South Wales Daily News

TOWYN AND ABERDOVEY SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. The triennial election for seven seats on the fcbove board took place on Friday, and resulted as follow Henry Evans (I-), 1,072 E. Rowlands SH7 Rev J. 0. Thomas (C.M.), 676; Davies (Ch.), 660; Rev. J. Rowlands ;ion*' 610 E. L. Rowlands (W.), 541; Rev. R. (W.), 528; H. Pughe Roberts (farmer), ot I Davits (farmer), 32. With the exception Rev R Davies all the seven elected on the old board. The llev. R. (, eb the place of the latc Dr. Grosholz W so tha.t the denominational aspect d 18 the same as before, d

NEWS FROM THE SIRDAR. r BRITISH GARRISON AT FASHODA. SOBAT OCCUPIED. EXTENSIVE COUNTRY OPENED UP. A STRANGE SILENCE. NO MENTION OF MARCHAND. CAPTURE OF DERVISH VESSELS. The following telegram from Sir Herbert Kitchener, received at 7.20 a.m. on Sunday, and dated" Omdnrmau, 24th September, 6.10 p.m. has been posted outside the Mansion House :— To the Lord Mayor of London.—I hope your Lordship will accept and convey to the citizens of London our grateful thanks for your con- gratulatory telegram, which I have received to day on my return from establishing garrisons at Fashoda, and on the Sohat river. I trust that the opening up of these extensive countries will benefit the city of London and British trade and commerce in general. (Signed) SIRDAR." CAIRO, Sunday.-Sir H. Kitchener has returned to Omdurman having established posts at Fashoda and on the Sobat. He had no fighting except on the way south with a Dervish steamer, which was captured.-Reuter. [CENTRAL NEWS SPECIAL SERVICE.J CAIRO, Sunday.—The Sirdar returned to Om- durma,n yesterday from Fashoda after having hoisted the Egyptian and British flags over the town and left a garrison there. General Grenfell arrived at Omdtflrman to-day and met the Sirdar. BELGIANS AND THE NILE. BRUSSELS, Sunday.—On inquiry at the offices of the Congo State the rumoured presence of a Bel- gian force at Fashoda is entirely discredited. The officials even go so far as to say they believe there are no Europeans at Fashoda at all, and that the accounts of the Dervishes are idle tales, Central News. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SIRDAR'S DESPATCH. The Central News is officially informed bv the authorities at the War Office and Foreign Office that telegrams have been received from the Sirdar announcing his arrival at Omdurman on the 24th after establishing garrisons at Fashoda and on the Sobat River. No information, however, was obtainable as to the mysterious force reported at Fashoda. The Central News says :-The rapidity of the Sirdar's movement has taken everyone by sur- prise, as no intelligence of his arrival at Omdur- man and operations at Fashoda was expected before Thursday next. The absence of particu- lars in the Sirdar's telegrams as regards the white forces that were reported to be in possession of the town has naturally created considerable speculation, and in connection with this a Cen- tral News telegram from Brussels to-night is interesting. In that telegram the Congo State officials at Brussels are reported to have stated that while no Belgian force certainly was at Fashoda there was considerable doubt in their minds whether the persons seen were Europeans at all. The questions exciting the clubs on Sun- day night were who Kitchener found at Fashoda when he found them, and what he did with them waa there any fighting, or was it a complete capitulation ? The Central News learns that copies of the despatch from Cairo to the Foreign Office were wired at once to the Queen, Prime Minister, and Mr Balfour, but great surprise is expressed in official circles at the absence in the Sirdar's despatch of any allusion to the nature of the force found at Fashoda. There is an impression that the absence of any allusion of the kind has been intentionally concealed, but against this theory it is pointed out that if Captain Marchand had been in possession of the post ceitain events would have followed that must have demanded a place in the Sirdar's despatch. The assumption therefore is that the place has been occupied without complications of any kind. The Sirdar's return so quickly to Omdurman strengthens the impression of a walk over, and the satisfactory solution of the Fashoda problem. The Sirdar's despatch to the Lord Mayor conclusively estab- lishes the conviction that the Soudan has been completely restored to Egypt without the possibility of dispute anywhere. CAPTURE OF DERVISH VESSELS. It was announced on Saturday that news had been received in London that the Sirdar bad captured on his way up to Fashoda another of the Khalifa's steamers, and that at the time the message left the Sirdar was three days' journey from Fashoda. Inquiries in official quarters confirmed this statement, and the following details of a telegram which the Government had received were authorised The Sirdar, on his way to Fashoda, has captured the Khalifa's boat Safieh, and also craft which contained grain." The Safieh was an old penny Thames steamer. The Press Association was informed at the War Office on Saturday that the officials there had no authority whatever to give information as to the reported capture by the Sirdar, on his way to Fashoda, of a steamer belonging to the Khalifa. There appeared to be, however, no doubt that the Government had received news from Sir Herbert Kitchener. From further inquiries made by a representa- tive of the Press Association it was ascertained that the Foreign Office had received a telegram stating that the gunboats with the Sirdar's force on its way to Fashoda had either sunk or dis- abled the Dervish steamer Safieh, and had cap- tured no less that 11 nuggars which were being convoyed apparently by the Safich. The official telegram was brief and gave but few details, but it was known that the Sirdar's force suffered no loss. I tis not stated whether the enemy had suffered any loss in casualties or prisoners, or whether the grain was captured. The captured steamer is believed to be the second of the two .steamers sent by the Khalifa to recon- noitre the position of the alleged white force at Fashoda. The first, it will be remembered, fell into the hands of the Sirdar, and reported what was supposed to be the presence of Captain archand at Fashoda. The news is regarded with interest as being the first intelligence from from Sit H. Kitchener since his departure from Omdurman for Fashoda.. ANGLO-FRENCH NEGOTIATIONS. PARIS, SMurda.Y.-The rumour that negotia- tions have been opened between Great Britain and France regarding Fashoda, and fmther that these negotiations have already led to a complete understanding between the two Governments if absolutely premature. The Quai d Orsay has not yet received any news about or from Captain Marchand. When the rumours of his presence at Fashoda reached Paris, Sir Edmund Monson and M. Delcasse, Minister of Foreign Affairs, referred to the matter in a couple of conversa- tions which they had subsequently on ordinary diplomatic reception days, but these conversa- tions were not of the nature of negotiations. The Eclair to-day says :If Great Britain wishes to preserve her position in the valley of the Nile against competition she must buy our renunciation as she has bought that of Germany." -Reuter. NS NO PEACE FOR ABYSSINIANS. No credense, I find, is attached in well-informed quarters (says the London corcesp^en of the Birmingham Post) to the reported presence of a large Abyssinian army with Captain Marchand or whoever the "white force at Fashoda may he « is pointed out that the experiences of the Bonchamps expedition are almost sufficient to demonstrate the impossibility of any large number of Abyssimans getting through from their country to the Upper Nile Valley. Those who were with Bonchamps suffered severely from the climate of the low lands, and, as I mentioned m this column some time ago, many d^ed of f^UQted marsh the natives of the highlands of ^hiopia but those best qualified to form an QPf1011, a,w. for one moment that the Aby^si i "NrX» where near so far to he west as tne 1?P Valley. As a matter of fact I have received con- firmation of this view from one who has lately returned from Menelik's capital, and whe( in- forms me that the story of Ras Maltonnen marc ing with a large army with the object of reachi g thl right-bank of the Nile is qaite devoid of truth. COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING. We have received confirmation from lent source of our statement made a that a complete understanding on question has been arrived at, and hcod of a collision exists any longer. y MARCHAND NOT AT FASHODA. CAIKO, Sept. 23—News has reached a lead™ £ mercantile house here that Fashoda is not occu- pied by Major Marchand. It comes by way Khartoum from native sources. The house has always had agents at Kha > even in the Khalifa's time. The force at Fashoda is stated not to oe French, but it is not otherwise identified. almost certainly Belgian, from Rejaf. In many quarters it was thought imPF? from the outset that a French force would nre upon the Khalifa's steamer, as France has always been eager to open friendly relations with him. There is no official news confirmatory of tnis native report.-Daily Mail. TION RIGHT OF FIRST OCCUPATION. The Paris Figaro says :—" By the Treaty of Berlin in effect not only Fashoda becomes French by right of first occupation, but all the country beyond traversed by Marchand also, should the Sirdar advance beyond Fashoaa Tiif-re^ore he will enter upon French territory. I his France will not allow." Speaking to a Journal reporter Prince Henri of Jrleans declared Marchand has not so much to rear from British forces as from bands which England may set upon him.—Exchange.

