The South Wales Daily Post

eA VED FROM THE WRECK: L A SUKVlVOKri STOKY. lie wretk ur tao Birktnhead, the story of *hkii was toid last w*ek, suggests the tale of the 1069 oi tho W w" iuuiaji itia.il stvam pocket Tweed, which was > %reoked on a reef ou the ooaat of ~Vucaia.n. T'ie -vessel and cargo v/tre destroyed ■jiviosI u'#taDiatt<BOU9ly, a»<i seventy-wo of the •5 cresv and pe singer* perished tine or the j*<«fcnger3 published u narrative o: The suffer- a of the survivor <• and their ultimate rescue, i. fording one of the moat impressive histories in the annals of maritime disaster. V roru this ^am-tive the following is greatly abriagwi •pha T« i;«i W;c. a vesael ot 1,300 tou« burden I iL and 500 horse-pow er. >2a* left Havannah early ÐU the 3th of February for .Yfoieo, havwwf on board sixty-two pa-angers, including two .ladies arid a female servant, a new, including engin^-er*, and stewzur^eas, to the number of eighty-tiiiEe—in all 151 ulj. ine- com- jnaoder Mr Parsons. The cargo fcom- L nriset! the mailrf from England. 1,115 bottles f of quicksilver (vani'-d at £ 18,000), other t Badcagyfc, und a lajv*. (quantity of ooul& & F Oncer'* steamer at Vera Cruz The ship was t j{,p mi the water. For two days they had flStpsrienced a. tremcTnioua norther, and on Thursday the weather wan dark and rough; no > aolar observations t-ould be taken. Auouthalf- k. eai>: three on the moremg of Friday, the 12t.i, while the oommarider was pacing die deck, and the Mtp was under full steam, with sails set, one of the look-out men -xdaiu:ed, Breekera s abend The engine* were put back. and the 1 lielm wito turned hard a starboard, but the r. ship went on ahead ;'iid grounded. The writer of I the narrirtive jumped out of bed. snatched some clothes. and ran en deck, and through the I mLoani he the line ot wh:t<- breakers ahead, £ away right ami left, Mr. Parsers was a-sked. "W}I;1i danger, captain? He re- '■' alted, "Never fear, #h*'a going actern. lie •lust ha- -< meant the engtHeb, for the sh*p hor- > self never did us ill a few seconds more she f w«nS ciash on -U reef. She went over a little I to leeward on first *trikm«. theu upnsfht, and, b^ntr raised bv the. swell, the wav f aroely ott SW v°t she svain ora^hr-! on the rocks with all Iter weight This fairly to da*hher whale bottom in, sending the machinery, boilers, and funnel up with a ierk some inches. I he engines stepped, tho steam ssc-apmg m clouds. The pa*sentfers and orevv now crowded on dectv, some almost naked. oid but few dressed. On jrtrikitiK the second time the ship swung broad "*i (port) side on Uie reef, and then fell ov-r to windward. The sea then -truck her, carrying +wmx Id a moment, a.; ;f Jh-.y were feathers, the 1 cnt^er mall boat, and ui.izy asfcrn. The scene *t tl us moment wa'1 tnilv 1wfn! The night was i vesy dark, and -piewng mid. Everywhere mixht be seen iadrndtw-ls -Imging with alt their •"«*W«gth, ?otne to mas' others to the sides, skyh^ite, se-ats, boat, and riisgjnjr, the sea ssshkiuflf a L-r^€u>h over Jl. At this time T. wad •v. th& captain, 3ud .-aid, "\Miat is to be l* A>ne' He .-aid caln.h, "Hold on till day- I* liffM, if possible, as I hope she will keep to- il ttethei till then.'0 The funnel fell over to I Tjpindward. The leasts were ^e^ to shake like ■willows, and Mr. Par- ')! •• cal'cl for "a knife" to cg4 them away. No'iody had one until at i laat yotn<»thtii? like penknife was found. The iinyarda were out, and the mast* went over. Tfca two remaining boats on the v k( «rde, already filled with people, weld not be iscTcd, and could not luve lived. No on. knew urhers? ttie ?!up v as, but supq[x*ied r jt tu be off the coast of v ueatan. The vessel was breaking awav uni:■.•;• the feet; no land in 8gbt. M\d some riughi i*< heard uferintr short f prayer Half an hour ai; er the first alarm The Ship Broke to Pieces. 1\* bosits were lower,• and drifted astem, but they were without oars, and had 1._0 much danaaijed when swinging at the ship's side, full of aen..One Tt,<«re sea s*'nt. all the after-part of xhf "hip. boats auu ail. Hying iii a thoneand ^k-ees, ana all that had remained out were tfOBtterei in the sea. The writer recollects being Jdted. with the capWm ai'd a few others, on a part of the ship's aide, to which the netting was attached, with tha water up to our breasts. A fearful cry was hstrd, ajid the mptain said, "011, thoee poor men in the teats; they are 0me I God have mercy on them All waa •till. In a moment morr it seemed as if tons of br*tken wocxl were hurled on the top of us, and We Wert scattered and Juried beneath the wavee. Then came a fearful etioking stru^gie with oUath-he prayer to God, thoughts of home, fnd irtruggles for life, ail at the saute moment! People ."lung to pieces of the wreck, and were Ifaro'.v n about ..t "^ndom in tlie bouing1 waves, nfcil gume, hke ih-j writei of the narrative, fçt;1'! tfceu'sifjlYei in rathe- smoother wafer. SMftebod". eMP. out thAt he could fee! the JKottom. It was joyful news to hsar hiin say mtr manv people ;-rattei«l about, standing ihe vi1* which htui pfrounded inside th<* v*urf It was then about .i.3j) o.M. A few of ,1S cr.iw!«d off the piece of wreck which had 'ved 'U8; but the injured ctlung t;- it till r. little daylight .jjgjjdKigped, whfu they aiso erep* on IfSfccre—-ttr\ not on »hore, but on the reef, among i wa-tesr, and stones. When daylight fairly fllQ. what a f-^arjul pieture was presented to I IHpr ey«e! For at lea-n, a mile aJomr tlie edge the reef, inside the breakers, nothing was to seen but wreck, niied up several feet in awful eaftfreino—timbtrs, j.-lanke, dooj;- crushed boats, (jfed», trunks, bajytcagei. barrels, seamen'# cheats, | Aft, ?«T:d all thai remained i;i the surf oi the ORce proud Tweed \4 the poi-t side from «jx»ri.«OT! to tL-e ttjrefrehead, over which ",till stood ihe bowsprit ami jibboom, btriding aa each sea ^»ver«d tt. liko a rr-ed. Tb" whf-el was still jfctaohed to the sixmson, jaid the paddle-box all held toirether '>y the machinery and the fh«t. T" tii i8 portion of the ship there still about 40 individuals, to whom we could ISBHJop not. the Blightest a.lst&nroe." They now MRo«Dturn;t, snd rightly, that uhey were on the a re^-f fifteen miles lonaf by twelve with de^T> water in the mid»t, and dis- t jtt ohoertr 60 miles from the tiiain land of i ■ The n-vi is entirely under water. yew at the loTest tide. At daylight on the SSfr. the people crept towther to consult. It jp» bitterly cold, few ha-1 nr.v clothing;, and the Bp't thing was to find socne from rlie wreck. ffexij they began to look after the remaining ■pile; there were three, but they were consi- iBRii uoserviceable. At ien o'clock the tide tc be rising.' They agtin looked to boc*:=, nod bravely resolved on exertion. Sltey determined to r«pai'- ths mail-boat, as the **mago.I tuonjjk th«-t had ?tf« entire stem ■NEK ewav. Tint hswl k»*. the c»rc»jnter; they »•> bammer. but. used 1 copper bolt torn out. I? the timbssre: their nails were plucked af (vps of the wreck; aprs and sai!^ were picked up; oftl'niS" trf whom, H»o?t fortunately, a. Hfge projorbon ha<i b ^en spared resumed the t&entrr&nd, and ^;c.ve direction to the lalnur. ut thif) *i>ne «fKueone picked up a compass "tndt had been try"u by the ^at^r from the i§taac.Ic, ivt.; throwrn on to the reef. and lay, 1 |^y.tur«ri, tuntfittc the mass 0: wre'A and gtonec. I llot vvers ti.a glass broken, § £ The Boat Was Equipped, j R>uu*h sort, ot bv'.lkhead was iandc in the Spit about 3ft. from the bow, the »{>ace before mtj full c" anything whioh could be hold of, gucK ,t-. otH blankets, pillowoases, ftirts, k A piece <sf sail wa« then covered v tb broken ix»ws and the fore part -of the axt«ndin^ uader the bottom some 5ft. or ♦t., aua there nailed on and fastened as well a,¡.\ yifi.'e. 'J'tor other defecix in the frail boat jtjpSl ftinl-Ored up as much as possible, so that p.m. -the was thought tit to swim. Her md ?ai! were found and put on board, with •; i a dozen omi- a rwttles of wine, a ham. to t>.» cf < Jiesje, arid a. little oatmeal and Hour, jDe* which tie chief otftoer was appointed to tafeaehsrsje f her, with six 'nen «nd three other A» she moved ?vay from u< manj m airiking at the heart: h> chatsce of being i't¡,t er 100 miles was very doubtful, i Ler tlepe'ided all our hopes. Those ~i>-uiiinp now cot iced tkat the tide had rigen aghteen inches It lx»c*nK'. ae;essary to ccui :trt;r4 ww sor+ of iabii<c whereon to take Jitter As the piee, -• drifted Tiear we secured hem, jni! pj^oed then; one .bave another any- kow, without any sort of order or aimtinor knsi Jt first wh»t we coull or shou;<! do. At last, ft siany -vert piled up that sve got on the top, t-avc the water, and !aTi to arraeige s in ?<MnetI:i?ig like order. It was squared ae as pomnt-h-, an 1 LnB flat boards laid along he cnp. i he size might lie fen feet squaxe. tiere were no laahingH to any part of .it, as we g £ t "U3 rope. Tlte few bottles of wine acd odd t&zmunn, <kc., which we had gatiie;ed during y-- vfay, were piaoKl on the top, by wh'ch time ^wiwi to come on dark, bot still the tide 4fi fewlu^. That day the refreshment wm a tl Vine ;ind f^afimcal. A prayer-book was d, and a paseer.ger read prayers. On tine th«y remained for fivo days juk! five nighte. <0&k day they laboured »>:avely at the task of '^•■pUBserfatioc, adding ipars and atones to jjfrtzft, picking up provwiens and a few fish, 1 tt ttsiM; ti^'ir IIœ.nty but luoky stock of pro- r sfons and swmnlantj? with wine economy. p. -rfecle of vheir diet was a kind of bill ,V. of flour ssub w»;ei% wice, and a little j t mvie. Tinf they called "Aiacr&nts oake. I^pec.ple left on the vrreek tried to join those raft, but the greater nunt>er perished in aitetiipt. TTlfcimatf^y there were collected ? tfee p&ft 69 pernons, besides two live piga and 1 ;nd dead rheep. provisions, and a indies. On the Sunday <>-<'urred a •uU iEc>iden-b. A writin :»-desk W:H Uivi, aad in one rara-r was ;»little box of about waat iucifer matches, but they were wet j&iwewM Dot Wr stuck thvm in the! Mt \u di.r, but very nearly lost thetf*. One of ij&l§{>4nv1f having wen the box £ W J&e tibsQwimt *w matciMB. When this was discovwrad, a hue-and ory Was raised about the matches, on which our ei.istenofc almost depended- The respectable portion of the Spaniards (some of them meet worthy and kind gentlemen) assisted in the search 'at once. and at last we made the delinquet turn out the box, also a jaar of pre*erves he had pocketed for his own use! He confessed having thrown the matches out, and on searching we found them scattered m some haleø of the raft. A few of them were picked up and dried, and at last we struck a light! Oh, joyful news it was to all. We gave three cheers! A caudle was lighted ami placed in an empty barrel, and a watch placed over It. with orders never to let It out by night or day. A piece of board lined witii iron was found, and on this we soon had a. fire fclaaing, having plenty af stioks at hajirt. The doctor aiui purser then got tlie dead s-heep. skinned it in a most skilful manner with an old razor, and we soon had a portion of it cooked^-j A piece was .served out *to e&oh man, and all declared they never tasted such excellent mutton. One "tottie" of wine followed round to each. At noon we offered up our thanks, to God for His goodness. The engineers began a. series of attempts to construct a st ll in order to condense the sait water and render it it for drinking. They first tried earthen jars, but they broke. With some wjppar vessel and some lead pipee they succeeded, and next day they obtained a sort of distilled water. About eleven o'clock on fhe 15th someone cried '"A sail." It was a vessel. A brig was approaching the reef; it stopped outaide the breakers, four miles on'. Mtd a canoe with eight man came to the raft. The patched- up mail boat had reached the land after en- countering great dangers and diffioultiea. Ths Spanish brig Emiiio. commanded bv Sen. Bernardino OaroP. without an insta.nt'if delay, despising cargo, passengers, and all selfish in- terests, instantly sailed to the rescue, and some idea may be formed of the dangerous nature of the reefs when it. is tftated that- two daye were occupied in getting the people off the rooks. Finally, however, they wero got safely to Havannah, having been five days and nights on the reef. This interesting narrative ex.- hibits an (instructive picture of the conse- quences of the patience, resignation, discipline, and energy of the shipwrecked men. and affords a strong contrast to the many horrifying scenes that have occurred in similar disastrous situa- tions. Nor should the noble conduct of Senor Camp and his mate, Villaverde, be overlooked. A very handsome subscription was got up in their favour, find the British Government voted them a sum of money in acknowledgment of their services.

