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----POLLY'S PRAYER.
POLLY'S PRAYER. She stood :ong on the "hurch step that esfau Saoba&ii eve, lur bright* vituie la-ce ail puckered and twisted askew. Uh, dear she groaned, a., she whirled her bonnet furi- ously in the iir by its orunipied string, It only I could tali m love with some l'e.ai. neh, a^-ivaake, handsome yoang ma.n he d pay the rises on our dear little borne, and we couid keèp it, moCf^sr and I. Thoen we three could live happily together for ever. Airitn. I don't know as I even care if he wasn't very •greeabJe if IK wore only ltmtv vicb. and i Can't feel i,ure I should have to wait till I truly love him. out he certainly fiLl be handsome, for I never eould dwell in p^aoe wrth a homely man--never! I wonder iiie would ever get used to painted floors and no carpets? And, oh, mercy aus ontons. liove them so. I could never exist without them. I perfectly know he would never endure them. Men have such proud stomachs." And the petite coquette .sighed weaniv as, half re- luetairUy, she stepped in at tiie open door of the queer old church and siowly—yaa. almost languidly—took her accustomed place in the village choir. There were tsars that night in her clear, sweet soprano, though her bright, brown eyes were uncommonly dry, as she sung with all the fulness of her Sotne time We'll Understand." As she sank back in her place a radiant smile re placed the worried look o-rl her flashed face, for she knew now that surae tune she "would understand why some fc'Ls always had to be miserably poor ami go without so. while others had enough and to space." Somehow she felt strangely sure that her fervent prayer, "l ather, spare us our home," was going to receive a speedy Was our alsrt bmnetfce half-eon* dous that a pair of very grave blue eye; gave her a trifle more ,than necepsarv attention Aiir-ng the sera.on that followed hü song, or was she oblivious to the fact that Mr. Earl Rcssiter, ■who had just returned from Italy after perfect- ing his education as a violinist, was not exactly giving the minister undivided ait-en- tion? At any rate. P.Hy Haves took it quite as a matter of course-—it must be confessed, a little to Earl's surprise—when after church he told her he had driven round to hex hometh? night before with his spin to take her for a drive, forgetting she would be at choir re- aearsal. "You might call again." she said, quietly, With half a simi-e, whireh revealed the most perfect- set of teeth Earl had ever seen. "But." she added, demurely, "now, I think yau bftd better take me home, if you please." She aimosi; caught her breach as it occurred to her answer. she might have gone a little too far for modesty. "But." she added mentaLy. "I ma-, t do a/111 can to ans .ver my own prayers." HAs. it is rather iate, perhaps you would prefer to wait till non time before you come til," suggested Polly, with raised eyebrows, I whefi. Earl was taking leave of her at the door. "Yes, I think I will wait," he assented, a bit dryly, bowing himself out. bit ctryiy, bowing himself out. Poor Polly! Ross-iter's tone cat deeper tiian he guessed, Rushing upstairs and lock- ing the door, the poor child, utterly dis- couraged, threw herself upon t.ue (fed and sobbed violently. "If I knew something about society manmrs But I don't! I only ten the truth, and say wn&t I believe. I felt sure to-night I in Church we were gomg to be nelped out°of our feiaiidai troubles by—well, !>v Provi- dence ? And now I've srpoiled it 1 It's always the way I was afraid he know tow well I liked hun. So now the iiouse will be ssold, and we will go to thA poor-house, I s;poae' I wonder poor folks can't die while they are babies ■ What < blessing it would be And the worn-out young girl fell asleep to dream of improbabilities. Earl Ro?site<r strode tferotiirh the woods in « decrdedly unenviable fn-ire of mind, i Gradually the stillness of the hour, the calm radiance of the moon and the scottiiug murmur Of the brook be.-a,n to subdue him. At length, flinging Irmself on a grassy knoll r.èa.r the brook, and burying his heated face among the cokl ferns, he thought over the evening's •events, doing foil justice to the innmes he had received. "And yet .she is pretty, and smgs like an angel be mused. "E>?ess it f I I wish I did Dot like her so uncommiorly weB. I don't I won't hereafter • I wonder why women were put to this world just to aggravate steady-going men lite me? Well, I hen"?forth renounce all womankrin .l!" he said, aloud, suddenly sitting up and d: has heeis vigorously into the ground. "If she cmi be so and tell me I can wait to come in. rn. show her I can wa-it. in I c--in wait, more fi07V3**s than one, too f So slaving, lie narked rapidly home, eon^ratnlating himself on the firmness he had just 'ftSplayed in for ever extinguishing from his heart ill tende, feelings towards womankind "Bother it., he ejs«ealsted. a» he came in sizoht of the dark, •>iieeriess house. "How pWraed Icnesc.me it is I wish the foiks were at home to wel- ooir, a fellow But they won't be here for a month to uome, so father wrote* in his ::Ost IftteT." "For the sake of cbarsty! Who in thattder has been tilling my bed with old shoe1;9" ex- c!a..mfed he, springiihg fe.stily out of bed. and stubbing his toe cruelly against the dresser. "Or?— -oh—ouch—what a nuisajioe furniture ar.i tfie inventions of mankind generallv are Men aren't much better than women, tltough tht"t are somewhat better," he added, deci- ck-diy. Whereupoti he got back into bed, only to twjgt and turn and get hopelessly tangled in the bedclothes tili morning. A blinding eick headache kept him in bed for a time, but. after i, little it wore off, and he btigan tt> be very hungry. "I wonder how you make coffee T be speuolated- "Polly makes deli- caous coi?se She makes s-ood t"ast, too. At Je-ast she used to when I was a boy, and had ;he malaria so long. I wish I had some toa<*t now. Bless irt I T wish the cook was earning; Unia.y instead of Saturday I'll ring for Thomas, and see if he can help me out. fekew^rs He muse have gerne oil The whoiis world is dead set against me I be- i'*eve ru happen round to Polly's near dinre' anti if she is flB good mood she umv 'ariTite kw to stay. But it's only nine now »n«i rm wiliiiig bo wager my best coat 111 re it. before one. for I rn as hollow a« an <ecpfey e^-shell now. and can hardly !«bamd vsi aiy W"s, they wobble »?. Well, I'll get SOTae kaKifetBg And start a Sire, and be, my ote'i. exiAiinr for onoe." So •• aying, he walked (IItlt at the back dcor. OestaiaJy Cometh sag did possess his legs 1 He Jianeiy Itad lost- oont-n>] of them, for, in- ,CttAe of jwA going to cue woodpile, on. on Xhry .-7»-iftt. through the woods, down past II ,>riw.k -#tiere he had lain last night, out iis fcjss* rrW. the sweet clover, right too itns. ct«yej s door. Not to Polly's doi^r <& '•«» Somehovr-—odd, wasn't it?-—he had e irreai^iabie .iesire to know how e. irreai^iabie -iesire to know how Ln, id.-#- .n»y«« wrt fueling that morning. "Great tf'yrii? snd htt«o pilrbers Are they both in WS yifc? rVotTven »re the ki^iest, How Ofimrifid Itte booss loot#! Can anything have I te Pofiy-4» Mrs. Hayes, I mi-aii" i Ko&^nv :»i!d gi"!«»ve rac more than to be- lor? had harmed the d«ir old r«-UL" TMrfcv. tl-ti* Q» garre th» bell n push W tew fapth its noisiest response. A»ovher nng. Still no answer, j the Joor. He was getting J U&ity- Bityv. j "Afe thoy out of town? Are they ill? Is I Polly ill ? I must know. I'll try the back j door." Walk ing rapidly around to the back j door, to his a^oaikhment he found it wide J op»n. As he stood in the doorway, sorne- what relieved, surveying the immaculate kit- ehen and rows of shining pans, yet wondering what eould have bewitohw.1 X'o'iy and her mother, the most savoury smell ever sinelied was bome to him. "Biest if I wouldn't like serw of that, whatever it is lie ejacui*te"d, looking round to discover whence it oa.me. "rm as hungry ad a starving dog •! Oh, there it is he cried, triumphantly, looking at a stew-pan set directly over the fire. "Gracious hasn't she any more sense than to leave it there .ft'1l certainly burn before sne can possirty get back. "I believe it is burned a-Ireztdy No, I don't know as 'tis, either." lowering his nose almost into the stew. "\VeJl, I'll make sure. So »ay:ng, he seized an immense iron spoon lying near, and took a sip. "X °, it isn't. At lesist. I thiak it isn't," tasting a little more, n-nd smacking his lips. "I'm glad I saved it. It is the beat stew I ever tasted, And, what beats all, there's onion in it!" licking the spoon again, and throwing his head oa-ck in glee. At that sesond I'olly. ) singing, or, ranner, Deuowmg, l want a man," entered the room. The song ended in a scream, and the tomatoes sae had been gat-bering went in every direction over the floor. Yes! there ¡ was Earl Pvossiter, the European traveller, I the accomplished violinist, the handsome young man w!?o had said only tne night be- j f'-Tc he would wait before he entered her J horns, in her kitchen eating her stew—onion j stew, at that, with an iron spoon—and there WAS she, with her hair done iro in cur!- papers, singing "I Want a Man f The thought 1\.(t3WJ, overpowering, and she s»ank in a heap, but Earl succeeded in putting bis arms around her, spoon arid all, before she fell. As he held her tight. wi+h his iron spoon I held triumphantly aloft. Mrs. Hayes entered, I "and, thinking she understood the situation, immediately gave them her blessing. Poor Earl The daughter had entered singing "I Want a Man," and here oame | toe mother with her blessing. Wh<i.t was there left him t,) do but to bug Polly tisrht j and ask her if she would not henceforth make ail her onion stews for him? And what was there left- for Polly to reply rrrt "Yes, if you Hke plenty of onions in them"?
