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EOYAL CONSPIEACY IN FliANCE. « THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND IEN ENROLLED AND ARMED. PARIS, JAN. 20.—Full confirmation has been re- vived of the statements published yesterday of .he existence of Royalist plots to secure the resto- ation of the Monarchy. The subject is to be 3ub- nitted to the Chamber, and arrangements havo 5een made to crush mercilessty any attempt at an outbreak. The Orleans Family hold a council to-day it the house of the Due d'Aunmle. The Extreme Left will insist upon their dismissal from all posts aeld by them in the army. The Bonapartist Deputies have issued a protest tgainst the arrest of Prince Napoleon, and demand- ing an appeal to the people. PAIHS, JAN. 23 (MORNING).—Republicans blame the hmpress Eugenie for choosing the present moment for visiting Paris, while many Bona- partists consider it ill-advised, as being likely to exasperate the deputies who favour extreme measures and to ensure the voting of M. Floquet's Bill by moderate men. The Empress herself has declared that she comes to show sympathy with Prince Napoleon and make a family manifesta- .ion. The present Government, she says, she gnores. [FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.] PARIS, JAN. 23 (7 P.M.).—About one thousand alls were made upon the ex-Empress Eugenie at the hotel to-day, and about as many cards and bouquets were leftby ardent adherents of the Bonapartist cause. The Daily Neves. Paris correspondent telegraphs: —It is perfectly true that the Legitimist Colonel Charette. aided by M. Baudry d'Asson and others, has organised in Western France, from Finisterfe to Tours, 32 legions of 1,000 men each, and has made a commencement of arming them. Six hundred horses now stationed in different chateaux have been purchased as a. nucleus for the insurgent cavalry. The recruits are enlisted in the name of a Catholic Alliance, and wear a little cross as a rallying signal. It is said that the conspirators have at a bank in London fifteen millions of francs. I his is no canard, but the result of a Government inquiry. The adepts have been enrolled in great jart after invitations to shooting parties in aristo- cratic chateaux. The police report as certain that Colonel Charette has at this moment in Pans 1,500 Pontifical Zouaves fully armed.

RESIGNATION OF THE FRENCH MINISTRY. [" CENTRAL NEWS" TELEGRAM.1 PARIS, JAN. 23 (3.15 P.M.).—The Ministry have resigned. The sitting of the Chamber has been -uapended one hour in consequence. The new Ministry will in all likelihood be composed of M Ferry, a few of the present Ministry, and the re- mainder of Gambettists. PARIS, JAN. 24 (MORNING).—The Ministerial crisis is at an end for the present, the Ministers paving, at the urgent request of M. Grevy, with- drawn their resignations. The difficulty, however, is only temporarily averted.

FRANCE AND MADAGASCAR. ["CENTRAL NKWS" TELEGRAM.] TOCLON, JAN. 23 (MOHNISG).-1 am assured that the war vessel Flore, bearing the flag of Admiral Pierre, has been placed in readiness to proceed to Madagascar at a moment's notice. It is further fiated that instructions are now being prepared for the admiral's direction. This tends to show that France has not abandoned her claims in respect to Madagascar. According to the last mail from Madagascar a report has reached Antananarivo that the French commandant at Nossi had hoisted the French fho- on a smail island lying off the north-west coasts distance south of Nossi Be. It was also stated .hat ho was endeavouring to enlist Satalavas, and hat he was arming them. It was stated also that he French had seriously tampered with the loyalty Jf one of the smaller Satalava tribes, which had iot very long ago sent a deputation to the Queen ■o express their attachment to her Government. "hese occurrences took place before the news of he rupture in Paris between the Malagasy Cnvoys and the French Government had had time (I reach the isiarfd.

1 nSASTROLJS FIRE ITRUSSIA. LOSS OF LIFE. ("EXCHANGE COMPANY'S TELEGRAM. ) VIENNA, JAN. 24.—News has been received here J uf a disastrous fire at Nikolaieff, in Russia. The whole centre of the town has been destroyed. The damage is enormous, and there has been some oss of life, the extent of which had not been ascer- ained when the telegram left.

DEATH OF PRINCE CHARLES OF GERMANY. BUIFLIN, JAN. 21.—Prince Charles, brother of the /.mpeior, who has been indisposed for some time last, became seriously* ill yesterday, and during ast night the worst was apprehended. The Prince •allied slightly this morning, but relapsed after J nid-Jay, and died shortly before two o'clock. The \nipciov and Empress partook of the Sacrament with the dying man.

LORD GRANVILLE'S NOTE. (FROM OrèR CORRESPONDENT.] VARNA, JAN. 24.—I learn from trustworthy sources at Slamboul that the Palace at the present moment manifests complete apathy regarding Lord rranville's Note on the Egyptian Question. The Porte is still undecided about replying, and in- tends waiting apparently until the opinions of the Powers have been declared, though certain of the Ministers are in favour of rejecting the British pro- posals, and thus provoko a European Conference. The representatives of the Central Powers of Europe are, however, using their influence to dissuade the Porte from adopting such a line of policy, pointing out that Turkey has nothing to gain, but, perhaps, much to lose. if the whole question were Te-opened in that way.

THE DESTRUCTION OF A CIRCUS IN RUSSIA. (""RKUTEK'S" TELEGRAM.] ST. PETERSBURG, JAN. 20.—The Emperor has .1ade a donation of 4,000 roubles in aid of the (sufferers by the recent fire at Berditscheff and of the families of those who perished in the catas trophe. [FROM OUR COBRESPONDENT. ] Sr. PETERSBURG, JAN. 21.—The later intelligence from Kiel gives further confirmation of the terrible catastrophe. During the first day or two after the circus fire 280 corpses were interred, of which 70 belonged to the Orthodox Church. GO were Catholics, and iso Jews. In consequence of the sudden demand for so large a number of coffins, the price was raised to a startling extent, the undertakers not scrupling to take advantage of the misfortunes of their neighbours. Instead of the usual price of seven roubles being asked a .•offin, 40 roubles were demanded. Theconsequence was that, as many of the victims were unidenti- fied, and as the surviving relatives of others were too poor to pay such large sums, three corpses were put into one coffin. It was noticed that in the greater number of cases the heads of the bodies were burned, which proved that the victims perished standing. All the performers were ved except two equestrians. Only two horses were saved. The inquiry into the disaster showed hat the fire originated in a heating apparatus used lor warming the boxes. The only means of exit from the stables was a narrow gallery, not more than a few feet wide, and only divided from a loft full of hay by an oilcloth partition. The firemen instead of being at their posts were in the waliery among the spectators watching the perfor- es,

