TEE WEEKLY STANDARD AND EXPRESS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER-1895: poetry. ATHIJSTJC AND SPORTING GOSSIP. T-KURAL LIFE. deience, now fast f' Kafh tr: culture.
It is nethiag rV about and it is only what our ih part of the world are aciea at tee test rabbit to witn tae commo, wild ona to get a finer breed. If those bloods be mingled, and if a larger frame be aimed at without losing the wiid characteristics, and it be done by a little judicieus crossing with the Himalayan rabbit and the Belgian hare, no facilities for making them known could be offered to equal these classes at the big shows. An utter neglect of them seems like flying in the face of providence, almost. K.B. The writer of "Rural Life" will be pleased to reply to correspondence sent to sum through the Editor.
est and most robust class is nnwholesomely significant. News from the interior increases in horror by every mail. In small and distant places massacre and pillage are still of daily occurrence. In every vilayet destitute Armenians from the outlying hamlets are flocking into the towns, where there exists no means of feeding them. Reuter's Agency has received the following te-legram signed by a number of Armenians of Constantinople, and despatched from the Turkish capital by an indirect route on the 6th inst:" Armenia is at her last gasp.
The work of extermination continues. The number of the massacred reaches 100,000. five hundred thousand survivors have taken refuge in forests and mountains, and are feeding on herbs and roots. Hunger and cold have begun to make great ravages. In the name of humanity and Christianity, save us." POLICE 1NTELL1GEJS GJS.
BLACKBURN BOROUGH COURT. SATURDAY. Before E. Bowdler (in the chair) and J. E.
Sharpies, Esqs. ALLEGED THEFT OF PIPE. Thomas Yates stated that he saw Peter Bolton, of Cherry-street, Blackburn, conveying off, on Friday, 701b. of iron pipe, which was the property of witness. He stated that he charged Bolton with stealing the pipe from his garden, when he replied, You don't want to make a thief of me I bought it." Bolton was committed to the Sessions.
MONDAY. Before W. Boyle (in the chair) and Hy. Higson, Esqs. DRUNK ON LICENSED PREMISES.
P.C.Gorse stated to the magistrates that he visited that morning, the Sportsman's Arms," Shear Brow, Blackburn, and there saw Thoma3 Waim-siey drunk. He left the premises, and in company with P.C. Ogden he returned. He then asked Walm-sley for his name and address, and charged him with being drunk. Walmsley, however, would not give his address, and the officer had to get it from one of the company.
The landlord, in defence, stated that he had not served WTalmsley with drink, a statement corroborated by Walmslev. Mr. Withers prosecuted, and Mr. Carter defended. The landlord was fined 40s.
and costs, and Walmsley 10s. and costs. WEDNESDAY. Before J. Hoyle (chairman1, J.
A. Watson, and Dr. Martin. PUBLICANS FINED. P.C.
Sudworth and P.C. Higham visited the Guide Inn, Haslingden-road, kept bv William Long-worth, on the 6th when they found Solomon Cooper and Joseph Yates, both of Spew Spout-road, drunk. The landlord was fined 20s. and costs, and the other two defendants 10s. and costs.
P.C. Doxbury also stated that he and P.C. Ainsworth visited the Pet Dog, King-street, kept by John Earnshaw, on the 7lh when they found John Walmsley, of Throstle-street, drunk. The landlord was lined 2is. and costs, and the other defendant 10s.
and costs. YESTEEDAY. Before His Worship the Mayor (in the ehair), T. P. Eitzema, A.
H. Cottam. and J. Lund, Esqs. A HI.ACKBUBN WEAVEE IN THE TOL1CE COURT.
On Monday night the wife of Thomas O'Hara, weaver, of Haworth-street, Blackburn, retired to bed with her baby, and when her husband came home at eleven o'clock, she asked him to bring her a dunk of tea tiprtairs. He brought the tea up, but threw it over her whilst she lav in bed, and also struck her in the mouth, cutting her lips, knocking her teeth loose, and discolouring her eve. She also added that her husband had often ill-treated her before. Yesterday defendant was fined 19s, and costs, a separation order was granted, and a maintenance order for 5s. per week was imposed.
A BLACKBURN TRADESMAN'S SIGNBOARD. Joseph Hargreaves, an assistant to his father, a dentist, of 16, Preston New-road, Blackburn, was summoned by Luke Slater Walmslev, for having wilfully damaged a signboard. It was stated bv Mr. Read, on behalf of the complainant, that the defendant pulled down a signboard, which complainant had affixed to his own pro-Pertv- He had warned defendant that it he did take it down proceedings would be taken. Mr.
Platts, for the defendant, urged that the signboard was in part affixed to defendant's properTy. and hid from view dpfenrlant's hncinpsa A1SECDOTE COMPETITION A Prize of 2s. 6d. is given weekly to the person Bending Tr BkSX AJNTiCDOTE OR ShOEI LaKCA-SHIEE Sketch. The Anecdotes may be of a general or local character, and need not necessarily be original.
Preference will be given to those anecdotes which are brief and pithy and are written in the JLar.cashirc Dialect. lh Kditor reserves the liberty to print any anecdote which may sent in, though it may not be successful in obtaining the prize. The decision will be given in each iasueof the weeklv paper, and the mm awarded ill lie bent to tne fortunate contributor the moment the Editor ha3 made his award, which shall be binding and in each case. Coufributions tor the Competition must be forwarded so as t' reach this office each Thursday morning. SPECIAL NOTICE.
The notice above mnst be cut out and sen in with each anecdote. PRIZE AWARD No. XLIX. Of the anecdotes received in this competition the following have been adjudged the best SENSIBLE TO THE LAST. "Deniis," said Mike, "d'ye see that I'll fail overboard and you'll jump in and rescue me, and we will divide the reward, which will be a pound apiece.
Agreed," said Dennis; go ahead," and a minute later Mike was floundering in the river. But no sooner had he fallen in than Dennis to his inexnressihle horror mm.m ki nut know how to swim, and so, instead of springing in and rescuing the drowning man, he stood leaning over the rail at the bubble where Mike had sunk. Once Mike came up, but Dennis gave no eign. Twice he came up, but Dennis could neither move or utter a word. For the fatal third time he came to the fiurtace.
and fa.intlv oTflnlmJ nn ye ain't mighty quick it's only fifteen shil lings" aich we'll get for rccoverin' the b'ody." Frakk (2s. 4, Hope-terrace, Blackburn. We print a selection from the THAT ACCOUNTED FOR IT. I say, aiter, this chicken is very tough." Sorry, nir; but you see that chicken was alwavs a peculiar bird. Why, wh-m we came to kill it we couldn't catch it, so wr had to shoot it.
