Evening Express

PORTHCAWL It is to be hoped that at last Porthcawl is about to have its espianade put in order. The local council have come to terms with the private interests involved, and all now jacking is the power to borrow the sum necessary for the repairs. The usual Local Government Board inquiry is fixed for Thursday next, and here the matter wo be fought out. Opposition is pro- mised, of course—opposition to urgent improvements is the forte of a number of Porthcawl people—but it is to be desired for the general good that the opposition will not be effective. So long as the esplanade remains in its present half- rained condition so long Porthcawl will beer that out-at-the-elbows appearance which is the despair of those who believe the place capable of great progress. The attractions of Porthcawl from a health standpoint are immense, and the inhabi- tants who oppose its development are serioasly standing in their own light. Two other things Porthcawl needs. One is a regular and adequate supply of soft water —a need which does not seem so difficult ef supply as it has done in recent years and the other a quick tram service from and to Cardiff. At present the arrangements are fadicTousiy slow. Porthcawl is just under thirty miles' from Cardiff, and the fastest train of the day does not profess to do the distance under sixty-two minutes, while the others range from sixty-five minutes (schedule time) to two hoars and forty-three minutes. What is needed is a fast train from Porthcawl to Cardiff in the morning and from Car- diff to Porthcawl in the evening. The Great Western Railway Company could do tbae by patting mobor-cars on the section. Giwen a forty or forty-five minute service Porthcawl would attract a good propor- tion of the increasing number of Cardiff bafiipcaa them who desire to live out."

A aommer bird, known as the wryneck, has just reached our shores for the reason. If the weather doesn't -warm up we fear the vi8itoxAwill have a wry face ma well.

I" The Russians aro employing trained jf dogs now for military service. Sensible I people knew all along that the great Muscovite Empire would make-a dogged fight for it.

k A Mormon colony to be established in pr. England, eh! This will be good news for some folk who complain of the narrowness and monotony of our marriage system as by law established.

The conference of school attendance officers evidently takes a broad and lofty view of its duties. Time was when the school attendance man was merely sup- posed to bring the child to school. What happened to him there was no business of his. But we are evidently changing all that!

One of the holiday sights of Cardiff is, undoubtedly, the front lilt at the offices of this journal. It is a never-tailing source of attraction, and on such occasions as Easter Monday it has never lacked a crowd of spectators ever s-woo the erec- tion of the present -offices. The bulk of the "cloud of witnesses" are pretty obviously of the collier class, and no doubt the lift is to them a species of luxurious sad glorified "cage," a type of the kind of thing ail good mioefs hope to utilise whea they leave this world and aisc-d to í a bettdw.

F — Cai<fcff streets yesterday were for the mpart abandoned to its country eousÏDS, who swarmed in by every railway ,ad took possession of the place. Boath attracte Largje orowda of them* but. Bute-street and its neighbourhood and the Docks exercised as usual a mysterious fascination. Few of these trippers are ever seen in Cathedral-road (unless there be a gala at Sophia. Gardens) or in New- port-road. There is something telepathic which draws them towards what Car- diffians are wont to regard as less salu- brious regions.

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There is in Albany-road, Cardiff, an angry man, though his paths are, as a rule, harmonious. When the "Ex- press" guinea-per-name scheme was on his initials were duly published, but he hap- pened to be away from home, and so lost his chance. When the £1 a copy plan came our friend determined to be wiser, so he was careful to send his little boy out for the footbaJl edition, to be in readiness. Strange to say, the "Express" buyer actually called at the house. The triumphant occupier hastened to produce the paper which would so soon be exchanged for the coveted £1. Alas, alas, it was not the Express," but another paper! The young hopeful, catechised afterwards by his wrathful parent, cried, Please, father, I asked in all the shops for the Express,' Fut they were all gone, so I bought the other instead!"

The Selborne Society-which, by the way, is not nearly as well supported as its merits deserve-is endeavouring to pro- tect our rural districts from the ravages of people who often do evil from want of thought and not from want of heart. One of its means to this end is the distribu- tion of cards bearing the following: Don't gather euch quantities of wild flowers and ferns that, befoae the day is over, you are obliged to throw them away on the roadside. By such, gathering you injure the flora of the district, and yon take away pleasure from many people who like to see flowers and ferns growing in their native haunts. Don't disturb the birds in their breeding season. Don't litter the plaoee vieited with waste papers or torn letters. Don't leave empty bothies and other debris of yoar picnics to vulgarise the øpots, the scenery of which you have been enjoying. Now that spring is on the way and the country getting more and more invaded, some such hints as the above are needed by many.

