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DESPERATE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. THE BODY THROWN ON TO THE LINE. ESCAPE OF THE SUPPOSED MURDERER, (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) The circumstances surrounding the mysterious tragedy on the Brighton Railway, which we briefly reported on Tuesday, point to a, singularly brutal murder having been committed. The de- tails, as far as at present ascertained, bear a resem- blance to the well-remembered murder of Mr Briggs by Muller, and are creating a wide-spread interest, especially as the particulars of the actual occurrence have not been definitely ascertained. It would appear that on the arrival of the 2 p.m. express from London Bridge at Preston Park, the station before Brighton, where tickets are taken, the collector found a man alone in a first-class carriage with wounds in his head and chest, and covered in blood from head to foot. He appeared to be a man of about 30 years of age, and on being- questioned as to his condition by the officials, gave his name as Lefroy, of 4, Cathcart-road, Walling- ton. He stated that he was travelling in a first- class carriage in company with two fellow-passen- gers, one an elderly gentlemau and the other hav- ing the appearance of a farm bailiff. On entering Merstham tunnel he saw a flash and felt a blow on the top of his head, which rendered him in- sensible, and he did not recover consciousness till just before reaching Preston, when he found himself alone in the carriage. He further stated that he was a journalist and an author, and that he was coming to Brighton to have an interview with Mrs Nye Chart, proprietress of the Theatre Royal, to arrange for bringing out a dramatic piece which he had written. He was at once accompanied by one of the railway officers to the chief police-station at Brighton, where the occurrence was duly reported, and he then went to the county hospital to have the wound on the top of his head dressed. Returning to the police-station subsequently, he was accom- panied by one of the officers of the company to the house at Wallington, near Croydon, which he reached at about half-past nine o'clock. The officer before-mentioned went to report the case to his superior at Croydon Police-station, and on his return to the house where he had left the man Lefroy, he found that he had gone out, stating his intention to see his doctor, and he has not since been heard of. This is at present all that is known of the movements of the man Lefroy, whose whereabouts it is most desirable to ascertain, on account of what has subsequently transpired. Shortly after his departure from Brighton, on the return journey, the dead body of an elderly gentle- man was discovered in the Balcombe tunnel,about 18 miles from Brighton. It was taken to Bal- combe station, and on being searched papers were found in a leather pocket-book which left little doubt that it was the body of Mr T. M. Gould, of Claremont-terrace, Preston Park. Inquiry was at once made at Mr Gould's residence, and it was found that the deceased gentleman, who is a retired corn merchant, left home on Monday morning with the intention of going to London to transact business. He held a season ticket, and was expected to arrive home by his wife by the two train, in which Lefroy had gone to Brighton. An examination of the body by Dr. Byass, of Cuckfield, showed some dreadful injuries. There was a severe gash over the right eye, two deep cuts across the left cheek, and two other cuts in the right side of the throat, leading to the belief, in the mind of the medical man, that the wounds could not have been self-inflicted. The body had been stripped, but it may be here mentioned that there were no traces of pistol wounds. The platelayers who discovered the corpse reported the matter to Mr Henley, the stationmaster at Balcombe, the latter communicating with Mr Brown, the station- master at Three Bridges, who proceeded with the engine to the spot, and removed the body to the Railway Inn at Balcombe. The inquest will be held to-morrow by Mr W. E. Baxter, the county coroner. The body was lying in the six feet way, and no money was found upon it, although two penny pieces and a, small penknife were picked up close to the spot where Mr Gould was lying. The watchchain was still hanging to his waistcoat, but the watch had disappeared, having apparently been broken off at the swivel. It will be seen that there are many circumstances strongly pointing to the man calling himself Lefroy as the murderer of Mr Gould. An examination of the carriage in which the first-named reached Preston Park Station showed traces of blood upon its steps, the carriage handle being also covered. In the carriage itself were also traces of blood, while a bullet was found em- bedded in the woodwork immediately below the alarm bell, and another in the, cushion at the back of the compartment. On the floor were two flash sovereigns, and others were found in the possession of Lefroy, who was without a necktie when he first called at the police-station. He purchased one in returning thither from the hospital, and a necktie was found in the carriage. A further statement is to the effect that Lefroy was also without a collar on his arrival, and that one has been found in the tunnel at Balcombe. Another suspicious circumstance regarding Lefroy, whose real name is said to be Mapleton, is the fact that when searched at Preston he was found to have some Hanoverian medals upon him, while three of a similar character were discovered in the car- riage. There was, however, no trace of the money that Mr Gould is supposed to have been in possession of. With the object of establishing the truthfulness of Lefroy's statement, inquiries have been made of Mrs Chart, of Brighton, but she knows nothing of such a person or his busi- ness, but says it is often the case that she receives visits for the purpose mentioned by Lefroy with- out being previously apprised of them. The communicator" in the carriage was found to be uninjured, and does not appear to have been used. Lefroy, whose story at Brighton was somewhat disjointed, said to the police that he had recently come in for some money, and would offer a re- ward for the apprehension of the man who had assaulted him. The police believe that a desperate struggle took place in the carriage, the deceased having clutched at the throat of his murderer, tearing away the collar and necktie. Between Merstham Tunnel, where Lefroy stated that he had received the bullet wound, and the Balcombe Tunnel, where the body of Mr Gould was found, there is a distance of between 14 and 15 miles to go over, which would occupy about 20 minutes. The fact that a bullet was found lodged near the communicator would seem to indicate that the deceased had attempted to give the alarm when he was fired at, but without effect, no pistol wounds being found upon the body of Mr Gould. The story told by Lefroy of a third man being in the carriage is regarded as a pure fabrication. Mr J. I. Knight, general manager; Mr Wil- liams, chief traffic superintendent Mr Richard- son, assistant superintendent; and the Chief Superintendent of the Company's Police, went down to Balcombe on Tuesday afternoon, and in the course of inquiries ascertained that the only per- son who answered to the description of the labourer given by Lefroy, and which was speciallycom- municated, was seen to get into a third-class com- partment, and was booked to East Croydon. The tragedy was enacted in a first-class smoking carriage. Upon the person of Lefroy was found a gold watch, the swivel of which, it is reported, was broken, and corresponded with the swivel on the end of the chain worn by Mr Gould. It is further believed that deceased had in his possession about £40 in notes and cash, no trace of which has been found. Mrs Gould visited Balcombe on Tuesday after- noon with the view of identifying the body of her husband, but it was thought better she should not see the deceased, at any rate until after the in- quest. The identity, however, is closely estab- lished, the body having been seen by several who knew the deceased, beyond which his first-class season ticket was found in his pocket. In the hurry at Preston, Lefroy was not asked for a ticket, but upon him was found an expired London Bridge to New Cross ticket. Neither the Government nor the raihvay company have as yet offered a reward for the capture of the murderer, it being usual to await the result of the inquest before such a course is taken. Detectives from Scotland Yard are scouring the district, assisted by police officers of the company. Officers of the N Division are watching every continental train of the London and Brighton Company's system. LATER.—The Press Association is further in- formed that the man Lefroy was given into the charge of Sergeant Holmes, of the metropolitan police, who has recently been accredited to the force of the Brighton and South Coast Railway, for con- veyance from Brighton to his home at Walling- ton. There are two railway routes, one by changing at Norwood and the other by changing at East Croydon. When, however, West Croydon was reached, Lefroy proposed that they should get out there and drive to his cousin's house at Wallington. The sergeant agreed, and after trying to obtain more information from Lefroy as to the supposed would-be murder, he left for Wallington Station to return to London. When he got to the railway station, however, he found that while he and Lefroy had been on their way the body of Mr Gould had been found, and the station master of the nearest station had tele- graphed to Wallington not to lose sight of Lefroy. Had the suspected murderer come the usual railway route,the telegram would have been await- ing the officer. Sergeant Holmes, as soon as he saw the telegram, procured police aid, and pro- ceeded to the house where Lefroy was supposed still to be. He stationed men at the front and back, and then went into the house only to find the man he wanted had escaped. Other facts regard- ing Lefroy's movements have been ascertained by the Press Association representative at Croydon. For instance, he left Carshalton Station for Lon- don yesterday morning. He had then no watch in his possession, and he obtained £2 on some Hanoverian tokens corresponding with those found in the railway carriage. The tokens are said to a superficial observer to closely resemble sovereigns. Lefroy was not not in the habit of travelling in a first- class carriage. Further descriptions of the man say he has dreamy eyes, and was in the habit of nervously holding his chin while speaking, and was in monetary difficulties. This evening a large body of men a.re employed all along the line be- tween Balcombe and Croydon searching for a pistol or any other weapon supposed to have been used in the murder. Dr. Byass, senior, made this afternoon a further examination of the body of the deceased, which presented a fearful appear- ance, and shows that a protracted strusarle must have taken place. Mr Gould was a. fine-built, powerful man. CUC J on both hands seem to indi- cate that he endeavoured to grasp a knife, or to seize the sharp instrument with which he was assailed. A Press Association correspondent who visited Wallington late on Tuesday evening was informed that the clothes seized at the residence of Lefroy have been found to be very much stained with human blood. The real incident as to the changing of the Hanoverian tokens is that in his assumed name the suspected man wrote to a sta- tioner, named Ellis, from whom he had bought books, saying that he would I call and pay his account. Mr Ellis was absent when the call was made, and Mapleton, alias Lefroy, tendered a boy in the shop two of the spurious sovereigns and a shilling, say ing that his account was one guinea. Th.) boy, ho w- ever. discovered that the account was somewhat more, and Mapleton accepted 13s change. He resided at the house of a second cousin, who is married. The place to which he was traced this morning is some 14 miles from Wallington, and as no indication of his having taken train has come to light, there is every reason to suppose that he had walked the distance. A house at which he called this morning has been visited, and information obtained as to his further proceedings, which it is confidently believed will result in his immediate arrest. As an evidence of a struggle having taken place, it is said that no less than six scars, pressed with sticking-plaster, are observable on his forehead and head. The number of the watch which was in his possession on Monday night was taken, and is said to correspond with the number of the watch missed from the body of Mr Gould, and which is published in the police description. All the inquiries which have been conducted by Chief-Inspector Mason and Inspec- tor Goodall have failed to obtain any clue to the labourer or countryman alleged by Mapleton to have accompanied him in the railway carriage. The inquiries of the railway police have been directed to the same end, and the closest examin- ation of all the officials along the line has been equally resultless. Nothing has transpired to ac- count for the supposed acquaintance of the sus- pected person with the habits or business of the deceased, Mr Gould.