THE MERTRYR HAULIERS CASE. QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT- I. In the House of Commons on Thursdav nirfifc, Mr. W. PRITCHARD MORGAN, put his question to the Home Secretary in reference to the recent conviction of hauliers at Merthyr for leaving their work without notice. Mr. ASQUTTH, in xeplv. said The accuracy or at least the fulness of the statements in the question seem to be disputed. I am iin- or at least the fulness of the statements in the question seem to be disputed. I am in- formed that the food for the horses had been tent in the first instance to the wrong stables, and arrived as the moment when the mett had ascended the pit. The result of their refusal to work was thai ?0 colliers were left idle for the day. The proceedings were taken, i understand for <!amases under the Employers aftd Work- men's Act, 1875, Section 4 of which gives a •*iurfc erf suminarv jurisdiction the civil juris- diction to assess damages for breach of contract. It is not. therefore, 3 case m which the Secre- tary of State has any power to interfere.

THE LOUGHOR RIOTS. REMISSION OF THE SENTENCES. Mr. David Randell, M P., has received a communication from the Home Office to the effect that the Home Secretary, after further eooeidera.titf of the circumstances, has folt justified in advising her Majesty to remit the remainder of the oantenoo p^.ssetl on William Edwar-tt, William Rees, Isaac Harry, Harry Edwarda, WilliMn Rees, Isaac Harry, Harry who were convicted' at for particvpation in the cases known y the Loughor riots. The defendants were released from gaol on Thursday evening.

