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LI.ASDAFF CATHEDRAL SERVICES. JUlie 111 U II."IIIU, "\N. 17-Toun fD F; tnthtm. "rather 01 ig.-Calkiii in B fltt; antlem, Hear my prejer (Kent). .j?lle '9.??t" D; hymn, 292. the Lord" (Jeremiah Clarke). Saturday. June 21,-Ebdoa in C; anthem. II I was I,Iall U {Eh't\'). ERNEST SKRIMSHIRE. M>1cce" tor.

THI,, WKATHEK. I The weather yesterdav was fine. The fore- out f?, t.why(TuctdM) hM f.ii..?, ,-Wied munh- j.>nth-westerly to westerly j changeable, unsealed, rain at timn Appended H a chart of the tamn)etriml reidintfs tor Uie 48 hours enUe.l Monday midnight, as reuittered at the K'Miera Hail Olhce» OMdit!. The instrument ¡,33ft. L, 11? !evr:.

YliSTEHDAY'S RAlNFALTi. The rainfall, as reentered at Tredeleerh, llompney- hill, near Carltiff. lor the 12 hour, ended 9.0 p.m. lut night, aud for cadll hour, of the past week, was aa 10110. M 9 p.m. 9 a.m. Tot* Monday 9 *22 '01 *23 Mond.y 9 '22 '01 '23 'l't.y 10'CO 'jB "JO .<iD.la}' 11 '14 '6 '40 Friday 13 C4 '00 00 a I: '00 8,?,,d,y 15\ 'CO CO 'M M'?y '6 -00 — Total for the week 72 inasmuch as 1& 0f the 24 hours which expire at U.O a.m. "acli morning belong tu the previous day, tbe r&infai; | II <•«<•>» "7\111" is bribed tn that dav> d df.

niau WATER THIS DAY. Vcr. Evo. Mor. Ern Mor. Ern Swansea 5.58 e.19 ICardlg 7.1 7.22 I Xewgert 6-5^ 7.1i

In the I-louse of Lords last night a special meeting of the Lords' Committee on Privi- leges was ordered to be held to consider the position which Prince Albert Victor is to occupy in th" House on his creation as Duke of Clarence. A Bill dealing with the insu- rance of children was read a second time. Tbe House adjourned at 6.40 p.m. Business in the House of Commons last night was delayed for some hours by the ous- tomary crop of Irish grievances, which on this occasion culminated in a most exciting scene between the Chief Secretary and his bitter opponents. The matter arose out of questions relating to the shadowing of sus- pected agitators in Ireland. The House ultimately resumed committee on the Local Taxation Bill. All the Swansea dockmen-aboot 1,500 in number—excepting the harbour trutt employes and the coal trimmers, struck work yesterday mornirg. The general trade of the pert is, therefore, practically at a standstill, and even the coal trimmers refuse to load certain vessels when the despatch of snch ships would militate against the tuocess of the men on strike in other departments of labour. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds (Dr. Cornthwaite) died yesterday morning in the seventy-third year of hia age. On Sunday, at Cleveland, in America, 200 persons were precipitated into a ravine, through the collapse of a bridge. Many of the victims were seriously injured, and fatal results are feared in ten CAleB. The cholera epidemic is spreading in the Spanish provinoes. Yesterday the Swansea magistrates, issued a warrant for the arrest of an absconding clerk, who, as alleged, had decamped with 940 of his employers' money. On Sunday evening a Cardiff Dissenting minister delivered from his pulpit a violent tirade against theatre-going. Yesterday at Cardiff Police-oourt a witDes. in an assault case refused to take the oath, declaring himself an Atheist, and was allowed to make an affirmation. Yesterday the Cardiff magistrates fined a dock labourer f5, with the alternative of a month's imprisonment, for assaulting a Bute JJock sergeant of polioe. yesterday at Cardiff Police-court a member of the Sevarn Brigade of Submarine Mime I Wets summoned fnr losing the capitation grant by reason cf non-attendance at drill. Defen- dant pleaded tb.it he had been to se'a as a tii'eioau, although h-, was a paiiiter by trade, lhe Stipendiary said an important point was involved, and adjourned judgment. Yesterday the pnrp ises committee cf the Cardiff Corpora inn shelved the report of a special sub-committee which recom- mended the plllcha" by the corporation of I the l':C.t! '.Vol l;s. Samuel Damp, who is charged with attempting to « urder an old man in Dean Forest on Whit-Monday, yesterday escaped from the lloliot,-atatiuii, where he was incarcerated. The Maesma'.rror Llautwit Four Feet seam of ooal has been discovered at Peoygroea Colliery on the east side of the Taff Valley, between Upper Boat and Cirotswen.

THE CARDIFF CORPORATION AND THE GASWORKS. By a majority of seventeen to five, the general purposes commit-too of the Cardiff County Council yesterday rejected the recom- Imendatkm of the lighting committee that the Cardiff Gasworks should be purchased by I tho coulltr borough for the sum of £.'iOõ,QOO, It was well said by one of the speakers who took part in the debate that the history of Cardiff had been a history of lost oppor- tunities, and an hour later the statement received point from the unfortunate vote by which the committee declined to seiie the lopportunit1 of purchasing the gasworks on terms declared by experts to be equitable and reasonable. Had the Cardiff County Counoil profited by experience, we are persuaded that the decision of yesterday would have been reversed. This is not the first time that the expediency of acquiring the gasworks has forced itself upon the minds of our most publio-spirited men. And as time goes on the question will, undoubtedly, crop up with greater urgency and with greater persistency. It must not be overlooked that every oppor- tuuity wasted involves a financial loss to the ratepayers. Yesterday Cardiffians deplored the lack of foresight which characterised the actions of their oivio representatives when last they sought to deal with this important matter. Had the pur- chase of the gasworks been carried out a few years a«^o, the undertaking could have been pro- cured at a sum considerably lower than that now demanded. If Caidiff is to grow—and not a single opponent of the purchase scheme ventured to suggest that there was anything but a brilliant future in store for the town- it is inconceivable but that the folly of yester- day's vote will be deplored even as the folly of the past is deplored to-day. The opportu- nity, however, has been lost, and even as the price demanded yesterday was far in excess of previous prioea, so, assuming the admitted prospects of a greater Cardiff, will any future dealings have to be conducted on a larger scale and at a proportionately greater expenditure of money. It is unfortunate for the Cardiff County Council that, in spite of the apparent unanimity with which the pro- posal was rejected, the main difficulty still re- mains. That even the present opponents of the gasworks purchase are conscious of the untenableness of their position is conclusively proved by their subsequent vote authorising the re-opening of negotiations with the gas company, This vote is nothing less than an avowal that it is undesirable, to say the least, for the lighting of the town to continue in the hands of a private company. Not a single voice was raised in defence of the present monopoly enjoyed by the gas company. Mr. Thomas Reks, indeed, tried to reason away the foroe of the contention that all monopolies should be in the hands of the ratepayers, but his argument WM altogether beside the question, as he doubt- less has by this time found out for himself. Ii, howet er, we must follow Mr. Rees and anticipate what Councillor Vauouan called the Sonleyisms and Webberisms of the Cardiff Ratepayers' Association," we unhesi- tatingly say that if an attempt were ever made to grant a monopoly in supplying the community with bread, it would he tbe impera- tive duty of the County Council,in the iuterests of the ratepayers, to take possession of that monopoly. But such a contingency is absurd. ()n the other hand we are actually face to face with a monopoly for supplying thecomrannity with gas. For the purpose of supplying this necessity of daily fit. the Cardiff Gasworks Company have full possession of the streets of the town, even against the corporation itself. It is, however, unnecessary to further hbourtbit point, because, M we have already intimated, the deci- sion to re-open the question at once proves that theopponents of the con- demned purchase scheme fully recogniae the urgent necessity of acquiring the monopoly for the ratepayers, The only question now remaining is the price at which the works can be acquired. In the interests of the people of Carditf, wo certainly hope that the gas company may be induced to accept a lower price than they now demand. But we are far from being sanguine in this matter, The sum of C505,000 represents the value of he gasworks at twenty-seven years' purchase. Thus assuming that a given shareholder has an interest in the conoern produoing an annnal income of £100, that shareholder would, under the rejected proposals, receive as his moiety the Bum of £ 2,700. If this sum of L2,700 were invested by the shareholder in corporation stock he would receive interest on his money at the rate of 3 per oent. per annum. His income would, therefore, amount to:CSI a year. In this way the loss to the gasworks shareholder under the purchase scheme is 1;111 per annum, and, by paritv of reason, this is the gain to the ratepayers. Can the new committee effeot a better bargain P We doubt it.

