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THE EXPEDITION TO ASHANTI. MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL ARRANGEMENTS. NAMES OF THE SURGEONSI SELECTED. TRAINED NURSES ALSO GOING. Tlw Prfss Association .a:o. :-The rnroiœ11 grrlna»men^ for the Aslianti of whit* Purseon-colonel Taylor will be chief officer, are now almost complete. Surgeon- (clonel Taylor lias s<-en varied service in Oan.da. India, an,) Tiurmali, and during the t W:\I" in the East was attached to the .Tapø.cp.e army awing ur.u [i -I Fort Arshur. He will I<o:e Liverpool On Saturday next, accnmpenied by tiv.^ other officer* of the Army edirS1 Staff. Be* des ordinary field hospitals n, .hore. there will he established a hase hoe- 1!ÏtaI at Cape Coast Castle, while serious cases will eventually be transferred to the. hospital shich will be anchored some two mile. yff the roa--t. Thi* vessel—the Ooromandel, tithe P<*nns;i':ir and Oriental Company's fleet -18 it present being titted up under the super- of the Director of Transports and Armv :"1'11;1 J)ep;1rtment. Hrig"dde.sun,o" liwtif»nt colonel Townsend has been aÇ1J>Ír.tt'll to tlte medical charge, the othr officers tler..ikJ I Hurgeons-major Dodd ltd IVt»-r ami Lieutenant and Qiartcnnaster tiWk Sixers finiv, M'Cuidy. and Potts, of the Army 1I,n¡r taif. a'"1 a juoportionat* iwibtr of non-com missioned otncerg aJid nlen at the Medical Staff Corpn will lie embarked j» jci attendant*. In addition to i already Mined. the following officers of the Annv NAMI Staff Corps have been detailed for the dpditicn —Surneon-lieiitenaiit-colanel Bleu- .h,t. i'!ur$leonHnJjor 1In£'h. Wols^lev, ftons-coptain Beanr. O'('allagh.a.11. Josling. fcken>>r. Corwiran. Burke, Wilson, and Malic*. ind Surgeon-lieutenant Spemvr. Several øf tfee foiesrcing office-r3 han already had con- ntWaWe Mjvrienee ou the West Coast of Africa. Thn floating hospital ship Coromandel has Mil fitted with the electric light, and ,11 b» iuppltfi with refrigerators and double sun awnirtfr. Iron cots for the accommodation of twenty odipcrs and 90 men who may lie sick ijthtoikM uill be .-applied, also for 10 officers and 360 in n convalescent or in ill-health. :-10 RF.Pt Y F:P.tnI 'TIIE KI'W- I TiePiess Association learns from the Anhantl TJiivoytt I;t no reply has been received from Kiwr Trempeh direct ratifying the submission irsde bv d,m on his behalf to the demands of the British Government. The Colonial Otlke, thtr unde"-tci <ll had received confirmation of ♦tar a~ur:«k-e.< that they had full potver to (run 00 behalf of his Majesty.

THE CUBAN REVOLT. I SPANISH TROOPS DEFEATED. I A Central Xews telegram from New York says: —A CJ ba n messen tfw arrived on Monday and supplied the "Jun::»" with details of the tattle of Tjignasco. in the province of Santa flan, which, commercing on the morning of the 18th. lasted for 36 hoars. Thy Spanish timbered 10,000, under Generals Lugue, Taltfc. and AMave, while Maximo Gomez enuld only put in the field 4,000 men. At a Bitical moment, however. Antonio Maceo, with 5.500 followers, came on the field, and the inscrgents, thus reinforced, completely routed the Spanish, killing and wounding 600, «aor.g the form-* being General Alciave. The in addition, captured 700 rifles and -.1 rps quantity 0f munitions. The insnr- h3 270 killed and wounded, the beh the bl.diest fought in the whole T. FTA Spanish authorities are rigiuly ■aHTMaay all armour con.enta of the affair.

FRAXCE AXD jBKITJSH I COMMERCE. IHE ALGERIAN PHOSPHATE I CONCESSIONS. J R..)?. t??. from j,?? on Tuday .t"  W" ? :h, ?' C?m. ?rlqlo?,?--i t? inquire into the P''o?phat< ?f? -.o?.? ,tTT<.b.<?<.A?)t.,?.e'i?t),? -V cono?,oB..<p ,?,mld by th? English tl-- -,id. ?ith?, !.e M?rteMT..n?:on required bv hw. ,T'r 'fh Commi?ion; T?..? ???? ?? ?t??- ha,i.,g'-It,?d irv «wi t Vrtre ?-t:tld to compensation m the m '• ° ti-11, --d a?eK.-< th Mme 3 ?M.fniO? Of..0 \<r Croobton and l.OOO.OMf » JJ-S"?: Jt° ar>,e"' °n ,he point of j^nrficadon ?Ir 1-? ? p..M. the r.p?t ?"? „ „ ??,.hi, ? ?? ,?. 9?n, ..r b i- "? ?"?°?<'d" ? gWe ? ??r? I indiea-, rfr;tii/,E-i;r1:r;:

FrXEIUL OF SIR HENRY PONSONBY. T? r?n,i?., ?f ,.? ;? Q? ??? Pnn?nbv v»U'tw»d on 'JWlav afternoon i„ Whiiv ?(,h?..j. i-hec?Hn?.?.? with rl!e rni. ??' "on ?<- the '??? )tnt.ra: f?t).f.rpd hat ?d oword. ??'* hO!"n{' cn !Jun"{'8rria drawn bv ?S?? "??"?- ? ?"? "f honour ?h?,<M ),y t.. Grenadier <-?a:.b ?.t ?i?'?? !'?? '?- th? '?..d "f the 2nd Ctu'VRiH^ es. The hrW. which was a e />n e' V "0'"l>ed by the I Buhnn a !rr'M:?r> a^13te(1 h" the R?.:or c'WWVW^i., *am »»d the i?- of K?t Co?. ? anù ?"' ??L<.r-. of the Iloval VamiiV™ The OonJ tributes x.Itiful ,n ru S.71I and verv numerous. emr- X.IW. ??-Simu)t.Mnu.)v at A hipoingham. TsI" o< I W?qh'iir Hp. WiiA!w r Ilic, I'?- heM n Ti?d?.y aft r. i T !• l"' 1 F^>yal St..1 awes'. The I ^3" i">hrphers.ib-desn, officiated and 1E?? ?.T'" P?"-? w<? <h? Prince of W,i|. s ?M?. .,f ?..W.in?r. ?nd Aduu?.t S"' ?-? ?..ctu<M w;:h the the 1,? :aderin of serfioe was also held   ? !.fr-? .? ?s & ..<-) )), d nn.\ Tlt!Jl;l ,prfi"lr,d..as in thep? Tit, « ?'?"?'M'? being to" Que..n. Princp -.nd Prn.i ;s Htn.y ??.?<n?Tc-. tbe Duchess of Albany. Prin? SAui^ ?'"? Victoria of S,hlnd th" mem. of the JH^otJ Hh ouse,lioW,. The Dea" o! Windsor 46-W. ?"d the ho?' pmhon of the .vine kJ?** lv ;h," ??- of ?? George's 0??). ?? ?"s .d ..pM,?j !»ynm« were renderfd. Anrf rf. Si 1*V1' 1!" thp  ?"? ? to;l"d Jrln tlt! ;}ftèrnooD

BF>ILF,K EXPI.OSTON IN NEW YORK. S,lra! Xew, '??ST!'m ^Tfm X..w Yo-k r.¡, Tl1Eo<Io,V,t. ?' ?r'?dtd mortly :f¡;h' ;'??'?"?'<'?OtYn))):a ?-?w?? T '? '? ?'P'?? 's vniai JA ,t/V-'°7 £ S1 und Str<.?,. '?)Mn.??'?"?'<?cr<.imn.<-di.!t<<? Kd v I' :l" d ames were liunie d iatelv .??"d-"??ttr<tfMr<.Jt)mtt)K. '?" ?n?ft?htc. ? was fom<i o. t ?'i??t "? Dr? "Nn had ht? ki\1ed aB"l ten Tp." »»ffer-inr hem e"e injur es hv «aldm„ J >tre frcm severe inj ure.. hY '!tM 10.4 J'? '? ?? opened for the ji?t

ELECTION iNTMLLIGEXCM. THE TOXTRTH VACANCY. r n.. T.o"" .\I"yor-¡:¡;prpnol "1l TlJeday I [^ived tk V r,t 'n r' 1 'Mi with the ?r- I'Meniarv *v "1!/ ''?"'?t'roxt<.tJ,Divi- 5j*> ''?"Mete?tKmof Fronde ??"<?''e.?nd fixed yr?Vtj?t f??tXtt.?'?' ? 1 e T?'-<'?- M'owi? '? ?"? ;iny- MR Warr ;C'.n??.t <I Mpr?nt th only CMtd?te.

