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-1 under Arrest. $ HE IS SURROUNDED WITH EVERY COMFORT. leads the Sible, Shakespeare, and Thackeray and Says he is Con- fident in Divine Justice. <9ke mail o hand from Argentina,, per French packet Bresil, brings some later particulars inspecting Jabez Balfour's demeanour under arrest. The Home Minister, in the course of an interview with a reporter, said the arrest was Beefed without the slightest difficulty. Balfour was given a. very fine room in prison, and at his request we gave him the Bible, Shakes- peare, Thackeray, and other works from his library in the Calle Caseros Chalet. Colonel Lobo, chief of police, surrounded the Prisoner with every comfort. When Balfour claimed habeas corpus I received fresh orders to detain him." The reporter then went to see Balfour himself, and a touching scene is stated k¡¡ have occurred. Jabez was much annoyed When he found that his visitor was a press fepreserifcaiive. but, suddenly brightening up, exclaimed, Why, of course, I thought I knew 10n! Are you not a relative of my old friend and neighbour F How are you ? [Warm hand-shaking.] I can have confidence in you and your newspaper. I know you will do me jus- tice. This is the first visit I have had since thy arrest from a pressman, and new that I know who you are I feel overpowered with "filotion-so many recollections flood my Memory. [Here Jabez bad to lean upon his in- terviewer for support.] I am treated very well here, but I must protest against the arbitrary conduct of Mr. Bridgett. I asked the eonsuj ^'hy I had been arrested, and here is his answer: 'Memo., Jan. 22, 1894. To J. B. Ijafour [he does not even know my name]. In reply to your question 1 beg to inform you that Jon. are charged with having fraudulently ob- tained £20 900 from the House and Land Invest" ttient Trust Company (Limited). Con- tinued Balfour We shall see about 'his charge. In the meantime, as soon 18 the people in England find out ilow I have been treated, there will be a revul- sion of feeling in my favour. You have no idea low the consul has hostilised me but I have Confidence in the justice of God." Here Jabez hoke down, and as a savoury smell of coffee Psrmfeated the prison air the correspondent of !;he Pall Mall Gazette thought it time to with- draw Balfour is described as being in excellent health, and it is said that he would be perfectly Sappy but for the presence of the consul, for thorn he seems to entertain a personal dislike.

AN ANARCHIST PLOT. intended to Blow Up the French Consulate at Chicago. A Central News telegram from Chicago this morning says -.—A plot has been discovered to hlow up the French Consulate in this city, and the greatest alarm has, in consequence, been occasioned. Detectives have been installed in ^he building with the view of watching the f rench Anarchists, to whom the plot is attri- buted, and rigorous search by the police has resulted in the discovery of three Anarchist clubs of a dangerous character. More Arrests in Paris. A Reuter's telegram from Paris on Monday says :—Nine more Anarchists were arrested here this morning, of them being the well- known Francois, or Frances, arrested in London October, 1893, a charge of being connected Tnth Ravaehol in blowing-up the Cafe Very, and acquitted after being extradited to France. Suspicious Find at Manchester. The kocsemaid at the residence of the Chief- *^table of Manchester on Sunday discovered 3 ?he window-sill a suspicious-looking canister, °h was found to contain a number of copper Q5-KeS' two glass tubes, a number of nails, and ^fitter articles connected with plates containing The contrivance, which was ingeniously Pit together, is now in the hands of the citv ANALYST.

LOUTH'S MAYOR. fudges Decide the Casting Vote which Gave Him Office was Legal. 1i.}.u,6tiees Mathew and Cave on Tuesday ^(■'Kted that Mr. Barnard Longbottom, who ■■ ite declared elected Mayor of Louth, Lincoln- on the 9th of November by the casting »jScs °f. the retiring mayor, was duly elected, r ey disallowed the vote given by Mr. Long- ■p-in0111 himself, as there was a salary of tn* year attached to the office of mayor, .therefore, be had a direct pecuniary inte- t-ni1 "J election. They also disallowed the Q "1ven I"or ^r- Cusworth, Mr. Longbottom's on the ground that it was given by ajn* who, having' been elected a eoun- iav^'f011 •^ove'm'7er I' supplied on the following "he -c Ur Peljny worth of oil to a member of v. j e brigade, which oil the council had to irii the court held that the re- mote ma**or had a first vote and also a casting 'n the event of equality of voting, as in Present instance. ssrc»«E2ss5ss9iBaaBSHBgHSBMnMeMMiaansai THE O'SHEA MONEY.

^stice Chitty is Asked to Distribute £45,000. I 4Sce"&wtos ss srs* to Mr- JjtHement case, and distribute ^S.QGO^win entitl«d-Mr. Justice .v f felfc a difficulty m distributing- the -wldren s moiety until it was ascertained that o claim would be made.—Counsel said there an action pending to revoke the probate of iss "Wood's will by an unsatisfied legatee. a lordship sanctioned the main object of the iss Wood's will by an unsatisfied legatee. a lordship sanctioned the main object of the ^Plication, adjourning matters in which there Was difficulty.

YELLOW FEVER AT RIO. J eF1ty-four Deaths on Monday and Many Cases on Ships. Router's telegram from Rio de Janeiro ^VTrynJ deaths here from yellow fever on shin nmn'kered 74. Many cases occurred on )!eis„lu the harboto. It is thought that the vernment fl0et is outside the har- as S1 £ nallil] £ by search light could be seen w^nday night. The Government fleet will a, ba++i aU corae in early on Tuesday, when !be between the opposing squadrons may &tr ex!>ec';ed. The Aquidaban, one of the ajj?^&est of the insurg-ent vessels, is absent, «er whereabouts is unknown. ¡yo- uMimutiiKIIlWIWlniaiW

IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. I ^•^Pany Shareholders1 Application in the Chancery Courts. I Jv^: the Chancery Division this morning Mr. Stirling heard an application from the i e holders of the General and Com- >p«tva ,*nvestment Trust, who sought to fiji t,a»i the directors from declaring a dividend, Kin, ground that whilst the paid-up capital, lT1thig to £ 900,000, had been invested the ^ti>-V value was much less.—Mr. Justice bng decided that as last year £23,009 profit ^ist-;ieen made the directors were entitled to L!°Ute that sum. I'JA. hi ■ miroiwnnrwiimr—

OUT ON THE THAMES. ^Vergjty Crews in Practice for the Annual Race. (j O^j^trai-y to over-night arrangements the »»00ll rif-%e crew went out on Tuesday about t-ho ori the flood. A strong wind blew from Iley Vest, taking the water very rough at Put- Poaol. th?re was a bright sun overheard. ^^le' fT '^r" ^0C),re from the bank, and irench boat, they paddled to opposite ^r's> and, turning, rowed hard to j "teps, where thev stopped and Ixad a 'P row back. y— mm 'P row back. y— mm

Sudden Death at Newport. I was give'i to the Newport ^,JS*J Tjt?-0^ce this morn'ng to the effect that 1liso:a5 °f 31, KinJ"' s-parade, Newport, shortly after'even o'clock. For s^Hh/'5s deceased had suffering from ill.

