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MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.\
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. It is stated that Mr. Gill intends shortly to retire from the representation of Westmeath. It is announced that M. Sampon, the Vice- President of the French Senate, is dangerously ill. Mr. Doherty, landowner, of Donegal, is men- tioned as the Parnellite candidate for Queen'3 County. Alfred Harris and Louisa Taylor, the Woolwich and Plumstead murderers, will be hanged at Maid- stone on January 2. M. Henry Nenot has won the prize for the enlargement-of the Sorbonne. The total cost will be 22 millions, rather more than half this sum being for the additional ground. At Tunbridge Wells, on Monday, a man named Edwards, a seller of sweets, was for the tenth time fined 5s. and 9s. costs for Sunday trading. He was similarly fined last week. Mr. Gill, M.P. for Westmeath, has written to Mr. Tirite, of Mullingar, formally expressing his inten- tion of resigning his seat, owing to ill-health and pressure of private- business. A Post Office notice states that on and after the Lst of January all threepenny and sixpenny postage stamps issued will be printed in a purple colour, izid over printed with their values in red. The Canton of St. Gall has passed a law re-in- producing capital punishment by a large majority. The Council of the Canton of Lucerne passed the ame law by 73 votes against eight. A fire which broke out on Sunday morning in a •^ouse at Le Puy, inhabited by eight poor families, 3as led to a sad loss of life, no fewer than nine per- sons having fallen a prey to the flames. Madame Ristori. who has been spending a few days in Paris on her way to Italy for the season, expressed great satisfaction at the result of her artistic tour through England, Scotland, and Ire- land. An Ashton-under-Lyne telegram says:—On Sun- day Mr. Fisher, postmaster, Greenfield, Yorkshire. shot himself in the presence of Mr. Macguire, from the General Post Office, who was investigating his accounts. At a meeting of the Conservatives of East Essex held at Colchester on Saturday the Hon. Charles Mrutt was selected as the candidate at the next dLi'al election, in the place of Colonel Bnce, who announced his intention of retiring. l'he Cornish pilchard fishery may now be con- sidered over. At St. Ives it has been a continuous failure. Only about 500 hogsheads have been caught during the whoie season, and so far the mackerel boats, owing to the stormy weather, have met with equally small success. At the Canterbury Fat Stock Market on Monday some beasts were found suffering from foot-and- mouth disease. They were ordered to be removed and slaughtered. The remainder of the cattle are detained pending an order of the Privy Council. We understand that Mr. Fawcett has so far re- covered as to be able to sign a document which empowers Mr. Shaw-Lefevre, with a. view to the transaction of the necessary business, to act as deputy to the Postmaster-General during his con- valescence. The Union Steamship Company are conveying to Natal, free of charge, by their steamer African, sailing from Southampton on the 22nd instant, a further supply of trout ova for the Government of Natal. The ova are supplied by the proprietors of the Howietown Fishery, Stirling. John Crunden was charged on remand at Bow. street on Monday with sending a letter, threatening to murder the Prince of Wales and Mr. Gladstone, [r, was proved that the prisoner had been twice convicted for forgery and bore a bad character generally. He was committed for trial. An accident occurred on Saturday morning at Irvinestown to the up mail train to Enniskilien. An axle broke, tearing up the line and smashing the carriages, throwing part of the train off the line. A commercial traveller named Upton was seriously injured. The line was blocked. St. John's Presbyterian Church, Forest-hill, London, was entirely destroyed by lire on Sunday The disaster was due to the woodwork becom- ing ignited from a heated flue. >ro service was being held at .the time. The congregation is a large one, the Rev. Dr. Boyd being the pastor. Immediately on learning that the captain of the steamship Tangier, Mr. Neate, son of Mr. Xeate, of Cardiff, had been arrested and imprisoned by the Spanish authorities at Cartbagena, the owners, Messrs. Angier, put themselves in communication with the Foreign Office, asking their interference By the arrival of the steamship Volga at Liver- pool. news has been received of the death of Vdaga, chief of the powerful tribe known as the 3do Ondas. His funeral, it is stated, was marked ty the slaughter in cold blood of six men and our women, and one woman and her child were Juried alive. In the editor's room of one of the Dublin news- "japers there is a memento that is unique in its way. It is a telegram in a neat frame, and was tent to the editor by a genius of a reporter a few weeks ago in the following words :—" Please keep •olumn open for dastardly outrage to be com- j nitted at eleven o'clock to-night." Mr. Mundella. received a. deputation from tlie Norfolk Chamber of Commerce on Monday, and de-1 clined for the present to modify the restrictions upon the transportation of cattle from that county on account of recent outbreaks and the local prevalence of foot-and-mouth disease, which bad extended from Norwich to the Metropolitan Market. A public meeting was held at Croydon on Mon- day night to consider the proposed "establishment of a Talt Memorial. It was resolved to restore the old palace at Croydon. The committee will jo-operate with the national movement to erect a nonumenfc to the Archbishop in Canterbury Cathedral, and establish a home for aged unbene- iced clergy, The coroner's jury inquiring at Hampton Court Palace on Saturday regarding the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Lucas, who was suffocated in the late tire. returned a verdict that the deceased had been mffocatedby the smoke and gas arising from the tire caused by the accidental overturning of a mineral oil heating lamp. They expressed their ipproval of the arrangements for the extinction of the fire. Mr. Forster was on Monday presented with the freedom of Glasgow in a handsome casket. In returning thanks, he expressed high gratification at the state of education in Scotland, and ;-aid he was glad Scotchmen held to their old convictions respecting religious teaching. Referring to Lord Derby's conversion to Liberalism, he said who knew but his visit to Glasgow had something to 'i with ic, On Tuesday, at Whitehaven County Court, a jury iwarded the widow of a miner named Casson £184 compensation for the death of her husband, who was killed in Sir James Bain and Co.'s mines in September, through a chain breaking and allowing a large weight to fall down the pit upon Casson, j who was killed. The weight had been attached to m indicator to show the quantity of water in the pit, and the evidence showed that the chain was Tj, in proper order at the time of the accident. On Monday at Wrexham three publicans were convicted of contravening the provisions of the Welsh Sunday Closing Act, and a large number of persons tor aiding and abetting. John Williams, White Deer, Wrexham, was fined £4 and costs; Fdward Joues, Bird-in-Hand, Jkoughton,.£2 and costs; and John James Scott, Seven Stars, Wrex- ham, a similar amount and his licence endorsed. The Magistrates stated that, the mere tact of a. man having walked three miles did not make him p t,O¡It7 fide era veller. At the Central Criminal Court on Saturday John Norris Saunders, 53, labourer, was indicted for maliciously sending a letter threatening to murder Mr. Gladstone. The jury tound the prisoner not juiltj' on the ground of insanity, and Mr. Justice nephen ordered the prisoner to be detained during ier Majesty's pleasure, remarking that he hoped he authorities would bear in mind that the pri-1 ;oner had been several times in lunatic asylums, laviDg been arrested for threatening persons, amI '.hat at large he was likely to be exceedingly d;tn- I 'e'Wis. Mr. Forster opened a board school at Govan, i 3-lasgow, on Saturday, and subsequently spoke on Jie subject of secondary education at the Pollock- -diiels Free Church. He referred to the Educa- tional Endowment Act, which Scotland obtained last year, as a most important measure, and said the passing of it was due to Mr. Mundella. He looked forward hopefully to the tuture of Scotland in the matter of education, and said they would soon have :30 complete a system that every Scotch- man would have an education which would lit him for almost whatever path in lift) he might select. The Duke of Edinburgh and suite, attended by a squadron of Dragoons, and accompanied by Mr. Kadcliffe, tiie mayor of Liverpool, proceeded on Saturday morning to Hgtetnont, where his Royal Highness opened tiie Liverpool Home for Aged Mariners. In the aircrtioon the Mayor presided .t a meeting held at the Town-halt to promote the jujocis of lhe Koyal College of Music. The Duke nude a brief speech, in which lie said hitherto nstitutiori* for teaching music had only a pre- carious exisrence, and the great object now was to ibtain a sum which would endow the College per- li&nenrtv. M too concert which followed tilt: < ho V'olill. 1"/ ¡¡:I,. been iv.ccived ll'í'll1 tile t Mr. Holt, president of the Liverpool i-iberai Association :— 1 cannot allow the occasion vi your success III Liverpool to pass hy without a ward ('1. congratulation, which I desire to offer Mr, Smith, your victorious candi- uate, the A;:1:.io,íatioD, and yourself, »vho have >o long, in days of practical gloom, and under so many rebuffs, stood wi;hout flinching in the front ut tfle battle. May you be euabied to con- solidate etTucitially tbe fortunes which you have thus for tile first- Ùme, after a long period, brought into a position ot pro"perI1y:' Dr. Lyon Piavfair was present at Bath Guild-hall on Tuesday at a meeting addressed by Mr. Wode- huuse, M.T' Oil Egypt. The right hou. gentleman, >» proposing a vote Vl thanks to the lecturer, said 'ir<1 ottice of Deputy-Speaker, which he held, was nun-political, and it. would not become him to make a partv speech. This was not, however, iMfCvsswjy. He contrasted Egypt's ancient great- ness wisi- her present position, sunk to almost the lowest of nations, and said it was a great mission for ihis country to give her a heiping hand. Lord i rtrrby had said that, having put the Khedive on •m legs, we had better let him stand, but if we were to take away our protecting hand Egypt would faii again into anarchy and confusion. Advices received at Plymouth on Sunday from Sydney state that the schooner Roderick IHm, engaged in the labour trade in the South Sea Islands, ha J arrived at Brisbane from Polynesia, ind reported thLt during the outward voyage an tisane islander tomahawked Mr. Fellows, the iovernmtmt agent. The madman was im- nediatelv shot. ■'She also reported that whilst; "ecruiting on tl e South Seas her boats were fre- juently ttredupon from the shore, aud that some )f the returned labourers who landed fiom the "ftodt-i'iek Dbu were murdered and afterwards I e;).ten. The schooner Helena reports similar iktrocities, and states that the natives attempted to -x^ize the schooner. Police patrols have again been appointed to I guard Hawarden Castle during Mr. Gladstone's residence there. Sir Thomas Brassey, M.P., who