South Wales Daily News

^WEAVERS' STRIKE. DISORDERLY SCENES. Mbout 500 weavers employed at Travis Brook III. one of the largest mills in Stockport, struck t) on Monday. Four overlookers were eharged on Saturday, on refnsing to accept bew terms, which meant a reduction of 3 per j New overlookers were appointed, but the & ole of the weavers refused to work with them. b1 me disorderly scenes have taken place, and the anaJle of the mill has been threatened.

UNITED STATES CONGRESS. NAVY TO BE STRENGTHENED. BI-METALLIC CONFERENCE. WASHINGTON, Monday.—Both the House of Representatives and the Senate are still in ses- \1 sion. The latter has passed the Naval Bill, with the amendment that two new warships shall be constructed instead of three. A general agree- ment was arrived at to reject the Hawaian Cable Bill. At midnight the General Deficiency Supply Bill was passed, the amendment regarding the claims in connection with the Behring Sea award being withdrawn. The Senate has also p. ssed all the Appropriation Bills, which are now sub- micted to the President for approval. The executive are now in session, and are debating the question of a monetary conference. The House was unanimous in requesting Mr Crisp to appoinb himself delegate to the conference. -Central News. WASHINGTON, Monday.—Mr Crisp, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has been chosen as one of the United States delegates to the proposed International monetary conference. The Senate has withdrawn the amendment to the Diplomatic Appropriations Bill, providing for a sum of 500,000 dollars for laying a cable to Hawaii, thus definitely killing the project. Mr Herbert, Secretary of the Navy, has ordered the cruisers San Francisco and Barblehead to represent the United States at the opening of the North Sea and Baltic Caiial.-Beuter.

POLISH PLOT IN RUSSIA. GREAT TRIAL FOR HIGH TREASON TARNAFOL, O.L., Monday.—The trial com- menced here to-day, before a jury, of 26 young men, most of whom are students at the teacher's seminary, on charges of high treason, breach of the public peace, and conspiracy. The proceed- ings are expected to last eight days, 21 persons having been summoned to give evidence. The in- dictment, which covers 18 sheetss, setjforth that one student, named JJLognfinski, made a statement to his father confessor concerning various occur- rences at the establishment, and was advised by the priest to bring the matter to the knowledge of the authorities of the seminary, with the result that a disciplinary investigation was instituted into the circumstances. The inquiry showed that the students Bienicke,Krzyworaczka,Chabin, and Zuliezewski, as well as two pupils of the gymna- sia,named Szelag and Pfcielzner.were members of a secret association. According to the manuscript found upon Szelag, the object of the society was to form a secret conspiracy and organisation for the re-establishmenfc of the independence of Poland as a State, a resort to arms being recom- mended in case of necessity. Prussia, Austria, and Russia were described as irreconcileable enemies of the Poles, and members of the asso- ciation were urged to adopt the standpoint of the Irredentist party. The agitation was ohiefly to be carried on among the rural population and the working classes,on the ground that these con- stituted the principal factors in a revo- lution. The operations of the society included the town of L-nil)erg, and there were district branches at Puzemysl and Tarnopol. An attempt was to have been made upon the life of M. Libuswski, a teacher at Tarnopol Seminary, at whose instance criminal proceedings were instituted; and two students who withdrew from the secret association were assaulted and maltreated by masked men while the preliminary inquiry was in progress.

FRANCE AND MADAGASCAR. DEFECTIVE ARTILLERY PRACTICE. TAMATAVE, February 8th.-No military opera- tions are going on here at present, except that the French continue to strengthen their position by throwing up earthworks outside the town, and occasionally bombard the native camps in the vicinity. The natives also try to throw shells into Tamatave, but their guns are out of range, and the shells always fall from 500 to 2000 yards short. At Manangavy all the houses for- merly occupied by the French traders, have been sacked. One French man-of-war is always stationed h^re, and at present two British war vessels are also in the harbour. It is not ex- pected that any more French soldiers will be sent here at present, as it is now the middle of the hurricane season,-Reuter.

REPORTED SUICIDE OF A PRINCE. DOUBT AS TO IDENTITY. VIENNA, Monday.—A telegram from Tillis announces that Prince Murat has committed suicide. Neither the motive nor the Christian name of the deceased are given and as there are two princes of that family, Prince Achille Napoleon Murat and Prince Louis Napoleon Murat, there is some doubt as to the identity. No confirmation is obtainable of the report.— Central News.

CIVIL WAR IN COLOMBIA. DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT TROOPS. EIGHT HUNDRED KILLED. NEW YORK, Monday.—A despatch from Panama announces that the Colombian Govern- ment forces have been defeated at Cucuta after a fierce engagement, in which 800 were killed on both sides. A powder mine was blown up, and many houses were shattered to pieces. The rebels finally captured tho city.-Central Neios. NEW YORK, Monday.—The Herald to-day publishes a telegram from Panama announcing that the rebels have recaptured Cucuta. A battle was fought from dayhght until two o'clock in the afternoon on the 15th ultimo between the rebels and the Federal forces. Eight hundred men were killed, and the Federals were ultimately routed in great disorder.—Central News.

THE REVOLT IN OMAN. CALCUTTA, Monday.—The passengers by the steamer Kilwa, who have arrived at Kurrachee, state that the disorders at Muscat continue. The rebels, numbering 350, hold the town, while the Sultan's force of about 2,500 men occupies the forts. The rebels are armed with Martini-Henry rifles, procured from Zanzibar, and are excellent marksmen, while the weapons of the Sultan's troops are obsolete. A number of dead bodies are to be seen in the town, and persons attempt- ing to move them are fired upon, and therefore the bodies are left. The rebels are behaving well towards the citizens. The British inhabitants have been summoned to the Presidency, where a number of them are accommodated in a large coalshed. Others have sought refuge on board the vessels or in the country. The property of the English missionary, who proceeded to the Presidency, was looted in his absence from his residence. A surgeon, while using a boat flying the Union Jack, was also fired at. H.M. ships Sphinx and Bramble have arrived at Muscat.— Ruder.

RAILWAY OUTRAGE IN INDIA, PASSENGER TRAIN UPSET. BOMBAY, Monday.—The mail train on the East Indian Railway was wrecked yesterday near Jnbbulpore. A subsequent examination showed thnt a rail had been displaced. The engine and brake left the metals, tearing up the permanent way, and finally falling over an embankment o a depth of 40-feet. The succeeding carriages were .telescoped and wrecked. Nine persons were killed on the spot. A large number were injured. It is believed there were Rome English travellers in the traiii.Centi-al News. CALCUTTA, Monday.—An accident occurred to the Bombay and Calcutta mail train on Saturday last beyond Jubbulpore owmg to the removal of a rail. One passenger was injured and the brakes- man killed. The driver and the fireman were severely injured. The authors of the outrage which led to the acoident are not known.-Reuter.

DR. NANSEN'S EXPEDITION. A BALLOON SIGHTED AND LOST. SUPPOSED MESSAGE FROM THE ARCTIC EXPLORER. HAMMEBFEST, Monday.—A letter received here from Kjollefiord, dated February 24th, contains the intelligence that the inspector of the tele- graph station in the mountains between Lebesby and LangHord reports having seen a balloon at no great height travelling in a south-easterly direc- tion. It is thought possible that this balloon may have been bearing despatches from Nansen, as the explorer is known to have intended to avail himself of such means of sending news. No further intelligence has been received, and the balioon has not been foun(I.-Reutei,.