MR. THOMAS GEE'S INCONSIS- TENCIES. The determination of the Government to pass the Tithe Bill this session has proved a sore discouragement to Mr. GEE and the Balle, Headers of the Bauer will remember that Mr. GEE always assumed a hostile atti- tude to the landocracy long before the tithe agi'aticn oommenoed. His paper, the Baner, has been utilised for many years to stir up the farmers against the landowners. Schemes of land reform were oftentimes promulgated. Week after week figures bearing on the cost of farming were tabulated, and the farmers were now and then scolded for their indifference to the advice of their would-be saviour. Mr. GE: favoured the Irish Land Bill of Mr. Gladstone, but Dr, Pan Jo:r.g and the Rev. NltcuArii, Jon-es advocated the taking possession of the land by the State and distributing it among the people. Serious altercations took place be- tween these" leaders," The party of the Celt were ordered off the platform of a publio meeting at Denbigh, and Mr. MIClJAEL Davitt was brought into Wales to preaoh the gospel of no rent" and the glad tidings of Home Rule. When Mr. Gladstone became the apostle of Home Hule for Ireland .Mr. Geh opposed the scheme. These were the words of the Baner at the beginning of the year 1880" No, let the two islands be placed under the same laws; let not the Irishmen have an inch more. The two great political parties should sink their differences, and let Mr. I' ÅRRLL and his followers know that the two kingdoms shall remain united and governed by the Parlia- ment that sits at Westminster." To Mr. Gf.e's credit be it said that he stuck to Unionism after the great majority of the con- ductors of tho Welsh press went over in a body to Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Gi:f. was also true to Mr. CORXWALUS WEST, who voted against Home Rule, and he got Mr. W est returned at the genpral election. A obange came over Mr, Gee after the elec- tion, and the tone of his paper became more violent. In the following October the Baner complained that "It is painful to thiuk that many of our represen- tatives are quite lukewarm on the subject Lof land reformj, and only a few of them have referred to it in their addresses during the general election." Before another year had passed over his head Mr. Cohnwallis West was scolded as follows:—Let Mr. WEST and others understand that Wales will not stand it much longer. A wavo is rising that will engulf them and their rotten and oppressive system." The persistent hammering of the Baner and the Celt led to a few meetings of farmers being held in Denbighshire and Flintshire. The farming interest was at that time in a bad condition, and a general reduction of rents took place but the farmers refused to join the organised opposition to landlordism. This led to the tithe agitation. The farmers felt that, as the landowners had remitted 10 per cent, of the rent, the tithe-owners ought to do the same. A general demand was made to that effect; many of the clergy acceded to the demand, but others refused to make any reduction. If the tithe-owners had been unanimous in their resistance the movement would probably have been nipped in the bud, But the determination of some of the clergy not to yield exasperated the farmers, and Mr. Gee took advantage of the state of publio feel- ing to form the Anti-tithe League, whioh served as a substitute for the defunot Land League. It is remarkable how readily persons labouring under great excitement lose the faculty of memory. The Baner of last week, in an elaborate article on the Tithe Bill, makes the following extraordinary state- ment: It Tories and Chnrcbmen labour unaer the impression that the opposition to the payment of tithe bad its origin in jealousy of the Church and a desire to save monoy. We hardly need say that they are mistaken." When the tithe excitement was at its height in the parishes of Llanarmon and Llan- dymog the Welsh press condemned the clergy for refusing a reduotion of 10 per cent. Even the Baner itself adopted that view at the time. A reference to the file of the Baner for the month of August, 1886, would disolose the fact that the clergy were censured for refusing to yield to the moderate demand of the farmers. The Hector of Llan- dyrnog is particularly referred to, and is told that he ought to listen to the claims of the tenant farmers. There was no reference then to tho high-soonding "prinoiple" now brought forward. If there were a par- ticle of truth in the modern assertion, the farmers would have paid the money they kept from the clergy into a fund to be applied to "national purposes." There was nothing of the kind—not even a suggestion to thit effect from the Baner! The money in every insiince remained in the pockets of the farmers. The If national pur- poses" theory was never thought of until the Government brought in a Bill transferring the onus of payment from the occupier to the owner. But Mr. OBE lIIa1 depend upon it that the high-sounding platitudes of the Baner about prinoiple" will eventually be assessed at their true value, and even to-day they do not carry any weight with those who have watched the WeJaà pros daring the past five yean. The stimulus to further agitation will soon lie effectually removed, and the attention of the elsh press directed, it is to be hoped, to more useful and praotical purposes. Welsh fanners are now doing well, and will not lend themselves to the agents of mischief whilst the gcod times continue.

Tho aotion of the University College of South Wales and Mcnmoutbshire in establishing a chair for mechanical engineering natnrally sugests the desira- bility of establishing at the same time a good high-c)aM mi')! ng school. The later enactments governing collieries throw open the most important appointments to all classes. Just as in the time of NAPoLFo-i every soldier could earn the baton of a Marshal of France, so in our day the humblest collier boy can win the highest distinction in his colliery. There is no buying the honour, and there is no getting it by favouritism. It must be worked for. And you cannot get it simply by book- learning, The Government has witely ordered that no theorist shall rule below the earth. The man in command must have had at least five years' practical knowledge of ooal work- ing. He mnst know the geology of his dis- trict and understand the working and winning of stratified ironstono and fireclay. He is to be versed in the praotice and theory of ventilation, be expert in underground surveying, and have more than a rudimentary knowledge of the machinery of coal pits. Even those who aspire only to a leoond class certificate must know practically the working of ooal and of ventilation, be versed in the Mines Aot of 1887, and have an elementary education. It is evident if the district is to keep pace I with the progress of legislative entctment? and the graver Decenities "biob arise as onr ooal pita become deeper and more extended, every colliery district should have its rudimentary mining school, and that this should be supplemented by a special class in the university college. The old method of ooal working is past. When Mr. Nixon acquired the Mountain Ash Colliery he was astounded that the thing had not burst op." The ventilation was bad, there was only one sbaft, and the saving of life was due to the fact that only a hundred tons a day were worked. Now, in ventilation, winding machinery, and free expenditure of money for timbering Wales is well to the front, yet, as wo have not attained perfection, it will be wise that our mining education should keep out of a stagnant rut, and that we should never be too conceited to learn a lesson from our North of England and Scottish coal industries, The one mining school as it is to be found in the Aberdare Valley is all we now have, but an easy affiliation to the science and art olasses might be made for the time being until the educational movement now sug- gested has been carefully thought out and brought into practical working.

I OCCASIONAL NOTES, BY Councillor Carr SEE TO-DAYS "EVENING EXPRESS."

1- THE FUTURE OF HAVER- FORDWEST. OPINION OF AN AMERICAN POLITICIAN. A PREDICTION BY THE EX-POST- MASTER-GENERAL OF THE I UNITED STATES. In a recent number of the Troy (N.Y.) Daily Timti tho Hon. Thomas L. James, ex-Postmaster- Ueseral ol the United States, contributes a highly interesting and entertaining account of a recent visit which lie paid to Wales. lie gives diverting descriptions 01 his adventures on teaching Haver- fordwest, which be mado his headquarters, speaks highly of the courtesy he everywhere experienced, and bestows unstinted praise upon the beauty of the old town, some of the ancient records of whose history lie introduces Into hla paper. But It is when Mr. James comes to consider the pos,ibilities of the future development of the town that lie waxes eloquent. He says: The question naturally arises whether this old town is to remain at a standstill or will it take a new lease of life and commence a career of great- nese without a parallel in its history. To this I answer that its future seems assured. The revival in the paet few years of the old Welsh spirit, the unity of purpose with which the members of Far- ILltoent from Wal", whtlher Liberals or Conserva- tives, press the claims of their cons:ituents upon the Government, give gratifying proof that the future is full of promise for the lian,t cf our fathers.' There are no more earnest, fearless, and eloquent champions of Wales In Parliament than Admiral Mayne, Sir John II. Puieston, D. A. Thomas, and Alfred Thomas—lhe first two leading Conservatives, the last two prominent Liberal.. On matters concern- ing Walee prtisan.hip is ignored-they are Welsh- men. The eff4?ct of this union will not only aid :r:dof¡teesdfcn¡:i:te I merco and industries of the principal cities. It is not unlikely that a line of American steamers will shortly artive and depart from Milford Haven, the linestand most neglected port In the United King- dom. As liaveffordwast is only four miles from Mil- ford Haven, the establishment of this steamship line will give such an impetus to the trade and commerce of the town as has never, with the single exception of Cardiff, been known in Walen. It will not, then, be long before Haverfordwest will absorb Milford and become a m-idern city with 250,000 inhabitants. It will be the home of vast industries, the seat of a mighty commerce with every part of the planet, aud the stopping-place between New York and London. The Ptmbrokt- shire Btrald will become a Metropolitan daily journBl, rivalling the Liwpool Mercury or the =Iff Ietvs or 9esitm ?K?of to-day. Ane? and convenient hotel will of course take the place of the 'inn.