THE DUBLIN CON SPIRACY. MAGISTERIAL INQUIRY. EXTRAORDINARY REVELATIONS. PLOT TO ASSASSINATE MR. FORSTER. Anything more startling than the state-1 ments made at the magisterial examination of the 21 persons charged with con-1 spiracy to murder, held in Dublin on Saturday, could hardly have been conceived. Mr. George Keys, Q.C., and Mr. Woodlock were the magistrates appointed to conduct the in- vestigation, and they took their seats on the bench of the Northern Police Court shortly before one o'clock, and a little while afterwards Mr. C. J. O'Donel, chief magistrate, also took a seat on the bench. The court and its precincts were crowded, but great care was exercised in the admission of the public, most of the occupants of the building beingpolicemenand detectives in plain clothes. The prisoners placed in the dock are twenty in number, Farrell, the informer," being the twenty-first. Most of the prisoners were repre- sented bv solicitors, Mr. Gerald Bvrne, Mr. J. J. Walsh, Mr. M'Cure, and Mr. J. B: Killen, Q.C., being tho professional gentlemen engaged. The Crown was represented by Mr. Murphy, Q C.; Mr. Peter O'Brien, Q.C., and Mr. Bolton and Mr. S. L. Annerson, Crown Solicitors. Mr. Murphy then called Robert Farrell, a young man of not more than 30 years of age. He deposed in his evidence that he was a Dublin man, and his appearance bore out his claim to Irish parentage, although his face lacked the frank and open ex- pression with which it is common to associate the Hibernian character. He was very well dressed for a man in his condition of life, a. labourer, and from the manner in which he gave his evidence was possessed of more than ordinary intelligence. In answer to Mr. Murphy he deposed that he was bom and reared in the City of Dublin, and up to the present timehad been following the occupationof a labourer. About seven years ago he was sworn in as a member of the Fenian Brotherhood. He did not recollect all the words of the oath he then took, but he swore to obey the commands of his superior officers with the true spirit of a soldier. He was sworn in by Joseph Flood, and the first place in which he attended a meeting was in a lane- way off Crow-street. The next place of meeting was at 49, York-street, and after that at 10, Peter-street. At these meetings there was money collected for the purchase of arms. The witness identified each of the prisoners in the dock as being acquainted with them, and deposed that he had seen all of them at various times, with the exception of Peter Carey, Peter Doyle, and Edward M'Caffrey, at the meetings of the members. Subscriptions were paid by the members of the organisation. There was Id. per week civil money for expenses, and all members in employment were expected to pay 3d. per week for arms. Sometimes the arms used to be given out before they were paid for. Breechloading Sniders used to be supplied, as well as revolvers. As a rule. the C.'s" of each company used to collect the money and hand it to his B." The B." was over the C.'s" in the circle. Daniel Curley re- presented there were eight or nine B.'s" in Peter- street, where witness was. Daniel Curley was the centre. The B.'s" used to be elected by the rank and file. Bartley Kirke was first secretary to Curley. Then he was succeeded by a man named Lynch, and he was in turn succeeded by Joseph Brady, one of the accused. He was the present secretary. In Peter's-row, Edward Rourke, who is now in America, used to drill members, and after- wards a man named Whitset used to do so. They remained in Peter-street about two years, and then went to a. place in Cuffe-lane, where the heads of the circles were Daniel Curley and Andrew Cullen. the two circles each met on Sundays, but on diffe- rent nights during the week. A civil inspec- tion took place of the circle to which witness be- longed about three and a half years ago at 55, Bolton-street, by John Devoy. The prisoner James Mullett occupied the chair on the occasion. A military inspection took place at 10, Peter-street, held by a Colonel Millar, or Milne. John Devoy said at the civil inspection that he came from America to ascertain how the people of Ireland stood so far as regarded the Stephenite party, and the council was supposed to be under the direc- tion of a number of men. The Stephenite party were under Mr. Stephens's dictation solely. The men in the council party had the election of their own representatives on the council. So far as concerned the Stephens party, Stephens had the sole dictation. They were in the appointment of their officers independent of the Stephens party. While Daniel Curley was witness's centre he asked witness to become a member of the inner circle, saying that they were the chosen pien of the organisation. Curley further told him that the employment of the inner circle was toasssassi- nate Government officials. That occurred about eighteen months ago. Curley said that persons attached to the inner circles would not know one another, but would only know who was on their right or left. He told witness that he was wit- ness's right, and gave witness the privilege to introduce another to be his left. He had seen Peter Carey, Peter Doyle, and Edward M'Caffrey at other places with members of the organisation, but not at those places which had been named. Witness remembered on one occasion meeting Daniel Curley by appointment on Elliss's Quay, when he found also Timothy Kelly, Joseph Brady, Wm. Moroney, John Dwyer. and Thomas Dwyer, and they were divided into groups along Elliss's Quay and Pem- broke Quay. Curley told him to stop the Chief Secretary's carriage on the bridge, and said that Kelly and Joe Brady would do the remainder. He saw a carriage pass after that, but did not know it, so he did not stop it. He thought he heard Peter Doyle say afterwards that "it was all up." Witness had a revolver that day which he got from Curley, who gave him in- structions to be at the corner of John-street by four o'clock or half-past four the same evening. Witness went and saw the same parties he saw In the morning. Curley was there, and witness under- stood from him that there was a cab with a white I horse coming in front of the Chief Secretary's carriage, that the cab would turn into John-street, and that the Chief Secretary would be attacked on the quay. The cab came with two men in it. One, a low-sized man, named Roukle, said the cab con- taining the Chief-Secretary had gone on. Joseph Brady and Tim Kelly were there. Brady here called out from the dock, You are a liar." Witness, continuing, said he and Kelly and Brady then got into the cab and followed the Chief Secretary's cab along the quays and into the Park. They saw it turn down to the Lord-Lieutenant's Lodge, and it passed inside the gate. They then turned back, left the cab on the Quays, and parted at Dunne's on Arran Quay. That was about the latter end of March or the beginning of April. Witness remembered a man named M'Mahon being shot in Dorset-street, and this event was on the Monday bpfore that. On the Tuesday or Wednesday following he had a conversation with Moroney, when the latter told him that M'Mahon was on the quays that morn- ing, and that the revolver went off accidentally. About ten days or a fortnight after the Elliss Quay meeting he went to Brunswick-street, and saw several of the prisoners there, and on two nights a cab with a white horse came up. James Carey was in the cab, and Daniel Curley went up and spoke to him. On the day of the Phoenix Park murders witness met Lawrence Hanlon about one o'clock, who told him that Jon Brady and the re- mainder of the boys were below at Wren's, in Dame-street. Witness proceeded there, when Joe Brady asked him what time he would be off work. Witness said not till half-past seven, and Brady said that would be too late, but. did not say for what it would be too late. Witness then left Brady and went to his work. Witness had received directions, sometimes by word of mouth, and sometimes in writing, from Joe Mullett, who wrote to him ill the name of Salmon for" centre meetings, and in the name of Fisher for "inner circle" meetings. The inner circle was the assassination club. He had a letter from him on the night that Judge Lawson was attacked. He met Delaney about half-past one on that day, and he asked witness if he had heard anything strange. Witness said he had not, when Delaney said he would not bo long so. Delaney appeared to witness to have something weighing on his mind. Witness did not see Delarwy again, but he saw Joe Hanlon on the Sunday at the club, 51, York-street. Hanlon told witness that he was with Pat Delaney on the previous Saturday even- ing, and that he said to him (Hanlon), "I have my mark before me," and that Delaney then left him. Witness recollected hearing of the attack on Mr. Field on that Sunday. On the Thursday or Friday before the witness was at a "Centres'Meeting" in Aungier-street, at which Joe Mullett, who was the chairman of the Directory of the City of Dublin, presided. Witness met Mullett at York-street again on the Sunday, and the latter asked witness to meet him on the following Monday at four o'clock. The witness told him that he-would not see him, and Mullett then said"If you don'tsee me at four o'clock, I will meet you at half-past four." Witness knew what that meant, and, therefore, on those conditions promised to meet Mullett on the Monday. Witness met Mullett at Kennedy's in Duke-street. They were joined by Joseph Dwyer, Lawrence Hanlan, and a man named Molloy Lawrence. Witness met Daniel Curley, who gave him a re- volver, and told him there would be a scuffle near the chapel, and that if the policeman on duty near there came up, and if he thought he was going to arrest any of the parties, witness was to shoot him. If, however, witness considered he was not going to arrest them he was not to interfere. Mullett gave Molloy an envelope which witness believed was addressed W. G. Barrett." Mullett was to hand the letter to Mr. Barrett, "a special juror," and, so far as witness could understand, Molloy was then to attack him. Wit- ness remained at Westland-row from five t'clock until twenty minutes past six, when he got leave from Mullett to return to his horse and cart at Kevin-street. Last Friday week witness met Hanlon in Hynes's public-house in Aungier- street, and showed Hanlon a summons he had re- ceived charging him with participation in the attack on Mr. Field. Witness remarked that the Government could not be in possession of much information, as they were bringing a false charge against him. Hanlon then said to witness that on that night (November 29) he met Dr. Neal, Delaney, Joe Brady and Tim Kelly in West- moreland-street. Joe Brady went on an outside car to North Frederick-street, he himself (Hanlon) walked beside Mr. Field, and Tim Kelly went in front of Mr. Field, and when he (Hanlon) came to North Frederick-street he took out a white hand- kerchief in order that he might be known to Brady. Hanlon then said Brady caught hold of Mr. Field. Joe bjftw.at hiitt with an umbreUa) md ho then knocked down Mr. Field and stabbed I him several times. Three men were in the road and | one wanted to interfere. The others would not let him. Hanlon then said Brady and Kelly jumped on the car, and that Kelly lost his hat. Then Hanlon said that the driver of the car was Miles Kavanagh, Townsend-street. On Monday the hearing of the summons against Mr. Wm. O'Brien for the publication in United Ireland of an alleged false, malicious, and seditious libel, in the shape of an article, entitled Accusing Spirits," was resumed in the Dublin Police Court. Mr. James Murphy, Q.C., and Mr. Peter O'Brien, Q.C. (instructed by Mr. Murphy), appeared for the Crowil; Mr. A. M. Sullivan and Mr. Taylor (in- structed by Mr. Maurice Healy) defended Mr. O'Brien, who was in attendance, having come up from Mallow by the night mail train. The prisoner was committed for trial,Jbail being accepted. Eight o'clock on Tuesday morning saw Sylvester Poff and James Barrett suffer the extreme penalty of the law within the precincts of Tralee Gaol. Knots of people, principally youngsters, assembled outside the gaol and in the surrounding fields to witness the raising of the black flag, which took place a few minutes past eight, and was announced to those who had not managed to see it by the screams of some relatives of the prisoners. The executions were private. The men walked firmly to the scaffold, accompanied by Father O'Riordan, the chaplain to the gaol. Marwood was the exe- cutioner. The following statements in writing were left by the convicts in their respective cells I when they proceeded to execution:- Dying declaration of James Barrett:—I declare solemnly before God and my judge I did not murder Brown." 1 had no hand in the murder, and I don't know who did it. I never had anything to do with any murder or outrage I never injured a haii'in a man's head. God forgive those who swore away our lives. I forgive them, and I hope God will forgive me my sins.—JAS. BARRETT." Dying declaration of Sylvester Poff:—I am going to die. I am about to appear before my God and my judge, and I'declare most solemnly in His presence and before heaven and earth that 1 am innocent of the murder of Thomas Brown, and of any other murder or outrage. I had nothing to do with the murder of Brown, and I don't, know who did it. I forgive all those who brought me to all this. I hope God will forgive them, and have mercy on my soul and provide for my poor family. God help them.—SYLVESTER POFF." A telegram from Sligo says:—Reports of deaths from starvation in the Island of Innismurray have reached this town. The island is a small over- crowded one, five miles from the mainland, and forms part of the Palmerston property. We are informed that the Assassination Organi- sation, whose existence has been exposed by the informer Farrell at the Dublin trials, has not had the sanction, and existed without the knowledge, of the director of the Irish Revolutionary Organi- sation, although many members of the latter would seem to be connected with it. A party of Marines were on duty on Wednesday morning in Gardiner-street, Dublin, when they were startled by the report of a pistol shot. Im- mediately afterwards an individual, whose name has not transpired, reported that he had been fired at by a man who took flight, and. as he supposed, took refuge in a house near. The house was at once surrounded by the Marines, who, having knocked up the caretaker, proceeded to make a search of the premises, which proved fruitless in discovering the would-be assassin. On Wednesday judgment was delivered in the Court of Queen's Bench, on the application of the Crown, that Messrs. T. M. Healy, M.P., Michael Davitt, and J. P. Quinn be required to give suffi- cient sureties to be of good behaviour towards her Majesty the Queen and all her Majesty's subjects, and that in default they be committed to prison, for certain speeches which they had delivered at public meetings in November last. Mr. Davitt and Mr. Quinn were in attendance. Mr. Healy, M.P., was not present. The court consisted of the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Lawson, and Mr. Justice Barry. The Lord Chief Justice said the court had agreed that the objection raised to their having no juris- diction was not valid, and the only point that re- mained was whether the speeches were inflam- matory or not. Passages from Michael Davitt's speech appeared to him to amount to an open attempt to procure legislation by the threat of a treasonable insurrection, and approached very nearly to an open and advised speaking which would bring the utterer within the operation of the Treason Felony Act of 1848. Other passages recommended that rents payable to the owners of land should not be paid to those entitled, but should be confiscated. He did not think it necessary for him to characterise such language, particularly having regard to the recent unhappy history of this country. It was true that it was foolish and absurd. It was very im- probable that any such insurrection would take place, nor could they apprehend that this advice, as to non-payment of rent, would now be followed. But its folly and absurdity did not excuse its wickedness, and, in his opinion, its use, to say the very least of it, brought Michael Davitt clearly within the jurisdiction of the court. Mr. Healy's speech was clearly and grossly seditious, and that uttered by Quinn was of a similar character. Mr. Justice Lawson, in concurring, remarked that the speeches complained of far transcended the limits of just comment upon public affairs. Michael Davitt advised the people not to pay any rent from November to May unless Mr. Gladstone would comply with Mr. Davitt's requirements as to the disposition of the funds of the British tax- payers. He would not sully his lips by reading the concluding words of that address, but he would say that more blasphemous or abominable language never proceeded from the mouth of man. (Sensa- tion.) Mr. Healy described the British Govern- ment in Ireland as a system of land piracy, and in no ambiguous terms he advised his hearers not to pay the judicial rents any more than the former rents. They might well ask how was it possible that the Government could be carried on, that peace be preserved, or her Majesty's subjects be protected from outrage and assassination if such meetings and speeches were allowed to pass unchecked. Mr. Quinn's speech was to the same effect, and very little less violent than those of his companions. Mr. Justice Barry also concurred, and the Lord Chief Justice then said: The order of the court be that Michael Davitt and Thomas Healy do enter into sureties by recognisance, themselves in £1,000, and sureties in an equal sum. These sureties may- be either two, or three, or four, but the sureties will be for that amount. But with respect to Patrick Quinn, our order is that he do enter into his own recognisance in the sum of £500, with two sureties in £250. The conditions of each recognisance will be to be of good behaviour for the space of twelve months, and if the sureties be not given it will be the duty of the court to commit the respondents to prison for six months, or until they will comply with the order and give these securities. Captain Gibbins's foxhounds and the County Limerick Club met on Wednesday at Ballintrana, near Rathkeare. When the dogs were taken to draw a fox in the first field eight of their number were poisoned, and the hunt had to be abandoned.

