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cl-I I copus of the mlttk. SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1887. The confession of Lipski rendered his execution inevitable. So long as he pro- tested his innocence there was a doubt in the public mind, and he might have been reprieved at the last moment, as he had been respited the week before. But the wretched man, feeling that all hope was gone, resolved not to die with a lie on his lips. On Sunday afternoon he threw off the mask, revealing himself in all his naked villainy and hypocrisy. Mr Hayward, the gentleman who had telegraphed totheQueen that the condemned man was absolutely inuocent, was astonished beyond expres- sion. Surely he must be fully convinced of the folly of being deceived by appearances. We were told that Lipski was a mild-mannered man, and that his delicate hands could not have broken a woman's skull. Yet those very hands robbed I Miriam Angell of life. The people, who espoused the cause of Lipski, were far too confident. They had little material to work on, relying rather upon flimsy sentiment than stern facts. If they had been less emotional and more judicial, they would not have made themselves ridiculous. Bumble is still an important functionary in rural England. He stands well with the parson, and with the squire, and all other men are as dust beneath his feet. Small boys regard him with becoming awe. And it is well they do, for he has the power to baul them before "their betters." The poor agricultural labourer also recognises the authority of the parish constable, who is very particular not to get too "chummy with Hodge. Bumble has never been able to understand why that Gladstone should have given votes to agricultural labourers. But as these benighted creatures are enfran- chised, the parish constable will see that they vote for their masters-the Tories. At least the parish constable of Earith, in North Huntingdon, will see that the Radicals do not ensnare any of the good people of Earith. The plan adopted by this rustic genius recalls the method popular amongst tyrants who consigned fallen favourites to the scaffold. When the victim attempted to speak to the crowd assembled around the block, drums were beaten, the human voice being thus completely drowned. The parish constable of Earith employed nothing so martial as a drum, but used one of the im- plements of his. office-the rattle. The watchman of old was wont to sound the 1 alarm with a rattle, and so did the police force in its infancy. But the whistle has now supplanted it. Still a parish con- stable is invested with a rattle, which is no doubt very useful in frightening away birds from the fields. The parish constable of Earith employed his to prevent a speech of Mr Harris Sanders, the Liberal candidate for North Hunts, from being heard. Questioned on the matter, the Home Secretary had no word of con- demnation for this village functionary who had behaved so outrageously. If the Government wink at such misconduct, it is to be hoped the people of Earith will take the law into their own hands. Mrs Bumble had no difficulty in taking the shine out of the origiual Bumble. Surely, his latest successor at Earith can be effectually dealt I with and prevented from further suppressing freedom of speech in that little community. The House of Commons has been of late mnch occupied with supply. MrLabouchere and other Radicals have challenged some of the votes, but the general interest of mem- bers in the national expenditure is painfully slight. Millions of pounds are voted away, and it is certain that some of the money is wasted. Yet no genuine and concerted effort is made to reduce the expenditure. Our diplomatic service alone is very costly. The diplomatic appointments are mostly montrtpolisod by the relatives of aristo- crats, and the amount we squan- der on ambassadors and embassies is perfectly scandalous. There is no reason why our diplomatic work should cost more than that of America. But if the princely salaries were cut down, the men of birth and breeding would quit the service. And a good job, too. There would then be a chance for men of brains. It is high time also that the Pension List were brought within reasonable limits. The judicial sys- tem, especially the county-court branch, is too expensive, while the amount lavished on the army and navy is monstrous. Neverthe- less, the House of Commons has no time to reduce the national bill. Economy cannot be expected until the number of Tory members are reduced and the number of sturdy Radicals are correspondingly in- creased. If we would reduce taxation, we must elect courageous and energetic Radicals. There is a little trouble brewing out West. Sir John Macdonald, the Canadian Premier, is forcing Protection in a new form on the people of the new and fruitful province of Manitoba. It is not enough to have increased the cost of living to Canadians by the impo- sition of a hig, I tariff on foreign-made goods, but railway development is to be crippled. Hitherto there has been no difficulty in con- structing a line when the capital could be found. But the mischief of it is that the Canadian Government are interested in the Canadian Pacific Railway which runs through Manitoba. Towards its con- struction several millions were voted out of the Dominion Treasury, and Sir John Mac- donald wishes to preserve the great monopoly he has helped to create. But Winnipeg is many miles from Ottawa, and there are few lories in Western Canada. The men of Manitoba defy the Canadian Premier, and they have begun to make a railway which is to extend across the American frontier, although the Dominion Government have prohibited any such railway. We in the Old Country might be content to allow the Dominion Government to fight out their battle with the refractory province; but Sir John Macdonald threatens to get English troops sent to Winnipeg, the chief town in Mani- toba. sir John knows perfectly well that the Canadians are so much attached to the principle of Rome Rule that Canadian volunbeers could not be relied on to coerce Manitoba. Hence why he would fall back on English troops. For some time now there have been no English soldiers in Canada except at Halifax. Quebec is garrisoned by Canadian militiamen, and the enormous ter- ritories of the North West have no armed force beyond eight hundred mounted police, who look after the Red Indians. Our object is to warn the Home authorities against permitting English troops being gent into the interior of Canada. Manitoba the North West territory are the great field for emigrants. These people are converting a howling wilderness into fruitful fields. They are creating cities, of which Win- nipeg is the most striking example. It would be the maddest of officiwJ acts to alienate such honest folk from the Mother Country. That would inevit- ably be the result if force were employed to upset an Act passed by the Manitoba Parliament—an Act empowering a railway I to be made connecting Winnipeg with one of the American Trunk lines. Let Sir John Macdonald bluster, but at the eam«> time let us hear from the Colonial Secretary that not a single English soldier will be sent into Manitoba.