THE INQUEST. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. THE SUSPECTED MAN STILL AT LARGE. Despite the efforts of the police in the Metropolis and throughout the country, no trace has yet been found up, to Tuesday evening, of the missing man Lefroy, and although it was stated that he nau been seen in the north of London, and although this clue was at once followed up, nothing has yet come of it. The excitement in Wallington shows no sign of abatement, but is rather intensified. Inspector Goodall, of the Metropolitan Police, and other officials from Scotland-yard have been prosecuting enquiries in the neighbourhood, and have learned all particulars of his late circum- stances and habits. They have made every effort to obtain one of Lefroy's photographs, but have not succeeded, although they have been put in possession of a pencil sketch, made by Mr Jackson, an innkeeper of Carshalton, which is said to be a faithful likeness of the man. A Dewsbury correspondent telegraphs A gentlemanly-looking man entered a village near this town, and, calling for a glass of beer, sat down. The landlord was struck by his very great resemblance to the published descriptions of the missing man Lefroy, and said to him, Why you are the very picture of the man who is sup- posed to have committed the murder on the rail- way near Brighton." On hearing this the young man trembled violently, but did not speak. He then suddenly rose, and ran from the house, getting quickly out of sight. The landlord went down to Dewsbury and reported the whole matter to the police officers, who at once set out to make every inquiry with a view to effecting the arrest of the stranger. On Wednesday morning Mr Wynn Lewis, the coroner for East Sussex, opened the enquiry con- cerning the death of Mr Isaac Frederick Gould. The jury met at the Railway Hotel, Balcombe, where the body was lying, and the coroner pro- posed that they should go and view the body, and then the railway carriage in which the foul deed had been committed, after which they should adjourn to more commodious premises, and take all the evidence which could be given, and then adjourn for a certain time, to be determined later on. The jury then proceeded to view the body, which was lying in the shed, after which they inspected the carriage which had been shunted into a siding at Balcombe, the doors being sealed up. The coroner explained tho details to the jury, and the railway officials showed the position the carriage would be in when running through the tunnel. The outside of the carriage was seen to be much smeared, and the interior literally covered with blood. Mr Jas.. Hollis was called, and identified the body as that of Mr Frederick Isaac Gould, of Litchfield, Preston, a retired stockbroker. Mrs Gould, wife of the deceased, was next ex- amined and said she had not seen the body, but Mr Hollis had identified it. Mr Gould usually went to London on Monday and sometimes on other days. He had gone to collect the takings of a shop he owned in Walworth, and had to collect some money for her. She heard that he paid in £50 to the Eastern Branch of the London and Westminster Bank. He usually gave her the house money monthly, and Monday would have been the day to have brought that money down. Nobody but herself and the servant knew that this was the day he brought the money down. Her sister and husband lived at Wallington. Mr Gould usually.travelled by the same train, and was too nervous to carry a pistol. She should think he had got her dividends, which were about due, and paid them into the bank. She identified several articles as belonging to her husband, but a collar stained with blood was handed to her which she said did not belong to him, and was much too small. Mary Pill was next examined, and said she was the daughter of Alfred Pill, of Wallington, brother- in-law of Mrs Gould. Mr Gould did not call upon them that day. She had not seen him this year, but he had been to Wallington. She knew No. 4, Cathcart-road, but did not know anybody living there. Dr. Byass, of Cuckfield, said he examined the body of Mr Gould on Monday night. The de- ceased's clothing was saturated with blood, and his shirt collar was missing. There were wounds on the arms and hands. The wounds on the face were as if caused by some sharp instrument, but there was no bullet wound, and his opinion was that death resulted from the hemorrhage from the < wounds, and the fracture of the skull, which was caused by the fall from the carriage. Mr Benjamin Hall, acting-house surgeon at the Brighton Hospital, said he had examined the wounds of the man Lefroy, who was brought to the hospital on Monday night. They were not such as would have caused so much blood as appeared upon his clothing, but might have caused Lefroy to be in a fainting condition. The wounds might have been caused by a pistol barrel or car- penter's gouge. Mrs Ann Brown, who resides at Horley, testi- fied that she and her daughter were at the window when the two o'clock train from London passed by. Their house adjoined the railway, and they saw in one of the carriages two men standing up and struggling, either fighting or larking. This was between two and three o'clock, and they could not, of course, distinguish more than the figures of the two men. It would be impossible to recognise them. Horley is 10 miles from Bal- combe Tunnel. Thos. Jennings, labourer, deposed to finding the body. Mr Benjamin Hall said he had examined the body, and found a mark below the ear, which he ascribed to a bullet wound. Dr. Byass concurred. He also described the appearance of the compartment in which the struggle took place. Mr W. H. Gibson, chemist, King's-road, Brighton, said he travelled by the two o'clock express on Monday from London, and rode in the compartment next deceased. On entering Merst- ham Tunnel he heard four loud reports, and thought at the time they were fog signals, but afterwards believed the report proceeded from the next compartment. The inquest was adjourned till Saturday.

The pony drivers at Denaby Main Colliery, South Yorkshire, struck work on Monday, on being refused an advance of wages. Two thou- sand hands are thrown out of employment, and the pit stopped. The whole of the nail-makers in the Stafford- shire and Worcestershire district, numbering 30,000 hands, turned out on strike on Monday, for an advance of wages equal to 30 per cent on present prices. The Prince and Princess of Wales left London early on Monday afternoon for Windsor Castle. After lunching with the Queen, Princess Beatrice, and the Grand Duke and Princesses of Hesse, their Royal Highnesses returned to town. ATHERSTONE, Monday.—A distressing accident occurred on Monday at the Haunchwood Colliery, near Atherstone. A man named Win. Satcliife was at work in the pit when a sprag suddenly broke, causing the roof to fall in upon. him. When extricated it was found that the deceased's head and chest were completely smashed, and that he had sustained other injuries of a horrible nature, causing instantaneous death. At the city police-court on Monday—before the Mayor and a full bench of magistrates—Matilda Garlands, Milemarsh, married woman, wf.s charged with shooting at her sister, Mrs Hill, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm, on Friday last.—Mr Corner defended. The case ai'ose out of a dispute respecting some property left to the sisters by their parents, lhe com- plainant had received the rents and stuck to them, and defendant, by order of Mr Comer, ordered the remaining tenants not to pay any more to complainant. The latter put in a distress in defendant s house, when it was alleged she fired a pistol at prosecutor. The defence was that the pistol" was only capped and not loaded, and that the weapon was only used to frighten birds off the currant trees. After a long hearing, the case was dismissed. ADvlC TO MOTHERS !—Are you broken in your rest by a sick cluld suffering with the pain of cutting teeth ? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of MRS WIXSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP. It will relievo the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless, and pleasant to taste, it produces natural quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes "as bright as a button." It soothes the child, it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best-known remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea, whether arising from teethingor other causes. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup is sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at Is ld per bottle. Kuropeaa depot removed to 33, Farringdon-road, Lon- don. 40049—766 i

STRANGE SUICIDE AT SWANSEA. Mr paskoin, deputy coroner, held an inqucs the Villiers' Anns, Hafod, on Saturday aftcrnc touching the death of John Theophilus, a w man, living at No. 7, Vcrnon-street, Hafod, wl lifeless body was found hanging from the ban ters in his house on the previous day. It appea that deceased, a man 57 years of age, had various times during the last three weeks c plained of suffering in his head, whilst he had fc strange in his behavour. On returning home Thursday night he seemed very much' depress and said that soma boys had chaffed hon i public-house. His wife and daughter left bin bed when they went out on Friday morning, found him in the condition described when t returned. A verdict of Suicide whilst in a st of temporary insanity" was returned.

