The Cambria Daily Leader

WELSH CHURCH COMMISSION. I Lord Robert Cecil (C.). in the House tof Commons yesterday, said, in reference to the work 01 the Welsli Church Com- mission, thera was a very strong feeling among Churchmen that they were not being dealt with fairly, having regard to the specific pledge given by the Prime Minister that nothing except purely formal matters ehouid be dealt with daring the period of suspension Mr. McKenna (Home Secretary) pointed out that the pledge of the Prime Minister must be considered in relation to the decision of the House of Commons when they rejected the Lords' amendments to the Suspensory Act. Lord Robert Cecil could not admit that anything which took place subsequently could modify the pledge of the Prime Minister. Answering Mr.Bridpexoan, Mr. McKenna said he was not prepared to answer that d-Av, without notice, questions abolit the border parishes* TteJJok ■

| NO OEB^aN SHIPS. I NO GERMAN SHiPS. -ges. I PRESIDENT WILSON BOWS TO THE STORM OF PROTESTS. A COMPROMISE WASHINGTON, Tuesday. Arter declaring that they would keep j the Senate in continuous session until the Governmant's^Ship PiLrebase Bill had been passed, the Democratic leaders la»fc nigh; were compelled to agree to an '.sajo.irnKieut, owing to an- nm-spectrd ttolt by a numher of their supporters, Seven leading Democrats threw- in their lot with the Republicans when the latter t put forward the demand that the Bill be sent back to committee for revision. This naturally cau&eri consternation in the ranlis of the President's supporters, and hurried consultations were necessary. Senator Clarke, who was acting as Fresi- dent of the Senate, startled his colleagues by niovuig that the Bill be recommitted to the Commerce Committee for revision. This brought, up Senator Stone, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, who moved the adjournment in order that the various parties concerned might have time for reflection and ccmferen >:>s. After a lengthy debate Senator Stone s motion wa.s lost, but late in the evening the Senate adjourned without having ':akcu a vote on Senator Clarke's original motion. A Lromprornise. the recalcitrant Democrats were gtm moned to the White House and conferred lengthily with President Wilson, who was desirous of effecting ? compromise, but it appears by no means improbable that the Bill will have to be dropped, or at any rate seriously amended. Presi- dent Wilson himself persists in his de- termination to carry the measure, and ihp was in frequent conference last night rand this morning with Mr. Bryan and Senator Williams, of Mississippi, who is a member of the Finance and l'oreign Relations Committees. The President is desirous of passing the Bill in order to redeem his platform pledges, but he would be willing to delay its administration during the critical part of the present war in order to avoid international complications. The Press is by no meant; enthusiastic over tlw HilI. and the New York Herald is of opinion that the best way of getting out of a ludicrous position would be for the Senate to send the Bill back to Committee and forget it. The Herald and other newspapers are rwrt slow to recognise the abuses and complications to which the Bill lends itself.

AUSTRIA WARNS RUMANIANS. Paris, Tuesday.—The "Temps" Bale correspondent reproduces a telegram from Vienna to the Wolff Agency announcing that the Austrian Government has issued II a Note tu neutral States declaring that she vo?td ex?'nte without mercy all Runian volunteers lighting with the RUBRlan Army. These H,hlnt.epr vfre ¡ considered by Austria as rebels.-— Exchange

PRIVY COUNCIL mum I The King held a Privy Council at Buck- ingham .Palace at eleven o'clock this morning. It was attended Earl Beau- champ (the Lord President of the Council). Lord Sandhurst (the Lord Chamberlain), Viscount "Xnollys (former Private Secretary to the King), and Mr. Jlarcourt (Colonial Secretary), with Sir Alm-eric Fitzroy (Clerk of the Council). A number of matters of routine business mostly connected with the war were dis- posed of, and three new Councillors were duly sworn in his Majesty's presence. They were Lord Justice Bankes, Mr, Arthur Henderson. ALP., and Sir William McGregor. S

