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London letter. In.014 OUR LONDON COHBESPONDENT.] | SPECIALLY WIRED. LONDON, Monday Night. 8°VETLN5TENT AND AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION. 1 here is very good reason to believe that Lord Salisbury is an active member of a eOllllnittee of the Cabinet charged with the duty of drawing up the promised measure dealing with the depression in agriculture. No one yet knows what form that measure il1 take, but there is general expectation •he taxes on land wiil be reduced, and ■Wain restrictions placed on the importa- Ution of crops and stocks. It is rumoured that care will be taken to disavow any 'Qtention by this action of deviating from Free Trade principles. It will be justified on the ground of placing restric- fiotis on the entry of bad foreign produce. Lord Salisbury has notified his intention of being present at the Board of Agriculture next Wednesday afternoon, when Mr Walter Lonor receives one of the most influential, ° deputations ever before the Department on the subject of the importation of foreign battle into Great Britain. Sir Charles Supper is away, so Mr Walter Long will have a free hand with Canada, which is one of the Colonies that send diseased cattle to Uur markets. OUR NAVAL PROGRAMME. The Lords of the Admiralty are to go down to Chatham to-morrow to witness the departure of the Magnificent for the Mediterranean, but they are also to see what slips will soon be available for building faore ships on the Medway. Lord Charles Ðeresford is there, and he may be trusted to show them how Chatham can contribute to the carrying out of a spirited naval pro- gramme. Lord Charles has only 10 months more to serve, and if before that date the huge surplus promised this financial year is hot partly given to the Navy, he will want to know the reason why when he gets out of the restraining power of the Admiralty 'ervice. j LORD SALISBURY AND THE AMERICAN MINISTER. As I recently chronicled certain gossip respecting all alleged snub inflicted on Mr bayard by Lord Salisbury in the trans- mission of his answer to the American Note the Venezuelan question, it is only fair to say that I am now assured, on reliable Authority, that no such slight was put upon die United States Minister. On the con- I trary our Foreign Secretary supplied Mr I Bayard with a copy of his answer simul- I ttneously with the handing of the original I :0 Mr Olney, at Washington, by Sir Julian I Pauncefote. This act of courtesy has done I touch to remove a certain sense of strain I has recently been observable in the I relations between Lord Salisbury and Mr I Bayard. I SIR JOHN GORST ON EDUCATION. I Sir John Gorst will be heard again on I educational questions to-morrow night at I Deptford, where, along with Canon I Harnett, he is to take part in a conference I nf the Educational Councils of the Agri- II cultural and Horticultural Association, the I Woolwich Arsenal Co-operative Society, I the London Co-operative Leather Manu- I tacturers' Society, and the Tonybee Hall: I Co-operative and Education Committee. I Additional interest attaches to Sir John I Worst's utterances at this moment I because there is a movement amongst I his friends to secure his admission I to the Cabinet. They are urging that I In view of the prominence that education I will occupy in the coming Session, the I Minister who must have charge of the I Government Bill in the House of Commons I Ought to be in the Cabinet. On the other I hand, there are Tories who, for obvious I reasons, want to keep him out, and if Lord I Salisbury sympathises with the latter it is I sasty for him to plead that he cannot further I swell the number of the inner circle of the I Administration, especially as already, I Numerically, the Cabinet is the largest tuat I has been known in modern times. I THE COURT CIRCLE. I The Duke of Coburg does not intend to y in Kngland for Christmas, or indeed to I Protract his visit beyond the present week. I he Sandringham parties have now broken I top for the present. The Princess of Wales I Mil diversify her pre-Christmas shopping in I London with journeys to Brighton to see I her daughter the Duchess of Fife and to I Windsor to visit the Queen. The Prince of I Wales will accompany her to Windsor. I PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES' EXPENSES. I Some paragraphs in connection with the I action of the candidate for a division of I Norfolk in having the revising officer's I charges for taking thg poll there taxed, I have drawn renewed attention to one of the I ftiost obvious reforms necessary if electorates I ftre to have the chance of choosing men I with plenty of brains and little money, and I not to be shut up to candidates whose money I bags are a far greater consideration than I their brains. Some of the items which I have been knocked off the expenses charged I I by the returning officer for South-West I Norfolk are particularly glaring, but I there are probably very few wooers of ■ bounty constituencies who could not tell a I similarly tragic tale. They have acted on I the advice to grin and bear it rather than I I take the trouble attendant upon knocking I off the certain percentage of imposture. I But it may be doubted whether this ■ acquiescence has not been a little ignoble, I Rnd, indeed, almost a shirking of public I duty, for preparation ought to be made for I the day, already too long delayed, when the I community and not the candidate will dis- I charge the expenses connected with making I provision for taking a. poll. If their I charges, based on the old days when rail- I Ways were not and when post-horses had to I be hired, are quietly combined the imposi- I tion will only be transferred from the I shoulders of the individuals to those of I the taxpayer generally. An enterprising I journalist who should invite Parliamentary I candidates to forward excerpts from their I election bills would have abundant material ■ for very considerably opening the eyes of ■ his readers to the legalised plunder of a I General Election. Plenty cf nonsuccessful I candidates would help in this, for in their I case, to the injury of artificially swollen I Payments, there is added the insult of con- ■ tributing to the emoluments of a returning ■ officer who has not returned them. ■ UNAPPRECIATED BRITISH COMPOSERS. ■ In these days when to possess a foreign H àlame seems essential to success as a H Musician it is a pleasure to call attention to ■ the efforts now being made by Mr Ernest ■ Bowles to popularise British compositions. H Under the direction of Mr Fowles a series ■ concerts of British chamber music is ■ being given at the Queen's Hall, Langham- H place. These began in November with a concert, whose programme was confined H Exclusively to the works of British ■ COtnposers now living. At another, night or two ago, the music of ■ ^r. Hubert Parry, Mr Hamish McCunn, ■ Miss Agnes Zimmerman, and Miss Rosa- ■ Und Elliott, was rendered by such artistes I Moris. Sauret, Mr Charles Culd, and Miss ^'nmerman. This constituted a programme such excellence that, bearing in mind the Of such excellence that, bearing in mind the ^allness of the audience, one is forced to the conclusion that patriotic feeling as *egards music is at a very low hb in this country. Surely the efforts put forth to place the music of British composers before the public are ^rtby of more than this half-hearted sup- ■ *°rt> and it will be oleasan* if, on Decem- I ber 20th, when the last concert of the series is to be given, Mr Fowles' spirited enter- prise attracts an audience large enough and enthusiastic enough to remove the reproach that a condition of success is the exclusion from concert programmes of the works of our British composers.

