The Western Mail

INDIAN FRONTIER WAR. NATIVES FIRE INTO I GENERAL LOWS CAMP. I LIEUTENANT KILLED BY A I FANATIC. } A Renter* telegram from Siima says: — (detain from Dlr atates that the Britt,h ('«i»P at. Mumfiah Khan, opposite "MUn Kalai* 011 lieueial Low'. line of com- ;nunÎlatiOJl. was tired into, and Private Green, ?" t?.S?t?-h?rdt-rt?.w:M)<ii)(-d.Shut.. h3n ahM betH tired. into lh, head-quarters camp- Tlw enemy wire only een by the adralU:'ell }(uanl it-11d pif'kt\t. as they were l'e tiring. and were estimated to number about twenty* A more strioiM attack has 01.1 made on the British post at Kambat. UKCiKNAN l' Li.uONl) KILLED. I A ReuterV h':g-r.uu frinw Simla nay* — LjeuWuant A. Liuiond. of the 6th l'urijaab Infantry, lias 1-, "tabh.) and killed bv fanatic near Boga, in the Torhi YalUy, 'which was occupied by Sir ,,¡lliam Luckhart's forces during the m.<eut exjieuition against the Waziri*. under the Mullah Fowindah. Lieu. tenant Liniond and all orderly were surprised aione, and attacked by four men. three of whom thH killed, while the fourth was t-aken pri- -oner, The bodies ot the three murderers were afterwards hurried here. Seven Hazara ccohts wer* killed with swords and twenty ,,&her, wounded. The attack WM made from the direction of a villas* whioh is providing a patrol to protect the telegraph hlle, The wire has been cut between ..Iaudah and Khar, hi the Swat Valley.

THE ARMENIAN REFORMS. SCHKME OF THE JOINT POWERS. FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE VILAYET*. A Reuters tekvjram from Constantinople on Tuesdav says:—The scheme of reform for th. Armeonian provinces submitted to the Sultan by Great Britain, France, and Runsia is under, jitood to include, besides the pointw already telegraphed. important provisions for the finan- cial administration of the vilayets. The 8ch,me of the three lowers proposes to entrust the administration of taxee to the mudirs. or heads 0f communes. who would b* held reRPonsible for the ¡rotX!. mana¡¡:emew of this branch of the aervioe. the inhabitants of ttie communE" being liable for thbtotal amount of taxes, which would be collected hv tax gatherer* appointed by the Communal Council. The scheme also jroposes :h abolition of the system of farming tithe.- and t:«.xet». 'Hie mudirs would have the right to retain out of the taxes a sum sufficient for the n^eds of the local administration. No mention made of the eontrol to be exercised fv. the Powers over the carrying out of the "forms. At the aame time, it w stated that th" Powers intend to instruct their Consuls to report upon the manner in which the reforms are executed, and will appoint Consular officers where there are none at present.

BURNED WITH HIS BRIDE. A JILTED LOVERS DIABOLICAL I REVENGE. A Dalziel* telegram from Detroit rays: — In the town of Midland, Midland county, Michigan, s young man of 21. named Hale, was married OTJ Sunday last to 8. )li. Bell" Hammond, a yoiun* girl of 18. After the ceremony the young couple went to occupy a new hou«e which Mr. Hale, senior, had given to the bride and groom as a wedding present. Early on Monday mornillg flames nro discovered issuing frem the house. Wli-n the firemen had succeeded in putting out the tire. thE- bcdies of young Halo and his brido ci a ik, were found charred beyond all recog. nition, tjortions of both bodies bein", entirely ccrfumed. The worst was to cocie. It w- afterwards discovered that the .ta.ir. and floor- i'i'7 had been saturated with kerowsne oil, and that greasy rags had beoen stuffed lieneath the carpets..V young man, named John /dlt-n was arrested on Tuesday afternoon cn suspicion. The reason of tine dastardly act i, paid to be that Mi*s Belle Hammond was engaged to be married to Allen before meeS WK Hale, for whose sake she jilted her former lover There i. fear that a lynching com- mittee m;»y be organised.

CHINA AND JAPAN. I THE GAINS OF RUSSIA. I The ''StandardV St. "Petersburg oorreapon- dent writes: —The press is akeady reckoning up the Ru.«?ian gain* in the Far East. The "ov<>e Yretnya" give* currency to a letter ttating that North Manchuria is almost unpopu- lated, and of greatly leee value to China than the left bank of the Amur, which it parted with in 2858 without firing a shot. The Ansr, it says, must be wholly Ku«*ian. and the Trans- Siberian Railway mlÍst end a.. an unfrozen port. RUSSIA AND COREA. I A Central News telegram from Cologne on Wednesday says :The St. Petersburg corre- spondent of the "Frankfort Ga&ette" states rh1 he has been advised that Russia intends to OC<lpV oertain ports of Corea until a11 tho stipulations contained in the Chino. .JaJ1>n.e treaty of peace have been duly ear. tied ovrt. To enforce thi. line of policy Ruraa is stated to he concentrating 16,000 trooP. near the Corean frontier. THE SUPPLEMENTARY TREATY. a neuter a telegram from Tienin on Wednesday suvs:—It is understood that the negotiation* for the suppkmentMy tmty between China and -T.Tn are p?-?edi,,g, JJJt have not yet assumed anv definite shape. The proposal that Japan should withdraw net* troops from the Liao Tung peninsnla ia wet ion* a,, the indemnity is paid by China i. "on;cidered ill some quarteu to be a some- what MlmneNOme and expensive 8.rranS!;ement. and it js maintained that the same object will he secured to Japan bv the temporary ooeu- 1 Oation of the commanding positions of Port Arthur and Wei-Hai-Wei. without such out- lav of money and troop. would be involved J*" the first-named prop?al. 'Me nutation 4 Enropean control of the Chinese \"kms i. not favourably received in official citcUs. Md it is considered that euoti a scheme would in no way secure the payment of the indem- nity. but would exerowe a disturbing influence œ},ht<>d to produce an oprxwite effect. The r)i:neso Custom* are already sufficiently well aHm inivtered, and any extra control on the Part of European Powers would be resented, bv China.

FRANCE AND THE SOUDAN. A SERIOUS SITUATION. A Renter's telegram from Paris on Wodues- ilay ay. :-Tbere.oall of M. Grout, fforernor of the French Scradun, is stated by the EsWette" to have been definitely decided llpOu. The situation in that part of the Frenoh African pogsesaions, the jonrnal continues, has been rendered most serioan by the repulse of the Moateil Expedition, which has produced go disastrous an effect on the natives that the inhabitant* of the important coontry of Sern. on the right bank of the Nile, south-west of Timbuctoo, have sent word to Samory inyitinjf him to return.

THE ECUADOR REVOLT. I GENERAL AMNESTY DECREED. I A Central News telegram from New York I •»y»: — A Lima dispatch to the "Now York llerald" states that advices from Guayaquil fl*clare that a general amnesty has been

INDIANS ON THE WARPATH. ATTACK ON ARIZONA MINERS. I A ROut4w'o telegram from New York says: .i:"Id of InditM have attacked several pM- of minEwø in Arizon", and. ge, ?iing ?6.? region is feared. Cavahy have been not Wl pursuit of the Iwstile bands.

