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JuLy 23, 1881 oo
“\ THE PENNY. ILLUSTRATED’ PAPER ; : 51
squadron of four ironclads, and Prince William of
Prussia also accompanied it on board the aviso Grille.
he Duchess of Edinburg’ , during the
absence of her husband with the Fleet, been engaged
in making a tour of the French, South German, and
Swies waters, . , mo ‘
‘The Dake and Duchess of Connaught on Saturdoy
opened the new wing of the Royal Hospital for In-
carables at Putney.’ In presiding at the luncheon,
the Duke expressed the great interest’ which the
Prince and Princess of Wales felt in the progress of
that institution; and he personally bore testimony
to the noble work performed by it. Subscriptions to
the amount of £5246 were announced towards the
fund for building the new wing, the cost of which
has been £11,600.
Princess Beatrice on Monday opened a Fine-Art
Exhibition, held under the patronage of the Queen,
Prince and Princess Christian, and Prince Leopold,
at the Albert Institute, Windsor.
The Grand Duke of Hesse, accompanied by his
daughters, Princesses Victoria aud Elizabeth, and
Prince ‘pola, Duke of Albany, arrived at Darm-
stadt July 16, from England.
KING OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS,
King Kalakaua, who left Claridge’s Hotel early on
Sunday on a visit to Bir Thomas and Lady Brassey,
at Normenhurst, near Battle, Sussex, returned to
town on Monday, after a short visit to Hastings.
After dinner his Majesty and suite went tothe Strand
Theatre, .
MR. GLADSTONE AND THE IRISH LAND BILL.
Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, and Earl and Countess
. Spencer, arrived at Windsor on Saturday eyoniug on
a visit to the Queen...) +1. Mak :
Mr. Gladstone on Tuesday had to put his foot
down with reepect to the-Irish Land Bill in the
Hionse of Commons. The Premicr, said, in reply to
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, ~
t ‘st place, it is my intention to make every effort
to urge the Comwittce of the House to close rocesalngs on
this stage of the Land Bill this week; aud Pope it is not
unrensonable to expect that it can be brought to a close on
Friday, I may ets tin case it is uot concluded on
Friday, we will ask the House to meet on Saturday, to
prevent the risk of its pussing into next week. . Mouda.
night we propose to plice absolutely at the disposal of the
or the revi
ransvaal; or in case he should not think tit to do so we
ebull offer it to the hon. Baronet the member for Carlisle
(Sir W Lawson), end the hon, member for C: i
who have on the paper, in the form of Amendments to the
notice of the right hon. Baronet, what are in Teality sub-
stuntive motions on the subject. ore
Mr. Gladstone on Monday announced the names of
the proposed Irish Land Commissioners, Mr, Serjeant
"fagan, a son-inelaw of the presont Lord Chan-
ecllor for Ireland, was named as Judicial Commis-
sioner; Mr. E. F. Litton, tie intelligent Whig mem-
ber for the county of ‘Tyrone; and Mr. J. E. Femon,
land agent to Lord Pombroke, being the other
nowinee,
' The Confederation of Libcral Aveociations, which
has its head-quarters at Birmingham, is considering
a proposal for holding a monster meeting in London
in favour of the Lund Bill as soon as that measure
reaches the Huuse of Lords. 7 og
PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
The President steadily inyproves. | Tis physicians
oficially, aay that he progresses steadily towards con-
valexcence. He is permitted to select his food, and
he eats heartily of becf.
THE PRENCH TROOPS LANDED AT 8PAX
last Saturday and captured the place, which is now
occupied in force. “The semi-official journals of
Puris are quite indignant with the 1 urguie, which
had ventured to bint that ‘Tripoli was a part of the
Ottoman Empire. . .
THE TOAST OF “THE COLONIZS ” AP THE
MANSION HOUSE, :
The Lord Mayor last Saturday entertained a nom-
ber of the representatives of the Colonies at dinner
at the Mansion House. The K g of the Sandwich
IMands, responding to the toast of his health, ex-
pressed gratitude at the warmth of bis reception in
- in this country.’ ‘The Prince of Wales adverted to
the visit of bis sons to the Australasian colonies, and
acknowledged the cordial reception they had expe-
ri emarking that the young Princes would
have extended their visits further inland in South
Africa if the condition of the country had been muro
scaceful, The Duke of Manchester, the Speaker of
the House of Commons, and the Earl of Aunberley
replied to other toasts. a aa
Tho Duke of Manchester quoted rome interesting
figures showing the vastness . of the Australasian
cvlopies, Queensland alone being three times the
size of the French Republic. Austrulusia lat year
produced 82,000,000 bushels of whest, and its wool
nas beaten English wool out of the market, both in
umount and in value, which was £16,750,000.. ‘The
colonists, however, not. only benefited themselves,
but hud benefited English’ manufacturers to an
enormous extent, as was shown by the faet that
Australians and New Zealanders per head, man,
woman, and child, consumed £8 10s. worth of British
foals, whilst France only rates at 7. sd, per head,
and the United States at 7s. per head,
THE KOYAL AGRICULTURAL auow
. concluded at Derby on Monday. ‘Tho gathering has
bee
vne of the most successful ever beld. Tho
ér was brilliant throughout... Tho excursion
tiuius on Monday Lrought visitors from all towns in
. MO tee nb hie tow,
the Midlands, and the admissions were 40,200, the
largest number on a last day except at the ex-
hibitions of Kilburn and Birmingham.
