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A STORMY PASSAGE. ■RKTTSSELS Saturday.—The Indepewlance Beige U? vLa 1 tele cram from Ostend stating that the PU- Gainer Se^seHenriette, winch lelt mail Vpaterdav, and should have reached Dover at noon y 0»ci00k, had not arrived 0tt°d'„$?yN«°f .Lh b« 39 °v".»Sved .t A 1 jt6r,. 7 ™glthis racfrning with her machinery Ostend at 7.30 this norm wd] The pScesseHenriette experienced stormy weather. —Renter,

A DASTARDLY CRIME. MURDERED BY MASKED MEN. BRUENN, Sunday.—A murderous outrage of a most daring character was committed yesterday in one of the most frequented streets of this town. At about six o'clock in the evening two masked men, whom some accounts describe as having the appearance of workmen, entered the counting- house of a merchant named Rosenthal, situated close to the theatre, and demanded money. On meeting with a refusal both drew revolvers and fired upon Herr Rosenthal and three clerks who were in the office at the time. Herr Rosenthal was struck by two bullets and fell dead, while two of the clerks were severely wounded. The murderers then made off, but as they were leaving the office they met Dr Hoze, Herr Rosenthal's nephew, whom they also fired upon and wounded. The perpetrators of this shocking crime succeeded in effecting their escape, and the police up to the present have failed to obtain any clue to trace them, JRcuter.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER 4.30 A.M. I' TO-DAY'S FORECAST fOJt HIVGLAND, S-if.. -AND SOUTH WALES. South-westerly to north-westerly winds, increasing greatly in froce nnsettled squally some showers. WARNINGs.-The sienals are still up in districts 6 to 10 and parts of 0 and 1.

GENERAL FORECASTS. The following forecasts were prepared last night ,t the Meteorological Office at eight o'clock DISTRICTS— )Wind, backing to south- west temporarily, and in- creasing very unsettled; rain and sleet. 2. England,N.E."| North-westerly airs, fair, and 3. England, very Cold, then south- 4. Mid. Counties westerly, increasing; rainy; 5. Eng. J. (Lion. I SqUally unsettled, and Channel J 6. Scotland, westerly to north- 'imi I westerlv wind, increasing -^°rthWaxes, j- great]y in force; unsettled; 9. Ireland, -W. I gquaUv some showers. 10. Ireland. S.J 1 J

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DISASTER IN THE ATLANTIC. TERRIFIC GALE. A LINER'S DECK SWEPT. DISTRESSING INCIDENTS. LOSS OF TWELVE LIVES. THE STEAMER PUTS BACK. [PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM. 1 GLASGOW, Saturday Evening. The Allan Line steamer Pomeranian arrived off Greenock at midnight on Friday, having returned from sea, midway across the Atlantic, and bring- ing news of a terrible disaster which befel the vessel on the morning of February 4th, whereby 12 of those on board lost their lives, including the captain (Mr William Dalziel), five passengers, and six of the crew. The Pomeranian, which was formerly owned by tha State Line Steamship Company, now incorporated with the Allan Line of Glasgow, left the Clyde on the evening of January 27th for New York. As soon as she got clear away dirty weather was experienced, and the captain found the Pomeranian bow in the teeth of a terrific gale. All went well, however, until the morning of Saturday, February 4th, when the vessel was struck by a huge wave, which carried away the bridge, the deck-house, and the deck saloon and their occupants. The captain and Mr Stuart, a cabin passenger, were hurled by the dibris against the ship's side, the latter being killed outright, and the captain rendered unconscious and severely injured. As quickly as possible the chief officer, Mr C. McCulloch, called some of the crew to the wheel-house aft, and, connecting the steering gear, had the vessel brought about. He kept her running in the gale, and thus enabled the crew to clear away the dibris and batten down the hatches, which had burst. The waves swept the vessel from stem to stern, and the water rushed into the main deck and flooded the passeiigers' quarterg. There was, however, no panic, all working with a will for each other's safety. The captain had in the meantime been carried below, when it was found that his left leg was badly broken, and that he was otherwise severely injured. By riding with the gale the ship's officers and crew were enabled to have everything put snug again before dark- ness set in. However, as the usual instruments of navigation were all swept away with the chart- house, the new commander's duty was a peculiarly difficult one. The gale continued to blow with great fury all through the following days—Sun- day, Monday, and Tuesday—but on Wednesday it moderated, only to increase on Thursday to a hurricane. On Thursday evening, at half-past five, Innes Trahull Light was sighted, and the position of the vessel was thus ascertained but owing to the terrific weather it was necessary to lie-to until Friday morning at 10.30, when a course was steered for the Tail of the Bank, which was reached about midnight. There were many hair-breadth escapes. The purser, Mr Low, had been late in going to break- fast, and therefore was not in the saloon deck- house attending, as was his wont, to the comfort of the passengers. Other officers and men were also near the smashed deck-house, but they managed to cling to the storm rails. The pas- sengers, who had been kept below for days pre- viously, were flooded out of their quarters and were accommodated aft. On the Sunday morning after the accident Captain Dalziel passed away, and his remains were committed to the deep at mid-day, all the crew and passengers standing by. The spectacle was one of the saddest ever witnessed in the Atlantic, and also one of the most terrifying, be- cause the waves were running mountains high, and none knew whether their fate would not be that of those who had perished. When the steamer sailed from Glasgow she had on board four cabin passengers, 25 second-class pas- sengers, 16 steerage passengers, 14 cattle men, and 55 of a crew, making a total of 114, so that 102 persons witnessed this funeral at sea. It was decided by the officers, considering the state of the ship and the disaster that had hap- pened, that it would be prudent not to prosecute the voyage to New York, but to turn back, and this was accordingly done. The disaster hap- pened 1,200 miles west of Tory Island, and the ship appeared to weather the gale better with her head to the east than to the west. The passengers were delighted when they learned the ship was put back. Mr McCulloch, who had taken command, did everything that could be done for the safety of his vessel and all on board. It is remarkable that he brought the Pomeranian back in such a. manner as to make the land which astonished the oldest seaman on the Clyde. Some of those on board who had sailed the seas for 30 years de- clared that the storm was the worst they had ever experienced, and it was the opinion of aU that had the ship not been a staunch one and the discipline good the Pomerarian would have .wet the fate which h*s overtaken m many fine ve?,*els. Oue of the officers of the steamship Norwegian states that his ship must have been in the same gale as that m which, the Pomeranian v.as over- taken. The wind for a few days previous had been blowing from all points of the compass, and the sea was in a boiling twist" and running very high. On the day of the accident to the Pome- ranian the wind veered round to thesouth-west and increased in strength until it reachsd a gale. The seas also increased msize and violence, and stnlck heavily on the port beam. Continuing, the officer gave it as his opinion that the Pomeranian, which is one of the best sea boats in the service, was caught in the trough of the sea, and that before she could right herself a heavy wave came on board and carried everything before it. Asked how he accounted for the chief officer returning homo instead of continuing the outward voyage, he said he thought that the charts and compasses being gone, the mate put about and made for this side because it was a clearer course than the westerly one, and one that he was better acquainted with. The following is a list of the dead William Dalziel, master, aged 46, residing at 13 Clifford-street, Govan. John Cook, second officer, aged 38, of 126, Paisley-road, West Glasgow. J. C. Hamilton, fourth officer, aged 37, of 4, Pillrigg-street, Edinburgh. Peter McLean, A.B., aged thirty-three, of 19, Blackburn-street, Glasgow. William Urquhart, aged thirty-one, of 32, Corn- wall-street, Inverness. Fred Westbury, assistant steward, aged thirty, of 131, Govan-road, Glasgow, and James Pritchard, assistant steward, who joined the shipat the Tail of the Bank. These were members of the crow. The lost passengers are:— Mr James C. Gibson. Mrs Lilian Gibson, sister-in-law of Mr Gibson, both of Cousland, near Dalkeith. Miss Jaiie Caffery, of Londonderry. Mr John Stuart, of Pollockshields, cabin passengers, and Mr David Forbes, of Dundee, second cabin passenger. In reply to the interrogation as to why those remaining in charge of the Pomeranian did not continue on the westward voyage, Mr Low, the purser, said that had they not run back for the British Isles none of those on board would have been left to tell the tale. One of the heavy seas, said Mr Low, which came on board the vessel carried away the two quartermasters, who were at the wheel, and practically disabled the steering apparatus as well. The Pomeranian then swung her head round, and having regard to the heavy state of the weather and the perilous condition of the ship the remaining officers considered they had no alternative but to keep away by .čJe wind as muoh as possible. This, perhaps, explains what to many will appear as somewhat strange, that after being out since January 27th the Pomeranian should return to the Clyde instead of continuing on her passage to America. 'L. The Central News Greenock correspondent telegraphs the Customs officers at that port state that while the excitement was at its height on board the steamer Pomeranian the luggage of passengers, both drowned and living, was broken open and valuables stolen. Tho Greenock detective force have failed to trace any of the stolen articles. A minute search of all the luggage landed was made by the Customs officers, but nothing of an inculpatory nature was found. No arrest bas been made.

