Mr. William Farren, Mr. William
Kignold, Mr. Robert Soutar, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, and Miss
Eva Sothern, the pretty young daughter of “Lord Dundreary.”
The handsome theatre built on the site of the Islington
Philharmonic, and christened the Graud, has secured in Mr.
George Darrell’s Anglo-Australian drama of “The Sunny
South” a sensational piece as stimulating as could be de¬
sired. “ The Sunny South ” may be an El Dorado eminently
deserving that inviting appellation, and I may avow I have
certain personal reasons for sincerely wishing “ The Sunny
South ” to be as sunshiny and golden, as the title
implies; but it must be confessed the drnmatic per¬
sonages enlisted under the banner of Mr. Darrell have,
iu the play, to wait until a considerable number of
dense, tnnndcr-ladcn clouds have “ rolled by, Jenny,”
before Vice is punished and Virtue rewarded in “ The Sunny
South ” in North Loudon. Opening at an English country
house, where the free-and-easy Australian hero comes to the
rescue of a Mr. aud Miss Chester from the hands of an ad¬
venturer, “The Bunny South” next presents the audience
with a series of stirring Australian situations, comprising the
rejoicings at the discovery of a huge nugget valued
at £7000, and the bold but frustrated attempt of a
gang of Bushrangers to carry the prize off from
the bank; followed by the villain’s abduction of a
girl known as “ Babs Berkeley,” the hero’s rescue of his
lady-love from a burning log-hut after he had been tied to a
tree and fired at; and crowned by a final light, in which the
Bushrangers are at length settled as they richly deserve to be,
seeing that their last plot has been to upset a train on the
Zigzag Railway, aud murder the passengers. It will bo
admitted that there is plenty of sensation, mid to spare, iu
“The Sunny South,” which is vigorously enacted by Mr.
Darrell ns Matt Morley, by Mr. II. M. Clifford as the Bush¬
ranger Dick Duggau, and by Miss Alice Raynor, Mr. Wilmot
Eyre, and other members of a very numerous company.
G. A. S.
lias organised four concerts of classical chamber music, to be
given at the High gate Literary aud Scientific Institution.
The names of Mr. Betjemanu's coadjutors and the arrange¬
ments announced give promise of performances of sterling
interest, that should meet ready appreciation in the locale
selected. The first concert was announced for last Thursday.
Her Majesty’s Theatre is to open on Nov. 4, under the
direction of Mr. Samuel Hayes, for a series of performances
of operas In Italian, at greatly reduced prices. The list of
engagements includes the names of Mdlle. Bianca Douadio,
Mdllo. Arnoldson (both first appearances), Millies. Albu,
Desvignes, Lebrun, Franchi, and Belloeca, and Signori
Frapolli, Padilla, Castelmnry, Zoboli, and Foli. Rossini’s
“ 11 Barbiere di Siviglia ” is to be given on the opening night.
Mr. G. H. Betjemanu, Siguor Tito Muttei, and Signor
Bottesini are announced os conductors.
PARISIAN SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
[From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 28.
Parliamentary proceedings remain obstinately uninteresting,
aud no change can bo expected until wo como to the dis¬
cussion of the questions of China and Tonquin. All parties
aro reserving their efforts for that grand battle, and all interest
is settled on the attitude of the Ministry, the policy of M.
Ferry, and the final vote. After the Tonquin question will
come the Budget, and then perhaps certain democratic, social,
and military matters of high importance. An additional
clause has been added to tlio Tonquin Credits Bill, demanding
a sum of nearly two millions of francs for the creation of a
second foreign legion and a fourth regiment of Algerian sharp¬
shooters. The general feeling of the deputies anil of the press
seems to bo that it is time to have done with the Chinese
enterprise, in oue way or another.
The past week has not beenVery fertile in events. Two
journalists have fought a ducbT^eyeral so-called clubs have
been closed by order of the police on aepduptof gambling; and
two or three well-known publicists haveWirmly recommended
the re-establishment of public gaming-tables. Madame Sarah
Bernhardt lms naturally <{;omo iit Jot-Ju-r share of attention.
The famous actress is lying dangerously sick in her villa at
Saint-Adresse. The cauSeqf lier malady is partly the incessant
fatigue and excitement wjiichlifts accompanied the earning of
2,800,000f., whii
which have ela
At the theai
success to bo r.
awaiting MrDn
inlw her gain in the four years
left the Comcdie Fran$uise.
which ate becoming active, there is no great
irded at present. The Coinedie Frum;aise,
.. 0 _. ^...as’ liew piece, has contented itself With a
revival of {iardou’s twenty-year-old comedy, “LesPattea do
Mouche,i ’ (known in England as “ A Scrap of Paper.” At t in?
Bouffes au voperetta) balled “Le Chevalier Mignou” has been
produced. Tim piece is silly, anil the music, by a now com¬
poser, Leopold BojWentzel, is the production of a musician
of great tulomTand little imugiuution. M. De Wentzel, who
had hitherto,^written only for cafes-concerts, is also the
bftl, * t » “ Cc J u f r f A,a °Ys f a'-c^ors
namely,) Audrun, Phmqticttc, Varney? At the Vaudeville
MUSIC.
The Monday Popular Concerts entered on their twenty-seventh
season this week, with a programme of varied and substantial
interest, although devoid of absolute novelty. Tho per¬
formances opened with Beethoveu’s string quartet in E flat
(op. 74), which was finely led by Madumo Norman-Neruda,
who was associated with Mr. L. Ries, Mr. liolluuder, and
Signor Piatti. The lady violinist also played a sonata by
Tartini, anil mi adagio by Spolir, with finished execution and
style. Herr Barth, who was the solo pianist, gave Schumann's
“ Eludes Symphoniqucs ” with great effect, and Mdlle. Barbi
(in the absence of Mr. E. Lloyd on account of indisposition',
contributed vocal pieces with much success. Other items call
for no commeut. Mr. Zerbiui wus the accompaui.it.
The first of an autumnal series of three Richter concerts
took place at St. James’s Hull on Tuesday evening, when the
programme presented no novelty calling for detailed comment,
llerr llans Richter was warmly greeted on his appcnruuce.
The Crystal Palace Saturday afternoon concerts have entered
on their twenty-ninth season. The programme cf tho first
concert, although interesting, calls for but brief notice. Herr
Brahms’s third symphony was given for the first time hert^-
with the 8nmo success that attended its earliest performances ‘^ime
at the Richter concerts, as already noticed. Smetana’s lively
“ Lustspiel-Ouverture ” (“Overture to a Comedy”) Wus/hke- ’ ' *
wise a novelty here, and was heard under the disadvantage, of
being played ut the end of the concert, while the audience
were departing. Mynheer Werner made a first uppearauco\
here, and played Beethoven’s violin concerto aud it sold djy,.
Ernst. He wus well received. Of liis merits, however, wo
must await another opportunity for judgment. Tho concert
included vocal pieces rendered by Madame Virileria with her
usual artistic taste. Mr. Manns, tho conductor, was warmly
welcomed on his reappearance. The second concert of
Gulahek, and it is pleasant to see the little toy-
marble cistern of water; the garden, with its trim
trees, and flower-pots, and the arehitocture of the
quite a European aspect. It is situated at the foof tifL thc
extremity of the Elburz range of mountains/ The other Sketch
represents Sir Ronald Thomson in tho net. of ibpeseutiiigSifcPcter
Lumsdcn to the Slmh, ut the Summer l’ulace, culled Sul tan -
abad, which is only u mile from Gulnlu-k. liis Majesty, whoworo
twenty-one large diamonds blazing op each side of lii.-i brcast,
hanging in perpendicular rows of live diamonds, with a very
big one in the centre, shaped like a heart, suspended by u
gold chain from his neck/wu.s very gracious to liis English
visitors. He was attended by Mahmoud Khan, Persian
Minister of Foreign Affairs, the s tori t/p era tm iu a long robo
who appears standing at the/ight liana side of our Engraving.
The foremost of the/Engli$bpurty, attired in a diplomatic
official uniform,'with cocked liat,Sir Ronald Thomson: Sir
Peter Lumsden, in military uniform, stabds by his side, and the
Secretary of Legation plpsGTjekmtLthenil The whole party were
conducted into the Seiji’s preshpeb^by Kshik Agashi Bashi,
the new series, last week, included three extracts from
Mr. Mackenzie’s new oratorio, “The Eosedf_-.^jmron ”—
the successful production of jvliich at the Norwich Fes¬
tival was recently recorded by us. The pieces given on
Saturday were tho expressive x^ong of tho Beloved,
“Rise up, my Love,” (finely sung by Mr. E. Lloyd, as
at Norwich), and the characteristic orchestral movements
illustrative of “Spring morning, in Lebanon,” and “Sleep”
(the Sulanritc’s Dream). MdllV Kleeberg made a highly
favourable impression by her artistic piftppforte playing in
Beethoven’s concerto in Eilat (the ‘/Emperor") aud some
unaccompanied solos, otllgr iteffls of the programme calling
for no specific notice.
The Royal Academy bf Music gave the first of a new series
of chamber concerts, by the students of the institution, at St.
James’s Hall yesterday (Friday) week; when several pupils
distinguished themselves in the departments of composition,
and vocal and instrumental performances.
A concert was given last Week at the Royal Albert Hall,
in connection with the IIealth Exhibi tion, by about one thousand
Board-school childj^ripselMted from the south of London.
The tuitigfTiflOwthe TouieSol-Ea system, and their vocal i>er-
fofimrinct'S gave good evidence of its efficiency.
Heff Pcinigcr, a skilful violinist, lias begun a series of
three recitals at Steinway Hall; his programmes consisting of
violin nittsic/in tho classical and brilliant schools—solo uud
concerted. \
Mdlle. Cnrlbtta Desvignes, the esteemed vocalist, gave a
matinee at 84, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, on Wednesday.
Madame Cliristine-Nilsson was announced to sing at St.
.Tnnips’s Hall in “The Messiah” (conductedby Mr. W. G.
Cusins) on Thursday evening—her only appearance iu oratorio
this season.
Mr. G. II. Betjemanu, well known ns n skilful solo violinist
and as conductor of the bullet at the Royal Italian Opera,
THE AFGHAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION.
We learn by a telegram from India last Tuesday that “tho
Afghan Boundary Commission has crossed the Helmuncl river,
and is now proceeding on its way, in charge of Afghan
officials.” This information probably refers to tho military
escort, commanded by Colonel Ridgwny, which inarched from
India, crossing the desert north of Beloochistan, to meet the
Commissioner, Major-General Sir Peter Lumsden, who would
travel from Teheran, the capital of Persia, in a direct easterly
course through Kliorassan, by way of Meshed, to Sarakhs, on tho
Tejend or Hnri-Rud, the point whenco lie will trace the
northern boundary of Afghanistan to the Oxus, dividing it
from the Merv Tekke Turcomau country, recently annexed by
Russia. Our Special Artist, Mr. William Simpson, who
accompanies Sir Peter Lumsdeu’s party, having reached
Persia from Europe by crossing the Caspiau Sea, was at
Teheran on Sept. 28, and has sent us Sketches of the ceremonial
reception of the British Commissioner by his Majesty the
Shall (a well-remembered visitor to London), nnd of the
pleasant villa at Gulahek, six miles_from the city, which is
the summer residence. .
British Legation there consists of his Excellency
Thomson, K.C.M.G., O.I.E., Envoy Extraordinary uni
-t profoundly interes.ing comedy has
(now Assistant Commissioner of tho Afghan Boundary Irv Vim
JoiTm ) b M phvSSan •^n'dMr Italieu bsls succeeded iu reopening, after serious
star Madame Sembrieh, who was wunnly received by tho
public, and highly appreciated by the critics.
Some alnrm has been caused by the outbreak of cholera at
Yport, a dirty little sea-port between Etrotnt and Fecamp.
The plague was brought by a lishing-boat arriving from Cette,
in tho Mediterranean. There have been eight deaths out of
twelve cases, but there does not seem any danger of tho
epidemic spreading beyond tho isolated village where it bus
been accidentally imported. T. C.
A new Belgian Cabinet has been formed under M. Bernaerf,
who takes the Finance Department: Priuce de Caramnti-
Chimay, Foreign Affairs; M. De Voider, Justice; anil M.
Thonissen, Interior. SI. Moreau, tho late Foreign Minister,
replaces M. Bemaert in the Department of Agriculture and
Fine Arts. The other Ministers ure nnehauged.
In receiving on Tuesday the Austrian und Hungarian
delegations the Emperor Francis Joseph expressed confidence
iu the maintenance of European peucc, of undisturbed labour,
aud ever increasing popular wellurc.
Tho German Emperor anil tho Crown Prince returned to
Berlin on Thursday week, und hud long interviews with Prince
Bismarck.—Sir Edward Mulct was yesterday week formally
introduced to the Emperor, and presented liis credentials us
British Ambassador to the Court of Berlin. Tho Prussian
Couucil of .State was opened last Saturday afternoon by tho
Crown Prince, who read a speech declaring the objects of its
re-establisluneut. On Sunday the Crown l’nuco called upon
Count Moltke to congratulate him on his eighty-fourth birthday.
Tho funeral of the late Duke of Brunswick took place last
Saturday. Iu spite of wet weather, there was nn immense
throng of persons. Following the remains were the Duke
of Cambridge, Prince Albert of Ilesso, tho Grand Duke
of Hesse, Prince Alexander of Hesse, Prince George
of Saxony, aud representatives of European Sovereigns.
The procession was led by troops uud officials of the
Brunswick and Prussian Governments. The body was de¬
posited in the crypt of the cathedral. The Duke of Cumber¬
land has issued a proclamation stating that lie will assume the
government of the Grand Duchy of Brunswick, which he lias
inherited. He will govern, ho says, iu accordance with the
Imperial and Provincial Constitutions. In a letter written by
tho Duke of Cumberland to the German Emperor, notifying
the death of the Duke of Brunswick, his Royul Highness in¬
formed the Emperor that ho (tho Duke of Cumberland) had
assumed the government of the Duchy iu accordance with tho
Brunswick law of succession. Prince von Bismarck has in¬
formed the Brunswick Premier that the German Emperor has
declined to receive the Duke of Cumberland’s letter or
delegate. Tho people of Brunswick have been much dis¬
appointed by the contents of the will of the luto Duke, who
has left everything to the Duke of Cumberland.
The King and Queen of Denmark returned to Copenhagen
on Sunday night from Germany.
According to a lteuter telegram from Durban, M. Boden-
stein, chairman of the Transvaal Yolkeratid, has been elected
Deputy President of the Transvaal Republic.
Tho Agent-General for Now South Wales has received a
telegram from the colony announcing that the Land Bill lias
passed und received the Governors’ assent.
Simultaneously with the appointment of Major-General
Sc ru tell ley, R.E., as High Commissioner of New Guinea,
comes a telegram from Sydney, stating that her Majesty’s
ship Nelson has proclaimed a British Protectorate over tho
south-eastern coast of New Guinea.
General Tanner, iu command of the Zob Valley Expedition,
lias attacked and defeated the Kukar Pat bans, wiio lost fifty
killed and wounded. The British loss consisted of two native
officers aud three men wounded.
A Vienna correspondent says tho Japanese missions iu
Europe have just been informed of the creation by the Mikado
of a national peerage, consisting of 11 princes, 24 marquises,
76 counts, 324 viscounts, mid 7i barons, who will form the
Upper House iu the future Japanese Parliament.
all was much plcused to
llustrutcd London Seict was
same Artist who had been
and in the last Afghnu
War; lie desi/ed to look over Mr. .Simpson’s Sketch-book,
which lie inapdeted with evident gratification. His Majesty
gave orders that eyerythifig should bo done for the accom¬
modation anil further/uria stance of tlio British Commission
on its way to the Alghaufroutier.
Master of the Ceremc
hear that a Special Ai
among them, apdthntit
with the Print# / oEWale
to look
kOBBEliY' AND PETTY LARCENY.
It is not long since we had occasion to remark that thoro is a
gootPsdejir'"of liuimin nature in dogs: und tlio Development
Theory has prepared ouo to find iu monkeys, the imugined
pes of the human species, the germ of irregular social
:a. which give much trouble to civilised police. The
or/“robbery with violence” und “petty larceny”
distinctly recognised by our common and statute law;
and the Judges of Assize, and Justices ut their Sessions, have
much to do in the business of trying those indicted for such
dffeilces. But tlio perpetration of these unlawful acts is
equally familiar to members of the lower orders of tho
'animal world, and they set about it, not uufrequeutly, in a
spirit as deliberately vicious, unrestrained by the opinion of
their fellow-creatures, of dog-kind or npc-kiud, and enter¬
taining no awe of superior beings except that of the liutnuu
master with his occasional whip. It is a frightfully immoral
state of existence. Tho big dog, like the Highland bandit of
Wordsworth, or like some Imperial Conquerors in history,
relies on “ The good old rule, the simple plan, That they should
take who have the power, And they should keep who can.”
The sly monkey, for his pnrt, takes advantage of a dozing
moment to filch a morsel from the big dog’s plate. Of this,
nl90, we have known political and historical examples. There
is some human nature in all beasts, birds, fishes, and other
living things capable of conscious greed.
The Queen lms forwarded, through Sir II. Ponsouby, her
annual subscription of £50 to the Army und Navy Pensioners’
Employment Society, of which her Majesty is patroness.
On Tuesday the Turners’ Company opened in the old
Queen’s Bench Court, at the Guildhall, their miuual exhibition
of works in competition for tho Company’s prizes and for
supplementary gifts.
Mr. Fawcett, the Postmaster-General, has appointed Mr.
•T. Crawfurd, assistant provisional superintendent of the
Parcels Post in London, to be provisional superintendent of
the travelling post-office; and Mr. J. Mitford to be cashier in the
Receiver and Accountant-General’s branch of the Post Office.
At a special meeting of the Court of Common Council on
Tuesday the Bridge House Estates Committee presented a
report refcommendiug the construction of a low-level bridge
across the Thames with mechanical openings, from Irongate
Stairs to Horsleydown. The cost is estimuted at £750,000.
Tho report was unanimously ugreed to.
A handsome drinking-fountain of grauite, erected in
Adelaide-place, Londou-bridge, ut the cost of the United
Kingdom Temperance nnd General Provident Institution,
was dedicated to the service of (ho public on Tuesday by tlio
Lord Mayor, in the presence of a large assemblage of ladies
and gentlemen. The new fountain stands on the site of that
which was erected in I860.
The Law Courts were reopened yesterday week after the Long
Vucutiou. Tho Judges and some members of the Bar break¬
fasted with tlio Lord Chancellor.
Mr. Alderman Nottage, Lord Mayor-elect, was yesterday
week presented to the Lord Chancellor at the latter’s residence
in Portland-plnce. Lord Selborne intimated that her Majesty
liud approved the choice of the citizens of London.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 1, 1884.—41ft
8UMMER QUARTERS OF THE BRITISH LEGATION, AT GULAHEK, TEHERAN.
THE AFGHAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION.—FROM SKETCHES BY OTTR SPECIAL ARTIST.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 1, 1884.—417
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 1. 1884
TIIE STLENT MEMBER.
The Lords opened the Session well by n notable display of tlio
essential quality of wit. Exemplary brevity was shown by
the Peers on the Twenty-third of October in debating the
Address in reply to Her Majesty's Speech, and in sanctioning
it in one evening. Why should the Commons wait?
Peeresses were comparatively few in tlio sido galleries
when their lordships reassembled on the Thursday afternoon.
The good-humoured face of the Countess of Rosebery was to
be observed in one of the balconies to the right of the Throne;
nud the reason for her smile was presently to be found when
the Earl of ltosebery was recognised passing the Ministerial
bench, evidently convalescent, albeit his left arm was in a
sling. The noble Earl joined His Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales on the front cross-bench. Then Lord Sidmouth
gave notice of a motion on the return of Lord Northbrook for
a Parliamentary inquiry into the state of the Navy ; and Eurl
Granville readily secured the Marquis of Salisbury’s ac¬
quiescence in the proposal to udjourn after the sitting till
Monday next.
Earl Granville, half turning towards the noble mover and
seconder of the Address seated immediately behind him,
approvingly listened with accustomed courtesy to the per¬
functory "speeches of Lord Belper and Lord Lawrence, the
former in a Hussar-like Yeomanry uniform, the latter wearing
a Court suit. The various foreign complications in Egypt and
in South Africa,somewhat gratuitously submitted for criticism
in the Queen’s Speech, were then most pungeutly commeuted
on by Lord Salisbury, who, in his clearest style, rendered
piquant by biting irony, animadverted on the alleged blunders
committed by the Govemmeut in all quarters of the world.
The sullies most keenly relished by tlio Conservative
Peers were those in Avliich the noble Marquis heralded
the attack in another place on Mr. Cliamberluiu, threw
ridicule on Lord Durham's far from complimentary de¬
scription of their Ix>rdshipa, referred to Lord Houghton
(forgetting Lord Tennyson) as the “ only poet ” in the
House, and lauded the Punch “ caricature showing what this
House would be if it consisted of a multiplication of Home
Secretaries.” Coming to the crucial question of the hour,
Lord Salisbury did not budge an inch from the position ho
took up in July, but expressed the hope that tne Govern¬
ment ut length “ understood the importance of intro¬
ducing both a Franchise Bill and a Redistribution Bill, and
of pressing them forward without any artificial obstacles or
interruptions.” If, us Earl Granville gracefully said, Lord
Sniisbury’swas “one of the most lively and facetious speeches”
the noble Earl had heard for n long time, the Foreign Secre¬
tary’s reply, though unmarked by “the levity” he deprecated
on the part of the leader of the Opposition, was exceedingly
happy, adroit, and eifective. Equnlly judicious was the Earl
of Derby as Secretary for the Colonies in auswering the
carping strictures of Lord Carnarvon respecting the Trans¬
vaal, Zululuud, and Bechuanaland ; while Lord Kimberley lmd
no difficulty in brushing aside the objections of Lord Dun-
raven. Save that Lord Cranbrook asked for papers, Lord
Rosebery gave a welcome indication of his recovery by putting
a timely question regarding New Guinea, and that the Duke
of Argyll indulged in a little comment on the recent Church
letter from “our marvellous and nlmost supernatural Prime
Minister,” little else was suid that call9 for remark. The
Address was agreed to; and their Lordships separated, to
meet again on Monday, the 3rd iust.
Mr. Gladstone, received with cordial cheering from the
Liberal side, looked in the best of health, as did his colleagues
and the leading member of the Opposition, when the House of
Commons met for business on Thursday week. With marked
resonance and distinctness aud decision did the Speaker read
the Queen’s Speech as a preface to the debate on the Address,
which has not been moved and seconded so ably and earnestly
for some years. Mr. Stafford Howard, in the uniform of a
deputy-lieutenant, clothed liis argument with an amount
of human sympathy und sterling common-sense that
richly entitled him to the general cheering which re¬
warded him for bis model speech, and to the com¬
pliments he received from the Prime Minister and Sir
Stafford Northcote. Similarly felicitous was the seconder, Mr.
Summers. Both he aud the mover, portrayed in this Paper
last week, Bhould be heard of again. Indeed, it would not
surprise me if Sir. Howard’s commanding ability and clearness
of speech should win for him ere long a place on the Minis¬
terial bench. There was the true ring about his thoughtful^
speech. Commendubly concise twas Sir Stafford Northcote.
But Mr. Gladstone found habit too strong to be equally brief
in his reply, which dealt with the coming Congo Conference;
the South African problem, the Expedition to relieve General
Gordon at Khartoum, and concluded with an earnest hope
that the County Franchise Bill should be passed without
further delay. “And I say,” added the Premier, “that even
now, at the eleventh hour, or past the eleventh hour, I won’t
altogether allow the hope to be extinguished that theriglit
lion, gentleman may join in delivering this question from the
neighbourhood of another question which, as a Conservative
statesman, lie ought to be the very last man in this House to
wish to see connected with it.”
The tedium of the Commons’ prolonged debate on the
Address was relieved on the Friday by a i'utileehdeavouron
the part of the leader of thc/\Fourth Party "tomake Mr.
Chamberlain responsible for the bite Birmingham riot. But
all that Lord Randolph Churchill gained from Sir F. Milner's
hostile interrogation of the President of the Bonrd of Trade
was the citation by Mr. Chamberlain of a justification from
ail old speech of the noble Lord. Whether Mr. Chamberlain’s
subsequent application to Sir II. Drummond Wolff of the
clinging phrase “jackul to the noble Lord,” and his apt re¬
minder to. Sir Stafford Jyorthcote that lit: had once culled Lord
Randolph a “ bonnet,’Iwasdiscreet oritlie part of a responsible
Minister may be doubted, hugely though Ministerialists
enjoyed the momentary discomfiture of the lively Fourth
Party. lord fRmidqlph Cluirc 1 li! 1 on Monday, preserving the
zoologicnl siniile, nmioiinccd his intention “to draw the
badger.” - On Tuesday he ninde good his word by giving
notice of the subjoined amendment to the Address:—
And we humbly assure your Majesty that we regret to find in recent
■pet ches and actions «>f one of your Majesty’s Ministers, holding the high
oilice of I*re*iilent of the Hoard of Trade, an incitement to interference with
the freedom of politic.1 discussion and a justification of riot and disorder.
Mr. Parnell and his compact Party once again made their
power felt before the Session had been opened many
hours. The Mnftintrasnn Murders occupied the House for
some days, grace' to the initiative of 3Ir. Harrington,
who at me first sitting moved an amendment to the effect
that the trial had led to the execution of au innocent man,
and to the conviction of four others equally innocent. The
lion, member argued that n fresh judicial inquiry was
consequently necessary, and was strenuously supported at
subsequent sittings by Sir. Parnell, Mr. Ilealy, Mr. Justin
McCarthy, Mr. T. P. O’Connor, and others of Mr. Parnell’s
followers, besides a few English members. But Mr. Trevelyan,
Sir Willirtm Horcourt, the law officers of the Crown for
Ireland, and Mr. Gladstone, gave cogent reasons against tlio
proposed inquiry as likely to impair the administration of
justice in Ireland; and on Tuesday night the amendment was
negatived by n majority of 171—210 against 18 votes. Tlio
cheers which greeted Mr. Howard’s outspoken words with
respect to the Boers betokened the growing feeling of auger
against the truculent community in .South Africa; and those
indications of public feeling, coupled with the earnest speeches
made on Wednesday by Sir II. Holland, Sir F. Milner, and the
Lord Mayor, caunot but strengthen the hands of the Govern¬
ment in dealing witli the Transvaal.
The Franchise Bill was, on the motion of the Prime
Minister, formally read a first time on the second day of the
Session; but Mr. Gladstone has not yet been able to make liis
speech on tlio second rending. It is to be hoped the delny
may yet lead to the conclusion of a satisfactory basis of agree¬
ment between the two Parties.
OBITUARY.
ADMIRAL CHALONER.
Admiral Thomas Chnlouer, C.B., of Guisborough, in the
county of York, J.P. and D.L., died on the 20th ult., at his
scut, Longlmll, aged sixty-nine, lie was lust surviving son
of Mr. Robert Clmloncr, of Guisborongli, J.P. and D.L., by
his wife, the Hon. Frances Laura, daughter of the first Lord
Dundas, and he represented u distinguished and well-allied
family descended from Edward Chuloner, D.D., Chaplain to
Kiug Charles I . In 1855 ho succeeded, at the death of his
brother, to the family estates, and, at the commencement of
the Yolutitccr movement, took the command as Licutemuit-
’Colonel of the 1st North York Artillery Volunteers. His
commissions bear date ns follow:—Commander 1815; Captain
1853; Rear-Admiral 1809; Vice-Admiral 1875; and Admiral
1879. The distinction of C.B. was conferred on him in 1881.
HON. A. C. C. n.rNKET.
The Hon. Arthur Cecil Crumpton Plunket, General Agent in
Ireland to the lion. The Irish Society, died on the 21st ult.,
aged thirty-nine. He was fourth son of John, third Lord
Plunket, by Charlotte, his wife, daughter of the Right Hon.
Charles Kendall Buslie, Chief Justice of Ireland, nud grandson
of the great Lord Chancellor Plunket. Mr. Arthur Plunked
married, in 1870, Louisa Frances, only child of Sir. Jamea.
Hewitt, and leaves issue. He formerly held a commission iu
the 8th Foot.
SIR C. SEBRIGHT.
Sir Charles Sebright, K.C.M.G., many years her Majesty’s
Consul-General for the Ionian Islands, died on the 9th ult., nt
Corfu. lie was born in 1807, aud was for some time equerry
and iecretary to Charles Louis, Duke of Lucca, ex-Duke of
Parma, who in 1812 created him Baron d’Everton in the Duchy
of Lucca. Ho afterwards entered the BritisbserviCe during the
Protectorate of the Ionian Islands, and was Resident suc¬
cessively in Cephalonia and Santa Maura.' For his services ns
Resident of the Ionian Islands he received the honour of
knighthood in 1864. He was British Consul at Copliuloma
from 1864 to 1870, Acting Consul-Geiieml at Corfu in 1865,
nud was appointed Consul-General, of theIonian Islands in
1870. Sir Charles Sebright was twice married—first, to Marie,
Baroness d’Everton ; and. Secondly, in 1871, tQ Georgina Mary,
daughter of the late Sir John Muif-Mackcnzie, of Delvine,
Perthshire, but was again lef^ a widower in 1874.
MR. ORADWELL, OP D05VTII HALL.
Mr. Richard G rad well ,of Do w tli Hnll, county Meath, and of
Corlunstown, county Westmeath, J.P., died on the 28th ult.
He was born April 29, 1824, the second son of the late Mr.
George Grudwell, of Preston, Lancashire, by 31 ary, his wife,
daughter of Mr. Richard ABlihurst, of Puddington, Cheshire,
and was nepliew of the late distinguished Roman Catholic
Bishop, Dr. Robert GradweHv' 3ir. Richard Grudwell, settling
in Ireland a bod t.thirty- fon r y ears ago, purchased Dowtli Hall,
the fine old sent of the Lords Netterville, and subsequently
Carlnnstown, the estate of the Duke of Buckingham, lie
married, April 13, 1852, Maria Theresa, sister of Mr. Edward
MncEvoy, late JLP^-for Meath, and grnnd-daughter of Sir
Joshua Colics Meredyth, Bart., and leaves one son, Robert
Ashhurst Gradwell.ilow of Dowtli HallP who married, April 21
last. Lady Henrietta Plunkett, daughter of the late Earl of
Fingull, and two daughters, Theresa, wife of the Hon. lticlmrd
Nugent, son of the ninth F.nrl of Westmeath, and Annette,
wife of Mr. Edmund Lynch At-liy, of Renville, county
Galway. Mr. Grudwell, whose deuth we record, was highly
esteemed MPxhe county in which he resided, and bore the
character of a populur lundlord aud au upright magistrate.
We have also to record the deaths of—
Dr. Cliurles Barham, the oldest physician in Truro, J.P. for
Hfftt town, and Vice-President of the Royal Institution of
Gohiwall, recently. Dr. Barham took the greatest interest in
all matters connected witli the town in which lie resided.
Mr. James Bontein, H.M. Clerk of the Robes and Gentle¬
man Usher to the Queen, younger son of Captain John Pitt
Bontein, 1st Life Guards, on tlio 16th ult., ut Ambassadors’
Court, St. James’s Palace, aged sixty-three.
The Hon. Mrs. Gowrun Vernon, widow of the Hon.
Gowran Vernon, second son of the first Lord Lyveden, and
daughter of 31 r. John Nicholas Fuzakerley, of Burvvood,
Surrey, on the 16th ult.. in her fifty-seventh year.
The Rev. William Albemarle Bertie Cator, Rector of Car-
shalton, Surrey, since 1815, on the 17th lilt, lie was son of
the Into Lieutenant-General Sir William Cator, K.O.B., and
brother of the present Sir John Furuuby Leonard, who
changed his name in 1861 and was created a Baronet in 1880.
3Ir. John Penny Machell, of Penny Bridge, in the county
of Lancaster, J.P. and D.L., on the 19th ult., at The Hnll,
aged eighty-three. He was grandson of the late 3Ir. John
3Iachell, of Hollow Oak, by Isabel, his wife, daughter and
coheiress of Mr. James Penny, of Penny Bridge. He married
the daughter of Chief Justice Dallas, ana leaves one dnughtor.
Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Bentley Frith, lute of the
13th Hussars, in liis sixty-eighth year. lie served with dis¬
tinction in the Crimea, taking part in the affair of Bulgtmne,
battles of Alnm, Balaclava, Iukermun, and Tchemnya, and
the siege and tall of Sebastopol. He was nlso present with
the Light Cavalry Brigade at Eupntoria, being awarded the
medal with four clasps and the Turkish decoration.
Sir Valentine Fleming, formerly Chief Justice of Tasmania,
on the 25th ult., at liis residence, at Redliill, after a fort¬
night’s illness. Sir Valentine, who was seventy-four years
of age, was educated nt Trinity College, Dublin, where he
graduated 1J.A. in 1834 and took honours, was called to the
Bar ut Gniy’s-inn, 1S38, and first went to Tasmania as
Commissioner of the Insolvent Court from Hobart Town in
18-11. He was knighted iu 1856, aud resigned the Chief
Justiceship in 1870. _
On the 25th ult., the Netherlands steamer Mansdam, out¬
ward bound, was passed in the Atlantic, on fire and ubandoned.
"By the death of Mrs. Scott, of Burnley, widow of the late
Alderman Scott, of that town, Burnley now becomes possessed
of £10,000, which will be spent in connection with a public
park for tlio borough.
BEWICK AND IIIS PUPILS/
3Ioro than half a century has elapsed since Thomas Bewick
died, anil many memoirs of him have been published, but wo
have never yet had a complete niul intelligent commentary on
liis works. ’ His vignettes abound with reminiscences of liis
native district, and it would be interesting to trace in them
the iniluenco of that passionate love of home which charac¬
terised him. Anyone acquiunted with the locality can see
that the volley of the Tyne was his chief field of study. I io
never was long absent from it. There he was born, there he
lived, and there he died. A thorough countryman iu taste
and habits, lie spent the whole of liis life, with the exception
of tlio short year lio lived in Loudon, within sight of his
beloved Tyne, and his ashes rest iu tlio churchyard of his
native pariah. We cannot wonder that Tyneside was dear to
Bewick, for in his young days the neighbourhood of his birth¬
place must have bceu one of the loveliest spots in the “north
countrie.” Ho tells us that the corn-fields and pastures
on the banks of the broad and rapid river were fringed
with forest-trees of great age and beauty. Heather
bloomed on tlio far-stretching fells, and foxglove and
fern nourished in wild profusion by the sides of the numerous
burns. Full ns it, wus of natural beauty, the country
was also historically interesting. It is just inside the line
of tlio Roman ..'Wall, while the grey towers of Saxon
churches and the ruined battlements of Norman castles are
within view. It had been the scene of many a bloody fray,
for, besides the frequent raids of bowler troopers, Bruce and
Wallace had carried fire ajid sword into this devoted valley.
These grey old towers of church and castle, where ho perhaps
watched tlio habits of the owl and the starling, alternate in
Bewick’h vignettes with a farm-yard, or a thatched cottage on
the edge of a snow-dad moor; or wo have a sportsman asking
his way of tm old shepherd who is sheltering himself from tlio
cold blast under a remnaut of the Roman wall. On one
page we find a fisherman wading in the stream, with By well
Castle in the background; on another there is a man with liis
"cbw fording the river at Corbridge. Ovingliam, where Bewick
went to 8cTiOol, frequently occurs. Then the lower reaches of
flic river furnished him with other subjects. The beautiful
spire of St. Nicholas’ Church, Newcastle, and the old Norman
-'keep; the “keels ” carrying their freights of coul to the sea¬
going ships; the laden colliers standing out to sen, with Tyne¬
mouth Priory and lighthouse in the distance—all are there.
The banks of the river and its tributary burns; the adjoining
fields and moors, with their fnrmstcuds and cottages; the
village life of the valley of the Tyne—were the scenes Bewick
loved best, and they can all be traced in liis works.
It is to be regretted that Miss Bewick never carried out her
expressed intention of annotating her father’s works, for she
could probably have told us many things of interest that no
other person, out of her own family, could know. It wus
known thnt Bewick hud written bis autobiography, aud lor
long after liis death its publication was looked for; but it did
not sec the light for thirty-four years, and when it did coine
it was disappointing, for it told us little or nothing about his
art, or the inner springs of liis artistic life. It was edited by
liis daughter, who is understood to have withheld consideruble
portions of it; but in the forthcoming memorial edition of her
father's -works it will be printed more fully und completely
under the editorship of Mr. Dobson.
The present life of Bewick is, for the most part, a reprint
from the New York Century Magazine. It is written with taste
and judgment, but wo learn little that is new. The subject
lias been pretty nearly worked out, first of all by Bewick
himself in liis memoirs, aud next by the lute John Jackson in
his “ Treatise on Wood Engraving,” first published in 1839.
Jackson had served under Bewick, and wrote from personal
knowledge; so that the characteristic particulars given by him
have all the vnlue that belongs to a sketch from nature. He
was also well acquainted with most of Bewick’s pupils, some
of whom were living at the time he wrote and assisted him in
liis recollections, particularly Charlton Nesbit and Edward
Willis. It was Willis who supplied Jackson with tlio list of
subjects said to be drawn and engraved by Bewick’s pupils,
and which gave so much offence to Bewick’s family when
published in the “Treatise on Wood Engraving.” Willis
was a cousin of George .Stephenson, the celebrated railway
engineer, and died ua caretaker of Stephenson's business
offices in Westminster. 3Ir. Dobson bus availed liimself of
both these sources of information, and has ndded much that is
interesting in his critical remarks on Bewick’s work, wherein
he expresses a just estimate of him us an rtrtist. 3Ir. Dobson
gives a happy idea of Bewick's character when lie compares
him to Hogarth and Franklin. Bewick was a humourist of
the true Hogarthian type, and liis morality had a strong dusli
of worldly wisdom in it. Frugal and temperate in liis habits,
lie was au untiring worker and a shrewd man of business.
There are fewer mistakes in the book than are usually
found in what is written about Thom us Bewick nnd liis
pupils, but it is not altogether free from errors. In certain
passages the writer gives to l’eter what really belongs to Paul;
and in mentioning Bewick’s pupils lie speuks of Anderson as
one of them. Bewick never lmd a pupil of thnt mime; but
there wus one mimed Armstrong, who is probably the person
intended; also it is n mistake to state that John Jackson com¬
pleted liis apprenticeship under W. Harvey. There never was
anything of the kind, nnd, moreover, Harvey never had an
apprentice. Among the numerous illustrations in the volume
are views of Ovinglmin Church, mid the parsonage, where
Bewick went to school, engraved from photographs. In each
of these views the photographer lms unfortunately placed liis
camera too near the subject of liis picture. The church tower
is distorted in consequence, and the pretty old parsonage is
unrecognisnble. The best view of the latter is from the opposite
side of the river, with the church tower in the background.
There is much truth iu what 3Ir. Dobson says about
Bewick’s reputation having been endangered by the indis¬
criminate enthusiasm of liis admirers. Mr. Hugo included
iu liis Bewick Collector a good deal of rubbish that Bewick
lmd nothing to do with. Even the artist’s own family appear
to liuvo been misled by their reverence for him. In the
memoir edited by his daughter the illustrations are put for¬
ward as being designed and engraved by Thomas Bewick ; but
uuy practical student of Bewick’s work can see tlmt there is
very little trace of the master's hand except in the titlepage
vignette nnd the frontispiece. He may have supplied some
of the sketches, but that is all. Ills daughter would appear to
have scoured every scrap she could find in his work office, and
with undoubting veneration hoarded it up as the veritable
production of her father.
For long after his death Thomas Bewick seemed almost
forgotton, but within the last few years there lias been a
reviving interest in him and iu the art. he restored to life, and
wo gladly welcome, as an agreeable addition to Bewick
literature, this pleasantly written volume, in which we have,
in a compact nnd readable form, all that has hitherto been
made known on the subject of the northern hive of art
popularly called the “ Bewick school.”
• •‘Thomas Bewick and his Pupils.’' By Aus'.iu Dobson. (Ch it:o and
Windus.)
NOV. 1, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
410
THE DUDLEY GALLERY ART SOCIETY.
CABINET PICTURES IN OIL.
The place of honour in the present exhibition is assigned to Mr.
H. W. Schafer'a “Pyguuilion and Gulatea” (ICO), a some¬
what hackneyed subject treated in a conventional fashion,
but the kneeling figure of the man is not without force. Im¬
mediately beneath it is Mr. G. A. Storey’s “ Kitty " (162), a
carefully finished head of child in a lace cap and lappets,
painted with more of the artist’s verve and sympathy with
childhood than uuy of his recently-exhibited pictures. At the
opposite end of the room Miss F. Graham's nameless' ‘ Portrait ”
(345), if portrait it be, canuot fail to attract by the delicacy of
its colouring and the strength of expression in the girl’s face,
despite her dreamy eyes. Mr. Pcttie sends a small picture,
“The Rehearsal” (338), which must, indeed, bo a very early
work of an artist who has long since lost the touch of humour
and movement which this little work displays. It represents
a young girl, scarcely more than a child, dancing in full
theatrical costume before an old man, who, seated on a form
against the wall, is mechanically playing the violin, of which
the sounds seem to follow rather than lead the girl’s move¬
ments, so wrapt is the dancing-master in his pupil. Mrs.
Jopliug’s “ Portrait of a Lady ” (30), in black dress on almost
black background, is scarcely up to her usual standard of
success, for, in wishing to convey an idea of seriousness to her
subject, Mrs. Jopling has made the lady's face hard nnd
lifeless; the drapery, however, is excellently rendered. Mrs.
Jopling has three other pictures in the room—“ Maidenhead
Bridge ” (34), “ Dans, am Vorder Rhein (285),” and a “Canal
at Venice ” (343); but although each shows some evidence of
the artist’s skill, neither can claim to add to her reputation.
Mr. Blomcfleld’s “ Evening” (47), although only the figure
of u comely girl in a blue apron carrying a water-jar,
tells more story than many of the more artfully composed genre
works. Mr. James Hay liar’8 “ Easier Said Than Done” (77) is
the figure of a recent recruit of the Blue Ribbon Army trying
manfully to wash down his bread nnd cheese with a draught
of cold water. There is a sense of real humour in the main
expression, and a sort of plaintive appeal for sympathy to the
advocates of “ moderate drinking." “More Bother than it *s
Worth ” (86), by the same artist, is scarcely successful—a free
uud iudepeudeut elector or an approaching elector in a
smock-frock, hesitating whether or not lie should fix in his
hat “ the Squire's” colours. Miss Berkley’s
“ Golden Rays ” (96)—a young woman trudging
homewards carrying a “ sieve ” of ruddy apples,
whilst beside her a Binnll child is gleefully trotting,
suggests regret that, with so much aptitude and
facility, the artist should not attempt some¬
thing more original und individual. Among the
scapieces, M. Gustave Be Breauski's “ Return
of the Brixhum Fleet ” (206), a group of fishing-
boats beating rouud the point into harbour, is
full of life, and well renders the cold grey sky
and water which even the Devonshire coast can
at times show; whilst Mr. Ellis’s “Breakers”
(59) is an “ impressionist” rendering of a stormy
sea. In strong contrast is Mr. J. Henderson’s
*' Return from Lobster-Fishing” (217), in which
the deep indigo tints of the water are not only
reflected in the clouds, but give colour to the
rocks; whilst Mr. Ingram, in “Tide-ltipple”
(171), can see nothing but green in the waves.
In quite another key, Mr. Rossi has conceived
his two pictures, “ By the Sea ” (253) and " Wait¬
ing for the Boatman” (264); and Mr. Kenneth
Mackenzie gives what may be presumed to be
a Scotch rendering of “Low Tide ” (257), which
is at once carefully executed and full of sympathy
with the subject. Miss Hilda Montalba is repre¬
sented by three pleasant sketches of Venice (7,
68, 94). In two, at least, too much prominence
is given to the gondola, which, although an im¬
portant feature in Venetian life, does not wholly
overshadow other local traits. Architecture, how¬
ever, receives fuller appreciation from Mr.
Chevalier in his “Street of Cairo” (92), and
from Mr. Varley (111), who has found iu the
same city a delightful inspiration, in which the
sunlight, striking aslant the upper parts of the
high houses, is in pleasing contrast with the richer tones of
colours of the roadway.
Of true genre pictures—that is, pictures which are not
simply anecdotal—the exhibition, as is usually the cose iu this
country, is sadly deficient. There is, perhaps, scarcely more
Irving and Prescott, two of the best American writers, iu
narrative works of the highest literary merit.
This city, on the banks of the small river Darro, at its
junction with the Xenil, upon an elevated site 2400 miles above
the sea-level, with a background of snowy mountains, should
be a delightful place in summer. But the town suffers from
much decay and neglect in modem times. Its population is
now between 70,000 and 80,000; the streets ore mean, com¬
pared with those of Seville, but the Zacatin, a narrow alley
of tall houses with overhanging balconies, has a look of pic¬
turesque antiquity, which is shown in one of our Artist's
Sketches. There are several fountains, decorated with
sculptured figures. The chief object of interest, however, in
and about Granada, is the magnificent Moorish palace of the
Allmmbra, on a detached suburban hill begirt with walls and
towers. This celebrated example of Saracenic architecture,
the finest in Europe and scarcely surpassed in the East, was
erected by Ibu-ul-Anmar, the Arab Sheikh of Jaen, who in the
thirteenth century alliod himself with the Spaniards to aid their
conquest of Seville. It was degraded to a prison by the Spanish
Government, afterwards to u silk factory, and Charles V.
destroyed Borne part of it, for materials to build liimself u
palace in the Greco-Roman style. The French, in Bona¬
parte's time, used the Alhambra for barracks, and did
enormous damage before their expulsion in 1812.
The exterior, which alone is represented in our Illus¬
trations, is severely simple, but its towers have a grand and
commanding appearance. The interior decorations, iu the
colonnades and arcades of the courts, the corridors, halls, and
stately Baloous, ore wonderfully rich in design and colouring,
blue, red, und gold being the chief colours employed, with
intricato geometrical patterns of ornament, sentences of
Arabic scripture, and those curious pendants of prismatic
shape from the ceiling, like stalactites, which have been
made familiar to us by the model at the Crystal Palace,
constructed by Mr. Owen Jones. These, indeed, at the
Alhambra of Granada, arc composed only of coloured
plaster or stucco, but nrc exceedingly beautiful in effect.
The Court of the Lions, named from twelve quaint figures of
those animals surrounding the basin of a fountain, is also well
known to our readow. The gurdens, groves, and other
pleasure-grounds of the Alhambra, with the lovely views over
the city, the plantations, uud the richly cultivated Vega or
LITERATURE.
MEMORIAL OP THE, 74TKHIG HLANDERS KILLED IN EGYPT.
ERECTED IX GLASOOW CATHEDRAL.
plain of Grhnndn, are delightful as a place of romantic dreams.
“To understand the Alhambra,” says Ford, “it must be
J'Rved iff; and beheld in the semi-obscure evening, bo beautiful
'ifi-ihe South, when the ravages of decay are less apparent
than in 1 the glaring light of garish day.’ On a stilly summer
than one which wholly fulfils the conditions required of telling night all is again given up to the pnst and to the Moor. Then,
its owu story without any appeal to either explanatory .teii^n^^he moon floats in the air above, like the^Crescent symbol
or the reader’s imagination. This is an unpretentious w?rte
by Mr. Bontwood, entitled “New Arrivals ,f (434); a court'
yard of n Breton or Normandy farmhouse. On a table two
little kittens are the objects of attractive curiosity from
a couple of children, whilst another is wistfully watching them
as she mounts the Btuircase outside the lioqse, The colour¬
ing shows a slight affectation of Freuch mannerism, but it
is rendered without exuggerntion; und altogether the picture
is one of considerable promise. Miss G. Martineau’a “ilbme,
Sweet Horae ! ” (202) is scarcely more^haiC the figure,
harmoniously rendered, of a girl at a piano; whilst Mr. Gotch,
in his ambitious work “ News from the Beach **"(242), bus
scarcely measured the extent ofJHs powers, and attempts to
crowd too much incident into liis limited canvas. The spray,
however, dashing up the Btreet in which the fisher-women
are anxiously waiting, is rendered with noth nnd force.
Amongst the other pictures to which atteution maybe directed
we may mention Mr. J. Lindlaj^s “ Studypf Dead Birds ” (12);
Miss Cookesley’s “Egyptian Duets” (93), especially for the
drapery of the figure: Mr. F. Hint’s “ Evening at Epping”
(74), with its golden sky ; Mr: Bayes’ “Pilgrims iu a Strange
Land” (176), in which the grouping of the figures is most
creditable; Mr. E. Ellis’s "Seaside Neighbours” (238); nnd
the figure of the dog, at least, iu Mr.
fantastic picture “ Fetch It” (75).
<>f Islam, her tender beam heals the scars of the edifice uud
coh tributes to the sentiment of widowed loneliness. Her
wan rays tip the filigree arches, nnd give depth to
the shadows, and misty undefined magnitude to the saloons
beyond, which sleep iu darkness und sileuee. Then, in pro¬
portion as all hero around is dead, the shapes raised by fancy
and imagination become alive. The halls und courts expand,
and seem to be inhabited, while the shadows of the cypresses
on the walls assume the forms of the dusky Moor, revisiting
his lost home in tbe glimpses of the moon ; while the night
winds, breathing through the myrtles aud through unglazcd
windows, rustle with a sound as of his silken robes, or sigh
with liis lament over the profanation of the Alhambra by the
unclean infidel and destroyer.”
Rossi’s otherwise
RAMBLING SKETCHES: GRANADA.
THE 74th HIGHLANDERS IN EGYPT.
A monument has been erected in Glasgow Cathedral to the
memory of the officers and privates of the 74th Highlanders
(2nd Battalion of Highland Light Infantry) who were killed
or mortally wounded at the buttle of Tel-el-Kebir. It was
fixed in a suitable position on the 22nd ult., and will be sur¬
mounted by the old regimental colours. The work lias been
executed, at tbe cost of the officers, past and present, of that
gallant regiment, by Messrs. Alexander Macdonald and Co.,
of the Aberdeen Granite Works, aud of Eustou-road, London.
It is a structure of Sicilian marble, very hard aud clear, with
a central panel of stutuary marble, bearing a sculpture, in
The most famons of the “ Four Kin
occupied the territory of Andalusia
Spain, was Granada, extending in length 240 miles from east
to west, und with a breadth varying from thirty to eighty,
phut'll from the Mediterranean sencoast by the grand moun¬
tain ranges of tile Sierra Nevada, the Sierra Tejeda, and the
AIpnjurma.x Tb is fertile land, by the aid of irrigation from
the mountain Streams, is productive of great wealth of corn
and wine, oil, fruit, silk, and hemp ; it yields also cotton and
sugar, having a semi-tropical climate. Tlie city of Granada,
deriving its name from the Phoenician “ Kamattah,” was the
last royal seat of Moorish rule in Spain, having been greatly
raised in importance by the Spanish conquests of the other
Moslem kingdoms. The history of its decline and fall, con¬
summated by the final victory which was gained, in 1492,
under Ferdinand aud Isabella, lias beeu related by Washington
rests on the top.
At the monthly conversazione of the Literary nnd Artistic
Society, held in the Marlborough Rooms, Regent-street, on
Monday evening, Miss Estelle Romer, a young American lady
who hus already guiued considerable repute as a thought-
reader, performed a series of interesting experiments.
The Town Council of the city of Bristol have appointed
Mr. F. B. Girdlestone, who lias for the past nine years acted
as secretary und manager to the Bristol Docks, as general
manager of the new undertaking of the Corporation,
which embraces, in addition to the old city docks, those at
Avomnouth uud l’ortisheud, acquired this year.
As a companion volume to Mr. Aingcr’s edition of “Elia,”
Poem, Plage, aud Miscellaneous Essays of Char lee Lamb, i rith
Introduction ami Xotes (Macmillan mid Co.), will be welcome to
ull readers of this incomparable essayist. No doubt it contains
a good deal that, apart from the authorship, luis no special
value. “ Rosamund*Gray ” is characteristic of the writer, nnd
bo are many of the poems, but if the tragedy of “ John
Woodvil ” and the furco of Mr. H - were extinct the loss to
literature would be insignificant. On the other hand, the
book includes some invaluable papers, in which Lamb is seen at
his best. Among them are “Recollections of Christ’s Hospital,”
“ On the Tragedies of Shakspeare,” and “ On the Genius and
Character of Ilogarth.” Lamb’s humour is always delightful,
and criticism such as he gives us may take rank with the
highest order of literature. Mr. Ainger’s notes and introduc¬
tion are brief and pertinent./'lie uiiderstauds well the duty of
an editor, and shows liis tact as much perhaps iu wlmt he omits
to say as in wlint be says.
In the series of “ English Men oL/Letters ” Mr. II. D.
Traill has published a critical biography of Coleridge (Macmillan
aud Co.). It is, we need scarcely suy. an extremely well-written
monograph, but we are not so sure that it is satisfactory. The
writer docs justice to Coleridge’s genius as a critic, possibly
ulso as a poet, bufchis estimate of him as u teacher who lias
influenced many inlnds is, we think, fur from adequate.
Few literary men of our century are more distinguished, find
not one, perhaps, has exhibited such a variety of powers. At
the beginning of this century, or rather at the close of the last,
wheu Coleridge’s light shone the brightest, those who were
best capable of judging augured for him a splendid future.
His friends felt that he had u world to conquer; they did not
then know that n weakuess of will, an instability of
purpose, would destroy iu large measure the promise
of his prime. What a glorious promise it was! The
“inspired charity boy” grew up to manhood at a for¬
tunate seasog. The intellect of the country was awaking to
a new lift;, and Coleridge, like his friends Wordsworth
and Southey, felt the inspiration of the hour. The meeting
for thofirsl time, at Racedown, in Dorsetshire, of the youthful
poets Coleridge and Wordsworth is a significant fact in the
history of English verse. “I think,” says Sara Coleridge, iu
apassftge Mr. Traill might have quoted with advantage,
“ there was never so close a union between two
such eminent minds iu any age. They were to¬
gether aud iu intimate communion at the most
vigorous, the most inspired periods of the life of
both.” It is curious to note that while ulmost
all Wordsworth’s finest poetical work was done
within ten years—namely, between 1799 and
1809, Coleridge may be said to have lived und
died as a poet iu a much briefer period. If his
harvest us a poet was soon over, it was rich
in golden graiu. His finest efforts iu verse are,
indeed, of imperishable value. They stand alono
in our literature—poems of enchanting melody,
aud secure in a strength that no waves of fushiou
can injure. It does not often happen that the
divine gilt of imagination aud the more eurthly
gift of critical sagacity are combined in one man.
Coleridge, however, possessed the critical faculty
iu the largest measure, and, ns a critic of poetry,
und especially of Shakspeare, he may have equals,
but assuredly has nosuperior. Asatulkcr, weprefer
the estimate of llazlitt to that of Carlyle; ns u
thinker, Mr. Traill does not do justice to the in¬
sight and suggestivencss which have been felt and
acknowledged by men so widely differing as
Cardinal Newmuu and F. D. Maurice. We need
not dwell on the sad failing of his life, nor point
a moral where it is so obvious. Let us rather
thiuk of Coleridge as he was when Wordsworth
called him the most wonderful of men, ns lie was
when he wrote “The Ancient Mariner” nnd
“ Christubel.” In middle life nnd in age his
genius was obscured by moral weakness, but in
his glorious youth the poet
On honev dew had fed
Aud drunk the milk of Paradise.
Professor Max if filler writes nothing that is not
deserving of attention, aud liis latest publication, Biographical
Escape (Longmans), treats of subjects which nre of special value
in the history of modem thought. Most of our readers
kuow that of late years a great movement against idolatry
and in favour of the unity of the Deity has taken place
iu India. It may bo said to have owed its origin to
Rajah Rummohun Roy, who came to England as a seeker
utter truth, und died here fifty years ago. A more sincere
mun never lived; aud ho proved liis sincerity by painful
sacrifices and by a noble courage which shrank from no toil.
He had been brought up in the belief of the divine authority
of the Veda; his English friends placed the Bible before him,
uud “ he actually learned Greek und Hebrew in order to form
his own independent opinion of the Old and New Testaments.”
Truly does Mr. Max Miiller say that the man “ who is
ready to sacrifice everything for the voice of truth, who sub¬
mits to be culled a sceptic, a heretic, an atheist, even by liis
dearest friends ... is a great man, in the best sense of the
word.” To Keshub Ohuuder Sen, who was well kuown in
England, and died at the beginningof this year, a like testimony
is given. The story of his life and faith is told witli much
detail, and every page of it is pregnant with interest. He
was an enthusiast, and discretion is not alwaj’s allied with
enthusiasm; but Keshub Chunder Sen’s integrity nnd purity
of purpose cannot be questioned. He, too, came to England
to study, as he said, “ the spirit of Christian philanthropy, of
Christian charity, und honourable self-denial; ’’ but, happier in
this respect than Rummohuu Roy, he died iu his native land.
The Professor’s kuowledge of Oriental languages, und the
position which he holds at Oxford, bring him into constant
communication with Eastern scholars. For several years
two young Buddhist priests, Bunyiu Nanjio and Kenjiu
Kassawora, resided at Oxford for the purpose of studying
Sanskrit with Mr. Max Muller’s help. The former is a man
of distinguished ability, whose labours are now familiar to nil
students of Sanskrit; and both proved themselves men of high
principle and great capacity for work. Mr. Max Muller’s
uccount of his friends is a beautiful tribute of affection.
Bunyiu Nanjio returned this year to his native land; liis friend
had previously returned to Japun to die. The poor fellow was
at home and yet not at home, for his parents could not reach
him. “They well know,” he writes, “ that their place is too
cold for me, and they caunot attempt to come to me ” ; and in
his hist letter he says, “ Tokio is not my home, I have re¬
mained here in suspense, neither having been able to set out
for home nor to find u comfortable abode here. No one looks
ufterme; to a sick man very few remain ns friends.” One
cau well imagine with what a sad heart these words must have
been written. We may add that the papers on Bunsen
nnd on Charles Kingsley, already printed in another form,
add considerably to the value of a volume full of suggestive
mutter.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 1, 1884.—420
WALLS OF THE ALHAMBRA
AlTOMlTO
aouj |
t'U Vtlftfl'liS
BARATOI
GIPSY CAVE
BELOW THE ALHAMBRA
ZAGAT IN
RAMBLING SKETCHES: GRANADA.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 1, 1884.—421
MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN, M.P.,
THE NEW CHIEF SECRETARY FOB IRELAND.
A. M. SULLIVAN' M.P..
li NEW IRELAND.”
THE LATE MR. A. M. SULLIVAN, M.P.
Mr. Alexander Martin Sullivnn, who died on the 17th ult.,
was bom in Ban try, county Cork, in 1830. It is said that his
intention, nt first, was to be an artist; but journalism drew
him away from that occupation, and when little more than
five-and-twenty years of age he succeeded Mr. Charles Gavan
Duffy as editor and proprietor of the Nation, a Dublin weekly
paper, the organ of the “ Young Ireland ” party. In 1868 he
was imprisoned four months for some publications with re¬
ference to the Manchester executions. During this imprison¬
ment, he wns nominated for the mayoralty of Dublin, being
then a member of the Town Council; but he requested his
friends to withdraw the nomination. At the general election
of 1874 lie was returned for Louth county, which he repre¬
sented till 1880, when he wns elected for Meath. In con¬
sequence of ill-health, he had to retire from Parliament in
1882. When, in 1870, he withdrew from the editorship
of the Nation, he wns called to the Bar in Dublin, and
received, next year, a special call from the Benchers
of the Inner Temple, London. Mr. tpullivan occupied
an eminent position in Irish professional, political,
literary, and legal society. His defence of the Land League
officers in the State Trials, in January, 1880, will be remem¬
bered as an example of forensic skill and eloquence. Ho wns
the author of “New Ireland,” a temperate and creditable
work of contemporary political history, and of several other
important contributions to literature. He was also on earnest
advocate of temperance, in favour of/Which he, a short time
before his death, wrote an able letter to the Dublin Fveevian't
Journal. Mr. Sullivan married, in 1861, Francis Genevieve,
daughter of the late Mr. Donovan, of New Orleans. He has
left a large family, to provide for whom a subscription is
being raised among Irishmen and Englishmen of every
political party, who respected his personal character as a
siueere, patriotic, and honourable man.
The Portrait is from a photograph by Russell and Sons, of
Brompton. _
Mr. Justice Pearson had before him on Monday an appli¬
cation on behalf of the infant Marquis Camden, twelve years
of age, that the allowance of £6000 a year, directed to be paid
to his mother for his maintenance mid education, might be
increased to £8000. Mr. Justice Peurson, in declining to
make the order asked for, said he would listen to any
application for an augmented allowance in connection with
the expenses of the public school and university education of
the youthful Marquis.
I. The Afternoon Service.
Law.
3. Rev. Dr. Hermann Adler, Delegate Chief Rabbi, preaching the Sermon.
SERVICE AT THE JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, BEVIS MARKS, TO COMMEMORATE THE HUNDREDTH YEAR OF SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE.
422
TEE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 1, 1884
CITY ECHOES.
■Wednesday, Oct. 29.
Lurge withdrawals of gold from the 13nnk for export to
Egypt aud Canada, together with a continued cfllux on pro¬
vincial accounts, have made it nearly certain that the Bank of
England rate of discount will have to be at once raised to
4 per cent, and by the time these words are read that standard
will in all probability have been reached. This would give
3 per cent as the rate of interest to depositors. It has been
more than once pointed out here that a good harvest would
mean the return of the coin to the provinces which seven years
of depression had caused to llow into the Bank’s coffers.
How strong this current is may bo seen by noting the
most recent experience. For seven consecutive weeks gold
has been leaving the Bank for export, but in that time only
£1,000,000 has been so withdrawn, while in the same period
the stock of gold at the Bank has fallen £2,700,000. The dif¬
ference has, of course, goue into circulation. The existence
of the double current is, therefore, indisputable, and if it
continue, and it seems that it must, the murket will ex¬
perience a higher level of money than the more ordinary
liuancial conditions would suggest.
The best securities have been unfavourably affected by this
obvious tendency of money, and it is natural that the demand
for them should be kept down on this account. What Mr.
Childers said last week, about fresh uttempts at reducing the
interest-charge of the debt, but little affects the fundholders.
When Mr. Childers, or any succeeding Chancellor of the
Exchequer, cun ofier repayment ns an alternative to con¬
version, choice will have to be made, and then there need bo
no difficulty. Those who are paid off will easily find an equiva¬
lent investment, and if they fear they cannot, the market for
British 2| per cents will be open to them. Among foreign
securities, Egyptian are just now most in favour. This is
due to the reports as to Lord Northbrook’s plans for re¬
arranging the finances of Egypt. China is said to have
attempted to raise a loan at home, presumably to provide
mt:uns for meeting the expenses of the French invasion,
but with very partial success. Vet Chinese Bonds have
{ >roved good investments in this market. In 1875 a
oan of £1,900,000 was issued at 88* per cent, and in
1877 £1,604,270 was issued in 8 per cent bonds at 98.
The former is quite paid off, aud the latter is within a few
thousand pounds of its termination. If, therefore, 6 per
cent bonds had been offered here through the Hong-Kong and
Shanghai Bank it is probable that they would have been
quickly taken up. A nation ought to look upon an alternative
stock market as invaluable, and never quite close it.
The depression of British railways continues, sales follow¬
ing evidence after evidence that trade is not going to revive in
time to materially affect the working result of the ensuing
half-year. There is continued excitement in the American
murket, and though something has beeu said about the rates
being probably restored by the beginning of November, the
more general opinion is that more suffering has yet to be goue
through before harmony is restored. Cnnadinn railways have
also been dull, and the Grand Trunk Stocks are in particular
sensitive to what affects the traffic position of the company’s
connections. The revived interest in Indian gold-mining
Bliares continues, aud one or two electric-lighting shares have
excited more notice.
The Stock Exchango committee have this week admitted
the new Two-and-Three-quarter per Cent Consols to the
officinl list. T. 8.
MONTE FIORE CENTENARY THANKSGIVING.
At this time last yenr, when the venerable Jewish citizen of
London nud benevolent patron of so muuy works of charity
and mercy, Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart., entered the hundredth
year of his age, we published some Illustrations of his past
life, and of the festivities und congratulations with which tliut
E eriod was celebrated by his neighbours at Ramsgate. His
irthday this year, by the Jewish computation of time,
occurred last Monday, but according to the Gregorian or
European Calendar it fell on Saturday last. On that day,
being the Jewish Sabbath, a special Thanksgiving Service
was performed in the ancient London Syuugogue in Bevis
Marks, where Sir Moses Montefiore used to worship at
the time of his residence in London. Wo present some
Illustrations of this religious service, including the cere¬
mony of bringing in a new Scroll of the Law, presented
by Mr. Joseph De Castro in memory of his daughter,
aud the preaching of n sermon by the Rev. Dr. Her¬
mann Adler, Delegate Chief Rabbi. There was special
prayer and thanksgiving, in which mention was made of the
good old man, Moses Montefiore, and of his departed
wife, Judith, Lady Montefioro. At the Jewish synagogue
at Ramsgate, on Monday, there was also a special service, at
which Sir Moses was present, and he afterwards spoke a few
grateful and pious words to those around him. His house in
that neighbourhood was visited by many friends, and he re¬
ceived about eight hundred letters and six hundred telegrams,
one from the Queen, to offer him affectionate congratulations.
The Jewish Freemasons in London had a festive dinner on the
occasion, and there were public rejoicings at Ramsgate, with
a dinner, fireworks, and torchlight procession.
NEW CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND.
The Right Hon. Henry Campbell-Bannerman, late M.P. for
the Stirling District ot Burghs, aud now seeking re-election,
has been appointed to succeed the Right Hon. G. O. Trevelyan
in the important Ministerial office of Secretary to the Govern¬
ment of Irclund. He is second son of the late Sir James
Campbell, of Strathcathro, Forfarshire, and, his mother being
a daughter of Mr. Henry Bamicrman, of Manchester, the
subject of this memoir, who was bom in 1836, took the
name of Campbell-Bannermuu some twelve years ago. He
was educated at Glasgow University and at Trinity
College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1858,
and M.A. in 1861. He married, in 1860, a daughter
of Maior-Genernl Sir Charles Bruce, K.C.B. In December,
1868, no whs elected M.P. for, Stirling; he held the
post of Financial Secretary to the War Office, in Mr.
Gladstone’s Ministry, from November, 1871, to February,
1874, and was reappointed under the present Govenimeut in
April, 1880, but has latterly been Secretary to the Admiralty,
and lias earned a high reputation for administrative skill, and
for ability and discretion in the conduct of Parliamentary
business.
The Portrait is from a photograph by Russell and Sons, of
Brompton-road, South Kensington.
Sir William Worsley has made a return of 10 per cent to
his tenants on the past half year’s rents. A similar reduction
has been made for some years past.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW-YEAR CARD8.
The first in the field this year with these pleasant tokens
of friendship and lose arc Messrs. Hildcshcimcr and
Faulkner, of—Jewin-street, City. Their designs, judgiug
by the specimens sent us, are as charming as they are various,
and will bear competition with their best issues in previous
years. It may be mentioned that this firm received the gold
medal for its cards at the late International and Universal
Exhibition.
Next in point of time, though certainly not second as
regards quality, comes a selection of Prang’s American
Christmas aud New-Year Cards, chiefly floral, forwarded by
Mr. Arthur Ackermann, of Regent-street, who is the sole
importer into England of these exquisite trities, many of which
are works of art. Comment on these world-reuowned pro¬
ductions is superfluous. Mention, however, is demanded—
for its-size, if for no other reason—of a large fan-shaped New-
Year gift, one half being of plaited pink satin and the other
of plush, to match therewith. In the centre is a satin sachet,
bearing paintings tastefully executed, and the fan is bordered
with Bwansdown. To the masculine mind such a delicate object
seems only fit to be put under a glass shade and admired; but
the quicker perception of ladies will, doubtless, suggest half-
a-do/.cn purposes for which it may be used—among them
being, perhaps, a fan and a fire-screen.
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r pRUTII says:—“The great merit of tho
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r PHE WORLD says:—“ In our jaded age,
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evil in witnessing the Prince**’* production. Whate . JB
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be considered one of th* greatest actor* of our d»
doubt and qucatlon, and his triumph mi
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G A. SALA says.—“Mr
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rPHE TIMES Bays :—“ Miss Eostlake
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r FRUTH says:—“Laertes and the Grave-
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ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
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JL ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
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/ _ -f depreering the sounding heard, nnd thua
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X ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
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BY UAL LUDLOW.
BY
OF SAND.
CHAPTER XXXII.
R. E. FRANCILLON,
Author o.- "Strange Waters," "Olympia," "A Real Queen," &c.
T vow it, upon my life and soul. I lovo you as much as you
A LOVE-LETTER.
It was well for the Parson’s peace of mind that Wfcttew
nothing of certain habits of Mabel’s, which, though he could
not have understood them, must have inevitably tilled him
with alarm. One was that she never failed to tjtft- u_ light
in her bedroom window at certain midnight hours. Tho.
other, that she was in the habit of receiving letters ufter nll,
though they were never signed Francis Care w—Indeed for
that matter, they were not always signed atwll, Nor were
they brought by the regular postal channel^thigugh\wJiieh
perhaps some six letters, all for the,Vicarage, fnund their Way
into Stoke Juliot in the course of a year. They were invariably
brought her privately by Mrs. Drnx, who invnrinblybrouglit
them herself from Barnstaple, whither it Was obviously
necessary that the Squire’s housekeeper should occasionally go
to consult the Squire’s man of affairs. Not that the letters
passed through the hands of Mr. Haynes. \\
Having to keep a light in her room (luckily, candles formed
no portion of the Parson’s economies),Mt was natural that she
should re-peru8e the latest of tljt'se communications, the more
especially as she had only received it thatday, and it was of
more consequence than they always werb.x
‘•My Anoel,” it began—words that can scarcely fail to
ensure at least one re-perusal, if hot more. “I safely received
your lost dearest letter: and I vow to you, on my life and my
soul (and that > yourself), 1 have liot left one single word of it
unkisst—no, not one. I am still in trouble: 1 am at any
rate of consequen.se enough (or am thought to be) not easily to
be restored into favour. My/Cnnuinies are not so powerful! os
vileut and unrelenting. But the time will come: and then they
will sea. Mennwile, my Angel, be true: don’t fall out with
Mrs. Drux, and never forgott the light in the window. I may
come any time: when least ccspectcd then most to be lookt for.
So youve heard nothing of that bumkiu, Frank Corew. It was
a good thought, your Koaps of Sand. For ’tis my belief he
will nock liia head Against them ancUgo to Davy Jones. He is
not like me, who have been all through the Injies, and the
Canuabals and Tygres without losing a hair: why, he would
not speck thcir-jfngow. You must not be afraid of his coming
to harm. He will get a lesson: and Providonse alwnys
wachtcs over Fools. I may come to deliver you from your
Captivity any night: so be prepared. I shall not toll you by
writing any more. IIow my eagre heart burns for that liappV
hour, when we shall be whirling away post haste into that
heaven on earth where we shall be bound by fetters of
aramanthine flowers. Dearest Mabel, 1 dream of you alone every
moment by night and think of you every moment by day—
love me ;~ / and though peiresses have been at my feat, you lmve
tamed and melted the heardest heart in the world : as heard,
but oh, as true as steal. My Angel, how impacieut you must
Be to sea me again But it will not be long now before wo
nieet to part no more —
Angels listen when she speaks i
She ’■ my delight, all mankind's Wonder:
But my jealous
- Id -
ftft would break
Should we live one doy asunder—
As I left my pillow at two o’clock lost night to write of you.
And to think that you were to be mated with that Biunkin !
But I’m not jealous of him. I thought your letter was u little
cold; but of course 1 understand when you love me so much,
to And words to eespress all you feel. It is more than even
I can do. 1 should like to go on writing fora year: but I
must send this in a hurry. A thousand million kisses from
your own true lover forever and a day— IIokxeck. And a
thousand million more — Tho’ poor the offering be.”
Love-letters are beyond criticism: except on tho part of
those who, for obvious reasons, cannot criticise. Mabel was
no judge of spelling or stylo : and, after all. who ever really
cured for such arbitrary trifles ? And what love-letter worth
the name ever read wisely—unless it were written by a
scoundrel or a fool? It did just strike Mabel that she had
come across the poetry somewhere before: but then it might
be the result of that morning’s tirst reading, and not from
some random dip into the Vicar’s book-shelves. Again it did
jar a little upon her that the successful lover should stoop
to call liis unfortunate rival numes. Some sort of insight told
her that lxad the tables been turned, nothing of that kind
would have come from the pen any more than from the tongue
of Francis Corew. Still, with all shortcomings, the letter
was a prize : the only man who has ever called one an angel
can hardly do very much wrong, at any rate until he has ceased
to be the only man.
But what really went to heart was that her knight and
soldier was still in trouble, and that he looked to her to console
him for them all. She was flattered, doubtless, and that sort
of vanity which men and women dignify by the name of
ambition was stirred. But none the less romantic pity wns at
the root of the matter: and, what may seem a little strange, it
was since she had begun to guess dimly at tho devotion of
Francis that her heart had felt the most tenderly towards his
rival. It was us if Francis had sown t bo seed for Caleb to renp
the harvest—I wonder if that sort of love’s labour lost be
common or no. It is common enough in Nature, if that be any
guide, where summer fructifies but autumn gathers: where the
snow keeps the roots worm, but secs nothing of the flowers.
And where was Francis, after all ? It was not pleasant for
conscience to feel that, though not in a French prison, it might
be better for him if he were: and that, wherever he was, it was
she who had sent him there. But no doubt Caleb was right—
Caleb must be. Travel would be a wholesome lesson for the
clown who hud bidden her marry him, and yet hud shown him¬
self such a sluve. After all, he had gone away of his own free
will and desire— and time enough for to-morrow when it comes,
thought she, for tho ten thousandth time since she hud been
born. She read the letter over again by the light of her signal
candle, only skipping over those parts which jarred at once
upon her taste uud her conscience. And, when the kitchen
clock struck three (which signified a quarter past one) she put
the paper under her pillow, and her head over tlmt, thankful
that sue had passed another day without a crisis, and trying to
hope thut one would come to-morrow—trying her best, too,
poor girl, to hate the oue lover as much as she loved the other,
and to love the other as much us she endeavoured to hate tho
one. As to which she thought of the most before she slept,
there was scarce a pin to choose between the two.
She woke to a morning of cloud and wind, and to a nervous
consciousness tlmt yesterday had somehow set her sailing a
doubtful course oil dangerous seas. So Francis Carew was a
prisoner in France—to that she must stand committed, and
must commit him also to it should he suddenly return. And
then she might expect Caleb any time — thut very night, it
might be, for aught she could tell. And for the tirst time, too,
a feeling came to her that she was something more to the
l’arson than a piece of wreckage to which ho hod become
accustomed: and, though this touched her, it did not make her
feel the happier. Of course she was ac ting for his welfare:
but “Oh, it 1 could only do all openly!” thought she: “if
the course of true love could but run smooth ! However, all
will be well some day: and till then—well, nothing can happen
to-day.”
Nor did anything happen for some quiet hours. And yet
that day was not fated to go wholly without its event:
though iu any other parish the event would huve been but the
smallest of the small.
It happened iu this wise. Tamzin’s successor, who
answered to the name of Bridget, and was chiefly distinguished
by a prodigious capacity for blunde ring, suddenly burst into
Mabel’s parlour, open-mouthed and open-eyed, with—
“Oh Lord, Mistress ! Here’s a stranger man wants to seo
you or Parson - whomsoever mought a’ be ! ”
Caleb? Francis? Mabel’s heurt almost leapt into her
mouth. But her confusion was scarce less when she saw, just
above Bridget’s shoulder, the face of a real, genuine stronger;
To sec Mr. Vernon riding
by the sands at low tide was tho event of the day.
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and of n gentleman, which, in Stoke Juliot, was the crown and
pinnacle of all that is strange.
She rose hastily and flashing, ashamed of Bridget’s bar¬
barism, and vexed at having been taken unprepared. After
all, she was but a country girl, and shy. Vet there was no
need. Not even smiling at the manner of -his announcement,
the visitor bowed himself round Bridget, and said, with the
most polished courtesy,
“Pray pardon me. I asked for his Reverence: I did not
expect to surprise a fair lady in her bower. Nevertheless—
since mine is but a visit of ceremony—may I come in ? I
would have paid it to the lady, if I had known: hoping that
ceremony may become friendly welcome another time.”
A visit of ceremony — the phrase was of itself alarming.
Mabel could only make a confused curtsey, and then stand
silent and blushing, for nil the world like a milkmaid,
and angry with herself for feeling like a fool. But, even under
such conditions, what woman, though she may lose her head,
loses her eyes. Hie visitor was a handsome, even distinguished
looking person of some fifty years old, toll, and of a figure
admirably preserved—as unlike his contemporary, the Vicar,
as man can be unlike man. His face was healthily pale, and
smoother than many a much younger man’s: liis hair was
grizzled to such an exactly becoming degree ns to suggest n
dnsli of powder : his eyes were blue and clear, and his features
regular und refined. As for his dress, it was the very per¬
fection of quiet elegance, and his white hands were us perfect
ns his bow.
“ I must introduce myself,” said he: “ and you will have
to take me on my own assurance--ah : the Reverend Jordan
Pengold P I was just introducing myself to this young lady :
Miss Pengold I presume. I hope an idle man 1ms* not had the
misfortune to disturb a busy one?”
I havo said no man could be more unlike the Parson than
this elegant st ranger. But that was while they were apart—
together, it was scarce possible to believe that both belonged
to the same world. The Parson came rolling and lumbering
in, his wig more than half off, his waistcoat open, bis shirt
milled, liis face perspiring, with spattered top-boots and
breeches, and accompanied with an atmosphere in which
tobacco tried to conquer the effects of a visit to the pigs, and
failed. A busy man he assuredly seemed to be. On the other
hand was this fresh, cool, self-possessed, and perfectly
arranged gentleman, looking ns if he lmd never done any
harder work than take off liis hat to a lady.
“I’m Parson lVngohl,” said the Vicar. “That fool
Bridget made me think the house was a-fire. Have you como
to see my pigs? Bridget—draw a jug of ale. And don’t
bring it in the teapot, as you did last time.”
The stranger aid not immediately procoed with his intro¬
duction. but waited, as if to give the Parson an opportunity
for full inspection. But after Bridget hud left the room, he
went on.
" Mv name is Vernon,” said he : and paused again.
“Vernon—eh t ” asked the Parson. “If you’ve come
about pigs. I ’ll show you as fine a litter"-
“ Most interesting animals—none more so. It is not, how¬
ever, on business that I have called. I have to explain
myself — for the fact is, I’m something of an oddity. I don’t
pretend to be a scholar, in your sense: but I *m a student:
and I am engaged on a work that demands seclusion:
nothing less—than —in fact, an Epic Poem on no less a
subject than the Wars of the Stars. Such a theme is not
to lie executed amid the madding crowd, but in solitary
communion with—you understand. Searching for soli¬
tude, 1 chanced to visit Barnstaple: and was fortunate
enough to make inquiries of a professional man named
Haynes.”
“I know Lawyer Haynes,” said the Parson. “He de¬
fended an action I brought to recover n lot of tithe sheaves six
harvests ago—the biggest rogue m Devon, be the other who
he may."
“ I'm sony to hear that.” said Mr. Vernon. “ He lmd a
house on hand, the property of a client who is gone abroad ;
and, after some conversation, he agreed to let it to me till liis
client’s return.”
“Bless my soul!” exclaimed the Parson. “You don’t
mean you ’ve taken Hornacombe ? ”
“ Hornacombe is the place. I have scon it this morning,
and it suits me down to the ground. Solitude, space, a whole
library of books, and a housekeeper already there."
“ But you can’t have taken Hornacombe. Why, the /
owner ’» a prisoner to the French—confound ’em !—poor lad :/{-
CHAPTER XXXI11.
OLD PIGTAIL.
Though Stoke Juliot, for cause, did not trouble itself about
other people’s business more than other places of the same
size, the occupation of Hornacombe by Mr. Vernon amounted
to something more than the mere nine days’ wonder. Nothing
is less strange than a stranger at Stoke Juliot nowadays, at cer¬
tain times of the yeur. But then a stranger was n stranger
indeed. There was some reason for the sojourn of Captain
Quickset—he lmd been travel bound, and it was only natural
that t he young Squire should have guests and friends. But for
the sudden evolution of this Mr. Vernon there was no imaginable
cause. Eccentric scholarship, or poetical vagary, might pass
muster at the Vicarage, but at the village—no. Mrs. Unix
became a liouess. And it was mainly through her good offices
that the distrustful prejudice with which the new resident was
at first regarded became changed into some sort of respect and
liking. Considering that the housekeeper was deprived, by
this unlooked-for episode, of her absolute dominion over
Hornacombe dttfing the absence of its owner, this assuredly
speaks volumes for Mr. Vernon’s tact as a manager. At any
rate, she had none but golden words for her temporary master.
He was ns quiet a gentleman as her old master, or .as the poor
dear Captain—different in every way that could be thought of
from that good-for-nothing runaway, that roystering scape¬
grace, the young Squire. He just gave no trouble at all. lie
mode his own breakfast (toast und tea—nothing more) in liis
own room, and then rend and wrote in the library, so that
Mrs. Drux never set eyes on him or had anything to do for
him before noon, and some days not till later still. At two,
ns regular ns the clock, he had a dish of fish—the finest that
could be obtained, which he ate with unknown sauces added
by himself, and one bottle of wine, of which a small supply
had followed him from Barnstaple. Then, between three and
four, he walked or rode (for a capital hack had followed the
wine) : the evening was occupied like the morning: and he
whs in bed by ten. The sendee he required was next to none,
Mrs. Drax, and a native lad to groom the hack, being ample
for nil his needs. On Sunday, ho varied liis habits by going to
church in the forenoon, and by falling into the habit of taking
pot-luck at the Vicarage after the sermon, which the Vicar,
with such an addition to his congregation, could no longer
venture to postpone. But all these were negative merits. Ho
was not only the best-spoken gentleman ever known of in tliat
rough comer, but the openest-handed too. He paid thrice
the market price for liis fish, and for all else, without seeming
to notice that he was being cheated by these simple fisher-
folk : lie rewarded the least service with at least four times its
proper value, thus, wliile filling pockets, corrupting minds.!''
and—since Mrs. I)rax was the loudest in his praise—tlic hand
so open abroad must have been no less generous at home.
When a man is a hero to his housekeeper, it is not hard to
guess the reason why. /v V \. J j ,'
Golden opinions—they are easily bouglit: butrut' docs not
follow that, because they are bought^thev are always for that
reason undeserved. More blameless and harmless life was
never led by mortal man ou a desert island than was led bv
Mr. Vernon at Hornacombe. His very presence in the parish
gave a refined—a sort of aristocratic flavour to the uir. Even
the Parson, not altogether with the best contentment, lmd to
avoid fuddling himself before bed-time, to brush his clothes,
to settle his trig, and to put a guard upon his tongue. The
so-called fishermen became fishers in earnest, now tlmtllomu-
combe was paying at outrageous prices for the liest they-could
supply, and took to torching their forelocks to the paymaster.
The farmers’ wives and daughters; including young Mrs.
Hole, were stimulated to •qmpetition in butter and cream, as
well us in ribbons—it- wn- not fair that the fish market, when
money was living, should get all the gain. Besides, hay had to
be made while the sun shone: for, alas! Mr. Vernon was but a
tenant-at-will. To see Mr. Vernon, with his handsome face,
Ids thoroughbred bearing, and his graceful seat in the saddle,
riding towards Sack Point by the sands at low tide, or towards
Barnstaple over the moor, was the event of the day: and not
a few wqre the pennies that the urchins gained by going out
to see.\ A Poet, was he Newell, it was quite clear that a
Poet’s is a good rage. For a professed poet, too, he was a
marvellously modest man—his first allusion had been his List
to<^lie Wars of the Stars. But that matter was, of course,
beyond the Stoke Juliot ken. The folk there did not, for
Want of samplos, know how rare it is to find a poet rain.
WM . . There was nothing more to note than that the work of the
and" - XyfilageL^posnnistress sextupled itself at once. A packet of
“Indeed—a soldier? Mr. Ilnynes said nothing of that: letters under seal, at a formidable charge, and another packet
but he thought it his duty not to let the house stand idle, pr of newspapers, never foiled to come twice a week from Barn-
run out of repair. Ho made n convenience of me far Ids staple, addressed to H. Vernon, Esquire—Mr. Vernon himself
“ Mr. Cnrew will object to find a sum of money he didn’t
look for waiting him whenever he comes hom^-ugain, us pray
Gotl every brave fellow of GUI's soon may. It qs a gn at and
glorious thing to be an Englishman in these terrible times—to
live in the only country that romainaloynl / to^the Church nhd
the Throne. In my opinion, and doubtless in yours” he took
a pinch of snuff— “there ’a one Fox ought to be shot for vermin,
and his name’s Charles James. However, though I trtcnn to
be an anchorite, I am still to be yourjmrishioner, and I trust
not otherwise than your friend. And perhaps, had I been
warned of Miss Pengold’s blue eyes, I tuightxliave wandered
further in search of a spot where a snail would have no
temptation to come out of liis shell.” \ \
If an eccentric, he was certainly an agreeable man. His
compliments, unlike Captain Quickset's, did not seem aimed
straight between the eves, but were dropped out as things of
course, and hud to be digested u little before one could taste
the flavour. He was no iloubt elderly and formal: but then
he was handsome and graceful, and Had an easy, polished air
that was altogctjlicr iicw' te^Mubcl-^u's far removed from the
Captain’s fiisciiiatiug jinptid«.nc<v tis from Francis Carew’s
boorish Mnqdicity. She.did not consciously draw comparisons
with either :(bht/ she did know that, stranger though he was,
lie made her ffepl perfectly utjjer ease.
Nor did theVood impression diminish as the time passed on,
and as the conventionul fOw minutes of a first call grew into
mniiy. I fa lwtohiy tulfceddasily himself, but gradually led the
o11 h 1 %.into/talking with almost equal ease, about all manner
of tlting'--- the affairs <>f Stoke Juliot, social and legendary;
the misdeeds of the farmers ; tho latest town fashions; all
things, in sliort, save one, und that was himself. After his
first iutrodnetfan fa quietly dismissed himself from the con¬
versation, so thnt-iiot until he lmd taken his departure were
they able to realise lmw little lie had told and how much he
lmd learned.
“I’ve known many a strange thing in my time,” said
Parson Pengold. when Mr. Vernon lmd left the Vicarage:
“ many a mighty strange tiling. But if I live to the age of
Fontius Pilate’s* porter I shall never sec so strange u thing ns
that a gentleman -n scholar—should, of his own free will, bury
himself alive.”
For even the most recluse student is not made, any more than
lie who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, to live entirely
alone. Wliat more natural than that the scholar and poet
should seek relaxation in the company of the Vicar? Only as
it chanced that Mr. Vernon took but little wine, never touched
ale or strong waters, and took tobacco solely in the form of
snuff, it was more natural still that relaxation should be more
and more personified by the Vicar’s daughter—since such she
who hud no other father must be called.
Thus Mabel also became drawn into the circle of influence
which, without any effort of his own, was quietly forming
itself round Mr. Vernon. More than middle-aged as he was,
and formal as lie was in manner, there were certainly sides of
her nature with which he was more in harmony than even the
brilliant Captain lmd been. She ceased to feel shy with him
marvellously soon : she even regained a little of her natural
turn for badinage, which he never failed to encourage with a
smile. Talk with him was us easy as with Quickset, with this
great difference, that Mr. Vernon made her talk, while the
Captain made her listen. She talked nonsense enough, no
doubt: but it never seemed even to herself to be nonsense
while it was her new friend who, by a word or two here and
there, led her on.
So it came about, that, wliile she knew no more of him than
on the first day of his arrival at Hornacombe, she had told him
him all about everything and everybody in Stoke Juliot, her¬
self included—omitting only such trifles as her engagement to
one man and her promise to fly with another. And whatever
she had to say seemed to have unfailing interest for him.
While the Parson was engaged in what ho now chose to term
writing his sermon — a process wliieh never occupied less than
four hours of every afternoon nnd often most of the evening as
well—Mr. Vernon would sit with the utmost apparent content
and satisfaction by Mabel’s fireside chatting, listening, and
sipping tea, while she worked at her embroidery and thought
aloud. Such relaxation as this would hardly have been suit¬
able for a younger man: but, though many n younger man
was at a disadvantage with such an elder, there wns no room
for objection hero. A father confessor could not have carried
himself less like the most remotely possible lover. He was
always chivalrous in liis manner tmd gracefully tender: but
then there are a thousaud ways of being these things, of which
love knows but oue, while liis was of the nine hundred and
ninety and nine. Before very long lie had, by imperceptible
degrees, become so recognised a part of the household that his
coinings and goings and staying* were imnoticed—he had
slipped completely into the Parsonage life, while-neither the
Parson nor Mabel could have told how, even if either hud
dreamed of asking. 1t. even seemed perfectly natural to Mabel
that an elderly nmn of the world, ns this poet evidently wns,
should take a chronic interest in the raw chatter of nu untaught
country belle.
He’knew all about her story, so far as she knew it herself:
lie questioned her about her religion, of which he pretty
quickly discovered that she knew nothing : he got her to talk
so much that he must have obtained a very fairly accurate
map of her mind. Whether he liked what he found there, he
made no sign : but it may be presumed he was, at any rate,
interested, or he would not have continued his voyage of dis¬
covery among those confused depths and shullows.*
On the whole, it was probably only his evident signs of
wealth and his open hand that saved him from being set down
in the parish either ns a French spy or as a Jesuit in disguise.
As things wen-, nobody dreamed of connecting him in any way
with the general lawlessness which lmd culminated in the
death of Derrick and in the flight of those charged with liis
murder. So lie went about unmolested: mid even when,
having obtained the key from Mrs. Drax. lie paid a long visit
to Derrick’s deserted cottage, nobody put it down to anything
more than a whim. It. was an odd fancy, for the house, since
it lmd stood empty, had obtained u bad name. But Mr.
Vernon (“Old Pigtail," he was beginning familiarly to be
called—perhaps from his favouring that appendage: perhaps
from his hanging on to the Parsonage : perhaps from both,
or perhaps from mere occult stroke ot village wit)— Mr.
Vernon laid bought the right to have as many fancies as he
pleased, whntever they might be. So long as lie had none for
patrolling Hornacombe Sands when the Maiden showed her
double star.
V If, hqwever, his critics could have seen how he spent liis visit,
^they would have nut down the proper price of liis fancies nt
a higher figure still. 1 laving carefully locked the door behind
him, he made a tour of ever}' room, leaving no cupboard or
corner unexplored, but always gently, and never eagerly, ns if
he had inherited the soul of some aristocratic magpie. He
looked out at every window, and, by way resting, sat down in
every chair. And, what was really’ noteworthy, though it wns
iliis first visit to the empty cottage, he did not go about it as a
stranger, but as one wlio hud lived there long, and lmd left it
hut yesterday. Only, if he came to look for anything, ns it
seemed, he came away with an empty hand.
According to his now almost settled habit, Old Pigtail,
having finished his barren search, if search it wns, found his
wav to the Vicarage in the evening. Mostly, he found Mabel
by herself: for, if the truth must be told, Parson Pengold
laid become so used to liis own company that, though he
found his own dull, he found a Continuance of any
other duller still. Moreover, it was not long before he discovered
that his new neighbour knew little of Greek, nnd still less of
Bacon, while able and willing to discourse like an expert on a
hundred topics whereof the Parson knew nothing nt all. So,
partly out of an envious sort of contempt, partly out of u kind
of shamefaced shyness, Parson Pengold preferred to study his
sermon ut such hours. This evening, however, lie was watch¬
ing Mabel's fingers, nnd thinking now, even in iStoke Juliot,
things had changed since tho days when he was young.
Indeed, ho was thinking also, witli a cold twinge of un¬
recognised jealousy, about what business old Pigtail had to
conic interloping here, nnd setting himself up us a sort of rival
father. Old Pigtail had so much to say to her—slio had so
much to say to him. It did seem hard, when he had been
forcing liis conscience to nceept a lie in order to keep her all
to himself, that liis nose should be put out of joint by another
old fellow ns old ns he. Could it bo that old Pigtail was making
a fool of himself nbout the girl ? If that were so, confound
him. it should soon be put un end to—very soon.
What were Mabel's thoughts, 1 will not dare to say. It is
to be hoped, for Caleb Quickset's sake, that they were where
a true lover’s should be.
“ Good evening! ” said Mr. Vernon, in his quiet way.
Mabel received her new friend with a smile: the Parson with
a grant, and a nod, not meant to show want of courtesy. Only
he could give no warmer welcome, for he was following his
own thoughts, nnd he was at bottom an honest man.
.“There’s not much news to-day, Parson—another capture
or two at sea, but that’s nothing out of the way. It the
Cmpnuds. and their friends hen' at home, don’t soon siug
pccrari, I ’ll—but you can rend all nbout that for yourself,
Parson. Our buttles must be won before they become fit for
our pretty Mabel’s ears ” -
“ Our Mabel, indeed! ’’ muttered the Parson, but only half
aloud. Things seemed iudeed going far, even from aco-futlierly
point of view.
“But indeed,” interrupted Mabel herself, “it is no such
thing. I would be a soldier myself, if I were a man—or a
sailor—And if we can’t do brave deeds, we can help them to
fame.”
Sir. Vernon nodded approval. “You would have made
me a soldier by that speech,” said lie, “ had I been a younger
man. Well, well. I have chosen to be n poet: and whether
Achilles or Ilomor wns the greater, who shall say? But,
talking of poetry, I had a curious adventure to-day. I went,
inn tit of idle curiosity, into that empty cottage by the old
lime-kiln, on the sands. And what do you think I found ? A
volume of the * Spectator ’ : and Grid’s ‘ Metamorphoses,’ in
its native tongue. Wns not tliat strange to find P And what
i» more—it was open on a table, us if it had been in reading
but the other day.”
“Mrs. Drax used to lend Nonce Derrick books,” said Mabel.”
“Ay — and the wench used to read them,” said the Purson,
coming out of his reverie, so to speak, with u bang. “ But
never mind her. That's all a bad old story. When tho
Squire come* back, to the ground that cottage shall go.”
“No, no!’’said Mr. Vernon, hastily. “I mean — I have
some notion of having a pied-a-terre here of my own: nnd that
cottage has capabilities: in short, it would be just the tiling
for one who, like myself, has need of an occasional hermitage.
1 wonder if Mr. Curew would seU. Hornacombe is too large—
even if the owner were not coming home some day.”
Mabel looked up brightly. “That would be pleusnnt
indeed ! ” said she. *
The Parson, whose wits were quickening under this new
jealousy, caught the look, to which lie would have been stone
blind before old l’igtnil come, more keenly than the words.
He determined that he would not retire to his sermon that
evening, even though by his making a third he wus doomed to
be bored cvin till bed-time. Old Pigtail to stay at Stoke
Juliot! Did the suit-spoken old idiot drtam that, if Jlornu-
combe was too large tor one, Derrick's cottage was not too
small for two ?
And he' was bored—horribly and hideously bored. From
such small and loeal beginnings this detestable old Pigtail
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warn.
X.PtoQGth
2. Q to ft B 4th (oh)
8. Mates ace' rdmgly.
glided, with expert ease, to wider and more distant things—to
incidents of travel, to anecdotes both lively and grave, nay, to
the drama itself, of which he seemed to have the whole history
at the tip of his tongue. He quoted verse every now and then,
in the manner of n practised reader, and with elaborate em¬
phasis- not in the slovenly or half shamefaced, or mock heroic
fashion wherewith such tags are treated nowadays. Mabel,
for the most part, listened: but every now and then she put in
her word, and, whenever she did, Mr. Vernon listened ns if
she were a second Hypatia, whose words were silver and gold.
And lie watched her every look, the Parson could see through
his gathering rage, as if he were ft young lover, despite his
grizzled hair. It was worse than Quickset—for this man was
a getitlemnn: so much not even paternal jealousy could deny.
A good hour and a half of this hnd gone on, when—
“ Gammon ! ” bellowed the Parson aloud, in the midst of
some especially interesting passage. “IIow any girl can
listen to such twaddle ”-
Mabel started—a quick flush came over the pule cheeks of
old Pigtail. But start and flush ended in a mutual smile. Even
jealousy could keep awake no longer: the Parson snored.
“Sleep seems like wine, to bring out the truth,” said Mr.
Vernon, rising to go. “ Good-night, my dear. It is very good
of you to put up with the long stories of a lonely old wid—
bachelor, like me”-
“ Oh, pray don’t say that, Mr. Vernon! ” said Mabel. “ If
you knew how ignorant I am: how much I want to learn ”-
“ Then—we are friends ?”
It was an odd question, she thought, and oddly spoken.
But she was pleased. “Indeed, I hope so,” said she.
“ But do you know what being friends moans? It means
this—if you are ever hi trouble, you will come to me: if I am,
I shall come to you. For help, I mean.”
“ You come for help to me ! ”
“Surely. I shall come to you. And you to me. Even in
this peaceful place,” said he, glancing at the slumbering
Parson, “you may need a friend.”
Mubel coloured—nor was the blush lost upon him: and
her heart trembled. Yes—she did need a fnend: and had
she found one in her need ? It really seemed so: for never
lmd she seen till now the fellow-creature who tempted con¬
fidence in the assurance that confession would ease the heart
and fix the mind. Perhaps he would know Quickset: assuredly
he, who knew so much verse and was himself n poet, would
sympathise with true love, and save her from being forced into
marriage with Francis Carew, should that luckless knight
errant ever return.
And, had the Parson not been there, she would have yielded
to impulse, and have spoken out, for her spirit was truly sole, and
there was something about the Hermit of Homacombe that
made u woman trust him, if without reason, with faith, which
is better still. But the Parson was not only there, but was
waking: and the moment just mocked her and passed by.
“ Good-night, Parson. Good-night, my dear,” added Mr.
Vernon, with a tenderness that made the Parson scowl and
groan. Think what must be the feelings of any rough diamond
to the gem that is polished and set in gold.
“ Wait a bit! " said Parson Pengold. “ I want a word
with you, Squire Vernon, if you please. So to bed, Mnbel. I
want to talk a bit of plain prose.”
“At your service. Parson," said Mr. Vernon, a little
coldly. “ Good-night, my dear.”
To know what the Parson’s prose was going to be, she
would almost have given one of her ears. That it was going
to be about her, she was sure—but what, and why? Why
had the Parson not only scouted her lover, but turned upon
her friend, insulting him though but in a dream ? It was hard
upon the Parson: but the girl whom he had saved from the
sea, and whom lie had guarded till womanhood, and for whose
affection in his coming old age the desolate old fellow was
beginning to pine, was learning to despise his roughness and
to rebel against his clanking chains. She was burning to give
her confidence, not to the man who hnd earned it, but to the
mau who hiul come to Stoke .Tuliot by chance, and who had
done nothing but talk to her and muke her talk to him.
She wished that moment of impulse lmd not gone by
barren. But—there was, thank Heaven! a to-morrow: and
then, whatever came of it, he should know all: for sho was
becoming u miserable girl. Her secret was devouring her;
and her lie was becoming too hard to bear. Had she known
that the Pnrson also had lied—but that she could not dream.
But why, why did not the prose come to an end ? And
when would it P She hoard th« hum of voices while she read
by her covenanted candle, and wondered if it would ever come
to an end. Midnight struck, in limping strokes, from the
Church tower. Still the minutes wore on, and the hum of
voices did not cense below, though without her catoliing ft
ingle word. Never lmd the Vicarage been up so late since
he red cow fell ill. Well, to-morrow- \\
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
All eommunieatitms total Ina In Ihit department of the Taper rhon/d tin addressed to the
Klltor. awl ha re the wrril" Chess ' written oh the envelope,
CRT (Clifton).—'Thanks /or til* problem*. Both «ro neat, anil, we hope, will be found
correct.
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J O (I I Kali OKI.-Buell poeltlon*. although not common In practical piny, are welt
known to student* of the game.
K (I N (Oxford).—We abtll endeavour to **ti»fy your doubt* next week.
if It (bury St. Edmund*).-Kindly describe your problem ou a diagram. The tint
problem received fioin you w*a too ihupte In conitructlon.
I’ II (Munich).— 1 The eorrectetl poaition ahall be examined.
J b (Invent*** i.—'Thank*. Very acceptable.
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I Bridgwater). and F M (Edinburgh): of Herr Fonda's Problem from El. (8 : of Ur.
•■old's Problem from W Biddle. It II Hruoku, Irene. H A I. ». I. Sliarswood, Kriieat
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Aurello Pan {Malaga), Alpha, Jumbo. Emile Fran, and El. (1; of No.-JIB) trom II
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lemi, B II UlHalUburyi. F M iEdinburgh), Venuh r. E Lu, and Pilgrim.
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Brook*, J T W. I, Shnrtwood, Krtiert Shamwood. It Jnaronfll A I. S. ItUray. J It
lEdinburgh). M O'llallorxii. F Ferrl*. T •influkln. T Sinclair, I. Falcon (Antwerp),
EJ Winter Wood, C Oawnra, It I. Southwell, J.neuti Alnawoith, i, 1, l.reenaway,
II l.ncaj, E Cawlla (I'arla). A W ricrutton.U S OluAeld, K IrOUden, Paananger* on
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8 Shelly (Plymouth).
Solutiox or Pboblkm No. 2116.
DLACK.
»takes P •
K moves
• If >. K to K 4th or P U. Kt 7th. then 3. Q to K 7th <ch) ; If l. K to q 5th, tlien
J. Q to g Jth (ch), Ac.
PROBLEM No. 2119.
By B. <J. Laws.
> BLACK.
__ WHITE.
White to play, uniLinato in two moves.
Played at the
wiiitk (Mr. W.)
1. Pto K 4th
2. Kt to K B 3rd
8. B to Kt 6th
4. B to It 4th
6. Kt to Q B 3rd
6. Castles \
7. B to Kt 3rd
H . 1‘ to Ci 3rd ■ \
9. Kt to K 2nd /
10. Kt to Kt 3rd y
)■ to g B 3rd would linve been better
her*, ^ \
10. / Kt to Q 5th
11. P to Q B 3rd 11 takes Kt
lii. P takes B Kt takes B
13. P takes Kt P to K It 4th
14. B to K 3rd
n lack (Mr". 8.)
P to K 4th
Kt to Q uSrd
P to Q R 8rd>
Kt to K B 3rd
B-td B 4th
P to Q Kt 4th
P to (4 3rd
B to K Kt 6th
U to Q 2nd
y. last year, between Messrs. Wkiss and
II ALLOP.
uy Isijtrs.)
whitk (Mr. \V.) ii lack (Mr. 8.)
The following teems a better line of
play:—
14. Kt to K II 3th PtoK Kt.tid
13. Kt to It Hh g to li 6th
16. Kt to K Kt 2nd, Ac.
P to R 6th
Q to K 6th
P to K Kt 4th
P to Kt 6th
B takes B
P takes P
14.
16. Kt to K 2nd
16. Kt to <A 1J so
17. K to R so
18. R to K Kt aq
19. P lakes B
20. Q to K B aq
ThH give* Black an opportunity for a
pretty termination, of which he promptly
avail? hlimelf.
20. Kt to Kt 6th,
and White resigned.
the
Suddenly her heart started and leaped — then turned heavy
and cold. What evil imp hud suggested to Caleb Quickset to'
throw gravel at her window on this of all nights—the ono
night when others were waking and watcliiug as well ah she?
It could not be true. Hut it was true. The.window-pane
rattled again. She went to the window, dazed and tremblihg:
she opened it noiselessly. She dared to peep out^aud behold,
u dark figure ou the path below her told her He-was come.
(To 6* continued.)
Mr. Blackburne left London on Thursday, the 23rd ult., for Plymouth,
and in tire evening embarked on board the steam-ship Kildare, hound for
Melbourne. He carries with him the hearty good wishes of nil classes of
chessplayers for a prosperous voyage and a speedy restoration to health.
Dr. Kukertort held a cheas aeanco at the City of London Club on the
24th ult., which attracted tbe largest attendonce of members iind visitors that
ever assembled at that popular club. He encountered twenty-four players
simultaneously, and in four hours, from six to ten, he won eighteen games,
drew five, and lost one ! The following gentlemen opposed the champion
in this remarkable mental and physical tour die forex
1. R. Pilkington. 18. R. Israel.
The jewel-room at the Tower of London, which was closed
for repairs last week, was reopened on Monday.
Mr. G. D. Page, Notary Public, has been appointed
registrar of the Vice-Admirtdty Court of Aloltu, in the place
of Air. Frederick Sedley, who lifts resigned that office.
The Queen has ordained that Air. Henry Richard Howel
Lloyd-Mostyn, Captain -Ifcli Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
shall have, bold, and enjoy the title, rank; place, pre-eminence,
and precedence ns the youuger son of a baron, to which honour
lie would have been entitled had his father succeeded to the
dignity of lJaronMostyn, " J
A massive Silver candelabrum, forming an 6pergne for
flowers, was last week given to I)r. H. W. Newton, the
Mayor of Newcaitle-on-Tyue. in recognition of his services in
connection with the latc visitof the Prince and Princess of
Wales to that city; the Mayoress being at the same time
presented with a pair of large single-stone diamond earrings,
and a horseshoe diamond brooch.
Dr. William Alucgregor, Chief Medical Officer aud Reccivcr-
Gcmrrtt of Fiji, has received the Albert Medal of the Second
Clus8, for saving life at the wreck of the Coolie emigrant-ship
.Syria, on the Nasalai Reef, Viti Leon, Fiji, on the night of
May 11 last. The Board of Trade huve awarded their silver
medal for gallantry to Air. John Fowler, Acting .Superintendent
of Police; and their bronze inedul for gallantry to Emosi, a
native of Fiji: RatU Joshua, a native Sub-Inspector of Police ;
Constable Apraim; aud Police-Corpond Swani, for their gallant
services ou the same occasion.—The Board of Trade have also
awarded a binoculur glass to Captain P. H. Sitnonsen, of
thy German barque Montezuma, in acknowledgment of his
humanity and kindness to a portion of the shipwrecked crew
of tho Aliguoucttc, abandoned ut sea on July 5, 1884.
2. H. V. Gastineau.
3. Dr. Sturo.
4. Rev. Otto Adolphus.
6. ltev. J. E. Watson.
6. R. H. Barrett.
7. C. 0. Cutler.
8. A. W. Daniel.
D. O. Glover.
10. J. Hoare.
11. W. P. Hill.
12. 8. Huwkin*.
14. J. W. McLellau.
15. A. Tarry.
16 . E. itedpath.
17. E. Wilaa.
18. J. Trenner.
19. J. II. Thomson.
20. J. H. Taylor.
21. T A. Vorlcruzen.
22. H. J. Webber.
23. It. Wells.
24. S. H. Williams.
We have recefvrd from the publisher, Mr. James Wade, IS, Tnvistoek-
street, Co vent-garden, the flrat monthly part of a series of twelve of a now
work by Mr. H. E. Bird, entitled •• Modem Chess." We shall notice it at
more length in an early issue.
M. ltommtha), the eminent Paris chessplayer, who is at present in London,
played twenty-three games simultaneously at the Public Hail, South
Norwood, on the evening of the 22nd ult. He won nineteen games, drew
one, and lost two. *
A catalogue of chess works for sale, 535 u number, Las iust been issued
by Herr Adolf Roegmr, the well-known publisher and antiquary of
Leiimio. Here is a clrnnoe for wealthy chess clubs to stock their book¬
shelves.
The Luton Chess Club opened the winter season with a dinner on the
17th ult. Mr. J. (Hadwell, the president of the club, occupied tho chair,
and there was a goodly attendance of mi miters aud visitors. Toasts and
songs followed the dinner; and Mr. Huwcll, of Dunstable, delivered a
Double address on the •• Moralities" of Chuss, which we regret we have
not space to reproduce here.
The subscription promoted by the Prince of Wales for
improvements to be carried out nt Hyde Park-corner already
approaches, it is said, £18,000. Tho idea of erecting u
quadriga on the arch, which would have entailed au expense
of £10,000, lias been abandoned.
Captuin Samuel Long, who served throughout the Crimean
campaign in tho Agamemnon and Royal Albert, including
the bombardment of Sebastopol, has been appointed by tho
Lords of the Admiralty to tho iiuportaut command oi her
Majesty’s ship Agamemnon.
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will (dated April 6, 1882), with a codicil (dated July 23
following), of Sir William Jumes Erasmus Wilson, F.R.S.,
F.lt.C.S., late of No. 17, Hcnrietta-street, Cavendish-square,
who died on Aug. 8 last, at Westgnte-on-Seu, was proved ou
the 17th ult. by Henry Palfrey Stepheuson, Frederick Lane
Linging, and Charles Alfred Swinburne, the executors, the
value of the personul estate amounting to upwards of £264,000,
The testator bequeuths three pictures—a sea-piece by 8ulvator
Rosa. ‘ ‘ Three Sheep, ’ ’ by Sidney Cooper, and a “ II urricaue in tli e
Bay of Biscay,” by E. W. Cooke—to bis wife, I lame Charlotte
Alary Wilson, for life, and then to the South Kensington
Museum, or such other public institution iu Great Britain as
his trustees may think most desirable in tbe interests of
the public; £500, the remainder of his pictures, and
all liis furniture, pinto, works of art, horses and carriages,
to his wife; on annuity of L'oOO tG Ills brother, and legacies
to his executors. All his and leasehold estate, and any
personal estutc* savouring of realty, he gives to his wife, abso¬
lutely. The residue or his ix-rsonal estate lie leaves, upon
trust, to pay the income to liis wife, for life; and, at her death,
£5000 each, free of legacy duty,'4o the Royal National
Hospital or Sen-Bnthing Infirmary for .Scrofulu only, at Alar-
gate; the Royal Medical Benevolent College, incorporated by
Act of Parliamentr the Medical Benevolent Fund, aud the
Society for the Relief of the Widows aud Children of Medicul
Men; und the whole of tho ultimate residue to the Royul
College of Surgeons.
The will (dftted Febr 20, 1880), with two codicils (dated
Jan. 10 olid April 20,1884), of Air. John Horutio Lloyd, lute
No. 100, Luncuster-^pte, Hyde Park, who died ou July 18 last,
was proved on the 15th ult. by Aliss Emily Frances Lloyd, the
daughter, ftiid^Hpriitio Lloyd, the nephew, the executors, tho
value of the persoiidl estutc amounting to over £02,000. Tho
testator makes specific beciuests to each of his daughters, und
to his grandson, Otho Holland Lloyd, and bequeaths £200 to
his executor. Air. U. Lloyd. As to the residue of his reul und
persoual estato, he leaves one fourth each to his daughters,
Miss Lloyd, Mrs. Caroline Kirkes, and the Hon. Airs. Louisa
Alary lyapier; and one fourth between his gruudchildren,
Otho Holland Llovd, and Airs. Constance Alary Wilde.
The ivill (dated Feb. 17, 1863), with seven codicils (dated
from July 17, I860, to Aug. 3, 1882), of Mr. William llromley
DiiVenport, lute of No. 1, Belgrnve-place, of Capesthorne,
Cheshire, and of Bagiuton, Warwickshire, who died on June 15
Inst, nt Lichfield, wus proved on the 15th ult. by Airs. Augusta
Bromley-Daveiiport, the widow, and !Sir George WcbbeDusent,
the acting executors, the vulue of the personal estate exceed¬
ing £72,000. The testator leaves to his wife the proceeds of
his life policy for £2000, with the bonuses, liis leasehold resi¬
dence, Belgruve-place, und ull his furniture and effects, live
aud dead stock, horses, carriages, wines, linen aud china ; sho
is also to have the Use, for life, of the liaginton plute, and at
her death it is to go with the oid family portraits und plate us
heirlooms with tho settled estates; aud he rnukes up her
jointure to £2000 per annum. He gives each of his daughters
portions of £10,000 each, his second son, Walter Arthur,
£32,000, aud any other younger son he may have, £20,000 ; to
liis executors £500 each ; und to liis butler, William Deeks, if
in bis service at liis decease, £100 per annum. All his real
estutc, subject to tbe payment of the jointure to bis wife and
the portions to his younger children, is settled upon liis eldest
sou, William ; and the residue of the pcrsouulty lie bequeaths
to his wife.
The will (dated Sept. 13, 1873), with a codicil (duted
Alurcli 19, 1880), of Mr. John Lees Wrigley, formerly of
Oldiium, Lancashire, machine-maker, but lute of Woodrising
Hall, Norfolk, who died on Aug. 3 last, was proved ou Sept. 24
Inst by Edward Wright Wrigley and Henry Wrigley, the
brothers, the executors, the value of the personal cstuto
amounting to upwurds of £52,000. The testator bequeuths
£500 to his brother George Wrigley, of Alel bourne, and there
are n few specific bequests. As to tho residue of his real and
personal estate, he leaves one fourth to his said brother Henry ;
one fourth each, upon trust, for his sisters, Sarah June and
Caroline ; aud the remaining fourth, after payment thereout of
£1000 to liis brother Edward Wright, as n mark of his affection,
between his said two sisters.
The Irish Probate, granted at Dublin on Sept. 11), 1881, of
the will (duted Aug. 1, 1881), of Air. John Joseph Crosthwuite,
J.P., luto of No. 1, Crosthwaite Park, South KingBtown, iu
the county of Dublin, who died qn July 18 lust, to Airs. Amelia
Crosthwaite, tlie widow, und Air. Joseph Alende, the acting
executors, wns sealed in Loudon on the 9th ult., the aggregate
value of the personal estate in England and Ireland amounting
to over £40,000. The testator settles considerable freehold
bouse and other property on each oi liis grandchildren, John
Crosthwaite Carville, Airs. Joseph Meade, Eva Corville, Charles
Carville, Lewis Carville, and \\ illiurn Carville, nnd ou Thomas
Gallagher; a large number of freehold houses are also settled
on liis wife, for life, with remainder to bis said grandson John
Crosthwaite Carville. There are many bequests to Roman
Catholic churches, hospitals, schools, and other charitable in¬
stitutions ut Kingstown uud Dublin, umountiug together to
£2900; and £100 to the Hospital for Incurables at Douuy-
brook. The residue of his property he leaves to liis wife.
The will (dated Alnreh 22, 1883) of Air. Joseph Baylis
Williams, formerly of Brightside, Crouch End Hill, llomsey,
but lute of 8t. Helier’s, Jersey, who died on Aug. 7 lust, was
proved on the 11th ult. by All-s. Sutton Anue Williams, tho
widow, and Andrew Bell Philp, the executors, the value of the
personal estate exceeding £30,000. The testator leaves to his
wife £7500, in udditiou to £2500 settled on her, uud all liis
furniture, plate, pictures, books, wines, effects, horses and
carriages; lie also leaves her his house, Brightside, for life;
to his son Charles Russell, £5000; upon trust for liis daughter
Rose, £5000; upou trust lor his infant children, Josephinu
Mary Elizabeth, Arthur Cecil, and Rupert Stanley, £15,000;
uud legacies to his executor Mr. Philp, sister, niece, and wife’s
sister. The residue of his property is to bo held, upou trust,
for his wife, for life, and then for liis children.
The will (dated July 5, 1880) of Air. William Russell,
formerly Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, late
of No. 1, Onslow-gurdons, South Kensington, who died ou
Sept. 5 last, nt Brighton, was proved on the loth ult. by Airs.
Emma Russell, the widow, and George Russell, the son, the
executors, the value of tho personalty amounting to over
£26,000. The testator leaves ull the property he may die
possessed of to his wife, requesting her to make such arrange¬
ments as to her may seem best for its distribution among his
three children, after having, iu the first pluce, provided for
her own comfort during life.
Sir W. J Inrcourt has presented a scholarship to be competed
for by the students of the Derby School of Art uud Science.
Professor Tyndall, giving an address on the opening of tho
wiutcr session of the Birkbeck Institute, narrated some
interesting passages in bis life as a student, mingling with
his reminiscences some genial nnd kindly advice to those wb«
are now studying.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. I, 1884.—428
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NOV. 1, 1884
THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE, WOKING.
The “Oriental Institute,” at Woking, established by Dr. G.
W Leitner, Principal of the Government College at Lahore
and Registrar of the Puujaub University, has recently been
opened to receive students belonging to different nations
of India, who couie to England for their education. It
occupies that stately range of buildings, with broad pleasure-
grounds in front, altogether ten acres m extent, and with a
running stream close by, which every South - Western Hallway
traveller has seen at May bury, half a mile from the >\ okiug
Station, and which was erected some twenty years ago for
the Royal Dramatic College. Dr. Leitner has founded this
noble institution at his own cost, in a thoroughly disinterested
spirit, partly for the reception of young men, natives of India,
belonging to the higher classes or castes, to be sent here either
to attend the University of London, as students of King H
College or University College, to study English law at the Inns
of Court, to attend the Medical Schools, or to be private pupils
of engineering, architecture, oud other scientific professions.
One of the main objects of the Institute is to provide a home
for Indian visitors of rauk and for native Indiun officials, who
wish to pay their homage to the Queen, or to see the sights of
London or to improve themselves in professional Btudies,
without'incurring the loss of caste, which circumstances and
surroundings render inevitable when residing, for however
short a period, in Loudon itself. The Institute will be open
also to students from Egypt and other Mussulman countries
who require similar opportunities of visiting Englund for their
education ; and will ufford to young Englishmen, on the other
hand, who are destined for the Indian Civil Service, for Staff
appointments in the Army, or any other career in the Eastern
world, the best means of gaining acquaintance with Oriental
languages, historv. law, and customs, and of conversing with
natives of the East. The spucious and beautiful Hall, con¬
taining several of Dr. Leitner’s large and valuable collections
of various objects of antiquarian, ethnographical, artistic, and
literary interest, from India, Cashmere, Thibet, 1 ersia, Asia
Minor, Cvprus, and Egypt, will be attractive to all who feel
an interest in Oriental aud comparative researches. I he rest
of his collections, it may be noticed in passing, are at toe
South Kensington Museum, where, after being exhibited for
ten years, they still await a proper catalogue and arrange¬
ment at the hands of the authorities ot the Museum.
Reverting to the Oriental Institute, there also exists in it uu
Oriental Library, to which Messrs. Triibuer, the eminent
publishers, the Council of the Victoria Institute. Colonel
Rutherford, and Mr. llydo Clnrke have already contributed
works of value. The practical usefulness of the institution
will bo shown in many ways, giving facilities of mutual
acquaintance between England and India, as well as pro¬
viding for Indian youth a temporary home near London,
where they can live in the strict observance of their national
and religious customs, without risk of compromising their
social position at home by having fallen into European habits
of life. Dr. Leitner has. during twenty years residence
and otliciul service in the Puujaub, exerted his voluntary
industry, with remarkable success in many ways, to promote
the intellectual culture of the natives, while assisting them to
preserve whatever is good of their Asiatic learning and their
national associations. The Anjuxnan-i-Punjaub, or 1 unjaub
Association, founded by him, with numerous local branches,
the establishment of the Oriental College at Lahore, over
which he presides, and the work of editing and publishing a
variety of books in different languages of the country, liuve
proved his indefatigable zeal forties cause, which is recognised
by eminent members of the British Government in India, and of
which the new institution at Woking is a conspicuous example.
The Oriental Institute, besides being a home aud centre of
learned studies, will nlso be a tenchiugCollege to supplement the
work of the existing London Colleges; but its officers, I ro-
fessors or Tutors, will act chiefly as cducationalndvisers of the
students. The examination papers of the Puujaub University
will be communicated to the institution ; and the candidates,
of whom there are already several, obtaining their instruction
at King’s College or elsewhere, will be able to earn the degrees
in Arts of that University ; or. if ripe Oriental scholars, those
Puujaub diplomas in Oriental Literature, for which, for
obvious reasons, the European Universities cannot insist on
the same high standards or give the required special stimulus
and recognition. Students will also be encouraged to go up
for the examinations of the London University. It is hoped
that Professorships of Oriental Learning may hereafter be
endowed, either bv Government or by private muuiticence.\
As there already exists the nucleus of a department of Indian
art-manufactures, calculated to render much service to com¬
mercial and industrial interests, some aid mighty-welt
be granted from the funds of the London City Guilds.
English mercantile men mid others, concerned iu -the trade
of the East, will probably find at Woking the materials \
of profitable information, and will there be placed in dirtety
correspondence with native workmen, through the agency ot
the Anjumnn-i-Punjaub, at a trifling cost mcompnmau with
that of ordinary commercial agencies. It is intended, before
the South Kensington Indian Exhibition of 1880, to erect a
model village of Indian dwellings, undtobring from India a
number of skilled artisans, weavers, embroiderer^*, workers in
gold and silver, and others, to ojcliibifc their processes and earn
what they can by the sale of their wares. Samples and patterns
of Indian manufactures will always be on view, with price¬
lists aud documents showing where any order for a particular
description and quantity of goods can be promptly exeouted.
Another department of the Institute is to be that of arranging
for the printing and the publishing of books and periodicals
in the native languages. A Board of Publications, ns well ns
one for Examinations, is in course of organisation, the Presi¬
dency of which, it is understood, will naturally be offered by
the Puujaub University to Professor Max Muller.
Iu the first rank of supporters of the Oriental Institute is
Sir Lepel Griffin, who is ever foremost in wlmtever effectually
advances the best interests alike of India and of England.
Sir George Birdwood is the Referee in Art-Industrial matters;
whilst the several departments of Arts, Law, Medicine,
Engineering, and the various Oriental Languages are similarly
intrusted to specialists of standing. Nor are Architecture
and Sculpture without their representatives. The needed
literary leisure lias also been afforded by the authorities of
the Oriental Institute to certain authora to bring out works
which, without such encouragement, might not have seen the
light of publication. . „ ,. . „ .
Pending the arrival of nominees from India, a few Easterns
have been temporarily allowed to sojourn in the commodious
seta of chambers allotted to them, for which they have no rent
to pay, but must provide their own food, cooking, and other
personal needs. An important point in the considerate
arrangements of Dr. Leitner is that Orientals, of whatever race
or religion, should be enabled to dwell in England without
breaking the rules of their caste, or forfeiting their respect¬
ability when they return to their own people. With this most
liberal view, arrangements are being made with a steam-
ship company that native passengers from India shall have
specially adapted kitchens aud dormitories on board slnn;
nnd, if they come to live at Woking, they will find the
means of strictly complying with all the prescribed rules
of their creed and caste. Each student lives by himself,
in apartments as good as those of an ordinary English College,
nnd suits himself, in perfect independence, about his diet,
ablutions, and other habits, which he could hardly do at n
London lodging-house or boarding-house. The range ot
buildings on one side of the central hall is allotted to Slo.inm-
medium; on the other side, to Hindoos and Sikhs. This boon
has been procured fov them by the individual efforts and private
sacrifices of Dr. Leitner, who has purchased the buildings
nnd grounds of the Royal Dramatic College lor their use. rue
successful institutions,including the Puujaub University, which
he has founded, lire too numerous to be described here: whilst
his career as a discoverer of the Dardu districts, races, tmd/
languages, and of Gneco-Buddhistic antiquities, and as an
Indian Educationist, needs no special allusion in this place.
By birth «n Austrian, he lias conferred honour oil his adopted
country, wiio.se interests he has advanced in many ways-rulong
with services to Education nnd Literature which call for signal
recognition by the State-since he first entered the public
service, in 1855, as u first-class Interpreter to the British Com¬
missariat in Turkey during the Russian War, with the rank of
Colonel. As a linguist he is probably without an equal since
the days of Cardinal Mexzofanti. With reference to in¬
digenous elementary and higher schools in India, Dr. Leitner
has frankly dissented from the policy adopted by the Education
Department of the Iiidiun Government, and 1ms more recently
supported his opinion, by a copious report on the “History
of Indigenous Education in the I’unjuub,” which gives a
descriptive and statistical account of the whole subject, a
work of great research, uud of great historical and literary
interest. It is published by Messrs. Trutmer. The just aud
liberal views, and the generous motives, with which he has
founded this Institute at Woking, should be generally recog¬
nised. It is mther a large undertaking fora private individual.
The complete development of the scheme, in its manifold ports,
will require some permanent endowment. Its public ndvan¬
tages. both to the Indiun Empire and people mid to England,
seem to be so obvious, that we may expect this will in time
be forthcoming. It merits tho favourable consideration of
Government, aud of all persons of means aud influence con¬
nected with India or with the East, and those interested in
Oriental studies of language and literature, history and anti¬
quities, or the fine urts and art-manufactures of Asia.
Dr, Leitner’s approaching departure, on his return to
India, was made the occasion, on Friday lust week, of a dmuer
given in his honour, at the Langbam Hotel, by the friends of
the Punjaub University and members of the German
Athettseum in London. Sir Lepel Griffin, K.C.S.I., formerly
Chief Secretary to the Punjaub Government, now Resident at
Indore and Political Agent for Central India, was m the chair;
and among those present were General Sir Frederic Goldsmid,
General Sir William M’Murdo, General Sir Orfeur Caveimgli,
Sir William Rose Robinson, Mr. Thornton, the Rev. H. v\ ace
(Principal of King’s Collage), and Professor Thorold Rogers,
M.P. A bust of Dr. Leitner was presented to the German
Athenaeum, of which lie was one the founders.
“ HAMLET,” AT THE PRINCESS’S THEATRE.
The novel conception and manner of representation of this
most difficult subject of dramatic art, ns rendered by Mr.
Wilson Barrett at the Princess’s Theatre, occupied the
attention of our well-known contributor, “ G. A. 8.,” iu his
article on “The Playhouses” lust week. No further com¬
ment is here required; and the page of Sketches now given as
Illustrations of the performance needs only a simple reference
to those particular incidents of tho uction which should bo
familiar to every student of Sliukspeare. The first scene upon
the stage delineated in our Sketches is that of llamlet, still
mourning for his father’s death, standing before the King and
Queen, and receiving their command, though expressed iu
terms of friendly entreaty, to stay at the Court of Denmark,
giving up liis purpose of returning to the University of
Wittenberg. The Lord Chamberlain, Polonius, with his staff
of office, is seen iu attendance ou the one hand, while Laertes
nud his sister, Ophelia, form the opposite group in the fore¬
ground. Hamlet is left alone immediately afterwards, nud
utters his first soliloquy of disgust with life and meditation of
Ruicide, “ Oh, that this too, too solid flesh would melt! ” But
it is in Act III., after his discovery, by the Ghost’s reve¬
lation, of the actual murder of his father, and when
lie is oppressed with the burden of a terrible duty, that ho
reverts to the idea of suicide in another soliloquy, “ To be, or
not to be, that is the question ” ; and his attitude, sitting
moodily on the table, while profoundly speculating ou the
“dread of something after death,” is shown in the central
figure on our page. Ophelia presently conies into this apart¬
ment of the palace, and in his wild und gloomy despair,
aggravated by her exquisite gentleness, as is the wont of angry
men, he treats her with ferocious severity, till the poor girl
believes him to be mad. Her own reason, under repented
strokes of affliction, the insanity of her lover, and the death of
her father, is soon overthrown; the sad condition in which
she roams about, gathering flowers to strew on a tomb, and
singing quaint fragments of songs improper for a well-bred
young indy, perhaps overheard by her from the servant-
women, is the next subject of these Sketches. Mr. \N illard s
impersonation of the guilty King, smitten iu heart and con¬
science by Hamlet’s device of the play representing u fictitious
tale of a murder similar to that which this criminal usurper
has perpetrated, has also been portrayed by our Artist. The
scene m the churchyard, before tho entry of Ophelia’s
funeral, was lately noticed in commenting upon “ the Child¬
hood of Hamlet,” as suggested by his remembrance of
his early playfellow, Yorick, the King's jester. Ou Mr.
Wilson Barrett’s stage, he appears us iu our Illustration,
sitting on the steps of u sepulchral monument, holding the
skull in his hands, nud pensively contemplating this relic of
mortality; his friend Horatio, watching him with constant
solicitude, hardly knows what to say, or how to turn the
current of his desponding thoughts. The First Grave-digger,
or First Clown, as he is styled iu the book, one of Shakspeare s
most admirable creations of original humour, loses nothing of
the character in the acting of Mr. George Barrett. Miss
Eastluke’s representation of Ophelia, in the mad scene, is
pronounced by "G. A. S.” an effort of “true dramatic
genius.” '
AS8I0UT, UPPER EGYPT.
A brief description of this town und port of tho Nile, two
hundred aud fifty miles above Cairo, was given last week ill
connection with the View of Assiout sketched by our Special
Artist accompanying the British military Expedition. Ihe
view shown in our present Engraving is one takon by Mr.
G. Montbard from the pleasant avenue of trees ou a winding
raised causeway, nearly two miles long, which leads from the
bank of the river at El'Hamra to the gate of the town, situated
as it is on the inner side of a small island adjacent to tho
western shore. The Palace of the Governor of l pper Egypt
stands close to the gate, and tho mosques are large and hand¬
some buildings, with stately minarets. The abundance of
trees planted along the roads and canals is uu agreeable
feature of this town. Its name is frequently, and quite as
properly, written “Stout,” the prefixed syllabic being only a
modified form of the definite particle iu Arabic speech.
Sir. S. Brandram, accompanied by his eldest son, leaves
Liverpool by the Umbria to-day for America, returning to
Englund towards the end of the year. During his stay in
America, he will give twenty-four recitals.
Mr. James Payn will write the leading serial for Good
Words next year. The title is “ The Luck of the Darrells, ’
nnd the story will be illustrated by Mr. J. Watson Nicol.
Ou Thursday week the Lord Mayor, in the presence of the
Ludy Mayoress aud a large and distinguished gathering, dis¬
tributed the prizes and certificates to the successful students
of the City of Loudon College. The Principal announced the
foundation in the college of a series of studentships by the
trustees of the Mitchell (City of London) Chanty aud the
Worshipful Company of Saddlers.
Miss Marian Rye’s Emigration Home for Destitute Little
Girls, of High-street, Pecklmm-rye, sent to Cnuuda by the
Parisian, from Liverpool, on Thursday week, the third and last
batph of girls for this year. The children arc the destitute
girls rescued from the streets, and in the Home at Peekhum
are instructed iu the duties of domestic service. Tho children
have suitable outfits.
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434
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 1, 1081
OUR NAVAL EMERGENCY.
BY ADMIRAL 8IR GEO ROE ELLIOT, K.C.B.
The inadequacy of our armaments to safeguard our Empire
has been so fully exposed through the Tress during the lust
month, that all attempts to minimise the danger of our position
and to throw dust in the eyes of the public must surely fail.
The facte disclosed aro too conspicuous to be denied, and it
is therefore useless to dwell on this theme any longer, and the
important question which lias now to be solved is, What aro
the best available means by which to recover our lost naval
supremacy, and place our coast defences at home and abroad,
in the shortest time, in a condition to resist any probablo foes,
nnd how to effect this object in the most economical maimer
consistent with efficiency ?
The problem to be solved is, primarily, one of finance; as
it is imperative that Parliament should pronounce authorita¬
tively on the main question of nnval supremacy, whether it is
to be upheld over one or more of the navies of Europe. That
decision will govern the action of future naval administrations;
but, without some distinct authority from Parliament on that
point, the rivalry over comparative Estimates, which has
brought us to our present state of decrepitude, will continue
to produce the same baneful effects upon the defences of our
Empire. Let Parliament boldly assert our intention to com¬
mand the seas, and to secure our vulnerable ports, and all the
world knows that, if it comes to a question of rivalry of purses,
England cannot fail to be supreme.
Well, then, let us suppose, for argument’s sake, that the
fiat goes forth that tho Navy of England is to be numerically
superior to'the navies of France and Russia combined, the only
two nations whose interests clash with those of our Empire,
and then let us sec what is the best course to pursue to secure
our safety, and what material resources are readiest at hand
to enable us, if need be, successfully to coinbat our foes.
There is no doubt whatever that, if sufficient money is granted,
by utilising to their full extent our enormous manufacturing
power, the whole aspect of affairs could be changed in the
course of a twelvemonth ; nnd it is lamentable to think that
the money which lias been wasted in stamping out the
national movement in Egypt would have sufficed not only to
safeguard our Empire, but have secured to us the Suez Canal
route, whereas, in the event of a war between France and
England, France will—unless oar Navy is double the strength
of hers—have the command of the Mediterranean, and shut us
out from that highway to the East which we have made such
sacrifices to secure. With a loan of five millions of money
for present necessities, and an annual increase of two millions
in the Navy Estimates, our Empire might soon be placed in
comparative security, and the prospects of peace thereby
ensured; but it is greatly to be feared, from the speech of Sir
Thomas Brassey at Hastings, and Mr. Gladstone’s reply to Mr.
W. H. Smith in the House of Commons, that our reckless
policy will be continued, and that we shall only realise our
extreme danger when it is too late.
I will now submit for consideration a proposal for the
expenditure of five millions of money on Imperial defences
during the year 1885, in addition to the two millions annual
increase of the Navy Estimates, which latter 1 would appro¬
priate to armour-clad ship building:—
For protected cruisers .. .. £2,000,000
For protected gun-boats .. .. 1,000,000
For sea-going torpedo-boats .. 1,000,000
For guns and mortars .. .. 1,000,000
Total .£5,000,000
I consider the above expenditure to be the least which can
be deemed sufficient to meet the present crisis in onr national
armaments, and I shall now proceed to offer some remarks on
these propositions.
Having written fully on coast and harbour defences in
the November Number of the Illustrated Naval and Military
Magazine, I must refer my readers to that publication, nnd I
ahull only repeat that, in combination with shore batteries nnd
min ing operations, torpedo-boats alone will constitute a very
imperfect defence. Armour-clads attacking a harbour will
put to sea before night, or spread tlieir torpedo-nettings and
station their armed guard-boats, and by daylight single ships
could perceive approaching torpedo-boats and manceuvrq to
keep them under lire long enough to destroy them. Gun¬
boats mounting powerful guns behind an armour-plated shield
can attack armour-clads end-on, nnd torpedo-boats in-company
might then, favoured by the smoke, llu^xfavouraBle oppor¬
tunities of striking home, and the combination would be
perfect.
It is assumed that sudden attacks on our coasts, at home
and abroad, would be made by single ships or comparatively
small squadrons; and that, in the event of a more serious attack
by an enemy, the intention would have been discovered, nnd
the support of the fleet might be reckoned upon; and, os the
coaling stations would offer the strongest temptations, those
defences should be made as powerful as possible.
With regard to armour-clads, I have fully described what
will constitute efficiency in those vessels in the same magazine,
nnd I shall only add that t-licre should bo two distinct classes,
tiic one for fighting in line-of-batUe, and the other for foreign
service, the latter possessing great speed and coal capacity ; and
it may be presumed that on the outbreak of war our squadrons
abroad would be strengthened, so ns to command the s’as in
their respective stations; but there will bo great risk of an
enemy, in these days of rapid steam locomotion, endeavouring
to concentrate his forces so as to overpower our foreign
squadrons in detail whilst our fleet is guarding the Channel,
and watchful C«u4 will be required to counteract any such
nttempt.
Tho prominent feature of national defence which appears to
have excited the greatest interest in t’.ie public mind, os shown
by the late correspondence on the state of the Navy, h is
been that of the protection of our commerce and food
supply in the event of war, and I shall confine my
reuiaiuiug remarks entirely to this subject. I am pleased to
think I shall be able to show that, if reasonable preparations
aro made, and if a judicious commercial policy is resorted
to, it will then not be so easy as has becu supposed to starve
us but either as regards food or raw material, iu spite of
Alabamas and foreign armed cruisers.
There is no doubt that, on a sudden outbreak of war,
England would be liable to great commercial losses and dis¬
tress at home, more especially if our rulers, in their great
anxiety to maintain peace, had neglected to give timely warn¬
ing of npproaching danger to our mercantile marine scattered
all over the world, and if our enemy had been more wily and
fur-reacliing. For instance, in the Tarco-Russian war the
Russian armed cruisers were lying in American ports ready to
pounce upon our merchant-ships had England declared war.
No doubt that, at first, the price of food would rise, and I lint
some industries would suffer, and some classes of labour be
thrown out of work; but while our entry port• were open to
the markets of the world, and the proximity to our coasts
guarded, food would reach our shores, and in many industries
there would be an increased demand for labour and higher
wages; and in the course of a few months commercial matters
would regulate themselves, and England, with her great
wealth and energy and manufacturing resources, would rise to
the occasion, and frustrate the machinations other enemies by
establishing her power as mistress of the seas. I say again
that, if reasonable precautions are taken, we shall have no
cause to fear starvation or ruin; but if the voice of the people
is not heard at this present crisis of our naval affairs, and if we
will put no locks on our doors or bars on our windows, and if
we leave our armouries empty, and if we choose to dwell any
longer in a “ fools’ paradise ” which a certain class of poli¬
ticians have built for us, then we shall only invite and deserve
to suffer all the misery and dishonour which follow in the
footsteps of recklessness und folly.
But tlie remedy is in our own hands, and is not grievous,
as for the sum of, say, ten millions of money, we could place
our Empire in a comparative condition of security; and this
demand on the public purse is not more than we shall have
spent in Egypt in running after a shadow whilst neglecting
the substance at home, inasmuch as, with our present Naval
forces, the Suez Canal route to the East would be closed against
us in the event of a war with France alone. It must also be
remembered that, while the money spent on the Egyptian
campaign has been mostly sunk, what would be disbursed in
this country to strengthen our Navy would greatly benefit our
labour market and return to us again.
Looking also to the money which is being devoted to re¬
ducing the National Debt, I maintain that each million now
granted to increase our armaments will effect p. saving of
probably many millions of National Debt if it leads to pro¬
longed peace, or lessens our losses, or shortens the duration of
a future war. Let us, then, look to our harness whilst thero is
yet time, so as not to be caught napping; and let us not be
content with adopting only “ a basin of action ,” which means
vacillation and procrastination—an unworthy method of
dealing with the vital interests of our Empire. I will now
return to the subject of armed cruisers, and will endeavour to
offer some practical suggestions bearing on the subject of
Ocean Warfare.
The first element of safety for merchant-ships in war-time
will be speed: a fast merchant-steamer can laugh at all
privateers and nrmed cruisers and armour-clads, unless
caught within gun-ehot at night. If Biglited in day-timo by
a hostile armed ship having only a slight superiority of speed,
a long stem chase.tfpquld ensue ; and night coming on, escape
would be favoured; and tho desire to avoid unnecessary
expenditure of fuel would have a deterring effect.
If we consider the great superiority possessed by England
in merchant-ships of great speed, and the facility with which
they might be armed with chase-guus, and the few hits at
long ranges which are likely to be made, tlieir safety from
capture will be greatly favoured if they are careful not to
overload.
Why should not our merchant kings of this generation
rival the deeds of tho East India Company, whose merchant
trading fleet defied the squadrons of France, and whose
glorious deeds adorn the pages of naval history P
But then it may be asked, IIow about the slower vessels
nnd sailing-ships P Why, unquestionably, the former must be
detained in port until convoyed, and the latter should be laid
up altogether, and all slow vessels should change their
nationality as soon as possible.
The idea of converting our fastest merchant-ships into
armed cruisers on the outbreak of war is doubtless tempting;
but this intention will cut both ways, as there would be great
need of these large and swift cargo-steamers for keeping up
our food supply, and their services would not be available at
the most critical time—namely, on the first blush of war—to
protect the merchant fleet already at sea. It must always be
remembered that privateering is a private undertaking; and
I think that our cruisers would soon render it an unprofitable
speculation. A foreign Power might buy up such vessels and
arm them, with the intention of destroying all captures ; but
if our Government was awake, we might, through our Consuls,
be beforehand in purchasing the swiftest steamers, at any
rail in neutral ports. •
What we shall, then, have chiefly to guard against Is an
enemy’s armed cruisers ; nnd England will have lost all claim
to be a great maritime Tower if she fails in preparation to
protect her food supply.
A few words more with regard to the special services
which armed cruisers are intended to perform, and ns to those
inherent properties which will render them most efficient for
that purpose. These vessels will be distributed along our
principal trade routes for tho protection of commerce, more
particularly where lines of route converge, nnd also in prox¬
imity to ports of arrival anil of departure; and they will act ns
convoys to groups of steamers where required. Great speed w ml
coal-cnrryiug capacity will be imperative, combined with
offensive and defensive qualities exceeding those pos¬
sessed by similar ves.-els built by foreign Powers, and
their rig should admit of a good spread of canvas of a
nature to facilitate quick dismantling. Spnce will not admit
of my saying more; but, looking to the value of every knot of
speed for tliis special service, it may be hoped that our naval
constructors at the Admiralty will not fail to secure the samo
rate of speed—namely, twenty knots—which our passenger-
ships have, realised. Whatever large.dimensions or whatever
expenditure of money it may require, any sacrifice of
efficiency in this respect with a view to economy will simply
be throwing money away, as one such vessel will do more
service than two of lesser speed iu destroying the Alabamas of
the future.
Notwithstanding Sir Edward Reed’s depreciatory remarks
on the Esmeralda as an armed cruiser, it is generally con¬
sidered in the Naval Service that, for her size (3000 tons dis¬
placement), Sir William Armstrong is quite justified in ex¬
tolling her many perfections; but undoubtedly her protective
steel deck of only one inch thickness is her weak point. That
is a matter of detail which does not concern the character of
the design; and as increased protection would have iuvolvod
additional displacement and cost, and ns we are not aware wlmt
conditions were imposed on the builder by the Chilian Govern¬
ment, it is not fair to criticise; but the Esmeralda would be
more than a match for any likely privateer or future Alabama.
The type is undoubtedly a good one, but for the British
Navy a more powerfully armed and protected vessel is required
to contend against the armed cruisers which are likely to be
met with, and they should possess twenty-knot speed, nnd a
larger coal supply and spread of canvas than the Esmeralda.
Such a vessel would probably require a displacement of from
5000 to 6000 tons, but a cruiser with inferior qualities would
not efficiently fulfil the services required for the protection of
our commerce. Sir Edward Reed recommends a still more
powerful vessel, of the Warspite type, with an increase of
speed to twenty knots, which would require a displace¬
ment of upwards of 8000 tons. The Warspite is a small
class of armour-clads; but armed cruisers are not intended to
fight armour-clads, and their speed would enable them to
avoid an encounter; and, looking to the long lines of ocean
highways which will have to be protected, the value of num¬
bers is an important consideration, and two armed cruisers,
such ns I have described, could bo built for the samo money as
one Warspite.
THE BRITISH FLEET.
Our Illustrations of twelve of the most important ships nt
present in tho Royal Navy consist of the following:—
ll.M.S. Inflexible, double-screw iron turret-ship, armour-
plated, 11,880 tons burden, with engines of BOlO-lior.-o
power, carrying four guns.
ll.M.S. Devastation, double-screw iron turret-ship, armour-
plated, 9330 tons, 6650-liorse power, four guns.
ll.M.S. Thunderer, double-screw iron turret-ship, armour-
plated, 9330 tons, 6270-liorse power, four guns.
ll.M.S. Alexandra, double-screw iron turret-ship, armour-
plated, 9490 tons, 8610-horse power, twelve guns.
ll.M.S. Saltan, screw steam-ship, iron, armour-plated,
9290 tons, 7720-horse power, twelve guns.
ll.M.S. Northampton, double-screw iron armour-phiicd
fillip, 7630 tons, 6070-horse power, twelve gnus.
ll.M.S. Monarch, iron turret-ship, screw, armour-plated,
8320 tons, 7840-lioree power, seven guns.
ll.M.S. T6m6rnire, double-screw iron armour-plated bar¬
bette ship, 8540 tons, 7520-horse power, eight guns.
ll.M.S. Nelson, double-screw, iron, armour-plated, 7630
tons. 6640-horse power, twelve guns.
ll.M.S. Comus, screw corvette, steel and iron cased with
wood, 2380 tons, 2450-horse power, fourteen guns.
ll.M.S. Polyphemus, double-screw 6teel torpedo ram, 2610
tons, 5500-liorse power, no guns.
ll.M.S. Glatton, doublo-screw iron turret-ship, armour-
plated, 4910 tons, 2870-horse power, two guns (for harbour
defence).
More particular accounts of the construction, equipment,
and armament of all these and other ships of the Nnvy have
been given in our Journal upon former occasions.
The Sketch Map on the last page of this sheet exhibits the
various Naval Stations and Coaling Ports all over the globe
appointed for the service of our Fleet.
The annual exhibition of students’ drawings nt the Female
School of Art, at 43, Queen square, is announced for yesterday
and to-day.
A free fine-art exhibition, organised at the cost of the
Leeds Corporation, lia^ liven opened by the Mayor (Alderman
Woodhouse) in the presence or a large assembly.
Messrs. Young ami Co., of the l’ecleston Ironworks, Pimlico,
have completed a bust in bronze of Ilia late Archbishop ; Tait,
by Mario Raggi, to be placed in the Edinburgh University.
The statue to St. Augustin at Minster, in the Isle of
Tlmnet, erected by Earl Granville, has been finally approved
by his Lordship, and is now open to the public, having been
unveiled without ceremony.
A new Black nnd White Exhibition is to be held by Mr. J.
P. Mendoza, at tho St. James’s Gallery, 4a, King-street, St.
James's, this autumn. The 7tli nnd 6lh hist, have been fixed
upon ns sending-in days for drawings.
Yesterday (Friday) the silver nnd bronze medals nnd
certificates awarded nt the late Art and Industrial Exhibition
at Newbury were presented to the successful contributors by
the lion, and Rev. J. Horatio Nelson.
The annual exhibition of oil paintings by British and
foreign artists will open nt Thomas McLean's gallery, 7, ilay-
nmrket, next Monday; and on tho mine day another exhi¬
bition of pictures by British and foreign artists will open at
the French Gallery, Pall-mall.
A movement is in progress in Edinburgh for establi-hing
an International Exhibition of Industry.nnd Art. It is re¬
commended that tlie exhibition should’ be held during the
rummer of 1886. A petition to the Lord l’rovo-t and the
Town Council of Edinburgh has received the signatures of h
considerable number of manufacturers anil mcrcluiuts.
The portrait of the lato Duke of Albany, by Mr. Walter
Goodman, recently exhibited in tho Guildhall Galleries, has
been bought by tho Secretary of the National Hospital f«>r the
Paralysed and Epileptic, Queen-square, Bloomsbury, on behalf
of tho board of management of that institution. It will bu
remembered that tlie Queen sanctioned the proposal that the
new building of this hospital, now approaching completion,
shall constitute a nntionnl memorial to the Prince, who was
greatly interested iu its welfare.
NOV. 1, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON’ NEWS
4So
NEW BOOKS.
There is some very pleasant reading, ns well as some very
useful information and advice for young aspirants after
literary reputation and remuneration, in Some literary Jlecoi-
Uction*: by James Payn (Smith, Elder, and Co.), a light and
airy volume, abounding with more or less facetious gossip and
exhilarating anecdote. Although the author’s nature and
habits make it impossible for him to write a set autobiography,
the volume is of the autobiographical order, coutaining-many
more or less interesting facts belonging to the author's
personal "history, and presenting on the frontispiece an excel¬
lent likeness of the author for the gratification of the many
millions—it may be—who are desirous of knowing what
mauuer of man he is in the flesh. He does not say
bow old (or young) he is exactly, but it is easy,
from internal evidence of the book, to make a pretty
close guess. We gather that, if every man had his rights,
his father would have been a rich man. But there is a
hint of disinheritance, so that his father had to work for a
maintenance, which he did, like a man, having received “ the
vote and interest" of many influential friends, and to such
purpose, that ho obtained “large emoluments ” and‘‘kept
the Berkshire Harriers." That the author’s father "must
have been an attractive man ” a glance at the author’s por¬
trait will probably be sufficient to convince the most sceptical,
if only lie bear in mind that the author himself has written
“ Like Father, Like Son.” Our author, no doubt, had the
usual diseases of childhood (though he is considerate enough to
say nothing about them), and about the first picture we have
of him is his portrait as a juvenile fox-hunter, a character
which lie hated (strange as it may seem for an English boy)
with oil h's heart and mind and soul and strength (though he
was a fairly good rider), infinitely preferring to sit by the fire
and read ** The Mysteries of Udolpho.” Then we have him
at a private school, which he hated almost as much ns
fox-hunting, then at Eton, then at a “ cram shop ” for
Woolwich Academy, then at the Academy itself, then at a
private tutor’s (for he was obliged to leave Woolwich through
ill health) in Devonshire, then at the University of Cambridge,
lie lmd already written poetry or verses, which had been printed
and published; and he hud seen a great deal of life (for a
youth), os well as preached on a tub in Hungerford Market,
and done arid seen many other strange things. He took his
degree, but without honours; for classical learning and
mathematics were as distasteful to him as fox-hunting. He
wouldn’t or couldn't be a fox-hunter or a soldier or a
"scholar"; he would be a literary man, and, if possible, a
poet. And it must be allowed that he began his literary
career under unusually favourable circumstances. Not only
hadhe native humour and an innate turn for literature, whether
as n reader or a writer, but he had already a varied experience
(than which nothing is bettor capital for the literary adventurer
who seeks admission into the columns of periodicals), he had
no less a personage than Mies Milford (a friend of his father’s)
to introduce him, and, ns it would seem, he had private means,
which saved him from n great deal of the drudgery, the heart¬
sickness, and the "snubbing,’’ which less fortunate literary
adventurers have to go through. However, he married very
early, and the private means had to be supplemented by
remunerative work, which poetry is not. He therefore
abandoned his beloved poetry, and has now become a decidedly
popular novelist; and it would have been wonderful if—with
all liis udvuntages—he had not. Even he, however, with those
advantages, with native talent (including wit and humour),
with genial manners to recommend him instead of tho reserve
that rather repels, and with a keen eye (one would say) to the
main chance, had to endure disappointment and to exhibit the
patience of Bruce’s spider. llow must it be, then, with
literary men, whose work has been, as it were, thrust upon
them, who took to it merely because it was the only work
within their reach, who take no more pleasure in it than they
would take in grave-digging, but Bimply "must livo
somehow ” P Yet there are such men. 1’hey will think
Jlr. Payn happy and lucky, if only because he really likes (so
lie professes to do) his work for. the work’s sake. Headers,
at any rate, will like his " Recollections.”
One of most astounding books ever published is JTnyti; or.
The Black Republic : by Sir Spencer St. John, K.C.M.G.
(Smith, Elder, and Co.): it deserves to be read by everybody,
even at the risk of being made sick with horror and of re¬
gretting Mint our race ever developed from monkeys into such
men and women us are depicted in the pages. It is doubtful
whether more than one reader in a thousand lias any idea that
tliero is such a place ns the Hayti of this book—on earth;
though ; the other nine hundred and ninety-nine may hnvi^
imagined in their wildest dreams that such a region
of horrors might exist down below. Hayti, or Baft
Domingo (of which Hayti is a part), was apparently
intended by Nature to bo an earthly paradise: the
vileness of mankind lias turned it— to all appearance—
into a den of demons. Commercially, as well as morally,
Hayti, which was once so full of promise, seems to
have been going gradually down the descent/to Avemus, and
to be threatened with the complete ruin and utter extinction
which linve been the fate of once nourishing Carthage.' This
state oft things should not be a mutter oMudifiereuce to our
country, with which Hayti carries on mosT otittie foreign
trade remaining to lior; but all that the majority of
Englishmen know about Hayti is that it occupied tho
attention of Napoleon the First, and that it had for its ruler
at one time a certain Tonssaint TOuverture, a man whose
conduct and career were " bo remarkable as almost to con¬
found those who declare the negro an inferior creature
incapable of rising to genius^) Of course, there is a way
out of the difficulty: you can deny thw^SXouesaint, though
the grandson of an African princsKniid a slave from
liis birth to the date /6f the insurrection that burst his
bonds, was of "pure negro race’’; and that he was not of
" the pure uegro type,V his portraits are said to bear witness.
Still ho must have been of “ mixed rue.-,” a race even more
despised uud not less enslaved than the “ pure negro.’’ How¬
ever tliut maybe* hie memory, strange to say, is less cherished
in Port-au-Prince uud in Hayti generally than elsewhere, for
reasons suggested in this very interesting volume. Over the
accouut given of the “ Vaudoux worship” the reader will
gape open-mouthed with horror, and conclude that a Thug
is (or vyas) a Christian aud a gentleman compared with u
V Vaudous worshipper," who sacrifices I he " goat without
horns," and devours the flesh of the sacrifice. Be it known
that “ goat without horns” means a hunum lining. And lest
the author, who left lluyti some time ugo, after residing
there many yenrs in an official capacity which gave him
great opportunities, should bo considered to refer to the past
only, lie is careful to state that, accord ng to “information
received," cunnibalism is at present “more rampant than
ever.” True, he says that he “never heard of a respectable
I lav tin n being connected with the cannibals”; but the
question is—to go by tho contents of.the book—whether there
are any respectable Huytians.
THE CilUllCll.
The Chapel Royal. Savoy, was reopened on Sunday.
The Bishop of London has leturned into residence at
Fulham Palace.
The Bishop of Worcester lias given £1000 to the Birming¬
ham Church Aid Fund.
The Dean of York has opened ft newly restored church,
dedicated to St. Mary, at Boston Spa, Yorkshire.
All Saints’ Church, Londesborough, lias been restored by
Lord Londesborough.
A new church, in the Perpendicular style, dedicated to
St. John the Evungelist, lias been opened at Scarborough, free
from debt. i
The parish Church of St. Luke, Chelsea, has been reopened,
after restoration. Earl Cadogan lias contributed £500 towards
the rearrangement of the church.
St. Crispin’s Church, built expressly’ for shoe operatives of
Northampton, was dedicated last Saturday. The cost of the
church, £3000, is defrayed by contributions from all clusses.
Canon Body will conduct the services in St. Paul's
Cathedral in connection with the London Mission from the
16th to the 25th iust.
The second annual Hospital Sunday was observed at
Brighton last Sunday, when appeals on behalf of the funds of
the various institutions in the town went forth simultaneously
from sixty pulpits. All denominations joined in the movement.
The Bishop of Rochester preached on Wednesday evening
in St. Paul's Cathedral, on the anniversary of the Young Men’s
Friendly Society, in connection with which a number of new
branches have recently been formed.
The Bishop of Rochester consecrated a new church last
Saturday in St. Helen’s-gardene, Rotlierliitlie. The Bishop
of Rochester’s Fund has given upwards of £4000 towards the
cost of the building, mid of the other £3500, the greater part
has been contributed by the parish of Chiselhurst.
8ir P. Cunliffe Owen, speaking at a Mayor’s banquet at
Stratford-on-Avon lost week, promised, with the assistance of
Mr. George Childs, of Philadelphia, to organise a fund in
America to help forward tho restoration of Stratford parish
church, a work involving a probable expenditure of £20,000.
The Bishop of Exeter, presiding at a meeting of tho National
Temperance League at Exeter Hall, urged that it was the duty
of everyone to espouse the cause of total abstinence M the
only way to promote temperance. Other speakers condemned
moderate drinking as baneful and unnecessary.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed the Rev.
Canon Elwyn, Vicar of East Farleigli, near Maidstone, to bo
one of his examining chaplains.—His Gracebegan his first
inspection of the churches and national schools in his diocese
at St. Paul’s Cray parish church, last week. The Archbishop
has opened a new church at Skelton-in-Cleveland, dedicated
to All Saints, which has cost £13,000. >
Two City churches were reopened on Sunday, The Rev.
Stephen E. Gladstone, Rector of Hawarden, preached at St.
George’s, Botolpli-lane, on the reopening of tho church, of
which Canon MncColl is Rector; the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs
attending. St. Nicholus Cole Abbey, one of Wren’s churches,
presenting some of his special characteristics, was also
reopened.
At an executive committee meeting of Truro Cathedral,
it was reported that since February £11,500 had been
promised, but to complete the transept, lantern, stage, clock-
tower, and other necessary works, would require nearly
£9000 more, as payments hud been made in excess of the
estimates to the amount of £500Q. A committee was appointed
to confer with the architect, and it was decided to raise a
guarantee fund, that the committee might bo indemnified for
borrowed money.
Tho preachers at Westminster Abbey this month are:—
Nov. 1 (to-day), All Saints', at three, tho Rev. A. G. Butler,
Fellow of Oriel, OxfordSunday, Nov. 2, at ten, Archdeacon
Norris (of Bristol); Sunday, Nov. 9, at ten, the Rev. J.
Llewellyn Davies ; Sunday, Nov. 16, at ten, the Rev. W. W.
Sinclair (St. Stephen's,^Westminster); Sunday, Nov. 23, at
ten, the Rev. Edwib Price; Sunday, Nov. 30, ut ten, the Rev.
Dr. Troutbeck. Archdeacon Farrar, ns Canon in Residence,
will preach each Sunday afternoon at three.
The whole of the windows in the chapel of Emmanuel
College, Cambridge, have been tilled with stained glass (by
Heatoh, Butler, and Bayne) illustrating a series of persons
con fleeted' with the history of the college.—A handsome
mural monument, executed in alabaster uud various marbles,
from the studio of Mr. J. Forsyth, 1ms been erected iu
^Scofton church, Notts, to the memory of the late Viscountess
'-Milton.—Two more three-light Munich windows have been
placed in St. Mary’s Church, Arbroath—one by subscription,
iu memory of the late Rev. AV. Henderson, fifty-one years
yl’astor, aud representing the Good Samaritan ; the other by
Dr. J. Traill, in memory of bis brother and his son, and
representing ChriBt healing the sick. The artists are Messrs.
Mayer and Co., who also have iu hand the large west window.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed the Rev. W. H. Joy,
Rector of St. Nicholas’, near Cardiff, to the rectory of Gret-
ford, with the curacy of Wilsthorpe, near Stamford, Lincoln¬
shire ; the Bishop of London has instituted the Rev. Francis
II. Nieholls to the vicarago of St. Stephen’s, (Janonbury ; the
Simeon Trustees have appointed the Rev. Gilbert L. James,
Vicar of Gresley, near Burton-on-Trent, to the living of
Girlington, near Bradford, in the room of the late Rev. W.
Carson; the living of Bentham, in Lancashire, lias been pre¬
sented to the Rev. Frederick Walker Joy, M.A., of Oriel
College, Oxford; the Bishop of Liverpool line appointed
the Rev. T. Oliver, Incumbent of St. Martin’s. Liverpool, to
the living of Garston, fallen to the gift of the Bishop of this
diocese by reason of lapse; and tins Bishop of St. Asaph lias
conferred the living of Mold, Flintshire, upon the Rev. Thomas
Jones, B.A., Curute of Ruabon.
Mudurae Adelina Patti sailed for New York last Saturday
via the Oregon.
A meeting was held at the Mansion House on Tuesday to
promote tho formation of a Commercial Geographical Society.
Eurl Spencer mid Sir. Campbell-Bannerman arrived yester¬
day week in Dublin, and in the course of the day the latter
wus sworn in ns Chief Secretary.
Seven thousand flounders were taken from the tidal waters
in the Thames last week, aud deposited in batches between
Teddington and Hampton Court.
Mr. George R. Strachan, Surveyor of Chiswick, formerly
of Newcastle-on-Tyne and Burton-on-Trent, has been
elected Surveyor of Chelsea, at » salary of £100 per aunuui.
There were eighty-two candidates.
A fancy bazaar, patronised by Princess Christian, on behalf
of Mrs. Vicars’s Home, Albion-liill, Brighton, will be held at
the Dome next Wednesday and three following days. Mr. A.
F. Terrell Slmpland, 70, Grand Parnde, Brighton, will be very
happy to receive the natu. s and addresses of any ladies and
children who desire to present purses of two guineas und
upwards to tho Princess on the opening day, at 2.30 p.m.
NOVELS.
Hearty recommendation cannot be withheld from Out of
'1 heir Element : by Ludy Margaret Majendie (Kicliurd lkmhy
and Son), even if some of the personages do weep and piny u
little more than is pleasant for the reader, if not a little
more than is good for the personages themselves. The
volumes, which are three in number, may not be remnrkuble
for moving, stirring, exciting incident, though even that is not
altogether to seek, but they certainly abound, with pretty
persons, pretty scenes, und pretty situations. The story is
coloured Italian, which is of itself a recommendation; and the
pivot upon which everything turns is the love, passing the love
of women (to misappropriate a phrase, perhaps), felt by the
heroine for Italy in the black and evil times before there
seemed to be any likelihood that the famous prophecy would
be fulfilled: “ Italia fork da se.” The heroine is the daughter
of an Italian father and art English mother, of whom
the latter lmd made her husband’s country her own,
but, dying in poverty, had commended her futherless as
well as motherless daughter to her wealthy, well-born,
and well-bred uncles, aunts, and cousins in England,
mid hud impressed upon that daughter the propriety
of becoming English and a lover Us well as an inhabitant of
England. But, from tho very first day of her arrival iu
England, tlio Anglo-Italian heroine, who is beautiful as day
and melancholy as night, pines for her beloved Italy, refuses
to bo comforted, suffers from a really dangerous attack of
nostalgia, egotistically agrees to marry her own sweet cousin s
faithless lover because he promises to go and settle in Italy,
and thus robs aiurmoredeserving and almost equally beau¬
tiful, certainly more lovable girl with the most heartless,
selfish, self-compluccut want of compunction. It is impos¬
sible, indeed, to sympathise with the heroine; only the
extremest simtinientulity will appreciate and justify her. '1 he
other characters^each aud all, will commnnd, on most
occasions, liiglrappreciation and even admiration. Then tho
freshness and refinement of the style, of the sentiments, of
the manners, and of the actions, make tliut which is not in
itself either Very interesting or very astonishing quite
delightful to read.
Unpleasant as it is during the greater part of the three
'volumes, A North-Country Maid: by Mrs. H. Lovett Can urou
(E. V. White and Co.), begins charmingly and ends as satis¬
factorily as anybody could wish, and more satisfactorily than
experience of a wicked world would lead one to expect. The
romance, which is written in lively, vigorous style, has little or
no substance about it, and not u greut dial of plot, 'lhe
writer is certainly rough on the aristocracy, pointing them very
much as they were painted by Reynolds, not Joshua, the
famous portruit-painter, but G.W.M.,tlic man of " mysteries.”
The Btory opens with a highly amusing, life-like scene. A very
E oor Vicar of a very small living in Cumberland is engaged
i the hopeless task of trying to convince himself which
is the prettiest of liis four pretty daughters. And why l*
Because liis mother-in-law, a livo countess (with whose
daughter lie lmd dared to run nway in liis hot youth),
hus written to him, offering to relieve him of his prettiest
daughter and to bring her up as an earl’s grand-daughter. His
poverty but uot liis will consents. Now why lmd the don nger-
countess (for so she is) made this sudden offer? Because her
cousin, tho earl at the time of lier letter, had, after the fashion
of the nobility, promised her a hundred pounds (so glad are
some countesses to earn an honest penny), if she would find
him a wife (for he was such a reprobute that nobody “ iu
society ” would marry him, carl though he wnB); and she lmd
determined, like a true British noble-woman, to sell him ono
of her own grand-daughters. Of course the earl wus already
married "unbeknown,” and married "beneath him.” So
that here is promise of sport, though it be of a somewhat
common und hackneyed kind; aud not a little sport there is.
There is a great deal of excellent reading in A Drawn
Game: by Basil (Chatto and Windus), a novel unexception¬
able in theme and tone, with one or two very effective and
touching scenes, with not a little humour, with far more* Hum
the usual amount of originality, and with a number of in¬
teresting characters well conceived, well defined, well dis¬
criminated, and consistently handled. The cruel treatment
of a poor little boy at a private school is described with so
much apparent knowledge and evident feeling that, ns the
date of the Btory is quite recent, a horrible fear arises in tho
reader’8 mind lest parents aud guardians should be living in
a fool’s paradise, lest we should have made no improvement ut
all during all these years, lest things should still be as bad ns
ever they were at “ seminaries for young gentlemen,” lest, iu
the midst of all our namby-pambyness, our worship of tlm
baby, our tender solicitude for the horrid boy, there should
still be places of education where poor children may meet
with the fate of the boy “ Chancellor,” or “ Ctincellor,” (who
was beaten to death), though deserving it far less than
he, or with that of "Smike,” in the awful pande¬
monium of "Dotheboys Hall.” Nothing, again, could
be more beautifully and pathetically drawn than the scene iu
which the motherless Ida, the only mourner at her mother’s
grave, is awakened from her trance of grief by the soft touch
and softer voiceof angelic “ Mrs. John.” This is a scene to do
the heart good ; but uot to be rend with dry eyes, not even by
the reader whose eyes are not easily moistened. Many charm¬
ing passages there are in every one of the three volumes; but
what serves for the plot of the story, especially the sup posed
illegitimacy of Archie, is decidedly weak, and is good for
nothing but "padding.” Indeed, this part of tliostoiy lias
its ludicrous aspect. That a young gentlemnn, even if ho
really had a right to the name of Archibald Guard,
should shrink from asking a girl to marry him because
of a "scandal which held up the name to tho scorn
of all England," is very funny, and worthy of the
mock heroics in which melodrnnin abounds. A Smith
or a Black might as well talk iu the same strain; and
Heaven only knows the amount of scandal (not to sny
actual crime) that has added to tho intrinsic undesirability
of these two illustrious names. M'hat Mr. Archibald Guiud
meant, no doubt, was that, however conveniently in¬
distinguishable, by reason of its liberal distribution over tho
face of the earth or its utter insignificance, a man’s name
may be, yet the owner of it should not take advantage of that
fact to induce a fair creature to share the name with him as
long us he cannot clear himself (not his name) from a scandal
of which “all England’’ would probably never hear, which
the small portion of England that did hear of it would enjoy
vustly, and which would lead a still smaller portion of England
to hold him (not his name) up to “ scorn.” So far it is
possible to agree cordially with Sir. Guard, though he muy be
considered hyper-sensitive about his uame.
Lady Fliipps ITornby, wife of the Commander-in-Chief at
Portsmouth, last Saturday presented the prizes to the successful
students at tho Portsmouth High School for Girls, which was
opened in February, 1882. Alice Geraldine Cooke took a
scholarship, tenable for two years, offered by the Council for
the pupil standing highest in the examination held on their
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MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS.
“Complete Scale Tutor for the Pianoforte,” by Adolphe
Schloesscr (R. Cocks and Co.). This is a valuable collection
of scale passages, in all keys, in direct and contrary motion—
diatonic and chromatic; in octaves, thirds, and sixths. The
lingering is ample, and the work will be found greatly con¬
ducive to the attainment of technical skill. “ (Grandmother’s
Sweetheart,” by M. Watson—“ I mean to wait for Jack!”
by Cotsford Dick—and “ My little man,” by A. H. Behrend—
are alL characteristic songs, in the lively rather than senti¬
mental style. These are also published by Messrs. It. Cocks
and Co., as are “ Buou Giorno,” a Rondo; niul “ II Bolero,”
a Spanish Dunce; two pleasing—and not difficult—pianoforte
pieces by Cotsford Dick.
“The Great Musicians,” edited by Francis Hueffer
(Sampson Low and Co.). The latest issue of this valuable series
is a memoir of Robert Schumann, by J. A. Fuller Maitland.
Within the compass of a small volume the biographer has
comprised the essential features of the personal and artistic
career of the cohiposer who said, in a letter to his mother,
•* My whole life has been a twenty years’ war between prose
and poetry—between law and music.” His struggles and
trials, his productiveness, both as a composer ami a critic, his
successes, and the melancholy extinction of his fine genius by
insanity—are all well related in the volume now referred to,
the value of which is enhanced by a chronological table of the
chief events of the composer’s life and the dates of his works ;
and a general index.
“The Child’s Garland” by Franz Abt (Novello, Ewer,
and Co.). This little volume contains a collection of three-p rt
songs for children’s voices by a composer who has been highly
esteemed for many vocal productions in various forms and
styles. That now referred to is well calculated to interest
juvenilo singers by the pleasing and simple melodiousness of
the pieces—the English version of the words being well
rendered by the Rev. Dr. Troutbeck and Miss G. E. Troutbeck.
“ Golden Gweudoliu” and other songs, by William Morris,
set to music by E. Dannreuther—“Love Lily” and other
songs, by D. G. Rossetti, set to music by the same composer
(Novello* Ewer, and Co.). The music, allied to the verses of the
two distinguished modern poets named above, evinces a true
perception of the spirit und rhythm of the text. Each number
is distinguished by inarked character and individuality, and an
avoidance of hackneyed conventionalisms.
“ Fantasia for tho Orguu in F Major,” by William Spark.
This is one of many effective contributions to tire organist’s
library by which Dr. Spark, the skilled organist of tho Leeds
Townhnll, 1ms made his name eminent as u composer for us
well us a performer on tho “ king of instruments.” The piece
now referred to consists of three movements—“ Allegro
modem to,” “Andante espressivo,” and “Finale”—each of
which is well calculated to display the varied powers of a gmml
orguu. The fantasia is published by Novello, Ewer, and Co.
‘•Somite Drumutique” is the title of nil elaborate piano¬
forte piece composed by Eugen Woycke. published by Mr. C.
Jcffervs, of Beruers-street. The work consists of four principal
divisions—an “Allegro um non troppo” (introduced by a
short “ Largo nssai *’), an “ Adagio Lucrimoso,” a “Scherzo,”
and a final “ Rondo ”—in each of which there is much
cffeclive nnd characteristic writing.
“ Morning Zephyr,” Waltz, by Catherine IIeator-(Joseph
Williams), is a bright nnd spirifed piece of pianoforte dance
music, full of the true rhythmical impetus.
Messrs. Mctzler and Co. have issued some bright pianoforte
music in various dance forms—“Ball-scenes,” by J. Hoff¬
mann ; “ The Holly Galop” and “ Sweet Violets” Waltz, by
P. Bucalossi: “Mephisto” Polka, by P. Reeve; “Puck,
Danse do Ballet,” by C. Lowthiuu; and Mr. A. G. Crowe’s
“Sec-Saw” Waltz, that 1ms become so popular at the
Promenade Concerts.
“ A Spring Love-Song," by Sir Julius Benedict (W. J.
Willcocks;. This is n graceful vocal piece, melodious and
expressive in style, und within the ordinary compass. It
shows that the veteran composer has not lost his power of pro¬
ducing interesting music.
Dr. Ferdinand Hiller’s “Song of Life” (“Lied des
Lcbens")—for four voices—is n graceful tribute to Sir Julius
Benedict on the recent completion of his jubilee professional
career. It is a pleasing piece of vocal harmony worthy of it*
distinguished composer and of the occasion for which it was
• written. The English text 1ms been well translated by
Constance Boche. The song forms one of the extensive cheap'
series published by Messrs. Stanley Lucas, Weber, and Co.
“ The Tryst ” song, by Mary Carmichael (from the same pub¬
lishers), is u good specimen of the sentimental style, expressive
without affectation.
* ‘ Friihl in gsgefiihl ” (“ Spring-Time ”), by Anton Rubinstein,
is a very graceful song, with the original German words, and
an English version thereof by B. F. W. Smith, published ^by
Messrs. Stanley Lucas, Weber, and Co.; from whom weulso have
other agreeable songs—“On a faded violet,” by E. J. Troup,
nnd “The Song of the Bird,” by B. Dav.nport; and cheap
editions of Schubert’s part-song for male voices, “The
Ilumlet,” and of C. T. Kuhne’a set of twelve “ Volkslieder.”
“ Ten Two-part Songs,” by F. Berger (Fatey and Willis),
are pleasing settings of lines by Longfellow, intended for the
use of classes in schools—either for girls’ or boys’ voices. The
pieces are all melodious nnd easy of execution, the style
differing according to the sentiment of the words. They will
be very acceptable to juvenile vocalists. Messrs. Patey nnd
Willis are the publishers, as also of “ On the River,” by M.
Watson, and “Sister Agnes,” by L. Diehl, songs, each of which
offers good opportunities for singers capable of sentimental
expression. “Peine de Cobut, Melodie pour Piano,” by Tito
Mattei, contains some effective florid passage writing:
“ SSpognoletta,” by H. Sharpe, is a pianoforte piece in which the
nationality implied by the title is well reflected ; “ Will o’ the
Wisp,” by the same (also for the pianoforte), being light
mid airy, with some good arpeggio passages.
“ Songs of the Flowers,” by Ciro Pinsuti, ore twelve
melodious pieces for two treble voices (with pianoforte accom¬
paniment), each with a characteristic floral title. They are
well calculated to please duet-singers and their hearers. The
work is published at Dundee by Methveu, Simpson, and Co.,
and in London by Patey and Willis.
“The Little Drummer” is a pleasing ballad by G. B.
Allen—simple and unaffected, yet expressive in style. “A
Lullaby,” by W. M. Gould, is a flowing melody, well set off
by arpeggio accompaniments ; “ A little bird told me,” by C.
Tibbutt, being a song of a bright and naive character. All
are published by Edwin Ashdown (of Hnuover-square), from
whom we have also the following pianoforte pieces, ull of
more than average merit: — “Childhood’s Hours,” twelve
characteristic movements, by A. Loeschhorn, each illustrating
ndistiuctive title—"By Rushing Weir,” an effective impromptu,
nnd a Btately “Guvotte,” both by W. S. Rockstro—"A
Midnight Reverie,” a graceful sketch by M. Watson—
“ Diavolinn,” a bright “ morceau de salon,” by G. Lange—
“Paroles du G’ajur,” an expressive “ nndantino,” und “ Le
Carillon du Village," u suggestive “ eaquisse,” both by N.
Delacour—“ Marcho des Menestrels,” a stirring martial piece,
by S. Smith—“ Bergers et Bergfcres," a good specimen of the
“gavotte” style somewhat modernised, by P. Beaumont —
nnd “ Fleur des Champs,” a spirited “ morceau brillaut,” by
F. It. Muller.
Mr. B. Williams’s recent issues of vocal music comprise
some songs that will be welcome in many circles. “ Our Lust
Good-Bye,” words by Mary Mark Lemon, music by Ciro
Pinsuti, possesses much genuiue sentiment in each respect.
Birdie's Nest” nnd “Spirit Voices,” both by Odourdo
of a more robust character.
“ Furiaute,” by Anton Dvorak. This is a characteristic
Bohemian national dance, for the pianoforte, by the composer
who has lately become celebrated here by several important
works, especially his orchestral symphony nnd Iris “Stubut
Mater.” The piece now referred to is full of vigorous impulse
and murked rhythm. It is published by Bote nnd Bock,
Berlin, und Willcocks and Co., London; ns are “Tonbilder,”
a series of pleasing pianoforte pieces by Aloys Honnes, und a
fanciful “ Wedding Dance of the Elves," for pianoforte und
orchestra, by E. Solomon/v *
Beethoven’s sonatas, revised, fingered, and edited by
Charles Kliudwortb. (Beilin, Bote and Bock; London,
Willcocks and Co.). Wc have here the first volume of
Beethoven’s immortal series of thirty-two sonatas for piano
solo, brought out in a beautiful and correct edition, excellently
engraved, and printed on good paper, and at a comparatively
moderate price. This instalment contains the first twelve of
the sonatas, the completion of which will form a standard
edition of works that are destined for all time. \
Messrs. Weekes and CoWare bringing out a second series
of “ FavouriteMelodies for Violin and Piano,” urranged by
F. Weekes, who has culled some charming extracts from
eminent composers, past and present, nnd adapted them
effectively, while avoiding executive difficulties.
Messrs. Kicordi, the eminent publishers of Regent-street,
of Milan, and other Continental cities, are contributing
largely to the stock of vocal music. We have already had
occasion to notice the compositions of F. Paolo Tosti, a com¬
poser who writes much, aud well, for vocalists. The
publishers just named have brought out a benutiful edition
of his “ Twenty Melodies,” with Italian and English words,
uud a similar volume with French text. “ La Fille d’O-tnrti ”
is a series of six characteristic movements (dedicated to
the Princess Beatrice), in which Signor Tosti has expressively
set the text of Victor Hugo. Separate songs by the same
composer- are—“Memoire d’Araor,” “ A Sera,” “ Lc Papillon
et la Fleur,” and “ Ask me no more ” (a setting of words by
Tennyson). In all these the music is essentially vocal and
reflective of the suave Italian Btyle. From among many other
vocal pieces issued by the same firm may be specified
“A Dream of Peace” and “The Book of Prayer,” Songs
by Ciro Pinsuti, replete with serious sentiment; and “ Along
the Shore,” by F. 11. Cowen, which is interesting although
simple in style.
The sixth volume of Messrs. Ricordi’s “ S6rie Sp6ciale ”
consists of u motet, “Seinnt Geutes," by Cherubini, a
posthumous work for orchestra, and choral aud solo voices,
which should interest all admirers of one of the greatest
Church composers. It is to be hoped that the work may soon
receive performance here. The edition now referred to is
hfindsouiely und inexpensively brought out, the orchestral
accompaniments transcribed for tire pinuoforte or organ.
“Six Tuscan Folk-Songs,” for two voices—woids by Thco
Marziuls, music by L. Curacciolo (also from Messrs. Iiicordi).
ure pleasing duets in which the seutiiueut of tho verses is well
reflected by the composer.
Some songs published by II. Klein deserve favourable
notice. “Saved oy a Child,” by M. Piccolomiui, affords good
scope for declamatory expression. “ Seekiug,” by Curb
Zoeller, bus an expressive melody, with an appropriate accom-
E imiment; aud the same may be said of “Sadly I wait,” by
. Parsons; nnd “Can lie forget,” by II. Gordon; “ I dinua
ken your meaning, Sir,” by W. Hodgson, being a ballad in the
piquant Scotch style.
Messrs. A. Hammond uud Co. publish some agreeable piano¬
forte music, among which we may specify the following
characteristic pieces by Gustav Ijiuge:—“ Aus Tiefster Seelo ”
(“ Melodie ”). “ Tanzscenej (in polka style), and “ Siniger in
den Zweigen” (“ Biids in the Branches”). All these are
highly suggestive of the subjects indicated.
“Don Giovanni, Grande Fantasie,” “Melody in E flat
major' * (Duncan Davison and Co.), arc reprints of two charming
pianoforte pieces by Thalberg, the first an elaborate com¬
position based on themes from Mozart’s immortal opera; the
other an original work of smaller dimensions, full of melodious
sweetness. Some vocal music issued by the same firm may
be recommend, d. “ Notte e Giorno,” “II Messngero.” and
“Qui sospirmido Elvira "are songs by P. I). Guglielmo, in
each of which the melody lias the genuine suavity of tho
modern Italian school; Similur in merit is the cuuzoncttu
“ Non ti Lagnur,” by G. Romano.
REWARDS FOR GALLANTRY.
The committee of the Royal Humane Society lias unanimously
bestowed its silver medal upon Mr. Thomas Allmitt Brassev,
uudergraduate of Balliol College, Oxford, for a gullant act
performed in Loch Carrou, ltoss-shire, on the 30th ult. At
about 11.30 a.m. or that day, as the Viking cutter was pro¬
ceeding from the yacht Sunbeam to the shore, some three-
quarters of a mile distant, one of her timbers parted, owing to
the heavy sen which was running. The boat was shortly in u
sinking condition, and during the brief interval which
elapsed, Mr. Brassey, with great coolness, distributed the onrs to
those in the boat who could not swim (six in number). Then
divesting himself of his coat, lie advised the others to do the
same, and gave instructions to the non-swimmers what to do.
The vessel soda filled, aud in the confusion which prevailed,
several of the men having lost the oars, Mr. Brossey's voice
could be heard encouraging them. A groom nunied Tin worth,
in Sir T.' Brossey’s service, was soon perceived to be drowning,
and Without nuy hesitation Mr. T. Brassey swam out and,
giving him his our uftcr he had pulled him from under tho
water, supported him in the heavy sea till theSunbeum’s other
bout arrived and rescued all.
Uu the recommemhitiou of the Duke of Edinburgh and the
Lords Commissioueis of the Admiralty, the silver medal has
also been. aiuuiU^l^to^Lie.u.tenunt J. Sturtiu, R.N., H.M.S.
Minotaur, for saving the lives of five persons who were eap-
sised from a bout at Portland. Lieutenant Startin had pre¬
viously received the society’s bronze medal nnd clasp, und tho
Duke of Edinburgh, in writiug on this case, says tlmt
“ Lieutenant Startin incurred great personal risk in perform¬
ing this yery meritorious service.”
Oh the'recommendation of the Secretary of Stnte for Wur,
the silver medal has also been conferred upon Major II. E.
Goodwyn, 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, for a
gallant attempt to save tho life of a stowmvay lad, named
Jones, who fell from the steam-ship Nubiu, ia the Red Sea, in
lat. 57 N., long. 37.03. In this case, though it was well known
that sharks abounded about tlmt purt, Major Goodwyn plunged
into the sea without divesting himself of any of his clothing,
aud swam about for-twenty minutes in the vain search for tho
lad, his head exposed to the mid-day sun. The vessel was
running eleven knots an hour at the time of the occurrence,
with all her canvas set.
On the recommendation of the Field Marshal Commauding-
in-Chief (the circumstances of the case having ulso been laid
before her Majesty), the bronze medal has been awarded to
Private U. Loniine, 3rd Battalion Grenudier Guards, now
serving in the C’umel Corps iu the Nile Expedition, for plunging
off the bridge which extends over the water in Kensington-
gardens, and rescuing n man named Pope, who attempted
suicide on the eveniug of the 23rd ult.
Mr. A. E. Dobbs lias sent out u statement of accounts of
his litigation witli the Grand Junction Waterworks Company.
His law costs amounted to £1497, of which the Grand Junction
paid iu the way of taxed costs £707. His expenses altogether
amounted to £1561, towards which the Corporation of London,
vestries, aud district boards contributed £847, and other donors
made up the total to £1007, so leaving an unexpended balance
of £107. For this outlay Mr. Dobbs claims as a net result tlmt
he has reduced the rental on which the water companies
charged in the metropolis from £35,020,577 to £28,990,289,
a difference of over six millions, a considerable item in any
compensation valuation.
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Tho disastrous panic in tho Star Theatre, Glasgow, is,
unhappily, not tho .first one that city has seen. Thirty-
five years ago, in the month of February, 18-19, n ground¬
less alarm of lire was raised there in a theatre, and more
than seventy people were crushed to death. Tho news of
Saturday night’s catastrophe was not without effect in
London, several of the largest metropolitan theatres ex¬
periencing a marked depreciation of business on Monday
uiglit. People naturally get scared; hut, unless the
attention of tho Lord Chamberlain’s officials has boon
futile, there exists no cause for alarm; as every London
playhouse can now discharge the largest audienco in a
miraculously small number of seconds. Souio difficulty
arises as to tho punishment of the mischievous scoundrel
who wilfully raises a false alarm. Lawyers have not yet
shaped tho dastard’s offence into a definite criminal shape;
and they must experience great difficulty in doing so, for
there must always be a lack of evidence to show lhat tho
miscreant did not honestly believe—may be from o smell
of burning, or an undisguised gas-jet—that lie was doing
his fellow-visitors a kindness by calling their attention
to what ho conceived to bo their danger. If an audience
would but remain quiescent until an authoritative an¬
nouncement be made, such a sad accident as that at
Glasgow would bo averted. But, in tho meanwhile, the
law should be made comprehensive enough to bring to
book the villain who wilfully incites people to a needless
doom. _
Lovers of tapestry will be glud to hour that the autho¬
rities ut Hampton Court Palace have at length determined
to huvo cleaned and restored the arras hangings that have
for so long stood in need of repair. It is of the early
Sixteenth Century period, and used to belong to Cardinal
Wolsey, at whoso downfall it passed into possession of
the Crown. With the exception, maybe, of the tapestry at
Bruges, this is the finest known ; but. whereas the Belgians
have kept their possessions as bright and new-looking ns
tho day it was made, tho Crown property hero has
deteriorated and become dim and lustreless from want of
caro. _
Over six hundred tenants of the Duke of Richmond
have presented his Grace with a portrait of himself “in
recognition of his considerate and liberal t routine-, t of
them.” This, no doubt, is to some extent satisfactory to
u landlord who, to meet the requirements of agricultural
depression, lias remitted a portion of his rents. But., on
tho other hand, it might suggest itself to the curious
inquirer how it is that tenants who are not in tho position
to pay the full umount they covenanted, can find the
money to subscribe to expensive testimonials. Of course
the noble Duke is far too grateful and gracious to think of
this, especially as the picture has been pronounced to be an
excellent likeness and an admirable work of art.
“ Romoo and Juliet,” according to some literati, is a
true story, while others aver that it is purely mythical.
Probably tho fact that it was adapted from an Italian
romance fosters tho former belief; and certainly tho
Veronose arc tenacious of the history to a degree, for they
insist on a date (1803) and show a tomb. Lord Byron, in
letter to his friend Moore, thus describes it:—“ It is ft
>ln'm, open, and partly docayed sarcophagus, with withered
eaves in it, in a wild and desoluto conventional garden,
once a cemetery, now ruined to the very graves. Tho
situation struck me as very appropriate to tho legend,
being blighted as their love.” This recalls a passage from
one of the humorous works of Mark Twain, who, nftey
relating in his own peculiarly satirical vein tho legend of th4r
Seven Sleepers, remarks, “ I know this to bo truo, because
I have seen tho cave.” That the Voroncso eau show what
they allego is the last resting-place of those unfortUhnte
lovers can hardly be evidence of tho truth of the poetical
love tragody._..
What extraordinary changes in educational matter^
must the Rev. Canon Kennedy have witnessed. This
eminent scholar an 1 divine, who attained his . ightieth
ear on Thursday, Nov. (3, was Head Master of Shrows-
ury School at the date of Queen Victoria's accession to
tho throne. It was only a y earbefqra that the Hume
and Colonial School Society, which Subsequen (Iv becamo
merged in tho Voluntary Sphool Socioty and the Con¬
gregational Board of Education, was instituted. In 1838
he attended the great Educational Conference presided
over by tho Prince Consort at Willis’s Rooms, which led
to the passing of the Industrial Schools Act. Since that
time, the advance of educathdfchas been rapid, electrically
so, compared with the sluggish movements of the preva ils
half-century. And yet Canon Kennedy, who gained the
Porsou Medal for Latiu'Odo'UsYar hack as 1823, gave to
tho world as lately aS 1874 a sweets English version of
“ The Birds ” of Aristophanes. It s.ons that no epoch in
literature or learning can get- Imypml his powers.
Tho doctors sepia tumble to agree as to whether alcohol
is a food ijrn pdisbn. To the non-medical mind it seems
pretty evident that since alcohol has been known to
support life for fifteen Successive days, it must possess
some nutritive qualiiy^and this is the opinion of men
who, like'^r'Jame8 x Pagot, aro of the highest eminonco in
iKi^rcffetwior*. On tho other hand, there aro physicians
who, with Dr. Alfred Carpenter* assert as strongly that
alcohol is “a most virulent poison.” Who shall decide?
That it w a poison when taken in excess there is ample
evidence to prove, but are wo on that account to have no
more cakes and ale? And is tho ale, if unadulterated,
likely to hurt us more than tho cakes ? Excess in any
case may lead to an untoward result—men have die 1, like
tho poet Otway, from feeding too hastily on bread and
the secret of health is moderation. Unfortunately, how¬
ever, the very mention of tho word fills an ardent
teetotaler with wrath. It is like flaunting a red haudker-
chiof in the face of a skittish hull.
There are few things more surprising than the tolerance
with which men and women with a reputation to sustain
'endure tho iin;» T'incnt Curiosity of interviewers. It is,
perhaps, reasonable that an actor or public singer should
submit to the infliction for the suke of additional publicity;
but wliy should persons occupying a more private station
allow themselves to bo victimised by those modern
Inquisitors? Miss Emily Faithfull, who l;as written an
account of “ Three Visits to America,” strange to say,
approves of the system. Yet she admits that her inter¬
viewers were often troublesome. When teased, on ono
occasion, for an opinion on some subject, she said that she
had n-mo to offer. “ Well, I shall be compelled to muko
one for you,” was the reply. If those imaginative gentle¬
men were generally content with making opinions instead
of trying to extract thorn, tho relief to some persons would
be considerable.
Tho Bishop of Lichfield, who is himself an impressiyo
reachor, is striving to make tho pulpit more effective in
is diocese. Ho reminds his clergy that a curate in-
deacon’s orders is not licensed to preach, and, if asked to
do so, ho is, for tho future, to read a printed sermon. Once
a month, however, the curate is instructed to preach
a sermon of his own composition, the manuscript of
which is to bo sent on the following day to the bishop for
examination. It is to be wished that every bi'hop would
follow tho course adopted by Dr. Mac!again Tlio pulpit
ought to bo a great power in tho country; it is too
often tho symbol of weakness. Earaost men, who havo
something to say and know how to say it with brevity
and point, will always command attention ; but a good
many curates need to be reminded that a dull monotonous
essay is not a sermon. It may bo, and often is, un excel¬
lent soporific.___
Tho practico of giving reigning Sovereigns more or less
complimentary or uncomplimentary nicknames, such ns
Henry “ Bcauclerc” (because, it is supposed, he was able
to dispense’ with his “ mark” and write liis iiutuo like
print ”), appears to be dying out or to have died out.
King “ Bomba” was about the last, and even lie was not
known and is not described in history as borditiand
“ Bomba,” though Charles “ Martel,” like the once-
fumous prize-fighter “Hammer” Lane, was so known and
is still so described. The French were great hands at
this nick-naming, in which they sometimes, for irony's
suko perhaps as much as from the nativo politeness for
which they were onco distinguished, arrived at some
astounding misnomers, and probably the best example of
their felicity in this respect is supplied by tho epithet
bestowed—in many histories to this very day-r-upon Louis
the Eighteenth, who was nicknamed “ Lo Desivfc,” because
he had to bo hoisted on to liis throne by tho huyonets
belonging to tho enomies of his eouutry.
Is tho name of Sophie Cruvelli still remembered in tho
world of song whore Adelina Patti has so long reigned
supremo? Perhaps tho former is forgotten under her
title of Vicomtesso Georges Vigicr, which she bears as a
“ grande damn,” and underwhich she is so well known to
tho poor of Nice, whither sho went into winter quarters a
few weeks ago, and Where she dpes immense good by her
“concerts do cbnrite.”^— The announcement of her
departure has recalled the memory of her excellent gifts,
her high fortunes, and her good deeds.
Speculators havo already begun to bet publicly about
tho Derby of 1883, though they are not nearly such early
birds as they wore some years ago. They began this year,
so far as tho public quotations aro concerned, on Saturday,
Oct. 23, uiul the favourites wore Mr. Biodrick-Clooto’s
Casuistry colt, ut 8 to 1 ; Lord Hastings’ Melton, at 12
to 1; AL A. Lupin’s French colt Xaintraillos (commonly
called “ Entrails”), at 101) to 8; Mr. R. Peck’s Kingwood,
at 100 to 6? y ond Lord Alington’s Luminary, at 10 to 1.
It "will be interesting lo those who caro about such
motters tp soo how many of the favourites will “ stay” to
tho dato of tho race, and bow many will moot with some
such fate as befell Maclieath, Archiduc, and other promi¬
nent favourites that for some reason have not been able
to come to the post for the Derby at all.
“ Dangers abound on evory side,” observes a melan¬
choly but enterprising advertiser, seeking whom ho may
insure; and the sources of danger seem to multiply daily.
It appears to be tho fashion for discharged servants to
“ take it out ” on the innocent British public ; discharged
from tho service of an Italian restaurant, unless thoir dis¬
missal ho instantaneous, they seem to devote the short
rospito allowed to them in “ poisoning tho customers”
(who aro quite blameless); and, discharged from tho service
of a music-hall, they seem to la? suspected of visiting the
place, raising an alarm of lire, creating a panic, and
causing the death of sovcrul persons (who lmd never so
much as heard of their grievance). Such fashions and
customs “ in tho trudo ’’ aro certainly “ more honoured in
the broach than tho observance.”
There has just died, aged eighty-one, at Paris, M. le
Comte Edouard Walsh, whoso numc betrays his English or
Irish origin. Le Comte Edouard, indeed, descended from
James Walsh, a faithful adherent of James the Second.
Ladies will bo interested in Comte Edward, for ho was one
of the founders of the French puj»er La Mode. Couple
him with Mr. Worth, and who shall say that in French¬
men only is the spirit of “ dress and fashion,” the genius
of tho “ man-milliner ”P
Young ladies who wear fringes or “bangs” ought to
foel fluttered by tho notice accorded to them last Saturday
by Professor Buskin during his lecture on “ The Pleasures
of Deed.” He told them that their fringes and tho
chopped Norman aruh wero both derivod from tho fore¬
head of Athena. Ho refused to consider tho Norman
invasion of England ns an unmitigated blessing, and
pointed out that tho earliest art hearing tho name of that
warrior race was actually tho work of Greek slavos. As
for the Saxon character, the learned Professor designated
it as jmro, imaginative, docile, and intellectual in tho
highest degree. At this rate, “ simple faith” must bo
uiiivci-'i.] A a. knnwlodgod preferable to “ Norman blood.”
Viscount Mandeville, eldest son of the Duke of Man¬
chester, has recently acquired a vast tract of land in tho
fertilo Island of Cuba, and he proposes working it himself.
Several momborsof our aristocracy have already embarked
in cattle and other farming in various parts of America,
and there is an English company working tho copper-
mines of Cuba to great advantage. Lord Mandevillo will
go out at tho beginning of tho year, and will trudo in
tobacco, sugar, and minerals. England takes a leading
share in the export trade of Cuba, which has no important
manufactures but cigars.
Tho early oranges known os “autumn sweets ” aro just
coining in, and their advent recalls the trouble that the
great Colbert used to take in procuring the first oranges
of tho season for Cardinal Mazarin. Ho gave the Custom
House officers at Rouen a sum equivalent to £6 for each
orange, on the condition that every year they sent the
first two hundred that came to their port direct to him,
and preventod tho unloading of any boats that camo in
from tho south till three whole days after the dispatch of
tliese first fruits. He also purchased the fourth share of a
barque trading to Portugal, and the fourth part of a
fruiterer’s booth at the fair of St. Germains, in order to
make assurance doubly sure as to the first ripe oranges.
The United States lias taken a wise and sensible step
with regard to emigrants who go over for the purposo of
settling by opening a free school in New York for teach¬
ing them English. Three hundred pupils, principally
Jews and Russians, put in an appearance on the first day
of opening, and large numbers had to be excluded for
want of space. Seventy of the three hundred were women.
It is somewhat remarkable that the two races thus repre¬
sented have tho best linguistic talents in tho world.
Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt is a far-seeing man, and had the
welfare of all classes of his countrymen at heart when ho
gave 300,000 dels, the other day towards the building of a
new College of Physicians and Surgeons in Now York.
The announcement came quite unexpectedly, as tho gift
was known beforehand by ouly oue person, and the wbolo
medical profession of the United States joins in a perfect
ptcan of gratitude to the benefuctor who, through them,
will help Jie sick poor to an extent hitherlo undreamed of.
Tho thoughtless cruelty in the world,” said Sir Arthur
Helps, “ outweighs the rest” ; and this kind of cruelty is
sometimes practised by persons who in other respects are
eminently tender-hearted. Ono illustration of this fact
may be witnessed every Sunday. It is tho habit to give
oung children an hour’s teaching in the school-room on
unday mornings, and this, if tlio teachers understand
child-nature, may be made a lmppy hour. But what if,
after this lesson-time, boys and girls are taken direct to
the church sorvice to hear prayers which convey to them
little meaning, and to listen to a sermon which has no
nuaning at all ? It is beginning to bo understood that
children need a special service of their own, but it is not
always so clearly recognised that to compel tlieso little
people also to attend a two hours’ service which grown-up
folk often find exhausting, must do them far more harm
than good. Human nature revolts at such useless disci¬
pline ; and it is to be hoped that the Society for the Pre¬
vention of Cruelty to Children will give to this uuheeded
form of cruelty their special attention.
The Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia and his suite aro
just now in Paris, and among the latter is a cuniuo
individual that attracts a largo share of attention. His
name is Block, and his pedigree very much mixed, but
about Lis gallantry there is no manner of doubt. Two
years ago a fishing-boat was wrecked on the cruel rocks
that lie within sight of Biurritz, and just when its crew of
eight men had given up all hope, Black, Who belonged to
a bath proprietor, came swimming towards them with a
life-buoy in his mouth. Half an hour luter every man was
safe on shore, and Black was the hero of tho day. A dog
dinner was organised in his honour, to which he hail the
pleasure of inviting all the curs of the neighbourhood, and
a silver collar was bought for him by public subscription.
Then tho Grand Duke Vladimir came, saw, and purchased,
carrying Black home with him to Russia. Ho is now liis
master’s constant companion, and is aleck and well
fuvoured, wearing a silver bracelet on each paw. lie is a
living proof that good deeds sometimes meet with their
due reward even in this world.
We have imported a great many Japancso ideas, but
hitherto we have not borrowed their notious of dentistry,
though there are some admirable points about their mode
of practising that branch of surgery. Dentists in the
Flowery Land do not extract teeth with instruments of
cold steel, but with the thumb and linger of the right
hand, which, it is to be hoped, are well washed before
being put into people’s mouths. A long apprenticeship
is necessary, and pupils first of all are Bet to extract
artificial teeth set in a mould of soft wood, then from a
harder substance, and in tho lust stage the sham molars
have to bo removed after being driven tightly in with &
mallet. When these can be taken out instantaneously
without tho slightest jerk or apparent effort, the leurner
is considered proficient, and duly qualified to perform on
tho ivories of patients. It is said that a really clever
Japanese dentist can thus extract half a dozen teeth in thirty
secouds, without so much as once removing his fingers
from the mouth.
Last week there was a great deal said about the material
for English post-cards being purchased in Germany. Now
Fi anco is taking up a similar parable, and complains that
the cheques of the Bunque de Franco are made in London,
and bear the trado mark of a city firm, and indignantly
inquires whether Gallic paper-makers have been improved
out of their native laud.
The instrument commonly employed to bring laggard
legislators, whether hereditary or not, “up to time” in
Parliament appears to be a “ four-lined whip.” It is
suggested that u “ cat-o’-nine-tails ” might bo even
more effectual.
NOV. 8, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LO^'DO.N i\E¥8
443
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
Mr. W. T. Marriott, M.P., has boon tlic recipient of a terrible
cotifUUucc, the weighty horror of which should crush moat men.
Addressing the members of the Brighton Conservative Asso¬
ciation, on Monday, Nov. 3, the honourable and learued member
incidentally observed that a gentleman who had just returned
from Australia, after spending twenty-four years there, had
told him that the most unpopular man in the Colonies, just
now, was Mr. Gladstone. I hope to be in Melbourne myself
next March; and, should Australian opinion with regard to the
Prime Minister continue to be what it is “just now,” I shall
feel it my duty to telegraph home—say to the Editor of tlio
Morning Post or the St. James's Gazette: —“ Marriott painfully
right. G. O. M. more unpopular than ever.”
But the most shocking, the most heart-rending thing
is that the Gludstouian unpopularity was prophesied flve-
nnd- forty years ago by no less an authority than Thomas
Babington Macaulay. “It would not bo at all strange”
wrote, in 1839, the illustrious reviewer of a certain work
on “The State iu Its Relations with the Church,” “if
Mr. Gladstone were ouo of the most unpopular men in
England.” Macaulay, it is true, wrote as a flamboyant
Whig, and at a period when, to use his own words, Mr.
Gladstone, “ a young man of unblemished character and of
distinguished Parliamentary talents,” was “the rising hope of
those stern and uubending Tories” who followed, reluctantly
and mutinously, n leader (Sir Robert Peel?) “whose ex¬
perience and eloquence were indispensable to them, but whose
cautious temper and moderate opiuious they abhorred.”
What is popularity? Ah, hah ! I remember, some thirty
years ago, when a certain Ensigu of Root, the ill-treated hero
of a scandalous court-martial, was about the most popular
nmn iu England. His waxen image was added to Maduiue
Tussaud’s Wallmlla. Where is the Ensign's waxwork now?
There may be oldsters who can remember when “Satan
Montgomery” was os popular os a poet as he was as a preacher.
Where be his poems aud his preachments? I dare say that
“Anne of Swansea” was once as populur a novelist as Jliss
Braddon. Popularity is the shadow of the shadow of smoke,
and he is a fool who cares for it.
I wish that Mr. Algernon Charles Swinburne would com¬
municate with his friend Victor Hugo, and passionately im¬
plore that renowned poet, novelist, and. dramatist not to give
veut (at his age, too) to utterunces which are simply so much
“bosh.” M. Jules Lacroix (I rend in the St. James's) has
produced at the Od£ou a French version of “ Macbeth,” not in
prose like M. ltichepin's, nor in verse interspersed with prose,
but in verse, throughout. It was M. Victor Hugo who suggested
this course of treatment. “ Make your verse homogeneous,” he
said to the translator. “ In French, the difference between
prose and verse is immense. In English, there is scarcely any
difference at all. Prose only exists in the three great literary
lnnguagcs-Greek, Latin, and French. It does not exist in
English.” For goodness' sake, Mr. Swinburne, send this vain
old man some excerpts of your own prose and your own verse,
and bid him fiud some friend who understands the genius of
the English language, to explain the differeuce thut exists
between our prose and our verse.
Or, ndinired writer of " Atalanta in Calydon ” (A 1 verse)
and “ William Blake” (A 1 prose), if you ure too modest to
confute the Freuchninn by extracts from your own writings. I
will trouble you with a characteristic example of Euglish prose
which, I venture to think, can, for its simple majesty, only be
surpassed by Milton's tremendous anathema in his tractate on
“ Reformation in England,” and Raleigh’s nobly pathetic
apostrophe to Death. I quote the exordium to Sir Henry
Spelman’s “ Do Sepultura ”:—
As it is a work of the Law of Nature and of Nations, of Human iunl
Divine Law, to bury the Dead, so is It to administer that which necessarily
condaccth to it—tlio Place and Office of Burial. If Man were so Impious as
not to afford it, the Earth, to liis Shiune will do it; she will open thePore#
of her Body and take in the Blood. She will send forth her Children the
Worms to bring in the Flesh of their Brother, and with her Mantle tho
dross as with a Winding Sheet, She will enfold tho Boues and bury all
together in her own Bosom. Men (in rnssion) often refuse to do it to their
Enemies, to wicked Persons and to notorious Offenders phut She as a natural
Mother that can forget none of her Children doth thus for them all, both
good and bad.
Now, this is the plain prose of an old dry-as-dust black-
letter lawyer. The metaphor which governs the passage is
borrowed from Lucan's “ Pharsulia ”\but the mbfit of the
prose is all Spelmau's own. To my mind, it is wonderfully
powerful prose, Euglish iu its every'word. Yet, I will wager
tlnit a writer with the command of poetic diction possessed
by Mr. Swinburne would be able, \silh but little labour, to
paraphrase this rugged prose into melodiously lyrical and
touching verse.
“ Tho three great literary languages,” forsooth! Spain,
with “ Don Quixote ” as its prose masterpiece, does not count,
Iu M. Victor flugq’s estimation, as a literary language. Nor,
I suppose, has M. Hugo ever heard of such Italian prose
writers qs Guicciurdini and Moscurdo and MnchiavelU, as
Ganganelli and Beccaria and Munzphi.
Mem.: The mention of the great but too diffuse Italian
historian; of course recalls Macaulay’s famous sueer: “ There
was, it is said, a criminal in Italy who was suffered to make
his choice between Guicciardini and the galleys. lie chose
the history. But the war of Pisa was too much for him. He
changed his mind aud went to tho oar.” (“Criticnl and His¬
torical Essays,’/ art. “ Burleigh aud his Times.”) But Macaulay
tells the story incorrectly. There never was n criminal in
I taly who was offered a choice between Guicciardini and the
galleys. Boeealini, in liis “ Ragungli del Pamasso,” invented
a fabulous “ l.acedmmoniun ” who had been guilty of the
crime (punishable ns such, in Sparta) of speaking three
words when two would have sufficed. He was not offered any
choice, but was condemned to read, not ail Guicciardini, bub
the War of l’isa through. And it was then Hint the apocryphal
“Lnccdtemonlnu” broke down, aud begged to be sent to tho
gnlleya.
Mr. Gladstone—still desperately unpopular, and, outwardly
at least, so hardened and impenitent as to wear a flower in his
button-hole and to walk without leaning on the stick which he
carried—Inis been laying (Nov. •!), in tlio presence of a great
concourse of Indies and gentlemen of unpopular politics, the
first stone of the National Liberal Club, iu Whitehall-avenue.
Farewell, a long farewell to Liberal meetings in the bnr-
parlour of the Pig and Whistle or the tap-room of the Ilalf-
Moon and Seven Stars. The Liberals of to-day and to-morrow
(Hail to his Most Gracious Majesty To-Morrow !) are to be
housed in a palace to which tho Reform will be but a shanty
and the Devonshire a bothie. An urea of more than twenty-
three thousand feet, facing on the east the Victoria Embank¬
ment. A club-palace to be erected at an estimated cost
(mind, an “estimated” cost) of ouo hundred and twenty
thousand pounds. The style, Early Renaissance. A tower
one hundred and eighty feet high A library with slielf-spncc
for twenty thousand books. Smoking-rooms, billiard-rooms,
a bar, open loggie leading to broad balconies, grill-rooms,
private dining-rooms, and n conference-room f*>r the Caucus.
Think of that,- Master Brooke; or, rather, think of it most
potent, grave, and reverend Seigniors of Brookes’s Club.
The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain (no need to say that
he looked incorrigibly impenitent and flaunted an unusually
flagitious flower nt his button-hole) took occasion to remurk
in his speech that he did not know whether the vast building
about to be erected would be the home of the Caucus; but
that ho did not care to dispute the soft impeachment, aud
that if the Caucus did fiud its home in the new edifice,
the new National Libend Club would become the centre of
almost the whole of tho working strength and activity of the
Liberal purty. That may be. I scarcely understand what
the Caucus is ; and Liberals, I suppose, are not bound to do
its bidding. “ No Caucuses admitted, even on business,” is
certainly the moth) of one great Liberal club; bull venture
to think tho word “caucus” a detestably ugly one, and I
protest against its being foisted into English political speech,
just as I protested against the indefensible Gallicism “ cloture.”
If Birmingham likes the word “caucus,” let Birmingham enjoy
its fill of the objectionable word ; but let! us, at least, be free
from it in Whitehall. If wo coiitauue, to open the door to
political Amcricauisms we shall, ere long, have * “ Tammany ”
in Pall-mall.
Mr. Josh Billings, thafQracy American humourist, wound
up his celebrated diatribe against “ skeet-ers ” or mosquitoes
with the withering remark, " BeSidOs, ye are not mortal.'’
Analogously and additionally the word “caucus” should be
hated, because it is even destitute of an indisputable
etymology. One naturally turns for/on explanation of the
term to the American Webster; and therein you shall fiud
that “caucus” is probably a corruption of “calkers,” and
springs from a quarrel atBostqn, in 1770, between some British
soldiers and certain rope-makera and caulkers.
But Professor Solieele Dc Vere, in his “ English of the New
World,” says that some classical scholars derive “caucus”
from the Latin-Greek^ soyphus,” the nume of tho cup which
Joseph used for divjuntiou. Other linguists have ruised the
questibp whether “ caucus ” might not be connected with the
lMtih joey lure or the German gaulken (why not with the French
coeasse, Messieurs the linguists?); and finally, in the latest
edition of^KTlie Imperiul Dictionary” (Ogilvie and Annan-
dule), there is a plausible suggestion thut “ caucus ” is from
-an Algonquin root, meaning to speak, encourage, instigate,
whence kqtc-kuw-tcus, u counsellor. I care not if “ caucus”
be derived from the memorable “cock-horse” which was
ridden to Banbury Cross. I only wish to see the vile word
banished from metropolitan political speech.
Altogether, what with the new National Liberal Club and
the new Admiralty and War offices, concerning which the
First Commissioner r.f Works has been speaking (Nov. 3) so
hopefully at the illtieth session of the Royal Institute of
British Architects ; what with the already erect Home Office
and Foreign Office, the Treasury Buildings, the promised im¬
provements in Parliament-street, King-street, and Downing-
street, that “New Whitehall” of which Pope superbly
dreamed bids fair to become, even in our time, an accomplished
fact. What a wonderously different Whitehall from thut of
which the picture, in tho middle of the last century, was
painted by Antonio Da Canal for the Duke of Northumberland!
Canaletto’s Whitehall is a vast wilderness of highly pic¬
turesque hovels dominated by luigo Jones’s Banqueting
House.
Right good service is done, however, to the cuuse of the
History of Civilisation, both social and political, by the skilled
artist who, with pencil, graver, or etching-needle, is enabled
to hand down to us fuithful transcripts of tho few remaining
relics of metropolitan antiquity. A work worthy to be placed
side by side with Ackermann’s “ Microcosm of London,”
•with Wilkinson’s “ Loudoniuna,” and with J. T. Smith’s
(“Nollekeiu " Smith's) “ Antiquities of Westminster,” is the
sumptuous scries of “Etchings of Old London,” by Ernest
George, just published by the Fine-Art Society, New Bond-
street.
The collection comprises pictures, among others, of the
**Paul Pindnr," Bishopsgate-strcet; Foubert's-plnce, Regent-
wtreet; Crown-court, Pall-mall; Bartholomew-close, Drury -
lane, Temple Bar, Aldgatc, Millbank, Sbadwell, Staple Inn,
Oxford Market, aud the Oxford Arms, Warwick-lune. Oxford
NIarket and Temple Bar have already given up the ghost; and
I should not like to bet (if I ever betted) on the probable
longevity of Major Foubcrt’s-plnce, of Wych-strect, Straud,
or of Crown-court, the unrrow alley which ruus from King-
street, St. James’s, to Pull-mall, over ngninst Marlborough
Il'itTfC. Crowii-court wou’d make, i should sav, a capital
emj/laeeiH nt for stalely sets of residential chan,hers. I first
became aware of it in the year 1837, and iniml it chiefly for
the reason that on tho west side was the stage-door of the St.
James’s Tlicutrc, then recently built by John Brahuui
on the Bite of Old Nerot’s Hotel, the many win¬
dowed hostelry whore the Hon. William Tilt used to
stay when he was a young nmn, and where George,
Prince of Wales, used to sup with liis broth* r the Duke of
Clarence. Crown-court, Pull-mnll, brings buck to me
memories of Bralinm and Hnrlej*, of Wright and Strickland
and Alfred Wigan, of Gilbert a lieekctt and Priscilla Horton,
and Fanny Stirling aud LnuraTVddison (Mrs. Seymour), and
John Parry. Is tho 81nge-dbor of tlieSfc. James's there still,
I wonder? I know not. I have ilmte Ysith stage-doors. A
year or two ago I waiidcrcd\jut of Pall-mall one wintry
afternoon to see if n little bid chandler’s shop, where I used to
buy Christmas candles when I wak aghild (we lived in King-
street), yet existed. Christmas caudles-blue, green, red,
yellow, and whitc-^TrtP'Qf rank tallow, but splendid in hue.
Christmas cnmlh'^fdUrn penny, if you picked your colours.
Five a penny if/ the chandler-shop keeper chose for you; but
that cruel womiiii usually gave you, at h ast, two white tallow
tapers to three coloured ones. The shop was still there in
1881. I suppose that it was my caudle-dealer’s grand¬
daughter who served me with a penny bull of striug. I lacked
the heart to inquire for Christmas candles; aud I quite forgot
to look for the stage-door.
Mr. Edwin Arnold’s melodious poem of the “Light of
Asia" is, I/belicvc, frequently “performed” ns n religious
cef-cmenjr iirBuddhist temples iu India, liis exquisite render¬
ing oKtlp) “ Mahabliiuislikramaua" has been woven into
carpets and embroidered on gauze veils; aud nt oue of the
Clliuese theatres at San Francisco (the other is “run” on
Cotrfttuuu lines) the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince
oHnilin, and founder of the Buddhist faith, has been dramatised
a»A play iu one hundred and seventy-five ucts, which began
lust Elis’cr and may be expected to conclude about Christmas.
I happened, lately, to meet a Neo-Buddhist (it was at an evening
party, and he was an American), with whom 1 held long con¬
verse touching the poetic genius of Mr. Edwin Arnold. “ Yes;”
he remarked, incidentally, “and he will live upwards of five
thousand years. We have it from the Vidume do Poictiers.”
What the dickens had the Vidume de Poictiers (who has been
dead ever so long) got to do with Gautama, Prince of India, and
Mr. Edwin Arnold, M.A., and Companion of the Slur of India?
Thus much, however, have I to do with Mahabhiuish-
krumnna, or the “ Great Remmciutiou,” thut I wish to call
attention to the fact that Messrs. Triibner have just published
an “ Edition de Luxe ” of the “ Light of Asia,” illustrated for
the most part with photographic engravings (curiously Greek
iu design and spirit uro many of these pictures) of BuddliLt
sculptures and frescoes found in dneient ruins in India, and
of the average age of two thousand years; aud many of these
illustrations have been identified by eminent archaeologists as
actually illustrating scenes iu the life of Gautama Buddha.
The illustrated edition of the “Light of Asia” is a very superb
production, aud at the approaching festive season should be
largely in demand os a gift-book. Buddhism is said to be at
a premium just now, iu polite society.
Tlmt query into the by-gone custom of cracking a gad-whip
in Cuistor church on Palin Sunday 1ms brought on me a
terrible burden of correspondence; and I almost regret that I
did not refer my questioner, iu the first instance, to Notes and
Queries. Few out of my numerous correspondents 8eem, how¬
ever, to be able to go beyond conjecture, or the recitation of
dim legends os to the meaning of the gad-whip custom.
Touching the signification of the purse full of silver peunies,
suspended to the whip, 1 fancy that I have found u clue in
Kemble’s “Suxons iu England” (uew edition, revised by W.
dc Grey Birch), vol. i. p. 222:
But he (tho emancipated serf) still remained in some decree under the
mund of the King, who received his vrergyld, and had certain rights over
his inheritance. I do not know if this has any connection with a law of
Henry the First, tchieh provides that in any ease of manumission the serf shall
give thirty pence to the Lord, as a witness—namely, the price of his skin, for a
testimony that he is thenceforth its master. That is, that he is no longer liable
to corporal punishment, like a serf.
To make an end of the “Go to Pot” discussion, I may as. well
say that the stories with which I lmve been favoured as to there
liuviug been a doctor named Pott, and of invalids being advised
to “go to Pot;” aud of there having been a man who lived in
a house overlooking a churchyard, and who, whenever he saw
a corpse carried to the grave, was accustomed to drop a half¬
penny into a flower-pot, and solemnly exclaim, “There’s
another one ‘ Gone to I’ot,’ ” are sheer nonsense, aud tlio
inventions of idle persons.
We have been hearing a good deal about the Hittites
lately. Even Mr. Gladstone has found time to say some¬
thing about them; and a correspondent appropriately
reminds mo of the excellent story or the first Lord West-
bury reading in a newspaper an account of a prize-light
being interrupted by a swarm of wasps, whose nest the
pugilists hud unwarrantably disturbed. “Humph!” re¬
marked his Lordship, “a battle between the llittites and
the llivites, in which the latter had decidedly the best of it.”
Perhaps another correspondent will tell me that the joke was
not Iiord Westbury’s, but somebody else’s. It is good
enough to have been made by Bishop Wilberforce. Do you
remember his being asked whether it was permissible for
clergymen to smoke. “Well,” he replied, “perhaps the
Judicious Hookah.” There are few things so difficult as tho
tracing of witticisms to their original sourco. For a long time
Oliver Goldsmith was said to be tho author of the jest that
“ honours to a man in liis situation, were like a pair of rallies
to a man who had no shirt." It happens tlmt Torn Drown
said very nearly the same thing many years before Goldsmith
was born; and now I have traced the joke to one Sovbiero,
a Frenchman, half physician and half adventurer, who
travelled in England and wrote a book about us in the
times of the Merry Monarch. G. A. 8.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 8, 1884. — 441
SHERIFF WHITEHEAD. MR. SHERIFF FAUDEL PHILLIPS.
ford, R.N., commanding H.M, sloop Pegnsus, dispatched to
relieve the distressed British subjects. This long delay in taking
direct measures for their liberation was due to the peculiar
circumstances Df the cuse. Tlie Acheon territories of Sumatra,
where these men were lield in a sort of captivity, have been
claimed for many years past by the Dutch Government, which
is still at war with thivinitive chiefs, and striving to effect their
subjugation. It was therefore deemed proper for our Foreign
Office to apply to the Dutch Government, in the regular
diplomatic mnuuer, to procure the release of these unfortunate
men. The agents of that Government may have done wlmt
they comd, but their intervention only mado matters worse;
forihejjjnlays, emisi^eriiig Dutchmen as their enemies, not
onljNrefUsed to give up the captive European sailors, but
thenceforth treated them more hardly, being further ex¬
asperated by the absence of Mr. Woodhouse, the mnster of
the Nisero, who had heeu permitted to go away upon his
promise to return with a sufficient pecuniary ransom. They
were compelled to reside in a miserable place which they
called “Sandy Island,” exposed to the heavy rains of a
tropical climate, with only a wretched shed for their shelter,
and were scantily fed with rice of unwholesome quality. One
died of consumption and seven died of cholera; two engineers,
and a Chinaman, contrived to escape; and the remainder,
when finally released on payment of 40,000 dollars ransom,
were conveyed by the Pegnsua to the British settlement of
Penang, where they arrived on Sept. 16. They were kindly
and joyfully received by their fellow-countrymen at Penang,
midmost of them, being invalids, were taken into the General
Hospital, where nil possible attention was bestowed on them.
The chief officer, Mr.C. S. Crlghton, and the chief engineer, Mr.
James Wilson, signed a letter of thanks to the Commander,
officers, and crew of the Pegasus for their kind treatment on
board that ship. Not less credit is due to the authorities at
Penang, where they were first met by the Harbour-master,
Captain T. A. Fox, K.N., n distinguished naval officer, who
has also served as a military volunteer in the Indian Mutiny
War. We are indebted to Captain Fox for sending us the
photograph of the survivors of the Nisero crew. The Hon.
W. E. Maxwell, who has held several important offices at
Penang, Malacca, Perak, and Singapore, during the past
fifteen years, merits particular commendation for his successful
exertions; and so does Commander Bickford, who did good
service with the Thalia troop-ship in the Egyptian expedition.
The crew of the Nisero were brought to England by the
steamer Ajax, under an arrangement with our Government,
and on Thursday week they waited upon the Lord Mayor to
thank him for having opened a fund nt tiie Mansion House for
the relief of their wives and families while they were in cap¬
tivity. The men wore accompanied by Mr. Clare, one of the
owners of the vessel, and were received very warmly by the
Lord Mayor. Mr. Crichton, the chief engineer, having said a
few words, the Lord Mayor said it was with very great pleasure
that lie met them that day. lie was glad for their own sakes,
and for the sake of the nntioual honour, that they had arrived
safely home, while he deeply deplored that seven of their
number had not survived tlieir prolonged captivity. No
especial thanks were due to him. He hml only done what any¬
one acting ns I/>rd Mayor would have done, and he had been
kindly assisted by Lord Edmund Fitzmnurico, Lord Claud
Hamilton, Mr. Ilrogden, Mr. Slagg, and other members of
Parliament. lie hoped tlieir prolonged and painful detention
would have no lasting effect oil their health or spirits.
We have been furnished by Mr. W. Bradley, third engineer
of the Nisero, with sketches illustrating this remarkable story;
and some had previously been received from Mr. Doyle
Glnuville nt Penang. They include views of Bongs, on the
Sumatra const, and of the wreck of the Nisero still lying there
when the crew returned ten months afterwards; a portrait of
the local chief residing at that place; “Sandy Island,” on
the Tenom river, with the lints occupied by the Rajah of
Tenom, the natives attending his Highness, and the British
captives; a separate view of the exterior of the hut or shed
assigned to our countrymen, and one of the interior, showing
the frames erected to support their beds, the cemetery con¬
taining the graves of the seven who died, and the monumental
wooden crosses erected there; and some figures of natives,
and specimeus of implements and weapons
THE NEW LORE MAYOR
AND SHERIFFS.
on several important Committees, including
City I .Hilda, Coal, Corn, and Finance, City
of London School, and Library Committees.
He is also a member of the Irish Society,
a Governor of Queen Anne’s Bounty,
Christ’s Hospital, St. Bartholomew’s,
Bethlehem, Bridewell, and Emanuel Hos¬
pitals. Besides being a magistrate and one
of her Majesty *8 Lieutenants for the City of
London, he is a justice of the peace for the
county of Kent, a justice of the peace and
Deputy Lieutenant for the county of West¬
morland, for which county he is also the
accepted Liberal candidate for the next
election. He is a member of the Devon¬
shire, City Liberal, and National Liberal
Clubs, and a trustee of the Rowland Hill
Benevolent Fund for aged and distressed
post office employes, which he was largely
instrumental in founding.
Mr. (i. Fan del Phillips, the other new
Sheriff, is the younger son of Alderman Sir
B. S. Phillips, of' the firm of Faudel,
Phillips, and Sons, Newgnte-strect, in
which he has been a partner since 1861.
He received his education at London
University College aud in France and
Germany. He has taken the chief part in
the development of the large business of
the firm of which he is a member. He
married Ellen Matilda, fourth daughter of
Mr. J. M. Levy, one of the proprietors of
the Daily Telegraph, and has two sons and
three daughters. Mr. Phillips is a member
of 7 the Spectacle-makers'Company. He is
the Liberal candidate for the borough of
Horsham.
Our Portraits of the Lord Mayor and
Sheriffs arc from the photographs token by
the London Stereoscopic Company.
THE CAPTIVITY OF THE
NISERO CREW.
The released crew of the Nisero, a British
merchant steam - vessel, wrecked on the
northern coast of Sumatra on Nov. 8, 1888,
arrived in London on Monday week. They
were detained by a Malay chieftain, the
Rajah of Tenom, after the plunder of the
wreck, during ten dreary months, till Sept. 7
lost, when tlieir release was obtained by
the efforts of Mr. W. E. Maxwell, Colonial
Office Resident at Perak, in the Straits
Settlements, and Commander Andrew Bick-
The Right Hon. Mr. Alderman G. S. Not*
tage, IiOrtl Mayor of London for the ensuing
vear, is descended from the family of the
Nottages, of Nottagc, in Glamorganshire,
who afterwards settled in Essex, in which
county he spent his early youth. He is
sixty-one years of age, and was married,
in 1851, to Christinna, daughter of Mr.
Janies Warner, descended, on her maternal
side, from the old Cheshire family of the
Leftwiches. He is a nephew of the late
Mr. Alderman Chnllis, many years M.P. for
Finsbury. Both liis uncles served the office
of Sheriff. His own family consists of a
son and daughter. The former, Mr.
Charles Nottage, graduated at Cambridge in
honours, and was afterwards called to the
Bar nt the Inner Temple. His daughter is
married to Mr. Samuel Palmer, a partner
in the well-known Reading firm. Mr.
Alderman Nottage was for mnuy years
engnged in the large iron business of his
uncle, Mr. R. W. Kennard, the late member
for Newport. He is better known, how¬
ever, ns the founder of the London Stereo¬
scopic and Photographic Company, which,
with its agencies in various parts of the
world, has developed itself into the largest
concern of its kind. He is a member of the
Spectacle-makers’ and Loriners’ Companies,
and is nt the present time Mnster of the
Carpenters’ Company. He wns elected
Aldermnn of the Cordwainer Ward in 1875,
and to the otlice of .Sheriff in 1877. For
many years he has held the position of
chairman of the Visiting Justices of her
Majesty’s jail at Holloway, and lias been an
active magistrate; he is the author of some
published letters on the grand jury system.
Mr. Aldermnn Whitehead, the ncwly-
elcctcd Senior Sheriff of London mid
Middlesex, is a native of ■Westmorland.
He came to London in 1860, mid from that
time until his retirement in 1881 was
engnged in what is known ns the “Brad¬
ford Trade.” In 1882, on the death of Mr.
Aldermnn Breffit, a requisition, signed by
nearly the whole of the electors of tlic ward
of Cheap, inviting him to stand for the
Ahlernianic Gown, was presented to him,
and he wns elected without a contest.
During the short time he lias been con¬
nected with the Corporation, lie has served
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 8, 1884.—445
Place on the stairs where fourteen persons were crushed to deuth.
ON SATURDAY LAST.
The Star Theatre of Varieties, Glasgow.
THE DISASTER AT A
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On the 3rd inat. at St. Ippoliitta, Hitchin, Fanny, widow of the Bev.
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THE NILE EXPEDITION.
A fictitious nnrnitive of the surrender of Khartoum and the
capture of General Gordon, published by a Paris newspaper
upon the authority of an inionymou^ informant at Cairo, was
reprinted in London on Monday, nndkwas accompanied by tiie
utterly groundless statement tlmt the Khedive of Egypt had
telegraphed the same news to the Queen aud to the Prince of
Wales. It is not very creditable to the sagacity ot any
journalists who reproduced this story without instantly
rejecting the supposition of its truth ; for tho details were
manifestly inconsistent with facts already known. The state¬
ment tlmt. Khartoum was closely invested, about Oct. 5, by nn
army of 150,000 men under the Malidi, who had intercepted
Gordon’s steam-boat flotilla on its way to Berber, and
tlmt Colonel Stewart’s .vessel alone had got to that
place, but only to be wrecked lower down the river,
iV directly at variance with our previous authentic inform¬
ation. We know that Gordon did reach Berber, and that
after his conflict with the enemy there he returned safely to
Khartcmtn, leaving Stewart to proceed further down tho Nile;
but there is, unhappily, too much reason to believe tlmt Stewart
mot with a fatal disaster, being murdered, with liis companions,
by tho Arabs whom he trusted to guide him across the desert.
Circumstantial reports of this massacre have been transmitted by
Sir Charles Wilson from natives arriving at Doiigola, and they
state that Colonel Stewart, Mr. Power, and M. Uerbiu, the
French Consul, were put to death, near the Wady Garna
cataract (the Fifth Cataract of tho Nile). On tho other lmnd,
it is stated that the Muhdi’B forces have attacked Gordon's
outposts at Omdermnn, opposite Khartoum, aud were repulsed
witli heavy loss. This was the news nt Dongola on Sunday
last, and it was added that Gordon attacked the enemy on the
Nile just above Khartoum with twelve vessels, including
steamers. For eight hours the engagement lasted; there tvere
twenty-five thousand of tho enemy, and they had four Kmpp
guns, but one burst; they retreated, leaving enormous numbers
of dead behind them. The Malidi retired to Enuuck, one
day's journey south of Khartoum. In the meantime, Gordon
lias sent steamers, with provisions, up to Sennaar.
General Lord Wolseley arrived at Dongola on Monday
evening on hoard the Nassif-el-Kheir. Thu Commander-in-
chief was received nt tho wharf by Colonel Herbert Stewart
and the Mtulir, both accompanied by their staffs. Native
troops lined the approach to the Mndiricli, while the 1st Bat¬
talion Royal Sussex Regiment formed the guard of honour.
After u brief visit to the Mudir, Lord Wolseley, with a per¬
sonal escort of mounted infantry, proceeded to bead-quarter*,
the mounted infantry and the men of the Sussex Regiment
lining tho route. The Mudir has been invested by Lord
Wolseley with the Order of Companion of St. Michael and
St. George.
The troops assembled at Wady Haifa were to begin their
advance on Tuesday, witli the 1st Battalion of tho South
Staffordshire rerimeut, to be followed by the Duke of Corn¬
wall's Light Infantry and the Essex regiment. Some of the
Guards, for tho Camel Corps, arrived on the same day nt
Wady Haifa. Troops, horses, boats, and stores are rapidly
being collected at that place; and it is expected that the
whole army will be well to the front by (ho end of November.
The Canadian boatmen are of great service at the Cataracts.
Our Special Artist furnishes Sketches of bustling scenes nt
Assouan; the removal of tho rowing-boats from the barges in
which they were conveyed from Assiout, and putting them oil
the river at Elephantine Island; and the arrival of the postal
steam-boat, ana loading the camels with the mail-bags.
“A Toilsome March,’’ being un incident of campaigning
labours in the Desert, is represented on our front page ; and
Mr. R. C. Woodvillo contributes the drawing of a mountain
battery of light artillery, belonging to the Egyptian Native
Army. __
FATAL PANIC IN A THEATRE AT GLASGOW.
A terrible disaster, similar to that which occurred at the
Victoria Hall, Sunderland, on June 16, 1883, took place at
Glasgow on Saturday evening. The loss of life, though very
deplorable, is far smaller upon this occasion, being limited to
fourteen persons, mostly boys and girls, whereas 180 children
perished nt Sunderland. There was a panic in & crowded
public building, the “ Star Theatre of Varieties," and a rush
from the pit and gallery, causing the staircase to be blocked
up; numbers of people were thrown together in a struggling
mass, piled upon each other on the staircase landing;
fourteen were stifled or crushed to death, and as many
others were injured. The building formerly known is
the Star Music-Hall, but more recently styled the Star
Theatre of Varieties, is part of a large block at the corner
of Wataon-street and Gnllowgate, erected ten or twelve
years ago by a limited liability company. In September last
it was opened by Mr. D. S. Maukay, lessee of the Gaiety
Theatre, Sauehieliull-strcet/ Tlie lmll internally is con¬
structed like a theatre, with boxes ana balcony, reached by a
broad staircase from the principal entrance in Wataou-street;
and with pit and gallery, t» which there is access by a separate
staircase from the back door in Watoon-laiie. This back
staircase is narrow, add-coneists of four successive flights of
stone steps, with six steps to each, besides two connecting
steps to each at the turns; at the door of the pit is a landing,
10 It. long, but only thd s^rae vridth ns the staircase. Inside
the pit eiitraiice ia aeliort passage leading by a flight of four
steps to the jiit floor. Opposite the pay-box at the corner of
the staircase a heavy iron gate is hung, so arranged that while
the audience are coming in it stands across the passage
lauding, lcdviiig space for only one person to pass nt a time.
It rests at the tup against an iron bar across the staircase, and
beyond this point it cannot be pressed inwards, when
the audience are dispersing it is thrown backward to the
wall, leaving the staircase perfectly free. There are in
all eleven landings on tho stair from top to bottom,
and. except the lower ones, where the steps wind round,
they form square corners, the one on which the crushing
occurred being tho third from the ground. The panic,
which arose from a drunken man in the gallery calling out
“Fire,” occurred about ten minutes before nine in the even-
ing, when there were two or three thousand persons in the
building. It was during the performance of tho Eugene
Family, a troupe of acrobats, one of whom, a little boy, was
on the poiut of jumping from the upper gallery into a net
stretched ucross the area below the trapeze. The whole of tho
audience took tho alarm, and rose and pressed towards the
doors, while some lads in the gallery threw themselves into the
net, aud were of course unhurt. The fatal crowding and
crushing took place on the lauding at the pit entrance,
where tho people descending from tho gallery came
upon those emerging from the pit, and the iron gate
could not be opened wide to let them out. They were
soon heaped upon each other, lying in a mass 7 ft. or 8 ft.
high, while some were jammed behind the iron gate. The
scene was dreadful beyond description ; mid it was some time
before the passage could be cleared by the police and men
called to their assistance. Seven were found dead, one being
a man sixty' years of age, and seven others, one of them n
woman aged twenty-seven, hut the others, mostly young, died
nt the Royal Infirmary. We give two Illustrations, showing
the building aud the iuterior nt the place where this sud loss
of life happened. An oilicinl inquiry has been commenced.
Some unusually excellent ballad concerts have been
arranged for Thursdays in November nt the Royal Vi> t-iriu
Hull and Coffee Tavern (long known as the Victoria Theatre);
mid the science lectures advertised for Tuesdays at the hull
have promise of being very interesting.
Ill London Inst week 2745 births and 1503 deaths were
registered. Allowing for increase of population, the births
were 124, and the deaths 118, below the average numbers
in the corresponding weeks of the last ten years. There were
21 deaths from smallpox, 22 from measles, 28 from scarlet
fever, 22 from diphtheria, 13 from whooping-cough, aud 26
from dysentery.
Tho large and populous suburbs of Peckham, Nunhcnd,
and East Dulwich, have for a long period felt the want of a
public ball, lectures, concerts, and local entertainments,
having only been possible in some of the large school-rooms of
the neighbourhood. That want, however, has been supplied
by the opening, in Rye-lane, of a commodious building, which
includes two halls, tho larger hall seating nearly one thousand
persons. The hitter was densely packed at the inaugurating
concert lust Saturday, among the artists contributing to a
delightful evening being Messrs. Edward Lloyd and Barring¬
ton Foote, Misses Damian and Bertha Moore, and the Band of
tiro Scots Guards, with .Mr. Michael Watson, the popular
composer, ns piuuist aud conductor.
THE PLAYHOUSES.
This instant Saturday will be produced, for the first time at
the Ilnymarket, Messrs. Scott and Stephenson’s English
version of M. Victorien Sardou’s play of “Diplomacy,” which,
in the bravo days of old, achieved a success so brilliant aud
so protracted under the auspices of the Bancroft manage¬
ment nt the l’riuce of Wales’s Theatre. Notice of
“Diplomacy” at the Ilnymarket I must necessarily defer
until next week; but there remains another announcement
whicli must be made at once, and which cannot be imparted
without a feeling of regretful sadness. Mr. and Mrs. Ban¬
croft have made it known that tiie season which commences
at the Haymiirket on Nov. 8 will be their farewell one,
and that soon after the twentieth anniversary of the
opuuing of the Prince of Wales’s, on April 15, 1865, they will
retire from the cares and responsibilities—aud their multitu¬
dinous admirers will be prompt to add the well-borne honours
and the well-deserved triumphs-of theatrical management.
All lovers of the Drama ns it should be, all supporters of a
theatre which, in its conduct and administration, 1ms come aa
near perfection ns sueb an undertaking cuu well do, will be
uiifeignedly concerned to hear that the accomplished mana¬
geress itud manager, still in the prime of life, the brightness
of their rare gifts aud capacity yet unimpaired, and still in
the enjoyment of a prosperity which has known no surcease,
should abdicate the sceptre of the realm over which they have
so long held gentle sway—the Ferdinand and Isabella of a
mimic Castile aud a histrionic Aragon. But time flies witli a
swiftness terrible to some, comfortable and consoling to others.
A quarter of a century since the Mrs. Bancroft who so recently
delighted us nt the ilnvmnrkct iu Mr. Uurnaud’s " Lesson,”
was, as Miss Marie Wilton, causing equal delight at tho
Strand iu the “Kenilworth” of Messrs, llalliday and
Lawrence; while Mr. Bancroft, for all bis youth in years, has
become, as an illustrious personage pointed out on n memorable
occasion, the oldest among West-End managers. The ex¬
cellent couple lmve well earned their claim to leisure and
repose. Retiring as they will do iu the fulness of their fame,
and their laurels still green, they will carry with them into
private life the proud consciousness of having unfalteringly
upheld the best interests of the English stage, mid of haying
won the universal esteem and acclaim to which their artistic
talents and their personal worth entitle them.
The great dramatic event—the excitement, the “sen¬
sation,” the furore —of the past week has been the production
(Saturday, Nov. 1) at the Lyceum of the tragedy of “ Romeo
and Juliet,” with Miss Mary Anderson, of course, ns JulUt
and Mr. \v. Terriss as Capulet. It is almost too late in tl.e
day to enter into extended comment on tho “ excellent con¬
ceited tragudie of Romeo and Juliet. As it hath beta often
(with great applause) plaid publiqly by the L of llunsdon
his servants,” a.d. 1599. The edition adopted by Mi s
Anderson is the second quarto printed by Thomas
Crcede for Cuthbert Burby in 1599. "The most elegant
aud lamentable tragedie of Romeo and Juliet, newly
corrected, augmented, and amended.” There is, Howard
Staunton holds, every reason to believe that the numerous
corrections and amplifications in the Creede-Burby qunrto of
1599 «re exclusively Shakspeare’s own. The plot of ‘‘Romeo
and Juliet” is anybody’s-the Byzantine Xenophou Epliesios’,
Mnsuccio of Salerno’s, Luigi Da Porto’s, Baudello’s, Bois-
teau's, Arthur Brooke’s, Taynter’s. The genius of Slinkspenre
lias made it the most enchanting love-talc in the world, and
nil his own. “ ‘Romeo mid Juliet’ is a story of lovo audits
pitiable fate in a world whose atmosphere is too rough
for the tendercst blossom of human life. Two beings created
for each other feel mutual love at a first glance; every con¬
sideration disappears before the irresistible influence of living
in each other; they join themselves secretly, under circum¬
stances hostile in the highest degree to their happiness, rely¬
ing merely on the protection of an invisible power. By
unfriendly events following blow upon blow, their heroic con¬
stancy is exposed to all manner of trials till, forcibly separated
from each other by a voluntary death, they nrc united in
the grave to meet in another world.” There is little to add to
Schlegel’a pithy but comprehensive summary save to remark
that “Romeo aud Juliet” is one of Shnkspearo’s three
dramas of inexorable Necessity, Destiny, Fate. The other
two are “Macbeth” and “Hamlet.” From the moment
in the story of tho Lovers of Verona when Sampson mid
Gregory come upon the Btage armed with swords aud bucklers,
you know that tnere is going to be throughout a bad business,
and that its consummation will bo in battle mid murder aud
sudden death—in immeasurable woe and irremediable despair.
Miss Mary Anderson is certainly not an ideal Juliet.
Indeed, I wholly fail to see how Lady Capulet’B fourteen-
year-old daughter (Miss Anderson justifiably' makes her
eighteen) enu be regarded ns an ideal character nt all. So
Boon as she cutches sight of Romeo she falls violently in lovo
with him, and is at ouce vehcmeutly desirous that ho should
marry her in the hottest of haste. Khe is not by nny means a
dreamy, speculative, pondering, reflective maiden. She loves,
and at once yearns that the man she loves shall become her
husband. It is because she ia so very young, so very tender,
so very trustful, and bo very impassioned tlmt she at once
wins the sympathy of tho audience, and—on this side
idolatry—their adoration. There are, of course, a vast
variety of ways in which Juliet can give signs of her
girlishness, her tenderness, her trustfulness, and her im-
passioued nature. I have scarcely seen two Juliets—I except
of course the mechanically drilled automata — who were
exactly alike in the rendering of the part The three most
enchanting Juliets of the last twenty years or so lmve been, to
my mind, the French actress, Stella Colas, who, struggling with
n very imperfect knowledge of the English language, achieved
by her pathos and passion a veritable triumph; next, the
bi nutiful and fascinating Adelaide Ncilson; mid, finally,
Ellen Terry, the “ essential form of grace,” the match¬
less mover both of the heart mid the mind. Every
one of these three admirable Juliets differed widely from
each other, iust as Helen Faucit, long before, differed from
neleu Tree, i d ns, I suppose, Miss O’Neill did from both.
In Miss Mary Anderson we have still another Juliet, whoso
exceeding loveliness, while it does not precisely disarm
criticism, makes censure, even the most modified, after a
manner futile. The fair American actress never looked more
beautiful than she did on Saturday, Nov. 1; and her comeli¬
ness seemed to be enhanced with every fresh dress which slie
assumed. She hud won three fourths of tho battle before she
had spoken her first speech ; and her really powerful actiug
iu some of the scenes gained for her the remainder of the
victory. I liked her least of all in tho balcony scene, where
her demeanour to Romeo was less that of a lovc-lom maiden
than of a skittish Bchool-girl. Understand me: there are
many kinds of school-girls— sentimental and romantic ones,
hoydens, “timid fawns,” simpletons, and.romps. Miss
Anderson reminded you more of tho sharp school-girl who
‘‘knew her way about” thoroughly in all that concerned
stolen assignations and rope-ladders. The mechanical part of
her acting was throughout excellent. She is perfectly ac¬
quainted with her business ns an actress, and never shows
signs of gaucherie or embarrassment. She plays her long
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and difficult part as accurately, as skilfully, and as brilliantly
ns I imagine that, were music her profession, she would play
that, to me, very soulless instrument, thepiuuoforte ; but I doubt
her capacity to play either literally or figuratively that most
soulful of nil instruments, the violin, ns a Paganini or a Sivori
would play it. she wasut her beat iu the scene where she tukes
the potion: her terror when she hud conjured up the spectre
of Tybalt was really enthralling; but she should abandon
the absurd device of creeping under the table to get out
of the way of the fancy-created spectre. The sole patentee of
the art of crawling underneath a table to avoid a Ghost is Mrs.
Bancroft. On the whole, Jliss Mary Anderson’s Juliet was a
completely successful and a highly interesting performance —
a very finished work of art so tar us the urtist’s perceptions,
wliicu are somewhat limited, extend. Of the performers who
supported Miss Anderson—notably Mr. W. Terms, who was
ulmost everything that could be desired ns Romeo; Mr. Arthur
Stirling, who was admirable os the Friar, aud Mrs. Stirling,
who was incomparable us the Nurse, together with the
superb scenery aud the costumes, designed, with rare artistic
elegance and curious archaeological erudition, by the Hon.
Lewis Wingfield (under whose experienced direction the play
lms been produced), 1 shall speak next week. “ Romeo aud
Juliet” will probably draw crowded houses to the Lyceum
for rnauy weeks to come. G. A. 8.
MUSIC.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
This establishment was opened on Tuesday night for a series
of performances of Italian Opera, under the direction of Mr.
Piunud Hayes, who has fixed the prices of admission on such
a moderate scale us should go lur to secure a large amount of
patronage. Some eminent artists, already known to London
audiences, arc engaged, and others are to make their first
appearance here. Classical aud popular operas are to bo given,
under the ulternatc conduetorship of Signor liottesiui (the
famous contrnbnsrist), Signor Tito Mattei (the well-known
pianist), and Air. G. H. Betjemuim (of the Royal Italian
Opera). As there is no other operatic scheme at present in
Action in London, Mr. Hayes’s venture appears to have a
good chance of success.
The opening night was devoted to a performance of Rossini’s
“ II Borbiere di Siviglia,” which was very effectively given
throughout. Madame Laura Segur (from La Benin, Milan)
obtained a deserved euccess by her brilliant rendering of the
music of Rosinu. In the cavatina, “ TJua voce” ; iu the duet
with Figaro, “ Dunque io son ” ; iu the aria introduced iu tho
lesson-scene (“O luce di quest’ anima”) ; and in other
instances, Madame Segur displayed u voice of extensive upper
range, great executive skill, and genuine artistic taste. Signor
Budilin was uu excellent Figaro, Signor Frapolli a tafisfuctory
Almnviva, and Signor Castelmary an efficient Basilic—tho
cast having included Signor Zoboli as Bartolo, and Mdlle.
Deiiviguea us Bertha. The orchestra comprises some of our
most skilful instrumeutalists, aud the chorus is sufficient for
ordiunry requirements. Mr. Betjemann conducted. The
opera was announced for repetition on Thursday, “ Don
Giovanni” having been promised for this (Saturday) evening.
The first Saturday afternoon populnr concert of tho new
season (the twenty-seventh), took plnco at St. James’s Hall
last week, the second of the evening performances having been
given on Monday. In each instance Madame Normau-Neruda
was the leading violinist, and Herr Barth the solo pianist —
Mr. Snntley having been the vocalist on Saturday, and Miss
0. Elliot on Monday.
The third of the new series of Crystal Palace Saturday
afternoon concerts, Inst week, included the first appearance
lirre of Madume Minnie Ilauk, the American primu donna,
who made a great impression by her singing in “ Elsa's
Dream” from Wagner’s “Lohengrin,” the “Styrienno”
from “Mignon,” and the “Habanera” from “Carmen.”
The concert included tho first performance in England of
nu orchestral interlude from Liszt’s oratorio, “Stanislaus"—
an adaptation of national Polish airs with varied instrumental
effects ; more of a patriotic than a religious character. Berlioz’s
overture, “ Lc Corsairc,” had almost the effect of novelty, not
having been given here since 1863. It is in the ultra-romantic
style, with strong (not to say violent) contrasts; the skilful
instrumentation being its chief merit. Mdlle. Klecberg’s fine
pianoforte playing—iu Chopin’s concerto in E minor and
unaccompanied solos—was a feature of the concert.
The Guildhall School of Ain sic, so ably directed by Mr.
Weist Hill, gave a concert at the Mansion House* last Saturday,
when the students displayed great proficiency in the various
departments of composition, and vocal and instrumental per¬
formances. Prizes were awarded by the Lady Mayoress to
many of the pupils.
The second Richter concert of the autumnal series of three
took place at St. James’s Hall, on Tuesday evening, wheh'tbe
programme consisted of music by Wagner, Liszt, and Brahms.
The second of Herr Peiniger’s interesting violin recitals, at
Stein way Hall, was announced for Wednesday afternoon ; and
the first of Mr. Henry Holmes’s excellent musical evenings,
nt Prince’s Hall, for the same date. \ C ^-\\\
Miss Cnrlingford gave a concert at St. James's Hall, on
Thursday evening, for the purpose of publicly manifesting the
merits of Dr. Moffat’s “ Ainmoniaphoue tho ingenious
instrument for the inhalation of an artificial reproduction
by chemical means of the pure Italian air, for strengthening
nlid improving the voice of singers and public speakers, and
ameliorating or preventing throat ailntoiit,*ns described by us
u few weeks ago.
The Sacred Harmonic Society announced the opening of a
new season, nt St. Jumea’s Hnll, for yesterday(Friday) evening,
with the first performance in London of Mr. A. 0. Mackenzie’s
new oratorio, “The Hose of Sharou,” produced at the recent
Norwich Festival, and noticed by jaa in reference thereto. Of
its reception in Londou w<s must speak next week.
Wagner’s “Tartifal ”—his last great work—is to bo given
by the Royal Albert Hall Choral Society on Monday evening,
at tho om niug concert of the now season. The music is to be
rendered in oratorio form,-with some necessary omissions. It
will be sung to the original German text, with solo singers
of that nationality, wild have been associated with stage per¬
formances of .the work nt Bayreuth. The Inst full rehearsal
takes place this (.Saturday) evening.
A vocal and instrumental concert, nt which a large number
of distinguished artists took part, was given, by permission of
the Chevalier Zuccnni, at his residence, 14, Endsleigh-
gurdens, yesterday (Friday), in aid of the sufferers from tho
cholera in Italy, and also for the relief of those who have
suffered from the terrible cyclone at Catania.
By command of the Queen, Sir Henry Pousonby has sent
a donation of £10 to the London Musical Society on behalf of
Princess Beatrice, who has lately become its president.
Tho financial accounts of the late Festival of the Three
( lioirs, held at Worcester, show that the receipts amounted to
£4004, and the expenditure to £4465, leaving n surplus of
£430, after paying all expenses.
THE COURT.
The Queen attended Divine service in Cruthic pnrish church
on .Sunday forenoon. Her Majesty was accompanied by
Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Dowager Duchess of
Roxburgh*.*, Lady-iu-Wuiting. Most of the indies aud gentle¬
men of the Royal household were also present at the service,
which was conducted by the Rev. Cohn Campbell, B.D., of
St. Mary’s purish church, Dundee, who also pica* lied, taking
liis text from the Book of Judges. There were comparatively
few strangers in the church. The weather was fine and mild.
The Queen lms telegraphed to the Lord Provost of Glasgow
that her Majesty is much shocked at the news of the disaster
at the Stur Theatre, and expressing sympathy with the
mourners aud the injured.
The Prince of Wales, attended by Captain Stephenson,
returned to Marlborough House on Thursday week from
visiting Earl Cadoguu at Bnbraham I bill, Cambridge. His
Royal Highness was present next morning at a meeting of tho
members of the Royal Commission on the Housing of tho
Working Clusses, nt 8, Riehiuoud-tcrruce. On Sunday the
Prince and Princess and Princesses Victoria and Maud,
were present nt Divine service. The Prince and Princess left
Marlborough House last Tuesday on a visit to Lord uud Lady
Carrington at Wycombe Abbey, Buckinghamshire. Their
Royal Highnesses were received at Wycombe with enthusiastic
loyalty, and addresses were presented to them by the Mayor
aud Corporation and the local lodge of Freemasons.
FASHIONABLE MARRIAOES.
The marriage of Lady Mury Grenville, eldest daughter of the
Duke of Buckingham and Chundos, a lauly of the Crown of
India, and heiress presumptive to the barony of Kinlosg, with
Air. Lewis II. C. Morgan, of the 3rd West York Alilitia, eldest
sou of Colonel George Alorgau, of Biddlesden Pork, Bucks,
was celebrated on Tuesday iu the purish church ot Stowe.
The eight bridesmaids were Lady Caroline Grenville, sister of
the bride; Aliss Caroline and Miss Eva Alorgau, the Hon.,
Edith Brodrick, Aliss Gore Langton, Aliss J. Harvey, Aliss
Skrine, and Aliss Huduway. The service was fully choral,
llis Grace gave liis daughter away. The wedding presents
were exceedingly numerous. The Prince of Wales sent the
bride a gold bracelet set with diamonds, mid presented tiiK
bridegroom with a huudsomc diamond union pin.
At St. Stephen’s Church, Westminster, on Tuesday after¬
noon, was celebrated, by Bpecial license, the marriage of Air.
George N. S. .Sinclair, second son of Sir John Tollemachfi
Sinclair, Bart., M.l*.,with Margaret, sister of Sir JolnLSiueluir,
Bart., of Duiibcath. The bridegroom was attended by Air./
Clarence Sinclair, his eldest brother, as best man ; and the
bridesmaids were Aliss Dunbar, Aliss rower, 'Aliss Janet
Sinclair, and Miss Miller. The bride was led to the chancel
by her brother, Sir John Sinclair, of Duubeath, who afterwards
gave her away. The service was fully choral.
The marriage of Mr. John Travers Lewis, eldest son of the
Bishop of Outnrio, and Miss Ethel ScJtreiber, second daughter
of Air. Collingwood Schreiber, of Elmsleigh, Ottawa, was cele¬
brated at Christ Church, Ottawa, Canada, 0tt'Qcte22. Among
those present at the church, and subsequently at the breakfast
at Elmsleigh, were Lady Macdonald, Sir Alexander Campbell
(Minister of Justice) ana Aliss Campbell, Chief Justice Sir
Willium and Lady Ritchie.
The Royal Commission on Merchant Shipping was gazetted
on Tuesday night. The'shipowners continue to hold meetings
to protest agaiust its constitution.
Baroness Burdctt-CoUtts on Tuesduy opened an institution
established for the orphnu aiui fatherless children of teachers,
nt The Poplars, peckliam-rye;^
The Royal Iiunmne Society’s medallion has been conferred
upon Air. Churles W. Lydu lor saving the life of Aliss Con¬
stance E. l’nrsons, at Sidmouth, at Sept. 19.
The Earl of ihifferiii was entertnined last Saturday evening
to a bunquet by the Northbrook Indian Club, given in the
Westminster Townliall, where Sir Barrow Ellis presided. Tho
Earl leaves on the 13th iiist. to assume the Viceroyalty of
India.
Returns prepared for the information of tho Secretary of
State for WaF show that the average strength of the Army iu
Ireland last-year was nearly 1000 less than in 1882, and 20 JO
less than iu 1881. — The return of the Registrar-General states
that in the quarter ending Sept. 30 the population of Ireland
decreased/ by 6S17; the number of births registered being
29,246, the number of deaths 18,248, and the number of
emigrants 17,815.
A meeting was held at the Alunsiou House yesterday week
ffokear statements in regard to Mrs. Fisher’s homes, dec., for
the young women employed in the shops, warehouses, &c., in
the City. Air. George Williams occupied the chair, and in
the course of an introductory speech stated tlmt within a
quarter of a mile of the Mauaou House there were not less
than 20,000 young women employed iu shops and warehouses.
Mrs. Fislier gave an encouraging account of the work, and
stated that funds were much needed.
The official volunteer year closed yesterday week, and those
volunteers who have not performed the requisite number of
drills since Nov. 1 of lost year will be returned ns uon-
efllcient. The capitation grants lost year amounted to
£375,000, when the establishment of the force was—Light
Horse Artillery and mounted rifles, 40,000; engineers) 10,2u0 ;
and rifle volunteers, about 193,000. The capitation grant for
efficient volunteers is 30s. per head, and a special allowance of
50s. is made for proficient officers uud sergeants, aud 10s. for
officers passing in tactics.
Air. Rogers (Liberal) was last week elected unopposed as
M.P. for the Radnor Boroughs, iu room of Air. Evans Williams
(Liberal), resigned; and Air. Campbell-Biuiucrmau, the
newly appointed Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, was on Thursday week re-elected, without opposition,
member for the Stirling Burghs. At Scarborough, on Alon-
day, Colonel Steble (Liberal) was elected to represent the
borough in borough in Parliament in the room of Air. Dodson,
called to the House of Lords. This makes no change iu the
buluuce of parties in the House.
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The meeting of the Honse of Lords on Alondny for the first
time nftcr the brief adjournment was notable for more tlmn
one reason. The Duke of Wellington, Lord Clifdeu, and
Lord l’etre took the oaths ns Beers. Lord Sydney, with
habitual courtliness and aplomb, brought up her Alajesty’s
gracious reply to their Lordships’ promptly passed Address.
And Earl Granville availed himself of the earliest opportunity
to throw Ministerial doubt on the trustworthiness of the
uhirmist report in the Times of that morning to the effect that
General Gordon hod been taken prisoner by the Mahdi, and
Khartoum had fallen. The Prince of Wales being in his place
on the front cross-bench, the explanation of Ix>rd Granville
gained particular point. It had been stated in the Tunes that
her Majesty and his Royal Highness had received telegraphic
information of the untoward nCWR-from the Khedive; but our
bland Foreign Secretary wus authorised by the Prince and tho
Queen to say tlml the report was without foundation.
Earl Granville’s reassuring statement evoked Ministerial
cheers; but did not satisfy the Marquis of Salisbury. Tho
Leader of the Opposition snapped at the instructions given to
Ix>rd Wolseley, who, he gathered, wis simply commissioned
now to procure the safe retreat of General Gordon from
Khartoum, the Kgypthui garrisons being left to their fate.
But Ix)ixl Graii v i 1 le and t lie Earl of Northbrook, who had just
returned from /Egypt, had no difficulty in showing that this
was an erroneous'^ interpretation of the instructions drawn up
by the latter noble Earl for the guidance of Lord Wolseley on
his expedition "pp the Nile, This little discussion ended, their
Lordships (who are stiff waiting on the Commons) adjourned
till Thursday. < \
The parlous difnisl veness of the Commons— or, rather, of an
iiifinitesim.ar\hiff/ impressible, self-assertive section—has
f rown iuto^nqiiitjorial scandal and n national injury. No one
nows this better than Air. Gladstone, who, after laying the
fiyindation-atone of the sumptuous new edifice for the National
Liberal Club Tuesday, earnestly said in the course of his
eloqnoiJb-speech , —
For tbaraobli* as-einbly, the first deliberative assembly in the world, is now
uoou.ed to see its efficiency impaired and its dignity destroyed by the
-advantage winch its own too generous rubs have enable J individoas and
sections t« take, #o that tbe House itx.‘lf Inis become the slave of those
mdividuiiU and section*, and nothing can relieve it fioin tbe s'avery except
a gie.it and drastic ebunge in tbe lorms of ita procedure (Cheers).
It is true the Prime Minister hopefully said, a moment or so
later, “But, never mind. There is strength enough in this
self-governing country to rectify that and all other mischiefs.”
Granted! Yet what has been described ns the strongest
Government of modern times should be powerful enough to
set the House in order at once. It would take too long now to
define the various causes of the plague of verbosity that afflicts
the House. Rigorous compression of speech by tho adoption of
some such rule as Air. Henry Lnboucliere lias suggested iu
Truth would incontestably abate the evil, especially if the
leading members of the Alinistry and of the Opposition would
8et a wholesome example of brevity. For the rest, Mr. Arthur
Peel is so clear-headed, decisive, und impartial a {Speaker that
a simple code of new rules drawn up by him would in all
probability meet the grave exigencies of this critical juncture.
The introduction of the Aston riots into the House of
Commons manifestly occasioned great loss of valuable time.
Tho greater part of the sitting on Thursday week was devoted
to the duel of words between Lord Randolph Churchill mid
Air. Chamberlain. Attacked by the cool and audacious young
leader of the “Fourth Party,” who actually wont so fur us
to move a vote of censure on Air. Chamberlain for tho use of
language, which, he said, provoked a breach of the nonce, the
President of the Board of Trade was amply justified not only
in refuting the charges levelled against him, but iu most
effectually turning the tables on his assailant by proving
that a number of “roughs" had been hired by certain Con¬
servative wire-pullers in Birmingham to maltreat any Liberals
attending the Aston Purk Conservative demonstration. Still,
Air. Chamberlain’s retort would lmve told with greater effect
lmd he but coudensed his speech by one half. As it was, the
figures nt the division did not turn out. to be so victorious as
the arguments of Air. Chamberlain and Air. Gludstone were
conclusive. Lord Randolph Churchill’s motion was negatived,
but only by a majority of 36—i.c., by 214 votes agaiust 178.
The debate on the Address, commenced on the 23rd of
October, dragged its slow length along in tho House of
Commons until Wednesday, the 5th of November. On
the 31st ult. the parable of the prolix was resumed by
Mr Muclver, whose amendment deploring “the depressed
condition of commerce and agriculture " did not succeed in
seducing Ministers from Free-Trade principles, though it did
elicit from Mr. Munclella—who handled facts uud figures with
the assurance and self-confidence of a Oradgriud — rather too
rose-coloured a view of the general welfare of the productive
classes in this country. By 86 against 67 votes was Mr. Alac-
Iver’s motion rejected. Monday saw yet another sitting wasted
by a fruitless discussion of Air. Sexton’s amendment insisting
on the necessity of reform in the mode of calling jurymen iu
Ireland; albeit the debate was so fur serviceable that it
afforded tho Spcnker an opportunity of pointedly reminding
Air. Sexton and other unruly members of the irreconcilable
Irish Party that lie lias the power aud the will to extinguish
obnoxious garrulity. Prolonged tillTuesday’s sitting;1he need¬
less talk oil Air. Sexton’s amendment ended in its defeuf by e
majority of 106—140 against 34 votes. Whereupon, Air. Gorst,
undeterred by the fact that the South African difficulty hud been
thoroughly threshed on Wednesday week, modestly inter¬
vened with a fresh amendment levelled against tlj§ action of
the Government in Bechuaualand. Speeches to tho point
from Mr. Ashley, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, and Air. Chamber¬
lain, were followed by the withdrawal of Air. Gorst’s amend¬
ment; and before the House separated on Tuesday night, the
Address wus actually agreed to !
Precedence for tho Franchise Bill during November was
obtained by the Premier on Wednesday, when, after the dis¬
posal of Air. Ashmeud Bartlett’s amendment for the retention
of Khartoum, Mr. F. H. O’Donnell had to be suspended from
the service of I lie House for repeatedly disregarding the autho¬
rity of the Speaker, whose firmness, I am glad to think, bids,
fair to restore order in this chnotic assembly.
Sir John Lubbock, Hurt., M.P., opened an industrial
exhibition nt Bromley on Tuesday.
The Lord Mayor presided on Monday night at the anuual
distribution of prizes to the successful pupils of the Aletro-
politan Drawing Classes, nt the Guild, all.
A large new school situated in Camberwell, upon a site
covering about an acre and a half of land, was formally opened
on Monday evening by Sir Edmund Huy Currie.
On Monday the opening meeting of the session of the Royal
Institute of British Architects was held lit tho rooms, 9,
Conduit-street, Regent-street, there being a full attendance.
Last Saturday night the new lighthouse which has been
erected on Mew Island, nt the entrance to Belfast Lough, wus
lighted lor the liist lime.
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TITE AUTUMN EXHIBITIONS.
Th • Autumn Exhibitions of pictures, British and Foreign, are
now opening on nil sides; and, however much national
pride may suffer from the secondary rank our home-grown
products occupy in two at least of the galleries, we can find
some comfort in the thought that the study of the works of
foreign schools is as usefu 1 to our artists as to the picture-
loving public.
At Mr. Wallis’s French Gallery, in Pall-mall, by a strange
perversity, the more strikiug pictures are by German nrtists;
mid amongst these Carl Heffner and Professor Muller occupy
the moat prominent places. The former, this year, rises to a
level he has never before attained in his three large views of
the Campagna, to which he bus given respectively the titles of
“ Desolation,” "Solitude,” and “ Repose. The first represents
t lie ruins of the Temple of Jupiter uud the medieval Castle of
Ostia rising out of the pestilential lagoon which marks the
estuary of the Tiber; the second depicts the group of broken
tombs on the Appinn Way, where the cypresses, thickly en¬
twined round the broken stones, form a stately funeral pile;
whilst for the hist the artist has chosen ns his subject the
magnificent Aqueduct of Claudius, stretching across the plain
to the violet mountains of Etruria. In each case lleffuer has
reproduced with singular skill, almost rising to genius, those
aspects of sky and effects of atmosphere by which he has
attained notoriety: and he has certainly never before exhibited
his powers iu this particular line, and within certain obvious
limits, more successfully. In the soft suffused light of
a cloudless sky, as seen in his rendering of “ Solitude,"
lleffner is without a rival amongst contemporary artists.
11 is "Temple of Venus,” a somewhat smaller work,
aims at a higher ideal, ami it must be admitted that iu
the lazy swell of the sea, iu the low-lying lurid clouds, he con¬
veys the moral of a story which the Buy of Bni® and its
temples might reveal. Of less interest, except perhaps to artists,
nre the little sketches of Venice, Viarcggio, the Tyrol; ana
brilliant portraitures of Italian street-life. Professor Muller
belongs to a very different school, and his “ Trictrac Players ”
(23) will add very much to liis reputation as the foremost
among German artists who have entered iuto and understood
something more than the mere outside of Eastern life. The
players and on-lookers are absorbed in the chances of the
game; one of the former is holding in his mouth the smoke
just inhaled from his cigarette, pausing until he has played
his stroke to part with the fragrant sedative; whilst his young
antagonist displays more engerness than one is accustomed to
attribute to self-possessed Orientals. The grouping of the
picture and the drapery of the figures are alike excellent, whilst
the man preparing coffee in the corner gives an unaffected
tomb of reality to the scene. Of Professor -Muller's other
contributions the "Study of an Interior” (5) is the gem
among half a dozen cabinet works. Of a very different
character is Professor Brandt’s " Horse Fair in Bessarabia ”
(109), a wild scene, which cannot fail to suggest reality, a
feeling which is wanting from his pupil, B. Klecziuski’s work
(78)—a hunting scene in Poland. C. Seiler, a German
Meissonier, is represented by a minutely finished study
of two men busy with a map "Tracking the lloute ”
(129), " Le Monde ou l’on s’enuuie ” (2), a humorous
rendering of a common subject. Amongst the English
pictures is an old work by Mr. Frank Jloll, “Want”
(72), painted about a dozen years ago, when the artist in¬
dulged iu dark foregrounds and obscure sentiment. Iu this
case, the scene is a pawnbroker’s shop ; a young woman, with
a scantily clad babe under her shawl, is pledging her wedding-
ring. Apart from the unpleasant subject and its somewhat
forced treatment, the heap of baby’s clothes on the counter
draws away the attention from the point the artist endeavours
to convey. Mr. W. 11. Bartlett's " Cornish Drying-Ground”
(116) is a clever bit of realistic work, simple in treatment and
direct in purpose ; and Mr. Leader’s two Welsh landscapes
arc among the best specimens of English art; which, how¬
ever, is not very strongly represented in the French Gallery.
Mr. McLean, on the other hand, in his exhibition in the Hny-
nuirket, is exceptionally fortunate in having three large pictures
by Mr. Millais, all representing child-life. The most important,
" Little Miss Muffct,” is a fair-haired child, in a white dress
and bonnet trimmed with blue, seated on a bank; the half-
emptied bowl of curds-and-whey is in her lap, and in immi¬
nent danger of being upset as she turns hastily away from her
unwelcome visitor. The child’s expression of dismay is excel¬
lent, and it is needless to say that the painting is throughout
good. Yet one would fain have seen more life in the little
foot, and understood iu what position Miss Mullet was sitting
to have been frightened by a spider which could scarcely
have come to her knowledge. The "Mistletoe Gatherer,”
is a bigger girl, with black tumbled hair confined und&r-A^
yellow kerchief. She is resting from her work bcsideXthc
hedgerow, with a bill-liook in her hand, gazing somcwliutX
vacantly on the snow-covered landscape. The pose—one with-
which Mr. Millais lias ou more than one occasion nmde us
familiar, is a trifle lackadaisical, but it suits his preseut
subject, who looks more a real pcasftnt-girithan, merely an
artist’s model. The " Message from the Sea” aimsat^lling
more of a story. A fisher-girl in a dark-blue dress is seated
on a rock swinging her bare feet, puzzlWg^out theSrords of a
paper which has been brought to shore in a bottle, of which
the fragments are lying beside, her. The dull sea and misty
sky tell of a storm not long past, and the anxious face of the
girl seems to show that she guesM the import of the ipessnge
she can scarcely decipher. Mr. G- H. Boughton is repre¬
sented by two works painted at a long iuterval. In " Tin-
Judgment of Woitter van TwJHcr” (52) the humour is over¬
flowing. A very broad Dutfcbjrmn smoking a china pipe as
he sits in his hi^h-backed chair, is weighing two ponderous
ledgers, and deciding thereby, the vnhid oi Jans’ and Pieters’
claims and countor-clajfnjp-one of whoin sits and the other
stands beside the judge. It is many years since Mr.
Boughton painted scenes from Knickerbocker history; and
ho would do .-well to turn in that direction his raaturer
powers. In this - nrly work thelines are hard and angular,
and the light which comes through the window at the back
throws into, shadow, and therefore conceals, the play of
features on whjtih the sitecesfe of the picture must depend.
"Going to Church iu NeVErtglaud” (8) is in Mr. Houghton’s
later style. Mr. E. Long’s " Oriental Princess ” (15) is cleverly
painted, but'Uienningless/ uud Mr. Macbeth’s "Betrothed”
(ID is by no means nip to that artist’s usual level. Of
the -fortigners, M. V. Corcos will attract perhaps most
ntfeution by his •sEugliah Girl in Paris ” (20), a very highly-
finished young lady iu an unimpeachable black walking-dress
seated in q baKony overlooking the streets of Paris. As a
picture, it is excessively clever, mid, it must be added, ex¬
ceedingly vulgar. Marlamoff, Garrido, Feyen, De Haas, and
Van Hnanen all send noteworthy but small pictures; whilst
amongst our own countrymen Mr. J. Webb, Mr. Orrock,
and Mr. J. Hardy are well represented.
, At Mr. Tooth’s gallery, foreigners are in the ascendant, M.
I.eon L’Hermitte, 31. Van Haanen, and Luis Jimenez disputing
the honour of sending the most attractive pictures. The "Mid¬
day Best," by M. L’Hennittc (94), is so palpably an attempt to
reproduce one of those sccucs of peasant life round which M.
Millet threw such a poetic halo, that it is impossible not to
compare the two artists, and to feel how far the pupil falls
short of the master. The distance which separates them
appears even greater in M. L’llermitte’s mlou work, “La
iioifson ” (61), which oppi esses the spot tutor by its exaggera¬
tions of drawing and sentiment. Due turns with pleasure to M.
J.P. I.angee’s simpler efforts in the same school, finding much
to admire in his "Village Courtship” (76), and in his sou’s
less ambitious work, "The Firstborn " (10). Seiior E. Jimenez
is one of those clever Spaniards who owe their position to the
success achieved by Fortuny. lie can group crowds of
well-dressed or even over-dressed Indies and gentlemen in
gorgeous galleries, and, as iu the "Rehearsal” (89), can
even raise some sort of interest iu the poet who is reciting
before the Queen and her Court his new play. 31. Lalyrc's
"Madonna of the Flowers” (90) is chiefly attractive as
an attempt to revive religious painting. M. Van Hnaneu's
" Fortune-Teller” (34) is as vigorous a bit of painting as that
painter has over produced ; and the figure of the girl in white
satin, attentively watching the cards ns they arc turned up by
the old crone tells its story forcibly. The technical skill dis¬
played is more limited than in some of M. Van Ilaanen’s
recent works, and suggests the feeling that such brilliant
colouring should not be concentrated in so small a canvas.
M. E. De Blaas, M. Golofre, aud M. Jos6 Gallegos are
all more or less adepts in this school of painting, and are
well represented iu Mr. Tooth’s gallery. A special word
should,however, be said for Seftor Jost* Benlluire’s " Christmas
Eve ” (103), representing the choir of the Church of Aleira, at
Valencia, where the choristers, in their picturesque red and
white dresses, nre singing their carol to the worshippers in the
church, which, as one sees through the grillage, is brilliantly
lighted in honour of the festival. Sorbi’s "Bussola” (27)
and Tito’s “ Venetian Market-Place ” (13) ore episodes of out¬
door life of which the artists have caught the spirit; whilst tho
girl’s head by Jacquet entitled "Morning” (67) may rank
among the best of tho works contributed by purely French
artists. In English works, Mr. Tooth's gallery is uot
strong, the more striking having been already shown at/
Burlington Houbo or elsewhere. Mr. Pettie’s " On Guard ”
(131) is an Arab sentry, on whom a strong light folis from
above, throwing the rest of the picture into deep sliudow, Mr.