ANARCHISTS AND AUSTRIA'S EMPEROR. UNFOUNDED REPORT. VIENNA, Monday.—A statement was yesterday made by a Berlin newspaper, the Neveste Nachrichten, that an attempt against the life of the Emperor thad failed in consequencoof the arrest of one Proctor, an Anarchist, at Cap Martin. It is now stated by the authorities that there is no foundation for this sensational report,. -Ceatral News.

DEPLORABLE BOATING ACCIDENT. NARROW ESCAPE OF AN IRISH M.P. PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Sunday.—By a boating accident which occurred here to-day four gentlemen, well-known in mining circles, Messrs Darlot, Driffield. Harding, and Fox were drowned. Mr Florence O'Driscoll, M.P. for South Monaghan, who was a member of the party, had a narrow escape. He saved himself by swimming a mile and a balf.-Reuter.

ANARCHY IN AUSTRIA. EMPEROR'S LIFE SAID TO BE IN DANGER. VIENNA, Monday.—There is no foundation for the report that an attempt on the Emperor Francis Joseph's life was to have been made during his journey to Cap Martin, and that the alleged conspirator, an Austrian Anarchist, had been arrested at that place.—Reuter.

SITUATION IN EGYPT. PARISIAN ANGLOPHOBIA. PARIS, Mondpy.-Tlie Figaro, replying to recent articles in the English press on the situa- tion in Egypt, declares that Great Britain is endeavouring to cause a panic by exaggerating the slightest incidents in Egypt, where, neverthe- less, public security does not in the least depend upon the British occul)atioti.-Beuter.

SUCCOURED AT SEA. A STARVING CREW. A Lloyd's telegram states that the steamer St. Pancras, which has just arrived at Liverpool, reports having spoken on January 13th the American schooner Aetna, of and from Bangor for New York, with decks swept and hatches, boats, and maiiibooxii gone. The crew, who were starving, were supplied by the St. Pancras with provisions.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. -MO.NDAY. The Sneaker took the chair at 3.5. Notices had been given of 45 questions. Some discussion took place on tho motion for the second reading of the Metropolitan District Railway Bill. ARMY AND NAVY ESTIMATES. Sir CHARLES DILKE asked when the Navy Sup- plementary Estimates would be moved, and when the motion to go into Committee on the Navy votes was likely to be made ? Mr HANBURY asked when the Army Estimates were likely to be published ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he thought the Army Estimates would have been circulated by Wednesday, but he did not think that they would be available before Thursday. They proposed to proceed with the Supple- mentary Civil Service Estimates first and to take the Naval Estimates afterwards. Mr COURTNEY Will the Supplementary Civil Service Estimates be taken to-morrow ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Yes. THE QUESTION NUISANCE. Sir JOHN LKNG asked whether, in view of the J questions to Ministers having reached 82 and 91 in number on two recent occasions, the Chancellor of the Exchequer would favour an arrangement for printing and circulating tho answers to questions of an exclusive character, leaving those of Imperial interest or dealing with urgent affairs to be answered at the table as hitherto? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER This is a rather delicate matter to deal with. (Laughter,) I speak with great reserve, because I am per- fectly aware of the jealousy with which hon. members regard their privileges in this respect. I do not think it is one in which the Government should take an active part, but thero is no doubt that the multiplication of questions occupies a great deal of time, and, of course, a great many of them are of a local and personal character, and they are not of much general interest. Now, if those who have such questions to put would write to the Department concerned it would be easy to circulate the answer in the localities interested and concerned, and this would save and economise the time of this House. I venture to make this suggestion to hon. members, but the Government cannot undertake any censorship of the questions, as to what M'e or are not of public and general interest. (Hear, hear.) I would rather leave that to the sense and responsibility of hon. mem- bers themselves. Thero is another matter I would refer to. The lion, gentleman states that on a recent occasion there wero 92 ques- tions on the paper, but with the pre- sent practice of multiplying those questions I may say that I am iuformed that on that particular day there were not only 92 questions put, but a total of 280, taking account of the supplemental questions. (Loud laughter.) Of course if these supplemental questions were cur- tailed a great deal of time would be saved, but it is, as I said before, a matter of judgment of the House, and it is not one calling for the inter- ference of the Government. (Hear, hear.)

