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TIP.: LAX'> QUESTION. i'o-?'?-s.?-sor)'!irr.M);?«! 11 I I ? ()t .,I,11 1, Tin-: IAMIMAI: CI:Y I»F *• wmi' L'5 l'l .R Ci:NT. 1". K.MANl'.N i' W 'l't'C- TloN IN 1IKMS [ l'BOV OLJT M'K'I.U. ,'01!KK^I.I .NT. I'KMBKl »K I Il KSHAV. am now in tlin midst of the Castlemariin district, the tmaid tarnn-rs ot which causou MI h r MM- in S'outU Wales just a year Hi!-1 bv.)ttt.i!t? to "t't?ina?duf-t!of rents. j\ ?i?' l,'ol"d t.'('Mt!f)UKrti?f.'r sue') a lin.v iK.v.t, an.I whe.1 it dine it caused great ?u.,r'<- )\dav 1 tH!d <h.ttt)? landowner* ;t?-)?!)?toappn'c?t.t))<?"rtt'u'<)??ot th.?u?. tsay "?innir?"t".c?- hitherto thev hare icgarded the depr. t.n ? )..)))putiuy ami h\{'d. I o' I"r tt, I,, %y a t a t ,I to-iiav l.v a yeiitleiiian inl iiiHtely con- ,r..d nitli lanii here. He said-" The fact the t-uaiits have for to!i!: years pa'<' ?' ?jt.)"i-*r'?'?t."?' a"d))'t-)a!?)?f(? have Kiv:m' to tin- cry. 'I'lie c, v of INN )!. f wa- hearvi nil through the good years in ti.e M U'uliis, 'ami now i'io landlords some ivu ii;i-inf» that the wo.'f has really come." on tl)itl), it rea!! v Ila. ell;iie. Yes, certainly and when landlords and agents are convinced of it something will he done. You cannot expect landlords to do anything while tenants altbout-h they talk about 'losing money, go on holding the '.ami." I., I, a Vast of troth in what tho gentleman reterred to above says about the constitutional pessimism of the tnaut farllwr, 1 am told that one of the is a who i,etits his IF&iid at l-'s. (Id. per i.Te, while the other tenants oil the estate fire paying about i'l. At the tame time, it cannot lie ipestKmed that times are very much worse than they were when I was round b, E, NeAr a:;o. Indeed, one farmer told tue to-day that, contrasting the present vwth last year, it teemed like good tiniesayear agoo. ;\nd tiiere is not the same rush for land th.*t there had Ul,) to that tillle. Will tind j>rcs*nilv that the tenants have abandoned the illogical position of crumb 11, about hald nines and bidding on totiieland. J he explana- tion of their conduct in tins respect hitherto is ih&t their pride and independence cause t!.1'1¡} to conceal their real position up to the last, and 1 am assured that ill (.'astlemartin atone the fanners have borrowed money of larks and privately to meet their reiit liabi- lities to the tun*: of many thousands of pounds. But a change is coming:, at.d that quickly. On the Angle Kstate several tenHius gave notice last Michaelmas, their intouiou being to quit \Ya)? a).d try their fortunes in luglaud, where, in some districts, farms may be had for a song." One of these Angl.. tenants has been offered a reduction of zt-,LI a year in his rent, and to all the tenants the landlord granted a remission of 10 per oenr. last half-year, an event wbicb, 1 am told, has >ot occurred on that estate before, although a considerable advance was made in the rents on a re-valuation which took place ten years or more ago. I have this afternoon bad a long chat with Mr. George W illiams, of Hayston Farm, near I'embroke, who acted ai ob? man of the ,South Pembrokeshire tenants committe" h,t v,ar, wben united representations were made to the landlords, and has ,Is. acted a. intermediary between his brother tenants on the ijtackpole Estate and Lord Cawdor. On the general question of the condition of agri- culture on the South How, as the Castif- iiiartiz) district is sometimes called, 1 learned from Mr. Williams that things are no better, but much worse, than they were a year ago. "lIy two-year-olds, said lr. Williams, which I ought to have sold last Alay, and riiv wheat of last harvest twelvemonth 1 have en hand yet. I brought five fatiings to the monthly market yesterday, and did not have a single offer for thern. (Ither farmers coaxed dealers to buy, I have been grinding my corn to sell to cottagers for the pigs, and we are glad to sell a few shillings' worth at a time to I any customer, whereas formerly we sent our corn into the mill at Pembroke and received our money per return. The mill at Pembroke gives an illustration of how tbinga are gone down;' continued lIr. Williams. "Twenty- five years ago it let for ;k3W a year, and the tenant inadti a fortuue; to-dav it is Jet for £ 50. That is a deprecia- tion of five-sixths, and the farmers who grow wheat to supply that mill have suffered as well. I do not mean that prices have dropped to a sixth, but there has been a very heavy drop. It is the old wheat lands where the depression is most felt-40 years ago wheat land was the most valuable, now it is the least valuable. Things are worse now than they have bean for -Iv years back. Pro- duce wa; as low in price four deaades ago as it is to-day, but our expenses were then half what they are now. Tbe average depr eciation in the value of the land to the teiiant-that is, taking into account the prices obtained for produce Oil the one side and the increased price of labour on tbe other-is about 33 per sent- Some produce has depreciated 60 per -■ent." Then you don't think the land fairly rented at present ?" '• Not for the present times." What is the average per mere" "Well, it is diilicultto estimate it tint way, because there is su m n-h waste land on the farms. Take the Cawdor JJstate, which is bounded on three sides by the Bristol Channel. Hundreds of acres an sardy wastes and burrows, and good for nothing but rabbits. Habbit farmers turn over something on such land, but the ordinary tenant cannot afford to pay 25s. an acre for land only fit for raising rabbits. All such waste laud is in- cluded in the measurement of the farms, and would go to reduce the average of the rent per acre, but would be of no use to the '• When was the last valuation on the Cawdor Kstate ?" About 25 years ago, a Mr. Hall went over the farms. The valuation was irregular, for it ran on the lines of the former rents, and leaned towards a simple addition of a percentage to the rents. The rents were irregular previous to this valuation, because some of the farms had obanged hands in low times and were reduced in price, ..hll.. others changed in good times and were advanced. At the valuation some of the farms were advanced 2-5 per cent., IOllle 20, !•<, and 10 per cent. When the old th ree-lifed leases dropped in some 2", 80, or 40 years ago the rule was to advance th" rents by about loO per cent. At the valuation of llayston by Mr. Hall account Mas takPlI of a shed to accoimuo- date M head of cattle which my father had built himself. My father' nontinued Mr. Williams, "told me he objected to that shed being included in the valuation, but the vainer persisted in including it, and our vent was advanced somewhat. The advance WI, not great in our case because we were highly-rented before, and now, leaving out tb, downs land, we pay about 24s, all acre. I' JlI) ahnct. covenants C" Weli, they do not hurt anyone. Extept in 1 very few cases (here are no restrictions.' ho carries out the permanent impreve- ments "On the C!1w.10r Etate. the landlord builds and the tenr.i-t does the haidcge, As a rule, nothing is charged for interest, except in rase of drainage. AII the buildings m Hay- ston, including the homestead, have been put up in my tini», half by the terui l,i,vd Cawdor finding most of the materialsavi U", other half 10, Cor1. Cawdor, the hI1I, 1.j:'1/ dVIIP" jIJ". Th:* may h" taker. •; ,pt,1r:" of other holdings In this reso"c:. e havl- age for the last halt cost us £ U0, I\"tl I ,WI> a share in every stick and sto-ie on tSe property, yet vmiHtr the Agricultural HoMin; Act. if left the farm of iny (Will will. 1 could c)Rint froiti the I.,ijidicill l'ui- t:1Ose hu'!rill' I asi«'t "?hati9thc now," 1 a,?hed, rhlt is the remedy r" Th only thing that will f<?< us is  per- manent reduction in rent of IIA -cast per cent. Our average loss at I)mmt!t. is 3: per cent., but if we wre. granted t'1 we might, ferh^s, siiulSo through the odd i? per cert. There is no ener>m-»i;wnt to H', ff11" ] these remissions, for we never when t't??L?-pt't?"?-?"" h?ap?M-?''tr?uom" 2 ?r c?t.'?'?"??'" b.b? tenants around t.e? ".H ?u?hl!p"?'?w''?'' I they have laid '?"?'<'?'?'c''<'t''? uud le«ve the farms." The landlords cannot 'ie0t r <• No; a tenant can plough up nil the land h' 11 h'as t-I 9"31?'- Int)?)!.?tt<vo vears— unless this reduction is granted—we shall sea developments in this direction, 1.ETn:l: 1'1:( .\i-i.;w CA i\'nOi'3 .At!?T. '1'0 H I or THK WKSTKRS Mill." S' r, Yimr "S|>»VIH1 Cl\rre:olpontJtntb" should b." spec al *y rrm t'jliu reporting illfoflllAtiOIl 011 I tf,j* iinj. >I"t,tnt. ard 8t>rit>u* nubjoot In jour .,e it stated that," rh only *notal lulv.moo of rent hB been that made PI1 'Î.,)r,1 (' Iwtlor'. "al,. about fitieen years ngo. 110 t'nt il nvn a So tchman, wto did n«>t understand Ollr Wa" lurt», ami put an incmisod valuo on tl'O t ki in. — souuM^f (liom havo bfton reduced eiuce, I hd¡..vt- The ueavfft nppr\lJ\da to truth in tho j abt>ve ptat*inn»i»t is tlmr, 30 Y',r I\R(I, Lurd [('iwd 'rV Welsh rstMios Weff+ valued f >r r<-ioir>n £ when some of the rents were inerwisod, Rnd other* reduced. Jhit, v*hpn any Si-ou^unan was 8t*nt down" to vahn or t" «n»»n»»i;e II, e<I"t" I don't i know—cott'tinly, not during my term of ageucy, to close upon 30 years— I am, & l\ T. MOl JLr.i. Slackpol, rt'lI,hl'0, 0;t, 31.
