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THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8 1906. TO-DAY'S ABRANGEMENTS i THE LATE LADY GREY. SECOND EDITION SOME REMINISCENCES OF RUSEIN BMAi, OXFORD. Ib was my gootT1 fortune -ia the years 1899 and 1900 to resident afc Buskin Hall, Oxford, daring the first fourteen months of its existence. Life within this little community, whose internal affairs were ruled by a democratic "house meeting" and administered by an elected body of three dele-' gates," was full of political and social sug-gestfveness; but I leave on one side now its more serious aspects.

Radicals, Socialists, Anarchists, Fabians, S.D.F. men, I.L.P. men, Spiritualists, Agnostics, orthodox Christians Salvationists, Congregationalista, Churchmen all lived together there in ofose companionship. Besides the main body of Englishmen, Welshmen, Scotchmen, and Irishmen, representatives of almost every nation in Europe appeared amongst us at different times, from Norway, Sweden Denmark, Finland, Russia, Germany, Holland, Franco, Switzerland, Portugal, and Italy, not to speak of America. Canada, BREWSTER SESSIONS.

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE. At the annual licensing sessions for the Ash' ton-undar-Lyne county division yesterday the police superintendent's report stated that the number of cases of drunkenness during the year was the lowest since 1895, when the number was 817." The total was 267, against 341 last year. There are 210 licences in the division and a population of 64,341. Mr. 3.

B. Pownall applied on behalf of the licensee of the Dog and Partridge Inn, Wood-houses, to make certain additions to tho premises. Mr. Joseph Hurst opposed the application on behalf of the Woodhouses Parish Coun cil and others. Mr.

Pownall said the house had been rendered famous bv the writings of Edwin Waugh and Ben Brierley, and it was a ravouiite resort during tne summer montns. Ever since the house was licensed they had served refreshments in the yard, and all they asked the Bench to sanction was that they should be allowad to put a roof over it to pro tect the customers in inclement weather. Mr. Hurst: I suppose you' are near that famous stump where the boggarts used to play? Mr. Holt: There are a lot of boggarts about mere.

iijaugnter.) The application was refused. BACUP'S UNWELCOME VISITORS. At Bacup, where there are 79 licensed houses, there have "been 173 convictions for drunkenness during the year, an increase of 46 on the previous vear. There ara 13 rectstsrad clubs in the borough where intoxicating liquors are sold, seven of which are open on Sunday. commenting on tnesA tlsmres at tne licensing Sessions vesterdav.

the Chairman (Mr. GeoreA tsnepnera) said that of the convictions for drunkenness 54 wra non-residents. These were idle, good-for-nothings passing through the country who came into towns without money. got drink somehow, and put the local authorities to tne expense of prosecuting tnem. uiuos were largely responsible for drunkenness.

HTJDDERSFIELD. 20,000 CLUB MEMBERS. The sessions for the borough were held at Huddersfleld yesterday, Mr. J. A.

Wrigley presiding. From the Chief Constable's report it appeared that there'were 341 licences, as against 346 last year. There were 302 music and games licences, as compared with 313 the preceding year. Eighty-one clubs had been registered, with a membership of 20,179. There were 277 prosecutions for drunkenness, as aeamst 247 in the previous vear.

and convictions were secured in 269 cases, against the average of 248 tor the past ten years. Returns of drunnen-ness in twentv large towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire were appended to the report, showing mac tne mgnest percentage per x.uuu persons was 11.12 and tho lowest 2.23, with Hudders- neia a.ai. The Chairman nvnrecqerl snrnrisfi at the great number of clubs, which, he said, practically carried on similar business to that of the publican but entirely without police supervision or magisterial control. In common fairness the matter should meet with the farly atten tion of Parliament. The Chief Constable gave notice of his objec tion to the renewal of the licence of the Royal Oak Inn, Beast Market: and the Chairman said that all the other licences would be renewed with the exception of those of six beerhouses and one fully licensed house in a congested district.

In respect of these notices would be given by the clerk to tho Court, and the whole of the eight objections would be dealt with at the adjourned licensing sessions in March An application for a new games licence for Tip Togo," a game of chance, was refused. BOLTON. There are in Bolton 589 licences and 44 re gistered clubs. During the year 747 persons 517 men and 230 women have been proceeded against for drunkenness. This is 103 more than during the previous year.

One person has been proceeded against six times. The average number of inhabitants to each licensed house is 285.59. At the Licensing bessions yesterday the Chairman said that on' the whole the town compared favourably with other towns. The magistrates granted the renewal of all the old licences, with the exception eleven which had been objected to by the police and four against whom there had been convictions during the vear. Mr.

Hall, on behalf of Peter Brindle, landlord of the Sunnyside Hotel, Daubhill, applied for a full licence. If the jvistices granted the application they were prepared to hand over to the Corporation 1,500, and they would not ask for the renewal of the licence of the Ship Inn, Bradshawgate, which had fallen into the hands of the Corporation under their improvement scheme. The Chairman said that the application would be adjourned until March 5. If the licensing jsticcs recommended the grant, it would only be for a period of, say, seven years. HEYWOOD.

Mr. Superintendent Noblett reported at Hey-wood that there are 9B licensed persons within the borough, one less than in the preceding year. Twenty-three licences had been transferred. For drunkenness during the year 210 cases were heard against 186 persons, 13 men and five women being proceeded against from twice to four times each. There were only 116 cases in the previous year.

In the borough there are 16 clubs where drink is sold, 11 of which are open on Sundays. The Mayor said it was a pity that so many clubs should be open for the consumption of drink on Sundays. He regretted the increase in drunnkenness, and remarked that if Britain was becoming a sober nation Heywood was scarcely contributing to that effect. All the existing licences in the borough would be renewed, except the Newmarket Tavern the Robin Hood, and the Lord Nelson, and for these the licensees must make personal application. Various applications wcro adjourned for a week.

CLUBS AND DRINK. At the annual Licensing Sessions for the Blackburn Lower Petty Sessional Division yesterday Superintendent M'Keand stated that he believed there was more intoxicating liquor sold at the four clubs at Rishton than at the public-houses in the township. It was also stated that the Red Lion Inn at Ribchester which had been given up in a general scheme of surrender, had since been sold to a contractor and turned into a working men's iuh. which more drink was probably sold than was disposed of at the three public-houses in the village. MIDDLETON DIVISION.