THE PILGRIMAGE TO ROME. MILAN, Sunday.—Three hundred and fifty Irish pilgrims arrived here to-day and will re- main in this city until to-morrow, when they start for Ancona. Proceeding from that city they will visit the shrines of Loreto and Assisi on their way to Rome, which they will reach on the 14th inst.-Reuter.

A LOCAL BILL. The directors of tho Pontypridd, Caerphilly, and Newport Railway Company decided on Saturday, in deference to Lord Tredegar's wishes, not to proceed with their Bill in Parliament.

MOORE AND BURGESS. There will, we anticipate, be a greater rush for the shares of Moore ana Burgess Provincial Com- pany than there was for the London one, for surely there is greater scope all over the country for this entertainment than there has ever existed beforo.

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I HOUSE OF COMMONS.—SATURDAY. Notwithstanding the fact that hon. members have been sitting early and late, there was a very good attendance at prayers this morning. When the Speaker took the chair at a quarter past twelve, the opposite parties, as far as members were concerned, were about equally balanced. Mr Gladstone, Mr Asquitb, Mr Mundella, and Mr Fowler were in their places at the com- mencemeut of business, but the leading lights of the Opposition had not at this early hour put in an appearance. Mr AKERS DOUGLAS asked the Prime Minister whether, at the conclusion of the Government bnsiness, the adjournment of the House would be moved. Mr GLADSTONE Undoubtedly. Mr MAEJOBIBANKS than fornially moved that "as soon as the Government business is concluded the Speaker do adjourn the House without the question being put." This was agreed to. ANOTHER AMENDMENT TO THE ADDRESS. A now amendment to the Address apppared on the paper. It stood in the name of Mr A. C. Morton, and asked that justices of the peace in counties should be appointed without the inter- vention of the Lord Lieutenant. THE ADDRESS. IMMIGRATION OF PAUPER ALIENS. Mr JAMES LOWTHER, speaking from the front Opposition bench, then moved his amendment, which was couched in the following terms:— And this House humbly prays your Majesty to bi graciously pleased to direct that a Bill be laid before Parliament for the re- striction of the innnigratian of destitute aliens into the United Kingdom." The hon. member, having referred to the extreme urgency of the matter, asked the House not to consider it from a partizan point of view. (Hear, hear.) The evil with which he asked the Govern. ment to deal had been for many years increasing in the country. (Hear, hear.) The subject had lately attracted an increasing amount of attention, because the number of foreign immigrants had greatly increased, with a corresponding increase in the competition with British labour. When destitute immigrants were sent back from America, to their homes, they were not taken back to Russia, or wherever their native country might be, but they were landed at Liverpool. No hon. member could undertake to defend on its merits such a state of affairs, which allowed so gross an outrage to be perpetrated upon the hospitality of this country. (Hear.) The ruinous competition with workers in our home market, particularly for instance in re- gard to the tailoring trade of the East of London, was a consideration of the most imporant kind. Mr J. H. WILSON seconded the motion, al- though he approached the subject from an en- tirely different point of view from that of the right hon gentleman who had just addressed the House. The right hon gentleman was a Pro- tectionist he (Mr Wilson) was a Free Trader: but he denied that Free Trade or Protection had anything to do with this question. It was said that any legislation on this subject would inter- fere with-the tailoring trade, and would raise the price of workmen's clothes, but that was of com- paratively little importance compared with the fact that this alien immigration crushed the life blood and sinew out of thousands of poor women who were obliged to work on the same conditions and the same wages as these foreigners. He desired, however, to call atten- tion more especially to the large number of tion more especially to the large number of foreign seamen now employed in our mercantile marine. He believed that of the 150,000 men of whom our mercantile consisted, not less than 50.000 were foreigners. We ought not to be compelled to rely upon foreigners for bringing our food supply in the event of a great European war. Shipowners were now largely employing foreign instead of British seamen, and he had even seen boards up on the sides of ships in our ports, "Wanted seamen, but no English need apply," Unless steps were taken to remedy this state of things our mercantile marine would become a thing of the past. (Hear, hear.) Mr GLADSTONE, who was loudly cheered on rising, observed that as the resolution was con- fined to the case of destitute aliens, the employ- ment of foreign instead of British seamen did not fall within its terms. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman had said, with great truth, that this subject had been previously considered in Parliament, and he had referred especially to the committee which sat in the course of last session, but the course he was now taking was one in opposition to the recommendations of that committee for, while he said that the time for enquiry had gone by and the time for action had arrived, the committee, on the other hand, said that while they contemplated the possibility of a state of things in which restrictive legislation on the subject of destitute aliens might be regarded they did not think that the time for such legis- lation had yet arrived. As to the immigration of destitute Italian children the facts of their condition were notorious. If they were dealing with those alone he should be mchned to say thuy had a case in which restrictions might be prj- perlyemployed, but what they had to consider was what was meant by the term destitute alien." He understood the right hon. gentleman to in- clude in that phrase a very laige proportion of those Jewish and other immigrants who were now crowding into the tailoring trade in the East of London, and with regard to whom it was, on the other hand, asserted that they had in a great measure created a trade. But could they apply the term destitute alien to a man who was supporting himself by work ? Was that man a destitute alien ? If he was destitute in the sense that if he had not got employ- ment and wages he would be destitute. then that argument applied to the entire labouring population. (Ministerial cheers.) He submitted that the right hon. gentleman had e given no practical assistance to the solution of the matter. If the motion were adopted and the Government were to endeavour to act upon it as far as the speech of the right hon. gentleman went, there was no practical thing which they could deal with except the immigration of desti- tute Italian children, whose case was mentioned, (Opposition cries of "Oh !") The time for action came when the facts were well matured. He did not think it could be asserted that speaking generally the facts could be said to be so developed by the speech of the right hon. gentleman, when he was forced to define as a destitute alien a man who was working for wages with which he was contented. (Hear, hear.) Mr LOWTHER I did not say that the persons who earned weekly wages were destitute. I say they were thrown upon our shores in a state of destitution, and by their unfair competition they reduce the price of British labour. (Opposition cheers.) Mr GLADSTONE remarked that the right hon. gentleman then asserted that every emi- grant landed on a foreign shore un- less he landed with a contract for work in his pocket or with money in his posses- sion was a destitute alien—a man who came here with a capacity for work, who did not become a burden upon the public, and who obtained work upon