"M LrrMS ENGMSH UVIM "LLI f*kle Pills 71d., 14&, ani k. tmu.

PARLIAMENT. 1 A LAND TENURE BILL. I INTJSKESTING PROPOSALS BY A PRIVATE MEMBER. HOUSE OF COMMONS,-—WEDNESDAY. I The Speaker took tlce Chair at 12.15. but a quorum ?w only made through the medium of a count. LOCAL PETITIONS. I Mr. Arthur J. Williams (L., Glaraorgan, S.) presented a petition from the County Counoil of Glamorgan in favour of closing public-houses on election days. The Hon. F. C. Morpon (C., Monmoutb, S.) presented a petition from Rhym- ney against the Welsh Disestablishment Bill. TIm EARLDOM OF SELBORNK On the motion of Mr. T. Ellis the Seleot Committee 011 the Earldom of Selbowie was nominated as followsThe Attorney-Geineral. Mr. Balfour, thr ("haricellor of the Exde- (juc,r, Mr. lfeurv llobhouse, Mr. Labouohere, Mr. Sexton, and Sir Kichanl Wt-bster. LAND TENURE BILL. Mr. LAMBERT (L., Devon, South Molton) moved the «:cond reading of this Bill, which wa., I", suid, has..d on the resolution of the Select Committee, which declared two years ««<■ that some amendment of the Agricultural Holdings Art was urgently needed. The object of the Bill wa.. to extend and cheapen the hw. of compensultion for tenants' improre- nient<s. The Bill gave greater security to the farmer for the capital he invested in his fann. They proposed to give the tenant the right to carry out permanent improvements 011 ap))cat to arbitrator*, if the decision of the luitir was that the impronment was suitable to the holding, for such improvement the tH.t would be tlntitled to compensation at the end of his tenancy. The Bill also provided that the consent of the landlord should be dispensed with in the laying down of per- n.aneut pasture, <<nd that. the tenant should in this case also be enabled to claim compen- sation at the termination of his tenancy. At present there was no security for the tenant if he laid down pasture or entered into market gardening. Compensation was to be awarded for unreasonable disturbance, daanage by game, continuous good farming, and consumption of hom«?-grown corn. In order to place the landlord and tenant on an equality, 28 days' notice would have to be given on either side for the ùetrminatiou of the tenancy. Under the Bill, the landlord would be protected against bad farming on the part of the t? :.nt, and would :r:;J:' :e CI o;:¡: for loss. Under this head, a record of the condition of tho holding was to be made at the commencement or OIl the application of either party during the tenancy. The tenant was to he allt"t>d freedom of cropping and sale of prod uce, provided he did not minimise the fertility of the soil, and the landlord's right of distraint was to hp abolished. (Hear, hear.) The Bill al so provided that disputes were to lie settled by an arbitrator, appointed by t!" oounty-eourt from the list of practical men selected by the county council, who were to be approved of and their fees regulated by th. Board of Agriculture. Mr- BILLSON (L., Devon, Barnstaple) seconded the motion, contending that land should be dealt with on a pure, bu,;illel<S.like basis. Commander BETH ELL (C., York. East Riding, Holderne^) moved an amendment declaring that the House refused to sanction a measure containing provisions which would lie detrimental to the interests of owners and occupiers alike. He contended that the Bill was unjust to Jand1c,I'd. inasmuch liS it would practically deprive them of the right to work and inannee their estates in their own way. Mr. RICHARDSON <L., Durham, S.E.) seconded the an>elldment. Mr. FORWOOD (C., Liverpool) considered that the Bill would tend to disturb ilw good relations that at present existed between land- lord and tmant, and to encourage the letting of farms at a high nominal rent, with the view, when circumstances required, of obtaining abatement. Mr. H. GARDNER (President of the Board of Agriculture) congratulated the House on the tone and temper of the debate. In his opinion, the best way to improve the condition of the farmer Wad to give him security for Jus outlay and greater security in his holding. That was the object of the Bill, which was. in principle, founded on a resolution passed by the House two years ago. Speaking for the Government, he gave a heartv support to thc Bill. Mr. CHAPLIN (C., ftleaford) said the right hon. gentleman had based his support of the Bill upon a resolution passed by that House two years ago, but he omitted to tell the House that, this re«olutic*n wm only accepted pro forma, in order that an amendment might be moved upon it. (Hear. hear.) He had never known a Bill more uncalled for, more inoppor- tune, more extreme in some of its provisions, or more calculated to inflict serious injury on the tenant farmers- themselves. Dr. F?.q,?b-, Colonel Kenvan-Slanjpv, and Mr. Channine continued the discussion. Mr. FORWOOD (C., Uverpeol) observed and Mr_NORWOOD <C., Liverpcol) obf.<.rY<?d to the farmer on quittit? his ttna?oy of the fullest possible compensation for all the lalour and money he had expended bn the farm which had improved its productive capacity it would have had his warmest sup- port. But it contained a principle far beyond that. ayid he did not think the Hou-e could bo reasonably expected on a Wednesday aftr. noon to agree to the principle of giving to all tenant farmers a fixity of tenure analogous to that which had been enacted illi favour of the tenant farmers of Ireland. Mr. VICARY GIBBS, at 27 immutee past five o'clock, moved the adjoumm"nt of the debate, but d,,L.t, LUTRRELL move d that Mr- LUTTRELL ?<treupon movtd that the question be now put. The House then divided upon the closure, when th?ro were:— For putting th* qU8tion. 216 Against 199 lk%jority 17 The House th- divided 1he ?m,?.dm?nt, The Imuo c?.Tied, and v hen there were :— For the amendment 189 Against .?? 218 Majority. 29 ThO' al1l("nlmpnt. w.is, therefore, nogativsd, and the Bill was read a seoomd time. Mr. LAMBERT then moved that the Bill should be "ommitted to ih. Standing Com- mittee on Trade ("Oh, oh," MId" HeRr, hear. )Tr. CHAMBERLAIN, however, snid, "I and, it being then five minutes to MX o'clock, the debate was IIrljonrred. The Fisheries (Close Season) Ireland, Bill wao read a second time. The Hou8E> adjourned at six oolock.

PETITIONS TO PARLIAMENT. SIGNATURES APPEARING IN THE SAME HANDWRITING. The Press Association Is offloially informed that the Select Committee on Public Petitions have had before them lately a certain number of petitions in which successive signatures appear in the same handwriting. The Com- mittee wish it to be known as widely as possible that such an irregularity is liable to lead to the rejection of the petition.

MR. GOSCHEN AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. I" ROSEBERY AND REVOLUTION." Mr. Goschen, M.P., addressing a CoMer- vative meeting at Pimlioo on Wednesday, said the Unionists might be entirely satisfied with the results of recent bye-eleœioos. Bye-^lectiona were not always conclusive, but a special appeal had on thie occasion been made to the country by Lord Roaebery and his friends. The cry of "Rosebery and Revolution" had turned out to be a rowwater cry.. The show of I..tility to the Houl9 of Lords had not bad the slightest effect upon the constituencies whatever. Wbat had bemne of th love which Lord Rosebery threw down? Nothing had been heard of its being pioked up, bu. it might be preserved somewhere as a memento of an interesting flirtation between a peer and the Radical.. Lord Spencer had BardMi,?i-t-r. desired a dissolution: so did the Opposition. Then why not have it? One could soarcely imagine the condition of a Cabinet Minister who wished to remaln in office under the present circumstance.

