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THE MAHDI SUING FOR PEACE. JqtJMOURED ACCEPTANCE OF LORD WOLSELEY'S TERMS» THE MARCH TO KHARTOUM. 1 {" CENTKli ^TEVrS TELEGRAM, I PARIS-, WEDNESDAY. The Temps this evening publishes & dis- patch from Cairo, dated to-day, stating that the Mahdi has accepted Lord Wolaeley's terms of peace, and that the English ex- peditionary force is now advanoing upon Khartoum unopposed.

WITH GENERAL EARLE'S COLUMN. [" STANDARD TELEGRAM.] MERAWI, MONDAY. Energetic preparations are being made here for pushing forward the necessary supplies for General Earle's column. Half th8"Black Watch have arrived at Handab Camp, and fresh troops are passing up 'daily in their boats. The Egyptian Artillery -and Camel Corps'have come up tD Merawi, and in the inter- val pending the general advance they-are employed in carrying forward supplies of grain. A messenger from Berti has come in; he reports that the'Robatat and Monassir tribesare gathered nearSalamat. They have sent up to the Mahdi for reinforcements to assist them to oppose our advance, but the Mahdi has replied that he cannot spare a force to aid them at present.

DIFFICULTY OF COMMUNICATING WITH GORDON. [OFFICIAL TELEGRAM.] JENERAL LORD WOLSELEY TO THE SECRETARY O? STATE FOR WAR. KORTI, SUNDAY (1.50 P.M.). The messenger who left this place on. the 18th of December with a letter to Gordon has just re- turned. He was one day in Khartoum and left it m the 28th of December. He was taken prisoner .eturning, and Gordon's letters taken from him. tie bears marks of having been bound and beaten. 5ewn up in the clothes not taken from him was a ac simile of the previous little note, bearing the same date, 14th, and announcing "all well tnen. 3-ordon was in perfect health, and the troops on the five steamers he saw were well and happy. Steamers seize cattle and grain and convey them to Khartoum.

EFFECl OF LORD WOLSELEY'S ADVANCE. [" CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] CAIRO, MONDAY EVENING. Telegrams received here to-day from Suakim in- dicate that, as has all along been expected here, Lord Wolseley's vigorous operations have had a most wholesome effect in that part of the Soudan. There does not appear to have been any truth in the reports that Osman Digna had been reinforced to any considerable extent. On the contrary, to- day's advices state that the news of the con- tinuous advance of the British Expedition has Caused the greatest panic in Osman's camp. THE SUGGESTED EVACUATION. [" STANDARD TELEQRAMS.1 VIENNA, SUNDAY NIGHT, Hassan Fehmi's departure for London, after so much hesitation and delay, has revived the rumour that the English Cabinet is inclined to negotiate with Turkey about the questions arising from the eventual evacuation of Egypt. The leading Austrian papers express their ad- miration for the skill with which Colonel Stewart's Desert march to Gakdul was carried out. The move is declared to be a great moral and strategic success. The Anglophobe Presse, how- ever, finding no better means of explaining it away, attributes its success to British gold." CONSTANTINOPLE, SUNDAY NIGHT. Hassan Fehmi Pasha, the Special Commissioner from the Sultan to the British Government, left this city yesterday with his secretary. He travels to London vid Varna.

EXPECTED RETREAT OF OSMAN DIGNA. [FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT WITH LORD WOLSELEY.J HAMDAB, SUNDAY (via MRRAWI), TUESDAY, 9.50 A.M.). The first wing of the Black Watch Highlanders arrived hers to-day, and will prove a welcome addition to our scnall force. The Highlanders had no casualties on the way up the river, and arc in good health and spirits. E" REUTER'S TELEGRAM. ] CAIRO, TUESDAY. After reaching Metemneh General Stewart's Bri- gade will probably open communications with Khartoum, but will not push on to that place until the arrival of General Earle, who is expected at Metemneh at the end of February, after taking Berber. [["DAILY NEWS" TELEGRAM.] CAIRO, MONDAY NIGHT, News has been received here from Suakim that Osman Digna, having failed to secure reinforce- ments from the tribes from which he expected assistance, has made preparations to retire to the hills as soon as the British force is reported at Shendy. As the result of General Stephenson's visit to Suakim. 400 hospital beds are to be provided there in wooden huts. and increased if necessary at the shortest notice to meet any emergency on Lord Wolseley's return via Berber, or any subsequent movement in that direction.

ENGLAND, TURKEY, AND EGYPT. THE TUKKISH SPECIAL MISSION TO ENGLAND. f" CRSTRAL SEWS" TELEGRAM.] CONSTANTINOPLE, vid VARNA, TUESDAY. Hobart Pasha is leaving here to-day for London, having been sent by the Sultan on a speciafr mission to the British Government. An impres- sion is growing here that a good understanding Detween England and Turkey on the Egyption juestion is imminent. l" R¡¡;UTER':¡" TELEGRAM.] BERLIN, WEDNESDAY. Hassan Fehmi Pasha left to-day for London, vid Paris. It is asserted that he is entrusted with a conciliatory mission to the French Government. It. is believed in diplomatic circles that the English Government has instructed its Ambassadors abroad, and especially Lord Lyons, to use efforts to prevent the counter proposals regarding the Egyptian finance or proposals for a fresh Con 'erenco being made

EGYPTIAN FINANCE. THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH PRO- POSALS. [" CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Temps this evening gives prominence to a summary of the English proposals for the settle- ment of the Egyptian financial question and of the counter proposals of the French Government' The principal points are as follow England shall guarantee a loan to the Egyptian Government of five millions sterling, at per cent. interest, in order to protect her guarantee. The entire revenues of the Daira and Domain lands shall be paid into the Bank of England, and be applied to the payment of the interest on the new loan, upon which they shalt be a first charge. The Domain loan shall be joined with the Privi- leged loan and the Daira. The Sinking Fund of the existing debt shall be suspended. The interest of the Unified and Daira Debts and the interest on the Suez Canal Shares held by the British Government shall each suffer a re- duction,of l per cent. The annual cost. of the Egyptian Administration shall be fixed at £ 4,948,000; the cost of the British army of occupation shall not exceed JE293,000 per annum. Finally, the Law of Liquidation shall be modified in certain particulars. According to* the Temps the chief points of the Counter proposals made by M. Ferry are a loan of £9,000,000; guaranteed by all the Powers, and* a tax upon coupons instead of reduction of interest. The Fretrch Government is also strongly opposed to the proposed separation of the Daira and Domain Loans, and the payment of their'revenues into the Bank of England. Manyof the'points in the French and-English schemes are practically ideuticaLafaet which seems to justify the belief freely expressed incertain circles here that ^un- derstanding between thw-two Governments is by no means improbable. Little-doubt is felt here as to the accuracy of the Temps version of the British j HAD FRENCHOAHAMEE. J

ACTIVE OPERATIONS IMMINENT. FRENCH AGENTS ORDERED OUT OF SHANGHAI. [FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT. | PARIS, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. It is announced this afternoon that M. Ferry has ordered aU the French diplomatic agents now at Shanghai to quit Chinese territory -without delay. In some quarters this step is thought to presage the immediate commencement of really serious operations in China. It is doubtful, how- ever, whether anything important will be done until the arrival of strong reinforcements at Hanoi and Kelung. The bulk of these have not even started, but 6,000 men. and at least one battery of artillery, will leave for Formosa on the 17th inst., and they will be followed early in February by 6,400 men. It has been decided, I believe, that as soon as Langson has been occupied General Negrier shall advance upon and occupy the town of Thatke. This place is practically the key of the mountain defiles through which the Chinese troops have long been pouring into Tonquin, and its occupa- tion was strongly urged months ago.

