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at THE TIMES, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1912. Court Circular. Church on Friday morning. COTTAGE, SANDRINGHAN, APRIL. 7.

TORK King and Queen, Queen Alexandra, The Princess Princess Mary, Prince Henry, Waiting, attended Divine Service Victoriticoith, the Ladies and Gentleapingham Church this morning. Rev. A. R. Grant (Domestic Chaplain to The King) officiated.

the SANDRINGHAM. APRIL. with Princess Victoria Queen Lady and Gentleman in Waiting, Alexandra, and Divine Service at Sandringham the attended of Albany, with Prince and The Alexander of Teck and their children, Ditchess Princess Stay and. Princess Rupert, attended Princess Esher Parish Church yesterday morning. celebrated at the Russian Church.

Mass was Welbeck street, at midnight Smirnoff on Saturday. officiated. The the Russian Ambassador and Very Rev. Eugene Benckendorff entertained the memAfterwards the Russian colony at supper in the Countess. hers Among those present were the of Bulgarian, Rumanian, and Servian Embassy.

d'Affaires. the personnel of -the the Embassy, of the the Russian Consul-General, and Consulate. Italian Ambassador and the Marchesa The entertained the personnel of the at dinner last night. Imperiali Minister left the Legation on The Portuguese the Isle of Wight. Saturday and Marchioness of Winchester The Marquess arrived from South -Africa on Saturday by the Kenilworth Castle.

Marchioness of Bath and Lady Kathleen The the cure at Thynne Earl and Countess of left The London on Saturday for Ireland. Allendale is staying at the Grand Hotel, Harrogate. Lord Mostyn has met with an accident while travelling in Algeria. He has broken his knee, will not be able to return to Wales for three and or four weeks. Lord and Lady Charles Beresford will give dinner and reception at 1, Great Cumberlandplace meet Lath Marquess of Lansdowne and Mr.

Bonar on May 3. Chancellor of the with Mrs. Liord George and Mr. Gwilym Lloyd George, arrived at Criccieth on Friday afternoon by from Llandrindod, where they broke their journey from London. Mr.

Lloyd George is apparently well again. Sir George White, M.P., was a little weaker on Saturday. Mr. Penry Williams, M.P. for Middlesbrough, is confined to his house, Pinchingthorpe Hall.

North Yorkshire, with a severe attack influenza. Lieutenant von to the German Embassy, left London yesterday for the Scilly Isles. Mr. Beckles Willson will leave England next week for an extended tour through the province of Quebec, from the Peninsula James's Bay. FUNERALS.

CANON E. C. LOWE. The funeral of Canon Edward Clarke Lowe took place at Ely Cathedral on Saturday. Canon Stanton read the lesson, and the committal sentences were said by the Dean of Ely.

Among the other clergy present were Canon Southwell. Canon Evans, Canon, Woodward, Canon R. H. Kennett, Canon B. W.

Randolph, Canon H. Gondze, the Rer. R. H. Gibbon, the Rev.

J. H. Crishy, and the Rev. H. R.

Campion. The chief mourners were Mrs. Lowe (widow), Major F. M. Lowe.

Mr. John 1 Lowe, Miss E. D. Coleridge, the Rev. G.

Coleridge, Colonel Hugh Coleridge, the Ret. A. IT. Coombes, Mr. C.

H. Berners and W. R. L. Lowe (representing the English Church Union), and the Rev.

F. J. Dickinson. (rector Wentworth). SIR ALFRED DRYDEN.

The funeral of Sir Alfred Dryden took place Capons Ashby on Saturday. The first part of the service was conducted by the Rev. R. J. Martin, vicar of Moreton Pinckney.

and the Rev. H. G. Grey, Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, officiated at the graveside. The family mourners were Mr.

Arthur Dryden (son), who succeeds to the baronetcy, Miss Dryden (daughter), Mr. Alfred Dryden (son), Miss Mary Dryden (daughter), Mrs. Pritchard (daughter), Mr. Pritchard. (son-in-law), Miss Alice Dryden (niece), Mr.

Norman Ramsay (cousin), Hutchinson (cousin), and Mr. and Mrs. Strahn (niece). There were also present Sir Charles Knightley, Mr. Arthur W.

and Lady Denny, Mr. B. Wentworth Vernon, D. Grant-Ives, Mr. W.

Bairstow. Mr. Mr. Allen. Mr.

J. E. C. Hope-Brooke, Mr. C.

C. Church, Stanley Watson, Mr. Siltzer, and Mr. J. A.

Gotch. Mr. EDWARD TERRY. The funeral of Mr. Edward Terry took place Brompton Cemetery on Saturday.

The first part of the service was held at Barnes Parish Church, where Mr. Terry had been churchwarden for some years. The chief mourners were: Mrs. Edward Terry (widow), Mr. Terry (son).

Mr. Frank Rendle (brother. in-law). Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur Colls (son-in-law and daughter), Mrs. Colis, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Colls, Miss Freda Heath (granddaughter), Mr. and Mrs.

William Heath (son-in-law and daughter). Mr. Frank Brighton (nephew), Mr. Herbert Mason (nephew), Mr. Cellier and Mrs.

Cellier (stepdaughter). There were also present in the church Sir -Arthur and tives Lady Pinero, Mr. Percy Simpson, and representaof the Grand Lodge of Freemasons' and a large deputation from the Edward Terry Lodge. The Bishop of Birmingham officiated. There was a large gathering at the graveside, including Mr.

Cyril Maude, Mr. H. C. de Lafontaine, Mr. Charles Cruickshank and Mr.

Bassett Roe (repreH. venting the Swanborough. Royal General Theatrical Fund), Mr. Kerr, Mr. W.

T. Day, Gerald Maxwell (representing the Savage Club Chapter of the Royal Arch), Mr. Harry Nicholls, Horace Marriott, Mr. J. H.

