The partition of Bengal wi off without spite of the dense crowds of people who thronged the bathing ghats, the streets, and squares from early dawn to near midnight. the greater te owners joining throng, or discussing. matters little groups out of the way of the press and trafic. The crowd seemed entirely: good-tempered and orderly, but neverthe-the din was deafening, individuals groups shouting to each other un-ingly their watchword. A large mass ing was advertised in a quarter known as the Bagh Bazaar and thither the dense crowds wended their way, tood in interminable lines, tram in procession: incessantly patriotic songs, gr yh other and the stray Europeans they might meet with the inevitable motto "Baud Mataram (ie, Holy Word). The scene in the Bagh Bazaar itself was beyond description, here and there an orator arose, arresting listeners for a short time, but surely in the end, every member of the unrest in, crowd made its way to a certain building where each paid in hi to "the National Fund. In some very real way, aurevealed to denser western minds, the people of Bengal are touched, and that deeply, by the dividing of their motherland; they will soon no doubt settle down: and forget all this vague unrest, on discovering that everything goes on exactly as before, in spite of @ new name being weitton sorose the map of Northern himself we must shortly. past.with, The King has paid him o graceful compliment which none grudge him at this hour, in requesting His Excellency to remain in office during the visit of H.R.H. the Prince and Princes of Wales' to this country. Lotd Curzon must then retire, leaving behind him a rejuvenated administration, which has been reorganised in a doz important directions. 'The beneficial fects of reform cannot be imme ly judged of, the softening finger of time alone can' divulge the secret of His Excellency's success or failure; only when viewed in the blue mists of distance can India determine if she now bids farewell to one of the greatest: of her Vicoroya, Lord Curzon is undoubtedly a great and strong ruler, and must pay the penalty. greatness by awakening hatred and envy in many lesser breasts. All such as can-detach themselves from such unworthy: motives view with dismay the hasty terruption of His Excellency's career in the East. Farewell entertainments have thronged thick, and native potentates have taken an unusual amount of trouble, vieing with one another to pay homage to the "Sotting Sun," which is not by any means as a rule an Indian trait. The. many able speeches of Lord Curzon at-this crisis, epitomes of tact and learning, '8) would form a volume in themselves in the lore of India, "The Prince of Wales is looking forward to some princely sport whet: visiting the mighty Empire, over which heis some day to reign. Sportsmen who keenly possess themselves year by year with the newest weapons, seem surprised to learn that the Heir Apparent come equipped for big game shouttag
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