WIDOW CHARGED WITH MURDER. Mary Brierley, widow, wae remanded at I Oldham an Wednesday charged with murdering her new-born child.

11HEUMAT1C CURB.—VUil Phillips' "Rhoumabo CI1:U':øn =\?u= 8."ti-. W. $1. !h? OMt)a SS?)t'Z<)Mt -1 Certain Cure by Osinc the Patent. AppUauass— S?*!?X lX*<M? per ?t)t.M<tttM! 10a SA -b. W a: 8I8d Usssiire- S?t. ?.th t?miSScc. t?Mt PMmpt. JeSR!? M. St. x.ry-stmk OMdtt.

p COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFOEE. I HARCOURT "We must make up our minds for the worst, my lord. A Tory Government is evidently very near!"

THE DRAWING ROOM. PRINCESS OF WALES OFFI- CIATES FOR THE QUFEN. DESCRIPTION OF THE DRESSES. LOCAL PRESENTATIONS. 1 Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales held a Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday on behalf of the Queen. During the period of waiting for the opening of 'the Palace gates at two o'clock, a considerable num- her of spectators assembled in the Mall, and by 1.30 there was a fairly long string of carriages waiting for udmi"IOIl to the Palace yard. The Dukw and Duchess of Sax.e-Coburg arrived shortly before three o'clock. Tlie-y drove from Olarenoe House in one of tho Queen's State carriaJl:e< aeeompanied by their daughters, the voung Princesses, and attended by Captain the Hon. D. J. Monson and Mrs. Colin Keppel. At three o'clock the Sta'.e carriages conveying the duite of the Prince and Prince., of Wales were driven up theMall from Marlborough House, and within a few minutes of the hour 'the Royal party appeared, escorted by the I., Life Guards, The Princess of Wales was accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Maud, but Princess Viotoria W88 absent on a visit to the Queen at Windsor. There were in attendance on their Royal High- nesses Lord Gosford, Sir Digiwton Probyn, Capifcain Holford. Sir Francis Knollys, Lady Morton, and Miss Knollys. All along the route the Royal party were saluted and cheered as they PMBed, and on entering the Palace yard they were saluted by the guards of honour, and the National Anthem was played by the baud. Th" Princess and jxu'ty proceooNt directly to the Throne Room, and the recep- tions at onoe commenced. The band of the Foot Guards, within the Palace quadrangle, and thoee of the Life Guards and Horse Guards, in the outer yard, discoursed music as the receptions were iu progress. Among the earliest arrivals at Ule Palace were Lord and Lady Kensington and daughters, Lord Ripon, the Countess Spencer, Lady London- derry, Lady Helen Stuart, Mrs. Boyd Car- penter (wife of the Bishop of Ripon), Lord and Lady Falmouth, the Er?l and Count- of E,T.1, Lady Grey, Lady Cromer, the Duchess of AtholI. Lady Herries, Lady Biddulph, Lady Blythswood* Lord and Lady Playfair, Lady Hopetoun, the Postmaster-General, and many of ^-e for^> Ministers and Ambassadors. The Drawing Room, although not so crowd?i that hel by her Majesty last week, was largely attended, and there were a number of pretty debutantes. Black and white eatin gowns were very much in evidence, with velvet on brocade trains, and the embroidery was beautiful. The ?e?, wide k t. were plain ex?pt when drapeW.?th profusion LPPEwed on both ?Qns and bodices, i in?m Maud of Ys ales wore a gown of (Team satin, with a berthe of Flemish lace arranged with mauve orchids and a trai. to mtch. The Duehe" of Marlborough-pr?ented on her marriaworE" a most exqweite gown of pearl gmY eatin, with flounce and tablier f priceless point -.1enlIm I-, the tablier caught with bunches of roses. The bodice was trimmed with a drapery of this beauteous lace, minghd with lace worked in silver spangles and diamonds, drawn cleverly across the bodice and forming one of the sfleeves and n bunch of i was introduced at the shoulder. The train of grey velvet was shot wrb pink Ledy embroidered with group.f silver lilies, and ruches of pink ana white chiffon and masses of shaded rose,, completed a most perfectly throughout costume. The CountE>S8 of Dudley's ivory satin gown was veiled in net-, embroidered in fine silver spangles forming detaohed groups or wavy lines. The net opened in front, the edges worked in, a pretty and thicker silver design surrounding Brussels point roses appliqued. The corsage was arranged to match, and the full chiffon sleeves were caught across the arm by straps of silvered net. The white satin train was fastened to one shoulder by a large diamond orescent, and the other ornaments were a superb diamond tiara, a spray of diamonds fastening the plume, a diamond necklace with pendant pear pearls, a diamond p¡1lrl and emerald pendant, and diamond bracelets. Tile ,.u,?t. H. lt l no'. white satin g-?,, bad Oi':j; o.;litl;itki' il I mu,Jin, and trimmed with silver spangled ]am and lilac roses. The train of pearly-hued bro- cade, with design of pink flowers and green leaves, was Jined with pink satin. C.,ntem Spenoer's 90? ?cl train were of rich black irk, and hr -.age ?- veiled ,ith li.? ,n. broidered in undulating lines of jet sequins. The sleeves, in full puffs of lightlv-jetted OM, were I 10 the arm by a bracelet of the thicker embroidery, and there were a waistband and bow of corded ribbon and beauteous diamond ornaments, lady Herries, of Caetrlaverock Cattle,Dvmfrie?, wore u gown of orchid mauve satin, gracefully arranged with soft folds of chiffion to match, and silver-spangled net harmonising perfectly with the train of bronze-green velvet lined with a lovely chcne silk gauze. 'Hie Marchioness of Londonderry, being in mourning for the late Earl of Pembroke, were a blaok velvet train over a gown of rklt bla^k eatin trimmed down one side by a cascade of Chantilly laoe and chiffon caught back with diamond brooches. The w.we had a deep bnd of jet, and the nretty deeveei were 7 ratin and tulle. The Marchioness of Londonderry presented Lady Hlen Stunt, who looked very handsome in a charming gown of white 6tin Rli.tani, ;¿ a v; f s"f':ilte> ;â\,in bod:roiÅ into a ,i. ".In and ornamented with trails i of lily df the valley. The train of striped white Patin and silk was very originally md gmodlilly .hmll from both shoulders, falling iu the centre black satin opening over a front of Gobelin blue like monks bd. Mm Peroival, wife of the Bishop of Hereford, was nobly droood in black s.t?i'l r"over. front of Gobe1in blue atio?i, erold9l'ed in jet and trimmed with feathers to match. The train of black satin was lined with blue mnire. Ladv M.ry Howard, l..iAter to the Duke of Norfolk, wore a bJack satin gown with brocaded pattern m oloud-liko form wrought in coppery hum intemited with greem and pinks with 1neb.Hie -ffeA. The bodice ms trimmed with jetted net and shaded green nlumos, and the train WlWI of black velvet Lady Jane Lindsay, s i ster of Hie Duke of West- minster, wore ov(?r a gown of pearl grey brocade, dmpcd with ine Vemeti= point, a OC:f' oloua-bluo caitan, specially embroidered for her in China, with pattern of pink m-s. ti"'O' foliage and other flowers in vaeas of bite -ld gold. Lady Blanche Baillie &am a beautiful gown of ivory satin, trimmed with scarves of pink chiffon and cream laee, nnd a dtep band of rich crystal embroidery and gar. denias. The train wae of moss-green velvet. The pale helio*ope satin pufa wwn by Lady PeLrhyn embroidered m eilvor and crystals io f"cimvan 1 31 and dit up tho .-m. to show sh of ded *edred with ex- v.IN*. Tfie hbrocade train W a feathery torn, done in gold and ftv*m d the ice ..? trimmed with lace and lily I :,ndtie Uley. wa;.n1:t*lay Cardiganshire, was attired in a gown of white Ciardio :i:bral i iwr g In pearls, and a turquoise- )An* vqvet "n. 1,* Grotnor wore a violet velvet tmin, draped in Flemish poink IHited with grey aatinftQtt^*lMUa*ro{»«ftin gown, embroidered in single Parma violets, scattered, over the Girirt and bodice. Lady Grey de Ruthven (pre- sorted on her marriage) was in vhite satin and Brussels point, and a brocade train finished with plumes. Lady Viotoria Dawney wore cream satin, beauti- fully trimmed with Brussels laoe and roses, SIUldoo from pink to yellow. The train, of Venetian yellow brocade, had a design of true lovers' knots and bouquets of little roses, and was lined with pink eatin. The Countess of Arran wore a green velvet train lined with cream satin, and a gown of white satin veiled in black net. beautifully ornamented with an applique of white Brussels point and 8. light jet embroidery. The bodice was of rucked white chiffon trimmed with the lace and embroidered net, and had a waistband and shoulder straps of green satin ornamented with silver. The white chiffon sleeves falling off the shoulder had straps to match, held with diamond buttons. Countess Cuirns wore a handsome gold and white brocade gown, with white satin bodice softened with billowv folds of lisse and a drapery of lace. The train of green satin in a charming tone was trimmed at one corner by branches of roses. Countess Temple presented the Ladies Goie-Lnng'ton, wearing cream satin gowns trimmed with satin ribbons and trails of lily of the valley and hroche trains. Lady Trowbridge, in a rose satin gown with ruby velvet train, carried a bouquet of shaded w>raniums. Mrs. Jackson, wife of Mr. W. L. Jackson, M.P., was in black satin richly ûl11amented with jet embroidered net and old laoe caught with mauve irises. Ladv Francis Cecil, wife of Commander Tilliard. R N., wore a gown of resida brocade with pattern of pink rosebuds and a pale mo.-s creen velvet train lined with yellow and arranged with bows and a scarf of yellow lisse. Miss Cecil was presented in a charming white toilet. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore a gown of black satin embroidered with iet, <,ormge amI train to corl-?pond. The head- ?l?s was a t'? of diaiixond?o, f?tiiers, and ve i l. The ?iiamfnt?i were diamonds and pearls. O:rr;r:: ¡¡ddlíb': fi(ytoria and Albert, Catherine of Russia, St. John of Jerusalem, t,he Saxe Coburg-Gotha Jubilee Commemoration Medal, and Danish Family and Golden Wed- ding Orders. Her Royal Highness tho Duchess of Albany wore a dross of tfold and silver brocade of Eng- lish manufacture, the trimmings of the dress and the train of old Alencon lace. The head- drew was white feathers and veil. Ornaments worn were dianl0Y1{t¡. The Orders were:— Victoria and Albert, Crown. of India, Jubilee Medal, t'laxe Coburir-Gotha, Royal Red Cross, and St. John of Jerusalem. Her Highness Princess Viotoria of Schleswig- Holsteiu wore a gown of eau de nil en-tin of English manufacture, the train being of white duohesse satin arranged with chiffon and lace. The omaments worn wer,? diai?ondr and pearls. Ord ???:- V ictor i a and Albert, Crw,? f India, RJi,ijr::I: a'j¡;i!:Čo"m tion Medal.

