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THE TIMES, WEDNE8DAY, AUGUST 31, 1910. it durable that h.Mild make more ue of the harvest inA the Vlimoaori' were SANITARY INSPECTORS' CONFERENCE. j. Ri irrox bbowxb ox nan diet. ii ol the 2Mb annual conference vdar tiK annual merUnjca of the two affiliated craniantion, were ierday at nahuaon" Hall, when Mr.

Cr the Prime Warden of tbe Flsh ompanv. welcomed the members mad TV Nr J. Cneaton BrowM delivered the rir WW the nnomm' Com a hood of anion existed between pon and the Company. h.t Keen f.d inspects under theii Ilrtyrf 'r fc.r irs Hie 40O rear. The short ar yh Pncea rulflWt tin that about.

The National FV t. tion Avition. which wan an TT. (be moanv. had already increased the fy tbe vrvr kinds of flsh.

The Itotanc or Tim Dm. th ubje ttfTTTOJC BnOWXK'i. itfjin waa Food and Fiah rupply." He con tlated the aoriation ita place of meothm in kJoc anrf expressed grateful appreciation of the 1 her.uli wn to it by the Fishmongers' t'fcaBranT. He pointed out that nowadays many of the fanetKn of old days performed by the City uMk authentic. As regards their of of various kinds, this had been jomlirly the caee.

and to day the sanitary in rector easntssd the Mtperintendence which at one tine Sfloivod to aereral of them. But aa regarda ja the Fiskmoc rs' Company had maintained its gePrnlUnor and control unbroken, and had. indeed, late yr.r encoded it. much to the public advantage. TV sweeter iI me onrpany stoon net ayticpote and a larce incursion of aieknei jjcMri tra in lie incipient stage of decay ja NEW BRIGADE COMMANDER.

he extanded and that owr Ash swppties mhTht he aagmeoUd and rafulated the Interests of the food of the people, the assistance of acience roust be "iw we 2 wild life of the forest, and Ka rich and raffed nat Mtfbot and nedirree of the sea. exact hvrtmrll minute atudv of tKr Khita ann Irfr marine fauna, we should be able to cultivate and control and make the heat of our fisheries. was that aeicncf had Seen vara Soar information had been collected, and nrae tiral rraulu of some economic value attained through the agency of our Bea Fishery Committee. It was not rot pcasihle to fire a definite answer to the apparently simple hot really difficult and intricate ratine around wai or was not dWmathina unon whole. The density of tbe fish populations in tbe and rural arena, tbe one with a crowded the other wn a scattered population, tbeir distribution, uke The appointment, announced yesterday at Aldershot, of Colonel Hk hard B.

Davie. C.B., 'ew Zealand Militia, natural recently promoted, saaits one wntrh will he remembered that not long ago point meat, hut Colonel Da who erred in South Africa, will ha given, as to customary in rt tam, the rank of the ocean, no such crowding as was mimical finest fish were found It populated eere migratory in their habrta, and had their rhollv deserted, hut weJI tO have an annual change of do fish made aught he cbarced with the seeds of cholera or typhoid jmr. Thanks to the endeavours tbe Company lcdcn an.i of many interested municipalities and had bc eff.v much sail remained to be done. It kfd that systematic inspection would 1 ajgei over all sources from which shellfish tr marirt. nd that samrles of the fish so se taken fmquentJy and subjected to bacteriological aaauaatKn.

just aa samples of milk were taken and lancd a view to the prevention of tuberculoaia. Food ron tkb Poon. Th coantry had reason to be grateful to the Fish rams' Company for what it had done in th janer ef ihrwh, hut it would have cause to feel atf. nnre deerlv indebted to it from a hygienic asauc to do to hnng home to the people the value ef sat. as a neaiin susiAining anofl.

Away trom rcastal lores tfh had been hitherto regarded anrfa as an acccjworv too little as a staple article of aivaatac sann 'heir expenditure on nh in proper tan to other kind of food. There were numbers of ear peer1' Pr: 111 'UMnrts, who rarelv tartsd fah. and many of those who did use it failed te raaSae the comparative food value of the cheaper hh There were among us multitudes e' who were short nf food, and their short an ef food resulted in a beary death rate, in much ease, and incalculable misery, i a physiological point of view, the to meat. As a source of building aken as a whole weight for weight. a pound r.f haddock.

