The Western Mail

SUMMARY OF NEWS. On evening » crowded meptng was held at Cardigan Conservative Club for tUti pu,i,o" (J considering the candidature of M,. ittr?,t)td, of Fakondale, for the ooumy ])( Cwd-g""1 at tile "f,xt KvlK>|al election. A Labour demonstration look place at Ll.ifc'ly S--mi«kv. uuder the ."u'ice" of ?Jt 'T?d es Tn'i?ts' ?tt. ?''?!?d?, Ir.. Mr. D. Raudd!, M I\, and Lh,?r. de- addresses. On Saturday FevN,il meetings ?me h?ld at C.rlitf uuder t h" aU'l'l" of the Mon- mouthshire Hud ,)uth \V:i!k Coalowners' 'V^ociition, when qevral mtters affecting the I10iI trade were dealt with. A IIwet ;n of the board of r.ianngHncnt of the Miners' Provident. Society wa's i?M at L ,m,?LLI 00 Sattirddv when the ecretary' report was m.d. sUywing t total quarterly i»ntrihutn>n from mrmbel's ot about *il2,U00. A conference was held at the Liberal C lull, (,ileslr. on Saturday to discuss a scheme recently issued by the Matichv.;t*r and Liver- jiool Uyniru Jbydd Societies for the federation of existing Cyiuru l'ydd societies and the establishment of new branches. Tne Rev. T. Evans, Henllvs, Llandovery; Mr. J. A. Jones, surgeon. Llanclly; lr. /Henry Witkins, L'anclly: and Mr. Thomas Hughes. Llitneily, have been ,<>ided to the Car- marthen bench 01 magistrates. On Friday morning a horse and cart, be- .ougmg t. )11', Thomas Richards, of Hendre- ieen, Llatiharran, were run into on the Great Western Hallway midway between Pencoed „nd Lhntrisant, by un up passenger train, ad were dashed to pieces, the horse being jrried tor a distance of about lift) vards. A Buenos Avres telegram, dated Saturday, states the Salta judge hus succeeded in raising another ohta('e tn the progress of th extra- d:Ü'D proceedings in abez Ba]£our's case. He declares he must be furnishKl with (lftic¡l information of the English law relating to the Statute of Limitations and to penalties as far as these bear on the charges against the uziu\"e. A tslegram from Warsaw states that the police on Friday discovered a secret punt- ing office, which hii- bean used by the students for the preparation of manifestoes. A telegram from Tangier on Saturday says the fact that) Abdul Azin had been tot mally proclaimed Suhaa at Fez, amid general rejoicings there, was made generally known at Tangier on Frithy night. Large .18 soon gathered in the streets, and ".inch enthusiasm was s hown, the name of kwul Aziz beinly continually cheered. A telegram from Rome on Saturday .ys as Sigoor Crispi was driving io the Chamber in the afternoon a young nun fre,,1 a, shot from a revolver OIl the Premier' s carriage. Signor Crispi Wit, not struck, aud, jumping out of the carriage, seiied his assailant, who was handelover to the police. A Central News telegram from Hamburg states it is rumoured that thres cases of Asiatic cholera, occurred there on Saturday. At Hong Kong on Friday 51 deaths occurred from the plague, including tliat of a British soldier. A Copenhagen telegram states that the Danish steamer Castor, from St. Petersburg for the Black Sea, collided with the German steamer Li.bon. The executive committee of the Neath Dis- trict of the National Union of Teachers met at Seath Oil Saturday. Nominations were re- ceived for election to six seats allotted to litad- edch\<rs in the South Wales University Col. lege. At a meeting l of the erthyr Board of Guardians on Saturdav èi. resolution wu-s jussed in favour of an Nlteratioll of the law '0 a to prohibit wholesale beer dealers from sending -iut CMkM after eleven o'clock on Saturday mgnts and on Sundays. A telegram of Saturday savs the American racing yacht Vigilant arrived :.n Gourock Bay from New York that a't'\1'- noou. afttr it fine passage of fifteen days ume hours. On Saturday a young woman, uam-vi Emilv Oulliford, ni Penartli, WBS ne8td Oil ■. charge, of murdering the male child whose t-ody was found recently near C"gllll. The accused was remanded until Thursday. ThJ cam iu which the will of the late Mime. Trebelli is in dispute was resumed in thA Court of Proteo on Saturday. The further hearing was adjourned until to-morrow (Tuesdiyl. The eleven men who were tried and sen- tenced ,hy the late L.j'd Coleridge) for riot- at Pontvinister Works 011 Christmas Day "i!! be liberated to-day (Monday) from Csk Prison, where thev hav, served the rwinced terms of four months' incarceration. At Pontvpool on Saturday throe colliers vere committed to the quarter sess ions oil a dlargil nj sheep-stealing. At Merthyr Police-court on Saturday Knoch Hairis was tiued .£5 and costs for assaulting and also with intimidating Richard Lewis Williams during the Plymouth Works strike. At Po ntypoo I on Saturday Saul, Solomon was fined ZCK j;o;!I1,?v Dora Solomon and Leonard Newman ?,,e bned 10s. ea.cii for aiding anrI abetling. "I"iestmin,<ter" contributes lu* "N ol8 of jJ1', Week" in another column. In London on Baturda v the demand for money was almost nil. and short loans were quoted nominally at per cent. Discount was also easy at j per cent. for three months' paper, u ith litile or no business doing, 'the attendance oi dealers un th Stock Exchange: "ii' very limited, partly duo) to the tine, bright weather. Loyally, tJl6 markets were if It fairly active character. Rail, it i true, were quiet for the mOllle ut. and blljness in JMlnaJ'ies was confined to a couple of trans- actions m RhonMa ,nd Swansea Bays at8j.

AN EXCITING VOYAGE. COLLISION WITH AN ICEBERG. NARROW iiSGAPE OF AN ANCHOR LINER. The Anchor liner Ethiopia arrived in the H^ uh hIli New York ou Saturday nighT. anj itched Gh(Jw shortly before noon on Rk;: d.iy, with 196 paseoti^ora. During a-^Jense (<v c?n June 6 t?e ve"el collided with an The hlow \Va.> terrific; her bON a6 c.iished, aud it wu fu'st thau^hi 6ha cntuld not ^•e.j afloat. The passengers were much excited, 4 id tlw tirdtrs wore given to lower th boats, but when it was found the Tf¡)6d "¡IS making no wattr, the ordr wu c-ountei- ?.tded..n!dthepa.t)!L ,3 rh,- 4L;i la., :o whilst 8J1 artificial bow was constructed With two of the rn, raving spars btlonifiu; the Aweru-an yacht Vigilant, W}¡¡(I th Edl'p,a" Wa hrinpiiisj over. Ba.gti of tiour »*>:v huJt up inside the hil, near the bw, and, Li- the Hour became saturated, it acti'd like (IJ¡, The cargo ws shifted ait after \wo -tr(nuou< exertion on the part of the: crt-w. a'td the fr»< tu.^etl bow wa> <hun br ■ ,1""0 wate:* mark. The then Wellt "■jjtfd ahead, but, a< no water cauie '11. -pmi an afterwaids incrfased \0 thm;- rea.oÙ;¡¡j( (-ila^ow without furthtr nif.ceMi. Th passengers ^ubiK'j'ibod itvei* £ 50 for dbtJ'ihltion 1mOnt1' th,? ;E5O I

