The South Wales Daily Post

ARM EMI AN MASSACRES, THE PORTE AhD AMERICAN MISSIONARIES. CHARGE OF MURDER AND SEDITION, The plan of the Turkish Governrnen* to unpiicate t; ,e American missionaries in the Armenia-a affair is (s.iys the "Daily News'') beiag steadily pursued. Now an attempt has been made to arrest Mr. ELnapp. one of the hardest woruing and most energetic of the massioDaries at Bitlis. The charge against hira is one of sedition and niurder. and is based ou an accusation signed unde: coercion by certain Armenian prisoners who a.re still in gaol. Mr. Knapp applied for help to Mr, Terrt: the American Minister, md asked tha.t be should investigate the charge. Consul Hampson. of Mousii, now reports that the charge is wholly unfounded, and evidently a mere pretext to drive Mr. Knapp from the country. The. American Minister insists that in the event of the Turkish authorities main- taining fas accusation Mr. Knapp shall be brought to Constantinople for trial before him. ZEITUN INSURGENTS' DEMANDS. REFLY OF THU PORTE. A Renter's tele-gram from Constantinople says :—.The Ambassadors of the Powers hax« forwarded1 to the Consols at Zeitnn the reply ¡ of the Porte to the conditions demanded by tht) Zeitun insurgent-, togethei- with a leqaesi. that the matter may be brought to a close as speedily as possible. The Port* agrees to grant an amuecty, but demands the expulsion of the Hyntc-hakists now living among the Zeituiiis. The latter will be allowed io re- tain their old weapons, but they are required to -'urrt-nder ail military rifles in their pos- sesion. As regards the appointment of a Chi~«tian Governor and Administration, tie Porte points out that tn-e.s8 concessions are in- claded in the scheme of reforms, and that it is snpetrfloous to insert them in the pve-sent ar- j rangement. With rafsreuoe to the questions vf exemption from 4;i,xation, the adoption of a fixed annual figure for the tofel amouni of the taxee to be levied, and the re-bvidd'ng of bar- i*ck«, ibe Piorto states it will treat direct with the Zeituidis on these points. Finally, the Porte demands a return to their villages of about six thousand refugees ak present at Z-eittm, and instruots the Consuls to superintend t'hair de- parture. The Amba«sadors, it is added, can- not rive thg Zeitunlis the guarantees demoded, but they will obtain from die Porte assurance of formal exacution of the conditions. Of eighteen battalions of troops at Zeitun one half are on ihe sick list. DEMONSTRATION AT BRISTOL. An extraordinary demonstration took place at the Brookland Church, Ashley-road, Bristol, on Snndav evening, m connection with tho \rmenian atflocities. It had been announced that Featherstone Wisty would make illusion to the sub'act, and the budding ws? very full, about S00 people tx-kig prisonb. During the cour?-1 af his remarks, tha _.peak^r employed bitter invectives in denouncing the Sultan of Turkey. He e-aid that the time for mincing words was now past snd gorns. The Sultan had been gui-tv of a flagrant insult to h-r most gracious Majesty in exposing the contents of her Ifiter to him., remonstrating with him upon the tortures and cruelties at w'dTich he had oonnivsd. if, indeed, he had net origir ated »hem, to his council of tools, and deliberating upon a private communication like a. common jury wot.id, in the assembly of parasites and syoopban-t? who wem called, for- sooth, his Ministers. And then the S.lian's precious missive went on to say that, with the exception of Zeitun, perfect per,oo pr-vaii<»c everywhere in Armenia. The is^yt was that he had reduced prosperous villages and town? to ashes, and havinc made a wiidemess he called .1 peace. The Sultan of Turkey knew quite as well as the mcaft) en light sned Sovereign in Europe th=»t population was wealth and strength. Why had he> therefc.-e, sanctioned if he had not instigated, the Arm?ci«t ma.-sa- cre- Because he hated Christianity in any ?hapt or form. That pure creed gave birth to the beauteous form of 0VE,ly freedom, to white- robed chestity, to frank-eyed honesty, and every virtue that made national life worthy and' noble. It was a struggle for dominant between the Crescent and the Cross, and the latter was the deadly foe of such corrupt and rotten dynasties as that of the Turks, which was a foe to progress, and a source of perpetual ftidangerment to the peace or Europe. At the conclusion of the sp&tker'; observations, the entire audieac* rose to its fees as a protest against the Armenian strocities. THE RELIEF FUND. The Duke of Westminster on Tuesday re- ceived £1, I)Üü each frcm the citizens of Liver- pool. Manche.«ter, and Leeds as contribution* rW the Arrr.enia Relief Fund.

UNPLEASANT INCIDENT AT CONSTANTINOPLE. ———— TURKISH METHOD OF OFFEND- ING- THE BRITISH. Thti Constantinople correspardent of the "Daily Chronicie" that the British Ambassador'* yacht ImoyeT»e, returmrg to her t-.ocrings after a temporary absent found them occupied bv the German bort Lorelei, v. hese commander apologised for having to remain there under his Embassy's orders. It appears thsat 'he Turkish port authorities allotted the Ge.-#.an boat t .is buoy, which the British have occupied for tUe last twenty years. As the Bosphorus hardly lacks accommodation for any number of ?t«smers. it is naturally a-'srired that tho Turks seized the oocation of ofTcnding the British by showing marked favour to the Germans. It is to be regretted that tha German Ambassador did not cour tcouely make way for th" Imogens to secure the accustomed btiov. as other Powers have always done in similar circumstances. It 1.3 understood- the matter has b-ea referred to the arbitration of the Russian, French, snd ittilian Ambassadors, who will hardly -iuppor!; the attitude of their German oelieagse.

HEVOLT IN CUBA. FAILURE OF A FILIBUSTERING EXPED1TION. A Reuter'4 telegram from Madrid i«ays —The. latent dispatches from Cuba mention the failure of t.ie filibustering expecition orran in one of the South. American Republic*. The lo««s j ''f the insurgents in their recent engagements y :h th=- trcv.pa ar-3 stated to liave b-e:i 1.07 in killed alons. AN ADDRESS TO OFFCIALS. A Central Newa telecram from Madfd "<: —The "Impiaroin.i" publishes a disnatch from Havannah stating that Coneral Wsvler published in toe no-wsp.ipers an address to the ¡¡,'A!1." :;1),.1 civil and IT;" ::a,.v governors, and the commandants of colurrn", He will take the r>ec-»ssary mo?ns to fini^+hf war. and espre.«es his cera-n'r thst Spain wdl be able *o defend her po^efs ow. ANOTHER INSURGENT DEFEAT. V CVntxal News k-leenm .'i-orr> Madr'd «avst Kav.inoah tel^^rams to the "I'rnarcial" state that GeneT-ai Corlcy has defeated, between Sagua and Cienfuegis, two thousand in«^r- gpT«ts, undwr Lacret at>d Nut! '1 t»e eneui ofered a stout resistance, which t»— mitted them to draw iff the greater part of th jir j killed. *HTt -h-v h'ft h.-di«» K'hind t.nd a £ r"c"t o'f'H'.t-- '•« ?!*• Sr>an -1 i,t,5 • w-General Mavi-b Áaf, for Pong Rico on Tuc^d*

THE TRANSVAAL j "Á t Å<I DIFFICULTY. PRESIDENT KRUGER'S VISIT TO ENGLAND. WILL PROBABLY BE DELAYED. The confident statement that President Kruger has ac-oepted Mr. Chamberlain's invi- tation to come to England may prove, after all. to be hardlv justified by fact-, or, ?.t least, t premature. The Colonial Office has received a cable reply .rom Prviideot Kruger, but tnat department stated oil Tuesday night that it was not rimct if-able to make tluj telegmto public, while anything but the fu-l text would bo misleading. From this ,t may be assumed that the President has suggested^ certain cn- d.tions as a preliminary to his definite accep- tance of the Colonial Secretary*■» invitation. In this connection. *ne Evening News says:—"People in the know say it will be as great a surprise to those who know Eofr ideas on the matters now before the publio if Paul I'rugtr is in Enghuvl this year 33 it would be 11 the Kefoam Committee weie declared to hive had ample justification for their recent efforts and se* at liberty by Boer officials- It will be not ut all sTii*j.»:isi,ig it th-? XTit-landers are kept out of their right? for at 1 east _three years more. It is in the constitution of the S~<jth Airiir.n Republic that any such radical changes as have been proposed recently mast r. posted up publicly three full cak;.o*r mouths before the meeting ex the Yolksraad. FEEITNG AT BERLIN. The statement that Mr. Kruger has accepted \r*. Chamberlain's invitation to come re Lon- 0 Vn has been recfive-d (says the Berlin corre- si-oncfe-nt of the "DaÙy News") with Vsry ruised feelings. The project is anything but agieej'.b'e to people h i It is felt, although not confessed, that it ir '"i a- rnea't moral and oraciical victory for Bt vish policy. In face of Pnes m. Kruger's "isit, the "National Zeiturg," which throughout the Transvaal trouble m,s been the speaking-trum- ies of the German Jingoes, waxfs more wroth "liau ever. The full text of Mr. Chamberlain's m ;-a,ge to Sir Her(,d"" Robinsca, wh.ch » i.. w to hand, mo.kes it simply furious. "That the frsebooting spirit of Cecil Rlio>.les, Jameson, and Co. to-day also fills Salisbury, Cham- berlain, Hamilton. &c., so tuafc they :L" alt pülliIlZ at one w.re, becomes,ssy.