ANOTHER QUESTION OF I PRIVILEGE BISHOP EDWARDS'S INTERRtUM'ED I DINNER. The "ScotmanV London letter says that the I right of Lord Selborne to sit in the House was not the only question of privilege raised on Monday evening the other was the right of the Binhop of St. A.i)h to 00 entertained in tho members' dining- muin. The right rev. prelate ? taken into the room by Lord Cranborne. Ho found him- self in ourious company, for at the next table there wae seated Mr. S. Evans, who had half an hour before been calling in question his accuracy in forcible rather than carefully selected terms. The bishop was, however, preparing to enjoy his dinner, notwithstanding the proximity of his Radioal censor, when the attention of his host was called hy the purveyor to the fact that he was a stranger in a place reserved for members. The question of privilege was not contested. The bishop began his dinner in one room, and he finished it in another, where it was uermifsible to offer him hospitality.

CKOKTERS' GRIEVANCES. I ACTION OF SIR WM. HARCOURT. I The Press Association learns that Sir William Haroourt has invited the Liberal orofter mem- bers to. have a private consultation with him in his room at the House of Commons this (Thursday) afternosn. This is the outcome of a letter which the twelve representatives of the crofter constituencies sobeduled in the Croftors Act Amendment Bill signed and sent to Mr, Ellis, the obief Government Whip.

THE CASE OF DR. HERZ. I I JUDGMENT TO BE PRONOUNCED BY DEFAULT. A Reuter's telegram from Paris on Wednes- day says The appeal lodged by Dr. Cornelius Ilerz against the sentence of five years' impri- sonment and 3,000 francs fine passed upon him came up for hearing on Wednesday before the Appeal Court of the Correctional Tribunal. The Court, after a brief consideration, decided that the Correctional Tribunal was oompetent to hear the case against Dr. Herz, and that judg. ment should be pronounced by default. The decision of the court regarding the appeal was pottponed for a week.

I THE FRENCH NAVY. I ESTIMATES FOR NEXT YEAR. I A Central News telegram from Paris on Wednesday evening says --The Minister of Marine, in his preliminary statement respecting the requirements of the Navy for 1896, gives the approximate estimate of expenditure as 273,000,000f., being an inorease over the present financial year of 2,000,000f. The Minister also intends to aslc the Chamber for an additional vote of e.OOO.OOOf. for building new ships.

A SAD INCIDENT. I CHILD BURNED TO DEATH AND MOTHER DIES OF SHOOK. I A Reuter's telegram from La Roche on Wednesday says --A particularly sad incident occurred at a fire whioh broke out at the Hotel d- Voyage-a at Garwunet, this town,¡: Mtni?t. A little girl in ODe of thtMem oould not be resoued and was burned to death. The mother of the ohiid, en learning of the fata of her daughter, l»n dead on the spot.

800th'S Bmnhion i$ 2Wt & Mm-eteooMtm?   b f6t moft V. thU plin 0.4 TA,.r <* the st.="h mdj?MtNt,  -d fcH*. tSrSKm^Igt jirlotTM* 8UD8 BOBB MB WOMtS tN cmunas.— t:r.r. Vogembb I-. TM. *nd  .w b?. ?a.3?Sn?t?O<ST?<??

