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THE FURTHEST I NORTH. EXPLORATIONS OF DR. NANSEN* ADVENTURES IN THE I 41 LAND OF ICE THE HARDY NORSEMAN'S I THRILLING STORY. (BY THE REV. J. LL. THOMAS, M.A., F.R.G.S., VICAR OF ABEBI'EBGWM.] I Though newspaper Teaders have read a great deal about Dr. Naosea during the last few days, a few linea for the special benefit of leaden of the "Western Mail," written by one who was privileged to be prwent at the most important event of Dr. Neoson a visit to England-his reception by the Royal Qeogrnphioal Society on Monday night-wiu wO come amiss, especially as the hero of the hour will shortly make his appearance before a South Wales audience at Cardiff. At the same time, I am not aware that I have any special qualification for undertaking the task, as in my rambles about the world I buve fought shy of the Arctic Circle, and thought' Myself near enough when skirting the ooset of Labrador, dodging the iooberge, and finding myself within a few hours' voyage of Green- I' ud, and, en a later occasion, tinding myself it. the neighbourhood of the Behring Straits. The bleak and dreary aspect of the Labrador coast, and the wild, inhospitable region of the Aleutian Islands, in the North Pacific, where the "wolfs long liowl" is heard on shipboard, give the voyager a tolerable idea of what must be the conditions of life three degrees to the north. But miserable as they mutt be, and inhospitable in the extreme as the region to which Xansen and Johansen penetrated is and must be, the hardy Norse- man, in his address on Monday night, made light of its severities, and, indeed, his appear- ance scarcely bore a trace of the terrible sufferings and privation* which he had of necessity undergone. To describe Nansen's personality is scarcoly necessary at this time of day. He is by this time, as the president of the Geographical Society called him, "all old friend." He was amongst us immediately alter his crossing of Gieenlaud, which stamped him as a born explorer, and he came again to Englaud to lay before us his plans for the daring expedi- tion which has been so successfully carried out. All who have met him or have taken any interest whatever in him know of his Saul-lile stature, his magnificent physique, his frank and open countenance, and his light and omewhat uncontrollable hair. I sup- pose he would be regarded as a typical Scan- dinavian, though he is, of course, much above the average in height. I have made no special study of his eyes, but they have been described as eminently winsome and fascinating. His voice is clear and strong, and, though he speaks English with remarkable ease for a foreigner, he has a pronounced foreign accent, which, however, adds a character and a piquancy to his speech. At the same time, the Priace of Wa,e.,i, in his felicitous speech when presenting him with the special medal of the society on Monday night, exprewed whan, must have been the general feeling of the audience wacu he referred to the severe tusk wiucli it necessarily was to the lecturer to tea in a lw £ Ua £ 6 uù. iiis own the story of bit advesturte. His supremely modest bear- ing sti uok all who nave unite in contact- wiua nun. With such story to tell, he is free from every Mint of egotjam, and it he (iocs not, Ulte the old German Emperor, astfibe his nwxesws to Proviaonce, he claims no special cieoit tor himself. The way for him uad been c.«*ieci by the -gr6" tagink Arctic explorers who had preceued him, and some of whom stood on tue platiorm tuat nignt. Bis task, he said, had oeen tavy. iie had only taken the paths wiiicui. ofefters had pointed out. But iijb auilienoe would not uave it. The iau were otherwise. Tae conception ot the undertaking wae entirely his, and, though taere were not wanting those who predictea a disastrous iMue said called him tiie "mad Norseman," the execution of it waft one of the greatest achievements in the aunata of Arctic exploration. "There is ito lnaiaaoe that I have ever read of," said Sir Clement* Alarkham, "of any man undertaking a great cuterprse in all the ages of our past. that has been so completely and deservedly successful. And it was no easy task that he had to perform. He had to decide upon menv questions, embracing conflicting opinions. He had to settle numerous details, a mistake in any oue of which might have I caused failure; he had to think of many things; much depended upon the conAmc- tion of t,he ship; much depended upon the variety and character of the food; much on the ev?m of the hoiug of the men, and on mani other detail*; much more than on any other thing—on the prescicnce of the com- mander of the expedition in selecting his men. So far iii I can see, Nsnsen made no mistake." And the oheers of the atmieii'e, a highly- critical one M it was, showed that the speaker voiced their own smtinanta in the roitter. Though at firitt there was undoubtedly 3, sense of disappointment in this country that Nansen lid not resell the Pole, and an idea that th? expedition wan, consequently, a failure, yet anyone who reads what Nansen said before the Geographical Society before be s(*. out will see that the main purpose of I the expedition was not to penetrate to the Pole. It itt re.r%-ed for tble Englimli to, reach that "maHImatical point," if any- thing is to be gained by it, and to plant the Union Jack upon the spot, but Nansen's discoveries tend to prove that such a fla? i would be nv no means a fixture, and would not remain long at the earth's apex, hut would some fine day be seen driftine down, upon an ice-floe, along the east coast of Greenland, aud John Bull's title to the Pole nmld have to be re-asserted. I cen fully bear out what the "Western Mail" said in an "editorial" on Monday, that there ie a treat in store for the people of the Welsh Metropolis. They will bo told, in simple, but forcible, English, the salient facts of a jonrnev without a parallel in hintory. With the aid of brilliant limelight views, they will learn something of the condition of life in the Farthest North, the atmospheric marvels of that far-off region, aud the w!;ird stenft of desolation which surrounded Nan«e i and his faithful comrades Above all, tbev will I* interested by the torv (,f N.insen and .Tohansen's sojourn during the dvk winter in the rude hut. t f the IITIi(,n,;ior- 10ft. by 6ft.. where they sul listed IIpon the blubVr of the seal and the walrus arid the raw flesh of the bear, and slept in their sleeping-bsgs twenty hr-vra out of the twenty-four. An who know anything 01 that expedition are familiar by this time with the outline of its history. Thev know how that uniano little craft, the Fram, after sldrting the Siberian wist, turned its nose north, and, iwitead of avoiding, liko all her predecessors, the ice-pack, and picking her way through the open channels, selected a favourable spot, and voluntarily and of set purpose tilted at the ice, and got herself imbedded there—just what she &llt"-never to re-gain her inde- pendence ajain till three years later she had been Wne hv the drift aero* the Polar Set. and then only detached herself with the aid of eynamite. Therv know that for a long time she did not seem to ,!o a hit "forrader." but apparently seemed to be doomed for the rest, of her days to be h»ld, As in tiie grip of a ▼ire. in the perennial pack; how the ice got piled on eech side of her, and prewed ac^inst her, and mounted up as high as her rigging, threatening at every moment to crush and overwhelm her; how the noise of the ter- rible ice pre<*ure was at or.e time so deafening ».« to mate it difficult for the men to hear each other's voices; and ?ow, durin the 8upreme moment of danger, &11 on board ,i xtndoned tù ithip, and went to live on the floe, expecting every moment to sec their tight little vessel crushed up like match-wood. Then they will have followed the plncky leader and his trusty henchman, Johwen. in their adventurous sledge journey and its stirring incideuts and hairbreadth escapes till thdr return to) the oompsrative comforta of Jackson's qcarttr* on FUJII Joseph Lonll. To a stoury the bare outline of which is already known to aJI newspaper rwders Natisen gives those interesting touches which can only be giren by the prineip?! actor, and which will i abortly delight UM people of the W"Iah I Metropolis. J DR. HANSEN'S SEOOND LECTURE. I On Tuesday evening Dr. Nansen appeared ai St. Jamo.s s-tw.il, London, and in the pre- sence of a vmt audience, who gave him a cordial reception, delivered an illustrated lecture, entitled "Across the Polar Regions." The eminent explorer described with ooDsi- derable detail the journey which he and Johansen htd made, after they left the ship Fram, in March, 1895, in order to explore the set; which lay behind the vessel's route. The hardships suffered and the thrilling ox- periences which the doctor and hit companion encountered were graphically recited, and, in conclusion, the lecturer repeated his state- ment of the previous evening as to the results of the expedition and the serviceable lesson* which it taught. I