Bridgman’s "Halt” (109), Mr. G. B. O’Neill’s "Buttercups
and Daisies” (86), and Mr. Brett's numerous sea-pieces
nevertheless deserve attention.
The exhibition of the Nineteenth Century Art Society
shows a very marked improvement upon last year’s display.
Its interest, however, chiefly lies in the fact that whilst most
of its members are little known at present, many of them give
promise of good work. Mr. W. II. Trood, who is making a
name for himself ns u painter of auimals, has for the present
abandoned dogs and taken up foxes; and Miss S. Beale, who
is so well kuown for her Paris street-scenes, now finds subjects
in Venice. Mr. Gotch’s “ A Penny for Your Thoughts” (70)
is one of the best genre works in the room, iu spite of u certain
crudity of colour. Mr. Peppercorn's " Last Load” (179),
although it suggests an effect after " Whistlorism,” is poetical
and at the same time truthful; and Mr. W. Lomas's “Study”
(184) has more interest, by reason of its harmonious colouring,
than mere Academic studies usually offer to the public.
Among the water colours, Mr. T. B, Hardy’s "Port of the
Zuider Zee (241), Mr. Hemy's “ Thames off Limehonsc ” (375),
Mr. Barraud’e carefully-finished “Studies in Belgium and
Germany," aud Mr. Draper's “Swiss Valley, Jersey” (263)
are above the average ;* whilst among the lady members,
Miss Amy Foster's "Scotch Fishing Village” (256) and Miss
Edith Pradez’s "Roman Wine-Cart” (282) show what satis¬
factory results may be obtained by care and perseverance.
PARISIAN SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
(I'rotn our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 4.
To-day the Senators began the debate on the project of elec¬
toral reform which is destined to change the whole character
of the Upper Chamber. The bill of the Government proposes
to suppress the inamovibles, or life-senators, and to modify the
system of election of ordinary senators in such a way as to make
the number of delegates in the electoral colleges proportionate
to the number of inhabitants of each commune, l'he electoral
colleges iu questiou are at preseut composed of deputies, mem¬
bers of the departmental and district councils, and of del- gates
nominated by tho municipal councils, at the rate of one delegate
for each municipal council. This ingenious conception caused
Gnnibctta to characterise the Senute as the Grand Council of tho
Communes of Franco. Tho system of proportionality between
the number of delegates and the number of inhabitants of each
commune will naturally end, according to the proposed scale
of progression, in sacrificing the rural communes to the urban
communes. Out of the 36,000 communes in France, the 6000
urban communes will elect a number of delegates greatly
superior to the number elected by the remaining 30,000 rural
communes. As the urban communes are more Republican and
Democratic than the rural communes, the Conservative
element will run the risk of being utterly swamped at the
next Senatorial elections, and in thirty-one out of thirty-six
districts the Government will be able to count on the success
of its candidates. This purely technical questiou of the
manner of election will be the main point of tlie debute; and
if the Government system triumphs, the Buffets, the Broglies,
the 1’osquiers, the Jules Simons will be turned out of doors
for good and all, and the Senate, while gaining in Republican
homogeneity, will probably lose iu wisdom nud authority.
The cholera continues in the west nt Yport and at Nantes.
At the former place there have been in all twenty-five cases
and twelve deaths. Seven patients are under treatment, and
six have been cured. At Nantes on Sunday and Monday
there were fifteen deaths. The outbreak of tho plague nt
Nantes remains n mystery. There is, however, no panic, no
shutting up of shops and ilying from the town. It lias been
remarked, too, that the patients hitherto lmve been either
drunkards, or weak and old people, or persons iu wretched
conditions of life.
An extra-Parliamentary commission has been appointed
for arranging the principal conditions of tho International
Universal Exhibition of 1889, mid for fixing the spot where it
shall be held. 31. Antonin Proust is president of this com¬
mission.— M. Vaucorbeil, manager of the Grand Opera, died
on Sunday, at the age of sixty-three. M. Yuucorbeil’s
management, which began in 1879, lias not been particularly
brilliant, cither from an artistic or n pecuniary point of view.—
A verse translation of “Macbeth,” by M. Jules Lacroix, has been
revived, with a certain literary success, at the Od6on, Madame
Tessandier playing the role of Lady Macbeth.—31. Alphonse
Daudet, the novelist, writes a dry note to the newspapers
announcing that he never has been and never will be a can¬
didate for un arm-chair at the French Academy. The fact is,
that the new novel on which 31. Daudet is at present working
iB a cruel analysis and satire of Academic men and Academic
intrigues. The candidates for the three vacant seats who have
the best chanco of being elected arc MM. Joseph Bertrand,
Victor Duniy (the historian), and Ludovio Holcvy, formerly
the faithful collaborator of Meilliuc in a score Parisian pieces,
and at present the celebrated author of the “ Abb6 Constantin.’’
T. C.
"OUR STOWAWAY'.”
The masters and officers of merchant-ships, and even of great
steamers on the ocean lines of mail and passenger traffic,
have sometimes boetr-eulied upon to deal with the case of
a surreptitious intruder on board the vessel, who has
“stowed himself away” in any hiding-place lie could
enter during the confusion of departure from the port of
embarkation. We have the pleasure of being acquainted
with an accomplished and high-spirited lady, now the middle-
aged iiiotlier of a large family, who tells how she iu her
girlhood ran away from a harsh boarding-school, got on
board a Newcastle packet with hardly a shilling in her
purse, quietly waited till the vessel was at sea, then confessed
herself unable to pay the fare, and was honourably conveyed
to London, where her friends were only too happy to ransom
her and receive her at home. This was, iu tho eye of law
and custom, a proceeding almost as irregular as that of the
pretty little boy, certainly penniless and too probably friend¬
less, whom our Artist has drawn standing on deck in the
east dy of good-humoured sailors, after his detection, lurking
in a dark corner of the hold, and called on to answer for him¬
self beforo the Captain, in presence of an amiable company
of amused first-class cabin passengers, evidently disposed
to intercede for the child. It is not a very heiuous crime
that he lias committed, whether prompted by a wish
to escape misery and cruel treatment iu tho wretched
abode of bis infancy, or merely by a precocious desire to
see the world; mid he may have imagined himself already
capable of earning his passage by working as an nblo
seaman. The men of the crew, one and all, by the tenderness
of their broad grins as they crowd about this queer little chap,
are full of sympathy and kindness. They will cheerfully
spare, every day of the voyage, a small contribution from
each man’s rations to feed the "stowaway,” and will
amuse him with marvellous tough yams about their
adventures all over the globe. lie will run errands for
all who are kind to him. aud will be the favourite
of the ship's company and passengers till her arrival
at tho port of her destination. The lady who is now speaking
a gracious word for this little fellow, laying her hand on the
Captain’s arm and turning an irresistibly charming fuco
towards him—the Captain is afraid to look at her face—will be
the object of his childish adoration ; for never in liis short life
before was he regarded with interest by such a beautiful
angelic being. ‘What a romance it is for the silly little heart!
Wlmt floods of grateful tears, what Bobs of despair, as he lies
under a mat in some empty chest or barrel, in the long sultry
night of tho tropics, will express the lonely boy’s feelings of
sorrow that this bright lady is to quit the ship in fifteen days,
and that he canuot nope ever to see her again !
Captain Francis M. Frattent, serving as Commodore nt
Jamaica, has been awarded the good-service pension of £150
a year, vacant by the promotion of Captain Richard Wells
to flag rank.
The number of live stock and the quantity of fresh meat
lauded at Iiverpool during the last week of October from the
United States and Canada was unusually small, there being no
arrivals of sheep—a circumstance which 1ms not occurred for
some wreks past-and the total airivals were tho smallest
during the month. The collective imports amounted to 535
cuttle, 5792 quarters of beef, and 930 carcases of uiuttou.
The general elections to the Second Chamber in Holland
have resulted in the election of thirty-seven Liberals and
thirty-six Anti-Liberals.
Last week the Emperor, accompanied by the Crown Prince,
the Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia, and Princes William,
Frederick Charles, aud Augustus of Wirtemberg, and a
numerous suite, went on a shooting expedition to Hubertus-
stock.—The new building of the Royal Technical High School,
Berlin, was opened on Sunday afternoon, in the presence of
the Emperor, the Crown Prince, Prince nud Princess William,
the members of the Cabinet, the Diplomatic Corps, and a
brilliant assemblage of prominent personages.—The Emperor,
having slipped and fallen, has relinquished his proposed
shooting excursion to Weritigerode, but is transacting State
business as usual.—Ou Thursday week tlie German squadron,
consisting of four corvettes, Bailed from Wilhelmshaven for
the West African station.—Germany lias invited the Powers
to meet on tlie 15tli inst., in conference on the Congo
question.—Gustav Reiclinrdt, one of the most popular song¬
writers of Germany, died recently, in liis eighty-seventh
year; and General Ferdinand von Bentheim, a distinguished
officer of the Prussian Army, in liis seventy-sixth year.
The Emperor and Empress of Russia and the members of
the Diplomatic body were present, on Tuesday, at the launch
of the large ironclad corvette Vitjas.
The Russian Ambassador and the full Staff of the Embassy
were received in solemn audience by the Sultan at Constan¬
tinople on Monday, in order to present to his Majesty the
insignia of the Order of St. Andrew. Tho ceremony was
followed by a gala dinner at Yildiz.
Nothing definite ns to the Presidential Election in America
was known here at the lime of going to press with our
early edition, but the general opiniou seemed to be that
Governor Cleveland will be elected. At the Washington
Prime Meridian Conference, which closed last Saturday,
protocols were approved, which will bn made the basis
of an international convention, fixing Greenwich ns the
prime meridian. — Tlie formal opening of the World’s
Exhibition in New Orleans has been postponed until
the 16th proximo. Applications for space will be received
until the 25th inst., ana exhibits until Dec. 10. — At a political
meeting in the parish of New Iberia, Louisiana, a serious riot
occurred between Democrats and Republicans, during which
two white men and several negroes were killed und many
other persons wounded.
The Governor-General of Canada and tho 3Iarchioness
of Lansdowne have returned to Ottawa from St. John’s.
New Brunswick.—Rear-Admiral Baird, the newly-appointed
Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific station, assumed command
nt Victoria, British Columbia, on Tuesday.
The Legislative Assembly of Now South Wales lias voted
the previous question on a motion to ratify the resolutions
passed by the Intercolonial Convention last December. Prac¬
tically, New South Wales thus refuses its concurrence for tho
present with the project of Australasian confederation. Tlie
Parliament was prorogued last Saturday, after a twelvemonth's
Session, which has been unprecedented for the number and
importance of the measures pnssed. lord Loftus, the
Governor, stated that during the Session 300 miles of new
railway lines had been opened, making in all more than 1600
miles now open for traffic, and that nearly 400 miles were in
course of construction, besides 1278 miles authorised by
Parliament. The revenue of the colony is flourishing.
Lord Northbrook arrived iu England on Sunday.
The members of the St. Bernard Club gave their third
auuuul dinner ou Wcdm sduy atLixuiucr'sHotel, Conduit-street.
NOV. 8, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
451
THE MAGAZINES FOR NOVEMBER.
It is not difficult to write a pood story if one is allowed to
adapt a masterpiece of iictiou by devising a slightly modified
situation for n personage already endeared to ull readers of
novels. In the present number of the Comhill , Colonel
Newcombe masquerades as Major Cornelius, mid, the little
romance of the old great coat being quite in keeping with the
character, an effect is obtained altogether dispi .portioned to
the writer’s power of invention. “Stepniuk’s” moving
history of the tribulations of a female Nihilist convict in
Sibciiu is well adapted, as it is no doubt intended, to excite a
spurious sympathy with political offenders. If young ladies
will insist on conspiring against the Government, the Govern¬
ment must send them to Siberia in self-defence; and it is
neither expected nor intended thut their lot there should be
n eomfortublc one. That much gratuitous brutality is per¬
petrated in Siberian as in other convict settlements is only
too probable, but jailers cannot be models for mankind.
“Examiners and Candidates” is an amusing record from
the experience of a member of the former class. In the
“Talk of tho Town” young Erin brings matters to n
point by undertaking to make tho town, as well as his
father, swallow a newly discovered play by Sliukspeare.
The most remarkable feature in the English Illustrated
Magazine is the affiiient fancy of Mr. Walter Crane’s elaborate
border to some graceful lines entitled “Thoughts in a Ham¬
mock.” Miss Uobiiisou’s study on the Malatestas of Rimini,
typical figures of the Renaissance, is illustrated with charming
sketches by Mr. Pennell, an American artist. “Ruby Lin¬
guistics,” by Mr. James Sully, is a valuable contribution to
psychology. Mr. Conway’s “ Family A flair ” is, so far, a very
quiet story: but M r. Nuria's “ That Terrible Man ” tantalises
with seductive mystery.
The Fortnightly Review has a varied bill of fare, including
mnnyintercstingsubjecta; but there is no great originality in the
treatment of any of them. Mr. Venables and Mr. Kebtol liavo
little to tell us about Mr. Carlyle and Mr. C'roker that we could
not have discovered for ourselves in their respective biographies;
and Professor Jebb merely goes over old ground, however agree¬
ably, in his disquisition upon the representatives of the, modem
newspaper and review in classical times. Mr. Blunt displays
at last a bright side to his generally gloomy picture of India
in tire attempts now making to elevate Mohammedan edu¬
cated! ; Air. Waring looks forward to the time when working¬
men shall bo partners with their employers ; and Mr. Mealy
apologises by anticipation for the Irish members’ contemplated
desor ion of the Government on the Franchise Bill.
Professor Seeley's thoughtful and luminous essays on
Goethe in the Contemporary Review are concluded; and M.
l)o Lavcloje commences a new series of articles on the present
condition of Austria, agreeably divided between politics and
travel. Sir K. J. Reed contributes his share to tho discussion
on the condition of tho Navy by an earnest plea for com¬
pletely armoured ships Professor Freeman treats of the
condition of Greek cities under Roman rule, their theoretical
freedom in municipal matters, and its serious limitations in
practice. In a very thoughtful paper, Professor Bryce con¬
siders the expediency of a Second Chamber, and, arriving at
an affirmative conclusion, urges the wisdom of creating “ a
stable senate ” while there is yet time.
The National Review is chidly remarkable for articles on
topics of tho day. Mr. W. H. Smith clearly points out tho
deficiencies of tho Navy, but does not explain why he himself
did bo little to remedy them while he was at the Admiralty.
M. Vamb6ry communicates much interesting information on
a subject of which the British public knows very little, the.
Russo-Afghan Boundary Commission. Mr. C. Moberly Bell
tells over again the humiliating history of our management
of Egyptian finance.
The current number of Harper sees the conclusion of Mr.
Black’s “Judith Shakespeare,” and contains two admirably
illustrated papers one on Columbia College, New York, with
very lino portraits of past principals and professors, and
another on Sydney Smith. “ The Acadian Tragedy,” one Of
Francis l’urknum’a studies in American history, "is a very
interesting account of the deportation of tho French settlers
from Acadia in 1755, a severe but necessary measure.
Tho Century commences its great series of descriptions
of the battles of tho civil war, by the Generals who
commanded or took a leading part in them, with General
Beauregard’s history of tho battle of Bull Run. It is sonr
what technical, as the military writings of experts are apt t_
be, but is elucidated by copious illustrations. The GeneriuVylth
old grievances against President Davis are not forgotteh. }*■ J*
“The Chinese Tneatre” contains an analysis of some phinese (Jto k Bath
dramatic representations, with engravings of mrtkowips'' l ot\i?( B to H 7th
marvellous grotesqnenons. The extracts of Charles takes Q
letters to Mr. Fields chiefly relate to business. Tfljeopetimg 4u*ck in a
of Air. llowclls’8 “ Silas Lapliam ” promises excefloijigly-Wcil;
but the gem of the number is, without doubt, the seleotioh
from Air. Vcddcr’s deep and mystical illustrations of the
ambiguous utterances of the Persian astronajner poet, Omar
Khayyam.
The yttlantie Monthly has an analysis, by Mis* II. W.
Preston, of “Nerto,” the last epic of tlje great Provencal
poet, Alistral, with some exceeding!/apmted^ti'aaslntions.
“Stephen Dewlmrst,” an autobiographic fragment by Air.
Ileury James’s father, is highly cluinu teyistic of . this original
and mystical thinker.
The Gentleman's Magazine lias two excellent papers, Mr.
01ding’8 annotated catalogue of authors who have suppressed
their own books, and Mr. W. 11. Hud.son’s delightful description
of loafing in I’utngonin. The most interesting of Dr. Charles
Mackay’B reminiscences relate to the gifted ns eccentric
sculptor, Patrick Park. ^Belgravia, or iisiml, lias some very
good short stories. Cluirler Reade's “ Perilous Secret ” is con¬
tinued in Temple Ear, xvhich bus also a criticism on Canon
Liddon’s preaching, and biographical articles on Canning,
Brougham, and Mrs. Montague .) j
Other Magazines will be noticed next week.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
All eommmtenllrni relating to Ihli itepartamU of the I‘oyer thoul.l hr ailJrtutJ to (hi
Klilar. ail I hart Ike isunl •' Chiu' irri’l/rn tin nirWo/*.
F O N lOxloriJ i. — A. iiiulnsc y.iur di-ncrlptlon of Mr. Blackburn*'* nmblw
corio. t. \V)ut*' ennnut t.mt— >• you liroii-i—. Alter tlie moyri. 1. V to u 4tli I
take* !•; 3. Kt Ukr» Kt. Ill urk !>!*)• 3. K to II illi; anil Him l» in male on t
it ilbigram. anil tlia problem .ball
to have a ttrong att»:k In 1. K
roMem to lw
ich), Kt
the tli I r J
move.
K II K lll.ia-kloy).—Wr airobllRtsI (or tho am-mlnt il
I« can-full)' > .vimHied. White, however, npiioora
(from q It *th i Inks. Kt.
C fc T (OlUbm).— J*l« »•- to look at No. g again. Snopoke 1. Kt to (J Snl, K to Q TUi
(In-atJ; 1. y to 11 3i,a (di), K tuka* Kt; .1. U umtea.
K II 0 iSallebury).—Your laal camo tohanil alter the publication o( th« aolutlon.
J 8 (InTerneaai.—After your lint mure. If lilack play 1. K to Q U 3rd, how do yon
P-Op"'" to mate on the ul"Ve?
II A I, S.—We know noth mol the moTemonti of the pUjer named In yonr letter.
C F (Tootlnf ‘The Drat.hatch of folnUona are ooirect. of court., hut they came to
band tno late lor nrknowh-ilgumrnt In the uiual place.
T H 8 (Warwlck-atri-et).--The rule It very »ltuple. A player mor " cMtle" prorldwt
urntlinr the King rti.r llie (look Ilka h.eu muted. 1 1 in i’.ten not how often the King
muy have been •• checked."
OH < Hit 1 ***).—Bemeinliar we rann it all lie mauler*. Some of onr frlondi found
ho. Jin, nut Iwrliupa t odilllcoll. out difficult "Hough.
ConaMTSouiTioKoir Pioiuk Nu.IIIdrecelxdfloraK ElllhMna (Tl(lla)andC IWilton
I’l iniaii of No.-ilia (mm It W- rten (Cuiiterhiir'). Um-.r Hartmann iMnl*-n>.niul
J' K Manliy (Tenter. leu); Of N . 2:i7fr»i» K l!rr..j;<ilr i Parle). IIWuitT*, K l! K
Mrholla. XV llarrh. U ll C iSnltabaryl, F Pin-. Inn . Krorn llmvc*. W K Muni y.
and iiicur lliiitiiian; of C l>a lii’a problem.from 11 II Noyea.d. I, Oreetiavray, I'levn i.
B Lnwndn. til old I! Hid. 0 XV I-nw, ller-ner l. XV J lliidlimii. I. Sb»r, *'.«»!. K m«t
ShnrewoiHl, U T Kemp. A Harper, K Louden. U K Awdry, U WardeU. uni J It
(Bdfnbuigli). * 3
ConiiKt-T Soloviov* or Pnom.cK No. 211* rrcelred ’f-om Cir- rzo Jo'rey, J T W. John
Ilodirron iMnbli.tone). II II Noyoa. E l'.iaella ■ Parle). I. I.(in-ennwey. KJ Cobliett,
Plevna. S l.-.wn.b-e, An Old Hand. 0 XV Law. If. reward. XX’J It it I miiti. I. sbnrawt cut,
Krneet Slinrawuod, It T Kemp. I1AI.S,.I K iS-iith ILinn «li-.<d . t arl Krolleben,
Aaron Iluijeer. Slod forth, Jnmho. II XVnrdrll. It It Itn-'k*. I. Fulenn (Antwerp).
F. K II, S Ferrmnt. II Illackb«k. Jup t-r Junior. A XV iteration, ti 6 Oldllelii.
W DewM> 0 Oswabl. A KarbeiE (llninbarir). O XV Kell, -XI ii lbiib r in. F. L-ii.lcn,
O Foabnmke. I. Wyman. II Or«y, 0 I'arrach, II l.uma. A SI Porter. S lla'len.
T II Il'ildWn, J.iepli Alnrwnrth, F. J IXano illmrem). F SI IKillidnirjln.
S JenMn* ii ll...-. h i . f F t N. N 8 Ifarr'a. It ntin» il> r luBt'-ni. R LSonUiWvll.
Iteii Ni’rir. TU (XVii re . ('XV UIIimiiii, a-* W Aii.l-e .ii (Old It.-mney). New Foreat,
Alpha, It XVorteratUauterburyi. and Cl! N (II.51.S. Aela .
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
Tlio will (dated Dec. 1-1, 1878) of the Right lion. Elizabeth
Frances Charlotte, Doxvngur Marchioness of Londonderry,
late of No. 25, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-squaro, xvlio
died on Sept. 2 last, was proved on tho 10th ult. by the Right
Hon. Mervyn Edxvnnl, Viscount Foweracourt, K.P., tho son,
the solo executor, thcvulne of the personal estate amounting
to over i)U,OOi). The testatrix gives and bequeaths all her
f iroperty, estate, and effects whatsoever and wheresoever, to
icr said son, absolutely.
Tho xvill (dated Juno 5, 1880, \ with two codicils (dated
July 1, 1882, and .Sept. 3, 1883), of the Hon. Airs. Eleanor
Wilkie Needham, late of the Chalet, Lindficld, Sussex, ami of
No. 37, Thurloe-Siiunre, who died on May 20 last, lias been
proved by the Right Hon. Florence Wallace, Viscountess
llarberton, the daughter, tho/KoBHycccntrix, the value of the
S ii-utios or riioDLini No. 2117.
wim*. nr.ACK.
1. Kt. in <i *si.h K to a 5th, or T to B rth
2. Kt to Q II P.h K UlwCS 1*
8. Kt to Kt 6th. Mute.
The variations are obvious.
personal estate exceeding .0)'
toiler companion, servant.-
her property to her said
The xvill (dated
Robertson, late of No,
died tm Sept. 8 last,
on the 13th ult. by Jo'
Robert Will, the
William .Meutes,
amounting to
pecuniary le
furniture, p
I tors-s antDcmri
income of liis^r
Alary Roberteou,
Paddingtou; the
Hospital. fb< Sic
bury;—£i
testatrix gives legacies
and the residue of
PKOHLF.JI No: 2120.
By J. Ciiocuolous.
BLACK.
WHITE.
Wliito to play, and mate in two moves.
Hayed in the tlandii np Toum iment nt the Bath meeting of the Counties
Clieas Association bei.veeu the Rev. W. Watt* and the Rev. Q. A.
MacDovn-ri.l. x x. x (Sicilian Defence.)
wbevb (Mr. W.) bi.ack (Mr, M.) wiiitr (Mr. W.) nt.ACKjMr. M.)
1. Flo« 4th * tp (1 lkHh
2. Ktto K » 3rd Kt to Q B 3rd
" Yto K 3rd
P takes P
B to Kt 5th
Kt P lakes Kt
B takes Kt
P to K II 3rd
Kt to K 2nd
K to B 2nd
R to K *q
K to Kt sq
Pto U It 4th
P to K 4th
P takes U
16 111 1 B 7th ’ Kt to Kt 3rd
17. Cas tes - O R) P to Q 4th
A wcIbtlniNl mow, which gives lllack
an Imini-diate advantigc.
18. K R to K sq P takes P
10. If to Q 3rd P to K B 4th
20. B to B tth (ch) B to K 3rd
21. Btak'sB B take* B
22. It to Q 7th P to K Gth
23. P takes P P take* P
24 P to K Kt 3rd P to R 6th
25. It to Q 8th (ch) It takes R
26. B takes K Kt to K 2nd
27. P toll 4 th P to Kt 4th
24 B to B 7th Kt to Kt 3rd
a few moves forced tho nd vance of the K P and K B P,
winning the game.
As some of onr correspondents appear disposed t'» tackle a fonr-mnre
problem now and then, we present them with the following " nut,” which
we found a hard one to crack. It is the composition of Herr Rudolf
Koerpcr
White: K at K filh,Q at K B 5th, Kt at Q R 3rd. IThree piece*.)
Black : K at Q It 3rd, Pawns ut Q Kt 3rd and Q. R 3rd. (Three pieces.)
White to play, an 1 mate in four move*.
Air. Ruskhij Slade Professor'bt^’inc Art in tho University
of Oxford, gave last Saturday the third of his scries of lectures
on the Pleasures of England, the subject of the address being
“ Alfred to C3oour de Lion—the Pleasures of Deed.* ’ A crowded
audience, as usual, gavuthe Professor an enthusiastic reception.
x Mr. Gladstone laid the foundation-stone of the new build¬
ing of the National Liberal Club last Tuesday, on the site
be tween North umberland-avenue and Whitehall -place, in the
presence of a numerous and influential company. The Earl of
Derby pread^ and stated that the dub has between -11)00 and
5000 members. Air. Gladstone, having laid the stone, con¬
trasted the present position of the Liberal party with what it
lnid been before the Reform Bill of 1832 was passed. He also
alluded to the unprecedented delay now being caused to legis¬
lation by taking advantage of the rules of Parliamentary pro¬
cedure. Earl Granville, the Alarquis of Ilitrtington, Mr.
Chamberlain, SirW. Ilarcourt, and Sir O. Dilke also addressed
tho meeting. An address from the working men engaged on
the building was presented to the Premier.
M. Ro*onthal, the dintinguinhed Parisian chessplayer, visited Manchester
onthc 2 lt!i ult., ami in the evening tn-piged twenty-four incml»rR of the
Manchester Ch'wi Club simultaneously, winning nxU-cn game*, drawing
two, and losing lliree. Throe games w. re nbuiulunod unfinished, owing to
the lutcne-R of tho hour. On thn following < vcnnig M Itcwcnthal played
twenty game* rimultoneously at the Athen.rum, of whiidi number he won
thirteen, drew four, and lost three. The Manchester Wetktv Deal obwrves
that XL Rosenthal was muoh imprcxse.1 with the ability of tho Manchester
amateurs, and that on hi* return to Palis he iulonda to publish sumo of the
games in tho Monde tUustet.
A miife'i between tho Athcmeiim and Bermondsey Chew Club* was
played on tlio 2Sth lilt. The:e XViro right players a Ride, and the play re-
Bulted in Bonnendsey Mooring four, Atlieneouui tlir.e; and one unfinished
gam" was referred C • Mr. Buffer for adjudication.
Tho Clubs of Greenwich and Brixton played n match at 107, Cunnan-
strect on tlie 80th ult. There were civht players a side, and ia the result
Greenwich w-m with a score of 4j 1 1 34-
Tin* following gentlemen have been added to tho roll of honorary
members of the City of Ixuidan Clits* Club:—Bamn Kolisrh of Vienna.
Mr. It. Steel of Cidcuttu. M. Rosenthal of Pari*. Herr Winawer of
Warsaw, Ilerr KngtDch of Vienna. M. Tachigorin of St. Petersburg, and
tlie wcl -known Hungarian amateur I)r. Koa.
of Mr. Graham Moore
iiaro, Hyde l’urk, who
, Dorking, was proved
sou Macdonald, Mrs. Muris
k Grcatorex, and Thomas
iprs^tfio value of the personal estate
£177,000. The te uitor gives
together to £11,000, and all his
Kicks, wines, household effects,
wife; an annuity of £l(J0nnd tlio
Scotland to his sister, Mufgarut
life;—£250 each to St. Mary's Hospital,
don Hospital, Whitechapel; anu the
ildrciv Great Onnond-strect, Blooms-
xvife, to be distributed by her among the
poor, or such'dniritnblc purposes ns she may think tit; and
numerous other legneies, including some to his trustees and
/^S^vants. His residences in Cleveland-square and Adelaidc-
crescent. Brighton, he leaves to his wife, lor life, or so lung as
she sbalPrcmuin his widow and be desirous of occupying same ;
nu*r a sum of £30,000 (in the event of her marriage again,
—^£15,00O)/i8 to be held, upon trust, for bis wife, for life. The
re^Kfap/of bis real and personal estate he leaves, upon trust,
for his son, Graham Walford Robertson, absolutely.
Tlio Scotch Confirmation, under seal of office of the Com-
mesa riot of Perthshire, signed Sept. 27, 1884, of the dis¬
position and settlement (executed Oct. 17, 1868) of Mr. Thomas
Grcig, of Gloncarse, in the county of Perth, xvlio died on
July 23 last, granted to Thomas Watson Grcig, the son, the
executor nominate, was sealed in London on the 8th ult., the
value of the personal estate in England und Scotland amount¬
ing to upwards of £48,000.
The will (dated Dec. 14, 1882), with a codicil (dated
Aug. 5, 1884), of Air. John William Ede, formerly of Upper
11 arley-street, afterwards of Brighton, and late of Runelagh
House, Lower Grosvenor-place, who died on Sept. 19 lust, wna
proved on the 10th ult. by Cecil James Stephens, tho sole
executor, the value of the personal estate amounting to over
£45,000. The testator leaves £5000, his leasehold residence,
and all his pictures, furniture, and effects not specifically
bequeathed, horses and carriages, to the said Cecil James
Stephens; and numerous legacies to relative*, friends, and
servants. The income of the residue of his real and personal
estate is to bo paid to his sisters, Airs. Louisa Ogilvie,
Charlotte Lady Lee, and Mrs. Harriet Seymour, and to Cecil
Janies Stephens, and on - the death of the survivor of his said
sisters he gives £20,000 to his executor, if then living; mid
the ultimate residue to his nephews, Hugh Alexander Douglas
and James Woflcomb Douglas, and his niece, the Baroness
Fuverot de Kerbreck.
Tho Scotch Confirmation, under seal of office of theConi-
missariot of Fife, of the mutual disposition and settlement
(dated Aug. 17, 1883) of Mr. Ilenry Burdner, solicitor, Dun¬
fermline, in the county of Fife, who died on June 8 last,
granted to Airs. Christian Wnrdiaw, or Burdner, the solo
executor nominate, was sealed in London on the 11th ult.,
the value of the personal estate in England and Scotland
amounting to ox-er £40,000.
The will (dated Nov. 23, 1881), with two codicils (dated
Jan. 23 and July 31, 1883), of the Rev. William Charles Rutiles
Flint, late of Sunningdnle, Berks, who died on Aug. 29 last,
xvas proved on the 16th ult. by the Rev. Stamford Rutiles Flint,
tho son, Henry Dales Fleydell Bouveric, and Nathaniel
Bridges, the executors, the value of the personal estate
amounting to over £20,000. The testator givt's his leasehold
estate at Singapore to htaMiid eon, charged wiili the payment
of £10,000 in aid of his residuary estate, und the interest of
this sum is to be paid to his second son, Edward Montague,
for life; he bequeaths all his furniture, jewellery, plate,
paintings, horses and carriages, to his eldest son, the said
Stamford Raffles; and makes provision for his daughter,
Gertrude Llizabeth. The residue of his real and personal
estate he leaves to all his children, except Ins eldest sou und
his said daughter, in equal shares.
The xvill (dated Feb. 5, 1868) of Mrs. Elizabeth l.lhaplin,
late of Oukmouut, Portswood, in the comity ot Southampton,
xvlio died on Sept. 1 last, xvas proved on the 13th ult. by
William Wright Barth, the value of the personal estate
amounting to over £17,000. The testatrix leaves legacies to
Air. Barth, and to her late husband’s relatives; and tlio
residue of her property to Richard Parsons Chaplin, the
nephew of her Into husband. As Air. ll. I*. Chaplin died in
testatrix’s lifetime, the residue of her property is divisible
between her next of kin.
With the close of tho International Health Exhibition on
Thursday week it xvas stated that the total number of visitors
registered by tho turnstiles was 4.167,681.
Air. Vere Foster, of Belfast, has received from tho Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland a cheque for £20 towards his scheme for
assisting female emigration.
The fourth uuuiml dairy show of tho Royal Dublin Society
xvas held last week ut tlio society's premises, Ball’s Bridge.
The show xvas the largest ever held there. There was an ex¬
cellent show of dairy cuttle. Poultry, rabbits, and pigeons
occupied a large portion of tlio catalogue. On Wednesday, tho
openingday, the Lord Lieutenant und Countess Spencer visited
the show, and spent a couple of hours in inspecting the ex¬
hibits and in witnessing the butter contests. The champion
prize for the best butter in tho several classes xvas awarded to
Mr. Alexander Patterson, of Droraorc, in tlio county of Tyrone.
The State apartments of Windsor Castle are closed until
further orders.
Tho Queen has conferred the dignity of Baronies of the
United Kingdom upon the Earl of Arrau, Viscount, de Vesci,
Lord Herrios, the Right Hon. J G. Dodson, and Sir W.
James, Bart. Air. Dodson is gazet ted a Peer by the title of
Baron Alonk Bretton ; while bir W. James’s title is Baron
North bourne.
Farther correspondence respecting the affairs of Afadngnscar
has been issued in sixty-two pages, containing some seventy
despatches, with inclosurea ranging from Jan. 19 to Kept. 29.
In a despatch received Feb. 18 is an account of the bombard¬
ment and burning of the villugeof Vohenmr, on the north-east
coast, by which the property of eight British subjects xvas
destroyed, and they were compelled to fake shelter on board
tlio French gun-boat, which took them to Tumutuvo. Tho
French Government, with regard to this affair, suggest that
the injuries suffered by these men are due to the obstacles
K laced by tlio llovus hi the way of the free circulation of
iuropealis. Consul Graves has also had to represent the loss
to a number of British subjects occasioned by the llovus having
prohibited the export of food. Thus the cultivators of sugar
and coffee can find no market for their produce. The Govern¬
ment of Madagascar, on being appealed to, lay the blame on
the French, who by making war have obliged them to take
care that provisions shall not leave tlie country.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 8, 18S4.—-152
BANDY ISLAND, WHERE THE CHEW LIVED IN DETENTION.
WRECK OF THE NI8EUO, AS SEEN TEN MONTHS AFTER SHE (JOT ASHORE.
INVALIDS OF THE NI8EKU CREW IN THE HOSPITAL AT I'UNANU.
THE CAPTIVITY OF THE NISERO CREW IN SUMATRA.
NATIVE IMPLEMENTS.
BONO A, ON THE COAST OF SUMATRA, WHERE THE NISERO WAS WRECKED, NOV. 8, 1883.
CEMETERY OF THE SEVEN WHO DIED.
N ATI IK
INST1UMENT FOR CRUSH I NO PADDY.
SHED INHABITED BY THE CAPTIVES.
1. James Grant, donkey-man. 2. Martin Michclson, seaman. 3. Laurence Muller, boatswain. 4. Ah Foo, second Chinese cook. 6. Franz Jncobran, seaman. C. Jiunci Wilson, chief engineer.
7. Charles 8. Crichton, chief officer. 8. J. Thompson, purchaser. f>. W. Bradley, tliinl engineer. 10, Thonuis Build, third officer. 11. L. K. Moore, sceoiul officer. 12. John Stanton, tlreuuin.
13. Curl Gronn, seaman. 14. llumctiir Hour, penman. 16. George K-sery, lir»t steward, It!. John Kelly, Art-man. 17. (Mens Holgcrson, wairuin.
The photograph of un Italian, named tiuatinn Tascrio (seaman), could not be' taken, owing to his illness.
THE 8VRVIVINO CREW OF THE NI8EHO.
INTERIOR OP HUT, WITH FRAMES OF SLEEPING BUNKS. MONUMENTS OF THOSE WHO IHED.
1IATA8, NATIVES OF THE INTERIOR.
HOSPITAL AT PENANO.
H.M.8. PEGASUS, WHICH BROUGHT THE CREW
NISERO TO PENANO.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEW?, Nov. 8, 1881 —-153
PENANO, IN THE 8THAITS OP MALACCA.
OF BONOA.
THE CAPTIVITY OF THE NISERO CREW IN SUMATRA.
454
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
tfOV. 8, 1881
THE OHURCII.
The Duke of Devonshire 1ms given £50 towards the fund
for restoring Keighley church, which lias been re-opcned.
The Bishop of Bedford bus become a vice-president of the
Bethnal-green Free Library.
The dedication festival ut All Saints’, Margaret-Btrcet, Inst
Saturday', was attended by large congregations.
'The Bishop of Chichester has signified his iutention to
consecrate Christ Church, St. LeonanPa-ou Sea, on Thursday,
the 20 lost., instead of on the 6tl> inst., as before uuuounced.
The Bishop of Chester consecrated the Hillyard Memorial
Church, at Nuutwich, lust week, and afterwards consecrated
nu addition to the old buriul ground.
'J'lie fifth meeting of the York Diocesan Conference opened
in the Victoria Hull, at York, ou Wednesday week. The
Archbishop of York presided.
The Rev. J. B. West, Vieurof Wrcby, has been appointed
by the Bishop of Lincoln to the prebendid stall of Heydom-with-
Waltou, in Lincoln Cathedral.
The church of Dux lord, St. Peter, near Cambridge, was
rc-opi ned, after a complete restoration, on the 28th ult. The
work has cost about £2000, towards which sum the Rector, the
Rev. H. J. Carter, contributed £500.
The Dean of Westminster begins to-dny (Saturday) a
course of ten lectures on the Book of Ecclesiastes. The
lectures will be given in the choir of the Abbey at 3.45 p.rn. on
successive Saturdays, omitting Dec. 27.
The preachers appointed at Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal,
St. James’s, this month, are—Nov. 9th, the Hev. W. U. Bliss;
16th, the Rev. T. Teiguoiouth Shore; 23rd, the Rev. Prebendary
Xempe; 30tli, the Hon. and Rev. G. W, Bourke.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has consented to preach a
sermon at a special service to be held in St. Paul’s Cathedral
on Friday, the 14th inst.,at eleven u.m., in commemoration of
the hundredth anniversary of the consecration of Bishop Sea-
bury, the first Bishop in the United States.
Hie quadrennial visitation of the Bishop of London, post¬
poned from last year owing to his illness, lias been held in St.
Paul’s Cathedral this week. It was commenced on Monday
morning by n celebration oE the lloly Communion, at which
the Bishop was the celebrant.
In closing the Diocesan Conference yesterday week, the
Bishop of Truro said that the future of the Church of England
us a National Church was liiddcu from our eyes, but in his
own name, as president of the Conference, he desired to give
utterance to the longing of their hearts for union.
The preacher at Westminster Abbey next Sunday (to¬
morrow) morning will be the Rev. Ii. IL. Bickerstoth, Vicar of
Christchurch, Hampstead, not the Rev. Llewellyn Davies, hs
previously announced. Archdeacon Farrar being the Canon in
Residence during this month, will consequently occupy the
pulpit on the Sunday afternoons.
On All Saints’ Day the Church of St. Mark, Tollington Park,
Holloway, was reopened, after enlargement by the addition of
two new aisles. A satisfactory system of ventilation 1ms been
introduced by the architect, Mr. F. It. Farrow, of Craven-
street, Strand, mid a greut improvement has been effected in
the acoustical properties of the church.
An exhibition of dogs which was opened at Hull on
Tuesday contained 530 English animals, comprising most of
the noted animals in the kingdom.
Messrs. Peek, Frean, and Co. have received a gold medal
for their biscuits and cakes, and a silver mt-dal for their patent
method of conserving biscuits for export.
OBITUARY.
VISCOTJN TKS3 SIIEllf It00 KE.
The Right Hon. Georgiaua Viscountess Sherbrooke died on
the 3rd inst., at Lowndos-squurc, Loudou. Her Lmlysliip was
second daughter of Mr. George Orrcd, of Trnnmcre, in the
county of Chester, and was married, March, 1836, to the
Right Hon. Robert Lowe, who, after tilling some of the
highest olllcca of Government, was created, May 25, 1880,
Viscount Sherbrooke. There was no issue of the marriage.
MU. 11ECKETT DENISON.
Mr. Christopher Beckett Denison, J.P. and D. L., formerly M.P.,
died suddenly on the 30th ult. lie was second son of Sir Edmund
Beckett, fourth Baronet, who assumed, in 1816, the additional
surname of Denison. Mr. C. B. Denison, whose death we
record, was born May 9, 1825, and was educa t’d at Upping¬
ham and Htiiluyhury. He was for ninny years ill the Bengal
Civil Service, and was attached to Outrain as civil commissioner
throughout the final ciegc of Lucknow. In 1865 ho unsuc¬
cessfully contested the South Division W.R. Yorkfhire, and was
returned in 1868 in the Conservative interest for the Eastern
Division W.Ii. Yorkshire, which he continued to represent
until 1880. Mr. 0. B. Denison was a well-known connoisseur,
and his collection of china is said to be one of the fiuest in
the kingdom.
MR. HARTLEY, OF WnEATON ASTON.
Mr. John Hartley, of Wheaton Aston, in the county of Staf¬
ford, J.P. and D.L., died at his seat, Tong Castle, near
Shifiml, on the 31st ult. He was born Feb 11, 1813, a younger
son of the lute Mr. John Hartley, and was brother of Mr.
James Hartley, of Aslibrooke, in the county of Durham, lute
M.P. for Sunderland. Mr. John Hartley was long known in
the commercial world ns the senior partnor in the old Stafford¬
shire firm of G. B. 'i'liorneycroft and Co., and in 1867 held the
position of chairman of the South Staffordshire Iron Trade.
He was also fur many years a director of the London nnd
North-Western Railway Company, nnd served as High Sheriff
of Staffordshire in 1870. He married, in 1839, Emma, second
daughter of Mr. G. B. Thorneycroft, of Hadley Park, Salop,
by whom he leaves issue.
We have also to record the dentlis of—
The Rev. Alexander Anderson, M.A., LL.D., founder nnd
liend of Clmnonry House School, Old Aberdeen, aluLapme-
whnt known as a controversial writer, on the 25th ult.
The Rev. Edward Truman, Vicar of North Grimston,
Mai ton, and Vicar of Lnngtoft-with-Cotliam, near Hull, ou
the 1th inst., eighty-one years of age. He had held the living,
of Grimston for fifty-seven years.
Mr. Edward Maxwell Grant, formerly Tutu a correspondent
iu Servia, nnd afterwards in the TurcopRussian campaign,
subsequently American Consul iu Belgrade, where lie died, on
the 2l8t ult., aged forty-five. \/> J
Air. Parsons Crofton, last surviving son ofSfe Hugh
Croftou, second Baronet, of Mohill, in the country of Leitrim,
suddenly, iu London, on the 23rd ult., agod-feeyenty-seven.
He married, iu 1831, Anne Palmer, d»ttghter of Mr. Edward
Wcstby, of High Park, Wicklow, and leaves issue.
The Rev. Richard Andersen, o£,AUkew House, Bedale,
Yorkshire, supposed po be the oldest clergyman iu the Church
of England, on the 21th ult., iu his ninety-third year. He
graduated at Lincolu College, Oxford, and was ordained in
1815. For sixty-live years after, lie officiated as Curate nt
Childwall nud as Vicar of Burbeslou. Excellent us a cli rgymnn,
he will be long remembered for .his prowess in the hunting-
field, and was the last survivor of the celebrated trio of lmrd-
riding Yorkshire parsons commemorated by “ Nimrod.”
^-
CITY ECHOES.
Wedncbdity, Nov. 5.
The expected rise in the Bunk rate to 4 per cent was inn l”,
nnd so desirous is the Bank of England of making I ho
new standard act sharply ou the exchanges, that means have
been taken to reduce the resources of the open market so ns
to strengthen the rates in the most competitive quarters: nud
as this is being written it may be said that the Bank standard
generally prevails. This is duo, however, more to fears that
the Bank late will need to be raised to 5 per ceut to cope with
the drain of gold to America. Opinion on this point advances
and recedes from day to day, just as experience suggests, but
no surprise need bo felt if by the time these words are rend
the Bank rate should be 5 per ceut.
In the meantime, the stock markets continue subject to the
influences invariably Rowing from a sudden advance in ilie value
of money. Hence, Indian and other first class stocks arc not now
in demand, and some further relapse lau* tukon place in prices.
It is u feature of quite an opposite' character that several groups
of foreign bonds are rising in value. Egyptian are much better,
in connection with anticipation ol' Lord Northbrook’s report,
and Turkish have advanced in connection with the notification
from the Imperial Uttoimui Bank as to the couvcrsion of some of
the issues. Russian are also much firmer, aiul Hungarian meet
witli demand, while'Spaiiish bunds are offered. Of the several
classesof South American bonds Peruvian arc in more favour, but
theselliugof Brazil: an con tip ties, nud A rgeutincand Mexican arc
more or less dull. The last mentioned has derived no support
from the telegraphic stateuieiit that the Semite 1ms ratified the
arrangement; witli the bondholders.
No good news comes from the other side in regard to the
“cuttingof rates ” among Transathm tic rail ways, and there is in
consequence no improvement in the market for American railway
securities/ At the same tune sidling is not now proceeding on
any particular scale, most holders, it may be presumed simply
standing still. But another bad monthly statement has re¬
awakened interest iu Grand Trunk stocks, and the first and
second preferences have especially become weak. Cnuudiim
Pacific-shares have also lost ground, though now they are
Steadier, that company’s traffic experience being exceptionally
good. j
Notice is given that the Turkish Government Bonds may
now be scut in for conversion into the “converted debt,” and
ill at the new bonds will be reudy for delivery oil and after the
N^Oth. inst. Bonds stamped for conversion should therefore be
sent in at once. Conversion of registered bonds is optional;
but bonds wliich have neither been registered nor stamped
must be sent in under one head on or before Feb. 13 next.
This is necessary, to prevent the forfeiture of back dividends;
and after that date, registration will only bo possible on fresh
conditions to be presently decided upon. TheCouncilof Foreign
Bondholders take clmrgo of the conversion of the 1858, I860,
1862, 1863-4, 1865, 1869, and 1872 loaus, while the Imperial
Ottoman Bunk take charge of the general debt und the 1873
loan.
Upon a report that the next dividend on the Mexican Rail¬
way First Preference Stock will be pnid iu deferred warrants,
a very sharp fall took place in all the company's stocks on
Tuesday.
The National Bank of Australasia again pays 14 per cent
per annum. The reserve lias at the same time been increased
to £330,000, the addition this half year being £10,000.
T. S.
The Lady Mayoress (Miss Fowler) held her final reception
at the Mansion House on Tuesday.
The Manchester City Council have unanimously decided to
invite the British Association to hold its 1886 meeting in that
city, or, failing that, in the following year.
/"LYNNES.—Hotel Beau Site. Adjoining
vV Lord Brougham'* proiierty. Beautiful and sheltered,
situation. Large garden#; lawn-tennis lUtlu. llrU. 1DJ
chamber#. Moderate charge*.-Q*i>*o*» Gocooltz. Proprietor.
1 AEG LI.—Grand Hfltel Pcgli (formerly
A IV In Mldltorrauto). Far-mg tlio #ra. South a<pect. sur¬
rounded by gardens and mountain*. Cllmntaun»urpn*#ed. Sunl-
tary arrangements: #*U»f*etor7Cliarge*. Bucnaa-Meanne. Prop.
YTEUMOUTH.—Francesco Cinzano and Co.
V Vermouth romblnathjn Aati Wine Bad Alpine herb*. with
qulntue. ltefrrridng, tonic, aud dlgratlve. Ol Win* Merchant*,
and K. CINZANu and OO.. Como IU Umberto. 10, Turin.
G
' RAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE.
THE WEST AND MOST COMFOSTABLE IN TUE
WORLD. ..
PARIS. „ PARIS.
TOO Richly Furnished Rod-room# nnd Reception-room#.
Bel-rwmi from 4 franc#.
Noted Talle d'Uota. « franca (wine Included).
Ilreokfoit—Coffee. Tea. and Chocolate, wilta roll# aud butter.
I fr. SOC.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
(Treat advantage# #re offered to Familiee dealring to remain at
the lodel for one week or more. Pension from IS franc# per day.
Including room. #ervlee. candle#, dCJeGniT * la fourehelto. and
dinner.
Splendid Reading-room and Picture Gallery. Bath#. Douche*,
anil llnlrdre*#lng Saloon. ... ... . .
A lift to all the floor*. The hotel la warmed throughout with
hotair. • \
B
TLKLEY WELLS HYDROPATHIC
A ESTABLISHMENT and HOTEL, renovated and rtfWfc^
nUlied. offer# a delightful whiter residence. A o roervotory,
covering square yard*, ooonect.il with Ihe liOme. and
eonimiindlng magnificent view# of Whnrfqdde, baa recently been
added. Reduced winter term*. \ \ \
Addreaa. Manager. Well# House . llkt?rXvH Lead*.
A NIC OF NEW ZEAL A kb.
(Incorporated by Act of General Aueuibly, J.uty 29. IWil.t
Blinker# to tho New Zealand Government.
Capital inbecrlbfd and paid iin^tl.un',000.
Reaerve Fund. tituySioS \ ,
ilHnl Office—Auckland \ \
IIRANCHES AND AGENCIES.
In Auatratia—Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, and Adelaide.
In FIJI—Lcvuka. Suva.
In New Zealand— Auckland. Ill
Invercnrglll.NiipIrr.Nelaon, Nci
and at Hit other lowna and pi
Thin Rank grant# Draff# --
and treneacta every de*crlllW«l *»f Imrikir
with Now Zealand. A Ultra
term#. (\ /v
The Ixindon Office BSCKIV
upward#, rates and particular* of
appllenUoo. / .K.w
No. I. Qnee^Kyictirffa ^atreet/Manalon
/»4, COllNHltL.-mirl^ ABOUND ON
U EVERY SIDE I 'TUB RAILWAY I’ASSKNliERS A 8-
SURANi K OOMPANV liiroreaajralnat Accident* Of all Kluda-
on land or Water, andbaa tW Largest In veiled (Capital and
Income, *ndp«y» y*»rly the largest Ann Mini ■ I Compensation
of any Accidental Amu ram* Company. Apply, the I .Oral Agent*;
or VV eit-Knd office. Ifr Grand Hotel Building". CliaHng-croaa;
<.r nt Head office. X \ W. J. VlAW. Sec.
ED, R
UHE8TI0
SOUTH W.i
will I* gran
•pproveil nppt „ . .
Surgeon nud Matron aecoinpiny
-GREY HAIR restored
lilcli It grow# the natural colour,
a* a dressing. It esuae# growth, arrest#
dr He* detection. Tim most liarmleaa and
lant. One trial will convince It ha« no
./of all Ctii'oilst* nnd ILiIrdrcaaere. Te*-
R. HOVENDKN and SONS, London.
,i>EN HAIR.—Robftre’s AUREOLINE
; \VA produce# tho lirautlful golden colour eo much admired.
Warranted perfectly harmless. I’rice lid. and In#, lid., of all
principal Perfumer* and rhnml.t* throughout the world.
Agouti. R. HO YEN’HEN and SONS. London.
0OI5DS
iatrhurcb. Dunedin,
' 1 chin. Wellington.
‘ Colony.
and Agcnrle*,
IICM COO lire ted
favourable
fa ITS ..f £o0 and
luc rtalncd ou
Ing Director.
pectable Young Women,
III VAN rs. t.> proceed t.. NEW
_includ rig I rovldom. Ih-tldtng, Arc..
Agent-Gi-nmAl in Ilrat-claM •tealnera to
pr.n payment of 12 each. An exp'rlencrd
_ __ ace mi ip n y tarli sldp. Tk" ('.donlal
Go.ormm-ot provide, free arcoiminxlatlon for the Single Women
dnring tan d*ye after their arrival In Sydnev. I lie near
■tamer will tie dlapatahedon ernbout Dec. I. Further informa¬
tion m«j tw ohtalncl at tho EMIGRATION DEPARTMENT,
*•-- ° —nF-i.-/i-—««.w*fima..* ', VYc»tiiiiabtcf-('liiniU | n,
New South Wulee Government Office*.;
Vlctarta-etre^t. Wertmlcter. 8.W.
QUFFERERS from Asthma, Consumption,
O Broncliltla, (Jnugh«. Throat Alta Ilona. Rleapte** Nlghle.
I ndlnatant relief from Dr. I.OOOCK S PULMONIC WAFERS
hey ore untailing, and taste plraunUy.
WHAT IS YOUIl CREST and WHAT
* f IS YOUR MOTTO? Send nunie and county, to
cut. LUTON’S Heraldic Office. Plain - ketch. 3# «.d.; col.»Unl,?l.
The arm* of man and wife blended. Crest .engraved on euli,
ringa. iKMik#. and #teel ilira. M. lid. Gold m at. witli rreat. J»
Solid Gold Ring. Id-carat. Ilall-niarked, with erert. 42a. Manual
of Heraldry, ti*i Engraving#. 3*. nd.—T. CULLETON. l'>. Cran-
bourn-#trret (corner of 6t. MaitlnVIaue). , \
C ULLETON’8 QUIN E A B O X of
STATIONERY contains * Beilin i-l th# very lie*t Paper and
V" Envel.i|>ea, all .tnmpiil iri Uio lu^aftalrgnnt way witli
and Motto, Moiiiigram. oi
Die Included. Senttoanj
■li, Cranboiirn-itrect <c
ddrb*» r rilid tdio engia> I ng.ol steel
irt for l’ O'O'.ier.—T. CULLETON.
t. Muitinla-tane).
VISITINC
V Fifty bw
Engraving of
iMManl Envelopes,''
Seal Engraver, U. I
CARDS, by CULLETON.
I«llty/-21. Hd.,/ jmst-free. Inelndlng tho
r-plate. vveddriig thud., 60 well, fin Em-
Ifh Malden Name. 13a. id.-T. COLLETON,
lurn-strcvt. St. Vlartln’s-lsne, W.C.
CURED BY
| \R. DUNBAR’S ALKARAM, or
J J AiiH-CatarrhSmoUlng-Bottle.
YLKARAM. qolds.
LKARAM. • QOLDS.
^LKARAM. QOLDS.
I F inhaled ou the first symptoms, ALK A RA M
will atonre srrwl lliem, and cure severe en'ea In half an
hour. Sold by all Chemists. It. -I s IbAt o. Address, Dr. Duiilnir.
rate of Messrs F. Ncwbery and Sons. L King lilward #t. I..C.
OMYKRSAIXY PRESOR1HXD BY Till* FACULTY.
A luxalitoaud refiesluu* ■
Fruit Lozenge.
For CONSTIPATION.
ltainnrrlmhD.
Ililc, llendoche.
Lo>« of Appetite,
Cerebi,i. O nc.sUon.
Preinreil by K. GUII.LoN,
Chetui-tof the Purls Faculty,
et, <Jue. ii-*trvet. City,
taimlon. ,
Tamar, unlike pill, and the.usual Pur¬
gative#. I* arree.ll le t.» Like, and never
nndarr* irritation, nor Interferes witli
biitineea'nr pleusurc.
Sold by all Chemltt. nut Druggists. 2s. Cd. a Box,
Stamp Include.),
'JpAMAR
JNDIEN
QR1LL0N.
I) L A I R’S
** GOUT
FILL S.
J AY’S, It E G E N T - S T It E E T.
C
HiEPE IMPERIAL.
NEW MATERIAL FOR MOURNING WEAR.
“\| ESS RS. JAY, of Regent-street,
-i-V-L L.ndtni, haveSeca>«l n novel mniiutacture for black.
It Is all Wool.'and jot looks exactly like ertpo. as It lias the
crinkled nr cihn|nd surface wlilcli la liiM'parable from tint
fabric. It Is S"Pd and ne-st durable, talng free from theelastl.ity
of tbo more pcrlsliublu silk erfipo which It so closely reacinhlra,
and yet It I* glossy. It appears under tho name of ‘Crtpo
1 ni|M*i*bil.’ and I# miule up effectively into costume# for deep
inourtiiag, when It i* no' cmiipnlsory to trim with erVpe. The
llnu slionl.l be rnngmtnlntrd mi Introliidng u rubric which will
answer for tho doolievt mourning dress, niul will wrnraa long ns
tho mourner elect# to use it."—Extract from •• The Queen ”
newspaper.
MOURNING FOR FAMILIES.
M ESSRS. JAY’S Experienced
DltE'SMAKKB8 end MILLINERS travel to any part
Of the klngilom. free of expense to purchaser". They take with
them drewetaiid millinery, lo-ides palirrusof mstarisls, nt Is.
per yard and upwards, all marked Iu plain Hgurea. and at the
Nime prices# II purelinMii at tlio war. house In Itegent-strevt.
Reasonable estlrnntea are *lx> given for Household Mourning,
at a gieat saving Lr large or small families. Funerals at stated
charge* conducted In Inndon or country.
JAY’S.
TUE LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE.
REGENT-STREET. W.
TOIIN BROGDF.N,
tf ART GOLDSMITH.
GOOD I.UCK IIOIISKSIIOR
72-CAHAT GOLD WEDDING ICINGS.
PROTECTED BY ItllUlsTKUKD TRADE-MARK.
*. GRAND UoTEL-UU ILDING8. Cl IA ICING-CROSS.
WALKER’S CRYSTAL CASE WATCHES
' f are iuiwrve-lhfg all otliers. Prize M.<t*l#-l»ndon. IKU3:
I’urla, I»r7. Silver Watches.from (4 l».; Gold, from MM. Price-
List* sent free.—77, Cornhill; nud 230. Regent-street.
T7LKINGTON nnd CO.
A-J ELECTRO PL
rrO FAT PERSONS.—How to remove
A superfluous fat. cure *b -Ity, anil Improve tbo hmllh
»I’bout aeiiil-»talV4t|.'n dietary rs- faUgning exerche. by I'. 0.
lil’SSKLL ‘bite ut IS. Gower atpoti. Ri-cipe and other »«r-
11. ulars Will be *ent fnv on r«e.pt of "tamped envelope to IT.
Rl'SsELL. Woburn House. Storo-it., Iledronl-aq., Loudon, W.C.
GOUT AND RHEUMATISM.
Pure. »*fe. and effectual. No restraint
of diet r~| ulnil during uae.
All cbeiuhta, at I*. IpL and talk!, per
Bo*.
ATE.
SILVER PLATE.
CLOCKS and BRONZES.
T7LKINGT0N and CO. "
-Li TJWTIMONTAL PLATE.
CUTLERY. Ac.
Ilfliftrutad GatAloRUes inut-free.
ELK IN'GTON and CO ,ltegrnt-rt.; or 42. Muorgiita-atoOity.
M
EARS nnd * 8TAIN1I A N K,
CHURCH BELLS, witli Fitting" and Frame*,
Founder# of many ol tlio
BEST K N OWN l'EALS
In England and the Colonies, locluillug tb«
BEACXlShFlEI.D MEMORIAL PEAL. I8S4.
Ear ‘mates and Plan* on application.
BELL FOUNDRY (Eatbrt. IT.W). *ir.Whltacha|«;l roiid. London.
*—-—-
1)0WLAN US’ MACASSAR OIL for the
JLv Hair Contain" nobador polaonou* In.-redlent*.and
ran lio had in a golden oolour/poclnlly lecoin mended
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DRAWN BY HAL LTTDLOW.
I have come on business. My name is Francis Carew.
OF SAND.
BY R. E. FRANCILLON,
uthor of '* Strange Waters." “ Olympia," " A Real Queen," &c.
CHAPTER XXXlfV;
A MODERN UL.YSSKS.
TORE JULIOT,
in short, hncl gone
through more
changes in n few
short months than
had been remem¬
bered by the very
oldest inhabitant in
some fourscore pre¬
vious years. Were
it not for Oxhoru,
Wracks tone, and
the Vicar, the place
would hardly have
recognised its own
image. The Derricks
had been swept away
—the father by death,
the (laughter by some yet
greater mystery. Cucumber
Jack had disappeared from
the woods, more completely
than old Ilomeck from the sands. A.
Captain from London and n gamekeeper
from Kent had come and laid gone. A
»t range Vernon had succeeded a Carew at
llornacombe.
The Parson’s news, one may be sure,
took no long time to spread through the
S irish that the young Squire lmd avoided
/ to fall into n French one — out of the
frying-pan into the fire. Now, Stoke Juliot, for certain local
reasons, was not so ignorant of the personal appearance of a
Frenchman as were many otherwise better instructed parts of
England at that day. It knew, at any rate, that a French¬
man was neither an* ogre nor a baboon. That he must needs
be either barber or dancing-master never entered its mind:
for I doubt if it knew of the existence of such professions, and
the Frenchman whom Stoke Juliot knew was a Breton sailor
of un exceptionally enterprising kind. Nor, for similar reasons,
was the patriotism of the place particularly strong. Both
Breton sailor and Stoke Juliot fishermen lmd one natural
enemy, the Custom-House : one common friend and goddess,
the moon. Nevertheless, while n prison of any sort sounded
bad enough, a French prison sounded more repulsive still.
Francis Carew’s fellow-parishioners pictured to themselves the
young man buried in a dungeon and loaded with chains,
starved, and deprived of light and air, without so much as u
draught of cider to comfort him, not to speak of ale.
It is always pleasant to think of a neighbour in such a
plight: it gives a self-congratulating flavour to our own cider
and ale. So the myth grew and multiplied, till it bade fair
to take its place beside the legend of old llorueck, the vanish¬
ing of that young witch, Nance Derrick, before the Parson’s
learning, the wonderful exploits of Cucumber Jack, and all
the many matters that were rendering Stoke Juliot a very
wonderland in its own eyes. But if those eyes could only have
seen in what sort of a prison Francis Carew was really con¬
fined, those dull brown eyes would have opened indeed.
They would have seen a cloudless expanse of sky bluer
than the eyes of Miss Openshaw. As fair and fertile a prospect
ns the world contains would spread out beneath the blue- n
vast region of undulating meadow, laid out by Nature’s own
hand in her most generous humour, broken by lakes and
streams, and bordered by giant mountains, forest clothed.
Parson Pengold had once quoted the tradition that Stoke
Juliot was the last place God made and the first the devil
would take. The very contrary must here—to all seeming —
have been true. Instead of the dry patches of inclosed moor
which the Parson’s enemies, the farmers, called fields and
tilled with the very literal sweat of their brows, Nature her¬
self had turned farmer, ns if in defiance of the curse of Eden :
instead of such grim and twisted black rocks as Oxbom and
its fellows, or such dead wastes as Homacombe sands and
dunes, were swelling hills resembling the multitudinous
breasts of the ancient earth-goddess, and shining peaks that
seemed formed to be pillars of the skies.
If this was a prison, then indeed the litany for all prisoners
and captives would be fairly thrown away upon Francis Carew
of Homacombe.
For he was riding, at a leisurely pace, by a bridle track
across this same green Savannah and under that bluest of skies.
Perhaps it was he who drew that comparison between the
heaven of Hispaniola and the eyes of a girl four thousand
miles away. If he did not, lio assuredly failed in the duty of
n true knight and lover: ns, thus far at least, he had
assuredly not done.
His plan of travel had been laid out with all the qoursge of
ignorance. It was simply to visit every island in the West
Indies, every habitation in every island, and, if further need
were, to deal with a whole continent in the same way. It
might take long—for that lie was prepared. It must cost
much—for that he was provided. But if it took half his life
and all his estate, the ropes of sand must bo woven : the task
must Ik* achieved. None of the real difficulties came into sight
during the voyage of the Maiden. On the contrary, he bad
been on fair terms with Captain Tres trail and on excellent
terms with the crew until the schooner sailed us innocently
into the port of San Sebastian ns if she had the best conscience
in the world. His only real t rouble hud been his companion.
The farther the Maiden carried Cucumber Jack from Stoke
Juliot. woods, the more thickly and persistently gathered the
clouds over the fellow’s brain. It became simply impossible
to realise that the helpless lubber of the Maiden was that same
(Continued on page < 09 . J
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Cucumber Ju k who had be. n nicknamed fi r li's »oo'.ness,
nnd whose wealth of resource uu 1 lightness of heart l-’rnncis hiul
secu of old with his own eyes. 11 was of course but natural that
a landsman should fall ill before Hurtland Point came in sight,
and remain in abject misery long after it was left behind. But
no such common weakness could uccount for a shameless dread
of the sea itself that would have disgraced a woman or a child.
Even after he recovered, he spent his hours crouched up in the
most obscure corner he could find below, where lie could
escape the sight of the expanse of waters that appeared to
overwhelm his whole being. He shuddered and trembled at
the creaking timbers: at the approach of any man save
Francis: but most of all at the sight of Trestrail, the skipper,
whose verj' neighbourhood, or the sound of whose voice, would
make him visibly quiver and turn pale. That such a lubber
ns this was treated with any sort of mercy by such a crew as
the Maiden's could only be due to some superstitious sense of
mystery.
’ It was when Francis Carew, ignorant of every language but
his own English, found himself in a foreign country, and all alone
save for a helpless inenbus that he could not retain without
grievous cmbnrrassment or tlirow over without brutality — it
wa< then that his troubles began indeed, and that he became
aware of the whole nature of the task he had undertaken for
Mabel. He could no more kick off this comrade of his than
lie could a dog—and yet such an incumbrance could hardly
fail t> double the difficulties of his task and make it at least
twice as long. The uumelces vagabond showed no sign, even
when his foot touched firm land ugain, and when Captain
Trestrail was no longer in the way, of coming out of his cloud.
To Francis some portion of the man seemed to have fallen
asleep altogether, leaving awake only such faculties as were
needful to keep him alive. Had Francis's list of words con¬
tained any of five syllables, “somnambulism” would have
been a godsend, by way of enabling him ut any rate to give a
name to the fellow's condition, while leaving it just as past
understanding us before. Yet he hud nt least one virtue:
though even that seemed to be but part and purcel of his
cloud, lie, the once free outlaw of the woods, would come to
Francis’s least word, look, or sign, like a dog to a whistle, and
obey orders os if he were a fuithful hound in the likeness of a
man. Or (had Frauds ever heard of such tilings) it was as
if he were in u •mesmeric trance, and so enslaved. His per¬
formance with the key at Barnstaple had been his last flash of
native thought: his attempt to escape from Captain Trestrail,
the sea, and the Maiden his last effort to assert an independent
will, llis muster made every effort to stir him out of tliis
lethargy ; but all in vuin. When not executing orders
like a ‘machine, lie crouched away into any convenient
comer, or otherwise sought to effuce liimsclf, watching his
master’s eyes, but with no human light in his own. Even so
does a dog watch and a dog follow: and so would a dog obey
if a (log lmd hands.
Throughout the long journey that hud brought him from
Stoke Juliot to Cuba, from Cuba to Jnmaicu, from Jamaica to
Hispaniola, Francis had seven times a week been tempted to
rid himself of llis incumbrance: and, ut first, might have
done so had opportunity offered. But, us time went on, want
of opportunity Decame joined with want of will. Francis had
from nis childhood lived for himself alone, for to live for Mabel
meant the same thing. But so are we made that the most
selfish of us cannot begin to help the helpless without going
OU, nud on, nnd on. Francis ceased not to complain, to
grumble, mid to swear: but he no more practically thought of
pitching llis burden overboard thun of deserting his toil for
Mabel—the one impossible thing in the whole world. If only
this helpless, useless, hopeless vagabond would run away : or,
better still, if Cucumber Jack would only fall into the hands
of Yellow Jack and die ! But there was no such luck. It was
only too clear that a dog would be more likely to run away
fromliis master than Cucumber Jackfrom Francis G’urew—and
as for dying, the brute had not been unwell for a single minute
ashore. ’
So these uncomrade-like comrades rode across the Savannah,
as they had rode many a day before elsewhere; Francis in
front nud observant—the other passively following, with slack
bridle und slouching feet, nud with dull, filmy eyes that never
once wandered to the landscape from the back of Francis
Carew. Tlu-re is no need to say of what Francis was thinking :
there was but one thought in the world for him. Still less
need is there to guess what occupied his dog’s mind: for there
could be nothing but mental vacancy behind such eyes as those.
The track presently led them to the* marshy border of the lake /
but as the meadow became more marshy, the path broadened
and bettered till marsh and meadow together broke into a
stretch of cotton field.
There was no longer anything unfamiliar to the Squire of _
Homacombe in the sight of West Indian farming. It did
strike him, there fora, us peculiar that the lmlf-naked negroes,
who should at that hour and season have been busy;with their
hoes, were taking mutters as easily us if they were a party Of *
Stoke Juliot fishermen when there was neitherstorm uormoon.
Some were lying on their backs, or in other uttitudes of more
or less picturesque luziiiess: others were in chattering and
gesticulating groups : all were ns idle as the sun was high.
Nor was it only because the eat was awuy that the mice Were
playing. A big mulatto, with u long bamboo that suflicientlv
denoted his office, was engaged, so far front putting the stick
to its proper use, in balancing it upou the tip of his forefinger
and trying to transfer it thence to the tip of a nose eminently
adapted, bv reason of its breadth and flatness, to feuts of
^Francis was a man of his time—“X shouldlike to have five
minutes with that bamboo,” thought he\ V* A queer kind of a
plantation this must be.” He rode up to the mulatto, just as
the latter was getting the cane well upon mu’ nose.
“Los Bouquets ? ’ uskedhe.
Balked in the monient'Of'Mucess, the overseer caught the
cans as it was falling, strode to the nearest group of chatterers,
and sent them flying to their lions, tumbling over one another
pell-mell and head over heels, but lnughiug all the while as if
the mulatto’s baths and slashes were the best fun in the world.
Arrived nt their posts, they set to work furiously for a second
or two: then faced round und grinned while the bamboo came
down upon the broad back of a negro asleep upou his face, mid
make lmn yell, and turn round to take out the rest of his sleep
eyes upwards.
The overseer, having vindicated diw iplin© in the eyes of
t 1 ,!-' stranger, strode buck with a iron pos.ty of carriage beyond
describing. He mode no salutation with his ragged broad-
brimmed "hut, but pointed to the general distance with liis
bamboo as if it had been a field marshal's baton: and—
•• Lcs Bouquets 1 ” said he.
*‘Lc Sieur Castellan?” asked Francis — whose French lmcl
to be economised carefully: like his purse, which was dwindling,
despite h(s travels having been in those hospitable lands
where every man’s house was un inn, with the difference that
there was nothing to pay.
“ Lc Citoi/cn Castellan ! ” proclaimed the mulatto, throwing
buck bis head and folding his arms.
Though French wus still new to him, Francis had picked
np enough Spanish to usk for a guide to the house, and was
supplied with seven: one official, and six volunteers to help
him. Les Bouquets, the house which gave its name to the
plantation, proved to be u veritable mansion, nowhere higher
than one story, and therefore covering a lurge extent of ground.
It looked a mass of terraces and verandahs, with here and there
a pointed turret or u gable, suggesting memories of a French
chateau. But no French chateau, not the noblest, enjoyed
such a prospect as Les Bouquets. The builder, whoever he
was, must have aimed ut the creation of u domestic paradise,
so far as that could be secured by a landscape embracing
mountain, lake, streum, and plain, all in tropical glory. Not
another human dwelling was in sight: the owner of Les
Bouquets might imagine himself a King of Eden. Nor was
there anything like park or garden to take away from the
impression that the domain extended as far us the eye could
sec, and farther still. The entire landscape wus the garden of
Les Bouquets.
Un drawing close to the mansion, however, elements came
into sight mid hearing less attractive to British eyes. A swarm
of naked children of all ages, black, yellow, and brown, vin¬
dicated their right to share in the ownership of Les Bouquets
by rolling, scrambling, nnd tumbling over the veranduhs, and
in and out of the doors and even of the windows, chattering
and screaming in their negro French us if the millennium of
parrots hud come. Then, moreover, field cultivation, and this
of u slovenly kind, had been brought too near to the doors—
•* Les Bouquets ” proved something of u misnomer, after all:
and there was altogether too much litter, huuiun und other¬
wise, to be passed before reaching the great open door which
might liuve belonged to a palace, it was so high and so wide.
Wealth seemed to have overflowed—that was the impression
the whole place gave. Francis and his shadow were ut once
surrounded by a little mob, that had to be charged by his
coal black guide with kicks und cuffs before he could reach the
door. If want of shyness be a token of innocence, Les
Bouquets must have been a very Eden of Innocence indeed.
Before he could speak, his horses were led off by at least a
dozen grooms apiece: and Ix-fore he could get himself an¬
nounced, lie and his companion found themselves in an apart¬
ment which was apparently half open verandah, half boudoir.
And before he could more? tlum glance ut the noble vi^vMyhich
it gave, liis riding-boots were in one pair of brown hands, bis
liat in unotlier, his whip in a third, und a strange cold drink
was running down his throat with u flavour to which Nectar’s
must liuve been but that of the smallest ale. The hospitality
was swift und sudden : but it was plainly the first law of that
land.
By the time his draught was over, hands, boots, hut, und)
whip had vanished—though not silently—and hi 1 found liini-
selt in the presence of u tall, grave, grey-lmired gmtletnmi,
with bright, keen, quick eyes, s'rung un-English features,
and a bearing of courteous dignity, dressed entirely for cool¬
ness mul ease, but without omitting us innch elcgmice as
perfect euse will allow.
“ Monsieur Castellan ? ” asked Francis. \ \- A /
“Helot ! ” said the other. ' ‘ Mon*ieur'dZuMan — But
Monsieur is English?” he asked, suddenly, jji a foreign
accent, but still in Francis Carew's own native tongue. “If
it is any inconvenience to Monsieur trf'speak French—never
mind: all right: I speak English like tynatif— what you call
like an oyster— I."
“ How the deuce can lienee I can’t speak French,” thought
Francis, “when I haven’t even tried? ’’ But the relief at not
having to try wus too great to make him feel touchy on that
score. " I um come on business—mV name is Francis Carew.
I am making search for the parentage of a young lady, Miss
Mabel Openshnw. By great gocxl fortune, I found at
Matanzas, in the Island of Cuba, an old priest, who hud known
un English lady so named, of his religion, living apart from
her husband and with u littleLgirl: but he was very old, and
could tell me nothing worth knowing but that she* had been
his penitent, and had a friend—a lady from Hispaniola, named
Madame Castellan, who knew nil that was to be known—and
so" - /
The Frenchman's ears belonged to Francis; but his eyes
were sending wandering flashes to where Francis's companion
stood with his chin upou his breast, and gazed fixedly at
nothing,
“ Alas, Monsieur ! ” said he, “Madame Castellan, of Ix-s
Bouqitefcs, is dead -deud these fourteen years ago. Aiul
Monsieur Castellan beside ! ”
CHAPTER XXXV.
A NEW PATIE.N T.
Cun any lover imagine a much more cruel blow ?
Fallen upon the right truck by extraordinary good luck,
how could one so full of confident hope as Francis imagine that
the young woman (as ho knew Madame Castellan to have
been) should be dead and buried, while the old priest, who
knew nothing else to the purpose, was still alive ? Aiul now
(lie one clue was broken in two.
“It distresses me the heart,” said the Frenchman,
courteously. “ I have not known Madame Castellan, though
I um her "son-in-law: so I liuve never heard speak of the
English lady, and Madame Carrel, my wife, is too young for
to remember when she was in Cuba, where she was bom. Is
it of great import—this affair?”
“ Only the most important thing in the world,” said
Francis, with a heavy sign.
" Ah, Monsieur! But then so many things ure the most
important of the world. This is question of some great
heritage ? ”
“ I don't know,” said Francis, disconsolately. “ But it ’»
natural that a girl should wish to know who she is”
“ And that a young gentleman should sail half round tin-
world in time of war to learn. That is true. It distresses me
the heart, Monsieur, once more—if you are- lover twice: if
you are Englishman, three times. Though I um French, the
English are of my best friends. I am a man of science: not
a man of war: and Science, she knows not France and Fug-
laud : she knows but nature und limn. So long us man is mad,
it is nothing to me where he is born. You are ffentilAounut
.luff/ait —it is enough for Jacques Cam-1. Pardon me, while I
inform Madame she has guests: she will be charmed.”
Francis had become accustomed to t he prodigal hospitality
of the plantations, where every man’s door stood open freely
to all the world, and where the arrival of a stranger, whoever
he might be, was u gift from the outer, world not to be let slip
by. It would have surprised him, by this time, if he hua
received less welcome from un unknown host than if he laid
been uu honoured lrieud: und he certainly had no reason to
rate the hospitality of Lea Bouquets lower tlinn his best ex¬
periences in that way. His host, as did not always happen, was
a polished, if somewhat peculiar gentleman: his hostess
proved a charming lady, who could speak English enough to
show thut she wus superlatively amiable in all languages —
which is more thun many people contrive to show themselves
in one. Ifouly he could have found something better amid
the luxury of Les Bouquets than a grave !
In one respect Dr. Carrel of Les Bouquets pushed courtesy
to mi altogether remarkable extreme. He made no inquiry
whatever as to Francis's companion, or even fished for r.u
introduction—he left everything to his guest ns though n
guest’s very silence were a law not to be broken. Nor, on
similnr occasions, lmd Cucumber Jack proved so troublesome
to deni with ns might be supposed. He lmd n marvellous
talent, or rather instinct, for effacing himself—he would
always find out some comer somewhere where lie could
become practically invisible, though always reappearing (worse
luck) when it was time for boot and'saddle. He passed
vaguely for Francis’s servant, and his silence, in the French
und Spanish colonies ut least, passed for the result of knowing
no langimge but his own. Besides, a Briton was privileged
to be eccentric all over the world. Nevertheless, Monsieur
Corew’s volet had never excited so little curiosity as at Les
Bouquets. After the first few glances of the host's quick
eyes, he was allowed to vanish as lie pleased. In short, it
seemed as if Francis might have-brought a goblin for an
attendant without its being thought anything out of the way.
However, it proved to be from anything but reticence that
Doctor Carrel refrained from asking questions. No doubt life
in nil island Paradise. uloiic with the woman one loves, ought
to satisfy the most exactiug: still, Jacques Carrel was both a
Frenchman and n physician, and m .both capacities was not
displeased by a little social distraction, once in a way. Madame
had all lie laid to ,«oy~by heart: so that even an unlearned
provincial Englishman was ut any rate a new whetstone for
miml and toughed “Yes—the English interest me pro¬
foundly,” suid lie,' us host, hostess, and guest sat smoking (ull
three of them) in the verandah, after an evening meal cooked
and served with an Apk m-.i perfection such as Francis had
never before met with in all his travels. “They are perhaps
not more mad than the other nations: but it is always in a
fashion of their own. Nationality in Lunacy is my grand
ftude, Monsieur. I have collect the material in -Nantes, in
Paris, in Loudon, , in the Hague, in New Orleans, umong
Europe, Africa, ^America, and among Asia, if one counts the
Jews: und I write my opus magnum, my chef d'trurre, here,
Where none shall disturb ”- -
" ' y “ And she ik very pretty, very charming, this young lady?”
interrupted Madame, interpreting her most un-English English
by her big black eyes. "All, but ves — the young heroes do
-not go round of the world for the uglies : no.”
^reTlje miul Englishman is the madman par excellence ,” re¬
sumed the Doctor. “It is because he have so small esprit.
Nobody with esprit overgoes mad much, because he is always
mad a little: ho is some mad every day, so lie never gets into
arrears. I, for example, um a little mad every day. But the
man without esprit, your John Bull veritable, he must be nnul
in the lump” -
“And she lias hairs of gold, und eyes of blue, and cheeks
of rose,” said the lady. “I know. If 1 were young hero,
ah ! that I would adore les blondes ! ” exclaimed the brunette,
with ecstasy.
“And if she is woman, she must be mad In the lump too.
It is in an Englishwoman I have found my prize. Figure
yourself, Monsieur, figure yourself an Anglaise, a paysanne,
who, with no more esprit than a cow, or of reading, or of what
you will, thinks herself tortiire— witch, what you say: tlio
middle age come back to life out of liis grave. It is my great
case : my great case of madness, and my great ease of cure.
She is no more toreiire, in fine, no more mad: just a good nnd
honest girl. And why was she miul once ? Because she hud
no esprit. And why is she mad no more ? Because I give her
esprit —because I make her to keep the company of Madame,
who bus all the esprit of till the world. Oni, won enfant : -'cut
vrai .”
Madame laughed. “Poor Nanette!” said she. “You
must know, Monsieur, it is the Doctor’s own mad, which he
takes day by day, to think his own wife oil so beautiful nnd
so wise! ”
“The middle age would lmve burnt her : the priests, they
would make her worse: your vulgar physician, he would shut
her up till she would never be cured. They would say, the
brain has disease. Bah ! 11 is not the brain : it is because
the brain is not full of the right thiugs: so the wrong things
have to come in. I do not burn : I do not preach, nor juggle:
I do not confine. I put in the right things, so the wrong
things lmve to go. I moke her read all the fanciful things:
I talk to her: 1 make her wait on Madame: I teach her
l-’reneh, English, history, fable, science, the belles let/res : I
make her think : enfin, I make her dream. When n lunatic
c r-ams, he is cured. For what is to be mad, but to dream?
1 he sane, they dream at the right time, when they sleep : the
insane, they sleep without dreams : nud so they dream with
their open minds. We must all Ik- mod, Monsieur. What is
to be sane? To be mad at the right, time. Wlmt is to be
mad ? To be? sane at the wrong.”
Hitherto the talk had been of a nature to make Francis’s
own brain swim. He would lmve much preferred a tete-d-tite
with Madame, who seemed so ready to discuss wlmt was next
liis heart, and from whose lips he somehow felt sure of
sympathy, if not of lu-lpful counsel, But something in the
Dot-tor’s last words passed beyond his outer ears ; nnd ho con¬
trived to put in a wort! of liis own before Madame.
“ Then a man who seems to live in a dream—that is a mad¬
man ? ” asked he.
“ Probably, Monsieur. But of course there nr.- degrees.”
“ I mean a case — I mean where nurnu travels through all
sorts of new scenes nnd places, and notices none: where liis
dulness mid melancholy become miserable to see: where h«
seems to have neither ears nor eyes: where he is not like a
man, but more like a dog, if you am make out what 1 menu—
and yet this man, one who lias been all that he is not now, nnd
nothing that he is "
"And yet a voyager, you say? Does all this grow, the
more lie goes away ? ”
"More and more everyday. He is more dead than alive,
except when on the sea ” -
“ And then?”
“ He is prostrate with mortal fear.”
“Ah. Apathy— melancholy, increasing daily, though not
congenital : morbid terror of the sea. Does lie eat— drink-
sleep? Does he grow pale and lean ? ”
"He drinks nothing: he eats as much ns a fly. As for
sleep — I don’t know what he docs nt night, but he dors nothing
else by day—if sleeping it cun be culled.”
“The poor man ! It is that lie is in love ! ” said Maclaine.
“ No." said Francis. “ It is not that, I can swear.”
“ Is lie criminal ? ” asked the Doctor.
“No ! ” answered Francis, stoutly.
“ He has lost liis money, may be ? ”
“ He never had a penny to lose: indeed, he 1ms not a single
trouble—not u single cure."
“Assuredly — if it is not woman, nor gold, nor the crime
which never comes but from one of these two. Then in that
case, Monsieur, I can put my finger upon the trouble of your
friend—nay, I put him there while you were telling him your
Own. It is Xosta/gic."
“ Nost-?”
“ What you call homesick: that is the Xostalgie."
“ Homesick ? ” asked Francis. "Why, I thought that was
a fancy of babies—us if a grown mail would whine and go off his
Tin-'. ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Nov. 8, 1884.— 460
1. Gcncnil View of Interior. ?. Holy Water font. 3. On.- of the Conf&wionnK I. Altar in St. Wilfrid's Clmpel.
fi. AJUir of Bt. JoBoidi. "• Altar of Our Lftdjr. 7. High Altar in Hunctuary. B. Altar of St. Mury Mugdulcu.
THK ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE ORATORY, 80UT11 KENSINGTON.
“THE NEAREST WAY OUT 18 THE FARTHEST WAY HOME.”
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Nov.
462
TttU ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 8, 1884
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»• rm <>f their New M»terl*l« tor
tl a ijivernt n-»*on. The** ary for-
|»mt-frce. t-.^etlirr with
tin- 111 mtr..tel 1 'rtor-l.l.t; oon-
Uinlnir L'jO EintreTins*. illa*-
trotink fhe tnoet In.lilonnM.- and
Im.-umlAs? stYlee'of'Coetom* for
llrlltlrmni. Ledle*. \
fexl because he was in one place instead of another. And
besides—the man I speak of has no home.”
“ No matter. It Is the Homesick, all the same. And it is
no fancy, Monsieur. Sometimes it kills. You get to breatho
ou3 sort of air till you can breathe no other: your blood
poisons: you become poilrinaire, or your brain softens: nnd
yo.i die.”
“Good God!” exclaimed Francis, to whom nil this was
new. “ Is there no cure ? ”
“It used to be common with the Swiss Guard, of the
ancient regime. They would have it like an epidemic : so the
raus den caches would make them cry. For a cure—no doubt
iIi tc is a cure. I must take this case: I am glad you arc
come. We will have your valet here, and wo will see.
Antoinette — I am in the way of luck : u case of Nostalgic that
has gone to the brain ! We will light the lamp, und proceed
to dia gnosis upon the field ! ”
Madame tinkled a little bell that stood on a small table near
lu-r hand.
“ We will have light. Nanette,” said she, in French, as
soon us tile slight rustic of a dress was heard in the shadow of
tli3 veinndah. “ And find the valet of the English gentleman,
and bid him come.”
“ He’s easier to look for than to find,” said Francis, catch¬
ing enough of her meaning — Mndame’s voice was singularly
easy to und -rstond.
Nanette had not l>ceu u moment fetching the lump. Hut
no sooner had its light appeared than it fell out of her hands
with a crush: and all'was dark again. Nance Herrick had
known the voice of Francis Carow.
(7V> be continued,)
“NEAREST WAY OUT, FARTHEST WAY
HOME.”
'fhe truth of this old country proverb, at least under the per¬
plexing conditions of nn attempted short cut across a flooded
plain, is disagreeably illustrated by experience of a solitary
hor-enuiu who figures in our Artist’s drawing. lie is a
gentleman of the Inst century, when much ordinary journey¬
ing was done on horseback, and in returning from a distant
visit he has presumed too hastily upon his acquaintance with
the district, knowing that there was n bridle-path through the
liiarsli-meadows mid round the willow-copse, by which he
could save two miles of the tedious high road. Hut lie did not
reckon with the probable state of the ground after many
days of heavy mm in November, and lie now seems to
have lrtst the path, which lies somewhere beneath twelve
inches of water, nnd to bo anxiously picking the steps
among tufts of sedge, qunking bits of turf, and strips of moist
grass intermixed with reeds and rushes, where the uneasy
tread of lila frightened steed, bespattering the rider with mud
as he plunges slowly forward, may presently lend to a slip uiul
roll him over into the water-holes of the surrounding mornss.
These distressing circumstances must cause our lonely traveller
sonic repentnnt thoughts and wishes that he had kept to the
beaten rond, by w hich he would have trotted safely along to the
speedier termination of his journey. A “short cut” is seldom
found expeditious when the chnucea of nil favourable accident,
of bad Weather nnd bad footing, arc not prudently tukeu into
account. We only hope that he will get out of this mess
without a thorough wetting, and with no injury to himself or
to the horse he rides.
ART NOTES.
The Industrial and Archa>ological Exhibition at Wol¬
verhampton wus formally closed yesterday week by Lord
Wrottesley, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. The exhi¬
bition, which was opened on May 30, has been visited by nbout
360,000 persons, and the total receipts amount to £12,000.
On the results of the entrnuce examination of the Finsbury
Technical College, F. W. Le Toll, C. W. Grcenhill, E. Smith,
W. F. St. Stephens, and F. H. Newman, huvebeen elected by
the trustees of the Mitchell City of Ixmdon Charity to scholar¬
ships of £30 a year, tenable at the college for two years.
Yesterday week the auuual exhibition of the students’ prize
drawings hi connection with the Female School of Art was
opened at 43, Quecn’s-square, and remained on view Inst
Saturday. They form a fine collection, which, both in subjects
and the mode of execution, speaks well for the success of the
school. The honour-list is very extensive, several of the
students having carried off more than one prize. Among them
were the following scholarships:—Given by her Majesty the
Queen, value £60, Lydia B. King; the Gilchrist Scholarship,
£50 for two years, first year Alice Jacob, second, Lucy E.
Yarley; Atkinson’s, £25, Marion R. Ilenn; Cloth workers’,
£20, Edith Calvert; Hrightweu’s, £10, Emma Newcombe;
Harmless Burdett-Coutts’, £40, Lilian Cameron; Baroness
Burdett-Coutts*, £20, Gertrude Butler. The Queen’s Gold
Medal for group of oranges, &c., in water colour, A. W.
Hickson ; National Silver Medal for set of water-colour draw¬
ings, Ada Hum ; National Bronze Medal, for oil group, azaleas,
Ethel C. Nisbet and Lilinu Abraham; for pencil studies of
hands from life, Edith Calvert. National Queeu’s prizes:—
C. Jackman, M. A. Matthews, C. M. Newman, Edith Calvert,
Helen Condor, Marion If. Ilenn, Ethel C. Nisbet, Ethel Spillcr,
Annie Hickson.
The Lord Mayor yesterday week presented in the Egyptian
Hull of the Mansion House the prizes gained by the successful
competitors iu the exhibition of hand-turning in wood,
pottery, and precious stones, which has been held during the
{ mat few days iu the old Court of the Queen’s Bench, Guild-
mi!. The tirst prizes for wood and pottery were not awarded,
because the exhibits did not come up to the standards. The
first prize—a silver medal nnd freedom of the Company—for
precious stones nnd engraving in intaglio and cameo, was
gained by William E. Garritt. A silver medal placed by the
Turners’ Company at the disposal of the British Horologicol
Institute was given to Mr. J.Bumsdule for clockwork turning.
The other prizes of medals and various sums of money having
been distributed, the various judges, Colonel J. S. bandeman,
Sir C. II. Gregory, and Mr. J. Jones, made a few observations
upon the technical merits of the exhibits. The Lord Mayor
and Uaroness Burdett-Coutts nddressed the assembly, nnd
they nnd the other supporters of the exhibition received votes
of thunks for their assistance.
We are requested to state that the,$phool of Art Wood-
Curving at the Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, in connection
with the City and Guilds of London Institute for the
Advancement of Technical Education, has reopened for the
Winter Session with improved accommodation for pupils. Full
particulars of the classes/ and the lessons by correspondence,
also as to work executed in the school, can be had from the
manager. We may odd that the school has been awarded u
silver medal in the Educational Section of the International
Health Exhibition, and the following students have also
obtained honours:— Mis3 M. E. Reeks, silver medal; Miss H.
E. Wulmb, bronze medal; Mr. D. Chisholm, bronze medal,
The school also gained the highest award for wood-cnrviug, a
silver medal, at the Art Exhibition held at Eastbourne.
A marble bust of the Archbishop of York, by Mr. Onslow,
the cost of which has been raised by subscriptions, was
presented by Earl Fitzwilliam to Mrs. Thomson at the Palace,
Bishopthorpe, last week. A bust of Cardinal Manning lias
been modelled by Mr. Angelo Beck, to whom his Eminence
f ave five sittiugs. A copy of the bust has been placed in the
taliuu church, Hnttou-gardeu, and was unveiled on Monday
evening by Mr. T. P. O’Connor, M.P. The Duke of Richmond
and Gordon was waited npou at Gordon Castle, Banffshire,
last week, by about 600 of his tenantry, and presented with a
life-size portrait of himself, painted by Mr. George Reid,
R.S.A., Aberdeen. The tenants were afterwards entertained
at luncheon by the Duke. At a meeting of the Tredegar Hunt
at Newport lust week, Lord Tredegar, was presented with Ilia
portrait by the members mid their friends. A life-size portrait
in oils of Sir W. G. Armstrong, subscribed for by the public
in recognition of his many acta of munificence and philanthropy
to Newcastle-on-Tyne, nnd of his eminence as a citizen and
inventor, was last week presented to the Mayor of Newcastle
on behalf of the city. The artist was Mrs. S. E. Waller.
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE
ORATORY.
The new Church of the Oratory, at South Kensington, hus
been erected at a cost of nbout £80,000, from the designs of
the architect, Mr. Herbert Gribble, to whom the first prize was
awarded iu the competition six years ago. The style is that
known as the Italian Renaissance, and resembles very much the
churches of St. Andrewof the Valley, St. Iguatius, and the Gesu
at Romo. Iu size itcannot rival the dimensions of a cathedral,
but it is amply sufficient for the requirements of the congre¬
gation, measuring in length some 270 ft., while its width
reaches that of 130 ft. It coutuius nine spacious and lofty
chapels mid an altar-place, a largo sanctuary, fucristies, and
stores. The interior presents a nave 51 ft. wide nnd 73 ft. high.
It is adorned with fine columns and pilasters, the latter of tho
Corinthian order and 40 It. Ugh, the marble being in solid
masses, nnd many of the stones weighing three tons each. The
cupola, which measures 53 ft. interior diameter, rises about
160 ft. from the level of the floor, with a small gallery running
round on the inside cornice and u corresponding one outside.
It is intended to construct the outer cupola according to the
architect’s design, which will increase its diameter by 10ft., nnd
give an additional altitude of 25 ft., crowned with a light mid
delicate lantern, with a Portland atone arcade. The chapels,
named respectively those of St. Joseph, St. Patrick, St.
Mary Magdalen, the Calvary, the Chapel of Our Lady,
tlmt of the Dolours, that of the Sacred Heart, mid that
of St. Wilfrid, w ith the Sacristy, arc richly mid ap¬
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nn altar of inlaid marble from the Dominican Church of
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beautiful iu the world ; it is 20 ft. wide and 14 ft. high, adorned
with the most elaborate sculptures of figures, llowers, birds,
and other forms, iu a great variety of coloured marble and
stone. Ill the west transept a clmpel, dedicated to the patron
Saint of the order of St. Philip Non, will contain another grand
and beautiful altar, which is not yet finished, and the expense
of which is defrayed by the Duke of Norfolk.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 15, 18M
In tho canton of St. Gall, in Switzerland, it was
recently decided to establish capital punishment. This
was agreed to by tho “people,” with whom the matter
was treated almost os a party question. Tho excitement
on tho subject was engrossing, but the result was at
length arrived at, and considered, as a political victory by
tho interested parties. However, when tho iirst sentence
had been passed on an offender, it transpired that so
much attention had been paid to tho principle that no
mode of execution had been decided on. Not even a
S ublio executioner hail been appointed, so that tho con-
eiuned miscreant was kept waiting until some conclusion
had been arrived at as to whether he was to be destroyed
by gallows, guillotine, garotte, or shooting. So long a
time elapsed that tho Grand Council, being of opinion
that it would be inhuman to allow tho man to remain in
suspense, exercised its prerogative of mercy, and let him
free. To pass a law is one thing, but at the same time
to dovise a method of carrying it out would seem to bo
convenient. _
A large and wealthy city such as Glasgow might be
expected to take adequate care of such works of art as it
has acquired through Dequests and private generosity. It
canaot bo said to be an ornamental city; and of its few
art treasures tho collection of pictures in the Corporation
gallery is certainly tho most valuable. Last week it had
a narrow escape of being destroyed by firo, for tho gallery
is situated on the first floor of a building having shops
on tho ground floor. One of these took firo, and before
it was extinguished the flames penetrated the gallery
above. Fortunately, through the energy of the officials,
no damage was done to the pictures. But some valuable
specimens ascribed to Hobbema, Cuyp, Ruysdael, Teniers,
Van Dyck, and others were for some time in im¬
minent danger. Unlike the National Gallery collection,
none of these pictures havo cost the taxpayers any¬
thing, and therefore they can well afford to havo
them properly looked after and provido a secure home for
them. _
By tho death of Mr. Christopher Beckett Denison,
Loudon loses one of its richest amateur collectors of pic¬
tures and liigh-class bric-i-brac. Amongst his many
treasures wore iucluded pictures by Sir Peter Lely, Sir
Joshua Reynolds, Wilkie. Lawrence, and Greuze. He was
the largest non-professional purchaser at tho Duke of
Hamilton’s sale, at which ho bought, in addition to other
things, Rubens’ great work, “Daniel in the Lion’s Den.”
This chef-d’oeuvre is uow.lmnging in a picture gallery built
out at tho back of deceased’s residence in Upper Grosvenor-
street. So desirous was ho that nothing good and acces¬
sible should pass into other hands that his houso lmd
become a perfect pantechnicon of art. Even tho attics
and tho staircases leading to them are full of masterpieces
of china, brass-work, and pictures. Mr. Denison was also
a collector of rare jewels, and possessed a string of pcmls
supposed to be matchless. It is to bo hoped that tho
Rubens, which, however, is by no means the finest work
of that artist, will not jiass into foreign hands.
Miss Austen ranks with the very greatest of English
novelists. In her own line she is inimitable, and in her
tales she may bo said to havo invented a new pleasure.
There are readers who cannot appreciate tho charm of
“ Emma,” “ Pride and Prejudice,” and “Persuasion,” just
as there are doubtless readers who, if they spoke out
honestly, would agree with W r aller that “ Paradise Lost”
is chiefly remarkable for its length. There is no arguing
about matters of taste. If a man tells you he thinks
W r ordsworth a fool, you can only say “ Indeed!” Juno
Austen’s delightful humour, her subtle knowledge of
Nature, her consummate art, are, however, recognised by
almost everyone who loves literature for its own sake. It
is a pity, therefore, that we should bo compelled, by tho
publication of her correspondence, to judge her unfavoUr-x
ably. She wrote many pleasant letters to friends—every¬
thing she did indeed was lovablo and pleasant—but sho
wrote few letters worthy of publication. Her power lay
in another direction. \ \
Englishmen, for tho most part, cjuo little, because they
know little, about American politics. They believe, how¬
ever—what tho best and wisest Americans have acknow¬
ledged—that corruption in the political world 3ms of late
years become common, that politicsNaro regarded ns a
trade, und that in tho States there is nothing which
money cannot buy. If this bo true, the election of Mr.
Cleveland to tho Presidency for the'express purpose of
purifying tho sources of government should excito
interest and sympathy in the Old Gountry. The gain to
the States, however, will be our loss, Unfortunatoly, tho
accession of a now President involves a ebango in tho
diplomatic service.; and Mr. Lowell, who holds tho most
honourable office in the gift of tho White House, will bo
forced to retire from a post which could not bo filled more
worthily. ' X ~X
In Mrs. Oliphaht!^jrovel “Sir Tom” there is a
“Contessa” whd, we are told, “would go out shooting
with Sir Tom, and was as good a shot as uny of the
gentlemen." This la-father unsoxing the lady beloved of
poets, the gentle being who wouldn’t tread on a worm (if
anybody were looking), much less shoot a “pretty bird.”
Very different from tho “Contessa” was tho daughter of
Frederick tho Great, the Indy who manned our Duke of
York, and wbbm her father tortured by trying to mako
bora sportswoman, who should like on a "fine day" to “go
out and kill something.” Tho gentle Princess, says
tradition, purchased her freedom by a really heroic effort,
worthy of her stem father; an effort that must havo
■wrung her heart, and have cost her tho greatest agony.
She reluctantly consented to shoot two stags; and so en¬
titled herself to exemption for ever.
Wo aro sorry that Mr. Froude accepts and reiterates
Carlyle's opinion that Sir Walter Scott “ squandered his
splendid gifts on amusing people.” Amusement is
surely not all we gain from tho “ Waverley Novels,” though,
like the comedies of Shakspearc, or the Idylls of Lord
Tennyson, they may bo read for that purpose in tho first
instance. A grout poet instructs while he delights; and
the greatest and healthiest of romance writers raised
and purified the literature of fiction as no novelist has
done before or sinco. No ono can rood these noblo
stories without being tbe better and happier, without
gaining a larger view of human nature and a kindlior
sympathy with its frailties. This is why Scott was so
beloved by men of tho most widely difi'erent order of
intellect: by Goethe, by James Watt, by Kcblo, by
Robertson of Brighton, by Hawthorne, by Dr. Pusey,
“who knew him as Fox and Grenville knew Homer,” and
by Doan Stanley, of whom his successor writes:—“ Of all
tho groat names of literature, none was so dear to him as
that of Walter Scott.”
“ Happy the man,” sings the poet, “ whoso wish and
care a few paternal acres bound” : certainly, hut happy
also the man who holds shares in Epsom Grand Stand.
Forty £20 shares in that Stand were sold by auction tho
other day at Tokenhouse Yard, according to the news-
papers, in thirteen lots, twelve of threo shares each und
ono of four; and the first nine shares fetched £77 each,
the rest £81 each. On the high prices paid the purchasers
will receive it is said 10 per cent dividend, which is
“pretty well, thank you.”
Probably t'here is nobody in tho United Kingdom who
has so little 1;o do personally as the Right Hon. W. E.
Gladstono with tho sport of horse-racing. It is, there¬
fore, all the more remarkable that the right honourable
gentleman should have two nicknames, of winch ono
renders him likely sometimes to bo confounded with u
famous jockey ana tho other with a famous trainer; for
Mr. Georgo Fordham is known on the Turf as “ the Grand
Old Man,” and Mr. William Day as “ Our William,”
Dr. Jolinson, who did not smoke himself, arid called 5t
a shocking thing, wondered why smoking had “gone
out,” since it requires so littlo exertion, and yet presorves
the mind from total vacuity. What would Johnson say if
he could witness the increase of smoking nowadays ? Poets
smoke for inspiration, clergymen for solaco, business men
to forgeb their caros, all men for companionship; and Dr.
Johnson, tho most clubbable of mortals in his own day,
would he forced to smoke if he belonged to a club in ours.
There is, indeed, no way of escaping from tobacco unless
■wo go out of tho world altogothor, or join, tho Young
Men's Christian Association. From this sacred retreat
tho “ divine herb” is banished, but not without protest;
and a -writer has lately statod from personal knowledge
that nmny young men fall into evil ways in London
because tho legitimate pleasure of a pipe is denied to them
in this excellent institution. “Surely,” ho says, “god¬
liness and smoking are not necessarily antagonistic.” If
they aro, it is to bo feared there is but little godliness left
in the country. [[ _
Not many days ago there died at Paris a gifted and
wealthy young-Russian, Mdllo. Mario Bashkirseff, only
twenty-throe (years old. Her passion was painting, in
which some good judges thought she might becomo a
second Rosa Bonheur for fame, though in a different lino.
It was supposed that she would have received “ a medal”
this year, and that “tho jury” passed her over
because she was young and rich and could “ afford to
wait.H \But she could not wait tho short space of another
year, or do more than indirectly confirm the truth of tho
old, sayiug, “ Tout vieut a bout a qui sait attendre.”
“Mr. Manton,” which is masculine for “Dowager
Duchess of Montrose,” has not had much success this year,
on the whole, as a runner of race-horses, but has good
reason to bo proud of the feats latelyperformed by Energy at
Leicester and Thebais at Liverpool. Energy, as a four-year-
“>ld, gave three stone, instead of tho regulation half a
stone, to Whitclock, a three-year-old, third, moreover,
for the One Thousand; and Thebais carried both tho most
years and the most weight (six years and nine stone four
pounds) that havo over been carried to victory for tho
Liverpool Autumn Cup. To Energy and Thebais add St.
Gatien and Florence, carriers of heavy weights in handi¬
caps, and it looks as if we still had giants and giantesses—
among our racehorses—in the land, notwithstanding what
croakers say about tho “degeneracy of tho English
thoroughbred.” Anyhow, the world cannot breed a
better thoroughbred, though constant attempts havo
been made to do so.
By-tho-way, Thebais is said to havo won tho Cup,
distance ono mile and a half, iu two minutes and a
fraction jover twenty-seven seconds, which is about six¬
teen seconds less than the two minutes and forty-three
seconds recorded ns tho shortest time in which tho Epsom
Derby (also ono mile and a half) has been won ; whenco
tho fallacy of tho “time test” may ho inferred, if any¬
body should still feel inclined to lean upon a reed broken
in so many places. The fact is that tho “ tune test,” to
bo trustworthy, would require that two givon cases should
be exactly on all fours (like the horses), und it never is so:
there aro always differences of age or weight or conform¬
ation of ground or atmospheric conditions or initial pace
or something of that kind or of another.
Tho most valnablo literary prize ever offered to com¬
petitors will fall due in St. Petersburg on Dec. 1, 1923.
In 1838 the friend und advisor of Alexander I., who
founded tho military colonies at Novgorod, deposited
50,000 golden roubles in tho Imperial Bank, which are to
remain there on interest at 4 per cent till the hundredth
anniversary of his Imperial master’s death, when tho
Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg must adjudge it
to tho author of tho very best history of that Sovereign’s
reign. One quarter is to bo devoted to the publication of
tbe work, and it is calculated that the reward for the/
fortunate historian will amount to £300,000.
How much the improved social position of actors and
actresses is due to the Queen is littlo remembered. Yet it
actually dates from 1848, when her Majesty caused a
small private theatre to be inaugurated in the Rubens
Room at Windsor Castle, where Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Kean, Alfred Wigan, Webster, Keeley, and others, pro¬
duced the Shakspearean revival which during the next
two or three years attracted the general public to the
London stage in a manner almost unprecedented.
A great deal has been said from time to time about the
studious habits of tho Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria,
and his love of his Fatherland, which is a veritable culte.
The exact aim of his researches and labours has not been
so well known, but it is now certain that it will take the
form of a work in'many volumes, each of which will deal
exhaustively with an Austro-Hungarian province, giving
its history, ancient and modern, literary and artistic, and
containing details of its geography, geology, and ethnology,
as well as descriptions of its scenery and peoplo from all
possible points of view. The best artists of the day will
illustrate it; and if tbe young Archduke lives to completo
his project, he will have something to bo justly proud of.
There is a phrase, rather an expression, current in Paris,
transplanted from the patois of the south of France, the
origin of which has frequently been disputed. This is
Qu' es acof (Anglice, what is that?) and it has recently
been proved that Beaumarchais used it in a ferocious
tirade, about 1772, and every one caught it up. Poor
Marie Antoinette, not then Queen, asked its meauing, and
used it so freely in her merry moods that ono of her
milliners named a new head-dress Qtf ea aco ? and the
young Austrian Princess and her ladies set the fashion of
wearing it. When sorrow came upon her she must often
havo mentally ejaculated Qu ’ ea aco? at each fresh
indignity, each heavy blow of fate, when neither Heaven
nor earth came to her aid, and every face she looked upon
was as that of a fiend!
Roman citizens of the present day are not rich, but
they have a genuine love for their King and his family,
and always welcome them hack for the winter -with as
handsome a present as they can afford. This year it will
be magnificent, and will have the supreme merit of not
costing tho municipal council a farthing. Every one who
knows the Eternal City is acquainted with tho treasures of
jewellery and orfevrerie at Castcllani’s, and many aro
aware that ono of tho in09t splendid trophies of his art is a
gold casket, which he intended to present to the late Victor
Emanuel had not death snatched tno Monarcli away before
it was completed. The Council has frequently deplored
that it could not afford to purchaso this beautiful toy for
King Humbert, nnd Signor Castellani has just announced
his intention of giving it to his colleagues for presentation
to tho son of H Re Galantuomo. This is generosity indeed!
Mdllo. Dosno, the sister-in-law of the late M. Thiers,
that “little great man” who loved his country so well
and served her so faithfully, is building a magnificent
tomb for his remains in P£ro Lachaise, which will cost an
enormous sum of money. Sho is immensely rich, and has
a great deal of land at Auteuil which a more avaricious
woman, or ono who had given hostages to fortuno, would
naturally have let out on building leases. She, however, has
enclosed her largo domain with high walls, and iu tho
vast park and pleasaunce thus formed has built an
immense and splendid residence which is intended ns a
retreat for artists, 8a vans, and men of letters generally.
It is, nevertheless, not an usylum for thoir old ago, but is
for fifty youug men, lam-cates of the institute and of
other great schools, who may there pursue their studies
and work out them ideas without being hampered by the
car king cares of poverty, or embittered in tho strugglo for
daily bread. Her idea is that of ripening good fruit in tho
sunshine; hut the uses of adversity aro sweet, and count
for something in the career of a great poet or a divine
artist. _
Tho excitement of rural Italians in the presence of any
unknown danger, and their extraordinary ignorance, has
just been exemplified at a villuge near Reggio, where
fiorno mischievous person during the night placed a white
egg, and one which ho had artificially blackened, on the
threshold of a houso. Ho then roused tho sleeping occu¬
pants, telling them that the cholera, or, at all events, its
eggs were at their door. In a transport of terror
they rushed out and alarmed thoir neighbours; told tho
syndic, who instantly summoned tho municipal council,
and thut body immediately surrounded tho unfortunate
houso with a sanitary cordon and guard of carbineers.
This done, they felt at leisure to deliberate, and finally
decided on attaching a fishing-net to a long pole by
means of which tho dangerous eggs were picked up and
■with all possiblo precaution carried to the communal
cometery, where they were buried in quicklime. This
being satisfactorily accomplished, the authorities returned
home, and tho village once more breathed freely. Tho
Prefect of Reggio hnnself cites this as a specimen of the
manner in which he has frequently been obliged to uct in
order to sootho and pacify tbe people, who look to him as
thoir supremo refuge in troublous times.
The Admiralty Committee On ship-building, with Lord
Ravensworth at its head, has recently been sitting, and its
voluminous report wilL^pcodily bo made public. Its chief
suggestions arc that when vessels are begun they should
be finished and got out of hand, instead of remaining on
tho stocks for four or five yoare in a half-completed con¬
dition, bocauso there is no immediate and pressing need for
them. Another important point recommonded to the con¬
sideration u f •< My Lords” is, that our great naval dock¬
yards should bo chiefly utilised for repairs, and that orders
for unships should bo intrusted to tho great private sliip-
buildjin- firms. Considering that one of these luttor bus
just, undertaken to build a steam-yacht for £12,000, for
"“ich in better days it would havo charged £15,000, the
Government would find it true economy to have a few
vessels thus constructed at the present time, and such
wise expenditure would save thousands from starvation on
the banks of Tyne and Clyde.
NOV. 15, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
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ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
The Lord Mayor’s Show lias come and gone; nud, thanks to
the admirable good temper of the enormous crowd, the
beautiful “St. Martin’s Summer” (an American would coll it
“Indian summer”) November weather, and the highly valuable
co-operation of Mr. Sanger, with his “highly trained steeds,”
his “wild beasts” (I quote SirVcmon Harcourt), and his circus
folk, the celebration of the Tenth of November (the traditional
Ninth falling on a Sunday) seems to have been an exception¬
ally brilliant success. Still, the Show having by this time been
consigned to the “portion of weeds and outworn faces,” the
brass bauds and the banner-bearing watermen dismissed, the
boys from the training-ship sent back to school, the circus
folk relegated to their more congenial sawdust, the evening
turtle consumed, the punch and champagne quaffed, and the
speeches Bpouted, it may, perhaps, be permissible to ask
whether Lord Mayor’s Day is not becoming year after year a
more and more unendurable nuisance ?
It is the immensity of never-ending, still beginning
London that makes the procession in an annually aggravated
degree objectionable. For many hours the main thoroughfares
of this prodigious metropolis are blocked while a hetero¬
geneous pageant, not one tithe of the actors in which have the
remotest connection with the Corporation of London, goes
rambling up and down “ all manner of streets,” us Leigh
Hunt putit the celebrated case of the pig that ran away.
What have the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, the boys from the
Worspite, and the Postal Telegraph drum-aud-life band, to do
with the Corporation? Nothing whatever; they are simply
pitchforked iuto the procession to make it bigger. They
certainly do not make it more imposing.
It chanced that at noon ou the Tenth I had an appoint¬
ment with a solicitor in Ely-place, Holbom. The Show was
coming over the Viaduct (I read that it went under it, us well);
and at Gray’s-inn-road wheeled locomotion was hopelessly at u
standstill; so my companion had to dismiss our hansom, and
struggle through a mob of sightseers, roughs, and pick¬
pockets (the latter, happily, in a minority) to our destination.
We had another appointment at the same solicitor’s office at
three in the afternoon; and. coming from Pall-mall, my cab was
kept waiting fourteeu minutes and a half at the top of Little
Queen-street, owing to the tremendous crush of vehicles in
Holborn. The Show had altogether disorganised and de¬
moralised for the day that which we should not cull, but which
everybody save the stem grammatical purists persists iu calling,
the “traffic.” Now, my business in Ely-place was obviously
only of a twopenny-halfpenny nature; but it is possible that
on the Tenth of November vast numbers of people in London,
bent ou business involving considerations of many thousands
of pounds sterling, were put to even more inconvenience than
I suffered iu consequence of the Lord Mayor’s Show.
The cholera is in Turis. The newspapers have made us
acquainted, and with u vengeance, with that disagreeable fuct.
It should not bo made unnecessarily an alarming one. Many
of the cases described as being of cholera are possibly only
“cholerine”; and the proportion of recoveries to deaths
among the persons attacked is, as yet, reassuring. Not
venturing upon anything approaching a confident forecast, I
cannot help thinking that there are many grounds for the
earnest hope that, ere many weeks—it may be days—have
passed Asiatic cholera will, by medical skill, municipal energy,
and the couunou-scnse of the people, bo stamped out in l’aris.
Common-seuso is ono of the most important factors in the
suppression of cholera.
I have been reading in Louis Blanc’s “ Histoire do Dix Aus,”
au appalling description of the Cholera frenzy in Paris in 1832/\literaturfeof the stage and the taste of the public for theatrical
The people, lacking commou-sense, went mad with terror when performances; and among the causes of this decline nro
the pestilence first appeared iu their midst; and panic was enumerated, the absence of Royal encouragement, the sup-
very speedily transformed into ferocity. It was bruited about posed indisposition of some religious sects to countenance
that the cholera patients in the hospitals were being “ex- theatrical exhibitions, and the prevailing fashion of late dinner -
perimented upon ” by the doctors, and that the Carfists(the hours. In 1832 the general dinner-hour in Society was six p.m.
The cheerful alacrity, almost amounting to light-hearted
recklessness, with which well-educated persons, who ought to
know better, seek to foist new-fangled words on the English
language would be amusing were it not gravely reprehensible.
Here is a gentleman who writes to the Times a letter about
“ Aquaculture and Agriculture.” By “ aquaculture ” he means
pisciculture, or the rearing, breeding, preservation, feeding,
and fattening of fish by artificial means. The term “ aqua¬
culture” isabsurd, to begin with; and, In the next place,
there is no such word iu the English language. It is ad¬
ditionally disquieting to mark that this spurious English word
“aquaculture” has likewise been adopted by a scientific
authority so distinguished ns Sir Lyon Playfair. Now, deference
to rank and station is a quality not unkuown to lexicographers—
witness the slavish acceptance by the French Academicians of
Louis XIV.’8 blunder in the gender of the word “carriage,”
which is rightly feminine. But the Grand Monarquc chose to
say “ mon carrosse,” and the deferential dictionary-makers at
once marked “ carrosse ” as a noun masculine; and masculine
it has remained from that day to this. I should not be at all
surprised to find in the next big dictionary “Aquaculture, n.
(L. aqua, culture), the artificial breeding of fish.— Lyon
Mayfair”
“An English Hostess” has written to “Atlas,” of the
World, to implore that universal benefactor to show himself
the friend of hospitality in distress. The complaint of the
* ‘English Hostess ’ ’ is that ladies and geutlemeuin vited to dinner
have become so habitually and so disgracefully unpunctual
that, as the lady puts it, “There will be no dinners fit to eat
iu Loudon, and we shall be reduced to cold * swnrriea.’ ” A
“ sworry,” by-tlie-way, is essentially a hot entertainment,
consisting, as it did in the opinion of the Bath footmen, of a
boiled leg of mutton and trimmings. But there is some
ground for the lady’s complaint. According to her showing,
our cooks are becoming rapidly demoralised, our dinners are
systematically spoiled, our tempers are exacerbated, and our
digestion is ruined, because people who are bidden to dinner
at eight p.m., come at eight fifteen, eight twenty, or eight
forty-five. . j (
A writer in the World, commenting on the Hostess’s letter,
hazards the curious suggestion that the evil protested against
might be at once suppressed if an Illustrious Personuge caused
it to be known that he disapproved of unpunctuality at dinner
parties when carried beyond certain limits. But surely
example is better than precept. For many years the Illus¬
trious Personage has shown a faultless example of punctuality
to society ; but that example lias not been followed, save when
Society is honoured by a command to dine witli the Illustrious
Fersonuge, on which occasions,/of course, Society makes its
appearance punctually to the minute. But, it may surely be
asked, how could approval or disapproval influence that very
large section of Society which does not dine with the Illus¬
trious Personage, and with which the illustrious Personage
does not go to dine? The August Parent of that Personage
has a strong dislike (I have heard) for mutton; but has Society
abandoned the practice of devouring ovine flesh ?
That which most desperately puzzles me in connection
with the practice of lute dining (late dinners have killed that
pleasantest and most sociable of meals, supper) is that this
irrational usage chics not seem to have interfered detriment¬
ally with the business of the theatres. I was rending lately a
very cjlHous and interesting Parliamentary Bluebook—the
lieport of the Select. Committee Appointed in 1832 to Inquire
into the Laws Affecting Dramatic Literature and Dramatic
Entertainments. The chairman of this Committee was Edward
Lyttou Bulwcr, Esq., afterwards Lord Lytton. The Report
admits tho existence of a considerable decline both in the
partisans of the exiled Charles X.) were poisouiug the Wells,
From those darksomo quarters ■where misery hides her forgotten head,
the capital was suddenly invaded by multitudes of bare-anned men, whoso
gloomy faces glared with hate. . . . Murders soon occurred, THitji hum
happen to pass along with a phial or a packet in his band : lie was
suipectcd. A young man was massacred in the Rue Ponceau, because bo
bent forward at a wine-shop door for tho puiposm of seeing what o'clock it
was; another met with the sarao fate near the Passage Uu Cairo for nn
almost similar reason; a third was tom to pieces in the Fuubourg St.
Germain for having looked into a well; a Jew perished because, in
cheapening fish in tho market, ho had laughed in a strange mnnner, and ou
hia being scorched there had been found on him a small bag of whito
powder which was nothing but camphor; in the Place de Gri'vo nn unfor-
tunato wretch was dragged from tho gimrd-hous'o of tho Hotel do Vfllc.
■where he had taken refuge: he was butchered, and a cool-porter made his
dog tear tho gory remains.
o
The Parisians have acquired a vast amount of common-
seuse sinoe 1832. It is true that they lost their bends to a
considerable extent in the way of panic in the early days of tho
Franco-German Wur of 1870. Everybody suspected every¬
body else of being in the pay of Bismarck. On suspicion of
being a Prussian spy, the Distressed Compiler of this page was
very nearly murdered by a Bonapartist mob on the night of
the Third of September, and only escaped slaughter by being
flung into a cell at the D6p6t of the Prefecture of Police.
Through the kind interposition of Lord Lyons, tho British
Ambassador, I regained my liberty at noon the next day; and
! had not left tho prison (in the company of a Secretary of
the Embassy, who had come to fetch me) two hours when a
Republican mob was breaking into the D4pfit, aild tho Prefect
of Police who had set me free was flying for his own life.
Looking at my record at the prison grtffe, “gravely suspected of
being a Prussian spy,” the mob would probably have lost no
time in making cold meat of me had they caught me. Tho
Revolution of the Fourth of September had come. Revo¬
lutions are very ticklish affairs when you are in the middle of
them and fail to see how yon can make anything out of the
transaction.
The Braliminical classes dined ot seven. Now we diue at eight
or nt eight forty-five.
The minutes of evidence given before the committee arc a
mine of out-of-the-way information touching by-gone theatrical
manners and customs. Mr. John Payne Collier, for example,
who had been acting as George Colmnn’s deputy as licenser of
plays, observed that a license was refused to Miss Mitford’s
tragedy of “Charles the First” (think of that, Mr. W. G.
Wills) “ because it treated lightly of the authority of Kings.”
Mr. George Column, it was also Btated, always struck out the
word “angel” when ho came across it in a play submitted to
his censorship.
Charles Kemble; Sam Arnold (of the Lyceum); Davidge
(Surrey); Edmond Kean; John Bruliam; David Osbaldistoue
(Victoria}; Pierre Francois Laporte (Italian Opera, King’s
Theatre); W. C. Macready ; Thomas Potter Cooke (“Tippy”
Cooke of liompipo fame); W. T. Moncrieff (“Tom and
Jerry”); John Poole (“Paul Pry”); J. R. Planchl (herald
and dramatist); James Kenney (“Sweethearts and Wives),
Thomas Morton; It. B. Peake, aud Douglas Jerrold were also
among the witnesses. M. Laporte mentioned that the minor
theatres iu Paris were compelled to contribute ten per cent of
their nightly receipts towards the maintenance of the three
great Royal theatres—the Opera, tho FrJn^ais, and the Opera
Comiquo— ten per cent to the relief of the poor, and twelve
per cent to dramatic authors, and that this heavy taxation not¬
withstanding, they all prospered exceedingly.
In 1832, the French dramatist Engine Scribe had already
made a fortune. In 1832, the English dramatist Douglas
Jerrold told the Select Committee that for his drama of
“ Black-Eyed Susan,” which was played, at various theatres,
four hundred nights in the course of the first year of its pro¬
duction,he received in all the sum of sixty pounds—fifty pounds
for the play, and ten pounds for the priutiug right. I have heard
Jerrold tell the story himself, with the addition, “ and to make
sixty pounds out of a piece at tire Surrey was great alchemy.”
For the “Rent Day” at Covent Garden he received
a hundred and fifty pouuds. Insult was added to injury in
tho case of “ Black-Eyed Susan ” when it was transferred from
tho Surrey to Covent Garden. The licenser struck out the
memorable remark made by the boatswain at the court-murtial
about William “playing the fiddle like an angel.” The
boatswain, however, took no heed of the licenser’s excision;
and the expression became at once one of the standard
colloquialisms of the English tongue.
What is to be done with the west side of Westminster Hall ?
That is a question which has also been referred to a Select
Committee, sitting, this time, in the year of grace 1884. The
question is not by any means one easy of settlement. When
Themis removed, bag aud baggage, toherspiciousbutnotvery
comfortable new quarters at the Itoyal Palace of Justice, the
Department of Works, An a prodigious hurry, pulled down
the former Law Courts, built from the designs of Sir John
Soane on the site of a much more ancient range of courts,
some of Tudor, some of Jacobean, some of Caroline archi¬
tecture. Many of these antique chambers had probably
formed part of the residential section of the Old Royal Palaco
at Westminster; the Treasury, the Chancery, and the Chapel
being on the east side, and William Rufus’s great guest aud
justice hall in the middle.
Now, when the Soane law courts were torn down it was found
that the west side of the hall was shored up by clumsy -
looking but substantial buttresses. Between these buttresses
aud the thorouglifare, once called St. Margaret’s-lane, leading
from Old into New Palace-yard, that emiueut architect, Mr.
Pearson, supposes that there was ouco a two-storeyed Gothic
edifice of some kind. Probably such a Gothic building did exist
there before tho “Tudor nursery,” the “Tudor music-gallery,”
“Queen Elizabeth’s bed-chamber,” and “ Chaucer’s house”
(Chaucer was clerk of the works to the Royal palaces temp.
Richard II., but he was superseded in his office before tho
restoration of Westminster Hall was begun, in 1394) were con¬
verted into law courts. But what the original Gothic structure
was like who can tell, and who shall say ? The design of the now
building, if it is to be built, must be a sheer mutter of guess
work; and tho question bus been asked “ why build upon tho
site at all ? Why' not train ivy to creep around the buttresses
and spread over the great west wall, and plant tho vacant
space towards the Abbey with turf aud shrubs?”
The excellent Sir Philip Cunliffc Owen, Director of the
South Kensington Museum, delivering the prizes and certi¬
ficates recently at a school of art at Westou-super-Mnre, made
incidentally a remark which, I am not ashamed to confess,
has fairly bewildered me. Dwelling on the importance of the
study of drawing as essential to the development of art
applied to industry'. Sir Philip continued, “ Why wus tho silk
trade dead in Macclesfield ? Because the ladies would
have their silks from France. Tho manufacturers of
Macclesfield were nearly all engaged in producing fichus
and silks for the French market, and they could not bo
sold in England until they came back from Paris.” Now
either Sir Philip has bcea incorrectly reported; or he mode a
curiously paradoxical statement at Weston-super-Maro ; or I
am the dullest of blockheads. If the silk-trude is dead at
Macclesfield, how is it that “ the manufacturers of Maccles¬
field arc nearly nil engaged iu producing fichus and silks for
the French market” ? Surely a trade that is dead does not
produce anything. Dead Men tell no Tales, aud weave no
silk. Experts in the mysteries of the silk-trade, please explain.
While I have been writing the “ Echoes ” this week, there
has been lying a pile of eighty-seven letters symmetrically
arranged oil my desk before me, and all unopened. I thought
that, for once in a way, I would give my correspondents and
myself a holiday. But, stretching forth my hand for tho
sealing-wax, I contrived to knock over ono of the symmetrical
piles of letters, aud as I re-arranged them I began (such is
the force of habit) to open them. Here is an excerpt from
the first: —
Surely societies for the sale of “ Foor Ladies’ Needlework " might seem
to commend themselves to tho notice of rich ladies if theyeould only be
reminded of tho existence and accessibility of ouch work. ’There are three
depots for Ladies’ Needlework within a few yards of each other in the
immediate neighbourhood of Hyde Park; and when one thinks of the
enormous amount of wealth to be found in that district it would be a real
act of kindness to their poorer neighbours if wealthy ladies would now and
again visit the depots and purehaxe imoh work, either useful or ornamental,
as they may require. They will find it there in sad profusion ; or they mipkt
fivo orders for any kind of work to be done for than, nnd it would be faith¬
fully attended to. The d'p6to are at 40, Upper Berkeley-street, W.; 11,
Lower Porchcster-strect, W.; and 131, Edgwaro-road, IV.
This is a very melancholy story, and I am afraid that
there is not much of a hopeful side to it. I ii6ked the domestic
authorities who rule over me (under the cuuning pretence that I
rule over them) the reason why, nt least, the sale of orna¬
mental needle-work was not a largely lucrative ono ? I was
told that there were at present produced by machinery fabrics
quite as beautiful as any samples of art-needlework that
ordinary customers cared for, quite as durable, aud nt about
oue third of the price charged for hund-work. I was tolcl
that modern lrand-mado lace was wholly a drug in tho
market, and that lovely-looking machine-made lace could bo
bought for the merest trifle per yard. It is Nottingham that
has done this; nud the Nottingham School of Art is one of
the best in the three kingdoms. Destruction and Compensa¬
tion are the History of Life; only they do not always take
? lace concurrently. It is you, wry often, who are destroyed,
our grandson (let us hope) will be compensated.
Among the myriad Christmas annunls, “numbers,” and
other “books of the season” which, “thick as leaves in
Vallombrosn,” are beginning to bestrew our tables, a cordial
welcome should be exteuded to Mr. John Lntey, junior’s,
“ Love Clouds; a Story of Love and Revenge,” just published
at the Fun Office, 153, Fleet-street. This very interesting and
well-written romaucc is profusely illustrated with spirited en¬
gravings, from drawings by Mr. Alfred Hunt. When I say
that the last of Mr. Hunt’s pictures is entitled “Wedded at
Last,” and that the last words of Mr. John Latey, junior’s,
text have reference to orange-flowers and a bridal bouquet,
my fair readers may rest assured that “ Love Clouds ” break
at last into the happiest of sunshine :— the shipwrecks, stabbing
affrays, revolutionary imeutes , attempts to poison, and trials
for murder of the story to the contrary notwithstanding.
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THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW : SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS IN THE PROCESSION.
Monday just (the'Ninth of November being Sunday) witnessed
the yearly street pageant of n grand procession escorting the
new Lord Mayor to bis reception by the Judges at the Law
Courts; and lit the evening there was the customary civic
banquet at Guildhall, attended by several of her Majesty's
Ministers. We present some Illustrations of “ the Lord
Mayor’s Show,” which passed from Guildhall through
Gresham-street, Princes-street, Mansion House-street, Queen
Victoriu-street, Queen-street, Cheapside, Newgute-street,
Holborn-viaduct, Charterhouse-sheet, Farringdou-strcet, und
Fleet-street to the Royul Courts of Justice, where the Lord
Mayor was sworn in. Thence the procession, joined by
the Lady Mayoress in her state carriage, attended by her
maids of honour, returned to Guildhall by way of the Strand,
Clin ring-cross, Whitehall-place, the Thames Embankment,
Queen Victoria-street, Queen-street, and King-street. The
crowds of spectators everywhere was ns great as ever was
known. The order of the procession must bo described. First
came a detachment of mounted police, then the mounted band
of the Royal Artillery, the band of the Grenadier Guards, and
a detachment of the Metropolitan Fire lirignde, with two
engines, each drawn by four horses. To these succeeded the
banners of ex-tsherffla and the band of the training-ship
Warspite, the lads looking smart iu their naval attire. The
heads of the following companies, iu open carriages, joined in
the procession, accompanied by their banners and bands of
musicThe Fanmokers, Shipwrights, Carpenters, Salters,
and Spectacle-makers. Most of the elaborate devices of the
show were illustrative of national and civic history or tra¬
dition. There was a car drown by twelve ponies, with Dick
Whittington beside the Uighgute mile-post listening to How
bells, uccouipunied by his famous cat. Then followed a model
of Bow Church as it was in old times, with bell-ringers, and
a banner, mid the figure of Sir Richard Whittington in all his
civic dignity. William the Conqueror was represented,
Richard Caur de Lion, Richurd II., nnd Queen Elizabeth, nil
mounted and costumed niter the habits in which they lived,
lhirous and knights in the armour of ditlercnt periods, some
with the Red Cross, and others bearing shields with heraldic
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NOV. 15, 1884
devices, mingled freely together. Lord Mayor Walworth
standing over the slain Wat Tyler provoked groans and hisses.
A fairer spectacle was the car, drawn by four horses, carrying
a raised dais, upon which was a casket containing a fac-simile
of the City's First Charter, a. n. 10t>7, guarded by citizens
with drawn swords. A Nile boat, similar to those sent
out to Lord Wolseley, was exhibited, properly manned.
This boat, 30 ft. long by 0 ft. 10 in. beam, was specially
constructed for the occasion by Messrs. Watkins and Co., of
Jllnckwnll, under the superintendence of Mr. Dunn, of the
Admirulty. In this portion of the procession there was a fine
herd of camels, aud, in recognition of our Indian Empire, Mr.
Sanger provided also elephants ridden by representatives of
Itajahs. and a car containing a picturesque group, Burmounted
by a figure symbolical of India. Many banners of the civio
wards and guilds were displayed. The bands were very
numerous, including those of the Corps of Commissionaires,
the Honourable Artillery Company, the 15th (King’s) Hussars,
and the Household Cavalry, besides the state trumpeters of
the Household Cavalry and the pipers of the Scots Guards.
The Sheriffs, Alderman Whitehead and Mr. Faudel Phillips,
rode in state carriages drawn by four horses, and were well
received. Loud and hearty cheers greeted the appearance of
the late Lord Mayor, Alder-man If. N. Fowler, M.P. The new
Lord Mayor, Alderman G. S. Nottoge, was warmly welcomed
as he came along in his splendid state carriage, drawn by six
very flue horses. Finally, an escort of the 15th (King's)
Hussars ended a most imposing procession.
Ia the absence of the Lord Chief Justice, the Lord Mayor
was received in the Court by Mr. Justice Grove, who replied to
the Recorder’s address, and congratulated the Lord Mayor
upon entering office. The banquet at Guildhall was well
attended, but Mr. Gladstone was unable to be present; Lord
Harrington, Lord Northbrook, and Lord Granville, were the
principal guests and speakers. Lord Granville, commenting
upon the political topics of the day and the prospects of the
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THE COURT.
Tlie Queen, who enjoys excellent health, went out yester¬
day week with Princess Beatrice, and in tlie afternoon her
Majesty drove with Princess Beatrice and Princess Erederica
of Hanover. Lord Cprjiugford lmd the honour of dining with
the Queen and tlie Royal family. The Queen honoured
Braenmr with a visit on Saturday afternoon. Her Majesty
wua accompanied by Princess Beatrice and Princess Frederica
of Hanover. The Princess Frederica of Hanover left
Balmoral Castle, accompanied by her husband, Baron vou
Pawel Raminingen, w!if> had been on a visit to her Majesty
since Tuesday Inst. Divine service was performed at the castle
on Sunday morning, in the presence of tlie Queen, the Roy id
family, and members of the household. The Rev. A. Campbell
officiated. He liud the honour of being included in her
Majesty’s dinner party. On Tuesday the Queen went out
with Princess Beatrice in the morning, and drove with the
Prinbesa in the afternoon, attended by tlie Dowager Duchess
of Roxburghe. The Queen received, with much regret, the
news of the death of Captain Frank Thomson, who lmd
commanded her Majesty’s yacht for seven years, and for
whom the Queen had u sincere regard. Her Majesty lias sent
messages of condolence to Mrs. Fawcett and tlie Marchioness
of Londonderry on their bereavement. Tlie Queen lias sent
a cheque for £25 to the recently established Home for Trained
Nurses df the Sick Poor at Portsmouth.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by Prince
George, Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud, aud Princess
Louise (Marchioness of Lome), arrived at Sandringham yester¬
day week. At Cambridge tlie Royal party was joined by
Prince Albert A’ictor, who remained at Sandringham over tlie
birthday festivities. The forty-third birthday of the Prince
was celebrated on Saturday. The Earl nnd Countess of
Dufferin and Lady Helen Blackwood arrived at Sandringlinm
on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales. At West
Newton, the Sandringham Club, which lias just been estab¬
lished by tbe Prince for tlie men and boys who nre working on
the Sandringham estate, was opened by his Royal Highness.
The annual dinner to tlie labourers and workmen on the Royal
estate tookplace in thenftemoon, and waaattended by tlie Prince
and Princess and their guests, the Indies and gentlemen of the
household, and the officials of tlie Royal estate. The illumi¬
nations in London in honour of tlie anniversary exceeded
those of former years. Mr. W. H. Smith, M.P., in the evening
presided over a dinner at Willis’s Rooms, fc»t. James’s, lie.d by
the Court tradesmen and manufacturers for more than u
quarter of n century to celebrate tlie birthday of tlie Prince.
On Sunday morning the Prince and Princess of Wales, accom¬
panied by Princes Albert Victor and George, Princesses
Louise, Victoria, nnd Maud of Wales, Princess Louise
(Marchioness of Lome), and by tlie guests staying at Sandring¬
ham, were present at Divine service. The Rev. F. E. J. Hervey
officiated and preached tlie sermon. The birthday of tlie
Prince falling ou Sunday, the customary rejoicings at Windsor
were deferred until Monday. Prince Albert Victor left
Sandringham on Monday, and proceeded to Cambridge to
resume his studies at Trinity College; and Prince George
proceeded to London, to resume his studies at the Royal
Naval College, Greenwich. The Earl of Dufferin, the Countess
of Dufferin, and Lady Helen Blackwood, having concluded
their visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales, left .Sandring¬
ham for London. The Prince, who arrived at Marlborotigh-
liouse from Sandringham on Monday evening, was present at
a meeting on Wednesday of the members of the Royal
Commission on the Housing of the Working Classes, at
8, Richmond-terrace. His Royal Highness, attended by
Colonel A. Ellis, left London on Tuesday afternoon on a visit
to the Marquis of Abergavenny, at Bridge Castle, Tunbridge-
wella.
THE AFGHAN B0UNDAEY COMMISSION.
The courteous reception of General Sir Peter Lnmsden nnd his
companions, forming the Afghan Boundary Commission, by
the Shah of Persia at his capital city of Teheran, was described
in this Journal. We gave two of the Sketches by our Special
Artist, Mr. William Simpson, who travels with the Com¬
missioner—one showing the British Ambassador presenting
Sir Peter Lumsdcn to ms Majesty at tlie Sultanabad Palace ;
the other being a view of the Gulahek Villa, the summer resi¬
dence of the Embassy in the neighbourhood of Teheran. While
tlie Commissioner und his party sojourned at that place, ou
Oct. 1, being the day styled in the Moslem Calendar the
10th of Zool-Hejja, tlie yearly religious festival of the
Eedi Korbuu occurred, which is held in commemoration of
Abraham’s intended sacrifice of his son. The Arabians
aud Persians believe that the son who was to have been sacri¬
ficed by his father wns not named Isaac, but Ishmael; and
the Shiah sect of Mohammedans, to which those of Persia
generally belong, keep this festival in a different manner
from the Sonni, who nre the orthodox followers of the Prophet
in Turkey, Egypt, and Arabia, On the day in question, bis
Majesty the Shall, according to custom, held a state reception
at Sultanabad, aud sent carriages to fetch the members of the
British Legation aud of the Afghan Frontier Commission,
including our Artist. His Sketch of the Court Ceremonial
appears in this Number of our Journal, along with one taken
on the route eastward, by way of Meshed, to the Afghan
frontier, which the party have reached in safety. Mr. Siuipsou
writes ns follows :XT J J
“The Eedi Korbao, or tbe Festival of Sacrifice, is the same
ns that known in Turkey as Korbnn Bairam. It is held on the
day when a similar sacrifice iB gone through at Mecca, as one
of tbe ceremonies of the Haj. A camel is the eacriHce at
Mecca, nnd one is sacrificed at Teheran. It ia the Shah who
is supposed to sacrifice the animal, a remnant of old ideas
when the King and Priest were combined in the same person.
In this case the killing of tlie animal is done by deputy, but
''tiT'show that tlie deputy represents the Shah, abaters, or
footmen, in the royat red livery attend. One piece of the
animal is sent to the Shah to be eaten by him, and the camel
is cut in pieces, and distributed among tlie various Guilds of
Teheran. For some days before the festival, the buying of
sheep may be seen going on in the streets, nnd presents are
made to servants and poor people of as much money as will
purchase a sheep on that day. The cnmel is the Shah’s
sacrifice, nnd the sheep is the sacrifice of the people.
The day is a complete holiday, all the bazaars nre closed,
and no work is done. The Shah holds one of his Snlnams on
this Festival; nnd as lie Is at present residiug at his Summer
Palace of Sultanabad, this ceremony took place there. His
Majesty sat in one of the doors of the Palace—most
probably a custom which has come down irom an¬
tiquity, for we rand in Scripture of the King sitting
in the gate and administering justice. The Ministers
and Court officials formed three sides of a square on
the outside; the Ministers were in front and the courtiers
on each side. They all wore the peculiar conical turban,
which is considered essential in Persia as part of the Court
uniform ; aud each had a long robe, which covered the whole
person from the neck to the heels. This is now the Court
dress. Red stockings are held essential to the Court costume.
The Shah himself wore a uniform which seemed dark blue,
and on it were the same diamonds described in the reception
given to Sir Peter Lumsden and suite; but, on this occasion,
his Majesty wore a brilliant aigrette, or spruy of gold and
gems, in tbe front of his hat. lie also wore a sword
covered with gems. Ono of the principal officials stood
in the centre of the square before the Eliah, and to
him his Majesty spoke, ns if speaking to all. The
Khali wished them all a good feast, or festival, and con¬
gratulated liis people on the absence of disease, referring to
the countries of Europe where the cholera had caused so many
deaths, llis Majesty said they had all reason to be thankful
to God; the person standing in the centre answers, nnd says
‘good’ or ‘well’ to such remarks. After some remarks of
tills kind, a Kliatib, or reader, stood forward and repeated some
words which I understood were partly religious, and partly
referred to the Shah. After that, one who might perhaps be
culled tho Poet Laureate came forward, lie is supposed to
extemporise verses on the Shalt. Whenever the Shah's name
was mentioned, all present bowed towards his Majesty.
When this was over, the company moved to one side,
and a number of troops present marched past, and the Salaam
was over. After the ceremony the Shah sent for my
sketch-book, but I four that the hurried and rough out¬
lines made during the short period the ceremony lasted
could not have appeared very satisfactory. His Majesty
regularly receives the Illustrated London News, aud has tlie
liamea of all the illustrations written out in Persian, so that
lie can look over the pictures and understand at once what the
subjects are; and lie had no doubt felt a natural desire to see
by what means tho illustrations were produced. His Majesty
most kindly sent a carriage to take mo to Sultanabad, to nee
the Knlunm, nnd sent me back again to the British Legation.
When the carriage came to the Legation, a gentleman with
it, who wore a silver mace, nnd was clothed in blue and
silver, announced that the carriage had been sent for the
Nakush Baslii, or ‘ Great Artist.’ For his Majesty’s gracious
attentions to me while in Teheran, I here express my best
thanks; and the same to his Excellency Mahmoud Khan, the
Foreign Minister, for his kindness, and to his grandson,
Aboul Khassem Khan, B.A., who has been at Oxford aud
taken bis degree there. He speaks English perfectly, and
most kindly looked after me during the ceremony nfc
Sultanabad.
“Demavend is a well-known mountain in Persia; it
stands to the east of Teheran, mid is said to be nearly 20,000
feet in height. It was lately ascended by Major Napier mid
Colonel Snrtorius, who give the above as its altitude, and they
report a crater on its summit, showing a volcanic origin, wliich
is also indicated by its conical form. On the second march
out of Teheran, it was almost due north of our camp at Kabud
Gompoz, from which the Sketch was taken.”
Tlie bust of the late Archbishop Tnit wns placed in West¬
minster Abbey on Thursday.
The Board of Trade have awarded a binocular glass to
Captain F. H. Young, of the barque Edmund Phinney, of
Portland, Maine, United States of America, in recognition of
his humanity and kindness to the shipwrecked crew of the
barque W. II. Harkess, of Swansea. The Board have also
awarded binocular glasses to Captain Bernhard Olsen, of the
Norwegian smack Jemima, of Flekkefjord, Captain Antund S.
Paulsen, of the Norwegian schooner Skirner, of Tonsberg,
nnd Captain Johann Gunnlangsson, of the Icelandic vessel
Stormur. of Fagraskogur, in recognition of their humanity
and kindness to several members of the crew of the schooner
Chieftain, of Dundee, who had lost their vessel in n fog off the
coast of Iceland on May 27 last. A piece of plate lias been
awarded by the Board to Captain A. Kicciotti, muster of the
Italian barque Iside B, of Bpezin, in acknowledgment of his
humanity and kindness to the shipwrecked crew of the bnrqne
Earl Beaconsfleld, of Glasgow, which was abandoned at mui
while ou a voyage from Greenock to San Francisco.
NOV. 15, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
471
. MUSIC.
ROYAL ALBERT HALL CHORAL SOCIETY.
The opening concert of the fourteenth season of this insti¬
tution derived special importance from the perfonnunco of
the music of Wagner’s •* I’arsiful”—in oratorio form—with
some omissions necessitated by tho extreme length of the
entire work. Of course the absence of the stage accessories —
scenery, costume, and action—intended by the composer (who
was also the author of the book) is attended with some loss of
effect; but in this country, where the dramatising of sacred
siibjects is inadmissible, it is only under the modified con¬
ditions just referred to that the music could be given ut all, and
Mr. Buruby, the conductor of the society, is to be commended for
the zeal and enterprise which he has displayed iu producing,
even iu this form, tho last and, as many hold, the greatest of
all its composer’s “ opera-driunas.” There is no occasion here
to detail at length the incidents of the old legend of Parsifal,
the “ guileless youth,” who recovers the sacred spear by which
the Saviour’s side was supposed to have been pierced, it having
been wrested by the Magician Klingsor from the possession of
King Amfortas, who is wounded in the struggle, and can only
be cured by a touch from the recovered spear. The triumph
of Parsifal, who is chosen keeper of the Holy Grail,
tho defeat of Klingsor, and of his agent, Ivundry,
an evil woman, form tho main incidents of tho book,
the sombre tone of which is powerfully rellected in
the music, of which it may be said that it displays all that
wondrous power over orchestral effects and that earnest en¬
deavour at dramatic expression that characterise all Wagner’s
stage works. His genius naturally inclined towards the tragic
and the solemn—the passions of grief and remorse, and other
strong emotions, are more or less present in nil hisopera-dranms,
except “ Dio Meistersinger,” the only one in which the element
of humour is present. In “ Parsifal,” therefore, as in other
works—perhaps more so—the prevalent tone is that of sol¬
emnity-sadness and gloom necessarily and appropriately
colouring music associated with so serious a subject. It follows,
therefore, that there is but little variety of character to afford
matter for comment. The impressive orchestral prelude had
previously been heard iu concert performances, and again, on
Monday, produced a marked impression. The music of
Kundry was declaimed with great effect by Fraulein Malten,
as was that of Parsifal by Herr Gudchus ; and that for
Guruomauz and Amfortas, respectively, by Herr Scaria and
Herr Scliuegraf. One of the most important pieces for tho
soloists is tho grand duet for Kundry and Parsifal,
which forms so effective a climax to the second net. This was
admirably given by the two artists first named; the others
having declaimed their many long and somewhat monotonous
solos with earnest force. Among the most effective scenes
were that of the l-’enst of the Holy Grail, with its impressive
choral contrasts; that of the magic garden, with the bright
music of the Flower Maidens, and the dirge-like strains
of the last scene, with the calm religious repose of the final
climax. The solo singers already named have appeared in
German performances of “ Parsifal,” the music of which was
given on Monday in the original language. To Mr. Pyatt
was allotted the passages belonging to Titurcl, which he sang
with good effect; other co-operating vocalists having been
Mrs. Hutchinson, Misses Coward, Fenna, Thorndike, and
Francis, Mesdnmes llirlemann and Norman, and Messrs.
Lane, Thompson, and Young. The difficult choral music was
very efficiently sung; and the elaborate and suggestive
orchestral details were excellently realised. Mr. Barnby con¬
ducted the performance with great judgment and skill, and
he and the principal vocalists were enthusiastically applauded.
“Parsifal” is to be repeated this (Saturday) afternoon.
THE PLAYHOUSES.
Thronged by an cntlmsiastic, thoroughly interested, and
sympathetic audience on Saturday evening, the Eighth of
November, tho handsome lluyiuarkct Theatre will, in all
likelihood, be crowded for tho next few months. The over¬
flowing house testified in the most unequivocal manner on tho
reopening night tq the worm attachment that 1ms grown up
between metropolitan playgoers and Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft;
aud the enthusiasm of the applause with which the accomplished
and well-mated couple were greeted after the close of the per¬
formances amply betokened the high public appreciation of
their praiseworthy services to the cause of dramatic art,
nud the widespread regret which has been occasioned by
tho announcement of their intention to resign the cares of
management at the end of the present season. Assuredly, a
trump cord was played by the revival of that exceptionally
successful comedy, “Diplomacy,” so brilliantly adapted by
Sir. Clement Scott and Mr. B. C. Stephenson from M.
Sardou’s “ Dora,” tho English version of which enjoyed so
prolonged a run at the Prince of Wales’ Theatre when
the Iiusso-Turkish war wus the absorbing question of
tho hour. Necessarily, there are many changes in the
memorable original cast. Two of the principals have
gone into management on their own account at the St.
James’s and the Court. Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft still take part
in “ Diplomacy " ; but are modestly content with the roles of
Henry Beauclorc and Lady Henry Fairfax. Upon that grace¬
ful , charming, and passionate artiste, Mrs. Bernard Beere,
devolves the important part of the designing Countess Zicka,
whose character is portrayed to the life. Miss Calhoun, im¬
proving in each character she studies, achieved a similar
triumph as tho long-9ufferiug heroine. This pleasing and
promising young actress dresses in very indifferent taste. Ehe
should take counsel of an expert in costume. The Marquise of
Miss Lo Thiere could scarcely be excelled; and to the resumed
success of “Diplomacy” Mr. Barirmore as Count Orloff, Mr.
Brookfield as Buron Stein, and Mr. Forbes-ltobertaou as Julian
Beauclcrc, also laudably contribute.
Mr. Bronson Howard, who won the favour of English
playgoers some time ago with tho exceedingly lively and
humorous comedy of “ Brighton,” has successfully produced
at tho Court Theatro unothcr American play, entitled
“Young Mrs. Winthrop.” When it is stated that Miss
Marion Terry is the “\oung Mrs. Winthrop ” in question;
I imagiuo it would be difficult for anyone to entertain
anything but a warm regard for both heroine and comedy. \
Written with exemplary naturalness and much quiet humour,
“YouugMrs. Winthrop" excites interest in the domestic cloud
which threatens to darken the homes of the Winthrops, but
which is dispelled iu the nick of time to reconcile husband
and wife. The emotional power of Miss Lydia Foote as tho
mother, the manly acting of Mr. H. B. Conway as Mr.
Winthrop, tho Bweet charm of Miss Norreys iu the part of a
blind girl, tho vivacity of Mrs. John Wood, and the artistic
skill of Mr. Arthur Cecil in tho idle of the friendly lawyer,
together with the grace of Miss Marion Terry, asr previously
indicated, should do much to ensure for “ Young Mrs.
Winthrop ” a popularity which is fairly merited. What the
play lacks is strength. / / ^ G. A. S.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.
Mr. A. C. Mackenzie’s now oratorio, “The Rose of Sharon,”
was given by this society on the opening night of its new
season, yesterday (Friday) week. The work, it will bo remem¬
bered, was commissioned for the Norwich Festival, and pro¬
duced with great success last mouth, ns recorded by us at the
time. Having then commented on its merits and characteris¬
tics, brief notice may suffice of its first performance iD London,
when it was ugain conducted by the composer, four of the
principal solo vocalists having been the same as at Norwich—
Miss Emma Nevada, Mr. E. Lloyd, and Mr. Santley having,
respectively, 6ung the music of the Sulamite, the Be¬
loved, and King Solomon; and Mr. Thorndike that of an
Elder and an Officer. The contralto music for a Woman, before,,
so finely rendered by Madame Patey, was lost week assigned
to Miss Hilda Wilson, who gave it with great effect.
Again the beautiful love music, expressively sung by Miss
ART NOTES.
At Messrs. Yokins’ Gallery in Great Portland-street there is
an exhibition of much interest to nil students of English art.
It consists of eighteen oil pictures try George Morlaud, and
two hundred and twenty-seven engravings from his works.
This large gathering of prints from the pictures of an artist
who lived for only forty-oije years shows how popular Morland
must have been in his own day, and what a demand there
must have been for his engraved works. They are all of that
old-fashioned type so popular in country houses at the close of
tho last century, and mostly represent the pleasures and
amusements of rural life, with such varieties of subject as
appealed to the sentimental sympathies of ninety years ago.
The pictures, though few in number, are all good examples of
the artist—rich and juicy incolour, as all Morland’s pictures are,
and without a trace of decay or change in any of them. Though
he was without that important quality of a great painter,
imagination, he had a correct eye for effect; and if his subjects
were common, he made them interesting by picturesque
arrangement and faithful expression of their essential charac¬
ter. While we pity his foibles, wo cannot withhold our
admiration for Ins genius. Seeing that Morland’s pictures
were frequently copied as soon as they left his hands, it must
have been a difficult tusk for Messrs. Vokins to bring together
o r ’ thc . ini P? rta “ fc so many as eighteen well-authenticated examples of the urtist;
,, .k®. congratulated on their .ucLeful e* ort . u,
efficiently as before.
HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE.
The opening of a brief season of Italian opera here, finder libe
direction of Mr. Samuel Ilayes, was recorded last week. The
performance of “ II Barbiere di Siviglia,” given on the open¬
ing night (Tuesday), was repeated on Thursday, and ou
Saturday ‘“Don Giovanni ” was performed, the title-character
well filled by Signor Padilla. Madume Biro de Marion and
Madame Sandrini (the latter a first appearanctr here) were
earnest and impressive, respectively, as Donna Anna and Donna
Elvira. Madame Rose Hersee was a genial Zerlina, and
Signor Frapolli ns Don Ottavio,\8ignor Castelmary as Lepo-
rello, aud Signer Zoboli as Masotto, were efficient repre¬
sentatives of those parts. For Inst Mondny^Il Trovatore”
was announced; and for Tuesday a repetition of “Don
Giovanni.” \/ \\
At the Popular concert of last Saturday afternoon, and at
that of Monday evening, the ,refined and artistic pianoforte
playing of Mdlle. Klcebtrg was a special feature. Beethoven’s
septet, for stringed and wind instruments—led by Herr
Straus in association with other eminent artists — was’an ira-
E ortant item in Saturday’s programme; the leading violinist
nving also distinguished himself by his fine performance in
solo pieces. Madame Norman-N6ruda reappeared ns leading
and solo violinist at Monday’s concert, which included vocal
pieces contributed by Sir. Thorndike, Mr. Santley having been
the vocalist on Saturday.
The third Richter concert of the autumnal series of threo
took place at St. James's Hall on Tuesdny evening, when
Beethoven’s choral symphony was very finely rendered, and
formed a grand climax to the programme. Tho performance
of thd orchestra and the chorus iu this leviathan work was
admirable in every respect, and the solo portions were very
efficiently sung by Miss A. Sherwin, Madame Fassctt, Mr. E.
Lloyd, and Mr. F. King. The concert opened with Weber’s
overture to “ Euryanthe,” and included Walther’s “ Probe-
lieder" from Wagner’a “ Die Meistersinger,” finely sung by
Mr. Lloyd, and “ Wotan'a Abschied und Feuerzauber,” from
the same composer’s “Die Walkiire,” iu which Mr. King
sustained the vocal part well. As ut the preceding concerts,
there was an overflowing audience, aud Herr Richter was en¬
thusiastically greeted
enable the public to see and enjoy such a representative col¬
lection of the works of one who was essentially an English
painter.
At the Burlington Gallery, 27, Old Bond-street, is to be
seen a noteworthy picture, the joint work of the late Sir
Edwin Landseer and Mr. Millais. It is by far the most im¬
portant of the three works left unfinished by the former artist
at the time of his death. “Found” is a deud fallow-deer,
surrounded by a group of dogs of various breeds, iu lifelike
attitudes, with almost human expressions; and the animals—
those alive, as well as tho one lying dead—are painted with the
force and consummate skill which marked the best period of
Landseer's work, from which wo are now separated by forty
years. How so important a work could have lain so long uu-
fi nished and comparatively unknown requires some explanation.
The most simple is probably near enough to the truth. After
coming into Mr. Millais’ hands to complete, in accordance
with Landseer’s wishes, the amount of work thrown upon
the most popular portrait-painter caused him to postpone,
from year to year, the filling-in of the background nnd land¬
scape, the general scheme of which had been designed by
Landseer himself. It must be admitted that the result in a
great degree reconciles us to the delav. Mr. Millais has done
his share of the work unobtrusively, with great care and
sympathy; and we feel justified in anticipating for this work,
which is to be engraved by Mr. Barlow, R.A., a popularity
hardly inferior to some of Landseer’s most favourite pictures.
Sir Philip Cunliffe Owen, director of the South Kensington
THE SILENT MEMBER.
The mournful news of Mr. Henry Fawcett’s sudden death
from pleurisy at Cambridge was learnt with surprise nnd tho
deepest regret in both Houses of Parliament on the 6th inst.
Personally popular, Mr. Fawcett had won the esteem of all
Parties by the consistent fairness and courtesy with which ho
presented his Radical views. Tidings of his loss came ns a
painful shock. Interrupting a debate on “FairTrade” in
the Lords, Earl Granville, plainly sorrowful at the departure
of a valued colleague, with eloquent brevity conveyed the sad
intelligence to the Upper House, and said lie did “ not know
any man whose intellectual qualities more entitled him to the
respect of everybody who knew him than the right honourable
gentleman.” With equal sincerity and similur good feeling
aid tho Marquis of Salisbury pay tribute to the worth of Mr.
Fawcett. It fell to the lot of the Marquis of Hartington the
same evening to express to the Commons the regret of the
Government at the demise of tho Postmaster-General, with
regard to whom Sir Stafford Northcote previously rose to bear
witness that there was “ no man who more thoroughly com -
manded and received the respect and regard of the House ”—
a sentiment which secured the sanction of Mr. Justin
McCarthy, as representative of the Irish Party. As was but
fit and proper, the Prime Minister on the morrow contributed
his rhetorical wreath to the memory of Mr. Fawcett, and Lord
John Manners, as 1 his predecessor, joined heartily in the ex¬
pression of regret likewise. If it be true that Mr. Shaw-
Lefevre succeeds to the Postmaster-Generalship, the late Mr.
Fawcett will have an admirable successor.
Coquetry with Protection! That is what the side-long
digs ut Free Trade mean—if they mean anything but a subtlo
desire to catch some votes on a will-o’-th’ wisp issue. Iu
muking himself the advocate of what Punch once humorously
stigmatised in a ballad named, “ Oh ! Fair Trade, oh 1 Fond
Trade!” the Efirl of Dunraven gained nothing on the
6th inst. He did but afford Earl Granville and Lord Kim¬
berley opportunity, of which they both took full advantage,
to show how immeasurably Free Trade had benefited this
country. While justifying Lord Dunraven’s request for a
Select Committee of Inquiry into the cause of the prevailing
depression in Trade and Agriculture, the Marquis of Salisbury
judiciously prevailed on him to withdraw the motion.
Peuding the return of the County Franchise Bill, the
House of Lords has kept itself from rusting by the con¬
sideration of a variety, of ot her subjects. The week opened with
an interesting Indian discussion. It appears from an important
petition presented by Lord Napier and Ettrick that many
European, Hindoo, and Mussulman subjects of her Majesty
in Madras, are of opinion that the Governor should not reside
for so great a portion of the year at the Hills. The noble
Lord and Lord Stanley of Alderley supported the prayer of
the petition; but the Earl of Kimberley, the Duke of
Buckingham, the Duke of Argyll, and the Marquis of Salis¬
bury had no difficulty iu defending the custom on hygienic
and other grouuds, albeit tlie Secretary for India remurked
that Mr. Grant Duff was fully prepared to live the twelve-
month round at Madras. The business of Tuesday was
prefaced by the swearing in of a few new Peers, the Earl of
Arran taking his seat as Baron Sudley, Viscount De Vesci as
a Buron of the United Kingdom, Mr. J. G. Dodson ns Burou
Monk Bretton, and Sir Walter Jumcs as Baron Northbourne.
The conciliatory stage of the discussion of the reintroduced
County Franchise Bill was opened well by the Premier on tho
6th inst. ; but was prefaced by the outburst of Ministerial
cheering and a smiling greeting from Mr. Gladstone when Mr.
Dodson’s successor. Colonel Steble, took the oath, with
marked fervour, os member for Scarborough. The Prime
Minister was discreetly brief in moving the eeeond reading of
the Franchise Bill, lie contented himself with reaffirming the
impossibility of dealing simultaneously with the Franchise
and Redistribution measures. Metaphorically putting him¬
self ia tho position of a host who felt bound to rouse his
guests when his house had caught fire, Mr. Gladstone
neatly justified the warnings ho had given the House of
Ixn-ds, whom he adjured to procrastinate no longer.
To propitiate the Opposition, the right lion, gentleman
then referred to tho general lines which the Government
Redistribution Bill would follow, and persuasively declared that
it was desired to make it the bill of the minority as well as of
the majority of the House—a measure, in flue, comprehensive,
equitable, nnd thorough, but not needlessly changeful. Mr.
Gladstone concluded with au emphatic warning that rejection
might kindle tho fire not yet wasted, and earnestly conjured
all Parties to join in the settlement of the Franchise question.
Clearly as is his wont did Mr. E. Stanhope, in the absence of
Lord Randolph Churchill, move that tho bill would bo unac¬
ceptable if unaccompanied by a rearrangement of electoral
areas. An amusing incident of the debate was that Mr. Gorst
broke loose from tho Fourth Party, and boldly advised the
Opposition not to make adversaries of tho millions whoso
enfranchisement they strove to delay. This unexpected speech
in support of the bill on the morrow brought down upon tho
devoted head of Mr. Gorst (scasonablo though his reason¬
able counsel wus to the Conservative Party) an unqualified
rebuke from his quondam leader, Lord Randolph Churchill,
who was even more hostile to tho Ministerial measure than Sir
Stafford Northcote himself. On a division, the amendment
of Mr. Stanhope was negatived by a majority of 140—372
against 232, the Irish Purty voting with the Government—and
the Franchise Bill was read the second time.
If, as is supposed, the return of Mr. Sampson Lloyd by a
large majority as Conservative member for South Warwick¬
shire caused the Opposition between Saturday and Monday
to resume its former position of irreconcilable antagonism to
the Franchise Bill uncoupled with the sister measure, then
must the leaders of the Conservative Party have reckoned
without the hosts of County householders who have met to
claim their right to vote. Mr. J. Lowtlier was on Hominy the
Museum, Iihs durin
the west of Englan
tho last few days visited some towns in
with a view of promoting art education
nnd encouraging tho communities to give a more generous
support to their schools of art. On Friday ho distributed
the prizes and certificates at Tiverton; and last Saturday after¬
noon he discharged a similur duty at Weston-super-Mare, iu
tho presence of a numerous and representative company.
It is announced that an international exhibition of arts,
manufactures, scientific, agricultural aud industrial products,
mechanical processes, and new inventions will be opened at
the Alexandra Palace, on March 31, 1885, and will remain
open for six months. One tenth of the entire receipts are to
be distributed among the various hospitals of the capital.
A conversazione was held at Skinners’ Hall on Wednesday
by the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society. There
was a loan collection of antiquities nnd works of ort.
to render tho new Franchise Act inoperativo until the
passing of a Redistribution Bill was rejected by a ma¬
jority of 85—194 aguinst 109 votes. Disregarding Mr.
Goschen’s mediation, Lord John Manners threw him¬
self into the breach in a Lowther-like spirit on Tues¬
day ; nnd Sir. Gladstone’s admirable reply called up Sir
Richard Cross. But, in the end, the Franchise Bill was read
the third time without a division. It now rests once more with
the House of Lords whether the country shall be agitated from
John o’ Groat’s to Land's End, or whether the Franchise,
which both parties unite iu supporting, shall be granted
■without further delay.
A jury in the Queen’s Bench have awarded £400 to a young
lady of llawick, named Scott, for the breach of promise to
marry her made by a Baptist minister of the same name.
Preston I’nrk, which was recently purchased by the Cor¬
poration of Brighton, ut a cost of over £50,000, was formally
opened to the public last Saturday by the Mayor, Mr.
Alderman A. H. Cox, in the presence of 20,000 people.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 15, 1884.— 472
THE LATE EIGHT HON. HENRY FAWCETT, M.P., POSTMASTER-GENERAL.
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SKETCH E S IN THE
LIFE OF
M R. F A W C E T T.
The unexpected death, at Cambridge, on Thursday week, of
the Right lion. Henry Fawcett, M.P., Postmuster-General,
has caused a general feeling of sincere regret. He was not
onlv an able and useful member of the present Ministry, and
a thoughtful leader of political opinion, distinguished in the
House of Commons by the independence and integrity of his
judgment, u University professor of economic science, and an
earnest advocate of Liberal principles; he was even more
remarkable as a man who had both endured and overcome,
with undaunted fortitude and perseverance, one of the severest
personal afflictions—the total deprivation of sight. His
example of courageous self-help in this respect has long won
the respect and admiration, as well as the sympathy, of
multitudes of his fellow-countrymen, while his public career
has been such as never to provoke among party opponents
the slightest degree of personal animosity, ana his consistency
and fidelity to his convictions lias never been doubted
by those who differed with him in some matters of opinion.
Few active and conspicuous members of Parliament have left
a record of their services more clear of reprouch ; there was
indeed one occasion, during Mr. Gladstone's former Ministry,
in 1873, when the course that. Mr. Fawcett thought it his duty
to take, upon the Irish Universities Bill, occasioned some em¬
barrassment to a Government of lus own party; but every¬
body gave him credit for honourable and disinterested motives,
and his character as an Independent Liberal stood higher than
if he had been disposed to compromise his known views
regarding the freedom and completeness of University
education.
This distinguished and estimable man was bom at Salisbury
in 1833, son «>f Mr. William Fawcett, an Alderman and
Magistrate of that city, who is still living, now above ninety
years of age. The mother of the late Mr. Henry Fawcett,
also surviving him, is n daughter of the lute Mr. W. Cooper,
of Salisbury. Mr. Henry Fawcett was educated at King’s
College School, London, and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, of
2. Skating.
3. Riding.
4. Fishing.
6. In the House of Commons.
8. At the Tost Office.
7. At s City Luncheou Bar.
MRS. FAWCETT.
1. Rowing.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 15, 1854
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which he was elected a scholar; he graduated as B.A.,
winning mathematical honours as Seventh Wrangler in 1856,
and was then elected to a fellowship in his College. He took
his degree of M. A. in 1859. It was in September, 1858, when out
partridge-shooting with his father, that he met with the extra¬
ordinary accident which inflicted on him total blindness. A gun
went off, and the shot pierced both his eyes, at once destroying
his sight for the remainder of his life. He used afterwards to
wear spectacles in public, and in society, but merely to hide
the appearance of the injured ©yes, for ho could not dis¬
tinguish light from darkness. Nevertheless, he resolved not
only to continue his studies, and to engage in public business,
but also to practise, so for as was possible, every kiud of open-
air exercise and healthy sport to which he had previously been
accustomed. He was fond of athletic pastimes, of walking,
riding, skating, rowing, and angling, each of which he con¬
trived to pursue with as much vigour and enjoyment as before.
At the same time, he devoted himself to the science of political
economy, nnd to politics in general, having books and papers
read to him, and dictating to an amanuensis the essays which
he composed for various magazines and reviews. These soon
gained him a considerable reputation, and in 1863 he was
elected Professor of Political Economy in the University of
Cambridge. His standard work, “A Manual of Political
Economy,” was published a year or two afterwards, and was
followed, in 1865, by his Lectures ou “the Economic Position
of the British Labourer.” In July of the same year, he was
elected 51.P. for Brighton, having previously been an unsuccess¬
ful candidate for Southwark in 1857, for the borough of Cam¬
bridge in 1863, and for Brighton in February, 1864. He was
re-elected for Brighton in 1868. At every contested election
he refused, on principle, to pay any expenses beyond those of
the official and strictly necessary arrangements; indeed, it has
been stated that his private income, scarcely exceeding £500 a
year, would not have borne the cost which many other candi¬
dates have been willing to incur. In 1867 he married a very
clever and accomplished lady, Miss 51 illiceut Garrett, daughter
of 5Ir. Newson Garrett, of Aldborough, and sister of 51rs.
Garrett Anderson, the first English lady physician. Mrs.
Henry Fawcett, who was born in 1847, has shared her hus¬
band’s studies and pursuits, and published in 1809 a “ Political
Economy for Beginners; ” she also contributed to a joint
volume of essays and lectures, upon various political and
economic questions, which they published in 1872, nnd in 1874
wrote a series of talcs, illustrative of political economy. She
has tuken a lending part, ns she is eminently entitled to do,
among those who advocate the claims of women to exercise
the right of voting when possessed of the same electoral
qualification that is required of men. Professor Fawcett
taught, wrote, lectured, aud spoke with recognised
authority upon such topics ns pauperism nnd the Poor
Laws, Free Trade, industrial nnd commercial interests,
finance, nnd national education; besides which he bestowed
special attention upon the condition of India, and his efforts
for the benefit of our Asiatic fellow-subjects, by removing
oppressive taxation, were gratefully acknowledged by many
of them in communications which have been often noticed.
He opposed and defeated the Irish Universities Bill of 1873
solely upon the ground that it would have injuriously limited
the range of higher education in Ireland by striking ont those
subjects, philosophy, ethics, aud history, in which the I toman
Catholics were indisposed to receive instruction from n body
constituted jointly of Protestant nnd Roman Catholic members.
It is undeniable that the failure of the Liberal Government to
settle that question partly led to its overthrow in the following
year, and this may have contributed to the loss of his seat for
Brighton in February, 1874; but in April of the same year
he was elected for Hackney, nnd was again returned at the
General Election of 1880. He was then appointed Postmaster-
General in 5Ir. Gladstone’s new Administration, and became
n Privy Councillor; he would probably have been a member
of the Cabinet but for nn official scruple on account of liis
blindness—namely, that he could not read confidential docu¬
ments without the assistance of another person, so that the
literal observance of absolute secrecy would have been im¬
possible in his case. It is well known that his management
of the Post Office, during four years and a half, lma been
characterised by great diligence nnd administrative skill,
nnd by the introduction of valuable reforms and new in¬
stitutions, particularly in the money-order system, the Savings’
Bank, annuities, nnd life assurance provisions, the telegraph
service, reply post-cards, and latterly the Parcels Post, lu
1883, he was elected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow,
lie had tho honorary degrees of D.C.L. aud LL.D. conferred
on him by more than one University. He has left one child,
a daughter, about fifteen years of age. His residence in
London was at The Lawn, South Lambeth, and in Cambridge
at 18, Brookside, where ho died. His health seems to have
been weakened by a severe attack of diphtheria two years ago,
but there was no abatement of his personal activity. The lust
time he spoke in public was at a political meeting inthe Tower,
Hamlets on the 13th ult. He went from London to Cambridge
on Saturday, the 1st inst., aud afterwards rode on horseback,
and entertuined some friends to dinner. On thenext day lie
was ill, and was found to bo suffering from pleurisy and
inflammation of the right lung. He was attended by Dr.
Latham and Dr. Paget, and 51rs. Garrett Anderson came from
London to see her brother-in-law on the Wednesday. Sir
Andrew Clarke was summoned\on Thursday, but found the
patient sinking from failure of the heart’s action. Mr. Fawcett
died at half-post five that afternoon.
The news of this melancholy event was immediately made
known in London, and was announced in both Houses of
Parliament. Lord Granville And Lord Salisbury in the ono
House, Lord Harrington and Sir Stafford Northcote in the
the other, joined in bearing testimony to the excellent qualities
of Mr. Fawcett; and on Friday evening Mr. Gladstone, who
had been absent on the former occasion ;Apoke in similar terms
of the merits of the deceased, and of the loss which Parliament
nnd the country have sustained. A message of condolence
was sent by the Queen to Mrs. Henry Fnwcctt. The topic was
alluded to on Sunday by many clergymen and dissenting
ministers in their pulpit sermons.
The funeral took placemen. Sunday in the churchyard of
Trnmpington, a village about two xfliles south of Cambridge.
It was attended by many of 5Ir. Fawcett’s colleagues in tho
Ministry, 5Ir. Childers, Sir William Harcourt, Sir Charles
Dilke, Mr, Rhaw-Lefevre, Mr. 5Iundello, 5Ir. Leonard
Courtney, Sir T. Brnssey, Mr. J. K. Cross, and 5Ir. Herbert
Gfodsfotne; by many members of Parliament, Lord Dalhousie,
I^rd Camperdown, Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 51r. Plunket, Mr. J.
A. Campbell, 5Ir. Woodall, Mr. J. Holms, Mr. J. 51orley, 5Ir.
James Howard, Mr. Illingworth, 5Ir. Sydney Buxton, Mr. A.
Cohen, 5Ir. Rathbone, and others ; by Lady Harberton, Mrs.
Ashton Dilke, Sirs. Maclaren, Miss Becker, nnd 5Iiss Muller,
representing the association for obtaining the franchise for
women; by the Secretary to the Post Office, 51 r. Stevensou
Blackwood, and other chief officials in that department;
by Lai 5Iohun Ghose and other native Indian gentlemen;
and by numerous personal friends, coming from London by a
special train. The Vice-Chancellor of the University of
Cambridge, the Master of Trinity Hall (Sir H. Sumner Maine,
t K.C.S.I.), and tho Fellows aud other members, the Professors
of the University and Heads of Colleges, were also present.
In the chapel of Trinity Hall, at tho morning service, special
prayers were rend by the ltev. H. Latham, Vice-Master. The
family mourners who followed the coffin were two brothers of
the deceased, Mr. and 5Irs. Newson Garrett, 5Ir. Anderson
aud Mrs. Garrett Anderson, and other relatives. Sirs.
Henry Fawcett and daughter were in the church.
The coffin, covered with wreaths of white flowers, was
conveyed from Mr. Fawcett’s house at Brookside to
Trumpiligtou ou au open bier drawn by two horses, without
any funeral trappings. A precession wus formed to escort it
to the grave, six college servants and six Post Office letter-
carriers walking beside it. Around the grave, on tombstones,
on bushes, and against the church walls lay garlands of white
flowers scut from hundreds of different people. The grave is
near the south wall of the chancel, and not far from that of
the Rev. Dr. Grote, Professor of Moral Philosophy. Tho
religious service was performed by the Rev. E. B. Birks, Vicar
of Trumpington, assisted by the Rev. J. C. Egerton, Rector of
Burwash. There was a special funeral service on Monday
afternoon at Westminster Abbey.
We present Illustrations of the house in which 5Ir. Fawcett
was bom, in Queen-street, Salisbury, facing the Market-place,
nnd of the house where he died, 18, Brookside, on the London
road, at Cambridge ; also of a few well-known incidents of his
life. In the Eugraving which shows the birthplace at Salis¬
bury, it should bo explained that the dwelling formerly
inhabited by 5Ir. Fawcett’s parents is the lower building, to
tho right hand, extending a considerable length, now divided
in occupation between a com-chaudicr’s shop and the resi¬
dence of a medical gentleman; not the adjacent premises
with tho tali gable roof and the front of decorative wood¬
work in antique style. The elder 5Ir. Fawcett afterwards
removed to a country house near Salisbury.
NATIONAL SPORTS.
After a race meeting 1ms once fairly started on the down line,
it is notoriously n most difficult mntter to arrest its decline,
and the Messrs. Toph&ni deserve the highest credit for having
apparently accomplished that feat at Liverpool. The fixture
of last week was generally acknowledged to have been by far
the most successful that has tuken place there in the autuniu
for years. A field of fifteen for the Cup was fully up to the
average of tho last decade, nnd the victory of Tlicbais (9sfc. 41b.)
well deserves to be ranked amongst the best performances
that have ever been accomplished in handicaps. No such
burden has ever been carried successfully in tliis race except by
Sterling, who had exactly the same weight on hia back in 1873,
and, six years later, 5Iaster Kildare managed to get home
under 8 st. 13 lb. He, as well as Thebais, was ridden by
Archer, and mention of the great jockey reminds us that he
has just sustained a sad loss in the death of his wife. Goggles
(7 at.), in spite of his poor show at Lincoln, was the only one
that gave Thebais any trouble, though Sweetbread (9 st. 3 lb.)
ran fairly well, nnd ought to vm another race before
his legs, which are in u very doubtful state, necessitate
his retirement from the turf. Acrostic had a very profitable
journey to Liverpool, as ho secured both the Stewards’ Cup
and Great Lancashire Handicap; but there was not much
merit in either performance, as the hundienppers seemed to
have forgotten his Royal Hunt Cup victory at Ascot, and
treated him far too leniently. The principal performer
amongst the two-year-olds was Mallow, nn Irish colt, by
York—Clyda, who won both the Knowsley and Downs
Nurseries. In the latter race, he had 9st. to carry, and must
be a really smart youngster; so it is not at all surprising that
Necromancer, who wus not quite up to the mark, failed to give
him 161b. in the .first-event, and thus sustained his only defeat.
As is customary- at^iverpool, there was a hurdle-race or
steeplecliHso on the card each day; but the doings of the
“ jumpers” were not particularly interesting, and, unless
ranks are very strongly recruited at the end of the flafc-raciug
season, we fear that we are in for another very dull winter,
as far as cross-country sport is concerned.
Nq&tliat we have Imd two or three nights in which there
has been a touch Of frost, horses will run far better than they
have hitherto done/and coursing will go on merrily all over
the country. Last week was a very busy ono, as lovers of the
old style of “ free and open ” sport could indulge in it to
their heart’s content nt Newmarket, whilst those who prefer
hike their amusement without any exertion were well
cateml for at Gosforth and Four Oaks Park. The best repre¬
sentatives of class amongst the greyhounds were undoubtedly
to be found at Newmarket, where the Champion Stakes for
S ies of both sexes was divided between Viking, by
er—5Ieg Hill, and Bit of Fashion, by Paris—Pretty Nell.
The jormer was certainly the best puppy in the stake, and ran
all hia five courses in beautiful style. Ho would bo all the
better for a shade more pace; still, he is a really good one,
and quite likely to fill a Waterloo Cup nomination. Perhaps
Bit of Fashion was a little lucky to get where sue
did, us it was generally thought that Chatterbox put
her out in the first round, yet it must not be for¬
gotten that she has now won twelve courses without once
Buffering defeat; and, though not remarkably game, Bhe
S 08 scs 8 c *8 ft fine turn of speed. Tho All-Aged Stakes was
ivided between 5Iinchonnier and Tippity-Witchet, and both
thoroughly deserved their positions. Mr. A. A. Steward made
his d6but as a coursing judge with great success, and would
have succeeded even better than he did if lie had not been very
unsuitably mounted in one or two instances.
We seem likely to have more billiards than ever this winter.
Three American tournaments have already taken place,
blitchell winning both of those in which he was engaged; and
n fourth will be conducted this (Saturday) afternoon and
evening at the Aquarium. Such cracks as Cook, Joseph
Bennett, Mitchell, Peall, nnd Richards arc engaged in it; and,
judging from the capital musters of spectators on the opening
day, the public are as keen as ever to witness really high-class
billiards. All 5Ir. Corey’s arrangements are as admirable as
usual.
Dr. E. Symes Thompson, Gresham Professor of Physic and
Senior Physician to the Hospital for Consumption, gave last
Saturday the first of a Beries of lectures in connection with the
Women’s Union of the Church of England Temperance
Society. The lecture was given at the residence of Lord and
Lady Brabazon, 83, Lancaater-gate. Dr. Thompson’s subject
wa3 Temperate Teaching on Temperance.
Last Saturday, nt the Guildhall, 5Ir. Alderman Nottage
was sworn in as Lord 5Inyor, and was invested with the
insignia of his office. A deputation of the United Wards Club
waited upon the outgoing Lord Mayor on Saturday, and pre¬
sented him with a copy of a resolution unanimously passed at
a recent meeting of the club expressing their appreciation of
the manner in which ho had discharged his duties during his
year of office. Lord Mayor Fowler yesterday week was ad¬
mitted to the freedom and livery of the Grocer’s Company, in
recognition of the manner in which he had discharged the duties
of his office during his year of mayoralty.
PARISIAN SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
(From our Paris Correspondent.)
Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 11.
Cholera is the topic of the day. The alarm was given last
Tuesday of a case, followed by death, near the Banque de
France. Sinco then, according to the statistics published by
the prefecture, the epidemic has been rapidly increasing.
Here are the figures:—Nov. 4, 3 cases, 2 deaths; Nov. 5,
9 cases, 6 deaths; Nov. 6,10 cases, 5 deaths; Nov. 7, 28 cases,
8 deaths; Nov. 8, 75 cases, 15 deaths; Nov. 9, 186 cases,
51 deaths; Nov. 10, 152 cases, and 33 deaths. It will be
remarked that the proportion of deaths is very small, and
the epidemic is in reality mild. Furthermore, it has
been observed that not one single victim was thoroughly
healthy when attacked by the cholera, and that almost
all thoso attacked aro persons who lived in unhealthy
dwellings, wero poor, badly fed, or addicted to alcohol. The
principal centre of the disease is in a district of the Faubourg
Bt. Antoine inhabited by rag-pickers. The news of the cholera
caused some alarm during the first day or two, and people
began to talk about leaving Paris. At present, however,
there is no change to be observed in the physiognomy of the
city. Nevertheless, it is certain that the epidemic, whether it
prove to be mild or severe, will have a disastrous effect on com¬
merce. During the summer, the choleTa in the south deprived
Paris of its usual contingent of visitors, and now, just ns
foreigners wero beginning to think that Paris was safe, the
epidemic breaks out in the very heart of the city.
The Senate has voted the bill of electoral reform intro¬
duced by the Government, but with such an important
modification that the whole question will have to be discussed
again by the Chamber. The senators compensated for the
suppression of tho life-senators by adding a clause reserving
to the Senate the right to elect itself seventy-five members
whose term of office is to be nine years. This modification
practically nullifies tho project of the Government. Tho con¬
duct of M. Ferry in the Chinese question is giving rise to
severe comments. Yesterday, after having given a rendezvous
to the members of the Tonquin credits commission, 51. Ferry
refused to appear or to give any explanations. The news¬
papers are crying out about a shameful peace, and about the
autocratic proceedings of tho 51inister. Indeed, it seems not
improbable that 51. Ferry will have to retire ; in which case,
51. Brisson, the President of the Chamber, will be called upon
to form a Cabinet.
xyThe necrology of the week includes the names of Frezzolini,
the celebrated soprano, and of 5Iadamo Auais Lebrun, better
known as tho Comtesse De Bassanville, who died at the age of
eighty-two, in the Hospice do Sainte Ferine. 5Indnnie De
Bassanville was the author of a “Code du C6remonial,” in
which she taught the democracy of the present day the
traditions of politeness and savoir virre. Her “ Salons
d’Autrefois ” contains agreeable pictures of French society
under the first Empire and the Restoration.
The Journal Official publishes a decree authorising a
Universal International Exhibition to be held at Paris from
May 5 to Oct. 31, 1889. 51. Antonin Proust is appointed
president to the preparatory committee. It is probable that
the exhibition will be held at the Trocadero, ou the Champs
dc Mars, on the Esplanade des Iuvulides, nnd at the Palais de
l’ludustrie, it being easy to unite these four places by means
of bridges. This plan would have tho advantage of having
the entrance to the exhibition within an easy walk of the
Boulevards. _ T. C.
Tho Pope held a Consistory on Monday, at which he
created nine new Cardinals, aud then delivered nn allocution,
in which he specially alluded to the affnire of the Church in
the British Colonies and In Africa.—Tho Turin Nationul Exhi¬
bition is to be kept open until tho 20th inst., to enable the
exhibitors to dispose of the contents of their stalls; but it
will then be definitively closed.
The Belgian Parliament was opened on Tuesday by Royal
Commission, without any Speech from the Throne. At the
conclusion of tho sitting of the Senate, some street mani¬
festations took place, and arrests were mode.
In the divorce case between Madame Patti and her husband,
the 51arquis de Caux, judgment was pronounced on Wednesday
in favour of the 5Iorquis.
Tho state of the Emperor of Germany's health is re-
assuriug, but his medical attendants enjoin his 5Iajesty to
avoid over-exertion as far os possible. The Crown Princess
arrived nt Arco, in the Tyrol, last Saturday, on a visit to the
Archduke Albert. She returns to Berlin bn the 19th inst. for
the celebration of her birthday. — Prince Bismarck has applied
for a supplementary credit of 180,000 marks for the appoint¬
ment of a German governor to the Cameroons territory, and
for the equipment of coasting steamers and river launches for
service there. — Rear-Admiral Archibald MaoLean, of the
German navy, died at Berlin on the 7th inst. He was of
Scotch descent. In 1879 he commanded the corvette Prince
Adalbert during the cruise round the world with Prince Henry
of Prussia. Last year he retired from active service.
The Greek Parliament was opened on the 6th inst. by
M. Tricoupis, the Premier, who read the Royal decree
convoking the Chamber.
Mr. Masson has taken the oaths of office as Lieutenant
Governor of Quebec.
The Jamaica Legislature, by a nearly unanimous vote, has
rejected a proposal to establish a political and commercial
confederation with Canada.
The reappearance of 5Ir. Irving and 5Iiss Terry nt New
York on Tuesday was greeted by a largo and brilliant audience,
which overwhelmed them with every manifestation of delight
and appreciation. The play was ** Tho Merohant of Venice.”
The new Taxation Bill 1ms passed both Houses of the
Legislature of South Australia. — At a fete held last Saturday
by the French residents nt Sydney, 5Ir. Dibbs, as representing
tho New South Wales Ministry, paid a warm tribute to the
French people, who, he said, had been their partners in glory
and civilisation.
The House of Representatives at Wellington lias sanctioned
the payment of £15,000 os New Zealand's share of tho cost of
the British protectorate in New Guinea.
Lord Ripon left Simla on Monday for the tour in Northern
India which he will make on his way to Calcutta. — Sir Salar
Jung has been appointed Knight Commander of the Star of
India.
The Chinese Government has paid the indemnity claimed
by England for the loss suffered by British subjects during
the native riots at Canton in September, 1883.
If it be allowable to judge of the whole from a part, one
must needs form a most favourable opinion of Messrs. Munsell's
Christmas and New-Year cards, from the few specimens sent:
and persons intending to make Bensonnhle gilts of this kind
will ao well to call nt Sfessrs. Mansell's place of bnsim-ss,
271, Oxford-street; especially ns, besides their own produc¬
tions, those of the principal makers of Christmas raids mo
exhibited in their show-rooms.
NOV. 15, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON" NEWS
475
THE NILE EXPEDITION.
There is very little news this week of positive importance with
regard to Lord Wolfleley’s expedition. The Commander-in-
Cliief is nt Dongola, with the advanced portion of his force,
while the tedious work of bringing up the remainder, from
Wady Hulfa and from Assouan, is being performed as well as
the circumstances permit. Four hundred of the rowing-boats
have passed the Second Caturuct, aud the next batch, of equal
number, is pasaiug the First Cataract; but the river is falling
some inches daily, and it is expected that, in more than one
place, the boats will have to be carried along its bank. The
required stores at the front ore still deficient, and there is a
difficulty iu forwarding them, since “nuggars.” or native
barges, can no longer nscend the Upper Nile. No additional
intelligence of General Gordon’s situation at Khartoum had
been received up to Wednesday evening. At Sonakim, on
the Red Sea coast, renewed attacks on the garrison have been
attempted by the followers of Osman Dignn, but they were
easily repulsed; this happened again last Tuesday morning,
when the cavalry pursued the retreating enemy a distance of
nine miles.
The railway from Wady Haifa to Sarras has been com¬
pletely organised for traffic, but the projected extension from
Surras to Seinneh has been given up, on account of the lack of
engine power for its working. The 8th Company of the Royal
Engineers, under the command of Brevet-Major I). A. Scott,
has rendered valuuble service ; the right half-comnany,
under Captain Wilsou and Lieutenant Vidal, being employed
iu rnilwuy construction and repair; the left half-company,
under Captain Von Donop, Lieutenant .1. A. Ferrier, and
Lieutenant Itoper, in the work belonging to railway traffic.
We are indebted to an officer for the Sketches engraved and
published this week, showing the scenes on the Nile which
they passed from Assouan to Wady Haifa, the labours of
putting railway material, tools, stores, and plant on board the
barge for conveyance up the river, to be towed by a steamer,
and other incidental operations. The ruined Castle of
Ibrcem, in Nubia, situated on the summit of a rock,
hus often been noticed by travel 1 era; it was the site
of n Roman fortress. This “ Railway Company ” of
the Royal Engineers seems deserving of particular recog¬
nition. It consists of six officers and 125 non-commis¬
sioned officers and men, who were specially trained in
railway work near Chatham, on a piece of line belonging to the
Loudon, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. They were
admitted to the large workshops of that company nt Long-
hedge, Wandsworth-road, aud to many of the stations, where
they learnt the duties of guards, signalmen, and pointsmen.
One section, as mentioned above, were trained as plate-layers,
carpenters, and smiths for laying the rails; the other section,
for traffic work, got instruction ns engine-drivers, firemen,
engine - fitters, engine - cleaners, pointsmen, and in the
making-up und management of trains, and the duties of
a railway station. Some of them, in their uniform of dark
blue serge, with a military forage enp, were to be seen last
summer helping in the ordinary traffic of the line, and soldier
engine-drivers actually drove the mail-train from Dover to
London. This sort of practice went on for more than a mouth,
in preparation, ns was then supposed, for constructing and
working a line from Sounkim to Berber. When that plan
was abandoned, and Lord Wolseley’s Nile Expedition wus
ordered, it was a great advantage to have the ready service
of picked and trained men of the Royal Engineers for the
short pieces of railway necessary to convey stores past the
First aud Second Cataracts. They embarked at Gravesend on
Sept. 3, on board the steam-ship Rewa, arrived at Alexandria
on the 15th; and, after a delay of two days at Cairo, reached
Assouan on the 29th. A locomotive engine had alrcudy been
embarked at Shelal, opposite the Isle of Phil®, by the
26th Company of the Royal Engineers. Major Scott’s com¬
pany immediately set to work embarking the other railway
stores, with the assistance of working parties from different
regiments, and of native labour. Their services hnve been of
great utility, and it is only to be regretted that the want of
more engines is likely to prevent the use of railways beyoud
the Second Cataract. ’ _
At a meeting of the Common Council on the Gth inst., Mr.
T. Roderick, solicitor, who lias been for many years in the
Secondary’s office, was elected Secondary in the room of Mr.
De Jersey.
Mr. Thomas Brock, A.R A., has received a commission for
a colossal bronze statue of the late 8ir Erasmus Wilson, to be
erected outside the Margate Infirmary, which owes so much to
that physician. He will be represented clad in his robes of
office us President of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Our Portrait of the late Dr. Samuel Rnbbetli is from a
photograph by Mr. J. Deane Hilton, of Savoy-street, Strand;
that of Mrs. Fawcett is from one by Messrs. Elliott and Fry,
of Baker-street, ns well us that of her husband* which was
published when he took office as Postmask-r-GeneraL^\\\
The poll for South Warwickshire wasdeclared last Saturday,
Mr. Sampson S. Lloyd, Conservative, being returned to Parlia¬
ment by 3095 votes, or 1176 majority over his opponent, Lord
William Compton. The election gives the seat previously
occupied by a Liberal to a Conservative.
The Bishop of Carlisle, Dr. Harvey Goodwin, honoured
King’s Lynn Grammar School by a Visit onFriduy, the
7th inst. Last Saturday W/ F. Swann, of Corpus Christi
College, Cambridge, was received by the Prince of Wales at
Sandringham for the presentation of tli^'gold mednl for the
year; and in the evening, according td\custom, the boys
illuminated the Grey Friars’ Tower in commemoration of liis
Royal Highness’s birthday. /\ \\
Mr. George Sanger’s National Theatre opened last Satur¬
day evening for the season. The theatre! lias been entirely
redecorated; nnd the performances by Sir. George Sanger’s
English and Continental Circus Companies embraced the fifth
act of “ Richard III.,” the Drama of “Rookwood,” and Dick
Turpin’s Ride fo York. Miss Gladys Folliott played Dick
Turpin, and Miss Grant Washington played Richard Duke of
Gloucester. A large audience attended, delighted with the
entertainments placed before them.
Lady Arthur Hill, last Saturday evening, nt the City Ter¬
minus Hotel, Cannon-street, presented the prizes gained in
the gun and carbine contests by the Second Middlesex Artil¬
lery Brigade. The prizes chiefly consisted of cups. Previous
to the distribution, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur W. Ilill, M.P., the
commanding officer, said the conduct of the regiment at
Shoeburynesi was worthy of the warmest praise. The Brigade
had won the challenge cup, of the value of 100 guineas, pre-
sentedljy Colonel K. W. ilnrcourt, M.P., Vice-President of
the National Artillery Association. In addition to the Cup
aud Budges, £21 was awarded by the National Artillery Asso¬
ciation. Not only had the regiment obtained those prizes,
but they hnd succeeded in gaining the Queen’s Prize, which
consisted of nine silver cups and badges—one each to mem-
l>pr* of the detachment — for the highest aggregate score in the
sixiy-four and forty-pounder gun competitions. The regi¬
ment Imd a'so done their share iu securing the Queen’s Prize
from Canada by beating the Canadians.
THE CHURCH.
Atleast 1000 of the London clergy assembled in the dome area of
St. Paul’s Cathedral on the 7th inst., to receive the Bishop and
to hear his Lordship’s charge, after mi interval of five years. His
Lordship said that the illness which had prevented his holding
his visitation last year hud passed away, but he felt serious
misgivings whether he should bo able to coutinuc, enfeebled
as he was by the advance of years, to administer the diocese.
He gave an outline of the history of the diocese during the
past five years; alluded to the state of education in Church
schools, and the influence of the Board schools thereupon ;
expressed bis approval of the recommendations of the Eccle¬
siastical Courts Commission; arid concluded with au eurnest
exhortatiou for unity among the clergy, whatever their opinion
upon ritual, in order to meet the spiritual needs of this diocese.
The Bishop of Liverpool on Saturday last consecrated the
Church of AU Saints, Princes’ Park, aud publicly instituted
Mr. Baynes the Vicar.
The parish church of Burstow, near Reigate, was reopened
last week, after restoration, the Bishop of Rochester officiating.
The cost of the undertaking was upwards of £2000.
The Church of St. Mary Woolnoth was reopened on Sunday,
after being thoroughly redecorated under the direction of Mr.
Butterfield—the colours of the roof, waUs, aud pillars
admirably blending.
A very interesting service took place on Sunday at
Stepney church, especially intended lor the dnun-aud-fife
bands of East London, of which there were more than 500
members in uniform present.
Tho Mayor of Cheltenham on Tuesduy laid the corner¬
stone of the Dean Close Memorial School. Previous to the
ceremony a service wus held in St. Mark’s Church, a special
sermon being preached by the Dean of Ripon.
A richly painted window, from the studio of Mr. Taylor of
Beraers-street, tho gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cousins, in memory
of their child, has been placed in tho old church of Hors-
monden.
The twelfth annual festival of the Loudon Church Choir
Association was held on Thursday week iu St. Paul’s Cathedral.
The choir comprised upwards of five hundred men and boys,
representing tliirty-four of the metropolitan choirs forming
the association.
The Rev. H. D. Cust Nunn, Minor Canon of Ripon, lias
accepted the vicarage of Slmrrow, near Ripon, vacant bytho
preferment of the Rev. E. Gray; and the rectory of Hadding¬
ton, near Market Harborough, has been accepted by tho Rev.
G. C. Bode, M.A., late Curate of Stroud. The Bishop of
Oxford has conferred the living of Abingdon, Berks, vacant
by the preferment of the Rev. W. C. Gibbs to the Rectory of
liagley, Worcester, on the Rev. Robert C. F. Griffith, Yicar
of Coiubrook. / /' \
According to usage, the Mayors of cities and municipal
boroughs in England nnd Wales were chosen on Monday to
serve for a your. Politically, the Mayors are pretty evenly
divided between the two great parties.
The Hastings Town Council has decided to purchase
absolutely the whole of the land known as the East nnd West
Hills, consisting of about 140 acres, for £29,000. Ecclesbourno
Glen is not included iu the negotiations.
The first meeting of the Royal Botanic Society since the
recess was held on Saturday last, Lord Aveland, vice-president,
in the chair. A long list of donations of plauts and seeds
from various parts of the world was read as received since tho
last meeting.
After a trial of five days iu Dublin, Patrick Fitzgerald
was on Monday acquitted of the charge of treason-felony; and
in consequence the fourteen prisoners in custody on charges
connected with the Tubbercurry conspiracy were on Tuesday
discharged.
M. Auguste Couvreur, late Vice-President of the Belgian
Chamber of Representatives, yesterday week, at the Philo¬
sophical Institution, Edinburgh, gave nu uddress on ele¬
mentary education aud its effects on the culture of a
nation. Having referred to education aud its relation to the
State in various countries, lie traced tho history of education
in Belgium from 1815 to the preseut time.
There were 2522 births and 1516 deaths registered in Loudon
last Week- Allowing for increase of population, the births
were29U, and the deaths 185, below the average numbers iu
the corresponding weeks of the last ten years. The deaths
included 22 from smallpox, 32 from measles, 32 from scarlet
fever, 17 from diphtheria, 19 from wlioopiug cough, 20 from
entenc fever, and 22 from dysentery.
A large und fine collection of chrysanthemums, raised by
the Royal Botanic Society, was thrown open ou Tuesday to
the inspection of Fellows nnd their friends in the Gardens at
Regent’s Park, and will remain ou view uutil the 17th inst.—
Many varieties of this charming autumn fiower are still on
view in the Temple Gardens; and a great chrysanthemum
show at the Crystal Paluce iB announced for the last two days
of this week.
A new “ Popular Railway Guide ” has been issued. It is
for the present applied to the main lines of the Loudon and
North-Western, Caledonian and Highland Railways; in¬
cluding, therefore, the immense stretch of territory between
Eustou-square and the farthest extremities of Scotland. But
it is to be followed by a complete Guide to the entire King¬
dom. Its cluirns to support are based on tho production of a
Time-Table easy to understand, while it gives, in a simple
form, within the limits defined, all that the Official Guides
and Bradshaw contain.
An extraordinary funeral took place at Whitchurch yester¬
day week, Miss Nunnerley, of Wirral, Cheshire, being in¬
terred in all her wedding clothes, even to the wreath, boots,
and ring. The young lady was engaged to be married to a
cheese factor from London, son of Mr. It. W. Burgess, cheese
factor, Whitchurch. Tho wedding was postponed owing to
the illness of her father, who died six weeks ago, the day after
the ceremony was fixed. As, however, all the preparations
for the wedding were made, it was decided that it should take
place quietly some three weeks ago; but a day or so before
then Miss Nunnerley herself was taken ill, and died ou Sunday.
The exhibition of St. Bernard dogs at the Duke of Wel¬
lington’s Riding-School closed yesterday week, and, notwith¬
standing the unfavourable weather, was visited by a large
number of visitors, the various prize dogs being surrounded
by eager admirers throughout the day. The onc-lnmdred
guinea challenge cup given by the club, which must be held
for three years in order to become the property of the
recipient, lias been adjudged to the Rev. A. Carter's Pliu-
limmon, which also takes the cup aud first prize as tho best
rough-coated dog under eighteen months and the cup for the
best of both kinds. Special prizes are also awarded to Mr.
8. W. Smith’s Duke of Wellington, Mr. Norriss-Elye’a La
Moaootte nnd Crevasse II., Mr. Colman’s Bernardiue, Mr.
Marshall’s Glengarry, Mr. Murchison’s Madeline and Marie,
and the Rev. A. Carter’s Tliisbe. Princess Louise and suite
visited the show.
CITY ECHOES.
Wednesday, Nov. 12.
The Bank rate has been raised to 5 per cent, as was anticipated,
but no proportionate effect has been produced upon the rates
current iu the open market, nnd so the exchanges have but
slightly improved. It is therefore of no uso to think of
further action with the Bank rate. What is wanted is a tighten¬
ing up of the open market. This can only be done by the
Bank withdrawing money from its competitors by borrowing
on stock, and this is an expensive operation, and one which
only by accident of position falls to be borne by tho Bank of
England. That the open market so sluggishly follows the
Bank of England is due to tho conviction that the present
bullion difficulty will 6 O 0 n be got over, nnd that then the Bank
rate will speedily run down. It is therefore natural that pre¬
seut inconvenience should be defied for the sake of securing
business at the comparatively highrates now current. Gold has
been chielly wanted for Now Turk, and there the Btock accu¬
mulates beyoud ordinary experience or probable requirements.
The last return showed a gain in the week of £660,000, aud the
total was thereby increased to £22,700,000, which is no less
than £6,815,000 above the proportion of gold to notes which
the law requires. Moreover, the demand for money in New
York decreases. From these facts it may reasonably be
inferred that we shall soon Bee a complete cessation of the
strain this market is now under.
Tho successful candidature of Mr. Cleveland for the
presidency of the United .States is regarded as in favour of a
higher moral toue throughout all afiairs in the States, und at
first there was A rebound in tho value of securities ; but the
“war offates” gets fiercer, and pow we are once more
depressed by a sense of the contingencies which surround such
a conflict. One telegram says a committee of railway
administrators is to be held this week ou the subject; but at
the same time it is pointed out the West Shore Company is not
under the control of “ the pool,” aud that any decision would
be ineffective. Mr. Vunderbilt, meanwhile, goes on ns though
everything was to be sacrificed to the ruin of the West Shore ;
and the West Shore people seem to be content to accept rates
which mpst barely keep the line open. But this fight cannot
g6 on Tor ever, and there is a growing feeling that the worst is
now known of nearly every Transatlantic security, nnd that
consequently those who have money to invest can now find
openings.
Under the pressure of the further movement in the Bank
rate, our own national stocks have continued to lose ground,
but Bank of England Stock has risen because dear money
helps the dividend. Foreigu securities are also under the
influence of purely local considerations. A recovery in
Brazilian Bonds is one of the most recent features, while Turkish
and Spanish have been exceptionally flat. Egyptian move
almost daily iu connection with the varying view taken of tho
prospects bearing on the subject of the Debt. After being
rendered very flat upon a report that even the first
preference dividend was to be paid in deferred warrants,
Mexican Railway stocks have bounded forward upon tho
official notification that the first aud second preferences are to
receive full dividends, and the third preference 1 per cent per
annum, all in cash. The report which preceded the notifi¬
cation must, therefore, have Deen fabricated for speculative
purposes. Another point of interest is the continued depres¬
sion of the shares of the large Spanish copper companies.
Indian gold-raining shares nre still m demand.
Subscriptions are invited for £48,000 8 per cent first mort¬
gage debentures of the Rainy Lake Lumber Company
(Limited), an undertaking which has a subscribed capital of
£130,000, of which £62,500 is paid up, and £67,500 is liable, to
be called up. This uupuicl capital is hypothecated to the
security of these bonds, and the company further mortgages
its whole property, the value of which is£318,S31. Messrs.
Chadwick, of London and Manchester, have inspected the pro¬
perty, and an English counsel has passed all the agreements.
The Orient bteam-Ship Company is suffering liko all other
shipowners, and there is to be no interim dividend on account
of tho current year. The Bank of Montreal again pays 10 per
cent per annum. . _ T. S.
The societies formed to perpetuate tho memory of Edward
Colston, the West of England philanthropist, dined together
at Bristol on Thursduy.
Miss Braddon’s Christmas annual, “the MisletoeBough,”
makes its appearance as bright and cheery ns ever. There
are a dozen items in the list of contents, nearly ull of them
illustrated with whole-page engravings.
Mr. Ruskin gave the fourth of Iris series of lectures on
“The Pleasures of Engluud” in the Lecture Theatre of the
University Museum, Oxford, on Saturday afternoon, the sub¬
ject being “Cceur de Lion to Elizabeth: tho Pleasures of
Fancy.” There was agaiu n lurge and distinguished audience.
The second of the present series of concerts for the people,
organised by the Secretary of tho National Temperance
league, took’ place in Exeter Hall last Saturday, when there
was a large attendance. Archdeacon Farrar presided, aud
offered some remarks upon temperance iu rclntion to recreation.
A special meeting of the Jersey States Assembly was held
on Tuesday afternoon for the purposo of appointing a judge
delegate to fill the office vacant by the death of the late bailiff.
Sir John Pipon Marett. The Assembly, by a large majority,
elected Mr. Edward Mouraut, M.A., who has for some time
performed the duties during the illness of the lnte bailiff.
At n meeting of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
on the 6th inst., rewards amounting to £473 were granted to
tho crews of life-boats of the institution for services rendered
during the past month, in which period they have saved 123
lives. Payments amounting to £2830 were made ou the 2.82
life-boat establishments of tho institution.
The Colonies of Victoria, Ceylou, Mauritius, nnd Natal have
claimed, in the Chancery Court, the prerogative of the Crown
to demand from the liquidators of the Oriental Bank payment
iu full of the amounts standing to the credit of the several
Colonial Governments at the date Ht which tho bank suspended
payment. In the case of Victoria, the amount was £438,569.
Mr. Justice Chitty has decided that the Crown is entitled to
payment in full, in priority to other claims against tho bank.
A circular has been issued by the United States Consulate-
General calling the attention of manufacturers, merchants, and
others to the fact that the Department of State at Washington
proposes, by means of the assistance of its Diplomatic and
Consular Corps, to make n commercial exhibit nt the New
Orleans Exhibition, nnd asking for contributions in the form
of donation or loans of articles which will best illustrate the
preseut condition of tho world's trade.
Last month the officers of the Fishmongers’ Company
seized nt and near Billingsgate Market, and on bonrd boats
lying off that place, 23 tons of fish as unfit for human food.
Of this quantity over 20 tons consisted of wet fish and nearly
3 tons of shell fish. Thirteen tons came by land nnd 10 tons
by water. In the same period 11,089 tons of fish were delivered
at Billingsgate; 7812 tons of which came by land and 3277
tons by wuter.
the illustrated London news, nv. 10, 1884—476
a. Passing the ruin* of ibe Ouatlo of Ibmro.
4. A mkiyoh or water-wheel for irrigation on the Nile bank.
WITH THE ROYAL ENGINEERS.
5. Railway company of the Rojal Engineers
working drew*: full marching order.
]. Carrying railway engineer.' stores on board a ndling-targe at Shclat (opposite rhilte),
•i. Steamer MuhalJa towing the barge from Assouan to Wady Ilnlfu.
THE NILE EXPEDITION
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 15, 1884.—477
j
MR. GROVER CLEVELAND,
PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES.
I'll i: LATE DR. SAMUKL HAB
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT!ALJELECT10N.
The election of delegates from all the States of the Federal
Union to choose the President for the ensuing term of four
years is really decisive of the result, ub they are all bound to
choose the candidate whoso nomination lias bbettfonnully
accepted by the party to which the .delegates belong. The
Hon. Grover Cleveland, at present Governor of the State of
New York, last week obtained a majority over Mr. James G.
Blaine, formerly Secretary of State. The two great parties
are styled respectively the “ Democratic ” and the “ Repub¬
lican, " but it is not easy to ,understand thfl difference in
their political principles. The Republican piuty, however,
generally prevails in the Eastern States and in the manu¬
facturing districts, os it favours the Protectionist tariff, while
the Democratic party hasjnofe iilllutmge in the Western and
Southern States. Mr. /Cleveland is a Democrat, but lias
received the support of an influential section of the New ^ork
Republicans, on account '■of his zealous efforts to purify the
administration of the State-and of the municipality; while
Mr. Blaine has been somewhat discredited by the exposure of
certain railway transactions in which he had a concealed
personal interest when, lie lent assistance to their legislative
furtherance in Congress.
Mr. Cleveland was bom in 1837, and is a native of New
Jersey, theson of u Congregational pastor in a rural village,
lie was educated in the common school at Clinton, New York,
and was lirst employed in a grocery store there, but after-
wards went to New York city, and was engaged as assistant
teacher in the Asylum for the Blind, in 1855 he went to
Cleveland, Ohio, nnd became a clerk to a Arm of lawyers,
Rogers and Bowen, studying meanwhile to qualify himself for
the legal profession, lie was called to the Bar in 1859, nnd
soon obtained the appointment of Assistant District Attorney
for Erie county, which he held three years. He was elected
Sheriff of Erie county in 1870, and Mayor of Buffalo in 1881.
His conduct in that office was highly approved, and gained
him the support of both parties on his nomination for the
Governorship of the State of New York, to which he was
elected by a majority of nearly 200,000. Mr. Cleveland is
unmarried.
THE LATH DUKK OF BRUNSWICK.
Mr. Blaine was born in "Washington county, Pennsylvania, in
Jnnuary, 1830. At the age of seventeen he graduated at the
head.of his class in Washington College. He was for some
time Professor of Mathematics in a military institute in Ken¬
tucky, but on his marriage he removed to Augusta, Maine,
lie then started ns a political journalist, and became one of the
organisers of the Republican party in Maine, lie served in the
State Legislature from 1858 to 1802, being for two of these
years Speaker. Returned to Congress in 1862, he was re¬
elected for each successive term until 1876. He was Speaker
of the House of Representatives from 1869 to 1874, and was
again the Republican candidate in 1875, but was defeated by
the Democrats. In 1876 and 1880 he was defeated in his can¬
didature for the Presidency by Mr. Hayes and General Garfield,
respectively. He was subsequently Senator from Maine, but
resigned this position to become Secretary of State under Mr.
Garfield. On the assassination of the latter and the accession
of Mr. Arthur he resigned this office, and was engaged upon
the book, “Twenty Years of Congress,” which relates much
of the domestic history of the United States Government from
a party point of view.
TUK UK81DKNCK OF MR. FAWCETT AT CAMlIUlDGK,
18, BKOOKMDK, WHERE HE DIED.
THE LATE I)R. SAMUEL RARBETH.
Soldiers are not the only brave men in the world. On Oct. 10,
a child aged four years, in the Royal Free Hospital, Grny’a-
iun-mul, suffering from diphtheria, was threatened witli
suffocation, and to avert this Dr. Samuel Rabbeth, the senior
resident medical officer, performed the usual operation of
tracheotomy. The obstruction of the breathing was not
relieved by the operation, and to save the child from the
immediate duuger of death by asphyxia Dr. Rabbeth,
without the slightest hesitation, and well aware of the
nature of the disease nnd of the peril involved, sucked
the tube and cleared it of the obstructing membrane. The
child was saved for a time, but afterwards sank and died.
On. Monday, the 13th, Dr. Rabbeth felt ill and weary; on
tho 14th symptoms of sore-fliroat appeared ; during the next
day or two diphtheritic patches were seen on his fauces nnd
pulate, and he expectorated large flakes of false membrane;
MR. JAM68 G. BLAINE.
CANDIDATE FOR THE VUESlDF.NCY.
478
THE ILLTJSTKATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 15, 1884
on the 18th he mw much worse ; ou the 20th he became
cyanosed, and in the evening ho expired in a paroxysm of
dyspnoea, which had lasted two or three minutes. The imme¬
diate cause of death was probably the formation of a clot in
the pulmonary vessels. The Lancet gives these particulars of
his cose.
Dr. Samuel Rabbeth was the sou of one of the most trusted
officials in Messrs. Coutts’ bank in the Strand, was born
Aug. 19, 1858, and was educated at King’s College School.
In 1877 he matriculated at the University of London, and ou
Oct. 1 entered the Medical Department of King’s College.
He passed the preliminary scieutitic and 1st M.B. Examinations
of the University, and iu 1880 gained a prize in Clinical
Surgery and certificates of honour in other subjects. Iu the
next year, having taken a medical diploma, he was appointed
Assistant House Physician to King’s College Hospital, and in
the following May became full House Physician. Iu 1883 ho
obtained the Scholarship and Gold Medal in Midwifery nt the
M.B. Examination of the University, and was elected an
Associate of King's College. In April, 1884, he succeeded his
friend and fellow-student, Mr. R. Brooks, os Senior Resident
Officer ut the Royal Eree Hospital, so that he hud only held
the appointment six mouths.
THE LATE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK.
The pretensions of the Duke of Cumberland, heir to the late
King George of Hanover, to claim the government of the
Duchy of Brunswick, are not admitted by the German
Empire. The death of the late Duke of Brunswick was lately
announced. Ilis Serene Highness William Augustus Louis
Maximilian Frederick, Duke of Brunswick Wolfenbiittel and
Duke of Oels, was born on April 23, 1800, and was second son
of the Duke Frederio William and Princess Mary Elizabeth
Wilhelmiim of Buden. Ilis father, who was killed ut Quatro
Brus ou June 10, 1815, left his two sons to the care of the
Prince Regent of Great Britain, afterwards King George IV.,
and they were brought up together till the year 1822, when
Charles went to Vienna and William went to Gottingen. A
year later he proceeded to Berlin, where he entered the
Prussian Army with the rank of Major. In 1820, by an
agreement entered into with his brother, he entered into
the possession of the Duchy of Oels, iu Silesia, but was four
years later called to undertake the government of the Duchy
of Brunswick, whence his elder brother Charles had been
driven by an insurrection. He carried on the Government nt
first iu the name of his brother, but a family council in
February, 1831, declured Charles incapable of reigning, and
William consequently beenmo Duke of Brunswick, lie has
left no issue, and his Duchy is now annexed to the Kingdom
of Prussia. The late Duke was a Field Marshal of the King¬
dom of Hanover, a Cavulry General in the Prussian service,
proprietor of an Austrian regiment of cuirassiers, of Prussian
hussars, and of cuirassiers of the Hanoverian Guard. In 1834
he founded the Order of Henry the Lion, and an Order of
Merit. _
The Mayor of Swansea laid the foundation-stone of the new
public library buildings in Alexaudra-road, Swansea, last
Saturday afternoon. The building, which is to cost £10,000,
forms part of the new improvement scheme promoted by the
Corporation.
The emigration returns continue to show a falling off in the
number of persons leaving the country. In the ten months
ended Oct. 31 last, tho total of British emigrants was 220,932,
against 293,217 iu the corresponding period of lust year. Tho
Irish emigrants have fallen from 101,019 to 68,330.
LONDON CITY GUILDS: HABERDASHERS.
The Company of “ Hnrrers and Milaners ” (the second name,
derived from their dealing in Milan wares, lias been perverted
into that of “ milliners,” usually applied now to female
artificers of the lighter articles of ladies’ apparel) was incor¬
porated in the City of London in 1448, by a Charter of King
Henry VI. The hatters’ craft was subsequently united with
those of the fraternity, which iu 1501, by a new Charter from
Henry VII., assumed tho title of Merchant Haberdashers, and
obtained r.tuk with the great Companies, the Goldsmiths,
Fishmongers, Merchant Taylors, Mercers, Drapers, Grocers,
and Skinners. The Charters were confirmed by ull the Tudor
Sovereigus, and were enlarged by Queen Elizabeth in 1578.
St. Catherine was the religious patroness of this Company,
which had works of piety and charity to perform, as well as to
superintend a very miscellaneous range of trades and manu¬
factures, comprising not only various adjuncts of dress for
men and women of fashion, but nlso swords and daggers,
knives, spurs, classes, toothpicks, shoeiug-homs, and mouse¬
traps. Many bequests of lund and bouses in the City, and
sums of money to bo invested, given iu the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries, provided trust fuuds to bestow small
pensions on the poor of different London parishes, on the
relief of prisoners in Newgnte and Ludgate jails, the main¬
tenance of preachers and lecturers, the purchase and endow¬
ment of Church livings, the founding of scholarships
at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and the establish¬
ment of free schools, which exist at Hoxton and
Hatcliam (Robert Aske’s foundation), and iu Bunhill-
row, at Monmouth, at Buubury in Cheshire, and iu
other places. The Company has the patronage of eight
Church livings and of four lectureships, including that at St.
Giles’s, Cripplegate, on Sundays and Thursdays. Tho schools
at Hoxton, erected by tho fund which Robert Asko, in 1688,
intrusted to this Company, amounting to £20,000, give in¬
struction to six hundred day-scholars, half of them boys, half
of them girls ; and Aske’s schools at Hatcham are likewise of
extensive local beuefit. The total number of scholia's obtain¬
ing the advantage of this Company’s assistance is reckoned ut
two thousand. The trust income, comprising a great variety
of specified charities, is estimated in the aggregate at £31,799.
The corporate income is £9032, with £1442 from fees and fines ;
tho expenditure, for maintaiuanceof the Hall, officers’ salaries,
holding of Courts, attendance fees at Courts and Committees,
dinners and luncheons, wines and spirits, gratuities and
donations, exhibitions and grants, and Lord Mayor’s Day
expenses, amounts to £7845. Tho Master of tho Company,
elected Nov. 24, lust year, is Alderman Sit F. W. Truscott;
there are four Wardens, and a numerous Court of assistants.
Haberdashers’ Hall, in Grcsham-street, was built by Sir
Christopher Wren upon the site of the ancient Hall destroyed
by tho Fire of London, and was restored and decorated, from
the designs of Mr. Suooke, the Company’s architect,)about
twenty years ago. We present some Illustrations of tho
interior of the Hall, the Ladies’ Gallery, Court-room, and
staircase, and of the valuable plate, including a salt-cellar,
tho work of Benvenuto Cellini. There is also a collection of
portraits in the Hall.
The second and third Volumes of the Report of tho Royal
Commission of Iuquiry upon the City Companies, or Guilds,
were published lost week. The majority of the Royal Com¬
missioners—Lord Derby, the chairman, tlio Duke of Bedford,
Lord Sherbrooke, the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Sydney Waterlow
(till recently an Alderman of the City of Loudon), Mr. Pell (a
Conservative), Mr. Wulter James, Mr. Firth, and Mr. Burt—
have agreed upon a scheme of legislation with respect to the
Companies, which the Government is understood to have
adopted. They find that the property of the Companies is
worth fifteen or twenty millions of monev. They have an
income of upwards of £700,000 a year; halls, almshouses,
schools, and other public buildings, which are rated at between
£70,000 and £80,000 a year; plate and furniture worth
£330,000; uud livings iu their gift of the annual value of
£12,000 a year. Of this vast income £200,000 is appropriated
to the pupport of about 1000 charities, ” in tho benefits of
which almost every county in England participates.” All
except this sum the Companies absolutely own. This
property has increased largely within the last forty,
very largely within the last ten or fifteen years, and
is still increasing. The Commission has proceeded on the
assumption that it is public property, and, taking into con¬
sideration nlso the obsolete character of many of the trusts
administered by the Companies, it has recommended the ap¬
pointment of a Commission armed with powers like those of
the two Universities Commissions, which shall, among other
things, allocate to “objects of acknowledged public utility”
a considerable percentage of the incomes of all the Companies,
mid which also has power to declare new trusts wherever,
owing to chaugo of times, the charities are thought to have
become useless.
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THE BIRD-STUFFER.
The simple village practitioner of a pretty and pleasing art,
that of preserving tlio cxtermil portion of the remuius of dead
birds and other small animals, with an arrangement for showing
ing them in the attitudes of life, is usually a mild aud gentle
person, familiar with his own rustic neighbourhood, and well-
read in Gilbert White and Bewick. Ho does not call him¬
self a “taxidermist,” for fear of being confounded with the
tax-collector, whose official functions uro less generally
popular; but he 1ms no objection to rauk as an “ornith¬
ologist,” since the Vicar of the parish, a great friend of his,
explains the honourable meaning of the Greek title in a manner
quite satisfactory to his self-respect. It is not every man
iu the villuge who can take Ins choice of two diguilied
professional names derived from a learned ancient language.
The materials und implements of liis craft are neither costly
nor difficult to procure; a little arsenical soap, camphor,
powdered chalk, and alum, spirits of wine, and salt of tartaric
acid, suffice for the various processes by which animal sub¬
stance maybe insured from decay; slips of light wood, and
pieces of wire, manipulated with his chisel and pincers, com¬
pose the frame which is to support his work, like a sculptor’s
clay model, in the required erect position; aud each feather
being carefully adjusted, uud fixed with gum, the result is
tolerably answerable to Nature, and manifestly credituble to Art.
This makes him a happy man, according to Baconian philo¬
sophy, as tho “minister and interpreter of Nature,” andno lms
fairly earned five shillings by the morning’s industry, while
the bird which was shot yesterday will have gained a species
of immortality not less desirable than that of an Egyptian
mummy. It will stand many years in a glass case on tho
parlour shelf at the Fentherstone Arms Hotel, an object
of frequent admiring curiosity to visitors and customers, when
this good old fellow shall have been laid to repose in the
churchyard. It may serve to arouse in the mind of youth nil
intelligent interest in the beautiful and wonderful varieties of
the animated creation, and do ns much to refine and elevate
the popular taste as the exhibition of some cheap copy of u
Fine-Art masterpiece, the subject of which is not under¬
stood by most people in the village.
Mr. Elliot Stock announces a new translation of the New
Testament in which modern English phrases, equivalent to the
language of the Authorised Version, are used throughout.
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pRUSSELS.—UOtel de l’Uiiivers. A^rec-"
able central situation. First-class house, spsclons ami airy,
with exit toNow B.mlev.nl. Every comfort; excellent Cookery;
superior winos: moderate prions.—Scm.*rrrgs-Wisura. Prdpr.
JAY’S, REGENT-STREET.
riREPE IMPERIAL.
pANNES — Hotel Beau Site. Adjoining
VA Lonl brougham's property. Beautiful snd sheltered,
situation. Largo gardrus; lawn-tennia. Hath.-, lifts, »»
chambers. Moderate cliorgrSc-Gzoaozs Clouooi.r*. Proprietor.
V
NEW MATERIAL FOB MOURNING WEAR.
“ IV T E S S It S. JAY, of Regent-street,
-i-vJL London, bare secured a novel manufacture for blark.
It Is all wool, and yet looks exactly like crepe, as It has the
crinkled or crimped surfsco which 1* inseparable from that
fabric. It Is solid and mint durable, living free Irotn the elasticity
of tho more perishable silk ertpo which It to closely rentable*,
aud yet It It glossy. It appnirt under the unme of • Crtpe
Imperial,' and Is inode up effectively Into costnmee for deep
mourning, when It It no'compulsory to trim with cr*pe. The
firm should be congratulated on Introducing a fabric which will
answer for the deepest mourning dress, aud will wrer as long as
the mourner elects to use It."—Extract from " The Uuoen"
newspaper.
"\ X ARSEILLES. — Grand H&fce:l Louvre,
■L'-L and Falx. Largest In Marseilles; universal reputation
for modem comforts; moderate charge*. I.ilt, table d'hMe, bil¬
liards. baths, omnibus.—Paqt Nxuscu wax nxn and Co.. Erupts.
"VT A P L E 8.—Hfitcl Mdtropolo (Cook’s
i-v special house). Pension front "f., with wine, lteataurant,
cat*. English bur. Grand establishment of liatht. Hummam
and others, sea aud fresh water. '"Omniba<; tram pituri dour.
MOURNING FOB FAMILIES.
M E8 8R8. JAY’S Experienced
l'-L DRESSMAKERS and MILLINERS travel to any part
of the kingdom, free of expense to purchasers. They taka with
them cl rearea and millinery, l-reltlcs patterns of materials, at Is.
per yard and upwards, all marked lu plain flguies. aud at tho
same price as If purchased at the warrhoiuu In Urgcnt-stmt.
Reasonable estimate# are also riven for Household Mourning,
Bt a great saving to large or small families. Funerals st stated
charges conducted In Loudon or country.
TUE LONDON OKXEIUL MObRNING WAREHOUSE.
REGENT-STREET, W.
T)EGLI.—Grand H6tel Pegli (formerly
X De la JI4d iterranfs). Facing the sea. South aspect, sur¬
rounded by gardens amt tiftintaltn. climate tinaiirpaeaed. Halil-
tary arrangements: satisfactory diargr*. Uuruau-Doasxn. Prop.
YARMOUTH.—Fmncesco Cinzauo aud Co.
V VermuiiMi,combination A»tl Wine anti Alpine herbs, with
quinine. Refreei,ing.Ionic, anti digestive. 01 Wine Merchants,
and F. CINZANO aud CO,. Coreo Its Umberto, lu, Turin.
Q.BAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE.
AND MOST COMFOBTABLE IN TUE
WOULD.
PARIS. PARIS.
700 Richly Furnished Ih'l-rroms and Reception-rooms.
Ke.l-rtM.ma front 4 fnines.
\ Noted Table d'HAU-.d franc* (wine Inclndcd).
Break fart—Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate, with roll* and blitter.
Hr. HOC.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
Great advantages are offered to Families desiring to remain at
the hotel formiv week ormore. l'eiirloii from IS franc* per day,
including room, service, caudles, dfjodner 4 la fuurchetta, and
dinner.
splendid Reading-room and Picture Gallery. Baths, Douches,
and II alrdrcsalng Saloon.
A lift to all the floors. The hotel Is wirmcd throughout with
hot air.
"ITITREMANIE Process for imitating
* Ancient and Modern Stained Glass, brilliant iu
cnlonrlng. snd permanent. Tho method learned In a few
liitnutas. Elrgsntand nroiuableart-work for ladles. Newdrslgna
now ready suitable for churches, chapels, clnlw. bulls, and
private houses. Prospectuses, testimonials, nod full Instmc-
Mon# sent post-free.—J. 1IAHNAKD and BON, Bole Inventors,
X0, Oxford-street. Ixunlott. W.
ADVICE TO DYSPEPTICS-Symptoms
Xk. of Dyspepsia and Indigestion, with tpeclnl advice as to
Diet. "Till* llltle pamphlet a|t|tealt forcibly to thoae who have
allowed the palatabt decide every thing for them, and have paid
the Inevitable penalty of their folly"—Globe. Sent for onestamu.
J.M. RicuxaM. Pnhllaher. **. Uolhorn Vliuluet, K-C.
r;ET A BOTTLE TO-DAY OF PERRY
vj DAVIS' PAIN KILLER.—It Instantly relieve* and cures
severe scald*, burns, sprains, bruises, toothache, headache,
pains In the ible. Joints, and limit*, all neuralgic snd rheu¬
matic pains. Taken Internally cures at once roughs, sudden
colds, cramp In tho stomach, colic, dlarrhtva. snd cltolara
Infantum. PAIN KILLER Is the great ItonselioM medicine,
and has stood tho test of Bfty years. Any Chemist can supply
ltstIs.Ud.and2*. kd.
TLKLEY WELLS HYDROPATHIC
X ESTABLISHMENT and HOTEL, renovated and refur¬
nished. otters a delightful winter residence. A conservatory,
covering sun square yards, connect. 1 with the lionre. and
commanding magnlllcent vlewe of Wharfolale, has recently been
added. Kreluced winter trnns.
Address, Manager, Wells Hnnse, Ilkley, vU Leeds.
■\1TANTED, Respectable Young Women,
V Y ms DOMESTIC SERVANTS, to proceed to NEW
SOUTH WALES. Passages, luoltiding ProvUlons, lledding, Ac.,
will be granteil by the Agent-General In llr«t-clats steamers to
approved applicants, upon payment of i f each. An experienced
surgeon end Matron aocompany each ahlp. Tlio Colonial
Government provide* free accommodation for the Single Women
during ten days after their arrival iu Bydnev. The next
steamer will be dispatched on or ahont-Dee. 1. Further Informa¬
tion may ha obtained at the EMIGRATION DEPARTMENT,
New South Wale. Government Offices, 0, Weetiuliuter-chambcra.
Ylctorla-rtreet, Westminster. 8. W.
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Home ami Foreign Inatiranrea at mmlerato ralea. J.IFK.
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pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
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rPO FAT PERSONS.—How to remove
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pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
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. (.owrr.streedi. Keeliai anil rdlter usr-
ee on reeolpt of stamped envelope to r. O.
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All ClinnUt*. •( Is. IJd. sad lx. 3d. per
Box.
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
yj roll HEARTBURN.
TOWLE’S PENNYROYAL and STEEL
A PILLS for FEMALE*. Bold In Hoxe*. Is.I|d.and2*.Dd.;
of aII Clu'inUti. nnvwlmre on receipt of 16 or 31 itHiniiii by
Uic maker, C. T. TOW LE, CUmlvt, Nottliighum.
JJETIRING FROM BUSINESS.
ATR. STREETER,
18, NEW BOND-STREET,
JJAVING, AFTER 38 YEARS’ TRADING,
JJECIDED TO RETIRE FROM THE
JEWELLERY TRADE,
N °W
OFFERS THE WHOLE OF
H
IS VALUABLE STOCK OF
DIAMOND ORNAMENTS,
18-CARAT GOLD WORK.
ENGLISH KEYLESS LEVER WATCHES.
RARE JAPANESE ART WORK,
AT A GREAT REDUCTION.
r riIE PUBLIC will for the next few months
A Imre .pedal opportunities of securing some of this well-
kuown and carefully selected Stock.
A fit. STREETER’S COLLECTION of
-i- T -L PRECIOUS STONES and GEMS. R.,ugh and Cut. will
also be OFFERED lor BALE. Connoisseurs and Collectors are
Invited to Inspect.
M u
STREETER, RETIRING FROM
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WHAT IS YOUR CREST and WHAT
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Of Heraldry, toil Engravings.**, nd.—T. COLLETON, »i.C'rau-
bourn street (corner of bt. Martin's-Isuo).
pULLETON’S GUINEA BOX of
, STATION BUY oontalni a Ream of the very beet Paper ami
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Die Included, bent tonny |mrt for P.O. order.—T. CULLKTOX,
V, Cranbourn-itrevt (corner of Bt. Martiu‘»-Une).
VISITING CARDS by CULLETON.
» Fifty best quality, 2s. 81., post-free. Including the
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M U1)A VERITAS.—GREY HAIR restored
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effectual restorer extant. On« trial will omvln-w It has no
eqnal. Price In*. Bd.. of all Chemists and Halrdressera. Tes¬
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n OLDEN HAIR.—Robare’s AUREOLINE
vA produces Die beautiful gulden colour so much admired.
Warranted perfectly harm leas, price As. Ml. and hut. ad., of all
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NOV. 15, 1884
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g T .
BUNS DAILY.
S T »
ALBANS COACH. — “ Land
says " This coach, having ttnished a aneorwful aeoaon of six-
—.---- 0 . pu_______
Hatchett's Hotel, Piccailllly, every day et 10.4A, returning t«i
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W. and A. Banks. Coach Office. Hatchett's Hotel. Piccadilly.
gT.
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S T i
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gT.
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S T i
ALBANS COACH.—The
. "hviu iiv ia iiuicu iaj irnro iu o,
the coachman, and Stanley Cave tho ;
of courae. remarkably well lioreed.'*
GT. ALBANS COACH (“The Wonder”)
^ BUNS DAILY.
S T -
BUNS DAILY.
CT. ALBANS COACH—“Daily News” says:
"" Th* I art coach to come on the road was • The Wonder,’
which runs from Piccadilly to St. Alban*, itarting each morning
at !«*.« a.m. The fare* are 7». and 12s. from London to St.
Alliens and back.
gT.
ALBANS COACH (“Tho Wonder”)
BUNS DAILY.
CT. ALBANS COACH.—The “ Sportsman 1
h-j lays;—"Wo found oarsclrea able to •crura two front oral
Wonder/ then, however, known as ‘The Early Times,-
oouimeuced running between Surbiton and London, return¬
ing to Borblton In the afternoon, and ran up to
Jan. 10, Ik*!, a period of thirteen weeks. In the following
season * The Wonder * again nan from Borblton to London,
In conjunction with ‘The Brighton Age,* »n which Mr.
Romney waa then interested. In 1 m we find Mr. Kntnncy
again to the fore with ' Tho Wonder, 1 running hot ween Surlilton
and leindon. up to June 30. on which dale the conch was
stopped, and ou the following day was 1 put on' tho present
roeifto St. Albans. On May S. 1HX3. Mr. Knmney began running
his reach on Monday, VVertnealay. and Friday to St. Alban*.
yU Finchley, Barnet, South Minim*, returning vi* Watford,
btaniunrp, Kdgwnre, and Hendon, to London : and on Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday reversing tho order of running."
CT. ALBANS COACH (“The Wonder”)
^ ItUNH DAILY.
CT. ALBANS COACH.—Tho “Field”
kJ says:—■• * The Wonder 1 ought to do well, for the road to
St. Alban* Is by no means a Commonplace on*, and after
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York,' nta-lo famous by Dick Turpin, and thence through
Barnet to Wrotham Park,and so through some mure plciureanue
country Into St. Albans."
S T
ALBANS COACH (“Tho Wonder”)
RUNS DAILY. \
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and returns from George Hotel, at. Albam, at three p.m.. reach¬
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S T
. ALBANS COACH (“The Wonder”)
RUNS DAILY. Bead what the impels any..
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Consumption annually
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ai tide."—Stan dard.
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Keep* foryear* In all Climate*. ltv.|iilre< no Cooking. A lea-
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FOlt THE FAMILY TABLE.
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situation. Reference*—Gobelin rath Dr. Mayer, Aachen (Atf-la-
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m, nitiiirjg, filiu uunfli*. A IlDiriHHlICUl IS UUIH
In the cure of bad legs, old wounds, gout, and rheumatism.
pETER ROBINSON, OXFORD-STREET.
Milk la now lower In prloethan at any period since tho ^Vd.’
Frendi Ur volution. IM».
One thousand Piece*of new Brocaded Satin*, combining
all the Fuhlunable colouring*. There ere Uie Chiaixvt
Silk* ever •iihmlttcd . 2*. to 3 8
f*w Pierre of Rich Brocaded Velvets In aU the new
coloured mixtures .U. Cd. to 0 11
OOO PIECES of BLACK SATIN
8TBIPE9.2a. to 2 0
a« Piece* Uolomvd Satin Stripe*.2 8
MX) Piece* of Fancy Silk* and Katina lu different design*,
*peclally miule for Cortumrs .3 11
000 PIECES of BLACK BROCADED
tJ VELVETS, HATIN GROUND, from.all
2UX> piece, of Plain Silk*. Satin*, aud Mervellleux to
match Ihe brocade*, from.2 8
Coloured Twill-toad All-Silk Sutlne, areally sold at
i*. 8d. .2 8
Pattern* poit-free.
PETEK BOBINSON-8.
J^EW AUTUMN DRESSES. rcTyard .
Devonshire, Witney. Scotch, end other SERGES. In *'
various *ho<lp* of Navy, Cream, Black, Bivnre.
Ac.; *11 Wool, very wide.od. to I «
HomiMpun Cashmere Bigo, mixed colour* .1 o
J^EW AUTUMN DRESSES. PerysH .
AU the usual and several distinctly New Shade* of
Colour In Ottoman Uiulnnr Angola F'oule* .. ..12
CAShmfre d'ltfilie; «I1 wool, vorjrdurttblu ,, .. ..10
Krvnch Morln<Mi. v»rr wide .. . In. lid. to 2 9
Very Hue French Othmorri . 2e. sd. to 2 9
Velvet Velveteens, much improved lu zneke, colour.
and price . 2 s. Sd. to S 3
A Black I elvotceu, (peel ally cheap . I ll
Pattern* post-free.
PETEK ROBINSON'S. / /
JJBESS MATERIALS.
Cream-coloured RIehly-emhroldered Alsatian lawn
llobce, double quantity of ^ido embroidery.
, , ,, , . each 14*. ud.. 18*. ml., and 18 0
Finely-worked Cashmere Kobe* In Black and all the
new shade* of llrown, Bronte, Urey. Dark Green. /\
Navy, Drab, Ac., extra quantity ot embroidery,
mol l is %y
COMPOSITE ROBES, 20 yard* In each; * greet novelty.
In every combination of stylo uud colour, all
Wool . .. .. each 1 1 0
CLEARANCE HALE OF SURPLUS STOCK PREVIOUS
TO REBUILDING, /
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-L AND REGENT-STREET.
17 ASHIONS /frOR THE SEASON.
-1- Elegant M.mtle* and Cloaks,
Beautiful Millinery, )
and a choice variety of New Costume*
from the First House*
in I’irra. /
Inspection I* retjiectfully solicited
' .atPETEK KOBtNSON-S
MOURNING WAREHOUSE. 2*i to 282. REGENT-STREET.
rvN REtEIPT^F LETTER OR
V , \ TKLKliltAM.
Mourning Good* will he forw.ir l.-l to any part of England on
*[i|./oi...tlon-u» matter the dletanre—with an excellent
llttlug Drear maker ilf de-ln-li, without any
extracharge whatever.
PETER ROBINSON, MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
' UECENT-STKEET.
TVfOURNING FOR FAMILIES,
J-’A IN CORRECT TASTE.
can he purchared at PETER UOBlNsON'S, of Regent-street,
. . . at a great saving in price.
Bklrt* in new Mourning >
Fabric*, trimmed Crape > S3*, to S guineas,
or nlhcrwlro .. .. J
Mantle* to correspond, from 2 to A guinea*.
T>LACK MATERIAL COSTUMES, both
. with and without Cmpe, beautifully aud
J, . . faalilonably dealgncd.
The largest variety that can lie seen in any one establlihment,
ranging from 2 i*. Dd. to 10 guineas.
CILK COSTUMES, beautifully made,
oJ copied from the moat expensive French Models,
at 4. 6. 7. and up to 20 guinea'.
170R TRAVELLING aud the SEASIDE.
J- Useful and Inexpensive Cortume*.
In Black, Grey*, aud Neutral shade*,
from 27*. 6d. to 3 guinea*.
SUPERIOR BLACK SILKS,
^ ... at3*. nd..4*.ed..Sa.9d..6|.3d.,7«.Sd.
Highly recommended hy PETEK ROBINSON.
An immense Stock,
from 2 a. upward*.
A LARGE and SUPERIOR STOCK
■H. of BrochA Velvets, Broch* Satina, Ac.,
iu various beautiful designs,
for Mantle* aud Drreae*.
from 8*. tkl. to lu*. «d. per yard.
17 VENING DRESSES, DINNER DRESSES.
J-l An extensive variety.
Now Style*. Imautilully aud faalilonably made.
Black Grenadine from 1 guinea.
Black ilruearla uet from 2 ta. od.
lllftck Luce front .s giiinra*.
Buck Mott, with various uovel cvuihlnations. from Si guinea*.
^TRAVELLING CLOAKS in ZEPH3TR SILK
A (a Novelty), beautifully light and rtorm-proof.
Various shades, rxa. tkl. and so*. 6d.
PARCELS POST FREE.
A 31 ado-up article*or material*
by the yard prempUy forwanled.
pETER pO BIX SON,
MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
REGENT-STREET, LONDON.
7I7GIDIUS.—The only FLANNEL SHIRTS
that NEVER SHRINK iu washing not If washod one
hundred time*, rkdtaatllk. Can be worn with or without on
under vest- Made In several mixed colours—rrev*. drab*, browns,
Ac. Throe fur MM. tkl., by Parrel* Poet paid. Pattern* and sell-
mmiun free by post—K. FORD and CO.. «i, Poultry, Loudon.
TAR ESS SHIRTS—FORD’S EUREKA
J-r DRESS SHIRT'S.—A large 8tock readymade. In eight
different alu* and threo difR-rent qualities, of tlio very Hurst
linen, a* well a* tho tuthlonable Rib'J Pique, to wear with one
stud or three, 7a. tkl., 8a. Ud.,11*. 8d. each. Iu tingle boxes, ready
for lue, by Parcel* P.wt free.
It. FORD and CO., 11, Poultry, London.
AIR. and Mrs. PHILLIPS, tho Old-
-I’J- Eatahlhhrd ltujer*. will )« glad to PURCHASE
CLOTHES. Parcels lent, apiiol ntmenu made.wlll receive prompt
attention.—Old Curioalty t>hop,Sl,Th*yer-#t.. Manchester-**.
UNIVERSALLY PRESCRIBED HY TUE FACULTY.
A laxative and refreshing
Fruit LoYenjre,
mAMAIt For CONSTIPATION.
I AMAH Uamorrhoida,
-*- Bile, Headache,
Los* of Appetite.
Cerebrm OngcettoQ.
TNDIEN cSSSSSAiiftiS
M. Queen-street. City,
London.
Tamar, unlike Pills and the ureal Pur-
/~i llTT.T.nX' I* agreeable to take, and never
f —XllXiljUxH. produces Irritation, nor Interfere* with
. ... _ bu»lne*sor plea. ure.
Sold by all Ch*mi.U and DruggisU. 2*. 6d. a Box,
Stamp Included.
JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS.
H^HE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
-L ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
X ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
With tho Patent string Adjustment produce*
a greater volume and finer quality of tone. th«
airing* being carried through the solid metal
frame, *o that It I* almost Impoulble for them
to pull round or slip, aud thus get out of tune.
T 1 ^ BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A s KN TIB ELY NEW CONSTBrCTION.
Witli th© 1 ©taut Con«4)Iid©t©d M* tal Kraiu:nj;.
CMt iu n •inglo *01111 pice©, U capAbloof l^arinic
an amount of atraln Tar In exce— of any that
ha* yet brrn brought to bear f □ the xnoet modern
ueveloidnent of the lnrtrument.
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
x ENTIRELY NEW CONSTBUffTION.
With tho P*G-nt Perfect Check Repeater
Action raplacM InUiracy i»y •fmplicity. affordioff
^ / y —Perfect ltf>eruge to the linger of tlia perlot mer.
r rHE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A \ V ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
The Patent String Compenaator urreerve*
the Inrtrument. Now, both In tire violin and
, - - tlie pianoforte, the Immense prearere caused l.y
/ _\ tho tension of the string* h*s the natural edi ct
of depir'-mg the sounding board, and tliu*
causing depredation of the V-ne. but In the
lirluamettd Plano any or every note can In a
moment be readjusted by mean* of a leverage
Imr, which raise* or depresses the strings a* In
\ \ /the can of the bridgo of the violin.
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A _ ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
The Patent Sostenen te Sounding Board cover*
the enure area of the hack of the instrument,
and IU method of attachment D such a* to
_ / / eecure the greatest amount of elasticity; in
addition, it la adjusted to a delicate curve In
securdaure wltli true acoustic principle*, th*
effect ot which on the reverberating agency la
of vital Importance.
r THJE BRINS3IEAD PIANO.
A EST1HELY NEW C0N8TKU0TI0N.
The Btrlnc Adjurtment ■upomde# the
woo.i© n wru*t plank. And IU clumpy old
and tlio coiuequrnt grave defect of quickly
oat of tuue, carc, perfection, and
durability of ttmlnjr being tliui attained.
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
J- ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
Tlio "Time*" says:—“The Cross of th«
U-gmii of Honour has been Conferred on Mr.
Joint Bninntead.
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
The " Dally Telegraph " **y*;—"Tko King
of Portugal lias ap|o>inted Messrs. John Hriiis-
mead and Sou* maker* of pianofortes to hi*
ilujvaty."
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
•A 1 ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
The “bUudurd" say*:—"The King of
Portugal has conferred the Kulghthood of tlio
Royal Portuguese Order of our Lady of
Kmcrifoo of VUia Vb^za on Mr. John Brins-
meod, tho founder of tho Urm of John Brlu*-
Utcad aud Sou*, Loudon."
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
Tho "Dally Nows" says:—"Tho appoint¬
ment of Pianoforte Jlaiiufacturcr* to tlie King
of Bavaria has lietui Conferred on Messrs. John
Brlnsiur.ul and Sun*, of Loudon."
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
I be "Echo ' say*:—"Tho nearest approach
to joirfectlou with which wo are acquainted.
Luioas tlio wli"l* plan I* ra.lln.llj ciiaugt-d. It
would *ocm impcwnble to ntako any luithcr
advaucoa."
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
The “ Illustrated London New* " say*:— - The
pnuciplo of the Krinsmead llnu Is to give the
beat Piano of Its kind, the best of materMtl*. tho
last of care, the beat of taste, and tho best «f
llnDh; and till* la why tho nianutactory In
Kenlleh Town send*down to Wigiuon-.treet
so many piano* perfect In scale, sustained in
tone, elastic in bulk, with equal aud responsive
touch, and, in fact, os near a* possible to that
Ideal that all mnaiciaiia mart require—‘a thing
ol beauty • that 1* -ajoy for ever.'"
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
The •' Graphic" sayt:—"This splendid In¬
strument has tho unusual compao* of seveu
octaves and a half, and ha* a greatly IncreMed
length and weight of string between the bridge.,
while the Oortoneute sounding board 1* to con¬
structed sa to respond to the vibration of the
strfuga with extreme readmes*."
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
couM bo*dB*lredJ-^* :— " U ""***»* “**
n^HE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
x re. « e J>"«HELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
Cn. Gounod A*ji:— ** Ton® fall AmUatUiued •
touch of perfect ovetmee* lhroughout. ,#
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ... . ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
Nlcholo* Rubinstein. D. Magnus, and the
Chevalier Antoine do Kontfkl **y:— " We. the
undersigned, after having attentively examined
the piano# exhibited, declare that the palm
belong# to the house of Brlnamead."
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
Vladimir de l'tclunann says :— ■• Truly
match Iota piano*."
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
F. A. Oevaert aay* " Tim luagnlflcent
nlann Is only equalled In Its beauty and tlul.U
by lu admirable punty of sound.”
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
Di. Stainer say*:—"The purity of toue and
the excellent mechanism called forth warn
eulogies from all competent critic*.”
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
Theeo improvements have gained Gold Medal*
and Highest Award* at all the recent Inter-
national Exhibitions at which they have been
exhibited.
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
Secured by numerous pateutf throughout the
world.
JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS.
V PIANOS may be Hired for Three Years, after
which time they become the property of the
lilrer without further paijmeut. From tS7i. per
quarter, or for tale from :v> guinea* upward#.
rOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS,
PIANOFORTE MANUFACTURERS,
U, 20, and 23, WIG MORE-STREET, LONDON. W.
Manufactory:
THE BRINSMEAD WORKS, ORAFTON-BOAD.
KENTISH-TOWN, N.W.
Deicrlptfve Pamphlet* and Illustrated Priced Catalogue
post-free.
480
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 15, 1SS4
NEW MUSIC.
TRIAL BY JURY. By W. 8. Gilbert
JL and ARTHUR SULLIVAN. Now performing *4 the
Bavoy Theatre. Complete word* and mink. St. net 1 pianoforte
•olo. li. id. net.
r PRLAL BY JURY. Waite, Lancers,
1 Quadrille, and Polka, by CM. D'Al.llEKT. rach net.
CuarrtLL and Oo.. ail. New Bond-s treet. W.; and 10. Poultry. K.L.
QHAITELL and CO.’S NEW SONGS.
T>TD ME GOOD-BYE (Just Published).
I) Word* by P. K. Woathorly. For Soprano. Tenor. Baritone,
or Have. Frlce2a.net.
AX OTHER. P. TOSTI. Sung by all the
•i’X principal VocatUt*.
VESPERS. P. TOSTI.
WHERE MEMORY DWELLS. ISIDORE
11 I)K I.AHA.
PATES OF TILE WEST. CAROLINE
\JT • LOWTHIAN
G i ATES OF THE WEST. Ab a Vocal
T Dnet.
O RIPPLING TIDE. Mrs. MON CRIEFF.
Mr*. Moncrlt-ITa greatest aueveze.
TRUST. I. DE LARA.
CO SWEET A STORY. COTSFORD
O DICK.
17AREWELL, YET NOT FAREWELL.
JL CAROLINE LOWTIIIAN.
I‘rice 2*. rath net. _
On*rr«rJ.*ndOo..flO. New Uond-atreet, W.: and 18. Poultry, E.C.
17AHRWOHL WALTZ. CAROLINE
-T LOWTIIIAN.
]>LACK AND TAN POLKA. CAROLINE
-L> LOWTHIAN.
'POI SEULE VALSE. LUKE WHEELER.
JL 2«. ench net. „ .. ....
CnarrcLL and Co., #0. New Bond-atrect; and IS. Poultry. o-C.
/''UI.APPELL and CO.’S ALEXANDRE
VJ HARMONIUMS, fur Church. SchooULnr Drawing-Room*,
frum «> to or, on tho Tlirco*^ f*r« 8y*tom, xroin
l\ Cm. |»*r quarter.—* l>. New Bond»«tr»rt: nnd 16. Poultry.
PLOUGH and W'ARREN’S PET ORGAN,
Vy Seven Stop., including Sub-baaa and Bub and Super
OctaveOi'uplrr. Elegant Carved Walnut C«ae. 1* guinea*.
Giurrzir. and Co.. 6>. New Bond-atreet: and IB. Poultry.
M Y
PLOUGH and WARREN’S CENTENNIAL
\_J OI1AND ORGAN. IS Slope. » Sett of Reed*, and Com¬
bination Tube*. eS guinea*.
CLOUGH and WARREN S
P IPE and REED COMBINATION
ORGANS
With ona manual, from <w guinaaa.
With two manual, and pedala. from IS) guinea,.
Hydraulic niotori. for l.i-.wing. Iroin » gulnrai.
C LOUGH and WARREN’S ORGANS have
teen pronoiinrtd by the moat eminent niii.lcl*na In Eng¬
land t* leauperlorto all other. In pl|*-hkP quality of ton.-.
PLOUGH nnd WARREN’S AMERICAN
V J ORGANS. A Combination of pipe* an.l reed*. will, h do
in.t go ont.'f tone bv the moet aevere changes of temperature.
Keay of manipulation. Iiandtornv i" dealgn, and of great
durability.
Prom 15 to 71* guinea*.
Secondhand from U guinea*.
Teatlmonlal* aiut Dr#.-ripU*e Llate freebypnat.
CaarraLL and 0o..6n. New Bund-ttreet: and IS. Poultry.
T>0BERT COCKS and CO.’S POPULAR
IV SONGS.
I \0N’T FORGET ME. CIRO PINSIITI.
If le now published In Two Key*.
Sfb. 1, in C No. 2, In B Hut.
TN SHADOW LAND. CIRO PINSUTI.
A Is now puhllahcd In Two Key*.
No. 1. In E minor; No. 2. in O minor.
These two amra “f pfnanti'* will take * prominent position
amoag bi* moet aueccaaful cumpulthui*.
Each 2a. net.
J MEAN TO WAIT FOR JACK.
1 MBAN TO WAIT FOR JACK (E flat
X and F).
COTSFORD DICK. 2«. net.
GRANDMOTHER’S SWEETHEART.
G i RANDMOTHEIl’S SWEETHEART
I (C and D).
MICHAEL WATSON. 2a. net.
6. New BurUngton-itraet, London W.
D WIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR SONGS.
X-J THE OLD AND YOUNG MARIE .. F. II. Uowrn.
THE BARGEMAN'S CHILD .A II Bebreml.
IN THE SWEET OF THE YEAR .. C. Pln.utl.
THE LAST OF TUB HOYS .M. Wataon.
THE DllEAM OF THE OLD SACRISTAN .. O. Bnrri.
Price 2a. each net, pontage free.
X?DWIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR
JLj PIANOFORTE PIECES.
DAMON.Seymour Smith.
IMdiorilY .Seymonr Smith.
I.ADY BETTY.Seymour Smith.
HKItGEUs KT BERGKBEB .. P. Beaumont.
CORONATION MARCH .. .. M. Wataon.
Price I*, ut. each net. poatage free.
I 7DWIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR
J 1'IANOFOUTK PIECES. \ \
PUR ET 8IMPI.E .Srdney Smith. \
PSYCHE 'Gavotte).Tito Mattel.
GLISTENING DIAMONDS .. Goatee L«ng*.
BY BUSHING WEIR.W. «. Bock.tnh^^
Price 2a. each net. poatage free.
1? D WIN ASHDOWN'S POPULAR
JLj waltzes.
AUF IMMER (For Ever) .. .. Oncer Seydel.
I.BUEWOIIL (Farewell) ..
CELIA .Frank J.Smith.
LAURITA. .. K.I. Key luff.
Price 2a. each net. poatage free.
NEW MUSIC.
JJOPE TEMPLE.—MEMORIES.
TT0PE TEMPLE.—WHEN WE MEET.
XX Two Terr popular eong* for Contralto voice. 2*. each.
Boosky and Co.
MONCRIEFF'S NEW SONG, THE
PARTING KI8S. Till*day.2a.-llooa«r and Oo.
L OVE’S OLD SWEET SONG. By
MOLLuY.
I OVE’S OLD SWEET SONG. Sung
X J |it Madame Antoinette Sterling In the province* lent month
w.tli distinguished tin-rest. 2a.
liooaKT and Co.. 233. Regent-street.
gTEPHEN ADAMS’ LAST SONGS.
THE MAID OF THE MILL. Sung by
X Mr. Ed Want Ltoyd.
r JUIE ABBOT. Sung by Mr. May brick.
r PHE OWL. Sung by Mr. Maybrick.
X 2«. each.—Boo* nr and Co.. 233. Uegent-itreet.
^JARZIALS’ LAST SONGS.
T^HE RIVER OF YEARS.
J^EVEIi TO KNOW.
J^EAVING YET LOVING.
ASK NOTHING MORE.
-AM. 2*. each.—IhiO'KV and On., 233. Regent-street.
J^EW BARITONE SONGS.
/ \NE NIGHT CAME ON A HURRICANE.
U By B. BETTERTON. Sungby Mr Santlcy.
TO-MORROW WILL BE FRIDAY. By
X MOLLOY. The word* by Weatherly. Bang by Mr.
liarrlngtou Foote. 2a. each.
Booaar and Co., 293. Regent-atreet.
EDITIONS OF POPULAR SONGS,
g WINGING. By CECILE HARTOG.
J)ADDY. By BEIIREND.
QNLY ONCE MORE. By F. L. MOIR.
Q.OING TO MARKET. By L. DIEHL.
1JNCLE JOHN. By WEATHERLY.
vJ 2,. each.-Booaar and Oo.. 233. Urgent-iitrcet.
pOING TO MARKET WALTZ. By
vX CHABI.ES GODFREY. On Loula Dlehl’a popular
a* mg. 2*.
i MAID OF KENT WALTZ. By
A CAROLINE LCWTHIAN- OnLouHDiehl'seong. 2«.
THINE ALONE WALTZ. By MEISSLER.
X 2a.—!too**Y nnd Co.. 2W, Regent-atreet.
Prior2a.Ud. each vniinir, paper ru.ira; 4*-. cloth, gilt edgra.
|'HE ROYAL SONG BOOKS,
A complete Encyclopedia of Vocal Mnalc.
S -ngt Of England. (2 Tola.)
S"iiga of Scotland,
hoiiga of I reland.
Song, of Wale*,
bon g* ot France.
Soup of Germany.
Bong* of Italy,-..
Song* o( Scandinavia and
Northern Europe.
Bonn of Eautem Europe.
gYDNEY
SMITH’S METHOD.
- The method of method*.'* /.
Price 2*. 3d. net. portage free.
Edwin Aaiu.uc*. |Ianovrr-*quare; /
n.cW ,urt '-’
r. n. cttVrKN-s nkW pong.
T OVE AND DUTY. This Words by
Xi Mar? Merk-Lctnorf (her lafttaepirnllbn), and the MualC
l.y F. II. COWES. With, organ cirliarraohlUfn mil libitum).
I OVE AND DUTY. Composed for and
J aong by Ml*» Helm D'Alton.
I OVE AND DUTY. By the Composer
J of the worht-fnmed tong “The lAat Dn-nm.”
PuMiahad in two k*yfc\N» i In C minor. No. 2 In A minor.
Nrt t1 ' z' Rionaor. 355. Regent-rtrrct, W.
extraordinary bC(x;e 8 s
TOSTl'S TWENTY MELODIES, with
X Italian and EngHah Word*. Second Edition.
TWENTY MELODIES. By F. P. TOSTI.
1 An eb-gar. 1 volume, containing *ome of the moat celebrated
rn- lialie* by the eminent Comiioaer of the worul-fained aong*.
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admired Chnatmaa prevent* of thla year.
Published In two key* l'a|ier. fla. net; bound, 7i. net.
Rioobdi. 203. Begrnt-atreet. W.
'll TOO RE end MOORE'S Iron Pianofortes,
-i»X from SSgnlnee*. on Three-^Year*' Srwtem. carriage free.
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Beethoven'*8onga. I Sohalart'a Song*.
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All wlUi German and Engilah Word*.
Handel'* Oratorio 8ouga.
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Sunn from the Opera*. Tenor
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 15, 1ft*l — 4*1
CHAPTER XXXVI.
COLONEL THUNDERBOLT.
had always known she
woiikl meet him at
\UBt: mid she lmd no
need to be told who it
was that she was hid¬
den to find. It was
not with exultation
that she went, about
her errand, but in
the more awful spirit
wherein \phe says of one’s
enemy, The Lord has de¬
livered him into my hands.”
As Francis had said, how¬
ever, to search for the fellow,
when lie chose to efface him¬
self and become invisible, was
Oliething: to find him, en-
tirely another. Mnreover, Les
Botuprote was exceptionally full
of holes and corners'. However, it
was also exceptionally full of prying
eyes of all ages: and from * the
curiosity of ft Negro, and a French
Negro, and a French Negro girl to
boot, may Providence deliver the
man who wants to hide. The
Nostalgiuc, if" such he was, was run to earth at Inst, by
dint of inquiry, in the proper quarters, pacing ns if he wore
a sentry keeping guard over the moon; and whether he
were awake or asleep, it was the man. Possibly lie imagined
he was nlono: hut a dozen pairs of eyes at least were watching
him from among the shrubs, and every now and then somebluck
or brown imp would run out of ambush and, following him nt a
safe distance, grotesquely mimic liis hanging head and peculiar
glide.
When Nance appeared upon the scene, however, there was
" Alcibiade f No.. No longer Alcibiade I Salute Monsieur the Colonel Coup-de-Tonnerre 1 ”
ROPES OF SAND.
BY R. E. FRANCILLON,
R of "Strange Waters." "Olympia," "A Real Queen," &c.
a general scut ter, save that two of these imps of darkness,
nearly as naked as they were bom, caught hold of her skirts,
ill order to have their’ shore of the interview under the safe¬
guard of Miulamc's favourite maid. She knew the Murderer
at a glance: and then came slowly towards him. with the
moonlight full upon her face, to test whether lie knew her
also, hardly knowing whether she wished for recognition or
no. She hnd no plan or action, and sought for none Destiny
was now plainly taking things into its own hands. No—
Destiny evidently could not mean recognition. What likeli¬
hood was there that the man who lmd seen her once, but for
an hour or so, nt Stoke Juliot, should identify with Phil
Derrick’s daughter a Indy of Hispaniola—for a lady, nt least
so far as clothes can make one, Madame Carrel’s pupil and
protegee had become ?
“ Your master wants you,” said she, in English—she would
give him every chance of recognition, since chance was her
chosen guide.
No—it was plain that lie had no memory of her: none.
He just nodded to show that lie had heard her, and then,
without even asking where his master was to lie found, he
glided off in that sluidowv manner of liis—slunk off like a
snake, as Nance would have put it, now that she hod made
the acquaintance of such vermin. To her eyes, he hud
Murderer written in large crimson letters upon his downcast
brow: the conscious shadow of guilt was visible in every
movement he made. He lmd not even looked her in the
eyes.
The children left her skirts for the man’s heels, as promis¬
ing better fun : and soon the bushes were bare of their yellow
eyes. Nance Derrick stood where the man had stood. Slie
hnd lost him in the moonlight of Devon : she had found him
under the moonlight here. And what was to happen how? She
bad followed him for vengeance—how was vengeance to lie
gained? Was it to be blood for blood—and if not, wlmt was
the other way ? She hod never had u plan : she had always
taken for granted that the plan would come. She could not
have searched for him and found him for nothing. Yet what
was to be the entl—how was it to be gained P
Lest, in aught, that follows it may seem that Nance Derrick
be deemed too outrageous a transformation, let it be realised
at once that the gii'l had indeed undergone change upon
change. How much, and in what wise, is for Francis Carew
to find out, if he ever has the chance: but meanwhile, it is for
nobody to expect to find at Les Bouquets cither her under
whose bonnet Captain Quickset peeped in Stoke Juliot church,
or her who had gone well-nigh mad on Homacombc Sands.
It may even be held something of a marvel that such a cure
ns Dr. Carrel’s had not been more effectual still—that such a
change of life had not ended in a change of soul. She might
have come to fancy, and with ease, that her life in Devon,
that Devon itself, had been some far-off dream : such a dream
as we take for memories of some life in which we took our part
before we were bom. It might have seemed impossible that
the same real world should contain nt once the black rocks and
the gloomy lives of Stoke Juliot, with their ignorance, their
savageness, and their solitude, and at the same time the
tropical beauty, the easy service, aha the cultured companion¬
ship with its mental growth, into which she had sailed — over
the sea was it; or over that other sea that divides this world
from a world that went before? It did not need n child’s
want of wit to ask whether that same moon now above her was
fresh from shining upon Oxliom and Wrackstouc, and the
church tower, and the sands, and the dunes. But, however
fur the change might or must have gone, however the past
must have been blurred, the light of the falling lamp had lasted
long enough to bring the whole back again as if it were but of
yesterday instead of ages ago. Once more, by its -light, she
saw her murdered father carried home from the wood : herself
standing, shunned and dreaded, by her father’s grave: the
book she had tried to translate into vengeance—Stoke Juliot
rose and was real: Les Bouquets faded, and became as u
dredih.
Moreover, it was not all in the liarduess of its black rocks
,;ftnd of its nido hearts that the picture rose, nor without the
pathos that belongs to all things when they are far away.
After all, it was among those rocks and dimes that she had
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been bom : within sight of old Horneck’a Steeple that she had
lived—so far as she could call it living. The place held the
only graves she had ever seen: nor had she heard English
words on an English tongue save there, uutil sliq had let the
lump fall. And it was there, too, that her heart hud come
into life, mid had been buried, dead or alive.And
now she had once more seen the face and heard the voice
which made her heart stir in its grave, even while it bade her
remember that face and voice belonged to one who was
shielding her own father's slaver from justice and revenge.
•• I must hate him—him also,” thought she, while all that
her mind was seeing brought hot tears into her eyes. She
longed that she might dare think, “ would I had never seen
him again ! ” But this she eould not dart—it would be t reason
to her vow: it would be flying in the face of manifest Fate
once more.
So far as she saw and heard, all Hispaniola had sunk under
the sea, or had vanished back into the dreamland whence, in
troth, it seemed to have sprung—the moon above her was the
real home moon: she was so far away from where she stood
that the dusky form which came before her from the bushes
might have been old Horneck himself, for aught the knew.
* 4 M'selle Nanette ! ” said he.
Her spirit was startled back from Devon to Los Bouquets—
it was not old Homeek: it was the overseer of the Held hands:
the same big mulatto whom Francis lmd met in the cotton-
lield, trying to balance the bamboo on his nose.
“ Do you want the master, AlcibiadcF ” asked Nance, who
had—she, a Stoke .Tuliot girl—learned to speak Madame
Carrel's language a good deal better than Madame could speak
hers. “You’ll find him in the long verandah.” Alcibiade
was no favourite of hers ; and she was in no talking mood.
“The Muster 1 ” asked he, in a tone of inimitable scorn.
“ Do you mean Citizen Carrel ? No, M'selle Nanette. I have
no occasion for an interview with Citizen Carrel. I desire to
communicate with you."
One must give his French ns best one cnn. His voice was
harsh and yet muffled: his words flowery and fine.
“With me, Alcibiade? What have you to say to me?”
she asked, with u touch of impatience in her tone.
“ Alcibiade P No. No longer Alcibiade! Salute Monsieur
the Colonel Coiip-de-Tonnerre !"
He hod not been stealing rum. Nobody, tipsy enough to
fancy himself a Colonel, eould have held himself up in such
overpoweringly stately style. His spine was actually curved
backwards by its weight of dignity: his chin so tilted up that
he might still be practising with the bamboo, His huge, bare
arms, swelling with muscle, were folded imperially over Iris
chest. He was the very personification of pomp aping pride.
“ Good-night,” said Nance. “ It is late—I must go in.”
“That, M’selle, is precipitously what you will not do.
That has been forbidden by a decree, signed Coup-de-Tonnerre,
Colonel of the Grand Army of Liberty. And it is Colonel
Coup-de-Touuerre he smacked his lips, us if the title con¬
veyed some exquisite flavour—“who executes this decree.”
He unfolded his arms, threw back his striped cotton jacket,
and showed a patchwork cloth swathed round his waist, of the
three colours, red, white, and blue. “Salute!” said he,
slapping the symbol of authority so hard that the blow sounded
like the thud of a drum.
There was something so strange about the overseer s man¬
ner that Nance, who had little sense of the ludicrous, began
to be vaguely alarmed. The negroes on the estate of Les
Bouquets had their jests, as elsewhere: but they were dis¬
tinguished for anything but novelty; and this, if it were a
jest, was something entirely new. Moreover, this very
Alcibiade lmd shown nn increasing disposition to waylay the
fairest girl on the plantation, and to make some sort of love to
her with his rolling yellow eyes, lie was the least likely to
jest for jest’s sake among them all—and that she knew.
“ Madame Carrel will be wanting me. Good-night,” she
said again, and moved quickly away.
But he overtook her with a single stride. 4 4 Let the Citoycnnc
want!” exclaimed Colonel Thunderbolt. “ 1* a free woman
to be at the orders of a tyrant? No. No more than I—I,
Colonel Coup-dc-Tonnerre.”
“ You shall let me go,” said she, flinching from the approach
of nn open hand to her arm. 44 It is nothing to me what you
mean ’ '--
" Nothing what I mean? Body of Ft. Christopher ! One
would think you were addressing a slave'! ’’
“ What else ? ” asked she, hotly: for the hand had closed
upon her shoulder. “ What else, indeed f"
It was not generous: hut she was glowing angry and
alarmed, and she had not learned to be generous toward;:
darker skins than her own at Les Bouquets, though sliohud
learned to be friendly with them, and kind.
" Gridiron of Saint Laurence ! Is that how a Fcnime-dc-
Clnuubre speaks to a Free Gentleman—a Colonel-Coniniundii lit
of the regiment of Les Bouquet-? Do you tamqnvhciid iiywV’
“ No. But when I have spoken to Mndume, yon will.
"Then be it you who comprehend ! If Citiziii Jiieqiies or
citizen Antoinette order to be whipped the smallest little boy-
in ull Los Bouquets, then, Holy Gridiron ! they will have to
deal with me, Colonel C’oup-do-Tqnncny ! There is'no/inore
Monsieur: no more Madame: no more Blunter: no mon-
Frenchman: no more Spaniard: no more work :\no more
whip: no more slave. It is d&fla im ed and proclaim! in l’ort-
nu-Prince this day, by His Majesty the 'Republic of Frnuce
and His Excellency the Convention, that there are slaves in
the land of Haiti no more. I spit at; Citizen-Jacques: I snap
the fingers” (and he snapped them) ' 1 at Citizen Antoinette—
f. Colonel Coup -do -Tonnerjr^N Nobody shall obey anybody
any more. 1 forbid you to return to Citizen Antoinette. I
commaud you to be free. 1 order you nr> obey nobody. 1
decree you to do whatoyefySu^lcuse^ /You shall he free: and
you shall do what 2 say -T, 'Al«ihia«le y Coup-clc-Tomierre: I,
‘Colonel of the free regiment of Lc>t Bouquets ! "
Nance begnu to smell mischief: so she changed her humour.
“ I .lar.sav vou an- right,” said she, thoughtfully. “I
daresay I should % sure of it; only, you sec, I do not
" n, “ YmuUHrft? Madame Coml -Citizen Antoinette, I should
sav ? Of euur-e vou (fetest Madame Antoinette—1 should say
Citizen CurivTx Ah—the table i.- turned, to-dnv. lot-* night,
vou comb liyr halt: tn-iught. she shall comb yours: and I will
stand In-tosce it done. There are no inoni slaves: nml she
yliHll be y.mrs. All—I shall laugh to see Citizen Jacques jump
under my long <nne! ” , ,, , ,
“sYaK Al«dbiude: 1 think 1 begin to see, add slio. And
then—^What is to happen then?”
“ Yon may call me Alcibiade: but no other: none. Then.
You shall be Countess: Duchess: Princess: what you will.
Prepare yourself for glorious tidings, my beautiful Nanette:
you are chosen for the wife of Coup-de-Tonnerre: of Me ! ’
No trained actor could have given half the point to the
manner in which the coffee-coloured patriot announced to her
this sublime destiny. His teeth Hashed and liis orange eyes
glowed, while he drew himself up to liis utmost height,
broadened his chest, and embraced the air. The gesture
He lnuglud outright : tuitil he suddenly recollected his
dignity—then twirled a pair of imaginary moustaches fiercely,
and snapped his fingers in the nir. “ Bull! As if any girl
would say no to me!"
“But—if, Alcibiade? I only want to understand. What
would happen if I were such a—such u—fool ? ”
He looked at her with more cunning than the big braggart,
who, after all, had not said more of himself than perhaps
thousands of other men think of themselves, and would say of
themselves if they dared, might have been expected to display.
“Suppose I had taken a fancy to Citizeu Antoinette,” said he,
44 ana she had said no. Bah—she would not say no. She
would jump into my arms—So! But I have chosen you:
happily for you.”
Nance curtseyed—no longer in simple Stoke Juliet fashion,
but almost after the mode of Port-au-Prince, as exemplified
by Madame Carrel. She did begin to understand one thing—
that it would not do to show either bewilderment or alarm.
44 It is n great honour! ” said she.
“Then—embrace me!” exclaimed the monster, opening
his anus. “ Thus Coup-de-Tonnerre weds ”-
44 What!” she cried, spurring her wits, and making fear
seem like scorn. 44 IIow do I know you are not telling nie
lies ? If you will not trust me, how cnn I trust you ? "
The slave had been used to obey a sharp word: and even
liberty could not kill habit at a single blow. “Trust you?”
he asked, forgetting that his arms were still stretched out in
the nir.
44 Yes: trust me. Something is going to happen this very
night”-
“ Gridiron ! How do you know that ? " ho asked, opening
liis eyes to match his arms. A giant is traditionally lxniud to
be stupid, ns Nnnce had lived near enough the Cornish border
to have learned.
“ I lmve my own ways,” said she. 44 So you had liest make
a clean breast of what you mean to happen this night, or 1
swear I will work such a spell ”—and ns she spoke she raised
her hand towards the moon.
She bad not studied witchcraft for nothing, after all: or
rather instinct was beginning to tench her how to use at need
u certain magnetic force which had awed men and women at
Stoke Juliot, and had marked her out ns apart, without their
knowing why. She had known passion: and in that sense
knowledge is indeed power.
