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THE LATE LADY ABETRDARE.! — PROPOSED FOUNDATION OF A MEMORIAL. Lord Tredegar, president of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, will preside at a meeting to be held at Aber- dare Hall, Cardiff, next Monday week, in support of the memorial to the late Dowager Lady Aberdare. At a recent meeting of the council of Aberdare Hall it was decided to raise the sum of £4,500 to redeem the debt upon the building, as a memorial to the first president of the hall, and it is believed that many who knew her, and who oo-operated with her in work of various kinds-for tempe- rance, fur the Girls' Friendly Society, &c., and in educational work—will regard the hall which bears her name, and which was so espe- cially her creation and her care, as the fitting object of a memorial to her. Donations of £250, £200, and others of J3100 have already been promised, amounting to a total of over £900, and from this prompt and generous response the council is led to hope that a much larger sum will be announced at the meeting on the 28th inst. Cards of invitation have been sent to all those who are connected with educational and other public institutions, and those who may not have been included, but who are interested in the memorial, are cordially invited to be present. It is hoped that friends of the late Lady Aberdare, and all who are interested in her many public works, will take this opportunity of doing honour to a. name so widely known and respected and to a memory so generally beloved.

CARDIFF INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. ADDRESS BY ME. OWEN OWEN. The governors of the Cardiff scheme re Welsh intermediate education assembled on Tuesday afternoon at the Town-iiaii specialty to meet Mr. Owen Owen, M.A-, recently appointed by the Welsh Central Board as chief-inspector of intermediate schools. Alderman Sanders pre- sided.—Mr. Owen Owen, in addressing the boa.rd, said he had spent some time in the schools, which, as the governors were, doubtless, aware, were the largest in Waiea. iiaving expressed p.easure with the premises in which they are located, Mr. Owen pointed out that there was, of course, considerable strain on the accommodation, and he was g.ad to xearn un- contemplated setting up permanent premises as soon as possible. The Cardiff school was not without facilities for recreation, and he had found abundant proof of effective organisation under circumstances wnich had rendered organisation most difficult. After pointing out that difficulties must of necessity attend tem- porary premises. Mr. Owen proceeded to speak of matters or detail, and, alluding to cramming, he remarked that, with the short cuts to results provided by the text-books. there was little for the pupLs to do, and he was gratified to find that at the governors' eehooi pupils were required to explain the process by which they arrived at results. Ooneludinsr, Mr. Owen en arged upon the great earnestness shown by the governors and teaching staffs. They were all animated bv a strong desire to make the system one which would point the way in matters of seoondary education.—Alderman Sanders, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Owen. said they hoped before long to have a school which should be second to none in the Principa.'itv.— Mr. John Duncan seconded the vote of thanks, which was passed unanimously, and briefly acknowledged.

A BIT OF OLD CARDIFF. While the work of laying wood pavement in Queen-street, Cardiff, was proceeding on Mon- j day. the Chief-inspector of Works (Mr. Charles Shepherd) made an interesting discovery. In order that the bed of concrete upon which the wood blocks rest may be formed it is necessary to excavate to a depth of about ten inches. Wien the work was proceeding, opposite 4, Queen-street, the men's picks -ÄIDe into con- tact with something more subsia-itial than t'e material used in macadamised roaus, and all investigation disclosed a well-built irch-Azy, This was penetrated, and beneash waa found a cellar about seven feet square and six feet deep. One of the men iesoen 1j*I into lie cavity, and found the cellar walled on ervery side, but only a quantity of rubbish was found in it. Subsequently, Mr. Shepherd traced the entrance, which had evidently been covered over when the road was fonnwd. Many years ago there was a bloeK of houses in the centre of Queen-street, the southern side of which was known by the same name as at present, while on the northern side was Smith-street. The spot where the cellar was discovered was just about the northern frontage of old Queen-street, and is supposed to have belonged to Mr. Pedraz- zini, who had an ironmonger's shop at ilhat 6pot. When the central block of houses was removed, those who made the road simply filled up the entrance, and thus this old bit of Cardiff has been preserved until now. So that therte should be no danger of the arch collapsing at any future time, Mr. Shepherd had the cellar promptly filled.

LLATTDAFF FIELDS- All anxiety about the Llandaff Fields may now be set at rest. The borough treasurer reported to the members of the Cardiff Finance Committee, who met on Tuesday morning under the presidency of Mr. Sidney Robinson, that the LocaJ Government Board had granted to the corporation sanction for the loan of j364,000 required for the purchase of the fields.—The Town-clerk explained to the chairman that no condition had been made bv the Local Government Board, as had been asked by the Llandaff and Dinaa Powis Council, which practically meant that the corporation had won their case.—Mr. George David remarked that that was very satisfactory, and must help them decidedly in reference to the extension of the borough.—The Town-clerk said their next step was to complete the agreement with the Ecclesiastical Comra ssioners, and that was being rapidly pushed forward.

CHURCH MATTERS AT SKEWEN. Under the presidency of County Councillor Isaac Evans (miners' agent), a meeting of parishioners wag held at the National Schools, Skewen, on Monday evening, for the purpose of determining upon a course in connection with the appointment of a successor to the late Rev. Edward Thomas, who for 45 years had been vicar of Skewen. The general opinion ex- pressed was in favour of the appointment of a broad-minded Churchman who would worthily follow in the footsteps of the late vicar.—It was decided to ask the Bishop of L'andaff to use his influence on behalf of the parishioners and to receive a deputation, so that the views and wishes of the Church people of Skewen might influence on behalf of the parishioners and to receive a deputation, so that the views and wishes of the Church people of Skewen might be better understood.

