South Wales Daily News

CHARGES AGAINST A CLERGYMAN. A private commission of inquiry, opened in the Library of York Minster, with reference to the charges brought against the Jiey. Georgo Sanger, vicar of Charlton, in Cleveland, as to certain acts of immorality, unanimously declared that there are, prii-ta f(,eie,,gt-ouzids for instituting further pro- ceedings. Mr Sanger conducted his own de- fence. It will be remembered that Air Sanger was indicted at Stokesley petty-sessions for having set fire to the parish church at Charlton in the autumn of last year, but was discharged.

COUNTY GOVERNMENT. The Press Association" learns that Mr Gbrl- stone has written to Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, promising to bring before his colleagues in the Cabinet the memorial, signed by about seventy members of parliament, which was recently sent to the Prime Minister, on the subject of local administration. illiei-e is good reason to expect that the County Government Rill will, to some extent, meet the wishes of the memorialists, who are anxious to see remedied the confusion and ex- pense caused by the divided, overlapping, and con flic ting areas of local and county administra- tion. Most of the member:; who signed the me- morial are well-known as local government re- iormeis.

STRANGE DISCOVERY AT GOWER. Wo.1n?H^ay, was discovered on vv o.m s> bead, hauled up oa the rocks a*id fi tened securely by a rope to a large wooden pin wifli -,n ] ° \n number, were phveed, and fwtpnnis, toother with the U'S burnt pieces of wreckv-p *».«, burnt pleces of wreckv-p then P-t ,ioijle j-ded dS2f Lin, al:d kmdled a. file, but what has become of them remains as yet a profound mjsterj. he head ha. been searched carefully by the coastguard and rocket company, but not the least trace of them can be found. Th.* boat is of ordinary build, and about 15 feet lono- bir 51. feet wide amidships. On the inside of thVstern is the captain's name, (ieorge Robertson mas- ter," and also "London, Port of A man dressed as a seaman is strolling about the ncih- bourhood of Rhossilly, and refuses to give al ac- count of himself.

CARDINAL- MANNING & HIS SWANSEA VISIT. The Rev. Canon Richards, of Swansea, has received the following letter from his Eminence Cardinal Manning — Archbishop's House, Westminster, Mar. 3, E8. My dear Canon,— Your letter has given me a great joy, both for your fulfilment of your pledge and for the help your good bishop will give you. Pray tell your people oil Sunday that I shall never forgot my visit to Swansea; and that if it be ever again in my power to conic and help the League of the Cross, I shall do it with all my heart. Tell them to enrol themselves, men, women, and children let both husband and wife take the pledge, that they may be both alike and support one another; and, above all, let them enrol their children, that they may grow up without the taste or the temptation of intoxicating drink. Give them a blessing from me, and may you and they have as much happiness as I have with my people. Please to read this to them on Sunday, and believe me, my dear Canon, yours affectionately in Jesus Christ, liiaiir En. Card. Archp."

WEATHER FORECASTS. The following forecasts for This Day were issued from the Meteorological Office last night at 8 p.m. 0 SCOTLAJiD, N.—Westerly winds. backing to south- west, moderate and fresh fair morninK showerv later. 1 SCOTLAND, E.— Same as No. 0. 2 KNGLA.NO, JN".K.—Westerly ami south-westerly winds, fresh and fair to dull, and unsettled. 3 ENGLAND, E—Westerly winds, moderate generally misty at first., then fair and bright tempemture lower. 4 COUNTIES.—Same as -NO. 3. 5 ENGLAND, 8. (London and Channel). — Same as No. 3. 6 SCOTLAND, W.—North-westerly and westerly winds, fresh cloudy some c0ld showers. 7 ENGLAND, N.W. (and N. as o 6. S England, 8. W. (G1.d Kouth Wa-les). Weiitaly 1pinds I fre^h cloud,y .fair. ■ 9 I;IKI.A.\0, N.-N{)rth-wrly, backing to south- westerly, winds, moderate aiul fresli fair to showery. 10 IRELAND, S.—Same as No. 9. WARNINGS.—South cone has been lowered in the west and north during to-day.

Two convic-t-3 employed on the Government works at Burstal, Rochester, named Thomas Mills, aged 24, and William Wood, aged 25, escaped on Wednesday afternoon. There was a young servant of Fife, Whose Corns were the plague of her life, For beets she won* "master's," but with A!!c«'>ck'« Corn Plaster 56589 She now gets on those of his wife. ALLCOCK'S COR; PLASTHKS are now admitted by tpns cf thousands to be the best cure for corns eve-c TheyaHay the pain of the wort com as if by and the tightest boot can be worn with ease. 10115 Sur.PHOI.INK LOTION." An external Means of Skin Diseases. There is scarcely any eruption but will yield to Sulpholme in a few days, and con: mence to fade away, even if it seems past "cure. Ordi rla'T p;niples, redness, blotches, scurf, roughness vauisn as if by magic; whilst old, enduring skin dis orders, that have plagued the sufferers for years, how ever deeply rooted they may be, Sulphoiine" will I successfully attack them. It destroys the anitnalculrs, which cause these unsightly, irritable, painful affect tions, and always produces a clear, healthy, natural condition of the skfn. Sulphoiine Lotion is sold by most Cliem sts. Bottles 2s dd 4082