THE SWANSEA PILOTS AS THE HARBOUR TRUSTEES PETITIONS AGAINST NON-COM- PULSORY PILOTAGE. A largely-attended meeting of the pilots of port of Swansea was held on Monday, at Pilotage House, South Dock entrance, Mr IV Bedford, one of the Swansea pilots, being ca upon to preside. The Chairman, in the coin's. his remarks, detailed at some length the ciro stances connected with the dispute of the pilot Pill and the Great Western Steamship Compa all of which, together with the manner in wl it had been settled, has from time to time b published. He then proceeded to refer to action recently taken by the Pilotage Conn sioners of Swansea. They had a short time si applied to the Board of Trade to put into o tion powers possessed by them to abolish present system of compulsory pilotage, a sysl which was in operation at Swansea and at Bris and had hitherto, in his opinion, worked extrcn well, and a suggestion had been made to em Swansea pilots to pilot up to King-road, Bristol pilots to pilot to the Mumbles. Agai the removal of the compulsory pilotage Swansea a very numerously-signed p tion had been prepared, and was ready to sent to the Board of Trade by the shipown captains, and others of the port.—The Chairn then read the petition, which was as follows To the Right Hon. the President of the Bo of Trade. vVe, the undersigned merchants, s owners, traders, captains, and others tradin; the port of Swansea, humbly beg that the pr dent of the Board of Trade will take into c sideration the following facts relative to the ] posed abolition of compulsory pilotage to the ] of Swansea First—It is considered that the proaches to the bay are dangerous, being v shallow. It is always possible to obtain a pi but if made non-compulsory diffietùties; necessarily arise, and the services of experien pilots will depend upon chance, which will many cases, entail the loss of spring tides,; result in vessels being "neaped" seV days, consequently causing great pec' ary less and delay. Secondly—It is lieved that the shipping entering and lca the port would be liable to dam in consequence of non-compulsory pilotage, harbour being a difficult one to enter by inexp enced captains, more especially since the < fines of the Channel have been narrowed, wl circumstance has made the current run stror and more variable than previously. The me rialists also wish to call your attention to the r navigation, there being two drawbrk across the navigation of the Tawe,tIowing into sea at Swansea. Also, that vessels frequen the port are gradually increasing in size. r alone, we think, is a sufficient reason for cont ing the present system of compulsory pilot Under the circumstances your petitioners ] that you will allow the Act to remain in fe which they believe will be of real service to interest of the port." The Chairman said the pilots of Swansea had not yet prepared t petition, but it was proposed to draw up similar in many respects to the one he just read, and which included many of the po to which they, as pilots, would have to refer. pointed out the great danger to which ship generally would be exposed if vessels were allo to leave that port in the hands of inexperiei men. Many of the pilots also who had spe long life in the service would, if the prop alterations were carried out, find them.selve their beam ends by the time they had reached meridian of their lives. He strongly opposed proposed alterations by the Harbour Trustees. Mr LEWIS WATKINS then proposed, Mr Jos OWEN seconded,, and Mr WILLIAM FENDER ported the following resolution:—"That being a representative meeting of the Swa pilots, it is, in their opinion,undesirable to alts any way the existing rules relative to the pilo of vessels to or from this port, and this mee pledges itself to oppose by every legitimate m any bill brought out by the Harbour Trustee: this purpose and with that view recommend communication be opened with prominent n bers of Parliament for the purpose of seen their assistance and co-operation." A committee was subsequently appointee arrange for securing the co-operation of ka ports in the kingdom, and the several well knfl supporters of pilots' organization, including ]H don, Tyneside, Firth of Forth, Bristol Cha pilots, &c. ■ The suggestion which had been thrown out the present Swansea Pilotage Commissioner extend their jurisdiction to Kingroad so a, allow them to compete,as they considered unfa with the Bristol pilots, and vice versa, was referred to. In the discussion that took I many of those present expressed their con vi that none of them wanted to pilot vessels Bristol, neither did they want to see Bristol p take charge of vessels in Swansea waters. 0; the pilots suggested that there should be amalgamation of pilots throughout the Ur Kingdom to put a stop to the encroachment their well-established privileges. Mr ROGER MOORE, of Bristol, who was prt^J by invitation, as representative of tho.lH Plimsoll Committee, said that as far as the r! sation to which he belonged was concerned, would assist the Swansea pilots in any way could. He suggested the co-operation of < pilots. From his small experience it strncl, that the proposition to abolish compulsory pih had been started by some gentlemen who interested in obtaining its abolition. The sel appeared to him to be about as wild as j National Lifeboat Institution had ordered all lifeboats to be removed from the rock-b shores of this country. On the motion of Mr BIBBY, seconded by O. JONES, a resolution wås passed appro vir^B the opposition conducted by the Pilots' mittee—urging them to continue to agitate i same way, and adopt all proper means to o the object they had in view. On the motion of Mr JOHN MILLS, second, Mr JOHNSON, it was resolved—" That this] ing approves of steps being taken with view of associating themselves with other tl councils, in order that they may be represent the head quarters of these respective orgs tions. The proceedings, which were uuani throughout, concluded with a hearty vo thanks to the Chairman.

NEW INDEPENDENT ORAl AT LLANGENNECH. ■ LAYING THE FOUNDATION STo. H Llangennech is a prosperous village abou miles distant from Llanelly,and two from Pc dulais. Since the erection of two large tin- works, and the opening of several collieries i neighbourhood, the population has greatl creased, and the various places of worship from time to time been enlarged. Bethesda Independent Chapel was built in through the exertions of the late Rev. S: Price, Llanedy. It was opened on the 26th 27th June, 1832, 49 years ago to the very da late Rev. John Joseph being- ordained minis the same day. The chapel was rebuilt in and the Rev. John Joseph continued mi until his death in 1868. The Rev. Lot Lake of America, succeeded him, and the HGv. Jones officiated for some years. The presem ister is the Rev. D. A. Jones, and the incre the number of members has been so great t has become necessary to erect a new chapel. The foundation stone was laid on Month Mrs Rosser, wife of Mr William Hews Greenfield House, Llanelly, who was pret by Mrs Joseph, of Llangennech, with a trowel, bearing the following inscripti Presented to Mrs Rosser by the Bethesd; gregational Church, Llangennech, on the oci of her laying the foundation stone of thei chapel, June 27th, 1ú31." The Rev. I). A.. pastor of the chapel, gave a brief hist' >ry chapel, after which a bottle, containing, a c the South Wales Daily News, Ti/st a'r DtjcUl, written history of the Church, was placed the foundation stone, which Mrs Rosser laic the Rev. Thomas John, Capel Alse, had i lesson. Mr THOMAS, of Liverpool, in the cour- telling address, said the Gospel had been pr ^^B at Llanedy at intervals during the last 200 Some might complain of the building as too grand, but they should bear.111 mind i was the house of God, and nothing was too and beautiful for Him. But though it was building, it was built for tho convenience people, and they would have to pay for it. they would be able to do very easily if the ^^B willing hearts. An old custom was to 1 ^^B chapel, and leave the following generation ^^B for it. He hoped they were not going to d ^^B They might say it was now a bad time tc ^^B that was true. But when he saw the inone wasted, he felt that if this was diverted i ^^B right channel, it would be very easy to the building. ^^B Mr JOSEPH, Llangennech, moved a ^^B thanks to Mrs Rosser, and referred to wl Rosser had done for their cause in the nei< ^^B hood, and to his other good qualities. ^^B The^ Rev. THOS. JOHNS, in a brief s ^^B seconded the proposition. ^^B The Rev. THOS. DAVIES supported the tion. Mr ROSSER returned thanks for Mrs ^^B and said Llangennech was fast increasii before long they would want better accoi tion. Still it gave him and Mrs Rossc ^^B pleasure to be present, and he also with j could bay he assisted in starting the manuf of the district. He saw one railway into th ^^B but could see another coming across th which would place them in direct commu with all parts. (Great applause.) The contractors for the chapel are Walters and John, Morriston, and the am the contract will be £ 1,500. Among- present were Messrs Dr. Thomas (Livcrpc D. Lewis, Thomas, Davies, Thomas Jc Wm. Rosser, Mr Joseph Joseph, &c. The Kevs. D. Lewis and Thomas Davies preached in the eveniulš.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT j HOUSE OF LORD.;?—MOXDAY. The Lord Chancellor took bin seat on the wool- t tck at rive o'clock. ROYAL ASSENT TO BILLS. The Royal Assent was given by commission to SI public and private Acts, including the Conso- lidated Fund (No. 3), the Land 'lax Ccmmis- tioncr, the Tramway (Ireland) Amendment, and the Petty Session Clerks (Ireland). THE GREEK FRONTIER. Lord ST R ATH EDEN again. postponed his totico with reference* to tho Greek frontier, but expressed a hope that the further correspondence Would be di-itril-.uted before next Thursday. A NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY IN IRELAND. On the motion tor the third reading of tho j BaRychue, Ligoniel, and Belfast Junction Rail- way Bill, Lord TFMPLETOWN moved that it be red a 11-* time that day three months, his objection leiag that the Dill proposed to .sanction a narrow yange light line alongside "f, or in close proxi- mity to, an existing line, which it was not proved lad failed in any way to provide the accommoda- tion required by the public. After a ..short discission, the Bill was read a third time and na-sed. BRITISH MONUMENTS IN THE CRIMEA. The Marqvda of HERTFORD called attention to the state of the cemeteries and monuments of those who fell in the Crimean war, and asked the '¡ Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether any li- tion would be made to the annual allowance for I their maintenance, the sum being found quite inadequate for the purpose. The French had bid out much more uoon their cemetery than we had upon botlitheir's and the Hjpssian was in very much better condition than ours. The aHowMice of £80 a year for maintenance was in- Bufficient, and he thought £1,000 ought to be expended in making the wall round the ground a pennanent work. The Karl of MORLEY was not surprised at the anxiety of the noble marquis that the cemeteries in which our brave soldiers were buried should be looked after with reverence and care, for he was Ture that the feeling was shared by every English- ( man. A letter, however, frum 1rlr Stanley, the Consul-General at Odessa, who had visited the eemeteries, described them as in very fair order, and ex pressed the opinion that the annual grant was sufficient to make good the damage caused by the bust severe winter. He reminded their lordships that £4,000 was expended upon the cemeteries in 1875, and that a considerable sum had been laid •ut upon them from time to time. Everything should be done that was necessary to keep them ip proper order, but from the reports received it aid not appear that any extra expenditure was at present required. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE had no doubt that all classes of Englishmen would desire the cemeteries to be properly kept up, and would not be satisfied to hear that they compared unfavour- ably with the French and Russian cemeteries; but all that was required to maintain them in perfect order was a small sum laid out at the Droper time, and under prover supervision. MISCELLANEOUS. The Summary Procedure (Scotland) Amend- nentBill wad read a second time. The Post Office (Land) Bill, and the News- tapers Bill were read a third time, and parsed. The House adjourned at 25 minutes past seven t'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. iFhe Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. THE TELEGRAPH CLERKS. Mr FAWCETT, in reply to Mr Healy, said the telegraph office at Craughwell was closed on the 22nd inst. in consequence of Barrett's arrest, but was re-opened on the 25th. Barrett was not a telegraphist on the establishment, but an assistant to the local postmaster. He could not undertake to advise the Irish Government not to arrest telegraph assistants until they had com- municated with him. He was glad to say that that no officer on the establishment had been arrested, and, as far as he was aware, there was no reason to suppose that any one of them would be. Lord F. CAVENDISH, in reply to Mr O'Don- nell, said that he was not aware of any intention on the part of the telegraph clerks to furnish members of Parliament with copies of their objec- tions to his scheme for reorganising the Telegraph Department, but he would venture to suggest that it would be better for members of that House, when voting public money, not to depend upon individual information, but on facts and know- ledge which could be examined and tested. The Government, however, hoped that the scheme which had been framed with great care by the Departments responsible for the service, with the view of promoting efficiency and removing all cases of well-grounded complaint, should be applied with as little delay as possible to the various offices throughout the country. It would, applied with as little delay as possible to the various offices throughout the country. It would, however, be impossible to acquiesce in the con- tinuance of an organised agitation, with threats of a general strike, unless claims which could only be regarded as entirely inadmissable were con- ceded. If such an agitation was to be continued, it mit be pessible to suspend in particular cases the introduction of the new scheme, but he trusted that no such necessity would arise. THE IRISH LAND BILL. STATEMENT BY THE PREMIER. Mr GLADSTONE gave notice that to-morrow he would move that on and after Wednesday next the several stages of the Land Law (Ireland) Bill should have precedence over all orders of the day and notices of motion on all days when set down. (Ministerial cheers.) Sir S. NORTHCOTE hoped that when the right hon. gentleman brought forward his motion he would state what would be the probable course of business during the rest of the session, and what other Bills they proposed to deal with besides the Land Bill. The House would be glad to know as soon as possible what was to be the future course of business, and the probable dura- tion of the session also when the Government would be in a position to name a day on which Sir M. Hicks-Beach could bring forward his motion. (Conservative cheers.) Mr GLADSTONE said he hoped, if the motion of which he had given notice were agreed to, that the Government would be in a position on an early day to form a judgment as to what would be the future course of the ses- sion. At present they were unable to do so. Dr. CAMERON regretted the statement just made by the Prime Minister. The SPEAKER interposed, and pointed out that he could not under cover of a motion of ad- journment discuss a motion he had put on the paper. Dr. CAMERON consequently withdrew his motion for adjournment, and The House went into Committee on the Irish Land Bill. On resuming the consideration of Clause 4 Mr LALOR (H.R. Queen's Co.), moved th emission of the last two paragraphs of the clause,- which enabled the court, on the application of the landlord, on being satisfied that he was desirous of resuming the holding for some purpose having relation to the good of the holding or estate or for the benefit of the labourers in respect of cottage gardens or allotments, to authorise the resumption of the tenancy on terms approved by the court as being full compensation to the tenant, provided that the rent of any statutory tenancy might be increased in respect of capital laid out by the landlord under agreement with the tenant. Mr GLADSTONE opposed the amendment, stating that the Government, on the fullest con- sideration of the subject, adhered to the principle of retaining the power of resumption in the circumstances indicated by the clause. Mr PARNELL thought the portion of the Clause it was proposed to omit very objectionable, and hoped the amendment would be accepted. After some discussion, the Committee divided, and the amendment was negatived by 139 against 30. An amendment was moved by the ATTOR- NEY GENERAI for IRELAND, the effect of which was to extend the operations of the clause by enabling- the landlord not onIy to resume the holding, but also part thereof," was resisted by Mr Parnell and others, and on a division was carried by 121 against 29. A further amendment, moved by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND, the object of which was that the resumption of the holding or part thereof by the landlord should be on such conditions a the court should think fit," was agreed to without discussion. Mr BRGDRICK (C., Surrey W.) moved the addition of a proviso to the effect that if the land resumed by the landlord for the benefit of the labourers, in respect of cottages, grounds, and allotments, does not exceed l-25th of the holding, It shall not be deemed a disturbance of the tenant within the meaning of the Act of 1870, and should tot subject the landlord to any claim for corn- sensation, except in respect of improvements, Leyond an abatement of rent proportionate to the annual value of the laud thus taken. Mr irf }RSTEil could not agree to the amend- ment, which would subtract from the interest of the tenant as regarded an appreciable portion of his property. Sir S.^NV) RTHCOTE supported the amend- ment as an act of fairness to the landlord, who, he urged, out not to be called on to pay the fcaximum price that could be got by appeals to the court. lLADSTONE, in resisting the amendment, aaId if it were passed it ought to be followed by < compulsory provision to prevent the landlords from making a profit of the land they might thus 'acquire. After some further discussion the Committee 4Itivided, and the numbers were— For the Amendment 122 Against 223 Majority against 101 An amendment by Lord FOLXESTON E, for Mte purpose of empowering the court to increase £ ie rent in respect of capital laid out by the land- rd. On a division the amendment was nega- tived by 210 against 103. On the motion that the clause as amended stand part of the Bill, Mr CHAPLIN (C., Lincoln, Mid.) expressed his readiness to acknowledge the concessions that had already been niade by the Government, and his hope that still further concessions would be made, but at the same time he could not allow the clause to pass without protesting against it as part of a measure of confiscation, which offered to the tenant an optional perpetuity of tenure which was not allowed to the landlord. The clause was then agreed to, and progress being reported shortly before one o'clock, the House resumed. MISCELLANEOUS. The Court of Bankruptcy (Ireland) Officers and ffteTJC3 Bill was read a third tima. The India Office Auditors' Superannuation Bill passed through Committee. The Presumption of Life (Scotland) Bill also passed through Committee. The Coroners (Ireland) Bill, as amended, was considered. The House adjourned at 1.5 a.m. HOUSE OF LOIID3, TUESDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat at five o'clock. THE VETERINARY SURGEONS' BILL. In commit See ou the Veterinary Surgeons' Bin, LorJ ABiiilOAIlE, who had charge of the Bill, proposed the insertion of a clause exempting veterinary surgeons from liability to serve on juries. The LORD CHANCELLOR opposed on the ground that it was undesirable to extend the ex- emptions already allowed. On a division, the clause was rejected by 51 votes to 22, and the Bill passed through committee. MIdONLLANEOUS. The Wild Protection Act, 1380, Amend- ment Bill was read a second time, on the motion of the Marl of DALHOUSiii, who stated its ob- ject to be to explain that whenever it was lawful to kill a. bird it should also be lawful to sell it. The Summary -Jurisdiction (Process) Dill was also read a second time. R MGIMENTAL ALTERATIONS. Lord DORCHliSTER asked whether the pro- posed change of the title and facings of the 3rd Regiment of Infantry (Buffs) had been ap- proved by the Queen, and whether any reason other than that it was recommended by the Territorial Committee had cn assigned for the alteration of title and the abolition of the time- honoured and distinctive facings borne by a dis- tinguished regiment and their ancestors during a. period of over 200 years. The Karl of MORLEY replied that the name of the regiment would remain, under the now organisation, precisely the same as that which it had oorne for more than a hundæd years, and under which it had achieved great victories in different parts of the world, namely, the Buffs (East Kent). It was true that it was proposed to change the facings to white, but that was for the purpose of simplification, and to save expense. Duke of CAMBRIDGE explained that the new arrangements for bringing regiments together necessitated the adoption of uniform facings. He admitted that there were exceptional reasons for retaining the facings of the Buffs, but if the claim were allowed, there might be some difficulty in excluding others. The subject subsequently dropped. ARMY ORGANISATION AND OFFICERS' RETIREMENT. Lord BURY drew attention to paragraph 48 of the revised memorandum on army organisation so far as it related to what was known as the Five Years' Non-employment Rule, as applied to general officers, and asked whether the Secretary for War would give orders to omit from the warrant which came into force on the 1st of July, 1881, the words general officers, after five years subsequent to promotion to major-general." The Earl of POWIS thought it unwise that the country should deprive itself of the power of em- ploying officers who were still in the vigour of age. Lord WAVENEY concuired in that view, and reminded their lordships, in anticipation of the memorandum, that Sir Havelock Allen resigned his seat in the House of Commons, in order to protect himself from compulsory retirement. The Earl of MORLEY hoped that the warrant giving effect to the memorandum would be pub- lished on Thursday. He failed to understand the objection that the five years rule would deprive the service of its youngest and most distinguished officers, because those were just the men who would in all probability be employed, and who would. therefore, not come under the operation of the rule. The Earl of LONGFORD