AFFAIRS IN EGYPT.
AFFAIRS IN EGYPT. ) THE POLITICAL SITUATION". I STARTLING INFORMATION TO A I CARDIFF GENTLEMAN. A well-known Cardiff gentleman "has jusrt reosived from a trend in Cairo some startling particulars relaitive to the political situation there. To see that they bear the impress of truth we have only to study rt<ynt ev-ejits in Egrpt, and whr.n we mention that the correspondent is a resident of 30 vears' standing in the land of the PhjCraohs it will recdily be understood that his sources of information and knowledg-e of the situation are. good. Speak "ag of various enterprises necessary for the derelopmeni d Eg\Tptia»n industries, he says:—"There ie I another thin-jr wanted here very bedly—a bank- «ng corporation, land and mortgage, with a capital df one-and-a-half or two millions. T'he I Credit Foiioier have it all m.,)Ïr own way just now, aLd in ten yara j cLey will own nea.-rly half of E.. p* and they are Jews—a whole lot of them in partnership They are eating out e heart of the people. We only have Mr. G-adstorre to thank for this, she Trjnavaal. and a lot of other things. Had the British flag waved here in 1883 the capitulations would never have taken place, wheT-as, as we are. this is a very paradise for rogues and swindlers. Glacstoce '3 siill writing letters- he is wrOtrng poiiiioal letters to a d Svrian here, who quickly hti« Mr. Gbdstone'gleh¿l" in p'int" (Arabic).
THE ASHANTI EXPEDITION I -----!…
THE ASHANTI EXPEDITION I RE-ASSUMNGTrHE NATIVES. THE FORGING OF ENVOYS' CREDEN- TIALS, A Heater's telegram fram Cape Coast Oa-st.ie on Wednesday s&ys: —&tr. Maxwell,! Governor, on his tour through the oount-ty north of Coomaesie reached Ma.mpong on the 5th inst. He informed the daieis that the j King of Detnkera, who assisted the British throughout the progress of the expedition, j would be re-instated as their ruler, in the place of Osuuche, who was conveyed to E '.mina wk-h Prempeh and other prisoners. General satis faction is expressed by the natives a,t the removal of Prenir>eh. j The health of Mr. Maxwell and his pr»rty is good. The steamer Benin leaves for Eug- land to-day with the remainder of tire troops forming the expeditionary force, under the j command of Captain Bernard, Armv Service I Corps. Tne charge of forgery brouglit f.-jainst the Ansahs in cccn^etion with the oredenti-als of the envoys oame on for hearing to-day Messrs. Huitc^i and Mills appeared for the defence. The elder Aiisab admitted ha- ing forged the Kings mark at Coom-assie. The I cage was adjourned. I ¡
THE CUBAN REVOLT.!
THE CUBAN REVOLT. GENERAL WEYLER AND II FO R H: IGN CORRESPONDENTS. I A Central News telegram, frwn Madr.d says:—An "Imparcrai" telegrstn States tha-t General Weyler has declared no permits will be issued to any itreign newspaper correspon- dent^ to acconripswry tire operating OOIUEVCB. General Marin left on Tuesday for Porto Rico. General Rardo witl probaibly -rommand in Eastern Cub: Inoes&ant akirmishing oem- ti-nues in the Province of Hava&na-h. General W.Iller hae accepted an offer made by the Spanish "I' Mexico of 1,000 horses and 200 mules. DEFEAT OF THE REBELS. A Reuters telegram from Madrid says.- — A^eovduoff to offi-ci-ai di-spmches fixan Cuba, the GkHoz column has defeated the united bands of Hacrot- and Muuez at Sasita Clara, irSieving npon the rebels a loss of fourteen -killed, bo- sidtes a nimbes- of wounded. General Weyler, the n3w captain-generpd, itas iaB-ued a patriotic prodamnion to the people of c,.lt,¡,. and the army .fad navy- I ,„„,„ I I
CZARS CORONATION. ----'---
CZARS CORONATION. THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VATICAN. A Uhlzifc' => telegram from Rome saysi: — J'h-=I f' is reason to believe tliafe tiie Po-pe hat; abandoned rn3 intention of sendLag a cardinal 'I a3 special envoy to Mo^cov: oa the occasion of the Caw's 'coronation. The project was not fivovrably received at. St. Petersburg, and has been givem up on account of the diplomatic difSculties it wr,,ul-i have caused. The Vatican, I vilt be represented by fnie of the most eminent prelates of the Pontifical Court. THE SPANISH REPRESEM 1'ATIVE. A Router's telegram from Madrid says: — Cabinet Ministers have decided on the ap- pouitioer.t ^t the Duke of Nagera to represwit the Queen Regent at the Czar's coronation. The Cabinet blve agrr-ad upon the selection t of
IPARLIAMENT. '...4-
I PARLIAMENT. .4- THE DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS. AN IRISH N IGHT IN THE COMMONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Wednesday- 11-ere was a good attendance of members am both sides of the HOJJoe when the Speaker took the chair a» a q-u.tor past twelve. LOCAL PETITIONS. Mr. ALBERT SPICER (R.. Monmoutli j Boroughs) presented a petition from the New- port Union praying the Government to expe- d^te ihe presentation of the report of the Royal I Commission on Vaccination, as the delay I placed unfair responsibility on the guardians. Mr. D. A. THOMAS {R., Merihyr Boaymffhs) j presented a petition from the Mountain Ash Urban District Council in favour of raising a portion of the school board rate' by Imperial taxation. SUNDERL AND ELECTION. The Speaker reported the receipt! of the report of the judges on the Sunderland election petition. THE SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION. Sir J. Ba-rrington Simeon Southampton) presented a petition from 900 electors of the borough of Southampton praying that an opportunity should be given to Mr. Tinkerville Chamber lay ne to exonerate himself from the iicfouiK7 -d charge on account of which he has ) teen d-prived of his seat, l MEMBERS' BILLS. Mr. BALFOUR mo red a resolution of which he had given notice with regard to the procedure t-n be adopted in the of private members' Bills. After a brief discussion the motion was agreed to. The Speaker appointed noon on Thursday for the ballot, but intimated it was not necessary that members should auend. DEBATE ON THE ADDRFSSt The debate on :ke address was resumed by Mr. DILLON ,N., Mayo, E.) who complained oi the beggarly characvr of the references to Ireland in the Queen's Speech. He should be very much surprised if the effects of i-h;s SjHt»ch on the people of Ireland would not be to deepen and fix more f.rraly in their minds the conviction, which had been the steady growth of many years, that nothing was to be got from that House except 1 .y violent agitation. (Irish cheors.) Ireiaud had been peeceable. The Qu^n's Speech—a document of unprecedented length —trea.t<.d Ireland with the contempt which she had been too frequently accustomed io receive from that- House. Turn- in ? to the Transvaal, he asked how it was that the continued and enormous export of arms to Johannesburg from the Thames; excited no sx rpiciou in the minds of the Customs officers. The whole civilised world owed a debt of gratitude to President Kruger for hifl treatments of Dr. Jameson's men. He hoped thr Government would apply Presi- dent Kiuger's example to the ci.se of the Irish politic, prisoners who were still lying in gaoi. The public in this country would not be satis- fied till they had a full 8t&temen-t with refe- reaice to the holding of shares of the Char- tered Company, fbr there was a widespread conviction that influential men had iiicut been free from influence of that kind. He was nTiv zo ohservt- ,hat the voluntary schools of Ergla-nd ws-ie aoout- Uj receive further assistance, and he wished to impress upon the Chief Secre- tary the urgent claim? of the Roman Catholic Schools. There would also be great dis-c- pomtment in Ireland at the omiss;oa from we Speech of any reference to Irish education, ana he partdcnlarly wanted to know whafc the in- tentions of the Government were with regard to the schools of the Christian Brothers and to M.-h University ed-ucation. He viewed with alarm the prof«.«rJa for still further inu facing the Navy. The T~i -h parti- would resist, by every mparts in their power, this expenditure unless a judicious proportion ot the surplus was handed over to Ireland, who had been, so plundered in the past, (Ministeriai laughter.? Hon. members opposite would li~ vo tliax stadernfjnt proved to them later on in th", se sion. In conclusion, the hon. u>ember moved an amendment- to the Address, repre- senting that, by the refusal of the Government to prctMse s-n v mea-s^ire of self-government for Ireland, they had aroused a feeing of the greatest discontent a.nd re- sentment in the minds of Irishmen. ,ill.d that they had thereby added to the com- plications and difficulties which had arisen, from their foreign and Colo; ;3.1 polic.v. Mn JOHN REDMOND (P., Wa-terford) seconded the a-indment. He remarked that the aw i'u-le of the Government at the present time with regard to Home Ruie was well known. Wliat it would be to-miorrow, or a year hei>ce, no one could say. He regarded tiiis debate as valuable, not from tne point of view of get-t-irg any declaration from the Govern- ment, but valuable as getting some declaration from the Lib*.r oil leaders. (Cheers.) The Libera-1 leaders did not like the idea. (Laugh- ter.