A CARDIFF MYSTERY.! Ex-inspector Lewis's Son and His Sweetheart. AUCE GQBBETTS SAD DEATH. She Escayed. From a Small-Pox Hospital And Was Found Drowned in a Canal, A cruel joke was played on a Cardiff giri who resided in Birmingham just two years back, and it is likely that a visit she then paid to her sweetheart at Cardiff- may have contributed to her somewhat mys- terious death a couple of days ag'o. Alice Gobbett, the daughter of a Cardiff man who is now in business at Birmingham recently became an inmate of the Birmingham Small-pox Hospital, and on Sunday morning she escaped from that institu- tion, and later was found drowned in an adjoin- ing canal. The circumstances of the tragedy are altogether peculiar. It is stated that in January of 1893 the deceased was about to be married. Three days before the wedding' was appointed she received an intimation that her betrothed, who lived at Cardiff, was very ill. Then there came a message that he was worse, and then another that he was dead. On the day that she had been given to understand the funeral was to take place she went down to Cardiff to follow as a mourner, only to ascertain that the story of her lover's death was an invention. She, however, kept the circumstances to herself. She returned to Birmingham, and was very melancholy for a week or more, but said little to her relatives about the matter. The father was under the impression that she believed her affianced was dead. She went to live at the Bull's Head,Villa- road, Handsworth. One day, several months afterwards, the young man walked into the Cannon street stores. kept by her father, and asked to see Miss Gobbett. The father was very much upset by this apparition, and hurried off to his daughter's place of abode. He put to her several indirect questions, which convinced him I that she did not believe, and had not believed, be was dead, and that she was persuaded that someone had sent the messages about his illness and death to mislead her. The father thereupon asked her if she would be surprised to learn that the young man was at that moment sitting in the bar of the Cannon-street- stores. This so dis- turbed Miss Gobbett that she swooned away. A few days afterwards she ruptured a blood- vessel, and was overtaken with such illness that her life was despaired of. However, she picked up a little, but very slowly, and then came a seizure with sinall-pox. She dreaded greatly being- removed from her father's house to the hospital but her removal was imperative. Her restless condition while here led to her re- moval to one of six cottages," as they are called, where she was placed under special care apart from other inmates. A composing draught was administered to her at nine o'clock on Satur- day night, and the doctor ordered her to be watched till she was quieter, and another draught to be given later if necessary. At midnight the superintendent nurse, with the authority of the octor, put a strait-jacket on the patient, but did not fasten it very tightly, as Gobbett pro- mised to be quiet, and would go to sleep. From that time she lay quietly and apparentlywellt to sleep, although it seems probable that she only affected to do so. The nurse remained with her till one o'clock, and then went for a few minutes to look in at the adjacent conva- lescent ward. The patient was still quiet on her return. The nurse paid simi- lar visits later to the convalescent ward, but was never away longer than ten minutes. On the last occasion, at half-past three in the morning', she went to put some coal on the fire in the convalescent ward, and states that she was not away at the most more than five minutes. On her return Miss Gobbett was missing, having torn herself out of the loosely- fastened strait-waistcoat at the sacrifice of her nightdress. An. alarm was immediately raised, and the grounds and adjacent pavilions were searched. The deceased appears, from footmarks which have been discovered, to have run almost straight from the lodge g'ates, which she found closed, and then to have clambered over the wall which surrounds the grounds by means of a closet pan which she procured from near by. There are indications that Gobbett's in- tentions were simply to get out of the establish- ment, and that her death was caused through her mistaking the bank on the canal side for the towing- path. The footmarks show that on alighting on the bank she turned towards the direction of Western-road, but fell into the water about a, dozen yards further on, where the bank comes to an abrupt termination. A coroner's inquest is to bo held to-morrow (Wednesday). Startling Statements. Further inquiries have brought to light fresh incidents relating to the romantic career of Miss Alice Gobbett, who was accidentally drowned on Sunday morning' while escaping from the Bir- mingha-m Small-pox..Ho.^pita]. The deceased became engaged to a young mail named Owen Lewis, who followed the trade of a ship's carpenter. He is well known at the Cardiff Docks, and particularly at the suburb of Canton, where his father was formerly inspector of police of that district. Miss Gobbett was also a native of Cardiff, her father having' for many years held the position of head waiter at the An¡;el Hotel, Cardiff. The attachment between the couple was very marked, and when Miss Gobbett journeyed to Cardiff to attend the funeral of her intended husband she was greatly upset at being hindered by his friends, who met her at the station. When she returned gTief-strickell to Birmingham she explained that her 10V0r',8 friends met her at the station and sternly refused to let her be present at the burial ceremony. The whole matter was to her a complete mystery, but sub- sequent inquiries led to the belief that the sup- posed funeral was merely a ruse. Interview with Owen Lewis. An Evening Express representative on Tues day evening interviewed Owen Lewis, who is a. young man of 24 years of age, and engaged as a ship's joiner. He says that he became acquainted with the deceased about five years ago, when she was living with her parents, her fa.ithcr being' a, waiter at the Angel Hotel, and her mother being also engaged thereat. She was learning- dress-making with a Miss Charley, of Wyndham-crescent, and he used to meet her frequently, and ultimately they kept company. About three or four years ago her father and mother went to Birmingham, where her mother died. Miss Gobbett went with them. and (continued Owen Lewis) "I corresponded with her. Then I became ill, and was out of work for some time. This was about two years ago. We had arranged to get married on March 5th two years ago, but as I was ill and unable to follow my employment, I wrote and to her and told her tba.t we would have to postpone our marriage. She seemed to have got annoyed at this, and broke off our correspondence. li is untrue tha.t either my friends or I were parties to the report of my death.