Mainly About People. .—.— —.— The appearance at Copenhagen of King Edward and the warships with which he set sail will have a significance for Denmark very different from that with which the advent of British fleets a century ago was invested. In 1801 Nelson and Hyde Parker submitted Copenhagen to a bombardment, and in their engagement with the Danish fleet, of three-and-twenty ships of the line, captured or destroyed eighteen. Six years later England became privately possessed of the secret of the Treaty of Tilsit signed by Napoleon and the Csar, by virtue of which the Danish fleet was to attack England. It is ancient history now how the Danish fleet and capital were swiftly assailed; how eighteen Danish sail of the line, fifteen frigates, six brigs, and twenty-five gunboats, with an immense quantity of stores, were captured by Admiral Gambier and Lord Cathcart. Great Britain was blamed for the attack, for not until ten years had elapsed were the contents of the Tilsit Treaty made known to the world. The victory caused some heartburning at home, too, for the attacking forces destroyed the cathedral rt Copenhagen and three hundred dwelling. houses, a circumstance greatly deplored in this ooantry. Count Lamsdorff, concerning whose posi- tion rumour is so busy, has been the confi- dant of three rulers of Russia—ot Alexander II., Alexander m., and now of Nicholas n. He owes his patent of nobility to a curious circumstance. His grandfather was tutor Nicholas I., and ruled the future monarch with as great severity as any Czar ever lorded it over his subjects. Old "Papa Lamsdorff," as they called him, was a fire- eating soldier, and no kid-glove pedagogue, and the Czar-to-be used to catch it from anything that happened to be near his hand. "I wonder," the young Czarevitch once said, "1 wonder if God Almighty will judge him for the execrable education he has given me?" Nevertheless, the spankings which the general had given the young man. seem to have pleased the latter's father, who was eo well satisfied that upon his heir's wedding day he made his tutor a. eoimt. The family of Lftmedorff has remained of the highest consideration to the Komaaoffs ever since. Of one feature of Korean campaigning we hare yet to hear. None of the special cor- respondents has said anything about the tigers! There is a saying common in the country, "One half of the year the Koreans bunt the öcer. and the other half the tiger llBmil- the Komae. w B.iI _It- true ow wg. The man-eater attains a, great sise along the east ooast and throughout tha entire belt of country northwards as far as the foreste on the Yalu, where the Russians are under- stood to be making themselves at home. While Lord Cferoon was staying at Chang An Sa, the principal of the Keum Kang San monasteries, it was found that at least one tiger patrolled the quadrangle nightly, ready to snap up unconsidered trifles in the shape of future Viceroys of India. It need not be added that biped bargiars in the locality are quite a negligible quantity. Chang An Sa., over which the tiger kept guard, by the way, I is the Korean name for "Eternal Hall of Peace"! Girton Girl (noticing a carriageful of lawyers): This compartment is filled with legal luminosity. Her Mother: Yes, my dear. I thought so. I wish you'd open the window and let a little of it out. Rochester Cathedral, which was the. seene of so terrible an accident the other day, has witnessed strange vicissitudes in its time. In common with other cathedrals, it has served to stabie soadierw houses. It has one | unique distinction, however; its nave was converted into a carpenter's shop, wiyi a wonderful equipment of saw-pits let into its floor. The tower is a wretched modern structure, re-placing one 500 years older. The cathedral has rather a curiosity in saiote. Saint William is his name, according to J the calendar. He waa a first-class hater of Perth, who by some means got down to Rochester, whence he determined to go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He bad not travelled beyond Merrie England, however, before varlets with clubs as thick as their consciences feil upon him. They buried the dead baker in the cathedral. By-and-bye miracles were reported from his tomb. The cathedral was in need of a saint to draw the devotional wealthy. So, fifty years after his misadventure with footpads, William the baker was canonised. The Earl of Radnor, to whom the rate- payers of Folkestone are expressing their gratitude for the offer at a nominal rent of a piece of and for the erection of a Winter Garden, was not so long ago engaged in a successful defence of his right to erect a 6ft. hoarding to protect a road at Folkestone as to which thera waa a dispute. He is not the sort of man one would expect to see in the law courts, for, although he fought gallantly in the war, he is one of the gentlest of men, and a Spiritualist, as were his father and mother before him. The Biahop of Salisbury was moved to denounce as "devilry" the spiritualistic seances at longford Castle in the time of the late Lord Radnor, saying that the owners of the castle were risking their own souls and all the sools around them The family answered, "St was said to Christ, 'Thou hast a devil. Longford Castle is built in a triangle, the towers at the angles being known as the Father, Son. and Holy Ghost. The late Lord Radnor, when out with his father, used to obeerve the latter remove his hat and bow three times to the towers. He died, and Lord Radnor regretted that hj had not asked him the secret of the obeisance. However, the mystery was cleared up by putting the question through a medium to the "spirit" of the departed -nobleman. The answer was that there is an old legend in the family, which is thus per. petuated:— "Owner of Longford, where'er you he, Turn and bow with bends full three, And call on the name of the Trinitie, Or castle and lands will pass from thee." From that time the late earl followed the bidding himself. Fair Visitor: But how can I ascertain if a bull is mad? Farmer: Oh! just twist his tail or punch him in the ribs with the sharp end of a pitch- fork. All Paris is being greatly interested by the lectures of His Excellency the Mandarin Ly- Choa-Pee, ex-captain of the Chinese Navy, and formerly interpreter at the Chinese Lega- tion in Paris (says a writer in this week's "Bystander"). Since the beginning of the war Ly-Choa-Pee has been giving a seriev of most interesting conferences," as the French caJI them. upon the real Japan; and, coming from an Oriental whq has lived for many years both in Japan) and Europe, his pro- nouncement that the Japanese are the Eng- lishmen of the East is most instructive. Ly. Chao-Pee is very nearly 80 years of age, but lectures with a verve and entrain that many younger men might envy. His French is a lutely perfeot; and not only the lecture, but the lecturer, has achieved a triumph upon eaoh occasion that he faced the public. As he conducted us down to the gate of his pretty garden, and smilingly poeed on the steps for one last photograph, Ly-Chao-Poe expressed his feeling that the struggle would be long and hardly fought. "I do not love the Japanese," he said, but, knowing them, I know that they will never know when they are beaten. And so, farewell to you." "Can you tell me how to prevent the water coming in?" "I'm not a plumber; but I should say don t pay the water rate." r ■

OBITUARY. I MR. JAMES ROBERTS, ABERCARN. By the death of Mr. James Roberts, Cwm- earn Mill, the district of Abercarn has lost one of its oldest inhabitants. The funeral, which took place on Monday at Abercarn Cemetery, was largely attended. The Revs. Ceitho Davies (Oalvinietic Methodist), Aber- carn, and C. E. Luton (Baptist), Crumlin, officiated.

POISONED BY ICE-CREAM. The three-year-old son of a carman, named I Marsh. living in Pattieon-street, Stepney, wae seized on Tuesday last with severe sickness, and it was ascertained that he had been eat- ing ice-cream bought from a barrow in the street. The child subsequently died, and at the inquest Dr. Lynch stated that death was due to ptomaine poisoning, set up by the ice-cream.—The Coroner remarked that inquiries had been made. but the vendor of the ice-cream could not be traced.—The I jury returned a verdict of "Death by mis- adventure."

CHILD'S MYSTERIOUS DEATH. At an inquest held at Yarmouth on the body of a child which was found by a visitor in the wash of the sea off the south beach, the medical evidence showed that the child must have been thrown over- board almost immediately after birth, the poet-mortem indicating that death was due to drowning. The inquest was adjourned for the police to make inquiries.

RUINED BY BETTING. I At Liverpool on Monday Thomas Broadbcnt, traveller for a firm of coal merchants, pleaded guilty to embezzlement, and was sent to gaol for a. month. He said betting had been his ruin. He was arrested in London.

