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tauí- 1 Tll ER PER CKNT. PSUSRIAX AND THREE I'¡g CKXT. GEK.MAX IMPERIAL LOANS, ml-IE DECTSCHE BANK (BERLIN) .1 LONDON AGENCY are prepared to receive and transmit to Berlin, free of charge. ,SUBSCRIP- TIONS TO THE ABOVE LOAN'S, the issue of which will be matte in Berlin on the 20th instant, at the priee of 84"40 marks per 100 marks nominal value. All further particulars can be ascertained at the Office^ of the said Agency, 4, George-yard, Lombard- stree'i, E.G., where also application farms may be ebtair.ed. lech February. 1801. PA E K H ALhT C A R DI Fh\ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH, 1891, AT 7.45 P.M. LECTURE BY REV D'R JQALLINGER, F.R.S., ENTITLED, "CONTRASTS IX NATURE THE INFINITELY GREAT AND THE IXFIXITELY SMALL." Illustrated wiih transparencies drawn from nature. CHARLES T. VACHELL, Esq., M.D., will preside. Admission:—Balcony, 2s Ground Floor, Is Back Seats, 6d. Doors open at 7.15 p.m Tickets may be obtained at Queen-street Post Office, Messrs Thompson and Shackell's, &c. it. SSEMBLY-ROOM, TO WN- H ALL, .c:-1. CARDIFF. TUESDAY, FEEKUASY 17TH, 1391, A LECTURE by the Kev. C. J. THOMPSON, M.A., entitled" A. WALK THROUGH ROME." Lime-lissht Effects. CHAIRMAN—PRINCIPAL YIRLUIC JOXES. '1'0 commence at 8. Front Seats, 2s. Admission, Is. Proceeds in aid of the Teachers' Orphanages and Orphan Fund*. 9381 ADVERTISEMENT OF SUSPENSION. "^NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies has, pursuant to 38 anil 39 Vic., c. 60, s. 12, by writing under his hand, dated the 12th diiv of February, 1891, SUSPENDED FOR THREE MONTHS the REGISTRY of the DURHAM IXDEPEXDEXT LODGE FRIENDLY SOCIETY (Register No. 442), held at the Bee Hive Inn, Dowlais, in the County of Glamorgan, on the ground that the Society has wilfully, and after notice from a Registrar, violated the provisions of the above- mentioned Act, in respect of the Valuation of its Assets and Liabilities. The Society ceases to enjoy during such suspension the privileges of a registered Society, but without prejudice to any liability incurred by the Society, which may be enforced against it as if such suspension had not taken place. I. M. LUDLOW, Chief Registrar. OtT' 0OUNTY BOROUGH OF CARDIFF. TO DAIRYMEN, COWKEEPERS, AXD MILKSELLERS. The CARDIFF CORPORATION* HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that Section 6 of the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order, 1885, requires that all persons carrying on the trade of Cowkeeper, Dairyman, or Purveyor of Milk, shall be REGISTERED as such in the Register kept by the Corporation in pursuance thereof. The mode of Registration is by an application upon a form which may be obtained at the office of the Inspector of Nuisances, Town-hall, Cardiff. UNREGISTERED Dairymen, Cowkeepers, and Milksellers are liable to a penalty of £ 5. By order, J. L. WHEATLEY. Town Clerk. Town-liall, Cardiff, February 12th, 1891. 9380 SEVERN VOLUNTEER DIVISION ROYAL ENGINEERS. 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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS e BIRTHS. SHEPHERD.—Feb. 14, at 25, Windaor-place, Cardiff, the wife of Mr David Shepherd, of a son. DAVIES.—On Feb. 14, at Loire Villa, Paget-place Penarth, the wife of Wallace Laybourne Davies of a daughter. DEATHS. JONES.—Feb. 12th, at Tremayne Cottage, Cwmparc, Treorky, Taliesin Jones (formerly of Commercial- street, Aberdare), in his 31st year. Public funeral at 2.30 pm Wednesday. Friends please accept this the only intimation. 190 WEEKS.—Feb. 12, at The Barton House, Bristol, Edwm George Weeks (Weeks and Smart, surgeon dentists), aged 37. No flowers, no cardH, by request. WILLI-tM.S.-Feb. 13, at 9, Alma-row, Merthyr, Giles William", aged 89. Public funeral Tuesday, 2.30, for Cefn Cemetery. »Ni;S-rA"n- beloved wife of Wm. Jones, Gwatuiadda ,Dmas. ,lied Feb. 15, 1891, aged 42 years. uPMmai i01V.'rhurtid'iy ncxt' afc 2/60 P-m., for Brfth- intimation mete,y' Fnen<ls P!ease accept this T IX MEMORIAM. In Memoriam of Rachel Mary, the beloved daughter Feb 16th Tile ShoP» Penciider, who dieel, S.i.S,iS„r' a Deeply regretted by relatives and friends.