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PULHICAL IXGHATITUDH. IS rKMIUJ'iCK PUCK FOKQOTI'UXP I ?Our(!?'<-Tyc-"r''s?"?<.nt.'c!e,;r.tp'unf:on 'TU.-S.MV 111hrt st d(' :hrr (If .V'>»r reade.8 wJJ! ,'?)V l)>- »ell ??.7ot '?c f?t ?' is treat Irietion an) itiscntont aui»iii[st ine Li :,t ll,t.,?,?utl,, [),vo,?p??t, ,i?ls(,riotis ii iliu trl;tttt r t'tS.rC.h.?".t!?t'?? to the iA.h)rrt:iy.?t?vi-nr<'rtt.!?onth:u?ft?"pnj)c'rt i sliortlr. a'-J s< wii?tlier anyiliins e.oi ho .lone to allay u e Ka I feeling- Bu'. cuii.iusly enough, the i Pembroke l».»okyar.l men aw not, so far as I ?.%n i tir.l out. to hi' favoured with a visit by Sir ??ht?. Such, At any r¡(< is Ihl' ¡lIfomi.!¡"" io.nveve.i tn me t)-Jiv. If o" it is a Ul,\rktd ?j.?tu!'??o!<c?tht<pLt.oftheHov?t'n- ment. Certainty the lit- Ailmiral Muyne would never have sat silent under such neglect of his constituents.
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A DOUrOli'S BITTEI't CitY. [ A 1(1'XDA NOI-; OF WOivK, BUT I M> PAY. TO i ur. FDlTOn OF THE *'WKSTKRN' IAH. lH,- Your correspondent "l\1.licus H has touched the fringe of a very wide subject. I aliti- po.se in all reforms it is necessary to begin norne- where, and ho h88 thwiight tit to nil into question the various medical aid associations. Mv pro- ft-sikional e"'p¡j.nc8 d,tes back from 1861, and since then 1 have been actively employed in combat wiih disease, and my delight has been in doing iny inmost to e-ise suffering humaniU; but no one can till the nausea mid hcart-vche witn which I turn t my day btok and ie,,tf,er to try to get money to go on with. I unhesitatingly MY (IHlt it appeirs to be the cointnon idea ttiat doctt'W tlo not want money. fhe pull,ic try" t.. do" as on tV'.ry side. I should be a happy uian if there %,is no gettitir in of ac^ouats. My impression is that before tiny practical good is done lo piop rlv retnuneinte iiii mudicd men the Plly t p, e."t coming from the Foor-law appoint- ments muni be incr^nsttd. There is ttie kei -stone 10 the sKuiticn. All clubs, medical Rids and coiiiery appointments ilay better than parish appointments. Your corie«pondent is in error, I thini, when ho ."Ys the Nat,o?.1 "ie?" Aid ode'y pav d, pr week fr attendnnce on 11?,ir members. I believe it is Id. per week for adults IIDr. h t. for children. This is better than parish doetot's pay. ] am very much against Trades (;lIiooi"\UI, but unless sume alteration in PI" takes place medical mn must j'>io hands and project themselves.—1 am. &" REFLEX. Cardiff. I A WORKIXG MAN'S VIEW OF THE MATTER. TO nIX hDlTOR OF THR "WKSTERN MAIL. Siut—Your correspondent "Altidicus" waxes wioth because certain of his profession are good enough to render their services *0 members of ruedreil aid Associations tt a Jow reasonable fee. I assure you, sir, these clublare a boon and n lJl.s.ing to many a poor man whose menns are limited to what he ran earn by the sweat of his brow (and this sum comes within the thiity shillings), and who is saddled with a big family. 1 will show you where the shoe pinches in as few words as I can. Hitherto some members of the medical profession have thought it tit and proper not to be satisfied with a icauonabfo fe, but have charged most exorbitant sums for visit- ing the sick. But now these medicd aid a>socidtions have ppmng up and are doing a ¡:r6llt amount of good among the poorer classes, these voracious doctors find that, unless they soon alter their envings for filthy lucra and are satisfied w ith a reasonable fer, 41 their occupy* tion is gone." My own case, I daresay, is not by itself in this town. Some few months ago one of the men of such a toctety, came to our house canvassing. I entered my ftify into it. I got a poller of insurant ".1 my wile, self, and four children, as weil as medical aio during sickitess, for the small sum of 9.1, per week. Now, sir. I will show you where I found the benefit. My wife and two of the youngsters were sick at once, and that only five or six weeks after we belonged to the club. It was thirteen weeks before all of thtm w, re well again. It I had been called upon to pay the ordinary bills with n.y piy of 22M. per week, I am afiuid lehilulll have been impoverished for years to come. But, as it was, the docior "f tI..t society, gave us eveiy attendant nnd medicine for the wh^le of that time, and* if we duii't want him again for years, we shall not IJIJS" the few pence Ie week. I suppose" Medicu8" would tell those who can't afford to pay such laige bills to apply to the parish doctors for relief. No, thank you, "Medicus"; a poor man feels for his family K8 much a the rich. I think the medical profession have had their own way too ¡""g to 'the detriment of the wording class*—I am, &c., Cardiff, Nov. 1. jolli Doity.
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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALE' ABEIIYSIWITII. MUNIFICENT SUBSCRIPTIONS. Mr. P. C. Keeling, ol Blundell Simla, Liverpool, has iniimntnl to the regislr»r of this college Ins intention of paying lit a subscription of £1,000 to the college. Mr. U Jones, of llirmmg- I'am, late Unlonht cariiidnte for Car:1igunshiie, l as signified that lie will pay the siulllar sum ot £1,000 p'ol1llsd by him .00ne time AgO a8 soon as Ille subscnpiion now beint; raised toward. ilip pestorntion fund reached £ 4,000. III order to Ilelp in enibiirtg tlfe cauoci) to fulfil iiiisconditio-i with- Ollt delay, MI'. W. Willi,.m., her Majesty's chief inspector of schools for Wales, Jus paid to the college nutiioi iii"K a clII que for £100 and Mrs. The attention of all of the collego and of education I.. d"n to the^-thcoiniDg opening of ihe new library by tho Rii|ht Hon. A. H. D. Aciand, M.P., on November 15 It will be remem- bered that subscripiioni amouotiog to "bout £1.100 low".d8 furnishing the library collected among Welshmen in the United s>tes anil C'lnada l»V (lie U«». Dr. Edwaids, late piincipal. Dr. Edwards will take part in the opening ceremony, "likll will lie presided over by the president of the cwliege, the Right Hon. Lord Abcrdare.
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CAIID1F HIGHEK GRADE BOAUD SCHOOL. Mr, Kke",ich. secretary of the Education Department, vv ill open the new buildings recently added to the school to-day (Wednesday) at three o'clock. Afterwards Dr. WuIIipa {chtirm»n of the Cardiff Higher GradeSehool Coirimittee) will distribute the prizes won by scholars in the May IsdlIc" examination?. It is p u ticulai ly desired thai those iut",eAre' in eduoanou AUJ the pirents of Ithe pupila should attend.