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TANK TRAGEDY ) DID WALLIS SUFFER FROM SUICIDAL MANIA P I Although the mystery of the motive which led the two young men, Wallis and Norton, to tie themselves together and droWn them- selves in a tank at St-atchworth last Wednes- day will probably n-ever be solved, further inquiries in the district throw some possible light upon it. It will be remembered that at the inquest on Saturday Wallis's mother said that her son had suffered from his head when he was younger, and latterly bad complained of i-t again. Now it is stated in the village that he had suicidal mania, and that, more- over, he had contemplated ending his life in the way he did. Only recently, it is said, he discussed the subject with an acquain- tance; and it is even said that he and Nor- ton had oarefuliy rehearsed the tragedy a j few nights before. Wallis frequently dis- cussed executions, murders, and suicideewith evident relish. One youth declares that-once Wallis tried to persuade him to go to the tank after such a drecsBEion, during which he said he should not live long, as there was nothing to live for. His morbid utberings, however, were never taken seriously, as he was oonatdered. rather slow-witted. It is known that not long ago Wallis tied two cats together in a manner similar to that in which his and Norton's bodies were dis- covered, and watched them drown. Some of the villagers think that Wallis persuaded Norton to join him, but others are of opinion that the latter did not know what Wallis's intention was when he went to the tank with him.

A QUIET EASTERTIDE IN SOUTH WALES. HOLIDAY CROWDS SMALLER THAN USUAL. Easter Monday passed off more quietly than usual in South Wales, the boisterous weather somewha.t marring the enjoyment of the holi- day crowds, which were smaller than in former years. Football fell rather flat; in fact, the most exciting events locally seem to have been some of the vestry meetings, wfiich are usually very tame affairs. Success- ful athletic sports were held at Carmarthen, Newport, and other places, and eieteddfodau in various towns were also well patronised. The railway companies, although very busy, were not rushed to the extent that they are accustomed to on Bank Holidays. ? CARDIFF. in spite of rather nnprcpitioos weather the influx of visitors to Cardiff was large, although compared with some previous Easter Mondays there appears to have been a. diminution. The Ely Races were well patronised, a-s well as the football matches played in the Cardiff Arms Park. The weather was rather too stormy for pleasant sea-trips, and the fact that the boats could not run to Weston added to the crowded con- dition of the streets. While all places of amusement were packed, the streets were almost impassable in the evening. Inquiries at the railway stations prove that the holi- day traffic showed a perceptible falling-off, in consequence, it is suggested, of the fact that the weather, though sunny in the morn- ing, was cold and threatening. The platforms at the Great Western Railway Station, how- ever, seemed as crowded and the freights of passengers as heavy a6 on former occasions. On the Rhymney there were ten extra specials, which brought into Cardiff between 6,000 and 7,000 passengers. There was a falling off of traffic on the Taff, one of the factors to which this was attributed being the counter- attractions at Mountain Ash and Pontypridd. About twenty extra, trains conveyed to the Welsh Metropolis 10,000 passengers, approxi- mately. Considering the weather, Messrs. Campbell's splendidly-equipped pleasure steamers did fairly good business. The accelerated tram- way service was taken full advantage of by homesters and excursionists. The Man in the Moon had to begin early, when St. Mary's Old Boys arrived by nine a.m., fully equipped to lick St. Anne's New Men in a long-expected football match in Roath Park, which they succeeded in doing, bet only by a try, as both sidea did their best. But the event of the morning was the return of Mr. Brian from Newport, he having cycled backwards from Ebbw Bridge, without dismounting, in one hour seven minutee, escorted by an immense cavalcade, both on horseback and cycles. His entrance into the Moon and Stars was ren- dered difficult by the crowd which had assembled round the door of the bar. It was a wonderful feat, and rendered doubly so by the head wind which Brian had to "face" at his back. He fully earned the cup given by Mr. C. F. Lee, which will be presented to him at a smoker at the Moon and 8ta.rs this evening. NEWPORT. Easter Monday found the streets of New- port very much thronged with visitors from the Eastern and Western Valleys and places much further &field. There were very large attendances at the football match in the morning and the athletic sports in the after- noon. At night the Empire was thronged at both performances, and at the Lyceum Mr. Collins's new play had splendid houses both in the afternoon and at night. SWANSEA. At Swansea the principal outdoor attrac- tions were the Association match, Cardiff v. Swansea Schoolboys, in the morning, and the Rugby match, Swansea v. Barbarians, in the afternoon. Special services of trains were run to the Mumbles Pier, where the 1st Glamorgan Volunteer Artillery Band per- formed in the afternoon and evening. ABERYSTWYTH. The weather during the week-end has been cold, with squalls, showers, and bright intervals. The sea has been running moun- tains high, and the eight is much enjoyed by the visitors, of whom there is a large number. On Monday local excursions brought in a lot of people on pleasure bent and to visit the Hackney Stallion Show, which, owing to lack of entries, had to be postponed. In the morn- ing General Ga tare was at the Smithfield, where the monthly horse fair is being held. MAESJEG. iue annual anniversary was held on Son- day a.nd Monday at Zoar Welsh Independent Chapel. Maesteg. The preachers were Dr. Peter Price, Liverpool, and the Rev. Stanley Jones. Carnarvon. The attendances were very good at the meetings. 13ARRT. The first public holiday of the year was observed as usual in the Barry district, and there were thousands of visitors to the town during the day. The principal events in the town were an eisteddfod held at the Theatre Royal, Cadoxton, and two concerts given by the Canton (Cardiff) Brass Band, under the conductorship of Mr. D. Hopkins, at the Romilly-hall, when the artistes were Miss Annie Bell. principal soprano, R.W.L.C. (Car- diff). and Mr. Edgar Squire (baritone), Mrs. Squffo being the accompanist. A race for a gold medal, offered by the Barry Model Yacht Clnb. was to have taken place at Barry Harbour, when six yachts put in an appear- ance, but, owing to the gusty weather which prevailed, several yachts were damaged, and "no rate" was the result.

AMERICAN SCHOONER LOST. THRILLING STORY: EIGHTEEN PERSONS DROWNED. Details have reached Paris of the loss of the American schooner Herald of the Morning, carrying eight sailors and 36 pas- sengers. She was proceeding to Dakar with, a cargo of silk goods, and when in attempt- ing to negotiate the channel on the night of March 6 she struck on the Alma.dis Rocks, on which a lighthouse stands. The hull of the ship was torn open. and the schooner cap- sized. An indescribable panic ensued. Seven Portuguese, mostly members of the crew, threw themselves into the water, ajid managed to reach the Almadis lighthouse after a eevere and prolonged struggle. The lighthouse keeper jumped into his small boat, 1 and succeeded in saving ten from the wreek. The captain of an infantry company at Omekaur, on being apprised of the disaster, mustered hi9 men and gallantly assisted in the work of rescue. Several of the passengers were still clinging to the hull of the ill-fated schooner, and these the soldiers were instru- mental in saving. Of the total number of 44 on board eighteen perished. The survivors were'taken from the lighthouse to Marseilles, where every attention was paid them.- Central News.