mt te bought fo rerr the market, cf. but cod was ere it could be jxccedingly good criterion of ita pound of sole might nasi Is. d. be would say. weiagre there were certain kind? of fish tast kad 'mehow fallen into comparative direpute.

ara at hake, sprat, saith. and conger e. 1. which awe eer hirfi return in nutriment for the prices st stack they wer quoted. If a general call for fchj we.ud only a vast development of the fconr iad'iMry miw take place, and then with im prssd hirbonr accommodation for our fishing fcrts, with proper protection for them when at wrk hy Bntih gunboats of the right sort, with the raiwuee of rente and Kits and of rates and expenses fandTital to the carriage if lisb.

with enforcement of rs iaw del nc vnth a central fishery authority for the Cnited Kinsdom. guiding and regulating all int.regt(.. might kwt trararagd to an ahund an of d. ing. direstiHe fcid for tbe st a prir making it accessible to the poorest.

noteworthy fact that when the new schedule dae into the Port of London JW tr Port of London Act, prepared by the JsM 'I Trad. tuhuiitte.i to an inquirv held Lev. came beftar a Committee of wj ia in reapeS of flsh, anT'that rcucUon' wa that fish was an important Ltnduc the population in the aet cnd ttVwT and 'Onxical quatrUaa tfeh food. th" suHjrct which bold be eon pampineta. But this people of this count ad any official or 'J Wai offlrisl hat was prew nted to them.

Fish. 4" na way, must aieo be reeommenoed Botjr, pj. wf)rd mouth And tbat mtaXrj cans in. about instantly did in th homes of th people. W' means were narrow, and invested mn tary amhonty.

they had rare ne. fish aa an element in house food nution vii the growth of the bom in our midt. Nme classes of opera 'H hav dicn cred for themselves fish was especially adapted to their wants. th" fn'd fih hhope. and eepeci rtW were exposed to a So" mphre.

Fn. fish wa from the xi'w the het forms in wfcL 2 Presented. The p.pular Uvour uwi. fi'h r.jr,ved. howeveV.

enhanced p. li of' a 11 kinds under stringent for frvinc offered facilities palming off as fresh fish just a ft iu Me had said that there was no overcrow dina in the sea, tint that was true only of the locomotive flsh, and hot of hose that had a fixed abode. Mussels and cockles suffered in this way, and their case afforded a striking illustration of he value of science ppiieo to nan culture, tie acaenbed tne suciesstuj xperuacnU of tbe Lanraahire Hen Fisheries Com aittee in transplanting mussels on the Lancaslure oast, aa indicating what might he done by scientific iecicuHurc. Soles transplanted from rcaatal waters the Dosser liank had increased thtir rate of growth from 2in. to 'in.

per annum, and in the case of many other kinds of fish it would before long become practicable to fatten them up as we do cattle for our Christmas markets. (laughter.) Much might he done for the improvement of our fisheries by the protection of undersized fish by the withdrawal of unjustifiable protection from certain of their natural enemies, who ate up the fry, as certain specie of gulls were said to do, and by 'a rigid adher tune wbere that had been scientifically Fish axv Bacrnta. Roberts, chief inspector to she company at Billingsgate, read a paper entitled The Distinguishing and Inspection of Marketable Fishes." Speaking of inspection and tbe detection of putrefactive fish, he Mr. precip I offered a similar ap NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. in the condemnation of fish.

Even the freshest of fish might have a certain mal odour about it owing to slime, whereas if the fish were examined wouta no tound tbat tbe ngor mortu bad not left it. The fly had heen referred to as a carrier of disease. But fish had pretiy well a coat of mail, and he defied the most perforatum of bacteria to get through the scales of tbe fish. There was very little chance of tbe fly penetrating fish as it lay on the fishmonger's slab. But as most fishmongers now opened the fish to clean it before sale there was danger ot tbe poison being deposited in thi inside.

It had been said that all crabs if not alivi should be condemned as unwholesome. If I ha were done a tremendous injury would be inflicted upon some of tbe fishermen around tbe coast of Scotland and elsewhere. He could find no foundation Although large consignmei metropolis freouentlv happened that not to be jcetcd aa unfit for food. KAjrrTATIOW KmanrrrM. Dr.

Andrew Balfocr, F.IL&, Director of the Laboratories, Gordon College, Khartum, read a paper entitled Some Aspects of Tropical Sanitation, which he described tbe mam features of a aanil life in Khartum. He said he had sh to boast, but. so far as communicable diseases doubted it healthier city than Khartum i Africa at the present moment. Something caught young, might call a sanitary tyranny. Tropical and the black.