AN EXPOSURE OF HYPNOTISM. REVELATIONS BY SO- CALLED MEDIUMS. STARTLING STORY OF A SIX NIGHTS'TRANCE. SUBJECT GOT UP AND ATE AND WALKED. Professor Arthur Dale, who is at present exhibiting -it the South London Music-hall, allege* that lie is able to prove that the so- railed hypnotism, of which so much is being made at present, is a sham. In support of this contention he claims to have got several mediums of well-known professors of the art of hypnotism to sell their late employers and themselves, and to declare that they have never been influenced at any time and have deceived the professors, the medical world, and the public L'l-nerally. Mr. Dale declares that from his examination of these persons he proved that the tests were no tests. In the course of an inter- view with the representative of the London "Star" Mr. Dale said he received from W. .Taylor, who has been the subject of a six days' tranoe at, Leicester, a letter, in which he said "I am going to give the game away," and he "ensraged him to come here to help in the ex. WMine. n The following is the account of the inter- view :— "Have you any other subjects who are WIll. inll to give evidence that they have assisted in theee matters?" "Well, I engaged Miss May Robert*, of Brighton, but when it was suggested, that she should have twelve needles put in her head, she wrote and said she believed in hypnotism, and that she was too ill to appear." "How do you av it is possible for a subject to bear the teste of needles thrust in the arm, and into the head, and to deceive the doctors when the eyes are examined?" "lor that I refer you to Mr. Marshall here, who knows all the trickery, and has taught many of the latest professors." Mr. Marshall is oven more emphatic than Mr. Dale in hi. insistence that the whole busi- ness is humbug, and denounces the professors one bv one by name. He mys he was engaged in do the business at Leicester, but when Mr. Dale told him he was tfoing to make the ex- posure he became afraid of being arrested for fraud, and decided to take part in the exposure. He ays, "I have been examined by over 500 dor-tors, and have deceived them all. I have had 51 needles put in my head this week." "And how do you suggest that you can bear the eve test?" "All I do is to practice until I can 'squint inwards'—so!" And he so moves his eyes that nothing but the white is visible. "Then," he continues, "I practice until I let them touch the eve-so I" and he rubs the finger backwards and forwards over the eyeball. "And what about the long trances? Do you sav that a man can sustain the appearance of lieins under control for a number of hours with. out making some sign?" nii? Oli. the whole thing is made up of sigi& For instanoe, the tfubjeot is examined by the hypnotist about once an hour. He takes him bv the. hands, and if the subjeot wants to be nlaœd OIl the rigltt side he presses with the right thumb; if on the left he uses his left thumb; if he prefers to be placed on his bad hd uses both. Then you will notice the operator nut his hand over the subject's mouth, inri if he is thirsty he will kppiv his tongue to the hand unseen by the watellers." That Mr. Marshall is confident of his power to deceive is manifest from his statement that he is willing to so into a hospital and mislead the medical men there. Later in the evening the abow was put on the 't Taylor, from Leicester, being one ?fIh,= wbo presented themselves. He de- clared he had been shamming in the six days' trance: that he had got up after the audience left at night, and did not resume his position nntil he had had supper and a walk. Asked bv Mr. Dale how he deceived the watchers, he replied. "Thev were having a drink or t>vo. Tie r l ir.fnllv uoV-nowledgea that he was a fraud. Marshall followed sllit. It may be well (remarks the "Star") to men- tion that Mr. Marshall confesses that many seekers after truth oil this subject are being "_ived. He mentions the name of a well- l,"wn surgeon ?nectaid with a Lmiin hos- I thrie:m"eg, and Yhlb' invariably ,,?t?nd,, to be under ntrol, h- cause he thinks he would not otherwise get his fee. Amateur hnmoh8ers, it IS further de- clared. are blackmailed by aubj acts who have their "mesmerisers" very muoh at their metily. Already rumours of the most hideous kind re about, and if hypnotism is the sllam, and its urofessed subjects are as unscrupulous as ihay are said to be, the opportunities for evil are innumerable. _u-

COAL SHIPMENTS AT LLANELLY. A GRATIFYING INCREASE. Speakinr at the last meeting of the Llanelly Harbour Commissioners, the clerk (Mr. John Jennings) said that the return of coal exported from Llanelly dnring 1894 was not yet complete. It would be found, however, that there was an increase of 41,612 tons in the shipments ai oom- pared with thoee of 1893.

ELECTION NEWS. I IMPENDING RESIGNATION OF I MR. WILLIAM O'BRIEN. I The Prea. AøoaIatIoD 1- that Kr. W O'Btim, M P., W"Y -rv" ?nethxim<teBn)r!hh cowt of Ban apky for mo avamat at t" t MMnthM<MMt? I)y Mr, Cba 01 tb. 0'B)t-n vM resign M* am in immomatsiy L= )inn ta1dag plao.

A !?M Ivolk of 800"" Bawm t* vVA 6L.O.n =m  1 = eMM sad gsasnt rntriiM, IW engfct to Ii uwrIm: wi, :.= ;2 a