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THIS (JAR 1)1 KF MYSTERY, INDUES L ON THE JWDY, | Mr. K U. IWct', fli"tr» ;t coroner, held an inquest at ti Town-hall. C Iniln. 0" 1'Ufd,,] evenir. on tho body i.f Mary Dirkcnnnn, wh > left her h'»me in (;Ordl'1,14ce, C"nllff, on tha 14th of October last. ii p ho ly, as aht'itdy reported, wim founJ on S itnr- v ;t hy Vr. Mandcr*, laivner, in I"" canai ,'h"th?t.)<K-)<?t'?'e'Nnnh.ro?' 1.1. IJickcnsnn, i-ter of tl,o unfor- ■MIII-I' y-woman, Paid the (Ie- in-; I. WA* oi YI'ar'1 pC 3CO flud was un- 0:11; rli<t nv--d, ,'p1.L"r wi*|t her K»at.?r, nt ?).h-?:?)'?.?r?h?t)B??h'???)i???et!?..n)a?t.?aw al.,4, 4 1 0 !lob", 1;?st. They j i» td e i walking together and putedintne .N< rI!llr t!l1 mmer of (:¡jhtlft.t.tept, d!f:Ø.tSNt raying t bat *hp v at R()ÎHt! for a w.!k 1.')IJ w lild jat"f ,itlO"'1I nt t.1I tlt4nuJ.J t;J l' 0 '> :fH hb'tui l-.rfvotl I,, ha.i n.{¡t lh/1 body a th, m>ii«tary and identified I; l er M.^t-svV 1* •caw) had been ill Ue(>rr« .v?i} ,Int,) (, nw"l "I"ut i Tt.ught Ix-fnro t"" 9ad ovcurrrece, K v wm aflerwart'f) ivpn R5 to Im t.C If '.j.« body in r¡. Ci&"ai, ncar th tint '.in'.h e ",or.I, ''r? Koc;)e ?rti J the body wae c<n.M«rAMy i i mutiiatfd, tlie lcand arms having be* lJtok»«i».' !btCOM.a-r.:dU?td).?t'VK))titu;?i'?' liiiowning. T-'»e j'U'J P'Te a verdict of 11 Found (:nf:"
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I AMEBlCA AND THE TIN- PLATi: TRADE. HOW Til 15 ELECTION WILl, All'lCOT WA1.ES. A riOl'ia-'UI. I'KOPHKT, [l'ltOM OUR NKW \OKK O'JRRKsrONJlKN I.j 11 Now I liat the Ciltunlms (.ommemoiuuo.. vil iei arc OVIT, pn<)pl) in this city nre preparin,; for the "rOllt I'lcctvral Iwtlln horlly to be con- teotBil between Hurrison and Cleveland. According to a general consensus of opinion, tlieSUtoof Now York is sitting on a fail, and mill So either way but the chances seem rather in favour of its following tho bent of the City, and going Demo- cmt. 1; Ith parties are iilriiiiiing eviry nerve to securo « victory, and the illustrated Democratic organ, fud', has ¡>:IIIIi-he.11\ cartoon rppro8pntinJ: 1\ Hopuhlican celebrity, with one hand containing a 10Jul. bill thrust thrc>u¡:1I « lY¡lO-\Vdlten letter, asking the recipient if he is prepaied to do hii country n eeivioe by working the Republican ticket, also if he ean keep a secret. At the 1:('1'11, man's side Itaiiga 1\ rather lirge bag literally boil- ing over with similar bills, until nne begins to think that the party lie represents linve. necortiinr to their own ideas, a pretty good notion of the beat means for tho conversion of heathen Democrats. The New York press is very active in its exer- tions on behalf of the S urfers brothers' tin-plate woiks. As » matter of course, it is IIlso extremely anxious for the protection of the industry, and will, no doubt, US" all its power to keep a Repub- lican (¡Dye¡ nmellt in power, In their office windows they ar" cxhibitiR a number of small can cover'. not mllch larger than tho medallion I Rent you l ist mail, and tho following memorandum, headed Tho 1". II, Palmer Manufacturing Company, Hrooklyn, N.Y., manufacturers of packages and patent tins for paint, fruits, honey, ko," 011 tins memorandum is written II Tllese covers were manufactured by the F, H. Faluier Manufacturing C.)intlatiy,of this city, from American tin-plaU) made by Somers Brothers, SoiiK'tton Tin-plate Works Brooklyn, N.Y. The stamping process by which these covers nre made is one of the severest tests to which tin-plate is subject, and tiny have experienced great difficulty in obtaining foreign plate Hut would stand the lest. For beauty of finish, and satisfaction in every particular, Miis Ameiican tin-plate, made from American »Uel, far excels any foreign pistes they have ever u4ej. I have copied fill) letter, becnuso I think that your readers msy like to gauge the value of this very flaileiing opinion, expressed by a firm who most certainly ought to know. Sjme years ago when I made a study of American statistics (continues our correspondent) I was successful in predicting the course of events—the rise in wheat, iu iron, in copper, in stocks and bonds. Froin the general condition of things I should look forward to a brisk movement in business generally, with increasing pi ices all round, whether Cleveland gete in as I',egident or not. The general opinion is that Harrison will be re-olect«d; there- fore, all adverse effects of the presidential election in such an event are discounted. Should Cleve. land, on the other hand, be elt ctdd, there will be a great, bxnn immediately. Bui the presidential elwtion notwithsianding, there is a wave of general prosperity passing eiMvvud fiom the west. The toial failures dllrio 1891 am unted to 133,800,000 lois., while for 189 lli-y amounted to 77,000,C00dols. In New Y ok City alone they have fallen from 15,700,000dols. last yeor to 6,400,000do)s. in tilia, fhe average during ten years for the first nine months of the year- 107,000,000, this year—30,000,000d"ls. "Coming eveuta ca-t their ahalows before lhem," A word is enough to the wise who can read between the lines. This nation has been making money during the past year and storing it by. They will soon commence to spend it. Immense preparations will be made for next year. There is buoyancy in the air. The great crowds expected here from all paits of the world will spend collectively immense sums of money. Luxuiies which only Europe cAn supply will be in demand, and I predict great movement in the trade of Great Britain-proteclive tariff notwith- standing. The moral of all this is-Let those who are being sque zed just now at home bear patiently a little longer, and they shall have" a happy issue out of all their afflictions'' if they faint not and hold On manfully to the last. These ti ?re g r.1 ppli,atio,?s applicable t to I me:î tl:r nJI; aPIiOrle aril\tr7. in which 1 know you nra sp(,ciQ]y inure.ted, has been in the past a kind of will W the wisp which scintill>iti9 brighily IImids a general condition of (larknow, anti many traveller lime been engulpiied in the mire by following it. bright flickering hare and there. But even tin manutacturo shall at last become ameenbU 10 general laws and factors governing irade and commerce, so that It will le"Jlolld to fceneral conditions in a normal and timely manner, and m t lag behind r.r lie depen- dent on combinations for advance in pticcs of a more or less fieiitious character. An industry of such vast importance as tbat of "¡¡In i(;(?II be [I:nl1r,:tC;rl)e;; on any one rintion, and should be worked on such la bat>is as \0 be independent of M'Kinley or any .,lher tariff linker, There ia a ritt in the tin (I) lute bottiewisere. No country in the world ought to be able to compete successfully with Wales in that one lUan1.1(Kclure, anil certain it is, unless Borne lii. covtry leads to complete revolution of the modus operandi, the day is far distant when rile United States can manufacture tin-plates profitably, while Ihe cOnlbeds of Walesar(i unexhausted ami hb,r alld acid lo be obtained eo cheaply. One of the veiy few prizes it was my good fortune to have aI achool in my early days was a life of Benjamin Fianklin, and one of the adages of thai sage which impressed me most was Don't proy too much for your whiitle," and you n.uy consoie yourselves that our Yankee friends will soon find they aro paying too much for their tin whlotlo experiment. So cheer up atiii think of this good time coming -Ihi- is par exctllence the country from which to receive indications of ihe fuiurs. I am a com. foitable prophet, and not in mine own countree at present, i lierefore, honour me by believing in my repoit. SPEECH BY MII. M'KINLEY. -I A Dslziel's telegram from New Yoric on Tuesday says.—Mr. William M'Kmley, author of the famous tariff law, made a speech at Brooklyn last ■light upon the (,'reat question of the campaign which attracted an audience of 12,000 people. In the course of it he said Now, after 30 year:' enjoyment of the best cur.: rency known in the world, the leaders of the Democratic party propose to take tbis country back to the old wild cat currency of the antibelluni days. We have to-day in this country ihe currency in the world, We not only have the currency in the world, but we have more of it per capita than we have ever had atany previous tiuio in our history, aud more than any 01 her nation on the face of the earth. (Great chcering.) One objection that I have to the policy of the Democratic leaN. is that k" >y are constantly wanting to go backward. (Cheers nnd laughter.) They not only want to take U8 bick to i lie i eil-dog currency of 30 years ago. but licv want t ) take us back to British Freo Trade. (Cries of 'TI"'y won't,') If there is anything to which the Democratic tiarty is this year com- mitted it is Lo British Free Trade. Let me illus- tra'ethe difference between Republican piotec- t jn and the Democratic revenue tariff. Take this piichfr 011 the stand here. The tariff on it is 55 per cent. Kvery dollai's woithof this warti that cnnes Imlll Ktirupe puts into the Ttonsury of the United States 55 cents. That is the Republican Protec- tion Tariff. Jt is not put on for revenue only. It is put oil tn enconrage the penpla of the United States *v!io have established