South Wales Daily News

PROF. LLOYD AND BANGOR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] There is no truth in the rumour which has been circulated that Professor J. E. Lloyd is a candi- date for the Principalship of the Bangor Indepen- dent College. The authorities have decided not to fill the vacancy at present. But I have it on the very highest authority that the post of Registrar of the North Wales College at Bangor has been offered him and there is little doubt that he will accept the appointment. The offer was made last week, as announced in the South Wales Daily News. The matter came upon us so suddenly and unexpectedly that for some days after the offer had been made some of Professor Lloyd's colleagues at Aberystwyth could with difficulty be brought to credit the rumour. The country will receive the announcement with much pleasure. Professor Lloyd has yet to establish a reputation as a man of business, and to show capacities to deal with men and arrange the financial and educational aflairs of a growing institution like the North Wales College. But from what one knows personally of him one cannot but have the fullest confidence in liim and in his capabilities to ably fulfil the duties of his new office. Of his high culture and classical and scholarlv attain- ments there can be no doubt. Many" of your readers will have heard some of the extension lectures whJkh Professor Lloyd has delivered in several par" of the Principality. These will have afforded those who have been privileged to hear them opportunities to judge to some extent of his natural endowments and his ripe scholarship. Of the,e extonsion lectures I may mention the fol- lowing as being particularly excellent" The Age of Wal«s," "Welsh Story-telling," The lyric poetry of Wales"—lectures which cannot at the present day be delivered too often, and which to those who are interested in the study of their native country and its literature, will amply repay more than a single hearing. All that Prof. Lloyd says and writes stems to me to possess a Grecian flavour. Every thought is well expressed. His sentences and phrases are like chiselled statuary—exquisite in form and finish. As a speaker, this, perhaps, may be at the same time his weakness as it is also his strength. There are some of us who like to see, as it were, the inner workings of the lecturer's and the speaker's mind as lie addresses us. What Maeaulay says of Sir James Mackintosh is, to a great extent, true of Professor Lloyd. You could never see that statesman's opinions in the making —they came forth like the pillars of Solomon's Temple, in which no sound of axes or hammers was heard finished, rounded, and suited totheirplaees. The professor will be greatly missed from his old post at Aberystwyth, and the appointment of his successor to take history and Welsh grammar and literature will be a difficult duty the Council of the College will soon be called upon to dis- charge. It will be hard to find a successor in other spheres in which the professor's influence was felt to the manifest advantage of the College. He has had much to do with the success of tho College Choral Society, in which he has talon almost a fatherly interest from tho beginning. He has also been president of the Celtic Socistv, and his aluable assistance in this, one of the youngest of the College societies, will be greatly missed. In other directions too and in matters j both inside and outside the College walls the professor wili leave behind him a vacant place which cannot easily be filled. Bangor College is to be warmly congratulated upon its new" re- gistrar, who will undoubtedly be a valuable acquisition to the staff. A scnolar of Lincoln, with such additional 'Varsity distinctions as first- class in classical mods., and first-class in historical greats, is a man of whom Bangor may well be proud. Professor Lloyd is supposed by some to be rather reserved, distant, and unapproachable. Those who know him best recognise in him the most genial of men. That he is held in high repute by old Aberystwyth graduates is evidenced by the fact that he has been elected as their representative in the Court of Governors, and this is further testified to by lus ha v i ug been chosen, on St. David's Day, a member of the committee of the newly-formed Association of Old Students, in the formation of which, it is fair to add, he took keen interest and played a leading part.

THE CHURCHES. The Nonconformist ministers of Gloucester paid a visit to Gloucester Cathedral last week, at the invitation of the Dean (Dr Spence), who con- ducted the party through the Abbey. More than £4,500 towards the sum of f,6,000 asked for by the Dean and Chapter two months ago for the restoration of the fabric has been received. The Rev John Watson, of Chester, has been nominated by the Council of the Primitive Methodist College, Manchester, as Principal, in succession to the Rev Dr Wood, who recently resigned. The Rev John Brown, D.D., of Bedford, and Mr T. W. Harrison, of Hanley, have been ap- pointed English delegates to the Triennial Council of the Congregational Churches of America, which will assemble in ths autumn at Minneapolis. Among the Congregational churches the following pastoral changes have taken place :— Mr r. G. Davies, of the Memorial College, Brecon, has been called to the charge of the churches at Tredustan and Brechfa the Rev L. K. Morgan, of Whitchurch, Ross, has accepted the pastorate at Cambridge, Gloucestershire the Rev C. Fleming Williams, of Stoke Newington, has declined the call from Wharf Church, Brisbane the Rev James Sharman, of Hackney College, has been appointed by the directors of the London Missionary Socioty to Antananarivo, Madagascar. The Rev W. J. Woods, who for several years has been minister of Clapton-park Congregational Church, has intimated his acceptance of the secretaryship of th) Congregational Union of England and Wales, subject to ratification by the annual assembly in May. The autumnal session of the Union is to be held at Bradford. Among the Presbyterian churches the following pastoral changes have occurred :—The Rev William Jones has resigned the charge of the William Jones has resigned the charge of the Welsh Church at Morriston, which he held for years the Rev J. Scott Cockburn, of Penrith, has accepted the pastorate of the church at Harrogate the Rev James Mackenzie, after a ministry extending over 20 years, has intimated at Harrogate the Rev James Mackenzie, after a ministry extending over 20 years, has intimated his resignation of St. John's Church, South Shields; the Rev John Stewart. of Carrickfergus, has accepted the charge of Elmwood Church, Belfast. The following changes have occurred among the Baptist ehurches :-The Rev David Davies, who has closed his ministry at Buckley, and is remov- ing to Tarporley, will be succeeded by the Rev W. Jenkins, of Lordshill, Salop; the Rev E. Hughes, of Manchester College, has sailed for the Congo, having been or- dained for missionary service the Rev J. H. Thomas, of Pcntypool College. has been called to the pastorate of the English Church at Wrex- ham the Rev David Donald, late of the Pastors' College, has accepted the charge of Coupland- street Church, Manchester the Rev T. G. James has removad from Gladsbury to Newport, Mon., having accepted the charge of Tydee Church the Rev R. A. Boothjnan has been ordained pastor of Shaw-bridge Church, Clitheroe. Mr Thomas D. Jones (Mold), of Bala-Bangor Independent College, has received a pressing in- vitation to become pastor of the Welsh Congre- gational Church at Bootle, near Liverpool. Sir Lionel M. S. Pilkington, Bart., has offered the Vicarage of Wonastow, near Monmouth, in the Diocese of Llandaff, to the Rev C. Chaloner Lindsey, curate of All Saints, Wolverhampton, and it has been accepted by him. The Bishop of Llandaff has fixed Wednesday and Thursday, the 26th and 27th of October next, as the days upon which the conference will sit this year at Cardiff. The Rev Edward Parry, of Swansea, has been invited to the pastorate of the Baptist Chapel of Aberdulais. Mr D. H. Williams, of Carmarthen College and Glasgow University, has accepted an invita- tion to the pastorate of the Congregational Chapel, Mount Pleasant, Holyhead.

