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"TRI'Tlf." "He told me all about, the affair, and he said, the version of it I hif/e given you was th I truth, whether it was relieved or sot." said Mr. Snow, the wealthy inanufactv-rer, to the guest with whom he was conversing. "Truth dweib a" :-he bottom jf the well," replied the* young: man addressed, laughing heartily. F'onr-ycar-olÍ1 Mar lon Snow. iitting on her papa's knee, opene d her bias eye., at this remark, and at ome there cime bcforehor childish mind a -pieti.ref'of 'fh* dark, deep well, with its mossy euro, its d -ijvung t. and, its Ion?, high sweej- cleanng' the summer air in the cool, shady, jj-assy ./Jad of har grand- father's farmhouse away up among the Xew Hampshire bills. She treasured the pic: urc. often pondered ovsr it, wondering wtat.. T trth w is like, ami if she should ever set ?ccd h. jotting a sight of her. When, a few months ItiCr, an invitation to hEr cousin Eliza's vi-oddng frcm the I country homcst"ad to the city mi Jision. Marion clapped her tiny hands in ieiijhc, exclaiming: "Oh. now I can look for Lmh! What a pity it will he if she gets out of the well before we get there' It was late on -the .Time •ev-eninrr preceding the wedding day when th-, lumber! ig stage-coach t-et them down at the homestoafu Marion vras too sleepy to think of T nth. that night, but the next morning she was "oariy awake, and, slip- ping out of bed and PfEping from the vine- clad casement, she espisd the old well. and, following a childish impulse, sue resolved to ascertain at once whether Truth was concealed in its mysterious depth", Her little bare feet carried her silently down I ths winding stairs, through the big parlour where the p-esenti were disi&iyed and evry- thing was ready for the wedding, and out upon the back stoop. "I am going to Look for Truth." --he called sweetly to her graliimot.icr. vho was busy in the dairy, and like a bird stan- -flitted in her long white nightgown across the yard, climbed upon the well-cu-b, leant sover, tnd seeing her own charming reflection in the crystal depths, she shouted joyfuMy: "Oh. I ree. I see Truth! She is ever so far down. Won't she come up to the wedding?" Then, losing h?r balance, over she went into the well. By a singular providence she went down feet first, and, grasping a repe by which a pail of cream Nva- usi:cndec, he kept her bead above water until she was drawn up to the arms of her agonised para its. The accident o affrighted- and excited the whole family tha: throughout the day nothing went on quite as it h, been a -ranged. In looking over the orcsnnt.' after the guests had departed, the bride m'saod a string of heavy gold beads, an heirloom in the family; they had been giver, her by a great- aunt. Marion, hearing the talk about them. piped up: "Oh. let me tell you where ti-ey are. I had them on when I fell into the well. and now Truth has them. "That is impossible," they all said. "That is just a chimera of the dear child's over-excited brain." Some of the family were positive they saw th? necklace after breakfast, but everyone had beeu so wrought up that they were not sure cf anything. They all united, however, in laughing at Marion's story, and Grandpa Snow fluid.: — "The well is very old and very doap. The water is deep and coid. It is not ikortli while for anyone to risk his life to prove the accuracy of a baby's prattle." The bride made up her mind that her cousin Martha, who lived on the adjoining- farm. had stolen the beads out of spite; for she had been heard to say that she had just as good right. to them as Eliza had. Having- abruptly arrived at this conclusion in her first chagrin at the 1 OPS of her necklace. he repeated her convic- tion to everyone, without charity or prudence, until poor innocent Martha wd's branded as a, thief by the whole community. Mr. and Mrs. now and Marion soon after this event took up their abode in the then far West, and Marion did not come East again until she was married and came on her wed- ding tour. She had not been long in the square parlour of the old homestead before she said to Cousin Eliza, now a rosy niatron:- "I want to go and look in the well. I want to see 'Truth' again. I wonder if she wears the gold beads I carried her when T went down to make her a call, you know, on the morning of your wedding day. I shall never forget that experience. The. ;t|m<; se^pien interminable after I lost my balance before my bare feet struck the icy-cold water." "Do you still believe that you had on my ffold beads at that time?" asked Eliza, laugh- ing heartily. "To be sure I do. my dear cousin; I know I had them on. "nrey"tty"on some pink "cotton in a little box on the parlour table, there in that corner. I put them on, and came here and stood on tiptoe to look into this very same gilt-framed mirror. I remember just hov they looked over my white night-gown. Has the well never been cleaned since then?" "No. It has not been considered safe to go down into. The well is ojily. j(t$ed to hang thingil in that we want to keep cool, and the beads are not thpre. Cousin Martha stole thosa beads. I have nev^r had the least doubt upon the subject." Visiting aroup^ among her relatives, Marion foartd that her eeiuMn Martha, a swsel., gentle. Christian wcroafc&fead been all thos*e years Tir.d-ejr' a social ?6*lracism on account of the report: tfelt she'3|t £ le her' fcdusin Elisa's neck- lace. Marion's y^ung husband was a minister of the Gospel. "I- -mean to know the truth of this matter," h«v '*»KI. "and in this instance 'troth' c-M-t^il?^#^ at the bottom of the woll/'li.. Oiw day GrandffiA ynow, who was still living, made-a party ,for iht young couple. After the guests ass^qj&led. many of them being the same who at Liza's wedding, the 1; young man1 i-ntwwtu^'t the story of the gold beads, and anpo-ttftced'- tnat the event of the afternoon was t$~ V tie 1 recovery, if they l»ere in the wclT .*■■■.■. Hegalled- the meif he, had engaged to assist him, and put,tn>g on a pair of long fishing- boots, he descended info the mossy depth. A*each bucketful of sand and water was drawn up it was scanned by anxious eyes. After awhile, when tfcefc* had almot given up the quest, Marion- "Oh. there is ,10 shining gold speck!, Rarjjrftitf* It is one of the beads We have cf them!" she shouted down the Well tbLher young husb-jnd. "There» tfnn." aid Eliza; and it was not long before;-«he held tharn all in her bnd, Marion d^H^tnul of course, and K!;za. knew not« whotfewuthe was more grati- fied or chagrinetp" •• She sent for hi? couin Martha, who had not been invited to ftfe- 'pia-rty. asked her forgive- ness in the presence of the company f.or the wrong she had done her, and presented her with the neciilace. Upon that everybody cried and kissed Martha, and asked for for- gflvoness for believmg such a foolish report. "I knew I was neglected by everybody, left out in the cold as iu were." said Martha. at last, "but I never knew why. I was never told of the unjuso suspicion resting upon me, but M I lost my friends one by one I drew nearer to God, so the years have not been as weary .? to me as you may SUpOEO. I cannot take the necklace..Ml this suspicion is a punishment for my unking remark in saying I had just as good a right to it as Eliza." "¡,Iarion shall hare it as a wedding present from us both," «lM''EHsra: and, ihb beads hat- ing teen re strung, they were fastened .about the neck cf the youthful bride. SheIla3 always worn them in memcry and in praise of "Truth." ihe says. Several summers ago I me; her at the old homestead. The gold, necklace sparkled and shone on her whits, plump fhroct S, standing by tho old well and locking down into its crystal depth?, she told me thi-j story. iTHE EM),