A CANDID DEFENDANT. William Davey, 61, a oarpenter. no home, was charged at West London Police-court, with breaking into 10, Victoria-road, Kensington, the residenoe of Captain F. E W. Hea-rey Batharat, Grenadier Guards, and stealing a quantity of silver Plate.-Detective. sergeant Keyes stated that the accused on arrest said, I got the property from a main I don't know. I sold some of it. I am as bad as he is. I suppose. I might just as well be in prison as out, for when you are inside tbey do look after you." Part of the uriwimr pro- perty was found io his poaiemipn. mmi hewaa .xamaBded. J

AFTER ELOPEMENTj (KRL-WIFE FOUND DROWNED I IN A LAKE.- Tho Birkenhead police are investigating the mysterious death of Frances Lee, who was found drowned in Birkenhead Park Lake. It appears that the girl eloped with Lee, who is an Army Reserve man, and wrote her parents that they intended to die together. However, they thought better of it, and were married, and since returning home recently from the honeymoon the young woman was quite cheerful. When the body was taJøn from the lake her mackintosh was fully buttoned. Further inquiries show that Lee and the deceased girl had known each other for about a year. During that time a strong attach- ment had grown up between them. Tliu father of the girl disapproved of any engage- ment, but eventually gave way to the entrea,ties of his daughter. After a brief engagement of two months the couple ran away to be married. They were welcomed back to the girl's home, where accommoda- tion was provided for them. They continued on most affectionate terms, and on Saturday were in the best of spirits. Lee, when inform- ing her parents that he had lost Dolly in the park, wept bitterly and wrung his hands in evident distraction. He is detained by the police, but no charge has been preferred against him.

WELSH COLLIERS' WAGES. HIGH PRICES AFFECTING ONLY ONE-TENTH OF COAL OUTPUT. In the course of an article in the "Iron and Coal Trades Review" a correspondent says:- The present position of the South Wales coal trade is likely to cause trouble to the leaders of the Miners' Federation if they continue to hold out to the colliers such glorious prospects which the future of the trade is to bring them. Colliers are now talking of the high price at which coal is selling, and some little dissatisfaction is manifest among them that under the Conciliation Board they do not reap any advantage from the advance in the price of coal, nor can they until May, when the time for the next change arrives, and then, if no independent chairman is appointed in the interim, the qaastion may be deferred for another two months, unless the workmen's leaders and the coalowners can come to terms. This point the workmen's leaders will do well to consider, but at the present time they seem too boatful and determined to carry things their own way, and not meet, as it were half-way, the views of the coalowners on this question. The employers are quite prepared for a. demand from the workmen's leaders at the next con. ference on the wage question for an advance in wages, and if the workmen's leaders can succeed in impressing upon the oolliers the absolute necessity of moderation in their demands, there will be little difficulty in coming to an arrangement without calling in the aid of the independent chairman, and this point both sides would be wise to con- sider. The ooalowners affirm that at the price coal was selling two months ago colliers' wages were 5 per cent, higher than they should have been. At the present time more than nine-tenths of tho coal being shipped at Cardiff and Newport are but portions of con- tracts made at the close of last year or the commencement of the present one, and for this coal the coalowner on-ly receives the price that was current when the contract was made. Some colliery owners then contracted for nearly their entire output, as there appeared then evfery indication of a. falling market. The high price of coal to-day is only obtained on a very small proportion of the output, but this fact colliers and colliers' leaders are over- looking. This is the crucial point which may prevent an arrangement being come to by employers and workmen's leaders. If only two months are to be taken in the audit the prices quoted will apply to a very small pro- portion of the output. Prior to the next con- ference on the wage question an audit will be taken by the coalowners, and the result of that audit will show an average selling price of coal far below what the quotations for coal are to-day. By the clause in the new agreement which prevents coal being included in the audit which was sold before the last one was taken the audit can only be taken on an infinitesi- inally small proportion of the ooal output. This has been the case hitherto, but never to the extent it will be at the next audit. This clause is neither honest nor just. What should be noted is the price the coalowner receives for every ton of coal shipped by him since the previous audit. To say that the price paid for a twentieth part of the coal shipped is to govern the wage-rate payable for the whole is absurd. The question at the next con- ference will be: To what extent can colliers' wages be increased? Starting from the last audit, when the employers declared the col- liers' wages were 5 per cent, higher than they ought to have been, with 99 per cent. of the coal shipped now at the prices then current and 1 per cent. of the coal shipped at the prices now current, what can the men's leaders expect the coalowners to give as an advance in colliers' wages? The result can only be disappointing to the colliers, and for this disappointment the men's leaders should ( prepare them.

• GOOD TEMPLARS' ANNUAL SESSION. OPENING MEETING AT WESTON- SUPER-MARE. The thirty-fifth amnual session of the Good Templar Grand Lodge of England opened on Monday afternoon at Weston-super- Mare, Bro. Malins (Grand Chief Templar) in the chair. There was a large attend- ance, and 143 new members of the Grand Lodge, chiefly Somersetshire mem- bers, were admitted. The principal officers presented their annual reports. That of Grand Chief Templar Malins remarked with satisfaction that the Order had main- tained, and ev-n increased upon, the large increase of membership which had marked the previous two years, and mentioned that the combined adult and juvenile membership now exceeded 120X00. Bro. Hopkins (Grand Superintendent Juvenile Templars) reported the membership of his department as 55,868, j and Bro. Williams (Grand Secretary) gave that of the adult Order as 64,969. Bro. Bingham (Grand Electoral Superinten- dent), in his report remarked upon the lessened national drink bill, criticised un- favourably the manifesto issued by Lord Peel, Lady Htenry Somerset, and others, noted the generally favourable results of recent bye- elections. and mentioned that the trend of the recent discussion of the compensation ques- tion was toward agreement that any funda for the purpose must be furnished by the liquor trade, and that those finding the money might well be leit to arrange and administer the scheme for its distribution. These reports were deferred for subsequent discussion. The Grand Lodge received a series of depu- tations from local bodies, including the town council, Free Church Council, Church of Eng- land Temperance Society, United Kingdom Alliance, Western Temperance League, Order of Beohebites, Sons of Temperance, and Women's Total Abstinence Union. Each depu- tation gave an address of cordial greeting, eulogising the principles and work of the Order. Grand Chief Templar jadlins acknow- ledged the courtesy shown, and pointed out many points of agreement between the Order and the societies represented. Subsequently there was an imposing pro- cession through the town, the members wear- ing their regalia, and at night a great public meeting was held for the advocacy of the principles of the Order, when stirring addresses were given by Grand Chief Tem- plar Malins. Brother W. Bingham (Grand Electoral Superintendent), the Rev. Bruce Meikleham (Grand Chief Templar of Scot. land), and Captain Rigg, M.P. (Westmoreland). All the speakers warmly condemned the pro- posals for interfering with the discretion of magistrates in dealing with the renewal of liquor licences.

