The Western Mail

THE HOYAL BETROTHAL. EDIxnVRmrR WEDDING GIFT. The Lord Provost and the rnaistrate8 of K'linburgh liave decided on a gold rose-water dish as a wedding present to the Duke of York > and Princess May.

LORD SALISBURY'S VISIT TO LORD BELFAST. I-ISIT TO The Fl-ter Liberal Unionist Assiation bavin4" in\iu'<l Lord Salisbury to luncheon d?ri'?hist'Mt'rvisit.histnrdhhiphasrepHcft expressing gl'atltica;wu at the 88Hoeiation's friendly intention, and his siii"ro regret that the extent of his previous engagements during hi* short visit to Belfast makes it quite impos iible for him to acccpt the proffered hospitality.

THE QUEEN S LAMPREY PIE. REVIVAL OF AN ANCIENT CUSTOM. Her Majesty the Queen has graciously con. sented 10 receive, through the Lord High Steward of Gloucester (the Duke nf Beaufort), the Koval lamprey pie, which from an early period to 1830 was annually sent by the ciiy of Gloucester to the reigning Sovereign. The custom was then discontinued, the revival being due to the present mayor. A local con. fectioner has been entrusted with the order, and the pie will be accompanied h' skewers or spoons, speci-.lly prepared, bearing the arms of j the city and the name of the present mayor.

DESPERATE STRUGGLE WITH A LUNATIC. A POLICEMAN ST A HIVED WITH A PITCH FORK. A desperate tnlggle took place on Friday between a policeman and a lunatic at Baltimore, County Cork. Police-constables Murphy and Schriven proceeded to the village with authority to take charge of!\ young man, named Crowley, who had become insane. On seeing the officers, Crowley seized a pitchfork, attacked them wilt great fury, and was only secured after a pro- longed and desperate struggle. Police-constable Murphy received several terrible Btabs in the chest and fr,h?.d, and little hope is entertained of his recovery. Schriven escaped with a few slight wounds. -d_

HORATIO ROTTOMLEYS AFFAIRS. FIRST MEETING OF CREDITORS. At London Bmikmpti?y court on Friday a new ti,?-t of creditors was held under the failure of Mr. Horatio Bottomlev. of the Hansard Union, who mnde a lengthy state- ment as to his present position, and suggested that the meeting should be adjourned to enable him to go to Vienna to arrange matters with the vendors. He expressed con- fidenm that sufficient money might be re- covere d to py )is J,* l? creditors in iil.- oh:r;i:y ;i':ï i. nt:1e's fnt-; IDMts with considerable natisfactiou, .] unani- mously resolved to adjourn the meeting for t?. math,? to enable Mr. Bottomley to proceed to Vienna as he suggested. Replying to a question as to whether he proposed to take action against Mr. Stewart to -Nlr. Bottomley i:ftohr:c;aä; 1:t:J devote the money to the payment of I ho creditors not then paid in full.

THE AMERICAN BANK I FAILURES. SUICIDE OF ANOTHER OFFCLVL. The Central News special telegram from New York on Friday says :—Following upon the suicide earlier in the day of President Ullmah, of the suspended Aglethorpe National Bank, a| sensation wars caused late this afternoon bv the news that President Charles S. Rogers, of the jiorth Western Bondage Works at St. Paul, h.,l t !'?on d i W,,?- k ,? t St Minnesota, had taken his life by jumping from a bridge into the river, the fall being 150ft.

BOILEH EXPLOSION ON A RAILWAY. FIVE I'KI'SONS KILLED AND EIGHT I FATALLY INJURED. A DalziMV t'dorjeam from Leipzic dated Friday Rays A terrible raihnw accident has occurred near Ilnienan. It was c'111."d hy the explosion of (J, loconlOtive boiler. Five persons were killed on the spot and eight, fatally injured. No further particulars have been received so far.

MRS. PARNELL AND THE O'SHEA SETTLEMENT. APPLICATION IN THE CHANCERY DIVISION. On Friday in the Chancery Division of the High '(),?'t Justice an application on behalf « Mrs. Parnell was heard by Mr. Justice N?h, Mk i* Application being that certain orders made c I t?, might he discharged. The effect of the gl'antinstof such an appTkation would be to 9upp)y Mr?. Parnell with ?n? income from the OSShea settlement. Without rescind- ing the previous ordol" in cl",mher8, lvtr. Justice North made an additional order, the ctfeet of iviliell i-s that the money is to be paid into court, but that Mrs. Parnell shall have her share of the amount forthwith.

CATTLE MAIMING IN IRELAND. HEYOLTING CRUELTY TO A CALF. A brutal outrage is reported in the Belfast papers on Friday from Iramm, Lurgan, *t?re a <4vo mont h:- I'M calf has been found with 1;oth its ears cut elL

PROFESSOR KOCH'S DIVORCE. A Dabiel s telegram from Berlin savs :—Pro- ™-sor Koch wiJI bhort.Iy marry Fraulein Hed- wig rernbrucck. a subordinate member of the •oinpany at the Bedim'r Theatre. The court ha., awa:-dcd onc.fourth of the profebsor's income to hi, di,.r,,?l wife as .1i..ny.

ALLEGED OUTRAGE BY BRITISH SAILORS. A "??'" from Washington dated -?ie, 8 tate denartmcnt has received ? ?'?- ?'' United States CoMut at. 'P?? rt of Spain, Trinidad, a newspaper con- taining an account of an outrage at that place y>, {? MAmprican sub j ect. Two seamen named ?:at M 'F: and 'wa;rI::rin;eh;(d it with the American schooner Cone- ,U K" afterwards refused to go to sea. On ,| capt? remonstrating with them they t»V' r /if '4 and forced him to take refuge tr.??? hi, ?"'? forced him to take reft?e J* Vy^riean consulate, where thcv attempted to otab him and then stoned the buildings. Had not ?f Pierce intervened the captain would probably have been killed.