THE NATIONAL LEAGUE PRO- CLAIM KD. THE Coercion Act endowed the Govern- ment with power to proclaim the National League. And the Government have now used the power thus placed in their hands. Considering the eagerness with which they sought to obtain the Coercion Act, it is a little remarkable that the National League should not have been earlier singled out for attack. The League was, the great organization which the Government wished to fight to the death. There was no crime in Ireland to war- rant a deviation from the ordinary law. The Irish judges, who certainly do not sympathise with the national movement, agreed that offences were abnormally rare, and that the Irish people were exceptionally well-behaved. Crimea were not com- mitted consequently a bill has been passed creating new crimes. Under the Coercion Act an Irishman may be punished for speak- ing, or writing, or combining against in- justice of the grossest kind. By proclaiming the National League, ministers have struck the first decisive blow at combination. What will be the result? Will the National League lose its hold on the Irish nation because Lord SALISBURY has chosen to measure swords with it Of course not. The fatal step taken by the Government will only intensify the attachment of the Irish people to Mr P AR- NELL. Increased subscriptions will flow into the National League treasury, and Dublin Castle will become more helpless than ever Mr CHAMBERLAIN is under the impression that the League is dying. He must have gained so false an impression whilst consort- ing with the gentlemen who "toil not, neither do they spin." It is certain he haa no reliable knowledge of the National League or of Ireland, or he would be aware that the League ia fuU of life and vigour. The League is strong because the Irish nation iP at its back. The Anti-Corn Law League was powerful because it had the'support of English Liberals. Sir ROBERT PEEL was forced to accept the policy of the Anti-Corn Law League. The hide-bound Tories of his day would have suppressed that League had they dared. But they were afraid. They knew right well that if constitutional agita- tion were put down a revolution would ensue. But it is different in dealing with Ireland. The Irish people are not suffi- ciently strong to cast down the oppressor, and that is why Ireland ia oppressed and outraged. The Tories employ the re- sources of rich England against the sister island, and take away almost every privilege and right that makes life worth living The cowardice of such a policy is beneath con- tempt. In England the Government cannot shut up the smallest association in Ireland the vast organisation which reflecta the wishes and hopes of the Irish nation-the great League which, on the testimony of General BULLER, stands between the poverty-striken tenant and the grasping landlord, is condemned as an illegal and dangerous association. The Government may close the doors of the National League offices whenever they please, and they can send members of the League to prison. Nevertheless, the Government are destined to be worsted. They have undertaken a task before which men with stouter hearts and wiser heads would have quailed. They have proved, and are proving, that Ireland can get no justice from the Tory party. They are making themselves odious in the eyes of the world, and they will go down to posterity as short-sighted tyrants. This vile attempt on the part of Lord SALISBURY and his colleagues to suppress legitimate agitation will only strengthen the resolve of English Liberals to mete out justice to the long- suffering sister nationality. The presence of English members of Parliament at the splendid meeting in Dublin, on Tuesday, is a cheering sign of the times. The Tories, who seem to learn nothing, overlook the important fact that Knglish Liberals have made common cause with Ireland. Liberals have nailed the Home Rule colours to the mast, and, as Home Rule is the primary aim of the National League,the Government have entered into a deadly combat, not only with the Irish Nationalists, but with all Liberals worthy of the name. It is said that Lord HARTINGTON disapproves the action of the Ministry, and Mr CHAMBER- LAIN has publicly declared that he does not relish it. But if the Liberal Unionists be sincere, let them boldly come forward and support Mr GLADSTONE, who has uplifted his eloquent voice against this latest Tory iniquity.

EDUCATION IN WALES. EDUCATIONAL Blue Books referring to Wales are not in very good repute. The report of the Commissioners of 1846, which was a shameful libel on the social and moral con- dition of the Principality, made the name "Llyfrau Gleision" (Blue Books) a bye- word for official falsehood throughout the length and breadth of Wales. This year has, however, seen a new departure, and Welsh- men may henceforth be induced to view even a Llyfr Glas with less disfavour. Welshmen are as deeply interested in educational matters as any nationality in the kingdom, but though Ireland has long enjoyed its Board of Com- missioners for Public Instruction, and though Scotland has for some time had its own Education Department, "poor-little Wales" until now has not been favoured with even a separate Blue Book giving an account of the state of elementary education this side of Offa's Dyke. A bulky volume was issued each year showing the state of elementary education in England and Wales. Of this, a dozen, or perhaps fifteen, pages would be devoted to a. review of the state of things in Wales. As often as this, however, we should have not a word said about the principality except its list of elementary schools at the end of the volume. The report for 1885-86, for instance, has no report from any Welsh inspector in the big volume of 650 pages. Now, for the first time, we have a separate Blue Book for the Welsh Division. The Government, in response to an appeal from Mr T. E. ELLIS, have just issued an official report for the Welsh Division from the pen of Mr WILLIAM WILLIAMS, the Chief Inspector for Wales. We do not intend here to make any review of this report, but refer to the fact in order that it may be widely known. As the book may be obtained through any bookseller, and the cost will only be a few pence, we trust it will be largely called for. Many will, perhaps, be disappointed that the book is so small a one, and the informa- tion it contains so meagre. Still, it must be remembered that this is only a beginning it is only the first attempt to meet the wishes of the Welsh people. Next year we may hope to see it doubled I in size, and we see no reason why everv inspector of schools in Wales should not w\e u ^,annual rePorfc printed in full in this C. 8\r- Ue As an acknowledgment in A a right to separate treatment thi« "ca^>ua^ matters, we should welcome thonSf^ Were i<; on]y a single loaf. Small valuabl "V11" at 8am° time ful1 of valuable information which cannot fail to ° .'nt:eresfc to ail who have ° Wlth elementary education, 'er as managers, teachers, or parents. mformed that the Welsh members consider some of the statements in this consider some of the statements in this t report eo important that an effort will shortly be made to introduce a bill into the House of Commons to give practical effect to the recommendations of the inspectors. Anything which will tend to advance the cause of Welsh education, and to make our day schools more effective, will be heartily welcomed by all Welshmen.