LADY MINTO SAYED FROM FIRE. A fire at Government House, Ottawa, which nqceositated the hasty removal of Lady Minto on a stretcher from her apartments—where she was confined by her recent accident-to a place of safety, broke oat at five o'clock on Sunday morning. The outbreak was extin- guished after three hours' hard work, and Lady Minto was carried back to her rooms, which, fortunately, escaped injury. Her lady- ship was not much the worse, and is now resting quietly. The greater half of Govern- ment House was more or less damaged. At one stage of the fire several high officers of the household were cut, off by the flames on the roof, but were eventually got away uninjured. The lom is under £ 10,000.

The Countess of Warwick has given birth to & dat Warwick House, 8t.. James's, London. Upon inquiry on Monday it was Nwartaiaad that itw ladyship was going ow I

VICAR AND FLOCKI HEATED VESTRY MEETING AT I CARDIFF As reported in th'e later editions of yester- day's "Evening Express": — The Easter vestry of St. Andrew's Parish, Cardiff, was held at the church on Monday morning, the vicar (Dr. Nicholson) presiding. The churchwardens' accounts, presented by Mr. James, the people's warden, showed that the income for the year was £345 2s. 8d. The expenses were £322 17s. 3d. The balance due to the churchwardens at the beginning of the year (£44 4s. lid.) had been reduced to 19s. 6d. There had been an increase in the offertories of £14 or £ 15. The accounts having been adopted, the Vicar re-appointed Mr. Thomas Evans as his warden. Upon the appointment of parishioners' warden being brought forward. Mr. A. A. James said he had been considering the desirability of retiring. He had held the post for seven years, and did not think that one man should hold the position too long. Another reason was that Dr. Nicholson had re-appointed his warden, and there had been endeavours on the part of Dr. Nicholson and his warden to change the procedure which had always obtained at that church, and he had no vnen to be at variance with these gentlemen. He explained what had taken place, and said tba.t his attitude had been to faithfully retain the customs of the church, and to hand on the duties as warden as he had received them from his predecessor, unencumbered. (Applause.) He had not thought himself difficult to work with, and until the appointment of the present vicar's warden never had fric- tion. A deputation of Church members had come to his house and asked him to re- consider his decision. He had expressed his willingness to again accept the duties, but he had written to the vicar to the effect that he would only consent subject to the due observance of the people's rights in respect to the post. Dr. Nicholson stated that he had received a communication from seatholders asking for the retention of the rights of the people's warden. The condition which Mr. James made, he thought, would virtually put the parish into commission. He would take the responsibilities of the vicar's warden, and the vicar's warden would be ignored. He spoke highly of Mr. James as a capable and honour- able man, but said that the change desired was that suggested last year—that the offer- tories of the church should be put into a joint account at the bank and cheques signed by himself and two wardens. He thought it was the proper business way that the vicar and the two wardens should be the treasurers of the funds instead of the people's warden having sole charge, as at present. There was no slight intended to Mr. James, who was the most honourable man he had ever had to transact business with. (Hear, hear.) Mr. P. W. Gibbs: Why make any change, then ? Dr. Nicholson: I have never approved of the system. I Mir. Gibbs thought it was strange the matter should crop up suddenly with the appointment of Mr. Evans as vicar's warden. Mr. F. W. Brett opposed this great change of the custom of many years, which tended to take away from the parishioners that con- trol of the parish funds to which they were entitled. He appealed to the vicar not to oppose the wishes of the people in this matter. Affairs in the parish were a.t sixes and sevens. Dr. Nicholson protested against Mr. Brett speaking in this way of parish matters. He said Mr. Brett had caused unpleasantness at the last meeting of the vestry, when he said that everything was topsy-turvy. Mr. Brett said he thought he had said things were going to pieces. No one had objected to that. Did anyone take exception to the state- ment he then made? (Voices: "No; you are speaking the truth.") Dr. Nicholson said that the statement should not have been made. Several persons called on Mr. Brett to pro- ceed, and objected to the vicar's interrup- tion. Mr. Brett, however, sat down. Mr. Charles Evans proposed that no people's warden should be appointed. The vicar had. appointed his warden, and if it was impos- sible for the people's warden to work with him and accept the changes he desired to bring about the parishioners should refuse to appoint a warden. (Hear, bear.) This was duly seconded Mr. Joseph Milner proposed an amendment that a people warden should be appointed. He regretted the state in which the affairs of the church stood. There were not many men attending the church now, and if matters were allowed to dTift there would be less, and the men were the head of the families. He desired that the appointment should be made, and appealed to the vicar in his own inte- rests and in the interests of his congregation to allow matters to go on as formerly. (Ap- plause.) They, as parishioners, found the money, and should control it. The vicar could net do without the laymen and the linings of their pockets, and would have no funds to carry the church on. (Hear, hear.) He was sorry to see the way the congregation had dwindled, and was sorry to have to express himself in this manner. He liked his church, and wanted things to work harmoniously, and would like to see the pew-rents again at £190, instead of less than half that sum. (Applause.) If Dr. Nicholson would not work amicably with them, it was for him and his friends to consider whether they should retire from the church. Mr. Henry White, taking a legal standpoint, said that as the question did not rest upon statute or canon law, long established custom must prevail. Mr. A. A. James said that was his stand- point. He had endeavoured to preserve the customs of the church which had been observed since it was cut off from the parish of St. John's. Mr. F. W. Brett asked what was to be the outcome of the change. It was a great mistake, and would drive people away. There was no seconder to the amendment, and Mr. Brett suggested that Mr. James, who was willing to stand if supported by the parishioners, should be re-elected. They should make a stand against the vicar's proposal, and it could only be done by re-electing Mr. James and supporting him in every way. Mr. James had carried out the wishes of the parishioners, and they could only keep their rights by retaining him as their warden and supporting him. It might be a cruel position to starve the vicar and the church, but the responsibility was with the vicar. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Charles Evans withdrew his amend- ment on the understanding that Mr. James would again act. He hoped that Mr. James would not only stand for his principles, but take off his coat if necessary. Mr. Milner formally moved that Mr. James be re-elected with the same powers as hitherto. Dr. Nicholson said he could not put that proposition. Mr. Milner: He will do it, and we will support him. (Applause.) Mt. Charles Evans seconded. Dr. Nicholson said be should simply put that Mr. James be elected people's warden. Mr. Edwards: And financier. Mr. Charles Evans: That we will fight for. There was no amendment, and Mr. James was re-elected without opposition. Mr. James said he was exceedingly obliged to the parishioners for their support, but ha was very sorry they had re-appointed him. He deeply regretted these scenes. He had had to do with Dr. Nicholson before he came to the parish, and had not altered his opinion. He did not like his task, and did not care to be associated with the matter He had, however, rank his own opinions in the past, and had loyally supported DI. Nicholson, and should continue whenever possible, although he did not like Dr. Nichol- son, and never had, and Dr. Nicholson knew it. Dr. Nicholson wanted it to be clearly under- stood that he had given no pledge, no contract to retire from hie attitude. He should carry out his plan. and hoped there would be no unpleasantness. Mr. F. W. Brett asked anyone supporting the vicar to come forward and address the meeting. Mr. W. J. Travers was the only gentleman to stand up, and he stated that he had no hesitation in saying that he did not wish to alter any arrangements. (Applause.) The meeting then proceeded to deal with the election of. sidesmen. The retiring sides- men were re-elected, and Mr. F. W. Brett added to their number. MT. Brett was also appointed lay elector for the Diocesan Con- ference.—A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Cresswell Wells for his gift of alms dishes, and votes were also passed to the auditors and the choir. Mr. James complained of the almost complete absence of men from the choir on Sunday mornings, whilst another parishioner complained of bad behaviour on the part of the boys. A parishioner suggested that the vicar's warden should attend to these matters, instead of endeavouring to take away the rights of the parishioner's warden. He might deal with other matters in his province, snob as seeing that the services commenced promptly, and that the choir were surpliced in time. Mr. James expressed a wish that the preacher should substitute the ascription for a prayer before the sermon. Mr. F. W. Brett complained that it was impossible for the parishioners to join in the Nioene Creed owing to the "setting." The meeting then terminated, and several pariahioaera engaged in private conference1 with tbe Hoar with, the object ot establishing j L matter* mm an wntoftMa batis.

