The Western Mail

I MVOLT IN A PRISON. SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE. A Dafeiers telegram from Vienna Rays :Jn 4?u. lbb,.?i. the couicts in the State Pnoon "I FriA.y and attacked the warders, kil:i ? o r and seriously wounding two others,  fnt)-: j?r of the pri-'o? f?nt for the troope, firwI OQ the ..Ivicta, killing three.

I SPAIN AND ENGLAND. THE VALUE OF GIBRALTAR TO GREAT BRITAIN. FIERY ARTICLE BY A SPANISH MILITARY EXPERT. A Renter's telegram from Madrid says The to rrespondencia de En pa na has been pnb liehing a cerios of articles from the pen of a Spanish military expert, who signs with the initial R. respecting Gibraltar. The writer says At the beginning of onr War cf Independence we had a post of observation at the mouth of the l?iver PRJmonee'1 where also sufficient forces were i?tationed to repel any aggression from Gibraltar. The position was so excellent that it should serre as the b8is of the modern defences which onght to bo carried out. The lower slopes 4If the Sierra Cnrbonera afford admirable sites for bl\tt.>ries, which could enfilade the most powerful batteries of Gibraltar. Pnnta Mala possesses equally great advantages. The fort of Pnnta Verte and the position of Pnnta Casnero could command the entrance of the bay and all the south-eastern part of tho rock, as well as the enemy's ships sheltering under the rUnb of the fortress. The mlUimum range of the guns required would not exceed 8.000 metres. All coast defence puns of the present day have a range of 10,000 metres, and are of such preoision thatouJv an occasional shot could fail to strike the defensive works of Gibraltar. But wo have not Fuoh guns, to the standing shame of our nation. Wo have neither forts nor batteries, and the strong place of Algeciras is only an eiupty title, for the,. are no defences there except some useless guns employed only for saluting the Governor of Gibraltar when he pays visits of etiquette to our military authorities. If we would now rescue Gibraltar we have no need to enter upon any negotiation whatever. We have the right, the power, and the material to iVvtify our English frontier as we have already fortified our French frontier. Let the plans bo drawn up and the works carried out with all urgency. Let vigorous replies be given to any remonstrances from England. We may feel tranquil as to anything happening to prevent 110 from becoming in a fow years mas- ters of the Bay of Atgiceras, with the power to silence the guns of Gibraltar. We may then look for the restoration of the rock, possibly by bargnin with commercial England."

NATIVE RISING IN SAMOA. A KING PROCLAIMED. A Reuter's telegram from San Francisco says: --According to advices from Samoa, dated the 3rd instant, the natives of Aana havo rebelled and proclaimed Tamasose king. Tamascse is the son of the former German puppet king, and has a large following. The people of Savaii have declared their allegiance to Malietea, and are gathering to his support. The rumoured in- tention of the Powers to disarm the natives is the principal cause of the discontent, and the in- habitants declare that they will resist any attempt to deprive them of their weapons.

THE BRAZILIAN REVOLT. IMPENDING DISASTER TO THE INSURGENTS. A Reuter's telegram from New York on Saturday says The Brazilian Minister for Foreign Affairs, telegraphing to the Herald, says that the insurgents fleeing from the siege of Bage havo been driven to the boundary of Uruguay. The troops of Uruguay follow them as they enter that territory. Tims tho rebels are hemmed in, and will inevitably havo to surrender, having neither horses nor provisions. DEPOSITION OF ADMIRAL m] MELLO. A New York telegram through Dalziel's Agency 5a)-3 :-It is reported from Rio de Janeiro that Admiral Dc Mello has been deposed from his position as leader of the insurgents on account üf his failure to bring the troops from the South to aid the movementeof the fleet by operations on land. The adraira is relegated to the position of a private ":<:izen now em board the insurgent vessel Bepublica.

THE WAR IN CENTRAL AMERICA. SEVERE FIGHTING. A Central News telegram from New York on Saturday says :A New York Herald dispatch from Managua states that General Vasqnez has been utterly routed at Chointeca. His amy has been shattered and the city ruined. The Nicaraguan forces are pursuing him.

AN IRISH MURDER CASE. LADY CHARGED WITH POISONING HER HUSBAND. A Banbridge correspondent of the Freeman's Journal states that Mrs. Jordan, of Mountain View, Loughbrickland, has been arrested on tho charge of poisoning her husband. On Saturday morning last the man complained of being ill, and was attended by his wife. He died sud- denly, and was buried. On the strength of medical evidence at tho inquest the body will be exhumed and a post-mortem held. PRISONER BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES. At Banbridge on Saturday Mrs. Jane Jordan was brought before Dr. William Smyth, J.P., charged with the wilful murder of her husband, Hugh Jordan, of Mountain View House, Lougll- brickland, on the 13th instant. It was stated at the recent inquest that deceased died from exhaustion due to exposure.—Mrs. Jordan whs remanded for eight days. Bail was refused, owing to the oppasition of Mr. Olay,7., l

THE FRENCH CHAMBER, ADOPTION OF THE TREATY WITH SIAM. A Renter's teJegnlm from Paris on Saturday says :-In the Chamber of Deputies to-day, M Peloncle read his report recommonding the ratification of the treaty ooncluded with Siam on October 3 last year. M. Gaillard called upon the Govern ment for an explanation regarding the proposed establishment of a neutral zone and of a buffer State. M. Casimir Perier, replying in his capacity as Minister ofPoreigon Affairs, Mid that the question raised was one which had to be settled with Great Britain. The House was now concerned with the Treaty of Siam. A geo- graphical inquiry into the boundary question was now being conducted on tho spot. (Applause.) The Treaty with Siam was there- upon adopted by a show of hands.