DOCK LABOURERS* STRIKE. I A SATISFACTORY ENDING. I RESUMPTION OF WORK. I The eight days' strike in Cardiff and Barry of the dock labourers will be remembered locally a* one on the briefest on reoord, and also as one of the most satisfactory in the apirit of mutual conciliation that haa charac- Wised the dxpate, in the rmlt4 obtained, and the cordial feeling that now exists. The orga- nisonon of the men throughout South W&lm is excellent and complete, and it is largely in consequeooe of this organisation that, through the meeting held on Monday in Cardiff and Barry, a settlement was amicably arrived at. The hands affcoted, exceeding 2,300, at Car- diff and Barry resumed work on Tuesday morn- ing, and an informal meeting in the men's inte- rests was also held the same day at the Bridg- water Arms, where the Union meetings have been held, and which has also been the head- quarters of the strike committee. After the meeting on Monday our represeota/tive was on the spot, and saw Air. C. W. Stenner, presi- dent of the Labourers' Union, and Mr. Henry Williams, general secretary. These gentlemen reported that, following a meeting held earlier in the day at the Mount Stuart Dry Dock, the employers formally ratified the agreement of the previous day, con- ceding the full advance in wages demanded, under the following oondi- tions;—(1) 3d. advance per day to be granted at once, and (2) the other 3d. asked for in six weeks' time, dating from the 1st of April. The two head officials above men- t)oned said to the pressman that they and the other officials of the Union tendered to the ottiOIaLe of the other Trades Unions their warmest thanks for the assistance they had I renuered, and they further wished to add that they nud been met most- courteously by the employers, who had negotiated in a most busi- nms-iike manner, and they desired to tender1 thanks to the latter for their reception audi considerate treatment. BARRY MEN RESUME. I The strike committee having accepted the compromise of 3d. per day advance instead of 6d. offered by the masters' association at the ooufeienee at Cardiff on Monday, the whole of the mtn on 6tiike at Barry resumed work on Tuesday morning, and the ship-repairin<» trade at the local graving docks, &c., is likely to be brisk again in a few days.

CARDIGANSHIRE COUNTY I COUNCIL. SAVING IN THE COUNTY RATE. I CONSTRUCTION OF LIGHT RAIL- I WAYS. A quarterly meeting of the Cardiganshire I County Council was held at Lampoter on Tuesday, Mr. C. M. Williams, Aiberystwith, l prewiring.—It was docidedtogive all possible; support to the Bill for the construction of the Vale of Kheidol lwluy from Abeiystwith to Devil's Bridge.—A letter wa* read from the ?,.n?mit of e'vi.itors of the Joint Counties Asylum, Carmarthen, asking the counoil not to •ivept the resignation of Mr. W. O. Brig- atocke, Farkygors, as their representative on the asylum committee, but no action was taken in the matter—Th^ estimates of £7ó and C440 for exjwnditure on the main roads in the southern and northern divisions respectively during the coming quarter were jm ?,,Bed -It was decided to contribute one-t f t? cast of additional groynes to prevent the eea from making further inroad s at Upper Borrh, provided the rural district council undertook the work.—The Clert presented the report of the county assessment committee, and the basis recommended for county contributions, as ameuded in accordance with the provisions of the Agricultural Rating Act, was ad. nted. Having explained what had to be doue to InH-t the Treasury grant in lieu of agricultural rates, the Clerk said the county rate basis was £ £ P3,236; net annual value of agricultuml land in the oounty, £157.«5; net annual value of building* and hereii-tanierots. 9125,700; awees- able value of the county, £ 204,505. Under tlic m'w Act the as**s*able value of the county was I reduced by 978,721, and the agricultural inte- rest in the county would eave the rates on tbom amount, as the Treasury had undertaken t" pay them. It would aacan a saving to the fanners at something like f,2,600 a yer in re- spect to the countv rate. Thursday, March 18. was fixed as the day for the holding of parish rueetinr for the election of parish councillors in Cardiganshire, and Saturday. April 3, for holding contested elections.—Mr. H. Bonsall (Cwm) presented two schemes for providing old-age penrions for road labourers in the employ of tiie counoil, but it was agreed to defer the matter, owing to the introduction of n Hill irrto Parliament dealing more fully with the subject in quwtion —The Chairman said that k ince the annual report of the asylum com- mittee had been seat to the council he had rtad in the lmdf-m that the Cnrmarthensh'r.) 1 CVmntv Council had accepted £3,170 from tIlt Carmarthen Town Council in order to enable the borough to be plsced on the samp footii nr 88 other portio). of the county which had con. tributed towards the Pak of "re\tnl{ the asylum buildings. Personally, he would contend very <trong!y that the sum WM wholly intdequ?t?, anil the three counti w would Buller scri ?4 injinti.ee if fhe asylum authorities oc.-epted this sum from the Carmarthenshire County Counoil. i --Ir. J. M. Howell (Aberayron) _was instru- mental in getting the council to instruct the f)i,iti-co and light railways oommittees to jointly conmder the most effeot-.ve steps to taken to facilitate the construction of light railways in the county, and especially to make an effort to obtain a special gnant for the pu, from tlw Tremur.? under Section 5 of the Light R*J. wuys Act, 1896.

FRIENDLY SOCIETY CASE AT TREDEGAR. I THE CELTIC ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS, At 'rred-g" Cmmty,t'QUrt on Tuesday (before his Honour Judge Owen) Thomas Griffiths, Kdw?rd William" and Alfred Maggs, trustees oif the Cettio Order of Oddfellow* (Hrvnmawr Cnitvi Friendly Society, sued the Royal Avoi.ia Braiu?h of the same Order for an account of the money@ due from th? branch, for the payment of the money 80 found diie and for an Injun('lou to pm,-eRit 'he br??,b from scccain? from the society or from dissolving I or dividing its funds otherwise th?t in accordance with tbo ru<« of the woiety and until all the liabili- of the branch had been dischanjed. Mr. T„ G, I'owoll appeared for the trustees, and Mr- Daniel Evans repre- sented the defendants. The main points of the defence were that the trustees had not been pmp"rly appointed^ and that the fUnd had .n been dietributed and the lodge was defunct. The former point, amov4tr, ivu (ii"eed of by the prochu-tion of tile certiticste of the Registrar of Friendly Societies of the due appointment of the truslees. 14 was stated for the defence that voting i»]*scs had been distributed to each member soKoiting their opinion as to the edvisabiiitv of set-ession, and the prescribed three-fourth* had signed the voting papers. No notice had been given to the board of directors, 118 it was contended that the board was not in existence, as no meeting had been held since )39;5, This, however, in the opinion of flie judge, did not constitute a dissolution of the hoard. as they would retain office until they were turned out. The case was ulti- mately adjourned fft- two months, an injunc- tion beint( allowed in the meantime, the defeadant* undertaking to permit an inspec- tion of the books for making up of the ammuts.

I DEATH OF MR. WM. WALLACE FULTON. The dearth is announced from Belfast of Mr. Willietu Wallace ,Ftiltoii, the ownor of the well- known mares Cotoedy and Laodamia, at the early age of 35 ye) r*. The deceased had been ailing for som m.?o ? r?'. and death is attri- buted to nervous oxhaufiion.

I TTM vly NUl Belfast' thipbuMtM have I I offered te ? ? ?''t, j ? and shipwrights 1 .1 Mi?nce of i per hour from April 1. A| W10t of the men ii now being taken. The "oa bad demands) an advance oi .<1.