TURKISH CRISIS. I I SULTAN AND EXTRA I GUARDSHIPS. THE ATTACK ON PALESTINE I MISSIONS. PROMPT ACTION BY THE I PORTE. A Renter's tele^aiu from Constantinople on Monday says :-The Ambassadors of the six Great Powers will hold a meeting to-day to deo.de upon tho steps to be taken, in view of the Porte's reluctance to grant firman8 autho- rising the parage of second j?uard«hips through the Dardanelles. An impreweion prevaile that should the krmaus not be granted additional gunboats would. nevertheless, be sent into the Boephorusj. It is painted out that the demand, which wart tuado in yirtue of treaty riht, in- volves an important question of principle, and that the Powers cannot now draw back ",itholl! seriously injuring Uteir prestige. Tta Arme- nians c^frunate the lossea suffered by their com- munity during late "'H\I1t. in Anatolia at £ TlG,000,000, and the number of victims at 40,000. The Prods Association says;—It is officially stat-d that thy Sultan has not yet consented to allow the British ships to pa^s through tho Dardanelles, as requested. The Sultan has not Tdued, but continues to argue the point- with the British repr. ntat i. THE ATTACK OX PALESTINE MISSIONS. The Central News says:—The Church Mis- sionary Society have received the following from Dr. Wright, of Nabus, Palestine, dated November 13: "We are thankful to way tlm4 things seem to have quictlxl down. We have had no further disturbances, and were able to hold our service* in church as raual. We trust the troubles may haw a good effect upon the people. They are still very frightened, but I trust all danger has passed. The Governor has imprisoned about twenty of those who attacked our station, and is making &t.ricti in. quiries into the matter, and this hu had a good effect. We expect the soldiers will leaNe town in a few days, but the Governor has pro- mised to send wme soldiers to protect our mbaion station/* Tfee writer adds, -"Mr. Hall wrote suggesting that the ladies should go to Jaffa, but we thinik there will no need for that. It would be a very serious step io t<ke, for if the ladies went away many of the native Christians would go. too." THE SULTAN'S LETTER TO LORD SALISBURY. The Central News cpeciai correspondent at Constantinople ulegraphed on Monday:—The Turks are expressing great mortitication ::t the Sultan's letter to Lord Salisbury. Tho Americans at Kharput are claiming 88,000dols. damages for their burnt mission-houses. The situation is critical at Birlis, aiid at Van un- easiness prevails. J JDICIARY INSPECTORS APPOINTED. A Keuter s telegram from Constantinople on Tuesday says:—The following appointments to the posts of judiciary inspectors for the six Asiutic provinces provided for in the scheme of reforms ro announced to.day: -ZulHli "Kffeiidi, President of the Court of Appeal at Mouastir; Selim Eff-ndi, Deputy Procurator in the Court of Cassation; Faib Effendi, Pre- sident of the Court of Appeal at Aclrianople Yorghake Effendi, Deputy Procurator in the Court of C-ti- Rachid Effendi, President of the Court of Appeal of Sivas; and Dirar Effendi, Procurator to the Court of Appeal of ^idm. The three judiciary inspectors ap-i pointed to the European provinces are ss follow —Hakki Bey, Law Adviser to the Porte; Khalt-h .Be>% President of the Court of Appeal; and Envery Effendi, Inspector of Finance. THE RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET A Renter's telesrram from Odessa, on Mon- day i,ays —The Russian naval authorities; display great activity in the military ports of the Black kSea, with the object of preparing the Russian fleet in those waters for active service in any eventuality tha.t may arise. The vessels composing the fleet are being laden with coal, provisions, and war materiel, and a number of naval officers sent by the Admiralty at St. Petersburg have anived at the Black Sea pores. THE MABASH MASSACRES. A Reuter's telegram from Constantinople on Tuesday says:-Parbeular. of the outbreak at Iarah on the 19th inst. show that the massacres were of a very terrible character. Accounts sent by the missionaries there to Aleppo say that many hundreds of persons were Willed during the -ge. The inis- | sionaries make an urgent appeal for aid. PORTE RKFCSRS AMBASSADORS' REQUEST. A JJalzitl 3 telegram from Paris on Tuesday says:—A telegram from Con- stantinople states that tho Ottoman Government' has refused to grant ihe r,!I\.>t of the Ambassador* oi the Great Pollers to he allowed to station a scond man-of-war of each • ution- ality in the "vicinity of Constantinople. The reason assigned for the refusal is that the appearance of more foreign men-of-war may cause a general uprising of the Mahom- medan jiopulation.

THE EXPLOSION IN I MAJORCA. DEATH ROLL OF OVER 70 I SENSATIONAL STORY. I A Tuesday morning saysFurther details have now txxrn veceivod fro-n l'nlma of the terrible gunpowder explosion caused there on Monday by the ignition of 1\ cartridge, whidl one of the workpeople wa i emptying. Thirty-seven women and fourteen men were killed by the explosion, their bodics being frightfully dis- « :ui" fl. Thirty-five women and five men were found to have been shockingly injured, and of these twenty have ,4r.ce succumbed, the death- roll thus reaching 70. l^att r details state that two others iiave since died, making tile total 72. A D.ilziel's telegram from Madrid on Tues- day s^ys:— One of the me" injured by the ex- plosion at Pal-ma. in the Island of Majorca, states that he overheard a discharged workman threaten to blow up the powder work*. The police are eearoing for the workman in ques- tioiu

SUICIDE OF AN ACTOR. SAD DKATH OF OHRPSTOW MAN. At. Burton-on-Trenb on Tuesday Per -y Spils- bury, 25, was found dead m heel with n bottle, which contained laudanum, by his side. Deceased, who by hi,? Sid, company, which recently visited Burton, suffered kmteen days' imprisonment for robbing fellow actor of a pair of boot. and was libe- rated on Thursday He wrote to hi* friends for assistance, 1 JUt., receiving no answer, be. came despondent. He w:«., the ron of a Wen- ley an minister at Chepstow, and was formerly a eivi1 engineer. Our Chepstow correspondent telegraphs: — Mr. Spilsbury is a son of the Rev. W. Spils- bury, a retired Wesleyan minister, who resides at East Vaga, Tidenham, about four miles from Chepstow, where he has lived for the last four years. It is not long since young Mr. Hpilsbury conducted services in the Wes- I leyan Chapel at Chejpatow, and it was then noticed that he was a little peculiar in his manner. He had been studying hard for the! medical profession.

