Evening Express

80YERMENT TO THE RESCUE I We&r&aJMuttowrtnaesa.n-evactin the edcctBCional draina. The Wel&h eoocty coomcils have h<Mt their innings, and ha.ve woi-td. Now it is the Govem- Tttent who will go to the wie&et. Lord Ocaiow sayg the Administration had given the Weish councils eve-ry opportunity to eomc to a reasonable frame of mind, but they bad not done so, and now Pariia- xoent wi&old take the master up, and a iittte Bill would bo pttt through to set the WoJsh house m orfier. This will give a çlædid oD Wi-tdnI'ty for declamatory etotpMnoe on the psrt of Aoae' who are dot--YLqined -at all hazards to wreck the yresMtt Act. Poesibty, their oppotntton will not 13top at words. 80 we h&ve Imely timeB in &t.ore for us.

Th!& Japanese are attributing much of I their srocoess to the virtues of tbon* Nm- perm. The wp&k pomt of this ajgmnent I M thai. the RussMm Emperor is every whit I <m virtNOoa.

"We are not pt"rf<*ct. fools own if tit oQ the bench as county-coTtrt j-L,.dgm." J-udge B"wp is credited by a contem- porary with having made this obee'rv&tMHi at Cardigan County-court. Whatever did hM hoBoor !nean ?

Mr. R. Edwards-James, a sketch of I whose life appears in a Baptist periodical, is by profession a solicitor; one of his hobble is the study of phrenology anci phys<ogn<Hny. He is a very cl&ver ex- ponent of &rts, &Qd his &ervicee are m great request ainox-gat his very numer- ear friends and acqusintaacee.

Webh-Amencans can h&rdly be said to b&ve shonf ClVer the Parry testimonial. They have snbecrrbed less than ten guineas tÐ a very worthy movement. Parry re- Nected a& much honour on them as on us; he was pas-nonately attached to tbe States; acd always received tremendoOB graitions on his visits. The Amrican press waxed eloquent on such occasions; but the dead a.pe soon forgotten.

Tb&agh ty Ronted <cd scouted the Mtctpayers' associatM-a reaeudy, the CM-- diff Gus-rdiam seom to have had some measum of godly fear Wused into thMr TtMtrtt., for at Saturday's nm)eting the vioe- 4howman was capeful to refer to the economy that had been practised, and that the bo&rd were ccustajrtiy mindM whose tnocey they were spen<img. This sober, w&tchful, and ohasten-ed sprrit Is wofth cultivating, and we commend the a,ttitade ) of the goardians to the prancing imaocters of the corpora-tioc.

Strange characters and picturesque have walked the streets of Carduf from time to time, and prominent among them was the quaint little lady who, for many years, had paraded her woes before the public and the judges of the realm, and who &Ued up her time with charitable deeds. Miss Jcimer was a thoroughgoing eccentric, but there was method in the madness, and the old lady knew her mind thoroogMy, and lived up to her ideals. If she did not gain her cause at law, she worried the judges, and the whole learned bench will no doubt breathe a fervent Requiesca.t in Pace.

An incident of Roman history was re- peated in Duke-street on Saturday. Readers will recollect how in the Punic wars the Roman horses were so terrined at the elephants brought against bhem that they ned in confusion. Messrs. Sanger's elephants were the occasion of a somewhat similar occurrence, and it might have had faAal resolts. Horses ever seem to have a special aver&ion to ele- phants, though they can stand motor- cars and traction engines, which, to the human idea, would seem far more formid- able than the slow-moving pachidenoa.t&. But it takes a horae to thoroughly under- stand a horse.

According to the reports presented at the annual meeting of the western dis- trict of the Saturday Lifeboat Fund, wnen Lord Windsor was re-eiected presi- dent, CardiR did extreraely weU at the last collection, be&t-mg aoy other town in the district. The collection amounted to -E400, Swansea's to .E205, whilst Bristol made jE33o and Gloucester JE12j. Gloucester did splendidly, especially com- pared with Bristol, which certainly did not shine in this matter when its size and importance are considered. But, though Bristol ia nominally a port and a great one, its people see but littLe of the "briny," much leas than eYen Oardi&sms do.

The name of Dr. Snntea, whose death is I announoed, was a household word in this country, and his numerous books exercised a powerful and wholesome influence. His writings ranged over a. great &eld,but they were all characterised by accuracy and picture&queness, and form most enter- taining reading. Welsh characters not a few occur in his picture-gallery, as, for example, old John Jones, of Bangor, Y Seryddwr," a working man who, without extraneous assistance, became a scholar and a sscientist. There have been other such John Joneses in Wales with no 8miies to immortalise them. In fact, there were more tears than smites in their lives altogether.

Point has been given by the Cardiff Recorder to the remarks we made the other day on the subject of civilians assist- ing the police when called upon. A young Cardiff labourer was sent down on Saturday for three weeks for refusing such assistance. Through his refu&al a police- man was kicked severely by a nunan he and a brother constable were endeavour- ing to gather in. In striking contrast to the indiiferenoe of this man is the plucky! conduct of a young servant at Tynewouth, i who at the risk of her life saved a police- man from a mob of drunken sailors. Her spt&ndidly unaeinsh conduct has been pub- hcly rewarded. Angets step in where fools fear to tread—sometimes.

From all unions come wails about the great increase of vagrancy. Newport is the latent to cry out, and no wonder, for her casual accommodation has been over- strained, with the result that 40 or 50 cases have bad to be sent out to the com- mon Lodging-houses of the town. It seems fairly evident that Parliament will have to take up this matter of vagrancy. The tramp is both a danger and ae intolerable nuisance. The London parks, for in- stance, are becoming so infested that ladies and children are being advised to keep away from them test they contract disea&e by sitting where these dirty creatures have been loacgmg. It M, unhappily, true that nmjiy tramps a.re decent, honest fallows out of work. There can be no sa-tisfactcry solution of the problem until tnese are sifted out and helped, and the lazy residuo compelled to labour for their keep. "If a man work not neither shall he eat" is an old dictum. but a wbotesome one, and the sooner we put it in force in the caee of the trajnp the better.