ALARMING FIRE AT CAR- DIFF. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE INMATES. At two o'clock on Sunday morning Police con- stable Phelps, while on duty in Pcnarth-road, Cardiff, hearing cries, went t. No. 174, Penarth. road, where he found the occupier, Mr. James Sweeney, standing on tho sill of the front bed- room upstairs shouting for assistance. Polic- constable Phelps and Acting-sergeant Davids thereupon broke open the front doo, and found the place full of smoke. Proceeding upstairs, the officers discovered Mrs. Sweeney lying on the bed in a duaed condition, and immediately carried her to an apartment downstairs, and after the window had been opened and fresh air admitted she speedily recovered. In the mean- time it was found that the outbreak was caused by the explosion of a parffin lamp which in- cautiously had been left burning on the kitchen table when Mr. and Mrs. Sweeney retired to bed. The burning liquid set fire to a table and some chairs, but with a few buckets of water tho fire was extinguished, tho damage done being slight. The reel from the Grangetown Police-station, in charge of Sergeant Ferris, arrived shortly after the alarni had been giTeR, but it was found urmecessajry to use it.

MONMOUTHSHIRE CON- I STABULARY. The appointment of a Buperintendent in the Monmouthshire ConBt/lbulary vico Mr. Victor Bosanquet, who has been appointed ohief-oon- suble, occupied the attention of the ?bi:i on Saturday, when Mven candidates were Bub. mitted to a preliminary examination. The appointment will probably take place on Tues- day (to-morrow), at the chief-constable's office at Abergavenny. The candidates who are now in the running are the four inspectors in the Monmouthshire force—Inspectors Wilmott, Kendall, Pask, and Capper, Inspector Parry, of J Bristol (son of the Government Inspector of Police), Sergeant Thomas, of Blaenavon, and Detective Sergeant Faulkner, of the Newport borough force.

THE WELSH LAND COM- MISSION. RESUMED SITTING IN LONDON. The Press Association is informed that the Welsh Land Commission will commence their four days'sitting in London, at 6, Old Palaoe. yard, Westminster, on Tuesday, at eleven o'clock. On the first day Sir Colin C. Scott Moncrieff, representing the Sootch Office, will give evidence in regard to the Crofters ct and Commission; on Wednesday Sir Gardner Engleheart, representing the Duchy of Lan- caster, will give evidence relative to the Manor of Ogmore; on Thursday Mr. J. Rusael Sowrav (Woods and Forests) will deal with the administration of lands and foreshores in Wales and Monmoutbsbire, and on Friday, Sir Courtenay Boyle and other witnesses from the Board of Trade will re general evidence with reference toO land and agriculture in Wales and Monmouth. Ihire, e.g., railway rates, foreahorei, balik. ruptciim among agriculturists, Ac.

THE CHURCH IN WALES. I CRITICISING THE WELSH I NONCONFORMISTS. The Morning says All last year the Welsh I members did little else than threaten the Govern- ment, but tho threats were never earried out. At Cardiff on Friday the Liberal Association of South Wales and Monmouthshire re-operifd the campaign, and went so far as to pronounce its solemn disapproval of the National Liberal Federation for supporting Mr. Torr at Horn- castle. A little soreness on this account is not unnatural. Your average Liberal will nhout for disestablishment as loudly as he will shout for any other itom of the Newcastle programme. Where the fervent Welsh Nonconformiois made their mistake was in imagining that he was pre- pared to make sacrifices for it--which is quite another thing. Does Mr. Schnadhorst, however, need to be reminded of the promise that, Home Rule being out of the way, Wales shall have the first place? That place has aleo been promised to the teetotalers, and to the Irish Nationalists who are interested in the woes of the evicted tenant. Parliament meets latt, and before it has been mauy weeks in session there will be the Budget, with a huge deficit. It seems not at allanlikely that the Government will have given UlIlts taek before BO difficult a subject as I the Ólb'8t..buhment of the Welhh Church, ards which some of Mr. Gladstone a aup- porters c ;e no-^iktusly unfavourable, can be brought til an iøsIM.

INCREASING THE PORT DUES AT GLOUCESTER. PROTEST FROM BIRMINGHAM. "STARVING GLOUCESTER TO FEED CARDIFF. The "Birmingham Daily Gazette" on Saturday had the followiug: Surprising new? reaches us from the port of Ulouoester. The direotors of the Sharpness Dock Company propose to inorease the dues on grain and timber entering the port. Naturally the Inerchants protest, and at a meeting of the chamber of commco'ce yentenlay the polioy of the directors was severely criticised. What can have induced the SlnrpnetM lxard to return to their old polioy of high ratee and reduced facilities it is diffioult to understand. The polioy of carrying oompanies all the worla over, even including the nialigued railways, is to encourage trade by reducing rates where trade is not to be obtained by .y other means. The Sharpness directors know by painful ?peri?ince that high rat." means starving the port to feed Cardiff, Gloucester's strongest competitor. And yet, in the face of this, they coolly propose to advTHice their dock charges to a point which will simply have the effect of driving a large proportion of trade further down Channel. Mirmingluim lumer, as well ae Gloucester grain and timber importers, are alfeoted by this ridiculous proposal, but Gloucester ohiefiy. Soniq years ago it was proposed that the city of Glouoester should secure a financial interest in the dook property, and thus obtain control over the affaire of the port. If this advice had been taken, it is possible some bmin? c?n'?erprift might haw been displayed in the ..ng,it of the p,)r?7,, penb there seems to be Rbwtutely none.