remarked that the rule came as a surprise upon the army, and he had never anticipated that it would be proposed to keep up the now of promoting the compulsory retirement of officers who were still fit for service. Lord CHELMSFORD regarded it as a breach of faith to compel the retirement of officers who had sunk the purchase value of their commission in order to secure promotion. Tho subject then dropped, and their lordsliips rose :1t a quarter to eight. HOUSE OF COMMONS. —TUESDAY. The Speaker took the chair soon after two o'clock. THE LAND LAW BILL. MOTION FOR PRECEDENCY. Mr GLADSTONE rose to move that on and after Wednesday next the several stages of the Land Law (Ireland) Bill have precedence of all orders of the day and notices of motion on all days when it is set down among the orders, until the House shall otherwise determine. He said the House would be in a degree prepared for this known desire of the Government to allow no business of their own to interfere with the duty of pressing forward the Land Bill. The senti- ment of the importance of the Land Bill was not to the Government and their sup-porters, but was shared by many who, in a party sense, did not belong to the majority. For 13 sittings the House had been in committee on the Bill, and had only completed four clauses — no doubt the Bill contained many complex details, but other measures which he enumerated had equally complex details, and, without being too sanguine, he had expected the progress would have been more rapid. At any rate this was the 28th of June, and equivalent to the 28th of July of an ordinary session, and seeing that the session com- menced a month earlier than usual, and that the House had been occupied throughout with matters that required the closest attention, it was fair to ask, with what other measures the Government intended to proceed. (Hear, hear.) On this point he was not prepared to make any statement, not being able to form any definite expectation as to the conclusion of the committee on the Land Bill, but he did not look forward to the probability, or even the possibility, of any endeavour to carry through the House, after the Land Bill, any measure likely to be the subject of prolonged and general controversy. The House might dismiss any idea of that kind. But in respect to the limited catalogue of measures with which the Government wished to proceed, he wished to reserve any positive statement until next week. There would be a general sdeire to know the Government anticipation as to the probable duration of the session. (Hear, hear). The only difficulty was the Land Bill. In the dis- posal of that the Government would spare no exertions; but subject to that consideration the Government would do their best to secure proro- gation the first week in August. (Hear, hear). So far as the Government were concerned, they would not interpose any obstacle apart from the Land Bill, to interfere with the prospect thus held out. In the- course of a very short time he proposed to state in detail what the intentions of the Government are. As to the debate on Transvaal affaire, he hoped the committee on the Land Bilil would close in suffi- cient time to allow of that debate being taken in the interval that must elapee before the stage of report, but should the committee be prolonged be- yond his expectation, he should feel bound with great reluctance, to interfere with the progress of the committee, by naming a day to take the motion of the right hon. gentleman (Sir M. Beach). He concluded with his motion Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE (C., North Devon) said the Prime Minister had given but a general assurance, while he asked for a specific concession, promising to make the general assur- ance more specific when the concession is granted. The motion was not such as the House was accus- tomed to at the close of the session. When. the Government came forward and asked for extra time to puxih on their business the request was always accompanied by a specific statement of the measures with which it was the intention to pro- ceed. Though he did not share the views in re- gard to the Land Bill which the Government and their supporters held, yet it was of importance and he was ready to throw in his weight and support the Government in securing for the Bill a full and fair discussion. If the proposal of the Go- vernment had been made in the same terms in wliich a proposal was made early in the session, and to expedite other bills, he would have had little cause to doubt the wisdom of the proposal. That proposal was that the several stages of a particular Bill should have precedence over all orders from day to day, and in that form the House had a security that the particular measures indicated would be proceeded with day by day as the first business. But the motion now was entirely different, for precedence was given when the Land Bill was set down in the orders, thus putting the matter entirely in the hands of the Government. (Hear, hear.) Putting an extreme case—he did not suppose the Government would do it—but they might put down the Land Bill every private day and press on their votes business on the general nights. It was important to know what would be made of the concession granted in such wide terms, and the House had also a right to ask what measures in their pro- gramme the Government thought necessary to pass this sessions—such measures, for instance, as the Corrupt Practices Bill, the Bankruptcy Bill, the Ballot Act, the Parliamentary Oaths Bill, the Floods Bill, and the Charitable Trust Bill. He hoped some more definite information would be offered. (Hear, hear.) Mr JUSTIN McCARTHY (H.R., Longford) agreed in this, and mentioned the Irish. County Board Bill as of first-class importance. Mr CHAPLIN (C., Mia-Lincoln) said the Prime Minister had dangled a pleasing prospect before the House, but unfortunately it was based on a series of assumptions, and if the Land Bill did not pass through in the manner anticipated, what became of all the other prospects held out ? Though he did not regard the Bill as of that im- portance with which the Government read it, and though it was regarded with complete apathy out of doors, he was prepared to meet the Government proposal with a compromise to give the House that security they had a right to demand, and he therefore moved that the motion be amended by leaving out the words, When it is set down among the orders." (Hear, hear.) Ir GLADSTONE thought that an answer would be found in the pledges the Government had given by devoting to the Land Bill every moment of time at their command. But if he was required to give an assurance that the Government would not make use of the time placed at their disposal for the Land Bill for pressing other busi- ness, that assurance he would give. He explained that the motion was passed in its present verbal form in order to provide the means of allowing the debate on the Transvaal to 1 be interposed to take, if necessary, a vote in supply, and to allow a suf- ficient interval between the committee and the report of amendments. When the most knotty points of the Land Bill were got over, and that, he hoped, would be in a days, he proposed to go further in his statement as to Government business. Mr NEWDEGATE (C., N. Warwickshire), asked the House to consider gravely the course ot the pB^eent Parliament, and to take means to guard future parliaments from such modes of pro- cedure. He called attention to the obstruction that had characterised the earlier proceedings of the sC:3:sio!1, and expressed a hope that such tactics would be obviated in future. Mr CO WEN said both sides of the House were anxious that the Land Bill should make progress, but at the same tirae he thought that the non- I official party of the House had a right, to protest ? against too groat an interference with their rights by the official party. Alluding to the Urgency Rules under which the Coercion Bills had been carried, he characterised them as a species of parliamentary despotism, and he remarked that if Parliament should complete this session, as it seemed likely to do, a sitting of eight months, the private members would not have a. much as five weeks of that period allotted to them. He admitted that the circumstances were exceptional, but they were so last year, and wovdd bo next, and would be next, so that these exceptions, which proved the rule, seemed likely to absorb all the privileges of private members. He recognised the fact that the business of the House would be facilitated if some of its members talked less, but at the same time he thought the Government to blame for the time it had con- sumed with a coercive nolicy. Mr O'CONNOR POWER (H.R., Iayo) ex- pressed his satisfaction at the assurance of the Prime Minister that the Irish Land Bill would be { placed in the forefront of the Government busi- ness. Lord SANDON asked the Prime Minister to give the House some definite information as to the measures they proposed to proceed with, and whether there were to be morning sittings if the motion were agreed to. Lord R. CHURCHILL wished to know whether the Land Bill would be got rid of by the 22nd July, on which day he had a motion with reference to Tunis. Mr RITCHIE (C., Tower Hamlets) was anxi- ous to know what course would be taken with regard to the Parliamentary Oaths' Bill. Mr R. N. FOWLER (C., London) asked what the Government intended to do with regard to the Corrupt Practices Bill. Mr GLADSTONE said the matters to which attention had been directed would be duly con- sidered, and with regard to morning sittings it was not at present intended to propose their dis- continuance, but on this point the Government would be guided by the general feeling of the House. Sir S. NORTHCOTE thought the House might rest satisfied with the Prime Minister's assurances, and advised Mr Chaplin to withdraw his amend- ment. Mr CHAPLIN expressed his willingness to withdraw the motion. Mr T. COLLINS (C., Knaresborough) hoped the morning sittings would be discontinued if the motion were carried, as they only resulted in the waste of the two houriS before four o'clock, of which hon. members mizht as well have the benefit. After some remarks from Mr Healy (H.R., Wexford), Mr Biggar (H.R., Cavan Co.), and Mr Parnell (H.R., Cork), who complained that several promised Irish measures had been neglected, Sir W. HARCOURT (Home Secretary) pointed out how almost exclusively the attention of the House had been occupied by Irish business during the present session, to the neglect of English and Scotch measures, some of which were of great im- portance. After a few words from Mr FORSTER (Chief Secretary for Ireland), who said the Government were desirous of getting through as much of the business they had put down as possible, the amendment of Mr Chaplin was negatived, and the motion of Mr Gladstone agreed to. THE IRISH LAND BILL IN COMMITTEE. The House then went into committee on the Irish Land Bill, resuming at clause 5, which pro- posed to repeal so much of section 3 of the Act of 1870, as relates to the scale of compensation, and to enact a new scale. Mr GIBSON (C., Dublin Univ.) moved an amendment, the object of which was to exempt from the operation of the clause tenancies which have not become subject to a statutory term. | Mr PARNELL objected that the effect of the amendment would be to deprive of his right to compensation for disturbance a tenant who had become subject to one statutory term, and wished to revert to the ordinary tenancy. Mr GLADSTONE concurred in the main prin- cipal of the amendment, but