RUMOURED DECLARATION OF WAR. [EXCHANGE TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S TELEGRAM.] PARIS. MONDAY, Late last night a report was circulated that France bad formally declared war against China. There is no confirmation of the statement to be obtained up to the time of this dispatch, but per- sons acquainted with the information current in the military and naval departments -say that the forces now in -China under Admiral Courbet and under General Briere de l'Jsle are ample for the offensive operations which are about to be under- taken with earnestness. The Chinese are, -it is said, also prepared, for a iinal struggle.

DEBATE-IN THE. FRENCH CHAMBER. [FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.] PARIS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. In the Chamber this tafternoon M, Ferry, reply- ing to an interpellation by M. Duval, said the new plan of operations in Tonquin provided for the occupation of that province as far as the Chinese frontier. General Lowal, the new Minister for War, then entered the tribune, and proceeded to make a speech which caused considerable sensation. The general mobilisation of the French forces was not, he said, in any way compromised'by the necessity for more reinforcements to the East. France, however' had three million soldiers ready to march, and the army could not continue to remain squatting.as if drugged, with their eyes fixed upon one point alone. (Sensation.) It would, therefore, bo neces- sary for the Government to ask Parliament to sanction a small measure of mobilisation, in order to enable them to meet all demands irv connection with the operations in China and Tonquin. (Sen- sation.) After some further discussion the Chamber, on the demand of the Government, adopted, by 294 votes against 234, the order of the day pure and simple. Amongst the distinguished personages who lis- tened to General Lowal's peculiar speech was Prince Hohenlohe, the French Ambassador. The speech is generally condemned as being in bad aste, and it has caused a decidedly bad im- pression.

THE EARTHQUAKE IN SPAIN. | FRESH SHOCKS IN GRANADA. WRETCHED OTTTTION OF THE INHABITANTS THE KING'S JOURNEY. lFROM OUR CORRESPOND LIST.] (Delayed aiiiuiission.) GRANADA, MONDAY NIGHT. Further earthquake shocks occurred here in the neighbourhood to-day. No very serious con-I sequences followed, but many buildings already damaged were brought to tiie ground. King Alfonso .0:1 'IJ,U, at ei~M o'clock this morning on a hurried tour through the desolated districts- His Majesty was on horseback, but. the rest of the Royal party were mounted on mules and donkeys. They proceeded first to Arenas del Rey, formerly a village of about 1,300 inhabitants, situated at the foot of a moun- tain. A more melancholy scene oi ruin and suffering could scarcely be imagined. The King was much affected. Of the 407 houses which the village contained 390 were completely destroyed in the first convulsion, and the subsequent shocks have completed the havoc. Christmas night was very cold here, and fires were alight in most of the houses. The scattered embers set fire to the debris and the ruined village was in flames for several hours. I had the pleasure of meeting here the priest of whose heroism I advised you last week. He told me that up till a day or so ago his only clothing consisted of a shirt and a woman's skirt. Many of the people encamped in the neighbourhood are even yet more scantily clothed. Some tents have at length arrived, and others are on their way. His Majesty, after leaving money for the relief of the poor people, resumed his journey, and witnessed distressing scenes at Agron, Toures, Ventas, and Huelma, &c. As the royal party was leaving Agron a heavy snowfall commenced, which continued for several hours. On the road to Ventas the wretchsd people threw them- selves on the ground in front of his Majesty, weep- ing and imploring assistance, and not in vain. These scenes so hampered our progress that from Ventas his Majesty travelled in a carriage through Huelma to Granada, arriving here at half-past five o'clock this afternoon. l" CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] MADRID, TUESDAY MORNING. Slight shocks continue, and damage is reported from several quarters, but not to any very consi- derable extent. The King left Alhama yesterday morning at eight o'clock, riding on horseback, while his attendants followed on mules and donkeys. His Majesty visited several small towns.and witnessed many distressing scenes* but not greater than at Agroit, where a heavy fall 0: snow added to the misery of the people encamped in the open. Here the people knelt in the way as the King proceeded, weeping bitterly and beseeching aid. Alfonso was overcome by the pitiful condition of the poor victims, and stayed some time among them dispensing money freely. The King drove from Huelma and reached Granada at 5.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. «

THE FENIAN OUTRAGE IN NEW YORK. PROBABLE RECOVERY OF THE INJURED MAN. [EBOM OUR CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, SATURDAY EVENING. The first hurried reports of the desperate affray in O'Donovan Rossa's office stated that Captain Pheni was killed on the spot. As a matter of fact, Phelan is still alive, and although the wounds in- flicted upon him by Short are of a terrible des- cription it is not at all improbable that he will1 re- cover. There can be little doubt that the murder of Phelan was carefully planned, and that the attack upon him was very sudden and unexpected. Phelan is a resolute man, and would have given a good account of his assailant had he been given anything like a chance. Even as it was, Phelan, as he lay on the ground apparently mortally wounded, managed to get to his pistol-pocket, and fired point blank at Short. Fortunately for the would-be assassin, the bullet struck a match-box in Short's waistcoat pocket. and the slight resistance thus afforded was sum- cient to deflect the shot, which glanced off harm- lessly end struck the wall of the room. Phelan was too far gone to fire a second shot, and Short, therefore, escaped entirely uninjured. Short was arrested in Rossa's office, and placed in the police cells. He was taken before the magistrates this morn- ing, and, after being formally charged, was re- manded to await the result of Phelan's injuries An application to admit the prisoner to bail, was refused. The affair has naturally caused the most intense excitement in Irish circles throughout the,States, and is also attracting an unusual amount of general attention. It is well known! here that all "the parties concerned are connected with the.-anti- English dynamite conspiracy,, and, there is no doubt that the attempted murder was due r,to strong suspicions of Phelan's infidelity. The story told by Phelan to atKansas City news- paper reporter of an attempt to blow;up the steamer Queen is generally regarded as, mere bunkum. The officials of the National Steamships Company, to which line the Queen belongs^have; been duly ioterviewed, whole

FURTHER FRENCH TROUBLES IN THE EAST. REVOLT IN CAMBODIA. A FRENCH POST SURROUNDED. [U CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] PARIS, MONDAY AFTERNOON. News has been received to-day from the Governor of Saigon which it is feared will seriously complicate matters in the far East. The discon- tent in Cambodia, caused by the arbitrary conduct of the French Resident, has culminated in an open revolt under the leadership of the King's brother. The rioters have already attacked a French post, I which is in imminent peril. Reinforcements have been sent from Saigon, but it is more than probable that before they arrive the whole country will be in arms against the French aggressors. L" BEUTER'S TELEGRAM.] PARIS, WEDNESDAY. A detachment of marines and Annamite sharp- shooters has left Saigon to re-occupy the French military post at Sambaur.

MR. VANDERBILT AND GENERAL GRANT. ["BEUTER'S" TELEGRAM.] NEW YORK, MONDAY. Mr. Vanderbilt, on coming into possession of General Grant's property as security for his loan of 150,000 dollars to the General, offered to present the whole of it to Mrs. Grant, who, however, declined the gift.