arriving here. If they struck at the man as a destitute alien, they would strike at the great bulk of the labourers who in tens and hundreds of thousands we exported annually to our oolouics. (Ministerial cheers.) It was not wise for a country that exported a particular commodity, because by so doing it was obvious they afforded foreign powers a justification for laying similar restrictions upon them. (Cheers and cries of They do.") Such restrictions would be useless to us because on the whole we were not importers but exporters. It must be recollected that a large and complex system of treaties with foreign Powers under which government was worked related not only to goods but to persons, and the spirit of those arrangements was equal treatment. (Hear, hear.) Against aliens who were really destitute he agreed that there was a fairly open question to be determined by each country for itself; and in principle it was perfectly justifiable to limit the immigration of foreigners. It had been pointed out by the President of the Local Government Board that, without the impulse derived from a motion like this, measures had been taken with regard to those who arrived here under sanitary conditions such as to make their immigration dangerous or inexpedient, and in a general way the questions had also been taken into con- sideration. The Presidant of the Board of Trade had not waited for the action of the House of Commons, but through the new Labour Department, which owed its existence to him, he was endeavouring to make full inquiry into the circumstances of the case, and was sending a Commissioner to America to inquire into the practice of that country with the view of consider- ing what restrictions might be safely and properly applied. (Hear, hear.) The Govern- ment were making evety effort they could to place the House in a condition to judge whether it was expedient and up to what point and in what manner it was expedient to deal with the question. (Hear.) They could take no step except upon facts that were clear, and therefore could not accept the amendment. By so doing they would be endeavouring to obtain popularity on false pretences. But they offered a thorough examination of the facts in order that they might be enabled to act in the proper season with their eyes open and in a proper manner, in a matter which they knew the public was profoundly in- terested in, and as qo which it was of the greatest importance that they should come to a sound. wipe, and orderly decision. (Cheers.) Sir CHARLES DILKE said that he thought that neither inquiry nor legislation were necessary in this case. The American Government had, by its policy of excluding alien?, been driven to take the course of excluding ali emigrants under con- tract, and if we attempted similar legislation we should be compelled to go the same length. The member for Middlesbrough (Mr Wilson) had said that he spoke on behalf of an industry which was more affected by the competition of foreigners than any other, but the present motion only referred to the case of destitute Iien, amongst whom foreign seamen were not included. The evils caused by sweating incident to the introduction of foreign aliens were of the same nature as those caused by the introduction of foreign goods. (Hear, hear, from the Conservatives.) But he believed the advantages incident to Free Trade far more than compensated incidental disadvan- tages. He could not understand why this question should have so suddenly rendered legis- lation necessary in the opinion of the Conserva- tive party. Last year the late Home Secretary said that he did not regard legislation as neces- sary. But if it was not nocessary then it was still less necessary now, because the volume of immigration had since diminished. The fact was that, takuur the matter as a whole, we were an emigrant exporting rather than an importing country. How could we, with any decent face, object to receive destitute aliens when we sent out, often at the public expense, a much larger number to foreign countries? (Hear, hear.) Having dwelt upon the advantages which the country had derived from time to time from foreign immigrants, who had assisted in founding and developing important branches of industry, the right hon. gentleman maintained that these results should render us careful how we restricted the right of asylum by such legislation as was contemplated in this resolution. It would, no doubt, be idle for him or others to resist the ap- pointmen of,a committee of inquiry, as suggested by the Prime Minister, but he might express a hope that the terms of reference to the commis- sion would be such as to leave the question open, hear1)0 any foregone conclusion. (Hear, The iebate was continued by Mr J. H. STOCK and Sir WILLIAM MARRIOTT. I Mr MUNDELLA said he placed amongst the first objects to be dealt with by the .new Labour xSureau an inquiry into the economic effect of alien immigration. The House should not under- take to legislate until they were much more fully in possession of the whole of the facts than was the case at present. SirH. HOWORTH supported the motion. Tiue, poor Jews who arrived in this country did not become chargeable upon the rates, because they were supported by the Jewish community. The serious matter was that in consequence of their working for lower wages English- men were deprived of employment and were pauperised. Unless something was done to arrest this tendency a feeling of riostility against the Jews would be excited amongst our working Jews would be excited amongst our working population similar to ihat which existed in many parts of the country. No one would desire to see that. (Hear, hear.) It seemed to him that the subject was quite ripe for legislation. Baron DE ROTHSCHILD hoped that the pro- posed inquiry would be one of the most compre- hensive kind. He believed that the immigration of Jews did not affect the English labour market nearly so much as was generally supposed. The returns showed that the immigration into thiscountry was much more than balanced by the emigration from it. He believed that the feeling against the Jews in Russia was not spontaneous on the part of the Russian people, but had been promoted and fostered for its own purposes by an absolute and tyrannical Government. He trusted that the English people would not close their hearts against these unfortunate exiles.' (Hear, hear.) After some observations from Mr MONTAGU, Mr LABOUOHERE considered that the question had been prejudiced owing to the Jews having been introduced into the discussion. He did not regard the question as one of religion or trade. Whether they arrived with the Koran, the Talmud, or the 39 Articles in their pockets, the absence of these people was better than their company. (Laughter and cheers.) He wanted action instead of committees, and if the amend- ment was carried to a division he should vote for it. (Cheers.) Mr CREMER shared the opinion that the evi- dence before them was incomplete and unreliable, and as the Government were prepared to institute inquiry he should cordially support them with his vote. The House then divided, and the numbers were :— Fortheamendment. 119 Against. 234 Majority against 115 1 The announcement was received with Minis. terial cheers. THE ADDRESS AGREED TO. Mr A. C. MORTON announced that he did not intend to persevere with his amendment relating to the appointment of justices of the peace in counties, but would raise the question in supply in connection with somebody's salary. (Laughter.) The Address was then agreed to amidst cheers. Mr GLADSTONE thought it would be for the convenience of the House if he gave notice that in case the debate on the motion for the introduc- tion of the Bill for the Better Government of Ireland did not terminate on Monday night he would move that it should have precedence on Tuesday. (Hear, hear.) The House adjourned at ten minutes put six o'clock.