IRISH LAND BILL. GOVERNMENT'S MEASURE WELL RECEIVED. Mr J. MORLEY, who was received with Minis- terial cheers, proceeded to introduce his Biil to further amend the law relating to the occupation and ownership of land in Ireland. He said he was not going over the whole history of Irish agrarian reform, but he must refer to one fact. From 1816 to 1843 there were no fewer than 32 Acts of Parliament passed, all of which gave increased facilities to landlords, bub it never entered the heads of the Legisla- ture to make provision for the tenant. The first great step was taken in 1870, when Parliament said to the landlord, You may turn out the tenant if you like, but if you turn him out you shall pay him compensation, not only for improvements but for disturbance." Tha Actwasthe openingof that great revolution in Irish land tenure which had not, he was afraid, by any means reached its termination. Then the Act of 1881 gave the tenant free right to assign or sell his tenancy to anyone he pleased, to go into Court and get the amount of his rent fixed, and to renew his term of occupancy for a fixed period. He did not believe anyone who had been respon- sible for the government of Ireland since that time would deny that his task would have been an almost impossible one but for the passing of thab Act. (Hear, hear.) The total amount of the rents dealt with had been £ 6,140,000, and the reduction £ 1,280,000, or an average of 20.8 per cent. (Hear, hear.) But the expense of the Land Commission in fixing fair rents, from 1881 to 1894. was no less than £ 1,040,000, or an average of £ 80,000 a year, and that was only the official cost, not the cost to the parties. (Hear, bear.) In Ootober next it would be open to tenants who had had their rents fixed for 14 years to come again into court, and the question arose whether they were to leave the Act of 1881 as it stood or whether they were justified in taking that opportunity of looking into its operation. That House appointed a Committee up^n "whose report most of the proposals he was going to lay before the House were made. It had been said that the evidence taken before that Committee was one-sided. Mr CARSON What was said was that none but official evidence was taken. Mr MORLEY said it had been stated again and again that it was one-sided evidence, but. it was nothing of the kind. The Committee was appointed to inquire into this ad. ministration of the Act, and nothing was more natural than that the evidence taken should be that of gentlemen who were practically engaged in that administration ? (Hear, hear.) If they had invited a body of landlords to give evidence, they would have been bound to invite a number of tenants, and the result would have been an interminable inquiry. The general rulo. of protecting a tenant in his improvements was a sound one, but in a country like Ireland it was indispensable. The tenant henceforth was the only. pEIrson from whom agricultural improve- ments could be looked for and as Ireland was backward in those improvements, they were bound to grant to the tenant the full fruits of the labour and money he had applied to the land. (Hear, hear.) The decisions of the judges had created confusion in the minds of those who had to administer the Act, and there were large classes of improvements in respect of which a tenant was not entitled to claim exemption from rent. Colonel SAUNDEHSON What classes? Mr J. MORLEY said they were set out in the report of the committee; but as an instance he I mentioned the case of a tenant who, at a cost of £ 1,500, converted wild grazing land into a model farm, and was then charged £100 a year rent for it. (Hear, hear.) It was proposed by this Bill that all improvements on a 'holding should be pre- sumed to hare been made by the tenant, unless the contrary was proven. (Hear, hear.) But if the court was satisfied that an improve- ment was made before 1880, it should ascer- tain, according to all the circumstances of the case, whether ty legally admissible evidence or otherwise who it was who made the improve- ment. Ib was proposed that neither a contract by a tenant not to claim compensation for any improvement made by him, nor anything else in the 4th section of the Act of 1870 should authorise the allowance of any rent in respect of any improvement. (Hear, hear.) It was proposed by the im- provement clause to impose a duty upon the court to ascertain by whom any improvements claimed for had been made, and to record it for the future fixing of a fair rental. It was proposed to insure adequate and ample indemnification and the rights of the tenaH to continue occupa- tion of his holding, and the compensation to the tenant must be something definite and tangible— either money or money's worth. (Hear, bear.) By the Act of 1831, a fair rent, once fixed, was fixed for 15 years, but it was soon found that that period was too Ion?. The Government proposed that the statutory term should be reduced to 10 years, and the tenants who had had their rents fixed between 1886 and the present date should be entitled to claim a revision at the expiration of the shorter t-rni-(cheers)-.iiid it was proposed to repeal so much of the Act of 1881 as gave the landlord the right of pre- emption where the tenant sold his interest in his hold ing-(clleers)-thtt right being regarded as a check on improvements. The number of future tenants was very much recruited by new come who were undoubtedly laying the founda- tion for future troubles in "-ho Government of Ireland, and he hoped thit the proposal he had to make on that subject would be favourably j considered, and not rashly dismissed. It was that where a present tenancy had degenerated into a future tenancy, and the future tenancy had existed for five years, and the tenant had dis- charged all the obligations incident to the tenancy, the holder should at the end of the five years be deemed to be a. present tenant once more. (Hear, hear.) That would be an induce- ment to the tenant to do his best to discharge his obligations and to recover lost ground. The exclusions for the power of having a fair rent fixed had had the effect of shutting out a considerable body of tenants, and it was now proposed that there should be no town park when the population was less than 2,000, that do- main land should be tested by general convenience, and that a tenant of grazing land should not be debarred from having a fair rent fixed by sub- letting a part, providing that a substantial portion remained in his bona-fide occupation. A proposal to which he attached very great im- portance was that within the next two years all rents due might be recovered, but that after that the landlord should not be entitled to recover more than two years' arrears. (Hear, hear.) Coming to the question of evicted tenants, he said that in making proposals last year with regard to them he told the House that he regarded those proposals as demanded by con- siderations of administrative urgency, and that nothing short of these would meet the necessities of the case. He also told the House that the mere re-enactment of the 13th section of the Act of 1891 would' be inadequate. He had now to propose with some unimportant modifications the re-enactment of -the 13lh section. If the late Government thought that social peace in Ireland justified them in interpolating an evicted teLants' clause into a Purchase Bill he did not think ho was more inconsistent in introducing all evicted tenants' clause into this Bill. (Cheers.) Dis- turbance did not follow the rejection of last year's Bill because gentlemen from Ireland were enabled to relieve the hard necessities of the evicted tenants, and the danger which Parliament ought to have met, and could have met with permanent effect, was tided over. (Cheers.) But the danger to social order still haunted Ireland and perplexed those who were responsible for the government of the country. They had been told that no proposal would be accepted for dealing with those unfor- tunate men unless it proceeded by wayof voluntary purchase, and he was convinced that the Irisii landlords who guided the House of Lords in these matters were hardened and impenetrable upon that point. They were assured that the renewal of the 13th section would suffice to deal with all the questions that it was tho duty of Parliament to consider. The landlords who had given that assurance had considerable power of fulfilling the prophecy, and tho Government were, inclined to give them the choice. (Cheers.) According to the 13th section landlord aud tenant had to agreo to the sale of a holding to the former tenant, who could then go and get an advance just as If tbe evioted teuar. t was then in posses- I sion. But there was a difficulty in getting the landlord and tenant together, and this Bill "plJOvided that if either party served a notice on 'h landlord and the Land Commission that lie I was willing to enter into an agreement for the purchase, and if the other party did not object, the agreement should be deemed to have been entered into; and if the parlies did not agree as to price it should be fixed by the commission, but if the seller objected to take that price the whole affair would fall to the ground. (Hear, hear.) He did not say that that would be a final settle- ment of the question, but it could do no harm, and if widely supported must do good. The Government had made a strenuous endeavour to meet the practical difficulties of one of the thorniest questions before them in a temperate, firm, and reasonable spirit. In that spirit lie appealed, not without confidence, to all reason- able and responsible men to give a fair and careful consideration to the proposals, and not lightly or passionately, in this day and hour of Ireland's peace, to fling away an opportunity of placing upon the Statute-book a just and politic scheme which, perhaps, might not very speedily recur. (Loud cheers.) Mr CARSON did not intend to follow the right hon. gentleman minutely into tho details of the proposals he had submitted. If there was one thing more apjjarenfc than another from his speech it was thab the House of Commons would be called upon to deal with questions of landlord and tenant in Ireland of the greatest complexity, and when he considered the Bills placed in priority to this Irish Land Bill lie contemplated with terror the length of time that must be occupied. (Hear, hear.) Not a shred or title of the legislation up to 1843 to which the Chief Secretary had referred remained upon the Statute-book, and thereJwas no evidence what- ever to justify the representation that while the reduction in rents in Ireland had amounted to 20'8 per cent., tbH reduction in England had been vastly greater. The Bill contained provisions which, so far from being: amendments of the Act of 1881, were great advances upon that Act, if, indeed, they were not subversive of its main principles. If they abolished the specified value and the Iindiorcls' right of pre- emption under the Act of 1881, the effects would be that tenant right would, under the influence of land hunger, be sold at a price which would involve that very excessive rent which it was tho intention of that Act to abolish. Then the pro. visions of the Bill as to improvements were of a much more far-reaching character than had ever before been suggested by any responsible Miniver, and must give rise to great controversy on that side of the House. Mr CLANOY said that if the hon. and learned gentleman represented the views of his party and of the House of Lords in respect to improvements, he feared there was little chance of carrying the Bill in a form satisfactory to the people of Ire- land. Mr RHNTOUL said it was the desire of many on the Opposition side of the House that the dual ownership of land in Ireland should cease, and that the tenants should become sole owners of the land. But they also desired that this should come about without injustice to the landlords. and until it did come about it would bo necessary for that House to regulate from time to time the financial relations between the two partners in the land. During the last few years the position of the tenants had sensibly deteriorated in consequence of the fall of prices, and there could be no doubt that legislation embodying most of the provisions of he present Bill was desired by almost all the Irish farmers whether in Ulster or elsewhere. (Hear, hear.) He believed that the Irish landlords were willing to deal in a frank and straightforward manner with any legislation which might now be found necessary. He thought the landlords would take no objection to the provision in regard to the evicted tenants, but great difficulty would arise in regard to improvements. (Hear, hear.) He hoped the Bill would not only be read a first, but a second time, with a view to its amendment 111 committee. (Hear, hear). Mr MACARTNEY said it was remarkable that the Chief Secretary had only slightly adverted to the proceedings of theccommittee on the Irish colt' Land Act which sat last year. In his opinion that committee was not in a position to report on the questions referred to t lif,.rn in the absence of any but official witnesses. (Hear, hear.) As it was the report actually made I by the committee was a complete perversion of the evidence laid before them. That evidence proved that the intentions of the Actofl881 in regard to tenants'improvements- had been carried out both in letter and spirit. (Hear, hear.) Outside that Act he was not prepared to go, btit, as he understood tho proposals of the present Bill, it would repeal every one of tha provisions of the Act of 1881 which were favour- able to the landlords. He would only s: y )-a reference to the proposals of the Bill geiierttllv that when they were directed to the amendment of the Act os 1881 he should be ready to give them careful consideration, bub he could not assent to any legislation the object of which was to extend unjustly the rights of the tenants at the fxpenso of the landlords' property. (Hear, hear.) Mr W. KENNY admitted that a Bill hear.) Mr W. KENNY admitted that a Bill of some sort was undoubtedly necessary, and and proimsnd that the p oposals of the Chief Secretary should receive from him every consider- ation, but they were dealing with a report founded wholly upon official evidence, and the Bill was of a liighly controversial character. Mr 1'. W. ilUSSFLL, as representing a rural constituency, almost entirely made up of people who would be affected by this kind of legislation, assured the House that if he thought the Bill certain to do injustice to tho landlords as a class, nothing would induce him to vote for the proposals of the Government. But without pledging himself to the details of the Bill, he approved of the provisions dealing with tenants' improvements and with the exclusion from the Act of 1881, which he regarded as of the essence of the scheme. As to tenants' improvements, he held that the Chief Secretary had dealt honestly and fairly with both parties, and proposed to take nothing from the landlord which the landlord could justly claim. (Hear, hear.) Speaking for the great mass of tho Protestants of Ulster, he believed that this Bill was in spirit and in fact good, honest, and satisfactory. (Hear, hear). Col. SAUNDERSON also represented an agricul- tural constituency in Ulster, and was astonished, having regard lo the tone and character of speeches made during the recess, to have heard so mild an expression of opinion from the member for South Tyrone. He and thoae who acted with him were entirely in favour of a satisfactory settlement of this question, and he supported, and did not regret that he had supported, the Land Bill of 1870 because it gave a, protection to the Irish tenants which they were very much in need of. He remembered that he said at that time that the Bill would satisfy the English, for he was sure it would not satisfy the Irish. (Laughter.) The Bill might pass without much opposition it the Chief Secretary would make some slight alterations. If it aimed at enabling tenants to get all they could out ot their improvements it would receive the support of the landlords, of whom he had never come across one who wished to receive rent from money which his tenants had laid out in that way—(hear, hear)— but so far as the Bill struck at the foundations of property it would be opposed. (Hear, hear.) Messrs BKODRICK and T. LEA having spoken, Leave was given to bring in the Bill, and it was brought in, and read a first time amidst cheers, the second reading being fixed for Monday next. SETTLEMENT OF TRADE DISPUTES BILL. Mr BBYCE moved for leive to bring in a Bill to make better provision for thp. settlement of trade disputes, and explained thnt it empowered local authorities to create boards of conciliation for particular districts or a particular place. It also authorised the Board of Trade to give powers to compel the attendance of witnesses and to require the production of documents. The Marquis of CARMARTHEN held that tho Bill failed to deal with the crux of the question, tfnd continued his observations till 12 o'clock, when the debate adjourned. The House adjourned at a. quarter-past 12 o'clock.

