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16 THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1913 TO-DAY'S ARRANGEMENTS. SECOND EDITION. THE WEATHEB. THE CHIEF RABBI. EVENING AT THE PIER HEAD.

Night came oyer from east while I stood at the end of the jetty, and drove the mild winter day like a bird out to sea. A little breeze broke through the silence of the fading-light, and. on the falling tide dim white lines began to show without revealing the life and graceful movement of the waves. But the wind was almost imper-ceptible, for it seemed to carry with it a greater silence, and the noise of ruffled waters was unheard save where it sounded lazily against the jetty or under the boats at their moorings. The calmness of the dying afternoon was undisturbed, for there was no human life within sight of the pier and no life at all upon the sea.

The day slipped off the land very wistfully, and nothing remained with me but my thoughts and that pale-green flicker of light which in winter hovers for awhile at evening above the world and falls ct last upon the sea like a benediction. So long did this light endure that for a long time I could make out with unusual clearness the folds' of the canvas that lay rollea upon the deck of a trawler gently lifting and falling with the tide a hundred feet away. The colours of. the. painted woodwork were plainly to be seen, and even the ropes twisted about the little capstan-head.

A man came along the pier and noisily fixed a red lamp almost above my head, and vanished with all the quickness of a ghost, but the light still lingered, and the silence appeared intensified with the passing of time. It was one of those rare occasions when a man perceives the thing whose every feature is familiar as unearthly and strange: a thing no longer well known, but mysterious and to be received with awe. The little stretch of water between the jetty and the bank of sand which 6hows distinctly above the sea two furlongs out when the tide turns seemed transfigured in that eerie glimmer, and I was as a traveller gazing upon- a sight for the first time instead of a man whose heart had long been full of that small space of sea. And as I gazed there came the deepest hush of all, and with the suddenness of a guttering candle the light flickered out, and the water turned grey and mixed slowly with the night. With a strange emptiness of spirit I turned my face towards the land.

Then I heard across the water a rattle of chains and human sounds. It was the last of xhe fishing boats coming in for the night, and soon I distinguished men upon its deck and the tall sails looming mauHjy againsc tne distance. A tiny uoat lay alongside, and I could dimly see the last of the baskets that carried the day's haul being transferred into it. Then, with a great clatter, the men lowered the sails of the larger boat, and all three of them clambered after the baskets and rowed towards the shore, leaving the trawler anchored where it lay. Very slowly they came across the water, like men that had grown weary, and each pull at the oars showed a great fatigue.

Their voices were no longer heard as they neared the jetty, and they swung along in silence, as if the peace of advancing night had crept into hearts made more receptive, under the brooding influence of the sea. So gradual was their advance that the darkness followed close upou trail, and I had need to strain my gaze to see them as they drew up a score of feet below me at the landing. Of the men in the boat two were and the youngest of all was the tallest of the three. They began speak again in low monosyllables as the craft bumped against the -woodwork of the pier, almost as if their work was a secret thing, though the tall young fisherman's voice raised itself to a queer pitch with the exertion of springing on to the steps of the jetty and tying up the end of the rope. Aiid overhead, "for all the world like an answering cry, there sounded the hungry, screaming note of a great gull that had flown ashore in the wake of the boat.

I bent low over the wall to watch the unloading, and as. basket after hasW, lessly shifted out of the bpat I coultl.see that the bottom of it was also filled with fish. There was one huge flat fish whose name I did not know, hut which to my eves seemed whiter and more pitiful in the dropping light than all the rest. I ivatched him lying there es silent as the rest, and, as a man shall ofton tio at 6uch a time, pictured him as he was but a few hours earlier king, maybe, of the enoai, ana unaware tnat tliero were greater living things to whoso kingship he would bow in their good time. And began to picture that last brave struggle in the cofls of the net, ond attributed to him human thoughts and sensations as he was hauled into the" boat t.

end his life, and I was glad when I remembered that a fish is farther from Tie gods than are human things, so he would suffer less, and maybe not at all. And then, after the young, fisherman had dragged the basket containing all but the largest fish on to the pier, he came back with a short spiked pole in his' hand, and caught up the great. flat fish and snninrr it. lMviiv on to his shoulder, and went lumbering awav into the darkness below. For a moment I stared down to where the night was creeping hungrily about the empty Soat, just as the last man of all might stare into the gulf nauUUICU IU VUQ eUCI OI tllC World.

ip THE EXPLOSIVES '-WORKS DISASTER. DAMAGE TO PROPERTY GREATER THAN REPORTED. Particulars received yesterday show that the damage caused to property by the explosions at the Axdeer explosive works on Monday was much more extensive than orisinallv renorted In one street the ceilings in 30 dwelling-houses collapsed, and Jiundreds of windows and doors nvere smasned. ihe deatli-roll yesterday remained at six, but one of the ten injured men still. in the Glasgow Infirmary in a critical eofndition.

He was knocked over and pinned down with a fly-wheel, and has remained unconscious ever since. A Government inspector visited the works yesterday and was shown over tne scene oi tne disaster by Uolonel Sir Frederick Nathan, the general manager to the company. EXPENDITURE ON REFORM. SOCIAL. LEUISLATIOIS LECTURES AT LEEDS At the Leeds University yesterday Mr.

L. V. Bhairp, secretary of the Leeds Charity Organisa tion Society, gave the fifth of his lectures on the 'administration of public and voluntary relief. Mr. Shairp.

said that it was no longer possible to measure the amount 6pent on the public relief of the poor by studying the statis tics of the Poor Law. Poor Law expenditure itself had risen in the last twenty-five years from eignt millions to fifteen millions. But, in addition, there was now the cost of old-age pensions, a large amount spent under the Un employed Workmen Act, and the -cost of "free meals' and. "medical treatment. Putting All these! together, the annual cost of -the public Telisf of the poor could not be much less than thirty' millions.