I cannot say, for obvious reasons, that Coup-do-Tonnerro
turned pale. But his fingers started apart and his knees
knocked together: for not even an English peasant eould be
much more- superstitious than an African king. As luck would
have it, a hoarse cry came at that moment from the bushes/
and a soft grey mass’ passed noiselessly over them through the
air. Coup-de-Tonnerre could have made u bull kneel to him :
but his teeth chattered because? nn owl hooted while a girl
pointed to the moon. Nevertheless, a brute’s passioti was not
scared out of his eyes.
“ What do you know ? ” he asked, crossing himself about as
devoutly, and about us ignorantly, asMubel Openshaw.
“I know,” said she, making a bold cast, "what you lmve
sworn on all the curses of Ob never to/betray —A know that—
that—that when yon moon there sets, you and the field hands
are going to attack the'house "—■£-. She stopped abruptly,
not wishing to prove that she really knew nothing at all.
44 Aha ! ” he cried. recovering his courage : that is to sav,
his vanity. " Moonsei,! You ’re 'not- so wise then after all.
And they say at Port-au-l’riwe they've abolished ghosts as
well ns masters, and Kiilgs and slaves. Moonset! No,
indeed. The attack ’si to be when ’’-
“ AJHicn ”■- \\
*• Aim—n-« if one tolls secrets to a girl! Whenever it is to
be—that ’e whetfY\^_x
CHAPTER XXXVII.
grandly grotesque, or c-lse grotesquely grand.
“ But if—if I were to say no? ’ uskecl :h?.
Dost: OI-’ IMtYSlC.
Never was Nam e Derrick able to tell how she contrived to
vanish all in u moment out of the reach of Alcibiade’? arms and
eyes. Even the whole significance of her meeting with Francis
Curew and Cucumber Jnek faded for the moment before the
secret she had just learned. She ran, or flew rather, hack to
iliehous/.heedless who, were it Francis himself, sliouJdseeher—
anxious/«3i11y not to alnnn her mistress liefore there was need.
Happily.Avlu-ii she hurried into the book-room, she found
''Bt^Gnrrel alone, poring over a huge folio of manuscript, notes,
in which In- was so absorbed that ho did not lift his eyes when
shenppehred. He was evidently, as usual, sitting up to study
after Madame and the guests had retired. To disturb him ut
Weh a time was mipixjscd to lx- fraught with such unknown
mid terrible consequences to the entire universe that nobody
had yet dared to do it—not even Madame. And even now, in
spite* of what she had to tell, it required some courage for
Nance to dare.
" Sir ! ”—
No earthquake followed. The Doctor merely woke up from
hi * brown study, placed his forefinger on the last word he had
mid, scribbled with his pencil n short note in the margin—that
was all.
*• All—Nanette! What is it ? ” he asked. 44 Ah—it is lntc,
I suppose. Well, well. Late or early, T must think this case
out to-niglit—or no sleep for me. Good-night, child. Yon
may lnv mine bread, and some fresh water, and a lemon or two,
on the table, in the usual place, and then I shall want nothing
more. Don’t interrupt me now, there is n good girl.”
“But I must- I must! I have heard—that all the slaves
have been made free ”-
44 Eh? That would lx- news indeed. But indeed I have
done no such sndi thing: neither I, nor M adame—Come : go
to lx*d, Nanette. You know I have forbidden you these late
hours. Bed is the place to dream.”
44 But the news is from France—it has come to Port-au-
Prince to-day. and it has come on here ”-
“Ah. So. having enslaved the free, they will free the
slaves ? Bali! They nre always proclaiming something new.
They will be proclaiming to-morrow that the heart shall be on
the other side, according to Doctor Sgnnarclle. Very well:
them to-morrow I shall proclaim that the news is nonsense.
Who told you this tale of a cock and a bull ? "
“Alcibiade and”-
“Then Aleibitule shall tell ii also to me. Nanette, you
are an intelligent girl, and do more credit to my system than
even I most sanguinelv believed. But this case, which Pro¬
vidence has to-day sent me. is one in ten thousand: nay, in a
thousand thousand, and more. It will interest you more than
anything I have told you yet of the caprices of that most ex¬
quisite organ, the human brain—so strong that it will work
miracles: so delicate that its balance will be upset by a feather:
more mysterious than all the stars in the sky : always maddest
when grandest, so that one knows not a groat maniac from a
great man ”-
“Doctor Carrel! The news has driven them nuul— Alci¬
biade and all: they are to attack the house to-night: and what
then—God knows! ”
“Eli!”
“ It is as certain as I stand here ! What is to be done ?
They menu murder—worse than murder, I am afraid—and ally
moment may be the time I ”
He rose from his scat at once, felt her pulse for a full
minute, and looked deeply and keenly into her eyes. “There,
there. Go tobel,” said' he. “We an: not ut Nantes: wc
are at L -s Bouquets, among our town children, whom wc love,
and who love us again. What should they want with freedom—
to starve ? Bah. It is the Convention is mad: not they. Why,
there is not one who would not lose his head, rather than
hurt should come ti a little Huger of Madame. They arc
children, true : but they are good children. And you must bo
u good child too, Nniutte : and not be frightened by nonsense,
and go to bed wl en you are told. If anything happens, I
shall be here and awake; but nothing will. . . . There.
You have observed til • v ilct of Monsieur de Carew P That is
the most acute ease of nostalgia, wlmt you English call the
Homesick, that ever was seen. We must be conspirators, wc
three—Madame, and you, and I. I must keep that case iu
my hands, till it is studied and cure l. Wc must not throw
away the gifts of Providence, who is so good to us all. What¬
ever Monsieur de Cniew's business, we must keep him here."
Nance clasped her hand* in desperation. IIow was she to
make him understand that, instead ol being any longer a father
among his children, the word had gone forth from France that
the good doctor was n tyrant deserving only chains, stripes,
and death at the hands of thos? to whom neither he nor
Madame had ever done nil unkind deed or spoken nil unkind
word ? They not. only look 'd 14x111 Les Bouquets as an earthly
paradise, but lmd don - their best to make it so. But—though
this was beyond Nnnc -’s philosophy—there was about every
spark which flashed from the Beigu of Tenor n sort of magic
that made the mild st forms of human earth burst into vol¬
canoes wlicrevi r it fell. It was not only that she had rend
through the 'thick but transparent skull of Alcibiade. She had
felt something lurid in the air: and she knew that there was
at least one desperate murderer nt Les Bouquets.
A murderer! Why had not her mind leaped to the mean¬
ing of all this mystery a good hour ago? Somebody must have
brought the news from Port-au-Prince that was stirring up the
plantation to rebellion. The murderer of Dope Wood had
been walking in the same moonbeam where, an instant after¬
wards, she had learned of the plot from Alcibiade. For what
desperate cause, over and above private murder, were Francis
Carew and liis comrade wandering about the world—in what
desperate career were they engaged ? She had felt that her
master was lost, body and soul, so soon as he left his native
shore, ami that, all because Mabel Opensliaw's cold heart could
not love him enough to save him, he had set sail straight for
the devil's harbour. It was lie and his comrade—who else ?—
who bud come to turn the p iradise of Les Bouquets into what
threatened to be a Reign of Terror, 1 ke that of which she had
beeu told. She could not understand—for who could under¬
stand?—but she eould see. Was it not clear as day that
Francis Carew had, in some wild humour, joined the unholy
league which (as Dr. Cairel had taught her) was vowed to the
slaughter of Kings, to the enthronement of madness, and to
the delivery of the whole earth bodily to the fiend ? It was no
longer strange, had it ever been strange, that he should have
come to Les Bouquets, for Les Bouquets was just such a
paradise ns would pre-eminently attract one whose mission
win to corrupt and destroy. . . . And there sat Dr.
Carrel, again absorbed iu his notes, as if it were not a wise
man's first business in those days and 011 such n night to be¬
lieve all bad news, and to fear worse than lie heard. Aud
there lay Madame, doubtless asleep, and dreaming nil manner
of gracious and happy things, while ineffable villainy was
waiting around to burst forth any moment nt a sign-Ah,
from whom ?
It was terrible. It reminded Nance, only with twice the
bitterness, of when she prayed tor justice, and none would
hear. She might as well have been b rn dumb, so deaf seemed
all the world to her words.
All these things had passed through her mind in n moment:
for every moment now hud need to do the work of 1111 hour.
“Oh, Monsieur,” she cried, “What shall I do to make vou
comprehend ! I can only warn—I am not a man—would to
God I were ! The man you think mad—he is no more mad
than I. It was he who killed my father in the woods at home :
and he is here —here: it is l.e who is come with the news; it is
he. Oh. Monsieur, for the sake of all you have done for me,
listen : in a moment it may be too late for another word. For
God's sake, think of Madame! ”
44 You arc getting troublesome, my child,” said the Doctor.
“ I did not look for this: no, not ut all. I do not want two
cases altogether upon my hands.” He spoke gently, but
looked very grave, as he again rose, took a small phial from
u drawer, poured a few drops into u tumbler of water, and
handed it to her. “ Drink this, and go to bed at once,” said
lie. “No: not ft word more. Be at peace: nothing will
happen; and, if it should, I nm hire. I understand all.
There. I am not vexed with you, my child—but go.”
lie nodded a goocl-night, aud toll to his notes again. She
lmd mcchunicnlly swallowed the potion, and, finding he lind
made himself both deaf and blind, wandered from the room to
watch for the faintest sight or sound that might prove her
words. As 60on as she turned her back, the Doctor pushed
aside his notes with a sigh. 44 Poor girl! ’’ said he. “The
trouble has gone deeper than I hoped for, after all. Who
would have looked for a relapse, when she had become ns sane
ns Antoinette or I ? Yet I will defy the whole faculty to find
a flaw in my treatment, from beginning to end. She teas
cured—and now, if I have not given her a loug night’s sound
sleep, she will wake to-morrow a witch again. Ah, if I could
but guess at the cause! Yet what cause need there be? I
wish I had got to care less for the child. I wish she were still
only a case, like the home-siek Englishman.Well,
well. Courage: aud nil detperaud/tm, Jacques Carrel. Heaven
bus sent you a case of Possession; and here you nre grumbling
as if a chronic ease for study were not a thousand times better
than a cure too sudden and soon. Yes: to-morrow we shall
have the witch-work all over again—poor, poor child ! ”
Nance bad left the room only in part to make herself a
watch-dog; but still more to discover if a moment’s uunt
thought would clear her bruin, and teach her how to disaousc
the Doctor of the belief that all brains save liis own were but
studies in the science of mania. The whole of that night was
getting to feel like some hideous nightmare, in which were
chaotically blended nil persons she hnd ever seen, and ull
things she bad ever known, together with a thousand she had
never known or seen. Even under this stress, she dared not
wake Madame Carrel. Madame would nm in a panic to the
Doc tor; the Doctor would soothe her with a word, and bid her
go back to bed : and forthwith back to bed that loving wife
would go, assured that while her husband watched over her all
must needs lx> well. For the rest, all was a nightmare indeed.
Space was annihilated between Stoke Juliot and Les Bouquets—
lx-tweeu homes far off yesterday and to-day. She would have
felt no surprise had oldllornecK’s black steeple suddenly come
into sight beneath the setting moon, though setting behind
yonder strange sierras and throwing her last beams over
tropical lagoons. Squire Curew of Horuaeombe, with
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Cucumber Jock, leading n regiment of black slaves to revolt, a
French doctor, and murdered Phil Derrick's daughter watching
it nil with helpless eyes—could it be aught but a dream ?
Would it were ! Would that she were about to wake, aud see¬
the suu scattering diamonds over Hornncombe Santis. And
not only was all in dreamlight, but all was still and silent as a
dream. The lakes and the hills lay in a vast and beautiful
sleep : she could hear her own heart bent, all was so deeply
still.
Was it possible that such a scene of peace could be but a
calm before n storm? Alas, she might have answered no, and
lmve put her trust ill seeming, had it not been that the roof
beneath which Madame slept like a child and the Doctor
watched like n sage, covered ulso those two men, one of whom
she abhorred with her whole soul—of whom the other she
loathed herself for not loathing. With the clearness that
belongs to dreams alone, because then alone are we proof
against surprise, she knew why these men were there. Was
there nothing to be doneP Had Heaven placed her there in
vain? Wns her knowledge of them, that should save those to
whom she hnd become as a daughter, to be wholly lost aud
thrown away P Aud was Mabel Opensliaw’s lover to plunge
at once into the depth of hell while Nance Derrick was
standing helpless by ?
Wo all know how the limbs turn to leud in n dream. Nance,
who hnd the arrangement of all such household matters, knew
where the principal guest had been put to sleep: nnd the
inspiration came upon her that there was at least one thing she
could do—if he wns ringleader, as the Squire of llornacomlie
was bound to be always and everywhere—she could cut him
off from his following. Simply, she could turn the key upon
him from the outside.
It was not much of n resource ; but it wns better than none.
She had learned enough of the Negro unture to think it littl •
likely to be formidable without n leader: nnd that leader win
not likely to be Alcibiade (.'oup-de-Tonnerre, when one likD
Francis Carew of llomacombe had come with the news. It
might not be he who was to give the signal of revolt; but
then it might be ; and, if it were not he, it might well prove
the salvation of the household if she could contrive to keep tin
leader away from his followers for only a few minutes, if she
could manage uo more. This wus a planned scheme : and the.
better the plan, the more easily it can be thrown out by a
straw. If the signal were given, she could still picture* to
herself the blacks, who were but children, thrown into con¬
fusion for want of a head, nnd thence into a panic with which
even a woman’s hand would know how to deal. For both
thought and fancy were passing into a fever of exaltation, and
were mingling strangely with one another, so that fancy
sernted thought nnd thought seemed fancy : uo chance seemed
unlikely — no deed too hard.
At any rate, if she could do nothing else, she could try to
do Mabel Opcnshaw’s proper work—to keep Francis Carew
from desperate crime.
Nance, therefore, stole gently along the corridor towards
the guest’s bed-room, trusting more and more to instinct, nnd
to the Providence which, if it sent Francis Carew and his
comrade to destroy, had doubtless sent her there to save, if she
would only trust, and follow whatever impulse came to guide
her. I have said that, while her brain wns in nn exalted state
of seeming clearness and unnnturul wakefulness, her limbs
were turning to lead ; and, now, as she dragged herself almost
painfully along the corridor, her eyes began to bum and she
heirnl a dull murmur in her curs, something like the echo of
the sen on the sands at home. Hut she could not spare a
thought to herself — she was in a twofold agony, one for the
good Samaritans who were sleeping, or studying for others, on
a volcano; one for the man whom she loved! and liated herself
for loving. She was on fire with love, hate, gratitude,
jealousy, revenge, terror, courage—God knows what else, aud
all at ouee and together. Her body was aching, but her spirit
had no room for pain. At last she reached the door of tho
room where Francis lay. Suppose he was not there —
suppose he hnd ouly made believe to retire, or had
already left it, waiting to give or to receive the signal to
rise! She lmd not thought of that: nnd she looked in, all
trembling. A night-lamp wus burning dimly ; and, creeping
ill noiselessly, she saw Francis, lying half-dressed outside the
bed, and sleeping soundly. Tluit Nance Derrick would ever
have been creeping, like a ghost, into the bed-chnmbcr of
Francis Carew, thousands of miles from Old Homeck’s steeple,
who, at the beginning of their story, could ever have dreiuncd P
llut then, to Nance, it was all like a dream.
It was no time for over-modesty. Tluit he was sleeping^
was too good a stroke of fortune, und, hesides.it showed her
there was still some time to lose. She did not give him a
second look, but glanced round the chamber quickly. There
were his pistols, lying upon his coat which he had thrown down
carelessly—she stole them the first thing. There was his lmt—
she sent that flying through the open window, us its fall upon
the turf would make no noise. Could he escape the same way ?
No — that was all safe enough: the window was barred, Spanish
fashion, wus thirty feet from the ground besides, and with
nothing to climb by. Then she turned out the light, and
groped her way back to the door, from which she had alivudy
taken the key.
Despite her swift silence, something must have disturbed
him, for he moved impatiently, and turned over, muttering.
“ Mabel! ”
Nance stood still: nnd her heurt also. But lie had not
awoke: he had only taken a flight back to Stoke Juliot in a
dream. She gathered herself together, crept out again into
the corridor, and closed the door without a sound.
All she had left to do now wns to tum the key. But, for
some reason, her fingers felt numbed to the bone. She had
scarcely, after much trouble, fitted the key into the lock, aiul
wus trying to turn it, when the Doctor's opiate, the unknown
enemy against which she luul been struggling with all her
might nnd main, at last prevailed. Sleep seized her, body nnd
soul: nnd she sank down in a soft nnd senseless heap upon the
floor, while a long, shrill whistle from without was the Inst
waking sound that come to lu-r ears.
/ ' [To Ik eonUnued.)
chess.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
All eomuimiiiwillmit relating to Ihlt ilrfiartiHiul of the I'n^ t ihooltl Ik adihcutd to the
fir lllnr, ami hare the worn "' hut’’ m lllru on Ihe ruerloor.
E X (Romford).— The aolutlun of No. 2lli) will be n>-xt week.
E J 'V W (Croydon).— TliunM*. We have rrfcrml to the miupuliio tx>!uw.
K •llridgKoten.—If in No. 2110 llluek play 1. P to 11 ith, n* you Miurtt. Wliito'*
■mower I* 2. (J to Q 6th mate.
V II iMunli-hi.— We note roll retire the H ie-:nov« im>blem. The other* shall hare -
our beat attention.
W A (Old Romney).—W.
jour request In mind when the next butch c rues
l‘J (Urooibmxir).-Wr reully no iiot-know to what you refer. All correct solution ■
received are arltuowlnlgnl In duo cour*c.
II I*.—Ihe problem shall he examined.
O'linrcT Soi."Tf..K» or P*.iDi.iva No.. 2100. 2110. and 2)11 received from O II Hat*
(llirtimond. Cape of Good UopoK ot X -. 21 III from KEOlbblii. (TlfllD.OIgaAlcxIcfl
iKatovku, Ituods), ami Kinfta Krnu; of X". 2117 from It .1 IS. I'lcrce Joiira. ml
t Icmcnt; of No. 21 IM imrn J .1 Crld'au, A W Cooper, J Far row. w Riddle, it n i:
•Salisbury), Wykehamist. (“iirro Jorice. O.kar Ibirtinami iMuIuku 1 . mii.I II T HIm.
life .
have not |»*«*TTi.l the Impei-a namrd, last wo ahull Israr
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Cobbkct Bounin** or l'anm.itv No. 2111) received from A W C-npcr. «' I) X
(H-lf.8. Asia), f. I. (iirctniway, II Ward. ll. I. bhur.wi.ul. Ernest .Muiruwuod. .1 ll ill,
JJTH. I Kerris, U II 11 looks. 1. Iiesanroj. T II Holilrvu. Kitten, lleorge Jnltvv.
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Ileiewanl. l» W leiw. J iimtir J nnlor. It Jcmwiii, )1 ll’Hullornn. i' llarmeh. Emm.
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(Ware). II Illnrklock. James rilklmrton. lien Nevis. K M .Edinburgh). f I'im
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Clement fawro t, E J \\ inter Wood. W Itlddlo, II T llla-oo .Cambrl.lrei, ... it
levy. Jumbo, E It II. Henry J filer. S farrant, A Wlenmre. J U I ttslinti.rricl.v.
II C Annins,.I .1 Orl.lla.r. Ibilien Spicer, J E En;rlaml. l*hil Uicliimm l. Tr.al, It |{
Heard. A II Tabor, ami Z In-ohl.
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C. Daih.’* Pnoai.KM.
WIUTK. 1.1. ACK
I. It to K II Bth Kt to K Oi h *
2 It taken P Kt to 15 7lli (oil)
3. K to Kt sq Any move
4. Matos accordingly.
•If Hluck nlny I. Kt takes It. then
follows 2. Kt to y It 7th Kt Pawn irrovea:
.1. Kt to Kt 6th (Oil). K t.. Kt 6 li; 4 t*
limtcs.
Note.—This I'roblenr cannot lo solve I
by I. 11 to II Ktli: lllm-k limlnir n e.»«l
di fence in I. Ktto K still. 2, Kt to II 7 li
(Oh), and 3. Kt to It Mir. Ac.
PROBLEM No. 2121.
By J. Bbbork (Oratz).
1ILACK.
An interesting Game In which the Rev. G. A. Macdoxxkll yield* the odds
of King's Knight to an Awutour of Bath.
[Remove H'Jiite'e K Kt/rom Ihe hoard.)
m ack (Mr. R.)
1* to K 4t!i
1* ta'cw 1
AviiiTE (Mr. M.)
1. Pto K 4t!i
2. PtoUdth
3. B to (i .lid
4. in . UBtnl
B. CiWtles
0. V to il 4th
7. Kt take* P
K. 1> takes B
H. R to K W|
10 . <i to It “nil
11. II toB.‘b<1
u. u it to a s.j
B to Kt nth (ch)
P takes P
Kt lo U 11 3rd
Plo (4 4th
B Inker Kt
P Ukcs P
P to B Ith
Ktto 15 3rd
14 to K 3rd
Q to 1) *1
TtreVo lu nothing in White's pngiti.'n to
cmiHiisatc him for tiro liuaol two I'awn*.
13. 11 to Kt Bth K to B 2nd
11. B lakes Kt 1* lukci B
lb. U to U 4th It t j U srj
Every exdrnriRe tells In l.|u favour, an.l
the .loiibhsl pawn la not worth delembi.w
esiwclaliy ns tl.o adverse U 11 I' Is ru j trite.
10. U take* P (at
Q Bfith)
17. R takes K
1*. 1’ to U 3rd
It*. K to B 2nd
20. U to 15 Bth
It takej R
15 Dike* 1*
1* to (4 It 4th
It to It 3rd
K to Kt 3rd
whitk {Mr M.)
21. Q to K 7 tli
22. It to (4 Nth
23. <4 lake* B P
ni .»ck (Mr. It.)
1* to It Bill
Q to K Hid
U t. Kt 3rd (ch)
IllncU b. so Intent upon exchanging p'ecea
tllut I. • lives -lal.L of victory. n || |.,
n I letter line of play than t at
ll.itl. l
adoplcil,
24. <4 lakes f4
25. It to (4 It bth
*0. B to It Bth
21. llio (i 4tli
2«. 15 lo K Bth
21). 1* to Kt 4 h
80. 1* takes 1»
81. K to <4 Kt 8th
32. R to Kt 7th
33. K to Kt 3rd
31 It to (4 7>h
35. P to B f.td (ch)
34. II to (4
87. RtoKltsq chjkt. Ktlih
d*. It to It Bill (ch) K to Kt 3rd
&>. It taken It It lo K 3rd
40. It to It 5th B takes P
A very Ingenloai stroke lor n non ae,
41. K takes R Kt to It Sri (ch)
Drawn giim. 1 .
R takes (4
it to Ki n,
R to R sr I
Kr to U 4th
Kt Uk-s (4 B P
1* take* I>
Kt to Kt 4th
B to 14 Bth
It to U 3rd
Kt to (4 3rd
Ktto K 14 2nd
K to llirl
It lake* P
WILLS AND IJEyUJSSTS.
The will of the Most Noble Walter Francis, Duke of Hucc-loncli
and Queeiisberry, K.G., late of Montague House, Whitehall,
und of Uowhill, Selkirk, N.B., who died oil April 1« last, was
proved in London on the 3Uth ult. by William Henry, Duke of
JJucdeuch and Queensbcrry, K.T., the ton, and* the Hon.
J nines Archibald Douglas Home, the executors, the total value
of the personal estate in England amounting to£ 173,050 Os. Id.,
ami in Scotland to £435,318 Us. 3d. Tito will nnd codicil
dealing with the Scotch property are dated Dec. 14 and 21,
1859, nnd the will relating to the English property, Aug. 8.
1883. The testator leaves £10,000, upon timd, for his wife, the
Duchess of Uucclcueh, in udditiou to the provision made l'or
her by their marriage contract; his house in llamllton-plneo,
with the stables, lie leaves to Ids wife, for life, and then lo his
eldest son, the present Duke ; the Dittou estate in the enmities
of Hacks and Middlesex ho leaves to his wife, fur life, and at
her death settles it upon Hi^Bets<?mi,son, Lord. Henry; the
wines, consumable stoics, and growing crops at the mansion
house and. estate of Dittou, he gives Wills wife, absolutely;
and the books, pictures* plate, furniture, effects, and live
and dead stock the Duchess is to have the use of, for life, and
after wards they are given to Lord Henry. The Heatilhu
estate, in tho county of .Southampton, wus settled by tlietes.
tutor on Lord Hcuryiirhis lifetime, and lie now s< ttles upon him
the L’lithcroc estmte, Lmica.-hire, but charged with the payment
of various sums of money as portions for his other children, and
of certain mortgages, amounting together to £101,000. The
portions piovideu by tho testator for his children by his wills
**u*l iUHlei*-settleinents, togetlier, are us follow, viz. :—Lord
1 Icnry, in nddition'to-thb estates so settled ou him, £2000;
Lord WTuItcr, £50,000; Lord Charles, £40,000; and each of bis
three daughters £20,000, with nn additional sum of £10,000 to
his (laugh terLiuly Margaret Cameron of Loehicl. His town
residence. Spoilt ague House, with the furniture, plate, pictures,
wines, books, and household effects, lie specifically gives to his
„ eldest son, and he assigns to him all his funds, tenements, aud
X^Hicr heritages, and, in general, his whole means and estate,
'heritable and movable, in Scotland ; he also leaves him all tlie
rysidge of his real and personal estate in England. The present
-'Duke also succeeds to all the large settled family estates in
'^—both countries.
Tlnr will (dated Jlay 28,1877) of the Eight Hon. Georgiatm
Elizabeth, Dowager Lady Whurucliffo, late of Tilney-strcct,
xMaylnir, who died on Aug. 22 last, was proved on the 14th
ult. by the Earl of Whnrueliffe, the soil, one of tho executors,
the value of the personal estate amounting to over £20,000.
The testatrix bequeaths all her estate aud effects to her
daughter, Lady Cecily Susan Douglas Scott.
The will (dated Sept. 18, 1872) of tho Eight Hon. Lady
Horn tin Elizabeth Wurdlitw. late of 1’rinees-gardeiis, Ken¬
sington, who died on June 24 last., was proved on the 13th ult.
by John NVurdluw, the husband, and Rowland Nevitt Dennett,
tlie executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to
over £o000. 'Thetestatrix bequeaths £5000 to her husband;
a conditional legacy to her godson, John Colin Wurdhtw ; and
a legacy to her executor, air. Bennett. The residue of her
property slnMcuves, upon trust, for her sister. Lady Ida Anna
Waldegruve, for life; at her death, £10,000 is to be* held, upon
trust, for her niece, Mrs. Ida Waldegravo Bogle, and her
daughter, Fiances Ida Bogle, and the ultimate fesiduo
divided between her great-nephews, Frauds aud William
llervy.
The will (dated I)ee. 20, 1880) of aii\ James Price, late of
No. G. Clarence-terrace, Rogeut’s Park, nnd 42, New llrond-
strect, who died on the 2nd ult., was prove-l on the 1st mat. by
1 Icury Wilson Price, John Price, nnd Edgar Price, the nephews,
tho executors, the value of tho personal estate amounting to
upwards of £172,000. The testator leaves an immediate legucv
of £5001) to each of his nephews and nieces (the children of
his late brother, Charles Price) ; nnd, after mnking several
small bequests to servants and others, directs that the residue
of his property, both real nnd personal, be realised at the dis¬
cretion of his executors, and divided between his aforesaid
nephews and nieces in equal shares.
The will (dated April 14, 1883), with three codicils (dated
Aug. 22. 1853, und Aug. 26 and 30. 1881), of Mrs. Eliza
Hutton, late of Ivy House, Vork-road, Leeds, who died on
Sept. 2 hut, wu- proved on the 8t!i alt., at the Wakefield dis¬
trict registry, by Herbert Robson, the Hot. George Frederick
Gibbs, aud John North, tho executors, the value of the per¬
sonal estate exceeding £24,000. The testatrix, by her will,
bequeaths £1500, if she has not applied tluit stuu m her life¬
time, fora life-boat, to bo called ‘•The Eliza Hatton of Leeds,”
to be used at a town on the cast coast to be selected by her
executors; £300 to the Home for Seamen and Orphans, Hull;
£150 each to the Society for Blind, Deaf, nnd Dumb Persons,
mid the Ilkley Hospital; £100 each to tho Benevolent 04-
Sir Richard Templo has been elected a member of the
School Board for Lhidon, in place of Dr. Aveling, one of the
representatives for Westminster, who has retired.
Al the Shoreditch Townlmll on the 6th inst., a sum of £350,
subscribed in the neighbourhood of Hoxtou, wns distributed
to t he members of the police force who hud been engaged in
the capture of the Hoxtou burglars. Two civilians who had
nided the police also received rewards.
Messrs. John Walker nnd Co., of Farriugdon-street, have
forwarded to us samples of “Society” note-papers und
envelopes, which they have just produced, iu the new Regina
nnd Priuccpu sizes, and iii various qualities, to suit cither
steel or quill pens and different styles of cnligrapliy. Special
attention is called to the novel shape of “Society” note-
papers, which are considered to bo a great improvement; and
also to the “ Wallet-shape ” envelopes, which combine security
With elegance.
Ttic reUirn-nmUli between the Counties cf Lunniste.' nii.l York, each
sule represented by eighty champions, wus played at Muiietiwur on tvuurdxv
last. Among the player* for Lancashire were eouiiugeul* from Liverpojf,
ljincasfor. Leigh, 8outhport, Wigan, Blackpool. Iioltou, Rochdale, Jiury.
Blackburn, und the several Manchester clubs. Yorkshire sent champions
from Sheffield, Huddersfield, Wakefield. Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Barns¬
ley, and several smaller towns. Lancashire was again victorious, her
representative* scoring 71 of the 132 game* pltyod on tho occasion. The
* orkshirernen won 3. games, mid 2/ w.-io drawn. After the mutch, there
was a banquet, nt which Mr. Bateson Wood presided.
The Athenwum sustained a revere deleat nt the hands of tho North
London Club on the 6th nut. There were ten plH.vers a side, nnd ten game*
wero jiliiyFu, of which .North London scored eight nnd tho Athoaiouin two
TIio annual soirAe of the St. Nichol .s Hics^ Club was held in the Drawing-
Room, Hoyul Pavilion.on Saturday; und, a* usual, w,is tho oc. asion of a
niiteh ngiiinsl the ' Best of nrigiiton.” Great interest wus taken in the
event by all concerned, und no le.-s than thirty pi.iver* on each side cave in
their name* lo take port in tho eomest. Toe match throuirhout was of a
elose and uiteiestiug clmiucter, at the end, victory rart-.d with tho St
Nicholas player* by « mujority of five game*.
Our problem this week is from a collection recently pu’di*hed hv Herr
of Oraiz. a ron»p wr who bus wou high honour* in m.uiy tourn
Uutiot.al und lotcmatioual. *
The first louud of the tournament of tho Ci y Hies* Club was comp eted
on l nday lust. One hundred ennpe itor*. divl led int-» s ctimu of ten
ea.li, o e engaged in tin* contest, for the victois in which ten prizes hara
been provide<. besides u special prize of £6 6s. presented by Mr. F. II. Lo a Is
for the most brilliant game. '
A neat problem by K. Mukovsky of Paris
m,iie: K at Ksj. Q at K Kt so, R nt <114 Bth. (Thr. o piece* )
BlatA; KutUfcUi; Pawns ut Iv B 6th, K Bth and 7th, Q Uh and li 14
3rd. (but iiKccs.i
White to play, ami mate in three move*.
Ihe only gold medal for maps gained by any British
exhibitor at the International Henltlt Exhibition, South Keu-
sington, was awarded to Mr. Edward Stanford.
There arc numerous other legacies, and tho residue of her
properly she loaves to the Leeds General Inllrmary, the Leeds
Tradesmen's Benevolent Association, f 'onkridgc Hospital, aud
I ho Unmarried Women's Society, either equully or iu such
purls us her executors may determine. By the third codicil
tnc testatrix bequeaths £1000 to tho Leeds Blind Institution,
in addition to the legacy left to it by her will; nml £400 to All
Samts’ Church, Leeds, to be applied to some of the objects iu
ton ncct iou‘therewith.
The Scot eh Confirmation, under seul of office of the C'oin-
missariot of Edinburgh, of the trust, disposition, und settle¬
ment fdated Dec. 12, 1879) of Major-General John Charles
Hope Gibsone, Colonel of the 17th Lancers, of Rcutlaud, Mid¬
lothian, who died nt Milverton, near Leamington, ou July 18
last, granted to Major John Gibsone, the son, Francis Adam
llringloo, and Frederick Pitman, the accepting surviving
executors, was sealed iu London ou the 15th ult., the value
of tho personal c.«tate iu England nud Scotland amounting
to upwards of £21,000.
The will (dated March 5, 1881) of Mr. Jonathan Barlow,
laic of Nos. 6, 7, and 8, Queen-street, Oxford-street, coach
anil saddlers’ ironmonger, who died on Aug. 6 last, wus proved
on the loth ult. by Harry Mellnrd, tho surviving executor, the
value of the persona] estato exceeding £5700. Tho testator
makes provision for his wife and step-mother; and lie
bequeaths £2000 between tho Master Coach-Builders’ Bene¬
volent Institution, tho Operative Coach-Maker*’ Benevolent
Society, the Saddlers’ and Harness-Makers’ Tension Fund
Association, the Amicable Benefit Society of Saddlers nnd
Harucss-Makers, aiul the Iron, Hardware, aud Metal Trade
Pension Society ; and some other legacies. The residue of the
nuro personalty he leaves to the Vestry ol St. George’s,
llunover-squurc, or tho vestries of any of the adjoining
parishes, at the discretion of his trustees, fur the maintenance
of public water-closets aud urinals and their proper inspection,
nnd so that the public may bavc free use from the public
thoroughfare.
The Earl of Durham has remitted 10 per cent of the last
hnlf-year’s reut to the tenants ou the Lnuibton estates.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 15, 1884 — 184
1. Tho H««ter (Alderman Sir F. W. Truscottj.
2. Ladies' gallery. Tfnherdashere’ Hall.
.1. Figure-bead of old sUte-burgo iu the court-room.
4. The dining-hall.
6 . Some of the plate. 6 . Cellini Balt-ocllar.
7. Entrance lobby and sUuroooo.
LONDON CITY GUILDS 1 VIII.—THE HABERDASHERS’ CJOMI’ANY.
8BK PAOE 478.
THE ILLUSTRATE!* EON DON NEWS, Nov. 15, 1881 — 485
THE BIRD STUFFER. — DRAWN BY W. RAINEY.
SEE PACE 478.
486
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 15, 1884
THE COLOURED PICTURES.
Most inapt to tho present month is its epithet of “drear
November,” as, favoured by uuusuul weather, the air lias yet
nu October freshness, and the leaves are but thinned, not
gone. Hut by men whose town life links it with much dis¬
comfort, the mouth itself has been belied, us country dwellers
know. In fact, though October is culled “the'mouth of
months” for any rural district, it is known to all in woodland
counties that the best mouth for it is November, ns then,
whilst but mere barb boughs are to be found elsewhere, there,
all is sylvan beauty, as is seen at that time by so many men
who then begin fox-htuitiug that sport which some people
think only consists of rash and random riding. Not so, how¬
ever, us good sportsmen know, us besides the joy of a burst
with hounds, there is the welcome joy of tlic ride to cover in
tlie freshness of curly morning—an autumn pleasure that
gladdens all by I he contrast of town and count ry, as is seen in
the wealth of colour upon the woods, and in the greens that
are nil around you, ns the underwood then shows more
distinctly, ns dotho yews and hollies, the firs and pines; whilst
the sweep of each meadow looks broad and bright through the
hedgerows’ sparser leafage.
Thus, for the not ing of rural scenes anil scenery, there is no
lime like those rides in November, to cover, in the heart of some
leafy district. Say, wc start to the Meet in the white mist—
that is, full early— whilst the poplars sway to a southerly wind,
and from the elms conic golden showers. How fresh is the air
♦lien, and how calm i* nil, as we loiter along where the springy
turf is being littered with leaves that come slowly’down to
their resting-place below, and where no sounds arc heard but
farm sounds, or the linklo of gem's, or, from old haunts, the
cawing of rooks! It is pleasnut, too, as we come to sequestered
spots, where bending branches so interlace that the boughs
meet overhead; where, with brumhled banks and grey rails
ou ejthcr side, we look down the long dip in the half twilight
to Hie vista on beyond, where wc shall find, us wo
further go, bushed lanes, orchard-bounded, and pastures
where kina move dreamily through the dew. Then,
crossing commons, where gortsc is still flecked with bloom,
and fieldfares mix with the ilocks of starlings, wo bencl
again into turfy lanes —where gipsies are always sure to
bo pud reach the shelving woods, where nil is leafage; tho
glades rich russet, and the bracken golden—a type of perfect
beauty. The very solitude of these big woods, that utter
absence of all human somnL-exerts a charm, as all you hear is
rural; such ns tho whir of wood-pigeons, the uprtish of
pheasants, or the rustle of rabbits ns they run; and so you
mak$ your way through long dim rides, stopping perchance—
whilst acorns patter on the ground about you — to watch a
bend-eyed squirrel at a bole, uut-lndcn, hiding treasures.
Thus you go on, through copse nud wood, through spinney
and plantation, till you come to the open country, and its
life-.life at the farmsteads and in the fields;-*tlie woodman,
and t he hedger, and tho ditcher, the bark of dog, the call
of boy or man, the tap of gates, tho cackle of the geese
when whips are smacked by ploughmen ploughing stubbles;
and then we hear the distant sound of horses on the road, ns
men, who presently will overtake us, ride, like us, to the
Meet. Frank, friendly intercourse here intervenes, replacing
observation—greetings with men, too, wo have not seen for
months, not since last season; and so the gossip goes, about
that last run that wo hud together, and town life since; the
racing, yachting, touring to all parts, the full of grouse and
partridges mid pheasants, and much club talk; till, by-aud-by,
ns wo turn round a corner, wc see before us, where men are
gathered, that the sward is dotted with scarlet coats, and the
hounds uro just coming up. Our servants spy us ns we lido
in then, and exchange our hacks for hunters. Then, us
we look at the young houuds, we note the points of the old
ones until the allotted time is up, when the Master suddenly
waves his hand, and the pack move on to the wood below,
where the varmint is viewed as he crosses the ride, and the
huntsman cries, “Tally Ho!” Crush through tho wood
then nwav we go, and ns tho fox is halloo'd ou the other side,
the hounds to the open tly. So the hunt goes merrily to it«
final close, with a kill alter fifty minutes. S. B.
married, in 1835, Katherine Mary, only daughter of Mr. H.
Pauliu, of Crouchers, Essex, and was left a widower in 1872.
SIR C. GORING, BAItT.
Sir Churlcs Goring, ninth Baronet, of lliglideii, in the county
of Sussex, formerly of the 12th Lancers,
Captain 8th Sussex Rifle Volunteers, and J.P.
for Sussex, died on the 3rd inst. He
was born June 2, 1828, tho only son of Sir
_ _ Harry Dent Goring, eighth Baronet, by his
first wife, and succeeded to the title ou tho
O XO death of his father, April 19,1859. He married,
first, Fob. 11, 1851), Margaret Anna, daughter
^ ^ of Mr. Jones I’anton, of Plils Gwyn, which lady
y' died in 1856; and secondly, April 25, 1857,
^ N Eliza, second daughter of the ltev. Capel
Molyneux. As ho has left no issue, the
baronetcy devolves on his cousin, now Sir
Craven Charles Goring, tenth Baronet.
Wc have also to record the deaths of—
The Right Hon. Henry Fawcett, M.P., Postmaster-General,
on the 6th inst. His portrait nud memoir are given in this issue.
Rev. John McMahon Wilder, B.D., for thirty-six years
Rector of Bnmdistone, near Norwich, on tho 31st ult., in his
seventy-third year. .—^
General Churlcs Laval!in Nugent, late fifty-eighth Regi¬
ment, fifth son of the late Colonel Andrew Nugent of Porta-
ferry, by Selina, his wife, daughter of the first Viscount de
Veeci, on the 2nd inst., aged sixty-eight. He married Charlotte
Alicia, daughter of General Pitt, and leaves issue.
Mr. Octavian Biewitt, suddenly, on the 4th inst. He had
been for forty-six years secretary to the Royal Literary Fund,
nud was known to all European nations for his urbanity ami
industry. To him the Royal Literary Fund mainly owes its
high position mni prosperity.
The Hon. Mrs. George Pcvereux (Flora Mary), daughter
of James Macdonald, of Clnurounld, on the 5th inst. She
married, first tlm Hon. Arthur Annesley, and had a son,
Arthur, present Viscount Valentin, and two daughters. She
married, secondly, Major General the lion. George Talbot
Bevereux.
General Poole Valiancy England, Colonel Commandant of
the Royal Artillery, on the 6th inst., at Dover, in the ninety-
seventh year of his age. The gallant officer entered the Army
in 1805. He served in the expedition to the Weser in 1*05-0,
and to the Cape of Good Hope and South America iu 1806-7.
In 1813 he took part in tho campaign in the Peninsula, being
present at t he buttle of Vittoria and the siege of Sau Sebastian,
where lie distinguished himself, and for which services lie
received the silver war medal with two clasps.
OBITUARY.
THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY, K.P.
The Most Hon. Sir George Henry Robert Charles^V|lliam Viiiic-
~Stewart iu the
Peerage of the United Kingdom, Knight Grand Cross of
the Russian Order of St. Alexander Ncwski, Lord Lieu¬
tenant of the county of Durham, Colonel lth Battalion
Durham Light Iufantry, and Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant
Seuham Artillery Volunteer brigade, died on the 5th inst. Ho
wiuj born April 26, 1821, the eldest sou of Charles William,
third Marquis, K.(j»., by Frances Anne, bis second wife, only
daughter and heiress of Sir Hurry Vane Tempest, Bart.,of Wyn-
ynrd and Long Newton, and succeeded to the earldom of Vane
(conferred with special remainder)at his father’s death, March 0,
1854. Subsequently, he inherited the Marqulautc of London¬
derry nt the death of his half-brother, tlic fourth Marquis,
Nov. 26, 1872. In 1867 he went ou a special mission to St.
Petersburg, to invest the Emperor of Russia with the Garter.
The Marquis married, Aug. 3, 1846, Mary Cornelia, daughter
mid helms of Sir John Edwards, of Garth, in the comity of
Montgomery, Bart., and leaves surviving issue three sons and
ono daughter. Tho eldest son, Charles Stewart; Viscount
Castlereagh, M.P. for t he county of Down, succeeds ns sixth
Marquis, lie was born July 115, 1852, and married, Oct. 2,
1875, Lady Theresa Suscy Helen, eldest /daughter of the
nineteenth Earl of Shrewsbury, by whom he has two sons niul
one daughter. The late Marquis,, before his accession to tho
Peerage, sat us Lord Seuhum in the House of Comraous as
M.P. for North Durham, 1817 to 1854.
SIR O. F. HARVEY.
Sir George Frederick Harvey, K.C.S.L.'lute of the Bengal
Civil Service, died on the 4th inst. He was born in 1809, the
eldest son of the late Lieutenant-General Sir John Harvey,
Messrs. William Colliugwood and R. Thorne Waite have
been elected members of the Royal Society of Puiutcrs iu
Water Colours.
Tho bazaar in aid of the Homo for Destitute Girls, opened
nt Brighton by Princess Christian, closed last Saturday night.
It has been a great success.
The trial of tho captain and mate of tho yacht Mignonette,
for tho murder of the boy Parker, at the Essex Assizes, came
to a close on the 6th inst. The jury adopted the suggestion
of Mr. Baron Huddleston Unit they should state the facts,
declare their inability to find a verdict, and ask tho direction
of the Court above, which, his Lordship added, would consist
of all the Judges. The prisoners were released on bail.
1827, and was employed during the Indian Mutiny ns Com¬
missioner and Political Agent tor Agya and Delhi, for which
lie received a medal. He retired in 1863, nud was made
Knight Commander of the Star of India 1867, Sir George
-Claret Jhk*. wlt’j
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
487
THE EVENING MEAL.
Of all sigh tain the world there aro few so beautiful find so
suggestivo — if one can witness it unobserved—ns ill
sweet, playful earnestness—the lovely, self-forge I -
ting devotion of a young mother to her baby.
How her whole nature seems to rejoice and
to develop by the possession of this dear
object upon which she can lavish her
affection, with the sweet watchful
hope that her love is returned.
The tie which links mother
and child is of such pure
and immaculate strength as
to be never violated, except
by those whose feelings are
withered by vitiuted so¬
ciety. Holy, simple, and
beautiful in its con¬
struction, it is the
emblem of all wo can
im igine of fidelity and
truth. As the infant
begins to discriminate
between the objects
around, it soon dis¬
covers one countenance
that ever smiles upon it
with tenderness. ‘When it
wakes from its sleep there
is one watchful form ever
bent over its cradle. If
startled by some unhappy
dream, a guar'dinn angel
seems ever ready to soothe its
fears. If cold, that ministering
spirit brings it warmth ; if hungry,
she feeds it; if happy, she caresses it.
In joy or sorrow, iu weal or woe, she is
the first object of its thoughts. Her prcscnco
is Heaven. What sympathy, what subtle com¬
panionship, what wonderful mutual understand¬
ing between these two. They want no other com¬
pany in that quiet hour before the little eyes begin to
yield to the evening visit of “the dustman,” and whilo
ills simple soothing supper is made ready. How much deep
meaning is conveyed in that “little language,” that cooing
toue, that strange jumhlc of endearing epithets and
uonsense rhymes and tender pretence of violent
romping— surely this is the “foolishness that may
easily bring to nought the counsel of the wise,”
who think to tabulate human emotion mid
explain everything by science. As Mrs.
Harrctt Browning sweetly sung:—
Women know
The way to rear up children (to te jort):
They know a simple, merry, tender knack
Of tying sashes, fitt : ng baby shoes,
And stringing fretty words that make
no ivmo,
And kissing full sense intoempt y words.
Which thinyi are corals to cut life
Bpori,
Although such triflei; children
learn by such,
Life'* holy earnest in a pretiy
play.
But mothers must give a
practical direction to
their love, too. Those
evening shadows may
seem sometimes to be
gathering in a kind of
warning when tho baby
face looks fretful, the
voice breaks into a
plaiutivo cry, or the roses
vanish from the round,
soft cheek. Then is the
time to inquire a little
more clcsely into tho con¬
stituents of tlmt evening meal:
to see wlint kind of food
is coming for baby’s supper, and
to make sure that it is simple, pure,
and so prepared by perfect cooking as
to be fit nutriment for tho fair, pure
body that it helps to build into healthy
flesh and bone. The greatest possible test of
the genuineness of any nrtiele is its popularity, and,
judging by this, there can be no two opinions but that
the well-known Dr. Ridge's Food, specially prepared for
Infanta and Invalids, is the best and most reliable
nourishment to be obtained. “ Always good alike.” Can
be obtained of all Chemists and Grocers, and at the Stores.
••VERY PIOESTini.E-NUTRITIOUS-MADE ID A MINUTE—NO BOILING OR STRAINING REQUIRED."
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Hint li required f.>r the f»rmnti< n • f tlrni
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A highly concentrated and aolf-dircstllir nutriment lor young clillorun; .umnying nil
fleah and hone In a partially soluble and easily assimilable form. It also ollonls n sustaining an
those of a dyspeptic und wi cy. '
•• My child, slier being at death's door for weeks from exhaustion, consequent upon severe dlsrrlneu aud Inability to retain
•nr form of • Infants' FWmT or Milk, begun lo Improve immediate! J hetOok your mailed nrenaratlon. aiid I have never seen on
Infant luerraso In weight so rapidly a* lie has done. II. E. Tuutoau.. F.R.U.8., M.lt.C IV
Kurt her Testimony and Full Ulroetlous accompany each 1 in. \
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dfilO.
In return for a £10 Note,
free and safe by pout, one of
BENNETT’8
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SIR JOHN BENNETT’S
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£15 GENTLEMAN'S STRONG GOLD KEYLES8.
20 GUINEA GOLD HALF CHRONOMETER for all Climate*.
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^veis.
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WATCHES and CLOCKS.
£20. £30. €10 PRESENTATION WATCHES. Arms, and
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£25 HALL CI-OCK to CHIME on 8 Bells. In oak or mahogany.
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CHEST COMPLAINT.
From Mr. W. J. Foster,
Watcrloo-pluce, liondonderry.
•* Jan. 7, 1881.
“I am glad to inform you the
Electropnthic Belt nnd I.ung In-
vigorntor I purchased for my
brother have had the desired effect,
nnd I feel thnt I enn thoroughly
recommend your npplinnccs,”
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
BRONCHIAL ASTHMA AND
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
Georok Black, Esq., Allerlcy
House, Bcrwick-on-Twcod, writes:
“ March 4,1881.
“ I am liappy to inform you my
son is much the better for wearing
tho Electropathic Belt anil Lung
Invigorator; in fact, ho (unnot do
well without it, a* it seenw to im¬
port a vigour to his Nervous System
nnd increases hi* cheerfulucss. Hi*
appearance is bettered, anil he is
now able to employ himself usefully
and happily, which he was quite
unable to do three months ago.
BRONCHITIS.
From Mb. J. Monms, 20 , Cnndow-
streot, Attercliffe.
“ Dec. 16, 1883.
“ I havo been much better since
wearing the Electropnthic appli¬
ances. Tho Lung Invigorntor has BOIJI rnorRIKTons.
^hiSToffS*?o^nS-££rt &THE PALL-MALL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, LIM.,
cere thanks." 21, HOLBORN VIADUCT, LONDON.
From Mns. Mkhiiibick, 8, Rhyn-
bank-terracc, Oolwyn Bay, North
Wales.
“ Jnn. 19, 1884.
“ You will, I know, be pleased to
hear that I um still improving in
health through wearing the Electro-
jxithic Belt, Spine Band, and Chest
appliance 1 had from you some little
time since. I should be very sorry
to have to part with either. Also
my little girl is much improved
since wearing the Lung Invigorator
you had made for her.”
ASTHMA.
From Mb. Jonx Wiwt, Bally-garvey, Rathowen, county Wwtmeath, Ireland.
“ You know my case, as already stated to you. and since wearing your hlcctropathie Invigorator I feel entirely a
new man. I luivc not now tho slightest symptoms of Astlinm. from which I have suffered from my youth, and I
cannot find words to express my delight nt being so entirely changed. I would recommend all who suffer in like
manner to give it a trial." _____
IMPORTANT TO INVALIDS.— THe Consulting Electrician of the Association, who has
had many years experience in the application of CURATIVE ELECTRICITY, attends
daily for consultation (free) at the PRIVATE CONSULTATION-ROOMS of the
Pall-Mall Electric Association, Limited, 21, Holborn Viaduct, E.C.
If you are suffering from any slight derangement with the cause of which yon urc acquainted, send nt once for
uti ELECTROPATIIIC BELT or INVIGORATOR, and obtain relief; but if you Itave any rwuion to fear thatyour
cise Is serious or complicated, you are recommended to write for a pnviite _ ADVICE F<> HM. and“ •SEL*"
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Limit*!.. 21. Ilolboni Viaduct, London, E.C. The CONSULTING MEDICAL ObFICKR will then tferaoiuUy advis.-
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disappointment which the indiscriminate self-selection of appliances often entails oil those who urc unacquainted
alike with the catiKO of their irnfferings and the nature of the remedy they desire to apply.
On roceipt of Post-Office Order or Cheque for 21s.. payable to C. B. HARNESS, Managing
Director. Tho Pall-Mall Eleotrio Association, Limited, 21, Holborn Viaduct, London, E.C., will
forward, post-free, to any part of the United Kingdom, the ELECTROPATHIC LUNG INVIGORATOR
for cither lady or gentleman. ____
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488
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOT. 15, 1884
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 22, 1884
Mr. Buskin lias tho privileges of a man of genius, and
uses them. In the lecture last Saturday, at Oxford, on
“ Protestantism,” ho was led, by one of those “ winding
bouts ” familiar to his hearers, to speak of tho folly of tho
Government in building ironclads. No doubt these
monsters of the deep are hideous, while tho wooden
vessels in which Howe and Nelson fought were things of
beauty as well as strength. It may be true, too, as he
asserts, that no ironclad can stand the buffeting of tho
waves like tho old three-decker; but what then ? Would
Mr. Ruskin seriously advise us to trust our fortunes to
wooden walls, while every Naval Power in Europe is con¬
structing ironclads ? It would bo impertinent to supposo
that so dear a lover of England was chiefly thinking,
when ho spoke thus, of the interests of art: but we can
readily accept his assertion that there was once no finer
art than shipbuilding. It is a curious fact, and one worth
pondering perhaps, that almost every ^ advance of lute
years made in mechanical science, and in what is under¬
stood by civilisation, has been in the direction of ugliness.
It is delightful, just once in a way, to catch Professor
Buskin tripping; and, enthusiast though he be, it is
rarely that bo gives anyone the chance. Butin discussing
the loss at sea of those famous vessels tho London, the
Captain, and tho Eurydice, ho infers that they were all
built of iron, “just in order that the ironmongers might
get their commissions.” The Eurydice, which succumbed
to a gale, was a wooden ship—ail uncommonly pretty one,
too, when fully rigged. Practical sailors were quite aware
of lier weak points, but she was, to all intents and purposes,
one of our “ wooden walls.” It may just be mentioned
also that the London was not a Government vessel.
Professor Ruskin is liberal, for on Saturday he gave
two presents to tho University of Oxford, which it is to
bo hoped will bo appreciated as ho thinks they deserve.
To tho masculine students ho presented a water-colour
drawing by Turner, measuring loin, by 20in., which had
just cost him fifty guineas; and to the girls of Somerville
Hull he gave a copy, made with his own band, of tho head
of St. Ursula, from Carpaccio’s famous “ Dream,” familiar
to all who have seen tho art treasures of Venice. It took
him a whole day to copy accurately a * ‘ single spray of
silver liair,” and “ twelve times over ” did bo draw tho
mouth. This was something like painstaking; and if his
hearers only learn that lesson, he will not have lectured on
“ Tho pleasures of truth ” in vain.
Mr. Holman Hunt must bo a man of indomitable
pluck, for after patiently painting for years at his great
picture of “ The Flight into Egypt,” he gave it up on
account of tho faulty nature of tho canvas, and in January,
1883, began it all over again on a fresh one. This second
picture is now on the point of being finished, and will
probably bo exhibited in London before Christmas. The
peccant canvas was procured in Palestine, and the moral
of tho artist’s wasted years and lost labour is, that he and
bis confreres should in future always carry the necessary
toilet with them, even to the uttermost ends of the earth.
Whether wo have a good or a bad apple year in
England seems now to be a matter of little importance,
for tho supply from tho United States mukes this popular
fruit far more plentiful than in the good old times when
Englishmen prided themselves on tho produce of their
gardens nnd orchards. It is computed that over 152,640
barrels of rosy-cheeked apples have been already shipped
this autumn from Boston, Now York, and Montreal; and
tho cry is still they corac, for tho crisp, toothsome, quince-
flavoured Newtown pippins aro seldom exported to reach
us before December.
A now anaesthetic has been discovered, with a .very
long name—hydro-chlorate of cocaine—and it is peculiarly
suited for use on the more delicate surfaces or internal
tissues of the body. It was first used on the huimin eyo
early in September; but Viennese doctors have for nearly
a year been in tho habit of brushing tho throat and larynx
over with it before attempting any operation on those
parts. The ordinary nriud wonders whether this latest
“ pain-killer” can bo connected with the “ grateful and
comforting ” beverage of our breakfast-tables.
Mr. Gosso delivered himself of a good deal of wit and
wisdom on Monday night bt the College for Working
Men and Women. We may not agree with him that
poetry is “ not for tho vulgar herd,” and may be heretical
enough to believe that it has a subtle charm for all; but
wc can at least concede that the marks of buttery thumbs
and knives ought not to be allowed to deface choice
volumes. It would liavodjcen kind of Mr. Gosse to have
told bis audience tho namo of the “great" poet, who,
when ho changed his residence, hired a costermonger’s
cart, lined it with Oriental rugs, placed his beloved books
reverently therein, and drove solemnly to and fro with
his precious freight. Surely it could not have been tho high
priest of tho sunflower, or tho poetical paper-hunger.
Man cannot triumph over Nature’s decree, and when
rr“tit's 1 " ^
' A curious instance of this 1ms bceu *ork.“ But, Urovor cheap and hko the rcal arbcle
shown in Staton Island, where once there woro plenty of
quails, which have of late years died out or departed. A
Game Protection Association in tho spring of 1883 pro¬
cured a thousand quails and released them on tho hills,
where they apparently throve and multiplied, oa largo
coveys were seen in tho holds and among tlio brushwood,
and the whistle of tho male birds was a familiar sound to
the farmers. Tho shooting season is in November, but in
vain did tho sportsmen go out this year, for not a quail
was to bo seen or heard, and they have disappeared as
completely as any bird of pre-historic periods.
Tho effects of the lato M. Chnrles Tissot wore recently
sold at tho Hotel Drouot, Paris, and among them was tho
photograph of a young and beautiful woman, tho price of
which was pushed up to a ridiculous extent l>y a gentleman
who happened to know that tho original was Princess
Nazli, tho duughter of Halim Pasha, and cousin of tho
•Ex-Khedive. Never before had any auctioneer the op¬
portunity of selling tho portrait of a Mussulman lady,
for tho law of Islam forbids her even to show her face,
and denounces portraiture ns a cardinal sin. Orders have
gone forth that this precious photograph be bought back
again, no matter at what expense; and. since Princess
Nazli is well known in Constantinople to bo a ringleader
of those who would fain exchange Oriental for w estera
manners and customs, it is to be feared that more than
one inauvait quart d'heure is in store for her.
Madame llistori travels quite en famillc with her
husband, the Marquis Caprunico del Grillo, their son and
daughter, nnd some confidential servants. She has beem
very warmly received in America, and says that her
performances there this winter will positively bo her lust
in public, as in the spring she will return to her beautiful
Italian home, never uguin to leave it.
Magazine verso, like the web of our life, is a mingled
yarn. It is never so intolerably bad as it was a century
ago, when every petty veraeumn “ rhymed anil rattled”
in the style of Pope, omitting nothing eavo his wit and
poetry. Wo know hotter what is good in these days, if wo
are not always able to produce it; and editors aro more
chary of admitting inferior poems. Now and then the
reader lights upon one which is alike pertinent and
beautiful. Mr. Fawcett’s death bus moved several pens
to write poetically, but perhaps tho most interesting
production that sad event nas called forth is to be found in
fast week’s Athenaeum. The writer, Mr. Philip Bourko
Marston.isapoetof no mean mark, and there is a pathetic
beauty in bis fine sonnet which touches the reader the
more deeply when lie remembers that Mr. Marston, too,
has been nnenifd to “confront Night ’and to fight his
way “ sightless.” __
How many readers in tho British Museum havo found
in Dr. Richard Garnett a guide and friend; how many
authors have had their labour lessened by his invaluable
help, it is impossible to say. This at least can be said
without fear of contradiction, that few daily students in
the Reading-Room are unhidebted to his eburtesy, and that
the acknowledgment of the assistance gained from liis
large knowledge of literature is to ho found in no incon¬
siderable number of important works published during the
last quarter of a century. The fact that Dr. Garnett’s
services aro required in another department is a matter of
no slight regret to liis many friends£\ If the change bo a
gain to him, it con hardly fail to prove a loss to a vast
number of readers.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is suffering
from a domestic inconvenience. Every householder knows
what it is to have to hurriedly summon tho turncock on
account of water tunning short, or cisterns becoming
clogged. Unfortunately, the Hqir Apparent has no such
remedy, for his resilience at Sandringham is supplied by
a set of springs rising from the out-crop of ohulk. For
the last sevenyenrs tkesehuvo sufficiently ministered to
liis wants; but now, in consequence of the continued
drought in Norfolk, they show signs of giving out. Of
course, his Koval Highness will not personally suffer, but
the gardens aniKstables may bo «thirsty,” especially as a
stud of hunters foz* the Prince’s use during the winter have
recently arrived at Sntuljpingliam House.
■-
/—Surprise is being expressed that German manufacturers
areliow so popular in this country. The discussion com¬
menced over the statement that post-cards used here are
mado in and imported from Germany. Like Chinese
clicap labour in Bret Hnrte’s poem, tho Teutonic moder¬
ation naturally has its effect on other countries. Yet tho
\reason is obvious. The working classes of foreigners havo
a natural aptitude for saving. Turning to the artisans,
waiters, confectioners, watchmakers, we find that to put
"away a portion of their earnings is a lrnbit with aliens,
while native workmen are notoriously improvident. Many
of tho wealthiest foreign business men in London eaino
over here with little more capital than Dick Whittington
hud when he sat on Ilighgate-hill. They have become
rich, amongst other reasons, by the negative virtue of not
spending nil their gains. If our British workmen would
take a lesson out of their books, they could afford to com¬
pete with tho world, nnd assure employment from year’s-
end to year’8-end. Tho proverbial economy of the German
mechanical classes is their fortress and safeguard.
Hostesses who aro in tho habit of entertaining largely
will rejoice to hear of a new departure in floral de¬
corations. It 1ms long been the custom to expend
enormous sums on exotics which adorn ball-room walls,
staircases, and supper-tables. Tho cost of flowers for ono
ball given in Loudon last season was known to bo oyer
eight hundred pounds, and this amount included the hire
only of certiun gigantic palms and growing plants. Ac¬
cording to anartistic contemporary, artificialflowersaro now
made and impregnated with the permanent odour of rose,
jessamine, lily, and other swoot-sconted blossoms. They
are alleged to bo lifelike, nnd can, of course, bo used many
times. If they come into common use, maid-servants will
havo good cause to complain that dusting cumnLions and
nwiiv n-nrilnnias for the winter is “ no r>art of their
_, „__ r _the
muslin and wax may look, it is possible that prejudice
will, for a long time, yet retain tho refreshing nutural
bloom instead of its sweet-ossenced imitator.
Tbut rising American artist, Mr. C. B. Porter, has a
great reputation for painting portraits of beautiful women.
The latest is of Mrs. Henry Clews, in a low dress of
shimmering white satin, coming down an antique staircase.
Ho has recently painted Mrs. T. Cushing, Mrs. Schlosingcr,
anil Miss Maude Howe, three well-known Boston belles,
who are said to bo very proud of their portraits.
Perhaps in no profession have there been such revo¬
lutions during the present century as in that of tho stage.
There is a grand actress of by-gone days who bus scon
them all, and who, now quite well and hearty, hopes to
celebrate her soventy-nintb birthday on tbo 22nd inst.
Mrs. Keeley, then Miss Gow&rd, made her d&but, at tho
Lyceum Theatre, nearly sixty years ago! And her last
appearance was as recent us 1878, when she emerged from
her retirement to do honour to the Testimonial Benefit of
Miss Wool gar. To attempt to refer to tho changes she
must havo known, would bo to attempt to write a history
of the drama. Owing her first step to a sweet voice and
complete knowledge of music, she worked her way up from
a chorus girl to a leading position at Drury-Lane Theatre,
at the time of Macready’s management. She must have
been on terms of friendship with all tho great tragedians
whose talents wo guess at and taik over to-day. It must
be a great pleasure for her to observe the rapid strides
towards recognition that our actors and actresses aro now
making. Instead of rogues and vagabonds, us they were
designated, uud treated like, half a century ago, honest
workers in the drama have earned a social rank equul to
artists, authors, and men of letters. To examples like
Mrs. Keeley, they owe this. Wo wish her many happy
returns of her birthday! \
What’s in a name ? Why, something very uncertain
of pronunciation sometimes. Just lately there havo been
daily questions put to omniscient editors of sporting
papers by persons interested in horse-racing (who, by-the-
way, are not generally remarkablo for any kind of know¬
ledge “bur ono”) to ascertain what is the proper pro¬
nunciation of “ Beauchamp,” tho namo of a race-horse.
Perhaps a few doses of “ Beecbam’s pills ” might impress
tho pronunciation upon doubtful minds. No doubt these
innocents would sympathise with the undergraduate of
Trinity College, Cambridge, who pronounced Tollemache
something after the fashion of Tclcmachus; and they
might bo surprised to learn that a gentleman named
Stifle was highly indignant at being considered “Stiff,”
demanding to bo called “ Stife ” (a wicked waste of a
letter); aud that a young prig hi the lecture-room at
Cumbridgo declined to answer to his name of Fifiard
when pronounced by the tutor after the analogy of
Giffard, but required tho accent to bo placed upon tho
second syllable before lio would “ translate a little of this
Greek chorus, if you please, Mr. Piffurd.”
Trustworthy information about tho gallant General
Gordon appears as difficult to discover as the whereabouts
of Truth or Wisdom. The newspapers tell us ono tliiug
to-day and another, of a perfectly different and contra¬
dictory sort, to-morrow. Nay, tho announcements con¬
tradict one another from hour to hour ; us is testified by
a credible witness, who affirms that when bo wont into a
placo of entertainment the other night, at eight p.m., a
plucard announced tho “dofeut, capture, aud death of
General Gordon," and when he came out, at about eleven
p.m., a “great victory” of the same gallant General.
And tho worst of it is that tho Khedive aud our Govern¬
ment seem to be no wiser than the newspapers. Howbeit,
Lord Wolseley seems to have lately had a letter from
Gordon himself. Tho best plan is to believe only half of
what you hoar or read ; and let it be the better half.
It lias been conjectured that when Sir Stafford Northcote
called his “ frequent pardner,” Lord Randolph Churchill,
a “bonnet” tho other day, the right honourable and
amiable Baronet meant to bo complimentary, and did
not know what “bonnet,” in the figurative sense, really
means. A professor of the three-card trick, or of thimble¬
rig would be tho best person to apply to for information
upon that point. __
In a very recent—if not her most recent—novel, tho
learned Mrs. Olipliant (who seems to drop three-volume
novels as tho clouds drop fatness) talks of a young gentle¬
man “ supporting a comer of tho mantelpiece, like a
young Caryatides.” If " moblcd queen is good,” surely
“a young Caryatides,” of tho masculine gender and sin¬
gular number, is much better. As “ there is something
not altogether unpleasing to us in tho misfortunes of our
best friends,” and as there is some sort of satisfaction in
“ostracising” an Aristides through sheer weariness at
hearing him so constantly called “ tho Just,” so there is a
certain low-minded delight in finding that our most
admired idols, whether writers or not, can oi-r. Who
would not chuckle to “ catch ” Lord Tennyson in a false
rhyme? And who does not chuckle at tho idea of tho
great Pitt delivering himself sonorously and pompously
of his famous false quantity in “ magnum vootigul est
parsimonia ” ? You can no more help feeling a pleasant
titillution than you could help laughing if you saw mi
Archbishop “come down” on a slide. Is it very ill-
natured ? _
The fine old English miser, like tho notorious Mr.
Elwos of parsimonious memory, is not extinct, or rather
was not extinct when Mr. Parry of Chester, who is said to
have been the largest holder of property in Cheshire, died
tho othor day. Among Mr. Parry’s parsimonious feats
not tho least was his saving of a receipt stamp by gettiug
a tenant who had to pay a rent of just over two pounds
sterling to pay tho sum in two instalments.
With the commencement of tho season, growls aro
being heard from hospitable dinner-givers that their
guests will not be punctual. Some autocratic hosts will
not wait a ininuto for anyone; while some visitors aro
never a second late. Such punishment as schoolboys not
unfrequently endure would teach a lesson to tho tardy
ones. Thoso who aro late Bhould forfeit what they havo
misled, and comm- ace their meal at whatever point it may
reached on their appearance. A good story is told
of a punctual host and would-be polite but unpunctual
guest. Arriving very late, the visitor took liis scat at tho
table, and was profuse in his apologies. “ Please excuse
me,any dear Sir,’ he said, “anil allow me to go on with
\hatcrer is now being served; don’t havo anything
brought up again.for me.” Taking him at his word, his
host courteously aisentcd, and tho recalcitrant ono dined
off pple-tart.
NOV. 22, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
491
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
“Peuee! Pence!” were the List words of Lucius Gary, Vis¬
count Falkland, ns he fell, dying for his King (but snclly
couscious of tliut King having done his realm an immensity of
mischief), on the battle-field of Newbury. Are wo to have
Peace now, I hopefully wish to know, ufter all these weary
mouths of wrangling, bickering, and bad language ? Is the
*' conciliatory arrangement,” or the compromise, or the sur¬
render (call it which you will), proposed by the Prime Minister,
to bear the blessed fruit of pacification nil round ? Surely
there should be satiety in the culling of abusive names. Surely
we ought by this time to have arrived at tho amicable and
unanimous opinion that the Franchise Bill, although it is u
vital political necessity, is socially a gigantic Boro, and that
the best that we cun do with the measure is to pass it as
swiftly as ever we possibly cau, aud proceed without delay to
fresher and cheerfullcr work.
Meanwhile, I have lmd a Dream. I dreamt that I was
sitting in a large and lofty bull, in which a crowded assem¬
blage of stem-faced men—young, middle-aged, and elderly —
were, with atcru intensity, regaling on joints roast and boiled,
accompanied by vegetables, and followed by plum-pudding.
I dreamt that, although tho feast was not at all of u teetotal
nature, the consumption of alcoholic beverages was, iu com¬
parison with the number of guests, very small. I dreamt that,
so soon us tho cloth was drawn, tho bulk of the stern-faced
audience began to smoko tobacco—cigars, cigarettes, “yards
of clay,” cutties, aud briar-woods ; and that they then reso¬
lutely listened during three mortul hours to some of the very
best speeches that I ever heard in my life.
Five Radical members of Parliament, all of a row. Do you
shudder ? do you turn pale? do you “feel bad”P Messrs.
Labouchere, Jesse Colliugs, Broadhurst, Storey, and Burt. Mr.
F.rtli, M.P. for Chelsea, and giant-killer in ordinury to the
Corporation of London—six Radical members of Parliament,
all of a row. Sir Charles Dilke was expected; but Cabinet
cares kept him away. But the Ghost of Bonquo, otherwise
the Peri of the Parliamentary Paradise, the Spectre of hulf-
npresented Northampton, was there. Seven Radical members
of Parliament, ull of a row. They all made long speeches, and
I came away ulive.
The oddest thing wjis that, with the exception of my old
and true friend, Mr. Henry Labouchere, I hud never to my
knowledge set eyes before on any one of these seven Tribunes
of the People. 1 have been, time and again, iu the Strangers*
Gallery of the old House of Commons; but the new ouo I have
never entered. Thus it wus with rapt attention that I listened
to the utterances of the seveu Tribunes, especially to the
speech of the gentlemen from the North:—
O. wherefore como yo forth in triumph from tho North,
With your hands and your feet and your ruiment ull ml t
And wherefore does your rout send forth a Joyous about,
And whore ore tho gropes of tho winepress that yo trend !
It is many years siuce I read these stirring lines of Macaulay;
and, quoting from memory, I may have erred hero and there.
But Mr. Burt, M.P., told us very forcibly wherefore he came
from the North. A Briton of Duuiah descent, Mr. Burt, I
should say. A Berscker, with a lingual “ burr " so strong
and thick as for some minutes to be almost incomprehensible
to my southron and cockney ears. Pronounces “com¬
mercial" “commarshial,” aud “bill” “beel.” Mr. Storey
I imagine to be of ancient Rorauu engeudrure. Ilis part
of Durham was probably colonised by' tho veterans of the
Tenth Legion. Tall, eagle-fuced, coal-black bearded. Often
does tliut type flash upon you in some trooper of the Life
Gminis (largely recruited from Northern fanners’ sous) in
his niche ut Whitehall. A low-pitched, soft, melodious,
thoroughly southern voice, Mr. Storey’s. Mr. Broudhurst, a
Suxon from the tips of liis lingers to the roots of his lmir.
Higg the son of Buell among his ancestors, possibly. As for
Mr. Lubonchore, Burke’s Peerage, treating of the extinct
barony of Taunton, states that the Labouchere family left-
France ut tho time of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes,
and settled iu Holland. We are certainly a curiously' com¬
posite nation. Three Suxous, a Dane, an ancient Roman, and
an Anglo-Batavian of French descent, making seven Radical
members of Parliament, all of a row. And how well (dif¬
ferences in pronunciation apart) they all spoke P>Iwonder
whether my' dream was of n dinner on Monday', Nov. I7, ut
IheEleusis Club, King’s-road, Chelsea.
The Democratic party having won the presidential Election
(aftera mournful succession of years passed “out in the cold”)
in the United Status, the principle “ to the Victors belong the
Spoils ” will, it is to be presumed, be adhered to; aud the cus-
touiury process of “cutting offflp) heads ” of Ministers and
Secretaries of Legation, Consuls and Collectors of Ports, and
other Civil Servants, will, I suppose, be resorted to, with the
usual cheerful alacrity, during the next few mouths. The
U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary nominated to Romo by tho
Republicans did jj.ot wait to have his head cut off. Ho cut it
off himFelf as soon as ho heard that Governor Cleveland was
victorious.
It is to be hoped that Mr. Eugene Schuyler will bo left
alone in his missions in South-Eastern Europe; that Mr. J.
Russell Young will be left ill peace at Peking; and that Mr.
Bret.IIarte will be maintained in his consulship at Glasgow.
Mr. fijckuyler is a bom diplomatist, u distinguished publicist,
linguist, traveller, aud man of tho world, ond his official
decapitation would be positively disastrous to the American
Diplomatic Service. And surely no political considerations
should imperil the continuance of Mr. Bret liarto ns TIN.
Consul at Glasgow. To confer such a post on a„mrm of
letters so accomplished and so deservedly famous if to give
him a bonus, an honorarium, nn indirect acknowledgment of
liis genius and reward of his services. Republicans and
Democrats should be alike proud of tho celebrity which, in
both hemispheres, has been achieved by Mr. Bret ilnrte.
1
With regard to the Ministry to London, the case is different.
Tlie mission to the Court of St. James’s—a mission which has
been filled by such meu ns Rush, us Dallas, us Bancroft, us
Motley, ns Adams, and us Keverdy Johnson—is naturally the
object of tho keenest ambition among the most distinguished
American politicians. I read iu this connection iu the
World :—
Tlio success of tho Democratic party in America neowwitating: tLo with¬
drawal of Mr. J. B. Lowull from tho post nt the Court of St. James’*,
which ho has hold to tho general satisfaction. I (“Atlas”) understand that
there is u strong- probability of our speedily seeing Mr. W. H. Hurlbert
installed in the vacant berth. Mr. Hurlbert, for many years the guiding
spirit of tho Seta York World, Is n muu of grent natural ability, cosmo¬
politan experience, and charming manners, lie Is well known in Ktigluh
society, and would niuko a model Minister.
With the alight reservation that it does not seem, to be
altogether settled that tho withdrawal of Mr. J. R. Lowell is
absolutely “necessitated,” I agree with every word tliut
“Atlus” has written. More than twenty years have passed
since, in New York, I first knew Mr. William Henry Hurlbert,
then (America was “ iu tho midst of war”) a dashing young
journalist, full of lire, pluck, and “go,” and one of the
shining lights of the Democratic party. Returning to the
btates iu 1879, I fouud Mr. Hurlbert politically grown a grave
and reverend seignior (although socially, intellectually, and
artistically us young us ever), the editor and guiding spirit of
the A'cw York World, lie lias retired from the cures of editor¬
ship now, lias “made his pile,” and is in Europe, h prosperous
gentleman ut large; still, liis activity of mind and uptilude
for business should make entire leisure distasteful to him,
uud tho Loudon or Paris mission would exactly suit him.
Iu the parish Church of Kt. Mary, Bisliopsbourno-by-
Canterbury, was unveiled, on Monday, Nov. 17, a handsome)
stained-glass window iu memory of Richard Hooker, author of
“ The Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politic.” Hooker was presented
by Quecu Elizabeth to the Rectory of BisliopsbouTue, aiul
there lie died and was buried, in 1 GOO. An admirable mun^x
und not only u wonderfully leurued poleniicul writer, but, to
ull seeming, a model country parson. He wus Muster of the
Temple once ; but liis heart ulwuys yearned for green fields,
thatched roofs, and purling brooks.
“Good old” Bishop Still, “Good old” Fuller,“Good
old" Richard Baxter, “Good old" Izunk Walton. These
are household words to lovers of English letters. But nobody
tulka of “ Good old” Richard Hooker. Why }' Well, in tho first
place, lie died, worn out by sludy and the ailments of a weakly
constitution, at the comparatively enrty age of fortY-seven.
Iu tho next pluee, he had earned for himself the altogether
peculiar aud distinctive sobriquet of tho “Judicious” Hooker.
Bede was the “Venerable,!* Crichtofitho “Admirable,”
Beldeu tlie “Learned,” but Hooker wus the “Judicious.”
Granger, in his “ Biographical Hiatoryof England,” suys that
it was Queen Bess who dubbed Hooker the Judicious; and
judicious indeed he must have been to have gained, by his
live books of “ Ecclesiastical Polity ” (the three last are more
or less spurious), the praise both of a Protestant Queen and
of Pope Clement VIII.
Tlio book of “ Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politic,” fol., 1G39,
has stood for many yeurs on my shelves, next to Milton’s
prose works. Both books (quite apart from their doctrinal and
ritualistic character) nro wondrously valuable rending as ex-
umples of copious and eloquent English. Granger says tliut
Hooker's English is marked “ classical simplicity ” ; but as to
the uccUTacy of that statement I am not competent to decide.
I am no judge of classical simplicity. So much, however, I muy
venture to hint, tliut Milton's and Hooker’s prose would find
tons of thousands more readers (among the laity) than they at
present do were their pages broken up into paragraphs of less
inordinate length. There are six hundred closely-printed folio
pages in Hooker; and many of the paragraphs are six, seveu,
and eight pages long. There are nearly u tlioumiud royal
octavo puges of close print, in double columns, of Milton’s
''pi’ose; «nd the paragraphs, although not so lengthy as
''Hooker’s, are tearfully protracted.
On the night of Saturday, Nov. 15, Mr. Henry Irving was
the hero of a reception organised in his honour by tho
members of tho New York Lotus Club. The club was
crpwded by literary, dramatic, and artistic celebrities, and
the great actor on his entrance was greeted with loud cheers.
The greatest cordiality and enthusiasm characterised the
entile proceedings. What a strango thing it is, and what a
pity does it seem, tliut in so eminently clubbable u metropolis
as London, there are no institutions of the precise character and
with the exact attributes of the New York Lotus Club aud tlie
San Francisco Bohemiuu Club. The Savngo Club conies nearer
the American model than any other literary,dramatic, or artistic
club in Engluud; und the committee of the defunct Fulstaff
attempted to combine the best characteristics of the American
Lotus with those of tlie Ccrcle des Mirlitone iu Paris. But wo
foiled somehow. There was u London Lotus, too, in Regent-
street or Laughom-pluce—a club which promised brightly, but
which, like Morality iu the “ Dunciad,” “ unawares expired.”
“Sliiijd”: the last “little stranger” tentatively intro¬
duced into the English vocabulary, uud the lust new “ fad.”
A Rev. member of the School Board for London has written
to tho Time* to say that “ some educational minds have beeu
much interested by tho ‘ Sluijd ’ system of education, which
is practised in Sweden with great success.” “ Sluijd,” tho
writer explains, “ means a system which teaches dexterity
and pliancy of fingers in manual work, and which also train*
the mind’s power of observation and perception.” “SlOIjil” is
n development of Frobel’s “ Kindergarten ” system ns it was
intended to be by its author. “ Sliiijd,” adds the gentleman
witli tlie educational mind, " is a word not easily translated
into English.” Wlmt! Are there not such English words os
“ lmudiwork ” mid “ handicraft ” ?
Sliiijd work in Sweden is carried out in wood, iron, mid
paper; working in wood is judged to be the most useful. Are
our Board Schools to be turned into carpenters and joiners*
shops; and are our Board School children, insteud of leurning
their lessons, to bo exercised in curving wooden Nuremberg
nutcrackers, or making furniture for dolls-houses, or con¬
structing match-boxes? Tliero is u most ancient form of
“ tdbijd ”— a handicraft in which children could be very use¬
fully and profitably exercised; I mean the art of turning.
But tho uini and object of Mr. Forster's Education Act
wus not to teuch handicrafts to the children of the poor;
nor, for the mutter of that, to feed them or to pro¬
vide them with boots and shoes. The avowed and deliber¬
ate object of tho Acts wus to combat and vanquish tho
aniuzing literary ignorance of the poor—to tcacli their children
to read, to write, und to cipher ; und to give them, iu uddition,
u much higher education iu history^geography, natural history,
and other brauclies of knowledge, than they had heretofore
enjoyed.
• There seema to bo a large number of people who do not
look upon the Education Acts from this pointof view. “ Any¬
thing,” they urge iu effect, “ auy thing—gymnastics, drill,
tinging, * sliiijd,’ rather than literary education.” It wus such
literary education, got fo? nothing at an American common
school, that enabled two poor lads, Abraham Lincoln and
James Garfield, to becoum Presidents of tlio United States.
I opon at random the American “ Congressional Directory for
1879.” “ Ohio, Fourth District: Representative Joseph Warren
Keifer, born iu Bethel township, wus reared on a farm,
educated at a common school, and studied law at Bpring-
field; W\ D, Hill, of Defiuuce, educated ut country schools,
was a student at Antioch College, and studied law ut Spring-
field; Benjamin Lefevre, of Sydney, educated ut Miami
Uni versity, volunteered as u private soldier in the Union army,
is a farmer by occupation. Oregon: James H. Slater, of La
Grunde, received a common-school education, studied law.
John Whitaker, of Pleasant Hill, wus raised ou u farm, uud is
self-educated. Hus been u Judge of Probate, und is now
engaged iu farming und stock-raising.” Aud so ou, uud so
on, m scores of instances.
Leigh Hunt once wrote a very humorous essay on the
possible sensations of a gentleman who, fully dressed lor the
Qpern, uud walking ou u flue summer’s evening fiom tlie West-
End toward* tlio Huymurket, suddenly fouud himself, on
turning the corner of a street, in the presence of a Beugul
tiger. Now, cteteris paribm, I may nsk how you would feel il,
turning u comer of South wick-crescent, Hyde Park, you
suddenly became aware of a large white swan waddling along
the pavement. To make such a rencounter was, a few days
since, the lot of a Jauudryman, living at East Acton. Ho took
the swan home ; but, at the same time, did not omit to give
information of his downy uud bluok-legged treasure-trove to
the police.
Meanwhile, the keeper of the wild fowl on the Serpentine,
counting his swans, found one missing. Ho was told that tho
police knew of a lnuudrymon at Acton who had found a swan,
und wus ttuxiou* to restore it to its rightful owner ; but,
very naturally, he wus anxious to obtain compensation
for having boarded and lodged tho swan during three
weeks. Tlio parties could not agree ns to the sum to
which the Inundrymnn wus entitled fur keeping the swan ; anil
the rather clumsy expedient wus resorted to of summoning
him to Hammersmith Police Court for unlawfully detaining
a swan, the property of her Majesty’s Chief Commissioner of
Works. Iu olden time, the prosecution would have been in¬
stituted by tlio King’s swan-herd (Jfofiiler deduct nt cifpitoruin),
or by tho Master of the Itoyol Game. After a lengthy wrangle,
Mr. Paget, the magistrate, awarded the laundrymuu a
sovereign lor the bird’s keep ; but to this award the keeper
of the wild fowl demurred, uud the mutter was adjourned for
a settlement to be, ir possible, effected.
There is a Hue old Border Bnllad sotting forth how, in a
certain port of tlie county of Durham, “ ubout Midsummer of
tho year,
Every man wax tart of hi* crime
For stealing tlio Lord Bishop's msec.’’
I remember, more than thirty years ugo, being vaguely “ tart
ol my crime,” not for “stealing the Lord Bishop’s mace,” but
for being slightly implicated m the (1 suppose, illegal) con¬
sumption ol a swim, i was living in a (then; wild little village on
the Thames, in Kent. The Vicar was non-resident. J ho
Curate-in-charge was a butterfly-catcher mid beetle-sticker
and not much more; there wus no lawyer in the place, and no
police station; the parish constable kept a public-house; wo
Iiiwl no gas, nor did we want auy ; and when the local burlier
had taken a little too much beer overnight, mul felt
“queasy ” iu the morning, those who required the tonsor’s
aid used to walk over to Hartford iu quest of a Figaro whose
hand did not shake. In fine, we did pretty well what we liked
aud were quite lmppy.
It was a desperately cold winter—the coldest that liad
been known for years ; und one morning Bill Souiebodv found
n superb swan iu the “ mushes”—otherwise, the marshes I
urn sorry to suy that Bill Somebody, assisted by T»m
Somebody-else, killed that swan— I kuoiv not if the loul
deed were executed with a cross-bow, as in tho celebrated
albatross ease— and brought its bodv in triumph to tlie
village. We did not treat the wicked Bill ns the
Ancient Mariner was treated. We did not hang the swim
h round the fautor’s ueek. No. 1 grieve to confess/W *v ate
that neon. We ate him baked, uud boiled, aud stewed, and in
n pie. There was a smell of swun-cookiug all over tho village.
"Wo were ull “in it.” Whether tlio swun’s beak bore the
Vintners’ Company’s two nicks, or the Royal five nicks, I
know not; I only know that tho stately biped, which had
probably flown away from the freezing Upper Thames, was
killed and cooked and devoured. And very strong, tough
nnd generally nasty wus that swan iu tho eating. ’
“ Will you,” writes a correspondent from the Gentlemen's
News-room, Oockcrmoutli, “enlighten us lakeland folk on tho
meaning of the word ' bonnet ' iis applied to Lord Randolph
Churchill by Sir Stafford Nortlicotc” My esteemed corre¬
spondent at Cockormouth, remember Fai'kluud’s words at
Newbnrv. The Premier's boll-like tongue bus rung out the
thousund years of war. and rung iu the thousand years of
peace. Nobody is a “ bonnet,” nobody is a“ jackal” : und
no “badgers” uro to bo drawn, for the reuuuuder of tliia
Session at least. y.
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THE NILE EXPEDITION: SKETCHES BT OUR ARTISTS AND CORRESPONDENTS.
THE NILE EXPEDITION: A DOUBTFUL CHARACTER IN CAMP AT ASSOUAN.
THE NILE EXPEDITION.
General Lord Wolseley lias been obliged, for a day or two, to
leave the front of his advance, which is ut Dongolu, and hasten
back to Wady Haifa, in order to quicken the movement of
transport for hia troops and stores passing up the Nile. His
Lordship was at Wady Haifa last Sunday, but stayed only till
Tuesday, when ho started on his return to Dougola. The
whole force of the expedition is now moving up the river from
Assouan, and four hundred of the rowing-boats, conveying
eleven hundred British troops, are beyond the Second Cataract.
These troops include companies of the Essex, the Duke of
Cornwall, the Royal Sussex, and the Staffordshire regiments.
The heavy cavalry men belonging to the Camel Corps were to
reach Wady Haifa on Wednesday, and would there join those
of the Foot Guards, with whom they would march forward
to Dongola, followed by the 10th Hussars. It is expected
that tliia portion of the force will march ucross the
Desert, by the caravan route from Debbeh to Khartoum. In
the meantime the Mudir of Dongola is sending his black
troops up the river as far as Merawi, where the Desert route
to Berber commences. Lord Wolaeley, on Saturday last,
received a letter from General Gordon, dated Nov. 4, reporting
all well at Khartoum. General Gordon says he can hold out
for the arrival of the British troops. The Mahdi is at a
distance of eight hours from Khartoum; but the Arabs
are quiet, and are not attacking now. It appeare that
General Gordon had heard about the wreck of tne steamer
which he dispatched with Colonel Stewart, Mr. Power, 21.
Herbin, and others on board, and the massacre of those
gentlemen. He is much delighted to hear of the advance
of the British troops, and hopes to be able to hold out
until their arrival. He continues with his steamers to harass
494
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 22, 1884
theMnhdi's force, which is attempting to approach Khartoum.
This letter, dated Nov. 4, id the liret which Lord WoLeley
lias received from General Gordon. The same messenger
was Sf-nt by Major Kitchener two months ago with despatches
to General Gordon, and took the caravan route between
Dobbeh and Khartoum. General Gordon wishes it to bo
made known that he lias received letters from hi# sister, from
Sir S linker, and from Mr. Stanley. The letter is a long one.
The Miulir of Dongola also 1ms received a letter from General
Gordon, limed in November, reporting nil well at Khartoum,
l'lie General says he is looking forward to the arrival of the
British troops. He appoints the Mudir a Pusha mid General
in the Egyptian nrniy.
The Inter pretended rumours from Khartoum nre wild and
contradictory; last week it was said that General Gordon had
been shot, and this was even announced by the French Prime
Minister at a Cabinet Council, having come from a French
Government agent in Egypt. It was utterly without found¬
ation. The only news likely to be authentic is that received
by Major Kitchener, or by the Mudir of Dongola. One of the
M Midi's followers just arrived from Khartoum reports that
General Gordon fought an engagement with the Mahdi at
Omdermnn, just above the city, in consequence of which the
latter was obliged to withdraw northward to El Margatt, a
village eight hours distant from Kluirtoum, which remains
closely invested on all sides. But another messenger has just
arrived at Merawi, from near Khartoum, who says that the Malidi
is still atOmdurmnn. He has dispatched troops against Dongola
and the Kubbnbish tribe. The hitter news is not believed by
the Mudir, a* the Mahdi’s army ought to have appeared if the
information were true. A deserter from the Mahdi'# forces at
Berber states that the Governor of that place, Muliomed-el-
Keir, is much disliked by the inhabitants. The latter have
been much harassed by General Gordon’s steamers, and are
willing to tender their submission on the arrival of the British
troops. lie further reports that provisions and ammunition
ore very scarce in Berber.
The friendly Beni Amers have inflicted a severe defeat on
the Hadendowas near Souukim, capturing a convoy of pro¬
visions and com destined for Osman Digna, together with
BOOB camels.
We present this week a great variety of Illustrations of the
Nile Expedition, some of which are from Sketches by our
Special Artist, Mr. Melton Prior, who had reached the Second
Cataract, and others from those contributed by officers of
the Expedition and other correspondents. Mr. Prior un-
Tickily “ came to grief,” but with no serious personal harm to
himself or interruption of his work, by the disaster which
befel a steam-launch belonging to Mr. Walter H. Ingram,
while attempting to puss the rapids uud rocks of the Second
Cuturact. llis Sketch of this adventure, which might easily
have had much worse results to some of tho party, appears on
our lirst page, lie supplies, also, the excellent view of
Korosko, with the camp ot Egyptian troops, the small build¬
ings of sun-dried mini, the Kin dive's nag hoisted on a tall
flagstaff upon the rock above the river bank to the left, hand,
the steam-boat alongside the bunk, mid it dulmbieli sailing by;
and working parties of soldiers, and native porters, nnder the
direction ot English officer#, carrying boxes of stores to t he
vessel for embarkation. Another of our Special Artist’s Sketches
represents the hospital tent at Wady llaira, with the bringing
in of sick men just arrived from the front; and with several
Englishwomen, their kind and efficient nurses, waiting
to take care of them. A military hospital bus now been
established at Dongola. where smallpox in a mild form has
appeared. Air. Prior, while at Assouan, sketched the camp
of the 56th Regiment in a grove of beautiful palm-trees; and,
at the upper end of the First Cataract, near the Isle of Philo*,
drew the pleasing view of Slulul, tho head-quarters of tho
Royal Engineers, mentioned in our lust, with the steamer and
other vessels lying there to take on board the materials for
the railway.
Our obligations to Lieutenant It. De Lisle, R.N., one of
the naval officers assisting in tho river-work, for many
clever Sketches of the hauling of vessels up the Oataracls, nnd
of the personal experiences of those engaged in that work,
lmve already been acknowledged. We nre likewise indebted to
Lieutenant C. G. Martyr, of the Duke of Cornwall's Light
Infantry Regiment (acting as Mounted Infantry), who is at Dou-
golu, for a communication of the 9th ult., sending aKketchof tho
Mudir's house, with Egyptian soldiers on guard nt the gate,
nnd some amusing Sketches ot the Camel Corps, a rider
••mounted” and one “dismounted”; of the conversation^
between an officer and n soldier upon the merits of “a
splendid camel ”, the officers’ mess in a small tent; uud tho
appearance of persons belonging to different corps in their
respective uniforms. The old drawing, mudo eighty-three
years ago l>y an officer in Egypt, of a French Grenadier of
the Dromedary Corps organised in 1801. captured by tho-
brigade of General Sir John Doyle in May of that, year,
may be compared with those of Lord Wolseley’a Camel Corps
in the present campaign. We arc told that this French /
Dromedary Corps would march ninety miles in u day over the
Desert, without provisions or water. Their practice* when in
action, was for the animals to lie down, und the men to get
behind them nnd to fire over them. Among the Portraits
sketched for our pages are those of the Egyptian Head-man,
Onideli or Mayor, of Assiout; the pilicef in command who
came to be regarded ns “ the White Sheikh ” of Korosko; and
Air. John M. Cook, one of the celebrated firm of contractors
for the journeys of English touri-ts, who has rendered
important services to the Military Expedition in the con¬
veyance of its stores up the Nile. xGur Artikt seems to have
suffered, like the other Englishmen, much persecution from
the flies, and tried to shelter'hitoself in R mosquito-net cage,
suspended from the roof overhead, while employed on his
drawings in the tent. Tha_aceao in eaiup at. Assouan, where
“ a doubtful character,”'possibly a spjyis put to the question
by uti Arabic-speaking officer, may be regarded as character¬
istic of military business on the Egyptian borders; and tho
same kind of interest belongs to the incident of actual war¬
fare represented iu bur larger Engraving.
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Wagurr’s “ Parsifal ” music was repented by the Royal Albert
Hull i lioml Society—iignin oontUicted by Mr. liuruby—last
Saturday afternoon. Having commented on tho work last
week, we need now only record it# repetition under similar
conditions and with the same principal singer#, these having
been Fniulefn Malten. Herr Gudchu#, Herr Searia, and Herr
Hehuegraf. all of whom have been associated with German
stage renderings of •* Parsifal.” The solemnity of tho musio
proved again highly impressive on a very numerous audience.
Whatever opinions may be held us to its merit**; Mr. Unmby
deserves great praise lor his enterprise in producing it in the
only form in which it could be heard in this country—as nn
oratorio; and even in this shape it seems that it is not to bo
again given here, according to tlie printed announcement of
“ mrancemeuts having been made with Mudnme Wagner by
which the work will in future only be performed at Bay¬
reuth.”
The Popular Concert of Inst Saturday afternoon included
the reappearance of Mr. Charles Hnll6, whose solo per¬
formance was in Schumann's iirst pianoforte sonuta (Op. 11
in F sharp minor), which was rendered with neat execution
nnd refined taste. Madame Norman-Neruda wits again the
leading violinist, and she and Herr Straus played Mozart's
Duct Ill (i tunjor, for violin and viola, with fine stylo and
transcription of an Organ
Fugue in G minor, and in concerted pieces. Vocal duets by
Tscliaikowski nnd Schumann were charmingly rendered by
Miss Louise Phillips and Madame Isabel Fassett. Madame
Noi'mnu-Nf*rudii again led tho quartet party. Signor Romili
was tlie accompanist on .Saturday, and Miss Carmichael on
Monday.
Five of the new series of Crystal Palace Saturday afternoon
concerts have now been given. At the fifth, M. Jules
Lasseirc, the skilful violoncellist, appeared, nnd played, with
much success, a concerto by Eckert and smaller solo pieces.
Miss Griswold was the vocalist. The anniversary of the
death# of Gluck aud Rossini was very slightly observed by
the perfonnance of the overture to “ Jpliigenie en Aulitlc”
nnd that to 14 Guillaume Tell.” At tins week's concert, Mr.
A. C. Mackenzie's oratorio, “The Rose of Sharon” is to be
performed.
Madame Viard-Louis, the eminent pianist, gave the first of
her second series of performances of Beethoven’s works nt the
Prince's Hall oil Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. George Watts's grand morning concert at the Royal
Albert Hall on Wednesday—the last of the season—offered
powerful a!tractions in the’announcement of the co-operation
ol' Madame Christine Nilsson nnd other eminent vocalists.
The Promenade Concerts at Covent Garden Theatre nre
approaching the close of n very prosperous season, next
Monday being announced as the lust, night, for the benefit of
Mr. W. F. Thomas, the Director. The past week lias included
mi American night, and the engagement of Signor Bottesini,
tho celebrated coutru-bnsso soloist.
The second concert of the New Club Austrian Band was
given on Tuesday afternoon nt Stein way Hall, with a pood
programme; the third concert taking place at the same hull
next Tuesday. Tlie programmes of these concerts contfst of
chamber and dance music, the latter especially selected from
the latest Viennese Repertoire. Popular artistes are also
engaged to sing.
Her Majesty’s Theatre was suddenly closed last Thursday
week — ns alleged ou account of the indisposition of some of
the singers.
The Sacred Harmonic Society—conducted by Mr. Charles
Hal 16 — nnnonnoed Mendelssohn's “St. Paul” for performance
nt St. James's Hull, yesterday (Friday) evening.
Mr. John Boosey has announced a series of three of tho
popular 44 Loudon Ballad Concerts,” to take place nt St.
James's Hall next Wednesday evening, on the afternoon of
Dec. 8, mid on Wednesday evening, Dec. 10. At the first
concert Maduiue Minnie IIauk und other eminent artists are
to uppenr.
Herr Hans Richter has recently been to Birmingham to
arrange with Hie Festival Committee as to next year’s cele¬
bration, of which he will bo the conductor. M. Gounod's
new oratorio is now in the hands of the publishers, Messrs.
Novello, Ewer, nnd Co. It is entitled 44 -Mors et Vita.” The
first part i# a complete * 4 Requiem,” with a prologue nnd
epilogue; Part 2 comprises a short description of tlie Last
Judgment, nnd Part 8 deals with the Future Life. There are
also to bo produced n secular cantata by Herr Dvorak; one
by Mr. F. H. Cowon. on the subject of the Sleeping Beauty;
n violin concerto, by Mr. A. C. Mackenzie, which will pro¬
bably be played by Herr Joachim; nnd ft symphony by Mr.
Front. • _
At a town’s meeting, held nt Hull on Monday for the
purpose of relieving the distress in the town, about £18,000
was subscribed. Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, M.P., chairman
of the Hull and Barnsley Railway Company, announced that
it is likely that the works in connection with the dock and
railway will soon be resumed.
A lecture on the Taranaki or New Plymouth district of
New Zealand, as the most attractive and advantageous Held of
emigration for small capitalists, farmers, mid families with a
limited income seeking an agreeable home, was delivered at
Exeter Hull on Tuesday evening by Mr. William Courtney,
a resident of ten years' experience in that country. The Right
Hon. Sir Charles Dilkc, M.P., President of tho Local Govern¬
ment Board, was in the chair, and having visited New
Zealand many years ago, as well as the other British Colonies,
was enabled to apeak with high and just admiration of the
natural advantages of Taranaki, which possesses the most
fertile soil, tho most agreeable climate, anil the most enchant¬
ing scenery probably to bo found in that part of the world.
Sir Francis Dillon Bell, K.C.M.G., Agent-General for New
Zealand, was also present, and gave additional explanations of
the subject. Mr. Courtney’s mission to England is accredited
bv n communication from the Hon. Major Atkinson, Prime
Minister of New Zealand, which was rend previously to his
lecture, lie imparted, in ft simple, frank, and straight¬
forward address, much precise knowledge rotating u> the
agricultural, commercial, and social ulntistics of New Zealand,
tlu* situation of Taranaki, the opportunities of laud purchase
on very easy terms, nnd of safe und profitable investment, of
money; and the condition of tho settlement with regard to
trade, roads, and railways, the improved harbour of New
Plymouth, the healthiness and pleasantness o; the climate,
and the facilities of education for children. We cun. from
independent sources of information, bear testimony to the
entire correctness of all hi# statements at the meeting: and
Kir Charles Dilke and sir Dillon Bell united in thanking him
on behalf of the numerous aud respectable audience. Mr.
Courtney bus nu office nt 79, Feuclnuvh-street, where ho will
answer private inquiries.
NOV. 22, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED • LONDON NEWS
495
THE PLAYHOUSES.
From New York comes intelligence that Mr. Henry Irving
and the Lyceum Company, with Miss Ellen Terry as the
bright particular stnr, continue their series of triumphant
performances ut the Star Theatre; and that England's repre¬
sentative actor has been entertained at a special banquet given
in his honour by the hospitable Lotus Club. The favour
graciously extended by New York to Mr. Irving and Miss
Terry is warmly reciprocated in London, where America’s
fairest and most charming histrionic artiste, Miss Mary
Anderson, still draws excellent houses by her fascinating
embodiment of the love-sick heroine of “ Itomeo and Juliet,”
eo resplendontly placed upon the stage of the Lyceum by Mr.
Henry E. Abbey. Meantime, at the Princess’s Theatre, the
conspicuous merits of Mr. Wilson Barrett's youthful Hamlet
are nightly recognised by large audiences.
Produced rather hurriedly and under circumstances pro¬
bably unknown to the majority of the audience, Mr. F. C.
Buniund’s new drama of “Just in Time” was not seen to
advantage on the first night ut the Avenue Theatre; but the
undeniable effectiveness of the bold situations lias been well
appreciated since. It must be acknowledged that the
characters of “Just in Time” are very distinctly in¬
dividualised. There is movement from the moment Mr.
‘William Kignold, as Louis Pucrocq, forcibly rids himself of
his fellow-convict, Simon Mnscnrot, to gain possession of
his booty in the prologue to the rapidly-reached first net,
wherein the villnnous convict reappears in Paris as Monsieur
J)e l’Estoricrcs, and procures the abduction of a pretty flower-
girl ; and to the Inst scene of all, where the persecuted Estelle,
rescued by her faithful lover, Peter Patten, the agile fencing-
master and flautist, is restored by Admiral Conynglmm to
fortune mid happiness. As Peter Putten, the light-hearted
hero who is always, or nearly always, “Just in Time,”
Air. John S. Clarke cannot bo said to shine ns
much as usual, for the reason that he is mature enough, not
fa put too fine u point upon it, to bo the father of the fair
Estelle to whom lie is betrothed, a part very gracefully and
winsomely enacted by Miss Eva So them. Mr. William
Forren strengthens the drama by bis manly portrayal of the
role of Admiral Conynghum. As Raymond He Guibruy, Mr.
C. Creston displayed considerable power. Mr. Robert Soutar,
the experienced stage manager, gave importance to the small
S ort of Lenoir; and that old Adelphl favourite, Mrs. Alfred
iellon, was quite at home as Thcrtse. Bright and comely,
Miss Louise HenSchel exhibited promiso as Cecile. In fine,
“Just in Time ” is an engrossing drama, well played, of the
period of the Directory in France, the quaint old costumes of
that time adding much to the picturesqueuess of the new pieco
at the Avenue.
When lovely woman stoops to fondle cobras and caress
white mice on the lyric stage, one may next expect to see an
entire “ Happy Family ” introduced in the succeeding comic
opera. It is the first step that costs. Alias Florence St. John
having broken the ice by the exhibition of her tamo white
mouse and performing snakes ns the chief novelties of 31.
Audran’s Oriental us it is termed, at the Comedy, why
should we not in the musical piece which should speedily
follow this brilliant trifle be favoured with the astound¬
ing tricks of the Ethiopian Lion King, or, better still,
with the really remarkable performances of Felix’s
troupe of Russian and Siberian hounds? The truth is,
Alias Florence St. John is so personally charming hor-
pelf, and possesses a voice so seductively sweet, thut she needs
no adventitious aid. Certainly, the white mouse and snakes
should be dispensed with, as a matter of good taste.
'The plot usually goes for nothing iu such productions;
though why this should be the case it is difficult
to discover, having regard to the wealth of fiction
open to librettists. l’uerile and poor is the story
of “The Graud Mogul.” Y'et it took two French¬
men to devise and write, and an Englishman, Air. H. B.
Fnruie, to adapt it. Prince Mignnpour, heir to the
Alogul throne, so far resembles the fickle and volatile hero of
“ Brighton ” that each fair creature lie sees becomes for the
moment “ the only being 1 ever loved.” Endowed with this
variable disposition, the Prince is allured by the beauteous
Djcmma, the snako-clinrmcr, till the Princess proper regains
his admiration in the guise of a Nautch-girl. The features
which interested tlio very friendly first-night audience
most on Monday were the peculiarly droll and quaint
jocosities of Mr. Arthur Roberts ns an English “book¬
maker” transformed into a Grand Vizier; the St. Vitus-
like unties of Mr. Frank Wyatt ns the enamoured French.
Envoy to the Court of Delhi, a character sustained with un¬
flagging point and humour; and the melodious songs of Aliss
Ft. John as Djemma, Aldlle. Berthe Lutour as the Princess
Bcngnliue, Mr. Frederick Leslie ns the itinerant Showman in
love with Djemma, and Alias Farebrother as the brightly
piqnaute Sara. The many tuneful uirs of “The Grand Alogul”
will doubtless be utilised in quadrilles and valses by the^
music publishers; but ns an opera, the /eerie cannot be
compared for a moment with 31. AudranV “ Olivette ”
or “ La Mnscotte.” The chorus, always a strong point nt
the Comedy, is exceptionally brilliant, the rich and tasteful
costumes being executed by M. mid Alndame Alias (who liftvo
in store for the New Year iui elaborate Shnkspearean Costume
Book for Fancy Balls). It should also be stated that AI. Van
Biene conducted with accustomed skill; and that Mr. T. E.
Ryan excelled himself in the painting of tlio glowing scenery.
Bv-the-wny, the Comedy management would study the comfort
of the audience more if the stalls were placed further apart.
/\ G. A. S.
PARISIAN SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
[From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 18.
The principal event of the Parliamentary week has been
the rending before the Chamber of the report of the Parlia¬
mentary Commission charged with the Touquin affair. One
of the first and chief faults which the newspapers found in this
report was that it was badly written and badly rend. Frankly,
I confess to feeling great pleasure in living m a country where
literary atyle is so highly appreciated. The report tells us
nothing new about Touquin; it simply declares that public
opinion demands an honourable conclusion to the ex¬
pedition ; that reinforcements must be sent immediately;
that fifteen millions of francs ought to bo voted at once,
and that at least forty millions of francs will have to
bo voted in the beginning’ of 1885. Decidedly, Touquin is not
cheap. Fifty-five millions ! But it is not so much the sum
that irritates the deputies and the journalists; it is Die un-
art is tic sentences of the reporter of the Commission. The poor
gentleman is not sufficiently alive to the fact that the language
of a Parliamentary report is capable of receiving formal beauty,
like a statue or a piece of furniture, lie writes bud French
and he reads bndly.
AI. Ferry asked tlio Chamber to fix the debate on this
report for Monday next. AI. Clemciiceau protested, and de¬
manded an adjournment until various important documents
relative to the Touquin question had been printed and dis¬
tributed. As long ns the deputies were unacquainted with
these documents, they could not decide whether or not they
ought to vote the credits and continue their confidence in the
Cabinet. 31. Ferry persisted in his demand, and AI.
Clemencenti replied that this lmste to push tlio debate
through was not made in the interest of the country but in
the interest of the Alinistry. Tho question being put to the
vote, the Chamber complied with 31. Ferry’s desire, and fixed
Alonday as the date of the debate by 288 against 201. Tlio
fall of the Ferry Cabinet does not seem so imminent as it
appeared ten days ago; the majority is still obedient.
Since the outbreak of tho cholera nt Paris on Nov. 4, up to
midnight yesterday, Nov. 17, the total number of deaths was
650, including the deaths iu the suburban communes and iu
the garrisons. Last night there remained 348 cases Under
treatment in the hospitals. The epidemic is gradually de¬
creasing in intensity. Last week the official death-prtftof
Paris showed that the average of deaths from cliolefaju tho
whole city was one iu every 10,000 inhabitants. Sprply there
artistic celebrities, and Mr. Irving upon entering was greeted
with loud cheers. The greatest cordiality and enthusiasm
characterised the whole proceedings.—The immigrants who
arrived in the United States lost month numbered 36,441.—
'The marriage of Miss Caroline Astor to Mr. Richard
Wilson has, says a New York correspondent, interested society
beyond any recent event. The bride’s presents are valued at
over a quarter of a million dollars. The necklace given her
by lier husband was worth seventy-five thousand dollars.
Over u thousand guests attended the wedding festivities. The
patients nt the hospitals were entertained with u dinner iu
honour of the event by the bride’s mother.
'The Marquis of Bipon arrived at Amritsar on the 13th fast.,
and was enthusiastically received. He arrived at Delhi the fol¬
lowing day, and was received by the Duke of Connaught. Up¬
wards of 1000 addresses from all parts of India have been
presented to Lord Kipon. Iu replying to some of these, his
Lordship expressed the belief that India was never more loyal
than at the present time.
A telegram from Alelbourno states that the British Pro¬
tectorate over the southern coast of New Guinea was proclaimed
on the Oth inst. with great ceremony by the Commodore on
the Australian station.
THE CHURCH.
The Rev. C. BodingttmN has declined the Bishopric of
Bloemfontein.
Lord Zetland laid the memorial-stone of a new church at
Hudswell, iienr Richmond, Yorkshire, on the 14th inst.
The newly erected house of the Newport Market Refuge
and Industrial School nt Coburg-row, Westminster, waa
formally opened on Tuesday, when a short service was held by
tlio Bishop of Lcmdbn.
Tho Rev. Frederick Cox, on resigning the Rectory of Upper
Chelsea, in consequence of ill-health, has been presented with
arilver sulvetfNpd a purse of six hundred guineas by his
friends and parwhiouers.
A special parochial 31ission In the Archdeaconry of London,
which includes the northern and eastern portions of the
metropolis, began on Sunday iu two hundred churches. A
seri6s of services has been held eveiy day this week, a house-
tp-liouse visitation made, and nine millions of tracts and
leaflets distributed.
x Lord Wlmmcliffe on Tuesday presented the Rev. John
is scarcely ^ for alS; aSCfath pSS ggg. f° r
foreigners have, been running away from the capital to such f , ^
an extent that the commerce ot Paris is uppronching a sMvte of P^^joners on his completing the fif tieth year of his ministry,
stagnation. The hotels are empty; tie shopkeepers are f lr .\ * hur P is K°.'“6 to devot e * portion of the money to
in desolation; the theatres aro half empty; and the
foreigner, the ttrangtr who does so much for the prosperity
of Paris, lins become a rarity. At one of the large hotels
where it was usual to see 200 or 300 people at the/table
d’hfite, you now see twenty or thirty. 31. Kardou, who loves
money and understands business, proposes to retard the pro¬
duction of his new play, “Theodora,” at the Porte Saint-
Martin until the precious itvattgen make up their minds to come
back to Paris.
'The Bouapartists of tlio Victorian shade are not satisfied
with their young Emperor. , Prince Victor, it appears, pays
more liecd to pleasure than to duty, and conducts himself, as
AI. Paul de Ctusngnac says, ua “ a young man rather than as
a man.” It is probable,>hen, that Prince Victor will not be
put forward as n candidate nt the forthcoming general
elections ; nevertheless, the Bouapartists are preparing n very
energetic nnti-Republican campaign,—At Paris a week rarely
passes without some scandal or another. There are so many
newspapers, so many parties, so many jealousies, that
the slightest pretext suffices. This week the reactionaries
have a fine opportunity of vilifying tho Republic. First
of nil, M. Cazot, who, after faithfully serving his party
in the campaign against the Jesuits, was appointed,
ns a reward, first President of tlio Cour do In Cassation, tho
highest post in tho magistracy, has been obliged to resign
because lie is involved in a fraudulent stock company which
has just failed. Secondly, an ex-prefect of the Aveyrou is
accused of having appropriated the public money during his
term of office.— 1'lie Grand Opera still remains without a
miiuiiger.SClje enterprise, ns at present organised, will inevit-
ably ruin the man who undertakes it. Indeed, in spite of
building a memorial vestry.
In Bishopsboume Church, near Canterbury, on Alonday,
the ceremony of unveiling the Hooker memorial window win
performed by the Bishop of Colchester, in the presence of u
large congregation. Richard Hooker’s last benefice was
Bishopsboume, in the rectory of which he died, in 1600. The
window lias been executed at a cost of upwards of £400. The
money wits raised by subscription among Churchmen.
The Bishop of Dover on Alonday consecrated the additions
which have recently been made to the parish church of Wil¬
mington, near Hartford, Kent, in the presence of a numerous
body of clergy. The entire scheme— which comprised tho
building of a south aisle, a new chancel, vestries, organ
chamber, side chapel for children, as well ns the restoration
of a fragment of the original Anglo-Saxon church nt the west
end —lias cost about £3400, nearly the whole of which had
been previously raised.
At St. AJargarct’s Church, adjoining Westmiustcr Abbey,
the annual service of tho League of St. 3Inrtiu waa held on
Sunday afternoon, the Venerable Archdeacon Farrar, D.D.,
lmviug placed the sacred edifice nt the disposal of the society
ou this particular occasion. The league, of which the Rev.
A. H. Staunton, of St. Aloan’s, Hoi bom, is president, was
formed some seven years ago for the benefit of post-office
employes throughout the metropolis, it has a present mem¬
bership of about 800, besides 150 associates.
Ou the ninth anniversary of tho consecration of St. Paul's,
Clerkenwcll (6117 inhabitants), it was stated that, in nddition
to 1440 Sunday and week services, with 225 holy communions
and 400 members on the rolls, there had been 250 open-air
preachings and 500 marriages; the somewhat unusual number
fifteen days’ newspaper discussion, no satisfactory eolation of of 3110 churcliings, and tire still larger number of 4230 liolv
the problem luis been found mid in despair someone has baptisms (7340 combined), besides other Church work, lmd
proposed simply to pull down the Opera and sell the ground taken place in connection with the church erected out of a
'i ' 11 1 . i 0 building materials. I lie author ot this project small portion of the proceeds of the unused City Church of St.
doubtless simply desires to maintain the reputation of the Mildred Poultry
Parisians ns « guy and amusing propla. T. C. Tho Arellblehop o( y ort hM oppoi „ w , be Ecv . William
y. ,11 ,A. Stunbridgc, formerly Curate of Dorchester parish church.
On the l.ltli inst. the Pope held a public Consistory at the to the living of Masbrongli, near Rotherham, York. The
The late Lord Afavor (Mr. Alderman Fowler, M.P.) has
forwarded to the Italian Ambassador a further and fluid
remittance of £323 11s. 7d. from the Mansion House Fund for
the relief of the sufferers by the cholera at Naples. The fund
is now closed.
Air. and 3Irs. German Reed’s Entertainment continues to
attract crowds nightly to .St George’s Hall, and to keep them
in a continuous simmer of laughter, except when they break
bounds in loud guffaws. Next Monday, Nov. 24, a new
first part will bo produced,entitled “Old Knoekles,” written
bv Arthur Law, the music by Alfred .T. Caldicott; in which
Alisa Fanny Holland, Aliss Alurion Wurdroper, Mr. North
Home, Air. Charles Allan, and Air. Alfred Reed will appear.
The performance will conclude with a musical sketch by Air. Eric
Lewis, entitled “ A Water Picnic.”
It is a pleasant thing to see those who have time and talent
for the purpose devoting themselves to the service of the poor,
making art the handmaid of charity. An amateur per¬
formance is announced to take pluco at 24, Belgruve-square,
on the evenings of Friday and Saturday (yesterday and
to-day), in aid of tho poor of Westminster; to commence
with a comedietta, by Sir Charles L. Young, entitled “ Yellow
Roses”; characters by Lady Monckton and Sir Charles L.
Young; mid followed by a comic operetta, in one net, com¬
posed by Lady Arthur Hill, entitled “The Lost Husband ” ;
characters by Mrs. Godfrey Tear so, Mr. Cotsford Hick, nnd
Air. Colnaglii.
Vatican, to bestow on the six new Cardinuls their huts. Seated
on his throne in the Aula Regia, surrounded by liis courtiers,
the Pontiff received them ns they were introduced by the
dencous of the Sacred College, and allowed them to kiss his
hand and foot. After which, the ceremony closed with the
presentation of tho lints. A secret Consistory followed, in
which the Pope shut nnd opened the mouths of the new
Cardinals, and made various ecclesiastical appointments.
Tlio West African conference met nt Berlin last Saturday,
in the hall in the residence of Prince Bismarck in which the
Berlin Congress met iu 1878. Prince Bismarck was elected
President. 'The States represented are England, Germany,
France, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Turkey, Spain,
Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden nnd Norway,
Denmark, and the United States.—On Thursday tho sixth
Porliamenfcof the German Empire was opened by tho Emperor
William in person.—'Two trains came into collision yesterday
week near llnnnu station, in Germany. Fifteen passengers
nro reported killed and many injured.
On the 13th inst. the Emperor Francis gave his first dinner
to the Delegations in the Itoyul residence nt Budu; ami on
Saturday last the Emperor entertained the remaining mem¬
bers of the two Delegations to dinner. After dinner his
Majesty held a reception; and in tho evening left with his
suite for Godollii. The Einperor visited, lust Saturday after¬
noon, the Museum of Art and Industry. The Hungarian
Delegation has passed the Army and Navy Estimates, ordinary
mid extraordinary, the credit for the army of occupation in
Bosnia ancl Herzegovina, nnd the report of the united Com¬
mittees on the subject of the Estimates for 1885.
The official canvass in New York State has corrected
Governor Cleveland’s plurality into 1078, nnd Air. Blaine lma
accepted his defeat.—Mr. Astor has recently made another
bequest to tho Astor Library, New York. It consists in part
of the manuscript collections made by Lord Chancellor Hard-
wicke and his sons, comprising original correspondence with
foreign Courts during the reigns of George I. and George XL,
nnd several interesting transcripts from State papers of the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. 'The whole are in 140
volumes, folio nnd quarto.—In honour of Air. Irving a reception
was organised nt the Lotus Club, New York, Inst Saturday
night. 'The club was crowded by literary, drauiutio and
Rev. Lord Victor Alexander Seymour, fourth son of the late
Marquis of Hertford, has been appointed Vicar of Cur-
shalton, Surrey. The Alaster and Fellows of St. John’s
College, Cambridge, have conferred the living of Sunninghill,
Berks, on tho Rev. Janies Snowdon, head master of the
grammar school nnd perpetual Curate of Holy Trinity, Rich¬
mond, Yorkshire. Tho living of Christ Church. Cheltcnhem,
rendered vacant by the death of Canon Fenn, has been pre¬
sented by the Simeon Trustees to the Rev. Christopher Yeuu-
Childe, Vicar of St. Mary, Kilbum.
In London last week 2558 births and 1507 deaths were
registered. Allowing for increase of population, tho births
were 205, and the deaths 256, below the average numbers
in the corresponding weeks of the last ten years.
Lord Windsor cut the first turf of the projected Ilnrry
Dock and Railway, near Cardiff, yesterday week. The company
was promoted by the Cardiff freighters nncl Rhondda Colliery
proprietors, with a capital of over £1,000,000. 'The dock is to
bo forty acres in extent, and lies at a distance of about eight
miles from the port of Cardiff.
Some alarm has boon caused at Stoke Newington by tlio
reported discovery of explosive bombs in n disused slied near
Ayrsomo-road. 'Two labourers who were at work in the place
dug up n number of what seemed to be small cannon halls,
and, before tlie men could remove them, some boys got hold
of them nnd distributed them. It is not known how many
were found, but eleven have been recovered. They resemble
shrapnell shells, nud must have been buried underground
lor a long time, so eaten away is the iron with rust.
The Duke of Northumberland lias, it is stated, decided to
make a substantial permanent reduction in the rents of his
agricultural tenants.—Lord Tolleraoche, whose teuantrv in
{Suffolk have suffered severely from the low prices of grain,
has adopted a system which is practically the introduction of
the sliding scale into rents. When wheat fell to about 42s.,
Lord Tollemuche remitted to his Suffolk tenants 15 per cent
in rent; nnd on the vast supplies from tho East driving the
price of corn down to 31s., his Lordship made a further re¬
duction of 20 per cent, mnking together 35 per cent, ilia
Lordship will contiuue this arrangement.
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THE NILE EXPEDITION
SKETCHES BY
GENERAL
ENTRANCE TO THE FIRST CATARACT.
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TnF, MUDIR’8 HOUSE. DONGOLA.
HOSPITAL AT WADY IIALFA: ARRIVAL OF SICK MEN FROM THE FRONT.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 22, 1884
CITY ECHOES.
Wednesday, Nov. 19.
Something has at last been done to bring the general money
market up to the point at which our relation to the foreign
exchanges is materially improved, and not only is some of the
demand for gold transferred to other centres, but gold is
being received here, as the result of bills being taken for
Continental banks. This is the natural result of the rates
prevailing on the Continent being greatly below those current
here. In Paris, for example, bills may be discounted at
per cent per annum, as compared with about 4A with us;
and as the French establishments ure rich and confident, and
have, besides, channels for doing a foreign business, they are
not likely to let the present opportunity pass. In New York
the accumulation of unemployed resources lias made further
progress, but there is no sign yet of u return of confidence,
and in both London and Amsterdam failures of magnitude
have recently taken place. On balancing, therefore, it is
clear that the difficulty which has pressed upon this market
for several weeks past is still with ns, though it is undoubtedly
losing size.
These circumstances more or less control the stock
mnrkets, particularly ns regards international and money-
market stocks, but Home Railways have gained ground almost
wit hout exception, though only in London and Brighton stocks
is the advance of real importance. As the supply of stock
S roved rather short at the last settlement, the harder con-
ition of the market is attributed to it. There is still no
progress in the Americau Railway difficulty. Towards the end
of last week it seemed ns if an arrangement was in sight,
but Monday’s telegrams were taken as indicating not only
continued competition, but even more widespread confusion.
For two or three days an upward tendency prevailed in prices,
but there is now a reaction. Some Canadian Railway securities
have moved with these changing circumstances. Mexican
Railway stocks have been still further benefited by the report
issued within the past few days.
Competition to sooner or later reduced in bad times, how¬
ever keenly it may exist for a while. The directors of the
Anglo-Egyptinn Bnuk have just announced that the stoppage
of the Commercial Bank of Alexandria offered an opportunity
“for tuking over without cost a considerable portion of the
business of that bank,” and that “ it was availed of.” More¬
over, the chairman of that company (Mr. T. S. Richardson)
was invited to join the board of the Auglo-Egyptian Bauk,
and he has done so. The dividend for the past half-year is
4 per cent per annum.
For the fourth consecutive half-year the directors of the
Trust and Loan Company of Canada announce a dividend of
6 per cent per annum. Further, £3234 is to ho carried to
reserve, thereby increasing that fuud to £151,713, or very
little short of 50 per cent of the paid-up capital (£325,000).
This reserve is a much more real reserve than is sometimes
heard of, os it is invested in Stock Exchange securities of a
very high class.
After paying 9 per cent per annum for eight years, the
directors of the Oriental Gas Company are able for 1883-4 to
raise the dividend to 10, besides making a material addition to
the reserve fund. T. S.
LITERATURE.
The visit of Tawhiao, King of the Maoris, was one of the
amusements of the last London season. We have, in former
years, had much to say of the romantic scenery, mountain,
forest, lake, and wondrous boiling springs, of the North
Island of New Zealand. In a handsome volume, Illustrated
by many beautiful engravings, which is entitled The King
Country (Sampson Low and Co.), Mr. Kerry Nicholls relates
liis visit to Tawhiao, at a grand “ rnnanga ’’ or meeting of the
Maoris, held in October, 1882, and his expeditions, eome
mouths later, to the Hot Springs, the central Lake Tanpo, the
highest mountain summits, those of Tougariro and ltuapehu,
both of which he ascended, and the unexplored forest regions
westward, between Taupo and the Whnnganui, to the south,
and in a north-west direction to the Wuipa vulley. He
observes and describes well, and few recent books on New Zea¬
land show us anything like the umount of novel foutures, both
of natural scenery and iu the couditiou of the native tribes,
that ho presents to our notice. Tawhiao at home seems to be
really n great and dignified personage, being the son of Te
Wherowliero (King Potatau II.), who was the son pf
Potatau I., elected King in 1858, this Royal family tracing
its ancestry to Hotonui, who came to New Zealand iu one
of the mythical canoes of the aucient migration from
Hawaiki, probably the Sandwich Islands. “Can Bourbon or
Nassau claim higher?" Mr. Kerry Nicholls gives an interest¬
ing account of liis visit to the residence of the Maori monarch
at Whntiwhatihoc, on the Waipa river, not far from the infant
colonial town of Alexandra, which is a hundred miles south of
Ancklnud. He did not then get the permission he asked to
explore the wild regions inhabited only by nntives south-west
of I,ake Taupo, though his request was bucked by a letter
from Sir George Grey, but he afterwards found liis way into
the forbidden laud by a different* route. Passing over bis de¬
scription of Lake Rotorua, with its cascades of hot water,
beautiful steppes and terraces of white or variegated silica, ami
the plnina of pumice-stone, the geysers aud steam-jets of that
field of aqueous volcanoes, already known to most readers of
travel, we accompany the author to the shores of Taupo, in the
middle of the island, nlnke of immeuse depth, supposed to be
the crater of an extinct voleauo, from which the large river
Waikato flows northward to the bciL n The student of physical
geography will find this part of the book very interesting,
while the amidcur of Alpine Club adventures will delight
in the climbing of Tongnriro and Ruapehu. The feat
does not appear, in either of these cases, to be nearly so
formidable ns Mr. Green’s ascent Of Mount Cook, in the
Bouthcm Islands, where the mountains have a more Alpine
character, with precipitous cliffs, glaciers, and chasms in the
rockB, vaster and ■more terrific than Switzerland can show.
Tougariro and Ruapehu, on the contrary, are mountains of
volcanic formation, eucumberod with masses of lava and scoria,
difficult and laborious to ascend, with much ice aud snow at
the elevation of 8000 ft. or 9000 ft. Mr. Kerry Nicholls,
accompanied by Mr. J. A. Tumor, surmounted the obstacles,
and obtained a thorough acquaintance with the upper region,
which is regarded by the Maoris with superstitious awe. His
Mibsequeut devious wauderiugs around the outskirts of the
central mountain group add somewhat to our previous know¬
ledge of New Zealand geography; and the excellent map
appended to this volume affords good help to its correct under¬
standing. The reader must not expect to find here nny
practical information about the colonial settlements ; but, ns
un original study of wild nature, “ The King Country ” is a
capital book.
The problem of Hamlet’s character, which has been dis¬
cussed by eminent literary critics, philosophical moralists,
psychologists, and medical experts in tho phases of insunity,
recurs ns a topic of controversy whenever n master of stage
representation, like Mr. Irving or Mr. Wilson Barrett, seta it
before the public m u fresh point of view. This is a good
opportunity for directing attention to a learned and thoughtful
essay, by a Mr. Jacob Feis, on Shaksptare and Montaigne (Kegan
Paul, Trench, and Co.). Mr. Feis, though he writes English
with much point and force, uses some German idioms, but is
accurately couversant with the lives and writings of
Shnkspeure’s contemporaries, and especially with the cir¬
cumstances attending Florio’s Euglish translation of Mon¬
taigne, and its probable alliance, in liis opinion at least,
with tho school of dramatists headed by Ben Jonson about
tho time when the first and second editious of “Hamlet”
were printed. It was remarked by John Sterling so long ago
as 1838, that not only do many passages of Shakspeare’s play
seem to be “ apparent transferences ” from the French author’s
meditations on human life, but that “ the Prince of Denmark
himself is very nearly a Montaigne, lifted ton higher eminence,
and agitated by more striking circumstances and severer
destiny, and altogether a somewhat more passionate structure
of man.” A German writer, G. F. Stedefeld, regarding
Hamlet ns “the Drama of the Doubter,” iu 18 il started the
theory of Shnkspcnre having purposely designed to illustrate the
pernicious mental tendency of that unsettled and inconsistent
state of opinion, regarding questions of religion and morality,
which prevailed in England, as well as in France and Italy,
towards the end of the sixteenth century, and which is amply
reflected by the Essays of Montaigne. We cannot indorse nil
the observations made by Mr. Jacob Feis upon this interesting
subject, but his analysis of Montaigne's thoughts and senti¬
ments is very acute, particularly where he shows that the
Frenchman, though iu general a free-thinker, remained under
the iuilucnce of Roman Catholic theological doctrines, aud of
superstitions equally confessed in “Hamlet,” which Slmkspenre
is not likely to have personally entertained. There is in the
British Museum a copy of Montaigne with Shakspeure’s name
written in it by his own hand. Half a dozen contemporary
plays, Ben Jonsou’s “Poetaster” and “ Volpone,” “The
Return from Parnassus,” by an unknown author, with the
“Sutiromastix” of Dekker, on tho other side, and possibly
also the “ Malcontent ” aud “Eastward Ho,” in which
Jonson, Marston, and Chapman hud part, are cited by Mr.
Jacob Feis to show the mutual hostility of different literary
factious ; and he believes that ono boue of contention between
them was the dispute concerning the merits of Montaigne.
We think his arguments ure overstrained, and many of the
supposed allusions to Sliakspeare and to “ llamlet ” appear to
us more than questionable; but there can be little doubt that
Shakspeare had read Montaigne, and had mode some use of
the French author's reflections in the “Tempest” as well as
in “ Hamlet.” It is scarcely credible, however, that one of
liis grandest dramatic creations should have been intended for
a purpose of ephemeral controversy with such unworthy
opponents.
It would be foolish in these days to attempt accounting for
the reason why a book is written. Nobody, however, who has
read Lndy Holland’s admirable biography of her father, Sydney
.Smith, will object to another memoir of that Bhrewd writer
and brilliant humourist. A Sketch of the Life and Time*of the
Jln\ Sydney Smith, by Stuart J. Reid (Sampson Low), has
scvernl claims ou the attention of the reuder. It is “based
on family (documents and the recollections of personal
friends,” it is written with great ability, and it exhibits,
ns intimated by the title, a picture of the times as well
as of tho mail. Biographers, indeed, are fond of clus¬
tering contemporary characters, around the central figure,
but they are not always so successful ns Mr. Reid has
proved himself to be. To give even an outline of a volume
so rich iu anecdote mid suggestiTeneas is impossible in the
brief space at our disposal. The writer has been fortunate in
obtaining materials from Sydney Smith’s grand-daughter, and
several living persons who knew the distinguished Canon of
St. Paul’s have recorded the impression which he made upon
them. It is mvuriubly a pleasing one. Sydney Smith was
a fearless and conscientious man, us weli ns a great wit.
liis judgments were always honest, his friendships always
true and warm, and^ in spite of eccentricities, there was a
daily beauty in Ids life which won the hearts alike of
rich nnd poor. Although he lived in the country and
made himself happy there, lie had as strong u relish for
London ns Johnson or Charles Ijunb. “The country,” ho
said, “ is « kind of healthy grave," aud he declured that “ all
the delusions of flowers, green turf, and birds are not worth
an hour of rational conversation ; and rational conversation in
sufficient quantities is only to be hud from the congregation of
a million of people in one spot.” This opinion, coming from
such a man, is not unreasonable; for, like Johnson, Sydney
Smith felt most conscious of liis power in talk. He grudged
the way in which Mncaulay, that “book in breeches,”
indulged in monologue; but Mr. Reid says he also was
inclined to take the lion’s share of conversation, though in a
more pointed and sparkling manner. And if he liked well to
be heard, he could also listen—sometimes. The Whigs had no
stronger supporter than Sydney Smith, nnd not one with
half his wit; yet he was far from gaining the preferment
lie expected. When O'Connell was offered a place in the
Ministry, it was said tho Whigs could forgive and forget.
“Yes,” was the retort, “they forgive O’Connell nnd forget
Sydney Smith.” Possibly, us in tho case of Swift, though
with fur less reason, the wit of the divine was a bar to his pre¬
ferment. “It is no use," says his biographer, “attempting
to disguise the fact that Sydney Smith, notwithstanding his
ability nnd goodness, lacked some of the essential qualifications
for a bishopric; and the best friends both of the witty Canon
and the Church of England can scarcely have desired to see
the author of Peter Plymley and Dame Partington in lawn
sleeves."
Mr. Richard Grant White is a clever and by no means un¬
generous critic, and Englishmen have no reason to complain
of his friendly satire. The Tate of Mansfield Humphrey*, with
the Episode of Mr. Washington Adams in England, and an Apology
(Sampson Low), contains indeed far more serious charges
against liis own country than against England. It may be
well to summarise his accouut of the political and socinl con¬
dition of the United States. Within n generation society is
said to have greatly deteriorated. Personal honesty has become
the rarest of virtues except public probity, which seems no
longer to exist. Congress is known to be the most corrupt
body in civilised Christendom; and men occupying the highest
positions are purchasable at a small price. Judges nro
open to bribes; and ever}- position in America is sought
with a single eye to pecuniary profit. Education by the
State fails to benefit the State; and, in spite of the three
million nnd a half dollars spent yearly in New York on public
schools, “ the only justification of which is the elevation of the
public morals, the making of good citizens and intelligent
voters,” that city is the most corrupt and the worst governed
in the world. Mansfield Humphreys accounts for the
political degradation of his country by the remark that
“ Politicians who do politics as other people do other business
must profit, they and their supporters, by their trade. To
this condition have manhood suffrage and a pnid Legislature
brought us. The two, working together, have made money
the end, and corruption the means, of political life."
And Mr. White, iu his own name, counsels English¬
men, if they must make a change, to beware of
introducing into the State these destructive elements. The
story of Mansfield Humphreys is written chietly to serve a
purpose apart from that of the novelist, but none the less is it
well worth tho reading. Lord and Lady Toppinglmm and Sir
Charles nnd Lady Borehnm ore by no means ill-nat ured sketches
of our aristocracy. They are true to the life, although they
do not represent a class, and the heroine, .Margaret Dulfield, is
charming. The Washington Adams episode is amusing; but we
doubt whether a true gentlemau would ever linvo played such a
part before ladies whom lie had never seen and in a house he had
never previously entered. The “ Apology ” at the end of the
volume would be more interesting if it were less desultory; and
surely Mr. White is too hard upon Anthony Trollope, who, what¬
ever liis faults may be, was one of the most honest of writers.
We may add too our surprise at the statement that the term
“ Britisher ” is coustantly applied to themselves by the English.
To our ears, it is os rare as Margaret Dutheld’s designation of
trees as “liaudaome.” \
OBITUARY.
SIR JOSEPH NATIER, BART.
Sir Joseph Napier, second Baronet, late Cnptaiu Royal Welsh
Fusiliers, died on the 13tli iusfc., at his resi¬
dence, Raglan, I’ortslnde, Sussex. He was
bom May 28, 1841, tho second son of the
Right Hon. Sir Joseph Napier, Bart., M.A.,
LL.D., D.C.L., the eminent lawyer, Lord
Chancellor of Ireland in 1858. lie was
formerly a Captain in the 23rd Regiment
(Royal Welsh Fusiliers), and succeeded to
the title, at his father’s death, Dec. 9, 1882.
He married, November, 1801, Maria, second
daughter of Mr. Joseph Mortimer, of Wey¬
mouth, Dorset.
SIR W. WRIGHT.
Sir William Wright, of Sigglesthome Hall, East York, J.P.
and D L., died on the 11th inst., ut his seat near Hull. He
was bom June 21, 1812, the eldest son of Mr. George Wright,
a Liverpool mercliunt, aud was for many years chairman of
the Hull Dock Compauy, us well as chairman of the River
Humber Conservancy Commissioners ; nnd received the honour
of knighthood in 18159, on the occasion of the opening of the
Albert Dock at Hull by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Ho
married, first, June 2, 1841, Jane, daughter of Mr. William
Shaw, of Woodficld House, Huddersfield, which lady died
1854; mid secondly, May 21, 1859, Jane, daughter of the Rev.
Charles Cory, Vicar of Skipscn. By his first wife he had three
sons and four daughters, and by his second an only son. Sir
William, an amateur lurmer, was well known ns a breeder of
stock, and was the writer of some prize essays ou agriculture.
SIR It. T. MARETT.
Sir Robert Pipon Murett, Bailiff of Jersey, died on the 10th
iust. Ho was bom in 1820, the eldest son of Major Peter
Daniel Mnrett, H.E.I.C.8., and was educated at Caen nnd
Paris. In 1840 he was admitted an Advocate of the Royal
Court of Jersey; from 1856 to 1858 was Conn6table of St.
Heliers, nnd its representative in the Legislative Assembly ;
from 1858 to I860, Solicitor-General of Jersey; and from
1866 to 1880, Attorney-General. Since the latter year, he was
bailiff of the island. The honour of knighthood was conferred
in 1880 upon him by patent. Sir Robert married, iu 1865,
Julia Anne, daughter of Mr. Philip Mnrett.
MR. HAMOND, OF PAMPI8FORD HALL.
Mr. William Pnrker Hamond, of Pampisford Hall, in the
county of Cambridge, and Haling, Surrey, died at the former
residence on the 12th iust., aged fifty-seven. He was J.P.
and D.L. for Cambridgeshire, served ns its High Sheriff in
1879, nnd was a Barrister. The llnmonds nro an old Surrey
family, descended from Sir William Hamond, of Carsholtou,
one of the South Sea Directors.
We have also to record the deaths of—
Major-General Blackford, late 24th Regiment, at Shering-
ham, on the 18th inst., nged seventy-eight.
Mr. John Crow Richardson, of I’ant-y-gwydr, Swansea,
and of Glnnbrydan Park, Carmarthenshire, J.P., High Sheriff
1881, on the 10th inst., in his seventy-fifth year.
The Hon. Jane Mary Winn, only daughter of tho late lion.
George A. Way Allanson Winn, of Warier Lodge, and sister
of the late Lord Headley, on the 13th iust., at the age of
seventy-two.
Lieut.-Colonel Francis Henry Pender, late commanding
1st Battalion 25th (King’s Own Borderers), J.P. for Cornwall,
ou the 12th iust., at his sent, Budock-vean, near Falmouth, in
his sixtieth year.
Commander John Douglas, on the Reserved Half-pay List,
at the Hge of eighty-seven years. The deceased, who entered
the Navy in 1812, was one of the few survivors of the battle
of Algiers, and had been in receipt of a naval pension of £50
a year since 1868.
Mr. Cornelius Tongue, of Try still. a great authority on
sporting subjects, and. in his younger days, an ardent follower
of the cnase, at the age of eighty-four. Ho wrote a good deal
under the tiom dr plume of “Cecil," and was the author of
“Records of the Chase,” published by Routledge and Sons.
Mrs. Rossborough Colclough, of Tintem Abbey, in the
county of Wexford, recently. This lady, the representative
of the ancient and distinguished family of Colclough, succeeded
to the estates by a decree of the Court of Chancery in 1853.
She was born July 9, 1811, tho daughter and heiress of Mr.
Cfesnr Colclough, of Duffrey Hall, Chief Justice of Prince
Edward’s Island; and married, Jan. 12,1818, Mr. J. T. Ross-
borough, who took by Royal license, in 1853, the additional
sunimiie and arms of Colclough, aud died in 1869, leaving
four daughters ns coheiresses.
The Channel Sqnadron, under command of Vice-Admiral
tho Duke of Edinburgh, arrived at Gibraltar on Monday.
The first meeting of the 131st session of the Society of Arts
was held on Wednesday, when the opening address was given
by Sir Frederick Abel, chairman of the Council.
Mr. John J. Austin has been elected secretary of the Royal
Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, City-road, iu the place of
Mr. C. Lowther Kemp, deceased.
An influential conference of gentlemen of all political
parties was held at the Westminster Palace Hotel on Tuesday,
In support of the scheme for an imperial federation of the
mother country mid colonies. Mr. "W. E. Forster presided.
A number of estates in various counties were put up for
sale yesterday week in the Land Courts at Dublin. In nearly
every case the attempt to sell proved abortive, there being no
bidders, or the sum offered being inadequate.
Early liust Saturday morning. Miss Keyes, n maiden lady
of independent menus, about seventy years of n^e, was found
to have been murdered in her house at Babbicombe Glen,
near Torquay, the place having been subsequently set on lire
by the assassin. An arrest has been made.
NOV. 22, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
499
OUR PARSON*
You would scarcely find a more estimable man than onr
Parson, the Rev. Septimus Ilnrr Limb, who. most truly does
Ins duty in that slum of life unto which lie h us beeu culled.
The state is that <>f being Rector of Orcnt-Billing-wltii-Little-
Cooing ; anti the duty, therefore, is that which is required of a
country parson not onlyiu the church, but out of it. As to
the duty that he does within the church, I do not wish to
enlarge upon it; I only desire to say that he goes through
it with reverence mid conscientious care, and that lie
remembers that ho is speaking to some who are not very
young, and who resemble Dame Emily Spearing, in that they
are very hard of hearing; wherefore ho dues not mumble,
but speaks out loudly mid clearly, so as to bo distinctly hoard
in the farthest corners of the church. He also remembers
that, except the family of the Squire—who is a ltaronct—and
the tenant-farmers, his congregation chiefly consists of those
who do not possess much “book-learning,” tuid were born
before Hoard-schools were invented; so, wlien lie preaches,
lie chooses the plainest words that he can find, and puts them
in the clearest way, and does not weary them witli lengthy
sermons.
Our Parson's parish is purely agricultural, and in the very
heart of Loam shire. Its population, all told, is not much
above a couple of hundred; for Great Rilling is but n scattered
village, with Little Cooing for its hamlet. To the villagers
the Rectory is a centre of charity, civility, and culture. The
liberal education that our Parson has received makes him at
home with his Squire's family, and has taught him to be
familiar with the poorest cottager. Unfortunately, Mr. Lamb
is a widower, without children; but a staid and faithful house¬
keeper rules the Rectory with a gentle sway, mid sees to the
kitchen physic that is needed by sick and poor parishioners.
It cannot bo said of our Parson,as is said of his neighbour,
the Vicar of Dozoleigh-cxun-Leathey, that, on the first day of
the week, lie is inaudible, and, on the other six, invisible; for
Mr. Lamb rarely goes from home, aud passes his life ammighis
people. Nor is lie a hunting parson, although lie is glad when
the hounds meet in his Squire’s park, and always makes a
point of walking there to 6ee them throw off. But it certainly
cannot bo said of him, as was said of a hunting parson, more
tlmn three centuries ngo, by Robert Herrick, who was himself
a Devonshire Vicar:—
Old r*r*»n Deans hunt* si* day* of the week;
Ami. on the seventh, has hie notes to *e«-k;
Mx days * we, k he holloa* so much I.loath away.
That, on the seventh, be can nor preach nor pruy.
And, although our Parson is fond of an occasional throw of
the lly in the tront-strenm that Hows through his parish, yet
the couplet of the parson-poet Cmbbo could scarcely be
applied to him—
Fiddiinir nnd fishing were hi« art*; at limes,
He alter'd sermoua uud he aim'd at rhymes.
And 1 think that Mr. Lamb did not altogether agree with the
Reverend Sydney Smith, when that witty Yorkshire Rector
wrote to a friend:—“I givo up fly-fishing; it is a light,
volnlile, dissipated pursuit. But ground-bait, with a good
drapes, niul etirks was a jargon to which he could not get
accustomed. But he greatly desired to show sympathy with
his parishioners by taking an interest in their occupations;
and it was liin wish that lie could display to them some know¬
ledge of their pursuits. But it was hal'd work; mid, with all
his well-metining, he fell into mistakes. Yet, wlicii he did so,
it wus not. without more than one illustrious precedent. For
example, when Sir John Sinclair was President of the Board
of Agricultnre, ho said to General Fitzroy, when looking over
his farm, “Your wheat is very backward.” The crop hap¬
pened to be young barley. And wheu the great Lord Erskiue
was once riding in Norfolk with Mr. Coke, he pointed to some¬
thing growing in a drilled field, nnd said, “ What beautiful
lavender! ” It was not lavender, but young wheat.
“You prayed, Sir, yesterday, for linn weather;” said a
parishioner to our Parson, one Monday morning; “and my
turnips have got the fly. Now, a good downpourer, and a
thunderstorm or two, would set them nil right.” Mr. Lamb
knew ns little about the nature of turnips as did his namesake
Charles Lamb, who, coming to town one day on the Knlicld
coach, was worried by the remarks of an agricultural fellow-
traveller concerning the weather nnd the crops. At last came
the inquiry, “How do you think the turnips will come out.
Sir?” On which Lamb replied, with his little stutter, “I
s-suppose it will all depend on the b-boiled legs of m-mntton!”
“I’m thinking of washing next week 1 ” said Farmer
.Tones, one day, when in converse with our Parson, who looked
at his far-from-cleanly hands and face, and thought that a
good tubbing would be highly beneficial to him. But Mr.
Limb simply replied, ‘‘Oh, you’re thinking of wasltiug next
week, are you, Mr. Jones?”
"Yes, Sir!” was the answer. ‘‘You see, I didn’t wash
myself last year: neighbour Brown washed for mo. You see,
it was a dry season, and I was almost out o’ water.” By slow
degrees, Mr. Lamb arrived at the idea that Farmer Jones wua
referring to the annual washing of sheep.
1 will only mention one other instance of our Parson’s in¬
ability to understand agricultural operations. One day that
he was walking by a rough Held covered with bright green
thistles, he met the farmer to whom the field belonged. Mr.
Lamb, by way of being civil and commencing a conversation
that, should prove interesting to his parishioner, said, “ What ,
is that crop ? ” The fanner replied, “ That is fallow; " pro¬
nouncing the Inst word as “follow.” When said Mr. Ltmtb,
“ And a very fine crop of follow it is! but how closely it
resembles the common thistle ! ” The farmer had a lurking
suspicion that his Rector was chuffing him, and surlily
muttered, “It’s nowt but heavy clay! It ain’t/bad farm¬
ing ! ” Whereupon, our Parson, without in the least com¬
prehending the purport of this observation, passed ORjiifl
way, sustained by tlio dreamy conviction that he had made
himself exceedingly civil to his parishioner.
Cvthbert Bede.
ART NOTES,
The series of sporting pictures entitled “The Run of the
o _ f . a . Reason,” now on view nt Mr. Tooth’s gallery m the Hay-
steady float, that never bobs without a bite, is an occupation market, shows a praiseworthy effort to cope with a very
fit for a Bishop, and in no way interferes with sermon- difficult problem. There has never been any lack of eu-
making.”
But the point in which our Parson—in nil other respects
so estimable a man—may be regarded as a failure, is his
inability to comprehend those agricultural operations and
f mnuits in the midst of which he pusses his life. Great-
filling-with-Little-Cooing is a college living, nnd the
ltev. Septimus Barr Lamb accepted it, alter being many years
coumgement In this country to painters of sporting pictures;
nevertheless, outside the humourists like Leech and Caldecott,
those who have attempted to depict; the vicissitudes of the
hunting-field might be numbered on one’s fingers. The
British school has never lacked animal-painters from the
earliest times, but even Landseer loved to throw expression
rather than motion into liis dogs and stags; and Mr.
Briton Riviere, in the present day), stretches this principle
a Fellow of Brazenfnce, where he learned very little of country Briton Riviere, m the present day, stretclu
life, beyond wlmt he read in the Georgia* of Virgil. His to it* utmost limit, to the gratificat ion of his many admirers.
*’• ‘ . ~ Mr. Thomas Blinks siiows. in tliefpur episodes which mark the
“ ltuu of the Season,” that he is not frightened by the
income as Rector comes to him from Tithe Commutation, aud
is paid in two half-yearly cheques; so he has not the worries
of a farm, and does not “ keep liis glebe on his own hands,”
ns Sydney Smith said of the dirty-fisted Parson who faced
him at the whist-table. Thus, he lias not knowledge forced
upon him by the letting of land, the rotation of crops, the
housing of beasts, or the search for a reliable tenant. From
such cares ho is free. Y’et, in certain things, he much
resembles that other Fellow of n College who, when presented
to a rural living, asked a friend to pny him a visit as soon as
lie had gob in to residence; and ndded, in perfect good faith,
“ I have a nice little green field attached to the Rectory. I
mean to keep a couple of sheep, and wo shall have mutton
kidneys fresh every morning for breakfast.”
Without doubt, our l’nrson—even if he cannot tell the
difference between a turnip nnd n mangold-wur/el—yet
knows a calf from a cow ; uud he would not, in his sermon'on
the Prodigal Son, go so far as that fashionable preacher in
town who described the fatted calf in the parable as being an
animnl who hud been a special pet of the family for many
years. But. Mr. Lamb utterly fails to discriminate the varieties,
of sheep when he hears them spoken of as wethers/and gim-.
iners, and hogs and lamb-hogs. In fact, lie betrayed ids
ignorance, the other day, wheu he said to one of his farmers,
“ I did not know that you kept so many pig*; but why do you
clip there bristles?” The farmer opened wide his eyes and
replied, “ I ’vc only got a few porkets and store-pigs p ancl I
never clip their bristles.” “But,” said his Rector, “you ad¬
vertise iu the Lvamthin Gazette that you have for sale eighty-
flve clipped hogs; and, on rending this, I was much surprised
to find t hat you dealt so largely in pigs; aud I wondered why
you should clip them before you sold them. But I have heard
of pigs’ bristles being used for house-painters’ brushes.”
The farmer could scarcely make his Rector comprehend that
lie was desirous only to part with some sheared) sheep. Our
Parson could not understand why sheep should be called hogs,
which was a word that, to his mind, only conveyed the idea of
swine. And when, on another duy, another farmer, on return¬
ing from market, told him that lie found suckers and strong
stores had gone down, but that liogs nnd hoggets were firm,
Mr. Lamb wisely contented himself with saying, “ Indeed ! ”
Nevertheless, he wondered whither tho suckers nnd strong
stores hud gone, and for what reason the hoggets and hogs
remained firm. /
He regarded a hog ns the denizen of a sty; nnd he had
laughed at the scoue in “Joseph Andrews,” where Fielding
is said to have drawn tho character Of the eccentric Furson
Trnlliber froth the Rev. Mr. Oliver who laid been his private
tutor. It may be remembered that Parson TruUiber was
wont to drive his own hogs to market, nnd that Parson
Adams found him, with n pail in his hand, just come from
saving hi* hogs. Whereupon, Parson Trnlliber, takiug him
for n dealer, pushed him into the sty, insisting that lie
should handle the hogs before lie would talk one word with
him: and, tlio complacent Parson Adams, having laid hold
of one by liis tail, tho unruly boast gave a sudden spring,
and threw the Parson into the mire; upon which, Parson
Trnlliber, instead of assisting him to get up, burst into a
laugh ; and, entering the sty, said to Adams, with some con¬
tempt, “Why! dost thou not know how to handle a hog?”
Par-oil Adams replied, “ Xihil hnben run i pore it: I mil a
clergyman, sir; mid nm not come to buy lings.”
To our Parson, it seemed nonsense to speak of sheep ns
hogs; and why homed cattle should be cnllod steers, and
technical dilllcliuiea of his task. In the first picture, “The
Trail,” the hounds are fust bursting from the covert; in the
second, “ Gone K” they are in full cry over the fields, little
conscious of the dangers which await them at the brook, where
they are to be suddenly thrown off the scent, and one of them,
in liis hendloug eagerness, is to meet with an ugly fall over the
rocky/bank. But the check at tho brook is only tem¬
porary, and, after another run, Master Reynard is caught
just before lie con make good liis escape into the shelter
of na iuviting “earth.” There is plenty of motion, if
not always ofx the most anatomically correct kind, in the
dogs and horses; but in the latter, Mr. Blinks is scarcely us
happy ns in the former, which nre generally well drawn, and
are grouped with spirit and taste. When one remembers the
popularity/of nearly half a century attained by Fores’
Hunting Sketches, it muy be fairly anticipated that the
“Run of the Season,” in its engraved state, will be found in
many hunting-boxes in tho shires, and where tho love of our
national sport remains uudhniuished.
Mr. J. Donovan Adam has been elected au Associate of the
Royal Scottish Academy.
The new gallery of the British Museum, containing the
sculptures of the Mausoleum, is open to the public.
An exhibition iu black and white will be opened by Mr. J.
P. Mendoza at St. James’s Hall next Monday.
A Bougnereau exhibition is iu preparation nt Messrs.
Goupil’s galleries. Both present and pust examples of the
artist’s work will be shown, ono item being M. Bouguereau’s
recent Sulou picture, “The Triumph of Bacchus.”
As the new water-colour gallery now building at Burling¬
ton House will not be ready till the spring, it lias been decided
to postpone until 1886 the exhibitions of Turner water-colour
drawings, which was to have been a spcciul feature of tliis next
winter exliibitiou. It is not the intention of the Royal
Academy to iuclude a special collection of the works of tho
late James Word, R.A., in the next winter exhibition.
THE COURT.
The Queen nnd Princess Beatrice attended Divine service on
Sunday morning in the parish church of Cruithic. The Rev.
Dr. Lees, of St. Giles's Cathedral, Edinburgh, officiated. Her
Majesty was attended by the Dowager Dueness of itoxburghe,
the Hon. Evelyn Moore, and Major-General Sir John M‘Neill,
K.C.B. The Rev. Dr. Lees uud tho Rev. A. Campbell lmd
the honour of dining with the Queen. On Monday her
Majesty attended the funeral of Willie Blair, her Highland
fiddler, who died lust week, in his ninety-first year, having for
thirty-six years plnyed ut every Higliland ball tho Queen
nnd Prince Cousort gave. The remains were interred iu the
cliurchyurd of Cruthie. Her Majesty walks ami drives daily.
Princess Frederica of llailover and her husband, Baron 1’awel
von Ranimingcn, who had been the guests of the Queen, at
Balmoral, for a fortnight, leftqn4hc lJth inst. for London.
, Tho Queen and Princess Beatrice left Balmoral on
Wednesday afternoon for Wiudsor.\' x
Her Majesty low appointed the Earl of Durham ns Lord
Lieutenant of tho county of i Hu h an, hi succession to the
late Mnrquis of Londonderry ; and hus conferred the dignity
of the Grand Cross of iho ( )rder of tho Bath upon the Right
Hon. Sir John Macdonald, K.C.B^ Primo Minister of the
Dominion of Canada. Tuesday’s Gazette announces that the
Queen lias appointed his Highness Asaf .Tali, Nizam of
Hyderabad, to be u Knight Grund Commander of the Order of
the Star of Indio./ \ \
The Prince pf Wales, attended by Colonel Arthur Ellis
and suite, returned to Marlborough House on Thursday week
from Eridge Castle, the seat of the Marquis of Abergavenny.
Yesterday week the Prince was present at a meeting of the
members of the Royal Commission on the Housing of the
Working Classes, at 8, Rlchmond-terrace, and nftenvards
returned to ^Sandringham, rejoining the Princess and
Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud, who remained
nt Sandringham during the absence of his Royal Highness.
On Sunday morning the Prince and Princess, accompanied by
Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud, and by the guests
stopping at .Sandringham, mid attended by the ladies and
gentlemen of the household, were present nt Divine service at
Sandringham church. The Rev. F. A. G. Hervey, domestic
chaplain to the l’rinco of Wales, officiated, assisted by the
Rev. Edmund Girdlestonc, Canon of Bristol and Vicar of
Olveston, Gloucestershire, who also preached the sermon.
Several members of the Royal Commission on the Housing of
the Working Classes, who hud been on a visit to the Prince
and Pi no i*s by invitation at Sandringham since Saturday,
returned to Loudon on Monday. His Royal Highness also
came to town, in order to uttend a meeting of the commission.
Prince Albert Victor attended a meeting of members of Cam¬
bridge University interested in the Universities’ East London
Settlement Association, held iu the hall of Trinity College
yesterday week, to hear statements ns to that undertaking.
CHRISTMAS NUMBERS.
Every year Old Father Christmas thrusts his arms of welcome
further in advance, and even now his light literature flutters
in our faces.
Tho Christmas Number of Longman’s Magazine has tales
by Andrew Lung, tho Author of “ Renta,’ Bret Hnrte, Fabian
Bland, Walter Bcsant, Lennox Teel, Wilkie Collins, nnd the
Author of “Miss Molly”; with coloured illustrations by
J. Fettle, R.A., T. Gralmm, R.S.A., Marcus Stone, A.R.A.,
R. Doyle, G. Du Mnurier, Birket Foster, Walter Crane, nnd
Mrs. Allingliani.
Harper’s Magazine for Christmas is admirab'y got up,
having six page engravings printed on plate paper, besides
numerous exquisite wood-cuts. It contains talcs and articles
bv William Black, Charles Dudley Warner, E. P. Roe, George
H. Boughton, Andrew Lang, W. D. Howells, I’hil Robinson,
E. C. Steadman, aud others.
The Winter Number of Society contains stirring tales by
Hugh Conway aud other authors of uote; and with it is given
a largo cartoon by Phil Muy, entitled The Seven Ages of
Society, in which are given portraits of 200 celebrities of “ the
court, the camp, the grove,” so cleverly sketched as to be
easily identilled, without the aid of the key which is provided.
The Theatre annual contains stories, reminiscences, and
poems by William Archer, J. Ashby Sterry, William Beatty-
Kingston, E. L. Blanchard, Anston Breretou, F. C. Burunud, .
II. Savile Clarke, Marie Corelli, Charles Hervey, John
Holliugsliend, Fred T-cslie, Frank A. Marshall, Robert Reece,
Clement Scott, J. Pulgrave Simpson, George R. Sims, and
Herbert Standing. The number also contains engraved
portraits, in character, of Mrs. Kendal, Miss Eastlake, Miss
Marion Terry, Miss Lingard, Miss Fannie Leslie, Miss Cissy
Gruhamc, Miss Kate fforke, and Miss Phyllis Broughton.
Messrs. Grant aud Co.’s animal consists, os usual, of one
tale, of great interest, by R. E. Francillon, entitled “ Face to
Face, A Fact in Seven babies.”
Tuesday's Gazette contains a list of tho Royal Commission
appointed to promote the Colonial and Indian Exhibition
which it is proposed to hold in London iu 1886. The list,
headed by the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Ediuburgh, the
Duke of Connaught, and the Duke of Cambridge, occupies
about seven columns of tho Gazette, and the names iuclude
those of gentlemen of the highest influence not only in this
country but also in India and the colonies. The chief native
rnlere in India will also give their assistance to the project.
Sir P. Cunliffe Owen is appointed eecretury of tho Commission.
A committee has been formed, with tho Archbishop of
Canterbury as honorary president, to raise some memorial in
honour ot the late Dr. Samuel Rabbeth, who sacrificed his life
in attempting to save that of a child from diphtheria, nt the
Royal Free Hospital, on Oct. 20. The committee ask sub¬
scriptions for—(1) The establishment of n memorial medal at
the University of London bearing Dr. Rabbeth’s name, and a
similar medal, or of a scholarship or prize, at King’s College.
(2) The endowment of n child's cot at King’s College Hospital
nnd at the Royal Free Hospital. Memorial tablets will be
erected by the committee at the Royal Free Hospital, and by
his fellow-students iu lung's College Chapel.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW-YEAB CARDS.
Assuming thnt supply and demand nre equal, the exchange of
Christmas nnd New-Year Cards must be all but universal.
On previous occasions we briefly noticed sundry batches of
these curds, manufactured by various firms, and still from
other houses samples come pouring in.
Giving pluce to strangers, we have to introduce Messrs.
Wirth Brothers and Oweu, of New York, aud Long-lane,
London, who make tlieir first appearance this year in
England as art-publishers, and the few patterns they send of
Christmas aud New-Year cards are entitled to favourable
notice. Many of tlieir cards are emblematical of the season,
being winter scenes frosted; and there is a satin sachet In
delicate pnlo blue, with a frosted winter scene impressed.
From Messrs. Schwenckert and Wallis, of Fleet-street, we
receive some facsimile water-colour cards, the productions of
Messrs. Meissner mid Buck, of Leipsic — excellent specimens of
chromo-lithography, showing great delicacy and careful finish.
Messrs. Raphael Tuck niiu Sons, of C'olcinnn-street, who
have dono so much to elevate the artistic standard of Christ¬
mas and New-Year cards, are once more to the fore, with
evidences of unabated spirit. Their specimens for tho present
year (filling a large album) comprise many new designs in
cliromo cards, single and folding, screen and easel cards,
portfolio sets, oval and circular cliromo plaques, etchings, gilt-
edged, satin cliromo labels, frosted cards, and silk, fringe,
plush, and mechanical cards. A “ devotional series,” com¬
prising many appropriate designs, forms part of the series.
Mr. Bernhard Ollendorff, of Jewin-street, issues a number
of pretty novelties, gracefully designed and carefully printed;
and while adults are largely provided for, chiefly with flower
subjects, children are not forgotten: there are pussy-cats,
so life-like that the sight of them will make the little ones
scream with delight.
A pleasing variety of season-cards is issued by Messrs.
M. H. Nathan and Co., of Australiau-avcnue, City. ’ Without
being noticeably brilliant, they are sound productions.
Messrs, l’hilipp Brothers, of Silk-street, publish, they say,
four hundred designs; and, judging from the few specimens
sent, buyers may fare worse by going further.
TEE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. Nnv. 22, "(JO
1 . Ciinip of the Field Force near Zeyluh, on the
Stimuli coast of East Africa.
V View of Zeylah, from the sea.
3. Halt by a well: officers looking for something to shoot.
4. Town of Zcylah, with the Manor Gate; view from the
south.
6. Driver, camel, uwl ammunition pack, of the Aden Camel Battery.
0. Consulting the thermometer; 115 degrees in the sliade !
7. Our candle in the melting mood.
WITH THE ZEYLAII FIELD FORCE. FROM ADEN: SKETCHES BY AN OFFICER.
a the Gulf of Aden, outside the Bab-el-Mandeb entrance to
he Red Sea, the nearest African shore is that of the Somali
wintry; opposite*® the British naval and military station of
Uien." Here is a large inlet of the coast named 1 ajurrah Bay,
lie northern entrance to which is commanded by Obok, a
dace churned to belong to the French dominions. On the
outh hide, a little way down the coast, is the Arab seaport
if Zeylah, with a caravan road of fourteen days journey (six
lays by post with relays of horses) direct to Hurrar, a town of
ho interior, which is the chief market of the infamous Galla
lave-trade. The very worst practices anywhere known to be
lasoeiftted with that inhuman traffic are peculiarly rife m
connection with the Arab dealings on this coast, the slaves
leing of a white race, kidnapped in their native land south of
kbyssinia, and transported for sale to the cities of Southern
Arabia and of the Persian Gulf. Whatever difficulty there
may be in putting a stop at onco to the slave-trade of the
Soudan on the Kile above Khartoum, it ought to be within
the power of the British Government, holding such a position
as that of Aden, and with treaty rights of interference long
since conceded by Turkey and Egypt, totally to suppress the
maritime slave-trade in the Gulf of Aden, where it is probably
easier to deal with than along the vastly extended shores of
the Red Sea. Berbera, another port on the Somali coast, will
require particular attention.
In the meantime, an expedition has recently been sent
across from Aden to Zeylah, for the immediate purpose of
relieving the Egyptian garrison at Harrar, a body of 3500 troops
who haws been long in occupation of that town, but have,
like all the garrisons in the Soudan, been detested by the
natives as the instrument of cruel oppression. It was appre¬
hended that their retreat, unless aided and protected by a
British force, would be exposed to the vengeful fury of their
enemies throughout the country. The force dispatched ou
this service, which is styled the Zeylah Field Force, consists
of a lnilf-battery of light field artillery, with three seven-
pouuder guns, on camels, 150 men of tlio 4th Bombay Rifles,
und a portion of the Aden garrison, under the command of
Mnjor Comyn, of the 4th Bombay regiment, the artillery
being commanded by Major Brough, K.A., and Lieutenant
Geogheghan acting as staff officer. This force left Aden on
Aug. 20, lauded ut Zeyluh two or three days afterwards, and
encamped in the neighbourhood of thut town. Many weeks
have passed in compulsory inactivity, the correspondence with
the Egyptian garrison at llarrar not being conclusive. It
V
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appears, in this instance, as in the case of several of the
garrisons in the Soudan, and possibly of some with
whom General Gordon has had to deal, that the troops
nnd their ofllcers, having taken to themselves property,
families, and slaves in the country, are not very desirous
to lenve it. Whether the sense of any danger in remaining
where they ore is sufficiently real or urgent to induce
tho Horrar garrison to accept the offer of a safe escort
and free passage from the seacoast, we may hereafter be
informed; and wo shall also know, some day or other,
much more than wo yet do of the actual state of affairs
at Khartoum, at Seniuuir, at Kassala, ami other places
from which the Egyptian troops have shown no great
hurry to depart. The Sketches of Zeylnh aud the Field
Force are contributed by Lieutenant L. II. Ducrot, R.A.,
to whom our thanks are due for sending them, under
date of tho 2nd ult., from tho camp in that sultry
climate.
MISS FORTESCUE.
The favourite nctress known by this name on the stage,
but in private life recognised as Miss Finney, began her
theatrical career in April, 1881, ut the Opc'ru Comiquc,
playing tho part of Lady Ella in the delightful musical
burlesque, “Patience,” by Mr. W. S. Gilbert and Sir
Arthur Sullivan. She removed, with the rest of Mr.
D'Oyly Carte'8 company, to the Savoy Theatre, where she
performed Celia iu “ Iolanthe,” and she afterwards made
her appearance at the Court Theatre, and more recently
at the Strand, where she is still playing one of tho
characters iu Henry Byron’s comedy, “ Our Boys.” Tho
portrait of this lady will doubtless be acceptable to the
admirers of her talent and accomplishments, aud may
have some additional interest at the present moment. The
Portrait is Horn a photograph by Messrs. Elliott and Fry.
The Fortescne-Garmoyle case was fixed for hearing
on Thursday. But in tho morning a settlement was
arrived at, a verdict being taken by consent for the
plaintiff, with damages of £10,000. Thus ends a case
which bade fuir to be one of the eautet cilibra of the day.
THE LATE LORD LONDONDERRY.
Our last week’s Obituay contained a memoir of this noble¬
man, the Most Hon. Sir George Henry Vane-Tempest,
K.P., fifth Marquis of Londonderry, who died on the
5th iust., in the sixty-fourth year of his age. The
Portrait now engraved is from a photogrnph by Mr.
Bamuul, of Oxford-street, representing his Lordship in
the uniform of Vice-Commodore of the Royal Yacht
Squadron. He was uncle to tho present Duke of Marl-
borough and to Lord Randolph Churchill, his sister, Lady
Frances Anne Vane-Tempest, having married the late Duke
of Marlborough in 1843. The late Marquis, who succeeded
to the titlo of Earl Vane in 1854, and to that of Marquis
of Londonderry in 1872, was the Special Envoy to St.
Petersburg when the Garter was sent to the Emperor
Alexander II. of Russia.
THE LATE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY.
ARCHDEACON FARRAR ON ART.
Archdeacon Farrar gave a lecture at the London Insti¬
tute, Finsbury-cimis, on the 13th inst., on “ Art in
Schools.” Ho showed that in our places of instruction
almost every elevating nnd refining influence was absent;
that whilst we were paying tithes of “mint and anise and
cummin” to the three It's we were totally disregarding
the wider matters of life and admiration, hope and love,
by which wo lived. People might go into a city school,
and the children would tell them very rapidly how much
27 lbs. of bacon cost at 9|d. per lb., but they had never
breathed the fragrance of a lily or so much as seen a bee.
We made our schools resemble prisons, when they ought
to look like homes; and our teachers were left to toil In
wildernesses of squalor when they ought to be surrounded
by works of nrt and all that refreshed the eye and relieved
the mind._In fact, Art was made a mere luxury for tho
rich, when it should be our pride to make it a free gift
for the poor. We spent £36,000,000 yearly on education,
nnd yet Spared a mere fraction of expense which might
help to make school hours more pleasant and school-
buildings less repellout. Ho hoped that education under
our present system might not become too burdensome, too
artificial, too mechanical, and too heavy a load upon the
memory of tho young.
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TIIE NILE EXPEDITION : SIIELAL.AT, THE UPPER END OF THE FIRST CATARACT.
THE NILE EXPEDITION-’ GENERAL VIEW OF KOROSKO.
SKETCH UY OUR SPECIAL ARTIST, UK. HELTON PRIOR.
602
THE ILLTJSTKATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 22, 1884
THE SILENT MEMBER.
The Carlton Club may now presumably smoke the pipe of
peace with the Reform Club, and the Montagues of the
National Liberal Club mingle in friendly intercourse with the
Capuleta of the flourishing Constitutional. The Marquis of
Salisbury no longer bites his thumb at Earl Granville; and
John Bull need no longer cry, “A plague on both your
houses ”—that is, for the moment—if the good news bo true
that the Conservative lion has at length consented to lie down
with the Liberal lamb, as was in a manner implied by the con¬
ciliatory statements of the Parliamentary leaders on the
Franchise measure lust Monday and Tuesday.
That negotiations for a compromise on this knotty question
have been afoot for some time I have previously mentioned.
It should be u matter of satisfaction that a basis of agree¬
ment was urrived at eurly in the week, since both
Parties have avowed their readiness to enfranchise the
numerous body of County householders at present dis¬
qualified from returning members to Parliament. Lord
Granville iu the Lords, uud Mr. Gladstone in the Commons,
made almost identical overtures to the Opposition leaders, on
Monday. When they do agree, their unanimity is wonderful.
Eurl Granville having in his most umiuble and courteous
maimer offered to disclose the draught of the Government
Redistribution Bill, uud having guaranteed tlmt the measure
would bo pushed forward in the Commons if the majority of
the Lords, on their side, promised x> pass the County Franchise
Bill at uu early date, the Murqr^s ot .Salisbury did not return
a direct reply on Monday, but ou Tuesday, alter consultation
with the members of the Conservative Party, the noble
Marquis frankly said on the part of the Conservative leaden
that they were ready to consider the Ministerial Scheme of
Redistribution, and that if they found that measure un¬
objectionable, there would be no hesitation in giving a promise
that the Franchise Bill should pass. While the leader of the
Opposition took pains to show that the Conservative Peers hud
not receded from the position they assumed in July, Earl
Granville accepted in good faith his Lordship’s offer to co¬
operate at the eleventh hour iu the solution of the problem ;
and the second retding of the Franchise Bill, moved by the
Earl of Kimberley with commendable brevity, was on this
understanding not demurred toon Tuesday by their Lordships.
We may now hope that the Franchise Bill will receive the
sanction of t ho Lords, with the stipulation that enfranchise¬
ment under the Act will not come into operation until the
First of January, 1886. Mr. Gladstone has virtually under¬
taken that the second raiding of the Redistribution Bill shall
be moved in the Commons by the time the Franchise Bill
reaches the Committee stage in the Tipper House; aud
the Premier likewise ou Monday declared that the
passing of the Redistribution Bill next year should
bo made a vital Ministerial question, though the right
hon. gentleman deemed it expedient thereafter to qualify
this statement. Now that both the great Parties ill
the Stato appear to bo in a good humour, and thoroughly
anxious to work together in harmony for the common weal,
I trust that before a twelvemonth is over botli the Redistri¬
bution and Franchise questions will be satisfactorily settled.
The mournful death of Mr. Fawcett has led 'to a discreet
shuffling of the Ministerial cards. Her Majesty has sanctioned,
and the House generally approved, the appointment of Mr.
Shaw-Lefevre to the vacant post of Postmaster-General; and
the succession of Sir Thomas Brassey to the Secretaryship of
the Admiralty in the room of Mr. Campbell-Bannerman, the
new Secretary for Ireland. Mr. W. S. Caine, who joins the
Ministry as Civil Lord of the Admiralty iu place of Sir Thomas
Brassey, has yet to win his spurs us a Minister.
The reassuring news from Egypt of General Gordon’s
safety at Khartoum up to the 4th of the present month lmd
its sad side, inasmuch as it appeared only too certain from the
letter the heroic General wrote to Lord Wolseley tliut the
reported massacre of his devoted friend, Colonel Stewart, and
of Mr. Frank Power, the Correspondent of the Timet.
was but too true. Meanwhile, the “Rescue and Retire”
policy of the Government in Egypt aud the military
expedition to Bechuatialand have caused the Chancellor
of the Exchequer to add another penny to the Income Tax,
which was on Monday lust raised to Sixpence ! Happy
England ! Naturally, the considerable increase in taxation of
Into was made the ground of a smart and effective attack upon
the Ministry by Lord George Hamilton, who mude u good
debating point by contrasting the economical Midlothian
precepts of Mr. Gladstone with the extravagant expenditure of
the present Government. The Premier’s defence was that the/
increased expenditure was but. the outcome of the bequest of
trouble and of difficulty left by tho Into Administration.
While the outlook is not encouraging from a fiimm-iiil point
of view, there is a dark cloud in the north, ot present no bigger
than a man’s hand, but likely before longfto spread south¬
wards with rapidity. Though the Home Secretary temporarily
threw oil on the threatening Crofters' rising in Skye, aud
silenced Mr. Macfnrluue for the moment, there can be no
doubt that the murmurs of the Scottish Crofters ure tho
rumblings of the Land storm tliut Parliament will have to
prepare for presently._
THE LATE MR. FAWCETT.
We have been requested to publish the accompanying state¬
ment:—“Mrs. Henry Fawcett desires to offer earnest thanks
on behalf of herself and her daughter for tho messages of grief
and sympathy which have reached them from every purt of the
country, from abroad, aud from India. The letters and
telegrams which Mrs. Fawcett has received in such large
numbers are much valued by her. Who believes that tho
feelings which prompted these messages will also for tho
present excuse her for uot sending a personal acknowledgment
of them.”
Archdeacon Farrar, preaching last Sunday in Westminster
Abbey, alluded to tho lute Mr. Fuwcett, as did also tho Rov.
T. Teignmouth Whore at St. Margaret^ Westminster, at the
special annual service of the League of St. Martin, which is
composed of the Post Oflico employes, several hundreds of
whom wero present. Iu many other metropolitan pulpits
appropriate references were mnde to tho death of the into
Post master-General.
Ou Sunday the officials of the Birmingham post aud
telegraph offices, accompanied by 300 letter-earners uud
telegraph-messengers, marched in procession to Wt Martin’s
church, where n special service was held as a tribute of respect
to the memory of Mr. Fawcett.
The result of the Queen’s Scholarship examination, qualify¬
ing candidates for admission into training colleges, or for
the office of teacher, lias just been made known by tho
Educational Department. 2127 males presented themselves
for examinatiou iu England, Wales, ana Wcotland, ot whom
3U3 were placed in the first class, 820 in the second, and 217 m
thiid, while 758 failed. Of the 3515 females examined, 714 wero
pluped in the first class, 1372 in the second, and 318 in the
third, while the failures amounted to 1111. These results
show that about one third of both male aud female candidates
failed to puss the Government examination.
G < WENDOIINE GAVOTTE. By CECIL
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*• Clu istian Union ” say*:—
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should la- read by everyone, to Mud w here prixe-medal teelh and
workmanship eau l« hud at chaigca generally paid fur the uiu/t
Inferior deecripUou of dentistry.*
ADVICE TO DYSPEPTICS.—Symptoms
Jx of DysiHtp/ia and Inillgestlnn, wltli special mlvlr* at to
Diet. ** This III tie pamphlet aiijiea / fureihlj to tliUM who have
allowed the i/ilate to decide every thing for them, and have |i*ld
the Inevitable penalty >.r their fully"—Globe. Sent fur one/tainp.
J. M. Uieu*«u*. Publisher. 48. Ilulborn Viaduct, E.C.
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pain/ In tho /hi*. Joints, aud llmlal, all neuralgic and rheu¬
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cold*, cramp In the /tomaeli. colic, dlarrhtra. aud cholera
Infantum. PAIN KILI.EIl I* the great household medicine,
ami li/s •(■/el the twt ot lift) year/. Any Chemist cau supply
It at I*, lid. nod it. !kl-
S CHWEITZER’S COCOATINA.
Anti-Dysieptlr Cocoa ordiocilate Powtlen,
Gnsranterd Pure Soluble Ci«>*. with exrnsenf F.if, extracted.
Four time* the ttreagtli of C</*tias Tlilckene.1 jef Week. ,n il with
Arrowroot. Starrh, Ac., and In reality rheaia-r.
The faculty prunonnee it the m,/t vutrUlom, prrlirfl.v dlre/t-
|v„ Beverage for *• BREAK FAST. LUNCHEON, nr BITTER."
Kee|» for year* In all CHmnt. s Rmpilre/ no Cooking. A tea-
S|a»nful to Brrakfa/t-Cnp costing levs than a halffodiny.
In Alr-TI»l,l Tin*. Is 8,1.. Ae.. ler cheml.t/ and Grocers.
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^LKARAM.
A LKARAM.
F ' inhaled on the first symptoms, ALKARAM
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hour. Sold by *|l t'hrmlsta2a M a Hott'e. A.Mrese, Dr. D mh/r.
ceieol Mrsara r.Newbers and lluiu, 1. King Kdw*rd it., U.c.
QOLDS.
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UNIVERSALLY PRESCRIBED BY TIIK FACULTY.
A laaalive and rrfieihlug
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For CONSTIPATION,
ilsuioorrlioids.
lllle. Ileiulache.
Lus« uf Appetite.
Onlim i;.,i,gestlou.
Prep*red l,y K. Gllll.LoN.
Chemi/tof the Paris Faculty,
uu. Queen-iti-vel, City,
i/union.
Tamar, nnllka Pill* and the n/nal Pnr-
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Sold by all Cbaui/t/ aud Druggist*. Is. rd. a Box.
Stamp included.
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IJEGLI.— Grand II6 tel Pegli (formerly
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ronnded by garden* and mountain*. olm„t*uu/iii|vavaa|. Mial-
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aud F. CINZANO aud CO.. C'orao Hu
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fTPPER ENGADINE.—The magnificent
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whole winter *m>nn. It h*< been roustraefed »p«.<'ially for
winter reaiilrnco. and Is vo oibit-d In every part by flltei,il air
las/lngover »t/*am pipes. All the naiiltaiy atranimi. iit/ an ..f
the now! molrrn dn-criptlon. *>, laal-iKini*. odicert-rodn.
■ rehe»tra. largea*lon* and revrentlon-ro.-me. Ice-rink. tots>;g,„.
run*, gla-e rovered gal cry, sun pavilion/, and level winter
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warming end ventilation, bend and rink aulacrii t uu*.
7LKLEY WELLS HYDROPATHIC
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cv-mniaiidlng inignlllcent view* of Wliarfedal*,lias recently laen
added. Renm-rd winter lei'm*.
AiMrtea, Manager, Well* House, Ilkley.yli Leeds.
DENSIONNAT do MdUe. 8GHOLLMEYER,
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family life: home romforis. Large ra d/li. In a healthy
situation. Inferences Gehdmralh Dr. Mayer. Aachen (Alx-la-
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G 1UT
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r pO FAT PERSONS.—How to remove
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a llhout setniatarvatbu, dietary ,,r fatiguing exercise, by F. C.
KU88KI.L 1 lets of IS. Gower-sfreetRecipe ami other par-
tli ulai v will Iu, sent free on receipt of stampr.l riiveloiuv to F. I!.
IlL BaKLL. Woburn Jluuse. 8tore-at., Bcdford-aq.. Loudon, W.C.
PROFESSOR BROWNE and ELLIOTT’S
J- TONIC LOTION, an unequalled lle/torer of th* llalr.
arresting the fall, ami imparting a healthy and natural growth
to the rnota It will nn/iuae th* hair on bald patches, whisker/.
mou>tacl»e«. ®l/t eyabrowe Price. 3*. al.. ha.ha. fid., and
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A NY DOCTOR WILL TELL YOU there is
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Onoglie* n-ilef; if you *,ilfer fr*',n Ooiigh fr, them butunrr:
they will cure, and they will not Injure your health. (Sold
eierywWie, In rad. Tin*,
\TESSR8. FLETCHER und CO. lmvo
the honour to aimoano* that they hare received In-
•(ruction* from the Old Established and Eminent Km* Art
Publishers, II. BlloOKK «nd nONS, to~KLL by AUCTION on
MONDAY NEXT. NOVEMBER 24.ami'. iet«n f.dli.wingniw.
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of BARF. ETCHING* and ENGRAVINGS ever anbmlltid lo
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pOWLANDS’ MACASSAR OIL for tlio
1-v Huir o>*nfd«ln4 no !• % I or poi«onou« hi/rrd.«*nv«. nmt
ran t*? Inot In « RvMfii c»lt*nr.
for wlr unrl gol>i«*ii>hit|n*<i cliil«irt?u niuI
77 OWLANDS’ MACASSAR OIL is tho
Jv original and only eenuloe article add under that or
any similar n*m*. A»k lor ROWLAND*', „« A>.
Ualhmqpsrdrn. lamdon. Si/cs, h/.ikl..:/.. ID*, ud.
r pOWLE’S PENNYROYAL and STEEL
*- PII.L8 for FBMAI E8. Sold In Boxes. Is. Iph anil 2S.P-I.;
nf all Che,n 1st*. 8eul anvwlierson rerelpt-.f i.3urS4/t-nnii* l.y
the maker. E.T.TOWI.E, ClientIrt, Nultlnghain.
LIKE DIt. LOCOCK’S PULMONIC
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Math,ii, Nortliallertun." Price l». l jil. jwr Box.
“I
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NOV. 22, 1881
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CILK COSTUitES, boautifully made,
copied from tho most ex|>eiislvr Frem h Models,
at 4. a, 7. and up to 31 guineas.
A\ INTER CLOAKS, lined Fur,
Viw. ... " ow •»•"!**. from 404. ftl. to 10 guineas.
A beautiful uud fashionable variety sent to Uie Country OB '—
approbation. / _
SUPERIOR BLACK SILKS,
^ in i ,* tS * l | »l.*4#.««!...V ,, .|..0a. 3d. ( 7#.fi«|. \
Highly retouini* ii«ImI by 1*KTKU KuiUNriUX.
An imnipiise stock,
from 2.. upwards.
A
LARGE mid SUPERIOR STOCK
of Bruchs Velvets, Broche ftatlu*. Ac.,
Ill Various Iwalltitul ilr'.igiis,
for Jlautln. .mil Drrawj, - -—. \
from o«. ftl. to III". Sd. |«r yard.
ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
BRINSMEAD PIANO.
ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
« Ith tho Patent String Adjustment produret
• greater volume and liner quality of b.ne, the
atrlngs bring carried through the »ilid metal
frame, *o that Itlsalm-at tmpoaathle far them
to pull round or slip, and thus get outof tune.
J'HE
BRINSMEAD PIANO.
BUl .ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
With ths Patent Cons lldale.l Metal Framing,
cojt In a siu^U* ooliil plf»c«. i« capable of Ih*mmii^
an Mnouht of atm In far lu eitimi vf any that
fiM* yd Irttu brought to bear in tlio moat modern
developmant of the Instrument.
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
J- W*P1IM,*f V Win r
re... .K-YflRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
With the Pat.nt Perfect Cheek Ke|a-ater
-Aof U»ii r«|ilaceft i ntricacy by simplicity. afToriliu*
WCt l"vi r«uo Wtlio llupfr «>l the f^rfonuor.
T
HE ; BRINSMEAD TIANO.
\ ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION,
me latent string Compeusubir ufeturvea
\ the liistrunn-nl. Now, both in lh« violin sud
vtMftmunr.Tte. the liunirnw preaaai* caiier.1 by
tlie tension of the string, has tlie natural ellrct
or deprevaiiig the sounding board, and thus
\ d.-prealatloii of the tone, but in the
\ I laiiu any i»r ®»rry lint® can In a
moment be rewljuste.1 by mreui of a loveraga
(jar. h hii’h rai»«*c or «J«i>rcavca tlio itrlnca oa iq
the coo© uf Iho briUgouf tho violin.
BRINSMEAD TIANO.
, ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
The 1 att-nt Sosleurnt, Koandi n< Board covers
tliei entire nr,-a of the lack, of tlie Instrument,
and Its method of attachment la .Uch as to
•eeuro the gn-at.-st amount of elasticity: In
sd.htl. n, it is a.IJu.W to a dellc.de curve lu
accordsuen with true acoustic principle*, the
. 2 w “ ,c ** 0,1 U*u reverberating agency U
of dial importance.
17VENING DRESotao, tni,*,
-*-4 An exteiifelye variety. ,
New Style*, Iwauufully ami fashionably htade.
Black Urmndiiin from | xuiio-a. C
Black United, net fre in -Aft. ul.
Black Mere, with vanous^ovtrnoubiiiGm'hs. from 34 guineas
PARCELS POST FREE.
•0. Mn<t*-Ii|, arllrl.-s or uinlhrlals
by the yanl proiiiptiy forWrded.
pETER |>0I1INSUN,
MOURNTN'G
IlEUENT-sTlIE
WJ
IlLT.
AREIIOUSE,
' LONDON.
pETER liOBINSQN; OXFORD-STREET.
any period .luce tlY '“u.*
Due thousand Fiicraiif new Brocadwt Satin*, combining
all the riuhlonabia^cuioOring.. Tlicsv are the Clnnie-.t
Slika ever submitted . to 3 6
tit) Plecea . r Rich Brocaded YulvcU In all tho new
coloured niUt urva .n*. ftl. to 9 11
QO(k/ PIECES of BLACK
STRIPES.
l'U-cea Coloured Satin Stripe* .
bOu l'mx*a of Fancy bilks an<i Katlu# In dlficrcnt (lealcnm,
specially mane lor Costumes .
SATIN
..a*.to J b
QOO PIECES of BLACK BROCADED
VELVETS. SATIN GROUND, from.. n
21M> Wee.* of 1 lain bilks. SotUu, and Moneilleux to
match tho brocmle*. In on. . 2 «
Colonnd Twill-tacod All-Silk Satins, usually sold at
4*. fti. .. .j n
Patterns post-free.
PETER ROBINSON'S.
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
J- KNTHIKI.V VI'U’ n
ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
The I .tent string A.tju.rnient.supersede* lh«
worelen wrest plank, uml It* clumsy old pecs,
and tho cuiue<|ueiit grave defect of quickly
getting out of tune. eure. perfection, and
durability of tuning Iwlng thus atUlued.
pHE
T
HE
rpHE
BRINSMEAD PIANO.
EN 1 HILLY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
Tlio "lime* ' my*:—“The Cre^ of the
. U«W".r ha. bceu Conferred on Mr.
Juhu llrhiauicod.
BRINSMEAD PIANO.
ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
The Dally telegraph " says:—"Tho King
ol furfural Iras apiwiutod Messrs. John ltnn
niead and Sous maker, of plauuforte* to Ida
Majesty.
BRINSMEAD PIANO.
ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
The " olan-lani" says:—" Tho King of
Portugal has conferred tire Knighthood of lire
Royal Portuguese Onlor of our Lauy of
Coucelfao of Villa Vi^oxa on Mr. John hrlns-
nirad, the founder of tholtrmuf John Urlna-
mead and Sous, London."
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A- ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
The "Daily News" say*:—■ The «pp,..ut-
meutof Fiauuforto Manuiacturera to lire King
of Bavaria has been oonferrod on Messrs. Juhu
briiiKUiood and Sooa, uf London.”
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
X rev. ..^TfBKLY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
, £ 1,0 " The nearest approsch
to iierfectlou wltli which we are acquainted.
Ulnes* the whole plan is radically changed, it
*dvauce*/' m 1,n ' K, °*‘ b;o 10 ““Ye auy fuithcr
J^EW AUTUMN DRESSES. Pery . rd .
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Homespun Uuhmrre liege, mixed colour*.to
JJEW AUTUMN DRESSES.
All the uiiiaI
Ter yanl.
nd several •llstlnrtly New Shades of ' *
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KO*PtecadHlij C *""^3 i " ,p * * nd C °" *“• IX'^lneolle-sDest. and
By Dr,. BAItR MEADOWS, Pliytldan CJnycarsVto the National
Inrtitution fbr Diseases of the skin. Ninth E-lltion. 2a. ftl.
IRRUPTIONS; Their Rational Treatment.
G. Hill. 134. Wertinlnster Brldge-naol.
T
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DECEMBER DOUBLE XUMBEK.
l’nce One Shilling; |n.,t*gf. ftl.
A L
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MU-I.ITIKIGILU'U PICTURE,
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FULL-SIZED CUT-OUT i’.U'l.lt PATTERN of an Elegant
A LARGE DIAGRAM SHL'&r'for CntMng-ontrarlouj
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/ > KIC.HTY-FOUH PAtit'S LETTERPRESS,
Profimrfy 11 hi-(rated, Mode air*, of tbe New Paris Model*.
New Bvnuet*: CostuniM. Mantle*. Jacket*; Modes for ladles
Young and Old; Fashion* for Children ; Original Articles from
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SPINNINGS IN TOWN. brTaa muvou.
MYRA'S ANSWERS. Ac.
A SUPERB RESIGN for Braiding tlio Figaro Jacket.
. .. .. ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR I KM.
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T_T HEMORRHOIDS AND PROLAPSUS.
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>. 7. Prlmres-strret, Cav endlsli-s<|Uare, W.
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Fn-uch Merinos, very wide .. ’.It. IM.to 2 »
Aery rim* l-rcncli Caabmerfa .fc*.M. U» ‘J y
AcUct Aelvetcvna, luucli impn»»cd in make, colour.
A Black*Velveteen, fpecially'rbrnp* !! ;; ? ,?
Pattern* port-free.
PETER ROBINSON'S.
J)RESS
MATERIALS.
I *. d.
Cream-coloure<l Richly-embroidered Alsatian Lawn
Robes, double qnuuUty of wide rntivoldery,
. each It,, ud., Iim.'. at., and
Fiuely-workeil Caehmere Rulie* lu Mark and all lire
new shade, of Brown. Bronxe. Grey. Bark Green,
Navy, Dnib, Ac., extra quantity of embroidery,
COMPOSITE ROBES, 20 yards In earli; a great novcltv, ' *
In every comliitiation of style amt colour, ali
Woul .each I I 0
CLEARANCE SALE OK SURPLUS STOCK PREVIOUS
TO REBUILDING,
18 0
r riIE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
J- ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
Tlie Illustrated London Newt" says:—'"t'lre
principle of the llriiremead him Is to give lire
heat Plano of It* kind, the nett of materials, tho
heat of onre, tire be»t ol Uste, and the loot of
niiuh; and this It why tho luanuiactonr lu
Kentish Town sends down to Wigniur - street
so many piamjs parfcct ln scale, susUIned In
lone, elastic In bulk, with equal and reaponalve
tonch. ami. In fact, as near as possible to that
iut'iii uml ail muilcinns mtut r*uuir»—'* Viiiiiij
ol beauty ' tliat la • a Joy for ever.'"
r rHB BRINSMEAD PIANO.
X _ ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
The "Grapiilc taya:—"Thla suienaid in-
nruinrnt boa tli# uuu»u*i c>*mpa»a of aevrn
«Uvea ami a half, and I.m a great,y lncre«ed
length and weight of tiring between she bridge*.
While the eosteireuta sounding board Is so cun-
•tructM a# to rr»}M>iui to tlir vibratioa ot tba
ttrliifs wltli extreme reudine##."
r PHE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
ol ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION,
could U eT " ,,h,U *
JHE
BRINSMEAD PIANO.
ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
Ch. Gonnorl *ay s:—■■ Ton* full and •u.tatned;
touch of perfect evrnnes* throughout."
T
'HE
pETER ROBINSON, OXFOIID-STREET
AND REGENT-STREET.
7J7GIDIUS.—The only FLANNEL SHIRTS
-k-F-I that NEVER SHRINK In washing, not If washed ono
hundred times. Sottas silk. Made In several mixed colours—
f reys. drabs, browns. Ac. Threw for at,, ftl.. by Parcels Post paid,
alterua and teB-tne->*iire free by port.
It. FORD and CO..41, Poultry.
RESS SHIRTS.—FORD’S EUREKA
DRESS 8111 Il l's.—In eight different she*, tire very Durst
Hum. at well n* lire fnthlon-iblo Kill'd t'lqun. to wear with one
stud or three, 7*. «d., Ss. lid., lit. dd. each. In sluglo boxes, ready
for uae, by I'aicela 1'nrt free.
R. FORD and CO.. 41. Ponltry. Ixindoo.
pOC'KLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
Nj' FOR 1NDIOESTION.
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS
VV FOR UK* II
FOR HEARTBURN.
VALUABLE DISCOVERY for the HAIR.
.. I., It *1 ar h fJ r , *• tumluf grey, or white, or falling off. are
"lire Mexican Hair Renew*r. ,T for It will imsltlvely restore in
every care Grey or White llnir to Its original colour, without
leaving the disagreeable smell of most " "
turner* everywhere, at *§. ftl. per Bottle.
PLORI LINE. For the Teeth and Breath.
-f- the •frt: Liquid Dentifrice In the world; It thoroughly
Clean*-* partially-decayfti teeth from all |.ar*idte* or living
• sulmalonlw.' leaving them prarly white. Imparting a delight¬
ful fragrance to tho breath. Tire Prarrant Florilliia rrmovr*
Inetantlv all odour* arising from a foul rtomach or tobaooo
•rnnka: being |«rtlr comroeed of honey, *.«!*, and extract* of
eweet herb* ami jilante. It I* perfectly dellciou* to the tail*.
ivmwh ISSUE, a. pffaatC* l,ycl,fml,u Vtr,amtn
PLKINGTON and CO
-tJ ELECTRO
PLATE.
blLVKR PLATE.
CLUCKS aud UliONZES.
BRINSMEAD PIANO.
v« C KN14RELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
Nichola* Bubliutelu, D. Jlaguili. and tire
Chevalier Anloina tie Kontaai W®, t no
?i B - e »f ,Knrd '“ft?attentively
tho plsnot exhibited. iLclare that the i>*iiu
beiougetothehouioof Brinnurod. '
npiIE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
J- KMTfMI.V VKU.I n
„ ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
YUdlmir do Fachmann laye:-" Truly
Butch;ere pianos. 1
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
J- ENTIRELY V t-w i-
ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
. A. U«vaert *a)Bi-"Tlre u.agnimrnt
nlano I* only equallol In It* beauty and liul.h
It# admirable puntj of pound.”
»JHE
TALKING TON nnd CO.
-t-l TK-.TI MON 1 A1. PLATE.
CUTLERY. Ac.
ELKINGTON and CO..^»a^^S^..city.
WALKER’S CRYSTAL CASE WATCHES
f Y are eu|erre<llng all others. Price Medals-Loedon. Ifti2:
Fans, lnx.7. Sliver Watchee, from 14 4s.: Gold, from U «. i'rtce-
Ll.ts sent free.—77. Comhtil; ainl 23i>. Recent-street.
TOHN BROGDEN, dpccnscd.
V The VALUABLE STOCK of AltT-J KWELLEY
I* NOW loll SALE, at a REASONABLE REDUCTION,
for a LIMI TED TIME.
hv.tr.ler »f the K»r.-ut<>re.
8. GRAND HOTEL-BUILDINGS, 0 HA RING-CROSS.
MEARS nnd STAINBANK,
i-’-l- CHURCH BELLS, with Fittings and Frame..
Kuiiudrn* of nmnyoi tho
BIST KNOWN PEALS
In England and the Ddonlr*. Including tha
BEAUoSsFIELD MEMORIAL PEAL. ISM.
__ ___ Kettmntea and Plane on application.
BELL FOUNDRY (K.tbd. I7W), AU,Whlvechapel-ro*d. Lcradoa,
BRINSMEAD PIANO.
ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
Di. Stainer reye:-" Tire purify of tone an l
the excellent mechanism called forth warm
eulogies Irora all competent critic*.”
T
HE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION*.
These Improvement*have gainedUomMed.il*
and IIiglie.6 Award* at ail the recent Inter.
FxhlbltlOfU at which they hats been
r PHE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
-L ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT
wortii 1 r6j b r numerous patents throughout the
JOHN
JOHN
BRINSMEAD SONS.
- SA 15 . 08 m “ T Hiredft>r Three Y*ear». afler
, u ' f T ^comr> the property of tire
hirer without further payment. From £S7s. per
qusrter. or for ule from 33 guineas upwards.
SONS,
BRINSMEAD and
PIANOFORTE MANUFACTURERS.
1*. 20. and M. WIG MO RE-STREET. LONDON. W.
Manufactory:
THE BRINSMEAD WORKS. GRAFTON-BOAD,
KENTISH-TOWN. n.W.
Descriptive Pamphlet* and Illustrated Priced Catalogue*
post-free.
504
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 22, 1S84
NEW MUSIC.
rpitlAL BY JURY. By W. S. Gilbert
X and ARTHUR SULLIVAN. Now performing at lire
Bavoy Theatre. Complete wonts *nd music, 3a. net; pianoforte
solo, 2i. (id. net.
£1HAPPELL and CO.’S NEW SONGS.
T>ID ME GOOD-BYE (Just Published).
D Wordi by F. E. Weatherly. For Sonn.no, T.-nor. Contralto,
Baritone, or Haw. I'rlco ?s. not. "•llid mo Hml-bja will
rival In popularity all previous song* by UiU favourite Com¬
poser."
M OTHER. p - TOSTI. Sung by all the
I'A principal Vocalist*.
VESPERS. P. TOSTI.
A T
W HERE MEMORY DWELLS. ISIDORE
i»K LARA.
pATES OP THE WEST. CAROLINE
VJ LOWTlllAN
pATES OF THE WEST. Aa a Vocal
VJ Duet.
O RIPPLING TIDE. Mrs. MON CRIEFF.
Mr*. Moncrintr* creates* sucoeea.
TRUST. L DE LARA.
M Y
CO SWEET A STORY. COTSFORD
O DICK.
I 7AREWELL, YET NOT FAREWELL.
CABOLINK LOWTlllAN.
I'rlcria ni'li net.
Gn ti-rai-t. and Co.. (0. New Uoudatreet, W.: and 18. Poultry. I d.
I 7AHRW0HL WALTZ. CAROLINE
LOWTHIAN.
1>LACK AND TAN POLKA. CAROLINE
JL> LOWTHIAN.
'I'OI SEULE VALSE. LUKE WIIEELER.
JL It. each net. •
Cnarmi. and Co., S3. Now Boud-atreet: and 13, Poultry. E.C.
/CHAPPELL and CO. have on view every
V? description of TIA NO FORTES by the l*»t maker a. re¬
turned from hire, to be SOLD at greatly reduced prices for cuah,
or may I* purchased on the Thrri*. Years' System.
CHAPPELL PIANOFORTES. from 13 guinea*.
COLLAHD I'lANUPOUTEH. from SSjgulnees.
KitAltli PIAN0P0UTK8. from 33 guineas.
BROADWOOD PIANOPOBTKd. from 33 guinea*.
pHAPPELL and CO’S STUDENTS
V> PIANOFORTES, from 1« guinea*.
pHAPPELL and CO.’S PIANINOS,
\J with (
i Check Action, from 2> gain
pHAPPELL and CO.’S IRON-FRAMED
V> OBLIQUE and COTTAGE PIANOFOKTE8 for Ooaan
6teaniera and Extreme Climates, from 33 to S3 guinea*.
/CHAPPELL and CO. have on View Grand
Pianofortes from SO to '.>3 > guineas,
fin. New Bond-street: and 13. Poultry.
N EW SONGS. Sung on Madame PATEY’S
Concert Tour.
A SHADOW. By Sir ARTHUR
SULLIVAN. Bung by Madam* Patay.
r |*HE BREADWINNER. By COTSFORD
X DICK. Bang by )lla* Anna Williams.
r PHE LOVE FLOWER. By COTSFORD
JL DICK. Bung by Mias Ada Patterson.
O ’ER THE HILLS OF NORMANDIE.
Ily P. IJE KAYE. Bung by Mr. Sidney Tower.
M Y LASS AND I. By MICHAEL
WATSON. Sung by Mr. Franklin Clive.
r |'HE QUAKER’S DAUGHTER. By
X MICHAEL WATSON. Bong by Madame I'aley.
The above donga rimy be obulned of all Mualcaellcra, (rice 2*.
each.
Patuy aud Willis. 41. Great Marlborough atreet, London, W
L ’AMOUR IMMORTEL VALSE. Par
FABIAN ROSE.
The pretlltatand most iropular v*lce of the season. Can be
had of all Muslcsellera.—P atbv and Wuxi*. Publishers.
X^DWIN ASHDOWN, Hanover-equare,
X_J forward. Catalogue* of his
*0.000 MUSICAL WORKS
post-free to all part* of the world.
ASHDOWN EDITION of STANDARD
Xi- PIANOFORTE MCBia Not. t. d.
1. Chopin'* Twenty-seven Studies.3 0
2. Htcphen Hollar's Album. Op. 1M .. ..1 «
a. Henri Ronbler'a » Melodies of Fran* Schubert ., ..3 0
4. Stephen Heller's Twenty-four Prelude*. Op.81 .. 1 n
A. Chopin'* Eighteen Nocturne*.30
0. Czerny'* Ono Hundred and One Exorcise*.10
7. tiemr'i Etude de I a VC loci I*. ..2 0
8. Kchumann'* Phantasleetacke. Op. 12 .10
I*. Schubert's Eight Impromptu*.18
10. blast's Solrfetde Vienne.3 «
11. Clementl * Six Sonatinas. Op. 36 .10
12. Stephen lleller - # Thirty-two Prelude*. Op. 110.. .. 1 n
13. Rubinstein's dolreee 4 St. PCtersbourg. 0 Moreraux .. I 0
14. Chopin'* Forty-three Mazurkas .3 0
13. Schumanns Album fUr diejugend. Op. <8 .. ..in
16. Dnssrk * Mix honstlnss. Op 20 .10
17. Gottschallc (selection No. 1 (Pasquinade and flee others) I 0
lit Knhlau'sMix Sonatinas. Op. 33 .10
19. Chopin's Eight Watties .. .16
I)
R. SPARK’S ORGAN SCHOOL.
Price 3*. net.
T?D WIN M. LOTT’S EDUCATIONAL
X_2 WORKS. Is. each net.
PIANOFORTE CATECHISM. \\
HARMONY CATECHISM. \ \
Im-T-ONAKY OK MUSICAL TERMB.
All tho als'ie Works sent post-free, at prlcaa qnotau.
Euwik Askdowk. Ilanover-square,
"OOOSEY’S SHILLING ORATORIOS,
J-> MASSES, and CANTATA8.
HYMN OF PRAISE.
HAYDN'S IMPERIAL MA88.
GOUNOD'S ST CECU.K.
M OZA KT'S T W ELFTII MASS.
RO'SINl'B Sl'AUAT MATCH.
JUDAS MACCA1I4JUS.
THE MESSIAH.
BACH'S PASSION (Matt.)
Is. Od.
Alan Booeer'a Handy Editions of " The Meatlah " and "The
Creation.'' Price I*, each.
MOUNT OF OMVKB.NI
WAI.PCR0I8 NIGHT. \
BKETIIOTEN'd MAS* IN 0.
ACI8 AND OALATRAA
MOZAIIT'B REQUIEM. v
IJKTTfNOEN TK DEUM,
ISRAEL IN EGYPT.
THE CREATION.
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'Yy'ORKS FOR TI1E VIOLIN.
Bl’OHR'B VlbliW 8CIIOOI,. Edits! by HenryHolmee. lOe.Hd.
HENNING'S FIRST BOOK FOB THE VIOLIN (Including
163 Progresslye Kzrrclses). 1*.
THE VIOLIN MASTER. A oompMwbfrthod. 6d.
EXERCISES. STUDIES. AN l> EXTRACTS (100). Is.
niK-S' FIFTY FINGERED EXERCISES. Is.
KKEUTZEKS KOBI Y HIT DIPS (lit CAPRICES, le.
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“Listen, mother, how the s. ng-blrd*
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R OPES OF S A
BY R. E. FRANCILLON,
Author of “Strange Waters," "Olympia," “A Real Queen," &c.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
YIVE LA MORT l
bitter disappointment
of finding that nothing
remained of Monsieur
Castellan but n
daughter and a son-
in-law had not pre¬
vented Francis from
falling asleep at last:
and, when he did sleep,
it wits always till it was
full time to rise, llis
love for Mabel was too
harmonious a part of
himself to set heart
ugainst head: trusting
himself, he trusted her,
and so knew how to lie
down in his armour, and
sleep when there was no
other work to he done,
like any knight errant
of old. But, this night,
all of u sudden he woke
up with a start: it
seemed to him as if
somebody were prowling
about his room. But. hv rubbing the sleep out of his eyes,
he also rubbed the fancy out of his brain, concluding that
disappointment had given him some queer sort of a dream.
Then, and scarcely till then, he realised how utterly his travels
had been thrown away. He was no whit wiser than when he
had sailed in the Maiden. W’liat was he to do next, and
where next was he to go? Ilis geography had mightily
improved, and he no longer imagined that he could ex¬
haustively investigate every nook and comer of South America
and the West I udies to boot in somewhere about a year and
a day. He had been led by a Will-o*-the-Wisp into a blind
alley : he lmd spent ull this time in learning that his clue was
in vain.
Of course there was one obvious thing to be done—namely,
having done all that a man could do, to go home again.
Women do not expect men to achieve the impossible— or, if
they do, their ideal does not last very long, and they have to put
uj} with accepting a good hard try. But so right and natural a
resource no more occurred, even for a passing moment, to
Francis Carew than it would have occurred to the sun to turn
back in the sky because he chanced to find himself unable to
shine through u bank of clouds. Though lying there alone
nncl in the dork, weary and baffled, and under all the conditions
of a broken sleep in a strange room, he was still clear about
one thing — that, having undertaken Mabel’s quest, he was
bound to go ou with it, even though he should die without
being a step nearer to its end than he was now.
Of course he was stupid, llad Francis Carew been a poet
or a man of genius he would have found a hundred brilunnt
reasons for following the heart that was hungering for Mabel
and home. He was ready to give one of his eyes almost
in order that the other might have a good sight of
Homeck’s Steeple, and one of his hands that he might clasp
Mabel’s with the other. In short he was even more stupid
than, the man who does not know when he is beat; for Francis
Carew knew perfectly well that he was beaten, and yet never
dreamed of the possibility of giving in. It was all for
Mabel’s whim : and if Mabel’s whim was to condemn him to
life-long exile, then so it must be. There have been other
Englishmen of that pattern, to supply u perpetual puzzle to
the confreres of Doctor Carrel. And it is by such stupidity
alone that the Impossible can be achieved.
He was sitting on his bed side straining ull his thoughts (for
he had learned to think well enough by this time, especially
with Cucumber Jack on his hands) when a long whistle of a
peculiar shrillness brought him to the open window.
Now there is nothing very remarkable in hearing a shrill
whistle at dead of night. We simply curse the memories of
Watt and Stephenson and turn round again to sleep if we cnu.
But Francis Carew, happily for him, had never yet heard of
those men’s names. And besides, there was something
altogether so odd about the whole atmosphere of Les Bouquets
that everything that happened seemed to be noteworthy. His
experiences of plantations nt dead of night was that they were
as silent as Stoke Juliot churchyard. But to-night his
experience seemed like to undergo a striking change.
The moon had by this time set. But thus ail the more
were brought into relief dots and llares of light or flame that
were gathering together under his window, something as
though a giant had been burning paper, and the sparks were
chasing one unother and crowding together before extinction.
Only, unlike such sparks, these lights grew stronger and thicker
as they moved, and presently threw a wild and hnzy half light
over u strange and confused scene, tine has seen a sudden
crowd grow out of the flagstones of a street, one knows not
how: these dark figures seemed to drop from the branches of
the trees, or to emerge from their stems. There were men and
women, their grotesque garments and their black, brown, or
yellow skins changed by the weird and smoky flare into the
state where the grotesque passes its own bounds and becomes
the terrible. There was an evident attempt at silence : but it
was in the fashion of the stage, where silence is represented by
only a different sort of noise. From the gathering crowd
came a jabbering murmur, representing, now a congregation
of apes, and now a flock of wolves.
Francis, during his wanderings through Cuba and else¬
where, had dimly hcni-d tell of midnight mysteries wherein
the Africans, though professing and calling themselves
Christians, kept up the uncieut magical rites of their fore-
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fathers, ns things at once sacred and without meaning; hold¬
ing a kind of witch's Sabbath, where all manner of foul and
abominable things were done. A padre at Havanan had
professed to have actually witnessed one of these gatherings-:
though what ho had seen there lie dared not or would not
reveal. It seemed strange that the childish creatures who
allowed themselves to be driven into the field with the lash
without the least damage to their gay good-humour should
preserve in secret such pagan mysteries ns these. But
Frauds was becomiug choke-full of what he would once have
scorned as travellers' tales, and then- was to his country-bred
mind something inherently heathen and devilish about u black
skin — the brand, ns men held, of the curse of Hum. Ho was
seized with an intense curiosity to sec with his own eyes what
his passing acquaintance the Spanish padre had seen, expect¬
ing to bo horritied, ana therefore fascinated all the more.
It did not occur to him nt the moment to wonder why the
devil-worshippers, if such they were, should have chosen to
meet under the very shadow of their master’s dwelling instead
of by the shore of the lake or on some lonely hillside. Waiting
for lie knew not what, scarcely anything could taw surprised
him except what he actually saw. The crowd divided, and
sprawled or squatted t*. right or left. Hut there appeared in
the open midst no wizard priest or priestess, but his friend of the
balanced bamboo, dressed for all the world like a mountebank at
a fair, and holding himself like ton common Emperors rolled into
one. llis wide-brimmed grass hat was looped up with strips
of ribbon or other coloured stuff into an imitation of a three-
corn bred, or rather niulti-comered cocked-lmt, in which
waved a gorgeous plume: one brood sash of three colours
crossed his breast, and a second was round his waist, while his
naked shoulders were adorned with what looked something
like a pair of colossal epaulettes, whatever they might really
he, and a profusion of ribbons or other stripes fluttered about
him wherever a knot could be tied.
Behind this magnificent personage came two others-one,
more than half naked and grinning broadly, carrying ii
coloured shirt hanging from the top of a crooked pole; the
other, a coal-black negro, bearing n drum made of a gourd.
Francis could not tell whether the assemblage was armed,
save with torches, but the ufluir suggested less u Witch's
Subbath than a rude sort of military parade. And. as if to
carry out the notion, the mulatto tapped the drummer sharply
with his bamboo, and the drum began to roll.
“ Can it be a serenade to the mistress ?” thought Francis.
“ Anyhow, they are queer people, these at Les Bouquets. But
what on earth is Jack-in-the-Gran there up to now?”
Alcibiade had thrown back his head, folded his arms, and
was making a speech, received by his audience with an in¬
crease of chatter. What lie was Buying, therefore, in his
Negro-French-Spanisli jargon was nil theharder to make out :
but at lust the ears of Francis were struck by four familiar
words of evil omen —
".... Lit Liberie ! .... La Mart! . . . .”
The scene was becoming something much more than
strange, especially when the shrill voices of women took up
the refrain in a savage cry that rose into u yell mixed with
laughter, in barbarous caricature of what lie had heard had
happened nearer home. Was the great French tragedy’ being
turned into burlesque—the ape playing at being a tiger ns
well?
A commotion of another sort took place nt a point in tli ■
outer circle. The eloquence of the mulatto, with its ceaseless
drum accompaniment, was evidently having some intoxicating
effect—the crowd gathered closer, and torches brandished tiii
a red glare lit up the scene. Francis hud no comprehension
of the passion excited among these slave creatures by the
sudden fulling among them from the French skies of that
electric word “ Freedom,” and how it was bound to send them
mad. though they knew no more what it meant than some
millions of their civilised betters. 11c did not even know that
the word had come. He was as a spectator of a play in a
foreign language, and, ns the crowd swayed towards the house,
he put his face between the bars of his window to get a fuller
view.
Scarcely had his face come full into the glare of the torch¬
light than it was saluted with a howl: and almost at. the same
moment the report of a gun was followed by the shivering of
glass mid the whistle of n bullet past his left ear.
“ A serenade ! ” exclaimed he : “ it's a mutiny ”——'
He did not wait to look for his missing pistols — the house
must be roused, if it could still be sleeping amid such n din.
In hurrying from the room he stumbled and almost fell over
heap lying just outside the door, but he could not wait to
what it was, and run down the corridor, and then the ncxtY
till lie reached a door left ajar, through which lamplight sjioiie.
He burst in—there sot Dr. Carrel at his table, as d "
Arelliuudes in the siege, poring over llis volume of notes^iii
making pencil marks here and there.
"Doctor!” cried Francis: "there is a rautfc
your slaves !— hark ! They are attacking the house
arm -<l ! ”
The Doctor marked llis place, and sighed..Could not
Secure a single quiet hour ? But he preserved^ris
“ They, Monsieur?” he asked. *' Who are
“Where is Madame P She maabbe routed KT'liuvc'qnbof
the devils mean mischief: there is no tjimLtodoseX N Wlierc is
Matlamc?”
“Truly, tlmnk Providence,
never rains but it pours ! Two
it is an embarrassment of good
poor Nance, was not fated to wash
impenetrable of all Nature’s wor
Archimedes himself would liuro^b
fascinating ol problems by the ;
moment by the gun-shot, now bur
The Doctor was a bmvjKtuIuJ=xns lirqvy' as Francis himself,
maybe — but he turned /»uie7~^Nnhette's warning came back
to him — it begun tosogpuusif the- girl hud not been to very
mad, after all. And syct\^“ Impassible—impossible!” said
lie. "All the YajrKj^riWine : there is no happier,
no more contend'd phuitatibu in^tne world. It i> not that—
Docto*. “ It
l in one day —
'rrmcis, unlike
n that most
of one idea,
from the most
silenced for a
no.
"But it
would say,
time. You
other side,
hel
exclaimed Francis. “ I
nl see^^yhgt I have seen but there is no
own house—get out Mudainc by the
/ irivuy. If I can find my man, he ’ll
(: if not. I *11 try my best alone."
Ip now spoke like the master, since some-
thifigdihd (no long<*rroybo thought of, but done,
ThiNJoctpr groanwl aloud. " Even in Paradise—even in
ParadiseLxMyTpoor Antoinette!” sold ho. "But I might
have known what would be the end, in a mad world. . . .
You are right .Monsieur: we are men, and must all die at
last: but Antoinette—No!"
" Then quick, for God’s sake !" cried Francis, not under¬
standing how the true philosopher, even when love stands
clou: ill the midst of death, cun cease to philosophise.
“Quick, for God’s sake, and Madame’s! " cric-.l Mabel’s lover
again, knowing, through his own love, how danger to
Antoinette must, needs be paralysing the very heart of Jacques
Carrel. And time was flying.
Nay: it had flown. A black figure, bran Uniting an axe,
leaped from the verandah into the room—and that there were
more behind him, an ominous murmur and dull trembling of
the woodwork proehiimed. Francis hurled the lamp at the
leader of the assault, and, undercover of the momentary
darkness, seized the Doctor by the arm and dragged him into
the corridor: then pulled thedoorto, mid held it with all his
weight mid strength, one man against unknown scores, so that
tin Doctor might gain one moment’s time more.
Jacques Carrel needed no fnrtlu r speeding. He lind now
seen what was happening with his own eyes. He censed to be
n philosopher: and he mu._
CHAPTER XXXIX.
THE WORK OF A WHIM.
Were the pen to set down nil that adventurer, philosopher,
and wife felt, thought, and did, in the ensuing whirl, it would
give the effect of hours instead of the whirling flushes that
the moments now were. It was the first time that Francis
Ciirew had found the safety of others depending upon his
own wits and his own hands—those hitherto but half-used
wits thut hud once been so cumbrous mid so slow. It is
in such moments that we display our inmost and our utmost ,
when there is no middle place between rising above the
occasion, or falling ignommiously below. Mabel must have
lieen proud of her knight had she seen him then, could she
have helped closing her beautiful eyes in terror. He did
sec them, even then, and far nway as they were, and though
he felt for certain that lie would never see them again. Ir
did seem hard to close his quest by n hopeless fight for utter
strangers in n foreign land. But. since this had become a part
of the work She had given him, this also had to be done. A
lover’s or a madman’s strength, rather than n mere man’s,
came into the arm wherewith he held the frail door against the
assailants within. They were in the dark that was one
comfort: but the torches would soon scatter that miserable
comfort away.
Where was his Incubus? The fellow had sunk into a
useless coward, tio doubt: but he would have had his use as
another weight to keep the door closed. And .Madame/t-am-l
had she fainted away with fright, that she was so long? If it
were not for ft woman who was nothing to him, and for whom
he did not core it straw, lie would have made a bolt of it iii
another sense. What was Les Bouquets to him, or he to Les
Bouquets? The wretched jest struck him even while he Celt
his strength ebbing against a formidable rash from within
n rasli that must inevitably have swept door and quivering
bolt together into the* corridor, if those who made it had
possessed the feeblest notion of mnking their rush together.
He made every sinew do its utmost: so tlmt,'rat the uaoment.
every sinew withstood one whole man. But such moments
could not be many more. Where, in Heaven’s name, was the
Incubus? Where, in Heaven’s name, was, Madamew If she
had only not been of Mabel’s sex-but iheri, she was/ worse
luck : so he must do by her as h • would tlint Mabel should
be done by. s/X.
At last, bearing a light, pale, but securing bewildered
rather than ulnrmed, camp'fhe Doctor, hi*,young wife hanging
upon his arm. f ( , / / ’
Thut she was in mortal terror, even Francis, despite the
strain upon all his senses, saw with dismay' She was
trembling, and wild-eyedand no marvel, for the poor girl
had been roused from the happiest sleep by the only danger
she bad ever known since she wnSbOrn. And vet— Quid
Itrmiua poMit !—and /et her delay in seizing the one instant
left for escape (if there were mdeejl so much as one) stood
forth explained even to the dullest eyes. She had not wasted
time in useless fainti iig. .Bhe had positively spent it in
dressing—if riie lirul risen tohe murdered by her own black
slaves, and if liiiroeivilised soul was to lie left to tell the tale,
nevertheless mot even living lips should be able to whisper
that Mudnnie G’imtcI of Lei Bouquets had been so false to her
highest self oMo'djeJn anything less worthy of it than her
btfflt silk gown. ^
And the wonder dLH was that, though she must have pre¬
pared herself for sudden death without help and with
tremh lhigyflngcrs^not a ribbon was awry.
Th\biack devils,” gasped Francis, “are in force under
owY and they’re swarming in here. ... If you
a mousehole elsewhere, take it— but for life's sake
lit, for i ’ve held out nil I can.”
! It i*- impossible. Monsieur.” said the Doctor, with
jdi. “ It is not for a Frenchman to fly, while uu
Englishman remains. It is honour who forbids that. Monsieur,
tine—I remain.”
"'1 hell," cried Francis, “look out for yourselves—here
lie door. Honour he—linnged!” The lust was not his
word: but it must serve.
Madame could not help a scream. The Doctor looked from
er to Francis, and then back again—and poor vain glory
rent to the winds. Francis panted with relief as much aswitii
effort: the incumbrances, the woman and the philosopher,
were gone—not a moment too soon.
“1 hope they’ve found their mousehole,” he muttered—
between his teeth. “ I must take my own chance now."
Ho let go the door.
For n moment, all was confusion. For some had been push-
ing, others pulling, and it was not phiin, all at once, thut the
opposing force had been removed. However, the door itself
had been growing weaker, together with its guard, and, having
no nerves to make dc-nd fibre work miracles, tiie hinges settled
things by giving way. Heads must have received smart blows
in the fall; but, thunks to Nature, the African skull is hard
enough to come off winner in a battle with any common door.
Francis let out with his fist at the first woolly skull that
battered its way through into the corridor: but the thickest
was bound to be the first hi that rush through black flesh and
splintering wood, and lie might as well have tried to fell n
buffalo.
There was no longer the chance to fight or fly—barely even
for such forlorn struggle ns u fox, pinned to earth, may still
make against a pack of houuds. (hie opponent in the dark,
struggle us he might, was neither to be felt nor seen, but to
be simply swept away.
" There, then I've done what I could,” muttered Francis,
ns lie went down under the feet of the new masters of Les
Bouquets, a lost man.
what better epitaph could any man need, although the
only task lus hands could find to do was small, and in itself
not worth the doing? Anyhow, Francis had been able to find
no better, and lie had surely tried. But his last thought before
losing his senses was a strange one. His memory went back
to beyond the day when lie had first seen Mabel. ’ It went to
the Sunday morning when he hud wellnigh sworn to cast in
Iris lot with old Horncck: mid the image, not of Mabel Open-
shuw, but of Nanco Derrick, was the last that filled his darken¬
ing eyes, while the old legend of lloruaeombe sands came back
to his ears in the hoarse tumult sweeping over him—“Ropes
of Sand: Ropes of Sand."
But ho had not gone under in vain. Thanks to the stranger
whom Heaven had sent them at their need, the rightful master
and mistress of Le* Bouquets hud passed out, lor the time, with
their lives.
There were so mnny ways in and out of that literally open
house that there was no difficulty in getting out quickly, if
only one was lucky enough to hit upon an entrance left un¬
guarded. That was the risk, and it was beyond doubt a
serious one. Happily, Colonel Thunderbolt had not yet
acquired a military genius with his uniform, and, noting upon
the instincts of primitive war, had brought his whole force
upon one point, without the precaution of setting sentries
over others. The Doctor trusted to luck, as all lie hud to trust
to, nud took the nearest. Tutting Iris arm round the trembling
woman, who clung to him close, anil for whose sake he had
been compelled to show the courage which dares to fly from
ilanger, lie passed through the side door into the open air,
holding Iris breath, anil looking before and around lnm with
anxious eyes. None was thore-da challenge him. The house
behind was raging with clamour mid din, us though it were
full of licuds: but without, and beyond, all was perfectly
quiet and still. What lay before the fugitives on that side was
the edge of the broad natural meadow that, further on, swelled
into waves and led at last to the far off hills, now, in the late
night, showing like masses of distant cloud.
It was a bad track for flight should they be Been. But it
was impossible to find cover without passing round the house,
and so, it might be, fulling into the midst of some band
maddened past all hope of dealing with them by their easy
victory.
" Where an 1 wo going, Jacques ?” asked Madr.iue.
“God knows," sukl he. "But wherever it is, it must be
on." I
“ But w»- have no horse:—oh, Jacques, it will be better to
sit down arid clie ! 7 /
" Hurk v^d*ohIhi*.
There was no need for him to argue and encourage, with
such a yell behind lnr as tin re arose.
7 " Oh—Rriir>: run ! ” she cried.
" Yes : Run run—run!” echoed a voice at lu r shoulder
that, while she tried, in her ignorance of what mulling means,
fo fly, took all the strength from her limbs. The Doctor, for
a 11101 m nt, felt his brain reel—were they discovered and being
followed so soon ? He swung Antoinette behind him, and since
lie hud no better weapons, prepared to oppose with his eyes
whichever of a hundred luadmeu it might prove to lie.
** Run—run - run ! ” panted the owner of the voice, cover¬
ing his eyes with one hand, and holding out his other open
towards the house, us if lie would thrust it out of sight and
away. 11c was trembling all over, and could hardly breathe.
In short, he was tli>- v< rv incarnation of panic- that most con¬
tagious of all terrible things. There only wanted an example
of terror to unnerve the very coolest brain, and it had come.
The Doctor was dimly nwnreof his new patient: but that
dill not mend matters. At such times it is not the sane who
rule. Antoinette screamed aloud — the physician’s brain began
to reel, us if not only the mildness of panic were catching, but
every other kind besides.
" I sow it all ml once before," he cried, “away there-and
it is coming to drown us this time: Mood in rivers, blood in
seas. I lon’t wait for it : run ! All l—Hi re it cumes ! ”
What was coming? None stayed to ask: but the grave
student, who had never quickened his pace since he was a boy
many n long year ago, and the delicate Creole who had never
walked a hundred yards in her life, found flying feet, and rau,
only keeping their natural senses so far as to keep hand in
hand. Indeed they kept up with their companion in flight,
for he was weighted with heavy riding boots, and reded ami
stumbled us he ran. The ground was level, firm, and easy to
cover. IIow they found breath us well ns speed, oply the
spirit of terror knows. Hud they paused for a moment’s
thought, the consciousness of doing wlmt in their senses they
could not have done would have broken tin 111 down, and
paralysed both lungs and limbs. As things were, it was ns if
they did not touch the turf for yards together -as if they
skimmed over the ground.
And yet, despite their shoes of swiftness, tlicir flight seemed
to last an age. There was nil the consciousness of being pur¬
sued—of the shortening distance of swarming pursuers,
marked by the louder growth of savuge yells in their ears.
They dared not turn their heads to look: wlint need to lose u
single step by looking, when they could hear and feel ? Might
was in vam, no doubt, for uu elderly doctor without tminiup,
for a weak and terrified woman, and lor nil overweighted,
helpless groom without wits or nerves: hut still they flew, or
thought they flew, on and on, with only the far away mountain
clor.ua before them, and dcuth hurrying after them behind.
It was a frantic race between terror anil death indeed. Other
tilings that night hail resembled nightmares: but tlris was the
most like a nightmare of all.
Still nearer and nearer came the cries of the pursuers. The
fugitives, now in their extremity, could hear the panting, nay,
even the thud of the footsteps, of the black human blood¬
hounds. The end of all lmil surely come.
AH of u sudden there happened a very wonderful thing.
A wonderful tiring ? Nay, the most wonderful of wonderful
things in this world of wonders. The Sun rose.
But it was not as he rises with us, in slowly wakening
beauty. It was the Sun of Hispaniola, who, without twilight
warning, rose up nil at once in all his glory above the hills—
One unclouded blaze of living light.
T doubt if Mnrinme Antoinette had ever set eyes 011 tlint
wonder before. But she saw it now: and must have thought
the skies were opening their gates to receive her soul. At any
rate she gave way, anil sank on her knees exhausted, with her
eyes closed and her face upon the ground.
Her husband's eyes were dazzled, nud all left of his heart
dismayed. Now that Antoinette hud broken down, there was
nothing left but to face round anil meet the worst as became a
Frenchman, a philosopher, and a physician who hail learned
that his professional enemy, Death, must needs win the long
battle late or soon. So he faced round, and smv -
Not n soul.
The broad green meadow, here breaking into the outskirts
of virgin forest, was ns empty of nil but themselves and the
sunlight anil the waking birds as if it were a sea without u
sail. Wlint had become of the yelling mid panting black
hounds? There was no cover they could vanish into—all
between the advanced guard of the'forest and Les Bouquets
wus open and bare. Doctor Carrel nibbed his eyes hard,
dreading lest they might have been blinded by the sudden sun.
But, however hard he rubbed, them, not a whit the more
could they see.
He sighed with thankful relief, as when a nightmare flics.
“ I.ook up—rise up, my very dearest!" said he. "Death of
my life — 1 would not have lost that experiment for a thousand
dollars! Now 1 have been mad myself, 1 shall understand it
better than any physician who is so unlucky that he is always
sane! ”
“ Am T alive? Am I dead P And, oh, Jacques—which are
you ? ” cried slic. " But—where are they f ”
“ Wlint — you thought it too ? Then there goes another old
theory! "he said, snapping his fingers in the air. “Two
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people can have the same illusion at once: or rather three,” lie
added, catching sight of his patient, who had suddenly sunk
into his stolid state, and was intently regarding the stem of
the nearest tree. “ Think how much all thnt goes to account
for, Antoinette, my dear, rallies—infectious sympathies —
community of illusion — what arc they blit one and the same ?
Only it seldom happens that an illusion is so well defined.
The Ancients, my friends”-
“Jacques,” said Madame, gently, “ I think I am going to
die.”
“No, no not now; It is over—we are saved How can
I die before my work is done ? And how can I live without
you? Sit down—nobody will see us among these trees: our
hearts want resting, and then our heads will be clear.
There”-
He was just seating her tenderly on u natural bench formed
by the base of a giant tree, where she might be safe from the
heat of the sun and from the sight of men, and was doing his
best to consider how to obtain better shelter and aid, when,
full in their sight, a dense black cloud of smoke rose over Lcs
Bouquets, and hung heavily in the air.
Madame saw it too: and neither could look in the other’s
eyes. Higher and higher rolled that hideous cloud, till it
blotted out or blurred a g(*od quarter of the sky. Even with
the sunlight full upon it, parts of it opened here and there,
and showed a lurid glow within—where these abysses were
blackest, the light of day could not always hide the bursts of
flame.
Les Bouquets, the homo of these good people who loved
one another and had never harmed a soul—Lcs Bosquets,
where they had sought for a haven and had found, or made n
Paradise, was burning before their eyes. Who could believe
in Providence any more ?
Madame Carrel suddenly clasped her hands, and turned
fearfully pale.
“ My Nanette ! She is there ! ” she cried. “ Oh,” she
wailed, “ Mon Dicu—Nanette: Oh, mon Diet!! ”
The Doctor smote his forehead with his clenched fist, nnd
groaned. “ My Notes—my Notes! Thirty years, nnd all
gone—what will become of this mad nnd miserable world ? ”
Not one gave a thought to Francis C'arew of Hornucombe.
And why should they, indeed? Even Nance Derrick had her
uses: and the loss of a life’s work at the hands of a horde of
benighted savages—what tragedy half so great does the world
contain ? But a wandering stranger, the useless victim of a
foolish vow, what did he signify to a mortal soul ?
There was one there who no more regarded the smoke roll¬
ing nnd blackening over Les Bouquets than if it hud been an
innocent cloud of welcome rain. Not that Francis C'arew'«
comrade—though he also owed his life to the useless man who
was there butchered or burning—waa thinking of Francis
Cnrew. Thoughts could have no place in that wilderness of
a brain. He was still absorbed in the stem of a great tree, as
if he were trying to compute its girth, or studying its form.
He had not been ou the threshold of a wood, or among
S -eat trees, since he had been driven from where the Mother
eech reigned. Since then, the earth over which he had
wandered had been all shadeless sea, or beaten path, or open
plain, or suffocating town—groves and gardens had been worse
still, for they were settlements of trees that lnd become
slaves, and, unlike the followers of Colonel Thunderbolt, dared
not rebel. But here was a change. Not Dope "Wood or
Base Wood opened darker depths of green than this off¬
shoot of virgin forest, streteliing between plain nnd hill. A
strange, grave, solemn look came over the crack-bminod
Vagabond’s face, over which presently stole a long, slow smile.
He threw back Ids head, and drew a deep breath with dis¬
tended nostrils, drinking in the scent and rustle of the
leaves, lie took off his hat, and tossed it away-anywhere.
His riding boots followed. Then he pulled, or rather tore,
off his coat, his waistcoat, the encumbrances of his throat—
nil things that had transformed Cucumber Jack of the woods
into what he had seemed to be in eyes of degraded and civilised
man.
Then, stripped to his open shirt,* he came forward with tho
old Indian stride—alert, bright-eyed, inwardly smiling, mid
with free limbs: once more the Cucumber Jack whom Francis
had first met in the woods at home.
“ 1 have it at last—scare us alive ! ” cried he, slapping his
thigh :—“ The rhyme 1 ’ve been trying after ever since the old mouthwith-arj
beech knows when— /^Hu Hio\chaiacter
And the ground ’« not grown to n great grey stone, ‘VCnitinrajza
Nor the sky to ii big black sea,
Nor the glad wild tilings into crawling stings.
And the trees—why, there they be! ”
THE MAGAZINES FOR NOVEMBER.
SECOND NOTICE.
Macmillan is considerably better than usual this month, and
coutains two rtmarkable articles evidently from the same
hand. In oue, Lord Malmesbury’s memoirs are skilfully
reviewed, and the greatest possible amount of entertainment
and information is extracted from them. In the other, “Tho
Man of Letters as Hero,” the usual mistake is made of taking
Carlyle’s expectorations too seriously, allowing nothing for
biliousness, nothing for mannerism. It is not remembered
how marvellously Carlyle’s graphic vigour of speech trans¬
cended that of i rdinary mortals : while at the same time some
of the most ordinary methods of relieving ill humour were
denied to him. Raillery nnd persiflage were not in his way;
he must speak sledge-hammers, if lie spoke at nil. The new
story, “ Borroughdnle of Borroughdule, contains an exceed¬
ingly clever picture of n contrasted pair of friends, a young
peer, dull, uncouth, almost repulsive, but no booby; and a
brilliant man of the world with artistic tastes. An account
of Barbados maybe thought to betray prejudice against the
negroes, but is evidently grounded on very intimate know¬
ledge of the island. Mr. Moffat, who argues in favour of
absolute non-intervention in South Africa ns ultimately the
best course for the natives themselves, deserves a respectful
hearing; but fails to distinguish between the condition of the
aborigines in the British possessions and those abandoned to
the tender mercies of the Boers.
Politics apart, Hlackwood is this month an agreeable, chatty
number, opening with a pleasant review of that mine of good
tilings, “Choker's Memoirs”; nnd comprising nil equally
readable account of the autobiography of the Italian sculptor
Dupre ; and a picture of New England life, written in the
most kindly spirit, nnd bringing the North American land¬
scape vividly before the eye. "The Waters of Hercules”
continues highly entertaining, though not of absorbing
interest. “Alexander Nesbit, Ex - School mooter, ’ ’ is n pathetic
story with a questionable moral, not intended to be token,
over-seriously.
Mr. Russell’s exciting story of “Jack’s Courtship,'"
Longman's Magazine, is evidently nearing its conulcuiton. M
Grant Allen’s disquisition ou “Iloney-Dcw” is air^xbelleiYt
paper of its class; and there is ihC material of
biographical article in Mr. Lay aid's notice of “An
Carrel,” nnd of n good tale in Mr. Sturgis's “ Romance-©*. at
Old Don,” but enough is not made of either of tin* ,
The Nineteenth Century opens with the DuW Of ArgjT
defence of the general conduct of the Highhdul landlordsl
towards their tenantry—a temperate, well-reasoned Hoenmei
too evidently ex parte to convince, but sufficiently
show the necessity for a thorough investigatfoji_efTkelitu-etfon
by some perfectly disinterested tribunal. The paper is
also important ns containing an acknowledgment\ of the
expediency of small holdings. Mr. Arnold Forster contributes
a powerful indictment of thosp^whto htivis^ofAitfe years
been responsible for our naval, off(riwe/^MlV' / Laurcnce
01 ipliant’s “Sisters of Thibet” iH .v x pdx^ling performance.
It is, to all appearance, nparody' of thcFeyelatiqiis respecting
the Thibetan Mahatmas; of which yfeliaVe-lotely heard so
much, nnd yet suggests tlmfc the Writer regards these us a
parody of something really goiuiiuc. /The other contributions
include a sound appreciation bf/* Ftrast ” nncl Goethe, by Mrs.
Kcnnnrd ; Mr. .Span< cr*s JuH words in his controversy with
Mr. Harrison; and Mr. Diecy s plea for the permanence of
the English occupation oLxEgypt^du the interest of the
Egyptian bondholders.
The Scottish Review continues to improve, and takes high
rank os a thoroughly .useful journal. The present number
opens with an excellent itttiele'qn New South Wales, giving m
highly satis factory wieWoL-dh e state of tho colony, mid
valuable forytoferenec/How thnt Imperial ideas are exciting
much attention. An article on Archdeacon Farrar’s writings
embodies probably the most thorough nnd sympathetic
criticism theyMiaveeyer/received: and there is much go<»l
sense in a thoughtTuI'/esay on “ Mystic Novels,” of which
“John Inglesant” may be regarded as the type. Tho
special feature of tlnK/feriw, however, continues to be its
sumihflry of tho cltief articles in tho leading foreign reviews
for the preceding quarter, which acquaints tlie English reader
with the hot thought of the Continent.
'theatre, edited by Clement Scott, is adorned this
itli wither photographic portrait of Miss l’hyllis Broughton,
of the Peri iu Mr. Biiriinnd’s burlesque,
rhjzanmii,” and another of Mr. Joseph Knight, the
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
clLknown dramatic critic nml editor of “ Notes and Queries.”
gives, ns usual, an admirable monthly review of the drama,
usie, nml the tine arts.
its usual pleasing variety of
•\ \. ivnuiiuiciuuuce iiiiu [mmuwiui)illustrations, including:!steel-
, o t plate nnd two etchings. The Magazine of Metis of the usual
nnd regarded Ins transformed patient with haggard fa^Httl\ * teI . lillJf qHali ty, ,he best illustrated articles being “The New
eyes from which all the light had gofie. llow cMmmdifcJ Fernet “ mid “Some Portraits by Hogarth.” This first
how could love itself, make up for tho waste of thirty years unmber of the new volume augurs well for the coming year.
of brain ? Madame, looking from the madmanto the doctor,
saw both changes. She stole her hand into her husband’s, and
tried gently to draw him down to the seat by her side.- /
“ Wo have ench other, Jacquessnicpslie.
For the first time he threw her hand away.
“ Let the world die in its madness\” he cried qyit, in his
rage. “There is no justice in Heaveil—-there is no good
among men ”-
“Ay,” said Cucumber Jack : “But the Tyrees are Green ! ”
(To he continued )
On the application of the Metropolitan Public. Garden,
Boulevard, and ITitygrjMindAsaocinUoo, the Corporation ol'
London have thrown open to the public, ns a recreation -
giound, the disused burial-ground known us Btmhill Fields.
Dr. Richard Guniett, the Superintendent of the Reading-
Room of the ( British Museum, 1ms given up his position,
having accepted, the post of Assisi ant Keeper. Sir. Fortescue,
who is well known to habituis of the Sluseum, succeeds Dr.
Garnett. The Vail Mall Gazette say/—and we heartily endorse
the statement -the news that Dr. Garnett has been trans¬
ferred from the post, of Superintendent of the Reading-Room
to another dcpartmeiitAyill be received with grent regret by
everyone who reads. lttis rend, or will read at the British
Museum. Dr. Garnett lias been much more than a courteous
official, lie has been literally invaluable to thousands of
readers. The humblest student lias found access to him ns
rendily ns the most distinguished scholar, llis almost bound¬
less stores of peculiar kind of knowledge which is of the
highest value to a librarian, a knowledge of where to find in¬
formation on a givcu subject, were at the service of nil with¬
out distinction. For yenrs past ninny u student, struggling
in vain with a perplexing set of references, or with n subject
on which the printed books were silent, 1ms found his work
lightened and his path smoothed the moment he appealed to
Dr. Garnett's extraordinary memory. It is hard not to grudge
a man of such very special gifts to the ordinary departments
of the library, where Dr. Garnett carries with him the regrets
of all those who frequent the Reading-Room.
The other principal serials of the enterprising film of Messrs.
Cassell, Better, Galpin, nnd Co., are—The Quiver, Cassell’s
Family Magazine, Cassell’s Saturday Journnl, Greater
London, Royal Shakspere, Familiar Wild Flowers, Book of
Health, Old and New London, Illustrated Universal History,
Popular Gardening, Picturesque Europe, mul Picturesque
America.
Among Fashion Books received arc—The Season, I.e Follet.
Ladies’ Treasury, Ladies' Gazetto of Fashion, World of
Fashion, Monitcur dc la Mode, and Myra's Journal of Dress
and Fashion.
We have also to acknowledge London Society, The Month,
(food Words, the Argosy, the Army mul Navy Magazine,
Household Words, St. Nicholas, the Red Dragon, Eastward
llo! tho Antiquarian, Chambers’s Journal, All the Year
Round, Irish Monthly, Harper's Yeung People, nnd the
Illustrated Science Monthly.
James Turner, who is charged with having shouted
“ Fire! ” in the Star Theatre at Glasgow, and thereby causing
the lute catastrophe in that building, has been committed for
trial at the Glusgow Circuit Court for culpable homicide.
Oil the recommendation of Mr. Gladstone, n grant of £300
is to be paid from the Royal Bounty Fund to Mr. George
.Smith, of Coalville, “as an acknowledgment of his great
services on behalf of the brick-yard, canal, nml gipsy
children.” Mr. Smith intends to uro the money to meet the
pressing needs of his family, and in furtherance of his plans
for securing for the gipsy nnd van children similar blessings
to those lie has brought about for the canal children.
The School Board for London resumed oil the 13th rast ,
for the third time, the question of over-pressure. There
appeared to be a general feeling that an independent inquiry
should be instituted, either one specially appointed liy the
Board or one by the Government. A proposition to refer the
matter to the School Management Committee was rejected by
a large majority. The previous question was also lost, and
the debate was again adjourned. Authority was given to
borrow a further sum of £350,999.
proved on the 24tli nit., by Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Rieliurds, the
widow, and John Philip Mart menu, the executors, the value
of the personal estate exceeding £122,000. The tc.-la!or
bequeaths his plate known as the Imperial plate to his wife,
for life, and then to the right heir of his father, to be held as
a heirloom in the family; the remainder of his plate, all his
jewellery, household effects, furniture, pictures, horses nnd
carriages, and £1000, to his wife ; uud legacies to his executor
Mr. Murtiueuu, his godson, Arthur Hugh Dougins, and old
uud present servants. Tlie residue of his real and personal
estate is to be held upon
death, in default of issu
(laughters, and £7500 to e
Catherine Frances Fri
and £3000 to his g
Frere. He appoints
Frederick ana Henrj/ro
The Scotch Confirm
miesariot of the
and settlemen
Haig, of Bro
granted to M
Hugh Yeitcb
Richard
execut
tlie va
amouu
The
Sept. 29
pr liis wile, for life: at her
^ £5000 to each of the
of me kuns of his sisters. Mrs.
tan Uni riett Sawney ;
and cousin, Louisa Temple
the sons of his brothers
tees.
under seal of office of tlie Com-
urgli, of the trust disposition
, 1863) of Mr. William Henry
nburgli, who died on July 5 last,
tha NewmuJi or Haig, the widow,
’oliu Alkius Haig, the brothers,
and William Stuart Fraser, tho
scaled in London on tlie 31st till,,
■rsonal estate in England and •Scotland
114,000.
May 29, 1883), with a codicil (datid
* c, of Mr. William Henry Denton, lute of
Falmouth, who died on Dec. 20 Inst, was proved on the
A*tli ult. bwA'hurles Phillips, the acting executor, the value of
Ipe persoMa 1/estate amounting to upwards of £50,000. I lie
maxes provision lor liis wife, Mrs. Mary Jane Denton,
a legacy to his executor, Mr. Phillips. The residue of
lid personal estate he leaves, upon trust, for liis tlirco
Joseph Henry, Maria Andrui, and Alexander Hugh,
e will (dated March 25, 1883) of Mr. Louis Dec, lale of
No. 8, Slier wood-street, Golden-square, wholesale jeweller
hd silversmith, uml of No. 71, I lie Grave, lliiinmurainilb,
who died on Aug. 23 last, was proved on tin- 23rd ult. by Mrs.
Charlotte Muudslny Bee, the widow, uud Henry William Dec,
the brother, the executors, the value of the personal estate
amounting to over £31,OHO. The testator, after bequeathing
several legacies, lenvts the residue of Ids property, upon trust,
lor liis wife, for life. At her death, among other further
login it s, he gives £50 each to the Goldsmiths' Benevolent
Institution, the Goldsmiths’ Annuity Institution, the Silver
Trade Pension Society, and the Clock and Wntcliiiiukcrs’
Asylum. As to the ultimate residue, one third is to be held
upon trust aa his wife shall appoint; nnd the other two thirds
for liis brother George, for Hie, mid is then to bo divided
umong various members of liis family.
The will (dated June 20, 1881) of Mr. Henry Kcurle Heath-
cote, lute of Newton House, Lincolnshire, who died on Aug. li>
last, was proved on the 25lU ult. by Mrs. Lucy iloatlicote, the
mother, and Thomas Arthur Robert lleathcole, the brother,
the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to
over £25,000. Tho testator bequeaths £3000 each to liis
sisters, I/misn Elizabeth, Lucy Gertrude, Alice Maud, mid
Eiuily Sophia: £8000, upon trust, for his brothers uud sis lets,
Frank Augustus George, William Liouel, Charlotte Victoria,
and Edith Evelyn; and the residue of his personal estate to
his said brother, Thomas Arthur Robert.
The will (dated Jmi. 21, 1881 , with a codicil (datitl
March 17 following),of Mrs. Mary Amu; Matilda Willoby,
for h icily of Brighton, but late of No. I. Priory Garden-villas,
Hustings, who died on Aug. 19 lti-f, was proved on the 2UHi
ult. by Frederick Littiehnles, William Withers Moore, M.D.,
and John Lmtreiitiu& Litthliales, the executors, the value of
the personal estate amounting to over £22,OUO. The testatrix
directs that a lectern, to be chosen by the Rev. A. 10. Wagner,
nnd placed in Ft. Paul’s, Brighton, he purchased by her
executors out of her estate at a cost not exceeding £1900; and
she bequeaths £2900 to tho Hospital for Consumption .aid
Diseases of the Che. t, Fulhuiu-roiul; £3900 t<> the Asylum for
Idiots, Earlswood, Redhill; £ l999ca. li to the Ctuieer Hospital,
Kulhum-road, and me Sussex County Hospital, Eastern-road,
Brightou; nml ninny other legacies. 'J hr residue of her real
and personal estate she gives to the said lTcdcr.ck Littiehnles.
The will nml codicil (both dated (let. 21. 1*83) of the Rev.
Edmund Autrobtis, formerly of Twizell House, Xorthumber-
l.nid, but late of Animndule, Clifton Down. Gloucestershire,
who died on Oct. G lust, were proved on the 20th ult. by
William Henry Johnston and the Rev. Robert Mitford Taylor,
the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting
to over £21,990. The testator bequeaths all liis plate, fur¬
niture, books, and household effects to liis daughter, Mrs.
Fauny Lewis Johnston; £5,090, upon trust, for his grand¬
daughter, Ethel Margaret Seymour Johnston; uud a legacy
to his executor the Rev. Mr. Taylor. The residue ot his
property is to be held, upon trust, for his daughter, Mrs.
Johnston, for life, nml then for ull her children, except liis
said grand-daughter.
The will (dated Jan. 1, 1881 , w ith a codicil (dated Aug. 5,
1881, of Mr. Hansard llunie Dodgson, late of No. 2 I'pper
(Icorge-street, who died on Sept 3, last, at Fouthsca, was
proved ou the 23rd ult. by James 11 it me Dodgsoti, the son,
and Miss Lucy Caroline Dodgsou and Mi.-s Charlotte Mary
Dodgson, the daughters, the executors, the value of the per¬
sonal estate amounting to over £18,009. With the exception
of a bequest to Sarah Batchelor, the trusts and provisions
of the will are wholly in favour of testator's children. The
deceased was one of the Masters of the High Court of Justice,
nnd formerly practised for many years as a pleader under the
Bar.
Sir Charles Warren, who is to command the expedition to
Bechuanaland, embarked at Dartmouth on the l ltli iust. in
the tirnntully Castle for conveyance to the Cape.
The Lady Mayoress (Mrs. Nottnge) will hold her receptions
on Tuesdays instead of on Fridays, as hitherto, hegiunuiug
next Tuesday, the 25th inst. While the Mansion House is
under repairs the receptions will be held at the 1 .adyJMayereee’a
private residence at South Kensington.
Mr. C. Locock Webb, Q.C., has been elected by the Bombers
of the Middle Temple a member of the Committee of the Bar
Library, Royal Courts of Justice, to represent that Inn, in
place of Mr. Justice Wills, who resigned the office on being
appointed a J inlge.
The Earl and Countess of Dufforin and their eldest
daughter proceeded on the 13th inst. from Liverpool-street,
station to Tilbury, nml thence went on board the Tasmania,
which started at two o’clock for Bombay. A large party
attended to see the departure, and the new Viceroy of India
was heartily cheered.
508.— THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 22, 1881.—509
510
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 22 , 188-1
NOVELS.
Murder and mystery are always attractive to certain minds ;
and to such minds 1 Say Jfo : by Wilkie Collins (Cliatto and
Wiiidus), will probably seem to be a romance of a very high
order and very delightful kind. There is, of course, a secret
to be discovered ; and that secret involves tlu> question of the
violent death of which a certain Mr. brown was the victim.
We know who ‘‘killed the Hurpliaug" by the cynical
murderer’s own confession ; but who killed Mr. brown? Here
are the circumstances in the next few sent* nces. 11 was on the
evening of Sunday, Sept. 30, 1877 (there is nothing like detail
when you arc going to be mysterious) that Mr. James brown,
a gentleman of property, with a pocket-book bursting with
bank-notes, and another gentleman, a perfect stranger,
whom he had encountered or, rather, who had come
suddenly upon him and succoured him on the road along
which they were travelling, cutno to a certain little inn
where there wns so scanty accommodation that they, being
forced by stress of weather to pass the night there, agreed
to share nil outhouse together. In the morning Mr. James
Brown was found with his throat cut by somebody with
a razor, which had been pulled out and sharpened the night
before by the other gentleman. The other gentleman was
gone, and so was the pocket-book; but Mr. Brown's purse,
containing money, ami bis gold watch and chain, as well ns his
gold studs and sleeve-buttons, were left, and apparently had
not been touched. The gentleman who had supplied—if he
lind uot used—the razor, and who was not forthcoming iu the
morning, had been heard to joke poor Mr. brown about the
temptation lie caused to needy men by the exhibition of that
plethoric pocket-book, and lmd not been seen-or at any rate
recognised again—by anybody who would liuve intormed
against him, tip to the time that the story proper commences.
Of that story the heroine is Emily Brown, daughter of the
unfortunate Mr. James Brown. She was quite a child, about
twelve years old, at the time of her father's dreadful death,
and, with the best intentions, the truth has always been con¬
cealed from her. It is scarcely necessary to say thnt she dis¬
covers by accident what was concealed Iroui her by question¬
able design ; mid out of this discovery the author, of course,
obtains a “ telling" situation, the heroine oscillating between
two lovers, with one of whom she quaricls for having deceived
her about her father's tragic end. and in the other of whom she
llinls the gentleman “ of the razor," the gentleman '* wanted ”
for so many years by the police. Such is the main purport of
the novel; and it is eked out, after the author’s well-known
fashion, with various more or less extraordinary and serpentine
proceedings on the pnrt of various eccentric aud, on the whole,
unpleasant personages.
A very daring attempt, as the newspapers have it some¬
times in their accounts of burglary, has been mude in Judith
Shakspeare: by William Black (Macmillun and Co.), a romnnee
wherein the author 1ms not shrunk from evolving out of his
own consciousness principally a description of the home-life
thnt was led, the thoughts that were thought, and the things
that were said, in his rustic abode at Stratford by the sacred
bard of Avon and his family. To some readers it may occur
that an author who would do this, who would penetrate like a
broker into the poet’s innermost sanctum, mid sell up, as it
were, the poet’s household gods, to sny nothing of venturing
to set up as the interpreter of the poet’s secret heart and
unfathomable mind, might almost be “ bracketed ” with
‘ Peeping Tom of Coventry," or at any rate with the sacri¬
legious joker who removed the sign of the “brazen cock"
from the famous time-honoured tavern hud by Temple
Bar; but this is an age of iconoclnsm and irreverence, when
a Randolph Churchill addresses a Gladstone in a toue which
it would lmvo been thought shameful far even an Achilles
to adopt in dispute with a grey-bearded Nestor. Ilowbeit,
the novel, as was to he expected, is full of pleasant reading,
contains some striking sketches of rural life in Slmkspearc's
nffcctntion of merely “editing" wliutyou have written is a
poor device, moreover: and that such a device, in the present
ease. Inis been adopted, is taken for grunted from the expres¬
sion-* used in the preface ; but, if it bo otherwise, an apology is
required, uud is hereby proffer* d. The volume contains three
short stories, each of them original, well written, very well
written here and there, and eminently readable. That should
be their sufficient recommendation, though none of than may
latter days, and some very pretty situations nud love-passages. be of such remarkable merit as to put the Thames in danger
Judith, Shnkspearc’s favourite daughter, full of her father's of immediate conflagration. The lliat is the longest, nud
poetical spirit, but purposely untaught, and incapable of r«- ’ ’ .......
iug or writing, is the pret tiest girl in Warwickshire ; and
i-iul-
HH |_ 1 the
fame of her beauty attracts from town, according to the
author, a young “spark,” who, in the guise of a " wizard,"
manages to^introduce himself to her, all but wins her. but,
being over hood and cars in debt, is obliged to renounce his
pursuit of her, and marries for money : whereupon she, after
n long ami severe illness, traceable obliquely to a little mistake
she makes in lending to her lover one of her father’s {days in
manuscript, becomes the wife of a fait hful but rather common¬
place mid rustic swain. This, iu a nutshell, is nearly the whole
of the romance.
A novelist does well to introduce into his stories the
matters with which he is especially conversant; and for
that reason the introduction of theatrical affairs into Puppet* :
by Percy Fitzgerald (Chapman and Hall), was very well ad¬
vised, although the romance is iu its nature perfectly inde¬
pendent of the stage and its accessories. There arc two, scarcely
at all connected, streams of narrative running through the
three volumes; and this fact, perhaps, it is which accounts for
the difficulty one experiences in keeping the attention fixed.
There is a glitter of coronets, too, which is u little dazzling to
acommoncr; nud further bewilderment is caused by the gusts,
ns it were, whereby the different parts of the tale or tales me
communicated, as well ns by the “ wild and hurling words”
in which a great many of the diameters indulge. 'I he hero,
if there be any ono hero, may bo presum' d to be Charles
Benbow. who commits the familiar crime of bigamy/
but under particularly brilliant and audacious circum¬
stances ; inasmuch iis his second wife, who is .no wife,
boasts to be the daughter of a duke, wliilst.' the'first-
wife, who is really a wife, is “only mi actress," though u
lady by binli and in everything but—from a ducal point qT'
view -her profession. The audacity of the hero, hoyveveiL isK \
iufficlenf norilam "ifaifh h Y' *?« The Council of the British Association lmve decided to hold
sufficient pel hups to satisfy Dnntoa; for, timidly there /s\ the meeting in 18S6 ut Birmingham.
perhaps the best; but the samples of humour it exhibits are
very deficient in flavour.
If not as a tale, yet for vivacity and variety of description,
“Frank Leward, Memorials," edited by Charles Bumpton
(Kogan Paul and Co.), deserves a note of approbation. '1 ho
vein of originality in the sfoty'-Js also in its favour. Tlio
young hero driven from lionfe^by/Ksevcre father, who does
not iimler-taud his open ge mrous Vrafu/e, leads a hard rough
life in many parts of the world, lie takes up laud in New
Zealand, is present in tue'tTMm&yflnriiig tlie war with Russia,
nud afterwards fights^lpider ClitriWddi, with whom ho is sup-
posed to become lutmmte. Meanwhile, the mother, who dotes
on her eldest-born, is broken-hearted : his youngest brother—
a mild kind of JJHftb-thotigh Frank is far from resembling
Tom Jones -supplanta iiim iuriui estate, mid, worse still, wins
the only woman he hau ever loved; and it is net until the
denth both of lather and brother that Frank Leward returns
to England to be rewutaea in n fashion more familiar to the
novelists pf-Mrs. Jtiidchfl'e’s day than of our own. The reader
is carried easily through the pirncs, and will find no difficulty
iu travelling, under the writer’s guidance, iu New Zealand,
A us tin liny nud California, in Eastern Europe and in Italy.
It is liht Wry. clear/ why Frank, who is a clever fellow and
acquitcs forelgir'laliguagcs, rhottld write throughout with ft
carelessness thatrwould disgrace a fourth-form schoolboy. His
education was, indeed, abruptly ended, so thathisneglectof com-
nsitiou may be nil indication of character; but unfortunately
isfriejid Biuupton, an Oxford man mid a barrister, is also a
1 tt liyjprg.-tful of panel nation and of grammar. The opinions
Wxprc.y.o<l in a talc of this kind are of no great importance, or
_efic might be inclined to n.sk why Jesuit priests are praised us
jolty/ fellows and Protestant missionaries denounced as
mercenary und stupid?
apparent daring in making a live duke’s daughter the victii
of a bigamous marriage, the edge is taken off the'boldness b
the misapprehension which renders the bigamy and tliVi
offered to u dm-al personage quite nninte«rimiid>- x v Attother
familiar tiling, besides the bigamy, or a tbmg'tTiut used to be
familiar to the reader of novels, but has been discarded of lute,
is once more Hashed before the reader’s leiVs: it istlJcgood
old “sword of Damocles.” 'Theni wre/nonjWti^cellyiijt melo¬
dramatic scenes, some very “ toll talk.’a soiJsilfeTuli resting,
charming girl, a madman, a suicide, lord.s ladmWu theatrical
milling* r, and remarks about “The I,ady of/hyons ” ; but
altogether tire novel is a medley, calcwhited-rather to confuse
than to entertain the reader. /
Self puffery may be in a^ydrduneo with the spirit of tlio
age, but tlio specimen contained iu the preface of My Friends
and l: edited by Julian Sfcurjfcis (Lougmuns), was quite un¬
necessary, and is, therefore, tbeXmorc irritating. Tlio
The entries for the forthcoming Cattle Show of the Smith-
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divided into eighty-four classes—thirty-five for cattle und the
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I” 80 n P f ' ni8in P- ,,,ld none , which less sympathy laerpressed, tlinn the pain of Neuralgia, or, as it is often termed, Tic or Fncenclie.
.pi • 0,1 wo “ 1 **, is a usual attemptutconsol -*■— - *h——— •* •
remembered that, although the pain of the operation tiiay be prevented by anresthetics, the result is too frequently considerable damageto the surrounding
^ \\ structures, which it may take months to repair. b
\\ TIKHEEL.—The only acinitifc cure for Neuralgia, Toothache, &c., does not net externnllr, hv counter
irritation, or deadening the pain lor a short time : this is treating the symptoms instead of the diseased condition
vvlncli causes the pain. TIK HEEL nets directly on the nerves ; yet, unlike many valuable remedies, it is practical Iv
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It is very' usual toallix along list of testimonials to advertisements of Patent Medicines ; as these arc frequently
authenticated only by initials, their value is at least problematical. In place of this, the proprietors of TIK II EEL
standing ns Savory and .Moore,
oberts ct Cie, of Paris. These
, , .—-.»..this medicine, now for some time
before the public._
THE FOLLOWING EXTRACTS ARE TAKEN FROM RECENT LETTERS FROM A FEW
AGENTS, ALL WELL-KNOWN CHEMISTS:—
“ The Laiior atorv, Innerleithen.—Tiklicel h i* assorted itself here to Le what it is represented, and effectual cures
nre the result of its use. It is an unusually reliable addition to the many valuable dincovej iea of the nge Signed 1
W. J. Reilly.
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results. It is also prescribed by doctors, who nre iienerally so opposed to Patent Midicincs. This provis the geomat
nature of the medicine."—From Mr ; Kelly, Chemist, GIil* go".
“ We ate soiling the medicine well; it Mems wonderful iu its effect. "—Messrs. Pknnkv and Borwoon, Poole.
“ Tikheel ia selling freelv, and giving unqualified satisfaction."—Mr. A. B. Andcrsox, Dundee.
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Nkttinu, Plymouth.
“ Tikheel has boon very successful in thta neighbourhood.. Hp<e'nllr in cases of Neuralgia."
Sir. II. T. Uohi.E, Tavistock.
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moie known. The medicine gives the greatest, sntisluction, acting like n charm. ,! - Mr. 8.
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NOV. 22, 1384
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PERUGIA.
Once on n time, like nn eagle gnzing over tlie valley from liis
lofty eyrie now, like some grey hermit immured ill walls that
duly both decay and destruction, this capital city of Uinbria
looks down into the fair and fertile Vul di Tevere. No
wonder she is never tired of gazing. She crowns a hill nearly
2000 feet above tho son, round which arc lower hills crouching
at her feet; spins project boldly forward below the grey walls
that surround I’erugin, and make a varied and broken fore¬
ground. Here aud there tho sides of the valley go sheer down
into a precipitous depth below. The outlook is never barren ;
everywhere are silver olives gleaming against tho tender
green of vines heavily laden this year with a wealth of
pale lomon-hiicd fruit; or the richer green of fig-trees
and titnlhcrrics is seen clustering round pleasant country
houses set among orchards and gardens, while in front
is a group ol tall (lark cypress with pale-grey stems. There is
constant variety both in foregiound and middle distance,
where lesser towns and villages gleam as their white houses
catch the sunbeams. In morning light tho Tiber shows far ofE
like a silver thread; thecircling horizon of purple Apennines is
full of varied charm ; the hills are so varied in form and in tone
that I hero can be no actual sameness in the outlook. On one
side is a triple range, the valleys revealing their presence by a
faint blue mist between the richer, deeper blue of the hills.
Eastward rises mighty Subasio, with the white houses of Assist
clinging to its steep side, while 8. Maria degli Angcli crouches
below. It is a wonderful sight to watch Subasio blush from
head to foot as the sun sets rosily opposite him; but tho
b udi quickly deepens into a rich orange-red, so mar¬
vellous in its intensity that one might fancy a huge
carbuncle was glowing above the wonderful church of
•St. Francis. Spello, Foligno, Fomin, other little towns, arc
very visible in this light, dotted on the purple lino beyoml
Assisi; but all too soon the glcum fades, and Subasio darkens
into purple, a purple which is almost black, as tho day
Hidden!}* departs.
All this, however, is only a beautiful background to the
grey city and its people. On market days the white roads that
wind up and down, round and round tlte hill, are thronged
with peasants, men aud women with skins as full of rich
colour as their picturesque clothing is. Many of the women
are well grown, finely-formed creatures, their faces oiten like
some antique mask, so pure nud so regular in outline. Usually,
their eyes are large and dark, ami their abundant silky hair is
often blue ill-its blackness; but this hair is sometimes of a
frizzled kind, a golden glowing red; tho eyes are of a
singular blue that has surely a dash of red in it. Often
they follow in tho wake of a mule, with the gayest tufts
of scarlet showing here and tliero in his quaint harness,
l'crlmps he draws a rough cart full of charcoal bags, with a
green bough in the mouth of each. On they go, heedless of
the burning sunshine; indeed, the gay handkerchief which the
women wear on their heads must afford some protection.
A group 1ms stopped outside the pointed arch that they
must puss under on their way to market: how they laugh
together and show their white strong teeth, while greetings
and questions come down to them from the neighbouring
windows on a level with the huge imposts of the tall arch !
Quaint shell-liker.tone supports, built into the wall itself, hold
rosy carnations outside one of these windows ; a green bird¬
cage with a captive starling occupies the further comer, and
in the opposite wall projecting iron rings support flower-pots,
over which mv shining a pair of dark eyes shaded by a black lace
mantilla. A flight of brick steps, broad and shallow, goes up
till it reaches the dark cool archway, beyond which opens a
little crooked street, and at tho end of this is the market—
a dazzle of scarlet and orange kerchiefs ; a glow of fruit niul
poniidoro; such a bubble of talk aud laughter, of bargaining
mid gesticulation! Most of the voices are loud and harsh.
Here, in the midst of tho market, sits a mother, turning her
back on her huge pyramid of glowing tomatoes, for it is
feeding-time, and she pulls long strings of macaroni out of a
coarse dish of brown sauce and stuffs it into the mouths of
two pale wizened-looking children, who open their beaks like
unfledged birds. Close by, an old man, a wicker bird-cage
seller, so l>cpatched that one cannot decide on tho
original colour of liis scanty clothing, leans against
the fountain, and takes alternate bites of cheese and tomato.
The woman at the cheese-stall is doing a roaring trade this
morning, and she, like most of the Beller.**, wears a long and
handsome necklace of coral beads above her white jacket/
This is not the principal street of Perugia, though oil one side
are two handsome flftceiitli-ceutury palaces the picturesqtm
old Palazzo del Podestl, with its loggia, and tho beautiful front
of the ancient University, a small building, compared with the
spacious new University beyond tho Via Appiu. \
We turn up the Via Nnovu opimsiic, and soon find our-
selves in the wide and busy Cm so, which begins on t,lie modem
Piazza Vittorio Kmauiiele, and cuds at the Duo mo. Pope
Paul III., the tyrant of Perugia, built a fortress on tlie
site of this modern Piazza, to keep the citizens in check; but,
litter tluce centuries of Papal rule, the Perugians ruse titmouse
in ISIS, and destroyed this citadel. A ni<Klerirprefecturo
stands on this splendid site, which, commands an uniubci-
r up ted view over tho surrounding country. On oho side, at
the farther end of the Corso is a grand group of buildings. In
front is the Duoino, unfinished and not beautifulThut-foriiiiug
u quaint background to the famous fountain of Perugia, tlie
work partly of Niccola Pisano and partly that of Sun
Giovanni, at the end of the thirteenth century. This is a
marvellous work, its figures black with age. Xjh tho left are,
first, tho Exchange, the (JolJ^io del''Cambio, a flue early
fonrteenth-century building designed by Era Bevigunte, a
Benedictine Monk of Perugia; and next to it, so that
it seems like one liug^ buiiding, is the stately Palazzo
Coiiiiumiule, with its ricjrly sculpt uredV round-headed door¬
way. On either side afe the grijliu of Perugia and the
Guelpliic lion; nnd in the doorway heading are statues of
K. Louis, S. VifcdajyhudvS/l^jrepaqi This pulnzzo forms tho
angle of the Corso and the Piazza del Daomo; and the facade
opposite the cathedral, with its charming loggia, is most
interesting. Chains fastened to the wall betoken a Perugian
victory over the citizens of Siena, aud here again are griffins
uikI 1 ons. To the right of the Duomo, just beyond the steps
outside its western doorwivy, is the imposing bronze statue of
Pope JulKis III., liis hand raised in tlie act of blessing. Tho
imHierous churches are not very remarkable, excepting the
little oratory of 8. Bernardino. ’ Its beautifully sculptured
f.u.iule, in uiarblo itud terra-cotta, is the work of Agostini*
Aulouio DuCeh in fifteenth century. The sculpture is in such
low relief that its exquisitely carved saints and angels and
cherubs uppohr/to be uninjured; nnd yet, sad to sny, it is
undergoing “restoration!* 1 Close by is tho Church of Sau
Francesco.
Inside the Church of S. Pietro, the church beyond the
Porta Humana that stands out like a landmark at tho end of
one of the five points of stnr-liko Perugia, the choir-stalls are
wonderfully carved, nnd the backs inlaid with tarsia-work.
This in tarsia and that of the two doors at the buck of tlie choir
are said to liave been designed by Haffaclle. Most of the
pictureo have been taken from the church and plnccd in the
Pinncoteea in the Palazzo Communalo. There are some litre
pictures here by Piero delln Francesca, by Benedetto Boufigli,
and, rnrer yet, by Fiorcnzo di Lorenzo. Due large saloon is
surrounded by large nnd very inter, sting f rescoes, the work of
Benedetto Boufigli, tho first master of I’crtlgilio. There
are many other interesting pictures, c.-pccially a room full of
exquisite small gems by Fra Angelico, and a larger one
devoted to the works of Perngino ; but this master lias left his
best work in the frescoes and decoration of the Sain del
Cambio, in the adjoining building.
I have not space enough to speak of the palaces of Perugia,
of the wonderful remains of its Etruscan walls, especially
tho gate called tho Arco di Augusto, of the weird and
solemn sepulchres, or of the pictures which the views of tho
country make at the ends of tho streets, framed in by these o!d
grey urcliwnys. There is a very picturesque fountain outside San
Domenico. One may linger for weeks in the comfortable hotel
and yet never tire of the ancient city or the delightful rambles
and excursions outside its Etruscan wnlla.
K. S. Macquoid.
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Colder, W E Manbv. P q It. K G (Ib'Cent's Park College). J I’lilUllM. Hermit. I
Mobbing, Oskar llurtiuann i Mulufrai, Congo. K Templar, Jnmca Keeton. Am.iteu
(Bru-aeia<. and El, 0 ; of II run Konurniis I’i\>blem from It II Brwjo, Juplte
Junior, T II lliil.lmn. An Old Hand, II Wardell. I> W ie,w. Bev. W AnderMUi HHd
A CORNISH FISHING VILE AGE.
There is a pleasant quaiutness in the very names of many
places in Cornwall; their sound, mi English car, is exotic,
but homely nevcrlheliss, like tlmt of a foreign bin! imported
and domiciled in the cage hanging ut our neighbour's window
in this street. It nmy possibly be suggested that this
similitude has come to our mind from the image of “ Pdll
Parrot," which naturally nrices upon hearing the name or a
certain seacoast village halfway between East Looo and
Eowcy. We are not conscious, however, of having given way
to any such mental association. The derivation of *• Polperro”
is furnished by Mr. Walter Tregallas, in {Stanford's Tourist’s
Guide to Cornwall, upon grounds of purely Celtic etymology:
it seems to have nothing to do with the “ l'ol, Trc, and Pen,"
by which, according to the proverb, “you know Cornish
men”; but the “Pol,” in tlns-rimtance, is a variation of
" Porlli,” mid the whole iiatni' is tv.corruplion of “I’orth-
pjrc,” which means the port or luirbonr of sand, 'lhere
is a volume entitled the^® History of Polperro,” written
by the late Mr. Coucll.^who no doubt was adequately
impressed with tho iniportaneexof his subject. We
have also some vague recollect Sou of a story or r« mnnee,
in which the rolperro smugglers of a by-gone age.
who built houses witU-double walls to hide their contraband
wares in the intervening clrvit^pjhyed ft cunning aud venture¬
some part. TlresO books however, not being just now at
hand, any more than the V History of St. Juliwt,” which Mr.