M. DUMAS' ILLNESS. A Reuter's telegram from Marly-le-Roi on Tuesday says Alexandre Dumas continues in a. condition of complete prostration. He remains uncfnecioua, and his strength is

JABEZ BALFOUR SPEAKS. MAKES A STATEMENT FROM THE DOCK. j HIS CONNECTION WITH THE WHITEHALL COURT ESTATE, MR. O'CONNOR'S SPEECH FOR THE DEFENCE. The trial of Jabez Balfour alone for alleged larceny from the House and Land lnvestmart Trust in connection with the financing of the Whitehall Court property was continued on Tuesday, Tho Attorney-General said on looking through the oountw in tho indictment he thought it better to strike out one of them, as they would be unable to prove the payment to which it related. Mr. J. O'Connor then addressed the jury for the defence, and explained his object in calling evidence. He said it was his opinion that tho more they knew about the case tho betwr, and he desired to point out that wit- cesses had not been called who might have been called by tho prosecution—-witnesses who could enlighten them upon some of these transactions. The only persons concerned with these tran- sactions unassailed. ivere Goldring and C-arr. Goldring had been called, but Carr had not. He was going to adopt, the bold course of put- ting Carr into the box, though lie did not know what Carr would say, or what might be elicited in oross-examination. If there had been any concealment or any secret profits in this transaction there were men living who knew .11 b..t it, and might have been Illd by the prosecution, and he should 'k them to draw the only inference p.bl- h.,t it did not suit the prosecution to call them. Balfour was charged with taking the money of the House and Landi Company, but not a single director of the company was put in the box to show that these tran- suctions were concealed from them. Thcre was a link mis-ing in the chain of evi. deuce. He (Mr. O'Connor) would supply that link, and would put in evidence to show that not one single penny of tho money of the House and Land was utacd by the defendant. H" now proposed to uk his lordship to allow the defendant Balfour to make a statement of the facts before he went any further. The Judge (to the Attorney.G.nüraJ): Have you any objection? The Attorney-General: :\0; your lordship knows the views I entertain on. the srubject. The Judge: I think it ought to have been done before Ilr. O'Connor made his speech. I have no objection to Mr. Balfour making a 8t!>tome\1,t, but, of course, it cannot be evi- dence. Mr. O' C oun?: The matter which Mr. Bal- four r;:2'boehah d¡c I i.? my P?-1,. BALFOUR SPEAKS. After sOlne. further conversation it wag de- cided that the defendant Balfour should bo allowed to make his statement. He ro.-e and bowed to bio lordship, an.d a deep flush suffused his a. he spoke for the first time in a thick, somswhltt deep voice. As he spoke he watclied carefully the manner in which the judge took not-. The statement briefly was as follows: — J he Whitehall Court site was brought to my notice several times in the voar 1885. I received all the letters put in by Mr. Goldring, and he and I held several meetings on the sub- ject from 1885 up to thf 9th of January, 1886. In addition Carr called on me several times and offered me a large sum as commission if I wou*d procure him a loan to oomplete White- hail Court from the Liberator Building Society. I dechnMi (.'Mrs proposal, and I also Llec:ine? the proposal of Gofdrin? !md Carr to take part m the formation of an entirely new company for the purpose of completing Whitehall Court. The whole upshot of the earlier meetings was that I agreed to mention the business to Hobbs, the managing director of Hobbs and Co., and to \N right, the ?licitor of the company. Wright took a very active part in the management of Hobbs and Co., and his brother was the ch:ir. man of the board cf dii ectors. Hobbs went into ,I?. general policy with me at great length, and then said he must go carefully through the plans, specifications, and bills of quantities, as a mistake of a penny a foot might llHan a difference ofioftio thousands of pounds. Hobbs was quite enthusiastic about the building and its prospects if it could only be obtained for a proper pri,,?. He afterwards t.14 me that he had SeN' Carr, and had asked a price for the work already done, but that Carr asked a fur- ther large sum for his intei-mt, ? d'stinct from ti ?? interest of the Whiteha.U Company. Hobbs added that .ueh an d?liti.? wotÚd be ii? the nature of "loadine." but that, in his opinion, the property ,?ld t-.d it, and he would 1,-? it to me to g,t the property for his -ip..y !I?-ply as 1 could. I told Hobbs that Can' h:.d offered me a large sum for commiBslOn, whid, I had declim-d. and that if I ?rran&ed the matter for Hobbs and Co. I ought to receive a commission from the.. Hobbs agreed that that was reasonable, and he would see the company paid the commission. Thereupon the meeting of the 9th of January wa^s held in my room, whichi. quite distinct from the offices of the company. They n/re ad separate L,? hvo hou" As far ? I recollect, Goldring, Carr, Wright, and myself attended. The meeting lasted several hours. I thought the sum jifcked by Carr and Goldring was too high, but, they seemed so determined that I left the room, telling them I could not, a'ree to their terms. I returned after some hours, and said thut if Carr and Goldring could not agree with Wright negotiations mu>t cea>e. I wont into another romi, and shortly ft,,?r?.rde Wr?ht c?n?e in and told me he had settled with Can for a total sum of £ 57,500. I was very pleased to get it oo cheaply. I told Wright that Hobbs had agreed to pay me a commission, and I asked him to remind IIobb. of the faot. The meetings of the House and Land and tho tiuUdmg Securities had been fixed, for the th 01 JaJiuary, in anticipation of mv leaving r tor Constantinople on the 13th. On the 12th Burns and I were waiting for the meeting of Hobbs and Co. to break up, so that the House a,id Land. meeting might be held. Wright railie in hurriedly. and tcld us the arrangement had oc'n passed by Hobbs and Co., and that they .1?,t,d at getting the property on  ^7 "? "'? ?? geld to put nide £ 20,000 for "°'?'? M'? cxpt.n?. ?,, that "'? commission ?°"'? be paid out of that sum. ?esatdaJIthp figure% had been L-oniIntoand 1 that tl»e Hoii:c and Lud d;rf,? t.,? hac! ug? 't,,d t)Nt the How ,md Land Company should buy th? building agreement, and should v; vc Hobbs th" ??''?t for ?555,000. and toat .,U„ con)m?ion? ."hn).ttd be paid hy Hobbs out of the amount of the ?ntm&. k? lv^ntiish -had ltft Hobbn's meeting, it was arranged that Burns should take not", of a fCor HOW" i ?'"?? then ?"'??. to be used f- Hobl, -d ?"' i.ut,?. Burns m to ™ to f  "? and ?"? "?t ?v bu" ? ? ;? not present, as I left London by the t,?. tidal train f.? I was whTXnmf ly. dau?h?r and other friends. who S?« be if "<'?sary. When the (-opy of the minute was made "? went into the House and Land meeting, and the matter was ?f.n u?cua?d. as Brock, who wa? present  not at Hoh^ and CD. meeting. The -C ?,'O, 0 0 0 refr,,d to as a ?"°'?mnu..sion. and it w? .i d Mr. MHob!b) s ?? had Tfl". most warmly of the -t had rendered in getting for ???? "??"' ?? ?'?n/hada?d £100.000 ?' ??"-uoneaf tfi-?MrtK.s.?in ??-?Y ??.b?ry 22. nor did I hear of them. The ('all I had mrr?nr?ct to make on my journey were all upset by the train be? 'bL?d' be- tween Ven? and Vi?na. and I had to lave Constantinople in a hurry to preside at the annual meeting of the House and Land Com- I"n v on the 23rd of ?brmrv. When I re- turned X learned from Wright that it had ln-en agreed to pay me £ 7,500 for commission, the larger part in bills spread over a )org time. itotd ?rtKht.tau?n.n?v.JwMaloser.as Carr had offered me £ l6.000 down. In mv absence, all the arrangement* were made. and 1 had nothing to do with them. I never lreard of fcrregg, and knew wotliiiijf of the bills in his name. Of that I am positive. With regard to my iijipoiutment to act for the three Companies it t,k me a6 unusual. It was suggested by I'allison. It was not suggested by Wright, and certainly not by me. The matters in question were most complicated Vuestions were arising daily with the Grown, with the local authorities, and others, and it was impossible to go to all three companies for in?truetions, so it was resolved to appoint one person to act for all. and I believe mv appmntmentwasmadeunanimon.dybyth'e tnree compan es. The fact th?t I was to re- ceive commission from Hobbs and Co. was certainly known to their directors. I made 110 seoret of the transaction, wh'ch. as it emanated from Uobb? and Co., wa? I be- Heye known to my coUm?u? iti tt)e. )[ou?e and Land Company, 11 directors of Hobbs and Co. except Brock. If I had wished to con??I t?a transaction I .,?ld eMity have done so in various ways. as his lordship will s-e Al- though it may protract thi» trial, which no one more than myself wiAICs ended, I do bo- seech your tor?h'p ("0<1 here Ba'four tremb)ed with emotion) to allow my reports to the three companies to be read because they will skow that throughout this I acted with scrupulous honesty and vgilance, anil I wa. by no mcajis always in accord with Hobbs and Co., 118 I acted for the other three companies interested. I hope I am not taking up too muoh time. The Judge: No time is ill spent that affords you an opportunity of explaining your conduct, as it is very important you should explain hese matters. Balfour: Thank you, my lord, (Continuing) I believed I was justly entitled to oommÍ88Íon, and that opinion was ratified by the direotors of Hobbs and Co. I left the details as to how I was to be paid to Hobbs, and they were settled in my absence. Every sum received by me from the Trust Company on the Whitehall account was duly paid by me into the Whitehall account of Hobbs and Co. It is said I WAS in close relationship with Wright. I say that is not the fact, and there is no evidence of it. My relations with him were entirely of a business character, and be- gan and ended t th. office. Now, y I.,d, 1 tr v. g.,le through all the matters as brie!ly as possible, and I thank you And the jury foi your kindness in listening to me. Mr. J. T. Carr was tten examined by Mr. O'Connor, and corroborated the whole of the statement as to the chief details. He said he went to BaJfour in 3885 and offered him £10,000 commission if he would get wme of his companies to purchase the Whitehall-court property and finanoe the building operations, but lie declined. He eventually introduced witness to Hobbs. and the arrangements spoken to were made.-Cross-examined by the Attor. r.ey-Goneral he said he had a few minutes' in- terview with Balfour and hia counsel last night. He never heard of the L20,000 being paid to Gregg or anybody else, and nobody named Gregg was interested in the property. He ?ewr hmrd that BWft,ur or Wright were to receive any commission. Balfour said he would not touch the matter unless Hobbs had the building contract, and Hobbs taiid he must have somebody to finance him. He-ex-imined* Ho heard that there had been some discussion as to his evidence, and he offered his assistance to Balfour last night if required. The Treasury sopioitor wlas pre- sent and heard the conversation, The Attorney General said he made no in- sinuation Mr, O'Connor said he was only-afraid the jury might draw a wrong inference. One or two formal witnesses were called, and tho court then adjourned for lunch. Ke-awseirubling, a formal witness wae called, and then Balfour's junior counsel proceeded to read the defendant's reports to the three companies on the various details connected «p/ith the Whitehall Court (property. These set out the operations very fully. G. Kentish, re-called, in reply to the At- torney-General -id he was secretary of Hobbs and Co., and attended the m?t?ngs of the board as such. He truthfully .t?rf.?d ?bt P-?,,d t the b-rd. At no meeting did he ever hear a -f, to commission ,ith,?r to IV right or Balfour. He never heard a com- mission in regard to the Whitehall Court property till the present proceedings. Hie learned counsel had not concluded his address when the court lose. The Attorney- General announced that he thought it would be necessary to go on wit-h the House aud Land indictment, in which Balfour was not ill- cluded, after the present trial was finished* I It would not be taken before Th-.day.

