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SOUTH EASTERN I EUROPE. I GRAVITY OF THE hlTUATION ADDITIONAL TROOTS FOR MACEDONIA. GERMANY'S ATTITUDE. RUSSIA AND THE WAR INDEMNITY. TAKES IT OVER AS A BOOK DEI IT. The 1 rcsti Awociiit.on leaiiw that private advice. received m Loudon from Constanti- nople confirm the recem reports as to the extreme gravity of the situation in South- Eastern Europe, Thl) ultah has resisted all the attempts made to induce aim to reduoc the garriuim in riieosnly. On the contrary, five ti.< u additioral troop) have Iwen ordered to strengthen the Macedonian commands. It has now tocome ctear, slates the correspon- dtiit, that Greece iiiij be relieved of the pay- "It'nt (if (:,Wi for tl,e ,or ;i,(Ipinitity I)v t)io Ri'asian Government, taking it over as a' bock debt. C'lrw-enuentlv, the Sultan L* strongly ptesstd by his financial advisers to retain J "-Hto-sion of ThesNaly and to select a mili- tary o(finer of high rank to tie Governor of Larisna. The Bulgarian Government, the < "i respondent adds, is receiving the support of tlit German F.-np.ror in nrginjj the crcntion "I Macedonian principality, in which Thu-aly won Id fie included. Nothing could h8 worse than the tension "which exists b"t ell th* fanatical element at the Palace and (he Ministei* at the Porte, who are doji roitx of treating Greece liberally. A Renter telegram from Paril on Friday MTs: itle^ram from St. Petersburg, put lished by the "JSoiril," states that (Jeriuany is endeavouring to secure ihe retention of the Turkish garrisons in Crete, the retrocession of Thessalv to Turkey, and the abolition of the capitulations. Russia, adds the correspondent, will not yield on these three points, and Ger- many will have to give wav. A Renter s telegram from Constantinople on Thursday .says: — Following its custom at difficult junctures the Porte re eiitly addressed a c-Ircular to it* representative# abroad, with Ihe object «,f ascertaining the views of the European Cabinets in regard to the peace con- ditions. and in the hope of still meeting with some supprt from the Powers. Up to the present only Ruf?a's reply ha.s become known. The R))«)?n Foreign Minister, while "tath)'? in substance that he is not yet in a position to give his views on the situation, since he is not in possession of the necessary detailed reports, expresses the opinion that the questions of indemnity and of the citpittilatiotis appear to him less difficult of settlement than that rela- t.ng to the delimitation of Thessalv, This reply is regarded in Turkish official circles as justify- ing the hope that Russia will support the Turkish demand for the retrocession of Thes- øaly, In political circles, however, it is he'd that there is no ground for such hope, inas- much as the Ambassadors, including M. J)e Xehdoff, the Russian, and even Baron Sanrma on Jeltesh, the German, are perfectly agreell that Thessalv cannot he res'ored to Turkey. Th" idea continues to lie propagated among the Mussulman* that Great Britain objects to the annexation of that province owing to her reItH- tance to all, it to again come under Mussul- man rule. The dissemination of such news is attributed to the Palace officials, the object in view being to enable the Porte later on to throw the odium of the abandonment of Thes- ¡¡,y entirely upon the British Government, and in this way to show that Great Britain is the enemy and not the friend of the Mussulman. Among th? arguments adduced by the Ambas- sador* against the Turkish tetention of Thessalv are, tho unsatisfactory character of the Turkish administration and the absence of any reforms calculated to improve the position of all classes of the population. A Renter's telegram from Constantinople oil Thursday savs • —The further adjournment of the meetings between tho Ambassadors and Tewfik Pa>h» until Saturday next w.i* made at the request of the Ottoman Foreign Minister, who stated that too Sultan had not yet jiro- r.cunced :1'1 opinion on the question of the retrocession of Thessalv. This fresh postpone- ment h" produced a lxul impression in diplo- matic circles. Althougo the feeling in Turkish official circles yesterday in regard to the retro- w»sion of Th4h!8aly was more conciliatory, it is feared to-day that the Sultan may refuse to vield on this point The reports which have h<-cn circulated all to an alleged arrangement bv which the Tuikish frontier would be advanced as far as the River Peneus 110 a.. to include th-i Valley of furnavo are absolutely withcul 'cumbition. The Ambassadors are still awaiting t,he decision of the Sultan on the territorial question As regarde the meeting of the military attaches, it is understood that their dlibertioTIS will be conducte<l ln private, and that their task will be to furnish a rejicrt on the strategic frmtier, which will guide the Ambassadors in arriving at a decision So far as the remaining two points of the peace con- ditions aro concerned, the faet that it was dtcided at Tuesday's meeting to submit them to the consideration of experts .s taken to indi- cat) the acceptance by Turkey of the principle envreiated lo- the Amhawadcns, who do not anticipate that any difficulties will lie encoun- teied. Although the amount of indem- nity is ttill to be fixed, the question of the Capitulations may lie regarded as practically settled.

URUGUAY AND ARGENTINA I HOSTILITIES FEARED. 'I A Renter's telegram from New York on Friday says: According to a Buenos Ayres telegram published by the "New York Herald," the Uruguayan gunboat. Suarez has landed a force on the Argentine coast, and has sunk a vessel. The Argentine Government, adds the telegram, has consequently ordered a gunboat to attempt to capture the Suarez, and it ia eared war may result.

ENGLAND AND FHANCE. LETTER FROM 5M. GLADSTONE. At a meeting of the Association for the Dev.iopu.ent of Mure Cordial Relations between the United Kingdom and France on Friday. Sir A. Arnold jn the chair, a letter was read from Mr. Gladstone, to the effect that be oordiallv sympathised with even effort to draw closer lour friendlr relations with France, and he was aW of opinion that reasonable satisfaction ought to he given to Furor*, France, ..f course, included, on the subject with respect to which she entertains a particularly strong feeling. Lord 11ufferin ,n."e in a similar strain, and resolutions in support of the objects of the association nur* carried.

BASS' EMPLOYES' OUTING. EXCITINO SCENE OFF YARMOUTH On Friday the employes of BJVV* Btvwery at Burton, with their wives a.id families visited Yarmouth for their annual out- ir_ Th", company numbered 10.000 and they travelled in sixteen trains. While the Lord Nelson, one of the fleet o, uteanurs wd for the day was proceeding to sea with 500 of t!le Visitors on board, she ran into and cut in halves a barge moored in the harbour. Fortunately there was no loss of life, but great excitement prevailed for a few minutes.

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GUNNERY DISASTER IN NEW YOHK. I:\PLOSIOX OF A GAIHMANN SHELL. A Now York telegram to the "Daily Tele- graph says: --Dit-astr,,us results attended an experiment with a Gathmann sttell at Indian Head proving-grounds. A huge gun, weigh- ing 135.5001b., intendtd to be 13in. in clihl. but bored out to only 12in. for experimental purposes, was blown to pieoes, one fragment bring found IL mile away. The accident was caused hy the explosion in the gun of a Gath- mann shell, charged with 3301b. of jam- cotton. Altliotigh tiw test wu#j witnepiv(i I)v a ntimlier of ordnance exjierts and the naval attaches of the principal Embassies and Log.- tiotts, no one was injured. It is supposed that the s hock of the powder discharge detonated the gun-cotton before the projectile could get out of tho muzzle of the gun.

