South Wales Daily News

EMPEROR FREDERICK, ELS CONDITION CRITICAL. BRONCHITIS HAS SET IN. QREAT EXCITEMENT IN BERLIN. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] Monday Afternoon.—Tiiere is much Reason to fear that the illne?s of the Emperor lias Cached a critical stage. It is no longer denied by the inspired chroniclers that bronchitis, the fear of Which has haunted all the physicians since the "Psration of tracheotomy was performed at San Remo, has at length set in, an 1 with it the Probability of most dangerous complications. The Etnperor passed a bad night, being troubled with °nchial symptoms, which tlie usual remedies denied unable to alleviate, and the temperature Was inexplicably hig-h, and altogether his Majesty's c°ndit,on was considered sufficiently serious to Justify a special consultation between all the Physicians who have been eonnefted with the case. The physicians met at one o'clock this afternoon, and the result of their deliberations was issued later in the day in the form of a bulletin, which stated that the Emperor had been suffering since yesterday from bronchitis, with high fever, and difficulty of breathing. This bulletin, however, is misleading. The physicians discussed with each other the possibility of an attack of pneumonia, and finally decided that there were not at present any signs of that dread disease. But Sir Morell Mackenzie is not satisfied with the diagnosis. He cannot admit that bronchitis alone explains the patient's high temperature, but lung trouble would account for it. Sir Morell Mackensie, therefore, fears that if pneumonia has not already set in, it will soon do so. The gravity of the crisis may be judged from the iact that another consultation, which two additional exPerts have been invited to attend, will be held at the palace at Charlottenburg this evening, Great anxiety and much suppressed excitement is noticeable m Berlin this afternoon. IOENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] BERLIN. Monday Evening.—Evidence accumu- lates that for some time this morning the Physicians in attendance on the Emperor were nder the impression that the end was approach- Ing. The members of the Imperial family within received urgent summonses from the Empress to proceed to Charlottenberg without slay. The Crown Prince William promptly jQttiped on his horse and galloped furiously the WhoIeoftheway, arriving at the Castle just before 1100n. Prince Henry was the next arrival, followed by the Grand Duka and the Duchess of Baden, the Crown Princess, the Empress- bother Augusta, the Princess Frederick Charles IIf Prussia, and the Prince of Saxe-Meiningen. "rince Bismarck was early in attendance, and, lIVith the Crown Prince, was admitted to the sick Camber. What passed there cannot at present Je ascertained but it is significant that the ^hanccnor and the Crown Prince remained at the jSmperot's^bedside for upwards of an hour. The ktnperor is alarmingly weak owing to the fixhausting fits of coughing, which pre. \>ented him from obtaining sleep until 4ate in the morning. Even then the rest obtained was fitful and troubled. As noon Approached the fever increased, and there came another and longer period of spasms and violent toughing. Almost simultaneously with these 'stressing symptoms it was, I am assured. Qtscovered beyond doubt that the ominous swell- Ik^ Was Pro8ressing downwards. The consultation 's aiorning was attended by Professor Senator, of the Berlin University, who is one of the eatst living authorities on pulmonary diseases. £ did not, however, sign the bulletin which was '^quently issued. KRLIN, Monday, Midnight.—The latest infor- mation vouchsafed to-night regarding the J&Peror's conditiou is more alarming than ever. er8 has been no change during the t few hours in the temperature or the degree of 6 bronchitis. Sir Morell Mackenzie suggests at the excessive temperature is possibly caused J the formation of an abscess in the vicinity of ^achea. Under these circumstances there is Wonder people moving in Court circles are "Zoning to shake their heads ominously. [RB:UTEB'S TELEGRAM. J Monday, 6.35 p.m.—No perceptible ange {jag taken place in the Emperor's condi- OQ. All the sons and daughters of the Emperor assembled in the castle of Charlottenburer. Crown Prince William and Prince Bismarck ere foe a long time closeted with the Emperor iu e afternoon. LATER. It is reported from Charlottenburg that the Emperor is in a higher state of fever, andjthat there as no improvement in the other symptoms.

RETURN OF BOULANGER. A-X OVERWHELMING MAJORITY. £> [CENTRAL NEWS TICLEGRAMS.) 1 PARIS, Monday.-Complete returns of the Voting in the Nord are now'to band. They; give tho following pactilh 1 4 give M. Boulanger (elected) 172,523 M. Foucart *75,901 M. Moreau 9,t>47 general Boulanger has thus a majority of over Next to that of the Seine the department *jf the Nord is the most populous in France, It .48 1,500,000 inhabitants, but this number includes a considerable Belgian element which is 810t entitled to vote. Lille, the famous fortified to"n, contains a little over one-tenth of the whole population. Several other large towns are deluded in the department, such as Dunkirk and Valenciennes, and there are also comprised Within its area about 650 villages. The total timber of registered electors in the department is *63,488, and of these 266,559 recorded their votes. P&ws, Mouday.-Out-.of the 170,000, votes re- corded yesterday for General Boulanger in the about 60,000 were those of Republicans. Everyone is looking forward with somewhat toixed feelings to what may happen on Thursday, jf General Boulanger should then appear to take Dis seat in the Chamber. [BEUTBB'S TELEGRAM.] PARIS, Monday. The Opportunist journals Acknowledge the defeat sustained by the party an the Nord yesterday. M. Reinacb, in the llepublique Frangaise, says" Madness is in the *ir, but we must not despair, and must stub- bornly fight the battle." None of the papers •Peak of General Boulanger's success otherwise than as a protest against the home policy of the Government. There was much excitement here and at Lille last night, but no serious disturbance OCcurred.

REVOLT OF ROUMANIAN PEASANTS. [RIOTER'S TELEGRAM.1 BUCHAREST, Monday, The disturbances •teong the peasants appear to be daily assuming larger proportions. Several mayors and village officials have already been killed, and houses and farm buildings have been destroyed. Bucharest is in danger. Telegraph wires havq been cut at railway stations, and state functionaries, sent to tuake investigation, have been surrounded by rioters. Troops of the line have been telegraphed for, as the men of the territorial army have proved untrustworthy.

THE WARRANT FOR MR DILLON. Detectives are watching Mr Dillon's residence in Dublin closely, men beintr statumed in the front and the rear. Mr William O Brian called on Mr Dillon on Monday,. &ad stayed a con. siderable time.

THE ENNIS DISTURBANCES. The Freeman's Journal learns on good authority 'hat Captain' Gitfaid, the officer who was in Charge of the militia at Ennis when the soldiers sang through the streets, has received a communi- cation froir the War Office asking by whose orders the soldiers sang. In reply, a telegram was sent stating that tbe order was given by Colonel tTurner. Colonel Turner has left for London.

WHY COERCION MUST FAIL. A letter was publ.ished. on Monday from the Ilev Peter Kelly, parish priest of Dunfanaghy, to Sir West Ridgway, Irish Under-Secretary, in ^hich he savs :—"As people in the district are 'n the last stage of starvation, they cannot longer forego the natural right which every man has to the fruits of his own industry. Coercion, law, bayonets, and gaols cannot make money out of stones, or shake principle. The clergy must 4tand by their people in distress."

A PROTEST AGAINST COERCION. On Monday Constable James Owens, stationed at Newry sent in his resignation to the Inspector- GL-iteral of the Royal Irish Constabulary, a protest against coercion."

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DEATH OF MR MATTHEW ARNOLD. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. We deeply regret to anuounce the death of Mr Matthew Arnold, which took place very suddenly at Liverpool on Sunday. He had come to liver- pool on the previous evening with the objqt of meeting his daughter, who was to arrive it the Mersey by the Aurania from New fork on Sunday. Mr Arnold, it will be Tim- bered, had only quite recently himself retirned from America. At Liverpool he was stay- ing at the residence of Mr T. W. Cnpjjerj Mrs Cropper being his sister. On Sabrday evening after his journey he was it) Cxqeraiit spirits, and apparently in excellent health As indicating his overflowing joyonsness, it M >ortby of mention that on Saturday evening, wh]st 0ut strolling with his brother-in-law, he propped to leap over a railing near the house. T,e first effort proved unsuccessful, but on the seand Mr Arnold cleared the fence with the gaiety aq ligilt. heartedness of a schoolboy. No ill resulbof this appeared at the moment, but, as the disti^ulshed critic was suffering from an affection of t ilelrt and had been warned by his medical advior (Sir Andrew Clark) against any sudden exertitl> it is conjectured that this playful little indent, so characteristic of the abandon and the Carming simplicity of Mr Arnold, was not without connection with the unexpected calau\y that followed. Nevertheless, oil the ^uhay Mr Arnold exhibited the same vivacitj which made him always the charm of social circle. In the morning he attendee divine service at the Presbyterian Church i Sefton Park, and gave expression to the pleasvo which he had derived from the service. SuLisItietitly, at luncheon, it was noticed that he wi in his very happiest mood. After luncheon accom- panied by Mrs Arnold, he proceeded fo a walk. He had not gone far when he sudnly fell forward unconscious. He was immediately conveyed to the hou-to of a medical mtleman residing in the vicinity, but never regained consciousness. Indeed, it is stated hat life was extinct before Mr Arnold was rented to the house. Needless to say, the relativ, of the deceased eentleman were shocked beyoj measure by an affliction in itself deplorable an sad, but which in the circumstances was htt short of terrible. Miss Arnold arrived frot Am erica J during the day, only to share the ov^e^jng grief in which the family were plungec Mr Matthew Arnold was without lubt one of the most brilliant of contemporary l;rary men, and the intelligence of his death wil;e received with genuine sorrow wherever language is spoken or English literatu admired. It may be said of Mr Arnold, very tiy observes the Liverpool Daily Post, that al is writings illustrated and enforced certain prunes which may be pronounced the pivots of his teIn, alike of critical, social, and religious thouR. Notable among his recent writings was tt delightful article in the April number of th Nineteenth Century on his recent visit to Americftu piquant sarcasm of which has not be. altogetbr to the liking of our self-suf}enfc trans- atlantic friends. In the PriI^ality Mr Arnold enjoyed a large measul of popu. larity, and his just and generous,pp,i ation of the distinctive characteristics (the Welsh people will not readily be fory,ott. 00 the occasion of the National Eisteddfods Aberdare iu 1885, Mr Arnold supported, by ^)resence on the platform, his honoured friend Iq Aberdare, who occupied the presidential iir. Lord Aberdare paid a deserved tribute t,ir Arnold's critical estimate of the Celtic charafi In the course of his remarks he said Mr Matthew Arnold has, thonfc any knowledge of the Welsh language, ten I)-riiaps the best book on Welsh characer at-he iufluence of Welsh character upon England tfbas ever yet been written. Mr Arnold says tl.\be English genius—that is,the genius of Sbakare, Milton, Spenser, and Wordsworth and lley, ot our great poets as well as of our gt writers-ig essentially different from the Geril He asks, why is it ? and bifl answer is, flro largely intermixed with Celtic blood, as that Celtic blood has produced the difference. Mr Arnold himself, in responSo loud calls, bad to address a few words to memorable gathering at Aberdare. In a w apposite sentences, he said be was aware tl in the ages of faith, confessors and martyrs wl?ersonagec; of interest, and be supposed that thireulertlbered that he had suffered something foie sake of the eisteddfod. To this he attribu their kindly desire to hear him. It was true t)20 years ago be wrote a letter to his friend, #b Owen, an excellent Welshman, in which htxpressed his interest in eisteddfodau and whatey indicated. He wished to say that he retain that interest still, and that the sight of the inuse audience before him exceeded anything thbo had sup- posed possible. It has been definitely decidEnot to bold any inquest on the body oftr Matthew Arnold, Dr Little, to wl house he was carried, certifies death In syncope, or failure of the heart's tion. Sir Andrew Clarke bad formerly atten for the same I disease. The body will proabe removed to London on Tuesday morning. ;undreds of telegrams of sympathy and reBrare pouring ill. The Press Association is request 0 state that the funeral of Mr Matthew Arnoldj take placo at Laleham, near Staines, at noo^ Thursday next.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKEg. Men of the Time" says :—Malw Arnold, eldest son of the late Rev Thomas D.D., head master of RutJy, born Decem24 1822, at Laleham, near Staines, where blather then resided with private pupils, w^jucated at Winchester, Rugby, and Balhol OcC) Oxford. He was elected Scholar of Balhol H1,O, won the Newdigate prize for English v (subject •• Cromwell") in 184S, graduated lionout's in 1844, and was elected a Fellow of C Oollee in 1845. In 1847 the late Lord Lansdonominated bim his private secretary, an he acted in that capacity until ills irriage in 1851 with the daughter of the lat(r Justice Wightman, when he received an ai^tment as one of the Lay Inspectors of Sho under the Committee of Council on li;ducation)f)gt, which he has lately resigned. In 1848 1" Strayed Reveller, and other Ponms," signet peared, followed in 1853 by -^Mocles on Etna, and other Poems," with tbt^g sigua. ture. In 1854 lie published a volute poems in his own name, consisting of new pi^„d selec- tions from the two previous volumtfjj,ja Was foUowed by a second series, when tfjrBt two volumes were withdrawn from £ iroilt)1). ,\[r Arnold was elected Professor of -P«eat Oxford in 1857. Mr Arnold visited the Con^ ill 1865 to procure for the Royal Commissi^, Middle- Class Education information re-spec forejgU schools for the middle and upper ,seg) an(j publishedin 1867 a volume on ttiis ect, jn tlie same year he published "Lecl on the Study of Celtic Literature in 1 "New Poems in 1869, a collected edition is poems, and "Culture and Anarchy, an Esfa:p()ijtical and Social Criticism in 1870, 4"aul and Protestantism, with an essay on an,j the Cbutch of England in 1871, mdship's Garland beiug the Conversations, erSj and Opinions of the late Ann in I Haron i era von Thunder-Ten-Tronckh -1" m lo'iterature and Dogma an Essay towards a u. Appre- hension of the Bible;" and in ««Last Essays on Church and Religion. ^^7 Mr Arnold ceased to hold the Poetry C<liaQxlonj He has edited th& Prophecies of abf- and selections irom Wordsworth, ■Byj""|-„hn8on1 and Burke. He published in 1879 luma o{ I mixed *usays, and in 1882 a voluinerin(? the title of "Irish Essays ancl.Others," 1886 he paid a second visit to America.

