South Wales Daily News

Munday !I CURE FOR COENS.— Munday s, l i further testimony. A Chemist writes lav rim? send me a bottle of yourViridine? It is for wCrr?- 1 Sec,Plenty of corn cure, of the same ^no ou<rht\^°Ue °, • chem appear to equal yours. -No -i-° ^y^ls cowis are incurable until ne has whom^T Jilo^ds have been cured, m u £ ui suffered for over 50 \ears. Bewaseof 'Cfc TB £ d Is, by testis 2d by the J". M'mrlay, Chemist High-street OariM Thk V ofthe •• ca? BARGAIN for a penny IS a copj It-is a Junes and bouth Wales Weekly News stories hv uolumn Paper crowded full of new of the we V novelists, special articles, and news is noted a11 OVer Wal iif?* CaDKRtwt< • Photographs 194.3, never fiSffi,1* a *>laster as thin as silk, which Enlarged Toe i!™°,ve Coras and Bunions antl ie<luce i>ost free 14 without the slightest P1U"s, A » Newport, ps,~Howel1. Chemist, T&. Westgate,

BEHRING SEA ARBITRATION, AWARD IN FAVOUR OF BRITAIN. PARIS, Tuesday.—The award of the arbitration in the Behring Sea dispute was made known this morning. Judgment on the first five points and on Article 6 has been given against the United States. The regulations wh ch have been adopted by the arbitrators established a close time from May 1st in each year to the end of July 6th in the. North Pacific, and in the Behring Sea a protective zone being established for 60 miles around the Island of Pelagio. Sealing is allowed from August 1st in the Behring Sea outside this zone, but the use of firearms and explosives is prohibited.— Central News.

THE CHOLERA. OUTBREAK ON A BRITISH SHIP. GIBRALTAR, Tuesday.—The British steamer George Fisher has arrived from Malta, and reports that one case of cholera occurred on board but that the patient is now convalescent. The steamer was allowed to take in coal and pro- visions, under strict quarantine, and proceeded to-day for Stettin. The crew were otherwise he.tltby.-Reitter. BUCHAREST, Tuesday. According to the official bulletin issued to-day, 12 fresh cases of cholera and 6 deaths have occurred at Braila since yesterday, 14 cases and 12 deaths at Sulina, 9 cases at Czernawoda, and 11 at Galatz. LKMBKRG, Tuesday. News of the cholera con- tinues to be received from various parts of Galicia. Two deaths from the disease are re- ported to-day from each of the parishes of Mikuliezyn, Delatyn, and Dobrotoff, and one from Tanoff. On the 10th inst. there was one case of cholera at Tulukoff, in the district of Sniatyn, and three fresh cases of disease, one of which terminated fatally, occurred there yesterday. BERLIN, Tuesday,—The Reichsanzeiger to-day announced that three Polish workmen in Berlin had been attacked by Asiatic cholera. It is concluded that the disease has been brought in from Russian Poland. The strictest measures have been taken by the authorities, and there is every reason to antici- pate, adds the official gazette, that the danger of further extension of the outbreak has been averted. --Be,atet-.

THE RIOTS IN BOMBAY. FIFTEEN HUNDRED ARRESTS. BOMBAY, Tuesday.—All is now quiet, but arrests of natives who took part in the riots still continue, the pri- soners now amounting to 1,500. The number of deaths turns out to be greater than was at first supposed. The Peninsular and Oriental Com- pany landed a force of 70 Europeans, under the command of the vessel's c.-tptain.-Beitter.

THE MATABELE RAID. LOBENGULA'S REPLY. CAPETOWN, Monday.—The Chartered Com- pany to day received Lobengula's reply to the messages sent to him by Sir Henry Loch and Dr. Jameson, after the recent raid of one of the Matabele chief's impis into the Chartered Company's territory. Thereply, which is addressed to Mr Moffat, is as follows Hear, Mr Moffat, what has my impi done among your people? The impi followed my cattle only. The iinpi had no concern with the white man. Now white man says many things. The Induna talked with the white man. The Induna went off first. The white man followed and killed him. What does this mean ? Before the impi went I sent letters to say that they were coming to look for my cattle only." Lobengula, in his reply, totally ignores the slaughter of the Mashonas and the claim for compensation made by the Chartered Company. Mr Collenbrander states that the excitement caused at Bulawayo by the apprehension of a return of the impi during the winter has now abated, the safety of the whites being assured. The traders at that place have elected to stay. The reply confirms the previous impression that the King is angry, but that his attitude is not apparently warlike. -.Rcutcr.

MORE FIGHTING AT BUENOS AynES. BCENOS AYRES, 1 uesday. —A collision has occurred at La Plata Railway Station between the troops and a body of Radicals. The latter resisted the Federal troops with great determina- tion. In the fighting three men were killed and 40 wounded. The National troops have occupied the public buildings at La Plata, and the mem- bers of the Provisional Government set up by the Radicals have abandoned the place. All last night Buenos Ayres was in a state of alarm. The Federal Congress will to-day discuss the question of proclaiming a state of siege and taking other stringent measures.—Renter. BUENOS AYRES, Tuesday, 6.15 p.m.—The Federal Progress, at its meeting to-day, resolved upon the establishment of a state of siege throughout the Argentine Republic, and also decided in favour of Federal intervention in the disturbed provinces of Santa F6 and San Luis.— Reuter.

EXECUTION AT SYDNEY. SYDNEY, Tuesday.—John Makin, who, with his wife, was convicted in March last of murder- ing one or more children entrusted to their charge, was executed to-day. The prisoner appealed against his conviction to the supreme court here and to the judicial committee of the Privy Council, but in each instance the sentence was confirmed. -Reute2-.

THE SHIP CANAL. COLLAPSE OF A SHED. On Tuesday morning while a number of men were at work on a large iron shed, 100 yards in length, which was being erected at the Pomona Docks of the Manchester Ship Canal, the shed collapsed. It. is supposed that while the work- men were fastening rivets on the roof of the shed, one of them shifted some of his tackle, for sud- denly the building commenced to give way at the iomona end, and in a few seconds had fallen. The men engaged on the top fell along with the iron framework, and were buried among the fallen material. The workmen employed in other parts of the docks went to the scene of the catastrophe, and immediately took measures to extricate their unfortunate comrades. It was found that nine of ten men were very badly injured.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER 4.30 A.M. TO-DAY'S FORECAST eon JsmLJUfD, s.w.. asd ."•OUTB WALKS. Westerly and varying breezes, light, becoming unsettled, showery and thunder. GENERAL.—The general appear- ance is now much less fair than of late, and seems to indicate the early breaking up of the warm dry weather. GENERAL FORECASTS. The following forecasts were prepared^last night 4 the Meteorological Office at eight o clock DISTRICTS— 9 Scotland N.) Westerly and varying 1 Scotland, E. breezes changeable 2 England, N.E.J showery; thundery; cooler. South-westerly and westerly 3. England, Jli. i breezes, light; fair and 4. M?X Counties cIose at first). unsettled, 5. Eng. S. (Lon. thundery, and showery and Channel.) j later> 6. Scotland 7, Erigl., N. W., f Same as Nos. 0, 1, and & North Wales. J i -M "1 Westerly and varying breezes, 9. Ireland, J. light, becoming unsettled, 10. Ireland. b. I showery, and thundery. ABERYSTWYTH, Tuesday Evening-barometer. 30'200, slight fall maxtirluiii- thermometer, IV i in shade wind, N. Amount of sunshine regis- tered by Jordan's recorder for hours preceding 9 a.m., 10 hours beautiful day brilliant con- tinuous sunshine from a cloudless sky light breeze. Sea calm.