MILITAHY SERVICE IN RUSSIA. The "Standard" correspondent at Moscow telegraphs: —'The Higher Military Court has just completed the trial of a number of non-coni- missioned ofTcers and men IwJongmg to the Odessa Military District, on charges of an ext.raordinary charucl<r. The R ussian ptuisant h)M long practised various teirib)H mutilations to incapacitate him from onHtory Rt'vice; but it has been reserved for the officers in question to devise means of freeing the recruit after he had enterNI the ranks. l'or siinit; of money, varying from live pounds to fifty, the clerk who mado out certain returns conspired with the junior doctors in charge of the military hospital to effect the release of privates by pro- ducing certain diseases. The full particulars of the cafte have not been published, but the method appears to be as fo)),)g-#: -.k private desirous of escaping fjrthcr service applied to the clerk, who arranged to send him to hospi- tal, where the other conspirator*, by means of drugs, produced yuriuus forms of sickness, ending generally in a weakening of the heart's action. The chief doctors were then induced to sign certificates stating that the patient m a.% unfit for further service. The plot waj dis- covered on the death of one of the clerks, who shot himself. leaving behind an information addressed to his colonel, and naming his accom- plices. Eight men, including two former patients, were sentenced to various punish- ments, ranging from civil annihilation (loss of all civil rights, name, property, and standing), with two years' service in the disciplinary bat- talions, usually regarded as equivalent to a slow d ,th sentence, to eight mouths iu the same ser- vice without loss of rights.

THE CONGO RAILWAY. FIGHTING AMONGST NATIVE WOItfv- MEN. TWENTY KILLED AND FORTY WOUNDED. A Reuter's special telegram from Liverpool on Friday %ays: -The following intelligence has been received here from Boma, dated May 14: "News has come down the river from N'tumba of a tern lite fight among the men employed in the construction of the (. »ngo Railway, and, although no pro(-isl details are to hand, it seema there has been scri(,U )us< of life. N'tumba is a djy'a jMirney hy the new railway from M.tt?di. There MM over seven thouMnd nn employed i-,?king the line. M.my of them are natives from Sierra I?one am) othci British W?t African Colonies, while 80me t?eh'e months ago nea.dy a thnt?a?d Senegalese, who are of French nationality, were taken down to the Congo to work on the railway, under a tliree years' engagement. It, was between the Senegalese and the Sierra Leonwins that the fight appears to have taken pitn-e, though some other natives are alco reported to have joined in. Twenty of tl«> combatants are reported to have been killed and forty wounded. The Free State authorities appear to have interfered, as the affair is «aid to be now at an end. Intelligence has also come down of some strious trouble with the forces who are in the upper river district, fight- in the Nfith(bwtz or the Arab slavedealers. Everybody here is very retiocnt about the matter, particularly the Free State oNciat* but that the matter is verv serious there is no doubt, as all the available whites in tho lower Congo aro beiug sent to the front as quickly as possible, with whatever tightiDg men or materials thev car, collect."

BULGARIAN MURDER CASE. ATTEMPT TO IMPLICATE PRINCE FERDINAND. A Reuter's telegram from Philippopolis on Thursday- says —The murder of the young Hungarian woman Anna.Simon, with which Captain Jiortclivff, of the Prince'« Guard, the father of the woman's child; M. Novitich, the prefer of police her. and a gendarme attached to the Palace are now changed, has Wh rendered even more mysterious by the deposition made by M. Novitich. In this statement the prefm d-lare. that Captain Bortcheff induced him to take part in the murder by iutauririg him that Prinoe Ferdinand had given orders for the woman to he killed. Although no credence is attached to this state- ment so far as Prince Ford iwnd is concerned, it i, nevertheless, regarded as significant of public morality here that the prefect of police should affect to believe such II talll,

MISS MARY KTNORLET IN WEST AFRICA. Miss Mary Kingsley gave an account on Thursday at St. Martin's Town-hall of her recent experiences among tlie wild tribes of West Africa. Frcni a commer- cial point of view, Alias Kjngsley r;?i,l the regions of West Afri,-? were of the highest im?rt?Me. Hho was not or of thnse who entertained the idea that white | Jieople could not colonise in those regions. (In the contrary, the consuming power of West Africa for English manufactured goods was unknown to the great majority of fieople in this country, and it only required the going forth of a certain number of English men and | v. i men into those rrcultivated regions to develop the commercial resources of the coun- try The hhck people, like many of her Jriends at home, wondered whM ? woman )?e herself had to do all alone in n?rk AfnM She M.u'd not understwd herlf: ?he mly knew that her mission Inu to gather fresh- water fishes and in pursuit of ethnological studies. West Africa was a perfect paradise for ethnologists, althnugh for the benefit of the" ho might he thinking of going she | would say thAt the natives naturally regarded *)) whit" Ieol),e m (I ughter.) The Wack people, however. regarded a European as the most valuable thing they could have iu their vi'lages. and a good understanding "US soon Mtahhobcd. providing the visitors w.re willing to trade fairly, In one phKf she "a received with ?rptt pomp as the I "\{rea htramll11ot.ber" of the vii;age. Alto- eether the Nttrott?ona of West Africa were I itresistiblv fascinating, and now lint had re, turned she seemed to hear a voice crying in the words of the native* who wanted to bring their dead to life again, "Come back, I come back, this is your home."

I THE US TEN I) MYSTERY. further Krt"jtn"tt!i.? of ? incriminating Mt?ra have (.j"a the BruweU <-orre?nden< of the "l>aily Chronicle") Iwon brought to light 11 cnttnecm.u with the death of M?d.,n. TM d?r AwM? at OteH(¡..hose hU'Dd i- under arrest cn the charge i?f murder.