gieut industries to make I'ei, wnr., nt home, and it has acou,pli8he.J it. purpose. The re.ult is that we have the ??,t splendid pottery iii'lustries in thin counlry Ih.t can he found anywhere iL the -'orld, giving em- ployment to ,????d? of ?,ki,,g at good waceR, Fioo Trade builds factories in Europe; pii ticiion builds fai tories in Ih. United State*. (Great cheedn!) Free Trade liehts up the fires in tile furnace, 01 Kurope. Protection lights them in lIlt, United Stateauf America. Free Trade increases thetlemand (fir foreign working men, and diJui. nishes the demand for Ainericm working men. They say m ,t pioteetion keeps us out of the foreign muriinf. Wo liuvo never ha.1 such a largo f, reign insekel since we became a Government IL9 wo have 1('lny, The tariff law has heen in opera- I tlCH1 for two years, and our foreign trade in the ipa-t twelve mouth., j,4 shnwii by the Treasury ?fUticat' wM 180,C90,000dols., the high-water maik of American foreign trade." IMPORTANT MKlfflNG OF THIS K;:>WI<:LLY TIN PLATE us. On Monday evening a mcctin uf tho workmen lately cll1ph yell at the Gwendraeth Woiks was' called by Captain Harris (the 1I"nger) at the i -wr.l.ail. Thew was a laige attendance, and i Mr!"David iiudbury (a workman) was voted lo the chair. Captain HARHIS proceeded to explain nwny ivjiain misunderstandings which, be said, had arisen through newspaper leporta residing tho t It W'lf "I\ld II tho II\AI\ had never got an olVci." Ho reminded those urMCtttnf'ho time when n deputation cam" 'o U.HnnK-at?Mk"t(.dn.et<)rs what offer ihey would malte, and tho director* icplied, Unfoitu- natelv lliey lItll 110 H1rlr to make, tor they could not make a hox of plates for 1110 price obtained for it, and they wem not prepared to work longer nt 1\ IOF, hut if Ihe mNl could come to nmc arrangement will) !h<> management whereby the works could RO nn, they would be oiiid." Ho said he tiever lifilirti (Lnytliiiig more of this deputation. Concessions were ■ ■iveii at other works, and ho dared Bay some pre- sent knew of it too. (Cries of No, 110," and inter- ruption). Tho CHAIRMAN here interposed, and said all would h ivo tl%t!ii, titt it. He ttit-ii weiit oti to a!iy i ii,it tlirce things struck him as being very peculiar. Firstly, the works were slopped without a word of warn- ing secondly, they had asked the directors to maks an offer whereby work could lie resinned, but no offer was made which lie thought veiy unfair and, thirdly, he could not und"Istnnd why Kidwelly I Winks should stop when other works around were I "in full steam at, the old mle of w,,g". fn Kid- w?lly they hM. all Ihe newest typ(? ot machinery, .?d <hry 1'IIht to be able towo'? [.. cheaply as anybody. The workmen at Kidwelly were mo?t unfortunate. During the IlIst Rix Years Ihey had only winked about three veais off and on, and he thought that if Ihey WHte "east cut aunin dining the winter months ii, would be too bad, and who wero they to blame for all The DISTRICT ^KCRKTAHY denied that concessions wtir(i iiiiid,i at ativ w(irks at lie cotild not get to know id' any, and he had done his best to get at the bottom ol the affair. He had written again and again to Ihe ¡¡,e.1 secretary and to persons at various works, ami the answer lie iii- variably got WIIA, No conce-sions are made." At some works they d'd make 40 boxes instead of Ihe 36, but they got, p.iid for I hem. The only saving was Ihe coal, "f which ihe saaie amount was used to make the 40 as the 3S In tho good times, when the pioprieloru were making a good pocketful of money, the men did not, jsk for any incre.ise. Ue could not well believe that concessions were given at any works, but if it cOllld be proved that they were, well, then he would b« tho first to say let us do the same at, Kidwelly. Lot us put our masters on an equality with stlier masters. Captain IIABKIS ropouted that concessions were made at, certain works. (Cries of Where.") Well, if would not be fair for him to openly name the works, for then the workmen there would also be Eitopped, litit lie was quite prepllr, d to write the names down and hand the paper to any dis- interested person. Hehadnot, come there unable to sub.!II"1 i"IO anything ho said. Continuing, he said that he had also been informed that at the late meeting of the men's executive at Swansea, tho question of permission to grant concessions was urought forward. He asked anybody that was present at, that meeting if it was a,, ? The LOCAL SKCKKTAST No, sir. Captain UABHIS: Well, I liptvo been misinformed by one who was 1 here. and I am prepared to write his name down &Is.. (Sensation. ) 111\ks: 8î't'kídweIl wanted thfirfntK'tt'r<BCto"fqu?)?oti"gwt?hnther masters, and he proposed that Captain Harris's proposal to ?rite the names of wmkq where CJO- ccs.ionB were made be accepted, And that the paper be handed to the local secretary. Captain HARRI: I said some disinterested person, Wtint good will It be if we do not know what work.? these are. There are rumours about the Swansea Valley that the clerks at Kid- welly were instructed to deduct a certain per- centage from the men's wages every week? Is this so? Captain HABBIS: Certainly not. If I prove to you that concessions are made nt other works will you go to work upon the same ter-us ? The CHAIRMAN said The tin-platers at Kidwelly are ,1 Under-laiid, quite prepared to resume work at a reduction provided they know others of their lellow-workmeii are doing the same or are granting concessions. I do not tliiuk there is a man amongst us who would submit to work at a price under our fellow-workmen. Captain HARRIS: I gather from the tone of the meeting that you are not prepared to work upon any different terms to other workmen. A Workman said Why did not the directors call the men together and explain the matter before closing the works? Another Workman asked if there was an cffi/r to be made to them that evening ? Captain HARRIN inquired if they were prepared to work lit a reduction, the amount of which would be the difference between the cost of 11111 kiD a box of plates and the price obtained for it? The CHAIRMAN again ",id the workmen were prepared lo work at any time provided they got the same terms as were eiven at other works. The LocAL SECBKTABT: If concessions were made alother works, I would be the first to go back to work, but we will not at Kidwelly be the first to make a c»uc*ssinn. Captain UkaRis The works cannot go on further at a loss. The position can be altered by improvement in the trade, and it is hoped that will take place after tho American P,e81d"ntl.¡ election, or by an arrangement between masters and men. If next month Mr. Cleveland is returned President, as we all hope he will be, trade in a few mouths will be as good as ever, but for five or six months after the election no trade will be done, for buyers will wait for a reduction of the tariff ere buying. But if Mr. Harrison Is re-elected, then we may expect a sharp trade for nbout three months and then good-bye, for buyers will buy sharply for that time, and then will not want any more, for they will be able to make enough in America. You can easily make an arrangement till Christmas, and do not go further. I may tell you that on Thursday last we were offered an order lor 20,000 boxes of plate, and on Friday another order for 15,000, and since then offers of other orders. Work it out Vounelves-tlie difference betw eon the prices offered and the cost. I'll teli you honestly whAt overy thing costs. I suggest that, you appoint a deputation to come up 10 ihe office and mvet. the directors or myself and ialk the matter over, and, possibly, something may b. done. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the meeting. Tho LOCAL SRCRKTART, in according the vote, re- marked that the shopkeepers and oreachera In the town knew more of the affairs of the work than the lDen themselves did. PARTIAL RE-STAUT AT MORKISTON.I On Tuesday, in accordance with a protuiso given hy Mr. W. Williams to his men on the previous day, the Worcester and Upper Forest Wuikswere partially re-sturted, four tuills in each resuming operations—one-third of the total cipacity of the two works. This has given the greatest satisfac- tion in the neighbourhood. IMPENDING STOPPAGE OF THE I BKAUFOKT WOKKD. Notices have been issued to the men at the Beaufort Works, Morrislon, to terminate contracts on Saturday next. This cornea as another blow to Morriston workmen, for the Beaufort Worke nave been one of the steadiest ork. In the trade hitherto, and have been working all through Ihe trade depte?iott w far. The immediate ?, me of the stoppage In said to be that ir On vis com- plained that tho present make was v per week below the average, and insisted upon men making the fu" average of 36 boxes. Mr. Davis dccided that the average make w,)uld not p iy him for keeping the works open. SUGGESTED REPRISALS. I I The Ttmet suy* that Welsh tin-plate kera are I thinking of checkmating itie M'Kinley tAriff" by I .I.?ing their works for two months, and then 1 IPU(ting up prices to 2." I TINHORN VVOI!&S. I I The month's notice to CtMe cuhtract po?te" at these works expired on day last. Work, how- ever, has been resumed this week on weekly contract, for Il'e purpose, it is presumed, of I finishing off orders on hand.
