Mr. Rhodes's New The The news from the Cape, where General Booth has met with a very hearty recepDeparture. tion, is important enough to throw into the shade most of the topics that fill the columns of our newspapers. For after long hesitation, Mr. Cecil Rhodes appears to have made up his mind that nothing but prohibition will save the natives. Local Option Bill introduced by his Government has been carried through the Lower House in the teeth of the opposition of Mr. Hofmeyer and the brandy growers, whom Mr. Arnold White represented as the masters and owners of Mr. Rhodes. For the first time for twenty years Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Hofmeyer found themselves in opposite lobbies. The Bill, as it went up to the Upper Chamber, provided that the sale of liquor should be prohibited in any district in the colony where a bare majority of the electors on the divisional council register voted against the renewal of the licences. The Bill, as drafted by the Colonial Government, provided for a two-thirds majority. A bare majority was substituted in Committee against the vote of Mr. Rhodes, by the help of Mr. Hofmeyer, who apparently voted against a twothirds majority in order to increase the chance of securing its rejection. The substitution of the Divisional Council for the Parliamentary Register confines the voting to whites, the natives, it was said, being certain to vote for prohibition. No compensation is to be given to the dispossessed publican, nor is there even six months' day of grace. It remains to be seen whether the Bill will pass the Second Chamber; but it is even more important to see whether it will mark the beginning of a split between Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Hofmeyer. It may be noted, in connection with the subject of liquor legislation, that the German Government has just introduced a drastic Bill directed against intemperance, and that if anything is to be done in this direction in England before the General Election it will have to be in the shape of a brief Bill, establishing Local Option for Sunday Closing. Australian ments. The Senaputty and the Tongan General Develop- have been executed for their share in the disturbances in Manipur; but, despite a somewhat foolish despatch from Lord Cross, it is understood that the little State is not to be annexed. It is, however, not India but Australia that has been the chief centre of interest in the Empire last month. The Labour party, which holds the balance of power in the new Assembly, New South Wales, has used it, first, to support Sir H. Parkes against a vote of censure, and, secondly, to reject his resolution in favour of woman's suffrage. A Labour party which begins its career by denying to one-half of the people the right of citizenship is a party which, so far as principle is concerned, differs little from the most "bloated aristocracy" of the old world. In Victoria the Government has brought in a Bill reforming the Constitution, which confers the franchise upon every woman on exactly the same terms as it is granted to every man. The clause is very drastic: Notwithstanding anything contained in the Constitution Amendment Act of 1890, no person shall by reason only of being a female (a) be refused or deprived of an elector's right entitling her to vote at elections of members of the Legislative Assembly; or (b) be omitted or expunged from any list or roll of electors to be made out, certified, transmitted, printed, or displayed, furnished, headed, inspected, examined, revised, copied, or enforced for any division of an electoral roll; or (c) be disqualified from voting at any elections of members of the Legislative Assembly. The evolution of the Labour party is being watched with interest. At present, with its impracticable programme and undisciplined aspirations, all that is clear is that there will be a good deal of disillusionment before very long. Henry George's nationalisation of the land is, among others, one of the planks in their programme. The long-continued shearers' strike has been concluded at last, but the unrest of the wage-earning classes that has kept Australasia in a fever for a year past is far from being allayed. EVENTS OF THE MONTH. - July 31. Meeting of assistant masters in St. James's Hall passes resolution to organise and found a National Association of Assistant Masters. Manœuvres of portion of Northern Fleet between the Downs and the French Coast. Berkeley Peerage case decided in the Lords. the House confirming its decision of 1811, and deciding that Mr. Berkeley had established his right to the Peerage. August 1. Six hundredth anniversary of the Swiss Confederation celebrated at Sc..wytz Statement issued to lodges of Trade and Friendly Societies throughout the London district protesting against the injustice of closing public houses without compensation, and calling for the signing of memorials in favour of compensation for extinction of licenses. Order made for compulsory winding-up of the English Bank of the River Plate. 