LIBERATOR CRASH.! THE TRIAL OF JABEZ I BALFOUR. PRISONER AGAIN UP AT BOW- STREET. MORE ABOUT THE WHITE. I HALL COUUT PROPERTY. THE TERMS OF PURCHASE. I CLOSE OF EVIDENCE IN THE I BANKRUPTCY CHARGE. The hearing of the charges of conspiracy and fraud preferred agaiubt Jabez Spencer Balfour in connection with various laud and building societies was resumed at Bow-street Poliee-court on Wednesday morning (before Sir John Bi idge). Mr. C, Matthews and Mr. n. Avory prosecuted on behalf of the Treasury, and Mr. John O'Con.- and Mr. Swan*ton defended. The accu £ ed presented his customary appearauco on being conducted into the dock at a quarter to eleven. WHITEHALL-COURT. The witness George C. Kentish, who had been secretary to J. W. Hobbs and Co., again went into the witness-box. Having replied to one or two questions which counsel for the Treasury omitted to put on Tuesday to witness in referent* to the Whitehall Court. property, witness waa cross-examined by Mr. O'Connor. He said that while eecretary to Hobbs BIId Co, he had learned that there was to be a building on the embankment, which his firm would have to build. This was, he believed, before the purchase meeting in January, 1386. He gathered this at some meeting of, or oonversa- tim with, the directors. The alterations in the draft and the fair copy relating to the purchase were all done at the same time, with die exception of the figures referred to an Tuesday He believed that all the directors of Hobbs and Co. were present, as well lIB the solicitor and himself. He had no recol- lection of being told who the vendors were. He oould sot recollect Wright giving him any reason for making the interlineations. Mr. O'Coemor: Why is "being 10 per cent." not in the fair copy? Witness: Possibly,t was taken out before I got it. Farther cross .examined as to alterations and interlineations in the document relating to the purchase of the property, witness's attention v":ts called to the fact that, although in the eprly part of the document there had been an alteration of £32,500 to 262,000, there had been no sucfi alteration later on. Counsel asked whether there should not appear to have been some mistake. 8.PJ¿hnhi:ee bee :enot give judgment on that; he &imply copied the dou- ment. Witness went on to say that he was present at a meeting of the directors of Hobbs and Co. on the 19th of January, 1886. No doubt the Whitehall Court property was discussed. The minute-book showed that there was a report to the effect that the negotiations were in pro- gress. They approved of the minutes of the previous in?t-ing, which showed the price to be paid for Whitehall Court. 'I'he? minutes showed all the alterations reftrred to. Sir J. Bridge: That appears on the face of it. Mr. O'Connor: I want it to go down on the d 0- UBiidge: Oh, no, no; you must have some .d t o t*M.. sOMref).m (to witness): Now, give us all the assistance in your power. I do not want to treat you in a hostile maniaer. Sir John Bridge: The witness is giving his evidence fairly. You waste time. Mr. O'Connor: I have no desire to. Sir John Bridge: b-o on, please. Witness went on to say that no observations were made in his presence as to whom the purchasers or the vendors were. He thought it was the ordinary course of bmi- ness for Hobbs and Co. to accept from Wright any agreement put before them. Up to this point witness had no coniema- tion with Balfour ,er the eeent. mWå=: o:xf:x.m:i.e docu- ment which he sent to Burns, containing a list ofthe various sums payable, and here the prisoner proceeded to prompt his mu?l. ff1= J?d'te t:,?: d=mec:n:i from the minutes and sent it to Burns, as secretary of the House and Land) Investment Trust, that being the institution who were financing this onera1;ion, Up to this point (February 11, 1889). he had no communication wieh Balfour. Witness corresponded with Burns, the secretary. Burns, O'Connor: Let me see the list. Now, Mr. while all these arrangements were ooing on, do N-ou know whether Balfour was out of Eng- land 1-1 had no knowledge: I know he was in London in the early part of January. Do you know whether lie was way on the Continent at this time1-1 do not know where he was. Further cross-examined, witness said it was about the 17th of March, Ie date of Mr. Balfour's appointment in connection with these companies, that he began to correspond wth him about these negotiations. From that date forward all his transactions were through Balfour, and. with the exception of certain variations. wifnow conducted the business on the lines of the document supplied to TCurns, The document was here hsunded to the prisoner, and closely scrutinised by him. "Let me see that Jmper when you have done with it." said the magistrate, and thereupon Bal- four smilingly pawed it up to the bench. Witness continued that it wovld be his duty to inform Balfour from time to time of the oimounts reouired to fulfil the obligations. This would be in respect of alltthe contracts entered into by Hobbs and Co. in relation to Whitehall. Mr. O'Connor: Was it Balfour's office as mediator ? Mr. Avory: That is a new name for him. (Laughter). Mr. O'Connor: As general manager then, to supplv those sums? Mr. M'atthews: What he did Hinder the agreement will ehow. Mr. O'Connor: Was The supposed to know what three Tontracts were? Mr. Matthews: How can Mr. Kentish say that. th;ir. O'Connor: But my frierclr lay such stress upon that 020,000. I want to show b was not Mr. Balfour's business to provide for all arrangements. 1\r. Matthews: Wo laid stress upon the f,ZO,OOO because fh*t is the sum Balfoir is paid to have appltad to hi. own purposes. Witness had to go to Balfour for the money. Where he got it. I do not know. (Laughter.) Mr. O'Connor: I contend that Mr. Balfour's position was entirelv fiduciary. Mr. Matthews: There we agree with yOU. Mr. Avary: But wy say fhat he broke his trust. Mir. O'Connor: Thst you will have tto prove. Sir John Bridge (laughinglv): And you seem to be trying to prove it for them. (Laughter.) I PRODUCING AORBEMENTIi William John Gneen, toleric in the Land Revenue Reoord Office, Whitehall, moduced the original building agreement, dated Decem- ber 31, 1883, be'ween a commissioner of woods and forests and Jonathan Thomas Carr. relat. ting to oertain land now oaTled Whitehall Court. He also produced a supplemental agreement between the same tiarties and the Whitehall Court Compsnv (Limited), datfed 12th of Deo^mb»r, 1884. He also produced the assignment hv Oarr of his building agreement of Whitehall Court, dated the 9th of January. 1884. He ",I" nroduced the leø- wanted under that agreement ito the House and Land Investment Trust, dated Hie 21th of Sep. tember. 1888. [ OFFICIAL RECEIVER'S EXAMINER. )&. Waitw BmrntM. senior ammtmer in the office of the Official Receiver. :¡rnu: t W ohwge of the investigation of the aesomfo of the Liberator Building Swietv, and to some extent of the House and Lands Investment Trust and the Building Securities, and of Hobbs and Co. entirely, and the London and General Rhok. He had examined the different books of these companies relating to the White- hall Contracts Account. He had before him the original agreement of the 17th of March, 1886, under which the prisoner (Balfour) was all" pointed to mias" the whole busiaw of the .ball property. He W found among the papers re p t t. made from time to time by c; :W: on thm WhiMMU Con. tracts Accounts. The reports were made in triplicate to the House and Land, the Build- ing Securities, and the Liberator. They pur- poew to dww the -eye rwdred by Mm &om A«e three <xxnptni« -d Mpeoded N<B. He bad compMed tgm reports with the Meemt kept at the T..d. tnd Otntr? th hsoivo& mt k.Q'tdwi Cooinw% Acemt, for the yem 1886 UId 1M. Thaft reporw dMtin. SM?hed betw- sums of money -pNd to the ?eadOM 8Dd the M)M pod to 7a=. 00., the MM«)t. 7% tomi .mt ttpMonot by *ow .opw to have been 3.z.. (in- cluding architects) W81 «0,ie6. The report did not d' M?tSt inbit- and TM. aom The romwat induded the joymmi of oemmhthm ?ae to Awtow under the agreement of the 17th of Merob. such commiaiions being 2 per cent. Worn the hooka the total amomt of the commis- .ion appeared to have bssn £ 6.671,16e. He had traced the amount* provided by the differs tit ounwow" in tbsfe (wok*. inim amoonts in. the hooks of the Liberator were tq ti* SoiMcaaiLbMdi Tnm. The Building SecuhtiM Oemptny ap- peered al so to have made advances to the Trmt. T"John Bridge (interfering) alluded to the way in which the case was being gone into in detail, and said the enormous quantity of fringe seemed to be swallowing the kernel of the case. Mr. Avory replied that it had been deemed necessary to go deeply into the fringe to find things out, Witness went on to say that he had examined the books of the London and General Bank to trace -the payment of various acceptances of Hobta and 00. He gave particulars of a number of bill. .,h for 21,000, discounted bv the bank, and the proceed* were placed to the credit of Wi-ight. The other bill., making un £ 20.000, with the exception of three bills for £91f). were paid at maturity bv the LOII- don and General Bank. How does it "how that the LPO-000 wa* to be paid to a man, named Ureijr :'8 olle of the vtaidors ? Wttnms: That is shown by the minute-book of Hnbhs ."(I C.. Witness -"i on to ""V that i•t w<M Undine Greig's name upon the hiUs that fir., out him on the inouiry. He then ?,x.,?in?d th- d-.u-t. to r- who the vF-n(l? "11" we?. He -gd not find My agreement wim Greig. H* particularised certain sums waced to Wright'« fredi-Mi. the London nnd (?ner?J Bank in 3886 and metvticned that aftpr <he? tn)n.wtion« Wil,t', -nt WM dj b'^ tfd w».P th ?? by a cheque drawn in favour of "J. R. B." 11)(. oourt .<1 ;ollrne" for lunch 0". BALFOUR INTERRUPTS. On resuming Mr. Bnnnatt agam went into the w[tneM-box. bavin¡: in front of him ? piie of documents and ponderous Idgr& "'itu- ))ro- <jeeded tc refer to various (hfOUM i.? reply to M;.I.t;fíl:: ;htuee"t!: ftr:it I Budlbl} mterrupted. Mr. Avory referred to the "three lost cheaues." upon which Balfour, in a tone of irreat confidence, and with complete fielf-po*- session, remarked. at the same tune makiug a note. "You mean three of the lost six?" Counsel admitted that that wa*- foo, and proceeded to refer to other details, when MR. BRAMALL CONTINUES. Sir John Bridge aid: You may take it gene- ;?Iy that the whole of the £ 20,000 ?e?t into the hands of prisoner or Wright. Mr. Avory: Have you traced the whole of the 220.000 which was Lauppo?d to be pay- Íe to Otgo Pio:a:ith. tG. Wrpi. oi the prisoner B&Ifou?onie to we aud 80me 11 the other ?— V es; less S500 discount. In cross-examination by Mr. O'Conuor wit- ness said that he had not been able to find uny Greig agreement. Sir John Bridge: Nor Greig himself, 1 suppose. 8ufeS8: I have seen Mr. Greig. But .0t Sir John Bridge (I..ghi.gly): But not "the" (,ig?-No. (Laughter.) THK iXRST PART ENDING. Evidence of bank clerk* was giveu io show that GreigV bills weut into Louville Wrights account at Dimsdale's Bank, and that then Wright wrote a cheque in favour of Balfour. Mr. H, J. Broinham, of the firm of Thomp- son, Burney and Co., who, in 1886. was a clerk in the offioe of Messrs. Bonner, Wright, and Thompson, said that in that year three agree* laeuts were prepared in that office relating to Whitehall Court. One was between Hobbs and Co. and the Whitehall Court Coinpmy. and his secoud between Hobbs and Co. and Goldrintr and Mitchell. He was asked whether the third was between Hobbs and Co. and a person named Greig. He could not say aa to that now. It was as to the payment of £ 20,000. He believed that the agreement was at hiB office. and that it might be possible to produce it to-morrow. Mr. Matthews said that this concluded this part of the case. He should ask for the oom. imtal of the accused for applving the £20.000 to his own use. for obtaining that sum by faloe !?;?? and for fraudulently aiding and 'abetting Hobbs. SIR JOHN AND "LONG JOHN." Sir John Bridge (to Mr. OtWnor); I will hear you now. Mr. O'Connor: Are you going to commit I now? Sir John Bridge: I will hear what you have to say first. Mr. O'Connor (after consulting the prisoner) .id he did no intend to enter into any defeew hist now. He would ree?e that ? another place, but he wished to make a formal protect aiiaiust the committal, because of the peculiar circumstances under which the prisoner came before the court. Sir John Bridge aud he would listen to a dofonco but not to protests. Mr. O'Connor withdrew the word protest, and argued that there uhould be no oommittal until there had been placed before the court some documents showing the charges on which the extradition took place. Sir John Bridge replied that there would be no absolute committal tin the whole of the can was before him. ( Mr. O'Connor replied that in that case he fhould reserve his observations. He should exhaust every means to prove that the charges now made were not thoee upon which extradi. tion was granted. Sir John Bridge said it would not matter in the least what the extradition was, for the question was what were the charges dis- closed by the evidence upon which extradi. tion was asked. Addressing the prisoner, the Ma?trtte asked: Do you wi. to say anything? Balfour (risin*): I reserve my defence. Sir John Bridge: I shall commit when the proper time arrives. THE BANKRUPTCY CHARGE. The bankruptcy part of tile cam WM next proceeded with, the accused being charged, under the Debtors' Act, with leaving the country with certain money under unlawful conditi?. Several bankrupkly omcHth were examined. Sir J. Bridge asked the assistant Official Receiver where Balfour went to. Witness replied that he went ;tn Dover and subsequently to Buenos Ayree. (Laughter.) Further evidence showed that before going away Balfour drew five BiOO Bank of England notes out of the Union Bank at Croydon, and cashed one of the notes, taking the other four with him. A clerk in the River Rate Bank at Buenos Ayres spoke to Balfour coming to that bank and asking for money for the four remaining notes. After some objection, witness gave him (fold for them. Balfour endorsed the notes in the name of "S. Butler," and gave a local address. This part of the case being concluded, Mr. O'Connor said it was rather imperfect because there no evidence to show Balfour's posi- tion when he went. Sir John Bridge: He left England and took with him part of his property which ought to have been available for division among at his :t: ive tl:. is ..pi=. The 11-med magistrate then dininitered the Inu-I caution, and asked Balfour if be bad anything to say. Rising, Mr. Balfour replied that to should reserve his defence. The intimation lIB to oommittal at the con. clusion of the whole case was repeated, and the further hraring was adjourned till to-day (Thursday).