I Mainly About Peopte. I The Danish Minister in London, upon whom his Majesty has conferred tihe Graad Oross of the Royal VI.€toriam Order in connection Trith h.is \Tsit to the King' of Demmad-k, boo, amce tue de&th of Coajot Deym, the repreeec- tati-re cf the Entperor of ÂlJStria., been the doyen cf the "'corps dipjoma-tique" in this ooEctrT, although bo :s rrm very cioM by tha Persian MYaieter. who atao came to EmgkLmd in 13TO. On-iy a\-e other members of the exist.ing fctreigTi d-ipiouKttic boay ha.ve re. ceiv&d the G-C.V.O.. M. Ca-rai)K,,n (France) :u rectlY as last yea-r, wbec the PresKtent ?ia.i&ed London, the JCa.rqnis da Sover&i (Portu. gaj), Ooo.nt Metternkh (Germ&ny). Signor Paasa. ;Ital.t\ a.nd Coant Ueuedorff (AtMtri&h Mahara4a-h Dnrga. Chnm Law, C.I.:ø whose daeth at the age of 82 yea:rs ia announced, was the teading BeR-&-a¡lee of hia generation, acd rerhzps the oMSt remarkable member of the Indian mermntile community in Cal- cutta.. 3e founded t,Ite great &r!n of tfran- kiaaen. law and Cornça,ay, was a jnecyber &f t4me Senate of the DDj;.er-ty. had teen sheriff of the city, and wake twice elected mectter of the Benga.1 and the Supreme Legislative ConnofiBL The tiHe of Rajah wa< conferred on him im 1887. he was advemeed to Mahazajah foof yeaxs laAer. &nd wae also & Companion of the Order of the Indian Empite. AN the la.ding native imerchamt the M&har&jah waa the nrst Bengalee to ait aa member of the Calootta. Port ComniMtioa. Sir Frederick Aagostae Xiehoteoa, K.C-I.E., whose la.bour. a4!d wntiaKS in connection with the establishment of agriculture banks in India, have won for him a, high place Kmcag the oervavrw of UM Crcwn. has retnred from the Indian Civil Service with the apprecialtdon of the Governmeot for his -.Iuabla aervioea, "especially in oo!meo- tion "Wåth hia la-bonrs for the good of the agrKra}tnra,l population. Sir Frederick joined the Madras braoch of the service 35 years ago from Lincoln college- Oxford, and was a.ppoin'ted distnct and aasaions jadt?e in 18S9. He was resident in the native ttaAea of Cochin for some time, served UI Director of lAnd Records in 1899. and for the laet sevan ye)M'a he hats been Ttpoa the IL-ir- aDd the 8a<Mrame ConnoLl. He was decora'bsd with t<he Oni<r of the Indian EnxtMre in 1899. a-ad advaawd to kniehibocd laM. yaa-r. } C!a.ydom Hocaa. Bee4m the eeat of Sir Lrdxumd VMney, BvzL. mwch Í8 deecdbed in a cna.nnntg?y lilastratott artiele in the "BorHn?ton Magazine" for April, was boitt a?t nooy d&EeBent pe?oda froan the tweHth to thenmetoea'th oentozy. Ea3*l Vcmey.whocsmeintopoaBesaionoftbe estate in ITS. had a. maztta. for btdiffing, which he indexed to Ms own nun. His ambition was to ereste a. hooee which sboald. wiHMat the <Md of gadtoe. ontnxetl Stowe. This bonse. as Adam ptamned it, was not completed when the ftoaJMataI crash ca.me. The fumittrre was seized by the: creditors. and Earl Vemey MmseM onjy eaea,ped by being taken away in tJie heatsa which ha.d borne his wife's body to the gra-ve. He retomed some taoe afterwards from the Continent to the distiMHitied and deserted hoaee. where, by Che loyalty of his tenantry, his presence vms kept aecret. Tbere ia snmethin? pathetic in the record whtch remains of his r?Etbiiog through the einpty and disma-ntjed roojns, and beckoning from a window to a boy whtan he saw playing cmtstde. so thact he nught haige a. hoBtsm being to speak to. His niece and heiress. Lady FermamtgD. finding the noose much too IaT-,e for her, patted down at least two-tturda of it. She bequeathed the estate to her maternal half-sister. Ca<<herine CaJvert. from whom they descended by wiR to Ca.pt. Sir Henry Calw-rt, who aBsmned the n&me of Verney. and was the father of the present Sir Edmcnd Hope Vemey. M the earlier Vemeys of the male line the most fajnoos was Sir Edmund, knight, who was standard-bearer to Chaj-lea L, and was kiMed at the battle of Edge HilL His body wae never fotrnd. htit when the battlefleld was scorched a. aeverad hand. still hoMing a. piece of broken banner, was identi6ed by Sir Edmund's signet ring, and wa& reverently interred at Oaydon House, where, according- to the fanniy tradition, the ghost of the old Cavalier. looking for hiB lost hand. Wad for more than a. oentojy a, faamliar apparition. Burton Norvill Harrison. the hosbemd of Mrs. Bwt4on Ha-rrison. t&e actboreaB. and faAher of Congressman H-æ-rieon. of New York City, w died in New York recently It. t the age of 65. was a. maji of weaith a.nd sociaj poMtion. He was born in New Orleans and graduated from Y<aJe in 1359. During the wa.r Mr. Haj-risoa was privaAe secretary to Jefferson Da.via, preaident of the Con- federacy. He shared in the capture of Mr. D&vie, rather Qia.n forsake his fortanes at their fall. Mr. Hamson was a prominent clabman in New York. He was secretary to Mayor Wiekham, and was largely instru- mental in the prosecution of the Tweed ring. Under the will of the let,, Miss Maria Childe Segmn. the Boyai Acajdemy of Music is left the sum of JE2,000, to provide an open scholarship for young vocaJists. natives of either Great Britajjt or the United Stages. The scholarship is to bear the name of the "Edward and Anne Seguin," a-fter the parents of the testatrix. Mr. and Mrs. Segum ante.rBd at the RJLM. as students, when the institution was bnt fom- years otcl They afterwards attadned a. la,rge measare of success a a operatic artists, but left the English stage in 1&38, when they emigrated to America, and made a. fortune. Mr- Saguin's sister Elixa-beth waa the mother of Madajne Pa.repa-Rosa.. after whom a well- known scholarship at the Royal Academy is najned. The death of the Hon. Henare Tom<Muia,. jnst. announced fiom Wellington, win be a distinct loss to the Nwri streng-th in the -Nel,f Zea.land Legislature. The departed. chief was one of the three representing the! Maori section in the Legislative Council—or "Lordg." His colleagues in the ennobled quarter are the Hon. H. K. Taiaroa. (Otago) and the Hon. Mahata T. P. te Wherowhero tAmckhmd), Tomoema. himaetf looking after the interests of Hawke's Ba,y. the Boston of Maoril&nd. where is To Ante Collep and other high-class scholastic institutions for The special benefit of the rising Maori ?P'neraHon. Thus representing daspic H&wke'a Bay, Henare Tomoana (m Me English christening Henry Thompson) stepped high in the Upper House at Wellington. The "popniaj-" members of the New Zealand Parliament—those elected by the votes of their fellow-Maoris to look rafter native interests in the House of Representatives— number four: Honi Heke, T. Parata. H. KaihM. and Wi Pere. the last-na-med being well known in London. Those who knew Henare Tonioana will grieve for the de&th of a, nne example of the Maori chief and gentleman—"Banga.tiva te Kapai"—"& good cMef of great example." Westward Ho!, whence the United Services College is being removed to Harpenden. takes i'-s najne from the novel of the name which Kingsle-y wrote. Hie jubilee amniversary o< which occurs two months hence. It wtH be news to most people that the author was in ?raye financial dimcnities at the time he indited his classic. "We have never re&lly wanted," he wrote a.t the time, but c&rea praesed terribly heavily. B, was the Crimea. wa.r which made him write Westward HC1!" The re-interment in Haddtngton charehyard of the bodiea of the late Lord Denman aad the three Miases Aitchisoa was dtto to the fact that the esiite of Alders;ton. wilere they had i&iQ m a. private has ha.nds, a.nd it was feaced that the retatipm might not have the same iiberty of MceM to the graves as before. The Misses AitctLison were the taistera-m-Ia.w of the late peer. who married as his second wfle Miss Marion Aitchi- son. of Alderston. whose lta.me he pn"9xed to his own. Lord Denmaj!. who wa,g the son of the distinguiched hiwyer who deseeded Queen CaroH. and adorned the Bench a< 'Lord CMef JtMttoe froTn 1322 to 1350, died in 1894. Se was himeeif remarkablo for eccen- tricity. thoagh he iitrtxtttmd mto the House of Lords several a.dnnra.Me measure&, inclmd- m? a Woman'? Saffrag" Bill a.nd a. BtR for limning the da-,aziori of slieeches m tha.t Hoaae. Iv. was hi mst'.lí so Ieu&r-wirkdleA, how- ever, that the la.to .Lord iali2sbary h-a<t on one occasion to move" t.hat Ijord De-a.c:nan.be no jl loug,er heard.

