... M. WADDING TON THE RETIRING FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO THE COURT OF ST. JAMES S Ml. WILLIAM HENRY WADDINGTON, who has just presented his letters of recall to Her Majestv at jWindsor, has been Ambassador at the Court of St. James's since July, I883. He is the son of a naturalised Englishman who settled in France as a cotton manufacturer, and was born in Paris on De- cember II, i826. He was educated ...

... ?? LORD BRAMWELL, referring to the censure passed on the Home Secretary for his decision in the Crewe murder-case, reports one of a somewhat, and only somewhat, analogous kind, with a similar termination, which came under his judicial cognisance thirty years or so ago. Two young men tried before him for murder, were con- victed, and sentenced to death. They had waylaid their victim in order to ...

... co-rt-0 nu ctlub By MARMADUKE° . By N RNA ; D ,X El : : THERE iS a class of stories which might be called dinner stories. They are invented by ingenious and experienced society men for the purpose of obtaining the reputation of being good onversa- tionalists. These stories produce for those who originate th~m many free luncheons and dinners. The latest that is current is s daring, so ...

... '501IQ gfriall jilquirg INTEREST in the South African inquiry revived somewhat when the Hon. AV. P. Schreiner (formerly Attorney-General in Mr. Rhodes's Cabinet) gave his evidence. His examination was opened by another Colonial ex-Attorney-General, the Hon. E. Blake; but neither he nor Mr. Labouchere got much more from this witness than that he thought the grievances of the Uitlanders had been ...

... C-c (luert THEATRICALS AT U. LMOIAL THEATEICALS are becoming a prominent amusement at Court, and both amateurs and professionals have appeared before Her Majesty at Balmoral. Pr incess Beatrice, who is especially fond of acting, took the leading part in A Scr1a of Pater, supported by Princess Ajibert of Anhalt and various ladies and gentlemen in the Royal circle. This piece was played on two ...

... QC -9rcl)(115 cra5c KLEVIIZON AT LAST THE COUR DE CASSATION has vindicated the honour of lr enchljustice bycalmnlyignoringalike the threats of the military faction and the turbulence of the mob, and by dceciding that further inquiry must be made into the facts attending the trial and con- demnrlationofCaptainDreyfus. Itrmayberemeimcb ,red that the Brisson Cabinet finding that WVar Minis- ter ...

... itivio at&lf -Itifibelits AC]tA.sOCStIX correspondent, in sending a photograph of the scene where Dr. Schnuirdreher and his two Italian guides met their death, writes :- They were descending from the summit of Mont Blanc on the French side on August i8, when, about mid-way between the summit and Les Grands Mulets, at the Dome Du Gouter, it is supposed that they slipped on wet snow or ice, and ...

... Clturt mib !Tlu b By AMARMADUKE A pROMIqNENT member of the American colony in London has passed away, to wit, Mr. Walter Burns, and his death will be regretted not only by his fellow-countrymen and women, but by all v. ho knew him. The late Mr. Burns was the head of one of the most important financial houses in the City. He was one of the guarantors chosen by the Governors of the Bank of ...

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... I I - ,, an! MR. ROMER, Q.C., has been appointed to a Judgeship of the Chancery Division, vacant through the elevation of Mr. Justice Kay to be a Lord Justice of Appeal. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he became a Fellow, after having been Senior Wrangler and Great Smith's Prizeman in 1863. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1867, and joined the South-Eastern ...

... 9tte ,ugrt A RECORD REIGN THE QUEEN entered on the sixtieth year of her reign last Satur- day-the anniversary of her accession-and by September 24 next Her Majesty will have filled the English throne longer than any of her predecessors. In fact, so far as actual rule goes, Her Majesty has already exceeded the longest reign. in our history-that of George III.-considering that much of the latter ...

... Pr. ?? -at vob Street Bow STREET Police Court was on Tuesday again besieged by sightseers eager to catch aglimpse of 5rtJameson and his fellow - de- fendants. Long before the Court opened there was a large crowd wait- ing outside, and an hour before the proceedings began evey seat and every inch of standing room in the Court was occupied. The follow- ing ladies and gentle- men were provided ...