THE STRIKE. To-DAY will determine whather the labour troubles at CardifF are to be, removed or to be intensified tenfold. They would never have arisen had the spirit which induced the Chamber of Commerce to appoint its Conciliation Committee had prevailed but I the attempt of that committee to establish a permanent body to which disputes should I' be referred was foiled by the unwillingness of both employers and employed. From the speech of Mr Tcnr MANX, on Saturday, it will be seen that he favours conciliatory action, if such action be possible and had the Board of Conciliation which the Chamber of Commerce;sought to form been in exist- ence, its intervention would now lie of material assistance. We may venture to .hope that inasmuch as the last strike led to the suggestion of the establishment of such aboard, the pre, conflict may have at least the one good resuk of helping to re- move the difficulties that have stood in its way. To-day Mr MANN will seek inter- views that will enable him to ascertain whether a basis of negotiation can be arrived at. The reception accorded' him in these approaches to a settlement will largely determine the further operations of the strike committee. If there be a disposi- tion to meet and treat, the way to agree- ment ought not to be difficult to discover. If, on the other hand, there be no such dis- position—or if there be suggestion of im- possible terms—then the course of action may be most injurious to the best interests of the district. We report in another column the resolution of the railway men, who suggest that both Barry and Penarth shall be brought to a standstill by the sea- men and 'dockers before they be asked to enter into the light and their suggestion indicates a widening of the area of strife such as can be contem- plated only with dismay. As at present conducted the disputa does not greatly interfere with the colliers but the stoppage of the three docks will set thousands of miners idle, and in their interests it is earnestly to be desired that wise counsels will govern any action taken to-day. The height of folly is to regard labour questions as the creation of union leaders, for exactly the reverse is the fact, the leaders being forced to the front by circumstances. They dis- charge very difficult duties and perform many thankless tasks and a score of in- stances where their moderating infiucncehas calmed unrest and removed disaffection are too often obliterated by a single strike, even though it be one they have striven to prevent.

WRESTLING SUB NUBILIS. THE proceedings-of the House of Commons will be conducted to-day, not sub rosa, but sub Mibilis. The speech with which Mr JOHN MORLEY will open the long looked-for debate on the condition of Ireland ought to be uncommonly interesting, but it will also be overshadowed. Mr JOHN MOULEY'S great speeches are always far above the level of ordinary Parliamentary oratory, but in the present instance he will have abundant opportunity of imparting to his remarks the freshness and pungency of personal observation. His references to what to(¡)k place at Tipperary will, to a large extent, contain what only an eye-witness could supply, and what none but an ill-mannered, pigheaded opponent would dream of controverting. But with all the interest which will necessarily cling to Mr MOKLEY'S speech, the chief anxiety will be about the Irish members themselves. It is the misfortune of the present hour that the Home Rule party is wanting in cohesion, and that the conduct of those who would naturally be expected to back up Mr MORLEY with the greatest spirit and unanimity has for some time been such as to inflict considerable damage on their own cause. To convince those who are unwilling to be convinced demands, at all times, an effort to which all the force and energy of their opponents must contribute. But we need hardly observe that some of the best champions of Ireland will be unable to take part in the debate. Mr BALFOUR has effec- tually silenced them, while others, like Mr PARNELL, have made themselves so obnox- ious to the leader of the Liberal party tliait ¡' their advocacy will be listened to with some measure of repugnance. The uncrowned king is no longer the patriot worshipped by his followers, the uncrowned king whose mandate is undisputed, or the modest self- sacrilicing gentleman of whom his country- men may justly be proud. It is useless to disguise the fact that, until the leadership of Mr PARNELL has been repudiated by the united Irish party, the taint of disgrace will cling to the cause with which his name ha so long been identified. We do not stop to consider what justifica- tion there is for this. We make no pre- tence of being able to justify it. We only give expression to what we believe. We are not blind to the infirmities of the English character or to the inconsistencies in which its judgments abound. Men whose guilt and shame are dr>ener and blacker than anything known in c.aection with Mr PARNELL'S career are ailowed to pass unjudged and uncondemned. This may be right enough, but one cannot help feeling that it is rather hard for those whose conduct is openly cdnsured, and who are themselves