MURDER OF A DETECTIVE. TRIAL AT LIVERPOOL ASSIZES. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH The trial took place on Tuesday at Liver- pool Assizts (kfore Mr. Justice Collins) of Elijah Winetanley (31) and William Kearsley (43). colliers, Wigan, for the wilful murder of Robert Kidd on September 29. Wm. Halli. well (31), collier, was charged with feloniously wounding Wm. Henxy Osborne on the same date. On the night in question, which was a Sunday, the prisoners left a public-house, and proceeded to a goods siding, near Chapel-lane, YVigan,, belonging to the London and Noitli Western Railway Company. While they were in the act of plundering from the wagons Kidd, and Osborne, two railway detectives, who were hiding behind a wall, oaught them, and a snuggle ensued, during which Kidd was fatally stabbed and Osborno Eerioualy injured by kicks. After counsel's opening statement, Halliwell wad put in the box, and gave a detailed account of the affair. His moat sensa- tional statement was that when they got clear of the officers Winstanley said, "I don't think the man I got agate of will live.During his evidence Ilalliweil fainted, and was carried from the box, and another witness gave evi. den^e pending his recovery. All three pri. soners seemed to feel their position. The trial was watched with keen interest by a crowded court. Since the committal a knife has been found new the place, and it will form an important link in the evidenœ. Dereetive Osborne, in his evidence, described the terrific struggle that took place between him. self an d Kidd and prisoners, all of whom he afterwair ds identified. Superintendent Kidd was 38, and a strong Ulal1. Dr. Graham gave evidence regarding the wounds on Kidd. There were nine incised punctured wounds on the head, face, and neck, and the tip of one finger was cut off. Ho WM of opinion that Kidd must have been under control when the wounds were inflicted. -N-a witnesses were called for the defence, but it was urged on behalf of Kearsley that he wa" not mixed up in any way with the fatal attack. Counsel for the prosecution pointed out that if the d-t- w. correct ag to Kidd be 'in heid while Winstanley stabbed thijd it ï d only have been by Kearsley. The evidence of Halliwell, through an Accomplice, was amply corroborated. Counsel for Winstanley asked the jury not to credit Hall-iweHs story. He also commented on the absence of motive, and suggested that the charge should be reduced to manslaughter, as prisoners did not know they were being atb,ked by 1,.Ii- officers. His Lordship, in summing up the evidence, showed in what particulars HalHwells story was c-orrob?Lited. The jury, without leaving the box, found Winstanley and Kearsley guilty of the capital charge, and they were sentenced to death.

A HULL DIVORCE CASE. SENDING HIS WIFE AWAY WITH A SOVEREIGN. I ALLEGATIONS AGAINST A I FRIEND. Ir. Henry Charles Gibson, fruit merchant, of Wilberforeo-street, Hull, changes his wife with having committed adultery with a friend named Carlile. They were married, he stated in the Divorce Court on Monday, in 1894 at the registrar's office at Chorlton, near Manches- ter. After tho ceremony they went to live at the Grosvenor Hotel. Hull, and afterwards reo ncved to Wilberforce-str^et. Having businex^s in Jersey he had frequent occasions to travel South, visiting the Channel Islands from time to time. When he returned horn unexpectedly ou the evening of Noveimber 10 hi. wife wag not at home. He went upstairs to the bed- room, and in a dressing-table drawer he found a pair of champagne nippers, a cork, afcd some chir.mpagne wire. Later in the ?,,nk,' g l?i? wife came in, an d he .k,d her b.6 these things meant. She said she had not felt well, and had had a bottle of champagne—that was all. Next day Ellen Abbott, the servant, told him of a visit from Carlile during his absence. A curious seen" was enacted at the breakfast table next morning. It is rslatad by the husband as follows: "She knew very well I had something serious to say to her. and n he llked m" what it was. I said, 'You will kindly let me finish my breakfast firet; then I will tell you.' i When I had finished breakfast I said, 'I have had you watched, and I am satisfied you have committed adultery with Carlile. You mnt leave my hons9 before throe o'clock this afternoon or you will b" turned out.' Slw began to cry, and I said, 'It's no use crying: I have warned you already.' She kopt on crying, and said it was a deliberate lie She put her head Oil my shoulder and said it was impossible that she could have com- mitted herself with Carlile. If she had done so, she said. she would hove communicated to m" an ailment from which Carlile wa suffering. I told her it was too late to cry now, and she went upstairs and packed her box and left. When she was leaving I said, 'I won't let you have it to say that I sent you away without allY money" and I gave Iter a sovereign in the presence of the servant. I have sent her £ 1 a week regularly since then." In croes;exainination by Mr. Bargrave Deane, the petitioner, who is a youngish, well set-up man, developed much hesitancy of manner, curiously contrasting with the readiness of his replies to his own <JOunse!. Questioned", to his reason for leavinq his wife at home when 11" went to hi. brother's house, he said he did ''0 because his brother had forbidden him to t.k. her ti?-. O'h, iiid?d; did he write you a letter to that effect ?—Ye*. When 1-1 can't remember. EHpn AMmtt. the s<fVRnt, s?id that one evening ft, C.,Iil? had been at the house witness went into Mrs. Gihwn'. room when she wa going to bed. A d..4,ing dress" I was lying on a eha.ir. Mrs. Cibo.d she had been showing it to Carlile. but had not liad it on. Afterwards she said Cailiie admired her very much in it, he said, "I wish j'ou were mine." In cross-examination it turned out that this was not a ball dress, but a skirt-dancing dresg. Cross-examination followed in support of II. counter-charge of adultery 8"i1\8t the pefci- ioner, and the court adiourned.

