Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-09-18
OUR LONDON LETTER.
An Interesting Letter From the Old
Country by Our Regular
Correspondent.
Special Correspondence Of the Sentinel.

Special Correspondence Of the Sentinel.
LONDON, Sept. S.-Great Britain
still holds first place with her armor-
ed feet, France second, Germany
third, Italy fourth, Russia fifth, and
Austria sixth. But at the present
time France is building fourteen vcs-
sells of the powerful model and eight
armored vessels for coast defense.
Therefore in four years France will
have thirty war vessels, twelve of
which will be frst-class, and England
thirty-two, only one of which will be
Of the same strength as any one of the
twelve French ships.
Italy is now building five frst-class
war vessels; Russia three, and three
iron-clad cruisers; Germany one IRON
clad cruiser and two gunboats Aus
tria one war vessel, and Denmark one
iron-clad for coast defense. Conse-
quently the maritime pre-eminence of
Great Britain is decidedly menaced
by France. This country being OBJ
liged to employ good portion of her
fleet in the Mediterranean and at diff
ferent distant points. it is fair to pre-
sumo that in 1887 or 'SS France would
be able to oppose feet of 42 armored
vessels against an English one of 80
at the most, including even the YES
sells for coast defenses.
Following closely upon the scanda-
LOUIS example of Lord St. Leonards,
another British nobleman has done
his best to bring the peerage into dis
repute. Lord Cahir, an Irish peer, is
the hero of the latest escapade. He
amused himself by getting uproarously
drunk in a coffee-room at Deptford
and getting into an alteration with
the manager an attempt was made to
put his lordship out of the place, and
ultimately he was handed over to the
police. When arraigned before 8
magistrate Lord Cahir assailed the
prosecutor in open court with a tor
rent of abuse, calling him scoundrel,
wretch and liar. When rebuked
by the magistrate for his conduct his
lordship became highly indignant and
menaced the police with violence til
brought to his senses by threat O
committal. Finally he was boune
over to keep the peace for six months
The Health Exposition still contin
ues to be eminently popular, and OF
a single day as many as 10000 visitor;
were registered. The importance o.
this Exhibition, which is mainly tx
teach Londoners what to eat ano
drink and especially to avoid, is illus
trated in the officially published fac
that in the month of July alone and
at or near Billingsgate no less thar
the enormous amount of eighty-si,
tons of fish were seized and condemned
by public officers as unfit for human
food.
Cannibalism is a much discussed
topic in English newspapers since the
Greely exposures, and it is edifying tt
read the opinions of the English Clul
men, like Labouchere, who all de
fend the eating Of human flesh whel
there is nothing else to eat. From
men who make eating one of the prin
cipal concerns of life this justification
may be accepted as expert testimony
The detailed account of the death o
Charles Barclay Whitland, Earl 0
Landerdate, who was struck by light
ming August 12, while hunting on
Scotch moor, presents the curious par
ticulars that while his pony was in
stantly killed under him, a deep woun,
made by the bolt in his own head, hi
watch chain fused and his clothe
burned off from him, he nevertheless
lived for several hours afterwards, an,
even emerged from comatose condi
tion to full consciousness before b
died. OLD NORTH STATE.