THE LCTfCHBojt. The Court of the Fishmongers' Company after rards entertained the members of the conference luncheon. The PsUMK Warden presided, and the company included Sir J. (rtchtoo Browne, Professor Andrew Balfour. Sir W.

Hall Jones (High Commis rioner for New Zealand). Sir A. bowses. Dr. Edward Seaton.

Mr. J. T. Quinton. Mr.

1L C. Cameron, and Mr. j. rench Towse (tne clerk i. Tne t'RiatE WARDEN, proposing the toast oi ring 1 it national importance, and a conference ras being held.

besides being of interest ooDortuni of hearine of what being done for their benefit in regard to sanitary CrichtonBro ws responded, and pro posed the toast of The Fishmongers' Company." The Company, he said, was composed of men who pre performing important pubuc duties and trying give to tbe members of the trade with which i name was associated all possible encouragement The PwarB Warden responded. In the afternoon the members of the conference ud visit to the. biscuit factory of Messrs. Peak, ran, and Company (Limited), wbere, after they id inspected tbe workrooms, the directors enter tained them at tea. THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

weeklv return of births and deaths in London and in 76 other great towns, issued by authority of the Registrar General, states that tbe deaths registered last week in 77 groat towns of England and Wales corresponded to an annual rate of 12 1 per 1.000 if their aggregate population, which is esumatra at 16,940.895 persons in the middle of this year. In the preceding three weeks the rates had been 10 7, 11 1, Measured bT last we annual eat rates per mortalitf, the highest 00O liring wer From on Tvne. 16 6 in Sroetb k. in Klarkburn. and in Tvnemouth.

17 0 in Hirken head. 17 1 in Preston, 16 6 Coventry, 19 3 in Hudderstield. 14 IJTpOnW Orn jsmaiesnroiign, and 20 7 in Hull while the lovaest annual death rates were 3 7 in Homsey. 51 in Walthamstow and Dewsbury. 5 5 in Levton.

6 0 in Uesd 6 4 in West Hartlepool, and 6 8 i registered in any of the 77 In London S.268 births and 1.009 deaths were gistered. Allowing for increase of population, the rt hs were 163 and the deaths 356 below the average numbers in the corresponding weeks of the previous at week to 10 8. The i the four weeks ended last Saturday periods of the five unpt Tr pert lows. nh wT ijT general terms of the advantage ur pA lasaes bv an abun I from diarrhcea but not one death from small The 1,009 deaths in London included 35 from eaalea, 3 from scarlet fever. 10 from diphtheria.

11 from whooping congh, 1 from Tin health at Mipply of eheaa fiahTand 'hwould' like wVw b. ing "activetrrenewed Lli was 34th week of the preceding five years. The deaths wsanj decline of the mortality trom uauiwaiaaj MW'j Uibereuk, veral forms that the most splendid been 4. 3. and 5 i ov unitary w.irk in which his bearers to rv found.

The power ot resist I uwh! 34 deaths, of of suicide, while the remaining accident or aofppMen. numbered 4, having a the nreeedinr three weeks. Different forms oi hich eight were caao Kftiir 7. holi' urnirraSons 1 during the week, as compared with those in tbe pre coding three weeks, were ss follows Of scarlet Ihlllllilirtf 76 eases, against 61 80. and 77 and of enteric fever.

1 i casea, against 7. 7. and 1 1 t. i mentioned that no death from smallpox should bare been included in the return for the THE ELTHAM NAVAL COLLEGE. An announcement has been published by of auctioneers to the effect that on September 13 and 14 the entire contents of the Naval College st El ham, which was recently closed, after the withdrawal of Royal patronage, will be sold on the premise.

Some relies bestowed on the college many years ago. including autograph letters of Nelson, Nelson chair, a model of the old Victorv. and some old paintings will be offered for sale at the same time. The building will be taken over by the Committee of the School for the Sons of Missionaries, which is at present at South Vale, Blackbeath. DANGERS OF NAVAL GCN PRACTICE.

A discussion took place st the meeting of the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce yesterday with reference to the danger attending naval gun practice off the port. It was stated that recently a yacht was passing round Penlee Point when three shots from a gunboat were fired through her mainsail. Mr. Ori ando Darts said he had been in one of the Great Western Railway Company's tenders when shots passed over their heads. Tbe shots were small, hut suAeirnt to cause danger.