THE NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD OF 1896. THE GORSEDD DEGREES. The Gorsedd of the Bards of the Isle of Britain has completed the syllabus of subjects for the Gorsedd examination of candidates for eisteddfodic degrees at the Llandudno National Eisteddfod. Examinations wiil be held at various centres throughout the Principality. and in Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, about three months before the eisteddfod. and the degrees will be conferred upon the successful candidates ab tho Gorsedd meeting at Llandudno on the 30th of June and the three following days. For the bardic degree the examiners are the Revs. O. G. Owen (Alafon), of Ysgoldy, Clwtybont; R. A. Williams (Berw), vicar of Waenfawr, Carnarvott and Evan Rees (Dyfed), of Cardiff. The subjects are The Chicago Eisteddfod Chair Awdl "Jesus of Nazareth," Dyfed the Arwrgerdd (Heroic Poem) on Madawg ab Owain Gvynedd," by Cadvan Grammadeg EjWddoniaeth Tegai (regai's Gram- mar of Poetry), and the Poetical Works of Goronwy Oweu and Ceiriog. For the ovate degree the examiners are the Rev. H. Elvet Lewis (Elfed), Llanellv Mr David Samuel, M.A. (Dewi o Geredigioii), Aberystwyth and Mrs A. Walter Thomas (Morfudd Eryri), Holyhead Vicarage. The subjects are :—Professor Rowlands's (Dewi Mon's) Welsh Grammar Drych y Prit Oesoedd," by Theophilus Evans; and "Welsh Poetry, Historical and Critical Articles," by the Rev. H. Eivet Lewis, from Y Geninen," 1888 9. For the Druid degree candidates must pass the bardic or ovate examination. The examiners for the musical degrees ave Messrs J. T. Rees, Bow. street, near Aberystwyth, and M. J. Williams (Gwilym Alaw), Carnarvon. There are three grades of musical degrees, viz., Cerdd Ofydd (Musical Ovate), Cerddor (Musician), and Pencerdd (Chief Musician). The recorder of the Gorsedd is Eitionydd," the editor of Y Geninen," Carnarvon.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN WALES. LETTER FROM MR HUMPHREYS OWEN, M.P. Writing to the Manchester Guardian, Mr Humphreys Owen, MP., controverts the state- ment made in an article by the Rev. Dd. Jones in the Churchman that Christianity is tabooed i-ind excluded from our schools and colleges," Mr Humphreys Owen writes Now, what are the facts ? First as regard the Board schools. There are, it is true, fifty School Boards in Wales which have adopted the logical plan of giving instruc- tion only in secular subjects, relying (as Mr Temple, her Majesty's inspector, longigo pointed out in an official report) on the churches and Sunday schools to give religious instruction. And they do not rely in vain, for 37 of these 50 boards are in Cardigan, Carmarthen, and Pem- broke and these very counties are distinguished even in Wales for the crimelessness of their popula- tions. Secondly, every intermediatecounty scheme for North Wales, and every such scheme which I have eeen for South Wales, contains a clause (framed by Principal O .ven, of Lampeter) to the effect that "religious instruction in accordance with the principles of the Christian faith shall be given in the school." I am confident that this is done. Lastly as to the colleges. It is true that they are, by their charters, forbidden to teach theology, and that, being non-resident;al, provision is not made for special collegiate worship. But, is theology therefore held in disrepute in Wales? Surely every Welshman knows better. And those who know something of Oxford and Cambridge know that the system of compulsory attendance at college. chapel carries with it almost inevitably abuses which have been, and (if we are to believe magazine articles) still are of a grave and lamentable nature."

LORD WINDSOR AND THE TAFF VALE DISPUTE. TO THE RDITOR. Sir.Will you allow me to correct one point in your notice of the interview I had with the deputation representing several societies concern- ing the dispute with the Taff Vale Railway Company on Saturday, 7th December. No reference was made, either by myself or by any member of the deputation, to an arbitrator nor did I express any opinion on the subject.—I am, &c., WINDSOR. Town Hall, Cardiff, Dec. 9th.

WELSH LAND COMMISSION. The Central News learns that after a series of five sittings held last week the Welsh Land Commission is continuing the further considera- tion of its report by sitting de die in diem during the present week. The chairman (Lord C;trrin, ton) and all the other commissioners, with the exception of Sir J. T. D. Llewelyn, M.P., are in attendance.

THE SALISBURY BABY. QUESTION OF A NKW TRIAL. In the Couri of Appeal on Monday Mr Spokes appeared on behalf of Mrs Salisbury, the next friend of the baby claimant, to ask for an exten- tion of time in which to apply for a new trial of the action. He read an affidavit, in which Mrs Salisbury stated that a woman had offered to find the child of Florence Wright, that a few days ago Mrs Salisbury had discovered-a woman who was supposed to have this child, but she was not yob prepared with evidence to prove its identity. He asked for an extension of three or four months. The Master of the Rolls refused to grant the application, and Lords Justices Lopes and Kay concurred.

THE AGE OF LOVE. SEXAGENARIANS IN A BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. At Manchester Assizes on Monday Mr Justice Kennedy heard a breach of promise action in which both plaintiff and defendant were about 60 years of age. Plaintiff was Miss Jane Ashton, newsagent, of Hollinwood, and the defendant Samuel Scholes, farmer, of the same neighbour- hood. Plaintiff stated that defendant was the only lover she had had whom she cared for. The promise was not denied, and the jury awarded plaintiff 275 damages.

MM TO-DAY'S WEATHER 4.3C A.M. TO-DAY'S FORECAST. FOR ENGLAND, S.W., AND SOUTH WALES. Westerly to north-westerly winds, fresh; changeable some showers. WARNINGS -The south cone is up in districts 0, 6, 7, 8, 9,10 and part of 1. GENERAL FORECASTS. The following forecasts were prepared last night a I; the Meteorological Office at eight o'clock DISTRICTS— Westerly or norbh-westerly winds, strong; a gale in places unsettled some cold showers. 2. England,N.E. Westerly or north-westerly 3. England,E. winds, moderate; change- ♦. Mid. Counties. ablej mud, with some ram 5 Eng. S. (Lon- at first, fairer and colder and Channel). later. Westerly or north-westerly 6, Scotland, W. winds, strong squally showery. 7. Engl. N. W., *"North Wales. Wester]y to north-westerly -■ L"g-arid,b.W. I wjn(js fr9sh • changeable; s.urj.Nf1. 10. Ireland, S.J

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TROUBLE WITH THE TURK. IMPROVEMENT IN THE SITUATION. CONSTANTINOPLE, Monday.—In Turkish official circles it is stated that no news of further conflicts between Mussulmans and Armenians has been received at the Porte during the last few days, and that, in fact, with the exception of the Zeitm district, perfect tranquillity prevails in all the provinces. The Vali of Sivas has telegraphed to the Government that the inquiry held by him into the recent disturbances at Zileh has resulted in showing that, previous to these disorders, which he declares were provoked by Armenian agitators, the latter had made arrangements at the points where they had barricaded themselves to facilitate their escape. This fact, adds the Government, tends to confirm the conviction held in Turkish official quarters that the disturbances above referred to were premeditated and prepared in advance by local revolutionaries. -Reuter. SAID PASHA LEAVES SANCTUARY, CONSTANTINOPLE, Monday.—Said Pasha, the ex-Grand Vizier, quitted the British Embassy this evening, and returned to his own residence. -Reutcr.

ITALIANS IN ABYSSINIA. TAKEN BY SURPRISE. A DESPERATE CONFLICT. R.o;mJ:,lVronday.-News has reached the Govern. ment of a sudden advance of the army of King Menelikanda body of Italian troops being taken by surprise. General Baratieri, Commander- in-Chief of Italian forces in Abyssinia, telegraphs that the column consisting of five companies under the command of Major Toselli was yesterday attacked quite unexpectedly at Ambolagi by the whole of the Shoan Army. General Arimondi had several times sent instructions to the major desiring him to fall back, but the order appears not to have reached him. General Arimondi, who had advanced in support of Major Toselli, arrived at 4 o'clock in the afternoon about half-way between Makalle and Ambolagi and took up a position at Adera. There he en- countered and engaged the enemy's forces. The general was joined by some officers and 300 native soldiers, who were coming back from Ambolagi and subsequently concentrated all his troops in the greatest order at Makalle. General Arimondi afterwards went to Adagamas, leaving Makalle stronely guarded and supplied. With him are the Italian officers Bodrero, Pugella, and Bazzani. There is no news of Major Toselli. The Shoan Army is calculated to number 20,000 men. Eye-witnesses, according to an officii! despatch, state that the losies sustained by the Shoans were very large. General Baratieri is on the march to Adigrat, and telegraphs from a place called Baracillt.-Reuter.