DEATH OF SIR HUDSON KLNAHAN. • — • The Press Association's Maryborough corres- pondent telegraphs :-Sir Hudson Kinahan, Bart., high-sheriff ot Queen's County, who was seized with paralysis while officially engaged at Maryborough Assizes, died here on Tuesday. The deceased, who was born November 27th, 1823, and was the first baronet created in 1887, was senior partner of the firm Messrs Kinahan and Sons, distillers, of Dublin. He was a justice of the peace for County Cork, and a director of numerous companies. He is succeeded in the title by his eldest son, Edward Hudson, who was borki November 3rd, 1865.

SHIPMENTS AT BARRY. The following is the quantity of coal and coke shipped at Barry Dock for the week ending Saturday, March 5th, 1892 •— Coal. Coke. Tons cwt. Tons cwt. Monday, Feb. 29 14,229 14 251 15 Tuesday, Mar. 1 14,993 5 422 12 Wednesday, 2 16*452 18 52 18 Thursday, „ 3 18^557 14 10 IV Friday, 4 16,148 6 Saturday, „ 5. 6,404 14 476 12 Coal I. 86,791 11 1,214 14 Coke 1,214 14 Total 8 ;,006 5

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MR JOHN THOMAS ON THE HARP. INTERESTING ARTICLE BY "PENCERDD GWALIA." The third article of the series on "Musical Instruments and Music," in the "Victorian Magazine," is by Mr John Thomas, (i Pencerdd Gwalia," harpisi, to the Queen, who deals with the instrument on which he is himself so accom- plished a performer. In describing the origin of the harp, Mr Thomas takes his readers back to the remotest ages, and declai-ei that from the days of Jubal (only seventh in descent from Adam), the father of all such as handle the harp and organ," the instrument may be traced down the stream of Hebrew history. The harp in use by the Israelites is discussed, also that in vogue with the Egyptians, and simi- larly the Grecian type. Coming to the character of the instrument among the Western peoples, "Pencerdd Gwalia" emphasises the great simi- larity between the Scotch aud Irish harps, and points out that the pentatomo scale, so character- istic of the music of both countries, proves con- clusively that one must have derived the instru- ment from the other. Welsh national music is entirely free from these characteristics. The Welsh appear not only to have derived the harp f i-ozz, ancient Greece, but also to have perpetuated the Olympic games in the musical and poetical contests which have taken place at the Eistedd- vodau held periodically in Wales from time iui- memorial, and continued down to the present day. About 160 B.C. Blegrwyd ab Seisylit, King of Britain, is said to have been a celebrated musician, and performed oil thp. harp, and, therefore, he was called the God of Music. The venerable Bedesays that in the seventh century the harp was so gently played in Britain that it was customary to hand it from one to another in entertainments and mentions one who, ashamed that he could not play upon it, slunk away lest he should expose his ignorance. In such honour was the harp held in Wales that a slave might not practise it; that to b3 able to play upon it was an indispensable qualification of a gentleman and that it could not be taken for debt. A pro- fessor of this favourite instrument enjoyed many privileges His lands were free and his per- son was sacred. Not only were the aucient bards competent to incite to heroic deeds, but when occa- sion demanded they could quell the tumult of contending, warlike forces. Diodorus Siculus states that they advanced between hostile armies, whowere confronting each other with swords.drawn and spears extended, ready to engage, and by their eloquence, as by irresistible enchantment, prevented the effusion ,of blood, and prevailed upon the combatants to sheathe their swords. The Welsh laws enumerate three distinct harps, thus :-The three lawful harps 1, the harp of the king 2, tho harp of a master of music (Pencerdd) and 3, the harp of a gentleman. The two first were valued at 120 ponce each, and the tuning-key 24 pence. The harp of a gentleman (or baron) was valued at 60 pence, and its tuning-key 12 pence. Davydd ap Gwilym, who flourished at the end of the 14th century, in his poems alludes with much enthusiasm to the harp with glossy black hair. This was tho instrument upon which the under- graduates were obliged to study until they took a degree. He also mentions an Irish leathern hup which had found its way into Wales in his time, of which he speaks disparagingly, on account of the ugliness of its shape and the harshness of its tone, being strung with wire and played upon with the nails which were allowed to grow long and cut to a point, like the quills on the jack of a spinet. Mr Thomas then proceeds to describe the invention of the Double Harp, followed by the Welsh Triple Harp. The Welsh hit upon the happy idea of extending the diatonic scale on each side to the full extent of the instrument, with the centre row of accidentals accessible from either side. The ample resources attained by the invention of ths Triple Harp, being so far in advance of any other instrument of its kind hitherto lmowp, gave a powerful impetus to the progress of music in Wales, and may go far to account for the superior beauty, from an artistic point of view, of the national music of Wales over that of any other country. Having referred to the improvements in the construction of the harp which have marked the pre- sent century, Pencerdd Gwalia" says that the double-action harp is of all instruments with fixed sounds the most perfect and as it possesses 21 sounds in the octave, instead of 12 as is the case with keyed instruments, it is sus- ceptible of a much more perfect system of temperament. It must be added that this inven- tion has the additional advantage of having reduced the strings once more to one row, which not only enables the performer to keep the instrument in better tune, but to use a thicker string, thus attaining a quality of tone which, for mellowness and richness, may compare favourably with any other instrument in existence. The Welsh still cling to their triple harp with three rows of strings, notwithstanding its extreme difficulty of manipulation, combined with limited resources, for the sake of the rich store. of music composed for it by Welsh musicians centuries ago, and also on account of its invention being peculiarly their own. However, when they learn from experience to appreciate the superior claims of the double-action harp that their own national music can be played upon it-with teu times the facility and with far more effect; and, moreover, when they become sufficiently un- biassed to recognise improvements in their national instrument, from whatever source they may emanate, they will, without sacrificing their patriotism, gladly adopt it in preference to their own, as being more in harmony with the advanced state of music in the present day.