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. The Speaker took the chair at 4 o'clock. NOTICES. The following notices were given :— Alderman LAWRENCE (1. London) on Ihursdaytoaske to ask the Postmaster General whether it would not be advantageous to the public and the post-office to allow a prepaid reply telegram to be sent at the rate of sixpence. Mr P. J. SM\TH (H.R., Tipperary) on an early day to move that it is desirable that Spain be invited to join the Eumoean Concert. Mr COCHRAN PATRICK (C., Ayrshire, N.) on Thursday to ask the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer whether the item in the Civil Service es- timates for medical relief in Scotland was intended to be a grant in aid to the parochial boards of Scotland." 1 Mr W. H. SMITH (C., Westminster)—To ask the Prime Minister whether the Government would consider the expediency of introducing a measure to facilitate the acquisition of laud by occupiers and labourers on terms just and equit- able to the owners. Mr CHAPLIN (C., Lincoln, Mid)—On going into committee of supply, to call attention to the enormous numoer of applications under the Irish Land Act for the readjustment of a fair rent, and to move that this House is of opinion that the existing machinery of the r ri;1h Laud Act is wholly inadequate to deal with the business be- fore the commission, and that it is desirable, in the interests of the good government of Ireland, that the hearing of such cases should not be in- definitely postponed, and that some amendment of the Irish Land Act in this resnect is immedi- ately and urgently required. A HARD CASE, Sir C. pILKE (Under Foreign Secretary) in reply to I V. Cameron (L., Glasgow), said that the case of Mr J. C. Young, had been confined for nearly three years at Fernando Po, awaiting the confirmation of a sentence of a local court of a fine which was at 01Jce or a few months' imprisonment, had been represented to the Spanish Government, but a reply had not yet been re- ceiyed. and Her Majesty's minister at Madrid bad been dirooted to again iu*g(3 the );ardshlp of the and to strongly support the application of Mr 1 oung for compensation. .{ "'fTï ft.) Mr Buchanan (L., Kdinourgh), said that Her Majesty's aiiuister at Belgrade had oecn instructed toconvevthe con- gratulations Her Maipfsty's Government to King Miian on ins assumption of the royal title. HIGHWAY RATING. Mr DODSON (President, Local Government Jioard), in reply to Mr Hicks (C., Cambridge- shire), said he had hojted to be able to bring in a measure dealing with highway rating, but looking at the state of bnsir.o;he doubted whether he would be able to do so. If lie found he could, later OlJ, with01:t damaging tJ1C larger qne>ltioll, jutrodlwc a bill to "lace the -0 wile r. of small tene- ments in the same positioti a,* regards highway rates as they now are as recards poor rates, he would do THE KILMAINHAM PRISONEPS. Mr I'ORSTI-jR (Irish Secrefary), in repiying to Mr Sexton (H.R., Sligo), said that a letter for- warded by Mr W. ]i. Smith, vice-president of Linuingham Reform League, to Mr John Dillon, and another to Mr Parnell, having refer- ence to a proposed demonstration at Birmingham, had been detained by the governor of the gaol. The rule enforced was that there should be no political communication with the prisoners in Kil- mainhnm. ASSTZKS. The ATTORNEY-GENFdiAL (Sir H. James), in reply to Mr Hicks, said it did not rest with him to deal with the system of holding four assizes, but so long as the rule, instituted by the late Home Secretary, that no prisoner should re- main more than three months awaiting trial, re- mained in force, he saw no prospect of a depar- ture from the system but Jt was under c()n,id,w:1.- tion how far by arrangement the burden could be lessened on the judicial bench, jurors, aud others. THE ELEPHANT J UMBO. Mr ASHLEY (Board of Trade), in reply to Mr Labouchere (L., Northampton), said of course the Board Jof /Trade could not possibly have any control over whtt b lion, friend called the uncertain temper of the elephant Jumbo. (Laughter.) But the Board of Trade surveyor had Jbeen instructed to look to the embarkation, and take care that there was no danger to the ship and passengers. They had especially been charged with seeing that the cage was sufficiently strong and secured, so that it could not get adrift, and also that the elephant should by no means be allowed to step on a Ifne on deck. They would further take care that the presence of the animal should not interfere with the regulations for the health of the passengers. IRISH GRIEVANCES. Mr FORSTElt, in answer to Mr Healy (H.R., Wexford), said that since December last copies of the Irish World newspaper had been stopped in the Dublin Post-office, on a warrant from the Lord-Lieutenant, it being considered necessary by the Irish Government to take that step. The only communication from the United States on the subject was a business inquiry from the post- office at Washington. Mr HEALY asked if it was true that Mr James Rorke had been arrested in Dublin under the Coercion Act. Mr FORSTER briefly replied that it was true. Mi'iVor,ie had been arrested on reasonable grounds of intimidation. Mr HEALY thereupon moved the adjourn- ment of the House, and denied that a shadow of reasonable suspicion of the kind could rest on Mr Rorke. 1 1 he reason for his arrest was really that he was the business partner of Mr Patrick Egan, the secretary of the Land League. Mr Rorke had never taken any part in politics, and never made a political spcech in the whole of his life. Recently, at Tullainore, the Chief Secretary said that the Act was only directed against broken down men and reckless boys," but Mr Rorke was neither of these. He was a man whose common standing in Dubliu was equal to that of the Chief Secretary in Bradford, and his name on the back of a bill would carry- more credit. (Oh, oh.) Mr Rorke had been sent to N a,a." jail ome 40 or 50 miles from his business, simply fur the purpose of damaging the business of Egan and Rorke. (Oh.) Such arrests as these were calculated to excite outrages and encourage agitation. But for the personal ruin the Govern- ment were able to inflict, he might look on the Coercion Act as a blessing, and not a curse, for the operation, excited a.nd strengthened the spirit of nationality. Mr Ilorke and the other 800 prisoners must bo released some day, and would be so many recruits for the army of agitation. (Hear, hear.) Mr SEXTON agreed that the arrest was for no other reason than that he was Mr Egan's partner. Mr FORSTER begged to make a remark. He doubted whether any hon. member really believed Mr Rorke1 was arrested because he was Mr Egan's partner. (Cries of "We do.") He siniplv wished to state it was not true. The fact of Mr Rorke being Mr Egan's partner had nothing to do with his arrest. (0h, 0h, and What has 5") Mr GRAY (H.R., Carlow Co.), having the pleasun of a personal acquaintance with Mr Rorke, knew that he had done nothing to excuse his arrest, but had warned that gentleman that his partnership with Mr Egan would be sufficient to luduce the Government to put him in prison. Mr JGSTI, MCCARTHY (H.R., Longford) appealed to the Prime Minister to say whether he approved of transactions such as this arrest. Mr O'DONNELL (L., Du: igarvan) was abso- lutely certain that Mr Rorke was in no way guilty of the crime with which lie was charged, for he had always confined himself to business, and had never said a word to injure any man. Mr MITCHELL HENRY (H.E., Galway) could not approve of the policy of indiscriminate arrests now going on, and considering their num- ber he did not see how the Chief Secretary could redeem his pledge to make himself personally- acquainted with the merits of each case. He would urge members to use their influence to pre- vent the necessity for this system of arbitrary arrests, but the cause of it was undoubtedly the no-rent manifesto, and if they would not do that, the obvious inference was that they did not de- sire to see this system put a stop to, but carried out to its most offensive extreme. Sir P. O'BRIEN (H.R., King's County) had known the people of Ireland for many years, and did not believe they would endorse the opinion of their so-called representatives with respect to the Chief Secretary. For his own part be thanked him for liiscourageous and simple denunciations of what was going on in Clare and Limerick. After some further discusion. Mr FORSTER said that he had in all cases satisfied himself that there were special reasons for arrooting- and the course pursued. After some remarks from Mr CAU.AN" (H.R., Louth), aud Mr T. D. SULLIVAN (H.R., West- meath), Mr BIGGAR (H.R., Cavan Co.) said that the no-rent manifesto was r.ot issued until the Go- vernment had m:.dc it impossible for the Land League, to assist the tenant-farmers of Ireland by their system of arbitrary arrests, which had been in force for six months previously, and by refusing to do anything to help those tenants who were suffering from harsh landlords pending the action of the land commissioners. He saw nothing courageous in the Chief Secretary crowing upon his own homestead, surrounded by magistrates and police. Some natures liked to see personal suffering, and ho suspected that was the object of the visit of the right hon gentleman. The SPEAKER called upon the hon. member to withdraw the imputation of such unworthy motives. (Cheers.) Mr BIGGAR would at crce withdraw and apologise, for he had no intention of irnput;!1i; such motives. The hon. member continued at some length to denounce the action of the Govern- ment. Mr (nL L (H.R., Westineath) complained that the Chief Secretary had not redeemed his pledges to personally investigite each case, the time and thi number precluded the possibility of it. The motion ior adjournment was negatived. .bor the amendment 14 Against 1+7 Majority 133 THE BOElili AND THE NATIVES. Mr GORST (C., Chatham) asked the Under- Secretary for the colonies whether he was yet satisfied that the opponents of Mousori were Boers aud not natives, and whetlier any commu- nication on the subject had been received from the Transvaal Government, or from the British resi- dent in the Transvaal, and what steps the Government proposed to take to protect Mousori from the vengeance or the Boers. Mr COURTNEY (Under Colonial Secretary) had no information beyond what appeared in the newspapers, and he still inclined to the belief that the attacks were bv natives. Sir M. HICKS-BEACH inquired whether there was any truth in the statement that a, large commando was being raised in the Transvaal to take revensre on the natives. Mr COURTNEY repeated that his only in- formation was that in the newspapers. Sir M. HICKS-BEACH suggested inquiries should be made. THE DORMANT FUND IN CHANCERY. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Mr LEIGHTON (C., Shropshire, N.) drew attention to the Dormant Fund in Chan- cery, and to the unsatisfactory form in which the list of causes, to the credit of which un- claimed money belonging to the suitors was standing was issued, and moved that future lists should be alphabetically arranged with reference to the sub-titles, together with the names and last known addresses of the persons originally entitled, the date of the lastI decree or order, and the amount unclaimed. The motion was seconded by Mr FINDLATER (L., Monaghan). The ATTORIN EY-GENERAL explainedtlif-t the lists were simply transcribed from the Chan- cery books, and it would impose a vast amount of labour on the Paymaster-General's office to give all the information in the form suggested, though the lists might be arranged alphabetically. Every information could be obtained on application through a solicitor. Mr SALT (C., Stafford) hoped the resolution would not be pressed to a division. He did not think the public had much to complain of, if, on the application of any respectable solicitor, a full explanation were sriven. Mr DONALDSON-HUDSON (C., Newcastle- under-Lyme) considered it objectionable that where too funds were small, persons in roor cir- cumstances should be put to the expense of em- ploying a solicitor. t *23 a the motion was negatived by 4-7 RAILWAYS IN IRELAND. Mr BLliNNERHASSET, while expressing no opinion on the subject of state ownership or state management of railways in other parts of the empire, urged the desirability of the acquirement of the railways of Ireland, on equitable terms, by the state, with a view to their management being conducted in the interests of the public, the mea- sure to be carried out in such a way as not to in- volve any loss to the finances of the empire. Mr GR.4Y (H.R., Carlow Co.), supporting the proposal, contended that all the monopolies of that kind ought to be in the hands of the State. Mr EVELYN ASHLEY reminded the house that a bill on the subject introduced in 1872 was rejected on the second reading, and a resolution in favour of the purchase of the Irish railways by the state was defeated in 1874 by a very large majority. He did not believe the Irish railways were worse managed or worse conducted than English railways, and an advance had already been made in the direction of unity of manage- ment, which was the great desideratum. Ad- mittin that the development 'of railways would be a great benefit to Ireland, experience showed that object would not be promoted by State management. Tn England and Ireland railways were exposed to the competition of water carriage, and therefore the railway systems of these islands, differin fruJll the continental system could, never be made a monopoly. Mr CROPPER (L., Kendal) held that the transfer of the Irish railways to central control would not be of commercial advantage, whilo it would place in the hands of the State an enormous amount of patronage which might be used politi- cally. Col. COLTHURST (H. R., County Cork) ob- served that the railways could now be acquired without any substantial loss to the State. Mr MACIYER (C., Birkenhead) supporting the proposal, expressed regret that the State had not, many years ago, taken over the English rail- ways. Mr J. G. RICHARDSON hoped the Govern- ment would, in quieter times in Ireland, direct their attention to the subject. Mr GLADSTONE mentioned that in the time of Lord Palmers ton the question was carefully considered, and an enormous majority de- clared, in strong terms, against the acquisition of the railways by the State. It was thoroughly out of the question that in this country the rail- ways should be taken and managed by the State, one. objection being the amount of patronage that it would place in the hands of the Covernment, and another the incompetcncy of the State to address itself to business so extensive, subtle, and manifold as the management of the traffic, and particularly the goods traffic. Mr SCLATKR-BOOTH (C., Hants, N.) was of opinion the circumstances of Ireland were favourable, but agreed that the political objec- tions were insuperable. After some further discussion, the subject dropped. ROADS IN SOUTH WALES. Lord KMLYN (C., Carmarthenshire) drew attention to the action of the Local Government Board in proposing to discontinue on the 25th of March the appointment of the general su{>eriii- teudent of roads in South Wales, without giving the authorities adequate time to take steps for the efficient discharge of the duties of the office. Mr SCLATKR-BOOTH suggested that the office should be continued for a year or two. Mr DUCKHAM (L., Herefordshire) expressed dissatisfaction with the existing system on account of cost, Mr RYLAN1>S (L., Burnley) hoj>ed the Local Government Board would adhere to their deter- mination.. mination.. Mr DODSON said it was explained to the pre- sent superintendent, on his appointment, that he must not regard the office as permanent. The debt was entirely paid off in 1376, and the ap- pointment ought then to have been put an end tn. i If it should be proved that inconvenience would arise between the 25th of March and the passing of tbe Local Government Bill, provision would be made against it. IRISH OUTRAGES. Mr GORST called attention to the outrages in Ireland, and stated that double the number of crimes were now committed as comjiared with the time previous to the passing of the remedial regulations of the Government. Mr W. E. FORSTER could not deny that there was great cause for anxiety in the present state of Ireland, but he still maintained that there- were signs of improvement. Landlords had recently been taking steps to recover their rents, and that had not been followed by such an in- crease of crime as had been anticipated. All over Ireland rents were being paid to a much greater extent than was the case a short time ago. SUPPLY. The House went into committee of supply at 25 minutes past one o'clock, and passed a sup- plementary vote for the Royal University of Ireland, and a supplementary navy vote of £ 50,000 for tbe conveyance of troops. The report of Suppij- with reference to the Irish Land Commission vote was agreed to. MISCELLANEOUS. The Boiler Explosions Bill was considered as amended, and ordered for the third reading. Mr DODSON brought in a bill to further amend the laws relating to turnpike roads in South Wales. The House adjourned at a quarter to three o'clock.