The Prince of Wales on I'riday week saw the fow
animals to be scen, looked in at the dairy, saw the
prize cattle paraded, and, amid cheers, music, end
eneral excitewent, trotted off to the station, on the
platform of which he shook hands round, and
Geparted, leaving as a prevailing impression the
sentiment expressed near the station entrance by a
ruddy salesman, who said,
“We're all good fellers in Derbyshire, but dash
my wig if this Prince of Wales aint out-and-
outer,
SIR E. W. WATKIN, M.P.,
in presiding at the half-yearly meeting of the
Metropolitan Railway on Saturday, pointed out that
during the six months they had carried 33,400,000
passengers, against 31,600,000 in the correspondiug
eriod of 1880. ‘Lhe first-class percentage was 11°58,
the second-class 18°79, and the third-class 69°63.
The total receipts of the half-year had been
£205,946, against £279,246 in the corresponding
period of last year, an increase of £16,700.
4 CRYSTAL PALACE SCHOOL FESTIVAL.
The scholars attending the Board Schools in the
metropolis held their annual féto at the Crystal
alace on Saturday. The sceno was very animated
throughout the day, cne of the most interesting
features being the presontation of a large number of
Bibles to scholars who had competed for Mr. Peek’s
: * . : he
riz
Bishop of Manchester, who spoke on the oceasion,
enlarged on the importance of giving religious
instruction in elementary schools.
EARL SPENCER
opened, at the Albert Hall, on Saturday, an exhi-
bition of medical and sanitary appliances, promoted
by the Committee of the Parkes Museum of Hygiene.
: DON CARLOS,
M. Constans has caused Don Carlos to be expelled
from Frauce. The reason given for such an arbitrary
act by those who are behind the scenes and derive
their intormation from Government sources is the
demeanour of the Duc de Madrid during the mass
eolebrated in honour of the Saint Henri, the patron
saint of the Count de Chambord, at the church of
Saint-Germain-des-Prés on Friday week. ‘The Don
arrived on Tuesday in London,
aA cy LIPE IN AMERICA,
Many bave died from sunstroke inthe States. The
town of New Ulm, Minnesota, has been nearly
destroyed by a tornado, and many persons have been
illed and injured. A train on tho Chicago and Rock
Island Railway has been ecized by ruffiens, and about
16,000 dols. stolen, The robbers escaped on horse=
back. Intelligence from Tueson (Arizona) announces
the massagre by Iudians, on the 13th inst., of Seiior
Terrasas, Governor of the Mexican province of Sonora,
together with thirty mon.
NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES,
A eix-gun sloop has been dispatched tostrengthen
the squadron engaged in rotecting the Newfound-
land iisherics, Cuptain enuedy, of the Druid, who
isin charge of the fishery sguadron, will now have
four ships under his command.
ANOTHER COMET.
The Smithsonian Institution, New York, has re-
ceived information of the discovery of another comet
at Ann Arbor (Michigan). Its location is near the
constellution Auriga, right ascension five hours north,
declination 43 deg. 5 min. ‘The comet’s daily motion
is described as slow and towards the north-west.
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SUMMER ACCIDENTS,
DROWNED WHILE BUATING.
Early on Saturday morning last three young
women — Bessie Snow, eighteen; Ellen Hood,
fifteen, pupil teachers at the National School; and
Annie Beale, dressmakers’ apprentice, and a young
mao named Thomas Storey, were drowned while
boating on the River Brue, at ilighbridge, Somerset.
SAD AFFAIR AT A CLYDE WATERING-PLACE,
‘bree wen, named Poter Blair, fisherman, his
nephew, on man named Gullocher, a slater, all
belonging to Largs, sailed last Sunday in a Ingsail-
bost to Millport, where they obtained refreshment
es bond-fide travellers, and returned in the after-
noon, _In setting sail hitty yards off the shore the
boat upset. Galt the elder Blair were
drowned, the founger Blair being saved by a boat
which put off from the shore.
A TYNEMOUTH MISIIAP.