At the Middlcton division sessions Superin tendent M'Queen in his report stated that 123 men and 18 women had been convicted of drunkenness during the year, which was much the same as during the previous year. He had served notices of objection to the renewal of the licences of two public-houses, eight beerhouses, and to two beer off licences, on the grounds, of under value and redundancy. The licence of the Musician Arms, Smithy Nook, was refused on the ground that it was not of sufficient value. The further hearing of the objection to the renewal of the licence of the Shepherds' Rest, Blackstone Edge Road, was adjourned so that it could be valued by the magistrates in the meantime. The licennp rf the Cioney's Arms, Facit, was renewed, but the uujecnon to xiie nan-way Mouse, JBurnedge, was maintained, and the magistrates referred it for compensation, granting the licence the meanwhile.

At six o'clock the sessions wer miinnm till Friday week. ROCHDALE. The Roetidale magistrates were engaged till a late hour yesterday dealing with objections made by Chief Constable Barry to the renewal of various beerhouse licences. The objection to the Carters' Arms, Oldham Road, was that it was not required, and that the number of licensed houses in the neighbourhood was excessive. The magistrates renewed the licence and left it to dealt with by the compensation authority.

The New-bold Arms, Newbold, and the Barrack Tavern Toad Lane, were similarly dealt with. The licence of the Brown Cow Hotel, Falinee Road, was renewed, and the hearing of further business was adjourned till Monday. Violent Storm in SidiM. A Heuter's message from Messina, Sicily, reports that, as a result of a violent storm at sea, ten houses have collapsed at Galati and Namertino. Several others, which were rendered dangerous, have been abandoned.

There was no loss of life. The storm was still raging yesterday morning. Eccles Tram Service. Yesterday the Eccles Town Council appointed a deputation to'-wait upon the JalfoidTTramways Committee with respect to the irregularity of the. tram service in Eccles.

A revision of wnrtmen'o hr I STttAUSS'S D0MEIICA.M The composition of Richard Strauss that is to be given at the Halle Concert to-night is the latest of his orchestral works the latest of all his works, indeed, with the exception of his opera "Salome," produced at Dresden a few months ago. Like everything else that Strauss has done, It caused a furious controversy at its first production: Manchester would be rather better placed for a first hearing of it if it knew a little more of the other work- of Strauss. For with Strauss's music, as with that of every other man who is in advance of Ms day, familiarity in most cases breeds admiration; and there is nothing like a new work that annoys people beyond endurance in 1908 to Bend them back In a obastened mood of appreciation to the work that drove them frantic in 1902. It is only about four years ago that many excellent musicians really suffered acutely at a performance of Till Eulenspiegel," Don Juan," or Tod und Ver klarung." But when the audacious and at first Incomprehensible "Don Quixote" was given In London in 1903 more than one critic sighed for the clear melody and sober harmony of Tod und Verklarung," oblivious of the fact that in 1901 he thought that work as ugly a piece of eccentricity as he thought "Don Quixote" in 1903. It was the old, old story; one is reminded of the German critio who in 1805 condemned the "Eroica" Symphony as formless and chaotic and exhorted Beethoven to return to the Mozartian simplicity of his First Symphony.

The public has only to hear the very latest work of Strauss often enough to discover that the one immediately preceding it is really quite lucid. While there is no doubt, however, that the Sinfonia Domeatica will soon be as easily understood as any of the earlier symphonic poems are now, even the warmest Strauss enthusiast will probably always admire it with reservations. The truth is that as Strauss grows older the demon of eccentricity within him grows more and more unmanageable. In Don Juan," "Macbeth," "Tod und Verklarung," and Guntram" there are a few things that no one else would have thought of doing, but they are still on the plane of normal musical thought; they show originality but not abnormality. In Till Eulenspiegel we see the first faint touch of eccentricity appearing, though here it is just whimsical and enjoyable.

In "Zarathustra ther is a little more of it. In Don Quixote" it goes still further; the lreaKi8nness ow threatens to tnrow Tne woole work out of balance, though it does not actually do so. In t.bom ar re ij i 6'u iio uu whuuui; eruci otzarrerte ueia reaches a point far beyond anything it had touched in previous works. And in the "Sinfonia Domestica-" there are one or two passages that represent the height of impudence in music; they must be heard to be believed. It all clearly points, I think, to a degeneration perhaps temporary not only in Strauss's sense of humour but also in his general aesthetic sense; for something must have gone wrong with a man's perception of the beautiful when ho can deliberately mar a fme picture in this wild way.

In other respects, also, it is impossible for some of us to agree with the present Strauss as closely as we did with the old. We think there are too many notes "now in his scores the difficulties that are piled up are out of proportion to the artistic result that comes from them. But though criticism, if it is to see Strauss steadily and see him whole, must note that his genius has of late taken a turn that is to be regretted, it must not convey the false impression that he is now a musician that can be neglected. He is still by far the greatest of liv-. ing composers; and in spite of its faults the "Sinfonia Domeatica" is a score that no one else could have put together.

Throughout it shows Straus's usual titanic span and grasp, while there are aome things in it of extraordinary beauty that he can, indeed, still write with -incomparable loveliness when he likes is vident to anyone who studies the score of Salome." It would be impossible to describe the structure of so complex a work in detail here. One or two hints, however, may be of service to those who are listening to it for the first time. The work is really a symphony based on three themes that of the Father, that of the Mother, and that of the Child. The first thing, therefore, is to commit to memory examples numbered 1, 2, 3 in. the programme (the Father), No.

5 (the Mother), and No. 8 (the Child), so that these may be easily recognised in all the modifications. they undergo. Then the four divisions of the Symphony must be watched for. These will bo the more readily comprehended by associating them with the programme of the work.

Picture to yourself, for the opening, the Husband working inhis study (Nos. 1 and 3), and getting ill-tempered at times at interruptions (No. 2). Then the Wife appears, and after, her the Child. The full statement of all their themes both gives the complete picture of the family circle and makes the formal first section of the Symphony.

Tho next section the Scherzo is devoted to the play of the Parents with the Child, ending with a lullaby as the Child is put to bed. The third section, corresponding to the formal Adagio, is the. love idyll of the Parents. Tho final section the concluding Allegro shows the house hold awake again next morning, and the Parents discussing the future of the Child. Even at a first hearing the charm of the Scherzo, the grave beauty of the Adagio, and the bustling spirits of the fugue in the Finale will probably make something like their due impression.