Barnes, Mr. James Fernandez, Mr. E. H. Bull and Major Jones (repreventing the Actors' Benevolent Fund), Mr.

G. Pickering and Major Bateman (representing the St. Albans' Lodge Masons), Mr. C. H.

Bevan (the Turners' Compay), Mr. I. T. Brickwell (who was Mr. Terry's manager for many years), Mr.

J. Bannister Howard (the Touring Managers' Association), Mr. W. Best, and Mrs. John Hollingshead.

hit Wreaths were sent by Sir Herbert and Lady Tree, John and Lady Hare, Sir Arthur and Lady Pinero, Sir Bancroft. George Sir and Charles Lady Alexander, Sir Squire and Lady Knight, Mr. Cave, K.C., and Lady Wyndham, Sir Henry M.P., and Mrs. Cave, Mr. Mrs.

Martin Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bourchier, Miss Miss Vesta Phyllis Broughton, Mr. and Mrs. R.

C. Carton, Victoria, Mr. F. Marsh Allen, members the Edward Terry Dramatic Club, the Society of Westend Theatte Managers, Officers and Brethren of Arch, Savoy the Club Lodge, the Savage Club Chapter Royal Master, Warden, and Brethren of Terry Lodge, the O.P. Club, the Savage Club, the Playgoers' Club, the Committee of the Actors' Benevolent Fund, the Theatrical Managers' Association, the Amicable Society, the Actors' Church Fund, Union, and members of the Royal General Theatrical the Touring Managers' Association.

the Brighton Cen etery on Saturday. The chief mourners were the Rev. W. B. Sleight, vicar of Tow.

tester, and Mrs. Sleight (son and daughter-in-law), Mr. Arthur law), M. the Sleight A. and Mrs.

Sleight (son and daughterand Master Maurice B. Sleight Sleight, (grandsons), Mr. Kenneth Mrs. Critchley Sleight, Rev. (representing Mr.

Sleight's eldest daughter, Vicar Skelton, St. is in India), the Rev. R. W. Odell, Arthur Matthew, Brighton, Mr.

O. C. Gostling, interest in the Fairburn, Brighton who has Institution always for Deaf taken and an Mr. Dumb, E. of Townsend, Mr.

Sleight was 50 Jong Principal, Teachers for Deaf and representing Dumb, the of which National Mr. Sleight College Teachers patron, Mr. J. Deaf), Barber and the (National Rev. Vernon Association Jones of London).

Royal Association for the Deaf and Dumb, Dean of Chichester and the Rev, H. V. Elliott and dumb The in Rev. the R. diocese A.

of Pearce, Winchester, chaplain to acted the as to about 100 past and present pupils of Brighton MR. WILLIAM SLEIGHT. The funeral of Mr. William Sleight took at THE COURT AT SANDRINGHAM. The King and Queen, Queen Alexandra, Princess Victoria, Princess Mary, Prince Henry, and Prince John attended Sandringham Church yesterday morning.

The Queen was dressed i in a grey costume and wore a black toque trimmed with purple, and Alexandra and Princess Victoria were dressed in black. The Rev. A. R. H.

Grant officiated. There was no sermon. Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria returned to Sandringham House in a closed carriage, and the King and Queen walked there across the park. It is expected that the King Queen will attend the West Norfolk Hunt Club Steeplechases at Fakenham to-day. When the King goes to Yorkshire in July for the Royal Show at Doncaster his Majesty will stay at Wentworth-Woodhouse as the guest of Earl a and Countess Fitzwilliam.

FORTHCOMING DANCES. mornings for The following dates hi have been fixed for dances during the season April -The Military Girl" Ball at the Savoy Hotel. April -The Windsor Ball at the White Hart Hotel. April Mrs. Chapman at the Grafton Galleries.

April -Lady Lawrence at 13, Carlton House-terrace. -Lady De L'Isle and Dudley. April 25. -The Thackeray Costume Ball at the Grafton Galleries. April -Mrs.

-Lady Peyton at 27, Grossenor-square. April Henry Pakenham Mahon at the Ritz Hotel (date altered from May 14). April Mrs. Crosthwaite at the Grafton Galleries. April -Lady Frances Cecil at the Ritz Hotel.

April -Lady Congleton. April -Mrs. Walter Agnew at the Hyde Park Hotel. April -Lady Arthur Butler at the Hotel. April- 30- Mrs.

Van Neck at 62, Pont-street. May -Mrs. Scott Robson at the Ritz Hotel. May Schools and Universities Dance Club Fancy Dress Ball at the Savoy Hotel. May 1.

-Mrs. Lewis Ogilvy May Soldiers' and Sailors' Help Society Ball at the Savoy Hotel. May St. Audries at the Ritz Hotel. May Hon.

Mrs. Charles Trotter at the Ritz Hotel. May Meyer Sassoon at 6, Hamilton-place. May Henry St. John at the Ritz Hotel.

May Edmund Talbot's Charity Ball at the Grafton Galleries. May Lady Barrymore at the Ritz Hotel. May Kleinwort at 45, Belgrave-square. May Mrs. Bewicke-Copley at the Ritz Hotel.

May -Mrs. Thomas Butler at 82, Eaton square. May 8-Mrs. Arthur Hay Drummond at 94, Lancaster-gate. May Countess of Lindsey and Mrs.

John Dugdale at 36, Grosvenor-place. May Francis Monckton at the Ritz Hotel. May The Hon. Mrs. George Keppel at 16 Grosvenor-street.

May A. Rhodes at the Ritz Hotel. May Mrs. James Henderson. May Hon.

Lady Mostyn and Lady Dallas at the Ritz Hotel. May Petre (of Hatchwood) at 'Claridge's Hotel. May Petre at Claridge's Hotel. May Countess of Selkirk at Surrey House, Marble Arch. Nay Aird at the Ritz Hotel (date altered from June 14).