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IMP) .JTLAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.- F*RIDAY. The Speaker took the chair at two o'clock. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. Cremer (C., Short-ditch) This day four weaks to call attention to the question of un arbitration treaty with the United States, and move a resolution. Mr. Paget (C\, Somerset) To call attention to the state of secondary educa- tion. Dr. MacGregor (G., Inverness-ski re): To call attention to the backward state of Scotch busi- ness, and move a resolution in favour of Home Rule for Scotland. There were only 26 questions on the naDer. AN AMUSING INCIDENT. Mr.WMIR ((,?M,mfiCn'murt<;),whohai)! frequently q tio.s to the Secretary 'ttIo'W::iIU:cO i¿1O tI:C:\I; zine ride, ?.d, amidst derisive cheers, asked if all the Lee Alitford .g.5,ie marked Second p?,tt?, now in tore were fitted with theFenuDeeteypatentbohhead. thM;Ä;'HBiOM RAN (S.,cretry for War) Yes, Mr. H. C. WEBSTER (C., St, P,,?,) asked ;erl:lthè gp¡Inelllbït:a to the House what the Penn Deeley bolt head wa??. (Laughter), (L".?ht ')iR, producing one of the bolts, said he Mhould have great pleasure in explaining its parts to the hon. member, (Laughter). THE ABUSJ; OF QUESTION TTMTV Mr. WEIR asked whether, on account of the waste of time which was incurred in asking and answering questions—(loud !aughter)—it would not be batter to print the answers. Sir WILi,l kARCO LIRT of the Exchequer ) said he was very glad the lion, J':l}I just 10eY1v1 to l: lft that a great deal of time s e in answering tJ:: in h:\ ¿' Wotr, hear," ,?3 laughter.) The remedy proposed was one which ho was afraid would only aggravate the evil, and, in addition to a waste of time, they would have a waste of paper and a waste of ;l (Hear, hear.) If a atrict :dt'e: enforced prohibiting subsidiary questions they .ight f?"v,? a third .? the time. (Hear, hear. ) Mr. J?MES"?L?)WTHE'?' (pe;IZU"I) Buggested that a rule should also be mado pro- hibiting Ministers from indulging in argumen- tative replies. (Laughter.) Several hon. members threw out suggestions as to how the time of the House might be saved in this respect. Amidst much laughter, Mr. FORWOOD (C., LancI.<hiTe) rose and said: I beg to move that the question be now put. The Speaker Order, order. Mr. DILLON (?V., U,?y?) thought that, the question ¡:i.lh\chlleo gone through once, and qlle??tions which were not put in the first round should stand over until the next day. The SPEAKER was afraid that this plan would entail an accumulation of questions. The matter eventually dropped. THE DRINK TRAFFIC. Mr. BILL (C., StuftWdshire) brought in a Bill to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors to persons of drunken habits. The Bill was read a first time amidst cheers. The SPKAKEK formaJJy inquired who were prepared to bring in the Bill, to which Mr. f{¡i;r:'Ididi8 tn:fAI;'a:)je laughter, "Mr. Hanbury (C' Mr. Gibson Bowles (C., Lynn Regis), and myself." ALIEN IMMIGRATION. Colonel HOWARD VINCENT (C., Sheffield) asked the President of the Board of Trade if he had received any reports from the commis- HiolWrs lie sent some months ago oil an alien inquiry to the United States. Mr. MUNDELLA said the reports of the commissioners were expected next month. He was not ill a position to make any statement as to legislative regulation of indiscriminate alien immigration into Great Britain. THE VOTE ON ACCOUNT. Mr. W. REDMOND (P., Clare, E.): Do I understand that the vote on account will be taken on Monday? Sir WM. HARCOURT Yes. Mr. W. REDMOND Then, as the hon. member for South Antrim has givell notice that he will the vote on t raise the q?,s- tion of the condition of County Clare, I beg to ooie ChtiIU wfl uhtèeCeta8a (Much I..ght.?.) LOCAL PETITIONS. Mr. T. P. PitICE (G., Monmouthshire, lV.) pre- sented a petition from Wesley Chapel, BJaen. avun, in favour of the Local Veto Bill, and one from the inhabitants of Abergavennv against the Bill. Mr. BOWES ROWLANDS (G., Cardiganshire) pre- sented a petition from Trinity Calvinistie Methodist Chapel, Aberduar, in favour of the Welsh Local Veto Bill, and one from Shiloh Presbyterian Chapel, Lampeter, against the opium traffic. THE TREASURY CHEST FUND BILL. The Treasury Chest Fund Bill was read a third timo, THE NORTH SEA FISHERIES BILL. The House then went into committee on the North Sea Fisheries Bill. On Clause 3, Mr. GIBSON BOWLES said that he con- sidered that this Bill had been introduced by the Government under circumstances which were extremely discreditable. They had kept back important correspondence with the French authorities, and were endeavouring to smuggle tho Bill through. Mr. MUNDELLA (President of the Board of Trade) explained that the Bill was mainly in- tended to put down the gross evils of coopering, or e ? d,. in liquors amongst the fishing ;i: t sea. Ile ai1 i:dnt1:t fi sition should be offered, for the Bill was almost an exact copy of the Bill introduced by his pre- decessor in oftice. (Hear, hear.) Mr. E. HENEAGE (C., Gi..kl) said that if they wanted to keep up the morality of the fishermen they would pass the Bill at once. (Hear, hear.) The clause was agreed to, as were also the remaining clauses, and the Bill was read a third time. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The House again went into committee on the Civil Service and Revenue Departments Esti- mates. On the vote for postal and telegraph buildings there was some discussion, but ultimately the vote was agreed to. On the vote for public buildings not provided for in any other votes, a large number of ques- tions, all of them affecting the Metropolis, were raised. Ultimately, however, the vote was agreed to, and The House then resumed. THE WHITSUNTIDE RECESS. Sir WILLIAM HARCOURT moved that the House at the conclusion of the morning sitting should adjourn till Mav 29. Lord R. CHURCHILL (C., Paddington, S.) asked for information both as to the great delay in the presentation of the report of the Royal Commission on the Indian currency, and as to a return setting out the payments which were the first charges on the Irish Exchequer to be made to England under the clauses of the Government of Ireland Bill. Mr. CHAPLIN (C., Sleaford) also called atten- tion to the state of affairs with respect to the currency in India, and stated that the fall in the currcncy was almost the lowest ever reached, and that the outlook wm alto"'ther serious, He also called attention to the de;irability of cti.n being taken by the Govemment to give etfect to the recommendations of the departmental com- mittee as to swine fever, Sir WILL'L?? HARCOURT said that he had reason to believe that Lord HerscheU's Com- mittee WO¡Ù' report as to the Indian currency (e?tion at an early date. As to swine fever, i Û:;ern:t "1:;Y t}teatt, nd:Ir(p¡: ration, and would do their best to deal with it in way that wou l d b. ?ati.f-try to the ag,i- I;:I ::r'u1h :o[% t:¡il:q of the noble lord as to the return of the charges on the Irish revenue, he would take care that everything was done to accelerate the prepara- tion of this roturn. The motion was then agreed to. MISCELLANEOUS. !The Conveyance of Mails Bill was read a I second time. The House rose at 6.15.

I CONDITION OF MR. J. H. WILSON. The Press A-sociti.. lear.s upon in I onTh;ri;SS tso:onJ.leît\vWonn,i'lt?,' who is lying ill at his ?.ide,?e. at Camberwell, passed a very bad night, and that his condition causes considerable anxiety. There is mnch i hemorrlllge, and the temperature stands at 102. M rs. Wilson attributes her husband's illness to his exertions during the Hull strike, and says that he refused to give up work until almost I prostrate. It has been found necessary to call in an additional physician in consultation upon Mr. tv?.,on'. At..?en .'clock Friday evening-the patient's condition was still dangerous.

I ACTION AGAINST A LONDON BUILDER. AN ALLEGED PICKET RECOVERS DAMAGES FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT. In the London Sheriffs' Court on Friday Jose h 8peJ]man, a member of the Opera- tive hricklayers' Society, recovered £ 8 d, from Arthur Cole, a build or, for false Impnson- ent.-It l\S aUeed that plaintiff acted as a picket out#?ide a building where defendance men were employed at Kensington and that defen- dant had him arrested and taken to the police- station, "rl ,he i..p?er, fter pn ng a considerable time in searching the A"utes, refused to ?H°? obwgo .m- It- &ad let Mm t**