Mr. Shairp then described -the working, of Acts referred to, and said that the story 01 social legislation during the last eight years the. different chapters bore no relation to each other. There was no comprehensive scheme, and the administration of relief by several different authorities without co-operation led to confusion-and waste. The Civil Service Commissioners announce that they have been requested by the-Admiralty not fewer than 15 appointments as probationarv eoond lieutenant Rnval Mirmac a nni tor Sermlsn tA onmriif UJ Application pom5 hnist.

be made in writing, not later than April 1, to the Secretary Of the Admiralty, from whom the regulations may be obtained. Candidates must be not less than 17 and must not. havs nfttUwA ha 19bn Jiinfll attained the.age of VISCOUNT TREDEGAR. We regret to announce the death of Viscount Tredegar, which occurred at Tredegar Park, Newport, yesterday. He was one of the two surviving officers of the charge of the Light Brigade.

His age was 83. MEMOIR. Godfrey Charles -Morgan, Viscount Tredegar, was born at Ruperra Castle, Cardiff, on April 28, 1831, the second son of Sir Charles Morgan, a territorial magnate in South AVales. His mother was a granddaughter of the famous Admiral Lord Rodney. Young Morgan in due course went to Eton, and in 1850 joined the 17th Lancers with the rank of cornet.

As was not unusual in those purchase days, his promotion was rapid, seeing that he became lieutenant after a year's service, and obtained his captaincy in 1853, shortly before the death of his elder brother, which made him heir to his fathers great estates. Within a few months the order came for his regiment to proceed on active service to the Near East, and the 17th Lancers were amongst the troops which origin ally landed in the Crimea. Captain Morgan was present at the battle of the Alma, where cavalry played but a secondary part, there being no pursuit after the victory. A few-weeks later a peculiar strategical situation brought about the combat of Balaclava, and the 17th Lancers took a prominent place in the memorable charge of the Light Brigade, with which the name will ever be associated. Captain Morgan came through the terrible affray-unscathed, and afterwards took part in the battle cf InkerniKnn and shared in the privations of the siege of Sebastopol.

Lord Tredegar described the charge in a letter dated Balaclava, October 31, 1854. After describing the position of the forces just before the terrible blunder, he went on: The Light Brigade at that time, in my opinion, was in a position from which, by a dashing manoeuvre from the right, we might have come down upon them the Russian cavalry, who had advanced in their retreat and cut them off to a man but the opportunity was missed, and very galling it was to all of us. After this cavalry and infantry retired to nearly where they came from, with the exception of two redoubts on which they rested their left, and took up a very strong position across a valley, with batteries on the hills on either side, and columns of infantry and about 3,000 cavalry in support, some on the left and some, in the rear of the guns. We, the Light Brigade, were drawn up at the other end of the valley, facing their posi tion, distant about three-quarters of a mile, waiting, I had imagined, for infantry to come to our support, when suddenly an aide-de-camp (poor Nolan) galloped up with an order: 'The Light Brigade will attack; the 17th and 13th will advance, supported by the 8th and 11th and Knowing the strength of their position and our want of proper support, I felt it was a critical moment, but, grasping our horses by the head, away we went We had not gone many yards before we were under. the fire of the first heavy battery on our left, the first shot of which killed poor Nolan, a splinter going right through his heart, and his hoxsa carried him back to us.

He was a dashing fellow, and with smile on his face waa riding about twenty yards in front of us. On we went, the pace increasing, amidst the thickest shower of shell, shot, grape, canister, and minie from front and flanks, horses and men dropping by scores every yard. The whistling and cracking of shells was beyond description. Under this we went for three-quarters of a mile, the enemy's guns firing in front of us till we were within a yard and a half of them. Just as I came close to one it went off and, naturally, round went my horse.

I turned him round and put him at it again, and got through, the cavalry retreating the other side. Not more than a dozen of the 17th and the same number of the 13th were to be seen so we turned to come back, knowing we could not hold the guns we had taken. The 8th, 4th, and 11th followed us in, and suffered nearly as much as ourselves. We saw the enemy between us and home, and at them we went. I cut down one fellow as he ran one of my fellows through with a lance, and digging my spurs in my horse's sides he went at it as he has often gone at the big fences in Monmouthshire.

I got through them with only a few lance pokes, which I managed to parry, but the number of men had diminished. We had to retire through a sliower of minie bullet6, and we re-formed in rear of the Heavy Brigade. I numbered off 32 men. We went into action 145 in the morning. The 13th lost more, and the other three about half their number.

Our mess was sadly shortened of seven only two remained sound; one was killed, the others wounded. The worst of the whole thing was that the enemy still retained possession of the ground." In 1855 Viscount Tredegar resigned his com mission. Three years later he entered the House of Commons as member for Brecknockshire in the Conservative interest, and he continued to represent the county up to 1875, when he was obliged to vacate his seat on succeeding his tather, who had been raised to the peerage as baron in 1859. In 1885 he became honorary colonel of the Monmouth Engineer Militia, an appointment which he continued to hold after the corps was converted into Special Reserve and which he held till his death. He became Lord Lieutenant of the county of Monmouth in 1899, and in 1905 was raised to the dignity of a viscount.

The late peer, who never married pwas for more than half a century one of the most prominent figures the west, taking great interest in all local questions and being a keen supporter of sport. He was for many years Master of the Monmouth Hounds. He possessed vast estates in South Wales, and owned as country seats Ruperra Castle in Glamorganshire and Tredegar Park, near the town of Newport, iu Monmouth. There have been many attempts to fix the value of the Tredegar estates. Some estimates have placed the capital value at 10,000,000 and annual income at 500,000.