A SCOTTISH EXPRESS IN COL- LISION. About one o'ctoek on Saturday morning the Scotch expreM from Kiog-'a Croae to Edin- burgh. with two engines, ran into a pilot- eugine at Darlington. The express driver obeervcd the pilot. and pfH-ti&'ty pulled up. bat oontd not avoid a ocitialon. The enginet were d-ajna.ged. but the train and p!Msengera escaped on&cathed. But !ew of the paElS>engere in the erpreM were aware of wh-at hiMi happened. They aeem to have been under the impreeBioQ th'&t the train WM simply pal}ed itp smartly by signaJ. The buffers of the two eagioes of the train aad those of the pilot were da-maged, acd the buffer framee were dieplmed. One of the drivera of the express ajid his <h'em:m complsdned of _light injariea. The tfa-tn wae taken on by a freah engine after three-aaa.rterg of an hoar's deLa-y. It tooh three hours to clear I the H'oe of the disa.blod engine.. which &re now lying a.t UM Da.rlingtoa tQaciBe-tbeds for repairs.

i Sps"!ng TMxSc Heipe t-o. purify the btoodandcleame tb& srAcTn4 makes yoo sti-ong and at" <er the labours, aod pteasures, of tbe conHng amnmer. "I had a good appetite, and ate plenty of nartEftshmg food; yet I grew thinner sad weaker aM the time," says Mrs. MoTtba Beverley, of 134, Abingdon Kead, MtdtBesboro'- I had paios M my stomach after eating; my riigiits were sleepless. Four years ag.o I was cured by usmg Mother Seiget's Syrup, in six months, after suSehng for 20 years. MOTHER l SE!8ELS SYRMP t Pm. flftaDd Z,8 HM* Bottle.

UN-PLATE TRADE I SKEET MtlLME-N'SS.ECRETARYr kPPOIN fED. of the council of the TNrn ajtd Sheet MiUmen's Union held at &waoaeo, on Saturday the ejection by b&Uo<i of a general seoBetafy to SH the piaee of Mr. Thos. PhiIIips was anconnoed, the Bgnrea being-- Ivor Gwynce 650 I H. Davies 582 I Majority 68 MT. Gwynne was thereTipon formally 1 aol-inted to the posttMn. MILUtfEN'S QUARTERLY MEETING. I The So.oth Wales and Monmouthshire tin- ptste orShnen bold their ctoartea'<y meeting at do Birin-Hand noteL Swansea, on Sa.torda.y. Mr. John Edwards (preeident) in the ohah'. A decision was arrived at that two aor-ga,niærs were sa&aeDt to cope with the work in the district. The meeting was fa,vom-atle to the resolution of "abolishing payntent by shearejs for rising plates." This questton will be brottght before the Concilia- tion Eoa-rd at the annual meeting.—Mr. Tom Griffiths (organiser) moved a resolution pro- testiiig against the importation of Chinese latoTB- into South African—The resotntion was ca.rried.It wa.8 aJao agreed that local M.P.'s be reqoested to enpport the Trades Unions aad Trades Disputes Bill.

COLLIERY MACHINERY. ] INTERESTTNG LECTURE BY PRO- FESSOR GALLOWAY. At the Danrwen Hotel, Bridgend, on Sa.tcrday, Profassor GaJloway, F.G.S.. deli- vered a lecta4'e, -iIlTMtrated by lantern elides, to the general meeting of the Mid- Ckajnorgan Aa8ocia.t!<m of Colliery Majjajgers. There was a very large attendance, includ- ing many mining students, and the treat- meiQft of the important. sttSjeot of colliery maohiBecry was listened to with gTeatt. interwt, losLviing little rocan for doubt m&t pro'&t wooM pESuK. inasmuch as ProfeaBor Go.Uowa.y &tandd second to none as an authority on ootliery- Mr. W. JohiBon. of IaiesWa, presided. and -U,oduced the leettH'er. P-f-lior Ga.Jlowa.y sbid it was impossible in the co-crae of a. emgie lectare to do more than skim the surtax of <HMh an important subject, and for this reason bo was compelkd to oonnno hie atten- tion to a few special subjects. and p-rmoipaJly to improvemen'ts of recent introduction. In the cajBe of the steam engine he ma.d)oaji exception, i'ts deveiopm from 1712, when tte first waa erected at GrifF OoHiery, by Newomneo. an ironmonger, and Colly, a f,,Lasier. This engine pomped 7:liXJ gajlcns am hoar from a, depth of 150 feet. which was equal to about 5t horse-power of osefal work. No improvements of azy importance were eff-ted for abont 50 yea<rB. Then Mr. Jajnea Wait introduced Hie sepaa-a<te codHeBieer. pro- Tided with an aar and water pump. Later, compomad and irin engines bes-am to be aaed with wry marked economy in fuel. A number of Kasé- lowski hydraulic. pumpe had been put down of la.te yeara in Germany, ajid tbeee raJBed 30.000 to 40,000 ga.l}ons am hoar from a depth of 2,000 feet. One of the latest ajtd most Pl'<JnÚB'ing a.pp.lja.nceø for pumping was a. combination of centritugaJ pumps, coupled together in series on the eame sh&rt. The wxter was dra.wTj into the &st ptonp. which deHvered tt to the second, the second to the 6h!fd. and so on. A Sulzer pomp of thia Mnd. driven by an electric motor. waa oapa-ble of ra-ising 1,000 gallons per minute to a height of 500 feet. Steam turbines had now passed the experimental Bta, and a,ppea.r!od to be qoickty gaining fa-YOTtr for electrica.1 ce.atra<l stations, and as majrine engines He thought it was not too mneh to anticipate that the steam turbine w<ae likely to crea.te a, compJete revolution im Fteam-mg7ine practice. Ita nea.rty unirersal application to coHiory purpoees, in canjojtc- Hon ,witb the dynamo, for transrmtting power eleotrica-Hy and for lighting porpoees wae, he believed. -Iy a ma.tt&r of time. It was in one word a,n ideal engine. and waa the fulfilment of the draajns of genera.ttone of inventors who had striveTi to produce a rotary engine ever sinoo stea.m power canM into existe'nce. ncctri<;aJly-dnYen winding-engin.es bad been &dopted at aewral collieries, both in thie country a,nd a.broad. He gave as a.n i!Instrar tion the IIg<-r Siem)en's engine, with Koepe pullei,o, which was under complete control. and wae said to be worlMd with a conBojnp- tioc of oniy 26 1-5 pcundN of coal pCT hOTSe power per hour expended in lifting the load in the shaft. This was rery marked economy. Conrponnd wiltding-engrinee worked with ptea.m took from 35 to 45 pounda. and Bimpfe winding-engines from 50 to 80 pounds of coal per horse power p&r bonr. Dealing with other oolliery a-ppllancos Pr(A-6aw)r Ga.110way stated that the quantity of coa.1 drawn from a. shaft was liirnted to some extent by the time occupied in pushing the empty wagons at the top of the pit and the loaded wagons at the bottom mto the oag.e6. and m especially when the cage had more than one deck and there was only one landing place on the snrf&ce a.nd at the bottom. In order to Overcome the loss of time va.rioua contri- va.noo6 had been adopted. Amonigst them wae that of Herr Tomson, which was in use at the rreceaen Collieriea at WcstpbaJia. Professor Calloway also dealt with water-windinsr during the sinking of shafts, the methods of winning and working the seams by means of a system, of cross-measure drifts driven out horizontally from the shaft at intervale of 50 or 60 ya,rds, one below the other, and other masters oonnecled with collieries. A hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer wa.a moved by the chairman, seconded by Mr. Boyd Harvey (North's Navigation), and cor- dially endorsed by the meeting.

SOUTH WALES COAL TRADE. I MINERS BALLOT ON OUT-OF-WORE FUND SCHEME. A sab-committee of the Miners' Federa- tion a-ppointed to msthe the neceas&ry pre- pa.ra.tions for taking a baJIot upon the ont-of- work fund echeme adopted at the last a.nnaal ooafarence met at the Angel Hotel, CajdiS', on Saturday. Mr. D. V&tts Morgan presided, and the other membera present were Messra. B. Dvvies, D. Boynoo, V. Hartshorn, Enoch McTre! A. Onions (treasurer). a.Q<i T. Ri--ha.rdo (secretary). 'l'e schenio as amended a.t the coafepeaoe will be S&bmitted to the workmec during the next few weeks. BRYN-GWENITH AND WERNTABW I TAKINGS. PENCOED. The neg&tia.Moms which have been in course of progress for some time between Messm. Johns, FeMnfoel, and Mr. J. Blandy JenMiM, Uainharan, for the leasing of the mineral* uuoorlying Bryoywecith. Hendir. Tywith, and Rhiwceiliog Farms, in the parish of Coychnrch Higher, are now said to be pra.ctica.fJy completed. a,nd sinhing- opera- tMHM wni be cMnmenced on Bryngvenith in the (If month. Wentarw, a farm of ever 200 acres, the pro- perty of the he-irs of the tale Rev. Mr. Davim, rector of Ua.jnhd. is understood to ba iaciaded in the tajtins, whi-ch is pratti- c&Ily a virgin one of nearly one sqnare mile in extent, with a. aection of the GreoA Western Ra.ilwa.y rniming through it.