was accompanied by Lady Brassey, opened a fisherman's institute at Hastings on Tuesday. Mrs. Gladstone opened a bazaar at Mold on Tues- day in aid of the fund for the enlargement of the Mold and Gernymynydd National Schools. The Lord Chancellor has appointed the Rev. J. F. Fenn, Principal of Trent College, Nottingham, to the living of Whaplade, Lincolnshire. The War Office have decided to supplement the number of Martini-Henry rifles now in the hands of the volunteers by a further issue of 3,500. Between 40,000 and 50,000 emigrants have entered Manitoba this year at Emerson, and this does not include those who may have crossed the frontier at other points. A fire broke out at the Seven Sisters Station, Tottenham, on Tuesday, on one of the Alexandra Palace lines. The porters'and waiting rooms were destroyed, and a portion of the platform. Traffic has been resumed. At Ramsgate on Tuesday the charge against Mr. Whalley. M.P., of obtaining money under false pretences was dismissed, Mr. Whalley explaining why he dishonoured the cheques upon which the charge was based. A strange story comes to us of the journey of the Coqueiin-Dieudonne troupe. The train in which they werewassnowedup between Odessa and Kiev, and to keep themselves from dying of cold Madame Favart and Mdlle, Ledy had to work hard with brushes and spades. The two guns captured so gallantly by the Royal Marine battalion in Egypt have arrived in Eng- land, and are to be presented to her Majesty, who has signified her willingness to accept them as a gift from Colonel H. S. Jones and the officers, non- commissioned officers, and men of the corps. The HOll. John Fitzwilliam met with an accident on Wednesday when out with Earl Fitzwilliam's hounds, which caused some anxiety. His horse, in taking a fence, fell and kicked hin; in the face, in- flicting such injuries as to require the attendance of Dr. Walker, who was amongst the field. The hon. gentleman was afterwards able to ride home. The Bishop of Manchester has refused to insti- tute the Rev. H. Cowgill to the benefice vacated by the Rev. S. F. Green. Mr. Cowgill was Mr. Green's curate, and was presented to the living by the patron, Sir Thomas Percival Heywood. A meeting has been called at Miles Platting for Friday to consider the course to be adopted. There has been good sport in Berwick. The partridges have been driven by stress of weather to pretend they are house sparrows, and to run about the High-street and elsewhere in search of crumbs. Hence battues have been the order of the day in Berwick, and one person is said to have secured a bag of seventeen in one afternoon with a stick. Near Ecclesfield Station, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, between Sheffield and Bromley, on Tuesday, a bridge, about 30 feet high, was rendered unsafe by the subsi- dence of part of the embankment. A passenger train and an engine and brake van had only passed over the bridge a few minutes when the subsi- dence took place. The Central News says:—In political circles the recent details published respecting the Austro- German Treaty of Alliance are held to be substan- tially correct. No apprehensions are felt on account of the close friendship between these two countries; but, on the contrary, their coalition is regarded as a safeguard against Russian intrigue, or any danger to the peace of Europe by overtures for an alliance, offensive and defensive, between France and the Czar. A shocking accident occurred on Tuesday at the hosiery manufactory of Messrs. Corah, Sons, and Co., Leicester. James H. Smith was engaged in taking down a wooden partition, when he was caught by the cog wheels and his arm was torn from his body, which revolved round the shaft, and dropped at tlie feet of his wife, who was working near. He was terribly mangled, and died shortly afterwards. The Macclesfield magistrates have committed a silk dyer named Ezra Sheldon to prison for six months for a brutal outrage on his parents. On Saturday night he went home the worse for drink and beat his mother unmercifully about the head and face, assaulted and ran his father into the street, hit his two sisters violently In the mouth, and knocked his younger brother down and kicked him. Our Norwich correspondent reports that on Monday morning Gunton Hall, near Cromer, the seat of Lord Suffield, was almost entirely destroyed by a. fire, which originated in a flue in a bedroom on the south-west side of the building. Lord Sheffield was not at homo at the time. Fortunately, it being daylight, a. large quantity of furniture, books and, pictures was taken out of the hall. A room containing some valuable Chippendale furni- ture was however, entirely destroyed. The steamer Amadis, which arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday, reports that at midnight on the 14-th inst. a vessel, apparently a barque of from 400 to 500 tons, was observed on five fore and aft about! eighteen miles west of the Burlings, her bowsprit i and jibboom only being standing. The steamer bore down and fired several rockets, but after standing by for one hour could not discover any traces of the crew or boats, and supposed the vessel to have been abandoned. A meeting has been held at the Fishmongers'-hall. London, with the object of forming a. National Fish Culture Association of Great Britain. The chief object resolution, "That it was desirable that an association should be formod for the purpose of extending the cultivation of our fresh and salt water fish," was supported by Professor Huxley, who remarked on the ignorance shown by lishor- men in piscatory matters other than the art of catching fish. Other resolutions were carried. The Right Hon. A. J. Mundella visited Leicester Wednesday night, and distributed the prizes to the successful students at the local School of Art. In his address he said he believed it would be bad policy and false economy to allow the school to languish. As a nation they were strong in the factors which made commercial prosperity, but in the question of artistic, industrial, and scientific education they were a good deal behind, and if they would main- tain their position as manufacturers they llmst. improve in this direction. That was, perhaps, the lowest view they could take, but that was not a. light consideration after all.
1 THE HEV. DR. PRICE, OF <…
THE HEV. DR. PRICE, OF ABERDAllE. Our readers will learn with pleasure that the Rev. Dr. Price, of Aberdare, has been made, through the liberality of the Prime Minister, one of the recipients of the Roval Bounty Fund. The nev, Lewis Evans, Georgetown, Merthyr, and Mr. John Vaughan, soticitor, Merthyr, recently took the matter in hand, and in consequence of their representations Mr. Gladstone has been induced to grunt a sum of £150 from the fund mentioned.
TIXTEKN ABBEY AND THE RAILWAY.|
TIXTEKN ABBEY AND THE RAILWAY. The AthenauM says:—A correspondent, of one of the Western journals avers that it is the inten- i tion of the Midland Railway Company to carry a bridge over the Wye close to Tin tern Abbey, so that the beautiful and perfect combination of the tranquil river and the ruined Cistercian Church will be destroyed. The Midland scheme, it is said, contemplates this outrage as part of an attempt to oust the Great Western Railway Company from the traffic of South Wales. We call attention to the report, and trust there is no truth in it. Such an attempt is sure to be resisted to the utmost.
UNLVERSITY COLLEGE OE ' WALES,…
UNLVERSITY COLLEGE OE WALES, ABERYSTWITTI. We are informed that Mr. W. 0, Brigstocke, of Parc-y-gors, near Cardigan, lias sent a letter to Principal Edwards, in which he expresses his deep interest in the future success of the College, and his earnest hope that it will not be removed from Aberystwith. He intimates his intention to give J J6100 towards the completion of the College buildings, and offcr, all exhibition to new students to be competed for at the beginning of Lent Term 1833.
THE SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT, !
THE SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT, L d Ju stico Brett has fixed the following dates for holding the ensuing Winter Assizes on the South Wales Circuit: — Haverfordwest, Friday, January 19; Cardigan, Monday..January 22 Car- mart hen, Wednesday, January 24 Brecon, Satur- day, January 27; Presteign, Wednesday, January 31; Chester, Friday, February 2; Cardiff, Friday, Fcbruaty 9. Both civil and criminal business will be taken at these assizes.
' THE SCHOOL BOARD E0R WHITCHURCH.
THE SCHOOL BOARD E0R WHITCHURCH. ORDEn OF THE EDUCATION DEPART- MENT. Mr. Stephenson, clerk to the Hoard of Guardians of tiie Cardiff Union, having communicated the result of the recent poll at Whitchurch to the Education Department, has received from them a formal order for the election of a School Board. The election is to take place within a period of 28 days, amd the School Board is to consist of five members.
I ------.--¡ SUFFERING OF…
SUFFERING OF A SHIPWRECKED CREW. —— Our Dover correspondent says that on Sunday morning part of a shipwrecked ciew was landed there. They belonged to the full-rigged ship Ella, of Hamburg, which left Now York on the 1st of November. The vessel sprung a leak, and the crew took to the boats on the 3rd of November. The captain and eight men were in one boat, the chief- mate and etght men in another, and the second mate and four sailors in the captain's gig. The latter were five d ivs at aeit before thoy were picked up by the Norwegian brig North America. and brought to Dungeness. Nothing has been heard of the other two boak:, with eighteen persons in tliem.
ALLEGED CRIMINAL ASSAULT AT…
ALLEGED CRIMINAL ASSAULT AT YSTRAD. At the Ystrad Police Court on Mondav (before Mr. GWllym W illiams and Mr. Francis R. Craw- shay), David Jones, a highly-respectable young man, living at Ystrad, was charged with having committed an indecent assault upon Annie Tveaaura. domestic servant, in the service of his parents. The complainant, a young woman of 1- rather prepossessing appearance, and about twenty years of age, stated that she had entered into the service of the defendant's parents two days before I the offence was committed. On Friday morning she had occasion to enter the defendant's bedroom. He was in bed at the time. He left the bed and threw her down, and committed the offence in question. In answer to the bench, she said she did not scream. There were in the house at the time the defendant's father and mother Soon after she went home, and told her mother what had taken place. Superintendent Matthews said that the complainant had been examined by a medical man, and there were no marks of violence on her per- son. The case was adjourned for a fortnight, for the attendance of the doctor. Defendant was ad- mitted to bail.
LOSS OF A VESSEL FROM CARDIFF.
LOSS OF A VESSEL FROM CARDIFF. Captain Douglss, 23 of the crew, and six stowa- ways, of the steamer Regent, of Liverpool, were lauded at Falmouth on Wednesday night, having been obliged to abandon their vessel. She left Cardiff for New Orleans on the 6th, with 2,400 tons of steel rails, but immediately encountered a succession of heavy gales. The cargo shifted and the steering gear was carried away. On the 12th inst. the whole of the crew were taken off by the barque Nenciphar. The Regent had only been built fifteen months, and was owned by P. Conway and Company, Liverpool.