SOUTH WALES CHAT. I A good many years ago—I am afraid to say how many—there was a smart young gentleman ensaged in the Austrian Consul's office at Cardiff. He was an Englishman, and remarkable for his attainments. He spoke French and German, and also possessed a good knowledge of Italian, Spanish, and Hungarian. Moreover, he was an accomplished musician and a clever character sketcher into the bargain. At Cardiff he made numerous friends, some of whom are still amongst us. But I believe a piece of good-humoured banter in this journal once so far enraged him that he threatened to horsewhip the editor. Of course he never carried out his threat, and I daresay he has long since regretted ever having made it. If any- one were now to compare him with the Austrian Emporor be would feel flattered. < Who is the gentleman to whom I have thus pointedly drawn attention ? He is no other than Mr Beatty Kingston, who, on the Austrian con- sul being changed, left Cardiff and obtained an appointment as foreign correspondent for one of the London dailies. Mr Kingston has lived at Berlin and Vienna, and has done work on the battlefield. His early passion for music has clung to him into mature life, and he has just published a two volume book entitled Music and Manners." The alliteration reminds one of Mr Haweis' Music and Morals," and the Athencsum assures us that there is no closer con- nection between" Music and Manners than between Music and Morals," though, to do Mr Kingston justice, he keeps his subjects well apart, allotting a volume to each. The author has mixed in the best musical circles, and his impressions of composers form capital reading. One interesting incident illustrates his power as a pianist. At a musical soiree at Vienna, Liszt required someone to take the second piano ill his four-hand arrange- ment of his symphonic poem, "Tasso." All the professional musicans declined the invitation to read such an arduous work at sight, but Mr Kingston was equal to the emergency, and the performance wnt without a bitch. Mr Kingston is an admirer of Wagner, of whose personal qualities he speaks highly. The composer differed from his countrymen in his contempt for court decorations. Probably every court in Europe had offered him emblems of chivalric honour, but so democratic was he that they were always declined. And," to quote Mr Kingston, Wagner remained to hIs dying day the only German composer of any eminence whose button- hole knew not adornment by the least shred of parti-coloured ribbon." « The opening of the Ronth Dock and the cutting of the sod of a new park at Cardiff were made the occasion of a general holiday in the metropolis of Wales. People donned their holiday garb and made their way to the spacious new dock in the morn- inv, and walked to the site of the new park in the afternoon. TIm: in one day, important measures have been taken to augment the business opera- tions of the town, and to provide much-needed facilities for outdoor recreation. The opening of the Roath Dock marks an eta in the growth of Cardiff. The dock is the largest in the Bristol Channel, and it will help forward the further development of Cardiff. The steamer Ninian Stuart first enterod the dock. As she floated through the entrance lock there was a depth of 34 feet of water. At low water it is very materially less, though not in the dock itself, the lock gates being closed and uniform depth maintained inside. The motto on Lord Bute's crest is Avito vivet honors" (he flourishes in an honourable ancestry). I do not quite endorse this. His lordship's ancestry is honourable enough, but his great wealth arises mainly from the progressive policy pursued by his commercial advisers. • » Wednesday's procession through the streets of Cardiff was an event, the characteristics of which will not soon fade from the memory of those who wore privileged to witness it. In respect of num- bers and comprehensivness it formed a spectacle of unique proportions, and must have given un- mitigated satisfaction to the natives. From the windows of the business establishments in St. Mary-street especially, a capital view was obtained, and the procession was not devoid of amusing incidents. For example, when opposite the Town-hall a halt was made for a supply of water for some of the boilers in active operation, and this afforded an opportunity for certain farriers to show in public how they ply their trade. A piece of iron having been made white hot, was placed upon the anvil. A blow from the striker scattered the sparks in all direc- tions, and scattered the crowd also. Tbe assem- bled people were also very much amused with the chimney-sweepers' exhibit of brushes popping up and down in the chimney of a model house. But the crowd roared again and again with laughter as the barber's conveyance passed—a conveyance upon which sat two men undergoing the lather- ing preparatory to a clean shave." The shameful and almost disastrous scene which attended the ceremony of the cutting of the first sod of Roath Park would afford to an intelli- gent foreigner an excellent opportunity of seeing the British rough in his pristine power. Not content with being admitted to the ground as a man of sense and respectability, he must needs make a hideous failure of what should have been a pretty and effective sight. The space allotted for the chosen few who were the invited guests of the Mayor of Cardiff consisted of a circle, about 150 feet in circumference, and around this had been placed a barricade, not particularly strong, it must be admitted, but sufficiently durable tu keep off intruders, unless they were on mifobief bent. A huge crowd of people assembled around, and the British matron was, as usual, well to the front, accompanied by babies and small children. Unfortunately a number of roughs became possessed of the idea that the scene would be incomplete unless tbey became the central figure, and they commenced with the utmost disregard for consequences to press forward against the barricade. The result was that it gave way, and a tremendous rush was made which resulted in ladies baing thrown to the grouud and seriously hurt. Babies and children being crushed, m what was practically a straggle for life and limb. The police were unequal to the occasion. Nothing could be done with the unwieldy mass of people who tore into the inclosure, and m a moment the scene became almost a pa.nic, shrieks and cries rising on all sides. It was a matter of wonder that so few were injured, and as it was, numbers of people fainted, and were bruised and marred. It ia a pity Lord Bute did not arrive at the proper time. He was three-quarters of an hour late, and it was in that interval when the impatience of the crowd rose almost to a boiling point that the rush was made. It is bad enough to have to keep so large a gathering of people in check, but it is much worse when the opportunities for violence are doubled by dilatory conduct on the part of exalted personages, In the Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, there is a small lake or pool upon which some swans may be seen disporting themselves. The pool is also the resort of youngsters, whose friends or parents have pro- vided them with toy boats, which it is their helight to swim." Daily there may be seen a number of children on pleasure bent from this source, but sore is their disappointment now for the simple reason that the water in the pool is low and filthy, and here and there treacherous bushes and brambles abound. A good many children. have lost their boats, and I write this "note" in the interests of the little ones. Can the pool be improved at present, or must we wait until there is a plentiful fall of rain ? A friend in London sends me some particulars of Messrs James Veiling and John Douglas's new drama, The Royal Mail," which was produced the other evening at the Standard Theatre. He says the play ought to attract the Welsh visitors to London in large numbers, owing to the fact that the scene of the three acts of which, with a prologue, it consists, is laid entirely iu South Wales. From a literary point of view the oniy thing to be said in favour of the drama is that it abounds in those sensational incidents in which a certain class of playgoers delight, but from a spetacular standpoint it would be difficult to conceive anything grander or more effective. Mr Richard Douglas's scenery is charming beyond description. The Pass of Llanelly" at the end of the first act is an extremely beautiful and artistic view of water and glen, and the moonlit lane in the second act, which is supposed to lead into the Neath-road, and in which an attack is made on a mail-cart, is equally pretty .though not so bold and striking. The greatest scenic triumph of all, though, is achieved in the last act, which contains the great effect of the piny. With the aid of a huge tank of real water—considerably larger than that used for the calibrated Henley Regatta scene in the Dark Secret "—backed by a. scene in which the Mum- I bles Head is most graphically depicted, a mar. I vellously vivid and impressive realisation is given of a storm at sea, with a shipwreck and a gallant rescue by a lifeboat crew. While the storm is at its height the curtain descends for a few seconds, and when it is raised again the tempest has died away, and the moon is shining from a clcar sky on waters now on]y stirred by a gentle ripplo, but which a moment before were surging mountains high against the rocks- Some idea of the extent to which realism is carried in "The Royal Mail" may be gathered from the statement that the lifeboat was built expressly for the Messrs Douglass by the builders for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The Rev Richard James Plater, of Penarth, has been driven out of the Established Church. Mr Plater is a hard-working clergyman, and a preacher of considerable ability. He has won the esteem of the people of Penarth in fact, his popularity put the vicar in the shade. What is surprising is the attitude of the bishop, who, apparently without any special knowledge of the cas*, immediately sided with the vicar against the curate. Surely the English Church in Wales is not so strong that it can afford to needlessly convert friends into foes. The unfair and stupid treatment to which Mr Plater has been subjected will wonderfully strengthen the disestablishment cause in Penarth. EvenCliurchmcnreeognisethatit is necessary to free tbe Church from the trammels of the State in order to get Home Rule in every parish church. If the congregation could have settled the dispute between the vicar and the curate, the latter would not have been driven out of the church. The congregations could carry on the work of church government with more success and acceptance than fall to the lot of the bishops, lawn sleeves and princely salaries notwithstanding. Bigfyr," an advocate of the use of anthracite coal, writes:—It is rather singular that the inhabitants ot London use bituminous coal so largely.considering the noxious smoke it produces. The constant smoke overshadowing certain parts of the city is poisonous, and it is strange the authorities should not have taken some steps before this time to remove this means of life- shortening. Since the lives of men depend to a. considerable degree upon the state of the atmos- phere they breatlie, it becomes evident that healthier means of domestic firingshould be used. This may be found in anthracite coal. It is a fact that anthracite coal, being quite smokeless, is healthier than b'tuminous, and anthracite is acknowledged to bo more durable and more heat- producing, MERLIN.