Wise and Otherwise, What is that place dawn ihjrc?" ;¡s1:d shi of one of the effie-ers. Whv. that is th.2 stecrag3." answered he. And does it tak2 all those people to make the boat go sira:ght?" Do you love -me?" she asked fondlv. Dearly," rep.ied he. Would you dis for me?" Xo, my precious one. Mine is an undying love." She had to make the best of this. Miss Scraggs: Y es. once when I was out alone on a dark night I saw a, man, and oh! my good- ness. bow I ran. Little IVillie: And did you catch him. Miss Scragg3? Stone: I'll bet that your. fellow yonder is wearing his first silk hat. Job Lott: Hew can you tel!? Stone: Didn't you see how he ducked his head on entering the passage. Bobby: Is oxygen what the oxen breathe all day? Papa: Of course, and what everything elsÐ breathes. Bobby: And is nitrogen what everyone breathes at Hight? &' Tourisl: I like your cottage and the outlook, Mrs. Smith, but I should like to know-as I nec so many pool- about the meadow Land— whether there is a likelihood of anything malarial being got here. Landlady: Bless you, sir! to be sure. Jus. give my 'usband the word, an' he'll bring it in for ye—an' everything else' ye'd like to men- tion. Temperance Advocate: I am sorry to hear you have bn drinking of late; remember thai there is a limit to the pleasures of a public- howie. Gardener: Very well, sir; I'll go to a brewery. Proud Young Mother: J01m. fet us call him Claude! Equally Proud Young Father (gazing at his first-borni: No. Miranda. It might kesy him from being President of the United States some day. riMnc r. fD'r -abwteiJtt: crI sec they've given you butte- Mrs. Nuwed: 0 h. yes; I've just gjt put straight on that subject: r Mr. Xuwed: Gat what? Mrs. Nuwed: Why, the grocer tells me they're just the same; only butter is milked from the cow. and butterinc is taken from her after she's butchered: A pretty little: nest of mixed metaphors ap- peared a short time back in the columns of a. contemporary. Here it. is: "France might have been in the throes of another Presidential crisis had not M. Felix Fauro taken ths wind out of the sails of his cowardly foes by coura- geously seizing the skeleton which Was V-Owed away in his cupboard and Singing it at their feet." Revenge.—"Wifc (from the window): Well. I I declare, John, I wouldn't spend time sprinkling the dust in our neighbour's bckyard-cpe- cially when they are people who talk about us I the way they do. Husband: That's all right, my dear; their ¡' pet poodle was washed this morning—now he's out there rolling in the mud. Trust your hus- band, my swe-et, for thought fulness Wonderful.—Nawlyricb (showing guest round his liouee): And this gun was carried by my great-great-grandfather all through the Penin- sular. A wonderful relic, isn't it? Guest (noticing date stamped on lock): Won- derful! Why. it is nothing short of miracu- lous. Ncwlyriclv (puazisyd) :VMiraculous? Guest: Yes; for a man to carry a gun through the campaign* that wasn't made till 1830."

■■ v MAE8TEG DISTRICT COUNCIL HORSES. HORSES. At a mee tin§ £ kt rt$ik Miie&ieg-: District Council Oil Tuesday. Mr. D. Davies in the chair. Dr. Dar-ies' drew attention to the condition of tlie two horses owned- by the council and employed in scavenging work. They were in such a poor condition that the work was very imperfectly done. and if an inspector of thp National Society for the Preyention of Cruelty to Animals visited the place the council might find them- selves in an aw-kwin'^positien.—The Chair- man said that Letter horses were badly needed. The- ones now In use Were a dis- grace to the town. They were in such a I poor condition that titey frequently fell down. It was intimated that nothing could b? done in the matter for another I two months, when the new estimate would I be prepared. Dr. DaVies said he did not think the animals would last that time.

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The Hero of Douglas. LXXIV. Lieutenant-colonel Thomas David- Pil- cher, of the 2nd Battalion of the Bedford- shire Regiment, joined the-Army in 1879, and up to the outbreak of the war was serving in "West Africa with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, being then a. major in the Northumberland Fusiliers. He was one of the special service officers selected for service in South Africa, and quite recently his name has been very promi- nently before the public as the leader of a successful raid to the we-jt of Lord Methuen's position, by which the town of Douglas, on the Riet River, was delivered for a while from Boer occupation, and tha LIEUTENANT-C )L0NEL T. D. PILCHER. loyalist population brought, away. On New Year's Day a mounted force, consisting 6c e, c 200 Queenslandtrs, under Colonel Ricards, 100 Canadians, under Major de Rouge- mont. with 200 men of the Cornwall Light Infantry, and 40 mounted infantry, with six guns, advanced by nierht from Belmont, ana in the morning attacked the Boer laager and captured it. The Australian ana Canadian troops behaved with great steadiness, and Cilonel Pileher entcreci the town of Douglas ait-cr the action, amid the enthusiastic cheers of the loyal inhabi- tants. The enthusiasm reached a a:, when Colonel Pilcli^r r.pper,rod. Sreh a welcome (sryys Renter's correspondent) se'dom been seen. The inhabitants stated 1 1 that'the kuddrost Lft at ten o'clock the n ght be.ore, vrilli the whole of ilss mcir.iied rebels. Cilonel IMcher'.s cc*lumn suc- ceeded completely in its ebjcct, the rebels in the district having: been dispersed once- and for all. The loyalists have new a r(e- mg of security, vrhne the hasty departure of all the Dutch, even the women and chilt;fell. shows how great was the effect of the march. The Union Jack was hoisted by a band cf loyal natives, and th? Free State flag was pulled down immediately on the arrival of the column. Owing to mili- tary reasons Colonel Pileher was not able to remain at Douglas, but the loyal inhabi- tants accompanied his force when he re- tired to Belmont. The expedition was I thus quite successful, and Colonel Pileher received the congratulations of Getierai Bullsr.