ALARMING FIRE IN THE LONDON…
ALARMING FIRE IN THE LONDON DOCKS. A destructive fire broke out about ten a.m. on Sunday in the Royal Albert and Victoria Docks London, on board the Orient Line mail steamer Cotopaxi, belonging to the Pacific Steam Naviga- tion Company, and resulted in the entire demoli- tion of the interior of the vessel. What was sup- posed to be steam was first observed issuing trom the engine-room, and this created alarm. Almost immediately afterwards an explosion was heard, proceeding, apparently, from the second engineer's berth, and upon the cabin being forced open a dense volume of smoke poured forth. The in- terior of the vessel was gutted. So dangerous did the fire at one time appear that it was proposed to scuttle the Cotopaxi, but this was prohibited. The damage is estimated at between jE20,000 and £30,000. The Cotopaxi is one of the finest vessels of the Orient Line.
I DISASTERS AT SEA.!
DISASTERS AT SEA. A VESSEL STRUCK BY LIGHTNING LOSS OF A BARQUE AND 24 LIVES. The Cervantes, barque, from Quebec, has arrived in the Tyne, and reports that when in the St. Law-1 renceshewasrun into by the Louisa, ship, of Cardiff, doing considerable damage to her bows, and carry- ing away all her head gear. The captain also reports a strange affair at sea. When off the Isle of Wight a cloud gathered, and a ball of fire struck the mainmast head, splitting the truck and setting fire to the rigging. The flash was followed by deafening peals of thunder. Afterwards no more lightning was seen nor thunder heard. A telegram from Wexford states that the Lan- grig Hall, British barque, from Liverpool to Calcutta, struck the Tuskar Rock on Friday night. Two men were saved and 24 drowned.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY AT MONMOUTII.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY AT MONMOUTII. A discovery of considerable interest to scientific readers was "made a few days ago at a part of the River Severn known as Hay ward's Bay, near Awre, and the find is now in the possession of Mr. Charles Phelps, of Awr. It consists of a fine buck's head and antlers, the former being partially petrified, while the latter arc of gigantic dimensions. There are seven spurs on each antler, one spur on the left being no less than 15iin. in length. The length of the antlers from the crown of the head to the tip is 3ft. nin" while the bases of the antlers measure 9iin. the width from tip to tip being 3ft. lMn. The specimen, which is in remarkably good preserva- tion, seems to point to the fact of the large elk (numerous remains of which were found in King Arthur's Cave, Doward) having been an inhabitant of Dean Forest.
COMMUTATION OF THE SENTENCE…
COMMUTATION OF THE SENTENCE ON A SWANSEA PRISONER, At the Glamorganshire Spring Assizes, 1873, a man named David Jones was convicted beforo the late Lord Justice (then Mr. Justice) Lush of the manslaughter of one William Thomas, at Waunar- llwydd, near Swansea, and sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude. It was felt at the time, having regard to'Jones's previous good character and other circumstances in the case, that the sentence was a very severe one, and a memorial on Jones's behalf was lately prepared by Messrs. Charles Brothers, of Neath (who defended Jones), and presented to the Home Secretary, Sir Win. Vernon Harcourt. The memorial was presented to the Home Secretary by Judge Williams, Q.C., who acted as Jones's counsel on his trial, and who, prompted by his well-known kindness, backed up the same with his powerful assistance, and we are glad to learn that Sir William Harcourt has communicated with Judge Williams to the effect that on consideration of all the circumstances he felt warranted in deciding to authorise Jones's release in March next, when he will have completed ten years of his sentence.
THE SUNDAY CLOSING ACT.
THE SUNDAY CLOSING ACT. DISPUTED POINTS. At the Llandaff Police Court on Monday (before Messrs. F. G. Evans and Evan Lewis), Richard Williams, landlord of the Red Lion Hotel, Handanf. was summoned for unlawfully selling beer on his premises on Sunday, the 10th inst, Mr. Williams had previously been summoned for offences similar to the present case, but the summonses have been dismissed. Mr. Miller, solicitor, Cardiff. appeared for the defence and Messrs. E. J. Smith and E. J. Thomas watched the case on behalf of the Cardiff Licensed Victuallers' and Beerhouse-keepers' Association. From the evidence of Police-Constable Phillips, 30, it appeared that he visited the above premises on the date named, at four o'clock p.m., and found ten men in the bar. He took their names and addresses, and observed that thoy lived in different parts of CardiIT. There were four other persons present, whose names he did not take, as he under- stood that they did not live in Cardiff, but came from a uistunce. In cross-examination, the con- stable said some of the men were admitted while he was in the house, and Mr. Williams requested him to take their names and addresses. The de- fendant also rendered him every assistance and facility. Mr. Miller addressed the bench for the defence, and called the defendant. After consider- able argument on both sides, the Bench decided to adjourn the case until that day fortmght.
-1UB. CARDIFF STABBING CASE.
-1UB. CARDIFF STABBING CASE. At the Cardiff Police Court on Wednesday (beforo Mr. R. O. Joues, Dr. Paine, and Mr. J. W. Vachell), a Spanish seaman, named Santiano Ortiz, was charged with wounding Emma Orchard, a young woman, in Bute-street on Tuesday night. The complainant said she was a single woman, and resided at No. 1, Riiymney-terrace, Cathays. On Tuesday night, at about ten o'clock or a little after, site recollected meeting the prisoner. The latter asked her to stay with him. She had never seen him before. He handed her some money, to which she demurred. There- upon he drew a knife upon her, and if it had not been for the intervention of two other girls she supposed he would have cut her throat. As it was he took hold of her by the hair of her head, and stabbed her twice in the face. In reference to a statement by the prisoner she denied having gone to any house with the prisoner.—Thomas Harvey, boy, said he lived at No. 1, Narth Luton-place. At about twenty minutes past ten o'clock ho was in Bute-street, and he saw the prisoner twice strike the complainant on the face with a knife, which witness saw him pull out of his pocket. The prisoner tried to escape, and Police-Constable Richards laid hold of him.— Arthur Meliiuish, manager of the Thatched House beer house, said he saw the prisoner running up Bute-street, with a knife in his hand. He was stopped by a constable, with whom he had a struggle. The knife fell from the prisoner's hand, and witness picked it up and handed it to Police- Constable Crimmin*. — Police Constable Alfred Richards said that at ten minutes past ten o'clock on Tuesday night he was on duty in Bute-street. Tie heard a female crying out "Murder," and saw the prisoner run up Bute-street. Police-Constable Crimmins sang out, "Stop him." Witness did ."n. The prisoner had a knife in his hand, and the officer had a struggle with him. Both fell to the ground, and then the omcer found that the knife had beon dropped.—Mr. O'Donnell, surgeon, said he saw the complainant at about eleven o'clock on Tuesday night. She had two slight wounds, one on the cheek and the other behind. The wounds were not stabs—a knife had evidently been drawn across the face. — The prisoner was committed for trial to the Quarter Sesoions.
ALLEGED DEPRAVITY AT TYLORSTOWN.
ALLEGED DEPRAVITY AT TYLORSTOWN. FATHER AND DAUGHTER BEFORE THE BENCH. I At the Pontypridd Police Court on Wednesday (before Dr. Leigh, Mr. Henry Jackson, and Mr. F. R. Crawshay), Jane Hooper, Tylorstown, on re- mand, was again brought forward charged with stealing £6 lis. 6d. and clothing to the value of .£4 5s., the property of Robert Hooper, her father, living at the same place. It will be remcmbeied that on Monday last the charge was preferred against the prisoner by her own father at the Ystrad Police Court. It seemed that the girl's mother, the wife of prosecutor, left him two years ago. Twelve months ago the prisoner, owing to ill-health, returned from Torquay to her father's apartments at Tylorstown. There, down to the time of the alleged robbery, she acted as housekeeper to her father. It was alleged that one day during the absence of her I parent she stole the money and clothing referred to. Information was given to the police, and the prisoner was apprehended at St. Austell, Cornwall. At the Ystrad Police Court on Monday it tran- spired during cross-examination by the Stipendiary Magistrate that the prisoner, a highly respectable- looking voung girl, and neatly dressed, had made 1 statements to the police in reference to her fatber's I conduct towards her which were of such t, com- plexion that, if proved to be well founded, would result in placing the father in a position of con- siderable peril.—The Stipendiary Magistrate re- quested the prisoner to say all she had to say against her father to the police, which she promised to do. She was taken care of by the request of the bench in a private portion of the Pontypridd Police Station. The report of the casein the Western Mail caused a great stir at Tylorstown, especially among theimmigrants in that locality, and the most intense sympathy for the accused prevailed. Many of them attended the court on Wednesday, and it was announced that they had brought money, which they bad subscribed, to retain a solicitor to defend her. The father, however, told the bench he wished to withdraw the charge. The Bench consented. After this John Simpson and Charles Pitman, acting on behalf of the subscribers at Tylorstown, handed the money subscribed to the young girl, and Mr. F. R. Crawshay also gave her a sum of money to defray her train fare to Cornwall. The moment she left the dock she burst out crying, and several females from Tylorstown, some of them motherly-looking women, evinced much sympathy for her. She left for Cornwall by the next train.
FURTHER MINISTERIAL CHANGES.
FURTHER MINISTERIAL CHANGES. Mr. Gladstone, Lords Sidney, Hartington, Kim- berley, and Derby, Mr. Childers, and Air. Peel arrived at Windsor at a quarter to one on Satur- day by special train from London, and irnme- diately proceeded to the Castle, where the Queen held a Council. I The Pall Mall Gazette states that the following Ministerial changes were effected at the above Council:— Lord Derby was sworn in as Colonial Secretary. Lord Kimberley as Indian Secretary. Lord Hartington as War Secretary, and Mr. Childers received the Seals of the Chancellor- ship of the Exchequer. The" Press Association is. officially informed that arrangements are in immediate contemplation for adding Sir Charles Dilke to the Cabinet.
MR. GLADSTONE'S JUBILEE.