THK TIX-PI, ATE TRADE. I RK-STAilT AT NANTYGLO, I A QUESTION OF TERMS AT I bLAIA, 0" Ralurdav evening a meeting of the ?"iMT:n-ph workers wa.< held at th,? ro!>-(^rs' -\nu JlaÜn, to discus* a pre* TY;t1 from the ihina C'rmpany to mume wg: the terms -el,ttd by the Nantyglo v' this ,k-. «K)noe^ion of fift..? i, b,, t,? giv,;? u,?t.ii O.tobr.-It  de"r\ed °^-er ?'' terms o?'S at A\kbel rnl.pry—;t concts^ion of ten Ftheet for fii we. k.| 4 <]eputation w# "pr¡inted .?d aitcd .11 Ih inanapeuKMit, who refued to utmaiu -he offer, pointing out that nothing » tha i he terms ac<-eptetl at Xantyglo would M??d<:h.dbythc?)npan).-Sohr? JamJ is wmcemed, the matter here (or ? Pr?n'. but the XMtrg!o Work:. will be I'1 Tu?ditY or Wt?n?);tv "ex!. .t:n:i!h'l' deputation wa«;;hn<n,'?wnitup<i? ?? P. 8. Phrilql., in ? VUlt o £ L?N ä '??a them M J?itun?

AFFAIRS IN MOROCCO. I PROCLAMATION OF THE NEW I SULTAN. HIS ACCESSION ACKNOWLEDGED I BY THE POWERS. A Central News telegram from Tangier on Saturday says:—The fact thai Abdul Ariz had formally proclaimed Sultan at Fez, amid general rejoicings there, was made gene- rally known at Taugier on Friday night. Large orowù, .0011 gathered in the streets, and much enthusiasm wa* shown, the name of Abdul Aziz being continually cheered. No serious disorders are IIOW anticipated, and there ia little fear now but that. Abdul Azia will be able to hold his own against all rivals. The new Sultan haa appointed Ismail to be his Khtihf ut Fez. A Reuter's telegram from Tangier says:- The Initial), French, and Spanish Ministers here have been ordered by their respective Governments to acknowledge Alxlul Aziz as Sultan, and to ask permission to pay their .,r-t, to his Majesty a.t Rabat [ AN KX FRKNCH MINISTER SPEAKS. I A fuoutd. telegram from Paris ar8: — M. Ordega, formerly Minister ot Tangier, in an interview with a representative of the "JWI<lir," is reported to have said that Italy had acted in support of Great Britain in the Morocco ql1""t;, He added: "The maintenanoeof the status qua in 1\10rol,(,() i. of Il'Ai importance tlta" the preservation or France does not want to annex Moixxoo, but *he muBt partially rectify her frontiere and definitely assert that. Great Britain, on her part, cer- tainly perseveres in her object of occupying the African littoral of the Strait. of Gibraltar, and wÍil shrink from no means to attain that end. Her protestations will -1, deceive th-o who want to be duped. France mu.t sup. to I- d,,ped. Fm,n, .t ?,.p- her possessions from Muluya to the Gates of 'the K^niu;! 0% these two Gts vermnents \¡IiI nft("t\r'a1'V för the security of their respective territories. Spain knows very well that we hay" 110 wish to take Morocco, but that we desire, at any price, to prevent Great Bri- tain from seising it." The "Petit Journal" nays the intrigues of Great Britain for Mo. rlX". have been so cont inuous that they dis- trust the action of that power.

THE PLAGUE IN HONG KONG. A Hong Kong telegram, received thr0u&,h the .Eastern Telegraph Company on Saturday, reo ports that the deaths from the plague on Friday were 51, including that of a British soldier.

THE PEACE OF EUROPE. GERMAN MILITARY PREPARA. TIONS. A MARVELLOUS PERFECTION OF ORGANISATION. When the Franco*Prussian War was de- clared. it is said that Von Moltke was awa- kened at midnight and told of the fact. He waid coolly to the official who aroused him: "Go to pigeon hole number blank in my uafe and take a paper from it and telegraph M thvre directed to the different troops of the Empir. He then turned over and went to eleep and awoke at the usual hour in the morning. Everyone in Berlin wa* excited about the war, but Von Moitku took hi. morn, 'ing walk, as iwua.1, and a friend who met him said: "General, you seem to be taking it, very easy. Aren't you afraid of the situation? I should thiuk you would be busy." "Ah," replied Von Moltke, "all my work for this time ha, been done long beforehand, and every- thing that be done now h, been done." At the present time the Army has stores at various points, and they aro ready for emer- gency, and every company and every otticer is down in the scheme for every situation that might come up. and the whore works like clockwork. If the Emperor presses the button the Army will do the rest. The improve- ments in Army methods are wonderful, and the Germlill GQvernment is experimenting all the time on powders, balls, aud guns. It keeps it ohemioal experts at work upon the food for the Army, and it has been experi- menting on potatoes and cdrii as meal for hroad, Horse food in quite ü important aa human food, and they have here con- densed food for hoe", They have balls of horse food 00 small that a man can carry "uouh in his pocket to feed a horse for a week, and they are studying the concen- trated essence of food for horses." THT; KAISER AND HIS SOLDIERS. The Emperor William, addressing on Friday, at hit? Palace at Potsdam, 200 soldiers who are .bout to 16u6 for South-West: Africa, &tid — "Soldiers, you mu.t not forget that you be, long to the German Empire. The Emperor wishes you good fortune in the distant land where you have to uphold German honour. You must not forget that the people with whom you may come in contact there, though th oolour of their skin is different from yours, like- wise possess hearts which arB capable of honour- ahle feJjng! These people mv troops must Ireat with moderation." The troops gave three cheers for the Emperor.