RAILWAYMEN'S DISPUTE AT CARDIFF. A representative appointed by the guard, and brakesman of the Great Western Railway at Cardiff' waited upon Mr. Leaning, the d,istrict superintendent, on Tuesday with reference to a resolution passed at a meeting of the men held oh Sunday. Mr. Leaning listened cour- teously to the deputation, and pointed out that in reality the men had been p:Ùi hitherto for time which they did not spend in the service of the company. It appears that they were credited with half an hour before the stirting and half an hour after the arrival of a, train when they worked eleven hours a day. Now the hours have been r duced to ten, and thsv are permitted to arrive later and sign eff earlier than before. Th?ir idle time h-s been curtailed by about twenty-five minutes per day. tvid when position was explained to the representa- tive cf the- men he seemed satisfied "What it appears to come to is this, that if the men claim ton hours the company require them to work thot time. The circum- stances vary in every district, and the complaint made at Cardiff may not apply to other stations.

SWANSEA I NTE H M E DI ATE SCHOOL. RESULT OF THE COMMISSIONERS' INQUIRY. The rsDOi't of the Charity Commissioners on the public inquiry into the entanglements at Swansea Intermediate and Technical Schools has just been received. In this the Commis- sioners state that t.h?y consider more prompt- ness and diligence should hove been exercised in matters relating to the deeds of the old Grammar School. They do r.ot ac.ceni the suggestion that only pant of the committee were responsible, and they note with some surprise thai in an inquiry which w" Called for on behalf of ratepayers generally the prin- cipal criticisms cf the administration were made on behalf of certain governors, and were directed almost exclusively against the conduct of one of their own paid officials. After calling attention to the eerious delay n providing accommodation both for lny = and girls, the report goes on:—"The Commis- sioners recognise that the governors have had some difficulties to encounter for which ther cannot be held responsible, but they are unable I to avoid the conclusion that the pressing want: of boys and girls have to some extent bJ'il made to give way to the attempt to realise a scheme of combínåtion, with plans! formed under the icchnical Instruction Act-, a scheme ¡' which may present great educational advau- tages, but which would have been better sub if- dinatcd to the divcharge of the primary and imperative duties of the governors. The inquiry appears to the Commissioner- to have shown that the appointment of the governors as the technical instruction committee of trie o borough has been not invariably favourab-e to the interests of the schools, and that ,nffi- cient care has not been taken to distinguish between the two sets of functions thus under- taken by the one body. To avoid any con- fusion or misunderstanding on this point r; the future the Comrai sionc.rs make ccrtam recommendations as to keeping the business Separate. They complain that the town-clerk, whilst acting as legal adviser to both schemes, is only paid out of the intermediate fund, In conclusion, the Commissioners request to be furnished with full accounts of all legal and ether expenses incurred by the past difficulties, that the liabilities should be consolidated and liquidated, and the provision of accommoda- tion taken seriously in hand.

THE NEW SWANSEA EMPIRE. The contract for the new Swansea Em- pire has been let to Mr. John Linton, of Newport, at about £ 24,000. Mr. Linton built the Newport Empire, and the Swan- sea Empire internally is to be on similar linea. Messrs. Gordon and Griffiths, New- port, are the architects. —

I JPJIPJH I Ill ISoreTbroaif INSTRUCTIONS from 4 < Sir MORELL MACKENZIE, M.D. f < (THE EMISEST THROAT SPECIALIST) "You cnnot do better i than prgle with >; CONDY'SREM<OIAL FLU I OJ} IF All Substitutes are inferior. ► Aakfar, & see that you gel it. "Www ■ u m I I,U., Ih y. g.w. .vi- -e- l'

