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Reed s Roundabout StoryI
Reed s Roundabout Story AM EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF WORD SPINNING. Sir Edward Maanlthrt Lord Rosebery 'L PR°niised to Gome to Cardiff BUT WIN Think of it. The FOLIOU UIJ,. W TJIE COMMUNI(.A.TIOJJ addressed E" J- *EED to Mr. R. N. Hall, the Lord I{ tne probability of ^OIEIK-I-Y visiting: Cardiff: — ROADWAY^HAMBERS, Westminster. London, S.W., May 29, 1394. Hall.—I this morning received a QUE roin Lord Rosebery's secretary, aud have 1 R°ULLC'- afternoon and had a lengthened ^MUVAFOON with his lordship. As the note MPUES, LORD ROSEBERY does not feel able either EOMT" I° Cardiff at present or to name a time 'EN HE will be prepared to come; bur, at the Ntme time, he wished me to understand and to j STATE that lie WILL regard a visit to Cardiff during IT pitsjeiit year, IN response to our invitation, Il" an object to be carefully kept in view, and ~[IC. it "iJl giVt, him much pleasure to carrv OUT it lie can find opportunitv. I MENTIONED to his lordship that the question «»RISE ;LS TO t-he position which Cardiff ° ° ) UPF in the competition for his pre- I NO doubt-, existed to a consider- able extent, ARJD IA ANS,VER TQ TBIS LORD EOFIE. r„ "as ood enough to tell me of iiis ENGAGE- MENTS alreadv „ EXIsting (to speak M certain plaoes), and this made his difficulty WITH respect to arm GREATER than I had expected. With- OUT {•■>-»]. ■. I I •, N -J, I S lordship to more than I T SA»C ABOVE, I nut.Y sav for myself that the impression TUF T J X. TD'C -1- derived ironx the interview is TILLS?—ULLAT; IV^, '6 may oonnaently hope for a visit from his LORR^-I.- I +I, I. -K U' U1P during the present vear, and TILIL LL WILL ryi- 1 H E HIM pleasure to make the visit at no VERV <1; ± I J U^TAUT date.—Tours. &c., E. J. REED.
HEW BULLET-PROOF COAT.
HEW BULLET-PROOF COAT. Important Discovery Made by MR. Hiram Maxim. ,I-^WES EXHIBITIONS of the protective qualities of 1, R J, famous cuirass M tins country Jea-t ^NA3L8LO-AMERIGM RIVALRY- THE who 1 '"iventor, MR. Hiram Maxim, long settled in this ■MTT-IF "± AS *° RTgarded as one of ourselves, ™ « to of U|(j weis foll()ws:_ IN'.HO S'I)I>EI^S cuirass is about fourteen in^Zhi^nrhes m thatit is three three-uua~W'. .WEIGHS eleven pounds and Theatre AIV„!F + T!L« TRIALS at the Alhambra WAS first to thirty inches of oak Projectiles FTOMAV,ITHE? LT(1WA?, fOUND. «IAT service CART-^1 1 Lnglish and German through HVIT GEI! WOUID pass completely the three-inchLN. "° A'E DID THEY TLIR°ugh I do not THINI-^11'3,88 EVENTED by Herr Dowe. the guns BEINT RE CAN be any mistake about ammunition PROPerly loaded with the proper IS one of THE O that Mr. Lowe, who present, WITH shots in tlie world, was small-bore 1)R,'36"VEI :?L. boxes of genuine English #IA.T MR. LOW'!11UILLITIO11 with cordite; WAS used ° ^URAI^HED the rifle, which that at least AE ^OADE(I the rifle himself; and Passed into th °L 01IE 0CCIU'I0U the rifle never fired by AN JR E PANELS of the Germans, but was when I READJ 11 +1 must admit that NIents, which °K SE NI0;5T remarkable experi- brave and I«N brought together so many VICE, I felt O OF HER Majesty's Ser- *'ILL admit THAT' T r JEULOUS: OF HCRR DOWE- 1 come to ENE.I DL<^ U°T like to have a German MANY peotije AND L)RES(-11.T .something which which coultf to believe beat anything 8Xpressed THE Produced here; in fact, many RESULTS of T.K.M VES AS BEING astonished at the tied that \V E^PRIMEUTS. But I felt satis- thing ERIIIUIF-S*LOU^D A^LE to produce some- AECORDING},, T"°°D' 110T better, in England. *uents A+ F.V E°ii'tinenced a series of experi- past twelv EV+I! °'CLO°K ON Thursday. At haif- PAASED ->1 R ^PT^IMENTAL stage had been cuirass o7 W SENO«S3Y began to construct A that WITH THE experiments showed INORGANIC NVL?' *? CJ^IBIHATION of organic and TIRED FROM TH^T? ST°P » projectile CHARGE of eordit S6RVLOE R^E with A full DOWE? EXPER^' WHO were present at Herr I HIS cuirass WERE °F T-'LIE opinion that bensorue. IT Rather too heavy and eum- 1-e.ss than 1118' remembered that it ie not "pounds AND1"' AI^D weighs about eleven only L^IN, ^EE-quarters. My cuirass is I find, HOW^E AJ weighs about ten pounds. *T»nd the "3'^ I can make one that will posed to that Hen- Dowe's was ex- hen. the J;/ weigh only six pounds. HE I1 FIRED at H-err Dowe's »• PORTION of TH I ^IN. from the edge, and escaped at. «< which was broken up, considerable 'E EDSE of the cuirass, cutting a with wdiich •,NIVMT>ER of holes in the paper allow MV T, VVAS covered at the time. If I the FRAGMEN.+ LRA^S ix"mstruct«d so that POUNDS, but •FE>R'APE: ]*T «11 weigh only six four po'uuds PREVENT this it will weigh EXPERIMENTS R^ORE" Erom when I commenced the time ™ 01 NI-' CUIRASS until it was finished t-ish GOVEN^ °NLY SIS. HOUL'D> A«D IF ,TBE Bri- invention TLNEO* F^EL inolined to purchase my to ANV OFF! •. 33X1 W^IIRIR to divulge the secret VSRRURIENT FEI' ^L^&TED bv her Ma.jestv's Go- < DOWN'S 4 0R-THE «LLM OF 7P- &D. oash (Herr PAY for FK 16 SAID> £ 200.000). This will IN the -IRIRF MATEI-IALS, "all of which I obtained A demon °F I propose to give HRHH (' °° °f niv invention at the QUITR GUNFF on Friday at a terested iT, THI* P'?-" WIL° 1S 1D" THESE P,« '• OBJECT, IS invited TO witness and TO'\ ENMEUTS' SPECIALLY Mr. C. F. We, SVERVR- ^RB)? their own. rifles and ammunition, IS esn- NWLD '3-E "IVEIT a shot. Mr. Lowe RIFIE^^PC>ciailly invited to bring down the same USED + ,F E &ame kind of ammunition as THEAT J EXPESINIENFAJ at the Alhambra that -H8' AN hereby authorise him to see THE 16 experiments are conducted in exaetlv SAME manner." OR, '^FIING THE NEW CUIRASS. LARE-P ¥LCLAJ AFF0RNCON, in the presence of a N-O+O IC°^ANY' 5T,OLUDING several officials con- AP the Government, Mr. Maxim gave test ,^OU °F ^HIS^ bullet-proof shield. The test consisted of the firing of cordite cartridges TRP 6 from an English service weapon, THIC1°AV^BRIDGES penetrated a. plate of steel |in. JIL' failed to go through the cuirass. At thair U8*-ON °" experiments ^IT transpired of SNIRASS, which weighs 8|lb., consisted «AEH"SV °F STEEL with a covering- of felt on
-------SHIPPING DISASTERS.
SHIPPING DISASTERS. Scarborough YAWL Missing and all Hands Thought Lost. FCOROU^11^ ^AS ^EON HEARD of the missing Scar- ALN ^<APORNSNIM. and it is now placed W!TH II ?E^OT,(I doubt thai; she ha.s been lost BERG A F ~_ANDS: FIVE in number. Only two MEM- GV,- 0 ^HE crew were laaj-ried. namely, the SWRAV^I. G. Blog'g', and Gardiner Warman, the THE 1 HANI. The latter leaves three children, ICAVV"1^6?' BEING seven years of age. The other AR'JJ RS 01 CREW were J. Appleby, Robert TKA+ AN4 *^°BN Bullamore. The suraiise is "BE ^AWI HAS been run dawn. RF,| AT CASUALTIES. A-L ^ORTJ-1 AMERICAN steam liner Fisher, of Aberdeen, stranded off Rosehearty. and floated the tide rose, with no damage. AT<VF-^LSH STE £ ^6R SLE«tra, which stranded istreliam on May 18, has been floated. Norwegian barque Christina, from STOFT T:0.LWLTH A CA,RGE OT LCE> AL"Ved at Lowe- LOSS OF MIWNMAST and sails split. No TA^CE rendered. JV- AE ^PANISH schaonei* Eederico Barreras, from TA^CE rendered. JV- AE ^PANISH schaonei* Eederico Barreras, from FOUIHR,°I VI"° WITII A CAL'GO OT SALT,' has *4 V TC<1- All on board were saved and landed 15*0,
LONDON TRAGEDY. :
LONDON TRAGEDY. SChnlerfeldt Refuses to Make a State- ] ment at the kiquest. J THE ^EFTR^OAER-S inquiry into the Sba-ftesbury- 1 EBUI^.F was resumed oa Friday evening. --TSLDT, a friend of Mr. Rasch. who has M ^EDA»AC cessory to the robbery which ^TOL^ ,AT Rasch'S hoase, was present in THE AN^ WAS represented by a solicitor.. 5 ADDRE:?SINF THE jury, said he had V TE8TILFL«S A^ED ,WITH the Home Secretary, and as WA-S present, and comld, if make a statement, but he was R TTSED .THAT ANYTHING he might say would be I^E,NCE ^BIST him. 1 „, ^T I5^1DT stated, through an interpreter, nothing to say beyond what '113 had RTED, which was the truth, and he .E TK RI°T to say anything more till he went 1. CUE magistrate. that was the result of his C ,E<<,SQFV ^011 -WITH the solicitor to the EV-T V AAD he thought, it would bo reason- t ^T^CE 3AIN adjourn the case, as farther IJJQ^I^BT be forthcoming. A R IUU'J was ADJOARA^I cufttii FRI^Y NEXT. J I FE.