I "EXCELSIOR" BAKING POWDER. THE PROSECUTION OF A RHONDDA GROCER. HEARING OF THE APPEAL. IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. THE CASE HAS COST JE667. Mr. Justice Hawkins and Mr. Justice Law- rance, sitting at3 a Divisional Court in tho Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, on Saturday gave judgment in the case of James v. Jones. Sir Richard Webster, Q.C. Mr. Brvnmor Jones, Q.C., and Mr. MacMoraii appeared for the appellant; and Mr. Finlay, Q.C., and Mr. Rhys Williams for the resposdent. Mr. Justice Hawkins, in delivering judgment, said the appellant James was, on the ISth of February, 1893, convicted by four justices of the county of Glamorgan for unlawfully selling in December, 1892, to tho respondent Jones, an inspector under the Food and Drugs Act, a packet of baking powder which was mixed with a certain ingredient-alum-injurious to health. Against that conviction he appealed to the quarter sessions, where the conriotion was con- firmed. A special case was then stated for the opinion of the Queen's Bench, 4nd tho case was argued before them on December 18 last. According to the facts disclosed, it appeared that on December 10, 1892, the appellant sold to tàe respondent a ¡1acket ot 1<;xcelslor baking powder. The effect of mixing the baking powder with flonr was to generate carbonic acid gas, which oaused the pastry or bread to expand, and so rendered it light and digestible. The mixture consisted of 20 per cent. of bicarbonate of soda, 40 per cent, of alum, and 40 per cent, of ground rice. To liberate the gas properly a qnantity of alum was necessary. The g,o ?d rice was -died merely for the purpose of preserving tho compound from injury by damp. There, however, still remained an element of injury in the powder which remained in the bread. Section 3 of the Act enacted that any person w,ho mixed any article of food with any ingredient so ad to ronder the article injurious to health, and should sell the mixture, should be liable to a penalty not exceeding £50 for the first offence. The question they were asked was whether baking powder was an article of food within the meaning of the statute, and, secondly, whether, assuming it to be so, there was evidence that the ppolla.t said the same to the respon- dent mixed with an ingredient in j urious to health. The mere ija.le of an article not im itself an article of food, but mixed with an article injurious to health, was not an offence. It was true that gtoand rice was an artiole of food, but it ?..Id ceMe to be so if it were nixed with an equal quantity of alum, as in the present case. Wh > would venture to decribe such a mixture as food? With equal truth might rat poison be called food for man P The test of the matter was whether at the time of the sale the article was an article of food. If it was not, then no offence was committed. Tisey were olearly of opinion that the baking powder in question was not an article of food, beoause it eould not of itself be made up into an eatable or drinkable form. Under those circumstances, the order of the quarter sessions and the original conviction must be quashed. He observed that the cost of the proseoution were JE667 odd. That was simply disgraceful, and he regretted he could not give the appellant all his ceste. There was one comfort-that the appellant would not have to pay all the costs of the prosecution. They would fall on the right shoulders. Mr. Juetice Lawrance concurred.

MADAME PATTI. Madame Patfci has, we learn, finally deoided to reta- to Europe .y the L-.i?, which mail. f? New York ?n Maroh 24. The thirty oonmrts for whih .he contracted will be f.i,?h.d towards tbt end of next m..th. but supplementar y series of eight concerts will be i:ni'ge::ri:nofit: farewell ill the United states.

LIFE WAS EXTINCT. SEQUEL TO THE POSTPONED FUNERAL. The four doctors who wore appealed to in the case of Mr. C. Wileman, a Burton- on-Trent builder and undertaker, whose fnnerod was "dienly po??toTi?-d on FridaY becausc th,? fri::J:lbelIOvät they bad discovered certain indications that life was still existent, arc agreed that death has taken place, and the funeral took place on Saturday after- noon.

On Saturday afternoon Mr. Orbett's dmner in connection with Lord Bt. rent audit was j held at the Park Hotel, Cardiff, who about 40 or tenant* sat acma to the meal.

SECRET SOCIETIES IN WALES. THEIR AIMS AND OBJECTS. TO CREATE RUPTURE BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOUR. [FROM A BFFCIAL CORRESPONDENT.] There is a certain fascination to the ordinary mind about secret societies, mysterious signs unknown only to the initiated, meetings held with closed doors, and admiAAion h, peculiar knocks and closest scrutiny. This has given a charm to most of the friendly societies, and the "grip," which is a legacy from the Greek, has in it more than the general observer is aware. During the Chartist days, when we were within measurable distance of a civil war that in certain localities would have been as sanguinary as that of the Commonwealth, there were many of these secret societies held amongst the hiili- There was searoely a plaoo, in fact, between Merthyr and Tredegar where one was not to be found, and all carried on by a bond of solemn oompact and protected by signs and pass- words. One at Merthyr was under the direction of men of keen intellect and, fortunately, far- seeing views, who tried to impress the necessity of moral suasion instead of physical effort in obtaining tho redress of alleged wrOI5. But for this the fea.rbs8 ironworkers and colliers would have been precipitated into a conflict. As it was, they were on the brink of doinff so, and, as there were spies in the camp and the justices" were aware ef every step, such a course could have had but one melancholy ending. Next to the secret societies of those days came the Fenian epoch, when xecret lodges were held at Dowlais and other places, and drilling in the hollows amongst tho bills was of nightly occurrence. Old farmers of that time could tell a tale of a distant murmur as of a crowd of the clash of steel, and of the stealthy march by of the conspirators. We are reminded of these things by a. statement made from unquestioned sources that the ordinary mind still clings to the pleasing novelty of secrecy, and that in a certain part, and a very important one, ef the colliery districts secret societies in existence before last August, and which had something to do in precipitating a conflictwhich most reasonable men condemned, are in existence and in action now! Theso secret societies have nothing to do with those open Parliaments of the collier where, with properly elected representatives and quali- tied chairman, a meeting discusses the advisability or not of *ti!,g the sliding- scale, or the question of proper payment for timbering, or as to wheth er tho vein of coal for wi'i t-i" p,t i' is not in reality another vein. The secret societies have nothing to do with those things, and the care with which they shroud their proceedings lead one to believe that the principal aim is to bring about a rupture between capital and labour for personal benefit. To all this sort of thing, we are assured by the samo authority, the great mass of the colliers of South Wales and Monmouthshire are strongly opposed, but he would have this opposition shown by earnest and thoughtful action in exposing and correcting, rather than they should look on patiently for the bomb to ex- plode Let them advocate free discussion in open air or hall, but denounce all secret conclaves. There was a time, we are reminded, when the man who tampered with his lamp or offended against several of the local or Imperial clauses of legislative enactment was screened by his fellow-worker, who shrank from being a spy or from being called a sneak. But when lifo was imperilled by such concealment reticence was decided to bfvari injustice to the others. uvl for a long time the great body of the colliers ,ve been active in looking after and helping to punish those who break the laws. Similarly, in a mora! way, their course now is quite as clear—advocate the freest discussion, but tole- rate U8 secret bands of plotters of mischief.

