... FINANCE.—THE CIVIL LIST. The Budget showed an estimated expenditure of one hundred and eighty-three millions, including sixty-eight millions for the war. The (receipts were estimated at one hundred and thirty millions, leaving deficit of fifty-three millions ...

... GOSSIP OF THE DAY, POLITICAL AND GENERAL. (From Outsit* aourcsi.l THE CIVIL LIST. The resettlement of the Civil List earlier in the year did not affect the annuity of £8,000 which was voted to the Empress Frederick, Pnncess Koyal, at the time her marriage; ...

... of sending to the Front thirty thousand fresh troop* to relieve Yeomen and Volunteers whom it was desirable to miters to civil life. In •11 seventeen thousand Yeomen were sent out. Three or four hundred of the-e men were afterwards sent back as Ming ...

... undertaken of ©ending to the Front thirb* thousand fresh troops to relieve Women and Volunteers whom w»i© desirable to restore to civil life. In all seventeen thousand Yeomen were sent out. Three or four hundred of these men were afterwards sent back be ug unfit ...

... ancient one, erected as a defenc, of the estuary from the Danes. It was the sc , ne of many hot struggles at the time of the Civil War, when it changed hands two or three times. The castle and village derive their name from John de Powderham, who held the ...

... sera areas, at any rate, in which effective protection can be given, to make a beginning also, if only in a few places, of civil government. On the other side, a now plan of campaign is necessary in the military field. On this point, our contemporary's ...

... Charles Beresford is a man of healthy naiad, and he is not afraid to say what he thinks. He has brought back with him from the United Statist some useful lessons, and one of these is that while we have something to learn from our American ousion, we have ...

... that time. Only let it be remembered that in such a matter haste may not make for speed. The work of re-settling the population, reestablishing civil institutions, and reorganising the great industries, must he thoroughly well done, and cannot be done ...

... chaplains, will be re-appointed, subject to the contingency of the number of Royal clergy being reduced when the Civil List is revised and resettled next Memnon. In flinurday's funeral pageant tho Duke of Northumberland, 1.0., ;colonel, took part in the capacity ...

... side could gain a deciding point. Notts County v. Newcastle United.—An exciting game was seen at Trent-bridge. Humphreys scored the first goal for Notts, but Orr soon shot one for the United, who took the lead before the interval, Gardner scoring the ...

... A Saturday sitting had been necessary to pees the Bill before the end of the financial year. The new arrangements for the Civil List. as recommended by a committee, were incorporated in a Bill, which passed unaltered. Under this new arrangement. four ...

... the year £73,1117.010 went to defray war charges in South Africa. The military charges of the year were £63,230,300, and the civil charges £6,1300,000, a total of 09,839,000, towards which there had been provided out of revenue £17,306,000, which included ...