Rebels Removed Rails.
Rebels Removed Rails. THE SALVADOR RAILWAY DISASTER. Detai Is now to Hand Shew a Death Roll I of Two Hundred and One Hundred and Twenty injured. I A Dalfcitr-1 s telegram from NEW York says: •—Details have now been received here- re- garding the terrible railway accident which recently occurred in Salvador, and in whieh President Ezeta had a very narrow escape. It appears that President Ezeta, with 1,500 troops, started on the 3rd ult. to proceed by rail to the assistance of the Government troops operating agaius the rebels at Santa Ana. The insurgents, learning of the approach of these reinforcements, removed some 01 the rails on a steep gradient. The train on reaching the spot was completely wrecked, eight cars being telescoped. Two hundred of the troops were killed and twenty were injured.
TWOPENNY TOLL.
TWOPENNY TOLL. Keir Hardie Will Block the Bute Bill in All its Stag s. Mr. S. G. Hobson, a prominent member of the Cardiff Independent Party, shows his sturdy independence by carefully carrying all bis news to the Radical papers. This morning he wrote to our contemporary as follows.-—"I do not know what steps are being taken to effectually counteract the action of the corporation sub- committee in so weakly yielding to the pressure of Sir William Thomas Lewis and agreeing to the iniquitous toll. Sir Edward Reed M.P., must find himself in a false position, for whilst no doubt he is strongly opposed to the proposed claim, he is practically bound to abide by the decision of the corporation. Under these circumstances the emergency committee of the Cardiff Independent Labour Party has requested Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., to oppose the Bute Docks (Cardiff) Bill in all its stages through the House of Commons, and Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., has decided to block the said Bill in all its stages until the obnexious clause has been unreservedly withdrawn. ■ILTTBSGWI IM IN, ~T-WM«NNTAN
WOULDN'T CARRY COKE.
WOULDN'T CARRY COKE. Women Convicts Start a Novai Strike at Wormwood Scrubs. The Press Association learns that a strike of a somewdiat novel character has just taken place at Wormwood Scrubbs Prion. ere is at this prison a laundry in which about 50 female prisoners are daily employed, and it had always been the custom to have the coke, of which A considerable quantity is consumed, brought in by male prisoners in charge of male warders. The governor, however, thought well to issue a new order that the coke snould be henceforth conveyed into the laundry by the women theniseh E*. This order raised a feeling of resentment. The governor's new order was put in force in the morning, and the women .resolved to strike. They were put, as usual, into their separate cells tor dinner, but when required to return in the afternoon to the laundry they refused to do so. They bar- ricaded their cell doors with their plank beds, and would neither come out nor permit the officers to enter. The matron failing to in- duce them to come to terms, the matter was reported to the governor. Every endeavour, however, failed to induce the strikers to return to work until the order was cancelled, when peace was restored.
LABOUR CRUSADE.
LABOUR CRUSADE. Proposed Visit of Leaders to Cardiff, Swansea, and Neath. The members of the Independent Labour party in South Wales are eagerly anticipat- ing the impending visit of Mr. Fred Brockle- hurst, B.A., independent- Labour party can- didate for Bolton, and Mr. Tom Mann. The former will arrive first, and will probably address meetings at Cardiff, Swansea, and Neath. During the. time intervening between the meetings he will be engaged, in conjunc- tion with THE local executive, in party organi- sation. Mr. Tom Maain wiU probably ad- dress meetings at Morriston, Neath, and Car- rliff. His will be a "Hying" visit. v-
DERBY DESPERADO
DERBY DESPERADO Threatens to Blow Up a Mansion and Signs Himseif Invincible Jack." At Derby Police-court- on Friday a lad named Samuel Staton, aged fifteen, was charged with sending a threatening letter to Miss Margaret Newton, daughter of a banker and ex-higli I sheriff. He was also charged wjth placing upon a window-sill at Mr. Newton's residence ,a canister containing powder. The canister con- tained GIB. of gunpowder, which did not ex- plode because the fuse- was inefficient. The letter, which was signed, "JAY Hawk," stated: "I placed the can of powder against your win- dow. This is but A sample of what is going to follow. I shall use. dynamite in large quan- tities. which will shake the manor to its foun- dations." The letter contained a threat to shoot two policemen. A somewhat similar epistle was sent to a Mr. Hodson, in which the writer swore, to have revenge if money was not deposited in a certain spot. The letter was signed "invincible Jack."—The accused was committed for trial.
TURPIN'S MACHINE GUN.
TURPIN'S MACHINE GUN. The Death Power of the Weapon said to be Sold to Germany. A Router's telegram from Paris says: —M. Francis La,ur, a former deputy and a well- known engineer, gives in the "Figaro" an account of an interview which he had with 1\1. Turpin, while the latter was confined a,t the Etampes Prison, on the subject of his newly- invented met-railleuse. This the inventor de- scribed as a machine- gun, mounted on a, steamer or on a railway train, capable of dis- charging in all directions, and at any angle, small shells loaded with a special explosive substance and sweeping everything around it within a radius of six kilometres, or three and three-quarter miles.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Interesting Pars about Interesting People. Mr. F. C. Selous, the African hunter, who has been spending his honeymoon in Italy, is expected back ill England early next month. A statistician has found out that Prince Bismarck's chest measurement would require to be at least 21ft. in order that he might wear all his 482 decorations at one time. Here i sail amusing story from the House of Commons smoking room. A hon. gentle- man. of Australian origin had brought in gome Australian friends, and all talked boastfullv of the superiority of the Australians to the people of the mother country. They insisted on this superiority to such an irritating ex- tent, that at last a member, representing a Northern oanstitueaicy, was provoked into retort. "Well," said1 he" "the Australians ought to L>E superior to us. Most of their ancestors were sent over by some of our very best judges." The little story which appears in the June number of the "English Illustrated Magazine," entitled "Measure for Measure," is from the pen of the Duchess of Sutherland, whose scunev/hat traii'spa-rent pseudonym ("Erskine (rower") embodies her own and her husband's family names. The Duchess of Sutherland, •it will be remembered, wrote some time ago, when Marchioness 01 Stafford, A little book, "How I Spent My Tweutv-first Year." She is the half-sister to the Countess of Warwick, and the daughter of that fine poet the late Lord Rosslyu, whose literary tastes she in- herits. =-
THIRTY-SIX YEARS IN PRISON.
THIRTY-SIX YEARS IN PRISON. Ap (.Turn-bridge Assize on Friday Thoma.s Dearman, otherwise George Dean, aged 57 years, of London, who, it WAS said, had spent 36 years of his life, in gap!, a.nd was now on ticket-of-leave, pleaded guilty to three charges :11 burglary at Cambridge last March, and was sentenced to ive years' penal servitude. A Further c-ha.rge of attempting to cut the throat OF the policeman, who arrested him WAS not proceeded with. J!IIIIQ:
..------.--'-What Talking…
What Talking Costs in Court. Mr. Justice Hawkins, who was hearing R, case )u Friday in the Queen s Bench Division, re- MARKED to a. witness: "You seeni very fond of balking. Let me tell you that time here is very I-aluable, and whi]e you are talking it costs about half-a-orown. every minute. Someone svill have £ 0 PAY it,"
Shielding Her Shame.