E. N. THE EARBY COTTON STRIKE. NO DISTURBANCES LAST NIGHT. Tumultuous scenes have been witnessed this week at the village of Earby, between Colne and Skipton, arising out of the strike which is in progress at a cotton mill, where operatives have been induced to take the places of the strike hands.

The dispute arose through the Earby Manufacturing Company declining to negotiate with the Colne Weavers' Association. The firm pays the standard rate of wages. In consequence of the employers' attitude the operatives, who are members of the Colne Weavers' Association, left their employment. Feeling runs very high in Earby because of the fine of 5 and costs- imposed by the Skipton magistrates last Saturday upon six Earby weavers who were convicted of intimidation. Among the workpeople "there is general sympathy with these defendants, and already the amcunt of the fines and costs has been subscribed by textile operatives in various parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire.

Owing to the threatening attitude of the crowds which assembled outside the mill gates on Monday and Tuesday evenings a large force of police has been drafted -into the village, including a contingent of mounted police from Wakefield. This was considered necessary, as on Tuesday night, at the houses of several per sons, stones were, thrown at the windows and ccnsiderable damage was done. The precau tions taken for the preservation of order last idght proved effective. The operatives left 'the mill before the workmen from other mills could assemble. After waiting about the mill for halfl an hour the crowd dispersed.

During the evening large numbers of persons visited Earby from Colne, Barnoldswick, and Kelbrook, but their curiosity, was quickly satisfied, and they returned home' without giving the' police any trcuble. In readiness for any disturbance the windows of a number. of wasea had'been pro- considerable alarm in tho village. THE WEATHER. FORECASTS FOR TO-DAY.

The following is the forecast fbr Iianoaslilre and North Wales (Distriot 7) iBsuod by the Meteorological Office last night W. to N.W. winds, increasing to a gale squally, some cold rain or sleet. i ftiitmd iy tint CARLISLE NEWCASTLE 0 Vl SCARBOROUGH Sea mod.9 Or Slight Lvt4 rum or MANCHESTER Birmingham V3 Sea rnodtrate or slight Direction of wind sheun thus i'T-f State of the sa is according toyesterday't reports. The forecasts for tho other district of the United Kingdom are as follow: ciSTBior.

roBBCAsrs. a Kmu.nri tv W. to N.W. gale and itrong wind JtiSmii 3: 5 eoe 2. England, W.H.

H' twngth, 5 uniattttd UUr. with a Sootlaod, W. Sams aa No. 0 and 8. England, s.W.

nioderataor froth; fair Bt flrRt later, 9. Ireland. N. RnmA Nnt. O'uiH 1.

10. Ireland, 8. Same as No. 8. Warnings.

The south con has benn hoisted in districts 0 to 2, 6, 7, and 9. YESTERDAY IN MANCHESTER, Manchester ITn-ivbrsitt Mctsobo lootg al Obsebva- tobt, WnrrwoaTH Pabk, Feb. 7, 1908, 9 p.m. Dull and misty at first, becoming finer towards noon fair and mild evening. Barometer falling.

A SM rBBATURB (in SliaUO). 0 a.m. 37-8 414 Highest 45-0 48-4 9 p.m. 38'1 35-5 Lowest 310 34'9 Highest on black bulb. 67 "3 Sunshine lh.

25in. 0'Olin. Last Nil. Last year 0 -170in. The average weeklv rainfall in tlin nnmn mnnt.li during the last 12 years was 0 '508ia.

sa-m. 8pm. Humidity (per cent of saturatloa) 94 92 UArtOMETEB (corrected) Tnlsdav. Prcvlom day. At 9 a.m 30-319 30-244 At 8 p.m M- 30-276 30-199 Wind.

A gentle breeze, direction S.W. average velocity 8 miles an hour. The Sun 7 43 a.m. 6 3 p.m. ihb moon 4 15 p.m 7 8 a.m.

For ever ten mile3 nortnof Manchoatar sunrise is later by 29 seconds. LAMP-TIME FOK CYCLISTS TO-DAY: 6 3 p. a. A COUNTRY LOVER'S DIARY. February 7.

T. J. sends me a fully open flower of the nerb-bennet or common avens which was gathered from a roadside bank, facing north, near Llandovery on tho 4th. This is hardly a spring flower, but chows hrw. this rrild winter.

season has overlapped season; spring flowers berry were out long before this, a summer and autumn flower, had ceaserl tr ahnw ita vollmv petals on the banks. When spring begins in December and autumn lasts until February, where does winter come in Frosts giving early like the one to-day will not make any great difference, but we may have much colder weather yet. A Llandudno correspondent has seen a Anrik amongst some mallards which from his descrip tion, sounus very nice a araKe eider it was larger than the mallards, dark beneath, white on us Dacir. ana neaa, witn tne exception oi a black natch on the latter. It did nnt.

flw on oCTwuijr aa uj luminras. gamer, nowever, that my correspondent only saw it from a dis tance, una is possiDie that it may have been a mongrel half-bred domestic bird. A serni-rinmAAf consorted witn the reallv wild birdo nn me iuesiure meres, swimming and flying with them it might easily have been mistaken for ryy t-! a wna stranger. BABY-FARMING REGULATIONS. ATTITUDE OF THE HOME OFFICE.

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Brown (ore sident of the Poor Law Unions Association). Dr. Rhodes (Chorlton Union), Mr. Craghill (Gateshead), Mr.

Pitman King (Wallingford), and Mr. Wallis Grain, barrister-at-law ((secretary of the Poor Law Unions Association), waited yesterday upon Mr. H. Samuel, M.P., Under Secretary at the Home Office, to urge upon nim the necessity of obtaining an amendment the Infant xyiie jrroiection Act, ia7. The amendments asked for included the extension of tbp.

Ant ho as to cover all cases of children under seven years ot age nursed or maintained by persons other than the parents in consideration of a sum of money naid down, whatever t.h ammint. the Tendering of any person failing to notify the reception of an infant adopted under such circumstances liable to fine or imprisonment, as well as forfeiture of the amount received enabling the local authority to remove an infant irom me cnarge oi a person tound not to be properly caring lor it, ac. A number of very flagrant, cases, which it was claimed ought to be covered by the Act. were detailed. Thou cases have all been discovered by inspectors in tne employ ui uogras oi guaraiara, manv of bucAAx uwu ai uauuasuiie iiiu oritsnire, ana the provisions Of a bill which the Poor Law Unions Association desired to have passed were explained.