THE LIBERAL VAN AT MONMOUTH. A correspondent writes:—It is notorious that the borough of Monmouth numbers among its citizens Tories of the narrowest and least enlightened type. On Saturday evening last the Liberal van arrived in the town and cast anchor in Agincourt-square, under the statue of the hsro of Agineourt, Harry of Monmouth. The occu- pa.nts, Messrs Chadvvickand Newbould, placarded a modest notice announcing a public open air meeting at seven o'cWk in the evening. Punc- tually at that hour the side of the van was dropped from a perpendicular to a horizontal position, and a trentleman of patriarchal appear- ance, with an earnest, intelligent face, stepped out on the improvised platform. This was Mr Chadwick, who, addressing a large and orderly meeting, said lie was there to advocate the Liberal cause. He had been a Chartist in his youth, and nearly fifty years ago was tried m that court (pointing to the Shire-hall). He was no longer chartist, the occupation of the Chartists, like that of Othello, was gone. The speaker was proceeding with a temperate and in- re, telligent address when four gentlemen (save the mark !) on'iho fringe of the crowd commenced to call vociferously for the Liberal candidate for South Monmouthshire. Whether they imagined that Baron Profumo was concealed in the van, or whether the wild shouting was the effect of banquetting too wel! at a recent gathering is not clear. One of the quartette, for encouraging some irresponsible youths to make a disturbance, was promptly hustled, and deeming discretion the better part of valour, he precipitately retired. His companions remained, and succeeded in causing a great amount of annoyance, but happily no disturbance occurred. At the close of the addresses about a hundred weight of Liberal literature was distributed amongst the audience, who eagerly took the tracts home to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest.

LEVEL CROSSINGS AT NEWPORT. At the monthlymeeting of the NewportCorpor- ation, on Tuesday, the Parliamentary Committee reported that the consideration of the scheme for dealing with the whole of the level crossings in the town was deferred pending certain inquiries, which the Mayor undertook to make.— Mr W. H. Brown wanted to know when the Frederick-street crossing was to be provided with a footbridge.—Aid. Jacob pointed out that that was part of the larger scheme. —Mr Mordey said that he had a conversation with Mr Lambert when he was in Newport on Saturday, and he said that the whole question of level crossings was really in the hands of the Corporation. Mr Mordey said he rather differed from this view of the matter, but, of course, could not tell Mr Lambert so point-blank.—Mr Brown was afraid that in the larger scheme the particular bridge would be lost sight of.—Mr Sanders said the Council would remember that he had over and over again championed the provision of footbridges to overcome these hindrances to traffic and inter- communication, and had only been silent because the matter had been in the hands of the Parlia- mentary Committee. He was glad to hear that there was an important scheme afoot by which all the 'level crossings would be re-arranged and minimised, and he should be very grate- ful for such a consummation, which he devoutly wished to see brought about.— Alderman Jacob said he was not responsible for the larger scheme, and, if there was no prospect of carrying it out, the smaller matters should be proceeded with at the earliest moment. The Mayor, however, might suc- ceed better with the magnates at Paddington than others had been able to do.—The Mnyor said he was prepared to go to London at the most convenient moment.—Several of the level crossings of Newport are grass-grown and unused, and might, without loss to any interest, be removed.

THE SPINNING-HOUSE CASE. The action for false imprisonment in the Spinning-house brought by Daisy Hopkins against the Rev F. Wallis, one ot the Cambridge Proctors, will be tiied at the Ipswich Assizes about March 23. The defendant failed in an application to get the venue removed to London, and was ordered to pay costs.

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THE CORRIDOR TRAIN. A GREAT WESTERN EXPERIMENT. To the two "Zulus" the "Flying Dutchman," and the Jubilee" trains, the Great Western has now added the Corridor train. It is of new type, and in all probability it is the forerunner of trains, made up of carriages combining the distinc- tive merits of the. present British and American patterns, which will become established in the favour of the general travelling public of Great Britain. The" Corndor" train made the first public trial trip on Monday, from Paddington to Birken- head. Travellers to the West by the ordinary 1.30 ex- press from Paddington were not a. little surprised to be ushered yesterday into handsome brand new carriages. The secret had been well kept, and the experiment of testing the appreciation of the public for tho new form of carriage will be tried on the fairest basis for the next few months. To see the train off there were on the plattorm Viscount Emlyn, deputy chairman of the Great Western Railway, Mr H. Lambert, the company's general manager; Mr T. I. Allen, the assistant general manager; while Mr Buriinson, the superinten- dent Mr Morris, the assistant superintendent Mr Simpson and Mr Churchward, who, under Mr W. Dean, of the Swindon Works, has been res- ponsible for the design and construction of the train, travelled with a party of invited guests to Birmingham, where Mr Murphy, the divisional superintendent, received them. The train was made up of two third-class carriages, one first, and one second, and along one side of the train runs a narrow cor- ridor, with outer and inner doors, allowing the guard to pass from end to end, the passengers b ung restricted to that section which passes by I the compartments of their coach. Each class coach is provided with a smoking saloon, in which the seats are broken up, al;.1 < a greater freedom allowed, the corridor in this case being dispensed with, the doors of communi- cation opening into the saloon itself. The gang- way connections between the carriages are covered, and at each end of the carriages is placed a toilet-room, one for gentlemen and one for ladies. By building- the carriages of a width of an additional foot compared with the ordinary breadth of eight feet, greater space is gained, but this docs not compensate for the necessary re- duction of seating room. Every appointment has been carefully devised, and comfort has been studied in adapting the latestst railway travelling improvements. Foot warmers are dispensed with, for the waste steam of the engine is utilised by being conveyed to the carriages for raising the temperature of the interior. To call the guard in case of emergency it is only necessary to press a button in each com- partment, which tells its number in the brake van. The lighting by compressed oil-gas in central lamps suspended from the domed roof is sufficient and agreeable. The Great Western has not taken the heroic method of the South-Eastern in totally superseding the English single compartment by the American and conti- nental saloon, but has found a practicable inter- mediate carriage, which meets the ineradicable prejudice of the Englishman for privacy in long- distance travelling, while it secures the advan- tage of greater comfort and security. The first journey to Birkenhead was made under the charge of Jeans, a puard who has conducted the midday express for 36 years, aud is the second senior guard of the company, and Inspector Crook. The train will run to Birkenhead on alternate days from Paddington, making the return journey in the interval.