MR LEWIS WILLIAMS AJFYGG LOCAL GOVERNMENT B" Mr Lewis Williams, speaking o Blue Ribbon meeting in the Stuart-hall, on Saturday evening, on the Local £ *?ve»nt Bill, expressed approval of many o i>s [lr0S j(1 relation to the licensing authorities,he regarded the only ultimate ett¡elll'a" local option pure and simple, with direct ve To the recognition of the vested interests sn^g, tiou they, ir, temperance workeis, mul' their irieconcilable opposition. It was a l)r0J unpre- cedented, unjust, and disastrous. highest legal authoricie.s had all declared t any vested right at all in any holder (licence. Even the counsel of the licensed ,lia||ers frankly admitted, in a letter to w0rninfj Advertiser in 1883, that "there egnib, the smallest doubt that in tbo strict seno suet) thing as a vested interest exists." Milliams went on to say that it was prepoteo com. pensate the holders of the mcsSrative monopoly of the l1ge. The trade either to compensate the struggling ratepa three- fourths of the poor and police rate whie had to bear being due to the drink traffic.

THE FATAL EXPLOSIONr penakth. Mr H. L1- Grover, the Cardiff ftlfstriob deputy coroner, opened an inquiry at tkiartli police-station, on Monday afternoon,, the circumstances attending the death of Jiurns, who was killed by an explosion of clyto oil the line between Pt5narth and Barry OUrday, uoder circumstances already reported. jenc.3 of identification only was taken, and th^ujry was adjourned for a fortnight, in ordeit the Secretary of State for the Homo D'ment might in the meanwhile be comnmnicat^h.

BEST Welsh Knitting Yarns are n from Pure Wool only by Parry and Rocke. Swan^g^ WARNING,—When you ask for RficlgiUQ see that you g;et it. The manufacturers '>>^ution see that you get it. The manufacturers '>>^ution ths public astainat imitation square blue very inferior quality. The Paris Blue in squarel(I ill wrappers I)-,ariiig their name and Trade ^ar,ofuse nil others 18^6

HOUSE OF LORDS, —MONDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the wool- sack at a quarter-past 4 o'clock. CRIMINALS AND PREVIOUS CON- VICTIONS. Lord COLERIDGE asked the Lord Chancellor whether there would be any objection to direct that in all cases where a previous conviction had to ba proved some person who has had the prisoner actually under his care in gaol should be prnsl"lJ t, to prove it ? The LouD CHANCELLOR agreed that substantial evidence of identity ought always to be given in proof of a previous conviction, but he thought that it would be inconvenient to the public service that this pro"; should in all cases be given by some officer from the gaol in which the prisoner had been previously confined. The Home Secre- tary, with whom he lnd communicated, was quite willing that in any case where application was Iliads an officer from the gaol should attend. COPYHOLD ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. Upon th" motion of Lord HOBHOUSE, the Copy- hold Acts Amendment Bill was read a secoud time. OIL UPON THE TROUBLED WATERS. On the motion of Lord COTL'ESLOK, certain Board of Trade and Admiralty memoranda. relating to the use of oil as sea for modifying the effects of breaking waves were ordered to be laid on the t" ble. The House adjourned at five o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. The Speaker took the chair at three o'clock. ENCROACHMENT ON WASTE LANDS. Mr ARTHUR WILLIAMS gave notice of his inten- tion to ask the President of the Local Govern- ment Board to-day whether he will insert in the Local Government Bill provisions for giving to the district councils power by summary proceed- ings before justices to prevent encroachments on waste and common lands. THE TRUCK ACT AND THE RHYMNEY IRON COMPANY. Mr BRADLAUGH gave notice that he will to-day ask the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- ment whether breaches of the truck law by the Rliymney Iron Company have during the past two months been reported to the local factory inspector and to the Government, and what action has been or will be taken therein whether the Rliymney Company has been several times prose- cuted for similar offences and on what occasions, and whether the same company was specially roported against by the commission on truck twenty years since. THE CONDITION OF NEWPORT COUNTY COURT. Mr HENRY H. FOWLER gave notice that he would to-day ask the First Commissioner of Works whether his attention has been called to the state- ments contained in a memorial sent to the judge of the county-court at Newport, Mon., by the barristers practising there, and 70 solicitors, as to the insufficient and defective accommodation provided for the sittings of the court and for the offices, and what steps he will take to provide a proper court and offices. THE CONTROL OF THE POLICE. Sir H. SHLWIN* IBBETSON gave notice that on going into committee on the Local Government Bill he would move an instruction to the com- mittee that the powers, duties, and liabilities in respect to the police in counties and boroughs having a separate police force shall remain under the control and management of courts of quarter session in counties and of the J magistrates in boroughs respectively, and that the necessary rate for their maintenance should be levied by the county authorities. HAWKERS' LICENSES. Mr GOSCHKN, in reply to Mr Howorth, said he was in communication with the Home Secretary on the subject of hawkers' license duty. "RULE BRITANNIA" AT ENNIS. Mr STANHOPE, in reply to questions by Mr Rowntree and Mr Cox, said that the troops, as thq entered Enais on Sunday, the 8th inst., sang Rule Britannia 011 the march through the streets, but they did not commence until after they had passed the chapel where mass was pro- ceeding. It was not true that the men wore Orange emblems. TUUSTEE SAVINGS BANKS AND THE KATE OF INTEKEST. Mr GOSCHKN, in reply to Mr James Rowlands, said that the question of the rate of interest to bo allowed henceforth to trustee savings banks was now engaging the attention of the Government, and he hoped to bring in a measure on the subject this session. TOLL GATES AND VEHICLES IN SOUTH WALES. Sir HENRY TYLER I beg to ask tbe Secretary to the Local Government Board whether it is in- tended that in South Wales, where toil gates still exist, vehicles using the roads shall be subjected to payment of tha toll gates tax in addition to the proposed tax on wheels and horses, and whether, if the tax ou wheels and horses is persevered with, he will insert in the Local Government Bill a clause to abolish the toll gates in order that those who use vehicles and horses on those roads may not be practically compelled to pay twice over for the use of the roads. Mr ARTHUR >WILLIAMS had the following ques- tion upon the paper: Whether the President of the Local Government Board will insert in the Local Government Bill a clause providing that the turnpike roads in South Wales, the sums borrowed on the security of which have long sinco been repaid, shall be free from any further impo- sition of tolls, and shall bo main roads within the meaning of Section 15 of the bill ? Mr LoNG: There will be no exemption from the payment of the proposed taxes on wheels and horses in South Wales, although tolls are still levied on turnpike roads. If there is any general desire that the acts relating to the levy of these tolls in South Wales should be repealed, and the provisions of the Highway aud Locomotives Acts Amendment Act of 1878 made applicable, and an amendment to that effect is moved when the Local Government Bill is in committee, the proposal will bo fully considered by the Government with the desire of meeting the wishes of those locally interested. This reply will also meet the question of the hon. member for South Glamorgan (Mr A. Williams).