MR. GLADSTONE'S JUBILEE. LETTER FROM THE PREMIER TO LORD ABERDARE. Through the courtesy of Lord Aberdare we are enabled to publish the following letter, which ha.s been addressed to his lordship by the Prime Minister:— 10, Downing-street, Whitehall, 15th December, 1882. My dear Aberdare,—I have received the grati- fying address from the officers of the Welsh National Institutions, which you, among others, have signed and I beg to return my sincere thinks for the kind congratulations which it con- tains. I much value good wishes proceeding from the Principality of Wales, in which I have so long taken, and shall always continue to take, so special an interest. I am truly glad that the people of Wales appreciate what has been done for the improvement of their educational system.—I remain, most fathfully yours, W. E. GLADSTONE."
CARDIFF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
CARDIFF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The usual monthly meeting of the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce was held on Wednesday, Mr. A. Hood in the chair. There were also present Messrs. Rees Jones, Captain Thompson, E. F. Thomas, J. Powley, Captain Vellacott, G. H. Wills, L. Tylor, J. A. Ie Boulanger, J. H. Wilson, J. Davies, J. B. Ferrier, A. Calaminus, and Jonas Watson.— The Secretary (Mr. Hawkins) reported that the coal shipments from Cardiff foreignwise during the eleven months ended November 31,1882, were 5,332,339 tons, as against 5,037,395 in the corres- ponding period of last year—an increase of about 300,000 tons.—The Chairman mentioned that he had received information from an unofficial source to the effect that arrangements are being made by which the delivery of letters by the North mail will be accelerated by about one hour.—Mr. Rees Jones drew attention to the fact that the Man- chester Chamber of Commerce had memorialised the Government regarding the action of a French officer, who had made apretencoof annexing the best part of Africa to France. If there was any serious meaning in his conduct the matter was one of considerable importance, inasmuch as any such annexation would have an injurious effect upon British commerce. He suggested that the secre- tary of the chamber should be asked to communi- cate with the Manchester Chamber making in- quiries on the subject. This was agreed to.—Mr. J. H. Wilson gave notice that at the next meeting he would move a resolution affirming the approval of the chamber to the scheme for the construction of a line of railway from Cardiff to the Monmouth- shire Valleys. He said he was convinced this scheme would be of great advantage to the district. —The Chairman expressed his approval of the scheme, and the secretary was instructed to pro- cure plans of the district through which the line would pass.—This concluded the business.
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. PUBLIC MEETING AT CARDIFF. A public meeting in support of the removal of the electoral disabilities of women was held on Wednesday night in the Assembly-rooms of the Town-hall. The Mayor (Mr. G. A. Stone) presided, and the attendance was large. The chairman was supported by Mr. Lewis Williams, Alderman D. Lewis, the Rev. A. Tilly, Mr. Alfred Lusty, Miss Jcnncr, and Mr. R. Cory, and Mrs. Beddoe (Clifton), Miss Craigen (London), Miss Blackburn (Bristol), and Miss Kennedy (Bristol) attended as a deputa- tion from the Women's Suffrage Society. After a short address from the Chairman, the Rev. A. TILLY moved—" That in the opinion of this meeting no future measure of Parliamentary reform will be satisfactory which does not contain provision for the extension of the franchise to women who possess the qualifications which entitle men to vote, and this meeting would press upon tho political associations of South Wales the importance of adopting women's suffrage on their programmes." He said that, as an ardent Liberal, he had a very strong con- viction that the party to which he had the honour to belong would suffer from the measure which they proposed to further. For his idea was that ladies were to a larger extent Conservative than Liberal. But he had never voluntarily abstained from promoting an act of justice because it might be attended with unpleasant consequences for a time. Mr. LEWIS WILLUMS seconded the resolution, and said he considered that it would be to England's interest if women's suffrage was established. He thought when the history of the nineteenth cen- tury came to be written one of the most interest- iag chapters would be the recognition of women's rights. He referred to the elevating effect of the Gospel in all parts of the world where women had hitherto occupied a low place in the social scale, and said he thought that they had recognised in England that women had brains as well as hearts. He proceeded to deprecate the existence on the Statute book of certain laws which he con- tended were a slur on their honour, and which, in his opinion, ought to be repeated. Some had said there was very little done in the last session, but there was one very important law passed which related to married women's property. As an in- stance of the prejudicial effect of the law as it had hitherto stood he mentioned a case in which a lady inherited £100,000. which was intended for her use, but her husband appropriated the money, and when he died he left it to a loose character. Mrs. BEDDOE (Clifton) addressed herself more particularly to the social objections which had been urged against the granting of female suffrage. Miss JEKNER followed, and assured them of her unflagging interest in the cause, saying also that the more efforts were made to crush them and to stifle them the more they would come forward. Miss BLACKBUBV supported the resolution and spoke of the desirability of furthering the educa- tion of women, and hoped that they would realise that it was to the interest of the country that education and the suffrage should go together hand in hand. The resolution was carried, with a few dissen- tients. Alderman DANIEL LEWIS proposed That a petition to the House of Commons praying for the extension of the franchise to women who fulfil the statutory conditions be adopted by this meeting, and signed by the chairman in its behalf." Mr. R. CORY seconded the motion, and was fol- lowed by Miss CKAIGEN (London), who delivered a lengthy and powerful speech. The motion, on being put to the meeting, was carried. A vote of thanks to the chairman brought the proceedings to a close.
DEATH OF DEAN CLOSE.
DEATH OF DEAN CLOSE. The Very Rev. Dean Close, late Dean of Carlisle, died during Sunday night at Penzance, where he had been staying for the benefit of his health. The Very Rev. Francis Close, D.D., the youngest son of the Rev. Henry Jackson Close, somo time rector of Bentworth, neitr Alton, in Hampshire, was born in 1797. His early education was conducted by the Rev. Dr. Cherry, then head master of Merchant Taylors' School, and afterwards by the Rev. John Scott, of Hull, eldest son of the well-known com- mentator on the Scriptures. In October, 1816, he entered as a commoner at St. John's College, Cam- bridge, of which he became scholar, graduated B.A. in 1820. and was ordained to the curacy of Church Lawford, near Rugby, whence he removed in 1822 to the curacy of Willesden and Kingsbury, Middlesex. In the spring of 1824 he went to Chel- tenham, and became curate to the Rev. Charles Jervis, the incumbent. In 1826 Mr. Jervis died, and Mr. Close was presented to the incumbency. From that date until 1856 Mr. Close devoted him- self entirely to his parochial duties at Cheltenham. In 1858 he exchanged the onerous duties ■ of a parish priest for the comparative tranquillity of the deanery of Carlisle, to which he was recom- mended by Lord Palmerston on the elevation of Dr. Tait to the see of London.
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THE PEMBREY DYNAMITEl EXPLOSION.
THE PEMBREY DYNAMITE l EXPLOSION. THE INQUEST. I The inquiry into the cause of the deaths of the seven persons who were killed by the explosion of dynamite at the Explosives Works, Pembrey, on j Friday, November 17, was resumed at Burry Port on Monday, before Mr. James Rowlands, coroner, Mr. Mansel Rees (of the firm of Rees, Edwards,, and Wood, Llanelly) again appeared for the com- pany, and Mr. Randell, Llanelly, assisted by Mr. Gwilym Evans, F.C.S., for the relatives of the deceased. Emily Dewdney, who was being examined when the court rose on Friday, was recalled and further questioned. By Mr. Randell: When she was in the thawing shed with Sarah Morse the latter was in charge. She used a thermometer to try the temperature of the water, and if she found it too hot she poured in someicold. Ann Erasmus, a girl between 18 and 19 years of age, said she was employed in the cartridge shed. On the 17th of November she went to the thawing shed for some dynamite. Mary Hughes, Margaret Davies, Sarah Phoebe Williams, Mary Williams, Elizabeth Erasmus, and Sarah Morse went with her. She knew that more than two persons ought not to be in a danger shed at the same time. The rules had been read to her by Mr. Spon, but she did not understand all of them. Several Jurymen: That's it. The Coroner begged the jury not to make any demonstrations of feeling again. Witness went on to say that she had worked in the kieselguhr shed, and there she used a mallet to reduce the kieselguhr to powder. She saw a mallet by the dynamite on the floor of No. 12 Shed (where the explosion took place) on the morning of the explosion. On the morning before the explosion Mr. Johnson, the chemist, came into the thawing shed when witness and four other girls were there, and he did not say anything. The girls used to visit each other in the sheds sometimes. Evan Williams, Sandy-row, Pembrey, foreman over the artisans and labourers at the works, gave evidence as to the position in which the remains of the deceased persons were found after the explosion, and stated, in reply to a juryman, that lie was walking near the washing shed on the morning of the catastrophe, and saw no gaming going on there. He had seen the boys and girls larking goin^*0 and coming from breakfast, but not during Working hours. The inquiry was then further adjourned until Tuesday. The inquiry was resumed on Tuesday. William Davies, Pembrey, said ho was employed at the works as an assistant-carpenter. On the clay of the explosion he was tarring and felting the roof of shed No. 9. Ho was about 50 yards from the scene of the explosion. When he hearfl the explosion he ran to No. 12 Shed, and sa.w the bodies lying about the place. He could not say which of the two bodies of Win. Ray and Sarah Morse was nearest to the shed. The body of John Jones was close to the bank, and further from the shed than the other two. All three bodies faced the door- way. The body of David Erasmus was on the bank, on the north side of the shed. The body of Jane Williams was north-west of the shed, and about 125 yards from it. Be found the head of Jane Evans about 20 yards south-east of the shed. Mary Hughes had been removed before he got there. Witness had put pegs in the ground where all the bodies had fallen. By the Jury: When witness found the deceased Mary Hughes and William Ray were alive. All the others were dead. The bodies of Sarah Morse, William Ray, and John Jones were on their backs. with their heads towards the doorway. Mr. Evan Williams, the foreman, ordered him to peg the spots. There was no one with him when he found the head of Jane Evans and the body of Jane Williams. David Williams was on the spot before witness. By Mr. Rees: He knew Jane Evans's head by the hair. She had black, curly hair, with the 01 donkey crop in front. Margaret Davies, 24, who gave her evidenoe in Welsh, said she was employed in the Explosives Works. Her work was in the cartridge sheds, which are in a row, and about 300 yards from No. 12 Shed. She was in No. 12 Shed about 7.30 on the morning of the explosion. Mary Hughes, Sarah Williams, Jane Evans, Jane Wil- liams, and Mary Evans were there with her. Wit- ness and Mary Hughes were changing the water for Jane Williams. Witness did not help them to thaw the dynamite. Jane Williams and Jane Evans were engaged in thawing that morning. Witness was there until breakfast time. After breakfast she went to the door of No. 12 Shed to get someone to bring to her a box of thawed dyna- mite. That was about nine o'clock. Jane Evans and Jane Williams were there then. Witness did not see Miss Evans in No. 12 Shed that morning. Witness knew the rules of the works. Miss Evans read them to her, and they were translated into Welsh. She had never seen the girls larking in No. 12 Shed. Evans looked after the girls strictly. Witness had also been engaged in drying gun cotton. She was shown how to fill cartridges and dry gun cotton before