PLUM PUDDINGS.—Bich, Delicious. The very I beat, r,mi ready for immediate ,e, b. per lb., packed i. wooden boxes, for p,.?.t"td private use. Miner; U. 6d. l?.- b. Ptéhtb:a t: b:j; decorated (any motto), from &?.—T. Stevens, French Confectioner, 122, Oneen sfereet, and The Dorothv, i HfclvatreeU Cardiff. 41455 I

THE GALE. SCHOONER FOUNDERS IN CARDIFF ROADS. SAFETY OF THE CREW. CARDIFF-LADEN SHIP ASHORE AT THE LIZARD. FIVE MEN DROWNED. The Rale whiJdh has been nwying in the Bristol Channel since Saturday had moderated oonsideratoly on Tuesday, but thTe was still a stiff wind blowing-, causing considerable ju. convenience to shipping. A SCHOONER FOUNDERS IN THE CAKDIYF ROADS. On Tuesday morning, between eleven and fewt-lve o'clock, the schooner Philanthropist, of Ablfvd, sank in the Cardiff Roads, the crew landinsr safely in their own boat. It appears the schooner left Cardiff ou Saturday morning with a cswgo of coal and coke, bound for Wa.ter- ford, and came to anchor in the outer roads, but, as the weather was threatening, CVptain Curmeforde decided to remaiu where lie was until the wind moderated. On Sunday when the RaJe was at its fiercest, the schooner, labouring heavily, draped her anchors, and durixig the night she brought up safely on the hard ground outside the low water pier, but on Monday evening, during a succession of squalls, she bumped heavily, and, having got badly strained, sprang a leak. For several hours the crew—four in number-worked man- fully at the pumrpa without result, and early on Tuesday it was decided to abandon her. The crew thereupon got into their own hot, but before they reached the pier-head at Car- diff saw the schooner founder. The ship- wrecked men, who are now sheltered at the Sailors' Home, will probably be sent to their respective homes this (Wednesday) morning. THE LOSS OF AN AMERICAN BARQUE. MISSING PORTION OF THE CRPW- The Central News correspondent at Kilrush says A long boat with eleven men on board has been sighted off Loop Head under small sail, and apparently making for the mouth of the Shannon. Owing to the adverse wind and a heavy sea she again drifted seawards. Signals were made to a passing steamer by the crew, but were nnnoticed. It is believed that the men formed part of the missing crew of the barque Belle O'Brien. It is also reported that a large derelict has been seen off the coast, and a tug has left the harbour in search of her. POBTHCAWL TRADERS. The steamship Olivia, ef Penzance, left Port* reath on Monday morning for Porthcawl, and had not arrived en Tuesday evening, having been forced to go into Padetow for shelter The steamer Treleigh arrived on Tuesday, having left twelve hours later. ANOTHER BODY GOMES AGFTORP. Anoth? body lm? been washed ashore at H-b-?gh, -?-I Yarmouth, from the ???ek -f tl" 1-?wl fl?ba.,d. -d th,, ?--st w.?, -?? Tuesday ,te?. ibh ,? k ajre. DISABLED VESSEL TOWED INTO ILFRtACOMBE The steamer Wansfell, from London for Car- :b,h T??iday m?ning towed into Ilfra- -.be, ?it?-? -?? h i.,ry damaged. MINOR OA.STJAI-TTKS Th? schooner Lynwood, while docking in tit- West Ba8in, Cardiff, on Tuesdav irmrnino- carried away her jiibboom. Lloyd's agent at Falmouth telegraphs that the Russian barque Pall-as, from Skutskar to Bristol, with timber, is ashore near GoT-an- haum; will probably be-in. a WT. The crew are safy. The schooner Jane and Annie, of Carnarvon, reported grounded on the Shingles, Me of Wight, was assisted off, having lost anchor and chain. A :Ba.sitia telegram states that the steamer Ville Saint Brieux foundered at Port Vendres iMate drowned. a«^nt at Antwerp telegraphs that tnw British ship Narcissus, from Oregon, re- mained four days in Wielinger. and lost her anchor. She is now towinir up the Scheldt. The barque Antoine d'Or, from Barry for Sliien, arrived at Portland Roads very ieaky,

FOUR STEAMERS MISSING. I FEARED DISASTER ON LAKE I MICHIGAN. A Dalziel's telegram from Chicago on Tups- day gay;¡ -Four large passenger steamers, each with a considerable number of persons on board, were out on the luke last night when a terrific storm arose. Not one of them has been reportd this morning, and much alarm is, consequently, felt. In some quarters it is feared that they have been lost.

DEAN FOREST TRAGEDY. AN9THER CHARGE AGAINST THE I ACCUSED. THE ATTACK ON POLICE- CONSTABLE HARDING. James Morgan, George Morgan, and George Hill, colliers, of Wtiiteoroft, Dean Forest, were brought up lit Coleford 011 Tuesday and charged by Superintendent Ford with attempting- to murder Cornelius Harding, a police-constable, at Viney Hill, on the 10th inst. Mr. Frank Treasure proseouted, and Mr. Herbert Wil- liams defended. the magistrates on the hench were Colonel Davies (in the chair), and Messrs. Palmer and Thomas.- "jIbe court was much less ciowded than before.—The justices, after con- sideration, decided to conunit the prisoners for trial at the assizes, the Chairman saying that the court regarded the mm as requiring in vestigat¡Qn.

THE SHIPBUILDING STRIKE EFFECT ON BELFAST. The results of Monday's municipal elections in Belfast were announced on Tuesday. In the Smithfield Ward, where there were two vacan- cies, the Independent candidate headed the poll. thus defeating the capitalists' association nominee. An Independent candidate was also return? for one of the two vacancies .in the Dook Ward, being second on the poll. The return of Independents is largely attributed to tile support they received from the engineer strikers and their friends. The strike on Tues- day presented no new feature. -.iiTHING MUai BE DONE. It is generally believed that if great indus- tri.1 it to 1> -,td in the Clyde, lit-la must be done Within t8 hours. Med?tiou r,t, and the Nrth' of Englaud, -omething ¡W heiiiùthlf ¡:8 P¿id ollr¡}ia the North of En?a.nd n.a?teM shut their ?ates, as they are pledged to do. The Lord Provost of Glasgow still offers his services The Central News Glasgow correspondent telegraphs:—The new Engineer Emnloyers' Federation has just bee: completed. It main- tains its leading basis the non-recognition n{ a minimum of any kind to the engineers. On this undeistar.ding the North-east Coast employers aro prepared to at once lock out their men in support of the Clyde employers, APPEAL FOR FUNDS. The Trades Council on Tuesday issued an appeal for subscriptions in aid of the men affected by the Belfast and Clyde dispute. Arrrjigemenis have also been made for holding a number of Labour demonstrate, at which M?sr.. Bm'n.. M?u.. Tillett, Shipton, md wi1w. willd

FALL OF A CHIMNEY. TWO FACTORIES PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED. The Central New. correspondent at Lon^ton telegrajrfisA chimney. 120ft. high, belong- ing to what is known as Glover's Brewery, now disused., at Longton, Staffordshire, fell on Tues- day afternoon without warning. Two adjoin- ing factories were partially demolished, but, so far as is at present known, no loss of life or peiEonal injury resulted, though there were many very narrow escapes. The damage done is very considerable.