THE ITALIAN CRISIS AND CARDIFF. ITS EFFECT ON THE COAL TRADE, THE FAILURE OF A GENOA HOUSE. The etfeot of the Italian crisis upon the trade of Uarditf has, no doubt, heen somewhat serious, but tbe pœition here ha» boen much exaggerated by correspondents of provincial newspapers so far away from the scene of action that reliance can be placed upon their alleged facts and figures. As far as we can ascertain, a syndicate composed of local colliery-owners recently withdrew from the Italian banks a large sum of accumulated money received from Italian companies, and the exchaJlge at the tinw having considerably hardened," 3, loss w., of eoure sustained in the oonver,ion. The Genoa firm of the failure of which we gave definite information 011 Saturday is an old house, and ha.s carried on a terge business for many yors. Whether this failure was due to 'he cl !.usines8 at the Italian bank reported recently we are not in a position to state, but we learn on good authority that the assets of the Genoa firm are considerable, and that it is very pro- bable a good dividend will be paid. The effect of this failure on Cardiff will not, we under- stand, bo very heavy, but probably we have not yet felt the full shook of the ra-isis in Italy. It may be re-assuring to know that the long-period oontracts with Italian merchants are not of recent origin, the system having ( itd for many years. Of the steamers chartered for coal cargoes to Italian ports, only a few have been cancelled, so that up to the present there has not been a serious dislocation of local trade with Italy.

IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. AN ANTIDOTE TO MORPHINE POISONING. A Dalziel's New York tclem says A chemist here has discovered an antidote for morphine poisoning in permanganate of potassium. A nnmbor of testg madewith the antidote hare proved its efficaoy beyond doubt.

I LABOUR AND CAPITAL. GRANTS TO A MASTERS' I ASSOCIATION. A neuter's Pittsburg telegram oi Saturday says :-The Window Glass Workers' Associa- tion here has granted the applioation from the Chambers Glaas Cempany for the loan of 50,000dols. This is, perhaps, the first case in which organised labour has been called upon to lend money to capital. It is probable that loans will be made to other manufacturers, as they have applied for money.

MINERS AND FRIENDLY I som ETIES. 1 I EXCLUDED FROM THE HEARTS I OF OAK. A speciallMeting of the board úf delegates *f the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society was held in London on Saturday, Mr. D. J. Whibley pre- siding. It was decided by 157 to 22 that miners should not be admitted as members in future. This decision does not affect the 5,000 miners who have joined the society during the past five years. The dele.e took this step in con- sideration of the actuarial report.

STREET PREACHING IN CORK. SERIOUS DISTURBANCES. Street preaching was resumed in the streets of Cork on Sunday. The preachers took np their position ontside the Free Church, where they were attacked by a crowd of some thousands of persons, who were dispersed by a force of police. The two clergymen bad mtid thrown in their faces. Another preacher who became separated from his companions was assaulted, and WM saved from the crowd by a local Homan Catholic clergyman, and afterwards proceeded home guarded by mounted pohosmu.

DEATH OF MR. WALKEY. We very much regret to record the fatal œrmio¡ nation on Saturday afternoon of the illness from which for so long a time Mr. Oliver Walkey, of Messrs. Walkey, Thomas, and Co. (Limited), Cardiff, has been suffering, and to counteract the effects of which Mr. Walkey went to Bournemouth. The melnncholy event occurred at ten minutes past four in the afternoon. Mr. Walkey became unconscious in the morning and was unable to recognise his daughter, bnt passed away without pain. He had been in Bourne- mouth several weeks, but only confined to hi. bed for the past fortnight. The complicated and serious nature of his ailments gave no hope of recovery. It has been arranged that the funeral shall talte place at Bournemouth too morrsw (Tuesday). BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. Mr. Oliver Walkey was born m ai Chumleigh, ?orth Devon, and wa.?. therefore, 56 years of ?. Hi* ,L,ly day, ,p,,?,t in the picturesque, but Uttte ?? '?'? village of Hart-land, where ho served his apprentice- shili to the grocery business. This was a happy period in Mr. Walkey s life, and when surrouuded by his friends he never tired of relating experiences of his earlier career. tie married a Miss Bailey, of Bideford, and came to Cardiff about 35 years ago, entering the servioe of Mr. Hibhc-rt, who Wail then in the grocery trade. Five or six years Jater he wwt to Bristol, where he wa* engaged in the puptr trade by Messrs. Knsor ajid Co., of that oity. After being about ten years with the same fir. he entered the service of Me88rs. R"bin- ,,Brz;tol tm travell, for the 8omh W,,I. district, a 1-itio.? which he held ?itl? ,?mlit to hlm?elf and advantage to his em- ployers until 1878, when, in conjunction with the late Mr. Edmund Thomas, he entered into partnership with Messrs. Daniel Owen in the printing, lithographic, and paper business. Two years later the firm, of Walkey, Thonuw, and Co. was formed for the purpose of taking over that business. Mr. Walkey and Mr. Thomas became mauaging directors, and through their fombiueti exertions the firm ■ ■ •■in i' rame the largest of the kind in South Wales and the West of England, and proved very remunerative to the 8hareholders, On the (leatli of Mr. Thomas, four or five years ago, the responsibility of the entire manage- ment fell upon the shoulders of Mr. Walkey. The practical kllowled of the printing and paper trade whioh he obtained in Bristol was of th" greatest advantage to him, and his ex- perience as a traveller in South Wales for 80 many years enabled him to get an insight into the inner life of the Welsh people, which, aided by his splendid bUBine6il aptitude, made him a successful oommeroial man. I,onl( resi- dence in the Principality also gavo him oppor- tunities, which he did not fail to make the most of, for studying the national characteris- tics, and to those of his friend3 who wore unaware of his Devonian origin he was looked upon and spoken of as a typical Welshman. His home life was a singularly happy one, he being a kind and indulgent parent, and he was never h.ppi?, tb.1 ?-h.? I was able ii hi, busy Ih:pre:u'hfel :æ\dffi at Tenarth. Fond of sport, riding and driving being his greatest pleasure, he generally had :1 good horse or two, and was lonk",1 upon as a fair judge of horseflesh. He was much attached to the WealayMi denomination, being a etrong supporter of that body for years. In politics he was a Conservative, but he took no active part in municipal or party questions, and, consequently, did not oome before the publio, except in hu b..in- capacity. His genial dia"iti- and ?nltu,iv(? manner :I 1:onnurahl¡Or::t ::r"J::f: I and we think we can state with truth that he had not a single enemy. He had been in the habit, of visiting Cheltenham, where, as in South Wales and the West of England, he had many friends, who throughout his illness (:hbihd the great<wt oonoern as to his hllI.I.d Îor progression towards recovery. Mr. Walkey vas a director of the Cardiff Quinine Bitters Company, the ill-fated Match Manu- facturing Company, and a local building society. He was a shareholder in several other industrial undertakings, nearly all of which are successful. He leaves a, widow, one son (who is in the business), and five grown-up daughters.