thought there was force in the suggestion of Mr Parnell, and pro- mised if the amendment were withdrawn to intro- duce on the report a modification of the clause, embodying the principle he had accepted. The amendment was then withdrawn. Mr PLUNKETT moved as an amendment the omission of the words repealing so much of Sec- tion 3 of the Act of 1870, as declared that in no case should the compensation exceed JS250. Mr GLADSTONE opposed the amendment, arguing that the tenant was entitled to the value of the disturbance occasioned to his tenancy. After a brief discu-sion the Committee divided, and the numbers were For the amendment 110 Against 235 Majority 125 Mr C. RUSSELL moved an amendment the effect of which was that section 30 of the Act of 1870 should be read as providing that the tenant should be entitled to such compensation as the [ Court, in view of the circumstances, think just, subject to the scale enacted by the clause. This was accepted by the Government, and agreed to. At a quarter to seven o'clock progress was re- ported, on an amendment by Mr W. E. SMITH, the object being- to limit the compensation for dis- turbance under section 3 of the Act hf 1870 to three years' rent in cases where the rent is L100, and under JB150, instead of, as provided in the clause, £ 100 and upwards. The sitting was then suspended till nine o'clock. A COUNT OUT." I At the evening sitting, the Speaker having taken the chair at three minutes past nine o'clock, Mr WARTON directed attention to the fact that there were not 40 members present, and on being counted the Speaker declared that there were only 36 members in the House, whereupon the House stood adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at 12.15. MORNING SITTING. Mr BIGGAR (H.R., Cavan Co.) asked if it was the intention of the Government to continue morning sittings on Tuesdays and Fridays. As the Government had now the whole of the time there was no gain from morning sittings, but a great deal of inconvenience. Sir W. V. HARCOURT (Home Sec.) said that he believed it was the intention of the Prime Minister to continue the morning sittings, and to take the Land Bill both at the morning and the evening sittings. Sir S. NORTHCOTE (C., N. Devon) gave notice that he would put a question to the Prime Minister on the subject to-morrow. THE LAND BILL IN COMMITTEE. The House then went into committee on the Land Law (Ireland) Bill, resuming the consi- deration of Mr W. H. Smith's (C., Westminster) amendment to Clause 5, the object of which is to limit the compensation for disturbances to tenan cies of 2150.% year annual rental, Lord E. FITZMAURICE (L., Calne) con sidered the amendment most germane to the policy of the Land Act of 1870, which was to give the tenant a fair and substantial compensation, which, whilst it would operate as a check upon capricious evictions, would not enable him to make a profit upon it. Mr GLADSTONE agreed with the principle laid down by the noble lord, but not in thei applicability to the case in point. Mr MITCHELL HENRY (H.R., Galway) pointed out that in the case of small tenants in the west of Ireland ,the compensation of seven years' rent on holdings below £ 5 value was absurd. Mr T. P. O'CONNOR (H.R., Galway) com- plained of certain amendments which had been placed on the paper by the Attorney-General for Ireland since last night. The Conservatives had only to make a show of a certain amount of opposition to get the assistance of the Whig members of the Liberal party, in order to obtain any concession from the Prime Minister. Instead of dealing with the case him- self, the Attorney-General for Ireland was put up to give the Bill a stab in the back. Mr GLADSTONE indignantly repudiated the insinuations of the hon. member. He had made quite as many concessions to the Irish members as to the Conservatives. Lord R. CHURCHILL(C.,Woodstock)thought it idle now for Irish members to get up and de- fend the large tenants, who had always been in- eluded in the denunciation of the land agitator, and had always been excluded from their project of land reform. Mr SHAW (H.R., Cork County) believed there had been real concessions made by the Govem- ment to tenant farmers, and that concessions had been made to landlords which had materially damaged the Bill. Mr W. H. SMITH, though not satisfied with the proposals of the Government, was willing to withdraw his amendment to enable them to be discussed. Mr HEALY (H.R., Wexford) noticed that it was only to one part of the House that concessions were made. Mr MARUM (H.R., Kilkenny County) did not approve of the lowering of the rate of com- pensation to the higher classes of tenants. On the Chairman asking whether it was the pleasure of the House that the amendment should be withdrawn, there were loud cries of "No," from the Irish members below the gangway, on the Opposition side. Mr GLADSTONE pointed out that if the amendment was negatived the effect would be to prevent one of the proposals of the Attorney- Gcneral for Ireland from being put before the House, and persistence in the opposition could only have one construction. Mr HEALY agreed that the only possible construction was that it was desired to defeat the proposals of the Government. The House was cleared, but the amendment was negatived without a division. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND moved an amendment to the effect that the three years' rent payable as compensation for distur- turbance in the case of tenancies of £ 100 rental and upwards, should be limited to rentals of between £100 and JBSCO. Mr W. H. SMITH moved to substitute L200 f,or £300. After discussion, Mr Smith's amendment was negatived without a division, and the Attorney- Genoral's for Ireland amendment agreed to on a division by 207 to 49. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND then proposed that when the rent was above £ 300, and not exceeding £ 500, the compensation should be a sum not exceeding two years, aadti-litre the rental was above J6500, a sum not exceeding one year's rent. To this Mr SMITH moved an amendment, sub- stituting J3400 as the maximum, but that was negatived without discussion, and the original amendment carried on a division by 231 votes to 31. Mr W. H. SMITH moved to add words pro- viding that in no case should the compensation exceed JS550. Mr W. E. FORSTER opposed, and the amend- ment was rejected by 193 to 106. A paragraph was added on the motion oi the ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND, pro- viding that any tenant in a higher class of the scale, might, at his option, claim compensation under a lower class, provided such compensation should not exceed the sum to which he would be entitled under the lower class, in the assumption that the rent of his holding was reduced to the sum stated in the lower class. Sir R. CROSS (C., S.W. Lancashire) wished to have a proviso inserted to the effect that where the landlord was willing to permit the tenant to continue in the occupation of his holding upon just and reasonable terms, and tho terms were unreasonably refused by the, tenant, the claim of the tenant to compensation should be disallowed. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND held that the object was already secured by the Land Act of 1870, and the amendment v/as not pressed. Mr HEALY proposed to introduce words re- pealing the 13th section of the Act of 1870, and anticipated that the proposal would be accepted by the Government. Mr W. E. FORSTER (Chief Secretary for Ireland) assented, observing tjriat the clauses already passed were inconsistent with the clause in question, and it was a mistake of the drafts- man that the repeal was not provided for. Mr GIBSON (C., Dublin University) believed that the withdrawal ofthe clause was unnecessary, and that it ought to remain as a very moderate protection to landlords. The SOLICITOR-OENERAL pointed out that the 13th clause of th Land Act was a limitation of the right of assignment, and the 1st clause of this Bill deprived, the landlord of the power of excluding the assignee. The amendment was agreed to. A division vas taken on the question that the clause as amended stand part of the Bill, and the result was that the clause was carried by 238 votes to Clause 6, which amends the Act of 1870, in re- gard to compensation for improvements, was agreed, to without amendment, thus completing the first of the seven parts into which the Bill is divided. On clause 7, which empowers the court to fix the rent of the present tenancies, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND moved the insei-tion of the words, "enabling the | tenant and the landlord jointly, or the landlord after having demanded an increase of rent, which the tenant had declined to accept, to go to the court to fix the rent." Mr CHAPLIN (C., Mid-Lincolnshire) had understood that the landlord was to have as free access as the tenant to the court, and he proposed therefore the omission of the words which re- quired of demand, if an increased rent, as a con- dition precedent to the landlord's application to the court." Mr GLADSTONE denied that he had ever promised that the landlord should go to the court in the same manner as the tenant. On the con- trary, he had always insisted that there should I first be a demand for an increased rent, and a refusal to pay. Mr CHAPLIN withdrew his amendment, and the alteration proposed by the Attorney-General was made. Mr W. CORBET (H.R., Wicklow County) moved an amendment extending the clause to any leaseholder who could show to the satisfaction of the court that he was constrained or induced by a landlord or his agent to take out a lease, since the passing of the Act of 1870, at an unfair rent or subject to unreasonable covenants. Mr GLADSTONE was not prepared to lay down the principle that persons who had entered into leases should be permitted before the expira- tion of the terms for which the lease was granted to dispute its conditions. Mr LITTON(C., Tyrone) spoke in support of the amendment, and the discussion had not con- cluded when the hour arrived for reporting pro- gress. MISCELLANEOUS. The Local Enquiries (Ireland) Bill and the Landed Proprietors (Ireland) Bill, which stood for second reading, were withdrawn, on the motion of Mr P. J. SMYTH (H.R., Tipperary). The order tor the second reading of the Union Justices (Ireland) Bill was also discharged, and the Bill withdrawn. The House adjourned at ten minutes to six o'clock.

SHOCKING MURDER AT BELFAST. A shocking murder was committed in Belfast on Tuesday evening, the victim being a Mrs McClure, the wife of James McClure, a mechanic, residing on the Old Lodge road. The latter, who had been drinking for some time past, entered the house at half-past three o'clock, and demanded a money order which was in his wife's possession. On her refusing to give it up he struck her several blows on the with a heavy thorn stick. Bleeding profu: t 1e unfortunate woman man- aged to scramble upstairs, but he followed her, and, throwing her upon a bed, beat her about the body until the stick which he used was broken into splinters. The cries of the victim attracted the police, who, after arresting McClure, lost no time in procuring medical assistance. It was, however, of no avail, as the woman expired before any remedies could be applied. The body presented a horrible spectacle, the head bein^ battered into a shapeless mass, the right arm ana leg broken, and the body otherwise dreadfully mutilated. The prisoner, who is about 35 years of age, treats his position with apparent indifference. An inquest will be held to-morrow.