GERMAN COLONISATION IN WEST AFRICA. ATTACK ON THE NATIVES OF THE CAMEROONS. TWO HOUSES BURNED. l" REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] COLOGNE, SATURDAY. The Cologne Gazette publishes a telegram from its correspondent at the Cameroons, dated St. Vincent the.9th of January, whichsays:—"The German war- vessels Bismarck and Olga reached the Cameroons on the 18th of December, and on the 20th landed 330 men with four guns. This was done because the inhabitants of Hickory Town and Foss Town had driven away King Bell, threatened the mer- chants, and burned Bell Town. Hickory Town offered very little opposition, and was taken with out loss. An officer belonging to the Olga having learned that some of the inhabitants of Foss Town had taken prisoner Woermann's agent, Pantanins, attempted to rescue him with his division. The men landed under a heavy fire from Bell Town, and stormed and carried, with the loss of one killed and several in- jured, an acclivity a hundred feet high. Sixty men held the plateau at the top for two hours against 400 of the enemy firing from the bush. When supports arrived from the Bismarck, Foss Town was stormed with cheers and burned down but in the rveantime Pantanins had been mur- dered. On the 21st of December Foss Towc, which was in ruins, was again occupied and on the 22nd of December the Olga, steaming along the river, bombarded Hickory Town. Order is now fully restored." C" CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] BERLIN, SATURDAY. The Reichstng has been much concerned by the news of fighting at the Cameroons, and many in- quiries have been addresfed to the Government on the subject. General Caprivi, Chief oftheAdmiralty has officially staged that German colonial policy has cost five million marks, in addition to one million for the West African expedition.

PROPOSED BRITISH ANNEXATION OF THE SAMOA ISLANDS. [" BEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] WELLINGTON, SATURDAY. The Government of New Zealand purposes an- nexing the Samoa Islands. A steamer is held in rea'iness to proceed to sea pending the receipt of Lord Derby's decision in the matter. MELBOURNE, SATURDAY. News has sen received here, which is believed to be authentic, that a treaty has been concluded between the King of Samoa AND the German Consul there, whereby Germany secures three seats in the Council of the kingdom. The effect of tnis concession will be to largely increase German in- fluence in the islands. BERLIN, SATURDAY. The news of the intended annexation by the Government of New Zealand of tin Samoan Islands has created a great sensation here. This evening's papers consider it certain that the Garman and American Governments will energeti- cally protest against this step.

THE ABYSSINIAN MISSION. [" CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] BRINDISI, SATURDAY MORNING. Captain Speedy, who was recently engaged on a mission to the King of Abyssinia with a view to arranging a treaty between that potentate and Great Britain, arrived her3 this morning per the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Mongolia, and proceeded for Venice.

DECORATIONS FOR PRINCE EDWARD OF WALES. [" BEUTER'S TELEGRAM.] THE HAGUE, TUESDAY. The King of the Netherlands has conferred the Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion upon Prince Edward of Wales.

DEATH OF AN EX-AMERICAN VICE-PRESIDENT. [FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. Mr. Schuyler Colfax, ex-Vice-President of the United States, dropped down dead this morning at the railway station at Mankato, Minnesota. Mr. ColfaJ^who was about 62 years of age, was elected Vice-President in 1868 on the ticket which, at the same time, sent General Grant to the Presidential chair. He was for many years a very prominent member of the Republican party, but since 1873 when an unsuccessful attempt was made to im- peach him for corrupt practices, he has practically disappeared from public political life.

FRANCE AND GERMANY. [EXCHANGE TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S TELEGRAM.] PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Figaro and Gaulois this morning both state that the understanding between France and Ger- many is now complete. France engages to protect German commerce in all French colonies, while Germany undertakes to support France in her colonial enterprises, as well as in the settlement of questions relating to Egypt, China, and the Congo.

SOCIALIST MURDER IN GERMANY. A POLICE OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED. [" CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A profound sensation has been caused here by the discovery early this morning of the murdered body of Police-Councillor Rumpff. The body was found in the front garden of the deceased's own house, and bore two terrible dagger wounds in the immediate neighbourhood of the heart. It was at first supposed that the motive of the crime was robbery, but neither the house nor the corpse had been robbed, and the authorities were reluctantly driven to the conclusion that the murder was the work of political miscreants. Un- fortunately, the inspector had long taken an active part in unearthing Socialist and Anarchist conspirators and their prosecution in the law courts, and there can be no doubt that he had thereby incurred the mortal hatred of scores of desperate men. No arrests have yet been made, but a reward of three thousand marks has been promptly offered for information.

GERMAN CORN DUTIES. [" CENTRAL NEWS TELEGBAM. J BERLIN, WEDNESDAY. Prince Bismarck has to-day declared in the Reichstag that it will be necessary to impose a triple duty on wheat and a double duty on rye. The only exception is in favour of Russia, with whom Germany has an independent commercial -treaty. BERLIN, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. In consequence of the resolve of the Govern- ment to increase the duties on cereals, the treaty of commerce,with Spain will shortly be modified. The clause dealing with the-<luty on wheat will be cancelled.

AUSTRALIA AND THE GERMAN ANNEXATIONS; COLONIAL FEELING. f" BEUTER'S." TELEGRAM.J MELBOURNE, WEDNESDAY. Further meetings.are.being,held throughout the colony, at which^esolutions'protesting against the hoisting of .the German aagin New Guinea and ,supporting the action-taken: in the matter by the VictoriantGovemmeot are: being passed. Similar resolutions are) being-voted ".byi'the^-shire^-and borough councila.at their periodical'meetings. The Press arecUDanimous ahcLemphatic irvdeprecating annexationBintb&PaciffahyfforeigDr'Powers.

