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A^0-\V ESCAPE OF ATLANTIC Thee PASSENGERS. Xews says:—A shipping disaster av031, ur,Precedented extent was miracu- j?°rilixi'>V6rt€^ in the early hours on Sunday ene was again the dreaded n^now"0^3' and the vessel wrecked was the eai"ly -Atlantic greyhound, the Paris, with i ^Pet} aVen hundred souls on board. She her 0n enormous rock by only a few yards •J*ere jt °Urse, and ran aground at a spot '«at ^as Possible to save all on board. rt>cfe result would have been had she K^Wate nv6 rock is frightful to con- o, Paris is owned by the American >i°011 on o6 Southampton for America at nf^. ohtur^aj"' calling afterwards at Cher- Varjo, ^ad on hoard about 400 passengers Gei-rr8 natlonaiities, but mostly English Of these over 40 were saloon steer5' re::nainder being second-class v s a'e- She was commanded by Captain a?3 0f' a"d had a general cargo and 140 Dlai^s- After passing the Needles a K °ss tvia w.a3 experienced in the passage «Qllrg, at° pkannel, but after leaving Cher- r.'3, sUbiirf Sjx o c'Ock on Saturday night, the T_°Ui-se e<i. and Captain Watkins headed his ail)Pr the Lizard. There was occasional idol's ^istv rain, but no fog. A short time Saster the engines were reduced to ate tijat' aud '•^is is generally taken to indi- >°15(i€n7 l'ie officer on the bridge was not [. his exact whereabouts. The Xh wouid have been about that time Jt .n°n-appearance may have led to at see^autio.nary measure being taken, n this 3 tilat s^6 was £ ti^ going rasSere 13 rate of speed when the 'r§ a»i,j rs Were awakened by a loud scrunch- ^?ine5 wE"laElin^ sound. At once ;he great tltQe, a ere stopped and then reversed. The ak cn board, was 1.21 a.m., all ai T>5er5 anc* nian>' °f the crew being 'Host s^p shook and swayed in the water as the engines were h-r course altered, and an instant -erg6(j e struck again upon another sub. ^S'ers V,0CK.' ARL(L remained fast. The pas- Oott dePi.Urr*e(^y left their cabins and rushed for cJ»rnany c^ac^ only in their night attire, r.^ed> ^e time a scene of confusion pre- tv, y a1'^ny t'ife lady passengers being ter- r6lf ltlsci The look-out man, however, a C5Ocn0r, that land was close by, and it v?5 ^ast asc<*rtained that the Paris was hard a fr>r0ri w^at is known as the Lowlands, lie QJJ1, a Portion of the Manacle Kocks, » re->f a ^ew ^un(^re(i yards to the west Qf This was speedily explained to in f6 terror-stricken passengers, fast, a ri 33 seen that the vessel was hold- >> that land was apparently close ofSsengeU th.e alarm quickly subsided. The tK cant^"6 ^rt^er reassured by the words e crew and the splendid behaviour of a<!mselv n. crisis. The stewards busied 6 as tandailn maKin? tea and coffee, and this at 6 ^av" rou"d to the passengers in the sea Jn the afternoon when all is well

THE FF^ALLING FOR HELP. 8attTLer3t 0,„ j0p hou, hj, °^ Captain Watkins, when he th« ^sistatip *ay* was t<5 send up rockets t,jm ai1^ the first reply was made by his 6 ^^tsnard detachment. Mean- %vhich an4 at5iins himself went ashore in ^onfl R despatched messages for tugs, Goye5' La.j^edily on the spot from Fal- ^or rntn tele»rams were sent to the boat «S^tance^ at Devonport asking to r, 'lnd in reply to this the ^un' o'pl e-1 had her fires banked ready fcu°ck f0r the Bristol Channel, left at six rt 0*eci h ltLe scene of the wreck. She was st'0Vp„ Jf, the ^un'ooat Renard and the rt g by A:lraSM,er' and these are sti11 Stand- h 6 lU-fated. vessel. When the 0l"?h r?6 a °f horror passed S°^ded passengers and crew, who were jjf't-hin a the saloon deck of the vessel. ?asts 0f w ^undred yards- of them stood the trrera- i^e gt«amship Mohegan, which disa^ °"ly a -hort time ago, and by ^iag con'J -u those on board nerished. Cnld hnt hro^ clearly home 0(.r.r!!|'e dajj, 0l on v'Oard the Paris the e-ni 6^' Th^ which they had been sub- Iaii'n8st the re -Was a^'Ain some uneasiness Celt 10 hold 0?"i?ltiatcd lest the Paris should •v\ l'■ n. th-,t i r>>ck, but the officers were W 1 ths w- iWaS Derfectly fast- anfi that tt "e ^ere w m and sea remained as they no danger to those on board, v^0ar that tbo liner, previous to ii„ ,e?an M, ve Passed ouite close to the T^elf uiH Ie<7 ar|d the wonder is that she ver a t-ap-3 f strike the Manacles. hZ ^Uicklv -'t71 Falmouth were on the .spot. *lo ^stor'i a. er the signals were givein The "JUuP'de. 1 "feboat was likewise speedily Qli y got v (:°ver"-u' life-saving apparatus by^' ai,d thX e °f communication with tfe Th +"^6 6n t^le Passengers were taken off th 9 tpanaf t0 t^le Falmouth tug Dragon. K, ^'ho]e °rf v'a^ very quickly effected, and Ulr, ?Uth tile Passengers were landed at peven o'clock on Sunday Vp. a hout the loss of a single life and bev5a'?e 0f mishap. Naturally, thj d, jjnt passengers had to be left rip creature comforts of the ship- V.Oiig i?" were at once cared for. The Sa;?en ■w,„^ot,sJ3 were filled. Nearly all the Of s' H housed at the Royal Cornwall 9ci>36 Stin1136, "Ladies first" being the reply ^?lssion rilltendcnt to applications for 0a-rd e hags of mails for New York to "wcre on Sunday landed "iesp -tliam ant' on Monday forwarded ^•.V1'1ati0n '?lon. and thence conveyed to their \ir;, the North German-Lloyd liner t. elni der Grosse.

t1Au THE PASSEXGERS. ^he t l«e »v, c „ "J? j-)r/engers were ordered to leave by Out^flgers rOtgon, hut beyond the clothes the the th6 vV''ere dressed in nothing was taken °'el ^he Dragon safely landed all loc ^k, Qnbiers a,t> Falmouth shortly after seven fir l^ey were taken charge of by the hr)t at 'ho Amerifaii line, and well cared Th 'a^ors' Home and in the various at thQere v,'ere a great number of women tha Sail Pa,ssen?ers, and these were berthed ^tu^de hq?,rs. Home. When the Paris struck ^Oet5"^ irH,llst onc hour to flow. This was 'ha !>' and 'ac^0ilt to raise the vessel off the arig ^as tide receded the position of fcos^'thoi (Cca"Qe more and more dangerous, to t ant the assistance of divers it is im- a.tt tb. hull ClV'n.h.e extent of the damage done 'itjv-^Sts { w- is not. however, probable that Jlon + he made to tow the Paris off Ther°P tae t'c'e (Monday) after- ^ar £ »Q 6 Were 140 mail bags on the Paris snrc.^6!110111^ cargo. News of the disaster tljft lri8 tow3'- °Ver Falmouth and the neigh- HoonScetXe dinS' ailC' hundreds of people visited He The rino Sunday morning and after- v°yage made by the Paris was Ved off »*u New Ye,rk on May 10, and L';ard""llay