dismissed or banished from society. We can only assume that the public proceed on the unquestionably fair principle of treating every person as innocent until his guilt has been demonstrated. This is a principle which, we hope, will never be abandoned. It is highly necessary as a defence against malicious gossip and beggarly spite. At the same time there is a strong temptation to apply the lash of exposure to those severe censors whose wrath and vituperation scorn all limits when they get the welcome opportunity of launching forth against a poor delinquent caught in the act, and stripping him naked to the skin so as to show him up to the pitiless mockery of the indiscrimmating crowd. We believe that many of Mr PARNELL'S most bitter censors belong to this class, and that the only dis- tinction, after all, between him and them is that they have so far been able to con- ceal their guilt. With this, however, we have nothing to do so far as the Irish question is concerned. As we have already stated, we have to consider only the circumstances, and not their justification. We cannot but feel aggrieved that Mr MORLEY and his chiefs, as well as the whole rank and file of the Radical kparty, will be handicapped in this debate. Their opponents see this, and they will be more than human if they fail to take advantage of it. Men like Mr MORLEY and Mr GLADSTONE will have to expect to see I themselves placed side by side with" their friend and colleague, Mr PARNELL." Of course this will have no weight with Mr GLADSTONE'S true followers. By them it will be treated with the scorn and contempt, which it merits. But such attacks are the garbage of ill- conditioned minds and the fodder with 'which mean spirits eke out existence. Some critics will possibly be of opinion that the association of Mr GLADSTONE'S name with the co-respondent in the nauseous O'SHEA case will help rather than hinder the cause which the former has at heart. But while we admit that this ought to be the result, we must confess that previous observation does not justify any such expectation. In fact, we regard the forthcoming debate as one which will, from its commencement to its close, be conducted under a dark cloud which nothing can disperse, and nothing will ever disperse short of a general revolt from Mr PARNELL'S leadership, and his own exclusion from all sliareiin the counsels of his countrymen.

SEVERN NAVIGATION SCHEME HINDERED. OWING to the action of Cardiff Corporation there is tiak of seriousidelay in commencing. the work of improvements in the Severn navigation, even if the present scheme be not imperilled altogether and so far as | the position of the Corporation has been stated, their attitude is not one that commands approval. It will be re- membered that the scheme, for the carrying out of which an Act of Par- liament has been secured, provides fer dredging certain shoals, the enlargement of locks, and the construction of docks at Worcester, the total expenditure being £ 30,000 and that these works will so improve the navigation that vessels of four hundred tons burthen will be able to ascend the river to Wor- cester, where vessels of only eighty tons can now reach that town. The importance to Cardiff of a good waterway to the Mid- lands can hardly be over-estimated and the Council were prompt to recognise that in this scheme the town had direct and deep interest, the result being that they deter- mined to contribute C5,000 towards the cost of carrying out the work, the contribution being an investment which is to be rc-paid out of profits of the undertaking, and the Corporation being entitled to nominate three members of the Severn Commission so long as their £ 5,000 remain unpaid. The chief need of Cardiff is an import trade, and the opening up of the Severn will furnish great facilities for conduct of an import trade, I giving access the great midland industrial district, the ultimate design being to make extension of tlie.water communica- tion to the very heart of the Midlands, namely, Birmingham. Beitli imports and exports would, however, be facilitated, for Cardiff would become the place of export.for Midland manufactures now sent to London, Liverpool, and elsewhere, water carriage to the Bristol Channel ports being so much cheaper than railway carriage to the places named. These and other considerations determined the decision of Cardiff Cor poration to invest E-5,000 in the Severn improvements; but a difficulty has now arisen that is likely to prove insurmountable unless the Corporation waive its demands. It is asked on behalf of Cardiff that the form of mortgage upon which the money weuld be advanced shall state a term of years within which re-payment is to be made but the prescribed forms of mortgage in the Acts under which the Commissioners work do not permit of a term of years being specified. The provisions of the Act is for payment as the surplus tolls allow and there can be no doubt that the surplus will be a large and increasing one. We fail to perceive any need for fixing a term of years on the contrary, we regard it as highly desirable that the investment should be a permanent one, so that the Corporation may