This figure is no doubt wide of the mark, but there is reason to believe that the iate peer income averaed 1,000 a day. The Tredegar estates cover large portions ot Glamorganshire, and Breconshire, and upon this land there have in recent years been enormous developments in railways, docks, collieries, and iron and steel and tinplate works. Besides this Lord Tredegar was the owner of -well over 1,000 farms. He also had invested 1,000,000 in Newport Docks which in late years was a good investment, and he owned the tamous Park Mile Railway, from which ne arew over a year. It is said that for years he has given away in private benefaction, apart from gifts of land, over 40,000 a year.

Colonel Courtenay Morgan, the heir and successor to the title and estates, is th olrlc- of Colonel the Hon. F. C. Morgan, of Ruperra uasue, -wirere vmu ui wo(. tie is therefore a nephew of the first Viscount, who was a oacnei'-'r.

The funeral of Viscount Tredegar will take place at Bassaleg Church at noon on Friday. A FOOE WOMAN'S GRATITUDE. It was stated at the annual meeting of the House of Charity for Distressed Persons in London yesterday that a poorly-clad woman had called at the institution and handed to the -warden a bag containing one hundred sovereigns, cne stated tnat ntty years ago sne received great kindness at the institution as an inmate, and-had since saved a hundred sovereigns to make that which she desired should be anonymous." THE NEW KING 0RKY. MANX STEAMER LAUNCH AT BIRKENHEAD. The launch yesterday of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's new steamer King Orry is an event of importance to the host of Lancashire pleasure-seekers make holiday year by year in the Island.

The twin-screw geaTed turbine vessel which glided from the slips into the Mersey from the Birkenhead yard of Messrs. Cammell, Laird, Co. is not, of course, the first King Orry. as visitors to Manxland are well aware, but is the third of the line, so to speak, in succession of title. A steamer named King Orry was built in 1842.

whose journeys to and from the Island lasted till 1858. Then there was Kin? Orry whose active career came to a close only last year. Now comes the largest of the three, whose sailings, it is hoped, will be-in in the coming- Whit-week. It is of interest to compare the dimensions of the three steamers. The first King Orry had a length of 140 feet, a breath of 23 feet, a depth of 12 feet, and a tonnage of 433.

The second, built in 1871 and lengthened in 1885, had originally a' length of 260 feet, a breadth of 29, a depth of 14i feet, and a tonnage of 809. As altered the steamer had an increased speed of 19 knots. But the fine steamer launched yesterday has a length, over all, of 312 feet, with a breadth of 43 feet and a depth to the shelter deck of nearly 25 feet. Her speed is to be about 21 knots. The new King Orry will be able to carry no fewer than 1,600 passengers, and will have a crew of 75.

With an equipment of the most modern type, the steamer has been built with a view to ensuring to her passengers absolute safety at sea. There are nine water-tight bulkheads extending to the upper deck, and the water-tight doors are fitted with the "Stone-Lloyd system of automatic closing, by which the doors can be closed simultaneously by the operation of a small levenaon the bridge. The steamer will carry eight lifeboats of large size, and a sufficient number of buoyant rafts for the life-saving of all persons on board, besides a complete outfit of life-belts and life-buoys. Whilst all this provision is made for the safety of passengers, their comfort is also arranged for. The saloon accommodation occupies the midship portion of the steamer.

On the lower deck are two eleeoincr cabins. fitted up for a large number of persons on the upper uecK is tne general saloon, lurnisnea ana arraneed for use duriner the dav as a lourure. and readily transformable into a sleeping cabin for service. me uimng-saioon ana smoice-room are on the shelter deck, the former capable of seating 88 persons at once. The ladies' cabin ia on the promenade deck, and here also are half-a-dozen private staterooms.

The accommodation for second-class passengers is arranged aft, and comprises a ladies cabin and a general saloon and sleeping cabin. This is much on the scale of the corresponding saloon in the first-class portion of the steamer. Both on the shelter and promenade decks plenty of space, the greater part under cover, is available for the two classes of passengers. Throughout, the vessel is fitted with electric light, and, in case of its with an ample supply of oil lamps. The steamer will be provided with an installation of submarine eienallinc antiaratus.

and with a complete wireless telegraphy outfit. of two h.D. turbines nnrl l.r. t.iirfiinoc tif the latest Parsons geared, and arrange to drive two propelling shafts at 300 revolutions a minute. ine astern turbines are at the after end of each l.p.

turbine. The air purnps are Weir's dual tyne and of arnnle cartaeitv. w.it.h sn.m cylinders of 14in. diameter and 15in stroke. The feed water is dealt with by one pair of direct-acting vertical feed punips, also of Weir's make.

ml. i j. no steam is suppnea Dy two aouDie-enaea boilers and one arranged for a WOrkinsr nressure of 1701b mi- snnarp. inrVi rn the closed stokehold system. A Cochran boiler, working at a pressure of 1001b.

per square inch, i-a piiioeu in uie attar stoKenoici tor auxiliary purposes. The uptakes are arranged to lead into one funnel, which is made large. A great crowd witnessed the christpnincr ceremony and the launch. King Orry was named by Mrs. Waid, wife of Mr.

W. A. Waid. v-iiairiuiiu oi tne i.sie or Man steam Packet Comnanv. Ac wn aa loosed she glided smoothly into the river, amid uio rooming or guns ana a hearty round of cheering.

Afterwards, a large company assembled at luncheon on the premises of the builders. Mr. W. L. Hichehs, of Messrs.

Cammell, Laird, and was in the chair, and there were speeches in celebration occasion, as well as separate presentations to Mrs. Waid, on behalf of the Steam Packet Co. and of Messrs. Cammell, Laird, and Co. The Chairman made reference to previous work of the Company for the Isle of Man service, and in particular to the Snaefell, launched in 1910 which, he said, was recognised as.

a seaworthy i. j. maiiiajirt, cnair-man of the Isle of Man fateam Packet Company and Mr. G. J.