CARADOG BOUND FOR CHICAGO.—The veteran choir leader sails on the 26tit inst. A 2-berth saloon-room onthe main deck has been reserved for him and his lady. All who desire to travel with them should at once send names, age, and profes- sion with deposits, to sepure berth, of James Roberts, Passenger Agent, South Wales Emigra- tiun Office, Pontypridd.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at three o'clock. A RESPITE. The HOME SECRETARY, replying to Mr Dodd, said he had carefully considered the circumstances connected with the case of the murder of Sergeant Eves, and, as a result, he had felt himself justified in advising her Majesty to respite the capital sentence on Richard Davis with a view to its commutation into a sentence of penal servitude for life. In the case of- John Davis the law must take its course. THE ARMENIAN PRISONERS. Sir E. GREY, replying to Mr H. Johnstone. said that of the 24 Armenian plisoners sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from seven to 13 years, seven had been liberated. The Govern- ment bad not beard the result of the trial of the remainder. An amnesty was granted at the end of March to most of the Armenians of Marsovan, Cesarea, and Yuzgat, who were suspected of being implicated in the posting of the seditious placards. Those reserved for trial were considered by the Turkish authorities to have been the authors or instigators of the placards. A LITTLE EXPEDITION, Sir E. GREY, replying to Mr Macfavlane, said the town of Witu had noc been attacked, but a fortified stronghold named Panwani, where & chief named Fuino Omari had established himselt with a band of robbers. He was understood to have accepted the terms offered him by Mr Rodd, the acting-consul-general, but treacherously tired on the escort which had been landed from the ships. It therefore became necessary to take the position by storm, which was done with great gallantry by the Naval Brigade, assisted by Soudanese and Zanzibar troops. THE IMPORTATION OF COAL. Mr GLADSTONE, replying to Mr H. R. Farqu- harson, said it would not be to the public interest to impose'an export duty on coal, even if the Government were at liberty to do so. They were, however, under treaty negotiation with Germany not to impose such a duty,

THE SUSPENSORY BILL. Mr BARTLEY asked whether it was correct, as stated in the newspapers, that the Welsh Sus- pensory Bill had been abandoned for this year? Mr GLADSTONE said he was not aware of any statement in the newspapers on the subject, and there was nothing to justify any statement on the subject.

BEHRING SEA ARBITRATION. Mr GLADSTONE, replying to Mr Tomlinson, said an intimation had arrived of the result of the Behring Sea inquiry, but it was in the nature of a private and not an official telegram. The substance, however, he was able to communicate to the House, and it was that, speaking generally and with partial exceptions, the award was entirely satisfactory to the British case. (Cheers.)