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LOCAL BANK AMALGA# TI0N. _« <rJ0 LLOYDS TO TAKE OVER COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER Ptt: Lloyds Bank (Limited) has Arranged chase the busmen of the on- of Gloucester Bank (LinuM* t cøJ terms of amalgamation are share of the Couutv of Gk uc-ester Bank, up, shall be exchanged for two and tirree^J^ shares of Lloyds Bank and a. bonus ot ¡¡;£3 pa.id. cash. Lloyds shares are JB50 each. vvith *j0 and the market value is £27. Proriii0^, for an interim dividend to be paid to the at oester shareholders if the amalgama^011 proved by the shareholders. CIRCULAR TO SHAREHOLDER^, Mr. v» liliam Agg, chairman of the Gloucester Bank \L1m1ted), has issued lowing circular from n Lead office. nam, to the shareholders of the bank ø Dear Sir (or Madam),—1 beg to &*01 JtJ that a provisional agreement has been °n, into between the directors of this bank directors of Lloyds Bank (Limited) Jjt amalgamation of the two bants all "° apC* January last. The arrangement by the boards of the respective baiia-S is one snare of the County of Gloucester « jf (Limited), with £ 25 paid-up thereon, exchanged for two and three-quarters of "Jf Bank (Limited) and a bonus of £ 2 10s. -the shares of Lloyds Bank are of with £ 8 per share paid up, and it mentioned that their present market A about £ 27 each. Provision han ,j|t for the receipt by the shareholders of thtfj# of an interim dividend for this half-year same amount as the dividend and bonu» for the last half-year. The services °\ W entire staff of this bank will be rstai^^ji Lloyds Bank and their interests duly pro^^r A resolution approving of the be submitted for the consideration of holders on the 29th instant, at an extwor^jt general meeting, formal notice of wl**0^. herewith enclosed. Should YOD_.iJ1 quiesce in the proposed amaigaU^^ and desire to see it carried K; but find that it will be inconvenient for f'll^ attend the meeting above-mentioned for pose of recording your vote, I beg that you will bo good enough to promptly return, in enclosed cover, the re- form which is sent herewith. It is most tant that as large a number as possible shareholders should be represented at th* *5* ing. Your directors, I need scarcely you, have not entered into this agreement^ out careful consideration. They now mend its adoption, as Lloyds BanV is on« 01 p highest standing in the country, and confident that the terms agreed upon will advantageous to the shareholders of banks. This means that the County of GloUW Bank shareholders will get two and quarter shares of the value of £ 27 in the amounting in the aggregate to £ 74 3 £2 10s. in cath, or altogether J376 15s. fot one of their JB25 shares, which at the oofflO5^ mant of this week were quoted at £70 to and which less than twelve months a.° JM bought for £63. Jt THE LAST BALANCE-SHEET^, The last published balance-sheets of the show the sound position in which botb 3 Lloyds have a paid-up capital of and a reserve fund of £ 1,000,000. 'Ihe owing by the company are:—On bills or Iff accepted or endorsed, £512,423 16s. 10d.; current and other accounts. £ 17,383,421 6* j and on deposit accounts at notice, £ 15,2^*5 4a lid., making the total liabilities 7s. 10d. The assets consist of cash in with the Bank of England, £4,147.340 13s07 cash at cail and at short notice, £ 4.1"HjK 14s. 6cL bills of exchange, £ 4,078,041 2 invested in Consols and other British ment securities. £ 3,561,714 15s. lOd. i in Indian and Colonial Government secu^j-jf [corporation stocks. English railway deben^ and preference stocks, &c., £ 2,266.179 l?fl- advances to customers, promissory not«s'-J other securities, £ 16,544,395 14s. 4<L liaffi | of customers for bids accepted or the company. f 572.425 16s. lOd., and premises and furniture, £656.355 12s. | will be seen from the above figures thai liquid assess are about 50 per cent. A The balance-sheet of the County of GlflJjSjj Bank shows that the liabilities are 9s. 5d., divided as follows:—Paid-up £ 200 000: guarantee fund, £ 180 606 11^ deposit and current accounts, £ 2.265,935-4 notes in circulation, £ 28.745; acceptan0^! London bankers. £ 1,228 16a Id., and December, 1896..€19.029 6s. The assets 07^ of cash in hand, at London bankers. ijl at short notice. J6259 347; Government. Indian, Colonial, and securities, £ 510.072 6s.; railway de^grf.1 stock and corporation bonds, £ 66.234 j other securities £ 7,214 4s. 9d.; bills dis^ pK £ 194.405 6s. 4d. loans to £ l.2M 659 4s. 5d., and bank premises, *jP[* lbs. 2d. thi« case the Uo*"4 approach 50 per cent., a >«rv satisfact^"

—— 0 VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS NEWPORT. — DI ADDRESS BY THE B'ISlIO:f LLANDAFF. A largely-atterded meeting w&s Tuesday evening at the St. Maiy's MisEion-room, Newport, lor the puTp^$ finding means of paying off the debt on Church, schools 01 the district.— Bruce spoke at some length, pointing O'1Ít the debt on the three schools—St. 'Vi New Tredtgar, and Holy Trinity-a. d to nearly £ 2,000. The archdjj humorously remarked that t^e usual ment on a new school at Newport Tredegar and Mr. H. J. Davis, the whcm now waa under a pledge to find if a similar sum was subscribed. A had been promised for St. Woollus' Concluding, he maintained that the Ptj was a crucial time, and the Diamond year would be the genesis of fortune £ 1 reverse to generations to come.—The J* j of Llandaff said he was there to axts^u question, "Are Church schools to J doned ?" Archdeacon Bruce had spoken side of fear, out he would speak J. of hope. He said he knew perfectly\j, that Ohurcsh people had especially calls, and none like those in the Dio°\# Llandaff, where the population was ihclj}r so abnormally. He knew to his coat this was Jubalee year, but, at the sail*0jA the matter was of suih tremendous imp01^ that an effort must be made, thing. and the schools must be inaio^jj/ It was possible that the inhabitants port contemplated the building of a tp* "Postpone it," he said, emphatically, the schools were n&glected there would J. need for the churches. This was a trefl^K crisis, but Archbishop Benson once that there was nothing better than cri^rV they always stimulated to further e# jp The Rev. T. LI. Lister, vicar of St. rj also spoke, and, om the proposition °.<ft H. J. Davis, seconded by Sir. Webber* jy of thanks was accorded to his lordship- f understood that a considerable sum ØI scribed or promised at the meeting.

A BANDMASTER'S BANXBØ" AT NEATH. wj George Hannay. bandmaster suid grocer, Morrinton, appeared at Neath Banirup^#3 on Tuesday to undergo his adjourned public tion —He denied having signed any docunie01 (f7 over (,ertain property to his wife.—Tb« rjr- Receiver: But here JB" your statement on Well, if I did so, it was a slip ot the didn't mean it.—-The Official Receiver Tb t tiens are very suspicious. I am charging -Thit J having committed a fraud upon the bank; deposited with the bank a worthless <!ocurD^|f^ lease Did you or did you not? Did vou.deir^j Jf lease with the bank after you had •c?un^ treehcld of the premises?—Yes.—Did you vi, 11 handed it to the bank that it was no F'lnf # --Did you have the, honestv to tell the Ka-1 bought the freehold of these yery preffl eir.—Whv ?—I did not think that there Vyrcng about it—You have given your --Yes, for the money—The Registrar: Did -fftffik know that the lease was one thing and the another, and that when vnu purchased y1 J the lease was valueless?—No.—Th" Officiifar for an amended deficiency and cash be fitVw ac< c unts for the twelve months prior to bankruptcy, anl the Registrar made the of°^ case was further adjourned.