DYNAMITE EXPLODES. WLS Stowed in a Burning Building in Alaisama. A Central News telegram from New fork My,——A disastrous explosion has occurred in the town of Cullmann, Alabama. Efforts were being made to subdue a fire in the town, when suddenly a quantity of dynamite stored in the burning building exploded with 'errifk. Offect. Two persons were killed instantly and many many injured, and a, number of buildings were wrecked in the vicinity of the explosion

COUNTY FINANCES. Glamorgan Con. mittee Discuss Their Law Costs, A meeting of the finance committee of the Glamorganshire County Council was held at Cardiff on Tuesday, Lord Swansea presiding.— Upon consideration of the quarterly bill., Mr. Morris moved' that all the items under the head of law costs be taxed, especially referring to the costs of Mr. W. E. R. Allen (deputy clerk), amounting to £6 Is. 8d., for purchasers' costs of conveyance of certain land in Brynna- road, and a further sum of £ 7 14-s. 4d., costs of obtaining counsel's opinion in procedure to enforoe repairs of main roads in Breoonshire and Monmouthshire. — Mr. David Morgan understood that, as Mr. Franklen was clerk and was paid for his services;, they had a claim upon him to give opinions, when neces- sary, upon points of law, without expense to the county. He asked, was not Mr. Franklen always bound to give such advice,—Mr. T. Mansel Franklen (clerk) explained that when a difficulty arose between them and the county of Br&eon it was thought advis- able to consult Mr. Brvnmor Jones, one of the leading members of the' circuit, with a. view I of saving expense to thei county. When the matter came on they wosftd save the expense many times over, because, under the procedure they proposed, they would not be able to have costs if they were victorious, but under th» procedure recommended by Mr. Brynmor Jones they would recover costs if they succeeded.— The Chairman pointed out that the question was as to the position of Mr. Allen.—The Clerk explained that Mr. Allen had no position and 110 duties to the committee or to the council. Ho was employed and personally paid by him (Mr. Franklen) for his services. If Mr. Allen did not act some other solicitor would be appointed. In no case did Mr. Allen do anything unless at a, distinct saving to the county, and always with the direct authority cf the chairman or committee.-Mr. D. Morgan considered that the explanation was not satis- factory.—Mr. Morris 1 Certainly not.—Mr. David Morgan said they had a clerk who wàs paid for his services, and lie, therefore, pro- tected against paying a. solicitor to obtain counsel's opinion.—After further discussion, M)'?. Morris opposed the expenditure with a view of "calling attention to a general prin- --1 ne Chairman I cannot admit that. —Mr. Morri-s moved that the payments be disallowed, but the proposition fell through.— Mr. Morris Then I will bring the position of Mr. Alleu before the counci1.-The Chair- man Mr. Allen was appointed deputy-clerk by the council, and. therefore, it is not com- petent to bring it before the committee. u-tui iwwiiM n

CAUGHT BY A CANINE. A Soldier in a Welsh Regiment to be Imprisoned for Theft. At Fareham Police-oourt on Monday William Vanderhyde, private in the South Wales Bor- derers, stationed at Fort Southwick. was charged with stealing from Paulsgrove House, Paulsgrove, various articles of jewellery, value £ 15, the property of Mr. William B. Martin, on the 3rd just. The prosecutor, a farmer, went to his bedroom about half-past eleven en Saturday night, He at once noticed a strong smell of burnt fuzees, and went downstairs again, but finding that no one had been using them he returned to his room. Just at that minute a small terrier ran barking into the apartment, and went straight to the side of the bed, where he remained whining'. The prose- cutor looked under the bed and saw the prisoner. He pulled him out and asked him what he was doing there. The prisoner said that he was drunk and did not know how he got there. He had no boots on, and stated that he had lost them on the road, but; his socks were quite dean, and he afterwards admitted that he had put them outside the verandah. The accused was then searched, and in his pockets were found a- gold watch, a gold brooch, and a wide silver bracelet, valued together at £15. He requested that he should be-allowed to get his boots. He put them on. and as soon as he had laced them up he took to his heels and was not apprehended until that morn- ing.. Vanderhyde pleaded guilty, and was given a. bad character by an officer of his regi- ment. He was sentenced to six months' im- prisonment with hard labour.

CARDIFF SHEBEENER FINED. At Cardiff Police-court this afternoon (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary) John Donovan, an old man, appealed to answer a charge o- selling beer without a licence at 28, Milton- street, on the 25th of February last.-Police constable Thomas proved the case, and defen- dant was fined £10 and costs, or oce leojifcb's unnrisopment. — <

0 1 Ship Ashore Off Barry THE VANDUARA IS LYING HIGH AND DRY. II She Drifted-on the Land in Last Night's Gais but may be Re-floated I Soon. This morning the sailing ship "Vanduara went ashore off Barry Island, hetweEn Cold Knap and the Barry Dock entrance. and is now lying high and dry. The Vanduara is a vessel of 2,036 tons register, owned by Messrs. Conneil and Co., of Glasgow, and was coal- laden from Ban, Dock. She was bound for Port Piere, and left Barry Dock on Saturday week. It will be remembered that the vessel narrowly escaped going asliore off Breaksea, and was afterwards brought back to Barry Roads. On Monday she sailed again in tow of a tug, but the wind was so strong she had to anchor in the roads, and when again taken in tow by the tug in the increased gale, and in tow by the tug in the increased gale, and despite the efforts of the tug, she drifted ¡ ashore high and dry. The crew'stood by the vessel, which, it is hoped, will be got off to- night. Mr. T. D. Jenkins (of the firm of Jenkins and Co.), local brokers, in I company with the captain, went down to the vessel this morning to see what arrange- ments could be made with a view to floating her. The Monday previous to sailing a new captain was appointed. The chief mate, John M'Lane Wisman, had his leg broken during the excitement occasioned by the ship going ashore. Charge of Undermanning. It is alleged by the officers of the Sailors and Firemen's Ussion at Barry that the Van- duara. is considerably undermanned, the crew being, Mr. J. Harrison, the local secretary, states, seven hands less than during her last voyage. The matter is considered so serious that Mr. Harrison has placed himself in com- munication with Mr. J. H. Wilson, M.P., the president of the Seamen's Union, with a view of having the facts laid before the Board of Trade.

THEY WERE BONA-FIDES. Charges Against a Cardiff Landlord are Dismissed. At Cardiff Police-court this afternoon (be- fore the Stipendiary, Mr. T. W. Lewis) Albert Frederick Rush, the landlord of the Cross Keys Hotel, Queen-street., appeared to answer a charge of keeping his house open for the sale of intoxicating liquors after closing hours on Wednesday, the 21st of February. Mr. Arthur Lewis appeared on behalf of the defendant, and Mr. Arthur Rees watched the case for other persons interested.—Inspector Jenkins said that about 12.30 on the day in question, in company with Police-sergeant Yelland. he heard money being rattled in the bar of the Cross Keys Hotel, Queen-street. At 12.50 they entered the house through the baok door, and found six men in the bar and six glasses on the counter, four containing beer and two containing whisky. The landlord was behind the counter in his shirt sleeves, and when told he would be reported he said, "All right; it is my fault, I asked them in, and they did not pay."—Mr. Rush stated that four out of the six men found on his premises were inti- mate friends of his. The other two he knew by sight, but, as they were with his friends, he gave them drinks, but no money was paid. A friend of his, Mr. Jesamond, a little after eleven that night, knocked at his door and asked for a bed, as he said he had lost his train to ISewport, There were three other men with him, one of whom defendant knew intimately, and he asked them in. The other two men were ako friends of his, and they were just going out when Mr. Jesamond called, and he had then asked them to take another drink.-All the persons implicated corroborated the landlord's statement.—The Sti- pendiary said he thought the landlord was ex- posing himself to great risk in entertaining his friends in that manner, but in the face of the unshaken evidence, given by the witnesses for the defence he had no doubt they were bona- fide friends, and, therefore, the case would be dismissed.—The summons against the men found in the house were withdrawn. 5