HOME RULE BILL, THE SECOND CHAMBER. RADICAL OPPOSITION. MR GLADSTONE'S PRO- NOUNCEMENT. The House then resumed the consideration of the report of the Government of Ireland Bill. Mr KUIBER moved a new clause providing that upon an address of both Houses of Parliament representing to her Majesty that any Act passed by the Irish Legislature is in their opinion a con- travention of section 3 or section 4 of this Act, or is in excess of any powers conferred by this Act, or ought for any reason tobe suspended or repealed wholly or in part, her Majesty may suspend such Act, either absolutely or temporarily, and either in whole or in part. Mr GLADSTONE said that the Bill provided judicial proceedings of the Impartial character whereby any Acts of the IrishJParliament which were ultra vires could be annulled. He could not consent to supersede the machinery by the method proposed in the clause. Mr BALFOUR admitted that the clause was open to objection, but his lion, friend had been com- pelled to bring it forward by the unsatisfactory position in which the veto had been left by the Government. He recommended his hon. friend to withdraw. ■ Mr CHAMBERLAIN did not think the reasons given by the Prime Minister conclusive against I the clause. The clause was negatived without a division. «o /TVT ir-aiiSe the P^Per standing in the name of Mr Kimber, the effect of which was to disqualify persons who had been found guilty of criiiiinal conspiracy by the special commission of 1888 from being appointed to executive authority in the Government of Ireland, was ruled out of order by the Speaker, on the ground that it was in the nature of ex-post facto legislation Mr GERALD BALFOUR moved the following clause that from and after the appointed day no writ of summons nor other civil process shall issue from any court in Ireland for service or substituted service of the jurisdiction of such court upon any person domiciled or ordinarily resident In England or Scotland." The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that the clause related to a subject, ot wide extent and great complication, and the only reason given for its insertion was that the Irish law courts could not be trusted to act with judicial discretion. The proposal was entirely one-sided. After some discussion, Mr BALFOUR said he should vote for the clause on the broad principles of equity involved in it. For good or evil Ireland would, for many pur- poses, be a foreign country after this Bill was passed, and what the House had then to do was to protect Englishmen against possible decisions of Irish courts over which the Imperial Parlia- ment would in future have no control. Mr CHAMBERLAIN wished to oall attention to the effect of the Bill as it would stand in the absence^of the ciause now before the House upon actionsxorhbek Heunderstood thatsome yearsago tiere was in Ireland a committee charged with the duty of reading the newspapers in order to discover grounds for actions for libel aeainst Jliiiglish members who might speak injuriously of Irish members. Now, if he were to go down to Birmingham and make a, speech there in which he charged the Irish members as "marching through rapine," or as "preaching the doctrine of plunder, or as steeped with treason to the lips," he should not mind an action for libel being brought against him either in the English or Irish Courts. He should justify the alleged libel, and should have no fear of the result. But if this Bill passed there would be new judges, and there might be new laws and a new proceuure in Ireland, and it would certainty be a most uncomfortable thing that judgment might be recovered against him in his absence in an Irish court, and that under that judgment any property he had in Ireland might be seized on. If lie had none he might be sued upon the judgment of all English court, which would be precluded from giving the facts of the case, and would be compelled to enforce the judgment if it was valid. (Hear hear.) Mr JUSTIN MCCARTHY said that'if There had been such a committee as that referred to by the right lion. gentleman it; must have been brought to his knowledge, but not only had the existence of such a committee never been brought to his knowledge, but lie could venture to sa.y positively that no such committee ever existed, or was ever talked of or suggested That argument, like many others, must, "there- fore, go to that limbo for which the right hon. member for West Birmingham was mainly responsible. (Hear. hear.) The House then divided, when there WM-« For the Clause 147 Against 198 Majority 51 A ne clause was therefore negatived. This was the last of the new clauses. Mr HENEAGE then said he desired to call attention to the preamble, which h&d never yet been discussed. He objected to the preamble because it did not apply to a Bill under which not i uWar a Lef?islature established in Ireland, out the Irish members were allowed to remain members of the Imperial Parliament with full powers. Moreover, the Bill did not contain the provisions which they were led to expect that it would contain for the preservation of the unity of the Empire and for the attainment of other important objects.4 Mr J. MORLEY rose to order. Was the right bon. gentleman in order in going into a discussion of the whole scope and policy of the Bill in con- nection with the preamble ? The SPEAKER said that it was no doubt in order to discuss the whole Bill on the report but it was an extension of the usual practice to do so, and it was evidently inconvenient to do so, having regard to the fact that there would be an opportunity of reviewing the whole Bill on the third reading. Mr HIJNKAGE said that he would not touch upon topics which had been already discussed, and he then proceeded to argue that the Bill as it stood did not carry out the professions with which it was introduced. Hs therefore moved the omission of the preamble. had LiivtD8T°NElaidJthe right hon- gentleman mSion h « thV;d readi"ff speech upon a motion to expunge the preamble, and though it order1^ th° Proceed'ng was not out of f• *\s ,An extension of Parliamentary ? J ventured to say that no such i ^*Veret on th« report stage of a B'H since 18o2. (Hear, hear.) He fe)t himself precluded Dy prudence, policy, and precedent from following his right hon. friend into the merits of the measure, and would confine himself to saying that the Government opposed the motion. (Cheers.) Mr GOSCHEN ventured to ask th« Prime Minister whether, in the course of the 60 yea ™to which he had referred, he had ever known the House approach the consideration of the report st**e °fv* BllJ V £ er conditions that at present obtained. (Cheers.) After remarks by Mr. BARTLEY and Mr GIBSON BOWLES, the House divided, and the numbers were :— For the amendment Against 185 Majority for the Government. 40 Mr DALZIEL proposed to amend the first clause, which declared that there should be in Ireland a Legislature, consisting of the Queen, and of two houses, the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly, the object of his pro- posal being to dispense with the second chamber. I He argued that a small council ought not to have I the power of reversing the decision of the pOlmbrJy-p!pctect Irish Legislature. 1 Mr GLADSTONE said that the TUIMTINN h:;>A never been treated by the Government as a vital part of the Bill. They bad always desired that it should receive the impartial consideration of the House. Undoubtedly the course taken by the Opposition had increased the difficulty of dealing with this subject, because they had declared that the second chamber as embodied in the Bill was worse than no second chamber at all. That had placed the Government in the position of not being able to obtain an impartial consideration of the question whether there should be a second chamber or not. Various questions bad been raised as to the manner in which the second cham- ber shall be formed, and the constituency by whom it shall be elected, and they had not the simple question whether it was on the whole convenient that there should be a second chamber. On that pomt, however, the Government saw no reason- to depart from the resolution at which they had arrived, and which had been affirmed by a majority of the House. They did not feel justified in abandoning the important pro- position they had made. The repre- sentatives of Ireland were contented with the second chamber as proposed by the Bill, and that was an important consideration in coming to the conclusion at which they had arrived. They could not shut out from their consideration the fact that it" was the almost universal practice of the whole civilised world that there should be a second chamber, nor could they deny that there was a probable advantage in having the same subject presented to and handled by bodies which would to a certain extent have distinct differences of view. Then they desired to protect the minority in Ireland from attacks which might happen in any popular as- sembly and from which they could not anticipate that the Irish Legislature would be exempt. It was true that the hon. gentleman opposite had repudiated the proposal of the Government so far as it was intended for the protection of the Irish minor"),. No gentleman opposite had accepted a second chamber as a protection against the dangers they apprehended and were ready to take the responsibility of rejecting a second chamber altogether. .j i t Mr BALFOUR Not any second chamber Mr GLADSTONE Certainly. The second cham- ber proposed in the Bill. This action on the part of the Opposition did not strengthen the Government in dealing with some friends of their own who were opposed to a second ciiamber. But they did not think they would be justified in savingtotheloyalminority that they had abandoned a provision which they had introduced in their favour, because those whom they had sent to represent them in Parliament had declared against it. Without, therefore, laying down any abstract doctrine, but looking to the whole cn- cnmstances of the case, the Government felt that they must oppose the amendment. (Hear hear.) Mr SANDERS supported the amendment, con- tending that a second chamber was a impediment to legislation. He did no »■ any legislation so effective for paralysing the will of the people had ever been de-Vi-ied as that contained in the Bill for the constitution of a second chamber. That chamber would be composed of a combination of landlords and capitalists, and the working classes could expect n £ n|uri^aid that the simple question before them was whether there should or should not be a second chamber. „„ Mr WALLACE, who had on the paper an amendment, said that the effect of that amend- ment, which could hardly now be considered, would have started Ireland with a Legislature consisting of the Queen and a legislative assembly^ but would have given that Legislature the right to create a legislative council if it chose It would not have been necessary in support of that amendment, for him toTrgue 'the qSKton whether a second chamber was^^lesirable, .UhougU '>» Mtf strongest objection to ^asprono^ed and esiiec'allv to such a chamberJis was proposed to be esUW shed by the Bill. He did not deny he righ of the Irish to create such a body for t emselves if they wished, but as matters now tnemseive „n^,inrt. tiie amendment, because he'decHned to take^ny part in the establishment °fMr^o^ed that the second chamber which it was proposed to establish in Ireland would afford any protection to the loyal minority '"MTJ^MORLET then moved that tlie question beTh«rSPEAKER, however, refused to accept the motion. He thought the amendment might well receive some further discussion. Mr HOBHOUSE opposed the amendment. Sir E. CLARKE intended to support the amend- ni<At this moment Sir H. James entered the House, and was loudly cheered by the Unionists Precognition of the party victory at Hereford, news of which had just reached the House. The demonstration was repeated shortly after- wards on the entrance of Mr Chamberlain. Mr PARKER SMITH said that although he had voted in committee in favour of a second chamber, be should now, having regard to the shape which the Bill had assumed, vote for the AQ]\IR MACARTNEY said that the application of the closure,had prevented the Opposition from discussing any amendments to the 6th clause 111 the Bill. Mr J. MORLEY rose to order. Was the uon. member in order in replying step by step to the arguments of his right hon. friend in commfttee ? The SPEAKER said that lie thought the hon. member was quite iu order, so far as he had gone. Mr MCCARTNEY then said that he should sup- port the amendment, not because he was opposed to the principle of a second chamber, but because be believed that the second chamber in the Bill would not serve any useful purpose. Mr WHITTAKER supported the amendment. Colonel SAUNDERSON could not understand how anyone who was opposed on principle to a second chamber could vote for the proposition of the Government. Mr CHAMBERLAIN could not understand how it could be maintained that second chambers were inconsistent with democratic principles, nor could he doubt that a well-coiistituted second chamber would add strength to any constitution. (Hear hear.) The real question was whether the particular second chamber proposed was likely to be useful. On the previous occasion lie had voted against the second chamber proposed by the Government, because he.thougut it had every vice which could attach to such a proposal. On the present occasion he did not think It worth while to take part in what was really a mere domestic squabble between the Government and a portion of their supporters. He could, there- fore, assure hon. members before hun that they might, on this occasion, safely assert tneir inde- pendence. (Laughter.) The Government pre- tended that they had a mandate from the country to carry Home Rule. He could not, however, help thinking that they must be beginning to have some doubt on that point. If ie v sitting on the Treasury Bench he should be beginning to think how he could gag the country. (Cheers.) The writing was on the wall. (Cheers.) The Government was beginning to be found out. The SPEAKER here called the right hon. gentle- man to order, intimating that lie was not speak- ing to the question before the House. Mr CHAMBERLAIN went on to say that the Government pretended to have a mandate to carry Home ltule, but at all events this was subject to conditions, one of which was that tnere should be protection for the loyal minority. The discussion was continued by Mr J. Addi- son Mr G Windham, Mr Courtney, Mr Balfour, Admiral Field, and Mr Tomlinson. ThA House divided, when there were :— For the amendment llu Against 1 Maiority 83 The amendment was therefore negatived. Mr AMBROSE proposed to amend Clause 2 by limiting- tlw powers of the Irish Legislature to certain' local affairs. He was speaking in support of the amendment when twelve o'clock arrived, and the debate was adjourned. The House adjourned at a quarter-past twelve o'clock.