IHILISU IN RUSSIA ST. PETERSBURG (Ûà INSTERBCKG), JAN. 22.— Intelligence, which throws a startling light upon the ramifications of the Nihilist conspiracy in Russia, has just reached here from Vladimir, in the government of Volhynia. It appears that several persons occupying high social and official positions in tho district have recently received a number of threatening letters signed by the Socialist Com- mittee.

RAILWAY OUTRAGE IN AMERICA. A FIGHT WITH ROBBERS. The Xew York correspondent of the Standard telegraphs:—A dozen mounted masked men seized a station on the Central Pacific Railway, in Nevada, locked up the employes, and switched an approaching train into a side-track. The object of the attack was the robbery of treasure in the ex- press car. The messenger within resisted the attack, and 30 shots were exchanged. After the messenger had been wounded the robbers made a fire under the car but being finally alarmed they fled, baffled in their efforts to obtain the booty. Twenty persons pursued them in a special train. The passengers were not molested.

TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN AMERICA. FIFTEEN PERSONS KILLED. XRW YORK, JAN. 20.-Yesterday the overland express from San Francisco, on the Southern Pacific Railway, parted on a steep incline near Los Angelos. One part rushed over an embankment at the bottom of the gradient. Fifteen persons were killed and fourteen injured. The debris of the carriages caught tire. NEW YOUK, JAN. 21.—Further particulars of the accident to the overland express train near Los Angelos report that eighteen passengers and two porters were killed. The Los Angelos train had ascended a steep gradient with two engines, and while one of the latter was being detached the train became uncontrollable and dashed down the gradient, causing the terrible catastrophe already reported. Two sleepingcarsand three other carriages were burned. The victims, who were wedged in the debris and unable to extricate themselves, were slowly burned to death before the eyes of the survivors. Seventeen charred bodies have up to the present been recovered, but others are still missing. Mr. Downey, the ex-Governor of California, was badly injured, and his wife was killed. NEW YORK, JAN. 22.—From later intelligence re- ceived here respecting the Los Angelo" railway disaster, it appears that 21 persons were killed, eleven of the bodies being burned beyond recogni- tion.

THE EMPRESS EUGENIE. CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM. ) PARIS, JAN. 24 (9.35 A.M.)—The Empress Eugenie, accompanied by M. Rouher, has just left her hotel for the Northern Railway Station, on her way to London. The time of her departure had been kept a. accret, and consequently there was no crowd in the streets as her carriage drove away. The train leaves at ten. The Empress Eugenie arrived at Farnborough on Wednesday evening. The special representa- tive of the Central News had an interview with her Majesty during her passage through London. The Empress referred to the various reports which have been published concerning her stay in Paris, and said that her visit was one of familv sympathy to the Princess Clothilde. She had neither seen or written to Prince Napoleon, nor had she attempted to do so either. Many of the statements which appeared in the French papers were untrue. Her Majesty said she had received no communication of any kind from the French Government, and had not received any hint that her departure from the city was necessary. She had returned to London I after having accomplished the object of her journey, and without having altered bar projected arrangements in the least.

THE SINKING OF AN OCEAN STEAMER. LOSS OF OVER THREE HUNDRED LlVES. A TERRIBLE SCENE. HAMBURG, JAN. 20. — The Hamburg-American Company's steamship Cimbria, while on her way from Hamburg to New York, came into collision on Friday morning with the steamer Sultan, off Borkum. The Cimbria sank soon afterwards. One of her boats. with 39 persons on board, has arrived at Cuxhaven, and six steamers have put to sea in search of her remaining boats. HAMBURG, JAN. 21 (3.30 P.M.).—The Cimbria sus- tained such severe injuries in the collision as to render it apparent she. must sink almost immedi- ately. Ord werejgiven to lower the boat! but owing to the vesscllleeling over it was found diffi- cult to lower on one side, and absolutely impos- sible on tho other. Seventeen persons succeeded in reaching the Weser Lighthouse. The total number known to be saved up to the present is fifty-six, including the second, third, and fourth officers, the second engineer, two assistant-engi- neers, the chief steward, three quartermasters, two between-deck stewards, and ten seamen. The Sultan has sustained severe damage. CBXHAVKN, MONDAY, 4 P.M.—Up to this time, besides the 39 passengers saved from the Ill-fated ship Cimbria. only sixteen passengers and one fire- man are known to have been rescued. These make the Lotal saved 56, and it is feared that but few others have escaped. Steamers are still cruising around the scene, but those who have re- turned bring no further tidings of the missing. I LLOYD'S TELEGRAM. ] HAMBURG, MONDAY, 1.46 P.M. The steamer Cimbria has sunk in 90ft. of water. She sank within fifteen minutes after the collision. Four boats set out, but one capsized. Of the three left one, with 39 persons, landed at Cuxhaven, the second, with seventeen persons, was picked up and landed at Breinerhaven the third is still missing. There were 380 passengers on board. The captain and all the rest of the crew and passengers are probably drowned. The steamers searching have not yet returned. The Sultan is here damaged above the water line. TELE«RAM.J HAMBURG, MONDAY. The sixteen passengers and fireman .of the Cim- bria rescued by the Daimant arrived here this afternoon. When their boat capsized they sought refuge in such of the rigging as w.as above water, where they remained ten hours. They affirm they could then see the lights of the Sultan, and that their cries must have been heard. BERLIN, JAN. 23.The cost of the losses of steamers belonging to the Hamburg Lloyd Com- pany during the last four months, including those of the Cimbria, Lotharingia, and Herder, is esti- mated at four millions of marks. [LLOYD'S TELEGRAM.] HAMBURG, JAN. 24.—The Bavaria has arrived from Havre and has cruised near the wreck of the Cimbria, and found no trace of any survivors. Four tugs sent out from here returned likewise without success. Rumour says that Capt. Hansen, of the Cimbria, had been brought to London by a passing vessel. The Central News says the master and officers of the Sultan are still under arrest at Hamburg, and if criminal proceedings are pursued against them the German courts will probably have to determine the same question as to jurisdiction as was heard in the Knglish courts in the case of the Franconia. This will be a technical point of law. We hear that Captain Cuttell, of the Sultan, who is an old and experienced officer, contends and writes that he is entirely free from blame, and that the collision was wholly the fault of those in charge of the Cimbria. As to the liability of the owners of either vessel, it is by German law limited to the value of the vessel held to blame for the collision and her freight, so that although, as we hear, the Sultan has been arrested for £25,000, the claims upon her cannot exceed £10,000, which is the value of the ship. She is fully insured, and the loss will, therefore, fall on her underwriters— that is assuming that she should be found in default. The value of the Cimbria is larger, and the sum payable by her owners will, therefore, be greater if she has been in fault. We believe that legal proceedings are to be taken by each party against the other to determine this question. A Press Association telegram says:—The re- port. that Captain Hansen, of the Cimbria, had been picked up by a passing vessel and taken to London, up to eight o'clock last night had not been confirmed. A Standard telegram, dated Berlin, January 23, says:—Seventeen more of the shipwrecked per- sons who were still clinging to the masts of the Cimbria have been picked up by the ship Diamond, and eight more have been landed at Borkum. Of the eight boats three have been saved, two capsized, another was shattered by the collision, and two have not been heard of. The number of the saved now amounts to 64. The Cimbria left Hamburg for New York on the 17th inst. Had she not got aground on the Elbe Bank, and been delayed 24 hours, she would have passed the fatal spot, north of the Island of Borkum, the night before the Sultan came near it. Captain Hansen appears to have perished with his ship. In October last the Hamburg-American Mail Packet Company lost the Herder off the foggy coast of Newfoundland, and not a. vestige has been seen of the Lotharingia, which disappeared on her return voyage from the West Indies. An eye witness, a cabin passenger, named Wegett, relates that, being in his berth like all the other passengers, his attention was attracted by the slower movement of the engiues, and the con- tinued sound of the steam whistle. Then followed a dreadful shock. Fearing the worst had happened he rushed on deck, awakening the fellow passen- ger in his cabin. He found the first officer. Herr Carlowa, occupied in lowering the boats. He ran back to the cabin, fetched a life beit, and re- turned on deck. There he found all the passen- gers, and the seamen fractically endeavouring to lower the boats. This was not possible, as the ship had heeled over on ono side. One boat was lowered and capsized immediately. The sepond one also capsized, and all the inmates, cwefly women, were drowned. He asked the first officer what to do. The officer replied that all was lost. Save yourself," he added, if possible, in the shrouds. He urged as many passengers as possible to go up the rigging and helped them, but most of them were quite bewildered, and others nearly frantic. One of the six Red Indians returning to their wigwams, having been at the Zoological Gardens in Berlin, brandished his tomahawk against the officer and had to be dis- armed. The yelling, crying, and tumult were indescribable. One married couple cut their throats in order to die together. The steamer Sultan was seen for about an hour. It lowered one boat, but it did not come near the Cimbria, perhaps because it was afraid of being drawn down by the fast sinking ship. The sea washed all over her. The first officer, Herr Carlowa, disappeared be- neath the waves doing his duty, and many of the passengers with him. Life belts had been distributed, but the coldness of the water chilled many to death. High up, perched in the rigging, there were with me some 25 persons, and under them the ship's surgeon, who encouraged us with the hope that the Sultan would rescue us. The first engineer showed Bengal lights until the sea washed him away. Then, in the deep darkness and with the tyick fog around us, the cold became insupportable. Several of those in the rigging became delirious, and let go their hold. The surgeon leaped, at eight o'clock in the morning, into the waves to make an end of it, as he said. The sea rose higher, and the limbs of those in the under shrouds be- came swollen and stiff by the perpetual straining and cold. "At about ten o'clock we sighted," concludes the narrator, the Bremen barque Diamant, Captain Haesloop, who saw us, lowered a boat, and saved the seventeen remaining, but with great difficulty. The Cimbria sank in ten minutes after the collision." Captain Cuttell, in a letter to the owners of his vessel, Messrs. Bailey and Leetham, Hull, says:— I am sorry to have to inform you that I met with a serious accident—collision—eastward of the Borkum with the Hamburg steamer Cimbria, bound to New Yarmouth with passengers. The accident happened on Friday morning, at 1.15, in a dense fog. I am sorry to say, as far as it is ascertained, there will be a great many lives lost from the Cimbria, but what concerns us the most is that we have done our duty, and are not to blame for the collision. Having sighted the masthead and the green light on our starboard bow we, of course, starboarded our helm to prevent a collision, but he immediately ported hi helm and came acr08S our bows. Our ship is completely broken up forward. The fore compart- ment is full of water, in tact the collision bulk- head saved the ship from foundering."

