Eleotrio Telegraph— Copyright— United Press Association. LONDON, April 1. Resolutions passed at the National Liberal Federation meeting at Notting ham contained no references to Home Rule, whereat the Nationalists aro greatly irritated. The British Empire League on April 30 give a banquet m honor of the Federal delegates and in recognition of the services of the colonial troops. The Prince of Wales will be present. The Duchess of York has given birth to a son. Obituary : Mr Archibald Forbes, the war correspondent. [Mr Forbes, the famous Daily News war correspondent, was born in 1833, and was educated at Aberdeen University. He served in the Royal Dragoons in 1859-64, and acted as war correspondent of the Daily News throughout the Franco- German war of 1870-71, the Paris Com mune 1871, Tirboot famine 1874 ; three campaigns in Spain ; Prince of Wales tour in India 1875-6 ; Servian war 1876 ; Russo- Turkish war 1877 ; Cyprus 1878 ; the Afghanistan campaign 1878-93, and Zulu land campaign 1879. He lectured in Bri tain, Australasia, and America in 1880-2, and during his tour called at Gisborne. His publications were : " My experiences in Franco-German war," 1872 ; "Glimpses through the Cannon Smoke," 1880 ; "Chinese Gordon," 1884; "Souvenirs of some Continents," 1885 ; " William I, of Germany," ISBS ; " Havelock," IS9I ; " Colin Campbell," " Lord Clyde," 1895 ; "The Afghan Wars," 1892; "Barracks, Bivouacs, and Battles," 1891; "Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places," 1S9B ; "Memories and Studies of War and Peace," 189G ; " The Black Watch," 189G; "Tsar and Sultan," 1894; "Life of Napoleon III," 1895."

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