* tne journal, "still more evident from the --roinpt return of Rhodss under a most hypocritical pretext to the sceoie of his activity in Houth Africa, while at the same ".me President- Frnger is to bo removed from the Republic and decoyed ø Lor-don. KRUG-ER AS A FRSEEOOTER The ••Daiiv News" publishes a very timely historical sketch nf the Pc-tchefsfroom revcit in 1857, when that city revolted against the oligarchy cf Lydenburg, ana strove to estab- lish a separate State. "There we have tne story of President Kruger and his fronds," says our contemporarv, "phiying exactly the part Doctor Jim and his friends in Johannes- buT? tried to do. As Potchefstroom ro«e under Mr. Kruger aga.ust Lydenburg, so Johannes- burg was to rise against Pretoria, The Potchefstroom Republic under Pretorlus and Kruger made a raid a la Jameson into the Orange Free State for political purposes to encourage those whc wers believed to be anxious to effect a ui. on. And just as Jame- son failed against the Government of Pretoria, su Pretcriua faded against the Government of the Orange Free State. In 1857 it was Paul Kruger. not Dr. Jame.on. who hoisted the White Flag. The Free Staters, who had tried to help Kr uger's raid, were arrested just as the Johanne~burgesT5 have kil, but, although one of them was condemned to death, all ol them werç, released by the intercession of Kruger himself, en paying a slight fine. His- tory bag repeated itself with a vengeance, but if a fellow f-eel.ng makes one wondrous kind President Knger should lose no time in re- leasing his captives.' VINDICATING A TRISONER. "I ari. able to state authoritatively," says the correspon.Ur.t of the "Daily Telegraph'" in Cape Town, hat tha Government of Pietoria have in their ossesaion Air. Leonard Phillips's Ipttp-book, v.: :h letters beginning in April, 1884, a.nd that there is nothing in them of an inoriminating nature. Messrs. Hofmeyer, Meiriman, and Sauer ur=> working up a case against the Chartered Company for presenta- tion to the Cape Parlia.ment. The Afri- kander Bund is Sitter against Mr. Rhodes, MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S HOME RULE. The Central News says:—A cable has been received at the London otiice of the "Johannes- burg Standard and Diggers' Nev.-s.dated Februarv 19. stating- that "Mr. Chamberlaitvs suggested. Home Rule for Witwatersrand has been very badly received bot.h on the Rand and in Pretoria. It is generally considered im- practicable, impassible, and uristatesmanlike, as .comprising a. eeheme entirely out of touch with local conditions." The "Standard and Diggers' N2ws'5 says:—"There is q:, appalling oblivion of facts and phases which j-a Mr, Chamberlain, of all men, is not easy to under- stand," MURDER OF AN OFFICER. In confirnufcon of the previous cables, the "African Critio" has received the following telegram, from its Johannesburg correspon- dent, sent via Cape Colony: — "On December 31 one of Dr. Jameson's officer? frank unknown) was cartured at Blaauw- ba.nk (Rustenberg di^rict). After a protracted struggle he TF&a bound, kicked, and taken to Laager by Private Grobler, acting field com >i. In the absence of Piet Steinkamp. a woman interpreted The prisonsr was asiced, Wito arc you?' 'Third in command,' was tho reply. Prisoner asked for water, which was given him, bell it wa" S0 filthy that "he woman fetched some t'can water, remarking. '1=!e is nr," a dog.' She alio persuaded the Boers to untie his wrists, which ware lacerated. He was take:1 into the house ll'1.QBI' escort- of two guards, one an «x-eonvict, Ya.n de Yenter (a nctcnau3 horse thief). He w-a" permitted to ^walh. but presently was flung down by Van de Venter, who struck bm with the butt- end of a rin-* on the back of th* head. He rose streaming wsth blood, exclaiming, openrng his shut, 'Shoot here, mv heart is in the njrht olace.' On the 2nd of Jaiiuarv he was toll by his captor* that Dr. Jameson was offering a reward for hi= return, and was ordered to mount. He was led awa v bv the Leers, and as he was crossing a kopje three shots were fired at him and he was killed. He was later on burled by a Ger- man named Karl Boobrey. The description of the deceased was as fo'lowsSmart-looking, of slight build, brown hair. He wore a. blue tunic with gold shoulder straps, fawn breaches with bine pattern. Killed man may be &n officer following up Dr. Jameson. Am inquiring at Cape Town. Piet Grobler has seized copies of the 'Critic.' It contained grave charges col lected against the Bo<~rs. Yet, in the teeth ci it they are continum? to obstruot Liilanders. The new press law is destructive^ to the liberty of the press. It can even prohibit the impor- tation of foreign papers." COLONEL RHODES"? DISPATCH TO DR. JAMESON. A Reuters <t>rlegr«wi from Pretoria on Tuesday reports the continuation of the pre- liminary invest-igatiom of the onarges a-gai st the leaders of the Reform Committee. The most important evidence taken was that of e cj-clist named Jocob Celliers, who narrated how he had delivered, outeido Kru?«rsdoip. a dbpetch from Colonel Rhodes to Dr. Jetiieaon, ana how he had iewt tri<- reply on oamg taken prisoner by the burghers. The inquiry is ptcceedirig. A WITNESS FINED. A Rente* a tel?srraixi from Pretoria on Tnes- dav sari'—During th;> F-xaruination of \1:- Sohummar-her this morning the witness asserted that he did not remember what his iceas wer'- regarding the objects of the Development Syndicate. He was accordingly ordered to pay n'fine of £20 for contempt of court, wnt 1[1\.> alternative of a month's imprisonment. The fine was onid. L-R. JAMESON VT 3"EZ. A Fveuter's Port Said telegram on Tuesday jars.—Iter Majesty's troopship Victoria, with Dr. Jameson and his officers on board, nas at rived her?, and will sail a.t once for England. LATEST ARRIVALS FROM CAPE TOWN. The Uniot bee? Guelpti arrived a<t Southamp- ton on Tuesday morning from Cap- Town. Among tiie passengers were Mr. diaries Leonard, president of the Transvaal National Ur-ion; Captain the Hon. t' J. White. 5>nc one of Dr. Jameson's troopers. Thers was great excitement among tnc-s«> on board to learn the latest develormt-nts of the s-.tiiation in tiro Transvaal, and much surprise waa ex- oressed Mr. Rbode^'s sudden departure ~nd at the prospect of President Kruger visit- -.g England. Mr. Clia-mberla-in's di.notoh to Sir Hercules Robinson. w;<s hai'ed with satis- faction. TNTFP.V1EW WITH MR. LTONARD. M-. Leonard, interview.d on board, repre- sented that under exist,ioc circumstances it was impossible for him to discu-,s thp si'Mation. Ho was absent from Johannesburg at the time of th" outhrpak. having-been st*nt on II. mission hi Cape T.avti by the oo'itieal 1 --iders on the Rsir.d. He had come to England m the ir tert-^ts of the politi^l prisoners at Pretoilor tj-iis r'^por. he thought it better to loave South Afrio^t, ir.-t^ad of pjoirg io ST:!ol. whfTe he would have been useless. There W;19 however, to prevent, him returning a~d -urren- dermg when he had -rmcluded his mi-=ion. and h^xpr^sed Si;s retdiness to do so if necessarv. | yfr. Leonard, who oroceedsd to Lonf'on bv ifr'-c"')! -trf-->. «va<> «trl-od f-7T -ome itdorm^tiorv <-o Dr. Jameson from -Teh;' n 'le^b u >•?. hr-.solutaly refused to :;ay a word on the subject-

PARLIAMENT. OPENING OF THE SESSION. The second session of the fourteenth Par- liament of the Queen and of the twenty-sixth Parliament of the United Kingdom, of Great Britain and Ireland was opened on Tuesday by Royal Commission at two (tdoek Shortly after eleven o'clock the time-honouied custom of searching the vaul;3 beneath the Hciisw of Parliament was ourcrved. The search, which has come to bo regarded as a merely formal matter, was carried out under the usual conditions. A desiachment of Yeomen of the Guard and officials of the House assem- bled in tho central-hall of the upper chamber, and then, headed by Chief Inspector Horsier, descended to tiie vaults and passed through them from end to end. Is is understood e, most, thorough icepeotion failed w disclose anything inimical to the safety of "My Lords" and the Queen's "Faithful Commons." HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tuesday. The Lord Chancellor having read the Queen's Speech. Lord STaNMORE, who appeared in Court dress, movad an address thanking her Majesty for her gracious message, and, referring too the psragraph in that message Lr1, which the Queen informed them of tdie sorrow which had befallen her Royal house, said ha felt sure that ,I; must be consolatory to her Majasty to know that her arrows were her peepk- Attention mvit have been attracted to the unusual num- ber and importance of the paragraphs relating" to events that bad taken plae. beyond The limits of this kingdom, but s regarded the Transvaal he thought it desirable to avoid saying anything which might prejudice the investigation that was about to tab pJ!1r' Negotiations weoe pending which had been entrusted to strong h&ndi', and, having regard to the moderation .and good judgment displayed by the President of tha Republic and the con- ciliatory disposition he had shown, afforded a good augury fQr 1:, successful re5ul:, The com- pletion of the delimitation of the boundaries in Siam, without ground of triumph to either France or England, s Jotild be a ar-urcaof satis- faction to both thosa countries, and must be of advantage to Siam. He believed that the dispatches of her Majesty's Government with respoot to tne Venezuelan frontier question would meet with the gener.il .approval of the country, and that it would be acknowledged that, strong 8.4 they considered their case to be. they were fully justified in refusing tc sub- mit to arbitration the wh, le of the extreme and absurd c-aim made b, the Republic. He felt very deeply upon the difficult a.nd important subject, or the situation in Armenia, but had no faith m the promises of the Sultan, and feared that reforms were only to be hoped for through t'he pressure of the concert of Europe. The ite-call of our Ambassador would have been a. futile and mischievous proceeding. .i.L.I Earl of ROSSL i N„ who wore lord- lieutenant's uniform- seconded the Address, and attributed the troubles which had recently fallen upon this country partly to miscon- oeption, to toisgtavernmc-iii in Turkey, and to events which no OIî8 could have foreseen. Those difficulties -had been met with wisdom and firmness by her Majesty's Ministers, and the dignity of the country had been maintained. Hie warmly approved of the proposed strengthening of the Navy, satisfied as he was tha* preparation for war was the best guarantee of peace, and he was glad to find