South Wales Daily News

South }Vaks Dailg News OULce, 2.0 a.m. FRANCE AND EGYPT. QUESTIONS IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM. 1 PARIS, Monday Afternoon. Much public interest was manifested in the meeting of the Chamber of Deputies to-day, as it was known that M. Deloncle would interpellate the Government in regard to the state of affairs in,Egypt. M. Deloncle duly put his questions, and M. Ribot, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in reply, said it was a mistake to suppose that the position of France had been changed for the worse there. On the contrary, French influence in Egypt was even stronger than it used to be. France would abandon none of her rights in Egypt; but, if the Government should be asked to take part in a conference of the Powers on the question of making Egypt a neutral territory such an invitation would not be refused. Alluding to foreign affairs generally, M. Ribot said signs of peace were to be seen 'n everywhere, and as for the position of France, they had reason to be proud of the universal sympathy expressed for her, which gave her con- fidence in the future.

SOCIAL WARFARE IN ITALY. SANGUINARY CONFLICT BETWEEN TRADING SOCIETIES. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] RAVENKA, Menday Evening. An alarming outbreak took place yesterday near the small town of San Michele, a veritable pitched battle being fought between the members of two trade societies, one which has its centre at San Michelek and the other in a small neighbouring town. For some time past a bitter feeling has subsisted between them, more especially in regard to Socialist questions; and whether, by arrange- ment or accident, the opposing elements met yesterday afternoon, and a sanguinary conflict ensued, wherein fully 50 workmen on one side, and an even larger number of the Socialist organisation, encountered each other with revolvers and knives. On the arrival of a largo body of police the combatants took to flight, leaving behind them three men dead and twelve seriously wounded, in addition to many firearms and knives, which were taken possession of. by the police.

AFFAIRS IN CHILI. THE OUTRAGES ON UNITED STATES SAILORS. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] NEW YORK, Monday. The Herald to-day publishes the following' ■ despatch from Washington in reference to the recent outrage on United States sailors at Val- paraiso :-The Government is not disposed to act in an arbitrary spirit in demanding a speedy reply from Chili. President Harrison appreciates the embarrassments attending such inquiries, but is, on the other hand, determined that there shall be no unnecessary delay. Naval officers are of the opinion that the presence of a strong fleet of United States vessels at Valparaiso would materially expedite a settlement, inasmuch as the brutal spirit which ithe Chilians generally display towards the United States and its representatives can only be subdued by fear. Fortunately Congress assem- bles six weeks hence, and by that time we shall have four cruisers at Valparaiso, and more if necessary. If in the meantime Chili should fail to satisfy the demands of the Washington Government President Harrison would lay the matter before the Congress, and, like President Buchanan on a similar noteworthy occasion, will no doubt request that the Executive shall have authority to use other than peaceable means.

AMERICA AND THE SILVER QUESTION. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] NEW YORK, Monday. The Washington correspondent of the Herald ..says :—Several gentlemen agreed early in the summer to make some inquiries of foreign finan- ciers with a view. to arranging an international .agreement in regard to the coinage of silver and to report the results to President Harrison and Mr Foster, Secretary of the Treasury. They dis- covered so friendly a feeling in connection with the use of silver in Europe that they recently asked and obtained informal credentials from the United States Government showing who they are and what their instructions are, but without hav- ing authority to commit the United States officially to any programme. The facb that the credentials were asked for is looked upon by President Harrison as an encouraging indication cf the feeling in Great Britain, France, and Ger- many in regard to the remonetisation of silver.

NEW SOUTH WALES. [BEUTEB'S TELEGRAM.! SYDNEY, Monday. The Legislative Assembly has adjourned until November 18th in order to afford an opportunity for thefmembers of the new Ministry to present themselves to their constituents for re-election. The Cabinet is generally regarded as a strong one. Sir Henry Parkes does not intend to retire from Parliament, but it is not likely that the late Premier will lead the Opposition, as he is in need of repose.

ITALIANS IN THE UNITED STATES. (RICUTEWS TELEGRAM.] CHICAGO, Monday. A-meeting of Italians was held here yesterday! in support of the attitude adopted by the news- paper Jtciltci, which attacked Signor Costiglione, the Italian Consul, on account of his conservative attitude at the time of the lynching of Italians in New Orleans, in March last. The meeting also charged the Consul with disloyalty in failing to raise the Italian flag on September 20th, the anniversary of the entry of Italian troops into Rome, or to order a parade of Italians in order that they might salute the flag. A resolution was then adopted condemning the Consul's neglect in the matter, excited speakers demanding his re- call or transfer to another post. At a recent meeting of the Consul's friends a resolution was adopted endorsing his action.

TO-DAY'S WEATHERT 1 A.M. TO-DAY'S FORECAST FOR ENGLAND, S.W., A$D SOUTH. WALES. Easterly winds, fresh or strong dull; rain locally. GENERAL.—There are no indica- tions at present of fine weather. W ARNINGs.-The north cone is still flying in districts 3, 5,8, and part of 10.

GENERAL FORECASTS. The following forecasts were prepared: last nighfci at-the Meteorological Office at eight o'clock DISTRICTS— 0..5.otland„N. f North-ea-sterly winds, light 1. ScotlandjE.A moderate, fine generally. f North easterly winds 2.*England,moderate or fresh j-clondy rain locally, /North-easterly and, easterly. '3.England E.i winds, fresh or strong • 4. Mid. Counties J weather improving some! 5. Eng. S. (Lon.,1 what, but still unsettled 1 r and Channel).,] with rain in places jn-ather" colder. W. 1 Same as-0 and 1; "&N&hWaks!{Saineas2- 9. -Ireland N f Eastef-ly and^Ndrfch-easterly 10. Ireland S I winds, moderate or fresh • I, fair generally.

■ Horace Sedger has kindly consented to nre. yl at the next annual festival in aid of thp JJramatic and Musical Benevolent •Fund* to be: held early m the etfeiiitig spring. T e^XJCer°y telegraphed on Monday to India Office:—" Np change of any importance in: agricultural prospefc^ sincofostereport/JDistreas increasingm Aimere,?"' 4i *we3B.

