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the Sacrament, in revising the draft of a declara- the articles in the book known tion referring to the Pope's Bull on Anglican Orders. He then went to church, and while kneeling in prayer, fell senseless. He was at once removed, but expired almost immediately.

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a beautiful death, although Her Majesty described it as "awful," which, no doubt, in a sense it was, for it is always awful to be reminded that in the midst of life we are in death; still, as we all must die, it would be very difficult indeed to find a more ideal method of quitting the world than that which was graciously accorded to Archbishop Benson, His death threw upon Lord Salisbury and the Queen the duty of providing

for his successor, and this they did with commendable promptitude and despatch, by selecting as the new Primate Dr. Temple, the Bishop of London. The Archbishopdesignate is a man of seventyfive years of age, who has administered for more than a dozen years one of the most difficult dioceses in the kingdom. He has worn out his eyes in doing so, but otherwise his physical powers are unimpaired. The new Primate is a very demon for work, and with a great capacity for ignoring everything that is not concerned with his work. It is said that he follows Mr. Balfour's example. in never reading the papers,

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and Reviews." Liddon, however, insisted that he was of all others the man for London, and as the Canon kept my conscience on ecclesiastical matters in those days, I wrote strongly in the Pall Mall Gazette advocating Dr. Temple's nomination. A day or two afterwards I received an intimation that the nomination was excellent, but that in all It probability I had destroyed Temple's chances. was, therefore, with some relief that I heard shortly afterwards that he was after all to be the new Bishop. I never met him until just before the

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HAWARDEN CHURCH, THE SCENE OF THE LATE ARCHBISHOP'S FATAL SEIZURE.

and he immerses himself in the labours of his diocese to an extent which causes him to be almost a waste force for all causes that lie outside Church and Temperance work.

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I well remember when Dr. Temple was Personal first nominated for the See of London. Reminiscence. The Bishop had just died, and I was taking Canon Liddon out for his usual Monday's constitutional along the Embankment. We were

discussing the question of who should be the new Bishop. Canon Liddon very strongly advocated the appointment of Dr. Temple, who was then Bishop of Exeter. This rather surprised me, because there had been a great outcry on the part of High Churchmen against his appointment to Exeter, owing to the fact that he had written one of

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publication of "The Maiden Tribute." I wrote and asked for his assistance in the work I was undertaking, as I had previously written to Cardinal Manning and Archbishop Benson. His letter characteristic, and his interview was still more so. He marched upstairs with his walkingstick, and dropped somewhat heavily into an easy-chair. "Well," said he, bluntly, "what do you want me to do?" I explained. He listened attentively. "Is that all?" said he. "Yes," I said. "All right," said he, "I can do that; I will help you." And off he went downstairs again. The interview was brief enough in all conscience, but we had both said all we wanted to say, and the Bishop saw me through that business right well. He served on the Mansion House Committee with the Archbishop,

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the Cardinal, Samuel Morley, and Sir R. T. Reid, and throughout the whole of the subsequent agitation, although we never met again, he was very staunch and true. That brusque manner of his stands in of popularity, which a more suave demeanour might command, but every one respects him. By universal consent, the verdict of the schoolboy at Rugby who wrote to his father that " Temple was a beast, but a just beast," has been accepted as true of the new Primate of the Church of England. It will be his duty to preside as Primate over the celebration of the thirteen-hundredth anniversary of the landing of St. Augustine, and he will have an onerous and responsible position to discharge when he presides over the Bishops of the Pan-Anglican Synod. In his administration there will be plenty of the fortiter in re, but the suaviter in modo will probably be to seek.

The New Bishop of London.

Dr. Temple's successor to the diocese of London is Dr. Creighton, the Bishop of Peterborough. Dr. Creighton is a historian, a courtier, and a man of the world, who has a good record, a good constitution, and has now got a splendid chance of making his mark in the Church. A year or two ago a well-known leader of the Fabians said to me, "When the Socialist millennium dawns in England, we shall make Bishop Creighton the Archbishop of Canterbury." He has not had to wait so long as the Socialist millennium for the promotion to the See which has often served as a stepping-stone to the throne of Augustine. The new Bishop was sent to Moscow to represent the English Church at the Coronation of the Tsar. Last month he delivered an address at Northampton on his visit, from which it is evident that he was immensely impressed by Moscow, and he came home, like almost every other Englishman who has been to Russia, filled with considerable disgust at the idiotic presumption with which many speakers on English platforms arrogate to themselves the right to interfere with the internal government of Russia. Russia," said Bishop Creighton, "did not appreciate having her business managed by public meetings in England." He was delighted with Russia, and immensely impressed with the enthusiasm and the fervent piety of the people. It will be interesting to see whether Dr. Creighton will attempt to establish any friendly relations between himself and the lay bishops of his diocese-the editors of the great daily papers. Bishop Temple left them severely alone, as indeed is too much the habit of ecclesiastics generally. Since Cardinal Manning died the

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journalists of London have been without a bishop or any cleric who cared for their souls.