DEAN VAUGHAN Has Had a Serious Relapse and there are Fresh Complications. The Press Association regrets to learn that Dr. Vaughan had a serious relapse on Monday night, and is not so well this morning. His medical attendant, Dr. Rolfe, remained with him all night, and is now at his bedside The following bulletin was issued this morn- ing — The Dean of Iilandaff had a relapse on Morda-y nigbi;, with fresh complications. His Condition is Grave. The Press Association, .telegra.phing at four o'clock this afternoon, sa-ys :—The condition of Dean Vaughan is considered very grave. The latest bulletin states :— The Dean of Llandaff passed a restless night and ci-ty, and grave symptoms have supervened. His medical advisers will remain with him throughout the night. Inquiries by the Queen. Our special correspondent, telegraphing at midnight on Monday, says :—On inquiry to. night at the Master's house I was informed there was no change to report in Dean Vaughan's condition. He still suffers from great exhaustion, though the cough to-day is not so troublesome. On arriving at Bucking- ham Palace this afternoon her Majesty sent a special messenger to inquire bow the distin- guished patient was progressing. During the Queen's stay in town last week she twice sent j for information about the dean, for whom she entertains very great regard. Needless to say, ( the dean was very touched at these high marks of interest, as well as of the kind and numerous ] inquiries from all quarters and from all classes. I 5

QUARREL ON A COLLIER. Cook Twitted his Shipmate with an Alleged Offence at Cardiff. The Southampton magistrates were engaged a considerable time on Monday in investigating a charge against an engineer's servant named Jolin Cook of assaulting William George Young, a fireman, both belonging to the collier Perseverence. When lying in the Empress Dock a, serious quarrel arose amongst the crew, in the course of which the prisoner threw a jar at the prosecutor, and so seriously hurt him that he had been detained in hospital since. Several remands had had to be granted, and the prosecutor appeared in a very weak condition. -The evidence showed there was great provo- cation, and that the firisoner had been twitted with reference to an alleged theft at Cardiff. —The magistrates eventually reduced the -The- Magistrates eventually reduced the offence to common assault as to be able to deal with it, and sent Cook to prison for four months with hard labour. -4

GLAMORGAN ASYLUM. Committee Want an Explanation of the Increased Cost of Maintenance. At a, meeting of the finance committee of the Glamorgan County Council, held at Cardiff on Tuesday, Lord Swansea ia the chair, a report was submitted from Dr. H. T. Pringie, M.D., medical superintendent of the county asylum, explaining the reasons for raising- the maintenance charge of patients from 8s. to 3s. 9d. per week.—After full discussion the committee passed a resolution expressing the opinion that Dr. Pringle's explanation was incomplete and confused, inasmuch as the p,ast was mixed up with the present expendi- ture, and a request was made for a clear ex- planation of the increase.

Stipendiary Magistrate Dead. Mr. Leresche, the stipendiary magistrate at Manchester County Police-court, died suddealy Monday nifffat at

Tights, Tears, Trouble -:D ALL BROUGHT BY AN ELOCU- TION MASTER. Schoolgirls Agreed to Play "Julius Coesai," but Had Not Seen the Costumes Then. Recently an elocution teacher came to Cali- fornia (Pennsylvania) and arranged to give an amateur performance of "Julias Caesar." It was to be put an by the young people of a school in the town under his direction. The elocution teacher devoted much time to the rehearsals and was to finish the costumes for the occasion. The play was to be on Friday night. That afternoon the costumes arrived in several big chests. The amateurs were all anxious to see how they would look in the garb of Roman citizens. When the hour of the performance at last arrived and the trunks were opened they expected to see such togas and robes as the history primers say were worn by the Roman men and women. But to their amazement and dis- may every girl's costume was a full suit of tights Some of the skirts descended below the knees. others did not. Three of the girls immediately withdrew from the cast. These three had pro- minent parts, and as a consequence of their refusal to appear an entire act was left out. Others wept, but played the martyr. The mother and sister of one of the girls attended the performance. Both wept at her ap- pearance, and when it was announced that a matinee would be given the next day the mother refused to allow the daughter to appear. Some members of a church of which a few of the players were members made a quiet investiga- tion. They found that the young ladies were led into the play, not knowing the charac- ter of the costumes they would be asked to wear, and excused them. The elocutionist, however, is receiving a good deal of criticism, ,„nd a brother of a young lady who appeared in the play said, If any law could be found which would apprehend him he would be arrested." The faculty of the school are also in hot water over the affair, and though no one thinks they approve the play, they fear condemnation on the fact that they allowed it to be given in the college Without inquiry into its character.

SENT TO A TRAINING SHIP. The Barry Wanderer Will be Kept There for Four Years. Francis Sidney Ince Hale (twelve), the pre- cocious youth whose home is at Barry, and whose escapades as a railway traveller have several times been noted, was brought up on Monday, at Stourbridge, charged with riding from Lawrence Hill Station, Bristol, to Stour- bridge, without having paid his fare. Mr. Harry Mills prosecuted on behalf of the Great Western Railway Company.—The boy had given his parents' address as Iddesleigh-street, Cadoxton, Cardiff, but, although he has been under remand for a fortnight, and the police wrote to the address given, there has been no response to their letter. For several years the lad was in the care of Mr. and Mrs. Hutton, Mount-street, Stourbridge, and Mrs. Hutton said he was of very good behaviour till his mother made some promises, which seemed to unsettle him, and he was sent to his mother at Cardiff. He afterwards made his way back to Stourbridge, and it may be remembered that a few months ago he was brought up in a London police-court charged wit-h riding from Stourbridge to London without a ticket. He was then sentenced to be flogged. In the present case he was proved to have travelled from Lawrence Hill Station, Bristol, to Stourbridge, and was in possession of an excur- sion fare ticket, which he obtained at Law- rence Hill Station, Bristol, in an ingenious way, afterwards altering- it to make it appear to be a genuine ticket to Stourbridge. On his arrival there, however, the fraud was detected, and he was given into custody.—Mr- Mills suggested that the Bench should convict him of being found wandering, and not having ajiy fcettled plans, abode, or proper guardianship, or visible means of subsistence. He could then be dealt with in a way that might give him a chance of a fresh start in life.—The Bench decided to send Hale, who is a very bright intelligent boy, to a training ship till he is sixteen years of age. Parents Deny Neglect. An "Express" reporter had a conversation with the parents of the lad oil Tuesday, and they deny positively the allegation made before the Stourbridge magigtrates, that they have shown indifference in the matter by neglecting to reply to the letters addressed to them by the police on behalf of their little prodigal son. Mrs. Hale, who was much distressed, told our representative it was her own fault that the first letter was not answered, but the second letter was answered at once, exphiining that, being poor people, they could not fiud money to enable her to "~o to Sturbridge to reclaim her sou. Her husband, she said, also explained their poverty to Inspector Rees, of Barry Dock, last Friday, and the oiHcer replied: "All right, I will write to the Stourbridge police pointing out the circumstances." In justice to Mr. and Mrs. Hale, it should be added, that they evinced the greatest possible parental concern each time Frank ran away, and when brought back from London by the police to Cardlff about a month ago Airs. Ha.le at once went to Cardiff, bought him a new suit of clothes, and brought him home a second time but he again disappeared in a week or two. W-JIU"

