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1 Veil I IHISICIAN r.it CM.ru. Pa Llct iuT iiiiLnr hi TRIBULATIONS U0FMT. tTESDAT, FEBKCAMT 5, ML Titt KrMT.il. or Crro. Victoria.

The inter vr.i of tho ron jins of tho lato tucen took place vrordiT afternoon at the Royal Mausoleum, "ronjv.ro. Shortly before 3 o'clock the coffin ras brought out of tho Albert Memorial Chapel pi i our' a processioi i as then formed. almost oclusively ofHft lie Royal. Imperial, and Princely mourners. Aidh prooPcAcd thi ouch tho Castle prccin nd down tbo Long Walk.

The route was and lined by troop, behind whom wore gatbci thor. i a Beyond entrance to rn iro frroiiuds, which thi procession about 3 monies were prh ate. Tlie finp.l ducted the Bishop Winchester and tbo I De. of Windsor. Wo publish to day a great of tojm.

ts services and tl.o public sorrow for tho (u n's death f. uhh nv could not be found Th Times of yesterday. At a spooial court of governors of t'ho Middkeex Hospital, hold yistenlay. an address of c. ttdolcnce to tho Kin: adopted on the moiion of th.

Duke of North ur tx rlaad. who presided. A resolution or sympathy was adopted last nipht at a meeting of the Baddy of Euinvrs. and addresses anJ resolutions from other bs'die and societies con 'mm to be received. 8.

10, 13, 14, and 15i Mi His Ptoi LE. A Snpploment to is. uod last nitit. cental ,1 bv tho Kin; to his people r.th United Kingdom and in all the colonies and i al to the Princes and peopl Izd.n. la tfae first, kis Majesty expresses hi dT rrat'tudi tiie viii' b.

are evorv a ti ci ry his beloved r. the universal expressiom of ioval with himself and the Rval Fami.v. His of tbi r.lw dy 1 is inspired him with utrig ar.d In L'. Measagn to tho colonies, the King dwells on heartfelt interest he welfare and prosperity of mi! dee is thron h. nt Greater (Britain, and her prieb ir.

their ur.b.i'ing loyalty 1 reiterates the alii de that it will be bi tnttant endeavour to follow the nobu t. bequeathed to hia, te d'ati Pro a he King sends hi' wmetiag and bi of sincere good will 'a. r. I B. He st.atos the deep personal Mi BK Kit I tbe late V'.

w. all matters td India, and hail seek to merit, as Mid, the byilty of his Indian subjects, (p. 9) A CABisn Corscn. was hcid yesterday at the Ir. HoneiNS.

5 at the Temple for over i year and i s. church muaic. hh! yesterday tr. at his residence in Cam wn. lb IBroasey for leave to withdraw the petition be hod presented against the retain of Major BaJfonr for vnriHronra.

Lave was granted, ana ordered that cost should be on the ordinary (P. amu UniDtu Cocne. Tbn rolosei i sessions of this Conrt were opened yesterday at tM UH Batlev. There were AO nervon, for trisl. Land the esses in the calendar included two or murder, one of procuring abortion, twe bigamy, ten of eonsplrnev.

four of lorgerv, I of Attempting murder, ten of rnbherv with violence, and six of wounding. Before the Keeorder. Ethe James. If), nlesded eniltv three charges of stealing article from houses wnere sue nau lanen lodgings. It was state! at tuore were about other similar or irc ast her, and that she had twice previously convicted of like thefts.

She was nienc sM rleant. Henry fM), guilty to i raneizimg me lunns ot the Journ. ymen Halters nr Trade nion, of which he hem seere ry for 21 years. His total def ation to He was ntenced to live ars penal wrvitude. (n.

V2) Pom. i. At folding a. was linulv varu.iud and f. ial.

ohar cd with the murder of John I bv nuu wmi revolver in a shop pi jroul, ttaanpstead, on January H. At krken ii, en a ll. er layer si on a charge of teinrt 'murder another Italian Iv Martinob; ing him in arner ell. i Satuni iv night, (ii. I'm.

a st for Suit hern KnHand London and anuoieatcs for to lay wind shifting to the north and freshening lit cnangoalile, some snow sn rs. (p. II) Snx iAL Aktu l.l are oublisl.d to dav cm A Spctator's KxMriences iu Hyde Park on Saturday (p. 7) and The Scene in the An nan iU'ichsralh (from our Paris Correspondent) tr 1UE rrr. The Money Market was asy sterxlay, and the rates for loans and discounts gave way.