Shielding Her Shame. A SERVANT CHARGED WITH1 CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH, I' Her Child's Body was Found in a Tanki with a Piece of Cotton Tied Round its Throat. At the Pembrokeshire Assizes at Haverford- west 011 Friday (before Mr. Justice Kennedy) Kate Hiokey. 33, a per.-on of melancholy appearance, was indicted for the wilful murder of her illegitimate female child in February last. The fact that a coroner's jury had found that 1 the mental condition of the prisoner was such that she was not responsible for her actions at the time she committed the murder gave the hearing A somewhat formal character. Mr. W. Bowen Rowlands, Q;C., M.P., and Mr. Rhys Williams appeared for the prosecution-, I and Air. C. H. Gla-scodiiie for the defence. The Judge in his charge described the case as the most serious on the calendar, but added there was nothing very special about it. The grand jury, after a. brief deliberation, found a true bill against the prisoner. On being called upon to plead she in a clear voice pleaded "Not. guilty" to the charge. Mr. W. Bowen Rowlands, in opening the case for the prosecution, said it would seem that 011 December 23 last year the prisoner was engaged by Captain and Mrs. Payne, residing at The Croft, Tenby, as their cook, and immediately after she had entered their service observations were made with reference to her by others in the household which led them to suspect, that before very long she would be confined. On the 11th of February— 011 a Sunday night—the prisoner complained of not feeling well and of being very tired, and went to bed. III the morning she got up about seven o'clock. About 7.30 a.m. on the 12th of February she complained that she had had a very bad night-tlmt she had been suffering from headache and toothache, and had no sleep during the whole of the night. On a ser- vant asking her if anything was going to happen—whether she was going to be confined —she said "No; nothing of the sort." One of the servants when in the pantry, later 011 in tlw morning, saw the prisoner come out of her bedroom with a parcel in her hand. She went through a passage into the knitchen. Shortly after she had gone to the kitchen the house- maid also went there, and saw the prisoner deposit a parcel which she had with her when ¡ she left the bedroom. This she put under a cupboard. Nothing further was seen of her movements until the housemaid, a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes afterwards, went into the coal-cellar, next to which was the water doset, and, Oh3ETYing upon the seat of this the marks of feet, she got. up herself upon the seat- and looked into the storage tank—the water tank which is immediately above—where she saw a bundle. This afterwards turned out—A con- stable having been sent for—to be the dead body of a newly-born child. Round its neck wasv a piece of pink cotton tightly tied. This cotton corresponded with a larger portion of the same which was found in the prisoner's lXJx. The doctor duly arrived on the scene, when it was discovered that the prisoner had recently been confined. The child was ex- amined and a post mortem held. The cotton was taken off the neck of the child, and it was found that underneath the cotton there was a depression—the neck had been squeezed—and inside there was a slight congestion of the veins corresponding with the external mark ,of the pink cotton. Aledical men would come for- ward to state that they had no doubt that the child was born alive, and that it had had a separate and independent existence from its mother, and they attributed the cause of death, without any doubt, to strangulation. The question the jury would have to consider was whether the child was born alive, whether or not it had had a separate or independent exis- tence from its mother, and what was the cause of its death. In reply to an inquiry by the magistrates, the prisoner said, I have nothing to say, only I did not murder the baby. I did not know what I was doing, and I did not hear a stir out of the baby. IT was in the chamber the baby was born, and I had not seen it for a long time after—I should think about two hours. I don't know whether it was dead or alive. I have no witnesses to call." EMILY M'Kay, lady's maid to Mrs. Payne, The Croft, Tenby, said that some six or seven weeks after the prisoner entered Airs. Payne's service she showed signs of being in the family- way. On the morning after the lltli of Feb- ruary witness saw a change in the prisoner's figure. She complained of having spent a bad night. Witness asked her if she was going to have a child, and she replied, Oh no such thing."—Cross-examined by Mr. Glascodine: The prisoner was an Irish woman, and came. over from Ireland to enter Mrs. Payne's service. Ellen AI'Sweeney, housemaid in the employ of Mrs. Payne, proved seeing the prisoner car- rying a parcel from her bedroom on the morn- ing of the 12th of February and place it under the cupboard. The parcel was wrapped in a blue skirt, which she hung behind the door. About twenty minutes after witness noticed there was a footprint on the seat of the w.c. She got up on tne seat. and, looking into the tank, saw something white there, and gave the alarm. Police-sergeant Watts arrived, and took what proved to be a baby. There was some pink cotton round its neck.—Cross- examined She came from the same part of Ireland as the prisoner, viz.. County Cork. Among Irish girls illegitimacy was looked upon more seriously than was the case in this country. Do you know a custom in your country to tie something round the neck of the new-born child?—No, sir. It is taking the place of private baptism— have you not heard of it?—No, sir. Frances Hughes, governess at No. 4, The Croft. Tenby, having given evidence, Police-sergeant Watts proved finding the body of the child in the tank with a piece of cotton print round its neck. The prisoner having been examined by a doctor, witness charged her with concealing the birth of her child. In the prisoner's box witness found a piece of cotton print- corresponding with that which wa" round the child's neck. Superintendent Evans, Pembroke Dock. put 111 the statement made by the prisoner, which appears above. YP Knowiin.g, of Tenby, deposed that the child was rather undersized, although fully developed. The pink cotton was tied ven- deeply at. the back of the neck, forming a deep depression. The mouth and lips were very livid. The tongue was pressed between the gums. Those signs made 'him suspicious that death was due to strangulation. He noticed slight- congestion of the windpipe. That corresponded with the external mark. The heart was noted to be large. That was consistent with death from. strangulation. The lungs were crepitent. That showed that the child had breathed. It might possibly show that the child was born a,live, but not neces- sarily so. The heart and lungs floated in water. That showed that air had entered very freely into the lungs. In his opinion, the child had a separate existence from its mot]¡¡;r. Cross examined by Mr. Glascodine Strangulation was cutting off air from the lungs. The symptoms he had described led iliim to believe that death had also resulted from a.sphyxia. Suppose the cord had been put round the neck shortly after death—hours before you saw it—would it produce the same depression in the neck as that which you saw ?—Yes. Dr. Lock, Tenby, who asisted the last witness at the post-mortem examination, oorro- borated as to death being due to asphyxia, but could not state whether it wa.s brought about gradually OR suddenly. lIe was of opinion the child had a separate existence. Cross-examined: The marks on the neck might have been caused after death, that 1"" if the cotton was applied immediately after death and with a great force. If the child were overlaid in a bed, the symptoms would be the same as those exhibited in the present Mr. Glascodine having intimated that he had uo witne,ss8s to call, Air. Bowen Rowlands addressed the jury, pointing out that the point to which the defence had ohietly been dirooted was the cause of death. In this connection 118 remarked that, although it had been suggested that the cotton had been put round the neck from religious motives, lie. had no knowledge of any such .superstition or practice. The medical evidence showed that air of some kind had entered the lungs, and it wa,s difficult to understand how a deprivation of air other than that brought about by strangulation by the pres- sure of the cotton round the neck oould have been brought about. Air. Glascodine contended that the evidence of the doctors with reference to the cluld having a separate existence was unsatisfactory, and unless the jury were perfectly satisfied that the child had a separate existence, the prisoner could not be guilty of murder. He admitted the concealment of the L> DI of the Child by the mother, a.nd suggested with reference to t,he cotton round the nectt that the placing of a cross or some charm was a practice in some Catholic countries. The cotton or print might have been put on after death by the prisoner in her frenzy. The Judge having summed up. The jury retired, a.nd after a brief delibera- tion returned a verdict to the effect that the prisoner was guilty of concealment of birth. The JUDGE saiA 'he would pass sentence to-day (Saturday). An Extraordinary Occurrence. An extraordinary circumstance occurred in connection with the verdict in this case. When the jury returned into court it became evident that there was a misunderstanding somewhere. In reply to the Clerk of Arraigns (the Hon. Stephen Coleridge), a juryman said the verdict was "Wilful murder." Correcting himself, he said, "No, not guilty." A second juryman observed that the verdict was Guilty of concealment- of birth." This was accepted by the court., and entered accordingly. Alter the nsicg of the court it tfea*Jw^JL of the jury protested that that, too. was not the verdict they had come to, which really '(2 was 0118 of "Not guilty." The Clerk of arraigns was informed of this, and brought the matter to the notice' of the judge. His lordship, how- ever, would not interfere, for it was obviously irregular to accept- another verdict after the rising of the court, and the jury had been allowed to converse with friends and acquain- tances.
PARISH COUNCILS.
PARISH COUNCILS. Local Government Inquiry at L!antilio Crossenny. On Friday afternoon Sir H. Mather-Jackson and Alderman G. H. Llewellyn held an inquiry a,t the New Inn, Llantilio-Crossenny, to consider an application which had been made to the Monmouthshire County Council as to the transfer of certain portions of the parishes of Gresmont and Shrenfrith to Llantilio-Cros- seny.—Mr. S. G. Johnson (assistant-overseer of the parish of Liantilio-Crossenny) stated that under the Divided Parishes Act, since 1882 22 acres of land in Grosmont and 22 acres in Sprenfrith had been attached to the civil parish of but the poor rates had been demanded and paid to the ever seers of the parishes of Grosmont and Sprenfrith up to the present time.-Sir H. M. Jackson said that the subject was first moved at the parish vestry, and that he (Sir Henry) afterwards interviewed the committee to the Monmouth Union and the com- mittee of the peace, and found that nothing had been done, hence the present inquiry by the Monmouthshire County Council.—It was ulti- mately understood that the committee would recommend the portions of Grosmont and Sprenfrith to be annexed to the parish of Llan- tilio, as was clearly intended shsuld be the case in 1882. BRECON HIGHWAY BOARD. A special meeting of this board was held on Friday, Alderma,n Thomas Jones presiding. It was unanimously agreed to petition the county council to postpone the operation of the Local Government Act of 1894 so far as concerns this highway board, for three years. It was also agreed to protest against handing over certain parishes in the Brecon Union to the Hay district.