SERIOUS REBELLION IN CHINA. IMPERIAL TROOPS NO MATCH FOR THE DUNGANS. ST. PETERSBURG, Monday. The Russian authorities on the Siberian frontier, near the seme of the Dungan insurrection, report that the Chinese Government is under no illusion as to the seriousness of the movement, and, inasmuch as its troops are underpaid, undisciplined, badly armed, badly fed, and half-hearted, it does not hope to inflict a crushing blow by force of arms. It simply now confines itself to seizing all the horses and arms it can in the Dungan district, hoping that for want of combustible material the movement will gradually die oub. With a view to prevent frontier disturbances the Russian authorities are considering the advisability of moving troops towards the frontier. --Central News.

ENGLAND AND VENEZUELA. CONCILIATORY ATTITUDE OF AMERICA. NEW YORK, Monday.-The Herald publishes the following from Washington :—The Secretary of State and the Venezuelan Minister here con- ferred together for several hours yesterday. It is understood that the United States Administration advises Venezuela to deal in a conciliatory manner with Great Britain's don!ands. -Reuter.

FRENCH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. rARIS, Monday.—The second ballots for the electi n of members of the Chamber of Deputies took place yesterday at Cherbourg and Forcal- quier. At the former place M. Lemoine, Republican, was elected with 7,128 votes, defeating Abbe Gamier,Catholic Republican,who received 3,629 At Forcalquier, M. Picard, Republican, was elected. -Reuter.

POLICEMEN KILLED AND WOUNDED. TRYING TO STOP A HORSE. In St. Rollox districb of Glasgow on Monday evening a horse attached to a coal waggon bolted, and Policeman Murray, in a gallant attempt to stop it, was knocked down and trampled upon, sustaining such terrible injuries that death re- sulted almost immediately. A man named Felix Callaghan nc-xt tried to stop the maddened animal, and also sustained serious injuries. Ultimately Policeman Murphy brought the horse and waggon to a standstill, but not until be bad been badiy cut and bruised.

DEATH AT A MOCK PARLIA- MENT. At the meeting of the Birmingham Parliament on Saturday night a Mr Ferrier, a well-known Birmingham man, had addressed the House with some warmth, and was listening intently to a reply to his observations which another member was making, when he was seen to fall forward. He had a convulsive fit, and died in a few moments.

THE ISLINGTON OUTRAGE. The child Cattel), who was the victim of the Islington outrage, continues to improve in his condition, and, providing that no relapse sets in, there is every hope that he will be able to leave the hospital and be removed to his home before many days have passed.

JABEZ BALFOUR. ALLEGED CONTRAVENTION OF THE DEBTORS' ACT. NO EVIDENCE OFFERED4 I At the Central Criminal Court on Monday-be. fore the Recorder-Mr H. Avory, for the Crown, referring to the indictment against Jabez Balfour charging him with an aUeged contravention of the Debtors' Act, stated that having regard to the convictions at the High Court the prosecution did not intend to offer any evidence against Balfour in respect to the present indictment.

MASS FOR THE DEAD. j A VICAR'S RESIGNATION. The Rev. R. Dolling, vicar of St. Agatha'?, Portsmouth, hns resigned because the Bishop of Winchester refused to allow the erection of a third altar, where It Wqa. proposed to gfty mass for the dead.

ASHANTI EXPEDITION.! I PREPARING FOR ADVANCE. FOUR THOUSAND CARRIERS START FOR PRAHSU. BRILLIANT AND STRIKING I SCENE. The Central News special correspondent at Cape Coast Castle telegraphed on Monday morning :—Sir Francis Scott is due to arrive here in the Bathurst on Thursday. Captain Bernard has cabled to the General that, the supply of carriers has been completed. Orders have been issued prohibiting the sale of rum upon the line of march. Natives are forming great markets en route to the Prahsu, and scouts are already staving in rum casks when found. The Hussars are now within two marches of Ashanti country. All the stores landed from the Angola are ready for carriage inland. One case of ammunition was lost over- board in the unloading, but nothing more serious occurred. The officers and men are reported all well this morning. There was no rain last night, so that there was no occasion to open and fix umbrellas before going to sleep. Two of the white residents here died to-day. On Monday evening the Central News special correspondent cabled I have just witnessed a stirring and pictnresque scene in the departure of the main body of the carriers for the front. The carriers were 4,000 strong, and the column was quite two miles in length. Both sexes were repre- sented, and many of the women added the weight of babies strapped to the lotus to the fifty pound loads which they carried on their heads. All were mustered at noon in the castle yardi They bivouacked on the ground on the ramparts, under the guns. The scene was a wild and strange one. A hundred different tribes were represented by the 4,000 carriers, and a hundred varying languages and dialects united in a Babel, the noise of which rose clearly above the deep roar of the ever- raging surf. All appeared to be cleanly, and all were clothed in cotton robes, striped with many hues, and worn in a sort of Greek style, looped at the shoulder. The turbans—red, green, yellow, blue, and pink-fhhed agamsb the blazing sun. The head dresses of the women were coquettish and multi-coloured. Many native Kings,who had arrived for a grand palaver with the Governor, were present in full barbaric state, and, proud cf mien, they stood in the sun, with great State umbrellas held over their head", or squatted in the shade of the castle battlements. Their persons were ornamented with rudely- fashioned gold snakes and the like, and they wore virgin gold nuggets in the ears, in the hair, and dangling at the wrists. The diversity of colour in the silken robes of these heathen kinglets and of their women was remarkable and dazzling. Many were of yellow, green, and crimson. The women were mostly handsome, plump, and stalwart. The carriers, men and women alike, bore their loads lightly, and started off with a swinging step, all singing a wild chant as they I marched. The first part of the journey inland is to be a forced march to Prahsu. The distance from the base to Prahsu is eighty miles, and the carriers are to cover it in four days. They will march twenty-five miles to-day. General Sir Francis Scott, on his way out, cabled the authorities here to send all stores direct toPrahsu. The troops will be allowed sixdaysin which to cover the 80 miles to Prahsu. It wiil be seen from the foregoing that the initial obstacle to the success of the expedition has been already surmounted. For this service the country is indebted to the energy and tact of Mr Maxwell, the Governor of the Gold Coast, who had, in fact, settled the carrier difficulty at the moment when it was causing the utmost anxiety to the organisers of the expedition. NO NEWS OF KING PREMBI. The Colonial Office bus received no news confirming the report that King Prembi has been deposed from the Golden Stool at Kumasi, nor indeed any very recent news of importance from Ashanti. PRINCE CHRISTIAN VICTOR IN SIERR A. LEONE. FREETOWN. SIKKRA LEONE, Monday.—Prince Christian Victor visited the Princess Christian Hospital here this morning. His Royal Highness was afterwards received by Bishop and Mrs Ingbam at the Bishop's Court.—Reuler. EMBARKATION INCIDENTS. A representative who saw the last of the depart- ing troops on Saturday says :—To see their comrades off, many bronzed and be-medalled veterans were waiting about, and the first and finest ot these men who have served their country faithfully and well was Sir Archibald AHRon, who stood in the piercing cold for a considerable time looking at—and without doubt admiring—the men who are going to complete the work he helped to begin some 23 years since. Another conspicuous figure was that of an old but hale warrior, who bore the Crimean medal with four clasps among his other decorations. He had served and seen fighting in more than one clime for over a score of years, and I fancy his remark, Well, I'd give five years of my life if I could be gom' out with the boys of my old crush' again — expressed pretty accurately the feelings of tho majority ot those old soldiers who watched the stately vessel haul out into the stream. As she drew down the wharf the crowd walked parallel with her and kept up their conversations until shouts could no longer be heard distinctly, and the signals waved with pocket-handkerchiefs were just white blurs against the fast gathering darkness. Then a burst of cheering went rolling across the murky water, was answered by the soldiers on shipboard, and repeated from wharf to wharf by the lessening echo. Even when the Coromandel was com- pletely out ot reach of their voices people stood watching her white hull, and waving their handkerchiefs to friends now invisible. These were in most cases relations of those on board, and as one made his way bsck to the railway station, it was pitiful to notice the anxious white faces and eyes red with crying of those poor women.