KAISER S W? PLANS I ——— NA VAt SECRET DEVICES AND STARTUNC SCHEMES MOOTED. I I BOLD BAVARIAN ARMY _» Copenhagen, Tuesday.—A Berlin report st-ates that the Kaiser recently visited Doeberitz concentration camp. All the prisoners were mustered while the Kaiser held a religious service. The Kaiser also sent Herr Bethmann Hollwcg to a camp at apprecht, Bavaria. The Imperial Chancellor had a long con- versation with the Generals, and staged two days. lierr Bethmann Ilollweg then visited the Headquarters Staff oi the Bavarian Army, and inspected the artillery posi- tions. lie reported that he brought a message from the Kaiser, who hoped the Bavarians would meet the English just once." Shortly afterwards hit had his wish. News was received of the British occupation of Lelhnge and Raverzyde (in Belgium), and the report of the encounter stated: "A Bavarian battalion refused to fight, and surrendered." Naval Secrets. Rotterdam, Tuesday.—It is ttnnounced from Berlin that the Kaiser is goiug to Wilhelmshaven tomorrow to inspect the German Fleet. • An early move by Admiral von Tirpitz is eagerly anticipated in Hamburg, where, according to Dutch travellers, there is I llillCh tRik of the secret devices to be employed against the British Fleet, par- ticularly improved periscopes giving a wide range 01 vision to submarines and a new system of automatic rangehnders. Startling War Plans. Copenhagen. Monday.This afternoon, the Kaiser, as Chief AVa Lord, called and presided over a great Council of War which was attended by all the heads of the military and naval staffs, including General von Falkenhayn, the Chief of the General Staff. Several members of the Ministry at- tended, including the Imperial Chan- cellor, Herr von Bethmann-iloilweg. It I is reported that startling and enterpris- ing war plans were under consideration. )

.Ll]D,CDU FOR SECRET SERVICE A supplementary estimate of M07,399 for the civil services issued tn-day in- cludes an additional £ 60,000 for His Majesty's foreign and other secret ser- vices, making a total estimate under this class of £ 110,000.

CANADIAN BRIDCE BLOWN UP. I  New York, Feb. 2.—A telegram from Vameboro (Maine) says that one of the spans of the Canadian Pac.inc Railway bridge over the St. Croix river, between Vaneeboro and St. Croix, New Bruns- wick, has been blown up. The prelimin- ary investigation indicated that it was caused by dynamite. A man claiming to be a German officer was arrested on the American side of the line on suspicion of having caused the explosion. According to an official report from Montreal the bridge was only slightly damaged.-Reuter.

WHERE ARE FRENCH'S DISPATCHES. I The last dispatch from Sir John French was dated November 20, was published on November 30, and dealt With events to October 30. The country ) is without any official information about the progress of the war during the last three months, for we are daily warned that the narratives oif Eje-Witn-eae are not official. However this may he (says the Times") they are certainly becoming more and more remarkable for their doubtless censored omissions. We do not presume to question the military needs of the moment, but is there any eon- ceivable reason why we should not have Sir John French's own record of the last two months of last year and the list of recommendations which he was complet- ing in October?