BURGLARIES IN CARDIFF. TWO SUSPECTS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. At the Cardiff police-court, on Tuesday— before Dr Paine and Alderman David Jones— James Carrol and Jeremiah Collins, two rough- looking men, were charged with bur- glariously entering a house, No. 65, Union- street, and stealing an overcoat value 39s 6d, the property uf Benjamen Wainwright, on the 28th February. Mr Belcher defended.—The prosecutor said that he fastened up his rooms on the night in question, and on the following morn- ing he found the door of the middle-room open and the contents of the room disarranged. The overcoat, together with two canaries and a watoh and chain, had disappeared. He identified the overcoat produced as his property.—Mrs Arabella Tregarthen, who lodged in the house, said the canaries belonged to her.—-Cross-examined by Mr Belcher, she said there were three families living in the house. — Detective inspector Fowler said he went to 42, Milicent-street, where he saw the prisoner Carrol, who, after remarking, "I know what you are looking for," took bin: into the backyard, and showed him some fowls which he said had been brought there by a man named Haynes. He then took witness into the house, and from a back bed- room brought the overcoat, saying it bad also been brought there by Haynes. Witness took Carrol into custody, and later in the day apprehended Collins, whom he charged with burglary and with stealing the canaries. Collins replied that William Haynes had given him the canaries on Sanday evening to mind for him, while Carrol said he knew nothing about it.—Cross-examined by Mr Bel- cher, witness said he had examined the rooms occupied by Wainwright, but had not discovered any damage to the doors or windows, or any traces of burglarious entry. The tenant of the house, a Portuguese, who described himself as a "musical and theatrical caterer," said he never bolted tho outside door. It fastened itself with a spring lock. There were about a dozen persons in the house on the night in question, and some of them might have re- mained up after he had retired to rest.—The prisoner Carrol was further charged with stealing a number of fowls from the back premises of Nu. 30, Windsor-place, the property of Mr Fletcher.— Mr Fletcher, of 30, Windsor-place, said that about eijjhfc o'clock on the evening of the 25th ult. his fowls were all safe. In the morning he missed live.—Detective Fowler said he found the five fowls in the backyard of the prisoner's house. The prisoner told him that a man named .Haynes had brought them there, When charged with stealing the fowls the prisoner further stated that when he got to know the fowls had been stolen he would not let then; be destroyed.—Cross-examined by Mr Belcher: Witness said the prisoner had never attempted co conceal the fact that the fowls were on the premises.—The Bench committed the two prisoners to tako thair trial at the next assizes, bail being allowed, themselves in £20, and two sureties of £ 10 each.

ALLEGED FORGERY BY A CARDIFF CLERK. At the Cardiff police-court on Tuesday— before Dr Paine and Alderman D. Jones—John Williams, formerly a solicitor's clerk in Cardiff, was again charged on remand with obtaining money to the amount of JB7 10s from Mr Kaiser, jeweller, of St Mary-street, by means of a forged cheque, purporting to be drawn in his favour by Mr Harry Cousins. The case had been adjourned from the previous day for further evi- dence. The first witness now called was Mr Harry Cousins, solicitor, of Cardiff. He examined the cheque and said the signature was not his. He had no separateaccountattheNational Provincial Bank, though he had a joint account there. Detective-Inspector Fowlersaid that on the 15th February last he received the cheque from Mr Elias Kaiser, and on Saturday, the 5th instant, he received the prisoner in custody at the police- station. He read the warrant over to him, which charged him with having on the 12th of February last obtained from Mr Kaiser by means of a forged cheque, purport- ing to bo drawn by Mr Harry Cousins, money to the amount of J67 10s. The prisoner made no reply to the charge.—Mr Kaiser being recalled, in reply to the prisoner's questions, re- peated that he had never known the prisoner. He had gone round to the gaol,as he had been told the prisoner was there and he might have a chance to see him. He went there to see if he would be able to recognise the prisoner. When he got to the gaol an officer of the prison took him round, but did not tell him that the person he wanted to see wore a brown overcoat. All the officer told witness was that they had a prisoner in private clothes, and the prisoner was the only one in private clothes.—The Prisoner Then you came prepared to identify the only man in private clothes ?—Witness No; I had no chance. The prisoners were walking round rather sharp, and I had the sun in my eyes, so that I was not satisfied.—Dr Paine: Were they out in the exercise ground?- Witness: Yes!—TheClerk Then when you left the prison you were in con- siderable doubt whether he was the man or not ?— I was.—Prisoner When you walked past me tho first time, didn't you go down to a heap of pota- toes and watch me for about 10 minutes ?— Witness Nv, I was not there two minutes.— Prisoner Didn't you say you would send for the potatoes about three o'clock ?—Witness Yes. (Laughter.)—The Prisoner If I were to tell you that I had known you about 20 years, and that I couldn't understand why you should send there for potatoes. You would understand why I ask you these question?. — Witness No. — The Prisoner Why did you come to iden- tify me again on the Saturday ?—Witness Because I was doubtful the first time.— The Prisoner your identification of me the second time the result of your having had a look at me for 20 minutes before ?—Witness No I was not in the gaol for 20 minutes. —Dr Paine When you were in tl • gaol you weren't allowed to speak to the prisoners and stop them ?—Witness No, thev were walking round sharp, and I had to walk round sharp, too. (Laughter.)—The Clerk: Are you sure tho prisoner was the man now ?— Witness I am positively sure.—Dr Paine You say you have been in Cardiff 30 years. Did you know the prisoner before ? Witness No I didn't know the man.—Mr Mr Walter Scott, solicitor, of Cardiff, said the prisoner was formerly a clerk in his service. He was acquainted with the prisoner's handwriting, and after examination declared that the cheque appeared to have been filled up in the prisoner's handwriting.— Mr Medhurst, cashier of the National Provincial Bank of England (Cardiff branch), said the prisoner had no account at the bank and they had no customer bearing the name of the prisoner. When formally charged with the offence the prisoner said I reserve my defence until my trial." He was committed for trial at the next assizes.