It new on the housetops, and "Oh, that accounts for it; yon must have shot the weatherco*ck instead." Miss Kate M. Fkazek, )2, Audley-range, Blackburn. A LITTLE MISUNDERSTANDING. Scene A country lane frosty morn; church bells pealing merrily parson meets country yokel, leaning against a gate, smoking a Dublin clay; yokel very deaf. Parson My friend, how beautifully those bells chime this morning.
Countryman: Eh? Parson 1 am baying that the bells chime most ent rancing music on this beautiful frosty morn. Countryman Eh. mister, Ah cora'd hear a blessed word yo' say for them danged bells. Johx Scott, J2, Alma-street, Blackburn. SHARP.
Teacher: "Spell me 'needle, Johnny." Johnny: I E. What '( there's no I in needle, Johnny." Johnny: Well, it's a bad un, then, if th'-re isn't." W. R. Moss, 8, Beach-street, Blackburn. A CRAFTY BOY.
School Inspector (examining class): "Now, my little man, tell me what five and one make?" No answer from the boy. Inspector: Suppose, now, I gave you five rabbits, and then another rabbit; how many rabbits would you have?" Small Boy: "Seven." Inspector: "Seven you stupid. How do you make that out Small Boy: "Because I've a rabbit of my own at home!" J. A. Cahtee, 14, Whulley-banks, Blackburn.
A MISTAKE. Certain young Indian gentlemen who are pursuing the study of the law in London were invited by the Master of the Temple to spend an evening at Lis house. The time fixed for the assembling of the interesting party arrived, but nobody came. When nearly an hour had passed in fruitless waiting, the Master'6 lady rang for the maid a new one, as it happened, not yet quite accustomed to the ways of the house. She entered in a state of considerable excitement.
Have none of the gentlemen arrived?" asked her mistress. "No," answered the domestic; "but a lot of impudent Christy Minstrels have been a-ringing at the bell, and I have been a-driving 'em away, mum." Ja'e E. Abbott, 1, Garden-street, Blackburn. THE LEEDS MANSLAUGHTER CASE. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN COURT.
An extraordinary scene was witnessed at Warwickshire Assizes, on Tuesday, at the conclusion of a case in which a woman named Manning was barged with the manslaughter of Mabel Gordon, a Leeds barmaid, who had been taken, by her, to a house for the purpose, it was alleged, of having sn illegal operation performed. A commercial traveller named John Hindson, Hull, admitted having introduced Gordon to Manning. Manning was discharged, and, lb consequence of comments by the Judge. Hindson was arrested. The foreman of the jury was seized with an epileptic fit, which in-creased the confusion caused by the unexpected conclusion of the case.
Hindson was charged at Aston, Birmingham, on Wednesday, with having caused the death of Mabel Gordon, and also with having attempted to procure abortion. He was remanded iox a week. THE COST OF THE MOKECAMBE DISASTER. VARIOUS CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES. As a consequence of the collapse of a landing stage at Morecambe on the morning of the 9th of September last, the Morecambe Pic-r Company (Ltd.) were the defendants on Monday in various actions which came before the Under-sheriff (Mr.
Edwin Gray) and a jury at Leeds Town Hall tor the assessing oi damages in respect of personal loss and injury. The case first taken was that of William lllingworth, miner, of Methley, who claimed compensation for the loss he and his boy, aged five years, had sustained through the drowning of his wife. Mr. Waddy pointed out that all passengers who embarked and disembarked at the landing stage paid a penny, and in that way the defendant company, which owned the property, reaped a considerable revenue, which ought to have been partly invested in rendering the structure perfectly safe to all comers. It collapsed without warning, and a crowd of persons who were standing on it at the time were precipitated into the water, lllingworth and his son managed to scramble out, but Mrs- HUngworth was lost, and HER BODY CAME ASH OH with the return tide.
Mrs. lllingworth was the caretaker of the Board school at Methley, and in consideration of the duties she discharged she lived free of rent and rates, with a substantial allowance for coals, all of which wae lost to the plaintiff by the fact of her untimely end, to say nothing of the sorrow which could not be calculated in any monetary sense. Mr. Overend Evans, for the defence, said it was for the jury to be guided by the strict pecuniary sacrifice, and to put aside all the feelings of sympathy they would naturally feel. The Upder-Sheriff told the jury that they were there not to punish the defendants.
They could give no olafinm for grief, but must award reasonable com-. pnsation. After deliberating for about ten minutes th- jury awarded a sum of ,100 each to father and zon. The claim of lllingworth for personal injuries ustained in the accident was settled privately for a sum of .40. Annie Arundel, sister-in-law to llling-v.
orth, also claimed for personal injuries. It was slated that she had sustained a fhock to the system, and was in weak health. Her claim was also made up of medical expenses, damage to clothing, and the entire loss, through ill-healih. of her business as a dressmaker. The jury awarded 30 damage.
The next claimant was Lizzie Stuart, a young unmarried woman, residing at Shipley. On her behalf it was stated that she was unconscious for three hours alter the accident, and subsequently suffered from pleurisy, insomnia, and GENERAL SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM. Sh had been unable to work since the accident In this case fhe jury allowed a sum of .50. In the case of Annie Stuart, sister of the last claimant, a settlement was effected privately for the same amount. Mrs.
Ann Peel, wife of John Peel, boot and shoe manufacturer, Leeds, claimed in respect of injuries which since the accident had incapacitated her from following her domestic duties, and were described as of a more or less permanent character. The jury-agreed to a sum of .70. The claim of Arthur thick and Ann Othick, his wife, of Wakefield, wae rext taken. Othick is a joiner in the employ of the Great Northern Railway Company. Both he and his wife were immersed in the water, and the latter, who sack twice, sustained a compound fracture of the lower part of the right leg.
It was found that the bones would not knit together, and Mrs. Othick i6 still an inmate of the Lancaster Infirmary, whither she was taken soon after the accident. A verdict was given for .150, and the court adjourned. On Tuesday morning, Walter Orthwick, engine driver, Leeds, and wife, obtained 150; Mr. Rossi ter, clearing house clerk, London, and his daughter, 44, and 21, respectively.
The case of Dr. Seaman, who was convicted some weeks ago, at Detroit, of the manslaughter, by means of illegal operations, of a young woman, named Emily Hall, of Oldbury, who was taken to America by a well-known North of England Dissenting parson, has not yet been finished. Seaman friends have collected a lot of fresh evidence, and induced prominent lawyers to interest themselves in the matter, and on Wednesday the Michigan Supreme Court actually granted an application for a new trial, on the ground that several errors of law and judgment had been committed in the previous trial. BOEWICK-S BAKING FOWDRij, SOKWICK'S BAKIKG POWDSE. BOSWICK'S PCWTJSK.
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Aid Free from alas- THE WEEK OF BLOOD AT S1VAS. 1,200 ARMENIANS MASSACRED. SAID PASHA AND THE SULTAN. Advices have been received at Constantinople giving an account of the massacre and pillage of Armenians at Sivas. The outbreak began on November 12th, and was permitted to continue for seven days.