THE SWANSEA FORGERY CASE. PRISONER COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. At the Swansea Police Court on Monday (before the Stipendiary and other magistrates), John Cole, 42, labourer, Llansamlet, was charged on remand with forging two cheques with intent to defraud Mr. Anne Hopkins, a widow, living at Newport, Pembrokeshire. Mr. George Sydney Davies prose- cuted, and Mr. Wyndham Lawrence defended. From the opening statementof Mr. Daviesit appears that Mrs. Hopkins is entitled to an annuity of 7s. a week under the will of her late husband. The prisoner and another man, named Rees, were joint trustees with Mrs. Hopkins under the will, and it was arranged between them that the annuity should be paid quarterly. The money which produced the annuity was in the Glamorgan- shire Bank at Swansea. The cheques were always drawn by the prisoner, and sent to Mrs. Hopkins to sign. Sometimes they were signed by the prisoner and Rees before they were ent to her, and sometimes she signed them first. They were always returned to prisoner, who took them to the bank, cashed them, and remitted the money to Mrs. Hopkins by Post-office order. Last October prisoner made out a cheque for the quar- terly instalment of £.4 lis., and sent it to Mrs. Hopkins, who signed it and returned it to him. When prisoner presented it at the bank it had been altered to JE14 11s., and that amount was paid. Prisoner sent the £4 lis. to Mrs. Hopkins and kept the balance. In June prisoner altered another ehefue from JE4 14s. to £40 141., and this cheque was cashed notwithstanding the fact that it read fourty fourteen shillings," the word pounds being omitted and the u" in four having been left in. As evidence of the prisoner's intention to defraud, Mr. Davies mentioned that in September he got another cheque for £4 14s. signed by the three trustees, and then tried to alter it to £40 14s. He failed to do this, and in trying to remove the ty" he spoiled the cheque. He then wrote to Mrs. Hopkins saying he liad lost the cheque, and asking her to sign another. This soiled cheque was found in his possession when he was arrested. Evidence bearing out Mr. Davies's statement having been given, the prisoner was committed for trial at the assizes.

I rRE SEE OF LLANDAFF. LETTER FROM ARCHDEACON LEWIS. PULPIT REFERENCES TO THE NEW BISHOP. SERMON BY THE DEAN. TO THE EDITOR. Sm,-Will you allow me, through the medium of your paper, to convey my heartfelt thanks to the many kind friends, personally known and un- known to me, who at this moment of extreme anxiety have sent me such precious words of sympathy, and to assure them that as soon as time will allow they shall, each of them, receive from me separate acknowledgments of their kindness.— I am, &c., R. LEWIS. Lampeter-Velfrey Rectory, Narberth, Jan. 20. The Very Rev. the Dean of Llandaff (Dr. Vaughan) preached to a large congregation at Llandaff Cathedral on Sunday afternoon. He took for his text the 21st chapter 'of Revelations of St. John, part of the 1st, 22nd, and 25th verses, No more sea," "No temple therein," No night there." He explained that the words there shall be no more sea should be understood as saving there shall be no more separation; No temple therein that the Lord Almighty and the Lamb were the temple and no more night" because no com- pulsory inaction from the services of Christ, no spiritual gloom, no anxiety about the spiritual life past, present, or to come. Refer- ring to the successor to the Bishopric of Llandaff, the very rev. gentleman continued: Benold I make all things new." Yet in this new- ness there shall be no cancelling and no oblite- rating, only a fulfillin": and a transfiguring of the old. Human nature clings to the thing that is and the thing that has been, dwells fondly on the sight and on the memory, is prone even to say the old is better." Tell us not that in "that wodd" it shall be folly, or it shall be ingratitude, or it shall be impiety, to remember this. If there is no more sea, nor night, nor temple, this is because the antitype of each one is there if the old has passed away, it is because the perfect is come—because corruption has clad itself in incorrupt ion, and mortality is swallowed up of life. We, too, we the worshippers in this cathedral to-day, are surrounded by memorials of a departure in the very act of preparing to wel- come an arrival. Brethren, we will not forget our lost guide, but for his very sake we will honour him on whom his mantle has fallen. We will gaze after him where he.is gone; we will cry to him still, My father, my father," but we must turn back from the bank of Jordan to bear yet awhile without him the burden and heat of the day, happy if we are able to feel, as I trust and believe we shall feel, that the spirit of our Elijah in some sort rests on Elisha. Even here on earth the pro- vidence of God is evermore making all things new. Flesh and blood cannot continue in one stay. One goeth, and another cometh- it is the law of fallen humanity—let us humble ourselves under the mighty hand, and accept the changes and chances over which, never- theless, a love that knows not chance nor change presides. In that spirit which thinketh no evil, which hopeth and believeth all things—putting far from us the suspicions and the inventions, rife to-day, contradicted to-morrow, of an unkind and unchristian credulity—knowing something even at the distance of the difficulties and the anxieties of this high and holy office, knowing in ourselves how weak is man, knowing in some degree also how mighty the strength which Christ perfects in weakness, let us t. grasp in the comer" with a generous and an urlstinting confidence, believing the words, and showing we believe them, Lo, I am with you alway," believing those other words, the guarantee of hope and the panacea of doubt- fulness. "Jesus Christ," the Lord and Head of the Churches, is the same yesterday and to-day the same from everlasting to everlasting, yea, the ful- ness of Him that fitteth all in all." The Rev. C. A. Smythies, vicar of Roath, on entering the pulpit of St. Margaret's to preach the morning sermon, asked the congregation to re- member the bishop-designate in their prayers. He said he had heard from the venerable gentleman that it was a great comfort to him to know that they were praying that God would send them a faithful bishop, and the vicar added that he hoped they would continue to offer prayers in his behalf. Our Carmarthen correspondent says :-Nothing has yet been settled in connection with the in- stallation of the Venerable Archdeacon Lewis to the See of Llandaff. At present, the rev. gentle- man, who is still at the rectory of Lampeter- Velfrey, has his hands quite full of correspon- dence. It is his intention, however, to proceed to London some time in the course of next week, with a view of arranging the necessary matters appertaining to the high office. It is customarv to allow two months to elapse before the consecration after the acceptance of the Bishopric. The first step in the prescribed formalities is the issuing by her Majesty the Queen of the conye d'elin directing the Dean and Chapter to elect a Bishop. This formality, which has just been observed in the case of the appointment of the new Archbishop, will be the notice to convene a. meeting of the Dean and Chapter. In modem times, of course, the ceremony is purely of the most stereotyped character, for the appointment has to all intents and purposes been made. The next, step is what is known as confirmation, which, I beheve, gene- rally takes place in the Church of St. Marylebone, London. The law relating to the confirmatioa of a. Bishop directs that the Archbishop shall institute a court, with himself as judge, to hear any objec- tions or complaints against the Bishop Elect. When the formality is satisfactorily accomplished the Bishop may at once exercise spiritual jurisdic- tion, but he is not fully installed into the office until consecration, and cannot sue for his tempo- ralities until the performance of this latter ceremony. Next comes the consecration, and this takes place at St. Paul's Cathe- dral, London. Three Bishops attend, one of whom is the Archbishop of Canterbury, but whether any delay will be occasioned in the conse- cration of the new Bishop of Llandaff by reason of the Archbishop himself being not yet consecrated, or whether it will bo. deemed competent to pro- ceed with the consecration in the absence of the Primate, is not yet known. As at present fixed, the enthronement of the new Archbishop does not take place until April. The final step in the forma- lities for the new Prelate of Llandaff will be his enthronement by the Dean at Llandaff Cathedral. As I stated at the outset, none of these events have been fixed. Certain it is that a couple of months at least will elapse before the new Bishop is resi- dent in the see. To fill the vacancies of rector of Lampeter- Velfrey and Archdeacon of St. David's, caused by the removal of Archdeacon Lewis, many names have been mentioned, and it would be the merest guesswork to name any probable successor. By reason of Archdeacon Lewis's acceptance of the Bishopric not only the gift of the living of Lam- peter-Velfrey but the appointment of an arch- deacon rests now with the Crown. Under other circumstances the Crown would only have the prerogative of presenting the rectory. But. as was pointed out before, it is not by any means certain that the clergyman to whom the living is presented will also be made archdeacon. These offices only become vacant on the consecration of the new Bishop. A correspondent writes to the Fall Mall Gazette —" In your account of the family of Archdeacon Lewis, the Bishop-designate of Llandaff, you state that he is descended on the maternal side from Colonel Powell,«who, for holding the last Welsh castle for the King against the Parliament, was executed in Co vent-garden.' This is incorrect. Colonel Poyer, or 'Drunken Poyer,' as Thomas Carlyle dubs him in his • Life and Letters of Crom- well/was the one who suffered. General Laugharne and Colonels Powell and Poyer defended Pembroke Castle against the Parliamentarians in Cromwell's second invasion of Wales, and when the Castle capitulated the Protector gave them the privilege of drawing lots as to which should die, the other two to be spared, and the unfortunate one was Colonel Poyer, who was accordingly shot to death in Co vent-garden. You will find the name "f Poyer retained aa a Christian name in the family of the Lewises, of Henllan, and there is a public- house called the Poyer's Arms in the town of Pem- broke at the present time. These are historical facts, and I write them in order to prevent people not acquainted with Welsh history being misled."