WELSH INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION. SIR HUSSEY VIVIAN'S AMENDING DILL. The following Is the full text of Sir Husiey Vivian's Hill, which has been read a first time in the House of Commons, for amending the Welsh Intermediate Education Act, 1889;— "Whereas doubts have arisen whether tho county council of a county can nominate persons other than members of their own body to be members of tbe joint education committee of such county and whereas it is expedient to remove such doubts, and also to a end the said Act in other particulars. Be it, therefore, cnacted as follows "1. The county council of a county may nomi- nate persons other than members of their owu body to be members of the joint education com- mittoe of such county. 2. All the powers given to the council of a borough by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, f., purchasing land any building thereon a public- hall and other buildings, and for borrowing money for such purposes, or any of them, may be exer- cised by such council for the purpose of pur- chasing land for, and building, enlarging, repair- ing, tltting up, and equipping with requisite appaiatus aud with everything necessary for the efficiency thereof, any school or schools to be used as a school or schools under the provisions of the principal Act. 3. All the powers given by Section 2 of this Act to the council of a borough may be exercised by any local authority as defined by the Public Health Act, 1875, either alone or in conjunction with any other local authority or authorities, but such powers shall be exercised In accordance with the provisions of the Public Health Act, 1675, and any Act or Acts amending the same. 4. No rate or rates levied by the council of n boroujh or by a local nulhorlty for the purposes "f ttiis Act shall exceed one halfpenny in the pounki per annum. "5 This Act may be cited as the Welsh Inter- ■ I eriialo Education Act (1889) Amendment Act, 1890, and shall be construed us one with the prin- cipal Act."

THE PROPOSED EXTENSION I OF CARDIFF TOWN-HALL. DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE. I A meeting of the Cardiff Town-hall Committee was held on Monday, when there were present Alderman Waring (presiding), Aldermen Jacob- and D. Jones; and Councillors T. Rees, 8ymondl, and Brain. There were also present tbe mtdical officer of health (Dr. Walfurd), the borough engineer (Mr. Harpur), and the standards Inspector (Mr. Luke Evans).—During the consideration of the Town-hall alterations some discussion took place as to providing a second police-court.— Alderman David Jones said the stipendiary had told him that if the police-conrt business con- tinued increasing at the same rate as during the last couple of year, a second police-court would be absolutely necessary. Two courts could then bit concurrently.—Mr. T. Kees considered that one of the assize courts could be utilised.—The Borough Engineer said difficulty had arisen through all the courta heingoccupied at the "me time.—Alderman Jones replied that this could be avoided if the officers of tbe courts would but take the trouble. to find out the dates on which the other courts sat. Eventually it was decided to defer the consideration of a second court. It 11&1 agreed that a ""iting-room for witnesses be pr- vided, snd that, if possible,the present polic"oui 4 be made nearly as f?lgs 8 a, pre e 't, the ,jzo being Increased from fl, by 20ft" to 80ft. by 30ft. It was also decided to place in the magistrates'-clerk's department a magistrates' room, a consultation room for barris- ters, solicitors, and witnesses; a clerks' room, and a mugistrateel-cletw loom. In reference to the South Wales circuit requirements it was resolved that there be a law library, 30ft. by 2Qft., two retiring rroms for judg, barristers' robing room with direct communication to courts, barristers' clerks' room, three consultation rooms, rooms for witnesses and jurors, solicitors' room, and female witnesses' room. The requirements of tbe school board werj left over pending inquiries respecting a site. Alterations and additions were also decided upon In regard to the medical officer's, the borough engineer's, and the water engineer's departments.

DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF I LEEDS. Dr. Cornthwaltc, Roman Catholic Bishop of Lteds, died on Monday morning, after a Jung illness, in bis 73rd year.

