South Wales Daily News

SPIRIT OF THE DAILY PRESS. THE FUGITIVE SLAVE CfBCUXAB. Referring again to this subject, the Times concludes :— The Government may, for its own sake. warn naval com- manders to be discreet in the waters cf Brazil or Mada- gascar: it may remind them that they have no business to make war on domestic slavery it may invite them to bear, in mind that her Majesty's ships are not primarily in- tended to be refuges for any kind of fugitives.! But further than that it cannot go without at least seeming to support a hateful institution. Mr. Disraeli has committed the error of leading the country to suppose that the Conservatives have a lurking j fondness for slavery. He must by this time wonder at himself for having acquiesced, after full notice of the pit- falls before him, in the issue of the second circular. We have never approved the proposal of a royal commission. Nooompilation of evidence of what our Foreign Minis- ters and our Failors have done can teach our cap- tains, in the very rare and exceptional cases which alone create any difficulty, how to steer between infringements, on the one hard, of the rights of property in slaveholding countries and, on the other, of what Englishmen hold to be indefeasible rights of humanity. But at least a Royal Commission might have covered the retreat of the Government, and afforded a fair pretext for the withdrawal or suspension of the Second Circular. As it is, our naval officers are told in one breath that they are to act on a certain rule. while in another they are informed that the Government is taking measures to discover what the rule really ought to be. We have faith in the mother wit of our sailors, but it is certainly now put to an unreasonable strain. DEBATE ON THE VANGUARD DISASTER. Writing on the eve of the Vanguard debate, the Daily Telegraph observes: We want no triumph over the minister, and still less do we demand vengeance for the lost Vanguard upon the gallant officer in command of the squadron. The sentence upon Lieutenant Evans ought most assured] y to be revoked; never was a decree more conspicuously unjust or baseless. for if any man in the squadron tried o do his bounden duty this officer did. But if that piece of justice is to be done we shall not expect any vindictive course to be pursued against Admiral Tarleton, who seems to know a great deal more about the steaming in a fog than his official masters. The Admiral did eventually slacken speed to four and a half knots if he had done this by signal when the mist fell we should have had the Vanguard in commission now. What public opinion wants is to be convinced that sense, judgment, ene" and equity are in charge of the bulwark of England ad not ineptitude, hap-hazard languor, and favouritism. The coming debate ought to open an inquiry into the capability of the Admiralty to judge the fitness of its officers, for thie is the real matter in doubt. Other topics, indeed, cluster round the Van- guard's wreck, notably the poor seamanship displayed in letting her sink in deep water, the slackness of the means taken to stop the leak, and the absence of certain instruc- tions and proper signals. But these arc too manifold and technical for a Parliamentary discussion the subject is the competence of the First Lord for his important post, and the court-martial wi ich really sits to judge him is the country. PRESENT SYSTEM OF ENLISTMENT. As the present system is confessedly a failure, says the Morning Post, it may fairly be asked, is it possible, by adopting any one term of enlistment, to reconcile a system of short service and the formation of service with the requirements of Indian and Colonial service; We say plainly that it is not. In order to be able to perceive clearly that this is the case it is necessary to bear in mind two main considerations which must never be lost sight of, and to which all other condi- tions and advantages must necessarily be subordi- nate. Briefly stated they are these:—Firstly, we must have a term of enlistment which will give the country a fair and definite prospect of obtaining trained reserves of a certain strength at a reasonable cost and within a reasor, able time secondly, we must hate a term of enlistment long enough to meet the demands of Indian and colonial service. Now, nothing but a very short term can fulfil the e re'iV!einents, and nothing but a long term ■will fulfil the second. Hence these conditions are in their very nature antagonistic and incompatible one with the other, and, whatever terms of enlistment may be tried and pit to the plain test of arithmetic, however much the changes may be rung from one to the other, the result will ever be the same-viz., that it will be found impossi- ble in practice to make any one uniform term of enlist- ment and system of service embrace the two conditions, that it is absolutely essential to have. If this be so, we submit that there is only one solution of the problem. In order to give the system of short service and reserves du. scope for development it is plain that a clear line of de- marcation will have to be drawn between the terms of en- listment and the liabilities to service of our troops for home defence and those that have to take their turn of duty in India and elsewhere. BALLOTING FOR THE MILITIA. Mr. Hardy, the Standard notes, expressed on Friday night an opinion that it was essential that at a very early period there should be a change in the ballot law which, while bringing the latter more into harmony with our present conditions, should in case of emergency famish us with the men required for the defence of the country, He, at the same time intimated, that he approved of no system which permitted substitutes. This was a very bold statement, and one which suggests a most important considerations. Any such scheme as that to which Mr. Hardy alluded to involves universal liability to military service but is the nation prepared to make such a sacrifice ? The experience of the past lil the effect that any other than voluntary enrolment in the general militia has proved costly and ineffectual. Every sort of experiment has been tried, and everyone involving