CAPTURE OF GEDAREF P- THE LAST DERVISH POST. SEVERE FIGHTING. SUAKIN, Sunday.—Gedaref, the last stron ghold a n ,vishes> was occupied by the force un er oonel Parsons, Governor of Kassala, on e mornmg of the 22nd inst., after very severe fighting.which lasted three hours. ^gfp'lan foroe consisted of 1,300 men, that °< "» DervUhe. metered 3,000. The enemy were completely routed, and lost 500 killed. On the Egyptian side no British officers were Killed or wounded. wounded 9ir^gyptiian lost three officers wounded, 20 men killed, and 30 WOllDded. Of the were billpH .r.A on n and irregulars 15 had one off! woanded, and the Camel Corps three wounded, and two rai end two men killed, three wounded, and two saing. SATISFACTORY TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION. SUAKIN, Saturday.—The telesrranh i;„ SuaMn which ^^27, Corporal Lewis under the suDerintP„ £ Lieut Manifold, R.E., has been completHnd is working well.—Reuter. BRITISH TROOPS HOMEWARD BOUND. ALEXANDRIA, Sunday.-f he hired transport Uilwara sailed from this port for Southampton to-day, having on board the l8t Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, the 37th Howitzer Field battery, a detachment of the Army Medical Staff, and some details.—Reuter

CRETAN CRISIS. DECISIYjE ACTION. A FIRM ULTIMATUM FROlVI THE POWERS. append their signatures to an 7 wil1 a plan for the pacification of CreS'^d tr"11^ sures they contemplate taking for mT~ Sultan into submission. The plan for Cmg „«t of the diffic, befoi. it ™, submitted to Qerm.lly A Hungary, with the object of obtaining £ In operation A matter which since then has caused some delay, but which has now been settled, was the nature and form of the coercion to be used against the Sultan. At h JT of ne« w** th. ,o„ Powers an ultimatum to the Snlf^„ W. Majesty wU, to enforce acceptance. The Powers have irrev^ cably decided to settle the Cretan question at once, and no delay or postponement will hi tolerated. Nor will they hesitate to send the Dardanelles and beyond if necesaarv Reuter. MORE WARSHIPS WANTED CANEA, Saturday. The admirals have asked their several Governments for more ships to be sent to Cretan waters. Over 5,000 rifles have now been surrendered to Admiral Noel. A det h ment of British troops arrived at Candia to-dav from 'Egypt. Among the Christians there i8I very hopeful feeling, and a solution of the crisis is expected within a few weeks.—Central Neios. ANOTHER BRITISH SOLDIER MURDERED. CANDIA, Sunday.—Gre&t excitement and indig- nation have been created in the English camp bv the discovery to-day that a British soldier ha- been murdered within the cordon. Two sol- diers have been absent for some time at roll-call and this morning an officer found the decapi- tated and horribly mutilated body of one of the men near the camp. A Mussulman has boon found wearing the stockings which belonged to the murdered man. Other arrests have been made, but nothing is yet known of the fate of the other missiDg soldier.

TO-DAY'S FORECAST FOR ENGLAND, S.W.. AN,, -SOUTH WÄLMS. Issued at 8 o'clock last night. Easterly winds, moderate or fresh; fair generally. QBNBBAI/,—There are at pre- sent no signs of any decided change in the weather.

GENERAi FORECASTS. The followins&recasta were prepared last night at the Meteorffi&gical Office at eight o'clock:— DISTRICTO— 0. Scotland N. "j Light breezes, easterly 1. ScotlafiB, E. (- cool; cloudy some mist 2. Englaad, N.E.) or fog. 3. England, E. ) Easterly and north-easterly 4. Mid. Counties..( winds, light; fair generally, 5. Eng. S. (Lon. but misty or foggy m and Channel) j places. 6. Scotland, W. North-easterly winds, light; 7. England, N.W., j- fair generally, but local A North Wales. fogs. & England, S.W., | Easterly winds, moderate or & South Wales, j fresh fair generally. 9. Ireland, N ) South-easterly winds,light or 10. Ireland, S. modwftte; fair generally.