May Mrs. Kerr-Smiley at 11, Upper Grosvenorstreet (altered from May 16). May -The Hon. Mrs. Reginald Abel-Smith at the Ritz Hotel.

May Claud Watney at the Grafton Galleries. May Breitmeyer at the Ritz Hotel. May Tennyson D'Eyncourt at 5, Princesgardens. May Hon. Mrs.

Harry Lawson and Lady Crossley at the Ritz Hotel. May Stainton at the Ritz Hotel. May Archibald Norman. May Bathurst at Bathurst House, Belgrave-square. May Somers V.

Cocks at Lowndesstreet. May 21.5 Romeo and Juliet Dance, Shakespeare's England, at Earl's Court. May Grahame Stewart (second dance and cotillon). May Mark Fenwick. May Mrs.

Trevelyan Martin at the Ritz Hotel. May Dress Ball at the Savoy Hotel in of the Middlesex Hospital. May Paul Nelke at the Ritz Hotel. May Grey-Egerton at the Hyde Park Hotel. May Mrs.

Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers. June Clinton at Alington House. June Dowager Lady Wynford. June -Merchant of Venice Dance, Shakespeare's England, at Earl's Court. Juno Cowdray (small dinner-dance) 16, Carlton House-terrace.

June Eckstein at the Hyde Park Hotel. June -Lady Cotton-Jodrell at Claridge's Hotel. June A Hundred Years Ago Ball at Albert Hall. June -The Hon. Mrs.

Abel Henry Smith at Surrey House, Marble Arch. June -Mrs. Walter Hughes. June -Mrs. Bittencourt at the Ritz Hotel.

June -The Caledonian Ball at the Hotel Cecil. June Mrs. Cornwallis at the Ritz Hotel. June -The Dowager Countess of Portarlington at the Ritz Hotel. June -Mrs.

Chaloner at 23, Buckingham-gate. June 14.4-Lady Beauchamp at the Ritz Hotel. June -Mrs. Wilton Allhusen at 61, Eaton-place. July You Like It Dance, Shakespeare's England.

at Earl's Court. July Much Ado About Nothing Dance, Shakespeare's England, at Earl's Court. July Winter's Tale Dance, Shakespeare's England, at Earl's Court. list will be repented with additions on Monday the next few weeks. ENGAGEMENTS OF THE WEEK.

The present week is remarkable for the 1 number of 1 marriages arranged to take place both in town and in the country. To-morrow, 'at St. George's, -square, Lady Sydney Ogilvie-Grant, second daughter of the late Earl of Seafield and the Dowager Countess of Seafield. will be married to Rev. William Rice, rector of Sympson, Bucks, and Mr.

Leland Burton, youngest son of Sir T. Fowell Buxton and Lady Victoria Buxton, and Miss Mary Oakes are to be married at Netley St. Mary. At St. Margaret's, West minster, there will be the wedding of Sir John Struthers, Secretary to the Scottish Education Department, and Miss Gertrude Hill.

On Wednesday, at St. Jude's, South Kensington, Miss Christian Gildea, younger daughter of Colonel Sir James Gildea, and Mr. G. 0 are to be married. On the same day there will be a large gathering at the Melton Hunt Steeplechases at Melton.

On Thursday there will be the marriage of the Marquess of Stafford and Lady Several Eileen Butler at St. Peter's, Eaton-square. members of the Royal Family are expected to be present. Mr. Arthur Moon and Miss Marjorie Skinner, a niece of the Earl of Bessborough, are to be married on the same day at St.

Barnabas, Pimlico: and at All Saints, Ulcombe, there will be the wedding of Mr. R. Hart-Synnot, D.S,0., and Miss Violet Butler, eldest daughter of the Rev. Lord Theobald Butler and niece of the Marquess of Ormonde. The Croxton Park Races are fixed for Thursday.

The Duke and Duchess of Rutland will entertain a large party at Belvoir, and will be present with their guests. There will be racing at Newbury on Friday and Saturday, the race for the Newbury Cup taking place on the latter of day. Teck On Friday Prince and Princess Alexander will open the Ideal Homes Exhibition at Olympia, and the Tedworth Hunt Ball, which has been revived this year, will take place at Tedworth Theatre. On Saturday Sir Raymond. Elsie Beck, the Whittington Deputy-Chairman are to be of married Lloyd's, and Miss at Betchworth, Surrey.

LADY LINLITHGOW. yesterday yesterday BIRTH OF TWIN SONS. The Marchioness of Linlithgow gave birth to twin sons yesterday forenoon at Hopetoun House, the family seat in Linlithgowshire. Lady Linlithgow and the infants were reported last night to be doing very well. Lady Linlithgow, who is the younger daughter of Sir Frederick Milner, married Lord Linlithgow last is April.

The heir elder the of the Marquessate. boys born the to RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER'S -An accident occurred on Friday night to Inspector-General Cox, R.N. (retired), at the Royal Hotel; Plymouth, where he has been staying. He slipped. and fell, and fractured one of his legs.

He was removed for treatment to the Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse. Signor Giovanni Pascoli, the Italian poet, whose death from cancer took place at his home at Castelvecchio on Saturday, was in his 57th year. He had been ill for some time, but recent reports had led to the hope of his ultimate recovery. Giovanni Pascoli was born at Mauro in Romagna, not far from Rimini, on the last day of the year 1855. His early life was saddened by the loss of his parents.

His father was assassinated on the high road by brigands, apparently without reason, and his mother died shortly afterwards of broken heart. These losses had a certain melancholy effect upon his poetry, and one of his best known poems, 11 giorno dei Morti was directly inspired by his bereavement. He was educated at Urbino, Rimini, Florence, and Bologna, at which University he succeeded to' the Chair ofiltalian Literature on its vacation by Carducci, whose admirer and favourite pupil he had been. During his University career be devoted himself entirely to the study of literature, and although was himself in no haste to publish any of his own he work, certain poems from his pen appeared from time to time in various journals. In 1892 he published his first book of poems, Myrick," and this was followed by other works, of which Poemetti and" Canti di Castelvecchio are perhaps the best known.