THE DIVISIONS OF CARMARTHEN- SHIRE. THE COMMISSIONER'S INQUIRY. Major-General Phipps Carey, R.E., sat at the Shire-hall, Carmarthen, on Wednesday, in accor- dance with the official notice, to receive sugges- tions or objections to the scheme put forward by the Boundary Commissioners for the division of the County of Carmarthen under the Redistribu- tion Bill. The two political parties were repre- sented by the members of Parliament and the agents. On the Conservative side there were Lord Emlyn, M.P., Mr. T. Jones (Llan- dovery), and Mr. W. Morgan Griffiths (Car- marthen), who attended on behalf of the County Association; and Mr. J. S. Tre- gonning, of Iscoed, who was there in a more private capacity. The Liberals were represented by Mr. W. R. H. Powell, M.P., Sir John Jones Jenkins, M.P., Mr. George Thomas (chief agent), Mr. T. Davies (Registration Agent), Mr. W. Davies, Mr. J. Hunton Smith, and Mr. W. Howell, solicitor, LJanelly., There was a fairly large attendance of the general public. The COMMISSIONER opened the proceedings by reading the official notice and schedule of the proposed divisions, as already published in the advertisement. Mr. T. JONES informed the Commissioner that, with a view of having the parishes correctly-under their respective petty sessional divisions, he would state that the parish of Quarter Bach had been taken out of the Llandovery Petty Sessional Division and transferred to the Llandilo Division. Mr. GEORGE THOMAS It does not matter at all in this inquiry. Mr. THOMAS JONF.S No, only to have it correct, though. Perhaps the Commissioner would make a note of it. Lord EMLYN said the parish of Treleach, too, had been transferred from the petty sessional division of Newcastle Emlvn and attached to Carmarthen since the census return was made. The COMMISSIONER said there was a point in the petty sessional division of Newcastle-Emlyn to which he wished to draw attention. The schedule included Adpar. He had a letter before him from a Cardiganshire magistrate stating that Adpar was in Cardiganshire. Mr. T. DAVIES said it was well known that the Parliamentary borough of Adpar was about to be abolished. Lord EMLYN said that part of the Adpar in Car- diganshire would hereafter come in the county of Carmarthen; that was to say, the 943 would be now in this county, but how they were to be de- scribed he did not know. It was a matter for the Commissioners to deal with. The COMMISSIONER: Now, with respect to the ^visions, Lord Emlyn; will you take it up on behalf of the Conservatives? Mr. T. JONES said he would hand the Commis- sioner a paper showing what had been adopted by the Conservative party, which read thus:— At a meeting of the Conservative party of the county of Carmarthen, held at Carmarthen on the 13th day of January, 1885, it was resolved :—" That, with a view of keeping the manufacturing and mining population of ehe c:mntyin one division, it is necessary that the whole of the petty sessioflal divisIon of Llanelly and the p .rishes of L'andebie, Bettw9. and Quarter Bach should be in the same division. Starting upon that basis and looking at the Commissioners' scheme, we submit, that the parish of Pernbrey ought to be in the lame division as Llanelly. It is a parish of large population, awl there are within its limits-extensive works, similar in charac- ter to those at Llanelly. We would further submit that the parish of Llanarthney should be included in the Carmarthen Division, it being already attached to Car- marthen for pet' y session and poor-law purposes. Fol- lowing the lines of the scheme proposed by the Commis- sioners, It appears to 11S that the scheme would be improved if it were amended as hereunder set out LLANDILO DIVISION. Limits of Llanelly Borough not altered. Petty sessional divisions of Llandilo, Llandovery, and Llanelly, less the parishes of Llanegwad. Llan- fynydd, Pencarreg, and Llansawel. This will give a population of 46.635. CARMARTHEN DIVISION. Petty sessional divisions of Carmarthen, Llanboidy, St. Clear's, Newcastle-Emlyn, Hannhanxel-ar-Arth, plus the parishes of Pencarreg, Llanegwad, Llanfynydd, and Uansawet. Total population, 47,593. Mr. T. Jones, in support of the scheme, said what they contended was that the parish of Pem- brey was p^rt of the petty sessional division of Llanelly. It .;vas, in addition to that, attached to Llanelly for poor-law purposes, and the pursuits of the population were exactly similar to those in Liaiifi y, beside which it was close to Llanelly, being only four miles off. It might be said that the population on the other side must be made up to meet the change, and so it would. They proposed that the parish of Pencarreg (but that was already included, as he understood, by the Commissioners in the western division), the parishes of Llanarth- ney, Llanegwad, Llanfynydd, and Llansawel be put in the Carmarthen Division. The COMMISSIONER They will go against Pem- brey. What do you put with Pembrey ? Lord EMLYN said the parishes Mr. Jones had named would counter-balance Pembrey. Mr. JONES said they, therefore, proposed to put Pembrey in the Carmarthen Division. The COMMISSIONER Then as regards the names ? Mr. JONES said, as to the name Gwili, he was perfectly astounded to find it suggested to call the western division by that name. Llandilo, he thought, was a very good name for the other division, because it was a very old county town, wlvjre the nomina- tion of candidates took place, and where the votes were counted and the poll declared. Carmarthen was certainly, in his opinion, the most important town in the county, and the western division should be called the Carmarthen Division. It was said there might be confusion because the boroughs were already called by that name, but there could, he thought, be no more confusion under these divisions than existed at present. There were already the member for the Carmarthen iJoroughs and the members for Carmarthen county. Lord EMLYN said he did not know that he could add much to what Mr. Jones had said. He con- fessed that when he first looked at the county with a view of seeing how it could be divided his mind wis drawn to take a line from west to east, which would give one division on the south, and the other comprising the northern parishes; but when he saw the scheme of the Commis- sioners he came to the conclusion that, with the exception of the case of Pembrey parish, it was better than the scheme which he himself had drawn. The parish of Pembrey was, indeed, almost a part of Llanelly, and he submitted that without some very good reason it was undesirable to sever a large parish from that part. Pembrey had a population of 5,600 persons, engaged, to a certain extent, in similar occupations to those living at Llanelly. To cause a severance of that parish from Llanelly would really be running counter to the principle upon which the Commis- sioners had acted. With regard to the other parishes which they proposed to cut off with a view to counterbalancing Pembrey, there was first Llan- arthney, with a population of 1,856. He thought it was not proper to take that from the petty sessional division of Carmarthen and place it in the Llandilo Division. Following the geographical line there was not much to be said one way or the other. But it was an agricultural parish, with only a little in the south touching the coal measures. It was, however, in the Carmarthen Pettv Sessional Division, and was also attached to Carmarthen for poor-law pur- poses. It was a parish which almost ran right round the parish of Llanddarog. It surrounded the latter parish very nearly, and it had been suggested to him that these two parishes ought to go together in the same division. Then with regard to the other parishes they pro- posed to include to counterbalance Pembrey— they were the parishes of Llanegwad, Llanfynydd, Llansawel, and Pencarreg. These were all border- ing parishes, and would fall most conveniently in the western division. He submitted, too, that if either division was to be larger in population than the other it should not be the growing division. Since the census of 1881 there had been a great increase in the Llanelly Division, which was not shown upon the official documents. He had heard it stated that it had been 5,000, but he did not know whether that was the correct number. The whole of the in- crease in the county, however, took place in the Llanelly Division. Instead, therefore, of the majority of the population being on the Llanelly side they proposed by their scheme to put it in the other division, so that the difference would be rectified, and more than rectified, by the increase which would take place. The COMMISSIONER With reference to the names. Lord EMLYN said he was not quite clear as to the name proposed to be given to the Western Divi- sion. On the official schedule sent to the clerk of the peace it was called the Carmarthen Division, but the published announcement was the Gwili Division. Mr. GEORGE THOMAS said the Liberals and Con- servatives were agreed to discard the name Gwili. Lord EMLYN said he should prefer to have the divisions called East and West; but he understood the Commissioner had no right to entertain that proposal. The COMMISSIONER: I will take a note of your suggestion. Lord EMLYN said that. he should prefer the name of the county of Carmarthen continued with only two divisions—Eastern and Western. The COMMISSIONER then asked the representa- tives of the Liberal party to state their views. Mr. GEORGE THOMAS said with regard to the names, if the Commissioners rejected the name of Carmarthen—which was a very convenient one— he would suggest that the western division be called by the name of St. Clear's, instead of the name Gwili. The name of Llandilo for the other division was, he thought, a very convenient one, because it was an old county town, and the natural centre of that district—the upper division. The opinion of the Liberal party was that the scheme of the Commissioners was the best that could be devised. He submitted a written state- ment as follows, approving of the Commissioners' scheme:— That the geographical form and shape of the county of Carmarthen makeit difficult to divide in conformity with the several instructions given to the Commissioners. The county is of an oblong shape, its length from east to west being about 50 miles. The natural and only practi- cable divisions are by a line drawn from north to south, so as to make each division compact and easily marked for Parliamentary elections from the centre of each division; and probably no better names can be found for each division than thot of Llandilo for the upper division and Carmarthen for the lower division. The division of the county into upper and lower has, for the convenience of the public, been for many years recognised by the Quarter Sessions, where the administration of the county and the- business of the county generally has been .transacted, being held alternately at Llandilo and Car- marthen, Llandilo was formerly the old county town, but Carmarthen subsequently increased in com- mercial) importance, having a navigable river, and an increase of population followed its favourable position, faking, then,. Llandilo and Carmarthen as the centres of the respective districts, it is of the utmost lmnort»ro« in the conduct and management of Parliamentary elec- tions that every part of each of the districts be brought as near to the centre as conveniently admit, and taking the two towns respectively as centres we consider that the prescribed requirements contained in the minutes of the duties of the Commissioners have been carried out by the scheme. Compactness is secured, equalisation of population is effected by the divisions as based on petty sessional divisions, which have not been broken in upon, except in the Instances of two parishes, that of Llan- arthney, in the Llandilo Division, being taken out of the Carmarthen Petty Sessional Division, and Pembrey out of the Llanelly Petty Sessional Division. This has been done without either parish being prejudicially affected, as they would remain in the old petty sessional divisions for all the existing purposes. It is evident that the parish of Pembrey turns more towards Carmar- then than Llandilo, and every part of that parish is within three-quarters of an hour's journey to Carmarthen on the Great Western Railway, whereas to reach Llandilo from Pembrey means to travel over two separate railways at a great sacrifice of time. Except the part of the parish on the sea board, which is of an urban character, the population is agricultural. Then with regard to the parish of Llanarthney, that has a population of a mixed character, containing miners and a rural population as well, while the centre of the parish is nearer to Llandilo than Carmarthen. The other parishes which it is sought to shift from the Llandilo Division, viz., Llanegwad and Llanfynydd, are in the petty sessional division of Llan- dilo, and Llansawel is in the petty sessional division of Cayo. All these parishes are nearer to Llandilo than Carmarthen. Mr. T. DAVIES followed on the Liberal side, and said he could speak for the majority of the inhabi- tants of Carmarthen that they were in favour of the Commissioners' scheme. Mr. W. HOWELL, solicitor, Llanelly, said as a resident in the parish of Pembrey he supported the scheme of the Commissioners, and opposed the proposals of the noble lord opposite. Mr. J. S. TREGONNING said he appeared as an independent person to ask that the parish of Pembrey should be taken over on the Llanelly side. He had been connected with manufacturing pursuits for many years, whereas of the deputation from the Liberal party four of the five belonged to the legal profession. He assured the Commissioner that Pembrey was a manufacturing parish. It was, in fact, a suburb of Llanelly, and Pembrey people looked upon Llanelly as their metropolis. Mr. MORGAN GRIFFITHS followed for the Conser- vatives, and impressed upon the Commissioner that there was no reason whatever for taking Pembrey away from the Llanelly Petty Sessional Division and Llanelly Poor Law Union, whereas the parishes of Llanegwad, Llanfynydd, Llan- sawel, and Llanarthney were agricultural in their character, and ought reasonably to be allied with the western division. Mr. W. R. H. POWELL, M.P., briefly supported the Liberal case, and said he thought the Commis- sioners' Scheme was the most convenient for all parties. Mr. LEWIS BISHOP (Llandovery) submitted an independent scheme, by which it was proposed to draw a line east and west, and call the lower division the Llanboidy, or St. Clear's Division, and the upper one the Llandovery Division. The Commissioner took the document, but there was no discussion on it. The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Commissioner, proposed by Mr. POWELL and seconded by Lord EMLYN.