THE SEAS ARE I FREL j FIRST LORD'S WORDS. « I MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL REVIEWS THE WOftif OF THE FLEET. I GERMANY CACCED j A representative of the Irenck news- paper "Matin" has had an interview with Mr. Winston Churchill, in the course of which the British First Lord of the Admiralty, discussing the results of the past six months of the war on the high seas, vsaid:— There aie certain tricks of the sea with which one has always to reckon, however powerful and vigilant one niay be. None know better than the Germans thernsel ves the exceptional conditions which permitted them to come to our i East coast and to throw bombs at it. They chose one of those days of the year when, in these latitudes, the nightm arei the longest. On their way back they were overtaken by the dawn. If the fog had not protected them they would have j alien into our firing lines. Yesterday they experienced the inconvenience of meeting us in broad daylight. "For the rest, all these exploits do not in the least resemble the disembarkation i of troops with which we have often been threatened, and which, as a matter of fact we should very mudh like to see j ( occur. The Seas are Free. But this is a hope which is likely to be I deceived. Let us briery review what our! Navy has achieved since the commence- i ment of hostilities. Do you know how? many of ail the German warships are still left on the world's seas? Only two are ¡ at large-cruisers of between three and' four thousand tons—the Karlsruhe and? the Dresden, and, in addition, two armed liners, the Kronprinz Wilhelm and the Prinz Eitel Friedrich. We do not know perhaps in what zones or in what South American rivers these two auxiliary cruisers are lying, but we do know that they find it necessary to hide. German j commerce is ruined. For the first time in her history Great Britain can say, 'The seas are free.' In i the days when France was at war with us, no victory, however important, tJrought I us a security comparable with that which we enjoy to-day. Even after Trafalgar] we knew nothing like it." The Gag. At the same time I have no illus;oii-z. I I know that as long as there are neutral countries a blockade without leafet^s is an impossibility. Germany will continue I t.) receive secretly a small part of that 1 lof which she has so great a need. But i while you and we can breathe freely owing to tho sea which we have freed and will maintain free, this is how Germanv can maintain her breath.M.r. Churchill put his hand over the lower part of nis face, and added: Well, you know the effect produced by a gag when one has to exert oneself at the same time—it uses up the heart. And Germany knows it. This pressure upon Germany will never be relaxed until she has surren- dered unconditionally, for, even if our Allies, France and Russia, were both to! give up the struggle—a thing which is in- conceivable—we British would continue alcne until the bitter end."

TO BE COHRT MARTIALLED. I An official statement issued in Pretoria on the recent commandeering of men for operations against German S.W. Africa i shows that of some few hundreds who put! forward reasons why they bhould Dot be called. only 71, being medically fit, ebso-i lutely declined to go to the front. These I will be court-martialled.—Reuter.

CERMANS ESCAPE AGAIN. I Amsterdam, Feb. 2.—The H HandeJs- blad" reports that the two German oiti- cers interned in Holland who escaped some months ago but surrendered by command of the German military autho- rities, again escaped on Monday. They had given back their former parole, so they can now remain in Germany.

PRESIDENT WILSON'S GREETING. New York, February 1st.—President > Wilson sent the following birthday mes- sage to the Kaiser:— 'On behalf of the Government and people of the United States, I have pleasure to extend to your Majestv cordial felicitations on this anniver- Bary of your birth, as well as my own good wishes for your welfare."

PLANS STOLEN BY KRUPPS I Paris, Wednesday.—The Matin" savr, I the German submarines now .being used! against British merchant ships are made after plans by the cbrated American designer, Simon Lake, of Bridport, which. were stolen from him by Krupp's. The plans were submitted to Kmppsri whose directors gave their word of ho.nryur I to divulge nothing. Eventually they' entered into engagements on behalf of the Emperor, whereby the designer was to j receive £ 600,000. As he could get neither his money nor his plans back. he expostu- ] lated, and was told that the patenting of 1 anything concerning war was illegal in Germany, and that he therefore had no < claim. j Mr. Lake has since seen several German 5 submarines, and is convinced they are l built from, the plans Le collided < Krueps.