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THE SACKING OF VAL- PARAISO, VISIT TO A CHILIAN BATTLEFIELD. HOW THE DEAD WERE DISPOSED OF. NARRATIVE OF AN EYE-WITNESS. On Saturday last the barque Castlchead, of Liverpool, owned by the White Star Line, entered the West Bute Basin, Cardiff, with a cargo of wheat from Valparaiso. Having ascer- tained that she was from that port, and that she had been on the Chilian coast while the late civil war was at its height, a reporter of this journal had an interview with the captain and officers, who had passed through some rather thrilling experiences in the deadly struggle be- tween the armies of Balmaceda on the one hand and the Chilian Congressional party on the other. Tho Castlehead, a finely-built iron barque of about a thousand tons gross, was being lightened preparatory to proceeding up the West Dock to Messrs Spillers and Bakers' wharves, when our representative went on board and was introduced by the chief officer, Mr Edward Dunn, to Captain Robert Dixon. The latter gentleman, when made aware of the press- ma.n's mission, at once entered into a narration of some of the occurrences of which he and his officers were witnesses while in South American waters, and Mr Dunn, with a view of being abso- lutely accurate as to dates and the like, pro- duced the log book and made frequent references to the entries therein contained. We left Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron p: pes for the Valparaiso Water Works on the ^5th April, 1391," said the captain, "and we arrived at Valparaiso on the 24th July. The war had broken out before we left England, and when we reached our destination everything was at a standstill. We had no difficulty in entering the harbour, for there was a powerful English squadron there. We commenced to discharge, but the work proceeded very slowly, sometimes a day's work being done, and then everything sus- pended for a week. We could see the soldiers drilling on the heights above the city. Everything was in a ferment, tho people expecting the arrival of the ironclad Esmeralda, which was equipped with two 25-ton guns." NAVAL OPERATIONS. Did she make her appearance Yes, and at once proceeded to open fire on the land batteries. Her shells burst in¡dd the forts on the north side of the city, and caused immense destruction. We saw one discharge from a 25-ton gun dismount the guns in one of the batteries on shore, and completely silence it, every man apparently beinr' killed." "What happened next ? "Having silenced the shore guns the fleet, which was in the hands of the Congressional is ts, commenced to land troops undor cover of their guns. The soldiers marched round the land side of the city and formed a junction with the nationalist armv. Then the decisive battle of Con Con took place. I did not, of course, witness the battle, but hero is a description of it furnished by Messrs Williamson, Balfour and Co., of Valparaiso, who were our agents :— PESORIVTJVE LETTER. On the 20th August the Congressional party began to land their forces at Con Con, about 10 miles north of this port. Karly on the morning of tho 21st they were attacked by Balmaceda's troops, who arreatly out- numbeied them. The Cougressioualists were better armed, and the tire of their war-ships rendered them important assistance. The result of the battle was a victory for the Congressionalints. Balmaceda's forces retreated upon Vina del Mar, thus covering Valparaiso. The GOlIgressionaiis(s followed, and were encamped for some days on the heights opposite to Vina del Alar, which is about three niiles from this port. At one time it was their intention to attack Vina, del Ma.r, but it was seen to be more advantageous to allow Balma- ceda to iiiovs all the troops he pleased iulo Valparaiso from Santiago and the south. The positions of the Congressionalists were completely marked by their skirmishing line and field guns, so that for three or four days the movements of their main body W6íe quite concealed. They suddenly re-appeared further inland, and cut t'ie railway between Santiago and Val- paraiso, thus isolating; the enemy from all assistance from the south. They then crossed the country and threatened this city from the rear. Government tmop8 were at once sent up to the heights behind Valparaiso, aud overlooking the plain of Placilla, where they took up a very strong position. The Coujjressionalists outflanked them during the night, and attacked them about seven a.m. on the 28th. The tight only lasted for about two hours, and ended in the total rout of Balmaceda's troops. Many of them had passed over to the ranks of the Congres- sionalists, and many more poor fellows would have been glad to do the same had they been able. By 10 a.m. the first of the fugitives came pouring into the town. By about midday the Intendente delivered over the town to the admirals and com- manders of the foreign fleets in the bay, who, on the aITivalof the chiefs of the Congressional party, handed the command over to them. The English and German warships landed a body of seameii and marines to guard those hills, which are chiefiy inhabited by foreign families. We regret to say that on the night of tho 23th the mob and some of the disbanded soldiers plundered a great many houses, and there were at one time 14 incendiary fires burning in the town. A constant fusillade of rifle firing was kept up during t he night, and some 200 or 300 dead bodies were lying in the streets next morning. There is a strong feeling hero that the American minister, Mr Patrick Egan, and the American men-of- war showed undue partiality to Balmaceda's govern- ment. Very probably they were not sufficiently acquainted with the country and the people to be able to judge how intense was the feeling against the president. A COUP N'ETAT. As a matter of fact," said Captain Dixon, about 450 people, among whom were many women and children, were shot down in the streets of Valparaiso that night. We could hear tho rifles going all the time. A large per- centage of the Congressional army were provided with hnnlicher magazine rifles, which fire five shots almost instantaneously if nsed be. We could herLr awful shrieks all through the night, and frequently tho soldiers would empty the whole live shots into some unfortunate batch of rioters or plunderers. Who were the principal depredators ? 0, the rottos, as they call them, the thieves and idlers of the city, broke into the drink shops, and when drunk carried on like madmen, pillaging wherever there was a chance and setting tho place on fire. A good many soldiers also joined the: plunderers, and the city was in a perfect t.umult. The troops who remained organised were sent out in small detachments with orders to disperse all assemblages and to clear the streets, and all who did not get away as soon as they were summoned to do so were shot. Martial law had been proclaimed, and very rough and ready justice was served out." A WHOLKSALK SLAUGHTER. "Did you take any part in the subsequent proceedings ashore?" We nearly got into difficulties the first time we went ashore after the surrender of the city to the Congressionalists. On the afternoon of the battle of Placilla—at perhaps half-past one— a friend on a neighbouring vessel asked me tj go ashore. I did not think it very prudent, but I consented. We had pulled in almost as far as the Dry Docks when we found that the Ahmrantc Lynch, one of the fleet that had remained true to Balmaceda, was opening fire on the soldiers who were assembled in the square in front of the Intondentc's resid- ence. We had to make off as fast as possible, and we got on board a small steamer until the firing was over. The Abuiranie Lynch commenced the fira with her Hotchkiss guns, but they were at too great an elevation, and did little or no damage. The troops at once wheeled their Gatling guns into position, and brought them to bear on the Almirante Lynch, and they literally swept her decks in a few minutes. It was like brush- ing dirt away with a broom. There was hardly a man left alive when the fusillade ceased. The Almirante Lynch had her fires banked, and therefore could not steam away. The report was spread when she was taken possession of by the Congressional troops that her commander had been killed in the action, but, as a fact, he had escaped in disguise and got on board the .American man-of-war Baltimore. The Chilians pay great respect to the dead, and the statement that a person is lying dead in any place will keep a whole army away from there." DISHONOURING THE DEAD "You had rather a narrow escape that time, then." "Yes. The bullets came whistling round us, and we were glad to got out of range. Later, when I was spending an evening at the house of a friend, we saw the bodies of the two generals of Balmaceda's army who were killed in the battle of Placilla, brought down from the battlefield into the town. We were seated at an upper window, and saw the whole affair. The bodies of the dead officers were being taken along in a rough bullock waggon to the pliantia or graveyard of the very poorest. The graves there are simply trenches with lime in them. The bodies were only partially dressed. A piece of sacking had been placed over them, and a large mob followed hooting and shouting. Some of the crowd were lifting; up the sacking, while others were amusing themselves by throwing mud. and stones, and refuse of every kind at the bodies. The generals, whose names were Barbosa and Alcerreca, though half stripped, had the remains of their uniforms about them." EFFECTS OF A BCKSTIKG G{;. "Did you see much naval warfare ?" Yes, considerable. On Sunday, August 23rd, while the Congressional ironclads and cruisers were ghelling the shore batteries and trying to land tneir troops at Con Con, the torpedo cruiser Almirante Condell, belonging to the Balma- cedists, crept round in shore and opened fire on the fleet. The little impudent beggar knew that if the fleet replied their shot would damage the merchant vessels lying in the harbour, and came fresh complications in that direction. But after she had fired two or three rounds her big gun burst, killing the second lieutenant and nearly all the men who were, near it. That silenced her. The dead lieutenant was buried under a large naval monument ashore, but when it was seen later on that the war was ffoiug against Balma- ceda, his friends removed the body and buried it somewhere else. The Congressionalists would soon have had it out of the monument and into a lime trench. A VISIT TO PLACILLA. "Did you visit any of the scenes of the engage- ments ashore?" Yes, two days after the decisive battle of Placilla one or two other English captains and mjself, with the second-mate, paid a visit to the scene. It is distant some four and a half miles as the crow flies from Valparaiso, but the road to it covers a distance of nine miles. The spot is situate amidst vory picture-squi surroundings among ranges of hills covered with low under- wood, scrub, and gorse, and tho view from thw elevation is remarkably fine. There are low ravines and rocks and boulders in all directions, offering splendid advantages to a well-handled army. The ground was covered with the dead when we were there, and the spectacle was about > Ihe most ghastbr auq horrible I ever gazed upon. ENGLISHMEN IN THE ACTION. "The wounded had been removed, I suppose ?" Yes, and all the bodies of those who had relatives or friends had been taken away. They were only the unclaimed ones when we were ther". A good many English and foreign residents in Valparaiso joined the Congressional army, especially young clerks and fellows in merchants' cnioes, but if any of theso had been killed their# bodies had been taken away for interment. Some of the troops were wearing regular military uniforms consisting of red trousers, with blue stripe, and blue jackets, with small peaked caps. Others had no appearance of being soldiers, and were wearing big Spanish sombreios, and ponchos or cbake, which form part of the dress of the common people. A good many of those wo saw in this style seemed to be half-breeds. Large numbers of the troops on both sides were dressed exactly alike, but the Ccngrcssionalists, to be distinguished from the enemy, wore a broad red band round the left arm. CREMATION EXTRAORDINARY. Was no effort being made to bury the dead," Not to bury them, but to dispose of them. The ground was too hard and rocky to permit of graves being dug. Tho unclaimed bodies were gathered together and placed side by side be- tween long pieces of timber or trunks of trees, the timber being at the head and feet of each row of bodies. Over each layer of human forms brush wood was placed, and on this another row of bodies was placed. M.-re brushwood was spread on top, and so tho process of piling up the mound of mangled corpses went on until it was eight or ten feet high. Then over the whole mass quantities of petroleum oil were poured until everything was saturated with it. A light was applied, and the whole heap was on) huge blaze of fire in a few seconds. We saw four heaps of this kind burning away at one time, after whole drums cf petroleum had been emptied over them. That night whon we returned to the ship we could hardly endure the smell that was borne down from these heaps of burning dead on the hills. The breeze blows off the shore every night, and the stench was overpowering—something from which there seemed no escape on deck or below. I never before or since have had such a sickcning experience. SANGUINARY SPITE. Did there appear to have been much robbery or mutilation ot the dead ?" "Yes, we saw some ghastly evidences of the cruelty and hatred of an army flushed with victory. There seemed to have been an awful slaughter among the officers in Balmaceda's army. You see the Congressional army were equipped with the Mannlicher repeating rifle, which fires a steel bullet that makes a frightful wound. The Balmacedists had only the Comblain and the Grasse rifle, which are not half so deadly. We saw some bodies on the field that had evidently been battered with the stocks of rifles after death. One poor wretch had his hand cut off at the wrist, and the lifeless arm was still held up, stiff and rigid, as if to ward off the blow. The head was smashed in, the nose was battered in to the level of tha face, there were stabs in and around the heart, and the right leg was broken above the ankle. The body was partly propped up against a tree. Another body was seated almost upright, with the eyes open and staring wildly. When first I iooked I thought the niau was still alive. Th :re were many other cass of tho kind that were equally horrible and saddening. We picked up various articles off the field, including a Oom- blain rifle, some sword bayonets, cartridges and detonators for the guns, uniform coats, and the like. Onu of my men wore an officer's jackat that was heavily braided on the passage home. As it had no pockets he put two canvas ones into it, and afterwards sold it as a curiosity in Queens- town. It seemed to me that when the Balmaced- ists saw they were defeated they left everything and made off in a panic. Guns, horses, waggons, rifles, and ammunition were all abandoned in the wild endeavour to get away." A HEAVY PASSAGE HOMK. When did you finally leave Chili "We got away on the third of November, after having been fourteen i.r fifteen weeks in the place waiting for our cargo. We came to Queenstown for orders, arriving thereon the 15th February. We were taken in tow by the tug Flying Fox, but a gale coming on before we made the port the hawser parted, and we had to stand from the land. Although we were then only three miles from the harbour, we were beating about outside until the following Thurs- day. We left Queenstown on the 26th February, and arrived in Cardiff on Saturday last, after having experienced awful weather." Captain Dixon, Mr Dunn, and the second mate proceeded to show our representative some of the spoils they had brought from the battle- field of Placilla, among them being a rifle bearing bullet marks, which showed that its unfortunate owner was among the slain, bayonets, boxes of ammunition, articles of wearing apparel, and the like.

