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THE GKKAT GUAR. The Commissicner's task is now well under way. The hearing of the case for and clgainst the Cardiff Boundaries extension closed on Tuesday. The volaminous evidence day after day has kept a large staff of reporters busy, taking a note from which no single word that has been said in court must be omitted. Within a few houra after the rising of the court the whole proceedings of ^lie day have baen written out, word for word as uttered, and been printed and bound into a volume. The whole mass of evidence is this morning in book form—a volume lof nearly a thousand pagss. The Commis- sioner's heaviest task is yet to come. He must go through this ponderous accumulation foot by foot, so to speak; weigh it, sift it, compare it, search its details out en maps and plans and charts, put himself in the place of witness and examiner and ratepayer and land-owner, and place the whole as a digest before the Local Government Board. Those keenly interested are already asking the question: "What will be the upshot?" So far as can be gathered from a comparison of contending forces during the inquiry, the pnspect is by no means all tho Cardiff Corporation would desire. The united powers of the opposition will in all probability prove too great. Had the corporation been subjected only to the opposition of the local bodies, the match would have been close enough. But when such powerful landowners as the Marquess of Bute and Lord Windsor add all their force to those of the opponents, Cardiff finds the outlook blue, indeed. The borough will gain something; that is beyond doubt. Ely, Hanishen, Pontcana, ItlandafT Fields, look pretty safe. At other points the issue is very doubtful. The experience of years will probably have to pave the way to the full etxension ere the borough gets :t. Llandaff and Penarth, anxious to accomplish their own long-delayed improvements, will find the day come when the rates are raised until the burdened ratepayers seek the shelter of ths borough arms as a cheap method of escape. Penarth may be allowed to look forward to a few years of regret. The day must conic when a primitive existence is no longer possible for the perky little suburbs, with their ;ld-world methods of false economv, and their bantam local councils. No man can be so blind as, not to see it coming. Land- owners' opposition was expected; their interest lies in a direction in which sympathy with the ambitions of their tenant towns is little known. Their policy is dictated with wide-open eyes. Their opposition does not follow the path trod by the local councils. This the councils must learn by experience, but experience is better.

POWDER AND PHOT. Father Hayde is becoming quite as Welshy as the Welsh themselves. At the Cardiff Cymmro- dorion meeting on Tuesday evening he wore a leek in a conspicuous position on his uphol- stery. t Notices for a revision of the sliding-scale nro posted at the Lady Windsor Colliery, Ynvsy- bwl. in addition to the usual notices. Th* company seem to be somewhat mixed as to the rature of the present pow-wow. The infirmary folk are opening their eyes just a little wider. Councillor Courtis has just been elected on the executive committee. Mr. Courtis only wants to sit upon the trades council and board of guardians to become a. municipal Salamander. t < < Lieutenant-general Phipps-Carey, the Boun- daries Commissioner, and Mr. Pember, Q.C., were trotted o"er C'A'diff Castle by Councillor Courtis and Mr. Balliijger yesterday. They were \ery pleased with the Castle. Quite a sweet place, they thought, and the seal on the wall winked blandly with his new eye. « • • • • No one need be frightened at the news of notices posted on the pit tops yesterday. It is merely the method of signifying negotiations between employers and men. It is the custom always pursued, and does not mean a stoppage any more than a conversazione or a dog-fight. <<*<<* "Where was the Parliamentary Committee during the boundaries inquiry?" That was a question asked quite often. The only member regular in his attendance was Councillor Courtis and the way our old friend Courtis stuck to that funeral was a leWln in patience to that much-overestimated buffer Job. • • • • Maesteg has always been a fruity place for saints, in the old days. Dewi Sant used to consider the lambs there kept him up more dewily than any other folk in Wales, whilst St. Patrick used to twirl his NeW Jerusalem shillelagh with especial delight when he heard his day come at Maesteg. But for some years past Dewi has not been properly worshipped, but this year the Welsh Church has held 110 special services. Not quite the old styla yet-but nearing it! s 9 • • "St. David's Day celebration by the Cardiff Cymmrodorion," says one of the Welshmen present, "was conspicuous for two things—leeks and patriotism. Nearly everyone present wore silken imitations of the national emblem, for the two speakers hit upon practically the same topic. The only difference was that "Dyfed" seemed to say, "We are growing mightily," whilst the concrete of the- Rev. H. M. Hughes's advice was "Stick up according to your size." —That word "concrete" is good. We must use it again somewhere—speaking of heads and public bodies, perhaps. < < The muster of Welshmen in London on St. David's Eve must have been as impressive as on that other day of which we read, when "The Lord created great Wales." The London papers did not fail to notice it. The "Westminster Gazette" tells us that "hundreds of Welshmen should have been turned away iast night after St. Paul's Cathedral and the City Temple— where Welsh M.P.'s