The Famine in India.

The stock illustration which always occurs to the mind when speaking of the extraordinary solidarity of mankind, is Gibbon's remark about the action of a Tartar Khan in the heart of Asia raising the price of herrings in the London market; but it would seem as if we are now face to face with quite as extraordinary an illustration of the unity of the race, The threatened famine in India has sent up the price of bread in London, and appreciably affected the chances of the Presidential candidates of the United States of America. The discovery that India, instead of exporting food, would require to import it in order to stave off famine for her own population, has sent up the price of wheat at New York to such an extent as to make all the difference between prosperity and penury on the part of many a Western farmer. As silver has fallen at the same time that wheat has gone up, it would seem as if the stars in their courses, or at any rate the rainfall and sunshine of India, have combined to explode one of the favourite doctrines of the Free Silver men. The famine in India is quite serious enough, however, to command attention on its own ground quite apart from the effect it will have on the price of wheat in London or votes in America.

Rhodes in his Shirt.

News from South Africa continues to be distinctly good. The Matabele war is. sputtering itself out, and President Kruger and his Boers are proving to all the world by their reactionary legislation that their ideas are incompatible with South Africa. The two patriots who refuse to sign a petition, ostracizing themselves from political action for life in the Transvaal, are still left in gaol. They have now been twenty weeks in prison, and may have to stay there until the necessary revolution is effected which will bring the government of the Transvaal into accord with the principles of civilised governments elsewhere. The dispute about railways has been settled by the intervention of Mr. Rhodes, who, although neither Managing Director nor Prime Minister, is regarded throughout the whole of South Africa as being more than ever the typical representative of England. At the beginning of the year I ventured to say that, if you put Cecil Rhodes down in South Africa, stripped of all his honours and dignities, without a penny in his pocket, Rhodes in his shirt would very soon wield all the power and influence which Rhodes the millionaire Minister had exercised so long.

Everything that has happened of late tends to justify our confidence in the shirted Rhodes. His return to the Cape Colony is likely to be very much that of a triumphal procession, and any one who calculates upon obtaining prestige for himself by scoring off Rhodes will probably find he has reckoned without his host.

The New Cape Tariff.

At Cape Town a vigorous agitation is on foot against the taxes on food. The new tariff, which has been drawn up as the result of the Customs Union between the Colony and the Free State, has created considerable dissatisfaction, inasmuch as while the general reduction of the ad valorem rate is from twelve to nine per cent., the duties on meat, grain, and flour remain untouched. This, of course, is due to the power of the Dutch farmers, who are Protectionists to a man, not even the terrible devastation caused by the rinderpest being sufficient to open their eyes to the need of free imports of meat.

The Select Committee

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the Raid.

There is a great deal of what might be called sub-surface agitation in London concerning the approaching inquiry into the origin and antecedents of the Jameson raid. It is a thousand pities that there should be any such public inquiry into the ramifications of what was in reality a patriotic conspiracy intended to prevent a great Imperial danger. Imagine what a position we shall be in if, when Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Chamberlain are put on their defence for having connived, to put it mildly, at preparations to overthrow the corrupt and tyrannical Government at Pretoria, they were to produce the evidence, of which there is no lack, as to the intrigues which have been going on between President Kruger and the Germans. If such evidence is not produced, then the Select Committee will have to pronounce judgment when imperfectly acquainted with the dominant facts of the situation. If, on the other hand, it is produced, it is easy to see what trouble may be brewing for us in Europe. From an Imperial point of view it would be much better for both Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Rhodes to go to Holloway along with "Dr. Jim," rather than have the whole of this dangerous and combustible matter exposed to the rough handling of the Select Committee on which Mr. Labouchere is one of the leading members. Mr. Chamber-Meantime Mr. Chamberlain has been lain as Lord elected Lord Rector of Glasgow UniverRector. sity, and as he will have to prepare a Rectorial Address he might do worse than select as his subject the extremely practical and interesting

theme of the Solidarity of the Individual. "Is the unity of human personality like the unity defined in the Athanasian Creed?"--that is to say, is man one and indivisible, or can he be split into two or more separate and independent personalities, each with its own set of responsibilities and obligations? Mr. Chamberlain could illustrate this somewhat abstruse theme with copious references to recent events in South Africa and London, which would no doubt make his Rectorial Address extremely valuable, not merely to students but to statesmen, and especially to the members of the Select Committee. The East

Bradford Election.

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Cartoon.