I Kauly Edith Thomas, dressmaker, Wood- field-street. Morriston, was fined £1 and coete at Swansea on Tuesday for neglecting to post I uff> a copy of the '"adwtract" be Factory Ae I in her workioom.

CARDIFF-LADEN SHIP I WRECKED. j FIVE MEN DROWNED. 1 EXCITING SCENES NEAR THE 1 LIZARD. The three-masted Norwegian barque Anne Elizabeth, 398 tons, Captain Simeusen, bound from Cardiff to Christiania, with 531 tons of coal, left the Welsh port with a total crew of eight on the 19th, and bade fair to make a successful voyage until Sunday night. At that time she was off Start Point, but the in- creasingly strong east wind prevented much headway being made. The vessel commenced to drift, and all day Monday was tossed about the Channel. When daylight began to break on Tuesday morniag the Manacles were dis- cerned, and additional sail was put on, with the view to avoiding the land, but the velocity of the wind and tM swirl of the tide prevented the barque from answering her helm, and just before seven o'clock she at, ck with tremendous force against a. portion of the Manacles to the fast of Contrive Bay, a- small opening- in the iron bound coast between the Manacles and the Lowlands, a.bout five miles from Coverack. Entertaining fears for their safety, the steward, carpenter, and four seamen embarked in the small boat, and, together with the v86sel, were hurled towards the coastf. Getting between the wreck and the surf-beaten shore, the boat was swamped, and the receding wavea hurled the unfortunate men against the side of the barque. Excepting Hatman Hansen, a sea- lmul, neither of the drowning men seemed sensible enough to clutch at the Topea thrown to them by their shipmates, th., result being that their dead bodies were soon being tœed ■to and fro by the waves. Hansen wae rescued, and by this time the Coverack rocket appara- tus, in icharge of Chief-ofiioer Jeffer, was on the scene, and, with commendable alacrity, a line was thrown over the vessel, and by means of the breeches buoy tit- survivors, who were huddled together on the forecastle, were saved. So heavy was the sea. that in each instance it was feared the men would be washed out, of the buoy. The saved are Cap. lain SimeiMen. HaneGu)Slikfcen<mate), IJatmaai Hansen, and Hans Aruesen (seamen). Soon after the rescue the dead body of a handsome young fellow was washed ashore. Attempts to restore animation by Drs. Leverton, Spry, and -the. proved ineffective. The remainder of the bodies were plainly to be seen floating about in the thick seaweed, the arms, legs, and heads of the poor fellows being frequently observed, but the bodies could not be recovered owing to the violence of the waves, and they were subsequently washed out to sea. When the vessel struck she was stem-on, but gradually veered round to broadside. Swept con- tinuously by tremendous aeas, she soon com- menced to break up, the shore being covered I with wreckage. Two hours after striking she waa bottomless, and the water was darkened for a considerable space by coal from the hold. Late on Tuesday evening no more bodies had been recovered, and there wait no prospect of t'ne vessel, which was insured, being taved. Too muoh praase cannot be given to the llant coaistguardsmen and members of the Life Saving xirigade. Had the crew stuck to the vessel the probability is that none would have been drowned. In the course of an interview A. Jvffers. the chief officer of the Coastguards stationed at Coverack, stated that the alarm of the wreck was raised in Coverack precisely at twenty minutes past seven. The brigade and coast- guards wer at onoe summoned, and the life- saving apparatus was placed on a wagon drawn by three horses. He was aooompatiiedl by CoastguardsWills, Canon, Moyse, Guy, Ruther, Love, and Sims, whilst the brigade members included Messrs. Rogkilly, sen. and jun., Crews, Ba-rke4 Champion, Bastin, 'Boadens (two), Munday, Richards, and Corins (two). The distance to be traversed was five nviles, over the roughest roads possible to imagine, steep, zig- zag patlis, strewn with huge boulders, having to be traversed at high speed. Doopite thee and other difficulties the party quickly arrived on the wene. By twenty minutes to nine all th».' 6urvivors had been rescued. The line from the first rocket went wide, but the rest fell on the bowsprit of the ship, being made fast to the stook of the anohor. Hansen was the first d, but, there ?pat da.n?er of hM :i' d; an th:ka:, fV:fl. Ùên,ob and Lm-e. at great risk, waded into the raging surf and helped the unfortunate man several times. It was thought the others on boafll were lost, so furious were the waves, but. the men mentioned suooeeded in pulling them ashore in an exhausted condition. Mr. Roskallv, member of the Heipton District Council, at once rode to Coverack and prepared warm bedding, food, and clothing for the shipwrecked men, who spoke in thankf ul terms of his kind- ness and good nature.

SUICIDE OF A WELSH GIRL AT HEREFORD. TOOX ACETIC ACID FOR TOOTH- ACHE4 SOME SINGULAR REVELATIONS AT THE INQUEST. An inquest was opened at Hereford In-I firmary on Tuesday touching- the death of Clara Novvllo Jones, 19, of Merthyr. who had died at that institution from the effeets oi poison, Elizabeth Jay, a young woman, keeper of a common lodging-house, said that the girl came to Hereford tibout th-ti end of July with her sister and hvo young men for a holiday. Since then the gurl had remained with her as a 00" panion, and they got on pretty well. Her: mother and sister called several times during the hoppicking and fruit-gathering to try am1 induoe her to go with them, but she wouid not go, although the mother beat her. She had .id s h e would sooner di, th.. go b.?,k home. T ::lr:'u of ll:rt:s voh}ï: Henry Morley Ma-wport, near the Cyfarthfa W., k s, iMerthyr. Witnes? did not un d er- stand the coroner having an addrem 8 Sniii?- get-street, Drynmawr, except that the mother had married again recently, and perhaps re- moved. She had never threatened to do any- thing to hersvlf, but witness had since heard that 8h had been asking a saw-sharpener about poisons.—John NVaites, a butcher's boy, said that aliout a quarter to twelve he saw the girl in St. John-street, leaning against the wall and spittiing. She had a small bottle in her hand and drank out of it and then s'I11a.hed the bottle and stamped on it. She walked a few yard*, laid down, v alked a little further, and feU down. Witness locked at the label, and, seeing it was printed "Acetic acid," told a gentleman, who fetched a doctor from close bv. The doctor odminis- tired magnesia, and the girl vomited. A pel iceman afterwards picked up the bottom of th" bottle, and noticed red powder, as if the girl had ,not, shaken up the stuff.-Ir. J:1Ckson, chemist, whose assistant served the giri with au ounce of acetic acid for toothache, wid he could rot understar.d "kll'ïJns;irl:I1 Ii: a? acetic acid should be co l ourless.— M r. H. G. Nicfiolson, house surgeon "t the infirmary, raid that 'he girl neve" lost cOlbciou8ness until the last. The cause of death was hemorrhage, caused by the acton of the acid on the intestine*. The girl told witness sh had taken the Efid for toothache, and, fincting it burnt, she gasped, and It all went dovvn. She said she had 110 it.tntiûl) of suicide,f1J" hottom of the bottle was gent for from the police-station, and there was see" to be a lot of red powder and some white.— The doctor and chemist thought the red powder was precipitate powder, but they undertook to analyse both thxt and the white sediment.—It was supposed that the deoewsed had put them into •(he bottle after purchasing the acetic a<,id,-The inquiry was adjourned until the annlvsir, was product. A VERDICT OF At the adjourned inquest Mr. Jaek*on, die chemist, said that, from the analysis he found the red precipitate to be red oxide of mercuryt which was slightly soluble in cold acetic acid, and it was reasonable to supposfe tfiat the girl drank 30 grains of the oxide, as well as the acetic aoid.—The House Surgeon said that would aggravate the power of the acid and account for the stools of the deceased previous to her death.—Other evidence was given show. ing hat the deceased had bought precipitate pid,ir a fortnight ago, and remarked at the 1 ti.. t.&. enough to kill a penon. She) bought it to put in her hair. Deceased had been low spirited for a week or two.—The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst in an unbound state of mind. In the course of the proceedings a lebter from the deceased to a friend at Merthyr was read, but it threw no lighit whatever on the sad tragedy.