* He would not allude to the question of the union of hearts, exeept to take the oppor- tunity of asking what itu. Liberal letMieN now meant by the phrase Were the Irish party to be in alliance with the Liberal party as in the past, and, if so, w-hai were the term? ? (Laughter and "Hear, hear.") Was Home Rule etill tc be in the front"' or Was it to remain in the position in which it was leu afoer the Bill had been re- jected by the Hoo.se of Lords in 1893, when ihe new Libera! leader declared that they could never get Home Rule until there WM AN Eng- iiih majority m favour of it. He only inter- that afternoon because it was impossible 1" l' L- 1, ior mm to move ms iown amenament. ot winch he had given notice. He desired to say, in conclusion, that all sections of the Irish j Nationalists were absolutely tinned in their edh-esion to the principle of Home Bnk For j his part- ho had strong views that vhv time was t not far distant when all sections of Irish Nation- j would go back to the only policy from which Ireland had- ever obtained any advan- tage in the pa.ic-a policy of absolute c'i«regard of English parties, aud one widen took ad van- tage of every difficulty arid dagger which gave ¡ th-m an opportunity of pressing their demands to a successful iesise After some remarks by Mr. SHARPE (C., I Kensington, N.) Mr. FLYXN (N., Cork, N.) supported tbe amendment. I Colonel SAUNDERSON (C., Armagh, W.) said the oidv really stro.ig argument which the i-.f Ti. member who moved the axnenclmect had I uwi was that unless Home R tie were granted Great Britain would fail to conciliate the Irish I' people, and the Iri^h people not only in Ire- land, but all over the world, for }¡e Irish people we, an extraordinarily prolific r-a-rv, second cniv in that respect to Australian I rabbits, iLaughter.) But that was a sort of answer wlueh had never answered with the Finish people. The Infh Bombers rejoieeyj in the fact thaft Englajyi stood alone in *he I world, wivh enemies on every hand, aad yet affected surprise when, their demand for the gove-amert of Ireland to be placed in their I ham was "etu-?d- (Miai»terial (beers.) In I a letter to the "Timea" t^e other day the hon. member for East Mayo (Mr. Davitt) described this country as » '),)I liv to the weak-(Irish cheers)—and a coward to tho strong. (Re- j newed Irh'-h cheers.) He O'-uld not oonceive 1 such an intelligent race as tiie Iri3b consenting i to a, union of heart? with juch a craven people. (Ministerial cheers.) The debate was unreal amd a sham. Mr. W. REDMOND (P., CHre. E.) «>uld not imagine anything more unfair to the people not imagine anything more unfair to the people of Gre?t Britain, or more disastrous to the Irish cauoe, than that there should be any •diagnasmg whatever of tihe real feeling of the Insh people upon the gToimd of -he r<-l^ tions of Ireland towards this conxntry, when people towards the present: syetem of govern- ment. The Irish had no iufltincii«c an! a thy to c-he people of this country. Under fair crir- they saw Irishmen a^?embled in large num- b&rs to cheer the enemies of England. It was the-- result of the deep-seated hatred mf the Irish oumstanoes, tha people of Ireland were as anxious to proceed hand in hand on the pnrh of progress and civilisat-ion with this country as .tii any other country or. the face of the e4rc,h. THE GOVERNMENT'S T; KPLY TO HOME RULE. Mr. GERALD BALFOUR (é3f:CfetJlry of Sk-tte for Ireland) said the Government had declared that their attitude towards Home Rul-? would be one of firm opposition, and there was not likely on that subject to be the slightest srtadow ot a change. (Hear, near. I Ineir attitude was determined by wh2.. they con- sidered to be the merits of the case, and con- siderations of difficulties or dangers abroad wovld not iiidcce rhem to depart from the alti- tude they had t".ken up. Any other line would be unworthy of ike Government of a great nation. (Ministerialollé'ù's.) He denied t-hafe the attitude of the Government towards Heme Rule bad roused feelings of deep disappoint- m(T:t and resentmen* in Ireland. Lord Sails- buiy's «{>eeches hnd been harped upon by both the members for Waterford and the member for Ea;,t Mayo, but he should net •'ntcrpi d.o.- t* speeches aa conveying an in?:d to Ireland, Then it was said there waj an insult in descri'o- ing Home Rule aa dead, but- the member for aterford had given expression to words which implied that it would be in a mori- be-I: d condition, if a larger number of Indepen- dent Nationalists were not returned, and an Irit-h newspaper had declared that it was a.s dead as Julius Csesar. (Laughter,! The hon. mem- ber for Mftyo had spoken of the beggarly cba- motor of the references to Ireland in the Royal Speech. As a. matter of fact, there were three references to measures affecting Ireland in the Roy si Speech. Mr. DILJLGiV: Not reifltmg to Jreiand. Mr. GERALD BALE. )UIt said that all the three measures either affected Ireland alone or aa part of the Unit-ea Kingdom—("0$">, d1"¡ —&nd hfl, therefore, thought it could not be said that. Ireland would not receive- a, fair share of the att-ention of Parliament. He appealed to the hon. member for Waterford (Mr. Red- mend) not to place any obstacles in tbo way of Government measures beneficial to Ireland. In one speech h* had promised not. to do so, although the language he then used waa not although the language he then used waa not consistent with that which ha had employed on another occasion in a speech at Waterford. The SPEAKER, interrupting, said that he hardly thought this W'iS germane to the amend- meat, although it might be to the main ques- tion. Mr J. REDMOND said that he was not con- SCKIUS of having said anything inconsistent with a. desire to asswfc the (Government in passing any measure really beneficial to Ire- land. If be had done so, it must have been an ill-oonsidered expression on his put. (Hear, hear.) Mr. G. BALFOUR was glad to have elicited that expression from the hon member, and he hoped tha-8 he would give the Government that assistance which he shad more than onoe pro- mised. Mr. DILLON said that the right- hon, gentle- ) man had not said a ward upon the subject of Irish university education. Ihe SPEAKER ""tid that tha right hon. gentleman would not have beeo. in order in doing eo upon this a-mendment. Mr. T. HARRINGTON (P., Dublin Har bour: said that he and his friends had no de sire to embarrase the Government in respect to any legislation bemeficiaJ to Ireland, but, on tha other band, they would net do M? rhMtg ) to ccuntenanoe the coutention that Irishmrai were indifferent to Home Rule. He entirely denied that the desire for Home Rule in i reland hrw l at all abated. The Irish membere did not l<*>k to the Goverument for the granting of Home Rule, but chey desired some statement- from the leaders of the Opposition as to t-hsir pŒitioI! 2..¡,cl intentions 0.11 the subject. If the Liberal loaders were willing to do their best to brini; back the question of Home Rule to its former position, then, and then alone, would the Irish members be willing to co- operate with them, and this debate would ii-ave a rawt disastrous effect if it closed without a distinct declaration from tho leaders of the Opposition that Home RuJe should be -restored to the position it onoe occupied in the fore- front of the Liberal programme. (Hear V vr.) | Mr. RADCLIFFE COOKE (C., Hereford) re-marked upon tbt fact, that no prominent member of the Liberal party had. taken part in that debate, although the leader of the Opposition was present. SIr WILLIAM H ARCOURT (R., Mon- | mouth, W.), taking up a. fheet cf r.otc.psppr and a pen, said, amidst great laughter: I will J proceed to take a note. Mr. RADCLIFFE COOKE said fids amend- j merit must be read together with soice state- meats recently made in Ireland with respect to tlie prosi)eet of differences between England a.nd America. Tne hon. member for Kilkenny, who had jwwa allegiance to the Queen, had said fch-at if England went to war with America ■the latter oountrv wou-ld have friends, and not foes, in Ireland, and this amendment was in effect a threat to Englishmen that if they did not grant Rome Rule io I:*land the Irish Nationalists would help the enemies of tihi« country. 'Hear hear.) Mr. LOUGH (R., Olincton. W.). having regard to what was going on in Ireland, main- tained that the refusal of Home R-ole oould no* be m-flde permanent. The debate was adjourned on the motion of Dr. Tanner, and The House roee &T, half-past five o'clock.
