South Wales Daily News

THE,COLLIER-S! STRIKE IN NORTH WALES. At a delegate meeting of the North Wales colliers, held at Wrexham, it has been decided to remain on strike. The few men who have gone in are subjected to much inconvenience by those who refused work, and ar* threatened with violence.

THE SUEZ CANAL- Our Dublin correspondent telegraphs :-The National papers published to-day contain very tame articles on the purchase of the Suez Canal. The Irishman thinks that the act will be accepted as a provocation to war by III Russia. The Nation says that the Home Rule memben will make" England's spirited foreign policy" a perilotw luxury for her unless she adopts a different Irish policy. The i'lay of Ireland says: We add our rejoicings to th» general exultation beyond the Irish sea. if war com« we have nothing to lose. We offer our hearty thanks to Mr Disraeli, because we believe that the step will lead to complication and disaster which will do no manner of injury to Ireland.

I &e United Kingdom, for the absence of ciime, tor morality and for religion. But if Congrega- tionalism, which has done so much for IValeL:, and Which succeeded when it was comparatively weak "nd fettered, should now, in its prime and vigour, falter and be disheartened, whence is the help which it withholds to come? "If the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted • Despondency is both a blunder and a crime in such a Society as this. If English Congre- gationalists, or English people in the Principality oxitside of it,will not help this Society, or render only limited help to provide the Gospel in their own tongue for the English-speaking population )f Wales, we urge the Society to make an earnest IIond a persistent appeal to the Welsh and we believe that the appeal will not be in vain. Indeed, we learn f com the report that most of the English Churches supported by the Society were eslablishecl "by the direct instrumentality of Welsh ministers and ehurches," and that" the Welsh churches are gradually becoming more alive to the importance •>f the Society, and that many of them are regular contributors to its funds." This fact is honourable to the self-denying efforts of the Welsh Congrega- tional Churches that under the heavy responsi- bilites resting upon them to provide for the reliaicus necessities of the Welsh part of the population, they do not everlook the moral and religious destitution of the English in Wales. The simple fact thus recorded is a stinging rebuke to English apathy, indifference* and neglect, and ought to stimulate English Congregationalists to redouble their efforts to extend their principles, and to secure the well- being of their own countrymen in Wales.

COAL EXPORTS FROM LONDON. Mr J. R. Scott, the Registrar of the Coal Market, has Published an exporblist, showing the distribution of coal imported into the port or district of London, by sea, rail, and canal, and afterwards r.xported coastwise or to foreign parts, or sent beyond limits of London district, by rail or inland navigation, during November, 187:'). Tons. L-Railway-borne coal passed in transitu^ through district ..e 85,858 I.-Ses-borne coal exported to British possessiona or to foreign parts, or to the coast. 49,402 Ditto sent beyond limits by railway 11,22.1 Ditto by canal and inland navigation 2,096 02,721 &-Pailway-borne Coal Exportei to Bri- tish Possessions or to Foreign Parts, or the Coast ..e e. 27,028 Ditto by Rail beyond District # — Ditto by Canal and Inland Navigation 372 27,200 t.-Ses-borne Coal brought into Port and Exported in same ships 1,864 Total quantity of Coal conveyed beyond limits of Coal Duty District during Nov., 1875. 177,373 Ditto ditto Nov, 1874. 189,981 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT, 1874 AND 1875. Total Distribution oi Coal from 1st January to 30th November, 18 1,643,676 Total Distribution of Coal from 1st January to 30th November, 1874. Moty'Jo Increase in the present yeaJ. 63,188 COAL IMPORTS TO LONDON. Mr J. R. Scott, the Registrar of the London Coal Market 'has published the following statistics of imports nf ™<ils'into the port and district of London, by sea, railway and canal, during November, 1875. rauway, Bt gEA^ Ships. Tons. Newcastle. 225 172,94.5 Seaham 9 3,450 Sunderland 113 75,10S Middiesbro' 3 1,]2'; Hartlepool 91 31,146 Blyth — — Scotch 21 5,963 Welch 6 2,077 Yorkshire 32 8,431 Duff Small Coal.e 8 2,924 Cinders 4 662 Foreign cut% Total 515 304,026 BY RAILWAY AND CANAL. Tons. Cwt. London and North-Western 107,257 _3 Great Northern 49'49J Great Western 154,423 — Midland 51 320 9 Great Eastern ••• fi'751 17 Soath-Western •• ••• London, Chatham, and Dover 1,63j London, Tilbury, and Southend South-Eastern %'• 5 Grand Junction Canal ••• _J B., and South Coast = Total 492,7;0 1 SEABOEKE. j XQA 220 tmports during November, 1874 1575/ COMPARATIVE STATEMENT, 1874 ^?p £ Toil3. fet Jan. to 30th Nov., 1875 5,080 „ » 1874 ••• J 040 407,880 Increase in the present year •,i3 RAILWAY AND CANAL. Tons. cwts. (mports during November, 1874 415.005 4 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT, 1874 AND 1875. Tons.^ lat Jan. to 30th Nor., 1875 4>55°'°no m „ 1874 4,250,802 ,» ••• Increase in the present year 299.233 Ton?. Great Western, November, 1874 39,620 1st Jan. toS'ith Nov., 1S74 508,400 M 1st Jan. to 30th Nov., 1875 513,178 London and North Western Kailway- Nov., 18(4 i 90,004 "Nt Jan. to 30th Nov., 1874 883,461 1st Jan. to 30th Nov., 1875 9c>8,880 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Oct. Nov. 1875. 1875. Aberdare •• 2,970 2,890 Ditto Iron Company ••• 4,995 3,930 Ditto Merthyr „ 486 1,228 Ditto Rhondda 3,513 2,648 Briton Ferry 485 338 Bwllfa 7712 6534 pefn Merthyr .>81 552 I)are 518 49 Fforchaman 1-98 585 Gadleys Iron Company — 35 Glyn Neath 308 827 Hafod 406 254 Navigation 3050 3986 Plymouth Iron Company 521 1184 Quakers Yard <>27 ;jsi Resolven. ••• ••• 1018 430 Rhymsey ••• „ 280 302 LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN. Oct. Nov. 1875. 1875. Aberdaffe •• 3,037 3,913 Briton Ferry •• •• •• 497 881 Dare 2,365 2,312 Tredegar *• *• „ — — fiirwain •• ••• •• 2,065 Merthyr ••• *->820 a,768