SOUTH WALES COALOWNERS' ASSOCIATION. ANNUAL MEETING. On Tuesday, the annual meeting of thft Monmouthshire and South Wales Coalovvners' Association was held at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff. There weie present—Messrs C. B. Holland (the retiring chairman), Archibald Hood, Jidward J ones, K. P. iVtartm, JSrlwurd Daviee, Walter Bell, R. Bedlington, D. Hannah, H. Kirkhouse, R. Cory, 0. Cory, T. II. Bailey, T. Wilson, G. W. Wilkinson, T. Lewis, Evan Lewis, G. T. Forster Brown, Treharne liees, William J enkins, James Barrow, W. Blakemore, Thos. Evens, H. Martin, Philip Hacquoil, T. Dawson, Dr Andrew Davies, Messrs R. Jordan, R. Hooper, W. W. Hood, A. Keen, F. Raffarel, Christmas Evans, John Williams, L. Llewellyn, W. P. James, B. Nicholas, W. T. RHM, T. Jones Price, W. D. Wight, and John Roberts W. Simons (solici- tor), and W. Gascoigne Dalziel (secretary). Mr Edward Davies, of the Ocean Collieries Company, was unanimously elected the chair- man of the association for the ensuing year, and Mr John Dakers, of Messrs John Lancaster and Company, the vice-chairman. The meeting considered the reports from the Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea District Boards on the revision of assurances based upon the quantities worked by tho members at their respective collieries during the year 1891. The returns showed that tho total quantity thus worked was 21,984,533 tons, being an increase upon the preceding year of 841,007 tons. The entire output of coal in the district is about 29,(;00,000 tons. There are now 72 colliery com- panies members of the Association, representing some 220 colliwies. This is an increase upon last year. The following District Board officers were appointed :— -Cardiff. -Chairnia-.i, Mr Walter Bell; vice- chairman, Mr W. W. Hood. Newport.—Chairman, Mr J. Colquhoun; vice- chairman, Mr C. B. Holland. Swansea.—Chairman, Mr J. T. Nettell; vice- chairman, Mr John Roberts. The following gentlemen, as nominated, were respectively elected to represent in the Associa- tion the undermentioned cuml)anies:- Messrs tho Albion Collieries Company.—Mr T. E. Lewis. Messrs Powell's Tillery Company.—Mr John P. Hacquoil and Mr T. J. Dawson. I ell Messrs the Tirpeutwys Couii)aiiy.-Alr B. Nicholas and Mr W. P. James. Messrs the Monmouthshire and Cwm Colliery Company.—Mr Jolin Stanfield and Mr Richard Stanfiela. Messrs the Cardiff Navigation Colliery Com. pany.—Mr Thomas J. Masters. Messrs the Gelli and Tynybedw Company.— Mr John Cory, Mr Clifford Cory, and MrW. D. Wight. Messrs the Executors of the late G. W. Cart- wiight.—Mr Thomas George Cartwright. The Marquis of Bute (the Bute Merthyr Col- liery). -Mr H. Clarke Lewis. Messrs the Lewis's Colliery Company.—Mr W. Thomas Rees. Other business was transacted, but it was not of public interest.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT CARDIFF. THE NECESSITY FOR A IJOSPITAL. At Tuesday's meeting of the Cardiff Health Coininiteea ion^ discussion took pla(-.e(oiittiereconi. mendation remitted from the last council meeting) on the suggestion of Alderman Cory, that the committee should consider the advisability of erecting a, temporary infectioua diseases hospital whilst the permanent one was being built.—In the opinion of Dc Walford a temporary hospital con- structed of waterproof felt would cost about £ 400. Similar buildings in Liverpool and other large towns had lasted for from 10 to 15 years, and when the permanent institution was completed the smaller one could be used for small- pox patients alone. --Councillor Andrews said it seemed to him a foolish policy to spend so much money on a temporary structure. Why not at once proceed with the erection of a wing of the permanent hospital ?—Mr Munn believed the money would not be wasted, its if tho building lasted anything like the time mentioned by the medical officer, full valuo would be obtained for the outlay on the decker hospital.—The Chairman (Alderman Jacobs) stated that if they put the Iwspitill in connection with the Hauia- • dryad at the Docks into repair they had no isolated wards there.—The Mayor moved that the present infectious dissases hospital be put into proper condition to receive patients.—Mr Andrews seconded the resolution, aud it was carried unanimously.

THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE NAVY. The Press Association's Sheerness correspondent telegraphs: Thenewsteel torpedo gunboat Gleaner was completed at Sheerness Dockyard on Tues- day and passed out as ready for foreign service. The Gleaner has been just over three years in building, and has cost £ 65,000. She steHms 20 knots per hour, and is equipped with two 4-7iii. guns, four thrtiC-poundt r guns, and five 14in. torpedo tubes. Shu is the f istest gunboat of the Sharpshooter class. ■i' ■ j ii ii

PRIZE FIGHT AT LEICESTER. At Leicester on Tuesday, J. Richards (24) was remanded, charged with taking part in a prize fight on Monday. It was stated that tho fight commenced with gloves, but that afterwards bitre knuckles were used, 25 rounds, lasting altogether over an hour, being fought-. The man who is alleged to have fought the accused is not yet in custody.

SHE DIDN'T EXPLAIN.—" My dear," said the delighted husband, "Vour friends told ine jou couldn't cook before we were married wliy these cakes are delicious. (She did not tell him that it was JtUZINE I BAKING POWDER that had done it.)

SOUTH WALES COAL TRADE. The following tables, showing the business transacted during the month ju-t ended in the coal, iron, coke, and patent fuel trades, are com- ))..d from Broicnch Export List:- CARDIFF. Coal. Iron. Coke P. Fuel. January 78o,710 3,270 10 93J 28 C34 February. 846,300 1,474 3,615 22.Z1S 1,630,010 4,744 14.579 50,653 The priucipal places to whicii coal was exported were — Ancona, 12.750 tons; Aicxan- dria. 12,986; Barcelona, 19,716 Bombay, 54,655; Bordeaux, 13.920 Brindisi, 12,410; Constanti- nople. 15,000 Cape Town, 23,353; Colombo, 21,178 Cape de Verdes, 11.922 G -noa, 50,739; Gibraltar, 26,459 Havre. 34.033 Las Palmas. 16,423; Malta, 26,641: Marseilles, 29,296; Rou"»n, 14,178 St. Nazaire, 45,220 Singapore, 13,413 and Venice, 20,750. NKVl'OilT. Coal. Iron. Coke. P. Fuel. January 134,345 1,513 4 030 February 134,721 36 118 4,828 269,564 1,554 118 8,858 The largest cargoes were shipped to Alex- andria, 8,873 tons; Bilbao, 8,039; Genoa, 13,815 Gibraltar, 7,349 Las Palmas, 9,041. SWANSEA. Coal. Iron. Coke. P. Fuel January 65,09u — 1,140 35 718 February 75,368 50 455 3^,6K) 140,458 SO 1,595 63,368 The bost markets for this port proved to )>0— Caen, 7,17 tons; Dieppe, 2,154; Gothenburg, 2,321; Havre, 2,163; La Rochelle. 2.99S; Rouen, 7,342; tables d'Olonne, 3.292; San Francisco, 6,226 St. Malo, 3.230; St. Nazaire, 10,378; and Tronville, 4,849. LLANELLY. Coal. January 11,098 February 6,786 "384 Coals wera exported principally to Dieppe, 2,447 tons Hamburg, 1,409 fionflcur, o35 and Rouen, 915. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF COAL EXPORTS THE WELSH POUTS THE TY.NE PORTS. Feb Feb., Feb., Feb., 1892. 1891. 1892. 1891. Cardiff.. 84\300l 314,814 Newcastle' 297,250 300 399 Newport 134,721} 171.882S. Shields.! 27,935 44 827 Swansea 75,368; 84.477 X. Shields1 44,253 31 014 Llanelly 6,786| 11,640 Total 1,063,175!l,082,813. Total 1369,438 379,240 The following table shews the total shipments of coal, foreign and coastwise, from the coal ports of Groat Britain during the month of Febuary in 1891 and 189?, respectively :— Foreign. Coastwise. 1892. 1891. 1892. 1891. Cardiff 846,200 814,814 115,375 93,467 Newport 134,721 171, DS2 80,286 31,975 Swansea 75,363 84,477 56,029 50.292 Llanelly 6,786 11,640 4,701 7,951) Newcastle .297,250 300,399 367,191 286,156 Troon 2,7S) 5.152.. 20,393 23,224 Blyth 106,286 120,309 20,400 16,838 Kirkcaldy 62,538 84,718 7083 11 950 Sunderland 99,162 81,751 193,271 152,134 Sealiam 3,990 4, £ 00 18,816 31,547 W.Hartlepool.. 10,820 2 9 46,211 35,458 Barrowstoness.. 19,806 11,464 1,599 3,599 Whitehaven 220 210 1.328 15,966 Hull 37,031 r4,067 2M16 Gran6'em juth 49,977 43,312 — — Liverpool 53,076 45,678 60,824 66,520 South Shields 27,9i5 44,827 17.064 15,850 Stockton. — 400 — — Goole 51,889 42,869 22,820 18,040 Alloa 5,233 10,963 2 752 4,163 Amble 14,720 18,370 11,290 9,645 North Shields.. 44,253 34,014.. — — Glasgow 50,516 47,755 — Port Glasgow — 337 — — Middlesbrough. 4,251 1,904 33C 260 Ayr 2,970 4,124 42,793 42,048 Crimsby. 23,995.. 30,328.. 3,05).. 1,715 Greenock 1,407 4,790 — — Irvine — 13,456. 12,384 Cranton 1,787 3,814 730 856 Ardrossan 930 3,990 15,140 17,140 Dundee. 2,531 — — —