AVONMOUTH DOCKMASTUR DROWNED. The dockmaater at Avon mouth (Captain E. W. Harvey) was drowned on Monday morning off Portishead. He was a very popular officer, and was devotedly attached to boating. He was spending his Bank Holiday in the enjoy- ment cS a short Channel sail, in company with a friend, and had gone forward to do something to a rope, when a gust of wind brought the sail across and knocked him over. board. He swam for fifteen ntftnuaa with the tida, aaod thm omk. &ad Ida oomvanim _blew do

HOLIDAY TRAGEDIES BOY CHARGED WITH MURDER OF HIS MOTHER. At Birmingham on Monday Ernest Walter Lee, aged fifteen, was charged with causing the death of his mother by stabbing her in the breast on Sunday evening. It was stated that the accused quarrelled with his parent and that they closed together. The wound which resulted in her death is alleged to have been inflicted during the struggle. A neighbour heard Mrs. Lee moaning, and on entering the house found her in a prostrate condition on the sofa. Her blouse was blood- stained. The lad was discovered weeping, and he afterwards said that the wound was caused accidentally while he was opening a tin of condensed milk. Mrs. Lee was helped upstairs and a doctor was called in, but death had ensued before his arrival. A remand till to-morrow was ordered by the magistrates. SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A RECTOR. A shocking discovery was made at Brighton, when the Rev. Ernest Murray Robinson, M.A., vicar of Melton, Surrey, was found dead in bed with a razor by his side. He had been suffering greatly from depres- sion after an operation. Deceased's wife was a sister of Lord Inverclyde. SUICIDE AND CHILD MURDER. On Monday James Asquith, a greengrocer, of 42, Rochdale-road, Halifax, on returning home from a brief walk found his wife, Lucy Jane, aged 28, lying on the kitchen floor with her throat cut and a child's skipping-rope tied-rotmifl her neck. After her death, which occurred at the infirmary, her child Ray- mond, aged two years, was found dead upstairs with his throat cut. The child had been ailing, and the mother, who had lost one child by death, had been depressed, and on Sunday expressed the fear that she was going to lose this one. ALLEGED INFANTICIDE. At an inquest held at Teignmouth on Mon- day the coroner's jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against Mary Ann Brooks, a widow, recently living at PaigntonT and who came to Teignmouth to reside last week, in respect of the death of her three-months- old male child. The body of the child was found in a box, and the allegation was that it had been strangled. DROWNED IN THE MERSEY. A young man named Lionel Hughes, of Liverpool, was drowned in the Mersey on Monday morning. He was returning to the shore with a friend in a punt from a yacht, i when the craft was struck by a wave and turned turtle. Hughes was drowned, but the other man was rescued by companions on the yacht. KILLED BY A MOTOR-CAR. An inquest was held at Eastbourne on Monday on Marjorie Louise Newman, aged nine, daughter of Mr. E. A. Newman, secre- tary of the Eastbourne Football Association. The evidence showed that the deceased while crossing the road was knocked down by a motor-car driven by Walter Wilkins, who stated that he was trying to avoid another child when the accident occurred. One occu- pant of the car, Miss Muriel Fladgate, of Mount-street, London, was thrown out, but escaped injury. One witness declared that the car was going at fourteen miles an hour. —The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," but considered that the driver had committed a slight error of judgment, and that had be stopped the car the accident might have been averted. REMARKABLE GUN ACCIDENT. A serious accident happened to Sergeant Wilson, of the 1st Cadet Corps, on Monday evening on board the Eastham Ferry steamer from Liverpool. Wilson was resting on his musket, which had the muzzle upwards, not taking into account the fact that it contained a cartridge. By some unaccountable means the weapon went off, the shot entering the armpit and emerging outside the shoulder. On arrival at Liverpool the ambulance men took Wilson to the hospital, where he is under treatment. I A BULLET IN HIS HEART. I At Mashbury (Essex) on Monday afternoon Leonard Pannell, aged eleven, eon of a labourer, was accidentally killed by a bullet from a toy pistol. The deceased, his brother I Alfred, aged twelve, and David Winley, aged seventeen, were amusing themselves by shooting with the pistol, which had been fixed into the breech of a wooden toy gun. The weapon unexpectedly went off. Dr. Small- wood stated that the bullet had pierced the deceased's heart.