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ISTRIKE AT SWANSEA DOCKS. I FIFTEEN HUNDRED HANDS STOP WOKK. I THE CAUSM OF THE RUPTURE. I I THE STATE OF THE DOCKS. I [ frROU oua SWANSKA REPORTER.) I On Monday morning the crisis which was referred to yesterday its being near at hand in con- nection with the labour dispute at Swansea Docks was reached, and the eventuality most to be feared occurred. The dockers, to the number of about 1,500, and including all the workmen actively engaged In the working of tte docks with the exception of the harbour trust employes and the coal trimmers, struck work, and it is impossible at the time of writing to foresee the termination of the lament- itble stale of affairs. Events may possibly show which side is responsible for the great injury which the poit must necessarily suffer from this cessation of operations, but, without doubt, the rupture ties not occurred in consequence of any wont of "efforts" to come to an amicable settlement. The conferences between the masters and the men's representatives have been numerous and protracted. They were renewed at the last raomunt on Sunday night, and till the suiab hours of Monday morning the matter was again threshed out, without result. lIDLIPENDEVr OF THB UNION, That the London Union representatives have found their members at Swansea very hard nuts to crack, however, is now quite evident, for it is certain that the strike on Monday morning was not by the direction of the central Union. Thl men were strongly advised against a strike, but they persisted. Mr. Orbell on being ashed by your representative if, under the circumstances, the Union would support the men, however, de- clared that no donbt they would do so eventually Ou Sunday Mr. Orbell found the men assembled at the Plymouth-street baD, determined to strike if their demands were net conceded before work- ing hours on Monday morning, and accordingly Mr. Ben Tillett, who had left the town, was wired to return, and was expected at Swansea in the areaing. Ho official notice reached the employers, however, of any strike. On Monday morning the men assembled at the docks in the usual way, but on bearing the employers had made no further sign they did not proceed to work. Large numbers of the employes wended their way into town fr stood in crowds under the Wind-street Bridge, doubtless expecting every moment some favour- able issue of events. I a chaotic state of affairs. I Things are so much at sixes and eevens over this dispute, however, that it is practically im- posalbie-so numerous are the drpaitments and so divided the councils of the men-to nscertain what particular concessions would result in tho strike coming to an end. There can be little doubt that Mr. Ben. Tillett and Mr. Orbell have regarded the concessions already made by the employers as very fair and reasonable. These relate to par- ticular departments, and one would naturally con- sider theso as thus disposed of. But in even these the men locally appear to be dissatisfied all round. It is evident that it would be impossible to present to the newspaper reader with anything like clearness a statement of the men's demands or the masters' concessions. The whole matter is complicated in the extreme, and the tabulated tables of tariffs themselves aro of little value, as they have changcd at each succeeding conference, the masters offering to "split the difference" and the men giving way to a slight extent, and so on. The men out are patent fuel men, copper and iron ore men, general cargo and tin-plate men, engine men and sliuniers, and crane men. There is a good deal of principle, doubtless, involved in the majority of eases, but it would seem that a large number of those out have no very clear idea as to whether they are striking on their own account or to assist those departments in which the breach has been more hopeless. This kind of assistance or Unionism is emphasised in the case of the coal trimmers, who, though not on strike, have refused to load certain vessels with coal or bunkers in cases where such assistance would help to liespatch vessels which affect the departments on strike. I THE CAUSES OF THE BCPTCBB. I I Although the men locally expre-s discontent in most departments with regard to items which were supposed to have been settled, it is felt that in two departments the breach is wider than in the ottievs, iiiid it Is these which have so exeicised the committees of masters and men for the put two or three days. These aro the patent fuel and tin-plate departments. The chief employers in the patent fuel department are Messrs. Cory Yeo and Co. and the Atlantic Patent Fuel Company. Claims for udv,"ee3 Bre urged agiinst both works, but chiefly against !lie,s. C ry Yeo and Co. The men ure that they have allowed the masters quite long enougii to cottlo tho matter uud iliey show no di-n^sitiin to do so. At Graigola the men ask for 4s. 2d. per 100 tone, whereas they were previously paid 2s. Bd. They have, however, reduced their demand to 3s. 9J., but the employers seem prepared to go no higher than 3s 31. Thii the ma-ters stated to be a filial offer, and they gave the WAn 24 hours to accept it before th.iy looked elsewhere tor labour. The Atlantic Company has offered 3s. 4Jd. The men ask 4s. fur working all night, but are now willing to take 3s. They give the employers to under- stand, however, that if their teim. are not accepted by this (Tuesday) night they will iusist on ll.oir first demands as per the tariff already published by us. The employers GO their part state that at the Graigola Works (Cory Yeo and Co.) the men aro employed in larger num- bers and more continuously than at the Atlantic. The two industries are worked on entirely different principles, and twenty years' experience have now place matters in a satisfac- tory working order, which they do Mt wish to change. They also urge that in November last they made concessions equal to 20 per cent, en shipping and 10 or 15 per cent, on labouring, and they now offer further concessions of 2S per cent. on shipping and 10 or 1S per cent, on labouring. The employers point out, too, that the representa- tives sent to intei view them are different to those usually representing other unions, particulorly the miners. Messrs. Tillett and Orbell have conducted the negotiations in a very fair and reasonable way, and are splendid advocates, that they admit, but they are not personally conversant with local wages and conditions of labour, and are dependent for their information, not on the best and most experienced workmen, but on those with what is commonly called the gift of the gab." TBi MEN STILL AT WORK. Besides the 150 men employed by the harbour trust and the coal trimmers of tho port, the men are working at Messrs. Vivian's patent fuel works. It is fitatc-d-btit I have cot myself seen it-tllat Messrs. Vivian stuck up a notice on their gates with a warning to the etlect Ihllt if their gates were once shut they would never be opened again. Messrs, Vivian are, I believe, however, prepared to pay whatever rate of wages may be fixed in the other patent fuel works, AD.) the men continue working in this particular case in the hope of a settlemeut. IHS A5PKCT OF AFFAIRS AT THE POCKS. 1UG Wt'1I nave UllOBUII M -TCI/ InTVU¡mUn; momeD" for their Itrike, This means, of cour.e, in the natural order of events, as unfavourable a tine as possible for every other interest involved in the trade of the port. The docks are crowded with shipping. I walked round tho North Dock and the Prince of Wales Deck on Monday forenoon to observe the immediate tffects of the stoppage and they were noticeable enough. 'fhe usual noises, of industry were almost silcnced, and great ships lay in their berths ready for loading, but with little prospect of obtaining cargoes. Three or four vessels, certainly, were being laden with coal under the tips on the north side, but on the south Ride absolute idleness prevailed. Every berth in the dock is occu- pied- somewhat unusual circumstance-but the principal vessels aro the American boats, or ner,! l as they are locally callod. The Men- tauk, belonging to the lirittol City Line, had only about 240 tons to complete her loading when the strike suspended operations. Tho men are paid to have promised the shippers that they would not strike till, at any rate, the vessel was completed but they left at the call of their mate3. The steam. .hip Maine, .bekn?ing to tha Atlantic Transport Company, Is in the dock light waiting for cargo, and the Winchester, belonging to Messrs. E. Robinson and Co" Ind the County of York seem! to be in the same p,)?itio?. The North Dock was Ftill more deserted. On the north .Lie, where things are usually so brisk, large stf<tmfrs?nds.?)i'? vessels lie with hatches down and the men lazily i-wabbing the decks, and the captains, probably, coming evor and anon from below, and, as Mercutio has it, muttering an oath or two au deeping again." The c pper ore wharves of Messrs. Richardson and Bath are shut up. and the officials, apparently, taking a holiday. The sudden- ness ot the stoppage acted awkwardly in particular cases, The steamer Ma: celies was being docked for repairs at the Albion Dry Dock, when some of the Union officials boarded her, and all the labourers who wt-ro assisting to get her into dock immediately left. The constint employes of the yard were then put to work, and with very li. tle delay the work of dock- ing was completed. Steamers await cargoes outside the staging of the Atlantic Patent Fuel Company, and at the wharf of the Graigola-Mer- thyr Company lies the steamer Goldcliffe. Half Her cargo was shipped on Saturday night, when the men finished work. Under the terms of the charter party it was necessary that she should be completed on Saturday night, and in order to get it dine Messrs. Cory Yeo offered the men LIG in addition to increased pay. This would have been equal to 25s. per man, but the gang declined to accept it, and in spite of the advice of Mr. Harry Orbell, who unsuccess- fully used his influence to induce the men to do the work. THE MEM's COMPLAINTS OF LOW WAGES. I The natural question which arises in the minds of those who take a very "general" view of the strike is, Are the men roally under-paid or not ? And this is a question to which numerous tariffs and the question of the constancy or otherwise of work so intrude that it Is a difficult one to answer. The masters very hotiy contend that it is not so, and state that in scarcely any port in tbe kingdom are the men so ell paid. '&port in the given one or two instances of bad weeks." On Monday, on the other htsnd, I was shown the wa?-hoohintheLowLevpt Haulage Company's department, ehowng that for the 29 weeks ending May 21 last each man had received an average wage of £2 0s. 3d., or 8s. per day, and some men received such sums as L2 17s. 2d. and 42 160, 6.1, to a week. In regard to the schooner Ernest-oce of the bad cases quoted-Mr. Orbell in one of his speeches said the men received only 15s. for the week's work. I alii told by Mr. Leaver lhat by other work that week the gang of fix made I heir wages up to over £2 per man. To Mr. Leaver's statements as to the göOIlaYtrnge wage paid the men have retorted iliit such sums were got only by working overtime, fcc. Mr. Leaver has, however, written as follows:—"Tbe £2 4s. Id. quoted by me was eaincd last week for the ordinary six days of 70 haun, less nine hours for meal time, and not 112 hours as stated by Mr, Smith. When the men have had a bid week theycome to the "mee and do not go to other men to borrow money to buy food for tlieir wives and families. The tnen will tell him this also if he asks them." I ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT SETTLEMENT. A cnnferei ce he?d at the harbour office in I th C;lf: \V:d :pl:ef::S /)[etlil masters and men, wlien a further sincere attempt was made to arrive at a settlement. Mr. Ben Tillett and Mr, Orbell ac,118 the men's advocates. Con- sideration was chiefly directed to the claims of the patent [uel, tin-plate. aud copper and iron ore labourers, and the conference did not adjourn till leven p.m The employers made further con- =ns. and gave the men till four p.m. to-day (Tueeday) for their consideration. The patent fuel matter II coatidared virtually settled, and 18 firmly hoped that in the other depart- mb:s the mutt "IU be also nusfactory. The mea' £ repreeentatives reported the result of the mdomes to the men at Ihe Plymouth-$but h&U ? m. P'" A ma meetiq WM hid Ia Alexacdra-road in the evening. It is impossible at the time of writing to say whether the strike will terminate to-day (Tuesday), but it is not ex- peeted to do 80, at any rate in the morning. It there is a return to work it will probably be at mid-day. The rumoured strike d gas stokers is incorrect. Btmorns OF XOBE STRIIKS. It is stated that the coal trimmers of Swansea I, have, or are about to, give notice of stepping work on an early daj. There are tumours also of I a strike at the gasworks. THE HARBOUR TRUST EMPLCIES. TbeSwaiuea Harbour Ti uetee* have id ineir direct employ about 150 men, chiefly engaged in repairs, to., on the permanent way round the d????ks.?TPI,?., men, although nht Irik.?g,,tre agitating for an increase of pay, and their demands engaged the attention nf a special committee of the harbour trust ou Monday afienoon. SWANSEA, 11 UI. The assistants at the dry dock returned to work during the day. The last matter for consideration —the fuel quest io n-having, as we have said, been virtually decided, there now only remains the difficulty with respect to the tin-plato men. The following were the men's demands fn this department •— Those employed in transferring tin from the vans to the tin-plate sheds and from the vans to the ship demand tc Do paid at tbe rate of tid, per ten. or lid. mors than thny at present receive. The masters offer an increase of a farthing. Fourpence halfpenny is also demanded for patting in cargo direct from the sheds to the ship, instead of 3Jd. now paid far this class of work. The masters offer 3d. for stowing tin-plates. The employers are willing to (If" 3Jd. against the recent 3d., butt tie men insist upon receiving 4d. The men demmd 8d. and 10d. par bour, against &I. Md 9d. M prtfent paid tor w?rhing iightert, but the masters say that 7d. and 8d. h the limit to wbkb hey are pl<pared w r.