foregathered—were filled to overflowing affords a striking testimony to the patriotism and piety of the inhabitants of the Principality, and contrasts singularly with the non-observance of St. George's Day. Last night at St. Paul's men and women stood on either side of the dome in serried ranks—rarely witnessed since the death of Canon Liddon. It is noteworthy that in the House of Commons on St. David's Eve the question of Gallant Little Wales being recognised on the Union Jack and the Royal Standard and Shield was to the fore." < « A correspondent who has been spending te: day.? in the West of England out of sight of his creditors sends yet one more reminiscence of j this never-to-be-forgotten snow. He says: —The Germans have met with a severe rebuff in Middle-street. On Tuesday afternoon a band of eight stalwart performers on both brazen and stringed instruments invaded the town, and, notwithstanding the fact that the roads were a foot deep with snow, proceeded to bombard .he ears of the inhabitants with "the sound of scakbt, psaltery, and dulcimer." Avalanches of snow were falling from the roofs of the houses in every direction, but these bold Teutons heeded them not, and, with a pertinacity which cannot but be admired, they brought forth from their reportoire the well-known stirring air "Let me like a eolrlier fall." The man with the cornet was about half-way through the martial solo when the bandsmen perceived from the roof of the house close to which they were playing an overlianging mass of snow, which was slowly descending. With one eye upon the music and the other upon the roof of the house, the performers moved not from their post of duty until a soothing lull in the music was immediately followed by the roar of the ava- lanche, which swept down upon them with reo lentless force. The fun was immense. The eight Germans, with their music-stands and instruments, lay in a. prostrate heap beneath the snow, and when rescued were very sodden and dilapidated, but withal none the worse for the adventure. Yes, they like soldiers fell.

Major Wynyard, R.A., who had been in com- mand of the troops at Newport Barracks, left that town on Tuesday to join the Southern Division of the Royal Artillery at Portsmouth. A staff-sergeant, with twelve men and thirty- three mules, just returned from Mall a, arrived at Newport on Monday night, and joined the Mountain Batteries at present stationed thsre.

COAL TRADE CRISIS Revision of the Sliding- Scale. ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE, CONTROL OF OUTPUT DIS- CUSSED. NO AGREEMENT ARRIVED AT NEGOTIATIONS AT A DEAD- LOCK. [BY OUR MINING CORRESPONDENT.1 The negotiations for the revision of the South Waies and Monmouthshire sliding-scale agreement came to an abrupt termination on Tuesday afternoon, and until the workmen's delegates have given their decision on the state of affairs these negotiations are to be sus- pended. The joint conference of representatives of employers and employed, held in the Engi- neers' Institute, Cardiff, on Tuesday, was attended by a full mustor of workmen's representatives and by a fair number of the employers'. The meeting was opened at half-past ten, and the business was resumed over the most important of tin proposals, which emanated from the men's side, viz., the control of the output scheme. To put it briefly, this is the rock upon which the negotiations were split, and the con- tentions of the owners, in reply to the men's demand, will, for a wonder, be found in the official repoit. That report will be a "surprise packet" to mo3t people, not only on account of its unusual length, but because it gives in detail the main points of the proposals which were! made in the course of the present negotia- tions It confirms the statement I made last Friday morning as to the 8 per cent. sugges- tion: A perusal of the proposed scale, as submitted by Sir W. T. Lewis for the employers, wUl show that the employers asked that the present 8t per cent. in the shilling be reduced to 7-i per cent. when the selling price ranges from 8s. to 9s. per ton, and 8i per cent. when the selling price! is 9s. <Vd. to 10s. 6d., with 9g per cent. when the selling price reaches 11s. to 15s. per ton. In other words, it is a graduated scale, which might in the event of high prices being obtained be a very gcod thing for the workmen, but which on what may be regarded as the average price of coal in ordinary times might be worse for the workmen than the now expiring scale. There can be no question about it, the proposals on both sides are important, and the workmen's representatives will have much to discuss with their, constituents. Still, I am as firmly con- vinced as ever that discretion will prevail and that a crisis will be averted. On the workmen's side the demand included — Control of the output; The appointment of an umpire for cases of local dispute; and The 18/9 standard to be reverted to. The employers' terms embraced a Demand for the withdrawal of the notice to terminate the scale, with The withdrawal of the employers' notice to terminate contracts; Graduated percentages, smaller at first than those now paid, but higher on the top prices of "eood times"; Four months' audits instead of two; The abolition of Mabon's Day; A five years' agreement; The notice to terminate the scale to be autho- rised by at least two-thirds of the total number of adult workmen; and The revival of the discharge note. The workmen's counter proposals were: — Quarterly audits; A Saturday monthly holiday instead of Mabon's Da; A three years' agreement; But all these subject to the condition of the control of the output scheme being adopted.