NEATH TRAMWAYS.
NEATH TRAMWAYS. Town's Council Discusses Proposal to Purchase. On Friday afternoon a meeting of the Neath Town Council was held in committee at the Gwyn-hall, the mayor (Dr. D. Li. Davies) pre- iding. The sub-committee which had been appointed to deal with the matter of the pur- chase of the tramways submitted their report, and a discussion thereon ensued. The tramway company are prepared to part with their under- taking for £ 13,000, but an additional outlay of about £ 7,000 would b e required to place the concern ill thorough working order. Our Neath representative waited upon scfveral local coun- cillors, but they refused to give any definite in- formation as to the decision the meeting, stating that they bad solemnly promised not to disclose anything that had transpired. From hints which were dropped, however, our representative was able to gather that the decision was not altogether favourable to the company. The council have not committed themselves to a promise of purchase, although it is understood that they will entertain a pro- posal to do so, providing the tramway company considerably modify their terms.
PUBLIC MEETING AT ABERDARE.
PUBLIC MEETING AT ABERDARE. Pursuant to a numerously-signed requisition addressed to the high-constable, a public meet- ing was held at the Temperance-hall, Aberdare, oil Thursday evening for the purpose of con- sidering the proposal to separate from the Parish of Aberdare for Poor-law purposes that part of the parish situate in Mountain Ash, within the Mountain Ash Local Board district. Air. David Williams, high-constable, presided, and there was AN- unusually large attendance of representative ratepayers.—The following reso- lutions were unanimously adopted:- "That in the opinion of this meeting, THE proposal to separate from the Parish of Abcr- dare for Poor-law purposes that part of the parish situate in Mountain Ash, within the distriet of the Mountain Ash Local Beard, is inexpedient and unjust to the ratepayers in the Merthyr Tydfil Union, and more espec:AIly to those in the Aberdare Parish." "That Mr. David Williams, the high-con- stable for the division of Mis-kin Higher, lie requested to attend the inquiry to be held at Pontypridd 011 Tuesday, the 5th day of June, 1894, and present the foregoing resolu- tion to the commissioners, together \V it i1 A copy of the requisition convening the meeting." A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings.
PONTYPRIDD TRAMWAYS.
PONTYPRIDD TRAMWAYS. Mr. W. Harpur, surveyor to the Cardiff Cor- poration, who was recently appointed by the Pontypridd and Ystradyfodwg Local Boards to report upon the condition of the tramway which I runs between Pontypridd and Porth, submitted his report to the Pontypridd Local Board on Friday. It wa's pointed out that the condition of the road was exceedingly dangerous to the enormous vehicular traffic carried over it, and said that the cost of putting it in a safe and proper condition—by paving it with 3in. or 5in. granite sett paving upon a proper bed of concrete at least 6in. thick-would be £6,450, with an additional X140 for raising four sections. -The Clerk again explained that the Board of Trade declined to g-ive a licence to the company until the road was in such a condition as to satisfy the two boards, and he was instructed to take further joint action with the Ystrady- fodwg Board.
INDiAN RIOTERS SENTENCED.
INDiAN RIOTERS SENTENCED. A Times second edition Calcutta telegram says :—Judgment has been delivered in the trial of the Prabsas Patam rioters at Jeonaghur. Eighteen persons have been convicted on charges of disobedience to lawful orders, riot- ing, a,nd other offences. The sentences range from one to seven years' imprisonment. The result of the trial was awaited with consider- able interest in order to see what effect it would produce in the attitude of the Hindoos in Bombay. It is stated that both Hindoos and Makomedans at Joonaghur appear satis- fied. and Makomedans at Joonaghur appear satis- fied.
YESTERDAY'S CRICKET.I
YESTERDAY'S CRICKET. M OROCCO BOUND V. CARDIFF ELECTRICS. The "Morocco Bounders" played their third match of the week on Friday on the Cardiff Arms Park, meeting the Cardiff Electrics. The match created a fair amount of interest: and, although the day was somewhat dull, the bright dresses of the ladies of the company, who were present in full force made rather a pretty effect. Score :— EEEOTBICS. J. H. Bowen, b Young- 5 A. J. Devereux, lbw, b Cramer 0 A. J. Sweetnam, c and b Young- 3 R. Rooney, b Young- 4 H. M. Thomas, b Young- 14 E. S. Williams, e Young, b Hearn 16 T. Devereux, b Young- 7 R. C. Balcombe, run 13 T. Arkell, c Hearn, b Wilkinson 4 v. W. James, c Cramer, b Young 0 F. Kelly, not out 0 Extras 10 Total 75 MOROCCO BOUND. R. D. Jenkins, b Sweetnam 0 Á, Seymour, b Sweetnam 19 J. Wilkinson, c R. C. Balcooibe, h Sweetnam 26 C. Bryant, b Bowen 5 Cramer, b Sweetnam 0 Groves, I b w, b Bowen 3 Hearn, b Bowen g King, c R. C. Balcombe, b A. J. Devereux 3 Young, c Arkell, b Bowen 0 Baring-, b Bowes 1 Miller, not out 0 Extras 2 Total. 72 ST. MARGARET'S v. BKOADWAY WKSLEYANS A." To be played 011 the former's ground, Tyn-y-Coed, to-morrow. St. Margaret's H. Brain (captain), the B-ev. W. L. Criehton, F. Ceok, G. M. Hancock B. M'lntvre, W. Whiston, W. P. Williams, B. Morgan," P. Howells, A. G. Sweetam, and C. Pullin. Beserves' P. Becker and W. Lincoln. Wickets pitched at 3.15.' I The County Championship. I Including the results of Friday's matches, the positions are now as under:- Played Won. Lost. Drwn. Pnts 1 Yorkshire. 4 4 0 0 4 2 Surrey 3 3 0 0 3 3 Kent 1 1 0 0 1 CGloucestershire. 4 2 2 0 0 Middlesex 4 2 2 0 0 (Somerset 2 1 1 0 0 7 Lancashire 3 1 2 0 -1 3 Notts 3 0 3 0 .1 -3 9 Sussex 4 0 4 0 .4 NHIIIIIIH HILL
Taimage's Tour.
Taimage's Tour. A Dalziel's telegram from San Francisco say s :-The Rev. Dr. Ia,Image, of Brooklyn, 3%ilgd for Honolulu,, on a trip thg vyp^d.'
j tiectricity versus Gas.
j tiectricity versus Gas. WHICH IS THE CHEAPER FOR j YOUR HOUSE. 1 The Stick Fluid May Cost More at First but Switching will Bring it Down. The Corporation of Cardiff have now reached the experimental stage ill the contest of electricity versus gas for public lighting and private consumers. For the former, of course, the town is committed to electricity up to a certain limit, with provision for extension aaid development later on. Private consumers will need to be convinced that 'I electricity is more advantageous than gas. In the case of those requiring motive-power for machinery this may not be difficult, and, probably, shopkeepers will prefer a- cool, clean light, without offensive fumes and non-' injurious to goods, such as electricity has proved. It is in the case of private residences the rub will come, and it is here people will need to be convinced that electricity is the. more advantageous. There is 110 doubt, light for light and nour for hour, electricity at the price which the Cardiff Corporation propose to charge is dearer than gas. This has been recognised from the beginning, for in the first report presented to the corporation it was stated that the price would probably be two or three times that of gas. As a matter of fact, the proportion is not so high. With gas at 2s 10d. per 1,000ft. and electricity at 6d. j\?r Board of IVd, íè unit, tne calcu- lations work out a result which shows tUil-t for a light of equal power the cost of gas per hour is 3 2-5d., as against 6d.. the price of electricity. No doubt those who swear by gas are rejoicing at the fact, and hugging themselves in anticipation of the practical collapse of their rival. But the end is not yet. The advantage of electricity, apart from the question of the quality of the light, is in the readiness with which it lends itself to economy of consumption. In London after the first three months, during which consumers gained experience in the management of the new illumina-nt, bills for electricity were found, notwithstanding the greater cost, to be lower than the gas company's charges previously. The explana- tion is very simple, and is found in the fact that in rooms and domestic offices only occa- sionally used, but- where the gas jets would be kept burning from dusk till bedtime, careful people switched the electricity on and off as required, and thus pulled down the difference between the cost. Gas com- panies' monopolies are generally most grie- vous to be borne, and the prospect of relief will be hailed with a- good deal of satisfaction by many people.
WELSH DiSESTABLISHMENT.