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES. It was rumoured last evening. in the Parlia- mentary Lobbies that in consequence of the London County Council elections the Government are unlikely to press forward their proposals for the unification of Loudon, and it is not improbable that the County Council project to ¡ acquire the undertakings of the Metropolitan water companies will also be dropped, at least, for the present. In a Bill which the President of the Board of Trade hopes to introduce before the close of the present week, the Government will propose tolve I effect to the princip.il sugge.stionsmadeby thecom- mittee of the recent conference on light railways. The measure will enact that proposals for the construction aud working of light railways and tramways, especially in the case of lines built through sparsely-populated and agricultural I districts, should be submitted in the first instance to the county council (with exceptional provisions as to large municipalities, subject to precautions as to safety, and also ensuring that the interests of those directly affected are duly safeguarded). In cases of compulsory acquisition of land there is to be a power of appeal to the Board of Trade. If any doubt arises as to whether a proposed hne is a light railway to be dealt with locally, or is a scheme which, on account of its magnitude or otherwise, should property be dealt with by Parliament, tha Board of Trade is to determine rhe question. No pro- visions are made in the Bill as to the gauge of the proposed light railways, which may differ in different parts of the country, and no proposal is made to empower local authorities to contribute funds towards undertakings of that character. Mr Clement Higgins, M.P. for Mid-Norfolk, I has now definitely joined the Liberal Unionist Parliamentary Party, and has requested that their whip circulars and notices may m- future be I sent to hun. This request has been acceded to by the Liberal Unionist leader*. Mr Provand has secured the firit _~piace on Friday evening for a motion dealing with the important question of the taxation of land values. He will ask the House to state that no revision of taxation will be satisfactory which does not provide for the direct taxation of land values. Mr Fletcher Moulton will second Mr Provana's motion. Mr Florence O'Driscoll, the Irish member who has just saved his life by swimming a mile and a half at Perth, Wesb Australia, is very well known among members of the House, having acted for the last two Sessions as whip of the anti-Parnellite party. Mr O'Driscoll is a tall, well-built muscular Irishman, and spent the greatet portion of his life in the Australian bush. Curiously enough, this is the second occasion on which he hns saved himself by his abilities as a. swimmer.

LORD HOSlBERYS ILLNESS. SLIGHTLY IMPROVED. Lard Rosebery was asleep on Monday morning when Dr. Baoadbent called in Berkeley-square, but the following bulletin was issued later :— The nighb has not been quite so restless. Lord Rosebery was stronger as the day advanced yesterday." Sir Wm. Broadbent paid a further visit to 38, Berkeley-square, during the afternoon, and found a continuance of the more favourable symptoms. During the evening it was' reported tha.t his lordship was out of bed, and seemed to have maintained throughout the day the slight im- provement recorded in the morning.

WILL OF THE LATE LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL. Probate of the will, which bears date, July 25th, 1883, of the Right Hon. Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill, commonly called Lord Randolph Heury Spencer Churchill, of 50, Giosveuor-square, LL.D., M.P., who died on the 14th January last, aged nearly 46 years, son of the seventh Duke of Marlborough, has been granted to his wife, the Hon. Jennie Spencer Churchill, commonly called Lady Randolph Spencer Churchill (daughter of the late Leonard Jerome, of New York), and the Hon. George Richard Peun, commonly called Viscount Curzon. The testator bequeathed to his horses and carriages, plate, pictures, china, books, furniture, and other household effects, and the income during her life of all the residue of his property, which, subject to her life interest, is to be in trust iu equal shares for all his children, to pay the income of each child's share to such child for life, with power of appointment thereof in favour of all or any one or more of his or her children]; :or, in default of appointment, for all the children equallr, or, on failure of this trust, to pay the trust fund to the trustees of the Blenheim settled estates. The gross value of the late Lord Randolph Churchill's personal estate has beon entered in the Probate Registry at £75,971 3 3d, but, by a. new rule, the net or actual value, after deducting liabilities and the rate of duty paid under the new Act, are not entered. By a codicil to his will made the 22nd September, 18S8, Lord Randolph bequeathed all his private papers, letters, and docu- ments to Viscount Curzon and Mr Louis John Jennings, M.F., in trust, to publish, retain, or destroy all or any of them as they, in their absolute discretion, might think proper. The late Miss Charlotte Rosa Raine, of St. Margaret's Lodge, Woodstock, who died on the 19th June, 1894. left her lands and heredita- ments in the parish of Wolvercot, Oxfordshire, to Lord Randolph Churchill, in recognition of his commanding political genius, and also in acknow- ledgment to the Marlborough family of the favours and benefits derived from the Marl- borough estates by her late father, who had the honour of acting as receiver of those estates under the Court of Chancery.