WALES'S NATIONAL I DICTIONARY. A LIFE WORK BY CHANCELLOR 8ILVAJN EVANS. Welshmen have a shown a fondnee/for dictionaries, a foot, it is supposed, which must be attributed partly to the bilingual conditions tader which they have lived and partly to their keen appreciation of English. One of the first Welsh books ever printed was a Welaii- Engiiah dictionary, that of William Saleobtuy, the founder of Welsh printed literature, exactly three hundred and fifty yean ago. Since Naksbury's time, we hare had a numerous succession of dictionaries, some of them works of great erudition and merit, the best known 'be.ing thoee of Pnghe, Walters, Rioharch, Spurrell, and the English-Welsh dictionary of Silvan Erase. But it remained for the last decade of the nineteenth century to produce the greatest of all Welsh dictionaries, a work in Welsh what Murray's monumental work purports to be in English, and having for its author the prince of Welsh lexicographers, the distinguished Rector of Llanwrin. Chan- cellor. Silvan Evans has made Weløh and its oognate languages the study of his lifetime, and a pretty loug and active life it has been, for, unlortunately, the most versatile of living Welshmen is nearly an octogenarian. So far aa Wetah literature is concerned, whether pub- lished or unpublished, from the time of Aneurin to the latest issue of the "Geninen," he is simply omniscient. He knows everything about Welsh authors and Welsh words, knows by whom, and where, and when, and ihow the meanest little sprite of a word is employed. Would that the gods spared him as long as Welsh is spoken ana written, if only "for example of life and imatotiida of manners" as a critic, an author, ana a stylist I Long, long ago, before most of our present- day masters and teachers had been initiated into the mysteries of their hombooka, Silvan Evans was an author of distinction, and his "Telynegion," the first-fruits of his strength, which drew forth the blessing and encomium of the late Dr. Lewis Edwards, are, we verily believe, the best lyrics we still possess. Alas for Welsh poetry! the flame which should tave been a burning and a shining light was but scantily fed at Llandegwning and Llangian and Llanyniawddwy, though such treatment, that would otherwise have been simply an unpardonable neglect, proved immensely serviceable to Welsh authorship and Welsh scholarship. It gave us the "Llytiiyraeth and the two 8vo. volumes of the dictionary of 1858, and a library of carefully edited works —"Gweithiau Gwallter Mechain, "Bardd Cwsg," "fianes y Ffvdd," Rowlands's "Biblio- graphy," "Ysten Sioned," and a host of occasional articles on all sorts of topics in the "Archjeologia Cambrensis," the most learned of Welsh magazines, to the editing of which Silvan gave some of the beet years of his life. All his past efforts, however, are cast to the ahade by this erœent work of his —hia "Dictionary of the Wehh La age"-e.' work on which he bM for his ooif:borlour' Mr. Henry Silvan Evans, a chip of the old i block. The "dictionary" is published by the well-known fL-m of Spurrell and Son, Car- marthen, and appears in parts, of which four have ajready been issued, the total number of pages being 1,828. This notwithstanding, I the loat page only brings the work over the fourth letter of the ivelsh alphabet—D—a fact which will givo eome idea of its ency- clopjedio character. It is evidently the slow accumulation of ycars--forty, or perhaps more-f painetaking and well-directed labour. How muon reading, haw much hunting up of manuscripts, how much consulting and com- paring authors, how much observation and how much application to pen and paper those years represent can only be known to the industrious author himself. Welsh lexicographers hitherto have almost entirely confined their atten- tion to the written or literary language of Wales, ignoring Welsh dialects, and excluding from their pagea hundreds of words which they deemed unworthy of inser- tion owing to thoBe worda having a local or provincial stamp and accent. It remained for Silvan Evans to see their linguistic value and rescue them from oblivion. His dictionary teams with theso forms, for which it is useless to look in any other similar work. like Murray's and the "Century Dictionary," Silvan Evans's proceeds on the historical method, and thus his pages at every step acquire fresh interest to the student of Welsh literature, for they largely supply him with a key to a gresit number of WeJsh authors from the earliest times to the present. The student is able to see at a glance how a certain word is used by different writers at different periods. This at some future time may serve a very good purpose. Whenever a competent scholar will apflv himself to the task of writing a historical grammar of the language he will find for use and reference in Silvan Evanss "Dictionary" a copious and varied store of materials ready to hand. Liktt its predecessors, the fourth part shows the same comprehensiveness, the same un- eiring accuracy to thfe smallest detail, and the sums ?ound scholarship and able treat- ment that have elicited the praise of Celtic students both in these islands and on the Continent. Here we have far and away the largest collection of Welsh words ever brought together in one work. Twelve centuriee, 80 to speak, an made to pass in procession before us, with a master standiv4 at our side, telling us nearly everything that is worth knowing about every member ss it is mar. dialled past. I To give an example of the method em- ployed, we hall take the word "dwfr" or "dwr," as typiœl of the rest. Having given its congeners in Cornish, Breton, Irish, Gaelic, and Manx, the author proceeds to show what fo..ms it has assumed in Welsh literature. Leaving out the quotations, of which there is a long lim, moat invaluable to th-i student, the following are the authorities cited: The earliest four-the "Mabinogion," "Cyfreithiau Cyntru" (Leges WaJliœ) "St. Gr?al," and ?' aliesin-each give "dwfrr." "LJrfr yr Ancr" has a plural "dyfredh," a form, slightly modified, used also by Llywarch ab Llewelyn. Qwalchmai, another mediieval Ilard, writes "dyfvr," and in the Red Book of Hergest occurs "dyfwr." Turning again to "Llyfr yr Ancr," we find "dwfyr" and "dwfuvr. Dafydd ab Gwilym, anticipating the usage of posterity, has "dwfr," which he writes in the plural "dyfr" and "deifr." "Dwr," also, though not quite so ancient, is in very good company. Meredydd ab Rhye, quoted in the "1010' MSS., uses it; so do Lewys G1yn Cothi, Edmund Prys, "Meddygon Myddfai," "B&rddas," William Wyn, and GoMnwy Owen. Edmund Prys gural "'dyfrodd," a form found Wemypnlo, ys the 1 7 edition of the Welsh Praver Book, but which has been long superseded by "dyfroedd." In an appended note under this word the author states:—" 'Dwr' (though old, word the author sUte,- as may be teen iit the dialects and in several of the quotations), has no plural, all the derivations being formed from 'dwfr.' Deifr,' 'dyfr,' 'dyfredd,' are archaic or poetical foims." In some parts of Wales, we may state, the focrns "dwrach, "dwroedd," aud "dwrfeydd" are occasionally heard. The historical method serves a number of vseful purposes. It enables us to some extent to determine the geographical area of certain vords at a given lieriod. Thus, tbc, word "diwedvdd" seems to have been much more widely used formerly than at present. It is met with in Cornirfi, under the form "de- wedhes," and also in Taliesin, Myrddin, Dafydd, Pdu Hiraddug, and Lewvs Glyn Cothi. At' present, if one is rightly informed, it is never used by natives of Dyfed, except, per- haps, in East Carmarthenshire, where Glamor- gan influence is felt. This method helps its also to fix the date of a great many words, and to discover what forms have survived both in dialect and in literature. II: tho mutter of etymology the author (or, shall we say, authors?) has lai\gelv used the comparative method, bringing within rarge the Celtic branches. Greek, and Latin. and having an occas ional snap at some of the modem languages of Europe. It is not ■-•ftsn that "Silvan" fails. Over one word, however, he comes very near owning that he has been beaten. It is tho word "deongl," is variously written "doonlll" and "(MmhicI," "deongli" and "dehongli." The orthography of this word, he says, "is somewhat un- settled. Bishop Parry always spells it with- out the 'h,' and Bishop Morgan generally. The derivation is obscure. Tolo Morganwg pro- poses the following explanation: 'Deongl, to define the angles of a figure (a mathematical figure); to lay down or delineate t,he angles; to interpret; to illuatrrte.' We believe that a little more rational etymology has been sug- gested, which, if correct, shows "deongli" to be an exceedingly interesting fugitive, long naturalised m Welsh. It is suggested that it is the same word as the French "jongler," to juggle, to perform acts which make a show of extraordinary powers. The original is sup- poled to be the Latin "joculator," in which language, also, there is an infinitive, "joou- Isri." It is a long cty from "Joculator" to "Y Deomglydd Beimiadol," but time and dis- tance work wonders.

