Tt wants still four weeks (o the Corona-ion, but distinguished Colonial ant for: stant parts of the world are arti almost daily. Indian Rajahs with more or less unpronounceable names are ready here in numbers, the only one of them of whom the British public knows a worth mentioning being Sir Pertab Singh, Rajah of Tdar, who got h's K.C.B. after his retura' from China last year, and who has been made an A.D.C. to-the King, having formerly served him in that cap city when His Majesty was Prince of Wales. Prince Chen arrived at Dover and came on to London yesterday. He, like the Rajahs, not at present accorded the full honours of a Coronation guest, for h" has arrived too soon for tha'; but the King's Master of the Ceremonies, Sir W. J. Colville, was at the station to greet him, and of course Sir Hulliday Macartney and the staff of the Chinese; Legation in London were there as well, except for Sir Chih Chen, who is unwell, and his successor, who has slot yet received his credentials. The Prince will have his headquarters at the Hotel Cecil, but will, it is understood, make a tour of the principal towns of England in the month which precedes the great ceremony. Another interesting visitor is King Lewanika, the paramount chief of the Royal Barstsis, who will possibly be the only King besides King Edward in the Royal procession, since it is not the custom for European' sovereigns to attend each others' coronations. Lewanika was guilty of shocking cruelties before he submitted himself to the overlordship of the British sovereign, but he 13 said to be a "reformed character" now though he has never adopted Chiistianity. He encourages conversion among his subjects, but he objects to embrace the true religion himself because it would involve the putting away of eleven of his twelve wives, The First Test Match, The first of the five matches between Australia and All England began yesterday at Birmingham, and so far it has been prolific of sensations, First the three geant English " batsmen, MacLaren, Fry and Ranjitsinhji were ' all out when the score had' reached 33, of which they three had contributed 22. Thing: looked very bad for England then; but owing largely to a fine innings of 138 by 'Tyldesley (who, however, was twice badly' missed at. 43). The score was taken up to 351 for nine wickets when stumps were drawn for the day. 'This morning rain fell heavily, and it was nearly three before a start was made. Then, when Crockwood and Rhodes, the two "not-outs" had added another 25, MacLaren declied, the Australians went to the wickets, and in' little more than an hour and a-hale were all out for 36. To-morrow, with ten wickets to fall, they have 33% runs to make to avert a single innings defeat; and they have now shown such wonderful powers of pulling a match out of the fire that no one would like to bet much against a draw even, if the weather should be fine. Of course the match will be in no sense 'a test," since the visitors have had all the bad luck but it will nevertheless raise our hopes of gaining at least the "rub," and it isa triumph for Rhodes, to whose bowling the Australian collapse was mainly due.
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