A ROMANTIC MATCH. Prince Hohenlohe, the Stattuatter of Alsace- Lorraine, and his wife hurried on Mon- day night through Paris to Brest, having been informed the day before by telegram of the death of Prince Peter Wittgenstein, brother of the Princess Hohenlohe. He died quite suddenly. He had since the death of bis wife, a fisher's daughter of Keileon, fallen into a moody state, and lost all interest in life. She died a year ago, and he may bo said to have lived over since in the temporary mausoleum in which her remains were place pending the erection of a permanent one. P«nce Peter inherited from his mother, the Princess btephanie de Radzivill, a fortune which was valued at 14 millions of roubles. Pnnca Peter Witt- genstein was brought up at St. letersburg as a page to the Czar, and entered the Russian Guard when a mere youth. Ho was Military attache at the Russian Embassy at Paris duriner fche S cond Empire and the G 'r|y years of this Republic, and remained in Jrans during the siege in an official capacity. He was strikingly like the Emperor Nicholas, ana was of a very picturesque appearance, looking to great advantage in full-dress uuiform at a review. After he retired from active service he put the Breton girl whom he resolved to marry to school, and bought a mansion in the Avenue Carnot, where after he married her they lived, find a beautiful place on the coast of Brittany. She never tried after fortune had favoured her in this brilliant manner to turn her back on her humble relatives and friends, and was really an angel of mercy to tbo orphans of drowned hshermen md sailors. Besides his Russian fortune, Irnnce Peter Wittgenstein was co-heir with the JO™1™ -henlohe to a Polish estate worth about i x> a y°ar* The Princess Hohenlohe becomes by .Prince Peter's death tho richest lady in her own right in Germany, but possibly the recent ukase of the Czar forbidding Germans to hold real estate in certain western provinces, will not compel her to sell her Russiau properties,

MURDER BY A MOTHER. • AJl crimes are more or less horrible but there is something- peculiarly shockiug in the circum- stances under which a murder has just been committed at Orantava, in Spam. Years ago, it appears, a. young man—a native of that town —emigrated to America, in the hope of making a fortune, and having, to some extent, succeeded in his object, he returned to his native place re- cently, where his aged parents still resided. He feared the consequences, had he abruptly revealed to them his identity, for they had had no tidings of their absent son for a long time, and possibly thought he was no longer living. He went, however, to the home of his youthful days, saw his father and mother—who did not recoguise him— and after asking hospitality of them, heconfijed to his mother a purse containing a large sum of money as well as other property. The sight of this treasure excited the cupidity of the woman, and induced her to plan a most abominable crime— namely, the murder of the traveller whom she lodged beneath her roof. She sought to prevail upon her husband to become her accomplice, and, failing in this, determined to murder him single- handed. She accomplished her intention by means of a hatchet, with which she almost severed her victim's head from the body; and—-shocking though it seems—when after she was arrested she learnt that she had killed her own child, she dis- played neither regret nor remorse, merely observ- ing that he ought to have revealed his identity. To return home after years of absence to be butchered by one's own mother is, indeed, a tragical fate.