Carter, managing director at Birkenhead for Messrs. Cammell, Laird, and had also something to. say, as well as Captain Keig, the marine superintendent, and Mr. C. J.

Blackburn, the superintendent engineer to the Steam Packet Oo. All expressed gratification at this noteworthy addition to the red-funnelled steamers of the Company for the season which will soon open. A NAVAL COURTMARTlAL. SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT. A naval court-martial aboard the flagship Victory at Portsmouth yesterday lasted all day.

Charles Stanley Bennett, chief sick berth steward, was charged with having made. a false requisition for his own admission to th Naval Hospital and having forged the signatures ot naval medical officers to various documents certifying him to be under treatment in hospital for ah injured knee. These documents, it was stated, were forwarded to the National Co-operative Assurance Corporation. Inquiries were made and the accused was questioned. He said that he was a shareholder in tin v.

pany, and did this to test its financial soundness. naa ne received any money he would have returned it. Charges were also brought against Bennett in relation to the forging of travelling vouchers for servicemen used between Portsmouth, Waterloo Hastings, and elsewhere. Witnesses said that rubber stamps, and rubber type corresponding Bennett belongings. Bennett had nearly twenty years' service with high character.

Iio was, however, sentenced to a year's imprisonment and was dismissed from the service. "H.M.S. Pinafore" and "Trial ex Jury" at the Prince's Theatre. In the working out of tliat nice series of social and matrimonial problems which is presented by H.JsjLS. Pinafore" the burlesque is gently drawnout into very considerable sublimity.

Last night the facts of those problems were laid before one with such cunning that at odd moments one discovered with a start that they had become credible. When Captain Corcoran (Mr. Leicester Tunks) was exchanging sentimental confidences with Little Buttercup Miss Ixiui'o Rene) in he moonlight one positively began to feel quite concerned about the matter, and to regard with some warmth and distress th stupid obstacles which the path of true love between captains in tne iSavy and bum-boat women. And. one's disgust with convention was nearly as genuine when Miss Olive Turner and Mr.

Henry HeTbert gave us very admirably the "Refrain, audacious tar duet. Miss Turners Josephine was, indeed, all through, the opera an alluring and delightful creation. In Never mind the why, and wherefore" trio she sang and moved with delicious lightness. Mr. Henry Aj Lytton, as Sir Joseph Porter, was the severest pattern of pro-prietyl In Trial by Jury," whioh follows the musical travesty of a court of justice went with extraordinary swing and jollity.

Tlie D'Oyly Carte people seemed to be getting as much fun out of it as the audience, whioh is saying a good deal. neuter's correspondent at St. Petersburg telegraphs that the Grand Duchess Tatyana Nikolaievna, the second of the Tsar, has contracted typhoid fever. She has been -T-saxofcoe and has borne the journey well. Her" condition is satisfactory.

House of Cojunions: Debate on th King's Speech" Institution of Naval Architects. Annual Meeting Royal Society of Arts. Federation of Northern newspaper Owners; Dinner, Whitehall Roomfii London. Cotton Employers' Conference, Westminster Palace Hotel. Association of Chambers of Commerce: Annual Lancashire and Cheshire Women's Libera! Federation Meetinc, Chorley.

11 IS. Manchester Statistical Society: Mr. Ascoli on liuatemaia, j. Memorial Hall: Unitarian Assembly, 7 30. Victoria Hotel: Beer and Wine Trade? tion Dinner, Hulme Club Meeting, Lord Mayrr Parlour, 3.

CHILDREN AT KINEMATOGRAPH SHOWS. PROPOSED REGULATIONS AT GI.AbUOW. The Glasgow magistrates' subcommittee r5. terday made a number of recommendations tor regulating the attendance of children at kiae-matograph houses. Among the proposals a regulation that children under 14 years of aw should not.

be allowed to -remain in a piciura house after 8 30 p.m. unless accompanied by parent or guardian, and that children uu'lr li years of age not so accompanied should be accommodated in a separate part of the theatre lighted with sufficient red lights to illuminate the section. Another proposal is that the Us drill at school should be impressed on children in the habit of attending picture houses, so that alarms might not give to panics. A suggestion that films showing the Corporations activities in its various dei-art. ments, such as tramways and gas, should be shown was not adopted.

EXPLOSION ON A FRENCH SUBMARINE. Reuter's Cherbourg correspondent eays thas while the submarine Foucault was undergoing trials her engine exploded, after working satis' factorily for two hours. Seven men vc-r) ia. jured, two seriously. WESTMACOTT'S TONIC QUININE CHAMPAGNE.

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Postage stamps cS postal orders may be sent in payment. BIRTHS. ABDERN'. At Holmdene, Stalybridgc, on the to ilr. and Mrs.

STANLEY ABDEEX, a BELL. On the 10th at 205, Blufif, Yokohama, Japan, to Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE H. BELL, a son.

the 9th at Meuouf, Egypt, to the Ker, W. W. CASH and Mrs. CASH, a son. (By cable) CONNOLLY.

On Mondav, March 10, at Madioon -on-m, Oheadle Hulme, to Mr. and Mis. H. S. COXXOLLT, a daughter.

HEAL. On March 10, at Fc-nVetb, Warnr-ston, to Mr. oiitf Mrs. C. a WEST ALL.

On 11th March, the wife of L. M. 26, iiddtson Ifoad North, London, at a eon. GOLDEN WEDDING. WRIGHT UOUIiLEY.

On Maich 12, 1865. nt the nit Church, Enlield, by the uncle of the bride, the Rpt. Edmund Henry Tonny, M.A., Tector of Great Stani-bridge, Essex, THOMAS WEIGHT, third son of William Wright, The Elms, Heath, Warwick, to MARY DOHOTHY, onlj child of. Pr. Daniel De La Oheritms tiOLRI.F.Y, anl Elizabeth (iourley, formerly of Madcley, Salop.