FOR MEALS ANft BKTWEFN MFALS —Tliere no more mf ?bin and in..irating beverage tbu %dZ, I C- t It Is in 0;5inmg pb,- e tea or .ff- 10, its nourUhiujr Mti strength-Importing 1( qu.,I?t*, ad ItU't:e -d ""l:i=P&rtl. j LU01I-1 1

THE PERILS OF THE DEEP I STORMY PASSAGE OF A GLASGOW I BARQUE. A Cape Town correspondent writes on October 31 :Disdlarging at the West Quay is the British barque Seiriol Wyn, Captain Smidt. an aron vessel of 1,065 tons register, built at Glasgow in 1877. She put into Table Bay for supplies on Friday, October 18, after a most exciting and lengthy voyage from Aus- tralia. The Seiriol W yn took a cargo of 1,600 tons of wheat abdSrd at Streaky Bay, South Australia, with instructions to convey to Fal- mouth, England, and tliere "wait intruetions. Anchor was weighed on June 11, but only a short dibfeance was made when the wind fell light, and the vessel was aueholuL On the 13th it was decided to temporarily buoy the Dashwood Channel, which is somewhat narrow, and thig was done by using oil drums with a weight attached to keep them in position. Then the first mate, MT. Melsoni, went ahead of the ship in a boat, sounding and pointing out the way. For a time the ship proceeded very nicely; but subsequently she drifted out of her course and jyrounded on a sand and mud bank. A kedge anchor \va„ put out forward, and the i crew tried to heave the ship for- ward but this proved unless. On the 14th all Fall Bet forward and with mach hauling on the kedg? anchor the ship im@ mQved about 30ft. forward, but she ?- still aW.?d. On the 15th tb" kedge ?." tk.? from the rboard bow. ,?,d I.,??d out over the port quarter, and anot h ??r kdg4, was í:dr :rir.r\i \?oun:t e7fu: were made, but all proved fruitless. On the 18th the men hauled vigorously on the kedge«, and shifted her quite 200ft., when both wind ami tide caught her broadside and drifted her on to anotliL-r bank. On the 20th, however, the whip floated at nine in the morning, and by working on the kedges and setting fore and n-aun lower topsails and jibs, the was tacked into Úx fathoms of water and there anchored. No attempt to move was made on the 21st and 22nd, the sounding being light and baffling. A. start w, made on the 23rd. but the wind was drifting the ship too near the edges of tha channel; and, as there was not' sufficient room to tack, the anchor was dropped again. Favouring breeze* blew next morning. All traal was set at six o'clock, and ill the after- noon Cape Radstock bore east by north some distance iaway. The weather had a most threatening a.Î}peamnoe, however, aaid a stroog north-easterly breeze increased to a gale, blow- ing in natty giust<. As night fell, the gale was raging, vivid lightning Hashing in the south- west. Sail was shortened, and at midnight- the vesool was uuder nothing but low- topsails. At four o'clock next morning the g-ale was at its height, and the ship was labouring heavily and shipping quantities of water. Shortly after midnight a very heavy oquall and a lurge sea stmole the sliip simulta.ne<JlliIly, and threw her on her beam ends. Some of the cargo shifted in the fore hold. The gale did not moderate, and, as the vessel did not seem safe lying-to, it was decided to run for Flin. ders Island for shelter, and at six o'clok, On June 26, anohor wae Clist in a sheltered bay, where there was smooth water. The Seiriol Wyn was at that time about 60 miles from where sho had started. The cargo having been trimmed, and other matters straightened,, the ship again put to sea, on June 29. But her trials had not ended. From July 4, for many days, the weather was notliing but succession of g??l. On July 12 an unlucky combination 'oÎ wind and w??,. in threw the Seiriol Wvn on ^'Cr broadside. (?n this occasion, however, the mischid was soon righted. During this day and the next tjhe thunder clouds were gathering, and, on the night of the 13th, such a display of electrical phenomena was v/it- neesed by the shipmen as is very rarely seen, The lightning seemed to fl-1. from. all q?-tL?r?? at onœ illu?nating the scene of ngilig waters with a weird tl,? h.,?l' n f the ,i.d lhr?gh th:IIi:eanT'1.ooe of"h thunder combined to u)?pire a feeling of awe amongst the seamen, all of whom were hud- (Hsd tg.tlle? on the port side of the poop. The St. Elmo's light, 3b it is ??dl.d- bl,Z green electrical phenomenon-blued on the trucks of the fore, mnin, and mizzen masts, and at the end of the jibboom. The crowning item of an eventful night was the bursting of a thunderbolt in the rigging. A flaah of light- ning broke out of the clouds close to the ship, and a track of light dashed towards the main topmast backstays, then with a deafening e. port, accompanied by a volume of flame and a shower of sparka in all directions, the bolt burst. Not a man on board but felt that momeut might be his last. Next day a minute inspection failed to discover a trace of damage. No less than five times was the ship abreast of Cap. Leeuwin, and on each occasion a heavy gale drove her far away to the southward. The ,? -t discouraged, an d -?, ft to as k 0. ;'wdiui:>eleB: %:e ":trt Dan" wm determined not to be beaten. On the evening of October the 8th, in latitude 33.32 S., and longitude 30.7 E., a white light was sighted ahead. It did not move, and some uneasiness was caused. After a time a red light was seen, and it was then known that they were approaching a steamer. Blue light. were burnt to warn the steamer of their approach, but no answer was made, and the steamer did not move, though, according to the rules of the eea, she ought to have got out of the way of a sailing ship. Eventually the Seiriol Wyn had to change her course just in time to prevent a collision. The unusual length of the iovag?? b.d told a sorry tale on the supplies, Water was !<Carœ at Streaky Bay. whe", the people depend largely on ..wn- water storage, and where it had not rained for five months, so that little or no water -,Il be spared. It was intended at iit to make for St. Helena to replenish the t-k, but that was im{possible, there being barely sufficient to supply the crew till the ship reached Table Bay. No ?l could be got at Streaky Bay, and the galley orldh,.I; to\:tn:r:7r:y woo d tl.t could be found in the 'hip. At length, cÖ)b [8eihit:e fred into T?I)I? Bay, and cast anchor off the Br-k- water. And tl?- ended this eventful voyage of the Seiriol Wyn. which had ?pied four months and a -k-129 days. She arrived here ehort of everything-water. supplies, fuel and even a log-book, an old ledger having to be utilised to record the log. the log-book being filled long before the voyage terminated.