MEBTHYR INCORPORATION. AN IMPORTANT MATTER TO BE I DISCUSSED TO-DAY. A BMettng of the incorporation conuntttee of the Xerthyr Urba.n Dtstrtct Council baa been called for to-day (Monday) "to coiMtider a matter of intportajice" according to the notice sent out to members by the cierk. Great reticence is digptayed in diactoeiag the natnre of this "matter of importance," but we nnderstamd tha.t a ootTimanicaAion has been received from the Prrvy Coancil, which ma-hee it Evbsolutely certsMn that the proposal to include Cefn in the incorporated &re& will have to be abandoned.

CARDIFF MODEL YACHT CLUB. I The second mce of the Ca.rdin' Ucdel Yacht Cicb took ptace on the Roath Park Lake on Saturday afternoon. under the cinb new rule of me<MMtrement. A nice topsail breeze from trbe wealw-&rd made the course a, reach bMh wa.ys up and down. The boa.t6 started in the foJkfwrn? order:—Iris (45iin.), Mr. W. Llewellin; Nt<tba (48in.), Mr. W. H. Smitji; Mavis (48in.), Mr. W. Eastabrook; Kindly .Light; May (49in.). Mr. T. Venn; White Swan (52in.). Mr. A. LMweUin. being scra-tch. The oonrae had to be lapped three times to make the peqaired distance, 3,6CO jarda. KIndJy Ltight, with a- good I<ea<d. Bnished fI-rst in grand <sty!'e. Ma-vie five points. Iris four pointa, Niobe three points. WTnto Swan two points May one point. On stepping ashore Mr. W. F. Morgran was MMtgratuIated on his splendtd p&rfonnanoe. TinM, oOmia.

GRUESOME DISCOVERY AT BELFAST I The BeUaet -not&bu)ary on Sa.tnrda.y made & 9TUS90MO a.o<l aens&6Km&I discovery in the bnaae of a. -an najned ]Blatk. reeddims on Lisburn-rnad- Underneath a, bed in a room otT th< Mtcbea they f<MBd the a-hoost mtHmmi- fled skeleton of a. cMd. whjch had a,ppare.nMy been dead for the -past. twelve or e!6btee.n nmntha. The reTnaics were tied np in a ,woman's ctoth cape. Attentinn waa first at- tr&cted to the bundle by the tenxnt'e daughter, who nottoed & pMnMa.rly offenei" 6B))&U Tinder t&a bed.

WARMER'S TEAM I AUrtME HQiWE FROM THEiRii T.OU!R. 'Et Mr. Waïm:el"'s team am-ived at Victoria Otmercei, Londm, from AostraiRa. on Sunday evening. AtHmngh nothing waa definitely kno<xn until the morning as to the time the plasters wotdd arriv% a Ixrge crowd asaenrbled to wejcome them. The team left the Orontes, the boat in which they traveHed from Aus. tralia, at Maa-BeOlee, and <<ra<we!led o reaching Dover on Saturday afternoon by the tarbnte steamer QafCan. which aooom- p!isbad the otces-channel passage in 6Qnun. Qn the arrival at Victory the crowd rushed to the carnages, cheering lustily, and then mormtukated the variooa players. With the exception of R. E. Foster, who stayed in Paj-is, all the men were in the party, looking remaTkaMy fit and well. Owing to the crush it was impossible for those members of the XC-C. Conrmtttee who were present to hold any sort of recaption, bat Mr. Waj"ner himaeif managed to make his way tbroagh the crowd to another platform, where he was wetoomed by his ralativea and persona.1 friends. As each of the other players escaped from the taram he was snrroanded by enthnata'stic adnurers. a)nd it wa<a only with diBicnIty that the men were abid to reach their conveyances. Those with whom it waa poam'ble to ha-ve a moments oonversation aU expressed them- sehes as being thoroughly nt. and attributed their success to the fact tBat all the team were triers from nrst to last. and worked harmoniously together. Among thoae present at Victoria WeM:Mewra. A. J. Webbe, A. G. Steel, F. E. Lacy, E. C. H. H. Browning, G. 0. Smith, Captain E. G. Wyn- yard, CMone.1 Boeangnet, Sir J. Biyth, amd Mrs. Wamer. Another report ways:—The crowd made several unsucceeeful a.t.tempts to dialodge the row of police and officials drawn up in front of the carnage. Wneo it was seen that the cricketera were being smuggled out at the other side of the train fr&ntic enbrta were r-de by the crowd to reach them. A rnsh wae made through the train, but most of the doors were found to be locked. Many others tried to slip acroaa the bunerB. but were sent back by the police, while one or two athletic young men attempted to get over the car- riages themselves. White the crowd wa.s exhausting itself in a vain endeavour to re8iCh the other platform the remaining membera of the team succeeded in making their escape from the station. In an interview with a preae representative Mr. WameT spoke in high terms of praise of the men under his command, and was especially eulogistic of the bowlers. He jnsti- Red the frequent bowling changes on the score of the success attained. No hitch had occurred with Mr. A. Noble, the Australians' captain, whom Mr. Waraer regarded as an excellent sportsman.

WINDFALL FOR A PAUPER LLANELLT WORKHOUSE INMATE GETS L7,000. A stroke of hMk has befallen Darnel Bowen, a.Q aged inma.te of the UameUy Workhouse, who has just inherited property to the va4ue of L7=0 throagh Ute death of his brother. Bow&n ia a. taritor by trade, and entered the workhouse tast Chnstmas owing to fadMag health. Bowen's brother cammed on busineee as a. tailor and outatt-er at Porth, a,nd dted a fort- night ago. The fortnaa.te pauper ha< led a. somewhat roving life, ha.Ting been working a-t his tra<de aa a tailor in London, Birming- ham. MMohoBter. a.nd other la-rge towns. Bowen doea not a.ppea.r to be unduly elated over the new fortune, which ia started to con. stst of a. large a.m<Mint of freeboM property.

DR. PARRY MEMORIAL FUND, CLOSING OF THE ACOOUNTS: THE PROPOSED SCHOLARSHIP. A meeting of the executive committee of the Dr. Joaeph P<uTy National Memorial Fund was held at the University College, Cardiff, on Saturday. Mr. T. Marchant Wil- liama occupied the chair. Mr. J. Anatin Jenkins, one of the hon. secretaries, reported that the aabacriptions received to date amounted to jEl,246 6e. 5d., which, with bank intereet to December, made a. tota<l of JB1,263 6s. 5d. On the other side Mrs. Parry had received L100, and expenses for sta/tionery, postages, and sundries absorbed £63 18a. 2d.. lea/vine a baJance of JE1,069 Se. 3d. at the National Provincial Bank. The committee would have to pay about ;E16 more, but there were outstanding subscriptions amounting to JE17. The Hon. Anthony Howell had written to htqaire how moch h&d been received from America. Oatside Mr. Howell's own snhacription. only QboUt nine cnineaa had been received. It wae resolved that the fand be ctosed, and that the necessary stepe be taken to place the money in treat, the intereet to toTm an annuity payable to .Mrs. Parry daring her iifetime, amd at her death to be utilised f<yr the formati<yn of a Dr. Joseph Parry NatiocaJ MusioaJ Sobolarahip. Mr. R. Edwards-James undertook to prepare the trust deed without charge. It was agreed that the achola.rshifp ahaAl be tenable at the Boyai Academy of Music, the Royal College of Muetc. or a<ny other institution approved by the trustees, who shall have power to renew the scholarship foT a period not exceeding three years. Candidatee muet be nataver. of Wale<s and Monmouthsbrre. or ehildre'n of pareots born in Wales, resMiemt outfride the Princi- pality. It was further agreed tha;t the name of the saccesafnJ candiLda-Ko be annexmoed from the platform of the Na-tionaJ Eisteddfod. A meeting of subscribers will be convened for the 30th mst.