In tbe esse of the yacht the owner had approached the Admiralty, and a settlement bad been made re specting the damage received. nr. mougm tnat tne Admiralty snouiu send notice to the owners of steamboats and others when practice was to take place, as was done in the sufficient time and forwarded to tbe London Liverpool offices of shipping Arms, captains steamers would know that they bad to keep out the way. The matter was referred to tbe committee of ice Adm. Sir Edmund Poe.

Com. in Chief, Mediter an Fleet, in the ExuotTH, battleship, acoom panied by the battleships Rcbkeix, TRirmn. and and tbe gunboat HrasAR. will leav Gibraltar to dny for a cruise. The vessels will call Malaga, AJiee.nte, Valencia, Barcelona, Genoa, Sperta.

and Naples, arriving at Malta on October 1 The First and Second Divisions of tbe Home Fleet will leave Portland about the middle of September for Cromarty to carry out night firing, returning to Portland early in November. The Bacchante, cruiser, flagship of Rear Adm. Sir H. B. Jackson, commanding the Sixth Cruiser Squadron, accompanied by the Lancaster Suffolk, cruisers, will leave Gibraltar to day.

The vessels will visit Almeria, Palma, Port Mahon, Cagtiari, and Palermo, and arrive at Malta ember 39. The Liverpool, cruiser, built by Messrs. Viekers, Sons, and Maxim, left Barrow yesterday to join the Fleet. She is one of tbe cruiser scouts, sev hich are being built at different shipbuilding in the country. She proved very successful trials.

The Liverpool after her trials had her funnel lengthened by 6ft. A sister ship, tbe Dabt norm, is being built at Barrow, and will be ready for launching later on in the year. The Sctlla. cruiser. Com.

B. S. Thesiger. attached to the Fourth Cruiser Squadron, srrived at Ceiba The Pandora, cruiser. Com.

B. S. Evans, Cape Squadron, arrived at East London on Monday. The Rainbow, cruiser, Canadian Service, arrived St. Vincent.

C.V., on Monday, and will leave to day. The t.h.d.8 Teazer, Liohtning, 'Zewttr, a Dasher, snd 13 t.b.'s of the Nor Destroyer Division left Sheernesa vesterdav for Harwich to work from that base while carrying out their annual tcA pedo firing competition. The Endthion, cruiser, gunnery ship, is ordered to leave Sheerness to morrow! for Harwich to act as target ship during the competition The Scorfion, t.b.d.. was commissioned at Chatham yesterday by Lieut, and Com. S.

G. Nevile with a full crew for service in the First Destroyer Flotilla, and is to leave as early ss possible for Fortrose to join the broad pennant or commodore Renard, built by Messrs. Cammefl, Laird, and are ordered to be commissioned at Portsmouth with full crews for service in the First Destroyer Flotilla, replacing the t.b.d. Wellawd and Swale, which service in the Third (Note) Destroyer Flotilla. crews of t.b.'s Nos.

13 snd 14 will he drafted to tbe Wolverine and Renard respectively. The Greenwich Hospital Pension of 50 vacant by the death of Chaplain and Naval Instructor the Rev. J. H. Blunn on August 12, baa been awarded to Naval Instructor W.

Silver. The following appointments were made at the Admiralt yesterday Captain. A. R. Hulbert, to the Dido, on re commissioning, undated.

date September 12. Briggs, to the Lean per, he Hec'la, additional, for the Fairt. in command. N). G.

Thrclfell, THE GERMAN NAVY. THE KING AND THE 11TH LANCERS. (From the London Gazette.) WAB OFFICE, WHITEHALL. AdkT 30, 1910. The Kintr has boon plesMed to confer unon the tor 1911.

The Question is not whether iwro wn ncws trmojin the 3Sth battleship of the naval esUblwhment Horse) the honour of becoming its Colonel tn ROMANISM IN THE CHURCH AND THE BISHOPS VETO. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. TUESDAY, Auo. 30. ADMIRALTY.

Acc 28. M. H. Roach has this dav been pro ine ran oi iniet uunncr in uis Jiajesty to be buflt. bat whether it 1911.

Unon what around has it been well understood that the programme of 1911 would include three battleships It has been assumed that it will be so. but the inclusion of the 38th ship next' year is not required by the Nary Law, and the intention to include it has never, so far as I am aware, been officially announced. For the present, then, indications tbat the assumption about next years programme is correct deserve to be recorded. They should be of special interest to those who believe that the German Government does the least that is required, not the most that is allowed, by the Navy Law. There is no immediate occasion to Miscuss German natal policy.