IMPORTANT DOCK SCHEME ON THE SOMERSETSHIRE COAST. SIR GliORGU ELLIOT AND BURNHAM. Sir George Elliot, M.P., managing director of the Alexandra Docks, Newport, hu, with two engineers and the dockmaeter at Newport, just completed a visit to Buruham, on the Somerset- shire Coast, with the view of inspecting the River Brue and its estuary, where the bon. baronet intends providing dock accommodation and better provision for the transit of goods. The scheme is being pushed forward in a satisfactory manner, and Sir George haa purchased between forty and fifty acres of Und, extending from the river's mouth to the limits of the Somerset and Dorset Railwar, with which his newly acquired property is connected.

MR. D. A. THOMAS'S VOTE ON THE TITHE QUESTION. THE ABERDARE LIBERAL CLUB AND THE SOUTH WALES DAILY SEWS. I VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN MR. THOMAS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED. A meeting of the Aberdare Liberal Club was held on Monday evening in the large room of the club buildings, for the purpose of considering Mr. D. A. Thomas's vote on Mr. Stevenson's instiuction to the committee on the Tithe Bill. Thecliairwai occupied by Mr. G. George, the chairman of the club, and there was a largo attendance. The question was submitted to the meeting whether reporters should be admitted, and an affirmative resolution was cariicd without a dissentient voice. The Cuaibmas, having recounted in Welsh the circumstances under which the vote had been iven. said it was for that meeting of Mr, Thomas's constituents to say wbetfler they were satisfied with their member's explanation or not. Mr. IIknrt Davifs, check-weigher, Aberaman, moved the following resolution :— That tbl, meeting eiprwses its u atuted conlldcnce in Mr. D. A. Thomas. M.P., and. while a'ivo««thig unity of action amongst the members of the Welsh party In Parliament, do 9 no "ider Mr. Thom. vote Against Mr. ?j?!ui?'/ t!?tHiCtion in any way derogatory to true Liberalism. Mr. Davits characterised the attack made upon Mr. Thomas in the South TValtJ Daily iVVics as dirty and unfounded. Mr, Johnstone, the editor of that paper, set himself up as dictator to the con- stituency, but he Ihould like to know by what authority Mr. JolmBtone arrogated hHsift; He ?.uTd say to Mr. Johnston "HMde off. Mr. Davies went on to ask whether the &'M<4 Wales Daily .YlltS had shown fair phy to Nlr, Thomas, whether it had shown fair play to Mr. Pritchaid Morgan, and whether it had shown fair play to Mr. Ftoulkes Griffiths, and to facli of these questions there was a unanimous and indignant "No." The motion was seconded by Mr. David Lewis Edmckds, a collier, whii said that a better labour representative than Mr. Thomas had never entered the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) Mr. C. Kkkseole, solicitor, in supporting it, Mid that lie was very much astounded to see in the South Walts Daily Tea j article such phrases as Merihyr's ifrst' Tory vote," ''Unprecedented escapade, "Extraordinary pique," "Desertion of the Liberal party." !lnd "l,'lfbt blot upon Merthyr's untarnished reputation." He had been waiting for some explanation from the South Wales Daily Xtlel, because Mr. Thomas, in his reply, had given a quotation from a previous aiticle in which the very policy which he had pursued was actually advocated. A per. reading the article would as-ume that the whip issued by Mr. Thomas was for the purpose of voting for Mr. Stevenson's instruction, whereas it was not so, the whip having been issued for taking into consideration the vaiirus questions that must arise in connection with the Tithe Bill, which would include Mr. Dillwyn's motion. Mr. Thomas had neither deserted his party nor changed his principles. (Applause.) Mr. Moroas, conntv councillor, also spoke and pleaded for forgiveness for the South Walts Daily Seics. The Ciaibhan said some harsh comments had been made upon the South Wales Døil, Nt.s, but whether they were more than it deserved or not lie would not undertake to say. (Cries of No.") The South Wales Daily News had not seen fit to put the matter in the light in which the majority of them understood it. He hoped the South Halts Daily Xeies understood it itself. (Laughter.) They did not blame the editor for criticising, but they maintained that the cause asiigned for the viru- lence displayed was not at all sufficient. (Hear, hear.) The motion was then put and carried unani- mously. Mr. Hknei Davies remarked that he was quite willing to accept Mr. Morgan's suggestion that the South Wales Daily .YelDoi should be forgiven as soon as the editor admitted his sin. Several members demanded that a vote of censure should be passed upon the South U ales Daily News, but the Chairman ruled, amid signs of keen disappointment, thatsuch a motion could not be Iut, Inasmuch as it did not come within the purpose for which the meeting had been convened.

THE PULPIT AND THE STAGE. VIOLENT TIRADE BY A CARDIFF DISSENTING MINISTER. CONDEMNATION OF THE WELSH OPKIIAS. On Sunday nigbt the Rev. F. C. Spurr, minister of L ngcroes-street Cbapel, Roath, Cardiff, referred to the recent performance of Dr. Parrj's Welih operaa at the Theatro Bopl. He Paid "l am about to make a solemn protest against a thing thai took place in this town a fortnight ago. A fortnight ago In our tneatre ttere ere two operas performed. With the operas tliein- selvcfl I have nothing at all to do, nor with Dr. Parry, who composed and led them, But this is what I protest against-ttiat the actors and chorus in the operas were mostly drawn from Christian Church's in Cardiff according to their own confession in last Monday's Western Mail. There was a column and a half on the subject in that paper, In addition to a leadin; article, What the Western M*il said substantially was that what Nonconformity had been trying to do for centuries has been undone In one week. We have had this hideous spectecle-I can call it by no other term-of a company of professodly Christian people-meinbei a of Christian Churches iu Cardiff and elfewhere-ori the boards of our Theatre Royal. One of them, the daughter of a Congre- gational minister, one the daughter of a Church of England minister, two or three iho daughters 01 Cardiff chapel deacons, a number of theni mem, bers of chapel choirs and members of the churches themselves, piincipally in this town. I say that we have had the wretched spectacle of these people, who Urtteiitt to be Christians, going on the boards of a theatre to amuse the people whom they ought to try and convert. Has it c me to this—that, the Church of Christ has been mistaken V Has it come to this-that we are to unitg with evil when God has told us to be aepnrato ? In the name of (i^d I wash my hands of this wretched business, nnd if ever this thing is brought up at the judgment throne of God I will at least have it to say that I nr-de my protest. I, as a public man-a minister of the Gospel in Cardiff—do most solemnly make my prot-st against this thing. I feel thatwhatlome of us bave been saying and d^ing has been completely uudone by that week's work at the theatre. 1 give you one inciiiien. Two litilo giile, who are, I think, daughters of a Welsh deacon-or, at nny rate, daughters of a deacon of a Welsh Baptist chapel in Cardiff or Penuth-wcre overheard speaking thusHave you been to oee *Blodwen? No," was the reply. •• We have been. We never went to a theatre before. We do hope we shall hr, able to go again. The theatre i.4 just jolly." It is the thin end of the wedge. It iscreatinit a taste in those girls, minds for this sort of thing, and nobody knows where it will stop. I make no criticism of Dr. Parry or of his operas. But I do, in the name of God, make my most solemn and intense protest against this thing, and then I have rtnished with tile whole affair. It is as contrary to the spirit of the Bible and true religion as Satan himself -is contrary to God and to Heaven. That is all I have to say: my hands art clean in this matter, and on leaving Cardiff, as I shall do in about a month, I shall feel that I have done right in making this protest. They may call me Puritanical, I do cot care. 1 shall take it rather as a compliment. I hope 1 am a Purit&a at lea.t sufficiently trong to rMtnt an ionov?tion of this kind. I think it beat to <ay thje now, so that it shall not interfere with what I have to say further oo." The minister then proceeded with the delivery of his sermon.

A NEW TOWN-HALL FOR CRICKHOWELL. 7 A company has been formed, with Sir Joseph Bailey, Brirt., M.P., as chairman, for the purpose of erecting a oul,able Town-hall at Crickhowell, and at a meeting of the directors Mr. K. A. Johnson, ot Abergavenny and Newport, was appointed architect for the new buildings. Tnree-fourilis of the required cipital has already been subscribed, and tbe work will proceed ilL once.

SUDDEN DEATH AT I PORTHCAWL. A sudden death took pl^ce at Portbcawl on I Sunday. Mr. William Phillips, postmaster, Newton, attentled sorvice XL Noit vge Chapel, a.* usual, when, about noon, jwt as he had finished ? prayer, he suddeuly feU down iu a (U ID ths chape). He was removed to houM cloes by, but expired In about an hou:. Iho sad affair ha3ca?t quite a gloom ,Yer the ncighbourhood, Mr. Pbillips being very much respected.