OFFICIAL REPORT. The sliding-scale joint committee met on Tues- day afternoon at the Institute of Engineers, Cardiff, nnd-jr the presidency of Sir W. T. Lewis, Bart. Mr. W. Abraham, M P., occu- pied the vice-chair. As the negotiations regarding the proposed rsvisiou of the sliding-scale agree- ment, amicably conducted, came to a termina- tion for a tine, Mr. Gascoyue Dalziel, the secretary of the coalowners' association, handed the representatives of the press the following report of the proceeding, siuce the commence- ment — The committee first met on the 12th of Feb- iusry. and the owners' representatives at onoe explained that they had received plenary powers to negotiate with the workmen, and said they were authorised in this respect by a resolution .f the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal- owners' Association. similarly, the work- men's representatives informed the owners' side that they were duly authorised in accordance 'vith the instructions given them by the general miners' delegates from the several collieries. WORK MEN S FIRST PRO- POSALS. The workmen's representatives put forward the following proposals for the owners' consideration as conditions tj be embodied in the continuance ot the sliding-scale arrange- ments — "1. That the control of output scheme shall be incorporated with the sliding-scale with a view of checking the undue competition in the sale of coal, and so as to improve the wages of the workmen. "2. That a member sho ild be appointed to decide in all cases of dispute which had been referred to the sliding-scale joint committee, and where the committee had failed to arrive at a settlement. "3. That the following alterations be made in Clauses 9a and 17 of the sliding-scale agree- ments — "Clauses 9a and 17 instead of reading thus: — "'9a It is hereby agreed with respect to all collieries or portions of collieries now belonging to or hereinafter acquired or opened by the members of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coalowners' Association that both the employers and the workmen shall be bound to observe and fulfil all customs, provisions, and conditions existing in December, 1879, at the Associated Collieries, and no variation shall be made therein, either by employers or workmen except by mutual agreement between the em- ployers and their workmen or between their respective representatives; '17. Both parties to this agreement pledge their respective constituents to make every effort possible to avoid claims or disputes at the col- lieries, and that in case of any unavoidable differences the owners and their officers together with their workmen shall endeavour to settle matters at the collieries, and only in case of ing to effect a settlement shall an appeal be luade to the joint committee. It is also hereby agreed that in such cases no notice to terminate contracts shall be given by either employers or their workmen, before the particular question in dispute shall have been considered by the joint committee, and they shall have failed to arrive at an agreement,' "Should read as follows: — '9. The standard of wages upon which future advances and reductions are to be made shall be the several rates actually paid at the respective collieries for the month of December, 1879, and such wages shall be equivalent to a standard average net selling price of 7s. lOjd. and under 8s. per ton. Provided that at the collieries where the standard or basis upon which wages are now regulated ia the rate of wages paid in the.year 1877, that shall continue to be the standard of those collieries,' "With the following proposed addition to Clause &:— 'And that both the employers and workmen at each colliery belonging to the members of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal- owners' Association (whether such colliery shall belong to a person or persons, company or com- panies, who are now members of the said association, or shall be a colliery in existence in December, 1879, which shall belong to a person or persons, company or companies who may here- after become a member of such association), shall be bound to observe, perform, and fulfil all customs, usages, provisions, and con- ditions with reference to the payment of wages and the particular manner and mode of working and of other matters of and incident thereto which existed at each such colliery in December 1879, except in so far as such customs, usages, provisions, and con- ditions, shall have been or may hereafter be varied by th 5 mutual consent of both employers and workmen, it being expressly agreed tha t no variation or alteration in such customs, usages, provisions and conditions shall be made except by the mutual consent of the employers and workmen or their respective representatives, Provided always that where a new seam in any colliery belonging to any member of the! said association as aforesaid shall have been opened since December, 1879, 01; may hereafter be opened, the rates of wages for working in such seam which shall have been or may here- after be mutually agreed upon between tne employers and workmen shall be deemed to be the standard of wages in this clause referred to payable in respect of such new seam in the same manner in all respects as if the said rate of wages had been actually paid in December, 1879, at the particular colliery in which such new seam shall have been opened or may hereafter be opened, and that all customs, usages, provisions, and conditions as aforesaid which existed in December, 1879, at the particular colliery in which such new seam shall have been opened or may hereafter be opened rh&U apply i*1 aH spects to the working of the said new seam in precisely the same manner as if such new seam had been opened and worked in December, 1879. Provided also that where a. new colliery has been opened since December, 