When, however. Mr. Ley land asserts positively that "only one battleship and one battle cruiser will be put in hand in 1912 and each following rear. unless another addition should be made to, the Navy ArSfSort F.nri.v F. n.

Richards haw, ne asserts wnat noDoay Knows, ucsi, if not all, competent German writers maintain that the existing law can be made to cover further construction, especially of large cruisers. Interpretation of the existing law in this sense is more probable than the introduction of a new Navy Bui YOUR BERLIN CORRESPONDENT. August 25. WAR MATERIAL FOR THE NEAR EAST. additional, for the YtxcAX, iKTRErin IBTfc Baddeley Fleming.

the additional, for the Thksbtts Pembroke, additional, tor the porarily. to date August 29 A. 98. in roRT. additional.

i ssi on inc. W. G. Rics. to the Vernon, additional, tor the Rocket (T), in command, on crtinmiaaioning, T.

Eardley Wilmot. to the Chal U5NOER. on commissioning, and H. F. B.

Handley, to the Prometheus, on re commissioning, undated. Suh Lieut enanLE. A. Hill, to the Blake, ad ditional, for tbe PIKCJTER, on cornmissioninK. undated.

Enirineer Ldeutenanta. r. J. neain. Leander, additional, for the LocrsT.

L. H. Hammond, to the ST. George, additional, for Doon, W. J.

Ford, to tbe URMdkr. add September 10 Hilgrove Hammond, to date AuEUSt 30 L. Jackson, the he the HEciad to the Blenheim, Experimental Science Botany 106 Drawing I 17 Of 587 candidates for school tained certificates. rthe mpnlifd. question that inoae people substantial 1 i erty, and whose of full phjHical at tubereulosia further reduction in its tae5 IU PrnsH contents.

To fender Po Tr jij protein, aecetauble to tne very fej? to another atep. and be believed and Tk atedition of tbe I WlLJl ebfcP food within the reach iavSz of onr nab tag mduatry a empk.yment. snd employment SZLXP0 Baber of men, and TaaluZJ. rw of the Empire by fur ahrseaVaent aid in its daieaos. Thai ark ended Aaguat 10, iMMjarVad in Hnrnsev bavins: been femoved from under that beading after inquiry.

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. Last night a ta publishes aa order of the Board ot Agriculture revoking as from August 29 the York (Foot and Mouth Disease) Orders of 1010 (No. S. 4, and pubMc prohibited the importation of cattle trom Kngiand in oonaequnnce of the outhtaak. the swale, and A.

E. E. lUvner. to tbe Leaxoer. additional, for the Qcaiu all on recommiasioninR, undated; 0.

H. 8. Sanders. C. M.

Weeks. A. 0. Archard. A.

J. C. Moore. A. W.

McKinUy. and J. D. W. n.

F. Cranley. lent the VicToaT, for 14 days' il fuel course, to date septemoer o. Fleet Surgeon. H.

C. Arathoon, to the Foa M1D able, to date September Staff Surgeon. C. K. Bushe, to the VrrTD, additional, for disposal, to date August 29.

Surgeons. J. H. McDowall. to tbe Dtno.

on reducing, undated W. C. Carson, to the Victort, Royal Navallieaerve. Lieutenant J. F.

Lindsay, to tbe Hampshire, additional, and Acting udgen, to tbe BfLWARK. additional. V. Seymour, the Antrim, additional, and H. Ancrua.

to the VExra, additional, all to complete 12 months' training, date August 28 THE CANADIAN RIFLES AT ALDERSHOT. The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada yesterday gained f' wider experience of the Aideranet manoeuvring area Before luncheon, under Lieut. Col. Mason, tbe regi roent spent several hours on the Long Valley, wbere examination, snd to With reference to the reported shipment of arms nd ammunition from the Tync to the Piraru. it is confirmed in Newcaatle on Tyne that th careo has been sent from the Elswiek works of Sir W.

0. Armstrong. Whitworth. and Co. hy the Greek steamer Pantos for the Turkish Government.

Large quantities of guns, gun mountings, snd ammunition have been supplied by the Lbwick Company to the Government of Turkey for the modernization of the cruiser Abdul Hamid and the twin scre Imp. rial vncht ErthorroaL Both vessels were built at Elswiek, the former having been launched on Septemtrr lb, 1903, and th Gunner J. Reep has this dsv been promoted the rank of Chief Gunner in His Majesty a Fleet. In aeeordanee with tbe ueoriaiona of His I Majesty a Order in Council of May 16. 104 Chief Gunner W.