the Govern- ment meant ro direct attention to the relief of agricultural depression, and to the question of pauper -alien immigration, and the settle- ment of dispute between labour ana capital. LORD ROSEBERY SPEAKS. Tie Earl of ROSEBERY could not but be struck by the daring disregard of precedent en that occasion on the part of a Tory Govern- ment in selecting the mover and seconder of the Address. It was usually the opportunity for maiden speeches "of young peers, and he thought the duty might have been assigned to 3omeone w'th tnore of tha halo of political virginity thuJ. Lord -Stanmore pósst?3sed. (Laughter.) Giving the first place in what be had t0say to the great cabmitv that had fallen upon the Queen and her youngest d?v.o-oter, he could not help being re- minded of the d :?8oth. of the Prince Imperial sixteen or seventeen vears age. It must have occurred tQ all chat both lives were lost, not twelesslv, but without that urgenev with which the regu'ir soldier went to fee duty, and he hoped that these sad events would serve as a warning to successive Government) to weigh well proposals to accept the services of volun- teers however illustrious th.ey might be. Passing to the programme of legislation con- tained in the Queen's Speech, he noticed thai some of thB measures -in the very ample lii1 were old friends. It was difSmit to see how a remedy was to be found for the condition of agriculture, the causes of which were so obvious, and M regarded voluntary schools he felt con- fidea. that the proposals of the Government would emanate from the department which was under th'" control of the noble duke the Pre- aident of the Council, who had \:1>n used by the Government as an universal refrigerator. ('Laughter.j Whenever there h:>d been a bud springing from the promises of the general #deo- Lor. the noble duke's cold spray had be-n turned on and no plant had been able to survive the progress. (Laughter.} There was, it appeared, to be no deterioration of the standard of education, and whw. nopular funds were given to voluntary schools the element of popular control was to be insisted upon. (Hear, heard Perhaps the noble marquess would be able to enlighten them as to what improv-emerst of agriculture was to be expected from the establishment of a board of agriculture in Ireland. Turning to foreign affairs- he noticed the absence from ths Speech of the customary words assuring the country of the continued friendly relations with ether Powers, and that circumstance, taken together with the proposals of increased expenditure, he regarded a-g wtnir-oUB. Tbe agreement with oiam was not such an arrangement a-j mught have been anticipated from the partv in power, having regard to tha speeches they made while in Opposition. The principle of the buffer State had been given úP. and we had given np Monsing. As regarded the Transvaal, the Coloai'l Secretary did his duty and did it promptly, but from the columns of eulogy devoted to his praise, any foreigner would receive the impression that no British Minister had ever done his duty before (Hear, hear.) To Sir Hercules Robinson the Government would- be thought, attribute no mean part of the success they had achieved. {Hear, hear.) It was unnecessary to discuss the raid of Dr. Jameson, because that was to form the subject of inquiry, a.nd ha would pass it by With the remark that it seemed in its inception and oarrving out more suited to the days of Queen Elizabeth than to the days ot Queen Victoria. Her Majesty's Government were right to repro- bate and (i'Vura in the severest, terms what could onlv be regarded ag a filibustering dis- turbance. 'but he thought it unfortunate that they should have taken occasion througn tueir official past—(much laughter)-to print and publish and circulate a glowing euiogiam on that act. He had always considered the Poet Laureateehip to be an obsolete office, and he was now inclined to regard it as a dangerous L-.T-.e. ) Laughter and "Hear, hear. Her Majesty's Government, however, could not disregard the grievance which led ,to the re:a, and there was a solid guarantee for tae rights of the Uitlande;? in th- very able dispatch in which AiX. Chain- barlaia proposed Hon- Rule for tne Rand. (Hear, hear.) It was regrettable tnat our relations with Germany should have ben ir-cu-ired, but- in his judgment the. rejection bv "Portugal of tha overtures for I>. tiding troops I ai Delagoa Bay was due to the action of hc-r Maiestv's laie advisers. The Colonial Secre- tary* boasted that he took a manly, upr.gr.t, and outsnoken view of the po'-v- r and respon- sibilities of cur Empire, but let him not 1I;- dulge in puerile reflections calculated nee- le~sly to irritate other Powers. (Heir, 'near.) The'<nVect of Venezuela was a far from new one—they had all tr.ed their hands at it; bufe r.ow'the iDtervencion of tl<e T inted States ofle-cd a guarantee for the pcrm.-tnenee of any settlement that might lie s-tlved at. He wel- 1 comed the am-ouvic-ment which h<> iirider>»tocd to be mado in the Queen's Sp«ch that nego- tiations wer<* goifg on upon the isubjeot betv/t.*»-n her Maiettv's Government and the Govern- rnent of th» United States. (Hear, near.) He also welcomed the unbounded expression of the loyalty of Canada—(hear, h*sr| --and ti e movement tha- bad s«-t \'x on both sides of the Atlantic towards *oiro form of permanent machinery for arbitration in international disputes. (Cheers.) The para«r,vp-h referrinsr to Ar- menia WM curt and coldi. and he trusted that c-n that subject they would receive more copiou- informw lioii before tsie session v a-- tar ad- vanced. Massacre, rape, and robbery h^.d t reigned almost, uncontrolled in some of the fairest region; of the world, and menacing lan- cn-^s:e was ii»ed bv the Prim* "Minister e ith reference to the Sultan. But brave words had not been followed by brave deed*, and the noble marquess hed been forced to alrmoon the -">u-" of tho Armenians. Surely th- re was a course that mitrht l>e e.doritrxi between a crusade and apathy. (Hear, hear.) REPLY RY TITT: PRE-MTER-. ,¡ ,i.1.. I 'f. Tiie Marques of S.-M-! -R rTCY nbservpd &W s-yHiffiHtf, with the fcurry.-» of Uu-iiUii^a m tho £ ast would justify us in faout-g cataioitie.-i ocmpared with wliich the Crimean Yar would sliik into insignificance. It was a noble aspi- ration that led Prince Henry of Battenberg I to join the (expedition to Ashant-i. and it had I iustified the high esteem in which he was neld by all who knew him. The noble eaii iiad said that by tiie treaty with regard to Siam we had aacr.ficed two iin- pcrtaut things; but ncuhiitg had been given up Out f- min.its portion of Mors uig, v-L'C-h in jast times sent itiie tribide to Burmah, Slum, ard China, while as the result of tho aj-iungenient the nio-it fertile and pros}>erous portion of the kingdom of Siarn was pa'otecte<l again.»t the possibility of attack. (Hear, hear.) Aj t.1 V enezuele.; lie had an increasing uenef during tha last few weeks that some solution of the question would be found which would be considered satisfactory, and that all danger of an,v t.-onHiefc between this oount-ry and -the United; States would b* entirely removed. (Cheers.) He quite appreciated the im- portance of the d* rjopintnt- of a desire to use arbitration for tne settlement of inter- national disputes; but a proposal which at the v, ill of an arbitrator might hand over 40,000 British subjects to the Republic of Venezuela could not be a-eeepted by this country. The noble earl' -pirited denunciation of the Government in regard to Armenia would have been formidable ,f it had ^ny foundation in h-i. but he d*d"d blm to find any stipula- tions in the Berlin Treaty to the effect that we would go to war with Turkey unless the Su-Itaa governed better, or any words of h.s which could be construed into a threat of that kind. The Sultan had been warned by him of what would happen if he disregarded t'ue opinion of Europe, and he wa»3 prepared to sav again, as he had sard before, tha; the Sultan 'was running into a very great- danger if ha defied the opinion of Europe in the beliei Sultan 'was running into a very great- danger if ha defied the opinion of Europe in the beliei tnat the principal cause for his Empire being sustained was the fear of what might happen if it disappeared. He was inclined to think that the European Powers would put off au.h I a catastrophe as long as they could, but if tne present state of things continued its natural onseouenee could not be indefinitely de.iayed. (Hear' -hear.) The noble earl complaimed that the present Government had been inactive in tne m-witer, bat in May Uu-t, when he was r°st)C>Ti8tbls for t.he conauct of foie»gn affairs, he gave no indication cf an intention to resort to force if the demands of England were not conceded. The reforms proposed wete good as far as thev went, andf it was desirable that they should be carried out; but it was ridicu- lous to suppose that they would have repressed ) a civil war. It oould only be repressed by military occupation, and it wok not in the power of this country to take such a step alone. The other Powers were neither inclined to en- courage nor to help a military occupation cn our part", (Hor, hear) During the last few weeks things had considerably improved, but they might depend upon it that, however sslo-.v the process might be, it was ordv by time that the object in view could be attained, and it was idle to threaten when we knew we could not perform. (Cheers.) The Dake of ARGYLL held that England vras responsible to a large extent for the good government of the Turkish Empire, and was astonished at the coldness which ran thrcu 5h i vras responsible to a large extent for the-good government of the Turkish Empire, and was astonished at the coldness which ran thrcu 5h i Lord Rose'oery's dispatches With reference w the Armenian atrocities. He gave notice th9_l on an early day he should call