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DISASTER IN INDIA I BRITISH TROOPS ATTACKED BY NATIVES. TREACHEROUS ONSLAUGHT THREE OFFICERS KILLED AND OTHEHS WOUNDED, NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. During the earlier hours of Friday news wall received from India that a British force in the loohi sacred by natives near the Afghan frontier. Three hundred men of the 1st Sikhs and 1st l'unjaub Infantry, with two gurls of the No. 6 Bombay Mounted Battery, who were escorting fr. the a^ent, on his way to Shirarii, were resting at two o'clock in the after- noon, who,, they were surprised and treaohe- rously attacked by Maliks in large force. Three British omrenjj wero killed and three others injured, while a number of natne officers and Sepoys suffered a similar fate. The Central News is a-ssured that there is no cause for alarm or anxiety, and there i. nt the slightest reason to supjiose that any complica- tions will arise out of this latejt of Indian frontier incidents. The assailants of the little Briti"h force were Ataddakhcls. a chin of Waziris, who nvustw some 1,600 lighting men, and occupy the head of the Tochi Valley, a bove the Vpper Darwa. Their chief settlement is the large village of Shirani, on the rirlit bank of tho Tochi. The district is within the British frontier as defined bv the formal Agreement and accepted by the Ameer. There is un ample force within striking distance of the Tochi Valley. Reinforcements have already been tout to the scene of the fighting from Dattakhel, and further assistance can, if neoes- ary, be despatched from Bannti. It is believed that the treacherous Maddakhels will lie quickly brought to submission, and the instigators of the attack punished with the local for, at the disposal of the authorities. The Mnddakhels gave some trouble last year, when they raided upon their nnighlsiur* and interforeil with tho traders passing through their country but, of course, disturbances are Ismnd to occur from tune to time in our dealings with these lmlf- civilised frontier trilies. OFFICIAL TET.KGRAMH. Tlie Press .Aswiciation states that the Secre- tary for India has received the following tele- gram, da'ed Friday Gee, political officer in Tochi, telegraphs on Sheranna and Maizai, with escort of 300 rifles, two coins, and twelve cavalry, for tho purpose of fixing site for post and realisation of fines. Atxmt two p.m. we wero suddenly attacked while rest- ing under trOO8 at Maizi in a most cowardly and treacherous manner. Casualties known at present are — "Captain Browne, R.A. Lieutenant Cruick- shanks, R.A., and Colonel Bunny, 1st Sikhs, k lied. "Lieutenant Browne, 1st Tunjaub Tnfantrv; Lieutenant Hiuginson, let Hikhø; and Surgeon- captain Caasidy, 1st Sikhs, wounded severeN-. Exact numlier of native oiffcers and Sepoys killed and wounded not known at present. We were pursued for aliout four miles until rein- forwd from fattaidift." A later telearam says — Regret to report the following casualties, which occurred yesterday in an attack on an escort of the political officer at Maizai, in Toe/u: "Killed :-Lieutenant.colonel A. Bunny, lat Sikh Infantry; Captain J. F. Browne, No. 6 (Bombay) Mountain Battery, "Severely wounded:- Lieutenant Seton Browne, Lot Ruejas Infantry; Surgeon-cap- tain C. C. Cassidv, 1st Sikh Infantry; and Lieutenant A. J. M. ITiggiiwon, let Siklis. "One native officer and 21 rank and tile wore also killed, and 24 rank and file wounded." DETAILS OF THE DfSASTER Reuter's Simla corrcsr>ondeiit, telegraphing on Friday morning, saye Newø 3IBII just fOfxhed here of a disaster to British troops in tlie Toohi Valley, near the Afghan frontier. It appeare tliat some 500 men of the 1st Sikhs and 1st Punjaub Infantry, with two guns of No. 6 Brmbav Mouritvn Battery, weio resting at two o'olook in tlie aIternoon, whe:J they wore sui prised and trea, Jierously attacked bv Maliks end a large force. Th" British loa" was — Killed: Colonel Bunny, of the 1st S'kbs; Capta in Browne, soji of the late Sir James Browne; and Lieutenant Cniicshanks, of the Iollntain Battery. ounded Surg(H)n-cap- tuin Higginson, of tho let Sikhs; Lieutenant Hiirginson, attai hed to the 1st Sikhs, and Lieute- nant Seton Browne, of the let Punjaub Infantry. Abi ut 25 men of th'3 native regimentB were killed, and aliout the sal". number were wounded. A numlier of mules and horses wore killed. Colonel Gray, from Miranshah, has taken over the command of the valley. The Mullah Powindah is believed to be at the lottom of the attack, details of which are anxiously awaited, OVERWHELMED BY NUMBERS A later telegram at&tps that Mr. Gee, political offi, WM visiting Hhirani with an mcc)" when the fon-a WM tthx ked at Maizai, The British troops were followed for several milea by "Vr- whelming numbers of the enemy. All the officers are returned as being severely wounded. Reuter's Agency learns on inquiry on Friday morning that the latent news concerning Mr. Gee's movements nu to the effect ti.at he was moving in the Shirani country. The Tcchi Valley, the scene of the dis- aster, lies to the north of the well known HmnaJ-mtxj to Ghaxni, and commands that route. Hinee too Huraml agreement and the delimitation of tho Indo-Afghan frontier, the valley has been controlled by the British, who have established poet* all along it. AIr, (ioe, the political officer in charge of the district, has been moving in the district with an eocort of native troops and British officers. AI already stated, according to the latest informa- tion, he was visiting the Shirani country. The tribes in the district have always been turbulent, and it has been more than once necessary to teach them a sharp lesson. The chief cause for future anxiety in connect ion with the attaek is the probability of other trilws being stirred up It is not clear which trilie is responsible for the massacre, but the Mullah Powindah is well known to the Indian authori- tie,; as « notorious fanatical priest, who has always iffn very hostile to British influence. Some time ago he wm expollod by the authorities for his attempt to stir up disaffection, and he was also thrown over by his own people. Sinco his exile he has },oen liiing in Afghan- istan, and has. apparently, got together a fiesli following. He took part in the attack on the British camp at Wana in November, 1894, COLONEL BUNNY. Colonel A-thur Oa.itley Bunny became a lieuteiam ui the Hampshire Regiment t"o old 67th Foot) in 1871, being promoted ciptiin in 1833. Promoted to the rank of major m 1(191, he was apjninted commandant of the 1st Sikh Infantry, with tho rank of lieutennnt-col.-v,cl. The deceased officer had seen a considerable amount of attive service. He served in the expwlition against the Jowaki Afiidees in I 1'77,78, receiving a medal with claap. He took put m the Afghan War in 1879. and in the operations of the Lughmaon Valley, being men- tioned III dispatches. He also wrved in the Mnhsood Waziri Expedition in 1881, and was again mentioned in dispatches. I In served in the lihob ValK-y Expedition in 1890. and with the Waxirisiau Field Force under Sir William Lockhsrt in 1894-5, in command of the 1st Sikh Infantry, receiving a clasp in recogni- "n 01 loj. services.