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT I LLANDAFIr. i YOUNG MAN FOUND DTAD IN BED. HIS ANTECEDENTS UNKNOWN. CAREFUL ATTEMPT TO HIOE HIS IDENTITY, STRANGE BEHAVIOUR OF I DECEASED. j About throe weeks ago a stranger appeared in Llaadaff. Ho was from 28 to 30 years of *ge, and stood about 5ft. lOin. in heigfai He had a light brown moustache, dark hair, and to sallow complexion. He lodged for a thort time with Mrs. WedlaJre, and afterwards went to lodge with Mrs. Wood, newsagent, j High-street. He did not say from where he eame or who he was. He was very peculiar in his habits. Sometimes he would get up about one o'clock in the afternoon. He told his landlady he was in business in town, and would go out for a couple of .hours, and come back again. He "nt a good dea ctf C=e in the local pu<b!io-houMe. On Sunday Jut he went to the Cathedral twiM. la the evening he returned to his lodgings about 9.30 p.m., Mid repaired to bed, when he was last wm alive. On Monday morning Mrs. Wood, not finding him down at the tmW time, THE DECEASED. I became alarmed, and knocked several times at his door, but she received no reply. At inter- vals during the day she again knocked, and at about ten o'clock on Monday night she sent for the police. iloiioe-cmutables Toy and Phillips went down to the house, and they tried to arouse the lodger, but, getting no answer, they made their way into the room and found the man dead in bed, and he appeared as though he had been dead for some Ume. He was almost totally undressed. Tiue ciotiung of the bed was in no way du- arranged, and his right arm wu lying outside the clothes. Dr. Arthur, was sent for at once. Police-sergeant Moms, in the meantime having arrived on the scene, made a search of the room with the con- stables. On the mamJepieoe were found several smaJU bottle. cOIlt&inmg dufemnt kinds of medi- lne. On the drowng table, close to the bed, was a glUt with IOme three or four drops of fluid, which also smelt very strongly, with a scent identical to that in on* ed tie bottles. Dcceascd's watch WM going. The police oiffcers set to work to disoover any clue to the deceased's identity, and aome I very curious and interesting, though distinctly pu/iling clues wero found wliich would make it appear that tho deceased came ot -a good, family, but also indicated that the unfortunate young = had taken pains to oooesal his identity. Mrs. Woods, his landlady, for instance, had noticed in the Isst day or two that he was burning letters, and the daughter of the house had discovered 110 fragment of a letter in the grate. He pewessed a poruranteau, wliich was labelled W. Jenkins, though the name of the town whence he came had been torn off with the exception of the letter "L." Other indications wellllotolhow that he had connections in Yorkshire. Inwfo the port- manteau was a book, "Spam's aciusering Tables," but there was no name on the cover. Ihe man had in his possession, however, several white shirts, and on the neck of one was the l'ame, "W Cross." An attempt had, evi- dently been made to obliterate this, and the name of "W. Jenkins" liad been substituted in ink, which looked to be fresh. One pocket, handkerchief which was found in the room bore the Mme "W. 0r0N" in one of the corners, and tbtre ?ereothert with "W. 8. C." m;Q upon them. Several razoro were found in the room, with the name W. Cross" inside the cases. There was also a watch of a somewhat pecu- liar character, and a common brass chain, whiah had upon it two pendants. One of these bore ch< iMtuJt A M. C. The tam of the watch bore the wording, "Seconds, Chrono- graph Balance, Swiss Made," and on the back were the words "Exhibition Prise Medals," with representations of different medals undsr- neath. Bolow the medals were the words, "8iWerick> and "Swiss Made." But the most singular discovery made by the polioe was the finding in the breast pocket of deceaesd's ooat of a Tetter which was simply addressed "W. Jenkins," and bore no post mark. The own. implication purported to be a mediosk certifi- cate, the wording being as follows* 47, Bosborough-gardens, S. W., 2nd of Jtauary, 1887.—This is to oertifv that Wm. Jeoking is suffering from heart disease and may die at any moment." Peculiarly enough, the hand- writing corresponds exactly with the hand. writing ou the label of the portmanteau, and. apparently, deceased wrote both himself. What hw name really is cen only be surmised. but it is significant that the watermark on the certificate was precisely the same as the watermark on some note paper found in his belonsrinffs. The deceased hsd a new hat. and inside this was the name "T Rodwell, Yorkshire." His trousers' but- tons were also marked with the same name, and people who had come in contact w th dec"uwd stated that he had the brogue of a North County. man. At Christmas time deoeased received & card. which was in the shape of a yacht, and bore the words: -Belt Wishes" (in writing) and "May Htaven Blem your Christmas (in printing), and the initials "F. M. C." He was also powessed of silver links, which bore the initials "W. J. C." r. The police also discovered a torn envelope, which it is hoptd may lead to identity. rhe envelope was torn from the top to the' Ijottom, but the half which remained bore the w COWALL. TAIN. CLEVELAND. There was no stemp on the envelope. It is thought that the "tain" was the Isat syllable of the word "captain," and that "Cleveland is the name of a vessel. There is also » Parlia- mentary division of Yorkshire called Cleveland. Several whisky bottles were found in deoeased's bedroom. INTERVIEW WITH MRS. WEDLAKE. STRANGE BEHAVIOUR OF THE DECEASED. In an interview with a "Western Mail" reporter, Mrt. Wedlake "plained tb." deceased went to her house on January 27 and said he had been recommended to her for apartments. He told her that he had obtained & situation on the Great Western Railway, and that his lure&ae was at the Great Western Hotel, but although he would be employed in Cardiff, and chiefly at the docks, he wished to live in Llandaff. He engaged the rooms, and. subse- quently took his portmanteau out in a cab. He raid his name was Jenkins, snd on the port- in wu label bearing the words, -"Mr. Jenkiruo. from London." The yenna man, who looked under 30 years of age, but who told Mrs. Wed like that he was 40, appeared, to lie very ill, and in the course of conversation he said he had been suffering from dysentery, and had been laid up in hospital in Holland. MN. Wedlake advised him to get medical advico, but -he declined, and said he wanted to be quiet and would soon be all light. Notwithstanding this, however, he appeared to be very oommunicative, and he had not been in the house very long before he said that he wns a thought-reader. Almost immediately afterwards lie went off in a kind of Fpiritu"ic trance, clutching *A the table eoth convulsively, -.9 talking in a low, unnatural 1 .YQice. This somewhat alarmed ?'. WadMe, but when tiie deowwed recovered he Slid that tho atlack was due to weakness, and that lis would have to try and get strong and thereby cured. He went to bed. and dating the follow- ii.g few days he behaved like a rwio-t.,gentle. nki n. He seemed to be well educated, in fact, cultivated in his tastes, and on one occasion quickly corrected one of Mrs. Wedlake's daughters when .he played a Yrong r ute on daughiers iv heHn e shte o] xl;jresd Wedlike that he could speak five languages, and Mrs. Wedlslce held a conversation with him in French, which he knew fluently. He claimed to be a Welsh- nAn. but he did not know Welsh, .-qod in, Mrs. Wedlake'fi opinion he WM not a native ,<) £ -Uie Principality. He also said that he had a wife, and proposed to FOt- ier down to Llandaff in a short tine, but lie received no letters, and, u far as Mrs. Wedtake was aware, did not write any. He read many books, and had a decided preference for religioiig works and poetry. whiUt he frequently studied the Dilue. which he spoke of with the greatest reverence. It was plain that he was well versed in Scripture, and on the gundayifter he visited Lhudaff he attended service At the cathedral. He returned home and raid he ttwl never felt so ashamed of himself before, for he felt that he had wor- shipped in a stolen church. Its was sure thM tiie EnalW. nation had stolen that ohurtb. Itis actions were somewhat eooentric. He stayed in bed very late, and on, one occasion aU day long, but he slept very little at night, end would persist an turning the gM on at the meter after the family had retired. He spoke a pat dml Aboub York, mA N! formed tho opinion tba4 he œme from tlmt city. He w" with Mrs. Wedlake ten days, but then Mrs. Wedlake was taken ill, and as deoeased WM seized with another of his "spiritualistic fits," and, in addition, mentioned thai he bad a revolver in the house, he wag told to get fresh apartments. At Mn. WedlUce'e wggertion, he went to Mn. Wood. I MRS. WOOD'S STORY. Wood states that during the time the ,de(vaiiid w&k with her sbe saw none of the singular conduct described by Mrt. Wedlake. Deoeased behaved in a rather eooentrio manner at times that is to say, he laid in bed during the greater put of the day, and occasionally seemed to partake of fesrdly any food. Yet he was always very nioe in his manner, and had quite a refined and gentlemanly way with him. Ea. Wood denied that decease d drank heavily; at least, she had never seen him the worse for liquor, and only once did he stay out late. Then he apologised profusely, and explained that he lost the last 'bus from Cardiff, and had to walk liome. On one or two mornings deceased appeared in a great hurry to get away, and would not stop for breakfast, and by this Mrs. Wood thought that he was enraged in Cardiff. On Sunday last he went to the morn- ing service at the cathedral, and did not return home until a quarter to six in the evening. He had tea, and went to the evening service. About nine o'clock Miss Wood was standing near her mother's front door, when she saw the deoeased. He told her he was going for motroll, but would not be long. He returned Kornai before ten o'clock, remarked that it was a ine evening, and shortly afterwards went to bed. That was the last time he was seen alive. On Monday morning Mrs. Wood noticed the grate in deceased's sitting-room was full of burnt paper, and on the previoui morning she noticed that deceMtd had partly obliterated the name of "W. Cfoet" on fi:rght\d had ,ub- atituted 6M name of "Jenkins." Mrs. Wood corroborated Mm. Wedlake's statement as to deceased's education, and added that he was a i«m*rkably Rwd writer. He said nothing rwwkabl;Mr. E employment, but Um Wood concluded that be was in business on his own account in Cardiff. On Tuesday afternoon the body bad not been taken out of the bed in which deceased died. "He looks just if he died whiM) sleeping," said Mrs. Wood. "He is lying partly on one ride, with one hand under his head and one =, ccl-:tndeH:,e! :bp I peaceful expromion, the !i? are uMtained. the bedc!othe< are not disarranged, and ho cer- tainly wma :0 kave pMeed *w?y without a struggle. And everything in the room is in its usual &'3te. Demsed apparently w<?)ed before going to bed, his watch was wound up, and the candle had only been burning for a few minutes. One or two bottles on the mantel-piece had been toucbed. &ad the glMB M<M)ffUM to the water jug had a similar <meU i balio jv&e content* of one of the bottles, but I have noticed this smell in the glass before, It appeared to me to be scent." It may be added that no money was found by the police in deceased's belongings. NO CLUE AS TO IDENTITY. Up to a late hour on Tuai?U evening the deœsød had not been i&ntifl :y oven,ng the the cause ?f death known, but a, pcwt?IL,, ;7- examination will probably be made tLo (Wed- nesday) omang.