The chief font inenial exciuinges. xcept Pans, moved favour el London. Mlver ms fixed higher and closed firm. Un th, IStock Kxchance business was except in the rican Ballroad Market, but the tone was lini .11 deiartm nts. Tho Chinese Covermnont mnces that it will iuv the eouivon due on thcl Imts'rial Chines, Kailwav loan.

Ar nfine and Brazilian Ixmds and Wests rn Australian miuiiie shares advanced. Union Pacific liailroad shares publish two tt. rs on the new Great Indian Peninsula Annuities, (p. 4) The War. Lord Kitchener, in a telegram ol reports that the post at Medih ifonteir during heavy rain.

The ors numbered about i.itHi. witn a cun ana a iinu i om. iwi British of.iccrs ware killed anil two woundetl. Campbell's column has be ngaged stiuth of Middelburg with some A) li.H rs, who wen off with loss. he Untish casualties wen officer mortally and enc severely eottnded and IS men killed and wounded.

General French lumn. orxTatin near F' t' l. is driving thi B.ors east v.ith only slight opposition, and has apiured a 1 poumler gun and pn ked up musirtant aarts of another iruu which had been disabled by ur Ore. With regard to Cap Colony, Lord Kitchener savs that the invading cotnnian Uing hastled by our forces, who have gained! hood of Steytlerville. Dc Wet force reported of Dewetsdorp.

p. 0) tsTKU. Tho Kmperor addressed a Speech i the throne to the two Houses ol tnelteicn; rath in the Palace in lenna yesterday, i which, after setting forth a programme of extet sive industrial, economic, and social reforms, hi Maiestv earnestly aptiealed to the members abandon the sterile and mischievous racial strife which has been productive of so much Emperor said that the relations of Austria with all foreign Powers were friendly, and alluded regret to ttn deaths ol he tunff Ol 1CMT and yueen ictona. (p. 0) Hoi.lami.

the lestivities on the occasion oi he marriage of Qneea Wilhohuina with Duk ienrv of Mecklenburg SoLworin began yester day at The Hague. The marriage ceremony wil ke place on Ihursday. (p. 0) broughi through the will of God, he ka now called to etake." It is a kingly purpose, and in bjsl to fulfil It be my trust without doubt or qnestion on the unstinting rapport of his sub ijieU. He reminds those amongst them who are cltinens of Greater Britain, of the heartfelt ineed of powerful support.

interest taken by the late Qceek In theirMaauress the rcprcseotati fxnmm p. Of the tinned 1 the welfare and prosperity, expresses his trust in the devotion and sympathy of themselves their constitutional representatives, nd his intention with their help to work for the welfare and security of the Empire. The Kino's greeting, as EurcnoB of India, to tbe Ruling Chiefs of tbo native States and the inhabitants of his Indian dominions not less felicitous than his addresses his peoples at homo and in the colonies. He calls to them that his Imperial mother was thei llrst British Sovereign to lake upon herself the direct administration cf Indian affairs, and the tlrst Empress of India. He refers to tho di improision made up him by tho visit ho made India by the wish and with the sanction of the MOM, and declares that he will try to meril he did, the unfailing loyalty and affection his Indian subjects.

That loyalty and affectioi tho Kino specially observes, has bos kingly shown during the ordeal through which he Empire has passed of late, as a similar temper has been even more signally exhibited in tbeself 'governing colonies. The QtTBM lived to witness, tbe Imperial spirit kindled bv tho war, what be the greatest and tho most ua achievement of her reign. (I The simplo and cordial fashi Iekman Kmperob has shared loyal kinsfolk and of tho British peoplo will ghtly be forgotten by us. Now that all is ov he, too, is constrained to terminate his long vis nd of respect to our shores and alted duties as tho Sovereign he German people. To day he will arrive ii London from Windsor with the Kino and driv from Paddington to Marlborough House, and thence to Charing cross Station his homeward journey.