I CHARGE OF WOUNDING I Serious Newport Case Bileton-street, Newport (one of the new tho- roughfares, which have sprung up since the advent of Lysaght's Works, and the immigra- tion of the-Staffordshire colony) was in the small hours of Sunday morning thrown into a state of great commotion and no small alarm by what appeared to be a tragic occur- rence. The residents were first startled to hear a man, named John Haynes, of 2, Bil- ston-street (one of Lysaghts ironworkera). shouting, it is alleged, as he went along, "I have been and killed a woman, and am going for a policeman." John Lee, of 10, Slade- street, who heard this statement, went to in- vestigate the cause (whilst the man who was self accusing himself) still sped on to Maindee Police-station, and having ascertained that a woman named Ann Miller, of 2, Bilston-street, was bleeding profusely from a wound on the scalp, fetched Dr. Touks, of Corporation-road. The medioal man found that Mrs. Miller, who is an aged person, had a wound an inch long, and a. quarter of an inch "wide extending to the bone. He did what was necessary to it, and had the suffering woman laid com- fortably in bed. Meanwhile, Haynes had gone on to Maindee Police-station, and, it is said, reported that Mre. Miller had fallen down in the house where he was living, and had badly cut her head. He had come out, he said, to find a policeman. His version to the sergeant on duty, it is stated, was that Mrs. Miller and he had had a. few words. She threw water at him, and in return be pushed her, and she fell against the table, cutting her head open. On making investigations at the house the police were told by Mrs. Miller and by her grandson, William Manning, that Haynes took up a lighted paraffin lamp and threw it at Mrs. Miller. The iron foot of the lamp struck the woman on the head, and the wound was produced in that way. Haynes was brought up a.t an occasional court at Newport Town-hall on Monday, charged with assaulting and wounding Mrs. Miller by strik- ing her on the head with a lamp. Mrs. Miller was reported to be making fair progress, but was unable to appear against the prisoner, who was remanded till to-morrow (Wednes- day).

RAILWAY SMASH AT BIRMINGHAM The south tunnel of the London and North- Western Railway Station at Birmingham, was on Monday blocked through the wrecking of two coaches, which jumped the points whilst being shunted. The heavy holiday traffic was greatly impeded. One coach was hurled violently against a signal box, and was reduced almost to splinters. No personal injuries resulted. A break-down gang was soon on the scene, but some hours were occu- pied in getting the debris out of the tunnel.

GERMAN PRINCES AT ILFRACOMBE Two sons of the German Emperor, Prince Maritz and Prince Adolf, are spending the Easter holdiays at •Ilfracombe, accompanied by Baron von Heinitz and suite. They are travelling as Counts M. and A. Ahrensburg. Daring his youth the German Emperor spent several months at Ilfracombe.

NEW ZEALAND FINANCES. Mr. Seddon, Premier of New Zealand, announced in the House of Representatives at Wellington on Monday that the Government would have a surplus of over three-quarters of a million, and that satisfactory arrange- ments had been made for the renewal of the loans exphing in AprU and Kay.—Renter.

SERIOUS FIRE IN FLORIDA. A fire which broke out at Tampa, Florida, has swept' away twelve blocks ot buildings in the cigar manufacturing section of the town. Some factories and bundtreda of tenements ba" been burnt dov%-RouW.

POLICE CALLED IN. To Eject a People's Warden. EXCITING VESTRY SCENES AT MERTHYR DOVAN As reported in the later editions of yester, day's "Evening FmPresO Ever since the preferment of the present rector, the Rev. D. Weatherill, to the living of Merthyr Dovan, near Barry, the proceed- ings of the annual vestry meeting have been of an exciting character, and the climax was reached on Monday, when, amid quite a, sensation on part of a crowded atten- dance of parishioners, a police-constable, whose services had been requisitioned in anti- cipation of disorderly opposition, was called in to eject the retiring people's warden. on the ground of brawling conduct. The meet- ing was held at the parish church of Merthyr Dovan, which lies in the peaceful and beau- tiful rural valley between Cadoxton and Colcot. By the appointed hour for holding the meet- ing the sacred edifice was filled to overflowing, and it was evident that the appoint- ment of people's warden would be attended with some excitement. The rector took the chair. He again nominated Mr. Ben Thomas as his churchwarden for the ensuing year. For the position of people's warden Messrs. F. W. Hybart, The Woodlands, and Edward Edwards, Barry (the retiring warden) were nominated. Amidst much excitement a show of hands was taken, when 39 voted for Mr. Hybart and 28 for Mr. Edwards. The Rector declared Mr. Hybart duly. elected, whereupon a poll was demanded. The Rector said he would comply with the request, and was prepared to take the poll forthwith. For this purpose the assistant overseer of Barry (Mr. W. C. Howe) was in attendance with the list of voters, and the Chairman invited all present who were entitled to come forward and record thei" votes. Mr. E. Edwards stroagly protested. It was, he said, illegal to tako a poll without proper notice, and he must protest against its being held that day. The Rector: You may protest, but I have arranged to have the poll taken to-day. If you disagree, you have your legal remedy. Mr. Edwards: It is illegal, and I will appeal to the bishop. The Rector: You may take whatever course you deem proper. I hav3 taken legal opinion, and I am advised that the course I have decided upon is in accordance with law. Mr. Edwards: It is not, sir, and I protest. Then ensued a scene of excitement approach- ing disorder, the remarks of Mr. Edwards being accompanied by the clapping of hands and stamping of feet on the floor. Mr. Edwards continued to gesticulate his protests, whereupon the rector requested Mr. Edwards to withdraw. The latter aeclined to do so, remarking that he was a church- warden and also a parishioner, and was act- ing within his right. The rector thereupon requested a police-con- stable to be called in. and Police-constable Nott (415), who was outside, having entered, Mr. Edwards was again requested to with. draw. Mr. Edwards: I have never been in the hands of the police in my life, and I object to the police being called in to turn me out. (Cheers.) Mr. Edwards then proceeded to retire, and called upon his supporters not to take advan- tage of the poll, which was illegal, pending an appeal to the bishop. Without any interference on the part of the constable Mr. Edwards then withdrew, and he was accompanied by some 30 or 40 of his supporters, who, with one or two excep- tions, were Nonconformists. The Rector nominated Messrs. W. P. Phillips and Thomas Evans, The Buttrills, as tellers of the poll, and the vote was in due course taken in the parish church. The poll con- tinued open for half an hour to enable any parishioners to record their votes. At the close of the poll it was announced that the result was as follows:- For Mr. Hybart 68 For Mr. Edwards Nil. Mr. Hybart was accordingly declared elected. Messrs. F. S. Pursall and F. C. Griffiths were appointed acting wardens for the rector and the people of St. Paul's Church, Barry, respeo. tively. PROTESTATION MEETING. While the poll was being taken inside the church a. protestation meeting was held by Mr. Edwards and his supporters on the green ,outside the churchyard, and speeches were delivered by Messrs. W. H. Gibley, E. Edwards, J. H. Edward, Gwyn Morris, L. Molineaux, and others, strongly protesting against the alleged illegal action of the rector in rushing a poll that day without having given proper notice to the parishioners. Mr. Gwyn Morris, B.L., said that in his opinion the proceedings that day were not in accordance with law, and the matter ought to bo brought before the county council. The legal remedy of the objectors, he thought, was to apply for a mandamus. Another speaker suggested tha.t everybody present should sign a protest and appeal to the bishop, the arohbishop, and the KiDs. (Cheers, and a Voice: Yes; and to the Pope" —a remark which called for much laughter). In the course of his remarks at the meeting, Mr. Edwards, the late People's churchwarden, referring to the bread. charity which exists in the parish, said during the past year the rector convened a meeting of the churchwardens and himself with a view to dispensing all the funds of the charity, amounting to 42 16s. 7d. The rector suggested that a sovereign be distributed amongst the poor, but he (Mr. Edwards) de- manded that the whole of the money be spent in the distribution of bread amongst the de- serving poor. The money, Mr. Edwarus alleged, bad not been so used. At the conclusion of the meeting, after the result of the poll had been made known, the crowd gradually dispersed through the fields and returned to town. The Rev. D. Weatherill and his church- warden, Mr. Ben Thomas, were subsequently seen by our Barry representative with refe- rence to the charity above referred to, and the rector at once replied that the money had been, as usual, fully and duly adminis- tered among the poor of the parish. The rev. gentleman added that if anyone had any doubts in the matter he could produce ample proof. SCENE AT ABERPERGWM. A scene occurred at the Aberpergwm vestry meeting. The vestry had been convened in the usual way, and the usual attendants, including the two churchwardens and sides- men, were sitting down peacefully to the busi- ness of the meeting, when the estate agent (Mr. Spence) entered, followed by a retinue of workmen, some in their working clothes and direct from their work. The Vicar (who was in the chair) appealed to those who were not regular Churchmen and interested in the Church's affairs to retire. The appeal, courteously made, would, it was believed, have been readily responded to if Mr. Spence had not interfered. Feeling ran very high. and it was plain that the business of the meeting could not be properly carried on in the temper that prevailed. The chairman, therefore, adjourned the vestry. The strong representations that have been made to the vicar from time to time to build a church that will be more convenient for the people, are likely to be repeated in consequence of the above incident.

