CRISIS
IN NAVAL CONFERENCE.
COMPLETE DEADLOCK,
FRANCE BLAMES ITALY.
(THROUGH BEUTIN'S, AUSKOT,]
LONDON, March 13. A pessimistic view marks most of the Preas comments this morning on the prospects of a substantial Naval Conference agreement. It is recognised that a crisis has been reached which may prove fatal.
CHALLENGE TO
GOVERNMENT.
MR. BALDWIN'S VOTE OF CENSURE.
QUESTION OF IMPERIAL PREFERENCE.
(THROUGH NOTER'S AGENCY.]
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1930.
LONDON, March 13. "The Conservative vote of censuro to be moved by Mr. Baldwin in the House of Commons tonight de- plores the depression in trade and A further effort will be made the increase in unemployment re to-day to get out of the complete sulting from the Government's pre- deadlock which manifested itself absent policy, and regrets the Govern the close yesterday by exploring ment's refusal not only to extend new avenues which might lead to an agreement.
"K. Briand Depressed.
LONDON, March 12.. There is a distinct impression that to day has been one of the critical days, perhaps the most decisive in the whole course of the Conference. Mr. Briand, who was "depressed, told French journalists that the idea of a political pact was ruled out, which fast ruled out also the peasibility of substantial reduction in the French tonnage figures. M. Briand blames the Italians for not producing figures, but simply in sisting on parity with France.
It is understood that the absence of the Italian. figures was sharply raised at to-day's meeting of the beads of delegations, which the Italiana did not attend, and that Mr. Briand was informed that the Italians had been asked to produce, the figures.
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BUDGET FORECAST. THE INDIAN CRISIS. THE KUOMINTANG KWANGSI CAMPAIGN.
INCREASE OF £40,000,000,
NEW TAXES UNAVOIDABLE.
(BRITIAN WIRELESS SERVICE)
RUGBY, March 19 With the issue to-day of the Army Estimates for the year 1930-31, it is. now known what sum the Chancellor of the Exchequer will have to pro- vids to meet the Supply Services for the year. The Estimates are as follows:-
The Army: £40,300,000, a decrease of £43,000.
The Navy: £51,730,000, a decrease of £4,128,000.
The Air Force: £17,530,000, an
the safeguarding of imperial pre-increase of £1,630,000, ference, but éven to declare ita intentions in regard to the inaintea- ance of the existing safeguarding and the McKenna duties on sugar, sik, and the key industries, there by increasing the uncertainty and distress.
Civil Service votes: £183,685,000, an increase of £36,600,000,
The Daily Chronicle's political correspondent states that the MeKecau duties 02 imported motorcars and the duties on silk and artificial silk will be retained.
DEATH OF EARL OF COVENTRY.
Customs, Excise and Inland R renue: £12,134,600, an increase of £300,000,
The total is £417,009,000, showing total increase of nearly $5,000,000.
A Saving of £15,000,000. The exact amount of the debt and consolidated funds charges will not be disclosed until Budget day. In the last Budget provision, made for this expenditare, including sinking funds, amounted to £379,000,000.
In the coming financial year there
consolidated fund charges by pay- ments hitherto made to local taxa- tion on account of being transferred to civil estimates.
"FATHER OF THE HOUSE OF will be a saving of £15,000,000 in
LORDS."
`{THROUGH EKUTER'S AGENCY)] -
LONDON, March 13
ture under these heads would be
AMERICAN PROFESSOR SUPPORTS GANDHI..
REMARKABLE INCIDENT IN
BOMBAY.
{BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)
IN MALAYA.
FURTHER QUESTIONS IN COMMONS.
SIR CECIL CLEMENTI'S DESPATCH AWAITED."
(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENCY,}-
HEAVY FIGHTING EXPECTED.
[BOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
CANTON, March 13. Heavy fighting between the war- ring factions in Kwangsi is again threatened in the vicinity of SUD- BOMBAY, March 12
chow and Kweihsien, important points on the upper parts of the The opening day of civil dis
LONDON, March 12. West River, towards which the pro- obedience was wound up by a In the House of Commons to-day Nanking forces are converging. The Commander Kenworthy (Lab.) ask- | Kwangsi-" Ironside" coalition de mass meeting on the Esplanade ined for a further statement regard-fending these cities are well dug-in the evening.
ing the action of the Governor of | and show no sign whatever of yield- the Straits Settlements and High ing. Deep trenches have been dug The speakers included Dr. Her- Commissioner of the Malay States, on the outskirts, and it appears Sir Cecil Clementi, in suppressing that the insurgents will try to bert Miller, Professor of Sociology, the activities of the local Kuamin defend their positions at all costs. of Ohio, who is touring India with tang, and whether, in view of the Another big and probably the de- importance of the Chinese, com- visivo elash will take place either his wife. He said that the world †munity in the Colonies, it was proto-day or to-morrow, according to the last reports from the front. The was keenly watching Gandhi's posed to revoke the action.
Dr. Drummond Shields replied Canton Higher Ceramand has de novel experiment,' which was char-that the Kuomintang had for some clared that if Sunchow and Kwei- acteristic of the history of India. years not been accorded recogni haien are captured, the major part tion in the Malay States. Lord of the Kwangsi campaign will be It was bringing religion to the Passfield was communicating with over. solution of political problems. The the Governor on the matter, and success of the movement would be pending a receipt of the despatch, Dr. Shields said he was unable to India's greatest contribution to reply more fally. human affairs.
Prepared for Death.
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The "Ironsides and the Kwangsi troops are fighting under the most. adverse conditions according to information just received here, and Earl Winterton asked whether the Canton's cerial squadron has been House must understand that the inflicting telling blows. Unless the Government were putting pressure day is cloudy or rainy, no soldiers on the local Government to refrain | dare_to_encamp in the big cities, AHMEDABAD, March 12
from putting an end to the mis such as Sunchow, Nanning and Lju- Mahatma Gandhi gavo his "mea-chievous actions of this Communist chow, for fear of bombs being drop- ped. Some scores of houses, and Dr. Shields replied that Earnumerous civilians in these cities Winterton must not understand have been killed by the explosion of that.
aerial bombs.
sage of salt" to Aslali and a neigh bouring village At a meeting at Asali this evening he said that the salt tax was collected stealthily therefore it amounted to theft, and declared that for the removal of the salt tax they must be prepared for the worst, even death.
Gandhi said that the Govern ment had arrested' Vallibhai Patel
If other items in the consolidated Gloomy "Outlook.
The death is announced of the fund charges remain at last year's for his intention to address a pub- The atmosphere in French circles
The probable Earl of Coventry, "the father of gures, and provision for the sink-
lic meeting, and added: "Let the is distinctly gloomy The Power the House of Lords," and one of ing fund is not reduced, expendi- Government arrest me for actually treaty which may secure qualified the most famous sportsmen in 2364,000,000, which would bring the left the seminary, he hoped for doing so." He said that he had disarmament in the form of a boli-England,
The late Eary of Coventry was total expenditure in Mr. Snowden's good, and was addressing them pos- day in the building of battleships
forthcoming Budget to £782,000,000, sibly for the last time. He was and incorporate a considerable ninety-two years of age.
Compared with the tetal of amount of preparatory technical educated at Eton and Oxford, and work, which may smooth the "way was twice Captain of the Gentle-742,000,000 in the last Budget, this, to a future conference. Mr. Briand Ten-at-Arms. For many years he shows an increase of £40,000,000. believes that the Conference may
was Master of the Buckhounds. last another fortnight.
Hix son, Viscount Deerhurst, suc- ceeds to the title.
British Construction Stopped.
LONDON, March 12, In the House of, Commons at question time, Mr. A. V. Alexander stated that since January 1, 1928, His Majesty's Government had cancelled 68,000 tons of warship. construction. As far as he was aware, no tonnage had been cancell- ed by the other Powers.
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STRANGE REPORT ON PHIL SCOTT.
"HEART NOT NORMAL AND
BLOOD. SLUGGISH."
