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19. The third annual match from Dover to Heligoland, for a gold cup given by the German Emperor, won by Mr. F. B. Atkinson's schooner Charmian, 175 tons. Thirteen boats started.

— An advance guard of the American troops in the Philippines narrowly escaped a serious disaster in marching upon the town of Imus. After a long and unopposed march through a swamp, they found them- selves surrounded by the insurgents, who were with difficulty kept at bay until the arrival of relief.

20. The referendum on the Australasian federation question taken in New South Wales, and resulted in a large majority in favour of the proposal, 107,274 being for it, and 72,701 against.

— Admiral de Cuverville, head of the French General Naval Staff, superseded for breach of discipline by endorsing the criticisms of a deputy on the naval administration.

— The civil list pensions granted during the year were : —

Mr. Joseph Wright, D.G.L., 2001., in consideration of his services, to phil- ology, especially as editor of the English Dialect Dictionary. Laura Abbie, Lady Alabaster, 1001., widow of Sir Chaloner Alabaster,

K.C.M.G., formerly consul-general at Canton. Miss Emma G. Armstrong and Miss Julia A. Armstrong, 251., daughters of

Dr. Robert Archibald Armstrong, the Gaelic lexicographer. Mr. Charles Ash ton, 401., for his services to Welsh literature. Mrs. Hannah Maria Bates, 601., in consideration of the merits of her late

husband, Mr. Harry Bates, A.R.A., as a sculptor. Miss Eliza Paton Hill Burton, 651., daughter of Dr. John Hill Burton, the

historian of Scotland. Mr. Edward Dalziel, 1001., for his services to wood-engraving and the art of

illustration. Mrs. Lucie Kanthack, 601., widow of Dr. Alfred A. Kanthack, Professor of

Pathology in Cambridge University. Mrs. Maria Kingsford, 1001., widow of Dr. William Kingsford, the Canadian

historian. Mrs. Marian Charlotte Malleson, 1001., daughter of Colonel Bruce Malleson,

an Indian and military historian. Mr. John Payne, 1001., in recognition of his literary work. Mrs. Louisa Mary Rawson-Walker, 1001., widow of Mr. Edward Henry

Rawson- Walker, consul at Manilla. Mrs. Mary Ellen Robinson, 401., for the services rendered to music in Ireland

by her late husband, Mr. Joseph Robinson. Dr. Francis Steingass, 251., for his services to Oriental scholarship in

England. Mrs. Mary Matilda Tayler, 251., and Mrs. Maroia Louisa Tyndale, 251.,

daughters of Dr. Alfred Edersheim, a theologian and Biblical critic. Mrs. Annie Matilda Gleeson White, 851., widow of Mr. Joseph Gleeson

White.

21. At the Oxford Commemoration honorary degrees conferred on the Earl of Elgin, Lord Kitchener, Mr. Cecil Rhodes, and others, the last named having been opposed by a considerable number of resident graduates.

— In the House of Commons the Under Secretary for War intro- duced the Military Works Loan Bill for upwards of 4,000,0001. to pro- vide barracks and defence works at home and abroad.

22. After much delay and difficulty, M. Waldeck-Rousseau succeeded in constituting a Cabinet of strong Republicans, whose names were approved by the President. .

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