THE DREYFUS CASE. REVISION REJECTED. ESTERHAZY'S STORY. ASTOUNDING CONFESSION. PARIS, Saturday.—The Cabinet met this morn- ing. Owing to the absence of two Ministers, MM. Peytral and Viger, it was resolved to post- pone the decision on the Dreyfus revision ques- tion until Monday. It is announced that the Judicial Commission appointed to consider the question of the revision of the Dreyfus trial has failed to arrive at a unanimous decision, three of its members being in favour of revision and three opposed to it. Under the circumstances the Government considers that it is left complete liberty of action and full responsibility. In order to secure the attendance of all the members of the Cabinet at the Council to be held on Monday to deal with the question, telegrams will be sent to MM. Viger and Peytral, who are at Orleans and Marseilles repectively, to return to Paris at once.—Reuter. PARIS, Sunday.—The newspapers confirm a report that M. Sarrien hesitates greatly as to the course to be pursued concerning the Dreyfus revision, and has not yet decided to take the initiative himself. On the other hand, MM. Brisson and Bourgeois are firmly convinced that a revision of the trial is the only way to put a stop to the whole question which agitates the country.—Reuter. POLITICAL CRISIS FEARED. PAlUS, Saturday Night.—Much excitement and anxiety prevail at the different Ministries, and a grave politicel crisis is feared for Monday.— Observer. ESTERHAZY'S SENSATIONAL STORY. The Observer on Sunday, in a further article on the Dreyfus case, headed The Authorship of the bordereaux," says that though the facts which they gave last Sunday were immediately denied in many papers, both in England and abroad, and treated with incredulity by some of them, the absolute correctness of its information had since been established beyond any manner of doubt. Count Ferdinand Esterhazy, the Observer states, came from Paris to London with the object of making certain disclosures. The principal disclosure that he made (and this to more papers than one) was that he was the author of the bordereaux, the vital point in the Dreyfus case; the axis upon which the whole question turned whether or not Dreyfus was legally condemned. Although during the 10 days and more that Major Ester- hazy stopped in the house of a correspondent he furnished a great number of other details on other points connected with the Dreyfus affair of the highest interest. His conversation, the Observer states, was of the bordereau, and practically nothing else. It was his great theme, and it was at his own request that the very lengthy story which he told of how and when it had been written was heard. I wrote the bordereau," he said, "at the request of Colonel Sandherr, who is now dead." He added that Colonel Henri knew the fact, and despite the disappearance by death of these two witnesses it was quite possible to prove that he (Major Ester- hazy) did write the bordereau. The bordereau was intended to constitute material proof of Dreyfus's guilt. All that the Intelligence Depart- ment had managed to find out against Dreyfus was in the nature of moral proof. It was known through the French spy service in Berlin that certain documents had reached the German General Staff which Dreyfus alone could have obtained, and it was a list of these documents whose arrival at Berlin had been signalised to the French Intelligence Department, which con- stituted the bordereau. Dreyfus had been tested in several waye, and there was considerable moral proof against Dreyfus before his trial took place, but there was no material proof. Colonel Sand- herr who like Dreyfus was an Alsatian, but in- tensely anti-Semitic, determined to force this proof for the purposes of court martial. At the time Major Esterhazy, the Observer continues, «as attached to the Intelligence Department, and when he was told by Major Sandherr to write out the bordereau he did so without the slightest communication or hesita- tion, obeying his orders implicitly. He knew what purpose it was intended to serve, and knew that he was committing forgery. It W'8S neces- sary to give the bordereau the indispensable air of an authentic document. It was supposed to have been stolen from the German Embassy. but Colonel Schwartzkoppen denied havuife- 'ever seen it. What he said was true. He never did see the bordereau. It was handed by the agent of the French Intelligence Department to the porter of the German Embassy, who was a French spy, and he gave it to another agent named Genest, who brought it back to the French Intelligence Department as the document obtained from the German Embassy. On the evidence of this boidereau Dreyfus was condemned. The document fetched from the War Office to con- vince the court-martial was the famous letter containing the phrase Ce canaille de D— This was a genuine document written by Schwartzkoppen, but it did not refer to Dreyfus at all, and the General Staff were absolutely aware of the fact that the" D referred to a build- ing contractor named Dollfus, who, many years before bad supplied the German Military Att^.he with plans of fortifications near Nice. The « veiled lady." Esterhazy says, was none other than Colonel Du Paty De Clam's wife. ANOTHER TRAGEDY. The sensation of the evening (says the Daily News correspondent, telegraphing iast has been the vengeance of Madame Panlmler. Madame Paulmier is a beautiful woman, and wife of the Rallid deputy for Falaise, an advocate by profession with a military streak, for he served as an officer of Mobiles on the Loire in 1870. He has been in the Chamber sincc 1885. M. Pau mier was moved to write a long telegraphic letter to General Zurlinden urging him to defend the Army from insults and gross attacks. There upon M. Millerand in the Lanteme and Robert Argwi in another Dreyfusite paper assailed him. mier has never had a success in the tribune, but he is well known on the boulevards. He was tne defendant some years ago in a suit with a pretty woman, who, confiding in his promises, furnished in the most luxurious style a small house at tne Rond Point of the Champs Elyases. When he refused to pay for the fairy palace she brought a suit against him to oblige him. Many letters were read in court, written on Chamber of Depu- ties paper. Some were tender, some satirical, apd all the satire directed against colleagues of the Palais Bourbon. The suit ended in an amicable compromise, &c. All this and more was remembered by M- Millerand, who at least did justice to the exqu site beauty of Madame Paulmier. She must be a woman of spirit as well as a beauty. This even- ing, towards 7, she entered the office of the Lanterne, and asked to see M. Millerand. He is not in," said an office man, I shall not leave, returned the lady, until I have seen him or somebody representing him. Tell his sub-editor that I must see him. The servant, seeing she was excited, did not stop to argue, but went into another room. Madame Paulmier followed. When she was face to face with M. Ollivier, the sub-editor in qnestioD, she declared that she wanted only to see M. Millerand, but that since he was not there she would be avenged on his deputy With that she aimed a revolver and dis- charged six balls, two of which struck Ollivier. A rush was made by clerks, office men, and reporters into the editor's room, and the lady was disarmed. The police were fetched, a great crowd gathered, and she was taken at a slow pace, throng obstructed the carriage, to the district police office. M. Millerand was in cfowd, and unable to learn why it had gathered and what it wanted. He could not get into the office of the Lanteme, and was borne h.V the multitude to the police office. Poor UUivier was takeft in an ambulance carriage to the hospital. stood up for herself before Commissioner. She was sorry to have fnJ! i T\ir-n *v*er' hut more sorry not to have eraDd- What rendered her so vio- n^'J distress at the idea of Miller- article ruining her daughter's matrimonial was astonished, disgusted, in- uriatea at the mud he flung. Her husband was y, and bo she determined to execute herself r!t She had been thrice in the coarse 0011 at 'he Lcmieme offices and was hethat Millerand was not in. She >>;a f 111 fchat he was a vile wretch, and paper a loathsome rag, and then to give him a °ni.vier had, it turns out, nothing A f Jr1 article. His woends are serious, his groin. e two baUs is in his chest, the other in

DEATH OF SIR PATRICK TALBOT. Colonel the Hon. Sir Patrick Talbot, K.C.B., med at Inveran, Sutherland, on Saturday. He naa been Serjeant-at-Arms in the House of Lords for about 40 years, and was hon. colonel of the and 4th Battalions South Staffordshire Regi- ment. ile was made. K.C.B. last year. He married, in I860, Lady Emma Charlotte, daughter of the 14th Plaxl of Derby, by whom he leaves a family.