WELSH DiSESTABLISHMENT. Emphatic Protest from a Birmingham Meeting. A crowded meeting to protest against the disestablishment and disendowment of the Church in Wales was held in the Town-hall, Birmingham, on Friday night.—Sir Richard Webster, Q.C., M.P., moved a resolution pro- testing against the Bill, feeling that the result of such a measure becoming law would be a loss and dishonour to the nation, and a grave injustice to the Church. He denied that the property which the Church enjoyed was national property, or belonged to the nation at all, and said if it was devoted by a nation to religious purposes in ages gone by it was a nation's sin to take it away.—The' Rev. Canon Booerts. Colwyn Bay, and Mr. Muntz, M.P., supported the resolution, which was carried Unanimously. THE FOUR WELSH DIOCESES. CONFERENCE OF UNBENEFICED CLERGY TO BE HELD. In accordance with a suggestion made by "Curate" in a letter which appeared in the TI estern Mail of May 17, a meeting of the unbeneficed clergy of the Rural Deanery of Llanbadarn-fawr has been held at Aberystwith, and the following resolutions were unanimously passed:— That a conference of the unbeneficed clergy of the four Welsh dioceses be held. That the unbeneficed clergy of the Rural Deanery of Llanbadarn-fawr be formed into a local executive committ<3e for organising the conference. That the unbeneficed CLERGY of t.LIC parishes of Llanbadarn-fawr and of Aberystwith be asked to act as a secretarial sub-conunittee. That the representation of the conference consist úf one delegate from every rural deanery, and if the deanery contains more than six unbeneficed clergy- men, that an additional delegate be sent for every six or fraction of su. It was understood that any unbeneficed clergyman interested in the subject may attend. LETTER FROM THE BISHOP OF GLOU- CESTER AND BRISTOL. The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol has just issued the following letter:—"Gloucester, May 30th, 1894. My dear Rural Dean,— Though it is by no means improbable that the Bill for the disestablishment1 and 'dii-endow- ueut of the Church in "Wales will not be much further proceeded with at present, I still feel it desirable to send to you at once my counsel a-s to the best mode of proceeding, and to sug- gest to you to take action as soon as convenient. It would be well, I think, for you to convoke your Ruridecana-1 Conference, and to lay before them the recent address of the Archbishops and Bishops (of which I enclose copies), in- viting particular attention to the three con- cluding paragraphs. I further think that it would be very desirable for the meeting to discuss and, if possible, agree, upon the most available mode of bringing the leading aspects of the question plainly before the parishioners of each parish in the deanery. Such a course will, 111 the end, produce a greater effect, than large public meetings or even widely-circulated petit-ions—though both these T*X|XHlients have their distinct uses—as It will tend to make the individual more fully" realise the issues that depend upon his recorded vote, and how, m this gieat matter, that vote may, in the sequel, either help or hinder the wcrk now done for God in this Christian land.—I remain, very sincerely yours, C. J. Gloucester and Bristol."
SEAMEN'S GRIEVANCES.
SEAMEN'S GRIEVANCES. Alleged Hardships in East Indian Ports. A memorial has been delivered to the Presi- dent of the Board of Trade by Sir Edward Reed on behalf of the Seamen's Friendly Society, Cal- cutta, having reference to cases of severe hard- ship endured by British seamen in Calcutta and at other East Indian ports, and the great diffi- culties experienced by the men m obtaining redress for the wrongs inflicted upon them. A special grievance stated on behalf of the men is that of being disrated and compelled to adopt work for which they are unfitted. The memorialists petition the Board of Trade for an inquiry into the subject as regards the East Indian ports,
HUNGARIAN CABINET RESiGNS.
HUNGARIAN CABINET RESiGNS. A Renter's telegram from Vienna on Friday says :—The Hungarian Cabinet has resigned. This morning Dr-. Y\ ekerle had a conference with County Knuen Heder- vary, the Ban of Croatia, who arrived here yesterday in resptimse to a special summons, and at its close the Ban went to the Heiburg, where he had an audience of the Emperor. It was afterwards announced that the Cabinet of Dr. Wekerle had resigned, that the Emperor had accepted tbeir resignation, and that Count Khuen Hedervary had been commissioned by his Majesty to form a new Ministry.
AGED POOR COMMISSION.
AGED POOR COMMISSION. The Central News learns that the next meet- ing of the Royal Commission on the Aged Poor will be held on Tuesday week. Special efforts will be made to secure a full attendance. The Prince of Wales, who is a member of the com- mission, is known to take a deep personal inte- rest in the subject. A strong minority report is considered inevitable, and amongst those initialing- and signing it will be Mr. Chamber- lain and Dr. Hunter. Practically, Mr. Cham- berlain and Dr. Hunter are^ oo-operating with the object of securing a good, practical scheme of relief. Their individual ideas coalesce. The chairman's report, which does not differ greatly from the first, which was rejected, will be con- sidered at the meeting clause by clause. It has been ascertained that the members of the com- mission with seats in the Commons are in favour of a strong recommendation. The peers are inclined to leave things much as they are. with a view to obtaining a Ministerial declara- tion.
Conservatism at Mertnyr.I
Conservatism at Mertnyr. On Friday Mr. H. C. Lewis, the Unionist I' candidate for the Merthyr Borcng-hs, attended a smoking concert at the Fox and Hounds Inn. Troedyrhiw, and delivered a stirring speech! Mr. Lewis was escorted from Abercanaia Station to the place of assembly by a brass BAND,
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Yesterday's Parlianlent: I-
Yesterday's Parlianlent: ————*———— LAST NIGHT IN THE HOUSE OF j LORDS. ¡ Uganda--The British Protectorate— What it is Proposed to do—Minis- I terial Statement. I Their loidship3 met at three o'clock. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal assent was given by cnmmissiOll to the Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Bill and several private and Provisional Orders Bills. The sitting was then suspended until a quarter PAST four o'clock. when the Lord Chancellor took his seat en the Woolsack. UGANDA. Lord STANMORE, in moving for papers with, respect to the protectorate of l) ganàa, said that ho did nor wish to press for 211Y papers which it midit be inconvenient for the Government to produce. His object was to give the Government an opportunity to explain their policy in reference to ganda. The Earl of KIMBERLEY said that our protectorate should be entirely confined to Uganda proper. It was intended that our relations with the neighbouring states should be oonfinoo, as far as possible, to agreements with the- ohiefe for the maintenance of peace with Uganda, for the suppression of the slave trade, and for the encouragement of trade and commerce. Capmin Lingard had made some treaties with these chiefs, lmt these had not been confirmed, and must be revised. In reference, to the fact that the East Africa- Company had now retired from the country it was meant that the. protectorate should be of the kind described by Sir Gerald Portal at page 36 of his report. It would be exercised by a commissioner appointed by the Govern- ment, but it would not be the duty of this official to interfere with the details of the government there. The government would be left in the hands of the native chiefs. The commissioner would, of course, exercise all the power that might be necessary to maintain peq,œ and tranquility, and see that fair and equal jus- tice was done to all religions. (Hear, hear.) The question then arose. What was to be the fate of the East- Africa; Company? That WAS a matter not free from difficulty, but, inas- much as the company had retired entirely from Uganda, and was not now promoting the interests which it was intended to serve, the question obviously arose whether it was not desirable that her Majesty should exercise the power reserved to her of revoking the charter. The Government, however, desired that the strip of coast, twenty miles broad, which had been ceded to the company by the Government of Zanzibar should be re-transferred to the Government of Zanzibar, and negotiations on that subject were in progress. Until they were concluded the question of the revocation of the charter could not be dealt with. It was, how- ever, necessary that the Government should continue to exercise control oyer the country between the coast- and U gancia, 1'0 as to secure an easy and free access to the latter country. Sir Gerald Portal had suggested that a sub- commissioner should be appointed in connection with the Government of Zanzibar, and he thought, such an arrangement would probably be found convenient. The Government were not at present- prepared to make any proposal for the expenditure of public money for the- construction of a railway to Uganda, nor had they given any instructions for the establish- ment 01 a protectorate over Unyoro. As to the French Roman Catholic missionaries in Uganda, they were in communication with the French Government. The arrangement which had been made witli the King of the Belgians, as representing the Congo State, was the result of negotiations that had been going on for some time. In making it the Government had not the slightest idea, of violating the rights of any other Power, and, while it secured to us a friendly neighbour, it would tend to facilitate our movements and to restrict our responsibilities in that part of Africa, thus leaving us free to confine ourselves to the con- solidation of our power in Uganda-, and the administration of the vast interests which were comprised under that term. As to Captain Maodonald's report, that was a docu- ment of a confidential character, and could not be laid before