she did that work her- self. The girls were searched before they went to work, and pinSi hooks and eyes, and hairpins taken from them. They wore woollen clothes, and their shoes were examined to see that they had no heel- plates, kc. They wore magazine boots when they went into the cartridge or gun cotton sheds. Sarah Phoebe Williams, 19 years of age. and daughter of D;ivid Williams, of Brook's Cottage, Pembrey, said she had been employed at the Ex- plosivos Works for two months previous to the explosion. When the explosion took place she was cartridgc-making. She went to tho thawing shed before breakfast to get a box of dynamite, because she had none at the cartridge shed. When she went to the washing shed she asked Jane Evans for a box, and she replied that the box was not ready. Witness waited in the washing shed until tho box was ready. When she went to the shed she saw Jane Evans and Jane Williams thawing dynamite. Witness did not. remember seeing anyone else there. She remained in the washing shed until breakfast. After breakfast she went, there again, to look for the boys to bring her a box. She did not remem- ber seeing anyone there then. After staying there ten minutes witness went to the cartridge sheds, and did not go back to the washing shed that morning. She was searched, as usual, on the day of the explosion by Miss Evans, and sent to the cartridge shed. She went to the thawing shed, and was followed by Ann Erasmus and Mary Hughes. There was no thawing going on then. There was no work done before breakfast. After breakfast witness, Ann Erasmus, and Mary Hughes went to the washing shed. She got a box of dynamite about twelve o'clock. By the Jury: Witness had seen a wooden mallet and a brass screw on the floor in No. 12 Shed. The mallet was near an open box of dynamite, and the brass bolt was near some vats. The vats were not far from the place where the thawing was carried on. She had not seen the mallet or screw used to break up the dynamite. By the Jury: On the 16th and 17th of November she was paid by piece-work. She did not think she was paid for the time she lost at the washing shed. She did not calculate herself how much was coming to her at the end of the week; that was done by the person who paid her. She was paid by the day when learning. She had nothing to show how her wages were made up. The inquiry was then adjourned. The inquiry was resumed at Burry Port on Wednesday. Mary Williams, 17, said she was also em- ployed in the cartridge filling shed. After breakfast on the morning of the explosion she went to tho thawing shed to look for some dynamite, and saw David Erasmus, Sarah Morse, Margaret Davis, Mary Hughes, Sarah Williams, and Elizabeth Erasmus in the shed. The two boys were outsido. Samh. Morse and Ann Erasmus were thawing dynamite, and witness helped them. They 0 thawed a boxful be- tween them. As witness and Ann Erasmus were going away from the shed Miss Evans, the forewoman, met them. Did not remember Miss Evans saying anything to her. By the Jury: Mr. Spon, Miss Evans, Mr. John- son, and Mr. Thomas had scolded her for breaking the rules by going into the mixing shed. By Mr. Randell: Miss Evans did not send her for a box of dynamite. She had never been in the washing shed before that time. She had seen a mallet and a brass screw in tho shed, but did not see anyone use either of them. Did not see an iron hammer there. Did not remember seeing the girls scrambling for thawed dynamite. Wm. John, a fitter, was then called to speak as to the position in which the bodies of the deceased were found after the explosion, in order to clear up the dispute as to the position of Jane Evans's head. He said it was about 25 yards south-east of the shed. The inquiry was adjourned until Tuesday, January 2.
EAILURE OF THE VERNON TIN-PLATE…
EAILURE OF THE VERNON TIN- PLATE WORKS. LIABILITIES, £130,000. A Briton Ferry correspondent writes:—A peti- tion was filed in the Neath County Court on Friday by Messrs. David Morris and Co., tin-plate makers, of Briton Ferry, the liabilities amounting to £130,000. The workmen's wages will bo paid as soon as Messrs. Cooper Bros. and Co., London, and Messrs.Tribe,Clarke,Cawker,and Co., Swansea,can make up the books, which, it is expected, will be done in a few days.
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1 SWANSEA GRAMMARI SCHOOL.I…
1 SWANSEA GRAMMAR I SCHOOL. PRIZE DAY AND BICENTENARY CELEBRATION. SPEECHES BY MR. C. R. M. TALBOT, LORD ABERDARE, AND SIR HUSSEY VIVIAN. The 200th anniversary of the establishment of the Swansea Grammar School was celebrated on Tuesday, when the prizes gained by the students during the past year were also distributed. The school was founded in 1682 by Hugh Gore, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, who was in early life a clergyman at Oxwich, in Gower, and afterwards a schoolmaster in Swansea, where he died in 1690. The spacious hall of the college had been tastefully decorated in honour of the occasion with flags, palms, and evergreens. The Visitor (Mr. C. R. M. Talbot, M.P.) presided, and there were also present Sir H. Hussey Vivian, Bart., M.P., Lord Aberdare, Sir John Jones Jenkins, M.P., Messrs. G. B. Strick, J. Trevilian Jcnkin, F. A. Yeo, J. Crow Richard- son, Charles Bath, Iltyd Thomas, and E. R. Daniel (mayor of Swansea), feoffees; the Rev. S. C. Morgan, D.D. (vicar of Swansea), the Revs. J. G. Gauntlett, M.A., Eli Clarke, A.K.C., E. W. liolney, M.A., B. J. Binns, M.A., T. J. Bowen, B.A., Thomas Rees, D.D.; Lieut.-Col. W. E. Hughes, Major Knight, and Messrs. Howel Gwyn, J. Crow Richardson, jun., George S. Richardson, Thos. Powell, Richard Richards, J. C. Vye Parminter, R. W. Beor, june, E. F. Daniel, A. D. Davidson, Jabez Thomas, Thos. Hall, T. E. Wales, A. J. Shcnck, F. Sonley John- stone, J. Richardson Francis, J. S. Stevens, J. Edward Stevens, E. H. Plant, R Capper, and a large number of ladies. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said it was a very gratifying matter, after a prolonged existence of 200 years, that he was able to say that this school was most prosperous in every respect. (Applause.) As regards finance, they knew the income of the school was derived from minerals. Those minerals had been unproductive for some time in comparison with what they ought to have produced, but this was an evil which was likely to be remedied in consequence of the minerals having been let to a person who was able and willing to work them in a manner that. would pro- duce a good revenue to the school. (Loud applause.) There was nothing in the present posi- tion of the school that called for any remark beyond that of praise. He was very glad to find that the feoffees had agreed to vary the curriculum by permitting the cultivation of science and by erecting a laboratory for the use of the pupils. It must always be very desirable where the course was monotonous to vary it by such an interesting science as chemistry. There was one thing only concerning the school which he wished to make a remark on, and that was that the head- master had not a residence. He was very anxious that the feoffees should take that into their consideration, and that in any future advan- tages to the school the master might be allowed to participate by being enabled to take a larger num- ber of boarders. He was very unwilling to say anything on the subject of comparison between this school and a university such as they wished to have. But he would repeat the old lioralian maxim—" Quod satis hie est." Ho thought they had everything there that a university could pos- sibly bring to South Wales. Another point to which he must refer in speaking of the Welsh University was that it was not an institution which was likely to flourish in the midst of a large commercial town. That was his humble opinion. They would do far better if they stuck to what they had, and tried to improve it instead of attempting to do that which was beyond their powers. He must apologise for not addressing them at any length, because he was not very well. But before sitting down he would express his regret that Sir William Grove was not there. He was one of the principal judges in the land, and not only celebrated for his acute know- ledge of the law but also for his acquaintance with science. (Applause.) They had, however, the advantage of being honoured with the presence of a nobleman who had served his country as a Cabinet Minister with advantago to the nation, with credit to himself, and with satisfaction to all parties, if he might except the publicans. (Ap- plause.) The HEAD-MASTER (the Rev. J. Young, M.A.) then called upon H. Stevens, the head boy, to deliver an English speech. Mr. STEVENS then gave a brief sketch of the life of Bishop Gore, which was spoken in excellent style, and received with loud applause. Then followed a French speech, by A. Rogers a. German speech, by E. Wales; a Welsh speech, by T. Jeremiah; a Latin speech, by J. F. Young; and a Greek speech, by II. J. Hewson. The prizes awarded by the feoffees to the pupils who were successful in the Oxford Local Examina- tions were then distributed by the chairman. The following is the prize list:— Seniors:—T. W. llees, 2nd division in languages (among the tirst twenty in Greek), certificate to excuse him from Hegponsions (only fourteen gained by ail the candidates); II. A. Gwynne, 3rd division; G. Gwyn, ditto; T. Jeremiah, ditto. .TunÙws :-J. F. Young, 1st in the 1st division (1st, among the first 40 in Latin. 1st in Greek, 1st, in mechanics, 4th ill mathematics, 3rd in religiolls know- ledge, lltli in French); H. J. IIewson, 1st division (6th in the first 40 in Latin); G. J. Thomas, 2nd division (distinguished in Greek); A. Rogers, 2nd division r. W. Merry, 3rd division (distinguished in Greek); E. Wales, 3rd division. Lord ABEllDARE, who was introduced by the chair- man as an old alumnus of the Swansea Grammar School, then addressed the meeting. He said he could not appear as the oldest boy connected with this in- stitution, because there were on the platform two older than himself, Mr. Iltyd Thomas and Mr. Howel Gwyn. The school was only in the 146th year of its existence when he entered it, and of all his classfellows only one remained—the present Rector of Bishop's Wearmouth. Many of his schoolfellows, however, had served their country m various capacities. There were still living three members of Parliament who were educated there— Mr. Neville, formerly M.P. for the Carmarthen Boroughs; Mr. Lloyd, formerly M.P. for Cardigan- shire and Mr. Powell, M.P. for Carmarthenshire. There were at least two general officers who had earned distinction in the service of their country, and who were at this moment looking forward with alarm and terror to a forced retirement. He alluded to his brother, General Bruce, and General Morris of the artillery. Others in Church and State had more or less distinguished themselves, and, in fact, he could look back with pleasure to the careers run bythe boys of the school, many of whom had their only schooling there, aswashis own case. (Applause.) In his days a good classical education might be had in the school, but his time might have been far more fully employed than it was, and other branches of knowledge might have been acquired which would have been an advan- tage to him in his subsequent career. Ho congra- tulated the youth of the present day upon having fallen upon better days, when the theory and practice of education were better understood. No doubt, the study of the great writers of antiquity developed the minds of many men, but the study of natural science had developed minds which would never have been developed by means of tho classics. The people of Wales, especially, lie hoped, were beginning to :80e the commencement of a new era in education.