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THE CARDIFF SHIPPING CASE. In the Common Pleas division of the High Court of Justice, sitting at the Guildhall yesterday, the hearing-of the case of Challis and another v. The Imperial Marine Insurance company was continued by Mr Justice Brett and a London special jury. This was a part-heard action to recover the amount for which a cargo of coals had been insured on a voyage from Cardiff to Bombay, in the steamer Tiiornaby, owned by Messrs Hyme, of Cardiff. --nd built by Messrs Richard- son, Duck and Co., of Stockton-on-Teee. The Lhornaby j had never been heard of since she saiied from Cardiff j last year, and the defendants resisted payment on the ie plea. that the vessel was unseaworihy, partly by rea- oa of overloading at Cardiff, and partly by defective building. Un the sitting of the Court yesterday morning, Sir Henry James replied on behalf of tie plaintive, said that it they, as owners of the cargo, had beea of opinion that the slrp was overladen, they would have had theiz legal rightd against the owners of the vessel but if they thought "he had not been overladen and was properly constructed, they would have a right to go upon their policy. They were not disinterested per- sons, therefore, as thy couid choose their remedy, and that was a matter woi thy of the consideration of the jury. He objected strongly to those uad?rwiiters pray- ing the aid of common hum anity in crder to get a verdict. Underwriters could do a great deal in that cau"e if they would; but he was sorry to s:<y they did not do it. They were willing to take any risk at high premiums, aud they let unseaworthy ships go to sea, and then if those ships escaped they put the premiums in their pockets. If unoerwriters would have a survey of every ?hip offered to them, and decline to iiisure any but those which th-y deemed to be seaworthy, they would be doing a great deal to prevent the lo^s of life which was now so much to be deplored._ But they took the premium in this case, without enquiring about seaworthiness, and if the vessel bad come back safely, nothing would have beeu said. It was only after the vessel nwas lost that they talked about humanity, and instructed counsel to preach it in the hope of saving their pockets. It was now far too late for them to cherish such a thought. The plaintiffs, however, Neither built the ship nor placed the cargo 011 board of her. Coming to the evidence for the defence, the learned counsel observed that theorists h .d to be met with sub- stantial facts, of which there were many in this case. The vessel was not built secretly, but opeuly, surveyed by Lloyd's surveyor, and uuder his direction, in order that underwriters might safely insure her. She took the highest class but one that she could obtain. Owners and merchants would not be sate if, after all this had been done, juries were to declare a vessel badly built, on the evidence of theorist". She had been in the hands of dif- ferent owners; but neither own- nor surveyers, nor those who repaired her ever made aDy sug- gestion that she was improperly built, or had any inherent defect. Sue had sailed voyage after voyage, both in winter and summer, for two years and live months, without any serious injury. Then the two sister vessels of the Thornaby were still running. The defendants' scientihc witnesses had never seen this ship. Mr Scott Russell would be able to find a defect in every vessel that went to sea- except, of course, the Great Eastern. (Laughter.) He r would then be ready to come into the wituest-box and with all his grace of elocution declare that her construe tion wail detective. But he acknowledged that the way in which the freeboard was measured on this ship was the "leo-ai" method and li it wa3 legally taken there was not'theleast foundation for saying it vyas a fictitious freeboard," as Mr butt had declared in his attacic on the buTlderTot the East coast of Engird. The jury would be able to find on the facts that this vessel was lost by the perils of the sea alone; for the owners had no interest in overloading her. The remunerative part of the voyage was the cargo on the homeward passage; andthe quicker thTpassage to Bombay, the sooner the owners would come^nto possession of the homeward frights, It was not likely, therefore, that they would place too large a cargo on board to delay the vessel on the outward pas- sage. In conclusion, the learned counsel asked the jury to say that the defendants had not established this grave and serious charge against the shipbuilders and ship. owners alike. His Lordsnip then summed up, observing that it was no part of the duty of the jury or himself to show a good feeling towards sailors by interfering with the business of other people, and so becoming cheaply philanthropic, by dealing with the money in the pockets of other people. Their duty was to come to some con- clusion on the law and the facts as between the parties. They had nothing to do with any Board of Trade in- quiry, which had no power to determine the rights of shipowners or underwriters; and he had hitherto failed to iind out the principles on which swh inquiries were conducted. They inufct also dismiss from their minds the question of over-insurance, for it was nothing more than a suggestion, unless it was charged that there was a fraudulent overloading, with the object of losing the vefsel, and that was not charged in this case. With regard to the charge of bad building airainst the builders of the East coast, his lordship said I do strongly object to have, as a matter of business, any such slur cast upon a body of men in business with- out proof of it. There may be in newspapers, for any- thing I know, so,me suggestion that the builders of the Bast coast build bad ships but it is not proved, and I doubt it very much. Very likely the ships built for the Bast coast trade are not required to be of the class designed for more distant trade; but I donbt very much whether the builders on tbe East coast are a bit more dishonest than the shipbuilders in any other part of England. Therefore, let us throw that aside." His lordship_ then referred to "seaworthiness" as being a relative term, for there was not a ship bui!t but the fury of the sea might, at one time or other overcome her. Therefore, no ship could be said to be absolutely seaworthy. In this case, the burden of proof lay upon the underwriters, to show that the ship was unseaworthy and to ascertain how far that had been done, his Lordship went through the evidence. The Jury, after being locked up for 20 minutes, found a verdict for the plaintiffs. dic^ to thettndan?11 t0 m°Ve t0 entOT Ver" In reply to Sir Henry James, The orem"n said they would not award interest.