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DASTARDLY TRAIN OUTRAGE. I I COWAKDLY ATTACK ON A FOOT- BALLER. Mr. C. Jono," -ember of the Rootle Athletic Football Club, lying seriously ill at his home froji inJuries leceived on Saturday. He was reo turning by train from Kersley on that day after playing in a malch, when he was ntlaekrd by some me in the carnage. T i escape them iko gt)t out and attempted to walk to another carriage, but one < the own struck him and knocked him on to the 1ine, where lie wns afterwnrds found in- sible. He was removed to Livervonl"IId tlienre to his home, where he now lies suffering from con- cussion of the brain. 4
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INDIGNANT PARISlllOiNERS. PROTEST AGAINST THE STATEMENTS OF THEIR VICAH, An indignation meeting of the parishioners of Sheriff Hules, Salop, was held on Monday night to protest nguinst certain remarks made from the pulpit by ilia vicar, the Rev. A, Michell, unimad- vertiny, ai Hie parishioners contended, 011 the Duke of Sutherland, who is the lay rector and very p0})lIlar. One f4'nnlution prn) cd the bisnop to use liis influence in bringing about a change in the incumbency. Another called upon the vicar to withdraw in the pulpit his offensive lemiirks. The meeting closed with loud cheers for tho duke and duchess.
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TiliS ( ItiSIS IN TLri SOUTH WAl/US COAL TRADE. KEVlJiW Ol' HI t fSITUATION, I ATTITUDE OF Xflfi MliN. THE FORTHCOMING OONFMRliNCE AT AJJKItD.iRlS. [IIY OUR MINING COHBI.'SPONDKNT] Items of bad news in tho coal trade seem to be crowding in upon lis as thickly and rapidly as they can well coinp, and very few places can report, like Ferndalo, nn improvement in trade within the past few days. Following upon the announcement of the deadlock in the sliding-scale proceedings, and doubtless owing 111 some measure to that intelligence, our continual reports of slackness of trade—and by this I mean all trades tnoro or less — stoppages, di-putes, strikes, closing of parts of collieries, and altogether the position goes strongly to prove the old ndaqe that "misfortunes never come singly." Depression IIHB set in with a vengeance, and, to all appe.ir 1 rices, the coming Christm is will tie a cheerless one to tiluuxftiltis in Houth Wales and Monmouthshire. It is signifi- cant, however, that members of the sliding-scale committee, who (wisely, perhaps) withhold a full expression of their views until they meet their constituents face to face, freely express in private conversation n belief that the difficulty hetween them and the representatives (,f the employers will, by the use of "liltle discretion, boyettided over. They do not abdicate their position with respect to the proposals, for Ihey hold that they are perfectly fair, although some of thetn adruit that, possibly, this was not the time to bring them forward. Further, it is pointed out that, with one or two exceptions, the leaders were averse to advocating these proposals when they were instructed to take tliein up, but, having put their hands to the plough, they carried out their duties without flinching, and now they go back to the colliers to tell them the result. What fresh instructions, if any, may be given them at the forthcoming conference at Aberdare can ottly be roughly guessed at by the outside public, but it is not unlikely that the proceedings, when they do come off, will have to be conducted in private. PONTYPRIDD. The failure of the negotiations between the two nides of lie sliding-semle committee has had a very bad effect on busiuess in this town and district, and it is to be hoped there is good ground for the confidence which some of ihe workmen's leaders express that masters and men have only been "pumping" each other in order to see how far they can go when the real test comes. There is not the slightest doubt that this is the view taken by several who are supposed to be in the know." So far as the colliers are concerned, they are divided in opinions. Some, as was stated in Tues- day's Wenttrn Jfail, suggest going over bodily to the Miners' Federation of Great Britain; others still iiave faith in the sliding-scale, and point out that the hold of the Federation 00 this district is exceedingly slight. It was at one time thought the Maritime Colliery was a stronghold of the Federation, and it is true that the men in that colliery left the Rh ndda organisation in orJer, it was sbited, to join the Federation, but when the stoppage of the colliery came about it was discovered that of nearly 400 men, only about 40 had actually become members of the Federation, so that the majority are out in the cold from all organisa- tions. III conversation with one of the local leaders on Tuesday, a representative of this paper elicited that a foar was enteitained that If the sliding-scale principle should be abandoned just now the result would bo that the mell would fall between two stools. They have not yet formed an organisation of their own, worthy of the name, because they depend upon the sciile as » regulator of wages, and many of them will not join the Federation because it is opposed to that principle. The action of the Maritime men is instanced as a c,tee in point. It Wliitt we want," @aiii tiois leatier, "i8 unity among ourselves, whether it is with or w ithout ilia Federal ion of Great Britain. The danger of the Federation here is that it helps to split us up." MEUTHYR. The serious outlook in the coal trado is C&U$ipg the greatest concern among the shn 7pk "eperO. In almost every bankruptcy which has recently arisen tile deblor has ascribed Ins failure to the bad times, and if times get. still worse it follows that 11 large number of amall tradesmen must in- evi'anly goto the wall. Should a strike take place, and should it be long sustained, terrible distress must occur, because the general run of shop- keepers are certainly not In position to give extensive credit without bringing about their own insolvency. TONDU. I There was a good deal of talk in this neighbour- hood and at Aberkenlig on Tufe?'y as to the posi- Hjn of Irade caused by the block in the sliding- He")e proceeJi ngs, and even the inquiry regarding Ibe Mpio!'ica did not attract as many people as might have been anticipated, owing, in some measure, to the gloom now cast over trade gene- rally It i., however, sitislactory to tind that here, as elsewliere, the leaders take a more hopeful view of the niluation than do the rank and file. Possibly they are more bebiud the scenes and know what to expect, but it is certain that the members of the sliding-scale committee themselves say there is nothing new to say, as the public are in possession of all the facts. The reason of the hopefulness is, therefore, difficult to fathom. INTERVIEW WITH COUNCILLOR ISAAC EVANS. A representative of the Western Mail had an in- interview with County Councillor Isaac Evans on Tuesdav. Mro. Evans has recently become the happy mother of twins, aud joy reigns in tlw home of ihe capable county councillor and miners'agent. After offering his hearty congratulations, our re- presentative sought to obtain the views of Mr. Kvans upon the present outlook of the coal trade in South Wales. It was at once evident that Mr. lvanB declined to regird the present juncture as a serious crisis, and also that he regarded the too free discussion of points now under consideration as involving possible mischief to the interests of the rade. "I regard," he said, "the discussion of the questions in the press "e altogether premature. As 1 have already intimated, a public discussion just now might tend to the prejudice of the trade in the district." Do v "U regard the outlook ot dark ?" "I do not think it is 8S blacl' as some seem to. As to my expressing lilY v wt,, it I had been asked for them Illree montha age, I would rother have given t.iieui then than for the simple reason lhat are now in the thick of the fight, or, 1 should in the heat of the discussion, and so I rega- it as politic not to express an opinion one way or the other." But others have expressed their opinions, Mr. Evans?" Gt Yes, I know that," WM tiiii reply, "and it is very probuble that more significance is attached to certain remarks made at the meeting than is warrantable. In the proceedings of the sliding- scale committee the discussions are, of course, very free occasionally, and anybody can under- Bland that lit times words are spoken which would iifierwards be re"lalled were that possible. When a few persons g into debate upon ttny matter, it sometimes luppens that views are expressed which should noi, in all fairness, be madii the sub- ject of discussion. In the prosent case, disclosures would tend to create evil and not good." You may as well tell mil what is kile real posi- tion of affairs, Mr. Evans? Well, I luvo great hope when (com iller what the composition of the board is, 1 have hid some years' experience of it, having been a member of it fince the latter cnd of 1679. The board is com- prised of good business men, and I 1m Vb every hope lhat they will de1 with all questionl in a reasonable spirit. At the sums time I am bound to any, on my part, that the settlement to be arrived at mast bestow more advantage upon the workmen than they have hithtrto enjoyed." "What further developments 1I1IIY we expect?" flieve you are agsin endeavouring to get me away from the plain lwth which I have veselvcd to keep to. Wi:fln the proper nine come* I shall be quite willing to stole tily views fully and fear- lessly, but this is not tho lime." Will Iho committee meet again shortly ?" •' Yes, an ordinary meeting will b,) held shortly. There are ,"(I:t\(J di^nutas pending. When the meet- ing is held it is quite probable that the matters which were undo.* discussion at the last meeting may crop up U¡(O; Our representative then withdrew, as the twins began to assert themselves.