The Orchard, tfharnbrook, Beds. DEATHS. CLEGG. On the 8th at Spring Hill, ItoaMale. JAMBS WILD CLECKi.

aged 59 years. Service at St. Marys Church, Balderstone, this day (Wednesday), at 11 30, prior to the interment tr4 the Manchester Crematorium. Tio' flowers, by tpecial request. All inquiries to be addressed to Uessn Kendal, Milne and Co.

CLITHEKOW-SMITH. On the 11th inst-, H'-Hinf-worth, aged 18 months, EILEEN MAEGAUF.T, daughter Walter and Daisy XLITUEKOW-SMITH, Oak wood, Brackley lioud, Mouton. Interment ilott rain Cemetery Thursday. DUXOAX On the 9th at Ivv Mount, 163, Goppici Street, Oldham, Dr. ALEXANDER THOMPS0S DU2CCAX, iiis year.

Interment Chadderta Cemetery on Thursday the 13th ir.st.. at tweks o'clock; service Presbyterian L'burrh, King btrn', at eleren o'clock. Friends please uoceps (the only) intimation. Inquiries ot George Barlow, 25,. Uenshow Street, Oldham.

GUEST. On the 11th at her rcsidPiicc, Abbey Uoad, Llandudno, MAKY tire beloved wife of the Bev. T. H. GUEST.

JUPP. On the 9th at 5, Cborlton Grove, Hroolsj the dearly loved husband of Mary JUPP '(nee Mottershead), in his 31st year. Interment StreUotd. Cemetery this day (Wednesday), 5 30. KBAFT.

MAX, the dearly beloved husband of Jesnnie KRAFT, died suddenly, nt his residence, 182, Stamford blircet, Brooks's Bar, on the 10th in hii 44tli year. Interment Weaste Cemeterv Thursday, at 1 30. USD. On 1C "i March, at. 47, Cecil Road, Prcntou, 38 years.

ANDREW LIVINGSTONE, belovKl husLan. of Margaret LINK and youngest son of iha Ia Robert Lind, of Kendal. Funeral at WoiKlchurch to-day (Wednesday), at two o'clock. Will friends please accept' this (the only) intimation? MELLOR. At 21.

Bath Street, HudderslieW, on March 10, the Rev. WILLIAM MELLOIt, ascd 72. M-in service Fitewilliam Street Church, HmlilTfSeld, Thursday, eleven o'clock. No Bowers, by request. NICHOLSON'.

On the 10th at the residence of A. G. Hogg, Tirbracken, Dunham (Massev, EDITH, the beloved wife of Joseph NICHOLSON and daughwr of Richard Nelson, Welton, Yorks. Interment Bowdon Parish Church on Thursday, at three o'clfs. RIDER.

At 26, Gore Street, Gorton, on- Starch 0, bAJiUEL, aeariy lovea lather ot Bettha iui'fcK-Interment Brookfield Church, Gorton, this day (WVw-needay), at 3 p.m. ROBERTS. On the 10th at Dolafon, MARGARET ROBERTS, widow of the Hev. Dattl Roberts, Rhiw, in- her 77th year. STEPHEN-.

On the 10th HENRY, the oMt ueWTea son oi James and Alice K. Thorneycroft, Leigh, aged 29. WATERS. On "the 11th at GIan-y-CoI, iv.imiv- mawr, wire or T. B.

WATERS, late of Aitnn- charn. and widow of the late Robert Lecs.of House, Ashtou-under-Lyne, aged 76. Mrs. G. H.

DOBSON and Mr. and Mrs. H. IX'BF'JN and Family wish to express sincere-gratitude to ttw many friends for- kind sympathy and tributes in their sad bereavement. Watcrford Lodge, Richmond Grove, Mrs.

J. H. SARGENT and Family are deeply grateful xne niaoy uytcBaivas vi ynipainy recejvea oy in their sudden and sad bereavement, also fcr n' tributes. Egerton In Memoriam. Tn lnrinsr memnrv of ESTHEn.

wife nf Alfred TAYLOR, J.P., Prospect House, Blackley, who died Slarch 12.1912. Her cnnareji arise up ana cait rier Diesseo, Her husband also, and he piaiseth her. From HUSBAND and FAMILY. In loving memory of EMILY, wife of W. B.

WILIfTT, of Broughton, who was called Home 12th Ssrcai 19li. W1LLETT. in loving memory oi dear Motoer. 1911. CLAUDE and SiADuh.

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REPLIES FROM THE PARIS PRESS. (Recteb's Cobbbspoxdent.) Pabjs, Tuksdat. In studiously measured terms the Temps to-day discusses the article in the "Kolnische Zeitung describing Ffance as the real dan ger to Germany and the speech made in tier lin yesterday by the German Emperor to the military deputations assembled in the Lustr garten on the occasion of the celebration or tha ontinarv of tho Prussian war of libera t.irm. Tt. dismisses.

idea that the two statements were concerted, and 6ays that the time- is past when France in such circum-Ktftiuw siisfont.ihlA to nervousness. It asks tho Unrman nress to reconcile xne own flicting declarations, on the one hand that Gnrmanv'R new armaments are solely due to the new" situation in the Balkans, and on the other that thev are rendeied necessary by the French desire for revenee and the re oovery of "It is," the "Temps" continues, "the old story of the wolf and the lamb, with, this difference, however, that in 1913 the lamb has no.fear that he will be devoured. An arrogant Germany is no longer confronted by isolated France and isolated Russia. are now allied, and being perfectly resolved are beyond the stage of beiiig moved by ill-natured talk. France's devotion to peace for 43 years has not prevented constantly recurring crises, and young France to-day deduces the conclusion tnat the resig nation of their fathers has not disarmed the conqueror.