1879, or shall hereafter be opened the rate of wages mutually agreed upon by the employers and workmen at such last-mentioned colliery shall be deemed to be the standard of wages hereinbefore referred to which shall be payable in respect of such new colliery as aforesaid, in the same manner as if such rate of wages had been actually paid in December, 1879, and that such pro..sions, stipu- lations, and conditions with reference to the payment of wages, and the particular manner and mode of working, and of other matters of and incident thereto, which shall have been or may hereafter be mutually agreed on by the employers and workmen at such new colliery as aforesaid, shall be binding on both the employers and workmen in the same manner in all respects as if the said provisions, stipulations, and con- ditions had been customs, usages, provisions, •and conditions in existence in December, J.879, and that no variation shall be made in such provisions, stipulations, and conditions except by the mutual agreement of the employers and workmen or their respective representatives.' COUNTER-PROPOSALS BY THE EMPLOYERS. These proposals were under discussion during the whole (f the first meeting, and the owners put forward very lengthy arguments, explaining which of the proposals could not be agreed to, and, further, produced voluminous statistics to show the greatly increased cost of working at the associated collieries, owing to various Acts of Parliament, which have been intro- duced for the protection and benefit of the workmen, and partly, also, owing to the absten- tion from work of the whole of the men on Mabon's Day, and a large section of them on the two or three days succeeding and on other occasions. The owners also produced lengthy arguments showing the increased diffi- culties which the South Wales coal trade had had to contend with, more especially in recent years, owing to the increasing foreign competi- tion. After very full disqussion of the various points put forward by the workmen and the owners' representatives daring the first day and also on the 19th ult., and again on the 26th I ult., the owners on the latter date submitted proposals for the workmen's consideration, and a printed copy of these proposals was handed to the workment's representatives — 1. That the notice given or behalf of the work- men on the 1st of October, 1897, to terminate the memorandum of agreement dated the 1st of January, 1892, on the 31st of March, 1898, shall b,1 withdrawn, and, in that event (subject to the fcllowing further proposals), the instructions given by the employers terminating contracts at the associated collierie; on the 31st of March, 1898, will also be withdrawn. 2. That the agreement dated the, 1st of January, 1892, shall (subject to the following alterations and modifications) continue in force until the 31st of March, 1903. Clause 5. The words, "excepting as provided under Clause 15," to be struck out. "This agreement shall comprise and apply to the whole of the members of the said association excepting as provided under Clause 15." Clause 15 to be struck out. "The accountants shall not take into account in the audits any coal produced from the anthracite collieries." Clause 7. Add "Llanelly" to the list of ship- ping ports. "The average net selling price shall be taken as for large colliery screened coal delivered free on board at Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, and Barry." Clause 10 to read: —"The wages shall be advanced or reduced at the end of each period of four months in accordance with the following scale: — When the average net selling Wages to beat price of coal pe- ton f.o.b. the follow- | iug percentage is and under abore t the Standard. Under 8s. The Standard. ■. d. s. d. £ » ( 8 0 8 4 2i 8 4 8 8 5 *<'4) 8 8 9 0 7J 90 94 10 £ r 9 4 9 8 12-83 a. 9 8 10 0 15-66 10 0 10 4 18J P. I 10 4 10 8 2133 10 0 10 4 I8! P. I 10 4 10 8 21'33 H L MS. 11 0 24-16 r 11 0 11 4 i732 11 4 11 8 3048 2 11 8 12 0 33-65 k 12 0 12 4 36 82 S. 12 4 12 8 40 j 12 8 13 0 43 :6 fli 13 0 13 4 45-32 8 13 4 13 8 4?i £ 13 8 14 0 52-66 &.) 14 0 14 4 55 82 14 4 14 8 59 14 1 35 0 62-16 {, 15 0 15 4 65-32 and so on at the rate of 9i per cent. per Is.. or 3.16 jer cent. for every 4d. per ton. NOTE.—The original Clause 10 reids as fol- lows —"The wages shall be advanced or reduced at ths end of each period of two months by additions or reductions of li per cent. upon the. mean monetary result found by the joint audi- tors as betwoen tha scale datad 6th June, 1882, and the seals dated 15th January, 1890." Clause 12 to be amended so as to provide for audits every four months instetl of two months. In the evjnt of the notices being withdrawn as under Paragraph 1, an audit Sliail be taken for the two months ending 28th February, 1898, r-nd shall regulate wages as from the 1st of April next. Thenceforth the audits to be for tin four months ending 30th June, 31st October, and 28th February in each year. The original Clause 12 reads: -"Two accoun- tants shall be appointed, one by the employers an l the other by the workmen, to ascertain the average net selling price of coal. Such average net price for. the two months ending the last day of February shall govern wages from the first day of April to the last day of May, and so on for every successive two months." Clause 13. The words "four months" to be inserted in lieu of "two months." Original Clause.—"The accountants shall give a certificate to the net average selling price for each of the above periods of two months, such certificate to be forwarded to the joint secre- taries, and afterwards, upon the authority of the joint committee, to be made known to the employers and workmen." Clause 14. Substitute for the words "six suc- cessive audits of two months each" the words "three successive audits of four months each." Original Clause.