HULL DOCK STRIKE, j A SETTLEMENT EFFECTED. I THE MODIFIED TERMS. WORK TO BE RESUMED ON I TUESDAY. HULL, FRIDAY. f The Press Association special correspondent telegraphs :—The Hull Dock strike was ended at a quarter to three o'clock this afternoon. Intense disappointment had been caused by the sudden breaking up of the conference on Thurs- day, when every point at issue except" local terms and conditions of resuming work" had been agreed on. No time was lost in attempting an informal re-opening of negotiations. Follow- ing on the initial proceedings of Thursday night Mr. Tillett, as tho leader of the dockers, and illr. F. B. Grotrian, as a member of the shipowners* committee, were early in the forenoon in close consultation, and it is chietly to the last-named gentleman's laud- able exertiens in the interests of peace that formal discussion was resumed. The local com- mittee of the British Labour Exchange met as usual at the Chamber of Commerce. After an adjournment the employers' delegates and the representatives of the dockers again met in the library of the Town-hall. An attempt was made on the men's side to substitute Mr. R. Maloney (senior delegate of the Hull district of the Docker*' Union) for Mr. Butcher, but the employers declined to receive him, and the deli- berations were carried on with four representa- tives of the strikers instead of five. The six 1.(?.1 conditions given below were those upon which, this afternoon, the settlement was ?ff-t,d :— 1. The meu to return to work as Boon as places may be vacant for them. 2. 1'he men and their leaders undertake to use their utmost influence that no man who lias he-en at work during the strike, or who may be sUUscquent Iy engaged, shall be Dlol..w(1. 3. Emplovers win dismiss or refuse employment to any tnan who intimidates or uses threats to nOll- Union or Union men. J* No RW'llh or representatives of the Dockers' or 4. N. to visit r" or other craft, (I.,k? or quays, warehou", timber yards, or other 1-. em- ploym<:ut whilst the men are at work. ('xtel "I?tl emblem of anv description to be worn bv any meinour of Ui(" or British J:abour Exchange wh.lst at work or applymg for I, 6. Dock gate-meu, weighers, bookers, gangsmen, berth- ing-masters, and assistant berthing-masters, b,??, r" tiv?ym the Mme position as !&. ?:?n BtJ?d?r?s and shipping clerks e of tho shipowners, are to sever their connection with the Dockers' Union. It will be observed that a modification has been made in the second clause to obviate the difficulty which Cl\hit¡:nf¡ÅNIdi; i The conditions were further simplified by the abandonment of clauses which dealt with refe-I rence to future disputes. It was thought that in future some effective board of conciliation or arbitration might be formed and the intention realised more effectively than would be done by any premature and incomplete effort. At the I close of the discussion Mr. Tillett proposed, and Mr. A. Wilson seconded, a vote of thanks to the mayor for his services. It is reported that afte, the signatures had been appended to the final deed, Mr. Tillett made a strong appeal to Mr. Arthur Wilson and Mr. Walter Bailey and other gentlemen for some financial assis- tance in the present crisis. Mr. Wilson replied that he could go no further at the present moment than declare that the matter should receive his most serious consideration. There was a great gathering of dockers in the Corporation Field at two o'clock, and the men stood bravely in a drenching downpour of rain awaiting the arrival of their leaders from the Town-hall, Mr. Tillett was received with great cheering on driving into the field upon a wagonette, He said they all knew that a repre- sentative body of men had been interviewing the employers in order to obtain from them the conditions of resumption of work. After a great deal of beating about the bush and considerable fencing, they had been able to bring about a conference. What he had said from the outset was this:—That until the real parties affected and the local organisations of employers agreed to take up the lines of concilia- tion and conference he knew there were no hopes of settlement. Well, a conference had been brought about, and himself, with Mr. Millington, Mr. Davis, and Mr. Copley, had attended the third meeting of the conference. They had before them the objectionable clauses in yesterdays' agreement—in all probability, they had seen them-objedionable clauses which were modified in some case and erased in others. What he wanted to ask them was this That should a committee or any body of men be left in the lurch, through incurring any debt, would they hx prepared to stand their share of such debt incurred? (Crie? of "Yes. ) 7?nytil Mr. Arthur Wilson and the rest of the I members assured them that on their part they would be only too willing to get their own men back, because it paid them better, and, secondly, because if they owed a debt to any number of men it was to men who had served them for years, they would not have given in. Mr. Arthur Wilson said, You know that if I give you my promise that the imported men shall be cleared out you know I shall keep my word." The other members of the conference on the employers' side reiterated and endorsed that sentence, and, in view of that expression of Mr. Wilson and the rest of the party, taken together with the views expressed by Mr. Chas. Wilson, they would have been knaves indeed if they had not, with the desire to end the suffer- ingoftheirfellow-creatures, accepted that pledge, which they were prepared to carry out. The mayor was witness to it, and Mr. Wilson had given him liberty to use what he said. He said, It would be necessary for all parties concerned that the local labourers should be re-instated, and so far as he was concerned the imported men should be got out of Hull as fast as possible." Having read the list of agreed clauses seriatim, Mr. Tillett obtained a show of hands in favour of their acceptance. Each successive vote was accompanied by cheers and waving of hats,! Resuming his oddm\?, Mr. Tillett .id Mr.: Wilson thought it would be best to close the dispute, and asked the men to return to work on Monday morning. (Cries of No it's Bank Holiday. ") Well, as Mr. Wilson was not1 prepared to give double pay, they told i him that it would be better for all parties if the men returned on Tuesday morning next, and so it was agreed. He asked, in conclusion, all the men who were fortunate to get into employ- ment first not to let the wives and children of others suffer. This was received with great cheering. A number of seamen and firemen who were assembled in the field expressed their dissatisfaction with the terms of settlement in unmeasured language. To-night the mayor issued an appeal for help, in which he says "Whtle engaged In rejoicing over the settlement of the strike I hope we slull not forget the thousands of men, women, and children who are in danger of suffer- ing }:lvht;: b11rb this and Tuesday morn- ing next, w h en-work will be resumed. Strike pay ought to be given to an equal, if not larger, amount than during the cont inuauee of the strike, and I would earnestly appeal to every member of the Shipping Federation, and also to everv man md woman who is possessed of the means, to send a donation to Councillor Millington, Dockers' Offices, Charlotte-street, at once, 80 that all anxiety on this score may be allayed." Sir Seymour King, M.P. for Central Hull, has opened a subscription list with a sura of £100, The number of free labourers in the Hull docks is close upon 4,000. Eight hundred of these leave to-morrow (Saturday), their terms of en- gagement having expired. It maybe of interest to state that the preus telegrams transmitted to various places since the commencement of the strike may be estimated in round numbers to have reached 650,000 words. Special circuits were arranged, and direct working effected to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin, Nottingham, Car- diff, Vot-wjch London, Birmingham, Manches- ter, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield, Bradford, and York. The special correspondents are pleased to acknowledge the highly satisfac- tory style in which the work was handled and disposed of. All emergencies werepromptlyand effectually met on the part of the null Office. SWANSEA TIMBER LABOURERS AND THE FEDERATION TICKET. MEMORIAL TO THE MAYOR. A committee of the Swansea Trades. Council met on Thursday evening, and drew up a memo- rial in view of the probability of tho Timber Importers' Association introducing the federa- tion ticket into Swansea. The memorialists I n Ue;:y/n chief magistrate ::refhr town, to convene a public meeting at the earliest pos- sible moment to take the question into con- sideration, and pass resolutions thereon, with a view that wise counsel may prevail, and "a great national calamity be averted." The opinion was expressed that it would be advisable to obtain the signatures of townspeople who were in no way connected with the Trades Unions in the town, and the secretary was in- structed to get the requisition signed and pre- sented to the mayor.