Colonel Marsh, K.E., hold an inquiry at BijiltIL on Thursday respecting the application of the urban district ooimcil to th- Lf^al Governme-at Board for lbave to borrow jE2,500 for owBoeee ot 10 auyilwdf wa,t*>r

NOTES FROM THE METROPOLIS. £ ra»lf •TJS LONDON C9SSB8FONDSNTS.J LONDON, Thxtbsi>AY. The Speakekship. In the highest quarters little doubt i:, now entertsuned that Sir Matthew White Ridley will be the new Speaker. The feeling in hia favour is íôu overwhelming that I imagine t«he right iion. baroLot will yield his own inclination for the public good. Some of the warmest tribute to Sir Matthew that I ha.ve heard have been from Ministerialists. iney speak of his personal worth, his s-cholaxlj atta ninents, his eminent dignity, and his commanding position as a ^reat terri- torial magnate. Mr. Secretary Caiapbeil- Bannerman, I am told, is now willing to accept the, Speakership, but his party are unwilling to part with him. They are afraid of the change of voting power that would result from the aj>poinfcment to the chair of a. Minister. MR. Gladstone FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY. One of the most astounding, yet least im- probable, incidents in connection with the Speakership iss a statement that is being taiked about to-night, that Mr. Gladstone will come back co the House nn the night when Mr. Speaker makes formal announce- ment of his resignation, and will take part in the tributes that will then be paid to the First Commoner on his retirement.- I can only say tha.t nothing is more probable than this improbable appearance for one night only. A QUIET MEETING. Mr. Speaker's resignation was announced to Sir William Harcourt. and Mr. liaafoui at a. private conferonce which the two leaders bad with Mr. Pe* on Saturday week. Mr. Baifour came up to town from Brighton specially for the interview, and went bscK immediately thereafter. It was all cone so quietly that it is oniy to-night I have beard i of the meeting. Trouble AT Leamington. There is trouble brewing at Leamington and Warwick. The difficulty in the twin borough is likely to be as severe as it was in Central Birmingham, when, on the (il-dul of Mr. Bright, Lord Randolph Churchill politi- cally sacrificed himself to the Liberal Unionists in the interests of peace. The Liberal Unionists claim the seat on the ground that the Speaker was known to be a. Libend Unionist. The Tories ciiim A < n the ground that Mr. Peel has n-ver yet declared which side he is on. There they are right in the fact fnd the deduction. The agree- likent arrived at between the Tories and Liberal Unionists was that a Unionist seat sliould be Tory or Liberal Unionist according a* to whethtr a Tory or Liberal Unionist occupied it at the time. The last time Mr. Peei con- tested the borough it was a Liberal against a Tory. He has never contested the Dorough as a liberal Unionist, and has not avowed him- self as a Liberal Unionist. The decision i? likely to be inide by the local Tories in their own favour. They are taking the reins in their own hands. In that event an interesting three-handed fight would take place, and there is not the slightest doubt that a Toiy would beat a Radical and a Liberil Unionist- also, and would probably poll more than both of them combined. EAST Bristol Vacancy. As there is a probability that three or four wild Radicals and Labourists will light the East Bristol seat with the eminent tobacconist, Sir W. H. W ills, the lories have determined to stand alool. It will be more interesting to watcii the Radicals rend each otiter than to take part in a contest which we cannot win. I I EXCLUSIVE Clttbs. Reports are being put about that the Prince of Wades and the Duke of iife will retire from the Travellers' Club becau.se Mr. Rhodes, the South African statesman, was ptiled." I am not disposed to credit the report for several reasons. It is n* t usuaJ even for the most exalted personages to I withdraw from a. club because a candidate whom they favour has been rejected. More- over, was not Mr. Rhodes rejected also at the Marlborough, to which club he may be admitted without the sanction of the Prince of Wales7 The Travellers', you must know, is on*- of tie most exclusive and1 most vaJtwi clubs in Lon- don. It is nearly as ditticult to get- into the Travellers' as into the Carlton, where a. mndi- date has to be nominated in infancy if it is desired to hare him elected on attaining man- hood. At the Travellers' there are always a tiiousaiul eaJKlidates or mort: un t'bt books, and! a roan has to wait twelve or fourteen years before lie can expect his name to come up for ballot Some years ago the Travellers iiad to stiffen its regulations. It used to be the qualification that a man had travelled 500 mites from London in a direct line. This was altered to 500 miles on land, which made it a much stiff er test. "THE NoTORIOrS MRS. EBBSMITH." Mr. Pinero has wasted a good deal of genius and fine language over his new play, "The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsrnith." produced at the Garrick. Iti is the same skeleton as "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, only clothed diifsrentlv. There is not mote difference between the two plays than there is in their titles. "Mrs. Tanqueray" ttas a woman with a, past; "Mrs. Ebbsrnith" is a woman whom we see creating a. past. The victim, as these sort of people call it, of a. loveless ma.Triage. she contracts witn a man of similar opinion to enter into another sort of union. This is a risky character. It affords an opportunity of which Mrs. Patrick Campbell avails her- self brilliantly. It is certainly the greatest creation this accomplished actress has done, and it lifts her to the highest rank. Mr. Forbes Robinson is the man, and Mr. John Haire is a friendly, fussy, astute, but thoroughly duoal duke. Workwomen's Trains. Anotihcr Radical fad has been blown up. Last session Air. Alpheus Morton, backed up by certain outsider*, who tendoced all evi- dence assertions of their own, tried to thiill the Hou-e of Commons with statements as to the hardships of workwomen livmg in the suburbs. It was alleged that the trains by which they wen- permitted to travel at work- men's fares arrived in the City so early that, they had to wait from all hour to an hour And a half before being able to-get admission to their workrooms. It was assumed that members' feelings would, be harrowed by the thought of young women loitering about the streets or the railway stations? for an hour or so with wily tempters buzzing around. Happily, the pitiful pioture is purely < visionary. There are la-te trains, and there is no loitering-. This is established by cor- respondence the Board of iraue has had with the principal railway companies. The general effect of the replies is that workwomen %rc permitted to travel by workmen's trains; that the last workmen's trains arrive at from I eight to a quarter--past eight o'clock; tha.t the workwomen who come by them do not loiter but v- allk briaklv awav as it going direct to their work: lastly, that, very few work- women come in from the suburbs. The South-Eastern Company, which is most favourably ituated for this class of traffic, took a. census, and found that in one week only 70 women took workwomen's tickets from seventeen stations. Mk. WELLER'S Mother-in-Law. I observe that some ingenious carper, who aptly sigte!hinM<df"F.B.D. writes in the "Westminster Gazette" to-<tay to reproach the immortal memory of Dickens because he had once or twice referred to Mr. Wetler's second wife as Sam's "mother--m-law." The critic imagines this to be an error. On the contrary, it is absolutely correct. Mother- in-law is the technical designation both for the woman who marries one's father and for the woman wholle daughter oneself ntamee It is only as a matter of convenience, for atstinctic n's oake, that the w cman wnoamrries one's father is commonly called osies step- mother. But there are country places where both categories tune indifferently described as mothers-in-law. Much prettier is a Dickens srtory that the "Westminster" h;is had brought to it from the Law Courts. Yesterday, it appears. Mr. Dickens, the novelist's son, was counsel in a case in wtiidh "Dombey and Soit" was mentioned as one of the parties. "A weil-kiKwn firm, said Mr. Dickens, and then, aa he recollected tihe double meaning, he blu^hAngly added, "in the City." Extra- ordinary coincKtemoKt happen in the Law Courts. On one of the worst days in Tlio reoert severe weather there was a. case in one of the courts in which a number of fehe parties bore such seasonable natnes aa Winter- haad. 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THE CRISIS IN THE COAL TRADE. AN ALLEGED CONSPIRACY. THE HAULIERS MEAN MISCHIEF. PLOTTING FOR A DETERMINED STRIKE. REVELATIONS BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. We have received from one of the beat in- formed of our correspondents the details of a scheme which, if carried out. means mischief to the wiioJe of the Monmouthshire and South Wales coalfields. "It has been 1113" fate," he writes, "to have discovered a carefully-laid plot, and be it understood that while this scheme is hatching 'Mabon,' 'Dai o'r Nant,' and many other* are going along in blissful ignorance of the conspiracy, one of the aims of which is their utter cles.truct.ioii as leaders of the people. Taking the mass of the colliers, middle-aged and old men, they are quite dis- posed to abide by the actions of their repre- sentatives, and not only are disposed to fall in with a suggested compromise or even accept- ing the offer of the employers, but will have the settlement, h owever made, and the coin- tinuance of steady work, with fullest satisfac- tion. In a sentence, they say, 'We do not want to strike.' Not so the mass of the hauliers. These men mean mischief. They have been for .some time <«refu!ly organised by -late generals, one of whose naimen is now bciare Jlli; as T wnte — a clever, determined, ambitious man, whose aim is Tower, and that power he seeks in the great struggle which is pending. Hie plan of the plotters is to leave the oolliers and their representative to settle if they can, and they aie quite prepared to cheer lustily at the conclusion of a peaceable arrange- ment and the.ecatinuanoe of work; but when, on the 1st, of AprriI, .the colliers return to work, there will be no hauliers. The hauliers will be masters of the situation, and it win be with tham and their organisers that colliers and em- ployers win have to deal. and 110 settlement will be practicable, except by concessions which it is questionable if any employer can agree with. More than this, the wary men who ha-ve been stealthily working for a. time in profound secrecy have endeavoured, and are now en- deavouring, to gyt hold of the engineers and stokers as well as of the hauliers. They are representing to the latter body that the slidirig- scale should give them a. position. One of their rwpreeeoxatives should be on the scale to look after, -defend, and support their interests. So far. I cannot state whether the engineers and stolfefs) have given in their a-dhe^ion or not. This will be known in a few days; but of the solidification of the ha-uiiers into a solid and effective mass, under clever guklanoe, I have no doubt, and the only course now open is for prompt action on the port of the mining agents to frustrate the plot. 'Mabon' and David Morgan, in particular, should lose no time in countermining. The plotters have aims of their own. They believe that they hold the keys of the position, and they mean to turn that to their benefit, or prevent any one eise from working."