THE POSITION ON THE TUGELA. BOERS REPORTED TO BE RETREATING. BULLERS DEMONSTRATION, DISPOSITION OF THE FORCES 1\' From the Daily Telegraph" War Correspondent. By Special ^rrar\gQmet\i for Simultaneous I Publication. FEEHE CAMP, Sunday (3.45 p.m.). All is now quiet at Chieveley and Ladysmith. Heavy rair-s fell (hiring,the night. Two guns were fired at midnight at Lady- smith. So far wild "shaves" and ernip rumours have been fewer in number this campaign than is usual. Th2 latest of them current yesterday was to th effect that 500 Bjers who had got down the V/eenan road w-c.ro coming to snipe Frere I Camp last night. The story was started by some native;, who were brought in by an cffic'r. "Let 'em all Km?." mid ri:nernl TIni1"r j No such luck. "\0 :nc: luck The enemy let 113 severely alone. Yesterday's demonstration Coienso was at least- a pretty affair, if not 'effective in drawing the Boers back to Coien.so and makir.g them show the:neere:. About tw3 o'clock in the afternoon the mounted brigade started out from Chieveley with two ueld batteries towards Coienso, formed the centre of the movement, D^ernkop being to the west and Hlangwana to the eaet. Their crders ware to covcr the front cf the iniantry advance r.nd to prolcct the flanks. The principal cbjeet wa« t.) assist the garri- at by mcn.clng an attack upon Cjlense. With an extended i'rent the thin line of troopers rode towards the Tagrla, Coloi.so vil- b?i:¡; tl: c?ntl"ftl point. squadrons --of the 13:h Hussars occupied a position near Doemkop. whilst- Thcrn-oy- croft's Colonials v.etit to Hussar Eiil, south of If: --1," l l_ Our irj-hcd ahead until came the Mausers of th3 Boer3 in Colc'.iso and uoon Hlangwana. The enemy, alarmt-d at the approach cf the horsemen, who were closely followed by widely- extended and uccesiive lines of infantry, gal- loped in scores to take up their positions in th trenc:lcs. A number of Ion silso got down to tht- nver-bank treneues, and a few ensconcd them- selves in the houses at Caier:; J. The naval guns, 4.7 and 12-pounderv, from Camp Hiil, hotly shelled the Boers in Coienso, and the trenches north of the Tugela, cer- tainly killing and wcanding numbers of the nP:ilY.. The Boer rif there, though only at a rang? of 800 yards, was badly aimed, and they did not hit cur troopers. General Hiidyard's brigade turned cut with three regiments, the Queen's leading near the raihvay track. with the East Surrey on the left, and the Devonshire Reglmefit in support, and as -escort for th3 guns Colonel Reeves led the Irish Fusiliers and "Velsh Fu-.iliivs toward.i Hlangvvana, and these troops, being in extended lines, marched across the spacious track like khaki fence-posts without, losis. Both brigades got well up to the positions where the battle raged flereest en December 15. The Boers, however, made no aggressive movement, and, with the exception of a sligjft fusillade, they lay low. Four field batteries opened fire at about 2 630 yards range upon the Boer trenches at four in the afternoon, un-J a heavy fire was mail tainod for an hour. Then the gruns went forward to 1.200 yard, distance, being well within range of the Boer rilles a-a-l guns. Still the enemy kept silent. Onr, bombardment, which was heavy, both frcm the naval and field, proceeded until nearly seven o'clock, when the whole force retired to quarters. EN-en General C'cry, who commanded in person, rode dawn, near the Tngela. but failed to draw the Boer guns cr fire frcm their M a,.i c r s. I

CAPE TOWN NEWS. From the "Qnily Tclegraoh" Special Correspondent. By Special Arraqgrment (or Simultaneoua PubJjcaiicn. CAPE rrow, Saturday Evening. It is announced that, owing to ths d-elay caused by calling "at Gibraltar, the mail steamer Dunottar Castle, conveying Lord Roberts and Lord Kitrfcemr, is net cxpccted to arrive before Wednesday. There is no intention to off;, a formal recep- tion to the generals. but the corporation and the citizens may be relied upon for decora- tions in the streets and welcoming. It is frit, however, that the occasion is too stern to permit'of an'exchange of mere civi- lities. Cape Town has been sho-ii-cl at the casual- ties attending the gallant and unsuccessful sortie from Mafeking. Mcrt of those killed were familiar figures, having enlisted here. A report comes, via Pretoria, to the effect that Kuruman has been captured by the Boers, after a stubborn defence by a handful of men, who lately beat cff an attack lasting six days, Without any casualties to themselves. Kuruman itself is of little strategical impor- tance. but its fall closes an alternative route to Mafeking for the time being.

.1. ASSESSMENT OF RHONDDA RAIL- WAYS. At g meeting of the Pontypridd District CDuncil on Tuesday Mr. James Roberts spoke on the necessity of-re-assessing local railways. The assessment eammit,-teer of the guardians (he said) should take it up at once. The Barry Railway, for instance. was assessed on two million tons a year, bq± he was informed that last ye;:r they had carried upwards of six million tons, and this year about seven million and a quarter. The Taff Vale Railway alio showed a considerable increase. It was outrageous, and he could not understand the lethargy of the assessment committee. Tin counci resolved to again call atten- tion to the matter. "!II

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The British Navy, AN OBJECT LESSON FROM THE PRESENT WAR. STATEMENT BY THE NAVY LEAGUE. The Press Association has received the following communication from the Navy league —■ "ibe present war in South Africa is an object-lessoij as regards- "(a) The necessity ot up-to-date artillery j "kt)) the advantage oi mobility and eth- cient scouting; "(c) ihe sti'tngtu conferred by trained reserves, ana tne retources 01 iirituiii beyond the sea. "How does our Navy stand in these respects ? ka) Out of fifty-three completed, and, presumably, effective, battleships which we possess, no less than sixteen are shown by the lacest Parliamentary return to be armed with inetncient muzzle-loading artillerj\ which would be out-ranged alJU out-classed Jt pitted against modern sea service ordnance. Have we a right to ask our sailors to undertake such an unequal contest ? "(b; At sea efficient scouting and the protection of ccmmerce can oniv be earned out bv numerous fast cruisers. This Par- liamentary return is misleading when it shows us to possess 129 cruisers completed, as their speeds are not given, but that I many of them are worthless for either pur- pose is evident when we find included such ancient craft as our first ironclad, the Warrior, and the obsolete training squad- roti. in 1883 a great naval authority, the late Admiral iicrnby, said we should require lfcti cruisers in time of war to pro- teat our commerce,alone. If we add uftv Icr scouting purposes with our battleship squadrons, it is seen that cruisers aie | neeessarv lor this service and to meet that determined attack upon cur commerce which other maritime nations declare would be their policy in case of hostilities with this country. Onlv twenty-three e.jser.s are shown to be building in this return. We cali upon the nation to demand Greater eJert in this direction. e.jser.s are shown to be building in this return. We cali upon the nation to demand Greater eJert in this direction. 'AC) ine reserve for an armed torce should approximate in number to the lighting hue. We have loo 'JOO officers and men in the Royal Navy, but only a reserve of 25/JUO for a complete mobilisa- tion of our fleet, to fill up casualties and maintain a gceat struggie. The mercan- tile marine has always provided a reserve to the Royal Navy in time of war. It can only do so now to a very limited extent, because of ihe enormous number of foreign" stiors it contains. The British teaman HlUot be rehabilitated in our great CJlll- mercial lic-t. Coionial troops are showing their value for iaigmenting our home army. Our naval .reserves could be suu- p amentsd m the same way. There is a 1 rze number cf seunen in Canada, Aus- tralia. and o her C ;ionic; who could be utilised simple crgan:sation as a reserve for the Boyal Navy, ihe expenditure required be small when coinpajed With the result that would accrue to the Empire. Taking twenty years as the time after which a b-,tit'e -h P. in these days of rapid progress, ouiht to be put out of the front, we find this country possesses 36, trance 23, and Russia eleven completed since 1870. This is a bare equality to the two combined. Building, we have seven- teen. France four, and Russia twelve. We have not the rnergia -considered necessary by the committee cf admirals who reported in November, 1888 (confirmed by Captain Ma ha a as the actesl teaching of the Spanish War), to enable us to cope suc- cessfully at sea with a combination of two other Powers. "We. therefore, need— "(I) Mere battleships. "(2) To re-arm with the best guns they can carrv the mqst efficient battleships now ec,u.p'ied with obsolete ordnance, and to strike off the list those not worth re- arming. "(3) A considerable addition of the fastest cruisers. "(4) A great increase to cur naval reserves—by legislation to make the British mercantile marine sought, not shunned, by our own ccuntrymeli: and to brin.5 within our those Colonial sea- men who are willing to take their share in the defence of the Empire- "As naval supremacy is a matter of life and death to this country, we ask all citizens to a-sist our effcrts to place it beyond suspicion. "(Signed) H. SEYMOUR, TROWE.R, "Chairman of Executive Committee of Navy League."