THE MARQUESS OF BUTE'S VJsrr TO CARDIFF. THE DEMONSTRATION ON WEDNES- DAY NEXT. Lord Bute. attended by a select party of friends, will take part in theteremony of starting the work at the new dock on Wednesday next. The hour fixed for the ceremony is half-past one p.m. His lordship will arrive in Cardiff on the previous Mon- day, and will remain in the town until the following Thursday. His lordship and party will be conveyed by train to the point where the steam navvy will be set in operation. We understand that amongst others who will be present to lend additional importance to the occasion will be Sir E. J. Reed, M.P., and Mr. Abernethy, the eminent engineer. His worship the mayor and other official members of the corporation are taking an active interest in the matter, with the object of adding as much eclat as possible to the ceremony. We believe that it is the intention of his worship to issue an invitation to the tradesmen of the town to close their places of business at eleveu o'clock in the forenoon. The arrangements as at present proposed, subject to such modifications as may be decided upon at the committee meeting to be held at the Town-hall this (Thurs- day) evening, are that the corporation and the various trade societies and other representative bodies shall meet at the Town-hall at half-past eleven, and the procession will then form in Westgate-street and pass round the Car- diff Arms. through Angel-street, past the Castle, and down St. Mary-street, thence through Custom House-street, down Bute-street, and across the various docit entrances to the site of the new dock. It is hoped and believed that at the close of the ceremony, which will be of very brief duration, and after those who) have taken part in it have partaken of the refreshments provided by Messrs. Nelson and Co., of Carlisle, the contractors, that his lordship will accompany the procession, which will be re-formed, back again through the town to Cardiff Castle. It would be an unaccustomed, but none the less grateful, sight to many of those who may be unable to atteud at the I ceremony to be afforded this favourable I opportunity of seeing the noble lord of Cardiff. In I addition to the two dinners which Lord Bute will give-one on Tuesday and the other on Wednesday evening-we understand that Messrs. Nelson and Co. have issued invitations to the mayor and corporation and the leading inhabitants of the town to a dinner, to be held at the Royal Hotel on Thursday evening. The arrangements for Wednesday next, on the site of the new dock, which have involved considerable outlay and no little administra- tive skill, have been planned by Mr. Strachan, the general manager of Messrs. Nelson and Co., and are being carried out under the supervision of Mr. J. B. A. Du Sautov, to whom is entrusted the entire local superintendence of the very important works connected with the new dock

ALARMING EXPLOSIONS IN GLASGOW. ♦— MANY PERSONS INJURED, The Central News" Glasgow correspondent telegraphs:—The inhabitants of this city were on Saturday night startled by two alarming explo- ions. Soon after ten o'clock a brilliant glare uddenly illuminated the whole country for miles round, followed the next instant by a terrific report. I Bright clear flames were seen to be rising high into the air. The district and central fire brigades were summoned, and the authorities on investiga- tion found that one of the largest gasometers be- longing to the corporation, situated in the Lily- bank-road, and supplying Tradeston, Pollokshields, Gorbals, and district, had exploded, and was in flames. The superintendent of the fire brigade on an examination concluded that it would be better to let the fire exhaust itself than to make any attempt at extinguishing it, the gasometer being so isolated that there was no possibility of the fire spreading beyond the spot where it first broke out. The attention of the officials was then directed to a small row of cot- tages near the scene of the disaster, which were found partly demolished by the force of the explo- sion. Several of the inmates were more or less severely burnt. One family, just about retiring to rest, were all injured. The names of those people arc-Thomas Butler, 38, who lies in a. very preca- rious state; Mary Nicol, or Butler, 35 Patrick Butler, 8; John Butler, 9: and Edmund Hughes, 35. The above were all taken to the Infirmary, but the following, who are also injured, were taken to the houses of friends:—Grace Campbell, 35, and her two children, Ellen Cogan and Mrs. Kerr. Many people were thrown down in the streets. Directly after the explosion the greater part, of South Glasgow was plunged into total darkness. At the Royal Princess Theatre the play was abruptly stopped by all the lights going out. The preliminary to a panic—cries and eager questions—had already commenced when the proprietor, Mr. Beryl, came forward and declared that through some accident to the pipes outside they had been deprived of lights. The audience then quietly dispersed. The cause of the catastrophe is not definitely known. The gasometer was 160ft. in diameter, and the damage is estimated at not less than £10,000. Three hours, afterwards another explosion occurred on the premises of the Caledonian Railway Company in a shed at the rail- way bridge crossing Dobbies Loan. It ap- pears that about one o'clock on Sunday morn- inga party of young men proceeding along the canal bank close to the shed came upon a large tin travelling box close to the water's edge, on the centre of the viaduct crossing Possil-road. On examining it they found that the lid was fastened by a clasp, but not padlocked. A young man named Barr cautiously undid and raised the lid. On inserting his hand a loud explosion took place, and he and all his companions were blown to the ground. Barr himself was seriously cut with several pieces of tin, while a number of small pellets were blown into his flesh. The others of the party were severely burned. The railway shed was totally destroyed, bricks, slates, and woodwork being carried over a hundred yards away. A driver and stoker standing on their engine, about twenty yards off, had a miraculous escape, the dflris falling all around them. A number of workmen engaged about a hundred yards away also had narrow escapes. The police have taken possession of the remains of the box and the sediment remaining inside. They have also found two brass instruments, one of which is supposed to have formed the casing for a fuse. They have taken possession of a number of pellets, and are busily engaged making further inquiries. GLASGOW, SUNDAY NIGHT. It has now been ascertained that there were three explosions on Saturday night, the occur- rences in the Caledonian Railway shed and on the canal bank being separate and distinct. There can be no doubt that two—viz., the explosion at the gasometer and at the railway shed, were wil- fully done. The box which exploded on the canal bank puzzles the authorities. It is un- doubtedly an infernal machine, but the reason for placing it on the canal bank is not very clear unless it was an attempt to destroy the bridge and flood the city. The explosion in the railway shed has an unpleasant bearing upon the strike of the Caledonian Railway servants, although that they should be implicated in such an affair is not generally credited. It is & matter of notoriety, however, that among the large Irish population of Glasgow many secret societies exist. Threatening letters have been sent to many eminent men from that quarter, Sir William the occasion of his visit there being the recipient of an epistle of this character. A later telegram says:—The blowing-up of the gasometer in Glasgow on Saturday has almost, beyond question, been proved to be the work of miscreants. After Mr. Hawksley made his examination of the ruins, a policeman found, 30 yards from the gasometer, a piece of I tape, which on examination by experienced gentle- men was declared to be part of a fuse of dynamite charge, and a manufacturer of explosives expresses an opinion, from an examination of the iron, that the explosion was caused either by dynamite or nitro-glycerine. Great indignation is felt in the city, and the police are making the utmost efforti to discover the miscreants.