WORKING MEN'S CLUBS.
WORKING MEN'S CLUBS. IMPORTANT LICENSING DECISION. Lords Justices Lindley and Kay, sitting on Tuesday in the Queen's Bench Divisional Court, heard an appeal in [he case of Woodlev v. Simmons, ivhioh raised an amportiuit point in the licensing law of 1872 as tc- the privileges extended to merabt rs of working men's clubs. The case was before the court on appeal hv way of a. case stated by the borough jus-tic?- • oi Saffron Walden, who convicted the appei la-nt- for selling liquor without a licence. The question presented for the decision cf the Divisional Court wai? whether a member of a bona fide working man's club could Fecure the dinner beer without breach of Section 3 of the kt br forwarding by his wife money in pay- mettt for -same to the ciub. The borough jus- tices hold this to be a breach of the Act, and hMiCt; the appeal, the appellant askir-g that the appeal should be sent back to tho magistrates for rc-hee-ring. The magistrates held that the sala was a sale to a person who was not a. mem- ber of the club, but few defendant it was con- tended that the sale was to the agent of a. member. Counsel for appellant argued thas this question of agency was an essentia* ques- tion of fact, upon which the magistrates ehould have found, before convicting—Their Lord- shipd dismissed ttrs a,ppea.L They remarked that there was wanting a- sufficiently distinct j statement by tho magistrates, but drew the inference that the justices at xhe hearing of the summons were of opinion, the transaction was not. a "transfer" of beer to a member, but a sd a to a member. The conviction was, there- fore, upheld.
VOLUNTEE R CAPITA 710 N. ----I.
VOLUNTEE R CAPITA 710 N. I. FURTHER CONCESSIONS I. IMMINENT. The Central News understands tha t the Seere- ta.ry of State for War, Lord Lansd^wne, will at the distribution of the prizes in connection with the Queen's Westminster Volunteers on Saturday next make an important statement m the direction of announcing further concessions to the wishes of the Volunteer force in regard so the capitation grant. )
"""""1:\" -------WELSH INTERMEDIATE…
"1: WELSH INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION. THE PROF, :cEL> CENTRAL GOVERN- ING BOARD'. DISCUSSION AT THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COURT. At the half-yearly meeting of the court of I governors of the University College of Soùth Waies and Monm-outhsbiire an Wednesday i'rineiipai Viriaami Jones moved a resolution: —"That the court, while oortUaliy approving jA -y of the principle tha-t the functioik» am coi.nec- t-ion with Welsh intermedia te education ehoqjd be di»onarged by a Welsh representative autho- riley. considers that the scneme ought to be amended by d.J.8 substitution of the Court of the University of Wales for the new board constituted in Clauses 3 to 7 of the scheme, and urges. ill the interests of unity, sim- plicity, and economy, tho inexpediency of bringing into existence another large- repredenttt- .re body veiry similar in constitution to dis- charge functions some of the most import-ant of which are already committed by the Crown to the University Court, in the charter iouna- ing the university." In proposing this reso- lllt'0I1. Principal Jones explained tha.t he did not propose tha.t they should commit them- selves to any alteration of the scheme, except the single alteration of substituting the Court of the University of Wales, which was already in existence. The scheme for the central board wus, he understood, laid upon the tables of the Houses of Parliament on the previous evening, and would pass into law in the course oi a. period of 40 days if it was accepted. Thev might depend upon it that if both bodies were created ride by ride it would give rise tc much division, which would have a disastrous cueoi. Alderman Sanders, as chairman of the Cail"- diff Intermediate Schools, seconded the resolu- tion. He was totally opposed to this unneces- sary duplioaving a.nd mu'ttijv -g of jbibj, The Rttiv. JV»XOJI I>avits w as strongly in favour of unity, but they should study the boot way to get it. The position under Principal Jones's resolution wculd be thi.s—that they j would be rejecting a. scheme which, was almost in existence, and adopting another which would take them about three years to aocorn- plish. They could not amend cr alter the schema before the Houses of P<wrliament. Mr. Richard Morris (Peiicre) proposed, and Mr. A. A. Wiliiams (Pentyroh) sec.:nded, as an amendment that tne whole matter be re- ferred to thb council of the college for considera- tion. Principal Jonp= replying to the point raised by the ReI. Aaron Bavies, said that there were certain courses open to them, that would make tho time during which tiie scheme oould &e made law -muc-n. shorter than two or three years. H-3 upged the court to express its opinion upon this grave question. He urged them to come to a decision, and let the Welsh members of Parliament know their feelings on the point. He wished to explain that he did not move his resolution in any spirit of hos- tility, and if the central board came into exis- tence he wo eld work amicably with it. Mr. Lewis Williams, chairman of the Cardifi School Board, said he consulted one of the j highest authorities in the l»*nd the other day on this question, and that gentleman sug- geated that, although • it would he impossible to amend the scheme by substituting the university court foe the central yet if I there was a.n agreement i-hat they she..Id accept tne amendment a email Bill could be in- troduced by common consent and might be got through this session. Eventually Mr. Richard Morris withdrew his I amendment, and Principal Jones's resolution was carried unanimously, with the addition of a rider proposed by the Rev. Principal Edwards —Tha-t the Welsh members be asked to give their assistance in. giving effect to this resolution." At she meeting of the governors of Aberdire Rail on Wednesday the following reso!ution was carried:—"That, in the interests of effi- ciency, unity, and economy, thi~. meeting is n" opinion that those functions to fulfil which the scheme for the Central Education Board for Wales was drafted should be undertaken by the Courtvof the University of Wales." MEETING OF WELSH GO VRRXORS. ADOPTION OF THE UNIVERSITY" COLLEGE SCHEME. A special meeting of the governors of thw W-elsh intermediate Scheme was Held at tiie Cardiff Town-hall on Wednesday afternoon to consider a letter from Mr, A. Ú. Humphieys II Owen, M.P., on the Central Board Scheme for Welsh Iiitermediare Education. Aid«rown Senders presided, and there were also present: — Mia a Hughes, Mrs. Fiddian, Principal Viviamu •_L-n<«, Mr. Fiankien Evanss, Mr. Lewi* Wil- i.i%nL-. and Councillors James Murm and Ed- ward Thomas.—The Chairman said Mr. Hum- phreys Owen's letter had been discussed a,c a. meeting-of the court of governors of the South Wales College held that morn ng, and that an almost unanimous vet, had then been given in I favour of a resolution proposed by Principal Jones, to the effect that the court of the Uni- versity of Wales would prove a better govern- ing body for WoUn intermediate education than the proposed Central W^lah intermediate Board-—Principal Jones then spoke at some jength, urging the inexpediency of bringing into existence another body to do work that the Welsh University couid perform.—A resolu- tion in ihe siffie terms a3 that move! by Prin- cipal Jones at the Cardiff College meeting was then moved by the Chairman (A:derman Sanders), seconded 1w Councillor Ttiomas, and carried unattimo-us ly._ On the pro- position of Mr. Lewis Williams, seconded by Principal Jonee, It was further resolved that I a oopy of the resolution should be to Mr. J. M- Maclean, member ror Cardiff; to all Welsh members, and also to tho President.