Wo cannot doubt hst as he passes through our streets he will ncot with such a recognition as he has never lad in this country before. There have been andj here may again bo differences of opinion between! he British and tho Gorman nations, but thes ito great races of Teutonic blood have many fine lalities in common, and one of the finest, as il one of the deepest and one of the most general their affectionate regard for family ties. Both peoples feel that the devotion tho Emperor hxs ihown to the memory of his grandmother does redii to the excellence of his character and if his heart. We in England of all ranks and lasses have been profoundly touched by lb the noro profoundly because wo are well aware hat it does not and cannot possess the lolitical significance some ill informed Continental writers have been inclined to ascribe tc t. The kindly and cordial feelings towards the Emperor it has stirred in all heart! may, we trust, help to promote a better under itanding between ourselves and the nation iver whom Wiluam II.

bears rule, but, save in his respect, this tributo of family affection and if love and reverenco for the dead cannot be lupposed to have any direct influence upon inter national affairs. Lo al Goverr.nii Boi.nl, will, it is alleged, Largely1 isc inccostoi waier niiing. 10 iKUsenoiders. H. iJiekinson.

Chairman of the County il. presided. It as s. to a Loral Go V. the inquiry be matter, in vtew ot mo uet rnmon! have undertaken to intrr Jui r.

ar d. aline with the water v. a arf rial siyerai 1 1 ine jir.jpusi new ip. ,) Thi Law ms. In the Court of Appeal, r.

the Master of the JolN and Justis and K.mor. an appeal t. ard C.evr. tl.itii'.ted) against Mr. i Urantnam, at hauliers, the aprellanta by the London Bank iLitnitedi should take place at I.

us. 71,, alleged lits was an allusion, in published i.y tno o.n niiants, 10 ui l. now in liquidation." Th I. .1 nni in liquidation. but the plaint iff; that in nvquence of the publication ofl the be) run had I on caused on their branche Le ds and Birmingham.

and that VmVf had gone mm ind thev claimed 190.000 damages. Th r.da!.'. the libel had been published itiadvefentlv, and they had published an apology nd bmssfcta sum of "monev into Court. The plaintiffs laid tbe venue in Yorkshire, and the defendants uk out a summons at Chambers, Mkinir that the venue might be changed London. Mr.

Justice Grantham dismissed the ar.nlirMtlf.n. fHin? the venue at Leeds. defendants appealed, urging that there could not bp a fair trial at Leeds, where there were many shareholders and depositors of the plaintiff bank and their Lord; hips now allowed the appeal and rd that the trial sl.oum liKe piaou in Ir. the Kinp'n IVnrb Division, before Mr. Justice Kennedy and Mi Justice Channell, application was made on behalf of Mi Yesterday the last solemn ri a close at Windsor, and the QCOM Victoria were finally committed tc ib she had made for her beloved husband for herself.

The ceremony at Windsor, noblo and solemn though it was as a spectacle, partly cf a public character. So far jxissible in the circumstances it bad in thing of a family and domestic natun principal mourners who accompanied tho remains their last resting place included the King of England and the German Emperor ither crowned heads or their represcntat md the procession to the tomb was conducted vith all the pomp befitting the occasion. Such icene, with Windsor Castle for a backgmund ould cot be otherwise than splendid, but splendour and the display of a nation's mourning were not yesterday the chief objects aimed at. mpression created by the last scene of all was what we could have wished it to be grand. solemn, and most mournful, but instinct through wit that domestic affection which burned si brightly in the heart of our late Qceev aud formed, perhaps, the strongest of tho many ties that bound her to the hearts of her people.