FRAUD BY A CLERGYMAN. ADDICTED TO CHLORODYNE. The Rev. R. Palmer, a clergyman, was reo manded at Newcastleon Saturday charged with ob- 1ia.ining £4 by false pretences from a.n auctioneers' firm. The defence pleaded was that accused, who had held a good position, had been addicted to chlorodyne, and did not know what he wae doing.

FATE OF CHINA'S EMPEROR. GRAVE SITUATION. ORDERS TO BRITISH WARSHIPS. SHANGHAI, Saturday.—Kang-yu-Wei, the leader of the Chinese Reform party, who is charged with having administered poison to the Emperor, and for whose immediate arrest the Emperor issued an edict, arrived here to-day from Tientsen on board the British steamer Churgking. In accordance with the Imperial edict the Chinese authorities immediately applied for his arrest, but Kang-yu-Wei placed himself under the pro- tection of the British Consul, who declined to give him np. He has now been taken on board the British warship Esk.—Central News. MOVEMENTS OF THE BRITISH FLEET. WEI-HAI-WEI, Saturday.—H.M.S. Centurion left here suddenly yesterday under sealed orders. It is supposed that her destination is Taku. She will be accompanied from Chefu by H.M.S. Victorious, Narcissus, Hermione, Fame, Hart, and Alacrity. H.M.S. Grafton will leave for the south as soon as she has coaled. The situation is considered very grave. The Undaunted and Handy remain here.—Reuter. ALARMING REPORTS. FKANKFOKT-ON-MAIN, Saturday. — The Frank- furter Zeitung this morning publishes a telegram from Tientsin, stating that railway communica- tion between Tientsin and Pekin is interrupted and that alarming reports are current regarding the situation in the Chinese capital.—Reuter. LORD CHARLES BERESFORD ON THE FUTURE OF CHINA. SINGAPORE, Sunday.—At a general meeting convened by the Chamber of Commerce and the Straits Association, Lord Charles Beresford, who has arrived here on his way to China, delivered a speech in which he laid stress on the importance of commercial treaties between Great Britain, Germany, the United States, and Japan, which would ensure peace. He urged that the Chinese waterways should be developed first, under the protection of military police. Then railways would follow. There was no reason, said his Lordship, why Great Britain should resent the endeavour of other nations to expand their interests in China if British interests did not suffer. Lord Charles concladed by urging a firmer and more definite attitude on the part of the British Government.—Reuter. INTERVIEW WITH A CHINESE MINISTER. WASHINGTON, Saturday Morning.—The Chinese Minister was interviewed last night upon the present crisis in China. He declared that the abdication of the Emperor would not change the policy of progress and reform that had been in- augurated by him. The Emperor, he said, would still have a potent voice in the affairs of the country. His veto would be sufficient to kill any proposition that was distasteful to him. The Minister then said that despite all reports to the contrary, the Empress was in thorough accord with the progressive movement, and would do everything in her power to further the Emperor's plans of reform.—Central News. BRITISH INTERESTS ENDANGERED. The downfall of the Emperor of China is attri- buted to the intrigues of Li Hung Chang and th3 Russian party. Li Hung Chang will, it is cer- tain, be reinstated, and British interests will be endangered. The situation is held to be one of gravity, and to call for the greatest circumspec- tion and energy of the Foreign Office. The British Fleet is at present cruising in the Gulf of Pechili, and it is even reported that a landing at Taku is being contemplated. Meanwhile the Pekin Government is anxious that the construction of the railway to Siang- Yang should be proceeded with at once, and sur- veying is to be commenced promptly.—Daily Mail. HOMAGE TO THE EMPRESS DOWAGER. The Pekin correspondent of the Times, tele- graphing yesterday, says :—To-day the Emperor and all the higher officers of State did homage to the Empress Dowager. Everything is quiet. LI HUNG CHANG'S INFLUENCE. The return of Li Hung Chang to power with the assumption by the Empress Dowager of the reins of government at Pekin was an event of so much importance that notification of it would presumably be given to the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in London by its agents in China. I found on inquiry at Lombard-street on Friday (write? a C^roniclc- coxreapondenfc) that such was not the case. NQ telegram had been received by the London management from its agents at Pekin. Telegrams of purely political signific- ance it seems, are never sent by the bank's agents in China and political references are rarely made in business dispatches, it being understood that the bank's headquarters obtain all necessary political intelligence through the ordinary channels. Presuming Li Hung Chang to be returned to power what would be the effect upon the British contract for the Niu-Chwang Railway extension loan ? It was, it turned oat, not an easy question for the management to answer. In the first place, Li Hung Chang's name has never been mentioned in the despatches received at the bank. He has doubtless been susceptible to Russian influence, but it does not follow that he will continue to be rigidly pro-Russian in his leanings. On the whole, the bank officials regard the busi- ness of the loan and the Niu-Chwang Railway extension as being in much the same position as at the opening of the week, when the downfall of Li Hang Chang was coupled with.the report that Hu Yu Fen had renewed the transactions with regard to the loan at the point where they had ceased on Russian interposition, and that the negotiations in respect to railway extension had been successfully resumed. Whether the negotiations had been carried a point or two further, the bank authorities, I found, were unable to say, inasmuch as they were themselves without information. The absence of telegraphic despatches suggests that the nego- tiations remain much the same as on Monday, Only this much is certain— the London manage- ment has no reason to suppose that the condi- tions of the contract will not be carried out. This being the case, the officials have been disposed to regard the business as being merely in suspension. This was a condition which ren- dered the contract always liable to violation hence the need of watchfulness on the part of the British Minister at Pekin. The concessions made by the Tsung-li-Yamen to Russia are ap- parently also hung up. The last report with re- gard to them was that they had not yet been granted, and that they were nwt likely to be sanc- tioned. There seems to have been no report in- dicating a change. EMPRESS DOWAGER'S ANTIPATHY TO BRITAIN. I was a^anted to-day (says the London corres- pondent of the S-tinninghem Prji. siting on Friday night), from a source which is in ose touch with China, that here we have moidea c C the antipathy of the Empress DL wager towards Great Britain. This antipathy has had within the last three months three remarkable expressions. In the first place, a renewed offer was about to be made to Captain Long to associate himself with the Chinese Navy, and although even Li Hung Chang was in favour of this it was vetoed Next, it was proposed to place the Army under British instruc- tors, and this was vetoed. Finally, it was sug- gested to recruit the arsenal staff from the ranks of the British engineers, and this likewise was vetoed. The hand in all this vetoing business was that of the Empress Dowager. Singularly enough, her Majesty has the greatest admiration for Queen Victcm, and she has expressed this in a hundred ways but she is understood to regard our Queen as an autocrat, and looks upon her statesmen as mere obsatcles in the realisation of her purpose.