FUNERAL OF MR. WILLIAM EVANS, LLANELLY. Simplicity itself marked the funeral of the late Mr. William Ernns, Llanelly, which took place on Saturday morning. The deceased gentloIDa.n was a ha.ter of ostentation in all its forms, and it was in consonance with his wishes that the last sad rites attending his burial should be plain and simple. Tho remains were enclosed in a shell, and placsd in a plain coffin, bearing the inscription Wiilujk EVABS, Died Jui. 17th, 1894. Aged 60 years." The interment took place at the Llanelly Cemetery, the funeral being private, those pre- sent including the immediate relatives and some of the officials of the firm of Nevill, Druce, and Co. Eight of the oldest workmen acted as bearers.

THE AMERICAN MAIL SERVICE. MR. JOHN MORLEY, M.P.. RECEIVES A DEPUTATION. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Morley, Chief Secretary for Ireland, received at the Castle, Dublin, a deputation on the subject of accele- rating the American mail service between Queenstown and London. The deputation con- sisted of representatives of pnblic bedies in Cork, Dublin, Belfast, Limerick, Waterferd, Dundftlk, and other towns. The deputation explained that they were anxious to increase the advantages of the Queenstown route by the transmission of American mails by saving two hours in the journey between Dublin and Lon- don. A saving of the two hours could be effected by shortening the sea journey from Dublin to .Iyhe,,d and accelerating the nilwav journey ?b London. With suitable reseets the former 1.??r.ey Id be p,,rf.-ad in two hours and a hOif':dhl:I;rf=c1 rfo iuv: I b. and a half. The deputation wanted the Government to isons specifications for a new contract embodying these improvements. Mr. Morley, in replying, expreesed entire concur- rence with the views of the deputation. Hehad? authority for ?.yin that the Postma.ter- General had no special preference for the South- ampton route. He would see Mr. Arnold Moriey on the subject, and it would not be his fault if the views of the deputation were not carried out ae licon as possible.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. I REPRESENTATION OF BOSTON. Lord Willonghby, M.P., having reigned the Conservative candidature of Boston in order to contest the Horn j&etle division, a deputation from the committee of the party on Saturday waited npon Mr. W. Garfit, J.P., D.L., banker, of Boston, who consented to become the candi- date. An early meeting wil) be called to confirm this choice. Mr. Givrfit is very popular in the borough.

FEVER ON A WARSHIP. A Central News telegram from Halifax on ?;at?,d1 gays According to a dispatch ?hi,'?? 1. 'bed here, typhoid fever of a "irwent kind ba b"f>n out on board t?: Briti3h crul"? C. which is now at Ber- ..d.. Thity..ie of the re? un V- I ttricken down with the diaeaoe.

THE ARDLAMONT MYSTERY. MONSON'S EFFIGY AT MADAME TUSSAUD'S. On making inquiry at Madame Tuspaud s exhibition on Saturday, a representative of Lloyd's was informed that nothing resembling the difficulty over the figure of Mr. Monson had ever before happened during the ninety and odd years in which the exhibition has been open m London The proprietors were ence asked to remove the model of Mrs. Maybrick, but when its position-in the second Napoleon room—was shown tho request was withdrawn. The like. ness of Mr. Monson, modelled by Mr. John Tuasaud, is aid, by those who know to be tevy good, and the suit of clothes is one oace worn by Mr. Monson.

FRIGHTENED TO DEATH. An extraordinary story was told to the Crew- kerue coroner on Thnr?ay in the course of an inqnestoi the body of NtiMbeth Bishop, aged sevente!1, the daughter of a local farmer. Or Sunday izht she screamed and Mud she wt frightened, and becoming ill Dr. Worth was Bcnt for. He found her groaning and suffering from hvsteria, with her eyes tightly closed. The doctor stated that about a month ago the sailing .hip Ohvc Branch was lost, the brother of the (rirl't mMtpr at Lymc re1'f1t(i"p:;1¿ Dcc?..d heard ?d deJ about it, Md on one occssionwhen she was leit ?lonem the hou? she saw the shadow of a man on the blind. hc took it to be the ghost of the captain of the Olive Branch. That frightened her so much that her master and mistress could not get her ont of th,? room for a long time. Since then she ?c?tim? at night said that she .aw the ghost of her cousin. She dird in a fainting fit, caused by excessive fright, The jury returned a verdict to that effect.