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LEASEHOLD ENFRANCHISE- MENT. THE PROPOSED ASSOCIATION FOR CARDIFF AND SOUTH WALES. INTENDED VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN. "A MORE EXCELLENT WAY." The question of compulsory leasehold en. franchisement has lieen revived at Cardiff, and COllnoillllr Henry Jones, Radical representative of the Park V ard, the staid but genial junior member of the corixiration, has come forward at the head of the now movement, which, he chums, is essentially anti-revolutionary, "for what", save lr, Jones, warming to the subject at the end of an interview, "jø more likely to cause a man to eschew revolutionary ideas than the know ledge that ho owna, not only the house he lives in, but the ground under it as well, and that with ordinary care it will remain in the possession of hi.. heirs for ever and ever?" "1 have Ix'en asked by many people during t h" last \01 years," ?aid Mr. Jones, when ywter- day ho was invit«d by on- of- our leprcsentatives to re-count the history and state t c0otj j ects of the ulIt>ciatinu lauue"t,ed UpOIl a troubled life on Thursday afternoon, "Wli" I did not start a leuRehol" enfranchisement association. Hither'" 1 have replied by asking my interrogators why they did not do but lately I havoc been think- ing the matter over seriously, and at lut I decided to convene a meeting t > see whether people were ripe for the movement. That meeting WWI hold" las reported in the "Western Mail" of Friday] "at th Cardiff J,chan" on Thursday afternoon, and the proposal very hlrtilv received by those who were 1)rf,?nt' and by many other*, unable to be pmsc?iit, who wrote me and offered to tiuliscrilH! towards tho expenses. It was decided to form an association; an executive was appointed, and I WIU elected chairman. Before 1 callcd the meeting I had made up lilY mind that this was a question which was entirely non political, and I was glad to. find that all those prfJ8t'Ht at the meeting Wete entirely at one with me in rerard"?g leaseho I d enfranchisement as a question upnn which we ca. all be colnur- b lina. It is just as imiKirtant to a Conservative leaseholder tliat the present defective law should he amended as it is to the interest of a Liberal leaseholder that reform should be brought about. The committee i8 composed of members of hoth parties; fully one-half of the committee are Conservatives. "The idi,&? Our object is to obtain power to compulsorily purchase the land under rair leaseholds. It is suggested that the price should be from tWent" to twenty-fivo years' purchase of the ground rent, or that the fai?(i- r,l and tenant should have the option to make the hoJding a perpetual 1,?a6e, with all ("ovenants struck ,ut- thal is. that the only restrictions upon the tenants' rights, in addi- tion, of course, to the perpetual ground rent, should be the restrictions imposed bv the bye- laws of the Cardiff Corporation. The present tvstcm is an inverted order. The regular reason- able order would be that after paving heavy ground rents fur a term of N-vars--tite chfJapO"1 in Cardiff work out at E2,000 per acre, and the, rise to £ 20,000 per acre—the house .,? d ;J )d ,,O the ;l;r.f í tenant, instead of reverting to tho landowner. Hut we do not ask for that: we only ask for the right to buy the freeholds or to create a perpetual lease." "Is there a central body of this I'ha.ractr?" I "^os; there is a central organisation in London, and we propose to affiliate with it." "How do you intend to proceed?" "By arranging for lecturers to visit Cardiff, by distributing literature on the subject, and generally by trying to nlighttm the people on the question, and hv bringing pressure to bear on Parliamentary candidates to secure from them promises in writing to bring forward and support measures to this end." "What will you do for South Wales?" "NVe have called our a*sociation 'Cardiff and ill you do anything for South Wales besides include it in the title?" "y cs; we shall endeavour to start societies in every town and district in South Whales, and, if sm'cessful there, in North Wales as well." ),a "]10 i you know of any particular caøe of hardship?" "Fiierv leaseholder in Cardiff knows the necessity for a change. Vou buy a house and think It vour own, but you cannot do a single thing to it in the way of addition without the consent of the ground landlord, and at the expense 01 increased rent or heavv penalty Ioøt of the property at the 1)?ke is only fit to be pulled down and re-built: but who will do 'hat wlimi the y cannot it an exwnded i:sat ,elhaeeYpne ::e a::p<i w" are readv to spend thousands, iT we could get all extension. Some time ago a man 1 know bought small properties in West Bute-street, intending to put up good buildings in their place, at a cost of about £10,000 to £1?.OOO, 11 e could not secure an extension of the low, and the money was not spent, with consequent loss to the town in more ways than one. The welfare of Cardiff would be much promoted if we had leasehold enfranchisement, for in less thu t(?n voars many bit ildi-n,. n,)? have a bri_ ck-and-mortar valuation "f £ 150 nr lin?,o a t)r i(!k-aTICI-iii(irtir valtiati,)n (,f L150 ,r £ 1.000, L2,000, or £ 3.000. Another thing which our association will dn." added Afr, •Tones at fJA, ting, "is to undertake the defence of leaseholders against bad and unreasonable covenants." So much for Mr. Henry Jones's exposition of the aims of his afl!!o<,iation, There is no Honht that thousands of leaseholders in Cardiff and throughout .South Wales will be in heartv sym- pathy with him. At the same time, one cannot help feeling that tbiol work is one largely for posterity, and that, however rapidly the Cardiff and South Wales Leasehold Enfran- chisement Association may achieve the objects led before it, a generation of leaseholders wia have (Tossed the Great Divide before much prac- tical good will have been accomplished. It seems as though, for tho present feneration, at least, a more excellent way of attaining the object sought was foreshadowed in the letter from Mr Ivor Vachnl; which appeared in the "Western Mail" for November 23, 1894. In that letter Mr. Vachell suggested that Lord Bute should be invited to beneit his own tenants, and set an example to other Cardiff landowners by granting all extension of his leases, and in support of his suggestion Mr. Vachell urged the consideration that it was extremel,- unlikely any .Act for the enfranchisement of leaseholds wou.d provide for the purchase of freeholds in C'1lIe;¡ where the unexpired term was le.*s than 50 Year-" condition which obtains in, pro- bably, the majority of Cardiff bases. Mr. Vachell quoted the circular which had then illat been issutd by certain Engliah landowners offering 999 years' leases, in lieu of existing 99 years' loase—virtually a perpetual gT»nt— the additional rent to lie ascertained by a con- version of the leasehold term into perpetuity on the basis of the 3 per cent, tables. That is to say that, for example, a hoiwe and garden of the annual VII)110 ot £100, let on lease for an unexpired term of 87 veaiv. at a ground rent of £10, would carry an additional rent of £3 16s. Sit. per annum, or a rent for the 999 vears of C13 16s. 5d. per annum. Mr. Vachell, in his letter, pointed out that local oonditiona would have to lie considere d in the matter of Cardiff leases, and each case decided on merit*, but to meet the case of those whose leases have less than 50 vesrs to run he suggested applica- tion to Lord Put. for voluntary extension of the leases. It certainly seems that for such cases, nt any rate, this mggo«tion holds mora promise of advantage than is offered by Coun. cillor llonry Jonee's association.

INTERNATIONAL MINERS' CONGRESS. PERSONALITIES MARK THE CLOSING SIT IING. Upon the resumption of the Miners' Inter- natinual Congress in London on Friday, M. Callvnaert, M.P., Belgium, presiding, a resolu- tion was adopted with a view to the appoint- men of enrolling inspectors of mines from the ran k s of miners. The ?".g,e. aUo ex- lir?ess?d an opinion favourable to orvani.d medical aid in the immediate vicinity of all pits. A proposal from France in favour of putting mines under State control teas objected to by Germany, on the ground that in that country the conditions of work iu State mines were worse than in those belonging to individuals. The Miners' National Union voted against the propoeiti"lI. and the federation was divided on the subject, the result being that an animated and personal dt?usMon took p!an'. in the course of which Mr. John Wii<on. M. P called upon Atr. fwe;oÿ(li:; ;tal;:1re un Stt tt! Eveyntiiallv the rew)liitif)ii W)M tt?pted., j The onngreft l,a_1 a resolution iu Jamur, of the establishment of arbitration court* for the settlement of dispute* connected with nrtn- ing, after which Vienna was fixed upon an the place of meeting next year. Votes of sym- pathy were paM?d with the Uemum miners fi,?M in =?n' 'owing to their activity 0111 b,?t.if of TNdœ rnionjm, and, !!even1 re- appoiDtmenta of officials having taken place, the -t)ngrm WM brought to a doae with votes of thanks.

At CiM?rw nn WttI?MdtV t Vo?un'MT, named Duga'td Weir, shot himself, death being n-n.ed W.i,, a lt,,t h i.??self, death leit?g ctarym?n.hMtwmvaty much dopivvsed !4tA;h, aad had been taking Ivliai .dvk. id ?d ti.r,o (hildn, a-j. il)ni ETSOJ' Quinine Bitten. In Brittle*. i% M .ntl 4' M, -?h. IVhett It receive a 1ST Ir:al U ..en' tAl atta!n ito nhj.ct In "1°""1' cstUsti &0 bnaá who hue BUt!tr.4 ?ro. "a'10" contpiai&ta.

