The sun., 1896-10-25

| AS to the Naval Reserve, Lord Charles Beres-
| ford says II Is not only useless and inehecttve.
as at present constituted, but Ia 1900 short now
of the numbers officially admitted two years
| ago as necessary, although since then ninety
oLs war ships have been built, are building. or
! are projected. Experts differ as TO the best
! means OF remedying this state of things Lord
| Charles Beresford believes tho question 10
| mainly one of money. Sir Charles Dixie thinks
the time has arrived for tho Government to
spend money on making the Naval Reserve at
| trRctive to British mercantile seamen. and for
| devising legislative means to prevent British
seamen beng replaced in British ships by
foreigners There Is lttlo doubt that the naval
| budget next spring will contain proposals for
| meeting the emergency.
| During the army nannuvres In Germany
| Earl Lonsdale was the guest of his dear friend.
| Emperor William. His Lordship's manners 10
not appear to have been improved by contact
with his imperial Majesty. 1t will be remem-
ber-d that Earl Lonsdale had a row In the hunt
ing field year ago which nearly resulted in n
| bout OF hsticutfs. Now he Is engaged In q
! sauabbe with members of the famous Quorn
! hunt, OF which he has been master for q num-
| Der OF years. Failing to obtain his own way, be
has just resigned tho mastership.
| lie complains that nearly the entire expense
| OF keeping up the pack thrown upon him.
| while the other nobles gentry. and country side
| enjoy cheap hunting. The majority of the NOM
| bers Of the hunt retort that the Earl is a coro-
netted snob, whose haughtiness and ill-tempor
make II impossible for any sclf-respectnV men
| TO work with him. So the matter stands at pres
| ont Whether for the sake of getting hunting
| on n cheap basis the majority will decide to put
up with his Lordship or whether Emperor Will
! liam will chip in and arbtrate, will be decided
| within n week or two.
| About two years ago II was mentioned here
| that two young Scotchmen at Clydebank, near
Glasgow, had invented II cheap and powerful
primary which, II 1t fulfilled the expectations of
| its inventors. was bound to revolutionize elec-
trio traction. A small syndicate was formed.
but 1t soon collapsed in consequence OF tho
opinion expressed by experts that It was i'm
| possible for the battery TO do what It
| promised. because "the conditions are in
| compatible with known laws and principles"
! The inventors have been experimenting ever
| since. and 1t is now announced that another and
| stronger syndicate has been formed In Glasgow
| to assist them in perfecting and making prac-
tical application OF the battery, the chief in
| Eredients of which, it is understood. are salt
water and coal ashes. The syndicate has pur-
chased the steamer Medusa and It Is hoped to
send her early next year upon an experimental
| cruise with no motive power other than that
produced by this queer Clydebank battery.
| The hosts of Theosophy are only waiting for
| the political excitement in the United States
| and Europe to subsde before they throw them-
| selves at each other with another terrific crash
| OF arms Mrs. Besant Is announcing the ap-
| proachinc cataclysm in q series OF lectures in
| India She is telling the faithful there that O
| certain Mrs. Tingley of New York Is falsely
claiming 10 be Nine. Blavatsky reincarnated.
| Mrs. Besant Is denouncing this alleged mas
ltrn fr,- Dhx- ~.
| produces what ought to be conclusive proof
OF her statement in the shape of Nine.
| Blavatsky's declaration before death that
| SHE was not going to inhabt any such
carnal frame as that now used by Mrs.
Tfng!er. She WAS going to have brand new
body which was then preparing for her incar-
nation" 1t was not to be that of q woman or
any member of the Western races. but simply
the body Of an Indian youth. 1t ought not to
be necessary to say anything more. but Mrs.
Besant adds
MANY Of us who have personal knowledge of
her know this statement OF hers to be true An
adept take tho soul of his CheIa and put It
into Q new body, but nothing can be more ab-
surd than to imagine that he would choose the
worn-out body OF middle aged woman for car
rying on the work which the Chela's old body
had not been able to do. She has always to pro-
vide the body of q young person, because Of its
greater adaptability to inner direction and the
longer term of life through which tho work may
be carried on"
Nevertheless this lucid statement from Mrs.
Besant has excited the greatest ire among
English Theosophists who are opposed TO her.
The President and Vice. President of their
society write beseechng the British public to
give no weight to Mrs. Besant's words. They
say Mrs. TIngley has. in their hearing. ex-
pressed the conviction that Nine Bla-
vatsky is not reincarnated at all. Then
They crush Mrs. Besant with the declaration
that her statement will have no weight with
any but q handful OF Theosophists in America.
where those who recognize Mrs. Tingley as the
leader OF the Theosophical movement are num-
bered by thousands as compared with tho hum
dred or DO who have elected to follow Mrs.
Besant and her Adyar Society"
Ambassador Bayard has been renewing his
youth this week In the fino game preserves OF
Lord Levin and Mr. BAN bridge. NJ. r. in Scot
land. The reports of the execution done by his
rife would do credit to an expert. Two hne
stays and three roe deer said TO have fallen
under his Workmanship. He also enjoyed ex-
cellent trout and salmon fishing.
Venice has baen disastrously invaded by the
sea this week. Her beautiful st. Marks square
has been two feet under water. and even the
flooded st. Marks Cathedral has been sub
merged twenty inches. There has been no such
inundation in eighteen years. The cause OF tho
Abnormally high tides has not been explained.
Two theatrical events this week have been
OF International interest. One was the first
production of Edward Roses drAmatization
of Mr. Stanley Weyman's romance Under
tho Red Robe" which must be recorded rs q
SUCCESS OF the highest order; and the other was
Mr.. John Hare's farewell performance at the
Lyceum to-day. preliminary TO his departure
for America. 1t was one OF those spontaneous
outbursts OF popular affection such as. perhaps.
no other living English actor Is able to call
forth from the English public.