During this bloody week 1,200 Armenians and 10 Turks were killed. Suddenly at noon, as if by given signal, the Turkish labourers sensed their tools, clubs, or whatever was at hand, and soldiers, Circassians and police, their arms, all under the command of officers. Aided by Moslem women and children, they rushed to the market to begin the dreadful work of killing, stripping the dead, and looting the houses. No resistance was made by the Armenians, who seemed overpowered by the suddenness of the onslaught, the number of their aimed assailants, and the relentless ferocity with "which they were pursued to their death. The shops of Armenian merchants, whether wholesale or retail, were looted by the rioters and soldiers.
Many merchants and their' clerks were killed. Thus at one blow the Armenian element was eliminated from the trade of Sivas. As the importing business has been in their hands almost exclusively, it is. difficult to see anything but financial disaster. The Armenian villages in the vicinity have been robbed of everything, and the people left to beg and die.
The suffering on the approach of winter will be very great. A TURKISH REPORT. The following is a Turkish official report regarding the situation in Anatolia: "A number of Armenian insurgents disguised as Georgians, and armed with Martini-Henri rifles, attacked fourteen Mussulman travellers in the vicinity of Sakar-Dakhi (Sivas), capturing five of them." The nine others succeeded in escaping to a neighbouring village. The same miscreants also made prisoners eleven Mussulmans, two of them women, living in the locality. They killed the nine men with the utmost atrocity, after having cut off their ears and torn out their eyes, and carried the two women off with them, All points to the belief that these acts of cruelty were perpetrated by Armenian insti-Kators, who desired to provoke reprisals on the part of the Mussulman against the non-Mussulman inhabitants, and by these horrible means to affect public opinion.
The Imperial authorities are ceaseless in their efforts to prevent the repetition of such occurrences." Another official despatch says: "The Armenians of Aintab have poisoned the water supply used by the inhabitants of the town. The authorities at Kuritchoy (Erzerum) have arrested another Armenian, who was wearing Mussulman costume with a turban." MISSIONARIES IN DANGER. Accoring to the Turkish account, 200 Armenians were killed in the disorders at Kaisarieh on the 30th alt. The missionaries there are safe, but apprehension continues to be felt for the safety of the missionaries at Bitlis and Kharput. Owing to the absence of security and the lack of confidence in their escorts the missionaries desirous of leaving the two towns mentioned are unable to depart.
Mr. Terrell, the United States Minister, has made energetic representations to the Porte in connection with this state of affairs. Eumer Bey, the Governor of Hadjin, who was recently deprived of his post through the representations of Mr. Terrell, has been transferred to Tarsus in the capacity of Governor, thus giving him a more important position than before. SAID PASHA AT HOME.
Said Pasha, the ex-Grand Vizier, quitted the British Embassy, on Monday, and returned to his own residence. GUARDSHIPS TO BE ADMITTED. The Sultan, on Tuesday, issued an Irade authorising the passage of the additional guardships through the Dardanelles. Majors W. H.
Williams and Philip Bulman, the newly-appointed British Vice-Consuls for Van and Sivas respectively, have been instructed to take up their duties. At Van Major Williams replaces Mr. HaJlward, who has been transferred to Diarbekr. Major Williams will stop at Bitlis on his way to Van. The appointment of a vice-consnl for Kharput is yet to be made, and the number of Consular offices assigned to the six vilayets under the scheme of reforms will then be complete.
Applications have been made to the Porte by the Britk-h Embassy for exequaturs for Major Villiam8 and Major Bulman, as well as for passports; but Sir Philip Currie is fully determined hat the new vice-consuls shall not be delayed, they start without the exequaturs. Fresh placards, signed The Ottoman Committee of Progress, Union, and Reform," have been posted up in the capital, especially in the Kassim Pasha quarter. They contain a manifesto addressed to the compatriots of the signatories condemning in severe terms the present regime of spoliation and oppression, and calling upon all, without distinction of religion, to unite in demanding justice, liberty, and reform. In case these demands are refused, the manifesto appeals to the Osmanli to remove, in another manner, the STAINS ON THE NAME OF THEIR NATION. Said Pasha, it is now stated, left the British Embassy entirely of his own free will, having received assurances from the Sultan of his Majesty's favour and of his own personal security, which he considered satisfactory.
It is understood that Said Pasha is permitted to return to hi3 own house in Constantinople. Previous to leaving the British Embassy, Said Pasha addressed a request to the Sultan for permission to leave the country with his family. Advices from Bitlis give the following account of the massacre which took place in that town on October 25th: "The Turks, all armed, assembled in the mosquc6, and in order to justify the projected attack caused several of their party, dressed as Armenians, to fire off their pistols in the courtyard of the mosque known as the Oulan Djami, situated quite close to the market-place. Simultaneously with the firing of pistols cries were heard among the Turks that the Giaours were attacking the mosque. This was the signal for a combined attack on the market.
The massacre of the Armenian shopkeepers commenced at one-, which all the shops were plundered. The mob then proceeded to the Armenian quarters, and began to pillage the houses, besides killing the women and children. In those attacks the Turkish population of Bitlis was seconded by a number of men belonging to the Kurdish tribes of Modgan and Khorti. The disturbances which occurred at the neighbouring villages are said to have EXCEEDED IN FEROCITY those which took place at Bitlis. Complete details of the havoc wrought in the rural districts have not yet come to hand, but it is already known that the village of Ghorltik, containing five hundred houses, has been completely reduced to ruins, in the same way as the villages of Parkhante, Khembet, Tchour, and Papchen." A report from Van states that over forty Armenian villages in the districts of Ardjich and Arzgae have been devastated by Kurds, and the wheat, furniture, and cattle of "the inhabitants taken.
The entire population of about fourteen thousand souls is wandering about the country without shelter and clothing. The same report says that although the reforms are intended for the Armenians, there will be none of them left in the country when the measures are enforced. Everywhere massacre, pillage, famine, fire and the rigours of winter are exterminating the population, and this century of light and civilisation will inscribe on its annals a history of the extermination of an entire people." Advices from Sivas report pillage, murders, and devastation in the rural districts. The village of Andreas was attacked on October 28th, and a largo number of inhabitants were massacred, while parts of the village were burned. Old men.
women, and children, who had sought refuge in the church, are said to have been burned alive. A portion of the inhabitants managed to make their escape to the mountains, whence they watched the burning of the Chabine-Kara-Hissar. report mentions the fact that the bugle of the troops sounded the attack, and that soldiers took part in it. THE SULTAN AND THE DESPATCH BOATS; The Constantinople correspondent of the Times," writing on the 9th says: In their mission yesterday to Said Pasha at the Embassy Tashin Bey. the Sul tan's First Secretary, and Tewfik Pasha, Minister for Foreign Affairs, wrung from the fugitive a declaration that if the Sultan entered into a written engagement with the British Ambassador to respect his life and liberty, to force no public office upon him, and to pay his pension regularly for Said has no private fortune he might reconsider his determination to leave the country.