HL LASCELLES CAKH'S VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA. At the invitation cf the May or of Cardiff (Yr. S. A. Baa.in), a few mutual friends assem- bled at the Mansion House- oil Tuesday evening to i:;lerid a welcetne to Mr. Lasealles Carr on his return from South Africa. The menu was choice and excellent, and no effort.was spared to make the occasion- n happy and memorable one. The maycr prerdstj, and his guests incliided Mr. Lmcc les Carr, Mr. Harry Ceusins, Mr. Ivor Vachr-11, A. Beasloy, Mr. J. Andrews, Mr. J. 1. Leaning, Mr. H. C. Vivian, Mr. S. Swc-3t-E3C3tt, Mr. J. L V/hsatley, Mr. J. W. Courtis, Mr. T. H. Stephens, Mr. E. B. I'.eece. Mons. Rnoul' Nico'e. Mr. Angell Evans, Captain D. Hughes Marfan, Mr. James Hrir- Wian, Dr. Bread. Mr: R. "I\ Ca'iev. Mr. W. L1. Griffith. Mr. J. S'an-fle.d. the- Rev. E. Ostrehan, Dr. Lycn Thomas, and Mr. J. If. Er.,in.- 'Ill.? toast of "The Queen" having been honoured, the Mayor in a few terse and appro- priate remarks congratulated Mr. Carr on his safe return home, and expres-e.d the satisfac- tion of his many frierd.i at seeing him amo'-gst. thein once again.—Mi;. Carr was warmly received, ar.d in the course of an interesting speech he graphically described many inci- speech lie graphically described many inci- dents which had come under his reservation during his short stay in South Africa. 118 gavo useful hints as to the splendid system of electric traction in operation at Port Eliza- beth, and spoke at sonf? length on the cam- mErcial advantages of South Africa. Inci- dentally he mentioned the ccoieomic and racial problems that would have to he solved in the near future, and expressed the opinion that the present war was th3 ou'eaine of a deep- seated conspiracy to force the. fcnglisb ont of ■he whole of South Africa. Up. trer;hantly criticised the Briti-h military system, and tated hi conviction that it wou;d he to the greatest advantage of South Africa itself that we should maintain an open door for English commerce. Mr. Carx's remarks were listened to with close attention, and his sentiments were frequently applauded.—The proceedings, which were of an exceedingly enjoyable character, terminated hort.y before eleven o'clock.

MURDEK AND CANNIBALISM A TERRIBLE STORY. Lloyd's advices from Hamburg, dated I January 6, -state that, with reference to an ittack on a shin's craw in New Guinea, the following letter, dated November 13. writ- ten by a iua I)i named Blaser, a citizen of I LudeiiEclieid, to his parents, has just been published" The Nukumana, belonging to Messrs. Forsyth and Co.. of this place, left here about four weeks ago for the Admiralty Islands, to trade with the natives. The crew consisted of the captain, mate, and about fifteen black Bailors. The captain one day was on deck. weighing copra, &c., brought in by the natives, whilst th? mate was engaged below. Suddenly the captain was felled from behind by blows with an axe. and the mate on coming up on deck met with a similar fate, and then the whole crew were massacred, except three boy3, who hid themselves, and the vessel was completely plundered. The natives made a feast on shore, when they ate their victims. They were then about to burn the vessel, but two days after the massacre the motor-:aunch Angarea. belonging to the same owners, came up to the spot, and rescued the vessel and the three boys." The schooner Nukumaua, 59 tons, belonged to Mr. J. M. C. Forsyth, of New Britain, South Sea Islands.