SIR MORGAN MORGANS WILL PROBATE GRANTED. Probate of the will of Sir Morgan Morgan, of House, Cathedral-road, Cardiff, mayor of Cardiff in 1887, who died on the 6th December last, aged 51 years, has been granted to his widow, Dame Ehza.beth Margretti Morgan daughter of Mr James Buckley, of Llanelly, of Penyfai and Castle Gorfod, Carmarthen, power being reserved to grant probate also to the testator's son, Morgan Hughes Buckley Morgan. The gross value of the late Sir Morgan Morgan's personal estate has been entered at £15,170 12s 8d, and the will having been proved in a district registry the not or actual value, £t37Ð 4, 41, has also been entered.

"TJI PITMAN'S DAUGHTER."—This is the title if a powerful new mining story of love and mystery from the pen of J. Monk Foster which now appears n the Cardiff'Times and South Wales Weekly Newt of n the Cardiff l'itnes and South Wales Weekly Newt of Magazine and a Newspaper in one

WELSH DISESTABLISH- MENT. DETAILS OF THE BILL. -¡ PARISH COUNCILS AND GLEBE. TITHE TO BE VESTED IN COUNTY COUNCILS. The Established Church (Wales) Bill was-de- posited in printed form on Monday. Broadly, it differs little from the first measure introduced by Mr Asquith last Session, except in the matter of the allocation of tithe, which it is now proposed to vest in the county councils. Section 6 provides that, subject to the charges and incumbrances and interests served by the Act, the Welsh Commissioners shall, save as other- wise provided, vsst the property transferred to them as follows :-( a) They shall, on the request of the representative body, vest in thab body all churches, not being cathedral churches, and all parsonage houses (b) They ehall vesb the burial ground and glebe of any ecclesiastical p-,irish-(i) in the case of a rural parish in the parish council of the parish, or if there is no parish council in the chairman and overseers of the parish and-(i.i.) in any other case in the council of any county borough or urban district comprising the parish, provided that where the ecclesiastical parish comprises parts of more than one parish for civil purposes the property shall bo vested, as the Welsh Commissioners may direct, in some one or more of the said councils or bodies, or in hrustees on behalf of those councils and bodies jointly (c) they shall vest any tithe rent-charge in the county council of the county in which the land out of which the tithe rent-charge issues is situate. (2) Every church, parsonage house. burial ground, and glebe vested under this section shall be held subject to all existing public and private rights with respect thereto. Under Section 7 the Welsh Commissioners shall, out of moneys m their hands, maintain and keep in proper repair and condition all cathe- dral churches, and all such churches shall continue to be subject to all existing public and private rights with respect thereto, and shall, if and as long as the represen- tative body so request, continue to be used for the same purposes as heretofore. By Section 9 the Welsh Commissioners shall apply the property transferred to them by this Act as follows (a) Where the property is attached to a parochial benefice they shall provide for its application to some one or more of the purposes mentioned in the first schedule, in accordance with a scheme to be made with their approval by the county council. This schedule specifies the erection or support of cottage or other hospitals, or dispensaries, or convalescent homes the provision of trained nurses for the sick poor; the foundation and maintenance of public parish or district halls, institutes, and libraries the provision of labourers' dwellings, to be let at reasonable rents, and allotments technical and higher education, including the establishment and maintenance of a library, museum, or academy of art for Wales and any other public purpose of local or general utility for which provision is not made by statute out of public rates. By sub-section (b) of section 9, the Welsh Commissioners shall apply all other property in the first instance towards the pay- ment of the expense of carrying the Act into execution, and, subject thereto, to some one or more of the purposes mentioned in the first schedule in accordance with schemes to be made by them. So, however, that not less than two-thirds of such other property shall be applied towards the promotion of techni- cal and higher education, including the establish- ment aud maintenance of a library, museum, or academy of arts for Walets and for that purpose any part of the property may be vested in, or appropriated to the use of the University of Wales, or any joint committee of county councils in Wales and Monmouthshire. In the application of property under the Act, due regard shall be Lad to the wants and circumstances of the parish in which the property is situate, or from which it is, or has been, derived, and generally to the circumstances of each particular case. By section 16 every county council in whom any tithe rent- charge is vested shall pay to the lvcirit Commis- sioners the annual amount, according to the septennial average, of the said tithe rent-charge (after deducting the sum allowed by the commis- sioners for cost of collection, rates, and other ouigoings other than income tax), or such less amount as may bo required by the Welsh Com- missioners for the payments to be made by them in pursuance of the Act. The Act provides power to exchange vested mtoresb for compensa- tion annuity, for compensation to lay patrons, and lay holders of freehold offices.

SOUTH WALES TIN-PLATE TRADE. SITUATION AT MORRISTON. Four mills were started at the Worcester and one mill at the Upper Forest Works on Monday morning. This will necessitate mere activity ia the other departments. It is welcome news to the district, as trade is at & very lew ebb fit present. Twenty-sight days' notice was posted up at the Morriston Tin-plate Works on Monday as follows: Twenty-eight days after this date all contracts will cease. By order. 4tb March, 1895." This noiice counterbalances the cheery news of the starting of more mills M above stated. No reason is assigned for the notice. These works have been for the last month working very re- gnlarly, as far as the mills working are concerned. The condition of affairs at the Dyffryn Works is unexplainable and difficult,* to understand. It is stated that only the cold rolls department will commence work on Wednesday to finish the plates on hand, and it is not. at all likely that the works will commence working fully for some time. Trade is better at the Beaufort Works, which are now going on very regularly. The consensus of opinion at Morriston is against a month's stoppage of works.

ARMY MOVEMENTS IN WALES. On Monday it wasstated at the War Office-that. the 2nd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment would be moved from Plymouth to Pembroke in the course of the coming summer, taking the place of the 1st Welsh, which is to be moved to r( Plymouth. The 2nd South Wales Borderers, now at Portsmouth, is to be moved to Aldershob r at a period not yet specified and the 1st Battalion of the sanJo regiment, now in Egypt, is to be transferred to Gibraltar.

WRECK OF A BARRY PILOT CUTTER, On Monday morning, shortly after 1 o'clock, the Barry pilot cutter No. 3, belonging to Mr W. Brown, ran ashore at Abf-rthaw. The crew of two men were enabled to get ashore in the ship's punt, and the cutter, lying in an awkward position, is likely to become a total wreck.

ALLEGED ATT EM PTE D SUI- CIDE AT NEWPORT. An elderiv nnn named ihn Jonep! a esident of Dolpiiin-street, Newport, was received into the infirmary on Monday with a (severe gash in his throat. Jones, who was U1 an exhausted connuion from loss of blood, was detained, and hopes are entertained of his recovery. The wound is alleged to have been self-i&fhcted.