Mr. Samuel, in reply, admitted that there was much unnecessary suffering on the part of the children in whose behalf the deputation waited upon him, and many preventible deaths occurred. It was clear that an amendment of the Act of 1897 was necessary, and there wer many points on which it needed strengthening, such as; for instance, the limit on the amount paid for the care of a child. He found that with regard to the extension of- the provisions of the Act to the one-child cases, there was a considerable amount of opposition on the part of some of the London authorities, and it was therefore a matter of great difficulty and- complication. It appeared that no amendment of the Act which included its extension to one-child cases would be possible without further inquiry having demonstrated the necessity of it He suggested, the desirability of the Association consulting with the Public Control Committee of the London County Council and others with a view to the introduction of a private bill, from which was excluded all reference to the one-child cases, leaving that matter to be dealt with-by a Committee of the House of Commons.

If a non-contentious bill were introduced it was not likely that. the Government would offer any. opposition, but if ia cases were included then it was doubtful if the Government could support it, and in any case the stages of the bill after the second reading must depend on the state of public business -in the House. TRAMWAY COMPANY'S LAMENT. PROFITS FOR THE ACCRINGTON PUBLIC.

At the annual meeting of the Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company yesterday the' Chairman (Mr. James Kenyon) expressed regret that they were entering upon the last year of their lease. Each succeeding year, he said, the undertaking became more profitable, and it was a pity the lease was not a longer oae. They had overcome many unforeseen difficulties, and now that they had brought the undertaking to a healthy condition they were called upon to relinquish, their hold 'upon it. Already the Haslingden Corporation had given six months' notice of their intention to purchase the lines within-their borough.

A' dividend of 6 per cent on both ordinary and preference shares was approved. A MxrmciPAi. Blacksmith's Shop. The Middleton Town Council yesterday decided by. 11 votes to 10 to' establish a municipal blacksmith's shop.

About a thousand guests attended the annual conversazione of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, held in the City Art Gallery last Mr. H. Clarence Whaite, the president, and- "JM'I members of -the Council 'received the. amongst wnom H. Thewlia.

or slight jfu man i Freehtnmg'eontiduatljf. Jfcz later, tuith -gJ celd rain JiModorseet. LONDON Fair ffc Jot first, later vi FUNERAL CEREMONIES. Tho funeral of the late Lady Grey," wife of tHe Secretary for Foreign Affairs, took place yester day. A special train conveyed the body and the mourners from Embleton to Darlington, the latter being the nearest place at which crema tion was possible.

The journey, which ocou' pied two hours, was completed at noon. Sir Edward Grey was accompanied by Mrs. Graves his sister) and Mrs. Herbert. The Bev.

W. A. M'Gonigle, vicar of Effingham, who was to conduct the service, was also in the train, and three maids attended from Falloden. The arrival of the train was awaited by Mr. J.

Harker (chief passenger superintendent of the railway) and Mr. H. M. Sinclair (distriot super intendent, Darlington). Three wreaths were deposited on the coffin and manv other wreaths were placed in an open carriage behind those conveying the mourners.

The greater portion of the service was read in the mortuary -chapel, only xne nnai sentences oeing read at tne crematorium, which is at the extreme west of the cemetery. The mourners left Darlington for JMriDieton at 48 p.m., and the ashes were con veyed to falloden in tne evening, the intention being to place them in the vault alongside the remains oi mr nicrwara parents. The wreaths were also sent to TnllnHttn. Among those who sent them wete the Foreign uiuco siud, Aiora xweeamoum, jjaay joeaumont, Sir George and Lady Trevelyan, Lady Gibson-Carmichael, Major Raleigh Grey, Lady Jenkin-son, Lord and Lady Shuttleworth. Mr.

A. B. Acland, Lady Victoria GrenfeU, MrB. Gerald Buxton, the Women's Liberal Federation (124, Victoria-street, Westminster), and several looal SERVICE IN LONDON. Representatives of the Royal House, the Cabinet, foreign ambassadors, and many others attended a service held yesterday at St.

Mar garet's Church, Westminster, in memory of the late Lady Grey. The King was represented by Lord Hamilton, the Queen by Earl de Grey, and the Prince and Princess of Wales by Sir William Carington. There were also present the Prime Minister. Lord Roseberv. the Maruuis of Ripon, the Earl of Elgin, Mr.

John Morley, Mr. Asauith. Mr. Halrlanf Mr. Llovd-GeoTSfl.

Mr. Bryce, Viscount Selby, Lord Fitzmaurice, the Bishop of Bristol, Mr. R. K. Causton, Mr.

Dyaney Mr. Mallett (representing the Foreign Office), Earl Carrington. Lord Reay, Lord Sandhurst, Lord Knutsford, Sir Charles and Lady Hardinge, General Lyttelton, Mr. and Mrs. L.

'Harcourt, Lord and Lady Brassey, Ladv Northbourne. Lord Acton, the Earl of Northbrooke, the Earl of Crewe, Lord Althorp, the Dowager Countess of Ravensworth, Mr. Herbert Samuel, fir W. and Lady Pearson, Sir B. L.

Cohen, Mr. R. C. Haw-kind (representing the Eighty Club, of which Sir E. Grey is president), and the Ambassadors or Ministers for the United States, France.

Austria. Italv. Japan. Snain. China.

Chili. Brazil, Turkey, Persia, Holland, Denmark, SERVICES IN NORTHUMBERLAND. A memorial service for Lady Grey took place at Emblston Parish Church, Northumberland, in which is a Falloden aisle added by the Grey family. Bishop Creighton, with whom Sir Edward Grey read previous to entering politics, was at ono time vicar there. The service was conducted by the Rev.

J. Paul, vicar, assisted by tho Rev. J. Collins, Morpeth, formerlv of Embleton. Among those present were Afflior and Mrs.

Widdrinorton (Ladv Grev's the Duke of Northumberland, Sir John Hag- gerston, ur. waterson tirey a meoicai attendant), Colonel Weddell (Sir Edward's political aeent). and a number of liberals, men ind women, from all over the division. JJvr- wiuK women Liberals sent a wreath in tho form ot a harp with a broken chord. A sermon was pre.iched by the vicar.

A similar service was neia fast ment at, mui- bottle Church. A melancholy interest attached to this as the scene of Lady Grey's wedding. Shilbottle ie the Widdringfons' church, and among the monuments is one to Captain. Wid-drington which formed part of the Moorish Palace the Alhambra. BY "ONE WHO KNEW HER." As I write the words there comes over me a fresh sense of the priceless privilege it was to know her.