FOOTBALL ATTAMPITER, weather^was^afl that°SS be desiJd?'' and a great number of people weri hu«aay iwt, the above match, which wa» plaved S A wlt°.ea Kules. Play commenced S&S thfoSK "forwards soon gave the Ystradmeurig '« bacK^ p.enty of work to defend the constat attacks and after about naif-an-hour s play, Mr Llewellyn kicked the ball splendidly from the centre of the ™„„ i T t tunately for the College it grazed U^°,L of the tape. After this gthe v ,out81<?e team worked Well, and just before half « admeT! iaobtaining a goal. Ends wero then was evident that the College woufd Son P rged' and Mr T. C Evans kick^ the securing a goal for the College. The ni«» » 1 very fast and furious, but the Collie'^J^^wards taininsr another goal, kicked by Mr T m T m °- capital style, or which he was louded tJLtTVZ Jtch was finished a little after the College by 2 goals to one. Llewellyn/T. C^ Evans

PROPOSED JJOBJlizatION "OF THE BRITISH AltAly. private OTderar^.l»ingimeaCf"S been elaborated by the Quartermaster-General's denarf during more than a twelvemonth t>aat Lt- tP «' AJSS corps or other organization to which each unit is JfhA allotment, provisionally, of camping err?,7^ oareSllv chosen to combine strategical advantagH ^th afmle interruption as possible to the ordinary busing as little jjast summer the visits of small nJ- of officers, acting under the Intelligence Department, to °-^ onen parts of the southern and eastern coast were various P neWgpapera; and these were renorh«rl t ft. Klertfan „f Sda,S « 4. ftntumn manceuvres. It is now known that the future aut select t 8trateg1Cal sites for the corps tru-ei° viould in case of danger, be mobilized to co^r which ^'Y^u'lar coasts. It may be added that the pro- those parti- the puke 0f Cambridge of substituting i^hprS 'S of troops of all arms at certain important gathering o every geoond or third year in the railway Jll° manwuvres, as the latter are usually placeof autum ond3 to a t of the 8cheme unaerstood, corre M MaR GaztU^ being carried out. -r"

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THE ASSAULT AND ROBBERY AT CANTON. No trace has yet been discovered of the man who, 011 Wednesday, entered Lima Villa, Canton, and committed the dastardly assault upon Mre Griffin, which we re- ported yesterday. A placard has been issued by the Eolice,giving a description of the man who is supposed to have been guilty of this act of criminal violence. and the public ire called upon to give informa- I tion which may lead to his apprehension. The notice states that, after having astau-ited Mrs Griffin by throwing her down, the offender stole a ring from her finger, and 6s from her pocket; afterwards he decamped, leaving the unfortunn.t.e lady on the giounrt, with her clothing disarranged.The description is that of a beggar, about oft. lOin. in height, and stout built, with black moustache, and no whiskers; dressed in a brown. overcoat, buttoned up to the neck, and having on a black I bowlei hat. The ring which the man took off Mrs Griffins finger was afterwards found near the back door of the house, but the money was carried off.