MATABELEIJAND. PROGRESS OF THE NEW SETTLEMENT. .Matiilirfel.-uid sJieud.y boarfa a nempamr, l,];it.IJ:el.it¡je/ Mining He- cord." It coraiite of eight pages of foolscap, wrItten with a pell aud copied by means of 11 "graph." The la-ice is sixptuee. The fol- lowing item of news is printed in a late null" her, under Hiie heading "Camp Gossip" "Th" whoh, country wa* thrown open yester- day, and largft numbers of wagons, with partifw of Inen and lumi1il's, wvre wending and drove oft' looking round. During the week several mora ladies-all married, worse luck, say the ba"helors-cIlJ11" into oarnp, and are no loncer, therefore, a novelty. Steps are being taken to start a building 6ooi8t" so to provide funds for members building their own houses on easy terms of re-payment. Some talk is current with reference to starting a Volunteer c??- but it is generally thought to be prema- ture." Tlie priow at the previous a,turda"s sales are given as follows .'—"Whisky, ±)3 a case; I., U4 pr bag; donkeys, £ 4 10s.; oxen, ;c2 S. M" ;c2 10,. iugar, 9d. per lb.; tea, ?1 12s. 6d. per che&t; tobacco, 2?. M. per lb.; flour, £ 2 15>. per bag; loot claims, £ 11 10s.; doors, £ 2 5s.; windows, £ 3 Zo. 6d.; carpenters' tools III much request."

THE NEW ARCTIC EXPEDI- TION. FEARS FOR ITS SAFETY. A Reuters telegram from Philadelphia says: A barque 'iff which has just arrived here, brings the first news from the Arctic re- gions sinoo the departure of the Peary Exi>etU- tion. I.lIIit winter was unusually severe in Greenland. The Esquimaux 11lade frequent trip. up the omwt, but heard nothing of Mr, Peary anu illri eOJUfitUlion,. The captain of the vessel believeg that any endeavour to reach the Pole mis year will result ill the ION of all those who make the attempt.

ANOTHER DEADLY EXPLO- SIVE. SAID TO HAVE BEEN DIS- COVERED IN ROME. A PaUiel's telegram from Paris says:—A report from ROIl1A states that in military fliroles ill that city it is asserted that the officers of the Koval ArfnA Faetory have, after ex- haustive experiments, succeeded in making an eapl'-wne entirely different from any now in use, and more powerful.

PLOTS AGAINST THE CZAR. STUDENTS SURPRISED. SANGUINARY CONFLICT WITH THE POLICE. A llalsiel's teliwme irom Berlin s»vs: — A from Warsaw statw that the police on KiHfiav di«oovered a secret printing office, which has In iwed by the students for the preparation of manifestoes. Hpveral students t\vre nn thø premie :It the time of the visit of the police, and offered a determined resis- tance. Blood was freely spilt, and the st-u- d-t. were uot overcome until three of their number bad been thot. Seven others, in- cluding two ladies, were, arrested. Two of the police were injured during the fray. Iter wounds are not of a serious character. The police believe they have at la«t o;ipturod remaiiiing members of the conspiracy against the t'zar, for whom they have long beeu searching.

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YOUNG WALES PARTY. CONFEDERATING THE "CTMRU FYDD." A BIG PROGRAMME OF WORK. IMPORTANT CONFERENCE AT CHESTER. THE TIME FOR "BLANK SHOT" PASSED. A conference was held at the Liberil Club, Chester, on Saturday to di,;cu" a scbeme recently issued by the Manchester ajid Liver- pool Cymru Fydd Societies for the federation of existing Cyroru Fydd societies and the establishment of new branches. Mr. J. Herbert Lewis, M.P., occupied the ohair, and among those ou the platform were Sir G. Osborne Morgan, lhrt., M.P.,and Messrs. D. Lloyd, (ieorge, M.P., F. Edwards, M.P., D. A. Thomas, M.P., and J. Herbert Hoberts, M.P. There wail a large attendance of delegates. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, .aid that one of their leading objwti was to gill the young men of ?vl" ;??, opportunity of taking practical interest ill the solution of the political and social problem. He lioycd that confprence would be the moal" or leading up to a great national conference for the whole of Wales. (Cheers.) Mr. Thomas Gee ivenbigb) moved a resolu- ti approving f the formation Of cy.- i\dd at:ghjnt:efoona the "Bà:<, m"'t of t,?, Flitical, social, and eduoational int,it? "f Wales, and c.ùJing upon all thcme interested in the success of W l,h natJonal ,.u?e. to as5it in establishing the Jeagne and ..king it, hject? known among Wc?Ish Ñij(!"li: O?Åt" reI'i::n hh'fr i¡ the oo.o!wratioll of South Wales in the move- ment. Mr. D. A. Thoman, M.T., in seconding tlie resolution, said he WI" there chiefly to show th 'ntpathy of .jwum Wale* iu the movement. They wanted pett 3' between North ;:iY s1;1v:lc.bt fie b"tiI was ripe for a movement of that kind. He believed the most useful sphere of action of the league would be in English constituencies rather than in Welsh ones, and it would be of great. assis- tance to them to have the W?l?h party well organised iu F4glith to??. (L.d cheers.) ori::i(f 0. 1;toBt. M. P C;tæ the resolution, and ('Ontiided that every one of the proposals of the society was admirable. The resolution wa., eventually carried unani- mously. Professor M. Jane. moved the appointment of a provisional committea to prepare a draft scheme in conjunction with the South Wale* committee, and that, such soheme should be submitted to a conference for the wnole of Walt-i, to be held at Llaadrindod the day after the Welsh National Convention. The resolution seconded by Ir, J. Her- bert Robert*, M.P., who made a few remarks on the programme of th. Yo,???g Welsh party. °'*M? }I?kUllF;o!rà r1.p ;e;;¡\g it, .id th.y wekomed th, wiety t(\nJiD to foster the pirit of Welsh nationality. The resolution having been agreed to, the provisional oommittep was appointed. A reso- lution was also carried that the menibere of the committee should proceed to organise as many new bronchus Ii. possible. PUBLIC MEETING. At a publio meeting h,ld immediately -It,, rhteIr.;I:: 1ii\I:lo,.t.d. aJ:i(í that the brewers and Church people were or- ganising their foroes, and they must be pre- l1aroo to meet them. There were a good many rubbishy institutions iu Wales, and they wanted the young men of Wales to undertake to clear them out. They had been firing hlank "hot too much, mid must carry out the resolutions passed at that meeting. (Loud cheers.)—Other speakers followe<1, chiefly in Welh,

MR. ELLIS AS WHIP. PRAISE FROM AN OLD PARLIA- MENTARIAN. FAVOURABLE COMPARISON WITH HIS PREDECESSOR. Mr, H. W. Lucy, who writes "From the Crops Benchesv iW tlic, London "Observer, writing in the current i.e in the m,?rse of "u artcle upon NU? Gladstone's appoint- ,t. i,- 1892, MK) d-li,,4 with the \?hip". aa,ys :"When the eine of the f.thers were visited on the children, and Mr, Marjoribanks, withdrawn from a scene of hard labour, went to the House of Lord., another bold ptep wae taken in the direction of eeJ80ting for the post of Chief Whip a youT4 and comparatively untried man. Thi experiment has been amply justified in the oiujg of Mr. Thomas Ellis. There i u. disposition oooaioMlly to compare his majoritig with th?e Mr, Marjoribanla was accustomed io secure through the session of 1892. The comparison is obviously unfair. At that time the Liberal party in the House of Common8, united under the magnetic influence of Mr. Gladstone, voted as one man, amd, siove all, were sustained by the unani- mous and constant support of the Irish mem- bers. The pressure uf the Home Rule Bill being withdrawn, the Irish party has broken to pieces, and even the larger section, still taithful to M ¡nistPr, are not constrained by national considerations to be in their places frotIl day to day. Beyond this J8 the loosened bond of discipline in the Conservative ranks following 111 the i<fttiremenfc of Mr. Gladstone. In such circum- stances Lid Tweedmouth would be the first to admit that the majorities secured by Mr, Ellis and his staff compare favourably with th >se Mr. Marjoribanks used to muster in the Home Ruh, Session.