Pascoli was above all classicist, land on two: occasions won the prize for Latin verse at Amsterdam. He excels in his description of farm scenes and country life. and another Italian poet has called him the Ultimo figlio di Virgilio." The minute and loving work which he bestowed on his productions suggests the detail of a Dutch painting, but this polish is sometimes carried: to excess. It is too soon to estimate Pascoli's position in Italian literature, but at period when modernity" was prevalent throughout his country, he undoubtedly rendered service by boldly writing on classic subjects in a classic style. OBITUARY.

SIGNOR PASCOLI. Mr. ROBINSON SOUTTAR. The death took place on Thursday, at Letchworth, of Mr. Robinson Souttar, D.C.

who represented Dumfriesshire from 1895 to Mr. Souttar, who was born in 1848, was the son of Mr. William Souttar, of Edenville. He was educated at the Gymnasium School, Aberdeen, and at the age of 14 was apprenticed to Mr. Alexander Gibb, a civil engineer of eminence in Scotland.

Mr. Gibb died during the apprenticeship, and Mr. Souttar left Aberdeen at the age of 17 in order to finish his training under Mr. Easton Gibb, in whose service he was engaged for a time upon the Tunbridge Wells works, and subsequently, in Cardiff, upon a portion of the works then being carried out by the Rhymney Railway Company. From Wales Mr.

Souttar went to London to the office of Mr. 'George Hopkins, C.E., well-known Parliamentary engineer, under whom he was employed in superintending the building of the North Metropolitan, Dublin, and Liverpool tramways. Eventually Mr. Souttar took a contract in Calcutta with Messrs. G.

A. Parrish and lived there for five years, building 40 miles of tramways. When Mr. Souttar first arrived in India he resided with his brother, who was Commissioner of Police and Chairman of the Municipality of Calcutta, and he thus came into close contact with many leading natives. During his stay in India Lord Ripon succeeded Lord Lytton as Viceroy, and Mr.

Souttar was in Calcutta during the agitation against the Ilbert Bill, of which he was a strong supporter. On returning to England, in 1884, Mr. Souttart went to Oxford, where he took a Second Class in Modern History. He then studied law for two years, finishing his course with First Class Honours in the B.C.L. Examination.

He was an ardent temperance worker and a frequent preacher in connexion with all denominations. In July, 1892, Mr. Souttar was Gladstonian Liberal candidate for the Parliamentary representation of Oxford, but was beaten by the late Sir George Chesney by 120 votes. At the General Election of 1895, however, he was returned for Dumfriesshire; and, until his defeat by Mr. W.

Maxwell at the election of 1900, he one of the small in the House of Commons who opposed the South African War. Mr. Souttar's publications included Glimpses of 1897 Short History of Ancient 1903 Alcohol: Its Place and Power in 1904: and A Short History of Medieval 1907. Mr. D.

M. LANG. Mr. David. Marshall Lang, formerly lay secretary of the Church Missionary Society, died on Good Friday at the Principal's House, Church Missionary College, Islington, at the age of 81.

Mr. Lang was the eldest son of the Rev. Gavin Lang, of Glassford, Lanarkshire, and elder brother of the late Very Rev. Dr. John Marshall Lang.

ViceChancellor and Principal of Aberdeen University and a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, another brother being Sir R. Hamilton Lang. formerly of the Imperial Ottoman Bank at Constantinople. He was also uncle of the Archbishop of York. Mr.

D. Marshall Lang joined the Home Department of the Church Missionary Society in 1891, having previously retired from an important business position to assist the work of the society. In 1895 he succeeded General Collingwood ns the lay secretary. He had previously drawn up a revised scheme by which contributions earmarked for special funds in connexion with the Nociety's work should be collected without injury to the donations for the general fund. The financial result of this scheme has been remarkable, and by its means many thousands of pounds have been added to the society's annual income.

One of his sons, the Rev. D. Marshall Lang, was one of the 24 Cambridge men who in 1890 volunteered for work in connexion with the society, and is now stationed at Hakodate, in Japan. daughter also becamo 3 missionary of the China Inland Mission. The funeral will take place at Highgate Cemetery: on Wednesday at 1.30 p.m.

THE REv. W. D. STANTON. The death took place on April 4, at Toddington Vicarage, Gloucestershire, of the Rev.

William Darke Stanton, vicar of the parish since 1871, and for 17 years before that date its curate. Mr. Stanton was the eldest son of the late Mr. Stanton, of Haywardsfield, and' was 84 years of age. After taking his degree at Exeter College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1851 by the Bishop of Exeter (Dr.

H. Phillpotts). His carliest curacies were at Castle Cary and Stratton, and then in 1854 began his long connexion of 58 years with Toddington. The parish was the ancestral home of the Tracy family, whose head, Lord Sudeley, shortly after Mr. Stanton was appointed vicar, pulled down the old church and erected another in its stead at a cost of £44,000.

In conjunction with Toddington-1 cum-Stanley Pontlarge, Mr. Stanton held the livings of the contiguous parishes of Didbrook, Hailes, Pinnock, and Hyde. In addition to his clerical work Mr. Stanton took a prominent part in local and county affairs. He was chairman for about 20 years of the Winchcombe Board of Guardians and Rural District Council.

He was also chairman for a number of years of the county magistrates sitting at Winchcombe, and representative of the Beckford Division on the shire County Council. The funeral takes place to-day at Toddington. LORD ALEXANDER KENNEDY. The death took place at Ascot on Thursday of Lord Alexander Kennedy, at the age of 58. Lord Alexander WAS a younger brother of the Marquess of Ailsa, and WAS formerly a Major in the Black Watch and served in Egypt and the Sudan, and was present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir.