I AN M.P. ROBBED OF HIS WATCH. Charles Keeble, Charles Bartlett, and John' Piggott were charged at Bow-street, London, on Friday with stealing a watch and chain from Mr. Spencer Charrington, M.P.—Mr. Charrington was proceeding to his hotel from the House of Commons on Thursday night when, it is alleged, prisoners and three others placed themselves in his way, one making a snatch at his watch. Mr. Charrington said he was sure prisoners were in the company of the t,hiet-Prisoners were remanded,

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THE NEW AMERICAN CONSUL I AT CARDIFF:. The Hon. Anthony Howells, the new Ameri can Consul, who may be expected in Cardiff in the course of a couple of months, is a native of Duwlais, where he was born on the 6th of April, 1832. He went to America in May, 1850, and became a prosperous general merchant in Youngstown. Afterwards, however, he became interested in coal, and in that line of business he occupies a high position in the State of Ohio. A Democrat, who has filled responsible offices in his party, he is a Welshman of unbounded enthu- siasm. This may be seen from his views on the part which Welshmen play in shaping the destinies of America. In a perfervid and eloquent speech tit the last St. David's Day celebration at Youngstown, Mr. Howells said The Welsh have also proved themselves to be good citizens. Their characteristics are of as high a type as the j>eople of any country, and, in whatever community they am found, they are always r(3spmted for these admirable I iftes, rÎsJ)lity,fOitRgli't;e honesty, and law-abiding none can reproach them. Their love of fair play, their love of liberty, and their h'yalty to all that is just and right, and their hatied to anything that m?i(!ks of slavi"hness is proverbial, knd no people from the first settling of this country to the present day, according to- their number, have had more to do with the shaping of the destiny of this great Republic than the Welsh people and their descendants. It is true that we may at times claim more than belong to no, and run after Btrange gods, and i r;oktu,s¿w:l ,oflllt:;c 1]1 h believe that our language was the language of Eden, and tradition claims that our Patron Saint was the descendant of the sister of Virgin Mary. Be that as it may, I will content ihyself wih the knowledge that Adam and Eve could not make love in a language more melodious or poetical, and that our Patron Saint was an honour to be the descendant of any woman. We are also carried away in the pride of nationality to believe that many ef the Presidents of the United States were of Welsh descent. There may be some foundation to such aclaim, but in all histories by rcputed historians that I have read there is only one named as being of Welsh descent—Thomas Jefferson. For one I am satisfied with this fact, and let the hypothetical go, especially when historians of all nations concede to us the greatest of all-he that recorded in the Declaration of Indepen- dence that all men are created equal" and that Governments "derive all their just power from the consent of the governed." SATISFACTION AT DOWLAIS, The announcement of the appointment of Mr. Anthony Howells to the American con- sulate at Cardiff has nowhere created more 1 pntisfaction than at Dowlais, the place of his nativity. Although many years have passed since Mr. Howells left Dowlaig, there are several of the older townspeople who remember him well as a boy at school. The Dowlais Chamber of Trade, whose president, Mr. J. King Price, once stayed with Mr. Howells during a visit to the States, propose to pass a vote of congratulation to the distinguished Welshman, and it is not unlikely that he may be invited to come to Dowlais, In the event of the invitation being accepted, he will be received with a public ovation similar to that which greeted Sir Samuel Griffith on the oce?mion of his visit to M,,thyr.

CYNONFARDD'S DEPAR- TURE FOR AMERICA. The annual meeting of the Cardiff Cymmro- dorion was held on Friday at St. John's-cham- bers. The report of the executive committee having been presented by Mr, Evan Owen and adopted, Professor Powel was elected president in the place of Major Jones, M.P., to whom a hearty vote of thanks was accorded for his valuable services to the society in the past. All the other officers were re-elected and the old committee was re-appointed. The chief feature of the meeting, however, was the pre- sentation to the Rev. T. C. Edwards, D.D. (" Cynonfardd,:) of an illuminated address on behalf of the soeiety,-Couneillor Edward Thomas (" Cochfarf "), the Revs. J. M. Jones, E. Rees (" Dyfed"), and T. C. Phillips, Mr. T. H. Thomas, "Dafydd Morganwg," and Professor Powel spoke highly of the rev. gentleman, and expressed their regret that he was leaving Cardilf.-H Cynonfardd suitably replied.—The rev. gentleman starts from Car- diff on Tuesday morning. The Welshmen of Liverpool will entertain him on Tuesday night, and he and his family will embark on one of the Atlantic liners on Wednesday afternoon.

MONTGOMERY BOROUGHS ELECTION PETITION. I PETITIONERS' HOUSES SEIZED. On Wednesday the houses and premises in the j occupation of the three petitioners in this trial were taken charge of by the sheriffs officers. The amount of money due as part of the costs of the petition is estimated at noarly £1,200. The firit of the pctitioners-Thonias George-is a hosiery manufacturer carrying on business at Llanidlocs, and the other two, namely John Pickup and John Andrew, are both factory operatives residing at Newtown.

THE TITHE WAR IN WEST WALES. THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR AND THE MAGISTERIAL PROCEEDINGS. Our NeweaRtleEml? correspondent, telegraphs that immediately after the close f the magisterial (li::aIa:t.Te cI¡;rnt on Thursday, Mr. A. R, Daniel, the solicitor acting f., the Public Prosecutor, wired the result to the Treasury, and on Friday morning a reply was received from the Public Prosecutor that the magistrates were quite wrong in dismissing the prosecutions, as the description of the offence in I the warrant was quite immaterial. It is under- stood that the ease will be again gone into.

BATH AND WEST AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES SOCIETY. The Gloucester meeting, commencing on Wed- nesday, May 31, of this old-established society will be the most extensive the society has ever held, the live stook and farm produce totalling up to nearly 2,000 entries. There will be a working dairy 0.11 a most elaborate scale, where lectures, demonstrations, and butter-making contests will be held, the entries for the latter munbering over 200. The exhibits of imple- ments, machinery, carriages, &c., will be some thousands in number, and, among other attrac- tions, there will be an exhibition of pictures, collections illustrative of art-manufactures, bee- keeping demonstrations, a poultry show, com- :Ftle fmsh'i'¡1tb, Pfo.Ii:hro;; nearly 100 entries, and daily musical perfor- m.cs by the splendid band of the Plymouth Division of the Royal Marines A very large attendance of visitors is anticipated. Farther particulars will be found in our advertisement eolamns.

I CARDIFF ONE HUNDRED MILES I ) CYCLING CLUB. A general meeting of the above club was held at the Hotel Metropole, Cardiff, on Thursday, under the presidency of Mr. G. H. Lock, cap- tain. The arrangements for the qualifying run, which takes place on May 31, are very similar to Cea:'th aB:t rh:Habet a member of the club riding with the men the whole of the distance. The start will be made from the top of Cr?ys-road at nine am. sharp. Mr. H. Jones was eiected sub'a tba place of Mr. W. B. ¡¿aCin office.