THE DANUBE DISASTER. ONE OF THE RESCUERS j HONOURED AT CARDIFF. Oil Saturday mommy, at the Bute Docks, Exchange, Cardiff. the mayor (Councillor Trounce) presented the Koyal Humane Society's bronze med1 and certificate to Mr, Pc&rce Egan, ¡¡r(;Il!¡¡, of the steamship Har- lanua, for bravery in saving life at Braila, ru the Panube, on the oOth of April last.

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. AN EYE-WITNESS STILL ALIVE. The "Novoe Vivniyu vouches for the fact that there ie *t pr<sfj)t tiv.n? )U 8Mntov ? nv-ai who ?", -tu., an eye-witness f the chief events of the French Revolution. This won- derful person is a Frenchiiian by birth, named Nicolai Savin. He ie a. contemporary of Louis XV., having been born at Paris on April 17, 1763. Savin, who is reputed to bo the oldest inhabitant of Russia, is still iu compara- tively robust health.

CLASSICS AT CAMBRIDGE, I The Cambridge Classical Tripee List was issued on Saturday. The successful students in Part 1. of First Class, Division I., Barret,t (Trinitv), Moore (Trinity), and Daim (Trinityi, There are no women in either hret or second division of Part I.. but two are in the third diviaiCB.

I REPRESENTATION OF I CARDIGANSHIRE. MEETING OF THE CONSERVATIVE I PARTY. I ADOPTION OF MR. HARFORD, OF I FALCONDALE. I TO FIGHT AS A TORY AND NOT I A UNIONIST. On Friday evening a crowded meeting was held at the Cardigan Consrvative Olub for the purpose of considering the oandidature of Mr. J. 0. Harfo'rl, of Falcondale, for the county of Cardigan at the next general election.—The chair was taien by Mr. T. H. Brenohley, of Glaneirw, who proposed a reeolution approv- ing of Mr. Harford as the Unionist candi- date.—Mnjor-general Jenkins (Penrallt, Aber- porth) aeconded the resolution, which gave rise to an animated discussion, the consensu* of opinion of the Conservatives present being that Air. Harford should be brought out m a Conservative pure and imple, and not a Unionist, and aa a thorough supporter of Lord Salisbury's policy in every eeiwe of the word. Addresses were delivered by the Chairman, Major-general Jenkins, the Rev, W. C. Davies (vicar of Cardigan), Mr. W. Woodward, Mr. Owen Williams (Brongwynmawr), and others, and expressions of opinion were given by Mr. W. Jepll, Mr. Henry Evana, Mr. J. Evans (High-street), Ac.—The Chairman explained that he was responsible for inserting the word "enioni.t" in the resolution, and he would see that the expression of feeling in connection with Conservatism should be forwarded to Mr, Ilurford. It was. no doubt, the unanimous wish of the meeting that tlie oounty should be contested on purely Conservative lines, to prevent a recurrence of the Unionist fiasco or the lust t'leotíon,-Enthu8ia8tio cheering was given for Mr. Harford, and the wish that he hould oome out in h:, true colours, without the gub of Unionism, is unanimously approved o ti:tr:Ot, llu}rnbci v: ;u).U)M'(Hord Md in touch with the requirements of the county.—A Voto of ??on- dolence wa^ parsed with the family of the late Mr. S..tt, Freeland Kelly, who WM !m honoured meniber of the committer of the olub.—The meetilllf oouclllÙed with votea of tJmnka to the chairman.—Committees axe to be at onoe appointed throughout the countv, .?d Mr. f( d a ad d i'esi* will be -hcrtr; before the electors.

JABEZ BALFOUR. ANOTHER DELAY IN THE EXTRADITION. The 'II Mall Gaaette" publishes the fol- lowing telegram froni Buenos Ayres, dated Saturday — "Tha Salta judge has succeeded in raising another obstacle to the progress of the extradition proceedingll in Jabea Balfour's cue. He declares he must be furnished with official information of the JSnulish law relating to rho statute of limitation and to penalties as far as these bear ou the charges against the fugitive. It is impœ.ible, he sap, to deoide the case until this is done, and the discussion on the matter will consume a,certain amount of time." "J ,IIoO" ow,)o!

DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER BILL. LOCAL VOTING. In the division n the Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister Bill on Friday the minority for the measure included the Prince of Wales, the Lord CheJiceller, the Earl ot Roseberj Lord Tweed- mouth, and the following looal peers The Duke of Beaufort, Lord Swansea, aud Lord KcneiastoM. In them?onty against the Moend reading were the two arabblsheps and ninet"u Mehopi', including Bangor, Durham, Ely, Exeter, Gloucester and Bri.tal, Lincoln, St, Asaph. and St, Dnid'e, Md the Marquess of BnteMdLordWindMr. Lord Wisbury sloo voted in the majority.

INDEPENDENT LABOUR PARTY. MR. BROOKLEHURST AT ABER. AVON. On Friday evening at the Assembly-roomi, Aar. eB:kfehE:h:l1dr:d: date of the Independent Labour party, delivered an able address. Oounciller John Thomas ooou. pied the ohair.—Mr. Brooklehurst's addreas dealt chiefly with the fact thafc the Labonr party was only represented in Parliament by a very small percentage, and urged upon those present the need of enrolling themselves under the banner of the Labour party. He also stated that the present Government was not in any sense a democratic one. Mr. Henry Davies (C?m-o- ) in lo ll a 'lto of th..ks to the vak:on;i ti?lktte Lierf :S.h Wales was diametrically opposed to the Labour party.-The vete was secon X,ad and carried.

SUICIDE OF A FARMER. THE FAMILY CONSENTING PARTIES. Thomas M'Clough, aged 65, farmer living in Michigan, died from poison, self-adminis- tered. Ai the inquest the testimony given by members of the family shows they were aware at noon that he had taken poison, but, com- plying with his request, they neglected calling a physician until too late. The jury returned a verdict of Ruicide.

THE IRISH BOATING DISASTER. THREE MORE BODIES PICKED UP. Three more bodies have beeu reoevereJ off Westnort, bringing the total up ta 33. 'I'he corpses of thirty of the victims have been oon- veyed by apeoial train to Achill for interment.