attention to the nature and extent of our national obligations towards the Christian subjects of the Sultan of Turkey, as arising out of the course of pol icy of successive Governments of the Queen In European transactions from 1854 to the present time -1. o. +.r Tne Address was then agreed to. The House adjourned at ten minute* to eight o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tuesday. The Speaker having read the usual sessional The Speaker having read the usual sessional 'I orders, Mr. Balfour rose as leader of thn Hou-e,to give notice of a motion regarding the intro- duction of private Bills and the ballot for r. otio. s by p.iva'o members. The course < adopted for several years past in this ie?pect will be again pursued, and the ballot for position Will take pines in one of the Uwnroittee-ronirvs ¡ and not, !;IS was formerly the custom, in the ¡ Hc-us^ itself, Nc-.ic»a oi the following measures v-.as theit given. — Mr, Goschsn 'First Lord of -the Admiralty): On Thursday next to ask ieeve to introduce a On Thursday next to ask ieeve to introduce a Bill to make provision for :ÜJ8 construction of works in the (J rtited Kingdom and elsewhere for the purposes iof tho Roya.i Xavy. (Che-er3.) Mr. Chaplin (Presidenrt of the Local Govern- ment Board): A Bill to amend the law with. I respect to (the rating of occupiers cf agricul- tural land in England, and other purposes con- nected therewith. Mr. Waiter Long (Presiaer.i ot the Board of Agriculture* A Bili to amend the law relating to agricultural holdings, and make further pro- vision with respect to loans for agricultural purposes; also a Bill to amend tiie Diseases of Animals Act, 1894. Mr. Gerald Balfour (Chief Secretary for Ire- land) A Bill to further amend the law relating to the occupation and ownership of land in Ireland, and for other purposes connected there- with. Mr Ritchie (President of the Board of Trade): A Bill to facilitate the con'traction of light railways in Greai Britain a.so a Bill to mak? better provision fer the settlement of trade- disputes.. Sir M. White Ridley (Home Secretary): Ai B:i to amend the law 101' compensation to workmen in respect of injuria received at their employment. Sir 3. Gorst (Viee-President, of the Council): A Bill to inike further proyrsibn for education in England and Waies. Mr. Bro-drick (Under-Secretary fir War): A Bill to facilitate the execution of military manoeuvres. (Loud lautrnv- THE ADDRESS. Members then uncovered wh'ist the Shaker read the Queen's Speech, which will be found above. Mr. G. J. GOSCHEN. Tun. ISu-et, East Grinstsad, C,), who wore tie uniform of a Volunteer corps, then rcse to v tve an address of thanks for the gracious Sp ech irom the Throne. lIe referred in sympi: :hetic terms to the dsath of Prince Henry of Batteisberg, and rem-irked that the House would, no doubt, desire to condole with her Majesty and the Princess upon the loss they had sustained. At thlt srme time, he congratulated The House iJpon the successful issue of the Ashanti Expedttior, which had, he 32,1.-1. been a triumph of organisation. HE trusted that the success of the expedition would result in a. great extension of commerce. Pars- ing on to the expedition against Chitrai, he paid a high tribute to the skill and valour of I the officers and men engaged in i". and ex- pressed satisfaction at the amicable and suc- cessful delimitation of the boundaries between lour Indian Empire and the dominions of Ruq;a in Asia. He trusted that the negotia- tions which were now going- oi with respect to the Venezuelan question would result, not I only in an equclly satisfactory settlement of the boundary question, but in a complete recon- ciliation and firm friendship between ourselves end our kindred across the Atlantic. He then I' referred -in glowing terms to the recent out- burst of loyal feeling on the part cf Canada end ether Colonies, and. after a eulogistic reference to the action of the Colonial Secretary in the I, Transvaal question, he expressed a hope that the result might be the redress of the giievrmres of the Uitlanders and the settlement of the affairs of South Afri.4 on a. satisfactory basi- Re- ferring to th)- state of things in Armenia and the honor which recent events in that country had excited in England, he urged that the Government had done all they coild to procure the introduction of reforms short of running the risk of involving this country in the respon- stlility and the calamity of p European war. He then insisted on the necessity of in- creasing tue strength of our Navv and taking ?ome steps for$the reu- r of the agricultural Interest, now at its lovest ebb. He trusted thai the measures whifch the Government intended to introduce on the latter subject, would be suc- cessful. Bui., if not, it might be necessary to resort to a more drastio policy in order tc prevent the land oi the country from going out of cultivation. After referring to the necessity of giving such additional assistance to the voluntary schools as would enable th-iu to compete successfully with school board i schools, he touched -briefly upon the meas -re for the reform of the Irish land la-w, and eon- clnded an animated peroration by reiterating the hop? expressed: in the Roya't Spec-h that, the Biv;n.e guidance might be vouchsafed to Parliament. He then moved the Address, which not only thanked her Majesiy for her Speech, hu" ¡..x¡:,rl""c;J ]•- loyal .^id graceful terms the svmDat1. and '-onooh-nce cf the House to her Majesty and the Princess Beatrice ¡,pn,: t'he loss they bl sustained in the death of Prinre Henrr of flattenbrrr. Sir J. STIRRING MAJXWELL iG'.al-o-ow, Col'ege, C,), who wore a military uniform, in seconding the Add:ess expreg-ed his great satisfaction at the terms in which the Yene. zuelan difficulty wa- referred to in the Royal Spoeoh. and puiosrUeri d:.p clecr and stncVht- forward manner ir.. which recent t":e"L., in Armenia were d01lt with. At the same time. he expressed his regret 'hat it had not been found possible to -ub.i^ct the Stiltsn to such pressure as wou1d have comnelled h:m tn in ro- cluce the neee«s»rr reform;; ir.ro the rubivnis- tration o* s province for thp «i,?,V-rins.'s of wh-ic people all Englishmen felt the deepest sym- pmhy. Before the alleged fdlur? cf the Government to ii-ot-^ct the ArniPtiians was oritic'^ed the cri'ics mv-ht to l>e pre pa e i to say what more the Government c-uld have J done. All parties in ihr.t House •verc m^w agree*! upon the r*eces*v of :orca<'ng tl e st-.ren?*'i v' t"t>° "s"'1 v1. Ai Imu'-re o- two of t:if> T.-O- CM- ,), ,T f. 1- of & coiitrovferiilal nature* the *ie»!.w of tL&m wers: of siiijh a .non-oof:tioversiai oiiaracter that the Government might fairly expect to .receive the invaluable assistance of the Oppo- sition in passing tliem. By corx.aded by seconding Úi", Address. SIR WM. HARCOURT STARTS OPPOSITION. Sir W. HARCOITPvT (Monmouth, West. R.), after complimeuting the mover and seconder of the Addtess upon the maniior in which they had d;scharged their duty, pro- ceeded tu expiess the dtep sympatny whieh the House entertained for the irreparable loss wbirh the Hoval House had sustained iu the death of Prince Henry of Batienberg.^ He then eaid that never had the House of Com wcn, iissembied imder such eiltical circum- as surrounded them thÜ (hy, 'Ihe haievoo days whieh they were promised by the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs as the result of t!it: change of Government had rot ye* arrived. (Laughter.* Perhaps by tJ.'S time the hon. gentleman had learnt that foreign trouble3 did nut always re-suit from mismanagement d home, that the advent oi a part icular party to power would not neces- sarily bring- peace and goodwill amongst men. (Laughter.) He rejoiced that the paragraph in the .Royal Speed; with re sped- to the Vene- zuelan question bekl out the hope tint this question would receive an early settlement, istid no word's adverse to such a. settlement or iha.t could interpose any impedimwi-t m its way should fall from him. The First- Lord of the Treasury had said in a, speech at Man- chester that there had bom misunderstandings on both sides with it«p.»c-t to this question. That was so. It was from these nnsnnder- etandings ¡1J."t the ruffled feelings which existed with respect- to this subject had arisen. It was desirable that the misunderstanding on this subject should be removed in both countries. Ther" was nothing new or extraordinary in the Monroe doctrine. It was not a principle of international law, but on oi national policy. It was only the same uoctrine in vktuw of 'I which we had ourselves interfered in various States where our interests were affected, and, so far was the Monroe doctrine frrni behig an extension of that doc- tune, it was, in fact, a limitation of it to the .American, Continent*. All it amounted to \Vi\A a declaration tliat any invasion of the political or territorial rights of any American State was a matter of special interest to the Li ited States. Me did not see why any feelings should be ruffled by 'that, and he was glad to see thai the Government were so far fiora reseating the appointment of a Commis- sion of Inquiry by the Govmimuit iof the United States that they had welcomed it. a.nd weru ready to co-operate with the United States. He had, indeed, sten it said tha.t the appointment of thi3 Commission was an insult to Great Britain, but. happily, that was not the view of the Government. In fac1, the only object that the Commission had was to obtain the information. necessary to deter- mine a. question that was at present involved m great obscurity. Diplomacy had had this urCoion of the Venezuela,n boundary in hand for a century, and it was not creditable that the question should have been allowed to fester until it had broken out in fj,n open sore and Lai bred bad bio d between two kindred nations. It was the duty of the Government to take measures to h',d