at all times have a voice, through its three Commissioners, in the management of the river. There are hostile interests higher up which have permanent representation, and Cardiff ought to be in a position to effectually meet these at the Commissi oners'gatherings. Moreover, Liverpool is promoting a great scheme for a water-way from the Mersey to Birmingham, for the adverse effect of rail- way rates is putting that port at a disadvan- tage that will increase as time goes on. Cardiff has to choose the very best men as its Commissioners, and to retain their services as leng as possible. The best men, especially for the next year or two, during which the improvement works will be in progress, are those whose own business in- terests prompt to push on the work with all expedition afterwards this necessity will not prevail, but there will always be need for representatives of Cardiff on the Com- missioll..

ARE Nonconformist ministers clergymen ? This is the question which they are now invited to decide for themselves by the Chief Constable of Denbighshire. Major LEADEETTER, in a circular letter, stated that all candidates for any position in his police force would be ex- pected to produce a testimonial from a clergyman." This was regarded as meaning a clergyman of the Church of England, and the CHIEF CONSTABLE came in for a considerable amount of adverse criticism. He has now written to the Press declaring that, in his opinion, the term "clergyman" includes a "minister" of whatever denomination. He bases his opinion upon what lie says is the ordinary wording of toasts, The bishop and clergy of all denominations." As a matter of fact, Major LEADBETTER is wrong. The toast as generally given is The bishop, "clergy, and ministers of all denomi- nations." We think Welsh Noncon- formist ministers would prefer repu- diating the title clergyman" altogether, and be content with the simple desig- nation of minister." Whenever they stand for any public post which requires an exact description of their occupation, they always describe themselves, not as clergy- man but as minister of the Gospel." Everyone will, however, readily accept Major LEADBETTER'S explanation as far as his intention in the matter is concerned. The incident, indeed, will not be with- out its use if only it will induce "tlioie who are responsible for the wording of toast lists to give Nonconformist ministers the position and recognition to which they are entitled. There is no reason why the minister should be made to occupy a position inferior to that of the "clergyman," for this really what the orthodox toast means. It is high time for 11 this fictitious superiority of the "clergy" .Y over the "ministry" to be removed for ever. We are glad to note the tendency of late to do this 0 by substituting for the old phrase one which will include every grade and denomination, such as, for instance, Ministers of Religion," or The Pulpit," which have figured at some important public ceremonials within the past two or three years.

THE Town Clerk of Swansea has prepared an elaborate and interesting report respect- ing the position of the county borough with respect to the quarter sessions it is proposed to establish there. From this it appeared that Swansea had previously had the privilege of appointing a Recorder of its own, a charter received from OLIVER CROMWELL in 1655 providing for this. Therefore to now obtain a court of quarter "sessions would be only restoring to the borough the rights and privileges that existed centuries ago." Mr THOMAS does not share the belief that the having of a Recorder will lead to decreased expenditure to the ratepayers, as he says so far as lie has been able to discover there will undoubtedly fall on the borough, some additional expense though of compara- tively small amount. Swansea is the only borough with upwards of 90,000 inhabitants without a separate court of quarter sessions, and if Swansea wants the improved status she must be prepared to pay for it; though it is certain that the cost will be far more than made up in the convenience of the public and the saving of the sum now incurred in conveying witnesses, police, and prisoners to Cardiff periodically for trials. IT was hardly to ba expected that Canon Oakeley's decision in the Bangor Training College incident would be allowed tf) pass unquestioned. We suggested when the re-I port first appeared that the committee, having fully established discipline, might well afford to temper justice with mercy, and that they would be doing a gracious act if they recommended the Education Depart- ment to forego the sacrifice of two of the students, which Canon OAKELEY, in the name of outraged justicc demanded. We are glad to find that the college authorities, including the staff and the committee, acted in this spirit, and recommended the re- admission of the expelled student. The Education Department, however, adhered to their inspector's report, and insist upon their potind of flesh. They are not to get it without some further trouble, for Mr D. A. THOMAS has some very pertinent questions to ask the VICE-PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL to-morrow night.