com- pulsory service has failed. It may be no great hardship in time of peace to exact an annual training of a month's duration but a militia corps embodied as many a militia regiment was at the beginning of the century for 0 years becomes practically a line regiment on home service. Desirable, therefore, though it would be to count on the presence of the full complement of the militia, and certain though it is that the abolition of substitutes would place rich and poor on the same footing, anything, resembling a ballot for the general militia would certainly be highly unpopular. It is different with the local militia, in which compulsory service was, during the great war with France, found to answer. The fact is, we can get plenty of men, both for the militia and the regular army, if we choose to bid high enough for them. 1. MR. WADDY'S NEWSPAPER BILL. The author of this bill, the Daily News remarks, appears- to have framed it under the conviction that it is desirable j to increase both the moral and legal responsibility of news- uaoer-idroloriewra for the iournals with which thev are COIIro I nected. We believe that this opinion 15. founded upon a misconception of the facts, and are therefore glad that. on the motion for a second reading of the measure, the atten- tion of the House of Commons will be especially directed to this point. He seeks to facilitate the discovery of persons whoare proprietors without being conductors of journals,and their registration in a manner which would make them liable as such to criminal, as well as civil prosecutions. The public interest does net require such an enactment. The responsi- bility of newspapers is at the present moment complete, and In nine cases out of ten it would be to mislead the public, to fix attention upon proprietors, when the conduct of an important discussion is in question. The practice of the proprietors of our great newspapers is to select persons in whose character and judgment they have confi- dence; and having committed the managements to their hands to leave it with them. In such a relation, involving the formation and expression of opinions on subjects of paramount interest to the public welfare, honourable men would neither interfere nor submit to mterferance. For the general character of their newspapers proprietors may no doubt rightly be held responsible that is to s iy, they are responsible for the hands to which they commit them but this is a different matter from the enforce- ment of their responsibility for particular articles. For these reasons we are unable to recognise the utility of the leading provisions of Mr. Waddy's bill. It multiplies prescriptions which would be a snare to the innocent without being an effective check upon the evil-disposea. FUTURE PROSPECTS IN SPAIN. It is not to be desired, the Hour points out, that the Carlists should be treated with severity when the war is over; but the obvious effect of a convenio- which is gene- rally looked for—will be to add a large reactionary element to the political forces at Madrid, which are already too strong in that direction. The Carlist partisans, forgiven their rebellion and received into the Royal favour, will join hands with the Moderados, and the clerical party will have the command of the situation. As if this werenot enough the King, it is said, has been prevailed upon to con- sent to the return of the ex-Queen Isabella, who will make her public entry into Madrid immediately after the close of the war. The only explanation given of this perilous permission is that General Martinez Campos, to whom more than an) other of the Alphonsist generals is due the defeat of the Carlists, is a devoted partisan of the Queen Mother, and would head a pronunciamento if Alphonso were to decline to sanction hu return. If this be true, the prospect is not a pleasant one for the friends of constitutional freedom. Alphonso him- self came to the throne through a pronun- ciamento and if a similar movement is to be threatened whenever an ambitious and successful general sees or an- ticipates obstacles in the way of any object on which he has set his heart, the old bad days are evidently about to return. The Queen-Mother will support the demands of Rome; and as the Holy Father has thrown over Don Carlos, after using him for his purposes during the last four years, there is too much reason to fear that Alphonso and his advisers will feel themselves compelled to yield, if they have not already done so, to the dictation of the Vatican. PARLIAMENT AND THE BURIALS QUESTION. Should Parliament, under certain restrictions, allow Nonconformists the use of the churchyards, without com- pelling them to have the Burial Service performed over their graves, the Morning Echo believes it would be doing a wise and graceful act. If granted as a right, the Dis- senters would be no doubt better pleased. If, however, the boon was given as a favour on the part of the Church no Churchman could be offended, and the petitioners would have the substantial result of having got all they wanted, though, perhaps, not exactly in the way they might have wished. We are firmly of opinion that nothing but good can result from the passing of some such resolution as that to be proposed by Mr. Osborne Morgan. It will not injure the Church. On the contrary, we believe that it r, ill strengthen it in affections of many of those who are n very lukewarm towards it. It will silence theunseelLlY clamour that has been so long raised around a place where strife should for ever cease. It is, therefore, we consider, a wise and a Ohr.'gbian act of the friends of the Church to meet in council on this question. It is still more hopeful when they seem inclined to take so liberal a view of the subject of contention. Above all, it is extremely satisfactory to. those who consider that the best interests of the National Church, and of that charity which beareth all things," would be served by some compromise, to see that some of the leading clergy are moving in this direction and it would be a matter for regret if the result of the delibera- tions in Downing-street should tend to counteract this liberal-minded policy.