THE LORDS A.N,D T-qiE LAND ACT. The following are the names of the members in our district who voted in the House of Commons, on Thursday night, for and against the Govern- ment, or were not present at the division. Name. I Constituency, ,c it i 3 J -1 Carbutt, K. H. (A>.) Newport 1— — Cunliffe, Sir R, (L.) Denbigh | 1 — — Davies, 1). (L.) Cardigan 1 — — Davies, li, (/) -Anglesea 1 — — Davies, W,(L.) .Pembroke 1 — — — j — Emlyn, Viscount (,C.). Carin&rthenfclir. 1 1 Flower, Cyril (L.) Brecon 1 — j — I Gm.sNei,er, R. i 1 — i — Holland, S. (L.) .Nterio-ietli I — — James, O. H. (.0.) Mertliyr 1 — — Jenkins, ,T. J. (/>.) Carmarthen. 1 — — Kensington, Visct. ( £ .).. Haverfordwest 1 — — — i — Nlaitlatid, W, P. (L.) 1 1 Morgan, (J. O. (I,.), Deuhigh;;hire 1 I Morgan, P. C. (C.) .Monmouthshire — — 1 Powell, VV. 1J„ fl. (L.) X'arniarthenshr. — — 1 Price, Sir R. (L.) :Iia,biershire — — 1 PiU'h, L. P, (h.) Cardiganshire — — 1 I Kathbone, \V. (/>) Carnarvonshire 1 — — lieed. Sir E. J. (L.) ■■ .Cardiff 1 — — Eende!, S. (L.) IMont^omery ..j 1 — — Richard, H. (Z/.) jMertliyr 1 — — Roberts, J. (L.) jFlint 1 — — Rolls, J. A. (C.) (Monmouthshire: — 1 — Talbot, C. R. M. (L.). kllamorganshirej — — 1 Tracey, Kon. P. (6.) .Montgomery. 1 — — Vivian, II. H. (L.) 'Glamorganshire 1 — — Wynn, Sir W. ((?.) (Denbighshire — 1 — Williams, S. C. K. (L.) 'New ltediior 1 — — lioth divisions were takea upon strict party lines, but the extreme section of the Home Rule Party, who absented themselves from the first, voted in the second division against the Govern- ment. The majority against the previous ques- tion did not contain a single Conservative, but was made up exclusively of Liberals and the more moderate Home Rule members. The Whig mem- bers, who several times during the passing of the Land Bill th sough the House voted against their party, were now whipped into the Government lobby, among them being Mr H. W. Fitzwilliam, Co!. Kingscote;1r Heneage, Sir John Ramsden, Sir N. dc Rothschild, and Mr Walter. The Irish Liberals, with one exception, supported Mr Gladstone's motion, with them being nearly a dozen Home Ruleis?, including Mr Maurice Brooks, Mr Eugene Collins, Colonel Colthurst, Mr Fay, Mr Mitchell-Henry, Mr M'Coan, the O'Gorman Mahon, Air O'Shaughnessy, and Cap- tain O'Shea. The minority, with the exception of Sir John Emits, an Irish Liberal, was exclusively Conser- vative in its character. It included Mr Lever, a Conservative Home Ruler. Twenty-seven mem- bers of the late Conservative Government were in the minority. The following local members paired in the di- vision :— For—Sir R. G. Price and Mr W. Powell. Against—Col. Morgan.

SIR E. J. IIEED, MTRTAND THE FALSTAIT CLUB. Sir Edward J. Reed, K.C.B., M.P., presided, on Friday, at the inaugural committee 5inner of the FalstafT Ch:b, Covent Garden. This club is composed largely of artists, musicians, draina- tists, and literary men, and amoi^ others there were present the following gentlemen;—Sir Julius Benedict, P. Morris, .A.R.A., C. B. Birch, A.R.A., George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates, Wentworth Cole, Dr. F. lioefier, W. Ganz, C"L Goodenough, R.E., Col. Keate, R. A., Captain Clarksoii, R.N., Major De Winton, B. A. Far- jeon, Arthur Sketchiey and Harrison Weir. The dinner of Friday will be succeeded by an opening soiree (musical) on Wednesday next, at which about one thousand invited guests will be present,

ALLEGED MURDER BY A SHIP CAPTAIN. At the Hull police-court on Friday, Osmond Otto Brand, late master of the smack Rising Sun, I was'Charged with the wilful murder of William Pepper, a boy on board the smack. The court was densely crowded, and the prisoner and some of the principal witnesses, who formed part of the crew, were hisaed and groaned at by the excited populace. The feeling in the Jocality is so strong against tw.) witnesses in particular that they have had to seek the protection of the police. The evidence showed tha.t deceased had been sub- jected to gross and brutal ill-treatment at the hands of the accused and other members of the crew. Prisoner frequently thrashed the boy with a knotted rope hung him up by his neck to the crosstress, which broke with his weight kept him three days and nights on deck during the last week in December, lashed o the rail poured ^aL. rover him, and incited the other men to do the same. The boy died a few hours after having been knocked to the deck and trampled upon by the prisoner who had the body thrown overboard, and on arrival in port rej>orted that the boy lia 1 le m knocked over by the fore- sail. He was rem uided until Monday, pending the arrest of another of the crew.

LOCAL BILLS IN PARLIAMENT Lord Vivian has presented a petition to the private bill office of the House of Lords praying to be heard against the Great Western Railway Company (No. 1) Bill and the Rhynmey Rail- way Company and Lord Windsor have presented petitions to the private bill office of the House of Lords praying to be heard against the Pontypridd, Caerphilly, and Newport Railway Bill. The petition of the Mid-Wales Railway Com- pany, deposited in the private bill office of the House of Commons againt the Llangammarch and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway Bill,has been objected to, and Monday. March 13th, at 12 o'clock, has been appointed to consider the objec- tions. The petitions of the Brecon and Merthyr Tyd- fil Junction Railway Company, and the London and North Western and Brecon and Merthyr Tydtil Junction Railway Companies, deposited in the private bill office of the House of Com- mon", against the Rhynmey Railway Bill, have been objected to, and Monday, March 13th, at 12 o'clock, has been appointed for the consideration of the objections. The petition of the Marquis of Bute, deposited in the private bill office of the House of Commons by the Marquis of Bute against the Taff Vale Railway, has been objected to, and Monday, March 15th, has been appointed for the hearing of the objections.

THROUGH RATES TO SOUTH WALES. On Fridav the Railway Commissioners—Sir F. Tcel, Mr Miller, Q.C., and Mr W. P. Price- sitting at Westminster, London, gave judgment in the case of the Central NVales and Carmarthen Junction, and the Mid-Wales Railway Companies v. the Great Western, London and North Wes- tern, Midland, and the Pembroke and Tenby Railway Companies. Mr Littler, Q.C., and Mr Batten, appeared for the applicants; Mr Webster, Q.C., and Mr Wright represented the Great Western Railway Company and Mr Pope, Q.C., and Mr Moore, represented the 'London and North Western Railway Company. Sir F. Peel, in delivering the judgment of the court, said thi* was an application by the Central Wales and Carmarthen Junction Railway to form a through route and rate for flour between Chester and Haverfordwest, via their railway-, and by the same company conjointly with the Mid-Wales Railway to form a through rate for flour and grain between Hereford and Pembroke Dock, via their two railways. At present the tiahic between these places was not carried at through rates except via the Great Western Railway Company, and the proposed rates had the advantage of being shorter than that between Chester and Haverfordwest by 56 miles, and that between Hereford and Pembroke Dock by 22 miles. The application was opposed by the Great Western Company, and to some extent also by the London and North Western and the Pembroke and Tenby Companies. It ,appeared from the evidence that the existing rate yielded by the present route, if wholly divi- ded by mileage, '77 of a penny per ton per mile. As the companies could carry the traffic at this rate, it could not, they thought, be deemed to be unremunnerative or unreasonable, as applied to the mileage of the applicants, to whom whatever was allotted would be clear gain. They proposed, therefore, to allot to them, out of this 13s, the sum of 8d per ton. With regard to the London and North-Western Company, the effect of this new rate would be to add about 24 miles to their share of the run, aud the court thought if they received from this extended run the same rate per mile which they were now receiving, they would not be otherwise than benefitted by the rate. They therefore apportioned 8s 3d to this company, leaving 4s Id as the share of the Greaa Western Company. The other proposed route was for grain and flour from Hereford to Pembroke Dock, via. Three Cocks Junction and Builth Road. The edid not think this traffic could be as con- veniently or as economically worked by the pro- posed new route as by the old route, and there- fore they refused this part of the application. The court did not intend to make any order ts to costs.

LOCAL LIQUIDATIONS. I [FRO 1 FU T \Y NIGHT'S "GAZETTE."] James Nicholas, of Green Dragon, Tudor-square, Tenby, licensed victualler. John Bentiey, of Mai-k-street, Llanelly, jeweller. Alfred Iiosser Perrott, of the Bear Hotel, Crick- howell, Breconshire, hotel-keeper and farmer.

POISONED BY TINNED MEATS A whole family at Northampton, consisting of five persons, have recently had a narrow c-scape of being fatally poisoned. After partaking of tongue from a hermetically sealed tin, they all suffered from symptoms of irritant poisoning, due to ver- digris caused by imperfect sealing.—British Medi- cal Journal.

LATEST AMERICAN PRICES. NEW Yonx, Friday.—Money easy. Stock opened firm, closed weaker. Cotton firm. Petro- leum dull nominal. Lard, wheat, and corn firm and advancing. Flour and coffee firm. Iron dull. Sugar weak. Stocks opened strong and higher, but improve- ment was quickly lost, and the market was feverish I throughout the day. Prices tending downwards, the bears ma.de heavy raid on the market, using rumours of war between Russia and Austria to depress securities. It was reported that specie to the value of 892,000 dollars had been engaged for shipment to Europe by the Britannic. The number of failures during the past week were 143. Call Money, U.S Bds 3 pc Cotton Mid NwOrlns lli Call Money.otlier Sec 3 pc Petroleum, Crude t>i Kx on London,60 days 4. £ o.i; United P. Certs 80 Cable Transfers 4.90p Stand, White 74 Exchange ozi Ilari., 5.17j; (at Phiidlphia) 7 Exclifinge oil Berliil' 11 3i pc U.S. Piled Loan 102 Fut. (Al-i-il) 11 4; pc ditto 11,39 ex State siiip- 4 pc ditto 1]8 pins Brnds 4.65 4.85 West'n Un. Telegraph 77.- Corn, New 72 Krie J £ a.iJro;td .Shares 35;; Wheat, Bed Winter 1.32| Do 2d Mortgage lioiuls 92. del. curntuith 1.32t OhioA-Mississippi Ord 50i, „ del. nxt. ninth 1. 34 Wabash, St liOuis and I „ (ILI iiiiitli after 1.34, Pacific pref 55j: Spriug X o. 2, Phiiadei. & Reading 55 cmsp.it 1.30 Union Pacific 112 ICoffee.PairHio, l'west SJ Central Pacific 83A! highest Si Ditto Bonds 114 GoodKio, lowest 101 New York Central 1302! highest 101 St Louis &-Sun Fran- FairSantos,Iwst Si isco ordinary 55 highest 10i Ditto Preferred 46.) Sugar, FairRetinMusc 7i Illinois Railway slirs 134 Saltings 9 Lalie Shore Shares,. 113pl-'reiglitGrainQueens- ChicagOtfcN.W pre stk 13CJ, town per qr. 4s 3d Louisville & Nashville 714 j Freight Cotton L'pool 3-16 Chicago, Milwaukie.. 1CS2 (Jurtslierrielrou 26 Pennsylvania at Phil. 60; Cotton Receipts, U.S. Canada Soutii'n shrs. 4t); i ports bales 12000 Wabash Common. 32{Gttn ExpfcsGt. Britain 3000 New York, Ontario.. 22?j<'ttn ExprtsCntinent 4C00 CuttonFutur's (June). 12é.PI"¡1!Je City Tallow 7J. „ Mid. Upland 11 15-16, Visible supply. — Wheat, 16,100,000 bushels Indian corn, 14,200,000. Rxport clearances — Wheat, 120,000; Indian corn, 590,000.