ITHEATRE ROYAL, CARDIFF I ANNUAL BENEFIT OF MR. W. T. BENJAMIN. The jj?iM &&ing ma=M of the Th?re Koya!. Cardiff, Mf. W. T. Benjamin will take Ihtio. y?a?l .fit on Friday evening next, whanunder, dihnguiahed peAr?ym an exceptionally (j tive programme will be gone through. In addi- tion to the production of the quaint American ?(wmedy.dnuna, "The Fast Mail," there will be a guolig muster of well-known artigw in- oluding the Sylvia Glee Singers (cmd?6.r, Mr. Towyn Thomas); Mr. Bert Victor, Indian tfltwS club mrawpulater; Mr. W. Diugle, Mr. | Arthur Angle (the talented iocii violinist), | Mr. Oliver Torres, Mr. Jas. Burke, a favourite I teivor; MWi Gertrude Ct?twarthy. Mr. T. W. Elliot (the local c-hwwt,,r comedian), Mia. rnUm Tranodel4t Mr. Imn Berlin, 1%" Trixie Msrsden. Mr. E. S. Scolie, MetmI. Evans, Lewis, Farr, and Davies (of the Porth Male N aie Party), Mtio. Kathleen Armitage, Miø Mildred Waters' banjo band, Mr. Edward Kenny, Mr. Willie Hiomae, solo harpist, who appeared before the Prince of Wales at Aber- ystwith, snd Miss Ella Dean, the well-known will also be an augmented, jOtthesira, under Mr. Mabbett's baton, and, all things poasiderH, the audience will get plenty for their money.

| EDUCATION QUESTION. I PROTESTS FROM CARDIGANSHIRE. The Cardiganshi re County, Council on Tues- day paMed a resolution protesting against the appointment ss Chief Inspector of Schools for W.1M of a gentleman igMra.nt of the national lamguage &ad Dr. Jenkyn Lewis (Llanon), who nieved te molution and nmke m the ver"1 OMutM. _ed, M the Welsh language had received a phco in the hMt Education Code, how Mr. Legud ccu)d fulfil tho datie* of Km o<Bce efficiently.—A motion was aUo pMMd jtfoteefci.ig tgttMt the Gcvtrument'o J&lucttioa Bi!

THOUSAND-MILE TICKETS. The thousand-mile tickets introduced into this country by the North Eastern Railway Company have now been in use over six montbs. The "ad ticket is really a book erf 1,000 coupons (efdI. coupon representing one mile), which the holder of the book uses to pay for his ticket at the booking-office; practically he buys 1,000 miles of travel in advance, and his oonetiderotica i.. substantially reduced rate. The charge for a 1,000 mile ticket (fim class) is 25 rm.-pmetically lid- mile; and the coupons are available for use by any member of the purchaser's family. or by his business employee. These tickets are only iasued to first-class passengers. Upwards of 2,000 of these tickets are issued by the Norfh- Eastern Company from July to Decern-j ber, inclusive, which means that the company's receipts therefrom would amount to £10,500, and as this represents about 12 per cent, of the pany's total receipts from first-class traffic, the railway company would appear to be justified in claiming for the experiment a very considerable measure of success.

I PUBLIC WORKS AT BARRY. The Ðury District Council Public Workil OcmtniUfee held a meeting on Tuasday evening at Harr." Docke Mr. W. Thomas presiding. Mr. J. Bell, C.E.. wrote, stating ihat it was intended by the Bany Railway Company to form a lCft. footway along one side of tho new road aurcss Berry Harbour to the island, and Mr. Mesgit1, suggested that several bays be formed "toog the Tine of roadway for the recep- tion of amt&-Plant were submitted by the surveyor (Mr. J. C. Pardoe) for tho widening and improvement of the highway from the Royal-square, Cadoston, to Colebrook Bridge, and working plane were ordered to be prepared for the Quitch-road improvements.-A sub- committee was appointed to wait upon Mr. R. Fcrrest with the view d. securing some land bdonguie to the Romilly Estate opposite The Parade, Barry, for laying out a. public gardens. —In view of the alleged inefficient manner in which certain publio works had been carried out in Hie district, Alderman J. C. Meggitt moved (1) that it be an instruction to the council to exercise greater discretion in futllfe as toj the tenders of contractors which they accepted, especially to beware of accepting the lowest tender; and (2) that the surveyor be allowed another clerk of works, there being at present only one dork of works, quite inadequate to exercise due supervision over all the works in v'Ogress in the district.—Eventually it was resolved that the matter be deferred pending a systematic visit of inspection of the diltrict II works at present in course of execution.

CARDIFF TURF AGENT'S FAILURE I A preliminary meeting of the creditors of Mr., Abraham Authors, 27, Park-place, Cardiff, was held on Tuesday at the offices of Mr. T. H. Stephens, Official Receiver, Queen-street, Debtor is a "turf agent" He was formerly manager of the Buffalo Club, St. Mary-street, and before that used to deal in china in the Wvndham'Arcade. Liabilities, B68 7s, j MItts, nil. The debtor attributes his failure to losses in betting transactions.

The quarterly meeting of the Tenby Town Council was held on Tuesday, when a letter was read from Admiral Elliot resigning his poet of aldennan for the borough. It was decided to refer the making of a bye-law to levy tolls upon the hawkers of milk within the borough to t ^ie market committee, ANItOn mA taU Outer's LIW. lAm' ??'. U?. ?ft 80 very MnaU. So imws to ..allow, No p*bt or tT'?t W- -till. I& U& FhM ol U pUla. BUr II\nI tbel OA1\& mM