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His wide range of subjects makes him an admirable conversa- tionalist, and besides being a scholar be is a travelled JbghahsDaik Broad-houldflred, he has a distinguished carriage aDd manner. He was educated at King's Col- let, London from whence he proceeded to Cambridge and graduated Master of Arts with hixh mathematical honours. Subsequently he occupied a Professor s chair in tM Royal College, Mauritius. His literary partner. afcip with James Rice produced in ten years more than a dozen novels and two plays, the names of which have become familiar to our ears as household words." Beaant's best known story, perhaps, is All Sorts and Conditions of Men," which originally appeared in our weekly paper, and is popularly believed to have reo sulted hi the erection of the People's Palace for East London, recently opened by her Majesty the Queen, the foundation stone having been laid a year before by the Prince of Wales. The Author describes Harr Pauln" as a. Story of modem life and manners. It treats of the Rise, the Greatness, and the Fall of an Allventurer who comes to London in order to trade on the credulity of the circle which live IWl10lac Spiritualists, "MedinoM." Esoteric Buddhists, Occult Philosophers, Thought Readers, and so forth. He dons so, performing feats which far surpass anything previously achieved even by the most pretentious of charlatans. How these feats are accomplished the reader partly understands trwa the outset. How his purpose changes, *nd from an unscrupulous adventurer, pretending to superna- tural powers, he descends to common earth again— how be confer- thegreateat benefits upon the family which receives him, and wins the friendship even of those m )st hostile and most suspicious of hiiu—and how he finally departs, carrying with him the forgive, ness and the sympathy of all—including the reader— will be discovered in the progress of the story, which is full of incident and surprises. HERR PAULUS may be depended apon to afford a. splendid literary treat. Few Novelists of modern times ca.n compa.ra with Walter Beeant in the ability to write a re*ily good. well-conceived, boldly-coastructed, and adrAjT- ably worked-out story. His literary gifts are uni-gae, md as the result of his vigorous fan<*y, brilliant rtfle, and careful attention to detail in all that concern*, his stories, we have aseries of volumes which baTt, AmUt up for him a. strong and enduring popularity. WALTER JgESANX'S NEW STORY WILL APPEAR IN THE C À R D IFF fJlIMJdJS AND jgOUTH y^TALES WEEKI¡Y.1NEWS, COM} ENCING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH. RECENT PRESS OPINIONS. "WALTER BESANT—A CELEBRI7-Y AT HOME. "To the people Mi Besant has ju»jc<-ecured a Palace be himself is content to reside in am unassuming semi. detached villa. He is a steady;, persistent writer, working every day, ami always biw a n"el in progress or under consideration. A raw 01 works 011 unijric an,1 aeyateryon the table have reference to the subject of the story which he is ju-t ti isUmg for publication iu the newspapers."—The World. THE PEOPLE'S PALACE. Seldom indeed has it fall. IV, to the lot of a novelist to aee the ideas sketched witbt a vivid imagination in his romances become realised in fact. Yec this is th" happy fate of Mr Walter F;#.sant. There can be no douoc that the People's Pala. is largely due to the in- fluence of that thoughtful iortd delightful book, All Sorts and Conditions of l\ÚJU,' "Nonunjormi8t and Independent. The pen is mightier thall. the sword;' aye, for the sword destroys, And spreads red ruin through the land and crushes hopes and joys; But what the well-direr/ted pen can do the world's been taught, Sinoe first the People) Palace rose. based on an author's tho«g>at."—London PigMo. THE WORLD WWH VERY WELL THEN. A very powerful and fascinating romance."—The Lit rary World. A 1 the world r;euds Mr Besant's books."—Man- Chester Examiner. one of the plreaantest of recent novels."—Court rnnd. Socity Review. Has much of »;>ie movement and vigour which one has learned to exrpoct from the author."—Academy. His books strike us aa models of what novels ought to be. Th>- story is powerful, pathetic, and original." —Saturday JUoiMw. "A racy and exciting tale, as well as another proof of its wi iter's rar versatility. The work deserves to ba read."—Morninj Post. "Mr Besarft s romances have five readers to-day to any othtlr novelist's one. Great tenderne6S and sweet. ness in his (Heroines is Mr Besant's special forte."— Jfem York Tiiiies, The beef, romance which the author has produced since he be^an to work alofe. We advise everybody who can enjoy ■ thoroughly good romance to read this one." —Pietaricd Wtrld. Mr octant never produces a novel which is not warmly welcomed by all thoughtful readera. It is worthy to rank with the foremost works of the best British -novelist*—Scotsman. In these days of sentimental, realistic, and school- girl nr/vr.ls, what greater compliment can be paid to a writer than o say he has produced a novel that is th<>r<;i»gbly pure, manly, and English?"—Pali Mall Gazette. Will certainly be classed amongst the most imagi- native, and we are nclined to think that it is also entitled to œ.ke rank &S the most original, of the now loax aeries of works with wh'ch his busy pen has en- riched our modern library of fiction."—Daily Jfewt. Mr Besant wields the wand of the wizard let him wwve it ill whatever direction he will.b" sumrno118 us as IrwsistiMy to follow him to tb" vanished world of sea- iichts, crimps, press-gangs, fixhting sea-dogs, and yarns ejfthe dead days of navai glory and slaughter as when he took us anting the h<>pele.^s toilers, "r built Aladdin- like a Palace of Deligh wherein the poor might walk with smiles at leisure."—Spectator. 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WELL KNOWN AS GINGER." At the Mansion House police-court, London on Tuesday, Walter Camming, alias Ginger a youth 17 years of age, was charged on remand—before Alderman Sir R. N, Fowle- with being on premises in Queen Victoria-street' for tho purpose of committing a felonv — Sergeant Dice, on Friday night about twelve o clock, found the street door of 165 Queen Victoria-street unfastened, and, upon searching the premises, he found in a lumber room, beneath some old papers, the prisoner, who was without his shoes. In reply to questions the prisoner stated that he had been induced to ml i y a y<)uth lie knew as Taters lho latter commenced to ransack the premise's and accidentally breaking a square of glass, he' thafc they "must clear out of it" Xaters went downstairs and left him mi A could101!" bei)'i-nd/,ti? 8h'f- forl?\mself best he found' i mi li { f Prlf<>nftf's) P°ckot« were round a number of cards, showing that he in- tended the evening following his arrest to have presided at "a friendly lead," and that he was a1nCJcr?" Tl' VJ,Hter °Umming' well known as linger. The Alderman on the last occasion laughingly remarked, in remanding the prisoner that ,t was quite clear that the 'Mead"Wd have to find another chairman.—The prisoner in defence, said it was all through "Titers" that toth8g weeks' hard labonr,