THE UNEMPLOYED AND MR KE1R HARDIE. At a meeting of the Unemptoved Committee in London on Sunday, the following reply was read from Mr Keir Hardie to the resolution passed by that body condemning his acceptance of Colonel Howard Vincent as a seconder of his amendment to the Address Would not your committee have been wiser to have infomied itselt of the facts of the case before proceeding to pass hampering resolutions?" The meeting post- poned the consideration of a resolution con- demning the action of Radical, Liberal, and Labour members of Parliament who did not support Mr Hardie.

MRS GLADSTONE AT POPLAR. __1 Mrs Gladstone visited Poplar on Saturday afternoon, and formally opened the new StFndes- wide's Mission House in Lodore-street. A large number of ladies and gentlemen assembled to witness the ceremony, and on her arrival Mrs Gladstone was received by Miss Catherine Mary Phillimore, at whose expense the mission-house has been built and fitted up. The building, which stands in a poor and densely populated neighbourhood, has been erected in loving memory of those at rest, and for the further- ance of Christ Church (Oxford) Mission." It will be occupied by sisters from the House of Mercy at Clewer, who will control the club and the guild for girls in connection with the insti- tution. The ceremony of blessing the new house and chapel was performed by the Rev Canon Carter, Warden of the House of Mercy, Clewer. Mrs Gladstone then joined in the pro- cession of the sisters, and, preceded by the choir and the Rev Canon Carter, inspected the new building.

THE FRENCH CHAMBER. A TAX ON CYCLES IMPOSED. PARIS. Saturday.—The debate on the Bndret was resumed to-day, and it was decided, in spite oj some objections raised by M. Tirard, Minister of Finance, to incorporate it in the Bill for the Reform of the Licence Law. The Chamber also agreed by 300 votes against 176 to the imposition of a uniform tax of ten francs on all kinds of cycles. The next sitting will be on Wednesday.- Renter.

FIRE AT LEICESTER. Early on Saturday a fire was discovered on the premises of Messrs Smith and Brammago, shoe manufacturers, Ansty, near Leicester, and before the Leicester fire brigade could reach the place the building was practically destroyed. During the tire a wall fell, and a policeman named Clack and a fireman named Duggan were badly injured. The constable sustained a fracture of the thich, and the fireman was crushed and seriously cub and bruised.

ACTION AGAINST AN IRISH M.P. a^. 'aw have been taken against Mr Dennis Kilbride, M.P., on behalf of MrChester Xnompson, chairman of. Mr Balfour's Election Oommittee in East Manchester, in respect of a statement which Mr Kilbride is reported to have made at the Leicester Liberal Club, to the effect that Mr Thompson contributed £ 10,000 to the Parnellite Election Fund in Ireland.

STRIKE OF WEAVERS. The weavers at Drefach have come out on strike. The masters stated that the markets were over-stocked, so that they could not possibly keep their factories going without reducing the scale of wages. Therefore they gave notice that a 12% per cent, would be levied. This was re- fused by the workmen, and after consultation among themselves they decided to put in three fused by the workmen, and after consultation among themselves they decided to put in three days a week only on the present terms, or accept 5 per cent. reduction working full time. When they made their decision known the employers firmly adhered to their original terms. About 120 men then ceased work, but a few hands were employed by the masters on the men's terms. The others are idle, but some of them have left for various parts of Glamorganshire.

TWO LADS KILLED. COLLIERY ACCIDENT IN LEICES- TERSHIRE. On Saturday afternoon a terrific explosion occurred at Whitwick Colliery, Leicestershire, and two lads named Commons and Gardner were killed, whilst a third, named White, was rescued aftera very narrow escape. It seems that Gardner and Commons—aged eighteen and seventeen respectively-were enag in drawing water in pony carts from the interior to the mouth of the pit, and as they were going back after one journey a great fall of coal occurred not far from the shaft, and an explosion followed immediately, Both ponies were killed, and so, also, were the lads. The lads, it is stated, were working with naked lights, and, ,as the fall of coal released a quantity of gas, an immediate explosion was the natural result.

MR W. R. LANE AT CARDIFF. THE Y.M.C.A. MISSION. The mission which has for the past week been in progress in connection with Cardiff Y.M.C.A. was brought to a close on Sunday, Mr Lane taking the Park-hall service during the afternoon and preaching in Wood-street Chapel in the evening, there being crowded audiences on each occasion. The mission is reported to have been remarkably successful throughout. Lord Bennet was. owing to indisposition, unable to take part in Sunday's meetings. To-day (Monday) Mr Lane will conduct a service at Merthyr and on Tuesday will hold a final meeting in Cardiff.

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HOME RULE BILL. MR GLADSTONE'S SPEECH TO-DAY. HEALTH OF THE VETERAN STATESMAN. THE DEMAND FOR SEATS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. On Saturday evening Mr Gladstone dined with Mr Justice Bowen and a few friends, but returned early to Dowuing-street. On inquiry on Sunday night at 10, Downing- street, it was ascertained that Mr Gladstone is in excellent health. He rose at nine o'clock on Sunday morning, his usual hour on Sunday, and after breakfast attended church at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, returning on foot to Downing- street. After lunch and a short rest, the Premier, with Mrs Gladstone, drove again to the Chapel Royal, and was present at the afternoon service. The Premier dined and spent the evening at home. He is expected to leave Downing-street about half-past three this (Monday) afternoon. Special police arrangements have been made in order that he may reach the House of Commons without inconvenience. The Central News is enabled to state that Mr Gladstone will, as soon as possible after four o clock to-day (Monday), rise to unfold the provi- sions of the Government of Ireland Bill. The authorities of the House of Commons have com- pleted their arrangements for affording, as far as the resources of the Chamber will permit, sitting accommodation for members anxious to hear Mr Gladstone's statement. It is expected that under the regulations laid down by the Speaker to keep the House closed until noon, there will be a scene of almost unprecedented novelty in the lobby. A number of members have intimated their intention of taking up a position at the entrance to the House early in the morning so as to secure first access. Others have considered the possi- bility of gaining access by other doors. One of these is the entrance to the back of the Speaker's chair, others being doors leading from the division lobbies, but they will probabiv be locked. After the Speaker announced his decision, some hon. gentlemen made a reconnaissance of the entrance by way of the reporters' gallery, which might afford access to side galleries. But officials may be expected to anticipate such strategic manoeuvres. The Press Association says :-It was a matter of surprise to many members of the House of Commons that, in view of the exceeding!y heavy task before him on Monday, Mr Gladstone not only came out on Saturday despite the wet weather, but also made a speech in the debate on the subject of pauper alien immigration. The fact that the right hon. gentleman showed himself to be in good voice, and apparently in excellent health, encourages the expectation that he will be equally fit on Monday for the more exacting ordeal involved in the introduction of the Home Rule Bill. Notice has already been given of 37 questions to Ministers for Monday, of which about half-a-dozen emanate from Liberals, and the remainder from Unionists. The Govern- ment whips will, in the interval, exercise such influence among their own supporters to secure the postponement of as many of these questions as possible to a later day, and to prevent the putting of further questions, so that Mr Glad- stone may be enabled to begin his Home Rule speech very soon after the meeting of the House, at half-past three o'clock. It is expected that the right hon. gentleman will rise shortly before four o'clock, and will probably speak two hours and a half. There is little expectation that the debate. on the formal introduction of the Home Rule Bill will conclude on Monday night. In the event of the adjournment being carried, the debate will, it is understood, be resumed on Tuesday. The Liberal Unionists would much prefer that it should be adjourned until a later day, as on Tuesday most of their leaders are engaged to speak at the complimentary banquet to Lord Wolmer, and, moreover, they are specially interested in some of the Bills down for that day, which would be displaced by the substitution ot the Home Rule debate. On the other hand, many of the Opposition recognise that an undue prolongation of the debate upon the initial stage will only delay the printing and distribution of the Bill, which is an essential preliminary to their main attack. The Central News is authoritatively informed that in the event of his getting an opportunity to speak on the Home Rule Bill to-morrow even- ing, Mr John Redmond will decline to commit the Irish Independent Nationalist members to any definite opinion on the measure until it has been printed and received full consideration from the Parnellite party- Mr J. Har rington announces in a letter the intention of the Inde- pendent members of the Irish party in the House of Commons to assemble a convention in Dublin for consultation before the second reading of the Bill, and the followers of the Independent section are advised to hold meetings of the Irish National League in the various districts at once, so that the convention may be thoroughly repre- sentative, and may speak with authority as to the sufficiency or otherwise of the Government proposals. The members of the National League are urged not to lose a moment in entering upon the work of organising for the convention.