PANAMA CANAL TO BE COMPLETED. 6,000 WORKMEN EMPLOYED. NEW YORK, Saturday.—It is asserted here that the report of the International Commission, which has not yet been officially disclosed, assures the completion of the. Panama Canal. Two-thirds of the work were completed before operations were stopped, and it is now stated that no Government assistance will be required or sought. Already fully 6,000 men are at work on the canal. Although the report of the Com- mission has not yet been published its terms are perfectly well known here.—Central News.

SERIOUS FIRE AT SHEFFIELD. The pattern shop at the great steel works of Messrs Jossop and Sons, Sheffield, was completely destroyed by fire on Sunday morning. The loss is serious and cannot be estimated as the fire con- sumed a large number of patterns for important castings for ships of war, including rams, rudders, and stern frames, whch were on immediate order and cannot be replaced for some considerable tme. This is the second pattern shop in the same works which has been destroyed lately. The origin of both fires is a mystery.

BACK FROM THE NIGER. COL. LUGARD IN ENGLAND. Col.Lugard, administrate)* of the Niger territory, arrived at Liverpool on Saturday by the African steamer Axim, and left for London during the forenoon. He comes direct from the Jebba coun- try, and is accompanied by Major Arnold and Lieutenant Englebach. Col. Lugard declined to discuss the object of his return, bat it is under- stood he has come home at the request of the authorities to discuss with them the aflmiftiptra- tioo of Nigemv "f, t

WRECK OF A CARDIFF STEAMER. MOST OF THE CREW MISSING. Lloyd's agent at Gibraltar, telegraphing on Sunday, says: — The Spanish steamer Cartagena, from Aviles for Barcelona, and the British steamer Rheubina, from Huelva for Swansea, collided off Cape Villano September 22. The former proceeded the latter sank, all of the crew lost, excepting the captain aJso a Norwegian seaman picked up by the British steamer Ben Corlic, and landed at Gibraltar. The Cartagena has arrived at Ferrol badly damaged. The Rheubina was an iron screw stea.merof 1,071 tonnage, built in 1882 at Milford, and owned by the Rheubina Steamship Company, Limited, Cardiff (Messrs J. Cory and Sons). MADRID, Sunday.—A telegram from Ferrol states that the steamer Cartagena has put in there with her bows damaged. She reports that when off Cape Villano she collided at night, and in athick fog, with the British steamer Rheubina, bound from Huelva for England. The latter vessel sank in a few moments, and 15 of her crew were drowned, only the captain and one sailor being saved. -Ruter.

BURGLARS ABROAD. SMART CAPTURE AT CARDIFF. On Saturday evening at half-past 9 o'clock Mr Wm. Meadows, of 5, Cyril-crescent, Cardiff, on returning home with his wife after a short walk found that his house had been ransacked and that several articles of jewellery had been stolen. He at once communicated with the police at Roath, who telephoned to the Central Station and about 10.45 two well-dressed men were arrested on suspicion by Superintendent Hay. ward, Detective-Inspector Scott, Detective Stephens, and Detective Gretton while entering the Jubilee Tavern in Custom House-street. They were oonveyed to the Central Station, and on being searched all the stolen property was found in their possession, also a number of scientific burglars' tools. They were formally charged, and will be brought up before the magistrates to-day. In view of this incident it will be observed how opportune is the warning to householders issued by the chief constable. WARNING TO CARDIFF HOUSE- HOLDERS. The police authorities of Cardiff are anxious to warn householders of the danger of leaving their houses unoccupied during the evening,and especi- ally on Sunday, during the hours of Divine ser- vice. It is within recollection that several rob- beries have been committed in Cardiff on Stm- day evenings, and in nearly every instance the entrance was effected during the absence of the household at Divine service. Those who are in the habit of leaving their houses unoccupied in the evening, and on Sundays more particularly, ars advised to notify the police at the nearest police station. SEQUEL TO A MICHAELSTONE BURGLARY. Two stalwart fellows named Wm. Adams and George Adams, formerly agricultural labourers, were before the Newport County Police Court on Saturday over a midnight felony perpetrated at the residence of Mr Charles Seys, tenant of the Pentregoch Farm, Michaelstone, as long ago as the 11th June. The prisoners were shown to have been drinking at the Coach and Horses, Castleton, on the evening of the 11th, and to have invited Edward Foslett, who was also in the house, to go with them for the night and rongh it to get the wherewithal for a good living. This was subsequently discovered to be the perpetration of a burglary at Pentregoch. A pane in the kitchen window was broken so as to operate the catch, and a ham hanging in the kitchen, a fowling piece from the haul, and a bowler hat from another room were missed. Mr Seys was not altogether certain about the ham and the hat, but was positive about the gun, which was found wrapped in a cloth in a lott of the Home Farm, where prisoners were work- ing at the time. The prisoners subsequently again invited Foslett to join them in a poaching expedition, and said they had a gun which they could get at easily. Shortly afterwards prisoners were the principals in an outrage on a cottage at Castleton, which they attacked with stones and entered, terrorising the old man who resided there. They got three months' imprisonment for this frolic," and were arrested on the present charge of burglary on Saturday as they left Usk Prison. George Adams made no reply to the charge, but William Adams gaily said, Now we shan't be long." They had nothing to say in answer to the charge when formally queationed, and were committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions. A LONDON POST OFFICE RIFLED. A daring burglary was committed late on Friday night on the premises of the Westminster Bridge- road Post Office, of which Mr Hopkins, stationer, is postmaster. The premises are known as 217, Westminster Bridge-road, and the burglars effected an entrance from the rear of the build- ing. They left the stamps and postal orders untouched, but got clear away with hard cash amounting to JE119 13s 1O,d. They have left but few traces upon which the police can work, but the latter are prosecuting inquiries in the neigh- bourhood. They entered by a back room, in which Mr Hopkins's son sleeps usually. On Friday night, however, he occupied a room upstairs. Had he slept in his usual bedroom he would have been a complete bar to the burglars' path to the money drawer