WORK AND WAGES. ENGINEERS' DISPUTE AT NEWPORT. NEARING A SETTLEMENT. A conference of the Employers" Association and tin: representatives of the men (local and eeneral) was held at the Town-halt, Newport, on Thursday. Before proceeding with the pro- per business of the conference—the discussion ot the port rules—the masters, having in view the fact that serious injury was being done to the trade of the town through vessels going elsewhere, asked the delegates if they would not a'k^v the men to return to work on the old terms, pending a settlement of the rules. After a. long- discussion the delegates agreed to this proposal, and the following manifesto was drawn up and signed: — "Town- hall. Newport, March 14, 1895. "SpMenMnt of Engineers' Dispute at Newport. "It is agreed that, the engineers formerly employed by the members of the Newport Ensrinf-rs and Shipbuilders Employers' Asso- ciation resume work forthwith, via., this dav, on the same conditions as those existing prior to the 22nd of February, except, as regards overtime, and that the Amalgamated Society of Engineers supply men to constitute night shifts when and where required, pending the settlement, of the question of port rules. 'Sisoied on behalf of the society by A. Selicks, cliairman of the executive council: and Tenkin Jones, district d'debate; and on be-half of the Newport Engineers arid Shipbuilders' Associa- tion by J. H. Carney, chairman; Samuel D. Williams, secreta-rv; and James Robinson, general secretary Ship-repairers' FederabOD." At four o'clock the conference adjourned until this morninpr. when the question of the port rules will be considered. BARRY NAVVIES ANi> THEIR SICK FUND. Mr. J. Ward, cf London, lLo president of the Nitvviea, Bricklayers, Labourers, and General Labourers' rdon, who Ü at present on a visit to Barry for the purpose of organis- ing the navvies employed on the new dock, railways, and other works in the district, has tendered a. complaint to Mr W. Fletcher, agent to Sir John Jackson, the contractor of the dtep-lock works at Barry Dock, with reference to the alleged sudden and unexpected discon- tinuance of the contributions and benefits in connection with the sick fund established at thow works for the benefit of the men. Mr. Ward maintains that the men's wagrs were compulsorily deducted for the purpose of main- taining the fund, and that Sir John Jackson or his aizent had rendered themselves liable to prosecution under the Truck Act Amendment Act, 1887, See. 9. for not publishing a. statement cf accounts annually and having the same audited. Mr. Fletcher, on the other hnnd, denies the allesfations made by the men's repre- sentatives. and maintains that, the sick fund was a purely voluntary one on the part of the men. The matter is, therefore, .being inquired into further by representative- of both sides, and the men, they say, are determined to ob' satisfactory redress.

FORTUNE TELLING AT ABERAYON CASTING A SPELL OVER A FAIR YOUNG MAN. At Aberavon Police-court on Thursday Ellen Gibbs, a. sapsy, was charged with stealing 6s. 3d., and also with having obtained 5s. by means of witchcraft or fortune-telling, from a yotng woman named Alice Williams, living at Sandfields. Aberavon.—From the evidence: of Alioe Williams it appeared that the defendant called at lier house at Sandfields, Aberavon, on the 13th inst., and offered to cast a spell or charm over a. fair young man, so that he would not rest day or niprht until ho married her. Prisoner then asked her to give her 5s. for telling her fortune, which she gave her. She also asked her to empty her pockets, which complainant did. when the prisoner took up the money and pocketed it.—The Bench sen- tenced prisoner to one calendar month's impri- sonment.

PROPOSED NEW WELSH RAILWAY. OPPOSITION TO THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN. Flirtshire County Council on Wednesday Dassed a, resolution condemning the action of the London aaid North Westc-rn Railway Corn- pa.ny towards farmers, tradesmen, and work- men in their employ, and approving of a sug- gestion to hold a conference of North Wales public bodies with a. view of t-,ending a memorial to the Midland and Great Western Railway Companies requesting them fco extend their ser- vice to North Wales. I

NORTH PEMBROKESHIRE RAILWAY. OPENING CEREMONY. The opening ceremony of this railway took place on Thursday. Colonel Yorrke. R.E., inspector of the Bo&rd of Trade, made his lU- ir spection of the line on Tuesday and Wednes- day, and passed it He expressed himself as highly pleased with the work, and said some of the bridges were among some of the nneet constructions in this part of the rotm trr, The company is now at liberty to conmienoe its traffic, and it will be in regular working order in a few days.

ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT CARDIFF. Shortly after eight o'clock on Thursday night Emily Goddard, who resides with her parents at Upper George-street, Cardiff, jumped into the Glamorganshire Canal in the North roat'. Cat diff. She was rescued by Police-constable 110 and a man residing- at the barracks.

A Central News telegram from New Orleans saya: —The cdty is now comparatively quiet, and order has been restored. Late on Wednes- day night the Governor issued a proclamation dve la ring that it waa intended atriotly to main- taLir; law and order