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ALLEGED FRAUDS AT HULL. At Hull Police-court urn TUMclny Colin Duni. pace, of the firm of mjtll and Duuipace, and Thomas Fred Christie, warehouseman, were re- lnnnded for eight days on a charge— the former for procuting the sum of £ 400 in money, to be paid by one Robert Charles Wrigl,uon, by means of fiilsB pretences, and the latter lor oblaining the £400 in money by means of certain false pretences.
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TONDU EXPLOSION. I IlIiSUMF.D INQUEST. DISCOVEUY OF A DEFECTIVE I LAMP. The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the men killed by the explosion at. the i'nlle Slip Colli.ry took place nt the Angel Hotel, Aberkenfig, on Tuesday, before Mt-. llowtl Cullibertson, coroner. Mr. Young, barrister, and Mr. Atkins, mining engineer, of North Staffordshire, watched the pro- ceedings for the Home Office; Mr. 8. 'f. Evans, barrister, appeared for some of the relatives of the deceased men Mr. Bintint, solicitor, of London, was present In the interest of the North's Navigation Company; Mt-. Kohsnn, Government inspector of mines, and Mr. F. Grey, his assistant, were present, lie also were, among othert, Mr. Trelmrna Itees (of Messrs. Fornter Brown and Kees), consult- ing engineers; Mr. J. W. Davison, the manager of ihe colliery; Mr. John Herdman, M.E., and others. There was a fair attendance or the general public in the morning, but by the afternoon the interest Beemed to have dwindled down, for few, if any, were present besides the gentlemen named, Use witne.es, and Ihe jury. The lir.t witness called was Mr. John Gibson Morris, manager of ihe Avan Collierv, Abergwynfi, who said that, lie visited ilie Park Slip on Saturday, August 27 (the day after the explosion), and went down the slip with a party of men as far as No. 7, but could not go any further because of the nfterdamp. They found eight meu alive and being attended to by the iloclor. They wore taken to the aur. laco afterwards by his party. He was down the slip again on tho following day (Sunday) as fior as No. 8. and explored the level to the we-t; but he got no further than the No. I Jig because of the gas. He returned to the botiom of the slip, and found the bottom cross cut open. He stopped it with brattice and then returned to No. 1 Jig, and found he had not sufficientair to clear the gas away so as to en"bre them to get in. as then went hack to the east level, and after awhile found the air improved. They eventually got to No. 2 Jig, and found the body of John Osborne, burnt badly but not in any way oluti. lited. The hair and beard were very much singed. He saw other bodies, including those of Thomas Jenkins, John Roberta, and Charles Ntenner. riiey were all badly burnt, and that of Stenucr mutilated. He also discovered the body of Thomas S'enner, lying on the face, and the legs were pointing up the Jig. He thought the body had been blown down the Jig. By the Coroner: Was there anything around his body ?-He was covered with rubbish lip to his waist. The dthrit had, in his opinion, followed Steoner down the Jig. One ot liis boots was miming, and was found about fifteen yards away, outwards, leading to the drift. He saw six other bodies between the No. 2 Jig and the face; they were blown inwards towards the face. He found a door down at the mouth of No. 1 Jig, so that the area of the mouth was only partially covered, so he covered it up entirely. He saw several lamps in the heading. He took up some of them, but did not examine them very closely. He saw tome had been battered about by the force of the explosion. He did not notice any lamps hanging up in the No. 1 or No. 2; but his men took up lamps here and there along the head- ing and hung 1 hem on the trains. di d not then go into the east heading, but a week ago he went there. In the IIIMntime water had been there, and the conditions were necessarily some- what altered since the time of he explosion. At the mouth of the east level be noticed a tram, Ilia band around the leading end of which had been broken. It had been in contact with the corner of the rib of the east level, and consequently mult l:are beer, blown from the west. It was off the rails. Then the last train of a journey in the east level had been blown across the road, inward, and he alto noticed the chairing of the paste in No. 8 East. The Coroner Have you formed any opinion as to where the explosion took place?—Witness: Yet, in the Longwail workings, at the top of No. 2 Jig, West. He did not know whether to attribute the 'Xpio8lon to a naked light or not; of coure. there .u.t have be' 'ne light to ignite it. By Mr. Ÿ!roe 7tt, been a defective lamp. Coroner. Can you say how the gas accumu- lated ?—Witness: Yes, 1 have an idea. In my opinion, the door at the bottom of No. 2 Jig was ,1a¡na!!ed or broken previous to the explosion, probably by a journey of trains, and, consequently, the air journeyed up the No. 2 Jig instead of going around the faces. I believe Stenner, who was found with a coil of wire arounO his body, was at the time going U..re to repair Ihe dnor going up 1, No. 2 Jig, and that the explosion rhen look place, and blow him back considerably. He (witness) did not find any damaged or defective limp. Mr. Bobson examined the witness at con- siderable length in order to ascertain wliether he found anything inconsistent with another theory—that, the explosion travelled from the east by tbe r,turn to the 10nR wall. The witness con. sidered there was, and instanced the chariingof the timber in further 1)r-f of his own view, the poats on the west side being particularly charred on the west side ot the Jig, and those on the east side of the Jig were ptrticularly charred on the east side of the posts, but these were excep- tions. Mr. Atkinson also examined at some length with apparently the same object, and referred to the barrels and harness being gone, in an apparently contrary direction 10 thlll mentioned hy Mr. Morris, but the witness held that those things might have been floated in by the water which, subsequently, entered those workings. Replying to Mr. Robson, he said he considered that the flame had been augmented by coal dust, but there was no accumulation of dust when lie was there. and he would consider oiie-eighili of nn inch all accumulation, but Ihere waa dust there. Further replying to Mr. Atkinson, he said there were other means than a defective lamp which would lire ihe gin; lie referred to matches He thought that any fiery mine was an unlikely plsco for men to light matches, but they had been known to do e", and he supposed they would ago n. fit reply to Mr Young, the witnwsaid he knew that the lamp stalioos consisted -i torch lamps, open and without any protection. There was very little danger with such in ilia main intake. The nex witne.. was Mr. Jonah J .e., of Pont- )c\nwn, ti manager 01 the Cardiff Navigation Colliery, ••• ho said liewent into the woi-kiiigs on the 3rd of September, nnd, in Ins opinion, the explosion took place Kt the top of No. 2 Jig West, Hnplying 10 Mr. ltobson, the witness declined to accept the reverse theory as to the force of the explosion. In answer to Mr. S. T. Evans, MP the witness said he did not agree with the doctor that, the body of Williaiu Morris, found in the No. 7, was the worst burned 01' the whole. Be did not be- lieve he was burned ut all, and the I ody was not found, as the plan showed, on No. I or No. 2 Jig, but outside No. 3 Jigiu the No. 7 stage, Harry Lyddon, Aberkenlig, said that after the explosion he went to the No. 8 East and there found hanging by its III,ok to a post a lamp, since said to be Taylor's. It was on the Wednesday week after the explosion. It was locked aDd not damaged. Davii John, re-called, and examined by the coronpr, said he had been down the slip nightly since l ist examined. He found the lamp produced Ion the 19111 of October in the No. 8, East, near the body 01 William Lyddon, about three yards from the tophole. lr. would be about 23 yards from the No, 2. heading, where it wasllllid gas was f und. He took it that it was William Lvddon's lamp, but could not see tho number. The Coroner Rafter examining the lamp): The number on it is 303. Witness: When found the shield was up, and I he top gone clean off. He had not found the top yet. The gauze wns damaged. He thought the damage to the gauze must have been caused with a pick aflerthu explosion. He did not notice at the time whether there was a cap on it. He simply picked it up and left it there, and had not seen the lamp again until to-day. Did not know who brought it up. The lamp was about three )ards from Lyddonlii body, about the place where the horse was supposed to turn back. Lyddou was a haulier. The lamp was lying across the heading. Could not account for the damage lo tilt! top of the lamp—whether it wag by the i :17IfOldo::er\¥i8e. The lamp was locked when he found it. By Mr. Uobson: Reported the finding of the lamp to the overman, Thomas Evans, 111111 also told the deceased man, Lyddon'a brother. Had been at that place before, and had found some rubbish fallen from the sides, but not from the top. Did not see the lamp then. The lamp was between the horse and the limber tram, partly covered with rubbisli. Did not disturb it in releasing it from ihe rubbish, as there was not much on it. Lyddon, when found, was lying between the two hind l?g? of the horse, but the lamp was not then searched for. Knew that people were looking for lamps since the finding of the bodies. Was sure he had reported the finding of it, but did not kllnwany- thing of a book in which the numbers of the lamps were recorded as they were brought up. By Mr. Atkinson: There were a number of men working there when the lamp was found. 