ANGLO-SAXON LEAGUE. SPEECH BY MR CHAMBERLAIN. NEW YORK; Friday.—Mr Joseph Chamberlain delivered au address before the Danvers (Mass.) Historical Club last evening, The room was draped with British and American flags. In the course of his remarks the speaker said :— I thank you very much for this warm welcome by the Historical Society and by the town. In England it is customary to think that Americans take more interest in historical matters than do Englishmen, and we are often surprised to have our American friends who visit us tell us about things which we have forgotten. I attach much importance to this interest, as it serves to draw us closer together. I desire to see a federation of the lo- Saxon race. It is coming nearer and nearer. We are bound by common ties, but we are continually misunderstanding each other. The Press, statesmen, and others have, I will not say maliciously, but by persistent misunder- standing, kept us apart. Recent events have changed all that, and we are feeling better than ever toward each other. I am pleased to see the flags of England and America intertwined over a picture of that his- toric scene, the Battle of Lexington. 1 desire to aee them always floating together."

STATES AND SPAIN. PARIS PEACE COMMISSION. The American delegates to the Paris Peace Com- mission arrived at Liverpool on Saturday aboard the Cunard mail steamer Campania, with certain ladies who accompany the delegates and the clerical staff. The party numbers in all 44. The Hon. William Day, ex-Secretary of State, the chairman of the Commission, interviewed, re- affirms the statement that their instructions were to admit of no deviation or modification of the American demands. The Commission proceeded to London, where the members spend a few days at the Hotel Cecil before proceeding to Pans.

CAPE ELECTIONS. NUMEROUS IRREGULARITIES. CAPE Town, Saturday. —The Registrar of the Supreme Court, as a result of the opening of the marked voters' list in electorates where petitions are pending, reports the occurrence of numerous irregularities. Sealed envelopes had been out to extract the counterfoils, while the counterfoils in two districts are missing. The correctness of the marked lists in certain districts of Barkly West and Tembuland is not certified.—Renter. KRUGER AND RHODES. 7 PBETORIA, Saturday.—On taking leave of President Steyn yesterday President Kruger said that he was glad to see that the Africanders of Cape Colony remained loyal to the flag which Mr Rhodes had trodden in the mire, and that they still upheld their honour while loyal to theQnecn. —Reuter.

EXTENSIVE THEFTS BY A POSTMAN At Bow-street on Saturday, J. Rummell, Post Office sorter, was committed for trial for stealing letters and a diamond ring. Detectives, act- ing on a statement by the prisoner, dug up the front garden of the house in which he lodged, and unearthed a pair of silver-plated sugar tongs in a flower pot. Four silver thimbles were found in a closet. Behind a brick were two ailver-pla ted salt spoons, a.nd hidden behind the wall paper of the bedroom was a JE5 note. Finally, under a cistern in a public convenience five white metal bangles were discovered. The prisoner said he could not live upon a paJtry 128 a week. which was all he got from the Post Office, and the temp- tations wsre so great that he could not resist them.

SIR A. B. FORWOOD ILL. Sir Arthur Forwood WM seized with sudden illness on Wednesday night, and medical aid was requisitioned on Friday. Lady Forwood, who was with the family at Welshpool, waa tele- graphed for, and returned on Saturday evening. Sir Arthur is still confined to his bed, out a slight improvement in bis condition is reported.

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FISHERMEN FIGHT. ANGLO-FRENCH ENGAGE- MENT IN THE CHANNEL. A BRITISH CRAFT AND HER CREW CAPTURED. Mr William Bourne, owner and skipper of the Ramsgate fishing vessel Arizona, which reached Ramsgate on Saturday, gave an account of a. re- markable and exciting encounter with French mackerel fishermen, which took place on Thurs- day. Bourne states that on the afternoon of Wednesday his vessel, carrying a crew of three left Ramsgate for the fishing ground. When off the North Foreland at 6 o'clock on Thursday morning they found some 60 mackerel nets afloat which apparently belonged to some French fish- ing boats. No French vessel was in sight, but another Ramsgate smack, the Teazer, Thomas Bushell, skipper, was near by, and the two vessels between them took the nets aboard, and with their decks thus encumbered they set sail for Ramsgate. More than an hour later they saw a French* vessel, the Sainte Marie, of Boulogne making for them. She came rapidly on under heavy canvas, her crew of 24 men all excitedly gesticulating and behaving in a threatening manner, and endeavoured to throw grappling irons aboard the Arizona. Bourne endeavoured to make the Frenchmen understand that the grappling irons would need- lessly damage his vessel, but with cries of We will take you to Boulogne, the Frenchmen re- newed the attack. Thrice the assault was reo pelled, and the Englishmen, recognising that they stood little chance in face of overpowering numbers, vainly tried to sail away. The Sainte Marie clapped on all sail, and the Arizona was quickly overhauled, the Frenchmen eventually hurling a grappling iron through the Arizona's main sheet, thus effectually checking her retreat. In this situation the skipper of the Ramsgate vessel sighting the Trinity tender Lord Warden gave orders for a signal to be shown calling for assistance. In the excitement, however, a burgee was exhibited instead of a red ensign, and the a.ppeal was disregarded. The Sainte Marie con- tinued the attack, and coming alongside broke the Arizona's channel plate and rail and cracked her stanchion. They then sent a boat party of nine aboard, and making a chain cable fast to the Arizona's mast commenced to tow her to Bou- logne. In the meantime the Teazer had made her escape, and returning to Ramsgate handed over her proportion of the nets to the Customs officials. The Arizona, in tow of the Sainte Marie, arrived at Boulogne, where the quay was soon thronged with a threatening crowd, who hurled all kinds of maledictions upon the Englisn fishermen. So excited was the French crowd, which numbered four or five hundred, that two of the Arizona's crew declined to venture ashore. The British Consul was communicated with, and the English skipper demanded recompense for his lost time and the damage done to hIS vessel, also claiming that the seizure of his vessel was an act of piracy. Ultimately Bourne accepted 30 francs in settlement of part of the damage, and surrendered the Frenchmen's nets. He set sail for England amid a renewed demon- stration from the quay loungers on Friday night. It is expected that a Board of Trade inquiry will be held into the circumstances of the attack on the Arizona.