S. May has been granted tbe rank of ucuu on Doing pensioned (Aug. z). A co. M.

In accordance with tbe provision of His lat granted the rank of Engineer Lieut, on being pen the Staff in India ARMY HEADQUARTERS STAFF. DIVISION OF THE CHTEF OF THE GENERAL To he a General Staff Officer. 1st Grade. Col. J.

A. Tanner, E. (June 20 BRIGADE STAFF To he a Brigade Maj. Capt. E.

F. Orton, 37th Lancers fBaluch Hrsr) 16). To be a Staff Capt. Capt. F.

W. RaddiSe, 2nd RECRUITING STAFF. To be Recruiting Officers. Maj. M.

R. W. Nightingale. 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) (June II); Capt. C.

W. Carey. Queen's Own Corps of Guides 14). latter in Decembe hi built had 7 inch guns, six luick fu ing pi n. are beins renlaced bv weanons.

The Erthotfroal liad ieht 3 po under quick firing guns, her equipment being THE WRECK OF THE BEDFORD. TO THE EDITOR OF THK TIMES. Sir, Will you allow me to state that, without any special appeal for funds, the Soldiers' and Sailors Families Association is undertaking, through local representatives, the immediate and temporary relief of all the sufferers by the loss of the above As none of the families reside in or near mouth, it is of special importance that the should be dealt with locally, where, by personal inquiries, reliable information can only be obtained. I am. Sir, your obedient servant, JAMES GILDEA.

Chairman and Treasur Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Associa gate. Westminster. 8.W., Aug. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE SCHOOLS EXAMINATION. The results of the examinations for higher 4nc lower certificates held by the Oxford and Cambridg Schools Examination Board are published to day.

higher certificates there were 2,168 candidates as against 2.35S last year. Of these 463 girls wen candidates tor letters only, as against fti. last year. The number of higher certtficats awarded aa compared with 963 last year and 1.079 in 19ns. Letters were given to 40a girfes, ss against 446 In Latin there were 1.077 candidates and passed, 40 with distinction.

In Greek there were 91 candidates and 610 passed. 34 with distinc tion. Of 1,295 candidates offering French, 650 German, 139 passed. 30 with In ntarv mathematics there were 1.709 candidates. and 1,138 passed; and in additional mathematics, 608 sent up papera, of whom 397 passed.

6A with distinction. Of 1,126 offering Scripture knowledge. successful, and 113 pained distinctiot Of 918 offering English, 662 passed. 35 with dietinc 8 Darned. 67 with distmetion.

Of 48 offcrmsr geograpny. were succensiui. in me mecnanicai ere sucres sfuJ, 21 irainine distinction: ii the physical division. 129 out of 198 passed, 13 with distinction and in the chemical division. out of 216 passed.

14 with distinction. Forty candidates offered experimental science, and atisfied the examiners. Of 30 offering physical three irainimr th. biology. 198 passed, J3 with distinction.

Of 148 oBenng drawing, 1 1 were suecesslul, and 12 gained in a onenng music, a passed, tin ith distinction. The list contains the hisrhcr certificates, who Ilesponsioi of 23 candidates who I of the Previous Examination at Cambridge. md 593 certificates were awarded, while 42 letters rere given. The foUowinu were the numbers he candidates the several snhiects and the numbe: gaining second and first elase respectively Subject. Candi 2nd 1st I dates, Class.

Class. Kntrhsh History. Geography isngiisn History and Lreo grspny. tiflcates 283 ob attack practice kept them at work during tbe moraine Their drill, although not perfect. good indeed, and the individual appreciation of tbe work in band, as weU as the initiative displayed by tbe section commanders, promises well for tbeir spell of manoeuvring with the Regular troops.

Maj. Gen. H. M. Lawaon rode on to the valley during the practice, and at ita dose, a conversation with Lieut.

Col. Mason, spoke with satisfaction both nf the promise and the performance of the Canadian regiment. In the afternoon the battalion turned ont again for a mute march from their camp to Frimley and back, a distance of about six or seven miles. This was net a great journey in ita lf. but in confining their marches to short distance, at aO events during the first week nn ZtiLTLXfir tK dav'a work that on their return to camp passes for leave until midnight were in (reneraj demand.