ACCIDENT.—On Friday morning last, as Mr George Davies, the Rook shop," Dowlais, was driving to Rhymney between Dowlais Top and Ithymney Bridge, he fell from the vehicle, and the wheel passing over him, fractured his leg. He was conveyed home, and had it set. Under the treatment of Dr. Cresswell an early iocovery is I expected.

CARDIFF. LLANDAFF CATHF.DRAI..—Third Sunday in Lent —Eleven o'clock 'Service chant Introit, "I will love Thee (Macfarren) holy communion £ readier, Rev. Chancellor Woods, M.A. 3.30 litany; anthem, "Come let us return "(< Joss) preacher, Rev. 15. A. Fishbourne, M.A.—K. A. FISHBOI'UNK, Succentor. The DiKEcTORd of the Mount Stuart Graving Dock Company, Limited, held their allotment meeting on Thursday, and allotted the shares, the applications for which exceeded 50 per cent, of the number at their disposal. Towx COCNCJI..—At the town council meeting, on Monday, the minutes of the different commit- tees will be submitted, and the following agenda will be gone through To receive a report from the tovfn clerk of the election of a fit and proper person to supply the vacancy in the office of councillor for the Canton ward, occasioned bv the resignation of Mr W. J. Xewbery, and to fill up the vacancies 011 the following committees ;— j Watch, health, general purposes, free library and museum, parliamentary, and water works.—To read, and if approved, to affix the common seid to a memorial to the Local Government Board in support of a bill to amend the Public Health Act, 1875, as to the recovery of private improvement ex]>enses.—To read, and if approved, to order the common seal to be affixed to a •memorial to the House of Commons respecting a bill to consolidate and amend the law relating to free libraries.—To order the common seal to be affixed to the follow- ing documents, namely A contract with Messrs Daniel Owen, Howell and Company, for printing and stationery for three years A contract with Messrs Jordan and Company, for a supply of cast iron pipes. TIn: STABHING AKFJIAY IN BITK-STBRET.—1The man Broderick, who was stabbed in Bute-street on Tuesday evening, left the infirmary yesterday. The police have not yet arrested "the woman Powell. .FAi.). i'ltO'.f A THAIICAH.—A woman who gives the name of Anne Williams has been admitted to the infirmary with a broken leg, she having fallen from the step of a tramcar on Thursday night. Williams, who comes from Hereford, has been staying at the Cattle Market Ion. PKUMITTINC. Di'.rxKKNNF.ss.—At the borough police-court on Friday, before Mr R. O. Jones, Dr Paine, and Mr Ü. H. Jones, George Adlen, the landlord of the Locomotive Inn, WM charged with pem1Îttingdrullkenness. The Head Constable stated that the proceedings had been instituted by the police, at the request of Dr. Paine, who was on the bench, some days since, when an as- sault case was heard, and which it was said arose from the persons bein drunk, and that ther had been drinking at the Locomotive public-house, Bute-street. Mr Vachell appeared for defendant. It appeared that on the 16th February, two sweeps, named Pollard and Conroy, were in the public-house drinking. Conroy was said to be drunk, and was knocked down, and then Pollard seems to have struck the wife. For this offence he was charged with assault. The husband, Conroy, said that he was too drunk at the time to see the assault on his wife. The wife said that her hus- band was so drunk that he was lying on the floor in the bar, and she had to support him home. A witness for the defence swore that the man was not drunk. The bench were of opinion that the man was not sober, having been drinking at the house from one till four o'clock. The Head- constable said that the defendant was a most resectable man, and the house, though in a low neighbourhood, was well conducted. The bench thought that tho justice of the case would be met by cautioning the defendant. A REKRACTOITR TRAMP.—Thomas Hangley. a tramp, was sent to prison for seven days for break- ing four panes of glass at the Cardiff Workhouse, and with refusing to pick the required quantity of oakum, on Wednesday. ASSAULTING A SHIP'S CAPTAIN*.—Ven Martingo- koff, a Norwegian sailor, was charged with assaulting A. N eilNOn, the master of the ship Nordkap. lr Miller appeared for the captain. The defendant formed one of the crew of the vessel. He deserted from the vessel on Tuesday. On the Wednesday he was arrested and taken on board the vessel. Defendant then complained that he was unwell, and was taken by the captain to the Hamadryad Hospital Ship, where he was examined by Dr. Hughes, the medical super- intendent. Dr. Hughes said that there was nothing the matter with the defendant to prevent his going to sea. On his way back to the vessel he had some words with the captain, and pushed him down with a blow from his elbow. The fall caused a dislocation of the shoul- der. The bench were of opinion that the dislo- cation was caused more by the peculiar manner in which the complainant fell than from the vio- lence of the blow, and only fined the defendant 10s and costs. A.SSALI.T.—James E. Gullick was sent to prison for teu days for assaulting hiô father on the 28th February. ASSAULT.—Michael Neath was charged with assaulting a woman, named Rlizabeth White, Prosecutrix did not appear, and the prisoner was remanded till Monday. LAKCKSY.—John Morris, a labourer, was charged with stealing a purse containing four half-crowns, a half-sovereign, three sixpences, a pair of ear- drops, etc., the property of Richard Wolfe, Bute- terrace. On Tuesday there seemed to have been a row in the house. Complainant's wife dropped her purse. Prisoner is a lodger in the house. Ou Wednesday she met the prisoner at the Merthyr and Dowlais public-house, Bute-terrace. She asked him for her money. He denied all knowledge of it, but she found the puree on him. She then gave him in charge to P.C. Pinnegar, and the pair of eardrops were found at his feet, and a pawn ticket in the purse was found on him. Prisoner pleaded guilty, but said that he was drunk at the time. He was sent to prison for one month, with hard labour. SHOP ROBISKKY.—Charles Levi and William Williams, two men having the appearance of sailon5, were charged with stealing a pair of boots from the shop of Mr Oliver, 291, Bute-street, on Tuesday evening. As the man, Broderick, wounded in thc late stabbing affray, was said to be concerned in the robbery, the prisoners were remanded till Wednesday. BKKAKIXC. AND ENTKKING.—Gregonia Turzn- lich, a Sclavonian seaman, was charged with breaking into the shop of Mr Arkell, boot and shoe warehouse, No. 42, Bute-street. P.C. Few ler, who was on duty in Bute-street, on Thursday niht, saw the pri,oner near )11' Arkell's shop. He turned his light on and examined the prisoner. He saw that he was in rags, and had on a pair of very bad boots. He met the prisoner again late in the night, and saw the prisoner had on a pair of new boots. He stopped him, and then found that a pane of glass had been broken in lr Arkell's shop, and a pair of boots taken out. Evidence was given that the prisoner had only left a lunatic asylum a short time, and he was handed over to the union authorities. CART ROBBERY.—Ellen Shee (13) and Catherine Macdonald (12) were charged with stealing a quantity of candles from a cart while on the Penarth-road. A man in the employ of Mr Stowe was, on Monday, conveying a load of candles to Grangetown, when the wheel of the cart came off. The contents were placed on the side of the road, where the driver was surrounded by a group of children. When he replaced the contents he missed two dozen pounds of candles. One of the girls had sold a pound of candles to a shop-keeper at Grangetown. The identity of the prisoners was not established, and the bench dismissed the case with a caution. CARIUKK EASTER RACES.—Programmes now ready. Sent on application. 57077 GA FITTINGS.—A choice and good selection, cheap, at J. Woodman's. 26. Wharton-street. Cardiff MUNOAT'S ANTI-Rhumink SMKLIJNG SALTS Cures Colds in the Head, Headache, and InflueU7.R. by simply inhalinjr the odour at i:lien :s. Bottlps 1s, hv post Is 3d.—J. Munilay, Chemist,

PENARTH. STARR-BOWKETT BUILDING SOCIKTY.—On Thurs- day evening a lecture was delivered in Andrews'- 1 hall, Penarth; by Mr R. B. Starr, of London, in connection with the inauguration of the Penarth Starr-Bowkett Building Society. There was a very large attendance, and the meeting was pre- sided over by Mr James Ware, J.P., one of the trustees of the society. The lecture, which occu- pied about an hour and a half. was much appre- ciated, and at the close over 50 members were enrolled. The number of members is limited to 500, and already 105 have joined. The office, which is next door to the post-office, is open for enrolling me mbers, &c., on Thursday evenings, from seven to nine o'clock.

NEWPORT. THE COAl. TRIMMERS' STRIKE INTIMIDATING A NON-STHIKKH.—At Newport Town-hall, on Fri- day—before Messrs H. Phillips and J. S. Stone, magistrates—Patrick Foley and Thomas Casey were charged with assaulting Dennis Sullivan. The assault arose out of the dispute between the coal trimmers of the port and the masters :1. to wages. Complainant is in the employ of Messrs Vipond and Co., against whom the majority of the men, rightly or wronglj*, imagine they have a grievance. Ou Monday morning, whilst he was at work, defendants went to him, and Foley said, "Leave work, or I'll heave you into the dock." Complainant told him that he was satis- fied with the wages he received. On Wednesday Foley ill-treated him, and subsequently Casey at- tempted to strike him, but was pi evented by his son. Foley denied the charge, and Casey said he merely told complainant that he was no man to work when other men were sticking out for their price. Foley was fined 21s, and Casey 10s od, and both men were bound over to keep the peace. BOROUGH POLICE.—John Francis was fined 15s for being drunk and disorderly in Lewis-street, and tearing P.C. S. Jones's overcoat. — John Lee, boatswain, was fined 3s 9d and 3s costs, for attempting to smuggle a case of perfumed scents, which he asserted he intended to make a present of to a relative in Newport.—Stephen Pritchard, a boy of 12 years of age, was sentenced to receive 12 strokes with a birch rod for stealing 5" from the till in the shop of William Evans, shoemaker, in Llanarth-street.—Mary Jane Warner, of the mature age of 9 years, was charged with attempt- ing to rob the till of James Hockey, butcher, of Commercial-street, on Thursday afternoon. The mother was cnutioned by the bench, and the child was ordered to be detained until tho cvenmg- Vaccination summonses against 14 persons were adjourned till Monday. A LARGE STKAMKK.—The steamer Friary, re- cently launched for Messrs Jones Bros.'s New York line of steamers, is in the Alexandra Dock, and is worth a visit. It is the finest steamer that ever entered Newport dock. Cari'iki' EASTKR RACES.—Programmes now ready. tient 011 application. 5Î077

