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ror;:)iiH)LM; a .mai;i;iage. JtXCi'i'LSO SCKNK IN i.'SW'KSTlty CilL' uCIi. A wedding which wis \o imvis t,,k?n pi,,?- nt wedHn2 "lIich W\ to hav t.kfn "(!iace nt r;: .l'tCt'O:i\jf:I:n;lI I'ne bi itiejjto-->i»« wl».> if ahoui 23 years of I.ge, i.? ih- .-in ui jar. i>im>er in the parian ?f Carno, i- Moii;«ou,»'ryaii.re, occupyii.g six iatir-s lour i i iiich his own pr'-periy *nd t'»n bride, the •-■auanter of a swaB but vny IC4pt'Ct;u: nsijjii- [ iioui'in^ tartn -r. n<e t'-ither and m >titer of hridejjr'iifri l.au, it p e tKs, tlm ujem U1nn ti-e groui.-i tllat the pru«p-cts wt?je > ot go<>d en'tu^ii i"r f iie'r son, iae young man kit tin uy.ve«li y on ^umlav wittiou' ifuinjj i.is patents wnere (ik was going or fl v w..at L>jic. Ut'! nmd^ arra"gemi'r»ts ,] b«* ma:ritid hy s^toi .1 hC¿I.c! «t nine o' ?ck on Tuesday morning, ?.'Jit.w.c-r.;y!<.e"he Kpv.A.H.M? Weitiierhy urnl the Kev. (,. K. M. (iretn— iere duty in utlendfuice t, p^rtonn tho t-, ,y but just a the eXi extant bl'idA lnd bridfgK/jm wer. nbl)ut to ntrr the churcii, ael'ompanied by the b:st mlT1. a ,.i,,I,nt m 03Ae-'iy, hfb uie«»r >oui*s Lith' i( whotladtrn,ve:bd } ir • tii C two hy iiii (tueilt U,wt?stry •tt 8 20, wi ¡h, huwovor, h"pp""e¡\ '0 be ]"Te) Is e up in b(,ufhles nuste, accompanied hyone I'lhis tennn's ftnd nnntiier neignbour whom he had br>>u^iit wiih Uiiu, ar> aj'iztng hold of hi< s«ui '• v t m; c» .ar, "Tnis is ihe man I wai.t; t ;ii t:¡l"t:S 1l""I :T1;II; aii-1 tiisma y th-n proc^ded in angry and ¡ :;C':(t'ä 1:d \c;.e:illl;: t;r t-. ,r it \\U s n persis rd in it It. would uisown and di<i'??Kh!?'?"i'a'hMt))rM!3?f!<. unavailing, he fttlior bid recourse to perr,u >sion, ielho« his 9on that Iis moth r was lying ili '1t holOW In consign -roe of hB having lefi home ,« ir*CH SunJav, Mitt ni; him at al¡llatd to p '>t- poii- 'be -r the present Ind morn U, ni4 iTi!*»tner. Tiie bride, who whs natunhy niueli ^yi at: I, i'ldjn¡Iir..y demanded whether 1110 father had anything 10 ay Kg;unt her character. IJp .?).?''ttthj he iind not a worn to say H^iinst lu r Hh tHat cor, b?t declared that it w??, a qllflOn .(?ys." Tmo son at leni'tli yielded to his f;her''4''1 treaty, 81Hi lh8 cl:rCYIJ)11 In attflndanc, Wi->r" informed ti» »t. rhp weddin wa*> not to ii" prq- ceed'd wiili. Ðy this time a rumour of what nad ujt-i nad t.egun ¡O) s: read ill ti»« town, and a! rat crowd of por-ous ilnsmhld u iront nf the i- .lIrdl. Tile Lrd •, wno is u. uood. ilkklrl; y> u; g wo-nan of 23, was 4lverc"me with emotion and wept biueriy. 8, e was taken io the h(»usnoi a relative Îta 0*weMry, Ahere ..he ueramo ql1il 111. UUI Oil bemg ft^sured Hiat toe marrpl1(e \5 >>tdy postponed for a t., rt tuu^ partially regdtv-d her comp' sore. The bii le- !:rd)11J r»-iur»»ed witij i fatlirr to C.?- by t,?, 2.40 train from 0>w<»stry, but If IS ?,,i,d tiiai he delerwillt":d t j UfJ ti uë to bis tr-Ali, awj ttht HIe 11 arrmge will tak" phce in tin) course of a few dl>'3'

I 3HLITA11Y DIVOIICE SUIT. I TI1K HESFO\).KM' A WELSHWOMAN. In tha Divorce Pivi»i"n of tli«Hi«h Court of Ju-iice on W'Biinesday (before Lord Justice Lnpo,) Hi • cas" Crt)lIIl 1.\ CiomiM mid wit.-j lieqr l. Td whs a p..tltInn for the dw-jo 11.- tion of niHfri-igo t>v Oapiain C'iiail-s 1"I"nd Crt,mif, of tho 37th Regiment, who nllogeii iduitfry by his wife with thn co.r\lponlÎClH, who -^i iIim limp. wmr commnnder on board the Dole" (¡f n'f:Hiugloll, tiien st-itioned i' p.ir'smouth, Thn suit wa undefen.led,— Mr. Srarl- was lor itho t'6titior"'r, who, in nm ev¡.jnCPt said tliit he whs inirrie.1 to the iv;|.0!i(lpnt, who was a MiR Bowen, at H'lVerfotri- a-it. ')'?hr.!eMhi«,nt.t).eSl? of July, 1831. i f, id A,? ,f ;C120 'r,y !lvPli I dilf"IPHI nlAoes w-ci Ins regiment ?' ut .tinned, and in 18W they rcs.d.d it Gospoi t. Tiley thero made ttlM at-qmiinianceof Mr. C"ddUlton, who waq « c-min-inder on board ier Mnje-tvV hip Duke of Wellington. Petitioner ,lad to go tn Aidersiiot to attend to hi* duties, III'I Wlt t 11"lnM ollly from Saturday to Monday. [II July. 1[84, Ie was ordered to Malta, í-Jf'I ilesind hid wifd to accompany him, but 811" declined at toe time, and nid not j tin h1m until :a-i r. S!?b?,,I,nly he w.? !Jrderd to India, and information r ached him in r-te:ence 10 his wile's •ondiici.—Kviilei.ce whs iv¡HI to prove lhat, in hfxb?cecf?i'rh?-b?ud.Captain Coddmgton "a in the hahit of Ti"?nR Mrs. <Jr -r i> an-l staving ns 1Kte "» ,w" ,ml tl ree o'clock in l?,- ni nnins;. Cne witness iia-l seen them kissing ench o1her. ani another -aid ghe hnd seen Codilmgton gointo Mrs. Croniie's hpdroom, tJl1t c/Hlli not tint Mrs. Cromie .as HHrtt. L1tHr!i al¡ pa¡'ù between ?h?n.MM.<'ro<nie ?f.:eh.'r()..s'<i'?-?n -then (..plain Coddinglon wn coming. Ooe ?i'n?st ?t) t''M? Mr". Cro??ie sent her loCapltnn 11 Aldington one day f -r her purse, winch she had | )-ft in his cabin.—His I.oiii^'lnp pronounced a decree w.,¡ (0' tiie diss"IUllon of the m'1rdagt1 with «;or a^aiin-t Captain C-'ddiiig'on.

KLI-Xri'ION INTKLIjK} !NCE. I IMO.NbT VKTdKV AT NOUTU I HACKNEY. Toiling for ^oi th il-»ckfier took phce on Wed- neadav, tho onnili lutes boinij Mr. IV, H, ttouH(i"ld, Q C.t Cimsvrva'ivp, and Mr. T. A. Meate^ Glad" 610nhu, Liio Liiends took the lea,), their o|:pou»!its not being represented at the booths for •joiue titue after eight oYh ck. Alter the ilrst hnur the rate of polling decreased, bit. it was computed that by nuon b«-twe*m 2,000 and 3,000 had polled. Amplo prov¡i011 uf cirnayes WilS made hy both panics ."Ir tho convdyanee of voters, aud between live and eij^iit a vu- y lifavy poll was expected. The result w.vs uec1are,1 about eleven us foj-nva Atou-ti Jd (C.) 4,400 Ccuservative iiiijo: itv 969 ?HKVIOUs J5LECXIOXS. iil-j. E3j, M .)">r« n en. -ir h. VeMy (C.) 3,3'- 7 l:FiT:,¡,I, 3.:5' M'L'tyn!('L'.)'?.'?.? &9H ]! W. H.S.Anhr.,y (1..) l.to M.uority. 416 MI\j0r¡y 1.D03 |