RICHARD BANNER OAKLEY. An application was made yesterday before Mr. Registrar Hazlet, in bkni uptcy in re Richard Banner Oakley, who is now under remand at the Mansion House on a charge of fraud in connection with the Co-operative Credit Bank. —Mr. Baker, solicitor, said he appeared on behalf of the recently appointed trustee, Mr. and although there was a large number of proofs put in there was still a considerable number to come. The bankrupt had filed a petition in 1864, and Mr. Pattinson was appointed as re- ceiver, and in connection with that bankruptcy an injunc- tion had been granted against the realising of the property of the bankrupt. The object of his (Mr. Baker's) applica- tion was to obtain an extension of the injunction until after a private sitting to inquire into the bankrupt's affairs, and which had been ordered by another registrar, should have taken place. He (Mr. Baker) was not prepared to go into the merits of the case at pro- sent, but simply asked for an extension of the injunction until after the 14th March, the day appointed for the private examination.—Mr. Yate Lee (barrister-at-law) said Mr. Baker must open his motion or not, and then he should be prepared to meet it. He (Mr. Lee) was prepared to make au offer, which was, that the whole of the prooerfcv should be realised, and the amount paid into court in the names of the old and new trustees four days before the 14th March.—Mr. Baker said he consented to this as it was his own proposition in the first instance.-Thc Registrar said he was about to grant a short adjournment in order that they might take the matter to Mr. Registrar Brougham, to whom it belonged. This course vr I adopted.

THE EXPLOSIVES ACT, 1875. Mr. J. B. Lamb, ironmonger, of Coventry, has applier) to the city magistrates for a gunpowder licence. The bench refused the application, and referred Mr. Lamb to the county bench. Mr. Lamb said that on the previous da,v he had applied to the county magistrates, who told him they had no power to grant the licence. On that occasion Mr. Twist, clerk to the city magistrates, attended before the county bench, and stated that he had written to the Home Secretary informing him that a difficulty arises in putting the act in force in this city, from the fact tha:, a difference of opinion arises as to who is the local authority under the terms of the statute. The town council on the one hand, allege the borough justices are the local authority and that the expenses must be charged upon the county rate, and the legal adviser of the county magis- trates contends, on the other hand, that the borough magis- trates have no power to make any claim upon the county rate in respect of any expenses incurred in putting the act in force in Coventry, and that such expenses must be borne by the borough fund." Mr. Twist said he had re- ceived a reply from Mr. A. F. O. Liddell. stating. I am directed by the Secretary of State to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, and to acquaint you in reply.for the informa- tion of the justices of the borough of Coventry, that he can give no authoritative interpretation of Acts of Parlia- ment, neither is his opinion binding, but in his opinion the local authority for the borough of Coventry, for the pur- poses of the Explosive Act, 1875, are the county justices in petty sessions, and the local rate is the county rate." Not- withstanding this opinion of the Home Secretary, the county magistrates, the city magistrates, and the town clerk refuse to accept the responsibility of local authority under this Aot, therefore the law cannot be put in force in Coventry.