CARDIFF LIBERAL ASSOCIA- TION. MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE. I The ordinary monthly meeting of the execu- tive committee of the Cardiff Liberal Asso. cktion was held on Tuesday might at the central offices, Market-buildings, St. Mary. street. Mr. Robert Bird presided over a numerous attendance, including Councillors Dr. Buist, S. Robinson, W. H. Allem, and 8. Mildon, and Messrs. Lewiol Williams, Morgin Thomas, T. Taylor, Webber, J. Grant, T. L. PowlI, John Ings, and ot!If'I'II.l'he first business was to diacuis the new Education Bill, and, OIl the motion of the Rev. Principal Edwards, seconded by Councillor Allen, tlhe following resolution was carried unanimously:—"Th.\t this executive expresses itA indignant condem- nation of the iniquitous Bill just introduced by the Government, which has been conceivcd altogether in the interest of sectarian educa- tion, and mainly in favour of one Church, which is already in receipt of nearly three millions towards the education of the children in its go-called voluntary schools, and to which it is now proposed to give the additional large sum of upwards of 9600,000. It further places on record that there an at present 6,559 children in the voluntary schools of Car- diff and 14,111 in its board schools. Towards the former according to the provisions of the, Bill, the sum of £ 1.639 15s. will be given,: whereas the board schools, If similarly dealt' with, would reoeive annually £3,527 1Ss., of which, under the Bill, Cardiff is now defrauded; and this executive trusts that all, Liberals and all other lovers of true natioral education will do their utmost to expose and defeat a Bill so partisan in spirit, mischievous in character, sectarian in aim, and unjust to the community at large. Further this execu- tive rejoices that the oountry, in those districts where it has already had an opportunity of g its n* wt t espreøling its opinion at the poll, 8uoh m ;?7f(:? and W?lthMMtow, has emphatically condemned the reactionary measure."—The next business wu the adoption of the lirt of subscribers to the association, to be published to-day (Wednesday) for the perusal of the mem- bers, which during the last nine months have increased from 455 to 838.-Mr. Allgood. (Liberal agent) reported the results of the 'at" municipal election* in Ro?th and Park Wards, and the same were i'd-d 7 I_d ,Ppl_ Th? concluded the br, butineM.

ST- ANDREWS PARISH, J CARDIFF. PRESENTATION TO THE REV. D. E. L. JONES. The Rev. D. E. Llewellyn Jones, who for two VMM pwt lm bten senior curate of St. Andmw's, Cardiff, and who fm now been appointed chaplain to Lady Leighton, of Knll ford, %?heshirei wu the recipient of levral Mofu! Mems on Tue?ay e veul' The fu::t=iojt!; &ví11: road School, in the prnro of a large number of pariiftioners, and the proceeding* were narked with singular oordiafity and good feel- ing. Mr. Robert Cooper presided, and sup- porting him on the platform were Mr. A, A. James, Mr. J. Howard, Mr. E. Siloox, Mr; H. Gillrtt, and others. Complimentary addresses evlogistio of the excellent work Mr. Jonas had dene during his short stay in Cardiff, were delivered by sevwral gentlemen, and then Mr. Jones Willi presented with an elegant plith easy ohair, a handsome illuminated address, and a puTM of 59 guineas, wbidl had been subscribed to by overl persona The promtatiom were made by Mr. Smith, on behalf of choir, and by the chairman, on behalf of the parishioners. The address, which was remark- ably artistic in effect, was the work of the Western Mail Limited. Mr. Jones, in respond- ing, paid a Epemal tribute to the members of the 8t. Ãndrew's choir, his old friend Mr. Jenkins, and the adult Bible oJus, who on the previous ercning presented him with a beautiful Oxford Bible and ? tttreUm); rug. In leaving the diocese of the Bishop of Llau- daff be was d&n!? something which caused him oomideMMe pMo. The Bishop of UwxM WM ODnaid biBbop %nd a true father, *nd to COMutt him WM to consult, not an Mttet? supercilious man of lettero, but a man in whom throbbed a very great heart, and » man who would always stand behind every priest and every curate in the dv*we" u bens as he per- femed hia duty. (Applmme.) HM lordship had already taken one step to bring him M soon as possible. He had offered him the poet of assistant missloner for the diocese, and he thought that when the post was reedy he was almost certain to accept it.-The proceed- ing closed with the pronouncement of the Benediction,

DESTITUTION AT MORRIS- I TON. The virar of (luidehurch, Swansea, fthe Rev. J. Watkin Jones) states that he intends visiting Morriston himself to-day (Wednesday) to 800 the distress for himself, and next Sunday the collections for the whole day at Clirist- church, the Moniorial-halJ, and the Bible olsss will be given to the relief of the unemployed.

THE POOR MAN'S FOREST AT I LLANDOVERY. At the monthly meeting of Llandovery Town Council on Tuesday a matter was under discussion which has aroused considerable inte- rest amongst the public. It appears that the town crier (Mr. W. Davies) preferred allega- tions against two farmers, namely Mr. William D&vi.of (fnorug, and Mr. Kby* James, of YetMdw?lter. that they had cleared &wtL7 timber in m from tho "Poor Man 8 timl,er in St?t given to the poor of the town in the remote post) at the rate of hlalf an acre at a time. The two petsons referred to were present, and questioned at great length. In the result the charge was made out against Mr. Davies, but not against Mr. James, the former being severely repri- manded, and distinctly told that anyone in the future removing timber in certs would be pro- ceeded a I not M' r Alderman Thomas Watkins, of Tycerrig, gave notice that he would move at the next meeting that steps be taken with the object of selling the forest by public auction, and that the interest on the principal received be divided annually at Christmoo amongst the deserving poor at Llandovery.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. I At a meeting of the Dean and Chapter of Lhindaff held on Tuesday the Rev. iJonnop Price, M.A., curate of Llandttofawr, was appointed to the minor canonry in Llandaif cWhedruJ vacant by the resignation of the Rev. R. V. G. Shaw.

The Cardiff Grand Division oi the Order of the Sons of Temperance held the four. teenth annual meeting on Saturday, At the Railway Hotel. Bra. Wm. Davies, (i.W L,. presided, and WRe supported by the Grand Division officers, 35 representatives, and a visitor, Bro. K. Lougher, .W.Con, of the National Division. The reports ot the G.W.P. Grand Patron, Grand Sen be,and Grand Treasurer were very encouraging. There was 1111 increase in benefit funds of over £283 and a total membership of 750 adults and 188 juveniles, IIU officers elected for the ensuing year were Bro& Wm. D?TMt, G.W.P.; F. DenhMn G.W.A.;Wmi<un Dav* G. Patron: J. Bnd?nMm, G.k; D. James, 6T W. MMMiietd, G.Ct?p.; W. D. Him=*, G. Con.; &vA J. Rodliff G. Sent. Committee: Bro?. Jas. Coward, E. P. WilSiams, W. Burton, and W. T. Leek. Auditors: Bros. E. Jones and J. B. Gill. Representatives to the National Division, to be held in Cardiff in Whit week next: Bros. Jas. Padfield, John Bridg- man, OhIUl. M. Davies, and John Brown. A woial eve WM held at the iMtitutw. Cathays-terrace, Cardiff, ?n Monday, when a presentation, ooMtttmg of an Ox!Ord Bible tod tmvellillg rug, "u made to the Rev. D. K. L!eweityn-JoMO (oecior curate), who leaving tile b the membeM of St. TeiM.Md 8t. tydt Adult BM. CI- M. MoogattMn of his t<ftOM M tM<:w«<!r to the

PUBLIO BUILDINGS 1AT CARDIFF, I THE PROPOSED PURCHASE OF CATHA fS PARK, j INTERVIEW WITH IfR. LASCELLES CARB. i Clearly Mr. Lasoelleg Oarr had to be inter. viewed on the proposed purchase of the Cathays Park, so a reporter got hold of him, and Mr. Can, without any hesitation, mid:- I think the corporation ought to purchase the Cathays Park, now that they have the opportunity of doing go," "And erect the Town-hall and other publio buildings tnere?" "Whether it is the best place for the I future site of the Town-hall or not is a matter upon which the publio ought to have timt. to make up their minds, but whether the Town-ladi be built there or not the argument in favour of pur- I chasing the Cathays Park is overwhelming." "If m memory does not mislead me, you were rainer opposed to the purchase when the question was considered some four or Ive years ago 1" "At that time we were only offered a portion of the park--ebmit 30 acres, I believe.-and it vas because Lord Bute would not agree to sell the whole that the negotiations fell through. Now the corporation are offered practically the whole of the park, at a retaonable price. The acre which has been reserved In the north-west oomer is not for the purpose of being built upon, but to pre- serve some ruins of historic interest Further than that, the only object of purchasing the park, or a portion of it, was to erect the Town- hall there.' "Do you mind telling me why you speak so stronglly in favour of tVje purchase?" "The town must look forward to a time when they will lose the free use of the Cardiff Arms Park, for, although the present Lord Bute may keep it as a recreation ground during his lifetime, it is not likely that he can in 811Y way im a similar condition upon his successors. By securing the Cathays Park the town would alway. have an opportcnity of receiving groat agnl'ultural shows, like the Boy? Md Bath and West of England, or of holding exhibitions, such as we had last year, and for this reseon it is esjentisl that we should take advantage of the offer now made."