this sore without elele.y, either by negotiation or by arbitration. No doubt there, were some questions to the settlement of which arbitration was no' appli- cable, but this was pot one of them, nnd if th« principle of arbitration was admitted we ought nor. to be too strict in limiting the refe- tepeq to the arbitrator. It should be tho coiect ot both Governments and of everyone, either in England or the United States, to do every thing in 4heir power to assist in the sett: ment of this Question. (Hear, hear.) They could not-, for obvious reasons, then discuss full'v the affairs of the Transvaal, but thev ou?ht. to express complete approval of the statesmanlike ecu rags and promptitude dispir.ved tOV the Colonial Secretary, as well as the magnanimity and humanity manifested by President Kroger. That was all he should have desired to say had it not been for the astounding and u^olorable speech addressed t'.e other day hy the Prime Minister to the members *of 'he Nonconformist- Unionist Association. In order to indulge his favourite aversion to Home Rule, L:rd Salisbury bad in that speech used language b could not but raise doubts in the mind of jlr. Kruger and the Boers as to our sincerity and goodwill towards the South African Re- public and its present Constitution. cn"ar, ) bear.) Did he think that tfois was thf wav in which the sober-minded people of England, apatt from the frequenters of juuric-haiis and Poet Laureates—(laughter)—desired -a question of this kind to he dealt with'? He would not discuss the recent dispatch ir.. wb:ca the Colonial Secretary adverted to the grievance-: of the U;tlarder*. but he nould not heip remarking that his proposed remedy was Home Rvle pure >.r>d simple. (L!lèlg;t< We liked always to i-eturn to our earlv low and he was glad to see the Colonial Secretary throwing- back to the old strain. (Laughter") If President ivruger cams over to England, he wished the right hon. gentleman a prosperous issue to Ins new round-tebit- conference. (La-uehter.) Ti.e first thing the right hon. gentleman had toxdo was to eonvincs President Kruger of our determination to respect the integrity of the Transvaal. Then the connec- tion of the Chartered Company with recent events must be inquired Tito, and he was glad do gather from the Royal Spee<-h that it wai b be inquired mto. He wished to know in v. hat manner the inquiry wag to b", carried out. Indeed, the whole oosirion of the Char- tered Company required invest'ifation." because at present we were involved bv them i.¡ the •most serious responsibilities without havina- the power to che'-k or control their action. (Bi:a:r, hear.) Then ^Le desired to know what was to be the position of the Chartered Ccmpany pending the investigation he hsd referred to, and also what security were we to have that there should be no recurrence of raids like tbo*e of Dr. Jameson. He took it for granted that the cha-rter of the South African Com- pany would be revised, but :n addition to that !t waa of the hia'h.e?t importance both for the pacification of South Africa and in regard to the estimation, in wh:«h w« were to be held by the world at large that we should show our detestation as a nation of inroads like that- of Dr. Jameson. (Hear, hear.) The rass3?e in tha Roval Soeeeh with regard to Armenia had been dcsc-ril^ed as di-atipoint- irg, but that was an ^xoression totally in- adequate to de-scribe the feelings of the people for Armenia, whose hearts and consciences hnd been deeply- stirred by the atrocities committed ia Armenia. 'Cheers ) We had a speck] responsibility in this matter, because we h 'd not onlv been tiie traditional protectors of the Turkish Empire, but We had. both by the Treaty of Berlin and by the Anglo-Turkish Convention, contracted a direct responsibility in resmect to the good government- of Armenia and tie* protection of its inhabitants. After referring in detail to the provisions of the Berlin Treaty and the Anglo-Turkish Conven- tion in order to enforce our responsibility in this matter, the right hon. gent'emH.n said that it, was from a sense of that responsibility that the late Government had united with Russia and France to pres= for the reforms in the government of Armenia- The present Govern- ment, as he understood, had also been acting in concert with other Powers, RTd in h's speech at the Mansion House the Prime Minister had warned the Sultan of the probable result of disregarding the warning' thus ad- dressed to him. But .vhat had been the result, of tlti, concert of Europe, and why bi,d its efforts been defeated? Who wa* it that had secured the Sultan impunity from tbut fate which, r.ccordinsr to *he Prime Minister, must br.nc ai1 unjiSt anù crrprfssive ruler 10 rum? (Hear, hear.) We had tj, right, to know. The right hon. gsntiemnn then read an extract from the leoerit speech of Lord Sali-l jury to th.. Nonconformists, and, as con- trasting it With the sf>eech of the moble marquess at the Mansion House, described it a* an im(par.alielf-d. confession of diplomatic Jnsoi! vency and national impotence. (Hear, hear.) Was ibis to be the end of the great- Anarlo- Turkiih jXilicy of 1378? Was thv to hr, the final outcome of tJ. trinmphal return from Berlin0 Wac this peace with honour? (Cheers.) Against the policy p ;rsn -1 by the Conserva- tive Government of 1878 the Opposition had always protested, and their protests were justi- fied by the subsequent course of events and the present state of things in Armenia. The result of that: policy was S-; JY1 ph- b secure 0 the Sultan impim''v in the misrovernmpnt of bis Eninirf and tha oppression o* his subjects, (Hear, hear.) Passing on to other topics re- ferred to in the -Speech, the right, hon. gentle- man expressed his confidence that the House would support such an -1 nr-rea-«e of the Navv as the Jrovprnment might coAsider necessari'. They wtmid also, he ljelieveq, be willing to give a friendlv considers Lion tf any measure-' which t-iie might jironose for ,11" relief of agilcul-ure, so long as they did not trench unon the. rltfht; or int>*rests of other ch-sr-e.4. One thi«g he was chid to imderssand was t.Jint the Golt-rnmen- d:d not contemp'.ite any return to JProt^tion. (Ch--ers.) As to education, th" 0fcpo«it-ion would be willing to consider the proposal* of ihe Gova-rr-mpnt GO lo-ig as these (lid -not involve jeiv disturbance of the sett! ement of 1370, whieh would be j Ffrri.no"»'iy r .si--ted. (Pear. hear.) A fter r-oni- rilaining (If the omw- ioti from th'' Supech of any reference fo mea- sures of {emp'-rfnee reform. tb«> r;oht hon. (10 i.-mented s-verpiv unon -he omn'biis elause at the end rf th^ Speed. TT* ii:-ci never k^o«o a "u-e ? Ik '>c messMV'-s v.-h>c'> rhe f;ov rnrmut l;v >v.- t>pv h ■id not tlje sIndites' chance of passing. (Hear, hear.) 8PTRIT ■ D l?rPT;Y gv MR. n 1\ L I'oe R Wr. T; A T vfar,hosier. E.l com- j ;c ■- ii\- i".ii;-l 'iri'.rr rhe clover s-d secoiidcr oi tim *v>ldre». and by assoc^atxas

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MEETING OF THE WELSH RADICAL MEMBERS. PR-OOS £ MXa~ADJOl; £ -N>:i> IN GREAT CONCERN. Our London Correspondent, telegraphing (In Tuesday night, says:—Room No. "■ in ill- House of Cenimcru saw +be commencement to-day of II, series of Htrur^e? wbuh bid fac- to render the doings of ihe Radical member of Wale3 as interesting and amusing as many were in the palmy doings of the historical ''split. Mr. Ellis Jones-Grittiths on this occasion introduced an element of mischief into the ranks, and Mr. Lloyd-George and "Maben" advocated it with stentorian tongue. Sir George Osborne Morgan, who had been d"Iy elected to rtbe chair, was as powerless to pre- vent the outburst as Mr. Jones, of Oxford, I and both members gazed at Mi-. Lloyd-George, who assumed the most acgressive attitude, with astonishment, nnd wondered that such things cculd be. Tbe bone of contention bes in the resolution submitted by the new memb&r ior Anglesea. It is to this effect:—"That everv resolution passed^ at a. meeting of the members of the Welsh Radical party relating to Parlia- mentary action, and most specifically to W ales, and Monmouthshire, shall be binding upon very member of that party/' Mr. Griffiths, with eorne force, contended that unless this resolution were carried they would bo pov.er- les; If it w*re carried they would have a Welsh party; if lost, they would have none, and they would net know where they were. Mr. Lloyd-George, who seconded, said that he was determined to see the master through. lie would tolerate no prevarication. The party must decide die matter now, and unless a decision approving the resolution I were arrived. at, he would p--i. be bound by "Tiy resolution which the pariv might pess. He would consider himself free to act as his opinions dictated, and he would begin by informing the public of the intrigues which had wrecked men and crgariisations in the Principality. To this etfec: did Air. George proceed for some time, and it- is rieed- kss to fifty that his remarks were listened to with concern. "Mabon"' supported in a more deliberate maimer. He thoroughly agreed with the principle of the resolution, and thought that it ought to bo adopted. Ulti- mately it was decided to adjourn the discus-don until Thursday, when developments may he expected. Manv of the members are in total disagreement with the resolution. It is not likely that Mr. 1), A. Thomas will consent- to have his hands thus tied, neither is it expected that Mr. S. T. Evans, Mr. Bryri Roberts, Mr. Lloyd Morgan, and Mr. Rees Daviies will resign v, hat thev oojwider their political free- dom, and. if events move in the way they promise, the ia>t .-UiKe of the Welsh Radical part win be worse-than the first. The usuut officers were appointed. Mr. Herbert Lev. is and Mr Rerlnnkt AI'Kenna (the "latter in the place of Mr. Ri-es Davies) being appointed Whips for the session, and tiie prc-eedmgs were adjourned until Thursday.

