NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2589, 25 April 1877, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

(compiled fbom English papebs.)

A few months ago it was resolved, at a public meeting iii Worcester, to raise a subscription for a memorial to the late Lord Lyttelton. The committee ap. pointed to carry out the resolutions of the meeting determined to place a monument in the Cathedral, and also to found an open scholarship at Trinity College, Cam- • bridge. The subscriptions amounted to £1684, and the sculptors, Mr Brock and Mr Forsytb^ were invited to send in models for the proposed monument. During the past week both gentlemensubmitted their models to the committee,. ond.the work has been entrusted to Mr Forsyth. The monument will represent a recumbent figure, the features to be a likeness of the deceased. It will be placed on the floor of the nave towards the west , end. It is thought the open scholarship at Cambridge will be abandoned. .

The "announcement made by the Times that two junior clerkships in the Colonial Office are to' be competed for next month, the to commence at- £250 per annum, and rise by yearly increments to £600, with a,prospect of an ultimate rise to £1000 per annum, wilJAhO doubt, attract the attention of canatdates for admission to the public service, the present being the first occasion on which clerkships of this kind have been thrown open to public competition; and will, perhaps, as anticipated," attract distinguished University men," should they be content with a clerkship in a public office which, *, at all events, ensures its 'possessor a certain income, and entails no anxiety and no great labor.; . It is; however, doubtful whether the public will gain much by the honour conferred upon it by the " distinguished University men." But a short time ago, in the:days of " nepotism," a*s it was called, a junior clerk in any of the vfirst-class public departments received £23 a year on entering the service, rising by annual increments of £10 to £300 or £400, a year, his promotion to a higher class depending, if he proved capable, on vacancies. . By the time he attained the salary of £300 a year, he had been well educated in official business,'and, if not brilliant, was usually a diligent arid trustworthy public officer. The work in the offices is of the same nature now as then, and can be as. w,ell performed by steady plodders as by " distinguished University men." A paragraph is going the round of the papers narrating how there was the other day an English wild-boar hunt. The paragraph runs as follows :—"A novel and exciting chase has been witnessed on the Packington estate, "near Coventry. Several wild boars, forming part of ihe herd brought by the Prince* from India, were recently presented by the Prince to the Karl of Aylesford, and after being conyeyed to his lordship's seat at Packington one of the -animals escaped and got into the wood- It being deemed neces-. sary that the monster should be killed, a shooting party went out with that intention. After twelve . shots had been unsuccessfully fired, a well-timed: bullethad the. desired effect.". It is to be hoped that, this paragraph will not reach India, where shikarries regard pig- shooting in about the same light as we regard fox-shooting here. Then it is not a very great compliment to the accuracy of aim possessed by Warwickshire sportsmen to read that it took thirteen bullets to roll over the " monster." The simple fact is, that one of the best opportunities possible for a rattling, honest, pig-sticking hunt in England has been ignominiously lost. On Feb. 13, Mr Arthur Moore, M.P., D.L., and High Sheriff for the county ■* Tipperary for the present year, was presented with a testimonial, in the shape of a gigantic siker cup, by his . tenantry. Though only one or two tenants from each townland or district were present to" represent their brother farmers on the occasion, about fifty of the tenantry on this popular gentleman's estate put in an appearance, and in addition to -the>-testi-monial two addresses were afterwards presented—one to Mrs Moore, daughter of Lord Clifford, to. whom on the precede ing week Mr Moore had been married, and the second to himself, congratulating him on the auspicious event. Both addresses were read by Canon Cahill, P.P., and Mr Moore suitably replied to the compliment paid him by his tenantry, whose interests, he said, he would always endeavor to advance. The tenantry were entertained at luncheon immediately after the formalities in connection with the presentation had terminated. Canon Cahill, in proposing the health of the bride on that occasion, said Mrs Moore came ■ from a family who adhered to the tru» faith.through ages of persecution, and he felt satisfied she would ere long become more Irish than the Irish themselves.

' The annual presentation of prizes and winter inspection of the London Scottish "Eifle Volunteers took place on Feb. 17 in Westminster Hall. Lord Abinger, oolo* nel of the Scots Fusilier Guards, in* spected the .regiment, which, .in . the absence of Lord Elcho, was under the command of Major Sir Henry 0. Pelly, Bart.,-his. lordship's , son-inrlaw ;.. .and Lady Pelly presented the prizes. Sir H. C. Pelly stated that' Lord Elcho was „ absent owing to illness, and the state- of his health had determined his lordship#>? tire from the post of colonel of tne. regiment. He had been in negotiation with a distinguished officer of the regular army to succeed him, but on account of his being on full-pay that officer would be unable to take-command before next June. Lord Elcho had, however, lost aonebf his. - interest in the London Scottish, and hoped to be their honorary colonel till his death. The total strength of the regiment, Sir H. Pelly stated, was 521, against 485 the previous year, of whom 436 were efficients who had.fired in their classes.- .They had eighty-seven marksmen, and the capitation grant was £782 17s 6d. .. : , A short summary of the' Parisian fashions of the day may be useful to those of my fair readers who honor the columns by perusing them.- It may save them the. trouble of wading through the astounding verbiage of those magazines which devote themselves to the clothing of the female.; form divine. But it will pretty well'describe in a few lines what Madame Trbisetoiles of Pannier v street elaborates into many pages. Have your dress so tight and close-fitting that you cannot walk;- your ' trains so long that no one else can move ' without walking on' them.; your collars so high that you cannot turn your heads, - and happily therefore have less chance of turning mine ; your pockets placed so'low in the dress that you cannot put your _ hands into them ; boots in which you yfill pertainly stumble when you walk; and mysterious knots and bow* so cunningly devised as to render a standing, rather than a sitting, posture the more preferable.