* It was his intention to have said something on this subject, even if their excellent chairman had not himself adverted to it. But as he could not wholly agree with the chair- man, and as nothing was so advantageous as public discussion on these subjects, he wished to say a. few words with referenco to what the chairman had said. He was, as they were aware, one of a committee appointed by Government to inquire into the state of higher education in Wales. That committee recommended three lines upon which action might proceed. They thought there was a large class of artisans and working people in a comparatively easy position, but still unatde to keep their sons at middle class schools, and for whom advanced elementary schools might be useful. They, therefore, thought something should be done to encourage advanced elementary schools, and they recommended the school boards and school managers of the country to see what they could do in that direction. They were also strongly of opinion that the middle-class schools of the country were not what they ought to bo, and they recom- mended measures for improving them and extend- ing them and raising tlie standard to what they thought to bo the right one. They also were of opinion that to give a generous education there should be Colleges. Now, the Government had been able, without applying to Parliament, to act upon their recommendations in two direc- tions, but not in the third. With respect to the Colleges, the Government were of opinion that so much had been done for England, so much for Scotland, and so much for Ireland, that they were justified in proposing a grant for collegiate education in Wales. (Ap- plause.) They acted strictly upon the recom- mendation of the committee, and made what the committee conceived to be a sufficient grant. He might say that such a thing as self-supporting collegiate education did not exist in the British Empire. There was no college which was not partly supported by endowment. The Government felt the full force of the committee's argument, and came forward, as he thought, liberally and handsomeJy. They could not take any steps with regard to middle-class education without bringing a Bill before Parliament, and they would be in a very difficult position if they proposed to apply to the middle class schools of Wales any different treat- ment to that which they were prepared to give to the other middle class schools of Great Britain. The committee proposed that the endowments should be dealt with more wisely than at present, and that those very large endowments which were now uselessly applied should be brought within the reach of the Charity Commissioners and that, in addition, every county should have the power of rating itself in order to assist in the establishment of schools. Well, he felt confident that if the Welsh members of Parliament would decide this question for themselves they would hoartily act upon the recommendations of the committee, and advise their countrymen to submit to the very, vory slight rate which, in the opinion of the committee, was necessary, with the aid of en- dowments, to establish an excellent system of middle-class education. But measures could not pass through Parliament without the consent of other than Welsh members. The English members would look to see how this measure would affect them, and he apprehended that the Government, who had pledged themselves to do the best in this matter, had undertaken a task of very great anxiety and difficulty and he, for one, could not blame them for having postponed it. Well, now came the question whether these Colleges were an advantage or not. c¡ Mr, Talbot said he did not 1 think they were, and he wns-$upported by one of the ver^t Ablest witnesses who appeared before the committee. Principal Jayne, of St. David's College, Lampeter, took something of the same view. He said, If you have good grammar schools all over the country they will educate boys up to eighteen or nineteen years of age, and the Colleges you propose to adopt on the Scotch type are unnecessary, because these boys will be able at once to go to the Universities." Well, that was not the opinion of the committee. He might say that after giving the greatest attention to these arguments they were of opinion that the establish- ment of Colleges would givea prodigiousstimulant to education in all its branches. They looked at the enormous part the Universities bad played in education in Scotland, where practically the people had no middle class education. The vast majority of the lads went straight from the ele- mentary schools to the Universities, and yet did anybody doubtfor a single moment the enormous effect which those Universities had had upon the formation of the national character. The Univer- sities had given the Scotch people that pre- eminence in education—he did not mean in the very highest walks of education, but in the general diffusion of knowledge—which had made them what they were, perhaps the richest and most intellectual portion of the British Empire. But when it was said that the teaching in these Colleges was the same as in schools he must take issue. To a certain extent the subjects must be the same, but they knew that the curriculum was very much larger and wider than it is in a school. The professors ought to be, and would be, men of high education. They would have a staff which it would be utterly impossible for a grammar school, unless very richly endowed, to obtain. This was the reason why Colleges had been established at Durham, Manchester, Bristol, Liverpool, and Leeds. All these were towns of far larger population than Swansea. He had visited them, and he had never heard that the moral character of the youths at all suffered from living in them. The advantage of being brought into contact with the most distinguished minds in every department of art, literature, and science, which those who attended these colleges enjoyed, was in itself un- speakable. It ought to be no small portion of the desire of those two towns which were now,contend- ing for the College to bring into their society such an addition as the professors in the College would make. He thought, therefore, that for many a long year to come the establishment of a College not professing to be what Oxford and Cambridge were, but founded rather on the type of the Scotch Universities, would be an advantage of unspeakable value to the people of Wales. He was anxious on the part of the com- mittee to defend them from one charge which, in the most friendly way, had been brought against them with respect to this question. It was said that this difficulty with regard to the site might have been prevented if the Departmental Committee had made up their minds which place they would recommend. The Government would have acted upon their recommendation, and all this difficulty would have been avoided. Now, this was a very natural but superficial view. He did not know himself whether tho committee could have come to an agreement. Ho could not say that he knew at the time, or that he knew new, the opinions of the com- mittee, but ho felt very certain that if they had attempted to recommend one place there was a probability of a difference of opinion. They did not think it their duty to fix upon a place, but so far from having been a disadvantage it had been to his mind of the greatest possible advantage to the cause of higher education in Wales that this apple of discord had been thrown among the people. What had been the result? All these interesting discussions would never have taken place if the committee had recommended Swansea or Cardiff, and the Government hadacted upon their recommendation. They would have lost the ad- vantage of stirring up the national mind, which was a matter of the utmost importance. The standard of what was required in education was still very low in the case of the enormous majority of parents in this country, and, therefore, this earnest and eager discussion had been of the greatest advantage. Another advantage-a minor one, he admitted, but one not without its impor- tance—was that certainly this discussion had ex- tracted an amount of liberal contributions which, without it, he thought they might have looked for in vain. He did not blame those citizens who had given their money for the advantage of their town as much as for the advantage of educa- tion, because that was a very natural sentiment. The committee had called out this friendly but at the same time vigorous spirit of rivalry between Cardiff and Swansea, and his belief was that the future of education had greatly gained by it. In the course of some further remarks, Lord Aberdare said lie believed that the education given in elementary schools was better than the education given in any other schools for children up to eleven or twelve years of age. He could not understand, he went on, how anybody could object to improve the education of the working classes, and draw out the best in them. It was said that they were lifting the working classes out of their proper place, and that by-and-bye we should have no workmen. The answer was this: We were now competing with the whole civilised world, and in the struggle we wanted our best minds. Was it to be supposed that the best minds were only to be found in the middle and upper classes ? Was there not an enormous field not worked amongst the lower classes? There certainly was, and he thought they should do everything to draw out those resources for the benetit of the public. (Applause.) His lordship next expressed his regret that the Swansea Grammar School, although it had been comparatively prosperous, had not taken the position it ought to occupy. The head master had attributed the fact that the school had not attracted a large number of boys to the limited nature of the education the scheme of the Court of Chancery allowed him to give, and to the general impression which prevailed that the school was a, denominational one. Ho (the speaker) was very glad the feoffees had used their powers in enlarging the field of study by introducing chemistry. With regard to the other question, he pointed out that Bishop Gore said nothing about the teaching being according to the principles of the Church of England. He used the words" virtue and good literature and Bussy Mansel, an ancestor of Mr. Talbot, who was also a founder of the school be- cause he gave it a local habitation—that property in Goat-street—used the same terms. There was not a single word in either foundation to show that it was intended to be a Church School, and that character was undoubtedly pressed upon it by the Court of Chancery, who argued in this way— "Virtue is a part of religion and cannot be taught in a Christian country without religion. The only religion the Government can teach is the religion of the Established Church." And so Church of England teaching was included in that scheme. He knew very well that in the treatment of the boys no one could be more charitable or liberal than Mr. Young—(applause)—who had the greatest regard for the conscientious scruples of both parents and children; but at the same time, so long as the impression prevailed that this was a Church school, he could understand the repug- nance of Dissenters to send their chil- dren to it. When this difficulty had been removed he hoped to see his school not only equal to Christ's College. Brecon, and Llandovery College, but far surpassing them. That was the earnest wish of an old Swansea boy. (Loud applause.) Sir HUSSEY VIVIAN, Bart., M.P., then made a speech, in tho course of which he said it was a subject of great congratulation to the town and neighbourhood that they had such a fine grammar school in their midst. They had heard of old scholars who had distinguished themselves, and he thought from what they had seen that day they had every reason to believe that the present scholars would distinguish themselves in their generation. They had a remarkable example in the son of the head-master—(loud applause)—who had won a position equivalent to that of senior wrangler. He expressed his satisfaction at the enlargement of the curriculum, and remarked that no one could over-rate the value of modern languages to those who liad the battle of life to fight in these days. Mechanics formed a very important branch of study, and mathematics, although in themselves valueless, were of immense advantage as mental gymnastics, which trained the mind to accuracy. The chemical laboratory was an important and necessary addition to the school, because unless men were taught, to a cer- tain extent, the rationale of the ordinary things which surrounded them they were in almost abso- lute ignorance. Now, a large proportion of the boys would be taught the rudiments of chemistry, and those who showed an aptitude for the study would have an opportunity of pushing themselves forward into the great metallurgical industries which existed in the neighbourhood. Ho entirely coincided with what had fallen from his noble friend with regard to the desirability of a ratmg power existing for the provision of intermediate schools. He should be very glad to see such a power created for intermediate schools, and should also be glad to use it for the College. He men- tioned it at the meeting in the Albert-hall, and he believed that by doing so he unwittingly did mis- chief, for which he was sorry now. He hoped it was possible that the Welsh members might of their own mind carry some such thing. If they did so lie thought it would be a great deal to their credit. At any rate, they would see what they could do, and see if the idea met with the wishes of those whom they represented. He himself thought that the Welsh educational structure ought to be crowned by a University College. Institutions similar to the one they wore now in did not, in his mind, supply the place of colleges. After referring