Frond!Ion imietJmve consulted for the authentic details of his
interesting^vle^Vlibpea-oi »und,” we are content to give our
renders soiimcli ns we ienm from the “Guide to Cornwall
and the/Nidlly I nits,'’ Polperro, therefore, will be under¬
stood tolliu a harbour for fishing-boats, with n good (leal
of sandV and with cliffs which contain a variety of
fossils hikrihsUug to tho geologist and the student of
paheontologital-UHfural history. It is situated in that sheltered
part of the soft south const, between Whitcsnnd Bay and tlm
... . Bay of Mevogirscv, which enjoys the mildest climate, so that,
w«cxnnnt replythrough tliepo«t. by t |, e enthusiastic local naturalist, “ here
the/rocukjuid snowdrop are seen before they have pierced the
.sffowfiof rarimi." The village lino a picturesque locution
in a /rocky dell, down which a tmbulcnt mountain
_ . I«b ____ ___ _ T-ir i - ",
wood. Erneat Sbar»«-o6d, J T W. K Kerri*. A Cbapmnn, W J Itudmnn. Julia Mho
W It 111 l*-r. J Ah>l*Si hiiim kc. A l.OrT, Joseph Alnr-worth. KCaihIU i 1-arljn, A C Hunt.
N H llirrli, Clement Fawrett, K Pine Junior. W llnlille, It Ir>KiT«>ll. John tloilnon)
(MaliUtone). C«rl ErlrdleUn. II l.ucua, II IIC (Salisbury). I’ (j It, I. Pol con
(All'werp), I) W Kell, s Hnl en. C 11 N (II.M.S. A*la). I, W»>i)»n.\K Jjlrotherg
(Mnnl.t. nei.d J Vi-nle. C 0*» hM. 1.1, (irmimvny. C Stnart I’e rlii*.\J. De*»n#ei.
W E Mniiby. K O I'arel'ip, J K (South llnmi»to*il.
tCambrlilffe), £ P'o,tlier>tonr. A KmlKf ill>im m
Bcrnxnl (ireen. JuiiiIm.. T (i (Wan-i. Ir no. J
7. Inco'il. (J « OldtleM. C Darravli. J K (Kninbnrcli), A
monae. K Templar. II V I. 8. William Pavia, J K AW
Am.tror (llruaeeD).C T Sallabury. V M • Kdinlittrarh i.
Wuoil, V 8 I'ocbln (Market HurburuUKlo. E LO, I’Utna
Uacgliru (llruaavlf). X^/X
Solctios or Pbodlku
WHITS.
1. Kt to Q B 4th
2. Mutex accordingly.
lit No, 2119 . "—
PRO BJ, KM No/ 21 22.
By J. 8 arosauxt/
violent easterly gale driving small vessels down the Channel;
but we cannot vouch for the fact that it was here tlmt the
French smack, with Jean l’ichot and liis disguised female
pursuer on board, iu Mr. John Lntoy'6 thrilling story of “ Lovj:
Clouds,” was dashed upon tlie rocks; there is reason to bclieVe
that the life-boat, with its hoi oic crew headed by thcvalUnit old
“ Squire,” hailed from a place much further west. Polperro
hnsa reallyeonveiiieiitharbour.which will accommodate vessels
of fifteen hundred tons, and which has been improved by
the construction of the pier, rather more than twenty years
ago. Oar Artist’s Sketches represent the quay, the pier, the
fish-market, tlyj bridge nnd houses overhanging tlie stream,
and part of the shore, with the neighbouring cliffs; n lew of
the boats, employed chiefly in the pilchard fishery, lire shown
lying in the harbour, or coming in from the outer bay.
WHITE,
White to play, nnd mate in two moves.
A Skirmish by telephone between Mr. O U. Baxtkr, at Dundee, and a friend
at Newport, the other aide ol the Itiver Tay.
{King's Gambit.)
wniTE (Mr. B.)
1. Pto K Ith
2 P t > K B 1th
8. 11 to (l B 4th
4. B Dikes P
B. Kt to U B 3rd
0 Kt to K B3rd
7. II to Q Kt 3rd
8. Kt P take* II
0. U to K 2nd
10 . li to Q It rd
SUCK (Mr. w.)
Pto K 1th
1* takes P
P to Q 4th
Kt to K II 3rd
It to (i Kt 5th
P to U B 3rd
II htki a Kt
Kt takes P
(i lo K 2nd
(1 takes li
whits (Mr. B.)
12. Q lakes Q
13. Ciuit e« I K R)
14. Kt to Q 4th
15. It take* P
M It o Ksi| (oh)
17. Kt to K (ith
Il!«ck reeisnol at thlf point. Iieranae If
lie»Ueiii|>t*U. a.i«r tlie lt.-.k. there(• .llowa
i*. It lot) <th ich) and IJ. Ktto BTtli (ilia.
rh>, Ac.
nt.ACK (Jrr. W.)
K tuk'n (i
)i to U 4th
B to Kt ard
It to K B sq
K to Q 3rd
11. Q takes Kt (ch) « to K 2nd _
The Chess Monthly (Jame* Wade. 18. Tavistock-street, Owent-garden).
for tlie current month is more than usuully interesting. Beside*) the eurient
news of project*'ll matrix's and mutches played, the contents comprise
nine games illustintive of practical pluj, running fiom Warsaw to South
Norwood, endinps from uctual play, nnd ten problems on diaRruuis
There is also an-intcresting letter from Mr. Aschcr, of Montreal, poinlinr
out the antiquity of the smothered mate* known as •* l’liilidoi’s Legacy,”
Mr Aschcr thinks lie lias made a discovery, but bo is mistaken. That the
►o-cilled *• Philidor 1 * I<egacy ” was printed nnd published ton^ before
Plnlidor'a tia.e was proved many yiars «iro by llerr I/.wi'Uthsl iu the
columns of the AVo, when that i»at)cr was enlivened by a chess column.
The Atliciitpum and Kentish Town ( tubs met on the 8th in-t.. eight
plurcrs a side. The Atheuoam pruvc.1 victorious by six games to two.
We have found a solution to the following problem, but a e by no means
sine Hint it is the only one, although, os it is a very nmt and clever oom-
binaiion, it is aim *t ortamly ths author’s. It is by R. Hebka, and is
tintfsl from the columns of tho Putaeik.
Whitt: K at Q trd, Ci at Q Baq, B’s at Q Kt t q and Q R 3rd, Pawns at
K Gth and K it 4th (Six pieces.j
JUaak: K at K U 3rd, Kt at K K Ttti; Pawns at K R 3rd and 4th, K Kt
5tli. »nd (J Kt 3rd. I Six pio-es )
White to play, and mute in three moves.
COLLECTING SALMON OVA.
Fish culture is carried on by t wb distinct series of operations.
First, it consists in allowing tlte fl*li to lmve 1 heir own way,
assisting them over weirs, through milts nnd other obstructions,
and preserving them against poachers by the vigilguco of
water-bailiffs, while they are making their nests in tlie small
tributaries of the main streams. But, secondly, fish may be
cultivated artificially— that is to say, their vggs mny be taken
from them and hatched in troughs in running water, us at the
J loyal Horticultural Gardens, South Kensington. The latter
method enables us to transport large numbers of mlmonidn*,
packed in the form of vivified eggs, to Australia and other
countries. Tlte salmon nnd trout carry on nn average 1000
eggs to the pound weight, Tho business of getting the
eggs is a very difficult task. In tho first place, tho
fish must bn caught. They lay their eggs iu the depth
of winter, when the water is very cold. The egg collector,
before going out iu the morning, anoints himself Mom head to
foot with scented hnir-oil; this keeps out the cold. He begins
operations as soon in tlie morning as it is possible to get his
men together. Having ascertained where is the best spawning
bed in the river, he walks quietly to it; nnd then, getting
close to the bank, goes on liis hands and knees, and peepH
over to see what is going oil; or one of hi8* attendants gi ts
into a tree, where the fish will not see him, for they are artful
nnd shy, and if they heard or saw him would be off in a
second. If there are a good number of fish at work, he signals
to his companions, one of whom lit least must be at tho
opposite side of the stream, to throw a rope across, and then
drugs the net over to liis side. The first net is drawn across
the stream, below the fish, and fixed there. The second is
hauled across the stream above the fish. When this is
dune he takes u running jump right into tho middle of the
river, all among the spawning fish. They fly in all directions,
niul half of them are in the net before they are aware that any¬
thing is wrong. When a lot are caught, lie puts them into a
net, made with three hoops of cane ; tlie net is fastened round
these like a bag, and its mouth is drawn up and r ecu red with
a strong cord. By these means he cun keep them in the wnt* r
for any length of time. Salmon are a much more delicate fish
than the trout to keep alive. They are sometimes “ tethered,”
if ho wants to keep them for any time, by passing a piece of
thick but soft string through one of the gills and tying it
loosely, so as not to interfere with the breathing: then, finding
n secure place in the river, he slips the fish in, and ties the
other end of the string to a bough. They will stay qdiet all
night, and are easily caught in tlie morning.
Sir Janies M’Garel Ilogg was yesterday week re-elected
chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works for tho fifteenth
time.—The Board adopted a recommendation from the Works
Committee tlmt an application be made to Barlianieut for power
to construct two steam-ferries across the river at Woolwich
and Greenwich, at a probable cost of £350,000.
A Parliamentary paper has been published relating to the
defences of colonial possessions and garrisons. Sir Arthur
liaytor, Financial Secretary to the War Office, writes to tho
Secretary to the Treasury, on the 1st inst., forwarding state¬
ments showing the proportion of the expenditure to be borne
by the Imperial Colonial Fund for each year f«r the works to
be carried out in accordance with the report of tlte Boyal
Commission oil the subject, and pointing out that the cost of
the works will bo £-1(13,175, nnd of the atmaments £41(5,250;
also pointing out that “ at the time the earlier (1’arliameutaiy)
(stimate was framed, it was intended to provide wrougl^irou
guns, ns possessing sufficient power for the work they would
be likely to be called upon to perform. The nrinuinents of
these torts, however, are required to resist the present power
of foreign ships which nmy attack them; and consequently
must be of a more formidable nature than was at first con¬
templated ; therefore some of the gnus have been chosen Mom
tho latest pattern of breech-loading ordnance, which has
greatly increased the cost.” In conclusion, Sir Arthur Hnytcr
urges that the liiimuMn tare of tlie gnus arid mountings should
be carried ou with ail speed.
TTIF. ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 22, 1884.—51G
Seyenl^ Vcars of ^. resting awhile in the calm harbour of
domestic Vi-ttiremeiiMifter a long voyage from shore to shore
aroundMhe-jyorld of human experience, which seems vast to
the romantic Imagination of youth, but small and narrow in
the retrospecKof actual attainment, where its observations
and incidents, after middle life, have a sobering sameness
of character, the Old Man is now thinking over the
Past. His darling grandchild, a little girl in the sweet enrly
blossom of infant wnmnnhood, hangs fondly in his protecting
embrace, lifted to the drawing-room table, that she may look
with him at the portrait of himself as he was some
thirty years ago, which she is told was not long before
her papa mid mamma were born. But how much there
is which he cannot tell her, and which she could not under¬
stand: The trials and cares, the fuiliugs and the errors, which
lmve beset the honourable course of the truest and best of men,
are such as she, even when her owu life shall have passed
maturity, will never be able to realise. The world of masculine
ambition, struggle, desire, aud adventure has its owu history,
winch remains a sealed book, after all, to the wisest of
her sex. And she is bnt a simple, ignorant, trustful, loving
child, l et there is a manly, noble, venerable simplicity of
heart, which abides not with ignorance of evil, but with
innocence and integrity of purpose, and with tho trust
and love which virtuous old age 1ms learnt to cherish ns
the Divine passport from Earth to Heaven. In this spirit,
frank and fearless, with a conscience purged of the bitterness
of self-reproach by the medicine of humility nnd piety, the
veteran man of the world can take the little maiden for his
confidante, nnd utter some part of the purest feelings he has
ever experienced; the wishes for good disappointed us much
by lus own weakness as by circumstance and fortune, tho
gratitude lie still owes for good that he scarcely deserved, and
the sense of increasing obligation to consult the good of others.
.She is not too young for understanding mid sympathy; nnd
his earnestness so commands her wondering reverence, thnt
she will not interrupt his confession of wasted opportunities
with a flattering assurance that she knows he was always the
best nmu in the world. All she kuows is that she loves him
TIIF. ILLUSTRATED LOXPOX XFWS. Xov. 22, 1884.- 51
THE GREAT FOUNTAIN.
PORTA BOMANA.
CHURCH OF SAN FRANCESCO.
PORTA AUGUSTA.
MONUMENT OF POPE JULIUS III.
SAN DOMENICO.
DOORWAY OF THE PALAZZO COMMUNALE.
ITALIAN SKETCHES
PERUGIA.
51 $
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 22, 1S84
dearly and trusts liim eulir.ly, ami this he certainly deserves;
mul it may t>c that this is the best consolation to him in the
present world. Other tittups he inny toll her, but without a
touch of pride or vanity, of tho outward performances, suc¬
cessful in their day, petit ups, and rewarded by social prefer¬
ment, which he was once enabled to accomplish. Sir Henry
is a Grand Cross of the Until; lie is a Lieiifceiiunt-Ucnerul,
who lms led the Queen's armies to victory on the plains of
India, and has ftonned I he ramparts of Russian forts at Sebas¬
topol ; but, here at home, with little Mary at his side, lie
would shrink from killing u tly. If he over speaks of a
battle, ho describes it as no scene of carnage, bat as the stem
self-sacrifice of brave and faithful men on each side, in the
mutual proof of duty ami devotion. Me cau tell her, also,
of his Governorship 111 a fur country of black people nud brown
} ieoi>le; of their habits mid manners, their dress of leaves mid
fathers, their lints of straw, the condition of their wives and
children, mid the foolish idols of their heathen superstition ;
lie can describe tile lion and the tiger as ho lias seen them in
the jungle; the herd of antelopes or giraffes, the lloek of
ostriches or flamingoes, that scud across tho African
deseit; mid the splendid green-and-crimson birds in the
tropical forest of Java. Grand sights also in the cities
of Europe, and in the saloons of Imperial palaces,
festivities and ceremonial pngcmits of superb magnificence,
and tho hduqnets of Kings mid Queens and Princes, lie lms
witnessed (isone of a Special Ambassador's Staff; bat little
Jbuy is stifl better pleased to hear of grandpapa's reception
by our own Queen, who looked so kind and spoke to him so
gently when she pinned the rod ribbon to the breast of his
coat. These stories, with a hundred others equally interesting,
and witli a few confidential anecdotes of her own mamma's
childhood never heard before since -Mary's grandmamma was
gone to heaven before Mary was bora—fill up the happy hours
of private converse between the old mini and his favourite
grandchild. _
XKW BOOKS.
Readers old cnou- h to have been powerfully affected, ill
tlnir youth, by “Sartor Rosartus,” “Tlie French Revolution,’’
mul “ Past and Present,*' may have lived through phases of
mental expi rience which caused them in some measure to
discard nn early disciplcship to the “Sago of Chelaeu.”
lint they cannot feel quite indifferent to the harsh ex¬
posure of his domestic relations and of distressing per*
sonnl complaints, which biographical indiscretion has
recently inflicted on tho world. Mr. J. A. Fronde has
now, to be sure, brought to nn end the stern performance
of his painful task by the publication of two more volumes,
Thomaz Carlyle: A lli»lory of hit Life in London . 1834 lo 1881
(Longmans and C'o.). 11 is literary skill would render niy
ordinary subject attractive Olid agreeable, if our sympathies
were not deeply wounded by injury done to the regard wo
should desire to cherish for persons whoso names are associated
with the objects of much literary adoration in past years. It
is neither gratifying nor edifying to be forced to contemplate
the fact that Carlyle was a very uncomfortable, sometimes
unreasonable, man; often petulant, peevish, and ferociously
unjust to those who did not fall in with his arbitrary views.
We prefer to make no remark on the unhappiness of his wife,
because the relations of a married couple who never separated
from each other, and in whose conduct, on either side,
nothing ever occurred in any way approaching to a breach of
external propriety, ought not to have been thrust oil public
notice. Mr.* Fronde was certainly not obliged to print Mrs.
Carlyle’s letters; and, though he says it was dona in pur¬
suance of her husband’s wish, most people will think Mr.
Carlyle himself hud no right to allow them to he printed.
That has unfortunately been done; and the sympathy already
felt for that interesting woman may partly reconcile her friends
to a very gross abuse of the confidence of domestic life. These
relations again occupy too much space in tho present volumes
of the biography, but we decline to comment upon them, and
feel rather ashamed to have been told so much about them. AH
that it concerns the world to know is the state of Carlyle's
mind with rororence to the topics of moral, religions, political,
and literary interest current in Ilia generation, and his inter¬
course with the public men of his day, besides whatever
merely personal experiences may have aided to form his
character. If Mr. Fronde had given us this information ili a
single volume, in a precise and accurate statement, withC
verifying extracts from private letters nud anecdotes 6r-
Carlyle’s familiar talk, tho public would have gained coiP
w'dcmble advantage, and no mischief would have been done'
to the reputations of tbe dead, or to the affections of '
living. There are, however, many parts of this biogtqj
which nro really acceptable mid instructive, though
ciliated to throw much new light upon the
Carlyle’s sentiments and opinions during his
authorship. Every render who thoughtfully
time, his earlier ns well as his Inter
aware of tlio essential inconsistency of
lie began ns a worshipper of Goethe, it
turn, the ethical doctrine of Fich
mnnticist vein of Jean Paul Rich
popular fury and democratic powei
the admiration of Cromwell's l't(K(i
that of a Prussian military rulekv
barrack. Which of these various ideals of Iran an excellence,
not to mention his other discursive flights of “ Ptro-woiship,”
were the docile English youili of the lmietciutli century to
preserve and imitateThe reports of his privatcconverration,
and s.‘looted passages of his correspondence, would be valu¬
able to many of his former pupils if they helped to explain
such amazing contradictions of aim mid spirit. Rut they
give no Buell assistance ; we do not learn, for example, w hether
Carlyle at the age of fifty, or at the ago of seventy, did or did
not continue to esteem Goethe the best nml wisest oi man¬
kind ; or whether lie still relished the humour and the exuberant
fancy of Jean Paul; or whether he considered Mirabcuu and
Dautou, after all, or Cromwell, or John Knox,or Frederick the
Great, the true type of a Heaven-born ruler. Carlyle's successive
literary and historical predilections, expressed in language of
more excessive vehemence than was ever used by any other
English writer, astonished, fuseituitcd, but ut length bewil¬
dered mul fatiguod his thousands of wondering leaders; but
seem to have given no sign ot their existence in his personal
behaviour, or in his intiiuuto communications to the pec pic ho
lived with. Wlmt lie was as a man among them, how lie
talked to them mid of them, and how. bo used lo write of him¬
self in his diary and in liis letters to his wife, those who earn
to know umy learn from this biography. Ho had some great
virtues, a* nobody will deny, along with great gifts of genius :
his unwavering integrity in social life, Iris filial affection, his
generosity to persons in need, his strict fidelity to his engage-
meutfe, arc shown in many commendable actions hero related.
We will only borrow his own language to -p ale of his faults.
“ I do suspect,” he once wrote, “ 1 am a very unthankful,
ill-conditioned, bilious, wayward, and hcartwom sou of
Adam.” lie also said of himself, that he had '* the temper of
a rat-trap,” and we do not want to say more of him. As
for what he hud, finally, to say of us, it is amusing to quote
one of the latest recorded deliverances, as Mr. Froude gives it.
of Ins “ spiritual bile.” This was tho Chelsea philosopher’s
judgment of his country and his ago: “Torpid, gluttonous,
sooty, swollen, and squalid England is grown a phenomenon
which tills mo with disgust. What n base, pot-bellied block¬
head this our nation has become! sunk in its own diity fnt
and offal, and of a stupidity defying the very gods.” Eilghmd
is much obliged to the lute Mr. Carlyle.
Tlieantobioernpliy of a literary man, in the in a j on tyofease^,
bears an iuterest proportioned to the general abiding Vaftte of
bis works. It is not altogether so with Edmund 'Yutrt: Ifh
llccolleetiom and Experience*; two volumes, published by R.
Uentley and Son. which really do contain much interesting
matter. The author, who was born in 1 H.'t 1 . bas ulvvoys bci-ip-’
regarded as clever, bold, lively, bustling, umFipmusinj^ iRrhas
written several readable novels ; but his eoijspicuohs success
as a journalist, within the last ten ycurs, lms coincided with
. tad of
traders
_......_ __ ___ .. irnalism
may safely enjoy with us the carlicr Sj i>brtib'n ofMr. Edmund
Yates’s personal narrative. His first chapter. “ Parentage and
Childhood,” gives some charming picture# of the home of his
infancy, adjoining the AdelphvTheatre, of which his father,
Mr. Frederick Henry Yates. Was manager and leading actor:
while his mother (bom Elisobath Itruiiton), a woman of great
talent and bounty, wiis tho ravonrite uctiess. The unaffected
warmth of filial love that inspires all Mr. Edmund Yates’s
account of his parents teVery engaging^ pleasant, too, are his
vivid recollections, aste/breonnu ^orn Londoner, though not
yet nn old man, of various places; customs, fashions, nml
trivial incidents which wave beeii) changed or have become
obsolete. He was educated-atine Kighgntc Grammar School,
and nt left u widow, then resided
’s - wood. The family had iu-
ncqunintauce; nml but lor tho
jutes, in 181*2, his son might have
maly in a professional or official
camr n clerk in the General Post
1’rollope; and ho has something to
it establishment under the rule of
in Alpha-roii
linen tin 1 con
death of Mi
been launcher
career. As
Office,,) ike 1
tell «f\lio inner
< 'oloin'4 Maberlv/und subsequently of Sir Rowland Hill. Rut
AntlionVPTOllope fms described it infinitely better, nml it was
ifcretrLsulyfeet ot much importance to the public. So long as
tire 'Tnwjiyess of Government offices is properly done, nobody
ids cHre«Jparticiilnrly for the recreations of Government
^ Mr. Edmund Yates had the same experiences of
chop-houses, in the Git}’, Fleet-street, and the
HtnuPf^as niany other young men of his time; also of tho
iolborn Casino* Evans’s, tho Cider Cellar, and Cremona*. His
iHuurks upon “ the Drama in tlios • days, 1817 to 1852,”
TeXbetter worthy of notice, though London playgoers of
ill standing already know what he lms to relate. With¬
out giving up his ’Post Office employment, ill which
he was duly promoted, lie begun sumo thirty years
ngo to write for newspapers and magazines, joined the
Fielding Club, cultivated the society of literary men, nml was
soon engaged a* theatrical critic lor the Daily Sen*. Various
subsequent connections with the London periodical press, daily
and weekly, nru described with rather unnecessary particu¬
larity. In those days, nt least, the members of the regular
staff of leading journals were not ambitious of personal noto¬
riety: ami some of them migiitstill bo content that Mr. ^ ates
should have forgottin their names. Tho Temple Ear magazine.
started by Mr. Maxwell, In December, 18(50, gave more scope to
his genuine talent, and brought him, as editorial assistant,
into closo working alliance with tunny successful writers. Ho
liitd before enjoyed the private friendship or 1-Hckcns, who was,
indeed, a cordial friend of his parents; nud l:c hud belonged
to the Garrick Club, where nn uiifoitunntc qnnnvl with
Thackeray, in 1858,caused tho removal ol Mr. Yens Ironitlmt
society. Enough was raid about it ut tho time; both
gentlemen, in their offended pride and nuiUml anger, seemed
to play a rather foolish part; but Mr. Yules could have
gracefully apologised to his elder, to one vastly his superior,
for an injurious personal attack which ho repented after
the hasty writing of if. Wo do not believe tliero
was over any feeling of jealousy between Thackeray and
Dickons. Mr. Yates devotes^a-separate ilmpicr to his own
recollections of Dickens, pivirtgmuiiVy-characteristic anecdotes:
but the mental portraiture \yu« already complete. “ To me,”
says Mr. Yates, “lie was the most charming of companions,
the kindest of 'friends/' Qf tho d< plnr.iblo estrangement
which is too well known to have dM.tirued tho great iioveliM's
domestic life, Mr Yates speaks U-rtli;delicacy mid discretion.
Among those collectively enumerated hy him us "People 1
have known,” injfls next chapter, are Sir Alexander
Oockburn, Mr. Abraham Hayward, John Forster, Shirley
brooks, Tom Taylor, Charles ltende, Mortimer Collins, John
Leech, RuckstjoiTc, Keeley, Sothern, Mathews, and several
now living. ThO-.chapter on his “ Later Days nt the Post
Office," frquuyhiclr herctited with a pension in 1872 presents
some fonfctme&Ad interest with regard to tho organisation of
tho Mi.-"iiig Letter Riaiieli and of the Telegraph Depart¬
ment. AheedotesNof the superior officials, Sir Rowland Mill,
Mr. Tilley, mid My. Frank Scudamore, and of Anthony
Trollope,' ’masTalbe/iiiet with here. It is curious to be told
that Anthohy-JTiwlope hud no sense of humour; perhaps
Thackeray lmd none? The fact is that Anthony Trollope
tho introduction, in a certain class of papcW/qf topic# and
a stylo which wool I formerly havo been lew approved; Jteadt
who have not yet acquired the taste ter fiu.it soiT ol.jolirnali.-
jlesign of Mr. Grenville Murray, and Mr. Lnbouchero was
one—of /those associated with Mr. Yates in the smart,
writing^ Mr. Yates had been acting for some time ns
Special correspondent of the AY w York llerald , and bad
'visited America on u lecturing tour, which were very profit¬
able engagements. Whether it has not been somewhat
of n loss to the more elaborate forms of literature, that the
author of “Broken to Harness,” and of other novels, turned
his attention to a new style of producing “the light nml
gossipy news of the day,” it is perhaps too lute to consider,
lie professes entire satisfaction with the present direction of
his industry upon which no opinion shall here he pro¬
nounced. These “Recollections nud Experiences.” in any
case, will be reckoned not the least acceptable part of a clover
mid versatile writer's performances in a busy London life.
It is impossible in a short notice to take the measure of n
book which, like Mr. Philip Gilbert Hnmcrton’s Human Inter-
course (Macmillan ami Co.), looks ut lire under a variety of
aspects. The volume consists of twenty-six essays, itud is
dedicated to the memory of Emerson. An accomplished
writer of Mr. Hnmerton’s practice and culture must always
have much to say which will interest intelligent readers, and,
even when verging on the familiar and commonplace, ho will
do so with the acceptable art of the litterateur. As on essayist,
lie is wanting, perhaps, in incfolvcness and humour; and that
indescribable charm of style which allures us again and again
to some familiar pages is not evident hero. But it is needless
to soy that Mr. Humertou always writes well; that on the
subjects with which he is most familiar his matter is weighty ;
that his opinions are unconventional and usually command
respect if they do not win assent. His long residence in
France, and his acquaintance with French life, give the writer
nn advantage over the home-keeping essayist. In his remarks
on abstract topics the reader will not always care lo
follow Mr. Hmncrton’s guidance; but in writing of what lie
has scon or knows from personal experience, he is
both instructive mid suggestive. The essay on “ Patriot*;
Ignorance” may he read with profit on both sides of tide
Channel, and “The Obstacle of Language” is another sig¬
nificant topic. “In general,” we are told, “theknowledge
of English attained by French people is so poor and in¬
sufficient as to be almost useless.’’ It may be added, that nil
Englishman's knowledge of French rarely extends to the
niceties of the language. The author's proposal that modern
Greek (of all tongues!) should bo recognised ns the medium
between civilised nations, must be regarded as the crotchet
of a clover writer. The book is one that would make the
reputation of an unknown writer, and it will not diminish
Mr. Hmnertou’s well-earned fame.
The eighth annual show of fancy and homing pigeons wus
held last week, under the am pices of the Coluinbiirum Society,
in the Duke of Wellington’s Riding-School, Knightsbridge.
The exhibition was, on the whole, a very successful one.
Nearly 600 birds were ranged round the walls and upon cross
benches, ill a manner which enabled them to be examined with
case and comfort. The pigeons were, one and all, pronounced
hy the judges to be iu exceptionally good condition.
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No. 2300.-Nigger Children.
Single figures, in comic sitting attitudes, on diamond-
sbaped cards, with greetings, Size, 3j by 3j. The
set of four, lid.
No. 2301.- Robins in Groupj.
Wiuter offect. Sir:-, 2j by 4. The set of four, IJd.
No. 2332.-Swans
With circular sky anl water background; grccting-i.
Hire, 3iby3i. The rot of four, 3d.
No. 2303.-Stork8.
Figurei of storks on a light background. 8iAe, 41 by 3.
Th« set of four, 3d.
No. 2331.-Birds
On the Wing itl perspective flight; lght background.
Siao, 4< by 3. The act of four, .'Id.
PRICES IN THIS LIST
No, 2305.—Animated Vegetables
til attitudes of love-making, Stc. Size, 41 by 3: The I
tot of four, 3U>
No. 2306—Gocd luck
llort-shnOs, with forgdt-m*MV>ti, Arc., entwined. Biz.-,
41 by 3, 3 he sot of four, 3d,
No. 2307.-Robin Redbreast
Serenading Jenny Wren. Itobin Redbreast courting
Jenny Wren. The Marriage, and the Wedding
Brenkfust. IVetty pictures of little birds, with a
Hovel border. Size, 4j by 3&< The »et of four, 8d.
No. - 2402.-Flcwor=.
Irilltatiou photographs, with gilt mottoes. Sire. 41 by 27.
The act of four, 3d.
No. 2404.- Roses.
Imitation photographs, with gilt mottocj. Size, 4| by 2i.
The set of four, lid.
No. 2433.-Circular View3,
Four views entwined in rings on a piuk background.
Hire. 4 by 4. The sot of four, Od.
No. 2403.—Hunting.
Humorous hunting scenes. Size, 3} by Ij. The act of
four, Od.
No. 2410.-Storks
In comic attitud, s. The Mosher, Out in the Cold, aud
Under the Mistletoe, fire. Size, 5 by Si. The set of
four, Od.
No. 2412.—Winter Scenes,
With floral syray. Verses at back. Size, 6] by 4. The
set of four, Od.
No. 2414.—Horseshoes.
Silver horseshoes entwined one witlifn the other. Size,
4J by 4i- The set of four, Od.
ARE WITH
No. 2303.—Moukoys. j
Single figures of monkeys aping their so-tullc-d superiors.
Size, 4 by 2j. The set of four, 3d.
No. 2309.-Forgat-me-nota,
Lilac, pink, nny, and seringa, with devotional verses.
Size, 4f by s.j. The set of fuur, ;:d.
No. 2410. -Children.
Imitation photographs of children at play. Veraej nt
buck, Size, 5 by 3/. The set of throe, ikl.
No. 2123.—Floral Emblems.
Clusters of fl nveri on China pendants. Verse nt back.
Photogr.ipliio effect. Size 84 by il. The set of
four, Is. ikl.
No. 3314a. - Pansies, Forget-ms-aots.
Tile flowers growing tlirough m dark blue panel, with
pale blue border. Size, 4J by 3. The set of four, :U.
No. 3139.—Rustic Crosses
Covered with climbing flowers, jasmine, Arc., with verses
on back, by Francis Ridley' Hav.rgul. Size, 4A by
3j. The set of four, 3d. *
THE DISCOUNT TAKEN OFF.
No. 3159. Forget-me-nots.
Four different studies of this cver-popular flower, with
delicate olive backgrounds, blue borders, and elipiied
corners. Size, »4 by 2J. The sot of four, 3d.
No. 3160a.—A Girlhood’s Happy Hours.
Single girl figures on tinted ground at various guinea.
Size, 44 by 3. The ect of four, 3d.
No. 3160.—Happy Playtime.
Companion set to above. Girl figures ou white ground.
Size, 44 by 3. The set of four, 3d,
No. 3174.-Fresh Flowers.
Sprays of well-known (lowers carefully drawn in colours
true to nature, with short wishes. Size, 21 by 2/.
The set of four, lid.
No. 3174a.—Blossoms
From choice plants, very carefully and artistically copied
from nature, on white cards, with novel lettering in
pule blue. Size, 31 by 3. The set of four, 3d.
No. 3194.—Primroses,
Mignonette, and violets. Penny bundles, tied up naturally
with bos*. Size, 3 by 3. The set of four, 3d.
No. 3201.—Flight of Fairy Elve3.
Fairies flying away with peacocks' feathers. A very
artistic set of curds, with gold borders. Kizo, Bl by
44. The set of four, 0d.
No. 3200. Lily of the Valley.
Snowdrop, azalea, and laurustinus. New designs, with
verses on the backs, by Francis Ridley Havergnl.
Size, 0 by 3£. The not of four, Od.
No. 3207.—"Two's Company,
Three’s roi ; " “nano but the brave deserve the /are;
" vaulting nnibilion o'crleapi itself.” Exquisitely
humorous drawings of cat life. Size, 3 by 0. The
Mt of three, 4jJ.
No. 4449.— Flowers and Fields.
Vignetted landscapes, with decorative gold panel aud
floral sprays, by E. Wilson. Size, 41 by 3. The ect
of tour, tkl.
No. 4456.—Twilight Misty Meadows.
Winter landscapes, by Barclay, with white border and
sprays of holly, ivy, ami yew. Hire, ft! by 41. The
set of four, la. Od.
No. 4460.—River Landscapes and Flowers.
Four peeps of river scenery, decorated at side with wild
flowers. Size, 44 by 3J. The set of four, 9d.
No. 4463.—Lovely Leaves,
With rich autumn tints, arranged with white panel
motto. Size, 64 by 4. The set of four, Is.
No. 4464.—Red Leaves.
Designs of rich red and brown leave*. Hize,
The *et of four, Od.
No. 4405.—Mizpah.
Nosegays of flowers lying against note-paper,
rand with mottoes, in ornamental gold
Size, 0 by 4j. The set of four. Is. ikl.
No. 446J.—Letter Posies.
Dainty little bouquets of flowers arranged against pOta-
pap<>r, with mottoci in gold letters./ Size, 51 by 37/
The net of four, 1*. J 7^^ ■- "
. No. 447L^-Heart Wishes.
NiMCgar* of flowers tied to richlycoloured fans/ Size,
04 by 3j. The set oMtiur. Je,—
No. 5111.—Button-holes.
Fltlwera and maidenhair fern. Size, 3} by -il. Tlio
set of four, 3d.
No. 512l.--lfbdaN/
Blue tits on rushes; gblil background. Size, 41 by 31.
The set of fourj.lq. \
No. 513|.' Marine Subjects
Tlie' skipper, be. Size, 34 by 6.
. -Child Elves.
ml jackdaw, and dressing a
‘' by 4. The set of four, Od.
.—Niggers.
hero my love lies dreaming,”
0 angels sing.” •• Thy face is ever
No rest but the grave for the I’ilgnm
' by 6j. The set of four, Od.
No. 5353.—Cats,
Clad to represent humanity. Size, 6 by 34. The set of
four, 0d.
No. 5363.—Pretty Children,
On bevelled gilt-edged cards and round comers; aenson-
?cd in gold. Size, 6 by 4. The set
Monkeys,
ie back, by Lewis Novrs.
four, 6d.
.—Cats' Heads
cigar box. Size, 6j by 34. The
Prepaid Orders for any Cards on this List receive immediate attention,post-free; if in postage stamps,
5424.- Donkeys
witli holly. Single figures un-
by ft. The set of four, tkl.
No. 5505 -Children,
jlo figure* in quaint costumes. Size, 4j
set of four, 8d. ,
No. 5515.-Wreaths,
winter view in centre. Size, 31 by 34. The set of
ur, 3d.
No. 5525.-Birds
'WS, on perches. Size, 2/ by 44- The set of four, 3d.
No. 5535.—Circular Landscapes,
With birds and twigs of holly, fee. Size, 4 j by 3. The
set of four, 3d.
No. 5606.-Water Lilies
Floating, and rashes, in raised relief. Bieo, 3 by 4A.
The set of four, 8d.
No. 5616.-Children.
Full length, in martial and national oostumes. Size, <4
by 3. The set of six, 44d.
No. 5626.— Birds and Flowers.
Sky background. Size, f>J by 3J. The set of three, 24d.
No. 5707.—Winter Landscapes
In rings, with seasonable wishes. Size, 21 by 27. The
set of four, lid.
No. 5717.— Musical Instruments.
Drum, violin, tambourine, and banjo, stamped out to
shape. The set of four, 3d.
No. 5727-Robins.
The Christum* Carol, The Tug of War, Arc., by ITenrT
Bright. Size, 6j by 64. The set of three. Is. I4d.
No. 5737.— Military.
Royal Horae Artillery, !>2nd Highbinders, First Life¬
guards, and 8th Hussars. Size, U by 4j. Tho set of
four. Is. 6d.
ttentlon, post-free; jn postage stamps, 2d", extra; if required to be exchanged, the postage mast be paid both wavs.
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IN THE BATTLE OF THIS LIFE, “THE DRYING UP A SINGLE TEAR
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WAR! I What is more terrible than War?
Outraged Nature.
/
ould only got ono liottle, nsovery one was sold
in a small bout, with four niggers, und that
il tho survey lx>fore, and only got forty miles
got over eighty miles, I think I am only
ition.—I am, Sir, yours faithfully,
A Likutc.nast, R.N., F.R.G.8.”
She kills and kills, and is never tired of killing till she has taught Turin the
terriblo lesson he is so slow to learn, tlint Nature is only conquered by obey¬
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ZULU WAR—Surveying the Maputa River.
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No. 2380.— VOL. lxxxv.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1884.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 29, 1884
A few days ago Mr. Juslico Pearson was reported in
the newspapers to bavo made a very original remark touch¬
ing smallpox and infection—namely, that “ some of the
most ominent medical authorities’ held very different
opinions on that point.” If his Lordship could inform us
upon what point the most eminent medical authorities do
not hold very different opinions, save and except tho cer¬
tainty of death, uboufc which everybody, medical or not,
is agreed, ho would confer a great favour and raise great
hopes. _
Tho “legitimate” horse-racing, as tho horse-racing
conducted according to tho laws of tho Jockey Club is
culled, ended for tho season on tho 22nd inst. It has
been rcmarkablo in many ways; for tho occurrence of a
double dead-beat (between Scotch Pearl and Cundabar for
the Friar Tuck Plato at Nottingham on Oct. 1) especially.
For such an event, though between horses of no account
and for a mere “ soiling ” pinto over but five furlongs, does
not come, as oven Christmas conies, so often as onco a year.
Yet thero havo been several doublo dead-beats between
the same two horses, wheroof tho most notable case, from
the high character of tho horses and of tho rucc-mceting,
was that of Chief Baron Nicholson and tlio celebrated
Kingston, who ran two successive dead-lients at Stock-
bridge, in 1851, for tho Triennial Stakes, and, though they
were but two years old, seem to have suffered no harm
from the torritic struggle.
Tho secret of a long lifo is like tho philosopher’s stono,
difficult to discover. What makes tho matter more dif¬
ficult is that long life is attained under such very different
circumstances that no general low can bo established.
Some say that to commit a crime and get. committed to
prison, where diet and exercise are carefully attended to,
is the best plan; others recommend tho workhouse, where
tho discipline mid diet are almost as wholesome, and for
which no worse crime than poverty (tho worst of all
crimes, iu tho cynic’s category) is required by way of quali¬
fication. The workhouse theory appears to be supported
by the following statement:—
Iu tho Driffield Union there nro sixteen persons in receipt of outdoor
relief, who** united ngr» uiuoiiut to ISO yours—uu average of 80 tor each
person. The highest ago is Ut, and the lowest 71: there are amongst tho
numUr two nonagenarians, live octogenarians, and nine septuagenarians.
By-tlie-way, “ three boys of Driffield ” the other day
“ got into a field where sheep were feeding,” tied reins to
sumo of the poor animals, and drove them about tho field
at tho point of tho stick to such brutal purpose, it is said,
that the victims had to bo forthwith converted into
premature mutton. Perhaps this is tho way the youth of
Driffield qualify fora future of poverty, tho “ union,” and
a hale old age. _
Tlio horse-jockey occupies at present so prominent
n position in society, or on tho outskirts of society, and so
deep an interest is taken iu tho success of horse-jockeys,
that it becomes almost a duty to make some remark about
tho jockeys who have won most races during tho past
season. Tlio only two who run into throe figures aro F.
Archer (won 2-11 races out of b 77) and C. Wood (won 158
out of 358); that is, according to the rate of pay
recognised by the Jockey Club, Mr. Archer would liavo
made 2213 guineas and Mr. Wood 1990 guineas for the
season, to say nothing of “trials,” “ retainers ” ranging
from £100 to £1000 a year, and such presents, of a
thousand pounds or so, us may bo made, whether for win¬
ning or for running “nowhere” (as was whispered by
tho scandalous) in the Cambridgeshire. Still, it must be
remembered that many hardships aro endured by jockeys;
that the true jockey, like the root, “ nascitur, non fit’’;
that jockeys risk lifo and limb, especially in races for
which there are largo “fields” and awkward courses;
and that it is considered perfectly legitimate to j>ay_ii
jockey to “mako tho running” for you. Only of coarso
the arrangement ought to bo made with the consent of
the owner whoso horse is employed to “ make the running.”
“ Kings don’t drown,” said tho Red King, William
tho Second, on a memorable occasion (before, no doubt,
tho saying as to people who are “ bom to be hanged ” hud
become one of the “ things generally kiiown ”} ;,an(l it
would seem that “ lords don’t succuijrirtochhiiney-pots.”
At any rate, Lord Alington appears to have been proof,
most fortunately, against tiuK^imndy-pot Which is said
to havo fallen on lus hat as lie was turning tho corner of
Grosvenor-squaro on tho 21st hist. The hat was cut and
smashed, the lord’s head was uninjured ; so that, happily,
the lord muy be sa id to havq “ scored/’ V
If history repeats itself, so cloes fictibn{to which history,
by-tlie-way, seems sonietnjies to belong). Tlio accom¬
modating sword-fish hA^bcen tqrniiig: up agnin, the sword¬
fish I hut thrusts his sword into a ship’s leak, breaks tho
sword off short, uud retires gracefully, having saved all
further luboim.witu'the pumps. But before we laugh at
Biich a story as “ ben trovato,’’ let ns remember the poor
old woman whocbuld belief®, easily enough that her
sailor-boy sou had fished up a wheel from one of Pharaoh’s
chariots iii tlio Red Sea, jrtit could not believe his yam
about flyin^fish-X*‘No, my boy, no; thero cannot bo no
flying fishi-they swims.'’
magnificent art galleries have been opened in
NeW.York, with inasaivo oak fire-places, rich silk and
Oriental hangings, and carpets of tlio thickest pile. Ono
large rooiw.is occupied entirely by tho works of American
artists, which/havo alreudy figured in tho French Salon,
and others aro fillocl with pictures sent on invitation from
iioiuo studios. A great many of the hitter aro national
episodes, or studies from different parts of tho New World,
and are consequently very fresh and unhackneyed.
Sculpture is also well represented, and altogether tho
exhibition is one of which the promoters may well be proud.
Thore is no Act of Parliament providing for the plain¬
tiff to recover damages in an action for breach of promise
of marriage. Tho action is based on u common law right;
and it dates back, not in this country of course, from an
ancient custom of tho Babylonians, which is suid to havo
originated in a dispute that occurred concerning the sale
of Atossa, daughter of Belochos, in 1433. At a certain
time in every year, the marriageable females were assembled
in the market-place and sold to tho highest bidder.
Atossa was so disgusted with her purchaser that she
appealed to her father, who ventured to protect her,
thereby incm-ring tho displeasure of tho Ruler of the
Asian city, who ordered liis execution and the confiscation
of his property to tho disappointed buyer. Since that
time, things havo altered considerably, and money pay¬
ment is allotted as solatium to a jilted aflianeea. No
doubt, in a recent cause c&ldbrc, tho plaintiff was satisfied
with £10,000, and would not, oven had the parties been
domiciled in Babylon, have pressed for tho forfeiture of
the lifo of the defendant’s father.
Since Edward Payson Weston, fifteen years ago, first
started long walking in the United Statos, the world has
seen a good deul of “ hobbling ” ; but never till this week
has it boon brought right homo to our doors, for the
Agricultural Dali—hitherto tho homo of long-distance
pedcstrianisin—really requires a pilgrimugo from hubit-
able London, whilo tho Aqiuirium is handy to everyone.
How niuny veurs ugo is it since the Aquarium opened
with a flourisli of trumpets, when tho Duke of Edinburgh
occupied a box, and Sir Arthur Sullivan led tho orchestra,
and u new era of moral reformation, of musical education,
and of ictliyological research was promised Y Those who
remember that dny and those promises must have smiled
this week to see the upturned sea of faces, belonging to a
crowd composed of the scum of our raco-courses, wutch-
ing the matched pedestrians struggling round and round
in their duily twelvo hours’ task. We shudder at tho
Roman arena, we turn up our eyes at tho Spanish bull¬
fight ; but, for sheer brutality, it is doubtful whether a
long-distance competition is not tho most disgusting
spectacle. One of tlieso days a poor fagged wretch will
drop down dead on the track, and then one of America'
worst gifts to England wall bo at an end.
There have been four coalition Ministries in tho last
hundred and thirty years, but such ft sight as was wit¬
nessed last week at Dowuing-street is unprecedented in
modern history. Tho leaders of tho Opposition in the
House of Commons and tho head of the Tory Lords
walked arm-in-arm iutothe official residenco of the Liberal
Primo Minister, and tliero ciilmiY joined in a discussion
on a momentous subject. It is not the business of this
column to discuss politics, but a spectacle which, according
to fancy, may bo described as tlio visit of tho tly to tho
spider, or as an impudent invasion, would certainly havo
made Lord Aberdeen, George Grenville, Henry Pelham,
or tho Duke of Portland stare. Yet each of these, in his
day, was leader of a combined or, as tho dissatisfied would
say, compromised Administration,
Tho King of tho Netherlands has commissioned
Geromo, tho well-known artist. tb paint a picture of tho
ceremony of unveiling tlio sfnluo of William II., which
took place a few days ago. Tho moment chosen will be
that when thqXKiug left The platform to approach tho
statue; and, When completed, his Majesty will bestow tho
paiuting on the m unicipality of Luxem bourg.
The age of pilgrimages is not yet over, for a few days
ago a. Spaniard, clothdd in a single hair-cloth garment,
arrived at Berne, having' walked every step of the way
from Yulliidolid'C; / Ho declared himself to be under a vow
t^ walk to Jerusalem, via Constantinople, and ho speaks
HO jiuiguiigo but his native tongue, liis zeal and per¬
severance lire worthy of a better cause.
'—~
Professor Iluskin’s udmirers perhaps care very little
wliiit'lie/iectures upon so long as ho does lecture, mid
enjoyed his cloquont talk on many topics last Saturday
afternoon us keenly as if it liud been the expected sixth of
AhoXcourso on tho “ Pleasures of Englaud.” It is 6aid
Ahar Mr. Macdonald and Dr. Acland havo put their spoke
in the Professor’s wheel, and that, iu consequence, ho will
either suppress or recast tho lectures ho had prepared.
Meumvlrilo, the public will be compensated by extra ones,
and the authorities may mako up their minds that in tho
long run the learned lecturer will havo his say in ono way
if not in another. It is just as impossible to stop his
mouth as it is to throw dust in bis eyes.
Onco again have cricketers every reason to bo thankful
to Lord Harris, who,, at the next meeting of county
secretaries, will bring forward a resolution, the main idea
of which was first mooted in thoso columns. Up till now
tho timo-honoured system of tossing for choice of innings
has prevuilod on every cricket-ground in the world. Nor
does Lord Harris now propose to do away with it. But
in future, if his resolution is carried, tho system will bo
modified, and in all return-matches the losers in.tho first
case will havo the choice of innings in tho second. A
most sensible resolution, Burely; for when two teams are
level, the winning of the toss is equivalent to giving one
Eleven a Grace or a Barlow, say, instead of an ordinary
amateur; while tho appalling fate of Derbyshire, who lost
twenty-one tosses running, is an admirable argument
against the unfair use of tho old system.
The Now York Society for Prevention of Cruelty to
Children has done yeoman’s sarvico during tho ten years
of its existence, for it has rescued 9121 children from dens
of vice and infamy, bus successfully prosecuted 4G32 cases
of cruelty and neglect, and mudo inquiries respecting a
total of 48,000 little onc9. In the last twelvo months it
lias'rescued 2008 children, and secured 1128 convictions
against thoso who havo ill-treated thorn ; and has saved the
State nearly £33,000 by comjiclling parents and guardians
to provide for tlio juveniles for whom they were legally
as well as morally responsible. The “Cry of the Children ’
is indeed nobly responded to in the Empire City, and tlio
good work is entirely supported by voluntary contributions.
A bright-eyed, earnest, quiet man of middle-age, Mr.
George Smith lius by a lifo of true benevolence won -tlio
gratitude of tho nation. Ho has nobly laboured to
relieve the poor children of our brick-fields and canals
from tho conditions of white slavery under which tlio
crushed littlo ones seemed doomed to live before their
large-hearted champion made tlieir “ Bitter Cry ” heard
in Parliament. It is right that tho self-sacrifieing work
of Mr. George Smith should receive more substantial
recognition than tho dole which has been vouchsafed him
by tho Premier. As a correspondent of tho Pali Mall
Gazette seasonably points out, “the man who has earned
the respect and admiration of all classes, from her Gracious
Majesty to tho lowliest cottager, should not surely bo
allowed to wage this warfare at his own cost und to his
own hurt. That he has deserved well of this generation
is acknowledged; lot this acknowledgment take tho form
of something more substantial than idle words, and let his
presentand future be placed beyond the possibility of want.”
Acting on this timely suggestion, tho Editor of the Pall
Mall Gazette has started "■ public subscription on boliulf of
one of the most unselfish philanthropists of the ago.
Thero must be many of our readers who would like to
contribute to “The George Smith Fund” thus opened by
our public-spirited contemporary at 2, Northumborlund-
atreet, Strand.
The hard frost of Tuesday made tho chief metropolitan
roadways as slippery and dangerous as ever for tlio poor
horses. Falls were numerous; uud we four there was a
puinfully large total of broken limbs to show tho necessity
of well sprinkling such asphalted thoroughfares as Holboru
with gravel bn the first appearance of frost.
It is a rare thing to find politics treated with good-
humoured impartiality on tho stage; but this is the dis¬
tinguishing inerit of tho diverting new comedy ut the
Criterion Theatre. It was interesting to observe on Tues¬
day night how keenly the palpable hits bestowed on each
other by Mr. Charles 'Wyndham’s clever compuny in
“ The Candidate ” were relished by members as an¬
tagonistic as the Marquis of Hartington and Mr. Ashmead
Bartlett, and Mr. Scluter-Booth und Mr. Justin McCarthy.
Why are not tho carriages on tho Metropolitan Under¬
ground Railway lit by electricity ? Travelling through
these gloomy tunnels would unquestionably bo rendered
pleasanter by the adoption of the bright incandescent
lamps which have been successfully used by Mr. Knight
on ono of tho trains of tho Loudon und Brighton line.
Ice iu tho parks ! Wbat a boon to those compelled to
winter in London would be a scries of Skating Fetes
illuminated by Payn, of “ Healthories ” celebrity, on the
frozen waters of the Botanical Society’s Gardens.
Cinderella Dances are deservedly growing in favour.
Tho gallant Honourable Artillory Company gave the
second of tlio season last Saturday night in their brilliantly
and tastefully decorated drill-room; and dancing ceased
punctually at half-past eleven—in time for each pretty
Cinderella (and thero were many charming ones present)
to find her lost slipper, and to catch the last train into tho
bargain. Tho fairy parable has this week been taken up
in Piccadilly, where a round of enjoyablo Cinderella
Dances has been resumed at Prince's Hall.
Mr. Julian Hawthorne, who is not unknown in Eng¬
land, wus so voiy kind as to lecture on our social customs
and those of America to a large audience in Brooklyn a
week or two ago. It is always well to get a glimpse of
ourselves us others see us, but tho picture drawn by Mr.
Hawthorne is not recognisablo in all its details. “ In the
English drnwing-room,” he says, “ there must bo no
stubborn opinions, no incontrovertible assertions. Tho
voice must bo pitched low. Tho general tone is that lifo
is mildly entertaining rather than interesting. There
must bo no lnughter to disturb tho smoothness of inter¬
course ; and to weep is unpardonable. . . . You may ride
to Khiva, kill tigers iu the wilderness, roam roughly in
tho jungle; but don’t, please don’t, put coal on the fire, or
help yourself to potatoes ! ”
A good many stories are told of tho lato Baron
Stoiglitz, who died about a fortnight ago in St. Peters¬
burg, leaving a fortune of £8,009,000. This enormous
amount of money had all been accumulated during the
present century by three individuals — the father and undo
of the Boron, and himself. They were poor German Jews,
who emigrated to Russia, and made their fortune as
money-changers in a wonderfully rapid manner. The late
Baron was remarkably modorute in his personal ex¬
penditure; and had a devoted servant who had lived with
him for forty years, but received no wages, his master
having given him a couplo of houses, which rectified
matters between them. About twelve years ago, Baron
Steiglitz founded a school for drawing and design, and it
is supposed that ho has left large revenues to public aiul
beneficent charities, and has amply rewarded all who
served him. Ho rarely spoke; and the barber who shaved
him for tho last fifteen years hud never heard the sound of
his voice. This was indeed “ golden silence.”
A disastrous fire broko out last week at the Chateau
do Bretouil, u fine old Freuch mansion built iu tho time
of Louis Treize. It would probably have been burnt to
tho ground but for tho adjacent lake, from which a vast
supply of water was drawn. A great doal of valuable
furniture was rescued from tho wing which suffered most,
and among it a tablo which was given to tho then Baron
de Brcteun, who was high in the favour of Louis XV., by
tho Empress Maria Theresa, when her ill-starred daughter,
Marie Antoinette, was married to tho Dauphin.
A new crusade is being fought on tho other side of tlio
Atlantic, and its object is the suppression of low-necked
dresses, at all events for wonion who do not possess
statuesque necks and anus. There is a great deal of
common-senso in it; and toilettes cut en cceur and filled in
with soft lace, and sleeves reaching the olbow, would mako
many a woman look comely who in a decollete robe is gaunt.
NOV. 29, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
523
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
1 cannot help thinking that a considerable amount of friction
among architectural critics, both professional and amateur,
might have been uvoidcd had that eminent architect Sir.
Pearson been content to call liis scheme for renovating the
north frout of Westminster Hall “aplan for the completion
of Westminster Hall in conformity with an ideal aspect
thereof developed in the architect's mind,” instead of “a
restoration,” for the simple reason that nobody can tell with
certainty wlint kind of buildings existed in New Palaco Yard
immediately west of Rufus’ Hall prior to its restoration by
Richard II.
Sir. W. J. Loftie, the lutest and fullest historian of London,
has come fonvurd, cogently but temperately, in a letter to tho
Times, to show that, whereas Mr. Pearson states in his report
that “ little of the restoration is conjectural,” os a matter of
fact, “ with the exception of the height of the wall, and tho
probability that the purnpet was embuttled, it (the restoration)
is not only ull conjectural, but is contrary to the few facts
which we do know.”
I liavc f at home, most of the books of graphic reference to
Westminster Abbey. Strype’a Stow; Pennant; Wilkinson’s
“ Londoniana ”; Button aud Braylcy’s “ History of the Palace
of Westminster” (published just after the Fire of 1831);
I. T. Smith’s “ Antiquities of Westminster”; Ackermaun’s
“Microcosm of London ” (the architecture by the elder Pugin,
the figures by Rowlandson); und a loug series of maps uud
plans of Loudon from Aggas’ down wauls. Unless Mr. Pearsou
lias hud access to plans and elevations of the western side of the
old Palace—plans aud elevations ignored by all theautiquuries
uud all the architects hi? predecessors—I fail to seo how in
justice he will be able to callthut n “restoration” which must
be practically an invention. All collectors of metropolitan
ieouogmphy are familiar with the aspect of tho north frout
und tho western side of Westminster Hall during the
sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. We know
the “Tudor buildings,” somewhat fantastically dubbed by
antiquaries “Tudor nursery,” “Queen Elizabeth’s bed¬
chamber,” “Queen Elizabeth’s music gallery,” “Chaucer’s
house,” aud so forth. Internally, these buildings (afterwards
converted into law courts) may have beep very handsome.
Externally, they bore u strong resemblance to tho antique
buildings extant in Wych-street, Strand, uud Staplo Iuu,
Holborn.
Ah ! if Muster Geoffrey Chaucer could ouly have been con¬
tinued in his otllco ns Clerk of tho Works of tho Royal
Palaces while the Ilall of llafus was being repaired by order
of Richard II. ! Surely the author of the “ Canterbury
Tales” would have loft something on record touching the
notable things done in palatial Westminster during his term
of oflice. Bat the illustrious predecessor of 31 r. Shaw-
Lcfevre was ousted from his ofllcial position before the re¬
pairs were completed; and his “House of Fame” is more
of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham
domicile of our old Norman and
Night next I start for fur distant climes), at least lialf-a-do/.cn
communications inquiring my authority for uoing (as I did
recently) “ nom dc plume ” as a French expression in place of
“ pseudonyme.” Two correspondents tell me that “ nom do
guerre” is n legitimate French expression, aud that “ nom do
plume” is not ouo.
I apprehend that I made use of the locution “nom de
pluuio” chietly because otlior writers lmd used it before me.
One does not always write with h cohort of dictionaries at one’s
elbow*. I emne abroad without so much as a ninopenny
Nuttall among my ncedmeuts; und tho blunders which I may
commit before I come homo again will possibly be fearful.
But the philosopher who taught us that it is practicable to bo
good and happy without socks, might have added that thero
is a kind of felicity in being emancipated now aud then from
tho shackles of grammatical and linguistic accuracy. “Nom
deplume” has, at all events, a more euphonious sound than
“pen-name.” And for anything “on tho tapis”—is that
legitimate French? Aud why do wo persist in calling a
Royal “Lever” at St. James’s a “Lcveo”? A “lcveo cn
masse ” is one thing ; a “lever” at Court is another; and
tho “ levco " ut New Orleans is u third.
The pictures of tho “Aztec Illustrated News” wore traced
with the spikes of a cactus leaf dipped hi variously coloured
dyco on loug strips of linen or cotton cloth.
Fir,—Will you toll a Luly reader of your Echoes l»ow to make Sauce
llolluiuluiio— a sauce which, as you know, is so universally well nuulc on
tho Continent, and in whieh English cooks constantly fail.’
Thus a lady correspondent nt Scarborough; and to her I
take the liberty of replying. My dear good Madame, there are
scores of cookery books, easily accessible, in which you will Hud
thoroughly practical recipes for making Same Jlallandaiss.
Where ou earth is tho tiso of my famishing you with yet
another recipe for making Dutch wince if it is to be a foregone
conclusion Hint your cook is to fail in making it? I nttmoe
transmit to you n culinary systepxof legerdemain—a “ hocus-
pocus,” a “hanky pauky’’-—/mu^ttce-umking through Urn
il/onlycqnimend to rouvreinem-
[SpiderXH your cook (having
.making Sauce Holla nditise,
By tlie tiino that you have got
fan bleu, it is possible tlmt you
medium of printed types,
branco tho story of Brace.
n proper recipe before li«
turn her off and try ant
to, say, your thirtecntl
may find your wishes
A few days before the death of Sheridan (for an appalling
description of that most lamentable of closing scones, read
Georgo the Fourth’s rivAl fucc norrutivc to John Wilson
erk^Mdreody cited), the illustrious uml
ulan wrote somewhat hopefully to u
It is to me a matter of surprise that in these days, when
“poetic prose ” is warbled to such an extent in the columns
of the newspaper*, some daily essayist did not think it worth liis
while to indite a leading article on the recent sale ut Messrs.
Sotheby’s of several portraits and personal relics of tho late
Mr. It. II. Horne, the author of "Orion.” Three portraits of
the poet, by Miss Margaret Gillies (did not tlmt talented lady
model the wax mask of Jeremy Bentham, which, during so
many years, did duty as the real countenance of tho phi¬
losopher when, according to the terms of his will, his mummy,
iu his lmbit ns he lived, was annually exhibited, somowliere in
Grout Windmill-street, Haymarkct ?), fetched prices frying but liuvcjliyod to see tho day, nearly seventy veins after liis
between ten guineas and three guineas. The poet’s gold, extinction, when thero was to bo published the sumptuous
Geneva watch, worn by him to the end of liis long life, wSn^ \ wHuomww before mo, “Sheridan’s Comedies: ’The School
for only one pound and twelve shillings. Surely, iminediatp Ktt^Scaudnl ’ and ‘ i’ho Rivals,’” just put forth by Messrs,
posterity is apt to bo somewhat ungrateful to its benefactors. C’hutto nll( 4 ^ iudus !
matters were brightening up n little,
making arrangements lor the pub-
complcto edition of tho plays. That
publication, lio'frustcd, would bring in a little ready money.
But the last demi of oil in tho lamp was nearly spent, aud
tluit now nndjwmplete edition of the plays wus not to seo
the light just then. Unlucky Richard Brinsley! C'ouhl lie
of a prophetic vision
than a guide to tho
Plantugenet Kings.
I am just now sojourning at Brussels, in the Place de
l’Hotel do Ville of which historical city there lms been for
some time in progress a work of architectural restoration of
a highly interesting nature. The Grand’ Place of Brussels was
reduced by tho French bomburdinent of 1693 to u heap of
ruins. The Town House alone was left standing. The famous
Mnison da Roi, the houses culled Des Brosseurs and de la Louve,
were knocked, vulgarly speaking, “ iuto a cocked hat.” Since
the bombardment, tho houses on the Grand’ Place have been
rebuilt, patched and cobbled up, more or less tastefully,
over mid over again; but the muniment rooms of the
The first editiou of “ Orion,” originally published in 1813 This is
nt tho derisively nominal price of ouo farthing, was knocked/ splendidly printed on rich paper, wi
down for nineteen shillings; but tho first edttion qf l)anf& troduction by Mr. Braiuler Matthews, a
Gabriel Rossetti’s poems, 1870, fetched a couple of pounds, engravings
The first edition of Keats* “Eudymion,” 1818, three guineas.
Shelley’s “Queen Mub,” first edition, 1821, one poujkl and
nine shillings. The ouly “ fancy ” price tlmt. 1 note was six
pounds fifteen shillings for four numbera coiiipletC, in the
original wrappers, of the Pnc-Rafudlito publication “The
Germ.” /\ .
From Vienna ray esteemed friend ‘* Dr. G. G. G.” writes
to toll me tlmt iu a work rcccntly publishcd at Teschen
(Anstriuu Poland) it is stated that the Great Duke of Wel¬
lington once said, “Next to a battle lost, there is nothing so
melancholy as a battle gained.” (My 7 correspondent’s own
translation of the German extract which he sends is incorrect,
lie writes, “After u battle gained, jthero is nothing 90 melan¬
choly as a bnttlo lost.” His German runs, “Nueh einer ver-
loreneu Schlacht glebt cs uiclkt-tliurigeres als cine gcwonncnc
Schlacht.”) My correspondent wishes to know when aud where
the Iron Duke made the observation in question.
an edition de luxe in every sense of the term ;
with a well-written iu-
nnd many spirited wood
To have tho Comedies suitably bound when 1
reach home will cost mo pieces of gold uud pieces of
silver. Perhaps I may bo tempted to “Graugcriso”
it with inserted portraits of Sheridan and tho famous
actors and actresses liis contemporaries. And then,
perchance, tho best thing to do with the book will
be to place it between Moore’s “Life” und tho “ Groker
Papers,” with the Fourth George’s business-like but
most harrowing account of the death-bed scenes in Suvile
Row. It is tho old, old story again of Destruction and Com¬
pensation. SlierUluu destroyed himself, corporeally ; but liis
genius was indestructible. Compensation has come to his
descendants, the inheritors of his talents, but not of his
failings. His great-grandson is on his way to Calcutta,
Viceroy of India.
I have not the sligtiTesPtloubt that, if the Hero of Waterloo
did uot sag the preeis© words quoted above, lie thought them.
The saddest of glorious experiences lmd taught him to con¬
sider a great victmyyto be a truly miserable thing. lie was
ctdfto-lhe I^chyt by the dreadful losses which he sustained of
friciid^deilt^^' hini, who fell ot Mont St. Jean. Mr. Gleig
has traced umost nlTecting picture of tho Duke sitting up iu
over uua over again ; out. me munmiem rooms ot mu/'v , , ■ „ . ... .. , . , .. V
.. , ,, . 0 . . , . . . bed at the 11 m at \Y atcrloo after the battle, while Dr.
city’ arc full of graphic archives showing exactly wliut the , .\ \
, . . . Horne rend the hst of killed and wounded, nml of the teal's
edifices surrounding the Place in the fifteenth and sixteenth , . ... , , ...
. . 0 , ,. . , . making while channels on the victors smoke-begrimed visage
centuries ure like ; and the old mansions are being scrum- 0 0 0
lously restored in their primitive style: the cost of the iriidqr-
taking being mainly defrayed by the Municipality. There is
real aud there is sham restoration: that going on iu the Grand*
Place is real.
ne after the other, the names of the slum captains, liis
des, fell from the surgeon’s lips.
There is nor sign nor symptom of cholera in the City of tho
Mannikin (I went to see him ou the first morning of iny
arrival, nnd I am glad to say that I never saw “ Je phw aucien
bourgeois dc Bruxelles looking better); the splendid opera-
house in the Place de la Monimie is open, nnd. running
“Rigoletto” and “Sigurd,” witli a flrst-riito'ljallCt. At
tho theutre of tho Galerics St. Hubert tiie ?* Tour du Monde
cu 80 Jours” is being played; at another house the
leading attraction is Serge Paniuo. There me minor
theatres, balls, afts concerts , galore; I went yesterday to no
less than throe waxwork shows., the weather is simply de¬
lightful; tho Hotels de Bello Vue and (t© Flandro ("twin
cherries onoue stalk”) are two of the cleanest, most luxurious,
and most comfortablo caravanserais in Europe; yet (from the
traveller’s point of view) there is nobody iu Brussels, nnd it is
as much ns you cun do to get change iu gold for a ten-pound
note at a money changer’s. The Cholera Scare has depopulated
the hotels, and is half ruining the shopkeepers.
But the precise 6aying given in the book published at
Teschen to the Duke lms been attributed to William of Grange
(our William HI.), to tho Grand Coudc, to Maurice do Saxe,
and to other commaudcrs. O 11 tho other hand, there is extant
in Wellington’s own baud a letter in which ho characteris¬
tically remarks that, in many respects, “ a battle is very liko
a ball.” Numbers of tho guests can describe accurately
enough the various episodes of which they lmvo been eye¬
witnesses ; but few, if any, can describe tho battle or tho bull
ns a whole. You will find this letter either iu Colonel
Gurwood’s “Wellington. Despatches,” or in the “Crokor
Papers” — I think in the former; but I am not quite cer¬
tain ; for tho reason that while you are reading the sur¬
prisingly novel and lifelike portrait of the Duke drawn by
Mr. Croker, you nuturally recur from time to time to Gar¬
wood to fix a date or mark a coincidence, and being, ns I
Baiil just now, at Brussels, iu Brabant, my recollections of
Gurwood and Croker have become “ a little mixed.”
The Cholera Scare never foils to engender the Cholera Lie.
If tho scourge breaks out at Curpcutms, the local dastards
make haste to asseverate that cholera is decimating Brives-la-
GaUlnrdc. wTileli, in reality, can exhibit a perfectly clean bill
of health. Cholera having made its preseucc very slightly
felt in Paris, it occurred to some meudacious poltroons to
declare that cholera was rife in Brussels. As a matter of fact,
not u singlo case has occurred; and tho sanitation of the city
is admirable.
I find, among a large batch of letters which I have brought
with me to open nt my leisure (I may hint to my vast army of
correspondents thut they mny save tlu*maelve3 the expendi-
of many pens und much ink, to say nothing of timo nnd
trouble, by not writing to me any more; because on Boxing
Mr. Mason Jackson’s lenmod nnd exhaustive work on the
“Fictorinl Press,” just published by Messrs, llurst and
Blackett, with its rare uud curious illustrations of by-gouo
“Illustrated News,” should be acquired and appreciatively
consulted, uot only by those amateurs of the art, in the exercise,
criticism, and bibliography of which Mr. Mason Jackson
is so skilled a prolicieut, but by students of the history of
journalism. Just as of tho two Royal Services the Navy is
acknowledged to be by a long way the senior; so is the
illustrated newspaper, practically considered^ very much
older than tho oldest of merely type-printed gazettes. The
Bayeux Tapestry was a history iu illustrations; blit, when
Uerunu Cortes landed in Mexico, he found there, regularly
established, on "Aztec Illustrated News,” tho “special
artists” of which daily transmitted (by deer-footed Indian
runners) from Vera Cruz to the capital of Mouteziuua faithful
pictorial records of the proceedings of tho hated Spaniards.
TI 10 remaking of acquaintance with Continental—especially
French— newspapers, usually brings under your notice an
ubounding crop of strange cases of murder. Our own oyers
of assassination are usually coarsely revolting. Three fourths
of them spring from strong drink. Love or avarice, often
love, is usually tho mainspring or l'reuch homicide. I note
a cuse just concluded in France where a certain Lanry, uu
electrician, was charged witli shooting at one M. Binary, a
financier in a brasserie, in tho Kuo des Martyrs, Paris. Tho
prosecutor was not present at the trial, ilo was a bunk
manager, and. lias eloped to Buenos Ayres with tho cash-box,
and the prisoner’s wile into the bargain.
Bat it is not of tho case itself of which I wish to speak, but
of a remurkable specimen of bathos indulged iu by the couusel
for the prosecution, Advocate General De Prudieres. “ Gentle-
incu of the Jury,” said this high fuuctionury, “ the prisoner
at tiie bar uot ouly violated the law ; he not only wantonly
uml ferociously attempted to take the life of a fellow-creature,
but, gentlemen, ho spread ukutn uud perturbation throughout
the Hue des Martyrs; and with tho second bullet from liis
revolver he smashed a large tijuare of plate-glass in the window of a
highly respectable tradesman next door ! ”
This lovely bit of bathos has had a parallel. Some time in
the last century an English (or Scotch?; Judge had to sentence
a man to death whoiu a fray hud mortally stubbed a Grenadier.
“Prisoner at tho bur,” said tho learned Judge, “not only did
you ferociously aud traitorously transfix the entrails 01 the
unfortunate deceased, a private in the Foot Guards, thus
causing liis death, but you also ran the knife right through the
waistband of a pair of breeches, the properly of his sacred Majesty (In
King ; and je shall siring for it / ”
In tho matter of “Obcali,” “ vaudou,” and tho Ethiopian
anthology, a gentleman (“ A. B. II.”) has kindly sent me from
Port of Spain a poem called “The Arima Obcali Woimin,”
published uot long since nt Trinidad. I lmve carefully put
tho poem away against tho time when I write a bonk about
the West Indies. Obviously, it will be necessary (although
Alcxaudrc Dumas tho Elder was accused of writing “im¬
pressions de Voyngo” about places which he had never rot
eyes 011 ) to visit tlio West Indies before 1 write the book.
But I must find spaco for the opening stanza of “ Tlic Alima
Obcali Woman: aud her Dying Confession ” : —
Tell me. friends, Jiuve you heard
Thu Arinin news of lute i
Tin' Obuah woman who lately died,
’Tis shameful forme to refute.
On her dyiii-r bod who did confess
Ilor dwd* so loud and base.
For who 'he did and who she killed.
It is disgraceful for man to trace.
The CatuAcliian Muse, it seems, is not dead. Arima, says my
correspondent, is an important village in tho interior of
Trinidad. The Obenh woman was 0110 Mercy Reece, an oltl
uegress, who lately died at Arima aud had loug been suspected
of practising fiendish iucantatiolis for the euke of pelf and
for murderous purposes. Indeed, sings the indignant bard —
Take life for money, and the person who paid
Committed win for money, who told the nuiuo.
Bull out for this woman mid for such a man.
In tho village of Arima a disgrace aud shame,
“ Ball out ” is good. G. A. S.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 29, 1884 — 524
THE NILE EX I’EDIT ION
S K E T C II E S BY U U Ii S I* E C I A L
ARTIS T.
PIONEERS OF THE EXPEDITION LEAVING SARRAS FOR DAL.
i
V " ■>/ mu
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Lf»y ■ r
HAULING WHALE-BOATS THROUGH BAB-EL-KEBIB, THE GREAT GATE OF THE SECOND CATARACT.
HE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 29, 1884.—525
THE NILE EXPEDITION:
S K E T C H E S B Y O l' R S P E CI A L A R T IS T.
Oreat activity now prevails in the forward gathering of Lord
Wolseley's forces along the Upper Nile. The Mounted In¬
fantry advanced from Dongola, on Tuesday, to a spot twenty
miles to the south. The Guards Camel Corps will go through
without stopping, and will join them. This forward movement
is not, however, tho commencement (f an immediate general
advance, but has been determined upon on account of the
prevalence of smallpox among the natives at Dongola. It is
stated that more than n hundred whale-bouts are at Gemni,
awaiting the return thither of the Canadian voyugeurs to start
that none of them are likely to rencli Dongola for many days.
The averago rate has been scarcely five miles a day, but the
leading divisions have passed the worst cntnracte. Without
the aid of a wind for suiling, the efforts of the crews rowing
or poling are altogether insufficient to mukc way against the
current, but with the help of a strong north wind progression
is comparatively easy. The stenmer Nassif-el-Kheir ie
employed in carrying stores south of Dongola.
The Canadian voyngeurs, sometimes cnllcd in camp “ tho
Munitobu Boys," are the only boatmen with the Expedition
with stores and troops. On Monday two Companies of In¬
fantry (of the Cornwall and Block Watch Regiments)
left Surras for Dongola, and were to be followed next
day by the head-quarters of the 19th Hussars. On
Saturday one voyageur and one soldier of the Cornwall
Regiment wer e,ilj\iwnod thro ugl i the boat upsetting at
Ambigol. It appears that of the total force of sixty-five
companies which comprises the expedition to Khartoum
twenty -0110 are now bet,Ween Wady Haifa and Dal. The
whale-boats with the troops ure making such slow progress
PORTAGE OF WHALE-BOATS AT BAD-EL-KEBIR,
626
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 29, 1884
who make light of the difficulties of moving up stream. They
uppeur thoroughly up to their work, and uro systematic ami
untiring. One man to each boat is insufficient, and if, iustead
of four hundred, twelve hundred had been employed it would
have been economy of time and money. The bonts, through
striking rooks and atm-warping, make repairs as frequent and
necessary as detentions for meals. The percentage is small of
those which have to be abandoned on neconut of injuries
received at the cataracts. The official time allotted to whale¬
boats from Surras to Dougola is twenty-five days. The
orders now are to push all bouts forward as lightly loaded us
possible.
A report which conies from Khartoum states that General
Gordon has 2000 Turks and (>000 blacks, besides Arabs.
'The Malidi’a forces at Omdurumn, and around Khartoum, are
estimated at fifteen to twenty thousand. It is stilted that Sir.
Prank Vizetelly, the artist, who was with Hicks Tosha's army
last year, when it was destroyed in Kordo/un, is still living in
the Mulidi's camp. He was not employed by the Illustrated
London Netct, as is said in a recently published volume,
“With flicks Taslm in the Soudan,” by Colonel the lion.
J. Colbome; but the mistake probably arose from the fact
that Mr. Frank Vizetelly had been one of our Special Artiata
many years ago, in the Austro-Trussiau War of 1806, and
ia the American Civil War. We shall be glud to leura that
he is alive and safe.
Mr. Melton Prior, the Special Artist of this Journal with
Lord Wolseley's Expedition, contributes to this week’s pub¬
lication some effective Sketches of the labour of towing a
number of whale-boats, such os we have described, through the
rocky passages of tho Second Cataract against the force of the
rapids; the hauling of some bonts up the stream at Bnh-el-
Kebir, the “Great Gate” of that series of rapids; and the
“portage” or carrying of empty bouts overland, an expedient
frequently resorted to in Canada, where it is found that un¬
loading and bearing them a short distance on men’s shoulders
along the river bank is more expeditious than struggling with
the adverse current in a particularly rough place of its course.
All this is between Wady Haifa and Uni, the real obstacles of
the Second Cataract beginning at Sumneli, nearly opposite to
■which is Surras, with the depdt of stores for the force advanc¬
ing up the Nile, and El Gentni, the actual starting-poiut on
tho river. The pioneers of the Expedition left Surras ou the
2nd inst., soiling the boats with a favourable wind; and this
scene is represented by one of Mr. Trior's Sketches, as
well as that of the 4th inst., when the first division of
the soldiers belonging to the Camel Corps arrived at Wady
Haifa in boats to,wed by a steamer, llo also furnishes
an Illustration of the hoisting of the steam-pinnaces upon the
railway trucks, at Wady Haifa, for conveyance on the short
line which is there in working, and in which the ltailway
Company of the Koynl Engineers, as wo lately described, have
been doing useful service. The naval officers accompanying
the Expedition, headed by Captain Lord Charles Heresiord,
K. N., who appears standing on a rock and superintending tho
very scientific hauliug-tackle, in our Illustration of the work
at Bob-el-Kebir, lmve rendered Lord Wolseley the greatest
assistance. Nor will tho vigorous and skilful exertions of tho
“ Manitoba Hoys,” those hardy boatmen of tho Western Con¬
tinent by whoso aid Colonel Wolseley brought to pass his
successful Red liiver Expedition of 1870, bo forgotten in tho
history of the present Nile Expedition. They arc great
favourites with all in camp, and our Special Artist has
sketched them enjoying a good breakfast which they had
certainly earned._
THE SKYE CROFTERS.
The menacing agitation with regard to land grievances among
the “ crofters,” or small cottier tenants, in the Isles of Skye,
List, nnd Lewis, has induced the Homo Office to send an
armed force to Skye for the prevention of lawless and violent
nets. No personal violence 1ms indeed been committed or
attempted by any of the agitators, but threats of damaging
and destroying property have been loudly uttered. Tho Jslo
of Skye, which belongs to the county of luverneas, but lies
near the west coast of Koss-shire, ia forty-five miles long, anil
from twelve to twenty-two broad. Portree, the chief town
mid harbour, ou the eastern shore of the island, is reached by
steam-boats either from Strorne Ferry or from Oban. Half
the island, the part sit uated north of Portree, is divided into
three peninsulas, named Trottemiah, Wnternish, nml Duir-
inifdi, which are the seat of the present agitation. On thq
north-western shore of Trotteruish is tho buy of I’ig, with the
village of that name, which has lately been mentioned in con¬
nection with this unhappy affair. Glendale, also notorious for
its “martyr” tothe cause of the crofters, is in the most Westerly
part of the island, near Dun vegan. (>n Monday week, H.M.S.
Assistance, troop-sliip. Captain Sinclair, K.N., with u Ibrqe'oj'H
three hundred Royal Marines nnd Koval AlnriHe m'tillor}',
tinder Colonel Muuro, and li.M.S. ForesteriVjpm^bOnt,
lieutenant Hodgkiuaon. Jt.N., escorting 11 1 e stemu-boat.
Loclriel, which conveyed tho civil magistrates and police,
arrived at Uig from Portree. The civll/nuthonticH were
Sheriff Ivoiy, the Procurator-Fiscal. Mr. AtHlersoii, nud (;iiicf
Constable M‘Hardy. They landed.with six constables* aceom-
panied by the naval and military officers, mid took up their
quarters in a school-houpe, guarded by Marines. li.M.S.
lianterer, another gun-boot, arrived ncx t day, Wbcuyh strong
force of Marines and seamen was landed. These marched
across the peninsula toStntlin, on the east coast near Quiruing,
ns that was considered to be ono of the most disaffected
districts. No resistance or nniioyn
Skv<* peasantry. It was expected tl
would serve legal notices ok> numl
whom processes have been issued.
BIRTHS.
On the 21st inst., nt Valparaiso House, Srflou I’nrk, Liverpool, the wife
of H. 11. Hammond, of a son.
On the aitii inst.. at The Elms, Spring-grove, Ialeworth, the wife of
Lieut.-tieneral Hodgson, C.U., of u son.
DEATHS.
On the 20th inst., nt lit, Cnmberwell-roail, ’William Barnard Bodily,
surgeon, aged s>». Friends will kindly accept this intimation.
On tho 20th inst, at 7(1. Charlwood-strcet, S. \V„ Katie, beloved wife of
Il.if.ld llurtley, nml dearly loved daughter of F. E. brewer, ot Kensington,
•ged 31.
nu ilia 1st inst., All Saints' Day. at Tlie tlectory, 1‘crtli, Ontario, Canada,
cutcml into life ciemal. Mary Elix .heth Smith, aged 23 yeans dearly loved
wife of L). eievraglit Smith, Esq . M.A , and ouly child of the Kev. It. L.
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THE PLAYHOUSES.
“ The Candidate ” is likely to be quite as successful ns “ Tlie
Colonel.” btrange to say, both plays are built upon the same
lines—the one beiug a political, the other a social satire. In
“Le Mari il la Cnmpngtte,” and its English equivalent, “The
Serious Family,” sanctimonious hypocrites and the cultns of
cant were held up to ridicule: in “ The Colonel ” the {esthetic
craze anil art jargon generally were put iuto the pillory and
cheerfully pelted by Air. Frank C. Buninnd: whilst some
anonymous legislator who lias a ready wit, a smart style,
and a good fund of animal spirits goes to n modern
French play, “ Lo Depute de Bombignoc,” in order
to chuiF, in the most good-natured fashion, the popular
politicians of the day who agitate with terrible earnestness for
the passing of the Fmiicbise Bill and the suppression of the
House of Lords. But, however much all the plays follow a
given leader—who suspiciously resembles the “ lartuffo” of
MolRro—there is a comical idea in “ The Candidate ” that
gives it a very strong backbone. Mh Charles Wyndhnnt is
once more the worried liusbnud, burning to free himself from
the shackles of an intolerable servitude. He is beset
by politics at every turn. Ilis mother-in-law is an ardent
Constitutionalist; his wife, a Tory in petticoats; his friends,
Protectionists of the most obstinate type ; Iris guests leaguing
themselves against the Radical enemy. As for the volatile and
mercurial Wyudlinm, lie cares for none of these things. All
lie desires is an excuse for running away from home and
spending a few happy days in town. The expected oppor¬
tunity arrives in an offer to contest a neighbouring Radical
borough in the Conservative interest. The desire to go to
London is too strong, however, for tlie impulsive Wyndham,
so ho deputes liis faithful secretary, Mr. George Giddcns,
to stand tor hint. A curious character is Mr. Guldens, lie
is a Radical in .disguise, an Oxford man, a philosophical
politician of a pronounced type, loyal to his employer but
struggling with his own convictions. Once fairly free nnd
exposed to the temptations of Eosthampton, the secretary
yields to temptation and fear. The influence of the partisans
of ” Bradley and Henry ” are too much for him, and tho Radical
rascnl gets his patron tlie peer returned upon what Americans
would call tho ” Republican ticket.”
/^Conceive this scene played by two excellent comedians, the
onSmioyant and excitable, the other gloomy and dull. Picture
Mr. Wyndham returned from one of his rollicking excursions,
anxious to obliterate all memory of it, to find to liis horror
that he 1ms to face his family with tho ulurining intelligence
that he, tlie landowner and old-fashioned country gentleman,
has ousted tlie genial “Henry,” nnd is the colleague of the
notorious “Bindley.” The scene, conceived in tho highest
spirit of comedy, is exhilarating in the extreme; both
Mr. Wyndham and Mr. Guldens are at their best, and it is a
treat to turn from the dull horse-play, the foolish pantomime,
nnd the idiotic gestures of most farcical plays to the con¬
templation of a dramatic position that coulu not be coueelvcd
without brain, or acted without intellect. Hero ia one satis¬
factory reply, at any rate, to tho retort that we have no actors
nowadays. 1 f such a bright bit of comedy lmd been given us
in the old days by GeolYrovor Ravel, orBrasseur, or one of the
stars of the firmament of comic noting, shoulders would have
been shrugged nnd the inevitable comparison made. Believe
mo that the acting of Charles Wyndlmm and George Giddcns
in this scene is as good comedy as anyone need want
to see. We laugh sometimes at a comedian because
lie is fat or thin, because he has a long nose or a
short one, because lie wears an extravagant coat or a comic
! mir of trousers, but how much more uniusing when comic
ndividuality is so admirably rendered ns it is here. Apart,
however, from his skill ns an actor, Mr. Wyndlmm deserves
immense credit for liis determination to break down, crush,
and utterly destroy that curse of English acting—slowness of
delivery and of apprehension, lie is us valuable a reformer in
liia way as Mr. Irving. Tragedy was taken off its stilts by
Mr. Irving; comedy owes much of its freedom nnd elasticity
to Mr. Wyndlmm. ’ We have got lately iuto a dull, prosy,
tedious style of acting. We wait, wo pause, wo halt, we
gesticulate, und wo cousider. A thought takes flve minutes
to travel from the brain of one performer to another. That
which should go by lightning express, travels nud dawdles by
luggage-train.
If you would consider acting, go to tho Criterion and
compare comedy there with wlmt comedy is found elsewhere.
The plays are lighter, no doubt, but the manner can be us
light at the Ilaynmrket or the St. James’s if anyone cared to
institute a reform. Watch, for instance, Mrs. Kendal—admirable
artist as she is—toiling und drugging out that necklace scene
in “Thp Iron Master,” a wholly false effect: notice how
Mr. Brookfield labours and dawdles over Baron Stein’s scenes
in “Diplomacy,” to the ruin of liis Zicku and the utter
detriment of the play, and you will see the difference
between comedy that is overstrained nnd comedy tliat is
alert and finished. People think that the exhilaration
and spirit of Criterion comedy are due to the electric liglit,
or the pretty theatre, or a contented after-dinner audience.
Nothing of the kind; they are due to tlie fact that Mr.
Wyndlmm insists upon keeping liis actors awake, nnd does not
allow them to go to sleep. Dull acting makes dull audiences;
spirited acting enlivens all who are assembled. Tho best
play will be us dull as ditch-water if tho actor does not
leel the temperament of the assembly nnd work to secure
their attention. Mark, then, how admirably the co¬
medians trained under Mr. Wyndlmm second liis laudable
lead. I have spoken of Mr. Guldens, who lias specially dis¬
tinguished himself iu this play. Mr. Blakeley nml Mr. Mnltby
nre equally entitled to credit. A young actor hitherto un¬
known, Mr. W. Gregory, already shows the value of the train¬
ing he has received. But, best of all, may be mentioned Miss
K. Rorke, a young lady who, whatever she has to do, is deter¬
mined not to bo stagey. Your French ingenue is the most
stagey and affected of nil actresses. .Miss Rorko is an
ingenue, but she is natural and bright and original
in all she docs. She gives a charming individuality to
every part she performs. Delighted as wo must nil be
nt the success of an amusing play, glad ns playgoers will be to
find that a most dangerous subject Tins been handled with such
good nature that the sting is taken out of it, still the great
value of “ The Candidate ” to the contemporary stage is that
it is one more nail in the coffin of slow acting. The world is
too sad and serious to allow us to be bored nt tho t heatre, nnd,
ns a rule, the depression comes front the actors, nnd not from
the authors. C. S.
A performance of “Caste,” under the patronage of the
Duchess of Beaufort nnd other supporters of 8t. John’s
Hospital for Skin Diseases, will be given for tho benefit of
the charity this (Saturday) evening, nt St. George’s Hull,
Regent-Street, by the Nelson Dramatic Club.
Tlie Duke of Moutrosc opened a fancy fair for the Sick
Children’s Hospital in St. Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow, on
Tuesday, in presence of a brilliant company. Among tho
stall-holders were the Duchess of Montrose, the Countesses
of Eglintou, Bread tribune, Glasgow, and Home, and Ladies
Loiqingtou, Ballour, Maxwell, aud Colebrook.
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NOV. 29, 188*4
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
527
MUSIC.
Mr. A. C. Mackenzie’s dramatic oratorio, “The Rose of
Shnron,” was performed nt last week’s Saturday afternoon
concert at the Crystal Palace. "We have recorded the suc¬
cess of thq work on its original production nt the Norwich
Festival last month, and on its first performance in London by
the Sacred Harmonic Society at St. James’s Hall; mid need
now only notice its enthusiastic reception at Sydenham on
Saturday, when three of the principal vocalists, Mr. Lloyd,
Mr. Sautley, and Alisa Hilda Wilson, were the same ns at
Sr. James’s Ilall — the two former having been associated
in the original performance at Norwich, when Miss
Nevada was the solo soprano and Madame l’atcy the
contralto; Miss Nevada having again sung the soprano
music at St. James's Hall. This was, at Saturday’s con¬
cert, assigned to Mrs. Hutchinson, who acquitted herself
with great success in the important love music of the
Suluniit**, as did Miss Wilson in that for contralto ; Mr. Lloyd,
ns the Beloved, and Mr. Snntley ns King Solomon, having
ngnin given their music with fine effect. Mr. Mills sar.g that
of the Officer very impressively. Mr. Mackenzie himself
conducted, and was greatly applauded.
This week’s Monday Popular Concert brought forward
Millie. Marie Fromm, who played with much success Mendels¬
sohn’s Pianoforte Fantasia in F sharp minor, op. 28. The
same occasion included the first performance here of a very
melodious adagio for the violin, composed by Mozart in 1770,
originally with orchestral accompaniments. It was admirably
played on Monday evening by Madame Normnn-Ncrudo, with
pianoforte accompaniment transcribed from the score. The
accompanist in this case, and in the vocal selection, was Mr.
Ernest Foul, an expressive song by whom (a setting of
Shelley’s lines “To the queen of my heartwas well Ming
by Mr. .T. Robertson, who also gave Mendelssohn's "The
Garland ” with good eantubilo style. Other items cull for no
specific mention.
Berlioz’s " Faust" music was given by the Royal Albert
Hall Choral Society, conducted by Sir. Barnby, on Wednesday
evening. The work had proved very attractive on previous
occasions when performed by the same society.
Three of Mr. John Boosey's London Ballad Concerts hnve
been announced to be given at St. James’s Hull before Christ¬
mas. The first took place this week with a strong programme,
both ns to selection and performers.
“ The Messiah ” was announced for performance by the
Royal Society of Musicians—conducted by Mr. Otto Gold¬
schmidt—nt St. James’s Hall, yesterday (Friday) evening.
Messrs. A. Burnett and Ridley Prentice give a chamber
concert this (Saturday) evening nt Steinway Hull.
The first of Mr. William Carter’s six National Festival
Concerts will bo given at the Royal Albert Hall on Monday
evening, when the programme will include Scottish music.
Mesdnmes Vnlleria, Trebelli, and Sterling, Mr. Sims Reeves,
Mr. Maas, Mr. Santley, Signor Foli, and other eminent artiste,
are announced. _
NATIONAL SPORTS.
The last week of the racing season was about the busiest six
days during the year, and wo should be almost, afraid to say
how many horses ran from Monday morning to Saturday night.
Warwick was not a particularly good meeting; but the Man¬
chester gathering proved a grand success in every respect, and
the big handicap, in spite of the stupid bungle over the
weights, produced a thoroughly satisfactory race. The
CITY ECHOES.
Wednesday, Nov. 2C.
After a very rapid decline in the value of money, there is now
a pause, and indeed some degree of firmness once more
prevails; but the position is so much better than it was
that a very beneficial effect continues to bo exercised upon
the chief money market securities, such ns tho British Funds,
and the best of the Colonial Government and Municipal
issues. Apart from this iulluencc, the stock market is not
generally displaying favourable conditions. It is of course
something that there is now nearly tho certainty that at home
we shall have no premature appeal to the constituencies ; but
when wo look abroad wo find difficulties of various kinds. In
THE SILENT MEMBER.
The pacific state of affairs in Home politics is suggestive—
very. Since the Marquis of Salisbury and Mr. Gladstone, Sir
Stafford Northcoto and the Marquis of Harrington and Sir
Charles Dilke could bring themselves to meet together in con¬
clave on Saturday nfteruoou last, at thd Downing-strcet resi¬
dence of the Prime Minister, and not one of them appears to
hnve been one lm’porth the worse for this joint Ministerial
and Opposition deliberation on tho ticklish question of
Redistribution of Parliamentary seats, who can venture
to sav the Conservative lenders' are not within a measure-
ablo distance of office, or that the tinio may, nt least,
_ ... be near when those who have hitherto been rival chieftains
Egypt, China, and Africa, there are international per- may foregather at tho Council-table as members of a joint
plexitiOH ; and in America the “war of rates’* develops Ministry Y Whatever Utopian issue the womb of tho future
rather than diminishes ; while in France and Mexico Internal nmy have in Rtoro for us, it ir'fBrtnnnto for the country that
disorders give ground for anxiety. Wo are still without precise the Party lenders arc at preaentylcing with each other, at
news us to the Government plans in regard to Egyptian any rate, in their commendable desire tu,settle the Franchise
finance, and Egyptian stocks have declined. Turkish also are
fiat, while Mexican Bonds have heavily fallen upon it trans¬
piring that the populace have risen against the proposed
settlement of the English claims. Low os are United States
railways olrendy, they aro still receding, almost without ex¬
ception. Grand Trunk stocks go with them, because that
company’s traffic is largely tho result of American connections;
while Canadian Pacific shares are firm, because of the growth
of traffic shown by the weekly returns. Mexican Railway
have rapidly advanced in connection with the closing of
“bear” occounts.
Canada North-West Land Company’s shares have come to
be in demand, in connection with a notice from tho company
that Parliamentary power is to be sought to permit the
shareholders to at any time purchase the company’s lands
with the simres at par. The shareholder will in this way be
able, if lie so wish, to take any of the company’s lands nt tho
advertised prices, the shares so rendered to be cancelled. Tho
shares have £5 paid, and as they can bo bought at less than
■table ■iBHHi
and Redistribution questions upon unequitable basis.
Advanced Radicals, on tho other hand, are disposed to he
angrily dissatisfied with Mr. Giqifttqno and his Government
for having surrendered bo^ tho Opposition after rousing the
country to a white heat of resentment against the majority of
tho House of Lords; Mark how neatly tiic Ministry socks to
allay tins disaffcCtioTrT x It x him^>ne voice for tho Conservatives,
another for the AVhigsXn'iul yet another for complaining
Radicals. Mr. Chamberlain is made the medium lor con¬
ciliating tho last-named i-biss. For instance, replying to a
letter from a W'dali MiriistiT, the President of the Board of
Trail© wrote:-*- ^- x
A* regsrtis the present situation, I think it has been somewhat mis-
apprchcnilea in the country. Believe me. there will be no siim-mlcr anti no
corn promote 'of principle./ Tho probabilities nr« that a settlement will ho
arrived at, hut; if so, n will involve tho iinmedinte ptutsiiijr of the Franchise
Bill, and theptisumfr iwxt Seaton of the Redistribution Bill, which will he
more Radical arid cotoploto than any which ncomed p>M*iblo live months ago.
1’ho Seat* Bill will not, however, bo produced in the House of Commune
_jieul full oasuraacos have been received that the Franchise Bill is safe.
half that, it follows that whoever designs to buy land of the^ - / ty Glnd^Wne, fresh from a renovating Saturday to Monday
company will first obruiu shares so long us their price is holiday'
- . . — .- price
under par; while to tho extent that purchases anyeo made
and shares cancelled will the reversionary intcrcsta df the-
remaining shareholders be increased.
The Alliance Rank, Limited, appears to bo growin
several ways. Its metropolitan brunches are unde:
have become almost at once remunerative, auiFiijow^t
y at Mr. Goscheu’s country seat, on Monday announced
in circumlocutory phrase that lie hoped to bo able to introduce
the Redistribution Bill next Monday, anil to move the second
reading on the following Thursday. Now tho hatchet is
b dried} tli ere seems to bo no valid reason why the Franchise
Bill should not be passed forthwith when tho Peers reassemble,
and why tho Lords and Commons should not be permitted to
additions have been nmdo to the list of directors, which seem brtuk up for the Christmas vucution by tho close of next week,
to imply a widening iutercst commercially. Mr. Frederick Peel I . ni “J bo w ®^. to prepured for the contingency that it
and Mr. Henry Holmes Sutherland are tiie new men. ami the
have a specinl knowledge of Indian and Lancashire trailes-At
will be remembered that the Allinnco Bank (nice hiwl ii braneh
in Liverpool. It is wort hy of note, too, that bOEIi'tbcse gentle¬
men now enter for the first time upon directorial work. It is
rare in this day to find new blood of this Sort.
Tho directors of the Scottish ^fhstraliaii Tnvostniciife Com¬
pany, Limited, have made their report oit tlic past year.
. . „ . ..- contingency.
is tho unexpected that frequently happens in tho political ns
in the social world.
90,705 cattle, and BUS/ horses. Tlj<S inlue of its pastoral
estates is given as £72.1,00.7, anil it 1ms advanced to other
owners £315,795. Tho total nssetJMM tho eompnny exceed
£1,000,000. Tho market vmge of the company’s stock is £240
per cent. XX, ”
Notice is given tlmt £ l of East India Railway Annuity,
* i ,.«» • - . .. Class A, may he exclmtiged-into £27 10s. of India 3 per cent
St during the back end, stock; that £100 of East Indian Railway stock may be cx-
nnd the victory of Iveir (Set. 01b.) was a capital wind-up to u changed into £133 India 3 per cent stock; and that £100
East. ru Bengal Railway debenture stock may bo exchanged
into £118 India i pej- cent stoefc.
Next month a return of £1 per share on capital nccount is
to bo made by the Hudson's Bay Compnny. The shareholders
have good reason to be satisfied with their slmro of tho results
of the recent “Boom” in North-West hinds.
The Loudou^mtd—River Plate Bank lias not taken long to
recover from the severe loss of last year, when ns much as
£116,000 was em bczZled.XT11e dividend was then reduced
from 10 to 8 per cent. At the npproacliing meeting a dis¬
tribution of 11 per cent will be proposed. T. S.
tenson tlmt began very iuaaspicionsly for the bearers of tho
well-known scarlet jacket. Watts had wasted very hard to
ride him, and this excellent jockey 1ms had a capital season.
Crim Tartar (fist. 5 1b.) made iv good fight of it, but no
boy can possibly do justice to this very awkward colt: and
Blue Grass (7 st. 10 lb.) lmd evidently only had a hurried pre¬
paration, so, if he can bo thoroughly traiued next }’ear, may
yet win a valuable race for the Duke'of Hamilton. Stockholm
(7 st. 10 lb.) has trained very light, and once more disappointed
her party; and backers mast surely have had more than
enough of Highland Chief (7st. 111b.). Chhdehurst (7st. 101b.),
and Sir Reuben (7 »t. 4 lb.), though the last-named gives
promise of improvement, and may develop into a smart four-
year-old. The other important event of the meeting was the
Lancashire Cup, in whi-h Corunna (7 st. 2 lb.) nt lust rewarded
the few who Imvo persistently stuck to him; mid all the
nurseries brought out the immense fields tlmt lmve been
customary of late, and generally fell to a 20 to 1 chance, sb ,______, „. . UXJV
the bookmakers had a merry time, whilst wc four thatfew Defiance.” from a painting specially executed for the journal
backers enrned that, “winter’s keep” for which they lmve by W. Weekes. A girl nt. the doonvny of n house holds a dog
been working so hard during the Just month. \\\» front of her resting on his hind legs, by no means a fero-
The final heat of the Colquhoim Sculls took place after ckura-looking fellow, while she gives u smile of welcome to a
this Paper lmd gone to press Inst week, and waswon easily young middy, her cousin .Toe. He, sly rogue, holds at his back
by E. A. Pitman, who stroked the Cambridge crow lust year. j K P n S of mistletoe, by right of which he will doubtless soon
A six-days’ race (twelve hours per day) will ho ur.D
at the Aquarium this (Saturday) evening. At the
\ "HOLLY LEAVES."
This is thetitle given to the Christmas Number of the Ilhu-
ti/itcil S/tar/iiitr mid Dramatic Nexcx. The first tiling tliut draws
attention in this excellent shilling’s-worth is the large coloured
engraving presented .therewith, entitled “Defence, not
writing, Littlewood—the holder of the belt—and Rowe... ....
close together, mid both have beaten record by fceVerul miles
Unless one of them should unexpectedly give wiiy
exciting finish nmy be anticipated. \ '
. r ’ (>n,c n,ul ' v - J- Beall are engaged in a billiiirij-niafdi
or 12,000 up, nt the same place, and this also will be finished
this (.Saturday) evening. At the outset okthe game, 1‘enll
took a long lend with a splendid break of 7G2\{251 “spots”),
but Cook played tip most plnckily, mid. with two breaks of
upwards <>t 450, soon riiowodsJu frOijt aguin. Both men.
indeed, seem in tho best form, and the Ji,vers of sensational
breaks are likely to have a treat. There is every prospect of
Mitchell and Beall contestiijgn niatdi of c600 up for a Inrg
stake; and. altogether, Hig^Board of green cloth ” will not
have much rest this winter. xx-^
LADYARTlft-R HILL’S NEW OrERETTA.
Anew comic operetta, entitled “ Tho I/>st Husband’’—the
libretto by the Dowager Marchioness of Downshift*, the music
by her dahgW^in-la^.Nfaidf Arthur llil], the well-known
composer ord* lit the Gloaming.” and other charming songs —
wns presented nt Do wnch ire House, llelgrave - square,
yesterday\vcek.\The Audience wns large, fashiouable,
and, asjFiwRK^e expected, representative and artistic. The
so
by the Captions Critic. The stories and sketches are by \V.
S. Gilbert, airs. Power O’Donoghuc, the Earl of Onslow,
Herbert Gardner, E. L. Anderson, Richard Tvlden, J. \V.
As the late Lord Benconsfidd, a master in the art of coin¬
ing phrases, felicitated Sir Wilfrid Lawson on his possessing
a “spirit of gny wisdom,” so tho noble Earl with equal npt-
ncss might have congratulated tho Houso oil being favoured
with Mr. Henry Lnbouclicre’s humorous common-sense. It is
this distinguishing quality which reuders each speech of .Mr.
Labouchere piquant and palatable to a degree. The quiet vein
of humour running through Mr. Laboucliere’s pungent attack
on the principle of hereditary succession in tho House of Lords
was hugely relished by the Commons on the 21st inst. Laughter
was frequent. The lion, member for Northampton justified
his motion in favour of a reform of the Upper Ilouso on tlm
ground tliut nt that very time Ixird .Salisbury was busily
negotiating with tho Premier respecting the pending changes
in the electorate of the House of Commons. His argument
bristled with points, one of the most mirth-provoking being his
contention that “ the intelligence of the father lias absolutely
nothing to do with the intelligence of the eon" — us witness
the case of t ho heirs of Lord Chancellors (Laughter). Though
Mr. Lnbouchero wns well supported by the battery of Sir
Wilfrid Lawson’s wit, air. Gladstone had no diflicultv in
persuading u goodly majority of Ministerialists mid Con¬
servatives to follow him info the lobby against the resolution.
At tho same time it should be stated tlmt, encour¬
aged by the fair minority, the motion was only nega¬
tived by a majority of 74: 115 against 71 votes—Mr.
Labouchere proposes to “keep on pegging away” against
liis favourite bugbear.
air. Childers secured Iris additional penny on tho Income
Tax, so far us the Commons were concerned, on aionday ; and
on Tuesday tho House of Lords demonstrated with what
dispatch measures can be pushed through on occasion
by reading a second anil third time and passing
this financial bill. Their Lordships then adjourned
until next aionday. The House of Commons suspended
sitting for a week the day before. The Prime Minister did
not, however, prevail upon tho Commons to separate until
several lion, members had complained of the arrangement. Sir
John Lubbock in particular protesting with earnestness against
tho shelving of his motion in favour of proportionate repre¬
sentation. Both the lion. Baronet mul Lord Randolph
Churchill (to whom a pleasant holiday in India may be
wished) had to be satisfied with Gladstoiiian phraseology.
arombers of all shades of polities aro liberally contributing
to the fund being raised lbr tho widow mid children of the
late air. A. M. Sullivan, ai.l*. Of this earnest mid eloquent
Irish member the committee say:—"Himself generous,
genial, mid warm-hearted, full of kindly sympathies and
benevolent desires, it is felt by those who i njoyed his
friendship and appreciated Ids rare gifts of head and heart,
The operetta was preceded by a dramatic sketch of
Sir Charles Young’s, entitled "Yellow Roses”—a little
piece with nil echo of "Sweethearts” about it—in which
Die two parts were ably sustained by the author and
Lmly Mmickfon, both of them lando up to simulate
Immunity in the sixties. In tho intervals (in the absence of
aii-H W'likcllcld, who was to have sung). Signor I’oli con¬
tributed to the genera] success of the evening by singing one
or two songs. The performance was repeated lust Saturday
for t u* benefit of the poor of Westminster
At St. John’s College, Cambridge, a areaiuhon Law
Studentship, of the annual value of £150, ami tenable l«>r four
years, lias been awarded to James I’eiris, Ii.A., LL.B.,
scholar of the college.
Wc have received on appeal from Lady Herbert of Lea on
behalf of the \\ ostiiiinsfor Soup Kitchen. Subscriptions in
money, food, or clothes will bo gratefully received by the
Sister Superior, Carlisle-plnce, Westminster, and by Lady
Herbert, Herbert House, Bclgruve-square.
It is proposed to open subscriptions for n Fawcett
Aleniorial Fund, to be devoted to the higher education of the
blind. A committee is in course of formation, the Duke of
Westminster having consented tobeclmirmun, and Lord John
Alanners vice-chairman. Messrs. Roburts, Lubbock, mid Co.
nndAIessrs. Ransom, Bonverie, uml Co., lmve kindly consented
to net as bankers to the fund.
Nearly 6000 entries were received for the great show of
poultry and pigeons held this week at the Crystal Palace. The
exhibition comprised about 10,000 birds. Among the success¬
ful exhibitors may be mentioned the Countess of Dartmouth,
Ku-m II, M.B., Union Bank, Chnnecry-laiic. In A. M.Sulliviui
Ireland lost one of her most patriotic sons.
the Countess of Aberdeen, the Countess of Lonsdale, the Earl
of Winterton, Lndy Gwydyr. Lady Bmssey, Lady Frederick
Fitzroy, Lady De Rothschild, Lrnlv I. Somerset,
Mrs. Duberly, the Hon. C. .1. Coventry, tho 11
Gifford, General Hussnrd, Lieutenant-Colonel Sh
Air. Le Sueur.
the lion,
lion. E. B.
Shelley, anil
()n Aionday the lion. A. F. Kinunird opened the West
Brighton Young Women’s Christian Institution, which has
been built lit a cost of £2750, in addition to £850 cost of laud
anil £400 for furnishing.
Th® Welbeok Home and Restaurant, in Alortimer-sfreet,
an institution established fur the board anil lodging of
young women employed in business, was opened yesterday
week by Princess Frederica ot Hanover.
In London last week 2109 births and 172-1 deaths were
registered. Allowing for increase of population, the births
were 250, and the deaths 255, below tho average numbers in
tho corresponding weeks of the Inst, ten years. There were
33 deaths from smallpox, 11 from measles, 36 from scarlet
fever,,31 from diphtheria, 21 from whooping-cough, 20 from
enteric fever, 15 from dysentery, and not one from cholera.
Tho picturesque village of Portlilevcn, Helston, Cornwall,
lias received an addition, both useful and ornamental, by the
erection in the tower of the Institute of a new clock, with all
the most recent improvements, manufactured by Ah. J. W.
Benson, of Ludgute-liill. The clock has four dials of more
than four feet diameter, one of which, on the land side, is
illuminated. The hours aro struck upon n bell of I cwt. of u
full rich tone. The clock and tower have been erected at tho
cost of Air. AY. Bickford Smith, of Helston.
TIIE NILE EXPEDITION: ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST DIVISION OF THE CAMEL CORPS AT WADY HALFA.
FROM A SKETCH BY OUR SPECIAL ARTIST.
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 29,
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON' NEWS. X«»v. 20, 1884.—529
EXHIUITION OF DJIA WINGS IN BLACK AND WHITE AT MR. MENDOZA'S GALLERY, KING-STREET, ST. JAMES’S.
630
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOT. 29, 1884
PARISIAN SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
(From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 25.
The telegraph is not an unmixed blessing, anti the use of
it made by modem journalism, always greedy for sensational
news and striking cross-headings, is by no means exempt from
disastrous consequences, as the Parisians may now testify.
] n the latest newspapers received from America the telegraphic
reports relative to the cholera in Paris, for instance, arc ex¬
tremely exaggerated: we read of people being struck down in
the streets, in the omnibuses, in the theatres; and of tlio
populace being terror-stricken. .Since the epidemic broke out,
not a single case has occurred in the conditions specified. I cuu
imagine the alarmist headings with which a clever sub-editor
would serve up the telegrams from Paris concerning the riot
which took placo in the ltue Levis on Sunday last, and the
amplifications which the reader’s imagination, aided by dis¬
tance, would lend to the simple facts. No. The devolution
has not yet broken out in Paris, and the streets are not yet
streaming with blood. On Sunday afternoon an Anarchist
meeting, at which some 2000 persons were present, was held
In the Salle Levis: and during three hours, incendiary speeches
were made, as usual, ngaiust the capitalists by the professional
militant revolutionaries. In the audience were many working¬
men, and the cry was “Alort uux bourgeois!” Those who
ventured to protest were maltreated and expelled from the
room, and finally an order of the day was passed, resolving
t hat the working-men should go down armed into the street
and hold an open-air meeting on the Place de la Pastille.
When the 2000 came out of the .Salle Levis, the police pro¬
ceeded to prevent the formation of groups. Suddenly there
was a cry “ Kill him! ” and a terrible rush. A detective
in plain clothes had been recognised. Then followed a
scrimmage; knives, chisels, knuckle-dusters, and paving-
stones were used; and a charge of cavalry was necessary to
dear the street. Thirty persons were arrested, of whom
fourteen are to be prosecuted ; seven policemen were more or
less severely wounded, and many* others were cruelly bitten.
The attempted riot was promptly’ suppressed, and at six
o’clock all was quiet.
The Radical journals accuse the police and the Govern¬
ment of having provoked the riots, and the Monarchical
organs naturally exaggerate the importance of the mani¬
festation with a view to discrediting the Republic on the eve
of the general elections. The moderate Republican journal,
It Tempt, takes the common-sense view of the tendencies of a
part of the working classes of Paris, and says that “ if there is
not nn energetic revolt of the public good sense against the
pretension to excuse and even to honour crime when covered
with a political or social veil, we must expect, sooner or Inter,
to see universal suffrage, in disgust or in terror, take n new
turn ; we should all of us do well to bear this in mind on the
eve of the general election.” It may readily be believed that
a disturbance like that of Sunday', although it was most
promptly and effectively repressed, is not in tho interest of tlio
commerce of Paris, already so sorely tried by an industrial crisis,
and still further aggravated by tho cholera scare, which 1ms
led to a general stagnation of business. Happily, the epidemic
hns now dwindled down to such insignificant proportions that
it is no longer needful to publish duily bulletins. Yesterday
there were only seven cases and seven deaths, of which six
were amongst the cases under treatment iu the liospituls on
previous days.
In the Chamber the grand debate on the Tonquin credits hns
begun, mid in all probability it will last until Thursday.
Never has a Ministry received more terrible and precise necu-
Rations of incapacity, deceit, prevarication, mid direct lying to
the Chamber and to the public than tlio Furry Cabinet hns re¬
ceived during tiie past week from MM. Clemenceau, Andrienx,
Lockroy, nucl Delufosse. It seems, however, probable that
M. Ferry will obtain once more the majority’ necessary to
enable him to keep his portfolio. The situation is truly
extraordinary.
Last Thursday the French Academy held its grand niinunl
meeting for the distribution of the prizes founded by M. de
Montyon for the encouragement of acts of virtue, and of other
prizes for literary productions. Mr. Pailleron was charged
with the panegyric of virtue, and took advantage of the
ocen8ion to burn incense under the noses of his compatriots,
telling them that, in spite of contrary appearances, they were
all really saints, and that the only wicked people in Franco
were the foreign residents. Amongst the literary prizes i
be noticed lO.OOOf. award to M. I^*coute De Lisle for
Tho Emperor of Austria left Vienna on the 24th inst. for
OGdiillii. where the Court will remnin till the end of the month.
It will then move to Pesth, returning to Vienua on Jan. 17
next. — The young Grand Duke Michael of Russia, accom¬
panied by his aide-de-ciunp, Count Schouvnloff, has arrived
nt Vienna from Athens.—The Austrian Reiclisruth lias been
summoned to meet on Red. *1.
On Sunday the jubilee of the Metropolitan Isidore, who
has held the nrchiepiscopul office for fifty years, was celebrated
nt St. Petersburg with great solemnity. 'Lost Saturday even¬
ing prayers were said in nil churches of St. Petersburg, Nov¬
gorod, mid the Grand Duchy of Finland. On Sunday prayers
were said nt the Isaac Kasan and Nevski Cathedrals by the
members of Holy Synod, and in the evening by the Arch¬
bishops. Tlio whole of the Imperial family presented their
congratulations. The St. Petersburg clergy have subscribed
eighty thousand roubles to found, iu the Metropolitan’s name,
an asylum for aged priests here.
M. Calligas has been elected President of the Greek
Chamber by 105 votes ngaiust 66 votes obtained by the
Opposition candidate.
It is announced from Tien-Tsin thnt Chinese Turkestan will
be made the nineteenth province of the Celestial Empire, und
governed similarly to China.
The New South Wales Parliament was opened on the
18th inst., in order to pass the Estimates of the ensuing year.
The Treasurer rnnde his financial statement, which showed
that there would be at the end of the yeur u clear surplus of
£210,000. He estimated the revenue for 1885 at £8,-180,000,
and tho expenditure at £8,-120,000, thus leaving nn aggregate
surplus of £270,000. Should the estimated revenue of 1885 bo
realised, there would be n sum of £2,000,000 beyond the
revenue for 1883, and £1,500,000 in excess of the present yeur’s
receipts.—Sir Arthur Blytli, K.C.M.G., Agent-General for
South Australia, lias received a telegram from the Govern¬
ment at Adelaide, informing him that the Provincial Parlia¬
ment hud been prorogued nfter n successful Session; that the
Parliament had passed the Land ami Pastoral Bills, and bills
for railways from Petersburg to Silvcrton, and from Mount
Gambler to Narucoorte. Also that the emigrant ship Hesperus
had nrrived safely at Port Adelaide.—The Queensland Legis¬
lature has voted the appropriation of £10,000,000 towards'
public works, ns proposed m Mr. Dickson's financial statement.
Tlio expenditure is required mainly for railway purposes.—
At Melbourne oil the 10th inst.., the jubilee of the first settle¬
ment iu tlio colony was Celebrated—Edward Hen tv having
landed nt Portland Bay from Van Dieman’s Land exactly
fifty years ago. He was tho first European who settled ill/
Victoria. — The English cricketers, under the captaincy of
Alfred Slmw, hist week played a mutch against nn Eleven of
Victoria, which resulted iu* n victory for the English team by
118 runs. None of Murdoch’s Elevcu who visited England this
year played in the match. Shaw's team won another match on
Monday at Melbourne by four wickets against an Eleven of
New South Wules. ^
Tho official return of the polling in Hackney gives the
number of votes recorded for Professor Stuart (Liberal) ns
14,540, while those for Mr. Hc^ljater(Conservative) were8543.
Viscount Bangor hns been appointed a Deputy Lieutenant
for county Down, nnd/'tke Earl of Fin gall bus been appointed
a Deputy Lieutenant of county Meath.
The first of n series of evening concerts by members of the
Ivyrle Society, through the interest of Lady Brabazon, was
given to the patients of the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the
Chest, City-r<md, last week. The performance was of a high
order, and was fully appreciated./ )
At the meeting of Old Moderators of the General Assembly
of the Church oFSeothuid, Ireldm Edinburgh on thel9th lust.,
it was agreed to nominate professor Mitchell, St. Andrews, ns
Moderator of the next General Assembly. The Commission of
Assembly of the Free Church met the same day, when the ltev.
Principal Brown^berdCeH, was nominated as Moderator of
tho Free Church for next year.
A conference of representatives of Trades Unions with
members of tlio ArtisanB K Technicnl Association was held at
Andertoif’s HotelS-Fleet-street, last Saturday afternoon, to
consider the best means of bringing the work of the associa¬
tion before yyorknien. Sir P. (Juuliiftf Owen presided, and a
on the Trades Unions to assist
M. Leconte De __ .... H ,
“ roemes Tragiques,” and 3000f. to Mistral for his Provencal , Tne’School Board for London again discussed at consider-
poems. It is curious to seethe French Academy, tho guardian able Iciigtlv. on tlie 20th inst., the question of over-pressure,
of the lnngungeof Racine and Bossuet, awarding a prize for the Attcrthe reject ion of several amendments, the proposition of
encouragement of a patois literature. Jlousfieltl to appoint n special com unttoe to inquire into
M.Tnine has published the fourth volume of his woH£'bTC^'^ Ue ^ ion8 of over-pressure made in the report of Dr.
the ‘‘Originos de la France Contempi
follows the history of tho Revolution
Brutnaire. The author’s reactionary tendencies appearin thiiC' mmru, owing to «ns imving oeen u
volnmo more pronounced than ever, and he lias pickedm#^^“®Infect to the Lducutionnl Department,
documents with such prejudiced intentions that he finds in tho The show of fat cattle which opened on the 20th inst. nt
whole Revolution nothing but a monstrous pnfody, played by Norwich is admitted to have been the finest exhibition
charlatans, scoundrels, and brimuids. This ftxfteasivinV one- ever held in tho county. There were 120 beasts shown,
charlatans, scoundrels, and brigauds. This excessively one
sided volume is alone a condemnation of 31. Taiue’s umbh-
vannted historical method. \\ /'■ .. T. C.
The King of the Netherlands has's^6Cted5L^Mackay,
Anti-Liberal, ns President of the Second Chamber, from
among the three deputies whose names were submitted to his
Majesty for that post. The First Chamber hits adopted the
Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne.—The sub¬
scriptions at. Amsterdam to tlufah a re capital of nine million
florins of the New Netherlands Indian Agricultural Company
exceed seven million florins, and the lists ureclosed.
The new German Reichstag was arched Thursday week
by tho Emperor in a spcecTi'es pr es s u i g satisfaction nt the
progress made in social reform birice 1882. He spoke with
satisfaction of the unity of the Central Powers of Europe.
The election of fh<*j«iw'"President and Vice-Presidents of the
Reichstag took place last Saturday afternoon. Herr Von
Wedell-Piewlorf, of the Conservative party, was elected
President by 261 votes out of.« total of 333 recorded, of which
71 were blank. The former Vice-Presidents, Ilerr Francken-
stein, of the Centre, and Herr Hoffmann, of the new
German Liberal party, were re-elected by acclamation. In
the German Imperial Budget for 1885-6 the income
and cxpe,ndffute.ati? respectively fixed at 621,196,051 marks —
a fium^rhich has to be balanced by n loan of more than
4 4,500,000 marks.— 'Thb West African Conference met again in
Berlin Inst Saturday, when proposals relating to the Congo
were made by the United States Plenipotentiary. The mem¬
bers afterwards dined with the Emperor, the Foreign Am¬
bassadors and Prince Bismarck being also present. Mr.
Stanley lunched with Prince William of Prussia, at Potsdam ,
and in the evening dined with Princo Bismarck. On Tuesday
Mr. Stanley was entertained at a banquet in the Kaiserliof by
the Geographical and Anthropological Societies. — Dr. Bodinus,
the celebrated zoologist, and Director of the Zoological
Gardena in Berlin, died of apoplexy on Sunday morning.
He was seventy years of age.
as against ninety-one last year. For the best beast in
the yard, Mr. It. Wortley, of Aylsham, was awarded the
Patron's Plate; he also took tho President's (Lord
Hustings) prize for the best ox or steer. The Queen re¬
ceived first prize for the best steer of any breed, besides other
prizes. The Prince of Wales took second prize in the class
for cows bred and fed in Norfolk. Lord Hustings, Mr. Column,
M.l\, Mr. R. Wright (Lincoln), Mr. D. A. Green (Colchester),
and Mr. Clement .Stephenson (Newcastle), also took prizes iu
cattle classes. — The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edin¬
burgh have both entered fat stock for exhibition at the two
great Kent Cattle Shows at Canterbury and Ashford to be
held in December.—Lord Tredegar's agricultural show opened
on Tuesday at Newport, Monmouthshire. The exhibits
numbered 1150. There was a keen competition for the prizes.
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A large portion of our issue of last week contained the result
of the trial Finney v. Garmoyle, which cumo to u close on
Thursday, the 20th inst. The action for breach of promise of
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iu tlio conduct and bearing of Miss Finney but what was
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ever recorded in this country in an action for broach of
promise of marriage; though perhaps larger sums than the
present have been paid out of Court.
The trial of the libel action brought by Mr. Charles Warren
Adams against Mr. Bernard Coleridge came to an end last
Saturday. The plaintiff was not cross-examined, and Miss
Coleridge, though called, was not examined. Mr. Justice
Mauisty held thut the letter written by the defendant to his
sister wanting her not to marry the plaintiff, whose character
lie impugned, was a privileged communication, and that the
jury lmd only to consider whether he wrote the letter honestly
and. without malice, The j ury, utter deliberating, replied Mint
they believed that the defendant, in not retracting when ho
lmd the opportunity, showed vindictiveness; and they awarded
the plaint ill' £3000 damages. Air. Adams asked for judgment
in his favour, but the Judge 6aid thnt, in his opinion, there
was no evidence on which such a verdict should be found, and
lie should give judgment for the defendant, with costs. The
S ’uintiff conducted his own case. Mr. Justice Mauisty on
om'rny, on taking Iris seat in the Court of Queen’s Bench,
made an order for stay of execution in this case, and said that
the course he hud taken on Saturday had been much discussed
and mistiuderstood. It was, however, the course which tended
most to shorten litigation and reduce its expenses.
The trial of Lord Marcus Beresford for an assault alleged
to have been committed by him ou Mr. Thomas Gibson Botvics,
proprietor and editor of Vanity Fair, on Oct. 16 lust, resulted
yesterday week in an acquittal at the Middlesex Sessions.
Iu the Queen’s Bench Division on Saturday, Air. Joseph
Lawrence was found guilty of publishing, in a journal called
Modern Society, a libel concerning Mrs. Mary Amy Blood,
residing in Thurlow-squure, South Kensington; and tlic jury
awarded £1000 damages. Counsel applied on Monday to Mr.
Justice Denman to stay execution iu this case on the groiqid
that the amount of damages was excessive, but his Lordship
declined to do so, remarking that lie thought it was too small.
The trial at the Central Criminal Court yesterday week
of Morley Jarvis, ltnnuird Garland, and Charles Kent, lor
conspiracy to defraud, through a sham organisation known
ns the Defence Society, was brought to a close with the con¬
viction of the prisoners. Jarvis was sentenced to live years’
penal servitude, Garland to fifteen and Nash to nine months’
Lord labour.
At the same Court Inst Saturday James Ivey was sentenced
to fifteen mouths’ hard labour for stealing two purses and
money from the person of Air. Baym on Lord Mayor’s Day.
He was stopped by two young ladies, sisters (Misses ltlioda
mid Kate Morris), who took the purses from him and held
him till the police came up. They were directed to receive
£3 reward.
to Ingram Brothers, of 198, Strand, London.
The Earl of Rosebery 1ms been elected a vice-president of
the Royal Colonial Institute, and Sir Richard Temple n
member of the council, in the room of the late Sir R. Torrens.
The inaugural meeting of the Cambridge University Town
and County Fine-Art Association will be held in the Theatre
Royal, Cambridge, this (Saturday) evening.
Tuesday’s Gazette contains the following:—The Queen hns
been pleased to appoint Alujor-Geneml Peter 11. Scratch ley,
R.E., C.M.G., to bo her Majesty's Special Commissioner lor
tiie i’rotected Territory in New Guinea.
At a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, held on
Monday night at the University of London, Air. Aiichuel
Benzolcy read a paper descriptive of nn overland journey ill
the Island of Formosa fromTu-Kow to the.South Cape, under¬
taken by him in June, 1875. Lord Abcrdore, president of the
society, took the chair.
Air. Samuel Morley, M.P., has consented to become Presi¬
dent of tlio English Congregational Chapel Building Society,
in succeision to the lute Air. Robert S. Hudson, of Chester.
Air. Morley, whose name appears in the last report of tlie
society as having, nt various times, contributed £3557 to its
funds, has for a great many years taken a practical interest iu
its work.
Arr. W. H. Higgin, Q.C., has been elected treasurer of the
Honourable Society of the Aliddle Temple. Air. It. U. Finlay,
Q.C., and Mr. Daubeny have been elected Benchers of the
Aliddle Temple in succession to the late .Sir Laurence Peel
and Air. Beavon.—Air, Arthur Richard Jelf, Q.C., Recorder
of Shrewsbury, and Air. John Thomas Crossley, Q.C., of the
Chancery Bar, have been elected Benchers of the Honourable
Society of the Iiuicr Temple, in succession to the lute Air.
Justice Wutkin Williams nml Air. Edward Vtuighuu
Richards, Q.C.—Air. AI organ Howard, Q.C., Recorder of
Guildford, has been appointed a member of the Council of
Legal Education, in succession to Air. Justice Wills.
A fete was held on Wednesday evening nt the Brend Reform
Exhibition at Humphreys’ Hull, Albert-gnte, in aid of a fund
to provide penny breakfasts and dinners for poor school
children. Air. Humphreys gave the use of the hull free for
the benefit of the fund, and a loan gallery of pictures, ohjet*
d'art, &c., formed speciul attractions of the exhibition. Fancy
work, Rowers, fruit, &c., were contributed, and pictures were
lent; mid the proceeds of all contributions to the evening fete
will be handed over to the fund, which will be in the charge
of a general council, who will orgunise centres and establish
the penny breakfasts and dinners on a self-supporting basis.
A fternoon teas, musical,dramatic, andotlieren tertainmeiits were
given during the exhibition. The series of druumticaiul musical
entertainments begun last Saturday, and continued to the 28Ui
inst., concluding with a matinee on Dec. 2, by permission of AI r.
John Hollingshead, at the Gaiety Theatre. Princess Christian,
the Dowager Countess of Aylesford, the lion. Emily Cathcart,
Lady Alfred Churchill, Lady George Hamilton, Lady John
Aliumers, nud Lady Louisa Afills, preside at. the ‘‘afternoon
tens.” All communications should be addressed to Mi**
Yates, lion. bcc. Bread Reform League, 8, Northumb. rhuui-
terraco, Regent’s Burk.
NOV. 29, 1884
THE ILLUSTKATED LONDON NEWS
531
HISTORY OF PICTORIAL JOURNALISM.
“ The Pictorial Press: its Origin and Progress,” is the subject
of a handsome volume, with ft hundred and fifty Engravings,
published by Messrs. Ilurst and Blackett. To all engaged in
t he conduct of this Journal, and we trust nlso to many of its
readers, the treatise hero ably nnd agreeably presented must
be oue of peculiar interest. The author, Mr. Mason Jnckson,
being connected now and for very many years past with the
Illustrated London Neat, lias had a practical experience of the
lmumgement of wood-engraving, drawing, and sketching for
the purpose of News Illustrations, to an amount certainly un-
Hpprouched by any other person. Ho has a family title, more¬
over, to be the surviving representative of some of the eminent
Newcastle bcIiooI of wood-engravers, founded by Bewick, who
revived that ingenious, pieusing, nnd useful art in England;
and who applied it to popular instruction and entertainment
in a style of beauty and accuracy, and of artistic effectiveness,
never before conceived to be within its reach. “The History
of Wood-Engraving,” by the lute Mr. .John Jackson, is
a standard authority upon the steps by which technical
and artistic improvement was gradually arrived at; but
it lias been reserved for Mr. Mason Jackson to relate
the history of a special employment of the art, which
lie has had unequalled opportunities of observing, nud the
modern form of which is greatly indebted to his personal
superintendence. His genuine nnd disinterested love of
the art itself, and of its public uses in this respect, ante¬
cedent to the success it has obtuined under his own direction,
is proved by the diligent researches he lias made among the
ephemeral publications of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and
eighteenth centuries, to collect examples of pictorial illus¬
tration of the events nnd topics of those days. The earlier
chapters of his book are therefore rather of an antiquarian
character, furnishing, with the reprints of many quaint old
woodcuts, a very amusing commentary on the social life of
England in past ages, tlio manners nnd ideas, the popular
sentiments, prejudices, and superstitions, and the occasional
fits of panic or party fury that stirred the public mind.
Mr. Jackson writes in an agreeable style, and bus a lively
perception of characteristic incidents and humours. lie finds
n great variety of thiugs to narrate; nnd, though most of
them are probably already familiar to readers of English his¬
tory, or to thoso interested in the habits of our ancestors, tlicir
repetition, which is concise nud never tedious in his pages,
was needful to explaiu the very curious Illustrations he lias
reproduced. He begins with those found in special papers, of
the ‘‘broadside” form, and in tracts or pamphlets, which
wore issued, from the time of Queen Elizabeth, to give an
account of some extraordinary events. The exploits of Sir
Francis Drake iu sea-fights with the Spaniards, iu 1587, the
disastrous Hoods of 1007 in Monmouthshire and in Somerset¬
shire, the great fire of Tiverton in 1012, and the storms and
shipwrecks of the next year on the eastern coast, were thus
made the subjects of rude nnd childish drawings, often with
the most grotesque and fantastic exaggeration. Notorious
crimes, like the murder of Mr. Storro, a clergyman nt Market
Rosen, in Lincolnshire, and tlie story, which may be fabulous,
of the gentleman in Cornwall who unwittingly murdered hisown
son, having received him ns a stranger come from abroad with a
bag of gold, arc figured in similar publications. The re¬
ligious cxcitemeut prevailing in the early part of the seven¬
teenth century is exemplified by strange pictures of
supernatural portents, such n9 the vision of three deud men,
appearing us skeletons, arisen from their graves in a church¬
yard in Germany; and that of a battle ill the clouds (seen
above the tomb of Mahomet in Arabia), with ti woman bearing
sword and book in the opposite quarter of tho sky, and with
u shower of blood raining down on Home. It is remarked
by Mr. Jackson that nearly tho same pretended vision was
again promulgated in 10*12, when it was stated to have been
reported by the English Ambassador nt Constantinople. On
the former occasion, in 1020, this ** Good News to Christen¬
dom” lmd been sent by a merchant nt Alexandria to a
Venetian at Leghorn. The exaggerated descriptions of
meteors, thunderbolts, nud comets, that of the ghost haunting
the butchers’ stalls in Smitlilield, the Newbury Witch who
walked upon the water, nnd whom a volley of musketry failed
to kill, and the Whale of Weymouth, carrying a Romish
priest like Jonah in its belly, were part of tho Illustrated
Jxmdon News m that age.
Of much greater real interest, ns being associated with
important historical transactions, are the drawings intended;"
to represent the military performances of Gustav us A dolphins,
the conflicts with the Irish rebels in 1041, the execution of
Strafford, and many subsequent events of the Civil Wur,
the Commonwealth,’and tho Restoration. Mr. Jackson pre¬
sents a good collection of tho satirical pictures with which
both parties, Roundheads nnd Cavaliers, accompanied their
exercise of the weapons of earnest controversy, soon exchanged
for “pike nnd gun.” Archbishop Laud, during liisJon^
imprisonment before it ended on tiio scaffold, was the object^
of many fanciful and malicious caricatures; in one burlesque
piny, lie is seated nt table with Prynne, Burton, and Leighton,
or Bastwick, whose ears were cut off by order of tlie Star
Chamber ; then ho has his nose held to a grindstone, and is
put into a cage with a Jesuit; in another picture, the Bevil
offers Laud a Cardinal’s hat. The illustrations, of actual
doings, of the storming of Lambeth Palace by a mob, the
pulling down of the Cross in Cnenpside, a sitting of the Long
Parliament, the raising of tho King’s Standard at Nottingham,
Prince Rupert with buttleaxe and pistol galloping somewhere
between Daventry nnd Birmingham, the “Oxford Junto” in
council, with the King nnd Queen looking on from tho
gallery, the cruelties of Cavaliers nt Exeter nnd Bristol, the
flight of Charles from Oxford in 1046, thq breaking of the
Great Seal before tho Lords and Commons, Fairfax Bitting iu
his council of military officers (there is no illustration of Crom¬
well), tho naval squadron of Prince Charles, the siege of
Colchester, the imprisonment of Charles I. in Carlsbrooke
Castle, hi» execution nt Whitehall iu January, 1649. and other
incidents of that memorable contest, reappear in the present
volume. A duel between Sir Kenelm Iligby and a French
nobleman who had culled King Charles a coward is also repre¬
sented. I iider Cromwell’S arbitrary rule, the Press had little
freedom; and, being forbidden to exhibit political events nt
home, was fain to show “the Hollow Tree” on Hampstead
Heath, or a seven-headed and seven-armed human monster in
tlm mountains of Spain. Hopkins, the Witchtinder. surrounded
by Miches and their imps in the shape of animals, is figured
in one pamphlet. %/
TIick.R estoration censorship permitted, of course, the
publishing of a horrid picture of the Execution of tho
Regicides; and the murder of Archbishop Sharp near St.
Andrews, in 1679, was allowed to be made the subject of au
Illustration. Popular superstition was still indulged with a
view, during the Dutch War, of tho apparition of ships fight¬
ing on the const of Holland, and emblematic lions in aerial
conflict, with a crowned King triumphant on high. These
designs, rendered by etchings on copperplate engravings, were
drawn in tolerable perspective; nnd the woodcut of 1684,
representing the Great Frost on the Thames, shows n con¬
siderable advance iu correct delineation. Tho Monmouth
Rebellion, and the Bloody Assize of Judge Jefferies, were tho
subject of illustrated tracts probably sold without Government
license, at least iu the latter instance. On the other hand,
the Loyal Protestant could encourage the zeal of its party with
a queer woodcut of tho prodigious lien’s egg laid at Home, con¬
taining a comet in its inside; “but nil persous are left to
their own choice whether they will believe either this or any of
our own late homebred Miracles nnd Visions.” In the reign
of William III., on the death of Queen Mary, a broadside
account of the funeral was adorned with a large woodcut, part
of which is copied in this volume.
Tho eighteenth century, when the art of wood-engraving
was long generally neglected, affords but few specimens for
Mr. Jacksou's collection. Fabulous visions of swordsmen in
the sky at night were now and then imposed on vulgur
credulity, during the wars of Queen Anne’s time. The taste
for caricature, as might be expected among contemporaries of
Dean Swift and other great literary humourists, revived with
as much sharpuess against party opponents us it bad displayed
previously to the Civil War. The Jacobites were fiercely
ridiculed in Read's Weekly Journal of 1718 with an elaborate
pictorial composition, which might easily be interpreted by one
conversant with the plots andiutriguesof thatday. But the most
complicated design tor the purpose of expressing detestation of
a set of men is that in the sume journal, uiso styled the British
Gazetteer , for Slay 20, 1721. It depicts, with vindictive par¬
ticularity and precision reminding us of Dante’s “Inferno,”
the voyngo of a fraudulent South Sea Company Director to the
blazing jaws of Hell, conveyed in Lucifer’s row-barge with a
cargo ot gold coin, with Mammon at the helm, Belial playing
the fiddle, Satan whispering him at one ear and Beelzebub at
the other, and the worm of remorse gnawing his entrails ;
while subordinate figures and emblems fill the sides of the
picture. Iu Parker’s London News of May, 1724, a clear and
sensible account of the expected eclipse of the sun is nccom-
by a series of drawings, useful to show the course and stages
of obscuration, but setting a round lmmau face in the sun’s
J ? I _ • V .Cxi.. I.. ..1. 1).. ..A ..11 mi fit 4* L i. riooi 41 an
is likely to have been furnished by a naval or military officer.
The Jacobite rebellion of 1745 having rekindled English
animosity against the partisans of the Pretender, Fielding
became editor of a weekly political paper, the Jueobdc'e
Journal, expressly to assuil them with ironical derision. It has
been supposed that Hogarth drew the woodcut heading, which
Mr. Jackson has taken for the frontispiece to this volume.
This drawing, of which Fieldingwrites a humorous explanation,
shows Mr. John Trottplnid and his wife riding on an oas, Popery,
in the person of a sly Friar, leading the beftsjt with u liatter,
mid the Royal Arms of France drugged behind the tail. In
the St. James's Chronicle, a sheet published thrice a week, in
June, 1765, there is the picture oKa ‘istrange wild beast”
which had spread terror and havoc in the Gevandan district,
in France, und of which the most wonderful storietrrire told.
Mr. Jackson suggests, from the description, t)ia^Jt muy have
been a hyena escaped from some travelling menagerie. The
last example that lie presents of pictorial journalism in the
eighteenth century is taken from the old Gentleman's Magazine ;
it is the full-length and fuR-breudth figure of Mr. Edward
Bright, the Fat Man aOIuldon, in Essex, who weighed forty-
two stone.
We have enumerated none of tub old Engravings but such
as will be found reproduced^ this Book, passing over many
of them by which the reader will be equully amused. The
author describes u great many more, which may be seen in
the British Museum collections of English broadsheets, tracts,
pamphlets, and periodieuls. We believe thut equally rich
materials for the>wtory oLittnSfmtcd occasional publications
are to be found luuoiig the products of the Dutch, Germuu,
French, mid Italiun presses^ in many cities of Europe, from a
dute at least ns curly as the beginning of the Lutheran con¬
troversy, and ill solne instances almost from the introduction
of letter-type printing,^witli which wood-engraving was from
the firsfc closely allied. I'axton used, for the udomment of his
books; engraved blocks which were probably executed by tlio
foreign printers libcrti ployed; und blocks were afterwards pro¬
cured, as Mr. Jackson informs us, from Nuremberg or from
l4'oi^T^-l^lbert Diirer’a influence on tho art of wood-
engraving was) very great, but it never extended to this
country. HhUs lloibcin, who came to Englaud two years nfter
Dtirar’s death, made a few designs for the wood-eugravers
during liis long residence here. His transient use of the art,
however,Alid not raise it to a better condition, and printers
continued to be the chief producers of woodcuts.”
\ The lifetime of Thomas Bewick extended to 1828; his
principal works, except the second volume of the “ History of
British Birds,” appeared before the end of the last century;
but lie was afterwards much occupied in teaching the art
which lins, during fifty yenrs past, achieved a universal triumph.
'The credit due to him mid his pupils can hurdly be over-ruted.
When the Penny Magazine came out, in if arch, 18112, under the
management of Charles Knight, and under the auspices of the
“Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge,” the more
artistic practice of wood-engraving, by which it was illustrated,
was regarded as “ u new art.” It was the only means by which
the working classes, and the great body of the people, could be
made familiar through the Press either with the best works of
painting, sculpture, and architecture, or the various scenes and
endless marvels of Nature, or the faces of illustrious men.
Those who now remember the delight nnd instruction that
their early childhood received from the Penny Magazine will
feel grateful to tho artists, draughtsmen, and engravers,
by whose skill these results were obtained. We may
claim also for tho Illustrated London News, established
by Mr. Herbert Ingram ten years later, the merit of
having curried on that portion of the work in the same spirit,
providing the best materials of refined mental entertainment
mid sound “Useful Knowledge,” together with the illus¬
tration of passing events. This Journal, however, enjoys the
unique distinction of being the first regular illustrated
newspaper that came into existence; and Mr. Jackson devotes
the latter half of his volume to the progress of news-illustration
in tlio nineteenth century. The practice was resorted to
occasionally, not regularly, by several older journals, by tho
Observer, Bell's J.ife in London , mid the Weekly Chronicle , before
tlie Illustrated London News was started. Mr. Jnckson does at
least sufficient justice to tho special efforts of our predecessors.
Tlie Ttnws had iu 1806 given a woodcut of Nelson’s funeral
car, nnd in 1817 a view of Robert Owen’s Socialist villages.
Thu Observer began with copper-pluto, in 1815, giving a view
of St. Helena, nnd three years later the portrait of a murderer,
Abraham Thornton, tho last accused criminal who claimed to
prove liis innocence by ordeal of battle. In 1820, tlie same
journal, conducted with much enterprise by Mr. Clement, had
woodcut illustrations of tho Cnto-street Conspiracy, and of the
trial of Queen Caroline, followed next year by some of the
Coronation of George IV. Tlie Kiiig’s visit to Ireland, and the
siege of Cadiz by tho French iu 1823, shared these pic¬
torial attentions of the Observer; but it mude a great deal
more of the infamous crime of Thurtcll, who murdered Weure
on tho rood near Elstree, while driving him in a gig, and with
some accomplices hid his corpse in a pond. Bell's Life, owned
by the sume proprietor, sometimes contained portrait sketches
of theatrical und sporting celebrities; und, Jrom 1827 to the
end of 18-10, had different series of “ comicalities,” drawn by
Cruikslmnk, Seymour, and Kenny Meadows. The Observer
continued its occasional use of news-illustrations, dealing thus
with the death of the Duke of York and of Mr. Cunning, iu
1827, the opening of u suspension bridge nt Hammersmith,
the alterations of St. James's Park, tlio Battle of Nnvarino,
Mr. Gurney's steam-carriage on turnpike-roads, the disaster
in the works of the Thames Tunnel, Ascot Ruces, the Red
Bam murder near Ipswich, the opening of St. Katharine’s
Docks, the Siamese Twins, the death and funeral of George I V\,
the reception of King William IV. and Queen Adelaide in
the City, their Majesties opening the new London Bridge, nnd
tho Royal Coronation in September, 1831. For several years,
we are told, no illustrations Were given, but in 1835 there
were some of Fieschi’s attempt (to kill the King of the French.
In 1837, there wus the funeral of Willlahi IV., and Queen
Victoria’s visit to London, and there was her Coronation in
the following year. These important events were duly
“illustrated” by tlio Observer, which also did some¬
thing in that manner with the opening of the rail¬
way to Greenwich, the grand portal of the Euston-
squnre Station, the great fire at the Tower, nud the birth
and christening of the Frthc® of Wales. But the Weekly
Chronicle, started in 1836, went in freely, sometimes with
little regard to discretion and good taste, for the use of
illustratioq»''br/ all exciting topics. Portraits of notorious
criminals, and tlie mdstrTiorrible incidents of the Greenncre
murder in 1837, commanded an enormotis sale. The con¬
ductors, however, did make some laudable attempts to enter¬
tain their public with better things. “ The Pictorial Gallery,
illustrating cyeryjobject of interest mid curiosity in Art,
Science, Literature, ’and Amusement,” was the promising
title of a well-meant series of engravings. Among these were
balloon experiments, nnd tho disastrous parachute adventure
Of itr. Gocking. The French-Cnnndiau rebellion, mid tho
conflict of the madman Thom, calling lmnsclf Sir William
Courtney, / with the constables and soldiers iu Kent, were
illustrated by the Weekly Chronicle in 1838. Mr. Jackson also
reproduces from the Sunday Times two views of the ruins of tlio
Houses of Parliament after tlie conflagration, mid from tho
'^Magnet ouo of the embarkation of Napoleon’s remains at St.
Helena.
The late Mr. Ingram, who was then in business ns a
newspaper vendor at Nottingham, lmd observed the largo
extra demand for certain London papers whenever they
contained news-illustrations. He therefore resolved to establish
this Journal, the first number of which appeared on May 11,
1842. It contained eight illustrations, drawn by John Gilbert,
of the Queen’s Bal Masque at Buckingham Palace, one being
that of her Majesty in the costume of Queen Philippa ,
a view of the great fire at Hamburg; views of Cabul
and Ghuzni, the scenes of the Afghan War then going
on; an illustration of the Fashions for May; some
humorous sketches nt the Police Courts, and comic de¬
signs of the subjects of mock advertisements; nnd pretty
ornamental headings for the columns of particular news, such
as that of “Court and limit Ton,” which was graced with
figures of an infant Royal Pair, in robes of state, attended by
baby pages, and receiving the homage of chubby children
more or less dressed up. The Illustrated Loudon Nnee, imme¬
diately afterwards, gave a series of engravings of the < )ver-
liuid Route to India, and did not neglect in that yonr the
Queen's journeys to Windsor and to Seotlnud, the attempt to
shoot her Majesty on Constitution Hill, the Chartist riots at
Preston, the lutal accident to the Duke of Orleans, the funeral
of the Duke of Sussex, the Lord Mayor's Show, and various
public incidents of London life. Portraits of Sir. Cobdon,
then just elected to a seat in Parliament, Lord John Bussell,
and Mr. Disraeli, were given in those early years. The
drawing and engraving were often fur from perfection ; but
the sale rapidly udvunced to sixty or seventy thousand, and
during the French Revolution of 1818 it was more than
doubled m three months. The Great Exhibition of 1851, and
the Crimean War three or four years afterwards, caused an
eager demand for illustrations. Mr. Jackson does not attempt,
however, to relate the history of this Journal, but devotes
much space in his concluding clinpters to a few interesting
explanations of the processes by which it is produced : wood-
engrnving, and the previous drawing on the block; the
printing of wood-engravings, nud electro-typing, for the
purpose of working off the impression at several machines
simultaneously; the mode in which a block is divided for
the work of separate engravers on its parts; and the
relation thut an original rough sketch bears to the
finishing drawing on tho wood. The Inst-mentioned point is
one that has been repeatedly been exposed to the view of our
readers, by photographic facsimiles of the hurried sketches of
Mr. Meltou Prior, or some other Special Artist, nmde during
the tumult of a battle, and published in this Journal precisely
ns they came. Mr. Jackson presents one admirable exam pie
of the urtistic conversion of a rapid Sketch into a very effective
nnd equally truthful picture. This is the scene nt tlie gate of
Sedan, where a French cuptnin, with a white ling of truce,
stands on the top, accompanied by a trumpeter, to announce
the surrender of the garrison. Tlie artist bus done no violence
to the original representation, but has taken from it only tho
port which is essential to tell the story, wliilo lie has given
perfect form, attitude, nnd expression to the figures, intense
reality to tho murks of cunuonade or bombardment on tlie
Bplintered masonry, and the lurid light of flame and glowing
smoke in the atmosphere behind. The mechanical and scientific
improvements, by which alono it lias become possible to bring
out the Illustrated London News at its present standard of com¬
parative perfection, with representations of facts that have
occurred within the week, leaving perhaps only ft very few
hours to prepare the engraved blocks or the “ process blocks ”
for tlie press, arc briefly described by Mr. Jackson; and lie gives
an exampleof the dividingof a block, with the drawingon it, into
six pieces for more expeditious cutting by as many hands. Tho
improved printing-machines and folding-machines are noticed,
with a few statistics of the immense numbers of papers turned
out by them and tho huge quantities of paper required. To
relieve the perusal of these details, he tells a few diverting
stories of the personal adventures of several of our Special
Artists, particularly in the war of 1870 and 1871 between
Franco and Germany; nnd some of their campaigning
experiences in the Russo-Turkisli War arc shown by engrav¬
ings from sketches of tlicir own. Our valued friend, Mr.
William Simpson, the veteran Npeciul Artist who began,
thirty years ago, at the siege of Sebastopol, to sketch for tho
lithographs of Messrs. Day and .Son, and who is now with the
Afghan Boundary Commission in Central Asia, has a deserved
place of honour m Mr. Jackson’s personal recollections. We
believe that Mr. Jackson’s History of “ the Pictorial I’rcss,”
which is complete down to the period nt which the Illustrated
London News reached efficiency and maturity, will be nccepted
as the standard work on this subject. It was a task desirable
to be executed, and he has performed it very well.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON* NEWS, Nov. 29, 1884.— 332
THE NILE EXPEDITION:
SKETCHES BY OUR SPECIAL ARTIST.
KL CKMAJ. Tin: STARTING I OINT: I UTTI.NO GEAR INTO THE WHALE-BOATS.
COLONEL SMIT11'9'CA M P—A T UAU-EL-KKlilR, SECOND CATARACT.
ART NOTES.
At tlie St. James’s Gallery (King-street, St. James’s) Mr.
Mendoza has brought together n very creditable and fairly
represeutalive collection of works in black and white, chiefly
by English artists. Of late years thd increased attention
accorded to etching, and the success which artists of reputation
have achieved in that line, have doubtless emboldened our
fellow-countrymen to launch out into other fields “ of
black and white.” where their French and Flemish brethren
have for years been richly gleaning. Amongst the sketches
which in this exhibition will attract attention, Mr. P. It.
Morris’s “The Stranger within the G&tes” (which we shall
probably give in a future Number) deserves a prominent
place. Tlie least satisfactory part of the work is its title.
Two little girls, fully equipped for a Sunday walk, are seated
on the steps attended by their faithful terrier. A plate of milk
at their feet is tempting a small pass to believe in the hos¬
pitality of her new home. The pose of the children and their
wistful expression are admirable; and Mr. Morris is every year
showing the progress he makes os n painter of animals. There
is another and earlier work by the same artist, “The Three
Graces ” (144), which marks a period when the influence of
Mason and Walker was strong upon him, and mnpy'of Mr,
Morris’s admirers will regret that he has nbuiidouetnhejr
ways. Mr. It. llt-avis's" Sunshine and Shade” (H2) and “After
the.Stoim” (88) are carefully finished sepia drawings, which
show him in a new and excellent light. Mr. G. L. Seymour’s
“April Fool Day” (87) is mi excellent bit ot atnre painting.
A disappointed Don Juan, who comes to the,rendczvdu» witli a
horse and lady's saddle ready for flight, only to find t hat a
marble maiden (a statue) awaits him. Mr. J. It. Weguelin’s
"Saturnalia” (93) is a Tudemaesque study, replete with
learning nnd clever drawing — especially that pf the
Bacchic figure carried oil by his more sober companions. Mr.
Hoy wood Hardy's •* Not to bo Cuught by Chuff ” (134), n girl
trying to coax a recalcitrant pony with a sieve of corn (given
on another page), is most otvBefully finished, and full of story ;
and in a very different line tlie same praise applies to Mr.
Wvllie’s sketches on the Tyne. Among the other noteworthy
works may be mentioned Mr. Mne Whirter’s “ Wanderer” (60),
a donkey lost in a snowstorm ; Mr. Hinsdale’s “ Spring, gentle
spring,’’ an episode of 1881, when the young lambs were ex¬
posed to the trials of snow in May ; Mr. Jucomb Hood’s
clever and carefully finished head, “ Hans Sachs” of Nurem¬
berg (104); Mr. W. W. May’s •* Finks Ilecalmed" (94), a
summer mist off Schevciiiug; Mr. A. M. Rossi's “llit of
Venice” (81); Mr. 8. T. Dadd's “Tenants’ Rights” (10), of
which the spirit and humour are, it is hoped, adequately
rendered in the present Number of this Journal; and two
studies of Cattle by S. Van Mnrcke. These, however, by no
means exhaust the list of interesting works which will be found
collected in the St. James’s Gallery.
Mr. J. M‘Neill Whistler lias been elected n member of the
Incorporated Society of British Artists.
The Winter Exhibitions of llio Old Society of Painters in
Water Colours, the Institute of Painters in Oils, and the
Society of British Artists open on Monday next.
A now technical school for Leicester, erected in memory of
the late Mr. Edward Shipley Ellis, for many years chairman
of the Midland Railway Company, wns opened on the 20th
iust. by Sir Henry Roscoe, Vice-President of the Royal Society.
THE MANITOBA BOYS (CANADIAN BOATMEN) AT BREAKFAST.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 29, 1881.—533
len Judy, INI
in ii pret'
oy wooded
Keyse, sixty-eiglit veurs of age, resii
villa at the foot of the cliff, surround)
m
PR0FRS80R JAMES STUART,
THE .NEW M.I’. FOR HACKNEY.
M.A.,
PROFESSOR STUART, M.P.
The elec tion for the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, to fill
the sent vacated by the death of Professor Henry Fawcett, the
late Postmaster-General, resulted last week in the return of
the Libend candidate, Professor Stuart, who obtained 14,540
votes against the 8543 given to his Conservative rival, Air.
Alexander SlacAHster. Air. JamesStnnrt, M.A., Professor of
Mechanism and Applied Mechanics in the University of Cam¬
bridge, is a son of the lute Air. Stuart, of Balgonie Works,
Markinch, Fifeshire, where he was bom in January, 1843. He
received part of bis education at home, and subsequently at
the University of St. Andrews. Thence he proceeded to Cam¬
bridge, entering at Trinity College, where ho took his 13.A.
degree, being Third Wrangler in 18CC, and in the following
year was elected a Fellow of his college. In 1868 he was
appointed Assistant Tutor of the college, took the degree of
Al.A. in 1861), and in 1875 was elected the first Professor of
Aleclmuism ancl Applied Alechauics. In November, 1882, Air.
Stuart was candidate for the representation of Cambridge
University, but was defeated by Mr. Rnikes. He now enters
Parliament for the first time, and is the 119th
turned to the House of Commons since the
April, 1880.
THE MURDER AT[B£$]
The village of Babbicombe, situated on the shored a small
bay on the South Devon coust, between Teignmouth und
Torquay, was the scene of a cruel murder perpetrated on
’ Alisa Emma
marine
pleasure-
grounds, which is imlled> ‘‘The Glen.” She is said to
have dwelt there more than forty years. The house, which is
shown in our Illustridjoh, was a low thntched building, but
sufficiently commodious; and Aliss K^yRe, living there with
noue of her family dr friends,■often entertained visitors and
private yachting parties. She kept three femule servants, ono
of whom had a half-brother, Join) Lee, twenty-one years old,
and he was the butler in Alisa Keyse’s household. In the
night, or between three u«d four in the morning, the cook smelt
\ V-
5XERAL SIR G. LAWRENCE, K.C.S.I.
SEE OllITVAKY.
burning, and gave the Alarm. It was discovered that the
house had been set on fire in three places, in the drawing¬
room, in the dining-room, and in Miss Keyse's bed-room. Tl.e
dead body of the unfortunate lady wus found in the dining¬
room, with a deep gash across the throat, and with the side of
the head smashed, as by a blow with some heavy instrument.
No one had broken into the house. John Lee, whose behaviour
and appearance at the time seemed very suspicious, is charged
with the murder. Jiis previous character was bad, as he
underwent six months’ imprisonment for stealing plute from
ii former master; and he wus under notice to quit the service
of Miss Key se. An inquest on the case has been proceeding
for some days past, and the prisoner was before the magistrates
at Torquay on Tuesday last.
At the last meeting of the Council of the Social Science
Association, an invitation from the Corporation of Portsmouth
to hold the Cougress for 1885 in that borough was considered,
and its ucoeptance by the committee of council confirmed. The
presidency of the association for the ensuing year has beeu
accepted by Baron Ferdinand dc Rothschild.
SCENE OF THU MURDER AT BABB1COMBE, SOUTH DEVON.
534
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 20, 1884.
THE COURT.
Iter Majesty and Princess Beatrice arrived at Windsor
Castle on Thursday week, after a residence of eleven weeks at
Balmoral. The Duke of Argyll arrived at Windsor next duv
on a visit to the Queen. The Duchess of Albany, with
Princess Alice and the infant Duke of Albany, arrived at the
castle last .Saturday from Claremont. On Sunday morning her
Majesty, Princess Beatrice, aud the Duchess of Albany, and
the members of the Royal household attended Divine service
in tlio private chapel. The Very ltev. Randall David¬
son, Dean of Windsor, officiated. Princess Christian of
Schleswig-Holstein, with Princesses Victoria and Louise
of Schleswig-Holstein, visited the Queen in the after¬
noon. Karl Granville and Lord Itowtou arrived at the
castle, and Earl Granville had an audience of her Majesty.
He, Lord Itowtou, and the Very llev. ltaudull David¬
son, Dean of Windsor, had the honour of dining with
her Majesty. The Duchess of Albany left Windsor Castle on
Monday morning, upon the conclusion of her visit to tho
Queen, for London, eu route to Claremont. Princess Alice
and tho infant Duke of Albany left later for Claremont. In
the afternoon the Queen and Princess Beatrice visited the
tomb of the late Duke of Albany. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone
left London on Tuesday afternoon on a visit to the Queen.
Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone dined with her Majesty and slept at
the palace. Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lome, left town
in the evening on a visit to tho Queen. Lord Derby and Sir
John Macdonald arrived soon afterwords, and were included
in the lioyal dinner party. The Queen will, it is understood,
visit tho Duchess of Albany next week, and during her Majesty’s
stay ut Claremont the formal christening of the infant Duke
of Albany will take place.
Tho Prince of Wales, who lmd been the guest of Mr. H.
Villebois, ut Marliam House, Dowuham, left for London on
Thursday week. His lioyal Highness was present at a meeting
next day of tho members of the lioyal Commission on tho
Housing of tho Working Classes, aud afterwards returned to
Sandringham. On Sunday morning, the Prince uud Princess,
accompanied by Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud,
and the guests stopping at Sandringham, and attended by the
ladies uud gentlemen of the household, were present at Divine
scrvico at Sandringham church. The liev. F. A. J. Hervey,
domestic chaplain, officiated, assisted by the liev. Canon
Duckworth, Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen, who also
preached. Prince Albert of Saxe-Alteuberg lms arrived nt
Sandringham on a visit to the Prince, and Princess. Karl
Sydney, Sir John A. Macdonald (Prime Minister of Canada),
Sir John Hose, and Sir Iiobcrt Herbert have been umoug the
guests of their lioyal Highness.
___customary
manner. At Windsor the bolls of St. George’s Chapel and
St. John’s Church rang merrily at intervals. In the afternoon
a salute of tweuty-ouo guns was fired in the Long Walk,
Windsor Park. Her lioyal and Imperial Highness Victoria
Adelaide Mary Louisa was born on Nov. 21, 1840, and married
the German Crown Prince on Jan. 25, 1858.
At an adjourned meeting of the subscribers of the Fitz-
william (Milton) Hunt at Peterborough lust Saturday, the
muster, the Hon. J. W. Fitzwillium, M.l\, announced thut
he would continue to hunt the country as usual.
The mite of apartments vacant in Hampton Court Pnlaco
by the death of Mrs. llodsou, have been granted by her
Majesty to Liuly William Brooke Phipps, widow of Lord
William Brooke Phipps.
MR. ERNEST GEORGE’S ETCHINGS OF OLD LONDON.
Everyone who is familiar with the three beautiful volumes
which contuin 3Ir. George’s etchings in Belgium, on the Mosel,
and on the Loire, will give a loyal welcome to his latest, and
in some respects, perhaps, his most interesting work, the
Etch in;/9 of Old London (Fine Art Society). These views
of sites and buildings that are rapidly disappearing are
twenty iu number, and show, in no small measure, tho
skill of the artist as a picturesque draughtsman. Mr.
George’s professional knowledge serves him in good stead
in his choice of subject and in his method of treatment.
Tho scenes are not presented with what ouo may term
tlio barren accuracy of the photographer, but, while satis¬
factory from tho stauding-point of the architect, they
gratify also the sense of bounty, which is by no means
incompatible with accuracy. In a word, these etchings uro
works of art os well ns historical memorials. To give to each
of tho plates tlio attention it deserves would require far more
space than we have nt our disposal. If not for the artist, yet
for tho student of London antiquities, the most attractive
etchings of tlio scries are those representing buildings which
have already disappeared. Look for instance nt t he Paul l’indar,
Biehopsgate-street, “ but a year ago tho richest example
of domestic architecture in Loudon." Mr. Georgo adds :
“ Much of the original mansion was gone, and tho portion
thut remniued had become a tavern, but the beautiful buy
window iu two storeys was there in perfect condition, with its
curiously carved panels and tho lead lights in the original
casements." Sir Paul Pindar, a merchant prince of the time
of Elizabeth, built the mansion on his return from Italy, but
the design was entirely English. Tho loss of such a building
is to be deplored, but Mr. George's careful etching will Jix it
in the mind’s eye. And here we may observe, par paroithi/ic,
that another tavern still in existence, the Harbour Master,
Liinehouse, affords an admirable example of Mr. George’s
style. It overhangs the river, aud forms the centre of a scene
not easily to be surpassed for picturesqueness. Considering
the nursery-searing monster given to us in the place of it, the'
loss of Temple Bar is to be deplored; but, us Mr. George
observes, sarcastically: “ Those who removed this interesting
and historic boundary can probably render a rcosou for bo
doing." His etching of the old gateway is a good one, but
ns a work of art we prefer the representation of .St. John’s
Gate, Clcrkemvell, a gateway of curlier date, and happily
still standing. .Six years ago Temple Bur wits carted
away; and six years ago a venerable old inn, tlio Oxford
Anns, Warwick-lane, shared a similar fate. This, too,
is ouo of the memorials and the things of fame which
Mr. George, with admirable fidelity, has preserved for
us. Still more acceptable is the study of Oxford Murket,
Oxford-street, u once-famUinr building, which disappeared
from tho eyes of Londoners three or lour years since.
Hero wo must pause; but assuredly 'not for lack of
matter. Something we sliouliKlike to have suict /of the
studies of Staple Inn, of Butcher*/ Shops, Aldgute, of
Millbunk, and of Bartholomew-close. Tlieso lour etchings
would suffice, iu our judgment, to gi#AoJm uiifenown artist a
high reputation, but Mr. George has gained his long ago; and
from the day when he received the wori&pmWof Mr. Kuskin,
praise not too luvishly bestowed on any artist, his course bus
been singularly successful. The Other day we noticed with
interest his collectio^of water colours now exhibiting iu New
Bond-street. Tho public, wo believe, have testified tlicir
approval of them in the best of all possible ways. There can
be little doubt that a verdict quite nSaiiliafuctory will be passed
upon these etchings of Old Loudon.
Miss Muller opened on Monday evening a palatial school
erected by tho Loudon School Board at East Dulwich.
TIIE CHURCH.
The Very Kev. H. Law, Dean of Gloucester, died on
Tuesday, iu his eighty-seventh year.
A new church, dedicated to St. Paul, lias been opened at
Keighley, free of debt. The Duke of Devonshire gave the site.
On Tuesduy afternoon tho ceremony of consecrating tho
now Church of St. Augustine, Brightou-road, Croydon, was
performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
A form of prayer for the safety of our soldiers and sailors
engaged in the two Africau Expeditious has been drawn up
by tho Archbishop of Canterbury, to be used iu the churches
of the diocese.
The liev. Alexander Grimston, M.A., Vicar of Luud-with-
Kilmviek, Yorkshire, uud Rural Demi of Ilurthill, has been
appointed to tlio living of Stillingileet, near York, vacant by
the resignation of the ltev. Canon Harper, Vicar of Selby.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has uppoiuted tho Rev.
James Grain Brine, B.I)., Hector of Lower Unrdres, Canter¬
bury, Kent, to be Rural Dean of the Deanery of Canterbury,
in the place of the Right Rev. Dr. Oxeudeu, late Bishop of
Montreal, resigned.
A meeting was held on Monday ut Stratford-on-Avon to
t romoto the restoration of the parish church. The report of
lessrs. Bodley iukLG arner, architects, of Loudon, on tho
proposed restoration works was adopted, the estimated cost
being £12,000.
At tho Royal Victoria Coffee Hall and Tavern, Waterloo -
road, on Sunday night, there wus a largo attendance at tho
service conducted under tlio auspices of tho Church of
England /Mission to the People. Mr. Alfred Sargant, general
secretary Church of England Temperance Society, conducted
tho >• race,
The Bishop of Peterborough having disapproved of the
action of the committee for the restoration of Peterborough
Cathedral, the work has been stopped. The Dean 1ms pub¬
lished a statement in which he says that all the committee
propose to do is to raiae the tower 15 ft., which, if not done
-»t)w, cannot properly be done subsequently.
Tho Bishop of Rochester presided nt a meeting of the
-Council of the Rochester Dioccsuu Society on Monday. The
report of tho committee appointed to consider the best means
of augmenting the income of tho eoeiety was adopted, and
grants amounting to £350 were mode for buildings. A special
grant of £50 was mndo for the Sunday evening services iu the
" Victoria Hall, Lambeth.
At a meeting of “ Old Wellingtonians " at Lambeth Palace,
preliminary steps have been taken for tlio establishment of a
Wellington College mission in some poor part of London. On
Sunduy morning the Bishop of Bedford preached in St. Paul’s
Cathedra], a considerable portion of the congregation being
lay workers in the East London Mission now going on. Lord
William Compton presided ou Saturday night at one of tho
lectures in Clcrkemvell in connection with tho mission.
At a meeting at Chester on Tuesduy of the clergy and laity
uppoiuted at the late Diocesan Conferences of Chester and
Liverpool to consider what form the memorial to tho lato Dr.
Jacobson, Bishop of Chester, should take, the Bishop presiding,
it was unanimously decided that a medallion should be placed
in Chester Cathedral, and a scholarship founded, to take tho
name of the Rev. Bishop, at the University of Oxford, and to
be held alternately by the dioceses of Chester and Liverpool.
Airs. Power O’Donogliue will contribute a serial story,
entitled “ Shot and Shell,” to the Karat and Military Magazine,
the first chapters to appear iu the January number.
The Mayor of Sunderland, Air. Aklermau Preston, lms
received a cheque for £100 from the Marquis of Londonderry
towards the the relief of the distress in thut town.
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Duacriptlv* Famplilcta and Illu.traUd l'rlccd CatAlogMt
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NOV. 20, 1S34
NEW MUSIC.
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Mon Amour Welt* • • .
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P. TOSTI. Sung by all the
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OTHER.
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WHERE MEMORY DWELLS. ISIDORE
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jyjY LOVE IS LATE.
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TITE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 29. 1884.—537
DRAWN BY HAL LUDLOW.
lie took her crucifix from over the bowl of flowers and regarded it intently.
R O P ES OF SAND.
BY R. E. FRANCILLON,
Author of ‘ Strange Waters," “Olympia," “A Real Queen,” &c.
CHATTER XL.
1IK AND SHE>
Mabel '©pensliaw
opened the window to
her, rover she forgot to
lx- joyful at hiscoining,
she was to dismayed,
liow would it have
been if the coast had
befew clear ? That,
/Rone may say. Itut
that lie should have
chosen this night of
nil nights—just this one
night, when, against all
" Reason and ride, the Parson
I had n guest and was sitting
up talking. Of course she
/ loved her lover—that went
without saying: but she felt
anything but kindly disposal
■v. [THUR " towards him just then.
1 ll ( “Mabel, clearest !
■ • H j breathed upwards from
i' * below. “I am come!"
: She was afraid to speak :
and yet she had to do something to
send him away.
“Are you ready?" he railed
again — just enough above n whisper
for her to hear.
“ No—indeed I ’in not — indeed! You mutt go !"
“Nonsense, dearest. Everything’s ready. Comedown."
“ I can’t, Caleb,” she whispered back, with a sigh that she
told herself was of sorrow for herself and of pity for him. To
own to herself that it was, in truth, of relief for her reprieve
would never have done. “ They are not gone to bed -
It was imprudent to whistle, unless one could be sure of
being mistaken for the wind. Prudence was strong with
Captain Quickset, but habit was stronger; and he could not
help one bug. soft whistle for the life of him, though he broke
it snort off before the end.
For the situation was a serious business indeed— more
serious than even Mabel eould have nny idea. We know what
she believed— that her love was all that was in the world to
Console a hunted hero, and that she must be faithful to him in
his tall if her more than father, the Vicar, was ever to benefit by
his rise. And if he was never to rise, then must she be faithful
to him all the more. Hut wc also know by this time far more
than Mabel knew— that he was anything but a hero, and that
the dukes who hated him were just as many as the duchesses
who loved him. It was time he carried off the Heiress of
Wrenslmw if he was ever to carry her off at all. Possibly, lmd
Sir Miles thought of it, he would not have employed an ex-
eomedian, with all the gossip of the stage, past and present,
at his lingers’ ends, as his agent in the search for Peggy
(iarden’a child. Possibly, lmd he known Caleb Quickset better,
Caleb Quickset would have been the last man lie would have
employed in any capacity in the world. Rut so it had
hjipp< ned: and no wonder the ex-actor's professional fancy
had taken fire. To manage matters so that Sir Miles Heron of
Wrenslmw should not find his daughter till she was Mrs. Caleb
Quickset—why it would lx- ns good as a play. As good?
Why, better than the best play that ever was played. For one
of two things must needs happen—either Sir Miles would have
to accept his son-in-law for his daughter’s sake, or he must
pension him off handsomely, for his own. At the best, he
would, in duo course and in his wife’s right, become Caleb
Quickset, Esquire, of Wrenshaw, or, in time, even Sir Caleb
Quickset of Wrenshaw : at, worst, he could leave off hnving to
dine on red herrings in his bed-room, and blossom out into the
genuine fine gentleman that he knew how to act before
village beauty so well, and that (as he was honestly an
earnestly convinced) Nature had sent him into the world to be
The whole scheme had sown itself in his brain before lie ha
even known that there was an actual Mubel Openshaw, or rathe
an actual Mabel Heron, in the world. So soon us he receive
his commission from his employers ut Tunbridge, he recalle
to mind certain ancient given-room gossip about Sir Milt
Heron and an actress of the past ages; and, gossip bein
always more or less marketable or capable of being made sc
had lost no time in renewing acquaintance with old comrade
of the country boards. Now green-room gossip has, or had
this peculiarity, that it never dies. There were ladies am
gentlemen living, and still acting, who remembered ull abou
poor Peggy Garden well, and all the best and the worst of hei
and especially the worst, that lmd ever been nfloat—and evei
more than had ever been afloat about her while she was alive
lie learned what a beauty she was said to be by people whi
had no eyes, and wlmt an actress by those who had ueithe
eyes nor ears. He heard all about how that fool Heron lm<
l**en mad about ln-r until she c aught the smallpox, and hov
then, of course, lie- dropped her, ns any man would naturall’
do. Hut the scent was not so easily lost as that by one whi
lmd the double advantage of the stage gossip and of tin
attorney’s office gossip, and of his own quick mul impuden
brain besides. For, if he was ns vain as the crow, he was a
cunning ns the fox, as many great men have been, and om
quality helped the other. For—he argued— a secret anil con
fidcntml commission intrusted to n first-class man like me
and no expense spared, must be a very important and con
sequentml secret indeed. What became- of the Good Fortune
And what became of Peggy Garden? Both lost as Lucifer-
both mixed up with the same man. Such a scent would havi
baffled cunning without vanity, or vanity without cunning
but, with both together, it did as well for a theory as fifty o
'Dr. Carrel’s. 3
53S
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 29, 1884
From such a starting-point—it were too long, without
another whole history, and that of no very edifying kind, to
tell how—he found'd no hnrd task, and an exceedingly
amusing one, to rout out the very village church in Oxfordshire
where, unknown to all but himself, his bride, the parson, and
ihe clerk, one Miles Heron had unquestionably become, a
married man: and that the bride’s name was Murgnret,
besides. It was puzzling that though the bride’s name was
Margaret, her surname was not Harden. But, then, players
seldom use the same name for all the purposes of life—lie had
himself used many more than one in his time—and certainly a
name does not matter much where it is at once to be changed
und there can be no legal fraud.
So far, his investigations had done nothing more than givo
him possession of a secret, that might be worth money from
Sir Miles, if the Oxfordshire bridegroom were really he, or
from Sir Miles’s heir-at-law.' So lie proceeded with his ex¬
ploration of the western coast of England and South Wales
until he lighted, at Stoke Jallot, upon the history of a lost-
flood Fortune , from which a Miss Mabel Opcnshaw lmd been
saved — Openshnw, the identical maiden name of the Oxford¬
shire bride.
Mr. Wore, Junior, was right—as a secret and confidential
ii gents', Caleb Quickset's wits were worth their weight in gold.
IIiul he said in diamonds, lie would not have been wrong.
All this hud been skill, on the part of the lawyer’s clerk.
But to pose as a brilliunt und persecuted hero, whom dukes
detested and duchesses adored—here the genius of the actor
rnmc in. Aiul he might boast witIi Augustus C«sar himself
that uouo could charge him with having played his port ill.
lie Imcl come, seen, and conquered, like the greater Ciesar
still.
But the time for the bold and crowning stroke had come,
lie had not delayed it from any fear of what might happen
on Mabel's discovery that she hud not married even so much
ns n Captain. As to tlmt, it stood to reason that. Captain or
no Captain, she would remain fond and proud of her prize ;
and, if she should not, she would not cease to remain Sir
Miles Heron’s only dnnghter and heir. The truth is, he had
a good (leal of business of oue kind und another to dispose of,
not to speak of an entanglement or two—and then, for the
sake of his future position, it was of all things needful so to
arrange matters that lie should never be suspected of having
ployed a double game. He desired to pose before his future
father-in-law ns the humble bur honourable gentleman who
had fallen in love with a village beauty while on liis mission,
and had—stupidly, no doubt, but innocently—married her
without knowing the whole value of his prize. For, above nil
things, he was a prudent man: he had resisted the temptation
to call himself Howard Montague instead of Caleb Quickset
because the law might have something to say to marriage
under u false name.
Now that everything was settled, however, there would be
risk of failure in every day's delay. For the Chapter of
Accidents is always ready to open, aiul uobody con ever tell
at which page.
Ilis whistle had, indeed, been his solitary piece of im¬
prudence. “They!'" he asked, unxiously. ••They?”
“The Vicar, mid ” -
“ Not him not Frank Camv ? ”
She wished he had not been named. "No,” said she. “It
is sememe you don’t know. But for Heaven’s sake don’t stay
bilking here- 1 will see you to-morrow—on the sands—any¬
where you like — hut not now. Caleb—you will make me
d sp rate if yon stay. 1 will shut the window, and never speak
to you again.”
“S'miki ne I don’t know ! ’’ exclaimed Caleb, in a tone tlmt
s.em d to Mabel strangely full of alarm to come from such a
lion “ What’s liis name ?”
“ VYmou .... And oh, I wish you would lei xw tell
him : lam sure he would help vou—would help us: he is not
like anybody else: he is so good to me, and so kind. 1 must
have told him everything, hut for my promise to you ” -
but that would never do. “ Vernon—did you say Vernon ? ”
asked lie. “Jupiter Gninmon ! if he ’« not the very scoundrel
that’s at work to hunt me down. He’s just the most infernal
villain unhung, and my mortal foe. Mabel—if you so much
ns breathe my name to this Vernon. I’m a lost man ! ”
That was almost too much for Mabel to believe. This
kindly old gentleman, whom she would have trusted with her
most secret heart laid she dared, a traitor, and hiding his durk
and evil designs under poems about the stars ? If she must
mistrust Old PigtnLI—why she felt she could sooner mistrust
Caleb himself: and tlmt would be against all lovers’ law.
“ Indeed, indeed you are wrong. It is some other Vernon
you mean.” ■{
“ No such Inck”- \
•• I ’ll tell you what he is like,” said she. straining her ears
to judge, from the continuance of the murmured talk below,
that this midnight meeting bad not been overheard, “die is
a stout young man, with n pink face, and blue eyes, and yellow
hair, short and thiek-set, und with a voice like u bull’s ” -
“I knew it! It’s the very man! Mnbel^theye *s only
one thing to bo done. Whether the house is awake or asleep,
This very night you must come. /I have a trap behind the
church. I’ll hang about out of sight till the roast’s clear,
and then—you shall be the happiest giri in England, bur
none; not even the Queen. If Vernon ’s here, Wemustn’t
lose another night—not another day.”
“Ah—then I was right— your Vernon is not here! You
shall see him for yourself: he is no more like what I told you
than he is like Me. No, Caleb : 1 can’t go to-night: I can’t
indeed.”
The Captain, for obvious reasons, never allowed liis temper
to be ruffled by a man. But he was no such poor creature as
to have no temper at nil, and Mabel was not a man. And
besides, she lmd for once shown herself not quite such a fool
about him as a woman ought to be.
“ You raw’/come? Mubel—let me tell you that u woman’s
‘ can’t ’ means ‘ won’t all over the world. You can ccme:
and you must come: and you will! I know nothing whether
your Vernon, hang lunj. any wav, for a meddlesome nnd prying
rascal, liaslciirruts or turnips on his head, and I don’t cure.
But 1 ’m not going to let liin^staud lietwcen vou and me." He
was not in thofeast jeulous—whnt cause could Caleb Quickset
have to be jtnlous of nhy mortal man? But he was really
anxious and alarmed nt hearing she lmd found a friend who
might chance to have a real head on liis shoulders, und it
struck him that the jealous lover might not be a bad part to
put into the play.
But, somehow, there seemed a certain vulgarity about her
lover’s way of puttiug things that she had never noticed in
him before, nnd that she now observed with misgiving, if not
as vet with shnme. She had now known two flue gentlemen:
and she could not make their fineness anywise agree. If Mr.
Vernon was the model, Captain Quickset must be what was
impossible: if the Captain, then Mr. Vernon must be whut
was absurd. She drew no such distinction consciously
between her lover and her friend, but the distinction was there
in her mind.
N evert I a less, she was loyal: and all the more so because
loyalty was becoming difficult, and was beginning to cost her
niuuy a pang. “Nothing, Caleb,” she said, gently, “can
come between you und mo. Mr. Vernou will not. you may be
sure. He will be your friend for my sake. Let me tell him
all. He will not betray you. I will answer for his good faith
in that us I would for my own."
Quickset was silent for a full minute, nuzzled, ami for the
moment dismayed. Ho almost suspected himself of being n
fool for haring delayed so long. What stranger could have
found his way to Stoke Juliot, nnd have exercised such nn in¬
fluence over the girl in so short u time ? He thought: and, by
the minute’s end, a terrible suspicion—nay, a terrible assur¬
ance entered his mind. It must huve got about in some other
directions that Parson Pengold’s girl was worth the catching,
and other Hies were buzzing about the honey-jar than lie.
What lie had found by one set of chances, another man might
find by another. It would take an uncommonly clever fellow
to do so. no doubt: and that made it all the worse, ns show¬
ing him that, if ho was right in his surmise, it would be no
country blockhead, like Francis Carcw, with whom lie would
have to deal.
“ Mabel!” he implored.
" No. Caleb. We have talked too long already. Vou mutt
go now.”
“ Mabel—I did not mean to tell you all: but I must tell
you now. . . . You kuow my story. I have been trying all
a man may do all these weary weeks to set tilings straight,
so that 1 could claim you opeuly, and make you at once all
thut Caleb Quickset’s wife ought to be. But ’twas all in vain.
My enemies, for the moment, are supreme. I mime no names :
blit the King has been enrwigged ” -
" Enrwigged?”
“ Bamboozled, I should say, if one lmd time to pick nnd
mince one’s words—and of the force of calumny nt Court you
have no idea. 4 Who steals my purse, steals trash. But he
that filches from me my good name ’- In short, the whole
pack is down upon me, and I must fly. There’s no help for
it: none. And she who vowed to share my flight m«l my
exile, and to wait for brighter dnys—she, in whom I trusted
as one trusts but once and never more —the - Well, Mabel. (’
Ix-t them come now, and do their worst. Poor Caleb Quickset
has nothing he cares to live, for now.”
Mabel fnintly remembered having seen a speech exceedingly,
like that in oue of the volumes among the Parson’s literary
lumber. But it was none the worse for that; for who should
know better how the heart of a fine gentleman should speak
than the playwrights, whose calling implies un accurate know¬
ledge of the world? She was really moved, aud coloured with
a two-fold shame—oue, that she had been ehnrged with being
disloyal : the other that the charge was less wholly falsi- than
it should have been.
But, true or fulsc. such a charge as that was not to be
borne. How her heart would have answered, who can tell ?
But her fancy had not t he faintest doubt in the world;
“ Caleb !” she whispered. / — S J
But he did not answer. Doubtless he wnstoo over¬
whelmed. \
« Caleb! ”
“Well?” /> /N 7
“ Nothing. . . . Only, tlmt I wilpccm?.”
CHAPTER XtJ.
A ROCK IN A WKAIiy LAND.
Hardly had the words 14 1 will come” passed Mabel’s lips
than she would have given anything to recall them. “ Caleb,”
she whispered again. But no doubt lie had counted upon a
possible change of mood, knowing women mi well. " Be
ready in one hour from now. or five minutes after the coast’s
clear!” was allho wid, ls ioiv he crept away round the
comer. Well, t lieu —the deed must lie done.
And but n short time ago she would have done the deed
without a grain of scruple or a i hadow of fear. Absence had
done nothing *q "change her lover—could it lie she that laid
changed ? Some sort of change there was assuredly: and she
wasted the first portion of her lust hour of freedom in wonder¬
ing what the change could be.
But thought bad fallen into such an entanglement between
heart and nund—that no amount of thinking could help her
now. It wa- all wrong. She wished she lmd never met Captain
Quickset She wished, how she wished, that she hud never
sent Francis Carew away. She wished neither had ever been
born. She wished tlmt Mr. Vernon instead of the Parson hud
Hahidrher up out of the sea.
Wlmt was Francis doing now? What would he say if lie
Could see the woman for whose least whim lie had gone into
exile preparing for flight with a rival, and tlmt rival liis own
familiar friend? Well—it was to be hoped he had forgotten
his folly : and no doubt he had. by'now.
Then she went over all the old ground—how it would be all
for the best: how she owed it to the Vicar to make a brilliant
match, in case the Captain should recover his grandeur and
power: how she owed devotion and loyalty to Caleb himself
so long ns he continued persecuted and poor. But she could
not bring herself to that exalted mood in which self-sacrifice
becomes a plain and simple thing. And that her flight with
Caleb would amount to self-sacrifice her heart of hearts had
gone u long way in learning. For half a moment she seriously
thought of going to lied, and answer Culeb’s approaching
signal by pulling the blankets over her cure. Perhaps she
might wake up und find her troubles goue—might once more
with ft clear conscience hear the wukiug pigs salute the day,
and use her wits to better purpose than in getting clandestine
letters from the housekeeper at Honiacombe. She begun to
pine for the old peace, when Parson Pcufold represented all
mankind. But no—when one is loved by a lion, one must
not drive him to despair. He would assuredly bum the
house down, and carry her off, like the cavalier of the ballad,
in the flames ; or he would deliver himself up to the blood¬
hounds who were after him, as lie had sworn, with a curse
upon the perfidy of all womankind.
And the Parson? But thut did not much trouble her. At
the best he would gain a pntron—perhaps a mitre : at the
worst he would be relieved of having to support a useless and
troublesome girl. “If I were a fat pig, he would care a little
then,” thought she. “It is not os if liis pipe were going to
run away, or us if he really minded when his wig gets uwry."
At last, however, delay as she might, she felt the time draw
near. The voices below had sunk into silence: she lmd heard
the door open and shut, and the broken garden-gate clatter
aud scream. Mr. Vernon lmd gone. She would never see Old
Pigtail again. And oh, what would he say?
It was strange: but wlmt this stranger might thiuk
troubled her more thun all else besides. She might, with a
little patience, have discovered tlmt it was be who, by force
of contrast, had put her something out of conceit with what
had once dazzled her eyes. But she lmd no time for patience
now—not a minute more. If Bhe let herself think in tlmt
direction she would never go at all: and go she must — tlmt
wus the only thing that was clear. She had never learned to
look upon the Vicarage ns her home, hut some remembrance
of it she must take, lest she should never see ugain the house
where Bhe had been so dull. There was her mother's crucifix—
she must take that:—and, in a word, she brought her courage
to the point, and carried lit-r candle softly down stairs.
There is supposed to be something romantic about elope¬
ment to engage even middle-aged sympathies, and to brand
those who oppose them as tyrants, who would part true lovers,
and hinder true love from having his way. But, realising all
the cowardices, the trickeries, the meannesses, which must
uceds mukc up the details of all such uffairs, it is very difficult
indeed to say why. The only sort of elopement worthy of
respect was Young I<oehinvar’s — there was nothing about that
which a gentleman might not ask a lady to go through for his
sake, and love’s, and liberty’s. Mabel felt her pride shrink
miserably as she crept into the bower that she no longer had
the right to cnll her own.
Well—it is the woman who always, or nearly always, lias to
go through the worst of such things. And, ns Caleb Quickset
wus not only waiting, but waiting in discomfort, he clearly' lmd
no utteutiou to spare for any mere mental miseries that Mabel
lmd to endure. What miseries should she be having, indeed ?
She had gone through, all the proper nnd common forms : she
had said her can’t, and her won’t, and her mustn’t, nnd her
pleas for delay, and her coynesses, and all the other proper
things, and was now free to revel in the prospect of being
Mrs. Caleb Quickset before another four-nnd twenty hours
were gone. Wlmt more enehunting prospect could nnv girl
enjoy? She was not hungry with driving a gig from Bum -
stnpie. She was not cold with kneeling at a window, and
colder still with standing behind n comer round which the
wet sea-wind blew. She was not all alone in the dark, and —
if the truth must be told—u trifle nfmid. Not that Captain
Quickset was afraid of the dark, after the manner of a child :
for not only was he fully grown up, but a good deal of liis
professional work, and all liis pastime, lind exceedingly little
to do with sunshine. But a hero has n historic right to be
nervous when on the threshold of his grandest coup. Who
would ever have believed tlmt lie, Caleb Quickset, whose
greatest success hitherto (despite all his impudence and all his
cruft) had been to develop from a walking gentlcmun on the
provincial boards into n lawyer’s dirty-work man—who, he
asked, would ever have dreamed tlmt this Caleb Quickset
would be engaged in carrying off the greatest heiress in the
County of Kent and in Devon besides? How old Ware of
Tunbridge would stare and grovel to find his out-of-door clerk
changed into Caleb Quickset-Heron, Esquire, prospectively of
Wrenshuw : for be lmd quite made up his mind to assume liis
futher-in-law’s name and amis. It would please the old
gentleman, and look ever so much better on cards. He would
get u commission — the militia would do. seeing it was war
time—nnd become a Captain indeed. Of eour.se there might be
some trouble with certain old comrades, male and fomnle: but
they were a blackguard lot, whom a gentleman could afford to
treat with scorn. And see wlmt came of being n frugal man—
if lie lmd not made the most of Frank Cnrew’s more, not to
speak of other little matters which lmd all goue to fill the
secret money-l>ox at home, lie might have missed this mugni-
ficcut prize for want of means to out a (lash and to pay the
post-boys. No wonder lie felt nervous, even while shaking
hands so cordially that ho almost made them warm.
He too, nt last heard the door open and close, and the
garden-gate clatter and scream. He waited for n good while,
to give the const ample time to clear— then time enough for
the Parson to begin snoring. Then lie ventured uuother
handful of small shingle upon Mabel’s window-pane.
He waited another minute : and then tried another cast, a
trifle sharper. But there was no answering sign.
“Confound the girl!” muttered tlu* poor follow, aloud,
his teeth chattering, and his lingers getting numb with cold.
“ And confound you, you vermin!” nil at once thundered
behind him, while a lu-avy hand, descending like a hammer
upon an anvil, clutched his collar, nearly dislocated his neck,
and sent the frozen blood tingling through liis veins. “ Who
are you, throwing stones nt honest men’s windows at nigh
half-past one ? .... Captain Quickset, by all that’s blue!”
For oue moment, the Captain shrank and cowered into liis
shoes.
But Mabel, also, lmd suffered a surprise.
She had crept into her bower like a thief: although it was
not she who was stealing, hut who was being stolen. She set
down her candle. Once more she thought of turning back,
though she knew it could no longer be done. To have gone
through all this self-torment all for nothing—she would never
lx- able to look in the looking-glass again for the rest of her
days. Anything rather than depend any longer upon herself:
anything to escape from a life that was no life : unything to
huve done with lies.
But whut was her dismay, and how her heart sank, when
she heard slow, steudy steps along the passage, and presently
saw the shadows change nbout the lmlf-open door. 1 1 was not
the Parson's unmistakable footstep: it was not the maid's :
and there was nobody in the house but herself and these two.
Hornucombe was lmuntcd, nnd so had Derrick’s cottage been
of lute; but not the Vicarage, despite its being next door to
the churchyard, tlmt she hod ever heard. Hurriedly she blew
out the candle. Ghost or not, it could have nothing to do with
her bower. Moreover, she crossed herself, und whispered au
Are by way of a charm.
Aliis ! The charm was in vain. The steps did stop at her
door: the new candle-light did enter therein. A robber?
No — Stoke Juliot was too well occupied with robbing the Kiug
and the sea to have time for vulgar burglary. If this was the sort
of thing that happeusto people who sit up late at night, never,
so long as she lived, would she sit up at night again.
Happily, the candles of those days were not things tlmt
carried about with them a flood of light, and it was easy
enough for her to vanish into the window-seat, and to hide
behind the hangings drawn before the bow. She could also
hold the hangings so ns to peep out; and, though her alarm
was great, curiosity was stronger still. And it was then came
lier surprise. Holding the curtains between one thumb aud
finger, just enough apart for a single eye to peep between,
Bhe saw no less u person than Old Pigtail: and alone.
He had not left the house, then, after all. But why had he
remained, und not in the spare bed-chamber if it was too late
to go home ? Or lmd he really gone when the gate clattered
and then secretly returned? In any case, why could he be
prowling about the house at such an hour ?
He set down his lighted candle beside her dead one, and
closed the door. She noticed liis face before he turned his
back to the light, and she noticed u grave, sad, weary look,
such as she could never, without seeing it, have associated with
its normal expression of refined placidity. He looked like a
man who had relieved himself of a mask, und Bhe was to see
how much older nnd greyer his face really was than she had
believed. Since she had‘bidden him good-night, and left him
to his talk with the Parson, he seemed to have aged ten years.
Nor had it ever struck her till now tlmt there was a mystery
nbout this mao. After all. it was strange, when she came to
think of it, that a man so fitted to enjoy and to help others to
enjoy the world should bury himself away in a miserable
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comer like Stoke Juliot, with a bundle of rhymes. Could he
be haunted by remorse for any sin or crime ? Could he be like
Caleb, in hiding from a world of which, now that she was
about to cross its threshold, she was beginning to l>e somewhat
afraid ?
But nothing of all accounted for his prowling about her
own special room, when all but poachers, smugglers, and
lovers, ought to Ik? asleep and dreaming, Presently he walked
to her crucifix over the bowl of flowers, and regurdt d it in¬
tently — not curiously, like a connoisseur, nor reverently, like
a devotee, but clearly with us much interest as either, und
something with the air of one who meditates over a tomb.
With the help of a chair he took it from its place, and ex¬
amined it more intently still. At last he laid it down on the
table with n heavy sigh.
“ Poor Peggy! ” said lie. And—" Poor girl!"
A sigh ? Nay, it was a sob that she heard — a man's sob;
the sound that no woman, though her whims and her humours
have no bettor mother than the sea, can bear to hear. Mabel
tried to hold even her breath, feeling that though tikis was her
own room, she was the intruder, and not he. It was as if she
wore looking straight into this old man’s heart, and so pro¬
faning the law that hides hearts from eyes. She would almost
as soon that he had looked into her own.
So he, old as he was, had a love-story too. . . . And why
not? He must have been a handsome man in his youth, and
there was a charm about him even now. Mabel began almost
to forget herself for the moment in the sight of a man whohad
loved and had not forgotten. And Peggy — Peggy was dead,
of course, and that was why Old Pigtail was so ull alone and
so odd in his ways. “ If I died, who would cry over me when
ho is old?” she asked herself silently. And she Hushed
crimson in the dark when her heart answered her — “Francis
Carew.”
•So distinctly the name came upon her that she seemed to
have heard it with her ears. But she had no time to think
about that: her ears without any question heard something
else—the tinkle of shingle upon n window-pane.
Caleb had come back for her—what on earth was to be
done now ? She was imprisoned in a bow-window, with Old
Pigtail before her and heavy shutters, bolted und barred,
behind. 1 1 was despair.
Again the shingle tinkled on her lattice. But there was no
time for despair now, with the bellow of the Parson’s thunder
and the thud of his lists in her ears, and only a shutter be¬
tween. She tore aside the curtains and burst into the room.
“Good God — Peggy!” exclaimed Mr. Vernon, starting
from his seat, and overthrowing table, crucifix, vase, flowers,
and all, as if a ghost had suddenly come back to him from the
grave.
“For Heaven's sake. Sir!” she cried, “don’t lose an
instant—go out to them : one of them will be killed ! ”
“ Oh! ” He tried to regain his composure as best he
might: but that was no easy task for a man suddenly found
by an excited girl in her own private room at midnight,
standing in the middle of a general overthrow. And then,
what else might, she not have heard and seen of what a grave
and silent man would be torn by wild horses sooner than dis¬
play ? “Killed? Oh, no. Only the Parson thought there
was something wrong in the sty, he heard such u whining and
wheeling outside: and while he went out 1 strolled in here to
see your museum. But it is bucl for your eyes to lx* up so
late—very bud indeed. Wliut cun I say? I'm afraid I've
been taken with a faintness : 1 am at times ”-
“ Hark ! Can't you hear? ”
Indeed, he must have been deafer than Homeck’s Steeple
if lie hud not heard the slum of the house-door and the whirl¬
wind in which the Parson returned from his visit to the sties.
11c was portentous in his wrath: his wig was where never
wig hud been seen before, and his veins and muscles swelled
like a bull’s.
“ That’s what comes of prowling round way hen-roosts,”
thundered he, with a look at Sir. Vernon full of meaning.
“That's for number one! Number two will get something
more than shaking, as sure as that’s my fist and these are my
toes. If only the whipper-snapper had shown fight, he’d
have got off with more than a slinking too— but one can't
knock a man down that won’t stand up, worse luck: Kai palin
mae/ieutai. Girl—take off your hat and go to your room.”
But there is one grand thing about matters at their worst:
if one has a grain of courage, out it comes. Mabel found hers.
“ Is he safe ? ” asked she.
“//<-• safe? As safe as two wheels and six heels can make
him— n gig’s, and a horse’s, and his own. It ’s you, my lass,
that I mean to sec safe: and what's more, I will,” said heL
with another look of thunder at Mr. Vernon, who certainly,
unless he had been startled out of his courtesy, ought forth¬
with to have gone. “ I 'll make the rounds every night, and
I ’ll begin now with the kitchen door. My spoons aren’t
silver, but they cost too much to lose.” /
Still Mr. Vernon lingered. lie could hardly misjudge the
meaning of Mabel’s waiting in the dark after midnight, hatted"-'
and cloaked, while a gig, and a driver, were also waiting out¬
side. “ I think we arc friends, child,” he said, gently, \“ At
any rate, I am yours— nncl you promised to come to me 'when¬
ever you need help or are in trouole,whatever it may be >-. / . .
Mr. l’engold has told me to-night that you ore engaged to he
married to my landlord, Mr. Carew, now a prisoner of war in
France —a gentleman of good birth and cnaraetcr. imd fair
fortune. Is it not true?” \ \ \\
“ Oh, Sir.' I am the most miserable girl in the world ! I
don’t know if it ’s true : but ”-
“ You don’t love him ? You have seen some’one else you
love more? Come, child, don’t be afraid—everything always
comes right, unless one is afraid : and then thev ’re bound to
go wrong. Don’t you know that oowurdice is the sin of sins?
No—there is one worse. /Tt is to be a slave. If you are being
forced to an engagement with Mr. Carew against your will,
loving another, I tell you, as I will fell Mr. Pengold, that you
are right, and he is wrong. If to run away was the only
thing lelt you-f-the o>i/y thing, mind—you were right to run
away. But it was not the only tiling: and so far you are to
be blamed: yes, iny child: severely blamed.”
.She had never been spoken to in this wise, at once with
tenderness that stung and with sharpness that did not wound.
She was touched and molted—and that he was .>peaking with
heart-knowledge, and not merely with the dry light, of the
head, none could tell better than she who had seen thut heart
laying itself bare.
what could I have done? ” asked she.
“ Mabel—how can you ask! You should have come to
Me.”
“To you? !)li. Sir—you would —yon are— but what could
you do ? ] low could you understand ? ’ ’
• ‘ Not understand—that you should love a man who loves
you? And what could 1 do? You shall fee. . . . Tell me
only one thing. Is he a gentleman, this enterprising lover of
yours ? Faith, I like him all the better for trying to earn’ off
his lady love in the good old style ! ”
“A gentleman ?”
It was less his words than his whole manner that filled
Mabel with a new emotion as if, in a desolate and bewilder¬
ing world she hud ut last found a pilot on whom she might
trust without fear. Or rather it was less his manner itself
than the knowledge that he, also, had had his romance, and
that out of the fulness of liis own heart his lips were speuking
to her ears. He was indeed different from any man the poor
girl had ever known ; if lie hud told her bigger lies than her
Quickset, she would have believed them, ana if she hesitated
about declaring lier.iQypr a.gentleman,.it was because that
would have been placing another mortal on the same level ns
Old Pigtail. Whatever lie was, whut could any other mortal be P
“ I mean," said he, “is he one who if—if I were your own
father, you would have no doubt about usking me to receive
as your husbuud and my sou ? ”
“ He is u soldier. Sir "-
“ And not fighting the frog-eaters ? Well, I suppose that’s
turn and turn. Come — is he old or young: high or low: rich
or poor? I won’t ask you if he’s handsome—every lover is
that to his own lass. Nor if he's good—you can’t tell that
within a month from the wedding day.”
“He is — everything: except—except—Oh, Sir, I know not
how to say. He has powerful enemies who are aiming nt his
life, so that he dares not court me openly, as even a fisherman
might a dairy-maid. No, Sir. You can't help him. Nobody
can. I have sworn not to name even his name.”
Mr. Vernon suddenly looked exceedingly grave. “I’m
sorry to hear that,” said lie. “ But, as I at length am no
enemy of his, or any man’s, and nmy pretend to some power
of my own, 1 think I can undertake to put that stmiglit, if—
That is a big ‘if* though. ... Do you trust me? I meuu
ns you would trust a friend whom you had known” -
She thought of "Peggy.” “Indeed, Sir, I do ! I trust
you us if you were my own father. And would to Heaven you
were ! ’ ’
“Mabel! Then, by Heaven, so it shall be! It shall be
‘ if’ no more. Your lover, if he is the gallant fellow he has
shown himself, will come again—you shall bid him come: for
you have a post-office between you, I ’ll be bound. We used
to, when 1 was young. . . . And then I will sec him : uiv
one way or another, all shall be well. I won’t ask you to trust
me. for you must, and you do.”
Was slie violating her promise to her lover? She did licit
stop to ask—she was so convinced of Old Pigtail’s good faith
that to doubt it never entered her mind : not even so much as
a thought to he dismissed the moment it came. She only/
knew that, if he took matters in hand, all must needs be well.
“Good,” said Old Pigtail. “Then run off to bed before
the Parson’s done with the back door. And don’t be afraid-V
“ I ’ll make it all right for you with him, too."
( To he continued.)
that are given with the Ilhatiated London Newt this week —
which relute to that very run we had—he will find we have
not forgotten him—or the Carlton man either, who charged
the brook lie walked through, aud who quoted those lines nt
his club. 8. B.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
All connnnniealiont ttinhu-j to thil deuarlmeni of the foyer thoul.l be a.ldrenrd to the
Editor, und hare the uord •• here ' 1 im'l/ru on the enertaye.
8 J (York).— In club matclira It I* uiuulty ogre-1 Hint n drawn Runic ahall count hnlf
a |*’lot U> racti -lilc. In tbc atiwuce ol unr nxroemrut. neither aideaourca.
EC (Liverpool).—Thanka tor the fame. It atiall bo examiuni.
W K T (New York).— IVo think your tour-move problem can be mlvcil by 1. Kt to Kt
»th (ciu. It take* kt:?. g to ll 'nut. Ac.
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i lllarkburn. S.iUli; of So. 21 IS from J It . Edinburgh t , of No.2119 from Emil*
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Kuton. J.iiimiPrvUyr (Wntillinnil/Vl*t»* O’.rau. (Vienna). O.kar Hartmann
iMulaffn). \V 1 I'uync, II J U, I i'luu iXevcaatlr-on-Tjrnai. Carl btupan. anil F
Ht-iimou: of II ran K->KUrKU> I'lublvln from K.J t'o-no 1 llaarlcm 1. E I, O. and
Alpha: of M. M tKovaxv'c PryC'cm from Talredlnnouae. Ilerewnnl. He*. W
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burgh). I T W. J It 1 )>llnl.nrilii.OO»«aW. I. sli ,r«uo.„l. Aurun Harper. It Wurter*
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Edward Itldpath, Kill lie Fran, lleruard lirc-n, Wykehom-.t. Juanita A Kurland.
Kil win Smith. II I, IlyaC. C iMrnnjh. Jnmn I'fiklnrton. II T line.*' (('unibrlilfte),
Twtvdh-mniiar. HerewnnLIt' «. VV An-let,..u (Old Rmnnry ). Jilpltcr Junior, Daniri
O'Connor (Chlawlrk i, J l((K inbiiriihi. It II Hirv.ka.J A Hchmurke, U Oxwalil, F M
iE InhnrelD. LMin'tvw -1. Kniue' Shnr.Wi**!. F I’inc Junior, Julia Short. John
II hIu-o'i 1 MaMrtone'.K .1 \V inter Wr»«l. II r |i I. C. Aamn II aiper. Shadfortli, It
Wurter* l< 'aliterlolry .1 T W. ► r.nk Ale. William llnvla. M O'llaT.oran. I) W Kell.
A C Hunt. K Caeell ■ il'itrlai. A lliihlnaii. II N ill.M.S. A*Im). Carl Ki >e llelien,
K I. (I, tan Noth. I. t> > mnn. ll It Wi»«l, Knnno 1 llarllngton), W Hllller. II Wardeli,
A SI Colbnme. I ndiumtor. I e fihnl Clement Fawcett. Otto Kidder (Kbrntl W V
Payne. It I. Southwell. O s Oldfield. O Jotcey. A W Scrnttoa. CT Bala.bury. Carl
eteiwn. 8 OitUeiiTIl:Scynmirr. IJedrc J Vrule, IMevn*. I* Q K. J.wei.li Ain* worth,
E restlirr.ton-. I. Knftoo jjAntwerp). fiutle. T ti iWarei. II Heeve. A M Porter.
N S Hnril*.' II Ingrrea'I. M l'i|i|dlir. 'V J lliidmaii. II T Kemp. T II lloldmii,
AKnrlieri; llambiiriri. II S Totliam • Klrkhr lemnlalei, K l.oid'n. An Old Hand.
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|Newpo*ti.T» Templet- ji, < Twnlilell. -mil L l)iw-iiigr>.
Boix'nos of Prodlcm No. 2110.
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1. Kt to « n 4th
2. Mates urcordingly. _
TROBLEM No. 2128.
By A. F. Mai kkszie (Jamaica).
IILACK.
BLACK.
Any move
THE COLOURED PICTURES.
The hunting season is now well in, and tints far it has been
successful; as the weather being openy the going hits been
fair, and there 1ms been no lack or foxes, or good runs either;
os the hounds, in most instances, have got away well, which is
not always the caso iu the first month;-..November. But it
would seem that wo now have either bolder foxes, or else they
have been made so by being so rattled; for as hounds were
not hindered in “ the cubbing” by weather, copses, thickets,
and covers were most thoroughly scoured. Hence, us “ the
red rascal ’’ now kudws it will not do to wait, he makes for
the opeu on lieuring a whimper, and we settle down to him at
once ; and ns the scent 1ms lain well through the whole of I lie
month, some very good runs arc ulready marked down —as,
indeed, arc some good falls, too. Of course, when the fences are
nil but “bliud”—that is, with lunch leafage remaining upon
them—togetdownatthemquicklyisiio new tiling, where ditches
so often lie handy and hidden, and where such trifles are found
to be on the drop side as a harrow or plough, corner rails
or some timber; and ns the hedges till now have been very
much bushed, it lots been bud for “the crullers,” who could
not see through them. To those who, however, take all in
their stride, and put their horses well at it, with a “ do it you
must," it matters but little what the fence may be—a bushed
or unbtislied one, a stoutly pleached one or weak—as the puce
always puts them/"upon the right side without any hitch or u
bungle/ \ \/
But amongst those who each season come out with hounds,
too jipfinyjiyCstlierc who know nothing about it; and the time
for noting their tailor tricks is when they have thus, iu
November, to take things on trust, as later on, with leaves
fiillen and only dead sticks, they see where is danger and
gladly avoid it. Not always, though, is this the ease; as iu
the hunting-field it but seldom is ull plain sailing, on account
of the varied kinds of fence, with which no novice knows how
wdeal—a fence being simply a fence to him, and a some¬
thing to be jumped. Hence, instead of being steady at
timber and swift at all water, and slanting each pleaclier just
ns the lines lie, lie treats each place as lie would were it
but a brush-fence, and therefore lie comes to grief; whilst in
the cose of a bullfinch—which you go through like a bird—
ho gets nt once hurled from the saddle; and with some very
marked cases of this lack of fence knowledge wo were amused
iu an odd run we last week hud iu Surrey— a sort of a market-
garden one—where the absence of cover showed each man up
and covered him with confusion.
Briefly, the run was this. After a kill in the Epsom
country, our second lox look ns to Banstead Downs, and on
to Carslialton 1’ark, where, cheeked by the deer, we hit it nt
Beddington, and raced him round Tooting to the common at
Mitcham. Then, skirting the herb-beds and lavender grounds,
nnd getting foiled by the herd in Morden Park—a rare thing to
get deer twice iu oue day—we slowly hunted him through the
fields, and then each hound stood still. Wo were lit the
time by the mill withiu the old abbey walls, which there
are so heavily hung with ivy, aud* we soon had all
Merton present; when, alter ’ casting round and round,
the ivy was threshed, and the fox jumped down, and law
being allowed him, wo finished the day with a wild “ wlio-
wlioop! ” nt Wimbledon. In this very out-of-the-way
run we had, the bad ones got down at both fences und timber,
nnd were scattered like shot at the Wandle—“ the blue
transparent Vandulis” of Pope, the “river” Wnudle—
that willowy brook-like twisting stream, famed for its trout
mid wafer-cress, ns all fly-fishers know—and each time we
had it, a lot got in through letting their horses swerve,
as they hud no hands to guide them. Amongst the other
good men who did it, were some who quite thought it was
deep and swift; mul one amongst them, u Carlton man, helped
liis recital of the run by quoting ut the club, that night,
Whyte-Melville’s lines. “I’d a lead of them all when we
came to the brook, a big one- a bumper—aud up to your
chin ”; not being aware that a boy who followed him nnd
another simply waded his pony through it. We marked that
lial for liis dogged pluck; ns by poking or pushing when the
fence was too high—or doing a creep up one bank and a slide
down the other—lie kept with us the whole time, ns liis pony
could race, and at the end ho was in at the death. Who he
was or whence he came we had no means of knowing; but
that lie will become, if he live6, a trout rank man is, in our
opinion, certuin ; and should lie see the Coloured Pictures
WHITE.
White to pluj", und mute in three move*.
Hayed in n Match bi*twe"n Mesunt. Ciuxikr and Clkki . For the score and
abridged notes we me indebted to /.« ltrvur Illmtrit, of Paris.
[Sicilian l)r fence . )
I VVUITK Dt.ACK
(M. Chnmier). (M. Clere).
14. Kt to Kt 3rd
15. B to K Kt 6th Q to Kt Trd (ch)
Hi. K tolls'! lit uke« Kt
17. 1‘ take* ll U to B 4th
BLACK
(M. Clem).
p to an 4th
Kt to U H "rd
P to K 8i«l
P take* l*
Kt to B 3rd
Kt P takes Kt
B to Kt 5th
WIII1S
(M. Ohamter).
1. Pto K 4th
2 . Kt Ui ll U 3rd
8. Kt to K II 3rd
4. P t - U 4ih
ft. Kt takes 1*
U. Kt takes Kt
7. B to U8rd
8. B to tl *nd
The conwt continuatlnn I* A. Ca»tl«.
8. P to K 4til
s. V M Q Uh I* iM-ttar. The tn"»« In the
text iiiuvinU hln> aOianclli£t.-c *1 I'with
advantage.
!). ('turtle*. Castle#
10. P to B 4th P to U 8nl
11. P take* V
ll. P to n.'-lli. abutting la Uie (J 0. II
much prelerable.
It. Kt to Kt 5th
A m*wt move, which give* lllack the
Imt-if the |»>»ltl'Ui.
12. Q to K *<|
In antldpstlon of Black playing II. B
to II «th (Ch>, ami IS. (J to II olli. Ac.
12. Kt takes K P
13. Q to Kt 3rd B to K 3rd
14. B te R 6th
Losing lime. 11. K to R i*) li 1-etter.
18. P to B 4th
It wonlil have hern tatter to defend the
Pawn with the (J B.
18.
ID. B to K 3rd
20. « to B 2nd
21. Q R to Kt aq
22. Q to « 2nd
23. It to H 6th
P to B 3rd
U to K 4th
P to U B 4th
R to B 2nd
Q R to K B sq
Very well i-h-jr,!. Whether Mack take
the H«»k or uot, lie now In danger.
23.
24. P takes B
B takes R
KttoK 2nd
A Minuter, -hutting out all retreat for
Ilia gueru. Ilia only luovehere It24. Kt to
II vi. nml alioiihl White coiiMnoo with
t-'x lit.. It 4th. Illack'a anawer la 2ft. (J to
K 2nd. with a good game.
26. B to B 4th Q to Q 5th
2«. P to B 3rd U Ukea Q B
27. a takes C4 Kt to B sq
28. B to K 4th R to K 2nd
20. B to (4 6th (ch) K to K eq
80. B to K 6th.
and Black resigned.
On Thursday, Nor. 13, Dr. Zukertort gave, under the auspices of the
Southampton Chess Club, an exhibition of his skill in the Victoria Rooms,
where he engaged simultanemialytwenty-four players, ch icily members of the
club, with a few from other towns Plav commenced at six o’clock, n large
number of spectators being present lour of the players ho beat twice is
succession; and oil the other*, with the exception of two, succumbed to
his skill, many struggling hard and long to avoid defeat. Some of the
players showed considerable ability, and their boards were the centre of
attraction, notably that of the secretary, Mr. J. 11. Blake, who. after a hardly
contested game, lasting a considerable time, won. ainid loud applause. The
President, Mr. ll. Chippertleld. aim played an excellent game, which lasted
all the evening, and saw ait the otiins out, terminating in a draw. Thin
result was also loudly applauded. The following is the total resultWon :
Mr. J. II. Blake. Drawn: Mr. K. Cbippeifle.d. Lost one game : Messrs, (i.
R. 81nper; W. B Ueorgc; J. Fewings; W. Williams: E. P. Westlake; J.
A. Oatter; O. Taylor, sen.; O. Taylor, iun.; F. Blake; W. M. Hill: A.
C. Rogers; ti. J. Waller; J. T. Hamilton; J. J. Carter; F. Budden
(Bournemouth); T. Rebbeok (Bournemouth); Ferry (Bournemouth);
Watson (Salisbury). Lo»t two games: Messrs. W. Bowyer; W. J. Bee;
W. C. Kenny; and W. Beer.
A match between the Atherueum and Ludgate-circus clubs was played
on the 12th inst., in which the former proved victorious by nine games totwo
The Enrl of Stair, the Liberal candidate, bos been elected
Chancellor of Glasgow University, in room of the lute Duke
of Bucdeucl).
A deputation, representing the principal electric lighting
companies of the United Kingdom, hud an interview on the
20th inst. with Mr. Chamberlain, at the Hoard of Trade, to
urge that certain provisions of the Electric Lighting Act
should be modified and others repealed. The deputation
especially objected to the provision which gi ve* local authorities
a power of purchase after twenty-one years. Mr. Chamberlain
would not undertake to repenl the duusc, but said he would
carefully consider any suggestions made to him for the
modification of the Act.
540.—THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 29, 1884 — 541
THE NILE EXPEDITION:
TOWING THE WHALE-BOATS WITH TROOPS THROUGH THE FIRST GATE OF THE SECOND CATARACT.
FROM A SKETCH BY OUK SPECIAL ARTIST, MR. MELTON PRIOR.
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542
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV*. 29, 1884
0 MTU Alt V.
SIR J. MARJOIUBAXKS, BART.
Sir John Marjoribanks, oi Lees, in the county of Berwick, tliinl
Baronet, M.A.nml
D.L., died on the
18th inst. He was
born May 4, 1830,
mid succeeded his
father, Sir Wil¬
liam Mnrjoribanke,
Sept. 22, 1834. He
'£&) ! s§J P ^ f.(\| WHS educated at
"f-yX i ! L/ Etou, and Christ
r// Chureli, Oxford;
' and at one time un¬
successfully con¬
tested Berwick¬
shire. lie married, July 27, 1858, Charlotte Atliole Mary,
••Idest daughter of Mr. Richard Trotter, of Morton Hull, near
Edinburgh; but, leaving no issue, is succeeded by his only
brother, now Sir William Marjoribunks, fourth Baronet.
THE RIGHT HON. M. LONGFIELD.
The Right Hon. Mountifort Lougfield, P.C., Q.C., LL D.,
died on the 21st inst., at 47, Fitx William-square, Dublin,
aged eighty-tliree. This accomplished lawyer and scholar was
second son of the Rev. Mmmtirort Longticld, Vicar of Desert-
serges, ami grandson of Mr. John Lougfield, of Longucville,
ill the county of Cork, who was cousin of Richard Lougfield,
Viscount Longueville. After a brilliant University career at
Trinity Collrg.*, Dublin, he obtained a Fellowship in 1825,
which he resigned in 1834 for the Professorship of Feudal ami
English Law. lie became subsequently a Commissioner of
Natiounl Education, mid lilled for some years with the highest
credit the important office of Judge iu the Landed Estates
Court. He married, 1845, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Andrew
A rinstrong.
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR G. LAWRENCE.
Lieutenant-General Sir George St. Patrick Lawrence, K.C.S.I.,
O.B., died on the 16th inst., at Kensington Park-gardens, iu
liis eightieth veur. He was third sou of Lientenaut-Colouel
Alexander Lawrence, Governor of I’pnor Castle, and was one
of the distinguished brothers whose fame and sendees in India
arc so brilliantly associated with its history; Sir Henry Mont¬
gomery Lawrence. K.C.B., so renowned by his defence of
Lucknow; John, Lord St. Lawrence, G.C.J3., the Governor-
General of India; and Lieutenant-General Richard Charles
Lawrence, C.B., also distinguished in the Mutiny. Joining
tlie Bengal Cavnlry in 1821, he went through severe Indian
service; was present at the capture of Ghuzuee, the Afghau
campaign culminating iu the Cabul catastrophe, when he had
to endure captivity until relieved by Pollock’s advance, which
episode is described in his work, “ Forty-three Years iu
India.” During the Sikh War, lie’wns again a prisoner, until
liberated after the battle of Goojerat. His subsequent services
during the Mutiny were most important. He laid medals and
clusps for Ghuzuee, Punjaub, Indian Mutiny, and the
Frontier. Ho married, April 3, 1830, Chnrlotte Isabella,
daughter of Dr. John Brown, Surgeon-General, Bengal, nnd
loaves issue.
Wc have also to record the denths of —
Mr. Ileury Stormont I.eifchild, the well-known sculptor.
His chief works were “The Guards Memorial,’ 1 at Chelsea
Hospital, “The Torch-bearers,” “Ruth and Naomi,” and
“ Achilles and Athene.”
Mr. Frederick William Hultne, an admired landscupe-
palnter, on the 14th inst., aged sixty-eight.
Cuptuin Alexander John Graeme. U.X., son of the late
Colonel Graeme, of Iuckbrukic and A her lit liven, iu the county
ofPerLh, outlie 14tli inst., at Foil thill, iu Ids eighty-sixth year.
Lieutenant-General Robert Richards, Bombay Staff Corps
(retired),on the 13th inst., ugcilsixty-six. Served in the 1'unjuub,
Mooltun, uud Goojerat. lit; was son of Mr. Robert Uewetsou
Richards, Assistant Barrister, county Wexford.
The Hon. Isabella O’Grudy, third daughter of Stnndisli,
first Viscount Guillnuiore, and sister of Maria, late Viscountess
Gort, on the 15th iust., at Fort Fergus, the residence of her
sister, the lion. Mrs. Bull.
The Rev. John Farrar, a leading member of the Wesleyan
Ministry, aged eighty-two. He was twice President of the
Conference, and held in succession for many years tlio
governorship of Woodhouse Grove School and Heudinglcy
College.
The Hou. Arthur Romilly, youngest son of John Lord
Komilly, Master of the Rolls, on the 14th inst., at Arco,
St. Tyrol, aged thirty-four. He was educated at Eton,
graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to
the Bar in 1874. He murried, in 1877, Flora, daughter of
Professor Slicllbnch, of Berlin.
E
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will (dated Aug. 31, 1883) of Mr. Robert Spear Hudson,
late of Bnche Hull, Cheshire, of West Bromwich, and of Bnnk-
liall-street, Liverpool, manufacturing chemist, who died on
Aug. 6 lust, at Scarborough, was proved on the 8th inst. by
William Creed, Arnold Thomas, and Edward Caddick, the
executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to
upwards of £295,000. The testator leaves to his wife, Mrs.
Emily Hudson, £500, and an annuity of £3000; he nlso leaves
her, for life or widowhood, the mansiou Due-lie Hall, and the
pleasure-grounds, with the furniture, plate, pictures, book*,
effects, horses uud carriages, and £500 per nunuiii to keep the
pleasure-grounds in order. Subject to the interest given to
lis wife iu the mansion and grounds, ho leaves the manor or
lordship of Bnche and tlio Bnche Hall estate to his son,
Robert William Hudson, lie bequeaths annuities of"£1000
each to his said son and to his daughters, Mrs. Mary
Evangeline Flynn, Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Speucer, nnd Mis*
Einily Jane Hud.-on, for a period of six years from his dentil;
£2500 to the Manse Loan Fund for Independent Ministers:
£2000 to the Congregational Pastors’ Retiring Fund: £2000
to the English Clinpel Building Fund, for its Loan Fund, and
£1000 to the same society for its Grant Fund; £1000 each to
the London Missionary .Society uud the British nnd Foreign
Bible Society; £500 to tlie Irish Evangelical Society; and
legacies and annuities to his sisteiV^epliews, nieces, nnmuger,
trustees, servants, and others. The income of liis property is
to accumulate for six years, and nt{tke expi ration'd I the time
lie gives nil his business property to his sou. subject to his
paying, under a valuation, .for the stock-in-trade, book debts,
credits, bankers’ balances, and other personal chattels; uud
the ultimate residue of bis real and personnl estate is to be
held upon trust for his three daughters.
The will (dated <ApHl 12, 1869) of Mrs. Jemima Belinda
Humes, late of Ashdldon House, Torquay, Devon, who died
on the 7tli ult., was proved on fchp 29th ult. by the Rev.
Hoyter George Hayter Humes, the son, the sole executor, the
viUue «>f the personal estate amounting to over £52,000. The
testatrix gives and devises all her mil and personal estate to
her said sou for his own absolute use and benefit.
The will (dated June 20, 1874), with three codicils (dated
July 10, 1879; Sept. 8, 1883; and April 30, 1884), of Major
Frederic Sewnllb Gerard, J.P., D.L., late of Aspull House,
I unleash ire, who died on May 7 last, at Hastings, was proved
on the 8th inst. by Frederic Gerard; the son; and Mir John
Lawson, Bait., the executors, the value of the personal estate
amounting to over £40,090. The testator bequeaths £2000 to
llU wife, Mrs. Mary Gerard; £1000 to tlio trustees of the
settlement of his late daughter, Lmly Lawson ; £5000 to his
eldest son, Frederic, who is otherwise well provided for; £5000
to his daughter, Lady Stafford: and u few other legacies.
Tlie residue of his real and personal estate lie leaves, upon
trust, for hi* two younger sons,■ Charles Thomas and Edward.
The will (dated Oct. 28. 1878) of Mr. Richard John
Knowles, late of No. 24, C’ulverley Park. Tunbridge Wells,
who died on Sept. 12 Inst, at Williiigtoii, near Maidstone, was
proved ou the 3rd inst. by Richard John Knowles, the son,
Richard William Tooted. the nephew, and Frederick Francis
Sanders, the executors, the value of the personal estate
amounting to over £22,000. The testator bequeaths legacies
to liis wife, son, executors, nephew, nnd niece. As to the
residue of his real and personal estate, lie gives one third to
his wire, Mrs. Murin Seymour Knowles, and two thirds to his
said sou.
Tile will (dated July 8, 1879) of Mr. George Bond, late of
No. 8, Medina .Villas, Richmond, Surrey, who died on Aug. 23
last, was proved on the lUtli inst. by William Burrell uud
William, Anderson, M.I)., two of the executors, tlie value of
the personal estate amounting to over £10,000. The testator
gives some legacies; and makes provision for liis son, William
Henry; and the residue of his real and personal estate he
leaves to the children of liis said son, in equal shares. Iu de¬
fault of any of the.'said children attaining twenty-one, ho
bequeaths £1000 each to the Richmond Infirmary, and the
President of the Conference of Wesleyan Methodists; one
half of the ultimate residue to Queen Anne’s Bounty, nnd the
other half to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England.
Tlie will (dated Feb. 3, 1883) of General Sir Arthur
Augustus Thnrlow Ciinyiigliume. G.C.B., lute of Hurliughnm
Lodge, Fulham, who died on March 10 Inst, at sen. was proved
oil the 29th ult. by the lion. Dame Frances Elizabeth
Cunyughaiiie, the widow, the value of the personal estate,
exclusive ol the property in settlement, exceeding £16,000.
The testator leaves £5700 to liis wife; and nil his other
property, in trust or otherwise, to his wife, for life, and then
to his four children, Henry Harding, Arthur, Emily Caroline,
and Lavinia Charlotte.
The will (dated Feb. 12,1880) of the Hou. and Rev. William
Henry Lyttelton, Rector of the Parish of Hagley, Worcester¬
shire, nml Canon of Gloucester Cathedral, who died on July 24
lust, at Great Malvern, was proved on the 29th ult. by Lord
Lyttelton, the nephew, the sole executor, the value of tho
personal estate exceeding £7000. The testator bequeaths £500
to his wife, the Hon. Mrs. Constance Ellen Lyttelton ; and
such sum, not exceeding £1300, ns will produce £40 per annum,
to be called “ The Emily Lyttelton Fund,” for tlio purpose of
providing a nurse in midwifery cases mid noil-infectious
diseases for the parish of Ilagley. The residue of his real
and personal estate is to be held upon trust for his wife, for
life, mid then for his children ; and iu defuult of children for
the said Lord Lyttelton.
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are packed on the premises by experienced puckers
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in all sizes.
CARPETS.
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TURKEY CARPETS.—MAPLE and CO.
A have just received large* consignments of fine Turkey
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season's dip.—MAPLE & CO., London ; «M 17 nhd l!*. Ixxnl
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HUGS and CARPETS collected by Messrs. MAPLE nnd CO.’S
Agent in Panto, and now on view at the Show-Rooms,
Tottenham-court-road. A Persian Rug, tho inost acceptable
of all Presents; a Persian Prayer Carpet, u lusting pleasure.
X— MAPLE and C
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CJARPETS, BRUSSELS.V
rjARPETS.—1000 Pieces of « Manufac-
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and 3s. 4id. per yard. These good* are regularly sold at 3s. ltd.
and IB.
TSJOTICE.-MAPLE and CO. have SPECIAL
EXTRA QUALITIES of BRUSSEI M as produced thirty
rears ago, adapted forhardest wear, at u small increased cost.
Newest design* und novelties in colouring.—MAPLE nnd CO.
f'jARPETS, ready fop use, 3000 in Stock.
A great variety of pult-Tini t6 Mcct s jrnin, of tlie liest
quality, hut old Vatusns. A carpet 15 ft. by 11 ft. :i in., price
out., which can belaid irtmo day as ordered.—MAPLE X- CO.,
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CHiN A.
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Coalport, Dus den, Sevres, Chinese, Japanese, and Crown
Derby China.
TVJOTICE.-DRAWJNG-ROOM CLOCKS to
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Price 70S, warranted. MAPLE and CO. have a large and
varied assortment suitable for dining und drawing loom.
Over J00 to select from. Price 10s. ltd. Handsome marble
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movement, 23s 6d-; also bronzes in great lancty.
ORDERS for EXPORTATION to any part
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Price for the Patent Wire Wove Mattress, without Bedstead:—
3 ft., 17s. 9d.; 3 ft. 6 in., 21 b. 6d.; 4ft., 23s. 9d.; 4 ft. 6 in.. 26s. 9d.
“PATENT WOVEN WIRE MATTRESS.”
TIIE WOVEN WIRE MATTRESS is a strong and wonderful fubric of fine
wire, so interlocked and woven by n Patented process of diagonal DOUBLE
WEAVING that an ELASTIC and PERFECT sleeping arrangement is secured.
The hard spring wire used is carefully tinned, effectually preventing corrosion, and
presents a very attractive nud silver-like appearance.
This Mattress is, in fact, a complete appliance for all purposes of REST and
SLEEP, combining all tho advantages ot a Perfect Sprino Bed, and can iie
made SOFT OH HARD AT PI.EASCME IIY fSIXO THE HANDLE AT SIDE OF BEDSTEAD; IT CAN
IIE TAKEN TO PIECES IN A TEW MOMENT*, AND PACKED IN A VERT SMALL COMPASS.
They arc nlso greatly used in yachts and ships, because of their cleanliness.
MAPLE 6 CO., Manufacturers of Fir3t-class Furniture, London and Paris.
MAPLE and CO.
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MANUFACTURERS.
ART FURNITURE.
MAPLE and CO. ADAMS’ DESIGNS.
MAPLE and CO. LOUIS XVI. Furniture.
MAPLE and CO. have at the present
time a most wonderful assortment of new nud urti.tio
furniture on allow. An Illustrated Catalogue, c illuming the
price of every article required in furnishing, post-free.
MAPLE and CO.. 145, Tottenham-court-
■ L A load. MANUFACTURERS of
BED-ROOM SUITES by MACHINERY.
500 BED-ROOM SUITES, from 75s. to
" VW 160 guineas.
BED-ROOM SUITE in Solid Walnut,
consists of i ft. wardrobe, 3ft. il in. chest drawers, marble-
top wushstund, toilot.-i rid'- with g.nss, pedestal clipboard,
towel-horse, and three chairs This suite re manufactured by
Mupie and Co.'s uvw machinery, lately erected. Complete
suite, £10 16s.
'RED-ROOM SUITES, in Solid Ash. plate-
glass door to wardrobe, wash stand with Minton's tiles,
toilet-table with glass fixed, pedestal cupboard, towel-burse,
and three chuiis, complete, £10 las.
RED-ROOM SUITES, in Solid Walnut,
complete, 15 guineas; beautifully inlaid, 20gunien*.
RED-ROOM SUITES, in Solid Ash, with
6 ft. Wurdrobo, complete, £•» 10s.
-RED-ROOM SUITES.-CHIPPENDALE.
Adams. I«ouia XVI , and Sherrnton designs; large
wardrobes, veiy handsome, in rosewood, richly inlaid; ulso
satin-wood, inlaid with dittirciit woods, 86 to 200 guineas.
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Africa, Amu. and America, anil Manufacturers of Cabinet
Furniture iu various woods by steam power.—Tottenham-
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MAPLE and CO.-BEDSTEADS (IRON).
MAPLE and CO.-BEDSTEADS (BRASS).
MAPLE andCO. have aSPECI AL DEPART-
- L i MKNT for IRON and BRASS Four-post BEDSTEADS.
Cribs, and Cots, specially udspt.nl for mosquito curtains, used
in India. Australia, and the Colonies. Trice, for full-sized
Bedsteads, varying from 26s. Shippers and colonial visitors
are invited to inspect this varied Stock, the largest iu England,
before decidiug elsewhere. 10,000 Bedsteads to select from.
MAPLE and CO., London.
MAPLE and CO.-BEDSTEADS in Wood,
Iron, and Brass, fitted with furniture und bedding
complete. Tho bedsteads ure fitted in stock, ready for choice.
< Ivor 10.000 Iron and Brass Bedsteads now iu stock to select
from. From 8s. 9d. to 56 guinea*. Strong useful Brass Bed¬
stead, 84 guineas. Bedding of every description manufactured
on the premises, and all warranted pure. ’Hie Trade supplied.
ROUSEHOLD LINENS.-MAPLE and CO.
specially commend thi« department to those commencing
housekeeping or replenishing stocks. All goads ure carefully
•elected direct from the manufiw fivers, thus savin* tlio inter¬
mediate profit. An immense Assortment t«> choose from. Price¬
list, estimates, and patterns fiee,—MAPLE and CO., London.
POSTAL ORDER DEPARTMENT.
Messrs. MAPLE and CO. beg resrortfully t>i state that
l his Department is now so organised that they are fully pro-
ptred to execute nnd supply any article that can possibly be
required in Furnishing at the same price, if no£ loss, thim any
other house in England. Pattern* sent, and quotations given,
free ot charge.
NOV. 29, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
543
CHRISTMAS CARDS
AT
CIIAPMAU 7 S 7 54, LEICESTER-SQUABE.
EARLY PURCHASERS GAIN THE BEST IMPRESSIONS.
No. 579.—Girlish Bianties.
Itoilucd chromo-lithograph* in the classical style, re¬
presenting maidens feeding birds. Size, «} by 4.
The set of two, Ski.
No. 592.-Winter Pastimes.
Bountiful un 1 vivid reproductions of original water¬
colour drawings of children engaged in sliding and
other |Xi>timo. Size, 4J by 6|. The ret of three, Od.
No. 649.-Sea Sprites.
Lovely example* of delicately printed chmmo-lithogniph*
from highly imaginative original water-colour
designs by Mfcm K. G. Thomson. Size, 44 by 64.
The *ot of three, Is. ljd.
No. 652—Bose Blossoms.
Bright and sparkling reproductions of wnter-colour
drawings of roses. 8izc,4]by6|. The sot of two, Gd.
No. 654.—Deer.
Careful and pleasing studies of deer, from original
drawings. Size, 4j by 81. The set of two, Gd.
No. 655. LandBcapo Etchings.
Careful renderings of dry-point rustic scenes. Size, 5 by 6.
The set of three, Od.
No. 656,-Bird Studies.
Brilliant water-colour designs of birds, surrounded by a
neat oval coloured border. Size, Gj by 44. The set
of three, Od.
Nc. 657.—Hunting Panels.
Accurate reproductions from graphic water-colour
sketches. “ In Full Cry," with gold border. Size,
71 by 4j. The set of three, la. lid.
No. 707,-Innocence.
Choice reproductions in chromo-lithography of charming
water-colour drawings of children in panels. Size, 4
by 3J. The set of three, od.
No. 699.—In tho Hammock.
Delicately printed and highly artistic chromo-lithographs
from original nnd clever water-colour drawings in
the classical style. Size, 5-J by 34. lire set of three,
Is. lAd.
No. 2113. Holy Land.
Circular views, combined with ferns. Quotations by C.
H. Spurgeon. Size, 34 by 64. Tho set of four, Gd.
No. 2121.—Floral Anchors,
With silver haves and Scriptural greetings. Size. 4 by
24. The set of six, 2d.
No. 2122.-White Flowers
And geranium*, combined with maidenhair fern. Verses
by Eden Hooper. Bine, 4| by 8. The set of six, 2d.
No. 2123.-Spray
Of flowers nnd ferns. Size, 4 by 2£. Tire set of six, 2d.
No. 2300.-Nigger Children.
Single figures, in comic sitting attitudes, on diamond-
shaped cards, with greeting*. Size, 3{ by 3J. The
set of four, lid.
No. 2100.—Horseshoes,
Gold blocked, with water scenes by moonlight inside,
surrounded by flowers and ferns, on u thick levelled
gilt-edged card, round corners. Verses by H. M.
Ilurnside. Size, by 4|. The not of three, la. ljd.
No. 2302-Swans,
With circular sky and water background; greeting*.
Size, 34 by 34. The ret of four, 3d.
No. 2307.—Robin Redbreast
Serenading Jenny Wren. Robin Redbreast courting
Jenny Wren. The Marriage, and tho Wedding
Breakfast. Pretty picture* of little birds, with n
novel border. Size, 4 j by 34. The set of four, 3d.
No. 2402.-Flowers.
Imitation photographs, with gilt mottoes. Size, 41 byif.
The set of four, 3d.
No. 3043.- Bobins.
A set of good old-fashioned Christmas designs of Robins
in snow. Size, 2J by 3f. The set of four, l^d.
No. 3194.—Primroses,
Mignonette, und violets. Penny bunches, tied up nuturully
withbass. Size, 3 by 3. The set of four, 3d.
No. 2332.-Destrnctive Babies.
Illustrations of tho “ Destruction " nnd “ Reparation "
of a doll by 11 mischievous baby, with his dog.
Size, 4 by 54. The set of four, 5Hl.
No. 3359.—Sporting Caricatures.
Clever and humorous drawings of a sporting character,
bv Miss Georgiann Bowers. Size, oj by 3j. The set
of four, 9(3.
No. 3459.—The Hunting Field.
Sketches of tho Hunt, by Gcorgfaun Bowers, with hu-
morous mottoes. Size, 4 J by 0. The set of four, la-
No. 3151.—Tulips, Fritillary, Yellow Boses, &c.
Largo studies of flowers on greenish grounds nnd white
mount*. Verses on back by 8. K. Cowun, A.M.
Size, G by 5. Tho set of four, Is.
No. 3720.—Saucy Thieves.
Winged elves flying through the nir with peacocks’
feathers. Four exquisitely ideal subjects, fringed
with floss silk. Size, 34 by 44. One sort, Hd.
No. 4355.—My True Heart.
Primroses, fuchsia, cornflower, and marguerite daisies,
umuiged with gold, heart-shaped designs. White
and gold border. Size, 4j by 3. The set of four, 3d.
ALL PRICES IN THIS LIST
Ch
AR.i WITH
No. 4366.—Snow Berries.
Mistletoe, holly, ivy, and other berries growing in the
the snow. Size, 3j by 4{. The set of three. 7d.
No. 4366a- -Snow Berries.
Mistletoe, holly, ivy, and other berries growing in the
snow. Size, 3| by If. The setof three, 7d.
No. 4403- Rich Flowers,
Arranged in costly vase*. Claim tig, wild roees, geranium*. ]
grasse*. winter nisei, chrysanthemum-. At., by
Mueklcy, with imitation cut mount. Size, lit by :>(.
The set of four, la. Gd.
No. 4405.—Little Pussy Cat.
“ In the work-basket,” “ Pen-and-ink sketches,”
•‘Playful Tom," “Spinning Jenny.” Charming
pictures of mischievous kitten* ut play. Size, 2j
by 4. The set of four, 3d.
No. 4410.—Holly Boughs.
Christmas wreaths of holly and ivy. Size, 2j by 3]. The
set of four, 3d.
No. 4486.—Tho Story of a Snowball.
A series of amusing pictures, by W. J. Hodgson. Size,
34 by 4j. The sot of four, Cd.
No. 4487.—Mr. Verdant Green's Adventure
the Ice.
Design* by W. J. Hodgson. Size, 4 by 5.
four, t>d.
No. 4501.-Four-fold Screen.
Forget-me-nots, lilies, Ac., by waterside,
miniature landreupe, with bird* und flowers, out¬
side. Size, 44 by 3j. One sort, Kid.
No. 4511.—Four-fold Screen.
Charming river scenery by sunset and moonlight; ipside;
spray* across medallion* on a tinted background,
outside. Size, f»4 by 2j. One sort, lid. \
No. 5010.—Birds and Animals. -
Squirrel, Rabbit,Owl, and llobin. Size, 4 j by 3j. The
set of four, 3d.
No. 5020 -Cats
In comic dresses, representing John Bull,a Slasher, Paul
Pry, Ac. Size, 54 by.34. 'The setof four, Gd.
No. 5030.—The little Milk Boy.
Solicitation, “Give u* sotne milk, there’s a good boy !”
Hemuneration, children throwvknhw-ball.
" Heroes u New-ycar’s gift for you ;
If you like it, pray take two.”
Size, G by 4}. The set of three, 7d.
No. 5202.-Child Elves.
Fibred offering* by frog/ajld juckduvv, and dressing a
The,
treev
Size. fii by 4. The set of four, >Jd. 1
THE DISCOUNT TAKEN OFF.
No. 5303.—Crosses
Entwined with white flower* nnd devotional wishes.
Size, 4 by Sf. The ret of four, 1 id.
No. 6313.—Babies
In hampers. Size, 4| by 3. Tho set of four, 3rl.
No. 5323. Circular Views,
With waterfall* und clusters of flower*; seasonable
wishes. .dzcy4J>y 34. The set of four, ad.
No. 5333 7 -Th.e Human Form Divine,
ltcpresenteJ by /'unclothcd iloIL* engag'd in outdoor
games. Sire, sj by 44.\Tni» set of tour, 3d.
No. 6343.—Niggers.
Comic studies. *• Come wbere my love lie* dreaming.”
“Hnrkil hear the nngols ring,” “ Thy fare is ever
dear to me,” “ No rest but the grave for tho Pilgrim
of love;” Hize, 34 by 6|. The set of four, Gd.
No. 5404.—Monkeys,
verses on the lack, by Lewis Novra.
Tire set of four, fid.
. 5414.—Cats’ Heads
top of rigor box. S ze, 6J by 34. The
No. 5424.-Donkeys
•storm, laden with holly. Single figures un-
uded. Size, 4 by 6- The set of four, IkJ.
No. 5595. Children,
single tlgure* in quaint costumes. Size. 41
by 3. The set of four, 3d.
No. 5515.—Wreaths,
With winter view in centre. Size, :ij by 34. The set of
four, 3d.
No. 5606.—Water Lilies
Floating, and rushes, in raised relief. Size, 3 by 44.
The ret Of four, 3d.
No. 5616.—Children.
Full length, in martini And national costumes,
by 3. Tho set of six, 44d.
No. 6626.—Birds and Flowers.
Sky background. Size, 6^ by 3|. The sot of three, 24d.
No. 5707.—Winter Landscapes
In rings, with sejisonuble wishes. Hire, 2j by 2?. Tho
set of four, ljd.
No. 5717.—Musical Instruments.
Drum, violin, tumbourinc, und banjo, stamp. d out io
slrnpe. The let of four. 3d.
No. 5727-Robins.
The Christmas Carol, Tho Tug of War, Ae.,ly Hem/
Bright. Size, GJ by 34. The set of three. Is. ljd.
Siz.\ 44
Prepaid Orders for any Cards on this List receive immediate attention, post-free: if in postage stamps, 2 d. extra; if required to be exchanged, the postage must be paid both ways.
Foreign and Colonial. Orders receive special attention.
TLEASE CROSS ALL CHEQUES, POST-OFFICE ORDERS, AND POSTAL ORDERS “UNION BANK, CHAHING-CROSS.”
POST-OFFICE ORDERS MADE PAYABLE AT CHARING-CROSS TO
THOMA S CHAPMAN , 5-1. ' HEICI gS'1T1D-SQ L7ARE, AV.C
PR FSFNT^ -mappin & webb,
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M. nnd W.’s latent Revolving Cover
Soup Tureen and Breakfast Di*h Com¬
bined, £9 Sts., £7 7*., £G (!*.
Clurot Jug*. sllter
Dish Covers, Entree Dishe.*, Vegetable Dishes, mount*, esa fan. g13.
I’isli Knives A Forks. Fruit Knives A- Fork*. .’ **•
and every requisite for the Dinner Table.
Et«ctro-gi|ver,' zi »«.. Tea and Coffee Services, full size. Sterling Silver. £50, £so, £35 £30
£3 3*.. Cl -it., li 1.. Heaviest Plating, £20, £16, £12, £10 10*.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES POST-FREE.
Services of Plate and Cutlery in stock in all idzes, lilted
in strong oak chest*. \ '
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A special detailed List post-free.-
RETIRING FROM BUSINESS.
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18, NEW BOND-STREET,
and Webb
MANSION HOUSE BUILDINGS, E.C.;
& OXFORD-STREET, W. LONDON.
Manufactory-The Royal Plate und Cutlery Work*. Sheffield.
JJAVING, AFI'ER 38 YEARS’ TRADING,
J)EC1DED TO RETIRE FROM TH§>
JEWELLERY TRADE,
J^OW OFFERS THE WHOLE OF
• Vtlty DIGESTIBLE-NUTRITIOUS—MADE IN A MIN UTE- NO 0011.1X0 OR STRAINING REQUIRED."
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Food
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Uio«r
VALUABLE STOCK OF
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1H-CARAT !it)i.D WORK.
EXGI.ISU KEYLESS LEVER WATCHES,
RARE JAPAN EKE ART WORK.
AT A GREAT REDUCTION.
highlrrenrentn.re.l.indretf-.llgestiuirnntriment for young children ; •um.lytng nil tlmt ii requirwt for the formation of flnn
o*r""f^t*iH l \?let«ideiK!r 0 UW * r “ } nwlmilable form. It also amril* « nilUioIng and healthful diet for In vslhl*. and
W « ImprotV'lminnditefy'ho 53^^
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Knrtlier Tcatlmony and Full Direct ton* «• oiupanv each Tin.
TINS, 6d„ ls„ 2s., Si., and 10s„ RETAIL EVERYWHERE.
r | , HK PUBLIC will for the next few months
J. have .poeix) opjKirtuidth- of iccurln* ionic of Uds wall-
known I>nd CaratUIt; wlectnl .stock,
MR STREETER’S COLLECTION of
I , WW nl ‘ ,, l ot. will
nl«ii iM* Orh l-.h LD lur SAl.M. Conuoi»6ciir* nnd Collector! ai c
in«Uo«l to luftjwct.
^eio.
In return for a £10 Note,
free and safe by post, one of
BENNETT’S
LADIES' GOLD WATCHES,
perfect for time, beauty, and work¬
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tight. dump-tight, nnd diut-tlght. ”
SIR JOHN
WATCHES
^ c fieapsvA c
In return for Post-office Order
free and safe by post, one of
BENNETT’S
GENTLEMEN’S
GOLD KEYLESS WATCHES,
perfect for time, beauty, and work-
mandiIp with Kri/Uu Action. Air¬
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BENNETT’S WATCHES and CLOCKS.
M E
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UU8INESS.
FROM
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£10 INDY'S GOLD R EYLESS. Elegant and accurate.
£15 GENTLEMAN'S STRONG GOLD SET LESS.
20 * TINEA GOLD HALF ClinCNOMETER for all Climates.
£25 HEDICAL and SCIENTIFIC CENTRE SECONDS.
65 and 64, CH
: £20, £30, £40 PRfSEXTATIOX WATCIIF 0 , Arms, and
In«ertptlon emblazoned for Nobleracn. Gentlemen. and others.
1 £26 HALL CLOCK to CHIME on S Hells. In oak or mahogany.
with hrackrt and shield 3 Guinea* extra.
1 IS Cant GOLD CHAINS and JEWELLERY.
EAPSIDE. E.C.
THE PT7B1XC ABE WARNED
to sen that <h *y emptied with l>,.> Altm BY The
Ars-«v i-tin- on y lirurr with two lnd-'p*,id> n' Cor." Attarli-
EJ“H[ fowl Ruck to Flout. Sold ererywheie. (I utiaJ
IMpOt, « holeaaie only, u and 7. NewgaU-itiiet. Loudon.
544
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NOV. 29, 1884
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 6, 1884
The Birthday of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales
•whs on Monday celebrated in kindly fashion, as usual, at
Sandringham. A high tea was given to the children of
Sandringham, West Newton, Woltorton, and Dcrsingkam;
and the pleasant annual festival was rendered all the more
enjoyable to the littlo ones by the attendance of the Prince
and Princess, accompanied by Princes Albert Victor and
Georgo and by Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud.
Her Majesty has a particularly happy way of “ keeping”
the Birthdays of all in her service. Tho natal day of
every servant is entered in a Birthday Book kept for the
purpose by tho Queon, who thus never fails to present a
suitablo Birthday gift to each. Is not this a Royal
example worthy of being generally followed ?
Tho Danish Consul at Boston, U.S.A., thinks that tho
Vikings must have discovered the New World centuries
before Christopher Columbus and Vespuccio were born.
From time immemorial a large brass bell has lain on
Castlo Islund, in Boston Harbour, and this gentleman has
deciphered an inscription on it which is in ancient Danish.
More important hypotheses have been based on slighter
data, and the old sea kings were mighty rovers, so
perhaps he maybe right in his conclusion.
A wonderful old man has just died in Paris, at the age
of ono hundred and six, whose memory was accurate and
prodigious, perhaps because tho events which stamped
themselves upon it in early youth were of so extraordinary
a nature. Pere Peyssou remembered the hiking of tho
Bastile and the execution of Louis XVI.; he had served
under Hoche, and actually was ono of the crew of the
Cassard, which, with other vessels of war, lay at Brest
ready, under that impetuous leader, to sail for Ireland and
deliver it from the British yoke ! As this expedition did
not come off, Peyssou was draughted to St. Domingo, where
he saw Toussaint l'Ouverturo as a prisoner; and after
thirty-three years of service he retired on the magnificent
pension of £90 a year. A grateful country made him
Chevalier of tho Legion of Honour in 1876, but, being a
civil distinction, it did not add a farthing to his income.
Some marvels of confectionery were recently served
up at a ball supper in New York, and those who gathered
round tho festive board were the persons of all others to
appreciate them, Bine© they belonged to the clan of bakers
ima confectioners. The chef of tho Victoria Hotel sent a
cake on which a Swiss sceno comprising a lako and
mountainous background, a chalet, chamois-hunter and dog,
were all wrought in sugar. A similar functionary at tho
Continental sent a bridal scene, all in white sugar, and a
third utilised both cake and sugar in producing a realistic
model of the original Uncle Tom’s cabin.
Tho statistics of emigration are somewhat dry, yet
hero and there it is interesting to observe them. There is a
perpetual stream of humanity from tho Old World flowing
into New York and out of it again ; but this year it has
decreased in volume by 58,-iO* souls. The now comers
are, as a rule, of a better class than usual, and are princi¬
pally Germans, an immense number of whom are hound
for tho great South-West. It is probable that tho energetic
action of the authorities, who, for some months past, have
rigorously re-shipped pauper emigrants without money,
strength, or skill, to tho places whenco they came, has had
a salutary effect._
Cremation is rapidly gaining favour on both sides of
the Atlantic, but it has never been so practically pro*-
vided for as in New York, where a crematory is being
built on Mount Olivet, a height adjoining the Lutheran
cemetery, and is expected to he complete in February^
The building will contain a room for autopsy, and
also an apartment kept at a high temperature for cases
where there is any suspicion of suspended animation.
The consumption of a corpso by fire will cost from
£2 to £6, and the operation will only occupy about forty-
minutes. Tho era of funeral reform must sig^ly be setting
in, and in many cases the money thus economised will be
of the greatest value to survivors.
Mr. Millais, the artist, may indeed bo Congratulated
bis autumn’s work. In addition to the portrait of the
Marquis of Lome, now on its way to Government House,
Canada, he has just completed two portraits of Mr. Glad¬
stone. One, in his Academical robes, is for the University
of Oxford, and the other has been painted fjbr the states¬
man’s great friend and supporter, the Earl of Rosebery.
This popular Scotch noblcmah', like most peoplo, is a great
admirer of Mr. Millais’jft^but, unlike the majority, he
can afford to indulge hi^taste. Hitf child daughter, Lady
Primrose, has accordingly been painted in the style which
made Sir Joshua Reynolds so famous. Tho picture,
although a portrait, may be called a fancy subject, repre¬
senting, as it dobs,/ tho little girl in a white frock with
pink ribbons. In the foreground is a huge thistle in full
bloom, emblematic of Scotland: ; and, notwithstanding the
fact that the wbrk has been delivered to the noble Earl, it
will probnbly bo dn view to the public in one or other of
the spring exhibitions. /
Mr. Matthew Arnold’s discourse in "Whitechapel the
other day. when th^inosaic on St. Jude’s Church, of Time,
Death, and Judgment, after Mr. Watts’ picture, was un¬
veiled, wks an eloquent disquisition on the theme—
I *]er>t, and drramtd that Life wiw Beauty;
I woke, and found that Li to waa Duty.
Not that ho expressed this in so many words, but he
made it plain that, though he is the last man to under¬
rate the influence of beauty, there is something grander
still, and that is the patient, cheerful, devoted work among
the poor of the East-End, to which Edward Denison,
William Tyler, and now Mr. Barnett, have given their lives,
energies, and, in fact, their whole being.
on
Tho absurdity of tho long prices given for thorough¬
bred yearlings has received another illustration. On
July 14 last, or thereabouts, the Duke of Westminster,
jter Mr. John Porter, his trainer, gave two thousand
guineas for a yearling filly, daughter of Hermit and a
Kettledrum mare, at the sale of the Yardlcy Stud Farm
produce ; and on tho 25th of last month, it is announced,
the expensive filly died from inflammation of tho lungs.
This is not “good value for money”; five hundred
guineas a hoof for a quadruped that had hitherto done
nothing hut cost more money. Fortunately, tho Duke is
believed to have “ more where that came from.”
1 Apropos of Dukes, a knot of cabmen were discussing
their grievances tho other night so loudly that the chief
speaker could not help being overheard by a passenger.
And what the chief speaker, shaking his fist for the sake
of emphasis, said was this:—“I tell you the British
aristocracy is as great thieves—every bloomin’ bit—as a
cabmun; and they’d ought to bo lagged, every ono on
’em ought.” It didn’t eecra to occur to “cabby”
that ho appeared by his remark to admit that all
or most cabmen are thieves; an admission which
the passenger, from personal experience, denounces as
perfectly gratuitous aud libellous. Tho passenger has
a most lively and grateful remembrance of an overcoat
restored by a cabman under the most hopeless circum¬
stances as regards probablo reward. It is true that the
same passenger has an equally lively remembrance of an
umbrella left in a cab, advertised for, and not restored,
and that, while the umbrella was brand-new and might
have been worth something appreciable, the overcoat was
by no means so new and might not have been worth any¬
thing to speak of (save to the owner): still, “cabby”
drove four or five miles to make restitution at the house
from which he had “ taken up ” the “ fare.”
Tho proprietors of the Gaiety Theatre are to be con¬
gratulated on tho excellent taste and generous instincts
that prompted them to give a performance on Tuesday in
aid of the Children’s Dinner Fund. Poor littlejnrites
running about the streets this cold, wet weather are
entitled to some consideration at tho hands of their
better-fed fellow-creatures; and when it is remembered
that ten shillings will provide a hot and wholosomo
meal for a hundred and twenty hungry sufferers, it seems
curious that in this wealthy city any of them should
starve. It is not want of charity or liberality that pre¬
vents people giving what they can afford for such a good
purpose, but lack of energy or time to find out when and
whore to bestow their largesso. Where poverty and want
are brought before them, Londoners always respond hand¬
somely ; and theatrical managers, like the proprietors of
tho Gaiety, can do muchT^nd might do mqtb. Let us
hopo their example will l»e followed. But tho dramatic
profession lias always bCen-foi-cmost in charitable work.
In 1715 Rich gave the whole amount of receipts of the
“ Beggars’ Opera” for. throe bights to the subscription for
soldiers. Every comedian played gratis; “ and,” adds
Dunlop, in his memoirs ptCbok, “ tallow-chandlers gave
the candles ”—a remark that sounds moaninglessly old-
fashioned in those days of electjricAighting.
Woodcocks this season have been unusually plentiful.
At Lord Hastings’ country seat, Melton Constable, Nor¬
folk, no less, than forty were baggod last week, thirteen
of them falling to tho )gun of that unerring sportsman,
Lord Rendlesham. From Devonshire, too, come good
reports, nine and eleven having been shot in two suc¬
cessive days. Woodcocks are seldom seen hero in
November, and their early appearance is said to foretell
extremely cold Veather. Twenty of them were also
secured ,in two days in Perthshire to ono gun. These
accounts will bo satisfactory to gourmets, who unani¬
mously pronounce in favour of this succulent flavourful bird.
For hermits who are fond of “double dummy” the
following is a vory amusing and instructive little problem,
borrowed from the accomplished Colonel Drayson’s book
about whist. A and C are partners, as also B and D.
A holds ten, six, four of hearts (trumps); aco of spades ;
acC; king, queen of clubs; ten, soven, six, five, four, three
of diamonds. B, to tho left of A, holds aco, king, queen,
knave of hearts; king, ten, seven, four of spades; ten,
seven, four of clubs; king and two of diamonds.
C holds five, three, two of hearts; nine, eight, five,
throe, two of spades; ace, aueen, knave, nine, eight
of diamonds; D holds nine, eignt, seven of hearts; queen,
knave, six of spades; knave, nine, eight, six, five, three,
two of clubs. State of score:—A and C, four; B and D,
love. It is A’s lead, and A and C are to win tho odd trick
against the four by honours. It seems to bo a “ largo
onler,” but, as Hamlet would have said, “it is as easy as
lying,” though the play has to be of a kind which, with
players not “ dummies,” would probably make them all
think that somebody—especially C—must have “ a screw
loose ” somewhere. The problem is instructive as showing
how different it is to play when you can see the fuces and
when you can only see the hacks ot the cards; and how littlo
“ double dummy ” helps one to play “ practical ” whist.
Dead leaves are notorious and never-failing signs of
tho metamorphosis from autumn to winter. And dead
leaves in this country mean work for gardeners and their
assistants. This is the time of year when the hardest toil
shows the least result; for gardens and plantations cannot
look well, in spite of energetic and persistent sweepings.
But if in this country the beauties of tho landscape are
spoiled, and menials are hard worked, how much more in¬
convenient must it be in Maryland, where the leaves fall
from the vast forests in such gigantic masses as to render
locomotion almost impossible. Even railway trains were
recently stopped by the enormous accumulation of
fallen leaves; and a regiment of volunteers from tho
passengers had to be raised to remove them. We are not
entirely strangers to snow - wreaths, but fortunately
wreaths of forest leaves have not yet impeded our railway
system. However, it is a comfort to think that the supply
of parent timber must be almost inexhaustible. If it wore
easily accessible, what a fortune it would bo worth, even
for fuel; it would pay its damages for delaying trains!
Mr. Gladstone and the Marquis of Salisbury alike deserve
credit for tho hopeful outcome of the friendly negotiations
conducted by the Ministerial Leaders and the Conservative
Chiefs at Downing-street. Tho two million householders
without votes in the counties now bid fair to be en¬
franchised at an early period; and the glaring anomalies
of our old-fashioned system of representation promise to
be speedily removed by the adoption of the comprehensive
Redistribution Bill introduced by the Prime Minister on
Monday. Our “ Silent Member.” ono of tho first to fore¬
shadow tho compromise which has been happily accom¬
plished, gives the pith of this new measure; the essential
features being that tho total number of members is to bo
increased from 652 to 670, England gaining six, and
Scotland twolvo; that boroughs with less than 15,000
inhabitants will lose their seats, tho voters in futuro
exercising tho franchise in their division of tho county ;
that each borough with a population of less than 50,000
must bo content with one member only; tho same figure
to bo tho general basis of representation in the larger
constituencies of the cities, which, are to bo divided into
wards returning one member each. On this principle, the
Metropolitan boroughs will be increased from ten to
thirty-eight boroughs, returning in all sixty-two mem¬
bers. Regarding tho bill as a whole, it is undeniably a
bold and just measure; and it will bo for tho benefit of
tho community if it becomes an Act of Parliament soon.
"Why should not Ministerial and Opposition Leaders
continue to smoko tho Calumet of Peace together when
the other burning questions come up for discussion ? Wo
are within a reasonable distance of drastic legislation upon
the Land Problem on this side of St. George’s Channel.
Could it be possible for Mr. Gladstone and tho Marquis of
Salisbury to agree upon a measure of Land Reform as fair
and equitable as tho Redistribution Bill is, there can be no
doubt that the bill would quickly become law; and the
names of the Statesmen who Bring about the great reform
would be among those most highly honoured in History.
What to believe is notoriously ono of tho puzzles of
life. Horse-racing, says ono authority, was never so
popular as it is now; horse-racing, says another authority,
is falling more and more into disfavour, and will continue
to do so till it reaches the stage at which prize-fighting
(though it is pretty certain that horse-racing will never
be declared illegal) has arrived. Look at tho statements
concerning the old-established meeting at Huntingdon :
what remained of the reserve fund has had to be sold out,
it is said, to pay the excess of expenditure over receipts ;
and “in the early days of the meeting” (of which tho
respected General Peel, tho hero of the “Running Rein”
Derby, was so long a stanch patron) “ the subscriptions
amounted to £850 yearly; last year only £90 was #
received.” It certainly looks as if horse-racing at Hunt¬
ingdon were growing less popular; but then the arrange¬
ments of life are seo-saw-like.
Tho consensus of public opinion in favour of augment¬
ing the number of ships in our Navy stimulated Lord
Northbrook and Sir Thomas Brasscy on Tuesday to place
before the House of Lords and tho House of Commons
tho wcll-considcred propositions of the Government.on
this important subject. The highest naval authorities,
and Conservative and Liberal legislators alike, are united in
desiring our Navy to be adequate to discharge tho
Imperial task of safeguarding tho British Isles and our
Colonies, and protecting tho British merchantmen which
sail in every sea. It was satisfactory, accordingly, to hear
tho First Lord of tho Admiralty declare that the Ministry
is determined to “ maintain tho naval supremacy of this
country.” Admiral Sir Georgo Elliot, who recently dis¬
cussed the state of tho Navy in this Journal, must havo
been glad to learn from tho speech of the Secretary to tho
Admiralty that our Coaling Stations in various parts of
the world are to bo better protected by fortifications ; and
that £3,085,000 is to bo expended, in addition to the sum
sanctioned last Session, on tho construction of ono first-
class Ironclad, five belted Cruisers, a couple of Torpedo-
Rams, thirty Torpedo-Boats, and ten Scouts. This
expeuditure is to bo spread over some few years. But it
is probable the Admiralty will accept the timely advice
offered by Mr. W. H. Smith, and will press on the build¬
ing of new ships of war without delay. Before this
essentially national topic is loft, the persistent speeches of
Lord Henry Lennox in favour of an increase in our Navy
Bhould not be forgotten, nor should the spirited articles of
the Fall Mail Gazette on the subject be overlooked.
Ono of the most energetic and useful opponents to
slavery has just passed away. Dr. W. Wells Brown, au
eminent negro, himself a slave, was bom in 1816; and, as
steward of a Lake Erie steamer, earned the gratitude of
his countrymen and the reprobation of his employers by
assisting the flight of slave fugitives to Canada. In 1849
ho came over to England, aud appeared as a lecturer on
Anti-Slavery; and subsequently, on his return to tho
United States, took un active part in raising the social
and political status of tho coloured population. Mr.
Bright, speaking at Bradford, giving tho opinion of
another great authority, remarked—“ Slavery was one of
those devils that would not go out without tearing tho
nation that was possessed of it. But still, he always
believed that tho result of tho war would bo slavery
abolished, and the great Republic, still one and in¬
divisible, the advocate of peace and tho promoter of
of civilisation.” IIow true this was, subsequent events have
shown; but it is to people like Dr. Wells Brown that the
satisfactory result is due. In addition to writing several
books, he was author of two dramas, one of which, “ Tho
Leap for Freedom,” is likely to be remembered.
“Odds” are a never-failing subject of interest, and
singular cases of the unexpected are constantly recurring;
but it is doubtful whether there is any instance much more
curious, as a mere example of probabilities, than the bet
made nearly a hundred years ago of a hundred guineas to
one guinea that, if a halfpenny were tossed up, the layer
would guess—“ head or tail ”—right once in seven times.
Tho odds are 127 to 1 in his favour, hut ho lost his
hundred guineas. People who are inclined to risk their
money on horse-racing, at roulette, and so on, will ho
“ pleased to accept this intimation.”
DEC. 6, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON HEWS
647
ECHOES OP THE WEEK.
Camping out in the Austrian Tyrol, in the summer of 1866, I
remember one night hearing a very characteristic utterance of
Garibaldi, then in command of the army of Red Shirts, who
hoped to beat tho Tedesehi and march to Trent. Somebody
had been speakiug of the urgent necessity for reforming the
Italian Criminal Code, when tho General interposed in the
conversation. “ For my part," he observed, “ 1 would reform
all codes of laws whatsoever by means of this packet of
ZolfaneUi ." Aud as he spoke, he held up a box of lucifer-
matches. The paradox was like Garibaldi—it accorded well
with tho simple faith of the antique-minded patriot, who
imagined that tho bulk of humanity could bo as upright and
truthful aud just os he was.
Does it not occur to you, unprejudiced English reader,
educated in old-fashioned law-abiding ideas, that tho time has
about come for tho application of a sufficiency of lighted
lucifer-mutches to so much, at least, of the Crimiual Code of
Franco as treats premeditated assassination as a capital crime?
It is true that French lucifer-matches are, as a rule, so bad
that it is a matter of extreme difficulty to burn anything with
them; but, in case of need, a lighted candlo or a pint of
petroleum might servo to "reform" tho French Crimiual
Code from tho Garibaldian point of view.
The heroine of the day all over the continent of Europe
seems, from tho tone of the newspapers, to be a certain high-
minded married lady, the wife of a French Radical Deputy,
who, having been cruelly calumniated by a ruscally private
inquiry agent, avenged herself by shooting the mau in
the Salle dea Pas Perdus of the Paris Palais de Justice. The
murder was premeditated, deliberate, and ferocious. The
lady coolly avows her guilt; and her husband glories in his
wife’s homicidal achievement: his own hands being already
stained with the blood of an unfortunate gentleman named
Daymo, whom he killed in a duel for having said that brides
who had only been married civilly were not worthy to wear
orange-blossoms. Aud the marriage between the high-
minded lady aud tho Radical Deputy had been a civil one.
"She will be acquitted by a sympathetic jury,” I heard a
Belgian gentleman say, yesterday. “ You mean," returned
his friend, " by a jury of guusmiths." There it is. The
revolver is King, and the laws are nowhere.
To my thinking, a private detective is the most despicable
of mankind. He must bo normally what the Americans call
"a mean cuss” ; but when he adds falsehood and calumny
aud venality to his attributes he becomes a public nuisance.
I have no doubt that, morally speakiug, Tricocho deserves to
bo shot, aud Cacolet to be lmnged ; and it would do them (and
society) much good if they were both whipped at the cart’s
tail prior to their extermination; still, neither on the Continent
nor in England has tho law mode slander an offence punish¬
able with death. Tho high-minded lady in Paris chose to
condemn her slanderer to death, and to be her own
executioner. If her action is to be condoned and even
applauded, where is tho use of spending money on Palaces of
Justice, Judges, and counsel for the prosecution?
In a generously appreciative article in this week’s Saturday
Review on the latest volume of exquisite lyrics (" A Midsummer
Holiday," Chatto and Windus) by Mr. Algernon Charles
Swinburne, I find the following curious dictum:—
However, it skill* little, talking polities with Mr. Swinburne. Poets have
rarely been deacons in that cruft; indeed, except Shakspeore, and perhaps
8. T. C., wo really cannot think of any English bard who ranks very high
as a politician.
"Turn again, Whittington"—I mean, think again,
serenely satisfied Saturday Review. Shakspeare, of course,/
ranks very high os a politician ; just as he does as a soldier)'
sailor, theologian, chemist, lawyer, doctor, and what not. Ho
was Everything. By "S. T. C." is meant, I suppose,
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I fail to remember that he ranked
very high ns a politician; or that, indeed, he had much to
do with politics at all, beyond writing some flfmflng4hiea
against Mr. Pitt in the Morning Tost.
But Sir Walter Scott, William Gifford (bardof the "Baviad”
and "Mroviad," and editor of the Quarterly Review) ; John
Wilson Croker, author of "Tnlavera,” a former Secretary
to the Admiralty, and likewise editor of the Quarterly ;
and Robert Southey, Poet-Laureate, were all militant poli¬
ticians on the Tory side. So was William Maginn, aiithor of
the " Homeric Ballads.” On the Liberal side, Thomus Moore,
poet, aud writer of the " Twopenny Post Bag" ; and Leigh
Hunt, author of " Rimini,” and editor of the advanced Liberal
newspaper, tho Examiner, were equally conspicuous poli¬
ticians. And the first Lord Litton, author of the "New
Timon," and Secretary of State for the Colonies; and the
second Lord Lyttou Oweb Meredith"), ex-Viceroy of
India; aud George Canning, uuthor of " The Loves of the
Triangles," and Prime Minister; and the Earl of Derby,
Prime Minister, andtranslator of tho "Iliad”: surely, these
arc tho names of bards aud politicians as well ?
Aud, by your leave, Matthew Prior, poet and ambassador?
and the Right Hon. Joseph Addison, author of "The
Campaign," a poem, and Secretary of State? And Andrew
Murvel, Liberal member of Parliament for Hull, grievous
thorn in the side of u profligate Court, aud author of some of
the most, beautiful poems in the English language P Have
we forgotten " Where the remote Bermudas ride ” or the
delicious complaints beginning—
The wanton trooper* riding by
Havo shot my fawn, and it will die ?
But I will go farther afield. How about Jonathan Swift,
Dean of St. Patrick’s, aud author of " Cadenus and Vanessa" ?
You shall find him in Johnson’s " Lives of tho Poets." The
influence exercised by Swift os a politician both in England
and in Irelund was simply tremendous. And finally, O
Saturday, how about John Milton? Those who have devoted
laborious nights, though many years since, to tlie study of
his polemicul writings know that the illustrious uuthor of
" Paradise Lost ” was n politician first and a poet
afterwards. In his scathing and implacable prose—prose
that seems to roll out like boiling lava over Hercula¬
neum—he forged a whole bushel of nails for the coffin
of Laud, and gave a ra/.or-edgo to the axe which was to lop
off the head of Strafford. If the inflexible Puritan and Re¬
publican who in his " Defence of the English People,” after
Charles'8 death, smashed up tho pedant Salmnsius (otherwise
M. De Satimaise) into the smallest of small bits did not rank
very highly as a politician—well, all I can say is, thut Punte
Alighieri was no politician, and Francois ltubclais no champion
of the Reformation.
The last straw ! Broad, indeed, must be the back of the
lexicographical camel winch could endure the following,
which I quote from the Indipendunce Re/ye of Nov. 29:—
"Plusieurs reporters ont interwieve bier M. Clovis Hugues."
"Interwieve." There is a dash of Flemish in the Gal-
licisation of “interview" which aggravates the atrocity of
the word-coinage of my Brussels contemporary. At all
events, the Parisian journalists have contrived to spell " in¬
terview’’ correctly, although they persist in the attempt to
introduce the noun "interview" ns a verb into French
colloquial speech. But why should they borrow from the
English, or rather the Americau language ? Why cannot they
take the participle of their own verb " entrevoir," aud say
" M. un tel a etc entrevu ” ? No ; they must needs singer their
neighbours and further corrupt corruption.
Here is the sprightly comio artist, M. Mars, who, in the
Journal Anntsanl of the current week, heads a page of
caricatures "Old Englnud Interviewee." The first stumo of
the manners and customs of "Old England" sel
Mars for illustration is an outdoor procession of young
from a boarding school, who, headed by a very preft
governess (ought she not to bring up tho rear, Mf.^Ashby
Sterryf), are tripping along in the admired "two-
order. In the text to liis picture M. Mars infe
pretty schoolgirls have been thrown into a flu
“ apparition dequelque horse-guard ou dequel
man.” Ingenious Gaul. An English s
by a curate or a Life Guardsman !
Mem.: the schoolgirls’ name*-.,are £jybn os Pyida,’
"Mary," "June,” "Connie," " Betty,” and"DIckie.’’ I
should very much like to know a young lady whoso Christian
name wus “ Dickie." It has an innocent and bird-like sound.
On one feature in his drawing M. Mars tttay beaihccrely con¬
gratulated. He has positively discovered that young English
girls wear black stockings r-n fact thUtis beginning only dimly
to dawn on tho artists'-qf the iumunerable Magazines of the
Fashions, which have now become our weekly as well as our
monthly portion. ..••••) ) ■■.
A column and a Imlf of closely printed type in the New
York Herald of Nov. '19 are devoted to an account of tho
marriage of Miss Curoline 'SCliernierlKirn Astor, youngest
daughter of MiyandMrs William Astor, to Mr. Marshall
Ormo Wilson, Good. But what lias chiefly interest is the
following prefatory paragraph in the X. Y. H.
Had a stramrer becu-present lie could liavo scarcely imnjfincd tlmt tho
affair was the greatest society event of the season. There was such an entire
absence of display, not only at tho wedding ceremony itself, but even ut tho
reception that followed—everything was conducted so quietly and simply.
Tl o whole affair wos.rfiar'uctcrised by a democratic simplicity aud good taste,
that was in striking contrast to the chow and glitter that i* affected by tho
naiivoiaxTiihe*. \
Most assuredly) But then I proceed to read that the bride
{may she live long and prosper, and nil her families!) "was
dressed in a robe of white 6otin, trimmed with point-lace,
^ront embroidered in silver. Her ornaments consisted of n
ttgcklacc of diamonds, presented by the groom, and pearls.”
The bridesmaids wore white satin dresses, elaborately em¬
broidered, tulle veils and ostrich tips. They carried bouquets
of La France roses and lilies of the valley. As presents from
tlie bride they bore lace fans, with pearl sticks inlaid with gold
and hand-painted. The groom’s presents to the ushera (?)
were gold scarf-pins, set with diamonds and rubies.
