26. The late Lord Mount Stephen left property in the United Kingdom valued at 1,414,319. Under his will King Edward's Hospital Fund for London benefited to the extent of over 750,0001.

27. By an accident on the L. and N.W. Railway near Northampton, coaches in two trains were damaged, one passenger being killed and 13 injured.

28. Lord Haig was elected Chancellor of St. Andrews University.
30. The Prince of Wales had a warm welcome at Nagpur.

The Times announced that Sir Ernest Shackleton had died suddenly from heart failure on January 5 in the Quest off South Georgia. The expedition was to continue under Commander Frank Wild.

31. A serious outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease caused the Ministry of Agriculture to schedule a very large area within which the movement of cattle was restricted.

-The live registers of the employment exchanges in the United Kingdom contained the names of approximately 1,904,300 persons as wholly unemployed.

FEBRUARY.

1. The final report of the Sees and Provinces Committee of the National Assembly recommended the creation of seven new bishoprics. 2. Edward Black was found guilty at Bodmin of the murder of his wife by administering arsenic, and was sentenced to death.

Resignation of the Italian Cabinet.

Belgian Chamber approved Belgo-Luxemburg Convention.

3. Arrival of Sirdar Abdul Hadi Khan, first Afghan Minister to London.

4. At Buckingham Palace Princess Mary received wedding presents from the citizens of Liverpool and Glasgow.

The Times stated that there had been 13,000 deaths from influenza in England and Wales since Christmas.

6. Owing to the spread of cattle disease, the Ministry of Agriculture placed under control the movement of stock throughout Great Britain. Cardinal Ratti, Archbishop of Milan, was elected Pope; he took the name of Pius XI.

Washington Conference closed.

7. The King opened the new Session of Parliament.

-The live registers of the employment exchanges contained the names of approximately 1,892,129 persons as wholly unemployed.

9. Mr. P. C. Larkin was appointed to succeed Sir George Perley as High Commissioner for Canada in London.

10. The King approved the disbandment of seven Irish regiments. Princess Mary received at Buckingham Palace a number of deputations, who presented her with wedding presents.

Two airmen were burnt to death and their aeroplane destroyed in an accident at Burnham Beeches.

14. The Prince of Wales was welcomed at Delhi by enormous crowds.

The Times announced the appointment of Mr. Alexander Patison as a Commissioner of Prisons, with particular charge of Borstal Institutions. A compulsory winding-up order was made against the City Equitable Fire Insurance Company, Limited.

The live registers of the employment exchanges in the United Kingdom contained the names of approximately 1,890,400 persons as wholly unemployed.

The Pope appointed Monsignor Donald Mackintosh to be Archbishop of Glasgow.

International Court of Justice opened at The Hague.

16. Messrs. Ellis & Co., one of the oldest firms of stockbrokers in the City of London, filed a petition in bankruptcy. Mr. G. L. Bevan was senior partner.

The Bank rate was reduced from 5 per cent. to 4 per cent.

17. Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., closed down their steel works, forge, and stamping department, owing to the cost of production. 18. A strike of workers began in the London publishing trade.

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Mr. Reuben Bigland was acquitted at the Shropshire Assizes of inciting persons to extort money from Mr. Horatio Bottomley, M.P. At a bye-election in the Clayton division of Manchester the Labour candidate, Mr. J. E. Sutton, who in the last previous contest had been defeated by over 4,000 votes, was returned with a majority of 3,624. 20. The Times announced a decision of the Admiralty on grounds of economy to reduce the number of flag officers on the active list from 92 to 77.

At a bye-election in North Camberwell Mr. Ammon (Labour) was returned by a majority of 1,137 over the Conservative candidate.

21. The price of flour was increased to 52s., representing a rise of 9s. since January 23.

Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson was returned unopposed as M.P. for North Down.

The live registers of the employment exchanges contained the names of approximately 1,861,815 persons as wholly unemployed.

22. Mr. Thomas B. Morison, K.C., M.P., Lord Advocate, was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland.

23. While motoring from Delhi to Patiala several members of the Prince of Wales' party were fired at, but no one was hit.

24. At a bye-election at Bodmin Mr. Isaac Foot (Ind. Lib.) was returned by a majority of 3,141 over the Coalition candidate.

25. The Prince of Wales arrived at Lahore, and was warmly welcomed by large crowds.

A warrant was issued for the arrest of Mr. G. L. Bevan, recently Chairman of the City Equitable Fire Insurance Company.

Landru, who had been convicted of murdering 10 women and one youth, was executed at Versailles.

26. Lord Lascelles was created a Knight of the Order of the Garter, and his father, Lord Harewood, was created G.C.V.O.

27. The price of bread in London was increased to 10d. per quartern loaf.

28. Princess Mary, the King's only daughter, was married at Westminster Abbey to Viscount Lascelles, son of the Earl of Harewood.

MARCH,

1. Announcement of the termination of the British Protectorate over Egypt.

Viscount Ullswater was elected a trustee of the British Museum, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Viscount Morley of Blackburn.

2. The Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords decided in favour of a petition of Lady Rhondda to receive a writ of summons to Parliament [v. May 19].

Polling in the 61 divisions of London took place for the triennial election of members of the London County Council. The Municipal Reformers increased their representation from 68 to 82; the Progressives were reduced from 40 to 26; while Labour obtained 16 seats as before.