ELY SCHOOLS. All Laundry Work is to be Dene on the Premises. A meeting of the schools' visiting committee of the Cardiff Union was held at the workhouse on Tuesday, the Rev. J. E- Buckley, M.A., pre- siding.—The question of holding weekly services for the Nonconformist section having been con- sidered, it WRS decided that such services take place every Friday, first at Ely Schools and afterwards at the workhouse.—It having been found that the large amount of laundry work done at the workhouse for the inmates of Ely Schools could not be continued any longer it was decided that in future such work be executed at Ely Schools.—Mr. F. J. Beavan mentioned that in having the clothes from Ely mixed with those at the workhouse there was a possibility of spreading infectious diseases.—Alderman Jacobs spoke in favour of the establishment of a laundry at the Ely Schools, and proposed a re- solution to the effect that the laundrv work in connection with the Ely Schools be done at the schools, and that a sub-committee be appointed to carry out the arrangements.—This wa.s seconded and carried.-It was also decided to hold the meetings of the committee at Ely Schools during the spring and summer.

ODDFELLOWS PRIVILEGED. Have a First Claim on an Absconding Secretary's Estate. Justices Williams and Wright in London this afternoon disposed of the appeal in which the Truro Branch of the Manchester Unity of Odd- fellows were respondents. The local secretary, aPenryn grocer, absconded, leaving considerable debts and assets of o^er £ 400. Tbe Truro County-court judge decided that under the Friendly Society's Act the Oddfellows could prove preferentially, and as their claim more than swallowed the assets the trustee in bank- ruptcy appealed against *'Je judge's decision. The Court now upheW tl-e decision and dis- missed the appeal with costs.

DETERMINED TO DIE. Orr Put his Head in 9. Water Tank Covered wit" Netting. At Birkenhead a timbe?"aea-ler'namec} Thomas Orr committed suicide I" a most determined manner. In his timber store wa,B a tanj{ covere(j with wire netting- and containing two and a half feet of water. Orr tore piece of the netting, forced his head throfl £ ,and deliberately drowned himself by hol^g his head below the water, keeping the rest 01 ms body outside the drowned himself by holdIllg. Ig head below the water, keeping the rest of his body outside the • tack-.

Men May be Entombed. ,¡ FLAMES BREAK OUT IN A MiNE. Known that Four Lives are Lost but Fears of a Bigger Death Roli are Felt. A Central News telegram from New York this morning says :—From Scranton, in Pennsylva- nia, another mining disaster is reported. A portion of the workings of one of the numerous coal mines in the district has collapsed. Four men are known to have been killed, but it is not yet ascertained how many others were en- tombed. The mine is now on fire.

FLUNG ON A RUBBISH HEAP After Being Robbed, Gagged, Stripped, and Painted Red. What is undoubtedly a new terror li2« been added to the ordinary insecurity of wn1\ of the Paris districts at night. A respectable man from the country, who had been dining with some friends 011 Monday llight near Eiffel's Tower, was looking for a cab to take him to the Montparnasse Station, when he was suddenly seized by four "men, robbed (1f his rings, gold watch, and £8 in money; then gagged, undressed, painted red, and ilung on a heap of rubbish. There he was found a few houri: after the occurrence by the poliee. who were attracted to the spot by his stifled cries. The rescuers; threw a cape over the half-frozen man, took the gag out of his mouth. and led him to the police-station, where his friends, having been informed of his mishap, .came to claim him. The district wherein this "inci- dent" took place is periodically a "happy hunt- ing ground" of midnight desperadoes from the "slums" of Crenelle and Gros-Caillou. People returning home lat-e have often beeu stahlWd or nearly beaten to death by these ruffians; but this"is the first time that, "Pante," as the thieves usually call the person selected as a victim. has been turned temporarily into a Red Indian, after having been despoiled of his effects.

MADAME PATEY'S DEATH May have been Caused by a Fall but a Few Hours Before. The London Daily News says :—Madame Patey's death, almost in the very presence of the public, was so terribly sudden that it is hardly surpri1!ing that many erroneous state- ments have appeared as to the circumstances which led up to it. It may, therefore, be desirable to state, on the best authority, that she had shown no previous symptoms of illness, apart from a slight cold, which passed off some days before. Nor is it true that she ate a hearty meal shortly before the perfor- mance. Madame Pat-ey dined with the rest of the company, as usual, three hours before the concert began. She was received by the Sheffield audience with very great heart-mess, but to en- thusiastic applause Madame Patey was fully accustomed, and it seems strange, and almost impossible, that an encore should have had such disastrous results. We are informed by a lady who was standing by her side that, though pleased, she was in no way unduly excited. The stairs to the platform are, however, rather steep. and it seems that in mounting them hurriedly for the last time to give the encore. Madame Patey's foot caught in her dress, and she fell rather heavily on the steps. The shock mani- festly upset her, she sang in great pain, and on returning she tottered down the last two steps into Mr. Ibbs' arms. Then, despite all the medical and other efforts to save her, she gradually lost consciousness, with what results we know,

WOMAN'S DEATH BY GLANDERS Whole Upper Part of the Face Eaten A way by the Disease. Mrs. Sophia Beresford, wife of a prosperous drayman at San Francisco, has died of glanders. Four weeks ago. the woman s husband unwittingly purchased a diseased horse for the family to drive. A few days later while Mrs. Beresford was standing near the horse's head the animal sneezed in her face. Soon afterwards she was stricken with chills and pains and swelling on the forehead. She finally became so bad that she was removed to the hospital and there the true nature of the disease was dis- covered. The whole upper portion of the woman's face was eaten away by the dread disease. The husband and children have also been exposed, and their condition is being cloeely watched. The health authorities killed the horse, and will cause the arrest of the traders who sold it to Beresford at a price that was ridiculously low.