-V :,„,r ;lT OI'JIKP. THROrGHOUT. v'ai'^dicat;8^1111 from Falmouth says:—The StCc a' sli,v,?n °f the Paris striding the reeks ai1d m Sratln8' sound, followed by a ban ^as tjr>T0rc Pronounced shock. Before .u°n° on ?i,to rc^r^0 the engines the ship rap^°fe. rflhs rocks, about 203 yard, from o;' vi"a,s wa». apparen t fr >m the first that ^til 0a-ss« °r "° d'-inger, and the majority lhev "id not know of the accident t'e-ari ro^r? ca^'ie{l hy the stewards, and Myt:5 reC;0. l^le deck finding the boat.s slig, flo vvirw-T V3 ^1?m- A calm sea was on, *eV rain fauand tte cnlv discomfort was a dan-, ahl« to .g' Cansequeiitly, the boats 6Un^er- C'i«t with their work without ckilrin0teadi>?JUl1 Catkins was on the bridge 0rdeTen were and the women and !iSt taken Such perfect the Scerio lt,' the Words of a Pas" to reseiiibled a slow ijrocession AcZ\°^. cniIdren walking in single file 8 la^^ssa^p0 >^e latesfc information, says the t\v0 s6 rent=i^ believed that the Paris has H f bottom in the forward part, i* is K i0^ WO-J"* which are reported to ^igk ^iev-ad'tv ,?u=s are standing by, and ^'hicj, t:de and K the llner may he got off at ^ccidols ahom «3rou»ht into Falmouth Dock. Qent. at five miies from the scane of the

4^TASLF(]NC?-'UJ TELEGRAM.] ^e\v'ln? oftici-i, le have communicated the The pn statpment to the Central *•30 tl"d P0J^ ran on a rock ledge at (s«nd',nJne miles from Falmouth, at th rain T> ^crHi^S. during a, heavy ""ere he SasseRt,- .erfecl order prevailed, and v%f«lv jansfepml''rv' theIr baggage, and mails « ''Iff v>anded it -v, l)oat' to a steam tug and fa». s°har"-p ■ a 10ut"h- The cargo is now lntc? craft, and the prospect i r c°Ot'nn sayi1r1" t,he ship if the fine j es- The admiral-superinten- dent at Devonport eent two gunboats and a destroyer to offer services, but the passengers, mails, and baggage were landed before their arrival. The wishes of the passengers will be consultde as to how thsy are forwarded. A large proportion of them have already made arrangements to go by the St. Paul, of the Ramø line, on Saturday next. The passengers will probably be forwarded by special train to Southampton either to-morrow or Tuesday." The Central News Coverack correspondent telegraphs:—On Sunday night, during the lightening operations, a bargee was struck with a heavy cast, and received dreadful injuries to the back and head. Another attempt will be made to float the Paris at high tide at three o'clock this (Monday) morning.

A TIMELY WARNING. The Preis Association Falmouth correspon- dent says:—It seems that when No. 13 pilot cutter signalled the Paris a quarter of an hour before she struck, the steamer was making straight for the main group of rocks, and if she had struck these she would probable have rebounded and sunk in from eight to fifteen fathoms. The timely warning of the pilot boat caused the Pans to deviate from her original course, but not in time to clear the Lowlands Point. The spot where the liner ;s stranded is composed of low sharp rocks or boulders, and at present the bows of the vessel are fast on the rocks, the stern being afloat in about seven fathoms of water. The Press Association correspondent, tele. graphing from Falmouth at midday on Monday, says:—Excursion steamers are making harvest by running trips from Falmouth to view the wreck. Several saloon passengers left on Mon- day for London and Southampton, and the bulk of the passengers will travel to South- ampton by special tr;pn to-day (Tuesday). An attempt will probably be made to tow the Paris off the rocks by the afternoon tide. but the general opinion is that the vessel will not be easily removed. Steam pumps are being placed aboard to keep the water under.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DREADED ROCKS. The dieaded reef of granite rocks known as the Manacles lies about five miles and a half to the south of Falmouth Harbour, and near it are the sunken rocks of Penwin and Naze. The Manacles have been the scene of many maritime disasters, a fact to which the monu- ments and reso-ds of St. Keverne Parish Church bear ample witness. It is usual for Transatlantic steamers to pass twelve or fifteen miles to the south of the Lizard, and it was through the. omission of this precaution that the Mohegan came to grief last year, steering a cou-se that brought her twelve or fourteen miles to the northward'of the Liaard. At the point of the coast line where the Manacles are situated the rocks are particularly bold, and the ridge which juts out for a mile and a half into the sea can be seen for many miles when exposed by the receding of the tides. At the southern extremity of the ridge there is a bell buoy, and it is a good deal to the south cf this that the safe passage for vessels lies. The brilliant lights of St. Anthony, at the entrance to Falmouth Harbour, and the Lizard form another safe- guard, but it has been thought that more might be done in the way of providing warnings to keep vessels a way from this treacherous spot. The present bell buoy is almost useless for any practical purpose, and the new light would not interfere with other lights in the Channel. In this connection it may be stated that the lighting .of the coast buoys by means of com- pressed gas has been of late successfully attempted. Experiments proved that buoys 5ft. by 3ft. could contain enough gas (made from stale-oil, refuse, or the like) to keep up a brilliant light for a month or more at a time.

PREVIOUS DISASTERS ON THE MANACLES. It will be remembered that many disasters have occurred at the fatal reef cf rocks known as the Manacles, and fishermen in the neigh- bourhood regard the spot with superstitious fear. At the beginning of the century a trans- port returning from the Peninsula got out of her course and was wrecked here. The fishermen declare that once a year the roll-call is heard over the spot where she sank. Another torihJe wreck at this spot occurred on May 1. 1855, when the John, an emigrant vessel, was lost. No less than two hundred souls perished with hsr. In the month of March, 1891, came the next notable disaster at the same place. The Bay of Panama, a nne. new, four-masted sailing ship, was caught in a terrible blizzard, with the result that she got out of her course and was knocked to pieces en the Manacles. On this occasion twenty-seven lives were lost. Soon afterwards the Andola, a barque, oame to grief on the same reef. Even so recently as October 14.1898, the terrible foundering of the Mohegan reminded the public of the pressing necessity for lemedying the present lack of adequate warnings around this fatal reef. The Mchegan, bound, like the Paris, for New York, and carrying a, total number on board of 156, struck on the Manacles soon after darkness had fallen, with the terrible result that over one hundred lives were lost. The Trinity Brethren have frequently been urged to place a light on the Manacles, but it has been con- tended by the commissioners that any addi- tional light would interfere with the naviga- tion of the Channel. Recently, however, the authorities altered their opinion on the matter, for at a meeting of the Falmouth Harbour Board on May 16 Mr. Webber informed the members that he had laid the evidence pre- pared by the Cornwall County Council and the committee appointed to deal with the subject before the Trinity Brethren, and had been accorded a personal interview with them. After hearing the arguments in favour of the, addi- tional light, the Trinity House authorities decided to erect during the ensuing summer a, gas-lighted automatic sound-producing buoy at the spot.