Good again ! I should like to have been an "usher" in
that Happy School of Hymen. Only, when I further read
that the marriage ceremony was performed in front of " a
bower of flowers," and that at its conclusion the musicians
played tho " Swedish Wedding-March," and tlmt the wedding
presents (including the title-deeds of n house) were " ex¬
hibited on long tables covered with crimson plush, and
the gifts were 60 numerous that the whole of ono
side of the room was filled with silver ware, gold orna¬
ments, jewels, and objects of art,” I cannot help re¬
spectfully inquiring, if the Astor-Wilson wedding is to
bo considered a model of "democratic simplicity," what
a really showy aud glittering New York wedding is like?
In this connection, I may recall tho tlirice-told tale of
tho Pasha of the Dardanelles* remonstrance to tho com¬
mander of an American vessel of war who wished to pass
into the Sea of Marmora. By the Capitulations, only the passago
of a gun-boat was permitted through the Straits; whereas, as
tho Pasha pointed out, the Americau so-called gun-boat was in
reality a corvette. 11 It’i the smallest ice’ve got," replied the
Commander, U.S'.N.; and he steamed triumphantly for the
Golden Horn. Perhaps the Astor-W’ilson wedding was the
smallest thing in the way of "democratic simplicity” thut
could bo obtained in the Empire City.
One item in the festival remains to bo mentioned, with
the heartiest applause. The poor were not forgotten. Through
the generosity of Mrs. Astor there were entertained at the
Belle Vue Hospital five hundred men, women, and children,
inmates of that institution. " Instead of tho ordinary fare,
there were served to the invalids well browned tnrkeys and
carefully broiled chickens, with ull the recognised accom¬
paniments. The sick who were too ill to sit at the heavily-
laden tables were served in their cots by the nurses and
attendants."
London Benedicks and Beatrices, please copy. I know
that at English country seats, at weddings, comings of age,
aud so forth, the good old English custom is kept up of
making the hearts of the poor to rejoice with abundant victual
and drink; but a " fashionable ” wedding in the metropolis
has grown to be a very heartless and unchurituble function. The
poor ore not " in it ” ; and even the marrowbones aud clcuvera
can no longer claim their fee. I hope to read ere long in the
Morning Rost that, on tho occasion of the marriage, at JSt.
George’s, Hanover-squure, of ^tHervcy the Handsome" to
" the Beautiful Molly LepeU,’! the inmates of the Hospital for
Children and Women in the Waterloo-road were reguled with
roast beef, plum-pudding, and Dublin and that a largo
gift of plum-cakes, gingerbnnd-ivuts, oranges, toys, ten,
snuff, and bird’s-eye toba- co, was made by the happy pair to
poor folk in the workhouses)\
I read in one of the'Lpndon papers that, at Kingston -
ou-Thames, the other day, a man was committed for trial
for haviug obtained from an hotel-keeper, by false and
fraudulent pretences, two pots of beer. The man went to
the hotel bar and culled for a pot of beer. Being served
with it, he handed the beer to his companions and called for
a second pot, at the same time producing a shilling which
he placed on tho counter. Before the barman could pick
up the coin the prisoner snatched it up, saying, " Don’t you
wish you maygetdi?" As he persistently refused payment,
he was given into custody, and, as I have said, committed for
jmely rubbishing case reminds me of a much more
in genious dwindle, of which on account is given, with great
gusto^ iu an old English jest-book (seventeenth century I
jink) called "The Northern Garland." A man goes iuto u
-shop ou Holborn-hill and calls for a pint of small beer,
served. " Stay,” he says, handing back tho beer to tho
ictualler, " I huve changed my mind. Give me a peuny loaf
stead.” Being served with the bread, he eats it; and
'this manoeuvre ho repeats six times. He is then coolly
walking out of the shop when the victualler bars the
way, sayiug, “ I’ay me tor my six peuny loaves.” " Friend,’’
replies the customer, “ for each penny loaf I gavo you a pint
of beer." “ Well, then, pay me for my six pints of beer."
" Friend,” returns the unabashed sharper, " I had them not."
I have known many really intelligent persons who were for a
time quite unable to discern where tho exact false and
fraudulent pretence was in this case. Of course, the swindle
was in tho fact that the knave, not having in the first instance
paid for the beer, had no right to barter it for bread.
Mem.: Unless I am much mistaken, this story, or one con¬
siderably like it, is to be found among the facetias of Mr. Mark
Twain. Never mind, Mr. Twain; there is nothing new under
the sun, especially iutlie way of jocular stories. Possibly, it
was in the time of Hippocrates aud at ancient Abdera that
the swindle was originally practised; and the Abderite cook-
shop keeper was too stupid to perceivo in what manner he had
been cozened.
One of the most curious and exhaustive books of a
" special ” character tlmt for a long time I have come across
is M. Arthur Pougiu’s " Dictionuaire Historique et Pittorcsquo
du Theatre,” just published by the historic Parisian firm of
Firmin-Didot. Iu a large, sumptuously printed, and copiously
illustrated volume of nearly eight hundred pages, M. Arthur
Pougin gives an amazing quantity of information respecting
noting, music, dancing, pautomime, acrobatism, scene-
painting, theatrical machinery, "properties,” to say nothing
of scenes iu the circus, "carrousels," tournaments, chariot-
races, masked balls, and other popular entertainments, from
the days of remote antiquity to our own times. The French
theatre naturally occupies the most conspicuous place iu M.
Pougin's work; but there are some highly interesting incidental
references to the English stage.
In particular I note (under the heading “ Cabals ") a curious
account from the memoirs of Monuct, the manager of the old
Opera Comique, of a terrible disturbance caused at the Hay-
market Theatre iu 1749 by the appearance of a couipauyof
French comedians. Precisely as was tho case a hundred years
afterwards ou the occasion of the “Monte Christo row" at
Drury Lane, the upper classes in London society were in
favour of the foreigners; whilo the pit nnd gallery were
vehemently against them. Tho Duke D• • • • (?) and Lord
*-»•••(?), with thirty noblemen and gentlemen nrrned with big
sticks, asceudcd, according to Mouuet, from the dross-
circle to the gallery to " impose silence" on tho gods,
who were not only howling an anti-Gallican song with
tho burden " We don’t want any French actors here,’’
but were peltiug the unfortunate foreigners on tho stage
with apples, oranges, and tallow candles. Meanwhile,
In the pit, a largo party of officers of the Foot Guurds in
uniform drew their swords, aud formed a semicircle iu front
of the orchestra, their points towards the malcontents, who
had threatened to storm the stage and duck the actors iu tho
puddle at the corner of Panton-street. Wild days! Up¬
roarious days ! Somewhat lawless days. Such a disturbance
would be impossible in these peaceful times—especially at tho
Royal Ituliau Opera, Covent Garden, on the last night of tho
Promenade Concerts!
Even the hitherto neglected subject of theatrical slang has
not been passed by M. Pougin, and English readers of his
book will learn that the French equivalent for “having a bit
of fat" is " avoir dea cotelettes," that “avoir du chien " is to
have “plenty of go," and that “avoir lo trac," " le tnfl,”
"le taffetas," is to Buffer from what our actors call " stago-
fuuk.” Iu by-gone days, wlieu Charles Kean used to take
the company of tho Princess’s Theatre to perform before
Royalty iu the Rubeus Room at Windsor Castle, there was
in the outset prevalent n peculiar variety of the "taff " com¬
plaint, which was know’ll as "palace fuuk.” The only draw¬
back to M. Pougin’s "Dictionuaire du Theatre" is its
costliness. It is published at fifty francs. G. A. S.
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THE ILLUSTKATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 6, 1884
THE NILE EXPEDITION.
Our Artists and Correspondents on tlie Nile continue to supply
abundant sketches of the difficulties aud dangers of the
laborious passage of boats up the rapids or ‘' Cataracts' of
that troublesome river. The wreck of the steam-boat Glnzeh,
and the adventures of her crew, who contrived to put up a
shelter and dwelling for themselves on the rock above the shore
where their vessel hud come to grief, are illustrated in Lieute¬
nant R. De Lisle’s Sketches, which occupy our front page.
We are indebted to Lieutenant C. G. Martyr, of the Duke of
Cornwall’s Light'Infantry regiment, for the two sketches
Liken at Dcngola, where he commanded the escort of our
soldiers mounted on camels to accompany Lord Wolseley on
his arrival there. The scene of investing Mustaplia Pasha,
the Mndir of Dongola, with the Order of a Knight Com¬
mander of St, Michael and St. George, took place next day m
front of the Mudir’s official mnnsiou.
The past week has not been very eventful, but steady pro¬
gress is being made with the movement of troops and stores up
the Nile. 3,ord Wolseley has issued a spirit-stirring pro¬
clamation to the Army, calling upon them to rescue General
Gordon from peril of death, and remindiug them of the cruel
fate of Colonel Stewart. On the other bund, it is rumoured
that General Gordon has recaptured the town of Shendy,
between Khartoum and Berber; that the Mahdi's army is
breaking up and dispersing, afflicted by hunger and sickness;
and even that the Malidi himself is dead. The British
advance from Dongola to Ambukol is expected to begin next
week.__
THE SKYE CROFTERS’ AGITATION.
There has been no attempt to resist or molest the officers of
the law in the Isle of Skye, and the presence of the force
mentioned in our last seems an ample safeguard against any
such breach of the peace as might have been apprehended.
Our Artist contributes a few additional Sketches, those of the
landing of the Royal Marines, with the chartered steamer
Lochiel lying in the bay of Tig; the Marines on the march
across that part of the island, which we have already described ;
and an open-air meeting of the Crofters to discuss their land
grievances. The persou standing bareheaded nnd speaking
is John M’Pherson, while old M'Lcod, another influential
lender of the movement, is the foremost of three or four sitting
opposite, towards the left-hand side of the view here presented.
The delegate of the “Land Restoration League” stands
among those near the principal speaker.
SOUTHWELL CATHEDRAL.
We give an Illustration of the fine old ecclesiastical edifice at
Southwell, in Nottinghamshire, which has recently become the
Cathedral of the newly created Episcopal See. Southwell
Minster, us it was called heretofore, was more particularly
described in our Journal on June 7 of this year. It was
fouuded in the seventh century by l’nulinus, Archbishop of
York, os a monastic institution ; but the existing church is of
mixed Norman, Early English, and Perpendicular architecture,
and is u very Sue building.
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We are asked to state that the Lady Mayoress (Mrs.
Nottage) will hold no more receptious until she takes up her
residence at the Mansion House in a few weeks* time.
TTuder the title of the “Excelsior Map of England,”
Messrs. G. W. Bacon and Co., of the Strand, have published a
new roller school-mnp of England, which preseuts some note¬
worthy features. J l is drawn and coloured on a bold scale and
to as to show, at a glance, not only the county divisions, but
the principal cities and towns, with their relative sizes, the
latter information being conveyed by simple and prominent
eigns. Dials at various points also indicate the difference of
time when noon at Greenwich. The length of rivers, main
railways, steam routes, aud other useful facts are 6hown In
the same prominent way.
At the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society, which
was held on Monday in their rooms at Burlington House, the
treasurer, Mr John Evans, P.C.L., I.L.D., presided, iu the
absence, through illness, of the president, Professor Huxley,
and gave the anniversary address. The secretary read a list of
the Fellows deceased and of those elected into the society
since the last anniversary. Among the names of foreign
members deceased was that of Professor Adolphe Kolbe, of
whose sudden death news lmd only recently been received.
The society’s Davy Medal had this year been assigned to Pro¬
fessor Kolbe, and it had been hoped that he would bb\
present to receive it at this meeting.
DEATHS.
On Nov. 1. at St. John’s, Antigua. West Indies, Edwin Donald Baynes,
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Islands, in his J7th year.
On the 21th nit, at Wellington College, Percy Edmund Leonold, Pairs
of Honour to the Queen, youngest son of Lady Cuat ami the late Sir Leopold
Cent, Bart., nged 14. \ ,
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VlONTE CARLO.—MUSICAL SEASON (CONCERTS,
111 RKI’ltriSKNTATlON/). /
In addition to the usual Conrvrt*. directed by Monsieur Kronen Accurst, the Soffit*
dra It,.in. dr Mer dr M'nuuo liuAUtWrlafrd M, Fiuflalouii to urrung" « Series of
Extraordinary Grand Musical Enbi-tuiuiurnti lCoucrrU, Ue|>rcaruUtions) this
XUo jeiTires of tbr following distinguished Artietei hnve bron already retained:—
Mcjuliunc. Kn-nro. Alesjirur*. Kail re,
„ Derrida, \ Vergm-t,
Balia. „> \ \ )i, C.i|«'iil. '
„ Donadlo, f __v \/„ lUorksteln,
„ jeranh-UaTftrndy, \ \ „ Oontarler,
„ Boilin'*, j 7 \ \ ,, \ lllarut,
„ BlmincnrtJ I \ > Ac.
In addition to which the relehrato.1 Iiutrumentallrts will appear:
\ violinists:
Mens. Sitori, Mon*. Maralk, Mi** NXhupenVr. Amerinsn artl.te, UtConaerratoIre
—. i '\Trir.-.>Ki.:.
IT AN IST8 l'lintOrroTs. Til. Ritter. Madam* EsslpolT.
11A1U1NT: Mons. ilavelmans.
These E straonlfnary KepreaentAfIon* will t«o givm earbWedneeday and Satorday,
C"!oniendnif tlu*>ro1 ot Janniry and (• rmiiintlup the middle of March.
The Clara leal Concert* every Tim r«l»)\
TTR AFX riflEON8 PE MONACO.
The opening of the Tlr anitTigebns of Monaco will take jdaee Dec. 10. The follow-
' line Istlraprogramme:— \ ‘
Tneestw.Tiee. hi: Fri*r<l’Ouvrrtnrp.
B.iturdar, Wee. 20: ITlx db DAoinbre.
Tiie«layM>r«. 2S: I'riXdo BlonUcupo.
Baijinlay. Dec. 27 : Trl* do NoliL I
: Tho grand International coxcocns win t*ko place in the following
\ \ order:—
Saturday, Jan. 10: Grande Ponle d'Esaal. A 1’urae of 2000f. added to a I*uule of loOf.
\ \ *s»ch.
-Joealay. Jan. 13: Prix d'Onrertnre. A Hnriw of rmf. added to l«f. entranoe.
Friday, Jan. 10, and S iturday, Jan IT: Grand l*rix du Caaino. An object of Art and
\ lO.KOf. ndaed to Wf. entrance.
timidity. Jan.'lO: Prix de Monte Carlo. Grand Free Handicap. A Puree of SOoOf.
ad.ii-l to 10i>f. ai,trance.
Thurnday. Jan.22: Trlx do Cuiuolutloa. An object of Art |nd KXiOf.
\lwtteraof entry to beaddrraeed to M. Biosur*. Secretary of the Tlr A Monaco, not
JuiVr than Kiro o’clock on the evening prerlona to tlio Tlr.
A Ti|0 concour* Of the Second Series will be duly announced.
TYRINCESS’S THEATRE.—MR. WILSON BARRE'PT,
X lessee and Muniigi-r.-KVEKY EVENING, at7.18. HAMLET. Produced under
the «vle direction or Sir Wilson Harrelt. Cliarectera by M'«sr*. Wilson Barrett,
bpeaknian. D-wImrst, Willard, I'llfTonl Cooper. Frank Cooper, Cranford, llndana,
Die-iir, UvSolla. Evnus. Fulbxi. For*. Ac., and George B*rrelt: Meednines Eaatlake,
Dirkene. Ac., and M. Leighton, lkmrs open at 7.14. Box-office. 9.30 to Fire. No
f«a. Matinee, Saturday next, at l-3u. liusineae Manager. J. II. Cobbc.
Tnp*d*y. Pea 3ft : Vrlx de Lorlllnrd.
Batunlay, Jan. 3: Prix de Janvier.
Tuoaday, Jen. 0:1’rlx Joe.
__ SHOW WEEK.
The most bril’l»nt and attrsctl-re tierfomanee In Tjmdon. .
During the Cattlee'iow Week, the World-famed
AJOOIL^ and BURGESS MINSTRELS,
TWENTIETH CONSECUTiV tLVEAVV»t the KT. JAMES'S HALL
IN ONE l ONTIMOlS SEASON.
Tt.e (Vinii .iny L *(er and morn powerful thnn ever.
THE 'FINEST
^MSBaK'R iHH-THR l* wo,M ’
A. / f NfOtm PAY PERFORMANCES TIMS WEEK. .
C •rtOVDVY, WKDNEFDAY. THI-’ItSDAV. anJ SATbHDAY, at Thu*o’CJock.
S End ainMbnrtnna direct to the do>)r» of the St. Jamea'a Ball. .
run from Itie Anp.l at lallugtou idMw to tin) Cattle Show; direct to St.
Iifti«d<m.'-1*., 2*..8a..S*. No feesof any kind. No charge for programme,
fur Day 1'ei’tornuncet at J.:w. For livening ditto at T3>.
NEW STORY BY W. E. NORRIS.
Mr. FranciUon's Tale, "Ropes of Sand," will be brought
to a close in the Number fo£ Dec. 27 ; and with the New
Year will begin a New Start/, entitled “ Adrian Vidal," by
ir. E. Norris, Author of “ Mademoiselle de Mtrsac,"
“ Matrimony," “ Thirlby Hall," tic
r P HE PRINCE’S THEATRE, Coventry-street, W.
X LIGHTED l»Y ELECTRICITY. Proprietor and Manager. Mr. Edgar Hruce.
EVERY EVENING, at 7 JO the New Play, written b» Meears. Hugh Conway and
Comyna Carr, entitled CALLED BACK, adapted from Blr. Hugh Conway's very suc-
o evlal story of that name. At 10.20 A FIRESIDE HAMLET, a new and m'Wt suc¬
cessful Tragic Farce. I>y Comyna Carr. For curt see dally iiapera. Doors open nt
7.14, Carriages at 14. No fees. Box-OIllee open dally from Eleven to Five.
r FHE BRIGHTON 8EAS0N.
X Art Loan Exhibition at Royal Pavilion open every week-day.
Fmqnent Tialna from Victoria and Londun Bridge.
Also Trains In connection fnm Kensington. Chelsea, Ac.
Return Tickets, Isimlnn to llrlghbm. available for eight days.
Weekly. Fortnightly, and Monthly Tickets, at Choftp Rale*. Available to travel by
all Tralus between London and Brighton.
Pullman Drawing-room Car* between VlctnrUand Brighton.
Through Bonking* to Brighton from principal (Rations on the Ballwajs In tlia
Nortlicro and Midland District*.
pRIGHTON EVERY WEEK-DAY.—A First Class Cheap
Xi Train from Victoria, 10 Am. Day Retnrn Ticket* 12a 6d.. Including Pnllman
V»r; avalluble to return bv the 4.44 p.m. Pulluiau Expreu-Traln.or by any later Train.
pRIGHTON EVERY SUNDAY.—First Class Cheap Trains
XX from Victoria 10.44 a.m. and 12.80 p.m., calling at CUpham Jimctlon and
Croydon. D,y Return Ticket*.
A Pullmnn Drawing-room Car Is mn In the 10.44 a.m. Train from Victoria to
Brighton, reluming from Brighton by the MO n.nv. Train. Sfierlsl Cheap Faro Irons
, Victoria, Including PulhnunCar, 12s., available by these Trains only.
pRIGHTON. —THE GRAND AQUARIUM. —EVERY
SATURDAY, Cli"»T* First Class Train* from Victoria #t 10.40 end 11.40 a.m.,
railing at CUpham Jnuctlon, and (ruin Loudon Bridge at UJ0o.ni. aud IW p.m.,
<-islli» - st East Croydon.
Hay Return Fare-First Clas*. Halt a Guinea, Ineluding admission to the Aquarium
and the Rural I'avlllois.
PARIS.—SHORTEST CHEAPEST ROUTE.
i Via NKWHAVKN, I11EPPK. end RODEN.
Cheap Exprerv Service Week-dava and Sundnva. Kr in Victoria T.flO pm., and
London Bridge*/> p.m. Fares—single. .Ms., AS... Hi. ; Return, 4ls„ *ts.
ivnverfnl I’add I* wteamers. with excellent Cabins. Ac. Trains run alongside
rtPomnr.nl. Newlmren and Dlet.|*>
m itil'll OF FRANCE, ITALY, SWITZERLAND. An-Tourists’ Ticket* nr*
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circus; also at th« Victoria and lA>ndon Rrl.I.r BUtion*.
(By order) J. P. KxionT, General Manager.
NATIONAL SPORTS.
It cannot be Baid that the illegitimate season of 1884-5 baa
begun in very promising fashion. Ireland, generally bo
formidable with her “leppers,” does not seem able to scud
over anything better than those old standing dishes, Mohican,
Lioness, and Frigate, who are pretty well played out by this
time; and neither Croydon nor Four Oaks l’ark introduced us
to anything very promising in the way of novices, with the
exception of Sidthorpe, a 8on of Tibthorpe and Chesapeake,
who won u good race at each meeting. However, it i9 too
early yet to despond; and very possibly, when some of our
11 at-racers have had proper schooling, a second Voluptuary
may be developed. The sale of a draught of Mr. Jardine s stud
drew a good attendance to Albert-guto on Monday. Mr.
Porter gave 1200 guineas for Newton, which was surely full
value for a thoroughly exposed colt, and 750 guineas seemed
quite enough for Acrostic, a very dangerous horse to back, as
he is always quite as likely to break a blood-vessel ns to
win his race. The sudden death of Macgregor, from fatty
degeneration of the heart, is a great loss to Mr. llowett,
especially as the horse had so recently been brought into
prominent notice by the victories of his son, .Scot Free.
Foaled in 1867, he never ran as a two-year-old, but, all the
time that Sunshine was carrying all before her iu the popular
yellow jacket, it was known to a select few that her
“dark” stable companion was 10 lb. in front of her. Under
eruch circumstances, it is not Burprising that the stable backed
him fearlessly to win a large fortune in the Two Thousand,
nnd we can see him now. with Daley on his back, coming
home virtually alone, with Normanby, Kingcraft, and Co.
struggling hopelessly “behind him. After this runaway
victory he became about the hottest favourite ever known
for the Derby, as much as ‘J to I being laid on him,
but his extraordinary race over the hard ground during
the previous week, for a paltry stake at Bath, fairly
settled him, and he broke down in making the descent from
Tattenham Comer. In the following season he was patched
up, nnd tried to be 09 good as ever. He was entered for the
Stewards’ Cup at Goodwood, and, being let off with something
like Tet^ the race was perhaps the greatest certainty iu the
history of handicaps; but he broke down again a day or so
before the/race, nnd no attempt was afterwards made to train
him. He cannot be pronounced a buccoss at the stud, for,
though most of his stock could gallop, Scot Free is the only
ope of his progeny that has approached first-class form.
The collapse of Rowell on the Thursday morning spoilt
what appeared likely to be a very exciting struggle in the
Six-Days’ Race at the Aquarium; for, after the retirement of
the famous Cambridge pedestrian, it was plain that nothing
but an accident could prevent Littlewood from gaining per¬
manent possession of the belt. Under these circumstances
the lender naturally took matters somewhat easily, nnd
though he was n few laps ahead of the record on the fourth
night, he soon fell behind it, and tinnlly wound up with n
score of 405 miles 704 yards. Mason come second with 884
miles 528 yards, nnd Cartwright third with 357 miles 704
yards. The whole affair, which was capitally managed
throughout, proved a marked success, and we understand
that a six days’ (eight hours per day) safety-bicycle race will
shortly take place on the same track.
Some very big performances were accomplished on the
billinrd-table* last week. At the Aquarium, Cook and Pcall
played 12,000 up, tho latter, who made breaks of 788, 762,
nnd 614 (unfinished), winning by close upon 3000 points.
Roberts nnd North played 1000 up (spot-barred) nt the Palais
Royal, the former, who won easily, making runs of 327 and
322, the two best on record ; whilst North scored 132 off the
red ball alone, a feat that lias never been equalled. This
(Saturday) afternoon another spot-barred tournament will be
started at the Aquarium, the entry being the best that we have
seen for one of these contests for many a day; nnd, with a
championship nnd other matches in course of arrangement,
lovers of billiards ore promised a high old time during the
winter.
Tlio Mayor of Bristol, on behalf of the Norwegian Govern¬
ment, lias presented to T. L. Weiss, master of the steam-Bhip
Llandaff City, a silver-mounted telescope, in recognition of
his gallantry in rescuing the crew of tho vessel Emil, of
Drammeu, wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean. The telescope
bore the inscription, “ Oscar, King of Sweden and Norway,
to Capt. T. L. Weiss, for a brave and noble deed.” Gratuities
were sent to the second mate nnd the crew.
Scarborough election last week resulted in the return of
Mr. Caine, who sought re-election on Iris becoming Civil Lord
of the Admiralty, liis voters numbered 1832 ; liis Conserva¬
tive opponent, Sir George Sitwell, polling 1639.—The vacancy
at Greenock caused by the retirement of Mr. J. Stewart (L)
was filled by the return of 3Ir. T. Sutherland, chairman of the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, the
numbers being—Mr. Thomas Sutherland (L), 3548; Mr. J.
Scott (C), 2417.—The polling for county Down, to fill the
vacancy caused by the succession of Viscount Castlerengli to
the Marquisate of Londonderry, took place Inst week, Captain
Ker, the Conservative candidate, being returned by a majority
of 389 over Mr. Bharman Crawford, Liberal.
Sir Edward Reed, in presence of a distinguished audience,
at the Royal United Service Institution, read a paper last
week urging that our Navy should, without delay, bo vastly
strengthened. He suggested that during the next three years
there should be constructed, nt a cost of £6,355,000, five
additional armoured ships of the first class, five fast armoured
cruisers, eight unarmoured cruisers, fifteen auxiliaries to
armoured ships, and fifty first-class torpedo-boats. The
discussion was subsequently continued. Mr. W. H. Smith,
M.l\, urged the paramount necessity of at once strengthening
the Navy by increasing the number of ironclads, nnd by pre¬
paring a number of swift cruisers to protect our commerce in
case a war should break out. Admirals Fnnshawe, McClintock,
Wilson, Gore Jones, nnd others joined iu urging the necessity
an immediate increase of the Navy.
While Sir John Macdonald, Prime Minister of Cnnndn, was on
a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle lust week, her Majesty
conferred on him the Grand Cross of the Order of the
Bath.—He was entertained at dinner by the Empire Club.
The Marquis of Lome presided. The Marquis of Salisbury
expressed the hope that the political life of tho Colonies would
continue to send us such distinguished men from time to time.
The Earls of Derby, Kimberley, nnd Carnarvon said they de¬
sired to see a closer union between the Colonies and the
Mother-country*, but they thought the Colonies should take
the initiative in tho mutter.—A deputation from the Asso¬
ciated Chambers of Commerce waited on him to urge the
importance of a Canadian Bankruptcy Law, or some measure
to put an end to fraudulent preferences, which seriously inter¬
fered with the trade of this country with Canada. Sir J.
Macdonald .-aid there were considerable difficulties in the way
of parsing a Bankruptcy Law, but promised that they should
have every facility for laying their case before the people of
the Dominion.—The Premier of Canada left Engiund last
Saturday in the steam-ship Oregon for Canada.
DEO. 6, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
551
THE PLAYHOUSES.
Little did Mr. Wilson Barrett think, when, after the excitement
of playing llatnlet for the lirst time as manager of his own
theatre, lie indulged in a few youthful reminiscences, that he
would bring down such a storm of satire on his devoted head.
Hamlet and Wilson Barrett, Wilson Barrett and his speech,
have been for weeks past the standing jokes of the society that
encourages the play. Comic periodicals have broken a lance
with the popular and successful manager ; Mr. Bancroft has,
in his own theatre, indulged in the same humorous vein; nay,
more, Mr. Wilson Barrett has burlesqued himself in a further
speech, addressed to the actors and actresses who accepted his
invitation the other morning, sipped his tea in the lobbies, and
applauded with both hands. It was not likely that the bur¬
lesque writers would allow the Hamlet opportunity to slip; so
the theatrical atmosphere rains Hamlets, from the snowy
extravaganza to the domestic farce. A new recruit to the
attenuated list of dramatists is ever welcome, provided he
conies in such a robust and genial form as that of M r.. W.
Yardley. There is much admirable fooling in his “Very
Little Hamlet,” at the Gaiety. In addition to the skill of turn¬
ing neat lyrics, and writing happy lines containing true puns,
and not mere verbal jingle, Mr. Yardley evidently possesses a
very pretty sense of humour. The prologue to liis play is
conceived in a fresh aud unhackneyed spirit. The transfer of
the ghost into a seedy and disappointed actor determined to
show new and original readings; the swearing of tho street
boys who witness Miss Barren vow that she will play Hamlet
some twenty-five years hence; and the subsequent confidential
communication between the Prince of Denmark aud his father’s
spirit, are all points far in advance of the stereotyped jests of
the burlesque stage. Let us hnve novelty and freshness by all
nleaus. Luckily for Mr. Y’urdley, his new and “very littlo
llamlet ” appears in the persou of one of the most popular aud
certainly the cleverest of the actresses on the lighter stage.
As a street-arab. Miss Farren has uo equal. Her singiug of a
semi-doleful ballad describing the woes of a London street-
boy, who has been subject to an annoyance known as
“Chucked Out” in tho cockney vernacular, belongs to tho
highest order of comic and even pathetic suggestion. Bliss
Barren sinks all her individuality in the bright picture of u
E 'er lad who sells cigar lights, opens cab doors, aud reasons
-humorously, half-tenderly, outhe squalid despair of liis
position. With how light a hand Miss Barren touches her
sentiment, and with what a delicacy she exhibits her fun,
all must know who have for so many years appreciated
the freshness of this evergreen. She has seldom been seen to
such advantage as in the new Hamlet, picturesque in her rags
ns the urchin, and brimming over with fun us she slyly parodies
the various points of the Oxford-street Shakspereau revival.
Another capital bit of comic acting came from Mr. Shine, who
appeared os the seedy actor mid Ghost combined, and played
lip in all Bliss Barren's scenes with infinite spirit. That Bliss
l’hyllis Broughton would make a very charming Ophelia was
a foregone conclusion; and, in addition to those established
favourites, BIr. E. W. Royce aud Blr. J. J. Dallas, the Gaiety
company has been strengthened by Bliss Kate Lcamnr and
Bliss Clara Jecks—the well-kuowu impersonator of stage tom¬
boys. Tho music of the new burlesque—always u great
point—is admirably chosen.
Brr. J. Comyns Carr, descending from his grave, judicial,
and critical bench, treats the Hamlet craze in a very different
iasliion. He, too, shows in tho “ Fireside llamlet ” that he
can write comic stage dialogue just as well as he can write
English prose, and can sketch a farce as happily as he can de¬
scribe a picture. The satire of BIr. Carr is deeper tliau that of
BIr. Yardley. He conceives a loquacious, self-sufficient artisan,
with an excellent sense of Ids own importance, auxiouB to
pose and to brng at every opportunity, whether the question
be the abolition of the “ House of Lords ” or the latest play.
Such a young man must, of course, have a “ young woman,”
to whom he is au oracle; and their discussion on this occasion
is the rendering of Hamlet by Mr. Wilson Barrett. Mr. Carr
transports his characters to the humble home of a London
cabman, and thus enables Mr. Beerbohm Tree, as the stage-
struck journeyman baker, to give us a curious study from real
life of very remarkable merit. The tall, gaunt, unhinged, and
hysterical baker, with all the enthusiasm of the neophyte, and
all the testiuess of the would-be bully, is an elaborated
Gerridge. BIr. Tree lias caught the author’s idea with
marvellous fidelity; and of its kind a more artistic per¬
formance is seldom seen in the lighter plays of the stage.
The actor is entirely lost in liis study. He for tho moment
lives in his part. This is of all things the greatest object of
the actor’s art, aud if this be a sample of Mr. Tree’s skill and
perseverance in small things, he will one day astonish even
those who have watched with such interest his upward
career. When one day this little play is acted before an
attentive and sympathetic audieuce at a reasonable hour, its
merits will be more readily admitted. The public would believe
in one-act plays if they could be written so well andplayed so
admirably as this one is. For, though Mr. Beerbohm Tree haa
the prominent character, it would be difficult to find nowadays
better acting of its kind than that of Miss Tilbury us the
faithful girl who is lirst piqued by her loyeris jealousy and
afterwards agitated by his crack-brained manner. This also
is a complete and finished study frpm the life. All the busi¬
ness of the nctress, her ease, her variety, «nd resource, show
that, in what are culled character parts, she will be, for the
future, of the greatest value. And % capital sketch of the.
honest, downright, matter-of-fact cabman was given by BIr.
Caffrey. This play is too good to bo lost. It ought to be
acted 6ome morning when the audience is in a frame of mind
to appreciate its delicacy and the art that is tho outcome of
it. To play it before a heavy melodrama is to act it to empty
benches; to act it afterwards is to submit it to a weary
audience. Lovers of good acting should see it when they get
an early opportunity. _ /s.
The only other important production of the week has been
a curious entertainment/at the Avenue Theatre, conceived by
BIr. Harry Paulton, in order to utilise his own droll loquacity,
and to brighten the stage with several pretty faces. The
author himself is puzzled how to describe “ Lilies”; but this
unorthodox mixture of monologue, burlesque, farce, aud
satire certainly ajr&eeds in its object of making an audience
laugh very heartily; and the fun Of the thing is sustained
with great energy. BIr. Paul ton’s quaint cynicism is directed
towards the School of Dramatic Art and the “society-stage”
craze, and he employs the means previously employed by BIr.
Puff in Sheridan's ‘^Critic.” lie might, indeed, have gone
further still, and given us, what is so much wanted, a new
“ Critic” dealing with the subjects of to-day so dear to the
theatrical mind. The framework of “Lilies” is just good
enough for the purpose, and a modern Puff by BIr. Paulton
would be a welcome attraction. C. S.
MUSIC.
St. Andrew’s Eve and St. Andrew’s Day were celebrated
musically in various quarters. An extra supplementary
concert was given at Coveut Garden Theatre last Saturday
evening, when special arrangements were made for the comfort
of the audience by placing numbered and reserved seats in tho
area; the programme having also been of great musical attrac¬
tion. Bladame Christine .Nilsson, Bladame Trebelli, BIr. Blaas,
and Signor Boli contributed effective vocal performances,
which were interspersed by orchestral pieces uud a brilliant
violin solo skilfully executed by Mr. Carrodus. The second
part of the concert consisted chiefly of music of a Scottish
character. Blr. Gwyllym Crowe conducted ably, us at the
series of Promenade Concerts just terminated.
On the same evening the annual Scotch Ballad Concert took
place at St. James's Hall, and another concert of similar
character was given at Prince's Hall. On Monday evening
Blr. William Carter gave a Scotch Festival at the Royal Albert
Hall, being the first of six national festival concerts announced
by him. The programme wus of a specially attractive nature,
having included vocal performances by Blesdames Yallerin,
Trebelli, and Sterling, Bliss Patti Winter, Blr. Sims Reeves,
BIr. Bluas, Mr. Santley, mid Signor Foli.
Last week’s performance of Berlioz’s “ Faust” music by
the Royal Albert Hall Choral Society, conducted by BIr.
Barn by, was mi especially fine one. The choral and orchestral
detuils were admirably rendered; as was the principal solo
music by Bladame Valleriu and BIr. E. Lloyd (Margaret and
Faust); BIr. B. Foote having co-operated efficiently in the
music of Blephistopheles, aud BIr. Pyatt in that of Brander.
Tho Saturday Popular Concert of last week introduced,
for the first time at these performances, Schumann’s
“ Papillons,” a series of short piano pieces, full of charm
and variety, belonging to the composer’s earliest period.
They were rendered with much grace and refinement by BIr.
diaries Hall6; who also played the pianoforte part of BIr.
A. C. Mackenzie’s quartet in E fiat, iu association with
Bladame Norman-Neruda, llcrr Straus, and Signor Piatti.
BIr. Santley sang several familiar pieces with great effect.
The Royal Society of Musicians gave—according to annual
custom—a performance of “The Blessiah ” yesterday (Friday)
week, at St. James’s Hall, conducted by BIr. Otto Gold¬
schmidt—tht solo vocalists having been Blisses Thudiclium and
BIcKenzie, Bladame Enriquez, Blr. W. 11. Cummings, Mr.
Keuningham, Signor Foli, and BIr. Breretoii.
But three more Crystal Palace Saturday concerts remain
to bo given before Christmas. At the seventh (last week),
Herr Blurner played, with great effect, BI. Samt-8aens’s .
pianoforte concerto in G minor ; und some very characteristic j
orchestral pieces, from Rubinstein’s ballet, *‘ The Grape,’’
were given for the first time here.
BIr. A. Burnett (violinist) and BIr. Ridley Prentice (pianist)
S ive an interesting coucert of chamber music at Stein way
all, last Saturday evening. n j. \ \ J j
The Highbury Philharmonic Society entered on a new
season on Blonduy evening.
The fourth concert of the New (5lub Austrian Band took
place on Tuesday afternoq»,at Steiuway Hull.
Bldlle. Clotilde Ivlecbirg—the accomplished pianiste who
has lately gained distinction hero—gave a recital at Prince’s
Hall on Wednesday, when t he programme was well calculated
to display her versatile powers.
Bladame Emily Tate and Bliss Amy Stewart gave an
evening coucert on Wednesday at StenyiVay Hall.
A Morning Ballad Concert vfas given at St. James’s Hall
on Wednesday, being the secopd of three performances
announced by Mr. John Boosey to take place before
Christmas.
The BIuaic^Arti sts’ Society gives the thirty-fourth per¬
formance of now compositions this (Saturday) evening at
"Willis’s Rooms. '■
Bladame Sophie Lowe gives two musical evenings at Prince’s
Hall, Piccadillj^the first being announced for Friday even¬
ing, this week, and the second on Friday next.
The.Queen lias been graciously pleased, upon the recom¬
mendation of tho Preniief. io grant a pension of £80 a year to
the widow of BlichAel William Balfe, us a mark of recognition
oftlie musical distinction of her late husband.
The dates of the Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace are
now fixed. The public reliearsul will take place ou Friday,
Jline 10, and the three grand performances on the Blonday,
Wednesday, and Friday following. This triennial event would
properly have recurred in 1886, but it will bo anticipated by
u year iu order to render it a celebration of the two-hundredth
anniversary of the com poser’s birth. As on previous occasions,
two of the days will be occupied by a performance of “The
-Messiah ” and “ Israel in Egypt,” one day being appropriated,
as usual, to a selection from various works of the composer.
BIr. Henry Leslie’s choir, it will be remembered, was dis¬
banded after its twenty-fifth season, but was immediately re¬
organised, with Blr. ltuudeggcr as conductor. It was recently
stated that after Inst year’s performances no more would bo
given; but it has since been decided that the choir will enter
on a new existence next year, again under the conductorsliip of
Mr. Leslie, the date of the first concert being June 4.
BIr. Carl Rosa has announced tho opening of his annual
season at the Court Theatre, Liverpool, for Christmas Day, with
a grand sacred concert. The operatic performances which will
follow will include the production of Boito’s “ Mefistofelc,”
Blillockcr’s " Beggar Student,” and Mr. Stanford’s “ Canter¬
bury Pilgrims," for the first time in Liverpool, and BI.
Blassenet’s “ Blanon ” for the first time inEugland. Bladame
Blarie Kozc and manyother eminent aud excellent artists make
up a highly efficient company.
THE VOLUNTEERS FOR BECHUANALAND.
The mission of Blajor-Gcneral Sir Charles Warren, R.E.,
K.C.M.G., to settle the dispute with the Boers who have in¬
vaded the protected Bcchuana territory situated between the
Cape Colony and the western frontier of the Transvaal, will
be supported by a speciul military force to be employed in caso
of need. “The South African Irregular Force,” under the
command of Colonel the Hon. Paul Methuen, C.B., of the
Scots Guards, late ou the Staff of the Home District, lias been
raised from volunteers of a respectable class engaged iu London.
They left England last week on board the steam-ship Pembroke
Castle, embarking on Wednesday at Blackwall. Upon arriving
at the Cape, they will be formed into a brigade, to act in
mounted infantry, in company with “Carrington's llorse"
and the Diamond Field Corps, both of which have bcon raised
in the colony, together with an irregular infantry battalion and
a battery of volunteer field artillery. The English vuluntcois
are, it is stated, engaged for a / minimum term of six months ;
and it is understood that, even if hostilities be averted by
diplomatic meaus, their services will be utilised at leu-t
for that period iu the performance of police duties: and
that at the end of the term they will be permitted to
enlist in a permanent mounted police force, to which
will be intrusted the duty of enforcing respect for tlio
provisions of the Transvaal Convention, and of maintain¬
ing the British Protectorate. The present engagement is
binding on them, if required, for twelve months’ muxiimun
service, and their pay will be per day—troopers os., corporals
6s., and sergeants 7s., with free kit and all expenses. The
recruiting has been conducted by Captain J. W. Hurrel. at 50,
Leicester-square, on behalf of the Government of Cape Colony,
but the actual enlistment will take place at Capetown. Tire
volunteers will, however, be treuted as soldiers during the
voyage, and were, at their embarkation, divided into three
troops; the v A4roop composed of the class of gentlemen, the
B troop of bldfioldiefs, and the third of the rustic class, includ¬
ing labourers aud sous of small farmers, some of whom have
been in the Yeomanry Cavalry. On board ship, of course, all of
them will be under military law, aud will wear their common
uniform. There are two decks fitted for the volunteers, one
^ accommodate one hundred and eighty aud the other
one hundred and twenty, and it is omiuous to see in each of
them a grated cell marked “Prison.” Another deck is
occupied by a party of seventy-six Royal Engineer.-,
"to form a telegraph section und, if requisite, balloon
parties. These are highly trained men, and represent tho
most intelligent branch of the British Army. The owners
of the ship have done much to make the voyage as
pleasant as possible. Stewards have been specially engaged
to attend to the men’s mess-tables ; a spociul galley, with hot
water always ready, has been provided for them; while
games, such as sliip-cricket and skittles, and a collection
of books aud papers, will furnish them with amusement.
For the officers, a new mess-room and ample cabins have been
built adjoining the Bftloon, and each cabin will conrain only
two berths, which is a matter of some consideration on a
voyage of twenty-one days. Drill and target practice will
commence as the men find their sea legs. For the target
practice, the Morris tubes will be used, and shooting
will take place on the after-deck, at a target run
out over the quarter. The ship carries a store of am¬
munition from Woolwich, comprising 1,000,000 rounds
of ball-cartridges for the Blartiui-Henrv rifles, 7000 rounds of
miniature cartridges for practice with the Morris tubes, fuses,
shells, and powder for seven-pounder field-guns, rockets, gun¬
cotton, and ammunition for the Gardner guns, also u great
number of rifles. Nearly all the cargo on board is for the
Bechuaualand expedition, aud amongst the rest is included a
valuable field-telegraph equipment, which lias cost £10,000,
and several war balloons. We give some Illustrations ot the
first experiences of the volunteers on board the Pembroke
Castle, the sketches being made by one of the gallant three
hundred as they went down the Channel.
A new aud commodious Board School, situated in Ycrbury-
Tood, Upper Ilollowuy, was formally opened ou Blonday. The
building affords accommodation for 360 boys, 360 girls, and
473 infants. The cost of the structure was £14,259, and tho
c» »t of the site £6152.
For the entertainment of the inmates of the Lambeth
Workhouse miscellaneous selections were given on Blonday
afternoon by the members of Professor Audrt’s Alpine Choir,
aud in the evening a concert took place.
On Blonday evening the 220th anniversary of the Scottish
Corporation was celebrated at the Freemasons’ Tavern, the
Earl of Aberdeen presiding. Characteristic speeches were
delivered by M. Waddington and the Hon. Russell Lowell,
after which a subscription list amounting to £2500—including
one hundred guineas from the Queen—was announced.
Ou Blonday Alderman John O’Connor, Parnellite, was
elected Lord Blayor of Dublin for next year; Alderman
Bladden, a Nationalist, was elected Mayor of Cork by a small
majority; Mr. Stephen O’Blara was also unanimously elected
Blayor of Limerick. At Drogheda tho present Nationalist
Muyor, Alderman Connolly, was re-elected.
The opening dance of the second series of six private
“ Cinderellas ” took place at Prince’s Hall, Piccadilly, last
week. They are organised with the object of obtaining funds
for the Chelsea Hospital for Women, to enable tho board to
keep the sixty-three beds occupied with “ respectable poor und
suffering women.”
CHRISTMAS AND NEW-YEAR CARDS.
Judging from the many firms now engaged iu producing these
elegant trifles, and from the many batches we have already
noticed, one might suppose that if every household iu the
kingdom were engaged iu sending cards to some other house¬
hold there would be enough aud to spare, aud yet more are
announced. Blessrs. Da La Rue and Messrs. Blorcus Ward
come lute into the field, feeling sure of a welcome whenever
they come. The cards of both these firms are distinguished
by their artistic qualities and by the great variety of designs;
and are really art specimens down to the cheapest. Grace
and refinement uro tho prevailing characteristics of these
trifles, yet there are some humorous subjects, in which the fun
is not too boisterous. Over two thousand original drawings
(many of which have been published as Christmas cards and
book illustrations), accumulated by Blessrs. Biarcus Ward,
have been this week submitted for bale by auction ut Blessrs.
Foster’s gallery, in Pull-mall.
Blessrs. Sockl and Nathan, of Jewin-crescent, also send ns
ppecimena of cards, both simple aud satin-mounted and
fringed, which include good designs, carefully coloured.
Their cheapest curds are marked by good taste.
Bressrs. J. F. Schiffer and Co.’s Christmas and New-Year
Cards are of the usual, one might almost say unusual, excel¬
lence. Ouo of the most beautiful in their collection is the
three-fold card entitled “ Tho Child Jesus,” which they lmv«
produced in two sizes. Tho original design was painted to
order for the publishers by Miss Alice Havers.
The cards of Blessrs. Bim Brothers, of Blilton-street, com¬
prise many popular specimens, richly, aud at the sumo time
chastely, coloured.
Blessrs. Charles Lee and Co., of Blilton-street, introduce a
novelty in the way of perforated season cards, by means of
which the fair sender can introduce 6ome work of her own, iu
eilk or gold thread, improving the appeuraucc of the card and
enhancing its value to the recipient.
The Christmas novelties of Messrs Tom Smith and Son are
quainter and more curious than ever, showing that their in¬
ventive faculty is wide awake. There are puzzle crackers,
historical crackers, and crackers for Canada; aud special
notice is called to their box of Crackers colled The Old
Curiosity Shop, designed for ms the tic children, containing
Chinese figures in terra-cotta, fans, screens, vases, aud teapots.
The appointment of Blajor-Gencral Sir Charles Warren,
R.E., K.C.M.G., Instructor of Surveying in the School of
Blilitary Engineering, to the political mission of restoring
order and tranquillity in Bechuanalaud, lias been generally
approved on account of liis former important services at the
Diamond Fields and in other parts of South Africa. The
Portrait of Sir Charles which we have engraved this week is
from a photograph by Mr. Fradelle. A Portrait is also given
of Colonel the Hon. Paul Methuen, C.B., who commands the
volunteers for service in Bechuimuland; this is from a
photograph by Messrs. W. aud D. Downey.
SjDlCt*** V«~S
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Dec. 6, 1884.—562
1. Edeuburn House, OutlcuUnd, near Tralee. 2. Mr. Samuel Murray Hussey. 3. Book of the house, showing effects of the Explosion.
SCENE OF THE DYNAMITE OUTRAGE NEAR TRALEE, IRELAND.
THE VOLTTNTEER8 FOR BECHUANALAND.
THU ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Disc. 0, 1884.—555
Almost every little gjrt'riat urally delights to have a secret, not
indeed to keepx.it to herself, but to tell somebody in the
strictest secresy. It may be one of a very innocent character
that this y. >uug Indy is con tiding to her younger brother, who
listens with a solemn look forward, being deeply impressed
with his responsibility for the mysterious communication.
Perhaps, indeed, she is muking him aware of her precocious
engagement to a lover of her own age ; and he begius to con¬
sider whether it mny not be his duty, taking into account that
young gentleman’s prospects in life and limited pocket-money,
to recommend some degree of caution and pntience to the
enamoured pair. Twopence a week, and a modest capital
invested in toys and trinkets, with the free run of a strawberry -
bed and an apple-tree, and the expectation of birthdny and
Christmas presents, do not appear to this wise little boy
sufficient provision for a married couple. On the other hand,
THE SECRET.
lie will in no case betray his sister’s trust, but will seriously
advise her to tell Mamma, or even Papa, before committing
herself to a pledged union of heart and hand with their
neighbour’s sou Juck, who is big enough to swing this little
urchin round the room, but is only nine years old. Maggie,
for her part, does uot want the child's advice, but only his
sympathy, or rather seeks to gratify her own sense of self-
importance by making his innocent heart the depository
of an uifair in which she gives herself the airs of a
young woman. It may be, however, that we have mis¬
interpreted the subject of her confidences, and that they oro
of a less ambitious nature; some childish trick which she or
her play-fellows hove invented to astonish the household, or
a discovery which she has made of matters belonging to her
elders, may bo what she haB to reveal in this formidable
whisper. Tlio less children whisper to each other, about any¬
thing good or bod, the more wholesomo is their intercourse
for preserving that candour and frankness to which they owe
the most endearing charm of early youth, and which ought to
bo cultivated, as too often it is uot, by those who are to watch
over their moral growth. This little brother, to judge by his
face, is a very good little boy ; aud the dog knows it as well
ns we do; let us hope that he will never be the worse for
hearing the socrets of his sister. It is too true, “and pity
’tis, ’tis true,” that such instauces have occurred in families
under firm outward discipline, where the children’s hearts
were suffered to go astray.
The prizes at Whiteland's College for Schoolmistresses, in
the King’s-road, Chelsea, were distributed last Saturday by
the Duchess of Westminster, the Bishop of Londou presiding.
654
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 6, 1884
THE WINTER EXHIBITIONS.
ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.
The winter exhibition of the “old” Society, if unmarked by
any work of exceptional merit, still sustains, without apparent
effort, the high degree of excellence, although the standard
is rapidly shitting with taste and fashion. One looks with a
certain surprise at the works of the older members like
Richardson, Colliugwood Smith, Naftel, Jackson, Uirket
Foster, and others, who at one time were recognised us the
chief exponents of the English school of water-colour painting.
Their dexterity, their knowledge of their colours, ami of the
limits of their powers, are beyond dispute, and it sufficed for
them and for their public if they caught and could transfer to
their paper the outside face which Nature reveals to all. In
marking the contrast which an exhibition like the present
reveals, many may be tempted to think that in merely
technical skill the modems do not surpass their older com¬
peers; but for insight into Nature, and for that power of
seeing behind her veil, and of interpreting her secrets to the
world, there are few who will doubt that water-colour
painting in England has higher aims and a more poetic
ideal than at any previous period.
The place of honour must be awarded H.R.H. the Princess
Louise, who seuds three works for exhibition—two wnter-
colours, “ Sell loss Heidelberg ” (97) and a “ Peak of Tyrolese
Village” (122), and a pencil drawing of her niece the Princess
Victoria of Wales (142), an excellent likeness, though slight in
work and finish. The picturesque old castle of Heidelberg has
been sketched from the projecting rook to the east of the ruin,
■which it takes in profile, with the broad plain of Rhine valley
in the background. The Royal artist lias succeeded, with no
small skill, in throwing round the castle and its surroundings
some of the picturesqueness which the advancing steps of the
nineteenth century builder and liis employer have done their
utmost to destroy. The Tyrolese cottage, with its bright
hollyhocks is even a stronger protest in favour of umnoderuised
life, and a plea for that simplicity which is the outcome and
expression of daily requirements.
Amongst the figure-painters at the Water-Colour Society,
the President, Sir John Gilbert, is far above his colleagues.
“A Retreat” (172) is a mass of troopers riding down a
river in search for the ford which is to give them protection
from pursuit. The eager figure of the peasant who is acting
as guide, and is pulling the leader’s horse to the passing point,
is in udmimble contrast with the sullen defiant air of the
soldiers who ure retiring before their enemies. In the picture
of the “Prince and Princess of Wales going to a Drawing-
Room ” (247), Sir J. Gilbert has taken care to give prominence
to the Life-Guards ou duty, and to suggest, with delicate
irony, the use of trappings and adornments to quadrupeds as
well as to human beings. Mr. A. H. Marsh attaches himself
to the school of Mason and Walker. In his “ When Work is
O’er” (57), the colours are subdued almost to the verge of
dullness, and the weary women, as they gather round the
weed fire, show by their stained, disordered clothes that they
are bearers of life’s burden. There is much that is excellent
in this work—even if there be little absolutely original—for
the sentiment is Mason’s and the pose of the principal womnu
is borrowed from Feyen-Perrin’s “Return from Oyster-
Fishing,” well known to those who have once visited the
Luxembourg. Sir. Normau Taylor’s “ Watching” (178) is a
promising work; whilst Carl Haag’s “Amvntt” (147) and
“ Zenib ” (153) are powerful sketches of Orientals, showing all
the mature powers of the artist. Mention should also be made
of Mr. W. E. Lockhart’s severe but truthful work, as shown
in the “ Auld Kirk of St. Monance” (51), “Don Quixote at
the Puppet Show ” (154)—full of life, and recalling Egg when
in his prime—and “A Spanish Veuta” (380); of Mr. Tom
Lloyd’s attempts to treat blazing sunlight in his “ Barley-
fields ” (230), and even greater difficulties in “Bob and ilia
Grandfather’’ (64) and “ The Old Net” (101); of Mr. E. K.
Johnson’s “Pin-money” (89), “A Farmer’s Daughter Feed¬
ing her Pigs”; and, above all, of Mr. John Burr’s “Tired
Nurse” (111), a child who lms fallen asleep whilst left in
charge of the baby, who is, however, crying lustily enough to
wake her sister, even had uot the mother been arriving at that
very moment. Mr. Brewtuall’s “All on a Summer’s Day”
42) is somewhat devoid of interest, and scarcely up to the
evel of his previous work.
Mr. H. Stacey Marks sends two of his sketches for a
decoration founded on the “Seven Ages of Man,” “The
Infant" (355), and “The Justice” (319), brimming over with
humour. “An Argument” (324), two old men in an ale¬
house; and “At Anchor" (332), a Yachtsman in the full
enjoyment of rest, nre full of life.
But, ns may be expected, it is in landscapes and studies of\
wayside nature that English water-colour artists show tothei^
best advantage; and give evidence of their persistent efforts
to translate nature, facing instead of evading the difficulties
she presents. ^ \
Taking the pictures in the order in which they are hung;
Mr. David Cox’s “Tooting Beck ” (6) gives so rural an aspect to
a suburban common, that the Commons Preservation Society
might do worse than purchase the work as a certificate of tlicir
powers and good iuteutious; and ulthough in his other w*prks
the artist rambles from Kent (45) to Cumberland (83), n»d
from Sussex (29) to North Wales (289), lie is not more at
home with his subject than on Tootilig-commqa.- Mr. T. J.
Watson’s “ Wooded Valley ”/(8) is the most auibitious aud
also the most successful of his four sketches, all of which,
however, bear evidence of careful study. Mr. Collingwood
Smith ranks among the most prolific of our painters in
water colours, and is represented in the room by a dozen
sketches from Eugland, Svft'tzerlnnd, and Italy. He is
tit his best in such works as Kenilworth (26), a study of
foliage and water, and in his studies pf rocks at Borrowdale
(82) and at Hastings (eo/pl^in these his rendering of the
witter goes far to destroy the pleasure one would otherwise
obtain from a study of his works. Mr. Thorne Waite is even
more prolific; but'in his case it is only necessary to put aside
such little jarfffig elements as the bright yellow lmyrick from
the charming view of Bedenhnm, near Lewes (13), and the
unripe gree i ineas/of ibe carted hay (39) in the Newhaven
Valley, to enjoy to the full the artist’s appreciation of nature,
revealed to the highest degree in the Lewes Downs (109), the
“Study of Haymakers” (102 and 161), and “A Summer’s
Evening ”41H0). Mr. Charles Gregory comes out with unusual
strength in liisreminiscences of Breton street-life, andhis appre-
eiatiouof the bright coloursof fruitandvcgetableswhichtheopen
street markets offer. "A Visit to the Town ” (20), “ Market¬
ing in Dinan” (108), are variations of the same theme; whilst
the figures in “ A Breton Mill-Stream” are so dramatic, and
those of the women washing are so refined, that they with¬
draw the attention from the general merits of the drawing and
of the landscape. Mr. T. M. Richardson seemingly produces
without effort or repetition the most charming vignettes—
Switzerland and Scotland, the Border country, alike furnish
subjects, deftly done, and replete with a certain grace, more
appreciated formerly than now, and which seems out of place
iu his larger works, “Brougham Castle” (28) and “Loch
Baladem ’* (35). Mr. J. W. North stands deservedly in the first
line of English water-colour artiste for delicacy both of fancy
aud of execution. “An English Water-Mill” (30), perhaps,
scarcely shows him at his best; but tlie general colouring of
the old house, with its time-stained wall, and the exquisitely-
finished foreground, are quite in his happiest vein. liis only
other “exhibit,” “Safe” (203), is an unfinished sketch of a girl
about to throw herself into an inviting pool, of which it is
uufair to speak except us a work of imagination ; and us such,
it promises to rank high. Miss Cluru Montalba has, many will
perhaps regret, returned to Venice, after having contributed
very powerfully to break down the illusions which were so loug
in vogue respecting the skies aud waters which compass the
Queen of the Adriatic. Her sketches last year from Holland
showed that in colour she was in reality more iu harmony
with the pale skies and gabled roofs of the Low Countries
than even with the lagoons and campaniles of North Italy,
where she had laid the. foundations of her success. Of the
thirteen sketches contributed, there arc not more than
three or four which do not deal with the seafaring
life of the Venetians or their neighbours. One of these
exceptions (63) is almost the best of all: a bridge over
one of the smaller canals, with a gondolu moored in the
shadow, awny from the bright sunshine which beats down
upon the rest of tho scene—and another, “ Fishing " (196),
n girl lying at full length at the bottom of a flight of
white marble steps, lazily watching her line. Of the sea-
pieces, there are few fuller of poetry or force than that of the
“Zuttare” (131), the timber-ships from Dalmatia justcoming
to nu anchor, taking down their sails, caught by tlie golden
glow of sunset. “Crab Baskets” (281), “Sail Nit-old del
Lido” (226), and “On the Giudecca” (211), oro also bright
specimens of Miss Montalba’s skill. Mr. 0. W. Brierly shows
that his younger rivjils have still a long distance to traverse
before they can outstrip their master. In the “ Mackerel Boats
off Margate ” (43) is an exceedingly delicate study of an early-
morning effect of our somewhat colourless clouds and waves;
and its merits come out by contrast with its by no means
uu wort by neighbours, Mr. T. Danby’s “Swansea I*ov” (49)
and his own “Fresh Breeze on the Lagoon" (50). Mr.
Brierly is numerously represented, and among liis fifteen'
works, so many of which are of equal excellence, it is difficult
to make a choice, but those relating to Ramsgate aud our
eastern coast seem more suited to Mr. Brierly’s brush than
Venetian lagoons and Italian skies. Mr. H. M. Marshall
has been of late going far afield for fresh subjects ; but, after
all, there is a good deal in common between the Tyne and
the Thames—the same murky atmosphere, the same bustle
ami smoke; elements of which Mr. Marshall is the master.
“ Whitehall ” (54) is a poetic rendering of the very prosaic
and everyday event of u struggle between London sun nnd
London smoke. And, however much we may lament this
permanent condition of our life, Mr. Marshall makes good
use of it iu this sketch—ns in “A Spring Morning”
(267), in “ Westminster,” and “Two Views of the Tower”
(120)—to throw a sort of romantic glory round our public
buildings, which may reconcile some to the drawback of smoke
nuisances. In the views of ‘SVliitby, “ A Grey Morning ” (150)
and “The Upper Harbour” (368), he challenges comparison
with Mr. Alfred Hunt; and it is no discredit to Mr. Marshall
to say that he falls short ofthe results which that last exponent
of the Turner inn landscape has so frequently achieved. Com¬
paring, however, Mr. Marshall with Mr. Wyllie—who seems
also to have been drawing inspiration/from Tyneside life (377
nnd 262), and especially in “ Lowiights, North Shields ” (77)—
the latter seems to throw more of his energy into the river-
life of the place, and the former more of his feelings into its
surroundings. Amongst water-colour painters who give the
rein to fancy, Mr. A. Goodwvn claims the first place; and
alike when treating real scenes, as in “ The liiver at Rest”
(90), a chilly haze covering theytrees and steeple of Stratford-
on-Avon, nnd the sharp outlines of the “Hastings Beach”
(92), or when Retires everything to imagination, os in “ The
Island of Shiilot” (177), and (in spite of its localisation) that
glorified puddle, “ Porloch Weir ” (184). There are few works
in the present exhibition uiore worthy of study than this last-
named sketch, offering some of the most difficult problems of
painting—the green-tinted water of the foreground deepening
into blue in the background. Tho whole harmonised by
means of the gpCy, mist Which the sun attempts to pierce,
making up n fairy scene of exquisite beauty. In “A
fountain Stream ’’ (254), by the same artist, we recognise his
rare power of rvndering transparent water as s it rushes over
stones nnd boulders, or as it lies placid and unruffled iu
“ Cloyelly fifty ” (207). Scarcely less worthy of note are the
^4elieal§ Works of Mr. G. P. Boyce, who has the power of con¬
veying in minute sketches a sense of beauty almost akin to
S nndeur. For example, iu the simple sketch of “ Hambledon
eath ” (157) there is this suggestion of wide expanse of open
jpdpr and sky lying all round the red-tiled house half-buried
in golden trees aud burnt bracken, which forms the central
interest of the picture; and, again, in the sketch of “Dor¬
chester” (230), with its exquisite colouring, one gets a sudden
revelation of how at rare intervals a dull, damp Oxfordshire
village may look. “The Malvern Hills” (334) and “The
Hills Behind Arisaig” (81) arc instances of Mr. Boyce’s
powers when dealing with wide and almost unmanageable
subjects; whilst in the “ Moonlight Scene in Venice ” (344) ho
gives almost a weird effect to the outlines of San Giorgio as
seen in the deep-blue moonlight through the Arches of the
Doge’s Palace. In complete contrast to Mr. Boyce, but
perhaps more than equal in popular appreciation, is Mr. G.
Fripp, of whose careful rendering of Nature there nre, how¬
ever, only two works on the walls —“ Weston Mill" (167), a
well-known haunt of artists near Leamington, and tho _
less hackneyed subject of “ Bossiney Bay ” (345), where Mr. *
Fripp has bestowed nil his core nud deftness on the beauties
of the road to tho sands.
Amongst the older Associates, Mr. Birket Foster is up
to his usual level of conscientious minute work in his three
sketches—scarcely more than vignettes—from the “Western
Highlands” (141), and in his “Surrey Cottage” (373),
outside of which a girl is Beated, under the shadow of an
apple-tree in full blossom; Mr. S. P. Jackson displays,
in eighteen pictures, his accustomed fertility and facility,
calling attention to numerous spots of beauty on the banks
of tlie Thames which escape the less artistic eye; and Mr.
W. Callow, hardly second to him in facility of expression,
sends some of those sketches of English coast scenery nnd
reminiscences of foreign wanderings which are a never fail¬
ing attraction to his admirers—“ The Market-place, Courtrai”
(229), deserving special mention. Mr. C. Davidson is faithful
to liis Cornish home, and each year succeeds in making
us better acquainted with its sequestered beauties. Among
the younger artists, Miss M. Forster deserves notice, especially
in her smaller works, such os “Pembroke Castle” (286) and
“Monlcton Priory” (294). These, as well os her Brittany
scenes, ore full of delicate feeling; but her larger works,
“Early Morning on the Seine ” (369) nnd “A Normandy
Homestead” (250) ure wanting in interest, and fail to arrest
the attention the care bestowed upon them deserves.
Want of space prevents us doing more than mention
Mrs. Allingham, Mr. E. J. Poynter, Mr. Holman Hunt—
their names alone will suffice to call attention to their works.
CITY ECHOES.
Wednesday, Dec. 3.
There is now no prospect that tlie Bank rate will be reduced
until after the turn of the year, os not only has money come to be
in active demand, but it must in the ordinary course be more
wanted as the year draws to a close. Our bullion position
neither improves nor gets worse, the influx of gold having
quite ceased, while there is uo exchange demand. Tho
renewed dearness of money is, however, against Consols aud
associated securities, but more speculative descriptions are
exciting increased attention. Excepting Mexican and one or
two other defaulted South American issues, Foreign bonds have
been in favour. Egyptian have generally gained iu con¬
nection with the plans of the British Cubinet iu regard to
Egyptiau finance, though from day to day there have been
differing opinions in regard to Unified, which is necessarily
the “ open stock" of the Debt. The tendency of Home Rail¬
ways has also been favourable in ali but one or two coses.
Metropolitan and Metropolitan District have been more or less
flat for several days, whileseveralothershave been very firm, espe¬
cially Caledonian, North British, Brighton, and South-Eastern.
Canadian and United States railways have joined in this
upward movement under the double influence of an over-sold
account and better prospects. In the case of Mexican railway
stocks, the rebound has Oeen due to the forced closing of very
large accounts for the full, during which the principal broker
concerned has been declared a defaulter.
Greece seems to be borrowing too fast for her young credit.
The arrangement made in J879 was followed, in 1881, by a
loan of £4,SuO,O00 in 5 per cent bonds, at 74. Now £4,400.000
is offered at 68$, power being reserved to hereafter increase
this issue to £6,800,000. The fault of Greece, as of many other
weak borrowers, is, that they charge themselves too readily
witli sinking fund*./ It would be better to sell 5 per cent
bonds without any reference to nn intention to repay. The
debt could thence reduced by purchases in the market, or by
formal notice of repayment issue by issue, just us the country’s
'convenience suggested.
For tlie sixth consecutive half-year, the Bank of British
North America is to pay a dividend of 6 per cent, per annum.
This is a long way behind wlmt the Bank of Montreal lias
accustomed its shareholders to, but the London-managed
company is far distant from the scene of notion, and safety is
naturally more to tlie directors than the quick seizing of all
opportunities. Moreover, the shareholders have this ad¬
vantage, that they are in no contingency liable for Calls. In
its turn, that also, in some degree, limits tho work of the
directors.
The dividend of tho English Bunk of tho River Plate for
the year 1883-4 is to be made up to 6J per cent, nnd £14,000
is to be added to reserve, thereby making that fund £20,000.
A call of £2 per share has been decided upon, which will bring
the paid-up capital to £500,000, and leuve an equal amount
uncalled.
In respect of the half-year to June 30 last, the directors of
the East Indian Railway Company will next mouth propose a
surplus dividend to the holders of deferred annuities to the
amount of £1 2s. 8d. This compares with £1 12s. 6d. for the
first half of 1883, aud £1 lls. for the first half of 1882.
Holders of Bombay, Bnroda, aud Central India Railway
stock are to be congratulated upon the results attained from
the working for the first six mouths of the year, the earnings
during that period being the most satisfactory in the ex¬
perience of the line. The net amount available for dividend
will admit of n distribution of £1 7s. Od. percent, in addition
to the guaranteed interest of £2 10s., or together at tho rato
of 7$ per cent per annum, which on the present market
quotation—viz., 153, is equal to u return of £1 18s. per cent.
For the first half of 1883 the excess dividend was £1 3s. 0d. f
aud for the corresponding period of 1882 it was 17?. Cd. T. S.
EOCKET-BOOK8 AND DIARIES FOR 1885.
Messrs. Do La Rue and Co. are to the front with their pocket-
books, diaries, calendars, and other devices for noting the
flight of time during the forthcoming year. On the elegance
and accuracy of the productions by this firm it is not needful
to dwell: the name has long been a synonym for the beautiful
iu art stationery, aud, it may be added, that in their works
usefulness ever goes iiand in hand with beauty. The specimens
of exquisite colour-printing in season cards issued by this firm
are uoted on another page.
Quite as efficient are Messrs. Letts, Son, and Co.’s accept¬
able diaries and other time-chronicling and time-saving pub¬
lications for 1885, all of good materials and workmanship,
adapted for different professions, trades, nnd manufactures.
They contain information of practical, every-day require¬
ment, aud are of various sizes, progressing from miniature
tomes for the waistcoat pocket to thick folio volumes. Among
these sound practical publications are office diaries and
almanacks, strongly bound iu folio, quarto, aud octavo sizes ;
tablet diary and blotting pad, folio size ; and rough diaries, or
scribbling books, interleaved with blotting paper, folio,
quarto, nnd octavo. ___
In consequence of the opening of so many picture
exhibitions being fixed for the same day (Monday last), we
are forced to postpone until next week our notice of the
Institute of Painters in Oils, of the Society of British Artists,
aud of M. Roussoff’s Drawings.
We are requested to state the large collection of old minia¬
tures on ivory, by Richard Cosway, lately exhibited at the
Brighton Art Loau Exhibition, where it was the chief
attraction, is now on view at Mr. Edward Joseph’s Art
Galleries, 158, New Bond-street.
The annual supper to men aud boys of the criminal
class, who are endeavouring to lead an honest life, assisted
in their efforts by the St. Giles’s Christian Mission, took place
on Tuesday evening at tho Mission Chapel in Little wild-
street, Drury-laue. The chair was taken by Mr. Justice
North, who was supported by the Lord Mayor, Sir Henry
Holland, Mr. Monro, several of the governors and chaplains
of the Metropolitan prisons, and ladies and gentlemen in¬
terested in this excellent work. The guests of tho evening
numbered between two and three hundred.
Mrs. Weldon, in her action in the Queen’s Bench ngainst
Dr. Forbes Winslow, obtained last Saturday a verdict on two
counts. The jury found that the defendant, before publishing
the letter in justification of liis action against the plaintiff,
had had ample time to discover liis mistake, and for this, one
shilling nominal damages was awarded; while for the
“ assault" committed by the attendants sent by Dr. Wiuslow,
the damages were assessed at £500. Mr. Justice Denman
thereupon gave judgment for these two sums, but stayed
execution for a week. Sir. Justice Mathew and Air. Justice
Day heard on Monday the arguments <>f Sir II. Giffard on
points raised in the action brought by Mrs. Weldon uiainst
General De Bathe, and judgment was given in her favour as to
the publication of the libel, and ugoiuot her on tuc point of
trespass.
DEO. 8, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
555
THE SILENT MEMBER.
The consultations of the Prime Minister, the Marquis of
Partington, and Sir Charles Dilke on the one side, and of the
Marquis of Salisbury and Sir Stafford Northcote on the other,
having had the happiest issue, the Lords and Commons re-
nsseiubled on Monday in the full hope that the liues of the
Redistribution Bill would be disclosed by the Government.
Nor were they disappointed. When the House of Lords met,
the Marquis of Salisbury had no difficulty in persuading their
Lordships to postpone the Committee stage of the County
Franchise Bill till Thursday. The curious among the Peers
were then at liberty to troop to their allotted gallery in the
House of Commons to hear Mr. Gladstone unfold his new
measure of Parliamentary Reform, which, it may be said at
the outset, had not only received the sanction of Lord Salis¬
bury and Sir Stafford Northcote in advance, but has since won
the favour of such hitherto irreconcilable opponents of the
Ministry ns the proprietors of the Newcastle Chronicle and the
Freeman's Journal.
Mr. Gladstone had sagaciously taken the precaution of
reconciling lus Liberal and Radical followers to the Redis¬
tribution scheme by explaining its scope to them beforehand,
at a special meeting called together in the afternoon at the
Foreign Office. Doth not a meeting like this make amends ?
Be that as it may, there was a full House on the tiptoe of
expectation when the Premier—rather late, quite an ex¬
ceptional thing with him—stole in from behind the Speaker’s
Chair, and received the customary tribute of cheering paid him
on State occasions.
As it is on the cards a new era of expeditions legislation
may have been inaugurated by the friendly deliberations on
this measure, bo it may be that Mr. Gladstone’s strictly
business-like exposition on Monday mny bo the commence¬
ment of a welcome series of terse—comparatively terse —
speeches by him. The right hon. gentleman did not take
more than fifty minutes to expound the plan of the Allies—
if it be proper to designate thus those who had been up to
November far as the poles asunder in politics. Divided into
Schedules A and B, the bill is simple as A DC, as Sir. Glad¬
stone soon made clear. The broad outlines are given in another
column. Here it may be briefly stated that the measure, while
removing the manifest inconsistencies that have rendered our
existing system of representation so inadequate, proposes to
disfranchise nobody. Those who possess the franchise at pre¬
sent in the boroughs which are to be disfranchised because
they contain less than 15,000 inhabitants will be entitled to
record their votes in the counties. Each borough of 60,000
will have one member only; and boroughs of between 50,000
and 165,000, two members each. By this easy method, the
due representation of the great centres of population will bo
secured. London, in lieu of its ten boroughs and twenty-two
members, will have thirty-eight boroughs and sixty-two
members; the City having to be content with two members.
Mr. Gladstone’s birth-place, Liverpool, will be honoured
by nil increase of six members; Manchester, three ad¬
ditional members; Leeds, two; Sheffield, 'three; Bir¬
mingham four, and Glasgow four. While Rutland and
Hereford are to be deprived of one member each, Lanca¬
shire is to he presented witli fifteen members more, and
Yorkshire with sixteen; Middlesex with live extra; Cork,
five; Durham nnd Lanark, four additional. While this aug¬
mentation will take place where justifiable, Ireland and Wales
will retain the same number of eeuts; but England will gain
six and Scotlnnd twelve members. Finally, Boundary Com¬
missioners will settle the electoral areas under the new
measure, which was read the first time on Monday, Thursday
being appuiuted for the second reading.
With the exception of Sir John Lubbock and of Mr. Leonard
Courtney, who has resigned his position in the Ministry
because minorities are not, in his opinion, sufficiently cared
for in the Redistribution Bill, few members have objected
to the measure. Mr. Chaplin stood out on the Conservative
side. But his opposition does not count for much. Neither
does Mr. Courtney’s. Although an undoubtedly clever man
and able administrator, Mr. Courtney has a naturally hard
voice and manner, which detract considerably from the influ¬
ence he might obtain in the House. Though he mny turn out
to be a pungent critic nnd a candid friend to the Government
lie has seceded from, he is not likely to injure the Ministry,
as he has no following.
The necessity of maintaining the Naval supremacy of
England is recognised by all classes in this country, that
the Government are keenly alive to the fact was formally de¬
clared in both Houses on Tuesday by the Enrl of Northbrook
ns First Lord of the Admiralty, and by Sir Thomas Brnssey,
duly qualified Bcnninn nnd Secretary to the Admiralty. In
token of this wideawakeness, Lord Northbrook made known
to their Lordships that the Admiralty would in the coiirsiirot
the next year lay down four large Ironclads, nnd two huge
Torpedo-Rams of the Polyphemus type. In addition to the
t wo Torpedo-Cruisers being built, ten f resh ones are to be put
in hnnd; nnd thirty Torpedo-Boats and five armoured Cruisers
nre to be constructed. Home harbours and ,Couliiig Stations
abroad are to be fortified. The cost of this projected expenditure
is estimated at £5,525,000 in all, to be spread over a period of
five yenrs. But this knotty point will no doubt be thoroughly
examined by the Parliamentary Commission on naval and
military aflnirs to be appointed \next year. The lucid
explanations of Lord Norlhbrook and of Sir Thomas Brassey,
were subjected to acute criticism,\$Ir. W. H. Smith and Lord
Henry Lennox in particular offering some pertinent observa¬
tions in the Lower House, and Sir Wilfrid Lawson objecting,
ns usual, to the increased expenditure on economical and
humanitarian grounds. On the whole, the Government mny
be congratulated upon the resolve to maintain the efficiency of
the British Navy.
THE REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS.
The bill introduced by Mr. Gladstone on Monday will make
the following alterations in the composition of the House of
Commons.
The House will consist of 670 members, instead of 652;
465 for England, 30 for Wulcs, 72 for Scotland, 103 for Ireland;
an increase of twelve for Scotland and six for England, while
Ireland nnd Wales keep their present number. There will be
211 for the English counties, instead of 172, 7 new county
members for Scotland, 22 new county members for Ireland;
these scats being obtained by the total disfranchisement of 97
boroughs having each less than 15,000 population, and of six
rural boroughs; and by taking one member from 37 boroughs
or cities of less than 50,000 population, now having two
members. For those with a population between 50,000 and
165,000 the two members will be returned, and they will con¬
stitute, ns well as the City of London, two-membered con¬
stituencies. Boroughs above the limit of 165,000 will receive
an additional member or members, and will be divided into
wards, each returning n single member. The counties will be
divided into districts with single members.
The 75 towns in England and Woles that lose their separate
representation are as follow:—
THE LATE MR. F. W. HULME.
The death of this accomplished artist, on the 14th nit., was
announced in our Journal. He was born at Swinton, in York¬
shire, in 1816; but while he was still young, his father, who
was a designer for the earthenware manufacture, removed to
Hanley. The son assisted in that work till 1844, when he
came to London, and devoted himself to lithography, but
afterwards became a landscape-painter of high reputation.
Though not a member of any of the Societies, his works always
obtained a good place at tlie Exhibitions, uud were much
appreciated by the general public.
The Portrait is from a photograph by Mr. Watkins.
Abingdon
Andover
Banbury
Barnstaple (2)
Beau nutria
Berwick (2)
Bewdlcy
Bodmin
Brecknock
Bridgnorth
Bridport
Buckingham
Caine
Cardigan District
Chichester
Chippenham
Cirencester
Clitheroe
Cockermouth
Devizes
Lichfield
Dorchester
Liskeard
Droitwieh
Ludlow
Evesham
I.ymiogton
Eye
Macclestleld
lrorne
Mnldon
Guildford
Malton
Harwich
Malmesbury
Haverfordwest
Marlborough
District
Marlow
Helston
Midhurst
Hertford
Newark (2)
Horsham
Newport
Huntingdon
Northallerton
Kendal
I'eterslield
Knaresborough
Fools
Launceston
Radnor District
Leominster
Richmond
Lewes
Ripon
Rye
8andwich
8t. Ives
Shaftesbury
Stamford
Tiunworth (2)
Tavistock
Tewkesbury
Think
Tiverton (2)
Truro (2)
Wallingford
Warebam
Westbury
Weymouth (2)
Whitby
Wilton
Woodstock
Wycombe
Asawatunt Ui?l I (UlUliaCU Ulu AYIfSUUrj I2J.
Cricklade (2), East Retford (2), Wenlock (2), Stroud (2), and
New Shorelmm (2).
_ The Scottish boroughs disfranchised are HaddingtoiK
District and Wigtown District.
The boroughs which will lose separate representation in
Ireland are 21 in number, as follow:—
Armagh Coleraine Ennis
A lb lone Downpatrick Enniskillen
Bandon Dundalk Kinaale
Carlow Dungannon Lisburn /
Camckfergoa Dungarvan Mallow
Clonmel f \ \
The towns in England nnd Wales now representt'd by two
members, but which, having fewer then 50,000 inhabitants,
will lose one member:— ‘v < \ — s'
New Rom
l’Ortarlington
Tralee >
Wexford—
Voughgl
Bedford
Boston
Bury St. Edmunds
Cambridge
Carlisle
Chester
Colchester
Coventry
Dover
Durham
Exeter
Falmouth
Gloucester
Grantham
Hustings
Hereford
uSS. Lrm
Montgomery Dis-
Newc^title-under-
Lyme/
Peterborough
Puhtefract
Reading
Rochester
Salisbury
Scarborough
Shrewsbury
Stafford
Taunton
Warwick
Wigan
Winch ester
Wor«*sfpp
«r r — * V• •« uuuuun | vllb
from the county of Rutland, which now returns two, and
one from Herefordshire, winch is now represented by three
members. Tlie Irish county xjf Carlow will also lose one
member. , ^
These 1 CO seats, together with six which have been liberated
by the disfranchisement qf Irish and English boroughs for
corrupt practices, will be given to new county districts, new
boroughs, nnd new divisions of boroughs. Seven new boroughs
will be created round London; and the existing London
boroughs, like the other large boroughs with more than
165,OHO inhabitants* will b6 divided into wards. The addition
to the representation of London will be thirty-seven members.
The new ward or parish boroughs of London (including parts
of existing, metropolitan boroughs) and the new boroughs
around London, to be as follow:—
^Battersea and
Clupham (2)
Bennohdajy
Bethnal - green
(*)
Camberwell (3)
Chelsea (St.
Duke’* Pariah
only)
Clerkenwell
Croydon
Deptford
Finsbury (St.
Luke's Parish)
Fulham
Greenwich (1)
Hackney (3)
Uamuicmnith
Hampstead
Holborn
Islington (4)
Kensington (2)
Lambeth (4)
Lewisham
Limehotue
Marylebone (2)
Mile-end (2)
Newington, Sur¬
rey (2)
Paddington (2)
Poplar (2)
Rotherhithe
St. George - in-
thc-East
8t. George’s,
Hanover square
8t. Fancras (4)
Shoreditch (2)
Southwark (1)
Strand
Tower Ham¬
let* (1)
Westminster (1)
Wandsworth
West Ham (2)
Woolwich
Tlie Court of Common Council lias voted 200 guineas as
a donation to the Crippled Boys’ Home, Kensington.
Tlie mansion of Mr. Henry Matlcr, J.P., of Fortwffiiam
Fark, Belfast, was completely destroyed by fire last week.
Sir Moses Monteflore's health is, says the Jewish World ,
thoroughly re-established.
Heavy falls pf snow are reported from various parts of the
country, especially in the north and the midlands.
Mr. Mnrum, JLP., is reported to have resigned his seat for
Kilkenny on account pfja,/difference with Mr. Parnell.
Mr. John Clerk. Q.C., of the Parliamentary Bar, has been
elected treasurer of the lion. Society of the Inner Temple for
the ensuing year, insnccessiou to Mr. Mackeson, Q.C.
The inquest on the body of Miss Elizabeth Aun Whitehead
Keyse was resumed on Monday at the Townlmll, St. Mary
Church, near Torquay, and concluded with a verdict of wilful
murder against John Lee, the servant, who is in custody.
On Tue.--day at the Central Criminal Court the trial of the
three men, Thomas, Nash, nnd Gunnell, on a charge of having
forged tlie will of the lute Mr. James WhulSey, was brought to
«u end. The two former were found guilty, nnd the latter
was acquitted. Thomas nnd Nash were each sentenced by Mr.
Justice Stephen to be kept in penal servitude for fifteen years.
'The county of Middlesex is to have seven members, Surrey
six, Kent eight, Essex eight, being increased on account of
their populous districts adjacent to London. There will be
38 metropolitan boroughs, with 62 members.
In the largest provincial towns, the additions will be of an
equally liberal character. Liverpool will get six more members,
and will be cut up into nine wards; Glasgow will have four
more, and vote in seven divisions. Birmingham will also
receive four more, nnd bo divided in a similar manner;
Manchester will double its representation, and have six
members; and Leeds nnd Sheffield will have in all fivo
members each; Dublin and Belfast will each have four
members, nnd will be divided into as many wards. The new
boroughs created with one member each, iu the country
generally, nre Aston Manor (adjacent to Birmingham), Barrow-
in-Furness, West Bromwich, Hanley, and Great Yarmouth.
The additional members bestowed on the counties will be
distributed on the same one-member principle which is
adopted in the large towns. There will be sixteen new
members for county districts in Yorkshire, fifteen for Lanca¬
shire; Middlesex will gain five, nnd the county of Durham
four. The county of Cork will also receive five new members,
nnd Lanarkshire four, while Glamorganshire has an addition
of three. The following counties have each two members
added to their existing representation:—
Cheshire | Essex i Northampton- i Sussex
Cornwall Kent shire Warwickshire
Devonshire l I Shropshire •
The following counties in Ireland gain two members each,
in addition to what they now have:—
Antrim | Down | Kerry | Tipperary
Donegal I Galway I Mayo I Tyrone
The following counties receive one additional member
Derbyshire . Hampshire i Monmouthshire i Suffolk
Dorsetshire Hertfordshire Somersetshire Wiltshire
Gloucestershire I Lincolnshire I Staffordshire I Worcestershire
Herefordshire and Rutlandshire lose one each.
In Scotland, one additional member each to Fifesliire,
Perthshire, nnd Renfrewshire.
In Ircluud, one more given to Armagh, but taken from
Carlow.
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will (dated Aug. 10, 1882), with a codicil (dated Jan. 25,
1884), of Mr. Eustratios Rulli/late of No. 93, Lancaster-gate,
and of Scio House, Putney-heath, who died ou Sept. 1 last,
was proved on the 18th ult. by Luchs Eustratios Kalli, the
sou, and Alexander AntlinUyVlusto, two of the executors, the
value of the personal estate amounting to upwards of £611,000.
1 he testator leaves his residences at Putney-heath and Lun-
caster-gate and all his real estate in the Piraeus, Athens, to
Ids wife, Mrs. Mary Eustratios Rulli, for life, and then to his
said son; and he bequeaths all the furniture, plate, books,
pictures, jewellery, effects, horses and carriages at his
dwelling-houses, nnd £20,000, to his wife; £5000 to each
of his executors; £50,000 to his daughter Mrs. Calliope
> lasto ; £50,000, upon trust, for his daughter Mrs. Harriet
Kalli, for life, and then for her children as she shall
appoint; £20,000 to his daughter Katherine Baroness Paul
Kalli; £10,000, upon trust, for his grand-daughter, Marigo
Mavrogordato; £50,000, upon trust, for his daughter Mrs.
Despina Mavrogordato, for life; and then as to £5000
thereof for his^ said grand-daughter Marigo, £5000 for
his grand-daughter Julia Kalli, and £20,000 each for
his grandsons,Eustratios nnd Antonio Mavrogordato; £500
-each^to St. Mary's Hospital, Puddington, and the Royal
HpSpital for Incurables, Putney; £500 to the Academy of his
native island of Scio ; £500 to the Hospitals of the said island ;
£500 for repairing the metropolitan Church of St. Victor,
Scio;. £200 to be distributed among the poor of the said island;
and legacies to servants. The testator docs not leave any
legacies to his daughter Mrs. Julia Scnramangn, nnd his
daughter-in-Inw, the widow of his deceased son, John
Etistratios Ralli, as they nre already amply provided for. The
residue of liis real and personal estate is to be held upon
trust, to pay such income to his wife as she in her discretion
shall think fit, and at her deuth for his said son.
The will (dated March 20,1884), of Mrs. Mary Ann Allison,
late of Belle Rose, Darlington, in the county ol Durham, who
died on July 9 last, was proved ou the loth ult. by Richard
Willan and Walton Smith, the executors, the value of the
personal estate amounting to nearly £90,000. The testatrix
bequeaths £4000 each to her nephews and nieces, Henry Todd,
Edward Todd, Fanuy Smith, and Mary Ann Appleby ; £4000
to the children of her deceased nephew Charles Todd ; £4000,
upon trust, for Richard Willan, for life; and legacies to other
of her relatives aud others. As to the residue of her property
she leaves one seventh each to her said nephews nnd nieces
nnd to the children of her late nephew, Charles Todd; one
seventh to the children of her late nephew Thomas Jenuett
Todd; aud one seventh, upon trust, for Mr. Willan, for life, uud
at his death to be divided among her said relatives.
The will (dated July 25. 1883), with a codicil (dated
July 27 following), of General Randal Kumley, formerly of
No. 16, Eaton-square, but late of Queen Anne’s Mansions,
who died on Sept. 13 last., at Hungcrford, Berks, was proved
on the 8th nit. by Ralph Burch, the sole executor, the value of
the personal estate amounting to over £65,000. The testator,
after confirming several appointments made bj* his Into wife,
leaves all his military medals nnd crosses, silver plate, and
certain pictures to be selected by him, to his late wife’s
brother, the Earl of Berkeley; £1500, upon trust, for Viscount
Dursley; and all his renl estate nnd the residue of the
personalty to his nephew, Robert Dennis, aud his niece, Mrs.
Emily Green, in equal shares.
The will (dated Jan. 1, 1879), with n codicil (dated May 27,
1881), of Mr. Henry Chatteris, late of No. 1, Queen Victoria-
street and of No. 2, Royal-crescent, Brighton, chartered
accountant, who died at Tunbridge Wells, on Aug. 25 last,
was proved on the 12th ult. by .Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Chatteris,
tlie widow, Charles Chatteris, the son, Thomas Myddleton
Mortise, aud Charles Lee Nicholls, the executors, the value of
the personal estate amounting to over £35,000. The testator
bequeaths his furniture, pictures, plate, books, and household
effects to his wife, aud he gives her the option of having the
lease of his house at Brighton assigned to her; there are also
pecuniary legacies to his wife, executors, nnd others. The
residue of his real and personal estate he leaves, upon trust,
to make up, if need be, with what she is entitled to receive
under his articles of partnership, liis wife’s income to £1200
per annum, uud subject thereto for all liis children in equal
•hares.
The will (dated June 4, 1883), with a codicil (dated Juno
12, 1884), of Mrs. Ann Bcun, late of No. 166, Lewisham-road,
Lewisham, who died ou Oct. 1 lost, was proved on the
loth ult. by Johu Robinson Bromley, Thomas Mandy, and
Henry Drew Wood, the executors, the value of the personal
estate amounting to over £26,000. The testatrix bequeaths
£200 each to the Royal Kent Dispensary, the Earlswood
Asylum for Idiots, the National Benevolent Institution, the
City of London Truss Society, the Seamen’s Hospital ut
Greenwich, and the British Asylum for Incurables; and there
are numerous and considerable legacies to her owu nnd her
late husband’s relatives and others. The residue of her renl
nnd personal estate she gives to her cousin, the said John
Robinson Bromley.
The will (dated Feb. 20, 1883) of Mr. Thomas Forsbrey,
late of No. 187, Claplmm-road, and of No. 118, Metropolitan
Meat Market, meat salesman, who died on Oct. 15 last, was
proved on the 7th ult. by Mrs. Maria Susan Ann Forsbrey,
tlie widow and sole executrix, the value of the personal estate
amounting to over £24,000. The testator gives all his real
and personal estate to his wife, for her own sole and absolute
use aud benefit.
Captain E. Billinge has been appointed to the command of
the steam-ship Grcut Eastern, on her forthcoming voyage to
New Orleans.
In London lost week 2587 births and 1716 deaths were
registered. Allowing for increase of population, the births
were 72, and the deaths 81, below the average numbers iu the
corresponding weeks of the last ten years.
The celebration of the golden wedding of the Marquis and
Marchioness of Ailesbury took place yesterday week, nt
Savemake House, Marlborough. Amongst the guests were
Viscount Savemake, Lord Henry Brudenell Bruce, Lord and
Ludy Frederick B. Bruce, and Sir Henry Meux. The marriage
took place at St. George's, Uanover-square, Nov. 25, 1834.
T1IE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Dec. 6, 1884.—556
COLONEL THE HON. P. S. METHUEN, O.B.
THE AFGHAN FOUND ARY COMMISSION.
Our Special Artist. Mr. William Simpson, who accompanies
General Sir Peter Lumsdeu and the other Commissioners of the
British Government for the joint British and Russian survey
of the boundary line from Surukhs eastward along the
northern frontier of Afghanistan, sends us very interesting
Sketches of their journey from Teheran across the northern
parts of Persia and Khonissun. They reached the Persian
capital towards the end of September: and our renders have
seen the Engravings from his sketches of the ceremonious
reception given to Sir Peter Ltunsdeu and his party by the
ghuli, at the summer palace of Sultnnnlmd ; and the Views of
Gulahek, the country residence of the British Legation, and of
the celebrated mountain, Demavend, which rises at some
distance on the eastward rood from Teheran. ItwnsonOct.2 that
the camp started from Teheran, and began moving steadily
on to Shubrud in order to reach the north-western frontier of
Afghanistan. Mr. Simpson writes : “Sir Peter being anxious
to press forward in order to be iu time to meet the escort and
other officers of the Commission coming via Herat from India,
and also to get the necessary arrangements nmde when the
THE LATE MR. F. W. HULME, ARTIST.
whole body is joined into one camp, we have to make long
marches. The uverage is over twenty miles a day. Some mo
even longer than this. In a camp, cooking, washing, and
everything 1ms to be done, nud such long marches taka up u
good many hours, leaving but little time to the servants. To
give them as much of the day time in camp as possible, we
start early in the morning, sometimes at four o clock, and
when it is u long inarch we luivc been in the saddle at 1ml Lphst
three, and even at three o’clock. Luckily, wo have had a bright
moon, which has made these early hours easy on the way
und allowed us to see our path ou the tracks or trails whfcR
constitute u road iu Persia. VVc lmve nu escort from a Cossack
regiment belonging to the Slmli which accompanies ns. Two
of these soldiers ride on in front, while the officer in command,
and the main body, bring up the rear. The escort ■■■does not
imply that there is any danger ou the r<>ud^forth^rToiid iu
Persia is very safe for travellers. Wo look npotKtlhs guard
in the light of u mark of respect from the Shah to fctird’eter
Lumsdeu, as the head of the expedition. As an evidence that
no fear of bad characters is entertdiuedyit may be mentioned
that almost every morning some members of the Corirmissiou
ride on iu advance, and alone, to thejlew camping ground.
Sir Peter rides steadily along at the rate bfeymethnig like
four miles an hour. 'On Jus left in the picture is Captain
A. F. Barrow, A.D.C. and private secretary ; on the right ure
Mr. A. Coudie Stephen, (i'.B., assistant commissioner, and his
secretary, Mr. Arthur Herbert. Behind them is the Cossack
guard, and other followers./ X
“ The other Sketches melosed illustrate a peculiar feature of
Persian history which existed so late ns thirty years ago. 'I he
people inhabiting the country from Surukhs to Bokhara,
and from Afghanistan to the Caspian, are known uh Turko-
* ' “ ' pit of making raids on any
were not strong enough to
AJOR-GENERAL SIB CHARLES WARREN, K.C.M.G.
resist, and they carried off not only the liovscs, cattle, and
grain, and whatever they could lay tlieir hands upon, bat they
also carried oil men, women, and children, who became slaves.
The eastern frontier Of Persia was particularly open to those
expeditions, and the Turkomans wouldsweep down upon villages
at times u thousaud strong. Men and women working in tho
lields, if they laid not timely notice, would be pounced Upon,
nud carried off. As a menus of safety, watch-towers were
erected, and a look-out was kept for the raiding foe. Small
mud towers are still seen in tho lields, with a door which could
be closed with n stone, and the people found shelter in them
till the enemy passed on. It is the movement ot Russia into
Central Asia which lms put a stop to these Tuikonmn raids,
and it is the same movement which lias led to bir l’eter
Lumsdeu’s Mission ; but the population ol this part of the
world can now work by day in the fields without Hunger, ami
sleep soundly at night without fear.♦•The extent or tho
Turkoman depredations may bo understood best by stating
that they carried their raids at times to within a handled
miles of Teheran. I.asgird is, perhaps, u little over a hundred
miles from the capital, and the interest attaching to the place
is from its construction us u means of safety and defence. Iu
THE AFGHAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION: MARCH IN TJIK EARLY MORNING, IN PERSIA.
SKETCH BY OCR SPECIAL ARTIST, UU. W. SIMPSON.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Dec. C, 1884.—557
GATEWAY, LASGIRD.
this respect it is perhaps unique. It is ft village fortress, so
arranged that the people, with their cattle and grain, could lind
a sure shelter when the Turkomans appeared. Mud is the
building material of the villages here, and this is the sub¬
stance of which Lasgird is constructed. In plan it is in the
form of a circle; speaking roughly, it may be nearly two
hundred yards diameter, with very thick walls, particularly at
the base. The whole of the lower part is a mass of vaulted
cellars, the vaults being roofed with sun-dried bricks. This
was for containing the grain. Above this were more vaulted
spaces for the horses and cattle; and over them are the houses
of the inhabitants, of which there are two storeys. These ore
high up, so ns to be out of reach of any means the Turko¬
mans lmd of making an attack. The means of ascending
to those rooms are nil in the interior, and arc stairs and ladders
of the rudest description. Inside, ns well as outside, there are
communicating balconies made of the stumps of trees, over¬
laid with branches, on which mud has been laid: these
balconies hnve no rails on the outside, and from their great
height they seem most dangerous places for women, and more
particularly for children, to venture upon. \Yu saw sheep
and goats feeding ou them. It is one of the strangest dwell¬
ing places I have yet seen in all my travels. Now, as there is
no fenr of raids, the structure is not kept up as it used to
he. *The lower vaults, for grain and. animals, are going to
decay; but, although they have tumbled down, the remains
of arch over arch show what a beehive it must have been.
There are a number of wells within, which were kept in good
order, but are now neglected. The well of the village is ft
new structure, pyramidal in form, in tiers of steps, which
may be seen in my Sketch of the exterior on the left hand.
There is only one entrance to Lasgird, and it is of very
small dimensions. It has a stone door, 45 in. high, by 37 in.
wide, and about 7 in. or 8 in. thick. This could be closed, and
there are the holes for a strong bar within, to make it secure.
It is not now used, and a wooden door within is nt present
sufficient protection. The stone door still remains. I tried to
move it, but found my strength insufficient. In front of this
door is a mosque, built of sun-dried bricks, and some distance
to the south are the remains of nil old fortification, which hns
long been left to decay. Portions of the mud walls still exist,
and they are so thick that there are stairs and galleries within
them. This fort seems to have been made in later times ns a
protection to the stronghold of Lasgird. The inhabitants of
Lasgird would no doubt have a few muskets, old-fashioned
ones such as we see travellers hereabouts carrying; with these,
they could well defend themselves in their stronghold, and it
would bo dangerous for the Turkomans to come near. It was
thus that these people lived in a constant condition of war, or
at least, always ready for an attack.”
DYNAMITE OUTRAGE IN IRELAND.
On Friday Inst Week, public indiguntion was excited by the
news of another detestable crime, probably arising out of the
late agrarian agitation, perpetrated at Castleislnnd, near
Tralee, in the county of Kerry. An attempt had been made
in the night, by means of dynamite, to blow up Edenbum
House, the residence of Mr. Samuel Murray Hussey, a well-
known huid-ageut and active county magistrate. The explosion
occurred about ten minutes to four o’clock. Mr. Hussey, liis
wife, Mr. J. E. Hussey, his son, Miss Florence Hussey, and
Miss Charlotte nussey were sleeping in the house, ulso five
female servants, two men, and three members of the
police, who have been stationed in the place tor/ihe ^ftst
three years. The explosion occurred at the back of the
north-west port of the house, which is accessible by a small
wall. The dynamite was placed beneath a small aich under
a circular wing of the house, which projects some distance to
accommodate the stairs. The foundation is lower than the
f round, and a stone terrace runs down tp itr—Tim arch was
lown to pieces, and a large aperture made through ! lie wall,
which is about 2 ft. thick. The solid masonry was thrown in
all directions, and lay in heaps ftbquTthe foundation/ The
circular wing was nearly blown down, and it now stands in a
dilapidated state, with several largeAeptfl or craeks cxtending
from the ground to the roof. The house is about fifty yards
long, and all the windows at the back, of vrfiich there are
twenty-six, are shattered and destroyed, the timber being rent
to pieces and the glass brokeiy hito atoms. Mr. J. E. Hussey,
who slept in a room at the bnek, had a very narrow escape,
the chamber being lgid in ruiiis. Miss Hussey slept in the
next room, and nearer the explosion, and her apartment was
also wrecked. The young Indy suffered considerably from the
luite recovered. Her sister fared eimi
STONE DOOR. LASGIRD.
where she lind been sleeping, nt the lower end of the house.
The butler, David Crcgg, had the narrowest escape. His room
window was blown in with terrific force, and the lump and his
watch were broken into fragments, nearly all the ceiling falling
ou him in the bed. He escaped, fortunately, without injury.
All the other rooms at the back of the dwelling sult'ered
damage, as well as the conch-houses and stables, and the
greenhouses 150 yards away. Mr. Samuel Murray Hussey is
well known in Dublin, and his name is familiar in every part
of Ireland.
Bhock, but she has qi
The Board of Delegates of the Hospital Saturday Fund
met at the central office, 41, Fleet-street, Inst Saturday even¬
ing. Mr. It. Frewer, the secretary, reported that to the
present time £10,200 lmd been received as the result of the
workshop and street collections. 'The distribution committee
recommended the disbursement of £9000 among £127 hos¬
pitals, dispensaries, and convalescent homes, being £750 more
dii..
similarly than was distributed lost year. The report was agreed to.
2 *
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LASGIRD. A TOWN OF REFUGE ON THE PERSIAN BORDER OF KHORASSAN.
SKETCHES BY MR. W. SIMPSON, OVIl SPECIAL ARTIST WITH TUB AFGHAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION.
558
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 6, 1884
PARISIAN SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
(From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 2.
The great event of the past week lias been a drama in real life
the circumstances of which are altogether exceptional. On
Thursday last Madame Clovis Hugues, wife of the well-known
Radical deputy, shot one Morin, agent of an infamous private
inquiry office,iu the very lobby of the Palace of Justice; and
her victim fell, with three bullets in his head aud neck, on
the marble floor, just on the spot where the word “ Justitia ”
is inscribed in mosaic. M. Hugues, who accompanied his
■wife, when he saw wlmt had happened, fell upon her neck and
congratulated her. Madame Hugues, when questioned by the
authorities, declared without hesitation that her act was pre¬
meditated. Madame Hugues is now in Saint Lnzure prison,
awaiting her trial; aud her victin, Moriu, lies at the Hotel
Dieu in a deaerate condition, suffering horribly. The
operation of trepanning lias been performed on him, but the
doctors have no hope of saving him.
The explanation of the druma is this. Morin, having been
employed by a certain Madame Leuormaud to collect in¬
formation against her husband, from whom she wished to
obtain a separation, combined fiction with truth, and invented
a story catting a slur upon the honour of Madame Hugues,
who, before her marriage, lived in the same house as the
Lenormand couple. Madame Hugues brought an action
against Morin, who was condemned last December to two
years’ imprisonment and 2000 francs fine. This penalty
Madame Hugues thought insufficient, considering that this
scoundrel had poisoned her life. Furthermore, Morin, taking
advantage of all the delays and trivialities of legal procedure,
appealed against this judgment, nnd it was only lust
Thursday that the appeal was called and again postponed
for a fortnight. Meauwhile, Moriu had continued, by means
of postal-cards addressed to M. Hugues and to various
deputies, his trade of calumny. Hence the determination of
Madame Hugues to take justice into her own hands.
M. and Mudame Clovis Hugues are of unimpeachable
respectability. If Madame Hugues could have been judged
the day after the crime, she would certainly have been ac¬
quitted without hesitation. Now, however, public opinion is
beginning to reason the matter out: M. Hugues’ attitude in
the affair was n little theatrical: the Hugues couple, with their
southern temperament, are a little wanting in balance; the
sufferings of Morin are, perhaps, a little in excess of his
demerits. But on one point there is no disagreement of
opinion—namely, that it is urgent that the Government
should interfere in the affairs of the various Tricoche and
Cacolet agencies, which may be amusing enough when put
upon the stage, but which ore laboratories of libel aud
chantage.
In the Chamber the debate on the Tonquin credits ended,
as was to be expected, in favour of the Ministry by a majority
of 117. M. Ferry is thus free to conduct the affairs of
France, the Touquiu expedition, aud the negotiations with
China, just us ho thinks proper. The Budget and the
Senatorial Reform Bill are now the order of the day.
In the nrrondissement of the Avallon on Sunday a
Bonnpartist candidate was elected to t he scat of the late M.
Mlithe, one of the most notable Republicans of the Chamber.
The votes were, for the Bonapartist candidate, 5541; for the
Radical candidate, 5275.—The papers are nil discussing the
projects for the grand Exposition of 1889. Due scheme pro¬
poses to cover over the Seine between the Champs Klysee and
the Quai D'Orsay, and thus unite the l’uluis do l’lndustrie,
the Esplanade dcs Involutes, the Clmmp de Mars, and the
Trocadero. The idea is to plant screw piles made of steel
rails in the bed of the Seine, and to form the roof
likewise of railway iron, which would retain its value
in tho market when the Exhibition is over. Madame
Hubertine Auclert, the advocate of woman’s rights, de¬
mands the admission of women us members of the organ¬
ising committee of tho Exhibition.—MM. ltitt and Gailhard
have been appointed managers of the Grand Opera and have
already entered upon their office. The Paris theatres _ in
general are doing so little business that there is talk of closing
several of them, unless some diminution can be obtained on the
poor-tax, which is exacted on the gross receipts by the Assis¬
tance Publique.—The cholera has entirely left_Puris, after
having, during its three week’s visit, killed some 870 people in
all. Paris is thus once more tranquil; natives and foreigners
are returning slowly ; nnd, thanks to the preparations for tho
New-Year’s fetes, the streets aud the shops are becoming more
animated. __
The King of Italy received on Tuesday deputations from
the two Houses of the Legislature, who presented addresses,
in which they expressed their admiration of the conduct of
their Sovereign during the cholera epidemic at Naples. A
bill for improving the sanitary condition of Naples has been
laid before the Parliament. It is proposed to spend
100,000,000 lire upon the work.
King Alfonso and the members of the Royal family re¬
turned to Madrid from El Pardo on the 27th ult. The
reception at tho palace on the 28th ult. in honour of King
Alfonso’s birthday was more than usually brilliant. On Sunday
tho King opened tho Exhibition of Arts.
The Second Chamber of Holland has adopted the bill
modifying the Constitution to prevent n change in the suc¬
cession to the throne during the Regency.
Several earthquake shocks were felt at Geneva on Thursday
night last week.
The celebrated dancer Fanny Elssler died at Vienna on
Thursday week, at tho ago of nearly seventy-four years.
After having earned splendid triumphs throughout Europe,
she retired from the stage, and has lived duringthe last thirty
years in Vienna, her birth-place, in a very iiuasauming, modest
way. It is stated that she leaves a large fortundx The Daily
Nctct* Correspondent at Vienna says that *f to the last, Fanny
Elssler retained her mild face, hey slender Waist, her graceful
and elastic stop, nnd the brightnoss olhcr eycs,” y /
The birthday of the Princess of Wales was celebrated at
Copenhagen on Monday. The official buildings aud many
others displayed flags.
Prince von Bismarck last week opposed a motion brought
forward in the Reichstag for granting allowances to members.
The motion, however, was carried by 180 votes to 99.—On
Monday the Reichstag discussed the Government Steam¬
ship Subsidy Bill, which was strongly supported by Prince
von Bismarck, and ultimately referred to committee.—
The West African Conference sat on Monday at Berlin. They
agreed to the definition proposed of the basin of the Congo,
and then took up tho scheme for the navigation of the Cougo
and Niger, which was referred to the same committee as had
considered tho definition.
The Emperor nnd Empress of Russia have left St. Peters¬
burg for Gatschinu.—Mr. W. Irviug-Bishop 1ms performed
before the Czar, Czarina, and several members of the Imperial
family at Gatchina. Mr. Bishop was successful in divining u
name thought of by tho Empress.
President Arthur’s annual message was presented to tho
United States Congress on its assembling at VVushiugton last
Monday. It remarks that the foreign relations of tho United
States continue to be amicable. The hostilities between
France and China were embarrassing to their relations in tho
East. The recent purchase by the States of the large trading
fleet heretofore under the Chinese ling had considerably
enhanced the commercial importance of the United States in
Eastern waters. Mr. M’Culloch, Secretary to the Treasury,
has issued his annual report, in which he advises a revision of
taxation, to enable American manufacturers to compete in
other markets with England.—The foreign section of tho
World’s Exhibition at New Orleans will bo opened on the
16th inst. There are large exhibits of English, Belgian, and
French machinery*'.
The Canadian National Portrait Gallery has received thirty-
two pictures fromjthe South Kensington Art-School. They
nre nil copies of works done by the students of the latter
institution.—Great preparations ure being made in Canada for
the reception of Sir John Macdonald, the Premier, on his
return from England. The occasion of special celebration is
that this year is the fortieth anniversary of the entry of tho
veteran statesman into Canadian public life.
enthusiasm in India regarding the Marquis of Ripon
-continues to increase. At Bombay it has been resolved to
found an Industrial Exhibition as a memorial of him. A
telegriim from Benares in the Daily News says: —Lord Ripon
Was received in Benares most enthusiastically. The whole
city turned out, aud seemed as though it would worship him.
On his arrival in Calcutta last Tuesday the Marquis was en¬
thusiastically received by the uativo population.
Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent-General for New South Wales,
has received a telegram from the Government of that Colony
stating that the Parliament has been prorogued after a Session
of eight days, and that the Estimates for 1885 have been
passed.—The Hon. J. MucBuiu, member for South Yorra, has
been elected President of the Legislative Council of Victoria.—
The Agent-General for Queensland has received the following
telegram from that ColonyNacneil, recruiting agent,
labour-vessel Hopeful, sentenced to death for minder in
kidnapping.”
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NEW MUSIC.
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V_J No. L».
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Francis was hold back, one hideous and muscular hair pinioning his arms as in a vice, and laughing in his ear.
ROPES F SAND.
BY R. E. FRANCILLON,
Author or ^Strange Waters," "Olympia," "A Real Queen," &c.
CHAPTER XLII.
A COURT MARTIAL.
HAT had happened
at Les Bouquets woii
no special thing. \ ft;
was tamo that the
N ational Conven-
tion, Hittiiigin'Paris v
had sent a message
to Bort-nu-Prinee
that every citizen of
the Republic, at
home or abroad,
black or white, was
tlieuccforth as free
as air, as long us
he. \iid, said, ami
thought nothing that
displeased his libe-
^ rators Probably the
Convention thought, in
its philanthropy, that
nothmg would happen
more in accordance with
liberty than had already
happened at Paris, at
Nantes, and elsewhere.
But if incp celebrated the festival of
liberty by individual and legalised
slaughter, what should children do?
l s/ / H imitation of the Romans nud
Greeks led to what would have filled those nations of lawyers
and philosopher with honor and scorn, to what should
imitation of the imitators lend P
For the negroes of Les Bouquets and the other plantations
wore but children, whose fathers, savages and fetish-wor-
shippers, bad left plenty of tmdition, and who, having been
kept ill chains, albeit dFthe lightest, had not been allowetl to
grow—for the “ good master,” like Dr. Carrel, works the direst
evil of all, and the creoles of Hispaniola wore more liko
generous patriarchs than conventional slave-masters, taking
them all round. Thus what was popular vengeance in France
for all sorts of ancient and hereditary wrongs became, in her
fairest colony, a blind and contagious madness, without cause
or respect of persons, and breaking out into indiscriminate
carnage and flume. That night had been terrible in Hispaniola—
the Doctor and Madame were less unfortunate to have lost their
home than to have saved their lives. Could they huve cast
their eyes over the whole French portion of the island, they
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would seen lamentation not over waiting-maids, bnt over
mothers and daughters—cot over notes on madness, but for
fathers and sons.
Morning rose r.ot only over broad meadows, green forests,
glittering lakes, but over scores of blackened ruins
tenanted by the dead; and, at least, nt Les Bouquets, over a
scend grotesquely tragical. For the Doctor’s famous collar,
inherited from Monsieur Castellan, had not been overlooked in
last night’s fury; and its contents had turned the madness
into a morning carouse. The vintages of the Garonne and the
Rhone had poured down throats that had hitherto known little
stronger than water, and with a result of which those noble and
generous wines must have been ashamed—for it is not they
who turn men into apes or apes into tigers. The stages and
the cousequences of the carousal were almost as manifold as if
the topers hud white skins and had been maddening themselves
on fire-water or stupefying themselves with ole. Some were
dead drunk upon the cinders, with the sun broiling them—and
among these were women, young and old, black and brown,
and children too. But, besides these, there was the noise of
incomplete revelry—singing, yelling, qunrrelling, fighting, even
(lancing, and scenes besides that belonged rather to a witches’
Sabbath than even to a horde of half-naked black savages,
revelling over the work of massacre and fire. The scene could
be painted, were there a pointer who would not recoil with
loathing from the work. But none would look at the picture
twice, and it cannot be described, happily, by the pen.
Colonel Thunderbolt, though he had been drinking, was
not drunk, except with vanity, and with the first taste of glory.
He was not exercising any undue amount of military severity,
for in those days, even when a British army was at work, a
successful siege meant a sack, and the victorious soldier was
allowed to trample upon discipline, by way of compensation
for the floggings that he received at other times for the slightest
lapses from the paths of martial propriety. However, the
Colonel, despite of difficulties, was doing his best to hold a
regimental parade: and a strange squad they were whom he was
trying to get into line and to go through 'their exercises with
whatever substitute for Brown Bess might come to hand. They
wore playing as many antics as there were heads: and at least
a half of them were Amazons, who were certainly gifted with
more military zeal than the men.
“ You miserable black ragamuffins ! ” thundered he, ns if
he had studied the art of drill under a Prussiuu sergeant of
grenadiers. “Is that how yon salute a Colonel of the grand
army ?— Holy gridiron ! One would think you were a parcel of
negro slaves. \Vhen I say make ready, you will make ready
all at once: and whenever I say ‘Houp-lil’ you will just
exactly houp-la, and not right about face or anything else :
■' Oino one thing and some another thing, as you do. 1 have
seen the soldiers at Port-au-Prince: for I am a mulatto
gentlemun who have seen the world, and not like the poo
ignorant negroes, that don’t know their right hand from thei
left foot — I mean their left foot from their right hand — that i
to say their right foot from their left baud, only it’s so hard t<
teach people that don’t know before. Morbleu ! Do you thinl
the enemy will wait while you’re thinking which is you
trigger hand ? See here—you put your gun to this shoulder
that’s your right—Gridiron of Saint Laurence, if you 'n
not half of you putting it to the shoulder just contrariwise t<
mine ! Now, then—Right about face : salute: make ready
E resent: loft wheel: eyes right: double quick march: li>
ayonets: sling arms: fire: houp-la! ”
The staggering regiment was enjoying the resulting con¬
fusion, when two or three fellows who had kept, half thou
heads, and—less like children than the rest as having possibly
n greater proportion of creole blood in their veins—had been
plundering while the rest were only drinking, brought in n
prisoner of war.
“ Here, Akdbiadc ’’—began one.
“ Canaille ! Don’t * Aleibiade ’ me! Don’t you know we ’re
all free, equal, and fraternal P Don’t you know that I’m as
much a Colonel ami a Marquis and a Physician ns any aristocrat
of them all P Monsieur le Colonel, rascalor I ’ll have you put. in
irons as a traitorto Liberty. Monsieurle Colonel — doyouhear P ”
“I hear, Monsieur le Colonel,” said the other, stolidly.
“And I am Monsieur the Bishop: and Monsieur the Bishop
I will be called; And I will be Monsieur le Caporal too : and
where will Monsieur lc Colonel be then—eh, Aleibiade?”
“Citizen Ulysse—you are an ignorant. I will not con-
descend to demean myself to prevaricate with an ignorant black
man like you. Who have you got here ? ”
Monsieur the Bishop and Corporal turned sullen. But one
of his comrades, untaught as yet to curry favour with the
overseer, undertook to explain.
“Some white fellow we found in the house, Monsieur le
Marquis,” said he. “ Ulysse here wanted to cut his throat nt
once: but said I, Monsieur lc Murquis might like to see it
done.”
“ Y u arc an honest fellow, Jean-Baptiste: you shall be
sergeant of the regiment, and a corporal besides. All—the
aristocrat who passed but yesterday ! Ci-devant— Salute ! I am
Colonel Coup-ae-Tounem*! ”
•'And who the deuce,” asked Frauds Cafew, “is Colonel
Coup-de-Tonnerre? ”
‘Who? Behold him — He is I !” said the mulatto, swelling
so like the frog aping the bull that, the unfortunate English*
man, despite his situution and the disgust with which the wholo
scene filled him, could scarce forbear to smile.
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Perhaps it was n marvel ho had not been trampled to death
in the rush—assuredly it was one that he hod escaped without
broken bones. But so it was, though he had been covered with
bruises from head to foot, and, when he was found and rifled,
was still more than half-stunned. Now when he looked round
him, and perceived among what sort of savages he had fallen,
he was sorry to find himself still alive. It would have been best
to have done with everything last night for good and all: for
that there was hone of escape he could not believe.
Colonel Thunderbolt saw the half smile, and slapped the
prisoner’s face with his open hand. Francis sprang forward,
but was held back, one hideous and muscular hag pinioning
his arms as in a vice, and laughing in his ear.
••The arrest of this Court,” said Colonel Thunderbolt, “ is
that you die.”
'* Very well,” said Francis, seeing no help for it. “ Only,
may I ask—why ? "
“ Because you are the fellow-conspirator with Citizen
Jacques: and because you are nn aristocrat: and because you
have mutinied against a Colonel," said he.
“ 1 hope to God the Doctor and his wife are safe," said he,
looking round.
"Jacques and Antoinette may think to escape the penalty
of their crimes—and truly they may escape the vengeance of
Heaven,” said the Half fonatic,' half buffoon, rising into some¬
thing like eloquence, "but not that of the slave whom the
Saints themselves have seemed to forget till now! They will
be found—never fear. Never heed them, Citizen Aristocrat:
thy own turn is enough for thee.”
" “ Then—if they ’re safe—I ’vc done something worth doing
with my life before it ends. . . . Mabel! Well—she’ll never
know. ' She'll only know 1 ’in dead, by my not coming back ;
but, thank God, she 'll never know how. And Jack—poor
vagabond, he’s safe to have been knocked on the head, long
ago—and I'm afraid he didn’t know how to die game."
“Wait!" exclaimed Aleibiade, slapping his forehead in
his theatrical way. "I nm master here. And it strikes me
that—that—of course I understand the urt of war: no man
better, as the glorious victory of last night proved. I will let
you live, if you will do what I require. Only swear it on the
Gridiron of tin* Blessed Saint Laurence”-
"On a grid* ron P With pleasure, if you’ll tell me wlmt
I’m to swear.”
“On the gridiron, and on the book, and on the head of a
green lizard, that you will bo true and faithful to the One and
indivisible Republic of Franco- represented by me, Colonel
Coup-de-Tonnorre. And you shall not only live, but you
shall bo Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment of Los Bosquets,
and a Marquis, and n Grand Cordon of the Order of Liberty,
which I have established to-day, with the right to wear only
ten fewer stars than I. Hold up your right hand, citizen, and
swear! "
" What—I, swear allegiance to France P Do you know that
I *m an Englishman, you black ruffian ? I '11 be—lumgcd, if
I do, even on a gridiron ! ”
It may have been the answer of n fool: but, at any rate, it
was the "answer of Francis Carcw of Homncombe—n good
Englishman and a good lover, whatever else he might or might
not be.
"Mark ruffian? Black, indeed?” cried the mulatto, in a
sudden rage. "I’m not black: I 've got nearly us little
colour os you. I am a mulatto gentleman—and, morblcn! for
that word —d la lanlertw ! We are free: we are equal: a
mulatto is ns good ns a white: not like these canaille. Black,
indeed ! A la tail (Cl tie ! ”
Francis shrugged his shoulders, and thought, within him¬
self, of the prayers he had left off saying since his mother
died. He wished lie hud not dropped them—it seemed rather
a mean and shabby sort of thing to go to them at a pinch.
But it was no use regretting things now ; and, at any rate, ho
might with a good conscience pray for Mabel Openshnw’s
happiness: there could be nothing cowardly there. No man can
face death with a really light or even untroubled heart, though
a beast, or ft human" beast, may. But the ex-slaves, who
looked forward, to this white sacrifice as a zest to their caiousc.
could not flatter themselves that u nerve quivered or that his
checks turned a shade more pale.
But the Colonel was seized with yet another idea—and a
cruel one, to judge from the character of his grin.
•• I was forgetting,” said he, addressing his followers who—
could keep their legs—were
from home, but the voice too, with its flavour of Devon cliffs
and moors and narrow lanes.
" We have killed nobody vet: we must begin somewhere.
Listen to me. before all these good citizens. Nanette. ^ OU
have been so mad that you refuse to become the wife of Coup*
dc-Tonnem*: though 1* saved your life from fire and sword ut
the peril of my own. Yes, raamselle: for love of you the
cause of Liberty nearly lost its leader, and France her best
soldier. And still you refuse. It is monstrous: it is in¬
credulous : but it is true. 1 have courted you like a gentleman
courts a lady. No. I have demeaned the honour of these
epaulettes by going down on my knees — I, a Colonel of the
i rmnd army of Hispaniola to a common white girl. Still no.
threaten to have you flogged—No again. Very well. You
shall choose between me and dentil, mnmselle. If you consent
now, vour compatriot shall go at large. But if not—you shall
see what sort of bridegroom death shall be, when he comes
very, very slow, and with much pain.”
He paced backward and before him again, reminding
Francis of a tiger whom he had seen at a wild-beast show at
Salisbury, going up and down in his barred cage. Only this
tiger was not barred. However Nance had come under his
daws, Francis could begin to feel how matters were with her:
and, as their eyes met again, and he read in hers, plain even
to the dullest sight, their mingling of horror, despair, and
intense, unconquerable resolve, he felt that he had not (lone
his life’s work unless he could save this English girl from her
doom—Nance Derrick, his murdered keeper’s child. Oh for
his pistols—one might have been for the mulatto: the other
for her, if there was no other way. Could he not, at any rate,
strangle the scoundrel? Instinctively, Ire got ready for u
spring. But the mulatto, turning in his walk, saw the action,
and glared.
Another idea seemed to strike him: for. when all other
Ulysse: you will execute both the convict and this decree. . .
Ignorant ! that means that you are to hang tins man : can't
you understand plain French, black canaille that you are ? "
“Hang him yourself, Colonel,” said Citizen Ulysse, signi¬
ficantly rubbing his shoulder.” “ I don’t know how."
“Fancv a country where they can’t And a hangman
reflected Francis. " Ah, there is no country like old England,
after all."
He had never hoped to split open Alcibiade’s skull, except
by chance: his only object had been to save Nance from
having, even in seeming, to surrender to a coloured brute,
and, having settled that matter, he could be cool and observant
again.
Nance clasped her hands, and looked far off, as if she were
seeing in the spirit Old IIomeck’s black Steeple, where all these
ropes hud been woven, and .StbkfeJ u 1 iot’s squat spire. “ Ay,
Squire,” said she, falling straight jn^ethe old phrases und the
old tones now that she had/lone for ever with the new ; “ I
would have saved you forTfeK.if I coitld, as in duty bound:
but I ’m a foolish girl. fr/T^yaS not to be. But if vou 're to
ear. But-oh ! ’’
herself, she turned sick
For, if there was no hnng-
788 one no less needful thing,
tred^three or four naked children
d forward, till it could be used
go—I ’ll not stay belli
Brave ns she lmd
and hid her eyes with
man nlxmt Les 1
a Rope : and it
skii>ping over i
for better fun.
Colonel Thtm&^rboltytaA growing impatient, with n rival
to be hanged^olid. as—the natural consequence, Qt any ratl¬
in the lafiaa-wnenc^fmedjne of his ancestors came, a bride t<>
lie won/ " Wliutjs there nobody knows how to lmug a
dog? " said he. "If I were not a Colonel, morblcu ”-
“ Aliy-but hanging’s none so easy : it wants practice, like
poetry,” sauPti-funuliar voice in better French than Francis
Cnrew would everTearn to speak with a life-time for learning.
Nothing was left that could startle him now. Whether the
secret still ?
But- -*• I will decide,” said Francis, stoiril^. ‘ , And{ won't
waste words. One doesn't argue with tigcpfnnd wolves/ And
an English gentleman go whining on his knees to a negro slave
for mercy- Faugh ! You shall imt huvgihegirl^At least
while 1 am alive. If she says No, as aiiyEngtishgjpfout of a
common jail would, and as Nance Derrick sqrely will, then do
your worst. I’m game. But if she dares tq sny-y^s, I 'll make
you kill me : but I 'll kill lifer first of “1L\
He spoke in a barbarous mixture of plain English and
plantation Spanish, with u French Word dashed in here and
there. But liis hearers umlerstood him well enough, and
Nance perfectly. I f lu* had ever been among these villains,
he was no longer of them, and was himself again. Indeed, she
could not see him standing there, gnHiyirtly stubborn, and with
a spirit that would not bend so much as a knee for life’s sake,
anu feel that her false judgment, of him lmd been true. And
there is this also about death’s coming shadow, that it makes
all things save itself elcar.^. _ JJ
Aleibiade jopnrd the tips of his little fingers to show that
his sum was (lone: \
"Now, Mamselle Nanette! " said he. "Ah!—all the
better if your compatriot is your lover: if it was your bright
eyes that led him to Le^ Bouquets, you will enjoy his screams
the more." \ .
Whatever was to happen, there was something better than
life inthe monster’s words/ They told her that her old master
was n true man, and hud no more to do with the tragedy of
Li's Bosquets than she. A wild thought passed through her
lgaih.^ What if she seemed to yield, and then, when Francis
CftrOw had thn.K gained time to lx* safe and far away, rid the
those of them, at least, who could keep their legs—were world of'this jiionster, and let the rest, burn her, or bury her
crowding round the Colonel and the prisoner as if they had^'idiye. gf whatever better pastime might occur to their minds P
heard a bell ring for a puppet-show. “You poor ignorah't Affei^.Vhatever the end, it would be better than bring on,
black fellows don’t know that in Port-au-I’riiice and all the and bn,uffd on, without any end at all, save a barren ven-
rest of France a culprit is always executed before he is tried:\ geance that had no doubt been taken out of her hands. If she
tried, I should say, before lie "is executed: but it is alt the could only have one free word now with Squire Curew—if she
same thing. It is not as it has bccu at Les Bosquets, whci*cu^feould only implore him to let a new life for himself rise up
tyrant hud only to order a Hogging mid it was done ”-\\ frojn out her grave, and be forgiven for any wrong she had
v "By yourself with your own rattan, MoneieilrleMitr-, done him in her heart, and pray him to put up a stone over
qnis!" cried one impudent fellow, black and ^mgfng^nsa. \fter father at Stoke J illicit, and one or two trifles more. Yes:
coal.
passions are running riot, jealousy is safe to strike in. And
ne was a savage, which means that jealousy is safe to take thi w . .....„
lend. He looked from face to face. "Ha! You are old /CTrth open^tTar the skies fell, it would be all the same. It
friends,” said he. “ All the better. Now, mamselle. Decide, wnsas/jiatiirrtl to see Cucumber Jack, unclothed and in wliut,
before I can touch all my Augers twice round.” / by cqwphrison, was liis right mind, standing there, cool and
Nance seemed struggling to speak. .She knew Aleibiade ; Collected, ins it would have been to see him thus under the big
and therefore knew that his threats were not empty rihatN-bwsch ay Hornacombe. Francis gave him a nod, and let
what lie said he would do, so long ns it was cruel, woitlcl be things lie.
done with n light heart, and without a thought of mercy. Aba\ wbthing, not even the King of all the Cucumbers, could
she knew the rest also—children, who could one inompnt^^-r-\ lie,more trunsceiidently and supremely cool. For lie had soon
flow with good-nature, who could lie kind out of iiuputee^uL rkjygreat woods again, and their nmgie had fallen in peace and
who, in another humour, would think nothing of torturing \ strength over him, and he was homesick no more. After all,
man or beast to death, just out of frolic und fun. And this ' liis life was not so strange to other men as other men’s lives
was the humour now. Could she save once more the man were strange and utterly bewildering to this brother of all the
whom she had in secret loved so much, and w-hoin^slie loved in. Trees. Not one of those who knew him or of him, neither
r
All—none knows that better than you, AchiHeXand if
OU don’t bold your ignorant tongue you shall know it again,
say, it lmd only to he ordered, and it was don&>~,,Nbw, it is
all changed. Justice, my fellow\citizcns. Justice ia the
daughter of Liberty; and she is boniin Hispaniola this day :
and 1 am her father—I, Coup-de-T ot ilFrreJ^Yfarxconvict
shall be tried : and I will lx- myself thev President. BO/ne shall
l*e sure of justice being done t-vfen to a traitor. Corporal Jenn-
Bnptiste: I order you to bring Muniscllo Nanette before the
Court. There has come to me nn idea! Go>y\
Ho passed the time by rirutting backwards and forwards
in front of his regiment, now jsfmiding or sprawling very much
at their ease indeed, while Francis digested a few exceedingly
simple thoughts, and waited, with a languid and passive
curiosity, for what ho should sec next, almost as if he were
observing what was lmppelring to some other man. In
Mamselle Nanette he expected, tf Jio expected anything, to
sc,- soir.erep;tit-ion of the hag who had pinioned him, to take
the part of 1 1ufniisyxed furies ofwhom he had heard that the
revolutionary tribunals Were in their mother country half
composed. ,
But—*! (iiedt. God ! All the world is mad : or else I alone! ”
lie suddenly * ried aloud. ^ /
For tlicrfefJbefote his living and waking eyes, and at the
side of the niuliitto/gtObd Nance Derrick from St. Juliot.
And, wlmt was morfe-oLd marvel, when their eyes met, hers
i^t>vye<Fli<rsi^«^of\8u rprise. She might have parted from him
yesterday : us vvfts indccd the truth, though that he could not
know. He could nbt speculate upon how she had come here —
it was all such a blank mist: still less wliut part she could be
taking in tbnt barbarous scene. Unless, indeed, the Parson
nt home was right, and she had flown thither upon her broom¬
stick across the ocean to attend this witches' carnival. He
could not speak to her. His tongue could not move. Nor
could lie observe her in detail— how she looked, or how she
was changed, liis eyes could not see more than that she was
she.
" Nanette.” said Alcibinilo : “look on your compatriot...
Do you wish to sec him clic—and by slow torture ? It will not
be good for bl ight eyes like yours to sec.”
“ Yon kill him}''' Yes—it wus nut only the face of Nance
/even without all this it was better she should die, if so slight «
thing as Nance Derrick’s life stood between the life and death
of Francis Curew. No : the thought was not wild. It brought
back the colour to her cheeks and the glow to her eyes, so that
Francis, who thought he lmd known her, wondered to see. He
might look long, and he knew it, before seeing such n flush on
Mabel’s cheek, or such a glow in Mabel’s eyes.
She looked on the prisoner steadily, to the full ns brave as
he. Then she turned to Aleibiade. “ Free him,” said she.
But her purpose was such that, even a child could read—
nay, even a man : nay, even Francis Cnrew of Hornacombe.
"" Very well,” said he. " Then—here goes.”
Ho gave so sudden a rush forward that his guards, who had
been relaxing their hold and were not all over steady on their
legs, gave way, some rolling over, and scarce knowing whether
to laugh or rage. Aleibiade was so taken aback that, he
received a blow from a lmtchet, which Francis had clutched in
the scramble, almost on the head and full on the shoulder, so
that he yelled with rage and terror ns the blood flowed.
Francis threw himself before Nance. “My turn first!" said
he. “Good-bye, my brave lass— however you came. You
shan’t live for my sake, and you won’t for your own. Good¬
bye, Nance, dear—and now for the brute’s head this time.”
But the Colonel, now within liis ranks, was himself again,
all but for the sight and warm trickle of his blood, which mad¬
dened him, and prevented liis feeling pain.
. “ Kill him, you cowardly black rascals!" lie roared.
But the sight of their commander’s blood diminished a
little of the awe and faith which, backed by the bamboo which
had been his sceptre for so long, he had contrived to inspire
among men who could not all nt once throw off their chains.
"The trial— the trial ! ” cried Citizen Ulysse : and the cry
was taken up, for not a soul about I^es Bosquets save Aleibiade
knew wlmt a trial could mean, and they wanted to see.
But Aleibiade did know. “ Ah. he shall be tried ! a trial—
it is the French for the Guillotine.”
“ Ah—the Guillotine ! ” They lmd heard of tlmt: ns who
lmd not., by then ? And now they would see that famous bit
of work done.
“ And if there is no guillotine handy,” said Aleibiade,
“then a trial means hanging to a lamp-pole, like at Port-an -
Prince: and if there is no lamp-pole, then to a tree- Citizen
Mistress Mabel Openshaw, nor Nance Derrick, nor Parson
Pengold, nor Squire Cnrew, could read a line in which he was
written: but the fawns would have known, and the dryads,
und all who know that the trees are—wlmt they are. For that
is n secret, which those who know it cannot reveal, and which
those who know it not cannot hope to understand.
There is a brotherhood among savages, too. The poet-
pliilosopher of the woods, now that he had got rid of Ins hat
and his boots, might have passed, without much betrayal from
liis complexion of sallow bronze, for one of the ancient Indians
of the Island, whom European and African civilisation had
driven away God, who made them and their forests, knows
where. Some of the children left the rope, and came to store
up iu his face. His half-smile set a bread grin going. Only
Colonel Thunderbolt scowled.
“ And who are you ?" thundered he.
“A hangman,”’ said Cucumber Jack. “ I hear you’vc a
job this way.”
“A hangman! From Port-au-Prince? Are you a good
Republican—eh?”
“ If that means a man who can make a noose for anything,
from a rabbit down—ay. Did you never hear of Tyburn
Tree, old Coffee-skin ? A bad sort of a tree that, with neither
mast, nor fruit, nor berries, nor leaves—ugh ! "
Nance might surely have been spared this crowning
horror—the sight of the man she loved, and hud once more
learned to trust, suffering the death of a dog at the hands of
the arch villain of nil—the hands by which her own father had
already been slain. But one thing supported her : the need
she felt of uot disgracing or weakening him by showing her¬
self a whit less brave than he. 1 u truth, he was only a straight-
thinking, unsentimental Englishman of the insular uge, of
whom thousands might have been found for the asking: he
had not the least pride in dying, mid would have lived on
any condition but that of bending his neck to a foreigner, but,
since he had to die, took it nil inthe day's work as it came.
But she whs forcing herself into that exalted mood wherein
martyrdom, for love or nnv other faith, would have come as a
joy and a delight : and ns she felt, so, she believed, the man
-n much above her must be feeling too. The lower had
inspired the loftier: the smaller the greater. She had long
ago risen above tlio level of the witch, thanks to her lost
friends: but these, with nil their goodness, could never have
led her into this loftier air.
Alas—it was all in vain. She, also, would have presently
to take her leave of life without having been known by a singlc
follow soul, and a victim to a vaster and more terrible tragedy
than that of Lea Bosquets — the tragedy of Might have been
" Hand me over the cord,” said Cucumber Jack, carelessly.
' Now I 'in going to show you how to make a noose—none of
your bungling sailors’ knots: they’re fools. But a knot that
would puzzle the uunuingest old jack hare that ever run. One—
two—three: there you are. And there, again : you see it slips
out as slick as it slips in. Pretty—eh P Now, all of you stand
clear. I want plenty of room for my work. Let mo see—I’ve
got all my tools now. Wait a bit, though. Where’s the
horse ? What n lot you are, to be sure ! Who ever heard of
hanging n man without a horse ? Bring round quick any you
haven’t slaughtered. Quick—it ’» bad manners to keepn man
waiting to bo hanged."
If there was one thing on which Colonel Thunderbolt prided
himself more than his personal fascination, it was his universal
knowledge. Now he no more knew how men were hanged
than he knew how they are drilled: but it would never do to
let his army suppose that even n professional hangman knew
more about his calling than ho.
"Quick, you ignorant black ragamuffins!” lie cried out.
“ The idea of hanging a convict without a horse : whoever
forgot that shall have bamboo ! They know nothing: nothing
at all. Let me see, citizen," he said, still watching Nance
os a tiger may watch a sheep before springing, and Francis ms
only n man can watch a man "Let me sec: of course 1 know
what 1 should do with the horse: but what do yon t"
“ I ? Oh, you see- hm—you see you put your man on his
back, and when everything’s made tight you give the horse a
crack, and off he goes—but the man can’t go. He stays
behind : and good reason why.”
“ Ah ! 1 questioned von, citizen, to see if you knew your
work. You are quite right: that is exactly what is don*.
Why don’t they bring tlmt horse round?”
But the horse wus being brought: the same on which
Francis liad ridden yesterday to Les Bosquet9. “ Now then,”
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Dec. 0, 1884.-564
T H E WINTER
EXHIBIT IONS.
W. II. BARTLETT. FRENCH GALLERY
A CORNISH DRYING-GROUND.
PLAYFUL KITTENS.—AY. 8. COLEMAN. MACLEAN’S GALLERY
THE SAVOLL^N STREAM.—ARTHUR HUGHES. DUDLEY GALLERY
THE SISTERS.—L. 3. POTT. MACLEAN’S GALLERY
HUNTING IN POLAND.—B. KLECZYN8KI.
feet in the stirrups and his neck free. The horse pave n leap
und a bound, and the rider might have been in the open
meadow before the bemused and bewildered negroes knew
where they were. “Follow mo!” cried the hangman, who
was already off and away towards the woods, wellnigh as
fast ns if hia two legs were four. But Francis also knew that,
live or die, there was only one thing to bo done. If he had to
live for Mabel Opensbaw, he was far more botmd to die with
Nonce Derrick—so lie pulled ids terrified horse’s heud straight
THE SHOOTING PONY.—JAMES HABDV. MACLEAN'S
said the exeimjibner, cheerfully, and clearly enjoying lus
work ; “a dear field, you sea-lubbers, unless you want to be
knocked over when the horse goes. Hut bless flic fools—if
they haven’t forgotten the saddle ! How do you think a man
can stand steady on a beast’s back-bone? He’d break his
neck before he was hanged.”
The spectators were growing impatient. But the exe¬
cutioner showed no sort of nervousness, lie deliberately
lighted his pipe and squatted cross-legged on the ground.
puffing slowly until the harness was brought round. Not even
then edd he rise until his pipe was half through: then, with a
business-like uir, he saddled and bridled the horse with his
own hands, making a little fuss over every movement, so that
the interest of lookers on rose to fever.
4 ‘Mount, friend,” said he to Frauds, in French. . . . “And
now," said he, giving the horse a violent lush with the sharply
knotted rope, “Go ! ” ,,
Francis knew well enough what was happening, with ms
GALLERY.
REPOSE.—CARL HEFFNER. FRENCH GALLERY.
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the winter exhibitions;
THE BOY THAT UHOVE THE sllEEP.
EEKES. DUDLEY CALLERS
ON GUARD.—J. PUTTIE, II.A. TOOTH'S GALLERY.
ALL ON A SUMMER’S DAY. — E. S. KENNEDY. DUDLEY OALLEKY.
A. M. ItOSSI. DUDLEY GALLERY.
JL MADONNAJO (an IMAGE-SELLER).—KEELKY JIALbWELLK. TOOTU’S GALLERY.
precious life to give hers one poor chance more: All that this
meant to her came over her with a rush : it should have been
all the other wuy: and indeed she had tried to moke it so.
Hut if she did not resolve with all her heart aud soul to live now.
she knew that she doomed him also to death more surely than
Aleibiade hnd done. She put her foot on his and stretched up
both her arms for him to grasp them. It was a wonder he was
not drugged out of the saddle, for Stoke Juliot did not breed
feather-weights, and the horse was going mad with terror.
But he did mnnuge to hold the saddle with his knees as in a
vice, und got her somehow behind him just before the miserable
horse was thrown back upon his haunches by the Colonel, who
(seized the bit, as mad as he.
“ Dh, for a pistol! ” groaned Francis, in despair
Hut behold—no sooner had he made the wish than he saw
a biown hand reaching round his waist with the pistols in it
that lie had forgotten when lie left his room.
Was Nance Derrick a witch indeed ?
He had no time to think of that—then,
into the face of Colonel Thunderbolt, who st
a yell: and then, in good earnest—Charge!
(To be continued.)
could gather up his Blattered. Avit-s forced his horse to stand
plunging, mid seized her by. the arm. “ Don’t miss the chance,
for (Jod’s sqke4” he ericdV
It wns n jle.sperate chance, indeed—if there was uny chance
at all. Cucumber Juck, looking back over liis shoulder,
turned iti dismay, and .made some faltering steps back before
lie stood still, at a helpless distance, mid groaned over his
baffled scheme. . What mattered the girl f What mattered
anything hut Squire f’arew, the only friend with blood instead
of sap that he had ever known}' But the stock of strength
he lmd gathered from the sc ent of the trees had been gradually
oozing amid the charred ruins, the open meadow, and all that
horrible mankind. It bad been an inspiration, as when he
lmd locked the door of the inn at Barnstaple: but it was
going—he was losing the will ns well as the power to return.
And he—even Francis Carew- was throwing away his
By thirteen votes against tight, the London School Board
have retolved not to reopen the question of home lessons and
over-pressure, after a committee had been appointed to
investigate it.
Mr. G. Sothcron-Estcourt, M.P., lias returned his tenants
12) per cent of their rents, being a greater abatement than
that made in 1883; and Sir Edward Dering, Bart., has re¬
turned to the whole of bis tenants of the Romney Marsh estates
20 per cent of their rentals, on account of the bad year they
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DEC. 6, 1884
OBITUARY.
SIR C. noWLEY. BART.
Sir Charley Rowley, second Burouet, of Hill House, D.L. for
± Norfolk, formerly
]flt. Lieutenant - Colonel
llth Lancers, died at
AJ Rath, on the 23rd
cldrst ol Attaint
first Baronet, of Tcudring HmZ Suffolk. He was educated at
Eton, and at Royal Military College, Sandhurst; early entered
the Army, and retired as Lieutenant-Colonel. Sir Charles
succeeded his father, as second Baronet, 1845. He married,
first, Aug. 31, 1822, Frances, only daughter of Sir. John
Evelyn; of Wootton, Surrey; and* secondly, April 5, 1813,
Peroline, only child of M. Mnrcowitz. By the former, who
died in 1834, he lmd four children, all of whom arc dead, with
the exception of the elder daughter, Sophia Frances Evelyn,
wife of Mr. E. X. Harvey, of Over Ross. The baronetcy
devolves on Sir Charles’s nephew, now Sir George Charles
Erskine Rowley, third Baronet.
SIR J. 8. JEPHSON, BART.
Sir James Saumnrez Jephson, third Baronet, Retired Com-
± man dor, It.N., died on the 17th lilt., nt Sontli-
Beu, aged eighty-two. He was second son of
Sir Richard Mounteney Jephson, one of the
Judges of the Admiralty and Judge-Advocate
_ at Gibraltar, who was created n Baronet June 1,
1815. He succeeded his brother. Sir Richard
Tyj 1 Mounteney Jephson, June 29,1870, and married,
first. 1830, Elizabeth, t*
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llevan. Edwin M smith. Ellen M Smith, s Magnus. Charles Jamea Kder, Pliilldor-I.
li'-ane. B. John CMnlah. Il'reward, Aaron Harpur.l} Seymour. A Chapman. Wlllliiin
Davie. II Warden. Otto Folder (Client >. A Karberg( Hamburg!. I) W Kell, II Mark lock,
I, Falcon lAlitwerti). 11 (irav. C T Salisbury. W B Manby (Tcnterden . K laai.b-n,
Pierce Jonea. B It Wood. Plevna. C Darragh. lien Nevla. II Jeaaoii. p A Bright. It K C
Nlrboll*. Indagator. James I. Hviand, Emrno (Durllnrtool.TG (Ware). F Ferris,
Hermit. K E II, B J li. W P Welch. Frr.1 Forepott. WlllUm Morllng <.Maldabme).
II n Anning. .1 uplter .lunlor. A W Bcrntton. A 0 Hunt. 7. Ingold. J W Gerald Nathun
.EdmontonI. Bernard (lieen. Jumbo. Marie Abenell(Gravesend). J K dk'iifh Hi.mii-
atead). A II Talvir. E K PIcanl. K (Bridgwater). Castle. 8 Mahoney (KlieRbHI*.
A England. T Wykehamist, T Price (The Hague). E (iregolr (of Paris). Toy
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NOVELS.
Well written^ and apparently well translated, Raymond'*
Atonement: from the German of E. Werner, by Christina
Tyrrell (Richard llcntlcy and Son), is n novel of n superior
order, albeit a little diffuse; a novel which it is not only
pleasant but morally improving to read. The tone is perfectly
healthy and invigorating, and the style of composition is dis¬
tinguished for its poetic touch. Humour, too. there is, if it
be hut thin in quality, and the spriglitlim-ss of Lily, “which
is pretty virginities ” like Mistress Anne Rage, is delightful.
The story of the atonement made by Raymond, who is a young
German baron of vastpossessions, and of nu evil, though un¬
deservedly evil, reputation, is soon told, lie considers himself
to have been partly responsible for a dreadful catastrophe, the
burning of the village contiguous to his castle, and the
atonement he makes is to flood his own lands in order to
save that same village, after Its resuscitation, from being
completely destroyed by inundation. The render will probably
be inclined to acquit the young baron altogether; for he was
placed in a very awkward position between the duty he owed
to his father on the one liana, and to the villagers and humanity
on the other, especially when his father’s orders to fire the
village were only given to checkmate the villagers who were
preparing to fire the castle. Unfortunately, the villagers were
convinced in their own minds that the young baron lmd
fired the village with his own hands: hence the horror
and loathing with which he was generally regarded, ns
if lie had been Satan incarnate. For a time, too. the
young man was mistaken for a coward, which rendered
his condition the more intolerable. With such a lniron so
situated, with such relations between him and bis tenants,
with a powerful and arrogant priest to withstand him in love
and in everything else, with a chivalrous young nephew to
stand by him, and with two lovely sisters to be wooed and
ultimately won by the baron mid the nephew, to say nothing
of imposing scenery and superstitious creeds concerning a
Phantom Peak and an Ico Maiden, there is evidently plenty of
material for nn exciting as well 119 interesting story: and such
a story the three volumes of the novel contain, though one
volume is perhaps, so far as the umount of paper actually
required is concerned, superfluous.
There is much pleasure to be derived from Beauty and the
Bratt : by Sarah Tv tier (Cliatto and Wind us), if the writer
cannot be congratulated upon the felicity—from any point of
view—of the title. It is true that the hero does “take to
drink” as so many heroes both in and out of novels do, but
then, unlike these other heroes, he recovers himself lifter n
comparatively very short lapse, and comports himself in a
manner that might command the approbation and even ad¬
miration of the genial Sir Wilfrid Ijiwbou, whose mission it
appears to be to cheer but not inebriate. The hero, when
we first meet him, is an ex-sergeant, just reduced to the milks
of the British Army mid sentenced to undergo a Hogging for
grossly insulting aud assaulting his colonel. Before, how¬
ever, the ent-o’-nine-tails can be applied, money arrives to
purchuse the dischnrgc of the ex-sergeant, who has suddenly
come into a rich inheritance, with the title of baronet. Here
was an opportunity which seldom occurred to command¬
ing officers (and which nowadays cannot very well
occur at all), for there were never many baronets among
the rank and file of the British Army: and yet it was allowed
to slip. The baronet was permitted to take hi* discharge and
go his way unflogged ; and it is n question whether the colonel
who missed the rare opportunity, or rather deliberately shrank
from taking advantage of it, might not himself have been
charged with a dereliction of duty. To some renders, also, it
will seem that the writer of tho novel likewise missed nn
opportunity; for a military baronet who lmd suffered flogging
in liia own person mid came out of “ hospital ” to enter upon
his title and estates, might have been made a great deni ol as
a champion of reforms in the Army. However, the writer
seems to have rejected the idea that must have presented
itself, and has been content to tell the story of the ex-sergeant,
who became an illiterate and unpolished baronet (though
there is surely nothing very unusual about an uneducated or
even boorish baronet), rather from wlmt may be called the
social point of view. He proves, though he may be called a
“ Beast” to adorn a tale or to supply part of a title to a tale,
that “ bon sang no ment pus ”; for lie has tho gentleman in
grain, ns he shows on the occasion of a most preposterous
incident (towards the end of the story) illustrative of the law
concerning Scottish marriages. Credulity itself could lmrdly
admit the probability of such an incident, under such circum¬
stances, and with such characters.
daughter o? Colonel
M u Huxley; and secondly, 1871. Jane Bottrall,
widow' of Dr. Perston, 13th Light Dragoons.
, By the former, who died in 1865, lie had issue.
/ oir James’s half-brother is Major-General
Stanhope William Jephson, C.B., n dis¬
tinguished Indian officer.
THE DEAN OF LTSMORE.
The lion, and Very Rev. Henry Montagu Browne, M.A.,
died nt Bredoii Rectory, Worcestershire, on the 2-lth ult. lie
was bom Oct. 3, 1799, the second son of James Caulfeild,
second Lord Kihpaine, by Anne, his wife, daughter of the
Right Hon. Sir Henry Cavendish, Hurt, lie was educated at
Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1821. Enter¬
ing holy orders, he held for some years the Rectory of Burn-
clinrch, in the county of Kilkenny, and was appointed Dean
of Lismoreiu 1850. He married, in 1822, Catherine Penelope,
eldest daughter of the first. Viscount Frankfort He Mont¬
morency, and became a widower June 24, 1858, with two
sons nncl two daughters—viz., Lieutenant-General J. F. M.
Browne, C.B.; the Rev. II. G. C. Browne, Rector of Brcdon ;
Amelia Anne (deceased), married to the lion. Charles Hugh
Lindsay, M.P.; and Augusta Mary, Baroness Bolsover in her
own right, stepmother of the present Duke of Portland.
EDWIN DONALD BAYNES.
Edwin Donald Baynes, C.M.G., late Colonial Secretary, mid
Lieut.-Governor of the Leeward Islands, died on the 1st
nit., at St. John’s, Antigua. From 1850-4 he was Colonial
Secretary aud Treasurer of Montserrat, in I860 he adminis¬
tered the Government of Tobago, was appointed in 1863
Colonial Secretary of Antigua, in 1867 a member of the
Legislative Council, in 1871 was Acting Lieut.-Governor of
Dominica, in 1872 Colonial Secretary of the Leeward Islands
and President of Antigua, and in 1876 Lieut.-Governor of the
Leeward Islands. In tho following year he received tho
insignia of C.M.G. _
We have also to record the deaths of —
I,orcl Stafford, on the 30th ult., and Sir Alexander Grant,
on the same day. Their memoirs will be given next week.
Admiral James Burney, of Teddington, at the age of
ninety-one.
The Rev. Canon Hume, LL.D., a well-known archaeologist
mid traveller, and a member of several of the learned societies,
in Liverpool, on the 2lstult.
The Rev. George John Dupuis, M.A., Vice-Provost of Eton
College, on the 22nd lilt., at his residence in The Cloisters,
Eton College, in his eighty-ninth year.
Soi-UTioir or Fbom.eu No. 2190.
WHITE. BLACK.
1. R to K B 5th Any mov*
2 . Mates accordingly.
8oi.|'tioii or nun* KomirKn’s Problem.
WHITE. BLACK. I WHITE. /Blli
1. Kt to Kt 5th P take* Kt« I 9. Q to K 4th Tawn
2. U to It 7th KtoB4tli | 4. Queen mates.
• It Blnok jiUy 1 K to Kt 2nd. Whit* eonttnurv with 2 . KttoQIUlV.
Ilir i.ibIii variation Blnrk, Imtoaol morlna tho KlnK, play 2. P to Kt 5th,
tin.lr* will. :l. Q to <J 7tl. ich). mill «. y to (J .U)i. Mato.
moves
PROBLEM No. 2124.
By J. Dobbubkv.
BLACK i\y>
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WM.
WHITE.
White to play, and mate in three moves.
The Alhemeum Chest Club from! a decisive victory on the 20th ult,, in a
t* 08 l(«it. eight a side, against the London Hnd Westminster Hank Club. Tho
former won eight games and the latter two. A still more deciaive battle was
fought on the 19th ultbetween the 6t. Nicholas Cheat Club, of Brighton,
and the Chichester Club, when the latter scored only half a point out of a
'possible nine.
A school for beginners has been established nt the Copenhagen Chess Club
under the tuition of the strongeet player* led by M. Weil bach. At this
club, a tournament is in progress, in which the competitors are divided
into three classes. Tho prize is a silver cup, which must be won twice
before it becomes the property of the holder for the time being.
It i» with sincere regret that we announce the death, on the 21st ult., of
Mr. Arthur MnrriiJtt, of Nottingham, one of the moot gifted of our young
eheamilayera. Although but twenty-five years of age, Mr. Marriott hod
already won distinction, aud promised to attain tho highest honours in our
little world of ohess.
Aii influential meeting was recently held at Salisbury, Hip,
birth-place of the late Mr. Fawcett, to consider the prdpripfey
of instituting n memorial to him. The Mayor of the city
presided, mid several hundreds of pounds were promised.
With the sanction of the British Museum authorities, Mr.
W. S. Boscnwen. the Assyriologist, began on Wednesday a
series of six Wednesday afternoon lectures oil th<- “ History
and Archseolocy of the Empires of^Assyria and Babylourn ’’
If is intended iu these lecture* to p'htee hefor. 1 the public the
historical and educational value of the ricli colli'ctjons of
Assyrian and Babylonian antiquities wlijch are btofea in the
British Museum.
In response to the Lord Mayor's appeal on belmlf of the
Rowland Hill Benevolent Fund for distressed Post-Office
servants, Messrs. X. M. Rothschild and Sons have given £250
and Messrs. Baring Brothers £250.
The authorities of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, have
decided to introduce on Jan. 1 next nn important change in
the method of measuring time. The day will be reckoned ns
commencing at midnight, which will bo zero or 0, and will run
up to 21, or midnight, again, so that one o’clock in the after¬
noon will be thirteen o’clock, and so on.
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preaentiug maidens feeding birds. Size, flj by 4.
The set of twe, Pd.
No. 582.—Winter Pastimes.
Beautiful and vivid reproductions of original water¬
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No. 649.- Sea Sprites.
Lovely examples of delicately printed chromo-lithographs
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No. 652.—Bose Blossoms.
Bright and sparkling reproductions of water-colour
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No. 654.—Deer.
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No. 655.-Landscape Etchings.
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No. 656.—Bird 8tndies.
Brilliant water-colour designs of birds, surrounded by n
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No. 657.—Hunting Panels.
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No. 707.-Innocence.
Choice reproductions in chromo-lithography of charming
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No. 699.-In. the Hammock.
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No. 1299.—Quaint Children
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No. 1301. Flowers
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No. 1306.- House Dogs
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No. 1314.—8prayB
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No. 1315.— Young GirlB,
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No. 1317—Oval Plaques.
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No. 1819.—Heather Bells,
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GoodftfPs Time’s Footsteps,
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No. 3300-Nigger Children.
Single figures, in comic sitting attitudes, on diamond-
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No. 2-301.—Robins in Groups.
Winter effect. Size, 2j by 4. The set of four, ljd.
No. 2302.—Swans,
With circular sky and water background; greetings.
Size, 34 by 34- The set of four, Ud.
No. 2303—Storks.
Figures of storks on n light background. Size, 41 by 3.
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No. 2304-Birds
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No. 2305.—Animated Vegetables
In attitudes of love-making, &c. Size, 4j by 3. The
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No. 2307. -Bobin Redbreast
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Jenny Wren. The Marriage, and the Wedding
Breakfast. Pre-tty pictures of little binls, with a
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No. 3329.—Fruit Blossom.
Natural and truthful studios of the Apple, Tear, Plum,
und Almond blossoms, with soft, celadon back¬
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Size, 4 by 6. The set of four. 9d.
No. 3332.—Destructive Babies.
Illustrations of the “ Destruction’’ nnd '‘Reparation”
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No. 3337-Fairy Land.
Butterflies nnd elves seen through n circular opening,
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No. 3353.—Beautiful Miniature Landscapes
Apparently stuck upon cards of delicate lwckgroun.f with
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Size, 44 by 34. The aet of four, ikl.
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No. 3369.—Sporting Caricatures.
('lever and humorous drawing* of a sporting character,
by Miss Georgiana Bowers. Size, &1 by 3£. The set
of four, fld.
No. 3371.—Cultured Interiors,
Peep* into lovely rooms, decorated with floWera and
bric-a-brac. Size, 84 by 44. The aet of four, fld.
No. 33S2.-Oaken Frames,
With dark brown centre panel, withiu which are beau¬
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by France* Ridley Huvergal on back. Biae, 0 ] by :4j.
The set of four, fld.
No. 4283.—Rustic Ovals,
With ferns and flower*, roses, geraniums, jonquils,
cineraria.*. Size, 4i by 8. The set of four, 3d.
No. 4284.—Flowers and Waterfalls.
Pink heather, forget-me-nots, water-lilies, by wu tor-
side. W. DirrriKLD. Size, 3J by 9). The set of
four, 3d.
No. 5020 -Cats
In comic dresses, representing John Bull, a Masher, Paul
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No. 5303.—Crosses
Entwined with white flowers and devotional wishes.
Size, 4 by 2J. The set of four, l4d.
No. 5313.—Babies
In hampers. Size, 4j by 3. The set of four, 3d.
No. 5323.—Circular Views,
With waterfalls and clusters of flowers; seasonable
wishes. Size, 4| by 34. The set of four, 3d.
No. 5333.—The Human Form Divine,
Represented by unclothed dolls | engaged in outdoor
games. Size, 3j by 44. The set of four, 3d.
No. 5343.—Niggers.
Comic studies, “Come where my love lies dreaming,"
“ Hark, I lieur the angel* sing," “ Thy fnee is ever
dear to me." “ No rest but the grave for the Pilgrim
of love.” Size, 34 by ftp. The set of four, fld.
No. 6404.—Monkeys,
With humorous verses on the bock, by Lowia Norra.
Size, 4] by 34- Tlic Bet of four, tkl.
No. 5414.—Cats’ Heads
Breaking through top of cigar box. Size, 5} by 34- The
set of four, fld.
No. 5626.—Birds and Flowers.
Sky background. Size, &i by 31. The set of three, 24d.
The Calendar of the Seasons.
A jxieket calendar. Four studies of head* in medallions,
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Size, 4 by 84. Price 6d. each.
No. 6351—Aladdin's Lamp.
Female figure in rich drapery, bearing a lamp above her
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One sort, each Is.
No. 6342.—Squirrels
And binls on snowy bough*. Silver borders. Greeting*
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sorts, each fld.
No. 6363.—Fringed Fan Card.
Wild flowers nnd autumn leave* on black ground.
Mounted with rich Bilk fringes and tassels, Greet¬
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Forest views in grey effective tone, with charming dome-
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No. 1653.—Four-fold 8creen,
Charmingly vignetted rustic winter views inside. Bird*
On branches in winter, outside. Size, cloned, 6( by 4f.
One sort, each Is. l^d.
No. 1654.—Four-fold Screen.
Vignetted autumnal forest scene, chnrming colouring,
painted by 8. Bowers. Birds on blossomed branches,
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No. 1657.—Four-fold Screen.
Humorous chase after Christina* goose, inside. Circular
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No. 1662.—Four-fold Screen.
Superb cluster* of azaleas, tea roses, &c.’, by the wayside.
Effective ruin by moonlight, outside. Size,7 by 4|.
One sort, each Is. fld.
No. 1663.—Four-fold Screen.
Highly effective cha-ste white floral clusters under mount
inside. Verses. Charming sketches of rustic scenery
outride. Size, 7 by 4J. One sort, each la. Od.
No. 1669.—Four-fold Screen.
Ancient Elizabethan buildings covered with snow, inside.
Effective forest in winter, with figure* of maidens,
outride. Size, 84 by 44. One sort, each la. llkl.
No. 1670.—Four-fold Screen.
Tolling ground of little girls decorating room with liolly>
See .; pointed by Mrs. Barnard. Charming rustic
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No. 1671.—Four-fold Screen.
Wintry soenoa with vignetted indoor scenes let in, highly
effective. 8izc, 7 f by 41. Ono sort, each Is. l(fl.
No. 1675.—Four-fold Screen.
Highly effective view on Thames, with floral foreground,-
inside. Charming summer Sketches, outride. Size,
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TWO
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CHRISTENING OF THE INFANT DUKE OF ALBANY AT ESHER CHURCH.
570
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 13, 1884
Tho death of tho Iiight Hon. Joseph Warner Henley,
at Waterperry, Oxfordshire, on Tuesday last, 1msoccasioned
deep regret. Mr. Henloy had lived to a ripo old age.
Born in 1793, he had reached his ninety-tint year. Mr.
Henley’s sterling honesty, sturdy common-sense, pithy
speech, and steadfastness to the old school of Conserva¬
tism, gained for him general respect. The high position
he obtained in the House led the late Earl of Derby to
seoure Mr. Henley’s co-operation as President of the
Board of Trade in the Ministries the noble Eurl and Mr.
Disraeli formed in 1852 and 1858. But in 1859, the con¬
scientious scruples the right hon. gentleman entertained
against the projected extension of tho Franchise by
the Conservative Government induced him to resign
office. Close upon twenty years longer, however,
did Mr. Henley remain an honoured member of the
House of Commons. On the occasion of his retirement, in
1878, a vivid Portrait of Mr. Henley was given in the
Illustrated London News of March 9, in that year. Looking
back at that faithful likeness of the shrewd and kindly
face, thorough type of a fine old English gentleman in the
best sense of the term, one could uot restrain the hope
that in coming Parliaments the interests of the country
may continue to bo represented in the House of Commons
by Englishmen of equal integrity and high-mindedness.
The ladies, dissatisfied on the one hand at being
deburred from voting for their favourite M.P.’s, are on
the other ventilating another complaint of theirs against
" Legislature’s harsh decree.” Whatever course Expe¬
diency may deem it advisable to take with regard to the
first grievance of the fair sex, we at once admit the reason¬
ableness of the request made by certain fair correspondents
of tho Daily News that the grillo may be removed from the
Ladies’ Gallery of the House of Commons. Surely, gentle¬
women admitted to hear the debates in the Lower House
should be made to suffer no disability which ladies of
title are free from in the Upper House, where they can at
their sweet will rain influence with their bright eyes from
the uncaged balconies placed at their disposal.
We do not hoar much at present about the Antwerp
International Exhibition of 1885 in this country ; but it is
causing a great deal of excitement on tho Continent. Little
Belgium has been going ahead, and intends that Antwerp
shall at no distant day rival Liverpool as a commercial
port. The building is already far advanced, and
it is looked upon as very important, and as forming
a species of stepping-stone to the great Parisian Exhi¬
bition of 1889, which, it is said, will eclipse all previous
ones in scope and splendour.
Hitherto the words “ Not transferable ” printed on
certain tickets of admission to places of amusement or
privilege have proved singularly inefficient, and the said
tickets have changed hands in tho most barefaced manner.
The promoters of the Antwerp International Exhibition
have devised a means of checkmating this abuse of
their season tickets, for on every one that they issue they
intend to have the photograph of the person whose name
is inscribed thereon. If the likeness proves to be faithful,
all well and good; but if not, woe betide the luckless
wight whoso physiognomy docs not tally with his photo.
Professor Buskin has spoken very unkindly of the
butterflies as senseless creatures, and a correspondent of
the Pall Mall Gazette calls liim over tho coals on that
account. The latter gentleman bases his theory of the
sense of butterflies on the hypothesis that they choose the
"trees and leaves that represent most the backs of their
wings.” Tho phrase is ambiguous, but perhaps for the
word “ represent” he intended to write “ set off.” That
would exactly tally with tho habit his favourite, RetL-
Admiral, has of settling on arbutus-trees in late autumn.
Tho deep green of the arbutus " sets off” his colours to
perfection, and the naval dignitaries may be counted bv
scores wherever those trees are plentiful.
Wonders will never cease. Canon Liddon*therepre-
sentative of law and order in religion, the calm reverent
priest who approaches solemn subjects with awe and
trembling, actually said, under the dpmh^oCBt. Paul’s
last Sunday, a kind word foifthe Salvation Army, and
declared that the secret of such success as General Booth
and his followers had met with lay in the fact of proclaim¬
ing to the world that they were not ashamed of the
Muster they profess to fbllow./xDoes Canon Liddon speak
from hearsay? or has he ever stood outside the hall of
the old Orphan Asylum at Lower Claj>toh on a Sunday
night? -\ / >
Where could the kind promoters of a Penny Dinner at
the East-End have picked up tho small boy who, when
questioned as to thoprevious day’s dinner, declared that it
consisted of goose-pie and jam-tart ? Possibly, out of some
thicves’-kitchen - where there is plenty when luck is good,
and starvation when it tnr«>. T$e purveyors of penny
dinners will, ho\vever, meet with some strango examples
of daintiness bofore they go very far; for it is a fact
that Baropess^ Burdett^Qdutts would fain have intro¬
duced^ A ustridian preserved meats to her poor in Brown’s-
1 a»«v Spitalfields, years ago, but they preferred hunger.
No matter how sknfullv it was disguised in pie, soup, or
ragout, they always detected it, and were steadfastly
determined to have none of it.
Peru seems slightly in advance of some other countries,
for its Government has just arranged to have tho principal
cities lit by electricity. Coal is very costly in tho Peruvian
Republic, and Lima and Callao aro the only places that
have been lighted with gas, while all others have depended
on kerosene lamps. In most of the cities tho electricity
will be generated by means of running water, and tho
expense will thereby be marvellously reduced.
Archmology certainly ought to have a fitting and
permanent home at Oxford ; and. if the new keeper of the
Aslmiolean Museum has his way, it certainly will. Mr.
Evans is decidedly the right man in the right place, and
'is ready to make the most of the advantages offered him,
if only the ruling powers will support his efforts and
assist his aims. A true urclneologist or antiquary must be
born, not made, and as the presont age does not seem over-
favourable to the development of that class of mind, it is
all the more necessary that we should regard and cherish
the intellects whose mission it is to embalm the past with
the precision and accuracy of amber.
There are still a groat many builders in the world who,
beginning their work without counting the cost, are not
able to finish it. The latest accession to their ranks is to
be found in the Construction Committee who aro preparing
the pedestal for the famous Bartholdi statue in New
York. It has actually come to a standstill for lack of
funds, and unless they are speedily forthcoming, the anni¬
versary of the day on which France first recognised the
independence of the United States will not be signalised
by the unveiling of the great statue. What can Brother
Jonathan be thinking about?
Tho game of billiards is at present in the ascendant;
and Mr. J. Roberts, jun., and Mr. J. North have both
"beaten the record” in the "spot-barred game,” the
former with "all round” breaks, the latter with a break
" off the red ” alone. And since Mr. W. J. Peall scored
1989 with " the spot in,” another Englishman, Mr. H.
Evans, lias scored tho same number at Melbourne. But
neither Mr. Peall nor Mr. Evans performed the feat in
the course of a game: the former " went on ” after he had
finished a game, the latter did his great deed " in practice.”
Hence there are constant disputes about the " biggest
break on record,” which ought, of course, to mean tlW
biggest break made on a "public table” in a "public
match,” and during that match, without any continuation
of the break after the match has been lost and won. Even
then it would be necessary to discriminate between public
matches played upon ordinary and extraordinary public
tables, the tables used for general play and for the
"championship.” And until the “spot” is ‘•barred”
altogether, it would seem reasonable to count " spot
strokes” as well as "all round” play. In that case it
seems probable that Mr. W. J. Peall would prove best
man, though ho might not win his match, if hewere pitted
against Mr. John Roberts, jun., Mr. W. Cook, or Mr. W.
Mitchell. < \ • •
Advertisers, no doubt, find their account.,in their in¬
vention of stupendous and unintelligible names for their
articles on the principle that to the vulgar herd “ omne
ignotum pro magnifico.” And certainly some of the
names aro very " fetching.” The " antigropelous ” boot
was good (though the composition was faulty, and tho
boot seems to have." gone under,” as the Americans say
of a ruined man); so was tho " helioscene ” sun-blind ; so
was tho " panklibanon ” ironmongery; so is “neoteric”
gold jewellery, to soy (nothing of “ Abyssinian ” gold and
“oroide” gold, and so is “ centrifugal ” sugar ; but the
palm is borne away by the ingenious inventor of
“ neurasthenipponskelesterizo,” to be applied to the legs
of horses. It beats tho same ingenious inventor’s
“ hoplemuroma ” (for horses’ hoofs) by a " length ” at
least; and any horse whoso logs cannot be strengthened
by it must be fit for nothing but the knacker’s yard or
the shop of a Parisian butcher.
The grant of a pension of ±‘8() a year from the Civil
List to the widow of the justly but perhaps not adequately
celebrated Michael W. Bulfo, musical composer, is a mattor
to rejoice over; and the name brings to mind an injustice
which was constantly done to the gifted owner of it. The
initials of his Christian names caused him to figure on
fitlepages und in advertisements as M. W. Balfe; and
worthy souls jumped to the conclusion that this stood for
“ Monsieur W. Balfe,” and that he tried to “ make out lie
was a foreigner.” An indignant Irishman used to pro¬
pagate this error at a public entertainment, saying, “he
may call himself Mounseer Balfe as much as ho likes, but
lie's an Oirishmftn from the crown of his head to tho sole
of his foot, every inch of him.” Thus did the innocent
composer receive an unintentional compliment, which was
deserved, us a tag to an accusation, which was wholly
undeserved.
As is usually the case with all questions, there seem
to bo two sides to tho question of “cocaine” and its
qualities. Ono authority writes to tho Standard to say
that it (“ cocaine,” not the Standard) will soothe tho
" brain-worker ” and send him to sleep; another authority
writes to the same paper to say that it (“cocaine” again,
not tho Standard ) will probably madden the “brain¬
worker” and send him to Bedlam. Is not this simply a
new edition of tho old story which teaches that " what is
ono man’s meat is another man’s poison ”P Nobody,
however, seems to have denied as yet that “cocaine” ‘is
nu excellent an Aesthetic for ophthalmic operations; so that
there is less excue# than ever for not taking the beam out
of your own eye (or at least getting somebody else to take
it out) before you proceed (not forgetting to employ a
little figurative “ cocaine ”) to pluck the mote out of your
neighbour’s oye.
The "Cattle Show” has been the great topic lately.
It appears that tho Smithfield Club, under whoso auspices
the show is held, was instituted in 1798, under tho style
and title of “ The Smithfield Cattle and Sheep Society ”;
and that the annual shows first took place in Dolphin-
yard, Smithfield, then in Barbican, afterwards in Goswell-
street; subsequently to 1838 at the Baker-street Bazaar
(a sort of practical illustration of “a bull in a china-
shop”), and in 1862 there was a move to the Agricultural
Hall, Islington, where there is more room and a little
less smell. Whether tho removal of Jewish disabilities
and tho consequent increase of Jewish influences has any¬
thing to do with it, or whether it bo out of compliment
to our Mohammedan fellow-subjects in India, who so
objected to the “ greased cartridges,” or not, there is no
saying; but the melancholy fact is recorded that "the
competition in tho pig classes has been lessening for the
last three years.” Perhaps " trichinosis ” has had some¬
thing to do with tho fulling off, as "rinderpest ” had with
the decrease in “cattle” last year; but “sheep,” for five
years, have been steadily “ on the rise,” as they Bay in the
money-market, from 138 "classes” in 1880 to 207 this
year; and even the sheep that stands at the very bottom
of his class is “ not to be sneezed at,” save by spectators
unaccustomed to " bouquet de brobis.”
Following in the wake of Temple Bar and other metro¬
politan relics, two of the old Inns of Chancery have been
sacrificed to the westward extension of commercial
London. Barnard’s Inn is mentioned as far back as the
reign of Henry YI.; in fact, the anus of its then owner,
D. Mackworth, Dean of Lincoln, are still the badgo of
what remains of tho Inn and its members. Staple Inn is
even older, and was considered far more important than
its neighbour in Queen Elizabeth’s time. It was here that
Dr. Johnson wrote “Rasselus,” and, with the proceeds,
puid the expenses of his mother’s funeral and some small
debts she had left. Nowxtho quiet resting-places of
learned lawyers, of students of jurisprudence, is con¬
demned, and will henceforth be the site of tho bustle and
confusion of the business of a largo firm of carriers.
Messrs. Pickford and Co. have purchased the property.
That a jury summoned on an inquest must actually
Bee the dead body is, however unpleasant, certainly
" Crowner’s ’quest law.” But a dozen respectable trades¬
men, with families, very naturally objected to tho risk
they had to take in viewing a deceased smallpox patient.
Could any of these respectable tradesmen, or any of their
families, have been reading that quaint old book, Shaw’s
“ Tour to the West of England ” ? On page 345 we
find ;-V“ In 1588 an infectious distemper, brought by some
Portuguese prisoners who were confined at Exeter, de¬
stroyed the Judge and most of the persons summoned to
the Lent Assizes.” This, for all that appears to tho con¬
trary, was an unforeseen accident; but while no profit¬
able end can be achieved, great danger is doubtless run
by a jury who are placed in proximity with a body in¬
fected with virulent disease. Tho “ look,” in such a case,
must necessarily bo of the most casual character; and the
medical evidence, which is of course all important, ought
to be sufficient.
In France, the dead bodies of murderers arc handed
over to the School of Medicine for dissection; pot alto¬
gether an illogieul disposition of them, for they may
make amends to their fellow-creatures by teaching a
student something that may eventually lead to his saving
lives. An official in Franco has, however, gone a little
farther than this, and for grimness of invention cortainly
deserves recognition. Tho skin of Campi, who was
f uillotined for murder a short time ago, has been given
y the doctor who had charge of tho body to a tanner,
with instructions that it should be tanned aud sub¬
sequently used to bind the papers concerning the
deceased’s post-mortem. However horrifying such a
proceeding may seem, it really does appear as practical
as burning the body, skin and all, in quicklime, the
method adopted in this country for disposing of executed
criminals.
So, after all, the famous Basiletvski Ollection of Works
of Art is to go to St. Petersburg. When first it was
hinted that this marvellous assortment of faience Ilispana-
Moresque and Palissy was about to be dispersed, all tho
connoisseurs and dealers in London and Puris figuratively
smacked their lipsin anticipation of another sale as import¬
ant as the late ono of the Duke of Hamilton’s. The Russian
Government, however, after some attempt at bargaining,
finally secured the gems at the price of six millions of
francs. Arrangements were made by telegram. Perhaps
the most important pieces aro some specimens of Henry II.
enamel, painted and designed by Leonard Limozin. To
givo an idea of the value of this class of work, now
extremely rare, it may be mentioned that at a recent sale
at Messrs. Christie and Man son’s auction-rooms, in King-
street, St. James’s, Messrs. Wertheimer, the dealers, gave
seven thousand guineas for an oval diBh measuring aliout
18 inches by 9 inches. Among the Basilewski collection
there is no individual articlo so valuablo ns this, hut there
aro several plates estimated to be worth three thousand
pounds apiece, and sorno of the most reinarkublo pieces of
old majolica in the world. The collection has been on
view in the Rue Blanche, Paris.
One of the most adventurous travellers of tho period
Mr. Frank Vizetelly bids fair to be rescued from the strong¬
hold of the Mahdi, we aro happy to learn. Well known as
Special Artist of this Journal throughout tho expedition
of Garibaldi for the liberation of tho Two Sicilies, during
tho American Civil War, and also in the Carlist rising in
Spain, Mr. Frank Vizetelly was taken prisoner in the
Soudan at the time of the disaster to Hicks Pasha. Ilis
many friends will be glad to hear that, roplying to an
anxious inquiry from Mr. Henry Vizetelly, the Marquis of
Harrington’s secretary states that he has “ communicated
with Lord Wolseley on the subject, and has no doubt he
will do everything in his power to rescuo your brother.
Lord Harrington desires mo to add that Lord Wolseley
in his last letter states that he has information from
various sources that your brother is at Obeid.”
The grievance of London theatrical managers, who
complained during the Summer that tho Illuminated
Concerts at the "Healtheries” greatly reduced the receipts
at their playhouses, is mado tho text of a witty piece of
satirical burlesque, published in the form of tho Christmas
Number of Truth , and entitled, " A Winter Wealtheries.”
It is very readable. With characteristic good nature, the
Prince is made to take pity on the lamenting managers,
on behalf of whom a grand Benefit Pantomime is organised
at Buckingham Palace. From this framework, ironic
shafts are shot by Mr. Henry Labouchere’s merry men at
tho follies of tli* 1 day, the quarry in each caso being
clearly indicated by a profusion of capital sketches of
notabilities by Mr. F. Carruthers Gould.
DEC. 13, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
571
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
Both Houses of Parliament having adjourned (after a little
“ shilloo ” of the “ Shannon shore ” order in the Commons)
until February 19, 1885, there seems to be every likelihood of
our enjoying during the next eight or nine weeks or so a nice,
comfortable, aud instructive “Silly Season” in the news¬
papers. Pray observe the paradox. I unhesitatingly maintain
that what in colloquial parlance is termed the “ Silly Season ”
is, ns a rule, so far as the contents of the newspapers are con¬
cerned, the most edifying period of the year. It is while the
collective wisdom of the nation is in session that the columns
of the press overflow to the most intolerable extent with dull
tautology and dronthy platitudes, aud when, to paraphrase
the memorable words of the Earl of Bcaconsfield, we are most
sorely afflicted by “ sophistical rhetoricians, inebriated with
the exuberance of their own verbosity, and gifted with an ego¬
tistical imagination that can at all times command an inter¬
minable mid inconsistent series of arguments to malign
their opponents, and glorify themselves.”
Ho, no: give me the “ Silly Season.” Leading articles on
cookery, surgery, thought-reading, neo-Buddhism, and
bezique, instead of wooden essays on last night’s Parliamen¬
tary wrangle or leaden diatribes against the policy'of the
Right. Honourable Gentleman as contradistinguished from
tho policy of the noble Lord. The Ntio York Herald recently
expressed the opinion that it is by machinery that we manu¬
facture our political “ leaders ” ; and I feel partially inclined to
agree with my Transatlantic contemporary. Then, bright yet
substantial reviews in the Times and its compeers of the
newest and most interesting books; letters from far distant
lands from such special correspondents as Antonio Gullenga
and Charles Austen; articles on urt, science, and commerce;
and, finally, letters from all sorts of people on all sorts of
subjects. That is my ideal of a newspaper “ Silly Season.”
May it bo realised while the Distressed Compiler of this page
(more Distressed than ever at having to bid farewell to his
readers) is journeying from the Atlantic to the Pacific I
But you may warn me that the great tribe of political
spouters do not by any means intend to hold their tongues
daring the Recess; that the lion, member for the borough of
Gallopingdrearyduu lma “an account of his stewardship” to
give to his constituents; that the Conservative candidate for
St. George’s, Hnnover-square (the Hon. Jeames De La Plushe),
will ventilate his opinions concerning plush, linir-powder,
and silk stockings; while the Radical candidate for the Isle of
Dogs will have some most cogent things to say about the
propriety of at once disestablishing the beadle of St. Clement’s
Danes and banishing the Usher of the Black Rod to New
Guinea. Granted ; but I scarcely think it humanly possible
that, between this aud the middle of next February, the old
old changes can with anything like frequency be rung on
the Franchise and Redistribution, the Conduct of the Lords,
and the Aston Park riots. Even the furious factions at
Birmingham have apparently grown weary of squabbling;
and a truce, if not a peace, has been patched up between the
contending parties.
But one little word with the politicians ere bidding them
a cordial good-bye. Recently, in the Lower House, Mr. Chaplin,
protesting against the undue haste in which the Franchise
Bill, in its latter stages, was being pressed on, remarked that
“ to the subdivision of large towns he was strongly opposed,
believing that it would ‘vestrify’ the House of Commons.”
"Verify.” Oh! Mr. Chuplin, M.P., Mr. Chaplin, M.P.!
“ Vestjify ” is as abhorrent a word as “ interviewer.”
We have a Society and an Associate Society for the Pro¬
tection of Women and Children. We have a Society for the
Protection of Ancient Buildings. We have n Kyrle Society/)
and a Browning one; and we certainly ought to have a Ruskin
Society, were it only for the purpose of explaining to the un¬
enlightened what Professor Ruskin was really driviug/irt iii
^iis recent and extraordinary lectures on “ The Pleasures of
England.” But is it not about time that we had a Society
for the Protection of the English language, with Professor
Skeut as President and Dr. C. Ammndule, Mr. Fitzedward
Hall, Mr. Wedgwood, and Mr. John Hollingshead (the English
of tho manager of the Gaiety is as clear and strong as that of
Cobbett) as Vice-Presidents £ \ - \
The first thing done by the Society should be the publi¬
cation of an Index Fxpurgatorius, in which suplx 'detestable
innovations as “ vestrify,” “ interview” (as a verb),"“collide,”
(for “ to come in collision with”), 1 * cloture”, (for “closure ”),
&c., should be gibbeted with the names of the offenders who
most persistently coin new words or seek to familiarise the
public with unauthorised expressions. I know very well that
I should very often come under tha ban of the society myself;
but, at least, I can say I err not wilfully but through igno¬
rance, that I am sorry for my sins, and, on conviction, always
make up my mind to try to do better next time. But
“vestrify”! The bad Word wa- coined, and with malice
aforethought; and were 1 one of Mr. Chaplin’s tenants I
should decline to pay him any more rent until he had made
amends for hia maltreatment of his mother tongue.
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And, lo! here is my Lord Denman (how true is the proverb
that wise Judges always have wise sons !) in the debate in the
^eers on tbtrFrjmchise Bill, moving au amendment for the in¬
troduction of clauses declaring thnt no ouo who could not
write A legible hand should be entitled to vote, and that no
one should be allowed to vote who had been convicted three
times of drunkenness. These and other clauses, conceived in
a kindred spirit,/were, of course, negatived; but it is worth
While glancing at the terrible consequences which might have
qccracd to the British electorate had Lord Deunmu’s aniend-
ftunits been carried.
The first person disfranchised would assuredly have been
Mr. A. J. B. Beresford Hope. The handwriting of that dis¬
tinguished politician and accomplished scholar is almost as
illegible as thut of Henry, the first Lord Brouglmm. I have
given away all the autograph letters which he wrote to
me; but I have a particular remembrance of one, written
about five-and-tweuty years since, in which he “gravely
doubted” the expediency of creating the office of Public
Prosecutor. The culigraphy of the document might have been
produced by the simple process of dipping u spider in ink and
allowing the insect to wander at will over a sheet of note-
paper.
The handwriting of the late Walter Tliornbury reminded
one of the dying struggles of a blockbeetle that had been
“scrunched” on the hearth by the foot of the gentleman who
had come to sweep the kitchen chimney. The current hand
of George Cruikslmnk (whose caligrnphy when he wrote
backwards with his etchir.g-needle on copper was beautifully
neat and symmetrical) was an atrocious scrawl; and Honore Do
Balzac wrote a hand which was nearly as execrable as that of
Napoleon the Great. The handwriting of Mr. T. H. S.
Escott, editor of the Fortnightly Review, looks lovely at u
distance ; but when yon strive to decipher his characters, you
are in doubt as to whether they are traced in Russian, in
Greek, in Persian, or in Sauskrit.
It
Mem.: In big writing, the finest lmud of a man of letters
which I have seen is that of Archbishop Fenelon; in small
writing, both perpendicular and oblique, the palm must be
divided between William Makepeace Thackeray and a certain
reverend gentleman, named Drury, connected with Harrow
School. I have at home an edition of the British Poets,
published in the middle of the last century, interleaved and
annotated in a surprisiugly microscopic character by this
reverend gentleman. Douglas Jerrold also wrote a won¬
derfully minute hand. So does Mr. William Bluck, the 7
novelist; but I fear that Victor Hugo (were he
voter) would be disfranchised under the Denman di^j
By-the-way, talking of the illustrious nutlior of “Not!
Dame de Paris,” I read in a recent number of (I think)
World that both Victor Hugo aud Tileophile Gautier “ began
life as workers on (from ?) tlie prflette,” aud that Eugdne Sue,\
the author of “Les Mystfcrea de Paris,” threw down his pencil
and took up the pen. As a matter of fact, I)ug£u^Hue'~(ttig/
grandson of Sue le Jeune, the famous unntoiuist, who main¬
tained that death by the guillotine was not painless) began life
as a naval surgeon; and his earliest work, published about
1832 (he died in 1857), was a “ HistoireNieJi* Marine
Fran^aise.” He was throughout his life an oxfcellenfrwnateur
artist; but it wus the lancet, and not the penpil, which he
threw down. /
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Victor Hugo has always been as skilled an amateur
draughtsman as was the Potentate whom he hated so bitterly,
the Emperor Napoleon III;; who drew horses almost as
powerfully as Mrs. Elizabeth Butler draws them. But Victor
Hugo can etch—a faculty wliich T I failey, was not possessed by
the author of “ Les Idc.es Nnpoleouieunes.” I call to mind a
wonderful Rembrandtesquo drawing executed by M. Hugo
about 1861. The subject was a slightly unpleasant one. It
wus John Brown the Abolitionist hanging from the gallows-
tree.
I rub my eyes; I would pass my agitated fingers through
my agitated locks (only/l/had my hair cut lately); I pinch
my arm to ascertain whether I am awake or dreaming, when,
in a London paper, I read the following:—
Professor Bluckie delivered a lecture on “ The Love-Songs of Scotland ”
to about four thousand persons in St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow, last night
(Sunday, Dec. 7). Ho said that some people thought It profane to deliver
such a lecture on Sunday; but what was said on week-days should bo said
on Sunday. . -/iProfeasor Bluckie sang the Scotch ballad, “ Will ye gang
''to Kelvin Grove, Bonnie Lassie! ”
Surely this must be a “ goak,” as Artcmus Ward put it—a
hoax concocted by sonic mad wng who had been rending the
Saturday Review on “ Merry Andrew’s Day.” But, if it be a
true bill, whut will the Presbytery of Ayr say to the pro¬
ceedings at Glnsgow? “ Ma conscience! Professor Blackio.”
\At the same time, I would willingly disburse several drachmas
Jlo hear the learned Professor sing a song in Romaic. If he
would only oblige us with Christopoulo’s exquisite lyric in the
vulgar Greek, beginning—
Ei’c fit avthjps) pvpaiia],
‘it X (, P l C EbfpooOvti,
Et’f latnj cpooipd ,
Tuv tpuira Ctpivo
T6v d\t rbv ravpivo
Mi oilrjpa
But mind, the Professor must give us the Byzantine, and
not the Ernsmiau (or Double Dutch) pronunciation of the
Romaic.
Touching linguistic studies, I have a remark or two to
make for the benefit of those who are disposed to grapple with
thatcopious and melliiluous, but desperately difficult, language,
Russian. Justly has the Muscovite tongue been called “ the
soft-flowing Russ ” ; aud to hear a pretty woman talk it is,
if not a precisely liberal education, at least an incentive
to acquire such an education. Now, I have just
picked up in Brussels au “Ollendorff’s Method,”
applied to the Russian language. The book was only pnb-
lished (Paris, Paul Ollendorff) in 1882 ; so that I can recom¬
mend it to intending English students of Russ as a com¬
paratively new work. Whether, as the rest of the Ollendorffian
method purports to do, this particular method will enable the
student to read, write, and speak a language in six months,
I, of course, cannot tell;. but Ollendorff’s admirable system
is scrupulously adhered to, and the learner is led by slow and
sure steps from “ Have you the table P ” “ Yes, well-born Lord,
I have the table,” to the composition of the most complicated
phrases.
The book—it costs (without the key) ten francs—lms a
cardinal fault. Either the paper is too thin or the Russian
type is too blunt; and in the preparatory exercises in the
alphabet the smaller printed characters are so broken or so
clogged with ink us to be, in many coses, nearly illegible.
The written alphabets, which are engraved or lithographed,
are readable enough. Still, the importance) of making the
printed alphabet minutely distinct cunuot be too strictly in¬
sisted upon, lie who really wishes to learn Russ, should
devote at least the first mouth of his course of study by
laboriously fugging at reading and writing the Russian
characters.
I have always regarded Dr. H. G. Ollendorff ns one of the
chief benefactors of the nineteenth century; and if ever u
statue be erected to his memory l hope thnt German hotel
waiters all over the world will s^ibscribe. Apropos, who was he?
I have seen Piunock, of the ‘f Cuteclfiams ” (’twus in 1813, and
Piunock came to tea with lny x school muster); I have known
those who have seen tho original “ Peter Parley,” an American
gentleman named Goodrich (P): but T never yet met anybody
who had set eyes on Ollendorff. Who was he ? What was
lie like P How many years lias he been dead; or is he yet in
the land of the,/living, ftq.Old/Old Man of a Mountain of
Methods? When I was quite a boy I used to listen, in tho
advertisement opium ns of tile 'Times to periodical and mys¬
terious rumbliii^ (always jgmnuatiug from “ 28 bis, Rue do
Richelieu, T’ori^), s itu which Ollendorff was never tired of
denouncing some /London publisher, whom he accused of
pirating his Methods ; and it is from the same “28 bis, Rue
de RichelieitPtlnjt M. Paul Ollendorff puts forth Dr. H. G.
Ollendorff’s ‘IJfouv^lle Metliode, nppliquee au Russe.” It is
a case of— ;
O Uere lies below, in hope of Zion,
The Landlord of tho Golden Lion;
Obedient to tho Heavenly Will,
Ilis son keeps on the business still.
est mort! Vive Ollendorff! ” or whnt!
notice, not without a subdued feeling of joy, thnt Mr.
on’s Bchome for dealing with the west side of West¬
minster Hull is no longer confidently spoken of in ollk iul
\ circles ns n “ restoration,” but ns a proposed “reconstruction "
Tliut is much nearer tho mnrk. An umaziug amount of dust
wus thrown into the public eyes in the outset in this mutter of
tho Hnli built by the Red King, rebuilt by Richard II., nnd
flanked on its western side by all kinds of mean nnd paltry
architectural excrescences in Tudor nnd Jacobimi times, until
at length arrived confusion worse confounded in the
“ Pnlladian ” constructions of Kent and, more recently,
of Sir John Soane. If Sir Charles Barry had lived long
enough, ho might have been able to provide the north
front of Westminster Hall in Old Palacc-ynrd, nnd to build a
handsome edifice to the west of the Hall satisfactorily dealing
with those troublesome buttresses, without anybody caring
whether the work was a “ restoration ” or not. At present,
everybody is eloquent about restoration, but with the
dimmest notion possible of the real nature of the things
which professors profess to “ restore.” It is un age of people
who profess too much. “ Virtuo,” said Voltaire, long ago,
“ has fled from the heart and taken refuge on the lips.”
A friend ( salut et Jratemiti “S. L. M. B.”) has sent me
from New York a very droll bill-of-fnre, and a poem as droll,
relating to a social pircle called the Ichthyophagous Club,
who appear to have recently celebrated their iiftli annual
festival at the Murray Hill Hotel. Among the dainties in the
menu 1 find “Elixir of razor-clmns,” “ essence of devil-fish,”
“ petites surprises of octopus,” “wolf-fish a la Cape Cod,”
“supreme of shark h In llelgrnmite” (shark-fin soup was
somewhat fashionable in London Inst season), “ souffle of ray,
sauce Normande ,” and “croquettes of limultis A la Mentauk.”
There was a second course, comprising fillet of beef d la
finaneiire, baked carp, and broiled English snipe on toast;
nnd this is the course which I think many of my readers
would have preferred.
Appended to this bill-of-fare I find a grimly humorous
lay, written by Mr. Fred Mather, entitled “ When the
Ichthyophagous Dines.” I can only find room for the first
and Inst stanzns:—
When tlio Ichthyophagous dines,
There 'll be many a curious dish
Of tilings ne’er caught with lines
And not at nil like fish.
Steaks of porpoise and ribs of whales,
Salmi of musk-rat and beaver toils.
Aspic of jelly-fish, octopus stew,
Shark-tin soup, and gurry-gur-roo :
When tin* Ichthyophagous dines.
When the Ichthyophagous dines
There 'll be queer prog to cat.
The usual thing in the way of wines,
And a single course of meat.
The lobster will come in his coat of mail,
Weak stomachs will shrink from outing the snail•
Hut the brave ones will sample every dish,
Whether water-snako, musk-rat, snail, or fish.
When the Ichthyophagous dines.
Well, I only hope thnt when the Ichthyophagi dine in London
Sir Henry Thompson will be there, nnd givo them a practical
demonstration of the virtues of couger-ecl. I have italicised
the line about the wines for the reason that I find that the
guests at the Murray Hill Hotel dinner washed down their
“fishy” repast with Lntour Blanche, Amontillado sherry,
Niersteiner, Chateau Laffitte, Cordon Rouge, nnd Ichthy¬
ophagous punch. Of what is Ichthyophagous punch made? Of
the famous Madeira known to connoisseurs as “ Governor
Fish” P G. A. S.
NEW STORY BY W. E. NORRIS.
Mr. Francillou’a Tale, “ Ropes of Sand,” will be brought
to n close in the Number for Dec. 27; nnd with the New
Year will begin n New Story, entitled “ Adrian Vidal,” by
W. E. Norris, Author of “ Mademoiselle do Mersnc,”
“Matrimony,” “Thirlby Ilall,” uud other works.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Dec. 13, 1884.—572
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9. Crofter*’ hut* at Portree. 8. Women of the crofter*. 4. A SVye landlord. 6. Marine* at Uig wading to their boats at low tide.
T. Police, under direction of the Sheriff, constructing a bridge for Marine* bringing supplies to the Lodge. 8. Field Lieutenant of H.M.8. Assistance sorting letters,
s’ meeting with prayer. 10. View of Uig, from bows of II.M.S. Assistance, with boats conveying Marines ashore, and H.M.S. Forester.
SKETCHES IN THE ISLE OF 8KYE » THE CROFTERS' LAND LEAGUE.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Dec. 13. 1884 —573
A LOCAL EXAMINATION FOR THE “ SAVAGE CLUB SCHOLARSHIP " OK THE ROYAL COLLEGE OK MUSIC,
674
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 13, 1884
BIRTHS.
On the 8th inst., at Addisou - road, Kensington, Lady Francis
Baifour, of a eon.
On the 3rd inst., the Lady Wilhelmina Brooke, of a daughter.
On the 6th inst., at Kutland-gate, the Lady Margaret Littleton, of a
daughter.
On the 8th inst., at Dundalk, the wife of Surgeon-Major 0. MoDonogh
Cuffe, C.B., Medical Buff, of a son.
MARRIAGE.
On the 6th inst,, at 8t. James’s, Piccadilly, by the Her. Lionel Davidson,
M.A., Lieutenant-Colonel J. J. N. Buchanan, late 6th Dragoon Quarts, to
the Lady Marion Bourne, widow of Sir J. Dyson Bourne, Bart., and only
daughter of the late Marquis of Ely.
DEATHS.
On the 3rd inst.. in London, Huvhinson Posnett. late Lieutenant in the
1st Regiment of Foot (Royal BooU.). younger son of the late Hutchinson
Posnett, J.P., of Rose Lodge, county Antrim.
On the 26th ult., suddeuly, at 2. SLu-tope-gardens. Bournemouth,
George MSaros, J.P., D.L . of Plfts Lhuwi-phan. Carmarthenshire, and
Thornhill Lodge, Bitterne, Southampton, agt \ 55.
On the 7th inst., Violet, youngest child of Alex. K. Mackinnon, of 1,
Gloucster-strwt, 8.W., in her eighth year.
On the 6th inst., at Charlotte-square, Edinburgh, Sir Henry James
Seton Steuart, Bart., of Touch and Allontou.
Ths charge for ths insertion oj Jhrtht, Marriages, and Deaths, is
Five Shillings /or each announcement.
OUR
ATONTE CARLO.—MUSICAL SEASON (CONCERTS,
JjJL BKPHE8KNTATI0N8).
Ill addition to Uiauinal Concerts, directed by Monrteur Borneo Accural, the HonAM
dn Hal in rleJIcr <l« Monaco haa autliorlaed M. l'**tel.m|> to arru.iRO n Herlrs of
Extraordinary Grand Musical Entcrtelnmcnt* (Concerts. RspreauUtlooa) this
"ThViei vices ol the following dlatlnguUhcd ArtUte.have been already retained
u I. w...... Mewieurr. Kaure.
Maklmnei Kreius.
„ lierrUa,
„ Salla.
„ Ikiundlo.
„ Frank-DnTonioy,
„ Helloca.
„ bimmonet.
In addition to which the celebra
MCMirar*. Kaure,
Vorgnet,
Capoul,
Ulorketeln,
Couturier,
Vlllxret,
Ac.
0.1 I mtrumenteltet* will appear:
VIOLINISTS: . „ » .
Ilona Slvort. Mona Maralk. Mlw N. Orpmter, American arUate, UtConacrvatoIrs
I'rlle, IMS.
PIANISTS: Rons. Plante, Mona. Th. Ritter. Madame Ksalpoff.
HARPIST: Monallssaelmana
These Extraordinary RepreaenUtlona will be riven each Wednesday and Saturday,
commencing the end of January and terniluatlng the middle of March.
TheClasalcoi CouCeiU every Thu rainy.
TIR AUX P1GK0N8 DE MONACO.
The opening of the Tlr aux Pigeon a of Monaco will take plans Dsc. 10. The follow¬
ing l» the 1 ‘nigrsinnis:-
Tuesday, h- v hi: Prlx d'Oorn tore. I Tueedav. D*c.» : Prix M LonUwa.
Hat unlay. Drc.20: I'rix de Drcrnibre. Saturday, Jan. S:Prlxde Janvier.
TurtxUy. Bee. 23: Pr.x de MotiUcupo. Tuesday. Jan. 6: Prix Jee.
beln relay. Bee. 27: Prlx de Noll.
The GHAND INTEKXATIONAL C0NC0UK8 will take place In the following
ortlcr
Saturday. Jan. 10: Grande Poule d'Ratal. A Pam of 300of. added to a Tonle of lOOf.
MCli.
Tueaday. Jan. IS: Prlx d'Ouvcrture. APuraeofMOOf.addedtoloof.sntrance.
Friday,' Jon. lfl. and Satuniay. Jan 17: Grand Prix du Casino. An object of Art and
v 0 .u©l. added to 2001 . entrance. _
Monday. Jan. U: Prix de Monte Carlo. Grand Free Handicap. A Purse of moot.
added to lOOt. entrance.
Tbunday, Jan. 22: Prix deConaolatlon. An object of Art and I OOOf.
I Altera of entry to be oddreaeed to M. Bloxdix. Secretary of the Tlr I Monaco, not
later than Five o'clock on the evening previous to the Tir.
The couoours of llio Second Serlea will bedulv announced.
the aolo direction ul Mr Wllaon Barren i.noncxera or aieaan.
Si-akmnn. Hewburst. Wllteid. Cllffonl Cooper. Prank Cooper, OR
1 Us Soil*. Kvnn*. Pulton, F.. •*. Ac., and George Barrett: Me*
B" ken*. Ar.. and M. Isitehton Boors open at^7.18. Box-offlee, li.
T
Bt.New
HE VALE OF TEAKS.—BORE’S Last Great PICTURE,
completed a few day* before he died, NOW on VIEW at the DORK GALLERY,
1 w lturel-itrcet. witli hla other j
■ great plctarto. Ten to Six Bally. Is.
LAST FOUR BAYS PRIOR TO TllE HOLIDAYS.
8T. JAMES’S HALL. PICCADILLY.
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CHRISTMAS NUMBER.
Now Publishing.
THE BEST OF FRIENDS,
A Large Coloured Picture, after a Tainting by
P. R. MORRIS, A.R.A,
COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS.
SONGS OF ITALY,
A Two-Page Picture, alter a Painting by G. H. Barkablk.
ROUGE ET MOLE. Seventeen Sketches in Colours. By Hal Lon low.
GRACE. A Picture printed in Colours. By A. Bunn.
TALE OF A GOOSE. Six Tinted Sketches. By A. Fobkstikk.
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A CAPRI GIRL. By Sib FbxdkuOK Lriohton, P.R.A.
THE HIGHLAND 8CHOTTISCHE: THE FINALE. By R. C. Woodvhxk.
8WEET ORANGES. By G. L. Sktmoub.
A CHRISTMAS MISSION. By E. J. Walxxb.
CHRISTMAS MORNING: EARLY BREAKF AST. By R. C. Wooovillx.
DOLLY'S REVENGE. By Gbobob Cbuiksuaxx.
SATURDAY’S TUB. By F. Dado.
STORIES.
MISS BEE. By G. Manyillk Fbnn.
A DIVIDED DUTY. By H. Sayilb Clark*.
RIVALS TO THE END. By H. H. S. Tea hub.
CHRISTMAS FOLK TALES.
VERSES axd SKETCHES by Mxbox Jackson, Johx Latky, Hohacb
LkbXaiui, Byron Wkudkh, J. Latky, Jun., axd OTHKxs.
N ews FROM NICE.—The weather ia really splendid,
the temperature ranging from flu deg. to «5 deg. In the abode. Th* aun ahlnej
almoat perpetually, andtha Influence of warm ray. make, life enjoyable to all. aud
laoreeapeciulb b. Uiok who have l.y lUneaaor otherwhe (ought Itelnfluence.
Thoie hu l«n-n an nlrn.,at entire absence of rain for several month,, but this haa not
Interfered with the military arrangenirnteof the city, as ita street, and roads are dally
watered Irom the rooiinutln atre.un of the Vcauble, which la also used for flushing
the drama, which are. In uddlthn. cleansed or disinfected by purifying chemical
^"’Xes'treeta, now brushed dully, were never so dean and tidy, which fact, perhaps,
account* for tile total absence of epidemics; and the average mortality of the city Is
lei than man* fashionable town* m Ku rl and.
Pour resident English medical men are In practice here, and would, I am sure,
be willing to communicate with any intending visitors desirous of satisfying their
nervous fears as to the liealthfaioees of the town by addressing Doctors »e,t. Htnrgo.
M aketleld, or Writers, or Mr. Nlcholla, the English qualified chemist here. Iu future,
there will he an authorised tribunal for this purpose .asir hygienic socloter nf medlra
men. French, Kiigllsli. and others. Is now in coarse of formation, so that untruthful
scandals as to the sanitary condition at Nice may be avoided or exposed.
The Prolongation of the Promenade des A nglals la complete, and farms one of the
finest drives In the Bitter*. The police tome has been reoiganUed. and lu rnemlwn.
are now entitled to sponsion after ralthful services, which fact wlH doubtlessgivo
them more moral force In the execution of Urelr functions. _
The Italian Theatre, a very handsome building, has been reconstructed and enlarged,
and a grand ball of Inanguratlon will be given In February. , _ .
The OosInoTheatre is giving Ha entertainments; and the ThMtre dr* Franqalie. of
which Mr. UoftolnOO Is the aids Director, lias on excellent Troupe de Com,die, as also
some star artistes for the OpSra Cnnilqu*. . . . _. . _ ..
Th© Jetty Promenade. *r»c© to An *rrariKem*nt©t loet effected between the Fir©
Insurance Company and the Directors of the Pter.te, they say, to be Immediately
rebuilt. Tlio Hacra will toko place in rabrusry. The renowned Carnival will eurpam
all otliera. and the Kegettas will form an Important part of the ettrectoons, particulars
0f Tl!^visitors are dally arriving In Increased number,, and thoee EngUsh who were
too timid to pass through Paris, have nevertheless found Iheimeans of coming on hero
by way of Aimans. Brims, and Dijon ; while svreral who from tear fled Into Bwltxer-
land daring th* panic are now en route to Uile bright and sunny land.
Nice, Bee. », ISO*. __
riA HE PRINCE’S THEATRE, Coventry-street, W.
JL LIGHTED KY ELECTRICITY. Proprlstor and Manager. Mr. Edgsr Broce, --
EVERY EVENING. at7x3 the New l’lay. written by Mesars. Hugh bon way and
CJemyns Ourr. entitled CALLED BACK, adaptedI ftx>milr. Hugh Conwey sveiy sne-
CTMliil story Of that name. At 10.20 A FIRESIDE HAM LET, a new and most suc¬
cessful Tragic Farce, by Cornyns Carr. Kor cost see dally papers. Doors open at
7 ia Carriages at II. No fpeo. Itox-OIHro open dally from Eleven to Five. LANT
NIGHTS of CALLED HACK at this Theatre. TTxIs most iOj»J|il pDy will K«
Uansferred to tie Olympic lhoatre on Boxing Night.—THE I RlNbE 8.
The whole inclosed in a Handsome Wrapper ,
PRICE ONE SHILLING.
POSTAGE : PARCEL8 POST, 3d. j BOOK POST, 3».
Office: 108, Strand, London, W.C.
THE NILE EXPEDITION.
The past week has been quite uneventful in the quiet progress
of Lord Wolseley’s preparations up the Nile. Head-quarters
were to be transferred to Ambukol this day (Saturday), aud
Lord Wolseley would arrive at Debbeli on Monday next. The
force assembled at Ambukol by the end of this week would be
about two thousand, including the Guards regiment of the
Camel Corps, the Mounted Infantry of the Camel Corps, the
Sussex regiiiiLMit, and the Staffordshire regiment. Tfc is possible
that the Camel Corps may before long start on a march across
the Desert, from Ambukol, to reach the Nile between Berber
and Khartoum.
Our Special Artist, Mr. Melton Prior, lias sketched a
capital view of the river bank at Wady Haifa, with dulmbiehs
unloading there ; and on the deck of the steamer in front are,
seated at a table, two English correspondents, writing their
“ Christmas greetings” to their friends at home.
x, Cranford, llml«..n,
'llrelUmti* _Eo»tli»kn,
teraT'siaUnAn."** fjo.'SitunUy, Dec."'ao,'an<f Friday, D*Cy3K Bailn*w Manager,
J. U. Cobb*. _._ \ ^ \
A NNO DOMINI, by EDWIN LONG, R.A.—This
A great Work I* J>'oW-ON VIEW, together with other Important work*, at the
QAL1.KK1ES. 1«. Newr llond-vtrwt. Ten to SIX, AdmUalon. la,
SKETCHES IN SKYE.
The resistance of the “crofters” or small tenants of the
peasant class, both in Skye and in Lewis, to the legal service of
notices interdicting them Ifom pasturing their cattle on neigh¬
bouring lauds formerly used in common, and in some cases of
notices to quit tlieir holdings, has not yet been put down. Our
Artists furnish this week additional Sketches of various scenes
in the Isle of Skye; the BayofUjg, with the gun-boats Assistance
and Forester lyipg there, and with a steam-launch towing the
boats conveying 250 Royal Marines to the shore; the scenery
near Stafflo, on the eastern coast; the cottages of some
crofters near Portree, the chief port of Skye; the police, under
the direction of the Sheriff of Inverness-shire, laying a plunk
bridge across a stream for a party of Marines currving stores
to their temporary quarters at the Lodge on the hill above;
another party of Marines, at Uig, wading in low water to their
boats, havingto get their dinner on board the Assistance; and
the Field-Lieutenant of that ship, at Dunvegau, occupied iu
sorting the letters just arrived by post. Neither the Marines
nor the county police have beeu actively molested, but
the people of the island refuse to give them any
accommodation. One Sketch represents an open-air meeting
of the croftera, in the pouring rain, with the patriarchal elder
of thevflluge kirk engaging m a preliminary prayer. A por¬
trait of Major Fraser, of Kilmuir, the landlord who tirst
applied for police protection for the farmers tlmcatcned by the
Lund League agitation, has been sketched by one of our
Artists, who also contributes the Sketches of peasant women
laden with baskets of turf cut on the moors, of the postman in
his pony-cart blowing his horn, and of other features in the
rustic life of the island. The mail-steamer Locbiel has beeu
withdrawn from her cruise round Skye, and has resumed her
ordinary employment to and from the port of Ullapool.
Ixut rerfortnonr** before the Chrlxtm** Holl4*y» will take plat* a* ureter
MONDAY .. .. at 3 and a. ^--~J WEDNESDAY .. at Sands.
TUESDAY.. .. »t Sonly. THURSDAY (Lait Nlrlit) at Sonly.
IIKOI'KNTNG OD Chri*tni^ Bte. WKDNKSDAY. D*o. af. at J and 8.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW-YEAR'S H0L1DAY8, 1884-8.
ST. JAMES'S G ICE, A T HALL,
l RP<iE\T-STREET »nd PICCADILLY.
Th* TWENTIETH A N N UAbaERtJS of Holiday IVrformanrre by lb*
M O O ILK AND 11 UR G E S S MINSTRELS
wIII ..^„i,terW<in lloYln*T»a«Oy«. V«. In thaGreat Hall, and b*oontinu*d
Tltk.-ta ran revw l*oMiHn-.l. ami pincra laaiknl on* mnntli In advanev at Aiutln't
Umvar-,1 Til knt Otllre.nt. .1 Hull. Ileriilenta In th* country ran aa-nre tlckid*
an • Ida. *a tuMprat, upon tending cllMue or I’.O.O.. t..x*tli«r with item|i» and dlrecto.1
riivi-K.|,ii. b> Sir. A An*lln, ftt”J*(nv* « Hall.
/- f 'f AdiiliMloii*- FanteulU. U .; Sofa Stella, 0 *.; Balcony. 2a.: Great Area and
(ialteqr. (•■('
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON ALMANACK.
Now Publishing.
Ths Illustrated London Almanack for 1885, containing Six
Coloured Pictures, by F. He Neck, F. II. Farg, and O. 0. Harrison,
inclosed in a Beautifully Coloured Wrapper , printed by Leighton
Brothers Chromatic Process ; Twenty-four Fide- Art Engravings ;
Astronomical Occurrences, with Explanatory Notes ; and a yreat
variety of Useful Information for reference throughout the Year,
it published at ths Office of ths “ Illustrated London News.”
fries On* Shilling ; Postage, Twopence-Halfpenny,
Last Tuesday the Duke of Portland received the freedom of
the burgh of Kilmarnock.
The three-hundredtli Board School In London was opened
on Monday evening in Great Wild-street, Drury-lane. Mr.
E. N. Buxton, chairman of the London School Board, presided.
At the meeting of the Geographical Society on Monday
evening-Sir H. C. Rawlinaon presiding -General J. T.
Walker read a paper entitled “Four Years’ Joumeyings
through Great Thibet by one of the Trans-Himalayan Ex¬
plorers of the Survey of I ndia,” in which he dealt exhaustively
with the geography of this region of Central Asia so far as it
has yet been explored.
Dickei s's Dictionaries of Oxford and Cambridge, the two
latest additions to the series of pocket dictionaries with which
the name of Charles Dickons the younger has been associated
latterly, nro equally useful with those that have already
appeared. A large number of renders will be glad of such
handy books of reference. They give the technical mimes
and explain the established or classical slang names which are
current iu the Universities.
Punch's Almanack is iu the field with its customary double-
page cartoon, bearing tlio familiar initials “ J. T.,” aud
representing on this occasion Sir. Punch, attired iu the costume
worn by Mr. Wilson Barrett in the character of Claudian,
receiving at the hands of Father Time eternal youth. In the
foreground all sorts and conditions of men, and women also,
are doing homage to Punch on one side; while on the other
side the Signs of the Zodiac (“ the ram, the bull, the heavenly
twins,” &c.) hail the “Benefactor of the Centuries.” Above
are divers sketches showing Punch battling lor the right and
helping the weak—in one case sternly sweeping away rubbish
from Mud Salmi Market, and in another blandly ladling soup
to poor ragged Board-School children. Sport and society in
town and country furnish tile chief themes of the pictures in
which M. Du Maurier and his associates indulge their humour
pud satire.
THE ROYAL CHRISTENING AT ESHER.
The sympathy that is felt for tlio widowed young Duchess of
Albauy, and for her intuit child born not loug after her
husband's lamented death, gives a peculiar interest to tlio
ceremony performed at the Esher parish church on Thursday
lost week. The little Duke of Albany, born on July 2U, 1883,
was privately baptised a fortnight afterwards, at Claremont;
but the more complete and public solemnisation of the act, by
some additional rites, was reserved for this occasion. It was
attended by her Majesty the Queen, the Priuce and Princess
of Wales, the Duke aud Duchess of Edinburgh, Priuce and
Priucess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess Louise
and the Marquis of Lome, Princess Beatrice, Princess
FYederica of Hanover and her husband; while Sir William
Vernon Harcourt, the Homo Secretary, aud the officers
of the Royal household, were also in attendance. The
Queeu, who wore a black silk Costume and black bonnet
relieved by a bunch of white flowers, was accompanied
by Princess Beatrice, and was followed by the Duchess
ot Albany, wearing a long black crape veil. In attendance
upon her Royal Highness were the Hou. Mrs. Moreton, and
the nurse carrying the iufant Duke, who was attired iu a cape
and dress of fine white cashmere, trimmed with white silk aud
fringe, while a white satin clonk, richly decked with lace, aud
a knitted woollen shawl, thrown over the christening robe,
served to protect the Royal infant from the wettther. The
officiating clergy were the Bishop ol Winchester, the Very Rev.
Randall T. Duvidson (Dean of Windsor), the Rev. S. Warren
(Vicarof Esher), and theCurate, the Rev. S. Letohworth. The
Queen and the Duchess of Albany having taken their places
near the chancel, with the memorial of the lato Duke of
Albany almost facing them, the sermon was commenced, the
choir singing a hymn by tlio Prince Consort, “ Saviour, Who
Thy flock art feeding.” Then, standing by the side of
the Bishop of Winchester, the Rev. S. Warren said, “ I
certify you that, according to the duo and prescribed
order of the Church, on the evening of Monday, Aug. 4
last, at Claremont, in this parish, befere divers witnesses.
I baptised this child.” The Bishop of Winchester, having
certified that the baptism of the Prince had been properly
performed, read the lessons aud prayers, and asked the
names of the Duke, which were given as Leopold Charles
Edward George Albert, the Queen and the Prince of \Y ales
standing as sponsors. The little Prince was handed by the
nurse to the Hon. Mrs. Moreton, the Duchess of Albany’s lady
in waiting placing the child in the arms of her Majesty, who
presented it to tlio Bishop of Winchester to receive and sign
with the cross, in accordance with the ritual of the Church.
The service was then concluded, a second hymn, by Dean
Alford, “ Iu token that thou slialt not fear,” being sung by
the choir. _
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
The members of the Savage Club, at the suggestion of the
Prince of Wales, raised last year, by their entertainment at
the Royal Albert Hall, the sum of £1000, to found one of
the scholarships to be held at the Royal College of Music;
a condition laid down being that the candidates should
be children of professional urtists, musicians, actors, or
literary men. The example seems very commendable, us
many deserving members of those professions are unable, iu
case of their premature death, or of scanty and precarious
success, to leave sufficient provision tor giving a special
education to any boys or girls of their families who may have
a talent worth cultivating by means of the proposed scholar¬
ships; while there can be no doubt that such talent is often
inherited by the offspring of parents devoted to literature or
the fine arts, and naturally by the children of musiexaus. We
have much pleasure, therefore, in giving a few Sketches of tlio
first annual “local examination” for this purpose at tlio
Savage Club, which was attended, on Wednesday last week,
by Sir George Grove, Principal of the Royal College of Music,
und by Mr. J. C. Hurgitt and Mr. Theodore Drew, ua
examiners. Some young female violinists, singers, aud per¬
formers on the flute or other instruments, ns well as pianoforte
plnyers, wore amoug the candidates, of whom eight were
selected for the final competition this week.
Princess Beatrice has accepted the office of president of
No. III., or St. James's and Hyde Park district, of the St.
John Ambulance Association ; and on behalf of her Royal
Highness the Queen has forwarded £25 to the funds.
On Monday the Duke of Cambridge presided at the Royal
Military Academy at Woolwich, on the occasion of the present¬
ation of commissions in the Artillery mid Engineers to
forty-nine gentlemen cadets who have just passed their
examinations. The state of the Academy was reported to be
highly satisfactory.
Lord Dunraven presided on Tuesday evening nt the meeting
of the Colonial Institute, when n paper was read by Mr. Buden-
Powell on National Unity. He proposed a scheme by which
the Colonies should be represented, and the whole Empire
fused, so to speak, into one great nation. Tlio chairman ob¬
served upon several of the difficulties in the way of the scheme,
but pointed out that the Colonies might remove many of these.
The Council of the Art Union of London have prepared
for the current year an excellent line-engraving, by Mr.
Arthur Willmore, after Mr. Brierly’s picture of tlio “ Attack of
the Vanguard,” commanded by Sir William Winter, on the
Spanish Armada, Aug. 8, 1588. Both painter and engraver
have done full justice to this stirring incident, und the Art
Union of London is to be congratulated on issuing to its
subscribers a thoroughly sound work.
The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton’s infant daughter was
christened on Monday afternoon at Berkeley Chapel, John-
street, Berkeley-square. The Duchess of Manchester and
Lady Alice Montagu aud a family party were present nt the
rite,’which was performed by the Rev. T. Teignmouth bliore.
The sponsors were Prince Louis Esterlinzy, the Countess of
Gosford, und the Hou. Mrs. Thomas Fitzwllliam. The names
of Mary Louise were given to the infant.
The French Government have awarded a binoculnr glnsa
to Captain William A. Simpson, of the British brig Terrier, of
Loudon, in recognition of his kindness nnd humanity to somo
F’rench sailors in distress whom ho rescued nt sea off the
bimksof Newfoundland in the month of April last; and the
President of the United States lias awarded u gold watch niul
chain to Captain Edward Williams, of the British barque
Catalina, in recognition of his humanity in rescuing a portion
of the crew of the American ship Rainier on Jan. 18 last.
Professor Blnckie gave a lecture on “Love Bon^s of Scot¬
land” to about 4000 persons in 8t. Andrew’s Hall. Glasgow,
on Sunday night, lie said some people thought it profane
to deliver such a lecture on Sunday, but what was said on
.week-days sbnold.be said on Sunday. Ministers opposed his
speaking <m luve songs nnd beautiful women, but clergymen
usually sought, for beautiful wives, especially with big purses.
He liked to *e« woman's beautiful face, but he never looked
nt her ankles. Professor Blnckie sang the Scotch ballad,
“ Will ye gang to Kelviu-grove, bonnie lassie ?"
DEO. 13, 1881
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
575
MUSIC.
Tho Crystal Palace concert of last Saturday afternoon brought
forward, for the first time in England, Herr Robert Heck-
rnaun—Concert* Meister at Cologne—who gave an excellent
performance of Max Bruch’s First Violin Concerto. The
violinist’s tone and execution are both of high quality, nnd his
powers of expression were specially manifested in his render¬
ing of the slow movement. He also gave, with much effect,
Handel’s Sonata in A, and a Reverie by Vieuxtcmps. Threo
of the orchestral movements of Berlioz’s dramatic symphony,
“ Romeo et Juliette ” (including tho very imaginative “ Queen
Mab” scherzo), and the overtures to “ Der Freischiiiz ”
nnd “ Tnunhauser," completed the instrumental selection^
Madame Patey song the “ Iutlammatue,” from Dvorak’s
“ Stabat Mater,” and Sir Arthur Sullivan’s song, “A Shadow,”
with tine expression. Mr. Manus conducted.
Madame Sophie Lowe gave the first of two musical evenings
at Prince's Hall, Piccadilly, yesterday (Friday) week, when the
programme consisted of a selection (vocal and instrumental),
from the works of Schubert uud Schumann. The concert-
giver nud Miss Lena Little sung with effect several lieder by
both composers, and some two-part songs by Schumann; Miss
Agnes Ziinmermaun and Miss E. Shinner having contributed,
respectively, some excellent pianoforte and violin performances.
The second concert—devoted entirely to musio by Brahms—
was announced for yesterday (Friday) evening.
Madame Cezano (pupil of Listz) gave a “ Matinee d’lnvi-
tation” at Langlmm Hall last Saturday, when her pro¬
gramme included a varied selection of pianoforte music, chiefly
of the brilliant school.
The Royal Albert Hall Choral Society gave the fourth
concert of the fourteenth season this week, when Mendels¬
sohn’s “ Elijah ” was performed.
The last Ballad Concert of the year took place this week,
with a varied and attractive programme.
The first of a series of popular concerts, at Peckham, took
place in the Public Hall there last Saturday evening. Some
eminent vocalists were announced, together with Mr. M.
Watsou’s choir of sixty voices.
The New Club Austrian Bnnd gave their fifth concert at
Steinway Hall on Tuesday afternoon, under the direction of
Capellmeister A. Dami.
An evening concert in aid of the Children’s Penny Dinner
was given on Thursday at Steinway Hall by Madame Dukus
and her pupils.
The Kensington Orchestral and Vocal Society give a
concert, vocal nnd instrumental, next Friday evening at the
Townhnll, Kensington. Selections from Mendelssohn’s
‘* Athnlie,” &c., will be produced.
Madume Saiuton-Dolby will give the third of the present
series of concerts of her Vocal Academy next Thursday
evening, when the programme will be selected from the works
of British composers.
It is with much regret that we record the denth of Mrs.
Meadows White (formerly Miss Alice Mary Smith). This
accomplished lady has for several years been distinguished in
musical art, both as a pianist and a composer. Among her
many productions are some works of special importance, one
of the best and most recent being her setting of Collins’s
“ Ode to the Passions,” for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra—
produced with great success at the last Hereford Festival.
The Professional Pocket-Book (Rudall, Carte, and Co.);
this is n useful daily and hourly engagement diary, with entries
of tho principal events—musical and otherwise—of the coming
year, together with the ordinary business information. Being
issued in advance, it is, of course, inevitable that some forth¬
coming events (probably not yet fixed) should not be named.
THE PLAYHOUSES.
In the course of thirty odd years, French plays and players
have never failed to receive a hearty welcome to London, but
have led a very migratory existence. They have wandered
nbout uncertain of a house to shelter them, but sooner or
later they have settled down contentedly enough in some
comfortable quarter. Had it not been for the enterprise
of Mr. Mitchell, of Bond-street, the elder playgoers of to-day
would never have seen Rachel play Adrienne Lecouvreur, or
Devrient act Hamlet at the St. James’s; they would not have
been familinr with the varied style and manner of Regnier,
Geoffroy, La font, Ravel, Doclie, Marie Laurent, and who
shall say how many more French players of the past? For it.
must bo remembered that, until the famous visit of the
Com6die Fmn^nise in 1870, we knew in Loudon far less about
the French stage than we know now. Mr. Mitchell imported
for our pleasure and gratification all the famous Frenchactors
nnd actresses of the period down to Aimce Desclee, who sang
her “swan’s song” of art on tho stuge of the Princess's
Theatre, nnd was literally a dying woman when she appeared
as Frou-Frou, nnd in the “ Maison Neuve,” beforejmEnglish
audience. It was Mr. Mitchell ulso, if I mistake not, or at
any rate through his influence, who suggested the merry little
French pluy season at the Royalty when what would bo
called a provincial company in France, headed by MM. Didier
and Schey, pfcre, made a reputation in London that has out¬
lasted the fame of greater actors.
The successor of Mr. Mitchell, as an energetic and
liberal impresario, lias been Mr. M. L. Mayer, who belongs
to wlmt may be called the Sara Bernhardt period, nnd
has never failed to keep faith with tw 1 public for several
summers post. If wc have not s&en theCoinedio Fran chaise
again in its full strength, we have welcomed individual
members of it from time to time in tire plays with which
t.beir talent is identified; nnd there lias not been an
entertainment in Pnris, comedy at the Vaudeville, comedy-
drama at tho Gymnast 1 , facetious burlesque and opera at tho
Vnrietos, and farce at the Palais Royal, that, has not been
ransacked for reproduction in London. But French plays in
the summer, no matter how talented the artists, have been
severely handicapped. What with fine weather, long days,
driving and riding in the park, dinner parties, receptions,
operas, and so on, it has been an extremely difficult matter
to make a “good house” at the French Plays. It was
convenient 'for the French^ artists to come over in the
summer when ' V relache ” was placarded on most of the
Parisian theatres, but it was not equally convenient for
the English public to attend the play in hot weather.
So Mr. Maycr^bethoiightTiim of a winter season, He selected
fjhojlttlo Royal ty Theatre, which is now as popular for French
plays rts the oldest. James’s Theatre used to be; lie managed
to get several popnhir artists to cross the Channel, nnd hitherto
tho enterpi iso has succeeded beyond the most sanguine ex¬
pectation. We have seen Jeanne May, the successor of
Clmmnont, m ail her best characters; we’have been presented
with a very fair all-round performance of tho famous comedy,
“ Le Monuc ou l’on s’Enmiie”; we have all been delighted
with the nervous and electric force of Mdlle. Gerfaut in
“ L’Etrnngi'ie,” an actress who is destined to take a very high
place in the rank of French actresses. Tho dull November
days have been cheered by such amusing triflea ns “Tricocho
et ('mob t” and “ l.cs Donicstiques,” capital fnrees, played
with spirit uud intelligence; and Christmas-time' ia
to be specially pointed with a revival of “ Le Reveillon.”
But perhaps the most iuteiesting announcement of all is the
one connected with the New Yeur at the French plays. We
are at last to see Jane Hading and M. Dainalu in “ Le Muitre
de Forges” (“The Ironmaster”), and shall be able to con¬
trast them with Mr. and Mrs. Kendal, who have kindly
removed their objection to the performance of this line play
in its original language. The haughty daughter of the vulgar
chocolate inunufucturer will bo played by Mdlle. Gerfaut, so
a very admirable all-round performance may be expected.
Mr. Arthur Law is iudefntigable in the speedy production
of drnmutic trifles to amuse the crowded audiences at German
Reed’s. It all other playwrights possessed the same faculty
we should not so often complain of a barren market. But
then, on the other hand, the managers of this excellent and
time-honoured entertainment do not encourage long runs.
Variety is their watchword. The last musical trifle issued ia
“A Peculiar Cose,” an amusing story that has a special
significance now we are all discussing tho Lunacy Laws, and
ably rendered by Miss Fanny Holland, Mr. North Home, and
Mr. Alfred Reed. During Mr. Corney Grain’s absence in the
East, where he is • recovering his health under the Pyramids,
his seat at the grand piano has been taken by Mr. Eric Lewis.
When this clever gentleman announced that Mr. Grain would
reappear on Boxing Day, there was great clapping of hands
aua shaking of funs ! C. S.
MR. FRANK POWER AND MR. O’DONOVAN.
The disastrous course of affairs in the Soudan has been
attended with the loss of several English lives of men dis¬
tinguished for their enterprise and courage in the service of
providing intelligence for the public Press. A twelvemonth
ago, when the news of the total destruction of Hicks Pasha’s
Egyptian army reached England, we gave a portrait of Mr.
Edmond O’Donovan, the special correspondent of the
J)aily Neics, who had won high fame by his adventurous
joumeyg among the Turkomans in Central Asia, and
by his residence at Merv during the critical period follow¬
ing the Russian military advance into that wild region, and
who had afterwards joined the ill-fated expedition to.oppose
the Mahdi in the interior of Eastern Africa. He was nccom-
? anied as fnr as Khartoum by a young Irishman, Mr. Frank
,e Poer Power, acting in the capacity of secretary And
assistant to Mr. O’Donovan, and engaged also to make sketches
lor a London illustrated paper, the Pictorial World. Mr.
Power was about twenty-five years of age, belonging to a good
family in Ireland, and had for a short time held a [commission
in the Austro-Hungarian army. Mr. O’Donovan and Mr.
Power were together at Berber, about July 20,1883, on their
way to join Hicks Pasha’s army at Khnrtoum. The subsequent
advance of that force to Kordofan was related, up to
a certain point, in Mr. O’Donovan’s last Daily News
correspondence, and there is no doubt that he was
killed in the massacre of the whole army in the field,
early in November, when they approached, the town of
El Obeid. Mr. Power had remained ut Khartoum to manage
the forwarding of Mr. O’Donovan’s letters and other business;
and ou Dec. 10, at the request of ColoneKCodtlogon, then
commander of the Egyptian garrison at Khartoum, the British
Government was moved \bysjjm Evelyn Baring to appoint Mr.
Power, the only oilier British subject there at the time,
Consular Agent of' tlie Foreign Office. About the same
time, if we remember, rightly, 51 r. Power began to act
as Times' correspondent at Khartoum; and Lis reports,
transmitted by telegraph, were read in England with
intense interest, but. were frequently interrupted by
the warfare on the Nile between Khartoum and Berber,
during nine months of the present year. General Gordon,
accompanied b^Colouel J, D. Stewart, arrived at Khartoum
on Feb. 17, and everybody will recollect Mr. Power’s account
of the enthusiastic reception of General Gordon by the people
of that city, ftnff of the wots by which he instantly showed his
beneficent intentions towards them. The former commander,
Colonel CoetlogonV ‘shortly afterwards left Khartoum on
his return to Egypt. Mr. Power on Feb. 2, wrote to the
manager of the Daily News, Mr. J. R. Robinson, upon the
subject of Mr. O’Donovan’s death, and forwurded a note
from Mr. O’Donovan himself; we are now permitted to give
facsimile reproductions of both these interesting communica¬
tions, accompanying the Portraits of their writers, which are
copied from a group photograph taken in London by Mr.
Fradelle, of Regent-street. Mr. Power survived Mr. O’Donovan
a littlft.more than ten months; lie was with Colonel Stewart,
in September last, at the bombardment of the enemy’s position
at Berber, after which they proceeded down the Nile in a stonm-
Iftunch, which ran on the rocks of the Fifth Cataract, near a place
-'Called Rnmsnli or Boni Island. There were forty-four persons
on board, including Colonel Stewart, Mr. Power, British Vice-
Consul, M. Herbin, French Consul, nnd several Greek traders,
with their wives. Being obliged to leave the wreck of their
vessel, they resolved to travel across the Desert to Merawi,
on the Nile, below the Fourth Cataract, and they made a
bargain with the Sheikhs of the Monassir tribe for safe con¬
duct and help. It is believed that the party had a large sum
of money with them, and this no doubt excited the murderous
cupidity of the Arabs, and prompted the deed of treachery and
cruelty thatensued. Afewhoursaftertheirdisembarkntion,wliile
resting from tho fatigues of the journey, they were surrounded,
by a horde of the merciless barbarians, and were massacred,
with the exception of eight or nine, who contrived to escape
by flight. It is said that Colonel Stewart and Mr. Power
fought desperately, each killing several of their assailants, but
not one of the Europeans, men or women, survived this
atrocious massacre. The bodies of some of them were after¬
words found drifting lower down the Nile.
An influential meeting of members of Cambridge University
was held last Saturday, tho Vice-Chancellor presiding, when
it was resolved to establish a memorial of tho lute Mr. Fawcett.
Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock, K.C.M.G. (Governor and
Commundcr-in-Chief of tho West Africa Settlements), lias
been appointed Governor and Commandcr-in-Chief of Trinidad.
Mr. J. T. Hibbert, M.P., will succeed Mr. Courtney ns
Financial Secretary cf tho Treasury ; and Mr. II. H. Fowler,
M.I’., will succeed Mr. Hibbert as Under-Secretary for the
Home Department.
Prince Edward of Snxc-Weimnr presided last .Snturday
evening ut the anniversary dinner of the German Society of
Benevolence, which took place at Willis’s Rooms. Sub¬
scriptions to the atnount of £1271 were announced.
Mrs. Gladstone opened Inst Saturday a lying-in hospital
in Bhadwell, one of the poorest nnd most densely populated
districts of tho metropolis. The hospital was originated by
Lady Greville, nnd Mrs. Ashton Warner has given her services
to the institution for a year as Indy superintendent.
The Earl of Aberdeen opens this (Saturday) afternoon the
new building of tho Great Assembly Hall, Mile End-road, of
tho Tower Hamlets Mission, comprising coffee-palace, book-
saloon, young men’s nnd young women’s Christian Association
rooms, uud club-rooms.
LORD TENNYSON’S “ BECKET.”
Another dramatic poem on a subject of note in English his¬
tory is added by Lord Tennyson to his “Harold” uud
“ Queen Mary.” He is sure to win, at least, the succis d'estims
due to an author who lias enriched contemporary literature
with much Hue poetry of a different kind. But it will
probably remain an accepted critical judgment that his
genius, which we all admire, is not peculiarly dramatic. Tho
story of Becket’8 life and death is one of great dramatic
interest. Modern readers will find it narrated with much pre-
ciseucss nnd copiousness of detail, nnd in u very animated
style, in Dean Stanley's “Memorials of Canterbury.” The
facts are mainly taken from the memoirs written by Becki t’s
friend and secretary, Fitzstephen, presenting a lifelike por¬
trait of the man, and describing with minute particularity all
the circumstances of his romauticcareer and tragical fate.
An attempt bus been mude iiTthis pluy, but we think un¬
successfully, to enhance the seiitimcutal interest by combining
that historical struggle with the'half,rmythical story of
Fair Rosamund, her hidden ‘‘Bower” in the labyrinth at
Woodstock, and the murderoha^ekploit of Queen Eleuuor, the
proffered choice of death by poison or dagger. It is not at
all consistent witli the famous Archbishop's character and
position, even after his previous habits of familiar companion¬
ship with Henry ^lfdTiifrqiitwiird show of courtier-like gaiety,
that he should have mixed himself up with Rosamund's uffuirs.
He was certainly not the man to undertake her protection
from a sentimentof chivalrous compassion; nnd his ostentation
of charity and pity for the oppressed was wholly expended
in the art^ bf the clerical demagogue to gain the favour of the
common people. Rosamund flying to Becket’s house in London
for refuge from the brutul pursuit of Fitzursc—Hosaniuud
visited at Woodstock by the great Archbishop just in time to
save her life trom^he jealous Queen—Rosamund quitting the
Godstow Nnnnery to intercede for her Royal lover against his
excommunication by Becket, and witnessing the murderof the
^rchbishop in Canterbury Cathedral — must be pronounced
un warrantable and unlikely incidents, which destroy the unity
of grave epic interest belonging to the protracted duel between
Prelate and King. Thomas Becket was not the Caponsncchi
of Browhing’s “Ring and Book,” in whom a distressed woman
“midit confide to shelter her at the expense of his ecclesiastical
ana political ambition, if he had been so tender-henrted, lie
Would rather have renounced the See of Canterbury than have
Nfigured ns the enemy of his Royal patron and the disturber of
the realm. He would have retired to end his days of pious
devotion in the French monastery, instead of voluntarily
engaging, under no stress of Papal injunctions, in a violent
and bitter conflict for the privileges of his own particular
office in the Church.
It was, indeed, for this object, to assert the claim of the
Primate, instead of the Archbishop of York and Bishop of
London, to perform the rite of coronation, that Becket chose
finally to incur the anger of the passionate Kihg; and his
obstinacy in this cuuse was tho immediate occasion of lus
death. The arrogance of a unique position in the English
hierarchy, not purely religious ianaticism, was the dominant
note of his mind and conduct from the day when he began to
wear the mitre. He met his denth, ns is well known, with
personal fortitude, but with an ill-sustained affectation of tho
martyr-spirit. To discern and exhibit the camples moral
nature of this remarkable man would task the profound
insight of Browning among poets of our own age ; it is not
given to Tennyson, who has other'poetical gifts of surpassing
excellence. We knew, before rending this play, as much of
Becket and Henry as English history can tell, and his Lord¬
ship’s work leaves us with no better knowledge than before.
Notwithstanding these serious objections, on the whole,
to Lord Tennyson’s treatment of the theme, and to his forced
and ineffective conception of Thomas Becket as an ideal nuuiy-
sided hero, every reader will expect to find noble passages of
lieart-stirring eloquence, beautiful gleams of idyllic loveliness
(in the Woodstock scenes, and in Rosamund’s womanly
affection, which is supposed to be innocent, us she believes
herself to be Henry’s wife) and exquisite lyrical strains, here
and there relieving the tension of u severe conflict of two
masterful wills. These characteristic charms of Tennyson’s
poetry are still maintained; " Becket ” is a work of the same
author as the “ Idylls of the King.” Most of the incidents,
though some are trivial, recorded by Fitzstephen, ot the
domestic and social intercourse of Becket and Henry before
the appointment to the Archbishopric, and of Becket’s
sayings and doings afterwards in public and in private, are
simply reproduced in this piny, giving its scenes an air of
reality which they would not otherwise have possessed. Such
is the anecdote of Henry’s leaping over the table, and the
game of chess between them. The allusions to Becket’s
earlier prowess ns u knight and soldier in the French war,
to his lavish prodigality and the pecuniar}’ claims brought
against him, nnd the terms Of the statutes that he was
required to subscribe against the immunity of the clergy
from the laws of the realm, are historically correct. The
examples of vulgar English manners and talk, among menial
servants, rustics, and beggars, arc deficient in genuine
humour, and have an unpleasiiig effect. This new play,
which is dedicated to Lord Sclborno because Becket was once
Lord Chancellor, is by no means the best work of its illus¬
trious author; but all the world must read it, and there is
something in it, more or less, for all to admire. It ia
published by Messrs. Macmillan.
Knnresborough has again elected a Conservative, in room
of the late Mr. T. Collins, Colonel Gunter having been returned
by a majority of fifty-two over Mr. Holden.
Mr. Millais lias completed an excellent three-quarter por¬
trait of Mr. Gladstone, which will be shown in next year’s
exhibition of the Royal Academy.
Sir Moses Montefiore has forwarded to each of the clergy
in the several parishes around Ramsgate £20 for distribution
amongst the deserving poor.
At the fifteenth anniversary festival of the Metropolitan
Beer and Wine Trade Asylum and Benevolent Fund, held in
St. James’s Hall on Tuesday, subscriptions were announced
to the amount of 1550 guineas.
In London last week 2385 births and 1764 deaths were
registered. Allowing for increase of population, the births
were 263, and the deaths 95, below the average numbers in
the corresponding weeks of the last ten years. There were
37 deaths from smallpox, 28 from measles, 23 from scarlet
fever, 29 from diphtheria, 28 from whooping-cough, 12 from
dysentery, and none from cholera.
Last month the officers of the Fishmongers’ Company
seized at and near Billingsgate and on board boats lying off
that place 27 tons 6cwt. of fish as unfit for human food. The
fish seized included coal-fish, cod, crabs, gurnets, haddocks,
hake, herrings, lobsters, mussels, oysters, periwinkles, plaice
(3J tons), salmon, shrimps (3 tons), skate, smelts, soles, sprats
(4 tons), turbot, weavers, and whiting (8 tons). In November.
1 ton 4 cwt. of fish was condemned at Fan ingdoii Market, and
1 ton 5 cwt. ut Columbia MuikJt.
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VILLAGE WAITS REHEARSING.
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THE ILLUSTEATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 13, 1884
THE SILENT MEMBER.
On ordinary occasions, when Parliament is prorogued in
August, Ministers and members of both Houses leave St.
Stephen’s with alacrity. In breaking up for the Christinas
Holidays, after the brief Autumn Session, legislators may be
excused for having exhibited a faint reflex of the exuberance of
their Eton days. The pleasures of shooting, limiting, and
yachting had been foregone for a month and more—all on
account of the questions of Redistribution and County
Franchise. The wit of the new Criterion comedy, “ The
Candidate,” served to mitigate to some degree the dulness of
the later nights of November, which were devoted to the re¬
passing of the Franchise Bill by the Commons. But
the Compromise between the Opposition and Ministerial
leaders deprived the debate on Redistribution of its salt.
Wherefor must all have departed from \\ estminster with a
feeling of relief f r the preserves and Country Houses waiting
for eunuied senators.
The single-member feature of the Redistribution of Seats
Bill, rational though it will be found to be on examination and
reflection, has not escaped adverse criticism both in mid out of
the House. Delivering his first speech since his retirement
from the Ministry, and speakiug from a seat below the gang¬
way on the Ministerial side, Mr. Leonard Courtney on the 4th
iust. took the Commons into his confidence, and in an earnest
speech recited his reason for resigning his post—i.e., an in¬
vincible repugnance to the Redistribution Bill because it did not
adopt his favourite principle of the representation of minorities.
Mr. Courtney also objected to the “ one-member system.” It
was in liis happiest and most slushing debating vein that the
Prime Minister demolished his arguments. Replying to his
hon. friend's expression of regret at being compelled to dis¬
sever his political connection with the Government, Mr. Glad¬
stone gracefully bore witness to the fact that “in the de¬
parture of” Mr. Courtney “from the service of the Crown
and of the nation we have sustained a heavy loss.” As Mr.
Courtney had cited the opinion of the late President Garfield
iu favour of the Minority principle, the Premier, in liis liveliest
style, threw doubt on the soundness of that distinguished
CITY
ECHOES.
Wednesday, Dec. 10.
The year is drawing to a close in the midst of extraordinary
quietness. The rate of discount is ^ percent under the Bank of
England standard of 5. There is no chance, however, of the Bank
authorities making a reduction until the turn of the year. In
a week or so there will be the usual preparation to pile up
balances against the Inst day of the year, uiul with January
will come disbursements of many kinds. But the revenue
payments will soon replace money with the Bank of England,
and then the Bank rate will need to be lowered to at least
4 per cent. This will be in favour of the best stocks, and there
is already some steady buying of the British 2.J and 3 per
cents. From quite other motives there is also more doing in
Foreign Bonds, though these are more in favour in
Berlin than iu Loudon. Many American Railway issues
are the subject of special attention, but the movements are
still conflicting. Mexican Railway stocks ure once more
receding. Canadian ure better, one reason being the receipt
of a telegram from the managers of the Grand Trunk to the
effect that some of the rates are to be restored. The news from
Canada iu regard to traffic iB not very favourable, lor the
prices of produce are low, and up to the latest date good roads
hud not been made by the firm snow. Atlantic Cable stocks
and shares have been fluctuating of late, in connection with
the injury to the Muckay-Bennett cables, uow, it is believed,
repaired.
The Board of Trade returns to the end of November are
disappointing. For that month the value of the imports was
£30,752,000, ub compared with £36,526,000 in the same month
lost year; and in the eleven months the decline has been
from £391,615,000 to £356,689,000. The exports have also
gone down considerably. For the month the figures were
£17,704,000 this year, and £20,054,000 last; and for the eleven
months the reduction is from £220,858,000 to £215,087,000.
These smaller totals are, to a large extent, due to the
diminished value of raw material unu produce of nearly all
kinds. The average reduction in the value of all imported
of her physicians, came to live here for the benefit of the
salubrious air. During her residence, she received visits from
Queen Victoria and the Pnncc Consort; one of them being on
the occasion of their inspection of Harrow School, iu 1848,
when an Illustration appeared in this Journal showing the
aspect of the house at that time.
The Priory was purchased in 1852 by Sir John Kelk, Bart.,
from whom it passed into the possession of Mr. Frederick
Gordon. Sir John Kelk greatly enhanced its beauties by
judicious planting mid opening out; lie added the fine Tuscan
portico to the garden front of the house, and the campanile
or clock tower. The last-named conspicuous addition enables
people to distinguish Bentley Priory from the flagstaff on
Humpstead-heuth.
The interior of the mansion lias a stately beauty worthy of
its surroundings. The entrance-hall, staircase, and reception-
rooms are of grand dimensions and graceful proportions. From
a circular room, formed alter the model of the Tribune iu the
Pitti Palace, doors lead to a dining-room, measuring 40ft. by
30 ft.; and a grand drawing-room, of the length of 52 ft.
There are other rooms, including the library and the morning-
room, in character with these; mid there is also a magnificent
conservatory. Our page of Illustrations will give some idea of
this beautiful place.
There are rumours that Bentley Priory may be converted
into a residential hotel. We can only hope that, if this be
the case, it will escape the tasteless treatment that too often
attends the conversion of ancestral mansions to commercial
uses. It would certainly afford a delightful retreat from the
bustle of the London season.
PARISIAN SAYINGS AND DOINGS,
(From our own Correspondent.)
Paris. Tuesday, Dec. 9.
The Ministry, after having survived nil the dangers of the
Tonquin debate, almost came to grief lust week over the
bftnutorial Reform Bill, the majority having on Tuesday voted
similar force did Mr. Gladstone apply this pertinent retort to
the hon. member for Liskeard:—
It is a little hard upon the one-member ajvtera which my honourable
friend treats ns iruilty of having produced a (p ent decadence in the characier
of this House, that it is thus vehemently condemned by llio reprcs.ututivc
of a ono-m ember constituency (Cheeis and laughter). My right hon. friend
who sits by me and I mywjlf ore amuug the degenerate individuals whom
one-member constituencies have chosen (A laugh).
Indeed, for lucidity of exposition, adroitness of reply, bright¬
ness, and comparative brevity, this lively speech of Mr.
Gladstone’s should take rank among the best Parliamentary
addresses of the year. In itself, notwithstanding it opened
with a frank allusion to au “ iuability to grapple with details
as in fomn r years,” the speech may well be accepted as proof
conclusive that the Premier, nlthough within a few days of his
seventy-fifth birthday, remains unrivulled as a Parliamentary
debater. Sir H. Tyler, nevertheless, hod the hardihood to
move as an amendment:—
That in the opinion of thin House the principle of representation in pro¬
portion to population should l>e adopted in place of arbitrary figures os a
b-sis, in order to obtain u logical, judicious, and permnneut settlement of
the question of redistribution of scats.
Faithful among the faithless found, Mr. Henry Chaplin nailed
his true blue colours to the mast, and delivered a highly
tiniriicd elocutionary display against the bill, being rewarded
by the mock condolence of Mr. Goschen, whoso hesitating
mind has been so greatly educated with regard to Parlia¬
mentary Reform of late. Sir John Lubbock mildly entered a
plea for “ Proportional Representation,” and a protest against
“single-scat constituencies.” Finally, the amendment was
negatived without a division, and the Redistribution Bill read
the second time amid Ministerial cheers. Next day, the
Lords read the third time the Franchise Bill, which received
Royal sanction on Saturday, when Parliament wus adjourned
till the 19th of February.
£3730 of the amount required to pay the gufti'aiiU'edj-uLesof majority of Tuesday Inst.
interest. This company still keeps an account with the
Indian Government of advances made uuder the guarantee,
and as the stockholders rank for one-half of nil surplus over
the agreed rate of dividend, some additions ore now in pros¬
pect. The other half of such surplus goes towards repaying
amounts due to the Government uuder the guarantee. When
all this shall have been repaid, the compauy retains all its
income. The total amount owing by the company to the
Government up to the end of June last was £1,873,394.
At the time, u considerable degree of uneasiness was dis¬
played by holders of water-works property by tfieAlccisiou of
the House of Lords ns to the meaning of the expression
“ annual value.” No doubt the earnings qf some of the com¬
panies have been affected tactile reassessments winch have had
to be made in the ratings/ This loss, however, lias, nt. any
rate in the cose of the Chelsea Water-Works Company, been
more than compensated by, thfe large increase in the distric t
served, the receipts for the half-year to June last being such
as to enable the airectoratorecohijnend a dividend at the rate
of 8 per cent per anuuih, comparing with 7J per cent per
annum for the previous three-hhll'-yearB.
The quarterly dividend of the, New York Central and
Hudson ltiver Railway Company) i a announced at the rate of 6
f ier cent per annumA Tkjts isytbe scale adopted in October
ust, after 8 per cent had been paid for thirteen years.
A native Japanese.bunking company is from Jan. 1 next to
have a branch in London,\ Heretofore, the late Oriental Bank
did the work in London 6f ]tlic Japanese Government, and now
it may be supposed^thnMM''' 11 be done by this native bank.
meat gained a signal victory in the Chamber, which rejected
M. Floquet’s motion for the election of Senators by universal
suffrage and departmental voting. This was rejected by 281)
votes to 227, and the Senatorial Reform Bill was then passed
by 330 votes to 174.
The French Academy completed its number last Thursday
by electing MM. Victor Duruy, James Bertrand, and Ludovio
Halevy to the chairs left vacant by the deaths of Alignet,
J. B. Dumas, and the Count d’Huussonville. M. Duruy is an
ex-Minister of Public Instruction uuder the Empire and
author of a history of Rome ; M. Bertrand is a mighty mathe¬
matician ; M. Halevy is one of the crentors of operetta,
the other two being M. Henri Meilhac and the late Jacques
Offenbach. One hardly expects to find such a frivolous kind of
literature as the libretto of operettas, even of those fine ratires
of “Barbe Bleue,” “ La Grande Duchess,” and “ Orpli6e mix
VILLAGE WAITS REHEARSING.
The accustomed minstrelsy of Christmas Eve at the house-
doors of many English homes, more particularly in rural
neighbourhoods, is yearly renewed by volunteer musicians,
both vocal and instrumental, mostly recruited from the village
BENTLEY PRIORY, GREAT STANMORE.
Among the most pleasant places of rural England are those
distinguished by the title of Abbey or Priory; and Bentley
Priory, ten or eleven miles from London, is one of the fairest.
Situated oh a western spur of the range of hills, near the
borders of Middlesex and Hertfordshire, it lias an elevation of
nearly 500 ft., but is so placed on the slope of the hill as to be
sheltered from the northern and eastern winds. A beautiful
artisans and labourers of the better class. Two venerable old view j 8 that seen from the terrace of the mansion. The land
fellows, performers respectively on the flute and the clarionet, f n ]] s rapidly, in varied undulations, to a charming lake, the
than/half a apparent dimensions of which are enhanced by its extremities
have played together every Christmas for more
century ; and here wc see them again, some days beforehand,
rehearsing at home the music of a Carol, which will resoufid at
midnight in the churchyard and in the Rectory gaixieri, and on
the lawn before the Squire’s Hall, und at the principul re¬
sidences in the village street.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW-YEAR CARDS. .
A great variety of these offerings oLfriendshipmid love, all of
an artistic character, are issued bv IVIes^rS/fipottiswoode and
Co., the excellence of whoso productions is too Well known to
require comment. ChamiingVspecimens haVe ojao been
received from Messrs. John walker mid Go., of Fnrringdon-
street—some of them hand-painted ivory cards, and lmnd-
iminted pearl; from Mr. Albert Marx, and Messrs. Davidson
Brothers, both of Jewin-street— generally popular and
cheaper form of these trifles/Jet meriting praise; and from
Mr. Harding, of Piccadillyx/spgcial originalities, mostly
sporting subjects drawn by artists of note/
Messrs. Bparagnapane^md Co., of M'lton-strect, forward a
few specimens of their Jatestrioveltiesrin the way of cosaques,
which give great fun to the young ones; und Air. Cromer,
jun., of Regent-street, sends a box of toys and gnmeH of
different kiudfivat/vllik popular price of one shilling each
article—notabie for the finislrbt manufacture ns well as for
♦.heir cheapness.,{ . 'X, 'X' •
In the Brief account given last *eek of the action brought
by Airs. Weldon nguinst Dr. Forbes Winslow, in the Court of
Queen's Bench, it was omitted to be stated that Air. Winslow
gained the verdict upon the first point relating to the pro-
igSkhnird report sont by him to the husband, on the ground of
absent <>f all mhUc-e therein.
IXidJef and Stephens, late captain and mate of the
Alignonette. 'were on Tuesday brought from Holloway Prison
to the Royid Courts of Justice, to receive sentence for the
wilful murder of Richard Parker, under stress of famine, at
sen. The Court consisted of Lord Coleridge, Justices Grove
and Denman, and Barone Pollock and Huddleston. Sentence of
death was formally pronounced by the Lord Chief Justice, who,
however, expressed the unanimous concurrence of the Court
in the recommendation to mercy by the Jury and by the pre¬
siding Judge at tins trial. His Lordship did not assume llie
black cap, nor did he add the usuul prayer for mercy on the
souls of the condemned men. It is announced that the Home
Secretary has advised the Crown to grant a respite.
apparent dimensions of which are enhanced by
being hidden in foliage. In the middle distance is Been the
picturesque outline of Harrow-on-the-Ilill, forming a
point to which the lines of the landscape converge. Beyond,
through blue mists, the breath of Father Thames, are soft ly
shown, in succeeding lines, the ranges of the Surrey hills.
All the nearer pnrts of the prospect are ornamented by forest
trees in great variety, now in their full prime before time Iihs
begun to spoil their fair proportions. The immediate fore¬
ground is occupied by a noble Italian Garden. The render
will get Borao idea of this view from the first of our
Illustrations.
The history of the first institution of a religious house
here is somewhat obscure. We are told it was originally
established by the monks of St. Albans. An event recorded
by Alntlicw Paris—the suffoeution of one of its priors beneath
a “ mow ” of com—proves that it existed in 1258. We come
to more certain history in 1543. In that year it was conveyed
by Archbishop Cmnmer to King Henry VIII. in exchange for
other lands. That monarch had previously transferred it from
its former owners to the monks of St. Gregory, at Canter¬
bury. He afterwards grunted the house and estate to Henry
Needlmin and William Sachevercll; from them it passed
through different bauds, until it was purchased by
the Earl, afterwards the Marquis, of Abercorn, the
grandfather of the present Duke. To the Earl is mainly
due the noble character of the mansion, and the tasteful
f danting of the demesno. While iu the occupation of the
Inmiltons, their frequent hospitality drew hither many
celebrated persons of the day. Mr. Canning, the Duke of
Wellington, Isolds Sidrnouth and Liverpool, and Sir Robert
Peel were visitors here. “The travelled 1 linne Athenian
Aberdeen” resided here many yenrs, being the step-father
and guardian of the present Duke. It is interesting to observo
that the poets Sonthey, Wordsworth, Scott, Moore, and
Rogers spent some time amidst the sylvan beauties of this
pliice. A summer-house near the lnke is pointed out ns the
place where Sir Walter Scott wrote portions of “ Mnmrinn" ;
and Samuel Roger* is said to have been inspired by these
peaceful scenes in some pints of the “ Pleasures of Aleniory.”
Lady Alorgnn, Sydney Smith, and others also visited at Bentley.
George IV. came to the Priory when Prince Regent, meeting
Louis NVIII. here panel there is a site in the Cedar Garden
traditionally called the meeting^place of the Four Emperors,
who are recorded to Imvc come here during flic visit ol the
Allied Monarch* to England after the defeat of Napoleon. In
J848, Queen Adelaide, then in declining health, by the advice
Because, three years ago, after having successfully toyed with
frivolity and elegant corruption during twenty lucrative years,
he saw an opportunity of successfully toving with virtue, and
wrote a goody-goody story, “ 1/Abbe Constantin,” as a
protestation against the nastiness of Zola and his school. The
Academy elected M. Halevy as a token of their disapproval of
the “ Naturalist ” literature of the day. It may be remarked
that M. Halevy is the first Israelite whb has ever belonged to
tiie French Academy.
The Figaro , which last yenr introduced the custom of illus¬
trated Christmas numbers into France, lias just issued its
second Figaro lllustri. The text is written by notable persons,
such as Sardou, Zola, Ohnet, Banville, Copp6e; the music is
due to the pens of Alassenet and AI6tra; the illustrations are
by Detaille, De Neuville, Le Blent, Gervex, Dues, Bracque-
mond, &c. Certainly, from the artistic and literary point of
view, the Figaro gloriously betrays its place of origin as that
France where the very ntmopphere which one breathes seems
to be impregnated with art. 'The only criticism I should be
tempted to make is relative to the mechanical execution. The
mere press work is still far behind onr English press work ;
and the printing of several of the coloured plates is muddy.
The drawings, too, are made for the most part on grained
paper, and reproduced by a mechanical process of great
excellence, but still a liurd and imperfect one. Never¬
theless, in spite of certain material defects, there is a novelty,
a variety, and an artistic quality in the Figaro I/lustre which
might warn some of our Anglo-Saxon contemporaries to look
to their laurels.
Morin, the victim of the vengeance of Madame Clovis
Ilugnes, died on Sunday night, after ten days of horrible suf¬
fering. The martyrdom of Morin, who remained conscious
but speechless during all his tortures, lms ended by pro¬
voking n sentiment of pity on the part of the public, and
almost a revulsion of opinion ugainst the personal justice of
the nervous Aladamo Ilugues. The trial is to take place in
the middle of January.
Paris appears to be recovering its usual animation, ns far
at least as the Parisians are concerned, for the foreignns
have not yet returned and the hotels remain empty. The
shops are all preparing their winter exhibitions of toys and
presents of all kinds. It is to be noticed that at. the present
moment everything is ii VAnglaite. After the Exhibition of
1878 Vienna nicknncks became all the rage, and the old
article de l’aris was driven out of the market by Viennese
morocco goods, glass and silver. Now the English article is
the order of the day, and the fashionable presents are English
tea-services, toilet necessaries, travelling-bags, writing-cases,
desk ornaments, silver-ware hnmmefeci and incrusted witli
gold and oxydised metals, English leatherwork, and, in fact,
all the usual contents of the windows of the elegant shops in
Piccadilly and Regent-street. In the minor mis, 1 lie only
supremacy which the French seem still to maintain is in
hair-dressing and feminine costumes. T. C.
Lord Dufferin landed at Bombay on Alondny afternoon,
and was received with great enthusiasm, nil immense munbei
of Europeans assembling to greet him. The Corporation
presented an address of welcome, to which I^ord Dufferin
replied at some length, paying, in the course of his speech, a
compliment to Lora Ripon’s devot ion and strong senseof duty.
The generous donor who anonymously forwarded last yenr
5000 new sixpences to the editor ot Thtth, for distribution
amongst the children in the London hospitals and workhouses,
has this year sent 8000 similar corns, with a request that the
Editor of Truth will distribute them nt Christinna amongst I lie
children in the I<oudou workhouses, workhouse-infirmaries,
and workhouse-schools.
DEO. 13, 1884
THE ILLUSTKATED LONDON NEWS
579
THE CATTLE SHOW.
The Smithfield Club Cattle Show was opened
on Monday at the “ Royal ” Agricultural Hall
with a display of animals unprecedented in
numbers and very excellent in quality. The
Queen took four first prizes in the most im¬
portant cattle classes; whilst the Prince of
Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh were also
amongst.the winners of prizes. The champion
prize for the best beast in the show was
awarded to Mr. Robert Wortley, Suffield,
Norfolk, for a magnificent cross-bred steer.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edin¬
burgh paid a visit to the show during the
judging on Monday.—A large number of
visitors inspected the cattle on Tuesday. The
Earl of Jersey presided over the annual
meeting of the Smithfield Club, at which con¬
gratulations were exchanged upon the pros-'
perity of the club, and upon tho absence of
contagious disease, so that catUe may be
moved in Loudon without a license. Sir W.
Gordon Cummiiig was elected the President
for next year, and Mr. Colmau, M.P., for 1886.
The Earl of Jersey presided in the evening at
the annual dinner of the London Fanners'
Club held in the Inns of Court Hotel. Mr.
Clare S. Rend, M.P. ; Mr. T. Buckham, M.P.;
Lord Vernon; Mr. Phipps, M.P.; and others
addrossed the company.
Mr. Jacob Wilson, tho well-known honorary
director of the Royul Agricultural Society, was
on Monday night entertained at dinner at
Willis’s Room*, the Duke of Richmond pre¬
siding, and presented with n cheque for 3000
guineas for liis services to agriculture.
Tho annual show of tho Leeds Smithfield
Cattle Club was opened on Tuesday. There
were 1032 entries, compared with 086 last year.
The Prince of Wales was an exhibitor in two
classes of cattle, and his Royal Highness's
exhibits were highly commended.
At a meeting of the Farmers’ Club on
Monday, Mr. J. Howard, M.P., read u paper
on farm rents. He said the only source Of
relief for the farmer of arable land was a sub¬
stantial reduction of rent. Mr. C. S. Read,
M.P., declared that rents must come down to
what they were fifty years ago.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Dec. 13, 1884.— 681
THE WINTER EXHIBITION OF THE
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AN UNWELCOME VISITOR
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brethren by two characteristic
works—a delightful little water¬
colour. “ A Little Red-Note” (4-1),
a reminiscence (A la Whistler) of
that most picturesque of Dutch
towns, Dordrecht; aud a full-
length portrait of Mrs. Louis Hutli
(296), which the artist calls an
“arrangement” in black and
white. Mr. Whistler, however,
must look for rivals, even among
British artists; for there is one,
Mr. Sidney Starr, who seems to
have been stealing Mr. Whistler’s
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(245), has produced the figure of a
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ment and taste. Another recruit,
on whose addition to its ranks the
Society is to be congratulated, is
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evidence of carol ul study, and a
desire to' strike out something
which shall be original without
THE MONASTERY.
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JOl*STING : A TOl'BXAMEKT ON THE lllVEIt
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•* 1>0HA.” BY W. A. liltEAKM'EAlit:.
WAITING tou ftSTQMEIC*. BY CARLTON* A. SMITH.
4>6ing affected. A bettor known and more ex¬
perienced artist, Mr. J. It. Iteid, also sends a work
which may mark a new departure for this skill Hi
artist. “ Chiswick Mall ” (305) is altogether free
from that colouring and mannerism which has
marred (or marked) Mr. Reid’s later productions,
aud is replete with a poetry of daily life, of which
the late Cecil Lawson gave occasional proofs. Mr.
Reid's other w^rk, “The Evening After the
Storm” (115), is simpler in its construction, but
skilfully rendered. There are, however, several
landscapes in this exhibition which deserve
attention; and especially may be noted Mr. Pick-
nell’s “After the Storm” (350), in which the
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the dark edge of the moor; Mr. Leslie Thomson's
“Poole Harbour” (78), and “Evening” (360);
Mr. G. S. Walters’ “ Autumn Eveniug on the
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clouds, water, shipping, all apparently held by the
glory of the setting sun. Mr. Yeend King’s
“ Impedimenta ” (376) is a pleasant showy land¬
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stream. A small child is playing amongst the
gruss, and at a distance, apparently, is the lady’s
sketching apparatus. Of the three watcr-coloUrs
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force as well as delicacy. Mention should also be
made of Mr. John White’s “ Promise of the Year"
(11), a girl leading two lambs beside a field of
standing corn ; of Mr. Aubrey Hunt’s “ Rough
Weather off the Lido” (37); of Mr. Halfuight's
"Evening” (83), an old road Bkirtiug the birch
IMPEDIMENTA. BY YEEND KINO.
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Orpheus” (357). Air. G. P. Jacomb Hood’s “Pet Heifer" (277) and “Study
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Air. John Burr's “ Strolling Photographer ” (26-1) and “ The Alerry Alonth of
June” (248) are worthy of being placed in close proximity to Sir John
Gilbert's “ Baggage Waggon,” one of the most successful of his works, of
which the scene is laid in neither courts nor camps.
THE llAUON’S DAUGHTER. UY L. C. HENLEY.
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ment Offices. Every variety. Send for Price-List and Catalogue
from any Bookstall or stationer. These well-known and old-
established Diaries are published only by
I ETTS, 80N, and CO., Limited,
J 3d. King William-street. London Bridge.
T7TTREMANIE Process for imitating
T Ancient ami Modern Stained Glass. Brilliant In
colouring, and permanent. The method lemncd In a few
minuter. Elegant and profitable art-work for ladles. New designs
now ready suitable tor churches. c>ui|h-Ih, ciubr. balls, snd
private homes. Prospectus™. ti-stimoiiliils. nnd lull Instruc¬
tion* sent port-free.—J. BARNARD rurd SON, Sole Invrutora,
All, Oxlord-rtreet. London. W.
AIODELLING iu Clay and War.—A
1»A Guide, by MORTON EDWARDS. Port-free. Is. Id.
Clay, Wax, • lands. Ac., at LKCHBRTIKK, BAKIIK, and CU..
SO. llagmt iti- ■ t. W.
ATACMICHAEL’S NEW ILLUSTRATED
ivJL CATALOGUE of UIIIIIM MAS NOVELTIES now rearly.
grant and port-free. J. MACMICHAEL. Stationer to tho Queen
and Royal Family, 42. South Audley-atrenl, London. W.
T MPROVED POSTAGE-STAMP ALBUM
A FOR 1383. Systematically arranged, and all tho moat
modern improvements Suporior. *24 pages, poalQree. 3 “■
Circulars free.—S tamckv Oiunovaand Co., 8, Gower-xt.>Loi
A NURSERY CARD.
On Hollers for Hanging. 24 in. by I8ln.>
und Varulahed, Is. uf. Free by port for 7 or 1U
WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO
Simple directions for Immediate Treatment In
of Accident and Sudden Illness Common to Child!
It provide* ognintt:—Biles of Animals. Broken Limb*. tlrnlrM,
Burns. Child Crowing, Choking. Convulsion*. Croup. lut*.
Drowning. Fainting, Fit*. Nose Bleeding, Putron*. Scalds,
Suhrtsuce* In the Ears, Eye*, or Nose, Swallowing Coin*,
Buttons, Ac.. Wound*. Published by \
J. Err* and Co., ta, Thi ndiu-edle-street, and 170, Pfccarllllyr./
. BARR MEADOWS. Physician '(MJe»rs> to tlie XstJ^nal
tltution for Diseases "f the Skm./'N firth. Edition. Tr.i.l.
By Dr,
lurtitutinn
"IRRUPTIONS; Their
A_J London; G. Hill, IM.V
[ J5M0RRH0
atm
i ANGER.-
' without Olirjntlun ''•J
111 iMiK.-Krrliiiv „n i KXDS
tional Treatment.
BridgW-rwuL
xlord -street.
JUT AND RHEUMATISM.
Hufo. uh>. and effectual. No restraint
of diet required during use.
All Chemists, at ll. IJd. and 2*. Sd. per
_ jsgoi __
1) UOFESSOR BROWNE and ELLIOTT’S
A TONIC LOTION, an unequalled llcatoier of.the llatr,
arresting the fall, ami Imparting a healthy and nnlure.1 growth
to the mot*. It will pn.luco the hair on bald patches. whisker*,
moustache*, and oyebmwa. Price. 3*. <ki.. 6*. fid., Iu*. W,. and
21*.. free by poet.—47 nnd 130. Fmcharcb-atreet. London. E U
H ooping c o u g n.
ROCHE S HERBAL EMBROCATION.
The celebrated effectual - lire arlUwmt internal medicine. Solo
Wholesale Axenta. \V. KDWA III Ml ,.mlS'»N, 1(17. Quern Wetorla-
»tre-t I formerly of *>7 M I'nol .-cliun-hyarili. Load. whose
names are eugravedon the Government Stamp.
Sold by most ChenMS. Price 4*. Jarr Bottle.
T7ASHI0NS FOR THE SEASON.
A Elegant Mantle* and C oak*.
Beautiful Millinery,
and a choice variety of New Costumes
from the First Houses
In Purls.
ILLUSTRATIONS FREE.
Inspection Is respectltilly sollcltod
*t PETER ROBINSON'S
MOURNING WAREHOUSE. 2M to 2o-J. llEGENT-STIIEBT«
/\N RECEIPT OF LETTER OR
TELEGRAM.
Mourning Good* will !>« forwsrdevl to any part of England 00
approbation—no mattorthe distance—with an excellent
Uttlug Dressmaker t If desired), without any
extra charge whatever.
Adcfreoa-
PETKB ROBINSON. MOURNING WAREHOUSE.
REGENT-STREET.
ILLUSTRATED FASHIONS FREE.
M ourning for families,
IN CORRECT TASTE,
can bo purchased at PETEK ROBINaON'8, of Kegent-street,
at a great saving In price.
Skirt* III new Mourning |
Fabrics, trimmed Crape V 33*. to B guinea*,
or of hut wise .. .. )
Mantle* to correspond, from 2 to A guineas.
ILLUSTRATED FAS1IION8 FREE.
T3LACK MATERIAL COSTUMES, both
A) with and without Crape, beautifully and
fashionably designed.
The largest rarlrty that ran Ite seen In any one establishment,
ranging from *>». fid. to lo guinea*.
PATTERNS FREE.
B LACK MATERIALS by the Yard.
NEW uml BEAUTIFUL TEXTURES
for this Season.
The largest snd mo*t varied stock to select from
at price* very reasonable.
ILLUSTRATED FASHIONS FREE.
I EVENING DRESSES, DINNER DRESSES.
-J An extsnalve variety.
New Styles, hcautilnlly and fashionably made.
Black Un-rmdine from 1 guinea.
Black Brussels net from 2M. ikl.
Creiun Ijxop, 'ire. Od. Black Lace. 3u*. e*l.
Cream Nun's Clotli, slogan! and useful, from ISa.
Black or Crniin Merv. with various novel and elfective
combiaaMone.
PETER ROBINSON. 2M to 26.*. REGENT-STREET.
ILLUSTRATED FASHIONS FREE.
O ILK COSTUMES, beautifully made,
*7 copied from the most expensive French Models,
at 4. A. 7. and up to '» guinea*.
T ARM WINTER CLOAKS, lined Fur,
new shapes, from 40s. 6d. to 10 guinea*.
A beautiful and losliiomihle variety sent to the country on
approbation.
SUPERIOR BLACK SILKS
L7 nt very low prlree.
lllack Brocaded Velvets,
various good design*. 4a. lid. to ID*. Sd.
Striped Satin nnd Velvet. 3*. fld. usually 4*. 9d.
Plain lllack Lyons Velvet*,
very excellent qualities, at 8*. lid,, I OS. Od., IS*.
Brocaded Bilks, I*, lid. toO*. lid.
A special number at A*, lid., worth"*. Od.
Mervellleux Bilk* (remarkably cheap). Is. lid.
Good wearing qualities at 2*. lid., S*. vd., and up to 7*. fid.
1‘lsiu Black Silk*. 3s. lid.. 4*. Hd., A*. I’d., 6*. 3d.. *nd?*.Ud.
Highly recommended by PETER ROBINSON.
Pattern.
W
PETER ROBINSON.
, Kegvnt-itrect.
PARCELS POST FREE.
A Made-up article* or materials
by the yard promptly forwarded.
pETER pOBINSON,
M0URNIN G W A RE IIO U S E,
REGENT-STREET, LONDON. S'
T\RESS SHIRTS. — FORD’S EIJr'EKA.