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FUNERAL OF THE LATE REV. R. D. ROBERTS, LLWYNHENDY. On Friday, amid every manifestation of regret, the funeral of the late Rev, R. D. Roberts took place at Soar Chapel, Llwynhendy. The various coHieries in the district suspended operations at an early hour in order to enable the men to pay a r:'BlitI/O'dr tO ;hll:cde':n\r At three o'clock Z service was held outside the deceased's late residence. The procession then formed, the body being borne out of the house hv the levs. Charles Davies (Cardiff) G. Hughes (Cardigan), W. A. Jones (Merthyi), and Jones (St. Clears), all of whom received their .?ly t?,.i.i?.g ,t o¿hI LIwynhondy, under the pastorate of Mr. Roberts. On the t\ee chitahdsihSaJ ship of Mr. D. P. Thomas) sang the old tune Aberystwit-h" to the words, "Beth sydd i ???i yn y byd," At the grave another service was held, those taking part being the R,?v. W. Hughes, Dr. Morgan (" Lleurwg"), Robert. tho!i), ngD,. (id; '¡beTIe1 the conclusion of this service the mourners ren- dered the emyn bendigedig," "Bydd myrdd o ryfeddodau. The c?, w; ()? 'i i,l,,d oa k inscribed :—" R. D. Robert., d!eJ'ii:, l;: aged 72 years." The mourners were Mrs, Roberts (widow), Mrs. William Thomas (daughter) and Mr. W. Thomas, Hendy, Pontardulaig; Mrs. Dd. Hughes (daughter), Mr. Dd. Hughes, Carnarvon, North Wales, and several grandchildren. The funeral arrange- ments wero carried out by Mr. John Jones, Cwmfelin. Amongst those present were Mr. Alfred Thomas, M.P. Mr. David Davies, Glebeland the Revs. Dr. Davies, Dr. Morgan, W. Hughea, Dr. Rowlands, John Ffou)kes, H. Elvet Lewis, T. Johns, R. M. Humphreys, T. R. Saunders, W. Meidrim Jones, B. Hum- phreys, D. Lewie, Daniel Daviea, Benjamin Evans, Llanelly W. Walters (" Talmai"), Pwll; W. E. Watkins, Pembrey J. R. Evans, Llwynhendy; J. Thomas, Caersalem Newydd; G. Hughes, Cardigan; Charles Davies, Cardiff W. A. Jones, Merthyr; John Rogers, Pern- brey; E. Edwards, Bethesda; Evans, Forest Fach D. B. Richards, Brynhyfryd T. Davies, Garw Valley: John Thomas, Bryn Daniel Williams, Nazareth J. E. Evans, P. Phillips, Maescanner; J. R. Jones, Pontypridd E. T. Jones, Llwynypia T. V. Evans, Clydach J. Young Jones, Pontardulais T. F. Williams, Llwynypia 0, Waldo James, Dowlais Lewis, Llangyfelach J. R. Joncs, W. Morris, Treorky; J. Griffiths, Aberdare; Harries, Llansamlet; Lewis, Cwmtwrch Davies, Troedyrhiw ;Thos.Davies, Aberaman,Aberdare; Hopkins, Pontardulais; Jones, Blaenconin; Johns, Staylittle, North Wales; John Davies, Llandilo T. T. Jones, Cardiff Hopkins, Gors einon E. U. Thomas, Carmarthen Griffiths, F?li ?. W. Jones, Cwmavon David James, Llandilo; Watkins. LItmgunnor W. A. Williams, Ferryside D. Rees, Aberfan J. R. Jones, ?-tear o .Dafen W. Jones, curate of Hwynhendy and J. Evans, Ystalyfera and Messrs. W. Howells (solicitor), Penry Davies, Thomas Jones, John Harris. 0. Bonville, Morgan W. James, David Evans (Bradfordj House), Lewis (Lloyds Bank), A. B. Richards. J. J. Jones (Llangenncch), and John Thomas (Berwick). Letters of apology for non-atten- dance wcre read from Dr. Davies, Haverford- west; Professor Morris, Bangor; Principal Gethin Davies; Principal Edwards, Pontypool; and Principal Roberts, Aberystwith.

THE WINDING ACCIDENT IN THE RHONDDA. CORRECTION OF FALSE STATE- MENTS. A correspondent correew certain false and misleading statements published in our Radcal contemporary r""pecting the winding accident at the Tynybedw Colliery. The suggestion that the accident was due to negligence on the part of the engineman had, we are assured, no ot? dtio. In fact. The state- ment that the workmen demanded the dismissal of the two enginemen was misleading, for the reason that a subsequent meeting, at which a resolution was passed of implicit trust in Salter, the engineman in charge at the time, was completely ignored. The mischievous character of the original paragraph, reflecting as it did un*ustly upon the engineman, renders it desir- ab ?,3 that the fullest possible publicity should be given to the correction.

FATAL COLLIERY A.CCIDENTI AT PONTYPRIDD. A MAN KILLED AT THE GREAT WESTERN PIT. About half-past one on Friday afternoon a young man named David Llewellyn, shackler at the bottom of No. 2 (Hetty) Pit of the Great Western Colliery, was instantaneously killed by the cage coming down on his head when he was crossing the bottom of the pit. Deceased was seventeen years of age, and lodged in Hopkins- town-road. His parents reside at Llantrisant.

SOUTH WALES IRON AND STEEL TRADES. THE NEW SLIDING-SCALE. After multifold conferences and a consider- able expenditure of time the representatives of the masters and men have at last come to an agreement upon the basis and general prin. ciples ef the new sliding-scale which is to regu- late wages in the various iron and steel works of South Wales and Monmouthshire, and unless some unforeseen difficulty arises the now scale will in all probability be signed in the bim'TI f next lkilifthti:d: nn the old scale was when the average net selling price of steel rails 401b. per yard and upwards and steel tin bars was R4 59, and under £4 6a. per ton. In the scale about to come into opera- tion the weight of the rails taken into calcula- tion ??. reduced to 201b. per yard, and the stan- dard is fixed at an average net selling price of £4 5s. and under £4 5e. ad.. there being a rise and full of i per cent, upon every Od., instead of as before an advance or reduction of 1 per cent, upon every shilling.

A CARDIFF STEAMER DISABLED IN I THE BALTIC. The steamer Rnno, which on Tuesday sailed from SkutBkar with a cargo of deals for Sharp- I e :dk:ak¿tora a:índtofo:n;t Il"king, which port she reached on Ti ?. d?fi The steamer is of 1,111 tons gross, was built in 1873, and carries about 1,500 tons dead- weight, the managing owners being Messrs. T. C. Howe and Co., Mount Stuart-square, Cardiff.

HEAVY FAILURE OF A BRISTOL I IRON MANUFACTURER. Before the Official Peceiver for Bristol on Friday a ?eetingof the creditors of George Tinn, of Bristol Ironworks, sheet iron manu- facturer, trading with Joseph Tinn at Deep- I fields, W 0 Iverhampton as George Tian ,? ,s. was held. IPmofs were TeiJ amounting to £ 10,800, including £ 7,000 said to be owing to the brother, Mr. cosep Tian, on the Dccpfields Works. Independently of the Deepfielas account there waA a deficieney of tÆ8,el Th=ois t:e always ::ie on at aloe& The meeting ?vhs :urned.

FOUND D over 600 BJ¡beetles after One I Application of Kooknm- IuMct Powder. Certain Death to 99 -i- r-ra dul -w I,iw I- W ='lWL 'IIr I

PORK PIE POISONING. ) THE CASES AT CARDIFF AND ELSE I WHERE. LETTER FROM DR. TAYLOR. I Dr. Taylor, of Cardiff, writes to us under the date 18th May from the Hotel Metropole, London, asfollows:- SIR,-Since the publication by you in the W estern Mail of the cases of pork pie poisoning in x'arkrplaee, Iliave hadeoinmunieation&addres&ed to me by medical men who have had a similar experience, notably, one from Dr. WiUimni-, medica! officer to Harrow School, who had 26 casesiu all, 80mo of them very HeriouB ones. "The pork pies in this case were ordered direct from Melton Mowbray on Wednesday, May 3, to be dfhvered at Harrow School by Saturday, the 6th, so they would probably be from the same batch as those eaten by the Cardiff cases."