For them the question is not one of revenge, but one of menace. The French measures are no thre.it against Germany, and it is not suggested- that the German military expansion is a threat against anyone, but if threat there be it is not on the part of France and Kussia, but of Germany. The Journal des Debats" contrasts the speech of King George yesterday at the open ing of Parliament with the utterances of the German Emperor and the article in the "Kohiische Zeitung," and points out that the inevitable effect of the latter will be to excite Germany against France. The right of Germany to arm. has never been con tested, nor have her motives been All Fi-anco claims is the right to protect herself against consequent dangers.

The "Debats" wonders who authorised the Kolnische ZeitunE to point to France as the enemy of peace, and dismisses the whole argument as grotesque. "It is, it says, "really the unpardonable Entente Cordiale that is aimed at. This is understood in London, as Mr. Asquith showed in the House of Commons last night when he said We retain, and intend to retain, our friend- OUlTOi AN ALARMIST REPORT. (Reuter's Correspondent.) Paris, Tuesday.

The "Intransigeant" says that on January 13 last the French Government received a communication from an influential member of the Italian Parliament to the effect that Germany had asked Italy whether she would be in a position in October next to undertake a campaign and put an end by a decisive action to the present unrest in Europe. The French Government, having verified the information, decided to introduce the present Army THE MENACE OF THE EX-SHAH. FEAR OF ANOTHER ASSAULT UPON PERSIA. Reuter's Teheran correspondent telegraphs: Much uneasiness exists in official quarters Jiere owing to the belief that the ex-bhah, who is reported to have recently left Odessa for Western Europe, contem plates returning to Persia this spring. Azer- baidjan, which is controlled by reactionarr limuence, wouia uouotiess fall an easy prey oyansi invaciers.

at is understood that the Resent has warned Rnwrnmanf this danger, and has urged the immediate pre paration or a torce to meet emergencies. It will be unfortunate if the Government is obliged to expend on military preparations a large part of the forthenminn- Amr1sv.T7.iie;.., advances of 400,000, which is urgently il icuum iur wiuer purposes. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER FOUND DROWNED. A SERVANT'S STATEMENT. The bodies of Mrs.

Wvman Jeffrieo anH Natalie Wyman Jeffries, mother and daughter, were touna yesterday m-a pond at Busbridge Park, Godalming. Mrs. Jeffries', who Waa aihrmf 60 years old, and her dauehter whn ju, uvea at a large house on Hollowav Hill. God alming. About four o'clock yesterday morning Mrs.

Wyman Jeffries awoke a servant, and stated that her daughter had gone out and left a note mat she was going to Busbridge Pond to die. and advising her to do the same. Mis. Jeffrip who was fully dressed, left to follow her daughter. The servant dressed and oswa in.

formation to the police, who found the bodies in the pond. Around the neck of the yonag-er were a number of weights tied with a handker chief, and the note written bv her was Vmnd in the mother's pocket. LONDON AMUSEMENTS. iEolian Hall: Miss Ada Thomas's Chamber Concert, 8 30. Adelphi: "The Dancing Mistress," 8.

Aldwych: "The Broken String," 2 30 and 8 15; 41 Hpr Side of the House," 9. Apollo: General John Regan," 2 45 and 8 45. Comedy: Pride of Regiment," 2 30 and 8 v- Lady Noggs," 9. Criterion: Stacy Aumomer. 2 30 and 8 "Eliza Comes to Stay," 9.

30; Daly's: "Gipsy Love," 8 15. Drury Lane The Sleeping- Beauty," 30 and 30 Garriok TniBt the People," 2 20 and 8 45. Globe: "Ask Quesbnry," 8 30. Haymarket: "The Pretenders," 2 30 and 8 30. His -Majesty's: "Drake," 2 IS and 8 15.

'Little Three," 9. Lyceum: "Nell Gwynne," 2.30 and -7 45. Lyric: "The Girl in the Taxi," 2 30 and 8 20. New Bought and Paid For," 7 45. Playhouse The Headmaster," 20 and 9.

Prince's: "The Indian Mutiny," 2 30 and 745 Prince of Wales's: "The Handful," 2 30 and 8 15. Queen's: Get-rica-quick Wallingford," 8 15 and 8 15. Queen's Hall: M. Busoni's. Concert, 3: wod Metcalfe Choir Concert, a ia mJ Royalty: Milestones, 8 30.

St. James's WrndowB," 8. Savoy "Twelftti Nlht," i.15. Kinemacolor." ,8. SbAftesbnry: "Ohl Qhl Delpine," 2 15 Strand The Son.

anjJ 2 45 and. 8 30. Vaudeville: A Jcenny Hunchi" 2 30 Vnd "The Schoolmistress, 8 30. Wyndham's Doormate, 8 IS. and 8 15.

FORECASTS FOR TO-DAY. The following forecasts of to-day's weather were issued by the Meteorological Office last night: Lancashire and the Nobth-Wbsx (No. 7). Wind between west and north-west, light to fresh; mostly fair, some showers locally temperature lower. North-Eastern Counties (No.

2). Wind between west and north-west, light or moderate, fresh at times locally; fair generally temperature rather lower. The Midlands 4nd West Riding (No. 4). Same as No.

2. London -and the Sodth-East (No. 5). Same as No. 2.

The The sea is. rather rough at Stornaway, moderate to smooth elsewhere. GENERAL CONDITIONS. Further cyclonic disturbances from the west ward will probably begin to affect our western and north-western coasts during the ensuing twenty-four hours, but over the greater part of the kiDgdom the period is likely to be fair. YESTERDAY IN MANCHESTER.

Makchbstsk CwtvsRsrrr Mkteoso logical Obsbbva. tort. WhiVwobth Pabx. Mch. 11.

1913, 9 p. in. Fine, bright, mild. Barometer rising. Tehpsbatdrb (in shads).