LOSS OF LA BURGOGNE. BOARD OF TRADE REPORT. The Board of Trade have issued the report of the Court of Inquiry, held at Halifax, into the collision between the Glasgow sailing ship Cro- martyshire and the French Transatlantic liner La Burgogne, which foundered with a loss of nearly 600 lives. The Court found that the master of the Cromartyshire, Oscar H. Henderson, was not in default, and was entirely exonerated from all blame or responsibility for the collision, and his certificate was therefore returned to him. No blame whatever was attributed to the officers or crew of the Cromartvshife, and the Court was of opinion that they did their duty in every respect. The report concludes :—The evidence submitted to this Court does not enable it to determine the manner in which the steamer La Burgogne finally disappeared and foundered, or the cireum- stances by which such a melancholy loss of life resnlted, and the Court is not. called upon to express any opinion regarding the conduct of the master and officers of the aforesaid steamer La Burgogne.

SIERRA LEONE RISING. BAI BUREH'S WHEREABOUTS. A PLUCKY WHITE WOMAN. Renter's Liverpool representative just had an interview with an English trader who recently returned from Sierra Leone, and who, strange to say, was a prisoner of Bai Bureh some two years ago. On being questioned concerning Bai Bureh's whereabouts, the trader, said he believed he was now between Kambia and Mellicourie, and the chances of his capture by the next expe- dition were not very great. He was quite cer- tain however, that had the Government in the first instance offered a reward of £500, instead of £ 50, Bai Bureh would have been captured at the commencement. When questioned as to whether Bai Bureh could not escape into French territory, the gentleman said Bai Bureh was far and awav a grAter ensmy to France than to England. On two occasions he had fought the French. In 1883 Bai Bureh, as head of the Timinis, fought the Susus, the country contiguous, but belonging to the French. That country Bai Bureh laid waste. Then the French came to the aid of the Susus,. and besides native troops the French brought about 150 white soldiers to take part in the operations. Bai Bureh was defeated, and fell back. The French then retired, and Bai Bureh returned and reoccupied much of the country. In one town, viz.. Formania, the trader bad a factory, and as he declined to leave with the French Bai Bureh took him and his wife pri- soners. Both were white, but apart from purloin- ing most of the trading articles in the factory and also preventing them leaving the town Bai Bureh did not harm them. The white lady gallantly protected a negro woman from being assassinated, and when Bai Bureh himself came and demanded the release of the native Sasus woman, the white lady gave him a stinging box on the ears. The trader and his wife were kept in captivity about a month. Sierra Leone traders who had fled up the country when the natives rose are now returning, showing that the country is again quiet.

FATAL CLIMBING AFTER CHESTNUTS. A BOY KILLED AND HIS BROTHER .SERIOUSLY INJURED. On Friday morning, enticed by the presence of chestnuts on the high tree in St. Mary's Church- yard, Cardigan, Arthur Davies, aged 10 yeard, and a brother aged 12 years, sons of Mr Wm. Davies, cycle mechanic, climbed the tree. A branch gave way under Arthur, and in his descent he collided with his brother who was under him, both falling to the ground from a great height. Arthur sustained severe injuries, his skull, neck, and arm being fractured, result of contact with a. gravestone. The lad was carried home in an unconscious state, remaining in that condi- tion until his death, which took place the same night. His brother sustained a fractured arm, several bruises, and a. severe shaking.

THE TRAIN WRECKING FIEND. ANOTHER £100 REWARD. The Press Association is officially informed that the London and South-Western Railway Company will give a reward of £100 for informa- tion which will lead to the cdnviction of the per son or persons who placed an iron chair on the line near Wimborne Station on September 15th, with a view to injuring persons travelling by train.

FIRE AT CARDIFF. NARROW ESCAPE OF INMATES. By fire which broke out about 1.20 this morn- ing considerable damage was done to No. 34, Patrick-otreet, Cardiff, and the residents had a narrow escape. The premises were occupied by Mr Timothy Hayes, a. shoemaker, and his wife, who kept a, small general shop. They had retired to rest and Mrs Hayes was awakened by the smell of smoke. Going to the stairs they found their retreat was cut off by smoke and fire. Fortunately, the boase is a small one, and the distance to the ground from the cill of the bedroom window was only a matter of a few feet. Mrs Hayas cries aroused a neighbour, Mr James Gibbs, and he was able to assist Mr and Mrs Hayes in reaching the street, catching them as they dropped from the window above, and they sustained no in- jury. Meanwhile the alarm was given to the Central Fire Station by means of an adjacent alarm-box, and men were at once despatched from the Bate-street Station with the reel, the brigade under Superintendent Hayward and Chief-Engineer Green following quickly with the steamer Fire Queen, The fire was soon got under, but the shop and its contents were com- pletely destroyed, the stairs were burned and other (parts of the premises damaged to some extent. The occupier was insured against fire.

LATE SHIPPING ..NEWS. |LI.OTD'S TELEGRAMS.] The schooner Mathilde, of Goole, from Konigs- berg for Bristol, with beans, grounded near Copenhagen, but floated unassisted and pro- ceeded. A Hamburg telegram states that a steamer, name unknown, appears to have sunk off Schaarhoen. A Caeii telegram states that the Norwegian steamer St. Kevin struck seriously against a bridge in the canal. Her stem was completely broken and she is in a sinking condition. The steamer Johanna grounded outside Oni- strecham, but it is hoped to float her to-day. A Baltimore cablegram states that the British steamer Fulwell from Galveston for Havre has arrived at Newport News, having grounded at the entrance to Chesepeake.

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COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, Saturday. The Qneen. with their Royal Highnesses Princess Henry of Battenberg and the Duchess of York, went out yesterday morning. Her Majesty drove in the afternoon attended by the Duchess of Roxborphe and the Hon. Harriet Phipps. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Henry oi Battenberg and the Duchess of York, with their children, drove out. Viscount Cross, the Hon. Derek Keppel, and Captain the Hon. Edward Stanlyn had the honour of being included in the Royal dinner party. BALMORAL, Sunday. The Queen went out yesterday morning accom- panied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Henry of Battenberg, the Duke and Duchess of York, and her Highness Princess Aribert of Anhalt. In the afternoon her Majesty drove out, accom- panied by Princess Henry and Princess Aribert. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York took leave of the Queen and left the Castle for Mar Lodge. Captain Malcolm Drummond, of Mugginoh, has left a.nd Lord Churchill has arrived at Bal- moral. Lord and Lady Penrhyn have arrived at Fenrhyn Castle, Bangor, from a yachting cruise in Norway. ° The Marquis of Abergavenny is entertaining a succession of guests at Nevill Court, Monmouth- shire. Mr Alfred Kingdon, Q.C., Solicitor-General of British Guiana, has been selected bv the Secre- tary of State for the Colonies for appointment as First Puisne Judge in that colony. On Saturday Dr. Randall Davidson, the Bishop of Winchester, left the Castle, Farnham for a weeks stay on the Continent. This change is necessary on account of the Bishop's weak state of health. Sir John Wolfe Barry, K.C.B., F.R.S., is the chairman-elect of the Executive Committee of the Westminster Orchestral Society for the ensuing season.