By the sudden death of Mr. Byron Reed a vacancy has been created in East Bradford, the Unionist seat being exposed to a Liberal attack. After much hesitation, the Liberals selected Mr. Billson as their candidate. Mr. Keir Hardie is standing on his own account in the name of the Independent Labour Party, while Mr. Greville is in the field on behalf of the Unionists. Owing to the fact that there has been no bye-election for many months, and that this is the first appeal to a constituency since the retirement of Lord Rosebery, exceptional interest attaches to the struggle. The German Emperor has once more been Kaiser's demonstrating his skill with the pencil, and I reproduce on the next page his latest attempt to portray, in pictorial fashion, the present position of European civilisation. The fiends from the nether pit are writhing in fiery slime below the steps leading to the Temple of Peace, where the Kaiser, I presume, stands sword in hand, keeping guard over the peace of the world. It is an excellent thing that the Kaiser should thus portray himself, not so much as the war lord, but as the sentinel of peace. It is to be hoped that the rival claims of the Tsar and the Kaiser to the proud position of the peace-keeper of Europe may not lead to trouble. The Kaiser is disposed to play the part of the patronising uncle to the Tsar, and that is one of those things which he ought to know, from his own experience, a young man most resents. It would, however, be an immense blessing if the Kaiser could satisfy his ambitions by pictorial representations of his exploits. He has long been recognised as a born editor, and now it is evident that he could not only edit but illustrate his own journal. His Imperial Majesty has also one great qualification for such a post: he can unite the functions of a lightning artist with that of a first-class propounder of conundrums. Every one who looks at this picture will explain it in a different way.

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EVENTS OF THE MONTH.

Ot. 1. Armenian Indignation Meetings throughout the country.

held

Fatal Accident in the Pacific Squadron on Sep-
tember 6th reported.

Armenian Revolutionists addressed a last appeal
to the Embassies of the Great Powers.
Strikes broke out in the coal mines of North
Bohemia.

A malignant Fever reported to have carried off
10,000 people in Central Asia during the last
two months.
Congregational Union, at Leicester, pledge 1
itself to work for a universal system of Free
Unsectarian Schools.
Worcester Diocesan Conference resolved in
favour of Rate-aid for Voluntary Schools.
Imperial Iradé ordered the formation of a
Flotilla for defence of the Dardanelles.
Deputation of the Cabdrivers' Trade Union
received at the Home Office.

2. Powder Magazine exploded at Bulawayo.

General Amnesty again promised by the Sultan. The Sultan's Special Commissioners recalled

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Said Khalid, the usurper of Zanzibar, prote ted by German soldiers, conveyed to the German East Africa coast.

Arrests and expulsions continued in Turkey. First sod cut for the foundation of a Memorial to John Wycliffe at Lutterworth.

3. William Morris died at Hammersmith.

4. Demonstration at Trafalgar Square to protest against the present cab system.

Winter Session of Toynbee Hall inaugurated. 5. Nonconformist demonstration against the Armenian Horrors held in the City Temple.

First Huxley Lecture given at Charing Cross
Hospital.

Mr. Asquith declared himself unable to pro-
nounce upon the merits of the Cab Strikers'
demands.

National Free Labour Association Conference opened at Manchester.

The Tsar and Tsaritsa received by M. Faure at Cherbourg.

6. Armenian Indignation Meetings held in Sheffield and Manchester.

The Church Congress convened at Shrewsbury. The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants met at York.

William Morris buried at Kelmscott.

Lord Rosebery resigned the Leadership of the
Opposition.

Guayaquil, Ecuador, nearly destroyed by Fire. 7. Severe fighting reported from Cuba.

8. George du Maurier died.

9. Cabmen's Union decided to continue strike.
The Porte's claim to search foreign steamers
for Armenians rejected by the Council of
Ainbassadors, who also call attention to the
unbearable condition of Crete.

The Armenian clergy refused to sign the
Address to the Sultan.

10. The Tsar and Tsaritsa arrived at Darmstadt.
11. Government called upon by an Open-air Meet-
ing in Hyde Park to end the Armenian
Massacres.

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opposition of the National Vigilance Association and Social Purity Association. The German Emperor received an Autograph Letter from the Sultan.

The Extradition of Patrick Tynau refused by the French Government.

New Press Law and the Alien Expulsion Bill enacted in the Transvaal.

The National Agricultural Union discussed a new programme.

The Postmaster-General received a deputation from the National Agricultural Union, alvocating Parcel Post Reforms.

An attack by Natives upon the Sanari Station on the Quetta Railway reported. Wedza's stronghold captured by Lieut.-Col. Baden-Powell after two days' fighting. Funeral Services for the Archbishop of Canterbury held in the Principal Churches, as well as at Canterbury. Meetings in varions

Armenian situation.