to the inde- pendence and liberality of mind possessed by the visitor, and stating that the feoffees were no longer all members of the Church of England, Sir Hussey said he felt sure that, whatever a man's religious feelings might be, lie could send his son to the school with perfect confidence that they would not be interfered with in any way. and that he would receive a good training. (Applause.) Three cheers were then given for the visitor, and this part of the proceedings terminated. THE LUNCHEON. A large number of those present then proceeded to the dining-hali, where an excellent luncheon was served. The Head-Master presided. After tho loyal toasts had been drunk, Mr. CHARLKS HATH proposed The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese and Ministers of all Denomi- nations." The Rev. Dr. MORGAN, Vicar of Swansga, in reply, said that long before Board Schools were established the clergy of the Church of England were doing their best to teach the people; and they olten had to sup- port the National Schools from their own meagrely-lined pockets. Elementary schools con- nected with the Church in Swansea had done, and were doing, a great deal for the education of the poor. His predecessor established them long be- fore he (the speaker) camo to tho town, and there were now 2,000 children educated in them everv day. Last year the grant obtained by the National Schools by examination was £2,000. Though he was a Churchman, and loved the Church as much as anyone, he felt that on very many points he was still at one with those whom he liked to call the Nonconforming members of the Church of England. (Applause.) The Rev. Dr. HEES said he had been a long time in Swansea, and he never heard that those in authority at the Grammar School endeavoured to make proselytes. He was glad to find that the in- stitution was prospering He trusted that it would, continue to prosper, and that by-and-bye Wales would show to greater advantage than it had ever shown before. The Welsh people had some talpnt among them, and that talent had in many in- stances made its way against the greatest difficulty. Some of those present knew that the editor of the largest encyclopedia ever published in any lan- guage was the son of a poor Dissenting minister from Swansea. With a University College, what would become of tho Welsh people ? He dared say that eminent Welsh- men would fill all the countries of the earth with their fame. (Laughter and applause.) Referring to the late Bishop of Llandaff, the rev. doctor remembered that he had some discussion with his lordship about 21 years ago upon the subject of Church and Dissent. They could not well agree, but he found the Bishop a thorough gentleman. He was a Christian in every sense of the word, and did not abuse an opponent because he could not agree with him. Sir HUSSEY VIVIAN gave "The Health of the Visitor" (Mr.Talbot). Mr. TALBOT, in replying, said that his noble friend, Lord Aberdare, and himself had been at issue upon this great subject of education, because, when speaking on the occasion of the distribution of prizes at Cowbridge some years ago, he made some remarks which his noble friend criticised, but after hearing the speech which Lord Aberdare had delivered that morning he had to say that he could endorse every word of it. There was not one word he objected to. He entirely agreed with everything which his noble friend had said, and he only wondered that he ever thought otherwise. One source of great satisfaction to him (Mr. Talbot) was the fact that in the Swansea Grammar School a great many more subjects than Latin and Greek were taught. They had that day heard six speeches in six different languages, and in all of them the speakers showed, at all events, that they understood the pronunciation of the words they delivered, which was a great thing in French and German. As to Greek he did not say any- thing, because he remembered reading out of a Greek book to a celebrated Greek scholar, and after he had done his listener, turning to him, said, I thought you were reading English." (Laughter.) It was a great satisfaction to know that in this school other things than the dead lan- guages were taught. When he was educated, be- ginning at a grammar school and ending at Oxford, it was all Greek and Latin and nothing else. What little mathematics he learnthe paid for out of his own pocket money—the school did not teach him. Ho had unusual opportunities, be- cause amongst his tutors he could enumerate men three of whom became bishops and one an arch- bishop. After acquiring these languages, he left college absolutely and totally ignorant of every- thing he ought to have known. He was born to possess a large landed estate, and when he came of age he found he knew nothing about farming, about the tenure of land, or of any modern language. Such things were not taught in those times. Ever since the time of his college days he had felt that the same disadvantage must be felt by some other persons, and hence it was a misunderstanding of his noble friend to suppose that he objected to the education of the lower classes. He did not object at all. The more educated, he said, the better but he felt diffident in this way where the education of the people ended, his difficulty began. Those young men who were so well educated and who could do nothing came to him and asked for a berth. Ho was sorry to say he was obliged to tell them he could do nothing for them. There was the great difficulty. Schoolmasters brought their pupils to a certain point, and then left them to shift for themselves. That was the great difficulty which ho had felt, and it made him rather dubious about the great advantages to all classes in the spread of education. Lord ABERDABE proposed the next toast, which was The Feoffees." He remarked that there was one unfortunate distinction with regard to the selection of feoffees, and that was that they must be burgesses of Swansea, but he thought they would agree with him that if Mr. Talbot had the power to go further afield he could not select ten gentlemen better fitted for the duties than those who discharged them at present. Mr. G. B. STRICK, in acknowledging the toast, said the feoffees had every confidence in the future of the school. He also spoke of the necessity for a house for the head-master. Mr. TALBOT proposed "The Head-Master and Assistant-Masters." In the course of his speech he gave expression to the hope that the proposed College for South Wales would be neither at Cardiff nor Swansea, because he was satisfied that quiet and repose were the two principal elements re- quired in the investigation of philosophic truth. Considering the work that had to be done in a University, he thought a busy commercial town was the worst place to which it could be taken. The Head-Master having returned thanks, The Rev. Dr. MORGAN proposed The Mayor and Corporation of Swansea." The MAYOR (Alderman Daniel), in reply, said the corporation took a great interest in everything con- nected with education, and at the present moment were doing all they could to get the College for South Wales located at Swansea. He intended, he said further on, to offer a prize to the Grammar School boys, to be called The Mayor's Prize," and he hoped future mayors would follow the example. He hoped the feoffees and head master would call upon every mayor to do so. (Applause). Sir JOHN JONES JENKINS, in proposing "The Visitors," said it was the custom of commercial people to underrate the utility of classics; and others went further, and spoke against science and art; but he thought the speeches they had heard that day must have convinced them that there was a great deal of use in those pursuits. Lord ABERDARE, in reply, said he had noticed froip personal observation the very great influence the study of classics had had upon statesmen. He remembered Lord Palmerston used to say that any man who was fit to be a Minister of one de- partment was fit to be a Minister of another. He meant that a man of real talent whose mind had been properly trained was fit to mlanypost. He had noticed in the Cabinet that men who had had the advantage of university education brought to bear upon subjects a systematic consideration, and were able to go to tho bottom of them to a. degree which those who had not received similar advan- tages were never able to attain. He always regarded with great deference anything which fell from his friend Mr. Talbot, to whom he had been in the habit of looking up in admiration, but he could not say that he agreed with him in his idea that the College should be placed in the country rather than in a large town. A great University in the middle ages was that of Paris, and in modern times they had great Scotch Universities in Aber- deen, Edinburgh, and Glasgow. Lieut.-Cclouel HUGHES proposed The Ladies," which was duly acknowledged, and the proceed- ings then terminated.
THE VACANT PEIMACY.
THE VACANT PEIMACY. THE APPOINTMENT OFFERED THE BISHOP OF TRURO. Our Truro correspondent telegraphs that Dr. Edward White Benson, Bishop of Truro, has received the offer of the Primacy, but has not yet accepted the appointment. He has taken time for consideration, and his reply is not expected to be given for two or three days. Dr. Benson was con- secrated first Bishop of tho new diocese of Truro on St. Mark's Day, 1877, and was installed in the parish church of St. Mary, which then became the pro-cathedral on the feast of St. Philip and St. James in the same year. His lordship brought with him from the Diocese of Lincoln a high reputation as an organiser and an educa- tionalist, and he very soon proved that his reputa- tion was well deserved. He promptly and vigorously commenced the organisation of the Church in Cornwall, which had suffered much from neglect, and was with some truth said to be only a sect in the county, Wesleyanism being the established Church. He first assembled the clergy of the Church and representative laity in the Diocesan Conference which met in October, 1877, and from his opening address to this conference we get an idea of the energy with which he had set about his work, and we learn, what has since been abundantly proved, that Dr. Benson was a Sacor- dotalist of pronounced views. To him the Estab- lished Church of England is the Catholic Church. He ignores the term Protestant as applied to the Church. But, though teaching extreme High Church doctrines, he has discountenanced Ritualistic practices, and his efforts have been directed to the promotion of peace and good-will between clergy and laity, and between Churchmen and Dissenters. In this he has ha.d a large measure of success. The Bishop of Truro, the Right Rev. Edward White Benson, D.D., is the son of Mr. Edward White Benson, Birmingham Heath, and formerly of York, and was born near Birmingham in 1829. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birming- ham, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he was successively Scholar and Fellow, and where he graduated B.A., in 1852, as a first-class in classical honours and Senior Chancellor's Medallist, obtaining also the place of Senior Optime in the Mathematical tripos. He graduated M.A. in 1855, B.D. in 1862. and D.D. in 1867. He was for some years an assistant-master in Rugby School, and he held the head-mastership of the Wellington College from its first opening in 1858 down to 1872, when he was appointed a canon residentiary and chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, having been a prebendary of the same cathedral for three years previously. He was a select preacher to the University of Cam- bridge (1864-71) and to the University of Oxford (1875-6). For several years he was examining chaplain to the Bishop of Lincoln. In December, 1876, he was nominated by the Crown, on the recommendation of the Earl of Beaconsfield, to the newly-founded Bishopric of Truro, and he received episcopal consecration in St. Paul's Cathedral April 25, 1877. The diocese, which was taken out of the diocese of Exeter, consists of the county of Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, and five parishes of Devonshire, constituting the Arch- deaconry of Cornwall; with the Church of St. Mary, Truro, as a cathedral. Dr. Benson has pub- lished Sermons preached in Wellington College Chapel," 1859; Sa\7rtcrei. A Memorial Sermon, "preached after the death of J. P. Lee, first Bishop of Manchester," 1870; Work, Friendship, Wor- ship," being three sermons preached before the University of Cambridge in 1871; "Boy-Life, its trial, its strength, its fulness. Sundays in Welling- ton College, 1859-72," Lond. 8vo., i874 besides numerous single sermons; and he is one of the contributors to The Speaker's Commentary on tho Bible." Dr. Benson married, in 1859, Mary, daughter of the late Rev. William Sidgwick, of Skipton, Yorkshire.