The Bishop of Lincoln have resolved to Dear the whole of the costs incurred in the recent great Coates case, has devoted the sum raised by public subscription to defray those costs to a work of general ut-ility-to his diocese. The object to which this fitnd will be devoted is the restoration of Bishop Alnwick s Tower at the old palace for the pur- pose of supplying lecture rooms, &o., for the theological students of the Chancellor's School. The London correspondent of the Dundee Advertiser writes The other day I mentioned that by the will of the late Viscount Amberley Mr. D. A. Spalding was entrusted with the scientific and religious training of his two sons, the eldest of whom is heir to Earl Russell. I now under- stand, however, that an arrangement has been come to be- tween Earl Russell and Mr. Spalding, by which the former will have the direction of his grandchildren's educa- tion. 1 The Rev. Flavel S. Cook having formally resigned the living of Christ Church, Clifton, a commitee. consisting of the churchwardens and other influential inhabitants of the parish, has been formed to oarry out the intention of pre- senting the rev. gentleman with a testimonial. A separate fund has also been provided for the legal expenses in which Mr. Cook has been condemned, and should that fund fall short of the amount required it is proposed to make up the I deficienoy out of the testimonial fund. A man named George Browne, foreman in Messrs. Palmer's mills in Gal way,has met wth an awfully sudden death. When the mill was set in motion he went to put the belt on the silk wheel, and whilst doing so his coat caught in a wheel behind him, which dragged him in. His shoulder was torn from the body ia the most shocking manner. Dr. Cleland was in immediate attandance, but the man lingered only a few minutes. Deceased was married and had a large family, and was about sixty years of age. At Liverpool, a cowkeeper, named Henry Mitchell, has been summoned tor cruelly treating two cows, bv neglect- ing to provide them with food. An inspector on visiting the defendant's premises found eleven oows, five of which were in a very poor condition, their bones almost starting through their skin. They "nre bellowing for food, of which there was scarcely any i on the premises. There being a previous conviction against defendant, he was now fined IC5 and costs, with the alternative of two months' ivp- prisanmaix*

THE MURDERS ON BOARD THE LENNIE The following is a narrative of the mutiny and murder? on board the ship Lennie, for which eleven prisoners are now being tried in London The Lennie sailed £ ron> Antwerp on the 22nd of October last, and was bound for Nova Scotia. The crew consisted of Captain Hatfield, Joseph Wortley (the first mate), and Robert Macdonald Zsecond mate), all of whom were murdered, the 11 alleged murderers in custody, and the other two survivors. Van Hoydek (the steward) and a boy named Henry Trusilko, to whose praiseworthy conduct, espe- cially that of the steward, the credit of saving the ship and the arrest of < 1" murderers is due When the vessel had got into the Bay of Biscay, and after she had been five days at sea. the cre'" manifested signs of in- subordination, which eventually broke out into the most terrible mutiny. As early as four o'clock on the morning of the 31 st of October the steward, who was sleeping in his berth, heard on the deck above a frightful commotion. Dressing himself as speedily as he could, he ran to get on deck, but found he was prevented by the hatchways being fastened down. As he stood listening to the horrible violence and uproar going on above, he heard terrible moans and gurgling sounds as of the captain's voice, and as if the captain was speaking with his throat cut, and almost in the last throes of death was saying, Oh, you are not sailors you are slaughterers- you are slaughterers." Directly after that he heard another rush and footsteps as of a man run- ning away, and from what he could hear it seemed as though a rush was then being made after the second mate, who was probably trying to escape to the rigging. Immediately upon this he heard five shots fired, and then a heavy thud on the deck as though a man had been fetched down. After the murderous work had proceeded for about an hour and a half, at half-past five some came down to the steward. One of the mutineers then, addres- sing him, said, Well. we are finished now." The steward, affecting surprise, said, Oh, what have you finished ?" The cap'ain and the mates," replied the mutineer, and Now, can you take charge of the ship ?" The steward replied, "Yes; where do you want to go?" "To Greece." replied the mutineer. '• You take us to Gib- raltar and we'll find Greece." The steward replied that it was all right; he would take the ship safe. When he- got on do-ck he saw that the deck was covered with blood, and that five of the men were engaged in washing it off. Three others were over the front, and three besides them were over the stern engaged in cutting away the name of the boat. Some of the men then went down below and got the captain's clothes, whilst others went about and runsacked the ship, and another man took possession of the medicine chest. In this dreadful situation, with the murderous gang masters of the situation, and feeling by their looks that they were uncertain as to whether they should trust him alive with their dreadful secret, he came to the conclusion that he had no other alternative but apparently to become their willing servant. He then asked them whether they had any further orders to give, and the reply was, ,No; work the ship to Gibraltar." After endeavouring to deceive them by first making sail that way, he next, in the middle of the following night, steered for the Bristol Channel. The next morning one