ECHO OF THE TYLOBSTO^ OPERATIVE S OCTET*' A case of considerable interest to tauls of Tylorstcwn was tried on Mont;:è his Honour Gwilvm Williams) at }Jou$'ÿt jpridd County-court, when Mr. Robert j, of Berw-rood, Pontypridd, claiined.. Joseph Williams, of 153, East-road, tho sum of £ 6 17s. 2d.—The plaintiff the assignee of the book debts due t° fiom it? members, which he ban Vfjf from the liquidator of the society. ( Rcbevts, of Cardiff.—It oviofuce that the defendant was a tbe,<r the society, and Had ':>n depos't it» pf p of £ 6 I?-Plaintiff alleged that » i f tic? had been given in acc°rdan_ rules of the societv. and that, if given, no resolution had been (T recorded in the minute book ?howin £ i M £ had leen done, or that they sirai.gement t>etween the defands f:n<r </ mrTager of the society.—Aftcr bi" siderable evidence upon both sides gave judgment for t-he deienoant■ ■([(« upon the ground that the aocep+ed the notice and had by *• confirmed tt»e^cdor^C^ejna^ia £ jM

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WEEK BY WEEK. i Water-street is the great puHic-house street in Aberavon. Lord Wolseiey, Cenera.1 Sir John Ardagh, and a party of friends ascended Snowdon yes- terday by the Mountain Railway. The Rev. Morgan Jones, moderator of the General Assembly, will represent the V\ elsii Galrinutic Methodist Connexion at the thanks- giving service at St. Paul's. A Welsh literary man who adjudicates in samo of Lbe competition* at Newport National Eisteddfod has been heard to confess that many of the competitors in his departments have put him to shame. There is in the Cardiff Librarv a work by the late Bishop Burgess (of St. David's), con- taining Latin poems by Suliou. Bishop of St. David's in 1071, with notes in the same language by Dr. Burgess. One of the quaintest of Jubilee suggestions comes from Swansea. Landladies are criven a hint that the ne test and most thcroug'h cele- bration they could briu" oil is to decide n :t to present their lodgers with biile for Jub.lee week. This, is terrible news. An 18-gallon cask of yeas-, in Sunderland un Frida.y exploded, with a loud report. What disturbs us is the thought th" yeast may take it into its head to explode— whethe,- with a loud or a low report we don't care—after we ha.ve consumed it. Among the six exhibits which Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King of Arms. sends to the annual exhibition of the Ex Libris Society is th« pedigree of Tydur Grenoa- (Mostyn of Mostyn), eunblazoned with thirteen coats < i arms, circa 162.8. Sir Arthur is the president of trie eacety. The R-iv. J. Ossisn Davits must have crine out of Bournemouth as rich as the Israelites on their evacuation of Egypt. The reverend gentleman and the members of his hcusenold took a way addr -sses from uearly ev-ary body in Bournemouth, besides treasures of gold and treasures of silver of un:olii value. Mr. Frank Edwards, once member for Rad- norshire, has a. ready wit. While he was talk- ing to his old electors at Presteign the other night a German band outside began to play "Land of Mv Fathers." With Germany in his mind, the speaker said, "They play better here than they do in the Concert of Europe." An English Church dignitary, who was'in the liabic of spending his holidays with his friends in Wales, was so sorely battled in attempting to pronounce the name of the nearest village— Llwyngwril-tllat he had to invent the prac- tical, out humorous, mnemonic, "Thin gruel,' which brought him relief to his heart's content. A teetotal cyclist speeding from Carmarthen to St. Clears last week was highly indignant at whit he found by the wayside near Sarnau. where a public-house had a better name than the adjoining chapel. The inn bore the warning imnriQ. "Pass By." while the chapel bore the title of "Cana," suggestive of water turned into wine. The Vicar of St. Paul's. Llanelly (tli9 Rev. D M. Jones, M.A.), though aoi Oxiord man himself, shows his appreciation of St. David's College, Lampetar, by obtaining for his col- leagues two of the alumni of that centre of ligiit-and leading. They are the Rev. EhenezeT Liovd, B.A., (urate of Llwynvpia. and the Rev. D. Jenkins, B.A., curate of Llandyfeilog, oar- mirtler. Now tha.t the St. David's College controversy has settled hard into versa it is d iheult to know vheru the matter will stop. Here is the la.t.eat: — J.P ought to stand for 'Jodours Perverter." Arid final 0 stand ior "Officious." That "Geut" does fctand for "Gentleman" To men of saase is obvious. A college which has at its head a "Gent" Need feaj neiUitr 6üVy nor iiaie; JSee i not even fear, thouyti one of its sons, Un-Gent-liiie beoomes an apostate. Four of tha Welsh missiuiurks who are now home on furlough are ex^ecte^ to take part in the yreat missionary meeting to be he.d ,n c n- neclilon with the Union ot he Welsh lLdep n- dents at the Great George-street Congrega- tional Chapel, Liverpjol, at the end of this month, via.:—Thvs Revs. D. Picton Jones, of Fwamfto, Central Africa; William Owen, of Wu Chang, China; Bowen Rees, of Inyati, Matabeleland, and R C. Jenkins, of L hi Chou, China. A new song has just seen the light, which it has taken two of the biggest towns in Car- marthenshire to put togdher-uanlelv. Llanelly and Carmarthen itself. Its title is "Can yr Awen'' (ySong of the Muse"). The words, both in Welsh and Eng.ish, and the music came out of the soul* of "Elfed" and 'Alaw Ddu" respectively, while the more important work of sstting and publishing it has been entrusted to Mr. J. R. Lewis, of Carmarthen. It is intended to be song at the opening of eis- tsddfodau, and does not appear a moment before Is was war, ted. Swaneca loves to hunt where Cardiff finas sramo. Not long ago irane pleasant courtesies and a few birds passed between the Cardiff and Weymouth Corporations, and on Friaav our reporter writes:—At the meeting of the Vvevnuuth Town Council to-oay a ietwr wag read from the town-clerk of Swansea asn ing for the gift of two pairs of sw&ns from the noted Weymouth swannery to be placed on an orraiuental lake at Swarsoa. Oil the motion of Alderman Williams, ex-mayor, seconded by 'U' r)tl, Ccunoillir B. Morris, it was unanimously resolved to aocede to the application. Go 'long, Swansea. For some time there has been much ado at meetings of the Aberystwith Board of Guardians and Rural Council as to whether the English or Welsh language should reign supreme in the deliberation* of these bodies, and some little light wats thrown upon the matter at this week's meeting of the district council. Anxious to get some information about the Agricultural Rating Act, Mr. E. J. Evans set off in the vernacular, whereupon Mr. James Jones said it would be well that it should also be mentioned in English. It is said that the dry reply of Mr. Evans that he did not mind whether his remarks were reported in the local press or not 'were (m!y apparently irrelevant. In the case of one Welshman, at any rate, a penny whistle has led to famei When Mr. lYeder-e Griffiths waa qu.te a little boy at Swansea he played upon a tin whistle so well that a friend presented him with a piccolo, and he took lessons from a local musician. It was with this instrument that the lad took his first prize at the National Eisteddfod—it was at Merthyr—a*id at the Cardiff Eist ddfod in 1 £ 83 he wou the prize for the best performance on any orchestral instrument. Mr. Joseph Ben. nett was the adjudicator, and he urged the flautist to go to the Royal Academy. Ho went there, and then to Pari?, and on his return to London he oaiug-ht the eye of Mr. August Mstnns, which eye is on him still, as may be wen from our London Letter to-day. It would seem as if the Welsh Methodist Evanses are all long livers. News is now to IMUKI of the doath of the Rev. Thomas Evans, rousted to be the oldest niinis'^?' wit a the Welsh Methodists in America. Mr. Evans was SO years of age. A North YYalian oy birth, he began preaching in 1833, and wa3 ordained in 1845. There are only four other MetbLtdist ministers now living who wre ordained in the forties, namely the Rev. E. Wiili.mis/Cynwyd, 1846; the Rev. Thomas Gee, 184-7; the Rev. Richard Owen, Trull win. 18-47. and the Rrsv. Wrru Williams, Argyln Chapel. S anseli. 