COLLISION OFF THE EDDY- STONE. A BARQUE RUN DOWN BY A CARDIFF-LADEN STEAMER. LOSS OF 15 LIVES. The-steamer Boston, of London, from Cardiff, with coal, collided at about four o'clock on Mon- day morning, three miles from Eddystone Light- house, with the barque Charlwood, Capt. Hiscocks, from Antwerp for Valparaiso with general cargo. Capt. Hiscocks, his wife and son, the governess, the servant, all the officers, four seamen and two apprentices, 15 persons in all, were drowned. The captain's daughter, four, seamen, and two- apprentices were saved, and conveyed to Fal- mouth aboard the Boston. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.7 FALMOUTH, Monday Eveiiing. A disastrous collision took place about four o'clock this morning, three miles off the Eddy- stone Lighthouse, between the steamer Boston, 981 tons, of London, bound from Cardiff with coal, and the barque Charlwood, 867 tons, bound from Antwerp to Valparaiso, with a general cargo. marque was cut down to the water's edge, and immediately began to sink. All hands were called-to lower the boats, but before they could be got out the vessel foundered. Captain Hiscocks, his wife and son, his daughter's governess, and a female servant, together with four officers, four seamen, and two apprentices, 15 souls in all, were drowned. The captain's daughter, four seamen, and two apprentices were rescued by the Boston's boats and taken aboard the steamer, which at once made for Falmouth, the nearest port The Boston sustained some damage, but it was not of a serious character, and she succeeded in reaching F lmouth tIns afternoon, where the unfortunate survivors were landed and well-cared for. Great for Miss Hiscocks, who has lostK^^r atld mother and her brother by this terrible disaster. Conflicting statements.current as to the cause of the collision, which-will probably not be satisfactorily expiamed until the Board of Trade inquiry into the disaster. [PRESS ASSOCUTION X ALMOUTH, Monday Night. Further Particulars obtained in reference to the collision off the Eddystone are to the effect that the Charlwood left Antwerp on the 16th inst. in charge of a Fahnouth pilot named Loose- more, who ^s pat on board a fish- ing boat to be landed at Plymouth. The pilot left about an hour before the accident occurred. The weather then was clear, but the night was ,very dark, and a strong breeze was blowing from the eastward. Everything was going on' weU, ■ £ had washed gthe £ • prosperous voyage. At 4.35 a.m. the steamer 'fT1 ™ tatoS. °f «• f°' snips ru side, and cutting her nearly in two. s The lifObO-tt,wRs in"nediately lowered, and the cptei-'s wrfe, his dMg,lt „,tbi mo«l ■of tta■<xe*ga1 into het The stood on the poop giving ct -ji j-a the barque fill that beWfiT' 80 raPldl? lifeboat bad time to puI the occupants f tbf and her davits comC-„her off she Sundered, t- •* n contact with the boat, upset it, and precipitated water eu its occupants into the The scene, as stated an awful one, cries f0r f"9 the' saved> waf directions. Pieces of P COmmg from a11 wreckage, and anything*' padd!eS' of were caught at bv at C0llld be laid water. After the Boston^ f she lowered a boat, atld had cleare? the wr!f Albion, also lowered a PaSS^g "TT"' seven were saved by which means tices, and the capta^?'6 ffmen' two ai)pren' The fifteen drown^^11^ lr t .c •• ar^ Captain Hiscocks, nis wife, son governess aQd gervant first ana second mates the carpenter, the cook, four able seamen, andtw0 apprentices The Charlwood Was a about one thousand^tons. Twq of gaved are in ospi a ^.u eriug from their long im- mersion. o hem states that he pushed a floating p ° e captain's daughter bv which floating phnk to the captain's daughter bv which means she held on nntiI picked up.

Some :jD00nli§bters on Sundayy«ieht-f red a number of shotsi into the house of a farmer at Silrergrove, East Clare, but without injuring the occupants. SKOlŒ be obtained Of{\J11.'Obcconistsand QrQcers. Ji)ackets.