IA STORY OF THE SLAVE WAR. Bishop Fitsfftrald, of the Methodist Epis- copal i'huivh, writing his reminiscences of the South in h? "Wesleyan M@thodist M«fH2;r.e." i l lustrates the philosophy of many i the I ;:tri; Ji{viv ci:\ ty following dialogue between a white gentleman amd a jolly-l.ki,??,, yc,??ig .,gro. "'Why 1- you not join the Union a!my and fight for the freedom of your ??" uli?ad the gentlemm. "Did you ever see two dtfa fight bona?" retorted the ne^ro. Y e*, was the smiling mply. "Did you ever see de bone fiizii'll, "No, I never saw the bone fight." "Well, d? whit? folks is fightin' over de uiavc. I ain't gwine to fight. •

I MINERS' PROVIDENT SOCIETY. I REMARKABLE PROGRESS OF THE MOVEMENT. The ordinary quarterly meeting of the board of management of the above sooiety was held at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, on Saturday. There wore present:—Mr. Louis Tylor, in the chair, Mr. L. Llewelyn (Abersyohan), and Messrs. Henry Eichards, A. E, H. Benson, Thomas Jenes, W. H. Maror, Henry Thomas, J. J. Davies, Thomas Soreen, J. Hupkes, John Davies, Lewis Davies, Llewelyn Llewelyn, and Jeakiii Howell, and Messrs. Evan Owen and G. L. Campbell, secretaries.The Secretary sub- mitted a report which showed the members' contributions for the quarter to be close upon 912,000; proprietors' percentages over £3,000, Over £10,058 was paid out in relief to widows, children, and disabled members. The number of members at the end of Marob, 1894, was 64,016, an increase for the quarter of 2,834' This makes an aggregate increase during the six months of semekhing like 7,000 members. At the end of the quarter there were 620 widews and 1,094 children in receipt of weekly pay- ments from the society. Attention was oalled to the increased ratio of disablement among tho members, and it was erdered that the attention of local secretaries and others interested in the movement be called to this important faot, A larsre number of special cases were then defclt with and erders made therein.—A cordial vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. Tyler for his services in the chair.

DASTARDLY OUTRAGE IN ROME. I ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF SIGNOR CRISPI. THE PREMIER CAPTURES HIS ASSAILANT. l A Renter'tt telegram from it. Saturday says As Signor Crispi was driving to the Chamber this afternoon a young man fired a shot from a ravolveratthe Premier's carriage. Signor Crispi was not struak, and, jumping out af the carriage, seised his assailant, who was handed over to the police. ThePromiartheii re-entered his carriage and proceeded to the Chamber. The report of the revolTer attraoted a large crowd. to the scene.

THE CHOLERA. ALLEGED OUTBREAK AT HAMBURG. A Central News telegram from Hamburg on Saturday evening says t-It is rumoured that three cases of Asiatic cholera have occurred hero and that one, that of a youne: woman who was to be married to-morrow, terminated fatally within four hours of the first seizure. Great uneasiness prevails, and n official annouace- ment as to the truth or falsity of the rumours is anxiously awaited. The weather is sultry, and the temperature this evening is 21deg. Centi- grade.

THE ACCIDENT AT A FRENCH REVIEW. DEATH OF THE LIEUTENANT. ABeuter's Paris telegram of Saturday says A Rel>ter' 8 P&ria telegJ:11oll1 of S..turda,. 8&18:- .E".t. of th? ?oud i.ii.t.d up.n him by G.ner.1 Fd.. t a review on the 14th inst. The general will be tried by oeurt-martial for causing the officer's death.

MINERS' FEDERATION. I WITHDRAWAL FROM THE I CONCILI ATION BOARD. ALLEGED DISCOURTESY OF TIE MASTERS. The meeting ef the executive committee of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain was con- tinned at Birmingham oa Strd.y, Mr. Rekard, M.P., presiding.—The sitting was tk.? np with ? diaoMtion M to whether the federation should be represented at the meeting of the conciliation board, whioh the employers have oalled for Tuesday in London.—It was decided not to meet the owners, as they had not stated explicitly in accordance with rule what the objeot of the meeting was to be,

THE DUCHESS OF YORK. VISIT OF THE QUEEN. I The Queen's visit to the Duke and Duchess of T"?k this week is admittedly in connection with a certain interesting event. Her Majesty will remain till after the &Q(?onchoment of the DnoheMofYork. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg drove from Clarence House on Saturday afternoon to pay a visit to the Duke and Duchess of York at White Lodge. Inquiries made on Saturday evening at Yerk House, St. James's, show that tho Duohess of York remains in excellent health. On Sunday the Duchess of York and the Duchesa of Teck went for a long drive in Rich- mond Park, and met several members of the Royal Family, who bad driven down from London.

SERIOUS STABBING AFFRAY. THREE PERSONS INJURED. I On Satul'dn there was a serious iabbing affair at Lo?etoft, whioh resulted in three jerson. being in j ured Of these a man Lnd :d{I';m,d?l, ..hdhe i&t M"s Strangroom, ia lying in the hospital in a critical condition. Their abSailnt ie a fisherman named Kufchven, who, in a state of intoxication, ran amuck through the streets. He was arrested only after" desperate struggle

FIRE IN DEVONPORT DOCK- YARD. A fire broke out in the roperiM of Devon,ort I Dockyard on Saturday ni?ht. The seamen --d troops in g rri.ott were ooed out, and got the fire under at about midnight. The damap s:! is ce: i ve. itid;htieae t::r the hemp store would be destroyed, but the aner- getic efforts of all oonoemed were suooe"W in I saving it

I THE SPORTING PREMIER. I CONDEMNATION BY A CLERGY. MAN. Dr. Perceval, head-master of Rugby, preach- ing on Sunday night in Westminster Abbey from the text, "Am I my brother's keeper?" aid the world might almost be said to have taken these words of Cain as its motto. When an English nobleman patronised the Turf with all its noxious weeds, growth of dis- honesty and degradation, simply to gratify some feeling of excitement, and used no effort and stirred no finger to reform it, and when men built up fortunes out of a trade which demoralised, not these under the same condemnation 1 He urged all who gambled to touch it no more for ever. I COURTEOUS RETORT TO A MINISTER'S CONDEMNATION. A Blackburn gentleman who drew the Pre- mier's attention to a speech made by a local Congregational minister on Sunday last, in which he said he confessed to a feelinK of bitter humiliation wheo he read of the Prime Minister being the owner of a Derby winner, aud standing to win or lose thousands of pounds on the race, has received the following reply:—"38, Berkeley-square, W., June 13, 1894. Sir,-I am desired by Lord Rosebery to thank you for your ietter and its enclô. sure. He will offer no opinion on the latter, for these matters should be dealt with accord- ing to the good taste, Christian charity, and knowledge of facts possessed by eaoh person that touches upon them.—I am, yours faith- fully, N. Waterfield."