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I GREAT BR TAIN S OBJECT IN FIGHTING. Speaking at a conversazione in his East Man- chester constituency on Tuesday night. Mr. Balfour said lie did not know that there was any war in which we had been engaged, except the war ending in the independence of the American Colonies. which had not endpd I triumphantly for this country, and he did not know of a sine-le war which had begun trium- phantly for this country. But let us not exaggerate. It was quite true that the war in South Africa had been a disappointment. It was quite true that we had anticipated a greater success and a more rapid success than It was quite true that we had anticipated a greater success and a more rapid success than had. as a matter of fact, crowned our efforts. But it was not true, as he had sometimes heard it stated, that we had suffered in this var strange or exceptional reverses. There had been no great reverses in this war. (Cheers.) it stated, that we had suffered in this war strange or exceptional reverses. There had been no great reverses in this war. (Cheers.) Those who talked of great reverses had not made themselves acquainted with the inevi- I table incidents of every protracted campaign or series of campaigns, and, while it was, undoubtedly, true that we had ground for disappointment, it was emphatically not true up to the present moment—he said nothing of the future, for he refused to prophesy—that anything in the nature of a great disaster had happened to the arms of this country. Our soldiers indeed had shewn that they were of the stuff of the infantry which fought under Marlborough at the beginning of the last century, and under Wellington at the begin- nirig of this century. The fibre and courage of the British soldier was now at least what it had always been, and he had no more doubt of what the end of this war wou\d be than he had in regard to tho future of any set of transactions which seemed from the very beginning predestined to end in a manner which we should all regard as happy and suc- cessful. We were making all of us sacrifices in one direction or another to attain this end. Tharc wa= probably no man or woman in that room who had not been brought more or less closely into contact with some of these who were bereaved, some of those who were at this moment risking their lives in South Africa, moment risking their lives in South Africa. some of those nearly, and closely related to them who WH 'inevitably fcrced to study every bulletin and every fragment and scrap of news that came from the front, not merely I with the anxiety of patriotic, but with the anxiety of near and dear1 relatives. That was war. That was the inevittdHe and deplorable result cf war. But even those great sacrifices, even the burden cf those- great anxieties had something in them which was ennobling, accompanied, as they undoubtedly were, by that feeling cf genuiae and enthusiastic pat- riotism which was day by day knitting closer every branch of the English-speaking race and IT {iking us aU feel that we had in common one great destiny which it was our duty to accomplish. It was thoughts like these which might well support us through trials far greater than r.ny we have yot. had to endure in the course of the war. A nation which could not bear defeat, and which cou'd not at once set itself to wo"k to repair defeat, was not a nation worthy of em si re, and. though defeat had not yet come, and though he hoped a;;d believed it might not ceme in the course of the. present war, yet, it shou'd be fated that matter- turn out other- wise he still rely upon the courage aid patriotism of his countrymen, and he knew that he should not rely upen it in vain. (LO,lJ cheers.) A SECOND SPEECH. Subsequently addressing the Conservative workers at the Ardwick C ub, who had just been listening to iho singing of Tennyson's "Ring out. wild bells," Mr. Balfour said they might well ask themselves whether the work in which they wer3 engaged fulfilled the aspi- rations of the poet. Though he should be loth at the beginning of this New Year to claim for them in any proud and arrogant spirit that they were in any special sense the leaders of a great hum initarian cause, he did honestly believe that both in the domestic policy to which as a party they were committed, and in that foreign policy towards which at the present moment all their attention was turnsd, they were animated by no ignoble motives, and no mere question of party vic- tory. still less of national greed. No doubt, they had been accused by those who did not wish them well of pursuing a course, regarding our former neighbours and our present enemies in South Africa not dictated by reputable motives, but by a mean desirl- to add wealthy regions to the already gigantic Fmo:re of which we were citizens. No calumny more false- and more stupid was ever invented in the course of international pr party con- troversy. They had nothing, and by no pos- sibility could have anything, to gain by a war which was costing the nation much treasure and, what was of more account, much expendi- ture of lives, which no money could buy, at a cost, too, cf much paic and hardships, whtch no mere acquisition of ter- ritory could give compensation for. The Government's motives were far otherwise. We had not been the aggressors. We were those whose territory had been invaded by one country, with whom vve had a long-standing source of controversy, in which the spirit and the letter of the law were on our side, and by another country with whom we had never had the shadow of a quarrel. In an unhappy moment for herself, the Orange Fre? State tbfiew in her lot with the Transvaal. That, no doubt, had steeled our resolution, or, rather, we had steeled our resolution, to see this controversy through to the en.i. (Cheers.) Be ihe end near and easy of access or be it far and hard to be arrived at, to end we meant to get, and we should get. (Renewed cheers.) The Government had set that resolution before them in no mean spirit, of boasting.- in no mere temporary irritati MI at their policy being hampered or foiled, out because they knew in their hearts and con- sciences that the cauee for which we we.,c fighting was the cause of civilisation, and because they knew that to them was entrusted f the dcfence of the Empire which we had) inherited, and which we wer bound to leave to our ancestors undiminished.

LW1I) CHARLES BERESFORD'S VtEWw. Lord Charles Berosford was the guest of the London Chamber of Commerce on Tuesde. y liight. He expressed a strong belief that the country had lost many valuable lives and wou'd be put to enormous expenditure through the state of unpreparedness in which the em break cf this war found ns. We were as a nation determined to carry the war to a successful issue, but when it was over our du Mfcis. fo reform a system which had been prov-ed to be rotten, and to place the administration of the Services on a businesslike footing.