THE EIGHT HOURS' BILL. LETTER FROM MR GLADSTONE. Mr Samuel Woods, M.P., has received the following reply from the Premier in answer to his letter asking for a day for consideration of the Miners' Eight Hours' Bill :— Downing-street, August 11th, 1893. 41 Dear Mr Woods,—The Eight Hours Miners' Bili. The present position as regards the Govern- ment is this :—We shall propose autumn sittings for business. What business ? That must be considered comprehensively. Every important claim, and yours among them, will be taken into view; but our duty is to the country, and we have to choose what will best justify the expenditure of time it may require. It would really be a breach of duty on our parb to give away the time piecemeal. If you say we ought to give the comprehensive consider- ation as soon as practicable, I agree. In the meantime I commend to you these questions, which I think important for your friends to consider. 1. You desire at least a day. Will I a day be of use ? 2. Or does it mean a day, and such other days as may be needed to settle the question at once ? This would, under the circumstances, seem rather a large demand. 3. It appears to me individually that the divided state of opinions among the districts is the greatesf among the obstacles in the way- Can you convert the dissentients ? If not, can you conciliate them ? This is perhaps quite as important a matter as any reply from the Govern- ment at this moment.—Faithfully yours, "W. E. GLADSTONE."

THE HBNITY RICHARD MEMORIAL. The committee of the Tregaron memorial to the late Mr Henry Richard have received from Mr William Jones, Ffoshaulog and Birmingham, a I cheque for R50. The ceremony of uuveiling the I statue will be performed on Friday next. The statue has now been erected, and every thing is ready for t:h.. imveilinff Cer6'f'