It was a privilege, because she gave her friendship to very few, and where she did give, gave it royally and without stint. It wa6 priceless because hers was a unique personality; because in all this crowded world there was ho one like her. One goes through life meeting all sorts and conditions of men and women, liking many, disliking others, loving a few perhaps, passionately hostile to fewer still but it seldom occurs to one to make any particular distinction between the people, one cares for and the rest of the world. One likes them because something in them appeals to" something in oneself. For the most part, however, one realises that they are very much like other people, but perhaps once in a lifetime one comes across someone who is different," who belongs to no oategory, whom the ordinary measurements will not fit.

It was at a Foreign Office reception that I first met Lady Grey, and in a flash the sense' of her "'difference" wa3 borne in upon me. Tho crowd, distinguished and brilliant enough, no doubt, ceased to Interest me, and from that moment I had no eyes for anyone or anything save that regal, brilliant figure standing by her husband's side. And though in after years illness and suffering took away something of that splendid glow and vigour, bringing in its stead a wonderful look of spiritual experience and understanding, nothing has ever effaced or ever can efface that first impreeaion of her. I saw in her then, i I saw in her ever more clearly in the years that followed, a being apart, a personality vivid, strong, unique. In all she did or said there was the same dominant individual note.

She never borrowed her opinions on any subject about which she felt it incumbent on her to make up her mind. By rare and exquisite good fortune, she and I saw most things that matter from tho same angle of view, but the approach was always independently made, and the agreement was never marred on either side by what Emerson called th- "mush of concession." It was always a delight to find oneself at one with her. It was a never-failing stimulant ti- join with her in the clash of argument. Next, perhaps, to strength of individuality, courage was the dominant trait in her character. Never for one moment was she deterred from saying or doing the absolutely right thing by any of those wretched hesitancies or timidities by which most of us allow ourselves to be daunted.

To see her eyes flash and to hear the note of scorn in her voice as she repudiated unfair attacks on those who were not present to defend themselves marked unforgettable moments in one's life. Worldli- ness, siiooDery, iaise sname snrivelled miserably away in the clear shining of those candid pvpo but the glow called forth in those SAR1P Pi-no K. fine thoughts or noble deeds kindled in others an answering fire which, however neglected could never thereafter wholly die. For heT friends no trouble was too great for her to take no call upon her sympathy however exhausting or prolonged, was ever made in vain; and yet in ail her relationships there was a background of proud reserve, a sense of something aloof, untamed and untameable which gave zest to every moment spent in her company. It was the element in her which lay at the bottom' of her passionate love of nature and of all the wild, shy dwellers in her secret places.

She was always conscious of the call of the wild, and was perhaps never quite so happy as when feeding the squirrels who used to come feariessly in through the library win-dcrw at Fallodon, or lying, as she often did, for hours at a time among the Teeds bordering the Itchen. listening to the buv nhattPT sedge-birds, watching a straydipper curtseving on a stone, or the swooping flight of thie ir icwuuuro iaxer, peruana, wouia una ner in the Ladies Gallery in the House, listening with absorbed interest to the clash of debate: but -wriRVior ir. the solitude 'of a Hampshire ri'er-meadow or tending her roses at Falloden or the fishing cottage, whether casting a salmon-fly across a Highland river or amid the strenuous scenes of active political life, she was always," everywhere, herself -always the strong, tender, fearless woman whom to know was, and is, indeed, to love. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Liberal Federation held in London a resolution of sympathy with Sir Edward Grey was passed on the motion of the President. Mr Birrell.

A correspondent writes that the late Lady Grey was a granddaughter of Mrs. Hopwood, of Hopwood Hall, Lancashire. Lieutenant Colonel H. T. Crook, M.Inst.C.E., who has commanded the Manchester Royal Engineers' Volunteer Corps since its formation in 1901, was.

yesterday granted the honorarv rank of colonel. Before the formation of the 3rd L.R.E.V. Colonel Crook was a field officer in the 1st L.R.E.V. at Liverpool. Lieutenant' M.

V. Wilhraham was also nrnmoiiv) in Manchester vesterdav. and faeeamM aia Afternljttfoar. trar months'. SPECIAL MORNING EXPRESS.

tB? PBIVATB WIWU UNIONIST CRISIS. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S MANIFESTO. COMMENTS OF THE LONDON PRESS. The "Moraine Post." commenting on Mr.

miamWWn'ii manifesto, still expresses re- zret that he should refuse to be a candidate for the leadership. 'But it says, in general will welcome what he says regarding the reorganisation of the party machinery while tho lesson of the elections is This part of the letter has a special significance, for Tariff Reformers, who remember how they were embarrassed in the late contest by the official 'policy of inaction and All Unionists will support Mr. Chamberlain in his obvious desire that the central organisation should, not remain an autocratic and non-representative body, but should be strictly representative and responsible to the party as a whole. Mr. Chamberlain's manifesto, taken as a Whole, not only deals with the reconstruction of the Unionist party but offers a definite constructive programme.

At the same time it keeps open the bridge which unites the two sections. The next few days will show whether Mr. Balfour will cross that bridge and continue to lead the whole party. It is difficult to believe that if Unionists consider the programme apart from any personal question of leadership the vast majority of them will not recognise that it contains the only, parc-tical proposals which have yet been submitted to them." "DAILY TELEGRAPH'S" EMPHATIC DECLARATION. Tho Daily Telegraph remarks that the letter not only clears tho air but shows that it need never nave become murky.

Mr. Chamberlain's generous candour is just what the "Telegraph" would have expected of him, and it shows that the question would never have arisen hut for the intemperate zeal of some of his supporters who are more royalist than the King. "We do not doubt," the "Telegraph" continues, "that Mr. Balfour will respond to Mr. Chamberlain's suggestion that the Tariff Reformers would welcome a declaration from him showing that tariff reform was not to bo dropped and indicating a definite, and unmistakable programme for the futuro to which they could all give their hearty support.

But what we urge should be acknowledged is that the country, by its recent vote, has declared in the most unequivocal fashion that it will not now listen to the proposal for a tax on Admitting to the full the extent to which the other side carried the art of misrepresentation and the credulity of lame sections of the population, there is nevertheless a deep-seated reluctance even on tho part of those who sympathise with Mr. Chamberlain's eeneral aims to place any tax on the food of the people, especially when the views of the colonies and the definite offers which they are said to be ready to make still remain in the air. lnat is tne main reason whv we should view with concern any at tempt to commit the Unionist party at this moment, and especially the Unionist party in the House of Commons, to tariff reform or any fiscal change as the be-all and end-all of its existence. JAPAN AND COREA. Atf APPEAL TO THE POWERS.

