The Northern Guardian. — 1894-12-26 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL.  The Chriamas Day of 1894 will be remembered by seine Londoners as the foggiest day of the year, and by others on account of its unseasonable resemblance to a day in early spring. The recollection in either case will be as exact as it need be. In the city, and in some of the suburbs, the atmosphere was thick, but not , noticeably darker than usual, whilst in other Iportions of this monstrous province of houses there has scarcely been a shimmer of daylight. For one reason or another there were comparatively few people in the streets. It would have been like a very quiet Sunday but for those little groups which at seasons like the present dispel all quietness by tilling the streets with song.  The latest news concerning Lord Randolph Churchill is no improvement on previous accounts. Though he passed a quiet night he remains in a condition which is strictly critical. The real. kindliness and mutual respect which underlie all political differences are the gocd English qualities which arc illustrated by Lord Randolph's illness. He was " ever a fighter." He kas used many phrases concerning his opponents that it was hard to forgive and that it will be almost impossible to forget, but men of all Parties are struck by the deep tragedy of his collapse, and arc sincerely hoping that what we hear concerning his condition is much worse ' than the fact. Dr. Robson Roose is in charge of the distinguished invalid, having hurried over from Paris for That purpose. Sympathetic messages wore, yesterday, sent by the Queen and the Prince of Wales.  It is understood that the Bishop of Calcutta intends to retire very shortly. As Bishop Gell, of Madras, and the Bishop of Rangoon, on account of their ages, cannot be considered candidates, the diocese, if local claims weigh with Mr Fowler, will either be offered to Bishop Mylne, of Bombay, who is at Folkestone at present, or Dr. Copleston, Bishop of Colombo. The appointment rests with the Secretary of . State for India. but be always consults the ' Bishop of London before filling up ecclesiastical vacancies.  • According to the Law Tiow which is cdite:(l by a well-k nowl Queen's coin': el, the year s hich is closing has 'leen the we known in recent  times for both branches of the legal profession-. The dearth of litigation has been, no doubt, in. part due to the prevalence of agricultural and commercial depression. But according to the Law Times, it is due also to the. faults of our legal system ; not so much in the substa•'co of the laws, but iii the delay of our courts an 1 the consequence expense and anxiety to suitors  —ono— The statistics of London are so vast that we arrive at the end of the year before we know, in anything like completeness, what happened during tho year preceding. From the report of the Chief Commissioner of Police, just published, we learn that in the year 1895 no fewer than 6,500 people were injured in the streets of London, of whom 175 died from the effects of their injuries. Year after year strect accidents occur in great numbers, and it has become a mera truism to se,/ that far less danger is incurred in taking .a long railway I • 'journey than in taking a walk in the streets of London. More exact details would, no doubt, show that a large proportion of street accidents occur in a few of the central and perennially congested thoroughfares, and more particularly at about a score of street crossings, which have earned a murderous reputation, and compared with which level crossings on railways are Iplaces of security.  --coo.— It is an evidence of the Ameer's improve(l condition of health that he just despatched Mr Clements to this country to purchase additional live stock for his stud farm. Mr Clements, Who is accompanied by his wife and Mrs Walter, the wife of another of the Ameer's employees, left Kurachee by a British India Company's steamer early this month, and are expected in England in the course of a day or two.