LLANGAWJKLCHOORBOARD. The general meeting of this Board was held on Thurs- day last, present,—Messrs W. N. Lewis (vice-chairman), i, W, I)avies, M.Ellis, 1). Lewis, V. James, W. Evans, and F. D. Jones. In the absence of the Chair- man, the Vice-chairman presided. The necessary acbommodation at LlaDgadock School was the first matter coul. iiered. Mr JONES proposed, and Mr DAVIES seconded, that the requirVd accommodation, as ordered by the Depart- ment, b; provided. Mr ELLIS proposed an amendment, which was seconded by Mr W. EVAKS, that accommodation for twenty more I than the order of the Department be provided. The CHAIRMAN and Mr ELLIS adduced their argu- ments in favour of the amendment. Mr Joxiis, on the other side, very strongly supported the accuracy of the figures given by the Rev. 8. Pryse, Her .Majesty's Intpector; and if stronger arguments were not adduced, it was a quastion whether the Depart- ment would sanction it. On a division the amendment Was carried. The selection of an architect to the Board was next taken into consideration. Some warm words passed between the Chairman and Mr Jones, the latter dealing very heavily on the mem- bens who patronised their l'rieuas as officers of the Board. After a discussion it was determined not to select an I architect, but to invite a tender far the work. A communication from t-he Trustees of the Gwynfe British School, offered to tran.-fer the school and pre- mises on a lease of 999 years, le.os 14, at the nominal rent of 2s Gd per annum, containing 1210 yards, for the sum of £ 46, and to build a master's house. Mr ELLIS and Mr J. LEWIS opposed the idea of erecting a master's house, on the ground of expense. The CHAIBMAN and Mr ELLIS were very anxious to ascertain the particulars of the debt of £ 46 on the Trustees of Gwynfe School Trustees. Mr J ONES explained that the managers had not re- ceived any grant from any source whatever. It belonged wholly to the Trustees. The Board decided to reject the terms of transfer as to erecting a master's house. On the motion of Mr ELLIS, and seconded by Mr EVANS, the Cierk was directed to apply for £ 1,200 to the Loan Society to provide the required school accommoda- tion for the district. „ A communication was received from the landlord of the farm, whereon Llangadock School is erected, asking the Board to offer for the land required to enlarge the premises. This was agreed to. Mr JoNh.s remarked that the Chairman of the Board had absented himself from two meetings, though he had the privilege of selecting the day and hour of holding the meetings: This was all the public business

POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. A requisition is in course of preparation at Leominster to induce the newly appointed Solicitor-General to stand for that borough in the room of Mr Arkwright, who retires, The addresses of the three candidates for Bast Aber- deenshire appeared yesterday morning. Mr Ainslie (Liberal) is in favour 'of the assimilation of the couuty and burgh franchise, abolitin of entaii, payment for un- exhausted improvements and farm buildings, and the abolition of the law of hypythec. He will support the policy, he says, of Mr Gladstone and Lord Hartmgton. Sir A. H. Gordon comes forward as an independent Con- servative; and Mr M. Seton (Conservative) is the remaining candidate. The Liberal Committee of farmers in East Aberdeen- shire have decided against Mr Ainslie as their candidate, and have agreed to invite Mr George Hope, of Borlands, to come forward on advanced Liberal principles. Mr Hope will arrive in Aberdeen on Saturday, and address the electors on Monday.

BIHMINGHAM LICENSED VIC- TUALLERS' ASSOCIATION. (SPECIAL TELEGBAM.). The annual meeting of the. 13irmmghatii Licensed Victuallers' Friendly and Protection Society was held last evening. The report reviewed the legislation of the past session, and denounced the' "local option" of the Alliance as an insult to common sense and to the wisdom of the Legislature, proper "local option" being to allow any mau to drink or leave it alone. The most important part of the proceedings was the reading of the opinion of the Attorney-General and Mr A. S. Hill, Q.C., M.P., upon the case submitted by the Society with regard to the structural alterations of public-houses. Counsel pointed out that the word premises in the Licensing Act Was used in the sense of a building, and the cartilage of the house to which the licence was granted. Power to refuse to renew the licence was only for some special cause per sonal to the licensed person. The position of the licensed victualler who has improved, or is about making exten- sions or alterations is this. The justices, having a dis cretion to act as they may deem right and proper, might refuse to renew the licence without assigning any reason for so doing but such discretion must undoubtedly be exercised within the bounds of law, and it could not be supposed that the Appeal Authority would acquiesce in an exces- sive exercise of jurisdiction, which, thou :h it might not be touched by mandamus, could not be considered other than beyond the intentions of the Act. The justices have no power to impose a condition (Keg. V.J. Jh.xeter, 42, L. J. Reports, M. C., 35). They may, however, of course, intimate that the licence applies only to the old premises, and that the licensed victualler will sell drink on the annexed premises at his peril.

THE DEATH OF SHELLEY. A correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, writing on December 2nd, says-In your article this morning you correctly observe, The idea of foul play was never quite absent from the sad story." Though Captain Roberts to wh'om you refer, did at first think the Don Juan (Shelley's boat) had been swamped, after he made close examination of the wreck he was of a different opinion. He is understood to have maintained that the Don Juan had been run down by a felucca in the squall. He based his opinion on a fact which does not seem to he quite in accordance .with your statement that the yacht had not been stove in. The late Mr Thomas Love Peacock, who was an intimate friend of the poet, some years ago (in 18S0,1 think), published some articles on Shelley in Fraser's Magazine," containing a great deal of curious information about and personal recollections of the poet. I n one of these papers Mr Peacock said wh°n Captain Roberts made a close examination of the Don Juan he found "many of the timbers on the star- board quarter broken." From this Capt. (Roberts inferred she had been run down. The late Mr Peacock and many of Shelley's friends, however, explained away the damage done to the poet's yacht. Mr Trelawny had sent two large feluccas, with dredging apparatus, to fish up the sunken boat. They failed. Indeed, it was Captain Roberts that recovered the wreck. But Mr Peacock and those who thought with him, maintained thai- th« smashing of the timbers on the Don Juan's star- board quarter was more likely to have been done by the dredging apparatus than by collision with a felucca. It is interesting to note that the confession of the old mariner on which yon comment, confirms the shrewd inferences to which Captain Roberts came-inferences which up till now have been ingeniously explained away. ^—

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SUPPOSED LOSS OF A CLYDE SHIP AND SIXTEEN LIVES. All hopes are now given up respecting the safety of the fine iron barque Esk, oOO toes, belonging to Greenock, and owned by Mr W. Kankin. She saiied from the west coast of South America to Havre on the 17th June last, and as the voyage i usually performed in about 100 days, no doubt h is ]nst with all hands, as she is now about 10 weeks overdue at her destination. Vessels which saile 1 about the same time as the Esk have arrived weeks ago, and report bad weather off Cape Horn. Her crew will he about 1G men, all told.