The Tribune's special correspondent at Cliefoo has received a declaration from the Emperor of Korea denying that he signed or agreea to tne treaty witn oapan, onjectmg to the details of the treaty as published by Japan, denying that hb has made over the sovereignty of Korea to any foreign Power, and inviting the Great Powers to exercise a joint protectorate over Korea for a period not exceeding five years with respect to the control or ivorean ioreign an airs. SOCIAL DEMOCRACY QERMANY. IN PRINCE BISMARCK'S "ERROR." In the German Reichstag yesterday Herr Berstein brought forward a Social Democratic motion dealing with electoral systems -in the estates, Alsace and Lorraine, and particularly with the situation in Prussia Count von Posadowsky, Minister of tho Interior, rising to explain the Imperial Gov- ment's opposition to the Social Democratic situation, delivered a speech (Reuter says) wheh created-great excitement. Prince Bismarck, he said, who became acquainted with universal suffrage in France, made an error in applying it to the German nation. He hoped permanently to overcome democracy, and believed that, as in France, a popular representative Doay would all circumstances grant the necessary means for tho country's defence.

This hope had remained unfulfilled, tor Social Democracy had repeatedly offered the keenest opposition to hills on that subject. -'j. he prospect of Social De mocracy ever obtnininc a maioritv in Reichstag the Minister considered out of the question. The bases on which it built its agitation and its whole economic system were far too weak. He opposed universal iflVn because it entailed danger of the masses being led by thenf.

A man of learning must possess or tue need of the ocaxe Mao a man who worked daily at a machine. Herr Bebel undoubtedly claimed for himself infinite hio-her intoll. ne creaitea a workman with. The Federal a i ut it UU.DIUU1SU16 uuuerea steadfastly to the exist "rige, out Prussia it would be desirable that more workine men snouia do represented the Diet: Working ueuuine innnitely more mature, pdhtically recoenise t.h Sfn society, and reduce their claim fn economically -possible. If tho that wonderful creation of history, were to 1 seats in the.

Lower et tney say would be, Only the very biseest ralvw slaughter of themselves." Cheers and laugh- TIME-CRIBBING. AN EMPLOYE PR08ECUTED. Yesterday at Acejringtont Thomas Singleton, engineer at the Wellington Mills, was summoned for running hia engines four minutes over time at the dinner hour this, the factory inspector, Mr. Williama; 'stated, bemg the first case the Accrington court brought against an employe and not the oceupiers.of the mill. The Wellington Mills were run on the room and power system, and the occupiers had no control over the enraneer.

The defendant, through his solicitor, pleaded that he was so absorbed watching the flywheel wuxji iuai it. Biipveu. nasi hia noticing the time. He had been supplied with unsuitable oil, which had him considerable trouble with his engines. He had no possible interest in running the-engines after the proper tinte- for stopping.

-The defendant fined and costs. As AhtI-vaccxnaxob'b Loko Jocbnkt. The applicants' at Heywood.ygsterday for certificates of exemption 'from 'vaccination included, as usual, several. from other towns and one rom as far away as Bawow-in-FumeM. ah aajrilicatidns were xrsnted.

but the nufrv ma upuoui uiH UBjiHica aia not guaran uun weir ocrxmcaies WoOta DOT a xney naa oeen bo xar r-r. Ballot on -the. Corporation Bill, 8 a m. to i Salford Licensing Sessions, 10. p.m.

Manchester Assizes, 10 so. 'Manchester Chancer Court) 10 30. Manchester County Court, 10. Society of Architects, 60, Spring Gardens 6 i-Bishop of Manchester at St. Paul's fordi 8.

atai Salford Distress Committee, 3. Manchester Chamber of Commerce- a. Meeting, 11. Ancl Chartered Accountants' Hall: Bishop xr Chester Fund Meeting, 2. Lancashire College Settlement Greenlii1' Congregational Church, 8.

Chester County Council, 12. Chester: Church Diocese Association MfP. ing, 2 .15.. Sir W- Robson, K.C., at Cambridge. Municipal, Educational, and Labour Ccf.

ence, Lpndon. AN ISLAND SEIZED. SCOTCH COTTARS' REVOLT. The landless cottars of Barra; in the 0me. Hebrides, have again (our Edinburgh onrJ epondent telegraphs) broken out into o- revolt.

For a long time back they have petitioning the Congested District Bt.ard q. Scotland to have the island of Vatersay, Barra, the property of Lady Gordon Cathead bought and divided among them in small hoy. ings, but their petitions have been The island of Vatersay lies about one miij south of the main island of Barra. It is rich in grazing and has good arable ground. ja the early part of the last century it was occu.

pied by some sixty or more small tenants, who were cleared out of it. The cottars are mostly young fishermen waj have squatted in wooden huts alone the of Castlebay, being unable to obtain house sires anywhere for themselves or their families. Al' lawful means having failed, they have takec tha law into their own hands. On Tuesdav boats crowded with fishermen, having fla-'s flying and a piper playing, crossed to Vatersar. The fishermen took possession of the island ani divided it up into holdings, which later en they propose to cultivate.

They intend build houses for They met with practically no opposition, and from telegram received in Edinburgh from Barra it would appear that they are in a very determined mood. Some years ago the men of Barra rcadt- a similar but were finally turned og. The place is difficult of access, and a police force will probably have difficulty in a landing. Highlanders residing in Edinburrii versed in. the land agitation argue that the Government should promptly deal with the cottars demands.

Lady Gordon Cathcart is the wife of Si: Reginald Archibald Edward Cathcart, and the widow of John Gordon of Cluny. Sir Reginald and Lady Cathcart have three residences in Scotland and one in Berkshire. Yesterday the Eccles Town Council decided to. lay out a plot of land at Patricroft acquired from Sir Humphrey de Trafford as a 'binding green, at an estimated cost of 200. HANDS and FACE made and Fair bv KB BAUD'S AI.MOX TA.ST.RT.

WmtnwcntfOhr TOYS. TOYS. HENRY'S CIVET CAT." 22. Ktnir-rtrMt. POSITIVE MARVELS at H.

Samuels thUwMlcI Incomparable Value! Yulotlrtp clfw nf hithos quality. IWceve buyers oae-alf. Compare: Oold Gem Rlnti 6s. Bd. Oold Brooches.