I 110['1\ OK COMMONS,—Wkdnksday. The Speaker touk the eWiir at twelve 110011. LOCAL hiLLS. Tho Lian ti'iivm Di.^uict Drainage Ihllw.i9 i further coneH.lered and ordered to be read a third time. LOCAL PETITIONS. Mr. LL.Y- Mouua\' L'a>iarthent N'.), preenteJ a petmou m iivuur ot (II 8.1e of i,?t(; i. li?ll frúm ¡ile E,,g 1, (.iun^rc^atioaal ui?. ot Giamorganehije and C,tfWIU th!tJJsldr. MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES. The secoiut u'ctdm^ of the Munitinid Corpora- tions Act (1S82> Aui.MKluH-tit Hili wus moved by Mr. ].A j'1;-ilJ:<I (C., Livtrjwl), who explained that It tit»j<-et w.i8 to inciliuutt tile re-adjustment uf municipal boundaries \VlltH it was rendered • ie»irub:o br the movement nf tiie popula- tion. 'Die Act of 1832, lie ur^ued, required amenduient in two "e"pllc.s p^r-iiultriy. 1» the first plaiv, it enacted tint changes in 11H)icil.ml boufuuries snou d on y heeft'ected bV petition lu (he Privy Council, anti th»*re was a i.rovisi >n that uch vetitlou mut Inive tiio support of twp..thil'4.i. of the members of the town council. This last provision operated most illjUf.1ieiollly, silica it placed It within the powi-r oi a siii-ill minority to prevent tha most necessary boundary impiove- ments mcrely by wltlllwlling assent to the petiiiou. In tlw second place, the ..xi8tifl ct provided that if c l?a .g, Wr" made at all it shoul i he made in the number as well a^ in the !.J,1I\llll.rie. of tile w"rd., And Ihi- Itgain was h 111051 awkwMrd and undesir,hlø pro- vision which tho BlIs outt to remove. It was not proposed tha tiie measure should iu any way interfere with tite Ruth, rity 10 which the final decision of bouudary qlwbtion was f'nlrWHed. but it ain:ed a' removing the pr-vision which ie- quiteda two-minis in .jority hetoie such questions Cuul I b'.« Mined, and It nl-o sought to do awa> with the St: If HI fJbjclion to whicii ho had le- rneJ. lie str mdy ur<;ed that such a measure Wd ii'l''dt*d in vnrjnUi large towns, aud esptciaLy În LiVt rpoq), w here, under the ex¡ti1)g law, boun Jar)" I¿:orm w s i1\lpuÎble. Mr. NLY1LLK (^ Livtrptr.-l) moved tho rpjoc- 1 ion of tLe Bid, WhICh, hu s iiu, t1a.d b:,on brought ill siflp:y jrt pursuance II! au en¡1t';tViJur to prrJ. Inltld"r the wanl" of Liverpool in the int,rest, 01 the Tory prty. I I AUir fu: t"cf lti-cms¡on the Ho.t3e divided, when there YHlO" I or the amendment 17? :t81.t, I G'rnm."t mnj'-ri'y 37 The 8[1"01:< 1/ PUI ti'e ql,.s\ir, Ihlt tile Bill bo read a second tllnt, wn-r- uj on Mr. T. 1. EU-aly tnovfd the anj >i;rnmeni ii the dt-bate. Mr. :\Jal tiu"f)n, howover, at once I'll -ved tho closure, wluch W:IS agreed to by 215 It) 147. The Mil wa- th-n icai « "ico .tl tmi°. Mr. T. M. HEALY (X, Lomj/VM) inuved that if be refeneo to a S ComuiUtft-. M- MATTINSO\, however, ionuully objected, Knd a. II was at' e; ha f-pust tive th debute stood adjourned. SMKLLLNCr THE DISSOLUTION. answer 10 Vr. Turner (&\I Cork), said the hrlO. gcntlftuun had evjvh-titly hi answer un thf previous d iy as to ti e vote on 11CCuUUt. HIS st at cm- tl: wn.s to the effect t"at such a vote was uouedy a-kod f .^r at that time of tile year, ami ti at liie usiml c ii-s would probably be pursued. Toe quenion of iak:ni» a vote (II. IICCOUtH at th "lId of May with winch to c-irry on the business d th eouniiT for six months never entered into his mind, (liea;1, hear.) The House adjourned At six o'clock.

r.m. BAL^OUIl AND SCOTCH QUESTIONS. 0" Wednesday 11 uii Ili. Balfour and L-,rd Loiiiiin. Secretary for Scotland, received ill one of the commitiee-roouH of the House of Commons a deputation úu f1SiljUt: :10.) crolter questions in UIt) Hignianrfa ut Scotland. MI. CllamberJ3)1I intrndiK'eil the deput ition, which was accompanied tay 1\lr. Kr-iser Mnck'Hto-h, M.l* f\nd five Ul1infli1 c.Lndil1ae:; for coostdui-neios in Nortn fccotl »nd. Oi.eof the speakers, Mr. Duff, 01 Koss-^lnie, spoke in (ialk, und his speech haJ to bij tr'I]:-J:te:1 to ihe Minhtus. ÂlI10llg:-t the subjects dealt witli Lv t1u drpulatiiln wore the enlarge- ment of crofters' holding*, bill pulure*, the evds f furtn%r j-tties am h:u bout's 11111 tlp!¡cai III of ci.»a*t ligkl and the exi n-ion 01 t- e^raphic ana p )SlId "3.Ii1iic. Mr. Balhouk, III reply, f. ¡it1 sutnr.tllIn;{ llIaterhl ?i:s being iione in lie ,jviion of furthc' coa?l lights. Witbr- gard totiawiing,it had been forbidden "Ion" ihe whole const of S otlundwithin the thr. e mite hmir, and the S crerary for SC0t1and was now ernie u> arrange with the Admiralty K )in»» means of Ihorougidy enforc- illg tllu ntll tiol!s. As to the promotion of public wuvks, lit- b> l'^ved it was more in the direction ot increased f.cihties ol communication, whether te:egr.iplflc or postn', by steainer< or by railways, t'mt° le;'?«l ition cnutd be most (?lYeet,v,iv brought to bear to ameliorate tile Cdndit1011 of liie Highland popuhti-.ii. 10 ail tll;SO ie<pect9 substauiial aid either "ui b ell or was about to be extended by the Government.

I WAKKAMT AGAINST A CHIEF- CUNSTAULli. At Warwick Coui.ty-com t on Wednesday Judge Inprun granted a warrant foi the alrdt, of Mr. Robert Henry Kinehant, late chicf-constable ot Warwick in\ I 'r an ff, und«>r tiie hank- I :c .if't:i i I It,. btr :(": Ilt,:ll:;i1 i::it:jJ;t to £ 10.000, with 1lOlIlhl:d a3H.tRt did not "tlend I he fulj.Jurnc.j examination, ¡Ullt it was stated he had leu the coaotry,