Now that the last rites are over, and all that mortal of Queen Victoria rests in the Mausoleum at Krogmore, the inexorable voice of duty forbids tho principal mourners from devot ng themselves exclusively to the indulgence if their grief. Their sorrow will remain with them long, but tho kinsmen of tho QutXN, who know how often it was her fate to labour for her people with an aching heart, will not hesitate to her example and to saentico their private fielings to the demands made upon them by their xalted station. The Kino turns from his iiother's grave to his subjects at home and beyond he seas, and addresses them in words such as sh las wont to seak to them when her heart wa: Boved. They are words instinct with the deepest eeling and full of the happiest augury for the uture relations lietwecn King Edward and hi peoples. They show that he understands hi lubjeets as his mother understood them, an will be quick to realize and to appreciate the fact.

The King is profoundly touched by scenes of the last few days. Ho ii endeavour to convey to the whole Empire his d. ep gratitude for tho heart stirrin. affectionate tributes everywhere borne rmory of his beloved mother. He wi'hes, too, recognize the genuine and loyal sympathy universally snown to himself and to the Eoya Family in their overwhelming affliction." Th tokens of that sympathy have reached him from) jail parts of the Empire, and roceivo special eni in his message to his people beyond the seas.

At homo the demeanour of the whole nation" the sorrowful, reverent, and sincere enthusiasm they have displayed In moumtiil ci rcmoniea wmch ended ye sterday have deeply anectea nun. Ho feels, as ho finely jaays, that we are ail snaring a common and this feeling, coupled with the consci that the millions of his subjects throughout the Empire are animated by ouo spirit of dcrotton and of loyalty, has filled him, he declares, We have from time to time of late described various phases of the Agrarian movement Prussia, and in reporting the other day the pur port of Cocnt TOM Brtew'g speech in the Prussian Diet we mentioned tho most remarkable recent incident in that movement. That speech amounted, in effect, to a capitulation of the to the Agrarian party. Court von BtLow promised to usr? his influence secure adequate protection for the agri ultural productions of the country by meant of Customs duties and this means, it believed, substantia modifications of the system uder which for ton years Germany has flourished. Her commerce has increased by leaps nd bounds.

The whole face of the land has been hanged. Where no manufactories existed they iow abound, and where they were on I scale have expanded marvellously. ports of Germany are busier than they ever were. The banks of her navigable rivers are lined with manufactories. Towns which a few yi ago had a semi rural look now resemble Wigan, Bolton, or St.

Helens. For a time her advance was noted only in certain kinds of manufactures. Now it is over almost the whole field of industry, It Is not to be wondered at that Germans, marking the rapid expansion of their trade, speak confidence of a future in which their rivals will outdistanced. Wo quoted on Saturday some llgures as to the growth of the exports and imports Cermany between 1803 and 1900. Striking hough they are, they do not toll the whole they imperfectly record tho fact that Jcrmany produces for homo he never did beiorc.and that the internal demand greater than it ever was.

This prosperity has brought no comfort to farmers and land They pay dearer for labour than hey did. Manufactories and the growing towns away the enterprising youth and, what is serious, the wheat of foreign countrie brings down tho price of agricultural produi all round. It is an old complaint. Titnooi id there havo been murmurs in the Prussia Landtag about the bad times which have como he landed interest. Thequestion has been investi gated in every aspee and every obliged to face the demands to which Count Bi'Low has in some degree yielded.

It will jmembercd that in 1892 the Agrarian party nduced the Government to introduce a differen tial tariff, aimed at the cereals of Russia, with mlt for a time of bringing about al relations between that couietry and Germany. The Government havo in other way imething to remove tho causes of distress To refer only to recent legislation, Dr. Miquel carried out with boldness and ingenuity a series of changes, in tho main intended to crea peasantry in place of the large estates prevalent if the Elbe, to keep the landow their position of social and political supremacy. free them from debt, and to gratify thi peasants' hunger for land. All these have not prevented a recurrence of the old com The impression left on most impartial students of this ancient controversy is that the Acrarii exaggerate their case.