ONE MILLION FOR HIM. But Death Had Just Claimed Him When the Letter Came. John F. Gibbs, 58 years old, of Springfield (Ohio), has died of dropsy after a very shortillness. Mr. Gibbs was a man of remarkable mechanical genius and a highly respected citizen. A letter was received at the family residence for him, shortly after his death. Mr. Taylor opened it and found that it had come from England to apprise Mr. Gibbs that be had fallen heir to an estate valued at £1,000,000. It requested his immediate depar- ture for that country to identify himself. Mr. Taylor will look after the fortune, and try to secure it for Mr. Gibbs's heirs, several of whom live in that city.

A ROOSTER IN THE PULPIT. Brought by the Minister to Give an Object Lesson. Rev. Dr. Tindall created quite a sensation at tbe New York Tabernacle by the introduction of a lively rooster in the pulpit. He said the devil hypnotised men just as he would the rooster. He put the bird on a black board, pressed his head tightly down, then drew a chalk line from his beak and let him go. The rooster lay motionless for over a minute, and then got up and crowed, much to the delight of the audience. The trick was performed three times, and then the preacher tried to do it without drawing the line and failed. There you see," said he; the hypnotism is in drawing the line. The devil gets men by the neck, then leads them by the nose to hell, just as I led the rooster."

GONE TOGETHER. A Pitman and a Married Woman Leave St. Helens. The neighbourhood of Thatto Heath, St. Helens, is considerably perturbed by the simul- taneous disappearance of a single man and a married woman with several children. The blonde swain was a colliery labourer, and the brunette, unassisted by her husband, earned a living on the pit brow. The gay Lotharia be- came enamoured of Bridget, and undisguisedly declared his affection and paid her attention, the sequel being that an early train on Saturday morning bore them away to parts unknown.

FOUND DROWNED. One of a Cardiff Steamer's Crew Picked Up in the Roath Dock. The body of a sailor, afterwards identified as that of James Jones, who was one of the crew of the steamer Aberdare. was tbis morning dis- covered in the Roath Dock by the dock police. The body was removed to the mortuary, pending an inquest to be held this evening. Inquiries made of the crew of the Aberdare reveal but little information as to the unfortunate man's death. No one appears to have seen bÜn fall into the dock, though it is stated that ono of the men on board heard a splash in the water during the night.

FOR BREACH OF PROMISE A Swansea Manageress Gets Pony 1 Pounds Damages. At the Sheriff's Court, Westminster, this afternoon the jury awarded JMO damages for breach of promise of marriage against Fort Slater, of Gorse-lane, S':vau8611. ac the suit of Leuisa, Hewett, formerly of Swansea, and after- wards manageress Gf ';1, boot shop ,¡,t Broms- grove. Defendant first said he would marry in two years, and then said trade was too bad ,8 marry.

OFFICIAL RECEIVERS Are Given Power to Act on their Own Responsibility for Making Reports. I Justice Vaughan Williams on Tuesday directed that Official Receivers in Bankruptcy should act on their own responsibility in the matter of making reports on which to obtain orders for public examination of officers cr ex-officers of companies, and should not seek the direction of the Board of Trade in these matters.

To be Kiiled by a Bomb. AN EXTENSIVE CONSPIRACY IS EXPOSED. Mine Owner Was to be Lynched and Soldiers to be Killed by Dynamite. A Central News telegram from New York says :—An extraordinary story is to hand from Eagle, where a miner has confessed that an extensive conspiracy existed to lynch Mr. Wyant, a mine owner, and overawe the soldiers by dynamite. The authorities are satisfied of the truth of tbe confession, and it is stated that the Governor is in actual possession of the bomb whkli was to have been used. Gatling guns have been despatched to the scene.

AFTER LONG YEARS. How the" Son Re-united the Father and Mother. Mother. A romantic story has developed from the death of W. C. Winthrop in America about two months ago. It appears that his mother mar- ried W. W. Winthrop, a young physician, and he was their only child. When the war came the father went to the front, and afterwards spent several years in Asia Minor. When be returned to his country he did not join his wife, and his whereabouts were unknown to her. The son, however, found him, and on his dying bed sent his father a message which resulted in the re-union of father and mother.

WALES V. IRELAND. Selection of the Irish Team for Satur- day's Battle. The following team was to-day selected to represent Ireland in the match with Wales at Belfast on Saturday Back, J. Grant (Bective Rangers); three-quarter backs, W. Gardiner and S. Lee (North of Ireland), L. H. Glynne (Dublin University), and H. Dunlop (Bective Rangers) half backs, B. Tuke (Bective Rangers) and W. S. Brown (Dublin University) forwards, E. J. Forrest (Wan- derers), J. H. O'Connor (Bective Rangers), C. Rorke (Dublin University). J. Lindsay (Dublin University), James and John Lvtley (North of Ireland), T. Cream Wanderers), and G. Walms- ley (Bective Rangers). ,It will be noticed that the only alteration from the team which met Scotland is the substitution of Dunlop for Wells, the latter being unable to go the journey. The Welsh Team. Owing to several defections from the orig'i- nally selected Welsh fifteen, the team that will meet Ireland at Belfast on Saturday will be S as follows :—Back, W. J. Bancroft (Swansea); three-quarter backs, Norman Biggs, D. Fitz- gerald, J. Elliott, and T. W. Pearson (Cardiff); half-backs, F. Parfitt (Newport) and R B. Sweet-Escott (Cardiff) forwards, A. F. Hill (Cardiff), Wallace Wat-t-s (Newport), F. Mills (Swansea), H. T. Day (Newport), D. J. Daniel (Llaneliy), J. Hannan (Newport). C. B. Nichol (LlanelJy and Cambridge University), and Hut- chinson (Neath). The team leaves on Thursday, travelling via Stranraer. Belfast is reached at 9.10 on the Friday morning. Wales v. England. The following team was selected on Monday by the Welsh Football Association to play against England on Wrexham Racecourse on a,, re Monday next:Goal. J. Trainer (Wrexham and Preston North EnJ); backs. C. Parry (Llansiiian and Jones (Chirk and Bolton Wanderers); half-backs, -J. Evans (Oswestryb T. Chapman (Newtown), and Abel Hughes (Rhos) forwards—right wing, B. Lewis (Wrf'-xhant) and E. James (Clirrk): left wing, J. C. R:ea (Aberystwjth) and C. H. Bowdler (Rhayader and Shrewsbury); centre, W. Lewis (Bangor and Chester). Lockwood and the England Team. ( R. E. Xiockwood, the famous three-quarter hack, who had been awarded a place in the team picked to do hattle for England against Scotland at Edinburgh on Saturday, the 17th of March, has intimated to the Kugby Union that he will he unable to take part in the match, owing to business engagements. This decision on his part has not, it is further stated, been influenced cy bis not being made captain again, or been brought about by a desire to assist his club rather than his country. PEKAETH have Saturday next, March In, open.—Wire Dewar, Penarth- e3281 ..my _!RZ