He was hon. Colonel of the 3rd Battalion of the Black Watch. He was well known as a sportsman and big-game hunter. Early last week he caught an attack of influenza, which was followed by complications. In 1881 he married Beatrice, eldest daughter of the late Mr.

George Tomline Gordon, of Cuckney, Nottinghamshire, and had two daughters, the elder of whom married Mr. John Bell, eldest son of Mr. Reginald Bell, of Thirsk Hall, Yorkshire. DR. J.

DIXON MANN. Mr. John Dixon Mann, Professor of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at Victoria University, Manchester, and for over 30 years Honorary Physician at the Salford Royal Hospital, died at his home in Plymouth-grove, Manchester, from pneumonia on Saturday morning, after a few days' illness. Dr. Mann, who was a member of the General Medical Council 88 the representative of Victoria University, and late Examiner in Forensic Medicine for the Universities of Oxford, London, and Sheffield, became member of the Royal College of Surgeons (England) in 1862, and took the degree of M.D.

at St. Andrews in 1880. Ten years later be took his degree As L.R.C.P. (London). He Was member of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland and ex of the Manchester Pathological Society, as well as being a leading member of other Manchester and Salford societies.

He was the author of several works on medical subjects. LADY HUNTER. A Reuter telegram from Cape Town, dated Festerday, states that the death is announced of Lady Hunter, the wife of Sir David Hunter, one of the members for Durban in the Union House of Assembly and formerly general manager of the Natal Government Railways. Lady Hunter was the daughter Mr. Robert Laing.

MRS. THE HON. COLFILE. The death has taken place, in year, of the Hon. Mrs.

Colvile, of Lullington Hall, Burton-onTrent, the oldest lady follower of hounds in the country. Several times this season Mrs. Colvile followed the Meynell Atherstone Hounds. Mrs. Colvile had been connected with.

the two hunts mentioned all her life. Sixty years ago she and the Misses Meynell were the only lady followers, but now there are as many women as men. Mrs. Colvile was the Hon. Katherine Sarah Georgina Russell, daughter of Captain John Russell, (son of Lord William Russell, brother of the fifth and sixth Dukes of Bedford), by his wife Sophia, in her own right 23rd Baroness de Clifford.

She married in 1850 Mr. Charles Robert Colvile, of Lullington, who died 1886, leaving as issue of the marriage the late MajorGeneral Sir Henry Edward Colvile. General Colvile died five years ago, leaving a son, Mr. Gilbert de Colvile, now of Lullington. co GENERAL NOELLAT.

Our Paris Correspondent telegraphs. that General Noellat has died at the age of 74. He passed out oft Saint Cyr into the Zouaves, and with that famous corps he was in action 27 times, including the second siege of Puebla, where he was seriously wounded, and the battles of Froeschwillers, Sedan, and Champigny, where he was again wounded. He was promoted to the rank of General of Division in 1894 and in 1901 was made Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

Mr. EDWARD COLLIER ORME, of Clarence Southsea, who died at Batna, Algeria, on January 28, left estate of gross value of £30,431, of which £22,610 is net personalty. He bequeathed £500 the, each to Dr. Barnardo's Homes and the. Salvation Army, £50 each to the Prince Hospital, the Sydney Hospital, and the Children's Hospital, Sydney, N.S.W.

Dr. WILLIAM DASHWOOD KINGDON, of Heavitree House, Heavitree, late physician, to the Exeter Dispensary, and resident superintendent of St. Thomas's Lunatic Hospital, Exeter, who died on January 21, left estate of the gross value of £21,014. with net personalty £19,909. Ho bequeathed £100 each to the West of England Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, the West of England Institution for the Instruction and Employment of the Blind, and the £50 to the Royal National Lifeboat-Institution, Devon and Exeter Benevolent Medical Fund and Mr.

HENRY BOHN, of Kensington, barrister la formerly partner in Bohn's Library the publishing firm of Messrs. Griffin and Bohn, the publisher responsible for the production in this country of Uncle Tom's Cabin," and who died on October 7, aged 77, left estate valued at £3,281 10s. 3d. gross, with net personalty £180 12s. 9d.

The REV. JOHN HULBERT GLOVER, Katharine's, Regent's Park, N.W.. Brother of St. Kathiarine's Hospital, vicar of Kingsthorpe, Northants, from 1856 to 1884, who. died on, February 9, aged 91, left estate of the gross value of £167,655, of which £167,583 is net personalty.

THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS IN COLLECTIONS. HOLIDAY PRACTICES AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The annual recurrence of Easter Monday, 1 the day of all the year on which most visitors are expected at the Zoological Gardens, raises the vexed question how far visitors should be allowed to give food to the animals in the collection. It many zoological gardens, as, for instance, in the Bronx Park at New York, this is forbidden and stringent precautions are taken to see that the rule is enforced. There is much to be said for the prohibition.

Many animals either have acquired perverted appetites in captivity or have no natural instinct as to suitable food, and visitors are either grossly ignorant or stupidly experimental as to what they offer. Food at regular times and at long intervals, so as to allow for complete digestion, is best for most animals and especially for those. that have not the opportunity of much exercise. On the other hand, it is a great pleasure to feed captive animals, a pleasure the prospect of which attracts many visitors. The possibility of getting food lures animals from their sleeping -places to the fronts of their enclosures, makes them take exercise that they would naturally avoid, and keeps them lively and in good spirits.