TEE-BIBLE TALE OF THE SEA, THREE DAYS IN AN OPEN BOAT. A terrible tale. of the sea was unfolded to a representative of the Western Mail on Sunday evening by a young sailor named Owen Hughes, a native of Holyhead, who arrived in Cardiff on Saturday evening, after undergoing many privations and much suffering through shipwreck. Young Hughes, who is only 21 years of age, was poorly clad, and seemed ill fitted to battle with the elements or endure the many hardships of a sailor's life. He left home seven years ago, since which time he has not seen, or heard from his friends, and does not even know whether his parents are yet alive. A letter written from Rio de Janeiro two and a half years ago was never answered, and he is now passing through Cardiff en route for Holyhead to ascertain their fate. The story he told to our representative is a sensational one. and as he recounted the sufferings of himself and his fellow-voyagers he was several times almost overcome by the intensity of his emo- tion. "A couple of months ago," he said, "the sailing ship Daisy, of Charlottetown, left Fal- mouth for Pernambuco, in the Brazils, with a cargo of coal. The outward voyage was accom- plished without incident, and we were return- ing in baUast. About eleven o'clock on Monday night last the ship struck a rock in the vicinity of the Canary Islands, the weather being foggy and the sea calm. Captain Riscoe, a Nova Scotian, who was in charge at the time, immediately ordered the boats out. One was launched, and the whole of the crew, nine in number, got into it. We managed to save some of our things, but there was no time to obtain any water or provisions. The ship sank in five minutes after striking. I was on deck at the time, but the impact did not seem to be at all violent. We pulled about all night, but could not see any land, and, after a consultation, the captain decided to shape a course back to Pernambuco. The weather was calm, with a little breeze from the south-west. Four men took the oars. and the rest of us sat at the stern and in the bow of the boat. There was not room to sleep, and we had to take our turn at the oars. We soon began to feel the pangs of hunger and thirst, but we had nothing to eat or drink, and our sufferings were terrible. One night it rained, and we col- lected the water in a bucket and divided it between us. That refreshed us a little. but we wera still suffering from hunger, and several of the men tried to eat their boots. Another man gnawed the flesh from his hand. We had almost given up all hope when on Thursday morning a steamer appeared, and almost ran us down. We called out to them to save our lives, and they threw us a line. We made it fast to the boat, and after some diffi- culty were helped on board. The steamer turned out to be the Nile, one of the South- ampton mail boats. We were kindly treated, and taken at once to the cabin, where soup and other food were given us. We arrived at Southampton on Saturday, arfd the other members of the crew went to their homes. During the time we were in the open boat we saw a nun her of whales, some of which came quite near to us. The only ship we sawwaa the mail boat which rescued us."

ATTACKED BY A LIONESS. An exciting scene was witnessed on Saturday night in Chipperfield's Menagerie, performing at the annual fair at Preston covered market. Montano, 28, a lion-tamer, was leaving a cage containing a lioness, with which he had per- formed for t.wo years, when his foot became entangled between the gate leading from the cage and the bar running along the bottom. Montano had to open the gate before he could release himself, but before he could recover the lioness sprang upon him, seized him with its teeth behind the neck, and brought him down. The menagerie was crowded at the time, but attendants with red-hot irons were quickly in attendance. The lioness was driven off, and Montano was dragged from the ca::¡-e uncon- scious. He was bleeding profusely from a deep wound one and a half inches long, several nasty scratches having also been inflicted. He was attended by Dr. Garner, and on Sunday evening was reported to be progressing favour- ably.

REDUCED POSTAGE TO GERMAN COLONIES. Following the introduction of the Imperial penny postage in England, the German Govern- ment has, since the beginning of this month, reduced the postage on letters to all the Ger- man colonies and protectorates, as well as to ail German warships at sea, to the German inland rate. The reduction goes very much further than that effected in the British Empire, for not only do all letters up to 15 grammes go for 10 pfennigs, or half an ounce for not quite Ud., but letters above that weight up to 250 grammes go for 20 pfennigs, or, in other words, at the rate of 2id. for over half a pound.

The disaffected Guernsey Militiamen were called to drill on Monday morning. They behaved satisfactorily until Captain Pym g-ave the final order. This they disregarded, and finally dismissed themselves, cheering the colonel and hooting the adjutant. The Medical Profession recommend the mode- rate use of well-matured Port Wine in cases of Influenza. W. and A. Gilbey have specially se'ected the finest Wine from Oporto for tnis purpese, and thus placed their 3,000 Agents in a position to supply their Invalid Port at Zs. 6d. oer bottle in every town. L2008