THE LONDON TRAGEDY. I EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR IN AN HOTEL. I CONDITION OF THE INJURED LADY 1 AND GENTLEMAN. The Press Association was informed, on inquiry at Charing Cross Hospital on Monday, that the lady and gentleman shot in the Grand Hotel on Saturday night were still alive, though in a critical condition. During the night they had become unconscious. The lady's husband arrived from Bristol on Sunday night, and remained at the Hospital during the night so as to be within call if is wife's injuries proved fatal. He is naturally much distressed by the tragic event. From what can be ascertained it would appear that the injured couple agreed to die together, but particulars are wanting. I The Press Association states that Mr Colley Gallwey, whose wife and brother are lying in a critical condition, suffering from revolver bullet wounds at Charing Cross Hospital, is the Bristol manager of Messrs W. C. Cochrane and Co., stockbrokers, Cornhill, and has been in their employ for many years. The firm, however, knew nothmg of his domestic lifebeyond the fact that ho is a married man with a family. They have reason to believe, however,that heis well connected,keeps a nice house and lives in good style. Mr Gallwey was seen on Monday in London by a member of the firm, but he was then so much distressed at what had occurred that he was unable to give any particulars of the affair or furnish any state- ment as to what had led up to it. Mrs C. Gallowey died at Charing Cross Hospital at 12.15 this morning. The condition of Major Gallowey has slightly improved.

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DISASTERS AT SEA. I BRITISH STEAMER BURNT. 27 LIVES LOST. ANOTHER STEAMER SUNK. SEVEN SEAMEN DROWNED. LOSS OF A WELSH SCHOONER The Press Association telegraphs :—A Lloyd's message from Leith states that the steamer Principia, from Shields to New York, took tire in the fore hatch 140 miles north of Cape Wrath. She was puli before the wind, and running for Faroe struck the rock and sank in 40 fathoms. Twenty-seven of the crew were lost. One of the saved, Henry Anders, of Rostock, was rescued from the shore. Jackson, a passenger, was among the drowned. The Press Association's Edinburgh correspon- dent telegraphs that the news of the disaster to the Principia was brought to Gran- ton by the Dutch steamer Laura, which had on board a German seaman belonging to the Principia, which traded between Leith, Dundee, and New York. The Principia. sailed from Dundee on November 16th with a general cargo for New York, and when the are broke out an endeavour was made to reach the west coast of Scotland, but on the evening of November 21st the vessel ran ashore on the west of the Faroe Islands and sank within five minutes. The craw of 27 hands and one passenger were, according to the latest information, lost, the only person saved being a German sailor who was rescued by the islanders. This sailor had, when reached, been clinging to a piece of wreckage IS hours. Captain Stannard was in command of tho P-incipia, which was built at Yarrow,and had a gross tonnage of 2,749. Tho news of the loss of the Principia, which belongs to the Arrow line, created much excite- ment in Dundee, as several of the crew belonged I to that port, whilst others w°re well known. In addition to the crew of 28, Harry Jackson, a draughtsman, of Dundee, was on board as pas- senger. He was on his way to Chicago to fill a.n important post. The full list of the crew is as fol- lows:—R. B. Stannard, master, Newcastle J. G. Goddard, chief officer, Leith R. Edwinston, second officer; John Falconer, third officer; D. McGregor, carpenter N. Weisman, W. Kerry, It. Kirkpatrick, M. Morin, G. Troop, W. Andrews, A. Morrisou, nna P. Jamieson, A.B.'i; G. M. Stewart, chief engineer, Aberdeen D. Shaw, second engineer, Dundee; T. Penman, third engineer J. Will, fourth engineer, Dun- dee; J. Coates, donkeymm; T. Noble, J. Murray, J. Cruiclcshanke, W. Ogiivie, P. Arundel, J. C. Weir, and J. Mackenzie, firemen; N. Neilson, steward and W. Lee, mess-room steward. The Principia owned by Messrs Dent and Company, of Newcastle. The master, Captain Stannard, lived in Newcastle, where he was well known. Ho leaves a widow but no family. Captain Stannard was in command of the steamer Crystal, which a few years ago caught fire in mid- Atlantic, and was safely navigated to port. ¡ The sole survivor states that the lire broke oub of the forehoid so fiercely that it was impossible I to extinguish it. The watch below consisted of eight hands, and, on coming on deck, finding themselves hemmed in by the fire six jumped overboard, the two others being burned to death. Two of the six were rescued from the sea. Two boats were lowered, but both were sivamped, two of the crew being drowned. Tho rest of the crew retired aft. Some endeavoured to extin- guish the flvmes, while others worked hard, bringing up coal and throwing it overboard. The vessel was kept running before the gale, and the smoke prevented the crew seeing her course. Suddenly she strnck, and foundered almost immediately. The following day was stormy, and none of the islanders were out in their boats, otherwise more might have been saved. ANOTHER STEAMER SUNK. SEVEIM MEN DROWNED. Captain Crespin, of the Compagnie Generate Transatlantique steamer Colombia, arrived in the Mersey from St. Nazaire, and reports that on the afternoon of the 5th inst. the Colombia was off Start Point, when the look-out observed two steamers-one with two masts and the other with three. The latter appeared to have a considerable list to starboard, and was proceeding in a heavy sea to the north-east with distress signals flying. Two boats were noticed afloat, one having four men and the other three men on board exhibiting signals of distress. The sea. was raging so furiously that it was impassible to get the Colombia to answer her helm. but eventually she was got alongside, and a line was thrown to one boat and four men were got on board. After- wards Captain Crespin perceived the second boat upside down, upon which there were three men, one of whom was rescued. The five resoued men brought to Liverpool are—R. McDonald, second officer of the Tojuz A. Gilmour, third officer; J. Greet, sailor W. Collins and J. White, stokers. The Topaz belonged to W. Robertson, of Glasgow, had a complement of 12 men, and came from Fecuug, Normandy. The other vessel belonged to the Clan line. Captain Cresp-.n waited a considerable tune, and saw the Topaz go down with a tremendous explosion, after which, having done everything possible, he I proceeded to Liverpool. ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE OF A STEAMER. The steamer Swanland, bound from Harliugen to Hull, with seven passengers (four children, two men, and a woman), put into Lowestoft on Mon- day in tow of a steam trawler. Tho Swanland had a most adventurous voyage from Harlmgen, and narrowly escaped from foundering during the recent heavy gales. She left Harlingen on Tues- day last. and the following day a heavy storm commenced. The ship soon sprang a leak, and it became necessary to set ail the pumps going. It was found, too, that she was short of coal, nnd wood was mixed with the coal, in tho hope of making the fuel last until port was reached. Tremendous Seas repeatedly swept over the vessel, and she could make but little headway against the storm. Finally the supply of coal became exhausted, and the crew commenccd to break up the fittings of the steamer for use in the furnaces. The forward and after bridge rails were first chopped up, then the tarpaulin covers of the boats were burned. On Tuesday afternoon, however, these resources had been exhausted, and the fires m the furnaces died down. the ship meanwhile being exposed practically helpless to the fury of the storm. On Friday morning the steam trawler Rondo, of Grimsby, came alongside, bub could nob get a rope aboard owing to the heavy sea. Furthermore, as there was no steam, the crew of tho Swanland could not haul in the cable which had been paid out to steady the steamer, and consequently it had to be slipped. A second cable was lost in a similar manner the following day. On Saturday the trawler manage'! to get a rope aboard the Swanland, but it quickly broke. A second trawler came on the scene and stood by. Finally the trawler managed to take the steamer in tow and bring ber into Lowestoft Roads. As stated she arrived in a very battered condition, hut the captain was able to report that not a single man of the crew or any of the passengers had sus- tained the slightest injury. VESSELS MISSING AND OVERDUE. ANXIETY AT HULL. At Hull considerable anxiety is manifested as to the safety of several steamers which trade regularly between the Humbor and Continental ports. The mail steamer Romeo, from Gothen- burg, was due on Sunday morning, but nothing has been heard of her, and there is also an absence of news respecting the steamers Equity and Bruno which were due at Hull from Hamburg on Friday. The European, which was some days overdue, arrived on Monday badly damaged. The mail steamer Montebello reached Hull in a disabled condition, and several minor casualties are reported. Unfortunately two fish- ing smacks are missing. A SHIPMASTER DROWNED. I Several vessels arrived at Lowestoft on Monday damaged by the recent gales, and several casualties have been reported. Skipper Archer. of the Lowestoft smack True Blue, was swept overboard by a large wave on Thursday and was drowned. LOSS OF A WELSH SCHOONER. The schooner Prince Llewelyn, from Friedrich- stadt for Portntadoc, with timber, was abandoned in the North Sea on Saturday, and her captain and four seamen were brought into Lowestoft on Monday by the smack Persento, which had rescued them with some difficulty and at great peril. SAFETY OF AN OVERDUK CARDIFF STEAMER. Fortunately the anticipations, based upon the I assurance of the managing owners of the s.s. Gorsedd (Hurley, Matthews, and Co.) as to the safety of that steamer were on Monday .j morning realized by the receipt of a cable stating the vessel had arrived at Port Towusend on Saturday, the 7th inst.. safely, a few days ':i'j overdue. The delay was caused by the bursting of a number of tubes and the failure of the portl boiler to act. 20 VESSELS WRECKED. ROME, Monday,—A severe gale has prevailed throughout Italy. Twenty vessels have been wreekpd, and the loss of life is considerable.— Central News.

VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS DEFENCE. MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM. The maugural meeting of the Voluntary Schools Defence Association was held on Monday night in the Birmingham Town Hall, and there was a crowded attendance, hundreds being turned away. Lord Dartmouth presided,and was supported by the Bishop of Coventry, Bishop Ilsley, Roman Catholic Bishop of Birmingham, Canon McCave, Mr J. R. Diggie, late chairman of the London School Board; Mr T. Barnsley, Wesleyan member of the Birmingham School Board, and others. Letters of apology for absence were received from the Archbishop of Canterbury the Bishops cf Worcester and Lichfield; Lords Crauborne, Beauchamp. andLlaudaff Sir H. Wiggm, Sir J. Stone, M.P., and Cardinal Vaughan wrote I am extremely glad to learn that Birmingham is going strongly and proudly for a fair sysfem of national educa- tion. Twenty-five years ago Birmingham was strong but narrow. To-day it is becoming broad as well as strong. A sigu of enlightenment is the capacity of seeing that a. mistake has been made, with a will to rectify it. The old Birming- ham programme is practically dead. The new Birmingham programme will carry the country. It is favourable to the Board school system, though it needs some reforms and it is also the advocate of fair dealing by Voluntary schools by placing them, at least as to maintenance, on a level with Board schools. Is not this the way to raise the education of the whole country ? Is not this to be fair and just all round ? If the education of the country is carried out for the State by contract, it is surely right that we should have power to revise the terms of that contract from time to time. If we now ask for the same price as that paid in Board schools we ask for nothing more than a fair market price. The CHAIRMAN "aid they were all agreed that the Voluntary schools deerved protection, and they were determined to do all thoy could to protect them. The Bishop of COVENTRY moved a resolution protesting, in the interests of justice, religious liberty, and economy, against the attempt to deprive Voluntary schools of in- creased aid from the public funds, to which they were justly entitled, and assuring the Government of hearty support in all remedial legislation 111 aid of Vol II II Lary schools,—The resolution was seconded by Cauon McUave, on behalf of the Roman Catholics, and said he thought they now had a Government who would listen to tho reasonable demands of the voluntary educationists.—The resolution was carried with one dissentient. Mr J. R. DIGGLU proposed a resolution affirming the vatuu of the principle of national education embodied in the Act of 1870, and demanding that tho religious disabilities imposed should be removed, and reasonable facilities given for such instruction in elementary schools as parents could approve, regard being had for their religious convictions.—This was seconded by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Birmingham, and carried with acclamation. BIRMINGHAM LIBERALS AND THE QUESTION. A special meeting of the General Committee of the Birmingham L'berat Association (the Four Hundred) was held on Monday to consider the proposed increased grants to denominational schools. Alderman Cook presided, and con- demned the demands of the managers of denomi. national schools for increase aid from the public funds as a violation of the compact of 1870. He proposed a resolution protesting against the demands of the denominationalists as a betrayal of the great cause of public education in the interests of the sectarian principles and ecclesi- astical asceudency of two powerful churches, and protesting against the anomaly of echoois supported by public funds to the extent of five sixths of their cost remaining under private and for the most part clerical control, and advocating the extension of publicly managed un-Sectarian schools. Councillor Mar- tmeau seconded the resolution, which was sup- ported by Mr William Harris, formerly treasurer of the old National Education League, and carried.