of the men went to the steward and said—" Why, you ain't going to Gibraltar you are making for the Bristol Channel." The steward replied, You never mind where I am roing on; you mind your own business." The mutineer then went forward, and calling the gang together, told them that the steward wa3 selling them. A consultation was held umong them, and they seemed uncertain whether they should butcher him too or still trust hun with the ship. They then came forward to him in a body and said :—" Look here, steward; you had nothing to do with the murder, so you are all right but mind you don't try to sell us at your peril." The steward replied, Oh, never mind what that man Bays. Don't you think I would try to sell you." He then put out to sea, but as soon as the mutineers again were off tbeir guard, or the principal asleep, he, early on the follow- ing morning, changed +1-" ourse again towards the eoast of- France. Some of the more desperate and sus- picious challenged him again, and in a menacing mannei said, Why, steward, where are you going?" As night was now coming on. and the sea was very rough, he replied that he thought it would be best to stay where they were till it became a fair wind; and on the men becoming a little more satisfied he shortened sail, and lay down before the three topsail" in the hope that some friendly ship would come in sight. Matters now assumed a very seriou crisis, as one of the men, growing still more suspicious, came forward and in- sisted on taking charge of the ship. After this man had had charge of her for two days the crew generally became dis- satisfied and uncertain as to the course, and after another consultation they called on the steward again to take charge of the ship and obey their orders,and they threatened to cub off the ears of the first man who attempted to interfere with hjr)1 The steward then replied that before he cculd take t»e ship in safety they must have confidence in him and he would see it all right. Something like confidence now being achieved he got every man to go to his post. When working order was now restored, the steward went to the boy Harry Truslift, he being the only one he I' thought he could trust, and said to him. Now, look here, Harry, if we take these fellows to where they Want to go, there is no knowing what they may do. When they know where they are they will be very likely to murder us and throw us over too. Let us try to save the ship and our own lives as well. Now, csin I trust you?" Yes, all right," replied the boy. Well then," said the steward. now you go down into the cabin, and I will lock you in. Then you write twenty-four notes in French and in English stating that the captain and- officers on board of the Lennie are all murdered, and that the crew have seized the ship. and we, two are waiting assis- tance. Then while you are doing that I will go and get 24 empty bottles to put them in, and then we'll throw them overboard and see what they'll send us." The boy did "80, and when every- thing was all ready the steward again altered the course of the vessel towards the French coast, and arriving there again on the 8th of November, they threw the bottles over, hoping they would drift towards the coast, or that they might attract the attention of the French authorities. The weather became very rough, and the steward then said to the men that it would be no use for them to go to sea to lose their tails, and if they chose to go on shore he would put them near to land at a small place he knew where there were no police. The six Greeks approving of this suggestion, took one of the ship's boats and lowering went on shore 011 the French coast, and landed at Les Sables d'Olonne. The steward by this strategy having got rid of six of the mutineers, lay for two days near the coast. In the meantime some of the bottles had been picked up, and within two days afterwards a pilot-boat came alongside, followed by the Travilleur, a French man- of-war. The assistance had promptly been sent by the French Government, who in the first place demanded to know the reason of the Lennie's name being obliterated and of the ship being without the captain and mates. Van Hoydek, the steward, and the boy Harry Trusilko now came forward, and, claiming the immediate protection of the French authorities, at "once told the whole story of the murders and the mutiny. The remaining five oi the mutineers who had remained on board were charged with complicity in the murder, arrested and placed in irons, and taken on shore by the Travilleu.r In the meantime the news of the dreadful occurrence was privately • communicated to the French gendarmes. While all this had been going on on board the Lennie the six Gre ks who had landed at Sables d'Olonne had attracted the attention of the French police there, they having with them their officers' clothes and other things they had seized to sell. Eventually they applied to the Commissioners of Marine and represented them- selves as being destitute and having belonged to the Greek brigantine St. Georges, which had foundered with all hands but themselves. By this time the news of the murder had spread through the French provinces and they being suspected as the six Greeks wanted were soon arrested. The whole of the eleven having under- gone their preliminary examination before the French authorities, the matter was handed over to the English Government, which has placed the case in the hands of Superintendent Williamson, of the detec- tive department of. Scotland-yard, assisted by Inspector Druscovitch, and Inspector Wooton, of the Thames Police. It is stated that a mass of very important evidence is I already in their hands, which will doubtlessly bring home to each one the particular part ke acted in this terrible tragedy of the sea.