3. Revolutionary affray at Barcelona. Guards at the barracks attacked by a smalt band of armed men who were repulsed after some bloodshed and arrested. High Court of Foresters opens at St. Franco-Russian festivities at Cherbourg. 7. Annual Meeting of ordinary shareholders 14. Celebration of the 700th anniversary of the in Allsopp and Sons. Strong condemnation expressed of those responsible for the present disastrous financial state of the company. Report adopted after rejection of proposal to refer it back to the directors. Czar and Czarina return to St. Petersburg from Finland. Duke and Duchess of Fife visit Elgin to open Victoria School of Science and Art. 8. Deputations to King Alexander of Servia at St. Petersburg. Departure of the King for Vienna. 10. Camp at Shoeburyness for Artillery Volun- Congress of Hygiene holds its opening 11. French Court of Appeal confirms sentence of five years' imprisonment in the case of M. Turpin for the Melinite affair. Grand Duke Alexis, brother of the Czar, arrives in Paris. 15. 16. foundation of Berne commences. Funeral of Mr. James Russell Lowell at Mount Auburn, Mass. Geographical Congress at Berne concludes its stings. Resolution passed inviting the Federal Council to summon European Conference for the adoption of a common meridian. an Prince Ferdinand arrives at Rustchuk. King Alexander of Servia arrives in Paris Socialist Congress opens in Brussels. Three Czare witch arrives in Moscow from Si- Celebration of the 700th Anniversary of the 17. Session of the French Councils - General opened. Serious railway accident outside Berne, in which fourteen persons were killed and many injured. Centenary festivities abandoned in consequence. Closing meeting of the Hygienic Congress held in London University. SIR ALGERNON BORTHWICK. French Squadron leaves Kronstadt. De puta ion representing 40,000 Oddfellows to the High Court of Foresters. 5. Discussion in the High Court of Foresters on old-age pensions. Cumberland County Council adopts a scheme of technical education for the county. Empress of Germany leaves Felixstowe to Czar and Czarina arrive in Finland, and are 6. Telegram received from Madras announc- Meeting in connection with University Extension movement held in Oxford. Discussion on how to obtain State aid for local organisers, and how local mittees could best qualify themselves for the discharge of larger duties. com 7. French Colonial Office receives telegram reporting the murder of some of the members of the Lake Tchad Expedition under M Crampel. 12. 13. 14. MR. GEORGE REID. (President of Royal Scottish Academy.) King of Servia leaves Vienna and arrives at Jschl, where he is met by the Emperor of Austria. Final deliberations of the Conference for the conclusion of commercial treaties between Germany, Austria, Italy, and Switzerland in Vienna. Imperial ukase issued forbidding the export of rye and every kind of bran owing to the failure of crops in Russia. Sir Hector Langevin, Canadian Minister of Public Works, resigns in consequence of disclosures made before a Parliamentary Committee. Grouse shooting commences. The Senaputty and the Tongar general 19. French Fleet arrives at Spithead and hanged at Manipur. Grand Duke Alexis leaves Paris for Vichy. Accident to a Brooklyn pleasure barge off Long Island. Fourteen people crushed to death by the blowing down of the hurricane deck. The cutter Iverna wins the Ryde Town Cup 20. scheme applying nearly £2,000 of the local Collapse of a bridge in Hayti. Eighty per- French African Committee receives telegram anchors in Osborne Bay. Bri ish Association meets at Cardiff. Inaugural address of the President, Dr. Huggins. Cyclone at Martinique. killed. Over 300 persons Official visits exchanged between Admiral the Earl of Clanwilliam and the Duke of Connaught. The Queen receives the officers of the French Fleet at Osborne. British Association meets in sections at Cardiff. Annual meeting of the Institute of Journalists in Dublin. Holy Coat, of Trèves exhibited for the first time. New Radical Dutch Cabinet appointed. and the French English Fleets. Dinner and ball to the French officers at the Portsmouth Town Hall. German Emperor and Empress witness sham fight of the German manoeuvring fleet at Flensburg. They leave Kiel for Berlin. 21. The Queen reviews Members of the new Dutch Cabinet take Battle of Aconcagua, between President 22. Princess of Wales and her daughters arrive in Denmark. UTTERANCES, NOTABLE AND August 3. Mr. Parnell at Thurles, on the atti- 4. Mr. Morley at Stoneleigh,on Parish Councils. 7. M. Constans at Bagnères de Luchon states 10. Vessels of the French Squadron thrown open 23, Fighting continued in Chili. Battle of Vina 24. Queen leaves Osborne for Balmoral, steam- Visit of the French officers to Portsmouth 27. The Czar and Czarina and their family arrive at Copenhagen. Council of the Briti h Association elect Sir 29. Archibald Geikie President for next year. 25. Admiral Gervais gives a luncheon on board the Marengo to some British naval and military officers. Report received from San Francisco that the Mikado contemplated annexing three of the volcanic islands in the Pacific. 