BLAENAVON. BROAP-STREET BAPTIST CHAIEL.—The friends at this place of worship gave a most successful concert on Thursday evening, at the Town-hall, which was well attended. The programme was creditably gone through. Engaged for the occa- sion were Eos Morlais, Mr Williams (Ebhw Vale), Mr Richards (Newport), and others. The glee class rendered good service. Mr G. Richards was the accompanist. GWILYU EVANS'QUININE BITTERS for nervous- ) ness and debility. ibOóS

TREDEGAR. COFPF.F. T wK.itv.—The first general meeting of shareholders took place on Thursday evening; when the following gentlemen were present Messrs E. Grove, W. L. Smith (directors), Rev, B. Shankiand. Messrs J. Thomas, R-ees Edwards. U. Hojikins, M. Lewis, J. Evans, J. R. Davies, Kvan Davies, and W. Charles. The chairman, Mr E. Grove, opened the proceedings in a per tinent speech, in which he said he the ven- tun" would prove a succcss in a pecuniary sens* as well as answering the purposes for which the company was formed. lie trusted the sharehol- ders would co-oiwratewit.h the directors in makinj the atr.iir a real success in every sense of the word —Rev. B. Shankland moved, and Mr Lewii seconded, that the seven gentlemen who consti- tute the board of directors be re-elected. Carried unanimously.—Mr 1\1. Price was unanimouslj appointed secretary.—Mr Bowen proposed, and Mr W. L. Smith seconded, that Mr Evan" be appointed one of the auditors and Mr M. Ijewit J proposed, end Mr U. Hopkins seconded, that fl D. W. Phillips be apjxtinted the other. Carried unanimously.—The Chairman announced that Mi B. W hitworth, M.P., had become a sharoholdei in the compeny, the announcement of which received with cheers.

J J'lTLEDHAN. AT THE <••••<10x3, on Friday-before Major ProWis II), Messrs Maynard W. Wemys-CoIclH- 1 Arnold Thomas -W. Serivings and Ci.aH.s Hooper, boys of Ne\vnh:im, were charged with having broken into a ware- house, the property of Charles Bailey, a mer- chant, of the same town, for the purpose of com- mitting a felony. The complainant swore to having seen the lxiys, oue of whom came from the building, and both rail away. Other evidence was adduced by Constables Wiiks and Hole, u hen prisoners were committed for trial.—Emily Adams, of Cinderford, a domestic servant in the employ of Mrs Preece, dr<1per, uf Newnham, was fined 10.s and costs, in default 10 days, for a theft of cer- tain lace and velvet.—Thomas Smith, a tramp, was sent to prison for seven days on a change of stealing four yards of calico and other articles, the property of Selina Hayward, of Littledean. Gvfil.YM t^l'lNlNK BITTKRS, an inv&lu Able vegetal! c'tonic. | 66068

FOREST OF DEAN. On Thursday night a numerously attended concert was given at the Town-hall, Cinderford, under the auspices of the working men's institute. The principal vocalists were Miss .J 1IIia Jones, of Cheltenham rrs Probert, a local amateur Mr C. Yideon Harding, of Carmarthen Mr Boyoa, Speech-house and Mr Smith, Gloucester. Mr Harding gave a clever pianoforte ]>ertormance of Welsh airs, and the Forest Vale band jierformed selections of operatic music. The singing of Misa Julia Jones was received with very much enthusiasm, and iier rendering of The Child's Letter to Heaven was charmingly artistic and excellent. She also save Dr. Artie's The sol- dier tired," and CaJIcott's Two Spoons." All her songs were redemanded. Mr Herding sang songs which were warmly encored, a com- pliment extended to others who took part. On Thursday afternoon Mr Zachariah Jolly, the oldest educationalist in the Forest of Dean, residing at Littledean, near Newnham, died sud- denly, while engaged in planting some early potatoes in his garden. GWILYM QUININE BITTKBS for bilious uess and indigestion. 56068

MERTHYR. SCHOOL BOAKD.—At th& fortnightly meeting of this board, on Friday morning, the members present were—Messrs W. L. Daniel, vice-chair- man (who presided), W. Smyth, D. Davies, and the Revs J. W. Bowen, J. Williams, R. Griffiths, and — Richards (one of the two new members, and whom the chairman congratulated upon being so unanimously elected as a member at tlie former meeting). The schools management committer presented a report, iu which it was stated that they had given instructions to the clerk as to the cleaning of the various schools, and a clock for each department was ordered. It wa« also re- commended that as soon as convenient after the examinations (on the 21st hist.), thc new äChools at Treharris be formally opened by Air Rees Jones, and that the school buildings, together with the master's house, be insured for £2,000 with the Caledonian Insurance Company. Several changes in the teaching staff were announced, and thecommittee proceeded to state that,being anxious to obtain further particulars with resjiect to the three youths who had been suspended at Merthyr Vale for the wilful blotting of a register, they had desired them to attend before the board so that they might answer any questions put to them. This report was adopted, and this being- the whole of the public business, the board sat in camera to consider the case, of the three teachers who had offended at Merthyr Vale. PKRKORMANCK Of THE ORATORIO JUDAS MAC- CAB.KUS."—In consequence of the great success which attended the performance of the above oratorio at Dowlais recently, a committee of eJl- tlemen determined to have it repeated at Merthyr Drill-hall on Thursday. We am sorry, however, to say that it did not prove a financial success, something like £25 being lost, although many failed to obtain admission at the Dowlais performances. The principal artistes were Madame Edith Wynne, Miss Annie Williams, R.A.M., Lon- don: Mr Henry Guy, aud Mr Henry Sauvage, also of London. The chOr\1Se8 were again sus- tained by the Dowlais Harmonic Society, con- ducted by Mr D. Davies. By the kind permission ofIr W. T. Craws hay, the Cyfarthfa string hand contributed their 8ert-ices, undcr th leadership of Mr W. Bawden. The accompanists were—at the pianoforte Miss Lou Davies, and at the harmo- nium 1\11' David Bowen. In: musical sense the performance was a great success. It is to lie regretted that the endeavour to introduce high- class music into the district was not also more suc- cessful, especially as it is jJmpolied shortly to give a performance of the Messiah." MKRTHYR DRAUGHTS CLUB.—A match having recently been played between members of this club, the annual dinner was held at the Bush Hotel, to celebrate the event. 011 Thursday even- ing. The match was games, the opponents being Messrs Boyle and E. P. Biddle, versus Messrs J. Craig and W. Hislop. After a very tight contest, Messrs Boyle and Biddle won by one game only. At the annual dinner, which was of a private nature, 18 players and friends sat down, fr Priest, supervisor, presiding, and Mr Hislop being in the vice-chair. The conviviality of the evening wa-s well sustained, songs, toasts, and lively s¡lfIt"ches being tri ven in rapid succession until 11 o'clock. CARD;IF EASTKR RACKS.—Programmes now ready..Sent on application. 57077 TAKKthe train to Merthyr, foT Harriss superior Oil Portraits, PhoU.oraohs, and (.'heap Frames. Jó7 BKLLK VUE HOTEL & Restaurant.—An Ordinary Daily; Pullic Baths. OPPQ8¡t New Post-office. llipli-st

ABERDARE. SCHOOL BOARD.—The members present at tin fortnightly meeting of this board, on Friday after- noon, were 1'\{r R, H. Rhys (chairman), the Revs. Dr. Price (vice-chairman). B. Evans, T. Jones, and Messrs D. P. Davies, W. Little, W. Charles, J. Williams, D. Davies, aud J. H. Thomas.- The minutes of the schools management committee was read, and an order signed for the payment of £240 in salaries, &c. In accord.nee with a re- commendation of the same committee, the clerk was instructed to give notice to terminate his en- gagement to the master of the Cwmdare School, with a view to a re-engagement and a re-arrange- ment of his salary.—It was reported that the fol- lowing drafts from the Education Department had been received by the treasurer :—Cwmdare School, £130 4s Cwmbach, £282 10* Blaen. gwawr, £432 17s; Llwydcoed, £ 130.—It wai ordered that a schoolmistress f jrBiaengwawr school be advertised for, at £80 a year, and that a reward of £2 be offered for information that would lead to the conviction of the person who broke into the Abernant Sehool between Friday night and Monday 1111 rning.—The ruports of Hit Majesty's Inspector upon the Blaengwawr, Llwydcoed, and Robertstown Schools were read, and referred to the schools management \:(l1!lllliu,w. Tlie in. spector having intimated in some of the rn;:ol.t8 that too much time apjieared to be taken up in the preparation of the boys in special subjects, such as physiology, &c., to the sacrifice of the good results in the other portions of education, the clerk was instructed to prepare and siiomil circular to the school management committee, pointing out the fact, and stating that the hoard particularly wished that the tenchers would con- fine the higher subjects to the sixth standard, with the view of giving more satisfactory results in the elementary departments. BOARD OF HEALTH.—The bi-monthly meeting of this board was held on Friday morning, the members present being Massm R. H. Rhys (chair- man), D. Davies, D. P. Davies, W. TIJOma., D. Davies (Canton House), D. Davies (Canon-street), T. Rees, W. Little, J. Williams, and E. M. Hann. The sanitary oflicers reported that there had been during the fortnight 20 fresh cases of scarlet fever, as against 46 in the previous fort- night, a decrease of 26. There had been five deaths during the four weeks, an inci ea-se of one death. Four of the deaths were children aged from one to four years respectively, and the "t.ller was a young man 17 years of age.—A general district rate of lOd in the je. and of Id for the park, was ordered for the next six mouths.—The surveyor presented a lengthened report upon the number of houses without the board's water in all parts of the district, and was directed to classify the same by the next meeting. The new dietary table for the fever hospital was presented, and referred to a committee.—The lease with Mr Arthur Brain, in respect to Glyneoch Mill, on the Joint Sewage Farm, was executed. With respect to the half acre of land at the recre- ation ground, a letter was read from Mr Ari.ott stating that the rent d1:lrg-oo had been paid by him to Mr Bcdliugton, but that he would not re- quire the land in future. The clerk was instruc- ted to write to the Abi-rdare-Rhoudda Coal Com- pany for the amount. — A letter was received from Mr Thomas, county analyst, stating that his charge was 20 gurnets for analysing the 12 samples of water in use at Cwmaman. This being con- sidered excessive, the clerk was asked to write and ascertain the charges of Mr Butterworth, of London.—Mr Gory wis likewise requested to make a return, by tluvnext meeting, oftthe amnunt of debt, and the length and terms of re-payment of the various loans (principal and interest) raised by the board.—This was all the business of l'ubhc interest. GWILYM QUININE BITTEKS for neuralgia aUl1 headaches. 500:10