A LONDONER'S LOVE-MAK- ING IN YORKSHIRE. ADVENTURES WITH A WIDOW. A very singular case has been heard by the ma- gistrates sitting at Sheffield. The prisoner, Wm. Betters, a modeller, was charged with having ob- tained j616 2s 6d by false pretences from Mary Ann Appleyard, a widow, of Wath, Yorkshire. The prosecutrix lived at Huddersfield some time ago, and took in lodgers, one of whom was the prisoner. He stayed there some time, and paid his addresses to the widow. He left Huddersfield a few months back for Sheffield, where he took the Blue Bell beerhouse, having previously expressed his intention of marrying Mrs Appleyard. He said he was a widower^ and his first wife had been dead five years. On the 4th of May, whilst in Sheffield, he wrote to the prosecutrix the following love letter :—"I received your letter, my dear, and was glad to hear you got home all right. I have been on the quiet ever since. I have thought the thing over, and trust I have come to a right conclusion. I put it in as plain a form as I can put it Will you find the passage money, get married, and go to America at once— say £20? The few pounds I have got I should like to leave with my child. If this suits your notions, it be as you like, no or 'yes,' it will be all right. I think I might save enough in seven years to keep us all our lives. Now, mind you will not offend me by saying no.' But I find I shall get entangled if I stay much longer in Sheffield. Of course, there is no need to answer this if it does not meet your views, and we must say good bye for ever. God bless you, which ever you may decide. Yours truly, WILLIAM PKTTERS." In consequence of this letter she came to Sheffield, and it was arranged that the marriage should take place as soon as possible. On the 13th of May they went to the registrar's office in Sheffield to get married, but were told it was too late. They then de- cided that the wedding should take place on the following Friday, but m the meantime a woman accompanied by a little girl came to the beerhouse, and the woman told prosecutrix that she was Petters's wife. Prior to this discovery the prisoner had forcibly obtained possession of the key of the prosecutrix's clothes-box, and had, it was alleged, seized her bank-book, and paid JE16 2s 6d, her money, to a firm of Sheffield brewers as in-going to the beerhouse.—Mr Machen, who appeared for the prosecution, read a letter from Superintendent Charles Vincent, Scotland Yard, as follows:—" I have to acquaint you that the prisoner Petters, alias McQuin, was married at the Registry Office, Southwark, on the 13th January, 1868, to Esther Potter, in the name of McQuin. He is an idle, dissolute, worthless fellow. He deserted his wife on the 12th of March, 1880, leaving her with four children."—It was contended, on behalf of the prisoner, that lie had obtained the money with the widow's consent; but the magistrate remanded the case.

THE BEND OR LIBEL CASE. Mr Justice Field summed up in this case on I Tuesday. Having read over the evidence, the libel, and the apology, he remarked respecting the latter that it was strange after any supposed stigma was withdrawn the defendant should plead that the charges of dishonest behaviour and want of care and skill were true in substance and in fact. The jury retired at a quarter to two, and returned into court at half-past two, finding that the article imputing dishonest conduct and want of care and skill to the plaintiif was not true in substance and in fact. They negatived the pleas of a public apology, and found that plaintiff was entitled to £1,000 damages in respect of the charge of misconduct, and £750 because of the charges of want of care and skill. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff accordingly.

MR GRANT-DUFF AND THE MADRAS GOVERNORSHIP. Mr Grant-Duff was not in his place in the House of Commons on Monday night. The post- ponement of an answer on the subject of the Madras Governorship until to-day is viewed in the lobby as a practical confirmation that the Under Secretary for the Colonies has been offered the position.

THREE PERSONS DROWNED. While six men and two boys were sailing in a boat near Denver sluice, on the River Ouse, a gust of wind suddenly capsized the craft, and two of the men and one boy were drowned. The others swam to the bank.

FATAL STEAMER COLLISION ON THE CLYDE. As the river steamer Balmoral went up the Clyde on Saturday evening, the ste2.mer Lome collided with her. The captain of the Balmoral was killed.

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THE ASSAULT BY LORD TOWNSHEND. THE SEQUEL TO AN ELOPE- MENT. HORSEWHIPPING LORD E. THYNNE. TRIAL OF THE DEFENDANTS. SCANDALOUS REVELA- TIONS. HEAVY PENALTIES. At the Warminster Quarter-sessions on Wed- nesday, the Marquis of Townshend (John Villiers Stuart), 50, Henry Nepean, 54, and Francis Ellis, 54, were indicted for assaulting and beat- ing Lord Edward Thynne, of Laverstock, on the 24th of May, 1881. Mr Reed and Mr Prior Goldney, of the western cir- cuit, instructed by Mr L. Owning, were for the prose cution; Mr Tatlock appeared for Lord Towns- hend, and Mr Lush and Mr Lopes, instructed by Mr Nodder, Salisbury, were for the other defen- dants. In the absence of the Marquis of Bath, Mr F. J. F. Swayne presided, and among the magi- strates on the bench were—Lord Heytesbury, Messrs C. N. P. Phipps, M.P., N. F. Barton, R. L. Phipps, Col. Everett, and J. H. Jacobs. The defendants, who were allowed to sit near the counsel, pleaded not guilty. Lord Edward Thynne said he resided at Laver- stock, about a mile-and-a-quarter from Salisbury. He remembered the 24th of May last. Between two and three o'clock he was driving in a four- wheel pony carriage towards home. His daughter was riding on a pony beside the carriage, and her governess was sitting by his side. Before he came to the iron bridge at Laverstock he saw three men standing in the middle of the road. Did not observe which way they were looking, but he was going slow. He called out to the men, "Take care," and checked the pony. One of the men came to the horse's head and struck at him with what he thought was a bludgeon. He was the man with a beard, and he had since found it was Lord Townshend. The blow struck him on the hat, and broke it in. Did not know the Marquis before. The blow was repeated several times. After he had struck him two or three times in the carriage he got out. He had nothing whatever during that time to defend himself with. The blows were repeated after he got out of the carriage, the Marquis each time saying Is that enough." So far from recognising him, he thought it was a lunatic broke loose, from the asylum close by. (Laughter.) Should fancy the first blows were struck with the butt end of the whip produced, the others with the whip itself. When he was in the road he saw one of the defendants holding the horse's head. He asked them at the beginning who they were, but they did not reply at all. Mr Ellis had a very strong stick in his hand, and he asked for the loan of it. Mr Ellis said, You had better let the matter alone." It appeared to him that Col. Nepean took Lord Townshend away. They all went away to- gether, in the direction of Purton. As soon as the ladies had recovered themselves he turned the pony around and went in the direction of Dr. Manning's House. That was a private lunatic asylum. In consequence of what he said to Dr. Manning they both drove towards. Salisbury. Wit- ness was bleeding under the right eye from the effect of the blows. He got the blow that inflicted that wound when he was out of the carriage. His hat was on all of the time. When out of the carriage Lord Townshend struck at him wildly, and in putting out his arm to stave off the blows he got one across the knuckles. He was 74 years of age last January. From first to last he did not know who the defendants were. Cross-examined by Mr Tallock Would swear he did not know the defendants. His skin was broken, and the scar did not go away for a week. Had not paid the doctor. (Laughter.) Believed he was struck in the face by the whip. Was not very seriously injured. He went about his busi- ness the same day, and every day afterwards. Had known Lord Townshend years ago. In 1872 he was in the habit of visiting Lord Townshend. I think it was in 1872 you chose to ta.ke away Lord Townsend's wife ?—It was so. You were married at that time?—Yes. Before you took this lady away had you written her letters asking her to go with you ?—I do not recollect whether I did or not. Just think.—I cannot recollect; I may have. Did your wife unfortunately find one of them ? —Yes. And she sent it on ?—Yes. When you took her away was there a cab in the street to take her to see her sister?—No;— That is not true. Did you take her to Dover-street ? Would you mind telling me where you took her ?—I do not see what that has to do with the assault. (Laugh- ter.) Mr Read said this was not the object of the enquiry, and whether the woman was in a cab or not had nothing to do with the case. The Chairman Well, to say it is irrelevant is, I think, using a mild term. Mr Tallock I have to justify this assault, and in order to justify it The Chairman To speak about justification is ridiculous. Mr Tallock I shall ask the jury to say that Lord Townshend had received such provocation as to justify him in committing this assault. The Chairman said that was not affected by the Question as to whether she was in a cab or not. Mr Tallock I want to show that Lord Edward met her in a cab that he there and then, under circumstances of very great provocation, forced her to go away with him. The Chairman said the question might be asked in mitigation of damages, but not in justification. Mr Tallock I want to know whether he took this lady ? Do you rule I must not put it ? The Chairman I rule it is irrelevant, or rather I shall not compel him to answer. Mr Tallock (to Lord Thynne): Do I understand you to decline to tell me whence you took this lady ?—I do. You took her to Paris, didn't you ?—I did. And a short time afterwards Lord Fife came there ?—He did. He thrashed you, eli," ?—I don't think that has anything do w It W" resent case. Do you decline tu whether Lord Fife thrashed you ?—I decline to answer. But I think you admitted on a previous occasion that he did ?—I did. Did not Lady Townsend ask you to call back her brother (Lord Fife), in order that she might return to England with him ?—I decline to answer that question. You were abroad with her some short time?—I was. I think she came back with you as far as Charing Cross Station?—Yes. Is it true that you left her in a cab to take care of herself ?—I did not. What did you do with her?—I don't see what that has to do with the question. Do you decline to answer that question ?—I do. Did you go into retirement after this ?—Yes. I was in London. How long did you remain in London ?—A month. Where did you go then ?—I came down here to Laverstock. Was this the first time you had met face to face since 18?2 ?