'Cliey were searching for O'urtin's body. Wiutem told, them, and showed it to tliein. He had not shoved the gauze down the.. Did not know whether :y U"tIol70s rne:e ¡., t?:'8:,1;: I damaged. Sb.v?,d tho Ahield down so ax to be! mote compact. He did not know it was most im. portant that the lamp should lie kept in the exact condition in which it was iond, eecl8:ly a) damaged lamp. He simply pi:«hed the shield down so &q to have it more tidy Bad iot c,.eilered it [ a matter of snch impoi?aitei? f U*ve been in- eluded In 11 i, becuwe lie, w»n o? opinion :Itetla \0:1 :'d"b Ol.ini, If a pick caused a hole of that efce, hew in it ic did not go right through the lump?—If it had been in » hollow place perhaps it might. Continuing, witness said Wiijiall1 Davies, Cfn, saw the lamp before he shoved the shield down. By Mr. Young: If the hole was caused by a pick the shield must at the time litive been np. He could not account for its being up, unless it was caused hy the explosion. A man iniulit have used a pick In searching for the bod I" The blow from the pick might v,u have brought th" lamp nearer to rhe surface. Tho first damage to the lamp was done, he thought, hy the explosion. Edward Jsnkins, Dam«l Jenklnp, and Robert Jenkins had worked with apick nt this tp n between the time of the explosion and the finding of the Jumps Tiley were searching for the body of John Cunin. They did not see it, or tkey would have brought it out; yut lie saw it, because the brass was shining. By Mr. Robson The rubbish there was mostly brought there after tho explosion hy the shilling of tho stuff from the other side, and yet this lamp was found thPrp..mid that lubbish. Tins pari had been gone over many times by people, and the lamp -was found allli., rhe 11)0"0 I'IIhll;llo. By 'lie Coroner: It was possible that the IIImp might have been brought there with a shovelful of rubbish. Mr. Itobson How did the lamp come to rise to tÍle top of tha rubbish r I don't know. By Mr. 8. 1'. Evans: Tho rubbish, when the lamp was found, was couple of (""I. in lenglh. There- fore, the rubbish was there before the lamp got there. It was possible for it to be thrown there with a shovelful of rubbisil. The report which he made on the 19'" of O"tnber was the usual report of the fireman. He made no .pcí, report about this particular spot, but lie told Thomas Evans about tho lamp. Never had any conversa- tion with Mr. Davison about it. By Mr. Btoum How do you account for the top gauze being in apparently perfect condition, while the bottom has almost perished ?-The water has been there since then. I ilou t think that lamp exploded, or the glass and all would bave been to pieces. By Mr. S. T. Evans t I did not try the lamp myself, but it was tried in my presence by William Davies. The inquest was then adjourned until to-day (Wednesday) at half-past ten o'clock. ANOTHER BODY RECOVFRPID. I The body of the man Demster was recovered I and brought up 00 Monday night. THE RHLIKF MEASURES. I The amount of the collections at Resolren io aid of the relatives of the victims of the ex- plosion Is £25 6-t. 2d., which lias been apportioned as follows :-Bridgend Central Fund, S22 181. 2d.; Miners' Provident Society, £2 8s. The members of Tipton Parish Church, Stafford- shire, have, through the Rev. Alex. A. ( ory, for- warded to Mr. Evan Owen the suin of L14, being the amount collected towards aiding the Provident Fund to deal with the above disaster. THE POLICE KOOTBA LL MATCH AT I CARDIFF. The mODey taken at tha gte of a football ..tch between (he Cardiff aDd the County Police* conatables ( £ 15 in all) ?,m on Toeaday handed over by the head-constable to the major for the I Toodu Explosion Relief Fund. THE MANSION HOUSE FUND. CIRCULAR FROM THE LORD MAYOK. I The following circular has beeo sent out by the Lord Mayor of London with reference to the dis- potalof the Maofiion Bt)use Fund:- Mfcnsfon House, Lolldoll, October 31,1892. My Dear Sir,- The Lord Maror devices me that before leaving "tII be would tike to confer with the committve ot the Permaiifiit Fundand with the various relief ïÜ:I:rr:r:;lii: collecting motify* for the relief of the tufferer* in the recent colliery accident *a to the administration of the Mftmlon House and other funds. He* therefore, propo* that each committee fthouM Send three or four delegate* hereon Friday neat at three o'clock for such a conference, and lie will be :nlfDif.¿let,:tyK:rIrdluaIY, ? far I ? ?ut fnnd is conc"ned.-Youn truly, .I W. J. BOUUBT. I
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I TERRIBLE BOILKIt EXPLO- SION IN THK JUJONDDA. I TWO MEN KILLED AND ONE MAN I INJUKEU. About half-past twelve on Tuesday a serious boiler explosion took place at the Ynyshir Standard Sienin Coal Collieries, situated nbout one mile from Forth, in the Rhondda Fitch Vnlley, whereby one man named Christines Jenkins, living at Ynyshir and a native of Willowford, was instsr- taneously killed, and two other men named Wm. Thomas, living in Soulh-etreet, Ynyshir, formerly at Tynant, Pentyrch, and Oliver Colbert, of Whitting-strent, were seriously scalded. It i. feared that Thomas's recovery is hopeless. The force of the explosion fortunotely t4)ok a downward course into tile earth, otherwise the loss of life would ha"e b"n more eei..B, ..agang of the I :,V;eR::Iri'oö;:d:,i:f about 20 men, were working within 100 yards'of the ecene of the explosion. The domm?cd man Jeukins W"8 blown from the boilers for n distance of about 80 yards two rows of railway wagons loaded with coal 8ianding on the colliery siding, and his body alighted near a pile of sleepers, about twenty yards from the or, platelayers. Dr. H. N. Davies was immediately on the opot to attend to the injuries of the unforinnxte men. Our Pontypridd reporter, writing on Tuesday night, says that Wm. Thomns died early in the event. The poor fellow leaves a widow nd sev?.rJ young children. Jenkins ws also a married man, and leaves a family of grown-up children, Oliver Colwell was also frightfully injured. At the time of inquiry (late on Tuesdny night) he was yet alive, although but BIUAII hopes are entertained of his recovery. The poor If,en were attended to by Dr. H. N. Davies. J.P., and Dr. Hell, his assistant.
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RECTIFICATION ACTION AT ABERDAHE. At Aberdare County-court on Tuesday (before his Honour Judge Mwulfm Williams) an action was down for heuilljl in which David Jmiua, 01 Portiikcrry, Bai» was the plaintiff, and Francis Hundley, butcher, ut < High-Street, A herd re, and John Dvíeø. 01 5, High-street, Aherdl\rt", the defendants. Mr. (instructed by Mi. Harry Cousins, of Cardiff;, w, s for the plaintiff, and Mr. Plews (instructed by Messrs. Le-s end Jones, Mecthyr) defended.—The plaintiff cla.n.ed rectification of a certain deed of nssign- ■nett made on May 16, 1890. The ilefemimiis carry on business nt the ndilresses given. Up to Mny 16, 1890, tho phoitif! w?a p?Ms?e?i 01 N"S. 2, 3, 4, and 5, Bi¡¡h-street, Abert?re. N"s. 2 "nù 5 being ,old. By, it ?Re alleged, n mi.t"ke in the deed, the whole of the cellinge was not conveyed. -On the case being called, Mr, Brynim r Jones said an agreement had been come 10 that there should be a decree for the reciilication ot the need on the ground of mistake; nil charges of fraud were withdrawn; an agreement ns to the erecting of partitions, ke., in the cellsrs had been cotite tl), Other minor details (if the dispute had 111-0 b -en feitled, each parly agreeing to pay hi- own costs. Mr. Plewe assented, and the decree was made.
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OPENING OF A NKW CHURCH AT PORTHCAWL. The Church at Porthcnwl has for many years euffere.1 materially from the WltOt of a proper place of worship, services having to be held at the School buildings. A short timpano, however, .teps were taken to form a fund towar.ts secuung a more suitable oIl ucture, and L:>rd Wimborre kindly granted an acre of land. On Tnesitay the new iron church, which is nnnied All Siints, was opent-d for Divine worship. The edifice is large enough to accommodate from 400 to 500 people, and the cost will be somewhere nbout C700. of which nearly £500 has tilreiidy been collected. The opening ceremony was performed by the Lord Bishop of the diocese. The Holy CommunIOn wss first celebrat.d, afier winch the Rev. Precenti r WtH'?tn Lew' R.D., vic.r of Ysiradyfodwg, preached, the building beirg literally ctamme'i. The discourse was bused upon Revelations ii., 24 and 25. Part was also tnken in the seivice by tlie Rev. W. Jones, rector; ilierev. E. J Newell, Porth- cnwl; and the Rev. R. W. Gordon, Nottage, the bishop and over 40 clergymen being present. In the evening the Rev. Daniel Evans, rectcr of Llan- maes, preached. The offertories were in 1\;1 of the building fund. It is intended to but, a 3tone structure in the nenr future.