INTERESTING LETTER. Mrs. A. Bibbings, of the Royal Arcade, Car- diff, has received a letter from her son, who is with Lord Methuen's army at Moddcr River. It is dated December 13, and has just reached Cardiff. He says:—"In my last I e tter I told you we were just off to Belmont. It proved to be a very important move. We had orders to reinforce the main body at once. We marched 20 miles the first day, had a few hours' rest, and started at the first streak of daybreak again. We did about 25 miles, and were just going to have a well-earned rest when an orderly came galloping up with the order to go on at once (I am talking of the 62nd now), as the battle was going against our troops. We started off again at a trot, and kept it up for about five miies. Then our horses were completely done up. We had to take four out or our gun teams, as they dropped dead of exhaustion. The .sergeants hooked their own horses in, and off we went again. We lost more horses, and had to walk after we had done about eight miles. We were only just able to make the horses drag the guns into action. I shall never forget it; the feeling wa3 very queer. I don't think any of us were really afraid, but we were all of us expecting to be shot every minute—the bullets were in showers. We were just in time to prevent the 18th Battery being put out of action. This was -about three o'clock in the afternoon. We were in action in this place about two hours; our troops were being shot down in heaps, and things were looking very black. Lord Methuen came up to our colonel and asked him whether he would send his batteries up closer (we were then 1,500 yards from the Boer trenches; you must understand that a rifle carries 2,500 yards). The colonel said he would. We then advanced up past our own in fan try, and came into action at about own infantry, and came into action at about 900 yards closer than artillery had ever taken I up position before. We were entirely unsup- ported on our flanks, but we managed, after severe loss on our side, to silence the Boer guns. The order was then given for us to retire, as it was getting dark. Ve had moved off to whera we were just out of range, and while we were congratulating ourselves on being so lucky an orderly came up for the 62nd to go and relieve the Guards. They had got close to the Boer trenches.. Our major advanced and took up pcsition about 800 yards from the enemy, and they let us have a fear- ful reception. Before I get my horses out they shot one of my drivers and two horses-my horse was shot. We then got my gun round on 1he enemy, when one of my gunners was shot through the brain and fell across my feet. I carricd him about four yards to the rear, and went to the gun again. Another cf my gunners was shot bringing up shell. I began to feel queer: This was all done in less time than it takes to write. At last our shells began to tell; we were firing about six rounds a minute. We were there until it was too dark to fire any mare. The Bcer firing liud ceased and the.Guards were able to get up and retire. They blessed the artillery that day. We had to stop in this position all night, not a soul near us. We had nothing to eat and nothing to drink. Our orders were to open fire again as scon as it was light enough., and the infantry were to take the place at the point o? the bayonet; but in the morning the Boei'3 had fled. The field was a terrible sfeht at daybreak—lead and dying in every direction I couldn't describe it-it was awful. "13 lost on our side heavily, but the Boer losees must have been heavier. They bury their dead in the trenches as soon as they drop, so that it was impossible to judge, but we counted hun- dreds. I was longing to see a fight, and, no doubt, it was one of the biggest battles of late. Our battery has made a great name for itself—a record march of 32 miles and in action for seven hours. We, no doubt, saved the day." Later. "I have another fight to tell you about. After resting for about ten days at Modder River, to give t'm: to bring up provisions and ammunition, the Boers cut the line in our rear, and we (the 62nd) and the 12th Lancers were sent off to clear out the enemy. We came up with, them after marching eighteen miles, aud were soon able to chase them away. After the line was repaired'we were ordered back to the Modder. We found that the rest of the battery had advanced, and were shelling the enemy's position about four miles av.ay. We had orders to join battle as soon as pos- sible. We had a couple of hours' rest, and started at midnight. We had a terrible night —rain in torrents, and wet through. We sud- denly found ourselves close to the enemy's lines, and dared noi move till daybreak. We joined the army soon after. and were just in time to see only what falls to the lot of a British soldier-tha, was, a brigade of our soldiers retiring from the enemy. They had got close tJ the enemy's trenches jllst at dawn, but through some misunderstanding the order was given to retire when they should have charged. It was cruel to see them coming back. The Boers opened a terrible fire as they went, and, no doubt, but for the artillery they would have lost half their men, but our guns kept the enemy in their trenches. Tj;eir general was killed. Again about mid-day the same thing occurred. They gained the posi- tions as before, but were forced to retire, as they wore not supported. We have not enough men—about 8,000 against 20.000. We remained on the field all night, but were forced to com*; back to Modder again. Next day the 62nd were in the thickest of it. as we were left to guard the letreat of the whole army, and did not retire ourselves til! du~k. I lost one man at my gun wounded. It was marvellous how we got off so easily. Our total losses were about 700."

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CARDIFF INFIRMARY BALL. [ A DISAPPOINTING ATTENDANCE. The exchequer of the Cardiff Infirmary will suffer by reason of the prevailing depression, for Tuesday evening's annual ball fell short very considerably of the measure of success that has attended this gathering for some years past. The assemblage, though smaller numerically than those to which we have been accustomed in Cardiff, was not one whi t less brilliant in character, and the spectacle that met one's gaze upon entering the Park-hall was dazzling in its beauty. The "fair ladies and brave men," as they tripped around the hall to the tuneful music of the band, made a fascinating picture, every shade of colour being represented in that joyous throng. A decided charm' was added to ihe scene by the artistic decorations by Messrs. James Howell and. Co.. whose work in this department gave every satisfaction. Refreshments were catered; by Mr. Trinder, of the Beaufort Restaurant, and the music w..s discoursed by Zlr. Fred G. Roberta's excellent band. Dr. Herbert Cook left nothing to be desired in the matter of carrying out the secretarial arrange- ments, and there was not a hitch in the pro- gramme right through. It is hoped that the children's ball will be well attended this (Wednesday) .evening,* f»rI,.tl»,jay&njle.s make;; merry in. spite of the' war or any other unfor- tunate- business in which the country may be engaged. The number of couples that pre- sented their cards at- Tuesday night's ball did not; excc-ecl a .hundred,their names being — Miss Agnes Andrews.Mr. Thomas Andrews, I Mr. G. Allen. Mr. "Audrey, Nurse A>xander. • Miss Box: Mr. H T. Box. IVtis^Bunle, Mm H. Burns, Miss Bowen. Baker. Mr. Biermann, Mr. and Mrs. Baxter, Mr. J. J. P. Burt and Miss Burt. Miss Barford. Mrs. Carr Miss Agnes Carr. Miss Louise Carr, Mr. H. W. Cock, Mr. Owen T. R. Craws-hay, Miss Clayton, Miss Alice Clayton, Captain Clark; Mr. F. If. Creber, Mr. M-ervyn Crawsliay. Mr. C.' A. Dunlop, .Mr., Ivbri Downing, Mr. A. L. Davies, Miss Davies, iir. and Mrs. T. S. Davics. Mr. Henry FarJ, Miss Mabel Earl, Miss Gertrude Earl. Miss Francis. Mrs. Fox. Mr. D. L Griffiths. Mrs. D. L.Griffiths, Miss Greairex,' Mr. and Mts, George Gray. Mr. and Mrs. Francis HàcquoiL Miss Hay, Mr. Stanley Hcrno. Mrs. Hardihg, Miss Hac- quoil, Mr. J. W. Halloran, Mr. E. A. Hume, Miss A Harrington. Miss Marion Isaac. I jfr. T. Jenkins, Mr. T. Evans-Jcnes, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jones. Mr. and and Mrs. Trevor-I Jones, Mr. A. M. Jenkins. I Mr. L. Lindsay, Miss Larsen, Mr. D. Lucov- wltch, Mr. E. Ley don. Miss Lucy Morgan, Mr. aril Mrs. George Moore, Miss C. Masters, Mies E. Masters. Miss J. I Masters, Mi-s A. Masters, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Alti' ]ins, Xnrsc Maud, Dr. "W. D. J. Morris. i Miss North. Mr. A. North, Mr. and Mrs. T. North. Mr. E. W. Nell, Mrs. Nell. fis3 Nicholis. Mr. C. Psdrazzini, Mr. D. L. Eldon-Pratt. ¡ -Nurse Proctor. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Pertwee. Mr. and Mrs. Proseer, Mrs. Hurry Riches, Miss Hurry Riches, Miss Olive Riches. Miss Nora Riches. Miss Schwartz, Miss Sliaw, Mrs. R. Smith, Mr. R. Smith, Mrs. Sankcy, Miss P. L. Steeds, Miss H. Sheen, Mrs. and Miss Sankcy, Dr. and Mrs. Skymnr. I Mr. P. S. Thompson. Mr. H. Woolcot Thomp- son, Mr. C. M. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. John Tellefsen, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Tresedcr. Miss Vachell. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Vachell. Mr. G. C. Wilson. Dr. John Williams, Miss Winterbotham, Mr. J. Wallace, Mr. Willowby, Miss Lucy A. White, Mi-s Bertha Wadhani. Mr. C. Wallace. Miss Williamson, Mr. Were, Mis« Mary Worton, Mr. L. C. Williams, Mr. Gordon- Williams, Nurse Ward.