THE MIDDLE-WEIGHT BOX- ING CHAMPIONSHIP, PRITCHARD AND THE CARDIFF MAN. The proposed Pritchard-O'Brien match has (says the Sportsman) ended in a fiasco, and the Welsh champion has been matched wii-h Peter Jackson's sparring partner, Con Riordan, the California heavy-weight. Pritchard and his friends met the representative of O'Brien on Monday afternoon, and as the Lam- beth man had been spoiling for a match, it was thought little difficulty would be experienced in arranging one. Unfortunately obstacles quickly presented themselves. Jem Bt-avan, who attended in the interests of O'Brien, said his n an was quite willing to accept the offer of the National bporting Club, a purse of £ 550, with the belt thrown in. Pritchard wanted more money and a higher side wager, and eventually Beavan agreed to bet £300 on the result, making in all the substan- tial sum of £1,150 depending on the issue. This did not meet the views of Pritchard, and after a, lengthy discussion Mr Frank Carew, his backer, jumped up and astonished the company by saying that Pritchard should not light in the Natioual Club even if the purse were increased to £ 1,000. This singular announcement practically put an end to the proceedings. Doavstn reminded Prit- chard that they had been manning aiter him for over four months, and that his man was perfectly willing to go on with the business. As, however. Pritchard had for some unknown reason declined to meet Johnny at The National," O'Brien should not box at the Bolingbroke Club. A few lively verbal exchanges followed, and finally the company separated. Subsequently Beavan and Kabbijam called at the National Sporting Club. Peter Jackson and Con Riordan were present, and the latter expressing a wish to meet O'Brien, articles were drawn up and signed on the spot. The conditions are that the men box 20 rounds in about fourteen weeks from date, at 11 stone Bib, for a purse of jBSOO, with an additional pony a side given for training expenses. The contest will be decided in the National Sporting Club, and the winner will, be- sides the money, receive the handsome silver belt, which will become his absolute property. Ted Pritchard has addressed the- following letter to the editor of the Sportiny Life: Sir, I think it only fair to let the public know that ic was no fault of mine the match between O'Brien and myself was not made to-day. Lust Friday when we met, Habbijam said O'Brien would box anywhere so long as the money was up. When the Bolingbroke Club was mentioned and the sum (namely, £ 800) they would gn-e, Habbijam said, That would do,' so naturally I thought it settled we should coinuete there, especially as the National Sporting Club refused to increase their offer of L550. Now to-day, O'Brien's party de- cline to go on with the match anywhere el sr. but at the National Sporting Club, a very different thing to what they said on Friday. J. should like to know what possible objection there is to our meeting at the Bolingbroke and to show that I do not mean to give O'Brien a chance of slipping out ot the rnateh which, by the way, on Friday he agreed to, I shall leave the £ 200 down till this day week, and hope that he will find out by then that the Boling- I p broke Club can and have conducted contests as well as any other club. O'Brien does not seem to realise that the purse (£800) is nearly double that offered by the club where Beavan wpnts the con- test to come off."

A NEW MARKET FOR STEEL. The ironmasters in Staffordshire announced on Tuesday that a new market has been discovered in the demand which the light metal industries of Staffordshire express for steel of a. sott and mal- leable nature for working-up purposes. Hitherto these trades have been drawing thuir supply of steel mainly from South Wales, Sheffield, Cum- berland, and other outside districts. Now, how- ever, an effort is to be made to supply this de. maud from Staffordshire works, and on Monday it was rajtorted that one of the main objects of the new Earl Dudley's Steel Company will be to supply this demand.

THE LABOUR COMMISSION, Before the Royal Commission on Labour on Mon- day at Westminster, under the presidency of Lord Derby, Sir Henry Calcratt, permanent secre- tary of the Board of Trade, gavo evidence, in the course of which he showed that contem poraneously with the increase in the number of steamships as compared with sailing vessels the rate of loss of life among seamen from all causes had steadily declined, and was, in the year 1339* only one out of 126 men engaged.

MR GLADSTONE AND THE LATE Mll SPURGEON. Mr Gladstone, acknowledging the receipt of the memorial number of the Slcord and Trtivel and the Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, writes:— I thank you very much for these interesting records. Mr Spurgeon has now become a figure in religious history, and as such he is worthy of calm contemplation. Theie are profound interests at stake, which I had hoped he might have lived to promote with his great earnestness of power, but Supreme Wisdom has ordered otherwise. Tha only English photographs I saw in the shop win- dows of Paris were those of the Duke of Clareno* and Mr Spurgeori."

MR GLADSTONE'S LETTERS. Mr Gladstone is said to have completed the task of re-arranging, with a view to future publi- cation, his private correspondence between 1840 and 1890. He has given up It good deal of his spare time lately to this work.. The letters will be published posthumously.

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