Illfill, COM INO ELECTION. I UUMH I STONIAN:?. OF SPKEUH JlV THE DUKI5 Ol DI,,yI)IlI(Œ, ].0:))0: H'ednesdav. This sHemooll the Duke of Devonshire presided in the Princes-hall, l'ice¡\iI;y. lit the annual meeting of the Women's Lib. ral Ullillnit Associa- tion, and he was supported on tiie platform by Pr,)i9.;or Dicey, Mrs. Courtney, Mrs. Fawcett, Miss Tod, and a number of ladios well known as taking an active pari in tiie worn of the associa- lIOn. The Duka of Devosshiuk, In moving the ad p- lion of the report, IIltllllatoLl ill the liist place that it was undesirable on that occasion for himself or for any spanker to allude to certain topics which, however inttHesting in themselves, anù howevor appropriate for discussion by member. of ladies' political 6ssoeiltiou, were subjei-m of strongund lWIl6-\t ct¡ff"l'CnCt s of opinion which ouyht not be l-aisod in vit:w of the ejection now iii He tW'l1ht itwasritlierappropiiHtethai a meeting of IL ladies' organisation should 1.P pre.,il1fd over by a IIwmu, r cf the House of Lords, for they all 1",loIIe<1 to classes ill possession of imperfect pdltiral rights, "nù in tlOm6 Itkpedoi the lords wei e lie greater sufferers, tor at the c'Jming ølec! iOil tie would riot, oulr bo prevented froiiietvinga ùlO ¡Lt, IIH poll for that assembly winch was about to dispose of his politiCrtl lata and the iatft of tiie country, while when the dissolntiou had taken place he would be prevented from raising his voice and f"iu taking any aclive part in the election. (Laughter.) i'iieietore, it was incumbent ul1 tnem, while in possession of what iioiiticnl rights they did eiij >y, to make good use of the lilul which inleiveoed between this and the general election. (.Hear, hear.) The great object which they all had tn view at the present moLU' Ut was to secute a majority at the c01uiug elections. Well, !I(i did not attach so much imVllllanc8 to obtaining a majority lit 111" polls as did i-oino of iheir oppo- nents, nor did he look upon the uiajoiity with ihe fame feel'ugs of nd'oiration and veneration as they tli f. He did not tlittik the majority could dispense with the necessity for argument as to principles, conviction, and con- sistency. He did n"t think- wilh Si,11'I.,??, Harcourt—that a m"jonty ? .I,i do ..yti,i.g. Sir William app.ared 10 think that it could even chunge the meaning of worda in Iho English language, Ihat .t could turn thos who had (tuck o tieir principles and to their pledges into .t. f': of"'tIO: :iru:Jl>d': I ,heir opinions and f.dbified their pledges lo)aJ and courteous men. The other d-y, couot- ing sOluwhut prematurely on the majority whicu th, v were going to obtain at the general election, Sir W, rlarcqurL pnsume" to call them deserters and asseiteJ that tho,e who had embraced Home Iule were t iose who had been I-y-al and had loyally adheiei to their convictions aud to the principles of their ptirly but when they cama to look for proof of those as,ertiou. they fouud that ihev merely consisted in thi. ttiat hall it been ot!an'WHW tiie Dime Ruie pa,Ly would have become wea k ,r iu the country, wheie>s j .1 I!, ,,on it 1i:1 tX!UI;IClrlt i No ill'jority would ever convince him lhat such men, even though they were led ly their eouituander-in-chi-f, and that the commanJer-in- ":uef was fo'lo""d by all hi, enrrd. a"d captains and nine-tenths of the ranI, and file, were any ,ti?, r than ruk ù.serler. (Cheers.) No majority ?,,Id convince hiin lhat th.)s who hdù the r:uI"1 ti ,n which they pledged themsu.ves 1. hold, b,' thev many be they few, WIr otiier th,m loyal! „nd courageous men (loud cheers) .n, that the smaller their ?,.b?, d, I g,, ti c ? t?,.d !e,s exalted thi,. p.i-i ion tho greater the credit, in ltiS j Opinion, uuu to them for the loydty withj whlclJ they lud adhered to their c'lu"lctions. I (Cneets ) While, however, lie held thai a majority could not c:o everything, lie was quite reatly to I admit thå a majority was K. toet, nlld. perhaps, tiie het 18:-t, lIdt perhaps, the only test, "f llitt etiieacy aud uiility of such political organisations j as theirs. (Hear, hear.) liven if alter tit. demon-, si rat lOa of tiie opinion of the country in 1886 of its to representative instiiotioos alll.1 '0' the leijis ative umorl between Great Bdtllin and lijsnd a essential to the tablhty audi efficiency of iis representative institutions they suffered def,at at the "ext general election, Ih"t would i,?t, in hIS opinion, JJrùv that t i, p,in- ,,pla were .o.,g. It lUiht pro, that their "r..n.satiou had been detective, ,,d that tHey i them-elves had been waniing in the courage, energy, and ?bili,y which would have enabled their principles lo prevail. Therefore, in Vie" of the importance of ihe questions which would be It issue in the next election, and from a ft)lin of selt -re- p -ct ?,l self-esteem, ti,?F were i tIIHa"9r¿:fl"j(gl;IHs f:e:n;n<te:tro::f; I man their oppon1119, to put forth every lLSt'rthu to SCUl'e ti,? f,i., p., of their pr:pl??. heir.) They WUSI, in fact, ?.'w re-double their r, (Cheers.) Hn did not think thut the martial phraesologr, wittiout which it '.ppeared t i?art i6, I pt impossible for Sir W. Hureo irt to address a public meeting, was most eminently fitted to the ciicum- ..t "il":S ill wiiicii they w- r. He was not lining to spe"f( of I Jleir fl i,uJ Lord H'oliner as a jiolttictil counterpart of Field-marshal 1"ltk.. and he was not going to address the lady .'e-tretaii'-s of I lIe Women's Liberal d:<OI.lltilJnfõ as the b" il-d 01 Lord Nelson. (Lall<!J¡têr,) Ho thought ihut the hllguu g e wns somewnat exig^erated awl mis-placed in regarl to the i"ue t!¡at was (eh re them-(Iu"ar, h.ar)-.tnd which wuld shottly 11', veto be decided at the pr,!I, T¡lat issue,in all conscience, was serlOtl enough, and it only they. would applv 10 t1wir task the lab ur IIlal was oiven t. a hoat rice, IL ÙJlittndl match, or aioin- petitiva eXamiu¡11ion f'h and every one Jt" them could do much to advance the success of tiie cause which they had at heart, He had not the time on nUH occasion lo go into U Iohl- aud repeated examination on the Home Itule question. TI".re wa., indeed, only -.110 point to which it was worth while to call their at fftution, I'or nie moment there 6re!ned to be in the country a vaguo impression, E-edulou-lv iostered by II", GLHISToDlan" out not absent from the luint1. of Unionists themselves, that if Mr. (iiadstone stiould have a nifjoritv at (I,e next ":ecw", he wnulù b bl? to prlp{).e" some .?w pian. different H.ltog1 her from that which lie proposed beiore and, apparently, free from tile defects line! obj"ctiot:s which many of his supporters felt fnr the 1886 plan. He did not behi-ve that there was, or could UP, such IL plao. (' heel') The choice ;)f fresh J1rl)pos;ll was Jimileù to very narrow limits. (Laughter.) They could tak" their choice between the restoration of 1\11 Irish Parliament uch a Ilmt which eai-t -J under ?i? ?t was known as Mr. Grattan's Constitution, betwe"n dualism such as exist d in Hungary and Austria and IU Swptien and Norway, between federalism such asexisted in the United States of America and ill the ::S" iss Kepuhlic, between Colonial indepen- dence such as ixisted in our own Colonies and some compound of two or more of th,?-? systems such as wag attempted to be Iffctud in the Home Role Bill of 1886, Evell their opponents would, lie beli ved, admit, that no one of these pohtical systems would meet the case of the relations of Great Britain and Ire- land, and as to any comt ination or compound of them, he did uot believe that any one rklt could he proposed would be fitted to those relations. (Cheers.) He could very well understand that Mr. Gladstone and his C dlhgtla woulfl ba un- willing to present their plans prematurely for h o.?tiit? criticism but political ability and con- si ructive ¡ng"ultf was not the monopoly of the Front Opposition Bench—(cheers)—and among ihe thousinds of clever and able men who had espoused the cause of Home Hule, surely some, ,pur??.ti.'ng to d stinguish themselves and to ??irn the gratitude of the pirty, could have propounded IIt1meclloohinatiou WhlC11 would have been plausible, at all events on pape ami would have I ¿rn:l1di\n,on (r; h:I:) "'IJOkl if Ila one had alfmptjd to do so, even for purposes of argument, it was because, in his Opinion, I wa impossible for the problem to b- surmounted. (Loud elvers.) If ver should Ih.y see another Ho me iiiiie Bill proposed, thy might be certain it would differ "ot v?ry widely from that which ther ?,iadaiieatly,iiscuasedlind discarded, and in 8. f- it did differ it would (?Ifftr ior Ihe worse, in deference to the demands of the Irish Nationalist part y, and wouid stili less conform to the principles of 10¡:1C:J1 consistency, in deference 'O the objections and scruples of the English supporters of Home Kule, (Cheers.) It was not on the soluion of the Irish question that their opponents based their hopes of success at the coming election. If they got a majoritv it would not be because they had succeeded in convincing the people of this country that they had solved the Irish question. It would be solely because riley had succeeded in putting it out 01 sight. (Cheers.) It would be hecause of the strength of the promises skilfully and inaetiiousiy framed to meet the wishes and con. ciliate the interests of every class of the COlli- munity. He would not that, diy deal with the nature of those promises. Probably there, again, tlioy would beinet with theargument that majority was I,e test, and that if the people were convinced that the promises could not be fulfilled, the Gladstonialls would IIot be supported b.V :& majority of the people of the corn try. But it was uot easy to estimate in political matters the eX- tent. and possibilIties of I'll- credulity. They knew in the ordinary transitions of human lifo how easily idle statements were iircep ed. Ihev need only look to the gaping and ignorant crowds which surrounded ft nheap-j ick who was nfferiug his sham wares and infallible nostrums for II proof of ,hat-(hear, heari-wlllle In the matter of financial investment, they knew now people were taken in by prospec- tuses if only thiy were sufficiently puffed and advertised. (Hear, hear.) And if men und women of education were thus taken in in these lliatter of financial prospectuses and sham enterprises, could they be surprised that lar„- numbers of tbeir fellow-eountrvmen who bad n e tiw t ¡11m to devote to lhe study oi controverted political questions were taken in hv the promis-s of men whom thev might reasonably Utilievu to have some eXpellenCe 1n politicd matters, and who were supposes to bo acting under 80mfJ seuse of responsibility ? Those, in his opinion, were tiie rial d, itl, which they had to contend. i'iiey need WIt attempt, to compe'e with rival schemes, widell they knew to b, incapable IIf realisation, but they should p .tiently alltl parnestly endeavour to expose tho fJllley of the promises which p had be"" male, and to poiit out the biuPf (ii" 1: "int,t? en whicn wnu1d neces- "rily ellsue from the adoption of policies whid) were utterly incllpahle of fulfilment. If they did they would be doing Rornothin 10 lead their countiynien btck to those plttli of peaedul and f a(tv piogiesa wÎâch ,d,me were c,dcuhlted t! b ,I.t". the lot ".d Ié\;( the conditiou ,f the masses of the people. (Loud cheers.) Other speeches followed.

THE EIGHT HOUnS I QU USTION. DEPUTATION TO LORD SALlSBUltY AND :\W. BAI,FOi,P,. On Weifnofldaf a deputation I by the London TradtV Council, and t!lIt volies who t,olc pl1rt in tlio May 1),y \;enl:m-1.1t.. tll)11 lit Hvde P trk, had an jnel \d W WI 11 t!1 M-ivqiHss i-l" K.ili-fonrf tnd Mr. in iho l-iigi! fiall at the Foreign Oilier upon tin: jjubj-ctcf ihe legul fiiac inent oi an ei-, I it I ioui-i limitation to the "orkin&: day. k Shipton, ^ecrotmy flf I he council, ;ntr"¡J"1 thp. dtoPUii\¡illll, which included represt-ntatictH of Ihe L,f "íht Flours Inieni'ttiofat Labour League, tho Patriotic Ohio, tlin M( tror-olitun Ka licd I'V.d.-ration. tiie liaswoikers' Union, and other bodies. Mr. ShiptOn .-aid they rt-pies^nted the niinO't universal and htronij fueling of thft working mtu 01 London in favour of 0. l^gal eight hour. day, and Ihe resolution on the subject pimped 'it the Traces' Union Congrt3^ iu Xe^caitio showed how hrly th s ime Ítwhu was shared by working mAn throughout tha country. Mr. Stkai>man, btr^e builder, rolprred to the vast extent, ,ll1li imukeu nh\M1;\Hm vi the recent domonst.rHtion in Hyda Park in favour of an eight hourn working <)ay, which would not only give tl, workmen idojo i^isurt*, but WIJu:,1 a s > ccjuidise tiie condition bftiween those who C ui,i not goi any work alltl others who wore kpt at work tor an exei^sivM number of hours daily. Mr. Quelch, "f 'he London Scuth Sida Labour Leigue, n.ainlairletl that there was n gelwioR demand upon the p-irt of the working men for a ler,.l ,f ti?? working day a"d heaigued i also tli »t it would b- quite practicable. Mr. Taylor, lithographic artiit, maintained tlirkt English workmen were in a hetler p ihioa than their foreign rivals to introduce au eiglit hours day without lo?ili their P",3iti(, a- Englishmen worked fistt,r and could pro- duce work at lellst equally good in a slicntir time than Continental workman could d ■. K.-Mde-s ^liortor hours w41ulù in many industries givo einplonneot to in-a y thousands of addiiional \(¡rko.cr1. \\1:11 spedal idvatitagein minos or on railways, whero oo que,tioil of foreign compfti- :ioll co iH arioe, Mr. i'liousi:, of the Gasworkers' Union, said it h.«d coat hh organisation -it le»st £ 10,000 to main- tain thr: limitation of hour* which they hud gained by tratle^ union effurl,but tiiey had lost some of that advantage lind were compelied tf) work longer hours lhrollh the want of 1.:gtI limitation. sidi.J, woi kunm c:ulJ often do moie and better wik in uihl than m twelve houre. Lord Sallsbukt, in reply, said that the com- raimiiy were more agreed with them about the end in viw than COllcerfling I he means proposed to attaio that wct. A I cla-ses sympathised witl. tile desire of tbo woiking clase9 for more leisure, for self-culture, or recreiition, hut its doubted1 whether the legal hmltijlion of hours would best stcure work lor the unemployed. Be hoped that in consenting to receive this deputation tie llad I not giveu Ihe many impassion that lie wan him- self converted fo their viywc, for that was not the cisr, dti'ougn he welcom- d the discussion, and was ghd tu nave had the opportunity ot IU:larlOt.{ tntir view-. Å UtHltH mettiod than either tl"lkt1:\ or vioieut- iegtslatiwo to ob: ,dn all that, wan bt-st, in ihe'r d<siie was tlh Blow but sure, and, i, I, baiieved, irrevocable, opinion of, public opinion in that directiou. H« j b-lieved tnat there was a sid-idy movement of1 opinion in favour of shorter hours wlirre ccmJOm1- cal circumstances rendered that possible. lie wa* an u'lf-r di^b liev»r in the idea that any* thing in its nature violent would have permanently us-fui results. He warned them that ihey could not be stire that the action of legis- luion would be pa*y, j-ro-npt, and certain, a-» working m,ln li^emsejves were not univei.^ally agreed III Jeiring an eight hours enactment, ami einployer mi-jht als? resi*t such legislation, besides which, working men who favoured a lc¡¡1 eight hours day must r-meinber when rhy ,voke out it making ihe question a test at li?- next el-ction that, although pown fill, they were not ma-t-rs ill all parts of the country, liut, even if they got a iiicij "ilY IInd OU\lel1 their Bill, the result might b* quite different froU1 what tney expected. lIe dili lint see, for instance, what p!)sihje ground some of the speakers uad f"r assnming that 0u,? der all eight houis syot"m Ih"y wyuld get aq mnch in wage 8$ were paid tùr longer hours. If they worked few.?r hour* per day aud produced Ks- thepricoof goods idusi be inciea^ed, and tl1 numbt-r of consumer^ were now living up to their incomes nndcould not '? more I they old ,o also pom.' iva-on to f»-ar titat conditions might be iii- tr ulHcid which wouid lead efllp1"yers and o^p'iah*ts *Uewh reo The ti'ir.p'utioris to capitalists to remove from thn country were r't1.ïù v increts* iH. They >liould cavelu ly consider the far- riacuiiiL' and p »>*ibly rin\lS consequences of the tiemem'ous ex^ei iment the df'sird (0 huve made. Ir, Balfouu alS'i replied, and pointed out Ihe difficulties which seemed to him insuperable, in any .it'i-mpt 'o d a) with thiS question by Il)gj- lation. lie associated himself WlI h th« Prime Minister in desiring toat, so far us | MC icabh*, j the liouis of labour should be diminisned and I ihe reward* of labour incie is.'d. He felt, howevi r, j that the rarhamenury machine was ,)J..tirre! 10 carrr out lhi1' purpose*. Indeed, lie doubted wh-dher their second obj-;c;, ,hat of securing n b!'it'r ch:'lIc ot work fo: the unemployed, would be attained by the moans ""y pr,?p ■ Afver sevwal 01 Ilf'r ¡pc.lkr 'utd ùrJdh. ,:nnken Inn b"Ii of the ""1>1)1"'1'>11 ¡¡,allk. wer.voiell to the Premier and Mr. Balfour, on the motion of Mr. Shipton. _—————