On Saturday last two boys, about fifteen years of
ge each, named John Hind ond Jas. M‘Gurk,
belonging to Blaydon Haughs, above Neweastle, who
had come to Tynemouth by an excursion from
Blaydon, engaged o pleasure-boat from Tynemouth
Mayen. They put out to sea, but before lovg the
boat was by somo means capsized, aud they were
drowned, 0
BATHERS DROWNED.
Two girlsfrom Damster, Somersetshire, named Janet
Clarke, aged 13, and bthir Clarke, 11, and a cousin,
Miss Gibbs, from Ross-shire, bathing at Lossiemouth
on July 15, went beyond their depths. et Clarke
was drowned. The other two girls were rescned.
Teter Grant, a porter at Lossiemouth Station, who
, Went to their rescue, was also drowned.
At Bridgnorth on Thursday se’nnicht two!
youths—Henry wen and Henry Foule—the former
a designer at Messrs. Southwell’s carpet manufactory,
were bathing at the Bridgnorth Rowing Clnb Baths,
when they ventured out into the Severn. Having
swum across, they were returning, when Owen said
he was sinking.” Foule went to his assistance,
but it was unavailing, and he had to leave and make
for a boat. . He paddled the boat where his com-
panion had sunk, but iu vain. During the whole of
this time there were several swiomers at the
bath-door who offered no a: ance,
On Saturday afternoon » while Harry Braze,
aged eight years, residing at No. 16, Dorrington-
street, Leather-lane, was playing on the brow leading
to Blackfriars Landing Pier, he fell into the river and
was drowned; the body has not been recovered.
Joseph Coner, aged thirteen Years, while bathing
near Chelsea, got out of his depth and was drowned.
Tho sane afternoon a number of brickwakers were
bathing in Faversham Creek, when one of them,
William Brown, aged twenty, got suddenly out of *
his depth, and, being ungble to swim, was drowned.
George Johnson, aged twenty-one years, of 41,
Enrl’s-terrace, Upper Grange-road, Old Kent-road,
wa3 drowned while bathing in the Grand Surrey
Canal on the 14th instant. A companion named.
Bliss tried to save him, but failed.
Jonstant practice at swimming, most salubrious
of exercis
drownitg. The better the swimmer, the more
certain is he not to overtax his powers.
Che Playgoer.
. —o——
TuEatTRicaL Managers are plucky, indeed, in broil-
ing weather to keep their theatres open. Yet‘ The
Ol Love and the New,” I must repeat, is so
admirable a comedy; is so brightly and naturally
written by Mr. Bronson Howard, and so neatly con-
gtructed withal; and is really go intelligently
acted by Mr. Wilson Barrett, Miss : Eastlake,
Mies Ormsby, Mr. Dacre, Mr. David Fisher, Mr.
Leathes, Mr. Doone, and Mr, G. W. Anson, that it is
worth enduring July heat even to see, for to sce will
assuredly be to enjoy this clever play. Meantime,
& drama of great power is being actively rehearsed ’-
at the Princess's, about which, however, I
must bo mum. At Old Drury, the Meiningen
Company end .their season of Germ
this week; and the alert Gus?
busy”. with “Youth.” No doubt, in this case,
**Youth will be eerved. At the Gaiety, French
comic opera gives way next Monday to the Manlen-
Lees in their acrobatic * Voyage en Suisse.” The,
Workman,’ which Mr. Prank Harvey produced at
the lackless Olympic on Monday, is o fairish drama
of the ‘Drink ”" type, fairly ac
Harris ‘ig
Mr. Irving plays at Toole’s benefit on’ Friday
night; and Toole returns the comptiment on Saturday
night at Irving’s benetit at the Lyceum,
“ Flats,”’ the comedy adapted by Mr. G. R. Sims
from the French for the Criterion, is postponed to
this evening. .
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Not before it was time; the Moore and Burgess
troupe on Monday infused some little novelty into
their played-out negro minstrelsy. /** Da-do-dum,”
@ good-humioured skit at the wathetic humbugs of,.
Society and the Theatre, by Wallis Mackay and
Ernest Warren, will raiso many a laugh. =
Tregret to add that Mr. Sgeancl Emery, the well- -
known comedian, died on ' nesday morning, in his °
apartments in King William-strvet, aged sixty-four.
It is only six weeks since he returued from'a two- .
years? tour in Australin.” He will be remembered as
an actor of strong and rugzed character parts of rare
ability, tot tes .
£100,000 is apparently what tho executors of Mr.
Gye hope to clear by ret wing from the responsibility
of mauaging Covent Garden, and yet retaining a
ion’s ehare of interest in the ‘chief Ttahan Opera
House and ler Majesty’s as well. : But where’s the’
money to come from ? Le .
Our Court of 3 ppeal.
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(To the Editor of the “ Feany Ilustrated Paper”)
2 - » July 15, 1882,
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