26. French Fleet starts for Cherbourg. The Queen sends her portrait to Admiral Gervais as a memento of the visit. Ukase published in St. Petersburg substituting Russian parcel and postal rates and regulations in Finland for those of the Grand Duchy. Fighting continued near Valparaiso. Success of the insurgents. Meeting of the British Association closes. 27. French Squadron arrives at Cherbourg. 28. Admiral Gervais receives the congratulations of the French Cabinet on the manner in which he had represented France on his visits. French Government provisionally rescinds order for expulsion of bookmakers from Calais and Boulogne, allowing them to carry on business as formerly. Battle outside Valparaiso between Balmaceda and Congressionalists, Valparaiso captured and entered by the insurgents. Balmaceda's Generals, Barbosa and Alzerreca, kill d. Balmaceda escapes. Junta installed in power. Russian Military Manoeuvres commenc›. 29. President Carnot grants a million francs for the relief of the sufferers in Martinique. Telegram received announcing that the Sultan has yielded to the demands of the Russian Government respecting the Dardanelles, which will be open to Russian vessels whilst closed to those of other nations. 81. Santiago captured and pillaged by the Congressionalists. Order restored at Valparaiso. Two hundred rioters shot. Demonstrations of Derbyshire and North Wales miners at Chesterfield and Wrexham. Resolutions carried in favour of an Eight Hours Bill. Italian Ministry in Council on. the Budget for 1892-93 propose to reduce expenditure by 25,000,000 francs. Lord Egerton at a Primrose League meeting Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Dillon at Mallow, on Mr. Balfour at a large Unionist meeting at M. Stambuloff, to a deputation at Rustchuk Mr. Pound, Chairman of the London Lord Herschell in opening a Liberal Club in HOUSE OF LORDS. July 31. Railway Rates and Charges Bills read a Aug. 3. Foreign Marriages Bill read a second 4. Second Reading of Women's Suffrage Bill Debate on clause in Elementary Education agreed to. Foreign Marriages Bill passed 5. Appropriation Bill passed through all its July 31. trator. ductor. of Tuscany, 56. Archbishop Ferdinand Salvator, Grand Duke John Roland Reed, American actor, 83. Earl of Westmorland, 66. Jessie Fothergill, novelist, 40. Léon Pelouze, French landscape painter. Jules Gros, President of the Free Republic of Bounani, 62. Prince Nicholas Borrisvitch Cros0opoff, Actual Privy Councillor and Marshall of the Russian Imperial Court, 64. Aug. 1. Scott Yasmyth Stokes, late Senior Roman Catholic Inspector of Schools, 70. 3. Leopold Dukes, Hebrew scholar, 82. 4. Earl of Dartmouth, 68. Lieut.-General Francis Walker Drummond. Thomas Cooke Foster, editor of the Weekly- Rev. William Howie Wylie, editor and 7. Dr. James Henry Bennet. 10. 11. 12. He ry Litolff, pianist and composer, 83. George Henderson, S.cretary to the Scottish George Lock, publisher, 60. G. Higgins, balloonist, killed. Dean Gilbert Elliot, of Bristol, 91. Canon Haweis, of Chichester, 85. George Jones, proprietor of the New York Times. HOUSE OF COMMONS. James Johnston Greve, formerly M.P. for James Martin, agriculturist, Duke of Cleveland, 88. R. D. Pryce, Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire, 72. John Lord Bowes, founder of the British Aug. Colony at Grasse. 23. read a first time. 24. 3. Lords' Amendments to County Councils 25. Canon W. Johnson, Prebendary of Bangor. The Greek Patriarch 26. Geu ral Whichcote, Waterloo veteran. 97. General Latino Coelho, Chief of the Portu-guese Republican Party. S HER MAJESTY "LILY-OF-THE-SKY," BY SERENO E. BISHOP. IX days of westward steaming from San Francisco, 2,100 miles without fear of reef or rock, the horizon is broken by high rugged mountains that on the chart are mere dots. It is the civilised, hospitable, Americanised little kingdom, the other day Kalakaua's, now presided over by her gracious Majesty Liliuokalani. This name is less intricate than it may look. Try this -Lil-lée-woke-a-lanny. Accent firmly the ee, and run the whole glibly off the tongue. It means Lily-of-theSky. The Queen has hitherto been commonly known by foreigners as Princess Lydia, or as Mrs. Dominis. She is past her fiftieth year, in fairly good health, of comely person, and pleasant address. Her husband, long known as Governor Dominis, but now taking rank as Prince Consort, is a prudent, agreeable gentleman of American birth and Honolulu mercantile education. John O. Dominis for many years held the office of Governor of Oahu. They have been married over thirty years, and have no children. Mrs. Dominis has long held a prominent place in Honolulu society, associating