TBE TIN-PLATE TKADE. WALES ANT) THE AMERICAN MARKET. Mr. Anthony Howeils. United State' Consul at Cardiff, has written home saying thai on every hand he observes signs of better times in this country, aid trade, which b" beer so depressed that many skilled workmen have been glad to leave the country for the purpose 01 securing employ- ment In the new' works ;n the United States. t-.It is remarkable," lie, continues, "how decided has been tht* '-hange in the popular feeling in eoiisequ-mce of the news that the price of stpp) in America lias been ra.sed to such ari extern that tin-platoa oould not be manufactured at competitive prices. An immense improvement has already taken place here in the steel trade, although as yet tha prices have not been en- haneed'M'. the same evtent as ia tiie United States: and herein lies the hope of the tin- plato makers, for if it should ensue that the boom in prices corresponded .in degre* to that which ha= taken place in the United States, ihe I Welshmen would gain no advantage. it is wcrthv of note that, thp rua-nufa-oturers are bestirring themselves in the direction of open- ing-new markets, liecan;e they feel that their hold upon the Atnenc-an market -s by no meat s j a hrm one.

I TIN-PLATE MANT- FACT TREKS' ASSOCIATION, THE PROPOSED opKN'fNG UF NI-1W MARKETS. The usual weekly meeting of the association | formed a few weeks ago to ccnsM r ttie provi- sion of a company for the purpose of opening fresh markets for the tin-plate trade was held at the Mackworth Hotel, Swansea, on Tues- day afternoon.—The committee reported that I the promises which thev anticipated from tin- plate makers of providing capital for the scheme had not been suffic er.tlv numerous to enable them to proceed further in the matter at present, — ft was decideo, in view of these unexpected orcumstancc.s. to convene a general meeting of ihe association, to be h-ld in a. fortnight's r-m-e, for the p <•• consider->• !v- i!ie -ol'! ■ r ..I p'e ng -1 .••oa.p&ny wst- t-.j be further proceeded with ur nat

s 111 P PI Nu NEWS. ofGNALLiED OFF THE LIZARD. 'f: llijss'-d V\ k; National Jmer. V1* suii.trvl Kurop^, 1' 11.—I assed "Kiist: Steamers Kura. Philudeiphm. for A Harriet, 01 A.1 l-ddiosbor'Ug; 11; vvai- department „-rii:■ er :¡.r Redyers Buller Captain _\l'Clcre, Lt Dubjin; Shearwater, of Newcastle; BurliB!? ton, of West Hartiepoo.; Grenmar. cf Brevig" Eieanor, from xvew Orleans for Lynn: i' iiOtnie, from Chdrit-ston for Bremen. I West: Aigentina, (,.f ^"hriitiansand, in tJ',K barqw#. 111 tow of lug Guiana steamer? of K-ouen Laboe,,of Hamburg GL-r trude. of M'idulslfbcrough; City of Lisbon, Dublin; her Majestyships Roval 8.1>, Revenge, The. u Hermione, Gibra.ta'- Charyud s, and .ive i^rpe-,j-catchers. —Wi* W. weathe* moderate; va smooth: bsr-* %l-0 • 37, fciliiug. SIGNALLED OFF THE MUMBLES HEAP- Feb. 11.— Wind, W.S.W.. lieht >' cathe^ l.azy; sea, smooth.—Passed East *team*r Lufcecc, of La RccheiJe. Passed W«st« steamers Cbevington. of London Comorio. Glasgow St. Kiiua. Glasgow. SWANSEA.—ARRIVE LS sNUiUH DOCK. Feb. 10.-Ophelia, s. 1.020. Ghent, nr. W 0*^ kess. «, 73-6, Manchester, nil. 1 55, I'e^- a;i-i Joha, j8, BkM-rd. gravel. Kesu!- FeiW5"' e'il. SOUTH DOCK „ Feb. 10.—Clianzy, e, 237. C».n. n:l Wave- ™* Cnton ferry, nJ Feb. 11.-Lui-tce, ». 701. S-jr. -1.' m '.i.jwa>• 500. Oaidilf, gei eral. Che-1, aigtu.'i. ». I'-V* geneiai SAIT.ryGS N OjJTJ-1 DOCK. Feb If! -Klira Anne (Rvai;.j rlViidlroi. (Bi'tingl, Ne.v;.Xei;v (Hebbj. Cork. r.rid Kiii.lv, s (linrris). Br.o!. SOUTH DOi'K. Fib. 10—F. L. B., s (Beno, Liiile'iampion. ,t{iO F'- -LTJ'CSO. s 1 Kcadh Ilfraeonibe. Saia'. (f.i'e). Fei). 11.—lolite. s (Johnston), Rochester. 5 (.Uuilioma:), Caen. rTilXCE OF WAT.F'S 1), t Sa,, F, Grea En.i.tIOr, 8 (Builcr), sea (towing EXTFF i.D Ol i VV■H11;3.—F-hruarv i- Venice, Opbn-lia. s. Den, Krohn. 1,020, Suz/is "t k Algiers. Harked, s. B. Giles. 736, Fisher. UenW^ Caen..Chanzy, s. F, Ou°<hcmaf. 237. GlasbKrii Honfleur, Bordeaux, s, B, Bo-ien. 253, G. Step"™ Rccen, LutMc. s. F Even, 701..T. ? C, F<rt:^ n.py Result, B, Atknv-m. 238. G. l:e[;u' Ui:eia \lulvl. B, HuiV.ii. i2i*. bii'-cck-s Cf KAUF.D.—February 11. Giirinsev, Result, B, "50 coa.1 Ro"e:i, 1 Ji -e », B, 1,700 Honfleur. B'-xdeaux. b. B, 57o ccat 4^ Hamburif, Ci:y of Dortmund, -s. B. "30 ^toer*l ;'("'ll Caen, GhanI)". k. F. 550 i«: IMPORTS.— F-1 ..an- 11 Trepc-rt. Ch';7ir.s>TO'i, s. I t?'. V..gr> re >-aie« mtrawl 80 casks chtmricaie, 50 <<* nii voters. Jol.ii Harrison IMPORTS COAS'iTVTSE —February 11 Glasgow, fee.. Medwsy. «, general, M. Joiiwi Bkteford, Peter and John. 80 wts> jj-rave.. v* lake Liveipocl. Sunlight-, s. wi"r. J. Bacon t4) EXPORTS i •!>.><; —is.i'i.; V U. LeHli. EfimeraVJla, 225 Will'-ams & Co. Liverpool, Suniight, s, general. Bseon 'w3 Highbridge, Alihu, 110 eo«l. R. Hvtteens Guernsey, ReSnSt, 450 eoa-i. Ov.'aun-ea.i-Gurwr.-n .-A Manchester, Cheving-icm, s, general, John P-1'*1'