Probably on the whole there is a balance of good on the side of the London custom. Visitors are allowed to give food to most of the animals, but on crowded. days special notices are put up warning the public not to feed particular animals; some of the more delicate are shut up, and special guardians are pointed to watch over others. The public are not allowed to feed the' anthropoid apes. These are.

overgrown children, greedy and delicate, and certainly would suffer if their mealtimes were not strictly observed, and the greatest care taken as to the materials. The other monkeys are sometimes unwisely fed, but unless the monkey house were shut up altogether it would be practically impossible to stop this. Celery and fresh fruit of any kind is most pleasing and least harmful to them, while many of the smaller kinds relish meal-worms. Biscuits, buns, and sweets are not harmful, but it is easy for the animals to have too much of them. Visitors have recently been detected in giving cigarettes and cigars to monkeys and to other animals.

It could not be maintained that tobacco is necessarily fatal to animals or to human beings, even when swallowed, and horses have been known to cat large quantities. But undoubtedly it is a noxious substance, and the keepers have authority to remove from the gardens any persons detected in giving it. The strictly flesh-eating carnivores, such 08 the cats, great and small, run little risk from the attentions of visitors, as most of them disdain the buns, oranges, and so forth that are freely offered to them. The various kinds off bears, the dogs, jackals and foxes, the racoons, and many of the smaller carnivores are partly omnivorous and vegetarian, and probably suffer little harm from unusual food. The polar bears, however, which naturally feed on flesh and fish, will eat almost anything that is offered to them.

and suffer from it, so that in their case feeding by the public is prohibited. The otters take sugar and vegetables apparently without evil results. The sea-lions fortunately refuse anything but fish. The -seal has developed an extraordinary appetite for buns, although naturally it must be purely carnivorous. So far, no harm seems to have been done, but as the creature is extremely rare and valuable it is to be guarded by a special policeman to-day, and visitors are not to be allowed to give it food.

The large ungulates, such as the elephant, rhinoceros, and hippopotamus, are almost impossible to overfeed and can dispose of bags of bread and buns indefinitely. The natural habits of the ruminating animals also make them little susceptible to the dangers of overfeeding, and the Bank holiday case is sufficiently met by cutting down their ordinary rations. Bread, however, in quantity is not good for them, and it is found necessary to shut up some of the more delicate antelopes. All birds are voracious creatures, with great power of rapid digestion Ostriches, fowls, pheasants, and gulls are practically omnivorous and require no protection. The specialized habits of feeding of the birds of prey, -eaters, and insect-eaters make them reject unsuitable food and, except few cases where birds are very rare, or are known to be delicate, it is found unnecessary to make regulations respecting them.

The public have not the opportunity of feeding the reptiles, but as most of these will eat only when they are hungry they are the least likely of all animals to be harmed by in judicious food. A New Farce, in By GEORGE Billy Hargrave John Hargrave Sam Eustace Captain Ransome Alice Hargrave Mrs. Sloane Beatrice Sloane THE PLAYHOUSE. BILLY." Three Acts. CAMERON.

Mr. A. E. MATTHEWS Mr. ATHOL FORDE Mr.

ROBERT AVERELL Mr. A. WHEATMAN Miss MAIDIE HOPE Miss FLORENCE HAYDOS Miss VEILA COBURN Billy, we understand, is an American work. For its London production the scene has been changed from a boat leaving New York to a bont leaving Southampton, and Billy and the rest are turned from American into English people. Lest the use of the word American should be misunderstood (perhaps with unpleasant consequences to those who should inisunderstand it), let us hasten to say that both in pictures and in life we have noticed American young men to have particularly fine teeth.

Billy, no doubt, had particularly fine teeth; and when- at some game which in the original version of the play was probably baseball--he honourably lost the front four in the top row and then lost his false teeth on board ship, it was a pardonable vanity that led him to conceal the awful truth from the girl he wished to court. Translate Billy into an English international football player, and his sensitiveness is still hensible. What is more, it might still be made funny, though a Bishop, a Judge, a musical comedy actress, in the same conditions would be funnier, But the way to make him funny is not to keep him on bands and knees searching during the greater part of two acts; and if a lisp ever begins to be amusing, it soon ceases. Poor Mr. A.

E. Matthews had nothing to do but to grope and lisp. The sight of his hard and conscientious work, of that of Miss Florence Haydon, Miss Maidie Hope, Miss Vera Coburn, and others, grew more and more depressing; and though Billy, with long waits between the acts, was over in less than two hours, they were two of the longest hours we remember. On the other hand, the first piece, Mr. Wilfred T.

Colby's Her Point of View, seemed much too short. We should have liked at least another quarter of an hour of that wise, wicked old woman, Mrs. Bartlet, who had contrived to get her elder son educated at tho State's expense in a reformatory, and could not understand the Chaplain's reluctance to help her to the same advantages for her younger. Reginald is too artful and Gawd-fearin' to follow of his own accord in Albert's footsteps; and here is Albert a made man; while Reginald is in a blind-alley job. Why cannot the Reverend Mr.

Monkton see that it is her plain duty as good, if mother, to. push Reginald into crime In The House, AS our readers may remember, we had picture of what workhouses were coming to; in Her Point of View Mr. Coleby gives us a picture of what reformatories are coming to, rather than of what they are. And he is little too generously afraid of boring us, a little too anxious 'to bring surprises, as a conjurer brings rabbits, out of his sleeve. He need have had no fear.

Mrs. Bartlet, especially as acted by Miss Beryl Mercer, is a rich piece of humour; her handling of the poor, conscien. tious, simple clergyman (well played Mr. Athol Forde) is typical of woman's attitude to man all the world over and her quiet triumph on hearing that Reginald has done his duty at last and has robbed his own mother of money intended for Albert makes a worthy end to an uncommonly shrewd piece of comedy. THE THEATRES.

A BUSY WEEK. This afternoon Mr. Robert Loraine revives at the Criterion, Man and Superman, with himself as John Tanner, Miss Hilda Bruce-Potter as Ann, Mr. Charles Harley as Roebuck Ramsden, and Mr. Cecil Cameron as Straker.