The phvsieal drill with rifles referred to in The rtawa of yesterday is not, it appears, a regular feature ot the regiment physical rsi nmg, which la based upon the course prescribed for the Brush pubhc UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON. Acq. 30. Medical Entrance Scholarships.

Tbe London Inter Collegiate Scholarships Board inounce that a combined entrance examination for 23 medical entrance scholarships, tenable at rnivemity College, University College Hospital Medical School, Kings College, bangs College Hospital, St. George's Hospital. Westminster Hospital, and the London School of Medicine for Women, will be held on Sentemlr It. and following days. Successful candidates will be required to enter the ColU ge or Medical School by of study approved by the authorities of the College ECCLESL4STICAL INTELLIGENCE.

Quern Alexandra has given her patronage to a Church Missionary Exhibition which to be held at King's Lynn during September. The Rev. A. F. Rutty, vicar of Ramsdale.

Baatng stoke, has been nominated to tbe rectory of Lyminge, Kent, by Mr. A. T. Miller. The Iter.

F. Partridge, curate of Hawarden. has been appointed by tbe Bishop of Chichester secretary of the Bishop of Chichester's Fund. The Rev. M.

Shaw, curate of St. James, Oldham, has been appointed rector of Beesby, near Grimsby patron. Mrs. Little. The following admissions to benefices have heen made th" Diocese of Southwell The Rev.

A. H. Price, rector of Cos i net on. Bridgwater, to tbe vicarage of WinshUI, Derbyshire patron, Mr. Gret ton.

M.P. the Rev. P. Sayles. curate of Heanor.

Derbyshire, to tbe perpetual curacy of A ws worth patron, Mrs. K. H. V. Grey'; the Rev.

G. E. Wigram. curate of Rugeiev. to the perpetual euraey of Dethick a and Holloway patron, Mr.

J. ii. Marxlen Smedley. The treasurers of the Swietv for the Pronacation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. 15.

Tufton street. the opening Th" Bitiop of David, sneaking of a church baEaar in Abervstwvth vesterdav. said that he thought that Welsh church people were rather peculiar people. It was not everybody who would have gone on as calmlv as the clergy and laitv of the Church in Wales had don during the last 30 or 40 years. They had been living more or leas under very serious and it showed that there was grit in the Church in Wal.

s. for the clergv and laity had been quietly going on with their work all the time when a good many people would have taken a panic and dropped it all. Threatened institutions lived long, and he believed that the Church in Wales would outlive all those who wanted to wreck its work in the Fnited Free Church, the Rev. J. M.

Blake, of Wallington. has heen appointed to the vacanev caused in Florence by the resignation of the RevJ of Leghorn and the Rev. James Lainxr to thatin Genoa. The Rev. William Bonnar.

of Rajputana, Hobertson. of Livingatonia, have resigned work is TO THE EDITOR OF THK TIMES. Sir, Under the above bending three kmc letters have recently appeared in year e. Jumna from the able pen of Sir Edward CUrka. The letters do no seem to have attracted any attention in the Press.

They refer chiefly to ritualistic practices in thn small Church of St. Mary's Thorpe. As I am at th and as I sat for many years in tbe House of Common with Sir Edward Clarke, so that I am not altogether unknown to him. I trust he will allow me to make some remarks with reference to the first part of hi subject. The only notice taken of these letters so far as I have observed occuired in a very short letter in Tht Timet from tbe Rev.

W. Black, who asked him if it was true that he had presented a processional cross to a church in Lmdon. Sir Edward Clarke in his reply admits the fwt but objects stigmatized aa a ritnalistte I should have thought that a of a procession of choristers and priests a a ritualistic ornament hut I loave tnat. to in judgment of others. Si.

Edward says that the Cross is the sacred symbol of the Christian That is true. Nothing could be more true. Tb pity of it is tbat intolerant Protestants, such as bis friends at Thorpe, look upon it a tbe symbol ot Popery, and have promised to break it up. In September bvt Sir Edward Clarke drew up a lengthy presentment for my predecessor in tb office of churchwarden. The document contained 22 charges against tbe vicar: all of which deal exclusively with ritualistic practices.

Tbe presentment faded almost entirely of its object. Sir Edward thinks it ought not to nave failed. He reminds us more than once in his letters that he was a member of a Royal Commission appointed in 1904 to inquire into, tbe means of obtaining greater powers in dealing with such matters. Tbe Comsussion has apparently ended in smoke or shall I bay in fog. Discussing this matter some weeks ago with a veteran statesman, who Sir Edward Clarke would readily admit has a greater experience, both legal and Parliamentary, than himself, be said to me.