WLSJI CHARITIES ) IIELPED. ) — GENEROUS .LEGACIES BY A I LONDON MEHCHANT. DIVISION OF 920,000. 1 Our London correspondent telegraphs:—Mr. William Andrew Gueadon. whose generous boqueets to Welsh institutions have caused so much curiosity and comment in local circles, was a London merchant who had great dealings with the Colonies. At the time of his death he reaided in Clapham with his wife, Claire Kllen Charlotte Grace Guesdon, who has since died. Mr. Guesdon bequeathed for philanthropic and charitable purposes in Wales the following sums, which were thus placed at the time of his death:-218,138 8s. 6d. in Consols, £843 16e. 5d., money on deposit, and P,131 19s. M, cash. The following local charities hive now been heaefited under the Attorney-General's scheme: WALKS GENERALLY. Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for < Nurses 5,000 Cardiff Infirmary 3,000 Cardiff Institute for the Blind lere Cardiff lleaf and Dumb Institute 1,('00 Swansea General acid F.ye Hospital ?.,0„0 Swansea Cambrian Institution for the 7),?af and Dumb .? ?i i,cm I S;tl:¡1 'h;f;()p¡;'I 1,000 and Fri?i?dl?es Girls 500 Swansea (md South Wales hmtituhon for the Blind 500 Merthvr General Hospital 2,000 Pembrokeshire and Haverfordwest infix- Jnurv. 500 Rhy) Roy?t AlemAra Childrn a Hos- ¡dal Z.CWJ «rcxham Infirmary 500 ':1:ir:M:{ "\gi' Infirmary 500 and I)isl?ai Han?<r 1,000 Total £ >;0,000 The residue of the fund, if any, WM orderou to he equally divided between the Cardiff Infirmary and tho General and Kye Hospital, Swansea.

I COMPENSATION BILL. MEETING OF NORTHERN COAL- OIVNLITS. A meeting of Northumberland and Dur- ham ooalownerg was held at Newcastle on Friday, to consider the Workmen (Com- pensation for Accidents) Bill. It, was resolved that the principle of making the employers liable to pay compensation for accidents of every description was unfair and unjuet; tli.tt the Bill would flirow all additional burden on the ooftl trade, increase the difficulty of meeting foreign competition, and caiute loss of employment; that the Bill should not pitss without the general principle applying to all indimtries that it would lead to disputed lietwoen employers and employed; that the coal trade should secure famendments render- ing the Bill leas injurious; and that a depu- tation should wait upon Lord Salisbury.

REPRESENTATION OF PEM- BROKESHIRE. SELECTION OF A LIBERAL CANDIDATE. On Friday an adjourned meeting of the members of the Pembrok«diore Liberal Three Hundred was held at Haverfordwest, to con- sider the question of selecting a Liberal can- didate to contest the oounty. Two gentlemen were mentioned, namely, 31r. Henry Seymour Allen, of Oreaselly, and Mr. J. Wynford l'wlippe, of Lydstep, South Pembrokeshire. Mr. Philipps was selected, although not unanimously.

CARMARTHEN BOROUGHS. THE 8 EL EDITION OF A LIBERAL CANDIDATE. A joint meeting of the executive committee of the Liberal Associations of Llanelly and Cajmartlien will lie held to-day (Saturday) at the latter town, when a candidate to fight the Liberal battle at the next eleefon wil'. be st-keted. As -At have already amnmm xi, there are three gentlemen in the field, namely, Mr, T. Terrell, Q.C.. Mr. Uwilym Evans, and Mr. Alfred Daviffi, Hamptead,

DRUNKENNESS IN FLINT- I SHIRE. IS IT OX THE INCREASE t At Thursday's meeting of the Flintshire County Council held at Mint, under the pr<?i- den<y of Mr. W. Elwv WUIitnx fJ<hyi). I ?"ITi-. Humphrey Williams (Flint) drew attention to a paragraph in the minutes of the standing joint committee suggesting that there had been an increase of drunkenness at Flint, and pointed out that a statement had been made from the magisterial bench that ttwm WM ]on drunken- neM in F]int now than ever Wore.—Police- Mperintendtnt J. Ivor Davies (Mold) said the convictions for drunkenn- were very few at Flint. Tn the previous quarter there were only two.—The Cbi6f-conøtable (Major Webber) (aid there had certainly been an increase in the ¡ t¡rnk:=\?=- said that the increased drunkenne<t had been attributed in some Quarters to the extension of licensing h' iirs by magistrate*.—Alderman Joseph Hall (Flint) supposed I)r. Williams was referring to the deci- sion of the Flint Borough Bench to grant an hour's extension on Juldlee Da" to a Flint licensed victualler, but the magistrates (,t)iild not see any reason for refusiog that application, at it WM an extrMrditmry day, whK'h "me only onM in 60 y?am (TAnAte?.?-The Cl,rk fMr T. T. Kelly) suggested that it was undesirable to go into that matter, as the magistrates wore perfectly entitled to use their own discretion.

TAFF VALE DIRECTORATE. ELECTION OF A NEW MEMBER. At a meeting of the board of the Tttff Vale Railway held on Friday Mr. Russell Ren, a member of the firm of R. and J. H. Rea, London, Cardiff, and Southampton, shipowners iknd (scal exporters, was elected a member of the board in place of the late Mr. J. l'yke Thompson.

DANGER IN A BARREL OF YEAST. An eighteen-gallon barrel of yeast "exploded" on Friday at the Central Station, fiunderiand, with a loud report. Great alarm prevailed in the vicinity until tlie nature of the figcident was ascertained. The barrel flew into the air. and, having jitet missed a boy's head, crubed ill to Mctfsr*. Smith's newspaper stall. Porters, pas- sengers, and the walls and roof of the station were covered with yeast.

CZARINA AND HER DAUGHTER. A Reuter's telegram from 8t, Petersburg on Friday save :—According to a liulletm, the con- j ditlon of the Czarina and of the infant Grand Dachess is satisfactory in every rnsp-ct. The baby Princess has received the name of Tatiana.

THE BRUSSELS EXHIBITION. A r_t?i »w» I m tmm IIrn_1t ,ff Fridav j ,? .rl. lllllh SerOoo t Ih 1 nWnations* Elhi, I UUuq vas formally opetuM this afurnoon.

At Guildford on Friday morning Ernest Traen was tried for the wilful, murder of a little boy, named Packer, at Oodatmini on March a. Prisoner was seen by the naked bodv of the boy" hacking at his throat with a table knife. He wss certified to be insane, and was ordered to 1* confined during her Msjostr's pleasure. nnuciotw MAZAWAVI'KK TKA nsunot* mzAWAri-KK ITA Resells tbs Delicious Tea* o4 Thirty Tears Ago