MR T. E. gLLIS. M.P., AT CLAPHAM. On Monday evening Mr T. E. Ellis, M.P., was the principal speaker at a social gathering ot the members rnd friends of the Clapham Liberal and Radical Association, which was held in the Battersea Town Hall. Mr David Martineau, the president of the Association, occupied the chair, and the others present included Mr W. S. Caine and Mr John Kempster (the local Liberal candidate). Mr ELLIS, who met with a very gratifying reception, said there was no disguising the fact that Liberalism had suffered a more serious and marked reverse in London than in any other part of the country. It was a blow dealt by the wealth and vested interests of London against the Progressive movement in Parliament and in the County Council. The railway companies realised the significance of the Railway Servants' (Regulation of Hours) Act of 1893, and exercised their vast influence on London, and along the great trunk "lines it was hardly to be expected that Mr Asquith— (cheers)—could turn the Home Office into a vigilant Ministry of Labjur, and strenuously reform both the law re- lating to factories and workshops without alienating many employers who wielded much influence. The fact that Mr Acland—(cheer?)— made the welfare of the children the inspiration and pivot of his educational policy instead of the convenience of seats, and it would bring him the blessings of thousands of children as they grow into manhood. But it brought upon him and his party the immediate and quite fierce opposition of clericalism, both Anglican and Catholic. Brewers and ground landlords threw themselves mto quite musmificent fury against Sir Wm. Harcourc and his party. The agents of great London estates knew full well that the Budget of 189 was the first real step towards making ground rents contribute a sub- stantial quota towards imperial taxation. Curses loud and deep had been hurled against the author of the Budget of 1894, aad few could forget the unrestrained jubilation of wealthy Tories on the Sunday morning which brought the result of the Derby poll. But Sir W. Harcourt had thA more permanent and proud satisfaction of finding that the heads of the Revenue Department declared that the Death Duties would be of all taxes the most equal in their incidence upon different kinds of property. By his Budget of 1894, and by his uncompromising stand against bimetallism, SirWm. Harcourt had left the commerical and financial fabric of this country stronger and sounder than It had ever been. (Cheers.) Liberals believed that it was tyranny to maintain Dublin Castle rule in Ireland and an anti-social tithe eystem in Wales against the wishes of the Irish and Welsh people. The late Government proceeded to pass measures to remove this tyranny. They, however, failed. The fruit of justice ripened slowly. But this double tyranny would be removed. So far from abandoning their measures owing to tem- porary repulse, the Liberal party would incessantly point out their justiceand inevitableness. (Cheers.) In the coming controversy over the future of tho primary schools Liberals would tight to the bitter end against any plan or device to cripple our national system of education, and against the clerioal attempt to absorb laymen's taxes for clerical schools while excluding laymen' control. He believed the Education Act of 1¡j7G had resulted 111 the greatest sooial achievement of the century. He would be a mean-hearted Londoner who would lift a finger to help Lord Salisbury and the clericals to cripple this splendid work. (Cheers.) If Lord Salisbury addressed a few more deputations on this question he (Mr Ellis) believed that thousands who voted for him last July would repair their mistake, and that they would say that neither Lord Salisbury nor the sacred cause of the Union, nor the sacied cause of the publican and brewer—(laughter and cheers)— should stand in the way of their opposition to any attempt, to cripple the rational system of education. (Applause.)

THE TERRIBLE EXPLOSION AT PENYDARREN. INQUEST ON THE VICTIM. On Monday night, at the Penydarren Cottage Inn, Merthyr, Mr Coroner R. J. Rhys held an inquest upon the body of Mrs Margaret Jones, wife of David Jones, collier, 9, Cross-street, Penydarren, who died from the effects of an untoward accident which occurred on Friday evening. From the evidence of deceased's husband and Evan Rees, lodger, a quantity of gunpowder, which is used for blasting purposes, was kept in a cupboard in the parlour, and the room door was invariably locked. The powder I was last seen in a canvas bag in a box by the lodger, who was sure it did not exceed m quantity 10 or 12 pounds. From other evidence it appeared that deceased about half-past 5 o'clock went into the room for the purpose, as Thomas Jones (10), her eldest child, stated, of getting some coppers. She lighted a match and dropped it, About this time the explosion occurred, and upon Mrs Williams and other neighbours obtaining admittance, it was found that the three children in the kitchen were lying down overcome with smoke and fright, and, on the floor of the front room, Mrs Williams lying down with her clothes on fire. Some hangings near the window also were in flames, and deceased said she was very badly burnt. How auy light came to reach the powder did not transpire, but the husband said it would be possible to find a space in the top part of the cupboard through which a knife could be inserted.—The Coroner, in summing up, observed it was a dangerous practice to keep this powder m quantity in a house, but colliers were allowed to keep It ur to 3OIbs., but not any explosives such as dynamite. —Police-sergeant Says produced the remaining part of the box which had contained the powder.—The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death."

THE SUICIDE AT BIRCH- GHOVU. EXTRAORDINARY LETTER. The man Rice Jones, who as alreacty reported committed suicide at Birch grove un Sunday, seems to have been to Maerdy, and being thrown out of work there, he had been for the last six weeks unsuccessfully looking for work. and this seemed to hav preyed on his mind. He left the following letter in Welsh for his family :—Mr Daniel Warren and Wife,—I hereby address you for the last time, hoping God will take care of I you, as I am convinced that my body is corrupt since 1874 aud I cannot any further be an eyesore to everybody. Be merciful to Rachel. I have not cold her :t word about it. Take her to Llewelyn Thomas, chemist, Morriston. He has got my name for this thing in Book 395. Now I bid you all fare- well, hoping you will not follow my footsteps. Tell Saron Church that I am sor«y that I have corrupted the place so much, but my conscience was quite free, as I did not know it till now. Farewell. Now I am thinking of Jesus, and hope H" will forgive me all. Jenkin has said he will take care of you. Remember, my boys, William and Thomas, to be under the influence of Christ and His Word in truth also your mother. She has done all sh» could for you. I hope you will not miss me. Do not forget you have One stronger than man to trust 011. I hope Tom and you will be hand in hand with God in every good thing. Repent therefore for your sins and pray God to forgive you. Acts VIII., 22. This is to be given to D. Thomas, D. Rees, John Rowlands, Dockins, and John Rses. Everything that is mine to be yours." The letter is signed Wifiiain Rice.

DEATH OF A COUNTY COURT JUDGE. His Honour County Court Judge Hooper, of Yeovil and Salisbury County Court circuit, died on Monday at his residence near Yeovil. He was formerly County Court judge ot the Leicester district.

PEMBROKE FAT CATTLE CLUB. The annual how of fab stock, poultry, &c., took place in Pembroke Market Houpe on Mon- day. The exhibits wore in excess Of last year and tho show was well patronised.