BOGUS CLUBS AT CARDIFF. LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF GLAMORGAN MAGISTRATES. Mr ALFRED THOMAS: I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with respect to the reply contained in his letter of the 29 h ult., that the four club appeals determined by certain Glamorgan county magistrates in quarter sessions were entirely heard and determined upon the merits," and particularly that in the case of the Now Tredegar Club the court was of opinion that the club was properly constituted, and that there was no evidence of the illegal sale of liquorsand in the Ellesmere, that the court could not distinguish it from the usual local clubs used by the upper classes," and consequently allowed the appeal, if he will cause further inquiry to be made upon the following points:—Whether, in the case of the New Tredegar Club, the court, through the chairman (Mr Fowler), refused to decide the case upon its merits by finding as a fact that the club in question was either bona fide or not bona fide; whether the court, after first stating that the onus of proof of bona fides lay upon tha appellant, subsequently threw the onus of proving that the club was not bona fide upon the respondent whether this decision was in accordance with tbe law; whether the evidence of oue witness Jarrett, who had only been connected with the club during a short part of its existence, was the only evidence upon which the court gave its decision, allowing the appeal," with costs; and whether, in the case of the Ellesmere Club, the proprietor has been since (viz,, on the 28th ultimo) prosecuted by the Inland Revenue and convicted of three separate offences, viz., selling spirits without a license to an officer of the Inland Revenue and fined B50 and costs, or three months' hard labour for the Sale of beer to the same officer, £20 and costs, or one month and for the sale of tobacco, £20 and costs, or one month, all upon the so-called club premises. Mr MATTHEWS I have asked for and received a. further report from the chairman of the Glamor- ganshire magistrates this morning. He informs me that after hearing evidence on both sides the court decided the case on its merits, and came to the conclusion that the New Tredegar Club was a bona fide club properly constituted, and there was some discussion as to the burden of proof, but the question did not, in the opinion of the court, become material to the decision the respondent was not heard first, and the court then called on appellaut to give further evidence. The court was composed of four barristers and the chairman, who is the stipendiary magistrate of Swansea. I see no reason to question the validity of their decision. Jarrett, who had been treasurer since April, 1887, was the only witness called for the appellant, but the evidence for the respondent had already established a prima facie case for exemp- tion. The chairman informs me that he has seen in a local paper the statement referred to in the last paragraph, but that there was no evidence to this effect before the court. SUNDAY CLOSING. Mr LONG, in answer to Mr Astg -Gardener, explained that the owner of a IJ\lll¡i;I(II1"e licence who might be compelled by a county council to close his premises on Sunday would be entitled to the remission of one-seventh of his licence duty. J THE MITCHELSTOWN AFFAIR. Mr BALFOUK, in answer to Mr J. Morley, said the enquiry in<titut«>d into the action of the police at Mitcholstown iu September last was a depart- mental one, and bad regard principally to the re8}Jouai bili ty of officers on thnt occasion, the points of general interest being oniy incident to the main purpose of the euquiry. it would be inexpedient to make the report of the enquiry public, lie was prepared to show all the papers confidentially to the riht bon. gentleman. Mr MORIKY said he was not asking the ques- tion in the interest of any of bis friends, but in the interest of the public, and no confidential communication with. which he might be honoured would satisfy public interest and curiosity. (Hear, hear.) Did her Majesty's Government decline absolutely to state any of the results ? Mr BALFOUK expressed his willingness to consider whether selections could be made, though he anticipated hon. members would take exception to that. Mr MORLEY would be satisfied to ask for all that could be produced without iujury to the public service—evidence rather thau comments of the commissioners. Mr BALFOUR, seeing the importance of the step as establishing a preced^t, took time to consider. THE ENNIS DISTURBANCES. Mr MORLEY further aiked the result of the enquiry into the precedents having relation to the Ennis disturbilnces. Mr BALFOUR said at thr moment a local investigation was going "n. MAIL CARTS AND THE WHEEL TAX. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer "to Mr Sinclair, said it was not contemplated to subject mail carts to the new wheel tax. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE HORSE TAX. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER begged lion.members to wait and see in the Budget Bill how the Government propose to deal with exemptions from the horse tax. THE ARREST OF MR O'BRIEN, M.P. MrLABOCCHKRE aked whether the hon. member for N.E. Cork (Mr W. O'Brien) bad been arrested for attending a meeting at Iiougbrea, a proclaimed district, and if so. bad a warrant beeu issued for the arrest of the hon. member for the Holmfirth division of Yorkshire (Mr H. J. Wilson) but if not, why a distinction was made between the individual action of English and Irish members. (Hear;hear.) Mr BALFOUR thought that the hon. member might have given notice of his question; but ho could assure him aud the House that if English and Irish members did similar things in Iteland, their treatment would be in a precisely similar manner. (" Oh, oh.") Mr LABOUCHERE reminded the right hon. gentleman that he had not answered the question. Sir BALFOUR said no doubt the hon. mcmlwr (Mr O'Brien) was arrested on a warrant issued on account of his action at Loughrea ou the 8th. Mr LABOUCHERE asked was it for attending the meeting or for any words he used there? (Hear, hear, and crips of "Answer.") Mr BALFOUR did not think he was called upon to make a speech on the eubject. (Oh, oh.) Mr BUCHANAN said suroly they had a right to ask was the warrant issued for attending tho meetillg or making a speech. (Hoar, hear, cries of Answer," and He doesn't know.") Mi J. STUART, after a pause, referred to the subject again, maintaining that the House had a right to know why one of its members had been arrestgd. (Hoar, hear.) Mr BALFOUR thought that he had explained that tho hon. member for Nnrth.E.lst CO! k had been arrested for inciting to and taking part in an illegal assembly. He could not quote the precise terms of the warrant. THE RHONDDA AND SWANSEA BAY RAILWAY ACT. On the motion of Sir CHARLKS FOBSTKR, it was ordered that this House will ou the morrow resolve itself into a committee to consider the question of authorising that the sum of £4:902 lis, balance of the sum deposited as security for the completion of the railways authorised by the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Act, 1882, invested in tbe three per centum consolidated bank annuities, and now liable to forfeiUire, shall, subject to the provisions of sections 4-7 and 48 of the said act, remain as a security for the com- pletion of the portions of the railway No. 1 authorised by the said act, the powers to con- struct, which are by the Rhondda and Swausea Bay Railway Bill, now pending in this House, revived, as if the same had never bean liable to forfeiture (Queen's recommendation to be sig. nified). BliEOON AND MERTHYR RAILWAY BILL. Mr COURTNEY brought up a special report from the committee on tha Brecon and Merthyr Rail- way Bill, to the following effect:—That tho bill does not authorise tho construction of any new works that there are certain provisions in the bill for enabling the directors of the company to prepare a scheme for the consolidation of tho guaranteed and preferential stocks of the com- pany, which may have tho effect of altering the preference or priority of interest, or divi- dends guaranteed by the company on certain of such stocks in pursuance of or confirmed by previous acts; that inas- much as the bill provides that the disapproval of any such scheme or schemes by holders of one- fourth in value of any class of the stocks intended to ba consolidated shall prevent the scheme being carried into effect so far as it relates to that class, the committee arc of opinion that the interests of dissenting shareholders are sufficiently protected, and that the said provisions for con- solidation may be allowed. Mr Courtney further reported from the committee that they had examined the allegations contained inthe preamblo of the bill, and amended the same by striking out the recitals as to the expediency of raising additional capital, and had made other amend- ments therein to make it consistent with the provisions of the bill as passed by the committee. The report was ordered to lie Oil the table.

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL. RESUMPTION OF THE DERATE. Mr W. H. SMITH announced the intention of tho Government to proceed with the Local Government Bill at a morning sitting to-morrow (Tuesday). The adjourned debate on the second reading of the was resumed by Mr COUBTNKY, who did not share the satisfac- tion expressed by the member for Midlothian with the financial part of the scheme. He objected to the bill, not because if was too democratic, but because it WI1S not democratic enouh. He would titrenucusly oppose the indefinite post- ponement of the granting of some form of local government to Ireland. (Cheers.) And the lines upon which a scheme with that object would have to be drawn would depend upon the lines of the bill for England and Wales. This bill could be easily reconstructed so as to meet the objection he had stated by providing that the county should bo in divisions, each returning three or four members, and by providing that in three divisions each elector should have one vote only, all that he desired should be secured. Such a plan would command the support both of the equirearchy and tho democracy, and if the Government took advantage of this opportunity of carrying it out, they would havo done some- thin to construct upon sound and promising lines the rural public eye of England, (Loud cheers.) Mr CHAMBERLAIN said bis right hon. friend was an r,dvocaie of proportional representation, and defended his views with a courage which was worthy of A. better cause. (" Hear, hear," and a laugh). He lla j never been able to treat the right hon. gentleman's proposals as very serious, and it had appeared to him that tho various schemes he had suggested might he ex- tromely int"retll1 scientific experiments to ùe carried out by fellows of the Royal Society, but extremely unfitted for the rough and tumble of our political life. (Laughter am) cheers.) It was a mistake to say that we had no experience of the system of election by single member districts pro- posed by the bill, for prncticlllly the election of municipal councils Witi; an election in that way. The other objection of the right hon. gentleman was an important one, and he should prefer in the case of the county councils, as in the case of the town councils, that oue-third of the members should go out each year. (Hear, hear.) What hs objected to in the epcech of the right hon. gentle- man was that it was against the principle on which our popular representation was based. The right hon. gentleman seemed to be of the opinion that the In:1j.¡rity of the people wero likely to go wrong; that they did not know what was best for them, and that some plan should be adopted by which superior persons of great ability, but who were not popular enough to get elected—(laughter)—should find it out for them. (Hear, hear.) Something had been said about the necessity tor prolonging the debate in order that the constituencies might bs enlightened, but they already understood the general scope of the bill, and wore prepared to give it a hearty reception. (Cheers.) Tha rock upon which previous bills had split was the constitution of the new authority, but there could be no doubt that under this biil the council would be fully, frankly, fairly, and popularly representative, he welcomed it as fulfilling amply tha pledges the Government had given, nnd as laying the founda- tion of it. groat reform which would be fraught with important and beneficial consequences. (H.¡ar, hear.) Three yours ago lie was engaged in the preparation of a bill on the same subject, but it was never presented because the then Govern- ment thought it right to throw aside the pro- gramme on which it had been elected in order to take up a new one on which the country had not been consulted—(loud cheers)—and the informa- tion he then giined led him to congratulate the President of the Local Government Board upon the skill, ability, and courage with which he had dealt with the matter. He rejoiced to see the bill, and would do nothing to protract the discussion or to endanger it. Some of his friends were prepared at first to receive it as thoroughly democratic, but now it was denounced as faulty in structure, and perfectly worthless to tbe agricultural labourer. If they thought so they should meet it with deter- mined hostility, and they were doing a good deal against tt. They did not meet it by a frank amendment, but they showed that if afraid to strike they were willing to wound, and if they supported the amendment of the member for Suffolk, the House would know where the motive power was—they would look for it below the gangway, and they would know thatatlast the tail had fairly wagged the head. (Langhter and cheers.) He desired to see the organisation of the parish vestry improved and made more popular while he would considerably increase its powers. He thought it would be better if the selected councillors wero called aldermen as in the boroughs. The arrangement proposed by the Government with regard to the police was a com- promise, and he admitted that it did satisfy him as he thought that the whole control over the county police should bo given to the county council*. As to the licensing clauses, foe wished to ak the Government at once whether they meant: to stand by them? If they did, he should ask the member for West Cumberland (Sir W. Lawson) and his friends to reconsider the attitude they bad taken with respect to them. The right hon. gentleman then argued that it was impossible to deny: that the publicans had an equitable if not a legal claim to compensation, and reviewing the various provisions in the bill which related to the licensed victuallers, he contended that it constituted a great advance in the direction of temperance reform, and one which the temperance party would be most unwise to reject at the risk of seeing the subject shelved for 10 or 15 years. In conclusion, Mr Chamberlain expressed in forcible terms his satisfaction at the proof which the bill afforded that a Unionist Government could deal with large measures of legislation which were desired by the great body of the people, but for which they had been told they must wait until they had agreed to a discrediting solution of the Iri-h question. (Cheers.) Mr Chaplin, Sir W. H. Houldsworth, and Sir A. Roliit having spoken, Sir W. LAWSON said that he should confine his observations to the licensing clause of the bill. This bill was an attempt to subsidise one trade at the expense of the public, to fortify and per- petuate a system against which public opinion was rising, and would rise still higher. Surely it could not be right to establish a vested interest in public houses which never existed before. That the measure did this was admitted by the President of the Local Government Board, who claimed the support of the licensed victuallers on that very ground, but Mr Justice Field had laid it down that the legisla- tirel had given no vested interests to licensed victuallers, and this was also the opinion of the late Mr Nash, the counsel to the trade. Moreover, the justices of the peace had said that this bill had for the first time recognised a legal right of tha publicilns tQ the renewal uf their licenses. Why should people be paid for promoting barbar- ism? Public-houses were shut up on Sundays, Christmas Days, and Good Fridays, and if the cowpulwry closing was robbery at all it was robbery whatever the day, but if the member for Carlisle proposed to rob them 011 work days he was a notorious villain, (Laughter.) No com- pensation was given to landowners when free trade came in, and when the Irish landlords, poor fellows, were dealt with in 1881, the member for West Birmingham had no bowels of compas- sion for them. (Laughter.) The publicans had no legal or equitable title for compensation, and thero was un precedent for it. They had done nothing for the defence of their country or for the promotion of art or literature except that, ac- cording to Lord Chesterfield's description of them, they were artists in human slaughter, (A laugh.) An American was shown over Guinness's brewery iu Dublin, and after seeing also the chapels and schools connected with it exclaimed, "Well, thi" is the most remarkable man I ever saw ho seems to run edueat.iol1, "a]vatiol1, find damnation." (Much laughter.) All he wanted was a little clause pro- viding that DO license should force liquor shops into a district where the majority of the people did not want them, and that would fit any biil. (L'lnghier.) All he objected to was that the people of England should,as regarded the Iquor traffic, live under a Coercion Acr. (" Hear, hear," and laugh.) He failed to see why the president of the Local Government Board should block, hamper, thwart, and obstruct the bodies he proposed to constitute, and he could only regard this part of the measure as a deliberately devised plan for hoodwinking the nation. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) Lord Randolph Churchill had splibm of local option as embalmed nnd eushrined in the » bill. Yes, so it. was, and dead and burõod too. (Great, laughter.) The President of the Local Government Board had playod a melancholy part sifter all. Having a apJemlid opportunity of taking away a groat political grievance and of earning an everlasting name, he uad preferred to be the humble instru- ment of the noble lord the member for Padding- ton.tht) great apostle of shams. (Laughter and cheers.) And he would be known in history as the first man in the British House of Commons who had attempted to legalise black mail. (Hear, hear.) Mr RITCHIE said that if the Government had attempted to satisfy the hon. baronet, he was perfectly sure they would have had the great body of reasonable meu against them. (Cheers.) The compensation to bo provided was not money wrung out of the hard earnings of the peoplo, but the publicans would themselves, by the arrange- ment proposed, provide the necessary fuud, in consideration of the better position in which they would undoubtedly be placed. (Ironical cheers.) The Government considered the licensing clauses of their bill sound and equitable, and '■Ivy intended to'^adhem to them. On the motion of Mr CAIN;, the debate was adjourned. SITTING.