The positie must suffer if the agricultural Interest continued jin a state of distress. It was the ditty of tbe juovernment to protect with impartiality agriculture, commerce, and industry, and he waa convinced that Prussian agriculture of conflicting with more adroitness MiKlsTBK PiuaiDENT. But no langn ,1 the difficulty of making concessions to one ss without injuring and alienating other (equally important. German manufacturers see with alarm the prospect of a rise in tie price cereals, which mnst in tho end affect wages, and they are even more anxious about the fate of commercial treaties under which the in dustry of the country has of late thriven. Some traders did not oppose the nroteeti of 1878 th.

regarded it as a mease of transition, just ifiable as giving the landed inte rest a truce or respite licforo it fa. ed the full force of the competition of altore times. in to day to such measure's in the not within the Diet, will he stronger and jless disposed to compromise. The rcspito 1 loug expired, ad the interests to be affected I too powerful to dcaIt with thry were 1878. Htrr Uichter nd other wjpiuaeiitift lof tho Radical party warneel tho Government, mat ine interests of millions might be prejudicedi oy mo proposed men aso of duties, the Radical leader significantly adding that the Social crats fouud in such class legislation most peiwerful aid.

Thenis no more dismal chapter in the histeirv hich thelof political economy than that which treats of thej ui rrussia anil uavana some ol Its characteristics are ingenuity devoted to proving possible propositions, the selfish interests of tlclasses clothed in beautiful phraseology, in confusing plain issue's. There frank admission that the Grund i his countrymen to sacrifice them lieneflt. Tho gnat scheme of a canal uniting tho Elbe and the Rhine and thus' connecting the cast and the west by a system of I hich Count von Bllow has again put boforo the Diet is for the honofltj of the country as a whole. The Agrari wrecked the scheme two years ago because they resented public money being spent in supporting any industry except agriculture and because thcy preienuou tuat it weiuld bring foreign competi into the agricultural districts. It looks i much as if tho Agrarians would not allow this measure of national importance to pass unless the country pays their class a heavy price Tho friends of free trade have of late years' fallen into a despondent mood.

Some of them, while true to their principles, often speak as if it were hopeless to contend against the forces making for protection. They see with soi countries in which the will of the people luprcmo wedded no less than Monarchical euntries to a system which they believe wrong. The fact that Count von Limbubo Stirum'i motion for increased protective duties for agri cultural produce was approved by a majority of againvt a minority of 43, is only sign of tho strength of the enemies of freo trade. Too little stress is laid on tho difficulty countries becoming greater, of conciliating all forests. Tbe friends of protection are apt fall out among themselves it looks as if liability would in countries such as Germany much greater.

Her manufacturers ager to push thoir goods into new markets, and, though not free traders themselves, they ed at tho prospect of their chemicals and textile goods being shut out of Russia. It is the first principle of protection not to do to others avo them do to yon, and its con sequence is in tho end retaliation and injury all round. Tito thriving protectionist wants foreign markets, and ho sometimes can got the open door eke where without giving the same trial which have just gone by. In that spirit of courage and of hope ho enters upon tbe arduous duties of his great office. He will earnestly strive, he again assures his peoples, to walk in himself, he promises them, te.

the utmost of hi; worn to tbe diligent and zealous imminent oil the great and sacred responsibilities which, In Prussia is, in consequence of the growth of the wealth of merchants, bankers, and manu facturers, more uncomfortable than it ever was. Tbe landowner finds it difficult to retain the ocial superiority which he has been taught to laim over people who are much richer and more powerful than he is. No small part of the dis It is not unprofitable for the disinterested observer to meditate on the tribulations of two eminent railway chairmen as disclosed at the meetings of their respective companies and re ported in our columns on nday and Saturday last. The two railways in question enjoy no very nviable putation with the travelling publi would bo difficult to say which enjoys the eerst or which deserves its bad reputation most. Both havo long been a by word, and though rtually amalgamated for practicAl purposes they have not yet succeeded in raising their joint reputation much above tbo average level with which, as separate undertakings, they were net ashamed to be content.