While some workmen in the employ of the Glasgow Corporation were digging in the Gallowgate, to discover » leakage of gas, one of them applied a light, which caused a terrific explosion, .shattering a house opposite, and severely injuring seven men. The Berlin correspondent of the Morning Post stages that the cremationists of Germany have resolved to hold an annual meeting, m the month of April, at Gotha, where the Government has officially sanctioned their mode of disposing of the dead and permitted its public use. Two fiddlers, Michael White ami J. Byrne, were drink- ing in a public-house in Dublin, when a quarrel arose be- tween them concerning their merits as musicians. Byrne was thrown several times, and his head coming into vio- lent contact with the hearthstone, he was killed. White was arrested. Typhoid fever has, th. Globe states, reappeared on the Cornwall refuge ship,a servant and one boy being attacked. The latter case has been removed to the Dreadnought Sea- men's Hospital. Before Christmas the Cornwall sunered severely from the same fever, 80 cases occurring out of 200 persons On board. It is represented that a strong feeling exists at the pre- sent-time among the principal inhabitants of the Austra- lian provinces that it would be higlil-v ae,ta,ecus to them and to England if an act of federation coutd be passed forthwith, and the whole of the colonies consolidated into an Australian dominion, under the control of a Governor- General. A serious poaching affray has occurred near Cork. Three poachers were caught setting snares in Mr. Wyse's preserves, at Ballinahona. and were pursued by two game-* keepers. Whffii overtaken an affray occurred and one of' the poachers was shot in the head and shoulder, and is in a critical condition. The gamekeeper who fired the shot hu been arrested. I

ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS. There were 32 wrecks reported during the past week, jiaking a total of 250 ;for the year. The Denbigh reredos case is to come forthwith before Lord Paizance, and not before the Diocesan Court. The Right Hon. Stephen Cave is expected home on Wednesday or Thursday from his mission to Egypt. The Queen paid a visit to the Dean of Westminster and Lady Augusta Stanley, at the Deanery, on Satur- day. The biLs introduced in the House of Commons in the present session, now number 90, of which 15 are Govern- ment measures. It is stated that Mr. P. A. Taylor will not bring forward his motion for the opening of museums on Sunday during the present session. A Bolton firm in the cotton trade have given notice of their intention to run three of their four mills only three days a week till further notice. The Times Rangoon correspondent telegraphs :—There has been an outbreak in Moulinein Gaol, in which eleven prisoners were shot and several wounded. Several British residents in Constantinople have just presented Mr. Plimsoll with a congratulatory address in a rich goldJrame. elegantly carved, and ornamented with nautical embellishments. Five thousand pounds hss been offered towards the erection of a new infirmary at Boltan by a gentleman whose name is kept- secret. The only stipulated condition is that provision shall be made for t4e accommodation of children. According to the Paris correspondent of the Post, it is understood Queen Isabella, with her family, will at no dis- tant date leave Paris for Snain, taking up her residence at Seville. Her Majesty has lately sent assistance for the wounded. Admiral Robinson has been elected chairman of the committee who will take charge of the training ship which is to take the place of the Goliath. The ship which the committee has selected is the Exmouth, a two-decker, now lying at Devonport. John Nixon, aged thirteen, is in custody at Deroy, juarged with stabbing a schoolfellow, named George Dunnicliff. The latter threw a piece of orange peal at Nixon, who immediately stabbed him twice in the back with a pocket knife, the knife penetrating his lungs. As the Government