ItHE BI-MiiTALLIC CUUSADE. DEPUTATION TO THE GOVKUXMENT. j On Wednesday afternoon LorJ Salisbury, Mr. j Goschen, and jr, halfour received 0' depma'ion at the Foreign Ofti'-o, comprising nearly 40 mem-| bew of Parh imont and representatives ot VIUiOllS chambers of cnmmerre and numerous labour organisations, which nsknJ th G"vel'l\lI1rnt to I' take part in a conference on I lie b,-met¡\lic que- tioll which would shoith he held, and at which all Europan WIUOIJS would he iepresented. Sir Win. Houldsworth introduced the deputatson. Mr, Gosches replied to ti.. deputa' He Btated t 1, I, I?y,, ,go a n01e was receiveji from the United taleg tllVltlI1g her Majest y* Govern- ment tl) aend representatives to a conference for tlw purpose of i(iri?.g by wind, means, if any, the use of ?iiv,r could be inCrtH1Sd in the currency ?y?tein of the nations. (C 'eers.) That vitali.,? I :I Government had d.i,t??i to accept. He thought that Ihe UnilNI States,by Ihp iorm of tile ¡"viral ion, had deíred to mal," it easy for as many nations a possible to assemble to dis- cuss the question. The G ivernment, in accepting, had been guided to a grellT extent by the con- viction of the deep interest that was taken in the question by such large industries as were repre- sented there that day. At the saine time they had not been able I u exclnd.. from their consideration the viewe and wishes of India,

EFFECTS OF THE DURHAM STRIKE. THE POSITION AT THE CASTLE EDE', COI,LIERY. Mr. Georgo Pyman, owner of tho Castle Eden Colliery, h.d informed I,e minard who Rought an C.Iji,y, ? with him in reference to the recent dis- turbances at the coHlery that PO much dIU\H a ha 1 been done owing to the strike that there will be no worK to he found in Jt for at leant "IX months for one-ihird of the men originally employed. It was reported on Wedne?-day that a j detachment of the 1-?t Dragoon Guards were on their way to the colliery. PROSPECTS OF A SETTLEMENT. Com1DUnilltion werO exchanged on Wednesday between the coalowners and the Durham miDer, and a conference hns bten arranged tn take place at mid-day to-morrow (Friday) at Newcastle. The strike has lasted close upon nine weeks, but, as the men have now given full power to the. federation Board to setllo, it ii believed that an amicable solution will be found.

RESIGNATION OF A SCHOOL BOARD. A series of tumultous scenes at Bolton School JlnHrd on Wednesday afternoon culminated in eleven out of thirteen memhera resigning, as a protest against the continup.d oblõltnlctlflll (of 11 Ir, BleaUIey, an independent member, who only tins weelt lias summollod 1\ fellow-member before the magistrates. Mr. Bloukley and a Socialist jiemb> r did not resign.

PIMPLES, BLOTCHE', Esckma.—Sulpholine Lotinn I d\'lnH aw..y Eruption Spot., BI..b.. Red. DU- 6r.urtlmeu.. Roughuew, ..? 8?.,f.. 'i. «>oj- j ,?i,iu. ilt i?Biitt of8ul?bleR?Une Everywhere. 1,89 KebKICK'S Vl-GKTAKLE P'L. ClenUSO h. nluo I and StrenKthen the Bystenu—7id.. 13id.. and 2..