—"Any contract for the sale of coal for a period of more than twelve months shall not be taken into account for more than six successive audits of two months each." Clause 21. It having been agreed under Clause 2 of this agreement that the agreement of 1892 shall continue in force until the 31st of March, 1903, Clause 21 to be altered accordingly, the agreement to be terminable by a six months' notice to be given by either side on the 1st of October, 1902, or on the first day of any suc- ceeding April or October in the event of the agreement being continued beyond March, 1903. If the notice of termination be given by the employers it shall only be so givøn upon a resolu- tion to that effect being passed by a meeting of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal- owners' Association specially called for the pur- pose, and if the notice be given by the workmen, it shall only be so given as the result of a ballot amongst the whole of the adult workmen at the associated collieries whose wages are affected by the agreement, and the notice shall not be valid unless at least two-thirds of the total number of such workmen take part in the ballot, and unless, at a result of the ballot, a majority equal to 60 per cent. of the workmen who record their votes decide in favour of giving the notice. Mabon's Day.—^The monthly holiday known as Mabon's Day shall be abolished, and the workmen's representatives hereby agree that no other holiday of a like nature shall be instituted at the associated collieries within the period of this agreement. The workmen's representatives also agree and undertake to use their influence and endeavour to devise a means for preventing the con- tinuance of the practice of a large number of the workmen daily absenting themselves from work, and thus refusing to avail themselves of the advantages of regular work when offered to them, the workmen's representatives fully cecog- nising that regular work is an important factor both in the wage-earning capacity of the work- men and in the economic working of the col- lieries. Discharge Note.-The workmen's representa- tives agree to withdraw their objection to the system of giving "discharge notes" or other certificate of service to those workmen who have properly fulfilled their contracts, and the em- ployers' representatives hereby undertake that no workman shall be victimised by having these "discharge notes" or "certificates" denied to them when they are entitled to a record that they have carried out their previous contracts. WORKMEN'S REVISED TERMS. These proposals were considered at a meeting of the workmen's representatives held on Tues- day. At the opening of the proceedings of the joint conference the Vice-chairman (Mr. William Abraham) stated that, as the result of due con- sideration, the workmen's representatives could not agree to the proposals, and they sub- mitted for the owners' consideration the follow- ing counter-propoeats: — The workmen's representatives are prepared to agree to continue the existing sliding-scale, and to recommend to the workmen the three follow- ing modifications of the owners' proposals, these proposals being submitted to the owners: — 1. That the audit of the prices shall be over three months, instead of two months, as at present. 2, That the monthly holiday (Mabon's Day) shall be held on Saturdays, instead of Mondays. 3. That the teem of th* .new sliding-scale shall be for three years from the 1st of April next, with six months' notice of termination, making the minimum period three years and a half. 4. These proposals are submitted on condi- tion that the owners agree to the adoption 01 the principle of the control of output scheme, and that the owners guarantee to put it into opera- tion within the next three or four months. As a result of the discussion upon these points the owners' side reminded the workmen s repre- sentatives that a reply had already been given on the first day of the discussion, to the effect that the owiners could not consent to the intro- duction of the control of output scheme, the associated owners having previously decided against the principle, as they had already spent several months in endeavouring ineffectually to formulate such a scheme. In reply to the owners' side, the workmen's representatives stated that, even assuming that the owners were willing to adopt the workmen's representatives proposals in their entirety, they considered it would, still be desirable to submit these proposals to the general body of the workmen before coming to a decision, and as the control of out- put scheme was, therefore, made a condition precedent to any new arrangement, the owners representatives had no alternative but to pro- pose jurthsr consideration of the matter. 1m a subsequent interview which our represen- tative had with Mr. Lewis Miles, the secretary of the workmen's representatives, and a sub- committee of the workmen's representatives, Mr. Miles stated that he fully confirmed the report which was given bv Mr. Dalziel, as above. Mr. Miles also stated that anoint conference of delegates of all collieries connected with the Slidiug-scale Association would be held at the Cory Memorial-hall, opposite the Taff Vale Station, Cardiff, on Saturday, March 12, at 10.30 a: íH. Business:—To receive the report of the sliding- scale representatives with regard to their nego- tiations with the employers' representatives re the revision of the sliding-scale agreement. The notice also stated:—"N.B.—In consequence of the short ime at our disposal before the expira- tion of the notice to terminate contracts, it is desirable, so as to avoid any unnecessary uncer- tainty in trade, that the workmen should give their delegates full powers to confer with their representatives upon the sliding-scale as to the terms of a final settlement."