THE PROPOSED LOCAL LABOUR CANDIDATE. At the meeting of the Anthracite Board of Miners at Bi-ynarnman on Saturday it was reported that public meetings had been held at several of the collieries, and at others it had been duly discussed by the committees only. It was resolved—" That this meeting, after receiving the reports from the various collieries upon the question of labour re- presentation in Parliament, is unanimously in favour of supporting a labour candidate in Parlia- ment and, further, is of opinion that to raise a substantial self-supporting fund is the best means of doing so, but will fall in with any practicable scheme that may be agreed upon by the district most directly concerned."

POPULATION AND REPRESENTATION. There was issued on Saturday a Parliamentary paper containing a return of the population of England, Scotland, and Ireland, as estimated by the Registrar-General for the middle of the year 1884, together with the number of members of Parliament which each of the three kingdoms would obtain if the 658 members were allotted according to the population of each. The figures are:- ^umber of members of Parliament ;which each of the àich each of the Tv Population as; three kingdoms tVi estimated for would obtain if the TT •» J T?- middle ofI 658 members were United Kingdom, the year lo84. allotted accordingto the population of each. the population of each. ————: England and walesl 27,132.449 496 [496'451.] Scotland 3.866.521 71 [70-746.] Iretand. 4,962.570 91 [90-801.] ¡- Totals 35.961,540 658 N.B.—The estimates of population are necessarily merely conjectural. The present proportion of representation is as as follows I England and Wales 489 Bcottand. 60 Ireland. 103 I 652 1

F ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES. THE PROPOSAL FOR CONFEDERA- TION. WORKING MEN'S CONFERENCE IN LONDON. IMPORTANT LETTER FROM LORD ROSEBERY. WHAT LIBERAL COLONIAL POLICY SHOULD BE. A conference was held on Wednesday evening in the Memorial-hall, Farringdon-street, London, under the presidency of Mr. George Salter, "to consider the desirability of cementing a closer union between Great Britain and her Colonies than now exists, as the best means of maintaining and developing the trade of the country, and promoting the industrial interests of the wage-earning classes." Letters of apology for non-attendance were read by the secretary from Mr. W. E. Forster, Lord Rosebery, and other gentlemen. Mr. Forster wrote:— I am glad to find that the working men's associations are intending to hold a conference on the federation of the Empire. The maintenance of union with our colonies is dear to the hearts of almost all Englishmen who care for their country, but it would seem to me pre-eminently a working- men's question." Lord Rosebery wrote:- I shall not be able to attend your conference although my strong interest in the subject would have made me wish to do so. My views on the matter were, however, fully explained in an address I delivered at the Trades' Union Congress at Aberdeen last year. I have always contended that this is pre-eminently a working man's question, as it is the working classes who send out the emigrants, who form the populations of those empires beyond the sea, and that it is a matter vital to the prosperity of the working classes of this country to maintain and to strengthen the connection between these islands and those -Itett regions. When working men come to realise that separation from the colonies, or a languid connection with them, implies not merely a separation from their kindred, but also the destruction of,perhaps,their own highest oppor- tunities and happiest future, they will put the ques- tion ofthefederationofthe Empire foremost among the questions for which they especially demand the attention of Parliament. They can do much, indeed, without Parliamentary interference to further the progress of the connection by drawing closer the ties which unite them with their brethren in the colonies. I speak of the danger of a languid connection, because it must be remem- bered that it is not possible to be stationary. If we are not taking a step forward we are receding a step backward, and those who take an interest in the question, know- ing this to be the fact, watch with anxiety, not unmingled with apprehension, the tendency of our policy with regard to colonial matters. It has always been the desire of those who wish well to Australia that she should maintain the excep- tional position which seemed to be guaranteed by her isolation in the midst of the Southern Seas of a great Continent where men could not intrude. Unfortunately, recent circumstances have given her a frontier with an European Power, the greatest military Power in the world. We cannot expect the Australians to re- joice at this rude change in their position and prospects; and, for my part, in this matter my sympathies and my reason are entirely with them. We cannot expect working men, whose ambition is peace, to hail this result with acclama- tion, while those who have the interests of Aus- tralia at heart cannot but fear that these transactions may tend to the loosening of the ties which they are doing all in their power to strengthen. And what do these ties mean in their most material aspect ? They mean relief for their own overcharged labour market; they mean, even in times of depression like these, a prosperous and increasing trade. Working men, at any rate, will not forget that our trade with Canada amounts to more than £ 20,000,000; with the Aus- tralian Colonies to more than £ 50,000,000. When they hear the complaint that markets are being closed to us, they will not forget that, whereas in 1878 we exported to the Australians home produce to the value of jE20,625,000, in 1882 we imported their produce to the value of £ 26,489,000. Such colonies, it would seem to them, are not customers to be neglected or alienated. I hope, then, that your conference on Wednesday will keep two things clearly in view-the first that, by making stricter and more intimate the natural association that exists between the working men in the colonies and the working men at home, much may be done to strengthen the bonds which connect the British Empire; secondly, as this is pre-eminently a. working men's question, that in season and out of season, upon this Parliament and upon that more broadly based Parliament which will assemble next year, the question shall be pressed with imperious earnestness by the working men of this country."