BREACHES OF THE MINES REGULATION ACT. Y..I2 day at Long As-hton Petty Sessions, proceedings were taken by Mr Lionel Brough, inspector of mines, for breaches of the Mines Regulation Act, consequent on an explosion of gas in the South Liberty coal-pit, near Bristol, by which four inen were killed. Mr Cadpan, deputy-inspector, who said he had had ,reiit experience in South Wales, attributed the explosion to imperfect ventilat;on. The Bench lined Isaac leather, deputy- bailiff, 40s and costs for not putting up danger boards when a part of H". working was reported unsafe. Mr Moses Coweill, m nagtr of the colliery, for not providing adequate ventilation, was fined i'10 and co?ts. Mr Brouyh said if air had been artificially diverted into tL-e fatal heading, the lives of the four men would not have been lost.

THE ACCIDENT TO THE DUCHESS OF MANCHESTER. The primary cause of this accident was a heap of unbroken stones, which blocked up the highway. The road is very narrow at the place where the collision took place, and the heap of stones was so placed as to prevent two vehicles passing. At this spot, unfortu- nately, the Duchess, who was diivingin company with Miss Chetwynd, collided With a pony carriage driven by Mr Swayne Pearce in company with his sister. If Mr Pearce had pnlled his pony on one side, he would have collided with the heap of stones; and if the Duchess had done the same thing she would have been into a deep ditch on the opposite side. No blame can be attached to the drivers of either of the vehicles. The Duchess and Miss Chetwynd have been under the care of Mr J. P. Wilton, operating surgeon of the Gloucester Infirmary and on inquiring at the Castle we were informed that both of the patients were progressing favourably.

THE DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE. On Wednesday morning Major Tulloch, an inspector from the Local Government Board, held in inquiry at Twickenham in reference to an application from the latter body for permission to borrow an additional sum of El-3,600, making a total of £ 35,000, for the completion of the sewage works of that parish, the original estimate of the surveyor being ±24,000. In reply to questions from the inspector, it was stated that no scheme for the ultimate disposal of the sewage had as yet been adopted, but it was generally understood by the Board that the Worthing process of filtration through thin scraps of iron and ashes would be adopted. The inspector remarked that in the first instance the money was borrowed for an irrigation scheme, and the Board had i-ow completely changed its opinion. No definite scheme had been decided upon, although zC20,000 had been spent. He could not recommend the Local Government Board to accede to the request until something definite was known as to the final disposal of the sewage. The works have consequently been stopped, and we understand no further action will be taken until the report is published of the inquiry lately held by Colonel Cox as to the drainage of the whole of the Thames valley.

A h TICHBORNE" RIOT. A disturbance occurred at Croydon on Tuesday even- ing. Under the auspices of the Central Committee of the Tichborne Release As-ociation, a lecture on The otton Theory of the Tichhorne Case was announced to be delivered by Mr Beckett Harding. A charge was made for admist-ion to the meeting, and an audience of about 300 assembled. The lecturer had not proceeded far with his subject when he was interrupted by a band of some 80 or 90 young men who were armed with sticks. They yelled, shouted, and advanced towards the platform, apparently with the intention of taking pos- session of it. All appeals to them to be quiet proved unavailing. One of the supporters of the Claimant left the meeting and returned with a body of his men. These gathered round the disturbers, and on a given signal attacked them. A desperate fight ensued, in the course of which chairs and sticks were freely used. Some persons were thrown down from the platform others were knocked down on the floor of the hall, and there maltreated. The proceedings were altogether riotous and disgraceful. The persons who had disturbed the meeting were ultimately ejected, and the lecture was afterwards continued with closed doors. Several persons received severe injuries during the fight. On the platform with the lecturer were three women, two of wh"m were stated to be sisters of Arthur Orton. This is the second disturbance which has arisen in Croydon in connexion with the Tichborne case.