GOVERNMENT INQUIRY AT CARDIFF. THE LINE INSPECTED BY MAJOR MARIN DIN. f EVIDENCE OF SURVIVORS. Major Marindin, H.M. Inspector, opened the Government inquiry as to the disaster at Treforest on Saturday, in the Board room of the Taff Vale Rail- way Offices, Queen-street, Cardiff, on Tuesday. Previous to that, however, he visited the scene of theaccidenfc by special tramfromCardiff, and inspec- ted the line for about 400 or 500 yards, including the portion where the carriages were supposed to have left the metals up to the point where several were overturned down the embankment. He iwas accompanied by the principal .officials of the T.V.R., including Messrs Beasley (general man- ager), J. W. Brewer (engineer), T. H. Riches (locomotive superintendent), T. E. Harlaaid (traffic superintendent), and Mr Alfred Aslett (secretary and general manager, Cambrian Railways-), who, along with other minor officials, gave the major all the necessary explana- tions and information as to the condition of the rails when those gentlemen examined them immediately after the accident. Messrs Aston, locomotive and carriage engineer, Cambrian Railway A. Henshaw, general manager, Brecon and Merthyr Railway and Owen, locomotive and carriage engineer of the same railway. In the course of the day Mr C. Thomas, one of the Taff Vale directors, attended. Mr J. P. Ingle- dew, solicitor to the T.V.R was also present. THE INQUIRY. Major Marindin and the railway officials re- turned to Cardiff, where, as already mentioned, he opened the formal inquiry at the Taff Vale Rail- way Board room. Mr J. W. Brewer was first called. pro- duced a plan and survey of the scene of the acci- dent, stating that the distance from Treforest to the place was 1 mile 8 chains. There was a curve about a mile and a half in length and a gradient of 1 in 246 falling towards Cardiff. The line was made in 1840. Shortly after six o'clock on Saturday evening he received information of the accident and went at once to the spot, made a survey and took tb measurements the same night. At a distance of 32 yards below the footbridge he found the inside ot the left hand chair chipped. This was the first mark he discovered and the chair had apparently received a very heavy blow. Eiglity-fchreeyards south of the bridge in the four-foot way was ploughed up, and two yards further south a sleeper was dented. Ninety-one yards south of the bridge was the first mark of a wheel-flange on a chair outside the rail, and a sleeper was broken. Further along there were signs of a couple of wheels having been off the rails, and at 116 yards south of the bridge there ware marks on a sleeper not caused by a wheel. About seventy yards below that spot a spring of the engine was found on the embankment. The first indication of a second pair off wheels being off the rails outside was at 306 yards, opposite the north end of the signal cabin. South of the cabin there was a chair marked on both sides of the rails. Apparently not more than one vhhicle was running off tho rails until reaching the point 450 yards south of the footbridge. The line was broken up, and it was there where the couplings snapped, and the vehicles were thrown over the embankment. The field on which the carriages landed was 30 feet below the level of the line. Mr John Morgan (66), signalman at the Tre- forest (Barry) Junction, said the train passed his cabin at 4.43, but it should have passed at 4 30. He saw nothing unusual about the train. It was a heavy one, and was going slow, as it had started only at Treforest Station. Mr Thomas Preece, a young man, signalman at Llantrissant Junction Cabin, said he watched the train approaching. He saw it come under the footbridge, buthe saw nothing amiss with it then. He continued to watch it, and immediately after it had passed the down-home signal he noticed that the leading wheels of the brakevan next the tender of the engine were off the rails on the inside of the line. He had a white flag in his hand at the time, and he tried to attract the driver's attention by waving it frantically. He saw the fireman looking out over the engine side, back towards the tram, but he did not know whether his signal had been observed. Imme- diately after he waved the fl:1g steam was shut off. The engine had then gone 20 yards past the signal-box. He saw only one pair of wheel" "if the rails. When the steam was shut off tit.) engine was between the junction points, first crossing. When the leading van reached the crossing Opposite the box he saw another pair of wheels leave the rails on the out- side towards the embankment. He did not observe what the driver was doing at the time, and he could not tell whether the brakes were on or not. He did not see the driver apply steam after it was shut off first. The train wits going at about 30 miles an hour when it passd his box, which was the usual speed of that particular train at that point. Trains which did not stop at Treforest ran somewhat faster. He looked after the train, but could not say exactly where the other vehicles left the rails. When he saw the carriages go ovor the embankment he blocked the line and telephoned to Treforest and Cardiff what had happened. The train passed his cabin at 4.48. In reply to Ml" Beasley. witness said the fire- man came to his box and asked if the line was clear, as he could run to Cardiff for assistance, and as it was open the engine left at 4.53. Wm. Durston, driver of the wrecked train, said I have been in the service 27 years, and a driver for 13. I have always been OIl that part of the main line, and know it well. On the 12th August I came on dutv at one p.m. at Cardiff Station, and worked till 8.48. My engine is a ten-wheel tank engine, four wheels coupled. I was driver of the 3.50 p.m. down train from Merthyr, and was running chimney first. We started from Merthyr with a long train, but I say what was on, or how vehicles had brakes on them. The whole of the tram was fitted with the automatic brake. There was some change in the composition of the train at Aber- dare Junction. We arrived at Aberdare Junc- tion at 4.15 and left at 4.24, late seven minutes. Time was lost there taking on or putting off coaches. I did not run to make up time there is a rule forbidding drivers to do that. From Treforest we proceeded at the usual speed. When we passed below the footbridge the speed would be about 30 mi!es per hour. The first thing I noticed was a knock under the footplate, on the lefthand side, when between the footbridge and Llantrisant junction signal box. I was about to shut off steam when I looked round, and I then saw the leading van off the rails towards the left, next the embankment. Major Marindin Are you sure, because the marks are all on the other side?—I have not examined the rails, but I am almost certain the wheels were off on the left, or out, side. Witness, continuing, said As soon as I saw what was wrong I shut off steam, and was about to apply the brake, but I saw that would not do, as I considered it would have pulled the train up too suddenly, so I put on a little steam to keep the van straight. I put on the steam, and shut it off a second time. We were past the signal-box when I put on the steam the second time. The effect of putting on steam was to keep the van in its proper place. I kept the steam on only for a moment. When I was about to apply steam a third time the couplings between the esgine and the van became dis- connected. The engine then ran about 60 or 70 yards further, and the vehicles went over the embankment as soon as the couplings parted. The coupling of the engine was not broken. I did not fo back and examine the rails after the accident. turned my attention to getting jacks and other appliances and assistance. Then I ran to Cardiff for medical aid. I examined the engine immedi- ately after we stopped, and apparently the bogie, machinery, and everything was all right, and it ran right enough to Cardiff. On going to the engine-shed, however, I discovered that the spring OIl the left turning couple wheel was missing. The spring link was fractured. I have never discovered anything wroiig with the engine before, and the line was in good order. I did not see a flag waved from the signal box. In to Mr Beasley, witness said I consider what I did in putting on and shutting off steam to keep the van straight was the best that could be done under the cir- cumstances. I have seen the broken link of the spring, and there had not, apparently, been any flaw in it. After hearing and feeling the knock below the footplate, the engine ran steadily, and I heard nothing more except the noise of the van. Mr James Taylor, Dal ton-street, Cardiff, fire- man on the engine, said he examined the engine at Aberdare and found everything all right. He corroborated the evidence given by the driver. Thomas Thomas said he had been brakesman and acting-guard on the main line for five years. He was head guard of the train, which was com- posed of 15 vehicles. Witness was in the brake van at the rear of the train. The first intimation that something was wrong was tho train stopping. Before the brake was put on the speed of the tram was about 25 miles an hour. When the train I was coming to a stand he aàw the Cambrian carriages a Brecon and Merthyr van, a Taff Vale van, and a Taff third-class carriage .going" over the embankment. The first man be sa,w t'le Brecon and Merthyr guard who ha gone over with his van. Witness helped th mn up and then went to attend to his train, but there were a good many people (mostly passengers) rendenug every assistance to the injured. Mr Beasley mentioned that, as a matter of fact, there were a lot of Taff Vale workmen on the train. David Thomas, Brecon and Merthyr guard.who appear^ vwth his right; arm in a si hip, said he was in c large ot the passengers and their luggage from Aberystwytn. His van was next the engine, but at ireforest he chan^d into the front Taff Vale van because he had not time to run and get mto h's own, the train having started too soon fois that. iu hist tlung he knew of tho accident was the van he and the other guard were in going over the embankment. Most of the carriages that went over were smashed. The van he was in fell nearly to the bottom of the bank. Wm. Williams, an inspector in the employ of the Taff Vale Railway Company, said that he had been in the service 28 years. On the day of the accident he was riding as a passenger from Quaker's Yard in the tenth coach from the engine. The train was well filled, but not crowded. The first intimation he had of anything being wrong was the train drawing up just as if it was going into a station. The speed Qf the train would be about 30 miles an hour. The coach he was in left the rails on the six-foot side. He got out and looked at the junction facing points,, knowing the Cowbridge train was due, and finding them damaged lie went to the signal-box and told the signalman, and afterwards asked a platelayer to put the points right. A mineral guard named Charles Payne, who has had 15 years' service in the employ of the company, said that he was a passenger in the train from Treforest, and was in the sixth vehicle from the engine. The compartment he was in was full. The first thing he felt was a sudden application of the brake, and the carriage went over the bank a second later. He could not say whether it turned over, but he found himself outside about half- way down. The carriage was smashed to pieces, and the bed of it was on the bank above him. His brakesman was lying about two yards further down the bank, but said he did not think he was hurt. They carried an injured man down into the field. Harvey Phillips, a driver, who has served 23 years, also gave corroborative evidence, and, although injured when he was thrown down the bank, he rendered assistance to others. He was thrown to the bottom of the embankment with part of the body of the carriage on the top of him. One of the people who was killed was taken out from under the bed of the carriage witness had been riding in. John Davies, ganger, in charge of the length of line on which the accident occurred, stated that he walked the line that morning at about seven o'clock, and he was on it again later in the day. Everything then was in good order. After the accident he examined the line and found the first murk about 30 yards from the footbridge, and a little lower down there were marks all the way to the signal-box. He was unable to say whether there were any marks of more than one pair of wheels. After assisting with the wreckage he put the junction points right for the Cowbridge train. When he was examining the line he picked up a broken bolt on the permanent way, a short distance below the footbridge. Mr Tom Hurry Riches said he was locomotive superintendent of the Taff Vale Railway. He produced a drawing of the engine that was attached to the train which metwith;the accident. It was built at the Vulcan Foundry, Newton-Ie- Willows, in 1891. Its mileage was 60,641 miles, and it was last in the shop for purposes of general repair in Maroli last. It then had a new crank- axle fitted, and the springs were examined and tested. The springs on the two coupled wheels were underhung. The attachment was by a buckle, and the diameter V/2 inches. The pin was secured by a split pin. The tee link connected the spring buckle with the bottom of the axle-box by an inch and a half pin. The link on the tee at the top of the buckle passed inside the tee link, and was secured by thefirst-mentionedpin. The jaws of the tee link were one inch thick by inch wide on each side of the pin. Each of these links had to carry about six tons, or the half of 15 tons, less the weight of wheals and axle, axle- box and connecting rod. They had never had a failure of this kind before. They had had a breakage of link before, but only one case in 20 years' experience. That was on-a mineral engine about 10 years ago. That would not be the same strength of link as the one in question. In that case the spring did not fall. He examined the link in question 011 Sunday morning, and with the exception of the spring it was in perfect order. When he saw the spring after the acci- dent the buckle was slightly shifted, but not broken, and the 1:inch pin was in place, and also the split pin. Both the hanger links were broken, they having been picked up on the line. The axle-box was in good order, except the damage to the hanging link at the point where the pin passed through it. One of the bottom pieces of the jaw of this link had been picked up. On one side the fracture was quite fresh, but on the other there was an old flaw extending over nearly the whole of the surface. If that flaw had been in existence when the springs went through'the repairing shop for testing it must have been detected therefore it must have been caused since. When it occurred it was impossible to say. 1 rom the position it was in the flaw was one that could only have been detected when the springs were under examination in the shop. It could not have been detected by ordinary examination. He was at the shed when the telephone message announcing the accident was received at about five o'clock. He at once got a break-down train ready, and went up the line with all the men available. The dead and ihjured had not been got out from the wreckage when he arrived. During the rescue operations one of the persons who was assisting was killed by a carriage which had been tilted up falling on him. The carriage had been lifted backwards to release people underneath it, and it suddenly slipped and fell on the man. The bottom of the buckle stood 9 inches above the level of the rail, and about 11 inches above the chair of the sleepers. The fracture of the link would cause the spring to drop a distance of about two-and-a-half inches. The top of the spring would be sure to bend, and the bottom of it would fall and jxwsibly reach the chair. It appeared that the first mark on the chair was caused in this manner. A fitter was kept 011 duty by day and by night to examine thoroug-hlyevery passenger engine before it went out. Richard Perry, fitter, said lie had been in the employ of the Taff Vale Company 10 or 11 years. He examined the engine in question before it wont out on Friday night. As far as he could see everything about it was in perfect order. He had not examined the piece of the broken link of the spring, but he hn.d seen the part that was left 011 the engine, 011 the left-hand driving-wheel. It would have been im- possible for him to detect the flaw in the position it was iu. Elijah Barwell, fitter in charge of the erecting shop where the engine No. 173 was repaired in March last, said he was satisfied that it was in per- fect order when it came out of the shop. It was not possible then that one of the jaw of the hanging links could have been flawed without his know- ledge., If the flaw existed then it must have been detected. Elias Thorogood, engine-driver of 40 years' standing, said on the 12th August he was drivilw the engine the first part of the day from 7 to 1.7 p.m. He examined the engine before taking it out of the shed, and ran from Cardiff Docks to Merthyr, and he again examined it at 12.25 noon at Cardiff Docks. Everything then appeared to be in perfect order.. Mr Charles Cameron, in charge of the carriage and waggon department, under Mr Riches, said be was informed of the accident at 6.15 p.m., and went out there, arriving shortly after seven.' He took a note of the position of the carriages as they were lying on the bank. The Brecon and Merthyr van was furthest north, the others having run past it. It was lying upside down on the bank near- the fence. The body of it was quite broken up. Carriage No. 160 (Cambrian), third-class, was lying wheels uppermost, it being the next vehicle southwards. It was near the bottom of the fence, and had been turned up before wo got there. The body was al! smashed. The next carriage, No. 161 (Cambrian), third-class, was next in order south- wards. It was further down the bank, and near the fence, and bottom upwards, but had been turned on to the wheels. The body was quite broken up. Tho next car, No. 213 (Cambrian), composite, was about 70 feet further south, and it had been bottom upwards, at right angles to the line. The body had shifted from the frame, and was much damaged, one end being destroyed. Passenger break van No. 255, T.V.R., bad been upside down at right angles to the line near ths top of the bank, but it had run down. The last carriage was No. 173, third-class T. V.R., which was lying parallel with the line half-way down the bank with wheels uppermost. No. 309, third-class T.V.R., was on the lsne, but off the rails towards the six-footway. No. 301,. T.V.R. third-class, was on the line but off the rails, and No. 313 was in the same condition. Particulars as to the Brecon and Merthyr van and the Cambrian carriages were put in. The former WM built in June, 1889, while the oldest of the Cambrian carriages dated from 1887. They were all examined at five different stations on Saturday. Major Marindin said there was no possibility of its being assumed that the Cambrian carriages were in a defective state. The inquiry then concluded.