A GIRL IN MALE ATTIRE. A painful case of destitution has imfc brought to notice in the streets of Paris. A crowd of starving, ragged people were waitingoutside the police station lor some broken victuals when supposed young man who was among the shivering and hungry tatterdemalions was suddenly seen to fall fainting on the flags. He was tak Jto a seat near at hand, and on a large neckerchief baine openeu so as to give the wearer an opportunity Jf imbibing air it was discovered that the unfortu nate pauper was a girl. Restoratives were apphed' and she st>.ted that she was a schoolmistress from Toulouse, bhe had come so Paris for employment but had exhausted all her funds without finding any work, and rathnr than do wrong she resolved to assume masculine garb, and to follow tho call- th?n° to dT6r' |Shf U> thia Wil>' found 80tne- f«r 5 andbad Kftlned a little money, but her strength waa overtaxed, and she had to join the peop « who go about Pari, for food, which ie doLd out to them gratis in different parts of tbe cIty. A collection was made for the poor girl.

-1., Horrible Outrage by a Father. James Anderson (43j was charged at the Thames p«ilice-court, on Wednesday, with attempting to commIt a rHpe on his daughter, Ada Anderson, aged 16, at his house, Fanonia-wtreet, Bow. The evidence of the girl and of a younger sister was taken, and it appeared that the father and three girls slept in one bed. The accused was drunk at the time of attempting the ottence. He was com- mitted for trial. SILVKK ON THR BRATN.—Senator Fair, one of the richest men ia the Senate of the United States, beiu" worth over one hundrod IPillion,. oi dollars, is a luan of marked peculiarities. He is largely interested in silver mining, anti itll110re senses than 0110 uHy he said to have" silver 011 the brain," for about the com. mencement of his successful career, he received a blow, which-fractured his kull and was only saved from death by the operation of trepanning—that is to sav a plate of silver was inserted in the top of his head. lie is still a young man, and though liishair is not "siirere<i his skull is; thus differing frun many men and women, who have no silver on their brain but a larre supply of it in their hair. People turn gray much earlier m life than formerly. Such beinir the case it is surprising that they do not take better care of'it. The hair is a vegetable, and may be cultivated, its growth strengthened, and its texture improved by care, attention, and the application of the proper fertilising properties. That this is the case has been amply demonstrated, and, therefore, no one ne«d VIVKKI 'j ?.lr' or a coarse and wiry stubble, provided theywill us<, the proper care. The preparation most m voaue for this purpose is un iloubiedly Mrs 3. A. Allen's World's Hair Restorer, \vuic.\ never jails of arresting the laliin!* out of the ha.r, or restoring gray hair to its original color, strength and glossy^luxuriance It is brides the most delicate aud delightful hair dressing in the world, it may be purchased of any chemist or perfumer, in any I town or city. 012¿ 12987 1