A CARDIFF PRISONER S ESCAPE. SEQUEL TO A CHARGE OF I BURGLARY. DARING EXIT FROM THE CELLS. I A young man, named Thomas Wrenn, alias Power, an athletic youth, who had donned a football jersey, was charged at Cardiff Police- court on Friday (before Dr. Paine and Dr. lreharne) with breaking and entering a ware- houHe at No.6, New-street, in the occupation of Messrs. Robert Little and Son, during the night of the 21st ult. and stealing ten ladies' handkerchiefs and a woollen shirty value 7s. lOti., the property of Messrs. Little and Son; and also with rei?eivin? the same well km ??'i.g them to h b:\ee P::n:e'fu;¿r in conjunction with Thomas James, 19, with breaking and enteriug tho dwelling- house, No. 38, Newport-road, occupied by Mr. C.H.Bird, and stealing during the night of the 28th of April last a set of electro-plated knives and forks, a set of dessert knives and forks, two gold diamond studs and other articles, value 38 17s. 6d., the property of Mr. C. H. Bird. Prisoners on a former occasion were charged, and the caHe was jouru ? dy u "'il Friday for further evi- dence to complete it. The prisoners were formally arraigned on Friday, but were put down until after the adjournment. Then, when everything was in readiness for tho hear- ing to be resumed, only one prisoner was placed in the dock, viz., James, so the business was delayed for some minutes in anticipation of the appearance of his companion in the dock. The athletic youth, however, was not to be found, and there was no little commotion in court. Police ofiicers were running to and fro, and mean- while something exciting seemed to be going on below. What actually transpired no one really knew, but the police appeared to have be.. nonplussed, and tt(? look upon their faces was one of bewilderment and despair. James was removed, and by-and-bye it was stated that Wrenn's athleticism had stood him in such good stead that he had been able to eludc the vigilance of the police and to escape from the precincts of the court. The attention of the officer in charge was momentarily averted, and prisoner took advantage of this to escape. To scale the police-station wall was the work of a moment, and once at the back of the bank adjoining, prisoner got ca?ily into Wcstgate- meet, and ran off, completely eluding his pur- suers. James was'again placed in the dock, and, .on the application of the police, the case was adjourned for a week,in the hopc of re-capturing the youth who had .?d? tracks.

THE ALLEGED ATTEMPTED FELONIOUS ASSAULT AT SEVEN SISTERS. At Neath County Petty Sessions on Friday David Thomas Hughes, a young collier of Onllwyu, was charged on remand with attempt- ing to commit a felonious assault on Hannah Davies, aged fifteen, daughter of a farmer living at Seven Sisters. Mr. Powel! pros-,?t,d and W. H. David defended.—The evidence went to show tb?it on the night of Saturday, May 6, defendant met prosecutrix bv appoint. ment at Seven Sisters, and that after ho had walked with her he threw her down and attempted to assault her. The girl called for help, and her father came to her assistance- Defendant then ran away, and left his cap on the ground.—Police-constable Phillips arrested defendant next day, and took him to the girl's honse, where defendant claimed his cap.—Defendant was committed for trial at the assizes, bail being allowed, himself in £50 and two sureties of £25 each.

THE DEATH OF AN OLD SOLDIER AT CARDIFF. The funeral of William Ireland, who died on Thursday at 157, AVoodville-road, Cathays, under circuIDstances already published, wiU take place to-day (Saturday) at three o'clock. The deceased joined the 2th Kagiment in 186, and served for 21 years in India, ?h-r? he Tnd occasions distinguished himself. He returned home in 1867, and from that time up to the day of his death was employcd by the Taff Vale Railway Company t at Card Soldiers are requested to accept this in?itation to pay a Imt =1 the memory of a gallant comrade in arms.

BREAKING INTO THE NEWPORT EMPIRE. At Newport Police-,urt on Friday (before Messrs. Henry Phillips, J. S. Stone, and J. W. Price) John Meredith, labourer, of ?. fixed abode, was charged on remand with breaking into the Empire Thcatre for the pnrpose of com- mitting a felony.—The prisoner, who on 11?d nesday behaved in a very vi"lent manner in (?o,irihad),??nrem- (,'(] in order for MB mental condition to be exarnined,Dr, Davies said I prisoner was responsible for his actions, and he was sentenced to seven dy.,

RAID UPON UNLICENSED DOG KEEPERS. Mr. Jolm Beer, supervisor of the Cardiff dis- trict, on behalf of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, on Friday summoned at the Car- diff Police-court about twenty persons, mostly in fair circumstances, who were fined 10s. each, with 7s. costs, or fourteen days, for keeping dogs without licences. Mr. Beer has also issued summonses against 40 other persons for keeping unlicensed dogs, and these cases will also bo heard shortly.

A GUERNSEY CENTENARIAN. On Friday Mrs. Neve, of Rough House, Guernsey, attained her 101gt year. She is hale and active, and directs all her household matters.

COLLISION IN THE NORTH SEA. I On Thursday the steamship Monees, about 1,500 ton" register, arrived in Barry Dock, and the captain reported he had collided with a fiHh- ing smack, hailing from Ostend, in the North Sea, on the 13th inst. There was a dense fog prevailing at the time, and the smack appa- rently was but slightly damaged. The steamer held on for fully an hour to render assistance.

THE HORWICH MURDER. I DATE OF EXECUTION. The execution of Robert Gay, forgeman, who was condemned to death t Li??rp..l Assizes for the murder for his infant daughter at Horwich, has been fixed fr T.?dy, the 30th inst.

ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT BY A  RELIEVING OFFICER. f At Birkenhad on Friday Herbert O. Hawkes, formerly relieving officer to tl? ?,?i o, i Union, was committed for trial charged with embezzling £ 170, the moneys of the guardians.

A SHIP'S FIREMAN IN TROUBLE. At the office of Mr. Morris, clerlr to the Penarth magistrates, on Friday (before Messrs. Duncan and Howell) Peter Mellon, a ship's fireman, was fined 58,. with the alterna- tive of five days' imprisonment, for obtaining an engagement on the steamer Slings!* on Thu? dS:ftl;: d=:e note eUW; own.

4 DERELICT VESSEL OFF YARMOUTH. A telegram from Great Yarmouth states that a large ship is reported to be floating, bottom upwards, off there; name unknowil A steamer has been sent in search.

SUDDEN DEATH AT CAERPHILLY. I On Friday a laboum named John CL?ke commenced working at a& o'clock at Lianb? dach Colifery Dow CtKtphmy, when he eud denly Mt dead. DtCMted wae a widower, with :ï:;t oIi-1le8IaJ;'==-= eeytM?*?

FIRE AT MOUNTAIN ASH. I' A HOTEL GUTTED. I EXCITING ESCAPE OF THE IXMATES. Eariy on Friday morning the Cefnpennar Hotel, situate in a village about a mile from j' Monntain Ash, Wtis discovered to be on tire, and in a short time the building waa completely gutted, notwithstanding the efforts of the police and large number of willing assistants, Mr. Davies, the occupier, Wag the first to escape. He 'jumped from an upper window and sustained a fracture of one of his legs by the fall. Mrs. Davies and the children and servant* were sub- sequently rescued by means of a ladder. A grocer's shop adjoining, in the occupation of Mr. G. Bevan, was also burnt to the ground. The damage to the building and stock is esti- mated at considerably over £1,000, only the building being covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is not known.