THE POWERS AND EGYPT. PARIS, Saturday.—The Journal to-dav pub- lishes a long letter from Baron Ring, late Director of the Political Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, in reply to M. Bartheleiny de Saint Hilaire's reoeut statements regarding Egypt. Baron Ring devotes bimse!f principally to refuting M. do Saint Hilaire's argument that Great Britain's occupation of E?ypt is justified by reason of her great interests in that country. Ho states that all the great European Powers have the same interest in tho absolute neutrality of Egypt, and in the complete freedom of transf* through the Suez Canal. Great Britain, he de- clares, has. in regard to this question, no rights and no privileges. -Bei(ter.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT WERFA COLLIERY. On .Saturday afternoon, at 3.45. p.m., as two r??.'1..nauied John Sefton, oi Ynyslwyd-street, and William James, of Timothy-road, Cwmbach, were engaged in cleaning the staging over the sump at the Werfa Colliery, they bad occasion to raise one of the planks, which was some Sft. 6in. below the level of the pit bottom, to ascertain how near the water was. In order to see the water Sefton introduced his comet lamp below the planks, when a slight explosion of the gas (which had accumulated beneath) took place, and threw up the plank on which they stood, causing him to fall into the sump below. When pulled out of the sump he was dead. The man James was saved without any injury whatever.

ALLEGED ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER. Lawrence Archer, who was supposed to have committed suicide after attempting to murder his wife in Deer, atcolehille,co. Kilkenny, was found by the police a few mornings ago to be secreted in a barn, which they surrounded, but he escaped through a window, ran through a wood, crossed theBarrow, and concealed himself in a river barge. He was conveyed next day to Waterford ana. succeeded in escaping in a trading vessel from Waterford to England. He is said to have had 9200 in his possession when leaving home.

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WALES IN PARLIAMENT I DISESTABLISHMENT. ATTITUDE OF THE WELSH PARTY. "SR.1 VIEWS OF MR D. RANDELL. [FROM OUR LONDON WELSH CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON, Saturday Night. I have had the advantage of a conversation with Mr David Randell, the popular member for the Gower division, on the Disestablishment question. Mr Randell, when asked to give his views of the situation, said :—" My opinion is a very decided one, and that is, having regard to the loyal sup- port given to the Liberal party by the Princi. pality, and to the express and unequivocal promises made by the National Liberal Federa- tion, the official Press, and by several leading Liberals, someof whom arenow in the Cabinet, that Welsh Disestablishment should follow Home Rule, it is our bounden duty, as Welsh representatives, to take such action in the House as shall bring about a speedy fulfilment of these pledges. Personally, I am not inclined to allow any minor measure to come between Home Rule and Dis. establishment, although I might subordinate my own views to those of my colleagues, especially if I thought they were endorsed by our con- stituencies, for instance, in the direction of allowing a simple Registration Bill to be inter- posed after the principal Ministerial measure." Asked what his opinion was as to whether the Government ought not to bring in a Disestablish- ment rather than a Suspensory Bill, Mr Randell replied as follows :—" To be frank, I do not see why the CTovernment should not proceed to deal with the question root and branch by at once introducing a Disestablishment and Disendow- ment Bill." With regard to his interposition in the debate on the Address on Friday, Mr Randell said I was not able to be present at the meeting of the Welsh members on the preceding Tuesday, and, therefore, was not a party to the understanding which I subse- quently understood they arrived at, to abstain from speaking m the House on the question until the negotiations with the Government were com- pleted. I in no sense desire to cast any reflec- tion on my colleagues, but I may say that had I been present at the meeting I should probably have disagreed with the course they adopted. It seemed to me imperative that some expression should be given to our disappointment, and the dissatisfaction which I knew existed in Wales before the general debate on the Address was closed; and as I considered that I had a free hand in the matter I took the first opportunity, that presented itself to give expression to that opinion. I have since exchanged views with several of the Young Wales party in the House, none of whom expressed any disapproval of the course I then took." With regard to the present aspect of the ques- tion Mr Randell felt sanguine that the wishes of the Welsh party would be acceded to by the Government. Mr Lloyd Morgan wishes it to be understood that the somewhat playful expression of opinion given in my letter on Friday does not represent' his real views as to the position and prospects of, Welsh Disestablishment. Mr Morgan is in" thorough accord with the Welsh party on the question, and joined in the resolution which at. the beginning of last week placed their views and* intentions before Mr Gladstone and the Govern- ment. He does not by any means minimise the gravity of the situation, but he is strongly of opiuion that it will be found unnecessary to resort to extreme measures, for he believes the Welsh members will gain the point for which they have been striving. Mr Pritchard Morgan, at an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Friday night,. received satisfactory assurances with regard to most of the points raised by his proposed amend-' ment to the Address in favour of the appointment, of a Minister of Mines. Being satisfied that' these points would receive proper consideration at, a moieopportunetimehe withdrew his amendment and so materially shortened the debate. Sir William Harcourt (like other members of the, House) no doubt was duly impressed by the solid', bar of pure gold which the junior member for Merthyr was able to proaucefor evidence as the result of 16 daps' crusi-iings at the Gwynfynydctf Gold Mine. The bar, which was stated to be of the value of £ 1,100, has, I understand, been sold. to Messrs Rothschild. Amongst the interested visitors to the House of Commons on Friday and Saturday were some of the members of the Welsh deputation to Mr Acland, including Prin- cipal Viriamu Jones, Mr Beriah Evans, Mr W. T. Parry (chairman of the Carnarvon County • Council), Mr T. John (Llwynypia), and others. The success that attended the visit of the deputa- tion to the Vice-president of the Council is averit- able triumph for Dr Isainbard Owen. To no singleJ person does the movement for the utilisation of,' the Welsh language in Welsh education owe so much as to the genial doctor from Curzon-street. j From the first inception of the movement1 amongst the members of the Cymwrodorioni Society some 10 or 11 years ago, Dr Owen has j never lost hold of the idea, and on Saturday his persistence and unfailing determination met with its reward. It has been decided to hold a London Welsh demonstration in favour of the Disegtablishmenti. and Disendowment of the Church of England in*. Wales, early in the month of March. Mr Stuart L Rendel will probably be invited to take the chair, I and several Welsh members are expected to., aldress the meeting. St Martin's Public Hall has been engaged for the occasion. The sub-committee of the Welsh members ap- pointed to consider the draft charter for the University of Wales met for the first time on Saturday afternoon at the House of Commons, and subsequently at the Devonshire Club. The following members took part m the proceedings, viz., Mr Stuart Rendel, Mr Rathbone, Mr David A. Thomas, Major Evan R.Jone?, Mr ThomasE. Ellis, Mr J. Bryn Roberts, and Mr D. IIoyd George. For the present the deliberations of the committee are considered private, but I under-J stand that there was considerable difference of opinion on certain points of the charter. These were discussed at much length and with great spirit. With regard to the preliminary question whether the University should be a teaching or an examining one, the majority, I believe, were not inclined to accept without modification the provisions of the charter. Again, on the question of the inclusion or the affiliation of the Theological Colleges in the University opinions differ. The conclusions arrived at were not sufficiently definite to be placed before the country, and they will probably be modified before they come to be con- sidered by the genaral committee of the Welsh Parliamentary party. After a meeting which lasted for about three hours the sub-committee adjourned. It will meet again at the earliest' opportunity, when the draft charter will be dis- cussed clause by clause, and a report will be drawn up for consideration in general meeting. I Mr Stanley Leighton will on Monday ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department. what will be the position of endowments granted by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners under exist- ing Acts of Parliament, and according to their usual practice, in the event of the Suspensory Bill (Wales) becoming law: And, whether any action has already been taken by the Government in the matter. NORTH WALES LIBERALS AND THE GOVERNMENT. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the North Wales Liberal Federation was held on Saturday at Chester. There was a large attend- ance. Mr Thomas Gee, of Denbigh, who pre- sided, said they were met to consider what action to take in view of the Welsh Disestablishment question occupying only the ninth or tentb part in the Queen's Speech. The Suspensory Bill is also placed in an obscure part ot tha Speech, and left to accidents which might let it drop out before the end of the session. The Government had not acted straight in tha. matter by not adhering to the compact contained in the Newcastle programme, which they under. stood to be the basis of the action of the Govern. ment in this Parliament. Mr Gladstone should should have been more faithful to bis promises than he bad been. Unless the Government were prepared to listen to their demands, expressed in a constitutional way, they had only one course left. They must call upon their members to with- draw the support from the Government. A number of other members expressed similar °,PTnn, V Q ReV EUis E^rds, of Bala, said DIS^TAU SHM«NF ANXIOUS TO SEE WELSH Welshm™ £ carried be wouJd have put a folfowi^rJ^ f 6 Cub!net- Eventually the man swinndf,? wD\uU mot,on of the chair- was J^sed^ 7 the ReV J- Machreth Rees' auunfn/ln tliLS ExLecutive feels greatly dis- •XIJ SPH .the. Government have not the intention to introduce a Bill in Diei^d session for the Disestablishment and t of the Church in Wales, and also by the position in which the Suspensory Bill i u placed m theQueen's Speech—a position • is convinced cannot be j fied m the face of the declaration which the electors of the Principality have made in the last and previous general election" upon tbe Question, and also by the position