FIVE GREAT MEN OF WALES. MONUMENT ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY, rJEMAIiKABLE MOVEMENT IN DENBIGHSHIRE, The neighbourhood of Llansannan, in Den- bighshire, has given birth to as many famous and patriotic men as any in Wales, probably, and it is satisfactory to learn that an effort has been made to perpetuate the names of several of them in tangib.e form by erecting a monument recording their services to their country, and especially to the Welsh language and Welsh literature. The five men selected out cf a great many are "Tudur Aled," a dis- tmguished bard of the fifteenth century; William Salesbury. father of Welsh printed literature; "Iorwerth Glan Aled," a Baptist minister and poet of great sweetness, who died in 1867; and William Bees (" Hiraethog ") and his brother, Henry Bees, the former a man of versatile genius, and the latter one of the greatest pulpit orators Wales has ever pro- duced. TUDUD ALED." According to Mr. Spinther James, in an article in the "Geninen" for this month, from which we borrow much of our information, Tudur Aled was chief bard of Gwynedd and Powys, a nephew of the equally famous bard Dafydd a.p Edmwrtd, who did so much to "reform" Welsh prosody. He flourished from 1430 to 1530, and was in his prime at the Caerwys Eisteddfod in 1525. His home was Garth Geri on the banks of the Aled stream, a tributary of the Clwyd. Accord- ing to his own account, "Tudur Aled" was a member of the Franciscan Order of Monks, one of the "Tertiaries," or lay mcnks, who were permitted to lead a simple, religious life at home, mix with the world, and take part in its affairs. The chief centre of the Grey Friars in that district in those days was Basing- work, and it was there, probably, "Tudur Aled" assumed the religious habit. He seems to have devoted most of his time to poetry and music, and his influence on the literature of the period was immense. He wrote most of his poetry in the form of "cywyddau," many of which will bear comparison with the most beautiful productions of the Welsh muse. For- tunately. most of his works have been pre- served in manuscript, and are model compo- sitions, very valuable, not only on account or the poetic genius they show. but the nume- rous historical allusions they contain. He lived in the stirring time of the Wars of the Boses, and was a firm supporter of the Earl of Rich- mond, being a personal friend of Sir Rhys ap and was a firm supporter of the Earl of Rich- mond, being a perwnal friend of Sir Rhys ap Thoihas, who did so much to place the earl on the Throne. Indeed, it would seem that "Tudur Aled" spent the latter part of his life under the hospitable roof of r-:ir Rhys ap Thomas, at Dinevwr, and that he died there. He was buried at the Grey Friars, at Carmar- then. His famous description of the war- horse has been the admiration of poets for four centuries. Wales for a long time has so accustomed itself to bastard poetry as to be unable to relish or appreciate the genius of "Tudur Aled" and poets of his class. The next great Welshman whose name sheds lustre on the history of Llansannan is WILLIAM SALESBURY. He stands in th3 forefront of the benefactors of Wales, if only as the pioneer of the Welsh press and translator of the New Testament to the language of his countrymen. The Sales- burys were of Norman extraction, the first to settle in this country having been Adam de Salzburg, a grandson of Duke Aberhard of East Bavaria, and a descendant on the maternal side from another Norman family, the Pulestons. of Havod y Wern. By intermarriage with Welsh families those Normans, like the Herberts. Stradlings, and Bassetts, in Glamorganshire, became thoroughly Welsh in language and sympathies. William Salesbury was born at Cae Du, in 1515. Educated at Oxford, he proceeded to Thaves Inn and afterwards to Lincoln's Inn to study law, and is credited with having been a distin- guished classical scholar. He had a critical knowledge, it is said, of Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac, Arabic, Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, and. of course, English and Welsh. A man of means, ho devoted his great powers and his wealth to the education and improvement of his countrymen, and issued book after book from the London press. His first production Was a Welsh-English dictionary, which he dedi- cated to King Henry VIII., and whose object was to teach Welshmen a knowledge of Eng- lish. This was published in 1547, to be fol- lowed, in 1550. by another work, viz."A playne and familiar Introductio, teaching how to pronounce the letters in the Brytishe tongue." He was a. zealous Protestant, and in the last-mentioned year brought out a work to spread those views;—"The baterie of the Pope's Boteraux." He owed his Protestantism,. pro- bably, to Oxford. In 1551. he published a, small work, "Kynniver Llith a ban o'r Ysgrj" th'ir," containing passages from Scripture appointed to be read in church on Sundays and Holy Days. It was the precursor of the Bible in Welsh. His greatest work, however, was a translation of the New Testament, a task which he performed, probably, while living in concealment during the reign of Mary. He is said also to have translated the Litany into Welsh. Having published his New Testament in Welsh, he proceeded to Abergwiii, where he remained for about two years, assist. ing Bishop Davies in his translation of the New Testament. Much of Salesbury's works remained in writing at the time of his death, which took place about 1593. He is supposed to have been buried at Llanrwst. From the sixteenth to the nineteenth century is a far cry, and we come now to a Welshman who deserves well of his countrymen— IORWERTH GLAN ALED." The times have changed, Nonconformity has firmly planted itself in Wales, and Welsh literature has passed into the hands of the masses. Education has become pretty general, and the state of society has undergone a com- plete trarJIJformation-in 1819, the year when Edward Roberts was born. He received a fairly good education, and entered ûpon a commercial career, and. while still in his teens, dabbled in Welsh lite- rature. Before he was nineteen he published a small volume of prose compositions. At that time he was a member of the Calvinistic Metho- dist connextion, and proceeded to Bala Col- lege. His taste, however, for theological studies was not strong, and found Welsh his- tory and poetry much more congenial studies. The years 1840-41 were noted for the bitter feel- ing which existed between the supporters of infant baptism and anti-paedo baptism in Wales, and culminated in the notorious public discussion which came off at Rhymney, and stirred Wales to its centre. Edward Roberts at that time cast his lot with the Baptists, and eventually entered the ministry of that denomination, and was stationed at Denbigh, Liverpool, Rhyl, and other places. He became also a popular lecturer, and was reckoned one of the best speakers of his time. He was a racy and idiomatic Welsh writer, possessing a copious flow of language and much beauty of style. His chief poetical composition is "Palestina," one of the longest descriptive poems in the language, and a composition of great merit. According to some critics, his most inspired poem is "Ysprydion Anian" (Spirits of Nature). All his poems, however, are marked by much fine feeling, good taste, and a feeling of deep devotion. All his poems, however, are struck in the minor key, an under current of sadness, quite characteristic of the Celtic temperament, making itself felt everywhere. The remaining two great names which adorn the Llansannan monument are HENRY REES and WILLIAM REES (" HIRAETHOG "). They were two brothers according to the flesh, and two men of light and leading in their generation, the one with the Calvinistrc Metho- dists and the other with the Independents. On their father's side they were descended from a Carmarthenshire family, and on their mother's from the Lloyds of Clunbren, a noble race of men. Before the close of the last century the Calvinistic Methodists had set foot within the borders of Llansannan, and it was with that denomination both Henry and William Rees were brought up. though the latter never became a member among them. Henry began .to preach when he was still young, and went to school to one Thomas Lloyd, at Abergele. He also learnt a trade, that of bookbinding, but it was said of him that, instead of his binding the volumes, the volumes, metaphori- caily speaking, bound him—made him captive night and day. He was now at Shrewsbury, where the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists had a small chapel. Invited to feed the little flock there, Rees consented, and soon became a most promising preacher. His ordination took place at Bala in 1827, and since that time his in- fluence in his denomination grew mightily. From Shrewsbury he removed to Liverpool, where he remained to the close of his life. He consecrated everything—his remarkable oratorical gifts and his graat natural abilities, his time, and hi's energies—solely to the work of the ministry; and Wales, pro- bably, has never seen a better or a greater preacher than Henry Rees. His published sermons are models of composition, and critics like Professor Rhys feel compelled to admire them for the beauty and purity of their language and style. Henry Rees died in 1869, and was buried at Llandyssilio, in Anglesey. A daughter of his was married to Mr. Richard Davies, one of the most wealthy commoners of this century, and once high-sheriff of Anglesey, the first, if not the only, Noncon- formist who ever filled that ancient and dig- nified office. William Rees continued at Llansannan for ten years after his brother departed. About the age of twenty ho married, and had to I Maintain his wife and young family as a farm labourer, but, like unto Gideon of old, the voice of the Eternal came unto iliim, giving the command, "The Lord is with thee, thou strong and mighty man." At that time he had studied the nice rules of Welsh