LOCAL BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. BUTE DOCKS (SIDINGS) BILL AND THE BARRY RAILWAY BILL. These Bills came before the Examiner of Standing Orders (Mr. Robinson) on Monday. The Bute Docks Bill was taken first. Mr. Cripps, for the opponents of the Bute Bill, announced his inten- tion of abandoning a great many of the allegations in his memorial, but he argued with great persistency and force in support of some of them, and particularly those relating to the pre- paration of the plans and sections, which he con- tended had not been done in the specific form required by the Standing Orders. After much argument on both sides, which lasted for several hours, the Examiner disallowed the whole of the remainder of the memorial, and admitted that although one or two technical errors of a very trivial kind had been made, he nevertheless re- served the question whether it was worth while for him to report to the Standing Orders Com- mittee. The Barry Dock Bill was then taken. The first memorial gone into was that of Mr. Billups, who alleged that the promoters proposed to take several pieces of salt marsh which were included in his leases from Mr. Lewis Williams and Captain Jenner respectively. Yet they had not scheduled him as lessee of those pieces of salt marsh, nor had they given him any notice in repaid to them. Mr. Billups was examined at great length, and cross-examined by Mr. Cripps, and proved conclusively that the lands so proposed to be taken were included in his leases. After a lengthy argument the Examiner decided that the objections had not been stated with technical accuracy, and, therefore, disallowed them. The remainder of Mr. Billups' memorial related to a field at a place called Castle Land Point. The evidence with respect to this was most extraordinary. His lease from Captain Jenner was put in and it clearly showed that the plan attached to it included the particular field in question. But, strange to say, although Mr. Billups was clearly proved to be in law lessee of it, he admitted in cross-exami- nation that he had never asserted his right to it nor occupied it, and that it was occupied by a farmer named William Jones. Captain Jenner was then called. He proved that although tho field was included in the plan attached to Mr. Billups' lease it was so included by mistake. Under the circumstances the Exami- ner came to the conclusion that he should not consider the allegation as proved. The memorial of the Marquess of Bute a.nd others was then gone into, and several occupiers of land and pieces of garden ground were called, who alleged that they had not been scheduled, but the Examiner held in these cases that the omissions were too insignificant to justify his reporting it. The allegations of the Marquess of Bute, that certain lands of his in the parish of Llantwit Vardre were not scheduled, were then considered.—Mr. Corbett was called as a wit- ness, and proved the Marquess of Bute's ownership of the several properties. In regard to the first and largest one (No. 196 on the deposited plans), the allegation broke down in consequence of a technical objection to its form. It will, however, come on again later, and it is.believed the evidence Mr. Corbott has given will satisfactorily prove the allegation made; indeed, it was not attempted to be denied that the Marquess of Bute was the owner of the land, and that he had not been given tho proper notice. The second allegation of the Marquess of Bute, relating to some garden allotments in the same locality, was gone into, and Mr. Corbett satisfactorily proved the ownership, though persistent efforts were made by Mr. Cripps for the promoters to make out that there was some doubt as to who the real owner was. —- The Examiner held this allegation to be proved. The sitting of the Examiner was extended to a quarter- past five, and it was announced that he would take the allegations relating to the parish clerks the first thing this (Tuesday) morning. WESTMINSTER, TUESDAY. On this Bill being called on to-day for further consideration, before the Examiner of Standing Orders (Mr. Robinson), Mr. Spens, who appeared for several memorialists in opposition, stated that a meeting had taken place between the several agents engaged on this Bill, and also on the Bute Docks (Sidings) Bill, and an arrangement had been come to, subject to the approval of the Examiner, j,a^ the, memorials lodged against both Bills should be withdrawn, and that the several parties whose property was affected should be at liberty to oppose before the Select Committee when the Kills ultimately came before that tribunal. He believed Mr. Pritt, who appeared for the Taff Vale Railway Company and tog tome of the other oppo- nents to the Barry Bill, would concur in the adop- tion of this course, as would also Mr. Cripps, who represented the promoters. If the Examiner ap- proved this course, there would be a report of compliance with Standing Orders in the case of both the Bills he had named. Mr. Pritt, for the Taff Vale Railway Company, said he approved of this course. There were several allegations in his memorial which he had no doubt he could sustain, and could, therefore, send the Bill upstairs; but they were not of such importance as to render it likely the Committee would ultimately throw out the Bill upon them, and he, therefore, agreed, although with some re- luctance, to the proposal. Mr. Cripps, for the promoters of the Barry Bill, said he also concurred. He regretted this course had not been adopted at an earlier stage, when a good deal of unnecessary expense might have been avoided He had offered to do this at the com- mencement, but the other side had not seen their way to adopt his suggestion; his clients were bound to take the course they did, as they knew their Bill was going to be attacked on Standing Orders. I The Examiner said he thought the arrangement which had been come to was a. most sensible one in the interest of all parties concerned, and hi would accordingly report compliance with Stand- ing Orders as regarded both the Bills. Mr. Spens claimed to say a word in reply tc what had fallen from Mr. Cripps. His clients, the Marquess of Bute and others, came there to protect the rights of their large dock property, which were being assailed by the Barry Dock promoters and the memorial which had been presented against the Bute Dock Bill was really that of a "common informer," as had been admitted. The Examiner: Perhaps the "common informer" will get half the penalty if there is one. (Laughter.) The proceedings then terminated, the effect being that the Barry Bill will be opposed by the Tuff Vale Railway Company, by Lord Bute, and other land- owners when it reaches. Committee, whilst it is anticipated that the Bute Docks (Sidings) Bill will pass unopposed, as the promoters of the Barry Dock Bill will have no locus standi against it.

THE BAKRY DOCK SCHEME. IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN SIR E. J. HEED. AXI) Mil. W. T. LEWIS. PROFFERED MEDIATION BY SIR EDWARD. WHAT HAS MR. J. O. RICHES TO SAY ? We have been requested to publish the following important correspondence which has taken place between Sir E. J. Reed, M.P., and Mr. W. T. Lewis in reference to the proposed dock at Barry. From Sir Edward's letter it appears that a similar com- munication to that addressed to Mr. Lewis has been forwarded to Mr. J. Osborne Riches, as representing the promoters of the Barry project. Although we have reason to believe that the latter gentleman has unofficially replied to Sir Edward's letter, no official answer has yet been received by the member for Cardiff, and there is only too much reason to fear that when an official reply is sent it will not be of an encouraging character to those who, with Sir Edward, are interested in and de- sirous of the continued prosperity of Cardiff. FROM SIR E. J. REED TO MR. W. T. LEWIS. London, Jan. 13,1883. W. T. LEWIS, ESQ., My. dear Sir,—I must ask you to allow me to trouble you on a subject which has caused me considerable anxiety for some time past, but upon which I have been prevented by a lengthened ill- ness from taking any kind of action hitherto. I feel sure that you will receive this letht in the spirit in which I write it. 11 is as the member, and the only member for the town of Cardiff that I venture to touch so grave a. subject; but I enter upon it with the more readiness because it is a fact, and it is a well-known fact, that I have no private interests whatever to serve in Cardiff, and am, therefore. animated solely by a desire to do what seems to me right and best in the interest of the town. Up to the present time Cardiff has for many years past undergone a process of continuous development in everything that tends to make rising town grfit and prosperous. Its trade. as you know far better than I do, has expanded wonderfully, and the wisdom and public spirit of its citizens have grown with, at least, equal rapidity. This is proved by the efficiencyol its municipal institutions, by the activity of its, Chamber of Commerce, and by the fostering care which popular education, science, and art have received and responded to. Till recently every- thing seemed to tend to tne continued enlargement of Cardiff in all the elements of public impor- tance. It is now proposed by some of its leading mer- chants and citizens to divert from the town a considerable portion of its trade by the establish ment of a separate and wholly independent system of docks at Barry, at a distance from the town so great as to separate the resident population, which would of necessity in the ordinary course of things become located there, from the town of Cardiff, and from the benefit of its public institutions. I do not profess to have been able to master al! the conditions and circumstances of the case, but it seems to me to need nothing but freedom from strong local bias to enable one—nay, to compel one—to see that this movement is likely, if carried out, to put a check, and, possibly, a permanent and final check, upon the pro- gress of Cardiff. It seems quite certain that such a movement, springing, as it appears to have sprung, from a local disagreement between the dock authorities and the merchants of the place, must, in the eyes of the outside world, appear to mark an abrupt and very serious departure from that career of continued prosperity which the town has hitherto undergone. Holding thesd views, and entertaining these apprehensions, I should be much wanting in my duty to the great and rising town which I have the honour to represent in Parliament were I not to make an earnest effort to bring about, if pos- sible such improved understandings between the merchants and the dock authorities as would result in the abandonment of the proposals to divert from Cardiff proper a large part of its trade and of the energies and enterprise of some of its fore- most citizens. On a former occasion I addressed myself to you upon one feature of the Buto Dock Bill, which, fortunately, was settled satisfactorily to all par- ties, though at tho last moment, and I now address myself to you on the larger question. B) this post I write a letter similar to this in sub stance to Mr. J. O. Riches, as represent- ing the promoters of the Barry Dock movement, asking him, and through him the other gentlemen interested in it, to the subject seriously into consideration, and ex pressing the hope that nothing will be wanting on his and their part in the way of seeking to compose the differences of any and every description which have led to the threatened dismemberment, if 1 may so term it, of Cardiff. I now make the same appeal to you as the re- presentative of the noble marquess who owns the Cardiff Docks, and I will only add that I place myself entirely at your and their disposal, and shall be most happy to come down to Cardiff if by doing so I can promote the object I have in view. I feel so strongly in this matter, and am so con- vinced that the best interests of Cardiff and its reputation in the world would be more or less jeopardised by the establishment of a separate dock system several miles away from the town, that I earnestly appeal to you to give this letter your most serious attention. You are well aware that a member of Parliament is charged in a certain sense with duties lying out- side of the range of politics, and that this is specially the case where a very large town has but a single representative. In view of this, I trust it will be distinctly understood that this letter is entirely free from all political purpose or bias, knowing well aa I do that among the supporters of the new dock project are gentlemen of widely diverse political views. It is apart from politics altogether, and solely in the interests of Cardiff in the aggregate, that I make this appeal.—I am, Jtc., (Signed) E. J. REED. FROM MR. W. T. LEWIS TO SIR E. J. REED. Bute Estate Office, Aberdare, Jan. 16,1883. SIR EDWARD REED, K.C.B., M.P., My dear Sir Edward,—I have to thank you for your letter of the 13th inst. respecting the pro- posed Barry Dock and Railways. You are quite right in assuming that your com- munication is received in the spirit in which it is written, and I hardly need assure you that the object you have in view is fully appreciated by Lord Bute and his advisers. Lord Bute is as anxious as ever to meet the growing requirements of the mineral district, and you will be glad to know that his lordship has recently entered into a contract for the construc- tion of the Roath Dock, for which he obtained Parliamentary powers last session, and the works will be commenced forthwith. It is uuaecees&i'y for me to dwell upon the several points set forth in your letter, but if, after hearing from Mr. Riches, you think it desirable to arrange a meeting, it will afford me much pleasure to attend any tppointin ent you suggest, either here or in London, upon receiving two or three days' notice.—I remain, &c., (Signed) W. THOMAS LEWIS.