THOUGH only eleven Welsh members helped Mr SEXTON and the Irish Nation- alises in defeating the Government on Friday, this was a larger proportion of votes than the Irish members gave the Welsh Party in their fight over the Tithe Bill. The obvious lesson to be drawn is that an alliance, 6iffensive and defensive, between the parties led respectively by Mr JUSTIN MCCARTHY and Mr STUART RONDEL, would tend to benefit both. In view of the im- portance of next Friday night's division it is to be earnestly hoped that no effort has been spared by the Welsh Party to secure the solid vote not only of the English and Scotch Liberal Party, but of the Irish Party as well. Neither do we think it too much to hope that the more conscientious Liberals among the Unionists —assuming that any of them are Liberals- may be induced to prove their adhesion to Liberal principles on an occasion with which Home Rule has absolutely no connection. Lord HARTINGTON has, it is true, declared against Welsh Disestablishment, but Mr JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN has declared for it. It will be interesting to note how these will in- fluence the division.

SOUTH WALES NOTES. [BY COSMOS.] DISREGARDING THE UNITIES. THE Star young man who has been viewing, the labour troubles in Cardiff may be smart, but lie is scarcely sapient, No doubt his parady on the Bogie Man is felicitious, but to attribute it to the strikers exhibits a strange disregard for the unities. The following verse affirmed by him to be sung at the men's gatherings is so purely Cockney in origin, conception, and expression as at once to display the source frem which it sprung :— Hush, hush, hush! here comes the titled man, Who by liis tricky actions has fooled us all he can. Hush, nush, hush there is another plan— To block the ships, and stop the tips, and spoof the titled man. The sailor, like Silas Wagg, is apt to drop into poetry, but it does not consist of parodies. Jack ignores meter, rhythm, and even rhyme. When his words will not come under the last-mentioned category he com- pels them by pronunciation, believing, as Humpty Dumpty did in Alice through the looking glass," that words ought to be under the speaker's control. The lines below are instances to the point What to-day, Cook, what to-day ? Bouillon bouillon Two buckets of water and an onion. Jack, too does not reckon feet-sufficient for the line is the length thereof, as in Six days shah thou labour and do all you are able, But on the seventh holystone the decks and beat the rust off the cable. This is a fair example of Jack's poetry, and you may judge how far his connection is probable with the Star production. CARDIFF RACES. CARDIFF race meeting, if not productive of high-class animals, is, nevertheless, a pleasant hunt gathering, and decidedly more sporting than many a fixture with greater pretensions. The horses which run are mainly those which have been seen out during the season at the covert side, and the jockeys are playfellows with whom we are better acquainted when wearing pink than in the silk and satin. of between the flags." The course is a picturesque spot, the hospitality is empha- sized, and even if the punter loses his money his afternoon is enjoyable. At a meeting of. the committee on Saturday afternoon the dates for the spring races were decided upon, viz., April 7th and 8th. Mr L. Gottwaltz, as usual, will undertake the duties of secretary, and they could not be relegated to more experienced hands. THE EXPLOSION OF COAL DUST. A CORRESPONDENT, writing to a contem- porary, thus explains the explosion of coal dust. He says :—" A man throws a quan- tity of coal dust on an open fire, and then points triumphantly to the fact that it has only flamed up and has not exploded. But he forgets the very different behaviour of a large quantity of such dust in the confined space of a pit-shaft or underground gallery. The great flame and heat of ignited dust ex- pand the air till the shock of explosion comes, as a natural result. This shock may let out pent-up gas, and such gas may then add an- other explosion