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MONUMENT UNVEILED AT LLANSANNAN. SPEECH BY MR. JUSTICE VAUGHAN WILLIAMS. Mrs. Herbert Roberts, wife of the member for West Denbighshire, unveiled on Tuesday afternoon the memorial erected in the village of Llansannan. The ceremony was performed in a heavy down- pour of rain, in ihe presence of Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams and several members of Parliament, including Mr. Bryn Roberts, Mr. H. Herbert Roberts, Mr. William Jones, and Mr. Owen Edwards. The memorial, which takes the form of a bronze figure of a little girl, seated at the foot of a granite column, attired in Welsh costume, and in the act of weaving a garland, is the design and work of Mr. W. Goscombe John, A.R.A. After the unveiling a vote of condolence was passed with the relative's of the late Mr. Ellis, and the concourse then adjourned to a neigh- bouring field, where a meeting was held, pie. sided over by Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams. The Chairman said .that assembly had come together to commemotrate those who in their time did what they aowid for what was good and true in Welsh life. He knew they would with all their hearts commemorate thofse ni;n, because he noted tha way in which they received the mention of the name of Mr. Thomas Ellis, who also had done so much for everything that was good in Welsh life. (Applause.) He would not pretend that he could himself tell them much about the men to whom the monument was erected, but he had had the assistance of Mr. J. H. Davies, a member of the same profession with himself, and his friend Mr. Davids had given him a statement as to the doims of these eminent men. The chairman retud from the docu. ment supplied by Mr. Davie's, who, it may be noted, is a brother to the widow of Mr. Tom Ellis, interesting biographical details con- cerning the five worthies. Tudur Aled, he said, seemed to have been born somewhere about 1470, and to have died in the year 1527. William Salesbury was born in 1515, and died in 1595. Among the literairy productions of this famous man was a ha.ndbook to teach Englishmen to speak Welsh and Welshmen to speak English. He (the chairman) did not know whether Salesbury wrote a Welsh hand- book for the use of judges. (Laughter.) As representing the Salesbury family—(applause) -he was glatl to be able to meantion that there was present that day Mrs. Mainwaring, of Galltyfaenan. (Applause.) He was happy to be able to tell them that to a certain extent ho might claim connection with the same family. He was a lineal descendant of Blue Stocking Salesbury, who made such a gallant fight at Denbigh Castle. (Applause.) He knew from his mother that he. was directly descended from the Salesburys cp Bachymbed (Vale of Clwyd), and she told Idm that his ancestor was Blue Stocking SalcsLoury. Henry Rees, Mr. Davies told him, was one of the greatest preachers of his trtne. That was as much as to say he was aveny eloquent man indeed, for whatever they could do in Wales they could preach. (Laughter.) William Rees was the first Welsh novelist, and the first person to conduct a newspaper suc- cessfully in the Welsh language. Edward Robert's ("Iorwerth Glan Aled"), a -well-known poet, was the only one of the five to be buried at Llansannan. They must have observed, as he read the names of the persons commemo- rated, that they did not all represient, quite the same sort of thought. Some of them represented poetic thought—that was what they generally associated with bartjs; some of them represented religious thought, while in William Salesbury they had got oiae who represented the spirit of Welsh literature. (Hear, hear.) Now, he did not thiuik that those names were inaptly united on the tablet. (Hear, hear.) He would tell them wiy. Of course, when one thought of those earftr bards one associated them with songs of the prowess of the fighting heroe= of those days, and with the assertions that they found made of the. sentiment of Welsh independence and of Welsh self-reliance. (Cheers.) But they knew that that was not all that the bard's did. He thought that the bards even of those early days appealed also to the moral and artistic side of the Welsh people. (Hear, hear.) They appealed to the national sentiment on all sides, and for that reason he held it was right tfhat they should that day unite in one memorial preachers and poets and representatives ot Welsh literature. (Applause.) Bards wtere the national patriotic poets, the leaders of Welsh thought, and as such it was their busi- ness to educate Welsh sentiment. When they first appeared they necessarily published their productions by word of mouth, but in these days of the newspaper it might be asked why they should keep up that ancient institution at all. The answer he w ould give to that objec- tion would be that, though they now had new machinery to publish their productions, the old bardic duty still remained, and the old bardic spirit still survived. (Applause.) That duty and that spirit lay in the assertion, of sentiment as one of the great forces which governed the world. (Hear, hear.) What did they suppose had brought together the Peace Congress which was sitting that day at The Hague? (Loud applause.) He diU not know what they expected of the Peace Congress. What he did expect a great deal was the verifying of the sentiments of peace which would result from the Congress. (Cheers.) Who could say that sentiment had nothing to do with the building up of the British Empire? Further living evidence of the value of thi; sentiment amongst Welsh people was the great educational facilities which they possessed. No part of Great Britain was so advanced in its educational facilities as was the Welsh nation. (Applause.) Eulogistic speeches were delivered in Wels* by Mr. Wm. Jones, M.P., and Mr. Owen Edwards, M.P. Mr. Bryn Roberts, M.P., proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Justice Williams for his. atten- dance, which was carried with acclamation. At night a public meeting was held in the village, and addressed by the various members of Parliament. Mr. J. Morris, J.P., was local secretary of the movement. The village was gaily decorated and crowded with visitors.

ALLEGED PLAGIARISM BY A CHAIEED BAnD. The principal attraction at Colwyn Bay, North Wales, on Monday was a chair and coronet eisteddfod promoted by the local Wesleyan Methodist body. The event took place in the Public-hall, and each of the three sittings was more tnan comfortably crowded (according to the "Manchester Guardian"). The principal adjudicators were "Druisyn," for poetry; the Revs. Meredith J. Hughes, J. O. Jones ("Tryfan"), and R. Jones Williams, for prose Mr. Tom Price, Merthyr. for vocal music; and Mr. T. Valentine, for instrumental music. At the afternoon sitting Mr. W. Jones, M.P., who presided, responding to a vote of thanks, said he had been informed that day that the friends at Colwyn Bay were going to make an applica- tion for the National Eisteddfcd to be held there in 1902. He cordially wished them every success in that undertaking, and thought they would do well to ask his friends from Old Colwyn to help them. (Applause.) The sensation of-the gathering was provided in the evening, when the bards assembled for the ceremony of chairing the author of the best awdl on "Purrty." The competitor who had sent in a pcem under the nom de plume of "Puritan" was declared to be the winner, but did not respond, nor was any representative forthcoming. The adjudicator (the Rev. David Jones, Llandudno) then announced that "Puri- tan" had been guilty of a breach of literary etiquette, he having lifted bodily over four pages from an awdl composed by Henry Gwynedd Hughes which was successful at the Beaumaris Eisteddfod. Such practices as these tended to lower the ancient Eisteddfod in the estimation of the public, and to make competi- tors stand aloof. (Cries of "Shame.") The winner was then announced to be "Peniel" (Mr. Bethel, of Cardiff), and his representative was chaired according to the rites of the Gorsedd.