^ Vicc-President, and Permanent Secretary of ,It. the Education Department.—Five members were appointed delegates for a conference, con- vened by Mr. A. C. Humphreys Owen, to be held at Shrewsbury on March 13, which will ciX'sider the" proposal to transfM the work of the central board to the University of Wales. The chairman, Mr. Alderman Sanders, Prin- cipal Jones, Councillors James Mann and E. Tuomas, and Mr. Lewis Williams were ap- pointed to attend this meeting.—Principal Jones observed he could only wish tha.t Mr. Humphreys Owen had remained the convener and impartial judge for that meeting rather than take npon "himself the advocacy of any oi his own Views beforehand. MEHTING OF THE CARMARTHEN- SHIRE GOVERNORS, A meeting of the county governing body appointed ulld. the Carmarthen.-J;ire Inter- mediate Education Scheme W"B held at Car marthea on Wednesday, Mr. Ernest Trulfchaw, Llanelly, presiding.—The Chairman, in pro- posing the adoption of the finance committees report, said that the amount to the credit of the building fund was £ 5,083 lis. 4d but t'iioy had -'fall JB700 to pay out of the fund to the Llandyr-sul G-ohool, £ 1,333 to the C-uTriaribon Girls' Sotiocl, and £ 1,000 to the Carmarthen Boys' School. After pavoieftt of these grants th-' ^e would still bo a. balance of £ 12,050, which they had power either to divide amongst the local managing bodies or to transfer to the general account f:*r the purposes main- Ceffianoe. The committee recommended extra I grants Oil the building fund aocouni forthwith. At the last meeting of the county council the balanoe in hand on the technical instruction fund (£2,067\ was voted for the use of the county governing body, and the finance com- mittee recommended that that sum also should be diviced pro rata amongsi the echooh for technical! instruction p'lrpr^e-—Mr. Ohi?r!es Lloyd (Waunifor) sewnded, and the report was adopted.—A letter was read from Mr. A C. Humphreys Owen, M.P., m refe-1 ~ence to the proposal of the court of the University of Wal^i that the work of examining a.nd inspecting the intermediate schools in Walts shall be trans- h. ferred frorr. the central board, of intermediate | scbr- iis to the University Court, Mr. Owen proceeded to state that it important tliat 'ihe proposal she-old be carefully considered, and it was, therefore, intended to invite eacij governing body of the counties and county b-jrougha of the Princimiity to t<end live dele- gates to a conference to be held at Shrews- bury about the beginning of March for the purpose of diecussing the :pI"Jposai.- —The Chairman said it would be us«le«s gend- 109 delegates to Shrewsbury unless the epuib-n of the governors had been previously obtained, —Several members having- spoken against the J proposal. Principal Evans, of the Presby- terian College, read a letter he had received on the- matter from Principal Virianm Jones, of Carditf, who wrote:—"I hope the county governing body will definitely consider whether it is worth while to have in existence two large representative educational authorities, aulhori- ties so large and so representative as to deserve the name of educa ional parliaments, to deal with matters so cloeely related as higher and intermediate education, each body the w-aaker because they are not ji ined. To do so will. I think, be the old mistake—division, division, division; and Wales will lose an opporiunity of obtaining one great organised expression of its intellectual life. Beside this, on more practical grounds. I would urge that, in the interests of unity, simplicity, and economy, it is inexpe- dient to have two such, large r<;1Jres"nt" t>e bodies where one will suffice."—Professor D E. Jones (Carmarthen) paid he was very sceptical -as to the advisability of transferring their i powers of examination to the University Court, as the Court would have sufficient work to look after its own immediate concerns.—The Chair- man: Yes, they will have their own axes to grind occasionally, and we shall suffer for it if this proposal is adopted.—Mr, Chor'.es Lloyd said it w0u;d be wise to send some delegates to Shrewsbury, at any rats. They could watch the proceedings, and express their cp nion without committing themselves by voting.—Professor Jones We know now what will be done. Once they go to the Raven Hotel [Shrewsbury! the majority will be in favour of the wire-pullers in this case.—Mr. Charles Lhyd: Then I pro- pose that Professor Jones be one of the dele- gate*. fLauyhter.)—Thi? proposlticn was j seconded by two of the ladies present.—Ti e Chairman: Yes. send him there to stem fie flowing tide. (More laurhte" )—Professor Jo^es said ha once slept at 4h-'» Raven Hotel. That evening a scheme on the tapis at the time was in the minority, but by the morning the wire- puHers had succeeded, and the minority \I HJ at the meeting turned into a majority. (Laughter.) —The Rev. John Da vies (I.landiio) <j#ri he was strongly opposed to the proposal. The (stab" lishment of intermediate schools marked a new epoch in the education history of Wales, and their exam'nation and de-«rved the attrition of a specially-appointed body; whereas if the work '1'1; trans-erred to the j Welsh Univers-tv Court it would be treated a:,7 a. secondary matter-It was eventually decided j to adjourn the owtlrn of 'endtmr delegates to the Shrewsbury Conference till INI arch 11.
FIRE IN LONDON. j
FIRE IN LONDON. j ENORMOUS DESTRUCTION OF i PROPERTY. ) i A fire which proved enormously destructive occurred on Wednesday iii^ht on the premises of Higps and Hill, building contractor*#, ex- tending Lorn Kennington Oval to South Lam- beth-road, and covering an area of four acres. The premises contained workshops of avefry description, la-ig* stables, and great stacks of j timl)er. The flames 'were first noticed in the carpenters' shops- and within a few minut-etj the fire was spreading rig-ht end left. Much I excitenWTit attended the earlier efforts of tho fire brigade, especially in rescuing a large j number of horses- When the stacks of timber caiight fire the spectacle became a magnificent on;>. The wÎJole of South London was bril- liantly illuminated, and the brigade, 3ummontd from "all pares of the Metropolis, could only I face the flames at a, considerable distance. In Meadow-i-oad, which run* along one side of I Higgs and Hill's yard, are the premises of the Little Sisters of the Poor, affording a Borne to come 200 aged people, and St. Jo^cpti s Con- vent, with a numerous! con.munity. For eome I time -much anxiety wis felt for wese institu- tions, but the outbreak was subdued without either building being injured. The timber in tha yard was valued at over £ 10.000, and it is j staied that the total loss will hardly be covered by {DC! existing insurance j
NAVY COURT-MAHTIAL.
NAVY COURT-MAHTIAL. A CASE FROM PEMBROKE. SEVERE SENTENCE FOR ASSAULT. A Navy Court-martial assembled at Devon- port on Wednesday for the trial of John Ful- ton, ordinary wot an, oi the guards nip Thunderer, at Pembroke, who was charged with striking James Riley, the boatswain of that ship. The prisoner was ordered hy tho boat- swain -to clean up the flying d,,cl, when lie struck the officer in the face with his clenched fist.—The prisoner, in his defence, said the boatswain swore at him when he was unwell owing to an injury to his hack, ami he losfe his temper —The court, of which Flag-captein, Clsrk was the president, sentenced him to two yas-i-s with hard labour, and to be dismissed from the Service. -_u-
ST. WINEFRIDES WELL.