to that of the compressed air. The mistake made by some of the letter writers lies in the notion that there can be noexplosionwithoutgunpowderorgas. The existence of an air gun has been for- gotten. The shot fired by gunpowder sets a large body of coal dust aflame, this causes an explosion of expanded air, this in turn brings out blowers of gas, hitherto pent-up in pockets,' and then comes the explosion of gas with the serious results which the inhabitants of colliery districts are unhap- pilly too familiar with." RUSKIN AT HOME AND ABROAD. IN his "Echoes of the Week which he writes for several provincial papers, George Augustus Sala very justly complains of the prohibitive price at which Ruskin's works are sold. He refers then to the cheap- ness of the American editions which you can obtain abroad. When I was in Venice there was, unfortunately, only one on the bookstall, and that was one of the great master's minor works. I gave two francs for it, and it is probably worth four times as much in England. You can buy the four volumes of Stones of Venice for about nine francs. Here they would cost as many pounds. Of course, it is a terrible in- justice to Mr Ruskin that such piracy should prevail, for the books are un- doubtedly smuggled home, but an im- pecunious lover of this literature justifies his conscience by his genuine admiration, He fortifies himself with the reflection that he does not intend to sell the books again, and that the cost in this country is outside his means. Thus Mr Ruskin, he argues, is not injured, and he' is gratified. What more can be required ? IT MUST COME TO LIGHT, THOSE young Cardiff cyclists who were charged on Saturday, at the Newport Police- court, with stealing a lamp were guilty of a very foolish freak. It is always stupid to play practical jokes, especially with the description of article they attached, for, as all the world is aware, a lamp must needs come to light. ENGRAVINOS OF MEISSONIER. THE death of Meissonier does not seem to have conveyed any intelligence to the Cardiff picture dealers. Now, I know that some of them have engravings of his 1814," if not other works, but instead of putting them in the window and labelling them they are kept hidden away. Somehow or another pictures do not seem to sell in the metropolis of Wales. The windows are always very nicely dressed, but the old stock invariably re-appears after a few months absence. However, there has been one of Meissonier's specimens to be seen, for I observed a copy of his celebrated Les Bons Amis on Saturday. This is certainly the time to push an engraving of a Meissonier, and picture dealers should look to it. COAL DUST AND COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. I HAVE scratched out the concluding portion of the following letter, because it refers to an explosive in which Mr P. H. Owen is interested. The company which manufac- tures it guarantees it to be fiameless, but my opinion formed from experiments in the Rhondda is contrary to this belief. Numerous explosives are said to be fiameless, but on trial all have been re- jected, though it must be admitted some nearly approach this desirable condition. But the merits of one or the other cannot he determined by assertions in newspaper, they must be tried, and with a fair field and no favour the will zv- 'e. Dear "Cosmos,"—It is to bo hoped that your repeated endeavours to arouse public opinion in this important matter will be rewarded with success. It is indeed marvellous that not with- standing- the efforts which the Press put forward, there should be such apathy displayed. Do you not think the blame must to some extent lay upon the shoulders of the men who frequently are careless as to the explosive they me ? In many eases they give a decided preference for powder, which, it is well known, is the mcst dajigerous of all explosives for colliery purposes, where gas may be present. Permit me to qualify one statement you make, i.e., Un- fortunately, there is no such thing as a flanielesa explosive. '—I am, &c., T. H. OWKN. Exchange-buildings, Cardiff, 14th Feb., 1891.