I f DRESS SHIRTS.—A Inrgo »tock ready made. ltHn. to
lain., of the very finest Linen, as well «* the lashloiiubtq
Pique, to wear with one *tud or three. A*. »d„ 7*. fid.,
tie. fid. each. In single boxes, ready for use. by-.
R. FORD and CO.. 41, Poultry,.’
7CGIDIUS.
/ Il The only Flannel Shirt*
That never alirluk in was
Threw for 3->*. «d. Pattern*
B. FORD and CO.. 41. Poultry. I
iE 011 ’ 11 /- . shrink*
Soft ns *llk, and 1
F'reo by parcel* p
B. FORD and CO.. 4
. Lou.
AAR. and
S-' I EsUhllshcd Buyer*
CLOTHES. Parcels rent, apnolh
attention.—Old Cur^AsIty-almp,
the Old-
'T»^Blad>'to PURCHASE
nt* rnidai'wlll Afcelvc prompt
liuyer-st.. Mancliesre-r «q.
E N I E R.
Awarded
the
GRAND
DIPLOMA UF HONOUR.
Ell, in i lb. and J lb.
PACKETS.
For
BREAKFAST.
LUNCHEON, and SUPPER.
UIOCOLAT MENIEll.—Awurded Twentjr-
^\\ \ Eight
PRIZE MEDALS.
Consumption annually
exceeds 3A.0ui.isw lb.
ZJ^IO^OLAT MENIER. Paris,
O / London,
New York.
Bold Everywhere.
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
FOR LIVER.
pOCKLE’8 ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
\
GOLD MEDAL.
Calcutta Exhibition, 1834.
FOR BILE.
\> JURY’S
^JOCOA.
17RY’S CARACAS COCOA.
-1 "A most delicious and valuubl*
article."—Standard.
pOOKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
yj FOR INDIGESTION.
PURE COCOA ONLY.
TORY’S COCOxV EXTRACT.
JL " Strictly pure, eaally asalmllatrd."—
W. W. OTODDAirT. Ana yet. tor Itrotol.
NINETEEN PRIZE MEDAIJS.
pOCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS,
yj FOB HEARTBURN.
POLDS CURED BY
SCHWEITZER’S CO CO A TIN A.
LJ Antl-Dyepeptic Coco* or rhocolate Powder.
Guaranteed Pure tmliihlo Cocoa, with excess of Fat extracted.
Four tlm«* the strength of Cocos* Tblckaned yet Weakened wltlr
Arrowroot. Starch, Ac., and In reality cheaiier.
The faculty pronounce It the most nutritious, jK-rfectlv digest¬
ive Beverage for "BREAKF'AS'i', LUNCHEON, or BOPPEIL
Keep* lor year* in all Climate*. Heqnires U0 Cooking. A ten-
sp-Minfnl to Breakfast-Cup costing less than a half penny.
In Air-Tight Tins, is nd.. 3*.. Ac., by Chemist* and Grocers.
H. SCHWEITZER and CO.. 10. Adam-street. Strand. W.C.
J^OTICE.—To LADIES.
j^ORWICK’S BAKING POWDER.
J JOW toMAKEa CHRISTMAS PUDDING.
r |\AKE } lb. of flour, a large teaspoonful of
A Horwlck s Gold Medal linking Pnwdor, 3 ox. of bread
crumb*. I) lb. of suc-t. 2 lb.of raisins. I lb. of mrmnt*. I« ox of
sugar, 2 o*. of almunda, I lb. ol ml»c,| ,-andle-l rojel. salt and
spire to taste, Mix Ingredients well together, anil add six eggs
well beaten, snd { pint of milk; divide Into two.nnd boll right
hours.
fit
o
B A.
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YU Canadian l’aciflo Railway.
LUXURIOUS TRAVELLING.
MAGNIFICENT SCENERY.
PUKE Allt AND FINE SPOUT.
THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS AND CHEAPEST ROUTE TO
THE NORTH-WEST.
The Completion of
r l'HE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
A (which is the ONLY DIKF:iT ROUTE to tho Canadian
North-West) to tlio lUminltof tho Rocky Mountains, h ns thrown
open to settlement soma of tha tlnest Agricultural Lands In
Manitoba and tho North-West, of which the Dominion
Government offer
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES FREE.
For further Information apply to any steorn-alnp Agent, and
for new maps, pamphlets, ami the lullest particulars about ttlO
country (free of charge), as well as the new tourist guide," From
Qurl»-c to the Rocky Mountains," when publishod. apply either
personally or by loiter to
ALEXANDER BEGG, _
Canadian Pacific Railway Office*,
Hi, Cannon-street. Loudon, E.C.
CUN FIRE and LIFE OFFICES,
O Th reed need! r-street. E.C.; Chaff tig-cross, S.W.: Oxfonl-
strret icorner of Vero-street), W. F'lTtE. Ealabllabad 171a.
Home and Foreign Insurances at moderate rate*. LI hr..
Established 1 »I 0 . Specially low rates for young live*. Largo
bouusee. Immediate settlement of claims.
/"LYNNES.—H&tel Beau Site. Adjoining
Av |/,rd Brougham’* property. Beautiful and slioltercu.
situation. Large gardens; lawu-toonls. Baths, lift*. **»
chiitnlicr*. 31- derate charges.— Gaouots UOCOOLT 2 . Proprietor.
A I ARSEILLES. — Grand I
i-TJL mikI I'nis. l*argc»t In MurMrillcs; unlvcisal wpuUtMf
lur roolorn comfort*i modernto clmrKM. Lilt, table *rh6t4y / bU5—
limdft. LutliB.oinnlbu*.—P aul NKV8CnwAND*uumI Oo.,rr6pf*.
MAPLES.—H6tel Mctropole (Cook’s
1' siMjclal house). Pension from *f.. with wine. ResUurnut.
cuf-. English liar. Grand establishment of baths. Hammimi
and others, sea and fresh water. Omnibus; tram paancs door7\^
T>EGLL—Grand HStcl Pegli (formerly
J- Be I* Mfdlter nuieo). Facing the sea. South a.pect, tury
ruumled by garden* and mountains. Climate unsurpassed, tsuil-
tary arrangements; satisfactory charge*. IU cn xH-Duungg. Prop;
ATERMOUTH.—Francesco and bo.
» Vermouth combination A»lKWine itpitXhllne lierbg, with
quinine. Ilefreslilllg. tnnio, uuddlgWrtlT*. x QLW4ne Mere'lmuts.
and F. CINZANO.I <;< * . Jc I niherto, I". Turin.
T>EN SION NAT do Mdlle. SCHOLLMEYER,
A Avenue Brugmnnn. 16. Bruxelles.—lllglier IMui-atlon hi
Scientific Branches. Foreign Languages. Music. Fainting, Ac.
Resident certificated French and English Go tern owes. Pleasant
family life: homo comforts. Large garden. In a health*
situation. References—Ilohctinratli Dr. Mayor. Aucheu (Alx-ls-
Chniivllo); O. Gunther. Kto.. Antwerp.
ONTARIO, TASMANIA, and UNITED.
Vy STATE8.-H0MH and TtHTloN for FOPILS on care¬
fully selected Farms, Pamphlets free.— Apply, Foan. Kathuonk.
and Co.. 21, Fin*bu»)-pavement, London.
Y' A PE TO W N.—International Hotel.
Vy The ydost relectln South Africa. Healthy situation, sur-
r.>11 Iicl- il by gardens, ffre a from heat and noise. Charming
avenues, telephone, billiards, teunlii. Tram to door.
W. T. 0‘Cax.uoiuic, Proprietor.
T LK LEY WBLI.S HYDROPATHIC
A FlsTABUSHMKNT^and HOTEL, renuvatod nnd refur-
K* delightful winter residence. A conservatory,
square yards, connected with the house, anil
„ inugiiillcent views of Whsrfedsle, has recently been
..lured winter terms.
Address, Manager, Wells House, Ukley, vlk Leeds.
S VICE TO DYSPEP1TCS.—Symptoms
M. Dyspepsia and Indigestion, with special advice ns to
;. " Tlrf* little pamphlet ap|>eals forcibly to those who have
wed the palate to itrchle everything for them, and have paid
the inevitable penalty of tlielr folly"—Globe, flout for one«taim>.
J, SI. Kicuasu*. Publisher. 4fi, Holbom Viaduct, E.C.
A BOTTLE TO-DAY OF PERRY
DAVIS' PAIN KII.I,KR.-lt Instantly relieve* and cures
Mvere scalds, burn*, sprains, bruises, toothache, headache,
pains III tho side, joints, and limb*, all neuralgic nnd rheu¬
matic pains. Taken Internally cure* at once conghf, sudden
cold*, crump In the stomach, colic, diarrhoea, and cholera
Infantum. PAIN KILLER I* tho great household medicine,
and has stood the test of fifty rear*. Any Chemist can supply
It at la lid. nnd Its. fid.
VALUABLE DISCOVERY for the HAIR.
V If your hair la turning grey, or white, or falling off. use
"The Mexican llslr Ronewer," foi It will positively restore In
every earn Grey or White Hair So It* original colour, without
having lb- disagreeable smell of most " Restorers." It makes
the hair charmingly beautiful, os well a* promo’lug the growth
of Hie hair »u bald spot*, where the glands »ro not decayed.
"Tho Mexican llslr Item wer " Is sold by Chemist* and Per¬
fumers every where, at ,-i*. fid. per Bottle.
17 LORI LINE. For the Teeth nud Breath.
A 1* the best Liquid Dentifrice In tho world; It thoroughly
cleanse* partially-decayed teeth from nil parasite* or living
•' anliiialciilse." leaving them penrly while. Imparting a delight¬
ful fragrance to tho breath. The Fragrant FTorillno remove*
Instantly all odours arising from a foul stomach or tobacco
smoke: being paitlycomposed of honey, soda, and extracts of
sweet herbs and plant*, it I* perfectly delicious to the trade,
and ns harmless a* sherry. Sold by Chemist* and Perfumer*
everywhere, a fix Gd. per Bottle.
QOCKLE’S
A NT
I BILIOUS
pILLS.
O K. DUNBAR’S ALT ARAM, or
Antl-Oatarrh 8ms ing-Bottle.
^LKABAM.
^LKARAM.
^LKAIiAM.
J F inhaled on the first symptoms, ALKARAM
A will at once arrest them, and cure *e*cn> cases in half an
hour. Sold by all Chemist*,2a. !>d. a Ib-tt'e. Aiblt***. Dr. Dunbar,
care of Messrs. F. N’ewbery and Sons, 1, King Kdwmd *t.. E.C.
QOLDS.
QOLDS.
^lOLDS.
D K
WIIAT TO GIVE FOR A PRESENT. A
T V full LIST(wllh price*) ,.| ARTICLES, rnnihlnlngln s
marked degree ornament with utility. I* given In the Catalogue
(free by post) of ALFRED 11. PEARCE.M, Ludgato hUI, EC.
1,1 ' (Establlslied IKUU.)
. LIEB’S EDIBLE FRUIT PILLS.
A delicious Bon-Bon,the most effectual cure
for Constipation, liesdarho. Rile, Indigestion.
NO Liver «'oiii|ilaints. ninl nil ailments of the
stomach, csiieeUlly suited for Women,
MOKE ’ hihlrcn. ami tli* delicate. lire bast Fainlly
Medictne. Agrees with everyone. Taken
NAUSEOUS eagerly bydilhhoii. Highly recommended by
the Faculty. Ol nil Chemists, nt Is. lid.,
MEDICINE. v». Sd.. 4*. lid., lls. per Hox: or iimt-free lrom
the Sole Consignee*. A. POSENKU and CO.,
Mnnsadl-stm-fi, Jgmdon.
TYINNEFORD’S FLUID MAGNESIA.
I * The treat temerly for Acidity of Mia Stuiibich. Hi-nrtbarn,
llrnilnche, 0"»t, Slid linligeatlon, nnd saP-st aperient for
delicate Constitutions, la-lie*, raid children. Of all Chemists.
n HRISTMAS PRE8ENT S
V/ at
RODRIGUES’, 42, PICCADILLY.
SETS FOR TUE WRITING-TABLE AND ROUDOIR,
IN' FULIS11LD UllASS. UXIL’IZEU .SILVER, and Clll-NA.
from 21s. to Xlo.
DRESSING CASES . 21*. to tM
JEWEL CASES . IS*. to£10
CASES OF IVORY BRUSHES . KM. to £10
DESPATCH BOXES . 21*. to £10
WHITING OASES. 124 to £4
ENVELOPE CABK8 AND BLOTTERS .. .. 16*.0d.to£«
STATIONERY CASES AND CABINETS .. 21*. to £0
INKSTANDS .7*. Ud. to £3
CANDLESTICKS (per pair).7*. Md. to £3
HALL LETTER BOXES . 21*. to £10
BOXES OF GAMES . 84s. to £12
CASFIS OF CARPENTERS' TOOLS (III Leather) 21*. to £3
CIGAR AND CIGARETTE CABINETS .. .. 42*. to£IO
LIQUEUR CASKS/;. .7\., .. . .. .. 60s. to £10
CLOCKS. SCENT BOTTLES. OPKIU GLASSES. KAN'S.
And a lorglp end choice mdortment of ENGLISH,
VIENNESE.anil PARISIAN NOVELTIES, from be. to £«.
r |’RA.VFLLING DRESSING BAGS,
-I Morocco, with Hall-marked Silver Fittings,
£5 5s., £10 10s., 215, £20, £30 to £50.
EMPTY TRAVELLING BAGS, 80UFFLET HAGS,
HAND BAGS. AND CARRIAGE BAGS, IN MOROCCO.
/^ RUSSIA, AND CROCODILE.
PORTRAIT ALBUMS nt RODRIGUES’
l£- v for Cart'-* d^-Visite und Cabinet Portrait*. 10s. Ikl. to U.
REGIMENTAL AND PRESENTATION ALBUMS.
TIIOTGGRAFB- FRAMES, f»r Panel, I’minenade. Cablnets.and
Crtrtcs-de-vlsllesiim*, la Ormolu,l.onllier, Velvet,and Plush.
PHHTQGHAPH SCREENS. Leather and Plush, all sixes, to
holdf/om Two to 'Twenty-Four Portrait*.
TIIK NEW REVERSIBLE PHOTOGRAPH SCREEN, with
gljt reversible hinges.
1> ODRIGUES’ MONOGRAMS,
ARMS, CORONET, CREST, uml ADDRESS DIPS
Engraved os Gem* from Original and Artistic Design*.
NOTE-PAPER ami ENVELOPES, brilliantly Illuminated by
hand In Gold. Silver. Ilronxo. and Colours.
BEST RELIEF STAMPING, nny Colour. 1*. |«w 100.
HERALDIC ENGRAVING, PAINTING, and II.I.U.M IN ATINQ.
All the New and FailnunaMo Noto-I'upor*.
BALL PROGRAMMES. MENU CARDS, GUEST CARDS,
WEDDING CARDS. INVITATIONS, anil BOOK PLATES.
A VISITING CARD PLATE elegantly
1 A. mgrnml. and 100CA RDS Printed, fur t*. ud.
RODRIGUES, 42, PICCADILLY, LONDON.
WHAT IS YOUR CREST and WHAT
' ' IS YOIIR MOTTO? Send namo and comity to
CU 1.1.ETON'S Heraldic OlUce. Plain -hetcli, 3* w|.; ODloan, 7*.
The ann* of man und wife blernl'-d. Orest engraved on seals,
ring*, book*, und steel dies, »«. ikl. Gold Deal, with cre»t. 2*
Solid Gold Illng. IH-carat, I (all-marked, with rrest. 42*. .Manual
of Heraldry. 400 Engraving*. . 1 *. ud.—T. CULL ETON. U. Crau-
bourn-street (comer of St. Maitln'a-luue).
a ULLETON’S GUINEA BOX of
STATIONERY contains a Ream of tho very be.t Faber nnd
COO Envelopes, all stamped In tho molt elegant way with Crest
and Motto, Monogram, or Address, ami the engraving of *te» l
Die Included. Sent to any part for P.0 order.—T. CUM,ETON,
23. Cranbourn-street (corner of St. Martln's-lano).
VISITING CARDS by CUELETON.
v Fifty best quality, 2*. 3d.. po*t-rrre. Including tha
Engraving of (topper-plat*. Wedding Cards, ro rach. Do Em¬
bossed Envelopes, With Maiden Name. 13s. ud.—T. CULL ETON,
Heal Engraver, 25, Oraiihouni-street. St. Martln's-lune. W.C.
WHITE WOOD ARTICLES for Painting,
• v Ac., Tallies. Blotting Hooks. Stationery Cares. Paper
Knives, Ac. Price-List fr*e-
Wat. IUn\Ann, 119, Edgurare-road, London.
Q0UGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA,
J^RONCHITIS, and NEUILYLGIA.
D R. J. C0LLIS BROWNE’S
0HIX)H0DYNE.—Vice-Chancellor Hir W. Page Wood
stated publicly In Court that Dr. J. Collls Rrt>wiia wna un-
doubte,lly file Inventor of ClilorTxlyno: that the whole story
of the dofeiidaut Freeman was didlhvratelr untrue, nnd he
regretted to «ty It had keen sworn to.—See tho “ Time*,"
July 13,18<H.
D R. .7. C0LLIS BROWNE’S
CIILUIIODYNE.-Tlie Right Hon. Earl Rnsaell enminn-
nient- d to the College of Pbv»lcian* and.l.T. Daven|M>rt. that
he had reed red Information to tile effect that the only remedy
iif filar tutrvipN In rhnlarn waa f ‘)ilitt,ulv»<r—C*n* " l*MllCCt, *
of any service iu cholera was Chlorodyne.
Dec. HI, 1883.
D
II. J. C0LLI8 BROWNE’S
CHLORODYNE.—Extract from Ilia "Medical Time*."
Jan. 12, lial>>; — Is prescribed by •eoretuf orthodox liractltloner*.
orcourse.lt Would not Ik) tlina singularly isipnlar did it not
supply a want and till a place." "
I)
II
J. 00LLIS BROWNE’S
CHLOUODYNE li the best nml moat •'ertfttn rrmwljr In
Coughs, Oolds, Aftttioiu.Conaumptlun. Nouralgla, Ithcunutilam,
Ac*
D R. J. 00LLIS BROWNE’S
CHLOUODYNE la a certain cure In Cholera, Dysentery,
Diurrhcoa, Ac.
D R. j. COLLI 8 BROWNE’S
CHLORODYNE.-CAUTION.-NonegenulnowlUiouttho
words" Dr. J. Colli* Rrowue’sChlorodyns" on the Govormm nt
Hluinp. Overwhelming nio<llc«l teslimony accompanies each
Bottle. Bole Manufacturer, J. T. DAVENPORT. S3. Great
Ru--cll.street. Bloomsbury, London, bold In Hetties, 1*. lid.,
2*. Ud., 4s. Ud., and 111.
YUDA VERITAS.—GREY HAIR restored
1* by this specific: after which It grow* the natural colour,
not grey. Unequalled a* a dressing. It cannm growth, arrest*
failing, and ITB use detle* detection. Tho most Inirmles* und
effecfunl restorer extant. One trial will convince it ha* no
equal. Price In*, fid., of all Ch-inlst* and llalnlressera. Tes¬
timonials free. Agent*. K. HOVK.NDKN and SONS, London.
r|0LDEN HAIR. —Robare’s AUREOLINE
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Agents. B. H0VKNDEN and BON8. Ixmdon.
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NEW MUSIC.
'JUTE CHRISTMAS NUMBER of
( tUAPI’ELL’S MUSICAL MAGAZINE,
VV No. |J8.
Contain I nr the following popular Dance Marie:—
Fontainebleau Writ* .IUI.H. Dukeof Albany.
Mon Amour Walt*.1*. Bucolosrt.
Mother Hubbard Polka.Caroline lx>wthlan.
Rip Van Winkle Orion.Charles D'Albert.
Hip Van Wlnklo Polka.Charier U'Albert.
Old Londou Lancer* .V. C«ote.
Drier Voire.Lube W heeler.
La PrlnceaeedeeCanarle* Quadrilles.. C.Coote.
E u Valie.Johann Straus*.
Pergola Polka.E. Marla.
Price lr. ; postkfre*. la. 2,1.
pHAPPELL and CO., 50, New Bond-
v_J street. London; City Branch. 15. Poultry. K.C.
r PRIAL BY JURY. By W. 8. Gilbert
A and ARTHUR SULLIVAN. Now performing at the
Saroy Theatre. Complete word* and maelc. 3*. net; pianoforte
(olo,2a.fcd. net.
QHAPPELL and CO.’S NEW SONGS.
■piD ME GOOD-BYE (Just Published).
13 Wordr by F. E. Weatherly; Marie by P. TOSTI. For
Soprano. Tenor. Contralto. Baritone, or Harr. Price 2*. net.
"■ Bid me Good-byo' will rlral In popularity all previous rongt
by tlile favourite oomporer." " An enormour ruccura"
AT OTHER. P. TOSTI. Suug by all the
iT-L principal Vocrllitr
VESPERS. P. TOSTI.
W HERE MEMORY DWELLS. ISIDORE
DE LARA.
G ates of the west. Caroline
LOWTHIAN
Q.ATES OF THE WEST. As a Vocal
O RIPPLING TIDE. Mrs. MONCRIEFF.
Mrr. MoncrlrlTa create*! sucrose.
TRUST. I. DE LARA.
M Y
COTSFORD
QO SWEET A STORY.
O DICK.
17AIIEWELL, YET NOT FAREWELL.
X CAROLINE LOWTHIAN.
Price 2a. each net.
OurrrCLLondOo..a>.NrwBoiid»troet. W.; and IS. Poultry.E.C.
TEW DANCE MUSIC!
i'LLIS WALTZ. P. BUCALOSSI.
N
pHY
C LAIRE WALTZ. By LEONARD
GAUTIER. Illustrated with a photograph of Mre. Kendal
by ElUotUnd Fry.
M erry footsteps polka.
P. BUCALOSSI.
I ? AHRWOIIL WALTZ. CAROLINE
LOWTHIAN.
1)LACK AND TAN POLKA. CAROLINE
13 LOWTHIAN.
r I 'OI SEULE VALSE. LUKE WHEELER.
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PLOUGH and WARREN’S PET ORGAN,
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PLOUGH and WARREN’S CENTEX a
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AL
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CLOUGH and WARREN S
P IPE and REED COMBINATION
ORGANS
With one manual, from OH guinea*.
With two manuals and pedals. from 120 guinea*.
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PLOUGH and WARREN’S ORGANS have
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pLOUGII and WARREN’S AMERICAN
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Easy of manipulation, lumlromo In deelgn, and of great
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Secomlliand from 12 guinea*.
Teatlmnnial* an.l Descriptive List* free by port.
CaaeraLf.and CV.to. New Itond-street: and 15. Poultry.
pOPULAR SONGS.
T MEAN TO WAIT FOR JACK.
1 New Sonr. K flat and F. \
By COTSFORD DICK.
Word* by F. Lnngb ridge.
••Ha* already made a moot favourable InipMU with the
public, and I* likely to keep It* poeltlon.”—Graphic.
••Thl# mng ihoohl be popular at all concert* during tho
comlue season."—Brighton Time*.
•• Will be certain to obtain notoriety. —EntT acts.
•• Tliere can be no iloubt about It* *uccea»."—Orchestra.
•• A charming *ong."_ Figaro.
G RANDMOTHER’S SWEETHEART.
New Song. C and D.
By MICHAEL W ATSON.
'• A pretty rtory well told. We recommend thl* *ong.
Orchestra.
■■ Word* tad matte are specially pretty. —Figure,
•• Will prove a genuine succ***.—Graphic. \ \
The above Songs may be obtained of all JIailcseller*.
Each 2*. net.
ItoDKRT Coca* and Co.,6. New Burliugton-strvet. London.
TH ARLES HALLE’S PRACTICAL
PIANOFORTE SCHOOL. \\ \\
New Edition. The two flr»t wtlanr enlarged.
Cliarb-* Hall*'* New PianoforteTnlotT \ \
The treat anil rnoit useful Tutor ever ptibll.hrd.
Fogarrn Buotiiku*. Londou and gfandmater,
C HARLES HALLE’S MUSI CAL
LIBRARY. . v
P.irayth Brother, beg to call attention to their
New Edition of Charles Hall''* Muit.nl Library,
Which ha* Ih-cii .n larg.il and k n tire I yren K«t*l led on the
plan of hi* celebrated PianoforteSchool.
Catalogue* poal-fr-e bn applli'atIon.
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c
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NION ORGANS,
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Considered the .flnert-toned American Organ
A New two-tuauun! Serial Organ Just Into*
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PogsTTN B*nTHKBs,<*J2*. Brit-M - cir.-Tiv
alwayi on view.
s.yet produced,
uccd. style S3.
London : and 122
*oTHKg,. r.
122 arid 124,1
Dean eg* to. Mancheator.
02 ford - street.
*r0 LADIES.—SALE of NEW MUSIC
X at a large reduction end pavfefree, All new 8<>ng*. Piece*.
Ac.yof oil pdhli.lrera In »tm:k. New ople-. Iwat edition*. Price*
roinniburefd./*rl..edx CobO-gue* sent IHjat-frce.
J W\M„Vypfr,3. Barn*bgry-»tc;eet. lxndon. N. EatablUbed 1S27.
r |MIE CHRISTMAS NUMBER of
1 HAMMOND'*) MUSIC PORTFOLIO couUina "Glolrede
Irij.vn” Walt**#, by ENDS ANDREW, and live other popular
I'ances. Post-free. IS, rtaiups. Violin and Cornet Accom¬
paniment*. lid. each.—A. Iltagoai. and Co.. 6, Vigo-street, W.
IVYOORE and MOORE’S Iron Pianofortes,
Ivl from .10guinea*, on Three-Year*' System. carriage free.
Liberal discount for catli. Illustrated Price-biota |*jet-frre.
Pianoforte* from I* guinea*.—lot and lid. Blshopacate Within.
T3IAN0F0RTES for HIRE or for SALE,
1 from t) guineas upwards.—JOHN BKOADWOOD and
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factory. 45. Uoraeferry-roail. Westminster.
NEW MUSIC.
'J'HE GRAND MOGUL.
r rins GRAND MOGUL. Comic Opera, by
1- AUDRAN. Compoaer of *' la M**cot»* " and " Olivette.' 1
the Wonlshv H. II. Karnie. Performed at the Comedy Tliratrr.
The complete opera, with English word*, price de. All the
separate song*. 2*. each. "The Grand Mogul Quadrilles and
Wall lea. 2*. each.
r |’HE GRAND MOGUL. —“A Thousand
1 Leagaisof Foam/’ *new ballad. luag'every night bv Mis*
Florence bt. John, and alway* encond. The celebrate,! •' Con¬
spirators' Trio." encored three time* every erening. arranged as
a sot)*, with new wonts by II. B. Karnie 2*. each.
Booskt and Co.. 2U5. Regent-street.
STEPHEN ADAMS’ NEW NAUTICAL
C? SONG.
Q HIPMATES.—New Song, by the Composer
of “The Little Hero." “The Midshlpmite," and •• Nancy
Lee.” the Word, by Weatherly, sung by Mr. Maybrick at the
Ballad Concerts, with great success.
SHIPMATES.—“ A New Song, called
■ Shipmate*.' waa received with acclamation. It is certainly
worthy of the comp-eer of'The Mldahlpinlt*.""— 1 The Dally
Telrgmph. 2*.—lloossr and Co.. ®5, Regent'Btreet.
gTEPHEN jVDAMS’ NEW SONGS.
r PHE MAID OF THE MILL. Sung by
A Mr. Edward Lloyd.
r PHE ABBOT. Sung by Mr. Maybrick.
A 2a. each.—Baoaav and Co., t*. Regent-street.
M0LL0Y.
Davie* *t the
■^JARZIALS’ NEW SONGS.
JUIE RIVER OF YEARS. *
J^EVER TO KNOW.
J^EAVING YET LOVING.
ASK NOTHING MORE.
-*K. 2*. each.—B oo*kv and Co.. 2»5. Urgent-atreet.
JfEW SONGS by MOLLOY.
SATURDAY NIGHT. Ballad by
Words by Weatherly. Sung by Mis* Mary
Ballad Concert*.
T'O-MDRROW WILL BE FRIDAY. By
A MoLLOY. The Word* by Weatherly. Sung by Mr.
Barrington Foote.
T OVE’S OLD SWEET SONG. Sung
-Li by Madame Antoinette Sterling. 2*. each.
Booaav and Co.. 2M, Regent-street.
QHRISTMAS PRESENTS IN MU8IC.
Price 4*., handsomely bound In Cloth, gilt edges,
r^HE ROYAL SONG BOOKS.
A A complete Encyclopedia of Vocal Music.
Song* of England. <Jvol».) Bong* of Germany.
Songs of Scotland. Bong* of Italy.
Songs of Ireland. Songs Of Scandinavia and
Song* of Wale*. Northern Europe.
Songs of France. Songs of Eastern Europe.
The above volume* contain one thousand popular ballad*.
Beethoven's Song*. I Schubert'4 Song*.
Slendelstohn's Songs. Rubintteln's Songs.
Bcliumuun'iSong*. | Rubinstein'* Vocal Duett ■-
All with German and English Words.
Handel's Oratorio Songs.
Handel'sOiieruSoun. (Italian
and English Words.)
Song, from the Operas. Meuo-
Soprano and Contralto.
Song* from tho Opera*. Tenor
and Baritone. \ <_ A
Humorous Song*.
Choice Duet* for Lad lor.
Modern Ballads.
Sacred Song*.
Booskt and Oo„ 295, Regent-street.
Price Ss. each, paper covers; 7*. od.. cloth, gilt edge*.
THE PRIMA DONNA’S ALBUM.
A THE CONTRALTO ALBUM.
THE BARITONE Al-ULM. | THE 1'ENOR Al.ltUlI.-
Cuntaluing for each voice a complete repertoire of the most
celebrated Operatic Song# ol tho last hundred year*. Ii,eluding
many l« *utirul pieces unknown In thl* country, Indispensable
to student* and amateurs of Operatic Muilf All the tongs tie
In the original keys, unabridged, with Italian and English
wools. "A more useful publication than these collection*
cannot b* Ooncelrrel."—Atlienwum.
Booskt and Co., 29j. Regent-Street.
SPLENDID PRESENTATION BOOK,
Q0NGS OF THE DAY. Handsomely
O bound In doth, gilt olgi-,. pull music »!**, price 7*. ud.,
containing *l*ty a»ngs by Arilmr anlllvan, F. lOUowen. J. L.
Molhiv. Tin-.. JUrtisI-. J. I.. Hutton. Mia* WnkHield. Hamilton
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Price los.Vkl. In cb.th,
C POUR'S VIOLIN SCHOOL. Edited by
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PIANOFORTES
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pATEY
and WILLIS’S NEW SONGS.
A SHADOW. By Sir ARTHUR
J\. --- SULLIVAN. Sung by Madame Pstsy.
r |’HE BREADWINNER. By COTSFORD
A DICK. Sung by Miss Ann* tYilltom*.
THE love FLOWER. By COTSFORD
A'.-./ DICK. Sung by Mi** Ad* Pattenon.
G J.00D NIGHT, ROBIN. By J. L.
* ROECKEL. bung by Madame Patey.
\TY LASS AND I. By MICHAEL
i»A WATSON, bung by Mr. Franklin Clive,
THE QUAKER’S DAUGHTER. By
A MICIlAEI. WAT.-ON. Sung by Madam* Patey.
The above hongs may bo obtained of *11 Muilcsollcri, trice2*
bach.
Patsy ami Wu.us. 4*. Oie.t Mnrlborough-ftreet, London, W.
Par
T ’AMOUR IMMORTEL VALSE.
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IV MAKERS of GRAND and COTTAGE
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GRAND PIANOS have a framework „f wrought In
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IV COTTAGE PIANOS ran go from* ft. In height, ure full
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(2 ft. wide bySft.»ln.Land therefore well adaptolforboii.b.lrs.
school-rooms, yacht*, dc. Their Tn«trnm.nt« ran be obtained
In every variety of c*»e. Including ItenilManoe and Queen
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NEW MUSIC.
CHARMING NEW SONUS. 24 stamp* reel..
QURELY. New Song. ByA. H. BEIIREND.
O 15.620 copies sold first month of Issue.
15.620 copies sold Aral month of i-ene.
lfl.irjn copies sold IIrat month of lasus.
15,i2i) copies sold Itrst month of Issue.
CURELY. New Song. ByA. II. BEHREND.
■• Listen, mother, how tlie Song-bird*
eing on er’ry tree today;
Do they vn.nder who I* coining
From tlie land so far away?"
E flat. F, U (compass DtoEl.A list, B fist, and 0.
G OING HOME. New Song. By
COTS Full D DICK.
“ Hark 1 the holiday twills are ringing
Down the village with laughter glad.
Haste tlie children, cheerily singing.
Hand In hand each lassie and lad.'
O. A flat. A (compass F to K), and B flat.
TILL THE BREAKING OF THE DAY.
X lly CIRO PINSCTI.
"A splendid song, one of uncommon merit; the music I* rich
end full, and contains a most charming met sly. Certainly
bignor Plnsutl', prettiest and most beautiful song."
F. O. A flat. A (E to F). and B flat.
THE GIRLS ARE THE BOYS FOR ME.
X - By Til BO. BON II EUR; Word, Jaxnn*.
For rouens, |wint-»inlm©§, *n«l home rfrclo.
*• The hit* «'f the •eiiaon." 84 sUmpa each.
W MOKLEY and CO.,
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17D WIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR SONGS.
Xj THE OLD AND YOUNG MARIE .. K. II. Cowen.
THE BARGEMAN'S CHILD .A. H. Belirend.
I > TI1K 8WKET OF THE YEAR .. .. 0. Plnsutl.
T HE LAST OF THE BOYS .M. W.tson.
THE DREAM OK THE OLD SACRISTAN .. O. Barri.
Price 2*. each net, postage free.
7 DWIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR
PIANOFORTE PIECES.
DAMON.Seymour Smith.
DOROTHY .Seymour Smith.
LADY BETTY*.Seymour Smith.
BERGERS ET BERGERE9 .. I*. Il-sumont.
CORONATION MARCH .. .. M. Watson.
Price Is. bd. each net. pottage Tree.
7 DWIN ASHDOWN’S -^POPULAR
PIANOFORTE PIECES. /
PUR ET SIMPLE .. Sydney Smith.
rSYCHE (Gavotte) .. .. TIL>>I*ttel.
GLISTENING DIAMONDS .. (lustav Lange.
BY RUSHING WEIR.. ... L W. S. Roclutro.
Price 2*. each net. postage free.
E
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1 7 DWIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR
J WALTZES. \ \ 1
AUF IMMER (For Ever) .. .. Oscar Bey del.
LEBEWOIIL (Farewell)_.. X. Oscar Key,lei.
CELIA .. .. /. .. .• Fran!. J. Smith.
LAURITA .. f. .■£,!. Reyloff.
Price 2*. each net. postage free.
YDNEY SMITH’S METHOD.
" The method of methods.'*
Price 2*. «4- net. postage free.
Edwin Amidowk. Hsnover-square.
s
T HE BALL-ROOM GUIDE.
HOW TO DANCE.
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The Lancers for Eight or Sixteen.
Tin- Caledonians, 1-e Galopndo.
/ Mnzorxa, Yalse and Quadrille.
V\ Double Quadrille and Rolowa.
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La Vareqiiemie, the bpsnlah Dane*.
/X Va'oe (Jotillon. La Teni)i4tc.
Le Viennese, Le Prince Imperial, Ac.
Post-free. 9,1.; with any Is. Albain of Dance Music, 1*. 3d.;
/ / with *ny ss. pleceof DnnceSIualc, 2*. 3d.
X/ T. RoniNsox, Musicscller. Romford.
r^OUNOD’S NEW SONG, THE KING
VJ OF LOVE 5fY SHEPHERD 18. Omnposed Oct. 15.
leas, expressly lor the publtahera. A twantiful retting of the
favourite verses In “ Hymns. Ancient end Modern.” A rnunic-
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Francis pare the horse his head; and
himself between his master and the crowd.
ROPES OF SAND.
BY It. E. FRANCILLON,
Author of " Strange Waters." '‘Olympia,” "A Real Queen," &c.
CHATTER XLIII.
MONSIEUR AND MADAME.
drunken and ragged
regiment of Lea
Bosquets scattered in
panic before their
new master—a horse
that snw nothing but
a thin black .line
between his hoofs
and the open green plain.
Francis gave Rim his
head, kept liis own, nml
dashed through, with¬
out waiting to see if
Colonel Thunderbolt was
jdend or alive, Cucumber
.lack, before whose eyes
all tilings were again
turning into a haze,
started , 6yt of liis returning
i trance and, making a circuit
at the topxof his speed so ns
nottb startle the horse out
of any course he might choose,
put himself between his master
and- the crowd. He knew his wits
were waning again; but, in the
mental twilight of a dog’& brain, faithful¬
ness is the o n e tliing that stands out clear.
A dog will put itself between Ids master and a pursuing army:
and so did he. /4 I
But suddenly he became aware of a new sensation,
familiar, alas, to most of us, but absolutely unknown to him.
It was what we call—Tain. Never, since lie had owned a
body, lmd that body troubled him, from scalp to toe. But
now a sharp, cutting blow seemed to pierce his right side under
the ribs, and to send deadly shootings through all liis nerves,
as when the nm stroke of the barbarous axe falls upon a
young oak-tree. It was a mystery, ns well ns an agony.
Thorp lincl been no sound of firing, and none had been bold
qnough to pursue an armed man, mounted upon a horse with
heels that could lush and kick ns well as fly. The pain was
bad enough; but not so bad ns the terror belonging to the
unknown. The instinct of the dog turned to that of the stag,
whose one thought is the deep green covert where pain cannot
come.
We have something to be thnnkful for, to whom pain comes
as an old acquaintance, with his “Ah, here I am once more.”
We know his best and his worst—how much lie can do, and
how much we can bear. Indeed he comes, mostly, less as an
acquaintance than ns a friend, or rather than as a kinsman,
whom we know as long as wc have known ourselves: and,
still rather, as a teacher, who has taught us to know ourselves,
and feel for others, and to meditate on the thousand and one
m
G o
*0
?
Ay
mysteries he stands for, so fur as wc may. In short, lie is the
chief teacher of wisdom, ir only wc know how to learn. But
when he comes as a stronger ! The man who, even now that
ho had come, did not know him even by name, was at first
paralysed by terror: then inspired. He did not run : lie flew.
Frauds Oarew, thinking he could not do better than follow
so marvellously cool a hand, contrived to quiet his horse down
after^hb first burst over the grass, and adapted liis pace to the
long striding bounds of the panic-stricken creature whom lie
supposed to be bis guide. Inasmuch as Cucumber Jack was
now more unaccountable than ever, there was nothing for it
btlt to put faith in him, and ride on.
“ Nance ? ” said he, having at last a moment to breathe in.
“Yes, Sir?” asked she.
“What in the name of Heaven brought you from home
among these devils ? What had you to do with the Indies?
Look at Cucumber Jack, how he covers the ground. If it
hadn’t been for him—but we won’t talk of that, for a hundred
years to come. Why are you here? You'd best hold my
waist tight, Nance—this saddle wasn’t meant for two. Do
you remember helping me to get away from Horaocombe
Sands ? And the Maiden f Ah —1 wonder if I shall ever see
the Steeple again P”
There was no occasion to bid her watch the man whom she
hnd crossed the world to follow. A hundred rescues such ns
that of to-day could not wipe away her father’s blood from his
hands. Wlmt was to come of it all ? No — it could not be
that she lmd tracked him thus marvellously all for nothing,
first across a thousand miles of sea, and now through blood
and fire. That Francis knew of the blood feud that must
needs stand between that man and her she no longer believed.
And how could she find the heart or the words to transform
liis gratitude to the man who lmd saved his life und hers into
horror at a terrible crime ?
But probably there were never yet three fellow-travellers
who, with lives so closely bound together, and seemingly with
common feurs, common dangers, and common hopes, were
truly travelling in such different worlds. Cucumber Jack was
racing with panic and pain, like n dumb creature of the woods
who has been hurt in the chase and is hurrying to hide itself
in its lair. Francis was learning, like n true knight adventurer,
to take all things as they came, even Nance Derrick in
Hispaniola, except for wondering whether Providence and
Cucumber Jack bad intervened to save liis life so that Mabel
Openshaw might not be disappointed of her whim. But, alas !
that could not be. The loveliest and most divinely adorable
of women must remain in ignorance of whence she came (if
it were not in truth a star), and the lover who had failed her at
her need must choose between seeing her face no more, and
coming before her n baffled and hopeless man. And Nance—
broken-hearted at the horrible doom which had fallen upon
those who hod been more than father and mother to her in her
need, riding from death by unknown ways to an unknown end,
with her arms about the man she loved most, and beside the
man whom she hated worst, yet to whom she owed the life of
him she loved us well as her own—how can her heart be
Mow can it be put into words
put into coherent words:
at all?
“Jacques,” said Antoinette Carrel, “I wonder if any
people were ever so miserable as wc.”
“ Nobody—nobody in the whole world : not even in France.
Nobody ever had such u loss ns mine. Nobody ever will.”
“ I don’t mean the papers, my poor friend,” said she.
“You don't mean the papers! What else is there, in
Heaven’s name ? No—not in Heaven’s. They abolished
Heaven with all else: and they were right. A Heaven that
can let such things be is not fit to endure.”
“Jacques! ”
“Ah, you may say Jacques, but it is true. I'll say it to
the next priest we meet, and dare him to contradict me, if we
ever see a priest or any other scoundrel on two legs again.
You dou’t mean my papers? What do you mean? Do you
mean your house ”-
“ No, Jacques. People have seen their houses burned before
now: ah, and sometimes with their children in them as well as
their tables and their chairs—think of that, Jacques: their
children: thank God, for once, that we have none. They
could not have run.”
“Not your house? Do you mean your trinkets—your
clothes?”
“Bali! What an idea! ”
“ That wc shall be lost in the forest, and starve ? ”
“No. Hundreds nnd hundreds have been lost in forests
nnd starved.”
“ That we have become poor?”
“No. Thousands and millions are poor.”
“That we have discovered the malignant ingratitude of
mankind?”
“ Ah ! That is cruel enough. But I mean worse than that
when I wonder if any people, even Adam and Eve left Paradise,
were ever so miserable us we.”
“ You must be mad, Antoinette — yes, you too! ”
“ No, Jacques. I was wondering if ever n man before, who
had lost home, and wealth, und comfort, and the work of his
life, my poor Jacques, and the illusions of his youth, and
shelter for bis head, ah, and perhaps even bread to cat—I was
wondering if any such man, who had still his wife's hand
left him, was ever so miserable as to throw it away. . . . No,
Jacques: wo are indeed the most miserable people in the
world.”
‘ ‘ Antoinette ! No—it was not you that were mad: it was I.
Yes: if I had lost you, I should have lost more than my life:
yes, more than my papers—Can you give your hand again—to
a fool?”
‘ ‘ No, Jacques. Not to a fool. I will give it to you. As if I
did not know what your work has been to you, and what it
ought to have been to the world! But think what it would
have been to us, if one bail been killed that last horrible night
and the other had been left alive ! Thank God, Jacques: He
has been good to us after all.”
So she, who could not meet a band of murderers without
586
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DEC. 13, 1884
first putting on her best gown, set herself to reconcile her
philosopher to the loss of all things—herself excepted. It is
true she herself had not to share the very worst: the loss of ft
collection of notes on lunacy. But she lmd to share all else-,
without the help of a misfortune big enough to swallow up all
the rest: and the mad-doctor was not so mad as to throw away
the haud agaiu. He not only took it, but kissed it, too. And
then, and not till then, she began to cry.
“ Jacques—where are we to go ? What arc we to do ?
He could only shake liis head mournfully. “We might
steer by the sun for Port-au-Prince,” said he. “ But how are
you to travel—no carriage : no horse even: nud then, beyond
iloubt, we shall find this madness as bad at Port-au-Prince ns
elsewhere. If Les Bosquets has laconic another Paris, Port-
au-Prince will no doubt be another Nantes. And ice know
what that menus”- ., , , ...
“But we cannot stay in the forest,” said she, gazing at the
black jungle which to Cucumber Jack had been the gate of
Heaven, but to her was the mouth of llell. “The snakes,
Jacques—and I haven’t brought so much ns a hairpin: I must
walk, if I can’t ride.”
“ Antoinette! All those leagues in those shoes ?
It was unanswerable. She looked at her feet, which until
to-dny had walked only on velvet mid ilowers, and on the shoes
which lmd been made admirably—for show. Even after their
first run, they would never be the same shoes again.
But, looking up from her toes, she saw something that
made her spring to them.
“ Jacques—look there! They nre following us -
The Doctor looked, wearily. But he had better eyes for a
distance than Madame.
“No, no! But pray God they are not following them!
See. Antoinette—it is the ease of Nostalgia bringing the case
of Demoniac possession: and our guest, and a horse besides.
Wave your handkerchief, Antoinette: let them see where wc
fir©.**
“ Nanette ? Did you say Nanette, Jacques ? Ah, you dare
not say there is no Heaven now! ”
Whether they saw the signal is doubtful: for Francis was
following a blind guide whose one thought was to make for
the shelter of the trees. Their branches were his signal: and
the chances are that if he had seen Madame Carrel's scrap of
lace, such a sign of humanity would only have scared liim
away. But instinct naturally led him to the point whither it
had led him before, and whence the Doctor and his wife had
never stirred. By the some bole beside which lie lmd left
them to seek his’master, there he found them still. Now,
tiicn, for freedom once more from man, and the horrible pain
that wracked him through and through.
• He stood aside, leaning against a tree, while Nance slid from
the heaving and foaming side of the horse into the embrace of
her mistress, who welcomed her back to life* in a tempest
of sobbing laughter that very soon relieved itself in a shower
of tears. The Doctor, for a moment, looked at Francis wist¬
fully, as though the man who had managed to bring off a girl,
a mailman, and a horse, might have brought with him a
manuscript as well. .
“It has been a poor welcome we have been able to give
you at Les Bosquets, Monsieur,” said he, with a sorry attempt
at a courteous smile. ** And — if it had not been for you Ah,
Monsieur, I am the most miserable, after nil: you have saved
Madame, who is my life: and I cannot pay you, no, not even
in so poor, imbecile things ns words. Can I say how I am
glad you are safe? No. Embrace me, my brave friend!
Antoinette—embrace Monsieur!”
The physician kissed him on both cheeks: Madame also
put up her face, being too little to reach liis, ns if it were tlio
most natural thing in the world. Francis began to dread a
scene: and touched her forehead with his lips so hurriedly and
so awkwardly that it made her stare.
44 Indeed I *ve done nothing,” paid he i ** nothing at ell
except getting so nearly hanged that I begin to think I must
be bom to be drowned.’ But where’s Jack ? There's a fellow
that’s done something to be thanked for if you please—and,
please God, he shall know it, as long as we’re both above
ground, he and I. But we must tell our stories when they ’rc
ended. What’s the next thing to be done? Who knows
where wre are? Oh—what would I not give for a horn of
Parson Pengold’s ale! ” . . _
It was no easy question he had raised. There, cutting
them off from nny known track, smoked Les Bosquets, which
it would be rank madness to approach: between lay the '
glaring meadows, upon which the whole heat of the sun pound
down, pathless, and exposing nny traveller across them to be
seen and pursued without n chance of finding cover, until he
should bo stopped in his flight—if not sooner—by some.Jiope-
less swamp or impassable lagoon. Nor indeed did it seem
possible to dare much more danger that day, considering that
two of til© party’ were women, and one a helpless one, uud
that none of the men were armed. And behind them, and
straggling far to north and south, stood the darkness of the-
forest within whose threshold they had foupd snnetuary
gloomy and treacherous-looking, but safe from the sun's heat
and from the eyes of men. „
“We must find n day’s quartet where wc are, said
Francis at last, “ and make shift till nightfall—maybe by then
we shall know what best to do. We must iiud a resting-place
tor n bit, where we feel ourselves safe, awl where there s water
for horse and man: and then, towards nightfall, we might
make a league or so under cover till wc ’re far enough from
Les Bosquets to venture on striking the plain. Madame Carrel
can take the horse, and ”- \ . , / > / , _ ,
* 4 Farther—farther among the leaves! - cried Cucumber Jack,
coming forward, as pale as death; and with one hand pressed to
his side. “These trees lierewe good/for nothing: they’re
devils'trees—tearing us limb from lii% They’ve got red
leaves—and there they stand and laugh while I’m being torn
to pieces before their e)4s ” -
Suddenly lie reeled. and fell heavily on Ins face at the feet
of FrancisCarew. Madame Carterstreamed: Francis recoiled
from what seemed at last an outburst of unquestionable
frenzy: Naiiee Derrick stood petrified with awe at the sight of
the murderer's doom-permitted to escape from man only to
be struck down by Hcavcnftself at the feet of her whose
father he had slain. Was it this she had been led to the other
end of the world to see? It might be just: but it was
llOP lTwaB Dr. Carrel alone, who, helpless as he lmd proved
himself in the fnce pf unfamiliar danger, remained calm-
nay, ruther.who become himself: that is to say, who forgot
that there was such a thing as self at the sight of a body
that needed his wits and his hands. . , ,
He was on his knees beside Cucumber Jock in an instant.
'Then he beckoned to Francis, and showed him some inches of
reed projecting from the man’s side. ,
“He lias been running with thii inside him, whispered
lie#
“ An arrow ! ‘Who in the name of Heaven uses arrows
now?”
“ Nobody—except -
44 Except—who ? ”
“The Maroons.”
CHAPTER X L I V.
DEBIT AND CREDIT.
The Maroons !
Francis had been long enough in the West Indies, more
especially in Cuba mid in Hispaniola, to understand the
significance of wluit l)r. Carrel lmd discovered. It was not a
mere mutiny at Les Bosquets or at other plantations—the
tribes of escaped slaves and their descendants, who led a life,
half of hunted animals, half of brigands, among the swamps and
forests, must have heard, in some mysterious manner, the
alarm bell of liberty, and have come out to swell the army of
greater lenders than Colonel Coup-dc-Tonnerre. If that was
so, ns the arrow shaft let fly with such good aim from Les
Bosquets only too plainly proved—if all the plains and swamps
ns well ns the plantations, were up in arms against the creole
masters of the soil, escape from the forest was a sorry lookout
indeed. To remain would be perilous enough : but to emerge,
by night or day, would mean the certainty of falling among
bands of savages burning for hereditary revenge.
“Is he—Dead?” whispered Nance, so faintly that she
scarce knew she had spoken, except by feeling her lips move.
When she had brooded upon vengeance, and upon blood for
blood, she had not known how terrible the sight would be.
And yet there was justice: the ancient justice of a tooth for a
tooth and an eye for an eye. Even so had her father lain
slaughtered iu a wood: and she, who had looked upon liis
murdered body, now saw that of his slayer. Oh, if the miserable
wretch had only met his doom before he had saved the life of
Francis Carew ! She might have been better able then to look
upon justice without its veil.
“That’s what I have to see. Only stand back, everame
of you, anil leave me alone. . . . Monsieur Carew : the body
is light, and you nre strong. We must carry him more deep in
the wood, and wc must find water—it is too hot for him
here to lie”-
Nance drew a deep breath—it was almost n relief to hear
that Francis had not been summoned by the Doctor to dig a
grave. Yes — it was right he should die: but not yet—not
now. He lay helpless before her: and the woman, who had
tried to become a witch that ho might not escape her vengeance,
listened for the Bound of water as anxiously as if she were
praying that he could be saved.
And it was her care that (lid first catch the song of a forest
spring. Thither was carried tlic body of her enemy, half sup¬
ported on the horse by Francis, while the Doctor. woHccax
anxiously beside, and Madame followed, awe-struck into
silence and out of her tears. Francis lifted the slender, passive
body from the horse, and laid it gently upon the ground.
“Now," said Doctor Carrel, “let all the rest of you keep
clear—all, except you, Nanette: you will stay here with rue.”
The helpless man, helpless no longer, gave her one of those,
keen, searching looks that she had not Been from his eyes since
she first met him by Cutwater. It was a cornmand to be steady
of nerve and ready with help: and she obeyed. Then lie
slowly opened n pocket-case containing a few common in¬
struments, folded a handkerchief, and signed to Francis to
lead Madame away. . x
Francis hooked the horse’s bridle overa stump, so that the
animal might show liis superiority over liis superiors by finding
food without, and enjoying it in spite of trouble ; and sat down
in silence beside Madame, whdrequirednobiddingtoescape from
tlio sight of whatever was going on. She lmd no jealousy on
the score of Nanette’s assistance being asked for instead of
hers— s hc did not pretend to courage, except where she loved:
mid, where she did not love, she laid her creole pride. It was
only in the nature of tilings that, even in a forest, and when
tragedy rather than law had made/ all equal, the valet should
be looked after by the ludy T s-maid. But she remained silent-
mucli to the relief ot Francis, who had by this time learned to
bear many things, but not yet to bear chatter.
It was a strange scene—strange almost for its very
contrast with what Francis had seen and acted in that
day. The solemn tret's, scarcely rising above the wild tangle
of a western forest: the French physician and the English
girl bending over the lifeless^ figure : the daintily-dressed little
lady sitting by: arid, the horse quietly grazing among them
all. Francis hardly knew whether he wished for his comrade’s
life or no. In all reason, it were better that the poor, half or
all demented vagabond should pass out of a world which he
could not understand. Moreover, he had been a miserable and
cumbersome burden to his unwilling protector from beginning
to endx He had neither friend nor kin: there was nobody
who needed him or would mourn for him—not a soul. It was
preposterous to wish that the fellow should return to his crazy
vagabondage, perhaps to end his days iu a jail or a mad¬
house, without a green twig to hang a rhyme on. But then—
thcjiian was his comrade, after all: and how could ho wish
that one who hud saved two lives by his crazy wits should die
of the deedP “And after all,” thought Francis, “of what
fnore use am I tlmu he ? He’s no good to himself or to any
any other mortal soul—nor am I. lie has neither friend nor
mourner—nor have I. Mabel? No—that’s over. I’ve failed
her: and there’s an end. No—if he’s best stuck with an
arrow, then I had been best hanged. I wish he hndn’t
meddled, confound liim: then the rope would have settled
tilings by this time for good and all. And Nance—Ah, poor
lass, I’m forgetting he saved her. She «■« worth saving:
she •. a brave girl, whatever bad wind blew her here.”
At last, after a long time, the Doctor rose.
“ Monsieur,” said he, “beyond all question you ore right.
You have rested : the day is much pussed: the ladies cannot
remain in the forest: it is not wholesome—and they will want
food. You must put them on the horse and guide them till it
is dark: then you must try the plain, which will lie to your
left hand. There is grave peril, doubtless, since the Maroons
nre joined with the slaves. But you are u brave man,
Monsieur, and you have a head: and—in fine —ait rnoir.”
“Yes,” said Francis, “I have been thinking too. There
is the less danger in pushing on. Then—the poor fellow is
gone? Poor Jack ! But I can't leave him just like a dog,
without a grave.”
44 4 Am revoir ’/” asked Madame, quickly. ‘‘ Jacques—why
do you say au recoir f ”
“ Because—because—Antoinette: you will put yourself
under the protection of Monsieur. It is a sad troublo : but,
alas, my patient has forgotten to die. And while there is a
spurk, a physician—you understand—must stand by with his
fan.”
44 Jacques ! Y'ou mean to say you will stay here ? ”
“ Alas ! It is not that-1 will, it is that I must, morblcu ! ”
Even Francis was staggered, though ho thought he had
done with being surprised. Here was a doctor, a French
doctor, who had certainly shown as yet no very great amount
of courage and presence of mind, coolly proposing to remain
alone in a forest with a dying stranger, instead of taking tlio
only chance of safety that even he himself could find—nnv,
parting with the wife whom nobody could doubt he loved with
nil his heart, with the prospect of the parting being for ever,
rather than imagine the possibility of leaving a vagabond at
the last gasp, lor whom nobody cored a straw.”
“Jacques ! ” cried Madame.
44 Hush! We must have all the quiet in the world: a word
too quick or too loud may frighten the spark away. Bah ! If
you lmd married a soldier you would not bid him leave liis
post—eli ? And what is a soldier’s post to a physician's? No,
no. The battle of life and death—it is here: and it must not
be my fault if death wins. If this were our worst enemy, if
it were Currier himself, it must be the same. And he may live.
Jacques Carrel never gave up u patient yet: and he is too old
° The 1 Doctor spoke sharply—almost fiercely. For it was
clear that he meant what he said: and so it may be that he
was doing battle with himself, and was in some slight danger
of losing the battle, unless he crushed opposition and tempta¬
tion at the very outset, together, aud with the same hand.
“ Ah ! And what, then, is a physician’s to a wife’s? And
what any other wife’s to Antoinette's ? ” broke in Madame.
“ Very well. If you stay by that-man, I stay by you.
Monsieur, take care of Nanette. A good journey: and taut
adieu!'* x ...
She, too, had plainly made up her mind, and without the
need of any battle at all. Francis looked from one woman to
the other in much doubt, and not in a little dismay. How could
he, the wounded man’s comrade and fellow-countryman, leave
him to die when a foreigner and a stranger, and an old man
besides, was undertaking the watch ns a matter of course, and
iu the common way of his calling? Yet how, on the other
hand, could he leave his living lellow-countrywoman, whom
her father's death had made his ward, to the terrors and perils
of the forest and iu company with incomprehensible zealots
like Jacques and Antoinette Carrel ?
Madame was swift of her wits and her tongue: Nance
Derrick was slow. It was not all in n moment, therefore, that
she also had her say.
“ When I was desperate and forsaken,” said she, in a low
voice and slowly, as it the words were hard to come, “ it was
not the Doctor and Madame who passed me by on the other
side. Where they bide, and I cun help them, I bide too.
And I must pay my debt—if he has taken one life he has
saved another.’ Before I can pay him for the life lie lias
taken, I must pay liim for the life he 1ms saved.”
^ She was speaking now to herself: but it was no occasion
for those who heard her to ponder over what her words might
mean. Something iu her voice caught Francis Carew’sinner
cars: aud he felt that never in liis life had he ever known the
girl—not that he knew lier now. Only lie felt—ns others,
even in Stoke Juliot had felt before—that there was about her
the influence of power, that others had called witchcraft for
want of a name, and for which he had no name at all.
“ Good,” said he. 44 1 find that a soldier’s duty is nothing
to a physician’s ; a physician’s nothing to a wife’s; a wife’s
nothing to a grateful heart’s—and what it 1ms to be grateful
for, maybe I shall some day know. But what’s one’s or
another’s to mine ? So here I stay, too. Only where’s the
need ? Can’t the horse carry him? Why, the poor fellow is
a feather-weight”-
“No,” said the Doctor. “Ho must not be moved:
Nanette—come here: you will be of usc^ therefore you shall
remain. Antoinette—ns your husband, as your lord mul
muster, I command you to depart under the escort of
Monsieur.”
4 ‘ Bah! ” exclaimed Madame. “ That for lords aud masters!
As your wife, Jacques, I refuse.”
“Antoinette ! Think of tlic snakes : think of the ”-
“ I adore snakes, Jacques—you know I do.”
“You will starve ”-
“Shall 1! Neither I nor you.” Aud, so saying, slio
produced in triumph a boutonniere.
CHAPTER XLV.
A LONG SLEEP.
Three times the sun had risen and set: and the spark of life,
though twenty times seemingly at its last flic ker, had not died.
They hud been three terrible nights aud days. The four
prisoners in the forest had not yet starved, for even in the
forests of that land nature spreads a table for the hungry, as
mauy an escaped slave hod proved: and, for that matter, no
man finds out anywhere how generous Nature is until he is at
liis utmost need. The stream lmd fish, and the Squire and the
keeper’s daughter contrived to take them : and Nance had
learned from her father how to make a springe. And then
there were roots, aucl strange fungi, which the physician knew
how to choose. Nor, us yet, was there a sign of their being
followed from Les Bosquets. Francis would have taken horse
aud ridden over to the ruins, only that hud he been seen und
followed his comrades would have been doomed. For they bad
become chained to the side of the dying man. It was this,
more than aught else, that gave their situation its limitless
horror—they were waiting for death to set them free. There
could not be much talk, even, by the side of a dying man who
had nothing to leave behind.
But if poor Cucumber Jack had been a Prince or a
millionaire, and had Jacques Carrel been a Court physician
working for fees and fame, the Doctor could not have gone to
work with more singleheurted and unflagging zeal. Nor did
that fine ludy, Madame, with her quick wit and her quicker
heart, fail him at his need. It is true she did nothing : but
slio was always there, quick to break down and to quarrel if
tilings went well, quicker to be brave and patient so soon as
they went ill. As for Francis, he lmd enough to do as hunts¬
man. But his duties were not so grent as to hinder him from
observing Nance Derrick, and wondering over her more and
more.
She had become a mystery indeed—so great a mystery in
her own self that the mere fact of her being there was a mere
nothing in comparison. After all, were the Nance Derrick
of Stoke Juliot and the Nanette of Les Bosquets, now of the
virgin forest of the West, truly one aud the same ? lie had
left her on the bench what Phil Derrick’s daughter was bound
to be—a quiet, uuinstructed girl, only differing from her
neighbours in her solitary ways. Here, in Hispaniola, she was
a ludy—aud something more. It was not that she could speuk
a foreign tongue as if it were her own, and that she knew
enough science and history to talk with the Doctor on liis own
ground—a great deal at least it seemed to Francis Carew. It
was that she seemed, in spreading her wings, to have left
Stoke Juliot far beneath her, and not merely far away;
whereas he himself had wandered, but always on tho same
level stiU.
Would even Mabel Onenshaw, that unapproachable and
unattainable beauty, now lost for ever, have risen to this level,
with four living creatures, one dying and three living, on her
lmnds ? For there was no question but that Nance Derrick,
without assumption, but as a matter of course, rose into the
place of command. It was she who, out of the inheritance of
her father’s wood-craft, put her master to bait the the ex¬
temporised line aud to set the springe. It was she who cooked
the food when caught—and well for them was it that Francis
was a smoker of tobacco, or they might have sought for steel
and tinder in vain. It was she who wound «p Madame'a
heart whenever it ran down, and who, when the Doctor rested,
took her patient aud intelligent place beside the sick man.
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Thus there was but little time for talk between her and
Francis. Indeed, he thought now and then that she even
sought to avoid him, though without any conceivable reason
why. lie had not yet lenmed on what kind of broomstick she
had flown from Stoke Juliot to Les Bosquets: and whenever
he approached the question, some errand was sure to call her
away. However, it did not take three days, nor even one, for
him to regard her .is a part of the natural order of things,
wherever she might be, and however she might liave come
there.
Yet, if there was scant opportunity for talk, there was still
less for keeping at a distance through all those dragging hours
among these four. And the more he saw of Nance, the more
he marvelled at the recollection of once upon a time when he
was conscious of a condescension in dropping in for a chat
with Nance Derrick, his keeper's daughter, and when she used
to receive him with the modest humility of one who knew his
place and her own. Why, if this were really that same Nance
Derrick, he must have been deaf and blind in those days. No
wonder Quickset, lmng him, had thought her worth the notice
of a fine gentleman ! Why, the finest of fine gentlemen wu9
not good enough for hers—now.
These were far-away thoughts for a man in his plight: but
the more and more, since he had given up all thought’or hope
of returning, did his thoughts, whereof no man is master,
insist on turning back the homeward road. It was like enough,
whut with the chances of ague, and marsh fever, and beasts,
and such men as were abroad, they might all perish in the
forest or among the lagoons together: and that likelihood
turned his thoughts homeward all the more. “ Life is n bigger
riddle than I took it for, Nance,” said he, ns ho watched her
watching the sick man, with his head pillowed on the saddle
and his face sheltered from the moonlight by a canopy of
broad-leaved branches—the Doctor taking his rest in an arbour
hard by under the care of Madame. • “ A bigger riddle, by
far. It’s all waste, it seems to me. There is the Doctor, clever
and learned, being wasted on that poor vagabond who’s better
out of the world than in. And there’s Madame, a fine lady,
being wasted on a jungle and on a man who prefers any
vagabond’s life to hers. And that poor fellow’s life itself—
wasted on that of a yet more useless vagabond—to wit Francis
Carew. And you yourself, Nance, once wasted on Homacombe
Hands, and now on—Ilenven knows on what, but it’s nil the
same.”
“ A riddle! Ay, indeed,” said she. “ But waste ? There ib
nothing wasted—so says Doctor Carrel. Though indeed it is
sometimes hard to see.”
“ Hard, indeed ! Hard is not the word. You seem to have
learned a great deal from these Carrels.”
“ It is not their fault it is so little. And sometimes I wish
it were less—It only makes me apt to feel—to doubt—to see
things in a haze instead of straight and clear. But it is not
their fault: for they, who know so much more, see as straight
ns if they knew nothing at all. He sees his duty, and she sees
him. That is not waste—it is wisdom, it seems to me.”
“Nance—I don't know your story: and I don’t ask what
you don't choose to tell. But I can see this, that you are no
more Nance Derrick of Stoke Juliot than I am anything but
the same Francis Carew. Your look is different: your talk is
not the same. There is nothing left of you but your voice and
your name.”
“Perhaps I am not the same,” said she. And in truth
how could it be Derrick's daughter who was watching over
his murderer ns loyally ns if he had been that father's owu
son ? It could not be helped—the loyalty was to Doctor Carrel.
But it seemed that, do what she would, there was always
some perverse fate at hand to rob her of justice, even in a West
Indian forest where there was no church aud no law. No—he
must uot die. He must not escape her so. Was it for this
that she had pursued him to the other end of the world ? That
would be waste, indeed. And yet, even if he lived, how was
justice to be done ? “ There is no waste—there shall be none 1 ”
she exclaimed, with a sudden energy. “ It must mean some¬
thing, for good or ill—and it shall! ”
“ No, Nance,” said Francis, a littlo startled, but reading
in her words no more than met the ear. “ I 've said ‘ must'
and ‘ shall ’ too, ny, and ‘ will ’—but I might as well have
said won’t and can’t, and so saved n lot of waste nt the
beginning. It 'a ages since I’ve opened my heart to a soul:
and there was a Nance Derrick once, to whom I always used
to gossip in the old times—and I wish she were here.”
Nance said nothing. What was she to say P
“And then,” said he, “even if she were, I should never
see her again. Before I came in for Homacombe, I was going
for a soldier: and if ever I get out of this, I ’ll sell Horua-
combo to any fool that wants it, and buy a commission. It
won’t be nil waste to give the King more food for French
powder—though I can’t hate the French ns much as l qught,
when you’re half Frenchwoman yourself, Nance* and your
Doctor's fit to be an Englishman, if he were a little less queer.
Yes—that’s about the best thing lean do. . . . I'ma failure,
Nance : that’s what I am.” \ \
“What!” sho exclaimed. “A failure: because .a girl
lias said No? . . . Shall I tell you what Nunce Derrick of
Stoke Juliot once said to—to Miss Mabel Opcnshaw ? She
said .... But never mind that. That is all over, a thousand
times. Oh, I can understand what a broken heart means, and
a dead one, too. 1 have cried out to heaven in my time, and
no answer came. I have tried to sell my soul—and even
now- But a man ! A man to despair because of a woman’s
word!”
What lover ever thought' it strange to find his love
notorious among the Cynocophnli ? What lover would not
think it strange if he found it unknown even at the South
Pole ? Francis shook his bend sadly. *Mt is not that,” said
he. “ If it were- It is that she baa set me a task I have
sworn to do before I can win her : and 1 have failed.”
Nance sat and listened in silencp, while the man she loved
in secret spen(fHhcy iiight watch in telling her his love tale.
And then she took the word : sadly enough, lor though sho
could not wholly comprehend such martyrdom to a seuseless
vow, it made her feel that her own one dream was more sense¬
less still. Mabel did not love him—that she had always
known. But how he must love her! Aud how could she
even hint that his labour had been thrown away upon an empty
dream ? Better he should think he had lost than know ho
could never have won.
But her silence in itself was like sympathy. And when
Francis, also, lapsed into congenial silence, he felt, for the
first time since his mother died, that he was not alone. In
Mabel’s company, lie hud known nothing but infinite unrest—
never had he felt that she lmd understood him: never had ho
dared to feel that he had the least insight into a nature that
was made, not to be comprehended, but adored. But, though
Nance was far more enveloped in mystery, he hud assurance,
an they sat there in silence, that lie had a sister and a friend—
that if Mabel was a divine star, Nance was a fire at which a
man might warm his hands, and his heart thereby. The fire
is as mysterious as the star, not less if not more: but the one
mystery is far away and for all—the other, near, and kind,
and all our own.
“ Mabel! Is that you ? ”
Was he dreaming ? or had the ghost of the forest yet some
echo to mock him with the semblance of a dream ? It was not
he who spoke: it was not Nance : it was a faint, weary voice,
such as might sound from a grave. But it was as clear as it
was faint and thin. And not only did he hear it—which might
have proved it excited fancy—but Nance also: for, after one
brcatliless moment she leaped up and ran to Madame's bower.
“ Monsieur the Doctor—Quick! He wakes—he speaks—lie
is alive ! ”
Yes: it was Cucumber Jack, whose first word, on shaking
off wlmt had seemed a dying lethargy, was the name of her of
whom Francis C’arew’s thoughts were full. But, quicker than
Francis could wonder, the Doctor liad woke, and was by his
patient* 8 side.
“ Gently—gently! ” said he. “This is what I hoped—ah,
it is not Jacques Carrel who ever speak die! But gently,
gently, before nil. Oh but for one drop of cognac! But
Nature—she has done one marvel, and she shall do some more.
Nanette—you have kept always the bouilli 1 Of course—bring
it now. Hup, won amt. No: not one drop more. Ah, this is
good—I would not have lost a Ilome-Sick as this, no, not for
all the Les Bosquets back again. Antoinette—come hither!
See what thy husband has done—Art against tliat imbecile,
that humbug, Nature: and Art has won. So !—triumphavit
Jacobus Carrel! But gently—gently, before nil! ”
Francis stirred the fire into a blaze. The wounded man
turned his opening eyes to the flame, and then upon a group
surrounding him.
“ I’ve had a devil of n long sleep,” said he, feebly, and in
tones that seemed to belong to another man. “ But where am
I ? This not Dope Wood—no, nor Base Wood—I con tell that
by the smell.”
“ Come, my friend,” said the Doctor, “talking will never
do. Yes: you have had a long sleep : and you must have
another before j’ou tell your dreams. You arc safe, and with
friends: that must be enough for you now. Nanette—you
may rest. I will remain with Jean Concombre.”
‘ ‘ Jean Concombre ? ” inquired he.
“Yes: what you call Jack Cucumber: that is you. You
observe he has forgotten his name! ”
“Not a bit of it,” said Cucumber Jack. “Perhaps
you will kindly tell me yours, if I tell you mine. My name is
Arthur Openslmw. And now, if you please, who are you, and
where nm I, before I go to sleep again! It strikes me I shall\
sleep a little better, if I know. Arthur Opcnshaw./AVby not ?
Or Arthur Heron, then—it’s all one. Jock Cucumber, indeed! \
Yes : I’ve heard the name somewhere—but the notion of its
being mine!” \ J
The Doctor looked nt him intently ns he spoke; then turned
round with a triumphant smile
“ Now if I am not the most fortunate of men! Antoinette—
Nanette—Monsieur Carew—there is a man who, had lie been
sane, must of that wound have -gone mod or died. Being
insane, he hud to die or become sane. He is not dead: lie is
ns sane—as sane—as I! ” >
And lie was showing his sauity i for before Francis could
assure himself that the trees were not whirling round in n wild
dance, the man was ns somid asleep as man cftnJse.
(To tie cpntintitil,}
CHRISTMAS CARDS.
“ No explanation necessary,” ia the remark inscribed beneath
one of our Artist’s lnuiiorousSketchcs, which illustrate, from
a comic point of view/the popular custom of buying a variety
of piotuie l und decorated cards for postal presents to friends
at this festive season. Purchasers old und young, men,
women, and cliildreu, are seen to crowd the shop-windows
and shop-counters ofeiiterprisiug fancy-stationers, and there
are situations amidst the eager throng “ when height is an
ndvuutage,” enubling the taller person to look over the ot hers’
heads, and to pick up the articles of liis choice. Where the
bustle of buyuigAs'Tta great, it may happen that some im¬
patience is felt at the tedious procedure of the elderly spinster
who insists on a critical perusal of all the printed text on
every card offered to her inspection. The prompt and
business-like air w the careless young man, who executes his
sister’s commission in a summary way, by taking a dozen hap¬
hazard without glancing at them, is more convenient to the
waiting customers in the shop. Its result, however, may not
provemitogetlier to the taste of the ladies of his family at
home. They may possibly object to the vulgarity of some of
the ^personality cards,” mid may decline to make use of those
which present ideal caricatures of “thesporting youth” or the
“sentimental youth,” in whose figures the likeness is too
grossly apparent to gentlemen of their private acquaintance.
TU^certainly not proper or kind to circulate pictorial and
epigrammatic pasquinades against people one meets in society,
uua the fun of such malicious tricks is a very unworthy iu-
/uulgeuce. The majority of Christmas cards, much to the
credit of the publishers engaged in this large trade, and of the
skilful designers aud editors of their prose or verse com¬
mentaries, are uot only free from offence, but expressive of
genial mid amiable sentiments, in some cases of pure
affection, cordial friendship, and true Christian feeling.
Their artistic beauty in drawing and colouring, with
the perfection of their printing, in many instances,
appears to us yearly more remarkable, and is quite sufficient
to warrant the practice of collecting und preserving them for
future admiration. We have no disposition, therefore, to cast
any slight on this pleasant mid graceful fashion of sending
well-chosen Christmas cards, by our representation of a few'
ludicrous incidents attending their sale und delivery. The
poor shop-girl, it is true, may be tired out by the closing
hour; and the overladen postman, though a most, welcome
visitor at many house-doors, will have cause to feel that his
Christmas box is earned by severe extra labour. These
fatigues are iucurred in their particular business aud line of
service. As for the voluntary trouble which is undertaken by
ladies and gentlemen in keeping up the social observance, we
can imagine how painful it may be for the tall man to suffer a
muscular cramp in the back from prolonged stooping over the
pretty wares laid out for his selection, and for the little man,
Himpkins, to be hustled in a mob at the post-office vehemently
anxious to put their missives in the box. These trials of
human fortitude are consoled, let us hope, by the regard and
esteem of their friends and Christmas correspondents, and by
the good opinion of society about them.
The committee of the British aud Foreign Bible Society
have appointed the Bev. W. Major Pauli, of Redhill, who has
been a district secretary of the society for above thirteen years,
to the office in tlio secretariat which was rendered vacant ill
July by the death of the Kev. Charles E. B. Reed.
Hir Edmund Thornton, G.C.B., now her Majesty’s Ambas¬
sador at St. Petersburg, has been appointed her Majesty’s
Ambassador at Constantinople ; and Sir Robert Morier,
K.C.B., her Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary at Madrid, has been appointed her Majesty’s
Ambassador at St. Petersburg.
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WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will (dated Oct. 9, 1876), with five codicils (dated
April 5, 1878; Sept. 9, 1879 ; May 20 and July 4, 1882 ; and
March 24, 188-1), of Mr. William Charles Jones, late of Man¬
chester and of The Elms, near Warrington, Cheshire, merchant,
who died on Aug. 1 last, was proved on the 10th ult., at the
Chester district registry, by Mrs. Lucretia Elizabeth Jones,
the widow, and William Charles Jones, the eldest soil, the
executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to
upwards of £875,000. The testator bequeaths £1200 Consols,
upon trust, to give each of 150, or less, of the most destitute
persons of Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire, annually at Christmas
from 61b. to 41b. of beef, a 4 lb. loaf of bread, n half-pint
glass of ale, and a pocket-handkerchief; £500 to St. Murk’s
Hospital, founded by Mr. Salmon ; and £100 each to the St.
Ann’s Society, the Church Pastoral Aid Society, the Church
Missionary Society, the Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood; tlio
Manchester Diocesan Church Building Society, tlio Man¬
chester Infirmary, the AIanc(iester Ci ty Missions, the National
Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, and the Royal
Hospital for Iiicumbl('8, Putiiey. He gives to his wife
£1250, and nil his wines, consumable stores, horses, car¬
riages, und cattle; and he leaves/her, for life, £7000 per
annum, und his residences, The Elms, and at Brighton, with
the pictures, plate,—books, household goods, und furniture.
On her death, subject to a right of residence given to his
daughters until niurriuge, he settles his house at Brighton and
the above articles therein on liis sou William Charles, for life,
with remainder to liis son Walter John Henry, for life; and
The ElmSf with the furniture und the other of the said
articles therein, on'hW'haid son Walter John Henry. All his
freehold property at Bold, Lancashire, nnd in York and
Fountain.street, Manchester, lie settles on his eldest sou; his
mills and cottages at Bedford on his 6ous ns joint tenunts;
ami a leasehold house nt Appleton on his daughter Alls.
Elizu Emily Wright. To his second sou, Walter John Henry,
he bequeath? £60,060 ; upon trust for each of his daughters,
Lucrctiu Ellen, Elizu Emily, and Charlotte Annie, £50,000
railway debehture stocks, und his trustees are to appropriate
out pTJiis property such further sums of stock as will produce
for each of them £500 per annum in addition ; and legacies to
'Some of his own and his wife’s relatives, and to some of his
employees. The residue of his real and personal estate is to
be divided between his sons, in equal shares.
\Tlie will (dated Aug. 11,1882). with a codicil (dated Aug. 9,
1884), of Air. William Haynes, lute of Wildwood House,
Ilumpstcud-heath, who died on Sept. 19 lust, was proved on
the 15tli ult. by William Haynes and George Haynes, the sons,
mid James Adams Hewitt, the executors, the vnlue of the
personal estate exceeding £133,000. The testator leaves to his
wife, Mrs. Alary Ann Haynes, £500, mid all the jewellery,
furniture, plate, pictures, books, effects, wines, horses, car¬
riages, and live and dead stock at his dwelling-house and
usual or principal place of residence at the time of his decease,
mid an annuity of £800; and there are a few other legacies.
The residue of his real und personal estate is to bo held, upon
trust, for all his children, in equal shares.
The will (dated July 11, 1884) of Mr. Richard Garrett, late
Leistou Works, Suffolk, agricultural engineer, who died ou
July 30 last, was proved on the 14th lilt, by Harry Brown and
Robert Flick, the executors, the value of the personal estate
exceeding £70,000. The testator leaves all liis interest in the
Leistou Works, real and personal, und in the business carried
on there, to his brother and partner, Frank Garrett; nnd liis
residence called New Haven, with the land surrounding it, to
his housekeeper, Airs. Fennell, for life; then to her husband,
for life, nnd then to his nephew and godsou, Frank Garrett.
There are other gifts to his brother, and further provision for
his housekeeper, uud also legacies to his executors and others.
The residue of his real aud persoual estate lie leaves to his
sisters, Airs. Betsy Alarm Grim wood, Airs. Ellen Johnson, Airs.
Jaue Emma Elkingtou, uud Airs. Clara Reck, and the childreu
of his deceased sister, Airs. Sarah Louisa Croft.
The Scotch Confirmation, under seal of office of the county
of Edinburgh, signed Aug. 22 last, of the general disposition
and settlement (dated Feb. 13, 1872) of Air. John Murray
Gurtshore, of Ravelstou, iu the county of Edinburgh, who died
on June 22 last, granted to Aliss Alary Anne Georgiaua
Murray Gartshore, the daughter, the sole executrix nominate,
lias just been sealed in London, the vnlue of the personal estate
in England and Scotland exceeding £43,000.
The will (dated (Jet. 6, 1881), with three codicils (dated
Oct. 17,1881; March 7, 1882; audAlureli 22,1881), of Air. John
Cliurton, late of Aloranncdd Rhyl, North Wales, who died ou
July 12 last, was proved on the 15th ult. by James Tcrtius
Collins, Samuel Smith, and William Henry Cliurton nnd John
Weaver Cliurton, the nephews, four of the executors, the
value of the personal (state amounting to over £39,000. The
testator leaves to l.is wife. Airs. Caroline Cliurton, £500, uiul
nil his furniture, plate, pictures, effects, carriages, horses,
cattle, aud sheep, and liis residence Aloranncdd, for life. If
he lias not done so in his lifetime, his executors are directed to
provide out of his estate for the permanent maintenance of
the University Exhibition of £60 established by him, tenable
by pupils of King’s School, Chester; and there are some other
legacies. The residue of liis real and personal estate is to be
held, upon trust, for liis wife, for life; und at her death various
legacies are given to, or upon trust for, liis brother, sisters,
and others. The ultiiuute residue of his property is to ho
divided between his nephews and nieces, William Henry
Cliurton, John Weaver Cliurton, John Gaitskell Cliurton,
Percy Vardon Cliurton, Henry Ramsay Collins, John Cliurton
Collins, Anne Gibson, Alary Sliirres, Christian Cununin,
Bertha Hamilton, Emily Cliurton, Ada Churtou, Caroline
Gordon, and Agues Taylor, iu equal shares.
The will and codicil (both dated July 2, 1879) of Aliss
Alargaret Fenoulhet, late of No. 16, Kensington-crescent,
Kensington, who died on Oct. 24 last, were proved ou the
15th ult. by Philip Cadby, the Rev. George Jones, and Edward
Cooper Fenoulhet, the nephew, the executors, the value of
the personal estate amounting to over £30,000. The testatrix
bequeaths £1000 each to the British and Foreign Bible Society
aud the London City Mission; £200 to the Society for the
prevention of Cruelty to Animals: and some other legacies.
The residue of her property is to be divided equally between
her nephews and nieces, Edward Cooper, Howel, John Henry,
James Peter, Mary, and Margaret Sophia Chadwick Fenoulhet.
The will (dated Aug. 11, 1884) of Airs. Elizabeth Ann
Daly, late of No. 2, Randolph-gardens, Maida-vale, who died
on Sept. 5 last, at Herne Bay, was proved ou the 14th ult. by
Janies Thomas Daly, the husband, William Dempsey, the
father, and Charles William Dempsey, the executors, the value
of tlio personal estate amounting to over £25,000. The testa¬
trix bequeaths legacies to godchildren and others; nnd, con¬
tingent on her father dying in the lifetime of her husband,
£500 to the Home for Incurable Children, Maida-vale.' There
are special bequests to her father and husband, and the
residue of her property is to be divided between them.
rortrnit-models of Air. Irving as Hamlet and Miss Ellen
Terry as Ophelia are on view at MadameTussuud’a Exhibition.
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THE WINTER EXHIBITIONS.
THE INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN OIL.
The second exhibition of the Institute of Painters in Oil
shows little falling off from that of lust year, with which their
new galleries were inaugurated. Wo must reserve for n future
occasion a more detailed notice of the works, and limit our¬
selves on this occasion to alluding briefly to some of the more
striking. Mr. F. D. Millet is a talented American, who begun
active life as the editor of a leading New England journal,
and subsequently distinguished liimsclf as the war corre¬
spondent of the Daily News when Mr. Archibald Forbes'
health broke down. In the interval lie found time to study
painting at Antwerp—with what results his two pictures at
the Institute this year bear witness. “No Unwelcome
GKtest” (314) is ouly a scene in a wayside inn. with two simple
figures, the guest ami the serving maid: a simply told tale,
intelligible to all, but painted with rare skill, especially in the
management of the light through the windows, which forms
the whole background of his work. “ A Cosy Corner" (781)
is slighter in design and execution, but is not. less indicative of
the powers of this ninny sided, highly gifted New Englander,
whose story, “A Capillary Crime,’’ in the current number of the
Harper's Magazine, shows his powers as a romancer in the style
of Edgar Poe. In a very different vein is Mr. 0. Clausen's
“ Woman of the Fields" (13), unattractive in every respect,
except its stem realism and careful work. In strong contrast
is the President, Mr. J. I>. Linton's, “Knight" (24), in full
armour, with his lady’s scarf wound round his left arm;
painted with admirable skill and power. Not far off is Mr.
Haynes Williams’s “ Matadorc" (13), gay, jaunty, and full of
colour; whilst Mr. Melton Fisher’s “Salome” (84), an olive-
limbed girl ugninst an amber curtain, deals boldly and suc¬
cessfully with a theme already treated by one of the ablest of
French artists. The identity of title, although the pose is dif¬
ferent, challenges comparison with Regnuult’s celebrated
work ; but it is no discredit to .Mr. Fisher to be second in so
honourable a rivalry. Another single figure of more than
average merit is Mr.’Tom Graham’s “Fisherman's Daughter”
(151). allreton girl in a simple costume, with massive aukles
more realistic than ideal.
Amongst, the landscapes, Mr. Keeley llnlswellc’s “ Pang-
bourne" (16) is the first to catch the eye, and is a notable
concession tjo colour on the part of an artist whose tendency
to grey and black is so well known. Mr. F. G. Column's
*• Close of Day ” (328) is n praiseworthy effort to revive the
Norwich school of painting, to which the artist is by name,
if not by descent, allied. A sluggish Norfolk river on the edge
of fen country, the mill in the background, and a glimpse of
the far stretching country lit up'by setting sun, make up a
very effective picture. Mr. Wjllium Small's “Connemara
Market Folk" (590) shows a broad expanse of bog or moor,
u bare-legged girl stepping out briskly, in spite of the load on
her back, and the evident temptation to stop and chat with
the “ cavaliers,” a man and wife on one sorry horse. Mr.
Mark Fisher's “ Early October ’’ (165) brings us back to
England and the southern counties. Like all his work, this
autumn pastoral shows a refinement and an appreciation of
Nature worthy of all praise. Mr. Towueley Green's “Summer
Days” (585)', Mr. Aumonier’s “Smiling Jane” (713), and Mr.
Wimper’a “ Fleeting Shadows ” (822), have enough in common
to show that love of Nature is still the leading characteristic
of the English landscape school. Among the genre and story¬
telling pictures, Mr. Fred. Barnard's “Duckling and Green
Peas is Orf, Sir” (184), is a reminiscence of London
life in the old-fusliioned “chop-house.” The attitude
of the waiter and the dismay of the disappointed
diner nre well rendered, whilst the technical skill displayed in
the work is above the average. “ Vanquished," by Mr. Blair
Leighton (116), is a knight led nwaj bareheaded from the
tournament, while in the background the victor is receiving
the prize from the Queen of Beauty. There is no little nobility
mingled with the despondent air of the knight as he withdraws
from the public gaze, and Mr. Leightou is to be congratulated
on his successful treatment of a difficult subject. In strong
contrast is Mr. Walter Crane’s “ La Belle Dame sans Merci ”
(868), a work in which the crudities and eccentricities of the
neo-classic school are shown without the least concession to
public taste and opinion. The component parts of such works
are well known—a field full of flowers, a grove of dark
cypresses, a setting sun, a lady with flowing hair and low kirtled
garment, a knight in stiff armour seated on a horse, fashioned
so as to give accommodation to all the damsels in distress whom
he may bo lucky enough to have to rescue in n day’s march. All
these are to be found in Mr. Crane’s picture, and, despite the
richness of his materials and his own unquestionable powe*s^
he has not succeeded in making an agreeable picture. Fyr
healthier in tone is Mr. Frank Dicey’s “ Time to be Off '*
noteworthy, the latter especially involving a marriage of the
sen and sky, most auspicious in its promise.
We must here break off, hoping to return again to notice
more of the attractions of this exhibition.
FINE-ART SOCIETY.—M. ROUSSOFF’S DRAWINGS.
At the Fine-Art Society Gallery (New Bond-street) there
is now on view a very remarkable collection of water-colour
drawings by M. A. N. Roussoff, already favourably kuown
by the works he has from time to time exhibited. The forty
sketches- for the most part very highly finished—depict
Venetian life in a variety of aspects its emails, its streets, its
people, its sunshine, and its rain. Amongst the most
attractive of the outdoor sketches may be signalised “The
Bridge near the Post Office ” (35), with a glimpse of two bridges
beyond, the bright sun falling on the water far away in the
background; the “Fishing Boats” (22), lying outside the
Giudecea; “ Buying Bait” (6), and the “ Porta della Panada”
(32), an expanse of grey water under a fleecy sky. Of the
figure pictures, in which M. Roussoff often displays consider¬
able humour ns well as very remarkable skill in the arrange¬
ment of colour, the palm must be divided between “The
Kitchen” (3), where a child is blowing up the embers of n
dying fire, “ The Confessional ” (8), mul the two episodes of
church life, “The Novice” (11), a young seminarist reading
his missal to an old priest; mid one of a “ Little Chorister”
(14) spelling over singing book, whilst the precentor is dozing
quietly in his stall. M. Roussoff does not follow in the
wake of Mr. Van Iiaanen, in his Venetian sketches, but
shows very strongly the influence of Passim, who for so many
years has been the recognised chief of the local school, which
draws its inspiration from Venice street-life.
The Society of British Artists' Exhibition is noticed at
page 581.
Mr. Whitworth Wallis, of the Indian Section of the South
Kensington Museum, has been appointed by the Birmingham
Town Council curator and keeper of the new Corporation
Museum and Art Gallery at Birmingham.
The Albert Memorial Museum at Exeter is to be extended
at a cost of £9000, and u gallery’ for works of Devonshire
artists will be opened in the new wing. Yesterday week the
Mayor presided at a meeting in nid of the extension, and
several hundreds of pounds were promised in the lialL--^
“Studies and Sketches of Shipping and Craft,’) by Walter
W. May (Winsor and Newton), is a folio of twelve pleasing
studies of French, Dutch, and English river crafty carefully
and artistically drawn on stone by this well-known member of
the Koval Institute of Painters in Water Colours. Since tho
late E. W. Cook, It. A., published his etchings of shipping and
craft (now very scarce) there has been nothing belter offered to
the public.
The Fountain© Syndicate bave ochieved their object, and
the purchases they made during the sale of the Fountaine Col¬
lection, in June last, have, with one Exception, passed into the
possession of the authorities at the British Museum and at
South Keusingtou. At the time of the Fountaine sale, it will
be remembered, a syndicate of noblemen and gentlemen
interested in art was formed to buy various choice specimens of
that famous collection, in the hope that the Government would
in the course of a few months buy them for the nation.
Although £24,150 was speedily raised by the syndicate, only
£9921 was spent in securing six lota of Italian majolica, Bix
pieces of Pulissy ware, and seven samples of Limoges enamels.
Of these art-treasures the Government have bought everything
from the syndicate, except a pair of Palissy candlesticks, worth
£1510, which have been acquired by a rich amateur.
BOYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
At n meeting of this institution held on the 4th iust., the
silver medal ©f the institution, a copy of a vote inscribed on
vellum, and £10 were awarded to Mrs. Whyte, of Aberdour,
Scotland, in recognition of her brave services on t he occasion
of the wreck of the steamer William Hope, of Dundee, in
Aberdour Bay during a heavy gale on Oct. 28. She received
a rope thrown to her by one of the crew, and secured it by
passing it round her body, and planting her feet firmly on the
beacfa^whilc the waves were washing round her. She thus
affected a communication with the vessel, by means of which
the crew were able to land. Rewards amounting to £510 were
granted to the crews of life-bouts for services rendered last
month. Payments amounting to £3040 were made on the 284
life-boat establishments of the institution. New life-bonts
have been sent during the past, month to Wultou-on-the-Naze
Bga Redcar, and it was decided to repluce the present boats
^w^T^atMberdovoy and Castletown with new ones possessing the
two hunting men “in pink” dispatching the)r break- latest improvements. Reports were read from the five district
fast, and making ready for a start. The same artist’s inspectors of life-boats on their recent visits to life-boat stations.
“Landing for the Picnic” (673) is a pretty “tableau / _
de societe,” suggestive of sunny days upon the\Thumes.
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Mr. W. L. Thomas’s “Among the Lilies ” (378), pro!) ably
a bit of the Loddon or some other tributary ^ the
Tbame8, is a more ambitious effort. Amongst the sea-
pieces, Mr. II. Mnccallum’s “Mackerel Fleet Leaving liar-
hour” (614), for realistic, and Mr. M.^loorc’s'^Mjdsummer
at be a” (683), for poetic treatment, arc amongst the most
A strong westerly gale, which appears to have been more
severe than any previously experienced this season, swept over
the British Isles on the 4th iust. In all parts of England and
Ireland, heavy squalls, accompanied in many instances by
showers, were experienced, and a high sea ran all along the
Channel and south-western coasts.
BLOTTING MISCHIEF.
Mrs. Tabitha has not been pleased with tho change in domestic
rule at Buubury Hull since the elderly .Squire married his
secoud wife. Young Mrs. Endfield was the daughter of a
retired officer, who won honours in the American War, but
who left no fortune to his only child. She has personal charms
and a frank gaiety of disposition which captivated the still
susceptible heart of her lather’s former comrade. There is
one person in theneighbourhood, Mi-. Jervis, theSquire’s envious
cousin, who has private rcasonsof liisown fordisliking the recent
marriage. He luisMong ceased to be au acceptable visitor at
the Hall, siuce the Squire could never forgive liis dishonest
conduct with regard to the negotiation of a certain accepted
bill. The Squire's young wife is not unlikely, some day or
other, to give him an heir to the eutuiled estate, which
does not at all suit the views of other kinsfolk, including
Mr. Jervis. These circumstances have led to secret com¬
munications with Mrs. Tabitha. who quarrelled from the
first with her now young mistress, -'laid is capable of
any treachery. 8he pretends to know something of a former
lover and au early engagement. Squire Endfield is just now
uwny at County Sessions; why was Captain Piercy, almost
a stranger in the place, met yesterday riding through Buubury
Lane ? “ And so, Mrs. Tabby,” says plotting Mr. Jervis,
while ho drops five golden guineas in her hand ; “ we all know
that you are a good and faithful servantof tho Squire’s family,
ns you were in your deceased lady’s life-time, poor dear soul!
\Vc ought not to suspect evil, but the Squire is an easy, care¬
less sort of man. He has treated me very badly, as you know,
but I am far from bearing him malice. I should not like him to
be imposed upon, and if anything was going wrong—I only say,
if— it might be the duty of somebody, in a kind way, to put
my cousin on his guard. You will bo careful to look at the
letters that come by post; and, if there are any for Mrs.
Endfield with the Burmmster postmark, I am sure you will let
me know. Could not you keep them back an hour or two,
and send little George for me i I would meet you here again,
say at half past ten any morning, just to look at the hand¬
writing outside the Jctter." Mrs. Tabby will do her best and
her worst.
ANTWERP INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. 1885.
Her Majesty’s Consul at Antwerp has been appointed British
Commissioner for the International Exhibition which is to be
held at Antwerp next year; and Mr. P. L. Simnionds has been
appointed by the executive council of the exhibition at
Antwerp their Agent-General for Great Britain nnd Ireland.
The exhibition in question is a national underbiking under
the immediate patronage of the King of the Belgians and of
the Belgian Government. The president of the exhibition iB
the Count of Flanders, and the vice-president the Minister of
Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce. The office of the
Agent-General is at 35, Queen Victoria-street, nnd com-
mimicatious should be addressed to him there.
Professor Tyndall will give the Christmas course of lectureo
at the Royal Institution, udapted to a juvenile unditory,
on “Tho .Sources of Electricity—friction-electricity, volta-
clectricity, pyro-electricity, thermo-electricity, magneto-
electricity.” f lic first lecture will be delivered on Dec. 27.
At the annual meeting of the Grand l^odge of Scottish
Freemasons, held in Edinburgh last week. Sir Archibald
Campbell, of Blythswood, was elected Grand Master; tho
Earl of Haddington, Deputy Grand Muster; the Earl of
Kintore, Substitute Grand Master; and the Earl of Breadnl-
bnne, Senior Grand Master. The Grand Lodge celebrated the
festival of St. Andrew.
At the quarterly court of Governors of the Bromptou
Hospital, receutly held, it was stated that, in view of tho
approach of winter, the list of applicants is day by day grow¬
ing heavier. As the cold weather will add seriously to the
expenses of the institution, which now contains 331 beds, tho
committee very earnestly appeal for tho needful funds to
maintain this unendowed charity, where 346 in-patients and
4U01 out-patients are under treatment during the quarter.
The Scottish Geographical Society was inaugurated on the
3rd iust. by Mr. Stanley, the African explorer, in the Music-
llall, Edinburgh. Lord Balfour of Burleigh occupied tho
chair. Mr. Stanley gave a description of the African continent,
but devoted his principal observations to the best way of
making available the enormous facilities for traffic with the
interior by means of tho Congo river. Had the British
Government followed the udvicc lie lmd already given, there
never would have beeu a treaty made to close the Congo basin,
and they would not have needed him to tell how monstrous
the l’ortugacse claims were. The Berlin Conference had
signed, scaled, and delivered up what tho British themselves
had voluntarily abandoned. Next day Mr. Stanley opened
the Society’s rooms, and later lectured to the Edinburgh
Chamber of Commerce “ On the Possible Development of
British Commercial Enterprise in the Interior of South
Africa.” In the evening lie gave a lecture to the Edinburgh
Literary Association “ On Slavery In Africa.”—Last Saturday
afternoon .Mr. Stanley inaugurated the formation of the
Dundee branch of the Scottish Geographical Society by
delivering iui address in the Kiuuaird Hall. Sir Johu Ogilvy
presided.
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stones set hsr diamond setter*, and
beautifully llnlaheil.
„ Single-stone Birring*, from 10*.
Scaur l i*. 15*. ,*-■ pair; Scarf Pins. Shirt Studs,
Smaller, in*.. 12*. Pendant*, Necklets.4c.. 30s. to £».
Cask. 1*. <kl. Jlneh worn for Court snil other
B _., occasions. Testimonials from all
S .T r V parts of tho World. The* stone*
10 .®° “' nre dm'y gaining great reputation
10*. throughout tho World, and have
l-een awarded Three Prize Medals
trout the Great Exhibition*.
The Tnbile are earnestly invited to
INSPECT our marvellous selection
now ON VIEW, which astonishes
all Visitors. Catalogues post-free.
Noticb.— Those stones cannot
slbly bo had elsewhere, and nri) / i
to hi obtained of the tvOl.K
i'OUTEIt and MANUFACTCHEH."
ARTHUR 0. FAULKNER,
174, High-street,
Novkltv Bkoocm. quite now, 17*. fid.
8i-m:w E*n-
BIROS. 21*.. 25S.
Smaller, ICM..10S.
wh^f°kt w »mo Notting-hill-gate, London, W.
Price. Established I860.
NEW PREMISES ALSO AT 203, REGENT-STt.W,
•VERY DIGE8TIBI.E-NUTIUTIOU8—MADE IK A MINUTE-NO BOILING OR STRAINING REQUIRED."
eA.llen & Hanbury's
Food
MALTED
FARINACEOUS
FOR INFANTS
AND INVALIDS.
concentrated and relf-dlgertlug nutriment for young children: supplying all that Is required for tho formation of firm
iluble ami easily assimilable form. It also affords a sustaining mid healthful diet for Invalids, aud
!or works from exhaustion, consequent upon severe diarrlnoa and inability to retain
to Improve Immediately ho took your maltal preparation, and I have never seen an
... j done. H. E. Tassnuil, F.R.C.8.. M.R.C.1V
Further Testimony and Full Directions accomp any e m n Tin., \
TINS, 6d., Is, 2t., 5s., and 10s., RETAIL EVERYWHERE.
THE EAGLE PENCIL CO.’S (New York) CELEBRATED PATENT
“AUTOMATIC” PENCILS & KNIVES.
flesh mid bone ill a partially soluble
those i >f a dyspeptic tendency.
• My child, after l-olng at death s door for
any form of ■ Infants' Food' or Milk, begnn
Infant Increase In weight to rapidly as lie ha*
In WOOD, Is.; ALUMINIUM, 3a.; SILVER, 7s. 6d.; GOLD, 30s. to 70s.
C PC’ PATENT
m
In VULCANITE, NICKEL MOUNTS, 2s. 6d,; SILVER, 5s. and 7s. 6d.
LAWRENCE BROTHERS, Sole Agents, 48, Farringdon-street, E.C. London.
ANY SIZE MADE TO ORDER.
PERRY &Z,
18, 19, 8e 20, HOLBORN
& CO.’S
AUTOMATE SPRING LETTER CASE.
PATENT No. 9053, 1884.
Thin invention is introduced as & substitute for the various
Clips, Boxes, Taper WeighfH, and
Spikes used in an office for tem¬
porarily securing papers. It is ns
simple to use as a paper weight,
nud equally expeditious ; whilst
for efficiency it is far ahead of
anything yet in use.
Papers inserted in this caso are
in no way injured, but, on the con¬
trary, are kept perfectly flat and
clean, and can be removed in¬
stantly when required. CLOSED.
C O., la I 3VI I T E D,
VIADUCT, LONDON-, E.C.
ADAMS’S FURNITURE POLISH.
THE OLDEST AND BEST.—“THE QUEEN "
(the Lady's Newspaper) says" Having made a fresh trial of its virtues, after considerable experience with other
compounds of the same nature, we feel no hesitation in recommending its use to all home wives who are in nnv
difficulty in polishing their furniture."—Dec. 22, 1883. y
SOLD BY GROCERS, CHEMISTS IRONMONGERS, CABINET MAKERS, BRUSH DEALERS OILMEN Ac
Manufactory : VICTORIA PARK. SHEFFIELD.
CAUTION.—See that the Nome is on the Bottle, and Beware of cheap imitations.
NOVELTIES -
IN BRASS AND LEATHER.
f 410
Oxford Street
LONDON
BY SPECIAL ROYAL APPOINTMENT.
PORTRAIT ALBUMS
PORTRAIT FRAMES
8CRAP BOOKS
HAND BAGS
PITTED BAGS
BAGATELLE BOARDS
BOOK 8LIDES
BIBLES, PRAYERS
CHURCH SERVICES
CLOCKS
CIGAR CASES
CARD CASES
DESKS. BLOTTERS
DESPATCH B0XE8
DRESSING CASES
ENVELOPE CA8E8
FANS. PURSES
GLOVE BOXES
INKSTANDS
JEWEL CASES
OPERA GLASSES
PENCIL CASES
POCKET B00K8
RETICULES
SMELLING BOTTLES
WRITING CASES
WORK BOXES
POSTAGE SCALES
8ILVER JEWELLERY
ORNAMENTS
GAMES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
AND AN ENDLESS VARIETY OP
NIC-HACS.
CHRISTMAS^CARDS
in Great Variety at positively Trade Prices.
» other artlclu woven
iiuil* thi* In general
utility.
According to the
■'Queen, , " H
box no rival."
Spearman’s
pu only? ol DEVON
SERGES
For ladle*' wear. Iienntlfu! qualities. It. Cd. to 4*. rid. the yard :
for Children'* wear, capitally strung, 1». 3d. to 2*. the yard: for
Gentlemen'* wear, double width. 2 *. <d.to ’Ot id. the yard. The
Navy Blue* and the Pluck* are fast dye*, tin receipt of in.
etructlun*. samples will l>» eeiit PoOTrPjUte.—N B. Any Icugtli
cut. and Carriage Paid fo principal Railway Station*.
Only Address: SPEARMAN and SPEARMAN, Plymouth.
NO A (JEN rt>.
JJROWN & pOLSON’S QORN pLOUH
IS A WORLD-WIDE NECESSARY.
pROWN & pOLSON’S QORN pLOUR
FOR THE NURSERY.
pROWN & pOLSON’S £10RN pLOUR
FOR THE FAMILY TAIILK.
pROWN & pOLSON’S (JORN J?LOUK
FOB THE SICK BOOM.
pROWN & pOLSON'8 QOES pLOUR
HAb A WORLD-WIDE REFUTATION.
<*£10.
In retain for a £10 Note,
free and safe by poet, one of
BENNETT’S
LADIES’ GOLD WATCHES,
perfect for time, beauty, and work¬
manship. With Krglca Action. Air- _
tight, damp-tight, and durt-tlgbt.
SIR JOHN BENNETT’S
£10 LADY'S GOLD KEYLESS. Elegant and accurate.
£15 OENTLEMAN'S STRONG GOLD KEYLESS.
20 GUINEA GOLD HALF CHRONOMETER for all Climates.
£25 MEDICAL and SCIENTIFIC CENTRE SECONDS.
65 and 64, CH
~£15.
In return for Post-office Order,
free and safo by post, one of
BENNETTS
GENTLEMEN’S
GOLD KEYLESS WATCHES,
perfect for time, beauty, and work-
_ _ man shin. With Kcyleu Action. Air¬
tight. damp-tight, aud dait-tight.
WATCHES and CLOCKS.
£20. £30, £40 PRESENTATION WATCHES. Arm*, and
ImeriptioD emblazoned for Noblemen. Gentlemen, and others.
£25 HALL CLOCK to CHIME on 8 Belli, lu osk or mahogany',
with bracket and shield 3 Guinea* extni.
18 Caret GOLD CHAINS and JEWELLERY.
EAPSIDE, E.C.
^ctktxctf^
, WATCHES
^•Cheapsy* c
Cl
m
S,
1 (
lY
ASTHMA, COUGH, BRONCHITIS
■n'nn nms iiiniiiuiatv inm i«i iue worn
Cough, Bronchitis. and f-’hortntu of Breath.
nt night with coughlnr. phlegm, and *hort
Valuable, a* they inrtantly check the *puam.
One of these Cigarette* give* Immediate relief In the wont
attack of Atlkma, Cough, Brand
Feraoua who siifflr nt _
breath find them invalual ___ _
promote deep, and allow the pntirnt to pais a good night. Are
perfectly harm lea. and may be smoked by ladle*, children, and
most delicate patient*.
Price !*. 6d. jier Box of 55,
Of *11 Chemists, or port-free from WILCOX and 00.. 238,
Oxfonl-sfaree^London. Non* Gerulno unite* signed on Box,
THE OXYGEN-GIVING DISINFECTANT,
Hartin’s Crimson Salt
I •S?i < ? ,Uo ^. t ?.V ,l L we 2V^ n o wn highly-valued Prejwrntloii,
a Shilling Bottle of which moke* JOU Gallon* of Crlmeon Fluid,
tho public can uow obtain
HARTIN'S CRIMSON 8ALT DISINFECTING POWDER,
a perfectly »oliilde.non.pol*onou»,non-«orro»lve.ODOl'RI.ESS.
mid mo,t laiworlul Disinfectant, Itaalorlwr, and AntlMpUe.
ready for Imtaut uee, by sprinkling upon all that is offensive or
antigrriins.
9*°i R Tweedle. Ea|.. F.C.8.. «y»:-"Th* re.ulU of an
extendeil anil elaborate aerie* of carefully conducted experi¬
ment* convince mo that Hartin's Patent Crimaon Salt Ulaln-
uft disinfectant." * ,u0 ' t »conomic*l. thorough, and
Sold by Chemiet* everywhere in Tins.
Prices, Is. and 2s.
Whole*al* by HARTIN'S CRIMSON SALT Co., Ltd.,Worcester.
AEGOSY
BEACES.
>u
An unconscious Advertisement of the “ARGOSY BRACES,''
Actually sun anil Sketched by one of H.M. OrriCERS
in South Africa,
THE PUBLIC AKE WASHED
to *00 that they are supplied with the AltaOSY proper. The
Arginy l* the only Brace with two Independent <\>rj Attach*
ment* g;;;nK from Back to Front, hold everywhere. Central
Dr pot, W holctole only. 8 and 7. Newgate-etreet, London.
592
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 13, 1884
SAMUEL BROTHERS
“ETON” SUIT.
respectfully invite
applications for PAT¬
TERNS of their NEW
MATERIALS for the
Present Season. These
are forwarded post-free,
together with the
ILLUSTRATED
PRICE-LIST, contain¬
ing 250 Engravings,
illustrating the most
becoming and fashion¬
able styles of Costume
for the wear of Gentle¬
men, Youths, Boys, and
Ladies.
SAMUEL BBOTHEBS.
Merchant Tailors, Outfitters. &c.,
65 & 67, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C.
M oshy chateauneuf.
Wonderful Table Mineral Water.
MORN? CHATEAUNEUF.
Stimulates tlio Appetite.
Benders tbe Digestion Kaay.
HORNY CHATEAUNEUF.
No more Anemia.
No more Debility.
HORNY CHATEAUNEUF W Health for all.
D«OT—H. DJS LA KOUSSELIERE,
9, Wnlbrook, London, E.C.
NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA’S
BINOCULAR TELESCOPES,
THE
“JAPANESE” CHAMBER SET.
Pompeian Brown on Ivory ground, 7s. Cd. the set.
Other excellent patterns, at 3s. 9d. and 5s. Cd. the set.
ALFRED B. PEARCE,
39, LUDGATE-HILL, E.C. (Established 17C0.'
Catalogue (with Nine FnmUhlnf Estimates)on anpMe*' n
NICHOLSON'S NEW COSTUMES.
RICH PARIS mil BERLIN PALETOTS amt MANTLES.
Lorn 1 to IS) guinea*. ENUBAVINOS FREE.
Nicholson's Autumn
and Winter Dress
Fabrics at the Lowest
City Prices.
Cheviot Tweed*. 6ftL
and 8fd. |>er yard.
Scotch Velour Cloths,
8Jd. per yard.
Serve* In every variety.
«f.l. to 1*. CJd. per
yard.
All-Wool Velour Clothe.
la. Qd. per yard.
Velvet Brocli# Serg«»
and Caahiuervtto* In
choice Until.
Know Flake Beige, a
new and choice fabric,
la. I pi. per yard,
A New Costume Cloth.
In beautiful colour¬
ings. 1». 4Jd. per yunl.
New Ottoman Stripe,
1*. Kid. per yard.
Figured Ottoman* and
Check*. la. llid. tier
yard.
Exhibition Cloth, Carii-
inrre.tto and Winter
Nnn’a Cloth In a
variety of fancy de-
_ l _ sign*.
„ , French Merino* and
HUSSAR JACKET 2 guineas. Oi.hmereain the now
Stockinette, trimmed Aftmchan. and fashionable
Tudor Hat, from 1.1*. od., velvet, colour Inga, from
anyeolour. la. 11 pi. per yard.
MOURNING GOODS In every variety. Pattern* free.
D. NICHOLSON & CO., Silk Mercers to the Queen,
&>. 51. 32. and AS. St. Faul'o-eniirrhyai-d. lamdon ; and
Costume Court. Cry*‘al Palace.
IMPORTANT TO INTENDING “CYCLE" PURCHASERS.
D. RUDGE & CO , "X COVENTRY,
THE OLDEST TRICYCLE AND LARCEST CYCLE MANUFACTURERS IN THE WORLD.
FOR
MILITARY SERVICE,
DEER-STALKING, «r YACHTING.
In Bronzed Metal mHinting, £12 10s.
In Alnminiom nrnnting, £16 10*.
Suited to any Sight, and Adjustable to any Width of Eyes,
lying Range, with High Magnifying Power and Perfect
Definition.
By a new combination of len.no* Nezrotti and Zambia
have produced a gins* eight indies in length, pOOTcadng
all the advantage* of tlic larger size binocular tdenope.
Illustrated Price-Lists posted free to all parts of the World.
NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA,
SCIEXTIFIC ISSTBI'MEHT MaKKKS ASD OPTICIANS
to tiib Qukkx,
HOLBORN VIADUCT, E.C.
Brsm'hcs: 45, Comhill; 122, Regont-strect.
Photographic Studio, Crystal Palace.
Negretti and Zambra'* Illcbtratfh Catai.iw.it of
Meteorological, Optical, Nautical, and Surveying Instru¬
ments, 1200 Kugruvingtt, 6a. 6d.
LAIRITZ’S
REMEDIAL
PINE WOOL
FABRICS
AIU
PREPARATIONS.
Celebrated
Anti-Rheumatic and
Gout Remedies.
E*TABLI*H*D laVS.
Awaided 10 Prize Medals.
» -istlmr of Pin* Wool Flannel*. *11 I)eft l| *Ion of Under-
. „lhlng, I'M l , rw*>rv*r*. Kn-r-t'np*. Knitting Yalta. Wadding.
Xox.ll* OU. Ruth Extract. bnap. Ac.. FO|{ PREVENTION.
I'KI.IKF. AND CURB of ftuat, KHeunintlm.Cold, Knirrithria.
amlnll .Ni-r>oii*Dlionl-ra. bold by *11 Draper*. Iforirr*, (Tietnfitof.
i.n.1 I >n grists. Wholesale ..f Mrara. Wfcl.CB. MAKi.ETSON,
mill i ii and Diugglah'Sundrlwtnrn. ** .•»
CAUTION.—None Urnuine without Trail*
Mark and Signature
IP you wish to enjoy your
Christmas, giro your orders
in time at the Clachan, in
Sherborne-Jane, King Wil¬
liam-street, E.C,, for^me
of the famous Clachan or
Glenalbyn Blends of the
finest Scotch Whiskies from
tradc mark, t|ie most celebrated Distil-
1-fries in Scotland, and which are sold at
the same price s as they arfe in Edinb urgh,
Ni-vrr buy rham jWrilerr. W« aril the rral aitle'. ju»*. n*
clit-ap.—Vid* Pn-es opinion*.
T.IE GOLDSMITHS' MAU-MARKED JEWELLERY COMPANY,
C . MMfid, mol at Beaufort-Building*. London. W.C.
"N. WniTnnt«d \ \ Warranted
jl L.old. Hall-marked- Real Gold, tialt-niarkcd-
THE CENTRAL-GEAR RACER. THE NEW PATTERN CONVERTIBLE. COMPLETE, r H E * R U D G E
ILLUSTRATED PRICE-LISTS FItF.H ON APPLICATION.
Dbpots:—L ondon, 12, Queen Victoria-atreet, B.C. i 413, Oxford-street, \V. ; Minehoster. 18rt-i,
RACER.
Birmingham, *4, Uvery-ftrcct; Liverpool, 101, hold-street;
Hanover-*treot; Belfast, 40, Royal Avenue.
Glasgow, 8 Hr SauchiehftU-atreet;
-i, Deansgnto;
Edinburgh, 29,
CIGARETTE SMOKERS
.IT S t
charged for the ordinary cigarette will find the
Richmond Straicht Cut No. 1
SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS.
They are made from the Brightest, Most DolidatplT
Flavoured, and Highest Cost Gold Izatf grown in Virginia.
Are very Mild, with n Delieiou* Amina, and will satisfy
the most fastidious. ALLEN and GINTER, Manu¬
facturers, Richmond, Va. 'I ( \ \
CAUTION.—Avoid Imitations of thi* Brand. The
Genuine have the signature ol ALLEN and UINTER oa
each jiackage.
H. K. TERRY and CD-, Sole Importers,
65, Holborn Viaduct. Prie --Liston application,/
Sample Box of Fifty Cig.imU.es by post on receipt of
P.O.D. for :ii. «d.
LAYETTES.
,/go.l' ). ..£5 8 01 Lift No. 4 .. ..fir 0 «
,l*t No.J ..£11 2 3 l.l»tNo.a* .. ..£31 0 4
l-lat \o. 3 ..£25 11 8 | *A rperinllte fur liot climate*.
—A Excellent quality and goed taata."—The Queen.
A D D L E V B O U K N E,
Ladle*' Outfitter. Corset and lialiy-Linen Manufacturer,
37, PICCADILLY (opposite St. Jamss'i Church), LONDON.
PERRY & CO.’S
KEYLESS SPORTING WATCH.
-SAMPLES AND PRICE-LISTS POST-FREE,
niianma Children'*; I,* I I tlematitcheit.
CAMBRIC s* tii &bs?- ::S}c
All Pure Flax.
v.'By Appointment* "The Cambric* of
til the Queen and DrlPI/L I Rutiinnon and Cleaver
Crown rrlnceu of rNIjIth
rm any. 1 1
ROIttVSON aal
CL* WEB,
/ BELFAST.
have * w.irid - wide
fame.''—Queen.
HANDKERCHIEFS.
“Refuse Imitations—Insist upon Hudson's."
Wash
Your
Clothes
•with
Hudson’s
Extract
of Soap.
It is a pure Dry Soap in ^
flue powder, and lather*
freefy in Hot or Cold
Water.
r |'0 FAT PERSONS.—IIow to remove
A •iiperfliiou* fat, cure obeeity, nml Improve the health
without •eml-kUrvtUon dietary nr rntlgulng exercise, by Y. V.
lllIfiSKI.I, i late of 13. Gower-»treeti. Rrdw and other uur-
tJcnlar* will I* »ent free on receipt of ttnmpea rnr*lo|ie to F.l!.
Hl'SSELL, Woburn lloune, Mure-it., UedforU-M|., Ixmdon. W.C.
la
Vi
n
r rOWLE’S PENNYROYAL and STEEL
1 P1LL8 for FEMALES. Sold In Hnxe*. I*. I(d. and 2a.9d.;
of all C'hemUt*. Sent any when' on rrcelptof l5or 31 *tamu* by
the maker, E.T. TOWLE. Cheml.t, Nottingham.
CIRIO & CO.,
SPECIALLY APPOHTED AQE1TS
TO THE PRINCIPAL Wf.1E-GA0W£RS
OF ITALY.
Warranted Beal Dianwnds. Warraatel Real Dlamindi.
No. a. Lodv 1 * solid half h wip rlnc. rwl gold Ii ill-n.*rk-l. »et
with five real diamond* of lovely colour and great purity.
Price 11*., rerlrtcred. l.-»t-fr>-e.
No.6*. lady'* buckle ring, real gold, hall-marked, set with,
two n-al diamond* of •Ingular purity aud grr.it lustre. Price
Monr/iStturned’lF'iroi«lT*"re not as nepreaented. All kinds of
rxiemalve lewellriy kept in *t^>- Cheqnea and P.O.O. to la
made natahle to the Slanagvr. Mr. C. Incket. and. for security,
croMcrT’and Co." HI unrated Catalogue* and Fit** Opinion*
post-free.
PRICES:-
Nickel, 21s.; Ladles’ size, Nickel, 26s.;
Silver, 303. ; Gold, JE5 6s.
KEYLESS SPORTING WATCH
(In Nickel Case).
It ii* a Reliable Timekeeper, Horizontal Movement,
Jewelled, and well-finished. Crystal Gin**. Invaluable for
| Riding, Routing, Cricketing, &c., as also for Schoolboy* 1
wear.
PERRY & CO. (Lim.), Steel Pen Makers,
i 18,19, and 20, HOLBORN VIADUCT, LONDON.
CHOICE RED
and WHITE.
23*. per Dux.
K*.
Two Gallons.
20 Prize Medals.
Best Tinned Peas, Haricots.
Tomatoes, Peaches, &c.
11 and 13, S0UTHWARK-8T.
London; and Turin.
equal to
BURfSUNDY.
Special.
31*. to 2k*.
JUST PUBLISHED,
A MAGNIFICENT
ILLUSTRATED ALBUM CATALOGUE
Of FASHIONS and NOVELTIES for the
WINTER SEASON.
SENT GRATIS ON APPLICATION.
GRANDS MAGASINB DE NOUVEATJTES
AU PRINTEMPS,
JULES J ALU Z OT, PARIS.
Purchases carriage fret all over the World.
18-c. HEAVY ROLLED GOLD SOLID RINGS.
M»k*BEAUTIFUL *nu VALUABLE «ifi* to * Ladr.GeaUc
m*n, or Child, ai.d In order to *trurc newCiutae-ct* fu* ijoi.d* of our
manufacture, we will for-eerd POST-PAID to anr addre** In the
Uahed Kingdom, one of our HEAVY 18-o. ROLLED OOLD
RINGS, with the word "MIZPAH" beautdullr cteb.d on the
oaulde BAND, on receipt at only THREE SHILLINGS,
or 37 Slump,, and It you dniir. we w ill engrave anr INITIAL,
NAME, MOTTO, o. SENTIMENT, on the l-ulde of theRIng.
WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE, providing you OUT OUT
Ihi* advertliemcut and irud to a* wltb amount, within SO dav* of the
d.to or tSI, Journal. Mirpth I* a llihrew woid •Ignlfylng"The Lord
watt h bctwrrn me and thcc when wo arc abu-nl one from another. 1 *
At the fame lime we *end yftnr Blag we will poll you * bundle of oue
Cntalngiiev, m-d feel auto ymi will ne *o hlgkly pleated with Ike Ring,
nml that It will give *uchentire ttlltf iclhtn that you «-||| oblige u* by
diilrlliuting I 'atalogur* lent ynu aiuuug your fnendi, and at the *»nie
tlmeihowlng tlicm ike BEAUTIFUL RING you have received
limn It*. Vnu can in thi* war attUt u* In aelling other Jewellery
of STANDARD QUALITY, which w* m«nuf» rtuet f-ou. new
and orlalual deeigut, and GUARANTEE TO GIVE SATIS¬
FACTION. we can only make a profit by our FUTU RE
SALES. Remember the ring we will lend you will he HEAVY
1S-C. ROLLED GOLD, and thi* unprecedented offer I* only made
to Introduce om Jeweller? and Catalogue* in y.om vicinity. You
will findnotliiugmoreappropriate louirc.
if ton with to make a WEDDING.
BIRTHDAY, or CHRISTMA8
PRESENT, than one ol tbcac beauti¬
ful Ring*, with engraving on the iniide.
Our Com pany la OLD-ESTAB¬
LISHED and RELIABLE, manu¬
facturing FIRST-CLASS and
VALUABLE Jewellery f.om the
PRECIOUS METALS. W. raj,
on ly aend out a LIMITED
NUMBER of niagt at price named,
and. to PROTECT ouraelrea from
Jewellei* ordering in nnantitlet, we
require you to CUT OUTtbliadvcrtlae-
(RF.CI>rKREI>.) rnrnt aud lend to ut. Ibqt we mar kn ow
are entitled to the BENEFITS OF THIS OFFER.
_nd*r no clrcmattanrea will we tend more than two Rtngita any
one family, but after you order, and other Ring* afe dnired, we will
furnlah 18-c. SOLID GOLD RINGS at »rlce» given ia our
lllnatrated Cataloctie, ranging from tine to Two Guinea! each. If iou
with one King, tend Ihla adeertlirraent and Three Shilling* > If ynu
with two Blngi, lend ihl, ad.ertiacmcril and Sle Shiilingt. If more
than two Bing* «re dnired, vou mutt pay full price*. To urntaln
•luRing you weir, cm t piece of paper or tiring to It will Juel meet
rnnnd the finger, and tend to ui. Stale engr ann g wlthed on linlde.
CUT THIS ADVERTISEMENT OUT. and tend to ui
before time eiplree. It I* tife to trod imall nntounl* by the regular
poll, or you can tend by Money Order or Begluerei! Letter. If you
are living In f.ondou or ere here at any time, we will be plcaaed to
have yeu call on ue. All Older* by poet lent at once. Addre*a—
H. C. WILKINSON & CO., Limited,
JEWELLERS,
135, Regent Street, London, W.
K
PURE
i- BKBA
NEW WORLD PATENT, 28,091.
FRESH AIR
BREATHED AT HOME IN
WINTER by mean* of WOLFF'S
IT'RE' FKE8H AIR RESPI¬
RATOR. Uninterrupted brtvttlilng
of pure frerit air. free of dint, can
tw thn* obtained, even Indoor*, by
Moscd window*, without any ma¬
terial tnomvcDleuce in rending,
writing, or (lreplne. The nasal
breathing * made also easier. For
I'articular* of shorn npply to
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Dec. 13, 1884.—593
'COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE,
594
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 13, 1884
OIIN BRINSMEAD and SONS.
rpHE BR1NSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
riMIE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
With (he l atent Mrlns Adjustment iirodUMI
■ greater volume and finer quality ot tone. tlio
»t■ liiK'ft Mint carried through tho ••lid metal
• Triiua. m that It U almost Imp-wlWe fm them
to pull round or dip. and tliua get outot tun*.
rpHE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NKW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
With the Patent Cons lidded SWal Framing,
raft in a single mild piece. i« ra|»bloof I" Brine
an amount <*f i*rnlu far in exevs* of any that
haa yet 0- rn »»r»>us*bt U* hear In t ho moat modem
deynlopment of tho inutrororot._
T HE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
With tlio Patent IVrfect Check Repeater
Action lanlacna intricacy i*yr simplicity, anonlln*
perfect ievcr«Ko to t he finger of the |*rfoi mer.
rpHE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
1 ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
The I’utent. String Compensator preserve#
tlio Instrument. Now, troth In the violin anil
the pianoforte, the Immense pressure ransed l.y
the t'.'Dlion of the string* ha* the natural cllt-ct
of depressing the sounding board, and thin
Cftniin* tl« , iinH*|«tioN of tlia t**ne, but In tlio
brinaincul Piano any or erery n<»t* can in n
moment be readjusted by means of a U*ren$o
l>ur. which ndaea or deprea^a the airing* 08 in
the caw of the bridge of the tlolln.
1 'IIE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
The I’ -nt Sjstenrutesounding It.wntcovers
tlio entire area of the Iwck of the Instrument,
and It. method of atfjn liment Is such aa to
secure the greatest .mount of elasticity: In
addition, It is adjusted to a delicate curve In
accordance with true acoustic principles, the
efleet ot which on the reverberating agency Is
of vital importance.
'BUIE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW OONSTUUOTION THROUGHOUT.
The Patent String Adjnstmentsupersedi-s tlia
wooden wrest plank, and Its clurasyold |««s.
and tlio consequent grave defect ot quickly
getting out of tune, race, perfection, aud
durability of tuning tiring thus attained.
rpHE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
Tlio " Time*" says:—"The Crosa of the
legion of Honour has been conferred on Mr.
John tlriiisineud.’*
'IHIE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONS I RUCTION THHOC01J0UT.
The •• iJaily Telegraph " says:—"Tho King
of Portugal lias ap|/ointcd Messrs. John Drill*-
mrail unJ Sons mukers of pianofortes to his
Majesty." _
'THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
The " standard" ,ay.:—"The King of
Portugal has conferred Hie Knighthood of the
Koval Portagncwr Order of our lady of
Concelijs" of Villa Vi Joan on Mr. John llrlns-
liuw.l. the rounder of tlio linn ot John Brina-
■in sit and Sms, l/SHlmi."
r|MIE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CUNbTKUCTlOJB THROUGHOUT.
The • IMif New a " kill The appolnt-
meutof 1'iamilorte MaiiulsctarersUitlio King
of Itavarla lias been conferred on Messrs. John
Hrinsnicad and Sons, of l^.udon.”
riUIB BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
Tlio “ftho" says:—"Tim nearest approach
to perfection With which ure are acquainted.
Unless the wb.ds plan l« radios.ly changed. It
would sr. m Impossible to make sny 1 uitlicr
advance*.' 1
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NKW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
The 1 ' I llus! rated l.on.loll News 11 say*:—"Tho
K ncinle of the Itrinsmoad firm is to give the
tl'ianuuf it* kind. the beat of materials, the
licit of care. Ui- best of taste, and the bent of
finish; and tills It why Uie manufactory-In
Kentish Town sends down to Wigmor-street
so many pianos perfect In scale, sustained In
toes, e attic ill t.uik. with equal and Mpmsitt
touch. and. In fact, as near as |io*silde to that
111' d that all muojclana must require—■•a thing
Of beauty 'that I* * a Joy forever.'"
HPHE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW i ONSTRUUTIgN THROUGHOUT.
Tho - Graphic" says:-'"rids splendid in¬
strument has the unu-iia' Compass of seven
octaves amt a half, and lias a greatly Increaaed
length an.l weight of string between tlie bridges,
while tliu 'Urb noute sounding board Is so con-
struct-d ns to respond to lire vibration of the
stilngi with extreme readiness."
r rilE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
Slim Reeves says:—"It is everything that
could lie desired.'
f THE BRINSMEAD PrANO.
A ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
Ch. (hninod says" 'Tune full and sustallied:
touch of perfect t ma ws* throughout.”
JJAPLE and CO.,
^OTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD, LONDON.
JJPHOLSTERERS by Appointment to
JJER MAJESTY.
\f APLE and CO.’S FURNISHING
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JJAPLE and CO. BEDSTEADS.
M
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LE and CO.— BEDDING—Special
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MM
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jy£r\PLE and CO.
AT APLE and CO.—BassWood FURNITURE
i.vJL Is one of tlie novelties particularly recommended, being
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M AP '
M API
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jE aud CO.
FURNITURE.
FURNITURE.
A I APLE and CO. Manufacturers of First-
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the largest nswiitiuviit In Mir world to select from Orders fur
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APLE and CO.
CARI’ETsS.
CARPETS.
M
J^APLE and CO.
A I APLE and CO.—Hie largest assortment
lvA „f INDIAN. Persian, and Turkey CARPETS always In
stock, superior qualities. Parchaoeri should beware of inferior
Turkey nnaCs. which are n-wv Iwlng imported and sold as Ih-jl
ijunllty at iniuh |kt B'junrc yord.—M Ai’LE aud CO.. I/>ndon.
J^JAPLE and CO. CARPETS.
J^JArLE aud CO. CARPETS.
A I APLE and CO.—A Manufacturer’s Stock
1»I ot .t.iut BRUSSELS CARPETS^it 2s. lid. per yard,
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.. .. ..... .4 1 . I Ik. I s.tt.4 ■ stftr vnni 1 ai ■.»•» TiirM-iktiT (iirunf
T
M
ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUCTION Tilt
kiiiii.das Rubinstein, l). Magnus,
Clievaller Antoine lie Kontaal aay:-
uiidorslgntxl.ulter liarlugattcXt'veijr •
tlie pl.n-o 1-xliHnUvl. OeClaVp Tliat the
belongs to tlio hon«e <•! ilrinsrueiid."
THE BRINSMEAD PIANO. \
A ENTIRELY NEW COXaTRUGlIUN THRU
do Pachmauji eoy*:
Ylndinilr
match cel pianos."
10UT.
I'rnly
I
HIE BRINSMEAD PIANO.
ENTIRELY NEW (ONSlRUpUQNjraBOUGHOUT.
K A Gcvaert /i*' a ; - Tho iiiagnRtecnt
lario |s only fqmytlerPTirdts bk^Uty and finish
t lano |s only eq
) its adlillral'lo
pair.
r rHE BRINSMEAD l\~aw.
JL ENTIRELY NfeVUJUJttTROCKR»X THROUGHOUT.
Dl. BLiliicc rsy .:-' Th* pnritsot tono and
the exi-ell. ntsniechanlaui caHeU fortli warm
_gulogtr»,<rM|iUt-fom peta fificmti^.'' _
DUE BRINSMEAD PIANdi
ENTIRELY .NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
" ’em-nUhav« galuedGold Medals
- t all the recent Intcr-
whlch they havo been
sSMEAD PIANO.
fUELY NEW' CoS*TRUCTION THROUGHOUT.
.rsrtfrM by nanjeroua patents througbonl the
OIIN BIhSsMEAD and SONS.
PI A VOS may lie Hir.Mfoi Thie* Years, alt er
winch tune they liecMiiii the property of the
hirer without further josy merit.. Freni Bit- per
qusrter. or for sale from 34 guinea* upsards.
T OHN BRINSMEAD and SONS,
PIANOFORTE MANUFACTURERS.
U, M, ai.d Jf, WIGMOBK -TKEBT. LONDON. W.
Manufertory:
THE BRINSMEAD WORKS. GRAPTON'-ROAD.
KBKTISH-TOWN. N.W.
Descriptiveramplil-tsend illu-rrated PricedCatalogasa
p.,.t-frte.
CLOCKS.
The
CARPETS.
CARPETS.
J^/JAPLE and CO.
^ArLE and CO.
\ I APLE and CO. would advise all buyers
lv-L of CARPETS. Ac., esptouliy Ame ricans now vhltlng
Loud'll. to cull *n<1 »oe for tlremevlve* tlieoe great novrlllra,
which are not yet to fee f.innd on the other side.
MAI’I.E slid, Uu^Tottehham-court road. London.
APLE and CO. CRETONNES.
MAPLE and CO- CRETONNES.
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MAPLE nod Co . 144, Toitenhunidurt-rued. London; and Pari*.
and CO. CRETONNES,
and CO. CRETONNES.
,,. T r CRETONNES.—MAPLE and CO. have
tJjo gn at ii easure In stating that they have on show the moat
. t ha JiTagfriflcwit - lection ever seen of fast, waalnng CRETONN ES,
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’LE and CO. CURTAINS.
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Some special noveltic
MAPI
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A f APLE and CO.—CURTAINS.—The most
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CO. CLOCKS.
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APLE and CO.-CATALOGUES FREE.
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OBITUARY.
EARL OF SCARBROUGH.
The Right Hon. Richard George Lumloy, uinlh Eurl of Scur-
^ brougli, Viscount
sRfti Luniley and
Bnrou Luniley in
the Peerage of
England and Vis¬
count Luniley in
the Peerage of
Ireland, formerly
Lieutenant 7th
Hussars and Lieu-
tcuant - Colonel
1st West York
Yeomanry, died
ou the 5th inst.
He was bom May 7,1813, the only son of Mr. Frederick Lumley-
Savile, of Tickhill Castle, Yorkshire, was educated at Eton,
and succeeded to the family honours at the death of his cousin
John, eighth Earl, Oct. 29, 1856. He married, Oct. 8, 1846,
Frederica Mary Adeliza, second daughter of Mr. Andrew
Robert and Lady Elizabeth Drummond, and had issue, three
sons, of whom the eldest surviving, Aldred Frederick George
llerwford Viscount Lumley, born Nov. 16,1857, lute Lieutenant
7th Hussars, is now tenth Earl of Scarbrough, together with
four daughters, I.ndy Algitha Frederica Orde-Powlett, Ida
Viscountess Newport, Lilian Selina Countess of Zetland, and
Sibel Mary Countess Grosvenor. The family of Lutnley, of
which his Lordship was the male representative, is oue of the
oldest iu England.
LORD STAFFORD.
The Right Hon. Sir Henry Valentine Stnfford-Jcmiuglinm,
»». Barou Stafford in the
Peerage of England,
PtSIm (iSr mid a Baronet. died
on the 30lli ult., at
Costessy, his sent in
Norfolk. lie was
born Jnn. 2, 1802.
the eldest son of
Sir George William
Jerningham, Bart.,
who succeeded to the
ancient and historic
^Barony of Stafford
•ni t he reversal of the
iniquitous attainder
of Sir William Howard, Viscount Stafford. The nobleman
whose death we record succeeded his futher Oct. 4, 1851. Ho
married, first, Feb. 13, 1829, Julia, daughter of Mr. Edward
Howard, F.R.8., and niece of the twelfth Duke of Norfolk
(which lady died in 1850); and secondly, Sept. 13,1859, Emma
Eliza, daughter of Mr. F. S. Gerard, and niece of Lord
Gerard. As his Lordship has left no issue, the family honours
devolve on his nephew, Augustus Frederick Fitz-Uerbert, now
Lord Stnflord, born June 28, 1830.
81R A GRANT, BART.
Sir Alexander Grant, tenth Baronet of D.ilvey, Principal and
Vice - Chancellor of
the University of
Edinburgh, Hon. Fel¬
low of Oriel Col-
’ege Oxford, LL.D.,
D.C.L., D.L., died
on the 30th ult., aged
fifty-eight. He was
the eldest son of Sir
Robert limes Grant,
ninth Baronet, and
succeeded to the title
^ Aug. 1, 185G. He
-was educated at
Harrow and nt Balliol College, Oxford, where lie graduated in
1848 , in f849 lie was elected Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.
From 1855-9 he was Examiner of Civil Service for India, from
1859-60 Inspector of Schools at Madras, from 1860-2 Professor
of History iu Elphiuatone College, Bombay, and Principal
from 1862-3. He was also Vice-Chancellor of Bombay from
1863-5, and Director of Public Instruction in the latter year.
In 1868 he became member of the Legislative Council of
Bombay, and wusnppointed in thesame year Principal and Vice-
Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh. This distinguished
scholar married, June 2, 1859, Susan, second daughter of James
Frederic k Ferrier, Professor of Moral Philosophy iu the Uni¬
versity of St. Andrews, and leaves several childreu, the eldest
surviving of whom is now Sir Ludovic James Grant, eleventh
Baronet, born Sept. 4, 1862.
CANON GIRDLE3TONE.
The Rev. Edward Girdlestone, M. A., Senior Residential Canon
of Bristol Catliedrul and Vicar of Olveston, died on the 4U»
inst., iu his eightieth year. He was educated at Balliol
College, Oxford, became Vicar of Deune, La!icu8hire, iu l83(),
Canon of Bristol 1854, Vicar of St. Nicholas with St. Leonards
1855, Vicar of Wapley 1858, Vicar of llalberton 18(12/ and
Vicar of Olveston 1872. This distinguished churchman and
effective preacher took a very active part in the social and
religious life of Bristol, lie was chairman of the Atlieiueum
Literary Institution there, u member of the house committee
of the General Hospital, mid treasurer of the Chapter of the
Bristol Cathedral.
MR THOMAS COLLINS, M.P.
Mr. Thomas Collius, M.A., of Knaresborough, J.P. and D.L.,
M.P. for that town, died nt Harrogate, aged sixty-four. lie
was second sou of the Rev. Thomas Collins, J.P., Perpetual
Curate of Eamhnm, and Rural Dean ; was educated ut C'hurter-
house and at Wodhara College, Ox fold, where he graduated in
1847. He was called to the Bur iu 1849, and joined the
Northern Circuit. From 1851 to 1852, and from 1857 to 1865,
he sat in Parliament for Knaresborough, and for Boston from
1868 to 1874. lie was again returned for Knaresborough iu 1881.
; MR. BONHAM-CARTER
Mr. John Bonluim-Carter* o£ Adlmrst, St. Mary’s, Hants, J.P.
and D. L., M.P. for Winchester from lS48to 1874, died on the 26th
ult., nged sixty-seven. ltd was formerly a Lord of the Treasury,
Chairman of Committees of the House of Commons, and
Deputy Speaker 1872 to 1873. He was eldest son of Mr. John
Boiiliiun-Carter, lor many years M.P. for Portsmouth, and
married, first, 1848, his cousin, Laura Maria, second duughter
of Mr. George Thomas Nicholson, of Waverley Abbey,
Surrey; and secondly, 1864, the Hon. Mary Baring, eldest
daughter of Francis, first Lord Northbrook.
We have also to record the deaths of—
Colonel Thomas Edward Wilbrnluun, of tho Old Palace,
Richmond, Surrey, third sou of the lato George Wilbraliam
of Delauiere, M.P. for Chester, and Lady Aline Fortescue, his
wife, on the 27th ult., aged sixty-four.
Anpe, Lady Sauuders, widow of Sir Sidney Smith
Saunders, C.M.G., of Gutestoue, Upper Norwood, ou tho
28th ult., aged seventy-three, having survived her husbuud
seveu mouths.
Lady Georgiana Codriugton, widow of Christopher William
Codriugton, of Dodingtou Park, M.P. for Gloucestershire,
mid daughter of Ueury, seventh Duko of Beaufort, K.G., ou
the 2nd inst., aged sixly-seveu.
Dr. Augustus Voelcker, F.R.S., consulting chemist to the
Royal Agricultural Society of England, lie was born ut
Frunkfort iu 1823, and was Professor of Chemistry in the Royal
Agricultural Society at Cirencester from 1852 to 1862, when he
became consulting chemist to the Royal Agricultural Society.
Mother Henrietta Mary Emma Kerr, Religious of the
Sucred Heart, daughter of the late Lord Henry Kerr (sou of
William, sixth Marquis of Lothian), at the Convent, Roe-
hampton, on the 4st inst. She was in her forty-second year,
and in the twenty-second year of her life in religion.
Colonel Edward Symes Bayly, of Ballyarthur, in the county
of Wicklow, J.P. and D.L., some time Vice-Lioiitennnt of
that county, formerly Captain 34th Regiment, and Lieuteimnt-
Colonel-Commauder Wicklow Rifles, High Sheriff, 1837, on
the 26th ult., nged Bcveiity-seven, representative of a branch
of the Bnylys of Plasuewydd.
The Rev. Henry James Feilden, M.A., for sixty-four years
Rector of Kirk Langley, on the 21st ult., at his Rectory, nged
eighty-eight. He was second son of Rev. Robert Mosley
Feilden, Rector of Bevington, nud a cousin of Colonel Feilden,
of VVittou Purk, Lancashire. He married, 1839. Marian,
daughter of Mr. Godfrey Meynell, of Meynell Langley, and
leaves issue.
Mr. Charles Ross, who for the best part of half a century
has been a familiar figure in the Reporters’ Gallery to succes¬
sive generations of politicians iu both Houses of Parliament,
on the 5th inst. Although Mr. Ross attained the great
nge of eighty-four two mouths ago, it was only nt the end of
last year that lie retired from the nctivo discharge of the duties
of chief of the Times Parliamentary staff, a position which lie
had occupied for close upon thirty years. He entered the
gallery on the very day of the death of George III., in 1820,
when a Sunduy edition of the Tunes was published. His active
career as a journalist extended, therefore, to the extraordinary
length of sixty-three years—all, with a short interval, passed
in the Reporters’ Gallery, and the greater partin the service of
the Times , ou which his father had been employed before him.
GUESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
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No. 21. 0. Tlio aolutlun Hjippured Inst week.
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have «U|ipoaol.
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the jirolilini referr <1 lo.
L K 11 (Piaai.—Thanko fur tho pioblrm.
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Uakar Hartmann < Mnlana', Y O N lUxfur.D, CAS (Exeter), and Toy il'cnarthi: of
M. Mak<>v*k«'« Problem from It II UiOiki, 1) W lAbcult-vuj; of It. Sxuxa'a I'n hlnu
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Solution or Problem No. 2121.
BLACK.
Any move
PROBLEM No. 2125.
By Captain A. W. D. Campbell (Fysabad).
/\ BLACK.
“COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS
BEFORE”
The Christmas turkey or goose dinner is a “ coming event”
for people who like to associate the domestic festival with a
treat of extra good eating. The infant in the arms of the
comely young woman contemplating a fine flock of fat birds,
in anticipation of their sale for the Christinas market, is
certainly unconscious of their profitable.dMthiatiou, AUld lias
not yet been initiated into the rich taste of roas-t poultry.
Elder folk know all about it; ahd to those-drifiig iu a
rural neighbourhood, where the flelc& yield sweet autumnal
food for the nourishment of such valuable creatures,
the prospect of u handsome price for tlilar contribution
to the customary fare of the corning season is an im¬
portant matter. It is an event that they are apt to look
for at the close of the year, and that is ns much in harmony
with the “ mystical lprC” 6f Christmas ns the institution of
plum-pudding. In the age of that affected Puritan austerity
which was satirised by the author of “ Hudibms,” the sect of
” odd perverse antipathies” made an unsuccessful attempt to
put down this old English predilection for the special fare
dedicated to the hospitable observance of the time. Ho
complains of them us harsh ascetics, disposed to—
Quarrel with mince-pie*, nn4 disparage
Their best und dearest friend, plum-porridge;
l’at pig and goose itself oppose.
'/And blaspheme custard through the nose.
There is happily ntrsign of a modern revival of this gastro¬
nomic heresy and fanatical crusade against one of the innocent
pleasures of the kindly social table. The babe in arms, when
grown to an age capablC of enjoying his share, and of plying
n knife ahd fork on the savoury contents of his allotted platter,
will bo deterred by no fantastic scruples of that kind.
Vegetarianism, as a physiological and sanitary creed, may
huve/tts select but few disciples in tho next generation;
but a\hculthy relish for all wholesome food, and the
just desire to provide ioraur friends, at a Christmas dinner
move especially, what most people find ugreeable to the palate,
will continue to maintain the popularity of u dish so commonly
approved. Disestablishment of many ancient customs and
corporations is predicted by current rumours, some of which,
ill our humble judgment, are still far from a likelihood of being
realised ill the lifetime of any child already born in England.
The Christmas dinner, nt any rate, will survive the House of
Lords, and may even outlive the British Empire iu remote
centuries of future time.
WHITE.
White to play, and mate in three moves.,
A Game played in 1801. not hitherto published in England, between the
Rev. G. A. MacDonnkll and tho lute Mr. Boden.
(fiiau* Gambit declined.)
black (Mr. B.) whits (Mr M.)
WHIT* (Mr. M.)
1. PtoK4ih F to K4th
2. Kt to KB 3rd KtioUUSrd
3. B to B 4th B to B n't
4. P to 14 Kt 4th B to Kt 3rd
Mr. Budcn always preferred declining
the Evans' Uambit to accepting it.
6. Castles P to U 3rd
6. P to K R 3rd Kt to B 3rd
Castles
P to K R 3rd
Kt takes Kt P
Kt to H Hid
P to Q <tli
P takes 1»
P lakes B
P lukea l*
Q to Ksq
It P takes B
Kt to Q 4th
lack (Mr. B.)
At tbia jaunt, lflack. in > nr judgin' nt,
has the ailvuuHtge. bit III* nrxt move
enables White to turn the table*.
18. F to K B 3rd
Probably de*irou* of exchanging quern*,
but It annuls the adverse Kuight into his
rune w ith dinutrous effect.
10. Ktto Kttlth Q to K 6th (ch)
20. K to K 2nd Jt to Q sq
21. K R to K sq Ci Luke* UP
22. U R to U sq Q to U 7th
23. Kt to K 7th (dl)
From tbi* to the end Mr MarUonncU
jilaya In tine *t)le.
23.
2». UtoB 7th
26. R to K 2nd
96. Kt to K 6th
27. Kt tak-s R
28. U to K sih,
in d Black resigned.
K to R sq
U takes it P
U take* U U
It to K Ki *q
K takes Kt
Mr. Dawe, Deputy Town Clerk of Liverpool, lias been
selected Town Clerk of Hull, nt u salary of £1000 per annum.
The vacant assistaut-kuopership iu the department of
printed books in tho British Museum lias been filled by the
promotion of Mr. Russell Murtmeau, highly valued in the
museum for his bibliographical experience.
The returns of emigration for the past month show that in
November 12,586 emigrants of British origin left the kingdom,
the number during November, 1883, having been 16,017. The
emigrants during lust month consisted of 8876 English, 1167
Scotch, und 2543 Irish ; the reduction from November, 1883,
having been 2801 English, 200 Scotch, and 430 Irish.
Earl Cairns opened the extensive new premises of the
Young Men’s Christian Association at Newcastle-on-Tyne
yesterday week. Speaking at a great meeting in the evening,
lie remarked that a young man often left home when tempt¬
ations were strongest. If he had a faith, it was likely to be
shakeu; und if without, he soou became an absolute unbeliever.
Young men needed places to counteract this, which these asso¬
ciations were culculuted to do.
The distinction of Kuight Grand Cross of the Order of
St. Michael and St. George has been bestowed by the Queen
upon Sir John Hay Drummoud Huy, K.C.B., her Majesty’s
Envoy Extraordinary mid Minister Plenipotentiary to the
Emperor of Morocco; and that of nil Honorary Member of tho
Second Class, or Knights Commanders of tho said Order, has
been conferred upon Moustapha Bey Yawer, Mudir of Dongola,
“in recognition of tlie services rendered by him to the British
troops and Government.”
A fine portrait of the late Duke of Albany 1ms been
presented by the Duchess to the board of maungeineiit of the
Chelsea Hospital, to be hung in the board-room. The late
Duke was much interested in the work of the hospital; and
it was only a few months before his death that he, with the
Duchess, opened the new building of sixty-three beds in the
Fulhuni-road, and named a floor the Albany. There is a
pressing need of funds to keep these beds occupied with
“respectable poor and suffering women.”
7. P to Q 3rd
8. Kt to B 3rd
9. B to K 3rd
10. Kt to K 2 nd
11 . Kt to Kt3rd
12. B to (i Kt 6th
13. 11 Hikes Kt
11. K Kttak'.'s P
15. I* Hikes P
16. B takes B
17. P to B 4th
18. Q to R 5th _
A curious problem from Loyd’s “ Chen Strategy ” : —
White: K Ht K Kt2nd, U at K 6th, Kt ut K Kt 6th, B at K R 6th {
r&wua at K.11 4tli, K '.nd, ami U R 4th. (Seven pieces.)
lltack: K at K B mj, IPs at K Kt 2nd and U It Itli, Kts at K It
sq und K R Ttli, B at Q 7 th, Pawn at U B 1th. (Seven piece’'.)
White to play, aud mute in three wo\e>.
The Australasian of Mclb urue give* a welcome in advance to Mr.
Blackbuino. wI.oap arrival m Victoria is. it is Muted, eagerly anticipated by
all classes of chessplayers. The iuter-ioioni il mutch between Victoria and
New South Walts (liiud-quurteis at 8ydneyj was Used for Nuv. 10 lost, und
tho lirst-miined colony, it was amnxed, should bo represented by Messrs.
Burns, Fisher, Gossip, Oo dsmdh, llutnel, Sturil y, and Witton.
A return match between the fouith da»» of the City of London Clies*
Club uni Oxford University was plnye 1 on the ikh inst There w. re eleven
players a side, and the result was taut the City of Loudon Out won with u
boot e of six gutu. s to five. _
Thu Clothworkers’ Company have voted £10) towards the
Fawcett Menu d ial Fund being raised at the Mansion House
for the benefit of Post-Office employes disabled by loss of sight.
A11 emphatic protest has been made by tlic London Court
of Common Council against the proposal to reduce the repre¬
sentation of the City from four members to two.
The Lord Chancellor was present, on the lili iu»t., nt the
annual distribution of prizes in connection with ih • City uud
Guilds of London Institute, uud spoke on tho subject of
technical education.
Upon the occasion of the distribution of prizes by Professor
Tyndall to the successful students of the Hams Institute at
I’restou, a beautifully bound address, expressive of grntitudo
for his presence among them, aud wishes for his and Mrs,
Tyndall’s welfare, was presented by Mr. Ascroft, the president.
Earl Codogfiu presided nt the annual meeting of the
Governors of the Chelsea Hospital for Women, held last week
in tho board-room of the institution. The report stated
that the committee have £17u0 in hand, available for the
purchase of a convalescent home, but feel that till they have
luuds invested for its partial maintenance they will not be
justified iu buying it. The debtou the hospital is £2372.
At the numml meeting of the Manchester and Liverpool
Agricultural Society at Warrington on the Itli inst., Lord
Egertou presiding, it was decided to hold ti e show ef 1880
at C hester. There will be no exhibition next year, ns tho
society will co-op. rate with the K’riynl Society nt Preston.—
A meeting of the leading agriculturists in Wiltshire was held
the sumo day at Devizes, when it was determined to form a
County Agricultural Association for Wiltshire, with the obj. i t
of holding a summer exhibition of stock, of improving the
breed of horses and stock, and of procuring an nimlyMs of
cake, manures, and feeding stuffs. A local committee was
appointed to work with a general coiuity committee.
596.— THE ILLUSTRATED LONDOS NEWS, Dec. 13, 1884 — 597
595
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 13, 1834
ILLUSTRATED CHRISTMAS BOOKS.
The plea-ant custom of Christmas and New-Year’s Gifts still
calls upon enterprising publishers, literary editors, imagin¬
ative writers, accomplished artists and engravers.lithogrnphcrs,
and printers in colours, to combine their talents and skill in
producing large piles of attractive volumes, fit presents for
the purchaser’s friends. It is an agreeable task, at this time of
the year, to turn them over and say nil the good of them we
honestly can; but one would like to have more leisure to
dwell on their manifold charms, and more space in this Journal
for n thorough analysis of their interesting contents. The
ressure of the time must be our excuse, us usual, for dealing
ut slightly and perfunctorily with this annually recurrent
business of the season, though we shall endeavour to notice,
however briefly, all meritorious efforts of the kind, taking first,
iu this week’s portion of the commentary, publications of
some artistic importance which seem to have been provided
at greater cost. The children's books will come in their turn.
Two ladies of high rank, Louisa, Marchioness of Water¬
ford, and the Countess of TankervQle, have joined in the work
of designing illustrations and decorative “ illuminations” for
a collection of original poems entitled Life Songs, in a beautiful
volume published by Mr. James Nisbct, of Berners-atreet.
The authorship of the venae is only indicated by initials, and
they are of an unambitious character, but correctly formed
and acceptable expressions of pure uud refined feeling, with a
religious tendency. It may be presumed that the large pic¬
tures, apparently printed in oil-colours, were drawn by one of
the lady urtists, and the page decorations by the other. The
latter, especially, are very fine specimens of marginal orna¬
mentation. the patterns having great variety and tastefuluess;
and the rich deep colouring, set off by much gilding, does not
quench the effect of some pretty little drawings, landscapes,
figures, or flowers, set in the splendid framework. The
printing was executed by II. Kuufmunu Lalir, of Baden.
A well-known graphic humourist, Mr. Frederick Barnard,
continues his series of Character Sketches from Dickens, which
we heartily welcomed upon a former occasion. The portfolio
now issued (by Ca«scll and Co.) contains six photogravure
plates, giving Mr. Barnard's ideas of Pecksniff, the Wellers,
father and son, Little Nell and her grandfather, Peggotty
(the father), Roguo Ridcrhood, and Caleb Plummer with his
blind daughter, from *' The Cricket on the Hearth.” The
Pecksniff is sublime ns an impersonation of plausible humbug,
and the repetition of his uplifted smirk in the 11 portrait by
Spiller, bust by Spoker,” which are full in view behind the
living man, has a very droll effect. The series is worthy of the
subjects conceived by the genius of Dickens ; and more thau
this need scurcely be said.
The Essays of Elia, with their subtle, quaint, and humorous
whimsicality, their amiable freedom of iunoceut thought and
gentle feeliug, their incessant play of surprising paradox and
startling suggestion, und the rich flavour of antique literary
studies that mingles with the freshness of a boyish spirit, nre
infallibly pleasant reading. Several clever artists, Messrs. R.
Swain Gifford, J. D. Rmillie, C. A. Platt, and F. 8. Church,
have designed eight illustrations, which appear ns etchings in
a haudsome volume, printed on thick rough paper with wide
margins, and published by Mr. W. Paterson, of Edinburgh. No
more agreeablegi f t can be offered to a true lover of Charles Lamb’s
delightful vein of humour, tenderness, and sportivo fancy. The
immortal Chinese history of the invention of roast pig is illus¬
trated by the scene in which Bo-bo, the swineherd’scareless sou,
after the fire which consumed their cottage and scorched the
bodies of the nine new-farrowed sucklings, discovers the
exquisite taste of “crackling” by licking his burnt Augers,
while his father, IJo-ti, stands behind ready to give him a
thrashing. The subjects of the other drawings are a view of
Oxford, Inner Temple Lane, the Tombs in Westminster
Abbey; “ Blakesraoor in H-shire,” which is a stately,
lonely old rural mansion, reminding us of some drawn by the
late Mr. Samuel Read; “The Sun-dial,” a Indy reading in a
library, for ” Detached Thoughts on Books; ” and “ Captain
Jackson's Cottage on the Bath Road.”
The pencils of two such nrtists ns Mr. G. II. Boughton,
A.R.A., and Mr. Edwin A. Abbey, and the pen of the first-
named gentleman, whose new appearance as a writer, sus¬
tained by so good a performance, scarcely requires the modest
apology that we find in his preface, have been well employed
in their Sketching Rambles in Holland (Macmillan and Co). The
engravings, of which there nre about ninety, ineluding five or
six from photographs, Hre finely drawn and executed, repre¬
senting many Dutch scenes and groups of figures with pic¬
turesque effect, fidelity of delineation, and truth of character.
Mr. Boughton and Sir. Abbey were very pleasant and cheerful
company for each other, and their personal good-humour
sheds an agreeable light over the places which they visited
and the people whom they met. The devious route they took
comprised Dordrecht, JInarlera, Amsterdam, Zuandam, the
Isle of Marken in the Zuyder Zee, the old towns of Friesland,
Leeuwarden and Zwolle, the North Holland Canal, Hoorn,
Edam, and Alkmnar, the North Sea coast nt Sclieveningen, the
islands of Zeeland, the towns of Gouda. Maiden, Zaandfort,
Utrecht, Amlnim, Bois-le-Duc, and NymcgueHjNJo Dial they
had much turning and relumiug in different directions, finally
quitting Ilollaud through North Brabant, and coming home
from Maestriclit. The author would like to buy a few Swiss
mountains, mid stick them on the Isles of Walcheren and
Beveland, to improve the flat landscape thereabouts; he
detected, moreover, a nasty odour from the, famous Dutch
canals ; but he was heartily pleased and amused with most
things he saw, and he describes them in an engaging manner.
All visitors to the Health Exhibition nt South Kensington
this year will remember the amusing Historical Gallery of
British Costumes. The Hon. Lewis Wingfield, by whom it
was designed and arranged, lias written a series of Notes on
Civil Costume in England, which are accompanied by twenty-
four coloured drawings, ehromo-lithographed by the ladies of
the Femule Schools of cVomo-Lithography, at Red Lion-
square and the Royal Albert Hall. To these Mr. Wingfield
bus prefixed his Essay delivered at the Lecture-Room of the
Exhibition last June, making altogether an instructive and
inviting book, which is issued by Mr. W. Clowes, official pub¬
lisher of the Exhibition Commissioners. The series extends
over eighteen reigns, fromAVilliam the Conqueror to George,
Prince Regent.
A yachtjng trip to the West Indies and back, even wheu
narrated by u writcr of such high personal claims as Lady
Brassey, uud belonging to the performances of the famous
steam-ship Sunbeam, presents no great novelty of subject.
Her Ludyship’a new volume, entitled In the Trades, the
Tropics, and the Roaring Forties (Longmans and Co ), is
so copiously illustrated with 292 wood engravings, designed
and executed in a superior style, that it demands special
notice upon this occasion. The Atlautic voyage or the
Sunbeam, from September. 1883, to the end of December,
was a run out from the Mediterranean to Madeira, thence
across to Trinidad, and over the Caribbean Sea to Jamaica,
Cuba, nnd the Bahamas, turning eastward again to Bermuda,
and recrossing the ocean to the Azores, wlieuce she came homo
to Plymouth. Sir Thomas Brassey commanded his own ship.
and the family, including two little girls, was accompanied by
several other ladies nud gentlemen as invited guests. Mr. R.
T. Pritchett's sketches and drawings furnish an ornamental
accompaniment to Lady Brnssey’s journal nnd descriptive
chapters, which are full of lively aneodote, and will bo found
very agreeable rending. The book is got up handsomely, as
might be expected, and is sure to be favourably received in
fashionable circles.
A lady traveller of still greater reputation for enterprise,
nnd of high literary accomplishments and artistic skill, Miss
0. F. Gordou-Cununiug, presents a volume, the contents of
which are not entirely new; half of them having already been
published as part of her former work, “ From the Hebrides to
the Himalayas,” which was adorned with beautiful ebromo-
lithograpliic landscapes. In the Himalayas (Chatto and Windus)
comprises this portion reprinted, with enlargements aud
additions of substantial vulue, nnd with forty-two wood
engravings, in which the reader will be gratified with striking
delineations of the majestic scenery of that venerable
mouutain rnnge, the grand and picturesque architecture of the
cities of Northern India, and the figures, costumes, nnd
domestic lmbits of different races of men. The authoress has
studied India, its history, its diverse nationalities and religious,
the ancient traditions and the social condition of its popu¬
lations, with considerable profit, and has made good use of her
knowledge iu explaining or commenting upon wlmt her eyes
have seen.
A poeticul composition which might almost be regarded as
an epic, dealing with a great historical subject in a regulur
narrative sustained throughout five hundred pages, is a work
of no small literary pretensions. Gnstavus Adolphus: A
Romanes of the Thirty Years' War, by Frederick P. Swiuborno
(Wyman and Sons), 1ms a claim on the attention of critics
whose deliberate judgment we do not wish to forestall. It
exhibits a variety of forms of versification, the predominating
types being apparently derived from those of Scott's “ Lady
of the Lake,” “Marmiou,” nud “ Lay of the Last Minstrel,”
and from the romantic tales of Byron; rhyme is generally
employed, but there are long speeches in blank verse; some¬
times we have regular eight-lined stanzus for an entire canto;
in other places, the heroic couplet of the last century runs its
smooth course, os in Pope’s translation of Homer; and this
mixture has a rather singular effect. The author will excuse
onr reluctance to speak more particularly of the merits of liis
work ns poetry, while freely admitting that it contains many
good descriptive passages, aud that we believe he could have
told the story very well in prose. The story of the brave
King of Sweden, and of his noble contest in Germany for the
cause of religious freedom, or the cause of the Protestant
Reformation, is always worth telling; mid no objection need
be made to “the love-story of Eric und Hilda,” which: is here
intertwined witli the historical theme. Readers may take it
or leave it, as they please; our present enro is to remark that
the book has twelve illustrations, aud that its frontispiece is a
good view of a “castled crag,” a scene on the Rhine.
Last Christmas, ns we recollect, one of the diverting
Ingoldsby Legends, “The Jackdaw of Rheirns,” reappeared iu
an engraved imitation of antique manuscript, with some droll
original drawings. The Lay of St. Aloys, a Legend of Dlots, is
nowpublished in this guise’by Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode;
nnd Mr. Ernest Maurice Jessop, the artist, again contributes a
number of clever and humorous designs, with Borne really
beautiful detuils of Gothic ornamentation, of architectural
sculpture, furniture, and costume, on the pages along witli
the text. A set of Illustrations of Shakspeare’s Secen Ages of
Man, drawn by as many differeut artists, and delicately
engraved on wood, is published by Mr. T. Fisher Unwin;
while Herrick's Content, liis pleasing verses on “Content, or,
The Gnmge,” and hi* “ Bookjjf Littles,” are exemplified by
Miss Ellen Houghton iu some delightful pictures, with plenty
of incident nnd quiet fun, printed iu bright nnd fair colours
by Marcus Wurdand Co., the publishers. But this brings us
to the juvenile department.
The volume of the Art Journal for this year (publishers,
J. S. Virtue and Co.) is stored with excellent things, a dozen
good line engravings lifter pictures by some of our most
eminent artists, thirteen etchings, five facsimiles of original
drawings, und six engravings from sculpture. Sir F.
Leighton's crayon sketches for the figure of the sleeping
Iphigenia, in bis fumous picture of the last Royal Academy
Exhibition^ ard reproduced iu fucsimilc, nnd are made tin
subjectbf comment. The frontispiece to the volume is a line
engraving of Mr. Millais’ picture, “The Princes in the
Tower.” The literary contents are written by art-critics of
proved learning and ability, treating of the events of the year,
the exhibitions, new works of art, discoveries, and discussions,
ill Loudon and the provinces, iu Scotlund, on the Continent,
and in the United States aud the Colonics, with reviews of
books on these subjects, biographical notices, aud descriptions
of scenery, even “ Landscapes in London, or Sketching
Grounds within the Cub-Radius,” where the eye of a true
artist may sometimes perceive noteworthy effects—at lenst on
the River and in the Parks.
The yearly volume of The Portfolio, edited by that ac¬
complished and pleasant writer, Mr. P. G. Hamerton, is rich
iu choice examples of fine art, and in thoughtful, critical, aud
historical essays upon subjects of the same nature It con¬
tains six etchings nnd engravings of renowned works by great
old masters, Albert Diirer, Rembraudt, Mare Antonio, and
Paul Potter, reproduced by Amaud Durand; two of the
modern painters' etchings, Mr. Herkomer's “ Words of Com¬
fort,” and Mr. Iuchbold’s “ In Westminster Abbey ” ; and a
dozen fine etchings from pictures by contemporary nrtists, tlie
frontispiece being Sir F. Leighton's portrait of Captain
Burton, etched by L. Flnmeug. A series of descriptive and
antiquarian papers on Oxford, by Mr. A. Lang, is illustrated
by numerous woodcuts and etchings of excellent quality, and
is also worth reading; the etchers of these Oxford views are
Messrs. Brunet-Debaines, H. Toussaiut, aud R. Kent Thomas.
The publishers nre Messrs. Seeley, Jackson, and Holliday.
Mr. A. C. Morton has been elected a member of the Court
of Common Council for the Ward of Farriugdon Without, in
the place of Mr. Butcher, deceased.
Mr. F. W. E. Everett, Q.C., has been elected a Bencher
of the Hon. Society of Lincoln’s-inu, in succession to Mr.
Loftus Wigram, Q.C., who has resigned the office.
The Queen has presented to the library of the London
Society of Compositors two works, entitled “ Leaves from our
Journal,” and ** More Leaves.” The volumes are enriched by
her Majesty’s sign manual. The library contains u number of
volumes presented some years since by the Prince Cousort,
together with contributions from many celebrated men.
Mr. Harvey’s 4 Marvellous Midges” made their first public
appearance nt Piccadilly Hall lust week. They nre a group
or four tiny dwarfs, and are by name Princess Lottie, said
to be “the smallest lady in the world”; Prince Midge, des¬
cribed as “the smallest gentleman iu the world”; Miss
Jenuie Worgen, “ the Midge Housewife”; and General Tot,
knowu as “ the smallest living tenor.”
A CRUISE TO ALASKA.
The Sketches presented in this sheet were made by Mr. Fran< is
Francis during a visit to the l'ur nortll-weetem Territory of
Alaska, which was purchased from the Russian Empire’ by
the United States Government in 1867. The whole region,
which has au extent of 580,000 square miles, is aituut- d
beyond the British dominions in North America, on the
shores of the North Pacific Ocean, Behring’s Strait, and
the Arctic Ocean; but the naroo of Alaska is more strictly
confiued to a peninsula ut its southern extremity, stretch¬
ing westward about six hundred miles, with Bristol Bay
on its north coast, aud many islands off the south const,
divided from it by Tchelikoff Strait, Cook’s Strait,
nnd Prince William Sound. The climate of this peninsula,
though in the same latitude us Labrador uud Hudson's Bay,
is tempered to comparative mildness by the warm northwuiil
currents of the Pacific, and this port of the country, having :m
abundant rainfall, is well timbered, and produces good potatoes
nnd edible roots or green vegetables, though grain will not
ripen there. The fisheries are of greut value on the shores of
the “ Alieutinn archipelago,” as it has been called, und tlitra
are salmon in the rivers. The native Indian population dot s
not exceed fifty thousand, exclusive of the Esquimaux, num¬
bering about twenty thousand, on the east coast. There mo
about tifteeu hundred half-castes, of mixed Russian and Indian
parentage, who are called Creoles, and a few hundred Russians
still dwelling in Alaska. The interior of the maiulnud is
uuiuhabitubh', being extremely rugged and mountainous.
'the Sketches include one taken ut Nanaimo, the important
coaling station of Vancouver Island, in the Gulf of Georgia,
opposite the intended terminus of the G'uundinn Pacific Rail¬
way. An old log-fort or block-house, with a signal station,
was sketched at this place. The voyage was continued to
Kodiac Island, off/the Alaska Peninsula; and Mr. Francis
writes as follows :—
44 The log village of Kodiac, or 4 Kodiac City,' was the ft rat
point we touched at in this Ultima Thule. It contain* 20 »
iiihabjtant*.\AVitta the exception of the Russian priest, the
4 priest’s mate,’ the Custom House officer, and the agents and
employes of the Aluska and Western Fur-Trading Companies,
these are all Creoles and Indians. Russian is, of course, the
language spoken amongst them, nnd they belong to the Greek
Church. Shortly before our arrival, a new priest had been
installed. Finding that, under the indulgent sway of his
predecessor, the morals of his congregation and their diligence
iu religious exercises had become lax, lie was, wc were told,
‘giving them a real straightening out.’ The church bell
rang incessantly. 4 Old man priest,’ as they styled him, hail
a hard task before him. Morality in Kodiac was at a low ebb,
nnd the most respectable members of his llock only 4 flickered
iu the socket of virtue.’
44 At the 4 Company's’ stores here we saw, besides sea-otler
nnd rilver-fox furs, those of the black, cinnamon, and brown
bear, wolf, marten, mink, laud-otter, red aud cross fox,
ermine, and wolverine. The 6ea-ottor, cursed as it is With
the most beautiful of nil pelts, is rapidly being exterminated.
It is hunted throughout the year. Dogs, females, nnd pup#
are kiiled indiscriminately. Wheu the Russians held ti.o
country it was protected, and the annual ‘kill’ regulated.
Now no restrictions exist. A first-class sen-otter akin is wort h
from £75 to £110. Of this the Creole and Indian trappers
receive from £5 to £7. As the fur companies arc the only
store-keepers iu the country, they exercise a virtual despotism,
and not only und< rpay their hunters for skins, but overcharge
them for ammunition und provisions.
44 From Kodiac we made a few excursions along the const
before we definitely sailed west. One of these led us into
Coal Harbour in Cook’s Inlet. Owing, however, to the un¬
usually lute winter, we were too early for big game, and lmd
to content ourselves with wild-fowl nnd fish. In cue haul
with the seine 611 sea trout nud fifty-four other fiali were taken
one day. Sly sketch represents a barrubbora— a lean-to hut of
poles aud turfs, which was built by some Creoles for a summer
hunting lodge. We were weather-bound once in the steam-
launch, and detained unexpectedly for three days in a small
bay. The hut proved a most welcome shelter.
“Leaving Kodiac, we finally started for Cbiguick Buy.
On the voyage thither we steamed one morning into what
appeared to be thousands of acres of birds. The sight was
extraordinary. The sea was perlectly calm, and far as the
eye could reach iu every direction its surface was hidden by
ducks. They were not in the least degree frightened at the
yacht’s approach, but ns we passed ut half-speed through
them, simply' scuttled u little way from under her bows, uud
settled again immediately.
“Chignick Bay recalls a host of pleasant recollection*.
Game there was plentiful. The scenery of Aluska has n wild,
naked beauty of its own. At three o’clock next morning wo
turned out. In the even light of early dawn the rich brown
hills, shot with every tone, from yellow uud dull crimson to the
brilliant tints of the new-born grass that lined their rifts uud
furrows, lmd a mellow softness which vanished with the glare
of day. Purple chains, snow-mantled, rose iu the distance,
nud farther still, wrapped moodily in clouds, like a mysterious
mngician amongst mountains, loomed in mid-air the lilmy
summit of a giant volcano. Presently the Creole hunter, rillo
in hand, issued from the men’s tent. In a few minutes wo
started. What a gloriouH morning it was! The world seemed
young, the perfectly still atmosphere surcharged with stimulat¬
ing fresliuess. A light hoar-frost silvered the mosses, and here
and there, clinging to the deeper ravines, or caught on the
higher mountain tops, hung shreds of mist. Wild flowers
wero waking from their ‘wint'ry rest.’ At every step wo
trampled on great violets. Wherever trucks could show,
fresh tracks were seen. The reindeer’s lioof-mark cross' s the
trail of wolf, nnd the great cushioned foot-print of mighty
bear was broken by dainty fox-spoor. Those were morniuga
to be remembered, if only for their beauty; and a visit to
Alaska may be thoroughly enjoyable, as one has the feeling of
perfect health, and there is much to see and to do.”
We shall publish another page of these Sketches.
Mr. Lowell, the American Minister, has stated that there is
not the least foundation for the report that he has written to a
frieud in Vienna, announcing his intention of returning to
America for the purpose of resuming his literary studies.
Thauks have just been voted to the Prince of Wales by a
number of crofters on the north side of Dartmoor for having,
ns Duke of Cornwall, granted them, at n nominal rate, the
fee-simple of some moorland reclaimed by them.
The Queen 1ms shown her appreciation of the work done
in the Female School of Art, Queen-square, by buying seven
fans ot original design painted on silk, which were included
iu the late Exhibition of Students’ Works.
The Right. Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P., has given £560
towards the additional endowment fund for the Mason Science
College, Birmingham; Mr. George Dixon, the Liberal can¬
didate for Birmingham at the general election in the place of
Mr. P. H. Muntz, contributes £l(Ki(); and Dr. Heslup, Mr.
Arthur Albright, und Mr. William Middlcmore give a donation
of £500 each.
DEC. 13, 1884
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1. An old log fort: u relic of pioneer da>» in Xonoimo. Vancouver Inland,
3 ’ Duck*: nn incident in the cruise. <• A bnrmbbora, or native hut.
c. f-ing the reinc in Coal Harbour. Flaying reindeer in Clngniuk Day-
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TIE ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP LONDON BRIDGE WITH DYNAMITE ON SATURDAY LAST.
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DEC. 20, 1884
Statistics aro generally, we might write universally,
voted dull reading; a Bluebook is not considered the
volume wherewith to while away a spare half-hour, and the
Board of Trade returns would, if on Mudie’s counter, pro¬
bably remain there. But there are exceptions; and in
this ’dull season of the year, when the turf is sodden
beneath the foot and the sight of a wicket or a bat in the
open air would cause aa great a sensation as the sudden
appearance of a dragon, the reoords of last season’s cricket
are dear to those who must wait many months before
handling the willow or trundling the ball. Through the
complete list one need not go, but as instances of cricket
curiosities may note the largest scoro of the year, 567
made by Christ Church against New College, at Oxford;
and the smallest we should think ever made when Win-
chilsea, in its second innings against Hastings, had all its
wickets down for 1. If figures prove anything, it is that
professionals, despite brilliant exceptions, are still superior
to their old foes, the gentlemen.
The outcry against the game of football as at present
played, which four serious reported accidents this week go
a long way to justify, will find no echo in Canada yet
awhile. On Thanksgiving Day the Marquis of Lansdowne
further established the popularity which the new Governor-
General has won, by “ placing ” the ball for the “ kick off”
in the great match between Toronto and Montreal. By a
sport-loving crowd such as Canada can alone produce at
their favourite pastime, this action on the part of his
Lordship was received with even more ringing cheers
than the subsequent efforts of the players could evoke.
Thanks to novels and stage plays, wo have become so
accustomed to long-lost wills, missing heirs, and fabulous
sums of money, that when wo encounter them in real life
they are but as familiar acquaintances.. But wo must make
an exception in the case of Lord Walsingham. Many,
many years ago the great-great-grcat-grandimcle of tho
present Lord SValsingham went to India, and shook the
“ pagoda tin ” to some advantage. He died in the East,
and left all his money to his sistor, Miss Jennings, who
resided in Ireland. News travelled slowly in those days—
in fact, the news never reached Ireland at all. The money
was in the Bank of England, and lay there till this year,
when the descendants of Miss Jennings were advertised
for. They appeared in tho person of his Lordship; and
tho money, with interest, now amounts to the pretty little
sum of five millions sterling. Tho ordinary mortal who
could erect (Jhdteaux en Espagne with five thousand, five
hundred, or oven five—well, what a country he would
want to hold all tho castles that could be built with fivo
millions!
Great interest has been awakened in America by the
engagement of one of the late H. W. Longfellow’s
daughters to a Mr. Thorp, whoso mother was the leading
spirit with regard to tho exhibition of feminine industries
at the Philadelphia Exhibition a few years ago. She is a
woman of indomitable energy, and has done much in
influencing the Legislature of her country in behalf of
various measures affecting the well-being of her own sex,
and her husband is a wealthy timber merchant. It may
be remembered that, six years ago, Miss Sara Longfellow
married Ole Bull, the celebrated violinist, who is a
Norwegian. His mother lives at Bergen, and frequently
entertains distinguished Americans for her son’s sake.
Last summer the Misses Longfellow were her guests, as
well as Mr. Thorp, who, in fact, went over in order to
escort them back to Cambridge. Whether love was spoken
of before or after is not known, but the momentous
question was put and answered during tho voyage bock
to tho States.
Prince Victor Napoleon, having fallen out with his
father, is not in good odour either with his mother, Princess
Clotilda, or with tho Ex-Empress Eugenie; and con¬
sequently, Prince Louis, his younger brother, is being made
much of. Ho is about to bo placed under tho care of
Monsieur G. Poignant, son of a former Protect of Algiers,
and will go with that gentleman and his father to Romo.
After a few days in tho Eternal City tho young Prince and
his temporary guardian will start for Upper Egypt en route
for Palestine, and after visiting the Holy Places will turn
their faces homeward in March. They will remain for a
week or two in Constantinople, then travel through
Austria and Hungary, and reach Paris at tho end of May.
By that time PrineG Victor may have changed his tactics,
or, at all events, some political programme may have been
devised by Plon-Plon and his friends.
Who is to be the new Principal of the University of
Edinburgh ? The post is not a very easy one to fill, and
there are many who think that tho erudite and kindly
Principal Tulloch, of St. Andrews, would bo the right
man in the right place. Unfortunately, ho is going down
tho bill of life, and his health is not [as good as it has
been; but his wisdom is ripe and his experience manifold.
He may, perhaps, be out. of the running beeauso he is a
clergyman, as the lay element has always predominated
at Edinburgh; tod, if so, it is more than probable that
the vote of the Modem Athens may be strongly in favour
of professor Masson.
1 ' —
Diamonds have diminished in value of late years since
they hove been found in South Africa, and the valuo of
other gems has risen in proportion. It is well known that
the most splendid pearls in the world belong to Madame
Gustave De Rothschild, and that tho historic rubies of
the House of Nassau are owned by Madame Nathaniel.
Madame Euphrussi also has some magnificent rubies, and
Mrs. Mackay has an enormous one, for which she mid
£12,000 to Boucheron, of the Palais Royal. The Duchess
of Edinburgh and the Prince de Beam also have splendid
sets of rubies.
Sapphires are not half so valuable as rubies, hut they
aro the favourite jewels of our day. Of course, there aro
sapphires and sapphires; but tho best aro very limpid,
and appear to have a great depth of colouring in them.
The Brauicki family has some valuable ones; but tho
finest known to bo in existence is that given by tho
ex-Empress Eugenie to the Paris Museum of Natural
History, which is worth £4000. Pink and black pearls
are in high favour; but unfortunately it is easy to colour
imperfect specimens, though the latter are easily tested
by electricity. Tho newest gem comes from Siberia, and
is called Alexandrite. In the sun, it is like an emerald;
but by artificial light it has an amethyst tint, and gleams
with other colours besides. It is equally becoming by day
or night, and is therefore likely to be a great favourite
with ladies.
The Women’s Suffrage Calendar for tho coming year
really is a literary curiosity, and has evidently issued red-
hot from the brain of some enthusiast for feminine rights.
The days aro marked by the birth or death of eminent
women, or by some event, or the passing of some measure
affecting them, und the general information includes a
list of the registered lady-doctors, and useful directions
as to where and from whom inquiries can be made re¬
specting employment, education, emigration, sanitary and
dress reform, and, though last not least, “ clubs ” for the
weaker vessels. That there should be a species of mani¬
festo about the francliise goes without saying, and tho
centre is adorned with a chart of the world’s progress,
which sets forth that tho stone ago was characterised by
chaos, the bronze by force, the iron by tyranny; aud tho
age of steam by equal law. A spinning-wheel and spear
keep watch and ward over this document, and to tho
latter is attached the motto—
On Spear side or Spindle side,
Let equal Law and Worth betide.
With tho help of “ merchant clothiers,” who “ trade on
tho no-credit principle,” we have been enabled to “reform”
our “ tailors’ bills,” according to the excellent advice prof¬
fered during so many years (to small effect for a while) in
the advertisements; and now it is high time that, with tho
help of the School Board, we began to reform our French.
Novelists and journalists seom to forget that there is no
necessity to use French terms when we bavo English
terms that will do quite as well; and it is therefore
wholly gratuitous to go to Franco fotva word or ex¬
pression—and blunder—when we have an equally good
word or expression at home. Yet journalists aud novelists
do it daily. Hero, at this very time of writing, there is,
on one side of the writer, a journalist complaining of a
“ bete noir” as if that sort of creature wore ever any¬
thing but feminine; and, on the other, a novelist men¬
tioning “la premiere danseuse de la (sic) monde.” And
let nobody suggest “misprint”; the latter blunder is of
a kind that renders the explanation impossible, and tho
other occurs so invariably and so often in tho same journal
that the explanation is inadmissible. It looks rather as if
the journal were endeavouring to change the gender of
a French word, as it is said that a French monarch suc¬
ceeded in doing. And in these days “ the Press is king ” :
all tho more reason that the Press should set a good
example.
It really seems as if certain honest folk were under
tho impression that this world is intended to bo a
pleasant place of residence. They complain of all sorts of
nuisances, from the shrill cry of tho milkman at early
morn to the startling screech of the railway-whistle in tho
dead of night. Now, it is more than probable that this
world is intended to be—as it is to the majority—
extremely un-ploasant; and the “ brain-worker ” and
other gentry, who “ are not as other men are,” would do
well to reflect that they too must “ bear their cross ” iu
6ome form or other. There is a rough sort of compen¬
sation in the arrangements of life, so that the men of
wealth, culture, and refinement, liavo to pay for their
superiority by suffering the tortures inflicted by tho poor,
the ignorant, the vulgar, who have no “nerves ” to speak
of and no consideration for those who have.
Tho dignity of the law and of humanity was well
maintained in the “ Mignonette case,” both by tho
Judges and by the jury. The verdict and tho sentence
were both unimpeachable. Whatever sentiments ouo may
cherish, however pitiful one may feel towards the un¬
happy men who were found guilty and sentenced, and
thankful as one may bo to be preserved from the dreadful
trial to which they were exposed, it would never liavo
done to lot it go forth to mankind that in tlio eye of the
English law apprehension of death from starvation would
render killing no murder. If fear of starvation bo a valid
justification tor murder, <2 plus forte raison is it for steal¬
ing ; and yet the plea is rejected by tho magistrates every
day in this awful London, where a certain number of poor
creatures, considering tho workhouso worse than death,
die from starvation — rather than commit robbery or
murder or both—every year. Aud is murder loss murder
at sea than on dry land, or is starvation more
starvation at sea than on land ? Tho murder assuredly is
not less; but tho starvation may bo more, because at
sea there is no workhouse. Yet those who die of
starvation on land must evidently prefer death to the
workhouse, as they also evidently prefer death to theft
or murder or both. But the subject is too awful to dwell
upon.
Hermit, a horso that Mr. Chaplin described us “ tho
best friend he over had," once more stands at the head of
the “winning sires” (that is, of tho horses whose pro¬
geny won most money in stakes during tho past season of
horse-racing) with upwards of £20,000 to tho credit of his
sons and daughters. Hois now just twenty years old;
and it is curious that so great an authority as “Tho
Druid” prophesied evil things about Hermit’s probable
career at the stud. So ticklish a matter is it to deal iu
predictions, or oven to express opinions.
Notices of several Art exhibitions, reviews of books, aud
other articles ore unavoidably postponed.
CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS BOOKS.
First of all, make way for his Majesty ! The Autocrat of the
Nursery (Hodder and Stoughton, publishers) is an imperious,
courageous, delightful infant of three years, who calls himself
“ Tariie.” The lady, L. I'. Meude, authoress of “Scamp
and 1,” who tells us and her younger readers all about him,
is assisted by Mr. T. Pym, an artist scarcely behind Miss Kate
Greenaway in drawing children, with forty charming illus¬
trations of this delightful nursery history. Charlie is a littlo
cousin, unexpectedly imported, for grave family reasons, into
a pleusaut nursery, already populous with two elder boys,
Jack and Hurry, their kind little sister Nelly, und Dick the
baby. It does us good to make their acquaintance, to heur
the broken syllables of their “little language,,’ and to wituess
their amusing frolics, though sometimes a trifle naughty, or ac
least troublesome to the elders ; but this is a story to make
children wish and try to be good.
Doctor Johnson, who did not know much about it, wise
man as lie was, said that babies do hot like stories about babies,
aud that they would rather be eutertuined with talcs of giants,
fuiries, goblins, and fierce wild beasts. Well, there ure childreu
who like these loo; and tho Christmas publishers have got
plenty of books ready for them, full of supernatural as well us
naturul marvels. Prince** Nobody (Longmans, Green, and Co.)
is a “Tale of Fairy Land,” by Mr. Andrew Lung; the illus¬
trations, some tinted umber, some brightly coloured, aro
from drawings by the late Richard Doyle, and that is us much
ua to say that they abound iu beauty aud fancy. The reputed
Princess, whom the King and Queen of a neighbouring
country desire to find, bears tho Italian mime of “Nientc,”
which strictly means “Nothing,” but this they do not under¬
stand. How the Dwurf laid claim to her, by virtue of au in¬
cautious promise, how she was hidden away, aud what a long
journey was performed in search of her by Prince Comical,
who finally became Priuce Charming, let the juvenile lovers of
romance learn from this pretty book.
Lady H. Somerset, in Our Village life (Sampson Low,
Mnrston, and Co.) has exerted her talents, both as an accom¬
plished amateur artist, and as u writer of graceful verse
inspired with the purest feeling, to produce a beautiful work,
the sule of which is to profit the funds of a charitable institu¬
tion. The Homo for London Workhouso Girls, recently
opened near her Ladyship's residence at lteigate Prior}’, is to
gain a contribution to its pecuniary support from the public
acceptance of this effort; but we cau also testify that the book
is one worth purchasing; the verses, which go straight to tho
heart of every lover of children, of rural life, of nuture, of
human kindness and religious trust, have a simple melody
that is pleasing to the ear ; while the pictures, correctly drawn
und nicely coloured, aro agreeable to tho eye of taste.
The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, which
does much, iu n wide and liberal spirit, to popularise tho
results of sound literary and historical scholarship, does not
forget the innocent reading pleasures of the lambs of tho
human Hock. Au invitiug display of cheap and pretty little
books, tho decorated puper covers of which aro remarkably
tasteful, now lies on our table. Mr. Richard Andre, tho
urtistic designer of most or all of these, merits high com¬
mendation ; but the effect of liisdruwings is best seen in those
reproduced with a single brown tint, which aro inserted alter¬
nately with the pages of coloured pictures. This observation
does not upply to Little Blossom : A Hook of Chit.I-Fancies, which
is wholly coloured, and is altogether of superior quality;
some of the fairy-scenes remind us of Richard Doyle. •* Dame
Durden’s Copper Kettle,” “The Magic Ring,” “Doll’s
House-Keeping,” “ Touch Him if you Dare,” “ May’s Muff,
or Rich and Poor,” "Tiny Shoes,” “Tongues iu Trees,”
“Uncle Jim,” “Papa Poodle and other Pets,” “Make-
believe aud Reality,*’ “ Little Boys and Wooden Horses,”
“The Child’s Illustrated Scripture History,” in four parts,
and “The Bluebells on tho Lea,” by Juliana Uoratia Ewing,
offer a shilling choice for parents and children with no chance
of disappointment. Mrs. Ewing, the author of a charming
little tale, “ Jackanapes,” which moved our heurts last yeur
or the year before, gives us auother of the same kind, “ Daddy
Darwin’s Dovecot,” illustrated by Mr. Randolph Culdecotl,
and it is equally good, full of sweet humour and sweeter kind¬
liness ; the brief life-history of Jack March, a bruve little work-
house boy, who is fascinated by the flight of Mr. Darwin’s
tumbler pigeous, gets himself apprenticed to the lonely old
man, the owner of the Dovecot, and behaves so faithfully that
his fortune is made—indeed, a noble little story ! Jack March
and Jackanapes ure juvenile worthies, to our mind, more de¬
serving of immortal remembrance thau Jack the Giant-killer,
or Jack of the Beuustalk.
Mabel in Rhymeland (Griffith audFurran) is, like our beloved
“ Alico in Wonderland,” the right girl in the right place,
and in many odd places she meets the oddest people of the
dear old popular fancies. Her travelling experiences aro told
by Mr. Edward Holland, C.O.8., iu excellent modem prose,
dedicated affectionately to the memory of his own father and
mother, who taught his infancy to love the Nursery Rhymes.
Her procedure is similur to that of the immortal Alice. At
the foot of a splendid und solid rainbow, she finds a funny
little old umu ; tho reul Mnn iu the Moon, who has come
sliding down to earth, meaning to ask his way to Norwich,
lie takes Mabel for his guide on the rood, and they en¬
counter the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe, Tom the
Piper’s Sou, Humpty-Dumpty, Old King Cole (whoso
Court they visit), Mary Quito Contrary, tuc Three Wise
Men of Gotluun, tho whole train of performers in and about
the House tlmt Jack Built, Little Jack Homer, Little Boy
Blue, the Lion and the Unicom, and finally the Knights of
Arthur's Round Table. Though it is a delightful book for
children, it is not u childish book, and their elders will discover
iu it some wisdom, os well os humour and playful imagination.
Tho engravings, drawn by A. Chusemore, are vigorously de¬
signed aud full of character; and tho volume is neatly got up.
The suine general idea is worked out by Mr. George inidler
in lhroes and Heroines of Nursery History (publishers, ilildes-
lieimer and Faulkner) with illustrations by Frank Cox, some of
which ore printed in colours. The brother and sister, Freddy
and Margery, walk in adremu, and see with their own eyes, as
people cun see iu sleep, Jack and Jill tumbling off the Hill,
which they presently ascend, and journey on to the house of
Old Mother Hubburd, and to the Palace of the King and
Queen of Hearts, mukiug acquaintance, by the way, with
many legendary persons, whose fame precedes that of the
Kings of England in tho historical learning of childhood. The
narrative is spirited, and the pictures ure clever aud lively.
From the same publishers we lmve Out of Town, a book of
bright and melodious verses by F. E. Weatherly, illustrated
with coloured pictures by Linnie Watt, and ozonotypo
viguettes by Ernest Wilson, the artistic beauty of which
merits particular notice. Tiro Children, also by Mr. Weatherly,
with illustrations by Ellen Edwards, is u pretty story of a run¬
away puir (he was six and she was four) eloping to get
married. Children's Voices is nsong-book witii tho written music
arranged by Mr. Robert Addison, uml with numerous drawings
by Miss Harriett Bennett, which have their charms io the eye.
We are compelled by want of space to defer some other
notices of children's illustrated C‘hri*tiuus books.
DEC. 20, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
This week, happily, no apology is needed for “ talking about
a lot of old books ” (u misdeed of which the present writer is
so often accused); since during the lust few days the talk of
the town has been almost exclusively devoted to the Systou
Library sale, l-’or the purpose of attending that sale I did not
come home from Brussels in Brabant. I returned on u far
different erraud—numely, to eat my Christmas dinner among
old friends, and to bid everybody Good-bye.
Not for mo is it to compete with millionaire booksellers
uud long-pursed amateurs for rare editions of the Scriptures or
the classics; to bid phenomenal sums for manuscripts illu¬
minated on vellum, “tall copies,” and block-books. Tlio
highest ambition of the book-collector who is poor, aud the
bibliomaniac in whose madness there is some method, should
be, I take it, of a dual nature. In the first place, he must
be iudcfutigublc iu the endeavour to get together as xnuuj
books on us many possibly conceivable subjects as ever liia
means will allow him to do; in the next placo (and this is the
methodical side of book-muduess), his motto should be
“ nuuquuui doruiio," and he should be continually on the
look-out (in remote suburbs, on the shabbiest book-stalls,
at brokers' shops, and if need be, in costermongers’ barrows
in tho New-Cut) for works which his reading tells him aro
curious, aud which his experience convinces him are scarce.
As for the prices which he gives for such trouvailles, they may
range between sixpence and eighteen pence. Then he should
spend from one to three guineas on tho biuding of his book,
and culuily live on in the hope that the world will find it after
many days (when tho collector is sold up), aud reward his
quietly speculative investment with a good round sum.
Iu the meantime, tho Mazuriu Bible has brought at tho
by s ton ealo the amazing sum of three thousand live hundred
pounds. I note iu the highly interesting catalogue of the
library of Sir Mark Musterman Sykes, ‘‘sold by Mr. Evans,
at his house, 93, Pall-mall,” in 1824, a “ Bibliu Sacra Latina,
upon vellum, 1-102, printed by Guteuberg, tho first book
printed with metal type.” Was this tho brother of the tliree-
thou8and-uiue-liundred-pounds Bible, or Sir Murk Sykes’s
own copy ?
Mem.: I note that in the Syston sale a copy of “ Hone,
B.V. Venitiis, Aldus, 1505,” fetched sixty pounds. In the
Sykes sale, the Aldine “Horn” brought, although described
us “extremely rare,” twenty-seven pounds six shillings and
sixpence. Iu the Sykes sale the llrst Aldine Horace, of 1501,
described as “ very rure,” was knocked down for fifteen
guineas. In the Systou sale the first Aldine Horace fetched
thirty pounds ; but this copy is on lurge pnper, with paiuted
initials.
“ How many things oro there hero that I do not want ’. ”
exclaimed Socrates, as be rambled through tho market-place.
In the mutter of “veryscarce” and “extremely scarce” old
books, it is wise to “suy ditto” to the son of Soplironiscus.
I can dispense with the Mazurin Bible. I can buy an
Authorised Version for Bixpcuce. I shall not be destituie for
want of the Farmer Generals’ Edition of the “G’outes do la
Fontaine.” The absence from my shelves of any Caxtous uud
any Wynkyn de Wordcs troubles me not; nay, to mo the fiftieth
is us sufficing as the first edition of tho “Pickwick Papers.”
Life, perhaps, might be found tolerable, and even enjoyable,
without the possession of u “Cannina” Horace or a
“ unique ” Josephus with five miniatures : such u one as was
6old iu the Syston sale for two hundred and seveuty-fivo
pounds. But the case is altered when it comes to a
Shakspcarc first folio of 1C23.
The editor of this interesting work is M. le Comte Do
lieiset, “ ancien Miuistre Pleuipoteutiuire,” and, I should say,
un ardent Boyulist, who shares with Lord Ronald Gowqf in on
almost devotiouul cultm for the hapless consort of Louis XVI.
Count Do Keiaet hud the rure good fortuue to obtuiu from an
enthusiastic book collector, M. Gueuot, the mauuscript of tho
accouut-book of Alurio Antoinette’s milliner and nuiutuu
maker, uud tho contents of this tome he lnifi published in ex-
tenso, down to the record of the price of a yard and a
lmlf of “gaze d’Anglcterre pour le corps d’uil fiefiu,” aud
half a yard of “ point d’ Alem,on ” for u pair of culls. M. Do
lieiset warmly contends that the Queen was not nearly so
extravugunt in her toilette us her enemies have asserted her to
have been, and that the lloyal Princesses spent as much as,
if not more than, she did on personal finery. Even when at
the height of her grandeur uud splendour at Versailles, the
daughter of Maria Theresa was not ubove having her dresses
turned and her under-garments mended.
But M. De Reisct follows the poor Queen far beyond
Versailles. lie follows her to the Tuileries, to Vorenues, to
tho Temple, and to the Coudergerie, where the few wretched
rags which formed the wardrobe of “ la Veuve Capet” used to
be washed at the prison pumj> by the jailer’s compassionate
daughter, lie describes tho garb iu which the Widow Capet
entered the tumbril which conveyed her to the scaffold—“A
gown of white pique, a muslin fichu, little black ribbons at her
wrists, u white mob-cap, black cottou stockings, and a pair of
shoes in the most miaorable condition.” A whole volume
of sermons might be written on tho “ Livro Journal do
Madame Eloffe,” und SI. Do lteiset’s commentary thereon.
Alem.: Among tho noble ladies who were the most ex¬
travagant customers of Madame Eloffo, I find the inline of
Marie Therese Louise de Suvoie-Coriguan, Princesse de Lam
balle. On tho skirts uud hoops und flounees of that poor,
pretty’, murdered lady I am not ubotit to descant; bat
name recalls an anecdote of the ghastly-humorous kind
which I read, recently, in some foreign paper or another, and
which I commend to the attention of Air. F. C. Runinud
and liis colleagues in the popular and liighly-remuuerutive
profession of which he is 60 bright uu ornament.
O 11 the evening of Sept. 3, 1792, a young Frendi draiiiatio
author was pacing the ordinarily tranquil PlueedesVietoiroB,
Paris, cudgelling his brains for a satisfactory denouement to the
third act of a now melodrama. Suddenly the Place was in¬
vaded by a howling, screeching mob, itt fchelicud of which was
a knot of rufliauly men, their arms bared und SmcAred with
blood up to the elbows. Oue of these wretches held aloft on
a pike the gory head of thjfnmrdercd |?rijice&sejJc Lamhalle.
“ That wouldn’t make a bad(whid-up to Uiy third act,” mused
the dramatist; but it '3 scarbelystrony tiiofigh. The gallery might
miss the head. It wuat^a fire or an explosion, or something
of that kind.” Is trutli fthvays 8tr;tug*T than fiction ? Tho
dramatist evidently had his doubts on the subject. In these
days the dramatist lUighF^sti'Njglhcn the situation” by
concentrating the lime-light on the>Princosse de Lamballe’s
head.
Day) I shall have no opinions on any home questions, political or
social whatsoever. For the uouce, however, it may be per¬
missible to quote the epitome of a speech on compulsory
abstiucuue, which, according to tho learned editor of *• Les
Dons do Cornua; ou l’Art de la Cuisine ” (Paris, 1758), was
once delivered in tho Lomuu Forum by a Tribuno of the
People. “ Citizens,” said tho orator —
By this new sumptuary law it is nought to impose on you a yoke lo which
you ought nut to submit. Wlrnt could bo more prei ostoroua than the enact¬
ment of un edict which makes temperance obligatory and force* you to bo
sober against your will ! Pay no attention tlieixforc to this uew-fnmrled aud
intolerable legislation. If you obey it, where it tho use of that Liberty of
which you profess to be so proud; but which would become a mockery if
err ry one wit not allouud to ruin himself at hr, chooses and lo perish according la
his fancy /
I regret to add that this outspoken citizen (whose utterances
might not have been wholly disapproved of by Mr. Herbert
Spencer, had tho distinguished author of "The Coming
Slavery” been a citizen of ancient Louie) was, at the instance
of tho Censor Lueilius Flaecua, expelled the Senate.
“Christmas Time: Remember tho turkeys.” A corre-
spoudeut writing from Lam Dngh, Dehra D 0011 , N.W.P.,
India, sends incacarcTbiftqrmg tho above heading, uud in which
“Householders 1 and Hosts’ ;are reminded that cooks haven
horrible way of killing turkeys — by tearing out the tongue. “ It
is begged, W«mtiuuea~rir6 a ut hor of this plea for tho mal¬
treated turkeys, “ tjmtrtlio birds shall bo killed as other
table-fowl are —hf lu&ii, and that proof be exacted ; ns tho
other way of dealing with tiro poor birds is as needless as
it is lioniblc>-J-^trust that iu this country tho cooks, or
atleust the potrhefers, do not tear out tho tongues of turkeys,
hut that they slaughter them by tho /soldi process. I have uot
^ie7sliglitcst{notioii whether hulnl means wringing the neck or
' iglhn throat of a fowl; but it is presumably a humaue
batching poultry.
By-the-way
paragraph he
attributed to Her
Herrick^,but to Sir
Iris
iu Pnitch of the current week, in a
ter Offering,” the old lines—
an Eimtcr Duy
line 11 sight,
ut they belong, dour Punch, uot to
ckliug, uud aro to be found in
Baiind on u Wadding,’’ apropos of the bride:—
Her foot beneath her petticoat
Like little mice stoic in und out
As if they feared the light;
And oh! sho dances such a way
No Sun upon an Easter Day
Was half so line u night.
Alem.: AIr..J. Herbert Slater, in his “ Library Alanual”
(J. Upcott Gill, 1883), says that a copy of the first edition of
1623 sells at about two hundred pounds; and tho second at
about thirty pounds; bat that the third edition of 1663 is The poetic image refers, obviously, to the beautiful old
scarcer, and consequently more valuable than the seeond^lfe^traditiou that the sun dances with exultation ou Easter
is scarce, for the reason that the bulk of this edition (stored^rttOriring. I have ofteii thought that the curious cliore-
with many more tons of literature in the crypt of SkPnuTs) graphic rite periodically celebrated in the Cathedral at
was burnt in the Great Fire of 1666. The fourtlycdU^tpols^'^ville, when the child-choristers dance to the souud of
1685 is, according to Air. Slater, worth only twelvb pouiidS^-Z^P’astanets, hud something to do with this antique superstition.
There are, however, obviously, first folios the present value
of which it is next to the impossible to appraise-VD^o^Jf the
very finest first folios in existeuce/is that beloi>giugto4lie
Baroness Burdett-Coutts, which was purchased ut the sulo
of tho library of Air. George Darnell, the antiquariau.lUppre-
hend, who contributed “ Merrie England iiLthe Olden Time ”
to Bentley's Miscellany, in the palmy days of that famous
periodical. The Systou first folio may be a quarter of an inch
“taller” than the Baroness’s copies ; but iu the latter there is
no inlaying, no puiutiug in and patching up of defective
words or letters. From title to colophoivall is souud and
whole. There is the portrait by Alartiu proeshout, in tho first
and beautiful stute of tho plata: aud ^here is Ben Jouson’s
rhymed eulogy on Sbukspeare, not inserted from other copies,
but integral p^rts of the superb book, which is iu splendid
condition, aud looks as fresh as though it had been printed
yesterday. Lady Burdett-Coutts also possesses a first folio,
generally in first-rate condition, but with the portrait inlaid.
This copy came from the library of Sir Francis Burdett.
But farewell—a long farewell to the beloved old books.
Let me say something about new ones. The first is a
foreigner. Ladies and gentles—ladies especially—wlrnt do
you say to a milliner and dressmaker’s bill one thousand
closely-printed quarto pages long, aud adorned with en¬
gravings highly coloured of the “ fashions ” ? Such a pro¬
digious chronicle of the vanity of vanities did I briug from
Brussels in the shape of a work just published by the historic
house of Firnrin-Didot, Laris, entitled “ Alodcs ct Usages Uu
Temps de Marie Antoinette. Livrc Journal de Aludnme Eloffo,
Marclmude do Alodcs; Couturi&re Lingere Ordinaire de la Ueine
et des Dames de sa Cour. 1787-1790.” The wonderful mil¬
liner's hill only covers a period of four years. But wlrnt yeurs!
So the United Kingdom Alliance, the Temperance League,
tho Band of Hope, tlio Blue Libbou Army, the Church of
England Temperance Association, and the rest of tho Teetotui
organisations, are not to have things entirely their own way.
1 have seen tho Prospectus of the ** AIodenitiouLt Alliance,”
u body of which the promoters deprecate the application of
.State coercion to the liquor traffic, mid deny tho efficacy of
compulsory universal total abstinence, which, they maintain,
“would bo iu the great majority of cases highly injurious
to those who were forced to submit to it.”
The guiiliug spirits of the Aloderntionist Alliance (which
6cems to have spruug from the famous uuti-teetotal article iu
the Times und a puper on “ Aloderutiou or Total Abstinence”
in the November number of tho fortnightly Review) lay down
three distinct propositions: first, tliut the moderate and
reasonable consumption of alcoholic drinks hns a distinctly
salutary effect ou the grout bulk of the inhabitants of cold und
temperate climates, enabling them to put forth a greater
muouut of physical mid mental power than could be derived
from u diet from which alcohol was excluded; second, that
drunkards, us a class by themselves, are ulreudy diminishing
under the in fluen co of civilisation; and, thirdly, that auy in¬
terference with the liberty of the individual, with the freedom
of trade, or with the security of property, must necessarily
tend to the impoverishment of the community, and to the
deterioration of the moral fibre of the race in which ruch
interference is permitted.
On the doctrine thus proclaimed by the incipient Modcr-
ntionist Allianco I give no opinion one way or tho other; and
it is iudecd a blessing (uot only to myself but to my readers)
to reflect that for the next fifteen months (dating from Boxing
[Uite so humane, perhaps, ns the “Euthanasia for
'Ammals,” on which tho admirable Dr. Benjamin Ward
Licluirdsoii has been lecturiug at tho rooms of tlio Society of
Arts. Tho philanthropic physician has arrived at the cou-
viction that the best thing wherewith to induce the sleep of
death iu animals is carbonic oxide generated from cliurcoul.
Dr. Liclmrdson lias been investigating tho subject during
several years, but being lately culled upon to superintend tlio
erection of a “letliul chamber” for the Dogs’ Home at Bat¬
tersea, lie has been emiblcd to reduco his theories to practice.
By meuus of a very simple apparatus, any number of animals
cun be cheaply and expeditiously lulled into the slumber from
which there is 110 waking ; und at Buttcrseu, since tho middle
of Aluy last, 110 less than seven thousand dogs have been
painlessly killed.
There is no reason, thinks Dr. Liclmrdson, why all animals
intended for the food of man should not be rendered iuseueiblo
before being slaughtered. Iudeed, the “Alodel Abattoirs
Society” is already engaged in fitting up a “lethal
chamber” 011 a butcher's premises. The meat, Dr. Richardson
tells us, was iu no way harmed by the previous stupefaction of
the animal; und the blood flowed us freely as it would have
doue by the ordinary mode of slaughter. Tho worthy Doctor
ulso explained how a smaller aud ambulatory “lethal
chamber ” was being constructed, “ which might be employed
for the euthanusia of domestic pets whose life through old ago
or injury had become a misery to them.”
Alem.: When a French working -girl whom poverty or dis¬
appointment iu love lias made weary of life is determined to
put an end to it, she “ promotes the euthanasia” iu a very
simple but quite practical manner. Three halfpenuywortii
of charcoal placed in u tin brasicr will do tho business. She
stops up with rags or paper every aperture or crevice in her
garret which could possibly give entrance to the air; aud tlicu
she kindles tho charcoal and goes to bed and is suffocated,
and --genorally —she dies. This is not called euthanasia, but
suicide by asphyxia. There was a hideous representation of
the operation iu a picture exhibited not long since in tho
Paris Salon.
Query: Is the time hopelessly far distant when some uinu
of science ns skilful and us benevolent as Dr. Benjamin Richard-
sou will be appointed exicuteur des l mules ceuvres, to carry out
tho supreme behests of tho crimiuul law ? Why uot have a
“lethal chamber” at Newgate for the promotion, if nut of
the “euthanasia,” at least of the “ thunatos,” of condemned
murderers.
Replying to my string of questions referring to that bene¬
factor of all those who aro ambitious to read, write, and
speuk a language iu six months, Dr. II. G. Ollendorff, , *Onu
Who Knows” (Southsea) kindly tells mo that the polyglot
Doctor was known to him; tliut lie was for many years a
toucher of lunguuges iu Paris; that liis method of touching
tho German language was first published about five-and-
forty yeurs ago, that lie bus beeu dead twenty years,
ami tliut his publishing business iu tho Luo do Richelieu is
carried on by his only son, Paul Ollendorff. As the uumo
of “ Lo Docteur II. G. Ollendorff” appears ou tho titlepugo
of his “ Alcthode uppliquee au ltussc” us the author of that
useful compendium, which was published only iu 1882, it fol¬
lows either that tho Doctor must have left the unpublished
mauuscript of the Russian method at liis death twenty years
ago, or that ho dictated it by spiritual agency from the
Elysian Fields. G. A. S.
NEW STORY.
Air. Francillou’s Tale, “Ropes of Sand,” will be brought
to a close in the Number for Dec. 27; und with the New
Year will begin a New Story, entitled “Adrian Vidal,” by
W. E. Norris, Author of “ Aliulcmoiselle do Alersao,”
“ Alatrimouy,” “ Tlrirlby Hall,” and other works.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Dec. 20, 1884.—C04
MR. JOSEPH THOMSON, F.K.O.S.
VIEW LOOKING DOWN T11E GOltGF. IN THE KAM.UUA MOINTAINS.
MASAI WOMEN.
MASAI WARRIORS.
CHIEF AND ATTENDANT.
A NATIVE GLIDE.
KILIMANJARO AND MOUNT KIBO.
FORTIFIED CAMP OP THE EXPEDITION.
MASAI KRAAL.
THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY'S EA8T AFRICAN EXPEDITION.
ILLUSTRATIONS, BY HANS TEGNER, FROM THE “JUBILEE EDITION” OF HOLBERG'S PLAYS, PUBLISHED BY E. BOJESEN, OF COPENHAGEN, FOR THE HOLBERG JUBILEE FESTIVAL.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Dec. 20,
C06
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 20, 1884
DEATH.
On the llth in«t„ at Mowbray. Beckenhiun, Caroline, third daughter of
the 1 ite He*. Frederick Neve, Vicar of Warden. Bedfordshire, aired 72.
2"A# charge for the i» rsrifon of Firths, flnmages, and Death/, is
Fmt Shillings for tarh annnuarrment.
ri'HE VALE OF TEAKS.—PORE’S Last Groat PICTURE,
X completed a few days befors he died. NOW on VIEW »t til* IJUllE UALLKKY,
8 ...New IV-n t street, writ!' Ins other greot pl-tnres. Ten to S'» lull) , n. _
4 NNO DOMINI, by EDWIN LONG, R.A.—This
_/V mt Work Is NOWON VIEW, Wetlmr with ntlier.Important Works, at U.s
G Al.t.KKlE'. 1**. New lloiut-storet. Ten to Slz. Adiuin.on. it.
OUR
NUMBER
7) OVAL SOCIETY OF PAINTERS I!
1 V COI.0URS.-Th* WINTER EXHIBITION It NOW OPEN.
M
IN WATER
_■■I I_ | _ .MOT . . _ | a. Pall-MsU East,
lean IVu tiil Mvo. Adreisston, is. CuUlojue I'd. _._
Airtts D. Furr. R.tV 8 .. Secret< 117 .
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ONTE CARLO.—MUSICAL SEASON (CONCERTS,
— - REPRESENTATIONS). . , c
In addition to the usual OotifertS. dlrectod l.y M-ntlenr Romeo Aer.inC, the Rnrl#t»
rtea luim Dsllrr il* Monaco haa anfhorlw.1 M. 1‘MsAelnup to armme* Series or
Extraordinary Grand Musical Entertainments (Concerts, Representation*; thlt
" Tli/ie. Tires of the following dlttlngulshed Artiste, hare been already retained
ilealamea Kreura. - r.lire
I writs,
,. Sails.
„ Hons.llo,
Frenk-Durertioy,
., lt.-ll.ea.
.. Pimm-met.
In addition to w luch the eelrbra
Jlenleur*. Enure.
„ Vergnet,
„ Caponl.
„ lli-rketeln,
„ Couturier,
„ Vlllaret,
Ac.
:ed Tn*trumeutall*t*»lll appear:
VIOLINISTS: ...
Mom. SlTort, 3Ion*. Marslk. Mias N. Qsrpeiitor. American trtlitc. lit Conterratolra
l-rlie.18S.-l.
FIAN18T3: Uona. Plant*. Mom. Th. Ritter. Madams Eeilpoff.
HARPIST: Mont, llauclmaas.
TheteF.xtrnordlnarr Representation! will l* cjren each Wednetday and Saturday,
coiiiiiieuefiig the end of January and termlnatlnc tlia middle ol March.
'Ill*Claailcal Concerts cterjr Thursday.
TIB A TJX PIGEONS DE MONACO.
The opening of tlie Tlr nux Pigeons of Monaco will take place Dec. 10. The follow-
Ine Is the Programme:- . ,
SatnnlaT, Dec. JO: Prtx de DScrmhre. | Tnetdar.Dee. 80: Pri* rte Lor.llard.
Tiiewlay. 1'rixd* Jtonttcupo. Saturday Jan. S: Prlx .le Janvier.
Sat unlay. Dec- 27 : Friz de Noel. I Tnesilay. Jan. 0 : I'm Je*.
Th* GRAND INTERNATIONAL CONCOrBS will take place lu tho following
Pa'.nrday, Jan. 10: Grande Foule d'Essal. A l’urse of JOOOf, nildfd to a Poule of lOOf.
Tocular. Jan. 13: Prlx d bsreiture. A Puree of WOOL add'd to Wf.entrance.
Friday. Jau. 10, and Saturday. Jan 17: Grand I'rtxdu Casino. All object of Art and
-.o.insif. added to WMf. entrance. .... , _ ,
Monday, Jan. ID: Prlx de Mnuto Carlo. Grand Kreo Uandicap. A Parse of flCOOf.
added to loot, entrance.
Thursday. Jan. 2 J: Prlx de Contolation. An olject of Art and l« 0 f.
Letters of entry to l« addressed to M. Rloxdix. Secretary of the Tlr I Monaco, not
later than Eire o'clock on the •'toning previous to the Tlr.
16 eries will I
The colicours of tire Second I
1 he dal* announced.
•VIEWS FROM NICE.—The weather is really splendid,
the temiwratnre ranging from Bn deg. to 64 deg. In th» shade. The tun Shinto
nlmo.t [M-riictuvIlr, end the influence of warm rays make* Ills enloyahle to all, and
III-- re esiiccully to those who hare hr illnraaor otlierwUeBOtatllt It* Influence.
Their hat l-ern an alninat entire alienee of r-In fur several months, but this has not
lnt.it.-ml with tliesnnlUry nmtniieniriitaof therlty. aslUsIrcet. and n«adaare dally
watered Iroin the m.-nn ain stre-.mof tlie t eattble, Which Is also utetl for flushing
the drain*, which are. In addition. clcant.il or ditlnfected by purifying chemical
' 'Hfie streets, now brntbed dally, were never so clean and tidy, which fact, perhaps,
accounts for the total alieein-o nf epidemic*: and the avenge mortality of the city It
leMtlianmsnv fashionable town* in EuglaBa.
Four resident English medlesl men «•» in practice here, and wonld. 1 am sure,
bn willing to communicate with any intending rlaltort ilealroua or tatl.fylng their
nervous foam as to the healthfuinetaof the tow n by addressing Doctor* West, Stunt*.
„r Wakefleld. or Mr. Nit-holla, tne Ei.gllsh qnslUW chemist here. In future,
tliero will la an authorised tribunal for thlt pnrpnte, a- a hygienic society of medical
men, French. English, ami others. Is now In course of formation, no that untruthful
sciihUI* es to tire Hinlbirr condition n» Nice mar la. avoided <-rex|M>w<1.
The Prolongation of the Promenade de* Anclala Is complete, and forma one of the
llm-et drive* In the Blvlern. Th* police force haa lasen reoffiMnlted. *ud It* metnlwr*
ore now entitled to a pcnalon alter faithful service-, which fact will doubtless give
them more moral force In the execution of their functions.
Tlie I to I Is n Theatre, a very handsome building, ha- l"'*n reconstructed and enlarged,
anil a grand Gill of luangnr.it Ion will lie glvn In February. . _
TlieraalnoTlieatreU giving It* entertainment*: and the Tlirttre det Frnnqslte. of
Which Mr. Cerlelareo It tlie able Director, hat an excell, ut Troupe de OofBMM, as alto
tom* etar artlete* for the OpAra Comhjue. . _ . . _... _
The Jetty Promenade. *r.o r to an .rrnrrcinent at lastetR-rted between the Fire
Inanmnce Om.ro nr and tlie l»irect,.re of the Pier. la. Urey *ay. to Id Immediately
rebuilt. Th-- Knc-t will tote place In Kel.rnsrr. The renowned Carnival will surpass
all others, and the Itegattoa will form an Important part of the aUractmui, particular*
The vis tors' are dully arriving In Increased nnmlw-rs. and those F.nrll-Ti who wero
too timid to paw through Farit, have nevertheless found the meant of coming on here
by way of Amiens, ltriiiia. amt Dijon; wlille t'-veml who from tear fled into Bwltaer-
Jand during tlie panic are now cn route to this bright aud tunny land.
Nice. Dec. 8 .1»4. __
T)RIXCESS’S THEATRE.—MU. WILSON BARRETT,
-I Lt*aee and Manager.—EVERY KVENPJG.at T.««. HAMI.ET. M «*rs. Wllaop
llarrett, Btitokmau. liewlitirvt. Wlllarl. ( IlfTnPl Owiper. Frank Cooper, (Tauford,
Hudson. Doan*. De holla. Evona. Fulton, Fot*. *c.. ami Gent" Barrett I Mewtamn
Kaatlnke. DM-kens. hr., and >1. leighton Door, open at 7.19. li"x-«fTtoe. 8 .» to
Five. No fee*. MaMnJea, at I An, till* day. Patnolay. Dec. JO, and l rlday next,
Dec. JO. Closed Dec. SI. H.Jt. and 29. Hutlnetl Manager, J. II. CObbe.
ATI0NAL STANDARD THEATRE, BISHOrSOA'rE.
17 The O-Tgeon* Pantomime CINIIF.1IEI.I.A, CHRISTMAS EVE and EVERY
EVENING nt Seven. Morning Performance* Hoxlng Dar. pee. j: hatnr-lay, Dec. J',
and every Monday. Thursday, and ftiturday. at 1 .JM. to which (Boxing Day excepted)
children under ton hall-pnee. Written and produced by John Douglae*.
N
1 1 IRISTAIAS
HOLIDAYS.
l^ORTSMOUTn AND THE ISLE
J- EXTRA TRAINS. D-c. JJ. jJ3. *od JI.-'Oio Fl -
.m nm.. an-l London Hridgr* 4.11 l>.m. will take/paienger* for Ryde. Bern bridge.
Inn-tow*. HliaukUn, Vcntio-r, nmUm Uic 2 lUi toCOWea and Newport also (Ut, 2 nd.
*.S
Ban
MDd .Int Oltts)i
TMUGIITON EVERY SUNDAY AND ON CHRISTMAS
J) u\y._4;|,e»p FirsK'MM Trains fr- un- Victoria 10.44 a m. and J 2 A 0 p.m.. Culling
at Clanham Jnnetlotoaipl Ovydon. Day Return Ticket*, tut.
A Pallmsih,DraWiot-r.-.-nv l 'ir la riin 111 the ‘ ' * * *
Brighton rcturnlrit fr-iii tvrightwnby-tJie M®R-*
Victoria. Incmdmk Pullman Cur. IJ*.. atnllahle Ly
l.rtjlitr-O.Tcwet. r. i-riviiniiv. ec. iA-nar-
and J-ort*iiiyuth.|l.t. 2nd. anff Jnt riaaa).
N.—A Special
Kedlilll,
Havant,
TXRaNCH BOOKING OFFICES.—For the conTenience of
X>' Pa.renrert who mnr dealre to take their TiCketa In adranre. the following
Branch «<,i*tog twice*. In addition to three, at the Victoria and fgindon Bridge
Elutions, are notsApen for the Isensof Ticket* toall Statlomon the London. Brighton,
tktiil hooch C.«ust Rail war. to the Itle of Wleht. Paris, and the Continent. Ac.:—
• The(-.-mp-tny * West-End Booking-Oil. ■■•a.J*. Regent-circus. Piccadilly, W., and
•. Grand llotol-bulldlnga.
Cook's Tourist Office*. I.ndgvte-rlrcui and Enston-road.
Haze's T-mrlat OffiCM. 14J. htnsnd.
JlsVtC-ty Agency, 4. Royal l.xchangc-linlldinge. Cornhlll.
Je-tts and Co^XI. King Wllllam-ttrcet, City.
Whlteley't. We.th<iiime-gr<iTe,
dnklns- “ The Red Cap," fl, Camden-read.
Ticket* Issued at three ('Bb-at will be dab-d.tn snlt th* convenience of passenger#.
• Thee* Two Offices will remain open until 10.0 p m. on Monday, Tustday, and
■Wfdoredar. Dec. 22 23. and 24.
For further particulars are Handbills and TTme-Book*, to be had at all Btatl-nt and
at any of thr store Office*. (By order) J. P. Kmnar. Grneral Manager.
CHRISTMAS
if Kow Publish in(],
PBICB ONE SHILLING.
P0STA0E : PARCELS r03T. 3n.; BOOK I*09T, 3t>.
Office : 108, Strand, London, W.C.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—ROYAL MAIL ROUTE. ^
The ExpmH-Tmlnt of the lesAm and North-Western Railway niton! the mold
exievlilliMis uii-niia ,.f rea- hmg tlie principnl town* In the North of England, the Mid¬
land Manufacturing Districts. Scotland. Ireland, and Wales Including Llveiii-«>l,
M..nehe.trr. Birmingham. Chester. Dublin, t-hrewshury. Io-anilngbin. Wolver¬
hampton. Presf-Xt,Carlisle,Olnag-iw. Kditilmrgh. I’srth, Dundee. Abenlren.Invenjga*.
A fa.t an-l frequent service--f trains I. run fn-ni lxnOon (ICuttonito Uinninghtm
( Naw— treet I inwtrr t litre hours, to-in I- -u (Kuaton) u< ktenchsator (London-rOad)itndgr
foil i hours andah-ilf. London (Kustonl to Liverpool (Lime-street) In four hour* and
a half. Pint, Brr.md. and Third lit*** by all Trains.
WF-hT COAST ROUTE TO AND FROM SCOTLAND.
Direct Truln* to end from lamiton (Boston). Rlrmlnihnra (New-street) Liverpool
(l.lme-tlrret i. Manchester i Exchange), Ac., and Edinburgh.Glasgow. Urecnoek. Perth,
Ale-r-tren. Ilivernere, and the North. ...
PAltCELL—biieclal arrangement* hare been made far-the ontok transit and
prompt delivery of 1 ‘nrcels and OnnStlHM Pieaenla, arid TlIK-'l '-H VANS Will bo
run la-twwai lxuidno nod all principal places by RXPItEfi'J-TRAINSfOr tJje secom-
mirtntlnn of "hi" traffic. Parcels should be addressed - Per L and S.W. Railway.
Single Mono Omnibuses -ent on application to H->tolt or Private Reaidmce* Sor tlie
convojancobi Enolon station of Intending traveller*.
Charges: —For distauee* ntntorhlx Miles. »)n* Shilling jer Mile. Minimum. Tore*
Shilling*. F--r distance* over Wx Mile*.or when TVoTlorsesare used at tho rts^nost of
a Paeoenger. One hhllbng and Hlxj*nce per Mile. „ A ..
Euaton button. December, 1 W. O. FixpUT, Genera) Manager.
/•1HRISTMAS HOLIDAYx ARRANGEMENTS.
V^' LONDON, BRIGHTON. AND BOtTTH C0A8T RAILWAY.
ALL EXPRESS and-ORDINARY RKTYllN TICKETS issued on DEC. 23. 21 ,
an-l 2 ) will he available for the Return Journey by any Train of, thetnme desrrlptloit
and claet, up to and Including Monday, Dk. SB), except Uioeo lttad tor a let* dltUnce
than ton Hide*. / ^ _ \ \
OF WIGHT—
Fast Train leaving Victoria
~ i. lien '
Glims I .M.V 8 DAY Extra Fast Train* (hit. 2 nd. and frd Clatt) from Fortsmonth
Harbour 7 . 0 and *.74 *. m. to/Umsfon. IR-at*In connection l-ora Hyde8.30and7.K)a.m.
rn i-nr la run inthc 10.49 a.m. Train from Vletorl* to
■ m. Train. Sixu-lal Clieap Fare from
these Trains only.
REOPEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (CHRISTMAS EVE).
8T. JAMES'S HALL, PICCADILLY.
THE
M oore and burgess minstrels
REOPEN CHRISTMAS BYE.
GRAND DAY PERFORMANCE at Three.
GRAND NIGHT PERFORMANCE nt Eulit.
On Boxing Dar tho Twentieth Animal 8 .- 0 e, Ot Holiday Arformanee* will com-
meoce in the 8 t. Jamos'sGrand Hall. AdOo 8c*U. Great Programme tor Uia Holiday*.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW-YEAR'S HOLIDAYS, 1RM-8.
8T. JAMES'S GRAND HALL,
REGKNT-bTREET and PICCADILLY.
THE
M oore and burgess minstrels’
TWENTIETH ANNUAL CARNIVAL of MU? 10 and FUN.
Will commence on IIOXINO l'\k . DEC. -a:.
On and aft-r wlileh date the MUNSTER HOLIDAY PROGR AMME will he given
EVERY AFTERNOON »t Three, EVERY NIGHT at Eight, until Job. I».
ALL NEW AND BEAUTIFUL BONOS.
New Ilndret of BORKAMINOI.Y FUNNY STOItriPNEW CCM1C SKETCHES.
NEW AND IMPORTANT ADDITIONS TO TIIE GREAT COMPANY.
FIVE THOUSAND SEATS
Price* of Admls-lnn -.-Fantenll*. 9*.; Sofa Stolla. 9a.; llaleony. 2 «.; Great Art* and
Gallery. 2900 place*, whenceall ran w wltli comfort, la.
For Ihioklug facilities, too tepnrnte advertliement.
M oore and burgess minstrels.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES at 8 T. JAMES'S GREAT
HALL. ANNIVERSARY on BOXING DAY. . . .
Tick- la ■wn now b" obtained.knit places Invoked one month In advance, at Artriln •
Cnlvor-al Ticket Office. Bt. J«m«* Hall. Resident* In the country can tecum tickets
an-l place* h> r—t, upon tending ehe-jne or I.OO.. together with etampt and directed
•tivelota-. to Mr. A. Austin, ht. Jame»"a Hall.
Prices of Admission :-Fauteull«. 6 *.; Hot* 8 toll*. 6 #.; Balcony, 2*.: Great Are*
and Gallery. 1*.
DYNAMITE AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Another silly attempt, or pretence of nn nttempt, to destroy
an important structure by dynamite, was made in London Inst
Saturday evening; but with no greater result than the
breaking of ninny panes of glass in the neighbourhood by the
concussion of tlie air. At twenty minutes to sir o’clock, it
nppenrs, some rascal probably belonging to the notorious gnng
of Irish-American conspirators, whose bond-quarters are in the-
city of New York, and whose sole object is to get money from
their credulous dupes by showing their power to excite nn
alarm in this country, dropped nn explosive apparatus over the
eastern parapet of London Bridge, from the recess nearest the
Surrey side of the river. It fell on the narrow ledge of the
semi-circular abutment beneath, and thence into the water,
where it burst, making a tremendous noise, giving out a huge/
flash of fire, and frightening many people*, hut doing no
more damage to the bridge than a slight disturbance of
the outer cement on the masonry of the' abutment.
The water, of course, was thrown up to a consider¬
able height, some of it reaching the level of tho
bridge, though it was low tide m thevriver. No person
was hurt, but hundreds of windows were shattered by the
atmospheric shock on both shores of the Tlmnies; especially
those of Ilibemia Chambers, a block of buildings occupied as
commercial offices, on the Surrey side, to the west of the
bridge ; Adelaide-buildjngs, on the opposite Middlesex side,
to the cast of the bridge, ami the Bottom House just below;
and, in a less degree, at 1 <il 1 itigsgate nl)d thereabouts : a gloss
screen on the platform of Cnuuou-street railway station was
also broken. Only « x Blight crack is perceptible in one
of tho granite blocks of the massive abutment. The traces
nt tho scene of the explosion, which is shown in our Illus¬
trations, have been carefully examined by the chief officers of
tho Metropolitan nndVCity Polite^ mid by Colonel Majendie
and Major Cmidnll. InspeetW of Explosives nt the Home
Office. A proposaf WMS to he made in the Court of Common
Council to offer n reward of £5<XX> for the detection and arrest
of the malefactors. \ \
THE IIOLBERG FE ST IV A L, CO PENIIAGEN.
The capital of Denmark has been celebrating the two-
liundredtli anniversary of the birth of Ludwig IFolbt-rg, the
great National poet, dramatist, historian, and philosopher, the
founder of modwjr Danish literature. He was bora nt Bergen,
in Norway, on Dec. 3, 168-1, but passed the best part of his
life nt'-Gofieiihngen, ns Professor of History and of Mein-
physics-; we may observe also that he visited England, and
spentstwo years at Oxford: he died in 1754, leaving his pro¬
perty to endow Sorb College. Besides his graver works of
learning. Holberg’s popular comedies are still in great favour,
and are frequently performed on the stage. His satirical
romance, “Nils Klim’s Subterranean Journey,” originally
written In Latin, lias been translated into different
Europenn languages. The commemorative festival occupied
three days, and the King nml Royal Family of Den¬
mark were present. We shnll publish, next week, Illus¬
trations of the Jubilee performance nt the Theatre Royal,
the torchlight procession of students, and Sorb College, which
is about nn hour’s railway journey from Copenhagen, with
some account of the proceedings. A Jubilee Edition of Hol¬
berg’s Plnys, with Illustrations drawn by the eminent Danish
artist, Huns Tegner, has been published by Mr. E. Bojescii,
of Copenhagen. Wo are permitted to reproduce two of the
eugrnvings; one being that of a scene in “The Tinker Poli¬
tician,” which was performed by the scholars at Sorb on the
eccoud day of the recent festival; the other scene being from
the comedy of “The Bragging Soldier.” These characters
are full of humour.
Tlie Judges rise for tho Christinas vacation to-day
(Saturday), after which there will be no further sittings in
Court until Jan. 12, when the Hilary sittings commence.
The last American billiard tournament nt the Aqunrfnm
ended in the victory of J. North, who, playing well, and
favoured with more than liis fair share of lack throughout,
won six games out of seven. Joseph Bennett and W. Mitchell
scored live each : and, on playing off the tie on Monday after¬
noon, a splendidly contested bent resulted In favour of the
latter, after his opponent had reached 464 ngniust 296. Tho
same two have been playing another loug match of 10,000 up,
spot stroke barred, throughout the week, and it will be finished
this (Saturday) evening.
Tlie Six-Days Snfety Bicycle-Race at the Roynl Aquarium
has not proved by any means such a success as did the foot¬
race, which was brought off there last, month on similar lines.
In spite of tho track having been widened and banked up nt
tho turns, numerous upsets hnve taken place, and though the
wire netting has effectually prevented any serious results, yet
it is not pleasant to see two or three men and machines mixed
up in hopeless confusion on the boards. In the absence of
llowoll, owing to a recent accident, class was not particularly
well represented, and the veterans, Keen and Stanton, vir¬
tually retired before the end of tho first (lay. At the time
of writing, Birt nncl Yale are close together, whilst less than
ten miles separates the five leaders, so there may be an
exciting finish this (Saturday) evening.
EAST AFRICAN EXPLORATION.
The Royal Geographical Society resolved to explore the region
lying directly between tho Indian Ocean and Lake Victoria
Nyiuizit. l-'or this task tho society chose Mr Joseph Thomson,
who lmd, nt the enrly ago of twenty, pone out ns geologist and
naturalist, six years ago, with Mr. Keith Johnston’s expedition
to Luke Nyussn and Lake Tanganyika, and hud, by tho dentil
of his leader, found himself obliged to take command of that
expedition; he performed its work successfully, came home,
and published in 1881 his two volumes of narrative, “To the
Central African Lakes aud Back.” Mr. Thomson next ex¬
plored the river Rovuma for the Sultan of Zanzibar. At the
end of 1882, lie was again scut forth by the Geographical
Society to conduct tho Victoria Nvniiza and Mount Ken in
expedition, of which he has furnished us with some Illus¬
trations. Tho greatest difficulty to be encountered in that
region was that of getting through the Masai tribes, a for¬
midable people of extremely hostile disposition. He describes
llicm as uie most finely formed Ravages he has ever seen, far
superior to any negroes; each tribe is divided into warriors
ami non-warriors, the former being the young unmarried
men, the latter the married. The unmarried of each
sex live together in Kraals, separate from those of the married
people; t heir huts arc simply constructed of bent, boughs,
covered with a plastering of cowdung, and are suitable to the
nomadic habits of the nice. The women dress decently, in
prepared bullock-hide, and wear for ornament twenty or thirty
pounds weight of telegraph wire, coiled about tho legs, arms,
and ncc-k; the men wear only a small kid-skin around tho
shoulders. In the Masai country, from their treacherous and
murderous attempts, it was needful, where a'prolonged stay of
the expedition took place, to fortify the camp with a palisade
of tree-trunks, ns is shown in one of tlie Sketches. Mr.
T homson was obliged, on one occasion, to get away in the middle
of tho night, and to travel to tho const, three or four hundred
miles, in six stages, one day marching nearly seventy miles
within the twenty-four hours without a bit of food or a drop
of water; but his second attempt, to traverse tho country was
more successful; and not a life, among the natives or
Iris own followers, was lost by violence, owing to tho leader’s
discretion and caution. The noble mountain of Kilimanjaro,
rising to nn altitude of 19,000 ft., standing isolated in
n great plain, has been described by preceding travel¬
lers. Its snow-clad dome, resembling a helmet of bur¬
nished and glittering eilver. springs upward of 15,000 ft.
from tho top of a platform 4000 ft. above the plain, and is one
of tho grandest sights on earth. Mount Kenin, situated im¬
mediately south of tho Equator, rises to n height of 19,000 ft.
in a single cone.
Mr. Thomson's geographical discoveries are important; he
found a remarkable meridional trough, numing through a high
S latform region, the elevation of which is from 8000 ft. to
000 ft., and containing a chain of detached lakes, two of
which are Naivnsha and Baringo; parallel with this depression
of tlie land, rises a fine range of picturesque mountains,
12,000 ft. to 14,000 ft. high, which he has named tlie Aberdnre
mountains, after tho President of the Roynl Geographical
Society. From Mount Kenin ho went to the shores of Lake
Baringo, n scene of marvellous beauty, and thence westward,
over tine ranges, great plateau escarpmeuts, and rich grassy
plains, to Luke Victoria Nyanza. Ilia forthcoming book,
“Through Mnsai-Land,” will be read with as much interest
as any recent narrative of African travels.
A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
The power of “ making believe,” in the mind of a little girl,
allied with that instinct of maternal tenderness which begins
in the infant breast from the moment when a child perceives
or imagines some creature more helpless than herself, finds its
most curious expreise in the care of a doll. That a favourite
plaything should be damaged or spoilt, is a rational cause of
grievance; but we have known a small damsel cry with real com¬
passion when her brother chose to hang dolly with a simple cord
which left not a scratch or trace of violence on the waxen neck.
It was of no nvnil to show that the doll was none the worse for
this lmrsli treatment; the idea of suffering was intensely
aroused, and a loug process of revival had to bo enacted
before she could persuade herself that her darling was
not killed. Then wlmt must be the sorrow of this young
lady, who 1ms carefully put her little one in the cradle and laid
it asleep, and who returns to tho nursery, nn hour afterwards,
to find it actually torn to tatters by tho wicked parrot and the
treacherous dog ? It is, indeed, a cruel domestic tragedy, with
which Mamma can fully sympathise, and the grief of which is
scarcely to be consoled by Papa’s promise that he will buy hia
daughter a new doll, much handsomer than the one destroyed
by this untimely fate._
At a meeting of the Court of Common Council to wind up
tho business of the year, it was resolved to replace the present
statue of Queen Anne, iu front of St. Paul’s Cathedral, by a
replica in Sicilian marble, at a cost of £1800.
The fourth annual Truth exhibition of home-made and
other toys for distribution among the London hospitalsnnd
workhouses is open to-day (Saturday), at Li miner’s Hotel,
Conduit-street, Regent-street.
Messrs. Smith, Son, and Co., of Queen-street, Cheapside,
have issued their well-known and highly prized diaries and
calendars for 1885. Their diarios, many of them interleaved
with blotting-paper, arc of different forms and sizes, suited
for various requirements.
Tlie “Bow Belle” annual this year, entitled “Dead Men
Tell no Tales, But Live Mon Do,” consists of nine tales (well
illustrated) by the prince of story-tellers, George Augustus
Sala. What further recommendation is needed to induce the
laying out a shilling for its purchase ?
Messrs. Kelly’s “ Tost Office London Directory” for 1885
lins been issued, and, ns usual, the information contained in
this indispensable book is brought up to the latest possible
date. For instance, all tho alterations rendered necessary in
the various portions of the directory by Mr. Fawcett’s death
on Nov. 7 have been attended to, and Mr. Dodson and Sir
"Walter C. James, who were created Peers on Nov. 4, appear
in the various divisions of tho work under their new titles.
At ft meeting in Edinburgh on Tuesday, attended by
prominent volunteer officers and delegated from the prin¬
cipal Scottish rifle associations, it was agreed to form a
Scottish Rifle Association, and to ask the Queen to bo
patron, and the Prince of "Wales to be vice-patron. It was
stated by Colonel Wilson of Bannockburn, who presided,
that it was intended to have a yearly rifle meeting and camp
of instruction similar to Aldershot..
In London last week 2641 births and 1638 deaths wore
registered. Allowing for increase of population, the births
were 112, and the deaths 259, below the average numbers in
the corresponding weeks of the last ten years. The deaths
included 45 from smallpox. 23 from measles, 22 from scarlet
fever, 27 from diphtheria, 31 from whooping cough. 6 fr -m
dysentery, rend not one from cither typhus or from cholera. The
deaths referred to diseases of the respiratory organs were 457.
DEC. 20, 1884
THE ILLUSTEATED LONDON NEWS
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MUSIC.
The comparative lull in musical performances usually occurring
towards the dose of the year has alreudy commenced. Aiter
this (Saturday) afternoon, the Crystal Palace concerts will be
suspended in favour of the Christmas entertainments. Last
week's concert included the first performance there of Mr. F.
H. Cowen’s “‘Welsh" Symphony, nu elaborate and charac¬
teristic work, of which we have more than once spoken. It
and two smaller pieces, “ Melodie ” and “ & l’Espngnole," by
the same composer, were warmly applauded. Mr. F. Rummel
gave a masterly rendering of Schumann’s pianoforte concerto
in A minor, and was also heard in uuuccompunied solos. Miss
M. Davies was the vocalist. Mr. Cowen conducted the whole
concert, in the absence of Mr. Manns at Glasgow. This week’s
programme of the Sydenham establishment is appropriated to
u performance of Gounod’s oratorio, “ The Redemption."
The last of Mr. John Boosey's London Ballad Concerts of
the year (briefly referred to last week) presented many and
varied attractions, effective vocal performances having been
contributed by Mesdames Trebelli and Sterling, Misses M.
Davies, E. Rees, L. Wade, nndC. Devrient; Mr. Maas, Signor
Foli, and Mr. Maybrick, who were heard in favourite and well-
known pieces. In addition to these, successful novelties were
included in the programme—these being, L. Diehl’s "The
Old Flag," sung by Signor Foil; Mr. Molloy’s “Saturday
Night,” by Miss Davies; and Mr. S. Adams’s "The Abbot,"
by 31 r. 31 uy brick. Somo part-songs, well rendered by Mr.
A'enables'^ choir, and violin solos, charmingly played by
Madame Norman-Neruda, made up an enjoyable selection. A
new season of these successful concerts will begin ut St.
James's Ilnll on Saturday afternoon, Jun. 3.
The Royal Albert Jlall Choral Society’s performance of
“Elijah,” lost week, was an especially fine one; the prin¬
cipal solo vocalists having been Mesdnmes Album and Pate}',
Mr. E. Lloyd and 31 r. Santlev, with the co-opcrntion of 31iss
II. Coward and Madame Norman, and 3Iessrs. Thompson and
Cross. The choral singing was remarkably fine. Mr. Baraby
conducted, and Dr. Stainer presided at the organ, as usual.
The second of 31adnmo Sophie Lowe’s “31u8ical Even¬
ings" was given (at Prince’s llall) yesterday (Friday) week,
when the programme was entirely appropriated to a selection
from the works of Brahms. Some of his lieder were effectively
sung by the concert-giver and by 31ias Lena Little, who, with
Mr. Shakespeare ami 31 r. Mills, sang the vocal parts of the
charming “ Liebeslieder-Walter,” the pianoforte duet portions
of which were well rendered by 3Iisses Zimmermuim and
Carmichael. The lady first named played two solo pieces, and,
with Herr Gompertz, the tine sonata in G (op. 78) for piauo
and violin. The evening—like that previously devoted to
Schubert and Schumann—was a very interesting one.
The 3Iondny Popular Concerts will be suspended after that
of this week; the last of the Saturday afternoon performances
also tnkiugplnce this week. At the last eveningcoucert of the
year the programme included the first performance here of
Mozart’s duet, in B flat, for violin and viola. A similar work,
by the same composer, was given at one of the recent concerts,
both having been finely played by Madame Norman-Neruda
and Herr Strnus. They belong to the same period — 1788—and
are each distinguished by that How of pure melody which is
characteristic of their composer. Mdlle. Kleeberg was the
pianist, nnd Mrs. Hutchinson the vocalist, by whom Purcell’s
song, “Nymphs and Shepherds,” nnd Miss M. V. White’s
setting of some verses from Tennyson’s “ Ju Memoriam,” were
expressively sung.
The Guildhall School of 3Insic, directed by Mr. Weist Hill,
gave a concert last Saturday afternoon, when, as on former
occasions, the students displayed much proficiency in various
branches of the art.
The competition for the Totter Exhibition at the Royal
Academy of Music took place on 3Ionday. There were
eighteen candidates, and the scholarship was awarded to 3Iiss
Dora Bright.
Mr. Henry Holmes, the esteemed violinist, terminated his
series of four ‘‘31usicnl Evenings" at Prince’s Hall on
Wednesday.
WAITING FOR A PARTNER.
Waiting forsooth! ’Twos well the Artist found her
Alone a moment for his magic power,
With not a swarm of love-sick boys around her,
Like bees low-buzzing rouud some favourite flower.
Waiting! One minute more she sits resplendent,
A maiden Queen amid her gallants gay,
A band of worsldppers ou her attendnut,
Who bask delighted in young beauty’s ray.
They tend on her with calf-love’s rapt devotion,
Circling around; as courtier-bees are seen,
In now-advancing, now-receding motion,
Reflecting each vagary of their Queen.
O’er head nnd ears in love, each knight is ready
To serve her slightest whim, despite rebuffs ;
Indeed young Bounce nnd that fire-eating Freddy
Have had lor her tough bouts of fisticuffs.
Yea, brtttles-royal are fonghten wellnigh daily
For love of her sweet-looking, dove-like eyes;
And she the while smiles blandly, talking gaily,
And, hearing of these combats, feigns surprise.
For though so young, she’s skilful in coquetting,
An arrant flirt, although so seeming meek;
And lads their hearts to liddle-strings are fretting,
Who should be deep in Latin or in Greek.
Proud is the youth who ’a privileged to tarry
^ Within the sunshine of her radiant glance,
Far prouder lie who may her bouquet carry,
Proudest of all her partner in the dance.
But, hark ! the music sounds, and in a minute t
She joins quick-forming couples in the dance,
The guyest there, for her whole soul is in it,
New conquests making with each sidelong glance.
Round dance and square, she loves them all—new setting
To partner in quadrille with quiet gruce,
Now with enraptured lover pirouetting,
Fast flying rouud the room at quickening pace.
One moment by you she is madly dashing,
The next one lost amid the dervish throng,
Anna like some bright fire-lly yonder flushing,
Again close-whisking by your side ere long.
So that one well may entertain the notion,
While the gay revelry is at its height;
That here at last is found perpetual motion,
So long-continued is the airy flight.L atbt.
THE COURT;
Last Saturday Princess Louise (3Iarchioncss of Lome) arrived
at Windsor Castle at about two o’clock, from London. Prince
Augustus of Suxe-Coburg and Gotha visited the Queen,
and remained to luncheon. The Duchess of Albany arrived nt
the castle bliortly nft^r ffye^locIfK The Prince and Princess
of Wales, with Prince Albert Victor nnd Prince George of
Wales, at seven o’clock. ^ The Very ltev. the Dean of Windsor
nnd General the Right lIon.8ir] lenry Ponsonby, K.C.B., hud
the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal family.
On Sunday morning ihe 31urqui8 of l,onie arrived at the
cnstle. Divine service was performed in the private chapel at
twelve o’clock by the Rev. Canon Gee, D.D., Vicnrof Windsor
nnd honorary chaplain to the Queen, who preached the sermon.
Sunday being the anniversary of the death of the lamented
Prince Consort, ws well ns of'Princess Alice (Grand Duchess
of Hesse), the Queen, with the Prince and Princess of
... performance yesterday 0 n Monday, jrtnd remained to luncheon.
(r ndav) evening, by the Sacred Harmonic Society, at St. .1 arnes cpPrincess Beatrice drov
Hull, where the same oratorio will be given next Tuesday Wuterjwuk. Major
evening, under the direction of 3Ir. W. G. Cusins; the work
being announced for performance by the Royal Albert Hall
Choral Society on Jon. 1.
M. Henri Amsel (a tenor vocalist from the principal
theatres of France and Italy) gave an evening concert on
Monday, uiider the direction of Mr. W. Gauz, at 9, Hyde
Park-terrace. .
PARISIAN SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
(From our own Correspondnit.)
Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 1C.
The French Parliament is so productive of strange phenomena
that one lias almost ceased to note them. At the present
moment the deputies are voting the Budget with a rapidity
which renders ull serious examination of the items impossible,
nnd, in spite of two sittings a day, it is hardly expected that
the finances of the coming year cun be regularised before the
vacation. Radicals und Reactionaries alike are lamenting the
depreciation of France; and the luttcr are preparing to make
a vigorous campaign at the nextelections aguiust the Republic,
which the Republicans themselves declare to be threatened.
The Bonapartists iu particular are bestirring themselves, and
the JtfrOmists held a grand nnd noisy banquet on the sym¬
bolical date of Dec. 1U, in memory of the vote of the Con¬
servative coalition which, in 1848, condemned the Republic of
Ledrti-Rollin, with its national workshops and its riots.
Whnt the strength of the young Bonapartist group mnv
be remains to be seen. The old veterans of the party ure nil
gone, with the exception of the Due de Bnssano nud Emile
Olivier. Another veteran, Genera! Fleury, died last week, nt
the age of sixty-nine. Fleury was the persoual friend of
Louis Napoleon, the qoinpuniun of his pleasures nud the
sharer of his prosperity. During the Empire he achieved all
the honours ho could desire, und the Revolution of Sent. 4
found him Senator nnd Ambassador at St. Petersburg. Like
the Due de Moray, General Fleury was an elegant nud accom¬
plished man of the world, and thoroughly ornamental in nil
the manifestations ot his personality. It is understood that
lie has left several volumes of memoirs, which will form a
history of the Presidency nnd of the Empire by the muu who
was niost continually and intimately connected with it.
This year French art has lost several of its most promising
members— Ulysse Butin, Louis Leloir, Jundt, Do Nittis, and
now Bastieu-Lepiige. Jules Bastien-Lepugc, who died Inst
"Wednesday, at the age of thirty-six, achieved early a
very great reputation, thanks to remarkable qualities of
execution And observation displayed in pictures like "The
11 ay-Field” (Salon of 1876), "The Pototo-Gatherer," “The
■Woodman,” and to his very curious nnd clever portraits,
- flmongflvwhich were those of Sarah Bernhardt and the Prince
of Wales. Posterity will doubtless not lenve Bastien-Lepago
on ihe very high pedestal where the admiration of his friends
has placed him; but he will ahvuys remain a painter of
ftiugulnr technical ability, reminding one often of the exquisite
delicacy of execution of the primitives. He was sincere,
honest, and un enthusiast in his art, but he was not a Millet or
a Corot.
Scribe is coming into honour once more on the Parisian
stage. Does this mean that the young literary men of the day
cannot write plays? Or does it mean that the luxury of
modern scenery, dresses, nnd accessories is killing dramatic
art by preventing managers risking a new play unless they
are sure of running it two or three hundred nights"?
In point of fact, Paris nowadays seems to have but
three dramatists, Alexandre Dumas, whoso “ Denise" is being
rehearsed ut the Coni6dic Frunyaise: Sardon, whose
“Theodora” is to be brought out nt the Porte Saint-Mnrtiu
next week; and Georges Ohnet, who monopolises the Gym-
linse. In the meantime, when these gentlemen have nothing
to offer, Scribe is to be called upon to fill up the gap. His
"Camaraderie” is being rehearsed nt the Gymnose ; and on
Saturday his " Batailledes Dames’’ was revived at the Com^die
Frmu.-nise for the d6but of CMine 3Iontaland, a pretty and
well-preserved quadragenarian, who aspires to the place once
held at the Comedie by Madame Allan. Last winter, it will be
remembered. Scribe’s " Bertrand et Raton” was successfully
revived at the Comedie Fnimjaise.
‘‘ Le Sport dans l’Art,” is the title of an interesting ex¬
hibition ot pictures nud sculpture now open in the Rue de
Sere. It is u collection of pictures of all epochs in which
the incidents, costume, or accessories of any kind of sport are
shown. The idea of the exhibition is better than its execution.
Perhaps the only country where such an exhibition could be
perfectly organised is England. M. Leo Dllibes, the com¬
poser of “Sylvia,” “La Source,” “ Coppelia,” "Jean de
Nivelle," and "Lakm6,” 1ms been elected Member of the
Academic des Beaux Arts, iu place of the late Victor Mnssl.
Madame Askic do Vnlsuyre, violinist, doctores9, of icier de sonic,
mother of eighteen children, novelist, universal but unre-
who arrived in cv J _
Majesty, and left the castle on Tuesday morning, alter taking
leave of lier3I«jesty previous to Iris departure lor India on a
visit to his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught and
StHithcnrn nt Meerut. The Queen and Princess Beatrice
left Windsor Cnstle on AVednesdny morning for Osborne,
rp, ... , . . . . .. Her Majesty nud the Princess drove to Windsor station of
t he sixth and last concert of the New Club Austrian the Great Western Railway, which they quitted at 10.20 by
< Tr.ia mi™ of. •> special train to Gosport, which was reached shortly after noon,
and whence they crossed to the Isle of Wight.
The Queen has appointed the Countess of Dufferin to the
Band was given at Stcinway Hall on Tuesday afternoon,
under the direction of Capellmeister A. Dami, with an
excellent programme.
31 ndame Viaid-I^uis, the eminent pianist, announced the
second concert of the second series ot her Beethoven per-
lormances for yesterday (Friday) afternoon nt Prince's Hall.
Mdlle. D’Esterre Keeling (a pianiste with good recom¬
mendations from Stuttgart) gave a morning concert nt
Stein way Hall on Wednesday.
Mr. W. G. Cusins will give a grand Christmas performance
of Handel’s orutorio, “ The 3fessiah,” m-xt Tuesday evening,
at St. James’s llall. The programme includes the’ names of
Madame Pntey, 31iss Griswold, Mr. Sims Reeves, aud 3Ir.
Santlcy. There will be a grand orchestra and chorus of 350
performers.
3Ir. Ambrose Austin’s “National Holiday Festival Concert,”
nt the Royal Albert Hall on Boxing Day, promises to prove
highly attractive, the programme including old songs, balluds,
nnd other features, aud the names of several eminent
performers.
Imperial Order of the Crown of India.
The Prince nnd Princess of AValeslcft Loudon on Tuesday,
travelling to Oxford,
was token.
Thence a special train to Worcester honour of tlio King and Queen of Saxony, was
Tl!ero they were met by Viscount Ednum, eldest Royal Princes, Prince Bismarck, Count’Hntzf
Messrs. Marr nnd Co,, having supplied the Queen and the
Duchess of F.dinbu.rgh with two pianofortes by 3Icssrs. J.
B. insmend and Sons, of London, have received the appointment
of pianoforte makers tq her Mnjesty at Aberdeen.
Mr. Alfred ilarshall, M.A., Fellow and Lecturer in
Political Economy, Bnlliol College, Oxford, hue been elected
to the Professorship of Political Economy held by the lute Mr.
Fawcett at Cambridge.
Mr. Henry Tate, sugar refiner, of Liverpool, and Streatliam,
Survey, lias announced his intention to erect in Liverpool and
furnish at his own expense a building to be used as & homoe¬
opathic hospitul for the free use of the public. It is understood
that 3Ir. Tate’s gift represents a money value of over £10,000.
Her Afajesty lms granted, on the recommendation of the
Prime 3Iinister, £100 a year from tire Civil List to the Rev.
Willinm Houghton, 31.A., F.L.S., Rector of Preston, Shrop¬
shire. in ronsid.-ration of his distinguished services as a
naturalist, aud his contributions to scientific literature.
day) morning, when tlu-y lenve for Sandringham, travelling
by road to Worcester, and thence by 3Iidlund Railway. At
Worcester there will be a stoppage of two or three hours, to
enable the Prince and Priucess to receive addresses, nnd to
inspect the Royal Porcelain Works aud the cuthedral, if time
permitP. Prince Albert Victor of Wales distributed the
prizes to the local Volunteers nt the Cambridge Guildhall
yesterday week, and in doing so made some observations upon
the benefits derived from the system, both by the individual day
and the nation. Prince Albert Victor returned to Trinity acci
College, Cambridge, on Tuesday.
Princess Louise and the Duchess of Edinburgh paid a visit
on 3Ionday afternoon to 31r. E. F. White’s Winter Exhibition
at the King-street Galleries, 10, King-street, St. James’s, and
displayed much interest in the new pictures by Orclmrdsoii
and 31illais, nnd the Turner drawings. Their ltoyul Highnesses
also honoured 31r. J. P. ileudoza’s St. James’s Gallery in
King-street with n visit, to view his Exhibition of Bluck and
White ; and inspected the joint work by Sir Edwin Landseer
and Mr. J. E. 3Iillais, It.A., entitled “Found,” at the
Burlington Gallery. The Duke nnd Duchess of Edinburgh
visited the winter exhibition of pictures, and Thomo3 Blinks’
“ Run of the Season ” at the galleries of 3Iessrs. Arthur Tooth
and Sous iu the Hnymarket.
Princess Christian, who was accompanied by Trince
Christian, on Tuesday opened the new buildings which have
been erected in connection with 3riddlesex Hospital, nt a cost
of upwards of £:i0,000. There was a large coinpnny present, Lord Dufferm arrived nt Calcutta last Saturdny, nnd
including tlu- Lord afayor, the Lady Alayoress, and 3ir. Sheriff assumed office as Viceroy of India. He was received with
I-audel Phillips. enthusiasm.
gratify her. T. C.
The Portuguese Corteswere opened on Monday. The Speech
from the Throne announces thut the relations of’Portugal witli
foreign Powers are friendly, and proceeds to state that, nt the
instance of the Emperor of Germany, acting in accord with
t he French Republic, Portugal agreed to be represented at the
Conference in Berlin on West African affairs.
The Second Netherlands Chamber has refused the grant
of 150,00011. asked for by tlio Government for the Antwerp
Exhibition.
The Emperor WillinnFs Reception last Saturday, held in
•, was crowded, the
llntzfeldt, and nil
The Crown Prince
larger number of
previous years.—In the German Reichstag on
Monday Prince Bismarck spoke at some length strongly in
favour of a measure to create a second directorship in the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, but the proposal was rejected by
141 against 110 votes.—The trial of the inen charged with
attempting to blow up the Emperor William and his suite
with dynamite nt the unveiling of the Nicderwakl 3Ionument
on Sept. 28, 1883, began on 31onday before the Supreme Court
of Leipzig, constituted as a Court of High Treason. On Tues¬
day some extraordinary evidence was given. One of the
accused declared that he had consented to aid the attempt in
order to frustrate it.
We learn from Korti, on the Nile, that Lord Wolselev has
arrived there. It is stated that the nuggars take five days in
reaching the place from Debbeli, as, owing to contrary winds,
they have to be towed.
The New Orleans Exhibition was opened on Tuesday.
When all the arrangements were completed, word was sent ro
President Arthur nt Washington, who was waiting in a room
containing a tclogrni>h instrument connected with the build¬
ing. The President at once dispatched a message declaring
the Exhibition opened; and on this being received nt New
Orleans, salutes were fired, steam-whistles were sounded, bunds
played, nud the audience iu tlio music-hall enthusiastically
applauded. After prayer, some speeches, nud the reading of
a "Centennial Poem” by 3Irs. 3IaryTownPend, theGovemor
closed the ceremony with a reception. The day was observed
In the city as a (tenoral holiday.
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DEC. 20, 1884
CITY ECHOES.
"Wednesday, Dec. 17.
The lost return of the Bank of England was a very favourable
one, the reserve being £12,118,000, or a gain during the week
of nearly a million. The greater part of this improvement,
however, was at the expense of the outside market, and was
therefore less satisfactory than if it had been due to
arrivals of gold from abroad. As usual at this period of the
year, money has been in good demand, and ut. times ns much
ns 54 per cent per annum has been given for advances, while
applications have been made to the Central Institution, where
0 per cent per annum is charged for ten-day loans. Though
there has not been any great increase in the number of bills
offering for discount, terms have naturally hardened in sym¬
pathy with those for loans. Stock Exchange securities have
to some extent been adversely affected by the higher value of
money, but the decline in prices has been principally due to
other considerations. The funds have been steady, but India
rupee loans have been flat; and in Foreign Government bonds
the changes are downwards, Mexican receding sharply on the
news that the arrangement with the bondholders is not
to be discussed during the present Session, Poor traffics
and the wet weather are sufficient to account for the fall in
Home railways, and American issues have suffered general
depreciation through tlic uneasiness felt at the two failures
lust week; Canadian, however, have scarcely altered.
Mexican stocks, besides being affected by the large decrease
in the last traffic return, have been influenced by the post¬
ponement by the Government of the Debt question. Anglo-
American Telegraph issues have benefited from the delay in
the opening of the Mackay-Henuett cable; and Australian
land companies have been in favour.
In connection with the question of sinking funds, to which
reference was made last w*eek, it is interesting to notice that,
according to the Jtritiah sluslralatian, it is proposed by high
authority to suspend the sinking funds of the New Zealand
loans in order to lessen the burden of the debt upon revenue.
It may bo difficult to justify interference with existing
contracts, though the bondholders will, in the case of New
Zealand, gain and not lose by such suspension; but the difficulty
which suggests such a solution is evidence of the most practical
kind in favour of the issue henceforth of only permanent
stock. Hail way companies and municipalities in this country
have grown up to this, and colonial and foreign borrowers must
sooner or later do so.
For the past half-year the Madras Railway Company made
a net revenue of £L44,8»’>0, ns compared with £114,600 in the
corresponding half of 1883, and £115,000 in that part of 1882.
The progress is, therefore, substantial; but the company is
yet along way from earning the guaranteed interest on tho
capital, the amount of which is about £20u,000. No account
is kept in the case of tiiis company of what is advanced by
the Government, under the guarantee; but, in perpetuity, any
earnings over the guaranteed dividends are to be equally
divided with the Government. General Mullins succeeds tho
late Mr. Acworth as director.
During tho half-year to June last the eamings of the Great
Indian Peninsula Railway Company were £1,884,432, compared
with £2,053,083 last year; while the expenditure, inclusive of
payments on account of leased lines, amounted to £839,593,
against £859,941, the result being a balance of £1,044,839, as
against £1,193,742. A dividend of 19s. lOd. per cent is
recommended, in addition to the guaranteed interest. Last
year tho excess distribution was £1 7s. 4d. per cent.
A statement of affairs issued by tho South Indian Bailway
Company gives the gross earnings during tlio_ six months
ended June last at £208,287, an increase of £24,770, compared
with the corresponding period last year, while the addition in
working expenses was £3100 only, the result being that the
net revenne was £8(3,702, compared witli £05,098 the first half
of last year. Satisfactory progress is thus shown, though tho
net profits are still below the guarantee, being equal to 4 per
cent per nnuum on the total capital expenditure.
From the return relating to Tramways just published by
the Board of Trade, itnppeurs that the capital so far paid up is
£11,000,000, and the net eamings in the past year were 5*1(3 p.-r
cent on the whole amount. This compares favourably with
the result of working Kail ways, the capital stock of which is
£784,921,312, and the most roceut average return being
4*29 per cent. The number of persons using tramways
increases rapidly, and last year amounted to 330,794,000. The
number of horses engaged is 21,781, but locomotives are evi¬
dently getting to be more general,
number increased from 117 to 207.
SKETCHES OF
A few additional Sketches o’f the seal-hunting station at St.
Putil's. on the Pryvloff Islands, the turf-huts of tho natives
at. Vngar, and the’ head-quarters of tho Alaska Fur Company
ut Ounulnskn, the capital of the Territory, arc jirescutcd^m
this Number of out? Journal. Mr. Francis Francis, to whom
we arc indebted for these and for those published liWsweek,
made good use of his pencil during his crnisc<on the shores of
that remote north-western extremity of America,vylnch;. is
seldom visited by European tourists, Tim ,general (vccotmt of
it already given will probably be snnkieut. tor our readers.
Alaska does not invito agricultural colonisation. The fur trndo
Jins been an important concern for a century past. The seals
yearly arrive on the isles of St. Paul and St. George, in tho
Behring Sea, about flic middle of Jane, and stay* till tho end
of October. Tho females give birtli tb their vonug at mid¬
summer; tho “pups” appear fir»t\ covered with
OBITUARY.
TIIE DUCHESS OF SOMERSET.
Jane Oeorgiann, Duchess of Somerset, died on tho 14th inst.
Her Grace was the youngest of the three beautiful and gifted
daughters of Mr. Thomas Sheridan, the son of Richard Brinsley
Sheridan, the orator and dramatist, by Elizabeth Anne Lindley,
liis first wife. The Duchess’s sisters were Helen Soliua, Lady
Dufferin, afterwards Countess of Gifford; and Caroline
Elizabeth Sarah, wife, first., of tho Hon. G. O. Norton, and
secondly of Sir William .Stirling Maxwell, Bart., K.T. Slio
married, June 10, 1830, Edward Adolphus, Lord Seymour,
who succeeded his father as thirteenth Duke of Somerset,
Aug. 18, 1855, and was created a Knight of the Garter. The
issue of the marriage consisted of two sons and three daughters.
The eldest son, Edward Adolphus Ferdinand, Earl St. Maur,
was summoned to the Mouse of Lords in his father's barony of
Seymour, and died, unmarried, 18(39. The second son, Lord
Edward Percy Seymour, was accidentally killed in 1865. The
daughters of her Grace are Lady Jane llermiono Graham of
Netherby, Lady Ulrica Frederica Tbynne, and Lady Helen
Guendolen Knmsden. Her- Grace, when Lady Seymour, pre¬
sided as the Queen of Beauty at the Kgliiitou Tournament.
SIR ROBERT J. M. NATTER. BART.
Sir Bobert John Millikeu Napier, of Millikcn and Napier,
Bart., Hon. Colonel
Renfrew .Militia, for¬
merly Captain 79th
Foot, died at Edin¬
burgh on the 4 tli
inst. He was bom
Nov. 7, 1818, eldest
son of Sir William
Napier, Bart., who
was second heir mule
general of Archibald,
third Lord Napier,
March 17, 1817.
Consequently, the
"Baronet whose death we record wus chief of the ancient
family of Napier, and lineal descendant of John Napier of
Mercliistoun, the inventor of logarithms.* He married,
April 4, 1850, Anne Salisbury Meliora, daughter of Mr.
John L. Adlereron, of Movglare, county Meath, and leaves,
with other issue, a son anil heir, now Sir Archibald Lennox
Nupicr, Bart., bom 1855, and married, 1880, to Mury Alison
Dorothy, daughter of Sir Thomas Fnirbnirn, Bart.
6IR H. T. 8ETON-STEUART, BART.
Sir Ilenry James Setcn-Steuart, Bart., of Allunton. county
I,an ark, J.P. and
1).L., Hereditary
Armour-Bearer and
Squire of the Eoyal
Body in Scotland,
died on the 6th inst.
He was born in 1812,
the eldest son of
1 teginaid 51 nedonaid
of StaffH, by Eliza¬
beth Margaret, his
wife, daughter and
heiress of Sir Henry
Steuart, LL.I)., who
was created a
Baronet in 1815, with remainder to his son-in-law, Macdonald
of Staffs. That gentleman succeeded liis father-in-law ns
second Baronet, and left issue. The eldest son, whose death
we record, married, in 1852, Elizabeth, elder dnughter of Mr.
Robert Montgomery, younger brother of Sir James Mont¬
gomery! Bart., of Stanhope, but had no issue. The title
consequently devolves on his nephew, Sir Alan Henry Seton-
Steuurt, now fourth Bnronet.
THE RIGUT HON. J. W. HENLEY.
The Bight Hon. Joseph Warner Henley, of Waterpery, in the
county of Oxford, D.G.L., M.A., J.P. nnd D.L., died on the
9th inst., at his seat xeiir Wheatley. He was bora Mnrcli 3,
1793, the! only BOiyqt Mr. Joseph Henley, of Waterpery, nnd
was educated at.jMagdatene College, Oxford, where he
graduated in 1815. In 1841 he entered Parliament as Con-
so^wijtivi* M.P. for Oxfordshire; in March, 1852, he became
PresidciiLof the Board of Trade, and was sworn of the Privy
. /Tloniicik resigning with his party in tho following December,
past year their ]ff , office in March, 1858, but held it only till
‘ * February, 1859. lie continued, however, in Parliament until
Jumuiry, 1878, when failing health caused him to retire. Ho
,»! i /\ \nituried, Dec. 9, 1817, Georgiaua, daughter of Mr. John
”"\e, of Wormslej*, and lmd three sons and six daughters.
lenley, one of the last relies of the old English squires,
exercised considerable influence in the House of Commons, and
was esteemed and respected by all parties.
Iu the
fine
black hair, and 'the dowh Vgrbws WhiHi they are three
months old, till tho soft luur of the\infant animal is
replaced by a stronger fur^tipped with white or brown.
The native hunters cndeayburto>epnnitb ^convenient number,
four or five hundred, from the main assembly, and slowly
drive them away from the sea, intb some ground inland, where
they are kept till the hunters mean t o kill them. This is done
bv the blow of a club on tlib back of the head : the auimal is
then skinned, arid tluMkins are laid >» piles with layers of salt
between them. Whop thoroughly suited, they are packed in
bandies nnd sent to Suhl’TfturiScoX^he subsequent operation
of “ dressing” ig done by a indchine which cuts the stiff hairs
down to the rodt. lcaVhig tlie down to be dyed black or brown,
as in the sealskin fuFpf Tnyle.
Mr. Jumes Willing has been nominated ns one of the
candidates for the office of Grand Treasurer of the Freemnsons.
The Lord Mayor on Wednesday opened tho hospital at
Greenwich, founded as a memorial of the late Bev. Dr. Miller,
to which Mr. W. J. Evelyn, Mr. W. I-’. Mock, nnd Mrs.
Payne eacli subscribed £1000.
We are authorised to state that Mr. F. C. Ford, f'.B., her
Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
nt. Athens, will’ be appointed to succeed Sir It. Morier at
Madrid: nnd that the Hon. H. ('. Vivian, C.D., her Majesty’s
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary nt Copen¬
hagen, will succeed Sir E. Mulct ns her Majesty's Repre¬
sentative at Emssels.
We have also to record the deaths of—
Tile Marquis of Cholmondcley, on the 10th inst., in his
eighty-fifth year. His memoir is deferred for a week.
Mr. Joseph Crook, nine years M.P. for Bolton, on the
Stli inst., in liis seventy-sixth yenr.
Mr. William Newdigate, on the 4th inst., at Zitziknma,
South Africa, lie was third son of the late Francis Newdi-
gnte, of Kirk llallam, Derbyshire, and Lady Barbara, his
wife, daughter of George, third Earl of Dartmouth.
Mr. William Gonlding, of Summerhill, Cork, J.P. nnd D.L.,
M.P. lor that city 1876 to 1880, on the 8th inst.. aged sixty-
seven. Ho was sou of the late Mr. Joshua Gonldiug. of Birr;
and was married to .Susan, daughter of Mr. Isaac Smallinnn, of
Montevideo, Bounty Tipperary.
Arabella Lady Northbrook, •widow of Francis Thornhill
Baring, first Lord Northbrook, and second dnughterof Kenneth
Alexander, Earl of Effingham, aged seventy-four. 8lie was
the first Jiord Northbrook’s second wife, nnd step-mother of the
present Earl of Northbrook.
Mr. Felix William George Bichard Iledingfeld, C.M.G.,
formerly Colonial Secretary for the Mauritius, on the 7th inst.,
aged seventy-six; youngest son of Sir Richard Bedingfeld,
fifth Baronet, of Oxburgii; married, 1849, Mary, daughter of
Lieutenant-Colonel Chuda.
Mr. William Kenyon-Slnney, of Ilntton Grange, Shrop¬
shire, J.P. and D.L., formerly Captain 2nd Bombay Cavalry,
High Sheriff of Shropshire, 1871, nt 2, Lower Berkeley-street,
, on the 10th inst., aged sixty-nine. He was fifth son of the
lion. Thomas Kenyon, third son of Lloyd, first Lord Kenyon,
nnd assumed the Puninmc nnd arms of Slnney in consequence
of his marriage with Frances Catherine, third daughter nnd
coheiress of Mr. Robert Aglionby Slaney, of Hatton Grange.
Mr. Christopher O’Connell Fitz-Simon, of Glenculleil, in
the comity of Dublin, and Ballinnmonn, in the county of
Wicklow, J.P. nnd D.L., eldest son of Christopher Fitz-
Simon, of Glcncnllen, many years M.P. for the county of
Dublin, nnd Eileen, his wife, dnughter of Daniel O'Connell,
M.P., of Dnrrinane Abbey, in the county of Kerry, the great
Irish leader. Mr. Fitz-Siinon was bom in 1830, and called
to the Irish Bar in 1855; he was an M.A. of Trinity College,
Dublin, and High Sheriff of Wicklow in 1861.
CITY GUILDS: STATIONERS’ COMPANY.
The existence of this Company is traced back to 1357 ; but its
charter was conferred, by Queen Mary, in 1556, with a
monopoly of printing and the administration of a religions
censorship of books. Its privileges were partly taken away
by Queen Elizabeth, but the Company was allowed the
exclusive right of printing psalters, prayerbooks, primers,
almanacs, and Church Catechisms. Bibles were printed by
this Company ; and an unlucky misprint, omitting the word
“ not” in the Seventh Commandment, brought the Company
into the Star Chamber, which inflicted a heavy fine. In
Queeu Anne's reign, it was enacted that books newly pub¬
lished should be deposited and registered at Stationers' Hall.
The printing monopoly, long openly violated, was finally
destroyed by a judicial decision iu favour of an independent
almanac-maker. The register of new publications, etill kept
by the Company, is serviceable for protection of copyright.
