Among the obsolete vessels of the British navy which are to be disposed of under the new scheme of vary reform is the Implacable, which, as the Dayu-y Trouin, fought as a French ship against us at Trafalgar and was afterward. exptured by us, She is a most interesting survival of the old three-deckers of th tron mate that it would be a grecefal act eighteenth century; and a suggestion has four Government in this year of th-centenary of Trafalgar to make her a present to France. On the whole the auggestion would appear to have been well received. Of course the gift would have to be made tactfully, or it might ba the appearance rather of glorifica ancient enemy than of friendliness and goodwill. I am not quite sure that Englishmen would altogether relish the offer an ancient enemy to mark the centenary of a great British def-at by the return of prizs, which would always apponr to us in tre light of " permanent token of our discomfiture. However, at present there are no mp8 that the French are inclined to look at the proposed gift in that light and it will certainly be a gaia to the world that this fine sp-dimen of the eighteenth cootury battleship should. be proeerved.
A Centenarian Benefactor. hundredth birthday of Sefior Manuel to celebrate on the 17th of March pte the Elaborate arrangements are being made
Garcia, the famous maestro and inventor of the laryngoscope. He is to be presented ith @ number of addresses, the most imseed of which will be from the Royal before which he read his notable paper_of Physiological Observations on the Human Voice" just fft and he is to be presented with ile porteeie by the foremost portrait printer of the day, and entertained at a dinner, at which expected to make a speech—for he excellent health and vigour, considering years. It into seldom that! we have anopportunity to celebrate the centenary of a ving man of eminence that the event is naturally engaging a large amount of attention. TheJonly two other cases o can remember in the country in recent years are Sir Prove Wallis and Sir Moses Mi Garcia is not only" but & wonderful linguist. He peake French and German an walla: Spanish and English quently, and has some knowledge of German."
Obituary. srcok by the death of Mr. G. Lil. Houghton:
Art has suffered two serious losses this R.A., and Mr. Robert Brough, the latter of whom succumbed to injuries sus ta the terrible railway accident which occurred Inst week between Leeds and Sheffield. Mr. Houghton wns generally Sieth, having been born me Novainy, Englishm
Anoth"r death which has eared widespread regret. especially Bcrtiand, is that of Lord Kinross, one the' greatest ornaments cottisn Bench before his elevation to stich he had achieved a reputation in the Bouse of Commons as Mr. J. B. Balfour, He was Lord Justion General of Scvtland and Lord President of the Court of Sensions; his official title on the Bench being e Hon. Lor! Blair Balfour." The Scottish law titles are a fearful atumbli block to Englishmen. There is, for inz stance, that universal genius, the Right Hon. Sir J. H. Macdonald, who the other day pronounced an eloquent cul: on his deceased colleague. variously nown as the Lord Justice Clerk Lord Kingsburgh, and Sir John Macdonald.
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