ALLEGED PUBLIC-HOUSE FRAUDS. CHARGES AGAINST HALFORD. THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The hearing of the series of charges of fraud preferred against an auc!- meer and hotel broker of Cardiff Halford was resumed at the Cardiff Police Court on Monday before Mt T. W. Lewis (stipendiary magistrate). In the first instance Halford was charged with a Forest of Dean publican named Povey with conspiring to defraud two men in connection with some alleged hotel brokerage, a.nd upon these counts he was, with the other man committed to take his trial at the next borough quarter sessions. At the last hearing the charge of defrauding Jabez Buston of JB15 was gone into at considerable length, and even- tually the case was dismissed. Taken in conjunction with this case was the one in which prisoner was charged with defraud- ing John La Grange of £15, and this was not finished when the Courb rose on Tuesday last. The remaining charges pending against accused are five in number, and are charges of defrauding Frederick Blythe of £25 on June 26th Alfred on October 2nd; Thomas Wall of £50 on November 20th George Williams of £25 011 November 20fch, and Florence Pollen of J615 some time in November. Mr George David (David and Evans) prose- cuted on behalf of the Treasury, aud Mr Lewis Morgan defended. Prisoner was brought up in custody, having failed to obtain sureties for bis bail. Mr Morgan raised a point of law in reference to the La Grange case. Mr David did not force any objection, and agreed to drop that case. The prosecuting solicitor then proceeded to deal with the other chareres. Taking the Railway Ion, Llandaif, Mr David said prisoner first of all received £25 26th June from Frederick BI ythe he from John Stephens on October 2nd. nd on K overnb"r 20th he received the sum of J350 from Thomas Wall. In connection with these transactions he should have to put in the landlord of the hotel, Amos. It was true Amos gave instructions to prisoner to let tins house, the ingoing" he required being £300, That being so, It was a clear misrepre- sentation. In the case of Blythe an agreement was read over, but instead of reading the agree- ment correctly, representations were made before the money was paid which were not true. The house was also tied to Hancock and C-impany, and prisoner had no authority to let the house without first submitting the name of the proposed tenant to the owners. Stephens's was a very similar case, only there was subse- quently some suggestion of another house being given him. and that house was the one in the Farest of Dean. Stevens and his wife were both called in regard to that house. In the case of Wall the ingoing was fixed at £200, Wall having to find £50, and the prisoner was to furnish the remaining £150, The representation wal made to Wall that on t he payment of £50 he would have possession. 011 that consideration the money was paid. The question of agreement would arise in this oasa also, the agreement not having been read over. He ought to say with regard to the other three cases that it was perfectly clear that it was impossible in a houesb and fair way for those deposits to have been received within so short a time. Upon the face of it, where those amounts were received in that way they were strong evidence in themselves of a fraudulent 8vstem of carrying on business and of fraudulent intent. In those three cases he had nofgreement.Another case had reference to a house at Tenby, and there a man named George Williams paid the sum o! £25 to Halford. The circumstances were somewhat different, Williams went to Halford about the house, but found nothing on the list to suit him. and he then referred prisoner to the Prince's Head. Tenby. The advertisement referred applicants to Miller and Co., brewers, of Bristol. Prisoner said he was going to Bristol and would make the necessary inquiries, and furtber said that the company were people with whom he was regularly dealing. In order to instil belief in his part of the transaction prisoner eat down and purported to write a telegram to Miller and Company, telling Williams and his wife it was to enquire if the house was still to let. He-handed the wire to the boy in the office, and iu due course showed Williams what purported to be a telegram from Miller and Co., and said he was in a position to let the house. The day following the money was paid Halford, and it was on the distinct representation that prisoner was in a position to let the house to Williams. Miller and Co. neither received nor did they send a telegram to Halford in reply., Another statement that Messrs Miller and Co. were in the habit of sending out a list of houses which they had vacant, and such list was senl him Would also turn out to be untrue. Halford saw Miller and Co. and was told they were already in liegociations with another man. and subsequently the house was let. Halford, however, told Williams and his wife that the matters was "all right" and that they would have, the house. When Wdliair.s subsequently demanded repayment of his money, on Novembei 22ud, Halford told Williams that the magistrates would noli grant the licence uniess he could give a character for two standing. Haiford itieu wrote another telegram purporting to be addressed to Milior, "Difficulty about licence relet." That was handed to the office boy, aud Miller and Co. would state that no such telegram ever reached them. The money was paid under false repre- sentations. The other ease was the one of Florence Pullen. It was on a somewhat different footing to the others. It related to the Caledonian Inn, and there was no doubt whatever that the 8um was obtainfJd by false pretences, and it would be shown that Halford had no right to deal with the inn. A peculiarity of the case was the fact that since proceedings had been pending a sum of money had been paid to Mrs Pullen in order to settie the whole thing,and although the money wasoiiginalljf obtained by false pretences she had been induced to sign a receipt in settlement for a smallei sum, ,,¡z., £10, whereas she poid JB15. Proceeding with the evidence, Mr David called Thomas Wall, a labourer, of Cadoxton, who pracrcaHyborooutin more detail that part of the opening statement which referred to his case. Halford, witness added, said the ingoing £200, to which Wall replied that he could nol thinkof it at that figure. Halford said, Nonsense, I will lend you anything you want." Halford said he could et the licence if witness produoed three certificates as to character. Wall furnished the references, and prisoner sold he had got the licence. Witness thereupon paid the JS50. Mr Lewis Morgan cross-examined witness at length without eliciting anything material. Mr David proposed to call Mrs Wall, but the Stipendiary said he did not think ic necessary if she simply corroborated her husband'* evi- dence. Wall had given his evidence vetJ intelligently and very clearly, and had not been shaken in cross-examination, Catherine Stephens, the wife of Alfied Stephens, a farm bailiff, of Birchgrove, church, was next called. She detailed the negotiations between prisoner and her husband in reference to the Railway Inn, Llaftdalf. Further evidence given by Frederick Biythe, who deposited £25 in part payment of the ingoing. Eventually prisoner told him he could not haVP the Railway Inn. as the landlord required £250. Witness asked to see a copy of Amos' (the landlord in question) receipt for the £25. Halford refused at first, and then showed him a receipts for j312 10a. Because witness required the receipt Halford knocked him in the face and gave him a black eye. William Amos, the landlord of the Railway Inn, said he instructed Halford to sell the house at £350 and then reduced it to £300. Halford told him he had been paid a deposit and gave witness B12 10s. Amos was under examination f"r somt considerable as to his connection with Halford. Halford, he said, brought several people tc the house with a view of purchase. Mrs Amos was called, but her testimony did not carry the case any further. Mr T. S. Lloyd, a representative of Hancock and Co., Limited, put in the lease, and gave formal evidence as to the inability of the tellanl to assign or sublet the premises without the consent of tho lessor. The Stipendiary said unless Mr Morgau had anything to say on those counts he propospd tc commit on each of them. Mr Morgan said he did not propose to address the Court, The case dealing with the Prince's Head, Tenby, was then proceeded with. Georgt Williams said he went to Halford in reference to a house after seeing an advertisement Williams bore out Mr David's statement, and spoke to the interviews he had with prisoner nnd of the telegraph episodes. The case was then adjourned until 12 o'clock to-day.

THE TYLORSTOYVN MAN- SLAUGHTER CASE. CONVICTED POLICEMEN SEEK REINSTATEMENT. At a meeting of the Standing Joint Cnmmitec forGIamorgaushireon Monday the Chier ConstabU asked for direction under the following circuuT stances ;-At the last Swansea Assizes lhret policemen were sentenced to imprisonment tor the manslaughter of a prisoner, Two of these constables liaviDg been released had applied to him to re-instate them. Their cases were peculiar. The men Evans and Perkins had had spotless characters up to their conviction. General Lee moved that they be allowed to rejoin, and Aid. Jones Griffiths, who seconded, pointed out how highly esteemed th constables had been and were in the Rtiondda district, this remark being endorsed by Councillor W. Wih hams. Mr Blandy Jenkins moved an amendment, which Mr R. H. Rhys seconded. The voting resulting in a tic—9 each way—the chairman gave his casting vote in favour of the amendment, explaining that he did so, not on the merits of the case, but simply because he felt that in a matter like this there should be a decided majority of the committee.