SWANSEA. FUEL.—COSY, Y KO, AND PATENT HOURK- HOLD J- IK I..—.Specially prepared for domestic pur- poses, being in small" Cylindrical" blocks,>\ci«hing ouly 14 ounces, requires no breaking. Price, 12s per ton, delivered free. Jieware of spurious and worthless imitations.—Address, Sole Agent, ll. ll. Shaw. Patent Fuel Works, Strand. 57007 MR CHAPMAN is busier than ever in his Studio, taking more now thiiij at II) time during his 25 years of business the improvement in 'ia:6lit), ta." improved the quantity. %701 CARDIFF KASTF.U RACES.—Programmes now ready. Sent on application. 57077

TEXBY. MTNICIPAL BYK-K'.KCTION.—The election to fill the vacancy consequent on the Mayor being elected an alderman took place on Friday. The proceedings wero quiet, nevertheless a goodly number went to the poll. At 4.30 the result was declared as follows :—Griffiths, 211 Powell, 1471. Gordon. 14. Mr Griffiths was elected.

ffTlUvnr^T:— "IN G OF STEAMERS AT JORT TALBOT. On I-rid Aberdeen ay moriiiig the s.s. Glen Gelder, of <nf)n- T .the (\J„ 'as'S0n). bearing 800 tons of iron mited 5,?lav?n Estate and Works Com- i.u the bar. V'i ruck the breakwater on coining }" not tn iS datna-ge Bustainsd, however, is P ooatly^- oe serious, and tlie steamer will tnorning Ule '!t' dock with next tide. The same iron ore f0r the'ij enry Fisher, with 700 tons of %ne tides are fali*atne C()lnpHny, ran ashore, and as pn the sands if •n?' and the steamer lies high up or about a week18 T?ared s^ie will not be got off 8ea running at thle ^'ltre was a very heavy ground

^V^we1! Williams' years ai„i ,r°Zenges, which have been in use CJletiiiMt's at q' other remedies. So!f! >>y ,0rigi>ial .7!' -11, awl 2s 9fl. lYepared from 'Kh-street Swa'Pe oil1-v 'Jy J- I>iivies, (Jheinist, 33, tttaia injurious^ aSiee-ld IOUs

^TURKEY. ATTACK ON A NEWSPAPER OFPIOE. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 9.—A local Greek newspaper, the Ntolows, having published an offensive article against the Patriarch, who is a most distinguished prelate, justly popular and generally much esteemed, a Greek mob attacked the Nxologos printing-office this afternoon, and during a scuffle which ensued the editor is re- ported to have been killed. Firearms were need and several of the assailants were seriously wounded. The Turkish police interfering sur- rounded the premises and arrested the ringleaders. The incident has created much excitement in the Greek community.

LONDON LETTEIt. [SPECIALLY WIRED.] [BY OUR CAlLFItY Col:tILESPONDFNT.] LONDON, FRIDAY NIGHT. It is never safe to look forward to an ^'ening in the House of Commone on which ttiesa may be taken up and advanced, aight there was every prospect of a quiet lllo) but before the questions were through there was played the old game of moving the adjournment, and three hours were absorbed by the Land Leaguers. It. is quite possible -though as previous experience suggests, not probable—that in the particular case brought forward to-night they had good narf ^or complaint. Mr Rorke, the ^~au> who apparently con- ], v, cor"iniercial transactions from Paris, Th; Gen ariested under the Coercion Act. a C1S ma^ '>e .i,lstiliable or it may not. But Der>r?UlU3^Ullce wor^by the consideration of act/' e 1U ^re'and and elsewhere is that the tlif>n takei1 by the Irish member's, and r Particular method of bringing their grievances before the House, has the effect of Predisposing the House to a hostile view. The men whom the Irish constituencies 0 Parliament support the Land Mernvf' an(^ are vcry familiar personages. Memhers see them every night, hear them Nr> a f°rm a judgment on their character, can ° *east those who know it well, +. deny to the House of Commons an fro'nc1t f;i'r play, and a total freedom of a OR PerB°nal prejudice in judging to 3 cause- ^be I AH id Leaguers havre to nlake their account with the fact that in t0 a.n assembly the kind of action pursued liarJt strongly disposes the House to a Tiri judgment upon the cause they plead. e her Mr Rorke is an injured man, or reasonably suspected, nothing could be worse, i. ,ar M, the House is concerned, than that naif a dozen Irish members should have a"1, le?rinS coars<>. abuse on Mr Forster of the H^lse St"ne' m <le^'iT1S the usages tin!?1e Speaker, who, amid much provoca- te v,m?8°v0y refrained from anything ttiovfJ* e iudl0Ial attitude,. was to-night Henr? a I,,teous col»fession. Mr Mitchell- in WaS Siting utterance to a thought liko \rY Pe°P^°8 minds as to how a man le Justin Cart]iv, in whose writings be aKiC'f min<i is so plainly evident, should Der^^ associate himself with the des- Up0AfrT^ °f tl\e.LiUld League, where- "^ant ♦ ^al'an, in his incoherent manner, amrf' r ovf whetlier it was in order on Inotion for adjournment to discuss matters 11 a man s mind. said^hi speaker, amid cheers and laughter, ]Q6 ,.le difficulty was to say what might not be discussed, and lie drew a significant 0f pointing to the necessity of a reform adio006^1110' ^'his }K)wer of moving the thj Urnnient at question time is one of the teri TSt sm'e]y ^()<>ined by the minis- j_ a scheme. In the meantime the Land gue members, apparently without refer- to the iriteregts of the person whose t]le e iey espouse, are determined to make un,iBa?s^ °f their licence whilst its run is yet IrisK^lre(^" ^!e deliberate conduct of the °f th n^m^ers in thus affronting the sense House, and thus wantonly casting its 1ilost cherished moments, is accepted as a r.], tne growing conviction that the is inevitable. the early weeks of the session the I'hp^ fJeaSue|'swere on their best behaviour. a(1' arrived at the conclusion that for a„( own interests it would be well not to obs!'Ua^e ^ie House, and not to carry therlUC^°n be>:OTld ccr^a*u limits. To-night ten 6 ^aS no disouise of their motive in in- ariT?Slno for some hours between the House had K business. Of course, if their object ■Homerely to raise the question of Mr e s imprisonment, it could have been th 8 'vv^"n half-an-hour, even after taking Extreme course of moving the adjourn- aben\' there was no disguise whatever ai-r^ ^le proceeding to-night. It had been Caii'itloed beforehand, and the members he |e ^own each armed with a speech, which an,] ^heiicd as far as physical strength command of language made possible. been needed to make an omL^i'r 1 clique on the Liberal side has bepi v je Premi°r3 resolution, it T SUpi'hcd by the conduct of thP 11 »ith Sir John LubWk, whtTEhT by « majority of"11",V,"e' f''r 1"'1 ;Ir two to agre with h he hega.n "taki™ rial to hT P a Vlew to 3endillS a "H'M), ■of the 1Pl;e",l8r- Bl,t the disclosure & stroncr m'Ulht.kln" has ^11 o<l forth such Lubbo< *I>ression of opinion that Sir John I believp A08 "day abandoned his intention, is 10 P U:'j1 llu,aber of his adherents ^is' strinVn(aflythei'VVl11 ',e ^r Leaguers tl ^1 SJ>C 'cs the Land cult to say uoul's long, it would be difti- '^Way^the'ri?^1 talk ^Ir Bi&?ar cari'ied the \among liis compatriots. All •With" M, ov,<"d tli em selves very angry the .1 f^"1' for llis little tour through °ther mi-1^tricts of Ireland, which in to fe, aiuC1's, and the Land Leaguers seem arijKi,'U V1 Ireland, -li;ts earned him for Ji'ij. pa'Ul re3I'ect. It was, however, left the p-y Jl?-^r to discover the true reasons of Big"ar "I11' "S,nc people," said Mr lu^u; |ra.° a Pleasure in witiiessing stl'°ngly suspect that Ikjii cr ,^>W na motive which drew the right a shont<eimm to tilnse parts." There was ber8 nT.,° lndiKnation from the few mem- ^as or.'I8011!' and inimediately the Sj>eaker aa *it- JS C' denouncing the imputation IVL'<p.mC1"S' and demanding it.s witlulrawal. the v,at'' <'olu,'se5 withdrew it, and there inioii-^j ei c5nded, except tbat he had with 'niy «aid what he meant to say. anio !°n ^ie Power °f speech was exhausted the Land Leaguers, they managed of ?i ai1 additional quarter of an hour out he public time by dividing. The result ahoWed that their total force was 16. It as half-p^t seven before business had Roir "leaC<' ;uid "ie notices of motion on coiS int° committee of supply began, the to sitqfU011cc beillg that the House will have *»ecesaai' U't" the m"ht in 01'der to vote Tlu. lunds in coinnntt.ee of supply. risesnanrL!mist be ],a'1 t]ie House Land T measure of tho victory of the *neinber agf ei? tll0y wil1 compel some the H 3 Government, the officials of nieniber^6'* an<' soluething over a hundred through the° Tfc'naiU 'u attendance half way rp, & nigut. Speaker's3,H"0 ta^ of bringing under the the libr-n i certain book that lies in Tunnel £ •, J endoi-sed the Channel °f the Hons 1 1?U ^°°^) and any members the South *0 f JeSlre to go down and see in the bool i" Tunnel enter their names is fnruorlV fni m C Ue colu'so an invitation Upon iw K This is lo°ked attemnf yt so™e v.1,1ri'Vovs as a delicate ^id Pth^ in 6 the House Ji is that when members have bad ^ndW11 tlHP hI Spe0ial train to the tunnel Wcfe chaL»I»gne in the tunnel, and turn!?01! the Lovd Warden before re- des3-,t0 t0Wn' their views of the abstract be vhty of tlie nndertaking are likely to ple a "ttle cloudy. It is certainly a very witwlilt vvay °f making members acquainted the tunnel. son tH c^oar that the defence in the Lam- self with that the deceased, dosing him- "Pinal acoilitine in order to counteract the ^bout overdid it, and so brought fitnesses ?f Ui de atli. Some very important take thia8 standing in the profession by ]Vjj, -A10"') and will be called to-morrow ^9°ks itl,t,J1.1"lou Williams. Lamsoii, who ^idedjy nr 1 tter for his prison fare, is de- ^ay corn^ln^ *u seif-contidence, and was °ne °f the ?ai^tivel>' liveIy- Mr Gladstone, ?°tj it is a^nlor counsel for the defence, is ut he i8 a .ed' connected with the Premier, ^tant relative of the prisoner's.