HOW TO REVIVE TRADE. Rvery week, we might almost say everv day, brings -.is some fresh proof that the trade of the United Kingdom is threatened with something very like ruin. It would be a good thing indeed if such a statement were only an alarmist ry. It is only too true. There is an idea which has got hold of the mitids of the masses of our workmen, and if it only keep its hold it will secure for us very terrible results. Starvation is looking very closely into the faces of many thousands that were not long øgo in the enjoyment of plenty; and he has remarkable eyes who really sees how, on present principles, a change for the better is to come. The chief principle is that it shall be made as difficult as possible to carry out any great enterprise, be its character what it rnay. The labour required is to be pitched as hij,'h la price as the force of combination can raise it, and the outlay in all respects must be equally extended, if any man proposes to his fellow-men to carryon t some grand and beneficial work, he must under- stand that every penny that can be wrung from him will be taken, or that the Work shall not be carried through. It will always be in the power of those whose labolir is required in such a case to oase from labour, and, if combined, to do se in a body and I he must understand that they will so cease unless they are granted the last farthing that. under pain of strikes, he can be made to pay. Weare stating the piinciple, we confess, without any effort to hide its true character, and yet Lot one whit more strongly than it is now carried out in actual trade. There is a world of plausible talking by which it may be made acceptable to certain minds; but all this talking leaves the principle itself just what it is. The Trade Union leaders say-" Now, lads, you may squeeze another sixpence out of these masters of yours-go at it The masters again think they can squeeze another fraction or two out of their customers, and they go at it." The bankers see an opportuuity of seizing a half per cent., and they "go at it." There is a unanimity of the most remarkable nature on this line, and men really believe that it is all as it ought to be But somehow the trade of the nation thus carried on gradually sickens, till vast works, employing thousands of men, and involving enormous capital, are closing their doors, and millions of spare money is lying useless for lack of employment in which it can be trusted with even its own return. Is is not time that another and better idea took hold of us ? Let us look at it for a few moments Here is a set of works employing two thousand and two hundred lbands, at an averrge wage, we say will of thirty shillings a week. Well, the owners of these works have been baffled in all attempts to keep goinz and they have done the only thing possible—they have closed their doors. Do not say they are mad till you see Suppose, now, that these twenty-two hundred men unite and say, We will cast off, on the average, ten shillings a week, and will work twelve hours a day, if that will save the ship from sinking." Put the two together, and here is as good as two thousand pounds a week of clear relief to the concern. Suppose, now that the owners say, "Well, we shall let profit go'to the last cett. as our share." If there are debenture holders or bankers in the case they come forward, and do their part all-only till the vessel has weathered the cape on which she has threatened to go to wreck- the combined bodies of the various c'asses interested are now ready to advertise for those who are prepared for that # kind of enterprise in which their produce is required. "Now is your time, capitalists, to invest. We have made up our minds that it will be a good thing for him who projects and proceeds to lay down the next railway, be it branch line or main one." How long will it be till such an affair is accepted ? Not a fort- night. And if that railway is laid down and wrought on the same principle, how long will it be till it bas traffi? Not long. The cormorants who swal- low up the life of an undertaking as "promoters," and all that sort of thing, should be put out of the way somehow. So should every wretch that would let the ship go down unless he is paid for pumping. Be he master or man, the stingy, narrow-souled being who must be all for himself or nothing, must be counted the true blackleg." Let every one concerned be perfectly sure of this—the universe was not so created that sel- fishness shall thrive in it. Unless something like what we have sketched is brought on and carried out. dark and bitter experiences are in store for us. Britain has been driven to ;the verge by struggling avarice, and she can be saved only py the reverse,—Cturital and UWun.

A nSSING SCHOONER. All hopes are abandoned concerning the safety of the schooner Irene, of Carnarvon,which left that port with a crew of twenty for Quebec on October 13.

COLLISION AND LOSS OF A VESSL. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 3. The steamship Tiara, from Shields, with coals, for Port Said, put in here early this morning. While steaming through the Sound she ran down aud sank the French sloop Jacques Marie, from Granville, with wheat, for Exeter. The sloop's crew escaped in their own boats.

THE SALE OF THE SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY. By the acquisition of the South Devon Railway, 120 miles in length, the Great Western becomes possessor of a larger railway mileage than any other company in Great Britain, for the Cornwall and West Cornwall Railways are owned under a perpetual lease by the three associated companies, and by having bought two of the three the Great NVestern becomes sole owner.

GRAIN CARGOES. A Board of Trade inquiry was concluded at North Shields, vesteroay, as to the loss of the barque Ann Mills, which, while on a voyage from Acre to Falmouth, sprang a leak in a storm and foundered. Ten of the crew were drowned. Only the captain (Smith) was saved. The Court was ot opinion that the vessel was lost through stress of weather causing the shifting of the cargo, which consisted of grain shipped in bulk—and the subsequent choking of the pumps. The Court considered that sufficient precaution was not taken to divide the cargo by a greater depth of shifting boards or by carrying a por- tion of the grain in bags.

THE BIRMINGHAM CATTLE AND DOG SHOW. The results of the Cattle Show, both as regards attend" ances and receipts, show an improvement on those of last year, though they fall considerably short of the totals for 1872 and 1873. The total attendance was 48,886, as against 47,749 last year, and the total receipts were £ 1,0(35, as compared with £ 1,010. The results in the case of the Dog Show are not quite so satisfactory the total attendance was 18,384, as against IS.663 last year; the receipts at the doors were £ 785, as compared with L796. and the proceeds of sales £419, as against £566.

A MUNIFICENFGIFT. The sum of E20.000 has just been given by Mr Francis Wyse, a wealthy Cork merchant, to the Protestant Cathedral at Cork, which was built, all but the three towers, five years ago. Mr Wyse made it a condition that £10,000 should be obtained elsewhere for the same purpose, and Mr Crawford, of the firm of Beamish and and Crawford, local brewers, has subscribed this sum. The Earl of Egmont has subscribed £ 1,000, and i'7,000 more is expected from other sources. This will enable the bishop, Dr Gregg, to finish the cathedral in the original design, end make it one of the finest ecclesiastical build- ings in Ireland.