1818. On June 125, 1797-one hundred years »to— "Ans'st Birmingiiam (razatte" oontained ;iie jollowirig curious and very interesting para- c raj^i; — THE PEOPLE CALLED METHO- DIS'IS. Wo hear from Fishguard, in Pembroke- shire, that on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 23rd and 24th ult.. the people called Methodists held their quarterly associa- tion there, within t*o miles of the place where the Fronch lauded, and' where seme of their triads had be.) principal sufferers. The Rev. Mr. Jones, rect. of Llangan, Mr. Grey, and Mr. d preached on the strand, bui it imptissible for all the multitude to hear, as there were deemed to be present about fourteen thousand. It to be a meeting of thanksgiving for their happy deliverance from the designs of the enemy. All declared them- selves attached to the excellent Government they lived under, and offered fervwut wayers for iw long cor.titiuanco. ''Kops' a;e," softly giohed a. Newport police- man at one a.m. Roso Leaf was tho florally attractive name of ono of tho witnesae, at Brecon Assizes. Macgteg is noted for its public-houses. There are no fewer than twenty-one in one street. A witness at the Brecon Assizes identified a. Iamb by "the general expression of its features." in Abergwili the vicar, one of the curates, and a churchwarden reioioe in the name 01 Thomas Thomae. lieEtdsWnes from a. disused graveyard are used as cold tables in the dairies of sortie farms in tile Vale 01 Glamorgan. Lo, and the prophecy was fulfilled. Now that Weymoutn has sent it two swans, Swansea 115 at last a swan-saa in reality. The Rev. G. W. (rtmt. the new principal of St. David's College. has been on a &hort visit to Bisiiop Owen at the Paiace, Abergwiu. Five hundred delegates are expected at the annual oonference iJl cOIillOOtion with the Welsh Baptist Union at Neath during the iiwt week in JUlY. A member of the orcaestra at the Hairy Theautre prides himself on the jvjss'-ision of a violin which was once 'ihe prjoefiy oi the champion burglar, Charlee l'taje. V\ e understand that Mr. D. A. 1 hoinas, realising the present difficulty in regard to the "control of coal output," is now busuv engaged on a scheme for the ''control of owners." At l:a5t It is announced that two ladies- Mrs. Freeman and Mrs. Mock-—will be candi- dates for seats on the Swansea Scnooi Board at the next election, which wLi be in Novemoor. Loyalty has taken a somewhat aggressive, not to say daring, tune at Llandya^'Ul. 1 ne poster put out by the Jubilee committee ends up thus: —"God Save tie Queen. By Order of the Committee." Bishop Owen will preach at St. Peter's, Car- marthen, next Sunday, when a special service will be held. On that day collections Will be made throughout the d-ocese in aid of the clergy sustentation fund. There must be something in Cardiff air that does not suit Baptist ministers. Within a very short time loctU Baptists have said adieu to quite a half-doziii, and now the pastor of Splott-road Chapel is leaving. When the fashion is set by Cardiff. all smaller towns foLow. Aberdare, for instance, has jmt appointed a deputation to deo-de upon the quality of the cake to be given to the Sunua, School scholars on Jubilee Day. The Bishop qf Bajigor has published his translation of the Bishop of Wakefield's Jubuoe hymn in the "Times," and it is, perhaps, the ollly bit of Welch rhyme which has ever graced the ooiumns of the old Thunderer. Where one eye will do in Monmouthshire they want two in Glamorgan. So in effect said a d-afendant who was summoned at Llandaff for driving without lights. Monmouthshire bye- laws. he said, are satisfied with one light to a vehicle; Glamorgan wants two. The magistrates voted for two and a fine. Bishop Lewia said at Grangetown on Monday night that he had often seeu public speakers refer to notes, but never until then had he seen a. speaker read his notes from the dial of his viateii. The remark applied to the Rev. Frank B. Hill, who during the time he was speaking almost constantly referred to his watch. We wonder if the "Times" will ever step down to a penny. For years the "Cambrian," wr ch M older than the century, stuck to its threepence, tJaen. with many qualms, it came down to twopence a few ears ago. Now that the Jubilee fewer is on. our staid contemporary has been caught up in it, and next week it wi-i celebrate the occasion by coming out as a penny paper. Same years tgo a well-to-do farmer from the Va.e was on his way to Neath Fair to make some heavy purchases. When he came to a lcnir, narrow .ane he was takon ill, and had to turn buck and go home. Not long ago a preacher was staying at the farm-house, and I the visitor confessed lie was one of tu-.e whu bad been lying in wait in the narrow lane to rob the fanner of his money. One of the incidents m the case of the mill race at Carnarthen Assizes has only just been told. Mr. Abel Thomas was examining a sur- veyor, who put in a pian to show that the race at a certain portion was quite straight, and the learned conunei pressed hard for an admis- sion that the other plans showing a bend were the correct or.i&s. The witness wouldn't have it. and when sufficiently worried he burst out with. "Til bet you a sovereign to nine shillings that it is perfectly straight." And so the caw 'was won. Mr. F. J. Richardson, B.A., modern language mister at the Bridgend county School, nas ju.jt obtained his aeg.6d of M.A. for phiiologio.il and crit.cal itsearcn work in Old French lueiature, at the University of K ng's College. N.S. Mr. Richardson matr.cu.ated at the Royal University of Iielana n January, j.885, and waa first man of his year in the B.A. honours examination in modem languages uiid literature. Mr. Richardson also holds certi- ticiites for work Hl modern languages from the University of Paris. in the June number of "Seren Gomer" (the Wexsh Baptist ma^asdne) the Rev. apmther James, of L.anuuuno, writes expressing au opinion thai the Welsh word "bettws" is utuived from the wurd "uaptizo. Mr. Jones 6 discovery ia not new, and he might have seen the same dgrivat.on suggested by Archdeacon Bovan in his history of tSt. David's. "Spmther" ii tLe author of a work on elsii Churcn history, and ic iei stiange that he has not come across such a weli-Jiuown book as that of Archdeacon Bevan. Members of the Cardiff Exchange fu-il 'hoy can never a old up their heads again when the word couExgc' w m«ntiijned. A couple of n gnts ago, two well-known habitues of "ihe tloor," one uf tnem about three twt six in height, w-er^ sleep.ng in tne "aine hotse when tnev were a.ai-mea by the servant, vino said there was a burglar in the house, and that she had looked. him in a cupboard. They both rushed out. in search of a policeman, and on returning « itb him took off their coats readv for action. But by this time the burglar had broken optia the cupboard door and escaped. It is retarded in the journal of the Welsh soldiers in India that when the sergeant-major of a Scotctfi Volunteer oorps wae to be pre- sented wHth a iong-service and good-conduct medal allmerobers of the corps who had more medals WC1(e ordered to wear them on that occa- sion. When the battalion had formed three sides of a. square, the commanding officer glsrioed round the ranks, and spied one of the men with an unusuaiay large medal on his b;east. Galloping up to h m. the offioer ca led out: "Hj*'11O. fellow, where did you get that medal?" The private, saluting, answered "At a ploughing match, sir!" Lord Bu te is apparently making a oorner in ghosts, for it is said he is the proprietor of enother one besides that of Ballechin. Rothesay Castie. a lIenerab-6 ruin in the ;s.and of Bute, of which he i" hereditary keeper, has a. "Bluidy Stair," wl<ere according to tradition, a "Ladye Isabell" was murdered by a Highland chieftain, "Rory Mhor," because she spurned his suit. The placa is eagerly surveyed by English and American. tourists, and, although nobody in the neighbourhood will swear to having seen the "spook," a local ballad declares that— Oft in the mirk and midnight hour, Wbje'i a' is silent there. A shrtek is heard, and a ladye is seen, On the steps of the Bluidy Stair. Mountttin Ash still holds the record for eisteddfod receipts, although Breoon has come a. very good seoond. When the accounts have been made up it is expected that something like B470 (or, possibly. JE500) will be netted at MountariflL Ash, and the Breoon promoters declare themselves confident of making a profit of £430.. But as the Mountain Ash gathering was limited to one day as against two days at Breoon, the Glamorganshire town must be allowed to have the loudest crow. Till this year hon<jnrs were easy between the two towns, Breoon landing on JB300. made three years ago, and Mountain Ash having secured a simi ar sum bv tieir first venture, although their prize list was twice as heavy as that of Brecon. English Trades Unionists are merry dogs in their way. The chairman of the Leicester