THE LIBERATION SOCIETY. MEETINGS IN LONDON. DISESTABLISHMENT AND THE GENERAL ELECTION. THE CHURCH IN WALES. [SPECIAL TELEGEAM.] LONDON, Monday. This afternoon the. autumnal meeting of the Council of the Liberation Society was held at the Memorial Hall, Farringdon-street. ,d Mr HALLEY STEWART, M.P., who presided, in, opening the proceedings, remarked that those of them who lived in towns knew that the old. opposition of the Established Church party to the principle which they (the members of the Liberation Society) used to advocate had, to a large-extent, diminished. They used to be in the olden times "voluntarists," and their opponents were "anti-voluntarists." But they had almost completely converted their opponents to the ad- vantages of the voluntary system. Their oppo- nents had seen their own church-life expand under the effect of the principles which they had been induced to adopt. But, instead of being grateiul for the lessons they had learned, they seemed to resent the application of the same principles to village life. The villagers of Jingland had now, however, been brought to the enjoyment of the franchise, and, having obtained iu a freater °J less degree some of the things they demanded, they were prepared to devote their attention to the great question of Disestab- lishment. He believed that when the question was raised the villagers would give quite as cordial a reception to the demand for religious equality as the town. (Hear, hear.) After the adoption of a resolution setting out the regulations for the triennial Conference of the oociety to be held next year, Mr ILLINGWGRTH, M.P., proposed the follow- ing resolution In view of the approaching appeal to the constituen- cies at the General Election, the Conreil urges the Society's. supuorters to press upon both candidates and electors the necessity for the abolition of the remain- ing Church Establishments, as well as to secure the return of a majority of members pledged to Disestab- lishment m >\ ales and in Scotland at the earliest prac- ticable period. For this purpose the Executive Com- mittee should be enabled, by means of additional funds, to widely diffuse suitable electoral publications, and also to address an increased number of public audiences, and particularly in the rural constituencies. The bon. member said it was obvious that we were near a dissolution, and that there was some serious work before the society. By the complete union that prevailed with the Liberal party they occupied a position of very great advantage. Juoging from the utterances of Mr Chamberlain and Lord Hartmgton he thought that thev might even regard them as pledged to the approval of disestablishment so far as Scotland and Wales were concerned. There could be no question whatever that they were entitled to press upon every Liberal Association throughout the kingdom the im- portance of the question of Disestablishment in Wales and Scotland. They must be prepared for the greatest possible opposition from the English Church in defence of that monstrosity, the Church of Wales. (Hear, hear.) Hesaw little difference between the case of the Irish Church and the Welsh Church. (Hear, hear.) Both were churches of the small minority and of the aristocracy. He confessed that his patience would not bear the strain of the appeals that were made that they should allow the Church Establishment in Wales more opportunities and more time to endeavour to turn the people from the faith by weapons which were unholy and unjust. He rejoiced they were called upon to organise themselves to strike, confident in the justice of their cause. (Cheers.) Mr P. W. CLAYDEN (London) seconded the resolution, which was supported by several speakers and adopted unanimously. Rev Mr SWEET (Romford) moved the following resolution:— rj°ar'! ,t0 the necessity for improving the material and socia!> as well as the religious condition of the village population of the county and also to fhe narifhe116for,^nding sel^'overiUent in th^« V,0ll?cl1 the conviction that t?ose objects would be greatly promoted by Disestab- lishment. At pi e»ent the authority and influence of the established clergy in rural parishes are larrely exercised in hostility to movements for creating a spirit of independence among the labouring classes and improving their temporal circumstances. Such a change is, in the opinion of the Council, also demanded as a means of rendering available for public works a lar,2,e amount of national property now applied to ecclesiastical purposes. In so doing, he said that there was rising very I rapidly in the minds of the rural voter a leeliag against the perpetuation of the privileges which an Establishment put so prominently in the foreground. The speaker also asserted that the clergy in the villages were doing all they could to prevent Liberal candidates from holding meet- ings by refusing them the use of the National Schools. Mr BROWN (Braintroe, Essex) seconded. Kev H. W. CLARK, in supportmg the resolu- tion, said that at one time he had charge of a Wiltshire parish under a rector, who drew a saiary of £ 400 a year, and paid the speaker JE50 a year to do the work. After accepting the appointment, he (the speaker) learned that his predecessor had been th6 possessor of a consider- able private income, which had enabled him to distribute doles amongst the villagers. Of course he (Mr Clark) could not -do that, and the result was that the people would not attend Church. He declared that the people in the villages were being corrupted by the doles and charities dispensed by the clergy of the Established Church. The motion was adopted neru can. Mr Alderman GRrppFit (Nottingham) proposed That the Council concurs in the views expressed by the Executive Committee in regard to the serious defects of the Government measure relating to free education which has lately become law, and which will pant in- creased^ public money to sectarian schools without subjecting them to popular control or securing adequate protection for the rights of conscience. The Council recommends the friends of religious equalitv to vigila ntlv watch the operation of the new Act, and to be prepared to insist in the adoption of such further measures as w'vliPrev. e unsec^iu'i;'n teaching in every locality in c ho°ls under elective popular management. AIR MARSHALL, of the National Education Association, seconded the proposition which was carried unanimously. A further resolution was subsequently agreed to in. support of the promotion of the Society's principles amongst young persons. The meeting of the Council concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. DEPUTATION FROM THE WELSH PEOPLE. In the evening a public meeting was held to meet a deputation from the Welsh Disestablish- ment Campaign Committee, consisting of Mr J. Bryn Roberts, M.P., and Mr Ernest Bowen Rowlands. The chair was occupied by Mr Illingworth, M.P., and amongst those on the platform were Mr G. Howell, M.P., Mr A. C. Morton, M.P., Mr Atherley Jones, M.P., Mr Halley Stewart, M.P., Mr Albert Spicer, Mr Carvel! Williams, and Rev E. Griffith Jones, with Mr J. Fisher and Mr Sidney Robjohns, secretaries. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, alluded with satisfaction to the jubilant tone displayed at the afternoon's proceedings, and went on to observe that they had met under somewhat special circumstances. We were vcrv near the close, he said, of the present ¡ Parliament, and its future work would be very limited, and very little probably would be done by the present House of Commons with regard to ecclesiastical questions. The present Parliament had done nothing favour- able, so far as the majority was concerned, towards increasing the rights and privileges of Nonconformists but, on the other hand, it ha.d legislated in the interests or the supposed in- terests of the Church by dealing with the subjects of the tithe and free education. He was afraid that Church people had very little to congratulate themselves upon in these efforts made by their own friends. As to the tithe question, there never was a more bungling piece of legislation than that Act now upon the Statute Book. The intention of the Government was to secure to the clergy in Wales their annual income from the tithes with less difficulty and less irritation to the farmers of the Principality but they had the satisfaction of knowing that Welsh farmers and the Welsh Nonconformists, with the exception of a very small minority, were wide awake. It was not possible to deceive or cajole them by this change of passing the charge from the tenant to the. landlord, the landlord in turn being compelled to exact more rent from the farmer in order to compensate him for his annual payment to the ecclesiastical tithe collector. (Hear, hear.) Dealing with the subject of free education, the hon. member said that for the moment no doubt the Government, the Conser- vative party, and the Church party had escaped the establishment of an undenominational school in every area controlled by the representatives of the people. But it was satisfactory that every member of the Liberal party saw it to be an urgent duty to accompany the plan of free education with popular representative control, accepting tSalDiniiiiuiii, tliatin every district there should be an unsectarian school under popular representative management. He did not shed any tears over the way in which the question had been dealt with. It only remained with them to carry out the other part of the scheme. Speaking upon the recent gatherings at Newcastle, Mr Illing- worth pointed out that the Disestablishment of the Church in Scotland and Wales was now a part of the Liberal programme. The pledge which had been given by Mr Gladstone and the Liberal party would be fulfilled at the first opportunity. There was no chance of the party going back upon the obligation thus entered into, They coutd, therefore, wait with some patience the opportunity which would be given by Mr Gladstone and his colleagues. Of course they would have to encounter very strong opposition, for he would readily admit that the Disestab- lishment of the Church in Wales and Scotland would affect the Church in England. But they were for religious equality all round, and the victory with Wales and Scotland would prepare the way for the attack in England. (Cheers.) Mr GEORGE HowKLL, M.P., moved :— This meeting warmly welcomes the deputation from the Welsh Disestablishment Campaign Committee, in view of the labours of the Liberation Society of its loyal friends in the Principality. It regards with special s:U;si'action the deterniir.atiou.of the Welsh people to secure the abolition oi the Knglisii Church Establishment in Wales at the earliest practical period. Mr Howell said he had great pleasure in moving the resolution because he felt that if it were true that the Church establishment in Ireland was an alien establishment it was equally true, though not precisely on the same grounds, that the Established Church in Wales was also an alien establishment. Mr ATHKRLKY JONES, M. P. (Durham), seconded the motion. He said, sPeakiDR as a Churchman, nv.6 TaS m mind and in the mind of many Churchmen the conviction that ths Dig- estaa.isnmenc 0f the Church would tend to enhance the usefulness of its organizatien. (Hear, hear.) ° Bo1WE?r .ROWLANDS referred to the visit of Mr Chamberlain recently to South Wales. He said the right hon. gentlemen went there to try and dislodge his (the speaker's) father from the representatIOn of Cardiganshire, and he hoped Mr Chamberlain enjoyed his visit more tnan he would enjoy reading the result when the poll was declared. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) fhe Government were tumbling head over ;beels downstairs, and were stnking every ob- struction on their way down. He hoped that ,when they got to the bottom they would be so shattered as to have no strength left to do more injustice in the future. The deep religious spirit t of the Welsh people was adverse to the continu- ance in their midst of a Church which was in every sense alien, which they did not believe in, and which only tended to their discomfort. (Hear, hear.) It was a monstrous thing for a body of men sitting in Parliament to tell them the shortest and most expeditious mode of getting to heaven. What did they know a.bout it? (Laughter.) Religion suffered by association with the trammels of the State. The Church of England did not exist to save souls, but to ensure that her clergy were not cheated out of a farthing of their tithes. (Hear, hear.) Mr BRYN ROBERTS, M.P., in addressing the meeting, said that he was ga.d to be able to stato that the movement for Disestablisbment in Wales had, largely by the conduct of its opponents, arrived at a strong position. It had thoroughly alarmed the defenders of the Church Establish- ment. Referring to the recent visit of Mr Chamberlain to Cardiganshire, the speaker reiiYarked that he could assure the meeting there was no apprehension of the Welsh people being taken in by any words from that gentleman. They, in Wales, had pretty accurately taken the measure of Mr Chamberlain some four or five years ago. He thought that Mr Chamberlain fell into a mistake which was very often made by town-bred gentlemen with respect to country people, Many town-bred gentlemen were apt to think that the country people were a slow, dull, gullible, simple race, and that a few plausible sfgu- m ents an d a few fallacies would take them in at once. He could wish that those gentlemen would go a little more amongst the country people, and amongst the Welsh people. He would especially like them to try a little business dealing. (Laughter.) He thought then that the glib and town-bred gentleman would return to town sadder and very much wiser—(renewed laughter) —and ready to admit that, after all, the slow coach had somehow or other got a good deal the best of the bargain. They were not in the least taken in by Mr Chamberlain, who had tried to make out that be only refrained from bringing forward Welsh Disestablishment in 1885 out of regard to Mr Gladstone. But Mr Chamberlain was not averse to bringing forward his Un- authorised Programme," which was so called because it was unauthorised by Mr Gladstone. Why then was Disestablishment not put forward in the same way ? The fact was that Mr Chamber- lain was very much like Lord Randolph Church- ill. Each aspired to the leadership of his party and lost his place in trying to obtain it, and failure had shown how little of the man and the statesman there was in each. (Cheers.) The Rev E. GRIFFITH-JONES introduced him- self a representing the younger section of the great movement of Disesta.blishment. He had been, he said, brought up in South Wales, and in the district in which his work lay they were so much ahead of their opponents in point of numbers that there was very little interest left in the conflict. (Hear, hear.) There existed in England a great amount of ignorance on thesubjeet of Disestablishment, but he hoped that at the next election they would have the wtiole of the English people with them. (Hear, hear.) With reference to the Church revival in Wales, he said that the movement be,an with the cry of the Church in danger, and the revival was the out- come of that impulse of fear. (Hear, hear.) Mr ALBERT SPICER moved the following resolu- tion Th, meeting desires to heartily thank Mr J. Bryn Roberts, M.P., and Mr E. Bowen Rowlands for their addresses, and confidently appeals to the friends of religions equality in this country for earnest co-oper- ation in effecting the object they have attended to promote, The meeting also thanks Mr Illingworth, ALP., for his obliging services as cheirman. Mr CARVELL WILLIAMS seconded this,, and it was carried unanimously. The Chairman's acknowledgment brought the meeting to a close.