TITHE WAP- IN WEST ~WAa.ES. ,t .).. .L:.I THE THIRD DAY WITH THE BAILIFF. FUNERAL OF THE RISING IN BENBRYN. This manning opened wet, and the day was increasingly *so till far into the afternoon, when it turned ooid. We left- Newcastle a.t. 9.30, and met at Rhydlewis the main h v ot I police (diminished somewhat by the wi* 1 /vawal of fifteen Carmarthe".ushire men, who letumed home iast night). The first objective point was Britlidir Mill, near which a plough ling matdi was being held. and, consequently, a good number of people ;vere about. Kbydlewis villagers gave a vociferous greeting, but beyond that there was no demonstration. Brithdir Mill was reached, literally, ov»r the garden wall," the liailiff jumping from his break on to a low wall, an abutment of a. small bridge over a stream, and thence on to the holding. The warrant was in the name of John Rees, who is dead, but the 22s. due were paid up. At this point- transpired the fact that, owing to what the bailiff described as "the wildly excitable" character of the district, the Gla- morgan police were time* to reach Rhydlewis first this morning, and, from what I heard of the crowd's conversation and their reference to the picked men," the move had evidently had a very pacific effect upon the locality. On the way to the B-ithdir Farm, where the ploughing match was held, the road was found barrvtaded with a cart across the road, flanked with a gate and bristling with sturdy thorns and briars. Two or three of the Glamorgan men tackled it, and th'-u the tenant ordered his labourers ro remove jfehe cart, and we got past. Mr. Samuel Owen, of Brithdir, owed JB10 78. 10d,. and while the preliminaries of settlement were be ins,' arranged he proceeded to canvass the strangers for subscriptions to I the ploughing match. The funds were made richer by a modeat florin, whioh T plunged on I behalf of the "Western Mail," while Superin- tendent Jennings and others of the force also I contributed their mite towards the object so good humourediy put forward by Mr. Owen. Ws left amid a volley of chaff from a crowd of women, children, and a few men, and got on to Ffvnonau Gleision, where Mr. David James paid up £2 Os. 2d. liTce a man, remark- ing that he would pay his tithes without trouble, hut he wa.s afraid of his neighbours. "I paid the vicars tithes once and there was a- row over it. This is a dreadful place to live in," Mr. Owen Jones, of Llain, next "faced the musiff' to thf extent of JC5, and while waiting a pretty young heifer stood up cheerfully to be sketched by our artist, until a kind of feminms curiosity in has proceedings was mani- fested. and our artist incontinently retreated. Miss M. A. Jones, late of Liverpool, now owner of Tynewydcl Farm, pleaded that she had not enough money in the house to meet- a demand for £3 Is. 4d., and offered a sovereign on account. She had, she said. always paid her ) tithes "on the nail," and made no disturbance. So she begged Mr. Lewis, with tears, I not to distrain. Overcome by this pleading, Mr. Lewis, who seldom takes "subs. i-ailantly accepted £2 on account :ind went his way. Mrs Elizabeth Davies, widow, of Cefn Bach, facilitated progress by handing over £2 13s. 5d. Mr. David Evans, of Ffynonvendiga>id ( Vnjrlice, "The Blessed Well"), who has not paid any tithe for many I years. ,vas asked to oblige w th £2 10s. 9d. Mr. Evans met U8 at his open gate, and desired I that- oulv one or two of the police should accom- pany Mr Lewis to the homestead. Half a do'en of the Cardiganshire men went, however, and the money was duly paid By the bye. j the Cardiganshire men did the lion's share of walking to and from farms to-day, the Glamor- gan men being moved from point to point as a reserve, fretting meanwhile against their inactivity, for next to an actual scrummage, they desired to do something, if it were (.uly to accompany Mr. Lewis to the farms. Their I to accompany Mr. Lewis to the farms. Their turn will come to-inorrcw. A walk ac-tiss a moor, with the ialien fortress of '"Plevna in full view, brought us to Alltgoch, from the j yard of which Uie ramparts of the surrendered J "Redan" were in sight. Mary Davies, widow j <4 the owner of AH.ty.^i. paid up £27". IOCL, J and at Berthvgoppa, the next farm, a smart maid met the party with a crisp five-pound I note, and paid over £3 14s. 7d. for Air. Griffith Lewis, demanding a stamp on the recaipt." Talking of the terrorism of neighbours, one of the fanr. jrs distrained upon this week came into Newcastle last night, and paid up, explain- into Newcastle last night, and paid up, explain- I ing to Air. Lew:? that he was himself a Church- man, but had married a Nonconformist wife, w ho insisted that he should sta.nd out against the tithe. Asked why he did not continue I standing out, he sa id the costs would be he c. There is no doubt that bad times have, para- doxical as it may appear, helped the people to st.uare up. Now every dulling M a. considera- tion, and the costs of levy and sale form a. deterrent. Individuals have not the money to waste in :1J.1 unequal conflict with the law, and. as communities are made up ot individuals, no help can be secured from outride. The hat no longer goes round for the benefit of th»- "martyrs," as in old days, and even the Central Fund .seem? in a parlous condition. If, in addition to costs and expenses, the charges for the employment of large bodies of police for tithe collecting could be made to fall upon the particular parish or hundred affected, instead of upon the whole -ounty, the dayc of overt resistance to the tithe would be over. Ffynonlwdw, the hoid- iflg of Thomas and Margaret Jones, who paid "■•'A 9g. 2d., v a-; reached over a narrow road i-i.it in the side of a steep hid, the ruts in the road making a switchback oi the conveyance, urule tshe constant shout of "Heads!' was the warning to avoid an Absalomio fate. AtPerth- nedir £3 Os. 61. wat. received from David Lewis, an old man. while at Waunmorfa the bailiff was about to distrain on .1 the goods of Mr. Owen Jones for £1 Os, Id., when Police-constable Jones, one of the dis- training nartv, paid the piper on behalf of his friend. At Cnw. yryglyn, Mr. Lewis was called" baek." Atr. Wm. Evans objected topay. and Mr. Lewis proceeded to distrain, but some- one called him back and pa,id up. At Tyhen, held by Mr. John Owen, we were on the bad I of one who for many years was the receiver of Linynvbrain tithes in Penbrvn, on account of which he was now in default. Mr. Owen had I paid £5 on account, and £5 178. 2d. remained, I but he was not at home. Being an aspirant for school hoard honours, he was probably out canvassing. Of course, distraint followed, wit- nessed by one or two farm girls in place of tho hundreds who formerly surged around the place on distraint day. Mr. Owen seemed to have hpard of the distraint, for he met thd bailiff at the Gogerddan Arms, where on the way home the nartv pau.-ed to gruel the horses and liquor I the men, p&d up like a man, and was owing no longer. Questioned about his own record as a tithe-receiver, Mr. Owen recounted, with evident pride, tho yeans of his connection with the Jdwyuybrain Estate. "Well," he was asked, "why don't you pay now?" "1 like," was the frank and ingenuous answer, "to have the money in my pocket as well as the others." "Oh. it is not a matter of principle, t-hen?" "Oh, no. I a:n not an agitator," was I' the candid answer. Ffynonf'adog. passed en route, formerly on distraint occasions absolutely alive with howling -men and barricaded so that scarcely a bird could break through, was like a- corner of Goldsmith's "deserted village." I At Cnwcyfedwen Mr, Thomas Jones -provided I £ 11 Is. 8d. to swell the Uuuff's bulky bag, and th n we turned down to the sea coafct. At Felinsaith, where Mr. Lewis has several times failed to distrain* a total of JEil 4a. 1d., in- cluding a balance of Is. 6d. due to the vicar, was demanded of Mr. Simon Davies. Simon declared he would not pay the la 6d., and Air. Lewis was about to distrain wheal Davies capi- tulat-ed. The last place was Llefcty-on-the- Cliffs, where last November Mr. Lewis and twenty Cardiganshire police fought 100 anti- tithers, and beat them. effecting a distraint Hero Mr. Samuel Jones owed 8s. lid., which lie refused to pay. Mr. Lewis turribd on his heel, made a. levy, added 3s. to the bill, and waa paid the whole lot. The next halt was at the Gogerddan Arms, wh^re a matter transpired which shows that even for the ratepayers of Cardiganshire good is to spring out of the evil of this tithe business. The I Cardiganshire force, recognising the superior e!H ct produced by the helmets of their Glamor- ganshire comrades, have become possessed of a wild desire to displace their o^vn heavy, awk- ward. ili-fitting. funereal-looking headgear for the jaunty, fetching helmets of "Sir Mor- ganwg." So the whole 22 of them organised a deputation to the chief-con stable, as. after the general liouoring-up, he sat in his carnage .smoking the pipe of peace, and asked that they should "nave helmets "like those of the' Glamorganshire men." which are lighter, better fitting, more imposing, and, chief argument for the ratapavers. If. each cheaper than those used iu Cardiganshire. The .Chief raid he would do his best, but feared it wns too la.te for this year. Then, after "one more before we oart," twenty of the Cardiganshire police, who had been instructed to return to the'r districts to-night, Iwde us a sorrowful farewell, and to- morrow we shall go out at 9.30, the escort being reduced to the 30 Glamorgan mpu and t'.vo officers, with two local constables, the c-h;ef- ooostable, and deputy chief cunstabla of Car- di«iu>»bir«.