THE HETTY PIT DISPUTE. SOME HOPES ENTERTAINED OF A I SETTLEMENT. Another attempt to aj-rive at a aettjMnent of the long-oontinued dispute at the Hetty Pit (Great Western Colliery Company). Hop- tdnetown, Pontypridd. was made Ml Saturday afternoon. The meeting coCHnenoed at three o'clock and lasted until 8.30. the pohtta &t issue being thoronghiy gone ioto. Mr. Forater Browne, jnn. fdirector). Mr. Hugh Bramwell (agent), and Mr. William Ja.BMo (manager), with Mr. Cha.rlea Kenehole, soUoitor. Aber- da.re, repreaented the owKers. a,ad Mr. Ben. Da.Tie3 (agent of the No. 2 Bhondda. District of the South Wales Miners' Federation), Mr. W. P. Nicholas, solicitor, and a. deputation of the men were for the employes. Aa a roesult of the protracted proceedings we aje oalciaJIy informed tba-t ioiproved propoaa.Is were made by the com)pany. which will be submitted to a mass meeting of the men out of employment :1.t the Workmen's-hall. Hop- kinstown, this (Monday) night. The chair will be taken at seven o'clock- Strong hopes are entertained that the unfort-ate dispute is within measnr&Me distance of being amica.My settled.

MAESTEG SCHOOL SCENE. I WOMAN SENT TO PRISON FOR I ASSAULTING A TEACHER. At BrMgend Police-oocrt o° Saturday Adelaide Morgan, of 28, Danryn-road, Maesteg, was chaffed with aesaTtlting Blod- wen Grie&ths, a teacher at BlaenMyna Qirls' School, on March 30; and George Morgan, the defendant's hnaband, was charged with aid. ing and abetting.—Mr. R. Sc&le (Maesteg) pa-o- aecuted. and said that on the <taAe named the fem&te defendant anceremonioasty entered the achooL, nmde bet wa,y paet the hea.dmiatre6&. and went to where proeecatrix was teaching, and repeatedly a-ulted her. catching bold of her round the throat and hitting and kicking her. Proaecntrix escaped into the playground, and there the female defendant threatened to repeat the amanit. She also rubbed her hand in the face of the headmistress, and threatened her. The mate defendant entered the aenool. also, and orged Ms wife to "Gtve the —— —— more."—MTss Grinn-ba (proseontriY) bore out Mr. Scale's remarks, and Mdd the day before the assault she gwm the cMtd of the defendanta a alap on the hand with a NtMk.—Mr. Powell (Osth- bert<Mn and PoweN). Neath. appeared for the defendant&. who, he eatd. acting under his advice. humbly pteaded r;m"1't;y.-Geô. Morgan waa fined R,2 and o&ata. and Adelaide Morgan sent to gaol for seven days.—Mr. PoweU appMed tr}t it be ia the second diTi- sion, but the appUca-tJoa was refaaed.

Mr. Da-lph Neville. KjO., the well-known epeoiaa pleader, haa be&B appointed a. jtMtee o< the ChtMteery Dh4dm iM the pl«e of the ,IUG 3Er Juotdoe B7ftd6.

TRAGtC AFFAtRS I fA CARvlFf MAN FATALLY BRMED The Tranww Fatafity at Swansea I On iuque" was held on Sa.t-ttrda.y on the body of the child Henry Jones, of Nea,th-roo)d, lamdore, who was run over Btod killed by an electric trajncaj- on Friday. The child's grandmother, Mrs. Artn Cockin, said the child wadldered froan the doorstep into the road. "I"ms ROY, the drLver, said the child ran a.<c1"Oœ Rve yajtb in fromt of the tram. and althOWh he dtd everything possible, he could not pnll up in the apace. He was only going about four mUes am hour.—Dr. Morgan .A.deJaide saad death must ha,ve been ioatan- taneoaB, as the spine was broken and both &nns and some riba fractured.-Pohcew-n- sta.bloe Northoote said the body w<Ls extricated in about minutes by means of obtajned from Vrvian's works ctose by.—The Cofoner strongly condemned the hadMt of paTents in allowmg cbadren to play in the busy etreete, as was the csae in Swa;neea.. but sadd his remarks did not apply to this pa.r- ticular case. The jury retnrMd a, verdict of "Accidenta.! dea)t<h." exoneratMng the driver from a<H blame. Woman's Body in a Tank I Mr. Price, the Pembrokeshire comnty coro.ner, held Mi inqceet at the Queen's Hcte!, Pembroke Dock, on Saturday, on the body of Mairia. Thomias, stngtie woman, who resided at 26, Queen-street. Six weeks ago she dia- appeared from her home, &nd a. cc'ostaMe sewrohed m a tack in the ba<;kya;rd of her fafther'a hotiee, bnt without Rnding anything. On the 15th inst.. however, a. plomber was cabled in to clear a.way an otwtruction in the ta-nk, and he fom)d the body of the nMSBing wornac. Dr. R. n. WtHia.ms said be fonnd no 'Darha of violence, and she had evidently been dead some weeks. A verdict of -Found drowned** was returned. Died on the Road I 'be CM-camstaocea of a sadden death were reported to Mr. Price, the Pembrokeshire coinMy coroner. on Saturday. Thomas Gwil- liaBO. who was 31 yeaj-s of a."ooe, having been foond dead on the Barracks HiU, Pembroke Dock. As he had been under medical atten- dance, and the doctor was able to certify th&t death had nMnMed from heart failure, no inquest was neceesary. CotHepy FaiaUty at Ynysybw) I At the Robert-town Hotel, Ynysytwl, on Saturday Mr. R. J. Rhys (district coroner) held an inquiry touching the death of Thomas Egberts, cogma.n. aged 61. who had succumbed to injuries received in a fail of roof &t the Ocean CoUiery, YnysybwI. Mr. Dyer Lewis, his Majesty's inspector of -minee, was present. Mr. Edward J<mes. M.E. (acent to the colliery-, represMrted the Ocean Company, and Mr. Silaa WUHama represented the Miners' FedcrsHon.-The jury retnrned a Terdict of "AccideotaJ death." A Pembrokeshire Beach Discovery I w A headless body, in a- stat.e of decomposi- tion, and with absolutely nothing to identify it by, was washed ashore at Angle Bay, opposite Miiford HiLven, on Sa=t.nrday. On Ma<rch 28 a youn? BamBga,te flaberman, employed on a. ashins- sma<;k at Milford fell orerboMd while lighting th. ehip-s sidelights off St. Ann's B-e&d, and was not recovered, and it u thought probo.bte that the body washed ashore a-t Angle might be his. Accident at a Swansea Works I rhomas Williams, a I&booo-er. 50 years of age. employed a.t BaJdwins Steelworks, La-ndore. fell from a gantry at the works on Saturday a-nd fractured his pelvis and injoMd his ba<A. He is lying &t the Swansea. Hoerpita-1. Reacued from Drown tng at Swansea I Two little girls, named Alice and 8aj-a.h BacientsT, of Port Tcnnant-road, Swansea, feU into the. Swansea CaaaJ. amd were gal- lantly rescued by Willia.m M'Naxaara, a plata. la,yer under the had'bouj' trost. Discovery at Swansea I The dead body of a fnmaceman, named Michael Salliva.n, of 25. charle"treet, Swan- 9M., waa found early on Satnrday meaning lying on a, pieco of waste land in Prince of Wales-road. A verdict of "Death from natural o&asee" wae returned at the inquftt. Death Acceterated by an Accident I Mr. B. J. Rhye (co-Toner) held &n inqnaat at the St&r Inn, Merthyr, on Saturday, teaching the death of EdgaJl' Davies. aged eighteen, a stoker employed at the boilers of the Clyn- null Drift, belonging to HiU's Plymouth Com- pany. Mr. Gray, his Majesty's inspector of mines, was present, the company being repre. sented by Mr. Percy Wa,rd.-Da.Tid JoMB. the driver of the haojage engine at the drift, said that on the morning of the 23rd of December laet he heard Da-Ties ghonting, and fottnd him on the stage by the aide of the fly. whoeL He complained of a, pain in the a.Mo- men, and ea-id he h&d been atrack by the ay- wheel. At the time of the accident Da.viee waa cleaning the engin-e.—Dr. Ward said the man recovered from the direct en'ects of the accident, but he had suffered from heajt diaeaae since a ehUd, and death was due to cardiac fannre. Death waa, no doubt, aceele. rated by the a<'oiden[t., but having regard to the condition of the heart he thought that the deceased coold not under any ci.ren.m- starnOO8 ha,ve lived more than e,,ngther year or ao.—The jury returned a verdict of "A-i. dental death," the Foreman aajnn? that moat of them thought there Ottg-ht to be a whistle for the driver to blow before starting the engine when it wao being cleaned.—Th< Coroner considered that the best thing to do would be to ctean the engine before it waa set working at all, and Mr. Percy Ward I undertook that in fatnre this eho<LM be carried out. Cardiff Man Fatally Burned B&rly on Sunday morning Daniel Calla.ghan, a. boiienma-ber, aged 46, living at 15. Cnmrae- street, Moors, was removed to Cardin Imnrm&ry suCering from serious burns. Cadl"ha,u was in the ha'bit of smoking in bed, and it is surmised that he indulged in I the ha'bit once too often. He waa lyillg in the back bedroom when his wife entered, a.ttracted by a ameU of burning. She found the bedding had cattght nre, ajtd a.woke her huaband, who was asleep. She the-nsent for Dr. Powell, who attended ajid gave treat- ment, a,nd, acting upon his instructions Police-constable Pheips took CaIIaghan to the I innrma,ry, where he died on Sunday night. )