We have been desired by Mr Henry Hcweil, of Carmarthen, to permit the following open letter to the Llanelly Liberal Three Hundred to be published in our columns. '-TO THE LLANELLY LIBERAL THREE HUNDRED. "AN OPKN LETTER. "Gentlemen,—I think I am safe in say in c that, at your meeting on the 17th inst., the feeling was all but unanimous in favour of your towns- man, Mr D. Rand ell, M.P., and I am equally safe in saying that, had Mr Randell consented tc be a candidate he would have received the hearty be a candidate he would have received the hearty support of the Carmarthen Lioerais. Nothing could be more natural than that you should desire to be represented by your able and distinguished fellow-townsman, bis parliamentary record has been such that you have every reason to be proud of him. But now that Mr Randell has decided to stick to his first love,' will you permit me, with all deference, to appeal to you on behalf of a 'Carmarthen Boy,' who, you will, I am sure, admit would make a worthy representative of any constituency. Now—I say it to your credit —having evinced your strong desire to be repre- sented by one of yourselves, can the more readily appreciate the equally strong desire on our part in the same direction. I need hardly say that the gentleman to whom I rsfer is Mr Lewis Morris, a man 'whose name,' as Mr Rixon Morgan pithily put it at our recent meeting, is known wherever the English language is spoken, and whose books are circulated throughout the world.' But, gentlemen, our plea for your consideration of Mr Morris's claim does not rest upon his being a writer of books. That, indeed, is but a small matter as compared with what he has already done and what he is still prepared to do for Wales. I need not remind you, gentlemen, of the yeoman service which he has rendered the. cause of education for many years, and if sent to St. Stephen's I know of no one who could domon to bring about that consummation devoutly tc be wished for,' an university for Wales. Scot- land and Ireland have their universities, why should not Cymry have one ? Then, with regard, to other subjects, he has proved himself perfectly sound in the Radical faith. On all those ques- tions which at present agitate the political world I have no hesitation in saying that he is (thoroughly at one with the Liberals of Llanelly and Carmarthen. That being so, then I ask you, gentlemen, would we be doing right by going out of the constituency in search of a can- didate. when here, in our very midst, is a gentle- ma.n who would reflect honour on the United Boroughs ? At one of your meetings recently, I think it was the Rev Thos. Johns, Capel Als, who, in advocating the* selection of a local man, reminded you of the fact that it was aftex another constituency had wooed and won yont townsman you came to see his worth. Let us. a.I. Liberals of the United Boroughs, not repeat that mistake, but let us rather unite in choosing 3 man who was born amongst us, who has livei amongst us, and whose desire will be to do all h. can for us and for Wales. Let it not be supposed that by thus advocate ing the claims of Mr Lewis Morris I wish to depreciate Major Jones, whose name, a you know was very well received at our meeting. I have not one word to say against him. There if no doubt but that in the event of his being chosen he would make a splendid member. My conten- tion is that if we can find a man in our midst fully qualified by knowledge, experience, and service to represent us in the House of Commons, it is our duty to return him rather than < stranger. What do you think, gentlemen ? We at Carmarthen admired the kindly feel- ing expressed towards us at your meetings, and fully appreciate the desire on your part to co. operate with us, a desira which we heartily recip- rocate. I sincerely hope that the eutcome of this mutual co-operation will be the unanimous selec- tion of Mr Lewis Morris as the Liberal candidate for the united boroughs. I am, gentlemen, Your cbedient servant, HENRY HO WELL. li The Studio, Carmarthen, Oct. 26."

THE RUMOURED ILLNESS OF THE QUEEN. The Press Association understands that the alarming rumour concerning the Queen's health circulated on Saturday night caused some annoyance and considerable surprise at Balmoral. Her Majesty is very well indeed, and drives out daily. Mr Walter Neef. the manager of the Associated Press, writing in reference to the paragraph circulated by Dalziel's Agency accusing the Associated Press of having cabled false and alarming reports to America concerning the Queen's health, states there is not the slightest foundation for the accusation. It is true alarm- ing reports were cabled to America Ly some irresponsible agency or correspondent, but beyond. contradicting them the Associated Press cabled nothing. They received advices from New York early on Saturday evening that the reportl. had been.cabled there, and at once replied that they were unfounded. Later, in response to enquiries, the Associated Press received from Reuter's Agency through the Press Association the following despatch, which was sent to America before nine p.m., Balmoral, October 24th, 8.2E I p.m.—The Queen is very weIL-S,igned, Po» sonbv."