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FRANCE. J PARIS, DEC. 13.—Prince Krapotkine was arrestees yesterday at Thonon, but subsequently released onl parole. 1 MARSEILLES, DEC. 19 (Xronx).— A. riot took placal yesterday at La Crau between French and Italian' workmen, the cause being some frivolous dispute.) During the riot, which occurred in darkness, onoj Italian was killed, and four workmen grievously^ injured—two being French and two Italian. Sever* Italian workmen were arrested. PARIS, DEC. 20. — The Empress Eugenie hM instructed M. Rouher to inform the Marseilles municipality that she makes them a free gift off the property there claimed by her Majrsty. >- MM. Bontoux and Feder, managers of the Union Generale, were sentenced to five years imprisonment to-day. Latest bulletins hold out hopes of the speedy and complete restoration of M. Gambetta to health. It is officially confirmed that the Government intends £ to lay upon the table Votes of Credit for expedi- tions to Tonquin and Congo. The Temps publishes a telegram from Cairo, stating that the French Comptroller-General yesterday resumed his func- tions which he had practically abandoned for the past month. C
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EGtPT. CAIRO. DEC. 16.—Lord Dufferin lias laid before the Egyptian Government a scheme of reform for the native Courts of Justice. He proposes that European judges shall preside over the tribunals. ALEXANDRIA, DEC. 20.—Hassan Moussa El Akad, the alleged originator of the Alexandria massacres • Suleiman Bey Dasud, one of the incendiaries, an<i Said Bey Gandeel, Prefect of Alexandria at tho time of the massacres, arrived here to-day, and will be tried by court-martial to-morrow.
SWITZERLAND.
SWITZERLAND. GENEVA, DEC. 18.—One of the largest avalanches ever known in Western Switzerland fell a few days ago near Ormons Dessus, in Canton Vaud. It carried away several houses, piled up a mass of ica and snow 200ft.. thick, and covered three square kilometres of ground. Some of the ice blocks were 18ft. long. The inmates of the houses struck were got out safely.
INDIA.
INDIA. CAT.CUXTA, DEC. 16.—The Chitpore hvdraulic press has been partially destroyed by fire.
AMERICA.
AMERICA. NEW YORK, DEC. 17.—A boiler explosion has occurred at a farm implement factory at Canton, Illinois, causing the death of eight persons. NEW YORK, DEC. 18.—The poet Whittier cele- brated his 75th birthday yesterday at Boston. His health is good, and his mental vigour unimpaired. He says he does little literary work, and that no man ought to write much after 70, except perhaps Dr. Holmes, who ought to continue writing until he is a hundred.
CANADA.
CANADA. OTTAWA, DEC. 13.—It is understood that the Princess Louise has decided to pass the winter in Bermuda.
AUSTRALIA.
AUSTRALIA. SIDNEY, DEC. 19.—The appeal to the constituen- cies.a.gainst the rejection of the Land Bill by the Legislative Assembly has resulted unfavourably to the Government. The Ministry are expected to resign.
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TEE STATE OF IRELAND.. fr, SECRET ORGANISATIONS IN DUBLIN. STARTLING DISCLOSURES. The important private inquiry into the scope, extent, and objects of the secret organisation in Dublin which directed the Phoenix Park assassina- tion and the several murders and outrages that have been since committed in the city was resumed on Friday and Saturday (before Mr. Curran, Q.C.), at Dublin. Two persons, believed to be connected with recent murders, or attempted murders, are now generally spoken of as having turned informers, and re- vealed the plans of the conspiracy as far as they know of them; but the organisation, the Dublin correspondent of the Standard says, is one that, carefully guards its secrets, and when orders are issued to dispose of an obnoxious individual, or e-laya gentleman because he has fulfilled his duties to the realm, the selection of the murderers is made by draw." The result is that the assassins engaged in the crime may be wholly un-, known to each other, and the victim may have to be pointed out to them In the Irish Metropolis there are two secret organisations; one has for its object simply the overthrow of the Queen's Government, and its members would seek an opportunity for open fight if they saw any chance of success: the other consists of the more numerous and more dangerous class who, to accomplish their ends, aim at the representa-. tives of the Government, and seek by terrorising' citizens to paralyse the law. The communications made to the authorities by the informers have laid bare an extraordinary state of things, but the police and the entire Criminal Tt™ j.- t- partment are resolutely silent on the su€fe<n At the Dublin Commission Court on Saturday the jury, after an hour and a half's deliberation, found Thomas Higgins (.Tom) guilty of the murder^ of the Huddys in January last. Sentence of was passed. The prisoner protested his innocence in tho dock. At the Dublin Commission Court on Wednesday,, before Mr. Justice O'Brien, the trial of Michael Flynn, the third prisoner charged with the murder of Lord Ardilaun's bailiffs at Cloughbrack, on the 3rd of January last, was concluded. His lordship having summed up the case at considerables length, the jury retired, and after a deliberation of an hour returned a verdict of guilty. The prisoner, who had maintained a remarkably cool demeanour throughout the trial, then rose and protested his innocence. In a rambling statement he declared he was no more guilty than. any one of the jury, and said he was going before his God as willingly as if he was going home. His Lordship, in passing sentence of death, commented strongly upon the cruel nature of the crime, the' prisoner's crafty attempts to conceal his participa- tion in it, and expressed the opinion that it was ha who induced Patrick Higgms to assist in its com-, mission. His Lordship then ordered that the prisoner should be executed at Galway Gaol on January 17. The business of the Commission was then adjourned until Tuesday, January 2, when the other special cases will be tried. A Dublin telegram says:—A startling state of things is disclosed in a letter from the Rev. R. W. Gallagher, of Carrick, County Donegal. He states that absolute famine prevails there, that the people are living on Indian meal, and that the lives of 2,500 persons are in imminent danger. The situation is immediate relief or immediate death. The prisoner Westgato was removed on Monday from Bridewell-lane Police-Station to tho Castle in a cab, escorted by a few policemen. At the Castle he was brought before Mr. Keys, Q.C., and Mr.' Curran, Q.C., and an informal investigation was held. The Lord-Lieutenant and Chief Secretary, under two escorts, and followed by n. large number of detectives, drove into the Castla yard shortly after Westgate had. At the conclusion of the inquiry the prisoner was removed in custody to the Bridewell. In an interview with the "Central News" Dublin correspondent, Westgate denied having stated to the mate of the Gladstone that he was concerned in the Phoenix Park murders. He talked in a rambling, incoherent manner, but gave the im- pression of insanity being feigned. The general opinion in Dublin is that he knows nothing of the murders, but made the confession to get a free passage home. Our Claremorris correspondent says:—Accord- ing to a private letter received by a well-known Mayo Nationalist from an Australian friend, Clark, alias Lanty Morre, the informer who swore against Messrs. Weldon and M'Hugh as being implicated, in the murder cf Minor Young, J.P., at Castlerea, some three years ago, has bean shot dead while passing through a farm. Weldon and M'Hugh were tried at three different assizes on the capital charge. They spent a year and a half in prison before they were discharged at the Carrick-on- Shannon Assizer Weldon afterwards left the country, and M'Hugh, who still resides near Contorea, was imprisoned eighteen months under the late Coercion Act. Clark was sent out of ttf. country by the authorities. It transpired he was sent to Australia, and his death is attributed to the agency of some secret, society.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN FRANCE.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN FRANCE. THREE PERSONS KILLED AND MANY INJURED. ["REUTER'S" TELEGRAM.] PAntS, DEC. 18.—An explosion occurred at t,hre< o'clock this afternoon in a cartridge factory at Mont Valerien. It is stated that 30 women employed in thai place were seriously injured. PARIS, DEC. 19.—The explosion which took place yesterday at Mont Valerien has had more serious consequences than were at first anlicipated. Of the 30 victims eight have already died, and thera appears to be every probability that others will succumb.
FIGHTING- IN SOUTH AFRICA,
FIGHTING- IN SOUTH AFRICA, REPULSE OF THE BOERS. CAVES OF REFUGE BLOWN UP, [" STANDARD TELEGRAM.] DURBAN, DEC. 19.—Active fighting is still going on in the Transvaal against Mapoch. His caves ot refuge are being blown up with dynamite, and ths occupants killed. Circumstantial reports hero state that on the 11th instant the Boers, under Erasmus, attacked a» place near Potchefstroom Fort, but were driven; biMik with a loss of 40 of their Kaffirs killed and 3°\ wounded. It now appears that the report of Mampoer's capture was premature.
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How TO "lAKE A CHRISTMAS PUDDING.—Take three-quarters of a pound of flour, a large teaspoonful of Berwick's Gold Medal Baking Powder, two ounces ot bread crumbs, a pound and a half of suet, two pounds o. raisins, one pound of currants, ten ounces of sugar, twoi ounces of almonds, one pound of mixed candied peel. salt and spice to taste, mix ingredients well together, and add six eggs well beaten, half a pint of old ale andt one quartern ol brandv T)ivide in two, and boil eigbft I hours