LIBERATOR CRASH. J PROSECUTION OF I DIRECTORS, I INQUIRY INTO HOBBS AND COMPANY'S CONCERN, FURTHER EXAMINATION OF BALFOUR'S NEPHEW. The summonses against the directors of the "Balfour group of "ompanice, charging them with conspiracy and fraud, again came on for hearing on Thursday at the Giuld-hall (before Alder- mali Davies). The directors, against whom charges are made in connection with one or other of the companies—Messrs. Cold wells, M P., Dibley, Brook, Theobald, a.nd Major Wrigh t—took their customary seats at the solicitors' table. JABEZ;S NEPHEW CONTINUES. ATr. Leonard Balfour-Bunis again went into the witness-box, and, he liaving formerly bt-eu secretary and also a director of the House and Land. Investment Trust, Air. Alatthews, on behalf of the Crown, refcumed his examination with respect to the affairs of that company. Witness said that but for the alleged profit of JE20,000 on the sale of the Lane-end Works in 1881, the alleged proht of JB56,000 odd on the sale of the Ilfurd property in 1883, an alleged profit of £¿lj,OOO upon the Guildford land in 188^, and an alleged pro it of £ 37,000 in 1885, the ac-ijouuts for those vears would all have shown a. loss. In 1883 the directors di. ided for the year ended January, 1862, the smn of £2,705; in 1884 for 1883, £2,160; in 1385, for 1884, £2,488; in 1886, for 1885. £2,520. On the 30th of November. I880, witness was appointed manager of the House and Lands, and so remained down to Octooer of 1890. During the time he was director the policy was pursued of increasing the capital amount of the large property in the company's books by adding interest from year to year. In 1890 thr),]c figures lLad so swollen the value as, in his opinion, to be far beyond what the property would bear. Mr. Motion (for Major Wright): Witness was a director for four years while all this was going on. Witness oontinued that in his opinion it was necessary at the time to have the assistance of professional auditors, and there should have been a periodical valuation of the assets for the protection of the directors., Those were the principal reasons which in- duced his resignation. What m* ans had you outside your director- ship of these different companies?—Very slight. What income were you deriving from your directorship in these companies in the years 1886 to 1890?—In round figures, about £1,000 a year. Oi course, that is a very general igure. Were you under the protection and favour of your uncle, Mr. J. S. Balfour?—Yes, sir, as I had been from a.bout the age of between fifteen and sixteen. Witness next identified the draft of the letter alrendy published, dated October, 189 iu which he resigned his position, and he pro- duoed the reply which he received from Mr. G. W. Milton, the iiecretary of the company. Witness added that subsequent to the receipt of that letter he did not attend any more meet- ings. When he received a cheque for S191 for director's few he returned it. as, according to the artioles of association, a director should not take fees for the year during the currency of which he retired. He also returned another cheoue for jB50 sent to him for fees. From the 20th of March. 1886, he became a director of tho Liberator, and resigned on the 11th of Alay, 1891. Thus, he 8& in reply to the alderman, he continued a direclor of the Libe- rator after resigning from the Houaie and Land. In November, 18S6. he became a di- rector of Hobbs and Co., and retired in the spring of 1891. In Alarch, 1887. he became a director of the Building .fc<statts Brickfield Company, and so remained till the windjng up in 1892. He was also a. direc- tor of the Building Securities Company. UNDER CROSS-EXAMINA HON. Cross-examined by Air. Dawlings, for Air, Tli9ohald, witness said that his father was a director of the Lands Allotment, but retired in 1885. Witness had not been a director of the concern. In reply to the alderman, witness did not think he ever made a suggestion to the board as to a professional valuation till he sent in his resignation, HOBBS'S CLERK CALLED. Mr. George Charles Kentish, an accountant, Balsall Heath, secretary of J. W. Hnbbs and Co. from the latter part of 1885 till three or four months before the winding-up in 1892, was the next witness. Prior to this engage- ment he said he had been clerk to Hobbs, to whom he was related by marriage. The busi- ness of Hobbs was turned into a company in April, 1885. It was sold first of all to the Building Securities Company for £20,000, and tho next day it was sold to the npw company. Messrs. J. W. Hobbs and Co. (Limited) for £25,000, Was it in a flourishing condition whan it was sold''—It is a difficult question to answer. So I far r.s hllilding was conœrned, it was flourish- jJlg; so far as owning estates was concerned, it was not. Further, he said, at the time it was turned into a company it was necessary to have financial help to carry it on. Air. Roberts called attention to the date of this transaction and the dates of the allegations against his client, Coldweils. Air. Avory (for the CroAii): One of the a.lle- gations against him is that of 'taking as profit a sum of £20.000. alleged to have been paid by Hobbs as a premium in 1890, and, therefore, it becomes necessary to show what Hobbs and Co. were. Witness continued that the Ilfdrd property wa-f- amongst the assets of Hobbs a.nd CO.'8 business when taken over. Wright and Dibley were directors of Hobbs and Co., wid Brock was one of the auditors. Witness next read a letter of Jur e, 1891. addressed by Hobbs to Alaior Wright, as chairman of Hobbs and Co. 1 In this letter Hobbs said that for a long time he had urged the distastrous consequence* of the poliov of their so-called board, a great deal of it be:ng owing, as he considered, to the small pecuniary interest held by members. He Drotested most strongly and earnestly against the loading of this company to bolster up other institutions, the amount of which loading was uerfeetly appalling. Under the circumstances he (Hotbs) declined further responsibility. He should consult his solicitor as to his position. On the 22nd of June, 1891. Wright replied to "my dear Hobbs." regretting that he had joined the ranks of the enemy, but saying that it had not much effect on the board, as much graver issues had been before them. Although a resolution was passed creating debentures, it was more than doultful. If auy money could be raised on them in time. The Tetter cen- olnded, "I do not like to put more in writing, but I think you can divine 'my meaning. Witness continued that Hobbs frequently pro- tested against the policy of the board, and the auditors periodically objected to constant addi- tions on account of interest. Letters were read in support of this evidence from the auditors, in one of which they sug- gested the appointment of an additional ac- countant- with respect to the premium of £20.000, which Hobbe and Co. were put down a" having paid for ;1. loan of £110.000 in Alarch, 1390. Witness thought that the amount or the premium was tixed by the chairni^i of each company. Witness said Major Wright took an active part in the affairs of Hobbs and Co. A special committee, of which he was 3. mem- ber, received amongst them 2^ per cent, en the money sp^nt on the Albert-hall estate and the Strand estate, in addition to their ordinary fees aud other commissions. Strand estate, in addition to their ordinary fees aud other commissions. The court adjourned for luncheon. t Ou resuming, witness described how he pre- Tia-rcd the accounts, so as to show a profit OIl the business of Hobbs and Co., although 110 Profit had been made. He first ascertained the amount required to pay 7 per cent., and theu obtained the necessary sum bj adding to the value of the estates under the name ot profit on contracts. Cross-examined, he admitted that he himself had had about £200 out of the falsified wages sheets. Witness was accustomed £ t the end of the year to ascertain the amount necessary to pay the usual dividends and fees, and then place addition? in the books, but there would b-3 a loss en each year's working. lie pro- duced several letters from Major Wright. In one he said it would be necessary to obtain uiorey for the Liberator, or all would fall to the ground. Cross-examined, lie had some of the money Hobbs obtained by falsifying wages sheets. OTHER EVIDENCE. A former olerk in the offioe of the House I and Land Trust, named Burgess, stated that the balance-sheet of 1891, which he prepared, showed a deficiency of over JS10,000, out when the accounts were nublished ill: was made to appear that there had been a proSt of £10,4175 on the vear's working. Hie former secretary of the Building Securi- ties Company having givMi evidenoe, the fur- ther hearing was adjourned till Wednesday. THE CONVICT NEWMAN'S ESTATE. The Court nf Appeal on Thursday allowed the appeal of Mr. Wheeler, liquidator of G. Newman and Co., one ot tin Bali mr group, against the. judgment of Mr. J'wlce vau^han Williams, involving a sum of £ 3,000 out of the .-state of the convict George Newm in. In rf.firenee to the misapplication of another ram of £2.500, Lord Halsburv ob-ervf-d that the re«nonsibi!itv rested on jabe-< Balfour, and in "vir.g judgment hit: lordship referred to the conduct of othtrs implicated in Newmans affair*