Izzett Bey gets great credit with his patron for having spun out the matter of the despatch boats for three whole weeks until, all its primitive significence or importance has faded out of it. Nor can it be said that the Snltan was constrained to yield to an indisputable right, for His Majesty answers I never disputed your right; I only questioned the expediency of your exercising that right at a very critical moment, and asked you to forego it for a while. Now that I have restored to my capital the tranquillity which the action of Europe had compromised, bring in your second despatch boats and welcome." EXPECTED RISING AT STAMBOUL. For some dajis past (says the Constantinople correspondent of the Daily News a great number of Turks and Kurds of the criminal class have been passing into Constantinople from the recently devastated regions of Asia Minor. Their primary object is to dispose of the loot they obtained during the massacres, but it is also certain that they are attracted here by the hope of a further and far richer harvest in the event of the Sultan permitting a rising at Stamboul.
Meanwhile their talk of the. good time which they have had, coupled with the display of their plunder, has inflamed the lowest class of the Moslem population to a condition of aching desire to attack the bazaars. They are ready to seize the slightest provocation for an attack. I think it improbable that in any event there would be an organised attack on private houses, the chief object being plunder. In conjunction with these facts the action of the Government in seizing and deporting daily numbers of Armenians of the poor SHALL WE LEAP So we're to be married, are we, dear? Enter together on Life's last stage-Married! on some two hundred a year And a moderate poet's doubtful wage) Off with the careless, easy life, Bachelor's quarters, casual meals: Yes! 'tis a serious thing, a wife.
And marriage is not all wedding-peals. Love my heart is the same, I think. How I longed for the years to go But now we stand on the very brink We shall be one in a month or so. Did I not love you. dear, so much As love I do, to the heart's own core Twere something rash to put to the toncS All that we have, for a chance of more.
For if we fail! and the thought runs yet. Had I the. right those words to say Well! they're said, and I can't regret The glow of it flushes my thoughts to-day, Li to as it stands is a chequered board, Light and shadow we make the best: Chance what may, love is our reward, And, love without, what is all the rest? Dear we stake on a gambler's throw Ease for happiness is it wise? Is it not worth it Age savs No But Youth joins hajids, with a laugh, and tries. Pall Mall Gazette." THE ISLINGTON HOUROR. GAMBLE IN THE DOCX.
At Clerkenwell Police Court, on Thursday, Alfred Gamble was charged with attempting to murder William Cattle, aged three years, in a stable in Sydney Grove, Goswell-road, on Decemher 3rd. A woman named Burgess, who keeps a fruit stall in Chapel-street, Islington, and employs the prisoner, said that on the afternoon of December lird she eent him to her stable in Sydney Grove to get some sacks. Prisoner had the key of the stable. Gamble was away for about an hour and a half. Witness scolded him for being so long.
Gamble said he had stopped to sweep the stable. George Irons, employed by Mr. Burgess, said that on December 3rd, at midday, prisoner borrowed from him the pocket-knite produced, and had it ground. Gamble returned it to him in the evening. George Miles, grandson of Mrs.
Burgess, said on the evening of December 3rd, he wished to take chaff to the stable, and ai-ked Gamble for the key. Prisoner replied, You hail better not take it; you will get into a row." He ultimatelv gave witness the key. Witness with two other lads took charf to the stable. It was then dark. They placed the chaff iust inside the door and went sway.
Wilfrid Young said he went to lb'- stable with the Jasr witness. The door was locked. Witness brother opened it. While in the stable heard a groan. Prisoner was again remanded for a week.
A TORPEDO DESTROYER IN COLLISION. CHARGE AGAINST HER COMMANDER. On Tuesday, on her Majesty's ship Repulse at Chatham Dockyard, a court-martial opened for'the trial of Staff-Commander Wrn. John Bulmore ami Gunner Herbert Stevenson, of her Majestv's torpedo destroyer Lightning. The court was presided over by Captain H.
F. Rolfe, of the Repulse. Commander Bulmore is charged with negligence and drunkenness while in command of the Lightnin" during her steam trials off the Maplin Sands, on November 8th, and it was alleged against Gunner Stevenson that when he was told thai the Commander was unfit for duty, and assumed command himself, he took no immediate steps for the sax'etv of the ship. Gunner Hollis deposed that at the time of the collision the Lightning was going ac a speed of from 12 to 13 knots, and that the engines were not stopped immediately. There was no panic on board, but only slight confusion.
The ship's doctor, witness added, said the Commander was unfit for duty, and the command was taken bv Gunner Stevenson. Chief Engineer Cornish deposed that when the man at the wheel asked for a ruurse. Commander Bullmore replied the same old course." In his opinion the commander was not sober at the time ot the collision, his speech being thick. Stevenson appeared confused, and did not immediately take charge of the ship. little or nothing seemed to be done for the safety of the vessel.
The court adjourned. KILLED BEFORE HER MOTHER'S EYES. A GIRL SHOT BY HER BROTHER. Shortly after 11 o'clock on Wednesday, a shocking shooting case occurred in Summerfieid Crescent, Birmingham, a boy of nine, named Leonard Mes-siter, shooting his sister Eva, aged eleven, dead with a revolver. He had found the, weapon in a wardrobe drawer, and.
pulling it out. pointtd it at his sister, and fired. The bullet struck the girl under the eye, and she died in a lew minuted. The affair was witnessed by the mother, who was lying on the bed at the time, but was powerless to interfere. She is quite prostrated by the dreadful occurrence.
The police were informed, and the boy was brought before the Stipendiary, to whom it was explained that the affair was purely accidental, as the children were playing together immediately before the lad found the revolver. This belonged to the father, to whom the lad was handed, but the Stipendiarv made strong comments on the revolver having been, left about loaded. An inquest was held on Thursday upon the boar of the girl. The father "said ho hail had a revolver for years. Last summer an attempt to break into his house was made, so he loaded the revolver and placed it in a secret drawer of the wardrobe.
The boy, whilst playing, found this drawer, and pulling out the revoher, shot his sister dead! The mother was in the room at the time. The lau had been accustomed to shoot with a toy air-pistol, and had been promised a revolver when he attained his majority. He was very fond of "playing soldiers," and he and his sister had been so playing before the occurrence happened. The jury returned a verdict that deceased was killed by misadventure." PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND RECALLED. December 7th.
1640. The House of Commons voted that the levying of ship-money was illegal the Judges concurred in this opinion. 1657. Cromwell sent an agent to the Duke of Savoy to negotiate in favour of his Protestant subjects. December Sth.