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SUGGESTED CANDIDATES FOR WELSH PARLIAMENTARY SEATS. INTERVIEW WITH DR. EDWARDS OF CARDIFF. [BY OUR SPECIAL COMMISSIONER.] Newspapers, those "brief and abstract chroniclers of the time," do not profess to be infallible. I know the expression, It must be true, because it was in the papers," has come to be quite a stereo- typed one; but I also know that newspaper editors, sub-editors, and reporters are sometimes respon- sible for statements which, not to put too fine a point" on them, are misleading. This is not wilful: I speak generally. It is the natural result of a consuming anxiety to keep the omni- verous reading constituency of journalistic enter- prise au courant with every event of interest and importance which presents itself in the world's ever-revolving kaleidoscope. There are, however, I regret to confess, exceptions to the rule. There is a tag-rag-and-bobtail" newspaperdom extant where statements are published which are known so be unauthenticated, or, at least, where no trouble is taken to test their genuineness. The other day one of your local contemporaries per- mitted its columns to be used for the purpose of announcing Dr. Edwards, of Cardiff, as a candidate for the representation of the Caerphilly, or East Glamorgan, District in the re- division of Glamorganshire. The statement was repeated over and over again, although the con- ductors of the journal in question must have known that the doctor's name was being used without his knowledge or consent. When I first saw the announcement I was incredulous. I knew Dr. Edwards to be an ardent politician, but I knew, too, that he had a large practice in Cardiff, and that his duties in regard to that were sitting sufficiently heavily upon him to render any increased work undesirable. I thought, however, I should like to satisfy myself, so yester- day morning I called upon him at his residence in Crockherbtown, in order to hear from his own lips what were his exact intentions as to seeking Parliamentary honours and his sentiments with regard to the division with which his name had been associated. The doctor lives in what I may call a double- brepsted red-brick mansion of modern build. It is situated in Crockherbtown, just before you come to those terrible eye-sores, the railway bridges, which span the thoroughfare in that neighbourhood. It is a plain, substantial building, and is surrounded by grounds containing an abundance of greenery. The only objection I should take to it, if I lived there, is the noise of the street traffic, which is rather pronounced. Dr. Edwards is, I need scarcely remind his fellow- citizens, a prominent figure in the social and domestic economy of Cardiff. He does not take, has never taken, as far as I am aware, an active part in the municipal life uf the town. He has, when Parliamentary elections come round, been very busy in forwarding the interests of the Liberal candidates for the representation of the borough. He has canvassed for them, and has used his oratorical powers on their behalf with singular success. He is a good platform speaker, and has the happy tact of so framing his speeches as to make them most acceptable to the party he serves without being offensive to the other side. He has a wide reputation as a medical man, and there is scarcely an intricate case to be dealt with in the whole district in which his skill and expe- rience are not in demand when a consultation" is necessary. He has laboured hard in connection with the Cardiff Infirmary, and at the present moment is one of the honorary physicians of that admirable institution. When I entered Dr. Edwards's breakfast-room yesterday I had, though a comparative stranger, a cordial reception. The apartment was plainly but solidly furnished. There were numerous pictures cn the walls, and the light streaming in at the ample bay windows lit up picturesquely a group of shrubs and plants which were tastefully dis- posed in the aperture. Among the pictures was an admirable life-sized head and bust, from the stone, of the late Mr. John Batchelor, taken in his prime. It is a speaking likeness, and as I know the diffi- culty experienced in obtaining a carte of the deceased gentleman when it was first proposed to erect. a statue to his memory I could not help thinking that it would bo a useful aid to Mr. Milo Griffith when he sats about the accomplishment of the work with which he has been entrusted. So much for the man, his abode, and his penates. I opened the conversation by remarking that I dare say Dr. Edwards would be surprised at my visit, but that I was desirous of assuring myself upon a subject which had been in men's minds and mouths for some time past. Your name," I continued, has been put forth in a local paper as one of the Radical candidates for the proposed Caerphilly Division; have you any intention of allowing yourself to be put in nomination'?'' "Not the slightest, believe me," replied the Doctor; no one has been more surprised than myself at the use which has been made of my name in this business. I was, as you may be aware, appointed one of the committee to consider the question of the boundaries, and attended one of the meetings, but was called away by pro- fessional duties. As a Liberal, I am inclined to think that the division proposed by the Boundary Commissioners is a fair one. I, however, feel strongly the unfairness of granting to Swansea two members whilst the continually growing town of Cardiff is left with only one. Of course, my opinion is not worth much, but I feel strongly on that point." What do you say to the Caerphilly Division ? I ask the question because I am not unaware that you are a Caerphilly man born and bred." Well, to tell you the truth, I have not studied the proposal sufficiently to offer an opinion. From what I have seen and heard, I do not think there is any particular objection to be made to the pro- posal, I should like to see the county fairly repre- sented, but I do not believe in any partition of the agricultural and commercial classes." "Supposing a deputation were to wait upon you for the purpose of inviting you to become a candi- date for the Caerphilly Division, would that alter your present sentiments in any way ?" Not at all. I have no time, nor have I the inclination at my time of life to undertake the responsibilities of Parliamentary life. When I saw my name in the paper I personally communi- cated with one of the proprietors, and begged him not to allow any further communications of the kind to appear. At my age I should decidedly object to be taxed in the way a man would have to be if he entered Parliamentary life and had to answer all the calls ot the Whips. "But, doctor, you have much of your rest broken by the demands of your patients, have yeu not ? Well, of course, that is the case; but, then, that is my profession. However, if I were requested by the entire constituency to become their member I should courteously but firmly decline the honour. What you say about my rest being broken is true. I was called up after going to bed last night to go to a consultation. You may not know, sir, that I am getting rather aged in harness. I have practised in Cardiff for 40 years this very week." That is a long time, doctor; let me pay you the compliment of saying I have always heard your name mentioned as the head of the medical profession in the town. After all, there was some probability in the statement that you, as a Caer- philly man, would have been a suitable represen- tative for the division which it is proposed to name after the old town. By the bye, what do you think about the name to be given to this division jI" I do not think it matters much by what name it is called. To be sure, Caerphilly is a very ancient town, and ought to be considered on that account. It is a mere matter of opinion. My great-grandfather was a well-known Caerphilly man. You see that small steel engraving in the corner there ? (I assented.) That is his likeness. He built that famous bridge over the Taff at Pontypridd, which for many years after its erection was the longest spanned arch in the world. He built three bridges there, one a three- arch one, which was swept away by the bore,' which, before the erection of weirs, &c., used to roll down the Taff from the Brecon Beacons in almost as large proportions as the bore' on the Severn of to-day. He also built bridges at Usk, Pontardawe, Bettws, Llandovery, Aberavon, and many other places in South Wales." The doctor then offered for my examination an old plate of the well-known bridge, which was completed in 1755, and read for my information a number of extralÙ" of an interesting character in reference to this bridge in particular, and the other works of a man who, as far as I can learn, was a self-taught architect, and became famous in his day and generation as "the self-taught bridge maker." We renewed our conversation in reference to the object of my visit, but the doctor became reticent, pleading that he was certain of only one thing, and that was that he should not BE a candidate for the Caerphilly Division or any other division, and that he did not know enough of the proposed divi- sion of the county to offer any opinion as to its fitness or equity. The ringing of the door bell reminded me that the time of medical gentlemen is valuable, and, shaking hands with my short-time host, I said the usual and inevitable" Good day," and took my depar- ture.