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THE SOCIETY SCANDAL. I | WIEDEMANN ▼. WALPOLE. I THE PLAINTIFF ONCE A GOVERNESS I NEAR BRECON. STARTLING ALLEGATIONS. I The hearing of the action for breach of promise of marriage bioughi by Miss Vuleiie Wiedemann agaInst Ir. Ilobert Horace Walpole, heir to the Earl- dom of Orford. wuresunled on Monday before Nir. Justice Mithew and a special Jury. The plaintiff conducted her case in person, while the Solicitor- • eneral and Mr. Graham were counsel for the defendant. Tbe court was again crowded. [ EVIDENCE OF THE PLAINTIFF. On his lordship coming in at half-past ten, the plaintiff was not in attendance, but she arrived at 25 minutes to eleven, and at once went into the witness-box. Continuing her evidence he said: I wrote to defendant on Januiry 23 1883, but bad no answer. I then went to my moth. bouse at Charlottenburg She is a widow. At this point the solicitor for the defen- dant was seized with a fit as be was sitting in front of the counsel's-row, and his condition caud much escitement in court. Many persons rsn to his assistance, and Mr. Justice Mai hew directed a medical man who was in the gallery to come to his assistance. After some time the unfortunate gentleman—Mr. May of the Arm of Wadeford, May, and • Wolff—was sufficiently restored to be carried into the lobby in an invabd's chair, and the can was proceeded witb. Plaintiff (continuing) said I remained at my mother's hou.e a few weeks. Mr. Justice Mathew: Yoa went there in January. How long were you there ? Witness: One month, nnj she then sent me to a village close by a few miles from Charlottenburg. There I remained for several months, until Sep- tember, and a child waa born. Mr. Justice Mathew: When was that ? Plaintiff; On the 31st of May, 1883. My doctors said it was an eight months' child. I have It all in ?v ?ad?iK. May I read (hem, also my doctor's af% I.Tits? Mr. Justice Mathew: Yru may react them if lbs evidence was taken on commission. Plaintiff Mid it was. Mr. Justice Mathew: We will have it read later 00, Plaintiff: In September I returned to Charlotten- burg. I remained there at the village all Mrs. Walpole. My mother wanted me to come to England to find Mr, Walpole, and I came in November, and took a place as a French governess at a house in Bayswater. I wrote to Mr. Walpole at the Carlton Club, and I went there mpdf, hoping to get pome information of him. I beard he was abroad, but that letters were forwarded to him. They would not give me his address At the club. I know he received my letters, and knew everything that bad happened in Germany. Mr. Justice Matbew: You must not sav that. Plaintiff: I tried to get his address, but failed. I should like to state all I heard. Mr. Justice Mathew: You must not tell us what anyone said to you about defendant. Plaintiff: I got some information as to his whereabouts. I went to 6, Cawndish-Fquiae, where Mr. Orford lives. He is Mr. Walpole a uncle. Be told me so. I was told there tliat Mr. Walpole was at tbe English Embassy in Egypt. I wrote there, but had no answer. I went to Wales as a governess, where I remained a year. I was in the employ of a rector near Brecon. When I came back to London I called on defendant's mother. She said I must give him up, as he was married already. Afterwards I remained in another place in hton.5quare, in London, giving lessons to pupils. I went to schools to give lesions. In 1888 I received an anonymous letter stating that Mr. Walpole was to be engaged to an American girl. Then I mentioned this to some friends. I bad told them I was engaged to Mr. Walpole, and after what I saw in the paper I determined to take proceedings against him. I wioteto the defendant several times. Mr. Graham: He did not receivo any of those letters. Mr. Justice Ma'hew; But fihe speùs of lettei- of January, 1888. Mr. Graham: Oh, we havo Hie original of that. Plaintiff: 1 wrote b'in several times through his uncle, ir Drummond Wolff. Mr. Justice Mathew: You need not mention names unless it is abs futeiv, necessary. Do you wish the letter of January 28 readr Plaintiff: I ilo not care. Mr. Justice Mithow- Very well; you need not have it read. Plaintiff: After that the action was commenced. I wrote several letters asking for an explanatioo why he would not marry me, or 8sk my forgive- ness at least, t here is a letter of the 30lb of November, 1881, which I want read. Mr. (iriliam That letter is as follows Dear Bibert,—Ton are, indeed, very cruel in not writing to me a lingle line, I am truly anury with you. I ,uPPO'" you e ber tht I am -rnrgd to y.Ad that I esp?t vou to marr, me some day. and you nun '8.diJ:tU iO'h:Úrt;koaf; about, your future plalll I am quite ready to wait AØ long as y??u I Link utCteary. but you must give up this banetul dcnce. I CROSS-EXAMINATION OF THE PLAINTIFF. Cross-examined by the Sobcitor-Gc-neral: I re- member giving evidence ome time ago in this court. Did ou not tell the court that the child which resulted Irom this iDtHcoUlae with defendant W68 still alive ?—I said It Wll9, nd I did not know it WI1S not. Now, did the nurse who attended feu eay this; Although I proceeded at once I fonnd tbe birth had I..eady laken place, .nd fawn dtad child Ihe lady In question bad given birth to. 8h Informed me thAt the confinement had taken plare without any ais. tanoe ..hate.er, and that although she screamed loudly no one Cdm. to her, blie alst) Informeù me that 111. child lived imm. diately after itl birth. inasmuch <48 Jt nltred sounds, Iud moved It i.g. anti feet, but was probably choked Cor the reason that 110 one had assisted at the confinement. Did you tdl the nurse that ?—I must hve, I suppose. Then how come you to swear at the fnd of the rear 1686 thot the chiid was still alive, when you rourelf had told the midwile Ihat it died a lew hours after il was b rn P-No, I did not tell her Ibat must be a miltllke, Now, did any one tell you from June, 1883, to 1868 lhat tliat child was alive ?-o, Then why did fOU tell your counlel it was living in 1868 -I believed it was. Bo" long were you in Constantinoplo before you met Mr. Walpole 10 September, 1832. You said at tho former trial you bad been there I e 0:8 /:rf;n:r!¡nU tr'i¡Dle of April, and I mell,im iD the fdlo"in September. 1 have a tcstimonial from Marco Pasha tblI was in his service in Constantinople. Tbe Soliciior-General: The testimoni1 i8 dated the end 01 Match, 12 £ 8, and the writer says :— Mis. Valerie Wcldemann wo. for two moi.tlis in Inv boule a. governess to my chHdrptl, pendin, lhe I\rrh.1 of an EIIlbb govtrneu. She was IndmllIUu9, veiy h'. cnnilng. and lett behind ber a memory 01 irreproach- able morality. What two months were rou In Marco Pasha's service -In June and Jul" 1882, I was not In Constantinople In December, 1881. I know Galatea. ( Dever shred there, 1'11';15 neVer in Ihe nunnery Ihere, I arrived at Constantinople alone, Did you say t the l88t trial you travelled to Constantinople with an Austriall countess Ycs, I travelled with hef the grentest put of the way, but we di-agreed, Rod she then went on alone. WhV did you SRY you went 10 Constantinople with an Austrian couDte88-1 went alone on lbe last day, Who "IS thil Austrian c(untea. ?-I decline t,) lell, We have arrived at a .t,lge ,,11:0 there must bt> no reluctance to mntlon names in this case, 1 mu,t have it ?-I decline to lell. Tbe Judge: You must tell. Phiniiff: rnis lady does not like to hove bel oalne mentioned in such" nasty case AS ibis. Tile Judge I see no reason why you should not give it, Plaintiff: Shû is a friend of mine, IInd asked m.> not to mention her oatre. I will give it to youl lordship. The Judge: Write It down and hand the name to the Solicitor-General. lIe will nut use it for any purpoles unfair 10 you, depend upon it. I will take care ba docs not, The Solicitor-General: I shall 00 ghd to be under pur lordship's protection. (Laughter.) Plaintiff wrote a name down and handed it 10 Sir Ii. Clarke: That name ha already been mco. tione<J. It is the Countess Winski. Plaintiff: I knw that a letter with her name on it waø read on Saturday, but I objected to it being read, Continuing, witnes Rhl I went to Constanti- nople to become a nUD lit a beautilul C.1Dvent near ihere. 1 became a Homan Catholic in Rome in 11881, and my ('¡cnds objected to this. 1 had letters of introduction t the sisters 01 the con- vent fr;m two fiiends. Thev are dead nw. I am sure I wmt to Contantinople t,) hecomp 1\ nun, The Solicitor-General: You said lit the lilt trial that you went to Constantinople to stay with 80me German lamilies whl) wue your friends. Piaintiff: fhe nun. were my friends. You don't call them German families, do you? but they weie friends 01 mine, 1 didn't menticn the convent before, be- cause I didn't know how to prove that I became a Catholic. Telllhe jurv the name of tha Geiman family "ith whom you liaJ ben invited to Etop- Madame Krngt"r. That Idy ha. been examined, and Rile says you stayed with her lor a f.-rtnight [0 teach her daughters, and that yeu then found another 1,1ace [s tint Ihc Indy 01 the German family who had in- viterl you t stay "ith hr ?—It was. Wh" i. hcr name --[ knew h-r f0r some vears. he was not eJtamlned un commission. [I didn't think 01 her, Why did you Mt. say at the hst trial [hat rou went to Con.taniinoplo to bcc0me II nun P- Because the ques ion w"s not aPKed me, But you pahl at the last trial Ihure was some- thing Inconsistent in your becming a nUD, You 98id you hod always intended to 8 back to Germany P-We[I, 1 left the matter of the nunnery out, I could not tell 1111 whole life, day by day, b0ur by hour, There would be no end of it, At the last I rial you siiid you 6tayed with the family of Oms Bey ?—I am eure I mixed up the names, 1 weant Osman liey, and lie has now become Osman Pasha. Oœas Hey was examinedas a witness, Rod he Slid he never knew you io Oermany, and only saw you twice in Constantinople ?-I made a mi8take In saying Oms Bey; I should have laid Osman Hey, as I told you just now, But Osman Hey has beEn examined ?—I did not know him before 1 was invited w stay tl.c-e. By whom ? I phould like y. u to realiae what 1 am a.klng you,-Oh, yee. Y0U 88k too mucb. (Laughter!) I must go on ukin" until I get a clear answer. Do you say Osman Bey's was the family by whom g:rYoi to go to The Solicitor-General read Oman Pasha's evidence, in which he said plaintiff shred at hi. houso unlil ahe round a 81tuation at the botel wbere d. fondant mrt hfr, Did you tell Mr, Walpole yOU cam" to Constan- tinople with a German officer ?—No, it is not true. I was engaged to be married wheo I was io Coo. stantinople. Will you write down the name and Rddreø of the person to whom you were engaged to be married ?