1648. A detachment of the Parliament Army marched into London, and seized the public treasures that were lodged at the Goldsmiths' and other city halls. 1660. Both Houses ordered the bodies of Cromwell, Bradshaw, Ireton, and Pride to be hanged on the gallows at Tyburn, and then buried underneath. December 9th.
1643. Arundel Castle. Sussex, was taken from the Parliament by the Royalists. 1674. Edward Hyde.
Earl of Clarendon, died at Rouen, in Normandy, where he had resided for the seven years of his exile, during which time he wrote his "History of the Great Rebellion." December 10th. 1547. The Protector Somerset, who had marched into Scotland, defeated the Scots at Pinkncy Field, 1 ear Musselburgh. 13,000 were slain. 1702.
Queen Anne informed the Commons that she inteuded conferring a dukedom, and ,5,000 per annum out of the Post Office, on the Earl of Marlborough. December 11th. 1640. Alderman Pennington, attended by a City mob, preferred a petition to the House of Commons, subserihed by 15,000 hands, for extirpating Episcopacy, 1688. The Spiritnal an Temporal, declared that they would apply to the Prince of to procure a Free Parliament, and for securing the public peace.
December V2ih. 1653. The Long Parliament resigned its power into the hands of the Eord-General Cromwell. 1684. Twenty-five corporations in Cornwall, and six in Devon, having surrendered their Chatters they were presented to Charles II.
by the Earl of Bath. December 13th. 1542. Jamea King of Scotland, died, and was succeeded by Mary, Queen of Scots. The better sort, of people, in England, ware allowed the use of Bibles.
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The valne of the Chester Cup for next year has a trirreased bv 200, thu3 bringing it up to .2.200. The spectators at Stoney Lane, on baturda vn I their money back, and the police had to be Baited a to eject some of them. The Inter-League match. Scotland v. Ireland.
after an unusual amount of arranging, been ted fas February 15th, at Glasgow. While engaged in a football match at 1 Monday, Constable Robert Trinnear. aed 2i. of 1. after a scrimmage, fell and died Immediately.
An Inter-League match betwtn th Midland LeaaUfl and the fcancashire League would prove a very iu ing ano remunerative fixture, tya a ALdland correspondent. W. J. Sturgees, the amateur walker, baa decided make his attempt upon all existing records no to ftft I miles at the Boxins Day meeting of uie Polyitciiiuo Harriers. Donald M'Call, a fine right-wins forward of the team, when in the zenith of their fame.
Is lyir seriously ill, and in circ*mstances best described 4 straitened. In the early part ot next season a number ere yonr? K--et cricketers are to be coached by Maurice Kead and R. Abel, these Hurrey experts having been ipecialiy retained for ths purpose. In a match in Derbyshire, between Compstall nt New Mills, the goalkeeper of the former club had to ch ar a dropping ahot, and in so doing grasaed all ave forwards on the other side. Walter Humphreys, the veteran Sussex rncke-ter.
having definitely decided to retire from particioation-in first-class games, has been nominated to officiata as an umpire in county matches. Preston North End have signed on League and Ovm ination foyms A. R. Downer, tho Scottish They have also signed F. Uriihthd.
late oi Newtown, aa a goalkeeper. His height is 6ft. James Brown, a Manchester jockey, has returned from Hungary, after a successful sssaaon. having ridden 20 winners out of 177 rides. He has again been retained to ride for Count Esterhazy next season.
It is pleasing to learn that the accident to Mr. Albert Brasscy. who was struck in the eye bv a tennis ball, is not so serious as was expected. The oculist's port is favourable, but rest is required. The House of Ommcns Steeplechase- is Hfcety to ha r-establiohed this reason, and Cathal's owner, the Roil.
R. A. Ward, who sits for the Crwe Division of Cheshire, is already mentioned as rirst favourite. Tho Blackburn Harriers should have vuired Boltoa on Saturday to fulitl their with the Bolton, Harriers, but were unable to raise a team. The Boltna club mustered in strong torce and were very much disappointed.
A wrestling match for 100 and the litrht-weigb championship took place ou Saturday at stalybridg between T. Jones, of Aspull. and J. Mellor. of Staly-bridgo.
and after a desperate struggle the match waj drawn. For the first time this season Everton appear art th top of the League table, and certainly their tine consistent play of the past two months well merit tl honour. Derby County are now second a good seconcL too and the Villa third. Mr. X.
Eostoa-Bourke, who was officiating as refere in the Casuals v. Sunderland match, on Tuesday, received a severe crack on the head from a boot, and though he pluckily kept on tiia held for a time he subsequently retired, his place aiter half-time being takes by Lieutenant Simpson. The Royal Yacht Stiaadron has intimated to tha special committee of the New York Yacht Chib that it can take no action in regard to the investigation of Lord Dunraven charges, as the matter is a purely personal one, and Lord Dunraven does not recruetsi tiie Squadron to interfere. Darwen will play the following team against. Liver pool Briggs.
goal: Lomax and Leach, backs; Forrest. Clarke or Saddow), and M'Avoy. half-backs; Watson. Hunt. Maxwell, Tyrcr, ami Townley.
forwarus. It will be seen that Shaw been dropped. The Burnley team which is Co meet Sheffield Wedn-day to-day. upon the ground of the, latter, will be the same as lost against Stoke: Tatham. goal; Reynolds and backs; M'Elenv.
Efpie. an Taylor, half-backs; Patterson. Bowes. Nieol. Place, and Hill, forwards.
Notwithstanding all rumours to the contrary, J. S. Johnson, the Minneapolis cyclist, has determined t.o come to Europe month. The American record-breaker is very anxious indeed to have a cut in as of the European Continent. 10 ffay nothing of miner events nicked up hy cthpr Hibernian-bred animals, the following fourteen lnJt horses have woi important races of the agsresM t.
value of in England thia war- Ctpoh r.u wn Lesterlin, Bellevin. Minstrel Boy. Laodamia. WiH" 1 ironi rsorneo, Uentle Ida. Kilsallaghan, Red Heart.
Laster Gift. Rock Dove. Clorane, Hebron, and Uazetteer. Mr. Blackham, the incomparable wicket-keeper, wno for 20 years has played so prominent a part iu Vict if fan cricket, met with so serious an accident on November 2nd that, he has been ordered to abstain from all active exercise for the veit of the Australian In these circ*mstances it is unlikely that ho will visit England in 1S96.
The Blackburn Rovers, who have not another League encasem*nt in Blackburn until next vear. will meet Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molyneux Grounds t. day. The same team which represented the tto against Boltcn Wanderers will be played, Ogdv Soal; Brandon and Murray, backs; Dewar. Anders 1, and Killoan.
half-backs; Saydeck. Whitehead, Tuto-bnll, wilkie, and Chippendale, forwards. Mr. W. Ward, of Blackburn, has had the mtfotaea to lose his greyhound bitch G-ease, by Fre-braan mit of Chipoina Machine.