IMR. BALFOUR ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. Mr. A. J. Balfour, M P., took part on Satur- day in laying the foundation-stone of new Wesjeyan Sunday Schools at Beswick, Maa- dhester. Prior to the ceremony a service was held in the chapel, at whioh addresses were delivered by Afr. Balfour and the Rev. H. J. Pope, president of the Wesleyan Conference. Mr. Balfour in the course of his remarks, said the Wesleyans had always bem most honourably distinguished by the earnestness with which they had advocated the view that the training of the young in matters religious could not an d ought not to be left -11Y either to t\:1Y& rn to ¿nef ;Ub;. service and publio worship. Beyond those two great in?ig?m?nt. of ?.tion, they re. <]uirJ the school, and those who thought that 17. ch-I was intended only for secular pur- poses, and that they could venture to ignore those subjects of education which all admitted to be of greater ftport- than were secllbr leu-ning-tho? who thought that the higher sub j ects could be rtfely omitted from their .cholMltio training, made, in hi- opini(m, one of the profoundest mi"tak that could pwibly be made. After appealing for ubscr?ptioi?s Îr. mBfo:fd :¡'fre;Jiufd perhaps, not think he was going beyond his duty whm he ssid that among the questions which would appear to him to loom in the future aa of pressing and paramount importance was the broad isrue beA:Wl s?l? and religious educa- tion. How best to carry out relwotw educa- tion—how best to add a knowledge of rel' (ya. matter$ to that secular learning with r 19ird to which all were agreed-he did not I.I?t himself now to sugg?t an opinion, but he. knew he had the sympathy of all whom h ,,w addroin whether amoig the leaders 1"th:r ;he:gaijf c:r I when he .?a;d that, however tha object WM carried out, the object itself WHB OM -f pres. ing :md paramount importance. Depend upon it, thooB who had u their ideal of education nothing beyond secular learning were them- .el,e,? little better th.u S?.ul.iit?.

YACHTING NOTES. ARRIVAL OF THE VIGILANT. ANOTHER VICTORY FOR THE BRITANNIA. A (Jreenook telegram of Saturday says: — The American r yht V' it r i ?ed in Gourock Bay from Jfew York this ?ft,?no, .?ier a fine 1.8ag. of fifteen da.y, nine hours. Sliti was navigated across by Captain Jeffrey, who report having had fine weather oil the pi,sage. The ?,.g. sailing per d,,y was ¿o4;"Ües, d hraa:lid8ce d\'e:d in & day was 256 il". On the eighth day out a large iceberg was passed in lat. 42'07 and Ion", 40'02. Tho Vigilant left New York at 11.45 :1, m, on May 31, and dropped anchor in Gourock at 3.45 po \U. She covered the dis- I. to Tory Island -1n fourteen d, i?zht hours, gi. in t4?i. m?.try tbe N'ig?l.?,t will be commanded by CapUin Ha £ f. Her orew numbers 30 all told. VICTORY OF THE BRITANNIA. Tho Channel match of the Roval Thames Yacht Cltib wa# Railed on Saturday from the Nore to Dover, the n,i..ipl ve38el. engaged being the Prince of Wil?' Britannia and Mr. Clarke's Satan ita. Starting at 10.20, the Britannia led till the rh:\eh: 1 long calm, a ?,a.t. wind came, and the Sahnita drew up, A fine rEi? folIowHI a!on the Goodwin", and the Britannia WOI1 b. 4min at 5h. 42min, Msec. The Prinoe ami tbe Duke of York were 011 board, the Britannia. LORD DTTNRAVKN'S YACHT. I 71?? principal event at the Royal South amn- ton Yacht Club Regjtta on &turda.y wu the match for 20-raters. for which Prinoo Henry of Battenberg's yacht, the Asphodel. Karl Dun- raveu's Dra¡¡,on, Karl Dudley's Invoni, Earl Lonsdale's Deirdre, Mr. Jameson's Luna, and Mr. Walker's Thelnia were entered. The finish was as followsDeirdre, 3h, 53min. 23sec.; Dragon, 3h. 5^min. 38sec.: Luna, 3h. 5tain. 2"(\, and Thelnia, 3h. 54min. 38sec.

PARISH COUNCILS. I CARDIFF UNION SCHEME APPROVED. Mr. Harris, clerk to the Cardiff Board of Guardians, informed the board at their meeting on Saturday that the recommendations of the joint committee of the Glamorganshire County Council and Cardiff Board of Guardians to annex portions of the parishes of Sully and St. Andrew's and attach them to Barry and Cadoxten bad been approved by the other public bodies inte. rested, and were now before the Local Govern. ment Board. MEETING OF THE CARMARTHEN- SHIRE COMMITTEE. The committee appointed by the Carmarthen- shire County Council to bring thA Parish Councils Act into o erati., -.t -o?n at Car- mMthen t \d:;tiM. W. 0. Biig.to.k. obair?n, pre??iding, The committee considere d a good iuty technical mttr.. There is & general feeling that the Act cannot be bronght into force in November next, for the registers will not have been ??.ploW. This belief was I :Jr:ea:: Æ:b, T. Jonex, derk to the cennty council, I THE PROPOSED DIVISION OF THE MERTHYR UNION. At Saturday's meeting of the Merthyr Board of Guardians Mr. R. H. Rhys, J.P., gave notice of his intention to move a fortnight henoe that tlie board should memorialise the Looal Government Board on the subject of the proposal to transfer that- portion of the Moun- tain Ash Local Board district which was within the perish of Aberdare and the Mer- thyr Union to the Union of Pontypridd. He said he oould hardly believe that the Local Government Board, having refused to allow the union to be divided into two, would consent to any part of it being taken away and gi to another union.

The UMvarmty of Cambridge proper to confer an honorary degree on Captain A. T, cor.?er nh?norU,?,nyi t? t"t.Y, 0. M an, of the UniM States N?7, on Mon- day next, He i4 the tiwt Amerioan ua-,?l officer to receive thia durtinatictL froiu jut English university.