NEWS IN BRIEF. It is computed that on Saturday 30,000 persons visited the Channel Squadron at present in the Mersey. Spain's revenue from taxes and Customs during July and August shows a decrease of 19,000,000 pesetas, as compared with the same months last year. The expenditure on the other hand has increased by 3,000,000 pesetas. The stationmaster and a porter at Insch Station, on the Great North of Scotland Rail- way, were run down by an express train on Friday afternoon and killed on the spot. The bodies were terribly mutilated. The Norwegian ship Rollo, bound for Liver- pool, laden with timber, was forced to put into Queenstown on Saturday owing to typhoid fever on board. The second officer had died, and the son of the captain was seriously ill. He will be removed to the hospital. The body of the second officer will be interred at Queenstown. The annual sermon of the Burial, Funeral, and Mourning Reform Association was preached on Sunday in the Parish Church, Weston, by Rev. F. Lawrence, hon. secretary, who said that Christ's action at the Gate of Nain taught Christians not to lose hold of the hope that to the relative who has been called away death is the gate of life. Notices have been extensively posted through- out West Clare boycotting the Milltown Malbay races, fixed for to-day and Tuesday, in conse- quence of the Race Committee having taken a subscription from a Mrs Moroney, who opposed the old Land League. The death occurred on Saturday of Sarah Leman (82), who had been an inmate of Blean (Kent) Union Workhouse for 56 years. During that long period she had never left the house, and her maintenance cost £1,120. A fire broke out early on Saturday in the stables at Clough Hill, a. large pleasure aeaort near the Staffordshire Potteries, doing damage estimated at £2,000. j In a fight on Saturday evening outside the Middy public-house, Battersea Rise, between two men of the working class, one was knocked down, and the wheels of a cart passing at the time went over his neck, killing him instantly. The police arrested his assailant, Henry Schutt, aged 32. The Marquis of Londonderry has presented the Wesleyan Methodists of Long Newton with a. convenient site on which to build a chapel. The generosity of his Lordship has been gratefully acknowledged by the South Durham members of the Wesleyan denomination. At Crewe Station three light engines, one a special, were preparing for their journeys, when they bumped into each other with much force. Two of the engines were rendered totally unfit for work. The permanent way wa.s damaged. ThomsoS William Potter, coal merchant a.nd cab proprietor, Derby, was riding a bicycle down Bold-lane in that town on Friday evening when he collided with a fishmonger's cart. Several broken ribs were driven into his lungs, and he died on Saturday morning. An inquest was held on Friday at Edmonton on the body of Patrick Connolly, aged 75, an Army pensioner, who sold laces in the streets. He served in the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny, and gained several medals, including one or good conduct. He raised himself to the rank of sergeant while in the Army. A fortnight back he was knocked down by a van in Tottenham and sustained injuries which produced paralysis, with fatal results. A verdict of Accidental death was returned.

WELSH LOCAL VETO. SPEECH BY MR HERBERT LEWISv At the annual conference of the North Wales Temperance Association at Denbigh on Fri- day, a discussion ensued upon Local Veto opened by the Rev. S. Owen, Festiniog. He urged the Churches to take this matter up in earnest.—'I'he Rev. W. I. Morris (Pontypridd) said that Wales was ripe for a full measure of Local Option, and that it was an injustice to expect Wales to wait until England was ripe. (Hear, hear.) Mr Gee having ex- plained the difference between Local Veto and Local Option," said it was his firm opinion that the first could not tv secured, and that it would therefore be better to go in for the latter.— After further discussion Mr Gee proposed— That this association rejoices that such excel- lent testimonies were given on behalf of Wales before the Royal CommisBlOn on Licensing and that we hope the most effective means of curtail- ing a.nd abolishing the liquor traffic by Local Option will be recommended for Wales, inas- much as it is advantageous to make the experi- ment, and that with the view of securing this object the members representing the Principality be requested to reintroduce the measure intro- duced into Parliament in 1891 and 1893 in the next Session of Parliament." Mr Herbert Lewis, M.P., speaking upon the desirability of reintroducing theLocal Option Bill as suggested by Mr Gee said he had no doubt that one of the Welsh members would be very glad indeed to bring in the measure he would be delighted1 to do so himself. (Applause) He thought it was a sensible, reasonable, and well- considered measure, which ought to be satisfactory to all sections of the tem- perance party. There was a consider- able misapprehension in this country as to the effect of the Local Veto Bill introduced by Sit William Harconrt. (Hear, hear.) If the Bill at the last election had been more fully explained to the country by their leading statesmen on the Liberal side, it would have removed the im- pression which caused a great many people to vote against the Liberal party, on the supposition that it was going at once to close every public. house in the country, instead of giving, as it did, the power of controlling the trade to the rate- payers. Why should Wales wait in ibw matter ? (Hear, hear.) The Government had ample proof, as a result of a Royal Commission which sat to inquire into the effects of the Sunday Closing Act in Wales, that the Principality was ripe for a, measure of Local Option, and what more did thev want ? From that day to this Wales had not changed its opinion yet because the great majority of the people in the South of England did not agree with them the Principa.lity had to suffer the crael treatment meted out to her by the House of Commons. (Applause.) It was then agreed by a, large majority to pass the resolution-with the words local veto" inserted instead of "local option."

CARDIFF BOROUGH AUDITORS. NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES. Three candidates were on Friday nominated for the forthcoming election of Cardiff borough auditors, viz., Messrs A. M. Bailey, Oswald Cole- man, and David Shepherd. On Saturday Mr Cole- man signified his intention of retiring from the contest, so that when the election day comes Messrs Bailey and Shepherd will be returned un- opposed.

EXCITING INCIDENT AT SWANSEA. A sensational incident occurred on the Swansea and Mumbles Railway on Saturday afternoon Passengers are in the habit of throwing coins to young street arabs, who turn somersaults and go through a variety of other acrobatic feats On Saturday some colliers down from the Hills thus patronising the fun, when one of rebounded beneMh the tin, which a standstill. Some hslf.doaen ™hiS for it, and one of their nurnhor a rUBh the wheels in order to reach the penny AtlS same moment the train beean J passengers on the car, seefn-r thMfl,T;r beneath the footboaid of the trJ^ d>^ppear to think he would be cnt tn nt wer^hornfied have been tha bov's fntA piecee' whlch must the train promSfy hf^?eal.n0t bytheleg8ju8tin^h^ck of tSrg