_+- EAHL COWLEYJS FUNERAL. On Monday afternoon the remains of the late Earl Cowley were interre-I III the family vault it the churchyard at Draypot Corne. ii.ar Chippen- ham. There were numerous floral tributes surrounding the oak caket containing th remains, which had rested in the church on the family estate at Drayuot Park HIUCS Saturday. Service was conducted by the Rev. R.. E. Neville 4rector of Dray cot), assisted by the Rev. R. Dawson (rector of Sutton Berger), and the mourners included Lord Dangan, the Duke of B^au ort, Lord Lansdowne, the Marquis of oixeater, Lord EbliY, Colonel WeUesley, and ord Charles Kerr, and a largo number of n.agistiates, tenants, and tradesmen wore aln present.

The Union Debating Society of Oxfotf University passed the following by a v(-, r4;y majority of 78 —" That, A tbe opinion of this House, tho Welsh Disestablishment Bill 14 fraudulent in principle, and is in uo waited for by the present condition of Waif* Count Mi.nstor. the German A.v.bassador Ul Lonuon, is jaaispow), and Jeff on Mcpday toi Bi-irrhss.

LONDON LETTER. II lFROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.] [SPECIALLY WIRED.] LONDON, Monday Night. THE COUNTY COUNCIL TIE. By the defeat of Mr Dickinson by Lord Dunraven in Wandsworth, the London County Council election results in a tie. This wiping out of the majority of 50 held by the Progressives in 1892 is extraordinary in its slean completeness. The equality of the two sides would seem at first sight to destroy the not very heroic, but quite legitimate, intention of the Progressives to themselves of the aldermanic element in order to obtain a working majority, but tt has not really this effect. Even the Moderates would probably admit hat some means must be taken to vert the deadluck inevitable upon in equality of power, and there is reason to believe that the way adopted for surmount- ing this difficulty will bo for the council to exercise the power it possesses of choosing & ehairman and deputy chairman from out- tide. In such election the ten non-retiring fcldermen can vote, and as eight of the ten ire Progressives, there will for this purpose be 67 Liberals against 61 Conservatives. An inevitable drawback to this plan will be that the council must lose the efficient services of Sir John Hutton, but, doubtless, some competent successor will be found, and Mr Dickinson is obviously the man for the deputy-chairmanship. Thus reinforced by two votes—especially as two Moderates are ibroad—the Progressives can dominate the Beats of the nine letiring aldermen. It is probable that they will not exercise this power to the full, lut will agree to the Moderates having S..1110 proportion of these vacancies. It is also expected that they may have with them the choice of vice- ihairman, an office (quite distinct from that of deputy-chairman) which has peculiar functions and carries a salary. It is hardly aecessary to say that the triumph of the party of reaction over that of reform has caused unrestrained delight to the tnalign-faced and selfish interests which on this occasion have been combined against » spirit of enlightened municipal govern- ment. It is on the inhabitants of London hemselves that the effects of the slower lcLion and enfeebled effort, consequent on their voting wrong or abstaining from the polling-booth, will fall. Three years of I Stagnation will probably be a wholesome lesson. LESSON TO THE INDEPENDENT LABOUR PARTY. A remarkable thing in connection with Wiis election is the striking exemplification It gives of the powerlessness for good and potency for mischief of the party identified with Mr Keir Hardie's name. The total polled by the twelve candidates run in the Independent Labour interest is 2,700, tnd as one of these obtained in Deptford 1,255, the remaining eleven rejoice in the feat of having obtained 1,445 among them, ut owing to their presence in the field the have abstracted from the Progressives a dumber of votes, sufficient to give seats to she Moderates, among these being Kenning- fcoi), Deptford, and Greenwich. IRISH LAND IHLL. The private Bills on the order book did toot to-day make any material encroachment Opon public time, and as questions occupied :only 35 minutes Mr John Morley was able to rise to move his Irish Land Bill shortly fcfter half-past 4 o'clock. The answers to Questions affecting his Department had been tead by Mr George Russell—a wise measure relief to the Chief Secretary in view of he two hours' speech he was about to make. Mr Morley had nothing like a full House lor audience, even the Irish benches Showing not a few vacant spaces but the members present followed his lucid and unimpassioned explanation with Unwavering attention. It was noticeable that one of the warmest applauders of Mr Moriey's exposition was Mr T. W. Russell. There was, indeed, during the Chief "Secretary's references to the conflicts of the Jrish Land Committee of last Session, some- thing like an exchange of compliments between the Home Rule Minister and the Unionist member, for Mr Morley paid a compliment to Mr Russell's action on ~etnands for legislation on which Ulster is, once, in unison with the rest of Ireland. Half a dozen peers, among whom were Lord Ashbourne and Lord Ribblesdale, looked down from their Gallery. Mr ur's vacant seat was usurped by Mr parson, who took voluminous notes, and Indicated a du sense of the fitness of things by imitating closely Mr Balfour's favourite h-thit of sitting with his legs up and his feet tovthe edge of the table. MR MORLEY MAKES THINGS PLAIN. It is not necessary that I should sum- marise the scope of Mr Moriey's elaborate statement or go into the details of his pro- posals. He laid the foundation for his Bill on the principle recognised, once for all, in the Land Act of 1370—that the Irish tenant has a right, an interest, or a property (though not an estate) in his holding, Independent of his improvements or of any- thing else for which he is entitled to com- pensation. That principle has dominated ll subsequent Acts, and the present Bill has largely for its object the correction of iefacts which, by legal interpretation, have in this respect, made the Acts of 1881 and 1887 fall far short of the intentions of their authors. The only figures with which Mr Morley troubled the House were very striking. lIe showed that the gross amount of rental dealt with between 1881 and 1894 is a little over six millions, and the reductions of fental amount to an average of only 20 8 per cent.—that is, £1,280,000; and the Achievement of this has cost in official expenses alone almost a like sum, namely, ;E1,040,OOO. Mr Morley explained lucidly ow completely the intention of reserving )o the tenants the fullest fruits of the labour ind money expended on improvements had been frustrated by the legal rulings as to what constitute improvements, and he described with equal clearness how the opportunity afforded by the approaching expiry of the 15 years' term of judicial rents is to be Seized for setting right this deplorable result. As to the evicted tenants clause, he takes the hardened and impenitent land- lords on their own ground. He accepts their ultimatum that arrangements for feinstatement must be, firstly, voluntary, ind, secondly, must proceed by way of purchase. The Chief Secretary did not indulge in any elaborate peroration. He contented himself—having spoken within five minutes of two hours—with an appeal to all sober and responsible men to give a fair and candid consideration to these proposals, and not to fling away in this time of peace an opportunity, which may not return, to place on the statute book a just lnd equitable scheme. TIME-SAVING DEVICES. Sir William Harcourt very quietly this afternoon obtained unchallenged assent to a ftiotion which gives to the Government a free hand as to the time at which, without Restriction, reports of Committees of Supply and Ways and Means may be entered Mpon. The Chancellor was very guarded in his reception of a suggestion by Sir John Leng for saving time by", a system under Tvhich discrimination might be exercised as between questions of merely local interest and those of an imperial character. The Government could not, -Sir William pointed out, attempt the invidious task of appraising the relative importance of questions, but pointed out several ways in whica the Members themselves can. by the exercise ot a little reticence, materially economise the time of the House.