I HORRIBLE DEATH OF A WOMAN. WOMAN. A DaUiel's telegram from Paris says: A Yonn? Rn?iM lady named Marie Kcch, wd ninety, who lived in the Rue joussry, died on fridar nicht in the BeMJO" Hospital from the ?. of severe burns. Returning home from her íabt5ef: I\ ':lr:i, :f ? ?1 b?tf in..? ??'?? stote and Mt .?!eep from fuMgae. Suddenly ?k?w??..i by intense p?n and a ^fimg ?n?tion. Her dotbes were on fire and the H.mM were Mp!d)T ompewe™■ hm.but .he m&nwd to make Lcr way to the kitchei where tho )?.n«? were ?mnRWS:'e't. As qickl y as possible she was removed to the hospi? wh? in spite of e,ery ttetion, her injuries proved fttJ.

I THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. I THE FUTURE OF MATABELE- LAND. IMPORTANT SPEECH BY MR. RHODES. A Renter's telegram from Cape Town, dated: January 3, says Tho natives of Matabeleland now show snbmisMveness, and are willing to work. Nearly 300 men are scattered in all directions from Buluwayo prospecting, and the police have been established at five stations whence the couutry is kept under strict sur- veillance. Tho Chartered Company have given the men rcmaining in Matabeleland for the pur- pose of prospecting free ratiozis and pack donkeys. All the large military kraals and strong- holds have been destroyed. There are no cases of sickness in linluwayo. All the men with Major Forbes' patrol on the Shangani are well. Mr Kliodes, addressing the volunteers at Buluwayo, re-oalled the event8 of the campaign, and con. eluded as follows You have been able with 800 men and the co-action of the Bechuanaland Polioo to conquer Matabeleland, a work for which a great military authority would require 10,000 men. A certain section in England vilify us in a manner calculated to alienate th most loyal Colonists. It was by the manifestation of the same spirit tha England lost America. Thanks are due to the Bechuanaland Police who remain in the country. Thoutrh they shared not in the chief battles, they diverted a large Matabele force from us at tho Shangani River and Mbembsi fighta. Thanks are also duo to the Capo Mounted Rifles, who volunteered to a man. One pleasing thing to remember is that the Colonists Rnd tho Imperial Police have estab- lished the extension of the British Empire by their owr. unaided efforts. The time has arr¡'-eJ4lto disperse and select your ground. I hurry to Cape Town to discuss the settlement with the High Commissioner. There will pro- bably be reserves for the natives, and the remainder will be public land. You will be the first entitled to select land and deal therewith, after provision has been made for the natives- We will, however, deal with your land grants without los, of time. It is your right, for you have conquered the country. We have oppo- nents who talk a deal of nonsense about the land question. It is ridiculous to suppose that you left your employments with the risk of being shot for the value of a farm worth, say, £40. The reason was that property in Mashonaland was worthless unless the Matabele were crushed. Faced with that alternative, the company did what you know in self-defence, with the sanction of tho High Commissioner and the sympathy of the British public. But, remember, all these arrangements with regard to the settlement aro subject to the approval of the High Commissioner. I read in the newspapers of what Mr. Rhodes has not done, and 1 must tell you I regret, standing in what I call stolen olothes. Everything done in regard to your campaign has been done by Dr. Jameson and yourselves, with the co-opera- tion of the Bechnanaland Bonier Police. The future will have many obligations, but there is one thing that presses the most" and it is that I must use my brains in getting fresh capital here for railways and public works, to found a State south of the Zambezi which, I hope, will be one of the largest and, at the same time, one of the richest in South Africa." WOUNDED PRISONERS ORDERED TO BE SHOT. SENSATIONAL STORY. The following appears in the Pall Mall Gazette of Saturday Wo have to-day received the following dispatoh, which we give under all reserve, and which, we trust, will prove to be without foundation" Johannesburg, Friday Night. It is regretted that Captain Lendy is dead, and that Dr. Jameson is ill, but no confirmation of the report has been received. Considerable feelin has been aroused over the statement made by Captain Francis, of Raaff's Hangers, in an interview with the Press newspaper, to tho effect that he had received orders to take no prisoners; that he saw wounded men shot by the Be,bu.na police, and that he himself b.t two prisoners and bis m??n fonr. An absolute :iafiSi atd IINihet!nt¿.ne:u far as the ch?ting of prisoners by his own hand is conoerned. A Iteuter's Pretoria telegram on Sunday says :-Tho Transvaal Government bm de- manded explanations from Chief Commander Pretorins regarding the compromising allega- tions communicated to tho press respecting the manner in which the Matabelo campaign has been conducted. STRONG FEELING AT THE CAPE. A Dalziel's telegram on baturday from tape Town saysA letter has been rMeived here from Commander Pretorins stating that when the inside workings of the Matabele Campaign are shown up in the British Parliament it will become evident that it was not the Matabele who desired war. A handful of men would never have been allowed to pursue the King, but for his order. given to avoid the Bhodding of blood. The white people in Cape Colony, adds Commander Protorius, and the Chartered Company will be obliged by public opinion in England to restore to the Matabele the rights which they have been unjustly deprived of. DISCOVERY OF OLD GOLD WORKINGS' A Keuter e tetegram trom btilawayo, aateu January 14, says:—Lobeugula, with a few fol- lowers, remains entrenched in the fly country, close to tho Zambesi. Dr. Jameson is com- municating with him through native runners. All is quiet elsewhere. All the Matabele chiefs near the scene of the slaughter of the late Captain Wilson's party havo submitted. The 1,?ggi?g-out of ni.in, i -ceed?' g :1;.g'N;fdcl;lds ':rkf:e bcûn discovered. The camp here is healthy. There is no fever, and little horse sickness.