Trades' Council said at Bethesda on Saturday that when the quarry choir visited the town they san<}' to the workmen of a large hosiery factory, and were then taken to the sample room, an|d told to pick and choose any two pairs of stockings they liked each. "And," said Mr. -chaplin. "every man of them picked one men's size and one women's size—though half of tlLem were unmarried. And 1 can tell ye they left that warehouse feeling as how they had rot unmothing to warm their soles, ay, and their wivns' and sweethearts' soles, too! Two auctions of the Penrhyn Quarry Choir visited the Midlands at different times recently. and the subjeot for discussion at a special sitting of the Leicester Trades' Council was which of the two vas the better choir. After consider- able d;-rvision pro and con., the chairman of th" ■ M council sa-crely settled the question. '"We'v.i heard choir No. 1 and choir No. 2." lIe said, "and we'm got to pick the best of 'em for the next lot of concerts. Now. for my part, I says, as if we'm going to pick the best we ough* to send for choir X o. 1—or choir No. ¡ 2. and I'm blamed if I know which!" He I hadn't acted as adjudioator av a Welsh eis- I teddfod. Some {Ii the cases which come under the I notice of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty in Children do not go into court. In the iaat report for the Cardiff district we ind this Statement of such a oase :M. J "1' wife, expensively-dressed people, had insured the livesi of their three children, and wore utterlv allocking and starving them into a feeble condition. When -mr inspector called the hu*btmd said they had no children, but. advised hv a near neighbour of the untruth of the statement, the inspector returned, and ulti- inatelr oacceeded in seeing the children. The husband, finding he had to yield, fell on his I knees, and, being of foreign extraction, kissed r the inspector's hands, imptored paidon, and promised that in future the children should be properly cared for. Renen^H have result" in producing a satisfactory condition of things." Sir Lewis Morris has written a Diamond Jubilee ode for the .A,.IllerJC8.D, press. Cricdetn is the home of Mr. Lloyd-George, M.P., and Ciiocieth has just rejected a pro- posal to establish a free library in the town. Tne Bishop of Llandaif has three livings in his patrouage to dispose of. viz., Maindec and Liang win, ill Monmouthshire, and Bettws-yn- Knoci, ill the Diocese ot St. Asaph. i.ne benefice of Skewen, vacant by the death of the Rev. Edward Thomas, is 1ll the gift of the Lord Chancellor for this turn, the bishop having made the last appointment, early in tne fifties. Lord Bute's ghostly tenant in Scotland has given the Spiritualists a new boom. in this locality, however, the spiritologists nave never been able to survive the failure of their efforts to trace the Fairwater murderer. Truth" nut a.ways better informed than the "small iocai papers." This week Mr. Laboucneie's organ oays that during Eisteddfod week the Duke of i ork will stay with Lord Xrode^ar—a statement to which tne small local papers gave its quietus long ago. papers gave its quietus long ago. Merionethshire County Council has resolved to give all men in its employ two days' holiday^ witii full pay, this year. One of tne days is probab.y for the purpose of the Jubi-ee celebra- tion the other, presumably to honour Air. Thomas Exlis's anticipated Jubilee knighthood. A native of Neath is the chief of the traffic department of the Capo Railways. Mr. T. R. Price was on the railways in this country-first at Pontypool, then stationmaster at Chelten- ham, and sixteen years ago he went out to South Africa, where his ability was speedily recognised. A band man was before the Porth magistrates yesterday for working his horse in an unfit state. It is worth knowing how a blind man can tell whan a horse is in a bad state, and, no doubt, it was this fact which influenced the bench to dismiss the case and order the horse to be slaughtered. Accompanists at eisteddfodau have arduous tasks to perform. Miss Rebecca Mander told one of our men a day or two ago that she remem- bered on one occasion having to plav the same piece over 39 times, and before she came to the end she was almost oblivious of what she was doing and played mechanically. St. John's-square and The Hayes. Cardiff, are beginning to compete with St. Mary- jet. The old diminutive buildings arc giving place to more important structures, with the result that the town is- steadily undermining the reproach oi tllu class paper which said there was no one in Cardiff interested in architecture. People who sell things in bottles lose so many bottles in the year that the item has become important enough for the sufferers to band themselves together 'under the name of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Bottle Ex change and Trade Protection Association, which is certainly a big bottleful. Hengoed will never forget the Jubilee, for every inhabitant, from the baby to the cente- na ian. is to receive aid to jubilate. All house- huluers will have a Jubilee dinner, all tne women will have a Jubilee tea, and Mr. Aifiea Thomas, the member for the div sion, will see that the children will be regaled in a Jubilee wav wnJo at night all olaeses will see a dis- play of Jubilee hrewo ks. The Machen Eisteddfod was unmistakably Drwdica. in some respects. When the rain poured into the pavilion it suggested the oak tree, for the many umbrellas gave to the place an a-tinosphere uf mysticism which one would not usua.lv accredit that eminently useful, but pitifully prosaic, garniture of Mrs. Gamp and Betsy Prig with possessing. Music, however, benefited, and that, like charity and cheek, covers a multitude of evil. Cardiff clergymen strike their roots deep into the soil of .he Welsh Metropolis, and cannot be easily removed, even when a good offer comes in their way. There is the Vicar of to.t. Mary's, some time ago, who could not be persuaded to leave Cardiff for love or money. Now, again one learns that the Vicar of All Saints' (the Rev. A. E. H. Hyslop) has been offered by the Bishop of Llandlff the fair and fat living of Bettws-yn-Rhos, in Flintshire, but Mr. Hylop it seems, has d- clined the offer. His health of late has not been very good, and, onerous as his duties are in Cardiff, he prefers staying on. afraid, no doubt, of ncu ring anv f.-es.i strain upon his already overtaxed en rgies. Mis« Lewis, of Portskewett. who died whilst the Monmouthshire Volunteer ArtLlery were this year marching into camp near her ancient domain, was a centenarian bar two months. She was engaged to an Artillery officer who feil at Waterloo, and, although it may not be true to sav she never smiled a 'ain. she told the Monmouthshire Artillery Vo'unteer officers that she had never heard a military band for more than fifty vears until they came into her neigh- bourhood. Thev accordingly used to request the band rearularly to play near her reeidenoe. and she. in response, wou'd send flowers. &0., up to the camp for the men. "How do you know that there was a fall in the bed of the mi.i-raee ?" asked Mr. Abel Thomas of one of the defendants at the Car, marthen Arizes. "Because I could see the water running, and theTe were wrinkles on it," was the reply. "I suppose you mean that there were rinples on it?" susrtrested Mr. Thomas. whereupon Mr. B. Francis Williams rose to protest. Witness, he pointed out. had already sworn tha* he knew thoro was a fa" in the water, because there were "winkles" in it! The two le^ral luminaries stuck limpet-like to their re^peotive ideas, and. as the w'tness was afterwards as reticent as a clam, the mysterv regained as d^p as ever. One of the bravest men we know is the Rev. John David, vicar 01 Gabaila. H;s plan ot celebrating the Jubiiee in his parish is to hold, after tne tea and J uoiiee presents nave been dill- tributed, a baby show. Th re are five o asses, and prizes are offeied to the fines., b^by born in 1897, to tha handsomest babv boy and the prettiest baoy girl born in the same year, to the finest baby born last year or this, and to the boy and girl born in 18a7 tJubJeo Year) who I will come up to certain rules of good conduct. Class 1 is boldly thrown open to the county, and points are given for age, health, size, and looks. We note with satisfaction the announce- ment that ooinpetent judges and a metrical referee have been appointed, for whom police protection will be prov.ded, if necessary. If! More like a mountain battery. Mrs. Bulkeley-Hughes, the widow of the late Mr. W. Bulkeley-Hughes, who