IK place of Dally .Adven¡6eme.nt3, which, cost w a lot, of time and money, we intend givinc One Guinea Every Week to the Cardiff Infirmary, that om Custo- mers'may have the benefit of the Half-dozen Tickets, and may grant same to any deserving c3,seE.-Blaiber¡:s Arcade, Bute street to Bute terrace. Write or eali iar price 1 ist. Jewellery, Clocks, Outfitting, Hosiery, Bedding, JCtisieat Instruments, and Optical Goods. Regular Custor1 r :s state they save 5s. to ICE weekly. System of Busires -.A,pproval first, so that you. can com- pare with other a.. :ertisem8nts. BAI<In ETj"S.—Large assortment of Jewellery and Clothing. "Forfeited pledges."—49, Bute street. BARNETT'S —Silver Lever; maker, Ingram, Cardiff 50s fise years' warranty.—19, Bute street. BARNETT'S,-Silver Geneva., in good order, 6; 6d.— 49, Bute street. Gold Guard, Hoz., 45s, post free.—49, Bute street. BARNETT'S —" Special3* Flannel Shirts, Is lid, ID usually 2s 6d.—49, Bute street. B.' ARNETT'S.- '>¡elsh Flannel Drawers, Is lCd ]I not imitation.49, Bute street. ID ARNETT'S.—Tweed Suit, siae 5, hsTod.— 49. Bute street. BAEXSTT'S. — Welsh Flannel Shim, 3s. 104. Real."—49, Bute street. BARNETT'S. —500 Police Trousers, to clear, Is.lid— 49, Bute road. BABNETT'S.—Quadrant, with Telescopes complete, in bos, 27s. 6d —*9, Bute street. B~ ARNETT'S.—Lady's 3.5cs Backle Ring, set with Diamond, 14s. 6d, post free.—49, Bute street, [eulo ORFEITEI) Pledges.—"Write 01- call for Price List. e5282 TS place of Bally Adverti-sments, which cost us a lot- X of time fllld. money, we intend giving One Guinea Every Week to the Cardiff Infirmary, so that onr Custo- mers may have the benefit of the Half-dozen T cl> n and may arrant same to any deserving cases.—Bld'O is Arcade. Bute-street to Bute-terrace. Write orcal'J price list. Jewellery. Clocks, Outfitting, Hosiery, Bedding, Musical Instruments, and Optical. G,ooâs, Regular Customers state they save 5s. to 10s. weekly. System of Business.—Approval first, so that you can compare with other advertisements. lïiTODEL CLOTHING CÕ- — Bankrupt Stock JjJL Sale Men's Worsted Suits from 12s. 6d.; inspec- Lon invited.—Caroline-street. ODKL CLOTHING CO. — Bankrupt Stock ivjL Sale Men's Tweed Suits from 12s. 6d. inspection invited.-3, Caroline-street. ODEL CLOTHING CO. — Bankrupt. Stock Sale: Ken's Serge Suits frora ilf=. inspection in- vited.—3, Caroline-street. it/TODEL.CLOTHINGCO. — Bankrupt Stock l'll. Sale Men's Black Coat and Vests from 10s. 6-3. conle in time.-3, Caroline-steeet. ODEL CLOTHING CO.—Bankrupt Stock Sale. 1,000 Pairs of Tweed Trousers, from 2s. lis. mar- ,,8Ilous value.—3, Caroline-street. ODEL^CLOTHING CO.—Bankrupt Stock Sale- Men's Black Worsted Overcoats, to clear from 10s. —3, Ca.ro1ine-strcet. ODOL CLOTHING CO.—Bankrupt Stock Sale. The Noted Bell-bottom Trousers, from os. lid.— At 3, Caroline-street. ODEL CLOTHING Co.—Bankrupt Stock Sale. A Large Assortment of Mole and Cord Trousers frore 3, (.<5 -3, Caroline-street. ODEL CLOTHING CO.—Bankrupt Stock Sale Men's Wollen and Cotton Shirts from Is. at 3,Caw lins street. ODEL CLOTHING~CO.—Bankrupt Stock Sa;». SinR-lets, Drawers, and Hosiery at prices t everybody. 3, Caroime street^ ODEL CLOTHING CO—Bankrupt Stock SiJ# have everything to suit the working man. Inspection invited. 3, Caroline street. M~ oDEL CLOTHING- CO.—Bankrupt Stock The public are invited to inspect oar gocOi- competition defied. 3, Caroline street. ODEL CLOTHING CO. have 6,000 Pairs of I-frots ¡ all makes and sizes, to clear.—Caroline street t MODEL CLOTHING CO.—Bankrupt Stock sale. ¡ Come early and secure the bargrrins now effete!. f -C&rolill'3 street. ODEL CLOTHING CO. for Suits. — Caroline • 1.1 street. j MODEL CLOTHING CO. for Trousers.—Carolina street. MODE'S. CLOTHING CO. for Hosiery, Ca-yihifi st:-cr. "j^JODEL CLOTHING CO. for Shirts, I aroline freest. CLOTHING CO. for Boots, Carolina rnwet C-. ueneral Sen-ant: three in famiiv.—1^1. iryco-aibe, Porthkerry road, Barry. feSfiStiuSD l' COl,DSTREAM-TERRACE. Cardiff.-Board and Lodgings for Two or Thrt e G-entlemen hot an cold water bath every home consfort-; terms moderate; no children. COMFORTABLE LMging.* or Apartments for riVo COMFORTABLE LMging.* or Apartments for riVo respectable Men: ?uit- Two Ladies engaged during day. — Address 93, Woodvilie read, Ciuhivr*. («=r- diff. CJ431U12 WANTED, by respectable Person,Washing or Clean- iii £ r Four or Five Days a Week.—Address 59. Minny street, Woodvilie road, CathayCardiff. c5430ui2 PRIVATE Information Agents. — Removals of JL Debtors, Financial Status Inquiries, Debts Collected on Commis.3ion, distance to object no charge made until commissions are accomplished. — V 2, Express Office, Cardiff. e3428uI2 WANTED, by respectable Person, Family's Wash ing; good drying ground.—Address E. L., 59 Miany street, Woodvilie roafi. Oat-hs-* Cardiff. i e342u8

SUNK IN THE ROADS. Board of Trade Inquiry Into the Loss of the Clytha. A Baard of Trade inquiry into the collision between the steamships Cadoxton and Clytha in the Barry Roads, resulting- in the loss of tDe Clytha and seven lives, was opened at the Town-hall, Cardiff, this afternoon, (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary), Captain Knox, B.N., Captain Anderson, and CaptÚn Richardson, nautical assessors.—Mr. Waldon appeared for the Board 6f Trade, Mr. Yachell for the master of the Cadoxton, Mr. F. Vaughan for the owners of the Cadoxton, and Mr. A. M. Ingiedew for the master of the Clytha. Mr. Waldron, in opening the case, said the inquiry was ordered by the Board of Trade into the circumstances attending' the loss of the steamship Clytha, of Newport, through collision with the steamshin Cadoxton, of Cardiff, in the Barry Roads on February 17 last, whereby a loss of life accrued. The Clytha was built in 1881. and was 511 tons net register. She left Cardiff at 4.50 a.m. on the day named with a crew of sixteen hands and a carge of 1,090 tons of coal, bound for Southampton. She was ill charge of a pilot, who left her at Lavernock. The wpather was dirty and misty, with rain and wind blowing' stronsr from the south by west. The vessel proceeded at fall j speed Oil a west halÏ Routb course, and the j master was on the bridge. The first and second mates were also 011 the deck engaged ill clear- ing up. At 5.50 in the morning the vessel was off Barry, and the master altered his course to west half north. The man 011 the look-out save a white light 200 or 300 yards distant and about one and a-half points on the port how, and he reported it. He saw this light pass over to the starboard and then fall back again about half the distance. It subsequently passed to starboard, and kept there. {"Proceeding.)