r GRAIN SEIZED. i*. I I SPECIAL POLICE APPO!NTED TO GUARD BERLIN BAKERS' SHOPS. I STRINGENT REGULATIONS- I Amsterdam. Feb. 2.—The Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant learns that the German War Grain Company" has seized over three million tons of grain, which will be withheld from public con- sumption until the ummer.-Reuter. The "War Grain Company, Limited," is the principal agency through which the recent confis^cation of the entire stock of bread cereals will be carried cut. As soon as the exact quantity of grain available for bread was fixed the company was enipowered either to buy it trom its holders at an arranged price or to requisi- tion it. The funds at their disposal were j either Treasury bills or money cont--ibu-, tions guaranteed by the State from the! principal banking house;, The Srain and flour is given over by the « Grai n Company" to the various com- munes in proportion to their population, and eontrollicr the company is a freshiv created Government office called thee, Im- perial Distribution Bureau." In confiscating three million tone of grain the War Grain Company" has I already seized about one half of the entire I stock of bread cereals in the Empire. Bakers' Shops Guarded. I The Berlin Tageblatt" announcE'.61 that the Council 01 Greater Berim It appointed 12,000 special constables to I guard the bakers' shops against irregu- larities by the public. < Trouble is apparently feared on account of the shortage of flour and bread in Ger- many. Hundreds of the guards have already rchunen., and many shops have closed their doors.—Exchange. According to an official statement, pub- lished by the Vienna Gazette, the bread in Vienna must no Jonger contain ¡ more than 50 per cent. of wheaten flour or I' rye.—Exchange. Blood Bread. I The Hague, Jan. 9.0.trofessor Rudolf I Kobert suggests in the columns of the "Frankfmter Zeitung" an ingenious means of solving the problem of the bread famine in Germany. He__rges the people to eat blood- bread," which, he say?, was consumed by the Russians a hundred years ago, and is very nourishing. The recipe is simple: Mix pigs' blood with a little flour, and cook it in an ordi- nary baker's oven. Eaten fresh, it has an excellent taste, and possesses greater nutritive qualities than ordinary bread. The only thing against it is its rather re- pulsive red-brown colour. The professor proposes to make the first experiment in the prisons, and be- i lieves that his scheme will prove to be a great success. The Frankfurter Zeiturg" adds:-i, We wish the professor and the German I people a good appetite.' I

SEYDLITZ DAMACED. I HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE AFTER NORTH SEA I ACTION. Rotterdam, Tuesday.—I have indisput- ably accurate information that the I Seydlitz returned from the recent engage- ment in the North Sea very seriously injured I The loss of life on board was very I heavy. "Times" telegram. (Copyright.) f

SWED!SH SAILORS KILLED. I Stockholm, Feb. 2.—At the entrance to I Gothenburg harbour a floating mine ex- ploded yesterday. A party of men from a Swedish warship were trying to destroy it. and two were killed outright and nine I injured.

DARDANELLES FORTS DESTROYED. I Copenhagen, Tuesday.—The Petrograd special correspondent of the "Berlinskc Tidende" writes that sensational reports have reached therd from Sofia that the Allies' fleet made an unexpected attack on the Dardanelles, entirely destroying four Turkish forts. Wild panic was caused in Constanti- nople, aDd it is reported that the Turkish Government is hastening prepartions for removing the central administration from Constantinople to Asia Minor. It is also reported from Sofia that the big bridge near Adrianople, crossing the Maritza River has been entirely des- troyed by an explosion I

SONGS OF HATRED. I Rotterdam, Tuesday.—Songs have been specially written for the German troops in Flanders to be sung during the marches along the North road to La Bassee, where the enemy is still throwing it.; infantry vainly against the trenches. Ail the songs are inspired by the hatred of England, and the chorus, which is most i popular, begins: "Take care, EcglamL, we stand before your heart." A Sluis message says that a German sentry on the frontier who was struck in lbe face by an ofifcer made no B till the oiffcer had gene. Then he threw down his rifle, crossed the border into Holland, and isked to be interned.