3. The King conferred upon Mr. Arthur Balfour, M.P., the honour of the Knighthood of the Garter.

Lord Trevethin resigned from the office of Lord Chief Justice of England. Sir Gordon Hewart, K.C., M.P., was appointed to succeed him.

4. Mr. Charles D. Murray, Solicitor-General for Scotland, was appointed Lord Advocate.

6. The price of The Times newspaper was reduced from 3d. to 13d. Sir Ernest Pollock, K.C., M.P., was appointed to succeed Sir Gordon Hewart as Attorney-General and Mr. Leslie Scott, K.C., M.P., was appointed Solicitor-General.

Thirteen girls were killed and eleven others were seriously injured as a result of an explosion which occurred in a small workshop at Dudley Port.

7. Mr. F. R. Anderton was nominated Chairman and Mr. H. C. Gooch Vice-Chairman of the London County Council.

The Annual Assembly of the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches opened in Liverpool.

At a bye-election in West Wolverhampton Sir Robert Bird (C. Con.) was elected by a majority of 2,991 over the Labour candidate. 8. A severe gale swept southern England and the English Channel, causing much damage.

9. Lord Lytton left London for India to take up his duties as Governor of Bengal.

Major-General Sir Geoffrey Feilding was appointed SecretaryGeneral of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

10. Sir Wyndham Childs was appointed to take supreme charge of the Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard.

Sir John Anderson, K. C.B., was appointed Permanent UnderSecretary of State for the Home Department in place of Sir Edward Troup; and Sir Richard Hopkins, K.C.B., was appointed Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue in place of Sir John Anderson.

13. Mr. Leslie Scott, K.C., the new Solicitor-General, was returned unopposed in the bye-election in the Exchange Division of Liverpool.

14. Captain Owen Peel was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court on the charge of obtaining money from bookmakers by virtue of forged telegrams. His wife was acquitted on the same charge on the legal presumption that when a woman committed a crime of this character in the presence of her husband she acted under his coercion.

15. Mr. A. H. Briggs Constable was appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland.

16. Independence of Egypt proclaimed; Sultan proclaimed King, with title Suad 1.

At a bye-election at Cambridge Sir Douglas Newton (Cons.) was returned by a majority of 3,943 over the Labour candidate. An Independent Liberal also stood.

17. The Prince of Wales embarked at Karachi at the end of his Indian tour.

A preliminary agreement was signed for the amalgamation of the London & North-Western & Midland Railway Companies as from January 1, 1923.

18. Viscount Peel, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister of Transport, was appointed Secretary of State for India in place of Mr. E. S. Montagu.

20. The Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society was awarded to Lieut.-Colonel C. K. Howard-Bury, the leader of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1921.

Lord Winterton was appointed Under-Secretary for India.

21. The Queen, in the absence of the King owing to indisposition, performed the opening ceremony of the New Waterloo Station.

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The Times announced that the British flag had been hoisted on Wrangel Island, in the Arctic Ocean.

The Court of Aldermen appointed Sir Ernest Wild, K. C., M.P., Recorder of the City of London, in succession to Sir Forrest Fulton, K.C. The Prince of Wales landed at Colombo, where he received a great welcome.

23. The submarine H42 was sunk in a collision while manoeuvring off Europa Point.

24. Albania recognised by Serb-Croat-Slovene State.

Mr. H. Kershaw's Music Hall, ridden by L. B. Rees, won the Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree. Mr. T. Widger's Drifter was second, 12 lengths behind.

- At a bye-election in the Chertsey division Sir Philip Richardson (Cons.) defeated General Sir H. Gough (Ind. Lib.) by a majority of 2,321. 26. "Summer-time " came into force at 2 A. M.

27. General C. G. Bruce with a party left Darjeeling on an expedition to Mount Everest.

Sir Henry Wheeler was appointed Governor of Bihar and Orissa

and Sir William Vincent a member of the Council of India.

Mr. G. Gilbert Scott, architect, was elected a Royal Academician.

28. Annular eclipse of the sun, partly visible at Greenwich.

An aeroplane fell to the ground near Grantham, and the two airmen were burnt to death.

29. The King conferred a knighthood upon Mr. Leslie Scott on his appointment as Solicitor-General.

Sir Gordon Hewart, the new Lord Chief Justice, was introduced in the House of Lords under the title of Baron Hewart of Bury.

30. A portrait by Rembrandt was sold by auction for 6,200 guineas. At a bye-election at East Leicester Mr. G. H. Banton (Labour) was returned by a majority of 5,352 over the Coalition candidate. An Independent Liberal also stood.

31. The Prince of Wales arrived at Singapore, where he had a magnificent reception.

Sir Frederick Sykes resigned his appointment as ControllerGeneral of Civil Aviation.

APRIL.

1. Ex-King Charles of Austria died at Madeira.

Cambridge beat Oxford by 44 lengths in the University boat race. 2. The retail price of milk in London was reduced from 9d. to 5d. a quart.

3. End of the strike in the London publishing trade.

4. Mr. A. R. Slater, C.M.G., was appointed Governor of Sierra Leone.

6. The Labour Party sustained a severe defeat in the elections for Boards of Guardians in the London Boroughs, losing over 50 seats.

7. Two aeroplanes on the Paris-London service came into collision in France, and 6 persons were killed.

The Times reached its 43,000th issue.

Lord Crawford, First Commissioner of Works, was given a seat in the Cabinet, and Sir William Sutherland was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.