+- __0 S:\L\LI-PUX IN PIOIBHOK!I DOCK. ACTION BY TIIE TwWN COUNCII,. A!JOl'l'lO:-{ OF TUE NOTfl' ICATK'N OF DISEASES ACT. STREETS TO iSi: UAlilUCADI.D. KliMOVAIj OF THE MIUTAKY. ARRIVAL OF THE BKU.EUOi'HON DELAYED. PRECAUTIONS AT TIIli DOCKYARD. [FHOll OUIt SPECIAL COBKKsPONDtNT.J PEMBROKE DOCK, Wednesday. To-day I rc-visitcd Pembroke Dock to inquire into the present state of thetowuin IhA matter of Sll1l1l1.pOX and the question of unsanitary con- diticiis which have bten la'ely biougiit to the front. Put generally, the sime glorious optimism which threw a 1",10 around the slatomcnts of the local oiiicials vn tlm occt&mn of my liret vim prevailed to-day, though occasionally ht-re and tiiera a sus- pid,:1 of unsatisfactory conditions, or a bick- 1 gr-unci of doubt, wuuld fhrow its .1,?d,)w 0. the t?i, t, 0. l? ?tl?,r 1,. d, in the Government departments and among civilian* Ol1!itlCfhP. circle of the n:,¡j Tity of tiie town council th-ra is 11') diminution in thB discontent, with which the council and all its worfcs are regarded. 1 Mil told that tile meeting of thu town c!uocii YCRI6nj,q"-at whicnl was unfoitnnatvly unable to he present — was particularly lively, and that, mi Pembroke Dock, is saying a good deal. Ycur iO'11 l'I:-[irli'((r wlHltave uealt wllI that meeting fud* hut I hear the oroctf»dif:gs wtre chfek full of incident0, The Western Jlttilllnd tile special corrtsponneut of the H'estim Mail camu in furthe lion's share of atten- tion It the meeting, but the rmarHable fact re- mains, that although 110 8,ld d abusu WqS poured oil your devoted head and on mine, m 11 one of the sneaker*—as was pluckily p.-inte-J out. to ti e council by tl:8 local reporter of the Western Muilt who a-ked permission to id^re?s the big- wigs on the p int—ventured to cmtradict <<ne tf the statements made by the Wctera Mad. 1 hear thrit Aldi-rman HulJe¡1. who hi grac of toriu and feature, sp -ech and gesture, is the Adonis of the council, cicgantly reuiarked that "the Great Mogul at Cardiff hud sent a bi^rdless youth to inves?H'tfrry'&e. Alderman Huuiies rewinds one of a certain Di-y of Algieis, who flew luto a rae bt ciuse on Oae occasu'-n an admiral of ti,? En1ish flee who was P?ir,iless wite1 upon him with a messIIge from t"e Ifl"" Kinof En¡:lod, Tho a/llir,.J replied t,) the reproach of bpardUssness tiiat, if l.is master had known tin: Ihy set such store oil whiskers, he would have Ferit him a nanny goat. The PI', sent controversy Ins developed quite a number of 3m31ellr medical experts. I had scarcely been in town half an hour before I was waylaid by an individual who is something on the line, and who propounded the theory t: at small- pox is not infectious; it needs absolute contact with tho diseased person in order to propagate and, therefore, unsanitary conditions did not alfct it. An immediate reply to that was pimp y that this comforting theory is only »n opinion of expert" find "experts'' diametrically differ on any Ktid every subject under the SUII; but this mod: of crying "Pence, peace, when there is no peac*?, is even more effectually discounted when it is! recoll«cted that, while it may be true the small* pox did not arise from the unsuuitary condhinn of the pJaCt yet, been jmp'r{d, it is propa- gated hy those unsanitary conditions, which are a veritable hot-bed of disexse. Under healthy con- ditions, with proper appliances for promoting and maintainill cleanliness, and prompt action on tiie pirtof the autho'¡Iies, the outbreak might have ¡ been c.,?fined to a few cas.s, tut now it has total,d 37 vicUmsandMactiedtonc?rty every quarter of a town c"ntitJiog, S:l" 11,000 inh:lbi. l.uJtS. This fuct 51areS everyona in the fac- It cannot be d,?,i,?d nor .xphiued away. Omitting from the list one case—that ot a patient I,n1r g:,I\:Iiset-th: I poX, t". record of ea"s whudi the medical officer sitoweti u e to-day totals 37, of which one has I died and seventeen are now under tr> at went. Tile red gr.viiy of tlresÍlua,tioll is evidenced by the winch the town council a-e now, though late, t.k1l1t, to c< pa with the "Ut break. I am 1101 gf)in to refer to t hu qU8tio) of the unHn¡try condition ()i to the to" 1.t., as to cespl:s. slaughter-houses, c.-tha.t I must resrv for another occasion-hut only to the measures adapted for dealing with the Liiiia 1-1),jx. For,l instmce, mt'.vithsunding the sinooih things pnJpiJeI\J at the council y.,t,rd'Y,I su,?. ri agreed to put the Notification of I)is.!?ls(,s Ac. into immediate op ra- tion. ,.t I l?i,, t,r Pembroke D »ck w!ll be e '.Od wJ¡n it is r?c jl@eted that under thut Act ev(ry medicd man is hound under penalties to ,'por( every (ae of infec iO\H (tieat' of wh Hi he knows, ana rec ives 2s. 6 l. out of the rates f >;• ye ir or two i« o a proposal to t(4t (hat ,\d, m"vcJ hy Ir, D, Hugiies Er<>\vn, w is neya:ivcdon the mo ion 01 a IIwul:al m:m, and the other d;y a member of the Pemhroke Sanitary Committee declared if he v« ntui"d to pr()pO the :,d,i, of the 4ct and tlia expenditure f all that ui'iney, it would mean the i-iss of his seat at fin- next el^cion, fit,. the council, after passing, vot» s t'Xi-rr-s^ive of unbounded confidence 1111 the meUicd officer and the sinitfiry inspector, gave orders to harricade the str-e's to which the known ct.ses of di>eas" now under treat-1 mellt an c nfiii"d, and the sfiiiiming cf men tit ach end. t:) warn est«angers from cl1fuact, anJ to fetch and carry for the folk living in the street- Then the cnuneil arl causing disinfectants to tJl. distrihuted wi:!1 iL liberal hand, and rh strlel ut saturated with 1). olurion of J«yes disiftfectaiit. Cue does not wish to cavil at the-e things, but. it does s:nk'J one curi,?u?Iv that ihe very pi. who vehemently «!eclared that RmeLs; and indescribable filtliimss have nOlhing to d)! with sipreiding small-pox ,hould, in their Minerlitiv.* thriftmess, ?p,.df ;;jI61I:VIÚl:Iil:'Slr .¿!riyaRllptd o neutiiilise tl»e nuxious olenvnts in a polluted: atmosphere, but re%ily do 'Itth IW.r,- I han dh.U¡Su: he,int, 1,, and make "ne tired in tryill to decide whH, i- preferable, the unlldulIerated stink or a combination of cesspit, crbollc acid, and chloride ol lime. There is no doubt that the chief cause of the spr. ad of the disease ha< been the fatalism, the clllio"!y, or the carelessness of llie pnJJl sur.. roundiny tiie houSfS w:>e?e toe di>« a s first showed i;h!l'?III:'j:i :¡ tJ;l{I:,?;) )I'I 10"1 he could trac«» n"ad)' all the CHe t» cnnlact. Mrs. l,e-tsr went to see Mr P,o?,e;t. who h id small-pox, anJ then Mr. Ltr had it, and hR. D¡lwgllUe .,?r,,d M, L;sttr, and took the disease at I?e same time, and so the thiug went 011, Dr. Reynolds gavo lite the name of II \Vlllrlf\n who actually took four of her children with her when she went go^iping At a houe wheie there weie two U1:,H pox patients, and of a man wh", while Ius daughter was ili witii the disease, spent his evenings with other men at a public-house. All tue cases, Dr. Reynolds declares, are traceable to contact, and iin remarked in hi report to ihe council ..ester<lav I hat he had knottn "a case of smnll-jjox to bB an attiaction 10 the neighbour, and the infected house a favourite place ot rendezvous." It is difficult, however, to condemn p<*>pltf oi this cllISS IIIlwe of the example set by others. It is satisfactory to learn, as I did from Nlr. T, Ü, Hancocke, thesanitary inspector, to-day, that a better st tte of things is now obtaining amongst the pt;olii The inhabitants are waking up to tiie st>rÚ1U.:HISS of the position und abmdonmg the practice vi concealment. The iuspector admitted there could be no guarantee that the whole of the existing cases art known 10 the authorities; but, at the same time, he was able to assure me that tiie neighbours of people who are taken ill rep art suel. cases'. For instance, a man went home ill yesterday from the dockyard wiili sumo affection of the I hroat, and the cuse whs reported to the medical officer, who. ou visi1 iug tile individual, found it Wa a case of quiny ollly. Thc authorities were on the track 01 a recent fresh ca<e at Llanion-terrace almost as OOUIl as it occurred, and the puient was removed to the hospital at Jacob's Pill. I found lle inspectoralltl the medioat officer enthusiastic in their oraises of Ihe adaptability of the house at Jacob's Pill as an isolated hospital. The house is in charge of an Armv pensioner and his wife, and f. properly qualified nurse has been engaged lor the hospital. Four cases were removed there up to to-day, and the inspector' expected ifiat three others would go there this afternoon. If this hope is realised, there will remain about night or nine cases ouuide, all of which are confined to the front cottages, whicn are within the streets which the council ordered should be barricaded. Respecting the case of the man James Rossiter, aged 36, who died on Saturday, and whos>< rapid burial caused a eood deal oi sonsatiou .11"9 ti) neighbours, I le"rned that he was oda: a?. rtpr by a man named Phillips, in whose house one of it, e?irli?r cases occurred. Roster's wife had but is now conva- lescent. Rossiter WIIS taken ill a few day. ago and died on Saturday. The body was immediately coffined, and would have been buried on Sunday if 'he r"ve could have heen got ready, He w;.? buried on Monday, and alarming rumours BvrcaJ that he di,d? .f virulent smali. P.x*I.,ot. by 1).?. .eYl1oldS that tbe cause of death w us rupture of a bio id vessel in the stomach, the man \v*,r» a '1 j tlrJlIf f. and Ihl counterfoil flf tilt. !ll\UH.1 ceru?.-i cate corresponds to Ulis >tat»»m"nt ol the C;\P I' i a Vtrr sad case, fiT eVIn ofjrl'iren are l^Jt fatherless, four being "ndpf twelve years pf ag", and I lie m-ther is far a.ivaooed n \.r.II;'I1l!. Tho r'porl in the Jrpttrlt Jlail .,f Tu(>da, of the strkiny of the (;I,"1I:t,. k»" t: Lpney L I" III Penarfh Kok!s hid a pecoh r i .fjcres: for hrnkt Dock p op e, for, aecoi dioj; tv> Dr. Ii vnoh's' sta'emei.t to me to-day, it wai 0*p'a:n M!v-t ti?,t .I, who brought the siaail-pox to l\i.# br li, D k, Tn« view taken of the s'tuvi m by the rav .l and military authorities i* sin>v.r. by th* di lav in sending Ihe guardship Hl"li:roi,htJlI *;«» flop i.av- ti ami the remnvai of the md t:1J\ from IVodti' ke Do:*k. rm:e days ao au a;>cl gist tor t::e '.own s»ta*ed lhat tiie military cor«t« u had been wit :1" drawn from Pembroke I> ck. 'lhat is true so far as tics, therd arc u »w piactically no miliuiy t > protect. 1'IUt -A r, 1,, 11 ren^'ved to F?, t Popicn and Kurt Hook, t!w E:" in,- to "tlmr f r, on ti,e h.«.'n..nd thef!??nUy (('ormaught Hangtr^) to Sjoveston EarthWo'k', where ti,?y wll remain in qusiiiiittne for tw>lvo d1.Y. ami afterwuros, It t.,und s.?i.f.tCf<'f}'.w?g-n?<a"'P .i" Peiiahv. lley will uot return t,? P-mbr ke D,,?k till a c)e.tnbi? of health li«s been returned hy that town. At Tenbf prompt u.^ures II¡¡V,: br m d,,I witl, z, ",f r. tunately occur, ROJ fla th Notification of Ac:, has for a long time been in operation in tint town, tJ puLlic nee/1 hav no tear (.It disease lurking ihtri iu secrecy. MEI.TINU OF TH 10 TOWN" COUNCIL. MIODICAL OFFiCliK'S Kl.l'OUT. THE COUNCIL AND THE I MAlL, The monthly mfletiiiij the cu'pora..iun w;.s lie! on Tu*kI»t aftcrn-on. under the pii-siacncy nt tliR muyor (Mr. f>. B. SUfteh). T'wte»>«-.ag»o.l ,Ilt, nr:aH:e. Tim udnut..s flf "Ie (ifcviiinqf tuivi- iii: having be rfJ4.tI, the firt businnss was I" lis ar the report tht; uiH.iio il ufticer ol health ■10 ¡l3 WuH.)lH1f}l¡{, TKIC MAVOR ..Xl) com- hi.ION. Ijtut!lUl:IJI-I huvc the ur to n'[JJr t<j y«u f r ,,Hlr iistiiruutloii tl¡at'¡IIC' t?? ombr»-aii of sin*l! pox "Y notice. Out. of that, cum- bf-r 21 art- now conva l -sc-f nit of them Invi l»eeu vis J" i by mn, jujJ I C,w safely S'd that nli the old c;ir,r.i will r-:c iv#:r, LuL it '5 imp"?sib:iitofiirm :tJl opinion i Le r-cenL oiies, two of which are 1't:mllv,d lu th* ¡;Ipl:a;, ai d ifliiers nre»u be removed tlitre t* ay. I liiive bel" u0!«t ill every iustiuce t" trace tbeor.u «>f 1 It tic .Hæase by pe«s;na vHtin# the homes of pdi-cted people, \\hethel' from miats «•» kiridf.e'* or fvoni iov»' pf U J:5sip H Î hnpossib e to s'ate, fur in st\ei.d inalances1 bave kn >wn H <-nse of 5nlall.pox to be an attraction to Hie ntigouour^, mid lh iut\di-d Ifiis • a fa.wurlte ,jace ot 1'llttZVùUg, and I am ^nite powerless to prevent tltem. i luve rHkell ah I:de.\)y preeautioiis, bullt seems to nie that a uoupie ot the pareliU wnose chil.-1.rel1 are fiufferinj; are dcteimhird IWt, II) :ui!lt me, asl find them li.h,ut, with otlieis in fbe --treei9 alld loavintf iJlIl,t c-iiotis 6 III 1:<¡¡IIPa.uy. The hl-pilal is in "or"-ill" ord-1!, .til l ?w<> JJri"lIts have already tiken advantage of it, T >*> mueu lirniati "'nl1nl. hi' ¡,(in:1J. to our tll!!pfo.tJr IIf nuisKiiCes f"r his untipiij; /al iH preparing th building fOf the n-eepMon oi p itienis. I have ppend-d lid of'h cme^s up to dat«% coUl"ti!la has i. rly disappeared trom I he IVrabroke 1Jok Division, aud 1 b iu veihe Pembroke Division isiua hf* tin state and quite ftve from at.y dis-ase ol zymotic ch trader — have the honour to bi», L'entit-meti. Four obedient servant, Howard D. Rky.nold^. Medical officer of Health. Dr. J. W. iORIOS (IVinhio^) said, Rttr h<-a> 'I" I re«d over, hn \7'>u,d tirop?e a v.it nfco"m<!nceinthfitm??c.tom?cro[??,M..n.' ?1,1, and in the sanitHr^ inspector, Mr, M ui- c> ck, for using rlai..lll"st end^nyours fo "tamp out the small-oox tpi,i mie winch had b-^n vr much lJy a South Wales pap-r, e-^peciiiliy witn regard totheho».rd nf {4Uiii^i;u.^ at fVmnroke, of who:n it was stated t'^a* the ineiii- b!Hli of th<» hoard haù heen miking merry of the event. But I hat was a distinct falsehood. It WR101 also slated that t'-e bovd had laughed f10111 the teeth outward," whatever that meant. He would now st a 1,, that the sanitary condition of tho P,m,brokl3 'l'kllúu..e "'3." ill a"; good a state as any purtionof the? borough—(near, htnr)-and the fals" statements tint had b.-en ;otd8 rd!cI.d up: n the l/>cal Gov<rnuient Koud (who wtrc tuly cognisant of its condition), upon the board of u:Ht11an, as wdi a upon himself a;- thiir medical officer, and the statements in that, paper should be trtateJ with contempt. (Hear, heir.) Dr. Wall (Pembroke) said his attention had b,,?? c"tt o the stulementa Hmt had iippeareij in the Western Mail relative to the outbreak of small-P'-x, and it had b^n stid that he liad had" mcthmg to do wi h the I tters ai p-^rin^i tB.L it,; c,.t,i,, ,y had had nothing to uo with it;, and he did not read the Wes'ern Mail once in sx months. (Hear, hear.) He wcu:d have much pleasure in sec »nding the vote of confidence i as proposed by Dr, Mon-on. Ald,?:. r,a? JOHN Jo.?Es (Pembroke) said, a* one of till) visiting committee of the un 1011, he would end"rse what AldelOJsn M^rison had said, viz, that the place ws. kept as clean as any house at Pem- broke or P. tr.bioke Dock. Dr, Reynolds .id that not a Finle illsance 1,.ld Ileen traced to any public or o-h *r sel ooi. He would also inform them fcoat 98 out of eveiy 100 of the inhabitants haci beeu vaccinated or re. vaccinated. (U> ar, hear.) 1 he MAVOR-aidthat the newspaper alluded to had stated tnat the council h.td," lur petty cash considerations," endeavotlrd to keep tile matter quiet, but tbu;, he would s ty. was notjlÏng bhort of a deliberate lie, as the medical officer's undsinilary inppctors reports were always at tile service uf t h r1\VSpliper, and no att^mp: had ever been made to suppress allyfhil1g, (He ir, hear.) They (tiie cuporati-m) hid dime t.ieir duty* and that, was fairly cnnfvmed by the fact i, t, Rlthf)uh the 1.I)cal Government B,,at d was t",rfectly acquaioted with the facts of tiie ca*f, nr.t a single ieuer had brn received from that aut!lnnrv iiUtigoni<ric to tll t,t .,?nt, that had been fqnisIH-1 Ly tiie corporation and b their officials in whom they had every confidence (Apphu,e,) I 1r. W. Simok nsUed if nothing could be done tn prevent people from c ,lit-cling nl\,¡ aI Pembroke DUCK and b: in:illg tiu iu t 1 p, mbroke, as it w,ti just the wav to prvp Iga.t disease. Dr. Ktysotus I iL- Illliy by the merest accident he was in time to I1rF.VlIt" donkey c rt- load ni rags being driven frolil Pennar the oth r morn i ng, and a«u<ed if something couid not b :g ;II' II ;I o:Jt lll: 1 n ;0):: '.I (, r;:¡; inte- t"d <h>tric<s. rSiL?4,x?aid tLat om.lhi"g' should be (hne v>it n regard t,,i?l,i (hU1l'3 ill th ,??rk?t. Alderman W. HUGHES in a s^ronjj speech vig-uouely abused ihe Western Mail tides, Ih» statement* that had been ?,.d? by thaf p,??- Wdt "equal t,) Allamas Ullli S.ppfllra." 'Ihe Commissi (Ier who had been sent down was like If mule, with. perhl1p, some instinct, hut With. r;u bnins," aud was "a be1 c1'ess boy sent down by (i! Mogul i,? CvroiftV Tho aluertnan Cflll-1 cluded byF.Iv bl, ii, I never i see that bles>ei piper. Ir, J. V. Kkhs maiii I"e was notthcr^ to vindicate the pres-, but he would speak as ha f-,It. t, had come to paf*s he expected long ago, ?,nd wh t, had been frtaied in Ihe London and other I,r. was a s'igma 011 the Conduct of them all. from tile mayur down to the t(¡\V.clcrl¡, If the sanitary jaU'tiority last year wiien tiie question of privalo Sldl1ghter-huue 10 the town w-is brought forward had taken aci ¡"n, he believed It would have saved the rlltclla. el's nuw Ihouat,dd Gf pounds. That e-itasirophe Uliht b,. Ve been avoided, and rot now have madelhem (tHe council) Ihe laughingstock of the Principality. Mr, H, D. Bnowx said he was surprised at Mr. Uees, a* the slaughter-house question had lIo:biul{ to do with tile mi.ltter beiose them. Toe stite- ment. that iiad appeared in the Western illail %is a 11,?d,r on their common sense, ami the letters therein did not deserve »o b noticed. He wat» <*f the opinion that the Western Mail was amenable toanaciiou for libel. Toe coipoiation had beclI deiiberat >ly accused of eunpr-ssing the truth, when at the same time every facility had been given to all the prps-, the Western Mail ill eluded, The Mayob, in r. ply to the question as b what stei'S could bd taken to prevent persona from infected places going about, wiri that tbat woul i be nvately considered. His worship then }<ut the .te of confidence in the medical officer to the meeting, which t,, earned unaDi. mously. The report of tie sanitary inspector (Mr. Hancock) was then read over hy that gend mian, and stated at considerable Ienoth what had b-en done in disinfecting Iha houses 1111<1 streets where tJJ epidemic prevailed, and also as 10 I hd arrange- ments that. had been made 11t. tilt" hospital for lit- reception of patients, for tlm conveyance of "holl1 permission had heen given to USd 1\11 ambulance I r, Hie dockyard. Mr. Hancock's report Call- tinued :— I have to inform you that I have at the present momnt. 3ppliclttiot from 73 householders in Pembroke Dock tor tiie removal ot Ihe COlltents of cesspits aud 1\lJpl'9 With the present staff we riln emptv nn average of ten pits per week, wording daily (.?> from :).c:, rt\} a.m. w(k;'o;)r';i(Jli},l !I c- thn th employment of t?, more men and teaUl WII h tw • ordimuy carti I think I can get thl"ouh the work, It. i. Importltnt tb.t you should dtcldethis matter day. The report WI\8 adopted. Mr. Wilcox said he had received great complaints from the people of Llanion and Waterloo (suburbs of the town) about the nuisance arising from the depositing of sewage, &c., near them, and near the school. The Inspector said that arrangements had row been made to put the matter to the west of the school, and furtheraway. Dr. Morison thought that the medicnl officer and the sanitary iuspector should have carle blanche to procure anythiug that was necessarr. 1IIr. W. 0, Bulm, town-clerk, said that had already been granted, 'III?, MAYOR 1' 1!" ,d,,pli.n .f fectious Diseases (N a' >n) All, 1889, which was secouded h1;' '1!" D. BROWS. auu cilrrlcd non. (\I1i" alter which i • img emied. i'f!i:cAUiio.\> iiv 1'HI-; TEXHY ..1 AL Hi« 'fnt1 T.»v%„ UML-.I \t j'f'9:la)" th? .?ort ?''f' tli* oflicer (U.. J.l (i. Lock) stated tint 'i*- "cottage secured 'yl the lown council z?' hopital l"r ?:- {ecnou<<!iseMe9<m?'<!Ver!'w*fsu)?Lit: and al--rt T.V he Iiad .•o».^ut»d t, *,I, ConnaUftUI i< 4c "♦ r- b 'in« removed from Pumhrok- D »ck to hpHurro? ..t.P''?''y.?'?h.-yw.)d.? under canvas after neing tweive days in quarau* tine at eo\f"IJ The-rooj^ w'aii-l rmt n'u: n to P'-mbr* Ue Dock until they could produce a cbaii b:li of healtii.—Tne meeting tii-'n hrjke up.