FIGHTING IN NIGERIA. British Square Broken by Natives Renter's Agency is informed that news has reached this country of heavy fighting in the Bassa Province of Northern Nigeria. A puni. tive expedition was recently organised by Sir Frederick Lngard against the murderers o< Captain O'Riordan and Mr. C. Amyatt Burney, a party led by whom was ambushed and cat up last year while engaged in patrol work ia the Bassa Province. In fighting with the ptlll.i.. tive force the enemy got right into the British square, and killed and wounded many; but no Europeans were killed. It is stated that had any serious engrave- ment taken place the news would have been at once communicated to the Colonial Office by telegraph. As this has not yet been done it is presumed that nothing of an alarming charaoter has occurred.

SMALL-POX AT LEICESTER The fresh outbreak of amaJl-pox at Leicester is assuming epidemic proportions. The first cases were chiefly attributable to a girl who had a mild attack of the disease, which was undetected; and of thirteen patients removed to the hospital on Sunday and Monday, ten were infected by a vaccinated man, who had the disease in a form not recognised by Ul medical man.

THOUSANDS I OF PERSONS Testify that Boldroyd's Gravel PlUs are a pelto tive core for Oravel, Lumbago, and Pains in the Bmk, Dropsy, Wind. Water C-platota, Db-ilq of the Kldnapa, Goat, Seisttaa, aad KhMmsttaa. Tky ono tari If not satisfied money ritwn4. It. ijil, an aboniou. Poet traa 12 stampe.-Holoo. Anew# Kadb* Ebak Clackhfttoa. Tub& akuku

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KING EDWARD IN DENMARK King Edward at Copenhagen on Monday received the members of the Diplomatic Corps at eleven o'clock, and extended a warm greeting to all. His Majesty singled out the Russian Minister for especial attention, entering into a lengthy and markedly cordial conversation with his Excellency.—Central News.

SOUTH WALES COAL TRADE. LLANELLY DISPUTE REFERRED TO ARBITRATION. The dispute at the Mwrwg Vale Colliery, Llanelly, has now been closed, and the men have returned to work, the pointa in dispute having been referred to arbitration. Mr. Tom Hughes, J.P., has consented to act as umpire, and the arbitrators are Mr. Daniel Williams, J.P., for the company, and Mr. Richards for the men. About 300 hands are affected.

LABOURER CUTS HIS THROAT AT LLANSADWRN. An inquest was held at the Sexton's Arms, Llansadwrn, on Monday (before Mr. R. Shipley Lewis, Llandilo) on the body of Daniel Lewis, 50, a labourer, of no fixed abode. He had been an inmate of Llandovery Union Work- horse for about two months, and had only been let out a fortnight ago. He was found in the garden of the Sexton's Arms covered with blood. Beside him was a new pocket- knife.—Dr. Hopkin (Llangadock) said the man was in an advanced stage of consumption, which would naturally cause melancholy.— The jury found that Lewis had committed suicide while of unsound mind.

EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS IN SERVIA. Repeated slight shocks of earthquake were felt at Belgrade in the course of Sunday night and Monday morning.-Reuter. Three earthquake shocks, the severest expe- rienced during the last 50 years, were felt at Philippopolis, between midday and one o'clock on Monday afternoon. The disturbance, which was from west to east, was accompanied by a loud rumbling noise, and people rushed from their houses in terror, but little damage was done to btildings in the city.—Renter.

NORWEGIAN STEAMER WRECKED. The Danish steamer Oeres, which arrived at Leith on 21-onday from Iceland, brought intelugenoe of the wreck of the steamer Kopg Inge, of Christiania, off the Faroe Islands, a fortnight ago. The Kong Inge left Leith on March 5 with, a. few pasengers and a general cargo for the Faroe Islands, and was on her return voyage when ethe went ashore at Bakke-fjord, becoming a total wreck. All on board were saved. The steamer, which was one of nearly 700 tons burthen, was built at Newcastle fourteen years ago.