Their respe ctive chairmen lerable experience in joint stock undertakings. Neither, wo believe, has found the chairmanship of a great railway a sufficient 'ccupatiou for his energies. One of them, at least, seems to regard much of the pubi constantly assails tho management of the lines for which he is specially responsible ill informed, ill natured, and almost impertinent, hough neither has the audacity to pretend that there is not abundant room for crit Cosmo BossoR.thc chairman of the South Eastern Railway and of tho managing committee of the imalgamated lines, was very emphatic and ndignant in his protest. Mar aid, had been diiected ngaim ment of the lino in the public Press and else where. The board had not a word against any fair criticism, or against any short comings of theirs being published to tho world.

but being human they did dislike tho insertion in tho public Drees, over anonymous names fabrications attacking their common sense individuals and their business capacity directors." Wo can well believe it. Fabr are always irritating, and thicy novel anv good. But what man his souses would take tho trouhle to latincate an indictment the South Eastcrn and Chath; ics The bare truth would much better i turn. As to the common sense of the directors as individuals and thei Icanacitv as directors, they must take care of hemselves. Sell praiso is no rccommcnciai IThe nublic judges by results.

The board, i duty to answer attacks of tho nature he had characterized, being satisuea wun ana graterul tho confidence of their shareholders. perhaps they aw wise. If the share holdei iconteut with tho business capacity and co of the landed I sense of the directors there is no more to be said. Mr. Flowxr, a shareholder present at the meeting.

It would thus appear one shareholder, si least, of the Land Dover line is not quite so satisfied with the Inleommon sense and business capacity of Mb. donsor and hia colleagues as Mr. Bon nob tone, once confident and defiant, might seem to imply. Indeed, it might almost be thought that MB. Jtorreb himself was very much of the opinion MR.

rnnwER. There waa no do 1, that the two companies had fallen behind tho times, and one waa obliged to admit that there had been great want of prevision in many respecjts. He also agreed that tV state oi their carriages and of seme of their was discreditable to a great com pany." When the chairman of a great com pany makes admissions such as these no anony need be accused of fabricating an diet merit, for. so far as we know, tins is the bunion of the indictment that has been pre rred against both companies for a long timel t. However.

Fop.nrs seems to be ce fident that matters are about to mend, and doubt tho confession of sin is one of the first! of repentance and amendment. But it is rather ominous that he should seem to find some consolation in the lack of prevision he confesses. In connexion, for instance, with the electric light the wore now better able to make i judicious selection than they could ever have done before." There is something trul; tho idea that the shortcomings of the Chathaml nd Dove lino are due to the laudable desire of rs to have nothing but what is perfect. Nothing perfect in this sorry world. Mb.

honld know as well as any mai. that there is no finality in electric appliances. Wait at long as he may he will always find an excuae for waiting a little longer, and just at present it would iltnost seem necessary to wait until tho rolling toek of the line is made to look a little cleaner nd more efiieient," as he says it needs to until by degrees and as rapidly as other derations allow it is wholly replaced by better. But the policy of waiting for perfection generally enels in doing nothing and that policy which loth Mr. Forres and Mr.

Bossori should know by this time makes in the long ther for railway efficiency nor for railway prosperity. This would seem to bo shown by a statement made by Mr. Eonsor concerning suburban traffic, wo are bound to acknowledge that he it so himself. There wa i feature well worth remembering in ion with the enormous expenditure which tho company were incurring on their London widening namely, tho fact that first and second class passengers were gradually mo further from London." No doubt they doubt the Chatham and Dover and South eastern lines benefit to some extent, even In the unrcgenerate state which Mb. Forres admits, by truugal tendency.

When a man fin himself in a position to leave London and live the country he naturally looks out in the first a railway which will bring him to London with seme approximation to the punc tuality promised by its time table. But if he finds residence which specially attracts him situated line which is reputed to have brought unpunctuality to the level of a fine art, he sometimes tempted to believe that it cannot be black as it is painted, that it may after all bef nly the innocent victim of the malicious fabrica tions of anonymous critics. Having acted iccordingly he must travel by the punctual or unpunctua). But Mr. Eonsor mentioned a very significant fact in this con rion.

All their stations practically within the six mile radius of the metropolie cither stationary or only showed a very small increase, but the moment they got out of the six mile area and up to twenty miles from London every station exhibited a most satisfactory improvement." Just so. The twenty mile rajreHer must go by train and must take the sequences. The six mile traveller has the choicel other and more expeditious conveyances. he worst he can walk, and very likely be often docs. At least, be knows how long it will take him, which is more than can be said of tbe way.

