tandard_, where the Champion was introduced
to the Staff. Hands all round followed, and a glorious day wound up
with a visit to the theatrical resorts of the latter-day Babylon,
in company with some of the right sort, though these be getting both
fewer and farther between than in the good old days.

[Footnote 1: An agreeable variant for this is Ju. P.]

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AUSTRALIA AT ST. PAUL'S.

[On the 17th of July the Earl of ROSEBERY unveiled a Memorial
erected in St. Paul's Cathedral to the late Right Hon. WILLIAM
BEDE DALLEY, of New South Wales, mainly through whose personal
exertions, when Chief Secretary to the Ministry there, the
Colonial Contingent was dispatched to the aid of England in
the Soudan. This, as Lord ROSEBERY said, is the first Memorial
which has been erected to a Colonist in our Metropolitan
Cathedral.]

The mighty Empire reared upon the main,
He "cherished, served, and laboured to maintain."
And who will doubt the claim by this made good
To neighbouring NELSON, and our COLLINGWOOD?
His country holds her loyal son's remains;
But here, whilst WREN'S huge dome rolls back the strains
Of the great organ's golden mouths, or while
Paean or requiem sounds along the aisle
Sacred to mighty memories, DALLEY'S name
Inscribed amongst our home-born heirs of fame
Shall stand, and show to all our Island brood
Australia's love, and England's gratitude.

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VERY MUCH AT SEA.

As there appears to be some confusion with regard to the exact nature
of the programme scheme for the forthcoming Naval Autumn Manoeuvres,
the following sketch, gleaned from recent inquiry on the subject made
at Whitehall, may, if he can manage to follow it, possibly serve to
enlighten the uninitiated outsider.

[Illustration]

An enemy's fleet, having, it is supposed, escaped the vigilance of
the Channel Squadron, consisting of H.M. First-class Battle-ship
_Blunderer_, accompanied by the third-class cruiser _Jack-ass_, and
the torpedo-boats _Corkscrew_ and _Tooth-brush_, which, also it is
supposed, represent a fleet of thirty-six iron-clads, twenty-six
armoured cruisers, attended by fifty torpedo vessels, have sailed
victoriously up the Thames, and, having seized the Serpentine, command
the, equally supposed, Milk Supply of Bayswater, Paddington, and
the whole of the North of London. This news having been c