A FRANK PRISONER AT CARDIFF. On Tuesday, at Cardiff Police-court (before Alderman Ebenezer Beavan and Mr. John Jenkins), George Pearce. 48, was charged, on remand, with stealing a clock, value 10s., the property of Mr. Edward Kaltenbach from 23 Caroline-street, on the 15th of May.' Prisoner is a man who appears to have advanced views of his own upon the rights of property and the duty of individuals in distress—Detective Gretton explained to the court that on the 15th of May he saw prisoner in Bute-road carrying under his arm^the clock in question' which was covered with a handkerchief. Asked how he became possessed of the clock, be said. "I got it from a jeweller's shop in town. I didn't buy it; I took it." He was taken into custody, and then remarked, "If I hadn't done it I should have had to have slept out all night, and I had enough of that last night" On being charged he said. "That is all I have to say. —Mr. A. Kaltenbach, jeweller, identified the clock as his father's property, and said they did not miss it until the next morning when tho detective came in and put it on the ecunter.-Prisoner made the following state- ment fn court. :1 went and begged a copper for a night's lodgings. They refused me. and so I took the clock. I had nowhere to go that night. I had walked right round from Bristol, and was making my way to the Rhondda. Police-inspector Durston had no doubt prisoner was an "old hand," but could not prove it.- Alderman Beavan: If people don't give yon coppers you shouldn't pick up clocks. That is rather too much.-Committed for 21 days.

PLUCKY DEED BY A YOUNG CARDI;FTIAN. A fine feat of daring is recorded of the son of Mr. T. R. Thompson, ex-high sheriff of Glamorgan and a director of Barry Dock. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and their son-Mr. T. R. Thompson—a finely-built young fellow who is now at Oxford, were on a Thames steamer a few days ago. When the boat was near Caversham Bridge a lad fell overboard. Mr. Thompson and his son were in the stern of the boat at the time, and. although they were steaming at great speed, the young man without a moment's hesitation threw off his coat, leaped into the water, and swam strongly towards the lad, who was by this time in serious distress. Mr. Thompson had all but reached the drowning child when the latter was hooked out by someone from the shore, but the pluck and promptness he had shown called forth much admiration from the crowds on the steamer and on shore. When the incident occurred Mrs. Thompson was in another part of the boat, and when the news reached her she understood that it was her son who was nearly drowned. She suffered from the shock for several days, but is now, we are glad to say. quite recovered. A representative of the Royal Humane Society who witnessed the incident tried—vainly—to get Mr. Thomp- son to disclose his identity, but that his name did get known is shown by the fact that he has since received a grateful letter from the mother of the lad.

NEATH BOARD OF GUABDIANS. The fortnightly meeting of the Neath Board of Guajdians lvas held on Tuesday, under the presidency of Mr. Hopkin Jones.—It was unanimously agreed, on the motion of Mr. Tom Williams, to suspend the standing order and regulation which states that the chairman and vice-chairman shall be ex-officio chairman and vice-chairman of all committees.—A com- munication was received from the We;t Ham Union asking the Neath guardians to support' a petition to Parliament praying that no recipients of outdoor relief be disfranchised. Both Mr. Llewelyn Howell and Mr. H. P. Charles contended that the word "temporary" should be placed before "recipients," and ulti. mately an amendment to that effect was carried.

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ARRANGING TO SALVE THE VESSEL. The Central News Falmouth correspondent boarded the Paris after nine o'clock on Sun- day night, and found everything orderly and the whole crew working assiduously in trans- ferring the passengers' baggage to tugs. The captain, who confined himself to h:s cabin, gave orders to prepare for salving the vessel. All hands set about taking up the carpets in the various saloons and folded chairs and lacked other articles in readiness for instant removal. The Mallard, which was in the vicinity, salving the Mohegan, has been assist- ing in the salving of the Paris

ATTEMPT TO FLOAT THE VESSEL. An attempt was made to tow oiî the Paris at high water on Sunday afternoon. The liner had her own steam up, and the tugs made all fast. Then a fog came on, and the wrecked ship was hidden from the shore. When the weather cleared it was seen that the attempt had proved unsuccessful. The fore-part of the Paris is on a ledge of rock. Her bottom was badly ripped by the impact. I learn directly from the ship that half an hour after she struck the water was in her stokehold plates. She was proceeding at eighteen knots when she first struck, and a, bank of fog covered the land at the time, though this lifted almost directly. It has been ascertained that there are twenty .fathoms of water on either side of the rocks where the Paris lies. Water is being continually pumped cut of the ship, and there is now said to be a strong probability of salving her, pro- vided the weather Holds fine. In the event of an easterly gale springing up she must rapidly go to pieces. as she stands so high out of the water that every wave would batter her with terrific force. None of the crew are allowed on shore by the captain's orders. There seems to have been a most unaccountable error on board as to the ship's whereabouts. the impression on board being that she had cleared the Channel, having passed the Lizard in the haze. As a matter of fact, she was two I or three points off her course. Telegraphing at eight o'clock on Monday evening, the Central News Falmouth corre- spondent says:—No further attempt has been made to float the Paris during the day. Divers have examinad the forward part of the vessel, under the direction of Captain Batchelor, of the Liverpool Salvage Association. It is under- stood that four or five large holes were found. so that it is regarded as probable that a false bottom will have to be built before the liner is towed off. Tugs and lighters are arriving hourly at Falmouth with portions of the cargo, and to further lighten the big steamer the bunker coal is being jettisoned. Her Majesty's ship Antelope is still lying by the Paris. and throughout the people of Coverack have been on the alert to render any assistance that might be necessary.

LA TEST. The Paris still remains hard aground on the Manacle Rocks, and it has been decided to postpone further efforts to float her until the high spring tide expected on Friday. The whole of the passengers were forwarded from Falmouth on ,Tuesday morning: to Southamp- ton by special train. The diver reports heavy damage from bow to 70ft. aft, but thinks the principal damage inside the double bottom. Soundings outside give only 14ft. of water in the bow to 6ft. abaft. Salvage depends on the weather.