Parliament. He thought it; would be best to say nothing more about, it than that it was the entire intention and deter- mination of the Government that the Roman Catholic missionaries in cganda should be treated with fairness and justice. (Hear, hear.) The Duke of NORFOLK expressed a hope that entire religious liberty would be main- tained in Uganda-. After >ome observations from the Earl of MAYO. The Marquess of SALISBURY could not say that he had listened with entire satisfaction to the statement of the noble earl. He understood that the EAST Africa Company had bee-n condemned, nor could he deny that ITS present financial condition ren- dered it inefficient for the purposets it was intended to Still, it deserved some consideration. A very large sum of money had been risked and lost in the effort to pro- mote commerce and civilisation, and it was clear that, if 110 cOD!JÍd2ration was now shown to the company, we should not in future be likely to find moo who were willing to make similar exertions. Even admitting that it was impossible to produce Captain Macdonald's report in its entirety, he regretted that it was not possible to give some indications of the conclusions at whioh he had arrived, for he thought this would have tended to prevent- a revival of the bitterness which had prevailed amongst the different religious bodies. He was glad to hear that it was with regard to French missionaries that the noble earl had been in communication with the French Government, because in his opinion the assumption that France had a nght to protect the Roman Catholics throughout the world was one that could not be admitted. He desired to know what course was intended to be pursued with respect to the countries to the north and north- west of Uganda which were admitted by the Anglo-German Convention to be within our sphere of influence. The convention wa.s known to the world. It had been communi- cated to several Powers, and he -hoped that it M'ould be understood that it remained intact, and that we did not recognise any right of and that. we did not recognise any right of interference on the part of any other country. (Hear, hear.) The arrangement which had been come to with the King of the Belgians •seemed to him to be a very sensible. one, but* he regretted that the Government did not contemplate taking steps towards the couetruo tioiL of a railway between the coast and Uganda. He did not a«k for A large imme- diate expenditure. He knew that at- present the British Government was not very affluent. Something might have been done by v ay of a beginning to show that the, construction of a railway was part- of our policy, and that we intended to establish some easier and quicker means* of communication with our protecto- rate than the present three months' journey. The result of not establishing any quicker mode of communication would be that- the government of Uganda would be conducted entirely by the rommis;iol14?r there, and that the authority of the British Government would be absolutely null, ln conclusion, the noble marquess remarked that, if WTe desired to ma.rquess remarked that, if we desired to make our authority in the countries included in om sphere of influence respected by the public opinion of Europe, we must show that we were using our control over it in order to introduce the ble-ssings of civilisation into Uganda a.nd the neighbouring States. From that point of view especially he regretted the abandonment of the railway for he feared the result would be to increase the difficulties of ml1' task and render our work D1DITo difficult.. Then, it should be understood t,hat we were not aofcuated -by any ambitious views of e-x- tending the British Empire. It was necessary that we should open up new fields of trade and new sources of supply, and we were the only Power which could occupy these countries without closing them to the rest of the world. H Eo trusted that we should strengthen our influence in these extensive African regions, and that we should not, by weakness or feebleness, forfeit the advantage which a strorgea' policy mig-ht have given us. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of ROSEBLtvY said that the Government had no reason to complain of THE tone of the discussion, and declared that he found himself largely in accord with the speech of the noble marquess*. He agreed with what the noble marquess had said as to the East Africa Company. They, had endeavoured to do a considerable work. and it was not the intention of the Government to treat the company with harshness. But they thought that the question of. the territory ceded to the company by Zanzibar, which was the most important part of the com- pany's assets, should be dealt with and deter- mined before the Government decided what course should be taken with regard to the company. It would not- be possible, for the reasons already stated, to produce the report of Captain Macdonald. but the Government were fully determined to give full effect to the principle of religious equality in Uganda. (Hear. hear.) The noble marquess said that in order to maintain our position in our sphere of influence it was necessary that we should take such steps as would show that we had not abandoned it. Well, in this respect he thought the works of the present Government during their twenty months of office would compare with the threo years' work of the noble marquess. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the construction of the railway from the coast to Uganda, it was not in the opinion of the Government necessary to take any immediate steps, and, considering the effort which we had 1^0 c^y,ed upou to make for streogtfreaiug our Navy, he thought this matter might he I postponed for at least a year. The motion was then withdrawn. I The House adjourned at a quarter past six I o'clock.
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HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. The Speaker took the chair at three o'clock. 1 ROYAL ASSENT. Captain BUTLER (Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod) appeared at the Bar of the House, and invited the House to attend in the House of Lords to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to a number of Bills. On his return, the SPEAKER- announced that the Royal Assent had been given to the Consoli- dated Fund (No. 2) Act and other Acts. IMPORTATION OF CANADIAN CATTLE. Mr. H. GARDNER- (President of the Board of Agriculture) informed SIR. Chaplin (C., Slea- ford) thai the yeterinary officers Qf his depart- ment reported that the appearances presented by the diseased portion of the lung of the Cana- dian animal to which he made reference earlier in the week were those which were always pre- fcented in the cases of pieuro-pneumoiiia. The couræ to be taken in regard 1:0 the report was engaging his consideration. THE UGANDA QUESTION. MINISTERIAL STATEMENT. The House having gone into Committee of Supply on the Civil Service and Revenue Estimates. Sir E. GREY, in moving a Vote of £50,000 as a grant in aid of expenses connected with Uganda, thought it convenient that he should state the scope and limit of the proposal! he was in a position to make OIl behalf of the Government. The Government regarded the origin of their proposals as having sprung, not from any exposition of a definite view of a forward or retreating policy of their own in that part of Africa, but solely from what had occurred in Uganda before the present Govern- ment came into office. It had been already announced that the Government had decided to establish a protectorate over Uganda, and the first question was, what the limits of that protectorate were to be. Sir Edward then proceeded to deal in detail with the Government proposals upon somewhat similar lines to the statement made by Lord Kimberley in the House of Lords, which will be found reported in the proceedings of that House. Sir C. DILKE (G., Forest of Dean) observed that the Government had been fortunate hitherto in avoiding discussions upon foreign and Coionial affairs, but a discussion upon ;),n important question had now been entered upon, and it appeared to him that the arguments of the U nder Secretary hardly supported the pro- posals he had placed before the House, espe- cially when the consequence of these proposals were considered. All the countries of Europe seemed to be actuated at the present time bv an insane rivalry in the promotion of sphe.es of influence in Africa, and the result had already been a cruel disturbance of native institutions, an appalling loss of life, and very little corre- sponding gain to the survivors. There had been more fatal civil wars in Uganda, since we had been there than at any period before our occupation. The only person. who had derived benefit- from the fighting in Africa up to the present time was Mr. Hiram Maxim, and he wa.s of opinion that the hon. baronet- had greatly minimised the extent of the territorial responsibility which this country was undertaking, the Government. having appa- rently accepted the view of Sir Gerald Portal, and in point of honour this country was bound not only to the missionaries, but to the chiefs. The lion, baronet had been silent as to the troops by whom our rule in Uganda was to be maintained, and he assumed that it would be by tlie Soudanese, who lived by pillage. The, attempt to set up secular interference for the protection of missions had been the cause of civil wars, and for future disturbances of that character this country would not be able to escape responsibility. The Foreign Office was unfit to control protectorates and spheres of in- fluence in regard to which questions of slavery were involved, and when there was a market for slaves, as in the protectorate of Zanzibar, they must expect that slaves would be sup- plied. It was the opinion of Sir Gerald Portal that the railway was necessary if we intended to hold the country, either for the purpose of trade or for the suppre-sssion of slavery: but that- there was any strategical importance in having control over the head waters of the Nile would not bear