BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 135, 10 June 1907, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

1 I.PHEBS ASSOCIATION.! DONATION TO CHARITIES. (Received June 10, 9rl a.m.) LONDON, June 8. Mt William Waldorf Astor, tfe American millionaire, has given to if our London charities £10,000. LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS. PARIS, Jane V. U Pichon, the French Minister for iForeign Affairs, stfys thjt France *hould examine the proposed limitation <«f .armaments without illusions, pending aft unanimous deoision. Adding insult to injury. NEW YOStK, June 9. *The American Customs ««mbodied in the agreement5 w,ith Geritaatiy declare that the vjftuation^aEa'dte Tfcy^ Chambers of Commerce official^ .connected with the Government shall jbe accepted as evidence ot tihe price *of 'exports to Germany. The stipulation benefits France, but vtfofc Britain. Where the Chambers ttre not l6ffir&A, it is hoped that the British «Gov--orriaient will arrange to appointments <*o superintend the valuation. LAWN TENNIS. / LONDON, toe 9. Brookes, the, Victorian, won ike Angles at the, northern chattgicmship -meeting at Manchester. Se lof games during the enti*e<sompetiand Charlton defeated TBfOokes and Kendall for the aoubles. Lowe and.Bentley defeated Sharp .•arid Doust, the Sydney players, in the «final of the East Surrey doubles cham;pionship. ■' . AN IMPOSING SPECTACLE. LONDON, Julie '9. ; There was a magnificent spsc'taele;Bit ,':fttrf.. horse exhibition at Olympia >yesThere are 2000 entries, thfc ■pfek of the world's horses, of all dlasses, ffrom America, the Continent, ;and TSSijgland. Messrs VanderbUt «nd "vWinans and other rich Americans lhave >*lready taken many prizes- Mr Armoor's grey draught horses wea«e jprescentj but did not compete. j 'Seventeen thousand people weEe tfjiesenton the opening day. APBOiICEMAN'S MISTAKE. LONDON, June ifi. -I4r KBurnyeat, a Member of tfihe 'House of Commons, was summoned beiibr^l tbei London Police Court «n a charge dfodrunkenness. He pleaded rijhe effects of chlorodyne, taken to 're-: .Hie/f & gripipg/Pains, and was, acquitted, j