WELSH CHURCH. THE POWERS OF THE DIS ESTABLISHMENT BILL. In the House of Commons on Thursday, Sir AI. HICKS-BEACH (C.. Bristol) asked the Secretary of Staie for the Home Department "whether the words In the twelfth clause of the Established Church (Wales) Bill, providing for appeals against any decision of the Welsh Com- missioners on certain jioints, are intended to give a right of appeal 111 all the cases in which it was given by the 42nd Section of the Iriah Church Act, and, if not. whether he will ex- plain the difference, and the reason for it; and whether, by Clause 28 of the Bill, ib is in- tended that the representative body of the Chuich in Wales shall be charged with the payment of stamp duty on the conveyance to them by the Welsh Commissioners of the churches, parsonages, or private benefactions which are now, and, according to the Bill, would still remain the property of the Church." Air. ASQU1TH (Home Secretary) said The answer to the first question is in the affirma- tive. Clause 12 of the Bill has a somewhat wider scope than the arbitration aection of the Irish Church Act, and, therefore, is drawn in more general terms. It -would give a right of appeal not only on questions of compen- sation arising under Clauses 17, 18, and 19, but also on questions as to what constitutes a private benefaction within the meaning of Clause 5, and what amount is payable in satis- faction of any existing interest in tithe rent charge under Clause 16. The answer to the se xmd question is that Clause 28 of the Bill corresponds to Section 35 of the Irish Church Act. and I am informed that the Commissioners of Irish Temporalities conveyed 1,628 churches, with l-IChoolhouses, lands, and burial grounds, to the representative body in Ireland by a single vesting order on which a stamp duty of the nomiraJ amount of 10s. wap paid. It was not intended that ad valorem duty should be paid on any part of the property which is to be transferred by the Commissioners to the repre- sentative body in Wales, and I will consider the question of amending the language of Cla.se 28 so as to make this clear.

SHIPPING NEWS. SIGNALLED OFF THE LIZARD March M.—Pasfec! Etust: Trias, from Nassau for Falmouth steamers Braunschweig, from Baltimore for Bremen; Cnmbra, of Glasgow Blackcock, of Liverpool: Marie, of London: Banes Hawkins, of Newcastle; Deutschland, from New York for London Italia, of Middles- borough Standard, from Philadelphia, ordered Uuxharen. Paused West Steamers Auric, of Belfast; Rochefort, of Cardiff; one of Alfred Holt's, of Liverpool; Celeste, of Liverpool; one of Tnrnbull's, of Whitby; North Devon, of Belfast; Ormerod, of Penzance; Telegraphic, of Liverpool; one of Pyman Watson's, of Car- diff.-Wind, W., moderate weather, hazy; sea, smooth bar., 30'23, rising. SIGNALLED OFF THE MUMBLES HEAD. Alarch 14.-Wind, N., light weather, foggy sea, smooth. — Received Ordef." Steamers Rutland, of London, for Peuarth Palma, of Newcastle, for Cardiff. Passed East • Steamers Urania, of West Hartlenool Luteoe, of Ronen Ancient Briton, of Cardiff. Passed West Steamers Corrwg, of Cardiff; Eppie Gray, of Glasgow, Tyne, of Newcastle; Acacia, of London; Thorntondale, of Scar- borough. S W ANSEA.A RRIV ALS, NORTH POCK. I Mfrcli 13.—Anvphitrite, 63, Bristol, barley. F, L. 1; s. 129. Newport, nil. Elizabeth Hill, 64, Pad- stow nil. March 14 —Purveyor. 33. Boeeast.le, nil. Talbot, 8, 61:1>, Liverpool, gei.-eral. SOUTH DOCK. March 13.—Livingstone, 163, Padstow, nil. March 14.—Sla-shal Keith, s. 311, Caen, ndl. Shoal Fisher. 99, Oungarvan, nil. Luteee, s, 701, Rouen, nil. PRINCE OF WALKS DOCK. March 13,-ComoTÍIt, 346, (ilasgow. general. March 14.—Liverpool, s, 203, Tralee, nil. Urania, 9, 1,703, Liverpool, nil. SAILINGS. NORTH POOR. March 12.—Electric (Pitta\rav, Watchet. Match- less (Walkley). Rhosilly. March 14.—-Corrwg, s (Vigors!, Bayonrie. Neptune (Fiel(I), Higlibridg; Henry Fisher, s (Nelson), Neath. SOUTH DOCK. March 13.—Italia, s (Loiig.staft), Bremen. Welsh Prince, s (Chidgev), Bridgwater. Gertru-Je, s Her- ringtcn), Rotterdam. Tweed, s (Lindsay), Belfast. Collier, s (Fox), Bristol. March 1*.—Eftie Gray, s (Harvey), Warrenpoint. Acacia, s (Moore), Treport. Tyne, s (Bewen). Trou- ville. KaWuo, a (Curwen), Genoa and Leghorn. PRINCE OF WALES DOCK. March 13.—Missouri, s (Browne), Philadelphia. Moudota, 8 (late Caxton, 4) (Dickens), New York. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—March 14. L'Orient, F. 1,. B., F, Bennoit, 129, L. G. Jeffreys Newfairwater and Revui, Comoriu, B, Anderson, 346, Rurge">s & Co- Batouni, Urania, s, B, Smith. 1,703, Sooiete Com- merttiale C'aMera, Sindbad, B. Brisco, 615, H. Goldberg & Co. St. Malo, Mai shall Keith, s, Ger, Classen, 311, Har- ries Bros. CLEARED. -M&tch 14. Genoa and Leghorn, Salerno, a, B, 700 coal, 550 general St. Malo, M&MhaH, Keith. Ger, 500 coal Cherbourg. Edith Mary, B, 285 coal, 40 patent fuel L'Orient. F. L. B., s, F. 320patpnt fuel Grnoa, Frea Lance, s, B, 1,30Q patent fuel I IMPORTS COASTWISE —March 14. Bristol, Amnhitrite, 90 tons barley, John Dyer EXPORTS COASTWHE.—Mafch 14. Higtbrkl-: Merthyr, s, 120 coal, E. A. Cleeves & Co. Baibriggan, victor, 150 coal, Gwaun-cae-Gurwen Co. Plymouth, Mar)- James, 26C coal, Evans & Bevan Galwav, Liverpool, s, 330 ccal. G. ShepKerd & Oo. Ijooe, Mary Barrett, 155 coal, Gwaun-cae-Gurwen Co. Boscastle, Purveyor, 65 uperphosphate, Vivian and Sons Cardigan, Ellen Owens, 55 coal, S. & J. Hill London via Nervliyii, Fitzwflliam, s, general, Tucker and Co.; 40 flour, Weaver & Co. NEATH AND BRITON FERRY.— ARRIVALS. March 13.—City of York, a, 23, Bristol, general. Myrrh, 22, Bideford, nx>t.s. Swan, 67, Br..water, tin. be r. March 14.—Bay Fisher, s. 18.:1, Barrow, iron ore. Olivia, 6, 110, Portreath, ballast Henry Fisher, 8, 331, Swansea, ballast., SAILINGS. March 13.—Count d'Aspremonl (Stevenson), Hayle. Bfpsie (Leu-amc), Truro. March g,-City of York (Baker), Bristol. Duddon. s (Mills), Warrenpoint.