argument. The country was promiseless and remote: it could only be held by an armed force, the employment of which was a disgrace to this country, and he ques- tioned whether there was a less desirable pos- session than Uganda. (Hear. hear.) Lord RANDOLPH CHURCHILL (Coo Padding-ton, South) considered that Sir Charles Dilke was not only lengthy, but too strong. Lord Salisbury and Lord Rosebery, both Foreign Secretaries of eminence, advocated, the occupation of Uganda, and he thought the pre- sent Government had made up their minds that the retention was inevitable. MR. LABOUCRSRE (G., Northampton) did not think that a more plausible argument than that of the Under-Secretary- could have been put forward for an exceedingly bad case, but- did not agree with him in his strictures upon the, Conservative party for having left to the present Government this damnosa here- tidas. He had always t-houeht that Lord Salis- bury in regard to ins foreign policy was a far more sensible man than his followers. Lord Salisbury was not himself much of a Jingo, but, leading the party opposite., he was obliged to profess, to sorue extent. Jingo opinions. Lord Salisbury, however, proposed that we should evacuate Uganda He had read Sir Gerald Portal's report and Captain Lugard's report, and all he had been able to discover of the advantages of holding Uganda were that there was a certain amount of ivory there, that indigo, corn, and other things might be CULTIVATED there and exchanged for British manufactures. He was glad tbe Government did not propose any expenditure upon the railway, far he was convinced that there were many py-ts of England, Ireland, and Scotland where the money might be more usefully and justly spent on raÜways than ill the eleven hundred miles that separated Uganda from tlie coast. (Hear, hear.) Something had been said about- the missionaries, but the missionaries went <t!bere before the company, and if the company went away they would be 110 worse off than if the company had Dever I gone there. It was AN absurd mistake to sup- pose that slavery would be. abolished or dimi- nished by OUT taking possession of Uganda, for there was no slave trade in Uganda, and the slave traders did not pass through it. The representatives of the British Go\"8TIlmeut themselves hired slaves, t-hiis increasing the demand, and it was hideous hypocrisy, under thoise circumstances, to talk about the sup- pression of the slave trade as a reason for re- hilling r gauda. (Hear, hear,) He had always been opposed to the whole system of Afncan ann e.xatiol1, but if annexation wa, desired there was no spot in the whole world that was less detestable than Uganda. (Hear, hear.) Mr. J. W. LOWTHER (C.. Cumberland) insisted emTjhatically upon the importance., and even the necessity, of constructing the IaiJway from the coast to Uganda. The debate was continued by Mr. Dunn (Goo Paisley). Mr. J. A. Pease (G., Northumberland), and Sir J. Kennaway -C., Honiton). > Sir W. LAWSON (G., Cockermouth) remarked that it had been well said that formerly we used to steal Africans from Africa, whereas now we were stealing Africa from the Africans. (Rear, hear.) The policy øi government without the railway was a sham, and if the railway was to be constructed the country would be invelved in an enormous expenditure. Mr. STOREY (G., Sunderland) did not con- sider that we were bound by any principle of honour to retain U g-anaa. Mr. CHAMBERLAIN (U.. Birmingham) said there was no doubt that the treaty between this country and the King of the Belgians was most- important, and he wanted to ask the Government "hat arrangements they proposed to make to enable the House fully to discuss it. The speech of the Under- Secretary was ha'ting, incomplete, unsatisfac- tory, and undignified, because the policy he hf.d to defend was limiting, incomplete, unsatis- !<il-tory, and undignified. (Hear, hear.) It was undignified on the part, of tlie Government to shroud their policy in mystery, and it was not honourable to go on with the Uganda Ex- pedition without, believing in it, but merely in ordei to retain office. (Hear, hear.) He was in favour of holding, defending, and develop- ing Uganda, but he was not in favour Df the reason the Government gave for the policy they indicated of merely taking possession of this territory. Mr. BRYCE (President of the Board of Trade) did not desire to deny that there were large possibilities of development in East Africa., but surely the member- for West Bir- mingham would not persuade the House that there was not an immense difference betwæn So country on the equator hlle.,and unfit. therefore, for the labour of Europeans, and countries like Canada and the United States. (Hear, hear.) Tne question of tihe railway was, 110 doubt, one of very great importance, but the OroveMi- ment had at present no information which would entitle them to make any proposal on the subject to the House. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GOSCHEN, who rose at five minutes, to twelve, said he had 110 wish to deprive the Government of the pleasure of the division I that was about to be taken. It would, no doubt, be a- satisfaction to see the amount of rmpporl they viou1d receive from their cld friends on that occasion. The time at their disposal had been scarcely adequate for the! discussion of what the Government had done, Ii and it had certainly proved inadequate for this discusÛon of wthat they had not done. T11eÏr action was insufficient, and it was con- demned by their own supporters, who said that without the railway their policy was futile. (Cheei-s.) The Committee then divided, and the aum- bers were- For the vote 218 Against S2 Majority 166 The vote was, therefore, agreed t.o, and the Chairman was ordered to report the resolution. The Savings Bank (Societies) Bill was read a second time. The Wild Birds Protection Act (1880) Amend- ment Bill WAS read A third time and passed. 1. The House adjourned at a quarter pact twelve. o'clock.,
Ihatal Stabs and Kicks. !…
Ihatal Stabs and Kicks. | TERRIBLE BIRMINGHAM TRAGEDY. A Jealous Painter Patched a Quarrel with his Paramour then Took her for a Fatal Walk. A .shocking and brutal murder WAS com- mitted on the outskirts of Birmingham on Friday aft-ernqon. Joseph Harvey. a painter, aged 25, and formerly- in the Annv, has reoently bee-U cohabiting in a hack street with a vouug woman. of 23. mimed Alary Withey. He appears to have become jealous, and there have been frequent quarrels. A fortnight ago she left him on account of his brutal behaviour. On Thursday night Harvey obtained a. pistol, and ajinounoed his intention of shooting Withey. She was so terrified that she applied to the police for protection, but nothing occurred, and the girl on Friday morning went to her work at a brassfounder's. During the forenoon lie called upon her, and she left with him. HE appears to have expressed sorrow at his conduct, and induced her to go for a walk with him to the Sewage Farm. He there pulled out a clasp-knife, with which he stabbed her repeatedly in the head and breast, and when she fell kicked her till she was lifeless. He then went towards some men, told them what he had done, and allowed himself to be arrested. I tie v nmau WAI- shockingly hacked. .b.-
Sporting intelligence.
Sporting intelligence. Racing Predictions. Sporting Times-The Derby: Ladas, 1, Matchbox, 2: BuiliiLg-don, 3. The Oaks Amiable and Go Lightly. Field—Tlie Derby Ladas, 1 Matchbox, 2 Bui- ling-don, 3. The Oaks Go Lightly, 1; Amiable, a PLACE. Sportsman (Vigilant")—Ths Derby: Ladas, 1 Matchbox, a place. The Oaks Amiable. Sporting Life (" Augar")—The Derby: Ladas, 1. BuIIingdon, 2 Matchbox, 3. The Onks Amiable. YESTERDAY'S RACING. j SPORTSMAN AND SPORTING LIFE AUTHENTIC STARTING PRICES. SALISBURY MEETING. KORSE. } BinEK. Sportsman. Sport ,LT. NEW STAKD HAKWCAF. Catherine G Brown. 7 to 1 ag! 7 to 1 ag HUNTERS' FLAT RACE. B¡¡,ngle" ,¡ Ct.O'Don'J I 10 to 1 ag j 10 te lag JUVEXILE SELLING PLATE. Devoted filly Pierce 20 to 1 ag 20 to 1 ag SALISBUKT CUP. Bard ofAvon Gough 10 to 1 ag 10 to 1 ag WILTOK PARK STAKES. Blue Mark | Froude j 7 to 2 ag | 7te 2 ag LONGFORD PLATE. Half-and-h'lf Hunt- | 10 to 1 ag 10 to 1 ag DONCASTER MEETING. I R~—- HORSE. ICL'Ef.. Spo.-Milan. Life. CoaroKATiox HANDICAP, Pickle j 5'inlay 8 to 1 ag j 8 to 1 ag "SCTTKEY STAKES. Cunctator | F B Black i 7 to 4 ag ¡ 7ta 4ag FTT^WILLIAM STAKES. Ascanius Weldon 6 to 1 ag 6 to 1 ag CHESTDKMELD HJ.I,mCAP. Nobleman. T Loates 11 to 8 ag 11 t-« 8 ag Dox PLATE. Hthr Bloom T Loat-es i 5 to 2 ag 5 to 2 ag PORTLAND STAKES. Aumbry Fagau 5 to lag 5 to I ag EARPENDEN MEETING. HOESB. | E1LER, Sportsman, j ¡, HANDICAP. Moonflower S Loates 5 to 4 ag 5 to 4 ag. ALEXANDRA STAKES. Bragmardo Eickaby I 7 to 1 ag 7 to 1 ag CHILDWICK PLATE. Chvley Lass Madden 4 to 4 ag j 4 to 1 ag NATIONAL HUNT FLAT. Cyril II- Mr Waller 3 to 1 ag i 3 to 1 ag HEREFORDSHIRE HANDICAP. Rhymer S Loates 1 5 to 1 ag 5 to 1 ag ROTKAHSTEAD STAKES. Una Boat", Eickaby 11 to 8OH ] 11 to 8 on HIGH FIRS MILE HANDICAP. ) Eglinton i Madden 8 to I ag 8 to 1 ag The above prices are identical with those PUBHSHK. IN the Racing Calendar. YESTERDAY'S LONDON BETTING. I Ladas had odds of 2 to 1 betted on for the Derby, ¡ for which Bullingdon and Matchbox were in demand, and ReminderadTa nced to 33 to 1. Amiable was again the favourite for the Oaks. Quotations — THE DERBY. (RUM «n Vy eanesday, June 6. Distance, mile and a half.) 2 is 1 on Ladas, laid 6 to 1 agst Bullingdon, t <fe e 6 to 1 — Matchbox, t 33 to 1 Reminder, t 50 to 1 Galloping Dick, 50 to 1 — Horn Beam, t TEE OAKS. (Run on Fridav, June 8. Distance, one mile aad a half.) 5 to 2 agst Amiable, t 5 to 1 — Go Lightly, t 5 to 1 — LaNievre, t 10 to 1 — Sarana, t 10 to 1 Sarana, t
OFFICIAL SCRATCHINGS.j
OFFICIAL SCRATCHINGS. The Sportsman has been officially inferred bv Messrs. Weatberby of the fallowing scratchings :— Chesterfield Handicap, DOllmster-Colt by Child of the JYI¡;ot-Hazelwiteh and Mervyn. Two Year Old Plate, EPSOlli,-Rudder. Woodcote Stakes, Epsom—Racacteur. Epsom enga,gements-Son o- Mine, Plutocrat, Soli- man, and Middleham.