To-day. Last rear. Fast 3t boon. 7 Jul rear 3 a.m. 48-3 43-3 49-8 48-Z 9 p.m.

39-6 43-4 Lowest; 3S'6 40-0 Highest on black bulb, 84 Sunshinb 5h. 20m. Last year Nil Nil Ba.m. 79 9p.nL 89 Humidity (per cent of saturation) BAROMETER (corrected Tuosdav. Monday.

At9a.m....M 30100 30-263 At9p.m 33-38 30-247 Wind. A gentle breeze, direction vanable average velocity 12 miles an hour. SunrlsH. Set. Ilaonrlsti.

6 32 6 6 7 35 s.m. 11 40 p.m. To-morrow 6 30 6 8 7 SI For every tau mile uorth of Manchester sunset is earlier by 6 cecoucb. LAMP-TIME FOR CYCLISTS TO-DAY: 7 6 p.m. A COUNTRY DIARY.

March 11. A stately peregrine sailed from its perch on the white cliff, a perch from which It could eee any passing quarry worthy of its skill. It made a playtful stoop at a herring gull, causing that bird to dip seawards with a frightened scream, and then, holding its bowed wings steady, allowed the wind to lift it. Once or twice it made a few strokes with its wings to adjust its balance, but most of the time it drifted on motionless wings, slowly rising until it was a speck in the sky. Then something below it arrested its attention; its wings were almost closed, and head downwards it shot earthwards in pursuit of its prey.

It was a wonderful exhibition of aerial ekill an apparently perfect understanding of wind currents and how. to take the best advantage of them. A few pairs of peregrines still nest annually on the South Coast cliffs, which in many places are so rotten and unreliable as to baffle the keenest egg-robber. Long may they continue to inhabit these safe Sp0tS' sss-- A- THE ROYAL MANCHESTER COLLEGE OF MUSIC. Much of the onen Dractiee at Rnvat College of Music last night was" given to students ot short experience, and the notable pertormances were few.

Dr. Brodskv is on. r.f the rare teachers who have the faculty of rais ing ine duik ot their pupils to a standard of certain and confident execution. This gift must be recognised anew in tlie last night of Bach's Double Concerto by two girl pupils. There was good sectional variety in xne piaying too, and a pleasant emulation and flexibility of melodic style.

A very young boy pupil showed in the slow movement from Bruch's First Concerto a generous appreciation of the purple patches of Warm molnv hardly an equal gift in the understanding of effects of figuration. He shows already much of the typical violinist's contempt for what he us, not. mmsen to do. A girl pupil of Mr. Catterall played a concerto movement by Viotti with sound execution, huf.

regard for correctness than for its musical life. a set ot xno Fantasiestiicke by Robert Fuchs showed this composer much under the influence of a greater "Robert," but the students who played them were hardly experienced enough to give the raieeea in original style. A set of Variations for 'cello anu pianotorte in a "theme of Handel," by Bernard Scholz, were finely given by two members of Mr. Fuchs's class. They were freely written, but answered for the most part to conventional types of expression.

Of otheT B.ianoforto music, a pupil of Mr. Merrick played with good technique and an expressive style that needed perhaps a little more careful connection of method Debussy's "Jardins sous la a pupil of Mr. Mayer gave four dances from' a French suite of Bach with little fullness or animation, but with neatness and intelligent phrasing; a pupil of Mr. Forbes gave the once popular Rondo Brillant of Weber with full musical tone and decidedly good execution, but hardly with equal animation of style. AH this pianoforte playing reminded us of the unfortunate fatness of the keyboard, which does not answer any way to the true energy of good melodic style.

Miss Brema presented again sets of her pupils, in unison airs by Franck, Bach, and others. The tone of their singing had a more developed fullness than at recent practices, and the readings had an interesting dramatic variety. The resonance of the tone was incKned to sombreness. A tenor singer ur.der Mr. Harford sang with fair power and good gradation of tone Rienzi's Prayer," from Wagner's opera.

His tone as yet lacks' sweetness. A girl pupil sang with pathos overclouded with sombreness the Lament of Isis by Bantock, and less effectively a more agitated song by Grieg. The most pleasant and the best singing was that of another girl pupil of the same teacher in a concert aria of Mozart "Quando miro quel bel ciglio," in which the emulation of Gluck's Che faro is flagrant to every ear A THIEF'S REMARKABLE KEY. At the Old Bailey yesterday Frederick Charles Westwood, 31, a tailor's cutter, was found guilty of forging and uttering a cheque for-75 on the Fleet Street branch of the London, and Midland Bank. He was also charged with being an habitual criminal, and it was stated that he obtained admission to 'city offices bv skeleton keys, of which he carried a large number, and stole clocks, typewriters, and other articles, which he immediately pawned.

An inspector stated that he entrance to Tvraeticallv all the offices- with nn ti. 1 it was a-remarkable key, and 'opened every Qoor on which it was tried. He was sentenced to five years' penal servitude and five years' preventive detention. LLANDUDNO AT EASTER. Orchestra daliy.

Ooif. Brcesr Oram Sunny retreetsv Motor thi9- BaavtonZi- Quids (poet 2L, ASIT Town DR. HERTZ ARRIVES AT LIVERPOOL THE WORK BEFORE. HIM. Dr.

Joseph Hertz, the new Chief Rabbi, arrived in Liverpool by the Mauretania yesterday, coming from New York. He was accompanied by his wife and three young sons. A number of deputations from the Jewish community in the United Kingdom greeted When Dr. Hertz left the liner at Liverpool lie was greeted by a number of the Jewish community, and a formal reception was afterwards held at the Adelphi Hotel. Mr.

Albert H. Jessel, K.C., presided, and other London representatives present included Messrs. B. Franklin, Albert M. Voolf, Felix A.