At the Lyceum The Monk and the Woman will be played twice daily at 2.30-and 7.45% during this week. At the Adelphi Miss Gertie Millar returns to the cast of The Quaker Girl, which enters on its 75th week. To-morrow evening at His Majesty's comes Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's production of Othello, in the mounting and dressing of which he has been assisted by. Mr. Percy Macquoid.

The curtain will rise morrow evening at on subsequent evehings at 8. On Wednesday evening at Wyndham's Theatre Mr. Frank Curzon and Mr. Gerald du Maurier produce Mr. H.

A. Vachell's comedy Jell's. The curtain will rise at on subsequent evenings at 8.30. On Thursday, at 8, Miss Marie Tempest will produce at the Prince of Wales's Theatre Anthony P. Wharton's idyll AL the Barn.

Mr. Dion Boucicault produces the play. On the same evening, and at the same hour, comes the American musical play The Pink. Lady at the Globe. That evening also sees the production at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, of Patriots, doe new play by Mr.

Lennox Robinson, who stages the plays of the Abbey Theatre Company. NEXT WEEK'S ARRANGEMENTS. On the afternoon of Tuesday in next week, April 16, Mr. Vedrenne and Mr. Dennis Eadie produce at the Royalty Theatre Mr.

Harold Brighouse's play The Odd Out, which will be played on Tuesday and Friday afternoons for a few, weeks. On the same afternoon comes the performance of Mr. E. Lyall Swete's comedy Pitch -and Soap at the Haymarket, in aid of the Theatrical Ladies' Guild. The work of this Guild is of the highest value.

It takes care of mothers and babies, supplies clothes for wear off and on the stage, sends invalids to the sca, feeds the necessitous, and in general does vast amount of good among the poorer members of the various professions dependent on the theatre. The expenses of the performance on the 16th have been guaranteed, so that' at least 75 per cent. of the receipts must go to the Guild -a plan which might be followed with advantage in all performances for charity. Mr. Lyall Swete's comedy will be preceded by Miss Cicely Hamilton's play The Sixth Commandment; and among those who will appear are Mr.

Henry Ainley, Mr. Lyall Swete, Mr. Charles Maude, Mr. O. B.

Clarence, Mrs. F. R. Benson, Miss Carlotta Addison, and Miss Alexandra Carlisle. For the same afternoon, Tuesday, April 16, there is yet another engagement- performance at the New Theatre in aid of the Babies' Home at Hoxton.

Mr. E. S. Willard will play the first act of The Professor's Love Story. At the Princes Theatre on Wednesday in next week, April 17, Woman and Wine, which will be played for the last time next Saturday, will be sueceeded by Mr.

G. Carlton Wallace's drama The Apple of Eden, in which Miss Nora Kerin will play the heroine. On the evening of Thursday, the 18th, Mr. Arthur Collins will produce at Drury Lane Ben-Hur in six acts and 17 scenes. On the afternoons of that day and the following day the New Players will perform at Pavilion, Piccadilly-circus, Mr.

Israel Zangwill's play The Next Religion, with music by Mr. C. H. G. Mottram, Mrs.

Theodore Wright will be in the cast. Friday, April 19, is chosen by Mr. Bourchier for the production of Mr. Monckton Hoffe's comedy Improper Peter, with Mr. Bourchier, Mr.

Pred Kerr, Mr. Herbert Sleath, Mrs. Raleigh, Miss Lydia Bilbrooke, and Miss Julia James in the cast. THE KING AND THE PALACE THEATRE. Though it was only on Saturday that the decision of the King and Queen to attend special variety entertainment at the Palace Theatre was announced, a large number of people were in waiting to secure scats before the box-office opened that morning.

The performance does not take place till Monday, June 10, and the prices have not yet been fixed, so nothing could be done beyond registering the names and addresses of applicants. The proceeds, it should be said, will go to, some charity of his Majesty's selection. The following gentlemen connected with the variety stage, in addition to Mr. Alfred Butt, manager of the Palace Theatre, were last week invited by Mr. George Ashton and Mr.

A. Bocchi to form committee and carry out the arrangements Sir Edward Moss, Mr. Walter Dickson, Mr. Walter de Frece, Mr. Walter Gibbons, Mr.

Alfred Moul, Mr. Oswald Stoll, Mr. Henry Toser, and Mr. W. E.

Clemart. The committee will meet in the latter part of this week, and the list of performers will probably be drawn up then. Meanwhile Mr. Butt has made this statement to representative of The Times No effort will be spared to make the performance unique in the annals of the variety world. I cannot what give any names of artists, but I imagine that is considered to be best in each sphere- dancing, singing, special acts, conjuring, acrobats, be presented.

The final settlement of the programme will rest with his Majesty. The accommodation required for the Royal party, the duration of the programme, the number of turns, and the permission or otherwise of smoking are matters still under consideration." Most of the variety theatres make little change in their programmes this week. There is a morning performance at the Palace to-day. Among the newcomers are Antonet and Grock in musical parodies, Miss Nan Stuart, and Mr. Cyril Maude in English as He is Spoke.

Tortola Valencia and Mika Mikun remain in the bill. We have already announced the coming of Pavlova on this day week, with M. Novikoff, to dance in a repertory of nine numbers, of which six are neg to England. To the Hippodrome this week come Salt Bush Bill, who gave an exhibition of whip manipulation before the King and Queen recently, and Tom Jack, who extricates himself from ropes and chains. Salt Bush Bill will remain for two weeks only.

To the Tivoli come M. Footgers, who will burlesque the Argentine Tango dance, and Miss Grace Ca Cameron with American songs. Mr. Harry Lauder is still in the bill. At the Palladium, where there are to be special performances this afternoon and on Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30, the Beecham Opera Company will perform the Landgrave's Palace scene Tannhauser, with a chorus of 70 and an augmented orchestra.

Mr. George Robey, with new songs, and Mr. Barclay Gammon will also appear. At the New MiddJesex The Lifeguardeman enters on its last week. On Monday next Mr.