REVOLT IN CUBA. REBELS CAPTURE AN ENTIRE GARRISON. NEW YORK, Monday.—The Herald publishes a despatch stating that private advices from Cuba report that the insurgents have repulsed the regulars at Sevilla with heavy losses. They also captured a position in the vicinity of Santiago, and it is further reported that they have captured the entire Spanish garrison at San Miguel, near Guantenano. -Central News.

TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLO- SION. LOSS OF 12 LIVES. VIENNA, Sunday.—A frightful accident is reported from Itzkany, Roumania. The boiler in a distillery blew up, aid shattered the ceiling of the boiler-house, with the result that a number of workmen who were sleeping in the room above fell through the flooring into the boiling spirit. Twelve were killed and several others injured.— Reuter.

BELGIUM AND THE CONGO. FREE STATE NOT TO BE ANNEXED. ANTWERP, Monday.-It is stated that the Ministry is about to withdraw its proposal for the annexation of the Congo Free State to Belgium and an arrangement will be submitted to the Chamber, accompanied by a Royal message, pro- viding the Free State with the necessary means to continue its work until 1900.—Reuter.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER, 4.30 A.M. TO-DAY'S FORECAST. FOR ENGLAND, S.W., AND SOUTH WALES. Northerly and !westerly winds; sharp frost at first, milder and un- settled later; probably cold showers. GENF,RAL.-Prob.ibly a tempor- ary but decided thaw over our islands, but at present there is nothing to show that the change will be permanent.

GENERAL FORECASTS. *.°''°wing forecasts were prepared last night -lie Aieteorological Office at eight o'clock :— DISTRICTS— 0. Scotland,N. Westerly and north-westerly 1. >. cotland, E. winds, milder, with cold England. N.E.J showers; unsettled. 3 England,E4. Northerly and westerly 4. Mid. Counties. winds; sharp frost at first, » WTA7? • Northerly and westerly bounties. winds; sharp frost at first, 3 D«* wilder and unsettled later; 6. Scotland,nW.M probably cold lowers. 7. Engl. N. VV.. !„ A NorthWales. fSame as Nos. 0, 1, and 2. 9. Ireland, N.J 19. Ireland, S Same as Nos. 3, 4, and 5.

CARDIFF PURK ICIC AND COLD STOKAGE COM PANV (LIMITED).—COLD STOKAGE for all forts of Provisions, Game, Fruit, at LOWEIi KATES THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN GREAT BRITAIN ICE Supplied in any quantity, from 561b and upwards1 at Low Prices.—SPECLALLY IMPORTANT to BUTCHERS and MJ5A1 SiLE>MEN Order all your Frozen Meat out of Shipments which have como direct to Cardiff by Refrigerating Steamers. You will thus be wre of meat in FAR BKTTER CONDITION anil MCJCH QUICKER DELIVERY than from Lon- don or Liverpool.—Write for Price Lists of Meat to Mr H WOODLEY Agent for Plate and other Companies, COLD STORES, CARDIFF also to MESSRS SAN- SI^ENA and CO., Cold Stores", CARDIFF.—Write for Prices of Ice and Rates for Cold Storage to Neale and West, Managers. Telegrams—Ice Com panv, Cardiff. 1418

INVASION OF CHINA. -0 THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. SHANGHAI, Monday.—Mr Foster, the American adviser to the Chinese Government in the peace negotiations, will leave here for Tientsin to. morrow to confer with Li Hung Chang.-Central News. PEKIN, Monday.—The cradentials for the peace Envoy and other documents bearing upon his mission have at length been completed, and Li Hung Chang will start to-morrow for Tientsin en route to Japan.-Central News, JAPANESE PROPOSALS LAID BEFORE LORD KIMBERLEY. Kato, the new Japanese Minister to England, had a long interview at the Foreign Office on Monday afternoon with Lord Kimberley, and, at his lordship's request, commu- nicated the requirements of his Govern- ment as to the form and extent of the credentials which should be given to any Chinese envoy sent to Japan to negotiate peace. The British Minister at Pekin was subsequently informed by cable of these requirements. -Central News. SUGGESTED TRIPLE CONTROL. PAlUS, Monday.—The Estafette to-day says :— The establishment of an Anglo-Franco-Russian agreement in China is the only possible solution of the present situfttion. -Reuter.

GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION AT FAVERSHAM. MILL BLOWN UP. On Monday afternoon at Faversham Gunpowder Mills a green charge exploded, causing a temporary scare. The millmen were absent at the time, and no one was injured, but the floor of the mill was demolished. The adjacent property was not damal(ed..

BRASS NATIVES BEATEN. SUBMISSION OF CHIEFS. The Central News says :-It is now ten days since the attack upon the Brass district natives which was made by the Niger Coast Protectorate with bluejackets ,of the West African squadron and Sir Claude Macdonald's police of Old Calabar. Ib will be remembered that Sir Claude Macdonald sent a further ultimatum to the rebelhous chief. Since then it is reported that the natives are thoroughly cowed, and have In many cases oome in.

QUIET NIGHT IN THE COMMONS. THE" QUESTION" HORROR. IRISH LAND BILL. ATTEMPTINGTO DO JUSTICE TO IRELAND. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the wool- sack at a quarter-past four "'clock. NEW PEER. Lord Etnly took the oaths and his seat on sue- ceedmg to the title. SCOTTISH SEA FISHERIES REGULA. TION BILL. Lord TWEKDMOUTH, 111 moving the second read- ing of the Sea Fisheries Regulation (Scotland) Bill, described the Bill as one of a non-party character, and said that it was substantially the same which left their lordship's House last Session. It would, however, be modified in such a manner as to meet the objections taken by noble lords with respeot to compelling owners of mussel beds to produce and exhibit their title, and also with respect to the compulsory division of Scot- land into fishery district. With respect to the latter point, Scotland woulr be treated in exactly the same manner as England under the English Bill. The Marquis of HUNTLY moved as an amend- ment that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Although he did not intend to press the amendment to a division, he should strongly oppose the Bill at a future stage. The Marquis of LOTHIAN objected to the heavy expenditure which would b° entailed by this Bill. The Earl of CAMPERDOWN having spoken,, Lord TWEKDMOUTH briefly replied. The Marquis of HUNTLY withdrew the amend. ment. The Bill was then read a second time, and "pferreJ to a Select Committee. The Earl of CAMPERDOWN then moved the second reading of the Sea Fisheries Regulation (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill. Lord TWEKDMOUTH said he must object to the second reading of the Bill. Tho Earl of GALLOWAY supported the second reading. After some remarks from the Marquis of LOTHIAN, The Bill was read a second time and referred o a Select Committee. The House adjourned at half-past 6 o'clock.

Dr. Playfair left London on Saturday for Darmstadt to attend the Grand Duchess of Hesse in her approaching confinement.