RUMOURED RETIREMENTS FROM…
RUMOURED RETIREMENTS FROM THE TURF. It is rumoured that the Duke of Devonshire's horses in training and all his yearlings are to be sold. It is also said to be highly probable that the stud of Baron Hrrsch will also be dispersed at one of the July meetings, and that in any case his colours are not likely to be seen after the present season. Reports are, moreover, current as to the possible early retirement of the Duke of Portland from the racing world. His Grace, it is alleged, has of late lost his enthusiasm in turf matters, and there is a belief that he is tire-3 of the sport, and would have retired before this but, for his marvellous run of luck.
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ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. ! E.
ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. E. BEDFORD. The Press Association Bedford correspondent states that great regret is felt there consequent j upon Mr. Whitbread having announced his intention to resign his seat at the clo"e of the present Parliament. A deputation waited upon ( him on Friday, when he definitely announced that on physical grounds, after 42 years' service, he felt no longer equal to discharge Parlia- mentary duties. EAST CARMARTHENSHIRE. THE SEAT TO BE CONTESTED. "VV e are informed that for the next election a candidate has been selected to contest East Carmarthenshire in the Conservative and Unionist interest in opposition to the sitting member (Mr. Abel Thomas). D& -Â.
Royal Arch Masonry at Tenby.!
Royal Arch Masonry at Tenby. On Thursday the annual meeting" of the Royal Arch Chapter, 1,177. Tenby, was held for the installation of M.E. Conip. C. S. Alien for the ensuing year. The chapter having been duly opened, the installation took place, foi- lowed by the investiture of officers. After- j wards the brethren dinod together at the Ro\-al Gate House Hotel. Bro. H. J. Gr<-g< ■ry putting on the table a MAST enjoyable repast. ) wwirimiM-—1—
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I Notes from London. I -——. ALL THE GOSSIP OF TOVVN AND CLUBS. The Uganda Debate-No Eviction Bill This Year—Irish Obstruction— j Welsh Revolters. LAST NIGHT'S DIVISIONS. The division lists issued with the Paiii&» mentarv papers this morning throw light on the divisions of last night. THE difference of 40 between the total number who voted in the TWO divisions was due to twenty pairs having been effected by MEMBERS who had dinner engagements. The reduc- tion of the Government majority from 25 tC seventeen was due to the Parnellites, >.H< Kenny took part in neither division, bur THE other eight abstained in the first divisua,. and voted against the Government :u the second." They abstained ill the first d." sion because they were opposed to giving Government any facilities at alL so ts. 7 tihey actually went, one better than rue Unionists. The four revolting Welshmen voted with the Government- quite TAUIE-iy, Their bark continues to be worse than their bite. THE UGANDA DEBATE. Nettling could have been in stronger con* trast to the briskness and excitement in Par- liament yesterday THAN the thin and listless House in which Sir Edward Grey opened the Uganda debate. The first sign of an :nipor- tant debate being on the carpet was the un- expectedly early appearance of Mr. Chamber- lain, who came down in time to take part in the preliminary heckling of the Undei- Foreign Secretary by Mr. Labouchere and Sir Charles Dilke. Another sign was the presence of Lord Connemara—who ,'I as c Tory Under-Foreign Secretary—in the seat O honour under the clock, where, with Loiw Rowton sitting next him. he listened to vil. debate till it was time to go to the Kous< of -Lords to hear the views of the I\>re;gi Secretary and the Premier on the same SUB ject. Sir Edward Grey's statement wa-s A.R disappointing ae could have been expected from a weak and flabby Government which IS compelled to curry favour with Mr. Labauchere for a means of existence. Briefly. Sir Edward's programme was to appoint a sub-commissioner to look after communica- tions. and not to build a milwav. As the railway is the prime necessity of tlx situation. the/announcement fell flat. In th Lords. the Premier had been much iuur £ explicit than the Under-Secretary. He took a much more robust line, explaining that the railway idea was deferred, not abandoned. WHEN this became known in the COMMON* it took a great deal of the interest out of tha debate. Nevertheless. Sir Charles Diike and Mr. Labouchere were listened to eagerly for the statesmanlike grasp of information shown by the first-named and the amusing non- sense talked by the latter. Bishop TUCK listened to the debate from the Slrangera-' Gallery. No EVICTIONS BILL THIS YFAR. Despite the assertions of THE I'.si Friexidlies that the Evictions Bill has BEEL promised them, there will be no Eviction! Bill this year. No definite promise lias been made to any but the Welsh members. They have been promised that disestablishment shall be the first measure next year, and with this promise they are fain to be content. Th8 Irish members are tinder a delusion if they imagine that the Government will admit that it is bound to pass the Evictions Bill. Ner would it avail them if the Bill; were passed through the Cotomons. for iv is a measure which might very properly be' reiected by the Lords. Dr. Kenny, the only Parnellite who did not vote against the Government in the second division, was accidentally shut out. IRISH OBSTRUCTION. There is now little doubt that the Children's Protection Bill will be saved. The Irish members are not likely to persist in their suicidal policy of revenge. Their conduct has been a disagreeable surprise to certain Gladstonian members, who have beheld with indignation the obstruction to a Bill for the protection of ill-used children in order that a Bill in the interest of criminals may be passed. I imagine this view will 110 brought to the notice of Irish members in a WAY they will understand, and that an early oppor- tunity will be taken to pass the Bill through its final stages. THE POLICY OF TRI: CABINET. Sir Edward Grey's speech was too artisti- cally artless. Stripped of its embroidery, the speech is reduced to the humiliating confession that the Cabinet's policy in Uganda has been dictated solely in the hops of getting up steam to pass gerrymandering and jobbery and robbery Bills, which will not aid the material prosperity of the work- ing class one iota. It has been a painful mistake to imagine that the Cabinet were actuated by the same high Imperial states- manship that prompted Lord Salisbury's Government to try and open up new markets for our products. The Rosebery policy appears to have been merely one of selfish, interest. REFUTING A CHARGE OF OBSTRUCTION. 1 Mr. Benn's wanton charge of obstruction against the new Fourth Party last night can be refuted by the facts of to-night f. s by the facts of any night at question time. f Seventy-seven questions were on the paper.1 Only nine of them were in the names of Unionists. Supplemental" doubled the actual number of questions, and a record which I kept shows that Unionists rose nine- teen times and Ministerialists, tame or revolting, 37 times. WELSH MEMBERS VERY DISSATISFIED.$ The quartette of Welsh revoiters were quite just-iried in exclaiming. "I told you so." after the Chancellor of the Exchequer had indi- cated his determination to monopolise I-h« whole of the time for his measures this session. Ever since the introduction of TLI* Welsh Disestablishment Bill they have sees the absolute impossibility of the Govern* nient being able to proceed with it tiu? session. An autumn session the" KNEW would not be granted or tolerated. THE Budget and Registration, they saw, would take up all the time of the session.; and-apart, from their disagreement wit-ii the terms of the Welsh Bill;, itself—they felt that. unless ♦HEY j secured the next position trJ Reg l3tra,r,ion. th ei E' was vers" little hope of getting any s&tisfac-J tion at all out of the present GovernmeEth: The official Welsh party were affected to dis- believe them. but Sir William Harcourt's mo- tion and speech last night opened their eyes. It is true they voted with the Government, bub they went into the lobby like whipped school- boys. The revolters were very jubilant. Had Sir George Osborne Morgan been a little firmer and not -so conciliatory, it is on the: cards that the number of revoiters would have increased. RATS A party of university men at dinner IN towf the other night discussed the point whethei Whiteiey. the "Universal Provider." wa« as good as his word. One of the party, wht had evidently fouuded his faith on works< offered to bet that whatever order was sen; to the establishment in Westbourn-e-grove would be at once fulfilled. The bet was taken by a young gentleman, who next morning senl an order for four dozen rats. Within an bout aud a quarter four dozen live rats, nicely packed, were sent him, accompanied by a polite note. in which Mr. Whiteiey expressed the hope that the rats would be to their liking and that they had dogs to match. I believe Whit-eleys have never yet bean baffled by AN order. Titey never say no. If they have not the thing asked f<«- they say they will get ite and get it they will.
CHILDREN AT WORK.
CHILDREN AT WORK. At the ordinary monthly MOCKING of thf Merthyr School Board ou. Friday, Mr. T. Williams, J .P. (chairman) presiding, a lector wag read from the Flrlueation Department stating that their attention had been called by her Majesty's inspector to the I ward's practice of -allowing boys to go to work without a- legal oort-ifioate oi exemption, if the parents appeared before them and ple-3rled poverty, heavy families, &C. The board, they said, were justi- fied IN not attempting to enforce the atten- dance at school of children whose poveity oould be held a reasonable excuse under the bye-laws for non-attendance, but the depart- ment understood that- the b«ard had beeom€ very lax in allowing children to go to wmk, owing- to the number of applications for uies« certificates, and the difficulty of drawing -he linE between eases of real hardship and THESE in which there was merely A strong desire on the part of the partus ts to turn the children A* soon AS possible to pecuniary adnnl1.1.ge-- Upon the motion of Mr. David Da vies, seconded by the K&V. JAMES Williams. TH» clerk was directed to send a reply, saying that the board were endeavouring as far as they could to carry- out the spirit of the Education Act, bur THAT THE oases in which they made exceptions: were eases in which they couM nof consiisteEftiy hard.