THE DOUBLE FATALITY AT NEWPORT. The adjourned inquest on the bodies of Donald McLean and James McLusky, engineer's steward and fireman respectively, of and near Glasgow, who were burnt to death on board the ss. Calliope early on Friday morning, was resumed at New- port Town-hall, before Mr E. H. Davies, deputy- coroner, on Saturday afternoon.—The first witness called was Robert McMullin, the watchman. He said there were two paraffin lamps burning against the bulkhead. The fire broke out on the port side. There was no fire in the forecastle, and when he saw smoke escaping from the funnel he raised an alarm. He did not go into the forcastle to see if the men were all right, because there was no fire in the forecastle, and the men so often quarrelled. They were drinking and quarrelling up to about 3.45 a.m., when became quiet. Patrick Connor, fireman, said he was drinking wilh themen up to 11 o'clock, but they all turned in between 11 and one <Vclock. He was in a bunk at the head of the forecastle. A man said to hinJ he smelt something burning, and he got up and looked, but could see nothing. He went to bed again, and when he awoke atrain the place wa9 full of smoke. When he awoke the first time he saw the lamps burning all right, but did not see them when the place was full of smoke. No one was smoking at that time; they were all asleep. Had he been drunk he should have been burnt to death. He assisted to get out the others, and although he wrapped a coat about his head, he got his hair burnt. John Hewey, fireman, said he was asleep in thg forecastle, and was aroused by Connor. Hi3 impression, gathered from what he saw outside, was that the fire originated in the donkeyman's room. He could not explain how it was the de- ceased were not got out. He was the last dragged out, and did not recover for an hour. John Johnson, able seaman, said he got out al the men on the seamen's side, and then asked. about the two deceased. He was told that* McLusky was ashore, end that McLean might also be with him. He had been with McLean tc the theatre that evening, and knew he was not ashore, but at tha t time the flames precluded search of the fireman's side. There was loud talking and argument, but he could not say there was any drink consumed, neither could he tell how it was that Fitzgerald—another man—got his head cut open. Frederick John Leach, donkeyman, said he imagined he had McLean by the hand as he rushed out, but afterwards, not finding hint amongst the others, he tried to get back, but fell before the flames and was dragged back. Charles Omlitz, the boatswain, sleeping amid- ships, said he thought McLean would have been saved if anybody was, because he was a teeto- taller. When it was known he was on board it was no use to try to find him because the fore- castle was like an open fire. Mr H. Lyne, captain of the fire brigade, said that in his opinion the fire began in the corner of the donkeyman's room, on the floor, because when he reached the steamer that part was burnt out soonest. The forecastle was on deck, and it was unaccountable, except on the hypothesis that the men were under the influence of drink, that any should have remained inside, because they had only to open the door to escape on to the deck. There were no stairs or gangway to ascend. The witness Connor's head was cut open, as he believed during a row, and not from injury in saving the others. The hydrants on the Old Dock premises were of an old pattern, and water could not be got from them for 20 minutes. Even, however, had water been obtainable, the lives ot the deceased could not have been saved. The Coroner said that probably the men were smoking in the bunks, and that a lighted match was thrown on to the floor, but this was a mattei of conjecture only. He thought ships ought not to be left with a lot of drunken men on board. The jury returned a verdict that the twO deceased men were burnt to death owing tc negligence on the part of someone, but that ther* was no evidence to show who was blamable- They also asked the coroner to request the cor- poration (as the owners of the waterworks) td replace the old hydrants by others more modern.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION. THE MEETINGS AT CARDIFF. A largely-attended meeting of the local exeCU. tive of the British Association was held oil Saturday afternoon, at the Town-hall, Cardiff^ under the presidency of Mr T. Forster Brown. Mr Atkinson, one of the secretaries, submitted W the meeting a list ef the presidents and vicet presidents of sections. These were as follows :—\ (a) PHYSICAL SECTION.-President, Professor OliveB Lodge vice-presidents, Mr E. T. Glazebrook, Principal tiriazmi Jones, and Professor Lamb. (b) CHEMISTRY.—President, Professor Roberts) Austen vice-presidents, Professor McLeod and Mil Ludwig Ward. > .(c) GEOLOGY.