A CAMBRIAN SOCIETY FOR SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE. PUBLIC MEETING AT CARDIFF. On Wednesday a public meeting was held at the Town-hall, Cardiff, to establish a Cambrian Society for South Wales and Monmouthshire. Archdeacon Griffiths presided, and there were also present—Principal Viriamu Jones, Professor Powel (editor of Y Cymrodor), Professor Roberts, Rev. G. Arthur Jones, Rev. David Young, Rev. W. Davies, Dr. Taylor, Rev. — DaviesXchaplain of the Gaol), and Messrs. H. J. Evans, Peter Price, F. W. Hybart, Alfred Thomas, Ivor James, D. J. Davies, Professor Wardale, Dr. I. W. James, — Maddock (Newport), Jones (Maesycwmmer), D. T. Alexander, J. Westyr-Evans, George Thomas, W. H. Morris, James Harris (Western Mail), J. Ballinger Caradog," Cochfarf," Gorsiog," and others. The circular convening the meeting stated that there had been long felt in the southern part of the Principality a want of means for gathering and consolidating patriotic sympathies and national efforts. The matter was one which formed the topic of conversation at almost every assembly of Welshmen. Welsh scholars, poets, musicians, Ate., were heard on every side expressing a desire that some central committee should be named, who would take cognizance of national movements, and at stated times, and in some central place, summon their fellow countrymen to a consideration of them. It was generally agreed that a body should exist, resident in the Principality, who would be ready to assist the National Eisteddfod in regulating its proceedings when its meetings were held in Sodth Wales. There were many other matters which called for united counsel and support. There should be a library established in some town where books and manuscripts might be deposited, and rooms provided for mutual conference and refe- rence. The Venerable Archdeacon GRIFFITHS, in opening the meeting, said he would say something about what the society was not to be. It was not a political society. It was not started by any political party, and was not going to be main- tained for political purposes. It was not going to be a denominational society-a. very great thing in the Principality. They were going to work off as much as they possibly could any party feelings that might have interwoven themselves into their composition. Such feelings would not be allowed to find any place in the society. In the first place it was not going to be a society in opposition to any existing society, and he did not think that the Cymmro- dorion Society in London could for a moment entertain the idea that a small society occupying only a portion of the Principality would imagine its strength sufficient to shake the great Cymmro- dorion Society in London. Then, an objection had been taken to the title because it was called a Cambrian Society FOR South Wales and Monmouth- shire, and it was said that that was an exclusive name which would provoke a little of that feeling of rivalry which was said to exist between North and South Wales. There was a society which very closely resembled that society in North Wales, and there was another society established exactly similar in its purpose at Liverpool. Another objection had been taken, that a Cambrian Society for S"uth Wales was really a superfluity; that these small societies could do "no good. and that it would be better for all the patriotic feeling of the Principality tJ manifest itself in London, or some other great central position. Now, the establishment of a society for such a purpose as that was nothing I new in the Principality. He did not know whether there were any present who could remember the very successful society estab- lished at Abergavenny, known as the Cymreig- yddion, which had done a very great work for Wales. He said he had read in the Geninen that there was a Cambrian Society in North Wales known by the title of the Powisland Club. Having said these few words to meet some of the objec- tions put forward against the movement, he would mention a few of the purposes for which it was established. It was very desirable that there should be some centre easily accessible around which patriotic Welshmen might gather and dis- cuss matters in connection with their country. Therefore, he believed that in the minds of the promoters there was this idea, that there should be a room, or, if possible, two, to take the form of a library, as it was thought that a great many Welshmen, who were possessed of works upon walls, might think proper, if such a centre were established, to send such valuable works where use might be made of them by per- sons writing either the history of the country or writing about any other subject in connection with the Principality. He was anxious to remove from their minds any impression that might have been made as to the society being in antagonism to any existing society. He never would have accepted the honour of presiding if he had thought they were going to start an opposition to any other society; that they should be repeat- ing the history of their country, never being able to agree with anything. There were hundreds of people in South Wales who would avail themselves of the opportunity of going to Cardiff if such an institution were established who would be utterly unable to go to the Cymmro- dorion Society in London. Unless the present generation did something to preserve Welsh litera- ture lie was perfectly sure that they stood a good chance of losing a great deal of it altogether. The children now growing up in their schools were to all intents and purposes English speaking children, and he did not think it would be possible when they were entering upon the battle oj life to teach them sufficient Welsh for educational or religious purposes. He thought a great responsibility devolved upon the present generation to do all they could to gather tue valuable remnants of the past, and, if nothing more, to bring them together for antiquarian pur- poses, and to provide that all that could be found should be placed where future generations might use them, if not to their profit, at all events as matters that would interest them as belonging to davs gone by. (Applause.) There had been nothing as yet established. It was quite in its infant state. It was for them that night, by their suggestions and by resolutions which would, no doubt, be passed, to decide—in the first place, whether that society was to exist, and, in the next place, what the society was to be like. Letters had been received from many gentlemen who had been unable to attend that meeting, but who fully sympathised with its objects. Amongst those who had written expressing every hope for their suc- cess were:—Mr. Emlyn Evans, Judge Williams, Mr. William Williams (Mayor of Swansea), Mr. D. Jenkins, Mus. Bac. (Aberystwith), Rev. J. W. Davies (Haverfordwest), Mr. James Ware, Mr. William Jones, Mr. Charles Wilkins (Merthyr), and others. The reverend gentleman then called upon Principal Jones, of the South Wales College, to express his views on the matter. Professor JONES said that when his energetic friend, Mr. Tudor Evans, asked him to sign his name to the circular convening the meeting he had no hesitation in complying with the request. It seemed to him that the objects set forth in it were most desirable, and he liked the circular, moreover, because it seemed to him to breathe a true national spirit. There was every encouragement to the Welsh people to recognise the fact that they were a distinct nation, and to derive such benefit as must result from such a recognition properly made. What was it that bound together isolated populations in towns and counties into a national unity? In the first place there was community of race with all the common characteristics implied by that. In the second place there was a binding together owing to com- mon history and common surroundings; and next, there was the bond of a common language and a common literature. The Welsh people possessed all those characteristics, and he felt that great benefit would arise from every effort to recognise the fact that they were a distinct people having distinct duties to themselves as a nation. When Welshmen began to realise the fact that they had a national unity they did not proceed to political argument, but they considered that they had a common language to which they owed a duty, a common literature with which they ought to be familiar, a common history which they ought to know. And one other thing which that recog- nition had done was the development in late years of a separate educational system. For these reasons he approved entirely of the tone of the circular, and he felt that if the object of the circular could be carried out more benefits would result. He was glad the chairman had mentioned the Cymmro- dorion Society, and he wished to join with him in stating that no thought of competition with that society was part of the idea of the promoters of the movement. He concluded by moving the fol- lowing resolution:— That the meeting is of opinion that the time has arrived for the formation of a society in South Wales having for its object the promotion of literature, music, and art; the collection of books and manuscripts re- lating to Wales, and the promotion of the discussion of questions of a national character that might prove of interest and use to the inhabitants of the Southern portion of the Principality. The Rev. DAVID YOUNG, in seconding the motion, said he should be glad to see the time when there should be some combination of all those interests into a united society for the whole of Wales. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. T. H. THOMAS next moved:— That a society in accordance with the preceding reso- lution be formed forthwith, to be named the Cambrian Society of South Wale9 and Monmouthsbire, and that ill head-quarters be at Cardiff, He said there was no doubt that a national feeling was growing in the Principality, and they ought to take advantage of every opportunity to foster it. At present there were great difficul- ties in the way of anyone in the district who wished to learn something of Welsh literature and Welsh life. He would find in the Cardiff Free Library, in spite of what had been said to the contrary, a large amount of information, but the books he found there would not furnish half of the information he would require. A great volume of such information was contained in manuscripts which were locked up in different parts of the country, and were simply set aside as little more than wasted paper. It seemed to him that a society of that kind would find a great work in gathering together manusreipts relating to the history and families of Wales. Mr. HTBART seconded the motion, which was also carried. Professor Ptfwsx. moved That the subjects of theology, religion, and polities shall form no part of the province or deliberations of this society. Mr. ALEXANDER seconded the motion. He said there were two gentlemen in the county who pos- sessed a vast amount of local history in manu- script and otherwise, and he had no doubt those gentlemen would place much that would be of great. value in the hands of II. properly constituted society, so that any persons desirous of examining them might have II. fair opportunity of doing so, The gentlemen he referred to were Mr. Oliver Jones and Mr. Clark, of Dowlais. The motion was carried. Mr, H, J, EVANS moved:- That the terms of membership shall consist of life subscribers of five guineas and upwards, or annual sub- scribers of lOs, 6d. anJ. upwards. This was seconded by Mr. PETER PRICE and carried. The Rev, G, A, JONES moved:- That a committee be formed for the purpose of pre- paring the rules and regulations of the society, and to report to a meeting of members, to be held at Oardiffon Bt, David's Day, or within a week ofthat day; the com- mittee to have power to add to their number. This was seconded by Professor ROBERTS, and agreed to, a large number of influential gentle- men being appointed on the committee. Dr, TAYLOR moved That Mr, Davia Evans, the secretary, be requested to obtain members in the meantime, and to make the necessary arrangements for the meeting on St, David's Day, This was seconded by Mr. HENRY JONES, and carried. Mr, ALFRED THOMAS proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman. Mr, IVOR JAMES, in seconding the motion, said as one of the members of the Council of the Cym- mrodorion at its establishment, he had been some- what, concerned at the prospect of the foundation of a rival society. The chairman would remem- ber the great difficulties the council had to encounter and overcome. To-day the Cymmro- darion was an exceedingly powerful society, strong in the number of its members and subscrip- tions. and it would be a cl1.!amity in any way to reduce it3 influence for good, Meanwhile it must be admitted that greater work might have been done, and ought yet to 1.,13 Gone, by the Cymmro- dorion. It wa" a matter of surprise that hitherto little or no effort had been made to give the public the unbouIlIled Welsh treasures, literary and his- toric, at the British Museum, the Record Office, and Windsor Castle, and tho j-oung society might do good in spurring the old society to the discharge of its duty, In conclusion Mr. Ivor James very warmly seconded Mr. Alfred Thomas's resolution. The motion was carried with acclamation, and, the Chairman having briefly replied, the proceed- mgs terminated.