The £15,000,000 transferred to the civil estimates is attributable to the
relief of local taxation under the legislation of the late. Government. This can be met out of the relief suspense account, which at present has a balance of about £90,000,000. Twenty-five millions of the increas- ed expenditure would have to be niet out of the ordinary sources of "Whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he makes his Budget statement on April 14, will and it necessary to impose new taxation, is the subject of serious discussion in the Press.
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Commission's doctors about Scott. One doctor said that Sharkey was by far the finest conditioned of the many boxers in training at Miami, LINER'S VALUABLE CARGO. and that Scott was easily the worst.
Just before the great fight in which Phil Scott was knocked out Tonnage Deliberations. The Naval delegates with their in the third round a sensational experte met in Mr. Ramsay Mac-port was issued by the Boxing Donald's roon in the House of Com mons to-day, and dealt with the British and French toumage figures as collated and simplified at various meetings between Mr. Alexander, 1. Dumesnil and Mr. Dwight Morrow, this involving the pon tinuation of the conversations which have taken place in the interval be- tween the political, heads of the British and French navies. There was no hint that any decision in the matter would be brought up to
MOTTOW,
NEW PROHIBITION,
"PROBLEM.
IS THE BUYER GUILTY?
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
WASHINGTON, March 13. case of vital importance to millions of Americans has beco brought before the United States Supreme Court by the Department of Justice which is seeking a deci- sion as to whether the purchaser of intoxicating liquor as well as the vendor is guilty of a conspiracy to violate the law.
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Hitherto only the umnufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor have been considered indictable offences.
SOVIET TRADE MISSION TO AMERICA.
DETAINED AT ELLIS ISLAND.
(REUTER'S AMERICAY SERVICE.].
NEW YORK, March 13.. Twenty representatives of the Soviet Government who arrived aboard the Majestic yesterday. wene detained at Ellis Island.
A resume of the medical report says that Scott's body is soft and requires a hardening process, and that his heart is not quite normal.
His heart beat, the report con-. tinues, unlike that of Sharkey, does
not return
enough; his blood is sluggish, and to normal quickly his general reaction is sluggish. The doctors go,on to declare that Phil lacks proper co-ordination of mind and muscle, that his blood pressure is good, but not excellent. that his chest expansion is not good for a man of his height and reach and weight, and that as
& result his lung power is weaker than it should be..
M.P. REBUKED BY MAGISTRATE.
27 FINE AND A SUSPENDED
DRIVING LICENCE.
Mr. Derwent Hall Caine, M.F. for the Everton Division, who was summoned at Marlborough-street Police Court for driving his motor- car negligently in Oxford-street, declared: "I have never had any sport of summons like this in my life in any country in the world.
Mr. Knight, cross-examining, previous convictions for exceeding the speed limit.
asked Mr. Hull Caine about two
Mr. Hall Caine retorted that this
was a different type of offence.It was not dangerous driving.
£9,000,000 IN GOLD FROM AUSTRALIA.
Orderly Demonstrations. ⠀
NEW DELHI, March 12. Apart from a schoolboy's de- day of the civil disobedience cam nonstration at Bombay, the first
paign passed off without incident. There were orderly demonstrations in various parts of upper India, mainly limited to hoisting the nationalist flag, and speech-making and a demonstration by the New Delhi Oganised Youth League, which passed off peacefully. Prae fically no extra police precautions
were needed.
There have been practically no demonstrations at Labore, Amrit Har, or Rawalpindi, though the President of the Youth Lengue at Rawalpindi was arrested on charge of sedition.
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organisation!
STROLLING ON TOP OF R.100.
SIR DENNISTOUN BURNEY TRIES IT.
Three thousand feet, above the sea. Sir Dennistoun Burney had a thrilling adventure during the con- great flight of 54 hours." cluding stages of R100's recent
Fir. Dennistoun, who was respon sible for the construction of R. 100, journered along the top of the air shin from one end to the other, distance of 700 feet. By clinging grimly to a little rope be maintain ed a precarious foothold against a fierce wind. Accompanying him was Mr. N. S, Norway, chief en ginder to the Airship Guarantee Campany.
Many thrills are possible on air craft, but none more extraordinary The than a feat of this kind. vessel was flying at an air speed of 60 miles an hour when, past the petrol tanks, the ballast tanks, the huge gas bags, and all the other impediments, the two adventurers mounted inside, to the top of the. structure.