IlANUFACTURERS' REMNANTS AT 15, UNION STREET. Just puratttMd, Large Stock of WHITE M USLLN8, suitable for Pinafores, Aprons, Windvw Curtains, &c., at Id., and 2 £ <L porysrd; and an extraordinary *h«ap lot of good TAILORS'LININGS in Remnants. Job lot rwd TORCHON LACE and EM- BROIDERY. Raaaarkabio cheap lot of TROUStJKING liouinants. Full Trouser Lsngtbs at 3t. lid., 4s. lid., 5». lid., 6a. 9d.; good all-wool TwMds. Also s lot of BLACK DRESS LENGTHS and real SCOTCH TWEEDS in good dross pieces at ordinary vrholoaalo prices. Tho RomnanU of SKIRTING aro a Barrel at la. 2id. per skirt length. CREPON and CAMBRIC Remnant*. Rare opportunity for bazaar work. NOTE.—The Coupons are still obtainable, PHILLIPS REMANT WAREHOUSE, 15, UNION-STREET. ■nsETH \TEETH /MR. C. A. K0PS0N\ SURGEON DENTIST, 2, DYJNEVOIiPLACE, SWANSEA. (cfMMTE K-asw HIHHKK tmAMe ncrnooM) 26 Yearn Experience—13 an dentist wiil KenIL, Swansea. PAINLSSS EXTRACTIONS WITH GAS, Beet Wrwrkjoanahip, Material, and Fit guaranteed. j \Higb-e4aea Work from 5&. per TooW1 Athome daily fNe 10 twfctt 1. All ConsoltatkMU if roe, TEBT-H\ Aseth TB:BTH TUfa GO TO 97, OXFORD-ST TO* ( HRA.P aXX fkok 1*D. A1»0 a targe qMWrtJty Odd Lev DOWN & SON FOR RELIABLE PURNITCBEV. IMMENSE STOCK TO SELECT FS^1 ffIGH STREET AND MORRIS IxSIffl, HOW TO LIGHT A SHOP^PEOPSRLT SBB LEGG'S NEW OUTSIDE LA^' COSTS ABOUT ONE FARTHING PER HOUR 17 & 18. JS ELSON-BTREETe TO OOAL MERCHANTS, HAULIERS, AND Iff OUSMOUDO%6 FOR BEST AND MOST ECONOMICAL HOUSE AND KITCHEN COAL& Aw DtSBQT ve THE BLAENeAJSW COLLIERY OL LUtB^ CAMBRIAN PLAOK. SWANSEA. JR* JACOB,JENKINS .aMi, V&-AUVANT, io ALE-XANDRA' Ra 11 lilt =-= MORGAN BEVAN AND SOt6. 24:, CASTLE STREET, JJS.. TBtJBQBAMS: BJS7AN, SWANSEA. TEUSPSf^ GENERAL FURNISHING IRONMONGERS STREL, AND METAL MERCHANTS. COMPLETE WORKS AND MILL FURNISfiBB^ DEAJiMUS IN ALL KINDS OF ENGINEERS' AND ONITEW TOW op MACHINERY. ai COLEMAN'S I I 0& j UEBIGIS EXTRACT OF MEAT AND MALT WINE I OVER TWO THOUSAND TESTIMONIALS Have been received from Medical Men. SIX OOLD MEDALS AND ONB SILVBS MBDAi have been awatcted. 80M ia Bottles, 2». 9d. and 4*. 6d., everywhare. Sole xanutlftumrs: A 28,94. Bottle Met Post Free oa receipt or 33 Stamp*. 2635 Local Agents-D. L. Evan*, ehemist, Waller- read, Swansea Taylor & Ceu, Limited. A DELICIOUS CUP OF BEEF TEA FREE MADE FROM ARMOUR'S EXTRACT OF BEEF; WiH be offeree to anyone V'-ieiting TAYLOR & COMPANY LIMITED, S, CASTLE SQUARE SWANSEA, Between MARCH 4th and 16th. ARMOUIVS EXTRACT of BEEF it free tttat burnt taste or eheoaieal preservatives uxl retains the troe flavour of Prima Beef. tak or send for COOKRSY BOOK," I'ree- ARMOUR & CO., 9, TOOLEY-8TEMST, LONDON, 8.& WBDmNG iums. M WBDMNO RINGS. S M TO 1 f BROUGHTON I VtHB IfOTB-D WEDWSS MESG SHOpi I ft Y »ep Hy»od am P«irwy*u PriodaMl, B %31, HIGH STREET, £ SWANSEA Jr (OPPOefte DMom and son4 i £ r -I BUT ONLY OF THOSE whc UNDERSTAND THEIR BUSINESS. I THOMPSON & gHACKELL ¡ (LIMITED), I ■Have a 50 YeMt Rtput&tioa for Selling Good, Serviceable PIANOS, ORGANS, AND HARMONIUMS, At a lAw Priee either for Cash or on the Hire System. Place Liet Post Free. aw- OUR i STBEItCLAD" PIANO (Every Latest Iafc*vei»«at;, Priee M5 eash. 33, CASTLE STREET, SWAXSEA [1710 W. R CJ N U Hi JE frRACTiCAl. TAVUOB) Is now Shewing a Cheiee Seieetioo of I NEWEST CLOTHS bob WINTER WEAR Every Garment Made under personal Super- f vision. Pit and Style Ocaranteed. I Bti. HELOTS ROAD (OPF«U?» HOSPITAL BWjLJfBMA.) Nora,—Ladies' and Gentlemen's Water- roof GanMata Made to Measure, 2014 XTATIONAL ACCIDIRNT NATIONAL ACCIDENT UrSURAKCB C01llPÄl!IY. UMFTJCO 0-: &, a*. MASX-STUBm, OAJtDi pp. Bmbciow: JOMX GUJStN, ChtiHMm. W. B. MATHIAH. Sir J. J. JBKKIS6. WILLIAM lUIJnr. NOBBRT POMENST. ut gwafl LXJOE. W. SOUTHWBItL JONU6, (Wutai j>wri,flnfl y««y Sabeoribed £ 100^Q0. TraoeaaU, in additiea t» ieel*w>t Insuranee *a- 1 I TlLBLirX GUARANTVBS and BUkGI-a8Y INSUUA.NO AMUmmt« ITiwi|i I HIH 1KMRKST. I I nun nu si MONEY LEI^ ON NOTE OF ILU(I) ø SOL BARNEfT. Swansea—11, Di ue*1 & Keatlfc—SUk *»&. V. aBSOLirra t-saMBT-^ GKT ALL Y OCR PICTURES PEAMED Jrr SELA.TA 51. lOW seto G.VT3L. SfcatiCB. GREAT gBOW TO^S, FANCY G001*S N 0 V E L T BTHIS DAY and MAGNmOSPTT Mecbanjeal, Steam, DOLLS A2?D M, M, L°" APSLEY HOUSL,WALTSIW OV$,- And 1, PARADE-Bul IDIN«^ JOHN PALMES* (The old-esUWiB^rid^ ^$ G 0 A C 11 W O U eOWSR STREET. HAS FOR AL ead Vsjb' nearly new, to he wo a Dog Cart, Phwtoo, Buggy. and several ether MOST IMPOR T>OOTP8 and 3HOSS JT) w4mu new, a*<l Charges Extreaely The only one place in vfOSP* HOWARD'S BOOT SBOKT 36, OXFOliD-STBf^: (Opposite National High«r ——— ——— Ovws*—67, XING STIiBB-F. Kstabuskku lew- ggflP" AUTHOKISKD CAPITAL, Isv*sTvr> rusrs, BOItKKS ANT) NNGINKSllqslolo,9 IU3PKCTEE. vvW Bmplover? Insured against Employers Joint Pelieias Issued. J L. CROS1-. AN I) M-lnst-M-1*" Chi<r* j, BDWAHD UAnPIS1^ invited. [Estabi.MH*D WILLIAM COP^ ST. HELENS STEAM AWI» Tno#.B» MONUMENTAL 4. (Opposite ST. HELEN'S-ROAP- Monuments and ^3 im InaperTshable Letter*; 1 and Marble Chimney Pieces. SUTTO N'S j Marble, Stone, GraW1*' Slate Works, j,#* ST. HELEN*S-BOAT>, Manufaetnrers ^,q MONUMENTS. HJEAI>» TOMBS, &c- Designs and Prices •» E- A" UNBBKTAKJiti. rUNKBAL 22, ALFRED STR £ a "ZZ^bal &)* WBIiniNG AND 11 SJtAKbS, jta- WAGGOSlft j. Ten-Stall Stable an* Posting in a» SrihtraphicAcirireiw: tio Stinted and 5';«t»Iished ?or «»'• DA VXD D4,,rI>;s, uc y >" j W*b» Dany Post, -M