Towns discussed the

SUN-YAT-SEN.

The Imprisoned Chinaman.

(Photograph by Taber, San Francisco.)

Safe conduct granted by the Sultan to Armenian wives and children whose husbauds or fathers are in America.

Estimated that 16,000 cattle died during September in the Mafeking district. Further outrages committed by the Marri tribe. 17. Greek Officers who deserted to assist the Cretans acquitted by the Court Martial.

The Sultan again declared his intention of enforcing the Anatolia Reforms.

Marble Bust of the Duke of Cambridge unveiled
in the Guildhall.

National Meeting held at St. James's Hall to
Protest against Armenian Massacres

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27.

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Temple, Bishop of London nominated Archbishop of Canterbury.

Ambassadors met in Constantinople to consider
the situation.

Assassination of Mgr. Bartolomeos attempted in
Constantinople.

The Lord Mayor-Elect received Her Majesty's
approval of his election from the Lord Chan-
cellor.

Report that Spain has not funds to continue the
Cuban War denied by the Spanish Minister.
Li Hung Chang appointed Chinese Minister for
Foreign Affairs.

Mrs. Creighton presided at the Opening of the
Annual Conference of the National Union of
Women Workers at Manchester.
Re-opening of the French Chamber.

Letter from Mr. Gladstone read at an Armenian
Mass Meeting in New York

Because of non-payment of wages the men in the Constantinople Arsenal stopped work. Several Native Chiefs offered to surrender in consequence of the destruction of their strougholds by Lieutenant-Colonel Baden-Powell. 28. A communication from the Porte explaining the present collecting of funds was received by Turkish Embassies abroad.

29. Three thousand cab-drivers called out by the Drivers' Union in London.

The Woman's Suffrage Bill passed by the
Victorian Legislative Council.

30. Resolutions urging Government Aid for Elementary Schools passed by the National Society.

Mr. Chamberlain received at Birmingham a
Deputation from the National Union of School
Teachers praying for a Scheme for the Super-
annuation of Teachers.

Lord Knutsford appointed a Trustee of the
National Gallery.

The Report of the Committee on the Mercantile
Marine Fund issued.

A Marine Laboratory opened at St. Andrews by
Lord Reay.

The Madagascar Minister of the Interior and
Prince Ratsimananga executed for complicity
in the Rebellion.

31. Report of Welsh Land Commission published. Mr. Chamberlain elected Lord Rector of Glasgow University.

Archbishop Temple opened the Pepys Mission
House and Clubs at Westminster.

Lord Wolseley opened a new Drill-hall and
Buildings of the Tower Hamlets Roya)
Engineer Volunteers at Bethnal Green.

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SPEECHES.

Oct. 1. Mr. Asquith, at Leven, on the Eastern
Situation.

Sir Edward Clarke, at Plymouth, on the
Armenian Question.

Mr. Bryce, at Aberdeen, on British Foreign
Policy.

Lord Londonderry, as Chairman of the London
School Board, on the work of that Board.
Lord Cross, at Bradford, on the necessity of
Secondary Education.

2. Lord Justice Lindley, at St. Thomas's Hospital; on the Opposition to Vivisection.

R. Cooke, M.P., before the Royal Horticultural
Society, on Cider-Making Industry.

Baron F. de Rothschild, at Aylesbury, on the
Armenian Question.

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, at Carlisle, on the Evacua-
tion of Egypt.

Mr. Diggle on the Education Question.

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Italian Ambassador denounce i to the l'orte the insolence of his Minister of Police. Nelson's Monument in Trafalgar Square decorated by the Navy League.

13. Opening of the Incorporated Law Society Congress at Birmingham.

Emperor Nicholas visited the German Emperor. Li Hung Chang arrived in Pekin.

Sir H. H. Kitchener and staff arrived in Cairo. Lord Dufferin presented his letters of recall to President Faure.

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A Mohammedan Poll-tax levied, and other taxes increased by the Sultan.

23.

The Funeral Services of George du Maurier took place at Hampstead Church.

24.

Final Peace conference with the Matabele chiefs.

14. Resolutions regretting Lord Rosebery's Resig-
nation passed
by the National Liberal
Federation.

Licences granted to the Oxford Music-ball, 25.
Empire and Palace Theatres, in spite of the

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Sun-Yat-Sen liberated from the Chinese Lega-
tion upon Lord Salisbury's order.
Marriage of the Prince of Naples with Princess
Helen of Montenegro celebrated in Rome.
Foundation-stone of a Public Library laid at
Dulwich by Sir Heury Irving.

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Lord Halifax, at Shrewsbury, on the Pope's Letter concerning Anglican Orders.

Mr. John Daly, at Limerick, on Justice for the Treason-felony Prisoners.

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