THE AN II-TITHE AGITATION. A conference, convened by Mr Gee, leader of the anti-tithe agitation, has been held at Denbigh, to consider the future course the agitation should take. There was a large and influential attend- ance, and, it is generally understood, that Welsh tenant farmers will be advised to resist payment of tithes to the uttermost, where the demands for a substantial remission are refused. Mr Bridge's Report. 0 In the House of Commons on Monday, Mr THOMAS ELLTS asked the Secretary ot State for the Home Department whether his attention had been called to the fact that with the exception of the officers of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the two chief constables and the Church of Eng- land clergymen, the great majority of the persons who appeared before the Tithe Commission gava their evidence in the Welsh language.and whether, in view of the great interest taken in the report of the commissioner by the Welsh people, he would direct Professor Rhys, secretary to the commis- sioner, to prepare a Welsh translation of the report. The HOME SECRKTARY was not aware how many of the witnesse- gave their evidence in Walsh, He did not propose to have an official translation of the report of thecommissioner made by Professor Rhys. He had no duub: private efforts might satisfy any demands there might be for a Welsh translation. Sir E. RKED subsequently asked the right hon. gelldulIIan to reconsider his decision, Mr MATTHKWS said he would reconsider the matter, but be was sure the hon. geutleman would feel it to be an unusual thiug for the Government to undertake to translate into Welsh or Gaelic any official documents. If there was a demand for a Welsh translation, he thought it could ba supplied by voluntary efforts. The Dismissal of P-C. Griffiths. Mr T. ELLIS also asked the Home Secretary a question, of which tie had given notice, with regard to the dismissal of Police-coustabla Griffith from the Merionethshire polic3, in con- sequence, as was alleged, of his sympathy with the tithe movement. Mr MATTHEWS I have obtained a report from the chief constable of the county, who informed me that this constable was not dismissed for sym- pathising with the tithe movement, but for a gross neglect of duty. He had served in the police for a little over four years, and had borne a fair character. The chief constable has by statute the power to dismiss him without notice. In this case he gave the constable a month's notice, and has not refused to give him a good general character, although he has declined to give him such a char- acter as would enable him to enter another police force. Defence Subscriptions Solicited. The Pembroke Dock Junior Liberal Association has issued the following A Welsh Jubilee Offering. A subscription fund has been opened in Wales for the purpose uf help-iig to defray the heary expenses being incurred by tbe State prosecution of 31 farmers and labourers, who are charged with taking part in the recent anti-tith-; riots in North Wales. The Go- vernment has resolved to remove the place ot trial to theQu en's Bench,with the objectof crushing the tithe moToment, not only by entailing expense, but also by getting an easy conviction by an Knglish jury. All who sympathise with the few Welshmen who are fighting the cause of Wiles, are requested to subscribe (however little) to wards sustaining this National move- ment." Strong Resolution of the Calvinistio Methodists. At Carnarvon on Wednesday, at the quarterly meeting of the North Wales Calvinistic Methodist Association, the Rev Owen Jones, B.A., the moderator, presiding, the .following resolution passed by the Vale of Ciwyd monthly meeting was read Teat inasmuch as the tithe question in Wales vT-n, Present time is closely connected Af *i rtisentablislniient and disendowment n.r, i li? 4..Established Church in our country, « i? ifcs turn bears so close relation to the ccess of the Church of Christ, we ask the assembly of ç:Ja.rna.non to dis;,ppr"e the action of the Ecclesi- Churcb '8Sl ,^ers> the Dean a,ld Chapter of Christ refusfnir £ UeSe. the clergy, and others, in distraining .in«anM any reduct'ons in the tithes, and causimr ihsf.nrKo'\l'°PQrty of the farmers, thereby asse blv shnnV? es m 801,18 districts, and that tlie countrvmen hi th sympathy with our fellow- A J "Ie,lr Present depression. A dlSCUrvSlOU followed Kt>VPr-Ll 1 I 1 J* n.af tw several members holdincr that they ought not to interfere, but eventually it was decided to retec the whole matter to the con- sideration of a spucial committee.

DROWNED AT THE MUMBLES. On Sunday the body of a resident of South End, Mumbles, namad Mrs Howell, was found on the beach near the commencement ot the path leading to Liineslade Bay by Mr A. Westrupp and a man named John Hullen. The deceased, who was 62 years old, and the wife of a dredger named David Howell, was, it is stated, addicted to habits of intemperance, and had indulged in a heavy drinking bout on the previous day. She left her home between seven and eight on Sunday morning, without leaving any word as to where I she was going. An hour later a man, named William Richards, met her in the vicinity cf her own house, and had a short conversation with her. A few minutes after Richards had passed on Mr Westrupp discovered the lifeless body of the woman lying on the shore, only a few yards away from the spot where Richards had seen her. The tide at the time was at its height, and it is sur- mised that deceased either fell or jumped from the ,°tp*tb into the water. When picked up her clothes were wet through, and the appearances were consistent with death from drowning. An inquest was held at the Pilot Inn, Mumbles, by Mr Edward Strick, coroner, on Monday Fl^ ^ftOUHhinfr1,tll°^eofchJ>f a. WOlllan namelÅ Elizabeth Howells, of 2, South-end, Mumbles found drowned in the sea near her resident^ on Sunday last. From the evidence adduced there appeared to be some doubt as to whether deceased s getting into the water was the result of an accident or thu act of a suicide J U I been noticed oa the day be it,. ,De°?af>d bad a depressed state. Dr B^an said h„ t0 ,D the body, upon which he found M^ eXai?''aedf violence with the exception nf ? uiarks of at the back of the head wound prob.bi.ity h.v, b«!;8,ellJ'tv'7 I.TS .ion ,emTO^;eS;ar.uiu-

THE HEAL-TH OF CARDIFF. the Registrar-General for the tlm h lnS Saturday last, Aug. 20, shows that in r»Z-, Sgb of Cardiff the number of births with 93 last week wa* j8, as comPared births ,u the two Precedm £ These 88 nonded 86d 51 boys :ulfi 37 6t'rls' ftn<i corres- oDi laH ?" an"ual rate of 44 0 per 1,000 of the esl,»>fced to have been in the middle this Year 104)580. There was again a further tncrease in the mortality in the last week, for the deaths amounted to 52, and these were preceded by 40, 35, 33, and 30 in the pre- vious four. These 52 deaths realised a rate of P0^ 1,000. It Vina a high one, for it was 2*6 j Wfthf mi t'le 28 great towns of England and -there were as many as 17 of them with ^r'stol was one of these,but its death M, s CQ was only 0'5 under that of Cardiff. 0% fa i latter included 29 males and woraTf 8S' afnd °* tof al as many as 24 of them 10,se infants under one year, whilst there m. on y ° of adults of 60 years and upwards. o We^e 18 deaths from the principal zymo- n° a rate of 9 0- They included 13 of J a» f each of whooping cough and fever, vinla,uf • Ineasle8. There was 1 death from 41"quests were held on 3 bodies, and 7 Tl 1 ln "le institutions of Cardiff. 1P j? mortality in the several towns, foi™^ lu order from the lowest, were as Norwich Bolton 24*6 Halifax. Newcastle-on-Tyne 2W Leicester \U *r,s,t.°i |.o Nottingham I ufrd,,f f\: l-a London Plymouth 26 4 Hndri.. « 'i\' 21*2 Liverpool £ 21-4 Oldham 26*3 ;-i 21-5 Hul1 2/ 5 ;-i 21-5 Hul1 2/ 5 \Vrtlifti £ Portsmouth 1WU .ampton 23 2 Brighton 287 ^dford 23 Birkenhead 2S'9 Birmingham 24"5 Preston 30'1 hunderland 24*5 Blackburn 30'3 oalford 24*6 Manchester 33'5

