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1894, March 12th (W. E. Gladstone). LADY ALICE PORTAL (now REYNTIENS).

vices of her late husband, Sir Gerald Herbert Portal, K.C.M.G., C.B. 150J."
 * ' In recognition of the distinguished ser-

Gerald Herbert Portal (1858-94), diplo- matist. June, 1882, he was attached to the Consulate-General at Cairo, and was present at the bombardment of Alexandria. In the summers of 1886 and 1887, during Lord Cromer's absence, he took charge of the Resi- dency. On October 17th, 1887, he was ordered to attempt a reconciliation between the King of Abyssinia and the Italian Govern- ment (' D.N.B.,' vol. xliii.).

1894, June 19th (Earl of Rosebery). MRS. ALICE MARGARET HASSALL (now PHILIP).

"In consideration of the services of her late husband, Dr. Arthur Hill Hassall. 50Z."

Dr. Hassall, born at Teddington, 1817, died April 10th, 1894 (Lancet, April 14th, 1894). Most eminent chemist of his time, he" became associated with the Lancet Analytical Sani- tary Commission, 1851-4, which led to the framing of the Adulteration Act of 1860, and finally to the adoption of the Foods and Drugs Act, 1875.

1900, March 13th (Marquis of Salisbury). MR. CHARLTON JAMES WOLLASTON.

" In recognition of his services in connexion with the introduction of submarine tele- graphy. 100Z."

1900, March 21st (Marquis of Salisbury). EMMA LADY ELLIS.

" In consideration of the public services, in West Africa, of her late husband, Lieut.-Col. A. B. Ellis, C.B., and of her inadequate means of support. 30Z."

1900, May 25th (Marquis of Salisbury). MRS. ELIZA ARLIDGE.

"In consideration of the labours of her late husband, Dr. John Thomas Arlidge, in the cause of industrial hygiene, arid of her straitened circumstances. 50/."

Born at Chatham, 1822; died October 27th, 1899. Author of 'State of Lunacy in the Legal Provision for the Insane,' 1859, and of the best treatise on the diseases of occupa- tions 'Pluinbism,' 4 Phosphorism v '&c. (Lancet obituary notice, November 4th, 1899).

1901, February 13th (Marquis of Salisbury). MRS. MARY JANE LITTLE. "In recognition of the services rendered

by her late husband, Mr. William Cutlack Little, in the investigation of rural and agri- cultural problems. 501."

PUBLIC SERVICE (POLICE). 1872, June 18th (W. E. Gladstone).

Miss SARAH FANNY MAYNE (now MRS. MALDEN).

u In consideration of the personal services of her late father, Sir Richard Mayne, K.C.B., to the Crown, and of the faithful performance of his duties to the public. 90J."

Sir Richard Mayne (1796-1868), Police Com- missioner. Educated at Trinity College, Dub- lin, graduated B.A. ; then at Trinity College, Cambridge ; called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1822. On the institution of the Metropolitan Police, 29th of September, 1829, Col. (after- wards Sir) Charles Rowan and Mayne were appointed joint commissioners, and on the resignation of the former in 1850 the latter became Chief Commissioner, the number of police under his command reaching about seven thousand men. For his services, in- cluding those on the day of the Chartist meeting on Kennington Common on the 10th of April, 1848, he was on the 29th created a C.B., and on the close of the 1851 Exhibition was made K.C.B. He was injured in the Hyde Park riots in July, 1866. There is a monument to him at Kensal Green ( l D.N.B.,' vol. xxxvii.).

MESSENGERS.

1880, January 26th (Earl of Beacon sfield). Miss LOUISA EMILY VARGAS and Miss HEN- RIETTA VARGAS.

" In consideration of the long and merito- rious services of their father, the late Mr. Peter Vargas, Superintendent of the Parlia- mentary Messengers under the Secretary to the Treasury. 25. each."

This Civil List forms an extremely inter- esting record of many of the most important events of the nineteenth century. We get a glimpse of Napoleon and Sir Hudson Lowe at St. Helena, of the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, the bombardment of Alexandria, the Phoenix Park assassinations, the institution of our Metropolitan Police, and, in the more peaceful portion of the record, the 1851 Exhibition, submarine telegraphy, the forma- tion of the Suez Canal, and the discovery of the sources of the Nile ; while under Litera- ture, Science, and the Fine Arts we find many of the illustrious names of the past sixty years,.