-Plaintilf (decisively): Ko, I decline [,(¡ do IIlat. Vry wel1, I will not press tlrat. Do you know M, Victor de Crenneville, or the AU8trian Dlplo- matic service -Scarr.ly. Not particularly. .1lre see him in 1i;8a:nlit::u;: your stiy there ?—No. I didnt have letters from nim. '1 swear I never had a letter hom Dr, Midl.rllu, of Vienna, before ha end of the year 1881. I never met my mother, Valerie Wiedemann, in Constanti- nople. Did you on the 20th of December, 1881, e" into the aputmenbl or III. de Crenneville at Constanti- nople ?-No¡ I was not there, Did he not attend nt, I he Consulate and obt8ln protection from you and haye you turned oat 01 hi. rooms ?-That is not so. It must be some I.ther person. Thl. it an inflUDoUl scandal. I bj< ct to it 8S an infamous slander. 1>0 not be too strong in your ex pr,"loar, You mu, fcfse whet 1 have to suggest. I suggest that you previously fffrc intimate with M. de C-enne- ville and told him tl at yi-v were the mother of a child by him. Is that truo úr r.&loe ?-YalleerlLj¡:Jy. I "AI neyer in Cyprus. The Solicitor-General then read a statement by M. de Crenneville, n whkh be aid he met plaintiff in Cypru8; tb.t he gave her money that she- hall extorted mom :rom iiira by lfGyinjlloe WIU Ibe faib.r of her child; lhat thia money was 88nt on by Dr. Midlarker, his advocate, 111 Vienna; that ¡;naU,he came to his room and tried to strangle bim. Then he complilned or her II) tho German Consulate. Plaintiff That i8 all untrue. It la iofœmou.1, Tbe Judge: a i. not evidence 1I"lolt 7"U 1M It is, and you deny It. The Solicitor-General: Then there must be some other Valerie Wledemano t— 1 suppose somebody mast l18Ye 1-.1 my nasae. IIoM..y pU8pOIt. Did Joe haft a Mild In 1(81 M doe" "ant to IUCb qttmlOD., The Judge: Too ?- Did you ever Mw .« e!,eiu: lIIalt. Did you e bu. I The Solicitor-General t Then why did ycu ms want to answer my qu.stion i—9 it is very offending and imultina. The Solicitor-General: Now. re?ct.—t „.) answer; it is too bad. I shail have ta Ci,:œ MC.unt' of how my life I'm teer, I 'fneJuoJge: Itlua¡d flu la<1 a ch:ldiOJulr 1880, in Berlin ? f Plaintiff That has nothing to di wi'h '|-» ct!. The Judge I am sorry to say it tu a great deli to do with the case, Plaintiff: It is not true. Tie Solicitor-General here Pu? in the Nr:i,te of birth .'if a child—a ftm&?:°e' '?.??* Vtlerie Wiedemann. Plaintiff: It is not me, Some )iie mu't ;I?ve beenusin,;n)yt!Mf[)-rt;t!.tt).!the'c)]v'wH I can Mcouat for Hut stateismethrIe L  way h.d a ch.:d before 1881. t?M tell Mr. Walpole that I h?d bMo :nt??? o:h y,,?ng German oflic. Il.nnùt explain Creraa. ville's statement. I have been thinking i; cver but can give no explanation of it. 1 usrd t kee. diaries, but I lost them. It is a great pity I did so. I never went to see the parent* ri M de Crenneville in Vienna before the end of lea I never n'ceivcd any money from M. de Ofni.eviile either eiiriciv or through Dr. Midlirker. i-J September, 1879, 1 ""8 IU E.g'arci ,n October I ,'Yembfr following ( went to ICubl"lak. In 1m I li,?d ?,U? lady at Lad)?. I ib*B «.rt Oxford, and wos for two months it the how ot a pr,;[4mr ?t Chrxt CliurciL His wife ?a, a wh,ol flio?-I f m-ne. J was in Oxford in August, t'Ptewbn. October, 1879. I gave lessons to the children When I left Oxford I went to lOIl.bruck. I «t»y with my relations. I ot j. ct to my relations tiaaa mentioned in the pipers they don't like it In the summer of 1SS0 I stayed w,tli my sister ia North Germany, and I ifterwatds went tø Pub. erania. ) nevI r met t. Vtcor de Crenneville ia the years 1879, loSO, and Ucl, except it Ina* bruck "r Vienna, I had been engactd to h. mined for t,1I yeats. I iiad got introduced to the ( on^t inniiiiple li itel pr -p-ie' r in wi, se sib. ployment I was when I met Ir, Walpole tiir ::c- tlie ¡¡oven:e.s agency. I gave the 1" 'rll"t daughter, Clementine, mu-ic and singing l sse. The Solicit r-Geneial: I -uggest you never givs the children lessons in the ii. tcl, but that you welt to the house they were living al for the purpos.nl instructing them That is OV: true Tho Solicitor-General here read a IIta:dliJI, iy the son-in-law of ihe ho'tl proprietor in wÍlich hi declared that the plaintiff came to him after kis father-in-law had given evidence in Er,¡;ir.J. uul said his testimony had ruined herea-c, Aii t iae wanted hiu and his wife to say even in pity r her that the statements of the h )t1 propria r ir>s» not true. He said he could not do this as it w »:<i be false, and his wife could not oive her tatlur re lie. Slic then snid if she lost her case she w 3.11 kill the hotel pioprietor. Plaintiff eaid that was not tru". The s-n-in-!iw told her to go to the hotel rroprilor and gel ;11 to alter his statement, but she said she would ct. !!IJ that she would punish inn. lor makisg false arcupati?n Bgaina be?. Do you suggest you were engaged to be miriad when you went to Const.intin-^ple to benaw a nun ?—Yes. iLaughter) I didn't spind arrest deal of time in the couriet's room at the houL Mr. Walpole came to the betel the same day. I had never seen lum bt-f :ie he came to the where I wis giving a lesson to Clementine. We ?ere p'aying a dud, Ue wa" Insclibel in  ,i?itr,rs' book a, L,rd Walpole. fl? began to :I?& r;" t¡ me a:l \ilpo>t diy 'rfu t: (Laughter.) 1 never walked cut with him at Sni, I always objected 10 hIS coming near ffie. not r. told him nol to pe, to 1Ie;n thai way. Did you ,k him t) lalie F?u t. r.gl,,?d w. h hiitvSr h' kJ" me to go ;if.I¡i," I would not. AID I to lake It that he had spoken of love to you and you had repeatedly repulsed him Yei. There was no arrangement q' ngremiat etweco rOll that be shollld come to FlIr rowF -No. The hotel proprietor's married daughter slept ia the next ronm to mine. I had heen in my roo. about half-an-hour when Mr. Walpole came 1&. I was undressed. 1 had not locked my door aa taa key bad leeu taken away, but I had b-lteti As door. Did you open the door to let Mr. Walpole iul. NI). I did not know hew lie entered, but I aftnp. wards saw that the little catch which held thetaH was rot there. I think he must have come ia without my seeing him. It was imonflgl't iimf Hum, Bud I wa not puspicious rhl1t ano!ne w mil come in, I undr ssed without seeing whetiei the ix,It acted or not. After 1 unJre>fe>i t sat at the window for a time with a wrap Iliad no idea tl at Mr. Wafp' le was coming to ay room. I had honestly repelled him before, mesa, ing to have nothing to do with him, aa I vag engaged to be married. When he came t Tf room lie had on a kind of dres'inj-gown. Was lie in his nightshirt with a dre^ing-goca 011 ?-I thiiik lie was. I had not lighted ttieclaft at all. When he appeared in your room In that soitol cosume were you frightened?— Not. "»Iy frightened, but shocked and indignant. I did ait now what to say. I would have turned him a* directly, but lie was much stronger than I. Then do you say there mi a contest of r-hpizal strength bet "een you before Mr. Walpole overceM you?—Yes. There was a married woman keeping in tlie nfxt room?—Yes; ar.d I tried her doer, -A Iiieli opma out of my rcüm, I shouted and screamed, aot 1C slv1, who is th hotel pr"pdetol' Jlughter, 'B,I {. hClrJ n0thing, that is why I say there is a «a- p¡racy againt me. You said !ast time that Ir. Walpole prevenUd you calling nut Yt; he pot l.is handkerctosl over my moutii. I d"J u?? av anything ab??t a handkerchief last lime. 1 ??uld not tbilk Qi everything. Was it by kisses he prevented Tour eallirg oq". ? (Laughter.)—Yes; and he put his hand over n, moui.li. There was a beil in the room, act I cubed the tope, but it would not act. You aid last time he prevented y ur linrne- ti.e bell bv puhing your arm away. Which is ^sa true- stoiy?—Bolb are true. (Laughter.) Do you lI.can to tell the jury that in tliat 1«» room, with a married woman sleeping iu tlie nfd apartment and only a d, r I-t-Wt.cn you, *> Walpole outraged you Yes; against my .,11 e., in-ly. Did you make any communication to anjco.y in the hotel about bis behaviour to befoie 3KIS received from him the £15 that came in tH. envelope ?—I spoka of it afterwards. I did a>tl want to see Mr. Walpole again. Are you not saying in this action that he r- mised to marry ycu, and you, relying upon tfcrt promise, permitted him to be intimate waa you ?—That was the next evening. But was there no promise when he first caiwr -y,s. At tile first trial yrii swore he enly had int<r« course with you once?—I did not un"elst3nd ".II at the time; I was 10f) indignant. I did nut us- eleretand the word intercourse. I lived with at the h't'.l in Luxcuaberg uS hi wile (or tWQ 11/ thrce elavs. RivP. "10 When bo went away did be give JtO cl.eeiue for £ 100, and did you express y-,iir*dl gr,Lt??lui to hiuu for giving you so much.CS. e[, ittOi91 too :;d¡cI us. l(Jold UOL I;ia it. After leaving Ccnstantinopls you went Cannes by way "f Malta and Rome, and sla>ee.i* the hotel undei the name cf Madame Vulener— Yes. EVIDENCE OF A TRIVATE DETECTIVE. Uriah Cook, el Ciaig's-couit, was then sworn, I and said: nm t \Mctive n¡:nt. 1 w's -,3t!T defendant to CMnMt to get i,lainti ?ay,  Ctttedttt!t0)?). and Fent in the card c?f?Ct? t.tinDarHntton.tMwphint.iT.sndtfdhfH w.? friend nf Mr. W?p):e."? that he ?nT«f lier t,) ccmo iind me,t I.i?. in 1,1! *r ,r,i" til(',r? in tte b,ofOg ?e, to a,? I told ti?e I.r,,11-,rd n't t, I", "C "mo out, nndtnukeMre ether till my re:- r.m)?g!Md. I left Paris tho 41" d-1, crossed to England, and saw Mr. \Mlpvi-. H'o)L)?imH)?UK??twcu!(Uc?mo<t)m[.?.-<t< for me to get In r away, and I ask-d him •" me?)t-tMr'ic).)cou?.howh<.r.):eK. "et ber ?w?y '? M pos?h)?. ?nd I ?i;.?_? H.tin. I r-tur.?d to ti-tt M?hmnW!t<)e!.).ttnh?)runup*b'Uo't?-. ?hichtd?"otpty. WctchforMtrtm.?t b.hre ?'<: to Namur she ?" to M9tho letter from Mr. Wa!pe I howd it to hH, Rnd ,he 61H1tchtd it r,w:\V nDi. t .1,? 1,?er ti?,?t if Bh. did not Rive it.b-.rk'o?' should leave her, which I did when the trem ariived at Namur. I returned to England, im I ?aw Mr. Wa pole. Examined by Mi«. Wiedemann: flic dewf dant told me that he might luve promwd n inarry you wheu he seduced you iI, Constiau* nople. Cross-examined by tho P „i.h.c.itor-G*•fnen.>: I» received £110 from Mr. Walpole, but had to u9 him for the balance. I lelt the Ill. ice forc»jn account of a report made agair.s; me Iy Ir. Newton, PLAINTIFF KE-CALLEP. Miss Wiedemann was re-cai.ed. ine iuw> General produced two photo-, of Mis. tvrb n, I. married to defendant, which had insult.ng im. atitten upon them. Plaintirf admitted th" -Ui-JJJ sl e ul.o admitted writing a post catd to *f. Walpolc's mother. Did you walk up and down Pirk-lire and tpil on the doorstep of Mrs. Waipole's bouse r—Jewel lit í false, Was not the bullrr obliged to send for «h('.r;-s« to remove you?—No; it is faV..Mis. f' came into the street and laugne i and mocata m | mo. It was that which mide m • excited. Thocouit then adjourned until to-day.