NOaWEGiAH NEUTRALITY. I Copenhagen, Monday.—M. Konow, a former Norwegian Cabinet Minister, has delh'ered a sensatiobal speech on Nor- j way's attitude toward the war. He said I thab Norway had been too reserved and | cautious in speaking of her interest and sympathy. At the beginning of the war England believed Norway to be in sympathy with Germany, bnt. everybody in Norway knew that this was absolutely moorrect- Norway's interest, and sym- >athy were with England, and he proved hie by historical faetF. But why," he idded, do we not say it frankly, here in Norway? Why is the Press silent? There Is no reason not to say it. We have a -igbt to free discussion, we have a right h¡.¡n" our sympathies. This does not r, rerfere with our neutrality.*

— r. french communique. >*oinm-;riqne iss-ucd thife states thai German j threw firebrand ,J- jl tho L, ¿¡ y\j Avflv-, n-rih (f Alberf Tbe-;e engines wern t-rnpy -j ] ;If, lx- re tiiey oipi<nj>-a. In the s-r+or of c; wef-t M 1,"D. n¡u batt'-rief- d a 1ivoly fu. ilaue. Breech of Prirr-c Action, ritin^ing to outline ♦he ca^e in the of promise (reported en f1), counsel sail dec eased refused marry plaintiff. becaUt*- she tcid .iizi must not meet except- under "right 'iti.She thru wrote, Yo upru- L ::1 God's name 71-over to leave me, I promised that as rpu were th» so ycu huB be the lu-ct to com-* me. I have writen to yvu in tho hope, always in lay hear* that you would fulfil your premier*/ She. aeked him to help hf-r to make a start to get her c^n living again. Work for Belgian Women. The lo'-al Belgian Pefujreos Com- mittee bad before thju to-day the question of providing employment for tenia!->s. A letter trom the general tr-.vrvtary m London 'rmm- Dded that in r;, wooiie-n articles for soldiers, the for which vould be Supplied ircru headquarters. It was decided to take ad?antapo d this oS?-r foj- ?0 advantare of t h offer fol ?O Swansea Free Meals. At a meeting of the Swansea Pro- vision of Meals Sub-Commitfee to-day it was reported that the total expenui- r are cia b,-eaiiastb and dinners for the four weeks ended January 30tn, was .U'i-S, against jgTSS in the previ-.us month. The first period mentioned vered 28 -1a;T, and the second 35 days. Scotch Miners Strike. One thousand men engaged at the Loanhead Coliery, Midlothian, struck v; k to-day in correction with a dis- as t tIll) wages of c'urftieemen and • iibourers. The Scittls hseeretary met the managers lafor ir the day. v

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-_u UUUU I FASE ON THE FiRE. I I ,0- iAged Britonferry Woman's I Terrsbfe Death. An old lady, Mrs. Rachel Evvns (72), living in apartments at 3, Tnvsmaerdy- road, Bribmferry, was discovered this afternoon burnt to death. She hadt be.e?? out and abont during the mon'iDg? aifd about mid-day returned to her room, locking- the door. Another woman living in th? house, who knew that the old lady had been unwell, went to sec how she was getting on. Find- iug the door locked, and getting no reply; to hPT knocks, she fetched a neighbour, and thpn burst open the door. TbeJ: foi^nd Mrs. Evans in front of the grate | wifh her head on the fire, face down- j wards. They lifted her up and Îound: that her facp had been burnt almost to u cinder. Dr. Tumber was soon in attendance, but he could do nothing, as the old lady was dead. On the table in the room was a Welsh Bible, opened at the last chapter of Isaiah, and a pair of spectacles. Deceased, who had been unwell for some time, leaves two sons aud one daughter. An inque.st will be held.

ADMIRAL STURDEE'S RETURN. I j Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee hasi returned to England after his triumph i over the German squadron at the Falk- land. Islands. Lady Sturdee and Missj Sturdee have been in Plymouth several days awaiting hi6 arrival.