The Company now musters four or five hundred liverymen,
nnd about eleven hundred freemen. It is a trading Company,
with a capital subscribed and held in shares, nnd yielding
very high dividends from its trade profits. It possesses also
some corporate property, the revenue from which is not very
large, compared with that of other City Guilds; nnd it is
charged with the administration of various charitable trusts.
It maintains a school for middle-class boy day-scholars, in
Bolt-court, Fleet-3troet. The governing body of the Company
is formed of the Master (we give a Portrait of Mr. Charles
Layton, who filled the office till the last July election), the
two Wardens, lind twenty-three Assistants. The original
Bite of Stationers’ Hall was in Milk-street,, Clieapside; hut
the Company, after sojourning fifty years in St.. l’nul’s-
clmrcliyrtrd, purchased Abergavenny House, near Ludgate,
and erected a building, which was reconstructed or modern¬
ised early iu the present century. This edifice has no
architectural pretensions. Our Sketches include a view of the
garden in Stationers’-hall-court, opposite tho end of I’ater-
noster-row; tlie court-room and stock-room, tho Master’s
badge, the Beadle’s staff, and an old-fashioned clock.
Mr^ James "Williamson, of Ryelands, Lancashire, has been
appointed High Sheriff of the County Palatine.
A new Minute of the Education Department has been
issui d, throwing open the office of her Majesty's Inspector's
Assistant to the whole body of teachers.
Yesterday week was the closing day of tho Cattle Show
held, under the auspices of the .Smithfield Club, at the Royal
Agricultural Hall, Islington. The total number of visitors
who passed tho turnstiles during the week was 100,000.
The sentence of death passed upon Dudley and Stephens,
captain and mate of the Mignonette, for the murder of the
boy Richard Parker, 1ms been commuted to one of six mouths’
imprisonment without hard labour.
Buroness Bnrdett-Coutts presented, last Saturday evening,
prizes to the successful pupils in the educational competitions
of St. Stephen’s Institute, Vincent-square, Westminster,
which was founded and is mainly supported by the Baroness,
the only other source of income being derivable from the fees
paid by the students.
The students of the Royal Academy held a soiree at the
Suffolk-street Galleries, Pall-mall, yesterday week night.
About five hundred people were present, among them the
President of the Academy, and several Academicians and
Associates. A concert was given, and the bund of tho Royal
Artillery was present.
It is proposed to open nn American Exhibition in London
on May 1, 1886. It is to be an exhibition of the arts, inventions,
manufactures, products, and resources of the United States.
The Government of the United States, the governors of
states and territories, and many of the largest American
manufacturers, merchants, and producers have expressed
their npprovul, nud iu many cases have applied for space.
Sir Massey Lopes, M.P., presided at tho annual meeting of
tlie Royal Agricultural Society held on the 11th inst. at their
rooms, llnnover-square. The report showed nn increase of
672 members during the year, and alluded to the great loss
sustained by the society in the death of Dr. Voelcker, who lmd
been consulting chemist and director of the laboratory for
more than a quarter of a century.
Last Saturday the Bishop of London consecrated the
Church of Emmanuel, which lias just been erected ip
Homsey-road, Holloway ; on Sunday the Bishop of Gloucester
nnd Bristol reopened the parish church of Clitton, which has
been reseated; and on Tuesday the Archbishop of Canterbury
attended nt the old pnrish church of Bromley, and consecrated
a new chancel mid other additions, which have cost over £4000.
In several London churches on Sunday tlie hundredth
anniversary of the death of Samuel Johnson was commemorated
by appropriate pulpit references, notably by the preachers in
the Fleet-street and Strand places of worship. In tho after¬
noon the Bender of the Temple (tho Rev. Alfred Ainger)
delivered a commemorative sermon in tlie Temple Church,
where Johnson occasionally attended Divine service.
A terrible scene was witnessed early on Monday morning in
Green-street, Bctliunl-green. A tobacconist, mimed Turner,
finding bis Bliop on fire to such an extent tliat escape was cut
off by tlie ground iloor, rescued liis wife nnd four children
from the upper storey, nnd tried to save a fifth child, though
unsuccessfully, being driven bnck by the smoke and flames,
nnd severely burned.
Under the presidency of Lord Reay, nn influential meeting
was held on Monday in support of the Bchemc for the estab¬
lishment of a tench’ing University in London, with faculties of
arts, science, medicine, nnd law. There was submitted a
report by a sub-committee suggesting a scheme for carrying
out this object. After discussion, it was resolved to adjourn
the further consideration of the matter.
The imports of live stock and fresh meat landed nt Liver¬
pool during the past week from the United States nnd Canada
amounted to 194 cattle, 10,715 quarters of beef, 1102 carcases
of mutton, nnd 70 hogs, which, with the exception of cattle,
whs a larger supply than the arrivals of the preceding week.
There were no arrivals of sheep, and the number of cattle
lauded was unusually small.
It has been decided to erect in Stockport a statue of the
late Richard Cobdon, who began liis Parliamentary career ns
representative of the borough. Two months after liis death
a sum of nearly £1000 was subscribed for a statue, but for
some reason or otlu-r the project has never been carried out,
the money lying untouched at tho bank. The subscribers
have now decided, at a meeting presided over by the Muyor,
to proceed with the work.
Mr. Elliot Stock has issued a facsimile reprint of Dr.
Johnson's “ Bnsselas, Prince of Abyssinia,” with a preface
nnd bibliographical list of the noteworthy editions and trans¬
lations contributed by Dr. James Mncuulay, forming n pretty
addition to the important list of similar literary curiosities
issued by the same publisher. Tlie pocket volumes me bound
in the grey paper, with white backs and labels, after tlie
laslijon of the origiual.
DEC. 20, 1884
THE ILLUSTEATED LONDON NEWS
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It Will renew the human Imlr,
And make It like ItMnlf appear.
It will revive It. beautify.
And every anient wish supply—
the Mexican uais benewer.
• ICE TO MOTHERS. — Are you broken
* * n 3° nr n,t - by a sick child, suffering with the ]>alu of cat-
j ,lns twth? 60 *t once to a Chemist and get a bottle of Mrs
, WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP. It will relieve th* poor auf-
1 ferer immediately; It la perfectly liarmleai; It produces natural,
quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub
awakes "as bright a* a button." Be sure and ask for Sir*.
Winslow's 8 oothlng 8 yrup, and sew that •• Curtis and Fork Ins.
| Now York and London." Is on the outside wrapper. No mother
should be without It. Bold by all Medicine Dealers, st l*.l|d.
MBS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP
• LT - , - Care# Dysentery.
MBS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP
Cures DIsrrlKBa.
AJIiS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP
Cure# Wind Colic.
MBS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP
Believe# all Pain.
ATRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP
x ’-*- Softens the G urns.
ATRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP
Regulate* the Bowel*.
A JRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP.
AT -*- No Mother should be without it.
AIKS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP.
J.TA. Bold by all Chemists in Grcut Britain.
WHO is MRS. WINSLOW?—As this
' question It frequently asked, wo shall dimply say that
the It a lady who for upwards of thirty years has untiringly de- 1
voted her tlmo and talents as a female physlcion and nurse, prin¬
cipally ainoDg children. She ha# especially studied tlie constl- 1
tntlon and wants of thla numerous class, and. as a result of thl#
effort and practical knowledge obtained In a lifetime spent os
mirae and physician, the has compounded a Soothing Syrup for
Children. It operates like magic, giving rest and health, nnd 1
Is. moreover. *ure to regulate tho bowels. In consequence of 1
thl# article. Sirs. Winslow Is becoming world-renowned as a 1
lienefactor of her race.—Ladles' Visitor. New York City.
MRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP.
Bold Everywhere.
AfRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP
A-*-*- It Highly Recommended.
AIRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP
-L’A u used by Million*. |
AfRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP.
1,1 Over Thirty Year. In Use.
AfRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP.
Retailed by all Chemists In the City.
AfRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP.
"-*• Bold by all Dealer* at Is. I|d.
AfRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP J
-*■’ *• Operate# like Magic.
AfRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP
| Never Falla to Cure. |
\ IRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP J «■
A. la Known the World Over. 1 r«
611
HHHROAT DISEASES.—BROWN’S
BRONCHIAL TROCHES, which have proved so successful
In America for the cure of cough*, colds, hoarseness, bronchitis,
•stlim*. catarrh, or any Irritation or aorenea* of the throat, are
now imported, and »old In tills country at 1*. lid. per Box. Put
up In the form of a lozenge. It I* the most convenient, pleasant,
safe, and rare remedy for clewing and strengthening the yolca
In the world.
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Cure Coughs.
TROCHES
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Cure Colds.
TROCHES
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Cure Hoarseness.
TROCHES
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Cure Bronchitis.
TROCHES
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Cure Asthma.
TROCHES
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Cure Catarrh.
TROCHES
JJROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES
Care Soreness of tlir Throat.
JJROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES.
Bold by all Chemists, at la. t|d. per Box.
ROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES
have been before the public many years. Each year find* the
as oncaslon requires. Singers and publlo speakers
fj ROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES
Relievo the Hacking:.Congh In Ck>iuRliTi^tlon. \
JJROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES
-* A Cure Irritation in the Throat.
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
for Fu Idle Bpeaken.
^ROCHES,
JJROAVN’S
BRONCHIAL
y fur Singers. J J
TROCHES,
JJROWN’S
- BRONCHIAL
—Bseitbjr stnymly.
TROCHES.
TJ ROWN’S BRONCHIAL
\ Bold by all >lnliclne Dealers.
TROCHES.
JJROWN’S
< /v * S \
BRONCHIAL
Bohlrfls. l|d. per Box.
TROCHES.
JJROWN’S
BRONCIHAL
are perfectly safe.
TROCHES
pLORILINE.
For the TEETH and BREATH.
. A few drop* of the FRAGRANT FLO R l LINE on a wet tooth-
brush produce* a delightful foam, which cleanse* the T.-thfr- ra
all linp'irltie*, strengthen sand hardens the gums, prevents tartar.
In, rogrea.or decay. It give* to the froth a peculiar
1 1 ,-l.r^.i I,* “ i , Wlt ' » d-llghtful Ingisna to
11 r J." l "A w * ,n Pleasant ob.ar arising from •!*-
cmm t©*'tn. a niioiai’rMt ft* 'Iiuich. or (aInuya imuk# # riis*
aj2l«S.2?Ui!£* “ ^
The FRAGRANT KI.ORIUNE shonld be naod In all case*
,h * ,ua i ,P“ rtl , cul » r IJ *>T gentlemen after smoking,
i i * ,n j°° ,n ,n * i*»«ntr*M form, the most de¬
ft » nd **‘riu*vnt properties. . At the same time,
iSiSSSMjswte c “ p °" ib ' y injuw th ° mo,t * u,iu ”
It bCMMBM tlio forth And
It AITACtA til* d<*C*y of tho teeth.
It vAm aj a dM*riront nftor smoklncr.
It rentier* th© irami h*nl And liwilthr.
It neutralltra th© ofleimlYr flii*n*ci<iri» of til* m^nth.
plAAMnl** 1 ^ 1- 10 th ° bTe * lh • purely tromnUo and
Lf^^Forrfn'X ^d l^^^ ® BUU C0MPA> ' r '
pLORILINE.
For the TEETn ami BREATH.
Bwcet os the ambrosial air.
VV ith It* perfume rich mid rare:
Kweet a* violet* at tho mom.
\V hlch tho oniorAld nooku adorn:
Hwret KB rosebud* banting lortli
From the richly-laden earth,
Is the •• FRAGRANT FLORIUNK."
Tim teeth It makes a pearly whltt.
pure and lovely to the sight;
1 he gums assume a rosy hue.
The limtli I* sweet os violets bln*;
V \. J'bile eernted as the flowers of M*y.
Which cunt tholr *w©*tn©MftVHnAich RprAjr.
1* the " FRAGRANT FLUR1L1NE."
Bure, some fairy with It# hand
Cast around Ita mystic wand.
Ami produced from fairy's bower
Bccnfcd perfumes from each flower;
For m this liquid gem we trace-
All that can beauty add and grace—
Buch U the" FRAGRANT FLORILINE.-
A
'JHE MEXICAN HAIR RENEWER.
The onnstltntton of the person and th* condition of th* scalp
have much to do witli the leugth of time It requ Ire# for new hair
to grow; also thin or thick hair wilt depend much upon the vital
f.-ree remaining In the hair-gland*. New hairs are first seen to
Start around the margin of the Iwld spots nrer the permanent
hair, and extending upwards until the spots are covered more or
less thickly with line short hair. Excessive brushing should be
g'lanted against u soon m the small hairs make their appear¬
ance; but the scalp may be sponged with rain water to lilian-
bore occasionally. The scalp mar be preswd «nd moved on
the bon* by the finger ends, which quickens the circulation
and anftens th* spot* which hare remained long bald
i in applying till* halr-dre**lng It enlivens the scalp, and In Cases
where the Imlr begins to fall a ft-w applications will arrest It,
and the new growth prevents tho luxuriance and colour of
jonth. It may be relied on os the best h*lr-dre*slng known for
restoring gre y or faded hair to Its original colour without dyeing
It. producing tli* colour within the substance of the hair lm-
iwrlng a peculiar viullty to the root*, presenting th* hair from
falling, keeping th* head cool, clean, and free from dandruff,
earning new hairs to grow, nnl*** the hslr-clanda are entirely
m ired. THE MEXTCAjJ HAIR RENEWER makes the hair
soft, glossy, and luxuriant, hold by Chemists and I’crfnmere.at
3s. id.; or sent to any address free on receipt of «s. In stumps.
'J'HE MEXICAN IIAIR RENEWER.
When the hair Is weak and faded.
Like the autumn leaves that fall, \ \
Then Is fait that sadden'd feeling v
Which does every heart enthral.
Then wc look for some specific x,/
To arrest It on It* war.
And THE MEXICAN HAIR RENEWER
Bids It like euchantmeutafoy.
It arrests decaying nrogreasj-' \ 's,
..Though the hair It tlil i and grey
It will strengthen ami Improve It,
o
DOWN-TOWN MERCHANT, Imving
passed several sleepless nights, disturbed by the agonies
■ nd cries Of • suffering child, and bocomlngKonvInced that Mr*.
WIN 8 LOWB SOOTHING BVRUP was Just the article needed,
procured a supply for the child. Unrrachlng homesndacqnalnt-
Ing his wife with whatlio had done, she refused to havoltodmlnls-
t |,, ed to th* child,a* she wo# strongly In favour of homn-opathy.
That night the child passed in enffcrlng, and the parent* with¬
out sleep. Returning home the day following, thefatherfqunrt
the baby still worse: and. while contemplating another sleep¬
less night, tho mother stepped from the room to attend to some
domesticdntles. and loft the fnthor with the dilU. During her
/iii-ence he administered s portion of the soothing syrnp to the
Iwby, and sold nothing. That night*!! hands slept well, and
tho little fellow awoke In tho morning bright and lmppy. The
mother was delighted with tlie sudden and womlerfnl change;
and. although at first olfrnded at th* deception practised upon
her. has continued to tree the syrnp, and suffering, crying babies
and restless nights have dlioppoarrej. A single trial of the
syrnp never yet failed to relieve theWby and overcome tho pre¬
judices of themothcr.
WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP.
Bold In all phrU of the World.
JJROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES
reach directly the affected parte, and give almost immedlat*
f. All suffering from Irritation of the throat and hoars*,
ylll bo agreeably surprise! at Man almost Immediate
public speaking or singing, when tho tbroat Is wearied and
weakened by too much exercise, their urn will git* renewed
strength to the vocal organs. For public speakers, singers, and
those who overtax the voice, they are useful In relieving an
irritated throat, and will reader articulation easy. Bold by all
Medldna Dealers, Is. lid. per Box.
JJROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES.
-A* Bold In all parts of the United States.
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Sold In Aiutmlhi.
TROCHES.
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Bold In the Cnpe Colonies.
TROCHES.
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Bold in India.
TROCHES.
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Bold in Paris.
TROCHES.
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Sold Everywhere.
TROCHES.
JTLORILINE.
For tho TEETH and BREATH.
I* the best liquid dentifrice In the world: It thoroughly
cleanse# partially decayed teeth from all parasites or living
■ anlinalculsn. leaving them pearly white. Importing a dcllght-
fnl fragrance to the breath. Price *». sd. per Ilf,(tie. Ti,«
Fragrant F ortllne remote* Instantly *11 odours arising from a
foul stomach or tobacco smoke.
For children and adult* wb-we teeth show marks of decay Its
advantages are paramount. The "Florillne" should ha tho¬
roughly brushed Into nil the cavities; no one need fenr using it
too often ortoo much at a time. Among the ingredients being
sod*,honey,spirit* of wine.borax, and extracts Irvin sweet herte
and plonta.lt forms not only the very bestilentlfricoforcleanslng
ever discovered, but on* that Isiwrfectly .. to the U.te
and as harmless as sherry. The taste Is so plenslng that. Instead
Oftaklngnpthe toothbrush with dislike, aa Is often the Case,
children w ill on no account omltto use the •• Florillne " regu¬
larly wch morning, If only left to their own choice. Children
cannot be tauglit the use of the brothbrush too young; early
nralect Invariably produces premature decay of the teeth,
theworld! ,ttt. Pertumeri ^rougbout
J^LORILINE.
For tlio TEETH and BREATH.
If teeth are white and beautiful.
It keeps them so Intact;
If they re discoloured In the least.
It brings their whiteness back;
And by Its use whnt good effects
Are daily to be seen ;
Thu* hence It Is that general praise
Greet*" FRAGRANT FLOK1L1.VEI”
One trial proves conclusive quite.
That by it* constant use
The very beat ellect* arise
That science can produce.
It la the talk of every one.
An all-abeorbing theme;
Whilst genrral now lieconics the use
'F1U. . ..
Of*
tAUKANT FLORILLNE."
It makes the breath as sweet at flowers.
The teeth n pearly white;
The gums It hardens, and It give*
Sensations of delight.
All vile secretions It removes.
However long they 're been :
Tho enamel, too. It will preserve,
Tho ■• FRAGRANT FLOKIIJNE."
M M -
JJ ROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES.
i'repsred by John 1. Brown and Bona, Boston. United State*.
MS*
WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP.
Bold in Booth Africa.
MT'
WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP.
Sold In Indio.
ONSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP.
Bold In China.
WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP.
Bold In Australia.
M 88 -
WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP.
Bold Everywhere.
JJROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES
for clergymen’* lore throats, l'ubllc speakers and
singers will find them beneficial In clearing the voice before *
speaking or singing, and relieving the throat after any unusual
exertion of the vocal organa, having * peculiar adaptation to
affections which dlstnrb the organs of speech. Few are swore
of the Importance of checking a cough or "slight cold” in Its
first stages. That which In the beginning would yield to a mild
remedy. If neglected soon attacks the lung*. The Troches give
sure and almost Immediate relief. They may be hod of any
Medicine Dealer, at Is. lid. per Box.
M hs.
WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP.
Trice la. lid. per Mottle.
MR 8 -
WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP
Is Used by all Mother*.
M KS -
WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP
la Used by all Norses.
I will sirenglheu and n .prove It
And work wonders day by day. \ 1
It reatores the colour, \ ) /
Anil bring'. Lick Ite beauty, too:
For THE MEXICAN IIAlH J(EN EWER
Make* It look both fresh and new.
What's the greatest hair restore- \
1 h*I the present age can ii,ow • \ /
What producw wonders dullr.
which theworld at large ■liOGid know?
Why. THE MEXICAN |7 aIR RENEWER
Eminently stand* the first;
Thus Its fsme by countless thousands
Day by day is now rehears'd.
What beautifies. Improve*, and itrengtheni
Human hair of every age?
Wli v thl* famous great restorer
'■.M Ith the ladles I* the rage.
And THE MEXICAN llAIE RENEWER
It the very l*-t In use.
For luxuriant tressei always
Do Its magic powers produce.
THE WORDS "THE MEXICAN HAIR
RENEWER" are a Trade-Mark: and the public will please
Sr.-the word* are on every case surrounding the Bottle, and the
name I* blown In the < otfie.
TheMsX e*n Hair Renewer PriceEv.Cd Directions In German.
French, and hpaiiGh.
...'■av hud Of most respectable Dealers In all part* of th#
«••rla.
, *W4 Wholeade bv the ANGLO-AMERICAN DRCO COM-
1 ANi, Limited,SI.Fsrringdon-rosd. LoiuLn.
M M -
WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP
I# the Best Remedy Known.
M M -
WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP.
Never Known to Fall.
M RS -
WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP
hss Direction* with each Bottle.
"VTRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP
may be Coed with 8 *fety.
MBS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP.
Bold by all Sledlclne Dealers.
TVTRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP.
A BRANCH HOUSE Is now opened IN LONDON for
the tale of this remedy, which has been In use In America over
thirty years. It Is pleasant to take, and safe In all cates : It
soothes the child and gives It rest; softens the gnmt, and will
allay all pain or spasmodic teflon, and la sure to regulate the
bowel*. I)rp»nd uprn It, mothers. It will give rest to your-
•elve# and relief and health to your Infanta. It will almoat
Instantly relieve griping In the bowel* and wind colic, and we
believe It the best and surest remedy In the world In all catee of
dysentery and dlarrhcea In children, whether arising from
teething or other rnnses. Be sure and tak for Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup, and see that "Curtis and Perkins, New York
and London." I* on the outalde wrapper. Bold by all Chemists,
at I*, lid. per Bottle. Full directions with each Bottle.
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Cure Coughs.
TROCHES
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Cure Colds.
TROCHES
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Cure Hoarseness.
TROCHES
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Cure Bronchitis.
TROCHES
pLORILINE.
X For the TEETH and BREATH.
It mayor may not l» generally known that microscopical
exitinmuHi.ua have proveif that nulmal or Vegetable burasirei
gather, unobserved by the naked eye. upon the teeth uinl
gums of at least nine persons In every ten ; any Individual nuty
easilysatlafy himself In this matterhy iilncliig a powerful mh-rx-
soopaowr a partially-decayed tooth, when thollvlngiuilmalculw
will tie round to resemble a partially-decoyed clu-. se mere than
anything else we can comiiare It to. We mny also slate that tha
FLAGRANT FLU III LINK is the only remedy yet discovered
able 1 ‘erfectly to freo tho teeth and gum* from these |wra»ll. s
without tlio slightest injury to tin. teeth ortho moat tender
gums.
Bead this.—From th* "Weekly Times." Starch 20. 1STL—
"Thereare so many toilet article* which obtain all their crie-
beautlryliiBtho teetli that wrin a long experience liareeter uvii
I# the new Fragrant Florillne. It It quite a pleaaur* to use It,
and Its properties of Imparting a fragrance to the breath an.l
giving a pearly whiteness to the teeth make It still more valu¬
able. Of all the numerous nostrums for cleaning the teeth
which from time to time bare been faihloimlde and popular,
nothing to be compared with thoFiorlllneha# hitherto been pro¬
duced, whnthrr considered at a beautiller or a valuable cleanser
and preserver of the teeth and gums."
From the "Young Ladles' Journal '*:—•• An agreeable dentl-
frlre It always a luxury. Aa one of the mo,t agreeable may !•«
reckoned Florillne. It cleanses the teeth and Imparts a pleasant
odour to the breath. It ha* been analysed hy several eminent
prafeseort of chemistry, nnd they concur In their testimony to
It. usefulness. Woare frequently asked to recommend a denti¬
frice to our readers; therefore we cannot do better than advi.e
them to try tlio Fragrant F'lorlllne."
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Cur* Asthma.
TROCHES
JJROWN’S
BRONCHIAL
Care Catarrh.
TROCHES
JJROWN’S
JJROWN'S
BRONCHIAL
Cure Soreness of the Throat.
TROCHES
BRONCHIAL
for Irritation of the Throat.
TROCHES,
JJROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES
- L ' or COUGH LOZENGES. They are very pleasant to take,
contain no opium, and children will find them very beneficial
tn coses of whooping-eongh. Peopl* who are troubled with a
hackingcough should try them st once; they area safe and sure
remedy. Brown's Bronchial Troche* for pulmonary and
asthmatic disorders have proved their efficacy by * test of many
years, and hav# received testimonials from eminent men who
have uied them.
European Dfptt. 33. Farrlngdon-read.
J^LORILINE.
A For tlie TEETH and BREATH.
I have heard a strange statement, dear Fanny, to-d»,
That the reason that teeth do decay
Is traced to some object* that form In the gums,
And eat them In time quite nwnv.
Animalcules, they eay. are engendered—that Is.
If the month It not wholesome and cifxn ;
And I also have heard to preserve them tlie lent
Is the fragrant, the sweet "FLUKII.INK! "
Oh. yea I It Is true that secretion* will rauu
Living object# to form on your teeth.
And certainly and silently do they gnaw on
In cavities made underneath;
But a certain preservative has now been found
To keep your mouth wholesome and clean;
And you're perfectly right, for your teeth to preserve.
There's nothing like sweet •• FLOUI LIN E f "
'Tis Dice and refreshing, and pleasant to nse.
And no danger It* u«e can attend;
For clever physicians and deutist* as well
Their uniform praises now blend.
They say It *# the best preparation that 's known.
And evident proofs have thev seen.
That nothing can equal the virtues that dwelt
In the fragrant, the tweet ” FLOHILINEI ••
J^LORILINE.
For the TEETH and BREATH.
* ,7 ‘ ,STI - **?* "Ith respect
Morjllne:— Klorllfno bl4» fair Uiboc*>meti hon««iiold wonl
» on r°^ pecullarhr pl««Mnt mcanltiir. It woqla
bedlflcu t tocc.ncelyea more efttcarleu. and agreeable prepare-
tlon tor the teeth. 1 hose whoonce begin to dw It wlU certainly
never willingly give It np.
Sir. U. H. Jones, the eminent Dentist, of ST. Orest Bussell-
Street. In Ills valuable little book on Dentistry, say*:—"The u-s
Of ■ good dentifrice Is also Indispensable, and one of the best
prepara tions tor cleansing the teeth and removing th* Impure
secretions of the moult. It the liquid dentifrice called 'Fragrant
Florillne. Which It told by all reaiwctable chemists."
The words 1 - Fragrant Fiorillne 1 ' are a Trade-Mark.
"hole, ale by the ASGLO-
COMPANY, imuWUi / , irrtD|dwB a fvi*^
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Pep. 20, 1881.— 812
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4. A mother and twins.
2. A seal rookery on the Pryvloff Islands.
0. Bt. Paul’s, with the sealing sheds, Pryvloff Islands.
а. Killing and skinning seals.
б. Ouiuilaskn, the liead-quartors of the Alaska Fur-trading Company.
SKETCHES OF A CRUISE TO ALASKA, NO. II.
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pETER ROBINSON, OXFORD-STREET.
silk I* now lower In price than et any period elnce tlie .. d.
* OnethnaaeMPfeceenf new Itroea.te>l Satlni. combining
all the Fa.h|..nal.le_ colouring*. VhMO WO the «iMMMwt
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QOO PIECES of BLACK SATIN
O STRIPES .. •• .. a ‘" to * J
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4*. Sd. . * a
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I RRUPTIONS ; Their Rational Treatmeut.
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J^EW WINTER DRESSES. Per yard.
Doron.hlre, Witney. Scotch, and other 8ER0_K3, In
varlou* aha. lea of Navy. Cream. Black. Bom re,
*c.; all Wm.l.renr wide .. .»d. to 1 fl
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All the n*u»l and *ereral distinctly New Shade* of
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Cnahmere d ltalle: all wool, very durable .. .. .. 1 0
French Merino#. »ery wide."• ’’S 'i !!
Very Klim French Coahmerra ... .. .. Ja. Sd. to J 9
Velvet. Velveteen*, much Improved In make, colour.
andprice..3d. to 3 3
A Black Volveteen, ipcclally cheap .> 11
Ihlttcm. |airt-frre.
PETER RORINSON'S.
TARESS MATERLVLS.
Y) i *. d.
Cream-coloured Blcbly-enibrotdered Alutlan l^awu
Kobe*, double quantity of wide embroidery.
each tl». Ud., Id*, nd.. and IS 8
Finely-worked Caabracre Robe. In Blaek and all Hie
new .hade, of Brown, Bronxe, Grey, D.rk Green.
Navy, Drab. to., extea quantity of embroidery.
Mfll 1 18 O
COM POSITE ROBES. 20 yard. In each; a great m.v eltv.
In orery combination of *tyle and oolour. all
Wool .•«** 1 1 0
FOR PALETOTS. JACKETS. Ac..
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Mouton, Ac.. In Black, White. Brown, Drab. Ac.
/CLEARANCE SALE of SURPLUS STOCK
PREVIOUS TO REBUILDING.
PETER ROBINSON, OXFORD-STREET
-l AND REGENT-STREET.
I FASHIONS FOR THE SEASON.
Elegant Mantle# and Cloaka,
Beautiful .Millinery,
and a choice variety of New fort tune*
from the Firnt Home.
In Pari*.
ILLUSTRATIONS TREE.
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AN RECEIPT OF LETTER f&R
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fitting Dremmaker (If dwlre.ll. without any. / x,
oxtra cbiirRe whatever. <.
PETER ROBINSON. MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
REGENT-STBErr.
ILLUSTRATED FASHIONS FREE.
M ourning for families,
IN CORRECT TASTE.
c*u bo purchased et PETEK HOBINKIN'S. of Uegent-rtreet,
at a great raving In price.
Skirt* In new Mourning i /
Fabric*, trimmed Crepe >
orotherwlw .. .. J , ,
Mantlet to correspond, from 2 to 3 guineas.
ILLUSTRATED FASHIONS FREE.
T>LACK MATERIAL COSTUMES, both
YJ with and witliout Crnp*. beautifully and
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ranging from Kx. ud. to 10 guinea*.
7
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"I)LACK MATERIALS by the Yard.
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fur tills bon^n. \
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T7VENING DRESSES, DINNER DRESSES.
Yj \ \An extenatVoVaVIcty.
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/\ Blai:k Grenadine from 1 guinea.
Black llrufsel. net from '£». nd.
Cream Ixice. 2:>«. Od. Black lx*ce. SB*. «d.
Cream Nun’* (TOtli, eh-rant and useful, from 4fi*.
Black eg Cream llerv, wltli various novel and effective
comblnntlon.
/ rEWR ROBINSON. 236 to VI. REGENT-STREET.
ILLUSTRATED FASHIONS FREE.
CILK COSTUMES, beautifully made,
O copied from tlie most expcn.l ve French Models,
at 4. t. 7, and up to 3u guinea.-
WARM WINTER CLOAKS, lined Fur,
T T new fhapee. from 19.. Al. to 10 guinea..
A beautiful and fashionable variety .cut to the country on
approbation.
s*
PERIOR BLACK SILKS
at very low prices,
Black Brocaded Velvet*,
varloni good design.. 4a. 1 Id. to 10*. #d.
Striped Satin .ud Velvet. 3a Oil., u.ually «». Od.
Plain Black Lyons Velvety,
very excellent qualltle., at t>s. lid., in*. 8d.,13a.
Hrocailed Silk., la. lid. to l«*. l id.
A spe.^.1 number at As. lid., w orth 7». Id.
Mervellleux Silk, (remarkably clirapl. 1*. Ud.
Good wearing qualities at 2 j. I Id., A. Ud., and up to Js. *1.
Plain Black silk.. 3*. lid.. 4..ml.. 0..M.. fia.Sd., andl ,*.ul.
Highly recommended l,y PETER ROBIN SON.
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Interior description of dentistry.'
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rtna from 14 guinea*.—104 and 103, Blahojugate Wlthl^K.
Liberal ....
Pianoforte*
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facto ry. *4. 1 k- isef e r ry - r-.-ud ,A3'c» tin I n»tu r.
17 LKINGT0N nnd C0 T
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CLUCKS and BRONZES,
EARS aud 8 T A I N B A N K,
CUURCU BELIA, with Kitting* and Frame*.
Founder!--! many ul the
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In England and the Oolonlpa/lncluding the
BEACONSFIK1.D MEMORIAL PEAL, 1BS4.
..... . . . Estimates and Plana on application.
BELL FOUNDRY (Estbd. 173k). 1 i . White, li-i|a-l r,)ad. lamd-n.
C H°
C 0 L A T M E N I E R.
Awarded
the
GRAND
DIPI.03I A OF HONOUR.
AMHTERDAM
EXHIBITION, 1883.
pHOCOLAT MENIER, iu i lb. and Jib.
PACKETS.
F«r
. . BREAKFAST,
LUNCHEON, and BUFFER.
/"IHOCOLAT MENIER. — Awarded Tweut\'-
N-/ Eight
PRIZE .MEDALS.
C--n.uri-pti.-ii nuuuully
exceeds 25,oou,i i«i |b.
0IIOCOLAT MENIER.
Sold Everywhere.
Paris,
I*»nilon t
Now York.
J7RY’£
QOCOrV.
GOLD 31 EDAL.
Calcutta ExhildUon, 1S84.
17EY’S CARACAS COCOzV.
X "A meat delicious and Valuable
ai tide."—Standard.
PURE COCOA ONLY.
TRY’S COCOA EXTRACT.
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W. n . M-OI-11AKT. Analyst, for Briatol.
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S CHWEITZER'S COCOATINA.
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Four limes the strength or Cocoas Thickened yet Weakened with
. Annwrwot, March, Ac., and In reality cheaper.
The faculty pronounce It Die mo*l nutritious, perfectly direst-
lie Knieragc for "BREAKFAST. LCNCHEoSTor BUFFER."
Keeps lor year. In all Climate). R-sinire* no Ooklng. A tea-
spoonful b* Ilmikfaat-Cup costing less than a halfpenny.
In Air-Tlalit Tins. Is • d.. 3*.. 4c.. by Chemists and Grocers.
11 . SCHWEITZER and CO.. 10. A-lam-street. Strand. W.lh
N
0TICE.—To LADIES.
ARPETS.
.'a. fld. per yard.
3s. AI .
3*. Ul .
4s.i»i.
Exclusive In design,
T 11 E £ 0 A E
4*. .•kl.per yanl,
4s. od. „ „
4*.Ikl.
4«. Ikl. ..
Spa-clul In quality,
and
S O N S,
LUDGATE HILL.
TT 0 0
J-JL^ K0
PINO COUGH.
KOCIlE'b HERBAL EM 11 ROC AT I ON.
Th# ■elebrated effectual .-lire without iuteriuil medicine. Solo
whole; ale Agents. W. KDWA HUB and BON, 147,Uuecn Vlct-rn.-
street , I--rinrily of 67, Bt. PaiilVcIiurehyanl), London, wlnxe
Uuluesi re engrave.! *-n th-Guvernment btamp.
Bold by most Chemist*. Price 4*. per Bottl*.
JJORWICK’S BAKING POWDER.
J J0W to MAKE a CHRISTMAS PUDDING.
TAKE i lb. of flour, a large teaspoonful of
-K. Borniik's Gold Yleilal Baking Powder. 'Jot. of hreud
crnml-), I) lb. of suet, 3 Ih.of raisins. I lb. of currant*. 10o*. of
sugar. 2 o*. ol almomls. 1 lb. o! mixed candled i>eel, salt and
sp .y to taste. >llx Ingmllentl Well together, and add*lx.ugs
wi ll beaten, and f pint of milk; divide Into two, and bull right
hour*.
INTERNATIONAL
G 0LD
EXJ1IBITION.
South KriislhKt.-n.—London. 18M.
HEALTH
MEDAL AWARDED for
EXCELLENCE of QUALITY to
g A L T and C 0.,
EAST INDIA PAI.E and BURTON ALE BREWER8.
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J I.ST of Prices to be obtained of all tlie
_ J _ principal Dealers. _
g AVAR’S CUBEB CIGiVRETTES always
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J^B.CRAMERandCO.’S PUBLICATIONS.
J B. CRAMER aud CO.’S NEW DANCE
* ALBUM. No. .'.with si-eclnlly designed Cover. cvuUius
uic following new aim pupil or Dunce Music:—
■.Swallows.Walt*.. 0. Lowthlan.
2. Lv Fill* da Tambour Major louiceia Arban.
.i.'unity t air .P -lka .. C. Lowthlan.
4. Psycho .. .. Walt*.. W. H. Evan*,
o. Madume l, Archlduo .. .. Lancvr* Marriott.
B. Bonsai Fire* . Polka.. E. B-ggetU.
i. Bun Altesoo .'also., falgar Do Valmency.
«. I-a F.lli- .In Tambour Major Galop.! JIeWl£: T
•J. Children a Bluglng .. .. Qu-idrille* K. Uerzeu.
?A BT ** * l ‘° published to the above Album,
the Pi u" 1 e Uur *epa lately or as *u accompaniment to
_ Price fid. net.
T B. CILUIER and CO.’S DANCE ALBUMS
l lUuKlN^intuiii rath T»*n Daucc®. iucluiilnff
rmcnV8ts B WALTZ (la-wthlau), Si.vii-
h ,<.^‘Vlhlaph MANTEAUX NOIKB
gt ADRILLKB, JIAHAME FAVABT LANCEUB,
Ac. Prico Is. each net. \ lolin part to either, 6d. not.
/''IHRlSTMrVS CAROLS.
Y/ Slid I.'0/8 Colld-t-oit Con tains J
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Thirty of the most populai
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fr CUAMEU and CO.'S Collection ooutalo* a
felcctlun oi 1 h-rty-oneof tins most popular. Prlcols.net.
to YOUNG
4LBUMS for PRESENTS
4 V PIAK1BT8.
IjES SOIREES DAN8ANTEB. Con tain* Twenty -fly* Popular
Hama! Piece*, easily Arranged. Price 2». -VI net.
LEtM'ETI TB CONCERTS. O-ntaln. f. cutV-llv. Plano Piece*
• voelly Arranged. Price 2*. nd. net.
L17 trv>. ;‘, U , 8A 8 „ ,V ANCK AL1IU3I. Contain* Uuadrilla.
2a n t’ U “ ° 1 '' l u ** u *- * M,J Mazurka, easily Arranged. Price
CAROLINE LOWTH IAN’S
V/ CELEBRATED DANCE MUSIC.
myosotis. waltz.
OLD LOVE AND THE NEW. WALTZ.
MARGUEIHTE. WALTZ.
BWAI.LOW8. WALTZ.
VANITY FAIR. POLKA.
QUEEN OF HEARTS. POLKA.
Published aa solo* and duet*. Each 2*. net.
J^EW TOPULAR
DANCE MUSIC.
WALKER'S CRYSTAL CASE WATCHES
" * - *rvsn| <r,c-11ng aII other*. Prize Slrdals—Iavndon, I«rt2;
Pari*.llk/7. BUyer \VVtches.from £4 4».: Gold, from £6 6*. i*riciB
List* sent frae.i-^7, Conyliill : and 2»>. Regent-street.
J / A'HURcil AND TUUHET CLOCKS.
W. BENSON, maker of many of
e^-the belt known CHURCH and TURRET CLOCKS. Now
. w ' 8 . OBKAT ILLUMINATED CLOCK for the
. Hl-BAINABAD TOWER. l.CCKNuW. to ilmw time on four
dial* 13ft. In illiinn-terand quarter on In-lit of 24 tons. Also the
Clbck for NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD. A-i. EsIIiimIo* ami
•I* moatjqoa for all k‘nd* of Church. Turret, Stable, and
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ouelu the City of loiuduii where Turret t'p-rks can be seen in
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Ludg-Ste-hlll aud Belle Sauvagc-yard. E.C. London.
m
pENELLA. Waite. LOUISE MORRISON.
QORYPHEE. Waltz. C. E. DUGGAN,
f A SALUTATION. Waltz. LOUIS H.
D'EGVILLE.
17 T II EL. Waltz. EDGAR DE
VALMENCY.
^lERISE. Waltz. CHARLES DEACON.
1->LUE AND WHITE. Polka. RUDOLPH
HERZEN.
gOUVENIll. Polka.
S TE
iLLA.
ALFREDO
NYSTKOM.
Polka. I’lHMAVERA.
QOMIC
OPEIxA. laiUcers. C. H. II.
MARRIOTT.
M aiden dreams.
E. BLCALOBSI.
Each Piece 2 s. ua.
Waltz.
THE TWO MOST SUCCESSFUL WALTZ BONGS
OF THE SEASON.
THE REIGN OF THE ROSES. Words by
II. L. D'ABCY JAXONE.
1JNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. Words by
Both arranged hy Henry Parker on_Melodies l-y CAROLINE
LOWTH I AN.
L*ch 8ong lu thrrf K tyt, 2*. net.
pOPULAR SONGS OF THE SEASON.
THE GOLDEN PATH.
Parker.
r JPHE
pEAUE
FIRST
HENRY
(JDUAUDO
URO
PARKER.
0D0ARD0
OF MAY.
HARKI.
TROUBLED HEART.
PINSUTI.
FTERWARD8. J. M. MULLEN.
J E R U S A L E M. HENRY
THE BEAUTEOUS SONG.
UARKI.
r |’UE TOUCH OF A VANISHED HAND.
GIRO PINSUTI.
QNC’E MORE. HENRY PARKER.
J^IGIIT AND MORNING. OLIVER
M Y SENTINEL CAROLINE
LOWTHIAX.
A VOICE THAT IS STILL. GIRO
**• PINSUTI.
SHILLING. ODOARDO BARIU.
r rHE
piIE
SONG AND TIIE
. . HEN HY PARKER.
All publlshrd Iu twour more key.. Bad
*• »• Lax min and Co.. J-l. RcBent-strcet.
SINGER
2 *. net.
LjihIuii, W.
1 )KESS SI II RTS. — FORD'S EUR EK.»
* . DRESS MilUTB.—A large sha-k ready made. 14 In. t
ia l»- of tho very llnrst Linen, as Well so the fa.lil-iialdu llll-l.-
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It. lai. each. In s ngle D-xr*. rwa-ly f--r uw. by l-srvelt |. -st Ir- v.
L. 1 OLD and 0*»..41. P ultrv, loiailou.
1;gidius.
-8 ■ J Tho only Flannel Blilrts
That never shrink In washing.
.. form*. 6 - 1 . P-tU-rns tree tier ia-*t.
R. loltll and CO-. 41. Poultry, Lcucluu.
I7GIDIU8.
J Never .lirlnl.
it Wutlilnir#
N«ft .ip Bilk. Mini vrry elastic.
Vtv* by iwuvt'l,
n. FORD and CO.. 41. Poultry. Loudon.
AIR.
i’A KC
mid Mrs. PHILLIPS, tho Old-
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17RENCII MODEL COSTUMES.—DRAP
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JAY'S. UEGKXT-BTREET.
CRAPE.
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JAY'S. REGENT-STREET.
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gATIN DUCIIESSE (all silk), very bright,
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THE LONDON' OEN F.BAL MobltN'ING " AREH0U8X
I1EU EN T-STRKLT. W. ^
616
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 20, 1884
CHAPPELL & CO.’S
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ILLUSTRATED CaTALOOUB* Po8T-Fr«J.
OPERAS BY W. S. GILBERT AND ARTHUR SULLIVAN.
PRINCESS IDA.
VOCAL SCORE .
PIANO SOLO .
LIBRETTO.
WALTZ. QUADRILLE.
LANCERS, and POLKA each
s. d.
5 0 net.
3 0 „
10 ,.
2 0
TRIAL BY JURY.
VOCAL SCORE .3 0
PIANO SOLO .2 6
LIBRETTO.10
WALTZ. QUADRILLE.
LANCERS, and POLKA each 2 0
IOLANTHE;
OK,
THE PEER AND
VOCAL SCORE. ....
PIANOFORTE SOLO (Arranged
by Berthold Tours) ... ...
LIBRETTO ... ... \.
WALTZ, QUAD RT L LE,
LANCERS, and POLKA each
2 0
PATIENCE;
OR,
BUNTHORNE’S BRIDE.
VOCAL SCORE .
PIANOFORTE SOLO (Arranged
by Berthold Tours) .
LIBRETTO.
WALTZ, QUADRILLE,
LANCERS, and POLKA each
s. d.
5 0 net.
2 0
PIRATES OF
PENZANCE.
VOCAL SCORE .
PIANOFORTE SOLO (Arranged
by Berthold Tours) .
LIBRETTO. ...
WALTZ, QUADRILLE,
LANCERS, POLKA, and
GALOP .each
s. d.
5 0 net.
2 0
new AJSTD F-YVOITRITE SOjNGtS BY POPULAR COMPOSERS.
SIGNOR TOSTI.
BED ME GOOD-BYE.
MOTHER. | AT VESPERS.
Each 2s. not.
— ^
ISIDORE DE LARA.
MY TRUST.
AT REST.
LAST NIGHT.
TWIN SOULS.
BY-GONE TIME.
WHERE \ MEMORY
DWELLS.
Each 29. net.
CAROLINE LOWTHIAN.
GATES OF THE WEST (Song or Duet).
IN APRIL.
FAREWELL, YET NOT FAREWELL.
Each 2a. net.
MRS. LYNEDOCH
0, RIPPLING TIDE.
A CREOLE LOVE SONG.
THOUGHTS AT SUNRISE.
’TWAS ONLY A YEAR AGO.
OLD CHURCII DOOR.
GREEN LEAF AND BLOSSOM.
2s. each net.
MONCRIEFF.
ECTJITTiasrCj SONGS.
WORDS BY WHYTE-MELVILLE.
DRINK, PUPPY, DRINK!
THE GOOD GREY MARE.
THE GALLOPING SQUIRE.
RUM ONE TO FOLLOW.
TIIE CLIPPER THAT STANDS IN THE
STALL AT TIIE TOP.
2s. each net.
COTSFORD DICK.
SO SWEET A STORY.
DAYS WELL SPENT.
A LOYAL HEART.
2s. each net.
VOICE-TRAINING EXERCISES.
By EMIL BEHNKE and CHARLES W. PEARCE.
Price In. 0d. net; in cloth board*, Ss. net.
•• The exercises are published for each of the several
ranges of voice — soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto,
tenor, baritone, and baas; and from their utility ana
cheapness they deserve to find a very large ■ale."—
Illustrated London News, Aug. 0,1801.
,NEW A.JSTD POPTJI^R DANCE MUSIC.
BLACK AND TAN POLKA ...
PAHRWOHL WALTZ ... L
MON AMOUR WALTZ
P. AND O. POLKA ...
PR1MAVERA WALTZ... ...
Carolinb Lowthiajc.
Caro link Lowthux.
P. Bucalossi.
P. Bucalossi.
G. Dklbrucx.
LE ZEPHYR POLKA...
TOI SEULE WALTZ ...
SEA BREEZE POLKA...
CHIC FOLKA .
MOTHER HUBBARD POLKA
G. DlLBRtrcx.
Like Wheeler.
Lukk Wheeler.
Luke Wheeler.
Carolinb Lowthian.
VENETIA WALTZ
LOYAUTE WALTZ .
LAURA WALTZ (Beggar Student) .
2s. each net.
Caroline Lowthian.
Lukk Wheeler.
Millockbk.
the Christmas number (i884> of Chappell’s
No. 128, CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING POPULAR DANCE
yONTAIXEf>!.EATT WALTZ ... ... H.R.H. Dure or Albaxt.
MON AMOUR WALTZ ...
MOTHER HUBBARD POLKA...
P. Bucalossi.
Carolus Lowtiiiak.
RIP VAN WINKLE GALOP
RIP VAN WINKLE FOLK A
OLD LONDON LANCERS
DAISY VALSE .
Ciiari.es D’Albkkt.
Charles D*Albert.
C. Ooote.
Luke Wheeler.
MUSICAL MAGAZINE,
MUSIC
LA PRINCE8SE DE3 CANARIES QUADRILLES... C. Coon.
KUSS VALSE. Jorahe Straum.
LA PERGOLA POLKA .E. Maui.
PRICE ONE SHILLING; POST-FREE, Is. 2d.
TICKETS FOR OPERAS, CONCERTS, AND ALL THE THEATRES MAY BE HAD AT
CHAPPELL and CO.’S., 49, 50, 61, and 52, NEW BOND - STREET, W.
CITY BRANCH: 14 and 15, POULTRY, E.C. (Telephone No. 3653.)
Lobdoe : Printed and Published at the Office, 198, Btrand, in the Pariah of Bt. Clement Danse, in the County at Middlesex, by Iitokah Brotbsis, 198, Strand, aforesaid. -Sattidat. Dacamsa 90, 1884.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Due -JO, 1884.- 617
F SAND.
BY R. E. FRANCILLON,
Author of-NStrange Waters." “Olympia," “A Real Queen," &c.
CHAPTER X.LVI.
AWAKING.
Can you picture to yourself what, if you have eyes you must
have seen, some high cliff path over which a veil of sen mist
has fulleu in the midst of a blue and golden afternoon? A
moment ago every crag and every bush was crisp and clbar :
you could count the singing white waves as you looked down
upon them, if you were not afraid. In front of you was an
elbow of the cliff, round which you would have to turn- thb
path seemed leading you to the’edge of a precipice, but there
was no fear of that, because you knew you could trust the
path, and, if that were faithless, your eyes would warn your
feet and hands. You seemed poised midway between sea* and
sky, and yet with a firm foot-grasp of earth all the while.
You could sit or stand or saunter on at will: and however
else you might fare, all was bright and clear,. But all of
a sudden, coming you knew not whence, fell or rose the
haze, and the whole scene, in ah instant, was blotted and
blurred away. Cape, crag, and bush, melted each into each,
and lost both form and size. The path itself ceased to lcaci
either way: a step seemingly forward might bear you to the
left, and send you into the waters below, whoae place you
could now only guess at from their hollow roar. Though
there was hut one path, you were as lost as if you were in a
maze. You could still see: but you knew that all you saw
was false and wrong. You forgot that yonder had been a
rock where now appeared an enormous cavern, and yonder a
sharply marked promontory, that had now become a soft
white cloud.
But if you were wise, and waited, the haze rolled away as
suddenly as it had come. You seemed to have passed through
u dream. There, under the sun. stood out the cape as a cope,
the crag ns a crag, and the bush as a bush once more. And
you knew that they had never really been lost, but had stood
there no less clear and firm all the while—that the mist had
fallen, not over them, but over you. And even thus rolled
away a mist from over the life of the man who lay there by
the forest fife—a mist, not of days or months even, but of
many years : for wellnigli as many as he had lived m this
world. It must remain for those who are carrying on the
work of Dr. Carrel to tell how mind unci matter hung in their
balance, and how at the first touch of bodily pain, as if it had
been a sun-burst, the long-gathered mist rolled away. 'Hie
perfect health of the vagabond of Stoke Juliot woods had been
that of some wild animal, rather than that of a man, who, if
he would feel and reason, must accept their penalty of sorrow
and pain. The arrow of the Maroon, whether poisoned or not,
had opened a chink through which the daylight streamed in.
What had happened to the trees? While the haze still
hung, they were fellow-creatures, friends, angels—now, in the
clear light,, they were rough growths of'.timber, dead and
dumb: in a word, just trees. The rhymes had gone out of
their rustle, and the language out of their leaves. He felt
miserably ulono, and hungered for the touch of a human hand.
N^nd then, as sharp as any cape or crag, came back, in the new
sunlight, the memory of when he had not always been a wild
Dnan of the woods, finding all sufficiency in being alive. But,
though lie remembered a thousand things, not one, as yet,
could he understand.
He remembered his mother—not. a beech or an ash, as might
be supposed, but a pale, sad woman, with a face covered with
seams and scars, who appeared to live for the only purpose of
hiding herself and her two children from the sight of men.
She, and he, and Mabel—that was the other child’s name—had
lived alone in a cottage, in the midst of dreary sand-banks, by
a horrible sea : how he had always hated the sea, even then,
both its grin and its roar. He was the elder of the two
children—he remembered that: and Doctor Carrel could have
told him that in all likelihood his mother’s mind lmd been
clouded and distorted, as well as her faee, when she brought
him into the world. But all he knew was that he had found
nothing beautiful, neither the mother who was always hiding
and weeping, nor the sea that was always grinning and roar¬
ing, nor anything in the world, except the wild woods hard by,
where he could run away and hide from sorrow und the sea.
There he could clamber or sleep, and in any case be himself
and free. He remembered a father, also, but very dimly—a
gentleman in fine clothes, who used to arrive now and again,
and stay for two days or three. But he had caught-* his
mother’s passion for hiding away in holes und comers, and the
coming of his father used to fill him with a panic that, despite
scoldings and imprisonments—which indeed only made matters
worse—he could not control. It seemed to be because of his
father tha£ his mother was always sad, and they lived by the
horrible and treacherous sea, instead of in the free and happy
woods hard by, where the trees were always singing songs and
making rhymes, helped by the birds, while the wild things rnn
about among them at peace and in joy.
Did Nature* mean him for poet, or idiot, or both at once?
That is a question for Doctor Carrel. In any case, he used to
jingle sounds and words together ns early as he climbed his
first tree, and kissed the branches out of love and pride.
He took it into his head, or rather into his heart, that the
trees were the great works of Nature; and that man, woman,
and child were lower creatures, made to be miserable and to
find no root for their feet among wind-blown sands and
hungry waves. But, if lie was a poor and tongue-tied poet,
he was no philosopher at all—he never thought: he did not
know how. The mist was over all things : man was dwarfed
into dust, and the trees were glorified as surely no humnn soul
(if his were a soul) had ever glorified them before. But he
found living sympathy in the flying and running things,
because he seemed to feel that they knew the trees, and not
merely loved and worshipped them. A squirrel was allowed
to live in their arms—how infinitely better and higher, then,
must a squirrel be than a man.
Maybe, poet, or naturalist, or philosopher would have
come out of this scrap of originality after all: for genius
mostly starts with idiocy, and very often travels in a circle
and comes back again. He might, have come to discover that
his mother was not Nature’s mistake — a wasted uftVnipt to
make a tree which had come out with tears instead of dewy
leaves, and so had been thrown usidc in shame. He might
have found something more sympathetic than a squirrel in the
little girl who had followed him into the world, and would
have followed him into the woods had he allowed, in spite of
her more natural preference for the sea and the sands. But it
happened one day that his mother received a thick let ter which
took her full two days to read—so it seemed to him. And
after that she called him to her and told him that she and
Mabel were going away over the great sea, right to the other
side: that he must stay behind with Phil Derrick, and be
good, fora little while—only a little till his futher should come
for him, and bring him over the beautiful sea too, where they
would all be happy for the rest of their lives.
“ WhatP” asked he. • “ Shall we all become trees there —
me and all ? ” But he read his answer in his mother’s look of
impatience at his unconquerable queeruess: and as for happi¬
ness—he did not know the meuuing of the word as anything
which come where his mother would be. Nothing was left of
the tidings but the awful horror that he, also, was to cross the
sea: and that he would see his own woods no more. It was a
child’s passion of terror before the world of terrors: u passion
that hundreds remember, but that millions have forgotten.
It was a horrible nightmnrc that haunted him, not only by
night, but by day. He had no confidant but the trees : and
only into their magic sanctuary the nightmare dared not
ride.
He lived through the coming days in an agony. But when
his mother went away with her little girl, secretly und by
night, aud he was left alone in the midst of the desolate dune*
of Homncombe with no company but the seas, until Phil
Derrick, the keeper, should conic buck to the cottage to take
him in charge, the boy could bear it 110 longer. Closing his
ears to the howl of the wind and waves, which seemed like an
army of fiends hunting him, and half closing his eyes, lie was
off to the woods—and there he stayed.
Doubtless the keeper, when he turned up. took for granted
that the plans had been changed and that the hoy lmd gone
off with tiis mother, us indeed was the most natural idea. And
that, doubtless, was also taken for granted by the bov’s father;
it was only nature that, at the last moment, the mother should
be unable to leave her boy behind. There was therefore
"A riddle! Ay, Indeed,’
There is nothing wasted. So says Doctor Carrel.”
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 20, 1884
nobody to miss him or to •wonder what had become of him—in
any case, if any unlikely inquiries were made without any
reason for making them, the boy knew of none. The poet, or
philosopher, or whatever he might have been, became the
freqst uiul happiest luunin the civilised world, knowing neither
thought, nor passion, nor sorrow, nor pain—if he could only
have found that unattainable Rhyme.
Thenceforth, ns he lay gazed at by half-strange, half-
familiar faces, and feeling as if he had wakened out of a life¬
long trance, nothing belonged to memory. Day followed day,
night followed night, season season, ruin sunshine, and suu-
shmo rain, as they follow to the birds of the air, who sow not
nor gather into bums. While his body strengthened, and his
animal wits quickened, his mind had perforce to go to sleep,
and his soul to stand still. An experience or two of Barn¬
staple lock-up was only such an incident as a passing capture
would be to a wild bird—it was soon forgotten, and gave a
new zest to the crust of liberty. Yet he had not been wholly
lmli nmnn , for he was of a gentle nature, and his earliest child¬
hood. his occasional captures, and his trade—for ho had
learned to barter game for the wherewithal to kill it—had
given him certain human ways in addition to a humorous
acorn for them. And so it seemed likely he would go on to
the end, until he should either creep into a hole and find the
rhyme to “Life” at last, or else be shipped off to Botany
Bav: for oddities of his stamp are not favoured by the law.
But suddenly there came a day when the green leaves
fumed red ns blood, and when the demons of death and terror
from whom he had tied in his childhood lmd at last discovered
him. They seemed to seize him in their grasp : his old enemy,
the sen, claimed him: he had lost himself: he had censed to
be the wild animal without becoming a whit more a mail. And
now -
lie looked round him once more, and, at last, saw things
as they ore. And the first thing he did was to hold out a
feeble hand to Francis Carcw.
When Mabel woke up the next morning after the failure
of her escapade, she Knew not exactly whether she had
escaped or incurred some alarming clanger. Only, whichever
it was. she knew herself to he safe in the hands of her new
friend. And yet—and yet—why had Mr. Vernon promised to
make everything straight with the 1'nrson nbout. Caleb ? If he
had taken the other line, and sworn, in the plenitude of his
professed power, to forbid the banns, she would have assuredly
obeyed: under rebellious protest, of course, but have
unquestionably obeyed, only too glad, in her heart of
hearts, to have found somebody who could make her. Of course,
it was delightful that he had promised to make Caleb happy—
and she sighed something of a weary sigh. Did being in love
always turn tilings upside down, and make people feel
relieved when they were disappointed, and disappointed
when it stood to reason that they were overjoyed ? Anyway,
being in love certainly seemed an exceedingly queer kind of
" tl ghe linrdly knew how to face the Parson : for, to tell the
humiliating truth, she had not the courage of her cause.
Still, anything would he better than putting herself in the
wrong by showing fear, so courage lmd to be found some¬
where, or, if it could not be found, then made. But nothing,
in such cases if indeed in any other—happens according to
expectation: and the more reasonable the expectation, the
more certain is it to be wrong. The truly wise weather
prophet always makes a dash at snow in July. Mabel, not
being eminent for wisdom, took the reasonable course, and
foresaw thunder, lightning, and hail in such, a skv as was now
hanging over her. And behold—never had Parson Peugold
been seen so calm: at least never before he lmd dined, and not
very oftenj-ven then, ... ,
fncTccd, ho was even more than calm. He was positively
gentle, so far as he knew how. Instead of breaking his fast
on cheese, or fat bacon, and ale, in the kitchen, he waited
until she appeared downstairs and then, in a shamefaced way,
asked for what he still called a dish of tea. And not only did
he swallow one dish, and meekly allow it to scald him as it
went down, but usecond— o third-a fourth, before he said a
word beyond humbly asking for the cream.
Then—'“ Mabel.”
She turned hot and cold, thinking, Now for the storm.
“ Mabel—do you mind my lighting a pipe in your room ?
He had never been used to stand on ceremony. Something
very terrible must needs be forthcoming after nil this ominous-
calm. But the outburst seemed in no hurry. Having occupied-
all the time he could over the ten, Parson Pengold now spent
as much more os was possible over his pipe, which seemed to
want no end of filling, then refused to light, and then would
not draw. But it got into working order at last, and then—
Mabel,” said he, “ did you ever hear of the man who
built his house upon sand? 1 am that mail.”
She waited for more: and for many minutes it seemed as
though more were gathering. But, at the end of them, the
Parson abruptly rose, thrust back his wig, and left the room.
She coulu not understand it at all. IIow could she guess
nt the affection which, just ns unreasonably as such things will
always grow, had been, through nil these years, growing up in
the 1’arson's big and clumsy heart for the child whom he had
saved from the sea? He lmd never''known how to show it — he
had never, until he had feared losing hefcout of his life, known
that it. was there. And now lie had to feel that he had all the
while been nursing the very idlest of nil his lost ambitions and
dead dreams. Without his knowing it until it wa< too late, he
had been looking to such love as n child inny have to spurc for
a father as his salvage out of Ufpnnd as his- comfort during the
down-hill road. To this end Che lmd even lied—like a Stoke
Juliot former: and lied in vain. For this ho had schemed so
that not even marriage should break tin- bond — so that the girl
should be bound to Stoke Juliot with K golden ring. Of course
he had not read his Aifotophane* «»« bis Juvenal without
having the worst opinion of women at his fingers’ ends, such
as bachelors and scholars, who know nothing of women, arc
wont to gain from poets, who m v. r know anything about any¬
body but themselves^ But ho could not lump with woman¬
kind at large the child who had grown up in his own house
and his own heart, cveh now that she stung her benefactor like
a viper, had turned traitor to an honest love, and liad proved
her sisterhood to all Eve, by being ready to run away—no
doubt ns n matter of course-with the first whipper-snapper
who came^prowling round with flatteries and lies. And the
worst of it was that the poor Parson could not turn her out of
his heart, even now, .
No doubt he hud been wrong in a hundred ways, lie said to
himself, with many a groan, He ought to have been some
fine polished diamond like that confounded interloper \ croon,
who had dnr.d, hang him. to lecture him. Parson Peugold.
ouly last night about girls’ hearts, and a lot of sentimental
rubbish that might have been taken straight out of a play.
Well, it seemed Vernon did not want to m irry her himself, as
he lmd once suspected the old imbecile of wanting, or he
would never have told him her story nnd all about Francis
Carcw. But that only made old Pigtail's meddlesomeness all
the worse-and a rival Father the Parson could not stand
“I’ve not smothered my conscience,” said he, with another
groan, “ to keep her from Miles Heron only to hand her over
to old Pigtail, with his twaddle and his soft-sawder. I sun-
pose he’s another old fool with a heart that's hungry to be
filled. No. no ; first come, first served. If she can’t be
caught or kept without gammon and soft-sawder, here goes.
I 'll show her that Jordan Pengold can dress like a beau if he
pleases, nnd dance to a tune like any Cockney Captain or Poet
of them all. I 'll sell the pigs, and live on slops, and cut
myself down to twelve pipes a day—or say thirteen: that'll
be’ a baker's dozen. But, now that it's pull Parson, pull Pig¬
tail—she shall not be Mrs. Quickset of Nowhere Hall: she
shell be Mrs. Carcw, of Hornacombe, and then she 'll be as
safe as a woman may. And, till the war’s over— Flectere $i
nequeo auperoo, Acheronta wovebo : I 'll go to work like a fnrmer,
since I can’t like an honest man who cares for the lass as if
she were a thoroughbred instead of a skittish jade. . . . As
brass glitters so much more than true metal, I must gild the
gold. So here goes."
The- Ass once tried to win favour by copying the Spaniel—so
says an authority with whom the Parsou ought to lmve been
familiar. But who ever applied a fable to anybody nearer
than one’s neighbour next door? Parson Pengold, having
duly fortified himself with n last horn, went into his bed-room
and contemplated his face in a cracked nnd blotchy mirror
anxiously and long. He tried his wig nt every imaginable
angle : but do what he could, right it would never come. It
wanted the magic touch of Mabel’s fingers—like all else in a
life that had tumbled so far awry.
But, all the same, it was no comedy, but tragedy, that was
playing on the heart of Parson Peugold for its stage. .
The girl for whom, without any action of her own, a father
was vainly seeking, a rival father was breaking his heart , a
I (lighted husband was risking death in foreign lands, nnd n
over was being kicked and cudgelled—this girl could only sit
down in the window-seat between her teacups and the sea, and
wonder how long it would be before the next thing happened
of its own accord, and what, it would be. What did happen
was a written message from Mr. Vernon, bidding her be of
good cheer—that he had himself, early in life, learned a ter¬
rible lesson against the parting of loving hearts, and that she
had become far tocf dear to him to make their friendship a
sorrow. For her unknown lover lie only cored because he was
hers: but she should be lmpny, come what may. And, as he
had said last night, not only had he the will to make, her happy
but the power. Only let her be true nnd loyal to the man she ■
loved, and who loved her—that was all. Let nothing she
might mistake for duty stand in her way: he had himself
suffered from that, and he knew. Let her write at once to the
young gentleman—she would be sure to know how—and bid
him come at once to her in spite of the Parson. She need not
tell him why : the bidding would be enough for a lover worth
his salt, and lie would come.
Well—the poor girl had got somebody to guide h>r at last.
She wished the somebody had not espoused the came of true
love with quite so much zeal: but now. if it wereonhr for very
shame’8 salve, she could not refuse to go-on. She desired his
good opinion passionately: and, after his talk of last night, and
after sueli n letter as that of this morning, what would he think
of her if she proved not only disloyal, but a whimsical girl who
did not. know her own mind—a creature of sentiment, true in
bad weather, but false when the sun began to shine and the
harbour was in view ?, >
Possibly it was not quite the first time in history that a girl
has been constant to the man whom she ought not to care for,
not out of true love, but because men and women have con¬
spired to idolise constancy. For nobody is ever inconstant:
what is inconstancy in others has to go, in his or her
special case, by another name. VBut, however this may be,
Mabel wrote the letter, and gave ;it to the new girl, who gave
it to Mrs. Drnx, who no doubt acted ns her own post-mistress
for the sake of the Captain’s guineas—they were not ninny, it
is true, hut then he had a way of making his single guinea go
as far ns any other man’s ten.
Having written and sent her letter, she felt as if a weight
of some sort had bedi lifted from her. Slic liad committed
herself to Mr. Vernon and destiny. Of course everything
would be all right now ; and she would bo a happy girl if she
could only be a coh^ntedoiic. And, meanwhile, it seemed as
though nothing tnbre was ever going to happen at all. It
troubled her, after a day or two, tlurt Mr. Vernon had dropped
out of his usual habit of calling: but, for the rest, everything
was only too smootli. She was not locked up in her room, or
in anv way curtailed of her liberty. The Parson never again
-alluded, to the events of that terrible night, any more than if it
had been'a half-forgotten dream. And what had become of
Caleb? She almost caught herself hoping that he had either
been frightened away, or else that King, Cabinet, and Parlia¬
ment had proved too many for him, and that, since ho had
-been nuable to fly his country in her company, he had fled it
alone. But no; that was impossible. That would be too
good—what was she thinking ?—too bad news to be true. She
even began to notice a certain development of eccentricity
about the Parson, who took to making painful efforts to keep
awake after dinner, and would sit for ten whole minutes
together without his pipe, practising abstinence, until second
nature, who is so much stronger than the first, could hold out
no longer. She began to think he was falling ill—and that
was all he got for his pains. Moreover, ever since that first
morning, he had developed an abnormal appetite for tea—not
that it in anywise diminished his capacity for nle. Surely
there must be something wrong: and she began seriously to
consider whether she ought not to send for an apothecary to
Barnstaple.
It was on one of these occasions when Parson Pengold,
having attempted lively and intellectual after-dinner discourse,
such as might entertain a young woman who could not take an
interest in pigs, on certain niceties in a chorus of jEschylus
(“ It's the fellow’s confounded poetry that has bewitched her,”
thought he), and haring gone through other spaniel-like per¬
formances, succeeded in talking himself into the profoundest
of slumbers. She had stolen into her bower on tip-toc, and was
more than half-disposed to follow the Parson’s example, the
ion$ and the tons lmd so wearied her bruin. Indeed she was
just dropping off. when the new girl threw open the door—
“Oh misa-oh ma'am—here’s a strange gentleman to see
Miss Openshaw ! Whatever shall I do with him ? shall I bring
him in here ? ’Tis t rue Parson's asleep for the minute, but ho
might be waking next minute—and”-
“ Did he tell you his name ? ” asked Mabel, turning hot and
cold.
“ Oh no, miss—Thnt would never lia’ done at all! ”
Yes: even the maid knew what had happened. Cuptain
Quickset had obeyed her summons, and liad conic. It was
brave and loyal, and she ought to be a happy girl. But—alas,
that there should be a “ but ” to all the best things !
And Mr. Vernon lmd bidden her “only be faithful and
true, and have no fear.” Well, then, faithful and true she
must be. But “hove no fear" ! That a heart must settle for
itself: and licra—but there was no time to think about hearts,
now, when Caleb Quickset had come to the boor’s deu in open
day.
(To bt continued.)
A VILLAGE ENTERTAINMENT.
The school-room had been prettily decorated with wreaths
and banners, and though some of the latter lmd obviously done
duty at a recent Conservative demonstration, nnd. patriotically
if somewhat inappropriately, called upon us to “ Stand by the
Peers 1 ” the general effect was festive and inspiriting.
“Dear—nli—friends” (he had very nearly said “Dearly
Beloved Brethren .' ”) “ we are met—ah—here this evening
nnd so forth. Thus the Hector in his most paternal style. Ilia
speech need not be given in extenso, though it called forth
warm applause from the closely packed audience, who (such is
the force of habit) had nt the beginning settled themselves in
their places with the half-sleepy and wholly dutiful air of
expectancy which characterises them ns n congregation on
Sunday nt’ sermon-time. A popular man the Hector, though
not a brilliant speaker, nnd his little jokes with the audience,
every face in which is as familiar to him as Iris own, were as
successful as if his hearers had never heard any of them before.
For nlas ! no one is altogether perfect, and the good
Hector has one not uncommon fading. He is given to
repeating his sermons and hi* stories. Our programme lmd
been carefully arranged so as to take in all the available
talent, and ns Mr. Taffy, who keeps the general shop, was
known to be a first-rate hand at the violin, while the school*
master modestly admitted an acquaintance with the flute, it
was decided that a concerted piece to begin with would at
once display our local capabilities to the best advantage ; the
Hector’s wife obligingly offering to play the piano accom¬
paniment. The music was severely classical, and it went off
very well. To be sure, the effect was somewhat marred by
slight eccentricities on the part of the flute, which did not
always come up to time, expending its powers in a wheeze
when it ought to have produced n shrill blast, and sometimes
breaking into the upper register in a sudden and startling
fusliion; but, on theotnerhnnd, tlieinstnunent came out strongly
in the tremolo passages, which brought tears into the eyes of
everyone. Mr. Taffy was in great force, and the way he
made his arm work in the scherzo was the theme of universal
admiration. The accompaniment of the Hector’s wife would
have been simply perfect hnd she not been so frequently put
out by over-zeal on the part of young Bolus, who chose the
most inopportune moments for turniugover the leaves, and once
brought the music to a complete standstill by upsetting the
book altogether. Nevertheless, the audience were liighlv
pleased with the performance, and cried “ Angcore ! ” with
such hearty persistence that the last movement liad to be given
over again.
At this point the Squire and his party entered the room.
'Hie Squire hnd just dined, and struggled gallantly with a
yawn all the evening. Young Mr. Acres looked rather
bored, and no doubt would have enjoyed himself more
over a game of billiards and a pipe nt home; hut
the ladies interested themselves thoroughly in the pro¬
ceedings, and frequently encouraged the performers with
their plaudits. Young Wursel's lyrical powers are celebrated
all over the country side, and so we hnd secured him to siug a
comic song, the choice of which he stipulated should be lelt to
himself. He was received with rapture; and when lie rumpled
his hair ns a preliminary, the audience went off into shrieks
of laughter before lie had even opened his mouth. Such a
song it was! There were fifteen verses, und every verse ended
with nn interminable “ Fol-de-rol ” chorus, which was taken
up with tremendous gusto by the audience till the school-room
rafters rung again. The song, which was said to be Mr.
Wursel’s own composition, related the adventures of “a bow Id
young man,” who had some diverting experiences in his
courtship of a certain "Mary Ann"; and was warmly ap¬
preciated by the fanners and their wives, who laughed till the
tears streamed down their rosycheeks. Such deafening applause
followed the conclusion, and such stentorian shouts of
“Angcore ! ” that Mr. Wursel was forced to reappear, which
lie did, with a well-acted simulation of extreme modesty, and
presently dashed off into “ D’ ye ken John l’eel?” which raised
another storm of enthusiasm.' Then Mr. Dionysius Cope, the
Curate, gave a reading of “ Mrs. Caudle," which was, perhaps,
the greatest surprise of the evening, for the Curate, who had
hitherto been known to us only us a retiring young man with
mildly Pan-Anglican proclivities, suddenly developed an
umount of humour and spirit which no one liad given him
credit for: and when lie gave Mrs. Caudle’s iiumortal utterances
in a high falsetto he fairly brought down the house. Mrs. Cope,
who fallowed, was painfully nervous, and labouring under what
the French call “une belle extinction de voix” ; but she got
through “ Robin Adair ” fairly well, considering. Thefeature of
the entertainment on which we chiefly depended wnB the glee-
singing by members of the choir. Mr. Cutte, the butcher, has
a sonorous bass organ which came out with telling effect in
“Who will o'er the downs ?” Mr. Hyson, the grocer, taking
the tenor parts and conducting energetically, while young
Perkins put in a rather reedy alto. Our prima douna ns-oluta
is Miss Cutts, who has a remarkably sweet, though not very
powerful soprano. Much more powerful, though not so sweet,
is the organ of Mrs. Jow’ler. She, however, has her partisans,
who pooh-pooh Miss Cutts, and call her “ a chit of a thing with
no more voice than a mouse.” On the other hand, tlic Ontteites
maintain thnt Mrs. Jowler’s voice resembles the shriek of a
locomotive whistle, which, indeed, it occasionally does. Little
Miss Tucker, the dressmaker, is not strictly-speaking a
contralto (real contralti being as scarce as real tenori),
but her mezzo-soprano did duty very fairly in the contralto
parts. The Blacksmith made quite a sensation in “The
Charge of the Light Brigade,” which lie recited in a tre¬
mendous bass voice, nnd with an amount of murtial
energy which was electrifying. To hear him describe how
“Cannons to right of um; cannons to loft of um; cannons
in front of uni; vollered and thoonderd! ” mode one’s hair
stand on end, and it was a positive relief when lie retired,
mopping the perspiration from his manly brow.
Miss Bellnirs is the acknowledged beauty of our village,
nnd is engaged to be married to Mr. Flamingo. They sung
“The Nnggletons," in a way which might seem to bode por¬
tentously for their future relations ns man and wife but which
evokeda’pprecintivecheersfroru Farmer Wursel, wlioissupposed
to be rather under the plump thumb of his buxom “ missus " ;
so that when his loud “Brayvo!” was heard, everybody
looked at him and laughed immoderately; while hi* comely
spouse smiled a conscious smile and grew more rosy than ever.
Next to the farmer’s wife sat young Clinker, who is under¬
stood to be courting Miss Polly Wursel, nnd from the way in
which she exclaimed “Do be quiet!” it may be feared that
he took advantage of his position to press his suit and his
fiancee’s hand at the same time. Oil the other side of Mr.
Wursel his elder daughter, .Susie, pretended to be unconscious
of the presence of Mr. Sam Buckle, the saddler, who, however,
greatly scandalised old Miss Prinim by whispering in Mies
Susie s ear whenever he foimd an opportunity.
And so the performance came to a timely end. The poor
of the parish got a good five pounds towards their Christinas
cheer ; and we all went home to supper, highly pleased with
our evening ; the general opinion was that no" London con¬
cert could have been more completely successful than our
village entertainment. J. P. A.
DEC. 20, 18S4
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
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MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS.
Messrs. Boosey nud Co. continue to contribute largely to
the stock ot' drawing-room music. Many successful songs are
E ublished by them, and are heard from time to time, rendered
y eminent vocalists at the attractive Loudon Du!lad Coucorts
at St. James’s Hull. Among the reeeut publications of this Novello, Ewer, and Co. have also issued the sixty-fourth part
class by the firm named may be specified -‘At Rest,” by Miss of “The Organist’s Quarterly Journal,” u work consisting
E. 1’hilp, who has contributed so largely and so meritoriously entirely of original compositions, expressly written for it.
to the stores of vocal music. The song just named is a setting Under the able editorship of Dr. Spark, Organist of the Town-
“ A Cradle Song,” by J. T. Musgruve (Novello, Ewer, and
Co.), is a culm and flowing melody, of an appropriately sooth¬
ing character; “ A Dream of Long Ago,” by the same, being
characterised by niueh refined sentiment, as is the soug, “a
M aid with a Heart,” by Maud M. Whitmore. Messrs.
of lines by William Doosey, the serious sentiment of which is
expressively rendered in the music. Another attractive
song, “The Lily and the Leaf,” by Miss Philp, bids fair
to become extremely popular. It is suituble for a tenor
voice, and may be hud in two keys. “ Love’s old sweet
song” and “To-morrow will be Friday,” both by J. L.
Molloy, are effective vocal pieces worthy the reputution of
their well-known composer. “1 mean to wait for Jack,” by
Cotsford Dick, is a song with a spirited rhythmical ruelody.
“The River of Years,” by Tlieo. Murziuls, affords good scope
for expressive declamation. “The Abbot” and “The Maid
of the Mill,” both by Stephen Adams, are good specimens of
the expressive style, as are “The Last Regret,” by F. L.
Moir, and “ Steering for Home,” by E. Iteyloff. All these
are from Messrs. Doosey nud Co. This firm has also issued, in
one volume, a collection of sixty well-known ditties, under the
title of “ Songs of the Day,” among which will be found nnmy
old favourites.
“ Dou’t forget me” and “In Shndowland ” are two
pleasing songs by Ciio Pinsntl, who has long been celebrated
for his vocal compositions. Each of those now referred to is
characterised hv a prominent mid flowing melody suitable to
most voices. Messrs. It. Cocks mid Co. are the publishers, as
also of “ Grandmother’s Sweetheurt,” u song by Mr. Watson
possessing much marked character.
“ Morley’s Voluntaries,” for the organ, harmonium, or
American organ, Imve reached their twelfth number, the con¬
tents of which are twelve original pieces, in various forms,
composed by H. J. Stark, and well calculated to serve either
for practice or for use in church service. They are well
written for their purpose, nud form a remarkably cheap
shilling’s-worth. Messrs. Morley also issue some vocal pieces
that will be acceptable in drawing-room circles. Mr. Berthold
Tours’ song, “ The Altar and the Throne,” is of a very
impressive character, and the effect may be heightened
by use of the ad libitum accompaniments for har¬
monium, violin, and violoncello. Sir. L. Diehl’s song, “ The
Will nud the. i * ' r
Aye ” nud
are good examples
and White Roses,” by Mrs. A. Burton, and “ Why Not
To-day?” byT. Hutchinson.
“ Charles Halle’s Musical Library " (published by Forsyth
Brothers, of Loudon and Manchester) now comprises a large
number of pianoforte pieces selected from composers of various
periods, and classified for the use of the youngest beginners
and of students of more advanced capacity. The collection
forms a valuable appendix to Mr. Halle’s Practical Piano¬
forte School." Among other pianoforte music published by
Messrs. Forsyth ore—“ La Chnsse nux Papillons ” (a brilliant
and effective fantasia), “ Rose do Noel ” (a spirited valse), and
■* L'Auoien Regime” (in the old gavotte style), all by W. S.
Roekstro.
“Trust and be True,” “Little Love," and “Allhallow*
E’en,” are three songs by Giro Pinsuti. Striking melody of a
purely vocal character is a feature in each of these songs, the
last of which has n distinctive touch of the northern style.
They are published by Mr. B Williams, from whom we have
also an expressive .-ong, entitled “Years ago," by H. It.
Mark, “Suite Itnlieuue,” four pleasing pianoforte pieces by
E. Jukobowski, entitled “Sereimtu,” “Sicilians, ” “PifTerure,”
mul ** Tnnnitoiin " They aro free from difficulty, and may
and “ Tarantella. , __ _
serve well for teaching purposes. Mr. B. Williams also issues
“Silver Moonlight,” a blight “Gavotte,” by J. Pridliam;
nnd " By the Mill-stream, Idyll,” by E.Wuldimier—affording
good practice of arpeggio nnd scale passages.
Messrs. Enoch and Sons publish “ Kissing Time,” u song
with much quaint character in both words nnd music, the
former by F. E. Weatherly, the latter by Ciro Pinsuti.
From the same firm we have “Trust Me, Darling,” a pleasing
‘‘ong, by J. L. Roeckel, in which are several effective changes
of time and rhythm. “ Much Ado About Nothing,” by
Cotsford Dick, “The Press-Gang,” a nautical ditty, by
Watson; “Lady-Love,” by M. Weltitigs; “The Chord of
Love,” by A. II. Behrend (this with violin or violoncello
accompaniment nd libitum), aro all agreeable vocal pieCes^^
published by Messrs. Enoch, who have just issued a secomCV-*. r n it«J
Ruff Album, containing nine charming pianoforte pieces &*!£££l
Hit* llltf* . one 11111 l.lltr \V«* Diumivofl mul ni’iuLwl lit A nrav.,lo r P» ,**1 --
entirely of original compositions, expressly written fc
Under the able editorship of Dr. Spark, Organist of the Tt
hall, Leeds—himself u frequent contributor to the journal —
the interest and value of the publication have been well main¬
tained. The current number contains six pieces of varied
character, by eminent foreign and English organists.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
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Editor, amt hare the ieont •• Phete ,r written an the rnretopc.
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corrraiK.narnco tc*ia« >11411 bo comlucrtal In the wine nmiirirr a* play o*er tho toanl.
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struction of problem*, rxopt tho fumlninrntal law* of the nunc. Outline mnl
iim "T* /" b'eunt arc li'S'nlly ndmlwllde, but they air stale devlcrt, and inwiit no
dlOlculty to auy niodorn tiudent of <-|irt*.
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reader*, and If found up to our ntnndnnl thoy will In- |iul*U*fc*d.
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Kllth (di«co»crtiir chcckinuloi.
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Co«HF.<-r frurnoMinr I’mm.m No.Oil received fiom lU.lwrt l’clticr (AM-.mi.tlom;
MN0t.kll2.2l|3,from J a I»K*n (Blackburn, N*tal>: of No*. 2114. alia, iilf. Herr
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A W ( ""per. J r W. Emile Frau. Bmmo (Darlington). K Pure Pott, W Ulddla. E J
J’oiiio (Haarlem)..I K (Edinburgh). T C.(W»r*i, William Darla. It E U Arnold. A
Ftiedleben. II J Eder, Jumbo. It Worler* (Canrerburj ). Curl stepnn,
and Edwin Smith (Parth); of It Sabka'a prol.lom. from I) W (Abenhen); of llerr
Alakoiaky * Problem, from E U Itynii nnd Jumbo.
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(Mnidutone), Toy (Penarthi. C Oswald. It Twcl.lrll. C W Mll.om K l-.iiden,
II A I. 8, O Seymour. Kitten. A W Serin I. A M Porter, tironro Corrle, I’letS,/
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Bchrmicke N S ItarrU, T II Iloldron. R J Vine*, Gerald A Nathan, II Wnrdle. and
tleorxo Jolcey.
nn, nuu violoncello, jir. L,. Diem s song, “ l lie
he Way,” 1ms much piquancy of style, “For
“Whisperings of Spring,” by Emily Phillips,
amples of sentimental expression; as are “Red
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SOLUTIO* OF ProbLXU No. 4122.
WHITE. BLACK. , V
1. Q to K B sq Any move
2. Mutes accordingly.
Noth.—T he foregoing I* tlienathor'* (olution. bat there are qtlier mo le* o! cllectlnir
mte, as i>olntc<l out by many of our aolvcr*. / \
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the late Joachim Raff, well engraved and printed, ut a merely
nominal price.
“ Dawn talks to Day ” is a very expressive setting, by Miss
Carmichael, of some suggestive lines by Mr. Willintn Morris.
Messrs. Stanley Lucas, Weber, and Co. are the publishers ; as
also of “ Haunted ” and “The Merry Miller,”' two songs by
M. Watson, the first in the sentimental style, the other of a
brighter cast. The same publishers have bvought.out Maude
Valerie White’s Album of German Songs ”^fLsdttecbion of
vocal pieces by a lady who has gained much dietmCtMi as n
composer of songs. The volume now referred to is very neatly
engraved and printed, and contains sixteen pleasing pieces, of
varied character, each with German and English words.
“ Only for Thee ’’ nud “ Unspoken Love ” are tho titles of
songs by Franz Abt, whose productiveness does not imply
exhaustion, these pieces being melodious ftud expressive, and
simple without being commonplace. Messrs. Brewer and Co.
also issue “ The Sentinel's LnstWutcli^jf very characteristic
song bv R. Harvey; and a series of pleasing pianoforte pieces by
M. Watson, entitled, respectively, “Xl’urig’’ (Marche Militnire),
“Poland’’ (Crneovienne), “ Munich V il’ensnut'ssong), “Neu-
chatel ” (Tyroliennc), “ Naples ” (Burcarola), and “Vienna”
(Ijimdler). i’liere js much character in each of these, their
general title beiug^* Round tho World.”
“A Summer Day” is tho iitlc "of a cantata for female
voices composed by G. Fox, mid published by Sir. A. Hays.
This little work consists of a scries of piu.es for rolo voices—
first and second sppranouud contralto—and three-part chorus,
written in u pieasiug and melodious style, nnd well calculated
for amateur performance. “At Eventide”—a prayer for
tl ioso at sea, the words by H. D. Farnie, the music by R.
Pluuquette lms much earnest solemnity of expression. This
is also published by Mr. A. Hays, as nre “Love, art thou
true?” and “The Road to Paradise,” two songs by A. J.
Culdicott, well written for the voice, nnd capable of much
effect if expressively rendered.
“An Eventide duet," by F. Kiiek'ii, is a charming piece
for two voices by one of the most popular of modem German
song composer*. Messrs. Duncan Daviaon, nnd Co. are tho
publishers, as also of “ Braggart Gold,” n vigorous song bv
H. C. Hiller, “ Three Ages," nnd “ Aliick-a-day,” effective
songs by the same , and “ Beware," a part-song for four voices
with baritone solo, in which are some good contrasts.
abo Tavlor. of Norwich, for the follow-
. . , him at tho l>ivnn In September* 1873. Mr.
'1 AYton's adversary on the occasion was the late Mr. Lowe, a well-known
and respected habiiuo of “Simpson's.”
( Giuoco Piano.)
WHITE (Mr. L.) BLACK (Mr. T.)
1. P to Kith V to Kith
2. Kt to K B 3rd Kt to Q B 3rd
3. B to B 4th « to B 4th
4. P to Q 3rd P to Q 3rd
5. Kt to Q B 3rd KttoKB3rd
«. P to K R 3rd P to K 15 3rd
7. H to K 3rd B to Kt 3rd
9. Castles B to K 3rd
9. B to Kt 3rd Castles
10. P to Q 4tli
Tho o|>culnir ran* on tho oM line* of
rautiou* Jca elo|inieut null early exchange*.
10. li takes B
11. RP takes B R to K sq
12. P to Q 6th Kt to K 2 nd
■ 13. Kt to K It 4th P to K Kt 4f.h
14. Q to B 3rd KttoKt3rd
16. Kt takes Kt
SiiujJtcilur wa* »hvny» Mr.
motto. Wo thoulil Imve preferred IS. Kt
I" K U 5th.
16. P takes Kt
16. B takes B BP takes B
17. R to R 4th
Lo*t time, which he can 111 *pnro afpiinxt
liU prewnt advrrsnry.
)7.
»«. P to Q Kt 4th
19. Q to K 2nd
20. P to IC Kt 3rd
21. K to R 3rd
P to Q R 3rd
It to K li DO
Kt to It 4th
P to (i Kt 4th
Q to Kt 3rd
white (Mr. L.) slack (Mr. T.)
ThrMtciilnc to. Kt take* Kt P.nttacklng
quwn and Itonk.
22 K to Kt 2nd
23. Kt to Q sq
24. R to K 3rd
Q R to B sq
K R to B 2 nd
Q R to K B sq
Q to Q sq
K R to tl B 2nd
White, ns lie vu wont to ohoerve. I* now
" niakine thing* coinlortnble" for •
•• ilr»w. - '
24.
26 . Kt to Q B 3rd
28. Kt to Q sq
27. Kt to Q B 3rd
Still Intent upon the draw, while White
I* preparing * strong attack ou the King *
quarter*.
2L QtoQBsq
28 R to K B 3rd R to K B 6th
t A very clever stroke, followed with rare’
briUlancy.
29. P takes R
Some Interesting variation* sprlnr from
take* It, but they all result In favuur
ot Black.
29. p to Kt 6th
30. P takes P Q takes P (ch)
31. K to It sq R takes Kt
The coup derrriee.
32. P takes R Kt takes P,
»m! .White resigned, fur he must now
lot* lila Queen mul a Hook or be malcxl.
wlicn tho champion was opposed by nine of tho ntrou^est local players that
could be brought together. All the unaiiKementa were under the direction
i, M L, n ' W ' Butlc 7' honorary secretary of the St. Nicholas Club, who
called tho moves nt the several boards. Play commenced at six p.m. and
ended at one am., when the score stood:—Dr. Zukcrtort, six; Mr.
(.ouncillor Uuraphrey, one; nnd Mwm. H. Erskinc nnd W Mead, drawn
imnu*ci. On J'lieaday evening, Qie rhiimpion whs opposed by twpnty-nin<*
plnycrs. Hlrnnltiineoiisly, mul in the course of six hour« ho dispo^d «>f
seventeen; lountr five, to Mrs. DunhiU. Mes-r* Krskme, A Smith, W.
An< vew*, an4 Mr. J. Law. six games were drawn, ono each by
Mi* V. Smith, Mi s Comber, Messrs. Q. F. Ox.ey. Scott Malden.
Mor it and B. Priicta-tt. Tho pnm- with »h* U-v. n. W.
nnuuaooOii unflnuhrd. A* the c'ose of the per.ornxauce a vote of thaukH
wa* unanimously accorded U, Mr. Booth for his hospitality in supplying
refreshments to the players and visitors, and on the proposition of Mrs.
DunliiH, seconded by Mrs. A. Smith, tho same compliment was paid to Dr.
Zukertoxt and to Mr. H. W. Butler.
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will (dated Oct. 8, 1878), with n codicil (dated May 16,
1881), of Mr. John Delaware Lewis, J.P., formerly M.l\ for
Devonport, late of Wcstbury House, Peterstield, in the county
of Southampton, and of No. .'10, Eaton-squure, who died on
July 31 lust, was proved ou the 24th ult. by John Small and
Henry Clarke Jervoise, the executors, the value of the personal
esLute in the United Kingdom amounting to upwards of
£218,000. The testator gives to his wife, Mrs. Teresa Lewis,
£2000, nnd all liis furniture, plate, pictures, jewellery, house¬
hold effects, horses and carriages; he also secures to her £2000
per annum in addition to the jointure provided for her by their
marriage settlement. To his servants, whether employed ill
the house, gardens, or stubies, and to his gamekeepers, if they
have been three years in his service at las death, £100 each,
and if for a lesser period, £i>0-eQch. The residue of his real
nud personal estate ho leaves, upon tnist, for Herman Le Roy,
the t>un of his cousin, Amelin Le Roy.
The will (dated Jnira-3~1&$1), with a codicil (dated April 24
following), of the Right Rev. William Jacobson, D.D.,
formerly Dishop of Chester, who died ut Deeside, Cheshire, on
July 13 Inst, wus proved on the 2ud inst. by Mrs. Eleanor Jane
Jacobson, the widow, Walter Hamilton Aclnnd Jacobson, the
son, the Rev. Robert Henry Gray, and John Gainou, the
executors, theyfidue of tlie personal estate exceeding £65,000.
The testator bequeaths his books nnd manuscripts, subject to
a right of seljection given to his wife, with the bookshelves
and bookcase^, to liis successor in the See of Chester,
so us to fortii a library for the use of the Dishop of
Chester for the time being, and the legacy duty thereon is
to be paid out of his estate; mid to his wife his household
furniture mid effects, nud £1000. The residue of liis real mid
personal estate is to be held, upon trust, for his wife, tor life ;
at her deutlTbe'Jeaves £5000, upon trust, for hie son Robert
Clerkc Jucobsoirf £27,000, upon trust, for his daughters, Hester
Stirling Jacobson mid Katharine Mury Jacobson, but us to£7000
"thereof for/thp lifeof the survivor of them only; one third of the
"ultimate residue to each of his sons, Walter Humiltou Aelnud
Jrtcob-on nnd Charles Longley Jacobson ; and one third, upon
trust, fol- the widow mid children of his late son, William
Boustead Richard Jacobson.
The Scotch Confirmation, under seal of office of the Sheriff
of Aberdeen, Kincardine, nnd Banff, sigued the 7th ult., of
the deed of settlement (dated March 20, 1882; of Sir Charles
John Forbes, Dart., J.l\, D.L., of Newo mul Edinglassie,
Aberdeenshire, and of No. 28, (iueen’s-gate-terraec, who died
on July 24 last, granted to Dame Helen Moncrieffe or Forbes,
the widow, nud Horace Brand Townsend Farqulmr, the accept¬
ing executors nominate, lms just been sealed in London, the
value of the personal estate in England mid Scotland 'Amounting
to over £50,000. °
The will (dated April 26, 1884) of the Rev. William Albe¬
marle Bertie Cutor, Hector of Carshalton, Surrey, who died
on Oct. 17 last, was proved on the 19th ult. by John Albert
Craven, the sole executor, the value of the personal estate
amounting to over £50,000. The testator lpaves all his real
und personal estate to his wife, Mrs. Aurelia Cator, absolutely.
If 6hc predeceases him, lie gives numerous and considerable
legacies, including £1000 to the City of London Trass Society,
in order that the puri-hioners of hi- old parish of Carshalton may
receive benefit from that valuable institution; £1000 to the
Croydon General Hospital, in the hope that the parishioners of
Carshalton may benefit thereby; and £200, upon trust, for tho
Carshalton Coal Club; nud the residue ot his property to his
step-daughters, Aureliu Henrietta Craven and Elizabeth Ellen
Graves.
The will (dated April 6, 1876) of Lieutcnnut-Coloncl James
Fitzherbcrt, Baron Do Teissier, lute of No. 7, Drunsvviek-
terracc, Brighton, who died on Aug. 17 la*t/Ava* proved on the
17th ult. by Horutia Caroline, Barones* De Teissier, the widow
and sole executrix, the value of the per.-ouul estate amounting
to oyer £42,000. The testator gives, devises, and bequeaths
nil his real and personal estate to his wife, for her own absolute
use and benefit.
The will (dated July 23,1878), with two codicils (dated July 30,
1883, mul March 28, 1884), of Miss Miuii Collisou, formerly of
No. 132, Hollnml-road, but late of No. 95, Lexlmin-gardens,
Kensington, who died on June 11 last, was proved on the
19th ult. by Frederick Kingston, one of the executors, tho
value of the personal estate exceeding £33,000. The testatrix,
after bequenthing a few legacies, leaves the residue of her
property, upon trust, to pay the income to Ann Marin Bui ley.
for life; on her deceuse there are some further legacies, and
as to the ultimate residue, one third is to be held, upon trust,
for her sister, Mrs. l’liebe Shepherd, for life, and then for her
daughter, Emmeline Phebe Shepherd; one third for her niece
Mirni Agnes Collisou; and oue sixth each lor her nieces
Frances Jane Ward and Frances Clara Collisou.
The will (dated Dec. 7, 1880) of Mr. James Henry Bird,
late of No. 38, Mansion House-street, Hammersmith, was
proved on the 7th ult. by Samuel l’illey, the sole executor.
The testutor bequeaths £700 to the Vicar and church wardens
of the purish of Little Missenden, Bucks, upon trust, to apply
the dividends as follows—viz., three guineas to the Vicar for
preaching a sermon annunlly in commeuioratiou of his wife,
and a similar sum to him for preaching annually a sermon in
commemoration of the testator; on the occasion of the sermon
to commemorate the testator, and after midsummer, 1921,
also ou the occasion of the sermon to commemorate liis wife,
15s. is to be paid to the choir, 15s. to the bellringers to ring a
muffled peal on the bells of the said church, 6s. to the parish
clerk, and 6s. to the organist; three guinens to keep the Nil
Despernudum vault in Abuey Park Cemetery, in which his
wife is interred, in repair; £1 Ills, to the Vicar of Little
Missenden to see tluit this is done; after midsummer, 1921,
£1 to the person who keeps in repair the tablet to tho memory
of his wife in Little Missenden church; nnd the remainder of
the income for the deserving poor of the said parish. He also
leaves all such part of the residue of his personal estate as may
by law be bequeathed for charitable purposes to the said Vicar
nnd churchwardens, upon trust, to apply the dividends ut.
their discretion for the deserving poor of the said parish.
The will (dated July 12, 1882) of Mrs. Elizabeth Bult, late
of Field-eud, Easteote, Pinner, und of No. 42, St. Jolm's-
wood-road, who died on Sept. 17 last, nt West Worthing, was
proved on the 15th ult. by Mrs. Elizabeth Amelia Longbottom,
the daughter, George Francis Twist, nnd Arthur Sangster,
the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to
over £12,000. Tile testatrix bequeaths niuety-nine gas shares,
upou trust, for her grandson, James Philip Bult, and some other
legacies. The residue of her reul and personal estate is to be
held, upon trust, for her daughter, Mrs. Longbottom, for life,
and then for Alice Louisa Twist.
The amount realised by the sale of tho Queen's fat stock
at the Piinee Consort's farm, Windsor Park, wus ubout £4300.
The Prince of Wules has prefer ted his regiment (the 10th
Hussars) with a large picture illustrating the part it tooK in
Hie battle of Tamai. The picture is now hung in the officers’
mess-room at Shomeliffo-
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TIIE MAGAZINES FOR DECEMBER.
Mr. Payn’e novel in the Cornhill increases in interest ns the
contemplated representation ol “ Vortigvrn ” approaches, and
the dramatis persona are reinforced by Sheridan, Kemble, nud
other historical characters of note, admirably depicted by Mr.
Kumiss. '1 he most amusing of the miscellaneous articles is
that on “ I’ootl and Feeding, ’ which traces the art of feeding
from its simplest form in the agglutination of two jelly-fish
meeting in tlie. Ocean t« the complicated mcuui of high life.
••The Princess Torhanyi” is a story admonishing young
ladies to distrust soi-diaent German Princes, by the sad
example of the lovely but scornful Ottilie. “Guy, Nep, Tros,
and others,’’ are various domestic pets, whoso biographies
provide copious matter for woodcut illustration. One en¬
graving, representing a cat touching her little ones how to
play with n suspended cork, is particularly charming.
Lord Tennyson’s lines to Freedom in Macmillan's Magazine,
though not all that might have been hoped from such n poet
on such a subject, are not unworthy of either; and prove that
Ihu Laureate disapproves of legislation by public meeting,
even when lie is in sympathy with the meeting’s object.
“ Profit and Loss at Oxford’’ takes a somewhat over-serious
view of University life; and the pungent criticisms of the late
Dr. Todhunter on negligences in modern English style may
also be occasionally too severe, though the writer is fully
justified in his protest against several very common
but obviously indefensible expressions. “ Borroughdole of
Borroughdule ’’ is brought to a happy conclusion. The Croker
memoirs are reviewed with perfect impartiality, oud a com¬
plete insight into the genius of politicians typified in the
writer. Mr. Leslie Stephen’s few but eloquent words on Mr.
Fawcett dwell especially on the latter’s consistent sincerity
mul uprightness.
The double Christmas Number of the English Illustrated
Magazine is a very great success. The exquisite study by Bum©
.Jones is alone worth the price of the number; and so is Mr.
Cotnyns Carr’s paper on Gainsborough, or Mr. F. Pollock’s on
Clovelly, or Mr. F. Villiers’s on the Abyssinian mission, or
Mr. Keury’s on the Sforza family. The Abyssinian illustrations
are especially quaint. From a purely literary point of view,
high praise is due to Mr. Henry James’s story, “ The Path of
Duty,” and to the clmrining sketch of a little boy’s morning
in the country which Mr. Jeffries entitles “St. Guido.” The
interest of “ That Terrible Man ” is very well sustained.
ltlacktrowl's serial, “ The Waters of Hercules,” continues as
fresh and interesting us ever. The sketch of the lawyer
dancing Gretchen through the glass door of the ball -100111 in
the ardour of his passion is capital, nud the arrangement of
Gretclien’s mourning by the Countess who lives for her toilet
is no less so. “Dorothy” is a charming and touching little
sketch; and Mr. Oliplmnt’s picture of his Lebanon home is
both brilliant ns a landscape and instructive as to the condition
of Syria. Au article on Wycliffe is valuable as bringing out
the Versatility and mnnysidedness of this great man, the
extent of his influence upon foreign nations, nud the special
obligations, hitherto v.-ry ill-requited, under which he luid his
own University of Oxford.
The exciting history of “ .Tack’s Courtship ” is happily con¬
cluded in Longman's Magazine , which offers nothing else
demanding special notice except Mr. It. L. Stevenson’s
remonstrance with the American novelists.
The Fortnightly is but a poor uimiber on this whole, though
there is point in Mr. Escott’s comments on literury auto¬
biography ; nud Mr. Percy Greg’s urticle on the House of
Lords bears witness to the growing conviction among
Conservatives that somethiug must be done to bring it
more into harmony with popular feeling. As this does not
suit extreme Liberal politicians, we tnny soon see Radicals
defending its present constitution and Conservatives clamour¬
ing for its reform. The anonymous writer on Mr. Chamberlain
lms nothing new to tell us. “Dinna of the Crossways” is
concluded, a brilliant book, as little suited ns the majority of
Mr. George Meredith’8 writings to publication in aseriul form.
Mr. 31 ore ton Frewen's denunciation of the “hideous and
blighting influences of the (Cattle) Contagious Disease Acts ”
would have more weight if he were not himself au extensive
stockowner in Wyoming, whose cattle are kept out of the
English market by “the reign of terror and blood.” It takes
some time to find out that Mr. Frewen is not writing about
tho French Revolution.
The leading article in the Nineteenth Century is the Earl of
Lytton’s enthusiastic yet discriminating praise of Miss Ander¬
son’s Juliet, qualified by censure of her theatrical colleagues
and of contemporary dramatic criticism. The late Premier of
Queensland somewhat discourages sanguine expectation of
Imperial Federalism, while pointing out many useful imder-
tukiugs iu which Great Britain and Australia might even
now co-operate. Mr. Baden-Powell shows how little real
reason there ib for the colonial expansion of Germur.y proving
a legitimate cause of quarrel with England, but omits to point
out how easily it might be made the pretext for u querelle
d'Allemand. Dr. Jcssopp, treating of the Black Death iu
Norfolk, explains whut urnple material for the social history
of Euglnud lie unused in old legal documents. Mr. Albert
Grey’s essay on proportional representntionis interesting, and
may not be wasted if the Christmas recess develops a stronger
feeling of opposition to the provisions of the Redistribution
Bill. Mr. \V. Ilurlberb construes the recent Presidential
election as indicating a reaction in favour of the principles
of the Democratic party: a delusion which, if persisted in, will
prevent this party from winning the next. The evidence is
overwhelming that it turned solely upon the personal character
of the caudiuutcs.
The National Review is varied and good. Mr. Archer’s
“ Myths of Romeo and Juliet” and F. T. Murziuls’ essay on
M. Scherer ar e va luable contributions to criticism; and the
sifuie umy be said of Mr. Courthope’s discussibn-of Words¬
worth’s consistent theory and inconsistent practice of poetry.
Mr. lvebbel might have found more to say iu praise of Lord
Liverpool, who was far superior to the other two “ Tory
mediocrities” with whom he is bracketed. The Hon. Emily
Lawless’s “Notes in the Morbihuu ” are as graphic as her
papers usually are: and Mr. Austin’s poem, ‘‘Apollo at
Delphi,” is full of colour nud melody.
Professor Gneist’s account of the “ Government of Berlin ”
iu the Contemporary Review is interesting, mid presents many
points of comparison with our own municipal institutions.
Miss Cobbe’s nicture of a world from which the religious
sentiment shall have entirely died out is powerful mid
instructive, but she makes the danger of such an undesirable
consummation appear much more serious than it really is
by classing all forms of Theism, except her own, us Atheistic.
Mr. Richard Heath does full justice to the beauty of .St.
Francis of Assisi’s character, but greatly exaggerates his in¬
fluence upon Italian art. Perhaps the most valuable paper in
ihe number is that on the Eranco-Cliinese quurrel, by Sir
Rutherford Alcock, who, after accusing the French of n design
to exclude British trade from every region under their influence,
nevertheless claims tor them a certain amount of sympathy on
the ground of the essential solidarity oi European interests iu
the East.
The most important contributions to the Century are the
circumstantial and very lucid account of the capture ot Fort
Donelaon by General Wallace, who took a distinguished part
in the operation ; nud Professor Dowden’s faithful and graphic
description of Dublin. Both papers are copiously amt beau¬
tifully illustrated, the latter by 31 r. Pennell; and there arc
other excellent contributions, especially the chapter' from
Mark Twain's unpublished novel, "Huckleberry Finn.”
The most interesting contribution to tho Atlantic Moi.thiir
is Mr. Woodberry’s investigation of Poe’s early life, proving
that at the time when he pretended to have been in Russia,
he was serving in the United States army under tin assumed
name. Harper's Christmas Number is extremely rich in illus¬
trations, und Iihs one very special feature in the reproduction
of “ She Stoops to Conquer,” with woodcuts by Mr. Abbey,
The Gentleman's Magazine concludes “ Philistiu more
satisfactorily than at one time seemed probable rand, by tho
mouth ot Mr. Barton Baker, dismisses all the Juliets of the
present iu favour of the Juliets ot the past. Mr. Ewnld con¬
tributes an interesting account of Jfckc Rye House Plot and the
judicial murders of which it was mude the pretext ; and Dr.
Churles Muckay records une< dotes of the conversation of
Rogers. Dyce, und Milmau. “ Peril " is happily-concluded in
Temple liar, which also lifts a good review of Mr. Yates’s
recollections, and an analysis of Lady Hon ey’s correspondence.
Mr. Waterfield’s Indian serenade is very pretty. The chief
attraction of Belgravia is Jaljah Hawthorne's ‘ ‘ Miss Cudognn.”
The Art Journal has some clever engravings in the con¬
cluding pages of the paper on the “ Western Riviera” ; and
there is also a Christmas Number, devoted to the life und
works of Sir Frederic k Leighton, P.R.A. With the new year
will commence a new series, the price being reduced to Is. (id.
The Magazine of A>t is varied and interesting, but the
illustrations are a little unequal. In the December Part of
Cassell's .)/(i//rt:i>/c, which forms the first part of a new volume,
two new serial/stories ftre''Conirnenced—one, entitled “Sweet
ChristubeL” by Miss Arabella Hopkinson ; and the other, “ A
Diamond in the Rough," by the Author of “ Horace Maclean.”
A new feature, entitled "Our Reading Club,” is included.
The other principal serials of the enterprising lirni of Messrs.
Cassell, Petter, Gnlpin. and Co., ure— 1 The Quiver, Cassell's
Saturday Journal, Greater London, Royal Slinkspere, Familiar
Wild Flowers, Book of Health, Old and New London,
Illustrated 17uiversa! History, Popular Gardening, Picturesque
Europe, Picturesque America, and the first part of the Life
und Words of Christ, by the Rev. Cunningham Geikie, D.D.
Two liew. uiideitakings deserve special mention. Ilooh-
Lopty 'll'continuation of the Bibliographer, is devoted to literary
and bibliographical essays und intelligence. The latter de¬
partment seems particularly well attended to, and the first
Humber has agreeable papers on blunders in printing nud
translating the Bible, Johnson's Husseins, Persian libraries,
nud other interesting topics. Ward mid Lock’s Technical
Journal is especially designed to promote technical education;
and has extremely useful expositions of the arts and
mysteries of carpentry, calico-printing, engineering, und
xither crafts.
Among Fashion Books received are—Le Follet, Ladies’
Treasury, Ladies’ Gazette of Fashion, World of Fashion,
Moniteur de In Mode, The Season, and Myra's Journal of
Dress and Fashion.
We have also to acknowledge London Society, Tho Argosy,
the Month, Good Words, the Army and Navy Magazine,
Household Words, St. Nicholas, the Red Dragon, Eastward
Ho! the Antiquiirinu, Chambers’s Journal, All the Year
Round, Merry England, Irish Monthly, Harper’s Young
People, the Illustrated Science Monthly, the Theatre (with
photographs of Miss Myra Holme and Mr. David James),
Aunt Judy’s Magazine, and the Rosebud, a charming magazine,
with choice illustrations, for the Nursery.
THE MARITIME-Ail’S AND THEIR-SEABOARD.
Many a guide-book has been written about the Riviera,
und many u doctor lms recorded his experience of n country so
dear to invulids. The subject, however, admits of muuifold
treatment, and in The Maritime Alps and their Seaboard, by the
author of “ Vera ” (Longmans), we have a work which is not
only beautiful us a gift-book, but rich in information and
suggestiveucBS. It is n volume to be studied by nil who are
specially interested in the subject, and there me few readers
who will not find in it much that is attractive. The author,
who knows how to observe us well as how to write, describes
the past condition ol sunny Provence, us well ns the present;
relates several curious episodes of its history; and does not even
disdain statistics. Her account of the country she loves so
well is far from being Onesided. She notes the defects of the
people as well as of the climate, mid does all this with an
intimacy of knowledge attained by few English travellers. We
who live amidst the smoke and tog of London think of that
laud as one of dance and song, of sunshine und mirth, of olive
gardens nud vineyards, ot the scenery as of surpassing beauty,
and of the climate as divine. The picture, however, has
another sideto it, and a painful side, too, as readers of this
volume will discover- All the habits of the peasantry are said
to be iiuiieiillhy, their lives lire sordid, they are quarrelsome,
litigious, and over-reaching, recognise no moral law, und *• have
but two ruling passions—enjoyment and equality.” Nature in
the liivieru is no doubt supremely lovely, but the climate lias its
treacherous aspects, and invalids often suffer greatly from the
cutire abseuceof home comforts. People can liveou little in that
wurm climate, but privation is far from being unknown. The
prospects ot the. agricultural class are said to be as gloomy as
in England; and the property of the vine-growers ** has of
lute undergone u deterioration which has reduced many
affluent families to the condition of Irish landlords.” Per¬
fume and pottery are the most flourishing trad* s of the
maritime Alps. Grasse, a chauning town,, und prosperous us
it is charming, “ possesses u monopoly in France, perhaps in
t he world, for the production of perfume?, soaps, oils, und
bonbons.” Rose-leaves, kuee deep, ure stored in cellars, and it
is said that the attar of roses made in Grasse at twenty francs
u drop will soon compete successfully with the export from
the Levant; jonquils may be seen in mounds; women nud
girls perch like monkeys picking the blossoms of the orange-
trees, a toil which not unfrequently produces syncope; and
sixty-seven hydraulic mills give un annual product of 7500
kilo of olive oil for the table. All through the Riviera, orange-
blossoms prove a source of wealth, but (lowers and fruit of
every variety have a commercial value. At Vonce, violets arc
grown for tho perfume factories; at St. Paul du Yfir the
country is one great fruit and flower garden ; in the neigh¬
bourhood of YiReneuve you may reap in the spring-time
sheaves of daffodils; while in the Yallous, near Nice, you may
rest among myrtles, and see under the olives the great white
hoods of the arums looking “ like the tents of flie fairies.”
Readers who think ol spending the winter and spring at
Cannes, where the author lives, at Nice, or nt Mentone, will
find much in this attractive volume that is beyond the pro¬
vince of the guide writers. It is u book to read, and a book,
also, to look ut, for the illustrations are charming.
The leading serial story in Chambers's Journal for next
year will be from the pen of Mrs. Oliphunt. It is to be entitled
“ A House Divided Against Itself.”
Messrs. Pettit and Co., of Frith-street, issue their Court
Diaries, ltoyal Exchange Calendar (of stutely proportions), and
blotting-pad remembrancers.— Besides their Christinas and
New-Year cards, already noticed, Messrs. Eyre and Spottia-
woode, of Great New-street, publish elegant calendars.
The tenth annual dinner in support of the Metropolitan
Dairyman’s Benevolent Institution took place on the 11th hist,
ut the Freemasons’ Tavern—Mr. E. V. Tisdall, one of tho
founders of the institution, in the chair. Tho company,
which numbered some three hundred, included nearly all tho
leading members of the trade. Mr. Robert Wills, the
honorary secretary, read the list of subscriptions, amounting
to nearly £800, headed by the chairman with u .hundred
guineas. In support of the institution, the ninth annual ball
will take place nt the Freemasons’ Tavern on Jan. 28.
The third entertainment of the eighteenth annual season
l’rutten, Signor Villa, Mr. Lindsay Sloper, Mr. Sydney Smith,
Mr. Churchill Sibley, Mr. Newman, Mr. Edwin Such, Mr.
Pierce Johnstone, und thirty ladies und gentlemen from the
Albert Hall Choir. The spacious hull was filled, and tho
patients evinced by rapturous applause their appreciation of
the delightful entertainment so kindly provided for them.
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WATCHES
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 20, 1884
624
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No. 2384. —vol. lxxxv.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1884.
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C26
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 27, 1884
The difficulty experienced by Londoners in the matter
of markets is something extraordinary. All efforts to
establish any other than ilil ingsgato for fish have signally
failed, and, considering the population, Covcnt Garden,
Spitalfields, and the Borough Markets are very insuffi¬
cient for the supply of vegetables. Only those who really
kuow how large ;in area iho East-End covers, and how
far its dingy streets of email tenements run into Essex,
realiso the immense convenience to those districts of the
Great Eastern Railway Company’s market at Stratford.
It is a centre of business to thousands of small dealers, who
would find it a long journey to Spitalfields and have pro¬
bably never seen Covent Garden m their lives. Yet tho
very existence of tho Stratford Market seems to be
threatened by the lessee of Spitalfields, who complains
that his charter is infringed thereby, and demands either
that it shall be closed, or that market-gardeners in its
vicinity shall be forbidden to supply it. This sounds
arbitrary; but surely the railway could bring up any
quantity of vegetables from tho eastern counties, and to
that the Spitalfields autocrat has no objection.
One of tho best-informed and most practical fish-
salesmen at Billingsgate has long endeavoured to persuade
all whom it concerns that nnless the meshes of fishing-
nets are made larger the raco of soles will bo exterminated
beforo very long. IIo complains that small, immature
fish are taken and ruthlessly destroyed either by being
suffocated at the bottom of tho net and thrown away as
refuso, or brought to market and sold cheap in tho streets,
lie points out that this is penny wise and pound foolish
policy, and says that it applies to many kinds of fish less
popular than soles, but equally valuable as a source of
food-supply to tho poor.
The high rate of duty levied at the Custom Houses on
the United States seaboard on articles of dress imported
from Europe leads to all manner of clever attempts to
evade it. One of the most recent was extremely ingenious,
but it failed. The statute declares that tho wardrobe of
an actress is part of “ the tools of her trade,” and allows
it to pass duty free. On board an ocean steamer from
Havre, a few weeks ago, a young lady, whose appearance
and manners were of the stage stagey, took her passage
under the name of Mdlle. C——, and talked freely during
the voyage about her past and her hoped-for successes.
Her trunks were many and large; and, when she reached
New York, she vouchsafed a good deal of information
respecting their contents to the Custom-House inspector.
A rich blue silk, trimmed with Carrickmacross lace, was
for her to wear as Lady Teazle; and an orange satin,
adorned with black Spanish lace, was for Frou-Frou. A
lovely bridal toilette was for some other play; but un¬
fortunately the inspector was familiar with the names and
photographs of all well-known actresses, and soon detected
Mdlle. C-- as the emissary of n New York Felix or
Pingat. It musthavebcen very hard to fail ignominiously
when so near the end of her mission !
Unwonted activity reigns at the Louvre, whore the
authorities aro busy arranging the superb collections
given to the national museum by Barou Davilliors, and
are also placing in glass cases manv recent gifts and
purchases, among which are soveral beautiful statuettes
by Zanngra, and some relics from Kyme, Smyrna, and
Capua; a magnificent Etruscan vase, and an old marble
torso, presented by M. Do Murat.
A great many of the internal troubles of the Austria!!
Empire arise from the variety of small, but irreconcileable,
nationalities incorporated with it. In Hungary, for in¬
stance, the Tohek element exists in the proportion of
thirty Tcheks to every hundred thousand Austro-Gcrmans,
and hitherto all officials havo been compelled to learn the
language of the minority. Tchek children have grown up
speaking both tongues, and have found this dual know¬
ledge extremely useful; but a few hot-headed patriots
are now making it a great grievance that tho rising
generation should acquire any but the ancestral speech.
Their attitude is just ns ridiculous as would be that of
Frenchmen who should forbid their sons and daughters to
learn German. _
Miss Laura Cluncey, a young American actress, who
was a valued member of the company with which Miss
Mary Anderson played before she came to England, died
of consumption in Baltimore a few' weeks ago, and her
body was convoyed to Lancaster for cremation. It was
reduced to ashes in less than two hours, and these were
divided into two portions, ono of which was placed in her
mother’s, and the other in her sister’s grave.
The women of Iowa, taking an enlightened interest in
the New Orleans Exhibition, sent a large quantity of
paintings, embroideries, and other specimens of their
handiwork, which filled no less than eight railway trucks.
Unhappily, tho train to which these were attached caught
fire, and {ho wholo collection was either totally destroyed
or irretrievably damaged, and consequently the women of
Iowa are unrepresented.
The game of billiards has attained such popularity
that questions are constantly arising as to the origin of
the long scores which are now made. Here is a history
of the whole matter in a nutshell. The secret of long
scores consists, besides the improvement made in tables,
cushions, cues with leathern tips, and “chalking,” in the
discov»ry of tho “side-stroke” (ascribed to a billiard-
table keeper named Bait,ley “early in this century ”1 and
of the “ sj>ot-8troko,’’ which, having been practised suc¬
cessfully by a billiard-table keeper named May, was, about
1825, executed twenty-two times in succession by the
aforesaid Bartley’s marker, named Carr. Then Kentfield,
of Brighton, commonly called “ Jonathan,” msde fifty-
seven “ spot-strokes”; afterwards, between 184o and
1849, John Roberts, senior, of Liverpool, having diligently
practised tho “ spot-stroke ” for six months, made a score
of 346, including 104 ‘'spots.” Tho “ spot-stroke ” was
thenceforward o»tublishcd; scores increased nnd multi¬
plied until,in 1873, W. Cook, having beaten Roberts, sen.,
und become “champion ” in 1870, made in an “exhibition
match ” u break of 936, which remained the best on
record until, in 1880, W. Mitchell, also in an “ exhibition
match,” made 1839. This remained the “ best on
record” until W. J. Peall, at Cambridge last May, also
in an “exhibition match” (and subsequently H. Evans
at Melbourne, Australia, it is said, “at practice
made the enormous break of 1989: continuing, however,
when the match was over. Quito lately, John Roberts,
junior, who is said never to have made more than 1154,
“ spot” included, has with breaks of 322 and more, up
to 360, beaten W. Cook’s 309 (made at Munckestor in
1881), which had hitherto been tho best “all round”
break, the “spot-stroke” being barred. Such is the
progress which has been mado in “scoring” at billiards
since “side” and “spot” became known to players;
and perhaps the “ improved ” construction of tho
ordinary tables, especially of the cushions at the corners
of the pockets, has more to do with it than is generally
supposed. Let this bo said without prejudice, without
any idea of detracting from tho marvellous performances
of the players.
Among tho many farces of our daily life there is nono
more flagrant, though there are many more amusing, than
tho practice of tho Railway Companies who take your
money beforehand on pretence of conveying you from one
I dace to another within a given space of time, and are
leld by themselves nnd by the judges (some of them, at
any rate) to be exonerated from tho implied contract by
having printed at the back of the ticket they give you
some saving clause which you cannot read without a mag¬
nifying glass, which, in point of fact, nobody over does read
or is expected to read, and which it is perfectly useless to
read when you have paid your fare, and, moreover, have
no other practicable means of conveyance but the afore¬
said railway companies’ trains. Practically, the railway
companies have a monopoly of the passenger-carrying of
the whole country ; you must go by their lines or not at
all; and if they insist upon being paid beforehand, they
should be mado to give you what you have paid for, if it
bo morally and physically possible, though they should
havo to run a special triin on account of a single passenger:
or—they should bo mulcted in a heavy penalty. 7
There is nothing like modesty and reasonableness when
you are requested to etnto your wishes; and it is, there¬
fore, satisfactory to read that “ tho principal wish ” of the
Porte is “that the British troops should leave Egypt
within eight months.” This would, indeed, be a speedy
exodus, if anything is to be done at Khartoum. It is not
the Turkish fashion to be ija Such a hurry : the “ principal
wish ” must be Turkish for u “ goals.”
Apropos of Egypt, it is reported that a French clique
in Cairo keep up a correspondence with the Mahdi, convey
to him information about our movements, suggest means
whereby our plans may be defeated, and so on. If there
be any truth in the report, it only shows that oven French¬
men can be.,plind to their own interests; the success of
the Mahdi would be as the letting out of water for all
Europeans, and the French would suffer as much as any¬
body, save the English perhaps, from tho inundation.
“ Nous sommes trains! ” was tho constant cry of the
French whenever they met with a reverse in tho Franco-
German War; and, if tho report mentioned above be
tine, jwe snail be able to borrow their cry with more
rcasOT, should any damage be inflicted upon us by the
you have procured a copy of “ Cavendish on
Whist,” and laboriously studied all the mysteries of the
“ call,” and the “ echo,” it is a little disheartening to be
told that “ they don’t play that game in France; if you
played it, they would say that you didn’t play like a
gentleman.” How that may be is best known to players
who have played in France. There is no denying, how¬
ever, that there is a “ professional ” look about the play
•with “ call ” and “ echo,” and that players who are con¬
versant with the system liavo a great advantage over
players who aro not. When we know, moreover, from
the revelations of “double dummy,” that tho wildest
deviations from the “cut and dried” rules of whist are
the only way sometimes to win a game, it seems as if
more sport were likely to be obtained from playing hap¬
hazard. On the other hand, as it is open to everybody to
learn tho conventional method, whereby adversaries are as
well informed as partners of what is to be expected, it is
difficult to sec where the unfairness lies. It might as well
be said that it is unfair to practise the “ spot ” stroke at
billiards and use it against a mere “ all round ” player.
To do so would among amateurs have a professional,
marker-like appearance, no doubt; but there would not be
any unfairness, or anything unworthy of a gentleman,
about it; inasmuch ns it is equally open to everybody to
practise the “ spot,” and there is no secret about the
stroke, though one man takes more kindly than another
to it.
The late Mr. Fawcett did a very judicious thing when
he appealed to tho public not to show their kindly feelings
towards postmen at Christmas by rendering the said
postmen “drunk and incapable” and liable to lose their
employment. It is wonderful how many people will
give a follow-creature “ a liquor ” without hositution, hut
not “ the price of it” on any account. There is a story
about an ex-prizc-fightor, in reduced circumstances, who
met a former patron, and being asked to “ have a liquor,”
replied: “ Would you mind giving mo the prico of it?
I ’vo met six gentlemen to-day, and they all offered me a
liquor, and I can assure you, Sir, I havn't broken my fust
nil day as yet. I’d rauch sooner get something to cnt.”
But ex-prizo-fighters, if not postmen, certainly belong to
the class of men of whom it is popularly believed that
drink is their ope thing needful; and the popular beliofis
said to bo not 'rftogether withmit foundation.
Ono of the most distinguished creatures at tho present
time in the United States is undoubtedly Maud S., tho
celebrated "trotter,” who 1ms lately “beaten her own
record ” by trotting a mile in 2 min. 9$ sec., according
to some American watches. When it conies to quarters
of a socond, however, “clocking” is very nervous
and touchy work. Nevertheless, to have trotted a mile
In anything under 2 min. 10 sec. is a wonderful feat,
which makes it worth while to inquire by what degrees
“ trotting ” (which the Americans got from us, as they
also got “ running” and “ pacing”) arrived at its present
high standard, or rather trottard. In tho beginning of
“records” it was thought good to trot a mile in
2min. 40sec., as well it might be; then nothing would
do over 2 min. 30sec.; and so the time was worked down,
by quarters of a second, to the 2 min. lOjsec. of Flora
Temple, tho 2 min. 17$ sec. of Dexter, the 2min. lessee,
of American Girl, tho 2 min. 14 see. of Goldsmith Maid,
in 1871, soon to be eclipsed altogether, ten years later,
by Maud S., who trotted tho mile (according to
American “clocking”) in 2 min. 10$ sec. at Chicago in
1880, in 2 min. 10$ sec. at Pittsburg in 1881, in 2 min.
9| sec. in August last (heating Eye-See’s 2 min. 10 sec.
at Providence), and ultimately in 2 min. 9$ sec. last-
November. If/she goes bn, she will do a mile literally,
as she does now figuratively, in “no time at all”;
for American trotters, like Goldsmith Maid (who “ re¬
tired ” at the ago of twenty-one, as Lady Suffolk
also did), are not removed early from the turf, but
go on, liko the brook, for ever. Only Maud S., perhaps,
can scarcely be said to have ever been regularly “ on the
turf.” '_
The flying rumours gathered aa they roll’d.
Scarce any talc was sooner heard than told ;
< And all who told it added something new.
And all who heard it mode enlargements too,
sang the poet Prior in “ The Temple of Fame.” Never
was the truth of his lines more apparent than when, one
day last week, a report was current that a serious accident
hud happened to the I’rinco of Wales. Carriages brought
callers by the hundred to Marlborough House, policemen
went there, and details were discussed, sympathy ex¬
pressed, nnd even particulars of tho mishap were freely
commented upon. Happily, there was not the slightest
foundation for the rumour. On tracing tho report to its
source, a discovery was made that a carriage belonging to
the Earl of Dudley bad met with a slight disaster, and
that his Royal Highness was staying with his Lordship at
Willey Court when it occurred. This is tho only ex¬
planation that can be given of the nlunning report, hut it
would be curious, although of course impossible, to
traco the history of the lio from its birth until it came
of age.
A protest made by no less keen a sportsman than the
Earl of Bradford is likely to be indorsed by lovers of
natural history and the most conservative of game pre¬
servers generally. It has been customary for Keepers to
have permission, if not orders, from their masters to
destroy vermin ; and these keepers appear to have docidcd
in their own minds which birds and quadrupeds shall come
within this category. The result is that weasels, hedge¬
hogs, owls, magpies, jays, herons, and kestrels aro indis¬
criminately slaughtered, and that, although these urc
certainly injurious to the propagation and preservation of
some species, they themselves havo their uses, and cannot
be altogether dispensed with. For instance, weasels are
notoriously as inimical to rats as rats aro to crops; while
hedgehogs flourish on beetles and other insects that ruin
farmers. Jays, too, delighting as they do in pheasants’
eggs, are equally partial to those of the wood-pigeon, who
is himself a greater nuisance than a jay. An owl will
account for hundreds of mice in the course of the season ;
and a heron is no epicure, eating ns many newts, frogs,
and toads as ho will good fish. The law of natural enmity
is, therefore, equalising; and it is to be hoped, in the
interest of landowners, that Lord Bradford’s sug¬
gestions will be adopted, and the wholesale destruction
moderated.
An American Professor of Chemistry has inventod a
new bomb, which he beliovcs will supersede all other
missiles of war. It is filled with poisonous gases so virulent
in their effect that, to use his own words, “ when the
bomb explodes, the air within a radius of a hundred feet
becomes charged with silent death.” A nice humane idea
surely, and one that does infinite credit to the inventor’s
imagination and kindly nature. Just ns if shot, shell, and
cold steel were not sufficiently horrible in their effect, wo
are now to retnrd civilisation nnd poison or suffbeato
antagonistic armies. Our American friend must not,
however, flatter himself that ho is strictly original, for so
long ago as tho date of the building of the groat wall of
China the Celestials used to attack their enemies with a
weapon similar in delicacy of conception. Tho basin filled
with foul-smelling fetid drugs, and known by tho unclcgant
title of etink-pot, was charming and graceful artillery
compared to tho new air-bomb. But it may save the
Professor trouble aurl anxiety to know at once that he is
not likely to revolutionise modem warfare with his
tasteful novelty.
Pantomime dates from B.C. 22. The entertainment,
then only a representation by gesture and attitude, was
introduced on to the Roman 6tago by Pyludes nnd
Bathyllus. In thoso days there was no Mr. Blanchard to
write pretty lyrics, and no Mr. Augustus Harris to employ
eight hundred people to wear gorgeous costumos and sing
comic songs. Musks, also, wore unknown in England
until someone brought them from Italy about two
hundred years ago. It was Mr. Rich who, in 1717, first
produced a pantomime in London. “It is curious,” says
a historian, “ that for forty years ho was to hold possession
of tho town, and cause successive generations of managers
tho most serious inconvenionco, owing to this superior
attraction.” If it bo true, as reported, that a thousand
pounds a day be taken for tho first few weeks of panto¬
mime at Drnry-Lane, then tho manager of this playhouse
will also doubtless cause his rivals some “ inconvenience”;
for. after all, there can he but a limited theatro-going
publio.
DEO. 27, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
627
PANTOMIME TIME.
The children are the best Conservatives after all. They never
yield in their faith concerning pantomimes and plum-pudding.
Reform may agitate the political mind: re-distribution bills
may pass : the House of Lords nmy be threatened aud society
bo disturbed to its very core and centre: but on Boxing Night,
if all be well, the same sccue will be enacted within the walls
of “Old Drury” that has been described scores of times,
aud that somehow never becomes stale or old fashioned.
The young gentlenmu in tlio shirt-sleeves will be found iu the
gallery directing a trained baud of comic singers: Mr. Oscar
Barrett, politest of musical directors, will turn round in the
orchestra, facing his friends tlio gods, and urging them to
still grander efforts in unisonal power: the audience, upstand¬
ing, will forget political strife in the welcome strains of
“God Save the Queen,” and after a short interval of din
and discord will settle down with a will to enjoy the
delights of the latest, und of course the best, of the
“annuals” ever produced at Drury Lnue. Once again—
may his delightful shadow never grow less—the veteran
E. L. Blanchard, beloved of the children, the Charles Lamb
of our modern Christmas season, will tell the story, or rather
retell one of tho most famous and popular of nursery legends.
No pantomime plot ought to be more appreciated by the
youngsters living within the sound of Bow Bells than that of
“ Whittington and his Cat." Only last Lord Mayor's Day,
when, from the windows of the Strand, tho children saw their
beloved hero sitting on his Highgatc stile, with Buss at his
feet and countless white sheep grazing on the meadows, what
n shout went up from thousands of young throats at tho
welcome spcctucle! Very much the same amount of popu¬
larity is iu store for Miss Fannie Leslie, sweetest of singers
and neatest of dancers, who lias been engaged for Whittington,
and for Mr. Chnrlcs Luuri, who for mouths past lius been
studying the ways aud eccentricities of tho “ harmless neces¬
sary oat.” A shudder went round tho house when on u recent
occasion a mischievous monkey climbed up into the dress-
circle und ran round the house, but this year, if the experiment
is repeuted, tlicfe will bo cries of “Buss! puss!” all over tho
place, aud all the children will be wanting to scratch their
playfellow behind tho ear! According to tho prospectus
before us, and rumour with a thousand tongues, Mr. E. L.
Blanchard has turned the old story iuto nu exciting drama.
His fancy and liis humour have induced him to blend with
“ Whittington” the story of Hogarth's “ Industrious und Idle
Apprentice,” and we shall probably find poor Dick going off
with his cat to visit the King of the Cannibal Islands, not
because lie was bullied by a termagant old cook, but because lie
was accused of larceny by a jealous ond idle rival. True
love, however, is allowed' to prosper, und Miss Kate. Munroo
has been selected as the model of grace und constancy iu
the character of the charming Alice Fitzwnrrcn. The Mrs.
Fitzwarren of Miss M. A. Victor will no doubt be a comic
treat of the first order. Mr. Harry Nicliolls will have a chance
for the expression of tragic melancholy as Toni, the Idle Ap¬
prentice. Mr. I lerbert Campbell is to enact the shrewish cook ;
and the favourite Mario sisters—Minnie and Dot—will head a
company of pretty girls and clover vocalists. The great scene
on which Mr. Augustus Harris, assisted by his clever brother,
Charles, have expended all their energies is to be tho repre¬
sentation of a Lord Mayor’s Show iu the duysof Whittington;
but from all that has already been whispered about it the
spectacle will transcend every procession or pageant ever pro-
duced at Drury Lane, and will be worthy of the liberal
days of a Lord'Mayor Nottage. The transformation-scene,
painted by Mr. U. Enulen, is to be called “ Tho Four
Elements,” a scene with a purpose, and it is good
news to hear that Mr. Beverly will be found side
by side with Grieve, Hart, Spong, By an, and Etnden.
The cunning hand of Mr. Alfred Thompson will be
found in the dazzling costumes; l’ertoldi mid Zan-
frette will be the stars of the incidental ballets; Katti
Lanner’a children are to appear once more; and last, but
certainly not least in the high estimation of the children, Mr.
Harry Bayne will direct the harlequiundo, as almost the last
of a long list of English Christmas clowns.
At Covent Garden, the energetic Mr. William Holland
promises us a startling novelty. Tho fnmous operu-house is
to be turned into a circus of a refined kind, without the
familiar emell of sawdust! Shades of Astley and Duerow,
wlmt are we coming to when the trained horses, the bare¬
backed riders, the Hingniastor with his haughty und aristo¬
cratic air, the clowns and the jugglers, arc to career before its
on a wonderful mat, weighing who shall say how many tons !
When they turned Astley's into a melodramatic house the late
Mr. Robertson pathetically observed “ You may change, you may
alter the place as you will, but the smell of the sawdust will
cling to it still.” There are some old-fashioned people who
maintain that a circus is nothing without the" sc&it of
sawdust or tan: at any rate, Mr. Holland proposes a com-
f iromise in the shape of a costly door-mat. Loudon Is no
onger to bo behind Paris in the mfiltcr of circuses. The
ring is once more to be revived; and if all the reports of
the beauty of Oceana be true, our “ gilded youth” will turn
his attention to the star of the circus and leave the ballet dis¬
consolate. It would tako far more space tlmn I have to spare
to describe the novelties that Mr. Holland promises on Boxing
Day. Elephants, ecceutrics, jugglers, acrobats; tho best
riders, male and female, that can be found in tho two hemi¬
spheres ; singing clowns and performing monkeys ; a somer¬
sault rider, who rejoices in the name pt Hernandez, and an
American diversity, who bears tile straugc circus name of
“Forepaugh,” so suggestive of u trained horse, will all bo
pressed into tho servicefralud a children’s pantomime, on the
capital subject of St. George and the Dragon, is promised
os well.
Apart from the two great West-End houses, there are other
outlying paiitom imes that invariably attract attention. In the
old days we should have had Blanche at tho Lyceum and
Flexmore at tho Brincess’s; but Sliakspeare stops the way,
and poetry is preferred to pantomime. But Mr. George
Conquest, the first pantominiist of his time, will direct the
story of “ Aladdin ” at the Surrey. Mr. Douglas, whoso scenic
displays run Old Drury pretty close, will mount “Cinderella”
on a superb scale at theStundurd; and good reports also arrive
from Sanger's, the Grand at Islington, from the Pavilion in
Whitechapel, and from that best-conducted of houses, tho
Britannia at Hoxton, where Mrs. Lane is a queen in her own
lmppy and contented empire. A pleasant fashion has sprang
up in late years of visiting all the pantomimes, east and west,
in succession-In fact, of making up pantomime parties, taking
dinner by the way at some famous hostelry. It is a capital
plan, for often in the east is found more real humour than can
peci> o-.t . f the skirt* of all tho mngnidc nee and splendour at
the west. Tho children, at any rate, need uot be disappointed,
for ample preparations have been made to enable them to spend
their Christmas holidays merrily at tho play. C. S.
" THE CANDIDATE.”
All who saw “ The Candidate ” on the first night of its pro¬
duction at the Criterion Theatre hud no hesitation in predicting
for the play a success that would eventually astonish tho mer¬
curial and lucky Air. Charles Wyndlmm. It was one of those
strange slices of good chance thut occasionally fall to the share
of a far-sighted mid enterprising manager. The company were
rehearsing, in point of fact, another play which find made
a considerable success iu Paris, when the " happy thought”
struck Mr. Wyndlmm of adapting the last Burisinu political
play to the requirements of our own excitable Parliamentary
times. “ Le Depute do Bombignnc” was surely the very
thing: a good farce that could be cusily manipulated. And
manipulated it accordingly was. 'J'he manager and his con¬
fidential assistants hud a hand in it; a member of Parliament
was called in to pepper it over with political jokes; for six
allusions that would please the Conservatives lmlf u dozen
more were added to tickle the Radicals ; it was written, rend,
rehearsed, and produced in less than a fortnight, at the
lightning speed that is characteristic of the Criterion manage¬
ment. The curtain lmd scarcely been up five minutes before
all who were present felt that something out of tho
common order of tilings was in the air. It was as during
as the “Happy Land,” and as apropos ns “The
Colonel.” The Lord Chamberlain had been satisfied; tho
public took tho “skit” good-naturedly; oven the placid
Mr. Henry Labouchere, sitting in the stalls, professed not to
see the point of the allusions to " Henry and Bradley,” Radical
members for Easthampton; and all London was invited to a
“good bit of fun,” with “not too much personality but just
personality enough ” for a modern tlieutricul audience. Itisthc
mission in Air. Charles Wyndhatn’s theatrical life to represent
a wuyward and volatile husband writhing under the tyranny of
some form of petticoat government that deprives him of his
personal liberty. An over-nffectiomte wife, u dragon of a
mother-in-law, or a Methodistical or philanthropic Stiggins
may th«s bar the way to Air. Wyndlmm’s anticipated pleasure.
But he invariably breaks away, gets into a scrape, and out of
it again. The difficulty is, how to get away when tlio fever
for freedom is on him. Iu this iustance, Air. Wyudhnni is a
Tory squire und baronet, who hears of a vacancy in a Radical^
constituency, nnd is determined to stand for it in the Con¬
servative interest. Canvassing would bo a boro to him, so lids
craftily dispatches his confidential secretary to personate him ut
theelcction. A veritable snake in thegrnssis iheprivutesecretary.
He eats the bread of Conservatism, but is a Radical ut heart.
He poses to show himself in liis true colours, and has actually
the audacity to personate his ninster before the Radicals of East¬
hampton ns a man of their own kidney. The lltislied and
joyous Wyudhnni returns home, after liis adventurous visit to
London, to find thut he, the blue-blooded und aristocratic Tory,
1ms been returned as a red-hot Radical for a shoe-making
constituency. Worse tlmn all, ho has to explain the fatal
truth to the Conservative mother-in-law aud the whole Con¬
stitutional family. Here lies the fun of tho farce, and bettor
acting of its kind is not seen tlmn when the traitorous private
secretary, ably personated by Mr. George Guldens, explains to
his master the truo state of the case. The fun throughout is
last and furious, and no more popular play is now being per¬
formed in London, for, apart from the brightness of the satire,
tho comedy-acting of the whole company is of fur more than
incmgo merit. Our Sketcli^entuins likenesses of Air. Charles
Wyndham, the erratic baronet ; of Air. George Guldens, the
Machiavellian secretary; of Air. Blakeley, the oily philan¬
thropist : of Miss Funny Coleman, the austere mother-iu-luw;
nnd of Aliss Rose Suker, Aliss Kate Iforkc, Air. Alaltby, and
Air. Gregory in characters that materially add to the interest
and liveliness of tho play.
THE AFGHAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION.
Major-General Sir Peter Lumsden and his collengues of the
British Commission for surveying the boundary line between
Afghanistan and the newly acquired Turkoman dominions
of the Russian Empire, have arrived at Bala Murghab on the
northern frontier of the Afghan State, about a hundred miles
to the north-east-of Herat. They will, before commencing
operations, uwait the nrrival of thp Russian Commissioner,
who was liist week at Tiflis, and is not expected to join the
British Commissioner before the middle of February. Our
Special Artist, Air. William Simpson, has scut us many
Sketches, a few of which have already been engraved nnd
published in this Journnl, representing the incidents of the
journey of Sir Peter Lumsdeu’s party from Teheran, along
the great eastward road of Central Asia, through the northern
parts of Persia and Khorussan, tuking the route of Lasgird,
Shahrood, Miandusht, Sabzcwar, mid Nislmporo, to Meshed,
a famous 6aercd city of tho Mohammedans, ami thence to
Rarakhs, on the Afghan frontier. This road, with the towns
and pluces along it, has great historical interest nnd political
importance; nnd the Sketches nnd descriptive notes of Air.
Simpson, whose zeul for the study of Oriental antiquities is us
remarkable as liis wide and correct observation of present
conditions in different parts of Asia, will bo acceptable to
many of our reuders. Literary associations may bo aroused
by the name of Omar Khuyyum, the celebrated philo¬
sophical poet of Persia, whose tomb ut Nishaporc lias been
duly visited by Air. Simpson, aud uu excellent translation
of whose writings, by Air. Fitzgerald, was published sonio
ycurs ago by Air. Bernard Quaritch, of Piccadilly. It may
also be observed that Air. Robert Browning's new volume
of poems, “ Ferishtuh’s Fancies,” has its scenes partly laid
at Sabzewar and other places on the same road. Our Artist
has freely acknowledged the hospitable civilities with which
the travelling party of official Englishmen lias been greeted
everywhere iu the dominions of the Shall of Persia; and the
following biographical notices of three official personages in
Khornssan, whose Portraits he has drawn, may be considered
worthy of perusal:—
“His Excellency Abdul Wnliab Khan, Aseph-ed-Dowleli,
Governor-General of Khorassmi, lius been most attentive to the
Afghan Boundnry Commission. On its arrival at Meshed, tho
capital of Kliorassan, he lmd pitched a set of splendid tents, in a
garden, and sent his own cook to prepare a breakfast for us.
A large band of music was in attendance, nnd played
European and Persian music. Abdul Wnliab Khan belongs
to Shiraz, in Persia, where his family held a good position in
connection with the Government. lie came to Teheran,
und began his career in the Foreign Office, nnd was sent in con¬
nection with it to Tubriz, where lie first distinguished himself.
After that, he was mndo Governor of Reslit, then received the
title of Nusseer-ed-Dowleh. He became Alinisterof Commerce,
or Wuzzeer-i-Tudjnr, the Inst word meaning Alercliunts. All
the Custom dues were under his management at that time. He
was also made a member of the Shah’s Council, and has lately
become the Governor-General of Klmra^san, his rule now ox-
tending to the Irontlcrs of Russia and Afghanistan ; from this
he naturally takes u great interest in the f ran tier question.
Abdul Walmb Khan is ft good Arabic scholar, ami a man of
great natural ability. He nmy be called a self-made man, for
be has riscu to his prescut position by hi« own talcuts aud
energy. He bos advanced ideas, niul is anxious to introduce
every improvement into the department lie governs. At my
request, lie took my pencil aud signed liis name on the Portrait ;
a translation is here given: “ Abdul Wnliab, Ascpli-rd-Dowleh,
in the Holy City of Meshed, Suturdny the 12th Mokumun,
1302 of the Hegira.”
“ Abbas Kliun is a Sertcep, which means full Colonel. This
man rose from very snudl beginnings; Gholnni Buclm, his
former designation, means something like message-boy, and
that was liis employment in his youth. He looks a mild, gentle
creature, but his start in life was of n doubtful character.
He committed what a jury in England would most probably
cull by tho ugly name of * Wilful Alurdor.’ The consequences
here were uot exactly what they might have been in other
countries. It took place in 1851. TheShiilizndah, Mohammed
Yusuf, wi.-lied to get rid of Yar Aloha mined Khan, the ruler
of Herat; and Abbas Khan, the subject of this Portrait, stabbed
him with a dagger. The blow was fatal ; this led to Abbas
Khan's promotion, and his last appointment was that of
Governor of Snrnklis, which office lie held six or seven years,
but he was lately removed, the cause being, as reported in some
quarters, that he allow^ the Russians to enter Old Snrakhs.
lie now lives at Meshed, and wjy very kind at my visit,
recommending some H‘:rat grapes and other delicacies which
were on the tabic.
“ Ilaji Mohammed Bagliir, Khnn is Governor of Tabbas,
which is situated to tlieNjoutli of Aleshcd, nnd near to Herat.
This gentleman was on u visit to the Governor-General of
Kliorassau, and, being in Meshed, came out to meet Sir Peter
Lumsden on liis arrival/ lie is of Arab origin; the family
have been long iu TubbaS, and are very wealthy, so that he,
being a chief iutkat part, was raised to the dignity of
Governor. V
We present also the Portrait of Alohnmmcd Hasson Khan,
a Naib or Government official of Shahrtid, which is a town of
sonic i li i porutnee^oeil)g a connecting link of traffic between
Central Asia, from Herat nnd Aleshcd, and the Caspian Sea
and Russia,/through Astcrabad. AlohainmcdHasson is a good
specimen of -the upper-class Persian; he wears a coat of
European cut, but of a light blue colour. Our Artist has
sketched one of the Persian light-cavalry soldiers of the escort
which attended Sir Peter Lumsden and his party in the first
part of their long journey ; the other military figure on liorse-
onclr is Captain Korbun Ali Beg, of tho Alcrv-Airshed
Irregular Cavalry, who succeeded to the escort duly. K or bun
AtiDog is of Alcrv parentage, but was born at Aleshcd ; his
Portrait is drawn separately, as a type of liis race.
A Persian sportsman shooting partridges is figured in one
of these Sketches. This, we are told, is a common practice of
the people of the country. The sportsman has a piece of
dirty white cotton arranged on a couple of sticks, which lie
holds before him as a screen; there is n small hole in the
cloth to look through, and on the outer side there m o patches of
red and green. The man uses ft chirp something like the
souud made by the birds, nnd thus lie manages g« t close to
up to his game. Tlio screen is called iu Persian “Dafnk " ;
and this word is now used to express any net where u trick,
or piece of deceit, has been resorted to. The word becoming
idiomatic in this way shows thut the custom of the sportsman
is uot rare, or it would not have been likely to supply « phrase
to the language.
The very curious village-fortress or “town of refuge” at.
Lnsgird, rather more than a hundred miles east of Tchcruii,
was described by Mr. Simpson in the ll/mtrotcd Loudon Ntnt
of Dec. 6, which contained his Sketches of the outside, from a
near point of view, and of the single gateway und the pon¬
derous stone door by which it used to be closed. The
peasantry of the neighbouring district were accustomed, in
former days, when armed bands of Turkoman robbers nnd
kidnappers occasionally made cruel raids on tho eastern
frontier of Persia, to shut themselves up, with their wives nnd
children, their cattle, and tlieir storee of household property
nnd of grain, in this singular hive, which is constructed of
massive mud walls, with vaulted cellars roofed with sun-dried
bricks, for their cattle, horses, and stores, and with dwellings
for the people on the two upper storeys, reached by rude
steps or ladders, and communicating by platforms or balconies
made of the trunks of trees. Since the Russian conquest of
the Turkoman tribes, all fear of their inroads has censed in
Persia; but the aspect of Lasgird is a remarkable testimony
to the state of the country not many years ago.
Some further Illustrations will be given next week.
Approval has been given at Alnuchester, by the share¬
holders of the Bridgewater Navigation Company, to a scheme
for the improvement of the navigation of the Irwell und
Mersey, at a cost of £324,000.
Tlio annual dinner of the subscribers to the Commercial
Travellers’ Schools for Orphans was held ut the Freemasons'
'Tavern last week—Mr. T. Wallis occupying the chair.
Subscriptions were announced amounting to £2670.
The whole of the private bills intended to be proceeded with
in the ensuing Session were deposited in the Private Bill
Office, House of Lords, last week. Compared with last year,
when 295 bills were deposited, there is a decrease of 47.
Some valuable articles of personal ornament were sold in
the third and Inst day’s sale ot Air. Streeter’s jewels at Alessrs.
Foster’s, bringing considerable prices:—A turquoise nnd
brilliant bracelet, £450 8s.; a diamond collet necklace, 54
graduated stones, £1735; an opal nnd diamond suite, £861 :
a fine emerald und diamond necklace, 20 clusters, £820; a
bracelet, with matchless emerald (50 carats) nnd 81 brilliants
in rows, £525; a pearl necklace of 51 fine Oriental pearls,
with diamond snap, £3200. The total sale amounted to £10,928.
With n view to giving further protection to the inventions
of exhibitors, a new certificate lias been granted by the Board
of Trade, to the effect that “ the International Inventions
AInrcli 1, 1885, is an International Exhibition” ; and by this
means all the protection accorded from May 1 to inventions
Exhibition, proposed to be held at {South Kensington from
under the original certificate (dated Aug. 15) will be secured
in addition from Alarch 1 till Alny 1, that is, during the time
hi which the exhibits will be received and arranged.
The Committee of thq Royal numane Society has con¬
cluded the investigation of a number of cases of saving life;
mid, for special gallantry, lmve awarded silver medals to W.
Whyte nnd P. King, of Kilcoole, county Wicklow, who
rescued two men who, overcome by foul gases, lay insensible
at the bottom of a pit. A silver medal lias also been awarded
to Serjeant P. Betts, 5tli Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, who
saved the life of a man at Kilkenny under circumstances
similar to the above. A like award was bestowed upon u
fisherman named Grainger for n gallant act performed in
Ramsgate Harbour on the 10th nit., where he saved the life of
ti lad who fell into the water, which was rushing fiercely from
the inner to the outer harbour.—At Chester last Saturday Hie
Duke of Westminster publicly presented the Royal Humane
bociciy's bionzc nodal to Air. Alexander Dodd, of Chester,
for saving the life of a young lady on the North Wah *
coast under circumstances of great personal bravery.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Due. 27, 1884.— 628
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DEC. 27, 1884
DEATH.
on the 19th in 1 . at IS. Granville-pUce, Purtman-nquare, Edith Mary
('ulriurtua wife of Matthew Clark, Esg .and eldest daughter of the Into
lUcUsnl Davie*, Eoq , of the “ Vigia,” Madeira, aged 37.
*,♦ Tkt charge Jor iht insrrtitm o/ Births, Marriages, and Deaths, is
Five Shillings for each announcement,
r I 'LIE VAI.E OF TEARS.-DORfc’S Last Great PICTURE,
A com|i etftl a lnnU>.l»l"r«ln(IW. SOW on VIEW »tth»DORK GALLERY,
v.. Sew BoaJ-straot. w.tli Ills other Croat pictures. Ten to Six Daily, la.
4 NNO DOMINI, by EDWIN LONG, R.A.—This
iL treat W- rk i« SOW ON VIEW, t.-c-therwith other Important work*, at the
GALLERIES. I.*. New UunU-atreet. Ten to 81*. Ailmlaalon. la.
|)OYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER
* 4* Dll Ol - US.-The WINTER EXHIBITION la SOW OPE.V, 8. Pall-Mall Ee»t,
front Ten till Five. AJmlwIon, la. Catalogue, 01. _ _ __„ „
A train D. Pure. R.W.8.. Secretary.
M ON
NTB CARLO.—MUSICAL SEASON (CONCERTS,
KKl’ItESENTATIONS).
In a.Ulitlon ti tlie n.'inl Con<-rit->. iIIh-cIm! by Jlonaletir Romeo Accural, the BorMt#
I'e. I lain* ih Mer ilo Slonaou autlioda^t M. Paadeloiip D> arrange a Uerlre of
Katruoiilnary Urainl Musical EiitoitoinmcuU (Concert*. Representational tlili
Tlio'eei flora of tlm following distinguish'd Arti»tee have been already retained:—
Meslninea Kreu.a,
I k*r riia,
HatU.
„ Ikiiindio,
„ Krank-Duremoy,
.. Belli >m,
.mmuitn.
Messienn. Kan re,
„ Yrritnct,
„ Calioul,
„ Ulorkitetn,
_ Couturier,
„ Vlllarct,
., s.mmonrt. ■ Ac.
In loMitlon to » bldi Hie celebrated InstrnmentalUta will appear:
VIOLINISTS:
Mona. Slvorl. Muni. Maralk, MlaaN. Ciirpenter, American artiste, 1st Conaervatolre
Prise, 1883,
PIANISTS: Mona. 1‘tnnt*. Mona. Th. Ritter. Madame EMlpolf.
HARPIST: Mon*. lianelmsna.
Three Extraordinary Itepreaeutallona Will bs riven each Wednesday and FstardflJ,
Collinivnclng the end of Jannary and terminating the middle of March.
Tlie Clawlcai Concerto efery Tliundsy.
TIB ACX PIGEONS DE MONACO.
The opening of the Tir an* Pigeons of Monaco will take place Dec. IS. The follow¬
ing I* tlie Programme:- ... . .....
Satnnlny. I»e« 77 : Prix de Vo*l.
Tuieda>. Dee. do: Prlx de Lur.llard.
Saturday, Jan. S: Prlx de Janvier.
Tuesday, Jan. S: Prix Jee.
The GRAND INTERNATIONAL C0NC0UB8 will take place In the following
onlrr:—
Saturday. Jan. 10: Grande Poule d'Essai. A l'arae of JOOOf, added to a Poule of lOOf.
each.
Tuesday. Jan. IS: Prlx d'Ouver'tire. A Puree of MOOT, sdded to lOOf. entrance.
Friday. Jan 10. and Brtnntay. Jan 17: G mnd Prlx du Casino. An object of Art and
0 . XXIf. added to TCXif. rntrance.
Monday, Jan. IS: Prix de Monte Carlo. Grand Free Handicap. A Puree of SOOOf.
added to lonf. entrance.
lliurxlny. Jan. 72: Prlx de Consolation. An object of Art and tOOOf.
letters of entry to he adilruMnl to M. Bloxdix, Secretary of the Tlr k Monaco, not
la'rf Hi in Five o'clock oil the e*enlnr prevlnua to the Tlr.
The oonodoia of the Second Series will tiednlrunonnced.
\TEWS FROAI NICE.—The weather is really splendid,
it the temperature ranging from fln deg. to 88 deg. In the shade. The sun slilnea
niton t iair|. iual|y, and th" iiiflusacv of warm rays makes life rnloyahle to all, and
■nor* cpecialli t > tiiosc who have by Hindu nr otherwise sought its lulliirnre.
There tin- l>o n an almost entire shs uice of rain for aeteral months, but this hat not
Intri fend with the military arrmitrmmUof the city,as It* tlreels and roads are dally
watered front 111 . iri.om aln stream of the Ve.ublc, wblcli is also used for flushing
the ilrHina. tvhirh are, iu uddltion. cleansed or disinfected by purifying chemical
c>tnp*uiids
i lie strict*. n..w brushed dslly. were never so dean and tidy, which fact, perhaps.
aivonnU for t h t-it-ii alociuc of npld-tiilca; nud the avenige mortality of tho dly is
lc-« tlm.i mail fadiloniiUte towns in E ixlnnd.
Four r.-.i oii 1 KinlLli m-dlnil niesi a e in practice bore, and would, lam sure,
h « I In: III . .film •Iii.-ntc w.lh any Inlcn ling vUllors del tons of iatl«fylng their
urfi..u« frer. a. to me In aitlifa nesaof tho town by addressing Doctors Wo.#, Stnrge.
or ttakcllold, or Mr. Nichntl*. tli* Ki gtsli ijualifbal eliemist here. In Intiire,
there " III le it , Iitiorire.1 tribunal for till spun* wo. «* • hygienic society of medical
ni'Vi. French. I i.aliah ami otlirr*. la now In course of f.nniiilon. so that untruthful
tom lala os to t i- unitary eeaialitlnn or Jfn c mar IvatoM *r exposed.
Th> Proton di n ol tho Pnniienailodi'a Anglais Is complete, and forma one of tho
Piualdrives In fin* Ulti-ro. 'I'hr pillco (.iron lua teen m>rgsrilsed. and It# members
• •• now enttlhd To a |a-nski|| sfL-r laltlilill service*, which fact will doubtlnssgive
them more moral fnrre In tho execution of I hair functions.
Ihe I Lilian riiiwtre.n very linnrl-ime Imlldlng hnslaen reconstructed and enlarged,
an I a gnu I lai'l ol liinngumtion will be given In February.
Ill -< aaliinTh-ntm la giving It* s.it. rtalnmenD ; and tho TliSItre de* Franqalse. of
wlnrli Mr. IVirtelann latlm aide Oiiwtrir, has an excellent Troupe deCoinedl*. as also
tome star art I .lea for th* Opera C««nl<jtio.
Th* Jetiv Pmmsnade. truce t.i an arrangement at lasteOected between the Fire
111-1101111-0 I'duiMny an l the Directors of the Pier, la, they say. to lie Immediately
rehuMt. The linc- » will tike ii'nc* tn February. The renowned Carnival will -nrpnu
all olln-re. and the Regattas will form an Important- part of the attractions, particulars
o t wide i aum.
Tlie a's !.•>• an- ibilly arriving In Increased number#, and thoa* Encll h who were
too liniid to p.aa tlirougli Parla, have nevcrthclsM found the menns of coming on here
by wav Am rat. Itelnia. iiiid DJon ; while several who from fc»r fled Into HwlUcr-
Lind diiii'ii the pan ic are now en route to this bright and sunny lend.
Nice. Dec. s. Ini.
lAIUNCESS’S THEATRE.—MR. WILSON BARRETT,
I I e.wr ml Manager.—EVKItT EVENING, at T.tA, HAMLET. M-asrs. Wilson
I air-tt. *!-• inipUi. lh-whnrst. Willsr.l. CHffbrd Cooper. Frank (too|>er, Cranford,
II his* ai Hooi.e. lie Sol la. Evans, Fallon, Fosa, Ac., and George Barrett: Mowlams*
l .ii.th.ke, Ir.p kens, Ac., and M. l^lghh.ii Doors open at 7.18. Box-olQcs. VJO to
lager, J. II. C
lire. Nofpxs. Hail ness Manager,
.Cobbc.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW-YEAR’S HOLIDAYS.
ST. JAMES'S HALL, PICCADILLY.
TUB
M oore and burgess minstrels’
TWENTIETH ANNUAL CARNIVAL of MU* 10 and REFINED FUN. f
EVERYTIll.Ntl NEW FROM HEGlNNIMI TO END OF THE MAGNIFICENT
PROGRAMME.
NEW AND BEAUTIFUL 80X03.
NEW AND OIIIOINAI. COMIC 8KKTCIIK8 AND DANCES. \ \
PKItFOKMANCEB WILL HE GIVEN
EVERY AFTERNOON at THREE : EVERY NIGHT at El BUT.
Fsntouila. Be.: 8i*'ls, 3a.; Area. 7*.: Gallery. It. Children under Twelve, Half
prh—b> Area mid Sul's No fee*. No charge for booking..
Ticket* in.I piapva rnn lie v- nre.1 at Ambrose Auatln t Uulvsn.il Ticket Olh'#. 81.
Jainet'a Hall. Ono M.mtli In advance. ...... .. ....
imip.lli"- . f.iPi dlnvt t>> the di~>r« of St. James s Hall from all (..uta nf Igind.'ii.
T ir.pngh It aihmss to the St. James's Hall from every station on Uie Metr"|e>|ltaM »n I
1 l .-rip t ltd » a) A«* forllckets tn Piceadllly-olrriis. No ..ther i.iace of aniusemrnt
In I-slid .11 |p PS - •*-» *0011 facLIlIcaof access as the fct. James's Kail.
M
A S KEI. Y N K and COO K E, F.GYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly.
It-pglng H ir end twice dally during th - holiday-. Affrin .on at Three: E< piling
s' ’ E .lit. Mr M.ek-lyii"'* (JlirlstmiM Novelties entitled _TIIK FAKIRS OF
HEN \I:Ki AND Til Kill IIIIA7.KN ORACLE. Introdiielng many Noval Ed.-ct* oi..|
Ct.riling lllii-lons, dlflerlng intinly In character from any previously witnessed.
Mali#, M.S Ib-s- ruvl Seat., 8a.; Area, 2a.; Hal »liy, lk/\ \ \
THE CHRISTMAS STAMPER.
The 8tur.lv muu-servant of n country-m>oae, after opening the
hamper which lias just been delivered, either from n neigh¬
bouring friend, perlmps n thriving tenant, or from the
poulterer at tho market town who buys up the best products
of thoa n.H'Hi. i- here bringing it to his masternmlmistress for
tlioir hispcclion. There is no more goodly sight of its kind
limit the magnificent turkey which lie* on the top of tlio
Intaket, nntl promises the best of Christmas fare to the company
that will eil round the cheerful dinner-table ou Thursduy next.
We feel that prose istiimdoquate to do justice to the glorious
ienown and pre-eniiueiiceof this prince of ediblo birds; and
wonder why ho l’oct Laureate lms yet been appointed to sing
I ho Turkey's praises, recollecting only the first verso of a
certain piunplimse of ThimVs “Ode to the Haggis”:—
Fair f»’ thy hoocat CliriBtmxs face,
Oie.it ciilenain o’ the Poultry raeel
<y\ A lioott them a’ ye tak your place.
<;•»> !•,Duck, or Korkins'!
\ Wevl are ye worthy o' a Grace
At knife-nnd-forking!
But that hour of his final glorification, when he shall fill “tho
gronnii'g platter,”/is not yet come; it ia but a preliminary
triumph at the opening of the hamper; and we anticipate with
Minp:tti."tie pleasure the delight of u dozen guests at the
impending'Christ mas dinner.
AttTieir<»Uowuy Hull, Hollowny-rdad, yesterduy week, Sir
Philip Cmiliffe Owen distributed the Government awards to
the successful students of the Ilorusey School of Art—Mr. G.
0. Leighton, a member of Uio committee, presiding. Most
favourable reports of the progress of the students were read.
A couver.-*azione followed, selections of instrumental music
being performed while the company inspected the students'
works.
O VR CHRISTMAS HUMBER
is Note Publishing,
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POSTAGE : PARCELS T03T. 3d. ; BOOK POST, 3r>.
Office: 198, Strand, London, W.C.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON ALMANACK
ii Now Pttbliihing.
Tho Illustrated Loudon Almanack for 1885, containing Six
Coloured Pictures, by F. De Neck, F. IT. Fai y, and G. 0. Harrison,
inclosed in a Beautifully Coloured Wrapper, printed by Leighton
Brothers' Chromatic Process ; Twenty-four Fine-Art Engravings;
Astronomical Occurrences, with Explanatory Notes ; and a great
variety of Useful Information for reference throughout the Year,
is published at the Office of the “ Illustrated London Netcs."
Price One Shilling ; Postage, Twopence-Halfpenny.
A NEW STORY.
Mr. Frnncfllon’s Tale, “Ropes of Sand,” is brought to a
close in the present Number; ami with the New Year
will be commenced a New Story, entitled “Adrian Vidal,”
by W. E. Norris, Author of “ Mademoiselle de Mersnc,”
“Matrimony,” “Thirlby Hall,” and other works.
ART EXHIBITIONS.
At tlie King-street galleries, adjoining Messrs. Christie's well-
known rooms, is to be seen a strongly representative collection
of works by English artists—the President (Sir F. Leighton},
Mr. E. W. Cook, Mr. Boughton, Mr. MacWmrter, being a few
amongst those represented. MoBt of their pictures, however,
have been exhibited at various times elsewhere, and it is
therefore only necessary to allude ou this occasion to the two
new works, Mr. Millais' “Waif” and Mr. Orcliurdson’s
“lier First Ball.” Mr. Millais has taken for the subject
of bis present woik a little girl whom, rumour says, he
saw sitting on a doorstep. If all waifs be as chubby ok this
one, it is no wonder tliut penny dinners for tlie poor are eo
little appreciated; and it may be added that if all waifs
show at such an early age so much diameter as this child's
mouth expresses, they must almost from the cradle have
taken to heart lessons by which their more favoured sisters
fail to profit, even after they have passed out of their
“tecus.” There is a wonderful fascination in this poor
child’s face, on which Mr. Millnis has expended some
of liis best work; and however conventional the treat¬
ment of the ragged brown dress and tho basket of flowers
undoubtedly may be, these points are forgotten iu the magic
attractiveness of that sad face aitd those far-seeing eyes.
“The Waif” has been painted as a companion-picture to
tlie artist’s “Stowaway,” n youth who, hoping to find in the
New World the opening denied to him in the Old, has
managed to conceal himself in the hold of an ocean-going
ship, having for sole companionship a ship’s block, a bit of
chain-cable, and a rcilistic cask, so placed that tho first
lurch of the ship would probably have caused tho death
or maiming of tho unlucky “castaway.” The great at¬
traction, however, of Mr. E. F. White’s gallery is Mr.
Orel Hudson’s large picture representing a young country-
girl at her first ball, dancing, as our grandmothers used to do,
with graceful measured stops, face to face with her cavalier—
in this case a “Town Buck” who knows how to pose uud
nltudinise to the best advantage and according to the latest
mirror of fashion. These two figures occupy the whole of the
centre of a very largo canvas—the young girl in plain
8truight-fulHng muslin drees, scarcely reaching to her ankles,
but far more modest than tho longer garments which seem to
have become rooted amongst civilised nations since tho
invention of the waits* and the consequent " round dances.”
The subsidiary groups iu Air. Orcliurdson’s picture are
equally happy, and the dramatic as well as the pictorial in¬
terest is admirably sustained. At the top of the room sit the
young inaid’a family and friends watching her dlbut, the
anxious mother, the rich but critical auut, tho half-jealous,
half-admiring sister with her “ beau.” In the further corner
is a select party gathered round the “debutante” of a past,
Jong past season, if her shoulders do not belie her. They core
little for tho dancers, but a good deal for the latest bit of
Kciindul which is being discussed eagerly amongst them. In
another corner of the room are the musicians, seriously and
laboriously executing their task ou tlie epinuct, the violin,
mid other instruments ns known to and used by our forefathers.
Altogether, the picturo will rank among the most successful
of Air. Orclmrdson’s works. Its design is simple, its execution
admirable ; and Ihe artist's special characteristics—as shown in
a certaiu “acidity” of colouring—arc almost if not quite
absent, bo that the wide and empty space of room seems full
of rich tones, which overspread aua heighten tho “quality”
of both the scene and the actors.
The exhibition of the works of Mr. J. D. Linton, at the
Fine-Art Society’s Gallery, ennuot fail to attract many to a
study of the only water-colour painter of figures who can
compare with Sir John Gilbert. In many points, and especially
ns n student of the value of details, tho President of the
“ Institute ” will be placed by some on a rank with the Presi¬
dent of the “Society”; but in this honourable rivalry the
partisans of the old and the new school are well bnlanced; and
it may almost be hoped that, stimulated by the present ex¬
hibition of his young confrere, tho veteran President of the
• ‘ old ” society may allow a similar display of the achievements
of his active life. The present exhibition contains, in addition
to fifty water colours, illustrative of Air. Linton’s career,
which, by-tlie-war, only attains its majority this winter, five
large oil colour pictures illustrative of the life of a soldier in
the sixteenth century. These works, produced iu irregular
order, have been exhibited at various times—“Tlie De¬
claration of Wur,” the first of the series, ns late as last spring,
nt Burlington House. We do not pretend to any great
sympathy for Mr. Linton’s work in oils. His method seems
weak, the interest too diffused ; and more frequently than not,
subordinate characters are treated with lavish care (us in “Tho
Banquet), whilst tho chief personages ore thrown into tho
background, or dismissed with scant attention. Iu liis water
colours, however, Mr. Linton is unsurpassed; and,seeing the
richness and depth of colour ho can obtain with these
material*, it is only surprising that he should be tempted to
abandon them. For instance, the texture of tho hose and
doublets of the characters iu “Tho Admonition ” (4)—a scene
of Venetian life, full of story—is far richer than the majority
of oil painters can obtain, with all tho resources at their dis¬
posal. “The Cardinal Alinistcr” (35) is another of those
dramatic scenes which call up the remembrance of Richelieu
and MOHUrili at a glnncc; and ono seems to listen to the half
hiute covering whola wishes let drop by the Red Cardinal
for tho guidance of his seculnr agents. In a very dif¬
ferent stylo is the figure of a girl, “ Day Dreams ” (37),
turned half round, and full towards the spectator.
Her simple truth-loving face is resting upon her arms, with
which she has done many a day of helpful work in the
house, and now she is dreaming of the happiness which may
be in store for her elsewhere. “The Black Fan” (56) is a
specimen of what Mr. Linton can do iu the way of exquisite
finish. The face is somewhat too clear and enamclly; but the
arms, covered by long yellow silk mittens, are a very triumph
of minute and truthful art. Amongst other noteworthy works
are u “ Study of a Man in Red ” (54), a “ Lady with a Fan ”
(41), and tho pair “ Before and After the Ball” (46 nud 53).
There is one peculiarity in Air. Linton’s work which might,
we think, bo modified with advantage. In some parts of
Germany, the term “ Einedicke Frau ” is a generally admitted
compliment; but this taste is not widespread west of the
Rhine. We do not admire—nor do wo believe that any men
ever admire—the taille de gulps, the object of so many womeu's
ambition; and doubtless Mr. Linton shares our dislike, and
therefore energetically protests against waists altogether;
but liis protest would be stronger if urged with less emphasis.
Alessra. Dowdeswel! hnve on view nt tlioir gallery in New
Bond-street n scries of water-colour drawiugs painted in
Sussex by Mr. Button Palmer. This is the third county in
which this artist has collected bits of English accnoiy so
various and delightful ns to suggest to searchers after the pic¬
turesque whether they have any need to cross tho sen to
satisfy their tastes. Each year Mr. Palmer gives proof at an
increasingly facile brush, and the apparent ease with which
he can reproduce David Cox, Birkctt Foster, Thome Waite,
Hine, and even De Win*, is, perhaps, only another way of
allowing that Nature presents herself in the same guise to
those who seek her and study her in the same spirit. The
view of “Black-Cap Down, near Lewes” (2), of “ 13lumber "
(5), and “Near Steyning” (18), are amongst tho most
attractive of the landscapes. Iu such studies as “ The Mouth
of May ”122), with a hawthorn covered with blossom, or in
“Willow" (19), where the water runs between the bushes,
we get nu idea of Mr. Sutton Palmer’s curoful hand and power
of happy expression.
The seven works of Bouguerean now on view at the galleries
(116, New Bond-street) of Messrs. Boussod Valadon give a fair
idea of the work of nn artist who exercised over French ait ot
the Empire no small influence. He has for years beeu one of
the champions of classical art, varying his themes between those
chosen from sacred history and pagan mythology. But it Is ns
painter of the nude that AI. Bouguereau has been chiefly
known. His nymphs are very charming. It is, of course, as
a painter of flesh that AI. Bouguereau challenges criticism;
and it may be urged that the surface frequently recalls
that of porcelain than of a living being. His figures, however,
are always finely drawn, well modelled, and the tone is well
sustained throughout. In the principal picture in the room,
“The Childhood of Bacchus,” the boy borne aloft on the
shoulders of his swarthy attendant, has life nnd joy in every
limb. Another picture, the nymph Byblis looking at her own
reflection mirrored in the stream below, is full of grace; but
“ La Letjon Difficile,” n child seated on n stool trying to spell
out her lesson, will probably attract the more general verdict
of the English public.
MUSIC.
Christmas has brought the usual suspension of most- musical
performances in favour of those entertainments which ext raise
nn absorbing interest during this season and that of the New
Year. Our last records of 1884 include mention of I ho final
Popular Concert and the last Crystal Palace Concert of the
year, both of which took place Inst Saturday afternoon. The
Inst Popular Concert consisted of n selection from Beethoven's
works. Madame Norman-Nerudu was tlie lending violinist,
Aliss Zimmermaun the boIo pianist, and Mr. Thorndike the
vocalist. Saturday’s Crystal Palace Concert was appropriated
to Gounod’s oratorio “The Redemption,” the solo vocalists
having been Airs. Hutchinson, Aliss M. Feuna, MissH. Wilson,
Air. B. McGuckin, Air. F. King, nnd Air. Pyntt. The per¬
formance was generally au efficient one, the chorus-singing,
by the Crystal Palace Choir, linviug been especially good.
Aladame Sainton-Dolby gave the last of a series of three
conscrts—sustained by the pupils of her vocal nrndoiny—at
Stcimvuy Hall, on Thursday week, when the programme com¬
prised a varied selection of vocal music by British composers,
including some pleasing pieces by the concert-giver, nnd a
scene from Air. Mackenzie's oratorio, “The Rose of Blmron.”
Theperformnncesof the young lady vocalists— solo and choral
gave good evidence of the value nf the system of instruction
pursued by Madame Sainton-Dolby, The skilful violin playing
of Aliss W. Robinson was an agreeable feature in the concert.
The Sacred Harmonic Society’s Christmas performance of
“ The Messiah ” yesterday (Friday) week was generally a very
effective one. The chorus-singing was mostly efficient, and
the solos were well sung by Madame Viilleriu, Madnme Fussctt,
Air. Alans, and Air. Brideon. Air. Cummings conducted with
f rent ability. The next concert takes place on Jan. 23, when
ierlioz’s "Childhood of Christ,” Bach's cantata “God's
Time is the Best,” nnd Goetz’s psalm “By the Waters of
Babylon,” will be performed.
The Chevalier Bach’s performance of three of Beethoven's
pianoforte concertos nt Prince’s Hull yesterday (Friday) week
was an interesting nud unusual event. The works given wore
No. 1 iuC major, No. 3 in C minor, and No. 5 in K fiat, known
as the “ Emperor.” These were not given in regular order,
the last-named concerto having been preceded bv No. 3 and
followed by No. 1. The pianist displayed high executive
f lowers in each instance, liis rendering of the “Emperor”
laving been the most successful of all. There was a complete
and efficient orchestra, ably conducted by Air. Ran dogger.
This week’s music included a performance, nt St. James’s
Hall, of “The Messiah,” conducted by Air. W. G. Cusins,
who has bestowed special research ou the antecedents of tho
oratorio, and has published the results in a pamphlet.
The Royal Albert Hull Choral Society, conducted by Mr.
Baruby, will inaugurate the New Year with a performance of
tho same oratorio next Thursday evening.
Tlie following awards were made ou Saturday by the Royal
Academy of Music: The Bnlfo Scholarship,to Albert H. Fox ;
the Hine Gift, to Arthur E. Godfrey; ana theBomuny Dobrcc
Prize, to Ernest Burton.
A violent gale raged over England, Ireland, nnd France
during Saturday last nnd Sunday. The ferry-boat which plies
between Connah’s Quay nnd Qucensferry caps.* d when in
mid-stream, three out of ten persons on board being drowned.
In Paris the gah? was »o violent that people wore literally
blown down in the streets; and the storm was accompanied
by thunder, lightning, and rain.
The six-days’ bicycle contest at tho Westminster Aquarium
closed last Saturday, Birt winning by 3} miles from Westou.
At the close the score was as follows:—J. Dirt, 030 miles
Slaps; E. Weston, 6z7 miles; 8. Vale, 616 miles 3 hips; A
Hawker, 540 miles 1 lap ; 0. Drury, 522 miles 2 laps; raid W.
Armstrong, 362 miles 7 laps.
DEC. 27, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
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TWO POETS CONTRASTED.
The writings of Mr. Robert Browning, for some years past,
have shown an increasing disregard of artistic form and effect,
whether narrative or dramatic, while they have certainly not
improved in the grnces of style and metrical harmony. But
the powerful working of earnest thought upon the gTaveat
problems of moral and spiritual life renders his latest pro¬
ductions valuable to many serious and reflecting minds. The
little volume called Ferishtah't Fancies (Smith, Elder, and Co.),
despite the quaintness and crudeness of ita imagery, of its
diction, and of its versification, all which are in the author's
indefensible manner, contains precious jewels of true wisdom,
such os can rarely be found in a fair casket of agreeable prose
or beautiful verse. Ferishtah is a Moslem sage of Persia,
described as a Dervish, who freely converses with his disciples
and with inquirers or disputants upon every question that the
most vehement scepticism can propound. He endeavours to
“ vindicate the ways of God to Man ” by ingenious parables,
narrated with high Oriental colouring, and usually followed
by asking his listener to decide on the case of the parable.
This method of instruction is familiar to us all from the Old
and New Testament, but lias been practised from time im¬
memorial by public teachers of every religion iu all countries
of Asia. Its great abundance iu Persian classic literature has
given much employment to students of thnt language; and
imitations of those stories, or “apologues” as they were
then called, are frequent among the French and English
essayists of the eighteenth century. But these were written
in admirable prose, and we confess that Ferislitab’s con¬
troversial devices would he far more to our own taste, if Mr.
Browning hud written them in the simplest and plaintest
sentences of common English, which iu writing prose he is
no doubt able to do. That ho writes good English blank
verse, throughout any page of this volume, we are compelled
in truth to deny; it is neither verso nor good English. Indeed
the Prologue, which is in rhyme, is of superlative badness;
and the rhymed stanzas of amorous appeal to some unknown
fetniniue spirit, intercalated between Ferishtah’8 ethical dis¬
cussions, are feeble as well as inappropriate. It is the best to
speak thus frankly of the literary faults of Mr. Browning's
work, since he asks us to do so; “as verse ranks, so rate my
verse,” he says, and we rate it, as verse, extremely low ; but
lie goes on to make Ferishtah say, “ if good therein outweighs
aught faulty judged, judge justly!” and so wc will. The
amount of “ good therein,” let ns lmsieu to declare, is enough
to furnish a dozen Professors of Moral Philosophy, Broad Church
clergymen, Liberal Dissenting ministers, and’contributors of
serious articles to the monthly magazines, with matter for
their dissertations that will not 60 on bo exhausted. Here are
twelve conversations of the Persian teacher, a Mohammedan
Socrnt. 8, with Solomon’s Proverbs and the Book of Ecclesiastes
wrought into his heart and brain, and with an intuitive fore¬
knowledge of Schopenhauer and Hartmann, confuting various
atheistic, pessimist, or materialist fallacies with the greatest
apparent success. This is wlmt coincs of fantastic tales like
“The Eagle,” “The Melon-seller,” “Shah Abbas,” “The
Camel-driver,” and those curious speculations on the eating
of cherries and apples, the black and white beans, with much
bold though not disloyal talk about the reigning Shall. “ Is
Life worth Living ? ” “ Do things tend to Good or to Bad?”
“Ought Man to be grateful and trustful?” “Why do
wicked men prosper P ” “ Why should there be any Pain ? ”
“ Have we a right to punish crime?’’ “Have we a right to
anticipate the Divine chastisement?” “Ought wc to enjoy the
pleasures of sense?” “Wlmt knowledge is worth the ex¬
perience of I.ove?” Questions of this sort, nnd one or two
directly bearing on the evidences nnd essential doctrine of
Christianity (under I he veil of a hypothetical case), are power¬
fully argued by Ferishtah, who is a reasoner of uncommon
subtlety and skill iu the Socratic manner. Once more, wo
only wish that Mr. Browning would rewrite the whole in
prose.
The robust intelligence, nnd the manly tone of thought
and moral purpose, which we sincerely esteem in all the works
of Mr. Browning, have not been discernible in those of Mr.
Algernon Swinburne. But he is, on the other hnucl, by the
general verdict of critics who understand the style and the
music of poetry, one of our finest poetical artists—tho greatest
contrast, therefore, to the eminent thinker above noticed. He
has a fervent nnd soaring imagination, tenderness nnd depth
of sympathy, and a force of lyrical enthusiasm, held in sub¬
jection to the melody of vers I, possessed by few English
writers of this age. A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poetu^
(Chatto nnd Windus) is the title of a collection of now pieces,
which show as much of these qualities ns any of Mr. Swin-\
bume’s former productions, but which have the same fuiilts as
most of what he lias written—the lack of sanity nnd commou-
sensc, frenzied extravagance in his estimate of tho objects of
such furious adoration, nud the prodigal misuse of appeals to
superhuman sanctions. His deification of Victor llugOr^U
the “New Yeur Ode,” an amazing succession of laudatory
flights extolling the “ L6gcnde des Siiclea” ns tho supremo
Revelation, and its author ns a poetical Demigod, beats all
previous examples of immoderation and inbontincnce iii the
exercises of literary compliment and praise. Mr. Swinburne
piles up the glory above the tops of high mountains and over
tho clouds of the sky, nnd then calls for nil the light the sun can
bestow to shine upon it-, for the sole purpose of'doing honour
to his French friend, who is thus excessively magnified at the
expense of all other men in the world past or present. Mr. Swin¬
burne does this iu twenty-five page-bursts of splendid rhyme,
cascades of gorgeous metaphorical language, Infiuitely beyond
the true account of tho matter, and so far from convincing that
the sceptical reader is tempted to write “ Fudge ” at the bottom
< f every page. His few stanzas on Mazzini are scarcely less
preposterous in the way of exaggerating the personal merits of
their subject; to say that the liberation of Italy waB the work
of Mazzini is to belio the known historical fact. The three
sonnets addressed to Louis Blanc, a Republican certainly
deserving of respect, are likewise pitched in this falsetto key
of misdirected hero-worship, which pervades all the author’s
declamation on pol itical themes. As for his poetical onslaughts
directed against the English House of Lords, tho sonnets
entitled “ Vos Deos Laudamus,” the“ Twilight of the Lords,”
suggested by Wagner’s “Gotter-dammerung,” “Clear the
Way,” and “ A Word for the Country,” their violence would
appear shocking to the most excited meeting of Democratic
Radicals., BIr. Swinburne is bent on out-IIerodiug Herod in
these vapouring effusions of affected anger; but whenever he
works himself into such a passion, like Victor Hugo, he loses
much of liia. proper gift ns a poet, and becomes instead a
harsh nnd bad rnetoricinn. Wo gladly testify, neverthe¬
less, thnt his new volume contains some other poems of a
noble quality, entirely free from the perversion of judgment
nnd tho intemperance of expression that characterise those we
have mentioned. “ A Midsummer Holiday ” is not, ns might
be supposed, a single nnrrutlve or descriptive piece, but a few
idyllic meditations on scaconst scenery, dedicated to Mr.
Theodore Watts, in whoso companionship the author seems to
have been staying at Cromer. They are written mostly iu a
difficult metre of flfteeu-syllabled lines, which, perhaps, only
Tennyson could manage with equal skill; and with a peculiar
order of the rhymes, and the recurrence of one particular line
at the close of each stanza, prescribed bv the strict rules of a
certain form of ttie ancient French ballad. “ In the Water”
is a delicious utterance of the bather’s emotions in swimming
out eeawurd ; and the geographical reflections “ On tho
Verge,” looking due north from that coast over an ocean that
stretches to the Foie with no land intervening, are finely
associated with thoughts of infinity of time, and of the sublime
possibility beyoud our mortal life. The whole of this series of
poems, nnd those also which describe the sea and rocks of the
Channel Islands, “ Les Caaqueta,” “A Ballad of Sark,”
“ A Solitude,” and tho “ Ballad at Parting,” which exults in
the position of England as bounded and guarded by our
surrounding waters, “here the limitless north-eastern, there
the strait south-western sea,” merit sincere admiration; we
feel that they are worthy of a first-rate English poet, and we
doubt whether Victor Hugo could write better of the kind.
Again, in liis charming little “Cradle-Songs,” and in the
tender, thoughtful, truthful poems on his nine-year-old little
boy, BIr. Swinburne more than makes amends for tho superb
nonsense which he 1ms dealt out, now and heretofore, on some
critical, political, and theological topics, where he lets tho
rhyme run awar with the reason. His lyrical genius, and his
mastery over the verbal instrument of poetry, can never be
disputed; and, if he had but a small portion of Mr. Browning’s
wisdom, he would runk among the greatest of our poets.
old gardener, nud pretty, silly, coquettish Pansy, his grand¬
daughter, with whom Caleb is over head and ears in love.
The chief incidents are a fire, which Caleb is unjustly accused
of causing—and of causing, moreover, with malicious intent—
nnd a forgery, the detection of which is frustrated iu a very
original and ingenious manner by the interposition of u
worthy juggler, “ the anxious and affectionate brother of the
NOVELS.
There is something almost sublime in the fundamental con¬
ception of Mitchethurst Place: by Margnret Veley (Macmillan
and Co.), and something quite beautiful now and then in the
execution. There is something truly heroic, something as
awful as the spectacle of Prometheus on the rock, in the picture
of a man who, not even in the weakest moment of the illness
that brings him down to a premature grave, lets his secret
escape from liis lips, and, so far as any revelation on his part
is concerned, leaves the woman he loved in blissful ignorauce—
though her conscience causes her some sad misgivings—that
to her thoughtlessness he in all probability owes the ruin
of his prospects, the failure of liis cherished plans, the
very consumption that wastes him away, and, what he
regretted most of all, the loss of herself. Perhaps he
was a morbid, disagreeable egotist, but it seems as if she
might liuve cured him; and lie certainly had in his nature a
very potent spark of true nobility. With all liis faults, he was
as superior to the comparatively commonplace young poet,
who wears the usual brown velvet cont, and who “ cuts him
out,” as, to compare small personages with great, King Arthur
to Sir Lnuncelot. Moreover, lie had a temperament resembling
rather that of the warm-blooded but erring Knight than of
the cold-bloodecl but blameless King. The purpose of the
story is ns follows. The Roth wells of Mitohclhurst Place were
an ancient nnd honourable but morbidly proud and vain ns
well as thriftless race; nnd, through,their thriftlessncss, tho
“Place” had passed into other hands, at any rate until
some descendant of the Rothwells should redeem it by
f mrehase. Tho nearest descendant is, par let femmes,
teynold Harding, whose ifiothcr, a true RothweH, from whom
he inherits tho beauty as well ns all tho bud or disagreeable
attributes of the Rothwells, had married, for reasons nnd in a
manner quite worthynf the egotistical nnd stiff-necked family
to which she belonged, the younger son of a rich pork-
butcher. The remembrance of the pork-butcher poisons the
life of Reynold Harding, who is left fatherless and penniless;
and he refuses to go mid make liis fortune in the house of
business presided oyer by his father’s elder brother. But
Reynold meets Barbara Strange, who inspires him with the
desire to win back Mitchclhurst Place, and make her the
mistress of it; so lie writes to accept the kind offer which lias
once more hern made to him by his uncle, and which must be
accepted within a certain number of days, else it will never bo
repeated. Through Barbara’s own carelessness, the letter
of acceptance never readies the uncle: Reynold Harding
is too proud to explain, even if any explanation would have
have mended matters; ho loses Mitchelhurst Place and
Barbara, goes down to an early grave, nnd never tells her how
much he had to reproach her with. This conduct of his was
grand, if in other matters he was a little ignoble. It was very
little that was ignoble; nnd ho was dying: let that bo his
excuse Td^-nbt preserving tho other secret. Besides, when
Barbara recovered from the first shock of the revelation, she
would be sure, like a woman, to hug the idea that she had
been so bejoved by two men, and that one of them ns good ns
died forlbvc of her. She would have a new bonnet on the
strength of it; or at any rnte, would exhibit a double portion
of sclf-complaccncy.
It is easy to divine what is the nature of such a book ns
Jack's Courtship: by \V\ Clark Itussell (Sampson Low and
Co.), from tho name of the author and experience of his
novels. The three volumes, of course, contain a number
of excellent descriptions, representing to the lifo tho
various aspects of the sea in nil its moods, the
pleasures and perils of tho deep, and passages of love-
making diversified or relieved by touches of humour. Jack
Seymour, a retired sailor, though still young in years if not in
experience, falls in love with Florence Hawke (and Hawke, if
not Florence, is a sailor-like name), who returns the compli¬
ment and the affection. Florence’s proud father, to give the
author tho chance of “putting to sea,” tries to remove her
from the latitudes of Jack Seymour by sending her on a
voyage to Australia; but the gallant Juck is equal to the
occasion, and, taking an alias and practising other ingenious
arts, mauages to go on the same voyage in the same ship with
her. Here, then, is tho author launched on his favourite
element; nnd it is scarcely necessary to observe thnt lie is not
only at home upon it, but makes wonderfully good use
of it. Jack has already won Florence’s heart; and he
proceeds, by his knowledge of the sea nud of seafaring
ways, to win the heart of Florence’s duenna also, the
shc-drngon who should have kept him above all men at a
distance from Florence’s golden youth, llcucefortli, of course,
all is “plain sailing.” Sailors—that is, British sailors—
are known to have, or in tho palmy days of English senman-
ship, to have lmd, the most supreme contempt for tho French
language, and the same contempt may perhaps be reasonably
expected among writers of “sea stories”; at any rate, our
author writes of “la premifcro dnnseuso do la (sic) monde”
(Vol. II., p. 232) with a disregard of gender to raise a French¬
man’s choler. There is no occasion for English writers to use
French terms when their own language will serve the purpose,
as it would perfectly well in this case ; the more reason, then,
for taking care to be right when the use of French is quite
gratuitous.
There is n suggestion of refreshing idyllic poelry about the
title of lly Mead and Stream : by Charles Gibbon (Chatto and
Windus), nnd there are many portions of the novel which fully
boar out the suggestion. Tho three volumes are very pleasant,
easy, and fairly interesting to rend; nnd some of the characters
are truly charming. Of such characters nrc the stalwart
British yeoman, his wife, nnd his beautiful though rather too
mysterious niece; and of such also aro Caleb Kersey, nnd the
suppose it's in our natures, l toox to juggling
way, and he took to iuggling the other way.” Much the
same remark would apply to Blcssre. Bloskelyue nnd Cook, who
frunkly admit their jugglery, and Blessrs. the “ Spiritualists,”
who forge the spirits’ signatures. One of the principal per¬
sonages in the novel is a rich uncle, who causes himself to be
impersonated by another man, aud so works marvels " unbe¬
known a course which is always very gratifying to a certain
class of readers.
Womankind, to whom a baby is an object of reverence, may
be more likely than mankind to appreciate the excellence
of Sir Tom: by Blrs. Qliphant (Biacmillan and Co.); but
mankind also may derive a certain modified pleasure
from the novel, whenever the baby goes into retirement
for a season. The writer is more than a little wordy; but
there is wordiness and wordiness, and there is even, ns in the
S resent instance, a wordinees that exercises a sort of soothing
liluence, such as “Mesopotamia” is said to have exercised
upon a certain simple-minded member of a certain congre¬
gation. What, however, does the writer mean by comparing
a single creature to “ a {sic) 'Caryatides” P You might as well
speak of P a calves.” Yet, at page 249 of the first volume, we
aro introduced to one “Jock, slim and dark, supporting a
corner of the mantel-piece, like a young Caryatides iu black.”
Be it known, moreover, to all whom it may concern, that
Caryatides arc female figures. However, it is more to the
S oint to tell how Sir Tom, otherwise Sir Thomas Ran-
olpli, Baronet (for he must have been a baronet), who
gives the title to the three volumes, led a “wild” life
m his youth, hampered his estates by his extravagance,
travelled like Ulysses, and, like that fumous Greek chieftain,
saw men (and, wliat is more, women) and cities, retrieved his
fortunes by marrying an heiress, was returned to Parliament for
the county in which he lived, had a sou nud heir, and very
nearly quarrelled irremediably with bis simple but pretty,
charming, conscientious, and by no menus silly little wife. It
Was the will under which the wife inherited her immense wealth
that began the quarrel, which was more or less uninten¬
tionally fermented by her young prig of a brother, and by a
very entertaining Contessa, whom the baronet lmd known
abroad in his “wild” days, nnd who brought to England
with her a beautiful young girl, a very interesting per¬
sonage, very singular indeed in her ways of thinking
and Dehaving, and strongly suspected by scandal -mongers,
and even by tho amiable wire to whom scandal wn9
an utter abomination, of being tho baronet's own daughter.
How the quarrel begins, proceeds, nud ends, may be rend
to greater amusement than profit in the three somewhat
verbose volumes ; and how useful the baby was for the
r pose of bringing about n thorough reconciliation will
generally acknowledged. 'Whether the provisions of the
will were carried out exactly in accordance with the intentions
of the well-meaning lunatic (in n strictly parliamentary sense)
who made it., must be left to the decision of the reader, who will
probably agree with the baronet and sundry men of business
that the provisions were essentially absurd and unpracticable.
THE VOLUNTEERS.
Last week the London Irish Rifles mustered in considerable
force at St. James’s Ilnll to witness the presentation of tho
S rizes won in rifle-shooting this season. Among tho numerous
onors were the Duke of Connaught (Honorary Colonel of the
corps), Earl Spencer, Sir R. Wallace, the Duke of Abercom,
and Geueral Sir H. Daubeney. Lieut.-Colouel Furuivall, in
making his report of tho condition of the regiment, said tho
enrolled strength was 844, against 938 last year; but the non-
efficients had decreased from 68 to 23. The best shot of the
regiment and winner of the gold medal is Sergeant Moses.
The annual presentation of prizes to the members of the
17th (North) Middlesex took place in St. James’s Hall on
tho 18th inst., Viscount Enfield, honorary Colonel, presiding.
The corps numbers 750, of whom 23 are non-efficient, the
total strength last year amounting to 762, all of whom were
efficient. Lord Enfield presented tho prizes, tho principal
winners being Private F. Fursman, who gained the battalion
gold badge nnd marksman’s badge with three stars, nnd
Private J. Jennings, who carried off the battalion prize
presented by Lord Enfield. A testimonial, subscribed for by
the officers nnd shooting members of the regiment, was
presented to Sergeant C. G. Nobbs, lion. sec. to the shooting
committee. A regimental ball followed.
Tho Lord Mayor presided last Saturday evening at the
annual distribution of prizes to tho 2nd London, when the
winners of tho trophies received rewards from the Lady
Mayoress. liis Lordship attended in state. The Colonel of
the regiment said that, although they had not quite so many
men on tho roll ns in the previous year, they nad a better
percentage of efficiency. The Lady Mayoress presented the
prizes, among the chief winners of which were Sergeant
Cuttriss, Private White, and Private Richardson.
The prizes won during the past year by the 4th Battalion
of the West Surrey (the Queen’s) were distributed last Satur¬
day evening at Cannon-street Hotel by Colonel Lynch, the
commandant of the Second Regimental District. Lieut-
Colonel A. W. Ray, the commanding officer, said that a
detachment numbering 125 officers nnd men took part in the
marching column to Dover at Easter, while about an equal
number went into camp at Aldcrsliott for the summer drills,
nnd he was glad to say thnt in both cases most satisfactory
reports had been received of the conduct of the men. He
referred with satisfaction to the association of their corps with
the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment—one of the oldest
in the service—nud said thnt the result of the year’s work was
the earning of over £1300 in capitation grant.
It is stated, on authority, tlmt it has been decided to
replace the whole of tho Snider rifles now iu the hands of the
Volunteer infantry by Martini-Hcnrys, and that the issue of
the latter will commence very shortly. Ihe Snider rifles have
been in the hands of the Volunteers since 1870.
The Mnnchester Ship Canal Bill lms been deposited in the
House of Lords and in tho House of Commons. It provides
for the raising of £10,000,000 of capital, of which £2,000,000
will be by loan. The new scheme will not communicate iu any
way with the Mersey, except at its outlet at Easthom.
The fifth annual dramatic performance by the “ Tlialian”
Company, in aid of the Homoeopathic Hospital, Great Ormond-
street, will be given nt fit. George’s Ilnll, on Thursday,
Jan. 15, 1885, when will be played T. W. Robertson’s comedy,
in three acts, “The Ladies’ Battle,” preceded by the come¬
dietta "Twenty Blinntes Uuder an Umbrella.”
Chptain Norton's screw battery.
The Factory.
632.— TJIE ILLUSTRATED LI DON NEWS, Dkc. 27, 1884.—633
THK KILE EXPEDITION: SKETCHES BY UR SPECIAL ARTIST, MB. MELTON PRIOR.
CommUfarint. Ordnance. Dahnbich of Col. Duncnn. Hauling launch up.
Camel Corpa Camp.
Rail way Station.
Steamer Perm, towing barge with Camel Corps, and whale-boat*.
ROM THE HOSPITAL BUILDINGS,
THE GUARDS’ ?AMBL COBPS ON THE WAY TO DONGOLA, MEETING LORD WOL8F.LEY IN THE DESERT.
SCENE ON THE ROAD TO DONGOLA.
iDE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEO. 27, 1881
C34
THE NILE EXPEDITION.
Our Special Artist, Mr. Melton Prior, writes to us on the 27th
ult., trom Dongola, where he arrived by riding with the
Guards’ Camel Corps. The liead-qunrters of General Lord
Wolseley’s army are now at Korti, a little above Ambukol,
where the Nile begins (speaking as a traveller would in ascend¬
ing the river) to make its huge bend to the north-east, to Abou
Ahmed, including the Fourth Cataract, near Merawi, and the
Fifth Cataract, north of Berber. The caravan route across the
Bayuda Desert, avoiding the immense circuit, leaves the river at
Ambukol or Korti, and strikes in a south-easterly direction,
by the aid of certain wells and water-courses, to the banks of
the Nile at Metemmeh, opposite Shendy, which is about half¬
way between Khartoum and Berber. The distance is, in a
straight line on the map, about one hundred and fifty miles,
but the travelling distance is more than a hundred and seventy;
we shall give a plan of this route probably next week.
It seems now to be expected that Lord Wolseley will,
as soon as the best part of his force is assembled at
Korti, take all the mounted infantry and cavalry corps
under command of Sir Herbert Stewart, and push across
the Desert to Shendy, where General Gordon is likely to meet
him. Whether he will have to fight a battle ns he approaches
that place, or nearer to Khartoum, must depend on the dis¬
position of the Mahdi and his followers, whose real condition
is very little known. The state of affairs at Korti seems to be
promising ; the Head-quarters' Staff, with an escort of three
troops of Hussars, reached that place Inst Sunday, and a
detachment of the South Staffordshire Regiment came up the
river in wlmle-boats from Debbeh; the steam-boat Nnssif
Kheir brought up stores from Dongoln. The natives
around Korti and Ambukol are friendly, and held a
large fair at Korti on Sunday, for the sale of cattle and
sheep, grain, dates, salt, and cotton. The Vakeel of Merawi,
higher up the river, came to pay his respects to Lord
Wolseley, who decorated him with the Star of the Order of
the Medjidieh, Third Class. The field telegraph from Korti is
now iu working order. On the other hand, wo learn that one
of the Nile bouts on its way up has been capsized seventeen
miles below Korti. Among those on board were two news¬
paper correspondents; all the occupants were Baved by the
pinnace of H.M.S. Inflexible, but the baggage was lost. The
navigation of the river is daily becoming more difficult, owing
to the shiftiugof the sand ; and the wind is no longer available
for sailing; the arrival of the boats is thus delayed. Lord
Wolseley says, in a despatch to the War Office: “The English
boats have, up to this point, fulfilled all my expectations. The
men are iu excellent health, fit for any trial of strength, as
result of constant manual labour. The work in the boats
against current is very hard, but is borne most cheerfully,
without a grumble. All thoughts bent on relief of Khartoum
and of their gallant comrade who is besieged there.”
Although Wady Haifa, near the Second Cataract, has been
left several hundred miles in the rear of the advancing British
army, its continued importance ns a base of operations, and
as the depot of Commissariat and Ordnance stores, gives in¬
terest to our Artist’s drawing of a General View of this place,
taken from the Hospital Buildings. The navigation of the
river from the First Catnrnct, near Assouan, up to Wady Haifa,
is perfectly free and unimpeded; and it has been easy, by
means of the steam-boats, to accumulate all the military stores
... . i r ._ al. ni Wnflir llftlfrt whprf* n sliorf,
iruuuuu tm i/iiu ** *— j •
railway takes them past the Second Cataract to Sarras, for
re-embarkation in barges to bo carried ou to Dongola. All
the great difficulties of transit have been experienced between
Wady Haifa and Dongola, but especially in passing the series
nf iwifv rnnids in the Butn-el-Hndjar, of which we have
ustrations from Sketches by Lieutenant It. De
given Borne —-——- „ ......
Lisle, R.N., and other correspondents. Our Special Artisr,
having been wrecked in a steam-launch at the Second Cataract,
was fain to quit the river and take to cnmel-riding with the
mounted corps, of which he furnishes two Illustrations this week.
One represents an officer’s camel entangled among the rocks and
blocks of granite on the road, with the officer and his Arabservant
trying to persuade the poor beast to mnke an effort to raise
himself; the Englishman holding up the camel’s neck and
using the whip, the Arab pulling the camel by the tail. I ho
other Sketch is that of Lord Wolseley, mounted on his camel,
with Captain Wardroper, his aide-de-camp, riding behind
him, arrived at a lialting-place of the Guards’ Camel Corps on
the way to Dongola; his lordship is speaking with Colonel
Sir G. W. Cummings and Colonel Rowley, two of the officers
cf that corps.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
AH eommuntealimi relatinj to thi, *;~ir7men( n/ thr Paper thouldbe addrtutd to U«
Editor, and Harr the uord "i hen •' tenttrn oh the enrelope.
F H (Munich).—One nppeitn below, the i.ther li rtlll nnder examination.
I.* Piov (Xewcutlooo Tyne).—In Mr. Loyd'* Problem Whit* cannot play 1. Kt to
K It 7th. becaueo In no doing be expo ere hil own King to check.
run iTifll*).—look at No. 2171 ageln. When writing, you wer* very wld* o( tli*
mark. The game •hall hare early attention.
HALS (Caterbam).—The composer named la too learned In the conatructlon of
problems to present the poeitluu referred to as a regular problem. It we* a/ania<*(..
nothing more.
A W DO (Fyubed).—One *u published.lut week. Your* of the 2SU> alt. elull b«
examined In due course.
OoiHccr SoLcnnKi of PaoaLia No. 2121 received from Jamet Eaaton; of No. 2122
ward. W lllliler. Aaron Harper. (1 L Mayne. A Wlgmore. O S Oblfleld. 0 D«ra*h. H
It Noyee, W J Hodman, II L Dyke. M OMIalloran. It U Brooks, if A L 8. J B (Edin¬
burgh), T U I Ware), and L Vandcr Uaegben.
CoanacT Solitkom of Paonxist No. 2120 recelred from Hereward. George Jolcey.
W miller, J T W. Anron Harper. Sbadforth. Jumbo, Trial. L I. Greenaway.
O L M -yne, Her IV Anderson (Old Homney), H Wardlo. G W Law.T if Ifoldren. 0
sOldfleld. re Newbolt. Fanny II Idee (Edmonton), Henry J Bder. g parraxh.
A Leon, ltayni'ind stelnfortli. W J Kudman. Fierce Jones. B L Dyke. 11 B B Arnold
Waterford), M O'Halloran, HALS. 11 H Brooke. Joseph Ainsworth, A O Hunt.
B Lowndes, K Karelia
liewse. A KuibcrgHB
raider (Ghent), L Vender Hseghen. RTweddell, O Posbrooke. 0 » Ooxe, Jupiter
Junior. H Ingereoll, II K Awdry. C W Mllaora, A L Ory. L» Won (hewcaatle-on-
Tyne), Edwin Smith (Forth). A M Colhorne.No Name (Edmonton), N 8 Harris, E
Elsbury. Columbus. D \V Kell. J B (Edinburgh). H BUcklock, and Ben Net la.
Solution of Pboblzx No. 2123.
WHITE. BLACK.
l.QtoKfith P takes R •
2 QtoKKtfllh(eh) P takes Q
3, HtoQR 8tli. Checkmate.
• If Black play 1. K takes R. White continues with 2. Qto K «) (ch). *e.: If 1. P to
2. KtoBr ’ '
B 8th. then 2.
I 3rd. Ac.
PROBLEM No. 2127.
By Fmtb Ilor nr as (Munich).
BLACK.
WHITE.
White to ploy, and mate in three move*.
CHESS NUTS.
In accordance with our annual custom, w o present our readers with a few
Chena Nuta for Chris'mas. \B«ij|rinniiiR with »omrthinir for bepinnere, hcrcia
a sweet nut by Herr Rudolph L’Heitnst of Magdebnrjr. a composer who h
well known to “ Children ol a laig.r growth " in these columns.
White: K at Q Kt aq, G at Q it 8th. R at Q 7th. (Three pieces.)
Black: K at Q H 6th ; Tawna at Q R 6th, Q Kt 6th, and & B 6th. (Four
piece*.)
White to play, and mate in two moves.
lut.
Vnother “nut" from Magdeburg, with much the came flavour u the
"while; it at (i «q, Q at Q B sq. (Two pieces.)
Black ; K at Q 6tn, Pawns at Q 6th and K 8th. (Three pieces.)
"White to play, and mate in two moves.
BURKE’S PEERAOE AND BARONETAGE, 1886.
Despite all that has been said and written of late agaitififr tlie
House of Lords, the l’eera arc held in regard by the public at-
large. Their influence permeates through all classes, and''
guides our social life. In the historic achievements winch have
won coronets, everyone has a national pride, and clings to an
institution which lias been part and parcel of the Constitution
of England time out of mind. The fortunes, and even the
misfortunes, of the Peerage interest all. So general is this
feeling. Hint no house or library of nny pretension can bo said
to be complete without “ Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage,
indispensable as an authority on everything connected with
the Peers, Baronets, and Knights, their lineages, alliances, and
personal history; and most valuable as a guide in all questions
of precedence, etiquette, and relative rank. The events of
the Peerage which occurred between Deb. 1,1883, and Dec. 1,
1884 we And, from the new editiorinow before us, were more
remarkable for deaths than for creations. The only new titles
added to the Peerage, if we dp not include those granted to
Scottish and Irish Lords, are Hampden, Tennyson, Monk
Bretton, and Northbourne. The title of the fix-Speaker lma been
judiciously bestowed, in recognition dfjiis descent from the
patriot Hampden; and the barony of Tennyson is the first
peerage ever conferred on a poet, in Royal acknowledgment
of his genius. Three Baronets only have been mado-Lister,
Bowman, and Satnuelsoh. The obituary list is exceptionally
long. The loss of/the Duko of Albany, a Prince of bnlliant
includes two Marquises—Hertford and Londonderry j eight
Enrls—Craven, Bantry, Abingdon, Sandwich, Scofield, Arran,
Cowley, and LnucUrdule ; two Viscounts - Falkland and
Torrington (seven Barons— Howard of Glossop, Mostyn,
Raglan, Farnham, Petre, Stafford, and Ampthill, and two
Bnroneiees—Sempi 11 and North. Thirty odd Baronets died
in the same period.
Moulvie Muhammad Snmi-ullah Khan, Judge in the North-
Western 1’rOvibces of Tudia, lias been appointed a Member or
the Third Class of Companions of the Orders of St. Michael
and St. George, in recognition of his service? to the Earl of
Northbrook in Egypt.
Sir Henry Drydcn has opened an International 1 holo¬
graphic Exhibition in Northampton Museum Galleries. I he
pictures number over six hundred. Several are life-size
autotype enlargements from the negative. Specimens have
been sent from all parts of the world. The opening ceremony
was uttcuded by a brilliant assemblage.
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The Scotch Confirmation, under seal of office of the Commis-
sariot of Lanarkshire, of the deed of settlement (dated
March 19, 1877), with two codicils (dated Feb. 16,1881, and
April 30, 1883), of Mr. Walter Neilson, ironmaster at
Summerlee, late of Kenmure House, Bishop Briggs, who died
nt Ayr, on Aug. 18 last, granted to Hugh Neilson, the brother,
John Neilson, William Alexander, Anderson Kirkwood,
William Neilson, George Neilson, and Walter Neilson, the
executors nominate, was sealed in London on the 24th ult.,
the value of the personal estate in England and Scotland
amounting to upwards of £300,000.
The Scotch Confirmation, under seal of office of the Com-
missariot of Aberdceushire, of the trust disposition and deed
of settlement (dated July 12, 1875), with a codicil (dated
Feb. 16, 1876), of Sir Archibald Grant., Bart., of Monymuak.
in the county of Aberdeen, who died ou Sept. 5 last, granted
to Charles John Radcliffe, Godfrey Edward Alcester Radcliffe,
and William Craig, the executors nominate, was sealed in London
ou the 17th ult., the value of the personal estate in England
and Scotland amounting fo upwards of £117,000.
The will (dated Feb. 24, 1870), with two codicils (dated
March 29, 1878, and Nov. 4, 1882), of Mr. Edward Smalley
Potter, late of No. 37, Queen’s Gate-gardens, South Ken¬
sington, who died on May 23 lust, was proved on the 4th inst.
by Mrs. Alice Hamilton Potter, the widow, Thomas Winter
Potter, the brother, and Frederick Townsend Procter, the sur¬
viving executors, the value of the personal estate amounting
to upwards of £112,000. The testator bequeaths £1000 and
all liis furniture, plate, effects, horses ana carriages, to his
wife; the family portraits nncl paintings to his wile, for life,
nud then to his sou who shall first attain twenty-one; £40,000,
upon trust, for his wife, for life; £20,000, upon trust, for each
of his daughters; £500 to each of his sisters, Mrs. Ford, Miss
Harriet Potter, aud Mrs. Graham ; and £200 to each of his
executors. The residue of his real and personal estate he leaves
to his sons, in equal shares.
The will (dated April 27, 1883) of Mr. Henry Cosier, late of
No. 33, PhilUmore-gardens, Kensington, and of Three Crowns-
square, Southwark, hop merchant, who died on Oct. 16 last,
was proved on the 24th inst. by Mrs. Mary Ann Cosier, the
widow, William Henry Cosier, the son, Robert Arnold Cosier,
the brother, and Henry Rowe, the executors, the value of the
personal estate exceeding £42,000. The testator bequeaths nil
hie plate, books, pictures, furniture and effects, to his wife,
aud £3000, upon trust, for her, for life or widowhood; £3000,
upon trust, for each of his daughters, Mrs. Einily Randell
and Mrs. Edith Maria Russell, for their respective lives;
and legacies to his brother, sister, sons-in-law, employees,
nud business servants. The residue of hia property, including
his business of a hop merchant, he leaves to his sons, William
Henry and Arthur George, conditionally on their paying
£1000 i>er annum to his wife during life or widowhood.
The will (dated April 25, 1873), with a codicil (dated
Feb. 18, 1880), of Mr. William Gurdon, Into of Brantlmm
Court, Suffolk, who died on Oct. 12 last, was proved on the
18th ult. by Mr. Robort Tliornhngh Gurdon, M.l\, and Sir
AVilliam Brampton Gurdon, K.C.M.G., C.B., the nephews, the
executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to up¬
wards of £38,000. The testator leaves liis real estate at
Brantlmm, and Sutton, Norfolk, subject to a right of residence
at Brautham Court, given to his sister, Mrs. Anne Wodehouse,
and to the payment of some legacies and au annuity to his sister,
to his nephew, the said Robert Tliornhngh Gurdon, and the
heirs male of his body; his freehold land at Crnnwonh, Norfolk,
to liis brother Brampton Gurdon ; and legacies to his brother
the Rev. Philip Gurdon, to nephews, nieces, and servants.
The residue of his personal estate lie gives to the children of
liis brother Edward Gurdon.
The will (dated March 17, 1879) of Mr. Spiridion
Mavrojnni, late of No. 26, Gloucester-squnre, Hyde Park,
who died on Aug. 12 last, was proved on the first inst. by
Alexander Mavrojnni, the son, one of the executors, the value
of the personal estate exceeding £36,000. The testator gives
£5000 and all his furniture, pictures, wines, stores, effects,
carriages and horses, to his wife, Mrs. Maria Mavrojani; nud
the residue of his real and personal estate to his said boh. He
confirms the settlement already made for the benefit of his
wife and son.
Made: K at K2nd. (On# piece.)
White to move and win.
The point of this end game is, that if the White Pawn had been at
K R, lth, White could not win. _
The next nut, by Mr. W. J. McArthur, although it carried off the first
prize in a tournament organised by the South Australian Chronicle, ie cm-
xtrueted on such well-known principles that our youngest solvers should
have no difficulty in cracking it.
White: Kata R 7th. Q at E Kt 6th, B at K B 2nd, Kt at Q aq,
Fawn at Q 6th. (Five pieces.)
Black: K at K 4 th. (One piece.)
While to play, aud mate in three moves.
A neat Problem from the \uova Bivitta of Rome, by the editor of that
excellent monthly. Mr. C. B. Vansittart
While: KntUH 7th, QatU 7th, R at Q Kt aq, B at Q B Mb, Kt at
K B sq, Pawn at (i Kt 2nd. (Six nieces.)
Black: K st Q B 6th, Kt at K B 6th; Pawns at K 3rd, «tb, and 6th,
Q6th, and Q R 6th. (8even pieces.)
White to play, and mate in three moves.
A simple position and a familiar mate, which, however, we found rather
difficult to noonmplish. It is the composition of Mr. W. A. Shinkxnan, of
Gru 1 d Rapids, Michigan, U.8.A., a gentleman who has published more
problems tnsn any other composer in the world.
While: K at U Kt 2nd; <1 st K Kt 4th; B to Q R 4th. (Threepieces.)
Black: K at a B 4th. (One piece.)
White to play, and mate in four moves.
We hawe no special admiration for Suicidal problems, although the
ingenuity of modern composers in that branch of problem construction
cannot le denied. For the rude, rough and ready, forcing moves, which
prevailed in the old suicidal problems, our modern composers bring about
the necessary block by quiet subtle moves. The following, by Mr. J.
Jespersen, of Copenhagen, is a fair example of the present style
White: K nt K R 2nd, Q at Q sq. R at K 0th. Kts at K 7th and
K B 3rd, B at Q R 7th, Pawns at Q B 2nd and K R 3rd. (Eight pieces.)
Black: K at K 6th, B at Q R 8Ui, Pawns at K 4th and K B 6th. (Four
pieces.)
White to play and force Black to mate him in three move*.
on the 3rd inst. by Mrs. Emily Parsons, the widow, the value
of tho personal estate in the United Kingdom amounting to
over £34,000. The only persons benefited by the will are
testator’s wife and children.
The will (dated Oct. 23,1879), with acodicil (dated Jan. 12,
1881), of Mr. William Driffield, Into of Knnresbrough, York¬
shire, who died on Sept. 27 lust, was proved on the 27th ult.
by Mrs. Aleida Margaretha Driffield, the widow, nud Mrs.
Elizabeth Bowerbank, the sister, two of tlic executors, the
value of the personal estate exceeding £28,000. The testator
leaves £200, and his wines, consumable stores, hay mid corn,
to liis wife; his furniture, effects, horses and carriage?, and
£400 per annum, charged on his residuary real estate, to her,
for life or widowhood; £50 to his said sister; £5000, upon
trust, for his daughter, Aleida Marguerite ; and the residue of
the personalty to his three sons. His freehold property at
Dilton-witli-Harrogatc he gives to his son William, the
Byard’s-lane property, aud an additional field, to his son
Frnuk, and the residue of his freehold property aud chattels
real to hia son Thomas Henry.
51 r. H. Brooks Marshall last week laid the memorial-stone
in connection with the rebuilding of the City of London
Almshouses at Shepherd's-lane, Brixton.
The British Association has received £500, ns a fund to
found a gold medal to be given annually in the Faculty of
Applied Science at tho McGill University at Montreal.
Upon the Premier’s recommendation, the Queen has granted
£100 from the Royal Bounty Fund to Mrs. Williams, of Llan¬
dudno, widow of the late Rev. John Williams, Baptist Minister,
who translated the Bible into modern Welsh.
Iu a long-pending case, the Court of Queen’s Bench
Inst week gave judgment to the effect that a trustee under
a will, having intrusted £8561 to a London eolicitor who had
embezzled that amount, was bound to muke restitution to the
beneficiaries, on the ground that he should not have placed
blind confidence iu the solicitor. ^
ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN.
The following are the lecture arrangements before Easter,
1885Professor Tyndall, six lectures (adapted to a juvenilo
auditory) ou the Sources of Electricity; on Dec. 27, Dec. 30,
1884; Jan. 1, 3, G, 8, 1885. Professor II. N. Moseley, five
lectures ou Colonial Animals : their Structure and Life His¬
tories ; on Tuesdays, Jan. 13 to Feb. 10. Professor Arthur
Gamgee, four lectures on Digestion ; on Tuesdays, March 3 to
24. Professor Dewar, eleven lectures on the New Chemistry ;
on Thursdays, Jan. 15 to March 26. Dr. Wnldstein, three
lectures on Greek Sculpture, from Phoidias to the Roman era;
ou Saturdays, Jan 17 to 31. Mr. G. J. Stouey, three lectures
on the Scale on which Nature works, und the Character of
*omo of her Operations; on Saturdays, Feb. 7 to 21. And
Mr. Carl Arnibruster, five lectures ou the Life, Theory, and
Works of Richard Wagner (with illustrations, vocal and instru¬
mental) ; on Saturdays, Fen. 28 to March 28.
The evening meetings will begin on Friday, Jnn. 16, when
Professor Tyndall will give a discourse ou Living Contagia.
Another very high price was given yesterday week at the
sale of the Syston Park Library. Mr. Quaritch bought, for
£4950, tho Psolmorum Codex Latinarium Hymuis, on vellum,
printed nt 5Iayenee by Fust and Schoeffer, in 1458. A copy
(imperfect) of the first folio Shakspeare sold for £590. The
sale closed on Saturday last, the amount realised by the eight
days’ sale being £28,000.
DEC. 27, 1&4
THE ILLUSTRATED LOttDOtf tfEWfi
63d
PARISIAN SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
[From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Monday, Dec. 22.
Tlie shop-windows of Paris huve assumed that joyous and
highly-coloured aspect which indicates the approach of
Christmas and the New Year. Presents are the order of the
day, and etiquette forces us all to waste our money ou useless
and generally unnrtistic objects, destined to bo offered to the
children and to the mistresses of houses where we have dined
once or twice in the course of the past year. Toys, gift-books,
bonbons, and flowers, to say nothing of that limitless variety
of objects which come under the category of strennss utiles,
useful presents, all tempt our purses; every year this system
of present-giving becomes more onerous; every year the
Parisians complain of it; and every year they continue to carry
out the system on a vaster and more expensive scale.
Amidst the preoccupations of present-buying, the Parisians
And time to discuss half a dozen matters which have been
elevated to the dignity of topics of the day. First of all,
there is the question of the Barons of Isrncl, not of the
“Almanack do Oothn,” but of the “ Almnuuch do Golgotha,”
ns the worn-out pleasantry runs. This question has been
started by an ambitious young novelist, whose first book, “ Les
Momich,” has had the honour of publication in the Boons dss
Deux Mondes. In this novel the uuthor has shown us a Frank¬
fort Jew, arriving nt Paris, gaining a rapid fortune in the
speculations of the epoch of theUniou-G6n6mle, forcing himself
upon society, and taking his place at the banquet of Parisian
life side by side with the descendants of the Crusaders—Mont¬
morency of Egypt hobnobbing with the Faubourg St.
Germain. It is a fact that in modern Paris the Israelites have
made room for themselves everywhere—in the press, at the
theatre, in art, in letters, in the Academy oven — witness the
election of M. Liulovic Ilalevy—in fashion, in lngh-life. Art,
luxury, charity, social power, are in the hands of the sceptical
Parisian Israelites, of u vomig generation who neglect the
prescriptions of their religion mid waste their substance
in compuuy with the Gentiles, while their old mothers,
like the old Jewess in “ Les Monuch,” remain in the
secret corners of the house muttering Hebrew prayers,
fasting assiduously, and lamenting tho backsliding of their
sons who liuvc racing Btables and keep limiting packs. There
is nothing to bo said against the conquests which the Israelites
owe to their activity und intelligence, but it certainly is
amusing to see their aping of the aristocracy, their thirst for
titles and social honours, their carriages covered with armorial
bearings, their silver plate with the pearled crown, their
womeukiiid figuring amongst the fast society women of the
epoch, the echoes of their fetes occupying the first page of the
Parisian journals. Legitimists, Orleaiiists, Bunnpurtists, Re¬
publicans, all seem pale in comparison with the splendour
and insolent luxury of the llurons of Judaea. In the forests
of Saint Germain and Foutaiuebleau, still peopled with the
memory of the Bourbon mouarehs of France, who continue
the traditions of the Royal chase? Who form those pic¬
turesque cavalcades witli gay liveries and loud-throated
hounds running to death the stag or the wild boar, with all
the pomp and circumstance of the Royal hunt of the time of
Louis XIV. P The Burous of Israel—the Hirschs, the Cohens,
the Ephrussis!
Another question which is agitating the students in tho
Latin Quarter is the invasion of the schools, and especially of
the medical schools, by foreigners. The French students
complain that they ore being crowded out by Servians,
Waflachinns, Russians, Americans, and eveu Euglisli; and
they demand that in future no foreigner be admitted to the
post of house-surgeon or intone in the hospitals—a post which
is paid by public money, and therefore ought to be reserved to
French citizens. The p: ofessors do not share tho dissatisfaction
of tho students; on the contrary, they regard this affluence of
foreigners, which has been annually increasing since 1879, ns
a striking and flattering proof of the increasing glory of the
French medical school.
A new opera iu five acts, called “ Aben Hamet,” has been
f iroduced with great success nt the Th&itre Itnlien. The
ibretto is taken from Chateaubriand's novel, “ Le Dernier
des Abcncerrages." The music is by M. Theodore Dubois,
Professor of Harmony at the Conservatoire and author of the
ballet “ La Famndole,” produced last December nt the Grand
Opera. The music is extremely melodious and pleasing, with¬
out being dramatic or passionate. The opera, although written
by a Frenchman on a French libretto, was sung iu Italian, in
accordance with certain antiquated notions which ought to
have been exploded by this time. T. C,
The French Climnber of Deputies lias passed the Budget
in its entirety, with the exception of the Extraordinary
Budget.—M. Francois Coppeo was received into the French
Academy on the 18tli hist-. Ho succeeds Victor Laprndc.
Madame Do Kolemiuo’s appeal against the divorce decree
granted to tho Grand Duke of Hesse lust July has been
rejected by the Imperial Supremo Court nt Leipzig.
Prince Bismarck lias written a letter-to acknowledge the
many manifestations of sympathy he has received from all
parts of the Empire in reference to the vote of distrust giveu
by the Reichstag.
Judgment was delivered nt Leipsic on Monday in the
Anarchist trial. Reinsdorf, Rnpsch, and Kuecliler were sen¬
tenced to death, nud Holzhauer and Bacluiinnn to ten years’
penal servitude.
The Emperor and Empress of Austria, with Princess
Marie Valdrie, hnve arrived in the pnlace at Buda. Their
Majesties spend Christmas and New Year’s Day there, and
remain till ubout Jan. 10 or 11, when they will go to Vienna.
Tho Crown Prince has visited Pesth, but left on Wednesday
to spend Christians with the Crown Princess.
Mr. Ford, who has been appointed her Majesty's Minister
Plenipotentiary nt Madrid, will bo succeeded Ht Athens by Sir
Horace Kumbold, Bart., now her Majesty’s Minister and
Envoy Eturaordinary at Stockholm.
Sir Samuel Rowe, who was in 1881 Governor and Com¬
mander-in-Chief of tho Gold Coast, lias been appointed
Governor and Conimander-in-Chief of the West African
Settlement at Sierra Leone, vice Colonel Sir A. E. Havelock,
who proceeds to Triuidud as Governor, vice Sir 8. Freeling.
Sir'John MacDonald, tho Canadian Premier, lias received
delegates to the number of 2000, deputed from the ninety-two
comities of the province of Ontario, in order to express their
thanks to Quefcu Victoria for conferring an honour upon the
Premier of Canada ou his completion of forty years’ public
service. Sir John Macdonald, in reply, reviewed the eveuts
of the postlforty years in Canada.—'The Dominion Parliament
has been summoned to meet on Jan. 29.
A telegram from Melbourne says it is reported there that
the German flag 1ms been hoisted in New Britain, New
Ireland, the Admiralty Islands, nud on the north coast of New
Guinea.—Sir. Janies F. Garrick, the Agent-General for
Queensland, lias received a telegram from the colony Btating
that the Laud Bill had passed.
Lord Itipon made his State entry into Bombay on Thursday
week. The streets for six miles were decorated, and were
thronged with spectators. In replying to seventy-five
addresses which were presented to him. Lord Ripon defended
the policy he had pursued, and said lie was leaving India
tranquil, prosperous, loyal, and better guarded against famine
than ever before. The degree of Doctor of Laws was after¬
wards conferred upon him by the Bombay University. The
city was illuminated. Next day his Lordship laid the
foundation-stone of a new townhall. Iu reply to an address,
he said he was convinced that a grand future awaited munici¬
pal institutions in India. At night Bombay was again illumi¬
nated, and torchlight processions puraded the streets. On
Saturday last Lord Ripon left Bombay to return to England.
There was a great native demonstration.
THE H0LBERG FESTIVAL, COPENHAGEN.
The “Jubilee,” or more properly the Bicentenary Festival, of
the 200th birthday of Ludvig Holberg, the Sliakspcare of
Denmark, was noticed last week. Our Illustrations, drawn by
Hans Tegner, the artist of whose admirable designs for the
Jubilee Edition of Holberg's Plays we then reproduced two
exnmples, the “Tinker Politician” and the “Bragging
Soldier,” represent several incidents of the proceedings at
Copenhagen, and at the College of Soro, Hear that city, an
institution endowed by Holberg, who was a learned University
Professor as well as a poet and patriot, with the bequest of his
private estate. A Norwegian correspondent, Mr. H. L. Bra-k-
stad, well known in the literary and political society of the
three Scandinavian nations, has supplied us with authentic in¬
formation concerning Ilolberg’s popularity iu that part of
Europe, and with the following brief account of the recent
festivities in Denmark:—
“On the first day, the 3rd inst., the Jubilee was in¬
augurated by the performance of a cantata at the University,
when the King and many distinguished persons were present.
An address was then delivered by Professor E. Holm, on tho
importance of Holberg to the country in the development of
culture und science. The principal event of this day was the
performance at the Theatre Royal, the home of Holberg,
where tho celebrated Holbergian actor, Professor Phis ter,
now seventy-seven years of age, was to mnko his reappearance
in one of his favourite characters. All the Royal family were
present, and the house was filled by n brilliunt assembly*
The curtuiu rose upon the whole of the members of the
theatre, all festively clad, and grouped around a statue of
Holberg. This is the moment illustrated by tlie artist in one of
his sketches. A cantata by the popular poet, llolger Drach-
mann, was the first part of the programme. Professor Plaster
took part iu the recitatives; and his apperiruuce was hailed
with a perfect storm of applause. The play of the evening
was Ilolberg’s “Den Stundeslose” (The Fidget), in which
Professor Phister performed Oldfux ia a wonderfully vivacious
aud spirited style. His wife, who i|-sixty-eight years old, mid
is still nil nctivo member of the company, played Perniile
superbly'. The veteran couple received an eutbnsiastic ovation
at the end.
“ After the performance, a torchlight procession of students
and artists arrived in the large square before the theatre;
which pluce, notwithstanding the unfavourable weather, was
crowded iu every part. The lurid glare of tlie torches, and
the red and blue tires from the top of the theatre, gnve a
picturesque appearance^? tlie, scene. After a speech by the
poet, Christian Richard t, the torches were thrown in a heap in
the middle of the square, and tire people gradually dispersed.
Holbergian pieces were also played at tho other three theatres
of Copenhagen. — s J
“ On the second dav of the J ubilee the festivities were trans¬
ferred to the Soro College, about au hour’s railway journey
from Copenhagen. A special train brought the King and a
number of invited guests to Soro about noon, when a cantata
was performed in tho lmll of tho College. Afterwards, Mr.
Blicliert, the Rector, delivered an address. Ilolberg’s burial-
place, in the old church, of Soro, was visited; and iu the
evening the scholars of the College gave a performance of
Ilolberg’s ‘Joan of France.’ A torchlight procession and
a bull at the College concluded tlie day’s festivities. At Copen¬
hagen the principal event was the performance of Ilolberg’s
comedy, * The Tinker Politician.’ Ou the third evening of
the Jubilee*-/* The Masquerade’ was performed; and on
Saturday, the fourth and last of the Holbergian performances
took plaoe, when ‘ Ulysses of Ithaca’ was played iu cxcellout
style." _
Lord Gwdyr lias been elected High Steward of Ipswich, in
the place of Sir Richard Wallace.
Mr. Cremer, jun., issues two kinds of cosaques, one of
which coni mends-itself for elegance of design, the other con¬
taining table piny things, as an acquisition nt this festive season.
Tho Countess of Ducie and tho Hon. Maud A. Stanley have
been nominated members of the board of management of the
Metropolitan Asylums District.
The steam-ship Faraday has repaired the second Mackay-
Benuett cuble which was recently laid across the Atlantic,
and both cables are now workiug satisfactorily.
Mr. Charles Douglas Fox distributed last Saturday at the
Crystal Palace the certificates gained by the students in the
School of Practical Engineering. There was a large attendance.
Mr. David Davies, M.P., has contributed £1000 towards
the North Wnles Calviuistic Methodist Ministers’ Widows
and Orphans Fund.
In the matter of Mr. C. Bmdlaugh, the Court of Appeal
has decided against him on the point of the verdict being
against the evidence; mid as to tho other points, they granted
a rule «i«i, to be argued after Christmas.
The elegant specimens of Christmas and New-Year cards
published by Messrs. Kyro and Spottiswoode were wrongly
ascribed in a previous Number to Messrs. Spottiswoodo and
Co., who do not issue Christmas cards.
The Folkestone Town Council have decided to apply to the
Local Government Board for a loan of £4500 for the purpose
of laying outrecreation-ground, the land for which lias been
presented to the towu by Lord Radnor.
The exhibitions and prizes won during tlie past year in the
Haberdashers’ Iloxton Schools were presented to the successful
pupils on Snlurdiiy by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress.
The standard of success attained at tho schools is nigh.
Last Saturday evening tlie match at billiards of 10,000
points up for £100, between W. Mitchell and J. Bennett,
which had been iu progress at the Westminster Aquarium
since the previous Tuesday, was concluded, tho result being
an easy victory for Mitchell by 1017 points.
Lord Teynhnm lias forwarded £25 in aid of tho poor-box
at the Mansion House. The Fishmongers’ Compnny have
voted £25 lo each of the poor-boxes at the Mansion House nud
Guildhall; and £20 each to those at the Police Courts at Bow-
Btreet, Clerkenwell, Greenwich and Woolwich, Lambeth,
Marlborough-street, Marylebone, South walk, Hammersmith
and Wandsworth, Tliaaios, Westminster, and Worship-street.
THE CIIURCII.
It has been finally decided that the Church Congress for
1885 shall bo held at Portsmouth.
Dr. Christopher Wordsworth, Bishop of Lincoln, intends
to resign his see, owing to failing health.
The Rev. Wilfrid Bird Hornby, late of the Oxford and
Calcutta Mission, has been appointed by her Majesty Yicar of
tlie new parish of bt. Columba, Southwiek, Durham.
The chancel windows of Borastou church, Tenbury, have
been filled with beautiful stained gluss from the studio of
Messrs. Warrington and Co.
At a meeting of the joint Synods of Dublin, Glendalough,
nnd Kildare, on the 18th inst., Lord Plunket, Bishop of
Meath, was elected Archbishop of Dublin, in the room ot Dr.
Trench, who has resigned, s' \
A monument to the officers and men of the 74th High¬
landers who fell at Tel-el-Kebir was unveiled in Glasgow
Cathedral last Saturday, in presence'or the Lord Provost,
magistrates, and a large assemblage.
A deputation from the Church Missionary Society waited
on Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice at tlife Foreign Office last week,
for the purpose of urging the Government not to relinquish
their power of control over the liquor traffic on tho Niger,
Which had been challenged nt the Berlin Conference.
At the monthly court of tlie Sons of the Clergy charity,
held on Saturday Inst at the Corporation House, Bloomsbury-
plnce, Mr. John D. Allcroft, senior treasurer, in the chair,
tlie Bum of £1961 was distributed by the governors amongst
about 150 persons}., the large majority of tlie applications
being from poor clergymen for help towards their ordinary
household expense®.
The Bisliop-of Worcester, the Marquis of Hertford, the
Earl of Campp.rdown, Earl Delaware, Lord Willoughby De
Broke, Lord Ernest Seymour, Lord Snekville, and other in¬
fluential persons took part iu a meeting held last week at
Stratford-on-Avon to promote the restoration of the parish
church in which Shakspeare was baptised aud buried. The coat
will be about £12,000, aud several donations were promised.
At St. Jude’s Church, South Kensington, Inst week, a
testimonial was presented to the Rev. William Smnle, Vicar
of St. Philip’s, from members of the congregation with which
lie had been connected during the past nine years as Curate to
Dri Forrest. The testimonial took the form of a portrait of
Mr. Smule’s father, the late Sir Johu Smnle, painted in oils by
Mr. Hindley, a member of the St. Jude's choir, nnd a purse of
upwards of £220. The choir of St. Jude’s also presented to
Mr. Simile a handsome dining-room clock.
It was stated, nt a meeting of the general committee for the
restoration of St. Michael’s Church, Coventry, over which Lord
Leigli, Lord Lieutenant of the county, presided, that the con¬
ditions of Mr. George Woodcock's offer of £10,000 towards tlie
fund hud been fulfilled, the subscriptions promised amounting
to £20,243. Lord Leigh, in congratulating the committee,
pointed out that the Bishop of Worcester had mentioned
£40,000 as the sum which would be required for the completion
of tlie work, so tbnt £10,000 still remained to be raised. lie
hoped that the rest of the county would follow the example.
The Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlargement,
Building, and Repairing of Churches aud Chapels held its
usual monthly meeting ut the society’s house lust week— Mr.
E. Hussey in the chair. Grants of money were made in aid
of tho following objects:—Building new churches nt Fulhum,
St. Clement’s, Middlesex, £200; Hull, St. Philip, £300; and
Rhyl, Christ Church, Flintshire, £100. Enlarging or other¬
wise improving the accommodation iu the churches nt
Teutonvule, St. Siins, Middlesex, £20; and Little Walt¬
ham, St. Silas, near Chelmsford, £10. A grant was ulso
made from the Special Mission Buildings Fund towards
building a mission church at Girton, in the parish of
Sandy, Beds, £25. The society likewise accepted the trust of
a Bum of money as a repair fund for All Saints’ Church,
Prince’s Park, Liverpool. The society now holds upwards of
£79,000 on trust as repair fund for 326 different churches.
During this year, grauts of £6000 have been made towards the
erection of twenty-eight new churches (twenfy-five of which
are eutixely free and unappropriated), the rebuilding of ten,
und the enlarging or otherwise improving the accommodation
in fifty-five existing churches. The committee hnve granted
£595 towards building twenty-eight school or mission churches.
Mr. W. H. Holl, Q.C., has been appointed County Court
Judge for Newcnstle-on-Tyue.
Lord Loudesborougli has been elected President of tlie
Yorkshire Agricultural Society for 1885.
The state apartments of Windsor Castle are open to tho
public. The apartments will be accessible between eleven and
three o’clock on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, und Fridays
until further notice.
The Budget of the Metropolitan Board of Works was ex-
? lained and adopted at yesterday week’s meeting of that body.
'he rate for the ensuing year will be seveiipcuee-fiuthing in
the pound, or nearly three farthings more than lust year.
Whitaker’s Almanac for 1885 is certainly one of the best,
the most useful, and tho most complete of tdl similar pub¬
lications: a more compendious collection ot useful information
it would be difficult to find in the compass of 470 pages.
The annual distribution of prizes nnd certificates to the
successful students of the Medical School of Cbnrhig-crosa
Hospital took place yesterday week, in the lecture-hall, the
day being the jubilee of the institution.
A German, named Anthony Sclianm, about fifty years of
age, who had travelled with a hurdy-gurdy lor many years,
died suddenly on Thursday week at the Golden Fleece, Stam¬
ford, and when searched after liis death, deposit notes for
£248 were found upon him.
Of tho total number of works, amounting to 1083, ex¬
hibited at the lute Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters
in Water Colours, Piccadilly, 365 pictures found purchasers
within the gulleries, realising £12,335. 'Jhc prices of the
pictures sold ranged from 5 guineas to 400 guineas.
Mr. W. J. Williams, who is retiring from the position of
traffic superintendent of tho London, Brighton, and South Const
Railway, which ho has occupied for upwards of forty years,
1ms been presented with a cheque for £271, a necklet and
diamond locket for Mrs. Williams, nnd nu antique marble
chimney clock, as a mark of tho respect of tho employes.
The Christmas-Day Number of the Lady's Pictorial is an
excellent sLvpeiinywortli. Besides the customary illustrations
and piquant descriptions of fashion, and articles thereon, for
which this paper is noted, there nre several Christmassy illus¬
trations; and on a separate page of plate-paper, portraits
(from photographs) of Madame Marie Roze, Miss Violet
Cameron, Miss Ellen Terry, and Miss Mary Alidcrson. Then
there arc contributions of various kinds, all agreeable, iu
verse nnd prose, by Mrs. Power O’Donogliue, Miss Anna
Jviugsford, M.D., Mrs. Ilawei.s Mrs. Pnuton, Horace Lemiurd,
Howard Paul, Arthur l’usk, aud other well-kuowu writers.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Due. 37, 1884.— 634
1. Portruit of Holburg, from tin- | Minting iif Sor." College.
3. Torchlight prooeaton. pn.'iiig the *tutue of Uulbcrg in front of the Theatre.
2. Interior of Um Theatre Hoynl. on the first evening of the f«Uvitk-
4. Soto Co liege, endowed by llolbcig.
TUK HOLMER<i FESTIVAL AT COPENHAGEN : SKETCHES BY HANS TEUNEM.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Dec. 27, 1884.— 637
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 27, 1884
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.
Moralising wit and fancy, in all countries and in all ages, have
been apt to hit on the device of illustrating human faults and
follies bv humorous fables of more or less rational society
among the beasts and birds. Old jEsop, the Greek reputed
author or collector of such tales in the sixth century before
Christ, affords the most famous type of this kind of popular
fiction among European nations, but the authenticity of the
familiar stories bearing his name is extremely doubtful.
Shrewd political ami social reformers in tire free towns of
Germany, in the Middle Ages, employed the same literary
vehicle for their satire of the vices of tyrannical barons
nml mercenary prelates; and “ Reiuecke Fuchs," the
history of E-guard the Fox , is the moat elaborate pro¬
duction of the kind. It was converted by Goethe into
modern Germau verse of flrst-ruto quality and finish;
and the artistic genius of Kaulbach supplied a set of drawings,
admirable for tlicir power of expressing characters and passions
in u variety of animal forms. Wo are glad to meet these
diverting scenes and figures again, accompanied by a prose
translation of the work, oy Madams De Sanctis, in the volume
which Messrs. W. Swan Sonnenschein and Co. have published
at the present senson. The "old story retold” is one that will
always be worth telling; the Royal Court of King Noble the
Lion, with his cousins Bruin the Dear, and Isegrim tlio Wolf
(likewise beasts of prey), and with the Bull, the Stag, and the
Boar, attending on his Majesty; the successive complainants
against the absent Reynard (who is supposed to represent the
ecclesiastical usurpers of wealth in those times), and the speech
of Grimbart the Badger (a lawyer) in his defence, exhibit
the finest humour of romantic comedy. Tho engravings in this
publication sufficiently preserve the spirit of the original
designs. It is not merely an amusing book for the entertain¬
ment of youth, good as it may be for that; but this fable is a
sort of key to the politics of tho mediaeval world, more
especially in the ancient Germanic Empire, and is of great
historical value.
A work that should be acceptable mid interesting to the
majority of our countrymen, whether Churchmen or Dis¬
senters, os containing records "descriptive, historical, and
f actorial" of our noblest architectural monuments, is publ¬
ished by Messrs. Cassell and Co., Limited, being The
Cathedral Churches of England and Walts. Those of Canterbury,
York, Durham, St. Paul’s in London, Winchester, Norwich,
Lincoln, Lichfield, Hereford, Worcester, Oxford, Salisbury,
Ripon, Chichester, St. Albans, Rochester, Bath, Wells,
Peterborough, Chester, Ely, Exeter, Gloucester, Bristol,
Carlisle, Manchester, Liverpool, Truro, Newcastle, and
Southwell, in England; and those of Bangor, St. Asaph,
St. David’s, and Llundaff, in Wales; also that of St.
German’s, at Peel, in the Isle of Man, are described by
various well-selected contributors, the Rev. Professor Bouncy,
F.It.S., of St. John’s College, Cambridge, being, apparently,
the editor of the series. Among the writers are the Deans of
Winchester and Chester, tho Bishop of Sodor nud Man, the
Rev. Canon Tristram, of Durham, the Rev. E. Venables, Canon
of Lincoln, and members of other Cathedral Chapters. Several
Engravings, in some instances ten or twelve, are devoted to
of the most important Cathedrals, and, though not of the
The pleasant narrative of a home tourist, An Unsentimental
Journey through Cornwall, by Mrs. G'mik (Miss Mulock) author
of "John Halifax, Gentleman." was noticed by us some weeks
ago, as part of the contents of Messrs. Macmillan’s English Illus¬
trated Magazine. It reappears, with the beautiful landscape
or sen coast views drawn by Mr. C. Napier Horny, in a
separate volume handsomely printed on fine paper, and makes
a very acceptable book for tho season. Wo can also recom¬
mend, ns gift-books to young persons, Nature's Serial Story,
by E. P. Roo (Sampson Low and Co.); a series of family
conversations on the wonders and beauties of nature us
studied in New England rural life, with very fine en¬
gravings designed by \V. Hamilton Gibson nml F. Diehunn ;
Natural History for Young Folk (T. Nelson and Sons), by Mrs.
C. C. Campbell, with numerous pictures of beasts and birds by
Giacomelli; O'er Many Lands on Many Seas, by Dr. Gordon
Stables, R.N. (Cassell and Co.), and Children of all Nations
(Cassell), describing their homes, schools, and playgrounds,
likewise abundantly illustrated; Christmas-Tree Land (Mac¬
millan), by Mrs. Molesworth, a delightful writer; Other Liret
than Ours, by Mrs. Stanley Loathes (J. F. Shaw and Co.); The
Old-fashioned Fairy-Book, by Mrs. Burton Harrison (Sampson
Low); and More Old Wives' Fables, by M. Edouard Laboiuaye
(G. Koutlcdge and Sous). Tho yearly volumes of the popular
magazines form substantial annuals, which may be purchased
at this time with much satisfaction to readers not yet possessed
of the serial issue.
highest artistic excellence, serve tolerably well to show the
respective characters of those venerable buildings.
Messrs. Cassell and Co. proceed also with the serial monthly
issue, and present the further yearly volumes, of their useful
historical and other works, noticed by ub on some former
occasions. The most important of these is the Illustrated
Universal History, to be completed in four volumes, containing
respectively the main divisions, 41 Early and Greek History,"
‘‘Roman History," "The Middle Ages," and "Modern
History." The author of the whole, Mr. Edmund Ollier, who
hnd previously written for Messrs. Cassell the "History of
the United States of America," and that of the War between
France and Germany, has remarkable skill in selecting and
combining his materials, which he draws from the standard
historians of each subject, giving the most accurate views
obtained by literary and antiquarian investigation. He
contrives to preserve the even current of his narrative, and to
harmonise so many diverse portions of the world’s history in
just relation to the general progress of mankind, and he writes
in a pure and agreeable style. The third volume, devoted to
Mcdiceval History, begins with the Fall of the Western Roman
Empire, nud ends with the close of tho fifteenth century, 60
that the Modern History will probably start with the Reform¬
ation. It need scarcely be said that the contents of the present
volume are very interesting, and that picturesque scenes and
romantic figures abound in the subjects of the numerous illus¬
trations, which include also many good views of old teams,
castles, and notable places in Europe and Asia. \ V-^Emily,
The second volume of Greater London, by Mr. Edward
Wolford (Cassell and Co.), completes that pleasant and useful
work, iu which the publishers have provided an excellent
companion or supplement to their six volumes of “ Old and
New London,*’ mostly by the same author. Mr. Wolford’s
attainments ns a local antiquary, and as au effective'writer,
are well attested by his former performances in this kind of
literature; and he is quite at home in collecting and
relating the variety of anecdotes, topographical, biographical,
and social, connected with the outer suburb? of London
and the surrounding towns and villages. The places descrip¬
tively and historically dealt with in this volume include Wool¬
wich, Plumstead, Erith, Bexley, the Grays, Chislehurst,
Bromley, Hayes and Keston, and Fnrr.borough, in Kent;
Croydon, with its neighbouring villages and hamlets, Epsom,
Thames Ditton, Esher and Claremont, Kingston, Richmond,
Kew, Barnes, Wimbledon, Merton, Mitclmm, and Tooting,
and many intermingled localities in Surrey. The engravings
represent scenes and objects which aro interesting to every
Londoner, and eome of which have associations worthy of
remembrance in the history of past times.
The author of 44 The Romance of War," Mr. James Grant,
of Edinburgh, has compiled for Messrs.^Cassell a volume of
military and naval transactions, from_ 1875 to 1884, entitled
OBITUARY.
THE MARQUIS OF CHOLMONDELEY.
The Most Hon. William Henry Hugh, third Marquis «f
Cholmondeley, and
Earl of Rocksayago
in the Uni ted King¬
dom, sixth Earl of
Cholmondeley and
Viscount Mnlpns
in England, Baron
Newburgh iu Great
Britain, and Vis¬
count Chol¬
mondeley of Kells
in Ireland, Joint
Hereditary Great
Chamberlain, died
on the 16th inst., at Houghton Hall, Norfolk. He was
born Aug 31, 1800, the second son of George James, first
Marquis of Cholmondeley, K.G., by Gcorgiana Charlotte, his
wife, second daughter of Peregrine, third Duke of Ancaster.
Through this alliance the Joint Hereditary Great Chamber--
lainship came to the Cholmondelevs. Tho nobleman whose
decease we record was educated at Eton, and at Christ Church,
Oxford, and, when Lord Ileury Cholmondeley, Bat for Castle
Rising in the House of Commons from 1822 to 1832, and for
South Hants from 1852 to 1857. Ub succeeded to the family
honours at the death of his elder brother, Georgs Horatio,
second Marquis, May 8, 1870. He married, Feb. 28, 1825,
Marcia Emma Georgiann, daughter of the Right Hon. Charles
Arbutlinot, and by her (who died Nov. 3, 1878,. had two sons
and three daughters. The eldest son, Charles George, boru
July 9, 1829, died In 1869, before his father’s accession to the
Peerage, leaving by Susnn Caroline, his wife, daughter of Sir
George Dashwood, Bai t., four daughters and one son, George
Henry Hugh, Earl of Rocksavage, now fourth Marquis of
Cholmondeley, bom July 3,1858, and married, July 16,1879, to
Winifred Ida, daughter of Colonel and Lady Emily Kingscotc.
We have also to record the deaths of—
Mr. Senrles Wood, the eminent geologist.
Mr. W. Coningham, at one time M.P. for Brighton, at his
residence in Sussex-aquare, Brighton, on the 20th inst.
Vice-Admiral George Butler Clark Mends, last surviving
son of the late Commodore Sir Robert Mends, on the 13th
inst., aged seventy-six.
Miss Baxter, of EUangownn, who founded Dundee Uni¬
versity College, which is affiliated to St. Andrew’s, on the 19th
inst., aged eighty-four. Iler benefactions are estimated at
upwards of a quarter of a million sterling.
^The Venerable Archdeacon Jacobs, on the 20tli inst., at
Winchester, in his eighty-second year. He was ordained in
1827, and had been a Canon of Winchester for fifty years, and
an Archdeacon for twenty-four.
Mr. Thomna Joseph Bradshaw, Judge of the County Court
of Northumberland, J.P., on the 17th inst., nged sixty. He
married, first, tho Hon. Frances Devereux; and secondly,
Emily, only child of Colonel Frederick Ualkett.
Major-General Charles Shuckburgh Hearn, C.I.E., late
Inspector-General of Police, Madras, on the 12th inst., at
West Brighton, in his fifty-sixth year—a distinguished Indian
officer, medal with clasp for the Burmese War, and the
Medjidieh for services as Assistant Adjutant-General at Head-
Quarters of Turkish Contingent, 1855-6.
It has been ascertained that the force of the explosion at
London Bridge was greater than had been supposed, though
by no means sufficient to occasion any serious injury to the
bridge. The Common Council have offered a reward of £5000
for the discovery of the perpetrator of tire outrage.
The School Board for London at their last sitting
discussed at considerable length the question of technical
education, with the result flint several recommendations which
the Special Committee had drawn up were agreed to. There
was also a long debate in reference to the resignation of Mr.
Robson, the architect, and the appointment of liis successor.
Ultimately, the Board decided that Mr. T. J. Bailey, who has
been the assistant architect, should be elected to the vacancy,
and that Mr. Robson be employed to finish the schools ho had
already commenced. The Board adjourned till Jan. 15th.
that period, the Zulu War, the campaign against Sekukuni,
the Transvaal \Y r ar, the Egyptian War, with the bombardment
of Alexandria, and the War in the Soudan, so fur as concerns
the campaign against Osman Digna on the Red Sea coast,
besides ii few smaiPaffuirs on the frontiers of British dominions
in other parts of Asm and Africa. Considering that tluse
warlike operations, altogether, within nine yenrs, cost the
nation between thirty and forty millions sterling, though it
may be questioned whether, on the whole, they yielded much
substantial advantage to England or to the British Empire, or
greatly enhanced our martini glory, it was worth while to
record them in a book. We should be happy to believe that,
after the termination of Lord Woleeley’s Expedition np the
Nile, which is likely to cost ten millions more, the next equal
period of time would be comparatively deficient in materials
for another volume of this kind; but it is not the compiler’s
fault, ot that of the publishers, and they seem to have
executed the task in a correct and creditable manner.
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The Queen enjoys good health at Osborne, walking and
driving almost daily. Her Majesty, Princess Beatrice, and
Prince and Princess Louis of Batten berg and the members of
the Royal household, attended Divine service at Osborne on
Sunday morning. The Rev. Canon Prothero, M. A., officiated.
The visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Lord
and Lady Dudley at Witley Court terminated last Satur¬
day, when their Royal Highnesses, on passing through
the city of Worcester, received an enthusiastic wel¬
come. Addresses were presented by the Corporation aud
the Freemasons, and to these the Prince replied. Worcester
was brilliuntly illuminated on Saturday night. The Prince
and Princess of Wales arrived at Marlborough House in the
afternoon. On Sunday their Royal Highnesses and Prince
Albert Victor and Prince George were present at Divine service.
“THE STRANGER WITHIN THY GATE.”
Some doubt may be raised of the special propriety and sig¬
nificance of this title, which has been given, by an Artist
whose works are welcome at most. Exhibitions, to the drawing
that we have engraved. It is in the Exhibition of Drawings in
Black and White, at Mr. Mendoza’s Guliery, King-street, St.
James’s. The 44 stranger ” can be no other than the shy little
kitten; and tlio hospitable charity of tho two pretty children,
not belied, we are happy to observe, by the discreet attitude of
their favourite dog, has been exercised in placing a 6aucer of
milk on the lower step nt tlicir feet. It is a gracious net on
the part of these little girls, who have further meant to show
their kindness to the small creature by adorning its neck with
n piece of muslin, betokening its adoption into the household,
where it has probably strayed in from a neighbouring habita¬
tion. Kittens and babies should always be good friends; they
seem created to amuse each other: and one feels, iu watching
them together, as Wordsworth says
Such a liRlit of gladnma break*,
Pretty Kitten ! from tliy freaks,
Spreads with such a living grace
®'er my littlo Laura’s face
Yes, the sight so atira and charma
The baby laughing in my arms.
That almost I could opine
That your transport a arc not mice.
I would hare my careless season,
Spite of melancholy reason;
l'l. ased by any random toy.
By a kitten's buay joy,
Or an infant’s laughing eye
Sharing in the ecstasy.
Now and then I might powee*
Hours of perfect gladsomeness.
THOUGHT-READING TOMMY.
The romantic old ballad story in the Scottish 44 Border
Minstrelsy’* relates how the Fairy I.ady, dressed in green,
riding on a white palfrey, who met “True Thomas” loitering
by the haunted stream in tho woods below the Eildon Hill, be¬
stowed on him the giftof h tongue which could " never lee.” As
this endowment, combined with a superhuman faculty of know¬
ing the secret intentions and future destinies of other people,
would be fatal to liis acceptance in the society of courtier*,
Thomas rather demurred, at first, to possessing such a
dangerous talent. But 44 Master Tommy,” just come homo
from school for the Christmas holidays, and let loose to
make whatever sportive disturbance he pleases among liis
family and tlicir friends, has no fear or scrapie in avail¬
ing himself of the fashionable acquirement of “Thought-
rending,” which many persons in London society patro¬
nised ns a psychological experiment when certain professor*
of the art or science obtained Borne degree of notoriety
in the lost senson. Tommy, as our Comic Artist has depicted
him, is a terrible boy, with a reckless disregard of polite con¬
ventionalities, and indeed of the personal feelings of liis elders,
that could only bo excused by his acting under supernatural
compulsion, like the ancient rhymer of Ercildoun. The world
could not live at all comfortably, in its present accustomed
habits, if everybody’s inmost mind were exposed, as in tho
44 Pnlnce of Truth,” to involuntary revelations of every
thought and sentiment; and few of us would like to have a
ing all that lies in our hearts. We trust that it will never
really come to this, and we should vote for putting Muster
Tommy in solitary confinement, or even terminating liis mortal
existence as one "too clever to live,” if he could do what he
pretends to do, and were disposed to use his faculty of thought-
reading without mercy and discretion. The embarrassment
of the modest gentlemuu who is manifestly intent ou making
himself agreeable to Miss Amy, and who may innocently, we
should say most naturally, entertain the wish that is ascribed
to him—nud still worse, the painful shock to the proper feel¬
ings of that young lady herself, though she is peihnps quite
aware that tho accusation is true—provoke our ju*t indigna¬
tion against this rude boy, who ought to get a sound thrashing
next day, but will bo pardoned because he is her brother. There
is a cruel heartlessness also in his treatment of the gouty old
man who loves port-wine “not wisely, but too well,” and of that
respectable elderly spiustcr, Aunt Towzcr, whose supple¬
mental hair, woru beneath a suitable cap for the sake of
becoming appearance, not for deception, is entitled to respect
on account of her ngc and sex. Tlio outrages perpetrated by
Master Tommy in these instances merit the severest form of
disapproval; but his tricks in the kitchen and the larder, and
the dexterity with which he plays n fair wager against
Wag Williams on tho hiding and finding of a pin in
» tree near the house, may be tolerated in the general
liberty of Christmas frolics. It is rather sharp prac¬
tice, to bo sure, when he runs off with the £5 bank-note
which liis uncle has permitted him to handle, blindfold ns
he is, for tho trial of his skill in discovering its number;
but the uncle, who is rich and excessively good-natured,
seems to have meant to give Tommy the money, and does
not look at all displeased at its being taken in that peremptory
manner. On the whole, most of our readers will probably
agree in the opinion that a juvenile thought-render of this
-- - - * • * - ]*■‘ -nsiuernble nuisance to
Christmas party.
livel
awe
‘6 in til6 opinion wiuu n juieniic iiiuiij,
ly and audacious temperament is a consit
)U-regulated family and to a sociable Ch:
Mr. Gladstone, with Mre. Gladstone, Mr. W. H. Gladstone,
M.P., Mr. Herbert Gladstone, M.P., Mr. Henry Gladstone,
Miss Mary and Miss Helen Gladstone, and Mr. W. Gladstone
(of Liverpool), attended Divine service nt the parish church,
llnwarden, on Sunday. There wus a large congregation, nml
the Premier read both Lessons.
Through the generosity of one of their members, the
Metropolitan Public Garden, Boulevard, and Playground
Association are about to plant twenty pUme trees in the Mile-
~ ' ■’ a local Vos
end-road, and have offered the
stry the gift of £100 to
bo spent in a like manner, provided they agree to expend an
equal amount on the samo object. A like sum of money, on
similar conditions, has been offered by the Association to each
of the Vestries of St. Gccrge’f-in-thb-Easfc, Lambeth, and
Kt. Fencras.
DEO. 27, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
639
MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS.
Messrs. Chappell and Co.’s Christmas Number of their
“ Musical Magazine” will be widely welcome for the purposes
of the dance. It offers a bountiful return for the small price
(one shilling), containing ten pieces in the various forms of
waltz, polka, galop, and quadrille, by more or less well-
known composers, English and foreign; one number, “Fon¬
tainebleau Waltz,” being by the Duke of Albany. Other
compositions of a similar kind issued by Messrs. Chappell
are:—“Mon Amour,” “Fahrwohl,” and "Toi Seule,”
waltzes respectively by P. Bucnlossi, Caroline Lowthinn, and
Luke Wheeler; “Old London Lancers” Quadrille, on
national tunes, by C. Coote; “1*. and O. Polka,” by P.
Bucalossi; “ Le Zephyr,” by G. Delbriick; “Sea Breeze,”
by Luke Wheeler; and “ black and Tan,” by Caroline
Lowthian; all these being polkas.
Messrs. Chappell's vocal publications comprise many
agreeable songs which will bo found pleasing in effect and
free from executive difficulty. Among them are:—“Safe
There to Best” (a love-song), by A. Randegger; “Mother,”
“ Bid Me Good-bye,” and “At Vespers,” all by F. P. Tosti;
“Twin Souls,” “The By-gouc Time,” “Where Memory
and a transcription of the nriuuet from “ Don Giovanni,” by
J. De Sivral.
“ Chnppell’s Eighteen Songs,” arranged for the banjo, by
J Daniels, is from the same firm, and is worth tho attention
of those Who are interested in that instrument.
“Breathing” is the title of a pamphlet by Mrs. M. A.
Carlisle (published by Chappell mid Co.), the five chapters
of which contain much useful advice on a subject that many
might think not to need it, but that is nevertheless, verv
susceptible thereof. Not only in speaking and singing, but
even in silence, there is a wrong ns well ns a right way of
breathing, and Mrs. Carlisle’s little treatise points this out
very clearly.
“Daybreak” is the title of a graceful serenade, by J.
Baniby, published by Messrs. Metzler, who also issue an
expressive song, “ Lessons Sweet of Spring Returning,” by
Maria E. H. Stinted; “Three Drawing-room Pieces for
Pianoforte,” pleasing movements of different character,
composed by J. Hoffmann; “Ball Scenes,” spirited pieces in
various dance forms, by the same; and “ In the Ranks,” a set
of bright quadrilles, by 1L Sprake, musical director at the
Adelphi Theatre, whore tho druma so named is having such a
successful run.
J. B. Cramer’s “Dance Album” (Messrs. J. B. Cramer
and Co.) will be acceptable in many quarters during the pre¬
sent festive season. This neatly printed publication offers, at
the price of one shilling, nine pieces of dance music, in various
forms, by different composers, the closing number being a
“ Children’s Singing Quadrille,” including juvenile verses sot
for young voices.
“A Red Rose,” an expressive 6ong by H. Saxe, and
“ One Night Came on a Hurricane,” a robust sea song, by U.
Betterton, are both published by Messrs. Boosey and Co.,
from whom we have also some bright waltzes for the piano¬
forte—“Going to Market” (introducing L. Diehl’s popular
song), by C. Godfrey; “True Hearts,” by C. Mirel;" and
“ A Maid of Kent,” by Caroline Lowthian.
“Sonate Ronmntique pour le Pinnoforte, par E. Woycko,”
is the second work of the kind by the same composer. It con¬
sists of three principal movements—“ Allegro Moderuto,”
“Andnntino” (nn “intermezzo”), and “ Leggiero quasi
Presto ” preceded by a short “ Adagio.” In each division
there is nrnch effective writing, including both brilliant and
expressive passages, and offering excellent practico in both
respects. The sonata is published by Sir. Jeffereys, of
Bemers-street.
“ Wait,” and “ Meeting,” are the titles of two eongs by
that popular, and apparently inexhaustible, composer of vocal
music, Franz Abt. Each is characterised by a Ilowing melody
of a very expressive kind. They are published by Mr. F.
Pitman, as are the following pleasing songs: “The best of
friends must part sometime ” and “ My love Las set sail,”
both by PIncidc Mnlvu ; “ ’Tween Decks,” a nautical ditty,
words and music by G. Webber; and “ Love and the Lock¬
smith,” a quaint song by G. Asch. Mr. Pitman also issues
the following pianoforte pieces:—“O dear! what can the
matter be,” an effective fantasia, based on the well-known
Scottish melody; and sonic bright dance music, “ Snowstorm,”
galop, by P. Mnlva; “ On the Thames,” polka, by L. Gautier;
and “ The Highland Fling,” quadrilles on popular Scotch
melodies, arranged by R. Rogier, all of which may prove
serviceable during the Christmas season.
“ Five Two-Part Songs,” by E. Dannreuther (Novella,
Ewer, and Co.), are settings, by an eminent pianist, of lines
from Shakspeare, Beaumont and Fletcher, and William Morris.
Two are for soprano and tenor, one for mezzo-soprano and
baritone, one for soprano and alto, and one for soprano and
bass. Each is distinguished by marked individuality in the
distinct reflection of the sentiment of the text, ami all me well
written for the display of the voices in alternation and com¬
bination.
“Holiday Songs,” written by Mrs. Alexander and set to
music bv Lady Arthur Hill (Novcllo, Ewer, and Co.). This
little volume (dedicated to the Princess of Wales) contains
twelve pieces, for voice and piano, each illustrative of its
respective title: “All things bright and beautiful,” “An
Early Cowslip," “A Winter Breakfast," “Dreams," “Prim¬
roses,” “At Sunset,” “Two Ways,” “Tho Seasons,”
“Waking,” “longings,” “In the Distance,” “Holidays
over.” Both the words and the musio have much unaffected
sentiment, and the songs cannot fail to be widely welcome in
the juvenile world,
“ Vicui, chc poi sereno ” isAhe title of a cavatina for con¬
tralto, by Gluck, extracted from hia opera “ Semirnmis,” nnd
republished by Messrs. Stanley Lucas, W'eber, and Co. The
expressive simplicity of tlicstyle of theold German master is
in curious contrast to the florid brilliancy of the music of
Rossini in his opera on the same subject. The same publishers
also issue a very characteristic setting, by Jessie Botterill, of
Thomas Hey wood’s lines,“ Pack clouds away”; “JJwti
Clavierstiicke,” two pleasing and not difficult pianoforte
pieces, by F. Lichtenstein ; and a small pamphlet containing
personal recollections of the late Richard Wagner, nn English
translation by C. Arnibruster from the Gcrmnn of A. Lesiniple,
who gives some interesting anecdotes of the composer.
“ The Bread-Winner," written nnd composed by Cots ford
Dick, is an effective song that 1ms been sung with much
success by Madame Pntey. “ The Keepsake ” is nn expr«-ssivo
setting, by Mr. F. H. Cowen, of some sentimental lines by
Adelaide Proctor. /“The Child nnd the Shadow,” by Alice
Borton, is a good specimen of the seriousstylo ; in a lighter v«sn
being “ My Lass and I,” song by M. Watson, whose “ Dearer
^tlgtn Life,” written nnd composed by him, has much rhythmical
character. “Happy Eyes” is a pleasing song, by Jules Do
Sivrni. All these arc published by Messrs. Patey and Willie,
ns is a^ very effective pianoforte piece, 41 Espoir,” by Tito
Mnttei, who has surrounded a pleasing melodic theme with
sonic brilliant variations, including much florid passage-
writing that is calculated to develop the student’s executive
power.-*, and will repay its practice.
\ /‘Love’s Ever At Love’s Side,” by A. E. Dyer; “Sleep,
My Lov’d One,” by A. Redhead ; “ A Lover’s Reasons,” by
W. C. Levey, are pleasing songs published by Messrs. Weed
and Co., of Great Marlborough-street.
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r |’IIE CHRISTMAS NUMBER of
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 27, 1884
NEW MUSIC.
NEW MUSIC.
IJHE
S CHRISTMAS NUMBER of
pILAPPELL’3 MUSICAL MAGAZINE,
No. 128.
Containing the following popular Dance Music
Fontainebleau Walts .Ii.IC.II. Dukcof Albany.
Sion Amour Wall*.I*. Biicnloaal.
Mother llubbard Polka .. .. .. Oroline Ixvwthlnu.
Kip Van Winkle Galop.Charles D Albert.
Kip Van Winkle Polka.Charles It'Albeit.
Old Londou launn .C. Coot*.
Delay Valia.I.uke Wheeler.
La I'rlnceaae deaOanariea Quadrille*.. C. Coot*.
E na Valaa.Johann Straus*.
Pergola Polka.K. Maria.
Price la.; post-free, Is. 3d.
pHAPPELL and CO., 50, New Bond-
VV , . street; and 14. Poultry, E.O.
r FRIAL BY JURY. By W. 8. Gilbert
A and ARTHUR SULLIVAN. Now performing at the
Savoy Theatre. Complete words and music, 4a. net; pianoforte
solo.**. cd. net.
(JHAPPELL and CO.’S NEW SONGS.
DID ME GOOD-BYE (Just Published).
JL» Words by F. K. Weatherly; Msslc by P. TOSTI. Pur
Soprano. Tenor. Onntrnlto, llarltone, or Hart. Price 2a. net.
Did ine Good-bye' will rival In popularity all previous songs
by tills favourite composer." " An enormuns success."
OTHER. P. TOSTI. Sung by aU the
principal Vocalists.
AT VESPERS. P. TOSTI.
AIT HERE MEMORY DWELLS. ISIDORE
IT DK LARA.
G ates of the west. Caroline
LOWTIIIAN
Q.ATE8 OF THE WEST. As a Vocal
O RIPPLING TIDE. Mrs. MONCRIEFF.
Mrs. MonerialTs greatest success.
JJY TRUST. I. 1)E LARA.
CO SWEET A STORY. COTSFORD
DICK.
17 ARE WELL, YET NOT FAREWELL.
A CAROLINE LOWTIIIAN.
Price 2«. each net.
Cuirrii.tandOo..SO,Nrwllond-»»reet. W.; and IS.Poultry. E.C.
JJEW DANCE MUSrC.
pilYLLIS
WALTZ. P. BUCALOSSI.
C LAIRE WALTZ. LEONARD
GAUTIER. Illustrated wlUi a phot-graph i.f Mrs. Kendal,
by Elllottand Fry.
M erry footsteps polka.
p. bccalossi.
UAHRWOHL WALTZ. CAROLINE
A LOWTIIIAN.
1 {LACK AND TAN POI.KA. CAROLINE
I.OWTHIAS.
•TOI SEULE VALSE. LUKE WHEELER.
QEA BREEZE POLKA.
O •• The 8 m Breeze Polka Is ons of the bait and most spirited
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PLOUGH and WARREN’S AMERICAN
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Testimonials
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Is and Descriptive Lists free by post
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pHARLES IIALLE’S PRACTICAL
PIANOFORTE SCHOOL.
New Edition. The two first sections enlarged.
Cliarlrt Halils New Planof.-rte Tutor.
Tba best and most useful Tutor ever pnbllahed.
Fobsyth Bbotiibbs. t-omlon and Manchester.
C HARLES HALLO’S MUSICAL
LIllRAUV.
Forsyth Brothers beg to rail attention to their
New Edition of Charin llalle'a Musical l.lbr*r*r~-_
Which lias been enlarged and entirely rt-moriellod on the
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Fobsttr Biotiisbs. London aud Manchester^. \
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A-' A Large Stock of the*# celebrati
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Wales, CAUTION the I'nliltr- that. Pianoforte* artvlwlng Sold lienr*
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For loformatliln aarto authenticity apply at 18. Great Man-
lorough-rt,. whirre new pianos cad obtained from 40 guineas.
1? BARDS’ PIANOS, —COTTAGES, from
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All their Pianos are for sale, hire, or on Uie threescore' system.
J.
B.CRAMERandCO.’S PUBLICATIONS.
J B. CRAMER nnd CO.’S DANCE
a ALBUM (No.31 for Christmas. 1881.
ContalnsXinr Original and Popular DANCE PIECES, Including
a Children's Slnglns Quadrille, by RUDOLPH HERZEN. In
Illustrated paper cover. Price Is. net.
C
AROLINE LOWTniAN’S
CELEBRATED DANCE MUSIC.
MVOSOTI8. WALTZ.
OLD LOVE AND THE NEW. WALTZ.
MARGUERITE. WALTZ.
SWALLOWS. WALTZ.
VANITY FAIR. POI.KA.
QUEEN or HEARTS. POLKA.
Published as solos snd ducts. Each 3s. net.
QHARMING NEW WALTZES.
QERISE. CHARLES DEACON.
JjVTHEL. EDGAR DE VALMENCY.
J^ENELLA. LOUISE MORRISON.
JgLISSA. EDGAR DE VALMENCY.
f A SALUTATION. LOUIS H.
-1-1 D'EGVJLLB
CON ALTE8SE. EDGAR DE
O VALMENCY.
Q0RYPH&B. C. R. DUGGAN
JJAIDEN DREAMS WALTZ. E.
DUCA 1.0881.
Lu ll 2a. nrt.
r |’HE FORTY THIEVES. Comic Cantata,
A composed by EDMUND ROGERS, for Soprano, Contrslt
Tenor, and Ilarlto.no: the worda taken by permission from
Dean's Pantomime Toy-Tale Book. Price Ss. net.
