12 DECEMBER 1896, Page 23

The Missionary Martyr of Theban,. (S. W. Partridge.) — Mr. C. W.

Lambert went out as a missionary to China, but was soon transferred to Bhamo, in Upper Burmah. He then went to Mandalay, where he worked among the lepers. In the early part of 1895 he went to Thebaw, among the Shans, and was murdered in the May of that year by Dacoits. It does not appear that his missionary character was the cause of his death. His murderers were on the search for plunder We have no wish to depreciate his zeal when we say that it is doubtful whether the term

martyr" is rightly applied.