LANDORE STEEL WORKS STRIKE. A largely-attended meeting of the men on strike in the above works was held in the Commercial Hotel on Wednesday, when an address was deli- vered by Mr HodSe, the general secretary of the iintisl) Steel Smelters' Society, who condemned the action of the masters in causing the men to work from week end to week end without cessa. tion, a ttune: which he said waa done in no other works in the country. He pointed out the moral, social, and physical evils of such a course, and said, regardmpf the reduction of wages, that if ljandore men had not to work on Sundays they would not make labourers' wages, and that they were the lowest-paid men in the country. He pnwmsea the men every assistance in resisting the reduction of their present low wages, and like- wise in ending the system of Sunday labour.

A RAHJ/VATMYS R £ RV AT BRISTOL. TTMI linK?lar discovery was made at Lawrence ■"■ill Station, Bristol, on Monday. When »n excursion train returning from Pontypool drew Up there, the station-master found in one of the compartments a man bleeding profusely from numerous wounds in the head. The carriage was saturated with blood, and one of the windows was broken. The man seemed very excited, and appeared under the influence of drink. He could not give any account ot what had taken place, and was unable to explain how the injuries had been sustained. He was taken to the Brittol Infirmary and detained. He gave the name and address of William Williams, of High-street, Pontypool.

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THE ATLANTIC DISASTER. Recovery of the Missing Boat. A Falmouth despatch states that the GeriO*" vessel Mathilda has arrived at that port havioff on board the missing seven passengers and s'^ members of the crew of the Inman steamer City°E Montreal,which was burnt at sea on the 11th ins?* The bl/at was picked up on the 17th inst. in 1■»* tude 42"54 N., and longitude 40 20 W., having been four days at sea. On the firsc day the se" was very rough, and at times the weather waS very hot. The occupants were plentifully sup- plied with bread and meat, but suffered badly from thirst. Ii The Press Association Falmouth correspondent gives the following particulars of the experie"0^? of the passengers and crew in the boat:—j e7 took on board plenty of provisions, such res and salt meat, jam, biscuits, &c., but only halt a keg of water. Tbey had 110 sails, and not » single rocket with which to make signals of distress. They drifted with the wind and tide to the south and east. The weatlier at the time was rotifh, and on two occasions tha boat was swamped. It was with great difficulty that she was kept aflo.it, and had another ss.* been shipped they must all have been thrown into the water. They were drifting about on Friday, the 12th, when they saw in tha distance a three-masted steamer with black funnel. They pulled towards her as best they couid, and got within three or four cable lengths of her, when one of the crew hoisted his jacket aud white pocket handkerchief as a signal Oi dis- tress. They said one to the other, We shall soon be on board of her," when suddenly, to their in- tense dismay, the vessel steamed right away from them. On the same day they saw another steamer, but she was at too great a. distance from them. On Saturday they thought they saw another steamer, and pulled towards it. After two or three hours' hard work they found themselves close by the burning steamer, City of Montreal. They stayed by heC the whole of Saturday night and the following d;iy and night, and early on Monday morning the MathiMe bore down and took them 011 board. V file City of Montreal was still burning when they were rescued. All the woodwork in her had Been entirely consumed, and her plates were no hot that they could not board her, although they attempted to do so, as they were short of water, and had it not been that great care was exercised in dealing out their supply, their position would have been very serious. As it was, soms of them occasionally rinsed their mouths with salt water. The passengers and crew all speak in high ternia of the kindness shown towards them by Captain Baltzer, master of the Matilda.

MASSACRE OF A MISSIONARY PAIiTY. According toinformation which has just come to band fromCooktown, via Sydney, it appears that the natives of Motu Motu have massacred the mis- sionary teacher and five friendly natives who were with him. The district has been in a disturbed state for some time, and even the Government agent, who was residing on the island, did not appear to be safe with the natives. Immediately the news of the massacre of the six missionary people reached Port Moresby, the special com- mission of that place left in the cutter Ada for the purpose chiefly of giving assistance to Mr Edel- felt, the Government agent at Motu Motu, and also of inquiring into the massacre. Mr Com- missioner Douglas, owing to the excited state into which native felling had got, had considered it necessary to make some forcible demonstration in order to show the natives the power which could be brought against them if they armed any of the friendly people on the island and no doubt the Commissioner will take some active measures now.

SMUGGLING BY THE ROYAL YACHT CREW. Cjusiderable sensation was occasioned at CoweS on Wednesday by the seizure of a boat's cretf from the royal y;.cht Victoria and Albert for smuggling. Two officers of customs from London stopped the post boat on its coming ashore with letters, and seized about forty pounds of tobacco mL professedly for a parcels post delivery. The boat and crew of seven hands were seized, taken to the custom house, and thence to the royal yacht, where they were delivered to CaP' tain Fullerton, to be surrendered 011 the comply* tion of next voyage, which will be about Sentom* her 4th.

Shocking Bailor Accident.-Six men were en- gaged cleaning tho inside uf a boilerat the Be.iver Cement Works, on the Med way at Rochester, 00 Saturday morning, when the steam fronl a connected boiler was suddenly and inad- vertently let in upon them. Five of th..r}.l vvP-4 terribly scalded..