THE FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. MANCHESTER VSnY ORDER OF ODD- FELLOWS. EXPULSION OF WELSH LODGES. I ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR THE Y EAR. The proceedings of the Oddfellows Annual Moveable Committee were concluded in the Pavilion, Douglas, on Friday. Deputy Grand- m-wl'jr E Lukey, Canterhury, presided in the absence, through illness, of Urand Master Turner. The directors' report upon districts violating the laws of ùw order was considered, and it w, ruolved that unless Ashton, in Cheshire, Brimpt iji, Horncastle, and Brecon districts Kitiffv the directors at their November tioard me-,lin;: that they are complying with the rules of tlie order they be expelled. The direc- tors reported that they had expelled from the Unity the Prince Howell the Good, Prosperity, and 1'ei M-verance Leslies, in the Blaenavon District and the Farmers' Refuge Lodge, Liajtai tffraid District, in aoonrdanoe with the decision of the Bristol and Swansea annual inu Ming. The (-,muse was adopted without dis- CIJ s:on. A petition from the Strangers' Refuge Lodge, Htudlry Distr?-t. asking the Unity to rehu-u the Mm of B998 forfeited to the Uikv iu 1882 waa acceded to. Mr. Warren (Stepney) proix)ped a resolution indignantly protesting against, the action of companies and corporations of employers who make it a condition of employment that work- men enteriug their establishments shall be com- pelled, not only to join the benefit, provident, or accident fund attached to such works, but also to give up tnem)M;r))hip of Friendly Societiet to which they have hitherto liclonged; that in the opinion of this meeting such action con- stitutes un infringement of the righta and privi- leges of individuals, and an attack upon the Friend y Society movement, generally aud in- Htnletll the board of directors to take energetic steps, either singly or in connection with other Friendly Societies, in order that such action by emp'oyers may he made an offenco against the statute law.—Mr. Bourne (Cheltenham) seconded the resolution, wliioh was carried unanimously. The Corresponding Secretary read the fnl. lowing acknowledgment from her Majoty the Queen: "Buckingham Palace. June 10. -ThePrivate S^ ecretary is commanded to exjrrcse the tlirvnks of the QUMII for the kind ineMsago of congra- tulations which you have forwarded to her Majesty." (Cheers.) 'the election of officers i<Y.-ulted as follows: Nir. E. Lukey ((Witerbury) was uuani- inously elected Grand Master. Tho voting for Deputy Grand Maxtor was: T. Edmond- pon (Skipton), 245: T. Hughes (Ll.tuellv), 186; W. Vincent (West, London), and H. Woodeson (Portsmouth). 64. Mr. Edmond non wm declared elected amid cheers. 1110 following WTere electod director* Sidney Camp- kin (Cambridge), T. Walton (Southampton), T. Hughes (Llanelly), J. Diproae (North Lon- don), H. Flowlrs (NorwichI. H. Woodeson (Portsmouth), C. Graham (Uurton-on-Tivnl). It. RuKhtoii (Accrington^ and Orford White (Ipswich). The following were elected the investigation committee for next year Mc§«is. IviRtwood (Blackburn), Hind (Ciie«tcrlield). Mills (Chenter), Main (Portsmouth). Holden ISaddleworth), Rust (Lynn). and Ware (Stepney). Air. Stockall (London) was re- elected l'ai'liamientarv ftgent, and Grand Master Lukey, Mr. U'alton, and Mr. Collins (the corresponding secretary) were choscn aa rcpiiesentatives to the next. Friendly Societies' conference. 'Hie meeting made grante to local charities, a.nd the proceedings terminated with t.he uwual "nt8. of thanks to the local oommittew and others. A WFLSH "SMOKER." The Welsh delegates to the Oddfellows' ■VM.C, at Diutdaa held a "smoker" at the Rid^way Hotel 01: Wednesday night. P.(!.M. Ton 1 Htifhas (hlmwlly) ixwidod, ably supported by I'rov. C.S. Han ,1<.0"8 (Alier- cain). A very pleasant evening was rpent. GRAND UNITKl) ORHHK OF ODD. FKLMHV.H. The Grand ITnited Order of Oddfe!?)? &)j<nn met in f?nft'n'n?e on Friday morning at I'oiton, under the pre»idency of llr<>. Kbff, Grand Majftcr. It was r.olved that the retirjr Grand Master shall in future be allowed £10 for his year's services, and in no case oh.11 it exceed this amount. An important reiolution, making the quinquennial valuation compulsory, wu carried unanimously, and the Grand Matter ►■aid the Order ouirht to lie proud of the vote. Bro..Towett was elccted Ur,nd Master anu Bro. W. Davies. Swansea District, Deputy Grand Master. Bro. Wi:de, Manchester, was re-appointed Grand Secretary. Several riilm were t'Cvi,1, I,nd in the afternoon the confe- rei.ee a pulsion fund, bnsod on a voluntary memliership. The conference closed later.

SWING-BOAT FATALITY AT CARDIFF. A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE, Mr. E. B. Reeoc, Ixwough and district coroner, held an iiifjiiest at the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Friday evening into the circum- stallce of the death of John Patrick Regan, aged seventeen, of 56. Milten street,, who died on Wednesday night from injuries caused hy his having fallen out of a swing-lmat at Studt's «hows. Qu«en-street. Peter M Kav. 22, Adeline-street, said that on Wednesday e'ening he went, in cxinij mv with the decreased, to Studt's swing bouts, at the back of Queen-«treet. They took a boat, hut after swinging three 01 four minutes &!Y,ietiiing went wring, making the boat jerk. Witness turned to look at the people, and when he 'ooked back again his mate had fallen out. Witness had to hold on to one of the bars to prevent himself being thrown out. After the jetk the swing-lioat rocked sideways, and knocked againut the supports. Tlie I suits wpre in chare of a boy. seventeen years ef age. -In reply to a question by Mr. Studt. witness said that neither be nor doceajsed had stood up in the boat. He had never )M-oo warned about standing up. That was the second time he had befcn in a awing-lx)at. Philip Jo«hua, 36. Ruby-street said that he was standing near the boat when the accident happened. Both deceased and the last wit- ness were sitting flown. Witness saw some- thing drop out from the top of the frame, and then the boat tiegan to swerve. Tluti caused Regan to fall out.—Charlee Burt fcaid he was in charge of tite swing-boata on Wedncsdav night. He saw Itegan ami M'Kay get into a boat and swing. The voung man who fell out was standing up, Witnesa called to him to flit down. He afterwania went to stop two boat* higher up, and whilst he WM doing this the accident, occurred. He did not know whether Regan mt down when lie called to him. He did not fte the boat swerve and hit tlie sides. Shortly after the accident two girls got into the same boat, and swung up very high, and thsy could nnt have done thu if the boat was Mt all n?bt. A!bert Fry. engine-driver for Mr. Studt, eaid that 7?., examined the fittings usual on Wednesday afternoon. Eyervtliiffg was all right then He examined the swing iust after the accident. All the bolts, nuts, and fittings were in per- fect working ordter. A new bolt had been put in on Monday morning. A large number of witnesses were called, some of whom stated that they saw the boat strike the posts, and othei-s said they saw deceased stand up.—The jury ri'tunijyl a verdict of "Accidental death." and thev could not, in view of the conflicting eividence, express an opinion with regard to the fittings.

WELSH IN THE LAW COURTS THE PRACTICE AT SWANSEA. We have authority f,r eaying that tht pr.1 tice at Swansea Police-court in reference to tbe W06 of Welsh bea needed i,? as follow* When a witnsm' is called into the witness-box at the police-court in SwuLwa the Testament It placed in his hand, ani the oath adminis- tered in English. But if he informs the court that he dott not understand the oath administered, and wi.»hes to he sworn in Welsh, it i« at once administered again in that bu?u&i! The "itnt« is timn MC? 1, tilr he mn jeek English ith sufficient to enable film to give his evirtew." in that language. If he states that he cwinnt do 80, an interpreter is called in aid, and render* all the Welsh evidewje into English, and the notes are taken down in that language. Every facility ls given in all such cases to enable a witness to commiinhiate his information lIatu- raJly, easily, and fully, and a comlt inter- is provided without exl)enft to the witUe.-8,

HOII,'E 1)1, ?? ?A, I I.HUK'E Dl l.CEMONA TKA Kr«.h, (M'<Ht;f)'r.Ct;M"\A)KAtcT.orttu.t. I tn )'tf,t? ,,? Tun. ? W. ty ? j?r lb ? all fJroc." A It'frrnhuig, A!.Ot.'h¡:Y 1' 72 -1 TJ1E l.ITTI.E E.via.isn I.IVKS PlU. -kllts-l-, Viiii 7..1 1!.4.<1 2M 5,.

