The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-03

duke has been a Knight of the Garter for sixty-eight years, and he Is the only survivor of the creations of William ".
 Apropos of the memorial to Sir Arthur
 Sullivan which has been placed in one of
 the aisles of St. PauIs cathedral, an
 amusing, though hitherto unrecorded.
 episode regarding similar compliment to
 Sir John Goss Is narrated by MT. T. L.
 Southgate. That gentleman, in 1883, was
 honorary secretary of fund for a me-
 morial to Goss, who had for thirty-four
 years officiated as organlst or the ca thedral Sullivan, Bridge, Barnby,
 Stainer and Cummings tok a prominent part in organizing thls memorial; and A.650, which was ample for the purpose, was subscribed. Dean Church wSs ap- preached for a space In the cathedral. but the only reply which the musicians could obtain was an offer of a place in crypt. Later came a suggestion that the money should be spent in covering one of the small side chapels with mosaics, by way of seeing how this style of Ital- ian decoration would suit St. Paul's
 The proposal was politely though firm ly declined by the musicians. In the crypt, of course, the memorial would never be seen. So Sullivan, MT. Ruthven Pym. member of the banking firm of Coutts, and Mir. Southgate went as a deputation to the deanery. Then en- sued a remarkable scene. Those who knew the late Sir Arthur Sullivan will marvel how he kept his temper. But Sullivan had his revenge by candidly telling Dean Church that a space in the cathedral proper had been allotted for a monument to the late Dean Milman, and that in his opinion, Dean Milman's
 History of Latin Christianity" would be forgotten while Sir John Goss' an- thems were still sung in our cathedrals. The enraged dean pulled the bell, shout ing to his butler Show these gentle men out; and Sullivan declared that he would never enter St. Paurs cathedral again. Dean Gregory and the present chapter are fortunately more liberal minded. However, the Goss monument (by MT. J. Belcher and Mir. uamo Thor neycrofD was unveiled in the crypt, al- though none of the cathedral clergy were present. and no music was all lowed.
 Since Lord Salisbury has retired from public life his name is never mentioned After Mir. Gladstone had cut himself off from politics, the country felt that a great leader was amongst them, and both in the newspapers and in conversa- tion 1t was frequently asked what would Mir. Gladstone think of this or that situ- ation, or of this or that question. But though Lord Salisbury has been prime minister on several occasions and for long periods, he seems in an instant to have altogether dropped out of the minds of his fellow-countrymen. Even Lord Roseberry in his retirement occupied more prominent position in the public mind than does Lord Salisbury. Has ever a minister who has served Great Britain with so ID, ,sh distinction been so rapid ly and co ,letely ignored at the close of his carec. as is Lord Salisbury? Mir. Joseph Chamberlain has eclipsed all his contemporaries in the political life of this country, and yet he is not prime min
 The Necessidades Palace at Lisbon, where King Edward made his temporary home, is a very ugly, barrack-like build ing, painted red with a bevel frontage and walls out of plumb. built on hill- side and overlooking a cemetery called q do not know why) the Pleasure ground" (Prazeres) It has been used for nearly century to house diplomatic missions. King Ferdinand, consort of Queen Maria de Gloria, lived there with bis second wife, Eliza Hensler, an oper- attic singer. It is close to the Ajuda, standing higher, further west and quite out of town. The Ajuda. the most con 0ptcuOuS DullulnR QeSCIleU Oll cOHllIlB lO Lisbon by sea, is the finest of the Por- tuguese palaces, built in marble in the eighteenth century style.
 It is, by right, the residence of the sov- It is. by right, the residence of the sov- ereign for the time being; however through the good management of Signor Olduini, minister of Victor Emanuel IT. in Llsbon the Dowager Queen Pia has been left in possession of 1t ever since her widowhood, under clause in her marriage settlement whilst the king and Queen have to content themselves with the Palace of Belem (another red-paint- ed box. like the Necessidades), at the foot of the Ajuda hill overlooking the Tagus. The queen dowager gave a state concert at the Ajuda in honor of King Edward She made his acquain- tance twenty-seven years ago. when he visited Portugal on his way home from India. and was received with the warm est affection by the late King Dom Luis who, when a naval cadet, had been for some time guest of Queen Victoria in | the Isle of Wight.