LONDON LETTER. L^ROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.] (SPECIALLY WIREDJ LONDON, Saturday Night. THE SATURDAY SITTING. A Saturday sitting of the House ot ^°iau!,rils is „ot an enlivening function, and *s has been no exception to the ru s. j he bulk of members showed a coy indispo- itiou to hurry down to hear Mr James Wther's discourse on the influx of desti- .a^eHs, and those who did but a sleepy interest in Mr Ajowther's arguments for the restriction of immigration. The speech, which began with j regietful reference to the death of Mr Loms Jennings was punctuated throughout fe ">e -h; heL," of Mr Howard • '"cent, more than ever suggestive of the iH Mrrnoni°118 clT of fche corn-crake lurkut J6 luxuriant meadow grass. The chitfs Government paid Mr Lowther the ^ompliment of listening in greater numbers } lan his own leaders, for, while „he opposition Bench was sparsely occupied by officials, there was a respectable f °.UP Ministers on the Treasury Bench <ncludi11R Mr Gladstone, Mr Mundella, Mr Fo»W, U!ld Mi* Asquith. Mr Gladstone s Presence was quickly explained Dy the fac« -liat, immediately after Mr J. H. WiL seconded the amendment from the point ?\view of the British seaman, he lose J J°!n in the debate. In a statesmanlike and sympathetic spcech he pointed out how the amendment failed to help the solution of an iQlpoi'tant and anxious question. The diffi- culties were such as to require it to be 6Pproached with great circumspection, *h.ich did not mean evasion, the first re- quirement to legislation being facts on to legislate! SIR CHAKLES PILK-E PROTESTS. Charles ililke, in a powerful speec. Powerful protests agamst legion •gainst the immigration of aliens, and_ theic- *tter tile debate fell into the hands of men hers in addresses intended ratner for ihei ^•nstituents than calculated to mflaer.ee the division. Mr Stock looked at thc ^,est^. essential to legislation, and alleady the Board of Trade had arraHgedfor |^eSi^ TL<»N m America on the working of the imm Ration laws tiiere. I Th THE END OF THE DEBATE. The House was now (live o'clock) getting ^patient for a division, e afterwards when it appeared that there were a, HQ, Noes, 234-a sweeping: majo y, Reived with hearty cheering 'Mj. ^°rton's, Mr Pritchard Morg^v Mcdonald's amendments not bem p with. The Address, m repyto the SPeech from the Throne, was .put, ana carried without father challenge clearing chs Way for the great Bill on Monday. LONPON, Sunday Night. MINISTERIAL » weekg over *Sh ,vf0n res v n hS insisted on spread- ing J h? Opposition ^A! ldresg with many tae debate on the.1nn<rer is a distinct «j*mptg to make it stilUon^ Thf» n mg 0t cpored at all points, iad i?reTlne^ rSpd thereto not less by it has been helped tne «• own able manogement thM by ™ „f blunder, m.On.;0fho^on:i havp r 1 i''°c ii Tbe culmination of the U°Tly with the end of the "e triumphs came wixn thg DEFT "J THF FFT'INRT '» CLC«M»W»Y Qtbate on the Address, an jjome for tl) e introducti(Ill of the iplished. ^'Nothing succeeds own » Government tha k mind—sets down its if- estab- nofc for anv forces brought against it estao i^hes a tactical predominance and a moral ^Cnce second1only in importance to votes 'W pSedlo InpLedentally early in the Session on the loyalty of Liberals was the faster stroke. In similar circumstances the "igenuity of the Tories under Old Morality" wtmld have been equal to nothing the closure and the pounce/' with tae i^evjtable consequence of infuriating^ the opposition, and giving to muzzied critics a substantial grievance. MR LOWTHKR'S AMENDMENT. Mr Gladstone, on the contrary, has Sieved his purpose, while yet placing Mi Sanies Lowther" and his anti-alien friends UQder an obligation. He might have forced ^rward the debate on Mr Lowther s amend- »ient in the small hours of some mornin "Ken the question could have been discussed °*ly under difficulties, and when. the speeches could not have been t nstead ofthat he has given full afternoon the thrashing out of Jmniitrrn. Jhose who think unrestnet^e<& ™an ha°ve Ulei graVf H > 'views and their in- a!ive amply aired their view^ opportune motion, which was once thought be formidable, has been defeated by^the crowning mercy of a majority • i ■ i are Liberals and Liberals, too, m.high i^Bition ,vh„ cune to w .1f » ln their hearts. They are aiincw a<*w of a want of faith that has given place high hopes. MONDAY'S pR0SPECff f' pmbers at .The nervous apprehension o j prospect of an undignihed crusl nay sv«n of an ugly rush to secure seats ab^ on Monday, found utterance j^ Various speaker left the chair on Saturday.. Uje appeals were made to him attempts ^■rrangements, and these were attempts to suggest less rough dev d is evident that the plan PP the f11 in favour of the >0""g'ngfc the ^sty, and the pushing, and & ° rphere °M, the busy, and self-respectin0- many of the older m^^dera, ^ouse, who have the best r# ubmit to the in?' Wh° lieither CiU1 nor Ata by physical *ndigmty of obtaining seat • f ST3eech by ferce, even to hear an Gladstone. The nevriy-^l^Tted by are not so largely «-eigWui f hese conditions, and with jeast who ^he spoils. I know one membe c .esent, declines to make any attempt to f tainjng ^nd who will content himself w nqals from 13 knowledge of Home Rule prop ^Ports that the evening neffspjpei^ ublish almost as soon as Mr deliberative ^own. But imagine the gre^atest de b«^ assembly in the world subjecting wonder n?rs t0 ^his inconvenience. rrowr truly ^foreign spectators remark, How tru y TEE RUSH FOB. anXiety There is every indication t a to,morr0w's Wembera to secure seats than it ting of the House is Gladstone's as on the introduction of lobby will Home Rule Bill. What the »bby ^°ok like at twelve o'clock when the a left 9hamber. are °pe The spectacle *t to the imagination. Dther s °ur legislators hustling no a vain attempt.to secure P" ^t^e day j&eans edifying^ Very early West- embers are expected to arn garter. No less than .t0„°treakfast. cautmn on Saturday of ?rderUi°the House he sitting accommodation of _ovjded F#» 8 impossible that all can dented r, and I understand that the unp talcing WiU be witnessed of mernbf^llery. P their quarters in the strangers g THE COMINO SPEECH. T Mr Gladstone sat up very late to give the final touches to his speec1, own calculation is, I believe, thathew^ occupy the attention of the House -|t 'oss than three hours. Happily, the ng\ n°n. gentleman is in excellent spi"^ ia ^ly his voice keeps right, seems bkelj Achieve one of the most brilliant of his oratorical triumphs. Not the least hope »»gns of the Session, from a Ministerial point view, is the bad leadership of Opposition. THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION. t ?