WELSH UNIVERSITY I OFFICES. MEMORIAL OF NEWPORT COUNTY I COUNCIL. At the quarterly meeting of the Newport Oburtty Council on Tuesday Alderman 'I. Jones produced the town memorial to the dhan- cellor and oo rt of the University of Wales praying for location of the university offices in tht rrwn of Newport. He proposed that the corporate seal be affixed to the same, and that those who had drafted the memorial, viz., the town-clerk, Dr Garrod Thomas, and himself, with the mayor, if he 1follld consent to act, should continue as a committee to get the I assistance of the various bodies in the looality to the end sought. t Mr. T. Parry said Cardiff had Iwen very I forward in pushing its claim, but the Mon- mouthshire County Council had pawed a re- 1 solution in favour of Newport, Alderman Jones: We repudiate any desire to emulate Cardiff in their action in this mattn, The resolution was to. The memorial, while yisellairning any jealousy of other towns, points out that three of the tewns desiring the honour have already the privilege of a university college in tlioir midst, end to plaoe the university offices in either of these towns would be to give the college in that town an undue advantage over the others. Newport was among the old-- of the muni- cipalities of the kingdom, and was a town of progressive spirit and vanl'd neuvities. Its )r rzilarter was granted in the reign of Richard II. (15B5i, and its population had mcreaset'. fix. fold du?ing the 60 yean of hcr Majedy's reign, and now rtood at 70.000 inhabitants. Its ratable value (now £ 289,000) had more than ?ouMed itself during the !Mt twenty v, and Ifre w*< every prosoect Ut& in the future thw rogreaa would be fully s:s if, in- crease d PartieWan having been given of variOUl corporate works, the memorialists point out that Newport is an integml part of Wales; the ountl med with associations with all periods of Welsh history, and it had a population of over a quarter of a million; it still contained, in spite of its collieries and ironworks, some of the most buuitiful Welsh scenery, and the memo- rialists suggest that by choosing it as the work- ing centre for the national university Wales wonfd do more to ?trtn?then her hold upon Gweat sod to vivify and invigorate na*= sentiment in that province than could be done in any crther way. BRECON TOWN COUNCIL NEUTRAL. The quarterly meeting of the Brecon Town (,Tuhne ci ?=?c at the Guildhall on Tuesday under the presidency of the mayor (Alderman William de Wintonl.-A cirwilsr letter wai read from the mayor of Cardiff soliciting the co-operation of the council in the effort now being made to ofture the location of the offices of em{iur:f c:'tf Cardiff—The Mayor thought ibet they M a body were not so much iuterw*ed in the mMter as to petithn in favour of Cardiff. He proposed that the letter lie on the table —Councillor Jeffreys seconded, remarking that it would be invidious for tian as a for tiieon as a corporation to diwriminae between Cardif fend Swansea; and the pro- position wm carried.—The ranot?on of t.b: Local Government Board was received to vi application to borrow £1,600 for market pur- poses. CARDIGANSHIRE AND CARDIFF'S CLAIMS. The CardtRanahire County Council at their meeting tn Tuesday poked fun at the petition of the Cardiff Corporation in favour of the Welsh University offices being located at Car- diff, the Chairman (Mr. C. M. Williams) remarking that he took it that this was ai joke, and that the Cardiff people were not in earnest, end that if the offices were to be located in a collegiate town it should be Aberystwith. The communication wae allowed to lie on the table..

THE FLOODS IN ENGLAND, I WATERS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING. The floods are subsiding; in the Lincolnshire fens. The River Wclland, which, owing to its great height, threatened Apalding with floods, has gone down three inches during the put 24 hours. The water on the extensive flooded lands in the district is also going down satis- factorily. More nm fell at Windom dur'?ng Moc<!?y night, and Ute ThMnt* rMe t?Me tnohet higher. T?e road between WiHowbrook Ebm, and Datchct WM impasable on Tii".y. Tho floods continue to cause grMt damage in the Valley of the Nene, on the Peterbcrouiih and Northampton branch of the London and North- Wwtern Railwav. The middle pier of a bridge crossing the rivpr near Vielhngborough Station was on Tuesday morning partly washed away. Goods traffic has been suspended, and when the passengetfe from eaich direction reach the bridge they have to alight and walk across 1 to another train waiting for them on the other side.

WELSH CALVINISTIC I METHODISM. THE QUESTION OF MODETtATOlt- I SHIP. At a district meeting of the English Cal. At & district "tetin t? off or t G ?.p., vmiatcc Methodist Churches for EMt Glamorgan, held at Pontypridd, an important questkm came on for discussion, viz., tne advisability of thtcwmg open the office of modw*Aor, as well as other lea?HM KAms in the omnftion, to laymen.-In submitting ? rwwution to that effect Mr. Hughes ("Adfyfyr") advanced scverai strong arguments in favour of the scheme. Ihe speaker urged that there was no longer any necessity for adhering to a policy of limit- ing the moderatorship or any other office to one particular class in the denomination. lay- men, as a right, should be permitted to bring to bear upon the chief CIODnexiooaJ offices the weight of intelligence and character whioh they possessed. Of such laymen there were overs whom he could mention, both in Nroh and in South Wales, only it would be invidious to do so.-In view, however, of tile pressure of business it was agreed that the resolution should stand over to the next meeting.

BANKRUPTCY OF THE LATE MR. I USHER, SWANSEA. On Tuesday meeting of the creditors of the late Mr. Wm. URher, of Swansea, WM held, when Alderman David Harris was apMMited tfiutMt and Mf. Frederlo TMwsrds, Mr. E. W. Jocte. MKl Mr. H. R. Bushell a committee of inspection. The bankruptcy only affeots Mr. Usher's private concerns, and not the loan com- panies, &c., in which he was a shareholder.

The Central News aye: -IU Royal Naval and Marine Recruiting Station at WeOsaqpoM has been transferred to Aberyatwith, 1'1111: GREÄT COP lOB OORN8.-II-'1" Viriillne.—Stlil farther testimony. A Oboist writes: WW you stud nu a bcttls of vour VirMittt It II for my own una. I get plenty of torn cores at the "me colour, but none 01 tbm to <<Mt mutt" No CM *?ht to oom*er his aorm mmr. able until be hM =ad llvmnc" 'J'IId8 &*« bMo "?°S ''SJ?S? suOared fur over a* man. Bewus ot ImitatkM. 8o1d in MMea, I&. post t? M, by fko rovrww. Ja. MuHay, ehli.-I L NIO., OuduTaed oa ?Mm)t?