I WELSH CHURCH BILL. I MR. GLADSTONE AND THE NEW COMMISSIONERS. We believe (says the Evening News") that Mr. Oladstene haa been taking a great interest in politics again of late, and it is said he has also been palling the wires very hard. The appointment of Sir Algernon West as one of the Commissioners under the Welsh Disestahliab- ment Bill is Mid to be due to a strong hint from Hawarden.

I WOMEN LIBERALS. LAND TENURE IN WALES. The council meeting of the Women's Liberal Fooer&twn was mumed on Wedue?dW at We<tbonmePt)-kUh<tp<? the Cv4mtws Carlisle presiding. The conference paased a resolution urging upon the Government the ommaity for pressing forward the 14ml y B!u The conference also affirmed that it should be illegal to supply children under sixteen with intoxicants, ana it was de- cided to urge upon tb. GowankmA to awt homes for inebriates, as the repeated sentences to IZC -;r t for drunkmn- bad proved a fMtute. The confereaœ aùo pledged itogf to support Mr. Mortey < Bill for Ute Mnend went of Irish lanMd, 7! a's Isig for the mend :or'ee: & hope that the Goommet would soon be to -ntro. duce &ad pue into law a Bill to impme the oou&time T land tenure in W'" The oounoa also urwd upon the Govemamt to invite a gwermm of E Po. to con- sider the question of eEs =Po?on to con- court of international MKtrttion. &ad to for- mulate some plan of gradual and mutual dis- armament.