II GEN. SKOBELEFF'S RETURN TO RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, March 9.—General Skobeleff I has had an interview with the Minister of War, General Vannovski, and was told that he had been recalled for breach of discipline in creating such disturbance and excitement abroad. The General also paid a visit to Count Ignatieff, and the latter is reported on good authority to have said that the Emperor had nothing particular to say to General Skobeleff, as the fact of his not having had any official mission of any kind abroad deprived anything that he had said as a private individual of all political importance. It was a mere breach of military discipline that he had committed, and nothing more.

SOUTH AFRICA. REPULSE OF THE BOERS. DURBAN, March 9.—More details of the fight- j ing between the Boers and the natives west of the Transvaal have arrived via Kimberley. Two hundred and fifty Boers, with native allies, were twice repulsed by Montsioa and Mankoroane. There WM considerable loss on both sides. These reverses probably led to the calling out of the large Boer commando already announced. If tho Transvaal Government seriously takes in hand the subjugation of these old allies of the British Government their tribal extinction may be ex- pected, unless their call for European volunteers is very largely responded to. The news from Zululand is unsatisfactory, and will remain so until tho uncertainty as to Cefcy- wayo's return is set at rest.

LATESTFOREIGNTELEGnAMS WASHINGTON, Friday.—The Senate yesterday evening passed the bill restricting Chinese immi- gration into the United States. BERLIN, Friday.—The Imperial Bank of Ger- many to-day reduced its rate of discount from 4 to 4, and its rate of interest on advances from 5-91 to 5 per cont. PAlnd, Friday.—M Roustan has arrived here and had conference to-day with M. De Freycinet, upon the reorganisation of finances and adminis- tration of Tunis. BucH.\rsF.sT, Friday.—The Chamber of Depu- ties to-day voted an extraordinary credit of ,OOO,OOO lei for the efficient equipment of the army. MALTA, Friday.—The British ironclad Teme- raire and troopship Malabar ti-rived here to-day. TUNIS Friday. The French garrisons in Southern Tunis are to be strongly reinforced. BE it UN,- Friday.—St. Petersburg advices state that the Chinese are erecting forts and generally fortifying frontier places in the Sundschaksu territory. ROMK, Friday.—In the Chamber of Deputies to- day the State services of the late Scnor Lanza were extolled. ST. PUTERSUURG, Friday.—By order of the CxM-, the twenty persons who were sentenced at the Trigonia trial will he allowed until the 27th of March to appeal against the decision, and at the expiry of that time the sentences wiH De sub- mitted to the Finperor for h:s definitive sanction. There is, however, no reason to doubt that in any case the capital sentences will be carried out. ST. PETiatsnuni, Friday.—The CZ:1.r has dir- ected the Commission of iiiqui.'y resecting poli- tical exiles to accelerate its labours, with the result that its task is expected to be finished in May next instead of October. It is under- stood that it;; report will be the means of recalling about ninety per cent, of the persons at present exiled for administrative reasons.

LATEST GENERAL NEWS. Both parties in East Cornwall are thoroughly unprepared for the vacancy caused by the succes- sion of M'r .Agar J'obartes to the peerage, upon the death of his father, Lord Bobartes. Several names arc mentioned, Mr John Treinayne being apparently the mostly favoured by the Conserva- tives, and Mr Michael Williams by the Liberals. Lord Fgerton continues in a very critical con- dition. it is lordship is suffering from bronchitis. On Friday morning there was no marked do.er- ence in his lordship's state. Claims under the Employers Liabilit,r Act were made at Tunstall County-court, on Friday, 0:1 behalf of the relations of the nineteen men killed bv the explosion of gas at Yv hitiield Col- liery the property of the Chatterley Collieiy Co., in February last year, the total amount of the claims being between £ 3,000 aud ;C4,1"00. It was stated that'defendants had applied in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Juatiee to remove the action by writ of certiorari, but the application had failed. It was ultimately aereed to take the case at a special sitting of the county- court in April next, when it was stated they would occupy three days, there being fifteen plaints in all. At a meeting of the council of the Social Science Association-Mr Hastings, M.P., presiding-the committee on public health presented a locport on the present state of the administration of Metro- politan hospitals, and submitted a draft of a memorial to the Home Secretary, asking for the appointment of a Royal commission to inquire into that subject. The council unanimously adopted the memorial, and decided to draw the attention of archbishops and bishops to the means whereby the danger of invalidity might be brougot to the notice of English persons contracting mar- riage with foreigners. A committee was appointed to inquire into the question of improved facilities for the transfer of land. The Hackney Liberal Club has passed a resolm tion strongly condemning the conduct of Mr-lohn Holms, M.P. in voUl,S for Mr Brad" laughs expulsion from the House of Commons. Sir Charles Wyville Thomson, late professor of natural history in Edinburgh University, died at his residence near Linlithgow, on Friday morn- ing, from an attack of paralysis. Sir Wyville will be remembered as the director of the civilian staff engaged in the Challenger expedition. The man Richard Ashby, who was so shookingly burnt by parafiin, on Monday night, in Lime- liouse, died on Friday. Two persons are in cus- tody charged with the outrage. The debate on the Cldture resolution will not, it is expected, be resumed next week. The Army Estimates are to be ta.ken on Monday, and tne Navy Estimates on Thursday. It is necessary to t,r„ke the first Votes, in order to allow the Mutiny Bill to be brought in. It is believed that the English Government will not send a representative to the coming Monetary Conference. Mr Gladstone is to be asked by Mr Mackintosh on Monday next whether, in view of the admitted losses universally prevailing amongst tnose en- gaged ill agricultural pursuits, he will take into his favourable consideration tho cirect reoef for one year of agricultural and pa.,sora teoan s -l0*n the property and income tax, schedule B, Ukmg into account that farmers can at presen., thongh in a circuitous and troublesome manner, get bac the tax on proof that no income: is cat nee in re- spect of the occupation of land. The "Press Association" i« informed tna in view of the contingency of a general election, the Parliamentary Committee of the Irish party in the House of Cummolls has dmwn up a list of candidates of extreme views to be placed in nomi- nation for every constituency in Ireland in oppo- sition to such members as have not "hown them- selves zealous and obedient followers of Ur Parnell. All the moderate section, led by IHr Sha.w, M.P., will be opposed to the utmost The Press Association understands that the new bonding system of customs vv -11 l)lJ_ ln ° <-■ 4-v. i f T^ne A deputation ol operation on the 1st of June. t merchants hud an interview whn authorities on Thursday, and the ^mei considering how far their objections to the scheme have been removed by the explanations they re- ce: ved. ■, The Cunard steamer Catalonia, ic.i aiI" in Queenstown Harbour on i nda\ x iepoi s w 1 on the voyage from Liverpool having co u< co a schooner during a fog. The Catalonia sus trifling damage, and proceeded on rn ay a* « -nt v i if relieved the schooners noon for r\ew i. ork. it i& ueiicvtu name is the Milo. Telegrams were received at Dundee en night reporting that four of the stcamei> v< ie i were beset among tho ice at Newfoundland had freed themselves, and would arrive at the seal fishery only two days late. The fifth steamei is still icebound in Conception Bay. The 1\ ewfour.- land fleet sailed on Friday morning *l0U1 John's for the seal fishery, the ice wh.ch b ocn.e the harbour having disappeared.