Davis, and P. Ormstein (secretary of the United Synagogue). There was a large deputation from Liverpool, including the Hev. S. Friedberg, and Messrs.

E. K. "Kates and B. B. Benas.

The Manchester deputation included, Dr. Salomon, Mr. J. B. Cohen, Mr.

Levi Davis, and Dr. Dulber'g, of the Great Synagogue the Rev. Mr. Borjaraki, of the Central Synagogue; the Rev. A.

Cohen, of the Higher Broughton Synagogue Mr. R. Horwich, of the Central Synagogue; Mr- J. Eothenberg, of the North Manchester Synagogue; Mr. E.

Marks; of the United Synagogue; S. P. Claff, of the Chai Adam Synagogue; and Mr. James Bauer, of the Reform Synagogue. The Chairman said the company included representatives all over the country, both clergy and laymen.

They had representatives present not only from Lancashire and London, but from Sheffield and They desired that the ceremony should be an indication of the desire of the whole community, whose spiritual head Dr. Hertz had now become, to extend to him the greatest possible friendship and cordiality. That, however, was not the time to touch on the problems which were before the community. A of short appreciative speeches followed. Dr.

Solomon, Dr. DullJerg, and Mr. Bauer spoke for Manchester. Dr. Solomon pointed out that Manchester had a Hebrew population second in size only to London.

Dr. Dulberg said that Manchester would give the new Chief Rabbi every assistance. The Sheffield delegate said there were 35.000 Jews in Yorkshire. Dr. Hertz said that was not the time to go into the programme or enter into the various aspects and problems of Jewish and communal life which confronted them to-day.

"Let the days tell their own he said, and added tliat he wished exnress Tiia sincere thanks for the cofdial greeting which had been extended to his wife and Dr. Hertz and his afterwards left foT London. He will visit Manchester, eariv next month in connection with the laying of the foundation-stone of the South Manchester Synagogue. THE PROBLEMS BEFORE DR. HERTZ.

(From a Jewish Correspondent.) Dr. Hertz, of course, will have no difficulty in removing any little friction which ihe manner of his election may have caused, for Anglc-J ewry is. anxious to give him a cordial welcome, and he is an engaging personality. sor should he have any difficulty in representing Anglo-Jewry to the outside world as successfully as his predecessor. But these two duties are a very small part of the.

task that awaits him. The Chief Rabbinate, as built up by the late Dr. Adler and by Lord Rothschild and the other big-wigs of Anglo-Jewry, makes two assumptions for which there is very little foundation: that Anglo-Jewry is religiously homogeneous, and that Anglo-Jewry desires a centralised papal (of the Avignon period) form of ecclesiastical government instead of a congregational system. The Judaism of the heads of Anglo-Jewry is very different from the Judaism of the masses of Jews in this countrv who come from Eastern Europe. That has been shown by the repeated efforts of the Board of Deputies and of the late' Dr.

Adler to get "Reform" Judaism recognised by the British Parliament as the established religion of Anglo-Jewry. It is certain that Dr. Hertz will be sub jected to double pressure the heads of Anglo- Jewry win try toarive mm towards Judaism the masses, backed nowadays by a good sprinkling of the younger intellectuals, will insist upon orthodoxy. Dr. Hertz will have to face the question whether there is any spiritual value in the purely external and quite unreal religious unity of Anglo-Jewry, which makes the Chief Rabbinate the cockpit of such conflicting forces.

It is quite certain that his sympathies are With the orthodox, and if his conduct is as firm as his convictions we are likely to see a progressive recognition of the religious heterogeneity of Anglo-Jewry. Nobody outside Anglo-Jewry can appreciate by what subtle devices and with what ruthless thoroughness the authority of Dr. Adler was asserted over orthodox Anglo-Jewry, in the teeth of the congregational tradition of Judaism. This centralised. system suited the ambitious temper of Dr, Adler, and it suited the convenience of Lord Rothschild and Mie other great ones in Anglo-Jewry.

The Chief as these conceived him and as Dr. Adler was, was a policeman who could keep the "foreign Jews in order while obediently carrying out their own instructions. It i quite certain that this centralised svstem has broken down, and that some degree of decentralisation must take its place. The other Rabbis, besides the Chief Rabbi, must be recognised, and must be given a real authority. It may be taken for granted that official Anglo-Jewry, although making inevitable concessions of form, will endeavour to retain in substance the Chief Rabbi's centralised authority.

The test of Dr. Hertz's states manship will be in his power to reconcile his office with a real and reasonable reversion to the congregational principle. The problem is difficult, but not impossible of solution. Dr. Hertz has this to help him he lias neen, ana presumably stm is, a nationalist.

That should help him to the riht. nut- loot, and. it secures him the sympathy of the nationalist element in Anglo-Jewry, whose innuendo is wruuu to grow. WELCOME AT EUSTON STATION. Dr.

Hertz arrived in London yesterday -and had an enthusiastic reception at Euston station. Nearly every Jewish organisation was represented, and Dr. Hertz and hie wife shook hands with hundreds. An informal reception -was held in one of the waiting-rooms, and Dr. Hertz was presented with an address! In'reply she said ne-was deeply touched by the manifestation of friendship.

Hia official instal lation will take place at the Great Synagogue, aioWe on Anril 14 COVERED WITH IRRITATING Mrs. Watt. 2, Lauder Street, Dewrtmr? Road, to oorerorl with irritating: rash, and then it broke out in inflamed blotches, and began to suppurate. The eczema showed first in little itching lumple on her hands and face, nd' spread all over her body, and finally on her legs. She conW not rest or sleep at night.

She tried several treat- nwnte.but got no better. Sb got Cuticura Soap Cuticura Ointment, and. now she is completely cured. Advt.J XANCUESTEU GUARDIAN, Guardian Building, 3. Cross Street, Manchester.

Wedneday. March 12, 191.