OF DAVIL) .JUNKS, OF CAItDIFF. We r.grrt to I":im that Alderman D ivid J :1' who left Cardiff on Friday las' with a j.atty of local getitl.Mi.en o viait ii-Uiu:ii ami f. rilHn" was on Sunday la-t c.mpeled by illness I» take to h.s bed. At the present time, while tho lourir.g parly have loft t'.)f liermt"Y. the aldt:rm"n is stili confined to hii nom nt tft\) lIotd tie- L Cnlv,.ro: Jirus-els A lJe.an d"Ctor is in attendance, ns also is irr. Davns, ihe son-in-law of Mr. Jones, ,I which the latter is surtenng, while not dangeroua in character, i^ exceedingly painful. Immediatejy Al-'ero an Jones cm stand tne journey he will re.urn home. It was with sincere regiel that ilis i'riends proceeded on the tour without their old and esteemed companion. Alderman Jones under- went an operation a dav or two before 110 left irditf, and, presumably, the attack is not. tircon- with thar npet uion.

CAHiJIFF S¡';A:\U'S WAGES DISPUTE. A. STKAMiCli lkaves the PORT WITH A NON-UNION" CHEW, The s:eAIDohip For,st, owned by M:-sirs, M)r¡;l Bros., proceeded to sea on Wednesday night, iu -pit, of the uif >its of the Unlouit to detain her until B crew the uvvt.h' of which should ba paid ihe full wages of thu port had been ..>cured. rue Unionists have thus been outwitted, bu;, OIl the other hand, Messrs. Morel have been inc-'ti* venience l, aud have suffered a I >S3 throo^ft the dtteution of the Forest from Tuesday night, when she had finished lotding, until Wednesday night. The Seamen's Uuiou tuteidJ upon the conflict and curied it on with tha insurance that the vie v y "ouU bo tiieirs, filid the did all that united and determined action could do under the c,iri,um*tances. However, the combination and organisation ot the Lnini l.v»'ri n rtuial t.) th occasion, anu th F-a-eC, having shipped K crew, which the lI'JW discomfited fur her destiuatioa.