HEALTH OF MR. JOHN CORY. I Re-aamrin&, reports have been received in C&rdiN in respect to the health of Mr. John Cory, JJP.. D.L., of DufFryc. St. Nicholas. Mr. Oory wae iov&Hded on hift way to the Con- tioemt, and hm frieada &re now cooerra-tu- lating themsetves upon the t&ct tjm<t hie health M being reba<MIita.ted at Cannes, in the Riviera.

IRISH GOVERNMENT HELPS NATIVE INDUSTRY. A contingent of 80 Irisai workers will a&il I from Queenstown to-d&y for New York, en route to the St. LooM ExMbitaon. The workers are being eeat out by the Iriah Agri- Clrltural and TechQMal Depa.rtmMl.t, and will be acoompemied by e. Dablin brame and reed I band.

CARDIFF TAILORS SUMMONED. Wolff Cohen, a tailor, of Tndor-etreet, was cha-rged at CSardNf with duawoying three girls Ja his warjkehop daring axoefiaiMe honrs. After hearing the evidence of Mr. Artimr WoKe. f&ctory lnspect-or, the Stipec- diary irapoaed a &oe of 206. MKi ooets in ea.oh case. There were four other charges agaiinst the deteodMt in respect of another date, and, actins; upon the advice of his soMeitof (Mr. H. M. Uoyd). Cohen thre.w himself upon the mercy of the ooart. He was ordered to pay the costN. Necthac OMtenbtire amd Morris Cohen, carrying on boainesa a.s ta-ilofs in the eanne n,etgbbgurtzood, were fined 20B< sod coats &ad Cc a.nd coete rMpectively for tUm-iUtr

RETIREMENT OF CANADIAN I ( MINISTERS. I The Montreal "Witness," a.n Independent Liberal paper, announces the retirement of three Canadian Cabinet Ministers. namely, Sir R. J. C&rtwright, Minister of Trade and Commerce; Mr. Fisher, Minister of Agrictd- tnre and FAatisties; and Mr. Sifton, Minister of the Interior. The journal saw that Sir R. J. Cartwright witi enter the 8ena.ie. that Mr Fisher will become General Canadian Exhibi- tion ConnaiMioner, and Mr. Sifton will go to Bagland M rel)rftentsdve of OaGada. on the LBriTy OM:ndl.—B<mter.

I TIBET M)88K)N I MONKS TAKE PART IN TKE FIGHTING. An ArtHteryDuet in a Snowstorm I A Gyangtae (Tibet) telegr'am says:—The action in the Bed Idol Gorge on the 10th mst. is chiefly remarkable for the physical conditions under which it was fought. The night before the motmted infantry and scouts were nred on from a. ridge running at right angles to the valley. The forca ?marched out at eight o'clock in the morn- ing, with the transport a thousand yards in the rear. The Tibetans had posted about cannon and gin gals on the ridge, and opened a continuous fire as soon as we came into view, but all the missiles fell short. Brigadier-general Macdon&Id decided to send the Gurkhas up a. very steep mountain on the left, to outnank their posi- t4oc, while the Sikhs kept to the valley. The mountain guns came into action on a ridge on the right. For twenty minutes an artil- lery duel was kept up. Then a great snow-cloud swept over the hills, hiding the enemy and the Gurkhas from view, and it became intensely cold. The troopa and their followers lighted scrub nres to warm themselves. Meanwhile the Tibetans kept on firing through the clouds. The snowstorm lasted about an hour. When the clouds cleared it was found that the Gurkhas were still distant from the enemy's position. As the Tibetans' nre was perfectly harmless, the general decided to send the infantry through the gorge to reconnoitre. They came back with the infor- mation that there was a second position behind the nrst, with many more of the enemy with gingale, behind the rocks. The Sikhs then advanced on this position, but could not soaJe the rocks, so they marched through the gorge, the Tibetans firing the while. They nnally found themselves in a fairly open valley behind the enemy's position. The Tibetans eould then be seen running about the rocks and descending into the valley with leaps in great fright. The mounted infantry pursued them, killing many. The troops could have killed more, bttt the onicers restrained their men. Meanwhile the Gurkhas had reached the top of the mountain, where they found large numbers of Tibetans hiding in caves in terror. These were called out and re-assured, and were told to break their swords and matchlocks, which they did with manifest delight, dancing and jumping on them with pleasure. They were brought down into camp aa prisoners. Many are now working with us as coolie-bearers. They explained that they were peasants, a<nd did not want to nght, but were forced to do so by the llamas, who threatened to burn down their villages. The Mission is now comfortably established at Gyacgtee, which ia a large and flourishing town. The inhabitants appear to be well. disposed, and supplies are being brought in. A certain number of monks fought against us. and the abbot of the Gyangtee monastery said that the monks were forced to ngbt by the Lhasa omcials. and that they prayed to be forgiven. Colonel Younghusband said that the offence was most serious, and that in future the monks must confine themselves to religious duties. A fine in grain has been levied on the monastery.—Press Associa?tion Foreign SpeciaJ. I THE COST OF THE MISSION. I I A resolution in regard to the payment from the Indian revenue of the expenses incurred for the protection of the British Mission to Tibet will be moved to-morrow in the House of Lords by the Ea,rl of Hardwicke (Under- secretary of State for India.).