for many years represented the Carnarvon Boroughs, has just passed away at an advanced age. "Little Bulkelev," as he was effectionately called in the constituency, was an eccontxic personality, i end LI1 li, i .gti.. anecdotes ,re si ill lem lU- bered concerning him. The "Pall Mall Gazette" is responsible for the story that when he ,ant mstruotion. to ui3 coacinnan on one < cca- si m, announcing his return home to Wales from Parliament, and ordering a favourite mare to be "shod," he wrote so badly that the com- bined wisdom of the domestics and the village postmaster could make nothing but "shot" out v0—' d. knowing how mercilessly he treated anything savouring of disobedience, they pwnijj'uy cair.ed out tilt supposed instruction I by shooting the animal. A Dowiais man says that, even if the haiuaited house referred to by the Marquess of Bute I turns out to be a. bogus affair, he well remem- bers one in the parish of Dowlais which proved a reality. An old man, of miserly habits, died in the place, and, though every search was made. no concealed money turned UP. Then neighbours began to talk of mysterious noises, and the house had such a repute for being haunted that a cluster of Spiritualists privately assembled there, and, in reply to questions, had significant raps directing them to search a certain spot. In the very midst of their labours they were alarmed by raps indicating by letters the presence of "the old gentleman himself, and were so frightened that one and all decamped in great haste, and gave up the investigation. To this day they all devoutly believe in the genuineness of the affair. The Vicar of Carnarvon affords an example of muscu.ar Christianity. He is an all-round athlete, and, though he now leaves the aotual play to younger men. there id a no more ardent spectator of a football or cricket match than he. He knows, too, on occasion how to hit hard. In reply to certain Nonconformist ministerial criticism of his beardless onratee, the vicar has now written to say that he "is pre- pared to reoeive, as Jubilee gifts, contributions towards supplying his clergy with beards, or American degrees, or any other appendages, if it can be shown that they are likely to add to the efficiency c-f the staff." It only remains to add that the late Dr. John Hughes, Methodist; the late Dr. Herber Evans. Congregationalism; and the present Dr. Owen Davies, Baptist, all contemporaries of Mr. Wynne Jones at Car- narvon, boasted of the "appendage" of an American degree. The La-o Bishop of Bangor has sent us the following Wel.- ii translation of the Bishop of Wakefield's Jubilee hymn, written by him- seH Dy deyrnas svdd. o Frenin niawr, Er dyddiau tragwvddoiueb; 0 then Dv Fainc coronau aur A deifl Dv Saint mewn undeb; Neuaddau disglaer nefoedd wen Gan gorau per ddadseiniant; o trad i'tli blant i agosau A dwyn eu haberth moliant Pob calon drint, a lonaist ti, A chwrdd gan ddiolch-garwch; Pob tafod rhydd, a gan yn lion, Gan deimlo gwir hyfrydwch; Am drigaiu mlwydd, a gofal dwys, Coronaist a Dy roddion A chynnysgaeddaist ein Llyw hael A llu o'th rad fendithion. Freninol Fron. hiraethu mae G-ofleidio 'i pblant mewn cariad O ddedwvdd Wlad, fath dyuer seroh A saiff ei lawn ad-daliad! Lie chwyfia Bancr Pry da in Fawr Pob gormcs ty'n diflannu; ¡ Gwuaed Duw v bvd yn well o hyd I ddyn i'w gyfanneddu. 0 tvwys. Dad, Dy deulu byth A'th ras. a newydd yspryd; I gariad pur, a doniau glan At uchelderau bywyd; I A phan yr eilia'th blant mewn hwyl Yr anthem a.m Dy gariad: Dysg hwynt, O Dad, i nabod Crist A lledu Ei devrnaeiad.

DISASTER NEAR QSWESTRY. ELEVEX PERSONS KILLED AND MANY INJURED. The Press Association Oswestry correspon- dent telegraphs that a terrible acci- dent, occurred at midnight on Friday near h e.^xiainpton ix^uoii on the UamDrian Ranway, about, ten mueb ti 1,111 Oswostry, to an excursion train, wh.cl1 was returning from jbsu-muuth to Uiduaiu. Nine persons iost tneir lives, and about G5 were: more or ..e" injured. jcruin IIUID" uatnown cause, the train, driven by two en, gines, left the tnetais at the point named. All tne coaches were ttirown off the line ana com- pletely smashed. Two breakdown gangs were uecpaicneu ironi Otiweotrv, and tne _ni.ju.ia.ncc team attached to the company, under Mr. T. Lottie and Sergeant dotted Xuwinao, anso proceeded to the spot and rendered every a.a- sistance, bringing eignteen wuunQed to Oswestry Hospital; seven others being conveyed to Whitchurch. Doctors Beresford, Cart- wright, and Bullock, of Osweotry, and Doctors Gwvnne, Whitchurch, and Glasson, of E^esmere, also rendered ab. possiu.e am. The drivers and guard escaped with slight injuries. A man named John Biggs, of Albut-road, Oswestry, liad both legs cut off- Other travellers had broken arms and fractured ekulls, and one woman had her spine broken. Mr. Gough. passenger superintendent of the line, was soon on the spot directing the efforts of the men in clearing the line and removing the injured. The following is a complete list of the killed and injured:- KILLED. Mrs. Ellen Mills, Qt eon-street, Royton. Elizabeth Ledger. 2, Union-street, Royton. James Heywood, Shaw-road, Royton. Thomas Holt, Marked-street, Royton. John Fish, Middleton-road, Royton. George Wolstenliolme Piecar, Church-street, Royton- Frank Mills, Sandy-lane, Royton. Harry Grt«?n- of Royton. Frank Harvev. Rochdale-road, Royton. .Taitnes Wallace Irvine, Royton. John Biggs, railway employe. THE INJURED. Those injured and lying in the Oswestry j Cottage Hospital are: — — Albert, 19, Rochdale-road, Royton, suffer- ing from scalp wounds, dislocation of shoulder, and fracture of right leg. Harry Low, 15, Shilsh, Royton; scalp wound. Robert Heywood, 17, a. brother of the Hey- wood kiUed, Shaw-road, Royton; injuries to spine. Thomas Croeeley, a. young man of Ethel- street, Royston; contusions. Zadock Cheek, 20, St. Paul-Street, Royton; fractuN of left arm and bruises on arm and body. Arthur Scholes, f.8, Church-street, Royton; fracture of right leg, injury to jaw, bruises, and oontiisio-is on body. John Bigvs, Clifton-terrace. Bailey-street, Oswestry; amputation of both legs, bruises and contusions about body and face; lies in critical state. D. E. Mawson, Lowmoor, Yorkshire, rail- way yuard tcalp and contusions. Franc-is Eschell, 27, Oldham-road, Royton; scalp wound and fracture of left leg. Emma Lockyer, 22, Radcliffe-street, Royton; bruised spine and contusions of body. Annie Houghton, 17, Jones-street, Roy ton; fracture ot left thijh. Wm. Stone, Oldham-road, Royton; ecalp and face contusions. Maria Ethelsage, 63, widow, Oldham-road, Roytcn; scalp wound, bruises and contusions of body, and fracture of ribs on right side. All "ere on Sunday reported to be going on as well as could be expected. The following, whose injuries were slight, were able to leave the hospital after being medically attended :—Robert Rees, of Middle- t.or.-roa.d, Royton Heniy Hewett, of Roy ton j Eli Clough, of Roytcu; and also two persons whose names have not been ascertained. Four patients lie in the Whitchurch Hospital, namely: — James Green, High Barn-street, Royton; injury to spine; going on fairly well. George Barnes, Berkincroft-terrace, Royton; broken leg: -oing on fairly well. Mrs. Lee, high Barn-street, Royton; badly hurt and cut with glass. She is in a very bad condition, but hopes are entertained of her recovery. Miss Batter worth, Church-street, Royton, who is suffering from concussion of the twain and fractured leg in two places. It is feared she cannot survive her injuries. She nassed a restless night on Saturday, but him been a little easier since Sunday morning. PATHETIC INCIDENTS. Proctor, tne assistant guard, who received a bad cut, applied tne vacuum directly, but a severance of the tube had taken place, and his enort was usetecs. ihe two engines iott Lile raiis, and ntm came the Lancashire uiid 1'ork- Snire coach, and tnis and all the succeeding coacnes, except tne iast, lett tne rails, one coach OOlllg thrown guiiw distance away into a ploughed neld. Extraordiuiajy ettects were Witne&^ed. A oornaor coach was hewn asunder, dead oodles being thrown on either 8..ae. Another coaca. tore up a. large portion of the rails and permanent way, and also a telegraph Dole, The dead and wounded were deeply buried in wreckage. Dr. Cartwright worked Intro u«uly 10or aours to extricate tne injured, and, meanwhile, the uninjured passengers, assisted by local residents, worked manfully to liberate the sufferers. The carriages were broken up, and huge bonfires were lighted to direct the efforts of the rescuers. Many affecting