THE OUTRAGE ON A BRECONSHIRE PAEMEE. a- SUMMONSES ISSUED AGAINST THE MESSRS. HARRIS. THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR A SETTLE- MENT. PROBABLE ACTION BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. Our Aberdare reporter, writing on Sunday, savs: —An official investigation into the horrible outrage upon Jenkin Morgan, Taicapla Farm, Penderyn, by his unfeeling young landlords, is now inevit- able, summonses against the accused having been issued. On Kridav night I telegraphed you that through some outside pressure the local magistrates were at last likely to assistin a vindication of the law, and this is a fact, for on Saturday moruinv Mr D: E. Williams and Mr. W. Powell, Hirwain.attera conference at the OHiec, at, Merthyr, signed summonses. Public opinion has been very decided throughout, the week that prompt steps should have been taken to bring the perpetrat ors of the outrage to justice, and that not sumtnouses, but warrants for their apprehension I should have been issued. The local justices, bv their apathy and want of determination, have justly merited the adverse comments which are made upon their conduct. Soon after the signing of the summonses Superintendent Flye, Brecon, and the Penderyn police-constable left Meithyr for Treferrig House, near Llantrisant, which was sup- posed to be the last place of abode of the accused. On Friday next, afc the monthly sessions for the Vaynor district (embracing the parish of Penderyn), which are held ar the .Station Hotel, Cefncoedycymmer, these summonses will be returnable. That the accused vf ill then answer is, judging from the general feeling expressed, ex- tremely doubtful, but should they not do so I understand that further stops will be taken. On Saturday I visited Penderyn, and I am pleased to report that the old man is recovering, though I question whether he will be in a state to justify his attending at the preliminary investiga- tion of the magistrates on Friday. The public are now prohibited from seeing the old man, as the doctors have ordered perfect rest and quietude for him. This being the case, 1 was not able to see hiin on Saturday. A visit to Jiodywigaid House showed that, the place had been deserted bv its owners, and inquiries as to their present where- abouts could not, or would not, be answered. It is freely rumoured that the Messrs. Harris were staying hst week at Treferrig House and with friends in the lthondda Valley. I am desired by the Messrs. Williams Brothers, solicitors, Aberdare, who have been acting for Jenkin Morgan, to say that the statement as to £3,OUO compensation having been demanded bv them is without foundation. They assert they have made no such overtures, neither have they received an offer of £1,000 to compromise the matter. It. is stated that Mr. R. W. Williams, Cal- diff, is the Messrs. Harris's solicitor, but I have been unable to learn that he has yet interfered with the view of bringing about a settlement. There is a statement in general circulation that there has been such an offer, but by whom and to whom is not known. It is certain that negotia- tions are taking place, but the greatest secrecy is now kept. Morien" writes:—It is now frequently 'asked, how i3 Mr. Jenkin Morgan related to the Messrs. HarrisV It is answered as follows:—Mr. Jenkin Woi gan, Porth, stiadfellta, had two sons and two daughters, viz., Gwenllian, Morgan, William, and Anne. Morgan, being the eldest son, inherited the Bodwigiad estate. It passed to his son, the late Mr. Morgan, Bodwigiad, an university man, and a fine specimen of a Welsh country gentleman of the old school. He died unmarried. leaving the property to his cousin, the late Mr. Morgan Harris, Trefarig, whose mother was above-named Anne. William Morgan, the second son of Jenkin Morgan, of Porth, had four sons, Mr. Jenkin Morgan, Taicwpwl, the late Mr. William Morgan, the well-known auc- tioneer, of Gwernbleiddian and Aberdare, whose •ton is Mr. John Morgan, 10. Widcombe-street, Aberdare. The two other sons of Jenkin Morgan's (Porth) second son are living with their brother at Taicwpwl. It should be stated that the above- named Gwenllian married Mr. Edwards, Hedlynocr, and her daughter resides now near Y stmdfelitn. It is also asked how came the Bodwigiad Estate to descend in the female line after the death of the late Mr. Morgan. The probability is that there was no entail, and he was thus enabled to leave the property by will to the late Mr. Morgan Harris, father of the Messrs. John and Thomas Hards, Wh086 conduct is now under investigation. It will thus be seen that Mr. Jenkin Mbrgan, of Taicwpwl, the victim of this outrage, is own cousin to the late Mr. Morgan Harris, of Trefarig, the father of the Messrs. John and Thomas Harris. Our Aberdare reporter writes:—On Monday morning Captain Gwynne (chief of the Breconshire Police), accompanied by Superintendent Flye and a constable, proceeded to Hirwain, and thence to Penderyn, for the purpose of acquiring evidence to be laid before the magistrates at Cefn Petty Sessions on Friday next. The result has, of course, not yet transpired, but I have reason to believe that the local solicitor, who acts on behalf of the Public Prosecutor, has been instructed by that gentleman to represent him in this matter. Com- ment is, of course, freelv made as to the proof which will be forthcoming, and it is believed that many technical difficulties will arise as to the chances o i committal or conviction. Whilst the matter is judice I do not offer any opinion upon the nature of the evidence to be adduced, but it is generally stated that had greater promptness been observed, and other parties indicted as abettors in the outrage, the probabilities are that fear of the consequences would have induced some of the participators to turn informers.and thus make the principals suffer the penalty of tho law for their part in the outrage. It is stated that a meeting took place on Saturday evening between parties i nterested on each side with a view to a settle- ment, but no arrangement was then arrived at, •md up to Monday evening I am assured that no formal offer had been made to the solicitor of the injured man. There have been various rumours as to the flight of the Messrs. Harris from South Wales. Our cor- respondent says it was stated in Merthyr on Wed- nesday that thetwo brothers hadtled to Spain, where it was supposed they could not be arrested, as no extradition treaty exists between that country and England. From personal inquiries made by our London reporter, however, we are enabled to state that Mr. John Harris and Mr. Thomas Harris, of Trefarig and Bodywigaid. House, were last night at five o'clock at the Tavistock Hotel, London, at which hotel they were staying under their own names. Our Cefncoed reporter writes:—It is believed here that the Messrs. Harris will appear personally at the court here on Friday. They will, 1 hear arrive at Cefncoed to-night (Thursday).

NEWPORT TOWN COUNCIL. A special meeting was held on Wednesdav morn- ing, the Mayor in the chair. Aldermen C. Lvne md Wyndham Jones, and Councillors T.Jones" F. t'hillips, J. Moses, J. C. Sanders, J. H. Parnall,'w! Oliver, H. Faulkner, J. R. Jacob, A. R. Bear, J. W. Jones, A. Blake, and T. Pugsley were present. The minutes were read and confirmed. WATCH COMMITTEE. The report of this committee stated that Sergeant Pratten had sent in his resignation, and asked to be placed on superannuation allowance. Ordered i hat the town-clerk and superintendent report m the average rate of pay received by Sergeant Pratten during his 29 years of service.—Tenders for police clothing by Mr. Hibbert, of London, for caps by Mr. Watkins, Newport, and for clothing by Mr. S, Little, Newport, were accepted.—The report was adopted. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. Mr. MosEs presented this report. With regard to Alma-street improvements the committee pro- posed to meet a deputation of persons interested on the ground. The surveyor and inspector of nuisances were to attend to a. matter of nuisance on the Gold Tops. As to additional lamps in Bridge-street and Powers-place, the committee '•ecommended that no new ones be placed in those streets; that Mr. J, John's coal tender at 12s. 6d. a ton be accepted for six months only; that a Sugg lamp be placed at the Albert-hall. As to an addi- tional lamp for Waterloo-road, that could not be erected because the company refused to extend the main down the road. The committee to adver- tise for an out-door clerk of works, and to appoint. The report was adopted with tho alteration that Mr. John's tender for coal be accepted for twelve months, as he would not contract for six months. ELECTRIC LIGHTING. The Parliamentary and Improvement Act Com- mittee had had under consideration the Provi- sional Order which the Great Western Electric Light and Power Company was applying for. The committee was of opinion that the order was vague and unsatisfactory, and apparently experi- mental only. They recommended that the objec- tions to the order be laid before the Board of Trade, and a copy of the document proposed to be sent was read. The report was unanimously adopted. The MAYOR, in answer to a question, said the surveyor, who had gone to London with the town- clerk on the subject of the above order, had re- mained behind another day to see Mr. Grierson, of the Great Western Railway Company, relative to the Station-street entrance and other matters affecting the interests of the town. It was under- stood the directors were quite ready to receive a deputation from the council, but it was thought that might be unnecessary after the surveyor had had an interview with Mr. Grierson. THE PILL READING-EOOM. Mr. T. JONES brought up a report from the Free Library Committee. That committee was waited upon by a deputation on Tuesday night asking the committee to re-consider its decision relative to closing the reading-room in Commercial-road. The committee reported that, having heard the deputation and considered the question in all its bearings, they reluctantly came to the conclusion that it was quite impracticable to re-open the branch reading-room. Mr. Jones then said that, as a great deal of interest was taken in this matter, it would be as well to explain how the committee arrived at the decision to close the room. Some time ago, when the new building had -=: been got into working order, the committee sat down to consider the ways and means. A su& committee, consisting of the chairman, hon. seers' taries, Mr. Kirbv, Mr. W. N. Johns, Mr. H. L. Daw, and himself, was appointed to carefully investi* and himself, was appointed to carefully investi- gate the matter; and, after several protracted sittings, they reported to the General Committee that, in their opinion, it was impossible to continue the branch room with the limited means at theif disposal. The committee adopted the recom- mendation made by the sub-committee, and it was reported to the council. The council having referred the question again to the General Committee, a meeting was held on Tuesday night, when the committee, by ten to three. came to the conclusion which he had already reported. The minority were in favour I of deferring the question for further consideration. The Free Libraries Act did not, contemplate read- ing-rooms as public libraries and science and art classes. He did not think there was any town in England, of the size of Newport, in which branch reading-rooms were established. The duty of the committee was to administer the Act in the best possible way. This question had been carefully considered, and they felt obliged to re-affirm their decision. A majority of the committee did not see that anything was to be gained by leaving the matter open any longer. As there was a strong wish to have a read- ing-room at Pill, it would bo best for another committee to take up the question ,nd open one. Some members of the Free Library Committee ex- pressed readiness to contribute. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Alr. BIIAR seconded the motion. III reply t,) questions by several members of the council, Mr. JONF-.S stated that £ 225 a year would be required to pay principal and interest on money borrowed for the new building. It was estimated that Id. in tlit, -0 would produce R725 a year. Hitherto the committee had had only £ 560 a year. The cost of maintaining the Pill room was over XYO a year. The contract for the building was 13,500. Then there were extras to be charged, I say ±'100. Ilot water apparatus and gas, £ 470. There was a payment to the Tredegar Wharf Com- pany for its interest in the lease, architect's fees, and other matters, which would make the cost of the new building £ 4,500. The committee was only responsible for a quarter's rent at Till. Mr. PCUSLET moved an amendment That, in consequence of the inconvenience caused by closing the branch reading-room at Pill, it is ad- vis,ible to re-open if, at once. He relied upon the numbers taken during one week in 1879 as afford- ing conclusive evidence that the room was used by large numbers of persons. During the week in question, 3,321 persons visited the room. The lowei part of the town was rapidly increasing", and such it room was needed now more than ever. He thought the committee might very well curtail their expenditure in Dock-street, in order to carry on the Pill room. Mr. PHILLIPS seconded the amendment, and said the room was of great benefit to the labouring- classes. ° Mr. BLAKE was on the Free Librarv Committee at the tune the new building was projected, and it was then said th* Pill room would be kept open. He objected to the new building, as he felt the result would be to close the Pill room. Alderman LYXKUUI NOT likn the resolution or the amendment.. He rather iiked the suggestion of the minority on the committee, that the matter should remain in abeyance. Let it stand over for twelve months. 1: that time t.he committee would be able to form a better estimate as to their require- ments. The Pili room accommodated a large num- ber of people who could not come to Dock-street. He suggested another amendment, That the Free Library Committee be recommended to keep open the Pill room for a further period of twelve months. and that a committee of gentlemen be appointed to collect subscriptions to assist in canying it on." (A number of influential gentlemen were named.) Mr. MOSEs said he would second that amend- ment. Mr. PUGSLEY consented to withdraw his amend- ment. Mr. JONKS objected very stronglv to the course suggested for raising money. The committee had plent} to do to manage the institution in Dock" street. Let the people themselves manage their room at Pill. ° Mr. JACOB wished to explain his position. When he biought forward the motion for erecting the new building he distinctly promised, on behalf of the Free Library Committee, that the Pili room should be kept open. On that distinct under- standing the vote was taken. He felt he was not free, and must carry that, out. He foresaw diffi- culties in the way, but hoped that with an in- creased rateable value and good management the committee would be able to keep the room open. Mr. JONTS having replied, the amendment was carried by 13 to 1. It was then put as a substan- tive motion, and carried. The meeting then separated.