Clambering outside, they began their trin.
"Along the Cat-Walk.”
·RED FLAG IN KWANGSI,
A circular telegram has been issued by Li Teung Jen, Pei Toung Hai and Shiu Hung denouncing Li Ming Shui and Yu Tsok. Pak. telegram that Li nad Yu have The Kwangsi lenders say in the
formed a Soviet Government in
Luneghow in Western Kwangsi and their troops have adopted the red flag.
A PLEASANT UP-COUNTRY
PRISON.
According to a report from Toy shan district, the conditions in the local prison are so bad that out of a total of 200 prisoners, over fifty were taken ill in consequence of their imprisonment. Recently, the magistrate visited the prison and remarked that the place is too dirty, damp and unhealthy for human beings to live in. Measures are now being taken to improve conditions and the allowance for medical needs has been increased to $200 a month.
YOUNG AMERICAN'S
ROMANCE.
TER OF A HAWKER.
It is significant that the Muslim-
Sir Dennistoun later made light HIS BRIDE THE STEP-DAUGH- elected members of the Legislative of what had happened, but those Assembly on March 10, expressed who knew of his experience were unreserved opposition to Gandhi full of admiration for the coolness when they helped the Government | he, showed, to defeat a motion te discuss the arrest of Vallalbai Patel.
March Resumeḍ,
Axmedanad, March 15,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]'
SYDNEY, March 13. The liner Orford has sailed carry-
Gandhi resumed his March at six ing £2,000,000 in gold to assist in the balancing of Australian aterday, no crowd waited outside the
o'clock this morning. Unlike yes counts in London.
FLYING MILLIONAIRE LEAVES FOR TOKYO:"
(THROUGH REUTER = AGENCY.]
ARYA, March 13. Mr. Van Lear Black, the flying millionaire, took off to-day en route to Tokyo,
ENGAGEMENT-RING LAW.
BREACH DAMAGES FOR A
WIDOW.
Mrs. Louisa Hussey, a widow, was awarded £100 damage at the Northampton Assizes Civil Court Thomas Marriott, licensee of the last month against Mr. Henry County Cricket
Hotel, Northampton, for breach of pro-
mise.
Ground
Mr. Marriott is know to footbal
Mr. A. de Fleury, for the defence, lers and county cricketers if all asked Mr. Mead, the magistrate, to say that the offence was anPparts of England. Mrs. Hussey error of judgment..
Most Serious."!
Mr. Mead said he could not do The delegates claim they have that, Mr. Hall Caine would be fin- come to the United States to pured £7 and £3 costs. chase American machinery through the Autorg Corporation (a body formed to facilitate Anglo-Russian trado). The corporation, however, denies this.
NEW AMBASSADOR TO US.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.];
RUGBY, March 12.
was formerly resident manageress at the hotel.
Mrs. Hussey said that both in June 1824 and at Enster 1927 she and M, Marriott verbally agreed
to marry.
Mr. Marriott denied that any promise was made and counter- claimed for the return of jewellery.
rest-house to see him off, and he and seventy-nine companions had a elear road when they restarted for Bareja. seven miles away, where Gandhi is expected to speak.
RAILWAY STRIKERS AND POLICE,
FREE FIGHT NEAR BOMBAY. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BOMBAY, March 13. Two policemen and 60 strikers were injured in a fight in a shed at Byculla whero 200 Great Indian Peninsular Railwaymen were offer- ing passive resistance by lying prostrate and obstructing the loyal
workers.
Williamson, a rich American, arriv- Only a few hours after Mr. ed at Alness, Ross-shire, in a luxurious motor-car everyone knew that his son had proposed to Miss Charlotte Williamson, stepdaughter of a hawker, you
It was not in any spirit of bravado the plan was carried out. Sir Dennistoun not only felt that as the constructor of the airship he should be able to do what some of the flying men have to attempt in emer first hand and in the most thorough gener: he desired to ascertain at way the effects of wind resistance on Bride and bridegroom were dis the envelope. To get cut on toptantly related, but they had never
was necessary:
And next day the marriage took
wall. place before the Sheriff at Ding
wet Lefore.