CONCERT AT SWANSEA. VISIT OF THE HUD HERS FIELD GLEE SOCIETY. Under the auspices of Messrs Thompson and ShackuH, a grand concert was given in tha Albert- hall on Monday by the Hudder-fiold Madrigal Society. Tha conductor was Mr John North, aud the accompanist Mr Knowles Kaye. The attend- ance was by no means HI proportion to the merit of the performance. If Swansea only knew from some little previous experience of the superior treat in store for the lovers of the lyric stage, there can be no doubt that the Albert-hall, large as it i". would have been almost fully occupied. This prophesy may be safely ventured on after witnessing the more than ordinarily-delighted welcome which the singers received the moment their real quality became apparent. A more appreciative audience the socif y could scarcely hope f*r. When the opening glee, "Strike the Lyre," given by the large male chorus, burst upan the ear, it was soon felt that no ordinary artiste* had presented tbem- selves. This was followed by the song, "A Whaler's Yarn," by Mr R. Weavill, given in a powerful resonant voice, quite tilling the capacious hall. The lively glee, "The Fox jumped over the Parson's Gate," VI" rendered with a sprightliness and dash suggestive of the burthen of the ditty. Tho music and voices were in beautiful accord. The execution of thi.s glee was indeed a success. The rendering of The Storm by Miss Cooke was grandly pathetic. In conjunction with the softest and tenderest melody we lind a noble, prayerful appeal to the God of the ocean and the tempest. Tlie solo on the vh.lin hv M iss Thomas was a chef d'eeuvve of its I kind. No female voic6 showed sucil compassas that of Mrs Heniy Hirst in her interpretation of tho Queen of the E^rth." F"r combined clearness, sweetness, and power,Mr H. Ackroyde's Sweet Aline" was altogether inimitable, Mr R, Gardner, a ploasant-facd by venerable ¡{antle- mall. delivered Tho Sea" in a grand bass voice, and was rapturously encored. Ivillarney," a very trying song, lost none of its grace in the treatment by Miss England. Mr F. Haigh and Mrs Hardy Contributed to maka up a musical eutertainment of a very superior character.

PARLIAMENT ANl7 THE REGULATION OF PILOTAGE. The Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquire into the subject of pilotage met on Monday for the first time to take evidence. Lord Claud Hamilton presided, and stated at the outset tltH t he had hnd a conversation with Sir Michael Hicks-Beach (President of the Board of Trade). Sir Michael expressed himself anxious that there should bo a most searching euquiry into every branch of the pilotage system. There was so much diversity in the pilotage system of the United Kingdom, and so little control over pilotage on the part of any central body, that he (Sir Michael) would be very glad if the com- mittee would make a thorough enqniry into the whole subject, and upon their report it might ba p08;;lble for hinvielf or Rome future President of the Board to introduce a bill dealing generally with the pilotage throughout the United King- dom. He (Lord Claud) thought it was the feeling of tha committee that their inquiry should have a very wide scope. A liunibar of witnesses having been examiued, the committee adjourned until Wednesday.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. [FROM MARK-LANK EXPRESS."] Tiie sudden advent of spring has lmt a most cheerful appearance on the face of nature. All autumn-sown crops look greener, and show signs of prompt response to tho more favourable climatic influences. A great deal of work has been got through during the past fortnight, and where there is not vory much to dt) many farmers have already completed their spring sowiugs of grain. The deliveries of home-grown wheat i continue to fall off, nnd, as the result, the markets have shown some improvements, 6d to Is advance having been quoted from several important pro- vincial exchanges. At Mark-lane the turn has been against buyers. The mild weather, however, has somewhat checked the upward movement just as it was becoming pronouueed. Couutry flour is getting bcarce, and is relatively steady as compared with the imported article. With regard to barley, oats, beans, and peas of native growth, there has been very little change to note, the alterations of value having been slight and chiefly local. Tfie trade for foreign wheat off stands in London is steadier. Maize in Loudon has also rather improved on Monday's advance of 6d.

ALLEGED MURDER OF A WOMAN. At Bolton, on Monday, G. Walker, iron turner, of Sheffield, Willi charged with the murder of a nsiirried woman named Hodgson, on Saturday night. The evidence showed they bad been drinking together all day. They were seen in the evening near a ravine on the main road, and 12 hours later the woman's body was found at the bottom of the ravine with a deep wouud on the head. Blood was found upon the prisoner's clothes.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT LONDON. An alarming fire broke out, on Monday, at the sugar refining works of Lieutenant-Colonel Cowan, which aie close to Hammersmith Bridge, London, and which, together with Col. Cowan's soap works, cover an aroa of about ten acres, aud give employment day flUd night to a thousand hands. The flames were first discovered at half-past 4 o'clock, and despite the strenuous exertions of the firemen, who threw water on the premises both from the river and the engines on land, the sugar refinery building* were totally destroyed, and tha soap manufactory narrowly (>*<••■ p-»d a similar fate. The loss is estimated at £óO,OOO.

A SWANSEA APPEAL CASE. HABRIS v. WATERS.—In the Queen's Bench Division, before the Lord Chief Justice and Mr Justice Mathew, Mr Glascodine appeared in the case of Harris v. Waters, in support of an appeal from a decision of the county-court judge of Glamorgan, sitting at Swansea.—Miss Jane Waters, the defendant, was the tenant of some lands, the property of Sir John Morris, Bart. She, it was contended by Str Johu, without having any demise of tha land, sub-let it to Mr David Harris, the plaintiff in tho present case. Sir John Morris, in March, 1886, gave the defend- ant notice to quit, and at the expiration of the notice entered into an arrangement with the plaintiff Harris, who became the direct tenant to Sir John, to whom he paid his rent. Notwithstanding this, the defendant (Miss Waters), in November, 1887, put in a distress for rent due to her to Sepl "uber in that year, but he contended that at tho time the defendant took this course she was no longer a tenant of Sir John Morris, and had, therefore, no right to distrain. The plaintiff Harris brought his action for illegal distress in the county crmrt. and judgment was given for the defendant, a document being pro- duced by him purporting to be a demise from the father of Sir John Morris. — Counsel for the appellant submitted that the document was not a good one.-The Lord Chief Justice said it ap- peared to bim that the county court judge was right. The construction of the document was somewhat unusual, hut it was sufficiently clear what was meant. The appeal was accordingly refused.

SWANSEA PULIU-UOURT. MONDAY. — Before Mr JOHN COKE FOWLER (stioendiary) and Alderman TfXLOCH (mayor). DOMKSTIC INFELICITY.—Catherine Murphy was charged with unlawfully wounding her brother, Edward Murphy, whose head was bandaged. The prosecutor, who did not want to go on with the case, went home on Saturday night to his house in Well-street iu a state of intoxication, knocked his mother down, and caught her by the throat. Ho was dragged off, and in the scuffl-s his Bister struck him on the head a violent biow with some blunt instrument. She was discharged. STEALING FOWLS.—Nicholas Honey, Emanuel Thompson, and Thomas Stephens weie charged with stealing tlireo fowls, value 7s 6d, from the hen-house of Alfred Croft at Plasmarl on Satur- day night. The otfouca was proved by Croft, a wheelwright keepioK a shop at PI,5marl, and by P.C, Parker, who surprised the prisoners Honey and Thompson calmly plucking the fowls in Stephens's house shortly after they had been stolen. Honey and Thompson were each sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour, and Stephens was discharged, Mr Fowler, however, remarking that the case against him was very suspicious. ABUSIVE LANGUAGK.—Edward Thomas, a middle-aged man of respectable appearance, was summoned for l1sing auuqive language at Llan- samlet. on the 8.1.1 inst., to Hannah Cadogan.— Fnvd 20< and c ists. ASSAULT ON AN OLD WOMAN.— Margaret Shea, a middle-aged woman, was charKed with unlaw. fully wounding Mary Shoehan by striking her on the head with a stone.—The prosecutrix, a very old and decrepit creature, had a handkerchief tied about her head. She met the prisoner ou Saturday night returning home to her house in Brynmelin-street from Llangytelach-street. The prisoner rushed at her with a stone in her hand, striking her first 011 the head and then on the mouth, loosening her few remaining teeth. Pri- soner's daughter had married prosecutrix's 8011.- Prisoner was sentenced to s;x months' imprison- ment. SUNDAY DRINKING.—John Hughes, licensed victualler, Engineers' ArmH, Green Dragon-lane, oft" the Strand, was suinumned for selling beer on Sunday, the 1t inst, The particulars of this case have already been published.—Mr Fowler spoke of the contradictory evidence which had beeu given, and said that in at least one im- portant particular the statements of the landlady and her servant girl were contradictory.—A fine of £3 was imposed, and the license to be eu- dor-ed. KEEPING A BROTHEL.—Harriet Brown,a widow, now residing at Skewen, and who presented a demure appearance, attired in black and carrying a dainty umbrella, wa charged witb having kept a brothel in St. Mary's-street, Swansea, on the 28ch September last. Mr F. Carlyle appeared for tho defendant, who admitted the offence.—It was suggested for the defence that Mrs Brown believed that her lodgers were dressmakers, but the bench did not credit this statement, especially as persons of loose character were found in the house by P.S. Gardener.—A fine of £20, in- cluding costs, was inflicted.

THE OGMORE AND GARW LOCAL BOARD. TO THE EDITOR. SIR,—The new local board lately formed for the Ogmore and Garw Valleys find themselves in a rather awkward predicament. In the usual course, they proceeded to make their appoint- ments, but decided to do so by a ballot vote. It now transpires that the whole thing has to be gone over again, the Local Government Board ruling that it should have been by open vote. The appointments have, therefore, to be made agaiu, which are as follows clerk, medi- cal officer, inspectors of nuisances, and sur- veyor. Ail the appointments made ap- pear to have given general satisfaction, it is, of course, assumed that the same officers will be re-appointed m a formal manner. But to the surprise of the district an unsuccessful appli- cant for the medical officership is now applying again. Let the gentlemen who comprise the board rise above any undue influence which is being exercised upon them, and affirm by an open vote what they conscientiously considered was right in their ballot vote in the first place. I know an effort is being made in a certain quarter to induce some of the members to absent them. sel ves on the occasion. I and others are, there- fore, interested in seeing what those members will do when their independence is put tn a, test. I am, &c., FAIR PLAY, Ogmore Vale, April 12th. 1888.

PROPOSED GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL FOR SWANSEA. TO THE EDITOR. SIR,~ An application was made by some of the lsioiing inhabitants to the girls' Public Day School Company for the establishment of one of their schools in Swansea, and, the preliminary condi- tions having been fulfilled, the secretary visited the town on the 9th inst. to confer with the pro- moters, &c. It was not, for it could not be, de- cided at the meeting then held, that a school should be established. The secretary will report the result of his vrsit to his council on the 25th inst., when the decision will bo made. He was im- pressed with the influential asembly at the Guild- hall, over which Mr Coke Fowler presided, and there is good reason to believe, from what ho then stated, that the application will be viewed with favonr. It must be understood, however, that the company had no wish or intention to start a school here prior to their receiving an application from the to.vn. The number of shares promised is considerably in excess of that required, and although the company do not desire a larger number, still arrangements may be made by which those not already interested may yet obtain one or two each, and thus sccure nomina- tions for themselves, and widen the interest in the project. Boarders form no part of the school system, but the council may cognizance of boarding-houses when sanc- tioned by the bead mistress. There are three terms in the year, and tho fees for girls under 10 are three guineas per term; for those over 10, four guineas but for those over 15, when first entering schooi, five guineas. Latiu, French, German, drawing, etc., usually considered extras, are included iu these fees. As I have already been solicited as to appointments as professots, teachers, etc., it is necessary to state that should the school bo started in September, all appoint- ments, local management, and control in every way will be in tbe hands of the London council and head teacher,—I am, &c., LOFTUS T. MONRO. Swansea, April 14th, 1888.

PROSECUTION OF A NEWPORT BUILDER. At the Newport borough police-court, on Mon- day, John McCiean, a builder, was charged under th Bankruptcy Act with disposing of goods obtained on credit other than in the ordinary way of trado; and also with executing a fraudulent marriage settlement. The prisoner, who recently filed a petition in bankruptcy, was at the time of his failure carrying ou the business of a builder on the Castle Estate at Rogerstone, near Newport. A fow weeks prior to his filing the petition the prisoner married a Newport lady, and executed a marriage settlement, by which the whole of bis property went to his wife. At the public examina- tion before the registrar, prisoner stated that the settlement was drawn up by his clerk, and that he did not know that be had disposed of the whole of his belongings. He thought that it was only a sum of £200 or J6300 that he was settling upon his wife. Mr G. T. ClIlborne (Colborne, Ward, and Colborne), who appeared for the prosecution, which was ordered by the county court judge, asked for, a remand, as the evidence against the prisoner was not yet complete, and the case was remanded until Wednesday. The magistrates rallted bail, prisoner iu £100 and two sureties in JB50 each.