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DEATH OF THE EAKL OF A YLESFORD. The Earl of Aylesford, who was interested many large cattle ranches on the other side of t'1 Atlantic, and who was a frequent visitor to t*j States, has just died at Big Springs, in Texas. caught a severe cold recently, ar1 dieo. after oOlJ^ a short illness, from inflammation of the bowels- His lordship was the son of the sixth earl, a)0.. was born in 1849, and was, therefore, only in J^ 36th year. During his short and wild career, aiTairs have several times been prominently befo1". the public. In 1871, in which year he succeed^ | to the title and estates, he married Edith, the ? daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Piers Williams, | Bangor and Berkshire. Lord Aylesford accoJjn panied the Prince of Wales on his visit India. Upon his return his lordship J tuted proceedings for a divorce on the grooJJ., of his wife's misconduct with Lord Blandford (no rI Duke of Marlborough); but counter-charges brought against him by his wife, and his failed. A separation was arranged but furth^ litigation, which was only recently conclude ] ensued upon a charge of molestation brought PJ » Lord Aylesford against his wife in reference, f was alleged, to the bestowal of the title of Lot f | Guernsev (the title belonging to the eldest sons o the Earl's of Aylesford) upon a child of whicb I' was asserted that Lord Blandford was father. This action also failed. Lord Ay'8 ford became financially embarrassed, and j private Act was passed for the settlement at his affairs. HecentJy he became propria of extensive cattle ranches in America, he had of late passed much of his time. In 1 early part of last year Lord Aylesford was 03 vi8it to England, and met with a serious accide ■ on his return from the Derby, falling upon j platform at the railway station and breaking leg, His lordship was a patron of the turf atlrf of athletics, and in Warwickshire many stones ad current of his pugilistic fe8.ts. Lord Aylesfof.^ t who leaves two daughters, is succeeded by D^ | brother, Charles Wightwick Finch, who was bo | in 1851, and married, in 1873, a daughter of | third Baron Bagot. This lady died in 1874, i Mr, Finch married, in 1879, Mrs. Linton. $

BRITISH FEEti TRADE TlON. j A special meeting of the Sheffield Chamber oA Commerce has been summoned to consider a re3.f lution by Mr. F. Brittain. The resolution is favour of a memorial being presented to the Prifp Minister praying that the Government will in^L. to conference, to be held in London, credited rep^ sentatives from all our colonies and dependent j for the purpose of considering the expediency establishing a Zoll Verein, or Customs' League, tr ¡ means of which absolute free trade might be est». lished between all parts of the British Empire, aO further, of considering upon what conditions V. produce and manufacture of foreign natio i should be admitted into the British Zoil Verein- |

KENNEL CLUB DOG SHOW, LOJNDO^'f This snow is being held at the Crystal Pal"^ Sydenham. The entries number 1,763, and CO. sisted of probably the best specimens in the wof j The following local exhibitors were successful! 1\ td the dogs shown by them were quite a credit the Principalit.y ,J1' '( Mr. Fred Roberts, of Cardiff, first, with his | known spaniel bitch Rinka. Mr, D, P. Thomas, first, with a rare specimen old-fashioned sheep dog, Welsh Prince." -A Capt. Moreton Thomas, Talybont, Brecon, t» in Sussex spaniels, with" Guy." {J £ Messrs. Charles, of Neath,first in clumber spaø1. with Bramble." Mr. Joseph Tucker, Pembroke Dock, Is highly commended in black and tans with "Duch1^ | of Edinburgh." Some thousands of persona passed the turns1 on Wednesday, notwithstanding a severe 8° | storm. ^I storm. ^I

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