J. B. Cuaxch smt Co., 201, Regent-street. London, W.
CHARMING NEW SONGS. 24 stamp* each.
QURELY. New Song. By A. H. BEHREND.
O 14.820 copies sold first month of Issue.
la.K.'Ocopies sold first month of issue.
14.172" mpu-. so'd first month of issue.
14,< 2) copies sold first month of Issue.
.PURELY. New Song. By A. H. BEHREND.
C •' Listen, mother, bow the song-birds
8mg an ev'ry tree to-day;
Do they wonder who Is Coming
From the land tofnrnw ay?
E flat, F. G (compos* 1> to E>, A fiat, B flat, sod 0.
G ' OIN G HOME. New Song. By
• COTSFORD DICK.
■' Unrk! the holiday liei'sniv ringing
Dawn the village with laughter glad.
Haste the children, cheerily singing.
Hand In hand each lusaie and l*4r
0. A flat. A (compass >' b. F>, and U flat.
TILL THE BREAKING OF THE DAY.
A IlyCIIIO PlNSUTl.
** A niendid anng, nue of unestnmon merit; tha music la rlrb
and fud, and Contains a moat charming mehaly. Certainly
SIgni-r Plnsutl's prettiest and moat l. niltiful rang. '
F. G, A flat, A (E to. Fl. aud » flat.
GIRLS ARE THE BOYS FOR ME.
Ur THRO. BONHKUR; Words Jaxone. .a
F or coueerte, pantomime*, and homo circle. >
"Tbehlla of tliraeaaon. 24 stamps each.
W MORLEY and CO.,
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'T'HE
T>OBERT COCKS find CO.’S POPULAR
AV BONGS.
OOPRANO SONGS.
O Tlieft'ngof a Boat. A. Borton.
1 me.>n to Wail lor Jack. E flat and F. C. Dick.
Grandmother's Sweetheart. C and D. M. Watson.
pONTUALUO SONGS.
V/ The Children's Islsnd. A. Burton.
Walter s Choice. C. Dick. ,_
la Twilight bhodows. G. Adi lruacn. ^_
'T’ENOR SONGS.
A Not I. G snd B flat. A. Mora.
Stoering. D and E flat. F. IS. Cowan.
The Ride. E flat. F. and (i. J. L. Molloy.
T3ARIT0NE and BASS SONGS.
-L> The Knight's Shield. 0 and B flat. C Plasutl.
Dear England. L. Diehl.
Still U the Night. B flat and F. F.Abt.
The above songs may be obtained of all Mualeacllers through¬
out the United Kingdom. Etcli2s.net. /\
0. New Burllngtun-strv-t, IXMidon, W.
'T’HE COMING OF AGE OF PRINCE
A ALBERT VICTOR. Commemorative Btanzas, by
FREDERICK LANG BRIDGE, M.A.. added to Brinsley
lllrhnnls'National Anthem. \ ,
BLESS THE PRINCE OF WALES.
G 0D
III. mt. Song, 2s. nit- P»rtSong. 4d net.
Robebt Cocks and Co., New Ilnrllngtou-atrcct, London.
T7DWIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR SONGS.
All THE OLD AND YolINU MARIE .. F. II. Cowen.
THE BARGEMAN S 1 1III.D .A. 11. DslirtwL
IN TIIE 8WENT OF THE YEAR .. .. (J. Plnsutl.
T1IK LAST OF Til E l!OM .M. Watson.
THE DREAM OF THE OLD 8ACRI8TAN .. O. Hard.
Price 2s. each net. postage free.
17 DWIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR
-Li PIANOFORTE PIECES.
DAMON .hrymonr Smith.
\ potto THY .. .. .. .. Seymour Smith.
JADY IIETTY.Seymour StulUi.
BERG Bits ETBEROEnM .. 1>. Beaumont.
CORONATION MARCH .. .. M. Watson.
Price la. id. each net. postage free.
E DWIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR
PIANOFORTE PUCES.
Pl’R ET SIMPLE .Sxlney Smith.
PSYCHE (Gavotte) .. .. .. Tito. Mattel.
UI.IxTKNING DIAMONDS .. GnDav Unge.
BY III 8111 MS WEIR . W. 8. Ilockatro.
Price2s. each mt, postage bee.
1 7DWIN ASHDOWN’S POPULAR
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At'F IMMER (For Ever) .. .. Oscar Seydel.
1.EDE1Y0IIL (Farvwelll .. .. OscarHeydrl.
CELIA .Frank J.Smith.
LAC RITA.Ed. lUylolT.
rrlco2s. esrh net. postage free.
YDNEY SMITH’S METHOD.
•• The method of methods."
Pi lee 7*. Ad. net. postage free.
Row IU Amii-.wn. llaluiver-squore.
s
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DRAWN BY HAL LUDLOW.
Parson Pengold contemplated Iris face in a cracked and blotchy mirror.
ROPES OF SAND.
BY R. E. FRANCILLON,
Author of “Strange Waters," "Olympia," "A Real Queen," &c.
CHAPTER XLYT1.
FAITHFUL AND TRUE.
f)f course Mabel knew that her lover was brave as a lion. lie
had told her so himself, though ^f course not in so many
words , and, for that matter, n British soldici\w always brave.
Resides, be had been through so many perils by Sea and land
t hat, what with tigers, Turks, and cannibals, iiis lierves must
long ngo lmve turned to steel. And yet, spinconsistent can a
.vn mg woman be, she did not tliiuk lie would have ventured
nlonc, m this desperate wise, into 1‘nrson Pengblcl’s slieepfold—
l.o; not even at her bidding She had an impulse to throw
open the window, leap out, rtnd run away—alone. For what,
niter all, could come of it y What had Mr. Vernon meant by
bidding her summon him unless lie was to be by? Ah—but
perhaps he would lie by : perhaps he hod been watching for
this visit, and would presently appear upon the scene.
Perhaps - how had she not thought of it before P—perhaps lie
was Caleb's great and powerful enemy, who was about to
pardon him for her sake, in some dramatic fashion of his own.
Hut, in any ciLse^-P Faithful and True.”
The door, which the alj'-too-knowing maid had closed,
Opened: Mabel shrank deeper into the window, instead of
coming forward to her lover’s nrms. But it was not Captain
Quickset, this mun who stood just within her threshold, with
tin- light from the window full upon him. She was too
petrified with bewilderment to give the faintest of cries.
It was Francis Curew.
Or his ghost: for even in that moment of bewilderment
she could see he had changed. Or, rather, she felt it, as a
woman like her feels everything all at once, from a change of
heart to a new fashion of a shoe-string. Only, changed or not,
it was Francis Carew.
“ Mabel," said lie. Yes—it was his living voice, speaking
her name.
Her agitation might mean anything, from terror to excess
of joy. Nor was he the man to observe the finer shades . it
was one thing at a time with him.
“ I have done what you bade me,” said he—ns if she had
yesterday bidden him to ride over to Barnstaple for a pair of
gloves. " I have been a long time over it. But it is done.”
How he had once dreamed of this meeting—when the rope
of sand should have been fairly woven, and when lie should
come back for his reward. He had pictured it as taking place
in this very room, where so many wonderful things hud
happened: anil, for once, imagination had not cheated him.
It was here. But, for thereat, it might have been anywhere.
Where was the joyful welcome oil her part—niul, alas '! where
was the triumph in his own P There was still the distance of
the room between them—and more. All else was unchanged—
not a chair had moved from its place • there hung the out¬
landish weapons on the walls: there hung the ivory crucifix
over a bowl of flowers that might not have faded for ages, so
like the old they were. It should have been like coming borne.
But the Queen of all these things! He looked at her with all
his eyes. But something seemed to have gone out of her—or
else out of him.
“ I—I am so glad ”— she begun to stammer-
“Ah! Then what am IP” Only, nobody would have
taken them to be overwhelmed with gladness unless he believed
his ears rather than his eyes. “ It lias been a long errand, and
a hard. There was a time when I thought it would never be
done—that I should never see those tlowers there, and the old
black Steeple, and—and you, again. . . . And—and I’m not
so sure that, you ’ll be so glad to know the end of it all. now
that you know—or will know when I’ve told you. I hare
learned strange things indeed. But you must not look so
frightened : it is good news, too ”-’
What was this ghost of a vanished man talking of ? For,
what with one thing and another, the nature of the rope she
lmd given him to weave had faded out of her mind. But, ns
it came back, and ns she saw how browned, nnd gaunt, and
grave, and aged, he had grown, a haze of remorse came over
her. What lmd come of her whim—or rather of her treachery ?
For now and then, by stray flashes, our works will show them¬
selves in their true colours, even to ourselves.
“ I won’t touch your liaud,” said lie, “ till I know if you
will take mine. It is a long story I have to tell: but, short or
long, it comes to the same end—nnd there’ll have to be all
sorts of trouble yet: nnd I'm afraid lawyers’ work, may be.
Not that there ought to be much more, by rights, for I've got
all the proofs as clear as day. I got on the truck in the West
Indies: but I’ve been a month in England clearing up no end
of tliiugs. I wouldn’t come to you with one thing left dark :
and I got to Barnstaple late last night, and lit re I am : slow
as I ’vc been, I haven't lost a moment—I haven’t yet been to
Hornacombe. Are you ready for me to toll you my —your
story now P Though, on my word, I scarce know Vow to
begin ; for all that it’s so clear.”
lie seemed to be speaking very coldly and wearily, she
thought, remembering, ns she did now, his ardour when his
errand was new. Her interest in her own history, such as
it was, grew dull. The troublesome country Squire had
changed indeed. And it came over her, even then, that she
had lost her power. True, she had never prized it when she
had it: his very slavery to it hod made her Bcom him while
deluding him : but it was not good to find it gone.
“ And you mean to say that—that you have been wandering
over the world, nnd—and Heaven knows what else—and all
for me, who—oh, a story that has waited all these years will
wait an hour—what can I say to you i ”
‘.‘Only, dear Mabel, what you will, and what you can.
Nothing, if you please. You must think of that, when you
know all. It was in the West Indies,” he began, attacking
the middle of tilings at once: for, though he lmd learned
many things, how to tell a story was not among them. “ We
were hiding in a forest from the blacks, who were worse than
savages—hiding for our lives.”
He did not mean it for a rebuke: but she took it for one.
She was beginning to understand what playing with fire
G42
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DEC. 27, 1884
means: how she had mistaken loyalty for stupidity, and had
risked costing a brave man his life for something much worse
than a whim. Caleb would never have said “ hiding for our
lives.” ‘‘Fighting for them” would hnve been liis wor l.
And yet- but Francis was getting under way again.
“ By wo, I mean myself, uml a French doctor and his wife,
whom I had visited for news: and—n girl, and a—a man. i
shall never get to an end if I stop to tell you who they were,
and all. But that man—ho was a bravo man : he had risked
bis life to save me from being hanged by the blacks ”-
‘‘Hanged! Oh, how will you ever forgive me for what
I have done ! ”
“Forgive you? What for? But about this man—the
Doctor had taken him for a madman, and I for some kind of
u fool. But he was shot by on nrrow, poisoned most like : and
when he came to, he was ns sane ns you or I. \' lien I left
the Doctor safe in Jxmdon—thank God, for they ’re good
people, hi- and his wife, though French and queer—he was
beginning to write a big book on the balance of mind and
matter: lie explained his idea to me, and it’s hard to grasp,
but it seems to mean that wc can't have our proper senses
without a lot of sorrow, and sickness, and pain. Anyhow, this
man, as I said, was ns sane when ho enme to as 1 or you. And
a strange story he had to tell. It was so strange 1 couldn’t
make head or tail of it, much less swallow it, all nt once: but
I’ve been to a London lawyer, and it’s true up to the hilt,
every word—nil but one step, and that’s easy made. Yes:
Oowcuuilx r Jack is heir to all the land in the parish—all but
Homaconibc, which is mine. He’s the Bon and heir of Sir
Miles Heron himself, as sure as I stand here.”
What had all this to do with her? In troth, she did not
caro over much how it concerned her, considering all her
troubles—troubles so confusedly overwhelming that it would
take a dozen pages to count them over. But, though anxious
to reach the end of the story, if only that she might gain a
moment for thinking, slio could not hurry a man who had
been nearly hanged by savages for her sake, and who was
annihilating her with every sort of shame. No wonder lie, for
his part, failed to entirely recognise the proud beauty who had
sent him on a labour of Hercules ns the condition of scehm her
again. So—“ C'owcumber Jack!” she exclaimed: “That
horrible poacher who murdered”-
“For God’s sake, don’t say that, Mabel! Don’t call him
bawl names, lie must not hnve them from non. I always
stood up for his innocence ngaiust the world : and I was right,
un 1 nil the world was wrong. He was no murderer. But ho
lmil seen murder done—seen it while he was waiting for you
and me: and that turned his bruin, I believe—for n time :
only for a time. I always knew it: and that was why I carried
him out of the hangman’s jaws—what else could I do? And it
was well he did : for he repaid me t wenty times. Nance Derrick
herself thought us you did, till she heard him tell the talc.
And now”-
“ Nance Derrick?”
“ Yes. Didn't I say she was in the forest, too. She was
Madame C'nrrel’s maid—God bless her: I mean Madame
C'arrcl.”
“No. You said nothing of Nance Derrick—not a word.
Their eyes met: there must have been something in liis
way of saying “ Nance,” or, still more, in not having named
her till her nnmc came without any special need, os if it had
waited to be spoken too long, that suggested another kind of
tale. But his eves met hers without lulling. It was hers thut
fell. ‘ ....
“ Yes,” said he, pursuing the subject as if not the investi¬
gation of Mabel OpensliavCs birth, but the vindication of a
vagabond’s innocence, had been his whole mission. “ He was
there in the wood when poor Phil and n smuggling villain
named Trestrail—would I had known it when I first met
him !—came to words about-well, poor Phil was but a Stoke
Juliot man—about shares in a venture : and about—about
Nance, too. There’s no doubt about who did the deed, nor
about why: Nance saw it all, nt the first word. In short, it
was the old story—woman : mid gold. Ah, Mabel: we, who
think we know our neighbours, in this quiet place, and nil the
best and all the worst of them, through and through, just
know nothing at all. I have seen the world now; and, by
Heaven, if I live, I will live here, mid not rest till the woods
are turned into fields and every grain of sand washed clean.
And now for the end. Mabel ”-
He wns changed indeed ! He had become a man ; but it
was at a big cost. It was not only that he had said no word
of love. It wns that she felt the love lmd died. Dead—and
after all that ho lmd been through for the sake of that dead
thing! She had never wanted it: she had scorned it: she hud
driven it away. But—she sighed. And “ Faithful and True,”
indeed ! Where were faith and truth if they had left the heart'
of Francis Carew? Ah, hut whose fault was it they had
flown, even from there? _
How could she fail to be touched to the very mmost neart
by his service? Whether he had found her to be Princess or
Peasant, what was it to her now ? What right had she to
care? If Caleb had never come in the way, it wasin her to
lmvc said, “ Tell me nothing: here is my hnn4,ifthnt will
make you any amends.” And she .could have put lw-r heart
into her hand, now, and given both together. But alas—
there was Caleb : if, indeed, there was Ilpt somebody besides.
Too lnte, and Might have boon- That wasthetirne now,
instead of Faithful and True. \\ -\\
“Mabel”- . ,
“Ah! He hot come.” It was a stranger to Francis who
entered unannounced, and with no ceremony beyond the
courtesy proper even to a man who is completely at homo.
“That is good: that is us it should lie. It was my test—to
see if lie would come. .Mabel, my child, wiljyou not introduco
me to one whom- But it ft no occasion for compliments,
Sir,” lie said to Francis, who stood vexed and awkward. But
not more so than a lover might bo whose love passage had
been broken: and tliefdwas unmi takablc approval in the old
gentleman's ©yes 1)8 ho held out his hand. “Our intro¬
duction must be our common interest in Miss Mabel here.
I, of course, am the Mr. Vernon of whom you have doubt¬
less heard, whtfto mission is tf) mnkc the course of true love
run smoothX You, Sir, are, I hear, in some trouble: but I do
not judge, fftyn vour face, it is anything of which a gentleman
need be ashamed. Leisure you that your aspect—pardon
me—is a ft-lief to mb piijid. Meanwhile, it is singular that I
do not yctfknow your name.” , , r . ,
Francis could only stare at him hard, and then ask Mabel,
“ Who on earth is this P ” with liis eyes.
“ I have not heard of Mr. Vernon,” said he. * And why
you assume I have any special interest in Miss Opcnshaw, or
what it concerns you if I had, I cannot tell. But you seem to
wish her well: for which I thank you. As to my name, that
is at any man’s demand. Francis Carew.”
“Ay—and the name of ns good a fellow-Francis, my
dear, dear lad,” thundered the Parson, “ I'd have given my
liest litter, ay, and twenty best of them, to see this day and
thee—and it’s come! You’ve broken jailP Ay—a Stoko
Juliot lad’s a slippery eel to hold : and we know craft—eh ?—
that’ll nuzzle any frjgatc o i them all. . . . Tnrazin—no. I
forgot—Biddy—a gallon of ale ! ”
Francis wns a strong man : but a grasp of the Parson’s fist
would have made Samson groan. 'this was true welcome,
with heart in it—for all its uncouthness it made the tears
start from his heart and well nigh mount to his eyes. 1 he
barrier between him and Mabel lmd tamed to harder ice-liis
work, though he had won through it, had failed. There was
nobody wailing for him but a housekeeper with whom he was
resolved upon a parting quarrel, and u big black rock, nml n
houro without a homo. He had neither kin nor fr.cuu.
lie hod been through so much, and had come hack to fin l so
little. If it had not been for Purson Pengold, he would hove
borne nil the coldness and the strangeness: but—lie turned
uwav, and one sob would come.
“Never mind old Pigtail—Vernon, I moan, cried the
Parson. “ Stand up, mid let me sec thee, nrtev frogs mul
verjuice for all this while—ah, you look as if beef was th?
physio you wanted-Biddy! Boast those ribs this very
minute :* and let Sunday shift for itself a* it may. How did
you get away from tlio Frenchmen? I hope you didn’t show
them nothing but your heels ? ”
“ \Vhv—how do >/ou know L ’ve been among the French ?
asked Francis. “ I have, though, sure enough : and it’s sheer
luck, if luck it be, that I’m not there now. But they got rick
of slaughtering: their new black general took to transporting
all the whites he caught—as if anybody with a white skin
would want to stay. And”—he caught a look from Mabel
that reminded him of hi3 promised silence. “That’s about
nil, you sec.” ,, , , „ „
•• All ? Do vou mean they’ve set up n black generalr No,
my lad: I don’'t see. But all in good time, the thing of
things is, Here vou are. And now, Mr. Vcmon,” lie said,
with an air of solemn triumph, “ I have the pleasure—I will
say the honour—to bid you, as a friend of the bride, to a
nmrringc I propose to celebrate this day three weeks, Ix-tween
Francis Carew, of Honiacombe, Bachelor, and Mabel Opeu-
shaw, Spinster, both of this parish. And if anybody knows
any just cause or impediment, let him hold liis tongue. For
none there is: and if there were, down it should go."
He threw the look of definnee, inspired by his triumph ove r
Old Pigtail, round the room. Mr. Vernon took full time to
answer it: he waited until he saw that Francis wns on the
point of speaking, and then intervened.
“ This is o family council,” said he. “ And, in such cases,
truth before courtesy—yes, truth before all,” lie added, with a
special glance nt Parson Pengold. “ And if my landlord, Mr.
Carew, is the moil lie looks like, he will agree with mv. if
will bo my duty to forbid the banns. Mabel, come hero, and
stand by me, while I stand by you.”
“Anti, Francis,” cried the Parson, “coma you here, ami
stand up for yourself. Sir, I don’t know who you are: but
this I do know, that whatever are your concerns, you had best
keep to them. I nm the Parson of this Pnrish, and the Master
of this House: and—but that’s naught to you or any man.
Mr. Carew, will you take this girl to wife: Ay or No? "
“If she will have me — Ay,' ’ said F rancis. ‘ ‘ But' V-
“‘If’ and ‘But’! Is that like n lover?" roared tho
Parson, lushing himself into storm. “You’ve said Ay—that's
enough for any man. Mabel, there stands your promised
husband. Will you take him—Yea or Nay ? "
How the heart of Francis would once have trembled at
what her answer would bo! And, truth to tell, it trembled
now. But even Ovid might, have told the Pnrson that a
Maiden's yea or nay doesuot so lightly come, even when there
are fewer than throe pairs of oars to hear.
“Wait,” said Mr. Verubn. He did not lose a whit of
temper. Tho Parson's wrath no more beat him down thau a
winter storm matters to Oxhorn. “My child, ft it true that
you have given yout heart toy another man ? Come, speak
without fear. ’ Faithful and true.”’
How would she have answered it if she had been alone?
But how could she deny Caleb with the eyes of her whole
world upon her—after she had bidden him come to claim her?
She could not whisper n “ No,” even to her own "heart, forvery
pride and shnme. There was nothing for it but, if not truth,
then courage. \ <
“ Yes,” said she : blit loud enough to be hoard.
“!fherc,” said Mr. Vernon. “Mr. Carew—you are a
geutleinnn: I need say no more—except that * 'Dure are more
women in tho world than one ’ ”-
\ “And one’s too many! ” broke in I’nmm Pengold.
“Given her heart—given her fiddlestick, she moans. I know
-best pig
luck to"be a parson. Oblige me by showing this impertinent
old meddler the door, lie’s some instrument of that Cockney
scamp, though what he's got to gain by it, Heaven knows.
Mr Vernon, if that’s your name, what business nave you to
be putting your nose into Mabel Opcnshaw’s business—and
mine?”
y “ If you ask for a warrant,” said Old Pigtail, with nn exas¬
perating smile, “ the help of true love is warrant enough for
any man : hut—well, I happen to be more to this young lady
than any other man living—at least, yet awhile. 1 happen to
be her Father, Sir.”
“Her father!” thundered the Parson, fairly carried away
with indignnnt scorn. “ Because you have flirted with her in
your fatherly way, for a few months or so ? Mabel—leave
that fellow's side, and come here. Great Heaven ! As if you
were not tuff daughter—mine, a million times. I've seen how
that stranger there has been coming over you with his soft
ways—Heaven knows why—and—and—it's been a misery to
me: and I haven’t said it, because I didn’t know how. But
I know now! ’Who took you, when you were a little baby,
from the sea ? Who kept .you from death, and lias done his
best to keep vou from sorrow and ill ? Who got to care for
you till he felt there was something to live for and to hold too,
ay, even in 8toko Juliot here, where, else, souls get starved?
Who else has—but never mind what more I’ve done : though
it’s been more than, for aught less, an honest man, not being
a farmer, would do ? Is it one of your own kin ? No: it has
been just Jordan Pengold, from whom you'd t urn at the first sight
of a red coat, and the first glimpse of n white hand. Have I
been a fool? Then I’ll be one no more. I’ll get on some¬
how—never fear. . . . Mabel: don’t think of lovers. It's a
S estion of fathers now. . . . And that’s more: and that's
.... Maliel: choose between that stranger there and me.”
It wns not the poor Parson’s rough words, but the heart in
every one of them, that went to her soul. Why had lie never
spoken to her like this before ?
But Mr. Vernon again broke in.
“Parson,” said he, “ it »* hard upon you. I never thought
how hard, till now. You make me almost wish—no: not
that—but—but—I 'vc been a poor sort of a father, I own,
compared with you. Only”-
“Only what, man?”
“Only ”—Old Pigtail gave the Parson a long look from eye
to eye—” only that—I nm Miles Heron.”
Miles Hirnn—the widower of the poor drowned octrees:
the father who hail courted Mabel for his daughter instead of
claiming her offhand, so that life might rob the Parson hy no
unfair m ans. Mabel needed not the remainder of Francis
Carew’* broken tale, nor the Parson’s plea of guilty to his
loving lie, in order to feel that her heart had told her true,
and that, however he was named, this stronger wns in fact
the very father she had wished he could have been. A glance
nt the faces round her told her enough—the wits her father
had quickened told her more.
“ I knew it! ” said she—the only soul there too glad to be
amazed. “ I wonder if you have wanted me as I lmve wanted
you- Let us go: let me have done with all this horrid
nonsense of loving and marrying: let me begin to be a woman
instead of a fool! ’’
He answered with a smile. “ Cannot one be both P ’’
asked he. “And my turn must come to hear another 4 Let
me go.’ . . . But meanwhile ”-
“ Never ! ” exclaimed she.
Her father smiled again—both tenderly mid sadly. But to
Francis that woman’s “ Never " told how lost must have been
love’s labour, even if the secret ot her lifo had not revealed
itself without liis scouring land and sen.
And to the poor Parson, what did it all mean? A lie told
in vain.
If people only knew—how they would leave things alone !
And so would Biddy, if she had known. But that stupid
girl, of whom Tamzin had always in point of brains boon
worth ten, burst in at the door, mid had whispered “ Miss
Mabel—Miss Mabel: 'tft the Captain,” before she could add
to her idiocy by crying out, “Oli Lord, Miss—I thought you
was all alone—the apple-cart it turned over, now ! ”
Sir Miles Heron was master, nay Emperor of the situation.
“ All the better—lie Aus eoine, then. A Captain, eh? None
the worse for that—though there are Captains und Captains.
Biddy, my girl, bring him in.”
But the Captain was at Biddy's heels, sharing licr belief—
it need scarce be said—that Mabel was alone. And such
silenco had followed upon “1 am Miles Heron” that there
was no sound to undeceive him.
So ho entered boldly—Sir Miles advancing to meet his
future son-in-law. The two men met face to face between
the bowl of flowers and the door. For a full moment thus
they stood. Then Captain Quickset, after one wild look round
him, from Sir Miles to Mabel, from Mabel to the Parson, from
the Pnrson to Francis, and back from Francis to Sir Miles,
lo«t impudence for the first time since he had been born.
\ He lust slunk away. _
CHAPTER XLVIII.
TUB RHYME IS FOUND.
It was perfectly true. Arthur Heron, ns he had now an un¬
questionable right to be called, arrived nt Port-au-Prince, in
company with his physician, liis friend, and liis nurse, as sane
ns a man could be, though painfully weak aud low. He had
a lamentable amount of lee-way to make up in the con¬
ventionalities of life: but lie was gentle, docile, and grateful
as if he were still a child. And, for his general education, he
had Madame Carrel to take him in hand: though it was after
Francis that he fashioned himself in all hero-worshipping zeal,
lie no longer saw in a tree anything but a tree. He no longi r
made rli 3 'iucs. He took to such civilised ways as were to be
found in revolted Hispaniola os if liewere trying to make up for
wasted time. He dressed himself like a gentleman, and enme
out, in Madamc’s opinion, Aim mi*, el trht dean. She, she main¬
tained, had always been convinced that, despite nil seeming to
the contrary, he wns of vieiUe rochr , and a /frond Seigneur.
Nor—so sane did he become—did he take unkindly to the
discovery that he was heir to a title and to one of the finest
estates in Kent, not to speak of those Devon woods where the
heir had lived ns a wild savage, and been treated half ns a
myth, half ns a eriminul. After a season of even rough polish¬
ing, Francis, would not bring home to Mabel an elder brother
who would disgrace her, nor—though lie cared not a jot about
the wellnigh non-existent Sir Miles, would the latter be un¬
willing to receive such a daughter, nor even such a son. No
doubt he, Francis, would bo seat about liis business. Well-
then he must submit, as became a man who had been labouring
like Hercules for a prize so longaa it was hopeless, only to fine’,
when it was won, that he might hnve had for the asking a prize
infinitely more high.
Then came the decree that banished from Hispaniola every
white skin that had chanced to escape banishment from tho
world. The five from Les Bosquets continued in company, but
with mingled feelings indeed. The Doctor and Madame wore
ns Adam and Eve leaving Paradise—to face the world again,
but with the bli ssing, which half did away with the curse, of
being allowed to quit it hand in hand. Francis lmd more
than fulfilled his task: but it was with a heavy as well as with
a full heart that he set his face towards home. What Nance
Derrick lmd in her heart was still for herself alone. Arthur
Heron wns going back to begin the lite of a man—of a gentle¬
man. indeed. How he would be received by a father of whom
nothing was known beyond liis existence aud liis name, might
have been a serious question, had any cared to look for nil
answer. But nobody did care.
At least, noue cared save be who remembered that father,
dimly indeed, but not so dimly ns of old. He would rather it
had been his mother who was living—that mother to whose
sorrows, whatever they were, he must have added ro sorely.
Francis had told him she had been lost nt sen—no wonder he
had had that uinpcakable horror of the sen. It must have
been in the spirit of prophecy; though now even that horror
had passed away. He embarked ns readily as any of them,
nnd even found pleasure in the winds and waves. All himself
seemed to have gone out of him: he had become nothing but un
ignorant, butothenvisecommonplorekimlofyoungman. Never¬
theless, all were of opinion that he had enormously improved —
as, indeed, a vagabond poacher suddenly discovered to be an
heir to a title nnd to great estates can senreely fail to do, in
the light of any sane nnd civilised mind.
Moreover, his health and strength, whether the credit bo
due to Dr. Carrel or to Dr. Ocean, or to both combined,
rapidly returned. And by the time their vessel, nfter having
safely passed all tho perils of war and weather, reached the
Thames, he was strong as well as sane. It is true that nu
eeceutricity or two pronounced themselves soon after landing;
but the others had far too much business on hand to take note
of them. After all, Nature is not to be conquered in a day.
London! London after Stoke Juliot: nfter Hispaniola :
nfter the sea! While the Doctor was looking up liis English
friends, and Madame her shops, and Francis for a lawyer,
Nance, who could still remain under cover of her mistress (if
so she could be called), lmd the poor young gentleman much
upon her hands: aud she it wns who saw signs that made her
unscientific heart, suspect the fulness of the cure. For she
watched him still—she could uot cense to watch over the man she
had nursed back to life out of vengeance, and whom she now
knew that she had wronged. She knew well enough now
why Providence had guided her straight to Les Bouquets: not
to deliver her enemy into her hands, but to show to her that
vengeance is blind, and sinful, and a fool. I speak, because
she thought, after the old fashion, by winch men mid women
respected themselves as objects of special guidance aud care.
DEC;. 27, 1884
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It was as if Heaven hod heard her witch’s curse, not to punish
it, but to jest at it: and that feeling turned remorse into
humble shame. This man a villain, such as Captain Treat rail
of the Maiden— once as gentle and timid as a squirrel—now ns
a lamb! What waste of passion it had all been—as much
waste as that other dull pain that made her heart feel like
lead withiu her. Well: if one rebellion had been wrong, so
must be the. other. She had n work put into her hand—the
sendee of Madame. Meanwhile, she felt, only too surely, the
need of serving the man she had gone forth to exact a’ debt
of blood from, and to do by even us death had done by her
and hers.
Arthur Heron saw men enough now, and to spare. His
growing strength did not lesson his feeling of expectation of
what was to follow: but it certainly diminished his impatience.
He saw the interest Francis Cnrew was taking in his and his
unknown sistar's concerns, and listened to reports, and asked
questions: but the answers dwelt less and less upon his mind.
Francis perceived nothing, for there was nothing to perceive.
Hq went sight-seeing a little, with an aristocratic indifference
that seemed to show blood to be stronger even than second
nature. He sooke little, and never said anything worth saying,
but never oddly; and he was equally content whether in com¬
pany or alone. If any stranger had been told that this quiet,
unassuming, ordinary young fellow had ever been n poacher, a
jail bird, and a savage, he would have stared indeed. But
wliut Nance, and Nance only, noticed was a sort of restlessness
nt odd times, and a look in the eyes, us strength came back,
that reminded her of how he looked when she met him in the
moonlight at Les Bouquets.
However, the day came nt last when Francis, having learned
at Tunbridge that Sir Miles Heron, the absent :e, was on a visit
to liis estate in Devon, told his friend that proofs were plain
enpugli, and that he was to meet his father and his sister at
last, whatever the event was to be to them all. lie received
the news with n smile and a ready assent which made no
Impression on Francis, but which made Nance, though she
wished never to set eyes on Stoke Juliot again (for passion
slays its ape, sentiment), ask Madame for leave to revisit her
old home. The journey to Barnstaple was uneventful.
Francis treated Nance so much like a lady that lie spoke to
her no needless Word the whole way down: but he spoke a
f ood deal, when not immersed in his coming interview with
is task-mistress, with Arthur Heron, and found his friend
congenially silent company.
Arrived at Barnstaple, they had put up at the inn where
onb of the guests had once locked the law into the coffee-
room. The inn was in new hands: Francis was forgotten,
and his companions were ns unknown there ns ir they
Were on a visit to Captain Quickset's friend King George.
Arthur Heron made a hearty supper—it was notable, what an
appetite the sea had given him and London had not taken
away. He went to bed: and Francis was off to Stake Juliot
before he appeared.
But Francis had not gone off so early ns sunrise. And it
was with the first thought of the sun that Arthur Heron woke
up from a dream. Cucumber Jack had seldom dreamed—
Arthur Heron often, and wildly. Doctor Carrel would have
told him that is the penalty for being sane—the fly-wheel that
keeps us from acting dreams and nightmares awake and in
broad day. It had been nn especially wild sort of dream, in
which lie was again a child, with a weeping mother and a
horrible home. He woke with a start nud a shudder.
Yea—he teds sahe: xltld he was strong too. Not a vestige
of weakness was left ill bfttiu Or limb, lie leaped from his
feather-bed, threw open the window, and let the fresh air into
the stuffy inn Ixid-chamber. There was the touch of early
October in it: it stung the blood, and made it run gladly. Ho
drank it down into the depths of his lungs, and thought—for
lie could think now. So in n few days, it might be this very
day, he would he no longer Cucumber Jack of the woods,
running about wild and in rags, and liable at any moment to
be lmd up for a vagabond, poacher, and trespasser, and clapped
in Barnstaple jail till his time came for death or hulks—no
longer this, but the sanpf a great man, and a great man him¬
self, rolling in wealth, and with nothing to do but enjoy
himself all day long. No more crossing the sen unless he
pleased: no more cold or hunger, rain or snow. He could
become as learned as Dr. Carrel, if he pleased : nncl Francis
Carew should have nil the good that gold can buy—and what
canuot it buy ? He lmd no doubt that lie would he welcomed
by liis fnthcr well enough ; his friends, who were so much
Wiser ill the world's ways, had taken that for granted : and so
wljy should not lie ? Yes—all was henceforth to be clear uud
joyful waking from a long and troubled dream. Never need
lie wonder in the woods again.
But oh, wliat n morning for the woods this would be—not
the strange nml bewildering forests of the west, with their
vastness nud their awe, but for the woods of home: and they
within a run! IIo could picture them, as the slirtip autumn
air seemed to bring some of tlieir freshness and fragrance to
him over river nncl moor. They would now be in a bath of
twilight and dew—they would be just thinking of waking: in
another hour, the light would be fighting through the boughs
and turning the long dew-drops on the bracken into emeralds
and pearls. There would bo a sweet grey mist, such a* a heart
might gladly break its fast upon ; and the flints of gossamor
would soon be all in sheen. Moreover, it was the seasoh of the
year when oaks and beeches would have ori. their very best,
bravest, brownest clothes, and when their frngmucc would be
keenest, ond when Summer and Winter would be rivals who
should glorify them the most before falling out and parting.
He knew every tree. True, lie had learned now’ that they
were naught hut tree?, with nothing better than sap in them,
with which sane blood can have no sympathy. But then,
there are trees nml trees. Yonder were the beautiful brown
trees in all tlieir morning glory, that had once been to him
more tlinn man uud more thaii woman—angels and wonders
who had filled the place of father, mother, brethren, sweet¬
heart, and friend.
Early as it was, and he had Teamed to use late hours,
he dressed himself slowly; then more quickly: and the
quicker because he somehow forgot/to put on lint, coat, or
slioes. Bareheaded, and dressed only in shirt nud breeches,
ragged nud crumpled no more, he left his room, opened the
door of the inn, where nobody was ns vet astir, and came into
the street, when- the sparrows, just beginning to chirp and
chatter, were the only living things to be seen. He had no sort
of plan. What plan should a man, who was going to be rich
nud great, have save to gladly and gratefully accept his
destiny? It did not oven strike him that he was doing over
again what ho,had done a hundred times whm'a‘child, bent
upon running aWnv from the sen aud his mother’s tears. A
plan ! Who could have a plan when the woods themselves did
not think of anything so absurd ?
Some fifteen miles or so lie between Barnstaple nml his
woods—no, his father’s woods now. How strange it would be
to feel himself master and owner of the creatures whom lie
had once thought high m place os they were high in stature,
above the highest aud greatest of men! That was a thought
on which he did not care to dwell—it was as if one of the meek
were suddenly called upon to inherit the earth as n mortal
Emperor. Some hour nfid a half after sunrise lie hnd reached
the high ground of Homacombc, having skirted Stoke J uliot
round, fie ran down the side of the combe, splashed into the
brook, kneeled down in it for a long draught of the brown
water that Intoxicated him beyond the power of wine, and
struck up the opposite bank, keeping ham by the stream, so
as to avoid the lower wood belonging to Francis Carew— they
had never been his old haunt: Dope Wood, at the head of
the combe, out of sound of the sen, had been his home, and
for thnt he made. He was now so hot with impatience for the
best that nothing short of the best would content him: it
must come upon him at a burst, in all its feelings, unmarred
by being led up to. There must be no prelude. Dope Wood’s
first note must be a full chorus of “ Welcome Home! ”
lie reached the spot where the oaks and the beeches, he
knew, were only waiting liis coming to begin.
But what was this met hi3 eyes ?
There was no Depe Wood to be seen.
There lay Base Wood, sure enough, below. But its once
undecipherable boundary from its neighbour was now as sharply
drawn as on a surveyor’s map—Base or Hornacombc Woods
were brown, but where Depe Wood had been the Combe side
and crest were bare.. Worse than bare—it was a vast, hideous
patch of stumps and logs, the corpses left from a massacre of
trees, and still bidding where the murderous axe hnd freshly
been. Only a single beech stood in the midst —a sylvan Niobc.
The man stood still, sick and faint. He had come from where
man murders man: thnt was, he had learned, according to
nature: but that man should murder trees ! And this lie had
lived to see—had come to see. The Revolution, indeed ! He
knew all about that now—but this—no thoughts could further
come. It was a horror beyond the reach of tears.
His heart swelled to bursting. What had not this fallen
woodland uest been to him—home and temple: nil things:
what were nil gold and greatness beside a single twig that had
fallen? And to be one of the creatures by whom such deeds
are done. He entered the graveyard: nay, rather the battle¬
field, where right had been conquered by wrong. But he
could no more touch a log of marked timber than lie
could have touched a human corpse—less, it may.be.
Ho made for the beech—the mother beech, as lie hnd
called her. But she was a mother no more: nil her
children were gone, save he. What must She be feel¬
ing? He knew why she stood so tearless and silent, because
he understood her. ’ Tears nnd sobs are for smaller things. He
seated himself under her shadow. And then the vagabond's
heart gave way under what was too bewilderiugly lorlom for
his brain to bear. He looked liis last upon the deactjhillside:
thence to the open blue sky: and—Died.
Many things may happen while a single tree is changing her
gown from russet to green.
Many things had therefore happened before a certain after¬
noon when Francis Carew of Hornacombc walked out and
met a chaise from Barnstaple, loaded with baggage, beneath
which sat that already eminent foreign emigre physician, Dr.
Carrel and Madame, lie welcomed them tq Honincombc.
while they were still some miles off, as cordially as they had
received him at Les Bouquets. But there was uo room for
him in the clmisc, so he lmd to walk back again. So that
ho might not be condemned to sOlitudc—as if liis whole life
were not solitude, though better borne because better used
than of old—the Doctor's lady offered him the company of her
maid. Nor was therev anything put of the way in such a
proffer, for the maid hnd' become her own sister, nnd was an
old friend of the Squire.
It was Nance Derrick’s first visit to Stoke Juliot: for she
had come no nearer than Barnstaple last time, and desired to
come no nearer. However, to be with her mistress and sister was
her only duty left, and she would have taken the pride of self-
sacrifice in coming, with her, to places even fuller of sorrowful
and dreadful memories, if such could be. But Francis had uo
longer occasion to wonder at the manner in which the peasant
girl, who had known life and passion, aud whose full and
steadfast nature hnd been moulded by good hand besides, had
grown into a lady, such as Pliil Derrick’s daughter was now.
But the grdwth had not stopped—she had lost the soft rusticity,
perhaps, that had struck Captain Quickset’s critical eye, but
Francis, though he felt that lie had to look up to her, instead
of down, would not have had her changed.
Much of what must be passing in her heart he had learned
to guess: and it was no time ns yet to speak of the past, or of
the stone lie had put up to her father. That she must find out
for herself. The future was better ground.
“There is news—news in Stoke Juliot,” said he, when,
after what there was to say of her Loudon life, they approached
the head of the combo, nml saw the chaise, which hod not much
outstripped them, approaching gloomy Hornacombc. “ Parson
Pengola told it me with tears in liis eyes. Sir Miles is coming
tt> live at Stoke Juliot—for good nnd all.”
“And — and Miss Openshaw?” asked she.
“Miss Heron, you mean? Do you suppose the Parson
shed tears of joy over .Sir Miles? I'm glad of it, poor fellow.
He’ll come to life again, now that his daughter is coming—
coming to stay, till—till the time conies for a girl to go.”
‘‘Yes," said she. It was news : aud nows that could only
have one end.
“Sir Milos has written to ilio Parson himself. He feels
thnt the place where liis wife is buried under the sands, and liis
son under the turf ought not to In* left a dm of savages—and
lie’s right, Naucc: and though 1 haven't buried much here —
ns yet — I feel that here my work lies, too. I can’t have been
put into Homocombe for uothing, after all. . . . I’m going
to make a clean shave of my Umber, too, us Sir Miles did when
lie leanied from that fellow, Bavtlomy Davis, wliat things it was
covering. Then we must conquer the smuggling — and the
wrecking too, if we can. The Parson won’t have it that it can
be done: but Sir Miles says it ought to be, nnd I say it shall.”
Nance sighed, not smiled approval. Mabel’s father and
old lover iii close alliance in u good cause — it was clear enough
what the end of that story would bo. Well—she had her
work too.”
“ There's only one thing I must set my face against, and
there’s only one other thing I must do,” said he, ns they
reached where Dope Wood hnd once been. “Sir Miles wants
to have t hat Davis down, because it was through him he
learned wliat he sent that poor knave Quickset to discover.
And that mustn’t be. It won’t do to have Kent meddling
here. I'd sooner 6ee Quickset himself — it *s n queer thing,
isn’t it, to know a man for an imposter, a swindler, a liar, a
thief, and a lawyer’s spy into the lmrgain, nnd yet to have a
liking for him all tho same? I suppose one’s feelings can't
turn just as if they were the wind. You remember Quickset,
don’t you, Nance ? But of course you do—1 'll tell you nil
that story another time. He teas a queer fish: offer running
away with my mare, und nearly running off with Miss Heron,
I had a letter from him yesterday asking me to lend him
twenty guineas, to be repaid punctually on Wednesday—
‘ Cowcumbcr Jack,’ poor fellow: it should have beeu Cucumber
Caleb: that fellow will many money yet, mark my words :
and till then, I’m afraid I’m booked for twenty guineas a
year, so I must help him, eh ? Poor Jack—this is where he
died. Thnt beech will not come down. . . . And the thing to
be done, Nance : I have a task still.”
“ For” -
“No. For you, this time. In Spain, or France, or
wherever he be, Trcstrail, of the Maiden, must—swing.”
“ Mr. Carew! For God's sake, no ! ” cried Nance. “ You
know my story—and can you, you here, by this beech-treo,
where died un innocent man I might have—Heaven knows
what; can you, here, speak to me of Revenge? Oh, if you
care for me at all, let it be. Wo can’t undo tho sin. But
Hatred and Vengeance — I have learned now what blind things
they are. Let me have my way this once—in this one thing.
You cannot call poor Father from the grave. ‘ Vengeance is
mine.’ And it is man’s too—to let it go.”
He looked at her with some amaze. He could distinguish
between punishment and revenge. But the amaze ceased as
he looked into her eyes and began to read in them tlieir mean¬
ing. For he did know a full half of her story: and —
“So be it,” was all he could say. “ And now — Nance, I
hare been vowing to say something to you before—before the
Carrels leave Horuacombf again ; and I ’vc been making talk
so that T could nuy it her-, under tliis tree—the most solemn
place iu el. the country round. I'm plain and rough, com¬
pared with you. But if you can take me for our work's sake-
no ; ns it that was what L mean ! Can you learn to care for
me, Nance? For I’ve learned to love you, Nance, ns a man
can only love one Voinnn, pnpe, and with all his whole heart-
nnd soul.”
For a moment the world swam round her. Was this that
her ears heard true-?" Her dream—her dream thnt began
before her story, was it being fulfilled? lie below Aw—the
man she lmd made her hero, only once, it is true, but once for
all!
Yes; it was .trap/ “ I loved you always,” said lie. “ I did
not know it: but God, He knows I know it now. Dearest
Nance—say you will stay, nnd stay with me.”
Jslie raised her faec to his, as his arm came round her—the
woman, and the witch no more. And, in passing, her eyes
caught
MABEL — FRANCIS
sti’.l clean and clear on the bark of the tree beneath whose
branches Cucumber Jack had died.
He saw every glance her brown eyes gave.
“ Dear,” said he; “those were Ropes of Sand—these are
Chains of Ste’l.”
THE BSD.
CHRISTMAS IN CANADA.
This is Canada of the olden time, nt an early period of colonial
history, before cultivated farms, good roads, well-built villages
and towns, railways nud electric telegraphs, ond all the appli¬
ances of modem civilisation, hnd made Canadian life ns secure
and as comfortable as life in any shire of England or {Scotland
is at the present day. The pioneers, French or British, of
backwoods clearing nnd settlement on the shores of the St.
Lawrence, or in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, had a rude
task of it, and lived a hard, laborious life, not always free
from peril at the hands of lurking Indian savages; while bears,
wolves, nnd wild-cats, if they seldom attacked mankind, were
troublesome neighbours to the family homestead in the depths
of the forest. Our Artist lias fancied, in ttiose circumstances,
a settler and his wife going to church on Christmas Day; the
man attired in moccasins, breeches of deerskin, and fur
cap, bearing n rille on bis shoulder, with the pair of
snow-shoes required for traversing the lower paths, and with a
formidable equipment of dirk and cartridge-belt. There were
times nnd places at which a prudent Canadian, not a hundred
years ago, would hove thought such preparations needful in
escorting liis gentle partner, evidently a .Scottish lassie, some
miles from their sequestered habitation. Terrible stories are
related of occasional atrocities not only in Canada, but in the
New England, Western, and Southern States of America,
previously to the consolidation of the ancient colonial com¬
munities, over vast territories now filled with a peaceful and
prosperous agricultural populutiou. The ware between the
French and English, followed by the war of the American
Revolution, let loose the wild ferocity of powerful Indian
tribes, and it was long before the outlying settlements were in
a condition of tolerable safety.
GRANDFATHER’S CHRISTMAS DINNER.
The old-fashioned sentiment- mid style of universal gallantry
towards the female sex compelled the best-mannered gentle¬
men of the Inst century to treat even little girls with a certain
deferential courtesy, which did not interfere with the authority
due to elders, because it was compensated by the revereuce
that youth was then accustomed to pay to mnture or advanced
age. These pretty maidens of nine or ten years, who have
been invited to dine with their grnndfnther, evidently a man
of rank and dignity, on Christinas Day, are not much sur¬
prised, in tlieir secret hearts, that he should openly propose to
himself the toast of “ Tho Ludies,” before drinking his glass
of claret. They know that it is the custom of gentlemen, and
that the strict observance of all such rules, whether or not in
the presence of u social company, lias become a point of
honour with grandfather, for they have heard it remarked
upon by tlieir parents mid other friends, who all regard the
worthy senior with high esteem nml affection. It is
not, however, too formal a banquet for the enter¬
tainment of childish guests. Tho dessert is partly set
on the table, because they love fruit nml sweets, ns
.soon as the last course of game is removed; and hero conies
the negro servant, the black man Ctesar, who has been his
master’s constant personal attendant these twenty years past,
bringing in a small but sufficient and savoury Christmns-
pudding. It is decorated with a sprig of holly, nml lies in n
pool of burning brandy, tho flame of which is sure to be
admired, with a certain feeling of awe, when the dish is placed
ou the table. Wo notice the fidelity with which the Artist
lias rendered many details of costume, the old gentleman’s
coat-, wig, and rutiles, the snuff-box and the wax-candles in
their tall silver candlesticks, in accordance with tho fashions
of thnt age. This scene almost recalls to our fancy the novels
of Richardson and some of the anecdotes of Dr. Johnson ; it
makes a pleasant impression ou the mind, aud is nil agreeable
example of refined and gentle old English domestic life.
A new dock, which lias been constructed at Boston, nt a
cost of £120,000, was opened last week.
Lord Kormuntoii has again remitted 20 per ceHt of the
rents of liis tcuunts on the l’ostlund estate for the past- half-
year.
Mr. 0. K. Spagnoletti, of the Great Western Railway, lias
been elected president of the Society of Telegraph Engineers
nud Electricians for the ensuing year.
Mr. Alexander Carmichael Bruce, barrister-at-law, lias been
inted an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metro-
S , iu place of Lieut.-Colonel Douglas William Parish
Imonaicre, C.B., resigned.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Dec. 27, 1884.—844
CHRISTMAS JN CANADA: GOING TO OliURUU.
DRAWN »T R. C. WOODYJLLE.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Dec. 27, 1881.—645
GRANDFATHER'S CHRISTMAS DINNER: "THE LADIES l "
DRAWN uy II. C. WOOD ' ILL E.
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 27, 1884
INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN OIL COLOURS.
SECOND NOTICE.
Iu the first room, besides the pictures to which attention has
already been called, are to be found several works ol' more than
usual merit. Mr. Stuart Lloyd’s ** Valley by the Scu ” (53) has
n foreground painted with ns much care ns Mr. Dirket Foster
would bestow upon so congenial n scene. The grassy upland,
with its sheep hugging the shadows of the tall trees, and the
blue sea beyond glittering iu the sun, is a charming b;t of
English south-coast scenery. It is difficult to classify the
somewhat ambitious work to which Mr. Henry Stock has
appended the text “11c Giveth Ilis Beloved Sleep” (46) —a
ruddy* faced boy on a blue bolster, watched over by an
augular angel. ' Imaginative work of this character, ns well
as the other picture by tlic same artist, “ Two Lovers Meeting
After Death ” (139), need a keener sense of the humorous
than Mr. Stock seems to possess, to ward off hostile criticism.
In tlie latter, he lias caught something of the lute Mr. Poole's
colour nud method; but in neither has he succeeded in
inspiring the spectator with the feelings by which he
himself is moved. A far more touching work, but less ideal,
is Mr. L. Calkin’s “Inseparables” (123), a child fast
asleep, with her faithful dog nestling beside her. There is
very great delicacy of colour, as well as fineness of drawing,
shown in this promising work. 51 r. AValter Langley semis
onoof the most successful pictures of the exhibition, “Cork-
cutting" (138), an old man, iu a dark-blue dress, seated by a
small window, through which the light fulls aslant his work.
Tlie figure of the man, tlio action he throws into his work, and
the rich colouring, aro alike commendable. Mr. E. Stott's
“Amateurs” (73) represents a boy and girl, who look like
real peasant children, seated on a fragile wooden rail, along
wide a they must have crept at the risk of many a full, both
are eagerly watching the float of their line, which 1ms been
thrown well among the weeds in n most likely spot, behind
them, and rising above tlicir heads, arc high and flowering
rushes, and beneath thorn tlio almost stagnant water of the
favourite pool. Mr. It. Hillingford's “ Charles XII. after the
Defeat of l’ultawa” (29) is one of those numerous anec¬
dotal works which now nro accepted as historical pictures.
The defeated monarch is seated in front of tlie fire
gazing vacantly at the dying embers; behind him nrc souio
attendants imposing silence on tlie owner of the cottage, where
the fugitive has taken refuge. There is plenty of good work
in the composition, but it recalls somewhat too definitely Mr.
Marcus Stone’s “Napoleon after Wuterloo,” exhibited at least
twenty years ago. Mr. Arthur Severn sends two very charm¬
ing sea-pieces, “A Fresh breeze off the Island of Itunu”
(80) and “ A Gleam of Sunlight after Rain” (145), in both of
which lie vindicates his claim to be ranked nmong the few
careful students of nature aiul the still fewer faithful trans¬
lators of her capricious beauties. 5Ir. Edwin Hayes’ “Smack
ltuuning for Scnrboro’ ” (151) is full of life and strength, but
his art is the very opposite pole to 51r. Severn’s, who. iu Mr.
A. Burke’s “Lonely Shore” (230), finds a sympathetic echo
of his own imaginative work. Mr. Burke, in this us in his
two other pictures, “ The Little Haymakers” (36) and “Grey
Weather” (250), shows a delicate sense of that scenery
“ beside the melancholy ocean ” which is supposed to exert so
strange an influence (testa Lord Beuconstlcld) on our Irish
fellow-subjects. 5Ir. Alfred I’arsous’ little upright study,
“Noon ” (185), an apple-tree in blossom, should oil no account
be passed by without notice, for it is one of the gems in the
room; and Mr. Fahey’s “Burning Couch Grass” (30) and
“On the Avon” (126), Mr. Tom Lloyd’s “Fisher Buys”
(172), Mr. MacWhirter’s “St. Kilda” (222), Mr. Napier
Jlcuiy’s “Hauling Crab-Pots” (256), and Mr. Pcttie'a
masterly portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Jones (251),
nil deserve attention.
In the second room, 3Ir. B. W. Macbeth’s “Market
Flower-Stall” (276) is a strong-limbed country girl, full of
life, behind a lingo basket of flowers; a most effective and
masterful work, but not equal to In's “Study ” (559), a tangled
muss of flowering grosses. Mr. J. Scott's “The Fairy’s
Messengers” (306) is one of the pleasantest bits of fancy iu
the exhibition ; four hares on their hind legs receiving orders
from the Fairy Queen, who is lying upon her bed of moss and
flowers—a charming conception. 51 r. It. Caldecott, for the
nonce, has left the nursery, and sends a very highly-finished
though email picture. “A King’s Dragoon ” (338), ill the
uniform of the last century, is about to mount his
horse at the garden-gate. He lias just parted from
the young girl who, with her parents, is reluctantly
returning to tlio house nud is looking back to catch a
last look of her lover. 31r. Alfred l’nnsou’s “ Weeds” (326) ia
a group of women wearily weeding, treated with his ac¬
customed tenderness and skill. 3liss E. A. Armstrong's
“Fortune Teller” (336), a gipsy-girl, iu light-blue and
spangles, seated on the ground behind u number of cards,
from which a raven is sapiently selecting the card of destiny
f«r the inquirer. Mr. Hcjwood Hardy’s “ 31 id-day at
Dinnu” (326), 3Ir. T. Collier's “Goose ComjnroiU (339), are
good specimens of realistic work; but they full far short in
both conception and execution of Mr. Frank Tophain's
•• Albury Heath ” (385), with its rich masses of brown foliage
nud shadow, pu nted with force and infused with fresh air.
Mr. C. W. AVylltc's “A Backwater nt jurentford’' (49*5), and
Mr. \\\ L. AVyllic’s “ Tide Time \hV71), ii»ay with ndvuutagti bo
compared, as showing the treatment of very similar subjects
by two talented members of tho same family. Both have a
fondness for accentuated effects of light and shade, and botli
siiow a keen appreciation of river life and work. Mr. Hugh
Carter scuds “ A Welsh Interior ” (424), which shows him an
adept pupil of Mr. Erskiuo Nfcol and 3Ir. Faed; and Mr. John
Burr tells “The OldStory” (432), a fisher boy and girl seated ou
n bank beside tho sea, in a plain and simple way which cannot
fail to please. Amongst the pictures of children, Mr. A. Hacker’s
“Needleand Thread” (435),mid Mr. A. Stock's “Little Kilty”
(396) and “Spring Time” (488), deserve especial notice. “ Au-
ticipitiou” (460J isa striking bit of painting and colour, repre¬
senting two cats prowling round u huge brass milk-can. Of
Eastern subjects there is, as usual, a goodly assortment. Amongst
them Mr. Solomon Solomon’s “ 31oor*s Shop ” (470) marks the
rapid progress made by this young artist; and Mr. T. R.
Muequoid's “Bit from Spain” (543), Mr. Bridgman’s “Off fora
Ride” (514), and Mr. John Vnrley’s “Mnusoor Bazaar” (546),
are excellent specimens of their respective styles; as is also
Mr. Waterhouse’s “By-way of Ancient Romo” (578), which
is something better than a mere arclueologiciil study. The
principal picture, as far ns size goes, is Mr. Seymour Lucas’
“Eloped” (517): a cavalier in gay dress standing with his
back to the fire in n village inn, and impatiently urging the
landlord to hasten his movements. A voung girl, in pink
sal brand black hood, is seated wanning herself after the cold
ride, and attracting the comment of tho villagers drinking at
nil adjoining table. There is plenty of life in the scene, and
the story is well, though perhaps somewhat coarsely, told. Of
the other works in this room which will attract notice may be
mentioned “ A Jersey Trio ” (523), by Mr. E. Douglas: “An
Old Gravel Pit” (498), by Mr. T. Collier; “Trying itOu”
(487), by Mr. Yeend King; “ Afternoon ” (465), by Mr. Mark
Fisher; and “ At tho Pier Head ” (480), by 31r. Henry Moore.
Iu the third room or East Gallery 31iss Noyes’ “ Christine”
(693), a voung girl dressed in white, although hung very
high, will attract most people. It is obviously the work of a
recruit, but few works give greater promise, while those of
many veterans fall fur short of it in freshness and vigour. Iu
31 r. Melton Fisher's “ La Rossa” (10-1), tlio figure is draped in
blue, holding a pink fan; but, ns iu the case of “ bab rne,”
by tlie siuue artist, tho yellow curtain background is retained.
Another good figure-picture is Mr. Haynes Williams’s
“ Signal” (706), a girl with black mantilla over a pink dress,
holding three roses to her breast. 3Ir. Edwin Ward's
“Dorothy” (837), is also a good child portrait. Foremost
amongst the landscapes in this room must be placed 3Ir. Fred
Goodull's “ Borders o.f the Desert” (828), a troop of Bedouins
with their flocks approaching an oasis. It is painted with Mr.
Goodall's usual distinctness and precision. Many will prefer
3Ir. Frank Walton’s “O’er tho Moor Among the Heather’’
(620), where imagination is allowed fuller play. Mr. J.
Mogford’s “Break iu the Sky” (697) is a tea-piece which
offers more human interest tlmn Mr.Moore’s transcendental
“ Midsummer at Sea ” (681), a marriage of the sky and sen in
the fullest sense of the term. Animal - painters are too rare with
us just now to allow 3Ir. Hey wood Hardy's forcible study of a
“ Lion's Ili ad ” (611) to be passed by without remark; whilst
two humorous works—and humour is rare in art nowadays—
must also be mentioned. Mr. Seymour Lucas’s “Quaint
Conceit ” is a brave soldier of fortune in a buff icikin, seated
astride a plank, “ fixing ” liis moustache; and 3Ir. Bendy
Sadler's “,l)c Gustibus non Disputaudum” (698), two monks
in a refectory, might be taken us a moral illustration of tho
respective results of total abstinence and moderate drinking.
3Ir. Waterlow’s “Cornish Fishwife” (628), 3Ir. Gore’s
“ Waiting ” (630), 3ir. T. B. Forster’s “ Scene near
Cnndebec” (683), and 31 r. Hacker’s “ Wonder Story ” (756),
are excellent works in their various styles; whilst 3Ir. Vernon's
“ Parted ” (823) suggests the reflection that some law of copy¬
right should exist In art ns iu literature - for it is an absolute
plagiarism of Mr. Marcus Stone in conception and treatment,
llerc we must break off, uot without regret at leaving so many
romising works by young artists unnoticed. Tlie Institute is
oing good work iu bringing forward many who otherwise
would tail to make their merits known to the public.
The Earl of Aberdeen has presented £350 to those of his
tenants who sustained loss in the recent hailstorm, and has
deferred the payment of their rent till February.
''\^wAL P. Smyth, 31.I\, has accepted the position of
Secretary to the Irish Loan Fund Board. This creates a
vacancy-iu tlie representation of county Tipperary.
Sir lledwortli Williamson, Bart., Whitburn Hall, Sunder¬
land, has been appointed Provincial Grand 3Iaster of the
Freemasons of Durham, ill succession to tho late Marqois of
Londonderry.
The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge will pub¬
lish, us » Christmas book, the completed volume of Mr.
Francis George Heath’s “Fern Portfolio,” which will include
upwards of sixty figures, coloured from nature, and comprising 4
all the species of ferns found in the British Islands.
31 r. Edward Hilgrove Turner, barrister, bos been appointed
her Majesty’s Solicitor-General for Jersey, replacing 3Ir.
William Venables Vernon, who has been promoted to the
Attorney-Generalship, vice Mr. George Clcineut Bertram,
promoted to the office of Bailiff.
CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS BOOKS.
SECOND NOTICE.
The Religious Tract Society publishes a Sunday book for
tho little ones, by Ilcsba Stretton, entitled The Sweet Story rtf
Old , iu which the New Testament narrative is re-told with a
directness mid simplicity, nnd with a continual remembrance
of tho limitations of tho child's mind in experience and
information, very much to be commended. 11 is furnished with
twelve coloured illustrations by R. W. Maddox. The Society lias
provided also for week-day evening entertainment, iu Story-
Laud, by Sydney Grey, with thirty-two pictures drawn by
3Ir. li. Barnes and printed iu colours by Xlr. Edmund Evans.
Sydney Grey is a pleasing story-teller, and these tales of
"The Young Artist,” “Queen Bluebell,” “The Wayward
Chicken,” “The Best of Masters,” “A Puzzle for Maud,”
and “ Goosey’s Gift,’’ me both attractive and wholesome.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, prince of American story-tellers,
wrote a Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys , con.-isting of six fine
old legends, of classical origin, or of still remoter antiquity,
which he interfused with Gothic or German sentiment, and
made them attractive to modem youthful minds. “ The
Gorgon’8 Head,” “ The Three Golden Apples,” “ The
Chimsra,” King 3Iidas with his “ Golden Touch,” the
hospitable couple,- Philemon and Baucis, with their pitcher
miraculously inexhaustible for the refreshment of the stranger
guests, and the perplexity of Pandora nnd Epinictheus, with
tlie mysterious box, introduced into the “Paradise of
Children," are good strong fables, not yet worn out by two
or three thousand years’ popularity nmong different nations.
Hawthorne sets each of them betwixt a prefatory conversation
and subsequent talk over the story, among the happy social
party nt 'i'anglewood House or Shadow Brook, where the
young audience have freedom to comment. The woodcuts,
designed by F. N. Church, are not deficient in vigour of
expression. The publisher is Mr. J. C. Niinmo, of King
William-street.
Stuff and .Nonsense (same publisher) is mainly pictorial, the
clever production of Mr. A. B. Frost, illustrator of Lewis
Carroll's “ Rhyme oud Reason.” There is rhyme iu this, but
more fun than reason, though common-sense nnd prudence,
in the ordinary ways of life, are tho obvious moral of the droll
adventures. The familiar pattern of five-line “nonsense-
verse,” of which 3Ir. Edwin Lear made great use, is frequently
employed. But the pictures, which have ns much force of
humorous expressiou as any of their kind lately done, are the
real making of the book.
Other well-known publishers of decorated juvenile literature
have catered, but more sparely than usual, for this year’s
Christmas market—Messrs. Ward, Lock, and Co. produce a
versified version of linns Andersen’s “ Ugly Duckling,” under
the title, Quacks ; tho writer, Marion Wingrnvc (Mrs. or 3liss,
with our best compliments) lias furnished the illustrations to
her own verse, and these are nicely printed in colours. Happy
Child-Life, at Homs and at School, written likewise in verse by
Henry Frith, is illustrated by a German artist, Eugene
Klimscli, and is nil edifying record of “ n good boy’s day, with
its work and piny.” Messrs. Marcus Ward nml Co. frankly
present a picture-book altogether of Flay, for very little boys,
girls, and babies ; the verses by a Master of Arts, Mr. Samuel
Cowan, the drawings, which aro bold nnd striking, by Edith
Scanuell. The same publishers reproduce the unforgettable
nursery rhymes above-mentioned, calling them Nursery Nnmbt rs,
with good strong pictures of the subjects. Messrs. Wells,
Gardner, Durton, nnd Co. publish a mixture of short prose
stories with original verses, suitable to be rend aloud to
young children, entitled Under Mother's Witty, with agreeable
coloured illustrations. Messrs. G. Routledge and Sons have
issued Mrs. Sale Barker’s Golden Hours, with pictures coloured
and plain, l>y 31. E. Edwards; 3Iessrs. Dcnu and Sou, MU in
the Su», by Mrs. Cliristophinc Goddard; Good Bay, with
pictures by G. Henderson and others; and Cherry l’ic, with
pictures by W. Claudius ; Messrs. T. De La Rue nntl Co., King
Fo, the Lord of Misrule, by Robert Dudley, nnd Goldsmith's
Deserted Village; Messrs. Raphael Tuck and Sons, tho Little
Darling's Alphabet, with pictures ; nnd Messrs. Cassell nnd Co.
(Limited) four little bits of books called Baby's Album, Fairy's,
Dolly's , nnd Fussy's Album, which Baby must think very funny.
The fourth annual Truth exhibition of home-made and
other toys, for distribution among tlie various London
hospitals and workhouses, was open last Friday and Saturday
at Dimmer's Hotel, Conduit-street, Regent-street. According
to this year’s returns from the various institutions, there nrc
2649 children in the hospitals, 2000 in the workhouses, 1010
in tho workhouse infirmaries, and 5474 iu tho workhouse
schools, amounting iu nil to 11,175. Each of tlieso children
received a separate toy for its own amusement, nnd two or three
large ours were presented to each institution for the general
use of the inmates. In addition to tlie money subscribed,
several of the readers of Truth contributed large parcels of
toys and useful presents. Tlie same generous donor who last
year gave 5000 sixpences for di tribution lias this year
presented 8000, which he wished to be given to the workhouse
children; and a lady residing abroad, who also wishes her
name withheld, lias, at a cost of £100, sent fifteen largo
musical boxes for permanent use in the men's and women's
words in fifteen of the principal workhouses.
SAMUEL BROTHERS,
MERCHANT
TAILORS,
BOYS’ OUTFITTERS,
TAILORS.
SYDENHAM HOUSE, 65 & 67. LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON, E.C.
DXEOi COAT,
born 5b.
GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING,
READY-MADE
OR TO ORDER.
LIVERIES, he.
RIDING HABITS, tc.
BUSINESS SUITS.
MJKNINO SUITS,
TRAVELLING SUITS.
DRESS SUITS,
CLERICAL SUITS.
OUTFITS,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION-,
BICYCLING, TRICYCLING,
FOOTBALL,
BOYS' SUITS,
BOYS' OVERCOAT8,
BOYS’ SCHOOL OUTFITS,
BOYS' HOSIERY.
BOYS' BOOTS AND SHOES,
LADIE3' COSTUMES,
LADIES JACKETS,
LADIES' COATS,
LADIES' MANTLE3
M • r>. SamiM'l Brotb*iS|na|>-.ct*
fu ly |nvl e n| BIKnt'ora for l*at- |
t rus' l llit-lr Sr- MatorUls t »
li e niwat »<«*»'. Tin- - irt f»r-
v*nlcd p"H»-Irw, to**th*r w.tli
I Up Ulurintcl W«*IJrt, e»in-
!* nl»K VO Enirrnvltie*. Illui-
Ir.tliit th‘- m-»t iaahlonanla and
Iwnmn: «tyl** of < A»tnmo lor
Owjtltinni. Bf>y*. and Ladles
'GAELIC TAB" SUIT,
For HOYS of
21 to 1 rears.
1 "JACK TAR" 8UIT |
"TAR" SUIT,
I "SAVOY" 8UIT 1
"ETON” SUIT,
For BOYS ol
For
For BOYS of *
For BOYS of
2 $ to 0 j cars. 1
LITTLE GIRL8.
( 8 tc 11 years. i
8 to 17 yean. 1
HUSSAR" JACKET,
ruin, from.»■ ad.
Krnlilnd, Irora .. .. 12*. (d.
Braided and Trimmed I ,*•
Wool Artracfcaa. from/
DEC. 27, 1884
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
6 47
THE “CITY” DINNER SERVICE,
JAMES SPENCE & CO
MOURNING FOR FAMILIES.
JAY’S
(Dark Nocturne—shades of black.)
x experienced
DRESSMAKERS
- - __ \ and
. MILLINERS
jHbK Travel to any part of
vVi the Kingdom.
/'S' , j Free of expense to
■ 'exl esIgJ BKPyT M purcharers.
VhJ JKamt^. They toko with thrn
flf^ r VidlBE^ Dresses and
~ V ilcii . Millinery, besides
Sl &'-jiUK * 7 Fitteri.a r,f M ate
H* it 1». per yard and
upwards,
n O all marked in plain
SzttlMl ^ figures, and at same
SS'ldfca price a* if purchased
A’Lfrf'Wife- />jg» a'- the Warehouse. i:i
- WBF&Stlf Regent-street.
Bgg.^JpiV Keasointblc ertimat:.
MMlB s */ are also given (
'+'32i. J K • M ••
'SB. r.' s great
$ lor,',; or mull families.
>*31*6^6® Funerals at stated
charges conducted in
London or Country.
JULY’S,
The London General Mourning Warehouse,
REGENT-STREET, W.
have the
LARGEST AND BEST STOCK OF
EVENING AND BALL DRESSES,
AT WHOLESALE CITY PRICES,
Cottage Set, pattern as above (50 pieces), 13s. 6d.
Full Set, for Twelve persons (108 pieces , 35s.
Other patterns in the best taste and in various colours,
nt
16s. 6*1. ■■■ 21s. Od. ... 25s. ... (50 pieces).
42s. Od. ... 52s.fd. ... 63s. ... (108 pieces).
SPENCE & CO
Have received the LATEST
NOVELTIES From Paris and
Berlin in MANTLES, WALK¬
ING, EVENING, and DINNER
COSTUMES. Copies made at
Wholesale City Prices.
ALFRED B. PEARCE
39, LUDGATE-HILL, E.C. (Established 1760.)
Catalogue (with sine Kuril idling E>tim»t«n) on application.
mmrs** HWKKirT"!
£10 Note In return for Post-office Order,
ri b Bpim 7 ! /‘I u Tjj || i GENTLEMEN’S
WATCHES, :j-r v rd GOLD KEYLESS WATCHES.
"I', ■nd Work- J r^l perfect ft* llmr. and w. rk-
rtr .1.-;. Air- j*. , ,-S a^Qty) xuanuliip. With KV(,/e>« .te(i»n. Air-
mi *lii*t-tlght. tight, damp-tight, and diut-tighfi
SIR JOHN BENNETT’S WATCHES and CLOCKS.
CEYI.ESS. Elegantnnd Accurate. £20. £30, £40 PRESENTATION WATCHES, Armi. and
STRONO COLD KEYLESS Inscription erablaxoned for Noblemen, Gentlemen, and others.
... .* . £26 HALL CIAX1K to CHIME on * Belle. In oak or mahogany;
lA^.FCintQNOME TER for all Cl I me tee. with bracket and ihtrld 3 Guinea, extra.
C1ENTIFIC CENTRE SECONDS. 19 Carat GOLD CHAINS and JEWELLERY.
SPENCE & CO
Have prepared an Illustrated
Season, which
trust
cures Neuralgia, Faceache,
Tic, Toothache, Nervous and
Sick Headache.
THE BELLE COSTUME.
Imme.l Cliantillr nr Spanleh Lac*. Pkirt from Stock or to
. am. White, nr Mark, with Lace to trim Hodlce. Price
In ordering, pleas© state length of skirt in front and size of waist,
From a Clergyman of the Church op England. “ Dec. 20,1883.
J$a5) “ Gentlemen,—I hnve great pleasure in recommending to the public your valuable preparation
JR-vKTlktree]In cases where I have known it to be used, it was most effectual in curing Neuralgia
Cjfc / n»«l also Toolhnche. I hope you will be well repaid for your certain and safe remedy.—The
"v/ lhniToit of ‘The Parish Magazine,' liedlington, Northumberland."
Kohl By all Druggists and Patent Medicine Venders, at 2a. 6d.; PARCELS POST FREE for 2s. 9d. in Stamps
or P.O.O., from the Manufacturers, CLARKE, BLEASDALE. BELL, and CO., YORK.
London: Savory and Moore, 148. New Bond-street; Butler and Crisp©, 4. Cheapside.
Edinburgh: Dunoon, Flookhort, and Co.; Belfast: Grattan nnd Co.; Faria: Roberts and Co., 5, Rue de lu Fnix.
Parcels ovor £1 Value sent Carriage Paid throughout the United Kingdom.
76, 77, 78, 79, ST. PAUL’S-CHURCHYARD, E.C
MAPLE and CO.
J^APLE and CO.
M A PLE and CO.
J^APLE and CO. LOUIS XVI. Furniture.
]V[APLE and CO. have at the present
time a most wonderful n«s •itiiient of new and artistic
furniture on show. An Illustrated Catalogue, a ntuining the
price of ©very article required in furnishing, post-free.
MAPLE and CO., 145, Tottenham-court-
road, MANUFACTURERS of
gED-ROOM SUITES by MACHINERY.
500 BED-ROOM SUITES, from 76a. to
v ISO guineas.
BED-ROOM SUITE in Solid Walnut,
consists of 4 ft. wardrobe, aft. G in. cheat drawers, marble-
top waahstand, toilet-table with glues, pedestal cupboard,
towel-horse, and three chairs This mite u manufactured by
Maple and Co.'s newr machinery, lately erected. Complete
suite, £10 16s.
BED-ROOM SUITES, in Solid Ash. plate-
gloss door to wardrobe, withstand with Minton’s tiles,
toilet-fable with glass fixed, ptdestal cupboard, towel-horse,
nnd three chairs, complete, £10 16e.
gED-ROOM SUITES, in Solid Walnut,
complete, 15 guineas; beautifully inlaid, 20 guineas.
gED-ROOM SUITES, in Solid Ash, with
6 ft. Wardrobe, complete, £22 10 s.
"RED-ROOM SUITES.—CHIPPEN DALE,
Adams, Louis XVI., and Shcrraton designs: largo
wardrobes, very handsome, in rosewood, richly inlaid; also
satin-wood, inlaid with different woods, 85 to 200 guineas.
M APLE and CO.. Timber Merchants, and
direct Importers of the finest Woods to be found in
Africa, Asia, and America, nnd Manufacturers of Cabinet
Furniture in various woods by steam power.—'Tottenham-
court-road, London. Cnfalogues free.
MAPLE and CO.-BEDSTEADS (IRON).
MAPLE and CO.—BEDSTEAD3 (BRASS).
MAPLE and GO. have a SPECIAL DEPART-
MENT for IRON and BRASS Four-post BEDSTEADS,
Cribs, nml Cots, specially adapted for nioaqnito curtains, used
in India, Australia, uud tire Colonies. Price, for full-fixed
Bedsteads, varying from 26s. Shippers and coloninl visitors
nre invited to inspect this varied Stock, the largest in England,
before deciding elsewhere. 10,000 Bedsteads to select from.
MAPLE ami CO., London.
MAPLE and CO.-BEDSTEADS in Wood,
Iron, and Brass, fitted with furniture and bedding
complcic The bedsteads are fitted m stock, ready for clioisc.
MANUFACTURERS.
ART FURNITURE.
ADAMS' DESIGNS.
MAPLE and CO. NEW SHOW-ROOMS.
MAPLE and CO. NEW SHOW-ROOMS.
MAPLE and CO. ADDITIONAL ROOMS.
MAPLE and CO. ADDITIONAL ROOMS.
NOTICE.- MAPLE and CO. have OPENED
the NEW EXTENSION of their FURNISHING
ESTABLISHMENT, making an addition of 11 acre, including
fourteen new Show-Rooms, for tho disploy of High-Class
Furniture.
MAPLE and CO.’S FURNISHING
*** ESTABLISHMENT, tho Largest in the World.
ACRES of SHOW-ROOMS, for iho display of Firat-cla*s
Furniture, ready for immediate delivery. Novelties every
day from all part* of the globe. No family ought <o furnish
before viewing this collection of household requisites, it being
one of tlie sights in London. To Export Merchants an
unusual advantage is offered. Having large space, all goods
are packed on the premises by experienced packers.
TURKEY 5000 to select from. CARPETS.
pERSIAN Superior Qualities, CARPETS.
INDIAN. in all sizes. CARPETS.
TURKEY CARPETS.
TURKEY CARPETS.—MAPLE and <CO:^
have just rereived large consignments of fine Turkey
Carpets, unique colourings, reproduction* of the seventeenth
century, being (he first delivery of those made from this
season’s olip.—MAPLE & CO., London; and 17 and 18, Local
Baron Aliotti, Smyrna.
ARTISTS and COLLECTORS of
" LMm ANTIQUES should not fail to sec the 600 specimen
RUGS and CARFKlS collected by Messrs. MAPLE and CO.’S
Agent in Persia, and now on view at the 8how-Kon!ns f
Tottenham-court-road. A Torsion Rug, the most acceptable
of all Presents; n Peisinn Prayer Carpet, a lusting pleasure.
I*rice» from 30s to £100.—MAPLE and CO.
QARPETS, BRUSSELS.
QARFETS.-1000 Pieces of “Manufac¬
turer's Best "five-frame Brussels.Carpet*, at 2s. lid.
and 3s.4jd. per yard. These good i are regularly sold at 3s. fd.
and {a.
‘M’OTICE.— MAPLE and CO. have SPECIAL
EXTItA QUALITIES of BRUSSELS** produced thirty
years ago, adapted for hardest wear, at a small increased cost.
Newest designs and novelties in. colouring.—MAl’LK and CO.
QARPETS, ready for use, 3000 in Stock.
^ A great variety of pattons to select from, of tire best
quality, but old patterns. A carpet Iftft. b> 1 1 ft. 3in., price
W » . which run he laid same day as ordered.—MAPLE & CO.,
Tuttcnham-ccurt-ioad, London.
TOTTENHAM-COUKT-ROAD, LONDON, W.
THE LARGEST AND MOST CONVENIENT
FURNISHING ESTABLISHMENT
IN THE WORLD. CATALOGUES POST-FREE.
j fc W ,0,000 BEDSTEADS,
a BRASS AND IRON,
-'I" !N STOCK,
A i j | I M from 8s. 9d. to 63 guineas.
ILLUSTRATED
CATAL OOUES
Post-Free.
MAPLE and CO. have the largest assort¬
ment of Hungarian, Doalton, Boulton Fulcnce, Silicon
Boulton, and Boulton Jmi asto WARES, also in Win roster,
Coalport, Bresden, Scm-a, Chiuiep, Japamse, and Crown
Derby China.
NOTICE.-DRAW NG ROOM CLOCKS to
go for 4CO days with once wil ding ; a handsome present.
Price 70s., vrarruntfd. MAPI.E and CO I me a large and
varied assortment suitable for (lining nnd drawing room.
Over fiOO to select from. Price 10s 9d. IIand-<.me marblo
clock, with incised lines in gold, and superior eight-day
movement, 23s lid ; »bo bronzes in great variety.
ORDERS for EXPORTATION to any part
v of tlie World packed e&refudy on the premisos. and for¬
warded on receipt of a mnittante or iJrndon reference.
etvnctf;
WATCHES
^fVieapsv^
648
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
DEC. 27, 1884
FURNISH THROUGHOUT
(REGISTERED).
OETZMANN & CO.,
67 69, 71, 73, 77, & 79, H A M P S T E A D - R O A D, NEAR TOTTENHAM - COURT - ROAD, LONDON.
CARPETS, FURNITURE, BEDDING, DRAPERY, FURNISHING IRONMONGERY, CHINA, GLASS, &C.
D ining-room suites.
OETZMANN and CO. luivo slway* on view In
their Show-rooms* great variety In every ntjrlo end
design. Handsome Mahogany Dlnlng-lMOItl Si
ConWStI
(Tmln!,
guineas;
with lien_
Two Eusy-Chnlrs, upholstered hi liest lint her nnd
finished In a Buiierlor manner. prlrr is giilm-m; Iintnl-
Mimo Early Enirlhh nnd Medlirviil Dining-Room Suite*
In Oak or Black Walnut. consisting of i» largo Divan
lonnfCi Six Chair*, nnd two noble Easy-Chairs, up¬
holstered in l«vst leather nnd finished In the bent
possible manner, price 36 guineas._
t/U R N I 8 III N G IRON-
X MONGKRY .DEPARTMENT. - Superior
ELECTRO PLATE Tea nnd Coflee .Service*. Spoons,
Fork*. Cruet*. Ac. (quality guaranteed): lK»t war¬
ranted Tnld" Cutlery: handsome Coal Vaaes. Midi
l over*. Japanned Toilet Set*: Kitebeii Ironmongery
of every rfeseWiitlon; Mat*. Matting. Broom*,
Brushes, Palin. Ac.___
REMOVALS nnd WAREHOUSING.
XV OETZMANN nnd CO. undertake REMOVALS
EB02rB!U> KA * LY EH0LISH TABLE8 - .
potent persons. accustomed to handling valuable nnd - tl nin. .. ..tl II «
delleate article*, are aent. nnd the good* CBiefully 2ft-din.. 12 n
re moved n nd rifU cl. _ 2 ft. Oln.2 M I*
SHIPPERS, Hotel-Keeper*., B W v—$;•£ ;; ” ;; ;; f; ;; Lon
til, fl'jg te7,?m- A »«r T Hn.en. of Decora,!va F,rly English
OETZMANN and CO. Furniture always kept in stock.
PER POST RECEIVE PROMPT AND FAITHFUL ATTENTION.
CLEARING OUT to make room
for New Design*.-DINNER. TEA. BKEAK-
FAST. DEfeEMT. and TUI LET SERVICES. e>nic
•lightly incomplete, greatly reduced In price. Many
handsome d reigns halt price. OmamenUI China and
Glass of every description, past season'* design*, at
25 and SS per cent redaction. Vase* from 3*. fld. to
£20 par pair, suitable for present*.
T urkey carpets.
OETZMANN and CO.-Fin* Quality. Tho
following are a few of the slue* In *tock :—
Oft.Sin.by 8ft.7fn. tS 10
lift, a In. by aft. sin.« 10
12ft. Rin. by 10 ft. din.7 12
is ft. Oln. by lift ..* •*
is ft.»in. by 12 fM> In.. II IS
10n.0In. by 1.*ft.oIn.w o
any ,
>. na
JKjRK IsS' CAlipETii In which tiie old original colour*,
Mime a* were In vogue two centuries since, have t-een
reproduced, and a large stock Of INDIAN and
PERSIAN CARPETS of the finest quality, at greatly
d.
reduced price*. The Trade supplied
ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE
(Registered Ik-uign )
HOYAL WORCESTER CHINA.
Tea Set of 28 Piece*. £1 It*, till.
In various artistic colouring*, with
burnished gold decoration*.
Sample Cup and Saucer, post-free
on receipt of 21 stamp*.
An extensive variety of New ami
Elegant Design* In Tea, Break¬
fast. and Ooflee Service* always
In Stock.
POST-FREE.
ORDERS
N
EW-YEAR’S PRESENTS,
_ . USEFUL and ARTI8TTC.-Intrn.tiMf pur.
chaser* should Inspect OE 1'ZMAN N and CO. tv > AST
DISPLAY of elegant VASES. Lustre*. Ft jure*, Clock*.
Bronx**, Picture*. Cut Gins* Decanter*. Wine*. Ac..
Electro-silver Plate, 'Fable Cutlery, and a largo variety
of other useful and ornamental article* suitable for
present*. Illustrated Catalogue post-free.
THE “GR0SVEN0R."
NICHOLSON’S.
IMPORTANT TO INTENDING “CYCLE" PURCHASERS.
JUST PUBLISHED
A MAGNIFICENT
Z TO MARCH, 1884, NOW READ - !
THE GUN OF THE PERIOD
HAMMERS BELOW THE LINE
^OFSIGHT
ORDER OF MERIT
& MEDAL AT
MELBOURNE.
1881.
^^ij42B£3k*' 7 V' . n r V'^
HECENTRALCEARRACER. THE HEW PATTERN CONVERTIBLE, COMPLETE. THE«RUDGE-RACER.
ILLUSTRATED PRICE-LISTS FREE ON APPLICATION.
DgrcrraLondon. 12, Queen Victoria-street, E.C.: 443, Oxford-street. VV.; Manchester. 160-4, Dennwntc;
Birmingham, 4, Livery-street; Liverpool, 101, Bold-atreet; /Glasgow, Ml. Sauehieholl-atreet; Edinburgh. 21).
lunover-stteet; Belfast, 4fl, Royal Avenue. V <. \/
PATTERNS FREE.
THE RAMPOOR
CASHMERE.
A rhnrminfr Fabric in
40 new shades, 14 yard*
for 1 guinea. or l8 - 8id.
per yard.
The Rampoor Chnddah
Cashmere wool has a
world-w do reputation for
its exquisite softness and
delicacy of texture.
Messrs. NICHOLSON
have succeeded in pro¬
ducing a most beautiful
dm fabric from this
choice material, which
surpasses all others for
the present season. For
further particulars see
the principal Fashion
Journals.
Patterns of all the
Newest Dress Produe-
twns nnd Illustrated
sheets of Newest Paris
nul Berlin Fashions in
Mantles, Jersey*, and
- - fseva,
rrffie"sf ■ ««5f
SSrWWSfe S'SVw ”■ NICHOLSON l CO,,
T.iwiLmiuI lU-lge*. I*, id. Same. ro t.. as. ST. PAUL S-
k’AKD. LONDON.
E.C7-, *
ASTHMA, C04JGH, BRONCHITIS
I
n'A
LADIES’ IVORY OPERA GLASS,
if.lt mounted, with engraved monogram. Prices from
£1 12s. (Id.
GENTLEMEN’S LEATHER-COVERED FIELD GLASS
with monogram in pierced silver. Price from £2 l.Vi.
Opera-Glome* mounted in Alum'tium, Tortoiae-
fili'-U, or Pearl. Barometers. Binoca. Mieroneoprt,
Telescopix, Magic Ijinterns, Ac., of every description,
illustrated Price-Li»U ported free to all part* of the world.
NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA,
HtlaXTiriO 1 Xante* kirr Mxrriu axd Onirixs*
to nut Quanx*
H0LB0RN VIADUCT, E.C.
BftAxenu 46. Cornhill; 122, Regent-street;
Pnotoffraphlc Studio, Crystal PaLire.
NfjretD *n 1 Zam'J.-a’s Illustrated CaU'.oguo of
lUMjroloffcal, Optical. Nautical, »ud Surveying IiistramenU,
1200 Engravings, price 5*. 6d.
Xml buy ■ ham Jmelkry. Weastt tha real srlici" Just ml
cheap--Vide ITrasUpiruona.
THE GOLDSMITHS' HAll-MARkEO JtWElLlRY COMPANY,
*u. strand, and at llratttcwt^Uulldirir*. L"i»(l'<n. W.C.
Mairantad Warranwat
ftenl Gold, llail-marked Reel Gold. Hall-marked.
Warranted Heal Dismoci*. Warranted Beal Diamond*.
No. A l-ady sshHfl half*l
ring, real gold, hall-marked, set
■■iHHPVBBMHMMiapp.drig,.... _ JMP
with live reat iliatnon'l* of Sorely colour and great pnrify.
/I'rre flu. nHrletr'rad, pat-fhe.
S <>■»*■ I-ally's hiicklf ting, real gnld. hall-markcl. set wllli
IWO feaU'llMiii'inil* of singular jiurity and great ltta.tr.*. Price
17*. f*L. regleleri- '. post-free.
Money setnnwd If g.«»li me not as represented. All klnds of
exnerrtfve' VweUeiT Sept In stock. Cli.q'iws and P.O.O, to l«
made pnynldn to the M .ringer. Mr. C. I.orkrt. and. for security.
crM*en‘‘and Co.'' IIUnrated Catalogue* and. Pm* Opinions
pwt-lrre.
SAMPLES AND PRICE-LISTS TOST-FREE.
Maiinnin Children'*.If* l Mr | Beraatitcbed.
CAMBRIC UK' Kifeliffl?' ::S IS.
All Pure Flax.
By ApiM-Intment* __ "TIib Cambrics of
to the Qua,n and nflOI/CT RoMneon and Cleaver
Crown Prtnceaa of Y* M Is I have a world wide
Germany. 1 un fame."—Queen.
TWftT HANDKERCHIEFS.
lIRfDAI. TROCS8EACX.
List No I .. ..£25 fl AI List No. 4 ,i £70 8 0
LUtNo.2. for India.. £M 6 fl I I.Ut No.« .. ..1*8 « o
List No. 3 .. ..cm 8 01 ri'Ll. r .inner la ait von-rect.
•• Really good Outfit*,"—Court Journsl.
A D D L E V BOURN E,
L'ldh-s' Outfitter. Comet nnd Baby-Linen Manufacturer.
37 PICCADILLY (opposite St. Jiunea'e Clmrehi, LONDON.
NEW CATALOGUE TO
NOW READY.
EQUAL TO
MUST
CHAM¬
PAGNE.
per Do*
CIRIO & CO.,
SPECIALLY APPOINTED AOEiTS
TO THE PRINCIPAL WGE-GROWERS tt
DRY ant
OLD. Ihrst
Mark*.
From 21*.
per Do*
APR!
CHOICE RED
and WHITE.
2fla. per Do*.
Two Gallons.
20 Prize Medals.
Best Tinned Peas. Haricots.
Tomatoes, Peaches, &c.
11 and 13, SOUTHWARK-ST.
London; and Turin.
UAL to
BURGUNDY
Bpealal
TYTPLOMA and ISIEDAL, Sydney, 1879-80.
1 ' This gun. whereier shown lin» always taken honour*.
Win buy ftom Dealer* when you can liny at half tho price from
the mnker; Any gun sent on approval on receipt of P.U.O..
and remittance relumed If on receipt of gun It la not anfls-
factory. Target trial allowed. A eholc* of Too gun*, rilles. and
revolvers, embracing every novelty In tho trade. It.-L. Onus,
from .V». to to guineas; H.-L. Revolver*, from 8*. dd. to 100*.
Send six stamp* for Catalogue nnd lllmtrnted Hhoela to
O. E. LEWIS. Gun Mnker. Birmingham. Established I860.
I .arrest Stock In Die World. Calcutta Exhibition. I*«t-t. Tha
Gun of the I'erlnd hiu again taken honour*. Tiro exldblt was
admittolly Uie most comprelrenslvo there.
IXOLLOWAY’S PILLS and OINTMENT.
f A The Pills purify the blood, correct all disorder* of tho
liver, .temeili, kid lu-.is. ami bowel*. The Ointment is nnrlvallial
in the cure of bail lega^old Wound*, goat, andrlieumatism.
TOWLE’S TENNYROYAL nnd STEEL
X FILLS for FEMALES. Sold In Boxes. la. I|rt. and 2*.W..
of all UliemlsD. Sent anywhere nn receipt of IS or 34 stamps by
the maker. E T. TOWLE. Chemist. Nottingham
NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA’S
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
USEFUL AND O
D.
MIDGE & CO., ^and Works* COVENTRY.
THE OLDESf TRICYCLE AND LARGEST CYCLE MANUFACTURERS IN THE WORLD.
THE OXYGEN-GIVING DISINFECTANT,
Harms Crimson Salt
In addition to this well known nnd highly-valued Preparation,
a Bhillmx Bottle "I which inakr**X) Gallons of Crimson Fluid,
the public enn now obtain
HARTI.V8 CRIMSON SALT DISINFECTING POWDER,
a perfec tly soluble. n"ii-pnl,nnou,. nou-C"rrn»lve.OI>OV RI F-S8,
and mint |».werftil lli.lnlivlent. Utmljirfifr, nnd Antiseptic,
ready fur Inulnut use. by *pi inkling u,e>u all that laottcnsive or
dnngeroos. _
Geo. R Tweedle. K.q . F (' .*.. sa.v*:—"The remit* of an
rxtrnde.1 and elalaonte aerhti "X lercfullv conducted rxperl-
nienU convince me that Il. rtin n Patent Crimson Halt Disin¬
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She 3Tnrge Coloured Jllusiration.
THE BEST OF FRIENDS.
FROM A I’lOrCRE RY PHILIP UIUUARU MORRIS. A B A.
A
DIVIDED DUTY.
BY li. SAVILE CLARKE.
’Two* in bright sunny weather
Two damsels stood t-ij-ellier,
For n.i A.It.A. to take them.
And so right famous innke them.
In gayest pink arrayed
Deep-blushing stood each maid ;
With Ross, dear doggie, who
Was ever with the two.
“ The best of friends ” were they
Since that eventful day
When from bad boys they bought
him
With all their pocket-money—
Stout cord his neck around,
With heavy stone fast bound,
Made ready to be drowned.
Some curious tricks they taught
him,
Of others he bethought him.
Tricks quaintly droll and funny ;
Great at all kinds of larking.
And really grand at barking.
Ricli recoim>euse Ross made
them.
Fur all their love repaid them,
His duty fitly orownilag
By saving both from drowning.
Fiercely in their defence,
He drove all beggars i hence.
Their tattered garments gripping,
And culves of footmen nipping.
Viewing the inaids in pink,
A wag, with knowing wink,
Pinks of perfection named them ;
This title nit her shamed them,
As though iu pink they went
To challenge compliment.
So, wounded by light laughter
That on the joke ensued,
They shrank from pink there¬
after
As from a thing tabooed;
And it abjuring quite,
Dress now in simple white,
Or in some neutral tint.
With nothing pinkish in’t.
But their bewitcliiug fnces
And sweet unstudied graces
Draw loving hearts perforce,
So that all youths, of course,
Think them, and ever will,
Piuks of perfection still.
A witching pair the two,
Sweet Auu and sweeter Prue—
Plain names, not courtly fine,
Yet nmde by Love divine.
In short, the chits, fast-grow¬
ing
II ive bloomed two maidens fair,
Like dainty rosebuds blowing.
On each new morrow showing
Fresh beauties, rich and rare.
John Lathy.
THE HIGHLAND SCHOTTISCHE.
(*« Illustration.)
You wish to know how I obtained
The dear companion of my life ;
Then I will tell you how I gained
A ball-room partner and n wife.
You know how passionately I
Join in a dance, wlmte'er it be—
Quadrille or galop, polka, waltz,
Sohottische—’tis all the same to me.
Well, I resolved to beg a (lance
One night from one I much admired:
Her form, her face, her radiant glance,
Her rnauy charms my bosom tired.
But one before me begged that she
in a Schottische that then began
Would bless him with her compuuy;
J ust blurting out — good candid man f—
“ I do not know a step myself,
And beg that you will keep me right; ”
' On which his offer she declined,
Yet in a manner quite polite.
The gentleman was stout and bald,
His fringe of hair becoming grey:
Now. whether this had aught jto do
With her refusal, who can say ?
Then T, in turn, addressed her thus —
“ I know the Highland Schottische well,
And shall your debtor prove if you
Will be my partner for a spell.”
She acquiesced, and off we went,
Our footsteps beating perfect time;
So on and on, and round and round
We tripped it to the music’s chime :
Two beings by one impulse moved,
The ruling spirit ever she ;
And ne’er was Highland Schottische danced
By mountain maid with foot more free.
One partnership led on to more;
Acquaintance grow to love; and we,
Partners in dances, at the last
Became life-partners, as you sec.
You need not wonder why I think
The Highland Schottische half divine ;
As of the golden chain first link
That made my Highland lassie mine.
Tostscriptum : The rejected one
Got coached by damsel more complying;
And so in the finale lie
Went whirling round, with coat-tails flying.
As faster still the music played. V
So faster flew the maid untiring;
And our stout friend kept bravely on
Though scant, of breath and much perspiring.
rv \ \ j ; J. L.
OUR WORLD OF LONG-AGO.
O ! happy hours when first we knew
We loved each other—you and I;
There was no truth then half bo true
Afr-r-Love can never die!
To live was joy, and, at our foet,
The worldTuy fair as world could be;
No poet's dream was half so sweet
As lift* to you and me!
O 1 loved one, were yon changing glow
That fills the West our sign to-day.
Our golden world of long-ago
Would lade and puss away.
But not to yonder d irk'nhig sky
We, faithless, turn our fate to know;
We find in true hearts—you uud 1 —
Our world of long-ago !
W. Gow Gkeqok.
will make two people very happy, for it will give my Mary
back to her father's arms.
So the old man mused, little thinking how soon and how
strangely Ilia castles in the air were to be shattered. Here is
Captain Roper’s history iu a nutshell. He came of a good
family, and at the earliest possible age entered the Army.
There he lived a terribly fast life, nearly ruined himself, re¬
paired his fortunes temporarily by marriage, then squandered
his wife's money, and saw her die of u broken heart. Such a
„ t , .. * .« r\ , ■ , ,, , , . story is a very old one. and has been told better than 1 can
Hang the cards, the Devil 8 in them ; and, us he spoke, tell it: so we may leave the Captain’s past for liis pres* nt. lie
t.uy Leslie dashed Ilia hand furiously down on the table before hod one child. Mary, now a girl of nineteen, and the only hope
of liis somewhat cynical and wholly sordid heart was that she
should marry respectably, uud l>o in no way contaminated by
what the Captain well knew were very shady antecedents. She
lived at Boulogne, but under her own name, that of Mary
Trevor, Roper being a convenient alias of the Captain’s; and,
though they met occasionally; sjie wns never recognised as his
daughter in public. Such ail arrangement was not at all to
the girl’s taste, but she had protested against it in vain. Her
father was determined, sblit) said, thntTicr life should never
be shadowed bv his ; and though it cost him many u pang, it
was the graceless old man's reparation to her dead mother,
and Mary luicl perforce to yield to his whim.
On this summer morning of which we are writing the
Cuptain had just scen the room put in order, when the servant
ceremoniously announced VMfea Trevor.” Mary was ne-
eustomed to call on her father occasionally in this way,
ostensibly on business connected with the English church, but
she clid not like to do so too often. As soon us the door was
closed she rushed into bin arras.
“ Father, darling, I am so glad to be with you again ! ”
“Yes, yes, my dear.” said the Captain, returning her
embrace; "but pray be careful, Mary, somebody might
come in.”
“ Be careful I tliat is always your cry," said the girl, im¬
petuously. “I am tired of this concealment, father; why
piay we not own each other? ”
“ My child, as I have told you before, because my life
would shame yours, and I would uot hnve it so.”
“ Father,” answered Murv, earnestly, with the tears in her
brown eyes, “ how cun you say such things ? 1 am uot ushamed
of you, and never could be.” '
'“~N6, dear, I dare say not,” returned the Captain. “ But
listen to me, my child. I—no matter how, und you will spure
rim the confession—am not in the position 1 once occupied. I
am idle; I have spent my life unwisely; men call me an
. , , adventurer, and possibly I deserve the nunie. I have habits
to his son, don't pluyeenrtd till you ’velour eyes iu your head : J rind associates of which you, thank Heaven, arc ignorant, and
but it seems to me six wouldn't be too many.” _ I will keep the promise 1 made to your dead mother, that vour
These sage reflections, however, were unheeded by his com- life should never lie sullied bv mine.”
punious, who were intent upon their cards. “Father, father,” the gill entreated, “do not talk like
“ Game,” said the Captain, quietly. that.”
“ My infernal luck again,” cried.Guy. ‘‘ But I won’t be “Therefore, for nil these years,” continued Captain Roper,
beaten; double or quits on tho last monkriy.” / speaking coolly and with great deliberation, “we have lived
“Done,” replied Captain Roper, dealing tlie canis swiftly apart. You under our owu, und I under an assumed name,
and smoothly, while liis opponent drank excitedly, tuid watched And that we may so live I am content that our relations should
CHAPTER I.
A GAME AT CARDS.
Many fierce dcrliunntiona from undent annetity hnve been uttered
apiiast card a and dice, by rmwjii of the craft used in the (fame, and the
consequent evila us invented by tue Devil.—J kkkiiy Tavloii.
the opponent with whom he was phiyiug the seductive game
of 6oarte.
“All!” said another voice. “So they used to say; and
I’m not surprised to hear ho's there still.” The speaker was
the young inau’s friend, Jim Hastings; but, as ho was not
playing, lie could afford to pliilosopliise, uud coolly lit a cigar
as he made the remark.
Then a third person spoke—a man of some fifty years of
age or more, with clean-shaven face and scanty hair, of which,
however, the owner made the most by skilful arrangement.
This was Captain Roper, in whose rooms at Boulogne they
were playing, und to whom Leslie lmd lost during the evening
a great deal of money. Ho shuffled the cards mechanically,
looking keenly from one young man to the other os he said to
Leslie, “ The luck will change, dear boy ; you am have your
revenge whenever you like.”
“I will; and now!” said Guy Leslie, as he seized the
cards and commenced dealing furiously. “ Another ‘ monkey ’
Captaiu.”
But the Captain demurred, or at all events pretended to
do so. “ Realty, Mr. Leslie,” he said, “this is gumbling;
but ns I 've won. I can’t, refuse. 1 take your bet.”
“ I should think it teas gambling,” muttered Jim Hostings
to himself as he watched them. “ Guy’s lost some thousands
if he’s lost a penny, and I 'll try to pull him up.”
“I say, old fellow,” he said uloud; “don't you think
you’d better stop now? You’ve been playing all night.
Come and have a snooze, mid you can tackle the Captain again
this evening; ” and he laid his liund on Guy’s shoulder.
“No, no ! ” said Leslie, impetuously, filling his glass from
a bottle that stood near. " Not a bit of it. Captain Roper
has won a lot of my money, and ray turn must come. Here \s
luck.” “ And as he spoke he tossed off the contcnts of his
tumbler.
“ Ah,” said Jim, “that’swhnt I said once; but my turn
didn’t come until I was clamed out. An old Frenchman said
the flying bits of pasteboard with bloodshot eyes. They took
up their bauds. /S /\
“ I propose,” said Guy.
“ Flay, returned the Captain : and then he said, quietly,
“ I murk the King.”
“The King again,” cried Guy, his face ablaze with excite¬
ment: “I’m hanged if you don't keep them up your sleeve.”
“What do you mean, Sir,” said theCriptain, rising in in¬
dignation, as well lie might, at this shameful insinuation.
“ What I say,” shouted Guy, losing all control over him¬
self. He had uot meant his speech exactly, but the other’s
attitude roused him, und the two men faced each other in a
fury. S' —--
“ Liar! ” nns^efed'tbe Captain promptly, and taking up the
pack of cards hefldng them with all his foyce in the young man’s
face. Guy Leslie staggered back fora moment, anil then stepped
forward to strike Iris adversary, when Hastings rushed in
between them and separated the combatants.
“Stop, stop !” he cried, “you are both forgetting your-
selves. Guy, what can you jrieau by accusing the Captain of
cheating? And ydq,/ Captain Roper, cannot you see that
Guy’s losses have made him lose all control over himself?
You must'make allowances for him.”
“I have nothing to do with liis losses,” said the Captain,
shortly;. \“ No man shull accuse me of foul pluy with
impunity.”
“l ean only say ’’—cried Guy, when Hastings interrupted
him.
‘‘ Say nothing! Are you both out of your senses. Guy.
would you strike a man old enough to be your father. Ay’”
lie continued, seeing that Leslie rather hung his head, “ you
may "Well look ashamed of yourself. And you, Captain Roper,”
said the ppace-nmker, facing tho other, “ who have won so
much, can afford to forgive words uttered in haste and
exasperation.”
The Captain reflected. It was not his habit to kill, or
rather, we should say, to frighten away the goose that laid
g olden eggs, or to leave a pigeon half plucked, so lie smoothed
is brow us well as he could, and said, with the best grace of
which he w«9 capable, “ Well, well, we ’ll sec about it.
Perhaps I teas hasty.”
“ That’s right," said Hastings, cheerfully. “ And now, I
suppose, you won’t play any more. Look at the morning
light coming through the shutters. Egad! we’ve made a
night of it. Come along, Guy Let’s go und hnve a dip in
the sea.”
Guy Leslie had by this time somewhat recovered himself.
“ You may expect me in the course of the day, Sir, to settle
with you,” he said to tho Captain, with a formal bow, which
the other returned as stiffly, and then he went out with
Hastings.
When tho two young men had gone, Captain Roper opened
the shutters and let in the morning sunlight. It streamed
into the room, shining on the table littered with cards and
the stumps of cigars, on the empty bottles and the tawdry
furniture of the lodging-house. It made the Captain look
very old and worn, as he stood gazing out ou the blue sea anil
bluer sky.
How often, he thought to himself, have I seen tho sun
shine into the room after a night’s play when 1 could hnve
wished it blotted out for ever ? But now it rises on a victory.
What favourable wind blew this young man to Boulogne.
“Ten thousand pounds,” lie muttered, as he made a rapid
calculation on a little slip of paper, and as safe as the Bank
of England, for Hastings tells me his father is very wealthy.
After this coup I 'll pluy no more J’
“ Ah ! ” he soliloquized, as he took up one of the cards on
the table, " they may call you the Devil's picture-luniks, but
I’ve read nothing else for so long that it will be hard to give
yon up. ami 1 shall still count my tricks iu dreams. But l
must keep this money. It will enable me to acknowledge my
daughter, to live with her in some quiet nook m England,
where those who knmv nothing ot my past Will look with no
Buspiciou on my present, and where 1 shall dare to hope for
the future. This rich lad will never miss the money, and it
think I have deserted you. That lius been the plan ol my life,
and, though it has often cost me an aching heart, I urn uot
going to alter it now.”
“ Why not, father? May not a time arrive when you will
be willing to do so. Listen to me; 1 have good news for you.”
“ Well, my child, what is it.”
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4 * There you met some one who loved you, dear. 1 can easily
understand that.”
“ Yes, father,” said Mary, hanging down her head, “ I met
some one who says he loves me very dearly, and indeed—
indeed — I believe it.”
“Well, my child,” said the Captaiu, kindly, “that is not
all. What has your heart answered ? ”
“ It has answered,” she said, "that next to you, papa, I
love him very dearly.”
“ If that be the case,” said the Captain, “ It must be some¬
one worthy of your affection. Is that so ? ”
“ I hope it is. I am sine you will say so when you know
him.”
“I have not a doubt of it, my dear,” replied Captain
Roper; “and perhaps you can tell me something ubout liis
prospects anil his family.”
“ They arc people of good position, and have received me
most kindly,” returned Mary; anil he—he will be rich some
day ; but, believe me, I did not think of that when I guve my
heart away.”
“I can quite understand that, dear,” said the Cuptain :
“ but still,” he added, drily, “ there is no occasion to despise
money. It is hard to get and harder to keep, but it makes life
easier and love Inst longer; the way of the world is smoother
when it is paved with gold.”
“ And yon are glad to hear my news, father?”
“ My dolling, I congratulate you heartily. He must be a
good man indeed who is worthy of my jewel. I hope lie will
take care of it.”
“ I am not frightened, father.”
“Ah! There love speuks in your eyes and through your
lips. But, Mary, you have kept our secret ? ”
“ I have. They only know wliut my auut has told them ;
but, dear father, 1 want your permission to let me own you ami
introduce you.”
“Well, well,” said the Captain; “wo will see. But,
darling, you must run away, as I have an appointment,” he
added, ns he saw Hastings approaching the house.
“ Hut I haven’t told you his name,” suid Mary.
“ Not now, dear ; come buck afterwards, and I may have
some news for you also. You can always call ou an old man
like Cuptuin Roper—for a subscription, you know,” ho said,
smiling, and then formally showed Iris daughter out as Jim
Hastings entered the room.
That gentleman’s errand was a simple one and soon executed.
After chatting the Captain about his visitor, and old Roper
having explained Mary’s appearance as nu emissary from the
English Chaplain, Hustings went on to say that Leslie would
pay five thousand pounds, and hud given liis cheque for that
amount, while he would let the Captain have tho rest on u threo
mouths’ hill. In reply to Captain Roller's questions. Hustings
also said that Mr. Leslie, though very much chagrined at Inn
defeat, had exonerated the Captain from all suspicion of foul
play; and further resolved never to touch a card again, a
resolution Roper received with a cynical smile. Then
Hastings went uway, and the old man was left ulonc with his
good luck.
“ Five thousand pounds,” thought the Captain, “ and as
much more to come. This luck comes just m the nick of
time now that Mary is engaged. 1 ahull be able to show up
to her lovt-r in good style, and give h. r a handsome tron.-«enu.
And perhaps, when she's inn tried, there will lu- u cnrtnr for
me somewhere, lor I teel very worn and old worn, times, and
\V( ary or tills ti mil* b* life.” The o|«l man's l'n< e mold* mil. blit
In- presently brightened up. for he heard Ills daughter a loot-
step ou the stairs.
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Mary came in. looking nidinnt. “ Now, father,” she said,
“ To finish my news /.mi hear yours. Who is to begin i ”
“ ideas u>e ! how bright you look, dear,” said the Captain,
gazing at her with prule. *' You come into the place like a
sunbeam.”
•* Thank you, papa,” said Mary, smiling. I like com¬
pliments irom you."
“ And from no one else, Miss?”
Well, perhaps, from one other person,” she said, blush¬
ing. “ lint come, papa, shall I go on with my story l 1 ”
•• Hear my news lirst, impotieut girl—yours is half told.
Mary, 1 have inude some money.” i
“* At cards again. Oh, papa, I’m sorry—I mean, don t
look so disappointed. Of course I ’m glad you’ve won, but I
wish you wouldn't play.”
“Yon may have your wish some day. dear. But never
mind, 1 have won money from one who will never miss it, and
1 can fit you out properly as a bride.”
“ 1 don't like it, pupa. It is a bad omen.”
" Nonsense, child. What does the old song say—‘and ye
shall walk in silk attire and siller hae to spare.’ ”
“ I had much rather you kept it for yourself, papa.’"
•* No, no ! lint now for the remainder of your news. Sit
down beside me, and finish your story.”
“ As 1 used to do when I was a little girl, and you told me
fairy tales,” said Mary, nestling at his kuee.
•* Ah : darling," said the old man; “ the fairies have long
ago dropped out of my life. Let us hope they have still gifts
m store for you. Now for it.”
“ Well, papa,” said Alary, “you must know that he is very
good and very handsome, and oh ! so generous. When I told
him 1 was a poor girl he said he liked me all the better for it.”
“ Ah ! ” said the Captain.
“ What did you say, papa? What nre you excla im i n g at ? ”
“ I was merely paying a tribute of astonishment, my dear,
to the touching disinterestedness of youth. Go on.”
“ It is true, papu, though you may laugh at it. He said he
had enough for both of us.”
“lam glad to hear it.”
“Yes. And they live at such a beautiful place, with
gardens and a park. And there’s the dearest little house in
the grounds where wc are to live, to be near his father, who is
very old; and where there will always be room for you,
darling,” said Mary, affectionately kissing the thin hund on
which she had laid her cheek.
'* This is indeed a fairv tale,” he answered, looking at her
fondly. “ And what is the I*rince’a name?”
“ (iiiy.”
“ Ah! ” The Captain gave a great start, and then muttered
to himself, ” Psba! a common name enough ! "
She caught the whisper.
“ No, not a common name; and a very pretty one. But
liow you started.”
‘‘Did I, dear? Ah, I haven’t been aery well lately, and I
felt a sudden touch of rheumatism. Buc, come, I suppose the
Prince has n surname?” he added, with an obvious effort,
though he was successful in concealing it from liis daughter.
“ Guy Leslie.”
“ Guy Leslie! ” repeated the old man, taming deadly pale,
as he placed his hand on his heart, gasped convulsively, and
then fell helpless into his daughter’s arms.
CHAPTER n.
A DAUGHTER'S SECRET.
I do perceive hen* n divided duty.—S im imp* ark.
The course of events moved somewhat rapidly since the occur¬
rences detailed in the last chapter. The Captain speedily re¬
covered, and, indeed, was almost himself again when his
daughter returned with the doctor, for whom she lmd rushed
out, or it would have been difficult for her to conceal that her
anxiety for him was more than that of a chance acquaintance.
Then she left, promising, in neighbourly fashion, to call in the
morning and inquire after the patient.
When he was alone the Captain’s reflections were by no
means of an enviable character. How terribly, lie thought,
lmd his forebodings of what would happen whenever his life,
ns it were, touched his daughter’s, come true!
Whatever came of this love affnir, it was quite evident
that he could never take his pluco beside Guy Leslie’s plighted
wife, and give her away at the altar. It was most likely
indeed that, should Leslie ever know that the girl he had met
and loved in England was the daughter of the raffish old
gentleman who had “ plucked” him at cards at Boulogne, lie
would never take her to that stately ancestral home which the
Captain could picture so well. For Captain Roper put it tb
himself with perfect frankness in this way, and at last carae to
the following resolutions. They cost him many pangs, but
his daughter was the only thing he cared for on earth, und lie
resolved to sacrifice himself for her sake.
In the first place, he would of course never let Mury teWW
that his sudden collapse ut hearing Leslie’s name arose from
any thing else than indisposition. In the second place, ho
would hand over to her aunt, in trust for her, thafive thousand
he had received from Leslie, and us he could eusflynego tiu t<•
the bill the young limn lmd given hint for the remainder, that,
mon v would suffice for his wanta\ In thu third place, ho
WOul I actually and in reality desert his daughter, would any
farewell to her, and take himself off with the intefttion of
being heard of no more. He had accidentally meddled with
her life only to mar it, and now he would efface himself, so
that the story she and her aunt had been instructed to tell
should be a true one. It would be hard to do, but tlie Captain
felt it to be his duty, and though that was not an argument
which had, ns a rule, much weight with him. he felt he would
indulge in the unwonted luxury of doihg thnt duty for liis
daughter’s sake. —
It was not done without difficulty. <Mory was ready enough
to believe that her father had been attacked with sudden in¬
disposition ; but naturally sho could not see why liis existence
was never to bo recognised, nor could all the Captain’s specious
arguments convinch Ucr. In fact, it seemed so likely that sho
would rise in flat rebellion against her father's will that at lost
he set tied the matter by going off as he lmd resolved to do,
leaving no trace of his wli< rcnl>ont8, ahd only a few lines for his
daughter, strictly enjoininghcr to respect his wishes and regard
him os cut off from her life for ever. It may be asked lmw the
Captain camo'tp be willing to leave her to marry a gambler,
speli as many pebple would have held Guy Leslie to be ; but.
the did in ni lmd made minute inquiries, and discovered that
the fa al game at Boulogne was a solitary outbreak, not likely
to be repeated, and chiefly brought about by his own powers of
persun*ion to iniquity. At any rate. Leslie would be enor¬
mously rich : x und that, «u the Cuptoin was wont piously to
reflect, covered a jnultitude.of sins.
The next stage of our story then shows us Alary happily
married to Guy Leslie; and, as his father died almost directly
lifter their marriage, she was installed as mistress of Hcawton
Manor. Her husband was kindness itself, and the only cloud
in her sky wns the consciousness that sin 1 laid not been quite
frank with him about her father. She told herself, however,
that the talc of his desertion wua indubitably true, and argued
ho had a perfect right to demand that his past life should be
kept a secret, even from one so near and deur to her as her
own husband. .
But a day came when she knew why her father hail laid
his commands upon her; and she found, with a thrill of
horror, that she would have to keep the secret for her own
sake.
It befell in thiswise. Jim Hastings was asked to come
and stay at the Manor for some shooting, and cheerfully
accepted the invitation. On the first evening, in the drawing¬
room. after dumor, the conversation turned, much to Mrs.
Leslie’s annoyance, on Boulogne; nor did her husband seem
to relish the topic much more. But Hastings did not notice
this; neither was he cognisant of the fact that Leslie had never
told liis wife of the scene in Captain Roper’s rooms; nor,
indeed, that he had ever kuown that worthy at nil. So he
rattled on about the adventures he had experienced there;
and suddenly said—
“ By tlie-way, Leslie, I wonder what became of your old
opponent there, Captain Roper.”
“ I believe he bolted,” said Leslie, a little stiffly, for he
did not like being reminded of his folly; “ which was just
what one might expect of liim."
“ Well, he was amazingly lucky at cards,” said Hastings.
“Egad! ho cleared you out that night, old man, and no
mistake.” , , ,
•• He did,” wiid Leslie ; “ mid it was a lesson I have never
forgotten, for 1 have not touched a card since.”
During this conversation Alary Leslie sat feeling as if she
were gradually turning into stone—ns if, like Galatea, she
was going back to the marble. Her very heart seemed to her
to stop beating when she heard the revelation that her father
had woii at cards of her husband ; and though she would have
given worlds to get up and leave the room, she felt too
paralysed to fly. . __ ..
» Old Roper was a curious mixture, continued Hastings.
“ He’d win money of you in the most cheerful manner until
you hadn’t a penny left, and yet he would occasionally give
subscriptions for charitable purposes. Why, 1 remember/
seeing you come out of liis rooms, Mrs. Leslie, and lie told me
you had got him to subscribe for some fund the English
Chaplain was getting up” ; and he turned to his host’? wife..
•• Wliat, did you ever come across Captain Roper, Mary ?
said her husband, unsuspiciously. “ The Chaplain should not
have sent the young ladies of liis flock on errands to such ail
old reprobate." But, my darling,” bo added, hastily, ”)'ou_
look very pale. What ’s the, matter; nre you ill ?.’V /; \ \
He might well ask tlic question, for Alary’s face had waxed
whiter amt whiter; and at last everything becumc indistinct
to her, and, with an inarticulate cry, she slipped from the arm /
lie had put round her, out of the chair in which she sat, on
to the floor. C , ...
Then there wns a great outcry, and the bell was hastily
rung for Airs. Leslie’s maid, while a messenger was dispatched
lor u doctor: though, aa Guy asseverated as lie helped his
wife up staiis. it was nothing but the heat 6f the room. When
Hastings was loft alone he went up to a thermometer that was
hanging in one corner. No, ho thought to himself, ns he noted
the height at which the mercury Ptood, it wns not the heat of
the room. I wonder wliy*Guy Leslie’s wife was so affected ut
th? mention of Captain Roper’s name. /
If, however, Hastings had his suspicions, Guy Leslie
never for a moment imagined that liis wife’s sudden
fainting fit had anv connection with their conversation
about Boulogne. lie did not, therefore, allude to it
again, to her inexpressible relief, for her agony ut the
revelation was almost insupportable. Now she knew the
secret of her father's horror at hearing the name of the man
to whom she was engaged, the reason of his departure, and tlio
source of the monev hi had won. And she had received her
share of the plunder! The thought was like a hot iron, nnd she
was inclined to pray that she might never see licr father again.
About a month after this terrible revelation, Alary Leslie was
walking in one of tlie loneliest avenues of the huge woods that
surrounded Hcawton Manor, when she caw an old man coming
towards her. She paid no particular attention to him, until
he stopped when she reached him, and, taking off liis hat, said,
” Airs. Leslie ! ” /v
She thought lie was a beggar, nnd as both she mid Guy were
very charitable in n sensible and mcthodicul way, she said,
“ If you arei» want, my good man, you must come up to tlie
niuiiof at ten to-morrow morning, nnd your case shall bo in¬
quired into.”
“ I am in want,” said the stranger; “but I tlniik I lmd
better uot eoiuc up to the manor,” and at this strange speech
she turned and looked at liim.
It was her own father that stood before her.
\\Although she had been thinking of him only n few reoments
before—she had thought that he was hundreds of miles away,
even if he were not dead, though she fnneiod she would have
heard of that—his sudden appearance was a great shock to her.
She was startled, too, to see how much lie was aged, how
hollow liis cheeks looked, how unkempt was his hair, and how
nigged tlio beard ho now wore, while bis shabby clothes
betokened that lie was by no means in affluent circumstances.
“ Father ! ” sho said, gazing at him with astonishment.
“ Yes,” said Captain Roper, for so we will continue to call
him, “I don't wonder you didn't know mo. I sometimes
don’t know myself.” lie spoke in a husky voice, and liis
• laughter perceived that lie was a good ileal altered for the
worse since she lmd seen him Inst..
“What have you come here for?” Tlie words seemed
hard and unkind,"and before the recent revelation concerning
tlie card-nluying, she would have rushed into his arms nnd
implored liim to come and be introduced to her husband. But .
now she felt her lips were sealed; she lmd consented to one
deception, and her father had forced her into another; and
come what might, the two people who were dearest to her in
the world must never meet again.
“I have come here,” said the Captain, " because I have
Fpcnt all my money, nml don’t know where to look for more,
except to the daughter who is living in luxury.” lie had not
been slow to mark her manner, uud seemed by liis own to
resent it.
" Boor father! ” she said, more tenderly, “ I wish I could
help you.”
“ Of course you can help me. clear, and I’m sure you will,
for you know I shared what I had with you. But come.
.Mary, have you no welcome for me, though to be sure I ’mnot
grand enough for Hcawton Manor?” and as he spoke he leant
forward and kissed her.
“ Don’t talk like that, father,” sho said. “ You know how
gladly I would welcome you, anil you also know wliat prevents
it.”
"What, linsn’theforgivcnmeyet?" said the Captain, snecr-
ingly. His voice was hard, and his manner unpleasant; he
had "evidently not improved by his adventures, whatever they
lmd been, since lie left his daughter.
“Oh, father!” said Mary, with tears in her eyes, “why
did yon never tell me there was anything to forgive? Why
did you let me marry, knowing there was this terrible secret
between me uud my liusbund?”
“ Pooh! ” said the old man, contemptuously. “ What was
there terrible in it? He lost his money, us inuny a better fellow
has done, and, by Jove, it slipped through my fingers pretty
quick afterwards. Upon my soul, I believe sovereigns are
greased nowadays.”
His daughter shuddered. His whole tone was repulsive to
her, and yet she struggled to be sorry lor him, for the old man
was evidently in wliat he liim sell would have called very low
water. He saw the look of aversion in her face, and went on
angrily, .
“1 suppose he still thinks I cheated him! Does lie
remember now I flung the cards in his face for the accusation ?”
Here was u new incident of the horrible story, which she
had not heard before; and, fearful of anything worse, she eried
out, “ Father, spare me! Pray be silent concerning^ that
dreadful night, which may yet bring ruin on both of us."
“ AVell, well,” said the Captain, “I’m not going to rake
it up. But what ore you going to do for me ? I must have some
money.”
“ What am I to do ? ” she said, utterly stunned. “ I cannot
introduce you to my husband.” /
"A loving daughter didn't recognise me,” he sneered;
“ why should he ? ”
“ l will have no more deception. You shall either be known
as what you were and what you are, or not at all.”
•Very well; 1’U risk it,” he said, sulkily; “though I
dare any’ I shall get a warm reception,” be added, with an
ironical emphasis on the adjective.
“ But what will he think of me,” she cried, “ when ho knows
liow I have deceived him ? Oh, Guy, Guy ! forgive me; for I
loved you so”
“Oh, he’ll forgive you sure enough,” said lier father,
flippantly. “ Come along, and get it over.”
Mary iooked at him with positive horror. In old times,
even when she knew him to bean adventurer, be had preserved
some of the manners and, as she used to hope, the feelings of
his better days; but now his life seemed to have thoroughly
brutalised him. There was a wolfish look in liis face that
frightened her. And this was the man she was to introduce to
Guy Leslie as liis father-iu-law, to suy nothing of the other
revelations that would follow.
“ You are cruel, father,” she said. “ How can I do it r
“ Then help me yourself. I'm not particular. Y'ou must
have command of plenty of money. Fork out, anil 1 ’ll go
nway quietly.” . . ,
“ I cannot. I have no money but what my husband gives
me. Ho is generosity itself, but he likes to know how I spend
it.”
“ Then I suppose I'm to starve ? ” lie said, roughly.
“No, no. Don’t speak like that. I’m trying to think
what it is best to be done; but oh ! it is so hard—so hard to see
a way out of this complication.”
“Complication ! ” lie growled. “ That’s u pretty way to
speak of your poor old father. Look here, Alisa,” ho continued,
raising his voice, so that she glanced around licr-lest he should
be heurd even in tliat lonely place. “You’ve married money.
1 stood aside ancl let you do it, and I gave you half I had when
I left you. I’ve been unluck)'—deuced uulucky—anil as I
once kept you, I’ve come home to give you a chance of keep¬
ing me. i Do it in uuy way yon like; but, minil you, it'a got to
be done.”
“Spore me,” sho wailed; “and indeed I'll try to help
you.”
“ Look here,” cried the old man, producing a soiled news¬
paper, which had evidently held bread and cheese. “ Here's
your precious husband advertising for a lodge-keeper. 1 f he
can afford nil these servants, lie can afford to give you what,
will keep me. It isn’t much. Alary,” he whined. “It isn’t
much."
As he spoke they both heard a trea l on the leaves, and,
turning, saw Guy Leslie advancing towards them.
Mary caught her breath, and for a moment looked ns if
she wero going to fall. The Captain, too, looked much dis¬
concerted. He did not relish this sudden interview, in spite
of ull his bravado, and would have preferred not to present
himself to his son-in-law till he was m better plight. Some
pity, too, for his daughter may have stirred in his callous old
heart; for, saying in un undertone, “ Trust mo,” lie assumed
u deferential air ns Guy Leslie came up to them.
••Well, Alary, I’ve been looking for you everywhere,’
said Guy. “ 1 hope this avenue isn’t damp, for you don't look
very ‘lit.’ What docs this man want?” lie added, turning to
the Captain.
The old man smoothed his liat with an air of great humility,
and then, pointing to the advertisement to which he hail
referred before, said :
" Please, Sir, 1 was asking the lady to say a good word for
me. I've come about the lodge-keeper's place.”
CHAPTER III.
A NIGHT ATTACK.
Tlie merry brown Imres came leaping
Over tlie crent of tlie hill,
Where the clover mid com lay sleeping
Under the moonlight still.— Kimoslky.
The feeling of relief that no revelation had been made to Guy
Leslie regarding the identity of the man he saw before him
with liis olil antagonist, was at first uppermost in Mary’s mind.
He hail not recognised the Captain, anil lier father lmd spared
her tlie confession which she was anxious to make, the while
she felt that it would kill her. Guy, on hearing the Captain’s
application for the place of lodge-keeper, had merely told him
to call next day, and then taken liis wife back to the house.
While remarking only her pallor he had tenderly scolded her
for walking in thouvenue which had been rendered dump bv
the autumnal rains. She could answer little, for ever)' kind
word seemed to hurt her, nud she felt she was committing a
further deception in not telling him the whole story there and
then, even at the risk of his displeasure. She determined
however, to wait until the morning, assuring herself she would
try and gain nerve for the effort by that time, though she was
conscious that the resolve was but a half-hearted one.
But oucc more her father stole a march upon her, p.ud she
was in greater perplexity than ever. The Captain came before
his time in the morning, had an interview with Guy, nnd suc¬
ceeded in gaining the promise of the situation should his
references prove satisfactory. How he was to obtain, bucIi
things was a puzzle to Mary, as much ne the assumption of the
name John Weston, under which he had presented himself.
But it so happened tliut this was the name of a trooper in liis
old regiment, who had borne a very good character. The
Captain borrowed it, anil an application to the Colonel brought
a perfectly satisfactory character. So the Captain was installed
in the little lodge at the gates of the park, and seemed to make
himself very comfortable. ‘ ,
Alary Leslie was in despair. Here was her father, a living
lie, ns it were, before her face, and she an accomplice, inas¬
much as she kept silence regarding his real name. If it had
been difficult to nerve herself to the task of telling her husband
before, it would be much harder now, when his anger at the
continued deceit practised upon him would be proportionately
greater. In vain sho appealed to her father to go away, but
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lia replied thnt he was quite comfortable, aud added that any
revelation now would only make lier husband furious, and
deprive him of his place, so that she had much better not inter¬
fere. And, in truth, Mary felt herself helpless. She loved her
husband, and would gladly have made full confession, but the
force of circumstances was against her, and she hud silently to
acquiesce.
No wonder, then, the nervous excitement and irritation
produced by her father's presence ut the lodge did not im¬
prove her health, but made lier pale and less cheerful than of
old, and Guy, noticing this, talked of taking her abroad. She
would have looked paler still had she known how ucur her
husband was to the discovery that she dreaded.
The Captain, as we have said, was considerably altered,
and the whiskers and beard he wore changed his l'nce very
much : but lie certainly ran a great risk when lie came where
he was seen by Jim Hastings. He was not, however, recog¬
nised, though Hastings hail that curious instinct of having
seen his face before which comes over us when we cannot put
•a name to a countenance that lias ouce been familiar to ns.
He had remarked this to Mrs. toslie, and had been rather
•astonished at her sudden flush and evident constraint as she
answered him. There was not the slightest reason for any
such display of emotion, and he inwardly resolved to And out
more about this mysterious old lodge-keeper.
There was danger, too, to he apprehended from another
S unrter: and that a very unexpected on. It so happened
mt Mrs. Booth by, the elderly dnrne who was housekeeper at
the manor, did not consider herself too old for the delights of
Hymen, and did Captain Roper, or Mr. 'Weston as he was
called, the honour of falling violently in love with him. But
her blandishments wore in vain. The Cuptaiu endured her
visits, and would occasionally take tea with her in the house¬
keeper's room, while ho was by no means averse to the de¬
licacies she prepared for him. He was deaf, however, to her
hints as to matrimony ; deaf even to the fact that, ns she con-
■ stoutly told him. she had saved “a pretty penny,” and the
suggestion thnt life hod nothing better to offer now than re¬
tirement, with a congenial soul, to an eligible public-house.
But that dnzzUng prospect did not tempt him, and at last Mrs.
Boothby reluctuutly gave up the siege: and as •• Hell hath no
fury like a woman scorned,” slie straightway conceived u
hatred of the Cuptain as unreasoning ns had been her love.
And bo it happened that, when she. sought for some means
of being revenged upon the disdainful swain, she became
aware that her mistress was u good deal at the lodge, and
seemed to make a great friend and protege of its inmate. This
nt one time would have pleased Mrs. Boothby, but now it
made her suspicious ; and, oddly enough, this strange friend¬
ship, for so he deemed it, also came to the knowledge of Jim
Hastings about the same time, for he, too, us we know, hud
his reasons for watching the Captain.
Thus two remarks were made to Guy Leslie to which lie
paid no attention at the time, but which he remembered after¬
wards. It was proposed to enguge a boy to assist the lodge-
keeper, and Mrs. Boothby was anxious "to have u protege of
hot own appointed, thinking it advisable to have a spy on the
premises. The Captain was, of course, averse to that: wished
to secure the selection of a lad in the villuge whom he could
trdst, and had picked out a promising joung wastrel who was
devoted to him. So when th« matter was discussed before
Mrs. Boothby, she blandly remarked that it was no use oppos¬
ing Mr. Weston, he was such a favourite of the mistress's, and
Guy had answered, That must be because he does his work
well,” which effectually snubbed the old lady.
Then said Hastings, as they were driving out of the gutes
the same day, "Deuced queer old man that lodge-keeper of
yours, always tries to uvoid me. Seems to be a favourite of
your wife's though.”
It was a curious coincidence, thought Guy, thnt two people
should thus comment upon his wife's partiality for the old
man, nnd he said, ” Yes; 1 think she took pity on him us she
saw him first, coming for the place. I found her talking to
hith in the nVenue.”
So Mrs. toslie introduced him, thought. Hastings ; there’s
some mystery here, I’in certain; but ho only said, “Ah!
indeed”: and turned the subject. But whore on earth had
he seen the old lodge-keeper before? Weston evidently
avoided him —that was certain—and he was clear, too, that he
saw a great deal more of his mistress than au ordinary mau in
his position would be likely to do.
Meanwhile, as these clouds were gathering, Mary was made
miserable by her father’s repented demands for money. His
wages were not enough to support him, he said ; and that wiui\^
true, for he was regarded as a great man nt the village inn, and
even contrived to do a little gambling in n quiet and, so to
speak, inexpensive way.
At last tne storm broke. The Captain had asked for assist¬
ance, mainly that he might, as he expressed it to himself,'\go
up occasionally and “ have a flutter ” in London. The railway
journey took little over an hour, aud his custom >vas to start,
as soon as Guy and his wife had come back from their after¬
noon drive on days when he knew they would uot be out in the
evening, nnd get back by an early’ train in the morning.
So no one was any the wiser; and if the services of the
lodge-keeper were needed in the interval, there was his
deputy, whom lie could implicitly trust/hover to reveal his
absence.
But one day the Futes were against him. HehadWalkcd
to the stution next to Seawton, luMie usually did, and there
got into n first-class carriage, where ho would not be likely to
meet any of his village cronies. He had no sooner settled him¬
self comfortably, and the train was off the point of starting,
when lie saw a man rushing along the platform. In another
moment Hastings had jumped into the siuud carriage, and the
tram was off. V
The Captain had seen liinrcoming, qU<L promptly covering
his heud as well ns he could -with his rug/lie pretended to bo
asleep. But, even as he accomplished this manoeuvre, Hast¬
ings, who had his eye on the carnage for which he was making,
hnd caught sight of him and recognised him. That is to suy,
he thought lie saw Mr. Weston, much bettor dressed than
usilal, going up to London in a first-class carriage when ho
ought to have been nt home in his Cottage, and he was con¬
siderably astonished thereat, The question whs, what was he
to do. 1 He might be mistaken, of course; but, if he were not,
lie determined to pet to the bottom of this mystery and see
what Mr. Weston did in town. To do this lie must not declare
himself ;/soTie took no notico of the supposed sleeper in the
comer, but read a paper, nnd at the next station he non¬
chalantly got out, and, going a little way down the train,
esconcecl himself in another carriage. Then he thought ho
had his man safe, for the train stopped nowhere again until
they reached London. But the Captain was far too old a
campaigner to be caught by such a trick. He felt certain he
had oeen recognised, for Hastings had overacted his part, and
lie was pretty sure too that the lath r was still in some part of
the train. He did not feel inclined to bo cither confronted or
followi d in town, and he was sure oue or other plau would
lie adopted by Hastings. What then was to be done ?
A thought, struck him. The ticket-platform. It was just
outside the station ; the collector was un old ully; indeed, he
hud often had a friendly glass with him at the buffet, nothing
would be simpler therefore than to cull in his aid. It was done,
and when the train rolled slowly into the London terminus,
and Hastings jumped hastily out, it was only to find, to his
disgust, that the bird had flown.
There wns no down train to Scawton that night, ns both
men reflected; but there was an abominably early I’nrlia-
“Yes,” said Guy, “I am all right, but poor Weston is
badly hurt, and we are bringing him here to be nursed.”
“ Weston ! ” she screamed, in agony. “ Oh ! my darling.”
and as they brought the old man in and laid him on a couch in
the hall, she rushed to him, nnd kissing him frantically, hung
over him with murmured endearments.
The servants and tenants stared, as well they might, nnd
meutary one at six in the morning, and by that the Captain Guy and Jim Hastings were thunderstruck, Jbut nothing could
wns ftCCUStomed to go. Tile question was, would Hastings lin miH. fnr ths mnn wan AnnArputlv dtrinv nnscnnld miTt.hinir
take it, too ; and the difficulty was to find out that gentleman’s
intentions. Here Fortune fuvoured the Captain in a truly
remarkable manner.
He went to the hotel—a quiet one, near the Hayninrkct —
where he usually dined, mid where he met a few choice spirits
who were always willing to have a littlo game at cards;
nnd lie hnd no sooner entered the liall than he saw u valise
he recognised us belonging to Hastings on a chair.
He dived into a long passage immediately, for he knew
the house well, and a few minutes afterwards was in close
confabulation with the “boots.” From thnt worthy he
learned tlint Hastings had never been there before, that lie
hnd come to meet a gentleman, and that immediately on
entering the house he had asked for a time-table, and then
requested to be called at hulf-past five o’clock! The Captain
chuckled. The boots was devoted to him, and t lie result of
their conversation wns that the Captain not only spent u very
pleasant night at cards, but slept for an hour in the same
house with his enemy, and had the satisfaction of passing his
door knowing he was fast asleep. Hastings was not called by
the faithful “ boots” ; but if he had awoke, the Captain, being
on the spot, would have kuown mid bad to invent some other
way of escape.
Thusit happened tliut when, some hours afterwards, Hustings,
very vexed with himself and much puzzled, entered the manor
gates, the Captain in his old clothes obsequiously opened them
for him.
Hastings was much puzzled. lie knew, of course, that the
bo said, for the man was apparently dying, nor could anything
be done but clear the room and make way for the doctor, who
entered at that moment.
With swift fingers he out away the hair and board clotted
with blood to ascertain the extent of the Captain’s injuries,
and then as Guy and Jim Hastings looked on, the change thus
wrought in the old man’s face caused them to recognise him
at. the same moment.
” Captain Roper!” said Hastings, in a perfect stupor of
astonishment.
" It is,” said Guy, in an undertone. What on earth docs
it all mean ?”
“ It means,” said liis wife, rising and facing him with dry
and tearless eyes, “ what I never had the courage to .tell you
before, that this is indeed the 'perton you knew as Captain
Roper; but he is also my father. Oh ! husband, forgive me.”
The Captain opened his eyes ; they looked glazed, nnd his
face wns drawn with pain. '* Forgive,” he whispered faintly.
(iuy only paused u moment. Then he put his arm round
his wife’s waist, and took the old man’s hand.
"There is nothing to forgive," he said, gently. “ If this
man is your tather. lilaryj be is mine also; for, darling, he has
just saved hij jife! ” _
ILLUSTRATIONS.
HOLLY’S REVENGE.
Captain could have come down by the oarlv train, but still, on Once there wns a little girl, who had too many dolls. She
the other hand, it was possible lie himself might have been piiglit to have been a kind Muinnm or u kind Nurse to all of
mistaken, though lie argued again why Imd the man. whoever them. But 1 am sorry to say, she wns not. She threw them
ho wns, got out at. the ticket-platlorm. Ah he passed the
Captain could not repress a smile, and Hastings saw it. Ire
was nettled, and turning, said sharply, " Wliut were you doing
in town last night, Weston ? ” \
The Captain was ready for him. “ Nothing, Sir," lie said,
"for I wasn’t there.”
Hastings looked at him, but the old man tore liis glance
unflinchingly. "Then 1 saw your ghost in the railway
carriage,” he said as quietly ns lie could, and resumed his
walk to the house.
That night Hastings mentioned his suspicions abo ut Iris
fellow-traveller to toslie; when Guy, who wus getting a little
weary of these constant references to the lodge-keeper, said,
rather testily, ■* I l j
“ Oh, you must have been mistaken. Upon my word,
everybody’s at me about this man Weston. But here’s my
wife. Ask her wliut she thinks of such a story.”
Luckily, Mary lmd been prepared for the question, for she
hnd seen the Captain and been informed of Jim'i suspicions,
though lier father hnd not told her they were well founded,
to she could answer quietly enough that lie must have been
deceived by an accidental likeness,‘though a slight flush ns
she spoke did not escape his notice, and he felt more con¬
vinced than ever that there was some mysterious tie between
Mary Leslie nnd the lodge-keeper, John Weston.
The next evening, about two hours after dinner, the head
keeper came to say that he had received information of a raid
upon the coverts to be made that night, the local poachers
being reinforced by some friends /from a neighbouring town.
Itwnsat once determined to gruhersuoli forces as were available
at the Manor, and post them at various points, so that the
int ruders should be surrounded and regularly trapped.
“You’ll go, Hastings, of course,” said Guy Leslie, “mid
wo ’ll see if we can’t land some these beggars "in the comity
jail before momijig.”
“Oh ! Guy, you are not going?” said Mary, whoso nerves
were completely unstrung by her anxieties. “ Think of the
danger,”
“That's nothing, dear,” said Guy; "I can take very
gOOd care ot myself.”
y‘I dohope you will; I shall never rest till you return,”
she said, trying to smile, though the sad look in her eyes
belied the effort of her lips.
. “ I dare say we shan’t be long, mid they ’ll very likely run
wheirthey see tts,” said Guy, patting her cheek. “ But'now,
Jim, let us sec how many men we can muster. And talking
WHiat reminds me I never thought of Weston. We'll send
Tor him, and collect him as we go out.”
\“AVeston ! You are not—not going to take him?" Mary
could scarcely gasp out the words, and she looked so wild and
hugganl that both men stared at her in astonishment.
“Why not. you silly girl ? he ’ll help to take care of me,”
said Guy. "lie's an old soldier, mid we’ll put him in the
front.” ’
lie spoke rather meaningly, for lie noticed her evident
anxiety about the old mau ns well as himself, and resented
while he could not understand it.
“ Oh, it must not be ! ” she cried, wildly. " He—I mean
you—will be hurt,” she addod, seeing their astonished looks,
nnd then burst into hysterical tears.
Guy saw the look on his friend's face, and, while lie wns
irritated and puzzled nt this extraordinary- outburst because lie
was going to tuke the old lodge-keeper on their uoctunul ex¬
pedition, lie was very vexed it had happened before Hastings.
He controlled himself, however, nnd said, very quietly, “ My
dear, you are uot well; pray, calm yourself, we shall run no
risks.” And, so saying, he rang the bell, summoned a servant,
kissed Mary gravely, and she allowed herself to be taken
up stairs.
That night, as expected, the poachers made a raid on the
coverts of Seuwton Manor. Aud it was a much more serious
business thnn Guy Leslie had anticipated. The scoundrels
showed tight, and made a determined resistance when the
keepers attempted their capture. At last the ringleaders were
secured, and the others made off, but not before some hard
blows had been given and received, and one of the Scawton
Manor party dangerously wounded. This was Captain Roper,
who hail entered into the fray with right good will, nnd lie hud
received the injury in defending Guy Leslie.
A stalwart poacher had clubbed liis gun, nnd was about to
brain Leslie, who had slipped, and was on his knees on the
ground, when the Captain, old though he was, had sprung
between them, received the blow partially oil his arm and
partly on a cudgel he carried; nud then, while struggling
witli his adversary, the poacher's gun had gone off, and the
lodge-keeper wns severely wounded in the face und shoulder.
A litter was hastily improvised, a messenger sent to the
doctor's house, which was fortunately closo at hand, and the
sufferer was carried slowly up to the hall.
Mary toslie stood on the steps ns the little procession
approached, mid her first cry was oae of thankfulness that her
husband hud escaped.
about, and trod upon them: she knocked them against tin;
jvufl; she crammea the big one into a doll's-house thut wns
meant for the small ones; their arms nnd legs were tom off.
nnd she did not send them to the Doctor to be mended. When
she played at washing mid dressing them, she did it so roughly
that the paint was washed off their pretty faces, and the big
comb tore off their flaxen hair. One cold day in winter, this
cruel child put a poor little Dolly out in the garden. It was
soon covered with snow, mid the gardener swept it up with
his broom. He brought it to the kitchen, nud when the care¬
less little girl saw it, she wns afraid it would die. 'Hie maids
in the kitchen said, if it died, she would be tried for Murder,
to she held it to the fire, nnd then it got so hot that the wax of
its body molted, and they said it had got u Fever. When it
was bed-time, this naughty child lay down in her little white
bed. She had eaten lier piece of Christinas pudding
mid two mince pies, and an orange, nnd three figs,
and some nuts and preserved fruit. But though file
had hnd all these good things, Annie could not sleep. She
lay nnd tossed and kicked, nnd tumbled all the bed-clothes,
and thought how wicked she lmd been to her poor little dolls.
In the middle of the night, when she was not quite usleep, but
only dreaming, slic knew they were all dead, and it was she
who had killed them. All their ghosts came at once to her
bedside, crying out. “ Here she is ! Annie! Annie ! Annie! ”
Then they said, " We are children now, nnd you urc only a
DoU! Your Papa and Miuuma have taken us to live with
them, instead of you, aud the Governess and the servants will
let us do whatever we like.” They made Annie get up out of
her bed; nnd the tall one, with the wooden head and hands,
and with the long nuked body und legs, mode of wliite cotton
stuffed with bran, took Annie all over tbc house. She could
not run away, or fight, or screoni, because she was now only a
doll herself. And first, she was rudely washed in a tub in the
sculler}-, und her nice hair was pulled nearly off lier head, while
the broken points of the old comb stuck in her skin and hurt her
very much. And her face was wiped with a dirty old dish-
clout, and the soap got into her eyes aud mouth and nose.
The tall Doll, which lmd become a Savage because Annie had
stripped off its clothes, nnd was almost bald like a Red Indian,
told Annie she was going to be scalped, but she must first be
tortured, nnd frozen, and burnt. .She thought, Now they will
carry me away into the wilderness, and she cried, “ No, let mo
to in my own home ! " Then the big Doll said, “ This isyour
house,” nnd pushed her .into the doll’s house, which was a
smidl box, so that her arms and legs stuck out of the four
windows. All the other Dolls laughed to see Annie shut up in
prison. After thnt, she was taken out, nnd whirled round and
round, till she come to the Nursery window. Outside* the
snow lay on the ground, uud they threw lierout. There she
felt very cold, and cried till Pussy, who had been hunting the
Robins, came to take her part. When Pussy mewed and
squnlled, the Dolls feared that people would come ; so they
brought Annie into the house. There were no servants in the
kitchen, but u fire was buriiing on the hearth. The little girl
said, “Oh, I mu so cold;” mid they held her a long
time in front of the lire, so that site wns quito scorched.
There was a plate and knife and bread mid butter on the table,
but the Dolls never gave her u bit. She did not see if they ate
uuy of it themselves ; blit she remembered that she had never
given them anything to eat, nor a drop of tea. She was now
very sorry, and ashamed that she lmd treated them so badly.
She asked their pardon; but the tall Dolly, who was their
leader aud communder, said, “ Annie, why did you break our
limbs? why did you bruise our beads? Come nnd see, yoH
cruel, wicked girl.” They made her go to u box called the
Dolls’ Hospital, which she had never cared to visit. It was full
of nrms and legs and battered heads, crushed waxen faces,
with the eyes picked out, uud cloth bodies with holes and
wounds that let out half the sawdust, “took at the dying
and the dead!” said this angry Dolly, “and don’t you
know that you drove a nail into my skull last Tuesday
week? Why shouldn’t I do the same to you? Then
lie got a hammer and two big nails, and was going to do
it, but first he thought lie would put Annie’s bonnet on her
head, so ns to fasten it on with the nail, which she had tried
to do w-ith oue of her dolls. You see, he hnd changed liis mind
about cutting off the scalp of her head. But when the nails
were stuck in (lie bonnet, and lie lmd raised the hammer to
strike a blow that would have killed her, dear good Pussy
came into the room, and said, “ Please, Mir, pray let Annie
live! I know she will be a good girl, and be kind to every¬
body ! ” Annie cried and wept, and said, “ Yes, indeed I will,
for ever and ever! ” And they begged und prayed for mercy,
the sweet black cat fawning upon the Master Dolly, and
rubbing her head against his knees, until his sawdust heart
was touched with pity. He stood up grandly, like a conquer¬
ing hero in the act of forgiving his enemy, and said, “ Well,
Annie, I will let you go ! Be kind, be good, to* free, be
happy!” Most of the other Dolls said this wns quite right.
Annie took good care of them ull as long as they lived, but she
never had uuy more new ones.
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A GIRL OF CAPRI
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS CHRISTMAS NUMBER, 188-1.—10
SWEET ORANGES.
Not with a ripe and ready lip
(For every courtier’s jest a quip).
Ev« s never still, and saucy chin—
The manner of our Nelly Gwynne.
But. placidly, unprune to smile,
Doth this grand-daughter of the Nile
Her buy, languid commerce ply,
Letting the golden fruit say ” Huy—
Sweet oranges.”
A Cleopatra still uncrowned !
(Her Roman lover not yet bound),
As one receiving tribute she
Stands there, in careless majesty !
Proud head, proud form, imperial face,
Glowing with immemorial grace!
A Cleopntra. meant to sway
A sceptre, not to sigh, or say—
“Sweet oranges.”
’Mid shards and dust of countless years,
’Mid temples worn by time and tears,
We find the living link that brings
The time when Egypt cradled Kings!
This is a Queen of noblest mould,
To wear a crown of Afric gold!
A Queen to rise her stately way,
And not to stoop and sigh, or say—
“ Sweet oranges.”
Byron Webber.
A CAPRI GIRL.
Under the refining pencil of Sir Frederick Leighton the
peasants of Greece and Italy come forth as gods and god-
desses. The distinguished President of the Royal Academy
lias the rare power of enchanting both his models and his
admirers. The former lose all the grosser attributes of their
nature, and become, in his hands, divine. We may imagine
this myrtle-crowned damsel to have come under the en¬
chanter’s spell during some momentary pause in the olive-
garden or the vineyard. Or she may have been caught while
watching the quail's in their annual (light from Africa to the
sunny shores of Italy. The half-pitying expression of the
face may almost suggest that she sees the unhappy birds
entangled in the nets which are spread for their capture.
Great numbers of quails are taken in Capri at the season of
migration, and their dying fluttcrings ore not unlikely to have
excited the pity of many a gentle Capri girl. But we prefer to
imagine this large-eyed maiden loitering in the sunny valley
of her enchanting island, listening to the far-off song of the
fisherman, or to the lnughter of the distant vine-dressers—
wandering with uncertain purpose, and coyly gluncing down
every grove, till a footstep is heard and a figure is seen, and a
blush steals over the youthful face, and we know it is the old,
old story over again. So it will be to the end of time.
The peasant girls of Capri are uncommonly handsome.
They are said to be descended from a tribe from the Epirus
who settled in the island. It was a favourite residence of the
Emperors Augustus and Tiberius, and numrous ruins and
fragments of ancient monuments still remain. The island,
which is situated in the Gulf of Naples, is about nine miles in
circumference, midis surrounded by perpendicular cliffs, winch
afford only one landing-place.
THE SATURDAY TUB.
A BABK-AHOLLE.
Jtnb-a-dub-dub,
Four dogs and a tub,
A poodle and png, feeling neither the merrier,
A thoughtful dachshund, a«d a Manchester tenicr;
Each of them waiting his turn for a scrub
At the hands of old Ben in the Saturday Tub.
The scone was in Southwark (the place, if you search,
You will tind in a lane at the buck of a church)
The time ? Well, no matter; let’s Hay “ after dark ’ ;
I bridgeward was bent, when a growl and a bark
Arrested my notice, for hare in a den
Lives prince among fanciers, Bachelor Ben.
If you ’re wnnting a dog, if your wish be a bird,
You cannot do better than pass him the word;
He has linnets, canaries, and pigeons galore,
Guinea-pigs, squirrels, and who knows what more ;
For I’m told that Nobility goes now and then
To seek the advice of old Bachelor Ben.
Tli rough a crack in the door I the scene could survey;
Ben railed up his sleeves in a leisurely way; \
“ Bow-wow ! ” snapped the terrier,—’twas, I supposed,
His bark which the picture to me had disclosed,—
For he knew that the moment was drawing; near when
His coat would be lathered by Bachelor Ben.
The dignified pug held his head in the air ; "">
The turnspit was waiting with patient dei-nattf- 7
Sir Pompey, the poodle, 1 knew him of pld,
Was wondering whether the water was cold;
A comic quartet,—but no pencil or pen
Can e’er reproduce the expression of Ben.v
To-morrow old Ben will appear in the street,
His old-fashioned dress will be spotless and neat.
His face will be bright arid his tongue will be gay;
As he looks at the dogsathis side he will say,
“ Pure water is good both for blasts and for men.
And they 'fl bark the same sentiment, looking at Ben.
lloRACB LeNNAKD.
A CHRISTMAS MISSION.
Search the loveliest county in England through and through,
and you would hardly tind a cosier nook than the dell m
whieh stands Highficld Vicarage; nor a prettier, franker,
more winsome girl than grey-eyed Elsie Grove, the Vicar’s fnir
daughter. Embowered with tall poplars whose leaves musically
rustle in summer, and whose brunches gleam like silver spears
when the snow is fulling, as it should fall to herald u good old-
fashioned Christmas, the ivy-clod Vicarage is an ideal English
dwelling-place all the year round.
And Elsie—well, someone I know cherishes Elsie as an
ideal English girl—soft, tender eyes under well-arched eye¬
brows, sweet-voiced, bright, fresh, everything that is charming.
That other admirers share this opinion may be gathered from
Dame Coleman’s colloquy with Elsie at the porch Into one
December afternoon, when the little fairy of Higlifield
Vicarage had resolved herself in her downright earnest way
into a village Sister of Mercy, and, armed with a basketful of
seasonable Christmas gifts, was about to brave the thickly-
falling Hakes, and set forth alone on her charitable mission.
“ Dooe wait a minute now. Miss Elzie, dear,” pleaded the
grey-haired housekeeper; “and I’ll go with yew. Doec stop
now. I’ve only got to zee the ashen faggot’s right in the
kitclicn-hearth for the vnnu labourers. The Minster’d never
forgive me if the binda weren’t right, would he now? Ah,
Miss Elzie, if young Zqoire Hamer were yur, wouldn’t he bo
mighty proud’to hold the umbrella over your bonny head?
I ’vo /.eon him casting sheepVeyes at yew, Elzie, up at
church, many n time. Or, what would yew zay to Laayer
Jones's likely zon—or”-
** You tease, you ! I declare I won't step a single moment
longer,” laughingly answered little Elsie in her witching way ;
adding to herself , as she tripped lightly down the garden path¬
way, “ I only hope I may find a letter from Somebody Else."
The smile which dimpled her fail- round cheeks, and played
with zephyr lightness round the sweetest of rosebud lips, died
away as Elsie faced the snow, and with difficulty sheltered her¬
self beneath the umbrella. Securely as she held the well-
tilled basket on her left arm, Elsie was for a while clearly on
other than charitable thoughts intent. When the whitened field
she was crossing was green, and the Lovers’ Wnlk under yon
ghastly avenue of silvered trees was welcomed for its shade,
“Somebody Else ” had whispered the sweetest message in all
the world to Elsie, and hod received her sweet “Yes” ra
reply. All was Sunshine then. Joy filled two united hearts.
Love seemed in the very air they breathed. Now, with the
lowering clouds sending down wintry missives, what wonder
Elsie felt depressed at the absence of news from her sweet¬
heart far away in Egypt? Could nught have happened to her
gallant soldier love ? ' _ , —-
“ Bless us, if it ain’t Miss Elzie from the \ icarage! ex¬
claimed postman Capper n minute or so later, as he opened
his cottage door, and let in a whirl of snow and the warm¬
hearted girl at one and the same time. “ Yew come like a ray
n zunzhine, I dew declare. Yur, Missis, yew stir the tiro, and
make Miss Elzie warm herzelf.” n. C y..•
“ Bless yourpritty face, my dear, so yew are like zunzhine/’
broke in Dame Capper, darting a sharp glance over Elsie’s
shoulder at the door of the state parlour. “ Substantial zun¬
zhine, too! Ah, my dear (this as Elsie nimbly opened her
basket, and cheerily handed the good woman a packet of tea,
a bag of flour, a parcel of Christmas fruit, and a bottle of
port)—nil, my dear, if there wur only a few more angels on
earth like yew, what a different wurld this would be for us
poor as yew have always got to have with yew, as the Vicar
truly says, my dear! ”
“ Now, don’t yQU try to spoil me with compliments. Airs.
Capper. This is only Father’s usual little gift, you know.
And I wish you both, and little Billy und Annie, a Very
Merry Christmas, with all my heart.”
*‘ Zame to yew, Miss; and many of ’em, broke in 1 ostmnn
Capper. “ And Vicar, tew ! He be n gudo man, he be. lie
never passes me wi’out giving me zummut. Curious, wazn fc
it, I was just coming up along to Vicarage with this Into letter
for yew, Miss Elzie, when”-
Sight of the foreign post-mark had no sooner sent the
love-light into Elsie’s soft, grey eyes, and flushed her cheeks a
rosy red, than the door of the little sitting-room was flung
open, and a glad-fiiccd young officer of the Guards rushed out.
“Elsie!”
“ Bertie ! ” ...
And “ Somebody Else” fondly clasped the fair, trembling
girl to his heart; and in lovers’ whispers ended Elsie’s
Christmas Mission, ns fur as the Postman’s cottage was con-
cemod, to the evident enjoyment of Mr. and Mrs. Capper.
Under the umbrella held closely over her by Lieutenant
\Russell, whose other arm stole caressingly round her slender
waist, Elsie Grove found the walk back to the Vicarage far too
brief. John Layby, Jcn.
CHRISTMAS MORNING—EARLY
BREAKFAST.
The young Indy who hns bravely stepped out of doors, bare¬
headed as she is, to scatter a dishful of crumbs on the snow
for the household pigeons and the little birds in the garden,
performs a graceful service, and merits our sincere commend¬
ation. It is u very pretty way of beginning the Christmas
Day to core for the wants of these feathered people, her in¬
nocent and guileless pensioners, who would otherwise bo in
danger of starving in a few clays of winter frost. She is not
the less likely to think betimes of the poor and needy among
her i n min i neighbours; und wc may expect to meet her, soon
after breakfast, walking in the lane to the hamlet a mile dis¬
tant, with a basket full of substantial comforts, meat,
groceries, und perhaps a bottle of wine, for the Christman
dinner of one or two aged persons, whom she knows to be
deserving of such kind attentions. To be willing and
able to do these gracious things is a grant ornament of
womanhood in any rank of society ; if she were the daughter
of a peer or of a prince, this would make her nobility
shine with an added lustre in the eyes of all dwelling around
her ancestral home. “ Kind hearts arc more than coronets ; ”
und it is well to practise kindness continually upon all living
creatures, und not to forget the birds, though you know they
cannot thank you. It lms been remarked that tuo love ot birds
seems peculiarly characteristic of the English and Scottish
people. No country of Europe, in proportion to its extent,
contains such u number and variety of the feathered tribes, m
its woods and fields, and nowhere are birds so generally
adopted as household companions, and cherished almost as
part of the familv, like the pet dog or cat. The canary,
bullfinch, lark, or linnet, confined in his little cage
at the cottage window, may not bo so lmppy ns in a
natural state of freedom, but is usually regarded with much
personal affection and endenrmeut, nt least by the women,
girls, and children ; and many a lonely maiden lms felt her
long hours of solitude beguiled and cheered by the voice of u
captive songster. It is not less pleasant to engage the
attention of free birds, ns in the scene which our artist lias
delineated, by giving them food on a cold December morning.
The dog, for his part, looks on with a comical nir of wishing
to rush out und worry them, from which inhospitable act lie is
restrained by the little boy, the young Indy’s brother. The
whole picture is agreeably suggestive of gentle thoughts and
sympathies, and not out of harmony with tnc Christinas season.
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Chirrup ! Chirrup! Christmas Cricket
Chirrup! all the evening through !
For a footstep’s ut the wicket,
And the wind is in the flue.
Chirrup! Chirrup .’—lie is rapping:
Chirrup!—There ! Undo the door:
Santa Claus, Sir, from his tapping;
He’8 been often here of yore.
Chirrup ! Bless him !—Old and jolly
(Just as when I was a boy),
"With a little Christmas holly,
And a deal of Christmas joy !
With n bundle, white and snowy,
And his boots a trifle damp,
And his eyes - the night is blowy—
Looking rheumy near the lamp.
But the same old, honest laughter,
And the same old cheery tone,
With a chord of sorrow after.
And a tenderness its own.
And he takes the chair I offer
In the chimney-corner here.
And he drinks the glass I proffer,
As wc talk of Christmas cheer.
Just the same old, hearty fellow
With his presents for the boys,
With his winter-apples mellow,
And his store of children's toys;
With his crackers and his kisses,
And his rebuses and rhymes,
And his mistletoe for Misses,
And his tales of olden times.
Just the Barne, and little older,
With the good things in his pack,
With his white locks on his shoulder,
And tho snowflakes on his back.
Bless him! Chirrup ! Christmas Cricket!
Chirrup! all the evening through !
For his footstep’s at the wicket,
And the wind is in the flue;
And the wintry gusts distress him,
And the way is wild und long,
And the little children bless him
For their stories and their song!
William Twamley.
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front youth to old age. the teeth. Avidity of Hie .tom-rli will
destroy Hie strongest tcetll nnleM It. effect* are r..iint4 iaeli-d
with SOZUlHyNT. and this imre tooMi-waidi pn-tw t. the oent,.l
surfaces hr removing every Impurity that adhere* ti'Uuan.
IHE
OR
Price It. IM. HSl^.t
[ 0~R ~>w
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BEETHAM’S
GLYCERINE
AND
CUCUMBER
is the Most Perfect Preparation for Preserving and
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ITS EFFECT 1JT It EM O V l NO ALL
ROUGHNESS, REDNESS, CRAPS, &c.,
IS ALMOST MAGICAL,
and by itn u.e TUB SKIN is rendered
SOFT, SMOOTH, AND WHITE,
and pr-nervivl from all the ill-effects of
FRO“T, COLD WINDS, and IIAKD WATER.
N • Lady who values her COMPLEXION
ahould lay without it at ibis Season of the Year.
If used after Dancing or visiting heated apartmen'a,
it will be found to bo
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It allays the IRRITATION caused by CHILBLAINS,
and Prevent* th^m from Breaking.
For the NURSERY it is INVALUABLE.
Bottles, is., as. 0d., of all Chemists and Perfumers.
Sole Makers:
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CHILDREN’S STOCKINGS.
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LEVER.
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particular* of Uicee and all other
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tWIIIIam.'
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THE
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DEPOT, 46. HOLBORN VIADUCT, LONDON, E.C.
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»»* employed, under
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m the Ca-eof Ihe late hurl of
IU > K>X>n.n,-ld. The medicine
from which hi* l*«rd l.lp
r-nnd m"»t eomfoit «i.d
relief w»» lllmrod'* Ih'Wd-i.
The fume* «io lnlmlv.1 by
the iu.tie.it, tin,I »t omvi
«ir..r>l relief. Per Tin. l*.
Sample fne,
J.M IIICIIAUDS. 4fl. Hol-
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and MleoTootlitrlie I Impe yon will >•**'!,ojaM u ‘ ' .
certain and remedy.—Tlie Ed.tor of'The I *ron Mngnilne.
lie.llingu.il, NuithimilitrUiid."
ikheel
cures Neuralgia, Face-
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Nervous and Sick Headache.
It also rannvw *t once the Toothnche to wldcli
U Female* are *t t.Blrt *o f eculUrly *ul.Je,t.
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Hoses in Pola fl8a to SC*, per do*.). Herbaceous and
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licet*
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never require*
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C*n be rarrlnl
In the pocket.
Offer* only ineaM
by wbtib *n cx-
iioilltlou* and com-
lortablr »h*»e >»n
I*, hu.l »t »ny trn.0
* ii,r in any p.aco.
Closed.
Birmingham.
SULPHOLI NE
LOTION:
THE CURE FOR SKIN DISEASES.
IN A PEW DAYS ERUPTIONS, PIMPLES, BLOTCHES
ENTIRELY FADE AWAY.
BEAUTIFULLY FRACRANT. PERFECTLY HARMLESS.
CURES OLD-STANOING SKIN DISEASES.
IT REMOVES EVERY KIND OF ERUPTION, SPOT, OR
BLEMISH, AND RENUFRS THE SKIN CLEAR.
SMOOTH. SUPPLE. AND HEALTHY^
Bulpholin* Lotion in sold by Chemist*. Buttle*. 2*. M.
PEPPER’S INSIST ON HAYING IT.
QUININE L IRON
EOTTTBFS
ORFAT BODILY STHENGTTT,
GltF.AT NFRVF. 8TBKNGTH.
GREAT MENTAL STRENGTH.
Bottle* (32 dose* . Sold everywhere. Cost* about
lid. each done.
TONIC.
TITE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS CHRISTMAS NUMBER, 1884.—15
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A HAYDN. '.'ii Oil. null nrt. luni|>ti-«" 8*t->f Toy Instru¬
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pHRiSTMAS ALBUM of DANCE MUSIC.
PRICK U.N'K SH.LLIXG.
COXXKMT*.
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IT IS NOT LOVK lly Sir ARTHUR SULLIVAN.
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J RODRIGUES’, 42, PICCADILLY.
8KT8 FOR THE WRITING-TABLE AND BOUDOIR,
IN PULibUKU IIBA8S. OXIDIZED SILVER, aud CHINA,
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DKEHklNU CASES . Jla. to IM
JEWEL CASES. ft*, to gin
CASES OK IVORY BRUSHES . Kt*. to £10
GLOVE AND HANDKERCHIEF BOXES (a Pair) 21a. to £.1
HAND AND CARRIAGE BAGS . U. 8d. to ill
DESPATCH BOX Ed. 21*. to £IJ
WRITING CASES . lj,. to £.",
ENVELOPE OASES AND BLOTTERS .. .. loa. <hl. to £3
STATIONERY CASES AND CABINETS 21*. to V,
INKSTANDS . 7*.tkl. togi
PARCELS POST SCALES .31a. «d. to £»
CANDLESTICKS-per pair) . 7*. (hi. to £3
HALL LETTER BOXES . 31*. to £10
BOXES OP GAMES . We. to £13
CA8ES OF CARPENTERS TOOLS (In Leather) 2I». to Li
CIGAR AND CIGARETTE CABINETS .. 42*. to £10
LIQUEUR CASES . in*, to £10
CLOCKS. SCENT BOTTLES. OPERA GLASSES. FANS,
And a largo and choice assortment of ENGLISH,
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1 'RAVELLING DRESSING BAGS,
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In Morocco, Ituasta, and Crocodile,
£5 5s., £10 10s., £15, £20, £30, to £50.
PORTRAIT ALBUMS at RODRIGUES’,
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ATEW WINTER DRESSES. ^
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French Merinos, very wide . 1*. lid. to x v
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A Black Velveteen, sperlallv cheap .j n
__ Patterns {Hist-fn 1 *.
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_ Flfty-on» shade* to select from. _
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front ./ . j *
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eveulng wour
All light odours.
IIKM) PIECES of NEW FANCY SILKS,
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pJ'HE CHRISTMAS NUMBER (1884)
pHAPPELL’S MUSICAL MAGAZINE
\y (No. 128|, contains the following popular pane* Muelc:-
FONTAINKbLeaC WALTZ .. .. H U H. Dukeuf Albany.
MON AMOUR WALTZ.P. UucaloMi.
MIJTH&K 11 A UP I'OLKA .. Caroline Lowthian.
RIP VAN WINKLE GALOP .. -. Charles D Albert.
HIP VAN WINKLE POLKA .. .. i imrlra D'Albcrt,
OLO LONIKJN LANCERS .. .. C.Otx{te. .
DAISY WALTZ.Luke Wheeler.
lot PRINCESSK 1>ES CANARIES
QUADRILLES.C. Coote.
KUhs VaL.SE .Johann Btrauss.
LA PERGOLA POLKA.E Maf.e.
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vrOICE - TRAINING EXERCISES. By
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THE TWO SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR SONGS.
THE REIGN OF THE ROSES. Words by
X H. L D ARCY JAXONE.
TTNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. Words by
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THE TOUCH OF A VANISHED HAND Clin Pinautl.
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VEW SONGS OF THE SEASON.
it (Fur Female Voices.)
LE CHANSON DK FLO RIAN. French Words. By BEN¬
JAMIN GODARD.
THE SONG OF FLO RIAN. English Words. By BENJAMIN
OODAKD.
FRIAR CUPID. FLORIAN PASCAL.
SILENT LOVE. Word* by F. B. Wflatherly. PHILIP DE
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS CHRISTMAS NUMBER, 1884 — 18
MISS BEE.
BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.
CHAPTER I.
TWO OLD FRIENDS.
“ My dear Jack ! ’’
** My dear Tern ! ”
Then a sturdy grip and the warmest of hand-shakings, the
two afternoony old fellows each resting his left on his friend’s
shoulder ; and t here they stood, steadying themselves with the
left hand, shaking with the right. But they could not steady
their voices, which were a bit husky and deep; and there
was a curious twinkling look in their eyes, with a little moisture
that did not belong there, as the above words were repeated
again and nguin.
“It’s like old times, Tom, to get a good grip of your
fist,” said Dr. Banks.
44 Why, Jack, you make me sniff the Isis; and I begin
thinking of pair-oars and tubs, and — oh, dear me! It’s
thirty years ago ! ” cried Mr. Thomas Hessleby, of Serjeants’
Inn.
44 By George! it is, old man,” cried the doctor. “I'm
beginning to think Nature’s an impostor. She don’t give
fair measure. I ’ll swear. Thirty years ? Don’t seem like ten.
Only I say, Tom, what a very wide parting you’ve got.”
“ Hah ! humph ! yes,” said the old solicitor, passing a
thin white hand over his shiny bald head with a rueful look,
which changed to a smile as he retorted: 44 Rather frosty up
utop of your mountain, though, Jack.”
44 Eli ? frosty F By George! yes,” replied the doctor, giving
his shaggy grisly hair a rub which seemed to make it start
up all over in silver flames. “It wasn't grey years ago, Tom.
But here I am. Thought I'd give you a look-up. Rout you
out of your pounce-box for a bit. Left my patients to Bee,
and I’m going to have a wcok’s raking along with you, you
dog. We haven’t had a bit of fun together these thirty
years.”
“ Humph, no ! ” said the old solicitor, shaking his head.
44 No." And lie looked very stem and tmeompromising as his
eyes wandered round his dingy’ room, over ancient volumes
bound in law calf, supposed to’ be sheltered on their shelves
from sooty London dust by curtains of tea-leaf green ; over
battered tin boxes with people’s names in dirty white paint,
and here and there the word 44 Exors.” ; and, altogether, Mr.
Thomas Hessleby seemed the very last person in the world to
go raking, as his visitor called it—his visitor, the hearty’, florid
man with a breezy aspect of the country about him, as he stood
glowing, and brightening one of the dingiest chambers in
the old Inn of Court.
4 ‘.Humph, no! ” repeated the lawyer, shaking his head, and
for the moment growing more yellow and grim and legal -
looking. Then his eyes fell upon the flower in his old friend’s
button-hole. They rose to his ruddy face, then to his bright,
clear eyes, and the effect was tluit a flash caiue into his own ;
a wave of memories of early’ manhood swept over him; the
wrinkles in his brow grew less deep, the crow’s-feet ut the
comers of lrs eyes were stretched flat, ai. 1 the creases on either
side of his mouth grew deeper and were joined by others that
seemed to improve his countenance; and, raising his hand
from the doctor’s shoulder, he slapped it down again.
‘‘Why, it was boat-race day, Jack; and wc dined at the
Winecellar.”
“To be sure we did; and went to the Princess’s after¬
wards,” said the doctor.
“Wrong, you dog!” cried the lawyer. 44 It was the
Adelphi—Wright and Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste and
Miss Woolgnr.”
“Of course it was, Tom; and wc went afterwards to
Evans’s to supper. Then, look here: we ’ll do the same again
to-night.”
“No,” said the lawyer, shaking his head. “Evans’s is
not.”
“ I’d forgotten,” cried the doctor. “ Well, never mind.
We ’ll go to the Adelphi and see ”-
‘“The Green Bushes,' Jack? No, my lad; the green
bushes are leaves of the past. Wright and Paul Bedford arc
dead; so arc Buckstone and Ben Webster."
“But not Celeste and Woolgnr? ”
“I’m not sure about Celeste. Miss Woolgar is acting
still.” ^ \/v
44 Tom, we must be growing old,” said the doctor : 44 buljN
don't feel ity’et.”
“ Jack, we are growing old,” said the lawyer ; “ and I do
feel it; but, thank God, I have a son.”
“ And, thank God, I have a daughter,” said the doctor.
“And wo live again in our children,” said the lawyer.
4 • But I shall die nt once if I don’t have food,” said the
doctor. “Come on. 1’ve had u long railway journey to-day’.”
“Well, I ought not to leave this brief I'm draughting,”
said the lawyer.
“ Oh, hung it! Let it wait.”
“ But it is rather particular—Mini by versus Clinks. My'
sou lias taken the brief.”
“ lias he ? To be sure, you said he was getting on. Bar¬
rister, of course ? ”
“A rising man, Sir." said the old lawyer, proudly.
" Is he, though P Then come along, and wo *11 compare
notes about the bairns over our wine."
CHAPTER II.
THE SECOND GENERATION.
‘ Old gents enjoying themselves, ’m. reg’lnr,” said Charles,
iio waiter. Bottle of Chambertin, ’in—to be shown, first, to
lUo fire.”
The “ old gents” were enjoying themselves at the old-
f.sbioned hotel in Covent-gordcu, for Doctor Banka had
dined to go to his friend’s club; but it was in a very quiet
nhion. They had had the dinner they had chosen, and were
• ting sipping their wine and smoking their cigars, talking
. er, old times, and growing young in the effort. The hour had
• rived for ordering a cab to take them to the theatre, but
t y had ordered a bottle of Chambertin instead, and no lessee
v .i« the better fur the price of two stalls that night. There
so much to talk about, so much to recull of the times
V ;n they were boys together ut Rugby—at Oxford—of what
had taken place since.
44 All, Tom, the time 1ms gono by like u dream, I can’t
; ieve 1 nm so old. But I’mglad the world lias prospered so
b you, old fellow.”
”1 supjKis.! it has,” said the lawyer, dreamilv, “in every
' save one.”
r “ Ah, yts,” said the doctor, bending forward to lay his hand
,ou the othur’s knee. “ My trouble, teto, lad. God bless her.’
i” was n sweet lady. She migRt have been my dear wife’s
sister. Strange, Tom, that we should both be called upon to
bear the same sorrow the same year. Twenty years ago, lad,
twenty years ago.”
There was silence in that room for some time. The place
looked dim and solemn too, lit as it was only by four wax
candles in old-fashionc-d plated candlesticks, which were
reflected in a weird fashion from the polished mahogany table,
while it needed no very active imagination to suggest that the
massive old sideboard was the entrance to a family vault,
and the bronze tea-urn upon the corner tabic only devoted to
the preservation of cinerary remains.
The silence was broken by the trickling sound of wine
poured from the cobwebbed bottle, and then, ns if moved by
one impulse, the old friends rose, and in silence drank a
toast—to the memory of the dead.
As they set down their empty glasses and resumed their
scats, the lawyer blew his nose loudly, while Dr. Banks, a fine,
hearty, florid specimen of a simple country gentleman, made
no pretence, but wiped his eyes slowly, and said humbly,
“ God lfnows best."
There was another silence, and then the enndlc3 seemed to
bum up more brightly—perhaps it was only the illusion of
the old friends’ eyes—and then the doctor said aloud—
“Yes; we live again in our children, Tom. Now then,
what sort of a chap is your Fred P ”
“EhP my Fred ? Splendid fellow, Sir. Thorough English
gentleman. Took honours at his college; devoted to his pro¬
fession. Getting cpiite a good practice, young oa he is.”
44 Chit out! Bnefs you ’ve given him.”
“ Well, of course—of course. Jack. Why not ? But, lmug
it all. Sir, I wouldn’t have given them to him if I hadn’t been
sure he could do the clients justice.”
“I’m sure you would not, Tom,” said the doctor,
warmly.
“ He has such a head. Jack. Cool as a cucumber. I tell
you what it is, Sir; with his calm, argumentative reasoning
ways, I got quite afraid of him sometimes.”
“ Glad of it.**
“ Eh?”
44 1 mean that he has turned out so well.”
“ Ah, of course. And Miss Belinda? You don’t tell me
anything about her.”
44 My Beef”
44 Bee P”
44 Well, yes; Belinda. Her old aunt’s nnme. Don’t like
it. We never use it. I used to call her little busy Bee when
she was quite a baby, and the name has stuck to he’r. All the
country people for miles round call her Miss Bee, and she
would be startled if anyone said Belinda. Sounds like a name
in an old novel—Gretna Green, and that sort, of thing.”
“Yes,” said the lawyer, laughing. 41 You’d expect the
gentleman who came wooing would wear a long cloak, and be
called Trevanion, eh P "
44 To be sure. Of course. Pass the wine. Trevanion, eh ?
Ha-ha-lia ! Ha-ha-ha-ha! I wonder—Ha-hn-ha-ha-ha! ”
and the old room rang to the doctor's cheery laugh.
“ Well, what do you wonder at ? ”
“ I was thinking what my girl would say to a Trevanion.
Ha-hn-ha!”
44 Not engaged, then, ch ? ” said the lawyer.
“ Engaged P Good Heavens!—no. She never thinks of that
sort of thing.”
“ Humph! indeed. Not like most modem young ladies,
then."
44 What, my Bee ? My dear boy, no ; not a bit.”
44 Oh ! ” said tlio lawyer.
“ What, a girl who thinks of nothing but fashion-plates,
and hasn’t two ideas in her head ? Oh dear me, no, Tom. I
say, though, she’s a splendid girl.”
44 Is shop” y >
4 ‘ By George! yes, Sir. Upright as a dart, fresh complexion,
brown hair, clear grey eyes, straight nose, ruddy lips, with tho
top curled up, and a voice like an opera singer.”
“ Quite a belle. I wonder she is not engaged,” said the
lawyer, smiling.
“ Might have been half-a-dozen times, but she laughs at it
all, Tom. Our last Curate went away on purpose to hang
himself.’\ \
. /“ And did he?”
44 No ; he.turned Anglican instead, and has got into trouble
about vestments. By George ! though, you'd like my Bee.
She’#a splendid girl, bless her ! but I've quite spoiled her.”
Indeed P ”
“ Yes,” said the doctor, with a sigh. “You see, Tom, when
that trouble came upon mo, it about drove me wild, and I
quite worshipped tho poor little child her mother had left to
ray care. I wouldn’t let a soul to'uch her. I used to always
wash and dross her myself, and take her out with me on my
rounds. Why, she couldn’t have been four when she used to
stop in my gig and hold the reins perhaps for a couple of hours,
When I was seeing some pnticut out in the marsh, while Dick,
my old retriever, would sit before the horse’s head. She was
xuy companion down in our lonely place ; and if it had not
been for tier I should have gone melancholy mad. She saved
me, Tom, from drink, I’m sure she did. Oh, Tom ! you can’t
understand how I've loved that girl.”
“I think I can. Jack,” said the lawyer, with his lip
quivering a little. “You forget that I was left much in the
same way.”
“ Yes ; but you were always such a long-headed, clever
fellow, Tom : you wouldn’t spoil your boy.”
“And I don’t believe you’ve spoiled your girl, Jock. I
don’t, ’pon my soul.”
44 Ah, but I have, horribly. Fancy what a life for a tender
girl, with no companion but a rough country doctor in a
bucolic parish! ”
“ But you’ve had her well educated ? ”
“Oh, yes. Taught her a lot, too, myself. We read
together—she reads Greek like.an Athenian.”
“ Humph! But she plays P You used to be strong on tho
violin.”
44 And I’ve kept it up. Look at the corns on the tips of
my fingers. Wo have plenty of duets. Good music, too.”
“ Ha ! ” said the lawyer, beating ^ime to an imaginary
strain; “piano and violin. Very pretty.”
44 Yes; they go well. But we like violin and ’cello best.”
44 But—er—the young lady—Miss Bee—does not play the
violoncello P ”
Don’t she though! By George! Sir, she’d bring tears in
spoiled her.”
“Rubbish! Jack,” said the lawyer, warmly. “I’d call
the man liar who dared make such a charge against the true
English Gentleman, my boyhood’s companion—the man I ’in
proud to call my friend.”
“ Thaukye, Tom,” said the doctor, simply. “ Well, there;
I’ve hud the duty laid on me to bring her up. and devoted
myself to that duty for my dear wife’s sake, while no thought
of another woman has ever come between.”
Somehow that meeting seemed to bb broken up into little
pauses; and here occurred another, which was <<nded it last
by the doctor saying—
“ I used to wonder, Tom, whether you would ever marry
again.”
“Did you, Jack, old man?” said Mr. Hessleby, lapsing
into liia old boyish way, and seeming wonderfully unlike the
stem family solicitor of Serjeants’ Inn, as he sat nursing one
sleek black leg, and sending puffs of blue smoke into the air.
** Yes, I used to wonder sometimes.”
44 So used I, about you, Jack; but you never did."
“No, I never did. Neither did you.”
“No,” said the lawyer. “ My wifo has never Beemed to
bo quite dead, Jack."
“I understand,” said the doctor, softly. And he sat
gazing straight before him into the past.
“Tom!”
“ Wo live again in our children. Why shouldn’t my Fred
marry ^our Bee?
“ Why should they not come together? He’s a splendid
fellow—a thorough gen tl emon. He has never hSd any wild oats
to sow, for he has always been too upright and manly. I’m
proud to say that there has always been perfect confidence
between us; and pray don't irungine lie is a milksop. Not
a bit of it. He ’d make her a good husband.”
44 Oh, no ! Oh, no ! Impossible !”
“ Why ? ” said the lawyer, colouring slightly.
44 1 couldn’t think of it.”
44 But he would be a good match for your girl. He is safe
to rise in lvis profession; aud 1 daresay I shall have a few
guineas hi leave him, when I see about putting my affairs in
older. Jack.”
“ Ah, but I couldn’t think of it.”
44 Why not?" persisted the lawyer, who grew warm over
tho opposition he was encountering.
"Why not, eh?”
^7 44 Yes, why not?”
“Oil, I couldn’t think of it. They’ve never seen one
another.”
“But there is a railway down to your parts, and an inn.”
“ Railway, Tom ? Inn? Don't talk stuff. There’s a warm
welcome for tho young dog if he ’ll come, and I can give him
some of the best shooting and fishing in the county. But—oh,
no, it wouldn’t do.”
“Why not?”
“ Hang it all, Tom ! My Bee married ! Why, what would
become of me?”
“Become of you, you selfish old humbug? Why, you
could attend their children when they had the measles. There,
I shall send Fred down to see her, and if the young folk like
each other, they shall marry.”
44 Hang it all, Tom! gently! ” cried the doctor.
44 My Eyed wants a wife.”
44 Oh ! ” said the doctor, sarcastically, 44 does lie ? ”
44 He don’t know it, but I'do. I think he works too hard,
and wants change; the change that sweet, pure English
home life would give him. I should like to see him murried
to a good woman. ’
“ Should you ? ”
“ Such a one as the daughter of my old friend would be.”
“Thank you, Tom," said the doctor, changing his tone.
“But I say, though, old man,” he added, laughing and
bantering again ; “suppose we should not like your Admir¬
able Crichton ? ”
44 No fear^if that. You’d be sure to like the lad, Jack."
“ I swear you’d fall in love with my girl, Tom,” cried the
doctor, excitedly.
“Then he shall come down and see her, Jack ; and I hope
it will be a match. They won’t be poor.”
“No, that they won’t,” said the doctor. “I haven’t
worked all these years for nothing."
“Well, I’m very glad, Jack,” said the lawyer, rubbing
his hands.
“I don't know that I am,” responded tho doctor. “I
came up to town for a bit of fun, and I’m beginning to
regret it.”
44 No, you are n®t, Sir. You want to make out that you
are eaten up with selfishness, and I’m the last man to behove
that of Jack Banks. But we ’ll talk of it again, old fellow ;
and now suppose we run in to tho Adelphi—just time to see a
couple of acts, and-Bless my soul, why; it’s past twelve.' ”
CHAPTER m.
KEEPING A PROMISE.
It was just a week later that Doctor Banks stood on the plat¬
form ut King’s-cross with his hand in that of his old friend,
the other on the door of the first-class carriage—part of the
express to the North.
44 Then we shall see him in about a week, TomP”
44 Or ten days, old fellow. God bless you ! good-byo !
Come up again soon, Jack. It has done me no end of good.”
“ Whut, come lip again? No, not till you’ve been down
to me. When will you come ?”
“ Oh, wait a bit,’ ’ said the lawyer, laughing. “ Let me hear
what sort of an account my Bpy gives of your Vale of Eshcol.
Then wo ’ll see.”
44 Take your seats, please. All going on—all going on."
44 But you must come, Tom. We ’ll have a regular good
talk of old days. It’ll do you no end of good. You w:U
come ? ”
44 Well, perhaps, some day. And I say, Jack, I wouldn’t
say anything to Miss Bee. Let Fred come down to see his
father’s old friend, and if a mutual attachment springs up,
well and good. I've been thinking that we old boys must not
seem to urge it on.”
“The very thing I was about to say to you, Tom, only I
kept it to the last. Don’t say n word to your boy.”
44 Jump in, please, Sir.”
Bung !
The train hod already started as Doctor Banks, active ns a
man of thirty, leaped in, and thchleauedoutof the windowto wave
his hand till he could no longer see the figure on the platform,
which began to stoop and grow older-looking as its soul took
it back to a cab and into the busy Citv.
“Yes,” said the lawyer, “it would be better for it to bo
naturally evolved; ” and he sat back thoughtfully in his cab.
44 Much better for it to happen accidentally,” said Doctor
Banks, as he sat back in the flying carriage. 44 How this week
lias slipped away ! But I shall be glad to be nt home again
once more. How rusty Tom has grown ; but how the dear
old boy bloomed up again when we were together! ”
That night, os Mr. Hessleby, of Serjeants’ Inn, was sitting •
sipping his port after partaking of his modest Ghop at home,
in Great Guildford-streot, Uussell-square, a cab stopped at the
door, and a minute later a tall, gentlemanly-looking person¬
age, with keen dark eyes, rather well-cut features, pole face,
and carefully shaven upper lip and chin, entered the dining¬
room.
“ Ah ! Fred, my boy ; glad to see you back. I see you
won your cose.”
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“Yes, father; we cnmc off with flying colours. My client
was delighted.”
“Of course he would be—of course.”
“And so you've had an old friend to see you—Doctor
Banks, eh P ”
“Yes, Fred, and I’ve had a fearfully dissipated week—
hardly done a stroke of work.”
“ Glad of it, dad. You work much too hard.”
“ So do you, Sir ; and I ’vc made an engagement for you
to go down and spend a few days at the doctors.”
“ But I don’t know him, father."
“ Not know him ? Well, but I do. Pish l He's my oldest
friend—a true gentleman. Why, Fred, he'll look upon you
as if you were his son.”
“ Well, it’s very kind of him, I'm sure.”
“You like the country, and will be delighted with the
place. Charming part, and—er—er—there ; I '11 be perfectly
frank with you, my boy, John Banks has a daughter.’*
“ And you two have settled that I am to go and fall in love
with her.”
“ Yes, and marry her, Fred. Wc are very old friends, and
it would be most agreeable to us both if such an alliance were
formed. She’s a charming girl, too, Fred; and really, my
dear boy, I think it's the best thing you can do.”
Here Air. Uessleby leaned back in his chair with a sigh of
content, and said to himself, “ Thank goodness, I've got over
that.” But he looked at his son with dismay the next minute,
as a slight flush came into the young man’s cheek, and ho said,
rather warmly,
“ Really, my dear father, this is most absurd."
“ Absurd ? ’ Wlint, to find you a lovely wife?”
“ To make special arrangements like this without consult¬
ing me. Hang it all, father, a man don’t take a wife as if she
were a brief! ”
“ Oh yes, he docs, my boy, often,” said the lawyer—” brief
endorsed so many guineas.”
“ I ’mnot going to,” said Fred Uessleby.
“ Now don't be rash, my dear boy, there’s nothing settled.
I only saw John Banks off this morning, and our parting words
were that we would say nothing to the young people, but that
you should just go down and see the young lady, and if a
mutual liking sprung up, well and good—and if it did not ”-
“ Why, well and good, too,” said the young man. “ *'ut,
my dear father, this is very absurd. I don’t want a wife. •
“ Oh yes, you do, my boy.”
“ Excuse me for contradicting you, father; I do not.”
“ But I say you do, Sir, and that it is every man’s duty to
many. Now, my dear Fred, it is my earnest wish that you
should go down and see the Bankses. You know I have your
welfare thoroughly at heart.”
“ My dear father, yes.”
“Then you’ll go?”
“ If you put it like that, father, of course I will go; but, I
must toll you plainly, that it will come to nothing. All women
are ulike to me: very nice to talk to in society, but I am not a
marrying man.”
“ Ah, well; we ’ll see.”
Two days later there was a letter from Doctor Banka to his
old friend, saying that he had got home all right, that no one
had been ill in his absence, but all his poor patients had turned
very bad as soon as they heard that he had come back. Then
there were thanks about the visit and the cordial treatment,
and there was a postscript after the fine bold signature—for
Doctor Bunks wrote a good hand, and any dispenser who had
made a blunder over one of his prescriptions and poisoned a
patient would have deserved to be sus. per coll.
The postscript followed a big P.S., that looked very much
like a doctor’s K. for Recipe, and it was as follows : —
“By-the-way, old man, I can never keep anything from
my Bee, so I was obliged to let the cat out of the bag about
your Fred coming to ask her to be his wife. Well, to be
honest with you, she kicked up a rumpus, and said it was all
stuff. Then she smoothed down a bit, and said, of course she
should be glad to see the son of her futher’s dear old friend ;
but as to her thinking of him as her husband, she should
never think of marrying, for she was too happy with her home
pursuits nnd her dear old father, who—there, pray excuse my
modesty, Tom—was the only man in the world for her. So
there, you see, our splendid castle is all down; but we shall
be delighted to Bee your Fred, and I ’ll give him some splendid
fishing. Say when we are to expect you.
“ P.P.S.—Come along with your boy.”
“ Humph !—kicked up a rumpus, eh ? ” said the old lawyer
“The young lady seems to be of the robust order. I think I
will go down with Fred.”
He told his son. \V-
“I think I should like a trip into the country too, Fred,
my boy,” he said.
“Go, by all means, father,” replied the young barrister;
'* I’m sure it will do you good.”
“ Thankye, Fred,” said the lawyer, speaking as if he had
had permission given him for a holiday. “ When shall wo
start?”
“WeP” said Fred.
“ Yes, of course ; I ’in going with you.”
“Oh! dear me, no, ray dear dad,” cried the young
barrister. “ If I am to conduct this matrimonial case, I ’ll do
it myself on my brief. In this case, I ’m not going to have
my solicitor at my elbow. You didn’t Jake me when you went
courting.”
“Hem ! No,” said his father, and the matter, as they say
in the House of Commons gallery, “ dropped ; ” Fred going
down alone to Bellcthorpc, and walking iu three miles from
the station, to where the doctor’s house was pointed out, and
nodding his satisfaction at the aspect of the place, with its
trim lawns, enormous yew-hedges, and glass-houses full of
flowers uud fruit.
The door was answered by a chubby, round-faced girl,
■with beady eves and an O mouth, who 6liook her head.
“ Arastcr’s gone down the mash,” she said. “ Missus is in.
Like to see her?"
The visitor said he would. And, evidently under the im¬
pression that lie was a patient, the girl led him into the little
surgery, and left him without a word.
Fred Uessleby raised his eyebrows, and took in the scene nt
a glance. The little room looked like a scion cut from a
country chemist’s shop, grafted on to the stock of ail old
study; and by the window, with a phial in one hand, a large
stoppered gold-labelled bottle in the other, stood, with her head
thrown back, the doctor’s daughter herself, carefully counting
the drops that fell from the larger vessel, theirspeed being con¬
trolled by the glass stopper half out, and deftly kept in its
place by one long white finger.
She quite answered to the description given by her futher;
and ns I rod hod the opportunity of inspecting her closely in
her plain green cloth robe, with white cuffs, and plain collar
about her large, shapely throat, he acknowledged to himself
that she was a very fine woman.
The other occupant of the room was a very brown, very
wrinkled man of sixty-five or so. As he saf on a well-polished
"Windsor chair, resting his soft hat and hands upon his stick,
his back seemed curved and his brow furrowed, as if it bore in
miniature the reflection of somo of the ridges he had ploughed
in many a field. He was watching the falling drops ns intently
as the lady who made them drip, and neither paid the slightest
heed to the new comer.
“ Fifty! ” rang out, in a clear, pleasant voice; and the
stopper was driven home with a click, the big bottle put back,
a small drawer opened, and a little cork found, which was
nipped and bitten soft between some very white teeth, before
squeaking with apparent resentment as it’was thrust into the
bottle. The next proceeding was the moistening of a label
with the mouth that contained the teeth; the label was affixed
to the bottle, and said: “ Poison. For outward application
only.”
“ There, Dick,” said the lady, handing it to the rustic.
“Now, mind, that is for rubbing in; you must not take a
single drop.”
“ Aw might, Miss Bee, I know ; and will it easy them
thnr grinding pains ns keep me wacken all night ? ”
“ Yes, I believe it will. Sorry my father was out.”
“ Oh lor, ye needn’ be, Miss. * I’d just as soon go by
what you say as the doctor, anny day. Morn’, Miss Bcc.
Mora', Mester,” and he shuffled out of the room.
“My father is out,” said the lady, quietly. “Can I do
anything for you P ”
“ What, proscribe ? ” said the visitor.
The young lady nodded.
“ Well, yes, please. Some breakfast. I’m starving. I’m
Fred Hessleby.
“ Of course you are,” cried the lady, frankly, ns she held out
her hand. “ Glad to see you. Papa will be back to dinner.”
Half an hour after Fred Hessleby was thoroughly enjoying
a hearty Lincolnshire breakfast—no despicable meal after a
long walk—and all the time, chatting freely, he was making
himself acquainted with the character of his hostess, fully
aware that in a free, straightforward fashion she was inspecting
and examining him.
After breakfast Bee proposed what she called a look round,
speaking in a quick, sharp, peremptory tone.
“You London gentlemen don’t see much of our rough
rustic ways.” she said. “ Come and see the horses.”
“ Won’t do for me,” said Fred to himself. “ But I ’ll
be as civil ns I can. How foolish of my father to get this
crotchet into his head.”
“ Better put on your hat,” said Bee.
“Thank you, I will,” he said. “And you ?”
“ Oh no. Fresh air never hurts me. Come along.”
Fred followed, and Bee led the way to the neat stables,
where a couple of horses turned their heads to gaze at them
with their great soft eyes, seeming to enjoy the caresses of
their young mistress, as she went into each stall and slapped
their necks and rubbed their muzzles before turning to her
visitor.
“Joe-boy is rising three, and up to any weight,” she
said. “ Carries my father easily. Silly Sally is aged, but full
of go. I ride her. Joe-hoy could carry you well. Can you
ride?”
“ Well —9 little,” said Fred, quietly*
“ Won’t you pat them. /They won’t hurt you.”
“ Think not,’* said Fred, in n hesitating voice; and he went
delicately amongst the straw, and just touched each horse,
making the young lady’s lip curl with scorn.
“ Papa must have been mad to propose such u tiling,” she
said, mentally.
“The dreadful country hoyden,” thought Fred. “Talk
about a strong-minded woman. Bah ! the governor must
have been off his head.”
“Come and see the cows,” said the lady, imperatively;
and Fred bowed, and followed meekly to where three beautiful
mouse-coloured Jersey cows were ruminating in a field.
These swung their tails lazily and blinked as their cars were
pulled nnd their horns tugged, the visitor standing at a
respectful distance watching his guide, who then took him to
where n frisky calf was penned by itself ready to show its
appreciation of the caressing hand by making dashes at it
with a very long curving tongue.
“Nasty creature! ” Said Fred to himself, as he saw Bee
- wiping her white hands on her pocket handkerchief.
“ You don’t lik<’ cows," she said, half contemptuously.
“ But I appreciate their works,” he said, calmly. .
“ My apiary,” said the lady, stopping before a row of
wooden hives. “ Perhaps you lmd better not come too near,
as you are strange,” she added, as she went from hive to hive
more than once, stretching out a hand to let the busy little
insects that went in and out settle on her forefinger, to
crawl about for a moment before continuing their journey.
** Don’t they sting ? ”
“Sometimes,” said Bee, calmly. “ I don’t mind.”
“ Who manages them when they swarm ? ”
“ I do,” said Bee. “ Do you like honey ? ”
“No.”
The tour of inspection was continued; thepigs were scratched
with the stump of a birch broom, the poultry and pigeons were
fed; the garden was well gone over, and the visitor intro¬
duced to the gardener and the groom. He was told that he
need not be afraid of the dogs, Bee’s upper lip curling a good
deal ns she saw her visitor carefuhy remove two or throe paw-
marks from his trousers; and at last Doctor Banks returned
to give the heartiest of greetings and welcomes to his old
friend’s son.
Dinner followed in due time; plans were made for the next
day ; and at last Fred Hessleby retired to rest, after playing
three-handed whist, and taking dummy a good ma ly times,
too tired even to think. _
CHAPTER IV.
OIL AND WATER DO NOT MIX.
A week passed, and Bee was in the surgery with her father,
while Fred was writing a letter to Bloomsbury.
“ Well, my dear; how are matters going on?” said the
doctor.
“ Oh beautifully, papa,” said Bee, laughing. “Oh ! how
glad I am that we arc country folk.”
“ But, come; you ore rather hard upon Fred."
“HnrdP How can you talk so, dear ? What is there in
him to like P Did you ever see anything so ridiculous as the
way he rides? ”
“ 'Veil, he has a bad scat, certainly; but he sticks on, and
when we had that canter on Monday he kept up.”
“ For very shame, father dear. Oh, how can anyone be so
unmanly as to bo afraid on horseback ? ”
“ Many people are, my dear; but I must confess that he is
not quite what I expected.”
“He*8 a miserable coward,” said the girl, flushing, “and
I’m ashamed of him.”
“ My dear Bee! ”
“ Well. I um, pupa; and I do wish ho was not your dear
old friend’s son. 'Vus Mr. Hessleby like him when he was
young?”
“By George! no, my dear. He was a during rider and
splendid oar. He fched, did a.'.'thing. Why, bo w
A 1 at athletics. You see Fred has led a London life. But he's
very clever, my dear.”
“ At saving unpleasant, sarcastic things.”
“ But he has a great depth of knowledge of the world—
politics, and people, and the like.”
“He knows nothing about people such os we are,”.said
Bee, with her eyes flashing, “ nnd I hate him ! I wouldn’t
marry him for all the world. Only let him dare to ask mo
to—that’s all! ”
Doctor Banks sat looking at the door through which his
daughter had passed, thoughtfully forking up his grey hair
with his fingers the while.
“ I was afraid it would not do. Poor old Tom will bo
horribly disappointed; but it is all a blunder.”
Meanwhile, Fred Hessleby was getting on with his letter to
the thoughtful solicitor in Serjeants’ Inn.
“Iam almost beginning to sympathise with Harry the
Bluff,” lie said, among other things. “ I never did appreciate
that Royal personage’s character,dicing, os I am, a confirmed
bachelor; but there was an occasion when history the truthful
states that he exclaimed, ‘ They have haltered me to a Flemish
mare !' I quite conceive his sensations upon that occasion.
Not that I am haltered not that I mean to be. Again, not
that the lady to whom I have been led is a Flemish mure, but
a very handsome, healthy, robust young Englishwoman, who
might make some man huppy, but who, with me, would either
be a divorced wife oh questions of temper, or a widow at the
end of a year. Now, my dear futher, I do honestly wish to fall
in with your notions ; but, as I am sure that you don’t want
to see my name in the Divorce Court, and perfectly certain
that you would sooner die yourself than go into mourning on
my behalf, I am obliged to tell you that a union between
Belinda or Bee Banks and your affectionate son is utterly out
of the question.
“You will say, Why ?
“I simply answer, that we entertain a thoroughly mutual
dislike. I rather suspect that she has been making herself out
worse than she really is to disgust me ; und I cannot complain ;
for certainly if I have a best I have not put it on. You
know I am rather odd, and here I am sure 1 have been. But
fancy marrying a lady such as this. I am in the surgery,
study, and den of the doctor, whom I really love. There,
you see I have some sympathy with you ! lie is a perfect
specimen of a true-hearted, pure-minded country gentleman,
and my stay hero has thoroughly made me comprehend why
your friendship has endured. Well, I am chatting with him
over a cigar, and these are the pleasantest moments that I
have here. But fancy the talk veering to partridge-shooting,
and my being informed that the light double guu in the case
is Bee’s!
“ ‘ But surely she doesn't shoot ?’ I say.
“ ‘Shoot, Sir? Why she ’ll bring down her birds right nnd
left better than any mau 1'know. Wonderfully clever girl,
my dear boy,’ the old gentleman goes on. ‘The help she is
to me in my profession is immense. The poor people prefer
her to me. Look at that.’
“ My dear father, I look at that. To my horror, it is an
exceedingly large, coarse thumb in a bottle, pickled in spirits,
and I am informed that on one occasion John Modeling con¬
trived to get two fingers smashed and his thumb injured in a
thrashing-machine; that the doctor was away for a couple
of days, and that Miss Bee went to the knife-case, did a bit
of amputation, dressed the stumps, and so well that the places
healed. Very satisfactory, of course, for the wife of a Burgeon
in a new colony ; but, my dear father, caq you expect me to
marry a woman like that ? She gives me the creeps. I shall
be back the day after to-morrow.”
But Fred Hessleby did not go back the day after to-morrow,
for he stopped another week. And then, somehow, lie stayed
another week.
“ The place is doing me good, and the doctor is the
a uintessence of hospitality. I’m getting some excellent
looting and fishing/’ he wrote, “so I may as well finish my
holiday here. I Bee very little of Miss B. now. There is a
sort of truce between us. We let each other alone, while the
doctor and I are always together. Talk about fishing, though,
I had a day after the jack with her ladyship on a big lake
there is here. I never had such pike-fishing before. We took
sixteen, and the smallest was three pounds and a half. Her
ladyship landed one of twenty-fivo pounds, nnd 1 got one of
fourteen. She fishes just like a man, only better. Fancy
seejng a lady land a big pike by sticking a finger nnd thumb
into its orbits and lifting it out. Ugh ! ”
Another week and another, and then came a letter wliich
took the old solicitor’s breath away. It was very brief. Hero
was the pith:
“ It has all been a mistake on both sides. Boe and I are
engaged. My dear father, congratulate me, for I am the
happiest of men. Home to-morrow, and will tell you all.”
Air. Thomas Hessleby, of Serjeants’ Inn, was at home in
his gloomy dining-room at Great Guildford-street when this
letter arrived. He had just dined, and was about to enjoy his
glass of wiuc. As above said, the surprise took the quiet
solicitor’s breath away, but it soon came back; nnd, rising
from his seat, bo took a key from a drawer in the sideboard,
went into the hall, lit a chamber candlo, and went down to
the cellnr for a pint bottle of a very old and peculiar port,
over which he meditated upon the peculiarities of the human
race in connection with marriage.
CHAPTER Y.
A SURPRISE.
How was it ? Oh, as follows :—
In spite of what nearly approached mutual disgust, cer¬
tainly dislike, Fred Hessleby wns enjoying his visit to the
country, nud a fortnight went very quickly; so did the
third week nearly to the end, when oue morning at breakfast
the doctor said, in a curious, hesitating way —
“ You won’t mind pouring out for yourself, will you, my
boy ? ”
“Oh, no, of course not,” said Fred, seizing the coffee-
S ot. Then, as if recollecting himself, “ Miss Bee not coming
own?”
“Fact is she’s not nt home. Not been back all night;
nnd I’m a little uneasy.”
Fred set down the coffee-pot, and stared. This was beyond
all that hail gone before. A young lady who stopped out all
night! Well, certainly it was enough to make any father #
a little uneasy.
“ I don’t quite know what to do about you when she comes
back, Fred,” continued tho doctor, iu a curious, furtive
manner. “ I ’in quite used to this sort of tiling.”
“ The dickens you are ! ” thought Fred.
“ I never give it a thought when she comes und goes; bnt
this time it makes it awkward about you.”
“Pray don’t let me cuuse any uneusiness, mydcurSir,”
said the young barrister. “ I ’ll thank you warmly for your
kindness, and if you iliiuk it bettor I ’ll bring my visit to a
close.”
“ I should be very sorry, m^boy,” said tha doctor, warmly
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you and Boe could have hit it better ; but if you feel at all
nervous nbout meeting her afterwards, perhapB you had better
go hack.’'
“ Nervous ?" said Fred.
“ Well, timid about taking it; some people are. Of course,
we are so used to it that we never give it a thought.”
‘‘I’m afraid, doctor, we are playing at cross questions and
crooked answers,” said Fred, in his barristerial manner.
“ Pray, what do you mean P ”
“ Why, - what I say, my dear boy, about your meeting Beo
when she comes back from theThurgoods’.”
‘‘The Tlmrgoods’, Sir?”
‘‘Yes; they’ve got typhus there, badly. Widow Thur-
good, poor woman, in the little cottage down Bower Lane.
Large family. She’s down, and two children ; and when I
told Bee of it, she said she’d go and nurse them. She went
directly after dinner lost night.”
14 God bless her for a true woman 3 ” exclaimed Fred; and
the doctor stared, while the speaker felt startled—the words
came out in so involuntary a manner.
“ Perhaps you had better not risk the infection,” said the
doctor.
‘‘Oh, I’m not afraid,” said Fred, gently; and he stayed,
nud during the next few days lie fouud himself taking flowers
and fruits, nud medicines and spirits, and nourishing things
to the cottage, and seeing Bee and talking to her, and taking
messages back ; and when an old friend of the widow came
and relieved guard, and Bee returned home, the doctor felt
and sunk, panting, upon their knees on either side of the half-
drowned child.
- ---— wonderfully
weather ns this. You like barbel-flskiug, Fred P”
“ I should enjoy it immensely if Miss Bee would come,”
he replied ; nnd the plans were made, all parting very warmly
that night to meet next morning for the fishing excursion, the
doctor promising to join them later in the day.
CHAPTER YI.
A DAY’S FISHING.
Nothing could have been added to make that morning more
beautiful as the punt was moored in the swift water below the
weir, towurds which Bee forced it easily and well, handling
the punt-pole ns she stood up in the front with practised hands,
Fred Watching her the while, and thinking how handsome and
K ful she locked, but only to check himself directly, for he
ad a night’s rest.
“ Impossible ” he muttered ; “it would not do. She’s a
brave true-hearted woman, but she’s always doing something
I could not stand. Bah 3 Absurd ! ”
A similar fit had attacked Bee Banks. For days past she
had been warming towards Fred, his conduct during the fever
having softened her towards him ; but this particular morning,
as if from sheer feminine wilfulness, she did everything she
could think of to make herself distasteful to her father’s guest,
and the warmth of the previous evening was replaced by a
frigid beuring that grew more chilly as the day wore on.
And what a golden day was that: the ever falling water
murmured deliciously at the weir, and bubbled and foamed
about the boat; the lock-house looked lovely against the back¬
ground of trees. The lock-keeper’s child played on the bank,
and gathered the marsh marigolds and rosy persicarias, or
tufts of waving sedgy grass. Slow-moving barges camo
down the river or up the river, passed through the lock, and
were gone. Here nnd there, the sleepy cattle cropped the rich
grass m the meadows, or came down to stare leisurely at the
punt; and, as the water foamed and flashed in the sun, or lay
calm und mirror-like beneath the overhanging trees in that
golden afternoon, the fish bit and were caught, till, in very
weariness of the glut, Fred lnid down his rod, and wished that
the doctor would come, so that he might have someone to
whom he could speak.
“ She disgusts me," lie said to himself. “ I declare I liato
her. How cou a woman treat a worm like that! ”
It did not occur to the young man that he had impaled a good
many wriggling worms that dav upon his hook ; he could only
think of Bee doing the same with her white fingers. Then, too,
twice over, she had snipped up great lob worms with a pair of
scissors, in pieces an inch long, to act ns ground bait; and at
this Fred had shuddered, and she had seen it, and made a
mocking grimace ns she continued her occupation, so that he
might not miss the slightest portion of her repulsive task.
“If the doctor would but come,” thought Fred, for th<j
tenth time ; but lie came not, and Bee fished, and the lock-
keeper’s child pluyed upon the bank, aud the sun shone warm,
nnd the young man thought lie should like to smoke; and then
he began to feel drowsy, and then he started back to wakefulness
as he heard n cry from towards the lock, some thirty yards
away. At the same moment there was a splosh, and an
ejaculation from Bee.
It was all momentary; and then Fred Hessleby .sat spell¬
bound, us lie saw Bee rise up in the boat nnd plunge right
into the boiling stream to rise nnd swim easily towards where
the lock-keeper's child had fallen from the bank, and was
being swept away.
” Good Heavens 3 ” ejaculated Fred; und, str ipping off liis
white llunnel jacket he, too, took a header into the stream,
nnd began swimming after Bee.
The Lincoln Tress runs swiftly by Bolford Bridge and the
low weir, and Fred Ueseleby soon found that he had all liis
work to do to keep from being swept round by the water back
towards the weir; nnd that, if he wished to reach the child
that tile doctor’s daughter was trying to save, he must swim
strongly and well. In fact, it was a hard fight; and in a few
mi 1 tea they were nH three furbelow the boat and lock-house,
fie- much nearer to the child but losing her first quiet
methodical stroke for one that was hasty nud laboured—signs
that eut the blood Hushing to Fred’s face, for, as n practised
swimmer, he knew that she was beginning to lose her nerve.
Throwing himself on liis side, he made a tremendous effort
to < \ rtuke her, and was soon close by.
• Be cool,” he shouted, firmly-' “Slower. Ah, don’t do
that! ” < \
ir she had turned a blanched face towards him, with u
wild despairing look in her eyes, and, ceasing swimming, she
caught at his urm.
; 1 s stern, commanding tone had its effect, and with a gasp
fijie once more struck out towards the shore, but swimming
st il ^ m a quick, excited way.
i i i did not know what induced him to say the next words,
3"it they come ns if by an inspiration; and he exclaimed,
raising up the idea of another's peril to chase away the
absorbing sense of self—
“ must be steady, or wo Bhall be too late.”
Bee uttered a quick, gasping cry; her strokes calmed down
mo time for time with those of her companion, nnd together
'■ swam, par;h with the stream, and nearer und nearer to
the rapidly sinking biuidic ,■»* d ILul « v jn :> ...mud
akaig near the sh ire— reached it; and then there were a lew
•'roug .uykea Fred found tooting, cmtrM «• Bee’* hand a*
ii e w-4 bC ng swept bv j and*; pru -he never hue*' how—they
hnU f'Agg red thro •'-‘i the tha . wlgr over the tmving-pnl’i
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For a minute neither could do more than draw painful
breath in gasps ; then Bee burst into a hysterical fit of crying,
caught Fred’s hand in hers, and sobbed forth—
“Oh! what a bravo thing to do; and I thought —I
thought ”-
She could say no more; but, self-forgetful now, she
applied herself in the most business-like way to trying to
restore the child; wliile, in his helplessness, Fred bent over
her, now wringing the water from her streaming hair, now
from some portion of her clothes, whilo the colour began to
come back to Bee’s cheeks, then to her forehead, and lastly ho
could see the warm flush all down her soft white nock.
J ust then the child began to sob and cry loudly, and the
tragedy turned to comedy, as the mother from the lock-house,
who had just missed her, came running up, furious und angry!
“ She’s alius a tumblin’ in, a hussv,” she cried, in strident
tones, as she realised the truth. “There, get home with you.
Tou ’ll be drowned some day.”
Anger against her offspring filled all the mother’s breast,
to the exclusion of every thought of gratitude to those who
had saved its life, and she followed the sobbing girl, abusing
her angrily, till her voice was hushed by the closing of the
lock-house door, aud, with a laugh in his eyes, Fred exclaimed
in trugi-comic tones—
“ Virtue is its own reward.”
Bee laughed, but very faintly, as she held out her hands to
her companion; wliile virtue, in the person of Fred Hessleby,
found, if he could read his companion’s eyes aright, that lie
was welcome to other and greater reward, if it was his will.
“You saved my life,” she said, in a tone very different
to her usual way of speaking.
“ Oh, nonsense ! ” he cried, quickly. “ Here, I say, doctor;
oughtn’t we to make haste home and change P Let’s walk
sharply up to the lock aud cross. Hullo 3 there’s your
father in the dog-cart.”
“ Let’s walk back,” said Bee, gently. « It will be better
for both.”
It was not a long walk, only lasting about a quarter of an
hour, but somehow it was wonderful what a deni was crammed
into it by two peojile who were dripping wet. It began
almost solely in looks, and then all at once, as if wanned up to
a tremendous pitch of enthusiasm, there were words:—
“ You brave little woman ! I never saw anything grander
in qiy life.”
‘‘Ir Brave?” she said, softly. “Oh,no. It was you who were
so brave. Oh, Fred, and I thought you so different to that.”
“ Oh, nonsense ! ” he cried. “ Any fellow could have done
that. But, Bee—come now—confess you have been doing all
you could to make me think you quite a different girl.”
“Don’t you think it is you who ought to confess?” she
said, with the tears in her eyes, and her li.pi*—they really were
beautifully curved lips—quivering with suppressed emotion.
Oh, you made me so angry the very first day. I knew why
you hod come, and it irritated me, aud when you looked at me
so superciliously, and I saw that sneering smile at me when I
was dispensing the aconite lotion, it made mo feel as if I must
hate you ; and I did.”
There was a passionate sob here.
“ Aud-mid—my breve, true, unselfish, Uttle woman,
you 11 go on huting me like this to the very end ? ”
. Their eyes were looking deeply searching each into each
just then ; and then Bee's lids fell, her head drooped, and in
very unmaidenly fashion, she let her lips fall upon the strong
white hand that clasped hers so tightly. It was a simple
action, that of a slave .some might interpret it, acknowledging
tealty to a master. At all event*, it was Bee’s—uncultured
v e j 8—Way of B,1< ? win S ber resignation to her fate; and as
Tred Hessleby felt The worm, soft touch his heart gave a
bound, nnd—there is no doubt about the matter—he would
have clasped his companion in his arms had not the rapid beat
of hoofs been heard, und the noise of wheels.
It was the doctor’s gig, as he overtook them, after going
round by the bridge. 6
“ VYhy, hallo 3 ” he cried ; “ been in ? ”
“Yes, doctor,” cried Fred, merrily; “and we are in
deeply now—over head and cars, never to come out again.”
“ Why, Bee ! ” cried the doctor; “is it really true?”
Her lips formed the word ” Yes ”; at least they parted for
it to come, hut no sound was heard. A time came, though
when she said it so that all might hear.
RIVALS TO THE EM).
BY H. H. 8. PEARSli.
CHAPTER I.
The autumn sun was slowly sinking in a golden haze
behind purple waves of western moorland. Its ruddy light
fell full on the white walls and warm amber thutcli of an old
farm-house; sparkled on the lattice window-panes; and
stealing through a tangled network of jessamine nnd honey¬
suckle, flickered on the comely faces of two young people
seated m the porch. The youth, tall, broad of shoulder, and
sturdy of limb, was unmistakably a fanner, and a hard¬
working one, too, although his costume for the time being
rather suggested the saddle than the plough. Like most of
his neighbours, he had been out with hounds that day ; and
to hear him talk enthusiastically of their sport one would
have thought he cared for little else, and have wondered
that he could find it in liis heart to leave them so early.
His tanned face was flushed with a glow that could
hardly be accounted for by the excitement of u run
which he had abandoned before it was Half finished.
His brawny fingers played nervously with the thong of
a heavy hunting-crop, and in his dear, grey eye there was a
light not wholly derived from the evening sunshine. The
little maiden by Ins side betrayed some consciousness of this.
Her mild Devonian eyes were veiled by drooping lashes, und
on her cheek the peach-like bloom that was envied by many a
fair west-country lass had given place to a pallor for which
his words certainly afforded no sort of excuse.
“ You see, Esther, the old grey tlirowed a shoe in the mire,
so I couldn’t well go on after that,” he explained, ns if bv
way of apology for his nppenrance there. “ And besides, you
know, I thought your father might have come back too, aud
we coulti have settled about hedging that bit of Whitty field
down.”
“Don’t you think you’d better stay until he does come
or
back,” she begun; then blushing crimson, stammered,
perhaps you will see liim at market to-morrow.”
GRACE.
(Set Illustration, page Si.)
Dear little Grace is so intent
Her “ Grace ” at meals devoutly saying,
She does not heed her doggie Fluff
With Dolly playing.
You naughty dog, be still awhile,
^ For just a minute do be quiet,
Nor take this opportunity
Of running riot.
Now if you maul sweet Dolly’s faco,
Infinitesimally scratch it,
Or disarrange her lovely dress,
You’ll surely catch it.
For Grj.jie, though of tender heart,
Has n quick temper, and you know it;
Aud if she find you at her Doll,
In faith, sho ’ll show it.
So, paws off, Fluffy, if you please,
Nor dare to make the least commotion
But leave your darling Mistress still
At her devotion.
As birds new waked, with rapturous joy,
In ecstasy of merely living,
Outpour each mom their orisons
Of glad thanksgiving—
*-1- - J " ••• MV wuiuuuw.
“Well, market’s not the best place to talk over those things;
and there’s something else I ’ve had on my mind for some¬
time.”
“Yes.”
“ You know father tells of giving up the farm to me soon.”
“Yes.”
“And I should like to ask Mr. Ford’s advice about-
stocking it, don’t you know.”
This was a brilliunt stroke of imagination, seeing that John
Michelmoro the elder had more young bullocks, sheep, and
ponies on Dartmoor, more dairy cows in liis meadows, and
more implements of husbandry than any other fanner for a
league round.
“ To be sure,” she said, innocently, and for the first time
looking into his eyes; * * but what sort of stock can you want ‘c ’ ’
Altogether, this was a poser, and John became more than
ever confused.
“ Well, you see, mother is getting old, and she can’t be
expected to manage for me long.”
" I should think not, indeed 3 But you don’t call her part
of the stock, do you P ”
.She laughed merrily, and John, a little nettled, aB bashful
folk are apt to be on small provocation, rose to leave.
“ Don’t go yet, John; your horse hasn’t finished liis com,
and father will be home presently.”
She put her hand out to him. He took it in hia broad
palm. Rough as liis fingers were, the touch of that hand
thrilled him, and his great heart thumped audibly.
" Esther,” he said, and could get no further for a moment,
a dry huskiness nbout the throat made his voice sound to liim
strangely hard, nnd out of tune with wlmt he had to say.
“ Esther, we’ve knowu each other since we were children
together. _ I’ve loved you longer than I can remember; but
I’ve only just begun to hope that you might care a little bit
for me.”
She was silent, and lie went on more hurriedly, lapsing, as
all Devon men will under strong excitement, into broad west-
country dialect.
“Esther, doantee turn your face from me so ; I don’t seem
able to speak soft words, and my tongue drags like a wheel
with the skid on. Say whether you can love mo ever so little.
Yes! or no? but doantee tell me that thee care’st still for
Frank Copplestone.”
She turned suddenly, her eyes full of tears, her voice low
and tremulous, but very clear.
“John, 1 have not deserved that from you. If I ever
could have loved him, the time lias gone by. You must think
lightly of me if you believe I could waste a thought on a man
who betrayed the trust of one girl, fickle and worthless though
she may huve been.”
“ Forgive me, Esther! ” he pleaded pitifully, liis voice nnd
frame quivering in a wuy that was ridiculous for so strong a
man; “but I thought you seemed to shun me like, and I
couldn’t hear that.”
Her eves softened, for though liis words were simple
enough, she understood their deeper meaning.
"I was only a little angry, John, because you made me
remember something I am trying to forget. It always
troubles me to tliink that if 1 hadn’t given Frank Copple-
stono some encouragement at first he might never have been so
reckless and bad, never have brought disgrace on a good name,"
“Then you feel pity for liim yet, aud - .” He would
have completed the thought; but, looking into her eyes, he felt
again a swelling at the throat; and, gulping tlint down, luckily
swallowed with it the words that were on his tongue.
“No! no! he does not deserve pity,” Father said ; “hut
some scorn for my own silly vanity 1 do feel.”
“ As to that,” said John, slowly, slinking off the green-eyed
monster’s coils with some difficulty, “there's not much to
blame yourself about. Frauk was’ a gentleman born, und a
fine likely young fellow that uny maid might have been proud
to have for o lover before lie behaved so badlv. Then they say
hewentand“ ‘ ’* * “
One burst of musical delight,
With not a single note of sorrow,
Rejoicing that for them has dawned
Another morrow;
. ’listed. 1 felt like doing that myself a bit ngone."'
For shame, John; it would kill your poor mother; aud—
>P’
So thou, sweet girl, with revereuce due.
Fresh from a mother's pious teaching,
Dost offer up thy meed of praise
With meek beseeching.
And winged by faith, thy prayer and praise,
Although the accents feebly falter.
Will heavenward soar, an offering meet
For God’s own altar.
is grad
* lin
MorelH
. - Tlu» weakest heart ( 1 * hntrtr. <e stealing
Than anthem swelling loud aiu! clear,
\V|th afp m pealing. John Latk’
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and, besides, what reason could you have .
John’s wita wore somewhat slow, but he must have been
dull indeed if he had not understood the quick flushing of her
face. She strove to hide it by bending to pick up n faded leaf.
Hint only made it more perceptible ; for, as she stooped, he
could see the warm blood reddening the white curves of her
shapely neck. Then, being wholly at a loss for words, and por-
hups touched with a wise inspiration that in matters of love-
making words are but cold interpreters, he leaned down und
kissed her neck. She did not move; only a deep sigh
fluttered her bosom und the hot colour rushed to her temples,
theu quickly ebbed again.
“You do not shrink from me, Esther; thank God, for
that.”
“No 3 dear John ; I feel quite lmppy and save with your
strong arm to guard me.”
They sat looking at the setting sun; at the white mists
creeping up from n wooded valley ; at the deep combes slowly
darkening mid the far stretches of hazy hills. The joy in
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their hearts was subdued by the subtle influence that poets
lmuracruble have felt ns they looked on such wide expanses of
dei'oluto moorland in the soft light of evening, and vainly tried
to uenne
A fcelinv of wulncs* and longing
That la not akin to pain.
And resemble* *orm w only
As tho mist resembles rain.
Suddenly between thorn and the sunlight fell the shadow
of a stTango form - strange in its soldierly bearing and care¬
worn feature*, but familiar to both of them, for all that. Two
years of rough campaigning under Indian huh a and among the
turbulent tribes of Afghan passes had wrought many changes;
but there wo* a pallor on the tliin face, a haggard look in tho
eye, for which u trooper's sendee was not accountable. The
figure stood spellbound for a nioment, then disappeared
S uickly, as if seeking to escape observation. In that moment
ic betrothed lovers had recognised Trank Copplestone.
CHAPTER II.
Months passed, and that mysterious visit had almost been
forgotten in the midst of active preparations for festive
Christmas-tima and for the wedding that was to follow.
Esther was already regarded in the light of a young mistress
at Whitcfleld Farm, and very little could be done without her
advice. Scarcely a day passed but her presence was needed there
on some pretext. One afternoon, as she walked down the
rugged combe on her way thither she heard a footstep follow¬
ing close behind. It was muffled by a thick carpet of sodden
leaves, bat her ear could detect that it differed from the heavy
tread of village labourers. Involuntarily she quickened her
pace ; then stopped suddenly at the sound of her own name,
spoken in a voice hoarse with emotion.
“Esther! Esther Ford! will you speak to me one
moment.”
She turned, and saw Frank Copplestone, looking wilder
and more haggard than when he appeared to her and Jolm
that memorable evening, but still with the air of a soldier
about him.
“I could not go away from here for ever in silence and
doubt without a word to seal my doom. I know it all now ; I
knew that evening when you and he sat together in the old
porch tliut the hope to which I had clung through years of
repentance and hours of peril must be dead for evermore. I
stole away then, like u cowardly deserter, afraid to face my
sentence. I thought to keep silence always, and determined
that visit to my old home should be the last. But sometlung
stronger than iny own will lias brought me back, and now I
must hear the sentence from your own lips. Esther, I have
given you all the love of which a nature like mine is capable,
and I shall love you to tho end. Oh, yes! I know what you
would say. I am a coward to make this confession now. But
I made it long ago, and you refused to believe me then, or
would not trust me. My dissolute habits afterwards justified
your view. And perhaps I should never have mode a good
husband. I do not come to plead now—that hope has passed.
I never meant these words to reach .vour ears, but passion with
me has been always stronger than reason—I must—I will have
nn answer from younow, only—onlydon’t say that yon liaterac.”
Her answer came quickly and scornfully. “ How can you
dare to speak thus to me within sight of the churchyard where
tho girl you betrayed and deserted lies dishonoured ? Her
father thrust her from liis house. She only came back there a
vear ago to die, and you never moved baud or foot to shield
her from the ruin you had wrought.”
Then she walked swiftly away, while lie stood like a man
dazed by a Buddcn blow.
• • .* • •
That night John strolled home with her, as usual; but
there seemed to have come all at once a coldness betwc
them that puzzled his honest brain not a little. She longed
to tell him all that hud passed between Frank Copplestone
and herself, but could not find it in her heart to trouble him
so. Tims they walked through the wood in unaccustomed
silence, lingered long in the old porch where a flood of moon¬
light cost weird shadows, and parted with a feeling of sadness
that neither could quito account for. Esther stood listening
until the lust echo of John’s footsteps hud died away. As she
turned to go indoors a sound of distant talk reached her, and
then the clear tones of a voice that made her tremble
strangely.
“I tell you,” it said, “I saw her kiss him in the moon¬
light, and cling to liirn os if she had been his wife. I never
thought she cared much for me, but I would have married her
and striven to be n loving husband. In that kiss I felt the
sting of dishonour, and could have killed them both. Though
lie escaped me then, I swore that he should answer for it.” "
The speaker censed. That it was Frank Copplestone’n
voice she felt perfectly sure, and the threatening words could
only have one meaning. But to whom were they addressed ?
Her ears were strained to catch the reply, and for u moment
she thought there seemed to be some taint murmur of more
talk in the distance; but if so, it was drowned by the rush¬
ing of the little moorland brook among its boulders. Then,
with the stern throat “ I swore that he should answer for it ”
tlirobbing through her bruin, and with a chill of upprehensiou
at her heurt, Esther crept indoors.
higher, then curled over us waves break into foam on
u beach, but with edge* sharply cut by eddies of
wind. John knew these signs well,' and hurried his com¬
panion forward faster. Still they could not make much
headway. The sturdiest limbs soon tire of wading knee-
deep in snow; the wind was in their faces, and the dense white
clouds lialf blinded them, ro that they could see nothing u
yard or two in front. Presently the two sank up to their waists
in a soft place. Both knew well enough, by the little rounded
“ hummocks ” here and there, that it was a rushy bog they
had got into, nnd each looked at the other with a glance of
something like despair. Neither could tell how far this bog ex¬
tended, for they had lost all idea of locality; still it was no
use going back or turning aside. Their only liopo was in
being able to jump from tuft to tuft of rushes. ’ Every hundred
yards seemed a mile as they struggled on thus. Under such a
strain, their powers were fust failing them, when the young
farmer thought he caught a glimpse of rocky ground ahead,
as the snow-wreaths lifted for a moment. Turning to cheer
his companion with this faint hope, he saw Copplestone reel
and fall, overcome by the severe exertion. Their last chance
seemed gone then ; but he was too good a moorman to lose heart
utterly, and too brave to think of saving his own life by forsaking
a comrade. He managed to drag Frank forward some distance
with difficulty, and felt his foot strike against a boulder. Then
lie sat down and tried to restore animation, but without success.
“Poor fellow,” he said, “his life hasn’t been so happy
that it should cud just when there was a ehance of clearing
his character. It makes rue suvngc now to think that he
should have been blamed nil these years for the deeds of that
smooth-faced villain he told me about last night. I’m glad
Frank didn’t kill him, though. I have been thinking how
pleased Esther would be to hear it nil, nnd now" -
John fairly broke down there, uud, burying his face in liia
hands, almost gave himself up for lost. As he sat thus, lie
seemed to hear the rush of water. Was it funevr No.
Tho sound was scarcely louder than a ripple, but it was
enough to nerve him for another effort. If they could
only reach a brook, they might follow it, nud find home
after all. He tried to rouse Frank, but in vain. There
was no time to bo lost, so, lifting him on his own
broad shoulders, John staggered down towards the stream.
He had almost readied it, when suddenly the ground gave
way under him, and he fell into a deep gully. The shock
roused Frank to semi -consciousness. He could not for some
minutes realise the position. Thinking they must Iiavefalleu
asleep and been walled in by a snowdrift, he reached out his
hand to waken Jolm from a slumber so fatal. He shrank back
with an exdlamution of horror. His fingers hnd touched some¬
thing that he knew must lie blood, and, looking; closer, he saw
it oozing from a deep cut in his companion’s forehead. They
had fallen down a rocky rift that seemed to end there in a
sort of cavern overhung by brambles. There at least, lie
thought, shelter might bo found; and if they should be snowed
in, it could hardly be worse than dying on the open moor.
He dragged John into it, and by dint of much chafing brought
him back to life; but the poor fellow was too bruised even to
rise, and his head was heavy with pain. How that uiglit
passed John Michelmore never knew. Snow fell heavily hour
after hour. Frank, getting some of the brumbies together,
managed to keep up a little fire that prevented them from
being frozen. By morning the snow hud ceased, but
it lay all round them many feet deep, nnd Jolm was
too ill to move. Another day passed; their scanty store of
firewood was exhausted, and both began to suffer terribly from
cold and hunger. Then Frank, made up his mind to stay there
no longer. Though scarcely nr. hour of daylight was left
the moon would soon be up, and he knew enough of the moor
to find his way by the Btars. Creeping softly back to make
sure that John was sleeping still, he bent over him nnd
murmured —
“ As he would have done by me, so, for her sake, will I do
by him.” j j
• • • •
For three whole days nobody on that side of Dartmoor hnd
been able to move in any direction further than he could cut
his way through the snow. Esther began to wonder that John
hud not found some means of getting from his house to hers,
but she knew nothing of the grief they were in at Wliiteficld.
When it was possible to pass from form to farm und the truth
could no longer be concealed her nuguish was terrible to wit¬
ness. All attempts at consolation seemed but shallow
mockery. She only wrung her hands and waited “Too lute !
too late ! ” or pleaded piteously that they would let her go to
liim. 'Then there came a day of hurd frost, and some neighbours
CHAPTER in.
Esther’s mind was sorely troubled all that restless night. She
never doubted for a moment that Frank Copplestone’s fierce
words applied to John and herself, and her imagination con¬
jured up all kinds of nameless horrors. After an hour of
tlisturbed sleep she went quietly down stairs before daybreak
to find tho bouse already a scene of bustle. There had been
a sudden change in the weather; the ground was covered with
a mantle of snow inches deep; black clouds banking up in
the north gave promise of a still heavier fall, and men were
being dispatched in all directions to bring cattle home from
the moor. What brought care to her father and every farmer
roundabout was u source of some comfort to her. John would
surely be out on a similar errand, and the danger of bis being
“ »tugged in a Dartmoor mire ” or buried in the snow seemed
nothing compared with the risk be would run from Frank
Conplestono’s vengeance. Still she could not shake off n
feeling of uneasiness when the storm came on again towards
evening, and. the snow fell in particles so fine that it forced its
way into every crevice, and swept over the moor like a denso
fog. Could Esther have known that John hnd set out that day
to look after some cattle nnd sheep at the furthest limits of their
moorland ‘ run” with only the man she most feared for u
companion, her anxiety would have changed to terror.
'Ihey had started at daybreak, and, making their way with¬
out much difficulty along the most sheltered liillsides, liad
got the straggling herds and flocks together in a pound whero
the animals could huddle together for warmth, nnd be nt least
secure from drifts. That was all they could hope to do.
1 lieu they turned homewurds. Scarcely half the distance had
been covered before snow began to fall'again, if that could be
raid to fall which was driven like spray by fierce gusts of wind
,m *he hills. Lodging here anti there ugaiust the
w e ithor-sidc of weird granite tors, it rose higher and
set out in search of the missing men, little hoping to find them
olive. There was just a chance, however, tlmt they might
have token shelter among a “clitter” of rocks somewhere,
nnd been suowed up there, with a Hock of sheep to keep tlveni
warm. Out ou the open moor uo man could have lived
through such a storm and the bitter frost that had then set in.
Still, the one chance was enough to buoy up the lienrts of the
searchers, who. in spite of every difficulty, toiled manfully
along, some following the stream nnd some keeping to the
ridge on that side where it was possible tc find firm ground
above the drifts. None saw that a figure stole before them
like “wishtness” in the grey dawn. Suddenly from the
hollow there rose a shrill cry of horror, and the heart of every
man stood still.
It was a woman’s wild shriek. Hastening towards the
ravine, whence that weird sound hnd risen "to break the
solemn stillness of those silent moorlands, they found Esther
Ford kneeling, transfixed by terror, beside the dead bod)’ of
Frank Copplestone, whero it lay in a drift, stark and frozen,
with nothing on it but trousers nud shirt, uud these stained with
blood. How could he have met with foul ploy there?
Drawing her gently away, they searched for a wound, but could
find none. Then there slowly stolo into their minds a
shadow of the awful dread that lind possessed Esther. Tho
frock of his footsteps could be murked on the snow a furlong
off. She was first to note this, and, breaking from her com¬
panions, sped swiftly over the rough ground. While two men
were left to keep watch—standing some distance away,
though, in superstitious fear of tho dead man, who, they
could not douht, was a murderer—tho others hurried after
Esther along tliat track, expecting every moment to find
evidence of a fearful crime. They came to a gully, where
there seemed to have been a struggle, and the snow bore traces
of blood. Leaping down, the boldest among them saw, in
the shadow of that shallow cave, not another dead man,
but John Michelmore, tossing in a restless sleep, with the
trooper’s heavy clouk thrown over Mm and a blood-stained
handkerchief about lii* temples.
They bore Frank Copplestone’s body reverently enough
back to the village that night, knowing that he hud died to
save liis rival; for on the rough frieze coat they had found a
scrap of paper, with the words faintly written in pencil — “ I
only do what you would have done for her sake. Your life is
worth more than mine. I will snvo both if I cau; but if l
fail, tell Esther i wfi- riot qmte’ so bad' us tnov made me out.
Good-bye.”
SOtfGS OF ITALY.
(St* Illuttraliirn.)
What shall I sing ? A song of war ?
The mighty deeds of other days ?
Of ancient Rome’s triumphal car
Where sat the victor crowned with bays—
Of captives bound in servile chains—
The leaders of a vanquished foe ?
Say, shall I tune my minstrel strains.
And bid the dulcet numbers flow ?
What shall I sing ? A song of love ?
Of whispered words nnd tender sighs—
Of lovers in a moonlit grove—
Of dreamy light in drooping eyes—
Of pnngs that only lovers feel—
Of joys that only lovers know—
Of hearts tlmt are as true ns steel,
Or fickle as the winds that blow ?
What shall I sing? The trumpet strain
Of proud ambition’s lofty flight ?
The lust of power—the greed of gain—
The winning gambler’s fierce delight?
Ambition, love, or war’s array?
Ah uo ! such themes are not for me:
My lute shall sound o sweeter lay,
A prouder song for Italy !
The King who faces death to save
His plague-struck people from despair,
Is hailed the bravest of tho brave,
Amidst a nation’s praise and prayer.
Then let Italia’s minstrel sing.
And all her people shout with joy,
In honour of the faithful King,
The noble scion of Savoy! Mason Jackson.
TALE OF A GOOSE.
(See Illustration*.)
Dominie Birchem, pedagogue,
A staid old bachelor queer,
Went marketing, and priced a goose
To crown his Christmas cheer.
Sniffing, he cried, “ This goose Bmacks not
Of Araby the Blest.”
His words and ways fierce anger roused
Within the woman's breast,.
" Villain," quoth slie, “how dare you take
My bird's good name away ?
I wish that you were half as sweet.
You polecat-popinjay.”
He, much chagrined to be out-tongued,
Stood quiet for a space ;
Then, losing temper, thrust the goose
Into the woman’s face.
Enraged by this assault, on him
The vixen sprang irate;
Seized him, nnd his umbrella used
To trounce his wiglese pate.
The skirmish o’er, a constable
Caine bustling ou the scene;
And, like old Bhadnmanthus, stood
The combatants between.
Dominie needs must go to law,
Again wua sadly beaton ;
And had to pay for this same goose,
By other persona eaten.—J. L.
CHRISTMAS FOLK-TALES.
Scattered round the Christmas season, we find in our own and
other countries a host of amusing old folk-tules, most of which,
apart from their own intrinsic interest, ore valuable ns faith¬
fully embodying the superstitious beliefs of our forefathers in
connection with the Yuletide festival. It would seem that, in
days gone by, these fireside legends were extensively cir¬
culated at Christmas-tide ; the varied incidents they contained
ucting aa so many warnings to those who might, inad¬
vertently or otherwise, be induced to disregard the tra¬
ditionary notions of the season. As the greater pnrt of
theso tales are novel probably to most readers, it may u ■
be inopportune to give some illustrations of them. Thn-
Norwegian folk-tales often allude to the merry doin 0 - of th.
“ Nisse ” at Christmas time—a class of fairies about :i- i/,-
of small children, and who were, we are reminded ,»r more
numerous in the good old times than uowadays. Liki BL-ik-
speure’s Puck, they are fond of pranks, and unless the n.;.- ti r
of the house pampers them they are spiteful and Vindictive, '
and hence it is not surprising that their goodwill > i . m.d
worth securing. On Christmas Eve, therefore, during* of
sweet porridge, cakes, beer, and other delicacies arc provided
specially for them; but care must be taken that this act : > pur-
formed with every mark of respect, otherwise they will qui’-.Jy
show their displeasure. Tlius, it is related how, one Christum a
E ve, when a girl in a mocking spirit brought little
beings their customary offerings, she was bo severely h '..idled
by them that on the following Christmas morning she w«»|ou.n4
dead in the barn. With tales of this kind told a uni; tho
peasantry, and received by them with the utmost la::5, wo '
can well imagine how ready they naturally were to gum the
patronage und friendship of these mysterious elves v ho, in a .
thousand and one ways, could befriend those who ickuor-
ledged their superior power. Among Norwegian folk-i s of
the seu relnting to Christmas, we an; told how a certain dor,
according to custom, wus desirous of presenting on Cbrir mas
Day a cake to the spirit of tho waters; but when ho cmim 4(r»
the shore, lo !—much to Ms diaapnointnu-ntj—the water) rtq -
■frezciiati*'. ’•'eJu'timt tn kuve life olfetSVtiAon tb- J
tried tiAu^iko a hole y.y!t, iusipite of nil h. * l:d>\ui'
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not make it large enough for the cake to go through. When
perplexed as to what he should do, he was agreeably surprised
by the appearance of a little tiny hand, as white as snow,
which, stretching through the hole he liftd mode, seized
the cake and instantly disappeared with it. In this legend
originates, it is said, thq compliment paid to a Norwegian Indy,
“ Your hand is like a water sprite’s.' 1
The Norse peasant, in liis popular talcs, has a curious
solution for the oft-asked question, “ Why the sea is salt ?” It
appears, says Mr. Dosent, that once upon a time, long long ago,
there were two brothers, one rich and tho other poor. Now it
happened on Christmas Eve that the poor one had not so much
as u crumb of bread to eat, so he went to his brother for help,
who gave him a whole flitch of bacon, nt the same time bid¬
ding him go to a certain evil magician. On arriving at the
magician’s house, he was surrounded by a host of persons
anxious to buy his flitch. “Well,” said he, “ by rights my
old dame and I ought to have this flitch for our Christmas
dinner, but since you have all set your hearts on it, I suppose
you must have it; but if I sell it at all, I must have in return
that quern behind the door yonder.” At first, the old
magician laughed outright at this proposal, but the “poor
brother” stuck to it, and so at lost the magician
parted with liis quern. On reaching home, the clock struck
twelve, as his wife met him at the door, wondering what had
kept him out so loug. “ Oh,” said he, “you shall quickly see
the cause of my delay ; ” after which words, he put the quern
on the table, bidding it grind everything necessary for the
Christinas fare. The wife, as may be imagined, stood thunder-
si ruck. watching this quern grind outduiuties enough to last
till Twelfth Daj. When, however, the rich brother on
Christinas Day saw all that was on the table, he was very
envious, and Bnid, “ Whence have you got all tills wealth?”
For some time, the poor brother refused to tell; but in the
course of the day’s rejoicings he incautiously gave tho history
of the magic quern, which liis brother ultimately bought for
three hundred dollars. Before loug, however, he found that it
kept on grinding; and so alarmed was he. that he resold it
to his brother for the same money ns he had purchased it.
As before, it soon brought renewed prosperity to the poor
brother, which enabled him to buy a golden house, the fame
whereof spread far and wide, and attracted strangers from all
parts. So, oue day, u stranger came to see tho quem, and the
first question lie asked was whether it could grind salt.
“ Grind salt ? ” said the owner, “ I should just think so ; and
anything else you like.” Thereupon, so anxious was he to buy
the quern that he promised to pay untold wealth for it.
Recured of his prize, he put to sea, and when so far off that no
one could reach him, he said to the quern, “Grind salt; and
grind both fast and good.” No sooner had he spoken than
the quem forthwith began grinding salt, which, in an amaz¬
ing short time, arose in heaps on the deck and threatened to
sink his vessel. Alarmed nt the rapidity with which the quem
kept grinding, he in treated it on his knees to leave off; but
stHl it went on, and before many minutes tlio vessel sunk
beneath the weight of salt. But the quem, still beneath the
water, keeps grinding, and hence the Bfutueos of the sea.
We may add that these tales, in which the witch elemeut
figures strongly, still exist in our own country. Thus, in the
Isle of Man, it is related how a fiddler, having agreed with n
stranger to play during the twelve days of Christmas to what¬
ever company he should bring him, was astonished at seeing
his new master vanish into the earth as soon as the bargain hud
been made. Terrified at the thought of hairing agreed to work
for so mysterious a personage, he suiskly rttarUd te the
clergyman, who advised him to fulfil liis engagement, and to
play nothing but psalms. Accordingly, as soon as Christmas-
tide arrived, tho weird stranger made his appearance, and
beckoned the fiddler to a spot where the company were
assembled. On reaching his destination he at once struck up
a psalm tune, which so enraged his audience that they instantly
vanished, but not without bo -.iolcntly bruising him that it was
with some difficulty he succeeded in reaching home, and nar¬
rating his Christmas experiences to the family as they were
gathered round the fireside.
In Germany, Christmas Eve is the season of all others
when fairies are supposed to be most nctire, keeping then-
festival on the m 'untain tops. Then, we are told, the rough
stone istransformt.Unto brilliant crystal—veins of gold starting
out artistically into majestic pillars—beneath which graceful
canopy feasting and dancing arc kept up with protracted
enthusiasm. The attendants on these farry-gutherings are
generally beautiful Swedish girls, who have unwarily partaken
of the contents of the golden goblets offered to them by the
fairies, and thus instantly fallen into their power. According
to the legendary lore found in most parts of Germany, the
magic effects ot these fairy potions is threefold :—“At the first
draught from that horn, he who drinks forgets Heaven; nt the
second, he forgets earth ; at the third, he forgets liis betrothed
bride.” Hence, on Christmas Eve persons are recommended
to stay at home, because the fairies on this night delight to
waylay the lonely traveller, compelling him to take a draught
of Christmas cheer from their enchanted goblet. Among the
large class of folk-tales connected with this superstition, muy
bo quoted one which tells how, when a Christmas feast was
being given in a German village, one of tho guests, attracted
by the sound of music from without, was induced to leave the
festive scene iudoors, and to wander towards the spot where
the music seemed to come. He had, however, not gone
many steps before he was met by two beautiful girls, who
asked him to join their Cliristnius gambols in u neigh¬
bouring field, which, after a little persuasion, he con¬
sented to do. On arriving at the fairies’ gathering, for such
it was, he was surrounded by numberless little beings all
anxious to welcome him; one of whom handed him a
cup of urine, after drinking which he forgot liis former state,
ana thought of nothing except tho feasting and dancing of tic;
fairies. When lie lmd been enjoying himself in this manner
for some time, the facies reminded him of his own homo ; but
what was his astonishment when ou passing through the
village to find everything in decay, and all his relations and
friends dead, for the spell of the fairies’ cup on him had lasted
u hundred years.
One German version of the well-known legend of the man
in the moon connects this wretched individual's solitary im¬
prisonment in that isolated region with liis having stolen
cabbages from his neighbour’s garden on Christinas Eve.
‘When just in the act of escaping with lii~ load he was per¬
ceived by some passers by, who, there and .acn, conjured him
up in the moon. There he stands in the full light of the
moon, to bo seen by everybody, having his ctoleh load of
cabbages on liis back for all eternity. He only has a minute’s
change one day in the year, when he is said to turn round once
ou Christmas Eve.
Again, the wild huntsman is said in Germany to make
nightly excursions through tho air for the twelve nights of
Christinas, alarming ail who hear him by his furious progress,
lie generally rides upon u large white horse, no less than
four-and-twenty fierce dogs following him. Accordi. Urn
tale quoted by Air. Thorpe, in his “Northern Mythoi.v
ia every place through which he passes the hedges fall with
a crash, tho road opening of its own accord be'.ore
him. He rides with such speed that his dogs often fair to
keep apace with liim, and frequently may be lieuzd punting and
howling. Occasionally ono is left behind, as happened one
year ut Wulfsdorf, where it remained panting, howling without
intermission until the following Christmas Eve, when tho
Wild Huntsman agnin took it with him. Hence various pre¬
cautions were formerly taken to prevent the Wild Huntsman
approaching any particular street—one special rnle being that
there should be no baking.
It is also considered dnngcroua to spin at Christmas-time,
or the Wild Huntamun will gallop through it. On one occasion
a woman refused to take the usual warning, and had no
sooner sat down to spin on Christmas Evo than she fell into a
deep sleep, and was only awoke by the entrance of a stranger,
who, without uny apology for intruding, asked for her
spinning-wheel, and commenced spinning. Before long he
used up all the flax she had, nud on his asking for more, she
wus obliged to give him her supply of wool. Still, however,
he kept on cnlling for more; and liis angry demands so
frightened and terrified the poor woman that, although it was
but four in the morning, she roused up her neighbour—a
cunning old crone—ana acquainted her with the stranger’s
mysterious conquest. Happily, she quickly perceived the
nature of the visitor, and hence wns not long in driving liiui
away by some magical charms ; for had she not done so, his
presence might have cost tho woman her life.
'Of the numerous folk tales which have in the course of
centuries clustered round the Christmas festival in Russia, oue
of the most popular refers to the celebration of the winter
solstice. Thus it is said that the Sun—a female being—arrays
herself in her holiday attire, nud, seated in her telega, urges
her horses upon the summer track. In many places, says Air.
Ralston, in his “Songs of the Russian People ” (1872, p. 187),
It has been customary to represent tliis solar goddess—popu¬
larly designated Kolyada—by a girl dressed in white, who,
seated in u sledge, is driven about lrom house to house, while
the young people wlio accompany her sing Vuriouu sougs, of
Which the following is n specimen :—
Kolytulu: Kolyada!
Kolyada has arrived
On the Evo of the Nativity.
Wo wont about, we sought
lfoly Kolyada
Through all the courts, in all the alley*.
Wo found Kolyada, tcc.
Tradition, too, says that ut this season of the year all kind*
of hidden treasures are specially revealed to mankind, iu con¬
nection with which belief the following tale, quoted by Mr.
Ralston, is current:—Between Christmas Day and the festival
of the Epiphany the new-born Divinity comes down from
heaven in order to wander about the earth; on which account
labour of any kind is accounted wrong. At midnight, also, on
each of these festivals, “ the heavenly doors are thrown open ;
the radiant realms of Paradise in which the sun dwells dis-
close their treasures; the waters of springs and rivers become
animated, turn into wine, and receive n healing efficacy ; tho
trees put forth blossoms, and golden fruits ripen upon their
boughs.”
Space will not permit us to multiply further instances of
these Christmas hues, but the f-ew we have quoted will suffice
to show their general uuture.
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HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE
BY DU BARRY’S
DELICIOUS
FOOD
CURING
EFFECTUALLY
DYSPEPSIA,INDIGESTION,CONSTIPATION, DIARRHOEA,
PHTHISIS,DYSENTRY, COUCH, ASTHMA, NERVOUS,
BILIOUS & LIVER DISORDERS, SLEEPLESSNESS,
FEVERS^DEBILITY, WASTINC IN OLD OR YOUNG,
NO MORE MEDICINE FOR
OLD OR YOUNG.
Any Invalid con euro himself, without medicine, incotvenienoo, or expense, by living on
DU BARRY’S DELICIOUS
It I'.VA LENTA ARABIC A FOOD,
which restores the mucous membrane of stomach mid bowels, audjcures constipation, indigestion (dyspepsia!,
consumption, dysentery, diurrhcea, htemorrhoids, liver coiuplui t-, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, all
fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noises in the head and cars, rl tunmtism, gout, poverty and impurities of the
late Emperor Nicholas of Russia, Dr. Livingst< .
Wood, Esq., West Bunk, Bolton; of Drs. Ure, Wurzer, Elmalie, Shorlnnd, Routli, &c.
PURE No. 100,516.—RESCUEofanEBBINGLIFE.
Vj " A dangerous illness having left my digestive organs too weak to
assimilate ordinary food of nay kind suffleient to keep me alive, I owe my
preservation to DU BARUY’8 REVALENTA ARABICA and BISCUITS,
on which I subsisted for months, recovering a healthy notion of the stomach,
and strength ami muscle, to the aatonuhoient of myself, mv medical ndriaer,
and friends. Edward Wood.
“ Boltou, West Dank, June 11,1883."
■\TERY0USNESS and DEBILITY.
_L\ Cum No. 01,618.
•* Upper Park, Dedham. March 0,1880.
“ With gratitude I testify to the grout efficacy of DU DAUBY’S FOOD
in restoring and sustaining health, having taken it for Nervousness and
'Wmknewi.
I gave it al»3 to a poor w irkman who wav totally incapacitated to gam
his livelihood by a gastric disorder, but who is now once more able to go
to his work. (Mrs.) E. Ghetto:*."
C 1
(URE of TWENTY-THREE YEARS’ MISERY".
•• Montevideo. Oct. 25. 1880.
‘ It affords mo great pleasure to testify to the invaluable virtue of your
divine FOOD. It has perfectly cured me in six weeks* time of dyspepsia,
oppression, and general debility, which, during twenty-three yenis. had
prevented my making the slightest effort, all medicines having failed to do
me any good. You are quite at liberty to publish my experience, and I
sincerely hope Du Barry's Food may prove of equal benefit to all ther
sufferers —believe uie, ice., Arthur Harlow.”
PURE of DYSPEPSIA and
VJ LIVER COMPLAINT.
From the Right Honourable the Lord Stuart
de Decies, Dromon». Oappoquin. Lord Licu-
teuant of the county Waterford :—
•• Feb. 15,1859.
'• I have derived much benefit from tho use
of the Kevalcnta Food It is only due to your¬
selves and to the public to state that you
ore nt liberty to make any use of this com¬
munication which you may think proper. I re¬
main, Gentlemen, your obedient sonant,
•• Stuart ok Dkci**.”
PURE No. 58.614. of tlio
Ay MARCHIONESS DE BREHAN.
•• 4, Rue Ramon*, Versailles, near Taris,
*• April 16,1662.
“ In consequence of a liver complaint, I was
wasting away lor seven yens, and so debi¬
litated and nervous that I w«a unable to read,
write, or in fact attend to unythiny. with a
nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, con¬
stant sleeplessness, and the moat intolerable
nervous agitation, which prevented even my
silt ng down for hours together. I felt dread¬
fully low-spirited, and all intercourse with the
world hud become painful to me. Many medical
men, English as well a • French, had prescribed
for me in vain In perfect despair, I took l)u
Dairy's Revnl-nta Arabics, and lived on this de¬
licious food for three months. The good God
be praisedit has completely revived roe; I am
myself again, and able to make and receive
visits, and resume mv social position.
Marchioness v* Brehax.”
D U BARRY’S FOOD.—EIGHT YEARS’
AFFECTIONS OF THE BLADDER.
*• During eight years' inflammation of tho bladder, I had exhausted all
that medical science, by means of physicians, could suegest. without obtain¬
ing the least relief. My confidence in DU HARRY'S FdOD hie been amply
confirmed. I made use of it, and I owe it to truth to state that it has
perfectly cured me. Dicor. Professor of Chemistry, Paris.”
•• I am happy to inform you that Du Harry’s incomparable Rbv A LENTA
ARABICA FOOD has completely cured me of tho various ills which have
nllliet.il me these sixty years, durin r which lengthy period of time I have
lived in my arm-chair with left leg and arm paralysed, ns abo my left eyelid;
this sed-'iitiuy life hud brought on many disorders of the stomach and
bowel*, wit h obstinate constipation, hemorrhoids, and a large green crust on
my chin—all of which my medicul men told me it was useless to attempt
to cure at, my age— eighty-flve. But, thanks to your Fond, which
I have taken these two year*. I am perfectly free from all these disorders,
und able to walk about, anl use my arms and eyelids with perfect easo.
This cure may well 1* considered miraculous; but it nppeurs to mo to
interest my fellow-suffercra to n degree that I deem it mv duty to place tl;e
details of it at your disposal for publication —Yours truly, Wai.ua Hust,
Harris ter-at-Law.” _
“ Grantham, Feb. 3.1851.
\ — “ I am happy to say I have found your
incomparable REVALENTA. ARABICA FOOD an infallible remedy
for the gout I can now eat things with impunity, and take my pint o»
pie.—C<*
nouT.
AT incom
port-wine, if necessary, the same as other people.—Colonel H W atkiks.
C URE
” Mai
N 98,CM.—DU BARRY’S FOOD.
_ .Many yea ’ bad digestion, disease of the heart, kidneys, and
bladder, with ner u« irritation and melancholia, bavo disappeared under
the happy influer • of DU BARRY'S FOOD.—Lsox 1’byclet, tchool-
master at Eynan<M Hnute Viccne, Franoe, May 8, 1878.”
k U BARR
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D to a gun
nerves had been
skeleton, sufferingfrom constant
old age.
’S FOOD restored 23 lb. of good muscle
n from Dover, aged twontjr-four, whose stomach and
n icd by intense study, and his body reduced to a mere
slceplo!
D U BAR IK’S FOOD has curod my daughter of
general delator, nervous Irritability, sleeplessness, and a total ex-
her health, sleep, and strength, with hard muscle aud
s Moxtlouis, Paris.
haustion, and gi
rheerf til nraa. —11
0
URE No 75,12 b—SIXTEEN YEARS' LIVER
COM LA1NT, DIARRHOEA, and VOMITING.
"Pans, Juno 1. 1872.
-egcr, both of a fearful liver complaint, which, during
“ Mr. aud Mrs
sixeeen years, hoi rendered their life » burden—the one vomiting twenty
to twenty-five timf
The husband had
organ. In both
D U BARRY’S FOOD.
FEVERS. DYSENTERY, EXHAUS-
TlON, SCURVY AT 8EA.
•• During a long voyage, just terminated. DU
BARRY’S valuable FOOD has been of the
greatest nerriceto us in keeping us free from the
feurful disorders resulting from tho prolonged
use of salt men L peas, and beans — L.Maurevtb,
C. Malcoh, L. Dr.i.oscLK, J.Vai.lkkv, K. Cahvy.
O. Bouroox. E. Ytieh, J. Moxpot, Bouhriku,
Officer* on board the Jean Hart, of the French
Government Navy, in the roads of llyCrea."
D
U BARRY’S FOOD.
CONSUMPTION.
Bern. Aug. 20. 1852.—Madame II. de B., in a
hojsjles* sute of pulinoruiy consumption, took
the REVALENTA ARABICA by advice of her
physician, bo rapid and favourable was the
change it produced in her health, that the
dangerous period of her confinement, which her
physician had predicted would be fatal, passed
over without danger or difficulty; und litr husband c
highly if rips excellent FOOD, upon which both his wi
1 css ness and debility as of extreme
a day, and the other suffering from constant limrrhuin.
ulcer on tho liver, and tho wife an enlargement of that
nil medical treatment hnd proved unavailing. These
people are now (l 1) living in perfect health.
^STIIMA.—CURE No. 62,843.
DU BARRY’S FOOD.- BABY SAVED.
Dr F W. Bcneke, Professor of Medicine in Ordinary to
the University, writes in the "Berlin Clinical Weekly,” of
April 8, 1872” I shall never forget that 1 owe the pre¬
servation of one of my children to the Revalenta Arabica.
The child (not four months old) suffered from complete
ernacistion, with constant vomiting, which resisted all
medical skill, and even the greatest care of two wet-nurses.
I tried Du Harry’s Revalenta with the most astonishing
succors. The vomiting ceased immediately; and, after
living on this Food six wocks, the baby whs restored to the
most flourishing health. Similar success lias attended all
my experiments since with this Food.”
BABY SAVED by DU BARRY’S FOOD.
••My little girl w'os so seriously ill that doctors did not
think she could have lived, and no food or medicine
remained on her stomach. Du bniTy's Food, under Ood
ha* restored her to health.—D. J. Hears, Rector
Kilmurry. Co. Cork, Dec. 29, 1880.”
of
DU BARRY’S FOOD.
INFANTS’ PROSPERITY AND SLE*.
•' York, Dec. 0, 1876.—Ever since I fed my bale m
DU BARRY’S REVALENTA FOOD he develops won r-
fully, being as strong as a child of twice his age. He alps
soundly all night, from eight p.m. to eight a. m., without ce
waking, and he never cries during the day. He livi on
this food simply boiled in water and salt, and likes it w m
or oold equally well.— Rose Bresi-ky, 89, Vinor-strett.
“ Adra, Province of Almeria, Spain, Otd. 21, 184
" Dear Sir,—I ajn happy to tell you that DU BAItl 8
REVALENTA ARABICA has restored my daught' to
perfect health, and cured her of a cutaneous eruption, w di
S ave her no rest night or day from its fearful urita n.
he is now perfectly well. Pleare send me. against inc ed
cheque, CO lbs. more of this excellent Food.— Perbix
Hi i olks, Vice-Consulate of France."
suffered during thirty-six years with
asthma, which obliged mo to get up four or five
times every night to relieve my chest from a
pressure which threatened to take away my
breath. I have taken I»U BARRY'S tool) fur
the last eight days, and I am delighted with it.
I sleep Very well now, and breathe freely.—Rev.
D. Boillet, Ecroinvillo, Seine - Inffirieure,
France.”
pURE of SIXTEEN MONTHS’
uninterrupted SLEEPLESSNESS, con¬
gestion of tile brain, dyspepsia, debility, and
exhaustion — the consequences of excessive
labour—and which had leaistcd the treatment*
of muny medical men, has been effected by DU
BAllltY’S REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD.—
TnEtLUAno no Bartv, Bnrristcr-at-l.aw, and
twenty years Mayor of NiSmc, Chateau do
Munotte. near Nerac Lot-et-Garonne, Fiance,
8 Mai, 1881.
D ecay of nature
ARRESTED.
" I am happy to be able to assure you that these
last two yens, since 1 eat DU BARRY’S ad¬
mirable FOOD, I have not felt the weight of my
eighty-four years. My legs have acquired
strength and nimbleness, my sight hus improved
so much as to dispense with specUchs. my
stomach reminds roe of what I was at the Mge of
thirty—in short. I feel myself quite young and
hearty; I pieach, attend confession--, visit the
sick, I make long journeys on loot, my head is
clear, and my memory strengthened. — Abbd
Prtkr Cabtrlu, Bachelor of Theology and
Priest of Prunetto, Mondovi.”
(PURE of DEBILITY,
VJ DIG
BAD
DIGE8TION, and IRRITABILITY.
"DU BARRY'S FOOD has produced an
extraordinary effect on me. Heaven be blessed,
it has cured me of nightly sweatings, terrible
irritations of the stomach, and bad digestion,
which hod lasted eighteen years. I have never
felt so comfortable as I do now.
Rev. J. Coufaket, 8t. Romaine-des-
lics, France.”
D T l,
now Urdu it, without a trace of consumption.
cannot speak too
wife and child ure
m
” tlv
T
70,421, NINE YEARS’ CONSTIPATION.
“Ziftf. Alexnntlna. Egypt, March 22,1MJ8.
taken DU BARRY’S excellent FOOD for tlie last three mouths.
J • 1.., i ■ urn' new life, and I thunk you sincerely. I had suffered during
mi; y,:..' * fi"u. u most obstinate constipation, which resisted all medicul
t li in •. an t the best medical practitioners had declared it impossible to
• »v* it —A. bi'ADARO, Merchant.”
WENXY YEARS’ FEARFUL DEBILITY.
\ ” Avignon (France), April l£, 1870.
•• lil" r. Vii'-Y'S FOOD hns perfectly cured me in six weeks* time of
Py*r>"P»in. i,.; icseion, and debility, which, during twenty years, prevented
myiijif" or undrcMiug my.-elf, or making even the slightest effort. lam
ik'W. at'W e nr' of sixty-one, perfectly restored to health and strength.
" (Madame) Borell, nt 1 ® CAiisONErri "
U BARRY’S FOOD—DIABETES.
Cure No. 70,018.
• I im 1.1pry to he able to send you a certificate such as you never had
before .'iei i»bdnd «.f one of my former pupils was dying of diabetes. I
r ''chi' cd DU BARRY’S FOOD, aud in six weeks’ time the patient was
. .•scrip-"'V.ored.—Faithfully, Sister 8. Lamuert, Crosnc, France.”
D
D u .
D U BARRY’S FOOD.—Constipation, Asthma, &c.
Cure No. 49,832, of fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia,
nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and
Tomiting by DU BARRY’S FOOD.— Maria Jolly.
BARRY'S FOOD is a remedy which I could
almost call divine. It has perfectly cured my dear sister, Julia, of
four years'neuralgia in the head, which ruused her cruel agony, and left
her almost without rest.-Rev. J. Moxassirr, Vnlgorge, Franoe.
T\U BARRY’S FOOD has cured my wife of
I / twenty years' most fearful suffering from nervous and bilious attacks,
palpitation of the heart, and swelling all over, sleeplessness, and asthma.
A tasabio LR Baiiiif.ua, Muyorof TruiMini, Sicily.
PURE No. 69,924.—DYSPEPSIA and CANCER.
\J •• Chfiteau Vauxbuio, Boissons ( Aisn-), France. Jan. 10,18ffi.
" In the Tillage I inhabit part of the year lives a poor woman, attacked,
so the doctors say, by a cancer in the stomach; for the lust two yeurs she
bus been suffering intolerable pains ; she could not diirtwt anything, and her
debility wil* such that she could not make use of her limbs. In short, every¬
one expected a rapid termination of nil these sufferinga by death, when last
March I recommended her to try DU BARRY'S excellent FOOD. Her
strength improves daily, her digestion is perfect, aud her pains have
ceased.— Dr Chaseu.es, Countess ns Gounoue.”
BARRY’S FOOD lias
cured me of kiduey disease, from which
I had suffered fearfully for many years, and
which hail resisted the most careful medical
treatment, and now, at the uge of ninety-
three, I mu perfectly free from disease —Rev.
G. Leroy, Orvaux, France, April 26, 1875.
D U BAiRY’8 FOOD. — CONSUMPTION.
DIAItRU A, CRAMP, KIDNEY, and BLADDER DISORDERS.
Dr. Wurzkk’b Testimonial
"Bonn, July 10 02.—DU HARRY'S FOOD is one of the most excellent,
nourishing, and storativo absorbents, and supersedes, in many cues, all
kinds of medicir . It i» particularly effective in indigestion (dyspepsia), a
confined habit o ody, as also in diarrhroa, bowel complaints, inflammatory
irritation, and -amp of tho urethra, the kidneys and bladder, and
hemorrhoids.- . Rcd. Wurzer, Professor of Medicare and Practical
M.D.” __
I MPORTS TT CAUTION. — Thirty-seven years’
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led speculators puff up oil kinds of cheap, unsavoury, and more thnn
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it bus cured ro y women and childreo afflicted with atrophy nnd mnrkcd
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the Imperial fionrau Army, writes from the Hospital at Sofia:—"In
dysentery, t}(,» d, and ague, DU BARRY’S FOOD is worth its weight
in gold; and ioui personal experience, I don’t think anyone should go
into Camp vvllfiut it.’’—See " Lancet.”
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Parqueterw are laid in Messrs. MAPLE and CO.’S N-» Show-
Rooms, so that customers can judge of the effeclof the
material when in daily use. Coloured lithograph] denigim
and estimates free of charge Builders and tho trude applied.
QARPETS, ready for use, 3000 in Jtook.
A great variety of patterns to select from, oftlic best
quality, but old patterns. A carpet 15ft. by lift. 3ii„ price
6t s,. which can be laid same day so ordered.
WOODSTOCK CARPETS, from 20s. These
are inexpensive but most artistic production of iho
English loom, woven in one piece, without team, bonTf d and
fringed, suitable for reception and Bed rooms. Can • bad in
many sizes. Each Carpet is protected by the tr ie-murk
!l Woodstock.” Can only be had of MAPLE and COl Carpet
I actors. Purchasers of fringed carpets should b ffare of
imitations.
MAPLE and CO—400-DAY CLC0KS.
DRAWING-ROOM CLOCKS to go for 400 d ts with
once winding; u handsome present. Price 70s., wmuted.
MAPLE and CO. have a large and varied oasortmco'iuiiablo
for dining and drawing room. Over 500 to select fron. Price
10s 9a. to 60 guiuea*. Handsome marble clock, ivjt incised
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The above BLACK and BRASS BEDSTEAD, with tho PATENT WIRE WOVE
MATTRESS, complete:—
3 ft.. 50s.; 3 ft. 0 in., 56s.; 4 ft., 63s.; 4 ft. 6 in., 67s. 8d. )
Price for the Patent Wire Wove Mattress, without Bedstead:—
3 ft., 17s. 9d.; 3 ft. 6 in., 21s. 6d.; 4 ft., 23s. 9d.; 4 ft. 6 in,, 28s. 9d.
“ PATENT WOVEN WIRE MATTRESS.”
THE WOVEN WIRE MATTRESS is a strong and "wonderful fabric of fine
wire, so interlocked and woven by a Patented process efdiagonal DOUBLE
WEAVING that nil ELASTIC and PERFECT sleeping arrangement is secured.
The hard spring wire used is carefully tinned, effectually preventing corrosion, and
presents a very attractive and silver-like appearance.
This Muttress is, in fact, a complete appliance for all purposes of REST and
SLEEP, combining all the ad vantages of a Perfect Spri.vo Bed, and can be
MADE SOFT OB 11AUD AT PLEASURE BY USING THE HANDLE AT SIDE OF BEDSTEAD J IT CAN
BE TAKEN TO PIECES IN A FEW MOMENTS, AND PACKED IN A VERY SMALL COMPASS.
They are also greatly used in yachts and ships, because of their cleanliness.
MAPLE & CO., Manufacturers o? First-class Furniture, London and Paris.
If I ww. Agu A LA ff UUU,
Iron, and Brass, fitted with furniture and bedding
complete. The bedsteads are fitted in stock, ready for choice.
Over 10,000 Iron and Brass Bedsteads now in stock to select
from. From 8s. 9d. to 66 guineas. Strong useful Brass Bed¬
stead, 34 guineas. Beddingof every description manufactured
on tho premises, and all warranted pure. 'The Trudo supplied.
POSTAL ORDER DEPARTMENT
Messrs. MAPLE and CO. beg to state Hint this Depart¬
ment is now so organised that they arc prepared to supply uny
article that can possibly bo required in Furnishing ut the same
price, if not less, than any other house in England, l’atterns
and quotations free. MAPLE and CO., London.
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The following specialities are recommended to Connoisseurs,
Invalids, and the Public.
GUARANTEED PURE.
Absolutely genuine, pure, and delicious Cocoa, consist¬
ing of choioe Cocoa only, from which the superfluous oil
has been extracted, it possesses the full flavour and fine
aroma of Cocoa.
“ There is no nicer or more wholesome preparation of Cocoa."—DR. HASSALL.
“ Pure Cocoa, with a portion of its oily ingredients extracted.”
CHA8. A. CAMERON, M.D., F R.C.F 4 .
“ It is strictly pure, and well manufactured in every wsy."
W. W. 8TODDART, F.I.C., F.C.8.
s Caracas Cocoa
IN PACKETS AND TINS.
Prepared with the celebrated Cocoa of Caracas. oorn
bined with other choice descriptions.
" No more delirious beverage has ever been manufactured.” — Morn . , osi.
” It cannot foil to prove a favourite and valuable article of diet.”
■m A NOVELTY.
zfr Prepared from Cocoa only recently cultivated la the
Island, with refined sugar and Vanilla flavouring. It
possesses a peculiarly fine and delicate flavour
In referring to Messrs Fry's Exhibit at tbo Tffenltli Eih «.iior
■tbo Wetiital Ptu K&jg of the Ceylon Cbcicohit- : •• ’ b fc'pcv ^ burly
d-lb'ious llawair, either in tire c»ipvr ns :• mvcgtinent , ujitgugr .Man l
. product of any other Oftooa Una with which Vo jt I
vrhiM tho nMina is mlolenc :uid ipp<i Lauig, raurtngc. .Iicnvli^
to wander unciureoiotisl♦e' tL<>*e 'pc;, shores vheSte Up .h*»
to Mcknuwl-«lge our if-r unothm midod liA.u'i t 1 w
m«uy we ni3ci«r{.. pi rtetfs.” L
Wales, Bristol, London, (and Sydney, N.S.W.
J. S. FRY and SONS. Manufacturers tc the Queen and Prince of
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