^enfc Parliament is not yet vejy oW, but if- there is one thing more notable mother, it is that Mr Balfour as leade °PP°l8llti°n is a hopeless failure- » akvin i able desire to say smart things is Playing havoc with his reputation as a is feebf^11' AS for the Opposition itself, it feeble and paralysed The aggressive in esfSCL°i M' ChambSSn^ ^ron^y resisted by the official Tories and remarks apo^thl ,°0mJlimentary are showered daily W^ £ LDE^^LPHWI"BETHER PAYMENT OF MEMBERS. Mr Gladstone has invited several mem- bers of the Radical Committee to dine with him on Tuesday, when it is expected the pressing question of the payment of mem- bers will be under discussion. Strong difference of opinion prevails as to whether provision for this reform can be made in the Budget. There is, I believe, absolute precedent for such a course being adopted, and the hope is strongly entertained that the Government will stand firm to this item of the Newcastle programme. I hear that JS500 a year is mentioned as the sum likely to be granted to members. A KOYAL FAMILY GATHERING. When on the 1st of February a new evening journal celebrated its first appear- ance by publishing a professedly inspired contradiction of the engagement of Prince George of Wales to the Princess May of contradiction of the engagement of Prince George of Wales to the Princess May of Teck most correspondents and writers credulously accepted the statement, and some even complimented the "green un on so good a beginning. My readers will perhaps remember that I was able to con- tradict the contradictor, and to state that preparations for the wedding were already somewhat advanced. The accuracy of this early tip is now admitted. The Prince of Wales-to escape a crowd which would inevitably have congregated at Waterloo Railway Station to cheer him in recognition of the early announcement of the Duke of York's wedding-travelled by the 3.30 train from London to Osborne as an ordinary passenger. Last night there was a banquet held at Osborne, and all the Royal princes were present, including Prince Henry of Battenberg, who, strange to say, although travelling from town by the same tram as the Prince of Wales, occupied a separate compartment. The Duke of Cambridge was to have gone to the Isle of Wight, but duties at the War Office prevented him at the last moment, and he now goeslon Monday to dine with the Queen. The functions necessary to a Royal en cement having been concluded, the PrTnce of Wales will come to town by special train on Monday in order to be in time to hear Mr Gladstone's speech on the introduc- tion of the Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons, an honour the Prince has never paid to any politician before. I hear he -roes abroad immediately after the first levee, and will return in time for the second levee on March 13th. THE QUEEN AND COURT. The Queen will not, after all, disappoint London by not appearing this spring at Buckingham Palace, for it is now finally decided by her Majesty that she will move the Court from Windsor to Buckingham Palace on the 27th, to spend two days there. Her Majesty will on the afternoon of 28th, the day of the first drawing- room, receive in person the Diplomatic Corps, but will not appear at the drawing-room later. She returns to Wind- sor on March 1st, and goes abroad about the 14th of that month fcr at least five weeks, so the wedding of the Duke of York and Princess May will not take place until the end of April, as it is not to be held without the presence of the Sovereign. MR GLADSTONE. Mr Gladstone cn Saturday carried out strictly his medical attendant's advice, although he was in the House of Commons to an early hour of the morning and in the afternoon. On arriving home in Downing- street he instantly went te rest upon his sofa, lying down and taking a short sleep. This is now almost a daily duty, after which he is fresh enough to join in a small dinner party and attend to his duties in the House of Commons. Last evening he was the guest of Mr Justice Bowen at Albert Mansions, Kensington, to dinner, but he returned home early in order to pass through Sir Wm. Harcourt's rooms next door to his own official rooms, where there was a reception going on of a mixed char- z, acter, seeing that one of the principal guests was Sir Henry James. MAJOR HUME. At the historic building in Finsbury kaown as South-place Chapel, the special preacher or lecturer this afternoon was Major Sharp Hume, who, it is generally hoped and anticipated, will be the Liberal member for Stockport in a few days. Major Hume is a man of commanding appearance, to whom it is impossible not to listen without pleasure. There was not, of course, any political element in his lecture, the subject of which was The Islands of the South Atlantic," but the charm of manner which has helped to gain him so many warm friends in political life is noticeable when he mounts the platform. He has a strong voice, with an easy delivery, and his personality at once impresses itself on his hearers. The somewhat dingy chapel was well filled by an audience which followed with close attention the picturesque and vivid language of the lecturer, who has had the advantage of being a great traveller, and described many islands which are generally quite unknown.