ANOTHER DEATH. Yet another death is recorded as the result of the terrible accident which occurred on Saturday at Treforest. The latest addition to the death- roll is Miss Llewellyn, the daughter of Mr Wm. j Llewellyn, of Newtown, Llantwit Vardre, who succumbed to serious injuries about five a.m 011 Tuesday. She. was travelling from Llantwit Vardre to Cardiff, on a visit to her aunt in Coburn-street, and had in her care the two little boys, named Williams, who were injured in the accident. When thrown down in the carriage she was terribly injured, and rendered completely uuconscious. On being extricated from the debris she was immediately attended by Dr. Rowe, of Llantrissant, and it was found she was suffering from a serious scalp wound and internal injuries. She was conveyed home by the up train to Cowbridge, and placed under the care of Dr. Davies, the local medical man. Everything which could be devised was done to save her life, but she died without regaining con- sciousness, as stated above. Miss Llewellyn was but 19 years of uge, and a general favourite in the neighbourhood.

FUNERAL Of A VICTIM. On Tuesday afternoon the remains of Mr Wil- liams, solicitor, chief clerk to Messrs Spickett and Sons, Pontypridd, were interred in the Glyn Taff Camelry. The cortege, which was witnessed by a large number en route, left the Workhouse mortuary at 2.30 the chief mourners being the father of the deceased gentleman from Nottingham, his brother from Cardiff, and the principals and clerks of the. firm of Messrs Spickett.

CONDITION OF THE INJURED. The persons injured in the railway accident at Treforest, and who are at present confined to the infirmary at Cardiff, were reported on Tues- day night as doing well. John Williams, aged 19, a sailor, of 22, Queen-street, Barry, who is suffering from dislocation of the right hip and a bruised face, was during the afternoon able to leave the infirmary for his home. The other patients still conbinue to make favourable progress,

ALL BODIES REMOVED. The last of the bodies which had been placed m the mortuary at the Pontypridd Union were removed on Tuesday morning, that of Mr David DavIes, butter merchant, of Ystrad being con- veyed by a number of friends by the ten o'clock tram to Ystrad Rhondda, where the funeral will take place to-day (Wednesday).