storeship Fox wa« steaming into dock at Chatham she came into collision with the stonework. knocking a portion of it away and starting a quantity of her planking. The collision is said to have been caused by the force of the tide and a strong wind blowing at the sarno time. The catalogue of a sale by auction by Messrs. Clemmans and Son on Thursday next at Dalston contains one lot de- scribed as extraordinary relics connected with the cele- brated Joanna Southcott, comprising a patchwork coverlet worked and marked by her, together with the pieces of baby-linen made and presented to her for the expected Shiloh in 1814."— City Press. A verdict of Suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity" has been returned at the coroner's inquest held into the circumstances of the death of William Hud- son, son of the late Mr. George Hudson, who was once known as The Railway King." The deceased had thrown himself on the line at the Victoria Station when a train was approaching, and laid his head on one of the rails. A very serious trade dispute is, it appears, likely to take place in Sheffield. The scissor forgers and grinders have given notice of an advance equal to 25 or 30 per cent., and announced that unless their demands were conceded they should come out on strike. The masters have agreed to resist the demand, and a very severe conflict is anticipated. The union of the men in one branch of the trade will keep them for six months. A meeting has been held in B'arnsley for the purpose of raising funds for the relief of the sufferers by the Swaithe Main explosion. It was stated that thero were 75 widows and 167 children left unprovided for, and that the amount of subscriptions already received "ountea to over 2.6,000. A committee was formed for the urganisation of a perma- nent fund applicable to colliery accidents in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The magistrates at. Crewe, Cheshire, seem determined to sweep away theatricals. At the last Nanirwich sessions they refused to license a theatre, and had at the same time before them James Hollowav, then manager, for per- forming plays without a licence. The case was dismissed on an understanding that the offence was not to be repeated. The bench said they considered that such entertainments were not conducive to morality. Notwithstanding this decision, de- fendant continued the play two days longer, and was again charged. The defence was that in deference to the desire of the magistrates, the play Was withdrawn and a miscel- laneous concert substituted in order to raise funds to leave the town with. The Bench imposed a penalty of f2 and costs, or twenty-one days' imprisonment with hard labour. High worth-street, Lisson-grove, London, is a street thickly inhabited by very poor people. At No. 7, in the front-kitchen, liverl a widow named Jessett. aged 68. and her grown son. The latter came home on Saturday, as usual, and on going down stairs a disagreeable suffo- cating smell convinced him tha't something was wrong. There was no light in the kitchen except that which was given by a part of the floor which was on fire. The son. with assistance of the neigh- bours, removed his mother, who was lying dead in front of the fire-place. The poor creature was shockingly bunit — the lower extremities almost to a cinder, as was one side Of her face. which had rested on the floor. She had evi- dently been preparing for tea, and the chair upon which she had been sitting seems to have been burnt under her, but the exaet cause of the occurrence is not known. The deceased had occupied her humble abode for twenty-four years, for the last five or bIx of which tue has not been able to leave the room. -6.-