FATAL LAMP ACCIDENT AT SWANSEA. An inquest has been held by Mr Edward Strick, deputy coroner, at Morriston, on the death of a child named Sarah Joseph, who suc- cumbed to injuries resulting from the bursting of a paraffin lamp on Friday evening last. It appeared that the child took the lamp in its hand ou the previous Thursday night. It suddenly burst, and in an instant the child was enveloped in flames, which also caught the clothes of two other children. The father extinguished the flames of the latter, but the deceased rau out, and when ho could attend to her he found that she had been terribly barut. A verdict of Acci- dental death was returned.

COLLISION AT SEA. LOSS OF 14 LIVES. A collision occurred about nine o'clock on Mon- day morning off the Goodwin Sands between the steamer Bula, 2,000 tons, from Antwerp, and the steamer Vena, a small vessel bound from Bilbao to Ferneuze. The Vena sank, and it is believed that only one man out of her crew of 15 bands was saved. The Bula has proceeded for London in a very damaged condition. Her bows are stove, nnd "he was otherwise b)d1y injured. A Deal telegram s.-iys that five of the crew of the Vena were saved, and were taken to London by the Bula,

CARDIFF WESLEYANS AND MISSION All Y WORK. AN INTERESTING GATHERING. The annual meeting of the Cardiff branch of the Wesleyan Foreign Missionary Society was held in Charles-street Chapel on Monday night, when, considering the inclement weather, there was a fairly good attendance. Mr William Price presided, and there were also on the platform the Revs A. P. Riddet, of Mysore, F. J. Sharr, of London, J. Stephens, F. Hack, E Dodd, and F. Hain Messrs Lewis Williams, E. R. Moxey, \V. W, Trice, Hibbert, Frazer, &c. Au interest- ing feature in connection with the meeting was the appearance of the venerable chairman, who, although be has just attained his 80ch year, looks as hale and hearty as ever. For the last fifty years Mr Price has acted as treasurer uf tbe Cardiff branch of the Wesleyan Foreign Missionary Society, and is the must prominent Wesleyan in the town, as well as one of its oldest inhabitants. He still fills the otfice of superintendent of the oldest Sunday school in the borough ha is treasurer of the Merciful Visiting Society, and of the Cardiff branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society, positions which he has held for about half a cen- tury, and in the duties of which he takes the keenest interest. The amount annually raised by the Garo iff Wesleyan churches in aid of foreign missions is £1,050, thanks largely to the systematic methods introduced by Mr Price in the work of collection. After theusualdevotional exercises atthemeeting on Monday night, the Rev F. Hack, the circuit secretary, read tbe annual report, which described at length the work of the mission abroad, and the progress which it has made in India, China, and Other countries. The financial statement showed that there had been a falling off in the collection from Cardiff as compared with last year amount. ing to £ 41.—The Chairman, in the course of introducing the proceedings, remarked that there was a missionary spirit in Cardiff, but they wanted more of it.—The Rev E. Dodd moved a resolu- tion acknowledging Divine blessing upon missionary work, which was seconded by the Rev A. P. Riddet, who recounted his experiences as a missionary in India, giviug some very interesting particulars of con- versions effected in that land. The rev. gentleman took occasion to remark that before going to India he laboured in France, and met with a large iron works in a French village where no Sunday rest was allowed to the workmen em- ployed. Amongst them, however, was a Welsh- man who always insisted upon knocking off work on the Sabbath coming round. Wherever the Welsh might be found, he added, they always carried with them a reverence for the Lord's day.—The resolution having been carried, Rev J. Stevens submitted a propusition affirming the desirability of securing 1: permanently enlarged missionary area.—The Rev. F. J. Sharr seconded the resolution in a speech which abounded with anecdotes relatiug to missionary and kindred work. III the course of his remarks Mr Sharr observed that of all places missionary work had been most successful in Fiji. —The resolution was adopted, and in the course of other speeches the customary vote of thanks was given to the chairman. A collection made at the close realised the sum of JE74 5s.

BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS AT NEWPORT. FAILURE OF A COLLIERY PKOPRIKTOB. At Newport Bankruptcy Court, on Monday— before the Registrar (Mr H. J. Davis)—the public examination torok place of William Lewis, of Maebjcwminer House, Maesycwinmer, colliery proprietor, and lately flannel manufacturer. —In reply to questions from the Official Receiver, tho debtor said he commenced business, about 18 years ago, at Wbi>church, near Cardiff, as a flannel manufacturer. He then possessed property valued at £3,000, subject to a mortgage of J3350. Eight years afterwards he removed to Maesycwnmier, and continued tho business in 1879, purchasing the manufactory for £1,550, of which £1.000 remained on mortgage. In October. 1881, debtor entered into partnership with Mr John Rees Matthews and Mr Thomas Evans, under the tradiug 6tyle of Matthews, Evans, and Lewis, for the purpose of working the Maesycwmmer Junction Colliery. The debtor contributed £750. and subseqnently £2,000, which he raised by the sale of the properties at Whitchurch. Iu December, 1835, Mr T. Evans, one of the partners, died -iitestate, but the colliery business was coutinued and the partnership was not dissolved. Up to the mouth of June, 1381, the colliery was worked at a considerable loss, but from that date a profit was made. The debtor admitted that he knew be was insolvent in December, 1833, after he had disposed of his Whitchurch property, but continued in the hope of retrieving his position. The flinnsl factory was continued until about two months since, when it was let at a rent of £120, The colliery partnership liabilities amounted to £1,500, in addition to which there were royalties due to Lord Tredegar and Mr Herbert, of Clytha, amounting to between J3500 and £1-00. The liabilities were £3,356 10< ll £ d, and the assets, after deducting preferential creditors, £281 13< lid, amounted to £338 3< 8 I, leaving a deficiency of JE538 3 8 L Since 1881 he had sunk £5,000 in the colliery. Since 1884 the colliery had been showing a little profit but the deficiency had increased owing to liabilities incurred previously having been paid off. The cause of the failure was A lawsuit in which a nephew of Matthews, the surviving partner, brought against him at Cardiff under the Truck Act.—Mr Llewe.llin (Gustard and Llewellin) said that the partners had not agreed vary well, and that much of the loss was due to their differences.—The examination was adjourned. THE AFFAIRS OF A TIN PLATE MANUFACTURKR. At the same court the adjourned public examination took place of Enoch Stanford, lately proprietor of the Tynewydd Tin- plate Works, near Newport. — The Official Receiver stated that Mr Hughes, of Swansea, had been appointed trustee, but was not present. In reply to Mr Moxon, solicitor, who represented creditors, the debtor admitted that at the meeting of creditors a good deal of dissatisfac- tion had been expressed at his having filed the petition after, he had assigned everything for their benefit, but explained that the two trustees appointed by creditors acted harshly and commenced to sell his household furniture. The examination was further adjourned until the 14th May.

BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOR SOUTH WALES. The spring meeting of this large and influential society was held at Pontypridd on April 13th, Dr J. Adams Rawlings, of Swansea, president, in the chair. The following members were present —Messrs Taylor, C. T. Vachell, M. G. Evans, Prichard, Thompson (Cardiff), Ward, Dyke, Webster (Merthyr), Fry, W. T. F. Davies (Swansea), S. H. Sted, H. N. Davies, E. S. Wood, J. T. Thomas, \V. Williams, R. C. Joyce, C. M. Jones, W. W. Leigh, J. Llewellyn, J. R. James, E. N. Davies, G. A. Brown, Evan Jones, T. W. Parry, J. L. Leckie, T. Amallt-Jones, E. P. Evans, J. H. Davies, D. Davies, aud Drs. Sheen and D. A. Davies, hon. sees. Messrs D. R. Bowen (Mor- riston), J. Barrie and E. Walford (Cardiff), J. H. Davies (Porth), A. W. Loveridge (Newport.), W. W. David (Tonypandy), D. Lloyd (Newcastle Emlyu), and T. H. Morris (Aberdare) were elected membars. Interesting papers on profes- sional subjects were read by J. Tatham Thomp- son (Cardiff), J. Amallt-Jones (Aberavon), and E. Stanley Wood (Pontypool), and Messrs H. N. Davies, T. W. Parry, and Dr. Taylor showed oases and specimens. A committee was formed, on the motion of Dr Fiddian, to draw up a scheme for additional sec- tional working meetings, Dr Sheen brought up petitions and resolutions on the following subjects: —(1) Architects', Engineers', and Surveyors' Registration Bill (2) a Welsh centre in connec- tion with the proposed Nursing Institute (3) fees paid to medical witnesses, which were unani- mously adopted. A petition was also adopted in regard to the Horse Tax. on the motion of Mr J. T. Thomas. Dr C. T. Vachell, of Cardiff, was uuauimously elected president-elect of the branch.

MASONIC INSTALLATION AT CARDIFF. On Monday the installation ceremony oF the St. John's Chapter.No. 35, took place at the Masonic- hall, Working-street, Cardiff. There were present M, Excellent CompaniouG. Thomas, Z.; Excellent Companion F. P. Adey, H.; M. Excellent Com- panion T. Matthews, P.G.S.N.J.; Most Excellent Companion T. Hodges, P. Z.; Most Excellent Com- panion S. Cooper, P.L.S.E.P.G.J.; Companions J. Munday.S.N.; Sydney Coleman, P.S.; A. H. Roberts, J. F. McClure, S. Lewis, M. E. Donovan, R. D. Page, G. Clarry, H. N. Davies, W. Anstice, L. Jones, E. Dawson. Visitors :—H. White, J., Sir George Elliot, Chapter; Thomas Evans, A S.; A. P. Fabian, H., St. W oollos Chapter J. H. Taylor, Virtue and] Hopo Chapter, Swansea M. Ex. Cu. J. Hurman, L. Tennant, Chapter R. C. Roper, S. N. Tennant, Chapter, S. D. Churchill, E. C. W. G. Johu, H. Tennant, Chapter, F, G. Hodges (treasurer), W. R, Corfield, H. P. Roberts, M. Ex. Cn. J. Thomas (St. Woollos), and Amos Jenkins (janitor). The installation ceremony was very ably per- formed by M. Ex. Cu. S. Cooper. The following principals were installed: — F. P. Adey, M.E.Z. J. Monday, H. S. Coleman, J. after which the M.E.Z appointed the following officersS. Cooper, S.E.,treasurer; —Varsopolo, S.N. A. H. Roberta, P.S.; G. Clary, A.S. Ivor Roberts, A.S. and — Jenkins, janitor. The companious subsequently dined at the Royal Hotel, aud a very pleasant evening was spent.

DEATH OF MR F. R. ROBERTS, SOLICITOR, ABERYSTWITH. This well-known gentleman died on Monday morning at Penweru, near Aberystwith, after a long illness extending over many months. The deceased gentleman had filled the otfice of clerk of the peace for Cardiganshire for about 40 years past, and was senior member of the firm of Roberts. Son, and Evans, solicitors, of Aberystwith. He was a gentleman of sound business tact, and had succeeded in building up one of the most flourishing offices in the county. His only sou was iu partnership with him as a solicitor. The appointment of clerk of the peace is in the bands of the Lord Lieutenant (Colonel Pryse).