JUDGE GWILYM WILLIAMS I ON SUCCESS IN LIFE< The Rev. J. P. Grimths presided at a meet- ing of the Young Men's Guild connected with the Pa,rieh ChnToh, Pontypridd. aA which his Honour Judge Gwilym Williaima delivered an interesting address. The judge spoke of the importance of thinking for themselves and forming their own judgments, strongly urging them to do their duty to themselves and in all thinga. He directed his remarks, not to the indolent or lazy, but to active-minded and a.ctive-bodied young men. The man who faited in life was he who did not avail himself of the facilities aCorded him and exercise the powers given to him. His honour did not a.pprove of reading novels only, as they would annt people for reading boohs deaJing witji hitAory and science, which Were, after aJI. the real edoca-tion. He urged young men to trust in themselves, and in that lay the root of success. Speaking of indul- gence in strong drink, the speaker said that drunkenness prevented a. man from having the power to think, and led him to commit aota which were looked upon with horror._ On the motion of the Bev. T. C. PhiIIips, B.A., the vice-prosident of the guild, a vote of thanks was cordially extended to the learned judge for his address.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN VISITS I THE PREMIER. Mr. Chamberlain viaited the Premier at his omcial residence in Downing-atreet, London, on Saturday morning, and remajned in con- ference with him for about an hour. LaAer in the day Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain left London for Birmingham. A crowd a.waited the arrival of the distinguished statesman at the la,tter plaoce, and the right hon. gentle- man. with his wife and two daughters, had a very hearty reception. It has been found tha<t the date nxed for Mr. Chamberlain's speech at Birmingba.m 'to the annnal meeting of the Liberal Unionist Association coincides with Mr. BaJf&ar'g Prim- rose League meeting in London. and an eeFort is being made to alter the d&te of Mr. Cham- berlain'a Sxture.

ALEXANDRA DOCKS BILL. I NEWPORT DOCKERS PASS I ANOTHER RESOLUTION. There waa another meeting of Newport dockers on Sunday morning in Alexandra- road with reference to the labour clauses of the Alexandra Dock Company's Bill. Mr. W. Cadogan, president of the trades council, occupied the chair, and reniarked that in the interview with Mr. Macaulay published in the "Western Mail" on Thursday Mr. Macaulay had pretty clearly stated at last what his intentions really were. It WM apparent that he cared nothing for the reso- lutions pasaed by the town council, but would do all he could to get the sanction of Parlia- ment to enable him to do jast as he liked with labour at the docks. Mr. Jackson, of the Seamen's Union, and Mr. Twomey, of the Labourers' Union, having- spoken in the eame strain and formally reported the proceedings of the corporation at its last meeting with reference to the clauses, Mr. W. Price pro- posed a resolution congratulating the cor- poration on the stand which it took. and urging that the most eminent counsel should be briefed for the opposition of the clauses, in order that it might be carried through successfully. Mr. H Seer, of the Doebow Union, seconded and challenged Mr. Maca.ula.y to prove hia aattertMtu) in the "Western MadI" interview Aa a rule. Trades Umon leaders did not etop ahips for either of the reasons mentioned by Mr. Maeanlay. He believed it was nearly three years rin,,e a, ship had been stopped at Newport for such causes. But it waa clear from Mr. Macaulay's statement in the Western Ma.il" that he was wishful to cut down the number of men working in ships; It a gang of four could possibly work a, B&ip, Mr. Macaulay wanted to have the power to eay that the Unton should not ask tba<t there should be Rix in the gaM-Mr. WYguaIl, of the Dockers' Union a* Swa.nøea., having- supported the motion, it was hoarMly earned.

HEREFORDSHIRE TRAGEDy-I CORONER'S JURY RETURN A VER- I DICT OF "ACCIDENTAL DEATH." Mr. T. Hntchinson. de!paty-coroner, coa- docted an inoniry a-t SoneFs Court Fa-nn, Ta. Mngton. Herefordshire, on SaAord&y, rela.tiw to the death of Miss Ada. }leek. aged 35, who vae shot on the prevkHts 'l'burad-ay by her cousin. John Powen, under oiftum2sUmices a-lready reported. The prisoner, who is SO years of age, did not give evMence. not being considered to be in a nt state. The jury retnmed a wrdict of "AccideBta<t death." The prisoner will he brought before the Ledbmry m&gistratea to-da-y (Itoafda.y).

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THE PETROPAVLOVSK Fat! Details of Togo's Brittiant Ruse. FINE DESCRIPTION BY AM EYE-WITNESS. How Makaroff was Lured to Hi& Death. fTiMOt" Speciat Telegram. per frMw Association.) (By De Forrest's Wireless Telegra.phy.) ON BOARD THE "TIMES" STEAMER HAIMUN, Lat. 58.28 N., Long. 124.55 E. Sunday (via Wei-h&i wei). I now send fuller details of Admiral Togo's eighth attack on Port Arthur, which was reported to you by me briefly from the actual scene of the fighting on Wednesday last. Discovering from various sources that this entrance to Port Arthur was still prac- ticable, Admiral Togo determined to try a. new manoeuvre, in order to effect the destruction of the Russian neet. The scheme was as fo!lows:—He determined to mine the mouth of the harbour himaeif, and to place a weak squadron outside the port, in order to 'entice the Bussia-ns out, while he bimseM, taking advantage of the fogs on the coast, lay on and prepared to pounce in and catca the RUBsians sea if they sucœeded in evading the mines. How successful the ruse proved is unfotded in the following narra, tive:— During the night of the 12th inst. two divi. aions of destroyers and one torpedo notilla. escorting tha Korio Maru, a mining vessel, a-rrived off Port Arthur. The destroyer flotillas protected both nanka. and th& Korto went boldly in. The action of thia veaeet was typical of the reckless daring of the Japs. Although the concentrated beams of four searchlight showed up every spar and rail of the Korio, and although a merciless Sre, awept round her, she accomplished her object, and came out agaan undamaged with. out the Russians discovering her designs. Supporting the enterprise was a aqnadron- consisting of two Crst-class and four aecond- daea crmscM. and at daybreak interest centred round them. In the meantime the destroyers were halving an action by them- selves, which I will describe later. Day broke with the usual mist over the land, though out at sea it was fairly ciear. South of Port Arthur it waa quite clear, bttt it was thick in the direction of Ta<-Iien.wM The Russians were all alert, owing to the nring at night. AdmiraJ MakaroS at,. eight a.jn.. seeing only a weaj: equadron raeDWing the port. put to sea with the foUowing force:-The battleships Petropavkmøk. Pol,ta.T&, and Pobieda, and the cruisers Diana, Aekold. and Novik. They were joined outaide by the cruiser Bayan which had been engaged with the destroyers in the night. The cruiser squadron, seeing that the Russians had cleared the mine- Betd steamed out to sea. with the Russians at full steam after them. The latter opened a rapid long-range nre, the Japanese reptying at intervals. When the Japanese had drawn the Russians out some fifteen miles they com- monicated the situation to Admira,! Togo by wireless telegraphy. Admiral Togo was, un fortunately, 30 miles away, being under covm of the mist and rain squalls. immediately upon receipt of Hie mma&%ge he signalled to the Kaluga, Ind Niæhin to join tJM battle8hip squadron, and went forward at full steam By a, piece of bad luck the wind freshened at this monMnt. dispeHing the mjst, and the Russian admiraj, descrying the smoke, guessed the fuse, and put about at full steam for Port Arthm., all the Japans ships pursuing him at their utmost speed. It wa? a m?niacent spectacle bat the R, s?ns had not b?n enticed far eno?a? they had steamed in und?r the protect? ? the forts before Admire Togo, arrived within onectivo range. Then a. In"st exta-aordinary contrefemp, happened. The BuRgkw léading hlp. believed to be the P-tlr-P-vl.k, be. covered with BignaJ flap, listed heavily, and in = incredibly abort time sank. Admiral Togo's design was successful. She had struck one of the Korio's mines. In a moment this fearful catastrophe threw the whole Russian line into confusion and the vemels could be seen firing indiscrimi. nately into the water in their immolate front in order to destroy others of these ter. rible engines of maritime warfare. This was about M.30 a,.m. The remaking Russian vessel, having cleared their front, stained indOPendeirtly into the ha-rbour' oo-rered by the nre of the forta on Golden Hill. iney were favoured by the mist, which still ham? about the approaches to the port. and gained the inside by noon. I BMMt now retarn to the night attack The second division of the destroyers cover- ing the mining enterprise lay off Swainson Point. and towards morning discovbred a. Buesiac destroyer evidently mating for Port Arthur from Dalny. As soon as they dia. covered her the Japanese destroyers went in pursuit, cut the Buaaian veMcl on, and then destroyed her in ten minutes with their Bix-poundors. When they were attempting to sa,ve the unfortunate crew they made out in the dim light the great shadow of the four-fun ncHod cruieer Bayan bearing down upon them and another Buaai&n destroyer. This destroyer' escaped, aa it was now Ught. and it wa< impoaeible to tackle the Bayaji's quick-Qrers The Ba.yan then proceeded in the diree. tion of Port Arthur, and was the nrat to OMOtmiter the Japamese cruMer Bqnadron, wthnoh she engaged omglehanded n;ntU she was a,Me to join Admiral Maka-ron-'s Itn. of battle as he emerged into the open sea. The only casualties reported from the JapajieM neet were two men wounded by a. splinter on board one destroyer. Shortly alter noon Admiral Togo withdrew his whole force, which retired in different. and, coccentrating in the ening. anchored at aea. still -within striking dMtance of Port Artimr. On the following morning the torpedo notiHa. and the second-class cruisere were again oS Port ArthuT, and further attempts were made to draw the Boaaian neet. but, all was silent, and Admiral Togo's veseela were not even molested by the shore batteries. On the 15th mst.. the<pefore, Admira.1 Togc again took his battle fleet up to the port. a.nd made a. diemonstratioc. Thia time heeent' the Ndaehin and Kasuga round to Pigeon Bay to direct a high angle fire against the har- bour. TM8 resnited in drawing the retnm. fire both of the foita and ships, bat it wa& ineffectiive. The two new BMpe, however. deiBonat-rated their ngoting <ptaJity, and, aa soon aa they re-joined the neet the whole force petm'ned to tile tnain eendez<!oujB. Thtta ended the three days' engagement, which, in toe opinion of meet, has deatroyed any faint hope which may have existed that the Bosaians might be able to--equ.a.lise again tne bectacce of nawat power in theae seas