Sb ha litt.er Mia I defunct Herschel. and while at phv wilh the saptrj I she met with a mishap and expired on the wuo we oeueve was nrecl By xr. 1 divined the Newmarket Champion Puppy Sta year, and was then purchased by Mr. War 1, 1 had very bad luck with her. Amongst those who have uigned for Liverpool 1 Bull (Notts County 1, Wall (Manchester I ity and -er (Woolwich Arsenal, the well-known goalkeepe rh i men are reported to be in Liverpool now.
and si will probably be eligible for famo'is centre forward of the Hearts of Midi also expected, together with another Scotch orw named M' Far lane. The Salford Harriers' nrt seven miles handicap the season was duly brought off on Saturday From Vvhite Lion Hotel, Swinton. when 13 starred. known athletes in W. H.
Morton (eaptaia, K. Water J. co*ckenll. and O. Barnes, went out m- I by way of Moor-lane, through EHesmeire 1 V.
ley. Walkdeu, and finishing along .1 3 extra distance covered was all in favour oi I Crook, of Blackburn, the scratch man, who wou bv about i yards. The dates for the matches to he played during tho visit of the Australians next season against represe 1-tative English teams have now been decided npats. They are earlier in the season than usual, a': t. Instead ot the Manchester match taking place last a baa recently been the ride, it will be 'vtp.
ri nose at Lord's and the Oval. Tho dates nr.lni '-oth. ac. at Lord's: July 16th, at Manchester: and An-ust 10th. at the Oval.
h. Diggle and G. Ryder on Tuesday plaved an todii-hitton billiard match at Frestou of no. Ryder receiving 400 start. During the tirst portion 1 ta game both players- showed capital torn, but Diezle.
with breaks of 149. 94. 36. and 75. overhauled his and at the interval the rcores were: D'-'e Ryder.
b02. Resuming. Diple plaved a tine. aJI-roundl same, ana caught his opponent before he had scored )00. eventually ru-aum; out an easy winner, the acoraa being: Dingle.
2.000; Ryder. 1.61s. At a meettne: of the Derbyshire Association, ot Thursday, the secretary said that John (iocda.l was a who. since he played football, had never f-n guilty if doing a single shady trick, and he thought it right when they met with such a player they soon id recognise his worth." He proposed that the A so tion issue cards to every club, official, and officer connection with the Association and every reiere. for the purpose of increasing the fund lor John.
Good all bencrit. News ha.s como to hand of ln nnlnrtunate miury winch ha happened to John His--iuj. the champva jumper of the world, who is at. pre en' tonr.ng America. From what we can gather he was performing the feat of leaping over two hors when he abghted upon his left le, and severely sprained bis ankle, 1 prevented htm performing for several dav-s.
When no resumed his show he ha to leave out some of his best tricks, and had only recommenced about tour days when the same ankle rave war, unu ho wia again compelled to desist gtvig ciinbif.jns. a American paper has reported that Htfrsm tns broken ins le. but wo are disinclined to believe tais until mrtner information is received from Hoggins. A- meet ing of the London Centre af the National ycltrits Union was held on Wednesday consider an 1 instruct me delegates to vote upon the items nn agenda for the council meet in to he held jr HdJ Wa tie 21st inst. Mr.
Rohert Todd was in the chair. With the exception of Mr. Maffiiire scheme to da away with licensing, most of the suggested nw mj. were favourably received. A propria! to support n'r Li truer 3 propositions as to subsidieimr rider was carried unanimously, whilst Mr.
Bferir'a three-cJaa scheme, whereby riders are to ho divided into clashes B. and or amatears, trade amateur-, and o-fesaionals. wad met with similar favour as a whol. rnd this also will be supported by fhe London centra delegate. The meeting also expressed itself in favour ot Mr.
EL h. Gnfrin's proposition that the rlvm---Bfcart nulo" be added to the list of recognised bests ra record. A meeting of the Management Committee of the Foot-ball League was held on Tuesday ar Derhv. There wor present Messrs. Heinley Ipresident).
Ford and Ha! 1 vice-presidents. Parley. AdyneuT. Bellamy, Ounklev and Loekett tseefef ry A claim from the shire Association for loss i -J" YT.I.S HOI. PnrfTTiin lor pliyins Smith, a transfer' from Xewc i 1 without the seven days aualiiuon The TVP.T-t T-il.
I the transfer list originally belonged. The was certainly of a vague character, and Ire exPUr fr satisfactory. An MKtrt mernhanCSh1 Cietv to auOW cTde toca" wounds wa.s vs6 the fgg bounty 'Uni1. of the Lanea.sb:r Football teociatio was held at tne Mar and Garter.Blaekbum.on Ttteeda r. r.
Wooltall bems in the chair. The draw rpr 'ha uincashiro Cup was made, with hoe fallowing regatta Meet wood Rangers v. Everton. Darwen v. Aeenngton.
Blackpool v. Southport Central. Racup v. Nelson. Blackbnm Rovers v.
Liverpool. Manchester City v. Preston Xorth Ead. Newton Heath v. Bury.
Bolton Wanderers v. Burnley. The draw for the Junior Cup was as Lytham v. Pre scot. Hindley v.
Padiham. Park Bead v. farnworth. Bdgworth Rovers v. Skerton.
Haydock v. Bawtansall. Turton v. Bell's Temperance. Astley Bridge Wanderers v.
Ashton-in-MakerflaW. Halliweil Rovers v. Oswaldtwiste Rovers. The Senior ties to be played on January 18th lri-fc off at 2.30: and tho ties for the Junior Cud on rant-Uth. kick-off at 2.30.
Haddow. of the F.C.. reported by 'the referee for SjfciS SZZ. cautioned v.ouuiy. wrre nuyuum lur a.
monMl for Hc-hfin-T November 23rd. Birchall. of SkelmeAiale CmiLS fa using bad language at Barlstown. waTan 2 1 vaa wucKiion. two montna i-erer Lostoek Hall, was suspended -for lourteaa day.
for kicking an opoonen nnplayod match between Burnley and Blarkhi, Rovers was tixed for March mb and I ewe Alexandra COT tJIH-UlllUIIH. w- competition. Our i PUppil U1 inuui rge Ires, aid dy taeir aid tins Dfl- 1 i reaa aaa regra. miRUt ije Uireaten- co-operation in reaching our our road. In what way do j.
iei. uten ugut ag enmark with bacon, America. not to boat about the glories r- toe producers of all oi England, and we bfcadly lM aff--d it! That is, we ask question iiiian. an ill tt bb wui pay ram oreeo arj' iann that bas some hill-jnc -a land of sheep should he keep. -j the niilsuie land and for killing one Uie email harfiy breeds i UW JfOOtUHl DfcRBT -LIMESTOKa.