VOTES OF CONDOLENCE. At a well-attended meeting of the Aberdare Junction Branch of railwaymen. the following resolution was carried unanimously, all members standing unoovered That this meeting of railwaymen deeply deplore the very serious accident that took place at Llantrisant Junction (iaff Vale Railway) on Saturday last, and hereby expresses our heartfelt sympathy with those who must so keenly suffer, both physically and mentally, by that dire calamity."

QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT. LOCKED CARRIAGE DOORS. Mr JOHN ELLIS asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, having regard to the state- ments made by some of the survivors of the lamentable accident on the Taff Vale Railway on the 12th August, the inspector sent down will pay specific attention at the Board of Trade inquiry to the question of how far the carriage doors were locked, and whether this bad any bearing on the magnitude of the disaster. Mr MUNDBLLA Yes, sir, an inspector has been sent to hold this inquiry, and his attention has been especially directed to this point.

TO THE EDITOB. SIR,—Kindly allow me through the medium of your valuable paper to express my thanks for the kindly attention bestowed upon my wife (Mrs Elizabeth Thomas, Cambrian House, Mardy) by numerous persons after the Pontypridd accident. I also desire to contradict the statement that she sustained injuries only on the head, as re- ported in your paper. Though progressing favourably, some of her injuries are of a serious nature, consisting of the breaking of three ribs, bruising of one arm, injuries on the head and ankle. Again, my little daughter, reported as having sustained slight injuries, has in fact bad nothing except general shock. By giving pub- licity to above I shall feel obliged.—I am, &c., EDWIN THOMAS. Cambrian House, Mardy.

ANOTHER MISHAP ON THE LINE. Considerable alarm was caused in the vicinity of the Pontypridd. Railway Station shortly after six o'clock on Tuesday evening by the non- arrival of the passenger train—one from Merthyr at 6.16—and this was intensified soon afterwards by a rumour that the engine had broken down. The train, however, steamed into the station at 6.43, just 27 minutes late. and then, from inquiries made with passengers, it was ascertained that the train had been brought to a stop at a point a mile up the line, below Craigyrhesg Bridge, Ponty- pridd, in consequence of a breakage of a rod connected with the engine. The train, containing a large number of passengers, remained stationary on the line while a fresh locomotive had to be requisitioned from Aberdare Junction.

AN OLD SOLDIER RUNS AMUCK. SEVERAL PERSONS SHOT. EXCITING SCENE AT DUNDEE. On Tuesday afternoon an extraordinary shoot- ing affray occurred at Dundee. James Farley, an old pensioner, living in John-street, Dudhope crescent, met a neighbour, a woman named Norris, on the stairs, and, without the slightest provocation, shot at the woman twice with a revolver, wounding her in the legs. The reports brought to the scene the daughter of Mrs Norris, a young married woman named Mudie, and she was at once shot in the abdomen by Farley. The assistance of the police was sent for, but in the meantimeFarley barricaded the door of his room, and from the window, revolver in hand, defied the officials. Additional policemen were sent for, and an attempt was made to force the door, when more shots were fired by Farley, wounding one constable iu the right shoulder and another in the face. Reinforcements were sent for, and in the mean- time the greatest excitement prevailed in the locality, which is densely populated. When more police arrived another effort was made to force au. entrance, when the inspector, who headed the constables, was stabbed in the abdomen by Farley, who was ultimately secured. When being taken to the police-station the crowd became so excited that F-arley would have been lynched but for the presence of a strong force of police. Nevertheless, he appeared quite unconcerned, and shouted back to the crowd in defiant manner. Several times he called out, God save Ireland," and he resisted all efforts to staunch the blood which flowed from a deep wound on his head. Farley is believed to be insane, and his peculiar habits in the locality in which he lived earned for him the nickname of "Jack the Ripper." The wounded people were taken tolthe infirmary. Mrs Mudie and the police inspector art not expected to recover.

THE COLLISION OFF THE LONGSH1PS. The Central News Brixtiatn correspondent telegraphs ;—The fishing smack Hero landed at Brixham on Tuesday the lifeboat and ship's boat marked "s.s. Elgiva, of Glasgow," the top of an engine-room skylight, two pairs of oar; sextant box, and other articles, picked up eight miles south-east by south of the Lonfcships, on Satur- day. The Elgiva, which it is feared has foundered, was an iron screw steamer of 680 tons, built in 1886. With reference to the foregoing telegram our readers may remember that in Monday's edition we reported, exclusively, the fact that the Elgiva had been run down and sunk off the Longships by the Liverpool steamer Inch Marlow, which afterwards picked up her crew and landed them at Cardiff on Sunday morning.

THE E NG LIS II CO A L TRADE. RESULT OF THE BALLOT. Mr Brewis, a member of the Tyne Main Coal Company, says that there is no likelihood of a settlement until the end of September, and per- haps not until the middle of October. Before long the dispute would place manufacturers in a most critical position. Nearly all the ballot papers of the Northum- berland miners were received on Tuesday. They show a majority against a, strike. Only returns from six collieries have now to come in, but these are not expected to make any appreciable differ- ence in the result. There is every probability that the colliers of North-East Lancashire will be at work again at the old rate of wages in another week, for at the suggestion of the Miners' Federation they are interviewing employers as to returning to work at tbo old wages. The proprietors in this district have not asked the men to accept a re- duction, and it is believed they will agree to ie-commence operations. The quantity of coal of all descriptions at the Groat Northern Railway terminus atKing's-cross, London, on Tuesday, was 6,112 tons, of which 1,210 tons had been delivered to merchants up to 12 noon. There was an abundant supply of superior qualities of household coal, but in- ferior qualities—such as nuts, cobbles, <fce. —were not sufficient to meet the demand. The stneks tor the first three weeks in July were 6,052 tons, 6,277 tons, and 6,172 tons respectively. For the corresponding week last year the quantity was 3,54-7 tons. The stock of steam coal at present in hand is practically ml. At the Midland Rail- way terminus the stock was 30.947 tons, or 1,890 less than last week. Here. too, the supplies consist almost exclusively of household coal. On neither line is any more coal coming for- ward. Small dealers in London are retailing coal at Is 6d, Is 5d, and Is 4d pei cwt., the latter price being charged only in the poorer districts.

THE HEREFORD ELECTION. A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY. The polling for Hereford took place on Tues- day, and passed off with comparative quietude. At 9.40 the Mayor (Mr Symonds) declared the result as follows Mr Radclyffe Cooke C 1,504 Sir Joseph Pulley. L 1,460 Majority 44- PREVIOUS ELECTIONS. 1892. 1886. mrw. H. C-retifell (L.) 1,5071 Sir J. R. Bailey.(C.) 1,401 SirJ. R. Bailey.. (C.) 1,3801 Mr J, Pulley.(L.) 1,136 Majority 127 Majority 265 Tho announcement of the figures was received t with enthusiasm. The newly-elected member afterwards addressed many thou-ands of. persons from the window of his hotei. He said that the city bad struck a blow at tl o party of disruption. The electors had shown that they preferred the title, Great Britain and Ireland, to Ireland and Little Britain. He r^joioed in having in Sir Joseph Pulley an huncurabU) opponent. Colonel Arbuthnot, formerly M. P. for the city, led off cheers for the Ulster Brigade; and Mr T. W. Russell, who also spokt, said England would rejoice to-night and the hill." ot Ulster would be aflame signalling the victory which had been accomplished.