HEAVY BANKRUPTCY. At the London Bankruptcy Court, yesterday, a sitting was held before Mr Registrar Hazlitt for the public examination of Charles Carnie, merchant, of 25, New Broad-street, adjudicated in October last, upon the petition of the London and Westminster Bank. The accounts filed show total unsecured lial.)ilities;257,736, of which £560 odd is due to creditors holding Messrs A. Collie and Co.'s acceptances and drafts. The assets are stated at £ 42119s lOd. Mr Linklater, for the trustee, applied for an adjournment, to enable the trustee to investigate the accounts. A six weeks' adjournment was granted.

SIR J. S. GIBBONSAND THE POACHER, The Sherborne Journal states that John Wood,17 years old, was charged at the Surrey Petty-sessions, before Sir John Gibbons, Major-General Browning, C.B., and two other magistrates, with she unlawful posses- sion of a h&re, Mr Marratt was about to defend the prisoner, when Sir John said They had before them the case of a notorious poacher, taken with game in his poasession, and after what they had heard, the man would get his two months' imprisonment, if Mr Marratt went on for an hour." Mr Marratt insisted upon calling the brother of the prisoner, who swore that there had been coursing in the neighbourhood, and that his brother picked up the bare. Mr Marratt submitted that a hare did not come under the Act relating to un- lawful possession. Sir John Gibbons said, Non- sense." Mr Marratt told Sir John that he was dis. courteous.

SWINDLING EXTRAORDINARY. On Thursday, at the Manchester Assizes, three men, named Fred Whitty, John Clarke, and Henry Har- lison, were convicted of forgery. The prisoners, along with a woman who turned Queen's evidence, went to Manchester from London, and altered a cheque from £3 to E300, but the fraud was detected, and they were all apprehended. After the pri- soners had been found guilty, the prosecuting counsel instanced a number of cases in which Whitty had been concerned in the alteration of cheques, by which means several banks bad been defrauded. In one case the Cheque Bank in London had been swindled out of £ 1,000 by Whitty, by the alteration of a cheque from £ 400 to £ 1,400. It was further stated that for fifteen years Whitty and his confederates had been the terror of banks and the Post-office. Whitty was sentenced to twenty years, and the other two prisoners to seven years' penal servitude.

MR. MORLEY, M.P., ON CHURCH AND j NONCONFORMITY. Mr Morley, M.P., on Wednesday, laid the memorial stone of a new Congregational church at Tonbridge. In stone of a new Congregational church at Tonbridge. In laying the stone, Mr Morley said they were there to assert, as Englishmen, their own principles, with which indeed, all their Noncofforniist friends in the main distinctly sympathised they were there as Englishmen, choosing to worship God according 'to the dictates of their oWn conscience, and unable to unite in the services which were provided for them, and against which, on this occasion, they had not a word to say. He would under- take to say, and his belief was, that the Congregational body beld more tenaciously and preached more faithfully the doctrinal articles of the Church of England than the Church of England itself did. There were hundreds of clergymen in the Church of England, who had signed the Thirty-nine Articles, who did not believe in them, and who did not preach them. He merely mentioned this by way of asserting their object as that of winning the people to Christian life, and he understood by Christian, not church or chapel, but Christlike. He had no faith himself in creeds or con- fessions, with a view to secure or promote what were called orthodox opinions, and he had as little in legal instruments or trust deeds. They were valuable for the maintenance of property, though they did little to secure the maintenance of the pure and simple Gospel teaching. But he had great faith in the principles which Noncon- formists universally acknowledged, and which had been expressed in a few words, in fact in a single sentence, by Phillip Nye, one of the Westminster assembly of divinee, a distinguished man in his day, aDd one of a body of men to whom all Nonconformists were under immense obli- gations for the conflict they carried on at enormous dis- advantages. He said that "every particular congrega- tion of Christians had an entire and complete power of jurisdiction over its members, to be exercised by the members thereof within itself." If a high standard of spiritual life were maintained, and Church members were vigilant and earnest, first, in the cultivation of their own spiritual life, and then in endeavours to extend similar blessings to those who happened to get within their influ- ence, he held that to be the best possible guarantee for the preservation of scriptural truth.

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[BY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS, REUTHR, PEED ASSOCIATION AND CENTRAL EWS.] RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SPANISH MINISTRY. MADKIP, Friday.—The reconstruction of the Spanish Ministry was eS'ected to-day, and the following Ministers had audience of the King to take the oaths of office :—Senor Canovas de Caa- tello, President of the Council tenor Calderon Collantea, Minister for Foreign Affairs Senor Herrera, Minister of Justice Senor Tcreno, Minister of Public Works. The other Presidents are unaltered. Senor Calderon Collantes takes the Foreign portfolio, in consequence of his refusing to go to Rome for domestic reasons.

A FURIOUS HEIFER. Yesterday morning, as Her Majesty's cattle were being driven from Windsor to Smithtieid Cattle Show, a fat heifer turned furious, broke loose, gored a man severely, and knocked down several other people.

TRADE I.N- THE FOREST OF DEAN. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM; The Lydney and Lydbrook tin-plate workers, in the Forest of Dean, have received notices of a reduction of wasres to the extent of 10 per cent. The Forest of Dean colliers are contemplating asking for an advance of wages.