A TERRIBLE MINK ACCIDENT. ■ DISASTER AT GAKTU m MAESfEO, '1 I TEN MEN KILLED. I HURLED DOWN THREE I HUNDRED YARDS. I A terrible oollitrv a undent oocurml at tilt Gartih-Merthjyr OrflWrr, near Mae«teg, on Friday evening, arA imiitpal in th* deitii of ten persons. The disaster wa« ilue to an aca. dent in winding, rami the names of the men lulled are as follows: David Lewis, Weist-street, Maestag, single. John Hosflls, Ivor-street. Ma»*t«g. i>ingb. William Thomas, Pit-street, M.iesteg Lewis Guost, married, no chilli/en, John Thoma*. Cwmfelin. Thomaa Reej and anti, LI, G, Akerman, iioy. D. J. Thomas, boy. j John Davits. I The Llvnvi Valley has been remarkably free from disaifters for many years. Iu 1863 four- teen lives MtM) hwt at T:n Pit. and in 1872 eleven men were killed at tie Oakwood Col- liery by an explosion. On Friday evening all the 1 todies were recovered by nine o'clock. The men were returning from 11. day shift, and the Age in which the men were was tlie fourth that had liewi raised. The depth of the pit ia about 350 yardfq the manager ia Mr. Jonah Davies, and the engiucman on duty wa« Thomas Thomas. Garth Pit is situated about a mile from Maestejj. and the acoident has naturally oast quite a gloom over the LI., n It* Valley; in. fact, no colliery • a'as- tropho has happened in the valley since 1872, when an explosion took place at the Oakwood Colliery. This resulted in the loss of fourteen live*. The accident under notice happened at a ijusrt^r put five on Fri- day afternoon. Thomas '1'holn. etigineman, had wiAind up four cages containing men who had been on the day shift. The fifth -go- or the sixth, for there matnis to exist some doubt as to the particular cage- was lien: wound up when tlie catastrophe occurred. The enjineman is a thoroughly trustworthy man, and has been employed at the collierv for over twenty )-ears. By im)iiie nuan* the waa overwound, the rope snapped, and the cage was precipitated down the shaft—a distant of 3SO yard*—and struck the bottom with terrible force, completely wrecking th* empty cage, which had, of coui»e, reached the auuil). Au eye witnett of the d int.r give* a brief, but graphic, aooount of the accident. He say* that when the ,.°pe *ave way the unfortunate men who were imprisoned within the "If" gave loud and piercing alirieks. They instantly realised that they were goinjj to their death, and ttat Oit a few seoonds could elapse before they be hurled into eternity. The terrors of that moment wer* too for words. The hndiee of th. "n hoa rfW.yer. wore horribly tnanltled- in (art, beyond recognition. The intelligence of the disaster spread tlie rapidity ohaninteristic of ill news, mid j before lontt there was a crowd of people at lie pit's mouth. Apprehension ami fear wero stamped on the facee of all who were relatives and friends of the men ir. the pit. Women ran hither and thither in frantic haste, anxious to discover whether their husbands or sons were in that fatal cage. The scene baffles deacriptir n. When the whole truth waa known wails snd shrieks rent the air. while in some iii*ta-ii<es thote who had been assured of the safety of their relatives shouted and cried for joy. put the expression* of jey were but momentary, for a minute later thnee were the veiy poraon* who wero offering eci.ao- iatmn to the bereaxed. The bodiot were brought to the surfi<» by the upcast. The first body that rellChed the surfacc that of Lewia (iueH, <if Llwydsrth-road. Tris young fellow had only been married about twelve months. Hit btsly was m¡¡nl",1 almost beyond recognition. The last body, that of John Howelli a single man, of Ivor street, waa brought to the surf" at about 9. IS- The followi ig it a complete lid of the names if the killed: — Thomas I tees and son, 87, Garth-road- —. Lewis, family. Lewis ftuest, married, Llwydarth road. Jolui Davies, Pit-street, married; leave* a family. John Howells, Ivor streat. *ingle. David John 1. West street; leave* a mother, who was dependent on him. 1). J. Thomas, boy, Overt-terrace. Kdimr Howells, boy, (rarth -<xuf. Guorge Akennan, l.< y, Ilark-st-tot Our representative had au interview with fr, D. Beynon, miners' aent (or the Maesteg -I l r, 1). g,n, for the ?? district, on Friday. lli. Beynon was sway when the accident occurred, but he was soon on the omne, and, together with Mr. Barrow, J.P. (one of the proprieton), Mr. David Sims Rees (of North's Navigation Coll ery), Mr. T. G. Davies, M.E. (retired manager), Mr. Jones Davies (manager of the Guth Pit), and Mr. Thomas Lloyd (under manager), went down the pit. On reaching the bottom a ter- rible sight presented itself. Both the ogee were smaahad into atoms, and the bodies were so terribly mutilated that difficulty was ex I"" rienced in some instances in separating them. To use Mr. Beynon's words, "f bad never wit- nessed a sight more heartrending. The sump oontained about 5ft, of water, and some of the bodies were lying at the bottom. I cannot spealc too highly of the heroism of John Evans, pitman, and Hees Morgan, his sssi«tant. They jumped fearlessly into the water, which in some parte immersed them right up to their chins. They worked itxiefatigably until the hat of the bodies was recovered. With &11 expedition we iw.t the Indie* by trsrn to the upcast, whence they were taken to tbe uurfacc The sccident is the first of » serious kind to ha we ever occurred in die Garth Pit. "Does any blame attach to snyotas!" ssked o\w representative. No it's an accident of a nature whirh, for | tunatefy, but seldom occur*. Tliotn.. Th.io.M, w ho wa* the engincman. it » good uuui lie has been in tile wfiice the OI"rra. ftir < Krfts num ber of year*; In fact, he was one of the most trustworthy men. He has taken tlie "d affair tnu'-h to heart, and almost i-nme- Lelf after the reuwieophe hu 1-1 II. Mtistfei b-n,. II. Mw Lee ill !n b-d." ) "Who doea the tjnlliery belong t,, "It i. tht, pr<»t^rty r>f the Garth M"hH C'>I"I'r-y, the (unnctpaJt In 'DtIrli''ll With whicu are Mi-ssrs. Corv. 0/ I '•'A}i«t it the output?" I "About 35t) Ums p-r day. The aesrr. bring worked is the oelelirited Four-foot Seam. IU euifiueer IA Mr. W. W. ll^od, d wy")I"a tiecuae M d*ectivs railway eom- I M.uuuct.'ii m tb. valleys Ù8 has Dot. yet bean to rr-sch the colliery." A Bridgend c. rreS)*.(iUent teleg-aph* — Iba ;itt :a8<t beeti sunk ab ut seven yean for -ceam j.oal, and had l-ee-i jrtnously m uked 1. er ficuee ooal. The depth -if the pit wu Jhift. U. the Isittoiu of the Srv jl-fo.t Sesr.i, and 1,10. Lbs « several feet of lUinj,. Here a itagiug in and when the cagn fell .til awful rauKlity t hll "n.hld inV) stoma, aul the ii en wltri, prw ipitated fr< m the top nf tlie Hit ii.to ulsnit Tft. of v ater. The cage wa* con plctel) w rocked. 'I here seems to lie little d..ub! but that tlit .auee of the 'idfltlL was overwinding, n4 ihir seei is more r'-markabie. as the snjmeman, had l eei 24 year* ot,uged in this imiucu ar pit, and only two fatal 1Irt,\(lconla had sx-urred witlim the last seven years. Tbe .<>» iib i.rty con«i>tnd of Messrs. Ii. B> \n ei, ajrent: John Kraiw, n- Phihi[>», Tho*. Hopkuir, .!< hn l.lcid, IHvid J. nes, 'Jomer Davies, J.>hn Carey, and Iteee Hees, all of whom had VI wade up to their w.i'sts ir. water, and remove the gieitse jsirt "f the wrx-k^Te bfw. thr Snliee be i"ea<-he<|. The first I. I-- r-r,d were the b- die* of truest and tfie bo" ThADw. end the ^sme the others iu (rUH sunossMon. The b,.J,.o were ,.hn fron the bank b.m,.de8 to their ns|ie. tive hnm", tluest, ture is 28, sunamed injitnea to Ins head. Kdgir Ho»»i;», cge,) f,nirtee>i. wsa II aKmt the ntwl thigh. !)**)«. Wl 29, ha/1 III, hes c .mi»Melv stnasli<Hl, 1ft that it was imp._hi.. te, 'tgniee tn. f. A kerinan, sged fourteen, "I" from inj inee t) his Imad. thigh, ,1, and lege, whilst tlie elder Rnos we. fearfully mutilated 8":)1)1 the head. One ssuf incident is reported On# daughter of John Rees wa. to have hot married to-day (tiaturda ), vhil-t the N -,r irrief stricken widow is apprsian'hiim h»r con tineuient. A msnellrais eeupe is recorded in ih« ooae of a man named Tliomss Reea Cammed. He was al»ut t/i enter the ,11. f.1 nut*, but was fold there wss room toi linn, snd was ptltllwd 1.1t lw the men iaside Ihe pmprii-tors "f pit are Messrs. R.eliaii and John C >ry and liowm and Jame« IViimw.