ones, I may say, from tiie vy. ccrae bui they are really aad they are very hardy, Lea and cold Derbyshire peaks market needs to Le of I-. arid that comes best from the Fflff home so long ae it be not run bg or coatse, that i i ent. Tlit- breed called "lime ru rorc ailments than are any of i If "Mountain" can get a I breed, asd can keep them en the httle cake and hay in winter, for Ins own tabie, he will find bey are grass fed. Be had than just keeping them in ay certamly keep them on his fsastAre without wliat they eat The lambing time will be the only 1 special attention, and at that them within hurdles a home -ve a little extra keep for lie helps, and this one will make 1 1, inuaa handles it carefully.
f-ACTOET BrTTER. be reason, when one thinks of it, that ed I titter, the united produce of a a worth most money to the butter the ebojikeeper. If there be a -c sample here and there, the iactory is sure to detect it, and to isf 'he account of the sender 1 with the loss, or with may have to take with it. lonr is a great point in hutter. sH-jiit lib.
rolls from the farm, each a ure of a cow or something of of uate now. The assistant in ci i can mould and pat it up 1 if "fancy butter" is wanted, r-help, or Miss hate of the West to tht. A butter-worker tu az one, for lnctance: TBt Sit A DAK BriTKk-WOtEB. est set op at some central farm-hr-us, er us every cw-keeping and butter- riti To tbat centre all the butter made be s-3t to be blended, ried, and packed off to a butter district iire one or two residents ninj naeure, may even self the a to Urge users or retailers and it wili im and suoiiar arrangements, -tr A that district ever falls below -t. or Is.
od. per lb. for the year's v.ay of arciding the ghat il itea, i of oat the dealers' wraliy gel the profit that should go -t. ue proc.icers. A uking up and turning or 8001b.
of butter in an 110 Many a landlord who had pneet, and who wants hi nants to ao tnvir best, would od a machine and a depot pw inovement as this. A development of the system is to tin oepot to be churned, and separated milk taken back for Tiirrf- is a strong objection to lood for pigs, 4lc Well, if a the hotter iat out of the milk seiariitor can do. ana sinm an oven by analysis to be of w.u not rural people, be to trusting and so un- tuts oi there being honour one of self -pteserva- truth of Darwic remark 1 the ntieit. Wan Rabbits. makes two blades of grass grew lfore is a benei actor mar.
once said" so, and it lieoatne worn-out by aiae. r.f said of those workers jpie who work per-expect nothing, not even a -l cannot help vent-i tnought, an expression i shobld be so dense, so grooves, aad so tenacious t. can or will instruct us ig on eye to their own 1 was 3t me last Dairy Show at e-y strongly. The com-wnom the British Dairy en trusted the management rvienr saw an opening tor -i farmers and producers, utile rabbits and offered T--u cut a long story sbori and as one entry does they bad no choice but to the same committee, aet at rpeateri the claas for wild of me Smithneld Qub's I td is held in the eame He, Ishngtoa this 1 loader, reap a small re-- .7 J' my hone to see some live and dead ones, that led 4j DOW or tW.n... inowt rabbit called the at several large warrens of 4.
lUi naEBITS. ft. PENAL SERVITUDE FOR LIFE. Mirhael Lawion, blacksmith, residing near Cork, was indicted, at Munater Assizes, on Tuesday, for the murder of his wife. The evidence went to" show that a pledge of total abstinence into which the prisoner had entered expired on the night upon which the alleged murder was committed, and that he then drank to excess.
At midnight a woman's screams were heard issuing front the house in which the prisoner resided with hi- wite. Next morning he fetched to his wife a priest, who found her dead, her head hairing been tract ured with a hammer! Prisoner then said he would run away, but the clergyman detained him. The jury, alter very con-eiderable consideration, found him guilty oi "Manslaughter." and he was sentenced to penal servitude for life. HOME-BAKING A PLEASURE NOW. TRY IT I DEE.
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A sample packet with some Useful recipes will be sent gratis and post free to every reader naming the Weekly Standard." Write to Brown and Poison, Oft, Queen Victoria-street, London. THE DOCTOR AND THE JOLRNAL1ST. Herbert Cadctt. a journalist on the Sun staff, apjeared on an adjout ued suinmons. ut Bow-sri cet, on Thursday, charged with publishing a libel upon James Charles Ady, a medical man.
of Brixton, in the course or a series of articles upon alleged illegal operations and baby farming in London. Dr. Ady, in continued cross-examination, said he did not correct a misstatement in his letter to the Sun because he did not think it mattered. His brother wrote the letter, and read it over to him. Mrs.
Graham was his foster daughter. His la lie wile adopted her seven vears ago. Witness declined to sav whether Mrs. Graham was married when she first came to live with witness in Stamford-stn in 1893. She had taken in lying-in patients.
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An Aldershot correspondent states that at half-past nine on Saturday, the special service corps, numbering thirteen officers and 254 men, with 15 Royal Engineers, and one man of the armv pav corps, paraded under command of Colone'l the Hon. F. Stopford. The men having been drawn up in line, the Duke of Connaught rode up, accompanied by the headquarter staff. After a brief inspection the ranks formed in quarter column, and almobt simultaneously there arrived a carriage in which were the duch*ess of Connaucht and Prince and Princess Henry, of Battenberg, the Prince being in full uniform lor foreign service.
The Duke of Connaught, addressing the men, reminded them that they had been selected from distinguished regiments, and said that he was speaking to a corps which represented he British Army. Whether they would fight as one corps or in detachments he could not ray, but he impressed on them the necessity of implicit obedience to their officers, and said that the one great thing against which they had to guard was night attack. Let them be careful that the enemy did not catch them napping, their carbines would, no doubt, enable them to give an account of themselves. Further, if they should be sick he lu ped they would Ix-ar in mind that, however irksome it might be, it was their duty to obey the doctor's instructions. In saying good bve, he would wish them a pleasant voyage, good health, and a safe return.
The battalion i hen marched off, led by two bands, and headed by the Duke and his staff. On the way to the Government railway siding, the corps passed the Army Medical Corps parade ground, where the Duke inspected a draft of 40 men. He addressed them also, and spoke of the necessity of discipline, forethought, and kindness. This detachment then joined the larger one, and the men marched on to the platform and were entrained. As soon as they had entered the carriages the whole of the officers of the draft were called up, and the Duke shook each heartily by the hand.
Just as Prince Henry of Battenberg was laying good bye to Princess Beatrice, and as the train was moving away, a telegraph boy handed him a message from the Queen wishing him a prosperous voyage. DEPARTURE OF THE CARRIERS. Orders have been issued prohibiting the sale of rum along the line of march to Capo Coast Castle. The natives arc forming greai; markets on the route to the Prahsu, and the scouts are already staving in the rum casks when found. The Houssas are now within two marches of the Ashantee country.