Shipping Casualties. I A Renter's telegram from Adelaide on Monday says:—The barqai President Felix Faare, which has arrived here from Barry, reports that during a severe gale on February 2 !-he lost twelve sea- n.en, the secon) mate, and three apprentices, who were swept overboard. EXTRAORDINARY COLLISION AT LIVER- POOL. Th<* Cunard cargo steamer Sylvania, and the Warren liner Sachem came in violent collision cn Tuesday as the former w as leaving her berth in Alexandra Dock, Liverpool, for sea. Between the liners there were a lighter and a steam flat, and these were so crushed that they sunk imme- diately. Several men working on the latter were hurled into the dock, but all were lescued. The Sachem was materially injured, several beams being broken and her refrigerator injured. The fumes from ammonia nearly asphyxiated those near, and for a time prevented any assistance bein? rendered to the Sylvania to her berth. (Lloyd's Telegrams.) Tuesday. Swedish ship Sally, London for Sabine Pass, arrived Belfast to-day for repairs after being ashore at Stornoway. British steamer Charlaw. outward bound, in ballast, aground off Cuxhaven; assistance with her. British ship Combermere. from San Francisco, grounded off Limehous-e. Thames, this morning. British steamer Lavinia Westoll struck pier entering Sulina last night, damaging bows. Steamer Monmouth, from Belfast, docking Liverpool yesterday, collided pierhead and twisted her stem. Lyttleton telegram statesBritish steamer Astea struck heavily leaving Timaru; must go into dry dock here. New York cablegram states:—British ship Clvde, londed case oil. ready for sea, small fire. The steamer Pocklington, from Demerara. arrived at Liverpool, reports having boarded the derelict British schooner Portland, with a cargo of salt, on February 18 in 3? N.. 39 W., with rudder-head, mainsail, mainboom. and gaff gone. but. no water in her. The Pockling- ton attemoted to tow her, but failed. The British steamer Charlaw, before reported to-day aground at Cuxhaven. was assisted off, and proceeds to Grangemouth to-morrow. The British schooner Maud. from Cardiff, with coal, grounded entering Oporto; since floated and arrived. A Sydney telegram states:—Lloyd's agent at Noumea, New Caledonia, cables:—The British barque Falls of Garry and the Danish barque Professor went ashore during a hurricane here, and are full of water; crews of both vessels saved.

ALLE IN CARDIGANSHIRE. It is rumoured in antiquarian circles that a considerable portion of the remains of the famous Strata Florida Abbey has been carted away, to be Used as material for the building of a new church in or near the village of Pont- rhydfendigaid. It will be remembered that some ten years ago the ruins of the abbey, which then consisted cf little more than the fine western doorwiy and some slight remains of walling at the eastern end of the edifice, were thoroughly and scientific illy excavated by the efforts of the Cambrian Archaeological Associa- tion, undir the personal superintendence of Mr. S. W. Williams, F.S.A.. of Rhayader. The result of the operations then carried out showed that the abbey church in the days of its glory, when the notables of ancient Wales assembled within its walls to swear allegiance to the son of the greatest Welsh Prince, Lleweij-n ap lorworth, was a building second only in beauty and magnitude to the magnificent pile of Bishop Peter de Leia «t St. David's. It also threw considerable light upon the conventual arrangements of Welsh monastic houses. A large, number of burials are recorded in the ancient Welsh chronicles to have taken place within thi abbey, and it was evidently the favourite resting-place of the family of the founder. During the excavations several graves were come across in the church and a!so 111 the chapter-house, and others were discovered out- bide the chapter-house, having small he.1.d- stcnes carved in the beautiful spiral work that is characteristic of true Celtic art. The eastern chapels, thrse in number, on each aide of the great altar, were discovered in such a state of perfection that their ground features cotild be made out with ease. The east end of the church had been paved with glazed heraldic tiles, and as many of these as could be found entira were laid down in the chapels. At the Cowbrjdge meeting of the Cambrian Archaeological Association in August, 1888, Mr. S. W. Williams announced the practical com- pletion of the work of excavation, upon which the principal members of the association pro- ceeded to the abbey ruins. Here they were met by a number of the inhabitants and gentry of Cardiganshire, and were reinforced by several members of the London Society of Anti- quaries. After a thorough examination, the ruins were handed over to a body of gentlemen of whom Mr. R. D. Roberts, the then mayor of Abei- ystwitli, was chairman, to the intent that steps should be