scenes were witnessed. One poor fellow, from his place of imprison- ment, ca-led to his rescuers, "Pull me out; my mates are here. There is one on top of me, and another beneath me." Another of the passengers, a. young girl, who had her thigh broken, showed the spirit ut nerc.c con. sideration for others which is ever associated with these sad events, remarking to her rescuers, "Go and see to the others. I am all right; I have only a broken leg." She was removed to Oswestry Cottage Hospital. One young man, who was accompanied by his young lady, was terribly injured. He only lived long enough to say to his sweetheart. "I am going," and, kissing her, passed away. Another of the injured held a candle while the rescuers were working to get him out. Another man, who was in the centre of the impact, said he saw four of his fellow-excursioniw« beneath the overturn*- d carriages. He tried to release them from their terrible position, and as he oaugnt hold of their feet or hands they literally fell off. Mrs. Mills, one of the killed, was fo-md with a large piece of glass sticking in her b eafi. After the accident the shattered pieces of wood v ere ignited to make fires a.nd give light. Some of the bodies recovered were in a fearful condi- tion, the dead being mostly found in a carriage ivhich had become detached from the other! and was lying in a field. The permanent way was torn up for three-quarters of a. mile- The telegraph poles were knocked down, and the rails were completely turned over, forming arches all along the line. The marvel is that so many passer gere escaped. The noise caused by the train leaving the metals and tearing jp the line was heard three miles away, and those on the spot describe the cries of the injured as heartrending. The whole line is 60 ploughed un that the officials are constructing n new one by the side of it. It is said that the train wan travelling at a fairly good, though not exces- sive, rate of speed. The following injured Royton people were removed to Whitchurch Hospital: — Miss Butterworth, Mrs. Lees, George Barn, and James Green- The excur- sion was in connection with St. Paul's Church Sunday School, Royton. THEORIES OF THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. The Press Association Stockport correspon- dent telegraphs that considerable excitement was occasioned there early on Saturday mo miner by the statement that the excursion train from Bar- mouth had been wrecked and many lives lost, Great anxiety was caused as a special train con. taining the children belonging to the Stockport Sunday School had gone to Barmouth and were due back about midnicht. It did not arrive until nearly six hours later. The passengers stated that thev were shunted close to Wh.t- church and had to remain in a siding for five hours, being afterwards taken home by a ciroui- tous route. Mr. William Slack, of the Florist Hotel, Stockpor* gave a "raphin account of the railway disaster on the Cambrian Railway. He was a passenger in the Stockport excursion train, and, hearing of the accident, walked alonsr the line to the scene, and being an old railway and ambulonoe man. assisted in tending to the wounded. Mr. Slack says that, as the telegraph wires were broken, it was quite an hour before help arrived, except- ing such as th'? excursionists could render to one another. The place was like a fair ground, hundreds of people wandering distractedly about assisting their injured friends. Cushions had been torn from the carriages, and the wounded laid thereon, The terrible nature of the task: of relieving the injured may be gathered from the fatt that one of the carriages was com- nletelv overturned, and the bottom had to be brcken to effect a clearance. Tho stoker of one of the engines was killed, Mr. Slack assist- ing to remove him. Two theories were given Mr Slack by the officials OJI the sj>ot is to the cause of tha accident. One was that the rails had become warped by the heat, and the other that the axle of one of the coaches had broken. The coaches which suffered most were the first-class carriage and oorridoT earringe towards the middle of the train. The first-class carriage left the metals, and turned right over into a turnip-field, dragging two others off therailswithit. INTERVIEW WITH THE MANAGER, OF THE LINE. Mr. Dennits, the general manager of the Cam- brian Company, who hap been to Watcrford on the business of the company, first heard of the I disaster a.t noon on his arrival in Dublin on Saturday. He hurried with all possible despatch to the scene, and was there beau on Sunday morning by a representative of the Cen- tral News. Referring to some of the published theories as to the cause of the accideut, Mr. Denniss said one report which he noticed in an Irisn evening paper was to the effect that the accident was due to deflection of the rails, brought about by the intense heat of the last few days. That was an utter fallacy, and ought to be contradicted pri mptly. It had also bean stated that the accident occurred on that part of the line where there was a curve. That also was untrue, as the line was peifect-y straight at that point. The cause of the acc.- dent had not yet been ascertained. A PASSENGER'S EXPERIENCES. Mr. T. Butterworth, a spinner living at Royton, gives a full account of the accident. He says the time at Barmouth was most en- joyable. Laughing, joking, and singing, the trippers started on their return journey at 6.25 and sang as they went. Butterworth was in a compartment with his brother. He was too tiled to sing, and, as they were alone the brothers took off their boots and made themselves comfortable. Butterworth fell asleep a. most aj* soon as the tram left Barmouth, and slept on until a sudden jerk aimost threw him oh his seat, and he awoke to find the train rocking too and fro, while the women were commencing to scream. He jumped to his feet and shook his brother who was still sleeping. "Oh, its only a curve," the brother drowsily observed. Then the train suddenly stopped, and he, Butterworth, was thrown violently to the bottom of the carriage. Continuing his narrative, Butterworth said that after being thrown to the bottom of the car- riage he and hia brother were shot up against the roof. He received a bump on his head, and he thanked God he got no more. When he had pulled himself together he found the carriage was on its side, and before he could get out he had to scramble up the hat-rack and through the window above him. He then gave his brother a hand, and both of them jumped on to the line coinparativelv uninjured. As soon as he saw the nature of the accident he ran along the train, and began to extricate those passengers who were either still confined in overturned carriages or crushed amongst the wreckage. Terrible cries for help were pro- ceeding from the carriage nearest the engine, and Butterworth rendered a ready hand in free- ing one poor fellow from the wreckage, only to find that both his legs had been cut off at the middle of the shins. Whilst this work of rescue was going on busy hands were lighting huge fires in the adjoining fields, and bv their light the serious nature of the catastrophe was better realised, whilst the labours of the rescuers were pursued under more satisfactory condi- tions. Amongst those brought out of the wreck Butterworth referred to voung Heywood, who met with a terrible death in one of the telescoped carriages. By his side sat his sweet, heart, who managed to escape with her life, but now lies dangerously ill. Another agonising sight Butterworth saw was that of Zadx-k Chester, imprisoned by one of his hands being held between the seats. For three hours he was thus confined, and while his liberators were working to free him he bravely held a candle in his other hand. The suspense, however, proved too much for him, and the poor fellow col- lapsed as soon as he was free. B11tterworth added that the Royton people and the railway officials were well assisted by farmers and labourers, who ran from the surrounding farms when they heard the crash of the accident. Thev carried buckets of water to the injured. fainting as thev lav moaning on the lit'le embankment, and not a few Royton people !save Butterworth) will ever remember these kindlv ministrations in the midst of such dire disaster and confusion. STORIES OF OTHER SURVIVORS. A Whitchurch correspondent had interviews with niajay of the survivors of the terrible rail- way accident near Oswestry. James Green, who was one of the first of the injured to reaoh Whitchurch, said :1 come from Royton, near O-dham, and