PASSENGERS' STORIES OF THEIR EXPERIENCES. A ROUGH NIGHT EXPECTED. John White, of 34, Montpelier-road, Kentish Town, in an interview with the Central News correspondent, said: "We arrived at Cherbourg about five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, after a rough passage across the Channel. There we took on more passengers, and at five minutes to six we left that port on our away across the Atlantic. I heard one of the officers say that he expected we should have a rough night, but subsequent events falsified this prediction, the sea being fairly calm, though at intervals there were driving showers. After mid-' night I went to my hammock and slept soundly. I knew nothing of the vessel having struck until I was roused by a companion, who said, \\Take up; all hands are wanted on deck.' On arriving there I saw many half-clothed people, some only in their nightdresses, but there was very little con- fusion then. The officers and crew behaved splendidly, and the stewards busied themselves in ministering to the wants of the passengers. The captain did not go ashore until it was ascertained that there was no danger to the ship. Afterwards some small boats came along- side, and then the tugs and lifeboats put in un appearance in response to the rockets that had bean sent up. We were all touched by the marvellous escape we had had from death." LADI4S DRESSING ON DECK. Mrs. Batchelor, a sister of Senator Vest, of Missouri, in an interview with the Central News correspondent said she was awakened at half-past one by a tremendous crash, and thought the shaft had broken. She did not leave her bunk, but was afterwards called by the steward. She dressed and went on deck. A misty rain prevailed. When daylight broke the land seemed so close that she thought it possible to wade ashore. She was told by some of the passengers that just before the accident the captain left the bridge in charge of the third officer whilst he went to his cabin for bis mackintosh, as it was. raining heavily. Whilst in the cabin the third officer spoke down the tube, stating tha.t he saw something ahead. Immediately Captain Watkins rushed on deck. and just as he reached the bridge the Paris ran aground. Most of tha ladies, Mrs. Bat- chelor said, hurried up on deck but lightly clad, but no amount of persuasion c,fluid induce them to return to their cabins and dress. Their clothes had to be brought to the deck saloon, which was converted into a temporary boudoir: A GRIM COINCIDENCE. Captain Evenson, a Norwegian, informed a Central News reporter that he was in charge of eleven Norwegians who were on their way to join a ship at New York. He said: "Twelve months ago I was wrecked within-a few yards of the spot where the Paris struck this morn- ing. I was then mate of an English barque named the Aberylei. I was surprised on coming on deck to recognise the locality where we hid struck. It came home to me then, the scene of only one brief year ago, when I struggled with my fate in an angry sea to save my life. It was a miracle that I was saved then, and it is miraculous that this great ship should now have struck almost on the identical spot, and that every soul on board should bo saved. Sometimes we :;ct these coin- cidences at sea." A RUDE AWAKENING. Thomas Allen, a confectioner, of St. George's- cireus, London, S.E., one of the passengers, told the following story:—"At the time of the accident I was in bed, feeling ill. 1 heard a grating noise, and then a sudden hard thump, which shook the ship, and the vessel seemed to come to a dead stop. A few minutes elapsed, and then I heard someone coming downstairs calling out, All hands on deck.' Realising that scmething was the matter, I tried to feel tor the electric light and to rouse my com- panion, who had remained fast asleep. In the hurry I nulled him down, and he fell on his head. When we ascended the stairs we were told to go down and obtain one of the lifebelts, which we did. We were not allowed to go on deck, but all of us were kept waiting on the stairs. Men and women were coming up from their berths, some in nightdresses. There was no screaming, and we were assured that there was no danger. We had to stay on the stairs about an hour. and meanwhile coffee and biscuits were served out to us. Then we got in the ship's boats, and were taken to the steam tug, and the latter brought us to Fal- mouth. A MOTHER AND HER BABE. Among the passengers were many poor female emigrants, who are now comfortably housed at the Royal Cornwall Sailors' Home. Most of tlism are of foreign nationality, including a Swedish woman, who, speaking English fluently, gave the following account of her ex- periences:— was lying awake, and suddenly heard a dragging sound, followed by a shock, and then the engines stopped. I went upstairs to find out what was the matter, and was told by the steward that it was a rock. The land was plainly visible, and at first I fancied we were stopping to embark some more pas- senger1! or something. As I did not think anything was the matter, I went to bed again, and stayed there. Presently the steward came down and said, 'Get up.' I told him not to make a noise or else he would wake my baby, and he replied, 'If you want to wake your baby you had better get up.' I dressed my baby, and went up on deck. We were greatly frightened, but there was no confu- sion. They treated us very kindly and after some time we were put on the tug and brought to Falmouth. The crew remained on board, and a gunboat, a torpedo-boat, and three Fal- mouth tugs are standing by." LIFELINES SHOT ABOARD. Mr. Chilman, of Cricklewood. supplied the following interesting narrative:—I was a second-class passenger, he said, on board the Paris, and went to bed about nine o'clock on Saturday night. I was aroused by hearing a slight grating sound. The steward came and told me to dress. lie also went to others, and, so as not to alarm, said we had run on a sandbank. It was the first time I had been at sea. I partly dressed and went on deck. Others did the same, although we had been told to wait in our cabins. The Paris seemed to be moving with the tide. There was a kind of mist, and it was dark, but I could see a hundred yards away. We threw up signals of distress, and about an hour and a half later two life-saving rockets were discharged by the coastguard. The second fell between the first and second masts, and the line was fastened, but we did not have t) use it. The boats had been swung ready for the pasaengcis to get in, and they were lowered and moored. Before this I saw several ladies on deck in their nightdresses, and men cam.1 up from below partly dressed and carry- ing clothes. The officers and crew reassured the passengers, and the ladies went below and slipped dresses on over their nightgowns. I believe many of them were landed thus attired, i I think we must have passed between the wreck of the Mohegan and the shore before striking. There were rocks all round us. We ran upon a low-lying rock. and very close to us was a rock standing about 20ft. out of the water. Had we come in contact with this we must have been dashed to pieces. A PATHETIC INCIDENT. Another graphic account of the accident was given by Mr. Cornwall, who said:—We had very rough weather from Southampton to Cherbourg. The wind was high, and rain fell, but during the night the wind moderated. Had the weather been to boisterous at the time when the boat struck, the consequences would unquestionably have been much^nore serious All the passengers had gone to bed when the accident occurred. I heard the vessel grating, and en looking at my watch I found it was twenty-five minutes past one. The reversal of the engines can-ed it peculiar sensation, and, feeling something ususual had taken place. I began to dress. I heard people rushing about in all directions en deck. I called out, "What i« the matter?" hut received no reply. In a few moments the steward knocked at the door and shouted, "You had better all dress." I tried to awake a friend of minf who was still sleeping, but had som'3 difficulty in arousing him On leaclvng the deck I found there was no panic. Of course, seme excitement prevailed, and this was par- ticularly the case among the steerage people, who included several foreigners. There were many ladies an board, and some children. The ladies were naturally much alarmed, but they bore up bravely, and were speedily reassured a.s to the prospect of their being saved. One of the most pathetic incidents was to see a number of children crying, as if they were conscious of the danger. The crew were very attentive to the passeng-ers, and served them with tea and coffee during the interval which elapsed before they were aõle to leave the vessel. Some of us were waiting until after six o'clock before we were taken off in the life- boat. There was a, very heavy mist at the time, but nothing like a fog. MEETING OF PASSENGERS AT FALMOUTH. At a meeting at Falmouth on Monday of saloon passengers of the Paris resolutions were passed thanking the owners for their kindness since the wreck. Mr. Wrigley, of Philadelphia, presided, and said they were thankful to the Providence which had stilled the treacherous waters of the Channel in the hour of their trial. On the suggestion of Baron Oppenheim, the company offered a silent prayer for their deliverance. Generous tributes were paid to" the efforts of the captain, crew, lifeboatmen, and coastguards, and the heroism of the ladies. Thirty pounds was raised for the coastguards and lifeboatmen. WAS THE LOOK-OUT DEFECTIVE ? To discover how the Paris came so far out of her' proper course is as difficult a problem as in the case of the Mohegan. But, as in the case of the Mohegan, one is compelled to come to the conclusion that even apart from navigation the lock-ont was not as dfective as it might have been. Bearing on this view. the statement made to a "Daily Mail" repre- sentative by Capcain Scott, of the ship Kin- ross, is important. Captain Scott was navi- gating his "hip to Falmouth from westward. Just before the Paris struck he said there was a heavy mist, but no fog. "I passed the Manacle bell buoy and heard the warning bell distinctly, and I could see the light of St. Anthony's Lighthouse for five or six miles. When near the Manacles I could see St. Anthony's revolving light distinctly, and at no time was it obscured. So good was the light that the Kinross was brought right to the mouth of Falmouth Harbour, and there we found the tug Dragon. I got into the harbour at half-past one. From the Lizard to Falmouth I could make out the coast line nearly all the way." Tlu captain of the tug Dragon confirms this statement. There is also the captain of No. 13 Falmouth pilot boat, who says the St. Anthony light and the coast were clearly visible. He saw tt.e Paris was on her wrong course, and remarked to his crew that she would be on the top of the Aronegan. The pilot-boat thereupon burned a blue flare to warn those in charge of ihe Paris. The Paris must have proceeded parallel with the shore for some distance, until slio struck upon the projecting point of the Lowlands, about half a mile from the Manacles. The theory that the officers of the Paris mistook the light of the St. Anthony Lighthouse for that of the Lizard, and thereupon steered a north-wes- terly course, is too absurd for consideration. It is impossible to mistake the lights, even Tn hazy weather. The Lizard lights are two powerful shafts of electric lights, situated on high cliffs, and visible to vessels proceeding eastward or westward; they are also fixed lights. The St. Anthony lights are produced by oil lamps, are revolving, and situated low down under a hill, and are only opened up to ships coming from the east, when they are abreast of Falmouth Harbour. No two lights in the United Kingdom are so dis- similar as those of St. Anthony and the Lizard. The most plausible theory is that the passage was a strange one fpr the Paris. This is believed to be only the second time that the Paris has varied her voyage from Southamp- ton by calling at Cherbourg, and. the passage being a strange one, it is possible that her officers mistook their calculations, and thus brought her fifteen to twenty miles out of her course.