THE HAWAIIAN QUESTION.! FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE. A Reuter's telegram from Washington on Sunday says President Cleveland has sent a brief message to Congress together with the litest correspondence on Hawaii. The docu nents are unimportant, except in regard to the letters which have passed between Mr. Willis and President Dole, which show the impertinent manner in which the latter referred to President Clevelaid. Durintr the reading of the correspon- dence the members of Congrees manifested a feeling favourable to President Dole, and showed every evidence of opposition to further interference on the part of the United States.

DOUBLE MURDER IN IRELAND. A double murder was committed at Coolmanne, two miles from Haeketstown County Carlow, on Sunday morning. The victims were Anne Doyle, the aunt, and William Doyle, the young eon of Dennis Doyle, a farmer. In both cases terrible injuries had been done to the head by gun-shots. Dennis Doyle has been arrested and conveyed to the lunatio asyluuv He states the murders were committed by threo men, who escaped.

ESPIONAGE IN GERMANY. A Reuter's telegram from Berlin on Saturday I says The Ta<?eblatt publishes a telegram from Koenigeberg, in East Prussia, stating that a charge of espionage has been brought against a Russian teacher of languages there named Ber- kowitz, and that a magisterial investigation has eon opened.

FRIENDLY ADVICE. MR. Lewkllkn WOOD: It is all very well admiring yourself with that, Madam, but there is Hull carrying off what should be yours if you had an import dock.

CARDIFF AS A TIMBERING I PORT. RANKS SECOND IN THE KING- I DOM. RETURNS FOR 1893. The returns of the timbering ports for 1893 have jurit betn issued by the Customs autho- rities, and those show that Cardiff during the yoar has risen to second place among the ports of the country. This is a proud posi- tion, but it is partly owing to the strike in the North during 1893, which slackened the demand for timber from various ports. The totals for the year are w followLondon, 1,298,526 loads; Cardiff, 638,139; Liverpool, 590,607; Hull, 503,030; and West Hartle- pool, 389,926. The other Bristol Channel ports Inviides Cardiff rank as follows: -New- port, 183,533; GIoucmwkt, 131,830; Swansea, 127,341: and Bristol, 100,830. Tho total for tit., whole of the kingdom is 6,890,643. The.se figures show a diminution aa compared with the previous year, when the tif(UNJ8 were 7,560,148. Most ports have fallen off, but Cardiff lees in proportion than almost any other. The greatest falling off is in Liverpool, which in 1892 totalled 794,606, and in 1893 590.607. The diminution at Cardiff during the year has been very slight, but the, month of the coal strike had ita effect both on. sawn goods and hewn wood. Cardiff is apparently taking its proper position in the country, and we hope that the advance it has made in gntting in front of Liverpool may be tho samo during 1894. It is improbable that we shall reach the nlWMTlOUR import of London, which is the great market of the world, but Cardiff is rapidly diminishing the difference. The rapid strides made by the port of Cardiff can be Msn at IL glance by comparing the 1m. port of the year 1885 with that of 1893. In the year 1885 the figures were London, 1,411.370 loads; Liverpool, 600,810; Hull, 457,166; Car- diff, 372.876; Hartlepool, 282,313 Grimsby, 276.285 Newport. 190,752; Gloucester, 132,116; Bristol, 130,519; Newcastle, 128,305; Swansea, 89,824. The total import into all the ports of the kingdom for the year 1885 amounted to 6,147,979 loads.

WELSH IN WELSH SCHOOLS. Lord Stanley of AJd;Ie has given notice that on M early day he will ask the Lord President what percentage of Welsh schools have taken up with Welsh as a. class subject; in how many schools that have earned the excellent" merit grant has Welsh been taught; and the per- centage of failures among Welsh pupil-teachers in English composition.