taken to preserve them for the pleasure and profit of succeeding generations. A local committee was appointed, aind a fund started to defray the cost of covering in the eastern chapels, which would otherwise speedily suffer frdm exposure, and to keep cut trespassers. It was determined to make a small charge for the purpose of providing for the sus- tentation of the ruins, and Mr. Joseph Arch, the respected tenant of the adjacent farm, promised to do what ho could to prevent any wantcm destruction. The abbey ruins Quve proved a source of considerable attraction to visitors to Aberystwith, many hundreds finding their way to the remains of the famous Cardiganshire abbey in the course of the summer season. It will hardly be credited—and we are loth to believe toe reports that have reached us—that someone has tampered considerably with the still remain- ing portions of the ancient abbey. Not only has a quantity of stone which had been dug out from the fallen portions of the building during the excavations been taken away, but we are informed that the walls of the chapter-house and other portior. of the ohurch, wliich in some places remained to the height of over 6ft., have been at least partially destroyed. The entiiv ruins are said to present a lamentably dishevelled appearance. Considera.ble indignation has been excited in the neighbourhood, where the ruins of the most famous of Welsh abbeys are re- garded with pride, not, perhaps, uiimmgled with the feeling that they are also a source of profit. The attention of Lord Lisburne, the owner of the land upon which the abbey ruins are situated, has been directed to the matter, and his lordship's agent, Mr. Gardiner, of Wenallt, is understood to have taken it in hand. The officers of the Cambrian Archaeological Association have also been com- municated with, but, as the association does not possess a permanent habitation, it is difficult to bring the weight of its displeasure to bear in an immediate and effective manner. A meeting of the members of the original committee is to be held at Aberystwith during the present month, when tt, is intended to proceed to the abbey for a thorough inquiry into the extent of destruction that has been wrought. It ie Hoped that Mr. S. W. Williams will be able to be present upon the oocarion, for it is upon his practical skill and intimate knowledge of every detail of the ruins that the committee must ultimately rely. The repcrt that even a single stone of a building intimately connected w.l.h all that is proudest in the history of the Princi- pality has been removed from its original posi- tion cannot but arouse the keenest feelings of ir.dignatio.i amongst Welshmen everywhere; but we venture to hope that the injury already done is not irreparable. _°- -0

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Attempt to Kill King George. CAPTURE OF THE SECOND ASSAILANT. THE CULPRIT'S CONFESSION, TAKEN TO THE POLICE BY HIS EMPLOYER. A Central News telegram from Athens on Tuesday says;—Great satisfaction has been caused by the news that the second assailant of King George has been arrested, on his own confession, and that, in con- sequence, there is every reason to belica that the whole mystery of the dastardly plot will be exposed. This evening a contractor, named Bekiari, presented him- self at the chief police-office, holding by the collar a rough-looking young fellow, I whom he introduced as John Giorgii, a navvy in his employ. M. Bekiari, it seems, suspected Giorgii after reading the des- cription which his Majesty gave of bis would-be assassins, and ultimately he extracted from him certain admissions which left no doubt of his guilt. There- upon M. Bekiari himself played the role of policeman, and took Giorgii into custody. When handed over to the police by bis employer Giorgii was in a parlous state from nervousness. He admitted that he was the accomplice of Karditzi in his mur- derous design, but earnestly protested that he was a mere tool in that ruffian's hands. He further declared that Karditzi dragged him into the business at the very last moment, and that he agreed to join in the murderous work only after long hesitation. Despite the abuse and threats of Karditzi, he only fired one shot at the King, and his ) Majesty was quite correct in stating that he—Giorgii—was so nervous that his hands shook violently, and he trembled so that it was quite impossible for him to take aim. It is pretty certain that there will not be much difficulty in extracting from Giorgii all that he knows. What is the actual extent of his information has yet to be determined. The police have reason to believe that the secret club of which Karditzi was a member had intimate rela- tions with a gang of Anarchists at Patras, all of whom belong to the lowest class. Karditzi was again examined to-day, and continued his boastful demeanour and inflated language. He