ST. WINEFRIDES WELL. THE TENANCY SETTLED, At the monthly meeting of the Holywell Urban District. Council on Tuesday, a. letter wa.s read from the Rev. Father Beauck :k accepting the offer made by the council to him to let him St. Winefride's Well for the year com- mencing May 1 next ae £ 125 rent. He, how- ever, stipulated that he should be allowed to make at his own expense a gateway in the side of the wall next the road, so that cripples, &c., might obtain access to the premises on the fiat instead of having to make the ascent and I dcereiit by way of the present porch and ."teps. Father Beauclerk promised to make up the gateway at his own expense a? ihe end of his tenancy if the council required him to do so It was decided tc- allow Father Beauclerk to make the ga.tew.ay. --<II
WILL OF MR. HERBERT, LLANARTH.
WILL OF MR. HERBERT, LLANARTH. Probate of the will, darted January 11, 1877, of Mr. John Arthur Edward Herbert, of Llan- a-rfch Court. Raglan, Monmouth, D.L. J.P., f Ivgl -sheriff of Monmouthshire, 1858, who died on the 18th .August last, aged 77 vear. son of I the late Mr. John Jones, of Llajiaw-h, has been grai.t-Ad to Colonel Ivor John Ckradoc Her- bert, of I..J.marlh Court, the sc-lf" executor, only pon of the testallor, who devises and bequeatlis all his property, real and personal, to bis said son, "u i tio 'the payment of a legacy of £ 1,000 to the Hon. Augusta Herbert, the tes- tator's widow, daughter of the first Baron J Llai over. The gross value of the late Mr. Herbert's personal estate has been entered at £ 33,211 19s. lid., and the net value at £ 15,453 14s. 5d.
SOLICITORS SLANDER CASE.
SOLICITORS SLANDER CASE. SETTLED FOR £ 200. Charles Ernest Pilling, solicitor, Norwich, on. Wednesday bued A. W, IT'lbm, another Norwich solicitor, for alleged slander, which consisted of a statement that plaintiff had in- veigled defendant, intto the society of a set of Oscar Wildes. Defendant denied using the words, and disputed the construction put upon them. The case w;,s sealed by agreement j dvrendaat paying £ 200 and withdrawing all j imputations. "IT ■ II K—II«| II li III nil I Will If" aw fit—ai'in 1> I n II mil
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SWANSEA PIONEERING. :
SWANSEA PIONEERING. THE ELECTRIC LIGHTING AND TRAMWAY SCHEME, MR. SYDNEY WALKER ON :;}ll{. PR,Ki<JCRS REPORT. j The following letter appeared in to-day's "Western Mail" — Sir,-I }ylièY1? that, no electrical engineer who bas given attention to the subject will do other than fully endorse the major portion of Mr. 21'pf:.Ce "'C iery able report on the above matter. The whole subject has been very carefully considered, not only from all en- gineering poiut of view, but from a commercial point of view also, and. with the exception of the eoneludmg portion, referring particularly to the cost of generating the current that is to be sold to ihe tramway company, the conclu- sions are thoroughly sound and i-Wacfcical. With regard to a part of that portion of the report, al-so dealing especially with tiie ta-amwa-. schemc. electric?: engineers S-ho have studied the subject will fully bear out Mr. Preece conclusions. Electric currer r at 1¥1. per unit is considerably cheaper tha^i horseflesh for driving tiarooars; and, further, provided the Anterioan phui is adopted of run."ting cars very frequently, the- traffic and, therefore, the profits of the tram lines are sure to increase very considerably. When we come to the figures, however, which Mr. Preece gives, a.s reported in the '"Western Mail, as the probable cosi, of the current that is to be sold to the tramway company, my agreement with Mr. Preece ends. Mr. Pretcc is quite correct in stating that the I tvorks oo-'t- per tmit has decreased in Brad- lord and m Manchester with the increased sale. and that it will naturally follow that the cost J will decrease at Swansea; but it by no means • tollows that the decrease will be as great an Mr. P recce foreshadows, nor, in my opinion—I j give the opinion for what it is wxth-is there any chance of its being so reduced. Taking Manchester It be noticed that an increase in the eonsurapt icei of 170 per cent, appi-oxi- matE:] v reduced the working coat about 38 per Applying these figures to Swansea, when the consumption vn- crc-aeed from 363,000 units *o» 1,000,000 unite the cost sfiould de-crense about 40 per cent., or from 3. 3J. per unit to 1 • 98d. per uinir, say 2dL per unit in round figures. But this would be the cost when the corporation would be supp'y- ing current ait lid. per unit-. I observe also, that Mr. Preece foreshadows a. further reduc- tion of -7d per unit owing to the flattening of the load curve due to the engines and dynamos being employed durima: hours of davlight. But surely this can, hardly be. The gain from the flattening of the load curve is due t.o the smaller incidence of the establishment charges. smaller incidence of the establishment charges. The problem is one that colliery managers are Tiecessarilv familiar with. It pays to increase the output of a colli cry and of an electric light- ing station for precisely the same reasons, viz., you have a larger number of units, whether of coal cr of electricity. to divide your deed charges over. But, I take it, it will not be j pretended thai#, however much coal you cut. the oot-ua! txtet of cutting the coal will be appre- riablv decreased, and in this case the figures Mr. Preece has taken, the works charges, correspond with those that a colliery manager would take as his cutting costs. Forturedely» hew ever, wo are not left to coinparieons entirely in, tiK» io;ter. There are two electric liarht- i;ig companies in London who :-rc in pos.-e«- ssiou of the flattened curve, viz., the St. Jaines' j ssiou of the flattened eurvo, viz., the St. Jaines' j Company and the City of London Company, The St. James' Company happen* to include J I within its disti ict a number of th.? large West Fnr1. clubs and othpT- places where light is used S j nearly ab night, while the City of London Com- I p-any has an actual daylight load, major t portion of th^ light supplied by them being I for the offices. wereb .uses, &c., in I London -11) many l'f which the sun's rays rarely penetrate with, suffidcnt power to be of anr servicer' The St. P rr e.. Comx>a.ny suppl:"c}/ over 1,569.000 j unite during the year 1894, ami .the City of London Company also over" 1,532,000 units. The works cost of the SC Company is given as l-93d. pc.r unit-, and that of the City of ix f-, (Ion Company m 2-48d. per unit. IiI -,ollld be as well to note two important points here. The electric lighting stations Quoted by Mr. Preece as having decreased their works costs, viz., Bradford and Man- chester, are- low tension Nations, and a simple w. ami nation of the Board of Trade returns will show that low tension stations, with few exceptions, work cheaper than high tension r-Viiotis. Further, the oempanies I htave quoted—the St. James's met the City of Lon- don-a.re bijr private ceuie.f ms, and I pre- sume it will hardly bo contested that private concerns arc always more economically I managed than thc-,« run by corporations. But this is by no means ihe wh' Ie. case against. Mr. Preece'a figures, supposi ug them to be correctly ie ported. It will be pointed that I pointed out, when the details of the Swansea scheme were first published, that the alternate curront could aot be used for drivirg tramcars. In Mr. Piceoe's report this is virtually acknow- ledged. The alternating currents are to be converted to continuous ourrsnts. The alter- nating currents are to be used to drive alter- nate current motors, which will drive eon- tiauoua current dymamos, the current from which will be used to charge aix-mum toTK, from which, again, tho current wll be delivered to the tram lines. Here we hare three sepa- rate conversions, each involving IORS. The loss in COTlT'er'lÚ,JD. from alternating to con- tinuous currents will t*>rtainly not be leas than 25 per cent., and may easily be much mere. Tho ices in charging and discharging the accu- mulators will be another 30 per ceres. So that-, supposing the actual wvlk" cost to be r«duped to lid. per unit, for every three units paid by the tramway company four must be generated by the alternator?, evetn if accumulators ar^ net employed while, if accumulators are employed, for every two units delivered to the tram lines, three units, or nearly three, ffiUBt be supplied to the accumulators. Putting this into figures, if accumulators are employed the tramway com- pany will pay 3d. for two unit?, and the- corpo- ration will have 'been obliged to generate four units in order to supply theiin. These four units, even id, Hd. per unit, will cast 6d. as against the 3d. the tramway company will pay; while, if my figures as to other companies a.re correct, the corporation will be paying 8d. for the electricity they supply at 3d. If the cur- rent is supplied direct from the motor dyuamos, the -tramway company will pay 4|d. for that for vrh'h the Swairsea Corporation will have paid 6d. or 8d. according to the figures j ott choose to adopt. Beyond all this there v.iil be all the uncertainty aivclved in a new departure. No one knows yet how those -alternate euirent motor dynamo converters will work under the conditions ruling- in tramway work. Still if Swansea cares to pioneer on these lines, I shall be glad to watch the developments. Pioneering is always interesting, but usuallv expensive. SYDNEY F.' WALKER,. Card'iff Electrical Works, Severn- road. Cardiff.