CORRESPONDENCE. Under this head questions on leqal subjects ari a.nswered by an t.vperienced professional qentlemarti Coi > esponaents wtfhtny for >formation or advice. are reouested to observe the foliowinu rules 1. Ike facts mvst be stated fully and clearly; and the questions, if more thaii one, should be nuw bered consecutively. 2. A full copy must be sent of any document on •which advice is wished for. 3. The real name and address of the writer must accompany the questions, hut will not be pub- lished if a "pseudonym or initials be also sent for reference. 4. All communications must be addressed to l'h Jiditor, Leyal Uepartmetit, Weekly Mail Offict, Cardiff' M k

HUMPHREYS (Bridgend).—Blue Books are periodically published on the subjects you mention. You best consult them, FOlor OF 1)KKD.—We have returned the draft sent by "Cyfaill" (Newport), but we must add that the address on his envelope is contrary to ride. However, we suppose he has arranged with the postmaster as to this. APPOINTMENT OF CHAPEL TRCSTKKS.—" Beta" (Bargoed) is advised that there is no legal obstacle to the course proposed on the contrary, we think it very desirable that, all the property should be vested in one set ot trustees, and the present appears to be a most suitable time for this. Much expense and trouble will be saved thereby in future years, but the present deeds will bo more expensive than on a mere re-appointment under the Act of lS50. If any part of the propeny is subject to a mortgage it will remain so subject. The r» arrangement cannot prejudice the position of the p mortgagee. P .1'1>1' M¡,;nrCINE. Gwatch' (Cardiff) must have a licence, which will cost 5s. per annum, and must, put a stamp on each box according to the price. He will be able to get both at the stamp-office. BREACH OF CO.NTIIACT.—" Farmer" (CowbriUge) is ad- vised that as the breach complained of was committed before the 1st inst., the action to recover the amount overpaid will have to be against the husband and wife jointly. Probably he will only add to his loss, aiidwe doubt whether it will be worth the trouble and ex- pense for the sake of example," but this is a question on which he must use his own discretion. The natural result will lie to cause him to turn a deaf ear to all such appeals in future. MAKRIAUK.—" Anglo-German (Dynevor) is informed that all the requirements of the German law as to con- sent of parent or guardian, &c., must be observed when one of the parties to the marriage is a German subject. although resident in this country, BRUTUS (Newport).—Your question is unintelligible. Do put it in some form that a reply may be possible. "LAMORGAN COT 'i'rY RI)A. BOARD. ,B." (Cwnifelin) if informed that the chairman of this board is Mr'. John Cole Nicholl, Merthyr Mawr; vice-chairman, Dr. J. W. S. Came; the members include Messrs. Howel Gwyn, Neath; K. O. Jones, Fonmon Castle; R. H. Khys, Llwydcoed the Rev. D. W. Williams, Fairfield, Pontypridd, and others. QUITTUIO GLAMORGANSHIRE FARM.—"H. T. Abbott" (Cardiff) will find that according to the custom of the county six months' notice to quit is sufficient. HUSBAND AND WIFE.—If "Anxious One" (Cardiff) carried on any business separately from her husband, the profits thereof would be protected both under the old and the new law from her husband and his credi- tors But it is impossible to contend that a married woman carries on the business of a lodging-house keeper separately when her husband lives in the same house with her. If she should become possessed of any money in her own right, she might invest it in the purchase of furniture, which would be protected on the facts being strictly proved but it is obvious that strict evidence would be necessary in order to pre- vent abuse of the powers given by the new Act. The same difficulty would not arise In the case of a deserted wife, unless the furniture had belonged to her husband. "VL'XEHATION.-Il M. M." (Newport) may reduce hia spirits with pure water to the following extent. Brandy, whisky, or rum 25, and gin 35 degrees under proof. But if he reduces it to GO degrees under proof it is not whisky, or even whisky ana water, but water and whisky and it could only be safely sold under that designation. It would be very laudable on his part to endeavour to keep his customers sober if he could do so fairly but we fear that neither they nor the magistrates would appreciate the philanthropic scheme indicated in his letter. AtrCTO:-i¡';¡¡:R'S C,nDI[Sf<IOX Alpha" (Llandovery) is advised that tha charge appears exorbitant, and as it was incurred for iii, accommodation, we fear he cannot, recover the amount from the farmer, unless he clearlv explained to the latter what he would have to p»y before he allowed the amount to be deducted. It hard that he should lose the difference between in- terest at the rate agreed and the largt.j amount charged for discount; but if he has made a mistake, he must br content to pay for it, and this will teach him to be more careful next time. The difficulty would have been avoided if he had got the farmer's authority in writing to allow the amount before he settled with the auctioneer. \IISTHKSS AND SERVANT.—" S. A." (Mumble?) is advised to give the servant a month's notice, or pay her a month's wages instead of notice, and send her away at once. We do not recommend her to run the risk of having to defend an action on the ground stated, because the result would be very doubtful. JUSTICES' CLERK'S FE E.-We think Defendant (Llandilo) would have acted more prudently if he had paid the fee, and that the success of his defence is at least doubtful. It appears to be admitted that the clerk is entitled to be paid his fee, and it is not dis- puted that the amount demanded is collect. The dis- cretion of the justices to order either party to pay costs or to refrain from making such order is unques- tioned. In the present case no order was made, and the effect of that appears to be that each party must pay his own costs, including such fees as are payable bv him in the first instance and recoverable when the other party is ordered to pay costs, such order in- cluding clerk's fees. If the action should be fought out,, we should be much obliged if our correspondent would inform us the t-esult BELIEVER IN CHRIST (Swansea).—The subject-matter of your letter is dead. Let us bury it. "A CONSIEttvAi,iv R.IV rite the secretary at the olub you name, and he will send you all particulars. "PAINTER" (Newport).—We do not know what you mean. LooKKR-mf" (Tenby).-The insertion of your letter would do no good. "FAIR PLAY" (Cathays).-The matter is one for the club. The public would not care about it. G. D." (Hafod).—He cannot. PASSKNGKR" (Cardiff) suggests to the company work- ing the steamers between Cardiff and Penarth the necessity of improving their landing-place at Cardiff. MARRIAGE SE;TTLE-NIENT.-l' T. J." (Cardiff) is advised that his wife ought to make a will, as the powers and provisions" referred to in the copy settlement appear to have been accidentally omitted. It. does noti appear whether the document was dutv stamped, nor whether it was signed, sealed, and delivered, and the execution thereof properly attested; but it is admirably adapted for causing costly litigation, and the clauses which have been omitted cannot now be supplied unless a proper post-nuptial settlement were executed, and that would have to be registered as a bill of sale it it comprised any furniture or other personal chattels. LIQUIDATION.—" A Workman" must apply to the official liquidator. He cannot prevent that. officer from deal- ing with the property; but everything will have to bØ accounted for.

Mr. John Nay lor, a well-known tradesman at Sheffield, attempted to commit suicide on Tuesday- He took a cab in town, and told the driver to takf him to the Infirmary. On the road he cut his throat in such a manner that, though still alive, Uttle boP' is entertained of his recovery.