Besides, twenty miles will strike most people very narrow range in the days for a subur area. It might almost be doubled if the train ice were good and punctuality wei As to punctuality, it seems to be virtually admitted by both chairmen to bo unattainable until their London extensions are completed. As to the ain service, Mr. Forres coolly says that their desire to serve the public they bad made the mistake of putting on too many trains, and that until their railways were developed thev had better do 75 per cent, of their well than 100 pfr cent, badly." No doubt they had, but, so long as they are only doing per cent, of their work indifferently well, they hardly expect to earn high dividends or to attract uburban traffic. ittacks," he 'content arises from the fact that the Junker clas has not grown in wealth while other classes of the! courage and with hope during the days of I community are flourishing.

No doubt, however, complaints so general, so often recurring, and coming from the peasant proprietors of Bavaria the largo proprietors In Prussia, arc based on a substratum of facts the eompeti thc foeetsteps of his prede oessor. He will dcvotcltion of American, Russian, and Indian products is felt more and mora keenly. Count ton Li low admitted as much in his speech the other day and he went on to say that the whole body politic! But tbe shan holders of the Chatham and Dover were atiparcnlly much less complaisant anonvmous criticism to which Mr. Bonsob objected so strongly. He spoke, it is true, also, out tnat, as we nave saia, may be largely discounted.

Now we know no reason whv anonymous criticism should not be entitled nect it deserves on us nt, and temperate t' effect of those qualities should in no wise be diminished judgment of mcu of common sense and bi Capacity by tho fact that the writer's unknown to them. It it is aevoia oi qualities no sensible man would pay the least attention to it even if it stood over the Mr. Bonsob himself. But tho criticism which Mb. Forbes, tho chairman of the Chatham and Dover line, had to meet was not anonymous.

THE KINO AUD HIS PEOPLE AND EMPIRE A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the sreign Office. The Ministers present were the Marquis of Salisbury, the Bight Hon. A. Akers Douglas, Lord Balfe ur ot Burleigh, tbe Right Hon. A.

Balfour, the Right Hon. G. Baliour, the Kight Hon. t. jonn nrooricic, tan tacogan, tho Right Hon.

J. Chamberlain, the Lord Chan cellor, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of IH" Lerd George Hamilton, tho Right Hon. R. Ifanburv. Lord James of Hereford, the Maraui; of Lansdowne.

tho Marquis of Londonderry, the Kight Hon. nv. h. Leong, tne nignt non. r.

Kitchie, ana tne asn oi neioorne. Prom )t CUIUS of 1801. Feb. 5. Wo understand there are five Lists already announced for tbe ensuing Loan, so that Mr.

Pitt will not want offers of money at least. The Lists arc 1st, Messrs. Robarts and Sir F. Baring and and Messrs. Golu mid Messrs.

Smith, Patnr, and Smith 3rd Committee of Bankers 4th, Messrs. New: Ettritt, and Co. and their Frienels and, 5th, the Gentlemen of the Stocx ExcnANr.E. To the reports of the amounts to be borrowed i nly mislead nor is it announced whether the Chancellor of the Excbxqcxb will borrow the Loan at one or two biddings. Undo Ha.

Carts. nd Hmm St Jaka'l Wad Turn On Us FrtmiM. St. Jt rrVVVO EICSS of remarkably fine MEAUOW HAY, A of leut tt i trcr ts. et tsii leieuli fcjgjjg HlMRjjjg Thb Blind School, Eton avzncb.

Tbe third of tae delightful cha aber concerts gien HushalL and Amabel Marshall took DUs laat nieht, when an sdminruo peril i of Moxart'i beaaUfol serenade for ti Mia Leila Bull played the first oboe. Thomas the flrmt clarinet, with tne horn. Tbe itrinf part two former of whom pUsed a chanain sonata by Leclair for violin sad viola, to Mrs. Jol ani Marshall's accompaniment. The vocalist was llm Amelia Holdine.