BOULDERS ON THE USE. Inquiries with regard to an Jleged at- tempt to wreck a train on the Great Western railway line near Avon- mouth Dock show that two sub- stantial bonlders were discovered, one on each rail of the single track between Charlton Tunnel and Hen- bury Station. Th's line is a short direct link between Avonmouth Dock and the Great Wectern rdutie to London, and is œed by many dock special trains. The incident occurred on Monday aftfm&on. and the stones were observed and any danger of a disaster avert fd by their removal. The railway authorities at Bristol have cxprMsed a doubt whether the -?onef wcrp JWiliciowdy ??ced on the line. d coneMtoT them to hay? been tQg wzedc & tcMnt

 THE BABY WINS ■ 0. JUDGE'S DECISION IN SLINGSBY SUIT TEDDY SUCCEEDS IN ESTABLISHING HIS LEGITIMACY. I A "CONSPIRACY" IN AMERICA I Judgment was delivered to-day in the romantic Slingsby case in which little Teddy Slingsby, or to give him bit3 full name, Charles Eugene Ey-ard Slingsby, sued through hi& guardian for a declar- ation at the Pro-bate Court that he is the legitimate son of Mr. Charles Henry Rey- nard Slingsby, (,f Scriven Park, York- shire, and as such the lawful heir to the estates. The case occupied public attention that' was not focussed on the war for manyi days, and the evidence was remarkable, To-day Mr. Justice Bar grave Deane gave judgment in favour of Teddy. This is a declaration that Teddy is the lawful sou and heir. Teddy was entered as petitioner appear- ing by his guardian Mr. C. H. B. Slings- by, who married Mrs. Dorothy Morgan Warner, a widow, in 1900, and they sought a declaration that the child was the issue of their marriage, and was born at San Francisco in 1910. Two brothers I of Mr. Slingsby, the parties cited in the s-ait--Mossi-s. Thomas William Slingsby and Alan Peter Slingsby—alleged that the child was not the eon of Mr. Charles I Slingsby and his wife, but was the ille- J gitimate child of Lilian Anderson aud Paul Colvin, and was adopted by Air. Dorothy Slingsby. The Judament. His Lordship, in giving his decision, j said the evidence in the case consisted largely of evidence taken on commission, That was an uusafi^faetory way of deal- ing with a serious' question. Touching upon the history of the ease, his Lordsilip said he did not know how I inquiries in America were initiated. The tamily seeitifiii to have made up their minds from the first that the true ??tite of a?aira was not put fonn1 rd by ?.1r.1 Charles SUngpby, and, according to Mrs. Slingsby, detectives were employed be- j fore she left San Francisco after the date! of the birth of the child. They were ap-l panmt1.v employed almost before ,the birth of the child. Information as to the expected birth of the (?bild had reached England Mme l time before the child was born. Mrs. Slingsby had given evidence before him. She was an excitable woman, and ex- 1 pressed herself very strongly when the legitimacy of the child was questioned. He was not sure that her outburst was not honest. Mrs. Slingsby's Evidence, the strongest matter urged against her and which, perhaps, gave rise to the w hole proceedings, was that she wrote out an advertisement for a newspaper saying she wanted to adopt a rey-ly-born boy, and caused it to be inserted in the, San Francisco Examiner." She denied on oath at first that she die' this, but subsequently admitted it. She said she did it as she had had so manv miscarriages, but she had had a daughter by her first marriage which had lived six months, and that was proof that she could bear a child. She tried to hide her mistake by committing perjury, and it was in view of this he had gone so fully into the facts of the case Hjfj Lordship said he had grave doubts if Iiilian Anderson had had a child. He came to the conclusion that Hettie Blain was a professional abortionist, aud that she had changed truth into fiction, and backed up what he called a conspiracy. on behalf of those representing thie60 people out in America. American Solicitors Criticised. His lordship said his view was that Mrs. Slingsby did have a child born on September 1st, 1010, at 1,522, MacAIlister- street, and the statement that she covered it up by putting forward a different child born in another place was an un- true statement 60t up for the purposes of the case. He did not wish it thought i he was throwing any blame on the people in England, either the solicitors or Messrs. Slingshy. who were cited in the case, and who were honourable people. but he protested against the way in which l the solicitors in San Francisco had con- ducted the case at the inquiry over there, in interrupting witnesses and taking unnecessary objections. Ho had come to the conclusion in favour of the petitioner that this child was the child of Mr. Charles Slingsby by his wife, and was born in wedlock. Resemblance of Features. There was another matter which he th<mght was conclusive. On one ocl"? lie the Slingsfoy boy was in court, and he was struck with the remark bie liken res of this child to Mr. Slingsby. Mr. Slingsby had a peculiar shaped jaw. The little boy had exactly the counterpart of that. t- He spoke to counsel on both sides and suggested that he should like some assist- ance by way of an assessor, and he sug- gested some surgeon or medical man. On thinking it over he came to the conclu- sion it was more of matter for people accustomed to judge of likenesses. Even- tually be asked Sir George Frampton, the eminent sculptor and Royal Academi- can, to come into court to assist him in his judgment—Sir George sat in the jury box. Sir George pointed out to him the ex- traordinary resemblance of the boy to his father, and said he would Like to see Mr6. Slingsby. He noticed the left ear of the boy was out of shape, and desired to see j Mrs- Slings by's ear. His Father's Jaw and Mother's Ear. Accordingly Mr. and Mrs. Slingsby < came to the Judge's room. He intro- duced them to Sir George and left them together. Sir George afterwards pointed out that there was a most extraordinary reeem- biance between the b<Jy'a left ear and < the left ear of the mother. 1 He had not founded his decision upon < that resemblance, but it was a very im- 1 portairt fact. He thought one may be deceiwd by likenesses, but a child con Id 1 not acquire th.-a.6t cf his father's jaw or the shape of his mother's ear that lie ] (Coatijttbed qf jfgxt eojujUtfb). <