LONDON LETTER. [FROM OUE LONDON CORRESPONDENT."] [SPECIALLY WIRED.J LONDON, Monday Night. THE LAW COURTS RE-OPEN. The Law Courts nominally re-opened ,heir doors to-day, but a good part of the time was taken up by the breakfast given by the Lord Chancellor to the judges. The question has been raised whether the judges have the power of deferring the opening from Saturday last, the date fixed by the Act, to Monday, but no satisfactory answer has been forthcoming. Saturday is in many respects an awkward day on which to commence work, but it would have been good enough for the judicial breakfast. Any loss of time now is to be regretted, for the lists in the ensuing term promise to be very heavy. Nearly 300 M,ses, for instance, have already been entered, and it is unlikely that these can be got through even if Mr Justice Butt has re- turned to work in the best of health unless an unusually large proportion are unde- fended causes, at which time his Lordship manages to part the unhappy couples at the rate of three or four an hour, more quickly even than clergymen get through the mar- riage ceremony. INTERESTING DIVORCE CASE. The case which is likely to attract most attention is that in which the young Countess Russell prays for a judicial separa- tion from Earl Russell, the grandson of the famous Lord John. It has been announce several times that the dispute has been ar- ranged, but all efforts to effect a settlemen have failed. There are some theatrica suits, as, unfortunately for the charac er o the profession," is nearly always so. One of these cases is that'in which Miss lorne St. John is concerned, which cou no reached last term. THE LORD CHANCELLOR AND THE LORD MAYOR. 1 The ceremony at which the or iian cellor to-day expressed tff »PPr0Ja> th= Queen of tire choice of Alderman Evans as Lord Mayor of London was commendably brief Lord Halsbury confined himself to a few personal compliments, but it was not many years since that the judge who performed this duty was in the habit of lecturing the Lord Mayor elect, and expressing his opinion on politics and things in general to the extent of a couple of columns. Not more thanayearorso ago the judge who officiated in the absence of the Lord Chancellor expressed his grati- fication that the new civic dignitary had not made his money in any rash or hazardous speculations—a remark which at the time was taken to have a pointed reference to a previous occupant of the chair who had been concerned in well-known companies now in liquidation. THE DISTRICT COUNCILS BILL—A FORECAST. It is a question whether the Government does really intend to fulfil its pledge to carry through a District Councils Bill in the coming session, but I am told that an out- line of the measure has already been agreed to. According to this authority, local government in districts not governed by municipal corporations will be divided in some manner like this-the County Council, as the general administrative body, then district councils, to which will be delegated certain powers which overweight the central authority, and including the duties of rural sanitary authorities and highway boards, and also certain minor licensing powers heretofore in the hands of the magistrates, such as the licensing of game sellers, hawkers, slaughterers, and houses under the Ifant Life Protection Act, but not the control of public-houses. The justices shorn of these details will continue their powers of summary jurisdiction and otherwise the administration of the criminal law, while boards of guardians, while having nothing to do with sanitary matters, will continue to adminster for the poor law. If this should prove to be anything like the measure, it will be a simplification of duties, but everything will depend upon the extent of the powers to be given to the district councils. SOME DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY. These to be effectiveancl satisfactory ought to be little short of the powers exercised by Municipal Corporations. The unit of area will also be another question of difficulty, but in all probability that, after settling the broad lines to be adopted, will be left to the discretion of the Commissioners appointed for the purpose, to whom would have to be left the settlement of differences where various boards, the powers of which are merged in the new authority, have not coterminous but overlapping and compli- cated boundaries. The permanent officials at the Local Government Board are under- stood to have given some thought to these questions, and feo have roughly drafted a scheme for dealing with them. HOW GUARDIANS WASTE PUBLIC MONEY. In connection with this subject, and as showing that Boards of Guardians, if they are allowed to continue the administration of the Poor-law, should be brought more directly under popnlar control,, a case has just been brought to my notice in which a Board of Guardians in a district just out- side the Metropolitan area are now faced by a bill for £5,000 for absolutely nothing at all. They instructed an architect to prepare plans for a new workhouse within a certain estimate. Then the guardians began suggesting various alterations and improvements, which neces- sitated fresh plans and fresh quantities being taken out, and they were surprised, though they need not have been, to find that the original estimate had been nearly doubled. This expenditure, they knew, would not be tolerated for a moment by the ratepayers, and so the I plans were thrown aside, but the architect says that has nothing to do with him, and claims the amount of the com- mission for which he had agreed to carry out the work. It will be remembered that in a somewhat similar action against Col. North, the architect won the day, so that the Guardians will be well advised not to contest the point, and add a heavy bill for law costs to their already useless expen- (11 ture. ]{ELP FOR RUSSIAN JEWS. Jews in Rw ? relief of the persecuted within a shovf "P. to now reached witnm a shoit sum of £ 60,000. This ha/s nothing 0f course, to do with Baron Hirschs scheme, which is one for the permanent settlement of refuV^ The object of this fund the centre of which is in London, and will be administered bv l special committee, is to meet present and urgent necessities. The bulk of the contri- butions, so far, has come from the Metro polis, but some of the provincial towns" notably Birmingham, have liberally reI sponded to the appeal. THE TIMES" HAS A MISS. Some years ago the limes used to pride itself on the excellence and exclusiveness of its reports. What must be the surprise, therefore, of the new leader of the House to-day to find that the report of his last speech is quoted in the" leading" organ from a Sunday paper ? At all events it is not complimentary to Mr Balfour that the Times does not think it worth its while to take the trouble and go to the expense of recording his utterances. The only other explanation is that the fixture was over- looked, and no arrangements made, which is equally uncomplimentary. DISTRICT MESSENGERS MEET A FELT WANT." The district messengers' service, not that taken up by the Post-office, but the original Boy Messenger Company, which Mr Raikes attempted to crush, is already proving that iwant." The company, at 36US!lP aCenS cal1 "boxes in clubs, hotels, and other places where people congregate, and the convenience of the plan has proved so great that the directors to-day announced that in certain districts they have established a continuous service, so that at any hour of the dav or night a messenger can be obtained This i« following in the steps of the telephone companies, who, after some time, found it desirable to keep open some of their W J end offices throughout the night, and th experiment was so satisfactory that th6 service has been continued. e" THE SHOWMAN'S OPPORTUNITY. There will be a good chance for an enter- prising showman at the beginning of December, when the model of the Victory now in the Naval Exhibition grounds, will be offered for sale by public auction During the same sale the model of the Eddystone Lighthouse, which has been erected in more than one place already will also be knocked down to the highest bidder The structure looks as substantial as if made of solid stone, but it is simply a framework of iron, which can be taken to pieces without difficulty, and covered with a painted imitation of stone. A BROWNING "RELIC." An enthusiastic admirer of Browning, who returned yesterday from a tricycling tour on the Continent, picked up in the Ardennes a guide-book, which, on the face of it, or, rather, on the fly-leaf, appears to have belonged to the poet. It bears Browning s signature in a known bold hand, but, unfor- tunately for the possessor or the "fin," the book contains no notes or remarks with the exception of the word wolves, wild boars, etc. written in the margin of a page with a pale black lead. It would be interesting to know if Browning visited that district m 1873, or shortly after, for that is the date which the Guide bears. It is probable that the book, from a commercial point of view is not worth much more than the ordinary sale price of the poet's autograph, but a member of the Browning Society would probably attach a much greater value to the volume. LORD CARMARTHEN IN THE" WELSH REVIEW." Lord Carmarthen, M.P., in the first number of the "Welsh Review," has an article on The Drink Question and Legis- lation," in which he upholds the defeated claim for compensation to publicans whose licences are abolished. He is sanguine enough to express his belief that no responsible Government would propose legislation "affecting only one trade and purpose without compensation to deprive it of its vested interests." In considering the value of this expression of opinion it is well to bear in mind that Lord Carmarthen was at the time of his election for Brixton the chairman of a large gin distillery. He pro- mised then to sever his connection with the I I trade." I have no book of directors by me, but I have a strong recollection of his lordship presiding at meetings of the share- holders of the company after his election, y and I should not be surprised to hear that he is still occupying the position of chair- man, the more so as Lord Carmarthen, during the same election, announced that he would come to reside in the division-a promise up to now unfulfilled. It is stated that Mr W. S. Caine will reply to this article in the next number, and the late member will be able to make short work of. the young lord's arguments.

