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Lord Brassey's Arrest, Germany's spy-manis has led to many unwarrantable incidents, bat the arrest of Lord Brassey on a charge of espionage surely breaks the record, remarks the Globe, Lord Brassey is known the world over as a navigator, and his arrest on such a charge would be ridiculous enough even in a small fishing harbour, At a naval centre like Kiel it can; only be ascribed to the blunder-- ing of an over-officions police- men. His Lordship is such a good sportsman that the incident is not likely to r the amenities of the Anglo German navel reunion at Kiel. But we can hardly conceive of a similar happening at a British naval centre.

H.M.S. Terrible for Sale. B.M.S. Terrible is for sale. The protected cruiser from which Capt. (now Admiral) Sir Percy Scott landed the guns which saved the situation at the siege of Ladysmith, is to be sold out of the navy." A sister ship of the Powerful, now in use BA a boys' training-ship at Devonport, the Terrible was built at a cost of £740,584, at Glasgow, where she was launobed in 1895, and com- -plated in 1898. Her indicated horse power on her original trials was £6,752, giving a speed of -22.41; and her original armament of two 9.2 inch and twelve 6-inch guns was strengthened in 1902.4 by the addition of four 6-inch gans in casemates on the upper

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