THE GREAT COLLIERY I FAILURE IN GLAMORGAN. The Press Association Ediui ,«rgh correspon- dent telegraphs :-In the bill ehumber of the Court of Sessions here on Friday Mr. Guy, advocate, appeared before Lord Low, on be- half of Mr. Croak, writer, Glasgow, who peti- tions for the seqtlcBtralion of the estates of Mr. Peter M'Lagan, M.P. for Linlithgow. Mr. Guy stated that there was also another petition on behalf of Lloyd. Bank. It was agreed to join the two petitions, aud the caso was adjourned until to-day (Saturday). Lloyds petition is on aeconnt of a debt of ;C278, and Mr.Cro..k's petition in respect of a r the application be granted AM* r. a M Lagan's seat is not necessarily vacant at once. A melll bcr on being sequestrated is allowed nix mouths' grace, and, although he does not usually vote during that period, there i?? nothing to p-event him doing SO. If at the end of six months the sequestration iB annulled the member may retain his seat, but if no private arrangement is made as to his affairs the Speaker may bo moved to declare the seat vacant.

SUNDAY OPENING OF CARDIFF FREE LIBRARY- PRAISEWORTHY OFFER FROM JEWISH RESIDENTS. Mr. Harry Samuel, Roekleaze, The t'arade, writing to Mr. J. Cuthbert Goulding, temporary chairman of the promoters of the Sunday open- ing of the free lihmry, museum, &c., ?t Cardiff, says :-1 am extremely pleased to see by the newnpaper repox'ts that yourself, acting in con- junction with sevcta) other gentlemen ar making an effort, "which I earnestly trust will prove successfu), to procure the open Sundays of the free ùf.:Uum.11oi ing a?tired that if there is a real carn"8t def?ira to cope with the evils now prevailing in our midst on that holy day-" cvih we all in common deplore, the be?t an d "I my opinion only remedyMby placing m-ithi? of all classes of the community counter attractions of a sound, healthy, instructive, and moral nature such as you suggest. You will readily under- stand that, as a Jew, I can hardly take any active part in thiB movement, Uiou?'h it has my most hearty and cordial .upport. T]i?,.?t argument used by tba opponents of the i ,F- is that it will ?.tail dditi,nal labour upon the :ctnà;:t!1t" ¡:saaodlShih I have the very greatest sympathy, but that objec- tion can be removed in Cardiff, as it has been done elsewhere, by the Jewish r(,??idents of the town volunteering, in a purely honorary capacity, to relieve such attendants, ?d to take charge f these institutions that day, I have the very greatest. pleasure in so volunteering the services of my three brothers and myself for this pur- pose, and I am suftieiently acquainted with the feelings of mv co-religioiii?ts o2 Cardiff to ?ure you that I can in an hour or two supply you with a list of at least a dozen more who will, with us, willingly and gladly volunteer their services to endeavour to provi ? e rational amusement to all on the Sunday, and at the ame time to relieve their Christian brethren and friends from the neoessity of working on that day.

THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER" AT CARDIFF. The latest London success, The Prodigal Daughter," is to visit the Theatre, Royal, Cur- diff, next week. The drama, which is the joint production of Sir g,?"tu. Harris and Mr. Henry Pettitt, is t?, of sincerity, and abw- lutely represents the incidents of every-day life. It is brisk in style, strikingly original, and splendidly dressed. Iii addition to this, it is produced by one of the strongest companies ever seen in the provinces, the cast including such names "Mr. Harry Nicholls Mr. William Illid:nct:, MHe;'I'Yl:1\' I' Somers, Miss Grace Warner, Miss Edith Bruce, &c, In one scene is a r- in which the Grand National wilUwr Voluptuary and five (,ti??r racehorses are brought iuto p)ay. Such a dm- matic treat as The Prodigal Daughter" should bring crowded houses throughout the week.

BOARD OF TRADE APPOINTMENTS. Tho Press Association understands that Mr. F. J. S. Hopwood, who has been for some time private secretary to the President of the Board of Trade, has now been appointed to succeed Sir Courtenay Boyle as assis- tant secretary in charge of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, and that Mr. Ingram Walker, of the Finance Depart- ment, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Swanston as assistant-secretary in charge of the Marine Department. Mr. Cosmo Monkhouse will be the new assistant-secretary of the Finance Department.

MYSTERIOUS FIRE IN NEWPORT MARKET. It was stated that on Friday, as one of the stall-keepers in Newport ProviAion Marlcet was clearing out his stali, he callie npnn a cartridge lying upon some papers. He at once handed it ¡ over to the market inspector, and the latter lost no time in consulting the police authorities. The cartridge is of peculiar formation, about one inch in diameter by three in length, and having one .ad pointed, as though to explode by per- cl1Bion. Telegraphing later, our Newport reporter says There is no importanec attached to the alleged outrage. No explosive was attached to the cartridge, which could not possibly have caused any injury.

GAZETTE NEWS. I PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED. I T. R. Robin?n, Isaiah J, T C. Jones, and J. L. Philippe, trading as the Nantybar Colliery C".?p..Y, -t colliery pro- prietors -d (?..l merchants. BANKRUPTCY ACTS, 1883 AND 1890 — RUCEIVING OROFIt Richard Richards, Argoed Ganol Farm, Aroed, Monmouthshire, late collicry proprietor and farnler. FIRST MEETINGS AND DATES OF PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS William R. James, Torbant in Llanrian, Pembrokeshire, farmer; first meeting May 27, at 2.30 p.m., at the Official Receiver's, Car- marthen public examination June 9, at 1 ■ 30 a," at the Commerce-hall, Pembroke Dock. Jenltyn Lewis, Treorky, licensed victualler: ftt m?t' M?y 26, at Boon. at the Ofyi(?i?i Recetver's, Mert)?-r TydKt ;j:mNic examination June 20, at two p,m" at the Court-house, Ponty- pridd. Rosa Smith, Wynd ham-crescent. Canton, Cardiff, also trading as Henry Smith, at North Morgan-street, Canton, Cardiff, general shop- keeper; first meeting May 29, at 2.30 p.m., at the Official Receiver s, Cardiff public examina- tion June 6, at ten a.m., at the Town-hall, Cardiff. Criah H. Naish, Wellington-street, Canton, Cardiff, out of business, lately trading as Naish Bros., Queen-street, Cardiff, house furnishers first meeting June 1, at three p.m., at the Official Receiver's, Cardiff; public examination June 6, at ten at the Town-hall. CardiiL NOTICES OF DIVIDENDS. II Henry Parkin, Maria-street, N Csth-builder first and final dividcntlls, 3;fd. in the £ payable May 26, at the Official Receivers, Swansea. John J. J. P.rth-,?t,-t, P.?th, pai.te, '\nd general deal. fi""t and IInal di,-id?.d 2s. d g7, i =., £ payaMe May 26, at the Official Receiver's, Merthyr Tydfil. William E. Jo.,?., Y.y.hi,oad, Yyhir, Glamor fanshire, contractor and general deal?; first and final dividend 48, 5|d. in the £ yable  at the OffieW BeceiTer'?, '?e?!?  ?Azl 7dfil. ADJUDICATIONS. I William R. James, Torbant in Llanrian, Pem-1 brokeshire, farmer. Richard Rieh?d., Arg(?d Ganol Farm, aAn rr f" (I ]?onmoutbhir?,Itecolli ? r= 1: and farmer, John Lew. B4chmmd-read, late Caetle-rauL 1 Bnte-atMet, Md Tunnel-N.Tuee, an CMdUL hM OOI'D de&ltr. t)