WHY THE ART ALBUMS ARE SCARCE. AN UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND. THREE SETS OF PLATES WORN OUT. RESOURCES OF THE PAPER- MAKERS EXHAUSTED. ANOTHER MILL STARTED. One of the looal surprises of the year has been the unprecedented demand for Mr, J. L. Stoddard's art albums Little doubt wae entertained that the portfolios would take, for the excellent value for money was so apparent. Exteosive measured were taken to keep pace with the anticipated demand, but it is sin- j gularf tlhat the estimates of everybody concerned have badly gone awry. Printers and paper manufacturers thought their arrangements were so extensive and complete that the only ftar was that they were stocking too much. As a matter of fact, they have been completely taken aback. They were quite unprepared for the altogether unprecedented rush on the part of the public. The first set of plates was worn out in the printing, and another set had to be prepared. This, again, wore out, and the original engravings had to be sent for from America and fresh plates made. But now another difficulty was faced. The paper manu- factory ran dry. It couldn't make the paper fast enough. The supply was thoroughly ex. hausted, yet the printers calted for more. There was nothing for it but to start another mill for the special purpose of turning out the beautiful glossy paper on which Mr. Stod- dard's views are printed. This will explain to our readers the little irregularity there has; been in the publication of the various parte. It ds for the same reason that Now, 1 and 2 are still out of print, but readers need have no further anxiety on this pcore. Their orders have all been booked, and we believe that the arrangements are now so complete that no fur. ther hitofh is expeoted. W. hope to be able; in a very short while to despatch all the parts which have been ordered, and we anticipate no more irregularity in the publication of the remaining numbers of the album. Only a' small portion of the required number of i^art VI. was received, and in order to deal as justly as 'possible with the newsagents we only sent the portfolios to those towns in which the whole of the agents could be supplied. We are grateful to our readers for their forbear- anoe, and trust that in future no further de. maud will be made on their patience.

LOCAL DIVORCE CASE. AN ALLEGED BOGUS CAPTAIN.' The "South Wales Argus" says:—"Newport and the district will possibly ere long be inte- rested in a naeo which is pretty sure to make a sensation. A well. known merchant and ship. owner has been made oo-respondent in a divorce ease, though the date of hearing is not yet: known. The lady in the oase lived at a dis- twos, and her husband and his solicitor have recently been in the distriot for the purpose of serving the citation. At the time, however, the gentleman wanted was not at home, and the husband followed him to the Midlands. It is stated that the aooused did not carry on his alleged liaison in his own name, but, passed as 'Captain' somebody, and the husband showed a Newport gentleman a letter to his wife signed by the assumed name. The hand- writing is said to have been reoognised as that of the suspected one,"

THE PONTYMISTER PRISONERS. TO BE LIBERATED TO-DAY (MONDAY). The eleven men who were tried and sen- tenced (by the late Lord Coleridge) for rioting at Pontymister Works on Christmas Day will be liberated to-day (Monday) from Usk Prison, where they have served the reduced term of four months' incarceration. They are to be feted. At Usk they will be entertained to breakfast at the Three Salmons Hotel, then driven in breaks with their friends to New- port, and afterwards on to Pontymister, where a demonstration will bo held, at whioh Mr, j), A. Thomas, M.P., hM promised to speak.

THE MUMBLES TRAGEDY. EXTRAORDINARY COINCI. DENCES. In connection with the last Mumbles suicide an extraordinary and remarkable coincidence is reported from London. On exactly tlie some afternoon, and almost II-t the 8aJ1l6 hour, Mr. John Rvans, chemist, the former owner of tho business which Mr. Ivor Evans, the suioide, was to have purchased on the day he poisoned himself, was, whilst crossing a crowded thorough/are in the Metropolis, run over by a 'bus and killM. Mr. Evans, who was a comparatively young man, was employed iu tha Naval and Military 8tores, an appoint- ment which he accepted soon after 1e¿v.n the Mumbles. Thus, within a fortnight, »hre« ohemiste, all interested in the same shop, have died, one from natural causes, the other by an act of f!(!1f.destructiol1, and the third tbroi'gh an accident. Another remarkable thing is that the shop has been successively ca.-riwi on by Roes, Evans, Wes, Evans.

IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE. I MEETING OF THE CHARLES I KICKHAM (CARDIFF) BRANCH. A publio meeting in connection with the Charles Kickhom Branch of the Irish National League was held on Sunday afternoon in fit. Peter's Guild-hall, Cardiff, Mr. Cornc- lius Cokely presiding, in the abswnoe from town of Mr. Thomas Callaghan. The princi- pal speakers were Mr. John Valentine IRm. tol), lion, organiser, and Mr. Allen ITpw". Mr. Valentine congratulated tim braicn upon ito immyed pœition in memberahip and finaa. cially, and spoke principally upon rqistration and mattera of organibat4on. & tat cours.) of his remarks he attacked the "Western Mai!" for stating recently that the days of Home Rule are dead, ud mid the queetion would !>e .li- w h?,? tho Western Mail" had .?,d into bli?ion.-V,. Allen Upward, who fol- lowed, said some Liberals were not, so enthu- siasts as they might be in the cause of Home Rule. They looked upon it as a question of expedieuoy, and gave way beoauae they saw it was inevitable. It was necessary, therefore, for the league to be well organised and to use their influence with men of that os-libre. Mr. Upward went on to admit that he was an extremist, and that he would rather see Ireland an independent Republio than governed by the Castle gang.—Mr. Upward, who ha., almdy joined a similar association at Merthyr. was then formally initiated ss a member of the bra.nc>h, and was informed by Mr. Valentine that if he put up for a neighbouring borough, as they hoped he would, at the next election he might rely upon the Irish support.

NARROW ESCAPE OF A I LLANHARRAN FARMER. I HORSE AND CART DASHED TO I PIECES BY A PASSENGER TRAIN. On Friday morning a horse and cart, belong- ing to Mr. n?nai-Ri?h.rdc a famer of HendrPOwen, Lia?har-?,, were run into on the Great Wet" Raihrav midway between Pen- ooed and Ltu ti. by up T'U..nr train, and were dashed to nieces, the horse being carried for a distance of about 120 vards. The accident took phce on th" Itt?-nrott'ne leading from th- highway to Mr. Richards's farm. Mr. Richards, at the time, having just closed the gate, and being behind the cart he had a very narrow escape, the train il1.t missing him.

SUNDAY TRAIN TO PORTH- CAWL. About 60 people availed themselves of the I train to Porthcawl 011 Sunday.

The CasrewitcJi, on his arrival in this coun- try. will Bit go on a visit to the Prince and Pyinoees M Wales, and will lIUe'1t1ntiv visit Walton-on-Thaniee, where hones and carriages from the Queen's atabl,4 will be olaoed at his disnosaL