THK BIRMINGHAM WAT ivi BILL. The Bill of tits Bi minghun Corporation tvr » new \vutnr sufpiy frcn tli" itiViTS E an a*"t ""aq furthllr exa.lI1iu"d o., W' dnps ;a..r hv the Specitil C'lnuniltes i.f tup House of C >min rm (if wiiicii i1'. f utitpbtjil H:L'¡Hf'fl11i\O is rfKiMtn wi. Mr Bu«»'-y Vivian, M.P., c»ile<l nt l!wi.-qa<-t "f tlip c im tiittee, e?:plaint<i tint lit) b en for m hit ?eus a?.)c?t..) wiii t'.e t^nniy nf i:o,S »nit cl:1 il;I;i'/ 1;IlIt:: wlh the warts of Kirunrnjha n. H thorousliir #ympatliis«il witli lli- sc w.«n!s, tm5 tho rounty council whicli he "tiS chalrmall Ini'J un:,r.illlous!y c tiie to the ijec.siDn that they nm..t ■ ppo-e tin; Hill iti the interests of theironn popuia- ti .ii-. A!. prfellt ih.-re wis a verr great w.nt of a | r»per waU-r snppiy in tiie mineral dis'ricts. Tin-re migiit b an atoilute water famine in Inlny ,If inose districts if Home mpan we e not laken t'l priviile ihfin with a propH water supply, l ney (■oul'l not depend ution the mineral districts tor a ulpiy because coat minin cju«e<1 ciacks. In the Mountain Ash district he ha d seen B cack on tiie top of a mounlaln 500ft. high cau-td by the workinj of ""nl. loo increase in ti e population of Ol mi >r<>an=hira in the last len years h ;d been 17b,714. Tiicre was in South Wales a coal supply I" lust at leusC tor 1,000 years, and there was nom for a Wr;.e increa-e of mineral-working population, i, r whom a water supply ought to be pr0vided. The dean ,,rens available wero i f a very limited character, and he and his County cJllncil were of opinion that a largo and generous scheme of water s-uijp:? -i uld be provided. Thg ite AéiectcoJ by Birimaghara was. no doubt, UIOt a .mirsble, but lie was of opinion that dita: corporations blmuld not hav thn preference ot nearer lying corporation". Tiiey must alfio 'Y8r in mind Ibat London was 9c(:kiug a wter supply from VVnlej. Wii.it he would submit w^s this— tiial b -fore ,,ny suoii forest (tiling scheme us tois was s Iiu- io-ie I there should be a sppci¡,1 nml iin- panid i,,q ti?,lt t!t? oat hcning "rounds should !)?dc.i'?'i. ..d the places suitable for e?,, .!r3 mariied out. I;y tl, lt)j-lted t' the %,q.i,i- tion of the soil of ItiLFe sathering »r-unds by c-r- pllr1tinns. The Chairman remarked that the corporation had under-aken to S' Cure the rights and ciiin.s of everybody concerned. Ir, Th..m,.s K Elli,. M,r,. !¡"Vd evidence to toe same e.l'eer. 1':¡e iuquirr was aojoerned.

THl DEATH OF Ilii. CYHlL BUXTON. Mr. Lewis, roroner tor Essex, held an ir.qu-s' nt Kuial.t ii, Iluckhurst Hill, on Wednesday qll hH b Kly of .Vr. Cyrii Di!!by liuxton, wilo coinm tt-d s.pcide hy ning hi n sel f i. tile ue .d w it'? & ;¡:.I:r\<I.O \¡;fe i:: t, ;l;t\ill: nad sufli-ru from congestion ot the liver, extreme nervous pr strition, and severe depression, the ?,tt)-r'K'in);y due to his Ill-tie !t'i. II- •• y-wri,t.eu and touching notestuting that I.:e rVi'c soinethinp was t* dng to hapt en, anti hi.ídinŒ 111, parents (i >od-b; t- The UOe .Iso iiindo iefeience o a fall which he hid in the hunttn :1.1!, an.i tlf thi" 1:6 iia.1 c0mp'aint'ti to his bnther. —Ti e jury returned a verdict to tit" effect thar tiie d -c. sed cl)mnÎtt..d suicide whilt of unsound mind, and the foreman expressed I he "ympathyof tiie jury Wilh thp lalltily,

SCARLI T FEVElt AT LLANICLLY. FATAL CASES. During tha past fortniiht four deaths from scirmtms liav? occurred atl.lanfilr, and ihere nte :still neirly 50 cases in the Lakelield and Wero districts. In his last report the medical officer of health (Dr. Roderick) referred to the prevm nc ot thn epidemic, and tooiplained of the carelessness o parents, who would persist in ignoring the nr '■ cau ions necessary to be obseived iu cases of "tVC;{. Tiley would not rfclni"e th s"riIJur.p. ot the epidemic, and refused in nnny instances to isolate toe affecred rertJn. Dr. R d, ri(:k ge:f,'1 thM the Itlags'r;t'ed' clerk be empowered cl,,k t,, e,npo.r,,i th!'rut)ne!)?thA(t. Tt i", in his opinini, w. ul J have a diurrent efTect, and the chances o? toe spr It! of the outbreak would he dimirii-l,ed. in an interview witli our representative Oil Wednes- day Dr. Roderick -aid there #a« wi p r.-eptible mcrca-e in the numbet of ca-es. Fortun ,tely, thj Xew Dock district wa- practically free fr "D any cases, but Wtft. rhe epi h-mic 10 8pred În tint IJln of ttie town the result wculd be very serious. In one house two ceatlls had occurred, so that toe cases must have hepn very serious.

IMPORTANT CASE AKFKCTIXn COLLIERY .MANAGEMENT At Aber.iare County-court on Wednesdav 11il Honour Ju.I-fe "ï:Jims heard a case in winch ?!?.?.???<?J"? 'M". Kt'.y's)?) .ha 11 rti,? r C,al C,?p,y for L6 6-. 81. .tm'?nt).?!<nginm?n.f''rd?mi-6?Wt!hout noucf.—F).t'ntiffsUte?th.th?'M<th<'fne'me- man working by day for ten r.¡rs at the d-den- d..t)t<'c.'Lie'yarJt)!.n'HF't'ru<ry).sHMw? dimi,-sed hecau he declined 10 work ?n.s'??"'rn..?w.'?.-tncr'i<x.min!t'i' hca.<mit?'th4to.,F<)r..ny2h..dK)?"? wIth :he manager, M". John W.liwns. to change ?'?(.,?s'")'f ?!?'t and woik '.iX'" alter- na-e w. hut afterwards altered his mind.- Mr. John Williams, for the detence, proved having made ihe ngieement referred to, and, acting upon ?')'?' had male the n..<-<?3rv .rr..ni;?<.nt. J..de"<'Mi?<)t?tf?ht..tr..s)?.)her.n<i.r? upon, ?nd stron?y ani.nadv»r ed upon the way in wL'ch phinriff had given l.» evidence. In.re ?.)' '???.b"'?rJtct f.r the c m,M..y- Hr. T)mm?rh.f.ips (M?!!r'.t?.r.rhf).,?« Son) rcpresented the defendants.

THE AM^oin .Mcnm;ii AT ItKlVSHI'KY. A? 1),?, b?ll' In -?..2, b,l on the h.iy "I rtran Ann Cnaptn .n, w:>v: t iirown into t," F"" (-ald-r and Or ■» ne l A ll""ii't f ivilf.1 f, :?. ?c.??H..ry?.?-.thc.t?r.??.5 now in CU'3lodf.

