A correspondent to "The Times" writes:—
Probably there are very few persons living who can remember the Coronation of Queen Victoria. One such, who remembers the occasion well' because she was prevented by rain from going to see the Coronation Procession with her father, is Mrs. Mary Dowler Penfold, of Bred-hurst, Kent, who on June 8 celebrated the 104th anniversary of her birth, and to whom a message of congratulation from the King and Queen has been sent.
Mrs, Penfold has now lived in six reigns. She enjoys excellent health, and still occupies herself with needlework. Her interest in current events is keen. On the. occasion of the King George V Jubilee celebrations she presented mugs to one hundred children of Bredhurst, and she was extremely disappointed when rain prevented her from a similar distribution- on Coronation Day. with me, He may still have many years of quiet usefulness before him if he is not asked to rise above the the end of the it, and shall be very pleased to the Cathedral thermometer home eighties. We might even find him another cathedral compound.
"Tuner Decanes.
Shanghai, July 7.
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