-----------------| THE WRECK…
| THE WRECK OF THE MORESBY, OFFICIAL- REPORT OF THE DISASTER ISSUED. Ihe report of the court of investigation, held at DuT^rarvan under th Mesc-hawc Ship- ping Act, 1894, by the direction of the Board of Trade, in connection with the loss of the ship Moresby, has just been issued. A sum niary of this repot:, dealing with the fatal voyage of the Moresby from Cardiff con the occasion, will he of interest. The report- states: —"This was an inquiry in-to the circumstances attending the stranding and loss of the British sailing ship Moresby with eighteen, out of 23 c-f her criw, and two passengers, on the White- house i"'r.nk, Dungarvan Bay, on the 24-th of December, 1895, and the failure ot the lifeboat. at Baiiinacourty to render aseist inee. The Moresby \v?.-s a British -ailing vessel, built at Ct-™1Tl.'»~d. mi 188? She was! ov r-ed by Mr. John Dodd and others. The j vessel's gross tonruige was 1,259-01 tons, and. her registered tc.mia.re was 1,155-50. On the' 21st of Decembc-r, 1895, the vessel left Cardiff I between eight and nine a.m with a cargo of j 1.77S ton3_ of coal, bound for Pisagua. on the j West Coast of South Amorioa, her draft or j water in Cardiff Dock being 20ft. 7in. aft and i 19f*. Sin forward, which gave her centre m.u,rk j nsui an iucn citar. iShe carried a crew of 25 hands, all told, and two passenger;, the latter being the Gapi-rin's wife ar d chile). The More-bv was left by the tug about eight miles to the I westward of Lun-dy Mand at five p.m. on the 21-St of December. The weather \vm moderate and fine, with a, fresh breeze from E. to E.SE. A sail WM set.. (I,Ld.! according to the evidence of the sur- ¡ vive rs, a westerly cotir.-e was s-teered un to a'bout two a.m. on the 22nd. Sure time before t-h-s the weather had become thick with rain, and, the wind and sea rapidly increasing to a heavy stjuall to S. W., all hands were «dled, and endeavours ruade to shorten sail. Shortly afterwards tha wind began to blow from the S. and 8.S.E. The wire fcwe.shf>et slipped over the boILard, I and the foresail blew to pieces, to be followed shortly afterwards by the upper top mainsail. j At daylight on the 22Ad the wind was blow- ing a hard g,-c>ie frnm the S.E. and lar-d was in sighs on the >:ort side. bout nine in the morn- ing an endeavour was made to set the mainsail, hUb the la-y tack was carried away, and the mainsail blew to pieces. At one p.m. the ship 'bc-re up, the yards were squared, and she fol- lowed a schooner called the May Sinclair into Dungarvan Bay. The masfer seems i1) have been under the impression that I he was entering Cork Harbour, most of the land being ob«oured by ram, had, and mist from the gale that was blowing. The May Sinclair was at this time in di-tress, and the keeper of the lighthouse at Ballina- oourty Phoisted to her the signal K. F (Bear Uph The Moresby then hove in ■Sight, following the schooner, and the glial was kept flying for both vessel*, as they were seen to be steerinrr directly on to the shore in Clorc-a. Bay. Whether the Jtl'oresby at this time 8MY the signal from the lighthouse, or noticed that the schooner was close in shore and in distress, it is impossible to say, but she was observed from the shore to wear round and bring the wind on the port side and head for the herhthouse. Tn the act of doing- this the three lower top-sails were split. The light- house keeper hoisted L P (Anchor Instantlv). "l-tie Moresby then rounded to about a quarter, of a. mile in»'de and westward of Carrigapane Rockland let go both anchors at 2.30 p.m. on the 23rd1 of December in six fathoms of wafer, Paying out 60 fathoms on th* starboard and 45 on the port- chain. No further signal was mad" io warn the master of hi« d«-n<rerous position either from the ligh-house- or from I Balbnfieourty Coastguard Staition." Th3 re- m«vnc]*r of the report deals with the lifeboat I erevT, I
VESSEL BLOWN UP. I .---1
VESSEL BLOWN UP. I 1 DYNAMITE-LADEN SCHOONER ON THE ROCKS, The Central N-.ws correspondent at Ayr tele- graphs:—A very alarming occurrence happened at Avr oa Wednesday morning. The steamer Secret, of St. Ives, from Carriokfeigus to Glas- gow, with fifteen tons of dvnanute, went ashore at Buck Jvjck Town. The crew, fearing an explosion, left the vessel in their boat, and they had scarcely landed when the dynamite I blew up. The vessel has been shattered to pieces and has divappparcd. A further telegram from TronTI states that the Secret s cargo of gelatine, 600 cases, partly exploded. The remainder is now supposed to be lying adjacent to the wreck and highly dan- gerous to life and property. The Board of Trade states that the Home Office Inspector has arranged to go down to the scene. Meanwhile ihe nocessarv precautions have been taken.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY ATI NOTTINGHAM.I
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT I NOTTINGHAM. I WIFE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. I A shocking murder was committed in Not- tingham on Wednesday morning. A man. named John Rote, aged 50, killed his wife by cutting h»r throat, and afterwards attempted I suicide. They had been nu^r-ied only six I months, but had cohabited for nearly twelve years. They lived near tho centre of the town, in a house which was miserably furnished, and of late quarrels have been frequent Ix'ween tl em. Rotye was a baker, aind h^d been out of work for »«ne tinL:, He returned uome on iu^sciay night. a-nd 'ibscejuer-iIv c^ua-irctbng was heard, upon being called oil Wednesday morning thev did not answer, and the .euspicioii^ of the neigh- bours were aroused. They informed the police, and, upon breaking into the house, the woman was found .y.ner dead on the Hoor with her throat ternuly cut, and the man lay beside her. alco with a gash in his throat. TTe was re- moved. to the hospital, where k de- in a critical condition.
TRAGEDY AT CHESTER.
TRAGEDY AT CHESTER. A GIRL ACCIDENTALLY SHOT A lad named Chester, fifteen, years of age is in custody charged with killing a girl na-uied Jane Sheen, aged fourteen, by shooting her. Prisoner picked up a gun amongst some scrap iron in a dealer's yard, where he was employed, and playfully pointed it at the girl, saying, "Who is prepared to die?" and shot her in the head. She was carried to the infirmary, where she died, the shot having penetrated the brain.Prisoner made a ststemMit that be did not know the gun was leaded, and that- it went off accidental)v. —At tho inquest- the jury re- turned a verdict of "Manslaughter'' against Chester.