Ah. well, these reports of Royal Commissions are very often merely tbe funeral obsequies of proposed I fully admit that as an advocate Sir Ldward Clarke is well able to argue a case either for or against ritualism in the Church but may I venture to aok hira whether, as a writer to the public Press or a Church nan. he is quite consistent in such a matter Apart from the use ot peon ion il crosses a re ferred to above. Sir Edward dark in tbe beautiful burch which he has built at Staines, and of which be is a churchwarden, has a rood screen with large crucifix and life sized figures of the Virgin Mary and St. John.

Tbe altar cloths, Ac. are in the colours by the Roman Church instead of tbe KngHak informed. In the East window above the altar there are large figures ot a Pope with his triple crown be one side, a Cardinal in his red hat and robes he other, whilst in th centre a figure of th Virgin Mary supplicating tbe Deity. So tbat when Edward kneels to take the Holy Sacrament be kneels before the Virgin, the Pope, or the Cardinal In the wall of tbe chancel to tbe left of tbe altar there is built an aumbrie such as are found in Romish churches. What is kept in this I do not know.

Possibly something innocently Protestant but tbe appearance of this receptacle is at least suggestive the reservation of the sacrament." There is an old proverb that one man may steal i horse whilst another mar not look over toe hedge ind so it seems that in Sir Edward Clarke's esthna ion tbe church in wealthy Staines may borrow orna nenta from the Roman Church, whilst poor little is pos.siu,e inai in Thorps Church ho is se from Romanism in own GEORGE PRICE, Retired Commander Royal Navy. Thorpe Place, near Chertscy, Aug. 23. to divert attention NEW BOOKS ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The fortnightly meeting and flower show of Royal Horticultural Society was held yeaterda' their hall in Vincent square, Westminster.

The tables were well filled and tbe attendance as satisfactory. Facing the entrance to the hall was a remarkable group of Chinese shrubs and trees shown by the Hon. Gibhs (Elstree). The whole collection, com prising more than two hundred species, had 1 Mr. H.

Wilson during seed collected in Chirax us recent iournev on beha of Profi America, and Miss Willmott and others luntry. A large proportion of the plants have not lallllf Such i Philadelphia, and Xantboxylon Rubus. and Vitis that the group was pa iiaruy ouiaoor nowers occupied in hemums and by im ri.ed especially good. dahli pa ony flowcred aimougn a pompon was among idc novelties lich received awards of merit. Roses came from Icheeter (Messrs.

Frank Cant) and Peterlxrouch ras Mr. Perry's (EntWd) a nd Artemisia lactiflnra blue and white, with erminals of the rose Lythrum. Lilium sulpbureum ras finely flowered by Messrs. Whitelegs and Page (Chislehurst). Mr.

II. S. (ioodson (Putney) had an resting, group of orchids, of which the most ewbrtbv wa the Fairlawn variety of Cattleva Khoda. which won a first class certificate. Sir Jeremiah Cohnan, Sir Trevor Lawrence, and Lieu t.eorge Holford collections.

A large pan of Platyclinis filiformis from Burford was a wonderful sight with its hundred lender pendent spike of pale yellow flowers, and Sir Prevor Lawrence's gardener won much praise for it. The highest award to Messrs. Snootier (Hounslow) for early apples and pears and plums. A handsome batch of principally Hero oi Loekinge. was sent by Lord Northcliffe.

Si Robert iriougni sent a nisn oi niangoee. rnuia oi greenhouse. Twelve bunches of Black Hambro grapes from Mr. Nix (Crawley) were conspicuous for eir nne colour and musts, inev were cut noni a isle 15ft. rod of a 15 year old vine.

In the afternoon Sir Albert RoUit presided at a lecture by Mr. Priestley, of Bristol University, on the effect of overhead discharges of electricity on plant growth. The lecturer illustrated the apparatus with which the experiments at Bitton and Evesham eaults oT'thetrial's showed notonly a large increase a the total crops from electrified aa compared with i on electrified plot, hut also a marked acceleration a growth and ripening. Similar results were obtained rith wheat, strawberries, and cabbages in the open ir and with encumbers in glasshouse. The principal a Gibhs for Chinese ahroha Baker (Wolver Sehool.

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