on the extraordinary notions of conducting a war which seem to have
prevailed in the Cabinet of which Sir CHARLES HOBHOUSE was himself a
member.

The determining factor in the inception of the Dardanelles affair seems to
have been the disastrous confidence of the then First Lord of the Admiralty
in the 15-inch guns of the _Queen Elizabeth_. The outcome recalls a verse
from a song popular when Master WINSTON was in petticoats:--

"I joined the Naval Demon-strat-i-on,
But we never fired so much as a gun,
And the Turk he laughed and said, 'Oh, what fun!
It's all on account of Eliza!'"

* * * * *

Distressing Sequel to Early Marriage.

"An exciting scene on Waterloo Bridge was described at Bow-street
yesterday when Lydia Wilderspin, aged 2, married, was charged with
attempting suicide."--_Illustrated Sunday Herald._

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"RANK AND FILE.

The following casualties are reported under various dates:--

(The home team is Liverpool except where otherwise shown)."--_Liverpool
Daily Post._