I SHIPPING DISASTERS. I THE LOSS OF THE CITY OF AGRI CARDIFF-LADEN SHIP TO THE RESCUE. LANDS CAPTAIN AND NINE MEN At GIBRALTAR. SUFFERINGS OF THE SURVIVORS. The Central News Agcocy it Madrid, tole- graphing on Tuesday, nys -According to latest reports, the City of Agra was wrecked an the 2nd lust, near Cape Villano, running oa a rock about eight o'clock at night, and going down immediately. The veset-l was at the tune in charge of the third officer. The captain and nine laeoar survivors of the orew, who were picked up by the Onega, believed at first they were the sole survivors of the wreok. They got clear of the vessel in a boat, which, however, capsiied and k--lt them struggling in the wave with death for 24 hours. The vessel carried a crew of 71 and four passengers. The owners of the City of Agra at Glaegovr are still without new ot the nu^in^ 31 of ihe crew. They have despatched tn agent to Corunna to take care of the uurvivori. They state thht the iiajnos of Douglas and Jamrach, the passengers, wilch have appeared in tine list of the saved, ahould road "Dunbar" and "Jorda-i, tw" stowaways. DETAILS OF THE WRECK. RBSOUJBD 'BY A CARDl^i-LADEN SHIP. A Reuter's telegram from Madrid on Tuell" day aay.A t..J¡ræn haa be^n rec*ived here from Gibraltar statine tha the British steamer g,td s d from :lff.= d there having on board UIptain Frame ard nine men belonging to the crew of the Oity of Agra. The survivors were in a desperate condltwo when picked up by the On The "t in ?i,i,h they .caped from t ;i&w mck ?a4mzed, and all had been in the water a long time vhen rescued. Owing to the interruption of teiq¡rnphio commummtioii with Corunna detaec- n?i? of the wreck has been grœtly aelsyed. Particulars to hand show that it was towards midnight on Wednesday last when the City of Agra, a steamer of 6,000 toos, OOull4i from Liverpool to Calcutta, struck on the Negro Reef. betwaa-i Anon and Camella, during a thick foe. which made it impossible to see the lights. There was a tremendous shook, and a peat h Jla was torn in the vessel's side. She filled rapicKy, and began to settle down. Thery was considerable confusion on board, but the boat1 were launched. In addition to the officem and TeW. who numbered 73, there were only two passengers. After a desperate struggle with the waves 32 of the crew and one of the passengers succeeded in reaching the shore. Nothing more was seen of tine others, and it is believed that most of them went dawn with the vessel or were swamped with the boots. Crmarinas is the nearest town to the scene of the wreck, and as soon as the news of the disaster was received there the mayor and -other authorities went to the spot and rendered all the assistance in their power. The British CcpmiI at Corunna aaso sent his secretary, Mr. Guyard, who was accompanied by Captain Marchand and William Richard*, British pilots who had served on board the Spanish torpedo destroyer? Terror and Furor during their recent passage fom Scotland to Ferrol. Among the bod:es lopnrted to ha?e t?en reemred i. that of the chip's doctor. There wu only one womaa on b(mr t, the steww,de*L MISSING STATE OF GEORGIA. The Central News Agency at New York, telegraphing on Tuesday, sayo:-A St. John's telegram says the Nimrod has returned there after an unsuccessful search for the missing State of Georgia. LINER ASHORE AT HOLYHEAD. The Press Association Holyhead correspon- dent telegraphed on Tuesday afternoon that the steamer ashore on Skerrien Island is tho Anglo- nan, one of the Warren linors, homeward bound from Boston for Liverpool, NltA 700 head of cattle and 1,5CO sheep, and adds tbaA she is likely to become a total ,-reck. A Lloyd's message states that the Aogloman is upright, but rolling. A lator telegram states that the Anglomaa will probably be a total joss. The crew have been saved. Further telegrams received from Lloyd'* agent at Holyhead on Tuesday evening state: —The cargo of the Anglomam consisted of 593 cattle, 1,300 sheep, 24 hones, grain, and provisions. The vessel is on the rooks south- west of the main island of Skerres, and it lying with her head south-west, holed forward, with 27ft. of water in No. 4 Hold; adoat astern. The crew were all landed by the lifefboat except the oapt&in, chief eMiM<r, and chief and seoond o (*rL The tide is mnniB< so strongrly that it is impossible to salve; arranging to salve, if possible, the live stock with tugs at slack tide. Her Majesty's ship Reuard ir anchored close to the vessel, reedy to rendet every sssistance. Three tugs are also in air tendance. TWO SEAMEN DROWNEU. The "Star" a British stalow Durfais has coHMed with a Nofw?nM barqin off Mheo. The Mttr <M? Two of h*, crew were drowued. 1__ OVERDUE VESSELS. The following veeseia are reported m nve? .,hi inv, circles us overdue :-FalIs of BiackJm, Mow Hill, H. Biaohoff. T. F. 0*k«. State of CteotSM, OtrMtmn, Fort William, Fleur de Li8. Bankho!me. Lord DuJferw. HennMt, Ancona, and Kirkcudhri?tt?ure. MINOR CA^L.vj.uEii The British bnrqve Mark Curry took fire a pan at Iloilo and became a total wreak. Sht had aboard 1,200 tons of sugar. The British steamer Baron Cawdor is ash or< at Palo Dapoer. The Danish barque Agent Petersen, fat Jan-sica. is 3ground in the River Thames. The Norwegian barque Elverland, froo Bangkok, arrived at Sunderland damage* through a oollkion with a steamer supposed tc be the George Baird, which arrived in th< T? n& "^The damaged eteunm Hardanger and Bamanby, both of Hartlepool, collided ati Sh:elde. The former proceeded, damage uri. known the latter was slightly damaged.

I OMNIBUS OVERTURNED. • I SIX PERSONS INJURED. Oiv Tuesday evening ? well-Men Star Com. nany s omnibus, while proceed along Gmy'f Inn-road, London, caught iM wheels in th. tram haa and overturn Six perlODII, in. cludiner the driver, were injured, anrxtl*lol cluding the driver, were injured, and persons, in- to the Rov? Free Hospital hard by. It w? only lod,,ec".ry to detain one, after dMM* ing the wounds, this being Mr. Fitch, of Hitohin, whose head and right leg were con- tuse(L

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A BRISTOL MANUFACTURER. At Bii.? illoli,,t? ch T1 Edwin Gou?h, wM?toutemtn, was ?Juu?M! with .aling cycle fittings and three gohi- plated watches from his employer, Fili. m&n, cycle fittings m&nufacwm, Birmingœm, and William Chivem cycle -ug--t? esele-stj"t Bhatol. was ohti?ed with reœir.' ing the goods with guilty knowledge.—Goughi pleaded guilty, snd stated that he had been led to steal the artioles by Ohivers, who raited Ir. Chapman's warehouse on several occa- sions.—Cough was sentenced to two months' imprilon, *Ud MIT*M WOM C=Mitted imprisonment, b*? bei?g ?Howed—hitMeM i* 240 fWd two sureties in f20 etcht

LOCAL LAW CASE. THE SINKING OF THE CANDIA. i OWNERS OF TØJI OANPIA V. OWNEB3 or TITC PROPITIOUS. On Tuesday in the Admiralty Dhriaioa ft the Hicfej Ouri Sir Francis Jeune, the president, aiittsg wi*, Trinity Masters, delivered judgmma la this sction, which was brought to reoOrer damages The the low of the steamship CandJa, of Newport, Men., whioh ank so the mult of a ocilmlon with the steamship Propitious, of Stmderiand. The defendants' veasei was also oomiderably damaged, md far tiiis ttasy counter- claimed. The casualty took place in the Korth Se* to the westward ot the Newarp Lightship, ot Decem- her 3 last, when a dense fog prevailed. The Ouidle at the ttma bad on board a cargo ot wheat • from I brail (or ports on the lyne. mm PropiUouB was boond hom Xewoastte to BonJeaox with a osrgo: of ooaL Sir Francis Jeone said both partus were to blamo for the collwion. Judgment accordingly, eaolt. parti to bear halt of the other's reapeotlve damage.

CARDIFF ORCHESTRALSOCIETTS BALL. The b*M committH of the OtTtM (htbfttzt I Society milt on TuMdny ct?ht M the PMt. hall. There was a full t?dMC?. wiA Mr. F. H. Jo<hM? in the dmtf. The Hon &en-' tMV repolud on Ae MfMfrementt concluded, ?eTMytMn?CMrn?w? foft Imp atbw ^eT^r!icWarr?omg weli, aodWng, M it dof. on the M?ht tftw tbe 8tdety's lubu« co-Ii, the iRtOrMt in the event will dooMeM S pS*. Mr. F. G. PoberWe Mi band of ltil. hM bow r%WnW, 10 thm wM be no queØioo M to the ualny of the mmikm Lftt" y<M thM eoMety'* bSl WI8 ko.Wdgd to b* one jf the beet of the MMOa, md ym the weMetto mam ittes we d owg <?Mymm? pcteiMo to make the oomog MM e?<" *M** Ü1aD the àIt.

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FATHER CUTS HIS CHILD'S I THROAT. A labouring man named Frederick Archer, made a determined ottempt on Tuesday after- noon to murder hia daughter, a child of eiyht years, a4 their home in atmør'f08d, Notting HUL The mcther being out at work, Archer came home end deliberately cut the ohild's throat with a pruning knife inflicting a terrible gMh. He then went to ihe place where th? 1; i?. W" *t work and informed the horrified woman of his act. The !ittk I wM taken to the W;!8t London Hospital, wre ahe- lies in a pncM'iooa condition, and the father WM arreeted.