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SHIPPING NEWS. SIGNALLED OFF THE LIZARD- Feb. 12.—Passed Fast: Stsamers a German-Lloyd liner; Lotos, of Liverpo^ Astral, from Philadelphia, ordered to h ven Sir Boris, of Southampton AjacnWj oi Belfast; City of Cologne, of Dublin se"^ •vaiships, for Falmouth; Plymothian. Loncton; Paris, from New York for Soti^, amp ton. Pas»4i West Steamers Marian, °_ West Hartlepool j Hampshire, of Shagbrock, of LonflW Eshooibrook; 0 Whitby. Wind, W., light: weather. fo* cleared at 2.30 p.m., hazy sea. smooth; o&t-* 30'30, steady. SIGNALLED OF? THE MUMBLES HEAP* Feb. 12.— W ine), W.S.W., iresh: «ea.th<*» cloudy sea, moderate. Passed East Zetland.ox Christiania Count d'Atspreraont, Swansea.; Creadon, of Wst/iford; Sneyd. Southampton. Passed West Bui que Cbeplca. of Liverpool; schooners Mary James, of Felv zance Electra, of Padstow. Received 0 Steamer Paragon, of Dublin, for Newport. SWANSEA.ARRIVALS. xoit m DOCK.. Feb. 11.—Witeh ol the Wave. "6, ?!raagft'5? ^■>iatoe«. i>.tjrra.ph, 35, radstww, nsl. Aurora. V\"ak'!ict, tin nus?e. cf. j Feb. 12.—Macraes,. 56. OavJiff, wheat Seprune, « j Cardiff, wb»fti-St..Vinvn, s. IStf, Oibiia, Eni.iy Btir-riyeat, 93. Hayie, <*nieno. Pailion Antierp; ril. SOTTTH DOCK. ,1rt Feb. 12.—Coifcer, s, 113, Bristof, ger.ara!- "^Ln' ]>V-e;iux, «, 5d4, Dieppe, nil. Sappho'e, b. 165 >e pent-, uil. PRIN'CB OF WALE- DC1 Civ. 9ll Feb. 12 —iJitbel, s. 468. Kev rKrc, ..I Douro. Pristol. nil..Yiivruteu, e, 1,618, N-cw York, via toi, oopper matw. SAILINGS SOUTH DOC K, Feb. 11.—AFpha, s (Luxon). aighbr'dge. a<fir Feb. 12.->'«.>rah, s (Matthews), St. >ru3stire. light, s (vorrinl, Liverpooi. Sarah tvwl (O'Bden), Punsarvan. Mi-garet Lewis (Jones-» oj UliY. Jane '*Moi-guns), Ab-irayron. SOUTH DOCK. Feb. 11.—Chevingtcu, s (Brcwn). Manciiester. Ft". 12.—Plan-»t, s (O'ibson), Uiepi^. OF WALES IVOCS, Feb. 11.—Richard Fieiier (Tdd<iii). Coimvnin, a (Andersen), Dantzio. City ot PorcnJ'1* s (Code!), Hamburg1. Bordeaux, s (Bwien), KM'EHiiD OUTVV.vitii.S.—Februarv 12. r s. Grauviile, CV mt a'ABpremo-nt, B. Stevenson, 274, J-1 Davies & Oo. Oaen. Matel, s, B, Faltenbenr. 468, W. H. St. Nazaire. Woodlands, s, B, "Btiwdc-n 6S8. OoH" Man»us. Marie, F, Li go, 99, 1. (i. J.'fi'revs Mortaigne. Jalien Matip, K, Le Bsil, 99. L. O. Jewp- Genoa, I'allie.n, s, B, Pr nt.ioe, 1,042, John Woo<i Rouen, Alice Dej eriux, s. F, Lefevre, 55-i. New York. Mariten, B, James, 1,618. Wiiliatca, fcf1*" and Feil.-l j Lifljon, l>ouro, s. u. Cox, 211, Williams. 'iVrrey. Feiid CI.BAEFD.—Februa-.v 12 Granville, Court, d'A-jpremont. s. "B, 580 coal Houeu, Alice Dep- vux, s, F, 1,25'J coal IMPORTS.—Febnsarv 12. 41 New York, Mariton, s. 2,474 bags copper matte, casks Cfjiper matte, Vivia-n is Sons IMPORTS COA.-■rVHSE.— Felnxarv 12. < Poitafenv-, Witch oi the Wave, 'i0 tons r,0Uloe9. Buiier London, via Hayle, Emiiv BuruveaL ho tons oea* T P. Jones & Co. Bristol, Collior. a. "eneral Cardiff, Magnet, 107 tons wheat, Weaver !.¡; Co. Cardiff, Nepiune, 110 tors wheat. Weaver & Oo. Wn.tohpt. Au'iorn. 5,uOO l*>xes, W- Edwards EXPORTS COASTWiSE.—Februarv 12. B'jrnovlh, Annie. 220 fuel, ti. Taylor Glasgow, .te., Medw-av, e, general, M. Jones & B^0" DiikJaik, Aii-a Fofee,*e, 330 coal, C-irker & Cork, Marion, 150 coal, 15 bunkers T. T. P&-JCOE L««londeny. Sapplúre. s, 403 eoai, G. Thootw Belfast, St. Mirren, s. 600 et-a!, Vivian &. Sons Bristol, Coiiier, 8.rrenernl Ixndoil, Kmiiy, 145 copppras, W. Bevan & Go Fiddown, Wave, 135 oe-i.l, T P. T?.. K->brr<s Carlinglcrd, Cristal. 57 cord. T. T. Pa^oe
iESCAPE FROM SHIPS' !HOLDS.
ESCAPE FROM SHIPS' HOLDS. CIRCULAR Fii03I THE BOARD Of THADR In the spring of iuit >ear Mr. Albert Spffi M.P., headed a deputation of oo^itrim^p from the Bristol Chaaiiiei ports urj^ing the Board of Tradte to .issue regmlations to sbV owners with reference to means of escape f**L the holds of ^hips whilst beir,g 1.jaded- Spioer has now been, sent a oopy of a jp or instructions which the board has j.aed> the following terms: — KOTICK lx) SHIPOW.VEPS. nf MEANS OF ESCAPE FROM THE HOLDS, Ao-ie VLSSELS WHILST LOADING COAL CAKGOfi- The attention of the Board of Ti-ade havim? Sj» eslled to the I'lsuffioiene.y of tho means of exit the holds, &c., of certain eoai-carrviiiR vesseis oeuig load-ii, the board have «wsed inquiries to. niade at Cardiff, Swansea, Newcaftla-on Tvne, land, and West Hartlepool bv one of their and have ascertained that, while little or no CM be found with nanv vessels after the is ccifipletefj and the vessels m sea gomg conw^jj). there efco-jld, in his ot union, alwavs be et/oa-pe-holes or small hatclnvayB provided to ijd" emergencies which might arise at the time of ing. The compartments not infrequently found in this respect are 0) the holds, of vessels l:¡¡J<:i<J more tliaa one deck; (2) deep-water ha'tast »jji 1 which are at t-iaies used for the stowage of (3) 'tween deck coal bunkers ot Surge capaaiufy ,jpf iis those summnoing trnnke*! hatebwavs- ^JsP ren<edies proposed are, in the ease ol (1), to z5» four or more holes or small batefci*avs at # ^Lettr^ Ciieteace from cach main hatchway intlie decks ^jp the w eather desk; m n>e case of (2i, tn make t<*» \» more oval in&nlioles On addat-iof to the the tame top) in the crown of each tank, «nd case oi ^3), to adopt whatever HKXIE of & to the exigencies of the ca.se. In all cases care should, of course, be taWa/Jj* the strength and seaworthineee or the vessel fft iijip.wreu, ana max suitable hptebes c-r provided for such orenirigs aa mar h..?e to be a ( either before or after the vessel trees to sea. It has been fug^ested that, the proponed cpe" or sm'ill hatchways should !>e placed or Em,1 hatchways should be placed t comers of the main hetehwava and thoer. of the tank, or bunkor, as t?ie case may be; but at the p sites for sucii openings siiust greatSy depend, o'L 10 size -iivl position el the main ha t-c'iway rpiativfj- I the hold, ta-nk, or bunker, each c-a^e should. fliotiprht, br- dealt witii accordiris; to circun'f^jfl/! In ordinary cases, l owever, a good pivition gfi' of t,lw. propcseti holes or snmatl hateiiwf-ys '*Ae<* eidered to be over or nearly over the pkes the cool trimmem would stand while s-t work- Trie Board of Trade wish to od'i th>,t many helonging to the Bdstol Channel port.' and vwes« belonghig to other ports, are already pro with iiie escape holes suggested. }NOI;AST B. WALKER. ,NPA Assistant. Secretary. Marne Board of Trade, January, 1*836-
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a. At tho Wolverhamptou stipendiary's coU^qjt<' ednesdav Archer Pratt, grocer and p?0* {(f ritiiler, \nj.s fined £ 24 8s., including ccStSi^. selling butter largely adulterated with j^d' rine, and for not labelling the same. tf bw»n fined £ 5 a month ago for a 6 O fft-JiCP, Printed and Pubhshod for the Pronrieto^^ DAVID LCW1ES. at the Offices "Sowth Wales Lady Post," 211, Swansea,
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