THE DISAFFECTION SPREADING. EXCITING SCENES AT EBBW VALE. CRITICAL STATE OF AFFAIRS. INTENSE FEELING IN THE DISTRICT. SOLDIERS DESPATCHED FROM PLYMOUTH. CONFERENCE OF COAL- OWNERS. IMPORTANT DECISIONS ARRIVED AT. DEMONSTRATIONS OF STRIKERS. ACTIbN OF THE POWELL DUFFRYW MEN. LETTER FROM MR ISAAC EVANS. FROM CYMMER TO MARDY. EXTRAORDINARY DEMONSTRATION The-Cymmer, Porth, and Feradale Valleys on Tuesday morning were the scene of a good deal of excitement and uproar, owing to the movement made on the part of a large body of. hauliers from tbe district of Pontypridd, Porth, and the Rhondda Valley. As agreed upon at the mass meeting at the Rocking Stone, Pontypridd, the previous day, the hauliers, to the number of about 300, congregated at Cymmer Bridge just outside Porth as soon as daylight was breaking. As early as four o'clock bodies of men came straggling in to this rendezvous from all parts of the district, and all seemingly in the best of spirits and wearing their holiday attire. The majority of them, however, carried sticks and snapped-off branches of trees which they had gathered by the wsCyside,* and some of them to these weapons of defence or defiance, as the case might be, had attached their handker- chiefs, which were of every hue and shade, to serve as bannerettes. Though a little .boisterous and inclined to horse-play among themselves the hauliers, whose ages ranged from lads of 16 to men of between 30 and 40, maintained a fair semblance of order, and after waiting till the fog had lifted and the sun had begun to make its appearance, a procession was formed four or five abreast, the leaders taking the front rank, and, without any further ado, the call of Come on lads, we ve a long marcfi before from a sturdy-looking haulier, who displayed perhaps the largest bandanna of the collection, was obeyed, and the men started off at a brisk pace in the direction of Tylorstown and Ferndale. It was a beautiful morning, though very warm, and the steady tramp of the men soon began to tell upon the strikers, who clustered round every way- side spring or well that was noticed en route. Many others had travelled over the hills for several miles before reaching the rendezvous at Cymmer Bridge. Our representa.tive, who was, fortunately for himself, mounted on a cycle, met several making their way to the place of meeiing between Treforest and Pontypridd. The monotony of the march was somewhat relieved by songs, which the whole body of men joined in, the chorus and combined signals being shouted with one voice in the hope of attractiug a response from a similar body of strikers who were expected to join them en route for the Rhondda Valley dis- trict. Occasionally a halt was called, and signals were given with redoubled emphasis, but until near Ferndale there was no response awakened, though on the ridge of the mountain which towered in majestic splendour on each side of the valley there could occasionally be seen small bodies of men making their way down the hillside to swell the contingent below. At Porth our representative was at first regarded with ominous suspicion and distrust until at length one of the men, seemingly possessed of a trifle more intelligence than SQflfteof bis comrades, walked up and said, inquiringly, "You are from the newspapers, aren't you?" Yes," replied the reporter, adding, Is there going to be a row this morning ?" That depends,* said the young fellow, with a laugh. If. the Mardy men obey orders, everything will be all right. If they don't there probably will be a row." "What orders?" asked our representative. "Orders to stop work," answered the man promptly. We in the valleys have decided that there shall be no work and the Mardy men are spoiling everything and think they can do just as they please." He sub- sequently said with a laugh, I suppose this fs a good time for you reporters. You'll be getting double pay for getting up so early in the morn- ing as this, won't you ?" This was getting a little too personal, and the ieporter turned the subject by asking what the men were going to do when they got to the pit's bank, sup- posing the- Mardy men refused to leave their work. Oh, that caper won't last long. We shall make them come out. You'll see how it's done. But, look here, 110 names are to be men- tioned." The speaker then hurried off to the head of the procession, which by this time had swelled to the extent of some 500 or 600 persons. Passing through the villages en route cheers were raised with deafening emphasis. The villagers, who for the most part were still in bed, crowded to the upper windows of the houses on each side of the road, and were humorously in- vited to join the procession without wait- ing for breakfast. The licensed victualler? had evidently not anticipated such a rush of visitors, aud some of them, as it afterwardr- transpired, though hearing the cheers and singing of the crowd, did uot even venture to look out, being just a littie afraid of the demonstration. At various spots along the valley several collieries were passed, when the cheering subsided, aD the strikers hooted with all the force of thee luugs. III one or two instances a couple di policemen were seen presumably guarding the pits, which, of course, were all idlØt the men having struck work therr several days*ago. The bine coats were jeered at and chaffed unmercifully, but paid DC; attention to this outward and visible sign of their unpopularity, seeing that the strikers made no attempt to leav6 the road or commit any trespass on the pit premises. Considerable disappoint- ment was expressed by some of the men that they had not brought a. band with them, seeing that so much singing and shouting had made a good many of them almost dumb with hoarseness. Cwtch, Pontygwaith, and Tylorstown were pMsed through on the way, and by this time, which was about fave o'clock, the population seemed to be stirring themselves for tho day's work or holiday. Curious sights presented them- selves on every side. In some of the houses people had just left their beds, and men and women stood at the open doors' only partially dressed, watching the processions passing. In several instances men appeared at the doors with nothing 011 but their shirts. Occasionally a householder could be seen standing at his door dressed in a collier's working garb, and such a spectacle never failed to call forth angry remonstrance from the strikers, who would yell out, Now, then, butty, get some clean clothes on; no working to-day, my lad." Several men thus addressed were vigorously stopped and jeered at, but they took it very quietly, and made no attempt to resent the con. tumely hurled upon them. By six o'clock Ferndale was reached, and congratula- tions were expressed 011 all sides amongst the strikers that they would be in time to reach Mardy before the miners went down the pit. We shall get them, boys," sliouted one big fellow, who looked formidable enough to lead a cavalry charge. Keep pegging away, we've just time to get there," and again the singing and cheering were resumed. At last the shaft of the Mardy CoHiery, about a mile distant, could be perceived, and this was the signal for a renoWed outburst of hooting. Our representative then mounted his machine again with the object of getting on in front, and as he passed along the now somewhat excited ranks he WM repeatedly urged to "Let them know we are coming," and on getting within measurable distance of the colliery the whole body of men, unable to restrain their excite- ment any longer, broke into a run, shouting, hooting, and yelling as madly and as loudly as their lungs would permit. It seemed as though a serious disturbance was about to take place, as with another wild rush home 50 or 60 of the strikers rnshed pellmen down the approaches to the pit, as though intent on damage. Without any parley whatever a few men belonging to the colliery were about pit bank. and Mr Thomas, the manager, could be plainly seen frog, the road calmly watohing the event"