THE WELSH LORD MAYOR. RECEPTION BY THE LORD CHANCELLOR. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE QUEEN'S- APPROVAL. The Lord Mayor Elect, Mr Alderman David Evans, was on Monday morning received at the House of Lords by the Lord Chancellor, on his presentation for Her Majesty's approval of the choice of the citizens of London of Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. The Lord Mayor Elect, who wore his official robes, was accompanied by several of the city dignitaries, including Sir Thomas Chambers (Recorder), Ald. Sir Reginald' Hanson, M.P., the City Solicitor, the City Comp- troller, the City Remembrancer, and a number of Aldermen. The presentation took place in the Prince's Chamber. The Recorder, in introducing the Lord Mayor elect to the Lord Chancellor, said :—My lord, I have the honour to introduce to your lordship Mr Alderman Evans, who has been returned by the Livery of London, and chosen by the Court of Aldermen to be Lord Mayor for the ensuing year —the first native of the principality of Wales, who has occupied the civic chair for nearly a century. The Lord Mayor elect has attained to this high municipal dignity at an earlier period in his public career and at an earlier age than has been usual with his predecessors but he is not, nevertheless, without such experience and attain- n ments as amply qualify him for the arduous duties of chief magistrate of the city of London. Deprived in early life of the counsels and care of an affectionate father, his friends obtained for him at the age of 18 the post of representative in the Kingdom of France of the great commercial house founded and conducted by his uncle and so efficiently did he manage the business he undertook that immediately on attaining his majority he was admitted a member of the firm. Of that large establishment he has been for some time the head, and, indeed, the sol6 proprietor. His career in business, at once honourable and successful, attracted the attention of his neigh- bours, and he was in 1874 elected a member -of the Court of Common Council for the ward of Cordwainer, and he served his constituents with zeal and intelligence in that capacity for 10 years. A vacancy then occurred of the office of Alderman in the adjoin- ing ward of Castle Baynard, and as a result of a spirited contest, the gown fell upon the shoulders of Mr Evans, and he has since discharged all the duties, administrative and municipal, of that honourabletposition to the entire satisfaction both of his constituents and the public. In 1885, Mr Alderman Evans was elected sheriff of London and Middlesex, and served that high office with credit and distinction. By the recent re- tirement of Mr Alderman Gray, his accession to the civic chair was hastened, and he becomes the chief magistrate,, as an alderman of only seven years' standing, and at the early age of 43 years. The Lord Mayor Elect is on the Court of three of the Livery Companies, and is justice of the peace for his native county of Glamorgan. He will enter his new duties with the confidence of the public, and the warm spmpathy and regard of his colleagues, and before assuming the dignity of, and entering upon those duties, he hopes to hear from the lips of your lordship that the choice of the citizens! has met with the gracious approval of his, sovereign. The LORD CHANCELLOR, immediately on the conclusion of Sir Thomas's speech, said :-It is with very great pleasure that I have the honour of welcoming as Lord Mayor Elect of the City of London. The gentleman with respect to whom the catalogue which your Recorder has given is not absolutely complete, because I personally have reason to recognise the great kindness which I myself have received in my relations with the Lord Mayor Elect's family while on circuit at Llantrissant. I was very familiar with that place at one time, and I well remember the kindness which I then received from those connected with the Lord Mayor Elect, and it is therefore with very great pleasure that I announce her Majesty's approval of the choice of the City of London. It would be unnecessary for me to recapitulate the nature of the grounds of approval, as your Recorder has given a record which has described the Lord Mayor Elect as a person likely to preside with grace and dignity over the affairs of the city of London. Then, turning to Mr Alderman Evans, the Lord Chancellor said I have very great pleasure in welcoming you as the chief officer of the city of London and in again announcing her Majesty's approval of the choice of the citizens of London. The Lord Chancellor then shook hands with the Lord Mayor-Elect and the others present, and the loving cup having been handed round, the proceedings terminated.

SAD AFFAIR AT MILFORD. TWO ARTILLERYMEN DROWNED. On Saturday evening, whilst three artillerymen belonging to Fort Popton, Milford Haven, were proceeding in a boat from Angle to Fort South Hook, from some unknown cause the boat was suddenly upset. Its occupants were thrown into the water and two of them were drowned, viz., Bombardier Beckett and Gunner James, of Pem- broke. The other man escaped by swimming to the rocks, where he had to stay for some five ours. When rescued he was in a prostrate condi- ion, and has not yet been able to speak, so that p° a £ c^,te ^formation can be gleaned of the recovnt a e c^saster. The bodies have not been big srmL' anC* *S *ntended to fire one of the recovery! Water with a to their

NEW DEAN OF CHRIST CHURCH. The Queen has bp#»n ■, appointment of the Rev if*5'ed.to 3>Prove the Canon of Christ ChurchLfP-^efc> Pastoral Theology in thp TT« S\us Professor of be Dean of Christ, Church of. °xford'to the Very Rev Henry Geore-if r vLr<r,sl^?atlon of Paget is the second Lnof ^rLjSell> £ -D* £ r eminent surgeon, and was born in is|f get'the

STOPPAGE OF A TIIST-PLATE WORKS. The Abercarn Tin-plate Works, vowned ? bv Mr D. Whitehouso, J.P., The Gaer, Newport, came to a standstill on Monday morning^>*dnT?o scarcity of orders at remunerative prices. Work had been going on very irregularly for some iittie time. Mr Green, the manager says the stoppage is only a temporary one, and that operations will be resumed as soon as possible.