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One box will convince tne most sceptic»l df tn?ir tfluiicy. In Ollhr to iault all who may be suffering from ONE or.BOTH (If theoe vialaiie >. tk. Propria r prepares this Vegetable Remedy in the following f,,I-u-, ■ No. PILE AN if GRAVEL PILLS. No. 2 <'hORQE'S GR.VLi- PILLS. No. 3—GEGk'-b'b PILLS FOR THE PILES. Important Testimonials fr,m Doctors, Chemists, and Invalids from aU arts of the cuutry. will be forwarded to any aduress on receipt of a.stamped envelope. Sold in Boxes t« and &9d,by ali respectable Chematt By post, li 4d, and Hs in Postage Stamps. Every box is protected bu tke (Jonemn<eni Stamp* Nonca -1h. Tit t," l .i AND GRAVEL PILLS is Copy- riK''t, a 'd enterej at Stationers' Ha l. Proprietor—J. E. Gi'-OHGE. M.K.P.K, Kowjvn .anior^an. May be had Wholesale from, most Patent Medtcine Ware- Jkouxtf' ,Lonø.an. R.MAL.lA.()Qt. }f 'VI"WI.tF. X26» J. P LEWIS, has always on Sale SLEEPERS, of ail Sices, „ RAILWAY FENCING,. PITWOOa and 0 her ENGLISH TIMBEB. OFFICE4, DOCK CHAMBERS, and SAW MILL, Ml RHY.HNfc.Y KAIL WAY, Crock erbtown, lardig. 496 OHN BILDLE, PASTRY COOK, AM) ORNAMENTAL CONFECTIONER, 14, GOWEit-ST.REFT, SWANSEA, EsiatiLishea neaily 4J Tears, THE NOTED HOUSE FOU SCHOOL, B ft IDE, CHRISTENING AND BIr-.THDAY ('AI\E;. Orders executed on the shoo tfOst notice, awd forwarded to all parts. é853 CLEARANCE gALii OF UPWARDS OF 20,000 PAIRS OF JJOOTS AND SIELOES AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES r: nrym PREVIOUS 10 STOCK TAKQ2Q,i -1 i A u At the ROYAL ARCADE BOOT AND SHOE WAREHOUBK, Full PLrtiwllwil in Price L;stL 68ØI II T'tJTi¡ KUST PKEVAlL.Io-CoDO!J SiIIi. 1 gILK AND "pELI HATS AND CAn OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. f S. W E I C HER T, MANUFACTURER, 89, BUTE-ST. DEPOr, maa. Established 1858. Offers nothing extraordinary, but really gooj articles at fail and reasonable prices He does not keep an -im menm SgdeA,- but sufficiently large for auy person to select from Be dc8 not FeU" cheaper than any other house in the trade," but quite a cheap as any. 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(<»ciu re< iu l.ondonai d .he pro inces), he ho <«, by unroari&g pHiua and pe B01 al atu ntion t > ail :a.v, nrs, to seenirt their plltrolJalo1" an" recomm Dd" 10:•. (1, nw. Whit" an Bro-n re-vi; Rich B id*, S voy. Mould, Pound, Madeira, Sn tafia, aad Lunch (age, sild all Kinds of biscuiti, fre h, Frencui and, E" zi-sh He 1 hot every Morning tech ols said Tea. Parties sup- plied. Evury aIL, ,£the best qua.Lty. 3605 C. LAM B & CO, VARNISH, GREASE, OILS, COLLIERY BRA.T. TICR, DOOR CLOTH, AND FLKXIjBLiS AIR TUBING MANUFACTURERS, STRAND, SWANSEA. 111 ..4- OHN H OWE L L STEAM SAW MILLS, WEST BUTE DOQK, CARDIFF. IMPORTER OF MINING TIMBER. Can supply all kindb of Timber, or cut into Scanting, fat coiliery, bouse, and o-ner purposes. Also. Sleepers uf all lengths, sizes, and quality in stock. Thaks os Armcinci. H6 ] WAVERLEf PE PIIIKWICK PBUiS. Tiie source of uianv a writer's on fan disexverfd," I f ACNIVEN & CAMERON'S PENS! -a.* JL Per Post Is. Id. So id everywhere. They eeme as a bo- m and a Wssinp to men, <■ Tfce Pi^kwi k, thtfO« l and the 1' a\ erley Pen. ■* 1 Tne misery of a bud pen i n-wnvoliintarv infliction." Another hlestiuig to znet. 1 The Hinieo Pen. 1200 Newspapers Recoannend th m. See Graphic, The Patent'ea CaufTo" the Ptfblie to Hew of Parties Offerifl^ Tmitat ius i f ti, Pens. 24 to K, ULAIK STR £ Jti f-U)i OWL PTWS. HrNDOO PENS ENERAL MACHINERY PURCHASE VJ HIRE COMPANY. 23, ROOD-LA>nK, FfiNC H UKCH-STBJEBT, LONDON. Idanufaeturen, FLmeM & supplied with Machinery ani Imp emeut for tneir business under an PUJiOtlASg HIRE SYSTEM of easy payments eXLeu over 1, So or 3 veai«.PwtH:ui»r« ..¡¡Ii o, of the FrcoB port trea. 225 IVTR. GRAHAM YOUNG, DEAIAL Svjcgeun, .ItjL t.<). 7, trtik'-iretl, M Koi. Attendance professionally.C iRLilFV—EVERY H EDNliS AY at0$, CROCK HE iB'OWN. from 10 106. NKWP. •— LCOND *nd t-'OURTH T. UR«D;V ic. every nth at B .r/Wt .i,.na(L coexist, 64, HiGH-SThEET, ir°* <> next v,si £ THtJRsOAV. 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Perl, No. 13 u iver a! ,a.tiS;;Lt "Lt. ,"laker of Ttt°M and <Jo.'s latent Fouma:^ Vea, Eiurossm^ Pen- I Jo- 36, and Silver Steel Pen. No. 320 Saiunla Box. assorted Kinds, tor S&ven Stamps