ALLEGED PERJURY AT NEATH. GAMKKKKPKR. Et 1:1.. TO A POACHING CASL. At Neith County Pobce-court on Friday in the ctnploj of Mr. TOIII \r¡¡hem. "¡wlfor, and .hÀn Davie*, police constable, stationed at Cadox- ton, were charged with having wilfully snd m.iriipt.ly committal perjuiy on May 14. Mr. l'.dwiird Powell prosecuted, and Mr. W. H. David defended. At the outee*. Mr. David nu-.e<1 an HI to defendaats te-1 II^ tnicil jointly, and fresh liiformaiion* were issi.'fxi.Mr. Kd« srd Powell, in opening the case for the [irobpcution. said tlko olisrg* agaiurt Martin waa Uist ha awore at tiis •I' hu Mainwaruig poaching at Cefn Coed warien at noon and 12.45 on April 14. H. piopusod to "&11 evidenoe to prove tba. M?ui. M?)!f? could not pootMt?v C. boa Lbm,. and another itness, uamed tlibbe, w ho would swear that he was tlie man who was trea- pa->eing Mr. L. J. Keoipthorne. clerk to the ma^istratee. pnive^l the proceeding* whi 'h had uken place on Uie 14th of May at. t'>« po.ice-court. Vpoii the evidence given thro Maitiwanug was fined 20s. and ixists, or four- te?n rlavs' imiMisonmetit. -Croat-examined W Mr t?vtd He heard t.he ?bole of the ,'i. dence on that occasion, and remembered Mr. Powell suggesting that another man. with a broken nose, aud in othw respects r»emblin< Miinwanng, was the person who -as poach- ing -John Mainwaring. the proeeoitor. &i-i that, although Martin twore that be ,-a I- dk-Ijitig itt (V-fn Coed w.ttren on the 14r1, of April it was untrue. He was at Neath ill that day. Cross-examined, Mljfl Ig ud h" flt veri much hurt at the UDM ifna (m th" 14th of May. H???b?eonvr?tt the 1LAIr.NI. but not for poaching or thieving. Mr. David: But for m-inslaugnter? Ves.— Were vou inuoeent of that?-No: I waa further u i^ai-exaonned, said he nip, (iiblw, Reee. snd others at the Crowpft, Ca/loxton, alvout tlie poacliini esse hifi Monday night wes-k. ne toll G.bhs aV«otit the conviction, and asked him t<> come tI. Mr. Powell, and say that b" was t he man. Oibbe said, "If vou give me LS I II give myself up. -Mr. thirid: And he had the £ 5, did n t h He Itdn't have flvepemia from me, bftuxe I had no n.onev.—Was i? n?t promised £ 5!- \n.—' a raffle It thtrennt ? n?< Gib!* e to lie paid !,t.t ? Hf'lq¡lln .r.. T.u b8v" "It! toa&v N' (fli girt hiullf ap'-H<t <wi. "I "nf P".k the trut Raft wuiiw. o'tnOmnn?. ?.d that th" ferret wed h?n)t-< to liibhs. The latter offered him a sovereign to fI,'h it liack. Kvidence havjig bera c&161 to ehrrw that Majiiwarinc was at Nmth on the day in question. Joseph Gibh*. GleVland- street, (Adoxten, sinker, said he went tll fVfn C/ied warren on April 14. He had s ferr>t with him. and th.s he put into a rabbit-hole, and lay down by the side of it. The ktopei came on the seenr and witness rsn sway, leaving tile ferret in the hole. He hid him- self for alsiut half an honr and then returned for the ferret. Again the keeper saw turn, and Hiaaed Irrc rme anooting towards him. Witness siihsroneiitly saw Police-oonef.dile Davies and Mr. Thorr.ai Wil- hams, to whom he admitted having pos hed 0'1 Ins witnnsa admitted that on the niuht r f the 14th of av lie asked Mamwanntr wbetlier Martin bad got his ferret. He told the latter several tirnea tb,Ll he "M the guilty person, hot oould not remember exactlv any iev»*k>n njxm which he did to. Mainwarin? told him t-, L,,t the ferret. Witness "li..1 "n: gf, for £ 5," Sot Mainwaring said he had not got five pence. Nfr. \V H, David for the defence, ssid that the story of tbe prr»e<.vitioii wa* a mirerable UeMie "f lie". TVey were trving two me-n ef irrepiv^< halil« rhU16 W, agajnst whom tber had pitted the evident of a lean like Main- waring. 11'11'1 hid t-n nvld.ed of nu". .¡"u:.ontl'lt', It WM rming strange tliat ,1, .,ilnfHC- were not ab", to give anv partjctilara in r?trd to time except on the da of &a ntf-Lhe 14th 01 April. Pectiliarlr enougti, they wcre able to sav praciaely what happened on that day. %f.Lin-milwo ows- denoa wa* altogether discredited Imanse nf hi* ^intradictory stateinetitH The evidence of the other witueeees wa* sl»o romtrad".tr. and it was on auch avidenoa &a thm that they were asked to commit. It -a- obri-iw fn m tlie erisrwttm of aome of the wittwomm and wir mil-statement* that tlie caw waa wi ,:ker! conspiracy, .1 a aa wa* ever tirm/ht into a "ourt of law. Pnii- ""n,i-4 Joha Davies said he ssw John Mainwaring in field n,- (.4efn (?? in.t one o'cl" ,n April 14. Mainwaring when be saw tha rptahl. ran away I>hrth Tavlor (Rbydding) ».aid she saw Mainwaring shortly after one oVhn-k on April 14 near "h Pohce^crinetalj'e Re«# Davies r hen serving fjiblis with a subprra on Wedoesday last. 1,-A t?w latter say 'hat h- had never been )y'ad.mx upon Mr William* s laid. "M?tc- .anng," he continued "1. me to say I have, bat if I did they would put the 620 on me." —The Bench unanimously dia- nWaeol the caae.

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