KEATING'S CoUGH Lozr,.vGzs. Any doctor will tell you there is no better Cough Medicine than Keating Lozenges. One gives relief; if you suffer from cough, try them but once they will cure, and they will not injme your health they contain only the T>ure.st drugs, skilfully combined. Sold everywhere, in 13 £ 4 tins. 1075

SWANSEA. FATAL TBAM ACCIDENT.-On Monday evening, a child of six years of age. daughter of Henry Payne, residing at the Hafod, wbiie crossing tha Neath-road, near her house, was run over by » passing tram and killed. The child was deaf and dumb. AT MR CHAPMAN'S STUDIO, the beat Photo graphs are takeu on the most moderate terms. 1032

LLANELLY. LOCAL BOARD —Tbe annual meeting of the Llanelly Local Board was held on Monday. Mr W. H. Ludford moved that Mr John Bourne be re-elected chairman, and spoke in high terms of the manner in which that gentleman had filled the office during the past year. Mr Richard Nevill seconded the motion, which was carried amidst applause.-Oii the subject of arranging com- mittees, Mr Maybery moved that the committees consist of the whole board but the motion was lost, and the same system reverted to as last year. —Mr Hopkins gave notice of motion that the press be admitted to all futureconimittee meetings. An analysis of the attendance of members during the year was submitted, when it appeared that the chairman had attended all board and com- mittee meetings except one. NEURALGIA, TOOTII-ACHE, FACB-ACHB, kc.— Remarkable testimonials daily to the efficacv 01 Beran's Specific.—W George, M.P.S., Swausea. 7599

MERTHYR. FORTHCOMING BAZAAR. Arrangements are being made for the holcting of a bazaar and flower show on a large scale fit the Drill-hall in .Tune, in aid of Morlais English Baptist Church. There is a debt of about J6900 l the building, and the bazaar is to be made the means of liquidating it as far as possible. • MB JOSEPH Gu. sov. -Probably no gentleman is more widely known among the commercial and travelling communities of this district than Mr Gunson, station master of the Great Western Offices, Merthyr Tydfil. For more than 35 years has Mr Gunson had the control of tue statwn, with its anuually increasing passenger and merchandise traffic. The incessant work, and the infirmity incidental to growing age, have at last suggested that the time for comparative rest must come, and accordingly, much to the regret of the company and of the public, both of whom Mr Gunson has served so faithfully, he is about to retire from his post, and in a few days he will resign his duties to other hands. RESIGNATION OF THE REV. B. THOMAS.—On Sunday the Rev. B. Thomas, paster of the Taber- nacle Welsh Baptist Chapel, announced his resignation. Mr Thomas, who has been the pastor of the Tabernacle for six years, has accepted acall to the pastorate of the Commercial- road English Baptist Church, Newport. ZlIuch regret will be feit in the district when the departure of thu rev. geutleman becomes generally known.

RHONDDA VALLEY. COWARDLY ASSAULT ON AdA. Ar. WIFE ON Monday, at tho Ysrrad police-court—before the Stipendiary (Mr Ignatius Wilitiiii,), Mr D. W. Davies, Air J. Davies, and MrT. P. Jenkms- a. collier named Isaac Pate was charged with having assaulted Raes Watkins, collier, Ystrad. The evidence showed that while complainant and his wife were walking along the street defendant clasped his arm around the waist of the latter, who thereupon screamed. Complainant requested the accused to desist. He was thereupon kicked by somebody from behind, while another person seised 111m. violently by the throat.—A tine of 10s and costs was imposed, A RUFFIANLY GANG.—Charles Sussex, Trealaw, was etiarged with navins- assaulted Lemuel D,.vies.-Complainant said that a friend of his lost a purap, and he (witness) asked the thief to return it. Thereupon he was struck down by the defendant, and, while on the ground, wrs kicked by a crowd of slJma 15 persons, who stood around the Trealaw Inll.-Defendant was sen- tenced to prison for two months, and the Stipendiary remarked that he was very sorry that the other members of the gang had not been apprehended. LARCENY AT PONTYPRIDD. Evan Davies, collier,Cefynydd,pln*ded guilty to having stolen a pair ot boots froitl i ff a nail outside the window of Cash r.nd Co., Talf-street, Pontypridd, aud was tined £1.

ABERDAKE. BANKRUPTCY Ex -AMINATIO.N.-A public examina- tion of W. J. Powell, tradiug as Powell and Co., provision merchants, Aberdare, Mountain Ash, and Capcocli, was held at Aberdare on Monday, before Mr Registrar Ibwell. Mr W. L. Daniel, official receiver, questioned the debtor, for whom MrC. Kenshole professionally appeared. A sub- lease, which the bankrupt bought of Mr Fennell, was in the hands of Mr Richards, solicitor, who had a lien on it. He gave Mr Richards book- debts for collection he could not say how much, because be had still got the papers. He had asked Mr Richards to give him the account, but he had not done so. He did not place himself helplessly in tha hands of Mr Richards or Mr Abrahams, the Halik. His (debtorV) cheques were dis- honoured at the National Bank of Wales, and the assistance which he received from the bank was not sufficient to enable him to bridge over his difficulties. He had assigned the debts to the bank. According to his deficiency account, as now understood, his liabilities were L349 12< 81 ill excess ct his assets. He had never taken stock, and, with the exception of Mountain Ash. he had been entirely in the hands of his assistant?. The examination was adjourned lor a fortnight for debtor to file some accounts,

PONTYPRIDD. WIRE-NETTING and Garden Tools at special prices.—Perkins Kros. and Co., Ironmongers, 53, St. iilary-stre3t, and Wyndbam Arcade, Cardiff. 8247

NEWPORT. THE LOS 18 OF THE C.IEItAU.-At the services held on Sunday at the Seamen's Church special reference was made to the loss of the officers and crew of the ilL-fated ss. Caerau, one of the Bilbao fleet, which lately foundered during a heavy gala in the Bay of Biscay. At the close of the services J67 14* 51 was collected from the seamen present, and this sum will form the nucleus of the fund which it is expected will be raised for the benefit of the widows and families of the unfortunate men. THE RKV. J. W. DUNK, Maindee, receives a few boys for preparation lor Oxford and Cambridge local examinations, preliminary III wand medical, the Univnrsit.es, etc., in which ltost of the former pupils have been successful. NEW THEATRE lighted entirely by Electricity. D. E. Humphreys, proprietor. To-night, Jacobowski's Comic Opera, Krininie." 9648

CARDIFF. SALK OF PROPItitTY.-Ou Monday evening, Mr W. G. Laity, auctioneer, offered for sale by public auction, at the Royal Hotel, the valuable And commodious residence, Banstead House, Newport-road, and the same was purchased by Messrs Ensor and Son, solicitors, on twlmlf of the tenant, Mr John Henry Mullins, for Z975. ACCIDENT.—On Monday evening a gardener named Richard Preston, aged 40, and residing at 6, Canal-street, while driving home from Llan- dough, accidentally upset his vehicle, one of the wheels of which, falling heavily on bit left leg, fractured it just above the ankle. The injured man was removed to the infirmary, where he remains. FALSE REPRESENTATION BY A SEAMAN.— At the Cardiff police-court »n Monday—before Messrs T. W. Lewis (stipendiary) and Boulanger—a sea- man named Thos. Quinu (29) was charged on a warrant with fraudulently making a false statement with regard to lie name of the last vessel on which he was engaged. The prosecution was at the instance of the Board of Trade.—A fine of 20-i and costs was imposed, with the alternative of 14 days' imprisonment. CARDIFF WORKMEN'S LIBERAL CLUB AND IN- STITUTF.-Ti,-s general meeting d membors will be held at the Liberal Offices, 55, Queen-streer, on Wednesday, April 18th, at 7.30 p.m. T. L. WHITT, Secretary pro tem. 9641 2* 6D IN THlt £ DISCOUNT.—GENUINE ANNUAL SALE, 21 days only, from April 13th, to maks room for S Summer Goods. Ribbings' Old-established China Shop, 37 and 3d, Royal Arcade, and 111, Queen-strort, Ca ff. 9586 HARRIS, SON, & Co., of Merthyr, have now a Fine Art Studio, Royal Arcade. Cardiff 1043 WIRJC NETTING and Garden Tools at special prices.—Perkins Bros, and Co., Ironmongers, 53. St. Mary-street, and Wyndham Arcade, Cardiff. 8247

PENARTH. WIRR-NETTING and Garden Tools at special prices.—Perkins Bros, and Co., Ironmongers, 53. St. Mary-street, and Wyndham Arcade, 8247

A FLOOD OF NEW COMPANIES. Says the Inveitors' Guardian Since the Budget speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer a marvellous increase has taken place in tli. number of new companies registered at Somerset House, so as to avoid the payment of the new duty of £1 per £ 1,000 of nominal capital, which comes into operaticu with the Act. In our present issue we chronicle the particulars cf the registration of no less than 107 new companies, with an aggregate capital of over £ 25,000,000, all of which have been registered between the 4th and the 11th inst. In the corresponding week of last vear 35 new companies were registered, with a tofal nominal capital of £ 5,000.000.

MRS MACKAY'S JKWBLS.—Mrs Mackay, the wife of the American millionaire, is said to possess the finest jewels in the worid. One of them is a*appliire that she bought from a Russian Prince for ESO,003 ;he owns also the finest known emerald. Among ner other toys is a necklace of pearls worth £ 20,00 ) and a set of corals comprising a brooch, crown, bracelet, etc., all of the most delicate rose colour, each piece being profusely set with fine diamonds. There exists only one other like it, and that belongs to the Qieen of Portugal. Besides these she has a pair of solitaires worth £ 85,000. One of them was bought at the sale of the effects of the Duke of Brunswick, and the jeweller who was commissioned with securing its fellow was upwards of two years tn finding it. Most of these jewels, together with it great quantity of rare and valuable lace, will probably coiue some day to the Princess Colonna, the daughter of Mrs Mackay. But after all, a pair of sparkling eyes are far more attractive than diamonds—though not ts lasting-and a fine head of hair gives a halo ot beauty to a woman's head that no crown or tiara can equal! Were a lady bereft of this adornment, there is no doubt she would be willing to sacrifice full Luatiy elll of purest ray Rerene to I recover it, but which she need not do while she can obtain Mrs S A. Allen's World's Hair Restorer, which will prevent theloss of the hair, keep it strong, vigorous and glossy, and restore gray or faded bair to all its onginal brightness of colour and texture. It can be purchased of any chemist or perfumer anywhere. As a hair dressing it is without, an equal, being delicate and agreeable. No toilet table should be without it, and few are, especially in the most fashionable circles. Shade Cards and Price Lists on application to Parry and Rocke. Swansea 2963 WITH A FACE THAT WAS BKAHINQ, one who had suffered for 40 years from Corns said, I never got any benefit until I used Viridine. Now my Corns are allgone, and I feel as if I could dance about again with any one." Hundreds of equally satisfactory testimonials can be given, and Munday's Viridine." of which so many imitations are made, is THE remedy which suf- ferers should use. Sold in la Battles by post is 3d, by the Sole Proprietor, J. Munday, Chemist, 1, High street, Cardiff. 1079

ANTICIPATIONS. To-morrow a start will be made with the New- market Craven Meeting and some interesting sport will be provided. For tho opeuiug day's 1 events I shall vote for the f(yilowing:- Light-weight Selling—PAKGA or PULSATION. Visitnt'r;' Plate-FISAKCIh:R or APRIL FOOL. Trial Stakes—COHOUT or PROPLIIITY. Fitzwilliarr: Piate-lotir) GROKGE. Thirtieth Bien oi:i]-AS A RCfi or I-LA!)A. Crawfurd Plate—WOODLAND or MONSIEUR DE PARIS. Riddlesworth—Duke of Portland's selected. Double Trial Plate-VIOLETTA FILLY or PRE- SENT ALMS. Monday Night. VIGILANT.

NEWMARKET CRA VIN MEETING TO-DAY'S RACING. ORDER OK RUNNING.—Trial Stakes, 2: Double Trial Plate. 2 .'•O Visitor^' Plate, 3 Fitzwilliam Plate, 3 30; Crawfurd Plite, 4 Kiddlewcrth Smies, 4 30 Light- weight Selling, b Thirtie h Benuial. 6 3J, KXTItlEs. LIGHT-WEIGHT SELLING PLATE—Upstart (4v). Franciscan (3y), Mahone (3y). Sly (iv), .Labyrinth til I y (3y), (3y), Piii-ation (3 ), and Voiscian Qneeu (4y) ."■ELLIN'S CLAIMS.—In the Dúuh1e Trial Plate the following claim iO be sold for 200 sovs :-P a-)-rLway Agitesliewitt, Fatima, Merry March, Spanish Dance, Spoliation, Medoc, Preseut Alms, Vanda, and Calrutick Maid. SCRATCHINGS. TUKSDAT.—Riddlesworth Stakes—sprinehaven and Serajiliine. Double Trial Plate—Perpetra tally. fuid 1'1at-tTpsct and :lb!lqll" tie Fer. WEDNESDAY.Column Produce Stkem-Rigmar,,Il filly, Quicksilver, Hester coit, Lowland ljass, and Chivalry. Two yeav-old Place—Gertrude IIlly. JJabra- hain Pl.ite—Obtiron. Ashley Plat*—Garlic. THURSDAY.—Craven stakes—The Falcon. Iolair, Bonnie Wee Thins, Furcunio, Meduc, Metaphor, Strathsteven, and Trespasser. LATKST SCRATCHINGS. TUESDAY.— lUdd.'eiworth -Stake,- A rradd;tle. Fltz, william fllate-El Dorado, Norwood Hortense, Frances, .Jane Ha ling. Listen, Gntroul.an-l b;lver Pl-ite tilly. Crawfnrn Plate—J ugcler, Whistle Jacket, hy", Heloise. and Antouina. Thirtieth Bien ti:lat- ilark, Benburb. and Mayo, WEDNESDAY.—Column Produce-I.rksome and Miss Daisy, IhreeYear Old Plitte-Suriiitoit, Habraham Plate-Cayenne Pepper, Cardinal hi, and Diavolo. Ashley Plate—Dfliiah. THURSDAY.—Craven Stakes-Blue Rock, King of Kent. Victor Albert, Neapolis, Lord Kin-st, Cuntata, Cyril, Pariah, :md Margot. Twenty-ninth Biennial— Rhine Maiden ami Cactus. ARRIVALS.—The following horses have arrived Fretwork, Fatima, Livingstone, Chillington, Ordovix, Belisarius n, Dazzle, Irgunder, Latuiia, Fealty, Arquebus, Anarch. Playaway tiliy, Sienna, Idnaoon, St Helen, Sky Pilot, ano Pulsation. There was 110 betting at the subscripton-rooms last night.