3. M. silver Fruit Knlrw. is. plated Cruets.

8m FRRK SOUVENIR GIFTS for PiinIubu Aefc for rour 1 H. SAM irhet-atreet. PPS'S COCOA. Tbu einnnt nuilh'r hij a better Com thin EPPS'S COCOA. It forms a trolcomo breakfast and supper a frarox, delicious, anl mast taltifi DSTerage.

As a foo.1 for qabs young children It Is too, on account of Its nririnUi and alraogtbcntni ii-uiitUi. EPPS'S COCOA 1- a valuabla article ct I ill should lis In Uaiai JgPPS'S COCOA, PPS'S COCOA. JgPPS'S COCOA, PPS'S COCOA. BIRTHS. BHELAND.

On February 4. at Sanasowi. Asbton-ow Mersey, to Mr. and Mrs. Bbbj.ajd, a daughter.

NEIL. On February 6. at Borholm, Tlirlwall, thu wif of J. NRIZt of a daughter. FASCOB.

On the 7th at 23. Vicar. Chorlton. to Mr. and Mrs.

Louis F. Pasoob, a son. BTOGKTON. Oh February 6, at Charlton Hnute, Sale, Mr. and Mrs.

Kdwis Stocktom, a MARRIAGES. BOTHAMLEY BOWEIi. On the Ttb at tbs Cathedral, Ripon. by thu Itev. Q.

15. Alvls. I.kosjuu Wilsok, only son of Wilsox Uothamlkv, Bq-. it Whalley Range, Manchester, to Kwik KEHicci. youngest daughter of J.

II. Boivuit, ot ItlclinwnJ Itoad, Lincoln. GOODMAN February 7. at Westeyan Church. Cotomlm, by the Hev, W.

H. Ut''T- IV. AvsTKf aooDMAS, of Knndv. eldest son of the He)'. John H.

Goodman, to Eniru elilst laughter of Frederick A. Church, BowiUm. QBAx COLLIE. On February 7, at Tain. DoiliUJ Oaxv, M.fi.

(London), of Bolton, to Joikphijs. daughter of tho late Joseph Collie, Jlelloiiti Australia. UAZLEWOOD FtTLFORD. On tho 7th insL. at ftret-fonl Farish Church, by the Her.

W. Uielbcn. rt-ctor St. Luko's, Proston (cousin of the brldeX linsEST, secona son of Jonic Hxzlhwood, of The Hollies, Patricroft, Unixs, youngest daughter of William llusui fi'i- ford, of Hope Lea, Stratford. WBHTHKIM FEAHSON.

On the 7th at Manchester, by special licence, HxM FxfL JOB" Webtiikim, of Amsterdam ami Manrheitcr. to "XT CARHiirOTo.T,. eldest daughter of W. 11. rEiWoj.o.

Clifton Home. Victoria Park. Manchester. WILSON February 7. at the Aleimdrt Itoad Congregational Church.

Blackpool, bv the Her. Brsklne Slcol. of Wlthinoton Presbyterian Court assisted by the Kov. Albert T. Hogg, resident minister.

Jams Axdbkw. youngest son of Jons IIM' moyne. Withington, Manchester, to Mam' Katiiisi. younger daughter of William Saiabtt, of (late of Withington). DEATHS.

the 6th imV. at 6J, Beertley Parkltort JtOOKRT JAMBS BBAKSBT. In bis Y4Lh year. imeri.Ku. atSt-John'sChurch, Irlaras-o'-th'-Height, at 230 FrMaj.

BRIBULEY. On the 6th at 117. Coiyesby-strcet. Hon oiae, doav xiuisKLKV, in bis iota year. fi regretted.

HILL. On the 6th Inst, at 711, Itoart. Newtw Heath, Sabah E. Hiu. Friends kindly accept iw intimation.

Sn flnwAr. IIOLYOAK. On February $, at Bombay, of typhoM fenr. iiEssisp. son oi tne icsv.

i. xi. holtoak, oi ai Park. HUGHES. On the 6th Inst, at Gland wr, St.

Asspb. Jxi tne wne ot tne er. johm mrxs uuobbs, m-? 49. Interment at St. Asaph Cemetery on Saturday.

LIGHT. On the. 7th aged 33 years, Hkllie, wife Hon Biinmn tjnwr. inn. OR BnmleV l'tB' Interment Manchester Southern KORBUBY.

William Edwad Nobdibt. eldest son offj" late lulpn Morbury, of Chorlton-eum-Hardy. on a'-rr suddenly, at hb residence, West View, TorkBov. Chorlton-cum-Hardy, in bis 61st year. Service in Westeyan Church, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, at two ocw prior to interment at the Southern Cemetery at torn SCHOFIBLD On February 4 1806, at Westboro' Hi B)iaworxn.

ahw. react aim uue bdxoxd Will friends please accept this (the only) flowers. THOMP80IC. On the 7th inst, after a rery short inne at oo, Aoomu-sireei, uremneys, bis EOtn vear, "rr-v Isaac Humox Thompso.t, of Higher AnA.iSa burn ilato ot Kewcastte-on-Tynel- Funeral place at the Southern Cemetery Saturday next, "7 p.m. Inquiries William Dent, 183-5.

Oxford M1' Telenhone 6217. TOWHSKfO. On the 5th lost- ased 63vears, Busts" belored wife of WruiAic Hbkbt TowifSEsa WBGBNBB- On the 7th Inst, at Ingleweod. WiU' Hoao Alexandra nrk, Aucx, the beloved wife oi '--y 'Wmi and eldest daughter of the late Bazlkt, of this city. Friends kindly accept onlv) intimation.

the inst, at bis residence, Aunop, uewn, fbabx HTAKLKT Wood, son oi the 6th inst, at 8. Ssndv B-xlea iOM Boa Pendleton, Am sxi widow of jobs womzsncmw, of Manchester and SiHoro. -71st vear. the 2nd in his 41st year. CH? jrw.riun, kusi oaiorea nnamml of jtlaaTllx Saady Lane, CbxHrrton-oum-Hardy.

Mr- Jami Clkjo. Mr. B. Bimbo, and MCB thanka tor kind exprecaionsof sympathy KJOenrbereayement. 3, Greenheys Uoad.

Prince" UnRHaLTaknunr IO.IC Mrs. Bioo thanks her many friends for their symp" n- nereavement 8t Annes. TMT QNUMBNTSin Ston MmostsI Tablet. Ibnli Btnti. and ItsdaUksUbaa.