DEATH OF A MISSIONARY. 1 Thft death is announced of* the itev* James4 •Wri B A. at August", Etath Ao^li^ in his 66th year. Mr Leoaard was ojo of the Pioneer missionaries of the Colonial Missionary' Society. —

THE BERLIN TRAGEDY. [REU'rER'S TELEGRAM.] BERLIN, Monday. A man named Ernest Schultz has been arrested by the police on suspicion of being the murderer of th6 woman Nitsch, who was killed and terribly mutilated yesterday in a low tenement house in this city. The prisoner is a clerk from Wachow, in the district of Westhavelland, in Brandenburg, and is at present out of employ- ment.

,LOSS OF a Cardiff VESSEL. A small sailing named the Viceroy, belonging to Messrs SpjjIer3 andBakergf of Cardiff, went on a rocky beach near the CJodrevy Light- house. Cornwall, late on sunday night, and soon became ajotal wreck. The mast of the unfortunate v essel wa.5 on Mond mornillgj but no tidmgs could be learned of the crew. Later m f,3^' however, the dead body .of a manwas.pi P off Ijay]e Pierhead. Every effort was made to resuscitate it, but without success, as hfe had been extinct several hours. The vessel's EPunt was quite empty. Several bags of flour have been w^led Thv!Jre^ntS'toClff°n 3ays =-The ketch Vice- roy' .ff °w(. Cardiff ,8891,3 Spillers and Bakers, of Cardiff, left Cardiff {or on RSIF- °«HT«- "—SI • rrie<3 c ?es> and reported hearing ° distress and seeing t render boat, but being 6. heid themsp'lSS*S!'ance- The crew of the lifeboa IVes in readiness all night for the » distress, and early of ves»l wereseen £ £ ?' £ tc;r — a- Subsequently picked °lng to f* Viceroy was s >^nd also a youto s dead body.

A SCHOONER ASHORE NEAR PkbSTOW. Dunng the storiny prevaiied on SUnd?from Newt^ner Heleii Williams, k°Un hnre in Const t0 Newquay, with coals, ? J the captain was' fc the time the Vess 7he bay until dayb^^ndmS to anchor her m the by eak, but he found she was ashore^ tjon 0. ^d she was in deep water. ?ndstowtbe steamship6. °CCUrrence reaching Padsto -uqqjj P Amazon steamed down, and after s cargo was lightened, towed her off.

l\fINOR CASUALTIES. A ^0y?lLhK Cawi*1 ^onstar»tinople states ashore at » iV-iannora_ A Lloyd's tolegran, froln Antwerp states that the s'6*™1 .jjtoeipi di NaIK,h, from Newcastle, T EJTB 1steamer Woodstock. Antwerp g Ternm^*6 been in collision at Sunkerpl03,' Hamas-pr}*6*1' ^he former vessel is in the Woodstock sank, and will p total loss. Assistance has been sent. timber laden h»» voyage. ^ul weather, and during the late storm the mate s arm broken at the wheel.

REOPENING^op ^The law JreonTfVacation! Monday, after ^he Long Lord Ok or^ships, after break- fasting w where they afri^n^ellor, proceeded to the court-i ed j pr Ve4 shortly before t\vo 2 ,1°° whic" there w«°'TS1°n UP the hall, £ the junior k r&e assembly, chiefly °f"?itoo»rSof WfaC Only one of the Appeal j? Bench sat, besides the twof? lfc an{j OQ Chancery Courts, £ -epMrlJ Butt taking Court. Upon bir Charle. i>aYford Seat m the Probate Division, hisjord h xpressed the pleasure they all am verv £ s Veturn. Mr Justice Butt reph H!, °^ £ ed to you all_

AT TF,NIPTS To WIRECK lads^fn an attempt to wrecfthWlth-J^veral otber lads, in 3. ne on m j 01t the mid-day express Si way chains and pwlay lasfc hy Placi»& some y • Abates on thp tween Purley Junction and South Croydom

==- AMERICAN METHODISM. -1 NEW YOR"Monday. The 125th of American Methodism was yesterday celebrated at John-street church here, which was the Methodist Church. founded m the United States. At the evening service a numb€JO delegates of the recent Ecumenical Conference were present.