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,V THE WORLDS NEWS. I } sPtxfAi. i .ii.t.i.aiiA vs THnorc,n\ iAUU VS, JIM it.U S, A SO OCXl'JiAl ..yiis a(H:m trs.) tekhiblm MINING DISASTUR.j KOUTY-KIUIU' MI'N KILLED. niK t'i i ON m;i. MANY \VI:I.>!1\II:N VICl'IM.S. SKAITUK, WVdiirsuav Renter).—A ihnpatoh received W asniiiijum Stale, aiituHirces that a terrible ga-t expio- llm 11,'('urrt'd lH' t ht slOpt\ of Mine "J 'If till Sor-.hern Pacific Coal IVmpap.y at half-pas! „:io y.-slerdav ttttt-r""o". jnt U thtJ two r:an" \It'rtt lHit¡J¡. Tne exao; of thu r.\i>i.moit. nr ilif cucuuisiaiicr- lt"ii)it<; ?'r."? will proliaUy never he known, ami it js ne.ieved thu: every man in 'Ue liu> (Janus ivi ;suetl. tii-- only p, wero two boy* who wete i:i a tunnel ami a driver who bad il" fine OU of th,- when the explosion ?.nr)-.?. J h- shod; up-oir t?«'Ji?m'i!j tu.- ar.ver atui the mules down, a-d bruised a null sUmI'Ii," HKh't. aivaj. Ihe report of in.' evploslou was heard <11 the town, a mila | a>rav, and in a short time the mouth of tile slop e was surrouuded bv men, women. and! ,I negroes i i heir lar.teiii aliens added I lb- hiiinu oi tiie uctite. J;ain ivas falling I hctuiiv, but tue crowd to->k no heed of the downpour, a* thev wait, d anxiously for :v.s- ,;f their triend* or relatives in the mine. i p to hall pa-t seven K'Ur ■ odie* had '»e- ti recovered. terribly b: u:s>il. death wa pr(,hLbly 111:ootalltaueou. th,, it' £ oz trie pit, and some vistance trom thrt p:,¡n: w bere thl explosion is supposed to have f eeurred, while most of t«e men were working I.uXI or JAXK) i'et further m tne .slope. i he bodies as thry were recovered Were iirrieu to the City-hail, which was ctm- vt-.d iut a temporary morgue. A yveat pr"portiuu of the victims have large fami'.ies, aud t b, *v had u*»t obtained over two days' \h,d\. a week for a year many of them were In straitened eticu'nstaiues. The .Northern P1't('!ti, Coal I ompany torwarded for'y coiiins from Seattle at ini lii'jjht. The lloslyn Mine is one of the largest in the State, and supplies (:v; to th^ western division ui the Northern i'acinc and I'nion 1:1\;lwl\1, 1 ue mine has a capacity of i'.OtH) tons per i!ay. I:L"CUVI.I;V OF llU, LUER, I,rear volumes of an-rdamp and smoke joileti trom the entrance of ihe pit aftcr the ei: losion, making any at'empt t • approach da!,rdrúu3.$ soon its it W:4 possible fO eu:er the mine a number of lnen set to woik, a:M as -reiress was made the frightful havoc wvourfht bv th-' explosion became m.:iife<t. Tuiii er worlc snpp.'riiiiij the ;jal!eiii-s was torn out for a uistmce of a huiulr -1 feel, and the "h,,],> (>f the interior was tearfully wricked, it is itioiii'ht that a ii:v ba., broken out in the lower level, ard if tiiii is so water will be »;am pumped in o the mine. All the men wtw are all!- are engaged in t be \0: kof rescue. Fourteen bodies b.id been recovered by mid- nigbt. I he work of recovery is slow on ac-.vunt of he lar¡: amount of g-a in the Of 1 1L, la,,e worki'gs. It is nUlv beiietcd that the dead lJUIIIC'T Î,)rtv-t'iht, A Vtd::e! telegram states tba a number t.t iiie vntims are Welshmeu- THi' WAR IX DAHOMEY. t>r 4JJ -MI'JN. THF l-ilKNCH GtiY- liNti WOl'NDKD. \?l:?'!L!.?.?dn?day'/??').—Accord. it'i; to a letter just receivd here iiom one of the l'?nehst?tiot.stn)'abH:n''r,r.')tu?ovo W" I\ttl\clid nn t,. 1lth 'f April by King Hehatiz'n at the head of ¡j,Uùü men. The &tt.k tras made towards six o'clock in the ev^.ing, but. altho'gh the defe-.aing lorces Senegidian sharpshooters. I'euanzin was repulsed. Ihe hd sharpshooters displayed much courage, but the soldiers of King ioffa b-'C^r.' so territied that they abaudor.'d thtir post to take refuge in some caves. I'uring the ni^ht reinforc. :I:enb to the umber or 00 men reached l'or:o Novo, and assisted in resist.ng the re- newed which the t-tieiiiy made the next day. In this last engagement Behanzln WBS as unsuccessful as in the hrst, and was com- pelled to retire after sustaining a loss of about 41,i,1 men. A .Tt.3 number of lienmigton trere )i: the t-)t. the ti ;e of the French li't-vn men were wounded, 'the Governor, M. iSa!l-», is reported to have Tl,ved a wound in the arm. lis l-xcellency ha-' b»en informed by iiehaiizm that he would a'.tack Forto Novo on the lot I of .Anril. SENSATION 4L INF' (RMATION. Wednesday IJ:<It!U .-The tollow- 1:J ä"ll3.iùnal i:)rOlU3ticn regarding the overtures for all eventual partition of Morocco, alleged to bate b-v:i made by tjermany to Great Hr.taiti during the disturbances i:i the Sultanate last Novemb-r, appears this tHOrn- ing in La Lun'tmt. The journal quo'es a ù¡¡>adl wh,ch tile Vuli¡, de letuan, tbe Spimsa M.iii-ter for J-oreiu'ii A.'Tatrs, i.« reported to have ad,ircs..i 01\ dBt occasion to the Duke de .\iandas, the Spanish A mbassador to France, together with the iatter's reply — —u.spatches which, it says, have not been l'uh- lished up to the present time. Hie Duiie de 'letuan, in h g letter, recommenced tbe Ambassador to give bis earnest attention to th" possibility i a c>7iveii(ion between Ger- ad (iieat Ilritain in regard t ï i'tike do -Manilas replied 1na an Aiigl-i-Geriii-tn inide.standiii'g appeared :« fcmi iniprobab'e. J be Lunhntf then gives some pincu ars of tile alleged German proposals, which were to the follow- ing f:"tf.ct :ouuld Spain attempt to inter- ve\- in .Morocco, (ireat i'.ritain and (jerniany would f'P!J05 such a step, even be if r, • ivv. To this end they Wou d block«dv< the s-ps'iish coa-ts, bombard liaro-lona, alld octMip-' the liaiearic and t.auary islands. A ;al partition of Morocco would follow oi t r. signature iii ^leace. 'Ihe Canaries l>»tween Gr°at liritiin and G- ,ar.v, while Italy would be allo ved to take possession of lripoii. Ill pursuance of tnefK overtures t ,r.-at llii'ainand Oit-i-iiiaiiy a<Jrir*ss»d an identical note of a threatening 1ft Spain, which, however, having b»-ri warn-d bv Austi ia, avoided tne trap laid f tiOL. N i.w VORK, Wednesday fiett'er).—Accord- a dispatch from San Francisco, pub- ¡"h"" .day by tiw il"mill, news hI" he"n brought bv the baii|tientine Citv of J'apece of a serious revolt among the natives of the led toward J .lallth, or lies Sons la ill th. :()uh S-a. The natives uf this group, which is under 1-renrh protection, hive r-f'used t" uIJ" the French ollicials, and finally ueclared war. A thousand fighting fiien ass--mbied in Islatid of !aiatea, and t&r«s l ie'ich warships bad left Tahiti for the of Pape.-t- I ft. he comni nders were iH- strot;te | to ijoeil the revolt, and resoit to eltrtino measurts if necessary. o\v, Wednesday •Jteuhn.— In con- nection with the labour disturbances at Fodz, Si'" foreign wo kiie-ii have been expelled, wh.: lu of the 100' irocludlllfr fce.eral ^nei:i! :1. agin lory, han Iieeu seutetlced to long tTins 01 imprisoiniient. Tin: N'l.W VK;r III \N I'MM.IAMFNT. Wednesday Ileuttr). Ihe iifteei t:1 i)",ljaluut of Victoria was opened to-^av, and tWll, thf oafb. Tb Ib-n. Tiit-iiias jellt. Waft uiiaiiiiuously elei;tc-^ •Spealji-r of the A sembly, aft-r the names of i)Ui been proposed and rejected. I: i Ex-I- lency (he Governor will deliver his opi-ning .p"ch to-morrow. WHfir»1ar several towns th- archisfs arrested in connecion "i'h th- M o/ d'-monstratioi'.s have been rf:l Aticona jÔ set at itberty re ,-z, i, .? ?l yeslerdav. Tn.,1:t\- the seventeen llleu recently arrested at Sauana will be tried by the local court..Itnigincnt will be delivered I to-morrow. UFSTilUOTlVK TiDAh WAVIl. Nkw YoKK, Wednesday ( —A dis- f patch troili .Monte Video sttys that a great, tidal wave occurred there yesterday, which 1 eached many vessels and caused the destruc- tion of much property along the water, front.

Till: CONVICT DEEMING, NO t'i: i ITION YKT. The Press Assini Ithin sa> s—Tbe Jwlkiat Com- f- rt.»e tirt tima sincetlie leeess. It wi s otViciully slated lliat no petition ilK8 UI) to 1he prt-sont been lodged hy V, ming 0\' hii for .e.ive 1o ai»pe d Hgainst tho sentenci l'f deutli passed on him)fl .1Ilrl,Ii". Tile judges aril qui1e! prep-ir.al to consider ut 0nc any nupoal of this 1I.uro that may ll.

A MYSTERIOUS AND FATAL DJSKASE. | ANOl'lll'.U 'I'MIUlOi!. A somnvbut iuy&tt>rioua and fatal d¡.ea has broU?n out in tlit- lyisig-iii wurds of the UelfnRt tV. rk l'entin durill the LHSr, fnvtnigl.t in 11he death of t'k-vffi w)in!'ii, The t,t,?,,k CP.U" mcne with vi •kvit «-p»3insi "ud vomiting of u d ak cokwrtfd tluivi, a^id in-ide two days rho | p-.iti«nt succunib-i. The w,wkhou,e doct"r. de- scritc tho Wr\:ad}' :i a spycie-* ,( puerperal fev,r. On Tuesday for tiie first lime the matter \VIIS | aliu'jfd to at the i»u ir,Hans' we. kiy meeting, t'io icltiirtnun inti111atin. they were aUXOU:3 Dut tv alarm the pui le.

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THE GWEXDnAETH T)- PliATK COMPANY (LIMITED) V. TiIK IjLANKIJLV 3IB11CURY COMPANY (LIMITED:. AN AI'OLOGY. Ill tlh\ V.iuifHii Mtrcurg of tlw 31st M-ircli Jat Rppart.d a tf?i' und..rU!t'hf-admK"K?"e))y, ami sll1..d Elfod.' i» which, t\monr. oth¡r serioui il1Jput'li'HI, 1Le followin g stulemmit is mndt-:—<• Xiiat two workmen \1;0 hlva larf. fmnilits 10 riviiri,aiii, and wlio worn strong sup- porters of nee of tlm oindl iiites," at tho county c iincil clccti!)r1. u hive," in consequence of the pit, ? th. took in that elect on, bevn singled oui, p id off, and Stt adr:f1," allf "thai others of thn 8 \llttJ p.rly have ai?o been warneù," In Ihe 8;une paper appears tin editorial article, in which very strong coarimets nro mnlJe, leferring to the trickery tmrt haib .r-HiH jienalties inflicted on poor working mell af Kidwolly"; n,1 cliarac- tsrisins ihe i-oniluct of Hie parties referreJ to us tytaony with a ven«9ance," and containing sncli entsaiui expre-isionsas bombastic hangers- on of tne aristocracy "the !mm»lny squire that grovels (sic) in luxurya (aic) honest working man should not, and sVirsll not, be e.wrce.itob.w to liaraii and tyrannous nonentities that swell with pridu and stink of vulgitr wo-iltii"; and cOlJduJin with, "L"t. an investigation be madp, ami fear not to hold tho perpetrators of this barbarous died to the eye »t tbe world as tiie relics (If fllii?g 1.1 -(;f higot@d biatea(!oci;Ls." Tho :\1!l'gat1CI were dirBcted at tliu Ciwendraeth Tm-?.tt'C'nfn)?tny(Limitt;<t)!fdth''directors and m'¡TIt-,p "f Ihat company. Th" [iroi riftors, editors, and publishers of th timidly Mercury have sincu made inquiry into the 'Iiii'gations C Hitnined in the latter, upon the au1 hority ofWIIIC'1 alone *vas based the language contained in the "1ito"¡larticl" and they wish to express their regret that, thsv permitted the letter to appear in their coiumns, and desire Wholly and entirely to retract, the serious imputa- tions ami language contained in tile article, and to express their sincere rert at havinu tHf\de use of the SUulP, t'or the reaon that the," find thera is absolutely no foundation of truth ill tha allegation., the *auie bi-ing utterly and entirely untrue. fhe language made use of in the article was, conse- quently, most rcprehen.ib! and I hey de.ire to apologise to the Gwendraeih 'lin-plate Company (Limited! unit to the directors and inrufig?i- ')t company fur the same. 14046

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