who aang in ooa jie iwo ci uvon bongs asm ejarw oi oiywi uaimooea Gipsy Songs sad rtty lyrics she ess ae to the Jdm Ouettr MESSAGE TO HIS PEOPLE, trusted, sbnasrv 4, 1901. THE following Letter from the King has brr'i received by The Right Honourable the SecrcUry State for the Home Department Windaor Caitle, February 4, 101. To Mr Pboflr. NOW that the last Scene has closed in the noble and ever glorious life of My beloved Mc ther, The Queen, I am anxious to eodeavo rey to the whole Empire the extent of thej deep gratitude I feel for the heart stirring and affectionate tributes which are everywhere home to Her Memory. I wish also to express My I recognition of those universal expressions of what know to he genuine and loyal sympathy with Me and with the Royal Family in our orerwhelm Such expressions have reached Me from all parts of My vast Empire, while at the sorrowful, reverent and sincere entbusi inifested in the magnificent display by sen andj id has deeply touched Me.

The consciousness of this generous spirit of devotion and loyalty among the millions of My Subjects and of the feeling that we are allj sharing a common sorrow, has inspired Me with courage and hope during the past most trying id momentous days. Encouraged by tho confidence of that love and nst which the nation ever reposed in its late and fondly mourned Sovereign, I shall earn strive to walk in Her Footsteps, devoting Myself! utmost of My powers to maintaining and promoting the highest interest of My People, and to the diligent and zealous fulfilment of the great and sacred responsibilities which, through the Will of God, I am now called to undertake. EDWARD, R.I. MESSAGE TO THE COLONIES. Doirntna Street, February 4, 1901.

THE following Message has been forwarded by Command of His Majesty the King to all Colonies and Dependencies Windsor Costlr, Febmar 4, 1901. To Mt Proplb Bxtond thb 8bab. THE countless messages of loyal sympathy which have received from every part of My Dominions the Seas testify to the universal grief which tho whole Empire now mourns the loss ofl My Beloved Mother. In the welfare and prosperity of Her subject throughout Greater Britain the Queen evtsr evinced a heartfelt interest. She saw with thankfulness the steady progress wbich.under a wide extension of Self Govern they had made during Her Reign.

She warmly ippreciated their unfailing loyalty to Her Throne nd Person, and was proud to think of those who 4 so nobly fought and died for tbe Empire's use in South Africa. I have already declared that It will be My I constant endeavour to follow the great ex which has been bequeathed to Me. In these endeavours I shall have a confident trust in the devotion and sympathy of the People and of their several Representative Assemblies throughout My vast Colonial Dominions. With such loyal support I will, with Ged'i blessing, solemnly work for the promotion of the common welfare and security ot the great Empire over which I have now been called to reign. Edward, R.I.

MESSAGE TO INDIA, India Office, February 4, 1901. THE King Emperor has been graciously pleased to send tbe following Letter to the Princes audi People of India TTiadsor Cotl, February 4, 1901. To thi PaxNCjm and Pboiu ov India. THROUGH the lamented death of My beloved 1 and dearly mourned Mother, I have inherited the Throne, which has descended to Me through long and ancient lineage. I now desire to send My greeting to the Ruling Chiefs of the Native States, and to the Inhabi tants of My Indian Dominions, to assure them of My sincere good will and affection, and of My heartfelt wishes for their welfare.

My illustrious and lamented Predecessor the first Sovereign of this Country who took upon Herself the direct Administration of the Affairs of India, and assumed the title of Empi token of Her closer association with the Government of that vast Country. In all matters connected with India, the Queen Empress displayed an unvarying deep personal nterest, and I am well aware of the feeling of loyalty and affection evinced by the millioi ts peoples towards Her Throne and Person. This feeling was conspicuously shown during the last year of Her long and glorious reign by the noble and patriotic assistance offered by the Ruling Princes in the South African War, a the gallant services rendered by the Native Army bevond the limits of their own Uontry. ras by Her wish and with Her sanction that ted India and mado Myself personally acquainted with tho Ruling Chiefs, the people, and the cities of that ancient and famous Empire. I shall never forget the deep impressions which I then received, and I shaU endeavour to follow the great example of the first Queen Empress rk for the general well being of my Indian bjects of all ranks, and to merit, as She did.

their unfailing loyalty and affection. EDWARD, R. et I. Thb Princx nor.est the late r. i.

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