MAIL NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XIX, Issue 5822, 27 September 1887, Page 2

MAIL NEWS.

The " Ruby" match boxei of Bryant and May coat the company 2§d par 144 boxes. The women who make them hare to find paste, hemp and firing for drying purposes. They can gain, if skillful, fd per hour, or less than lOd for 12 hoars' work. If they work 8 hours per diem/ and take a holiday on Sundays, they would realise the handsome salary of 3s per week. The company pays its share* holders above 20 per cent, dividend. „ / _ There are no less than 425 music hills in London, with a total seating capacity of 200,000. The seating capacity of the 60 theatres is not over 125 000; so it will be seen that the music ball is the popular form of amusement* with the British public. ,':..■ The appointment of Prince Louis of Batten burg as commander of the Dread* nought is looked upon in London as a glaring instance of jobbery. The Dread* nought is one of the largest turret ships, an ironclad of 10.820 tons and 8210-horse power, the commandership of which is one of the prises of officers under past rank, and one that in all fairness ought to be given only to distinguished sailors. The Hon. Maurice A. Bourke, who has just vacated the post, was made com; mander in 1883. Prince Louis of Battenburg, who succeeds him, did not gain that rank, quickly as he was pushed on, till 30th August, 1885. And to take Mr Bourke'* place he has got over the heads of more than 30 deserving and experienced officers, of whom 25 have received medaili and distinctions, for service abroad, at sea and on land. On the night of August Bth, in the Commons, Government was questioned as to the reason of its refusal to submit a return showing the number of royal princes, or persons allied to royalty by I marriage, who had posts in the public service and drew money from publio funds, asd how many officers had been passed over by such appointments. Smith replied that, in the judgment of the Government, such a return would be of an individual character and ought not to be granted. (Badical cries of " Oh, bat it must be granted.)" What proroked the question was, the appointment of Prince Lours of Battenberg to command the British ironclad Dreadnought over the heads of scores of his seniors. At the Limerick sessions, August 17tb, three persons were sentenced under the Crimes Act, two of them to six months, and one to four months' imprisonment, for resisting .the sheriff. A great conflagration occurred at Sen* tan, August 10th, and before it was controlled and extinguished one thousand houses and two churches were destroyed, •nd tiro women and a child birnedto death. Thousands of persons are home. less. The population of Sou tar i, which is • suburb of Constantinople, is estimated it 60|000|