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MACLEAN BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES. COMMITTED FOR HIGH TREASON. The examination of Roderick McLean for ghoot- lng at Her Majesty near Windsor Station, on the night of Thursday, the-2nd inst., was resumed this afternoon at the Windsor Town-hall, where there was again a crowded attendance. Among those present on the bench was His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, attended by Major-General Sir H. Ponsonby. The Mayor (Mr Devereux) presided, and the other magistrates present were Messrs Poolcy, Chamberlain, Wellman, Pearle, Dewe, Lundy, Webb, Beach, and Tuck. Mr Stevenson, solicitor to the Treasury, again conducted the prosecution, and although no one appeared to defend the prisoner, Mr Hayces a?id Mr E. Thomas attended to watch the case on be- half of the relatives. Joseph Turner, railway inspector, produced a plan of the Great Western station at Windsor. He said the distance from the place where Her Majesty got into the carriage to the wicket gate where the carriage would pass out of the gate is 96 feet. He picked up th& bullet next morning, In r"In and an iron plug had been put into the ground there to mark the place. The distance from where the prisoner stood to the spot where the bullet was found is 93 feet. It was picked up near the rails of the siding opposite the royal waiting-room. The distance from that spot to the near rail of the siding was two feet. There was a truck there on the Thursday evening, and covered with a tarpaulin, numbered 21,377. Driv- ing from the waiting-room to the gateway, the carriage must pass in a direct line between where the prisoner stood and where the ballet was found. Asked whether he had any questions to put to the witness, the prisoner said I understand that I am represented by solicitors. Mr Stevenson They are watching the case on behalf of your family. The Prisoner I leave the case entirely in their hands. The Clerk of the Court: But have you any questions to ask ? The Prisoner I reserve my defence. W. Errington, a town councillor at Sunderland, who was the next witness called, said On the 2nd of March I was at Windsor Station, watching the arrival of the Queen from London. I was standing about 10 or 12 feet inside the barrier. Just as the carriage was moving off I heard cheer- ing from a crowd of Eton boys who were standing near. Turning round I observed a man standing on the inside of the barriers with arm:; out- stretched from the shoulder towards the Royal carriage. The man held a pistol, which 1 heard fired. The pistol was pointed two or three feet below the top of the carriage. Superintendent Hayes rushed forward and seized the prisoner, with whom the witness Burnside was then struggling for the pistol. Again asked whether he had any wish to cross- examine the witness, the prisoner replied that he had no questions to ask. "raucis Rogers, a footman in the Royal service, said I attended her Majesty from London on the day in question. The Princess Beatrice and the Duchess of Roxburgh got into the first carriage with her Majesty at Windsor Station. When I was opening the door of the second carriage, a chcer from the Eton boys made me look up, and I saw the prisoner pushing himself to the front with his arm upraised, and hold- ing a pistol, which he fired. I think the pri- soner was at that moment not more than six or seven yards from the Queen's carriage. He aimed the shot opparently six or seven inches above the panel of the carriage. When Inspector Hayes seized the man his arm was still holding out the pistol as if ready to fire again. Her Majesty was sitting on the off side of the carriage, with the Princess Beatrice at her side, and the Duchess of Roxburgh opposite. The carriage, a landau, was a closed one, and the window on the near side was not up at the time. Edward Dow, postillion to the Queen's carriage, at Windsor, on the 2nd March, said The speed of the ponies yoked to the carriage was at no more than a gentle walk when the shot was fired. I heard the report when the head of the pony on which I rode was about 10 yards from the barrier. Turning round, I saw a man holding out his arm tow irds the carriage, with something in his hand, but I cannot identify the prisoner. After the shot the carriage went right on, without stopping, to the castle. James Hudson, an outrider at the Royal Mews, said :—I preceded the royal carriage form the station, and had just got outside the station barrier when I saw the prisoner holding out his IL hand with a new pistol towards the Queen's car- riage. He was, I think, about 10 yards from the carriage. Gordon Chesney Wilson, a student at Eton, said ;1 saw the Queen arrive t Windsor sta- tion, on the 2nd March, and heard a pistol re- port. I saw the prisoner standing out about a yard in front of the crowd with arm outstretched and holding a pistol. I was standing six yards inside the barrier, and about seven yards distant from the prisoner, near the Queen's waiting-room. His arm was raised to an elevation about the top of the carriage door panel about the centre of the carriage. ] saw several men seize the prisoner, 1 also ran up and caught hold of the pistol and cave him one over the head with my um- brella. I was then dragged off. Leslie Murray Robertson, also an Eton boy, said I was witn the last witness on the occasion in question. I think the prisoner's arm was pointed a little above the panel over the window. The pistol was pointed rather upwards, and not downwards. The prisoner kept his arm straight out until ho was shoved from behind. He have moved his arm a little when Superintendent Hayes arrested him, but ho had not taken it down. I also struck the prisoner on the head, and when he was arrested I got up on the gate to try and hit him again. The prisoner again declined to cross-examine the witness. Benjamin Houghton, a police-constable of the metro[«>litan force, stationed at the castle, said I saw Her Majesty arrive at Windsor on the 2nd 1I:t. I saw the flash and smoke of the pistol shot about live or six feet from the ground, but did not see who fired it. I noticed the stream of smoke in a direction just behind the rumble of the carriage. I seized hold of the left side of the prisoner, whom Supt. Hayes had seized on the right hand side. The height from the top of the carriage door to the ground is bft. lOin. from the top of the hind wheel to the top of the rumble one foot, and the diameter of the hind wheel is 4ft. 4in. Mr John McClnskv, landlord of the Star and Garter Hotel, Windsor, said I was on the station platform when Her Majesty arrived on the 2nd March. After the Queen passed from the train to the waiting-room, I saw the prisoner move with the rest of the crowd from the platform to the ro:idway. After the Queen's carriage started I heard the report, saw the smoke, and heard the word Scoundrel" exclaimed by some one. I ran in that direction, and found the prisoner already arrested. I reached for the prisoner's right hand, when Supt. Hayes said to me, It's all right we have got the pistol." There were a number of people rushing to get hold of the man, and I got struck on the head with an umbrella by somebody. I had seen the prisoner about half-past ten o'clock the same morning in Pen- coed-street, Windsor. Frank Potter, goods clerk at the Great Western Railway, Windsor, said :—When the smoke of the shot was clearing away the prisoner's arm seemed to me from behind to be at a slight elevation from the shoulder. Almost immediately the prisoner was in the hands of many persons. I could not say who seized him first. John G. Smyth, station master at Windsor :— I was outside the bookiug-ofhee just before start- ing the 4.50 train from Windsor, and saw the prisoner in the first-class waiting-room. I told him that was not the place for him, and asked him what he was doin^ there. He replied, I am'waiting for the train. I asked What train He said, The next train from London; at what time does it arrive;" I said, F,ve-five," and added, "in any case you had better wait in the other room, not here." I saw him again, two or three minutes before the royal train arrived. Tho siding opposite the royal waiting-room was full of trucks. The place where the builet was found is marked by a peg, which I ha.d put iuto the ground. That was at a point 12 or 15 inches from the wheel of one of these trucks. If the bullet struck the projecting it would naturally fa!l just about where this bullet was picked up. The truck was sent off to Read- ing that night in ordinary course of traffic. The same truck and it-s tarpauling were afterwards brought back to Windsor, and examined. Charles Noble, chief-inspector of the Great Western Railway Police, said I searched the station yard at Windsor on the morning of the 3rd of March, and was with the witness Turner when the latter picked up the builet. There was mud upon -the bullet, and also a small spot of white paint. Superintendent Hayes, recalled, said this was the bullet referred to In his own evidence, aud which was lilted in the pistol taken from the prisoner. Inspector Noble produced the tarpaulin of the truck previously referred to, and said there was what looked like a bullot mark on the upper part of the figure 7 which was painted in white upon the tarpaulin. He also saw a small dent on the woodwork of the truck, underneath where the tarpaulin was so marked. The height from the ground to the mark on the tarpaulin was about 5 feet 5 inches. Slieriif fWarrell, son of a gunsmith at Ports- mouth, said :—About three weeks ago the pri- soner came into our shop and asked the price of a pistol. He asked for a cheap revolver. I showed him one for 12s, offering to take lis for it. He said he was shortly going abroad, and would want a revolver. He added that the pistol I showed bim was too dear for him, and added that he would call in again iu two or three days, but I did not see him again. John Edward Fuller, aseistant to Mr Baker, jiawnbroker, at Portsea, saidOn the 16th February, about"mid-dny, the prisoner came to my employer's shop, and pointing to a revolver in the window, asked the price of it. I told him it was 5s 9d. He examined it and wanted to know it was 505 9d. He examined it and wanted to know if we would take any less for it, to which I replied that we could not. He said lie would leave 2s deposit, and I wrote him out a bill. He gave the name of Campbell, and I made out the bill to that name. As a reason for buying the revolver he told me that he was going to join the Cane Mounted Rifles, Ho came aeain on the 22nd February, when lie paid the balance of 3s 9d, and I gave him the revolver. It was exactly like the one now produced. It is a six- barrel pin fire revolver, of Belgian make. S. Warrell, gunsmith, Portsmouth, said The prisoner came into my shop on the evening of the 22nd February, and pulling a revolver out of his pocket—like the one produced—asked if I had any cartridges to fit it. I said, "Plenty, at 2s 6d a box." He asked whether he could not have half a box, as he did not want so many. I said if I had a few odd ones he might have tfieni.. On going to look for them it occurred to me, on looking at the man, that a beefsteak would do him ttore good than cart- ridges—(a laugh)—so I asked him what he wanted them for. lie said he was going abroad, and thought they might be useful. I sold him 18 cartridges for a shilling. The bullets were exactly similar to those- now produced. Mr Stevenson said I do not propose to call any additional witnesses, but there are- two or three further questions which the police superintendent will answer. The only thing I then have to do is to ask you, in accordance with my instructions, to commit the prisoner for trial on a charge of high treason. If tne person fired at had been one of Her Majesty's subjects, and I had laid similar evi- dence before you, the case would have been one of shooting with intent to murder. The law says that shooting with intent to murder the Sovereign is one of the acts which constitute high treason. YV e do not make the law, but that is the law of the laud, and I have therefore no more to ask you than to commit the prisoner on a charge of high treason. We have, of course, received a great deal of information since last Friday about the prisoner. I am glad that there are some gentle- men present watching the case on the part of his family, and I am sorry they are not watching it on the prisoner's own part; but no injustice will be done to him on that account. It is competent for them, if they choose, to tender evidence here as to his state of mind, but you have no authority now to go into that question. Prima facie, so far as we have seen there is nothing on earth to show that the prisoner was not in perfect possession of his facul- ties, but all I have now to do is to ask you to commit the prisoner on a charge of high treason. (Cries of Hear, hear," and cheers in court, which were instantly silenced.) Supt. Hayes recalled, produced a list of the property found upon the prisoner when- searched on being taken to the police-station. the articles included 14 ball cartridges fully charged with powder and bullets, one old jacket book, one old knife, a necktie, two hair combs, one pocket look- ing glass, l^d in money, a match box, two enve- lopes, two buttons, oue newspaper, a piece of cord, and a letter written in pencil. Witness also produced a small black bag found in the pri- soner's lodgings at Windsor. The prisoner was then formally charged with high treason, in trying to compass the death of Her Majesty the Queen, by tiring at Her Majesty near Windsor Railway Station, on the evening of Thursday, the 2nd of March, with a pistol loaded with gunpowder and bullets. Asked whether lie had anything to say to the charge, the prisoner said, I reserve my defence." Whilst the prisoner was somewhat prematurely making this reply, the clerk of the court was reading to him the customary caution, to the effect that any statement which he might wish to make would be taken down in writing, and produced in evidence ag-ainst him. Again asked whether he had anything to say, the prisoner repeated that he reserved his defence. McLean was then duly committed for trial on a charge of high treason a the next Berkshire assizes, and the witnesses were bound over to appear against him. As the prisoner was con- ducted out of court in the custody of the police, the popular feeling against him was again shown by some hisses, which, however, soon ceased, and the crowd dispersed. Pending his trial at the assizes the prisoner will be detained in Reading gaol. I

PARLIAMENTARY ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN. LONDO, Friday Niglit.-T,is afternoon the Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove out through the slopes of Frogmore, crossing the Long Walk, thence by the Cavalry Barracks and through the town to the castle. The officers of State appointed to present the address from both Houses of Parliament to Her Majesty, proceeded to Windsor this morning. the Earl of Jvenmare (Lord Chamberlain) and Earl Sydney (Lord Steward) represented the Upper House Mr Gladstone, Sir W. Harcourt, Lord Kensington (Comptroller), and Lord C. Bruce (Vice-chamberlain of the Household), went on behalf of the House of Commons. The ministers proceeded by a special royal train from Padding- ton at 12.10. The Prime M inister when entering the train was loudly cheered. The ministers arrived at Windsor at 12.45, and drove to the castle, where the members of the Cabinet had an audience of Her Majesty. This evening the Princess Louise, Lord and Lady Salisbury, Sir Howard and L:ldy Elphin- ston, Lord and Lady Ba,rri:igton, and the Arch- bishop of Canterbury, arrived at Windsor Castle., and will be included in the Queen's dinner-party < to-night. The Prince and Princess of Wales will arrive at Windsor Castle to-morrow, and will be present at the Royal christening.