WALES DAY BY DAY. Canon Thompson says the Suspensory Bill is "as dead as mutton." Apartments and temperance is the notice in a window at Llandudno. No one could tell us what it meant. During the past fortnight the Cardiff coroner has been particularly busy with cases of sudden deaths of infants and aged people. Three Swanseaites—Alderman Mason, Coun- cillor Freeman, and Mr. William Thomas—sail from Newcastle to-day for a tour through Nor- way. Descendants of Watt, who discovered the powers of steam, reside at Dohlowiod, Radnor- shire, in which county and Brecon they ara extensive landowners. Somemenare borngroat others have greatness thrust upon them. An American paper refers to the chief editor of the Ve,tm, Mail as the lion. Mr. Laseelles Carr, M.P. A pitiable result of the drought is the number of fledgeling birds which have been found dead. They- doubtless, famished through the inability of the old birds to find them moisture. Splot Ward has been presented by the Car diff Corporation with a full blown police-station. Whether this is progress or retrogression we leave it to Councillor Andrews to decide. The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry ha. left Hamilton-place for Plas Maciij uJ]..tbo her seat in Montgomeryshire, where she will entertain a family party during the holidays. One of the first subscriptions to the special fund of the Welsh Twenty for enabling a repre- sentative team to compete for the National Trophy was that of ten guineas from Lord Bute. A Bute Docks poet has bravely accepted the challenge of the (;I<J.e to find a rhyme for Penrhiwceiber. He writes All the men of Penrikyber, Are Gwalia's sons and pure Welsh fibre." There is much rejoicing at Briton Ferry, The recently formed co-operative sodcty promises to resuscitate an ancient cu. tom-that of giving away a few currants and a bit o' lard at Christmas time. Grangetown's Hotel de Marl is making pro- gress in other ways than in number of mem- bers. In the first group photographed the casks were marked XX in the latest photographs the casks bear the legend XXX. A man was sent to prison for seven dayn yesterday for breaking into the Empire Music- hall at Newport. If seven days is the proper punishment for breaking into a music-hall. Empire, what ought Mr. Gladstone to get ? In a speech at Bridgwater two nights ago Canon Thompson, of C¡¡n!itf, described himself as one of those unfortunate creatures known as Liberal Churchmen." Unfortunate, truly, when Churchmen go one way and Liberals the other. West Wales is getting more and more into disrepute. In the announcements of agricultural auction. sales may be revi-" Cheques not accepted." From this it must, be inferred that they havc too often been found valueless by the auctioneers. Cardiff is not the only place where the town football club has a loose grip of its ground. There is a rumour about that it will take some coaxing on the part of the Llanelly Club to get Mr. Manse! Lewis to grant the use of Stradey Park next season. Imagine a crowd of high-constables. Follow- ing the example tlf his immediate prede"H80r, who resuscitated a custom which had long been allowed to fall into desuetude, Colonel Lewis, the new high-constable of Caerphilly Higher, intends to entertain to dinner all the previous holders of the oflioo who arc able to accept his invitation. A WelshinRn has been selected to succeed Dr. Angus in the prineipalship of the Regent's I'ark Baptist College. He is the Rev. Robert Henry Roberts, B.A., wiio was educated at the Bristol Baptist College, graduated at the London Uni- versity 30 years ago, and for 24 years has ben pastor of a church in Kensington. He is an ex- president of the Baptist Union. It is time the Cardiff Cabs Committee hurried up a scttlementof their differences with the new 'bus company, so as to secure relief for the over- taxed energies of the present service, A man was in here on Friday night growling that on a Richmond-road 'bus fifteen persons were last night crowded into sitting room for thirteen, and five additional big-bodied people wef-e allowed to hang by the straps and around the door. There is a great contrast between the Welsh disestablishment of J\1r. Gee alld the Scotch disestablishment of Dr. Cameron, says as staunch a Nonconformist paper as even Mr. Gea would wish for, i.e., the London Echo; "the one is brimstone and the other is treacle. The one would send half the Welsh clergy to the work- house the other would guarantee the full sti- pend of every minister of the Scotch Kirk." Who is the Rev. Lewis Hughes, who "advo- cates disestablishment and disendowment for the whole e"untry"? Mr. Hughes told the Lon- don mcetillg of Liberal Churdllncn on Thursday that he was a clorgyman of the Established Church with the heart of a Nonconformist minister-truly, a marvellous composition as things go these days. Crockford "peaks of two Lowis Hughepes one is of Cymmer and the other of Camberwell. In the Duke of Portland's collect ion of mann scripts there are several documents relatingto Wales. About the time of the Irish rebellion in October, 1641, the mayor of Pembroke wrote that hundreds of poor English had landed, and that he was apprehensive that the relx ls might attack the town. There are many papers about South Wales in 1645 and 1646. One is from Captain Batten, who describes the defeat of the Royalists in Pembrokeshire and the taking of Haverford Castle by his seamen. Several documents are included relating to the Royalist rising at Cardiff in February, 1646, and its sup- pression. Two birds made such a ihn under the roof of a Porthcawl tradesman on Thursday afternoon that a crowd collected before the house. A ladder was procured, and the man who went up foimd that the birds were frantic and violently struggling. The leg of one of the bird, had been caught in a slit in the trough, and it'' mate took hold of the victim's head in his bfak and was pulling away with all its little strength. The ncaring of a man, though on kindiwss bent, frightened the birds, and with a t,remendoll. effort the prisoner was liberated, and both flew away chirping just as a large hand was on the way to the rescue. The first lady who handled the nugget of Welsh gold out of which the "Princess Mav's wedding ring is to be made, after it had been in the hands of the Duke of York, was Miss Taylor, of Cardiff. When Sir David Evans was returning from Marlborough House, when he and other Welshmen had been to induce t.h« Duke of York to allow the ring to be made,of Welsh gold, he met Dr. Taylor and Miss Taylor, of Cardiff. Placing the little lump of gold in Miss Taylor's hand, Sir David exclaimed playfully There, you are the first 'lady in whose hand the nugget has rested since, have received his Royal Highness's perr/iission to manufacture the wedding ring." A well-known bard und a clevgyman were imong the passengers in a Welsh train the other Jay. The bard started a discuF«j0n on tithea ind went for the Dean of St. /Asaph in a man- aor that wanted nothing in fervour and thoroughness. Talk wanned liP, and when the In.in reached Dufixyn th.) bard said to the ilergyman—" You speak Sensibly enough and irguo fairly, but the Deyin of St. Asaph is a false reasoner." Another passenger said that both Geo and the dean were bad people." 011 leaving the train the hard hinted that he did not know the clergyman -who argued no fairly and 10 unlike the dean. "Well," said the clergy- man. people ca&ine the Peao of St. AsaphA rhe band seenad 40 lata Toot whim lie. 11M

ALLEGED ) VTTEMPTED OUTRAGE ON MR. GLADSTONE. Our Chester correspondent learns that as the train conveying 1\1r. Gladstone from London to fester on Thursday was passing near Wille".)en Junction some heavy misRile Wus thrown wih great force at the carriage in which the right hon. gentle- j man and Mrs. Gladstone travelled. The stone entered the next compartment, narrowly missing the face of a lady. The l»ean of Chester was in tho compartmeut through which the missile! passcd. j

THUNDERSTORM IN I DURHAM. A MINER KILLED BY LIGHTNING. I A heavy thunderstorm passed over West Dur- ham on Friday afternoon. John Walton, deputy-overman at the M'Domnley Pit, near Consett, was struck by lightning and killed.