NEATH AND BRITON i EEB^ ARBTVALS. Feb. 8.—Fanav, 49, Barnstaple. ro-t°. Feb. 8.—Fanav, 49, Barnstaple. ro-t°. Ft-1>. 1.1 -tfiTv Vr.,k s 23. -to:TpnlSii. U-.dc-fl'. s, 242. BrWtot, bailaat-. Saint Kiiv^ r' | Dublin. '0.1 (jiir-vr;? Feb 8. s iT.r. 1' Feb, 11 -Wave (Wle-im*). Swa* Vn. rWor-der), london. Ss.int Kids', J i\Viltle), C? EAKt-O. —Febvr.iy 11. FulUipol, Marcel f_t Ejitm. F 2s5

TRADE KEPOHTS. THE "iNCORPORATED SWANSEA Ii EXCHANGE. SWANSEA, Tussc-aj^ The pig Iron w&rra.m marlcet seems ro'idnued in its upward pro^res-s, with leaving eff to-dav 6d per too higher upon i.-tek, wliile makers are rwsbsmg higher P1,^ 'ihe cc'iiaompiion of liese-emer tin-pia"* 1-^0 has considerably falUn off, and the de 1^' are •jroalt, whue Siemens baa s with carriage are bfeitiK supplied at about e<^)H price-?, or, at any v.uc. ,0 a lew pence pt* difference, so tiiat tn>* bulk of tho pretseni lequiremont* aro bring supplied ot this The shiprr.cidj of tm-piatti; for the weeK very uiuv'a onuinished, whieh is a clear cation of the poor demand, while tho receiP^, from works are red<.a--e-d 'to one-half of they vjrere this time last, year, and horn rs^Ljs, obtained in every direction, there are no of any improvement- 111 the demand, so o* aftwr completing the exi-ting oont-raot<5. j'0.h«a- afteiwards will be further laid off. and production will be decreased. There 1:, i slight reducticri m blcx,l. tin of 2.s 6d po!o:. while copper haa Hligbtly receded, lut J tc day aRer having regained the fall. Tbfi trade suffers in proportion to tin.* Ivssr sumpion at mauufacturi-ig works. up Pig iron.—Glasgow warrants 47s 4d. in vers ISIlddiesborough No. 3 38s 5d promP^ other number5 in | ror.rtion hematite rants 4Ss 10|d for mixed uiunberi, f.o.b- C*- berland, aeoortLn^ to brand, M'.ddlest-oro' hematite 46s 3d. ^el.sh Bars.— £ 5 Ss to £ 0 10s H^yles. u,<' at usual extras, f o.t. at works. 4 Phec'.t J¡,:rr.£& 12s bd to £ b 17'<1 W- fot" at works. Steel Rail-.—He aw ;eet-icus £ A 10> 10 15s, light dit-fo £ 4- 17a od to £ 0 5s.. f-°' 15s, light dit-fo £ 4- 17a od to £ 0 5s.. f-°' sleepers, anjrles* t-hannols, &l\, aeoordm? sevtion and specdication. Steel Sheets.— £ b IT; 6d to £ b 17s t-b Vv) the usual ettr*is for the Idyher yauircs- Bessenier Str d.—Tin-ph «v bars £ 3 1"< w* Siemens Tin-plate Bars.—Best. £ 3 i$- delivered in the district, net ea«h. iir Tixi-plntei.—Makers' quotations for Bes^10^ «t?cd ^Kik" 9a l^d to S?.' od Siemens riir.fh) 98 4Jd to 9f fid: terries, per double L)oj,. L3 by 20 C. 17; 6d. 13s 6d. to 22s L, charc-onl T'is bd to 13s fcd, according- io 6^ .I brand "wasters 6d to Is per box les? primes: odd sites u>ual extras—all deliv<P^ m Princ j of Wales Dock, Swansea: oa*h. 3 and. 1 per cent, ,3 t'opper.—Chili b?irt. £ 4-3 l'li; bd to 11s bd. block Tin.— £ 6- 10.s ni £ 61..J. Speitel.— £ 14 ii's Go, per teieyrari! r-ceiv on 'Ch.anee..1 •- Lead.- — IhisrlUh £ 1.1 6.; 3d to £ 11 3*> yd Spanish £ 11 5s to £ 11 b-- ?d.. e0f' Aiithraeite Coal.—1'est bi<? vein, '.elected malum? pujyosps, IT; to !?.-■■: second ditto 10s to 10s 6d: ordinary large, acco1^ Jl to quality arid sek'tiim. 8s 9d r>» 9« &d "■ rublify e.eb'i, per ton. 3s 9d ro Is—all deli^^j. [,o,1., Swaij-t.i, ia-h in 30 day-, ie-s 1 -it. Steam Coal'.—Largr^ 9- f.,1 to 10s bd id- qualitv ditto 8s 9d to 9, bl: bunkers. a*-<f 6d ing to quality, 7s to 9s s'nall 4s 3d t*> vJ> per ton, dpllva-red f.o.b. S»t (HI "f';¡ 0 d^. lesa ?X p-r cent. Bitumino 1-. Coals.—Large (No. 10s to 10s 6d: through c> 8s 3d "• small 6s 3d to 69 6d: larsje >, No. i* P»hoT^" jj 3s 9d to 9s 6d tbrowjh ditto 7r. to S* ditto 5s to 5 6d per ton, deliverer! f.o o- sea, cash JO d«vs. le->? 21 r«r >-enc.. Cobs-.— Best foundry 16■; to 17s: 'ary"(7 12a to 12s 6di *p«r ton, f.o.b. Swausea davs, less pe; cent Patent Euel.—l'Ja 3d 10-: t,b .j«, Pitv.ood. —17s to l~s i' per ton truv"' net eadi 30 days.

.7" SCARtST FEVER "\T AiAESTEG* A: tie- ordinary meeting of the LVuiu |Ji-oi. Council ou Tue#<J^y ",e^*jl^J Mr. If. Barrow..T.P., presiding, it t-o offer je20 a. year tl r a, site on Bt yTfirng^- j,t for an isolation hospital to Mrs. G'.vyn- -\is.hi the owner of the land. Them had been^ fre?h cu.se. of -'C,> rler 'ever dvi/Lig the P^ night, and tho me.iieal *>ffieer adv13^' closing iof tho elementary schools b11" *n week. They have now been closed 0, weeks, and the feel in? ia tho place a?»'ins* clcsiu? is becoming lnt<Rj;<e. nf*" tjj Printed and FuliiSlud it'r the til* L'AV'i > DA V i as the "Hvuth Wak-5 Dady Post, 211, owjuatm.

