The Washington herald., 1913-04-21

give arrests in the Mall" London
recalls the days before women fought
for the vote. when the Mall was safe
ground for all those whom the authori-
ties were after The Verge of the
court" comprising the royal parks and
the district from Trafalgar Square 10
Westminster, was sanctuary. The prisi-
Iege was not wasted. Lodging houses
fiourished in the neighboring streets for
the ..verge'' was excellently situated,
and retreats could not be cut of. Once
aboard a boat, and the man wanted was
safe AS no writ could be served in the
Thames without a water balm war
rant. not easily procurable, the deotor
could take to the water at Whitenaii
stairs and land safely in the city, or on
the Surrey side, where a Middlesex writ
had no force unless backed by city or
Surrey magistrate.
While the verge of the court was
sanctuary in which no arrests could De
made, offenses committed within II were
punished with peculiar severity. In loil,
Sir Edmund Knevet, of Norfolk, knight,
was arraigned before the officers of the
Board of Green Cloth for striking Une
Master Cleer within the tennis court OF
the Kings House. He was found guilty
and was convicted to lose MS nsnt
hand and to forfeit all his ianos anu
goods. The preparations for striking OH
the hand were gruesome. The sergeant
surgeon attended with his instruments,
the sergeant of the woodward with
mallet and block; the kings master
cook with a knife to cut on the hand'
the sergeant of the laroer TO set me
knife right on the joint; the Sergeant
Farrier with soaring irons to scar the
veins, and other officials. But in the
above case after all these preparations
nothing was done, for Knevet threw MINI
self on the Kings mercy by asking nim
to snare his right and take the left, De-
cause III my right hand is spared, i may
live to do the King good service.
The King yielded to the flattering ap-
peal, and granted him a free PARDON.
Contrary to the announcements that
have been published. the confirmation OF
Princess Mary, daughter Of the King ana
Queen of England, took place IN the
private chapel at Buckingham Palace. the
of Canterbury onclating'
When the Princess Royal was confirmed
I'm 1856, the ceremony took place In the
nrivate chapel at Windsor Castle. and
several of the Cabinet Minister'S, the So
called family chefs de mission, ana
other personages of light and leading
were invited to be present. The cere-
mony was more amusing than Serious
and since then royal combinations nave
been private. King George and the late
Duke of Clarence, his older protner'
were confirmed together by Archoishop
TAFT, in 1852, in the private chapei az
Osborne House.
The worst enemy of the late british
Field Marshal Lord Wolseley was ne
himself Talked too much, ana inois-
and was tactless 10 an OF
fensive degree. This he demonstrated on
one occasion when he antagonlzed Ameri-
cans, by referring TO our civil war
and President as that Mr..
u. s. Grant" at a festive gathering or
our countrymen in LONDON.
But though no tactician, he was on
efficient and practical fighter and good
In Africa he ended the Zulu war with
a victory for the British arms, but ne
won his title to distinction when at Tel
El-Kebir he defeated the. famous Egyp-
ian rebel leader. Arab Pasha. In fact,
Great Britain cannot and should not ig-
aore the fact that Wolseley was the man
Who really initiated the British occupation
~ Egypt which today needs but a forced
completion of formalities to be trans
formed into actual annexation. This
for a score Of years placed
him in the front rank of British military
authorities But the friends of his col
eague, Lord Roberts, persisted in main
aiming that Lord Wolseley was not an
.minently able military man.
1t cannot be disputed that Lord Rob
.rts, by ending the Boer war. virtually
ended Lord Wolseley's career and yet
he achievements in the Transvaal. by
which Lord Roberts eclipsed his rival.
we're nothing extraordinary. Wolseley's
,lan of campaign to push straight onward
o. Bioemfontein and Johannesburg. in the
opinion of experts. was superior to that
'ormed by Roberts, but was overruied by
political influence. Lord Wolseley is no.