MR. STEAD IN A DILI MMA THE JOURNALIST'S I.l'l'UKTS AT 111- I'ASSIO.. I'LKY NOT APPllLCT.VlIi.tf. M,, gte,?d, 1,,q g,,e t, iis crd, to ti.,? Fusion 1'iay for lhe re a of the?t«.<.<y &??. has very n.ar.y 'icti. V, 7,,1. In hi!tfricn.'s?i'htXactttp['?L;c??<?"'?.J'' he pr?tn?d I.imqd¡ at the perf'ru.ancc i- ;.¡- ?rm..dwith?pi'o;?r.p)..c??? Stead was ae,ted close to the stage, and, < being uiar him, had an exce.icnt ■ J i of photographing all that Jtruck him. L.r i 1 I natelv. Gmphaa, the High P.-ieet-wl,, i al»o. £ T pnreiitheie, ,he Lurgomaater cf Obe'a e-1¡ed ?? Mme? trom the stage, and -Ct..n iw h?!e a muMtnt;? to .top its use. [I' :"d al nee disted. Thereupon Mme B ?fclr;d ? 'r demanJin the conhscaiion of the '? A. the latter were inside the tMchtr'. ?. c?)d not be e?cMd without? fpH the set, Mr. S!MJ refused DHldJy ? -T to ron?f thtm up. H? ..s  marched ? to t)? ».n«omas>r^ ? ,??',? b,tfore -ith l?i,vI.R ,P n  monopoly f? which certain ne?.e? M iad paid a hrcc ?um of money H ^ever, ?s >1i was able 10 prove that h. had .e?y Ixen in com- munication "th the conctM?att?-t. »  obtained perm'ssion, he "? released, with p, tp.-Io:.? Mr. StMJ M<m< to have er^yedu* cxpehtnct.'he mere tott?t ,t g;.ve « opportunity of ire-ttrg ttle bU'I:'rotlt., '.daIlRUt, —the young lady who play, lhe Virgin Mar). fail Hall Gazette.

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