--vrsnnakv ouann-dTsKKx. mahciu" tjrT- BasUngi. UnrvOrosMs. Printed and FabUsbed '1 nVirfti SZf TVS wawktx, at tne warren-stiael, aewmaraec x-nce, lore. iau hhus io pe anfirwamd "Taylor, IMIm chaatar MANCHEgT ftl lqaiOMAi; BSASSXSX Psdiestioo TaWsti.

and RHUCiSn 3oaisVTmtfto. -India, and South Africa. The institution is scarcely so cosmopolitan now, I believe, but the quaintness and interest of some of the 'characters, one met in those early davs will do arJoss. inert was that strange man for example. He was an extreme Radical of an old stylo, a wno perpetually declaimed against those who fed upon the "blood of.

the working man." a was a nerce, dark creature, well on towards middle age, with a great heavy mousxacne, tmclc- waving naar, a deeply lined face, and black eyes that flashed round in quick denunciation of anyone who opposed him 'in argument. I can sen him now, standing in -the kitchen of the Hall, on the first night that he arrived, whilst in violent in dignation no protested against the very innocent proposal to sing "God Save the Queen" at the beginning of the rnocting inaugurating tho institution. Poor 2 ho was to suffer a great disappointment. For years lie had cherished the hope of some day becoming a member of Parliament. "Me and Labby and a few others like us would do wonders, he declared.

His plan was to travel round the country districts with a species of concert party. Successive contingents of confiding villagers were thus to bo enticed into halls. "Then," said he, "after I have played to them I'll tell them what I think of things." He had himself some trifling skill upon the violin, but it is to be doubted whether it -would have been sufficient to encourage his imaginary villagers to endure so far as his disquisitions on politics. In tho rough-and-ready life of tho Hall this long-fostered ambition died a rather painful death. Indeed this man could never have brought it to fruition, and ho soon found that politics were -not so simple, as he had once imagined.

Tho violent determination with which he began was soured for a time into something very like gloom. But the blunt good-fellowship and the unfailingly cheerful influence of our close common h'fo soon had their softening effect. grew able to reject his plan and yet to enjoy pleasantly and usefully his year at the Hall. Ho left it, a sadder and a wiser man, to return to his old work. Our friend was the author of some wonders of debating Thetoric.

method was one of sarcasm, which might bo called the statement and question style:" I shall always remember, at work in the room below during our first debate, hearing the thunders of his eloquenco rolling overhead. The rumbling murmur of a succession of emphatic statements led up to the loud, violent thunderclaps of a number of corresponding derisive questions. It was tho Tsar and his rescript which precipitating this stocin of tremendous enmity. He is sincere. IS HE He wants peace.

DOES HE? Then, concluding a tremendous effort of inflated motaphor, he cried out This iron-heeled despot, with an olive branch in his mouth, when the way to Siberia is paved with the bones of the best blood of Russia." Amongst many others I must mention an amiable littlo Russian. It was he who would retire after luncheon behind the shelter of tho mulberry tree in our garden. In the narrow privacy thus attained ho would go through extraordinary gyrations of physical culture." With his body motionless, his head would revolve round upon his shoulders with such violence and rapidity that he seemed anxious to shake himself free from it. In his littlo short bluo print Russian blouse, belted and pleated round the middle, he looked for all the world like somo strance, superannuated baby in tremendous convulsions. Then there was tho old sailorman, an omnivorous student of grammar, who scorned the democratic "constitution" under which our Hall was ruled, and for ever longed to speak to the "cap'en." I might speak, too, of an eccentric twcr-smiling 1 inn, who seemed to have started upon his travels in England with almost the ono word nonsense in his vocabulary, and who used it with such effect that he was rarely addressed by any other title.

Tho festivities known in mv time as Does need a reference. They generally occurred to give a send-off to some student w' was leaving tho Hall. A whip round provided tho funds. A deputy was elected to spend them in procuring an arrav of deli caries for an extra- supper. Any quantity of talent was available for a concert.

A programme was soon devised, a chairman elected, and a pleasant evening passed. The excel lence of i hese performances, in their kind, was sometimes roally high. As to programme, let me quote from that of "The Great Do," as it was christened, which took place early in the year 1000, when a few of tho first students were leaving the Hall. First came a series of farewell speeches, then Chorale, England Arise song. "Tempest of the Heart recitation, Tmbrella Courtship humorous song, East and violin solo, Simple Aveu Finnish melody pianoforte solo, Melodv in and so on.

But as a rule certain favoured classics were loudly and imperatively demanded. One recitation, by a lorKsmre mm-worKer, a staunch and steady supporter of the Hall and all ita work, was invariably called for. It bega-a vith the following tremendous lino William Wentworth Blackett was his name. These opening words, declaimed with enormous energy and in the broadest of Yorkshire accents, never failed to bring down the house at the very start. Next morning it was tho custom in my time for the departing student to be escorted to the station by a body of his fellows.

They gathered in a circle round his carriage door and yelled terrific cheers as the train left the platform and carried him out of this pleasant life of study and recreat'ion. E. Bruce Fobhbst. A SUBURBAN BOMBARDMENT. An extraordinary series of explosions in Hills- oorougii, a residential suburb of Sheffield, caused much alarm last night and drew a crowd of thousands of people.

Towards eieht n'nlmk thB inhabitants of a number of houses in Haw- tncrn-street were driven into the street by mysterious explosions in the cellars, followed by sheets of flame issuing and setting fire to the woodwork. The fire xrert- smumnniJ but only after two hours' work, during which there was a number of explosions and the streets were torn up for yards, was the cause discovered a iraciure ot t-ie gas main. A TRUE STORY OF THE ELECTION. In a speech to his constituents at Whitstable last night Mr. Akers-Douglos authenticated a story that went about during the election, but was men toia witn a suspicious ansence of names and local detail.

Reviewing the incidents of his own contest in Kent, Mr. Akers-Douglas said that at one meeting he was tackled by a working man as to whether he considered that the man was entitled to a fair He replied that he thought the man-way worth-23s. a week, and that he might be worth 26s. or even 28s. 4 week- "Then." said tho workman, "I Wish ttotl Vfcflllrl toll thai.

MA Aiiffer in tha dhaJgjt ju think thatch ecauaeJieSis -myW also be urged, and A reduction of the fare forfted' as Tuesday night's doings-had created children under, twelve years fif-age..