BOY SHOT IN THE RHONDDA, PLAYING WITH A LOADED REVOLVER. On Monday afternoon a boy named Morgan Morgan, 10 years of age, son of Wm. Morgan, collier, residing at 44, Blaenycwm terrace, Tynewydd, near Treherberb, was arrested on the charge of wounding another boy, named Wynd- ham Thomas, 14 years of age, whose parents reside in Ynyswen-row, with a. six-chambered revolver, which was fully loaded. It appeared that Thomas had gone on a visit to Morgan's house in the afternoon, and while upstairs Morgan obtained the weapon from a Gladstone bag which was on the mantelpiece, and as they were playing together Morgan, it is stated, pulled the trigger, being quite ignorant of the fact that the revolver was charged, and Thomas was shot in the wal3t. He was immediately afterwards conveyed to a neighbour's house. The doctor failed to extract the bullet, and it is said that Its is of opinion that it will be most difficult to take it out. The little boy lies in a precarious con- dition. Morgan was conveyed to the Pentre Lock-up, and was soon after admitted to bail. He will be brought up at Ystrad Police-court on Monday next.

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NATIONAL BANK OF WALES. THE POSITION OF MR T. CORY. 1 RESIGNATION AS CO-LIQUI* I DATOR. EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING SUMMONED. PROPOSED SOLE LIQUI- DATOR. I The affairs of the National Bank of Walee. t in connection with which institution sensational revelations were made a short time ago, hsvig assumed a fresh development in the resignation of Mr T. Cory, chairman of the company, as joint liquidator, and the proposal to appoint Mr C. E. Dovey, C. A., Cardiff, as sole liquidator. It will be remembered that at the meeting of share. holders held in Cardiff on January 24th the following resolution was unanimously adopted :— That this meeting recommends the liquidators and committee to take such action as they may think necessary against the directrrs of the bank, and also certain past directors and other officials of the bank for the recovery of such moneys as they can be found to be legally liable for. It is owing to this resolution that Mr Cory deems it desirable to relinquish his position as liquidator. It was in answer to Mr W. Griffiths (The Hayes, Cardiff) that Mr C. E. Dovey, the chairman of the shareholders' meetinp on the 24th ult., made the announcement that Mr Cory's liability to the bank was then very small—about £ 2,000—he having refunded -PLODW. Mr Dory has addressed a letter to the share- holders dated February 28, in which he save :— holders dated February 28, in which he says:- The resolution passed at the recent meeting of shareholders makes it necessary for me, in your interest, to resign my position as liquidator. I have less hesitation in doing this, because, although throughout the liquidation I have ap- peared as liquidator, practically the whole of the work has been done by Mr Dovey. In notifying to you that I resign my position as liquidator, I fed it my duty to tell you that I can speak in the highest terms of the manner in which Mr Dovey has done his work as liquidator. No one, in my opinion, could have better attended to your interests throughout the liquidation than he h" I have told Mr Dovey that although I feel it necessary to resign my position as liquidator, I shall be prepared throughout the liquidation to give him the fullest information and assistance in my power. In consequence of the foregoing intimation, notices have been issued calling an extraordinary general meeting of the National Bank of Wales for Tuesday, the 19th inst., at 12 noon, in the Park Hall, Cardiff, for the purpose of consider- ing, and, if deemed expedient, acoepting the resignation of Mr Thomas Cory, one of the liquidators of the said Rmk, and passing the following extraordmary resolution That the resignation of Mr Thomas Cory, one of the liquidators of the National Bank of Wales, Limited, be accepted, and that the vacancy caused in the appointment of liquidators be filled up by the appointment of Charles Edwin Dovey, of Cardiff, chartered accountant, as the sole liquidator of the said Bank." The committee, who were appointed on August 10th, 1893, to assist in the realisation ot the assets of the bank, and consisting of Mr W. W. Jonei, shipowner, Cardiff; Mr D. H. Lloyd, Bridgend Mr John Thomas, Tonypandy Mr John Davies, retired bank manager, Carnarvon and Mr J. E. Roberts, Upper B uigor, have addressed the following circular to shareholders, enclosing a form of proxy Mr Thomas Cory having resigned his position as one of the liquidators of the National Bank of Wales. Limited, we desire to make it known that in our opinion no advantage can accrue to the share- holders by appointing another liquidator in his place. Mr Dovey enjoys our full confidence, and as the meeting to be held on the 19th March will be purely formal, and no business other than that referring to Mr Thomas Cory's resignation will be transacted, we shall be glad, if you do not intend to be present, if you will s,n and return the enclosed proxy, authorising us to vote for Mr Dovey as sole liquidator."

SENSATIONAL DEATH IN SWANSEA PRISON. ALLEGED RESULT OF POLICE ROUGHNESS. Mark Morris, a yuung collier of 23 yearc of age, hailing from Porfch, died at Swansea Gaol on Sunday under conditione which are causing some comment. The secondary cause of death is said to be I inflammation of the cerebollum, but that is alleged to have been primarily due to injuries received by him in a cunfliet with some mem- bers of the county police force at Porth. Morris about a fortnight ago indulged in a drunken bout, which ended in an attempt to lock him up, and whilst on the road, to the station the policeman considered it neces- sary to use his staff upon him. The prisoner is alleged to have been so violent and to have needed such restraint that his head was badly cut. When taken before the magistrates he was sentenced to a month's imprisonment with hard labour, and on his reception at Swansea Gaol he WM with other prisoners put upon the treadmill. He complained afterwards of pains in his head, and by the surgeon's instructions was placed in the infir- mary ward. On the 21st February he was known to be suffering from erysipelas, and late in tho week his condition became so grave that his parents were communicated, with. His mother and sister arrived, and the for. mer stayed with him all day on Sunday until in the evening he gradually sank and died. THE INQQEST. The inquest was upened at the gaol on Monday afternoon before Mr Edward Sl,,ick.-Tite fireb witness called was Mr.- Catherine Morris, the mother of deceased, of 6, Furnace-road, Tylors. town, Ferndalc, wife of a collier. The deceased, sho said, was a coilien and unmarried, and lived at home wIth his parents. Last Wednesday she came to Swansea lo see deceased, because she was informed he was in a critical condition, and she was present when he died at 10.45 on Sunday night. She v.-ent on to say at the time of the. arrest people ran to her and said there were four policemen killing her boy. and if she did nob run down soon she would not see him alive. She went out and saw her daughter with her arms round deceased's neck,loegging the policemen not to kill him. She saw no blows, but his faCtS was streaming with blood. The witness was about to go into another question when the Coroner said he did not think they could go into that now; that was a matter which might not end at that inqueso, and they must therefore keep to strict evidence.—Witness went on to say there were plenty of witnesses as to the blows. It was on the high road just bulow Pantygwyllt. They beathim from the bridgedown the town, and there was blood on h is face Itnd on the wall on one side of I the road. At that time he was in the custody of four policemen. On the way to Porth for the trial she went in tho same carriage. There wero two policemen with him, ono stationed All Ynisliir named Evans, she believed, and the other from Wattstown. She spoke to her son, who told her that it was the two constables with him than who had beat him worst. ittiat was said in their hearing. There was a second prisoner with her son, who was also n.uch injured. She told the constables they ought to be ashamed of themselves. The Coroner Did the police say anything to you ?—No, they snid nothing to me. This concluded the mother's ev idenee, but sheob- tained permission to comphm that when she went to the court with money to pay tho fine, should one be imposed, she could not gain admittance, the police saying the place was full. The Coroner then said lie did not propose to go any further into tho case that day, as the necessary witnesses were not present. Having regard to what had passed, lie had ordered a post-mortem examination, which might disclose a great deal. < Mrs Morris said die had telegraphed her husband to gel; down th.. neoassavy witnussas as to the assault, and it was finally decided to adjourn, the inquiry t'll iiext Thursday.