Wanting on Monday a correspondent says: I have just witnessed a stirring and picturesque scene in the departure of the main body of carriers for the front. The carriers were LOGO strong, and the column was quite two miies in length. Both sexes were represented, and many of the women added the weight of babies, strapped to the loins, to the 50ib. loads which they carried on their heads. All were mustered at noon in the Castle yard.
They bivouacked on the ground, on the ramparts under the guns. The scene was a wild and strange one. A HUNDRED DIFFERENT TRIBKS were represented by the 4,000 carriers, and a hundred varying languages and dialects united in a babel, the noise of which rose clearly above the deep roar of the ever-raging surf. All appeared to be cleanly, and all were clothed in cotton robes, striped with many hues, and worn in a sort of Greek style, looped at the shoulders. The turbans, led graen, yellow, blue, and pink, flashed in the blazing sun.
The headdresses of. the women were coquettish and multicoloured. Many native kings, who had arrived for a "grand palaver" with the Governor, were present in full barbaric state, and proud of mien they stood in the sun with great state umbrellas held over their heads, or squatted in the shade of the Castle battlements. Their persons were ornamented with rudely fashioned gold snake3 and the like, and they wore virgin gold nuggets in their ears, in their hair, and dangling at their wrists. The diversity of colour in the SILKEN EOBES OF THESE HEATHEN KINGLETS and of their women was remarkable and dazzling.
Many were of yellow, green, and crimson. The women were mostly handsome, plump, and stalwart. The carriers, men and women alike, bore their loads lightly, and started off with a swinging step, all singing a wild chant as they marched- The first part of the journey inland is to be a forced march to Prahsu. The' distance from the base to Prashu is 80 miles, and the carriers are to cover it in four days. They will march 25 miles to-day.
General Sir Francis Scott, on his way out, cabled the authorities to send all stores direct to PrahoU. The troops will be allowed six days in which to cover the 80 miles to Prahsu. It will be seen from the foregoing that the initial obstacle to the success of the expedition has been already surmounted. For this service the country is indebted to the energy and tact of Mr. Maxwell, the Governor of the Gold Coast, who had, in fact, settled the carrier difficulty at the moment when it was causing the utmost anxiety to the organisers of the expedition.
ALLEGED UNDERMINING OF COOMASSIE. Increasing activity prevails at Cape Coast Castle. Governor Maxwell has received from Sir Francis Scott a cablegram requesting that all the available 7-pounder guas, together with the machine guns at present on the coast, should be tient forward to Praheu with the least possible delay. All the war rockets in store are to be sent to the front forthwith. A native messenger has just arrived from the Ashantee capital.
He states that Coomassio has been undermined, and gives details of the manner in which King Prempeh'a engineers have carried out this work. Orders have been issned for the Ordnance Store Corps and the Medical Staff Corps, with medical and hospital stores, to start for the front in fifteen davs' time. Seventy Houssas, recently arrived from Elmina, left tor the front on Wednesday. Marines have arrived from Accra, and from H.M. ships Sparrow and Magpie.
A rocket brigade will precede the fighting column when the march to Coomassie begins. Every step of the road will be effectively cleared by means of war rockets. A plucky and useful bit of work has been done by Quartermaster D. J. Edwards.
He plunged into the interior alone, and has reached Mansu safely. He sends back word by native runners that the streams along the route are all swollen. He adds that the various chiefs whom ho has seen are rendering assistance in tlfe way of collecting provisions for the use of the expedition. There is no direct news from Coomassie. The silence is thought to he sinister.
Without placing reliance upon the reports as to the mining of the capital, it may ho stated positively that KiDg Prempeh has accumulated vast stores of gunpowder, and that some kind of mine has been constructed by his people at Adanrie. Governor Maxwell makes light of these stories. If, he savs, there are mines at Coomassie, thev are more likely to blow up the Ashantees than to hurt our men. On ednesday there arrived at CapeCoast Castle numerous native warriors, professing to be anxious to fight with us against the Ashantees. When informed that their offers of military services could not be entertained they expressed much disappointment.
The military authorities assigned them to transport duties. THE ASHANTEES WELL ARMED. The Royal Mail steamship Boma has arrived at Liverpool from West Africa. She conveyed from Accra to Cape Castle Captain Donald Stewart, the officer who took the British ultimatum to Coomassie. Captain Stewart stated that ho had been well received at the Ashantee capital, but was informed that British residents would not be accepted.
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to be paid for the damage done. THE HARRIS INSTITUTE PRIZE MtsTRIBUTIOX. LOKD DERBY ON TECHNICAL EDUCATION. The annual distribution of prizes in connection with the Harris Institute, Preston, took place, on Thursday, in the Public Hall. The chair was occupied by Mr.
W. Ascroft. president of the Institute. Alter distributing the prizes, Lord Derby said that never, during the thirty years, more or less, in which he had been somewhat in the service of Preston, had he seen a more remarkable gathering than that one. An occasion like that showed the great progress that technical education had made in the hearts and hopes of the people during the later years of the nineteenth century.
Comparing twenty-five years ago with to-day, and remembering the advantages which were placed, not only at the doors, but even in the hands, of those who cared to use them, they could not but he struck with the extent of the advance they had made in educational matters, an advance which was refining and elevating the people and making their homes brighter and happier. Technical education, he was afraid, was taken, too often, to mean only that which would enable men and women to better understand that particular industry upon which they intended to rely for a living. No doubt that was TUE STRONG BIDE of the subject, but he would claim one word for those whose desire was to encourage a taste for the beautiful. The great exhibition of 1851, if it did nothing else, opened our too self-satisfied eyes, and sTiowed us what could be done in the way of elevating the taste of a people. In the early days there were some who objected to the teaching of art on a scientific basis.
That view, however sincerely it might have been held, approximated to the absurd. Apart from the advantages that training gave in art it conferred others advantages which he might instance by saying that a great deal of designing work which formerly went to the Continent was now done by English students, who had gone through the technical schools. From an industrial point of view, was that training less valuable? One of the students who had come before him had gained the highest possible place in the subject of cotton spinning. By doing so, he had not only advanced himself, but he had advanced those with whom he worked, by SHOWING THEM WHAT CODLD BE DONE, and by inspiring them to do the. same.
This training also had an influence on character. This age was not consistent with its requirements, for while on the one hand the keenness of competition produced a tendency towards specialisation, on the other hand it demanded that everyone should be what wa3 known as up-to-date. In Lancashire they were proud to think there was a keen appreciation of that which was good, and that which was beautiful, and their Institute would no doubt be the means of giving to Proud Preston a pre-eminince in the artistic as well as in the technical world. (Applause.) Mr. W.
E. M. Tomlinson, M.P., in seconding the vote of thanks to Lord Derby, proposed by the Rev. G. Steele, said that they were told that in this country they were rather deficient in the means of promoting secondary education.
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