DARING HOLD-UP IN SHANGHAI.
'DAYLIGHT ROBBERY ON - BUND.
THIEVES DECAMP WITH $46,000.
(Tancuan aurER'S AGEVOY.]
SILANGHAI, March 13.
A daring daylight robbery wIH. perpetrated on the Bund this after- noon when a messenger of the Joint Savings Society with an armed escort was held up by four despera- does.
After relieving the escort of their: weapons and seiring a sum of forty-six thousand dollars from the messenger, the desperadoes speed- ed off in a waiting motor-car. Up to now there have been no arrests..
THE PRICE OF VICTORY.
NANKING'S SUBSIDIES TO WARLORDS.
(THROUGH REETER'S AGENCY.]
PRING, March 19. Troops under Han Fa Chu and Shih Yu San" are pushing north- ward in the direction of Shansi presumably to attack the Shansi
troops.
received $5,000,000 from the Cen It appears that Yen Hsi Shan
tral Government last year to settle the Kuominchan rebellion. Yen gave only $300,000 to Han and Shih who were greatly dissatisfied with" so small share. Recently, Han and "Shih each received 81,000,000 - from the Central Government to turn against Ten and to attack the Shansi troops.
THE TWO. "DOUBTFUL"
GENERALS.
[NAVAL WIRELESS.]
According to a report received, it appears that Generals Han-Fu Chu and Shib Ya San have estab- lished their Headquarters at Hsin- hsiang and Changteh in Northern Нолас.
“EDWARD" AND "FANNY."
MAYORESS' MISTAKE AT
ROYAL FUNCTION.
"Charlie Windham, was captain of the Osborne, the Prince of "Wales' yacht, and we stayed with him occasionally. He told us that once when he took the Prince and Princess of Wales to. Dublin there was some civic function, and a hook was produced for royal signa- tures.
Running along the whole length Mr. Williamson, senior, left Scot- years of of R. 100's top is a cat walk" only land when he was two seven inches wide. Thoughfully age. He was taken to America, provided is a 700 feet length of where he worked hard and prosper rope which lica on the fabric and ed. in secured at intervals of about two Last month he returned to Scot-andra,' and timidly wrote "Fanny"
"After his Royal Highness and the Princess had signed, the Lady Mayoress was offered the pen. She glanced at the signatures just write n ten, 'Edward' and then 'Alex- below.
feet.
land. His object-highly romantic One or two highly-experienced object was to find a Scots wife This is one of the many stories members of the crew find it possible for his son and a Scots husband for that Mrs. Philip Martineau re- to stand upright on the top of the his daughter. He hired a car and counts in her new volume on hunt- vessel, but Sir Dennistoun Burney hurried through the countryside, ing ("Hunting and Hortes," wisely determined that his best plan trying to trace his relatives.
a Fox-Hunting Woman), And at Alness he found an aunt! was to crawl along. What it means
to meet wind pressure at 80 miles who introduced the family to Char an hour can be appreciated by lotto Williamson. anyone who attempts to do so even
in
Account.
A Fine Young Follow," car without a windscreen. But the foothold on the top of an air-mercial Hotel. Alness--which was Mr. A. Thomson, of the Com ship is a precarious thing, and the the visitors headquarters during The police arrested two of the height factor. has to be taken into their stay-said: leaders on charges of unlawful assembly and trespass. They ther their staves, upon which the strikers dispersed the passive resisters with are alleged to have stoned the police, and this led to a free-fight.
MAYOR OF CALCUTTA ARRESTED,
APPEAL FOR CIVIL RESISTANCE..
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"Decidedly Interesting."
strenuous enough, but the physical The first few moments were effort required reached its peak at a later stage, and fatigue develop éd.
Notwithstanding this, R.100's.com structor calmly took advantage of the aerial adventure to study at leisure the action of the wind on the outer cover. In particular he noted the effects caused on stream lining by the obstruction of his body.
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Everybody in Alness knows Char- lotte Williamson. She lived with hawker named Reid. her mother and stop-father, &
"It was easy to see that Mr. Williamson was a rich man when he arrived here, for he spent money freely. He was a pleasant man, too, and his son a fine, upstanding young fellow...