himself and his friends with the sympathetic remarks whivh had fallen from the leader of thti Opposition with respect to the death u; Pi':nc>- Jtlenn of Jbat&entx-rg. The leader loOt the Opposition had commenced upon the num- ber of Bills which the Government had announced-their intention -to introduce, but lie had only described ui»- of them as' controversial, and, under the circum- stances, lie (Mr. Balfour) hoped that the Government measures ought pa.,s without any great amount of discussion. (""Hear, hear, and a laugh.) The only yiart of the spee-h of the right hon. gentleman .n which he himself took any interest was that v, Inch dealt with the relations of the country with Venezuela, the Transvaal, and Anu-ma. With reference to Venezuela, the right hon. gentleman. bpent a great deal of time in controverting; an opinion never held or professed by the Government- or any of their supporters, for they had never suggested that-. any in suit to this country was involved in the appointment by the American Government of a Commission of inquiry into the Venezuela boundary. Neither had tne Government ever said a word against the original Monroe d .ctdne. whch wag one of English origin. So far, .ind-cd, had her Majesty's Government been from con- sidering the appointment, of the Ccmwission of inquiry into the Venezuelan boundary an insult that l.e mkrht- tell the House that the Government oi the United States iiad applied to her Majesty's Government for information, and that the Government had replied that they would furir.sli ail the information in their possession at the earliest possible moment. Then the right hon. gentleman went on to say that ail the matters connected witbvthis Vene- zuelan boundary question \nè: involved in so much mystery and obscurity that no clear view could be taken of them. But, >tithoU;1 there were some points of considerable difficulty, none of the English Governments {vho had since 1844 dealt with this question had ever eater- tamed any doubt that sc me of the c,l a i rr-tif,, by Venezuela were beyond any Teasoimble controversy. Ihe various attempts that had been made by the English Government to settle th>s matter of the Venezuelan boundary since 104-4 hud, no doubt, failed, ior different reasons, but it must of the Venezuelan boundary since 104-4 hud, no doubt, failed, ior different reasons, but it must not. be supposed that because the English Government had from, time -to time suggested different boundary Hues therefore the v>hole matter was iftvolved in such obscurity that any idea of founding our claim on historical any idea of founding our claim on historical evidence must be abandoned. He could, how- ever, usi-ure th« right hon. member that the Government would not be detened by any diplomatic scruples o," dJSicuIties :rtnn bringing this question to a satisfactory settlement. At same time, lie must observe that the country could not hope to retain the confidence of our Colonies if we did not defend their interests when we thought they were in the right. (Hear, hear.) Although it was impossible to say what genera] conclusions, would be arrived at by the American Commission, ho was satis- fied that every -impartial person would arrive at the conclusion that there never had been anv contention in tbe past- cf this country either to violate the Monroe doctrine or to p :h the frontier of the British Empire beyond our rights. (Hear, hear.) If out of this con- troversy some general plan of arbitration for settling dispu-ies between England and the United States should arise, then he should, for his own part, think that any evd that had now been done would be mo: e than compensate,; by such a 0, permanent guarantee of good ) will and friendship between t.vo kindred peoples. (Hear, hear.) Passing ou to die question of the Transvaal, the right-hon. penile- man had complained of th language of Lord Salisbury ")3 likely to embitter our relations with tbe Boers and to infuse into them at. idealist we were anxious to upset their con- stitution. But. supposing that Lord Salisbury's language had this (inflammatory character. ti:e evii would be increased tenfold by t'he adver- tisemen?-which th1,. ";ght h g^rdeim-\n 'h",¿ I given it. He (Mr. Balfour) i>'d not, however, believe that the feelings cf Mr. Kruger were fc'kely to 1 •• embittered by the remarks of the Prime Minister, which were certainly not- r- tended to have that effect. Then he had been asked what was to be done with respec-t. +0 "he position of the Chartered Company. On tha' subject a full statement would be made by tils Colonial Secretary in the course of this debate, but he m- ght now slate that the control of the armed force would be transferred from die Chartered Company to an Imperial officer, ana as soon as the per.dng judicial proceedings were initiated the Government intended that thero should bs- a- full inquiry into action arid position of -tne Cltarteved Company, umess all the fact- as to which information was desirable should come exit ;11 the course of the trial to which he had referred. Mr. LABOUCHERF (Northampton. R.) inquired whether tnw inquiry wotfld be one by that House. Mr. BALFOUR said it was then premature Ito ti.kt with reference tc it. Then, with regard to a. he maintained that our position and obligations towards that country were accu- rately described by Lord Salisbury in a re-vent speech. He maintained that neither under the Berlin Treaty nor ih« Anglo-Turkish Convention were we Ocand to go to war with Turkey for the purpose -f eon;pell.ing her to introduce reforms into the government or ad- ministration cf Armenia, although tiise treaties did, no doubt, impose upon Turkey obligations which she had not fulfilled. Then the right hon. gentleman complained that the Royal Speech did not contain a confession of our diplomatic defeat in reepect to the Armenian question. Did that imply thf we must not work v, lth foreign Powers, or ihat, :f this faded to secure our cbjeets, we must go int-o a cru- side on cur own account 1- Were we bound in that case to cut ourselves adrift from other Powers, and against their wishes, or. possibly, even in spite of their opposition, enter upon the impossible task of governing the central -pro- vinces of Turkey withoiu the co-operation of Turkish government ? (Hear, hear.) He said not, and he believed that the right ion. gentle- man (Sir W. Harcourt) would never commit, his party to a. He believed that the papers which the Government would lay on the table would show that they could not have done more than they had done to assist the-e unhappy Armenians. It must nob be for gotten in dealing with this qcestion that we were th- mdv nation deeply in "arnest on the subject. We, and wo alone, had large measure of horror as to the deeds that had been nfeTrt-d to. On the r other hand, foreign diplomatists had before their eyes the dangers that' would arise from re-ope ning the Eastern question, and they were, therefore, not prepared to lift a finger to assist us in pressing tbe Sultan to introduce reforms i which might afford some security to the popula- tion. As to the policy pursued by the Conserva- tive Government, on which the right hon, gentleman 'had commented severely, he (Mr. Balfour! did not rejrret that jKiiicy, nor did In; believe that it had in any way injured the position r.nd prospects of tbe Armenian people. He admitted, indeed, that the hopes of reform in Turkey which were entertained "i1 1378 ha,f been bitterly disappointed, But the Govern- ment o 1878 had, by assuming the responsi- bilities of the Angle-Turkish Convention, givetn Turkish statesmen the strongest pos- sible inducements to introduce reforms. No other nation -had done so mudl for Armenia, and he could not, .therefore, regret having bvn a supporter of the Government; of 1878. which had taken the course so severely r-ominen ed upon by the leader ed the Opposition. (Cheers.) After some o.bs>rvatior!'s from Mr. M KENNA and Mr. W. S. SMITH, Colonel Sir HOWARD V iNCR'ST (Shef- field, C.) expressed a hope ihat, while the Navy was the Armv and Volunteers ,0111d not !••• lo^t sight- of. it was a'bsoiu !v no;-essary that e s-hauld possess all effioicot A rmy. Sir CHARLES D'LKE (Gloucester, For st of Dean. R.) said that he and others who agreed with him wou'd strongly oppose legislation the immigration of dest.tuto With regard to Armenia, th4 record cf both parties and tho Government^ by which they worn had been 1Hl1niLatin!! In his opinion, therefore, both parties would do well to refrain from recriminatory observation* on the sub'.HO'After etfpre-sing IIi" appr(,1! both of rim lanemige and th« action of the Government in reference to the Venezwhin onestion. the right hon. baronet- < hnracterised the recent convention with France in regard to Slam as inconsistent, with ..1, la-ngnago \11i,,11 t.1¡? Government had hold at, a previous period, and that it not oolv rbd »>.>f maintain, but surrendered, the integrity of Siam, which her "Maiestv's 'ore.-ent and lata (•'» verunienf. hud i-oth err>reased .their t1 pres^rvp. We hni obtnired no considerat on for the surrender to France whieh we hrd virtuiily trade. of wp were constantly oTahtng to France was out- oocnpat;on of Eevpt. Sir V.AST! >»E A D'-BARTT.F'f'T 'Sb Ff.-ii.sa! r' the im- Gcitish subjects iu the T»«is- vaal by the Boer (H-overnment and a' the sume time expressed great satisfaction at. the dispatch on affairs on th-j Trausvaal which lite Colt • nial Secretary hud recently addressed to sir liercult-s Robiiis-on..Dealing with the Arme- nian question, he contended that mo-st ot the, stories circulated vitii respect to Armenian atrocities were unfounded or greatly exag- gerated, and it was largely due to these stones that Mussulman fanaticism had be.-n aroused and embittered, with 811Ch cli conse- quences. It would be mere midsummer mad- 'Ll a ness on cur part to place Russia in a position to acquire possession of Constantinople. He believed that if British pressure aud friendly pressure were put upon the Sultan, it would not t' refitted. but would be welcomed. Air. F. STEVENSON (Suffolk, Eye, IL) sug- gested that there were a great, many other alternatives for the protection of ti,Armenians besides those aientioued by the Fir-H Lord oi' the Treasury. Mr. GIBSON BC WLES (King? Lyra, C,) had thought, that the last speaker would have taken the opportunity of deb.ndirg or correct- ing the false sto.1 enu\rs which he bad assisted in spreading about the country with ivlVreriee to tha massacres at Sa.ssun. Mr. BR1CE (Aberdeen. South. R.) in- sisted that, under the Treaty of Berlin, we I had incurred obligations towards tic. Armenians, because we had insisted upon the substitution of the Treaty of Berlin for that of San Stefa,noT under which Russia would have bad a protectorate over Armenia. Moreover, the Anglo-Turkish Convention had conferred the Anglo-Turkish Convention had conferred upon England a. distinct- righ' ot interference in Armenia, and had thereby imposed upon her the duty to assist the. Armenians. It had been asked, whether we ought to go to war for the purpose of enforcing '.his right, but he con- tended that it would not have been necessary I to go to war. Although the Prime Minister had warned the Sultan of the consequences which must follow his nsglect to introduce the necessary reforms, no effective steps had been taken to giv-3 effect to ahos*.< wambigs or to arrest the massacres. The ccmplicl-y in those massacres, not merely of the Turkish Govern- nien', but oi the Sultan himself, was proved bv the fact that no single official who had par- ticipated in them had been re-called or dis- graced. We had a right to kno'w whv the conr-ert of Europe failed to produw a-nv effect, and by what power cr powers the good intentions of her Mij e sty's Govern- ment were defeated, a.nd we were prevented, from fulfilling the expectations We. had ex- cited. (Blear, hear.) Mr. tlOSCHE""1-! 'S*. George" Hanover- square, C.) said ihe truth was chat -It wa-; im- possible to induce the "other Powers to acree to suoh measures as would compel the Si-i,.m to carry out reforms in Armenia. He denied that the Anglo-Turkish Convention imposed upon us any obligation to Sf-£ that those re- iorm; were carried out. They maintained that the Government, bad done all" they could with- out involving- England in war to assist the A r, menians. If they had not succeeded it- was rot their fault, for they oould not undertake alone the duty of coercing Turkey at the risk of raising the whole Eastern question and incur- ring the danger of involving Europe in war. The debate was then adjourned, on the motion of Mr. J. DILLON, and the House im- mediately afterwards adjourned, at twelve o'clock,