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GLAMORGANSHIRE WLVTKR ASSIZK. -1 The Glamorganshire wiuter nas'to will he held before Mr. Justice Lawrance at tlwiiii?«a. The commission dny will be M<wi»y, December 12, but no actual business ivill b- tik n beforo elevou a.m. on the following day.
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ICUTTINGS AND COJ .J J';T. I Birmingham Athldtic lnsiitu'e Ii" ,s 1,147 I lot whom 598 are mal,, and 549 ("n .1." The suggest?d 'f"atrlCal EXII1I:,t'¡,,¡¡.. j London is a pioject which seems likely •<, |,r, V(s* London is a pto j f,?et wilicli m,?ini likt-ly t,(, The retiring parish dork of 11Illa' $;1fl y 91 years of age, and has held the "like r,f p, "11 derk over 56 years. It is e tiiimtud by some horticulturists th;¡t. 1)]n tlmn 1,800 varietie. (,f roses woithy ot "Ih. lion hnve bc,u pioduceJ during thu ¡)r."t cw. tury. In the United Kingdom there is on ■ s.. j house to every 1S20 of the population, w.,ae lor every clergyman in the Kind via liate no i- s nuo six drink 61",1'' How f,it the funaties of vivisictiou wo. III us is aptly shown by a writer in Ihp sees un objection to tb, V;Vi6tCU(;n of rri'iiina^ condemned to destb. A writer in the Timts snya it Is olculatnl ti" Londoners pay an extia water rate of eoue- £7[¡ cyj3 or £ 80,u00 a year ill respect of tl:e article they buy A8 milk. The pipe smoked by the Shah of Persia oo sut oceasioni) is set with diamonds, rubies, aui em. raids of the costliest kind, and is stated to be worth as much as 480,000 sterling. Devonport training ships nre overcrowded. Om of lite principal causes is that the boys are r. longer drifted to sea-going vessels with the aid promptitude on completion of their training. A tax on cycles of ten frsncs a year is iib'.ut to be imposed in Brabant. The Provincial Council of that part of Belgium lifisdecided that the trcney so raised shall be used in putting the roads in good order. The murderer Neill, born in Glasgow aDd educated in America, has declined to givs any information as to his parentage or nationality. In his conversation he seems to indicate that he is in Irishman, Bicyclists who ride to excesa are declared to fcs very liablo to catarrhal laryngitis. Mouth break- ing and the rapidity and prcssuie with which Urge quantities ot air are forced into the laiyu* are said to be the cause. The largest locomotive in America was recently turned out from the workshops of the L'niin Pacific Railroad at Omaha, Nebraska. The engine is 15ft. Sin. high from the rails to the top of the chimney. The boiler is SIt. in diameter and over 23ft. long. From St. PotorobargComen the newsof the datl: ot Captain llline, who in the Crimea was lesponsible for the loss of a good many Englishmen. Ha 0 ,111, manded 11 the terrible battety of the fourth bastion daring the siege of Sebastopol. There is at the present time living at W-nl j. street, Brentwood, Essex, ftn old luriv, S3 years of nge, who atteods her church reguiany v, ry Sunday, and also walks about the village ut. quently, Site receives much kind love :nxi atien. lion from the ladies ADd gentry of Ile surri.uodii neighbourhood. Her name is Speller. Here is a good instance of child's legic. A sin*! boy, to punish his elder bro'her for br,kill ""8 of liia toys, set to work kicking an union unite puppy which belonged to both in common, H.. mother checked aud rebuked him, adding, k X member that poor Nip belongs to you »s»eil« Jack." Oh, I know that," replied Nip's tirinen. tor, but I'm only kicking Jack's htll." Mrs. Walford, the London correspondent oi iii$ New York Critic, has been teiling readers of that paper some storiea nbout Pm,. cipal Caird. One is to the effect tha: iu the early days of his popularity. C.ird »n going by train after one of his magniheent oraticn* at Edinburgh, and as he got into the railway car. riage two porters stood by, and one nedged tt t other," Hey, Dxvie," said be, yoti's a grand deevi nt the preachin' The natives of some of the South Sea Island are to bave an opportunity shortly of seeing fc the first time a white woman. Herr Antoj Abraiam, jun., a zoologist of Vienna, who is abcui to go to the New Hebrides and the less krowp inlands on a scientific expedition, whic'.i will keep him there some three or four years, will be acc :u panied by his wife, who wilt thus (says the GJ.I be the first white woman to visit tbe cannibal tu his native country. On Thursday the venerable Bishop of ChichestEr Dr. Durnford, will complete bis ninetieth year. It is probable, says tho World, without preceder, at all events in these more exacting days—f:r J prelate to be, not only in the ful! and acuve J 4 charge of his multifarious duties at so gr a' at age, but so to accomplish the labours 0t t episcopate as not to give rise to a single rnjtmui from any source, lay or cleric. Many BaPI" Returns of the Day Lady Randolph Churchill, whose il!ne»s pwy. one hopes mllY be tempoiaiy, first me' L lt Randolph, so the story goes, In n dinner party in Paris. His attention was attr-icted to her by I, beauty and the fluency and bri. liiticy with »i; she carried on conversion in Frenfl'. Ii, addressed her, and soon found that h- hac1 me: n match in repartee. When the la'.iei had «r.. drawn Lord Randolph tinned to it friend »n>l -o. fhat's the biighte^t won an I ever icet, ir i i rn, an to marry her." Anti i t di' Coventry should specially be jntere«tHl in a report which reached me (says a L-nc; ii pondent) on Mondav night, that f I.e PrirC'' Wales has expressed himself very iavou aity of latrt towards the amusement of c;cling, inu-n it is not at all unlikely that weie he t, f 1: •» own inclination, he might soon become ti j r. chaser and rider of a Safety. The Pn- » however, before joining the ranks, or i' t r ing the army of wheelmen, Inve to it, i(r perml89ion of his medical Rltvlel, a' r. sent at any rate, are disposed to nbj" Leicester has lost its lady doctor by tie !-a I., nt tbe Age of 46, of Miss Mary Royi-«, L,>1 deceased lady toi k up the study ol ii t lii.:r.,= i- «« she had conducted ft,rneirlyaqtiltitero! tury in ODe of the poorest districts of the town, i J it wns amongst her own pu pie, as she lov. J to regard them, that she chiefly prneii-ecj. t — 8 than a score of years (says the Star) she ducted, almost single-handed, a class r-.r >' 1 "• and mer., which numbered neariy 100 member- in Fleet-street on Monday a jentleman "efit < a restaurant, had a glass of wiue with seme fr t • "S and then took a cab It) the thereat to deposit some money. lie found t1 had lost a £ 50 note, and at (llIce sped tack tj t » place of entertainment lo look for the r;uZ p per," being ignorant both of th nun b^i ■1 f note and of ihe hansom. The search »l"" so lie promptly chartered another cab to Iiim to Scotland-yard. To his snip; i> ''i" ,0'c treasure was lying on the seat it was -ta vehicle in which he had been dilvei to the Mi k. A u.an who was for several yea's :» garaei.tr coachman in the employ of Lord iYniiy> o, Donovan by nam», and now living in I hi a e rel%tes some ivist,nc, of tile, t)),tt; t,l heartedness. On ono occasion se«erd re^ r tried to interview the p et dining hi. n 11;: walk, but without success. Su-ld.-i. y • n? •• .hOQ foil Into a L ,I of wst r. 1W 4f-w IO"'UW >,n, master of verse turned Ht once on* ir-iste \t the young m m should <;o bn k to -"O h a^ ilim. This programme was carried > at. < r Tennyson himself accompanying toe the carriage dtiven by L\,):I,)vn t" t! r' r.j:.t station, liut anv quesiion |tu'. with a v.Jrt publication of the a. swer L^rd Tenryn a • lutelv I"Iil?eli even to notice. i,ls Milwaukee, the sc< no ot  dimeter is quitea mo o city. In It40 •!» I' •,u. t.:onwM)<Mt)?n 2.00. it now «• 1  tluarter of a ot ?jillbit!ttlt@. lightV.?owbr.cka.t'?o't.i.?"?'?"?? Crea,v CitY." 1' «» ""lv 11 er' cent'<but.?t'M'q?u'er.<?''? lk., st?mt'-ipt'.?M. The engineering am! 'r^ br?s w,"kl of Milwaukeo ''o ? "'?' l'rll.,q tr..de.?d?Mtb?ine,s??".?'<<?"'?. corn. Milwaukee is not only one of ti e .> throng. bu?.Mostp?"?"?' '? West. Only four e",s t,ea Rrt a¡""1 ,p.? .t.c.? 0?60.000.or Ihe buil.lj,  'r'.if.irnd'?othttm?'"?"?"'?"- bu,: ings, appear to escaped the nrc.