SWANSEA'S OWN. ————— All Eyes on the Swans on Saturday. (From Our Own Correspondent). RHYL, Tuec-d&y. The Swansea Battalion at Rhyl is getting along finely in every respect. Yes- terday one r our companies marched to Colwyn Bay. a distance of 12 miles, in capital style. I understand that another company is to be formed and that we will be unable to get away until it is com- pleted. Therefore, it behoves all able- bodied lacjs at home to make up their minds quickly and come along to us. The news of tlie Swans' Luagllificent performance at Tyneside was a positive shock to all the boys, most of whom now. however, have a feeling of confidence that the Swansea men wil overcome the Mag- pies on Saturday. There is a great deal of interest being evinced in the replay, and the Swansea Batalion fellows wish the Town players the best of luck. The boys are not unduly optimistic regarding the chances of the Whites, but have the most sanguine expectations, and after the draw at Newcastle are prepared for any thing.

PRUSSIAN LOSSES. I Copenhagen, Tuesday.— A fifteenth' German naval casualty list has been issued to-day giving the names of 1,572 casualties. Five more Prussian casualty lists have been issued containing the names of 23,158 men killed, Wounded, or missing, and bringing the total of the 137 lists to 926,547. The naval casualties referred to above are probably part of those suffered in the .Falkiands battle. I

knew of, unless it was congenital. He thought the facte of the case themselves were sufficiently conclusive, but the other matter was absolutely conclusive. He gave judgment for petitioner, and declared this child to be the lawful child of Charles Henry Reynard Slingsby and i. Mrs. Dorothy Morgan Slingsby. It was agreed that the question of oosts should stand over for arrangement be-I [wecn the parties. u A Grievous Fraud." I Daring the discussion, his Lordship re- ferring to the proceedings in America, said he quite acquitted the father, who was now dead, and the two gentlemen jited of having been in any way parties :o what he believed to be a grievous fraud. j His Lordship inquired if th property [ (fas a rich property. Counsel for petitioner Raid it was not ¡ it present, and even thp parties cited might succeed to the estate, as there wus mljf one life iietseeen it and them, j