WALES DAY BY DAY. The Dean of Baugor is ixMivaleaoeot, aftw a severe attack of influenza. "Watcyn Wvn" says that if it not for the oorridors and the waiting-room* in oor denominational colleges Welsh would find no room within their walls. Principal T. C. Edwards is at present the guest of tl", of A"í{k>kY at Trebortli, and has been there for 1I<enJ day. Dr. Edwards returns to Bala to-day (MonJ). and the college work will be resumed. Gower is a placoe where people die reluc- tantly. One old lady was in lwr ninety- r.iir.h yew when she passed away, and male inmate of the Pemnaen Workhouse has reached and passed his ninety-fifth year. It has been pointed out that the small-poi outbreaks ooour in alphabetical order. Alier- avon was first attacked, then Bristol, thea Caerphilly. Is Dowlais next, then Ebbw Vale, afterwards Ferndale, and Gilfach to follow ? A significant sign of the times is furnkhed by the fact that during the last fortnight 110 fewer than 41 tramps have applied for sfhelter at the I'enmaen Workhouse, Gower. A, the workhou.se is about a dozen miles from the nearest point of civilisation, the large number finding their way down is all the more re- markable. Eglwysbach," tie Weslcyan missionary ill. the Rhondda Valley, is alarmed. He says: — "• If we do not soon get reform in Glamorgan- shire the spirit of the world and the sen.mal practices of the mixed population will swamp the churches. It is said that 400.000 perstm* in this county are outside the Kingdom .n Christ-nearlv as many as the entire popula- tion of North W all' Canon Farrar has an article in the Febmaeo number of the "Young Man. The artio'le is accompanied by good portrait of the divine, who is represented standing in II is. study engaged in writing. We beheld Morien" intently inspecting an object "on the desk, and then he cried out, in ilÍhe Rhondda fashion. "Hoi, see; hore; Canon- Farrar's ink-stand is ono of the old Hiil- Horns of the Cambrian ohieftaine! On aininatiou we found that, as usual, Mwkh was right. Talk about Welsh! The "Daily Telegttjph" said that Lord Kelvin on the previous day delivered a lecture on the HomogertK>iit Partition of Spaoe." From the report his, lordship showed, by skilful diviEions 0{ *f4iom- boidal and parallelopipedal bodies, how frherei was but one form of inclosing oell which 'must- hold the molecules. That form is the Itetra- kaidekahedronial, or fourteen sided igure. Good gracious, how long it takes some geoplei to find out things! We knew this yean ago, only we never told anybody beoaugc wa, couldn't spell it! j It appears that Lord Justice Brocej whoi is now on circuit in North Wales, is jiartial'; \0 walking amI mountain-climbing, omd, siioe) there are no cases for him to try at the V ariouaj sittings, he finds ample time to follow II;" in-, clination. The other day Jndge Brucq, with. his wife, daughter, and son, Mceftdcd C"ri ldris, and thoroughly enjoyed the eJ ercwe., Little wonder the North Wales circuitu is œ coming more popular than ever amOll i\ her Majesty's representatives d the law. It s all play and no work for all Montgomeryshire, Merioneth, and Carnarvonshire only 111 a.naged to scrape up one prisoner. Arrah, sorr," said a Dowlais Iriehtvoman, M she held up a dirty, ragged little uiohin to the curious gaze of a policeman, "arralh, sow, what'11 I do wid this poor child I'd'nV; knoe. Shure, it's breaking me heart to see li im, W it is. His fatlu-r au' motoor have bin ,dhrillO:- in' like blazes all the week, and to^ay. bo me sowl! there's not a mouthful av tommy nor a mouthful a.v me in the house-tliere s not, indade, sorr. Faith, sorr, ye must take up the two divils, eo's the poor chittl wou'b stharve." The polioeman thought it out, ai'.d't came to the conclusion that it would He easier' to interpret an Assyrian hieroglyph than tol describe the process by which the loeJoBff-up. of his parents would ensure the comfort of tha child. The Radical pote in the Vale of GlinAoa has not secured the reward which his Brilliant verses deserved. He wrote a war song (for tlI4 supporters of Alderman John in the laat county council bye-election — Ye noble electors, be firm now and brafle; Thrice cursed lie each one who will acto as a To Tory proud squirelings and their kjndr«f folk, Who would press you tyranny s Vote, vote, all true men, for JoImr You'll then enrol him-noble .oul" Triumphantly head of the poll Then John to the council ye wise 0011li will 6ønd, He there to the many will prove a true friend. And Bassett thus teach to return to his bwmdty To tend upon Tories and hounds. Vote, vote, all true men, for John, then enrol him—noble soul, Triumphantly head of the poU. As it happened, Alderman John, "noblo øoul," thd was not enrouea trlUW¡roülW. H poll." Christmas Evans, the great pulpit orator of long ago, was a man of varied attainments. He could be mee-k and lowly, and ht oould. put roystercrs quiet in their own way.' Ont!' dav a fellow, with more ale than nranners,. came into a room where Christmas 'I- fflttiii^j and said, "So you are Ch?i?Um B'?c"? "Yes," was the reply. "Well," added tJie. beery one, "your Bible says thai, I ad amiNl. thee on the cheek," suiting the acboti to the. word, "and that thou art to turn tfcv othee cheek for another smite." Christmas quietly turned tie other cheek, and had slap numbed two. Then Christmas arose, and, his co-it, remarked, "You should have rA htrth?r. my m?. The Bible ?? ? '.h?, with wha.tM?vef measure thou measnj-ert h ?odMr shall be m?umi out to you ? many-) fold," and he went in M?titio?Hy W" »( one, two, three, and t)? pamed and <tecked j and cleverly got tho head of the <Jr tB? ohanoery, and didn't let go till the tct amounted to a thorough drubbing. We have heard a good deal of ,h, lack oe orchestration in Wales, and much of it is tru«.| He is a bit of the other side.— Mrt W. R; Whitehouse, of the St. Jamev's-hall Concerted and professor of the violoncello at ttje JWysi, Academy of Music, is justly regarded as on«j of the finest stringed instrument players in( the country, and his opinion on matter! ordiN". tral is valuable. He saw Mr. Harry Tivany A.R.C.O., conduct the orchestra at Mr. A. I. Silver's concert at Merthyr the other iilwhti and, without waiting to be introduced « hi he said, Young man, I feel honoured ^.meet- ing you. There are very few men w? a? oonduct an orchestra—very few—and ?o?) ? cue of them. I am simply aatoo?bed at 'he; ease and gracefulness with which yda 1-1 duoted the band to-night. But your oaedue* ing had a merit beyond that of mere graceful-, new-yoii had grasped the true spiro. <4 Beethoven and of Hummel, and displa¡y$l th4 rare ability to communicate that idea i. thos< von led. It was marvellous, young ir: Talking of the recent meeting of t-W> >Vruttt Wales Institute of Engineers, it is a remark- able) fact that there are only seven en now living who were members in tlie* yewt 1857, when the institute was founded, vis./ Mr. David Thomas, Cringallt, Neatll; Mr. James Brogden, Isooed, Carmarthaishire.5 Mr.' Hort Huxhani, Swansea: Mr. Phinesw Samea, Abercarn House, Monmouthshire; Mr. Bobortl Jordan, Newport, Mon. (late of Kbbw Valelv Mr. Riohard lJediington, Aberdare; alwi Mr. Matthew Truran, Bedlinog Hall, Jlerthya Tydfil. Of tlie eutire oounoil—twelve) in number —there remain only four, viz., Messrs. Truran, Bedliugtoo, and Huxham, and the veteran Mr. Rees H. Rbys, of Aberdare. Tfce prwi- dent, vioo-presidents (six), treasurer, and hon. secretaries have all gone over to the .majority. Now that the Afon Yal'.<-y is attracting '0 much notioe, it may be added that a valualxa paper read before this institute oil the mineral* of this rioh valley was contribute^, by the first-named iig engineer, Mr.) Davwl Thomas, of Neath.