TVALES DAYBYDAY. Sir David Evans has gone for month'# tour in Norway. Mr. T. B. (joodyer, son of Mr. R. B. Goodyer. manager of the Cardiff Tramway, has just been appointed traffic manager of the Central Tram- way Company, Birmingham. Canon Bowers, of Gloucester, says he 3J1" understand how people can write such stuff to the newspapers ahout the Welsh Church being an alien Church. They might as well call their grandmothers aliens. Talking at the Institute of Engineers on Saturday, Alderman Itichard Cory said: Onoe I had not a shilling in a colliery: I wae purely a middleman. Now 1 have the honour to be a oolliery proprietor." Lords Bute and Windsor and three Welsh biahops voted against the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill; the Duke of Beaufort and Lords Swansea and Kensington voted in favour of it. The Bishop of Llandaif was absent. Asked what he thought of Lord Rosebery winning the Derby, the Rev. W. Thomas, Llanboidy. gave this &;1S1\'er: "The name of his horse expresses my thought of him in tliia Mpeoi of his character—he is a Lad and an Ass." It is whispered in Llanelly that Major Jone; did wisely in ignoring the disestablishment question :lot the Herbert Gladstone meeting. There were a few dozen "Stalwarts" who were waiting for an opening to make the major squeal. English appears to be making rapid head- way in the Welsh rural districts. Not a hun- dred milee from (larmarthen a notice-board ereoted in a field reads thUII: "Take Notis, all Coks and Hens found tresspasin will Be Shoot.-BY order." Two small boys in Castle, road, Roath, Car. diff, on seeing the approach of three redcoata- made the following complimentary observation: —"Hooray! England's safe; the sowjers ia out" Needless to say, our gallant defenders blushed and passed on in quick time. It is announced that during the four days and evenings of the :3.Iethodist Cymanfa one hundred and t-hirty sermons were delivered in the chapels of the town and adjacent localities under the auspices of the Cymanfa organisa.- tions, and yet there is more levity .a Ponty- pridd than ever, Some of the leading Welsh Methodist minis- ters who were at the Gymanfa at Pontypridd denlar that the sight of so many young miners before them occasionally jotting down in note- books notes of the sermons afforded them the most interesting scenes they had ever witnessed in the whole course of their lives. The Rev. T. Thecphilus. vicar of Tredegar, has nearly doubled the ohurch accommodation in the parish during his incumbency. Outside his own parish, and within a. radius of about twelve miles of his present residence, Mr. Theophilus has himself pireacliedit the opening of seven mission churches. There ssn t muoh of the dying Church about these facts. A correspondent writes:—"Your ladies' sup- plement is a capital idea, and is Lound to take. It ia already highly spoken of. Like the Album of Art Photographs, it is simply giving the whole thing away. Do you know, your clerio with umbrella in hand chatting with Miss Veuetia. Lowe, in the tale of 'A Little Mouse, is speaking likeness of one of the Cardiff An ungallaot remark was made the othen morning at a small station on the Great Western Railway while an up-express train was alongside the platform: -Scfationmaster: "I see you have the Royal Wehh Ladies" Choir behind." Guard (who w» dashing put in a state of great excitement): "Yes, but I wish to heaven they wer-o somewhere elae. And the poor man looked worried. Canon Thompsnn told the people at the luncheon held after the consecration of 8t1. James's Church that he had signed altogether some twelve contracts, and he might wish dot future work of the kind might be placed in other hand* &nd the burden fall on other shoul- ders than his. The company, however, evinced by their reception of this sentiment thit they considered things were far better a.8 tbey ?- ?A ??'"vman and a ?h??n'?,t down C--=-, thenshirewere talking the other day of the advantages of early rising, when the olergy- irati said:I shall never forgot the glonou. ?ht I had of the sun one morning a* it W88 cLns up from the ?t." The °hem>st,; alluding to Galileo's discovery, said: It ie; not correct to speak of the stm as coming up. "But," answered the clergyman, solemnly, "1 am referring to an incident which took el toe about ten years ago. The Radicals are getting ready for the psrislv councils election. They propose) holding a. big federation conferenoe at Gloucester about the end of next month, to take in ("tike Ill" is » good phrase for Radical proposes) th4 counties of Shropshire, Worcester, Gloucestar-, shire, and Monmouthshire. Tacking Mon-, mouthshire on to English counties is scarcelyi the "chew" for disestablishes, and the promise, of a Cabinet Minister to speak in the el4luuV will scarcely heal the wound. At Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Mr. David1 Morgan, of Bronwydd Farm, is the prouu post wasor of a female dog which devoutly obey. the scriptural injunotion, "Increase and multi-, ply." The animal has juet introduced into the world thirteen puppies. A Brecon paper, m referring to the incident, publishes the fol- lowing startling oh, "This i. the first instance that has oome under our notice whore the births in one litter were 60 prolific. Cam any other oorrespond«nt beat it?" Fancy confusing Newport on the Us1&: with Newport, Isle of Wight. A nurse who had been appointed to our Newport Workhouse refuses to stay longer than a month because slie was under the impression when she left London that she wae going to the other New- port, and actually went to the Isle of Wight in mistake. It was reported at the meeting! of the board of guardians on Saturday, and the chairman (Colonel Lyne) couldn't resist; the temptation to declare that she was an un-, lucky wight. He might have drawn the chalks mark before that. The Rev. J. Ossian Davies tho pminent. divine of Bournemouth has been confiding secret to an enemy, for the latter has printed it The rev. gentleman said: "I can keepi olose to my manuscript without this being. noticed by my audienoe. I wae a printer iftj my early manhood, and formed a habit of; reading MS. at a glance, and so I now find that thde early habit serves me well in th* pulpit. I can read my MS. without apparently looking at it at all. At least very few persons,, I think, would notice that I pay much atten-, tion to the MS., but I never commit my ser- mon a to memory." LATTER DAY HYMNS (No. 4). Tune-" OJ Derby" or "Cragybar." Tkjc Radical's Goddiss. Ha! rald" fo.dig-id fy Nuwies, Dy glodydd byth mwytch ni phaid; Anfarwol dy enw,—rhaid addef Mai ti wyt achubydd "in plaid. En Gladstone am dymhor ein Leader, A h??d.. ei debyg n, ch",d, Oll ?, idd%Jt¡. d::Jd Yng ghy.g?d ?yfiymde, dy d-d. H. Dduwiea ysgafndroed, fuandroed, Addoled peb enaid tydi N. foed i'r on Daniel ryfygu Bvth wrthod edmygu dy fri Er; &d\!f¡ïj:; A8quith, Ac Ellis a'i chwip yn ei law, Addnrnsjit dy fwng a dy gynfton, Ao yna'r milflwyddiant u. ddaw. Marwoktst. We get this variant of a story we told a Saturday from Swansea. A distinguished foreigner from Treorky wished to leave the- town for Cardiff, and went, to the station to ask too fare. "Four and nine," said the booking, derk, with that guileless smile which Great Western olerks wear when th--y extort the oompany's pound-and a^half f flh. Four and nine, saw the Cymro; "well, well, there's deaf you are hire. Tie cheaper ip Treorky a lot. I'll give you 3r. 9d. there now!" Clerk: "Oh, can't bother with "ti-thai is the price." Shoni (moving off): "Well, hR'6'a the lut time-I'll give you 4.?. Ckrk: "Go along, m?.; I can'. do i». Shoni: "Well, I'll WB*k it; thM<'sHnu)!ht rhO:;in:'ve aW:h¡{ ti5\îeH¡: f?Mf. The en;in? ?<(ve ? ?hnt) wtiltl- M start, and the 8h<mi lumW r- ra^ed his hand in a triumphant and deprecatory mwmtr, and thundered forth:tvu can wl,:? m ito long m you like; you hare lost 9,4 thMMe uowt I'm walking!