LICHFIELD MEETING. TO.)H Y'S RACING. ORDER Of RUNNING. -Maiden Hunters' Flat, ?. 15 Selling Open Hurdle. 2 45 Beauilesert flunt Cun, 31a Neiliu;; Hunters' Steeplechase, 3 45 Wynchnor Hurdle, 4 15 Gopsal Steeplecba <e, 4 10, KNTJUKS. SELLING HUNTBRS' STKKPKCHASE.—Nevada celding (ageo), to be sold for £ 100; Milady (aged), Ker (5y), Brooklyn I (6-), Loading, ton (6v), S H H (4y), Patsy (at;ed), and Mulateer (4y); each to be sold tor £to. OPEN SELLING HURDLE.—Sir Harry (4y), Christmas Gift (y). War.-eicy (agod), and Vandt..rb;IL (4y); each to he sold for £ 50. ARRIVALS.—The following horses have arrived Baccv, Liettie. Ding Delist, Christinas Gift, Conway, Nev'ida celding, Soudan, Consummation, Helen Divis, Sir Bors, Maroon, Lord Wenlock, Miss Rowsham, Rev, Milady, Lady Glell, Lady Kellie, Brooklands, Lord Coventry, Liddington, ir Harry, Mignor, Cabrera, Warble, Miss Hawthorn gelding, Vanderbilt, Patsy, Warsley, Mulateer, Lunar, S 11 U, Parsang, Levanter, alld Coracle. Several others expected in the morning.

NEWMARKET TRAINING NOTES. (BY OUR NEWMARKET CORRESPONDENT.) NEWMARKET. Monday.—On the Bury side, Enoch's King Monmouth, Caei laverock, and Scottish King were sent one mile Grey Friars and Yuletide going six furlongs. C Archef a E vers fluid and Chelsea nego- tiated ene mile. Arnull's Kglamore did a similar gallop. Chaloner's Jersey Lily yalloped a little over a mile. G. Dawson's Seaton, Johnny Morgan, Ayrshire, 1>ouble Katemire, and Hazlehatch were sent one mile. J. Dawson's, sen., Braw Lass, Monkshood, Thunder- storm and Tasso covered the same distance. Matthew Dawson's Minting, Crowberry, Gautby, Piccadilly, Galore, Spring Jack, llada, and The Baron went a little over one inile. Jeivitt's i^e&breeze. Devote, and Zaina galloped one mile. Ryan's Bird of Freedom. Enterprise, Woodland. Zoophyte, Briar-root, Fleur d'Marie, Sorrento, and Palmleaf negotiated a nimilar distance. Sherwood's E..m.ocr, Sawdust, Rameses, Ban- ter, and Bessie went a m; le. On the Racecourse side, Jennings's, sen, Blondel, Devilshoof, Scene Shifter, Rebound, aud Frank nego- tiated on? mile and a quarter Father Confessor went six furiongs. Sherrard's Cohort, Bard of Erin, Com- motion, l)agobeit, Torchlight, and Governor Waller galloped one mile and a quarter Jarvis's Van Diemans Land going a similar gallop. Gurry's Queen Bee, Sweetheart, Hanover, Duke of Marlborough, and Gahinule negotiated a mile and a. half. Brown's The Peeler a> d Bob Roy galloped the same distance, Saulor's Beilatrix and Simou Pure went a mile.

LONDON BETTING. MONDAY NIGHT. Almost as soon as speculation was commenced Ty one was backed for the Jubilee Stakes at 100 to S. 11 price which was quickly reduced to 10 to 1, at which rate Thunderstorm was also supported fot a small amount. Late in the afternoon Minting was in strong request, and tidvanced rapidly from 6 to I until, at the close, 4 to 1 was accepted in a few instances. There seemed to be any amount ot support for Friar s Balsam for the Guineas, an-l from 2 to 1 being offered that he wins, the odds were increased until 9C0 to 400 would have been betted on him. There was, however, at the same time good support for Ayrshire and Hazlehatch at 100 to la and 10 to 1 respectively. The Durby was very quiet, the only beta of any consequence being* with Ayrshire, about whom 6 to 1 was taken readily. A conditional bet for the Guineas of 700 to 400 Oil Friar's Balsam, with the proviso that Ayrshiie runs, was also effected. Quotations :— TWO THOUSAND GUINKAS (One mile 17 yards. Run Wednesday, May 2nd.) 9 to 4 "011 Friars Balsam (c) 100 to 15 agst Ayrshire (t d. w) 10 to 1 agst Hazlehatch (t4w) KBMPTON JUBILIIEL SFAKKS. (One mile. Huu Saturday, May 12th.) 4 to 1 agst Minting, 5y ICst (o, Ó to 1 w) 10 to 1 Tyrone "y 6st, AZtb (t A o) 10 to 1 Thunderstorm, &y 8st (t) lOD to 6 Asliplant, by 7ut 71b (t) 25 to 1 The Cobbler (t) i3 to 1 Gallinule (t) 33 to 1 Woodland, 4y list Sib (t) 33 to I le Caissier, by 7st 61b (t) THE DNRBY. One mile and a half. Run Wednesday, May 33. 6 to 4 agst Friar's Balsam (o) 6 to 1 Ayrshire (t) 10 to I A)s,ry (t) 20 to 1 Crowberry (t) M to 1 Duk* of Marlborough (t) 65 to 1 Justinian (t) 4_N_

TnE nACIG WORLD SAYS :-8, 7, 44, 84; SpeciLl- 27, 26, 40, 9i Carter and Whitaker, Turf Accountants Broad-st. Chambers. BristoL Tel. a,ldre"Whit&ker. Bristol. THE DEMON'S CODE.—Chaplin's Demon Cede says Black, 31-50, Met. Telegraphic addresa-D,inoii, Spennymoor. THE MIDDLEHAM (MENTORS) OPINION &AYS :— Trial, 6 Visitors, 14 Riddlesworth, 3 Fitzwilliam. 33 Biennial, 80: Donble. 8 Crawf >rd. 4— foar 7. 'JVlegiams remainder of the week, 7s.—Address J. MENTOR, Middleham, Bed ile.

FOOTBALL. CARDIFF HARLEQUINS IN 1837.83. Score for. Score against. Opponents. Result. Goals. Tries. Gonls. Tries Llanoliy lost 1 0 2 1 Swans«a drawn 1 1 1 1 Pontypridd drawn 10 1 0 Newport lost 0 2 1 1 Neath won 0 2 0 0 Penvgraig won 13 0 0 Ki«ca won 1 5 0 1 Bridgend won 2 6 0 0 drawn 0 0 0 I) Swansea lost 0 0 4 2 Newtiort lost 0 0 1 1 i Bridgend won 2 1 0 iO Troedyrhiw won 7 7 0 p Crick ho well won 1 3 0 II Radcliffe(bancashire)drawn ..0 0 0 0 Penygraig won 0 1 Oft Roath (local cup). won 0 2 0 (t Bristol won 12 1 0 LI indaff (local cup), .won 12 0 0 Cardiff lost 1 0 2 0 Llanelly lost 2 0 2 1 Whitchurch won 3 1 0 0 Penarth (local cup, final)lost 0 0 0 0 Newport won 0 1 0 0 Pontypridd won 2 3 0 1 Cardiff lost 0 1 12 Total 27 43 16 II Matches played, 2b; won, 14 drawn, 4 lost, 8.

BKRROW IKON TRADE. BARROW, Monday.-The ir;)n market remains very firm, and business is fairly maintained, prices being steady at late quotations. Nlixd numbers of Bessemer iron net f.o.b., at 44s per tou, and fonje and foundry No, 3 quality at 43. Stocks are still large, but many 01 the makers hold next to no metal. The make is maintained, and .the orders on shipping account have been increased. The steel trade is brisk, and the demand for all classes of manufacture is active makers are busy, rails arft in heavy production, and prices range from £:3 15, M to 24 per ton f.o.b., for heavy sections. Steel for shipbuilding is in active demand. Shipbuilders are expected to be very busy. Iron ore in large consnmptioat but Mw orders are quiet, from 8s 6d to lis.

HOUSEBREAKING AT CAERPHILLY. At Llandaff police-court on Monday-bofore Dr Paine, Colonel Woods, and Mr John Jones- Thomas Hart, of no fixed residence, was charged with burglariously entering the cottage of Edward Darlintr, Caerphilly, a gardener, in the employ of Mr Richard Williams, solicitor, Llanishen, and with stealing therefrom a coat, a pu>r of boots, and a quantity of provisions. Prosecutor stated on entering his house at mid-day on the 11th inst, he discovered that a window bad been broken, and the property mentioned gone. He overtook the prisoner on the road with the articles fin him. He thereupon gave him into custody.—Prisoner refused to state anything of himself, and was reminded for a week in order that inquiries nnght ba made respecting him.

DR. DIt JONGH'S LIGHT-BROWN COD Livirn OIL-IN THE WASTING DISEASES OF CHILDRRN ITS EFFICACY IS UNEQUALLED.—Dr. R. C. Croft, author of "Handbook for the Nursery,' writes: "I have tried Dr. de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil, and find that it contains all the properties which render the Oil so efficacious. Dr. de Jongh's Oil is almost a specific in many of the Diseases peculiar to Infancy and Child- hood, and I have seen marked benefit produced by its use, Patients prefer it to the Pale Oil-, and are able to retain it wore comfortably.' Sold only in capsuled Imperial Half-pints, 2s 6d Pints, 4s 9a Quarts, 9s: by all chemists, Sole Consignees. 4osar, Harford and Co ,2.1\1 High Holboin. London. 1021 6