Bouquet of Humour.
Mrs. Martineau's book is a verit- able bouquet of humour, and can- not fail to amuse even those to special appeal. Foxhunting men whom the subject does not make a and women of all ages will delight
to read it.
Here is a story about Lord Char- les Beresford:-
"Aa" American friend of mine, the late Mr. Longyear, told me he was crossing in the same boat as Lord Charles, and a man who was anxious to make his acquaintance tipped the steward to place himself at the same table
"He started to make himself "It all seemed to happen in a agreeable: 'Say Lord Beresford,. ash-a case of love at first sight, that's a rank had seegar you're Miss Williamson's parents were de smoking-try one of mine.. lighted, and so was everybody else' | „Be in Alness
Balling Soon. Our only regret is that Miss understand the young couple are williameon, has left Alness. 1
(through erotze's AGENOT.]
"The experience was a decidedly "Mr. Hall Caine: I beg leave to"
interesting one," said Mr. Norway. appeal.
CALCETTA, March 13. Mr. Mead, I have not finished
Sengupta, the Mayor of Calcutta, Lynton, when Sir Dennistoun and The ship was over the sea, off, yet. I think it is a most serious It was stated in October last has refused to furnish bail on the I went on top. thing for police signals to bo dis-year Mr. Marriott, who was about warrant issued in Rangoon, and, "The cineman film taken from an ailing for America soon. But per- regarded. "His licence will be en-
sixty years of age, married another therefore, he has been put in tirplane on the last trip had shown down in Amerien, she will come over haps, when Charlotte has settled dorsed and suspended for one woman. Mrs. Hussey received a custody and directed not to leave certain undulations in the fabric, on visit month.
Pyring, and this she wore in the hotel bis. house until to-morrow when he but our observations proved that Mr. Hall Caine. Have you fiai- openly on her engagement finger.
Mr. George Munro, these undulations had been photo- the High-street, said will be conveyed to Rangoon,
a butcher in abed now, sir. I beg leave to ap- Mr. Justice Finlay, summing up, Addressing a public meeting last graphically exaggerated. At each Aye, I knew Charlotte wall, peal. May I say I think it is said if the ring was habitually night, Sengupta appealed for voluntransverse frame we paused to pit She was a good Insa to her mother iniquitous 1 ay
worn by Mra. Hussey on her eng. terra to join the Civil Resistance down for a rest. agement fager when in the hotel Army and to carry out Gandhi's "When, we reached the region of and step-father. She often helped in the presence of Mr. Marriott programme. He declared that be the fins, and were out of the full her step-father in his business." then that would constitute evidence hoped hofors he was taken from corroborating Mrs. Hussey's "con-Bengal that thousands, would come tention.AND
forward to convince him that The jury found for Mrs Hussey bureaucratic violence is no longer
going to win the day,
Sir Ronald Lindsay, the new Mr. Mend: You must not say British Ambassador to the United that. You must treat the court States in succession to Bir Eame with proper, respect. Howard, accompanied by Lady Mr. Hall Caine: I beg your par Lindsay, sailed from Southampton don, sir. in the Aquitania to-day to take up Mr. de Fleury gave notice of ap- his post.
pest
on the counterclaim.
force of the wind, wo sat for some
time admiring the wonderful view. experience so bad as we had ex- We had very little feeling of in- pected. It is far more terrifying to security, and we did not find the dwell upon from the ground, than (Continued at foot of next column). it actually proves in the air."
No Glad Bags. "However, he was not a bad f- low, and the voyage ended by Lord Charles asking him to dina the day after they landed. He protested that he had no glad rags with him.
The dinner went off well. Pre- Oh, come as you like! said, Lord. Charles, only come,?att
ently the American rosa to bis feet: 'Gentlemen, I see you all, gazing coldly at my blue suit, and truly I would wish to be dressed otherwise. But although I went round to all the costoomiers and second-hand clothes, shops to-day, I couldn't hire a dress suit any where for this evening, they all said the same thing that Lord Beresford was having a big dinner to-night,