THE PRINCE OF WALES. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Colonel Stanley Clarke, left Waterloo Station for Osborne at 3.40 p.m. on Saturday to attend her Majesty's dinner party, which took place in the evening. Prince Henry of Battenberg was a traveller in the same train from Ijondon. The Royal train reached Portsmouth at a quarter to six. The Prince of Wales was met by the Duke of Con- naught and Admiral the Earl of Clanwilliam. The Royal party immediately embarked in the Roval yacht Alberta and proceeded to Osborne, the Duke of Connaught travelling with the Prince of Wales. The Alberta had a smooth passage to Cowes, the gale having moderated. The Prince of Wales will return to town by special train to-day to be present, it is understood, at the introduction by Mr Gladstone of the Home Rule Bill.

PRINCE GEORGE AND PRINCESS MAY. The Qreen is entertaining a large party at Osborne, including the Prince of Wales, the Prince Beatrice, the Duke of York, Prince Henry of Battenberg, and twe Duke and Duchess of Teck and the Princess May of Teck.

A PROPOSED LABOUR J.P. FOR NEWPORT. At a meeting of Newport Trades 9°u £ on Friday evening in the Town Hall, Ne p Mr Chaa. White (the president) in the chair, the question of the appointment of a, working-ma magistrate for the borough was discussed, and on the motion of Mr Chas. Lewis^ seconded by Mr Wm. Thomas, it was resolved, That thio Trades Council petition the Lord Chancellor that he would take into consideration the advisability of appointing a working-man magistrate for this borough, and thata petition bedrawn up and for- warded to his lordship in due form."

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PANAMA SCANDALS. APPEALS LODGED BY THE PRISONERS. MADAME DE LESSEPS AND THE SENTENCES. PARIS, Saturday.—MM. Charles de Lesseps, li'ontane, Cottu, and Eiffel to-day lodged appeals against the true bills returned by the Chamber of Indictments committing them for trial before the Court of Assizes on the charge of corrupting public functionaries. A representative of the Figaro had an inter- view with Mada.me de Les53eps at the Chateau of Le Cliesnaye on Thursday last, and informed her on that occasion of the sentences that had been passed upon the Panama directors. Madame de Lesseps, on hearing the news, is reported to havo said :—" Well, I prefer this result. It is a fitting clirr.ax that both father and son should be con- demned. and the very enormity of such a scandal will better protect our honour than less thorough- going injustice. I have no need of consolation, for I have reached the end of my Calvary. Nevertheless, there is one thing above all that I cannot forgive them—it is that before striking at such a man they should have waited until physical infirmity rendered it impossible for him to defend himself. It is better, however, that M. de Lesseps should not be in a condition to realise the frightful blow that has fallen upon him. I have still enough faith left to hope, and this is the supreme consolation that God has 'left to me. Yet, when I think of Ferdinand de Lesseps being in gaol, I really ask myself whether I must not be dreaming. The slur which this sentence seeks to cast upon our name will, however, fail to affect us, for no one will doubt the good faith of Ferdinand de Lesseps." Madame de Lesseps informed her interviewer that a week ago her husband had an attack of delirium, which, however, only lasted a day, after which he relapsed into his former state of stupor. -Pcti ter.

THE JEWS IN RUSSIA. AN ORDER OF EXPULSION. Moscow, 8,1 turday. -Ad vices received here from :-3t. Petersburg state that the Minister of the Interior has addressed a circular letter to the provincial Governors directing them to at once expel all such Jews residing in their provinces who have not complied with the conditions enjoined by the law relating to the residence of Jews in the internal provinces of the empire. Those coming under this category are to be immediately warned of the de- cision arrived at regarding them, and they will be allowed a period of four months to effect their departure. The period of delay may be prolonged where the Governor may deem it advisable in the case of Jews engaged in trade, or such as possess real estate or follow specified callings, or have large families de. pendent upon them; but in no case is this delay in the execution of the order to ex- tend beyond November 1st next. Thus by the beginning of next winter no Jews not especially licensed will remain in the provinces of the interior outside the zone assigned for them to live in. This order, however, does not affect those Jews who in the interval, and prior to its execution may succeed in obtaining the Govern- ment's authorisation to reside without the pre- scribed zone. -Reuter.

A STRANGE RUMOUR. AMERICA AND THE FRANCO- RUSSIAN ALLIANCE. NEW YORK, Sunday.—Profound surprise has been caused by the apparently well-founded announcement that the most important business under consideration of Washington Senate yesterday was a treaty between the United States, France, and Russia, according to which the European Powers are to support the United States with their navies. The treaty was ratified, but nothing has transpired as to the terms to be paid by America.-Centml News. WASHINGTON, Sunday.—On the ratification of the extradition treaties between France and Russia, which were concluded within the last two months, the United States Government received pledges both orally through the Russian and French Legations here and by correspondence with the French and Russian Governments, of their support by force, if necessary, against in- terference on the part of any European power with the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine.— Rcuter.

THE CHOLERA ON THE CONTINENT. MARSEILLES, Saturday.—The sanitary condi- tion of the city shows considerable improvement. Only six deaths from choleraic disease are re- ported to-day, two of which occurred at the Hospital of the Conception. Throe persons were discharged from that institution as cured, and no fresh cases were admitted. The sanitary authori- ties are granting clean bills of health to vessels leaving the port.-Reuter. HALLE, Saturday.—The recent epidemic of cholera in this district has now died out. Pro- fessor Pfuhl left this afternoon for Berlin, but his assistant, Dr Zenthceffer, remains here for another eight days. Yesterday evening a banquet was given at the Hotel Stadt Hamburg here in honour of Dr Koch. Some eighty guests sat down, and Professor Pfuhl, in the course of a speech, ex- pressed his thanks to Councillor von Worder and to Dr Fiehtz, the district physician, to whose untiring and self-sacrificing efforts it was due that the epidemic had not extended, although the water of the River Saale afforded special facilities for the spread of the disease.—Reuter.

COLLAPSE OF A QUARRY. SEVEN MEN KILLED. NEW YORK, Sunday.—Seven men were killed and nine others injured by the collapse of a quarry at West Rutland yesterday.—Reuter.

REPUBLICAN DEMONSTRA- TION IN SPAIN. MADRID, Sunday. Meetings and banquets were held by the Republican party throughout Spain yesterday in commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the proclamation of a Republic by the Cortes. In the capital a dozen of these celebrations were held, marked by speeches of a very revolutionary character, and violent attacks on monarchical institutions. The young King was especially the object of much scurrilous language. Extensive precautions were taken by the authorities to pre- serve order, and no disturbance occurred. No arrests have been made since the apprehension of the speaker at a disorderly nteeting.-Beuter.

A HOSPITAL DESTROYED BY FIRE. The Borough Infectious Hospital at Kidder- minster was destroyed by fire early on Sunday morning. All the beds were occupied by patients suffering from scarlet fever, and all were saved with the exception of one, the child of a carpet designer, whose charred body was subsequently found. The hospital is in an isolated spot, some distanee from the town, and consequently the matron and nurses had little or no assistance having to cope with the flames and at the same time move the unfortunate patients from their terrible situation.