Walter Howard's drama The Ragged Prince will be staged. SAFETY OF HAMPTON COURT PALACE. The new 15in. main giving a high-pressure water supply to Hampton Court Palace, has now been pleted, and the official test is fixed to take place next Thursday. At a preliminary trial of the pressure a day or two ago some unexpected results were obtained.

Three of the Palace firemen were stationed near the Privy. and Dutch Gardens with fire-hose and delivery pipes, and when the water was turned on it came with such force that the firemen were all knocked over and dropped the brass nozzles, and the water ploughed up great grooves in the gravel path. Such is now the pressure of water that powerful jets can be thrown right over the roof of the Great Hall, which is the highest part of the Palace, without the aid of the steamer, and when the full power is turned on it will tax the strength of two men to manage each delivery pipe. BREAKAGES IN THE POST. COLONEL PHILIPPS asked the 1 Postmaster-General in a printed question last Wednesday when it was decided to convey parcel, post packages in bags instead of boxes and baskets and when the change WaS introduced.

Colonel Philippe also asked what notice was given to the public that the parcels confided to the care of the Post Office would in tuture be conveyed in bags instead of in baskets and boxes as heretofore what annual saving to the Post Office would result from this change of system and what WAS the estimated additional cost to the public in providing packing materials to withstand the extra pressure which parcels were subjected to under the system of conveyance now in force. Mr. HERBERT SAMUEL has replied as well 28 baskets, have always been largely used by the Post for parcels. Their use has been extended during recent years. But, as no new standard of packing was introduced, there was no necessity for notice to the public.

The question of additional cost to the public is not relevant. Experience shows that articles properly packed are conveyed with as much safety in bags as in baskets. As I stated in reply to a question by the hon. member for the Blackfriars Division of Glasgow on August 14 last year, I am unable at present to say what saving has been effected but the use of bags secures greater convenience in handling. economy in space, and reduction of the gross weight conveyed by mail Tan and motor services.

TO-DAY'S ARRANGEMENTS. Whitney, 2.30, Bank Holiday. Mr. Bonar Law arrives in Ireland. The State Apartments at- Hampton Court Palace, Kew Palace, and Kensington Palace (including the London Museum) open to the public.

The State Apartments at Windsor- Castle reopen to the public, 11--5. Van Horse Parade in Regent's Park: Prize-giving by the Lady Mayoress luncheon, the Lord Mayor presiding, Botanic Gardens, 1. Postal Clerks' Association: Annual conference, dinner, Mr. Samuel presiding, Bristol. National Union of Teachers: Annual conference begins at Hall.

National Association of Manual Training Teachers: Annual conference begins at Portsmouth. National Union of Shop Assistants: Annual delegate meeting, Holborn-viaduct Hotel, 10 (second day). Annual Conference of the Good Templars' Grand Lodge at Bournemouth. Friendly Societies' Medical, Alliance: Annual conference at Luton, Motor and Flying races at Brooklands, 2. Flying Meeting at the London Aerodrome, Hendon, 1.30.

Racing: The Kempton Park Easter Meeting: the Manchester Easter Meeting the Birmingham Golf: Royal St. George's Club Spring Meeting (conRugby Football: France v. England, Paris. Marine Motoring The Monaco Meeting (continued). Spring Meeting the Newcastle Spring Meeting.

tinued) Royal Cinque Ports Club's Tournament for Lord Brassey's Challenge Cup, Deal (continued). Billiards: The Professional Tournament (Inman Diggie), Soho-square Hall; Harverson v. Lindrum, Leicester-square (continued). Lawn Tennis: Dulwich Farm Open Tournament. THE THEATRES.

Adelphi: The Quaker Girl, 8, Aldwych: Proud Maisie, 8.30. Apollo: The Glad Eye, 8.45. Comedy: The Bear- Leaders, 8.30. Daly's: The Count of Luzembourg, 8.30. Duke of York's: The Mind the Paint Girl, 8.30.

Haymarket: Bunty Pulla the Strings, 9. Kinemacolor (The 2.30 and 8. Kingsway: Fanny's First Play, 8.30. Little Theatre: Rutherford and Son, 8.45. Playhouse Billy, 9.

Queen's The Easiest Way, 8.20. Royalty: Milestones, 8.30. St. James's: Bella Donna, 8.15. Vaudeville: Kipps, 8.30.

Whitney: A Member of Tattersall's, 8.40. at the Haymarket, 2.30: Apollo, 2.15; Princes, 2.30 Lyceum, 2.30; Criterion, 2.30 EMIGRATION OF the auspices of the Salvation Army, a public meeting on the subject of the emigration of children to Canada and the Colonies will be held at the Mansion House on Friday, and May 3, Lord at Grey, 3.30 Mrs. p.m. The Bramwell Lord Mayor will preside, Booth, and others will speak. EDINBURGH LIFE.

The report of the Edinburgh Life Assurance Company for 1911 states that 1,260 of policies were issued, assuring a sum of £659,978, which £28,000 was reassured with other offices. The premiums amounted to £97,659, and the promiums on the amount reassured were £1,546. The premium income of the year, after deducting reassurance premiums, was £316,417. The interest on the invested funds amounted to £185,231. The of total income was (exclusive of annuity purchase-money £9,411) £501,778, while the claims amounted to £273,557.

The assurance and annuity fund was increased by £101,305, and at the close of the year amounted to The total funds of the company at December 31 amounted to £4,552,608. The directors recommend that a dividend at the rate of £2 per share be paid by two instalments, on Apeil 8 and October 7, free of ADVERTISEMENTS of Household Servanta Dieengaged and requiring Places, of Gardeners, Chaufeurs, and Housca Coachmen, Wanted Board to and Residence and Apartments, and be Let, Partnerships and Investmenta, Motor care for Sale and Wanted, and Schools will be found on pager 1 end 12,.