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FOREIGIr AEErvALS AND MOVE. MENTS OF LOCAL VESS33LS. S.ixoii Briton arrived La Rocheile 9th. Sapphire arrived Buenos Ayres 6th. Flowergate arrived Genoa from Cardiff 7th. Thomas Turnbull arrived New York from Sicily 8th. Phoebe arrived Galveston from Genoa 3th. Dowlais arrived Sables 8th. Gardapee arrived Bilbao 8th. Lyndhurst left Palrna for King's Lynn 9th. Pomaron arrived Bilbao 9th. Ashby arrived Bilbao frcm Nice 5th. Cvmmrodorion left Odessa for Cardiff 8th. Charles T. Jones left Plymouth for Hamburg 8th. Derwen left Rotterdam for Barry 9th. Moliere arrived St. Malo 8th. Kate B. Jones from Blyth 8th. Blagdon arrived Plymouth 5th. Moorbv arrived Ergasteria from Port Said 7th. Rochefort left Rouen for Newport 8th. Mountby arrived Port Said from Cardiff 6th.l Raxbyi<a?rived Philadelphia from Rotterdam 6th. Ormesby passed Dartmouth for Bremen 7tbi Lizzie English arrived West Hartlepool 5thi Chingford passed Pera for Gibraltar 6th. Ribston passed Gravesend for Dunkirk 7th.

SHIPPING CASUALTIES. v. ,yd,s Telegrams.] Tuesday. Ilindostan, Chilian ship, Port. Townsend for Caldera, arrived San Francisco leaky. Prince Victor, Norwegian barque, Liverpool for Rio de Janeiro, returned Liverpool disabled. Iago. steamer, which was towed Lisbon. will re-fit tail shaft and propeller. Padowa, and Curlew.—Steamer Padowa, London for Cagliari, arrived Plymouth. reports collided with her Majesty's ship Curlew this morning while entering Plymouth Sound to repair feed-pipe; had bulwarks on star- board bow knocked in. causing consider- able damage to topgallant forecastle; no damage below covering-board. Florence Louisa, schooner, Chester for Chat- ham. firebricks, arrived Newhaven laft night, mainsail blown away. Echo. British steamer, ashore in Elbe near Brunsbuttel; lies on mud; steamer sent to her assistance, but did not succeed in getting her off. Tai Chow, British steamer, previously reported sunk on bar after collision with German steamer Patani. as arrived at Bangkok. Sophie. German steamer, reported yesterday ashore Karabournou. re-floated. Deerhound, steamer, for Fowey. returned New- port two plates cracked, one frame bent on starboard bow through collision. Marie Charlotte, French barque, from Cardiff, ashore Papagaios Island, Brazil; bad posi- tion. GleugoiJ, British steamer, reported yesterday aground near Philadelphia, must lighten; tugs failed to move her; much ice in river, making lightering unsafe. Riga telegram states: Severe frost; consider- able ice in gulf. Old England, sloop, aground Burbo Bank, Mersey, full water: her punt drove ashore at New Brighton; no tidings of crew. Fortuna, Norwegian steamer. arrived Havannah leaky after being ashore. Three Sisters and Thurston.—Barge Three Sinters, loaded cordite, and steamer Thur- ston, bound up river, collided yesterday afternoon in Half-way Reach. Thames. Barge now lies sunk in-shore at Belvedere Marshes; several cases cordite adrift in Thames. Abeona. British barquentine, arrived St. Thomas, rudder-post slightly twisted. Texas. Danish steamer, Danzig for New Orleans, arrived St. Michael' one blado propeller broken. Echo. British steamer, before reported to-day ashore, near Brunsbuttel, remains; must lighten. Michael Thuillier. fishing trawler, stranded south side Dingle Harbour to-day. when returning from fishing-; probably float to. night, Rheidol Yale, schooner, Portmadoc for Aber- ystwitp.. Rll\te. grounded Angle Bay. and timber- strained; vessel making water-, now off Miiford a v.-a it in g survey and repairs Mcrning Star, British three-masted schooner, from Rio de Janeiro, arrived Hamburg, stem damaged by ice. i'hobus. — Philadelphia cablegram states: Italian steamer Phoebus, from Gir;ze!lii. cargo- srtlphuT, caught fire whilst alongside!, wharf -in 3 hoiti; vessel not much' damaged.

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