MR MORLEY IN MAN- CHESTER. CRITICISM OF MR CHAMBERLAIN. The Right Hon. John Morley, M.P., addressed a meeting at the Manchester Reform Club on Monday night. Sir Henry Roscoe, M.P., pre- sided. Mr MOKLKV, who was received with loud ap- plause, said he believed that those present that night were not of the same opinion as a writer in the Standard newspaper of that day. In a good- humoured article the writer drew a parallel after- Plutarch between himself (Mr Morley) and a much more important personage. Among other things his critic said that he was a doctrinaire Radical, and that his interest and knowledge of things apparently began, with the French Revolution. Weil, that was rather hard :in a criticism upon a speech one point of which was the glorification of the fathers of the English .Revolution. (Cheers.) Now, for his own part, he .always thought himself a very practical Radical, and perhaps his critics would recognise that before they had done. (Renewed cheers.) Alluding to the address presented to him, he rejoiced greatly m the fact that the members now ratified what their political committee had said on this subject. Of course, there was no doubt that during the last 11 months there had been great shocks in connection with the Irish question. Mr Parnell had gone from amonsr us. tie was a powerrul and an extraordinary personality. In cold and long-sighted clearness of perception of facts he surpassed anyone with whom he (Mr Morley) had ever been brought into contact, either in literature or in politics. Napoleon said he liked the generals who saw things as they were as through a military field glass, and did not compose them into imaginary pictures. Lhat was the quality of Mr Parnell. Like Cavour he united the utmost precision of ideas, the utmost firmness of ideas with a tenacious and fearless will. As a Parlia- mentary tactician, they must all know that he was consummate as a party leader he overcame difficulties that had baffled nearly every pre- decessor; and he achieved remarkable and abiding results. (Cheers.) Unhappily, it was t,me that it had to be said of him us was said of another great champion of the cause of better government m Ireland that the stage darkened before the curiam fell. He was glad to think that, tragic as the fifth act of the drama opened l^t November he was glad to think that, though sometimes the provocation was extreme none of them, speaking for himself and his col- leagues, none of them had used a single re- criminatory word, and he thought he for them, as he did for himself, that Mr irarnell s proceedings since November would never blind them to the momentous impor- tance of the good work that he did for Ireland and for the cause of reconciliation between Ireland and Great Britain. (Cheers.) For his own part he could only say, come weal, come woe, whatever the issue of the next General Election might be, he at any rate would never regret that he had given six of the best years of his life for this great cause — the cause of the reconciliation of Ire- land and his own country. (Loud cheers.) They were asked what was the alternative policy to rlome Rule? A very active and intrepid Liberal Unionist politician who had been speak- ing at Sunderland said the other day that if they could float Iretand across the Atlantic there ? ?n' not altogether disagreeable. That was the last word of the mcsfc important of f Unionists, and it was a word o I* another portion ?peech Mr Chamberlain had referred to a remork which he (Mr Morley) had made, that there was no place in English politics for a thIrd party, and he triumphantly fu T K F°TT 11 beino annihilated, here th» .Liberal Unionists were. Yes, that was so here they were with a vengeance; but what were they? (Cheers.) He would tell them what they were, and he would show it from Mr Chamberlain's speeches. They were Tories. (Cheers.) As, for instance, he would Jiko to know what John Bright would have thought if Mr Chamberlain had said in his presence that to the Tory party most of the credit was due for social legislation. When did Mr Chamberlain find that out? He did not find it out in 1880, when he worked with all his might and mam to turn out this beneficent party. He did not find it out in 1885, when he denounced Lord Salisbury and those who neither toiled nor spun as the foes of popular well-being. (Cheers.) Could it be true that, all this was a mistake, and a cruel injustice to the Conservative party ? If he had made that statement in the presence of Mr Bright, Mr Bright would have asked him was the credit of repealing the corn laws due to the Tory party ? Was national education due to the Conservative party ? Was the repeal of the taxes on know- ledge due to the Conservative party? It was a most extraordinary statement, it was a statement which, he though, a Tory would have thought twice before he made it. (Cheers.) Mr Balfour said this we-ek, not with any striking freshness of originality, that the Liberals were a heterogenous party. Mr Chamberlain also said that they were conglomerate, and asked what would a Government do which tried to reconcile the political economy of Mr Tom Mann and Mr John Morley ? Well, he was not so familiar as lie would like to be with the political economy of Mr Tom Mann, but he had seen some very strange reooiicdiations in the field of political economy. (Laughter.) It was not so very, very long since a certain statesman preached a political economic doctrine of ransom, and he was told by Lord Salisbury that he was a modem Jack Cade. (Laughter.) And yet we now fouud thechampion of ransom enthusiasticoJly applauding the champion of property, and Jack Cade nforming the country that Lord Salisbury and his friends were the true promoters of social reform. (Renewed laughter.) After that he (Mr Morley) did not know what might happen between Tom Mann and himself. (Loud laughter and cheers.) But if Mr Chamberlain believed in his recent utterances, how he must repent as he looked back upon the past errors of a misspent political life. He (Mr Morley) had no pleasure in recalling these things, but he wanted the Dissentient Liberals of Lancashire to consider them and he begged to assure them that they would have to make up their minds, from the example of this, the most intrepid of all of them, that their dissent would not stop at a change of leaders or a denunciation of a political policy. It was hurrying them down a steep decline, as it had hurried that able man (Mr Chamberlain) down to a position which stultified their whole past, which made their former political conduct one vast blun- der, and their old political history no better than so much mischievous moonshine. (Cheers and laughter.) The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to Mr Morley for his address.

THE STRAND Iv ACANCY. Polling for the election of a. member of Parlia. ment for the Strand Division in succession to the late First Lord of the Treasury takes place t0-^ the r^lt will be made known to- night. I he candidates are Mr Frederick Smith (Conservative) and Dr Gutteridge (Liberal).

THE CHARGE AGAINST A SCHOOL INSPECTOR. The Rev Dr James Caspar Clutterbuck, her Majesty's Inspector of Workhouse Schools, who was prosecuted at Bath on Wednes- day on a charge of obtaining money by false pre. tences from Mrs Jessie Turner, was brought to Bath on Sunday in custody, the two persons who became surety for him having on Saturday with- drawn their undertaking. He was arrested at Chelsea, when he denied that he had any intention of leaving the country. Dr Clutterbuck was brought before the Bath magistrates on Monday morning, and remanded in custody until fresh bail to be approved bv the police is forthcoming. He said he had written to Lord Lonsdale and others asking them to become bail. He had no intention, he added, of leaving England.

A SECOND CHARGE. lVffi GOSCHEN AGAIN TO BE CALLED. At the same court on Monday afternoon, Dr Clutterbuck was charged with having inFebruary, 1890, and February, 1891, obtained by false pretences two cheques, together of the value of £1,900, from Mr Charles Merton Hodges, head- master of the Bath School of Art. Mr Simmons, a local solicitor, who prosecuted for the Treasury, said the defendant was one of the trustees of the school, and obtained money from Mr Hodges by stating that Mr Goschen bad authorised him to procure money forming part of the Government Loan at 10 per cent, Mr Hodges having perfect faith in Dr Clutterbuck parted with the cheques alluded to. The defendant applied for a second cheque one Sunday when he was return- ing from church, saying tnere was a vacancy for a deposit in consequence of a death. Mr Simmons said he was afraid Mr Goschen would have again to be called from London, as in the .case of Mrs Turner. He asked, therfore, for a remand, but said he did not think bail should be granted, as in this case the money had not been refunded. The accused's house was to let, and he was now writing letters without any address. The accused said it was essential he should be in London, where all his pepers were.— .The magistrate said he would grant bail in £ 3,000. The accused was thereupon remanded.

THE PHILOSOPHER'S STON, E. At the Bow-street police-court, on Monday, Ed. Painter, giving an address at Dover street, Piccadilly, was charged on suspicion with obtain- ing money by false pretences within the jurisdic- tion of the Swiss Government. Mr Arthur New- ton, who defended, asked that evidence as to the arrest only should be given.—Detective -Warden said he arrested the prisoner on his dis- charge from Pentonville, where he had undergone a term of imprisonment in connection with the philosopher's; -stone frauds. He made: no answer to the charge.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. There being several names now before the Liberal electors of the Carmarthen boroughs to be voted on at the next meeting, we think it would be unfair to expose these not yet selected candidates to the criticism of anony- mous correspondents. We have received several anonymous letters advocating the claims respec- tively of Major Jones and of Mr Lewis Morris, but in no case can those appear unless the writers append their own names.- S. W.D.N.