I LATEST MARKETS. CORN. LONDON, llml1A.. IkJ:,11 English and foreigr wheat held ¡"r fully late valll. and more money asked in t.oni'j instances. English white was (1IlOèt>d at 32, to 3?;; ditto red, 3¿. per quarter. J.nifre arrivals of flour, hut huiness faiily active at lace values. Grindinz barley quiet malting filII up. J- ul prices also paid for oats. M uze.-caioe oil sp it, and rather deare", liea",s ami neas 3.1 to 6d dearer. Arrivals —British When, 2,768 qis barley, 108 (it.- 4 oats, 563 qis maize, 40 qrs; malt. 7,533 ijr»; hcans, 110 qrs p&as, 37 fJrs; flu ir, 17.857 sacks. Foreign —Wheat. 1:8,644 uvs parley, 0,878 qrs; oats. 37.683 qrs; maizt", 15.427 qr» IInlr. nil; beans, 1,056 <jrs pe is, 2,1'06 qrs flour, 98,366 sacks. GLASGOW, Monday. \¡arket poorly attended, how. ever.the flding is still :ol,,1 for wheat 1li\(1 t\.Hlr,th(t hr. ter rising 6 i 'ipon the week, nnd buyers are not free to give the rise. -Maiz-i 31 higher since Friday, prime niixtd American realising 14s 6d per iSSO lbs. Tendency in wards for barley and oats, lieiiis qu et—griuuiiig, 15s to 15s 6d per 280 lbs. SEED. LONDON. Monday.—MISSIS John Shaw and Sons, sefd \I1tJrchll.nt, of 37, Mark-lane, London. K.C., write that, as mwht he expected, there is now a lively sowing dttnand for all descriptions of farm seeds, under ih » influence of which the comparatively siuuli stocks reo maining on hand are rapidly diminishing. Fine alsike, on account of its scarcity, exhibits a substantial advance. Choice whites are also tinner. In red seed there is no quotable variation! Petenr.iai and Italian ryegrasses ;Ire also without change For spritig tare- there is an improved sale at, higher rates. Stocks 011 the spot are in narrow C'lIlIp:tI5S, Blue peas have met with more atteution. For bir.iseeds last week's prices are realised. nTTI.E. J LONDON, Monday —B^ast trade very slow, at 2d to. in some cases, 4,1 per filb decline, and a bad finish expected. Best .Scotch. 4s 8.1 Norfolk*. 4* 4d to 4s M p",8,h. n itish ani.1.Is comprised 100 Scotc, 1, 1,;)58 !li"nrf"lk. Suffolk, and Ksscx, anti 750 111I.{,n, home, and western counties. Sheep trade sl.,w, at about former values Lamb in hetier neinainl. A few fat calves made 55 21; oiher kinds lnd lIale. P i extremely dull. Milch cow*, £ 1^ to £2 each. Beef, 2i 4.1 to 4s 3d mutton. 3, Jd to bs 2 1 veal, o.s to 6s 21; pork, 2.. 4d to 3s 6s; lamb, bs to 7s4dper 8111. Beasts. 2.670 dhsei) an.1 lambs, ll,7.)(); clthe, J50 pigs, 10 including foreign —beasts, 470 sheep, 10 C:I Ives, 20. LIVERPOOL, Monday.— Blasts, 813; slice's 2,703. Best beasts, Cil to 6Jd second, 4jd to 6d wooiled sheep, 8d to 9.t clipped, 6,,1 to '/JI. Supply of :-tcc. lnucn smaller than last week, but demand slow for cattle at about It e r itc a few choice lots 01 Scottii.li cattle making 7d. Sheep in fair demand at raMier more money. A fa;r attendance of country buyers. DEAD MEAT. LONDON, Monday.—Supplies continue large, and with warm weaiher, tr,Ide remains extremely dull at the annexed prices. Heei, 2s 6 i to 3s 8d prime Scotch 00., 3s 8,1 to 3s lOd mutton, 2 6,l'to 4s 6d veal, 2s oil fo 4s 4.1; luce pork, 2s Sd 10 3s 6.1 small ÙO., 3& bot t,) 3s 10,1; lamb, 5s to 5, 8<1 per 810. PRODUCE. LIVERPOOL, Monday.—Suj-ar, moderate business con fined to Brazils at prices rather in sellers' favour. Beet steady. April sellers, 14s. Cotfee quiet. Cocoa sieadv African sold at 62s 6d I.iuseed quiet. Castor oil 2 91&d. Lard dearer, at 40s. Palm oil dull, but no", quotably lower. Petroleum quiet nnd steady— good American, 6kd to b'¡; Vtussian, 6d Turpen- tine firm. at 30s. titrate, 9, 6,1 to 9s 9d. LONDON, Monday.—Su-ar— retineu maricet good, and nearly everything on otter w is sold a" 3d advance for cubes and pieces, and 6d advance for crystals. Foreign refined in demand, especially jiranulaced, ai.d prices also dearer. Small business in b-etioot. at about laie values. Aoril. 14s Oi May, 14s 1,,1; June. 14s 3d. Grocery kinds stad)", but little doinj;, pelldin 1:Ir;:e public "sales to-morrow. Coffee steady, but inactive. Tea—9,492 oackaces Irdian. etc., sold with a strong market. Ceylon broktn Pekoes, 1Oi'l to Is 6d. Rice neglected. Cotton-A merican iletti-er East Indian steady. Jute quiet. East Indian inoi::o sales com- menced to-day buying slow, at generally 2d to 3d below January rates a few choice lots steady. Tallow, Y.C., 35 po:" Turpenti-ic, 29s 3d. American petro- leum od to 6¡¡\1 spot. PROVISIONS.' LONDON, Monday.—Butter market remains without improvement. Kiel, 94 to 106s Banish, 94 to 10ó- Fries land, 78s to 84s Normandy, lûO, to 116s Jersey. 90s to 1 >0s Swedish, 94* to li'6s. Itaeon—Irish firm at 48* to 59s; Hamburg. Ó to 63s; Danish. 4, to 62s. Hams in moderate request. Lard low trad". Cb. unaltered. American 60s to 63s; Edam, bbs to 63s Gonda. 50., to 56s. BLITTRR. CORK, Monday.—Firsts, 113s; seconds, 79s; thiris. 63s fourths, 51s. J{,,s-tllir.ls, 56s fourths, 46s. •Mild-cured firkins—fine, 102s mild, !?{»«. In market- 511 firkins, 4 kegs, 19 mild. SUGAR, GLASGOW, Monday. —Market very active. Yellows and mediums 3d to 6d dearer; finest 2d. Everything oJd. The official report stateo :—Everything sold. Pi ices generally 3J. dearer. POTATOES. LONDON, Monday.—Fair supplies, and trade generally quiet. Best qualities, however, maintain their value. .Vlagnums, 60- iol0&<; Regents. 60s to 110s; cham- pions, 50s to 70s Dutch rocks, 50s to 60s per ton. HOP". LONDON, Monday —There is a little more demand in the hop market for good qualities for consumption, but there is no improvement in values. The speculative enquiry for yearling hops at low priceir still exists, but little business results, as huliers are unwilling to take the exceedingly small values offered. WOOL. BRADFORD, Monday.—l'here is little change to record in the Bradford market. Wool maintains its value, but the prices ruling at the London sales are rather higher relatively than here. There is a fair con. sumption going nn, but purchasers only buy small quantities at once. In tb yarn trade feeling is a little more cheerful, except as regards twofotds for Biber. feld, which are still much neglected. Piece trade fairly ood, but prices are iow. LONDON, Mondav.—11,732 biles brought forward, including 3,386 Port Phillip, 5.267 Sydney, 301 Queensland, 881 Adelaide, 703 New Zealand, 1,141 Cape and Natal, 53 River Plate and Jamaica. Good competi- tion for most qualities, at firm prices. COAL. LONDON, Monday.—Fine warm weather caused some weakness in the sea-borne house coal market to-day, and prices were reduced 6d per ton. Heltons, 16s ód Lambtons, 16s Ea t Hartlepool, 15s bol Lyons and Wear, 15s per ton. Ships arrived, 33; sold, IS gas, 14 aliips at sea, 10. Wind, west. METALS. GLASGOW. Monday. Market again easier, and moderate business done at 3911 and 33" 11 id cash l 39s l|,d one month buyer*. 38s ll^d «u>U; 39» 114 one month; sellers near. Middlesbrough done at 31s 9d cash; 32s one month; buyers, 31 9d cash I 315 Hid one month sellers, id more. Htma'ite done 4 Is 10,4d cash 42s Id one month sellers, ii dearer, LONDON, Monday.—Copper active. 350 tons ChiU sold at £80 cash three months sold at £7ï 2. 6rl to £ 7T, 12s 6d. Tiii-Straits, £166, buyers, cash C166 10s fot small parcels, cash to-day C 5for 15th May gllf for June prompts. Spelter, 1;17 10s to £17 lbs, Spanish lead, £13 15 to £L4. Engiisb, E14 to £14 5s. Scotch pig iron, ;:i9s cash. FAIR, CARMARTHEN, Monday.—John Brown's fair was held on Monday, a large number of horses being brought in 011 Saturday evening, when, perhaps, better prices were offered than Oil Monday. A great many dealers put in an appearance, and a large number of useful horses were sold at from £ 20 to £ 30, a very few beiug sold at from £40 to C45. £10 to £15 was also given for horses. There were no colts offered. Ponies, of which there was a good supply, realised from £8 to £12. There was a very largn cattle fair large supnly of cows, most of them in low condition. Some of the best two-yr-old steers fetched from £10 to £12 each. while inferior onek were about £2 less. The demand for barren cows and heifers was fairly good, at from fA to £10. A great many cows and calves were offered, but met with a slow sale at from £8 to EIS, their quality not being very good. Fat cattle were scarce, and sold at from 6d to 7t1 per lb. Fat bulls, 5d per lb. Bulls for stock purposes in demand, at from £6 to £ 12 each.

I IMMENSE FAME. (From The Manchester Umpire ) The London Daily Sportsman remarks edi- torially A really invaluable specific, for the cureot rheumatism, neuralgia, sprains. bruises, See., has gained immense fame in America, Australia, Itnd all parts of the world. Reference is made to St. Jacobs 01, and the universal nature of its sale may be judged from the fact that the makers have to print their instructioixs for its use iu no fewer than eleven languages. The unso- licited testimonials received by the proprietors are of the most positive character, emanating from representative men and women of prominence. We should certainly say that St. Jacobs Oil is worthy of all attention, and that athletes espe- cially, who are subject to bruises and strains, will testify to its undoubted efficacy." The West End 'Bus Company, Auckland, New Zealand, of which Mr S. Cinld is mannffer, writes to the Daily Herold of that city:—"We have much pleasure in b* arinp testimony to the effi- cacy of St. Jacobs Oil. Its success has been par- ticularly marked in eases of lameness in our stables. For man and beast, St. Jaeobs Oil is the greatest pain-cure ever discovered." "As a testimonial from one of the oldest drug-houses in Great Britain, respecting your household remedy," say Messrs Franc's New- bery and Sons, London (established 125 years*, will, no doubt, be of interest to you, we are pleased to make the statement that we have sold, with satisfaction to the public, St. Jacobs Oil for several years, and that owing to the extraordinary merits of the article, the demand is continually increasing, and that we have hoard many favour- able reports regarding its great virtue as a liain-curing remedy." The Trotting Editor, The Spirit of the Tistes, N^w York, Mr E. C. Walker, after an exhaustive interview with leading horsemen, stablemen, sportsmen, drivers and breeders of horses, states, editorially, that St. Jacobs Oil will do all that is clainied for it iu the cure of aches, pains, and suffering in man and beast. Ths popular veterinary surgeon of New York, U.S.A., William A. Souia, D.V.S., for nine years m charge of the Third Avenue Tramcar stables, certifies to the curative qualities of St. Jacobs Oil, as superior to all other reiretlies for all ailments of horses, such as sprains, galls, aud rheumatism. Mr WiViam Pagan, of the Liverpool Harriers, writes :— I believe St. Jacobs Oil to be the best thing ever \Med for curing and preventing swellings and sorenesv of the cords and muscles after severe exercise. Havingused the oil myself, and knowing other members of this club who use no other remedy after their exercise and races, I have no hesitancy in recommending it to All athletes. A card has lieen issued by Mr E. A. Pereira, Head Inspector of Post ohic", Calcutta, India, certifying to tho instantaneous relief afforded by St. Jacobs 0 I, 111 the Campbell Hospital, where its use was advised by medical men. Onto of the oldeit and most extensive dealers in drugi in Great Britain, Mr John Thompson, 58, Hanover-street, Liverpool, write It is a grtiat pleasure to sell a remedy which gives general satisfaction, and oor people have become con- vinced of the fact, that S- Jacob's Oil conquers pain. The demand for it 111 Liverpool and vicinity was never so great as ut the present, and is daily increasing." There is now a remedy which does one tiling thoroughly. It conquers pain. It goes right to the spot. It concentrates its wiiole power to cure, pain. It penetrntes to toe root of the disease. Its name is 8t. Jacob's Oil. It is used externally. It is simple. It is safe. It is sure.

TERRJBLE DEATH OF A MINES' INSPECTOR. Mr Joliti Shufflebotham, recently appointed examiner under tho Mines' Act, met with a shock- in death 09 Monday at the Diglako Colliery, Audley, North Staffordshire. He was going his round when A fall of the roof took place, h.<If burying him. He called for assistance, but before he could be extricated a further fall took pLce, killing him instantly.

I "TOE OPINION LY.KV.MLS to.I REIVES are prepared fr.<n\Foreign Fruit, but Wiiiuni P. Hurdej uses F.nprlish, Fruit only. Hartley's Damson Great Delicacy." S110