—President, Professor Rupert Jones!; vice-presidents, Dr Hicks, Professor Ifcapworth, and] Professor Sellar. I (d) BIOLOGY.—Vice-president, Professor Sterling., The president has not been appointed yet. (e) GEOGRAPHY.—President, Mr E. G. Ravenstein. (f) ECONOMIC.—The president had not been ap- pointed; vice-president, Lord Brassey. (g) MECHANICAL.—President, Mr T. Ferster Brown vice-president, Mr J. Wolfe Barry (h) ANTHROPOLOGICAL. President, Professor Mat Altiller vice presidents, Mr E. W. Brabook and DC Garson. The president of the association, added bft Atkinson, was Dr William Huggins, so celebrated for his researches in spectroscopic astronomy. There were two lectureships given to members oj the association one of these lectures would delivered by Professor Miall, of Leeds the otbef had not been definitely decided on. ProfessoC Rucker wouid give the lecture to working men.- Professor Tanner reported that the guarante* fund amounted to £ 1,949 19s, and it was resolved after discussion, That the finance committee b* instructed to apportion the town into districtS. and that members of the executive committee hi allotted to these sections for the purposes o* canvass." 1 1 il,4 Mr IVOR JAMES reported that the contribtll tions to the association hand book had beefl arranged Topographical article, Mr Corbe*1 and Mr Ivor James archaeology of the district# Mr G. T. Clark mining, docks, and railways Mr Forster Brown industries and agricultureo Mr Galloway geology, zoology, and botan £ » Professor Parker, Mr Storrie, and Mr T. 0* Thomas educational institution, Principal Jonee and Mr Whitmell. The work was wel* in hand. Mr Corbett had left his manuscript I pretty complete form, and any addition* necessary would be made by his brother, 1\11 Edwin Corbett, from his brother's papers. The excursion committee reported that elaborate arrangements were being made by them, and t»« chairman intimated that Mrs Rose Mary Cra^J shay (Merthyr) and the Mayor of Newport b»2 issued cordial invitations.—The application of "J gentlemen for associateship and nine others membership of the association were ratified, the names of Mr Lundie and Mr Le.. Williams were added to the executive committee.—Dr. Marsh drew attention a confusion which had arisen in the minds many persons who appeared to have mistaken** assumed that their subscriptions to the ) of- funds qualified them ipso facto to membersbil. 11 the association. It would be well that this P°yTfl should be made clear, and it was agreed that secretary should send out a circular with applications for new subscriptions, explain1 that appeal was made to them on twe grounds—first, with regard to a guarantee fuD"j and next, with reference to membership « the association. It was further £ that a somewhat similar circular should be warded to those who had already subscribed- Mr Alexander drew attention to the fact tha* society known as the "British and Association" had been soliciting subscriptions, and that at Penarth se two friends of his had sent their guineas, believing that the association the British Association. —Several gentleI*J jg said that they had received these circulars, teJ, was resolved that the press should be reque to make public the statement that the and Foreign Association had no connection the British Association. fct,eS Mr T. WEBBER asked the committee WHE arrangements could be made by which ineIIicing of the Cardiff Artisans' Association—a W°r class organisation—would be enabled to the sectional meeting's—Mr Galloway, reP -;ece. to the question, said that there was no P, jjd dent for this course.—Mr T. H. Riches sal,teIid would like, if possible, to see all artisans a the sectional gatherings.—The Chairman that as the local executive committee their pathy was with the artisans. But he tno nothing could be done in the matter excep atJ(j direction of the council of the association, Mr Webber was advised to consult Wit" bocly.-This ended the business.

THE LATE DUKE OF BEDFORD The Press Association's Leigh ton respondent states that the people ot juringr district have, been much exercised 0| the past few clays on the manner in which the been of Bedford's personal effects furnitu1"0' disposed of. Every article of clothing* wer^ and all other personal belonging9 collect* specially used by his Grace have been categorl and burnt. No article included m has escaped, and his carriages are to destroyed. _—————' <-

MAZAWATTEE TEAS are a Househo rg Ago. Wales they recall the deliciou j^unday THE GREAT CURE FOR C? RHE'MIST Lr Viridine—Still further testimony. A^dine 1 ,Ifc llniO Will you send me a bottle of your _egoftke^f# my own use. I get plenty ox corn „aual yours. colour, but none of them appear to equal Y til he bill one ought to say his corns are in 0{ used » Viridine/ Thousands have been^ of whom had suffered ror o:'crhf^0st Is 2d. imitations. Sold in bottles 1-, Hu/h-stree'' PrflQJi Proprietor, J. Munday, Cheunst.X, and aU Chemist