—I had never seen him since by any chance that I am aware of. Examined by Mr Rogers When Lord Towns- hend assaulted him Col. Nepean held the horse's head. Neither Col. Nepean nor Mr Ellis assaulted him. Re-examined: He led a very retired life at Laverstock. When he went to the Carlton Club people were glad to see him. Two years ago he was in London five weeks, and was in the Carlton Club every day. Miss Chionet, governess to the complainant's daughter, deposed to being in the carriage with him on the afternoon in question, and observing the defendants walking abreast. Lord Townshend turned round to look at the carriage. She saw Lord Townshend come round to tho right hand side of the carriage and strike Lord Edward with something lie had in his hand several times. After two or three blows Lord Edward got out of the carriage. Lord Townshend was very excited, and witness heard ii im say once, Have you had enough." she appealed to Mr Ellis to stop the assault, she said Oh, do stop him," but he did not heed her. After the assault she noticed two streaks of blood going down Lord Edward's cheeks, one from near the eye. By Mr Tallock Could not tell whether the wound was a cut or whether it was an abrasion. By Mr Lopes The assault lasted at least four minutes. Could hear blows on Lord Edwards hat. Thos. Wm. Bagshaw, coachman to MissEverard, Laverstock, said that between the iron bridge and the asylum, he was driving the carriage to Salisbury, at about 11 o'clock that morning. He saw three gentlemen near the iron bridge. One of them came and examined his carriage, and then walked behind. When he returned he saw the same three gentlemen near the same place. He recognised the defendants as the gentlemen. Dr. Mannings said he had known the prosecutor for some years,andremembered his coming to him on 24th of May. He appeared to be very much excited, and was bleeding from a wound under the right eye. Witness bathed his face with cold water, and then accompanied him towards Purton station. On the way they overtook the defendants. From the appearance of the cheek the blow must have been a heavy one. Cross-examined by Mr Tallock The wound was visible for three or four days. There was no one in his employ present. Alfred Matthews, who said he was superin- tendent of police of the city of Salisbury, deposed to the defendants coming to the police-station on the afternoon of the 24th of May. Lord Town- shend had in his land the whip produced. Cross-examined by Mr Tallock Lord Thynne came to the police-station first, and said there were three men coning he wished to give in cus- tody on the charge of committing a murderous assault upon him. This was the case for the prosecution. In reply to the Chairman, Mr Tallock said he did not intend to call any witnesses. Mr Read then summed up, and said the Mar- quis of Townsend did not come there and instruct his counsel to deny that he committed the assault on the day in question, but what he did say was that he was justi- I fied in doing it. The only question for the jury to consider was, what was the nature of the injuries inflicfed by Lord Townshend accord- ing to evidence ? That it was unlawful there. was no doubt. That it was malicious it was admitted. I The whole tenourof the cross-examination went to show that it WIiS done to avenge an injury com- mitted some yean ago. For nine years Lord Thynne had ceaeei to have any communication with Lady Townshend, and he had been living a. retired life regretting the unfortunate occurrence. During that time he had lived within a mile and a quarter of the Marquis of Townshend, and had the latter wished, he had abundance of opportu- nities of avenging himself. But ho slept upon it for nine years, and then committed a most aggra- vated assault upon an old man 20 years older thaji himself, embarrassed by a lady in his carriage, in the presence of his daughter, and who now relied entirely upon the sympathy of the jury. Mr Tallock addressed the jury for Lord Towns- hend, and said he trusted they would arrive at the conclusion that he had only acted as a man I could do under the circumstances. Probably most of them had wives, and some of them daugh- ters, and before they came to a conclusion he trusted they would consider the extreme provoca- tion, the very highest provocation, a man could be submitted to. The learned counsel denied that Lord Townshend used the butt end of the whip. Lord Edward was certainly thrashed by his Lord- ship, but not in the dishonourable way they had been told. He was instructed by Lord lowns- hend to say he would be ashamed to strike him with the butt end of the whip. Seven years ago Lord Townshend was living in perfect happiness and- peace with his young wife of twenty five years, a.nd this old man (groans and hisses, which were speedily suppressed) came day after day to enjoy his hos- pitality, and finally took away Lady lownshend. He (the learned counsel) put certain questions to Lord Thynne which he declined to answer, and the jury would form their own opinion of such behaviour. He asked him whether he was not thrashed by Lady Townshend's brother in Paris, and he declined to answer. Certainly he seemed to be used to that sort of tiling. (Laughter.) It was in the evidence that from the time he took this lady away to the time this occurrence took place they had never met face to face. He ad- mitted that if the two gentlemen had been meet- ing from day to day, and had not even spoken to each other, it would have been different. He asked them if a man had been injured, and he met the person who had injured him in the direst way one man coidd injure another, would they be astonished that if he had a whip in his hand he should lay it about the back of the person who had broken up his home and taken away that to which was dearer than life ? Would they not say that he was a dastardly fellow who had no honour of his wife at heart ? He asked the jury to think if they were treated in that dishonourable manner whether they would not, on the first occasion, show them the sense of the indignity cast upon them. Then he asked them to-consider the age of this old man. He was now 74, and nine years ago he was 65. This was the old man who, under cover of his age, was allowed to come to the house, and he was granted the familiarity of those who had arrived at his time of life He was of an age when persons were usually thinking about passing away, and this supposed harmless man thus came into Lord Townshend's house and destroyed his happiness. When asked if he did not know Lord Townshend, he said he did not, and that was the man who had visited him daily. Mr Read: He said he was very much changed. Mr Tallock Very likely, after such a shock to his system. Lord Townshend was laid prostrate for a number of years. Mr Read objected to such a statement unless it was to be proved. Mr Tallock said Lord Townshend's mouth was closed, but he instructed him to say that he was prostrate on a bed of sickness for years after the event, and he could not avenge himself earlier. Lord Thynne had brought all this upon himself, and he would ask them to show by the ver- dict that neither-he, nor such as he, would be per- mitted to ruin a family with impunity. He asked them to tell him—to tell all such as him— that when a man gave such great provocation, it was impossible that it could at any time be for- given, and that the man to whom he had done so great an injury was justified in thrashing him, and showing his sense of the indignity. (Applause in court.) Mr Lopes addressed the jury on behalf of Col.. Nepean and Mr Ellis, contending that they had not committed an assault, nor had they in any way participated in it. The jury found the defendants guilty. Lord Townsend rose to add, the bench, but The Chairman said he cou11 only speak now as to the mitigation of the punishment, or on a point of law. Lord Townshend said he would like to say a word in explanation of his conduct. In conse- quence of the defendant's conduct he had been too ill for a number of years to do anything, other- wise he would have adoj ited the same course earlier. It was also clearly shown by the complainant's refusal to answer the question as to where she was when he first had the wickedness to deprive her of her home and her character, that she was not a party to that dreadful and abominable scandal. He also wished to say that the law did not inflict any penalty for the dastardly and infamous conduct—the conduct of the com- plainant and he thought he had only done what another man would have done, as far as he had been able, in vindicating his character and in the interests of public morality. (Loud applause.) The Bench considered their judgment for about twenty minutes, and then the Chairman said the defendants had rendered themselves liable to penal servitude. They were not going to impose that sentence upon them, but it was necessary it should be known that men must not take the law into their own hands. Lord Townsend would be fined JB500, and would have to enter into his own recognisances of j3500 to keep the peace for 12 months, in default three months' imprisonment. The other defendants were fined £100 each. Lord Townshend told the Chairman he was a disgrace to a court of justice, and declined to pay the fine. At the time our message was wired he was still in custody. In the case of 1\11' Nepean and Mr Ellis there was no alternative of im- prisonment. After being four hours in custody he paid the fine, and was liberated.

GREAT FIRE AT HULL. A WAREHOUSE DESTROYED A SHIFBURNT. DAMAGES £30,000. A great fire occurred in Hull, on Sunday after- noon, whereby damage to the extent of £30,000 is reported to have been done. The scene of the conflagration was a large warehouse, on the Albert Dock Quay, and the sparks set fire to the Wilson liner Othello, trading between Hull and New York, which is injured to a large extent by both the fire and an explosion of gunpowder, about ten pounds of which was stored in the fore cabin. Inasmuch as a couple of bales were almost simul- taneously found to be ignited in the next ware- house, and a Wilson liner Marsden, which was lying some distance off the other vessel, was also slightly damaged by an outbreak of fire, it is inferred the outbreak is due to incendiarism. The marine firemen, sailors, and dock side labourers are on strike, and Messrs Wilson have refused to grant their demands.

GROSS CILUELTY TO AN IDIOT. On Saturday, a case of cruelty to an imbecile was heard before the Newtown magistrates, in which John Jones, 66, the father, and Kate Jones, 67, the stepmother of the idiot, aged 33, were charged with inflicting upon him grevious bodily harm. The evidence showed that for the last month the imbecile had been kept day and night in a barn near the prisoners' house at Aber- mull, in a most wretched condition. His bed consisted of some loose straw and a tick partially filled with straw, the whole of which was rotten and filthy with dirt and maggots. Dr. Palmer, of Newtown, when called to visit the man, found his arms and legs tightly bound with cord to a cart-wheel. There were marks on his arm and legs caused by the cords. Some of the wounds were fresh, while some were old ones. The skin on his right hip was broken, caused through the friction of the ropes. He had a pair of trousers, but otherwise he was in a state of nudity. He was fed occasionally in the house, but, as a rule, he partook of his food in the barn while tied up with ropes. The prisoners were remanded. Great indignation prevails in the neighbourhood. --<J>