THE SEVERN SALMON FISHERIES. On Tuesday the annual meeting of the Board of CoB* Bervators of the Severn (the largest fishery district in the kingdom) was held at Worcester; Lord North wick in the chair. A good deal of business was transacted, aDd on the application of Mr Frank Buckland, permieriee was given to him to take salmon ova from the Severn iqr export to Australia and New Zealand for artificial pett pagation. The principal resolutions discussed were Ott# proposed by the Vice-chairman for reducing the lav* Mfc licences to £ l from £ 2. 'i his was ultimately delegated to the Executive Committee to cor aider and report upon. Another resolution was for extending the time of CBUH for lave nets for one month, but this was not moved on account of its illegality; an extension of time for fishing, if granted at all, cannot be limited to any parti- cular net. but must extend to all. The Chairnjaji (Lord Northwick) and Vice-chairman (Mr J. W. Willis BubCty were unanimously re-elected.

SERIOUS POWDER EXPLOSION. -• An accident of a rather serious nature, resulting frole the reckless use of blasting powder, so common amongst miners, took place on Tuesday night, at Framwellgate Moor. Two young men, hewers at Framwellgate Mool Colliery, were, about seven o'clock on the night in ques- tion, sitting in front of the fire making blasting charges. at their lodgings in the house of another miner named Jvhn Reed, a number of persons being in the room, the powder they were using in making the "Kttys" or charges being contained in a tin can, which was lying in front 01 them. One of the men found some difficulty in making one of the long spiral cartridges to his fati cy, and in a moment of irritation he pitched it on to the fire. It at 0Mt exploded, sending the redhot cinders flying in all direc- tions, and one or more of these finding their way inio the tin can, an explosion of a terrific description occunvd* The two yeung men were very much burnt about tbe head, face, and neck. The pantry door had been standing open at the time of the occurrence, and the force of the explosion having taken that direction had blown the red completely off, besides smashing everything therein. The two young men received medical aid as soon an possible, but their condition yesterday was exceeding serious.

THE DEPRESSION OF TRADE AT MIDDLESBOROUGH. The greater part of the extensive works of Meetfa Hopkins, Gilkes, and Co., Middlesborough, are now stand' ing idle, and about 1000 hands are thrown out of employ* ment. We are informed that the men may return iG work if they will accept a reduction of 15 per cent.. in their wages. This proposal the men reject, and declare that the masters are trying to bnak up the Board ol Arbitration. Messrs Bolckow, Vaughan, and Go.'a men-about 1000-have no prospect of work this year. They entertain an opinion that the masters have grows tired of arbitration. It is hoped that this opinion will speedily be removed by the B<>ard of Arbitration dealing satisfactorily with the wages question. Mr Williams baa been selected arbitrator on behalf of the iror masters, >nd Mr Mundella, M. P.,has consented to act in that capacity on behalf of tbe men. An umpire is to be appointed by tpa arbitrators- At the West Marsh Ironworks, MkkRq»> borough, eight furnaces have been stopped. Tie distres: in the iron town is becoming serious, and extra- ordinary means for relieving the poor murt eoon be adopted. FSPECIAL TELEGRAM.] Yesterday a meeting of the standing committee of the Iron rrade Arbitration Board washeld at MiddleBbomugh. The representatives of the men stated that some employ* ers had departed from the principle of the Arbitration Board by offering a lower rate of wages than wu sanctioned by the Board. The president of the Board and the committee condemned such action. Was a violation of the principles of the Board. Attention wna however, drawn to the men having some time si no* departed from the Board s decision. The wages ques- tion was then discussed. The employers demanded • reduction of 15 per cent, owing to the great depresaioi in trade, and the unremunerative character of the iroi manufacture. The men put in a counter claim thai they should be paid the same rate as Staffordshire mm, men and puddlers—the latter to be also entitled tc Staffordshire extras. It was decided that the arbitra- tors should meet within a fortnight. Mr Mundella it arbitrator on the part of the men, although he has onlj consented to act on the men pledging themselves tc abide by the decision, which some of them recently refused to do.

LAST NIGHTS "GAZETTE" NEWSL. BANKBUPTS. James Swan, of Albion Wharf, Lea Cut, Bow, and of 14 Harley-place, Bow-road, both Middlesex, trading w Swan and Co., oil merchant and wharfirger. James Ridge, 6, Clara-terrace, Richmond-road, Seatl Kensington, Middleeec. Francis Henry Fearns. of Marlboro Works, Peddwe, William Chad wick, of Saint Clement's House, Clement's, lane, London, merchant and dealer in esparto, trading as Chadwick and Co. Alfred Ebenezer Schultz, 21, King'a-road, Chelsea, Kid. dlesex, wine, spirit, and bter merchant. Howard Joseph Hooper, 2. l-astbourne Cottages, Itit down Park, Lewisham, Kent. salesman. Robert Ellis, of Staple Leys, Haddenham, Cambiidget shire, farmer. Thomas Capstaff, of West Hartlepool, grease turer. Joseph Holbrook, formerly of Milk-street, Bristol, lime keeper, afterwards of Sanger's Royal AmphitbeirtNu Westminster, Bridge-street, London, pianist, but now of RegeDt-street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, pianist. Walter Mooney Hatch, of Great Badworth, Obeebita schoolmaster. G. W. Mark Bond, of Newport, Mon., baker. Edward Stads, of Salisbury, Wilts., coal merchant. Geo. Harries Beikesteine, of Bradshaw-street, MaadMC ter, waterproof garment manufacturer

Coombe Souse, Wooton-under-Edge, GlonoestenhiTCi the property of Lord Fitzhardinge, was totally destroyed by fire YOItmla7.