remarked to the examining magistrate, "I am the best oi j. the lot, anyhow." KARDITZI'S ARREST. A Central News telegram from Athens on Tuesday says —Karditzi's arrest was effected in consequence of information given by a soldier, who during the night after the attempt observed an unusual noise in the courtyard of the house in which the would-be assassin lived. It is statec 1 that Karditzi was present, in his capacity = as an employe of the municipality, at the "Te Deum" sung in the thanksgiving for the King's escape. He expressed strong indignation at the attempt, and he even attracted attention by the enthusiasm he displayed on the King's arrival at tha church. Prisoner has now abandoned hia cynical demeanourfi and appears very depressed. Madame Carnot has addressed a tele- gram to the King, congratulating him in affecting terms upon his escape. The Athens Municipal Council has I decided to erect a memorial chapel on the i spot where the attempted assassination occurred. j SUPPRESSION OF THE NEWS IN ] TURKEY. 1 A Central News telegram from Constan- tinople on Monday sa-ys —The news of the attempt on the life of the King of Greece was suppressed here by the Censorship, and the Greek newspapers were prohibited from publishing anything on the subject. They were even forbidden to mention a thanksgiving service held to-day in the chapel of the Greek Legation. Prince Mavrocordato, the Greek Minister, haa received congratulations find teatincatiom of sympathy from the whole diplomatic body. MESSAGE FROM BRITISH TOURISTS. A Reuter's telegram from Athens on Tuesday says —A hundred and fifty British subjects, passengers on board the Midnight Sun, now lying at the Piraus, have con- gratulated King George on his escape on Saturday. Reuter's Agency is requested by M. Metaxas, the Greek Charge d'Affaires ia London, to express his gratitude for tha sympathy conveyed to him from all sidfcs in consequence of the attempt 011 the lify of the King of Greece.

DEATH OF THE HON AUBREY VIVIAN. LORD SWANSEA'S HEIR. The Central News says;—It was announced on Tuesday morning that the Hon. Aubrey Vivian, half-brother to Lord Swansea, and heir to tho title, had died in London from diabetes. The deceased had been in indifferent health for some little time, but no ill effects had been feared. The week before last he was staying with his brother and sister, the Hon. Udo Vivian and the Hon. Violet Vivian, at Brynau, near Clyne Castle. During the last few days, however, he had been staying with his sisicr, Miss Dulcie Vivian, at Cadogat-squtra, London. On Sunday might he went to bed at the usual hour, in comparatively good health, but at 2.30 in the morning he was heard to cry out, and it was found that he had had a sudd-.a attack of peritonitis. Various telegrams were received by the iocal members of the family during the day, and the Hon. Odo Vivian and the Hon. Violet Vivian left for London on Mon- day nigpt, and on Tuesday morning Mr. Graham Vivian, Clyne Castle (his uncle), was about to j leave by the mid-day train when he received telegram to the effect that his nephew had passed peacefully away, death being attri- buted to peritonitis. The funeral will probably take place at Peimiaen, Gower. BIOGRAPHICAL PARTICULARS. Mr. Aubrey Vivian was born in London in 1852, and was, therefore, over 45 years of age. He was the only son of Lord Swansea's (,Sir Hussey Vivian's; second wife, who was a daugh- ter of Sir Montague Cholmondrfey, and grand- daughter, on her mother's side, of the Duke of St. Albans. The deceased fas educated afc Eton and Oxford. He was of rather a retiring nature, and his chief delight lay in ecclesiastical matters and in the sylvan scenes amid which his father's demesne lay. Until a year or two ago he never entered public life, but he had since occupied a seat at the harbour trust, where he maintained his usual quiet and unassuming demeanour. He also attended punctually to the business of the firm at Hafod Works. Since his father's death he had resided at Park ie Breos, Lord Swansea's seat in Gower, in which he had a life interest by the will. He was & county magistrate, and often sat at Penmaen (Gower) Petty-sessions. He took an interest in Friendly Sooieties, and one of the lodges in the Swansea district is named after him. He was a vocalist of snme ability, and often assisted ab Church concerts. He belonged tt> the Anglican community, and altogether was of High Church principles

Information was received afc Wrexham- CSJ Monday that Mrs. Hogan, wife of Mr. S. A. Hogan. J.P., of Gladwyn, Gresford, had died, suddenly at Weston-super-Mare, where she had gone for the benefit of her health. The deceased lady had resided in Wrexham and the neighbour- hood for about 40 years, and had been actively engaged during the greater part of that time ia philanthropic work.

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