THE ELBE DISASTER. KAISER AND THE LOWESTOFT JUfcrg VERDICT. The Press Association Lowestoft corns pan- dent sk-An tbak Mr. Obaston. So ooraasr. has r?ved a lokw Captain Domim. Gwuma MtyOetnMHhtr.eoBtotdx?tM'theM. vwt tw the aftmm *161 in resent E: entMttd <? T?ftfet of go LOWW*Dft iwr who ikmued Me diswbw.

moon COM M MTMTU 'I r -fly matter ot auMa/y. hssMW to <■ Ktdi"l a rarmo"of I B hMrf M as :It ?CE T.dhwd* at ?kMy fan tI8e. .PA4d.,Mw -=- M?M. Or hid. XMtrsr we" -ad"- I" asaplcs AMr wIlK b do. ob 4iL 3?L DRUM D"wt-lw- rlmk 14.1m; .d .1. e ¡:¡; InA dsagsr, ft!w*«ls. MM, Beat* ttiili* lavpo4 as 04 =&K-

W ALBS DAT BY DAY. There are 1,488 clergymen in Wales today. Sixty years ago there were only 700. In this week's "St. Paul's" the Vale of Clwyd is called the Eden of Wales. Mr. Maclean last night described Mr. Lloyd. George as the bR..tam cock of the Welsh farm- yard. In the Islington May Horse Show the tandem pair of Mr. T. D. John. of Cardiff, which took premier honours, had the advan- tage of beiujf driven by Lord Lonsdale. A young man who went out from Morris- ton to America as a tinworker has entered tlie ministry there, and been fortunate enough to obtain free tuition in Yale College. It is reported that Lord Bute's beaver colony at Mount Stiuart, Rothesay, N. B.. has proved a complete failure, all the interesting little rodent* having died out. A Pontardulais man who had to pay eight- pence on a letter because it contained <oin tore through the town for four hours when he found that the coin was halfpenny. Despite the fact, that there are 31 Radical members in Wales, there is 110 word in the Welsh language for Radical: this shows that that sort of thing is an impoitation to the Prin- cipality. Both the white and the black Pattis are connected with Wales; the former has a castle in the Principality, while the coloured Queen of Song wears the honoured name of Jones—Miss Sissieretta Jones. Three young men who were talking out- side a chemist's shop down West dimppohred with sensational suddenness. The trap-dooi on which they were standing opened, and the three found themselves in the cellar- Mr. J. M. Gerhold perpetrated a horrible joke at Mr. Madean's meeting in Splott on Wednesday night. Referring to the Walworth election, he --aid the result was "Wal-worth" the energy expended upon the fight by the Conij(>rvative. The Archbishop at Cantwbury otated at Convocation on Tuesday that 276,000, now paid over by Knglaud, would, in the event of Dis. establishment, oease to be applied to Wales, and the Welsh people would simply low to that large extent. At the annual meeting of the United Counties Hunters Society held at Carmarthen on Saturday last it was remarked that, with the exception of Colonel the Hon. F. C. Morgan, not a single Welsh member of Par- liament subscribed to the society, nor takes the slightest interest in it. Llangynwyd is one of the most Radical parishes in the diooe.se of Llaudaff, and yet from this stronghold of political -Jonoonfcrmity a petition containing between 3,000 and 4,000 signatures has been forwarded to Parliament against the Welsh Church Bill. Ferudale is becoming an important item in Welsh politics. It was there that Mr. D. A. Thomas and Mr. Bryn Roberts tired off their heavy artillery at the Cvmru Fyddites, and now it is announced that Mr. Lloyd-GeoiKe will reply from the same platform on Saturday uibt. Tlie Baptists at Govilon claim their chape), which is endowed with a farm producing £70 a year, to be the oldest belonging to the deno- mination in Wales. The m ,1- iio re- gard for antiquity, evidently, for the ohapel is let to the Salvation Army at a rental of F,14 a year. It is not a fact that Cap Coch, in the Aber- dare Valley, received its name from the crown of purple gone. About 250 years ago the keeper of the tavern at the foot of Aber- owm-y-bwooi hill was a patron of pugilism, and always presided over these gatherings in a red cap! A correspondent writes: —The Burry Port Docks and Railway Company. have set a good example to public companies generally in these times when so many people are idle or with onlv half enough of work to do, by forbidding any of their employes to act as agents for traders on the company's line. A Welsh politician appeals to the new Welsh Radical Federation to evolve soma method of choosing candidates which will not divide tlte party, and which will not have the effect of excluding workiug men and poor men from Parliamentary representation. The appeal appears in a Liverpool paper, but it might have been written in Cardiff. The Methodists at Carmarthen derive a yearly inoome of £16 from the Bear Inn, whilst the Wesleyans are similarly interested in the Red Lion at Penoarreg and the Independents at Caerphilly. What a wioited thing it is to run a publ Just think of the pious resolutions passed at the big meetings of Nonoooformity against the brewers, and then reffwtl The friendship between the late iron- masters, Mr. Edward Williams, of Middles- borough, and Mr. W. Jenkins, of Consett, was life-long. They worked together for many years in the Dowlais office, and the intimacy was continued unbroken throughout the changing and upward career of each. Mr. Illtyd Williams, the aon of Mr. Edward Williams, is married to a daughter of Mr. W. Jenkins. In his speech at the Christian Endeavour meeting at Bethany Chapel, Cardiff, on Wed- nesday evening, the Rev. W. Ambrose Wil- liams told a short etory in which an angel was said to have arrived on the scene with "dan- ling brilliancy." The effect of thi rev. ru. tleman's words was heightened by the suddaa illumination of the chapel faom a clan duski- ness to a flood of light. It was only the gas that had been turned on, but tlie point of do speaker's allegory was cbsevred in the ire*. VfAllt laughter of the audience. The Rev. G. Hart well Jones has written a pretty (so they say) ode in memory of the lat. "Elis W yn o Wyrfai. This is how it runs to the first "full stop":— Qua uentilatur lene Fauonio Spirante taxus funerea, et super Bustis susurrabant salicta, Oonspioien* tumuluin lecantem Btabst solutis Cambria crinibus, Lunissa uultum; non alitor lb-tin Nates et Auroram peremfHos Ciediderim gemmssc. Welsh water is having a run. In additlilt to the laige quantity now being sent bottiad from St. Winifred's Well, Holywell, consign- ments of a ton at a time are being despatchsd from the saline well at Llangammarah, cap- suled and done up like the Gennan waters. Birmingham is making great speed in securing Owm Elan water. Liverpool he* its store from the Vyrøwy ia North Walee, and prophets say that Bala waiter and, probably, Llangorse will be appropriated. One of the most potent inftusnoss dot make for religious unity in Wales just now is the affiliation of denominational colleges With the national colleges. Nonconformist studsnts gat acquainted with each other and with QønIa. men, and when people mix together and an eduoatad side by side when they are young, they will be on familiar terms when thsy up. Fins and lasting an tlie bonds fII ncilsy friendships, as the advocates of denominational exolueivenees know to their sorrow. Cardiff Poor-law guardians are not quit of the Roman Cetbdio question. As the niter now stands, Roman Catholic children are only permitted to go to Roman Catholio institu- tions when the accommodation at the union schools is over-strained, and even then only if the board considers it advisable. Dr. Buist now wants to resoind all the old raw lutions and allow Roman Catholio institutions to bam the care of all Roman Catholio children who come under the oharga of as guardians. A cdiak., who signs himself "Blratt.* writes"Referring to you aooouat of a ride Inside a bows*, I modho A, similar eesnr- reoo* a good msny yean agp, whan I was a boy at school sit Kilmartin, ArgylesMra. A hopm was returning to Lochgilpbaad fnn DISMM lin and th* school having 'MW th* driver, who had bssa in mtf fclfcat SMffcf, asked so to gsl qp bsrid* Mm* I did. We eaagfct vp mr yoMpr brother, who was also dssirons of. but as ASM was no luaa an th* bss he wset insids. Thar* was a Sh. opsa all at the sid«, with a enrtaia hanging made, and ss «r* psssvd sleng psopis ««* hmMsJ to as 0  the IN&