from youth with the more cultivated ladies of the capital, among whom, like Queen Emma and the late Princess Pauahi Bishop, of honoured memory, she received her early education. She has a perfect use of English, a good literary and an especially good musical culture. The Queen's manner is peculiarly winning, her bearing noble and becoming, the latter a characteristic of Hawaiian royalty. Few persons were ever more stately and impressive than many of the old royal chiefs could be upon occasion. Besides a small private fortune, the Princess, as heir presumptive, for many years enjoyed a stipend of £1,000. As Queen, she receives £4,000 per annum. A sumptuous palace is also maintained for the sovereign's use. Besides this, there is the life-use of the income of the crown lands, amounting to perhaps £15,000 per annum. These provisions may be regarded as ample for purposes of royal state and hospitality in so small a kingdom, although the late. King could never make ends meet. In religious affiliation, the Princess Lydia continued to adhere to the persuasion of the earlier generation of chiefs, declining to follow Queen Emma and Kalakaua in joining the Anglican fellowship. Like King Lunalilo. and the Princess Pauahi, she retained her seat in the old Stone church connected with the American Mission. For some years she has been a member of the Woman's Board of Missions and an interested participant in their meetings. She has long been a very active and munificent patroness of the large Kawaiahae Seminary for training native girls, HFR MAJESTY LILIUOKALANI. and greatly looked up to by teachers and pupils. The Queen gives evidence of having deeply at heart the moral welfare of her people. She has a large fund of good sense, which is now much needed to gain her people's confidence and to guide a somewhat determined will. Whether or not she will be able to modify certain royal prejudices to the needs of her very difficult position, she is quite unlikely to expose herself to ridicule, as her more showy brother repeatedly did. Liliuokalani has assumed the crown in possession of a much larger share of the confidence of her own people than did Kalakaua at his accession, or afterwards. She can hardly be said to be strong in the confidence of foreigners, although they are most kindly disposed towards her. With a sensible policy of conduct she may profoundly hostile to the Reform party, whose cabinet held the reins of power for nearly three years; nor was it strange if she was led to lend her countenance to an effort to recover by force what had been taken by force. Her Palama residence was reported to be the headquarters of the Wilcox conspiracy. On July 31st, 1889, a halfwhite, Robert W. Wilcox, educated at Government expense in an Italian military school, seized the palace yard and the Government House, seeking to restore the old corrupt system of palace government. This insurrection was suppressed in a few hours with the loss of a few lives of insurgents. Although, after abortive trials for conspiracy, Wilcox and several of his partisans were triumphantly chosen to the legislature by the native vote of Honolulu, and the Reform cabinet went out, yet none yet establish herself in their confidence, having many qualities fitting her to do so. The serious distrust still felt by many of the whites is mainly due to her attitude after the Reform movement of 1887, and during the later reactionary proceedings of R. W. Wilcox in 1889. A bit of recent history must come in here. Exasperated and alarmed by a series of profligate and dangerous proceedings of Kalakaua during the preceding year, a united movement of the foreigners on June 30th, 1887, exacted from the King certain changes in the constitution, divesting him of nearly all his direct personal control in the government, which was placed in the hands of the cabinet, subject only to the legislature. The Heir Presumptive, who was visiting England at the time, felt that her brother had been weak in surrendering the prerogatives of the crown. It was most natural that she should be H.R.H. JOHN 0. DOMINIS, PRINCE CONSORT. of the attempted amendments to the constitution succeeded in the legislature. The Reform party broke down as a political combination, but their spirit prevails, and their work stands as the law of the kingdom. To this constitution the Heir Presumptive was understood to be strenuously opposed, as a great wrong and damage to royal prerogative and right. Her accession to the throne was consequently anticipated with much distrust by foreigners. In January last she was acting as regent. The King's return from San Francisco was daily expected. Although known to be in precarious health, no intimation had reached the public of the extremely critical state of his malady. For his welcome home a quite lavish decoration of palace, streets, and landingplace was nearly complete. Suddenly, on the morning of January 29th, the well-known U.S. cruiser Charleston |