THE GREAT CORK FOR oLknNs.- Mundav,. Viridine-Still further testimony. A Chemist writes Will you send iiiet bottle of your Viridine ? It is for my own nse. I get plenty of corn cureb of tlie stanie colour, but none of them appear CO eouai yours. N one ought to say his corns are incurable until neh.-Ui used Viridine." Thousands have be»n cured, mo=t of whom had suffered for over 50 y ars Rewa. i o imitations Sold in bottles Is, by post Is 2d, by taw proprietor, J. Muuday, Chemist J £ igh-stre«t U»rdif ADd all Cheuustt VB8

SHIPBUILDING TRADE DISPUTE. THE JOINT CONFERENCE. PROSPKCTS OF A SETTLEMENT. Lord James, the chairman at the engineers' conference in Glasgow to-morrow, arrived in Glasgow on Monday night. Ihe masters' dele- gates arrived earlier m the day and had a private conference. The men's delegates attended the local district meetmg on Monday night to finally decide upon the couise of action. The Press Association's Glasgow correspondent states that confident opinions are expressed that the confer- ence will lead to a settlement, but it is significant ( that at the men's meetings even at the last hour there is a demand for better terms than when the look-out commenced. „

EARL RUSSELL AND HIS WIFE In th9 Appeal Cour t on Monday Earl Russel 1 asked that the taxation of Lady Russell's costs, amount- ing to £1,700, in the case in which the Court below decided that a charge of legal cruelty against his wife was not proved, might be post- poned pending his appeal. Their Lordships ordered taxation to be stayed, but directed that the costs of the application should bo paid by Earl Russell. Lady Russell's appeal ngainsb the .Court's refusal to grant restitution of conjugal rights has been withdrawn,

A FRAUD. At the Warwick Assizes on Monday Charles A. Gleadow, alias Young, described as a journalist, was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude for forging cheques at Leamington in connection with the ostensible purchase of a 10çal newspaper. Prisoner had previously been convicted of embez- zling at Huntingdon.

DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT-BROWN COD LIVER OIL. IN WEAKNESS OF CHILDREN ITS EFFICACY IS UNEQUAL- LEO—Thomas Hunt, Ksq., F.R.C.S., late Medical OGice.r of Health, St.Giles'sand Bloomsbury writes "In bmally-iiourislied infants, Dr. do J Cod Liver Oil is invaluable. The rapidity with which two or three teaspoonfuls a day will fatten a young child is astonish- ing The weight gained is three times the weight of the oil swallowed, or more. Children generally like the laste of Dr de Jongh's Oil, and when it is given them often cry for more. Sold only in capsuled Imperial Half- pints, 2s 6d Pints, 48 9d; Quarts, 9s, by all Chemists, Sole consignees, Ansar, Harford, and Co., Limitsd, 210, High Bolbvrn, London. 1Q21K

THE ABANDONMENT OF THE FLORA. BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY AT SWANSEA. THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE MASTER. SIXTH DAY. The Board of Trade inquiry into the circum- stances attending the abandonment of the barque Flora, of Swansea, off the banks of Newfound- land, was resumed at the Swansea Guildhall on Monday—before Mr J. Coke Fowler (sitting as judge), and Captains Parfitt and Brook. Mr Strick appeared for the Board of Trade, Mr Meager (instructed by Mr Wilson Paton) for the owners, and Mr W. Smith for the master. At the re-opening of the Court for the sixth day. Joseph Plael, O.S., was called. He spoke to the allegations of drunkenness against the master, and bore out the statements made by most of the crew. The captain when in liquor wanted to fight everyone on board. He also said on one occasion on the outward voyage the first and second officers were in liquor. The witness spoke generally as to the management of the vessel and the condition of the rudder. By Mr Meager He was a tailor by trade, and with the exception of his voyage from America to Plymouth in a Norwegian vessel this was his first voyge. By Mr Smith: The master frequently com- plained of his steering, and he admitted that when he started in the vessel he had to be taught bow to steer. By Captain Parfitt: The captain during the voyage out sent him from the wheel, saying he could not steer, though he thought he was steering all right. Carl Andersen, O.S., said he joined the vessel on the homeward voyage at Miramichi. Thiough an interpreter, ho said that one night he was at the wheel when the master, who was intoxicated, shouted to him asking how the vessel was heading. He answered, and the captain called again. Then the captain crawled along the deck to him, struck him on the nose and eye several times, knocked him down, fell on him, and afterwards kicked him severely. The crew went aft to ask what was the matter, and then thoy in a body complained to the captain of the treatment. in reply, the captain said he would serve them the same. The vessel, witness went on to say, was close to the shore at the time, and the master gave him instructions which would have tak-n the vessel still nearer. In cross-examination by Mr Smith, he said he ioined the Flora without a discharge because he had deserted from a Norwegian vessel at Miramichi. It was impossible for the blow he complained of to have been struck by the captain in turning the wheel because the helm was lashed at the time, and the vessel going by the wind. The captain held on while ho struck him. On being closely pressed he admitted ha could not see the land at the time he alleged thttressel was close to the shore. » Re-examined by Mr Strick: The master was very tllrht-Ldrunk-at the time. Mr T. P. Richards, who acted as agent for the Flora, gaveevidenoe as to the construction of the vessel, which he said was built mostly of pitch pille, and so superior to other North American vessels that she was classed A 1 at Lloyd's for 11 years. They would not find any other of such high class. She was last thoroughly overhauled in September, 1894, when she was put in dry dock at Swansea and was recaulked and re- coppered under the superintendence of Lloyd's surveyor in anticipation of her being reclassed a few months hence. It was while waiting for this time to expire that he sent her on the short voyage to Prince Edward's Island. Questioned as to the insurance, he said £1,600 of her value was insured. Mr Richards was questioned as to details in her construction, and said that in every respect she was in perfect condition when she dry dock, while her keel was so exceptionally strong that she could not have got any injury in going aground on level sand at Miramichi, and as to the rudder a new one was put in three or four years ago. Mr John Lewis, owner of the Jersey Dry Dock, was called to speak to the repairs done to the vessel, but it appeared that he knew nothing of what was done beyond the price paid for the work, his son, who had gone with his other són (Judge Lewis) to Cairo, having charge of the work. It transpired that the captain and mate of the Flora on her previous voyage were unable to proceed in her on tha last voyage because of their attendance being necessary In Swansea to give evidence in a salvage action. It was now suggested that they should be called to speak to the condition of tbe vesel on her previous voyage, bub it transpired that they were wind- bound on a short voyage from Leith to Swansea, and a fortnight overdue. Mr Barclay. Lloyd's surveyor at Swansea, was then called. He said in September, 1894, she was caulked and recoppered in anticipation of being reclassed, and he quite agreed that the vessel, which was an exceedingly strong one, was put in exceedingly good condition, and he made a report to that effect. It was his duty on that occasion to carefully examine the whole vessel, and with respect to the rudder he reported that it was in good order. Mr T. R. W. Mason, agent for the Liverpool Underwriters' Association, and a surveyor aud valuer of vessels, said he had had much experi- ence of North American vesseK The Flora was worth, at the time of her loss, £2 500. Ho spoke very highly of the vessel built by Mr Richards. Mr Davies, ironfounder, of the Strand, gave evidence of having put the pumps in first class condition. Mr Holbrook, foreman shipwright, employed by Messrs T. P. Richards and Company, also gave evidence as to the thorough manner 111 which the vessel was overhauled at Swansea last year, aud with respect to the rudder said it was only three or four years old, and when ho tested it last it was as sound as a bell. The inquiry was adjourned till to-day, when counsel will address the Court.