had been to Barmouth by an excursion arranged by the Royton United Sunday Schools. The special train by which we travelled left Barmouth at 7.15, and all went well right up until nearly ten o'clock. By this time many M 118 were feeing tired and sleepy, but I remember wed Leaiing a tre- mendous noise, and feeling the smash. I mu't then have lost all consciousness, for I remem bered nothing more until I found myself wedged in among a mass of wreckage. I was stuck fast. and could not move in any way. There were three others in the carriage, and we were all badly injured and unable to he. p ourselves. We had to wait where we were until the rescuers came along and released us. when I and the person in the next bed were sent on here. and the other two sent to Oswestry. My back ie injured, and both my legs crushed. T have not, however, the slightest idea what caused the acc dent. There were many doctors on ';he scene aoop after the accident. and I think we were all attended to as soon as pos- siMe." INTERVIEW WJTFr AN EYEWtTXES 8. Mrs. Sarah Dudley, of Hampton Cottages, Wclshampton, 40 yards from the scenc of the accident, in an interview with a Press Asso- ciation reporter said:—At five minutes past ten I was in my garden when I heard a noise like a snap, and thm the train came to a standstill. Many of the carriages in fbe centre were forced into the sdjoinin? fields at the rear of mv house, while the engin»« went ron the;r way for a short distance. With mv husband, son, and daughter I rushed to the spot. and someone threw a child into mv arms. and 1 have since herd the mother of it is de-d. T rendered ,,1} the assistance T could, pod nine of the injured were brought to mv cottage. Six were attended to bv the doctor, ard T looked after the remainder mvself. T cut up a sheet, and washed and bandaged them as well ■»« I could. Thev were all terriblv cut about the he^d and hands. One PttP boy whose arm wag broken was very aox'oun that his mother should know about the accident, but did not wish her to know that he was verv much injured. PULPIT REFERENCE BY THE BISnOp OF ST. ASAPH. Preaching at Holy Trinity Church, Osweu-7, on Sunday, the Bishop of St. Asaph yaid he was sure no words w .e needed from him to evoke their sympathy for the many households which were that day in sorrow and sadness and bereavement owing to the terrible accident which had taken place in their immediate neigh- bourhood. He asked the congregation ear- nestly to pray to God to comfort those who were in such deep affliction, and that it might be His will to restore health and strength to chase who had been severely injured. Subsequently the bishop, accom xinied by Miss Edwards, visited the Cottage Hospital, and addressed a few words of comfort to the sufferers.

THE INQUEST. Dr. Aylmer Lewis, coroner. formally opened the inquest at Welshimpfcou on Saturday even- ing. Evidence of identification was given, and Mr. Gough, the superintendent of the line, on behalf of the company expressed sympathy with the victims and relatives. The Coroner and iury also joined in this expression of sympathy. The usual warrants for the removal of the booies were then made out, and the inquiry was adjourned. The dead were afterwards coffined, a.nd conveyed by special tram from Welshhamp- ton to Royton, the departure being witnessed by a large crowd. John Biggs, railway employe, who had to have both his legs amputated in consequence of his injuries, died in hospital, and the inquest on him and on James Wallace Irvine, of Royton, who died on Saturday evening, was opened on Monday to receive evidence of identification. William Robert Irvine, a retired organ builder, said his eon was twenty years of age, and was employed at the Beach Spring Com- pany's works at Royton. Deceased accom- panied the school excursion to Barmouth 00 Friday. Mrs. Biggs, the widow of John Biggs, said her husband was travelling by the ill-fated train to Whitohurch in order to load the engines with coal. Miss Helen Scott, matron of the Oswestry Cottage Hospital, deposed to receiving Irvine at half-past six on Saturday morning. He was suffering from injuries to his head, right arm, and leg. and died the same evening. Biggs was also treated at the same time. Both his legs had been cut off in the accident, and he died that morning. The Coroner, addressing Miss Scott, said considering the way in which the resources of the hospital had been suddenly taxed he thought she had met the difficulties of the various cases in a manner beyond all praise. A representative of the railway company expressed the sincere sympathy of the officials with the sufferers, a.nd said the company would offer every facility in the course of the inquiry. The inquest was th«n adjourned.

OPENING OF THE BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY. Colonel Yorke opened the Board of Trade inquiry into the Oswestry disaster at the scene on Monday. Among those present were Mr. Denniss, manager of the Cam- brian Rai.way, and Messrs. Hughes and Nichol- son, of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company. Edwin Jones, driver of the first engine at Welshampton, said the vacuum brake went on with great suddenness. He at once looked back, and saw sparks flying from the first vehicle, and realised the train was off the line. She was running at the rate of 30 miles an hour. The road was good. Witness added that no attempt was made to n111ke up time. The vehicle whjeh left the line first was a Lancashire and York- shire four-wheeled van. In reply to Mr. Corfield, Mr. Nicholson stated that the van was attached to a Cambrian coaoh because only one brake van WM sent, sod under the Lancashire and Yorkshire rules trains consisting of more than twelve coaches m vist have two brake vans. William Brentnall, stoker of the second engiue. corroborated. Albert William Prootor, guard of the train. said the Lancashire and Yorkshire coach rolled badly on the wa.y up to Barmouth. and on the return journey he had its position changed. Mr. Nicholson, passenger superintendent of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, said that the van was attached at Miles Platting, because there were too many coaches. The van was in regular use. Colonel Yorke said from what he had seen of the coach there was not sufficient wrong with it to produce the disaster. John Astley, carriage inspector at Barmouth, said he inspected the train on the morning of the accident, and found all in good order. John Rogers said the road was quite sound that afternoon. The inquiry was adjourned till Tuesday. The adjourned inquiry was resumed on Tues- day.—Mr. Aston, loco, sur erint ndtnt of the -ine, said he arrived on the scene of the accident about midnight, and found nothing wrong- with the two engines attached to the ill-fatea train. Two of the engines were put on at Oswestry because they were required at Whitchurch in oonneetion with the traffic. Generallv speak- ing, he thought the engines and tender were in good running order, and there was nothing in the condition of the tender which would cause it to run off the line. Replying to a question, witness said the cause of the accident was a mystery and he could not say. nor had he formed any definite opinion as to how it happened. He had examined the permanent way, and from his general experience he did not consider there was anything in its condition to make it dansrerous for the engines to pass oyer it. He regarded the line as safe for the highest rate of speed at which their trains were accustomed to travel, which was about 3S to 40 mile- an hour.—.Tames Chesman. assistant engineer, said the permanent wav art the portion of the line whore the accident occurred was re- laid in 1888.—After seme further evidence the inquiry was closed, and Colonel Yorke will report in due course to the Board of Trade.

RADNORSHIRE ASSIZES. The Summer Assizes for Radnorshire were held at the Shirfe-hall, Presteign, on Tuesday, before Mr Justice Henn Collins. who arrived from Brecon the day before. The grand jury were sworn, and very briefly addressed by his lordship. Arthur Stephens was put upon his trial for feloniously a.nd burglariously breaking and entering a certain dwelling-house, to wit. the house of S. Moms. Btrciold-streoet, Prwsteign. v ith intent to commit a felony. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. A. Lewis (instructed by Mr. W. Wakelin) appeared for the prosecu- tion. and prisoner was defended by Mr. Ivor Bewen (by direction of the judge).—Prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced co six months' hard labour.