IN A LONDON BAKERY. Sewage Flowing inches Deep Around the Bakehouse. Revelations of a remarkable nature were made at Worship-street Police-court on Saturday, in a casein which a baker named Simon Rosenbloon, carrying on business at BrushSeld-street, Spital- fields. was summoned for permitting- a nuisance to exist in his bakehouse.—The Inspector said defendant was tenant, not of the whole house, but of a shop, a room behind, and a bakehouse behind. Witness visited the premises on Feb- ruary 27. and inspected the bakehouse. He found a water-closet divided from the bake- house by a rough partition, the approach to the place being by a dark passage with wooden watls. All along; the passage, and percolating through the wooden sides into the bakehouse, sewage matter wa" Rowing inches deep- There were 48 people living or working in the house, seventeen of them being children. A notice was served on the defenda.nt to do away with the nuisance, and two days later the place was visited again. The defendant was then in bed, but a man and a boy were making tarts in the bakehouse, bread being" made and baked at night. Nothing had been done. and a summons was at once applied for.—The defendant said he paid 33s. a week for the shan. bakehouse, Rnd sleeping-room, and had paid the landlord £30 to get possession.—Mr. Bushby made an order to close the place forthwith.

DRAWING ROOM. The Queen's Presence Fails to Attract a Large Attendance. The Press Association states that the Queen's Brawisg-rocm this afternoon was an excep- tionally small one despite the fact that her Majesty may not attend a similar function later in the year. There were only 142 presentations, and matters were so arranged as to allow of the functions being over in an hour. The ceremony was in full State, and all the great officers of State attended. The iloyal party included the Queen, Em Frederick. Grand Bake of -Heste, Prince Wales. Princesses Victoria and Maud of Wales; Duke of York, Prince and Princess Christian. Prince Henry of Batenberg, Princess Beatrice, Duke and Duchess cf Connaught, Duke and Duchess of Teck. and Princess Alix of Hesse. Guards of honour, with bands, were mounted near the entrances tc the Palace, and the Life Guards lined the rout-e from Marl- borough House. The crowd near the approaches to the Palace was less dense than usual. Lord Rosebery, as Prime Minister and Lord President of the Council, occupied a conspicuous place near her Majesty. There were also present- many other Ministers, and the Countess of Spencer again undertoek the duty ef introducing1 the diplomatic corps. -1.

BIG STEAMER AT CARDIFF. A White Star Liner Bunkering for New Zealand. The White Star Liner Ionic arrived in Cardiff this morning for the purpose of taking on board about 2,500 tons of coal for the blinkers, berth- ing under the Hunter cranes all the east side of the Roath Dock. The Ionic is a four-masted steamer with three decks, and was built at Belfast in 188-3 by Messrs. Harland and Wolff. Her gross registered tonnage is 4.755. and she carries a crew of 110 all told. The Ionic is engaged in the New Zealand frozen mutton trade, having made 26 voj e- to that country. Sevens mouth* ,.a'e she docked at Belfast ior t,r purpose of having new engines and boilers and for general repairs, and her run round to Oafdiff was the first after the altera- tions had been completed. She is beatifully fitted up. ana is registered to carry 85 first class and about 150 third class passengers. She will leave Cardiff for London on Thursday, and will leave Landon on March 22 for Xew Zealand. The Ionic is commanded by Captain Ridley, whose chief officer is Mr. Chapman.

A CARDIFF CAPTAIN FINED. He Allowed the Steamer Grimsby to bø Overloaded. At Cardiff Police-court this afternoon (before Mr, T. W. Lewis, stipendiary) Mr. Ivor Vachell, cm behalf of the Board of Trade, urosecufced Captain Wood, of the steamship Grimsby, be- longijig1 to Cardiff, for allowing his ship to be so 'oadftvi on the 17th of February that her winter watsf-line was submerged 2Jin.—Mr. Handcock, who appeared for the defence, said he did not uisjteAte the facts of the case at alL While the ehis was loading the mate had been left in chj^isre by the captain, and as there wa, a gale of «ind blowing- the position of the ship was net noticed.—Defendant was fined £25 and ctcts or one month.

T0NGWYNLAI8 SU!C!DE Sallowed to the Grave by the Gi1'l He was to Wed. The fsneral of William Diamond, of Ton- gwynlais, who committed suicide under most distressing circumstances last week, took place &t Whitchurch on Munday. A large number attended the obsequies, amongst whom was the young- lady to whom deceased was to have been married. The unfortunate man was 38 vears of age. and not 30. as stated.

TO-DAY'S MARKETS. CORN. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—A moderate spot busi- ness was concluded in wheat at Friday's rates Calif««iian. 5s lid American red. 4s lOd to 4s lid per cental. Maize moved slowly, at 3s 8d for mixed and 3s lOd for River Plate, Flour met a quiet demand at late rates. Beans rather lower to sell. Peas. oats. and barlev quiet at about previous values. CATTLE. SALPOBD, Tuesday.—The supply of cattle was smaller and trade dull. There was a verv much large? supply of gheep. and demand for choice weights. A few lambs were in the market, which met with a slow sale. The tame number ef oalves, and good qualities were in demand. QuotationsCattle. 4id to 6 £ d; sheep, 6Jd to Bfd calves, 5d to 7Jd. FISH. GRIMSBY. Tuesday.—A moderate supplv of fish was brought in by about 37 smacks ana nine steamers. The quantity of cod was fair. but halibut scarce. There was a brisk demand. Quotations :—Soles, Is lOd to 2s Id turbot. li 3d to Is 6d brills, Is Id to Is 4d per lb yiaicft, As to '5s 6d; lemon soles, 8s to 10s whitings. 2s 6d ? 4s wkitehes, 4s to 6s • live halibut, 8s to 1&) ditto dead, &s to Ss per stone live cod. 2s 5s ditto <ie$d. Is 3d to 2s each; kit haddocks. Ma t? £ & sos.