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Show BRITAIN HOT IN DANGER FROHEROSIOH Action of Ocean Increasing Rather Than Diminishing Area of the Islands. . ONtXiN. July h F-rs a to the j eesj of tfie aea on trie rt of Hrit-ait Hrit-ait Kjvc been allayed by the tpi-rt of tne tnyal i-ommlasion on out erol'n. whi h shows that. Instead of gradually dlwip-peiutng dlwip-peiutng tx-ncath the mater, the British iMl-ftnos are nnnually ta-reAlnjK in Mrea. "n the -lit.,' nay tht fornmtnaunirr? In their ip'ri. "e Hunk tiiat, whilV i..ni- int-n ill irs hae MifriT'd seriously from the t-in ra hnieiil of the se, from a na'ional oinl of virw tl;e extent "1 r'Kion nt'ei iku be considered alarm ine;." Attiisl Iigitr-'S prtiv that In the pHst thirty -me mmik no less than 4.ftmi acres hoV twn adKd to the national ar'B. wlilie during i"me peno-1 no more than fit-11 Ji'rt have heen washed away. The plurt s whii h have mitTerel tnoal have he-u llir eusi nttpis of Knglanrt and Ireland, Ire-land, but mr-nsur' hav be'n adopted w))ih will nrevfnt the h In tlH lo-rulitiw lo-rulitiw from bf-lng so grat In lha ru lure Coronation Stamps Not Satttfactory. The blurred and Inartlatlr appearance of the new postage stamp issued on the' .eee W the im al Klng Ofttiae has given rise to -ery heated dis. . uehn. tUdli nmotn the puilt and In arlisllc circles dl-iHtlKfa tlon la expremsd at tlie complete la K of resoinblam-e In the portrait of his majesty printed on the stamps. It has been aiifrt.etA1 that a fresh Issue should he designed with a new portrait of the king, and the subject la to be debated In the hnue of commons .' Meantime, the stamp ara being withheld from circulation until tha stock of old Iseite he nme exhausted. lord Colehroolie has Just ben appointed ap-pointed to one of those many anua Mlleta In the king's household that are reserved exclusively for peer. Ha has been man, captain of hla majeay'i honorable enrp of gentlemen-at-arms at a salary of $5000 e year. He will have a very evay time of it earn'ng hla pay. Tha corps, whleh was founded In l&W, la n mate red only on great ceremonial occasions when men In fforsjemia uniforms are needed to provide pteturesoue effects at hi court function. func-tion. It waa long ago relieved of all responsibility re-sponsibility for th safekeeping of hla majesty's ma-jesty's sacred person, which waa tha principal prin-cipal purpoee for whlrh It w created. . Scotland Yard detectives, who never appear ap-pear In irorgeoua uniforms and eeefc above all things to render fheniaervea I neon -splcuoua. now look after that. Ei ay tod Honorable PoeiUon. ' The member of the corps era all army of liters of good faintly who have done something to distinguish themselves. Hut hy on of those singular anomalies which seems to govern the bestowal of exalted ornamental Jobs in England, It Is not deemed essentia I that the commander of the corps should even ever have been a soldier. He need know nothing about milltHrv drill and discipline. The two eeeentlsl quelin-atona are that he - should he a peer and of th same political persuasion as the party tn power. For all the heat-paying soft -snaps In th klna s . household are regarded as part of the spoils of victory at tt polls and are at the disposal of the prime minister. The king simply approves of th appointments. ' According to the ofhelal announcements bv which the public are made acquainted with thee appointments he Is always "pre need to approve." but, s a matLer of fact, ha mtfi approve, whether he la pleased or not. And when there la a rhar of government all the hlah salaried ; heads of departments In the king's house-. house-. hold are given th eeu-k and have te clear out of Biu klnsham palace to make way for another baich of peer who are political politi-cal adherents of the new prime mlplster. Hut tee high salaried appointees have rv little to do with the running of thirties at Buckingham pnlace. That ! ftp bv permanent member of the palace t 1 1 it ff who ha ve no cha ne w ha t e v-r of being promoted to the best pavtn posts. Kr r the mst part, those who fill the latter lat-ter ar simply required to put In an appearance ap-pearance on state occasions, don gore-mis gore-mis raiment, and took as solemn and Imposing Im-posing aa they know now. Lord Cols brook ee Sinecure, lord Cofebrooks was only mad a peer tn lVv. wnen a barony was bestowed upon up-on him but bflng a l.ihe rat. and tfe l.lbeisla being In power, his elevation to th peersge put him In the running for twurt tilllet, and h was soon afterward appointed a lurd-tn-waiting, a position winch he held until his promotion to tit better paying olflc which Lord Denman vacated to become the governor general of the Australian commonwealth. There are seven lords. la-waltlng. They ar paid a year each. But only one has to be on duty at a time. K h of them In turn "watts" for a fortnight, aud then la allowed twelve weeka off. But. although It aeema extremely probable that tle political powers of the peer will he greatly curtailed ere long Iher Is no Indication of th exlstenc of any widespread desire to deprlv t hem of those exalted, exceedingly well paid, and for the mot uart. Bnirelv ceremonial of- fk-es of which they nw enjoy a monopoly. It appear to li genetallv recognised that when It comes to filling an ornamental , rtle a peetta likely to do it bettor than i anybody else. I |