ALLEGED FRAIH)<)N PURCHASERS, A.,mso of great.- interest to grocers was hmrr,. at VotTerha-mpton Quarter Sessions on Saturday, when Joseph NichoUs, a, grocer, appea-led a>gainst TJIO decisiouof the Woir- haanptoo StiTtecdiary, who convicted the* a.ppeUaJit for fraud in usmg a. soale. Two pounds of Imop sagaj. were porchaaed from the a.ppella.nt, and thevaper- bag wMch con. tamed thewgar weighed aeventeenamd-thise. quMter drachma, the customer thne losing to that extent. For the defenoe. it was proved thaA ma.ny tons of acch bags WM& ao sold every weeh. Bwemin&Uy. the Reewder-oflowed th& aT)peaJ, with costa, and th& eonvictt&n was <ma'ah6d.

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STOP PRESS Latfr* Telegrams. -EXPRESS'' OFFICE, 11.20 a.m. 'CARBOLIC SUICIDE AT IREHLARRIS. 11-hat, rA,D17,c,a-rs to ij.n.Tt' a. dt.tc-r- min'ed a.ct of suicide 'was committt. by a man mmed Jarrold, of iSr-sannah-street, Treharri. 77cat-arday morD.in. abÍJ" one a..m. :1:,8 drauk a'Mut coz. <'i acLJ, aftf'r whi.:h he clliÐ{l up his ,,ire. and children arcnind him. and wish-ed thpm good-bye. R!3 died a.bout fcnr hourr, lat,,r. D:t;.ns'd a man \\ho had b&en in very gccd circumst.a.nces, haÜui;' been a fa.rmer and corn dealer in a. large wa.y of business tn Herefordshire, ) The PINX JBMTIOBr of tbo sslgvemng ELtLpMMM," on Sate at <Jt6 P, in eontadaM <Ii the mewa eefUte day up to that tiame, iiwlua- ine iataat tnovMnenta <mLond<m t.nd OMrdiir 8to<A 1h- Speaw Market Beporte, Lo8 OhortM±a<pt <Mftd ArriveliL M L- ? '?

AN UNLUCKY VOYAGE. TWO OF THE CREW SUFFOCATED AND ONE DROWNED. The Newcastle steamer Boma.n, which arrived in the Tyne on Saturday from Spaia. reported that during the yoya<ge the car- penter, John Groa,t. fell into the hold and WM overcome by foul air. The chief ma.te, F. G. Clench, went to his rescue, but WM aJBo oveTcA),me. Assistamee was promptly ren- dered. hut Groat a,nd Clench were dead when hronght to deck. Shortly after this accident one of the &remen. named William Storey, was washed overboard and drowned.

NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR WALES. DEPUTATION TO LORD LONDON-! DERRY. Lord Londonderry. president of the Boa.rd of Education, will receive on Wednesday next! a. deputation from the Welah county amd borough councils, respecting the proposed, museum and library gramt for Wales. The membera of the deputation will meet oc the previous evening to consider the line to be pursued and select spokesmen. The generaJ ?PiLrposes committee of the Welsh University College ha.ve sent out circulars to repT-eaenta.- tives of the councils request'ing them to sup- port the cladm which Aberyatwytb ma.k'es foT a portMc of the grant towaj'da the mainten- ance of the Welsh library at the college, in which there is a vaJuaMe collection of Welsh booka and M8S. Cardiff will be represented by Mr. IMtyd Tbomaa. chajrmam of the mu&eum committee, and several members of that body. I

LONDON ART EXHIBITION. WELSH PICTURES AT THE NEW GALLERY. Several galleries have boon opened in London during the last two or three days. One con- siata of a collection of old and modern minia- tures at the Quest Gallery, in Bond-street, which includes a number of Napoleonic relics and a. fine aet of miniatures of various people. Mr. Morton Na.cce, of Penarth. is the only artist from South Wales represented at the New Galteiy Summer Exhibition in Begent- street. Mr. Nances picture is a characteristic seapiece. On the Winga of the Wind." depicting a somewhat old fashioned ehip battling with the WR"es. Mr. R. J. Somerset, of Pengwern, Bottws-y-coed. has entered one picture, 'The Village Fountain," which con- tains some deep work. Miss Lily Jones Hughee, of Rhyl, has entered a beautiful miniature of the Bishop of St. ABaph. There are, how- ever, several pictures drawm from Welsh sources. A graceful scene, A HaySeId on the Conway." is from Mr. Anderson HagTte; Mr. H. Harris Brown has sent an excellent portrait of Viscount Bangor; a pretty peep at the Lledr Valley is eent by Mr. E. Clarence aite; "Welsh Whitewash" is the title &iven to a picture by Mr. Lancelot Crane, who seems to have taken his model from some of the picturesque cottages to be found near Porthca-wl or in Pembrokeshire; and Mr&. John Peeney contributes a tiny piece from near Criocieth. Amongst artists whose works are well known to those who have frequented art exhibitions in South Wales are Messrs. Alfred East. A.R.A., Arthur Hacker, A.B.A., and Alfred Hartley. Mr. Herbert SchmaJz, whoae greater works have been exhibited in Cardiff and Newport, has entered two pictures, one of which is a large ngure, Sweet Laven- der," in which he has combined an air of romance with all the depth of treatment for which be is so famed. Several pictures to which prominence has been given are by Mr. G. F. Watts, one or two of which would be dear to the hearts of members of the Cardin* school that surrounds Mr. Edgar Thomas.

MANCHESTER ODDFELLOWS. THE UNITY DECLARED TO BE MORE THAN SOLVENT. The Depttty Grand Master of the Ma,Bchester Unity of Oddfellows, speaking at Lancaster on 8atarda,y, disclosed the important f&ct that the recent valuation had proved the Unity to be more tha-n solvent. Thirty years a-go, under the new basis of valua.t.ion, there was an csthMied dedeiency of a million a,nd a quarter sterling. Five years since this was reduced to ;e400,000; now they could meet all probable liabilities and carry out their obligations to a.U members. I