A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION. The Central News special correspondent at Lowland Point telegraphs:—A possible explanation of the stranding of the Paris will be found in the fact that on Saturday there was a six hours' flood tide running longer than usual. In all probability Captain Watkins set the same course as usual, reckoning the ebb and flow to balance matters and keep the vessel clear of the rocks, when in reality the flood was taking him leeward of the coast hourly. The Mohegan went upon the manacles as the result of pre- cisely similar circumstances, and many vessels have met a similar fate in this part of the Channel. The cargo is this morning being dis- charged into lighters from both of the fore hatches.

PREVIOUS MISHAP TO THE VESSEL The Press Association says:—This is the second mishap that has occurred to the Paris. In 1890, before the vessel was taken over by the American Line from the Inman Company, and was known as the City of Paris, she had a terrible experience. t'hc left New York on March 19 with about 680 passengers and 370 crew, and was due to arrive at Queenstown on March 26. On the 25th, however, about 5.45 p.Ill., the starboard engine broke down. The inflow of water stopped the other engine, and eventually the vessel was without machinery or sailing apparatus—a helpless log. A life- boat was launched on March 27. Help arrived on the following day, and, without losing a single life, the vessel was eventually towed into Queenstown. The Paris was built on the Clyde for the Inman Line of steamships, and was formerly known as the City of Paris. She is a sister ship to the New York, and was constructed on the Clyde by Messrs. Thompson in 1889. She was a steel twin-screw three-masted and three- funnelled steamer of 10,669 tons. Her engines were of 20.000 horse-power. She is 527ft. long, 63tt. beam, and 22ft.. in depth. She has four decks, besides a promenade deck, and is fitted with electricity throughout. Mr. John Moore, of the Central News. who has crossed the Atlantic thrice in the Paris, says: — "Though much faster vessels have since been built, the Paris and New York for a long time held the palm as the swiftest vessels on the Atlantic route, and both made records in speed that were not beaten for some years. The Paris. though recently scarcely equaLing the New York in speed, was one of the handsomest boats of her day. She was most luxuriously fitted, and the staterooms on the saloon deck were marvels of comfort for those in a posi- tion to afford them. The library, at the head of the main saloon staircase, was upholstered with taste, and formed a delightful lounge, whilst the drawing-rooI\} was a dream of sea. going luxury.' The Paris l!t;" many old ocean travellers was regarded as an unlucky ship. None are more superstitious than those who habitually go to sea. The sensational breakdown of the Paris in the early days of her career has never been forgotten, and when it was reported at the outbreak of the war with Spain that the Spaniards had captured her it was generally accepted as true, for no other reason than that such an occurrence was only what might have been expected of the Paris. Captain Watkins had long had command of this ship. He is an officer of the highest experience, and always inspired confidence in passengers and crew. He had command of her from the outset of her career, and though after her transfer to the American Line by the Inman Company he relinquished the command, he was re- appointed to her directly after he became a naturalised American citizen.

prosody, and at the Brecon Eisteddfod in 1826 produced a. poem, a cywydd on the Battle of Trafalgar, which placed him among the foremost bards of his time, a fit companion to "Gwallter Mechian." "Alun," and Dr. Owen Pughe. That event marked an epoch in his life. He commenced preaching with the Inde- pendents, then only just starting at Llansan- nan. The movement was a sort of rebound from the severity and harshness of Calvinistic Methodism. Discipline among the Corph then was carried to extreme. One of the members- an intelligent, well-behaved man, "Hiraethog's" tutor in poetry, was excommunicated because he one Sunday had walked home across Hirae- thog Mountain. Hiraethog's" fame as a preacher spread abroad. He became a "pre- gethwr cymmanfa" in 1831. was ordained the following year. removed to Denbigh to take charge of a church there, and then to Liverpool, where he spent the remainder of his life. A most gifted and versatile writer in poetry and prose, he brought out volume after volume which kept his name continually before the public. He became one of the foremost figures at the eisteddfod, a chaired bard and an adjudi- cator. His "awdiau" on "War" and "Peace" are compositions of real merit, and his elegy after Williams o'r Wen: a noted Welsh preacher, is one of the finest in the language. He was the author of innumerable songs and alliterative compositions, but hi's chef d'oeuvre is his great poem "Immanuel," a sort of epic, built on the model of "Paradise Lost," one of the greatest Welsh poems of the nineteenth century. Wil- liam Rees was also a journalist, and his ser- vices to politics were most important. He edited the "Amserau" for many years and con- tributed to its pages some of his most inspired writings. He was one of the first to utilise the popular lecture as a means of educating the masses, and as a preacher no one stood higher in his denomination. He finished his course at Liverpool in 1883 and was buried at Liverpool. Such, then, were the five men whose lives and work are commemorated by the splendid column Mr. Goscombe John has set upon the historic banks of the Aled, in a district whose name perpetuates that of Sannan, the saint who planted Christianity there. Surely, in Wales the Fates are propitious. "Tudur Aled" was a Roman Catholic, a friar of Orders Grey. William Salesbury was a Churchman, a stern, unbending Protestant, and one of the pioneers of the Reformation movement. "Iorwerth Glan Aled" was a Bap- tist preacher, Henry Rees was the foremost man of the straitest sect of Welsh Puritans, and William Rees was an incarnation of Liberalism and the implacable enemy of Estab- lishment. How widely they differed from one another in their views! Yet their names and memories are now brought together on the same stone. But Welshmen have now out- grown the prejudice of sect and creed, and in their famous dead only wish to remember what was pure and of good report.