ALLEGED FRAUD AT I CARDIFF. AN AUCTIONEER CHARGED WITH FALSE PRETENCES. At Cardiff Police-court on Tuesday morn- ing (before Alderman P. W. Carey and Mr. John Jenkins) Frank Halford, 33, auctioneer, etc., was charged on a warrant with obtaining by means of false pretence. from John Le Grange, the sum of £15 with intent to de- fraud. Prisoner had carried on business at No. 19, Duke-stre<t, and resided at Penarth, Mr. George David appeared for the Public Prosecutor, by whmn the proceedings were in- stituted, and Mr. Lewis Morgan defended. Mr. George David aid he only proposed towiva sufficient evidence- to justify a remand. Detective-inspector Scott said he arrested the prisoner on Monday night on a warrant which he produced. He had a search warrant, and searched the premises afterwards. Mr. David said the prosecution was not ready yet, and applied for a remand. Mr. Lewis Morgan made an application for bail. He said it was very important to prisoner that lie should be released, becaune there was a great deal of documen- tary evidence that would have to be gone throujgh in order to prepare his defence. Pri- ecner knew as far back a* last Thursday that thae proceedings were being taken against him. and that he would be arrested on Monday or Tuesday. He was prepared to court the fullest inquiry, and was only anxious to bring to the knowledge of the court everything he possibly could to shoNv hir; tiansactionp in these matters. lIe was an auctioneer andj valuer carrying on blsil\8!3 in Duke-street. 31r. lieorge David said. on. behalf of the pro secntion, he must strenuously oppose the appli- | cation for bail. The offence with whirh tho prisoner wa* charged was one which he had been carrying on for a considerable time, and was one which the Public Prosecutor was going to take up. He (Mr. David) had no hesita- tion in saying, from what he knew cf the facts, before him, that it would tend to defeat the ends of justice if he prisoner was at the pre- sent stage allowed out on bail. With regard to the defendant's pooition. he might say this. Although he wiai by ralne :n auctioneer and Yahlr, lie W told tlwt, a-; a matter of fact, everything he had wa* feme time igo covered by a bill of sale, and he wau not sure that his effects bad not been soM up. Mr. Morgan I may xiy it is not "0. 7%1, David: The bill of e«le was registered. Air. (Morgan said the prisoner was onlv charged with misdemeanour, a*ad the bench had discretion to grant bad. Mr. David said witnesses would have to be got from many parts of the country. The ex-Mayor Aid taking into considera- tion the circumstances mmtioned by Mr. David, the Bench had decided that they could rot accept bad, and prisoner would, therefore, be remanded in custody until Monday lied.

MORE FOLLY WITHTIHE. ARMS. A LAD SHOOTS HIS NURSE. At Northampton on Tu?6,y mom'.ng httle fellow, nine years of age, son of a Mr. H. 11hy?, local manager cf the N-thA.?p?- Brewery Company, ai'pfr'll'irl I t. up gtm, and not knowing it was loaded, bot nuree girl in the head. Th. girl's life is despaired oL

NEWPORT INFIRMARY. MUNIFICENT OFFER FOR A NEW BUILDING. The directors of the Newport and Mon- mouthshire Infirmary had brought to their notice on Tuesday a munificent offer on the part of Dr. and Mrs. Garrod Thomas for the building of a new infirmary. From time to time the site, the style of building, and the general arrangement of the present itk, firmary have all been lamented, but, in lieu of an entirely new pchtme, additions have often been made to the existing buildings. In order to place a scheme for an entirely mw establishment upon a sound initiative basis. Dr. and Mrs. Garrod Thomas have made known that they will give £5,000 condi- tional upon R15,000 being provided by the public, exclusive of the site. within three years; ur that, they will contribute a third extra. to any lesser sum than 915,000 within that time-that is to say, tllEv will contribute Rjl,OW for each clear £ 3,000 raised. The hope is expressed that the offer will be taken up and a detenniwd effort made to secure new infirmary.

I DARKEST CARDIFF. CARDIFF HEALTH COMMITTEE AND MARY ANN-STREET. A COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INSPECT IT. The Cardiff Health Committœ. "ho mt 01\ Tuesday, under the piesid^ncy of Alderman .Jaoob". received a deputation from the cat MI committer (\(J¡"¡8Ûnl( af. Alderman Yoratu and Mr. Good, witll reference to the necessity of providing a urinal at the eastern end of Albany-road for the beuefit of 'busuieo and others.—-On tile motion of Nlr. Robert Hughei a committee, consisting of the cha-irman, vice- chairman lMr. Hughes), Alderman Roes, and Messrs. C-, Ward, and All-, appointed to consider the best means of im- proving fetich acco n t HKxiaJtaon throughout the town. CUSTOMS' BOARDING STATION. At a previous meeting the committee decided to ask the Customs authorities to remove tfteit boarding-station from the I)\¡n to a oonve nient position outside the Cardiff and Penartb Docks the object being to prevent the impor- tation of infectious d,s" The chamber of OOffimeroe were asked to co-operate, and at their last meeting they appointed :t com- mittee to deal with the matter.—A reply had bfen received from the Board of Customs, n which thev stated that t11. could nat .e their way (-I? to grant the ",jggætion of ti?? cor- P-?.t: They stated f .,?r that :u re??f to quarantine regulations Cardiff was rot ato a disadvantage .compared with otlier port*, and they knew of no case where infectious or contagious illness had been imported.—Mr. T. Morel said the proposition of the oommifttee would meet with the greatest opposition from shipowners and others engaged in trade at the Docks, inasmuch if it were carried IDOO eff no end of *hips would miss a, tide, co UieriM would be stopped, an d ?ne?t incon- ¿:: o:îlo e:. g.wh: there WIl6 a fear of cholera being imported everyone tried his best to prevent it. but to force the same conditions at all times would be iui absurdity.The Chairman th..ght there WM a ccod deal m what Mr. Morel had -,d.-Dr. Wlford (the medioal officer) expressed an opuuon that the method now adopted Wat; quite sufficient to prevent the spread of disease.— It was decided that the question remam in abeyance until a communication had beer received from the chamber of commerce* MARY ANN-STREET. The Town-clerk (Mr. Wheatley) reported upon the powers of the corporation in respect of lodgl.,z-h. Mr. Jenkins stated that if half that had been said m regard to Mary Ann-street, Stanley- street,- -and thai district were oorreot, it reflected great discredit upon the health department. He had heard a gentleman state that in the front room of one of the houses downstairs there WM a. inattreai swarmm* with vermm with people ly;n? on it without any ooverinif If that were true In this Christian oounttv toeir bye-lawn were not worth the snap of • tofter, or they were, not enforced. He proper that sub-committee be appointed to go rouiv*" the district named, accompanied bv the medical othoer and duef inspector, and report to tb6 (.m.itt-. H. Id-d ;t ??1y -d m., pmt to th,& mrnmit1.ee. He <Ld not ?ay that what h? been stated w? t?e. but there w? a great ded ?tt.Mid the hmrt? of the people of Cardiff j l "? by tti(? pgcwm wili,?b had been drawn of ]if. m those localities. Dr. BW?t ,midd the ptopomtton. It woui!d j be the oniv way to ope. tfi. y? of many people. 'nl- Clmiraan tt.d thk the M, Ann- sttrJSeeif t d^tnet had been under the medical offi r'. obM?tion. he (the oha?-) had huMdf made a. hou? to b<? --P- with th_viewofa?l?hin? ?me of the dwelling*. Dr. WaJford remarked ??heh?md. --?W -Port.?d., the ?'?'? of the Wo?. i-e Cl- Act, .,d oert&m nrnntrtiM h?t b-. demolished w.thin the lut,  ?' Alderman Bees aeked wfcether aomeUanv oould not be done to improve the habits of the people. New houses, comfortably furnished would toon become as thirty as those in Mary Ann-street if occupied by those persons. I he Town-cleric stated that in one town on the Continent people who were dirty and filthy were sent to a oolony outside, where they had to stay until they mendtd their ways Dr. Buist observed that, in maiy the PK pie. became dirty because of their surround- mgs. Mr Jenkins: If people were lying on a mat. -Nfr, full of vermin it is a dM?raoe to our in- spec to re. Mr. Hughes: Have we any right to enter the ho- The Town-clerk: I have never found any difficulty. Dr. Buist: Tn many cases the tenants would be glad if we visited their houses. Mr. Allen stated that when, the landlords improved tho conveniences the tenants tore up th. lead P'p? and sold thm. ihC? hi4 ?"P??"' (M'' V'm<!?m) exptajnt.' 11-t h?f the houses in Stantey-?treet were »5npty, but, mughi went to sleep in tj,- at night. When they were turned out of one bouee they went int? another and slept t'-e. '?lhnn,ttrZ spoken of by Mr. Jenkins might have been in. half a doeen houses. Mr. Jenkins's resolution was then carried, and the following members were appointed a sub-committee:—The (J.i- (Alderman Jacobs), and Messrs. Hughes, Jenkins, Crofa- man, Buist. and Allen.

THE TIN-PLATE TRADE. OLD CASTLE WORKPEOPLE AGI- TATED. ASKED TOi GllAXT CONCESSIONS. Xo little excitement has been aromed a* LlanelJy by the reqnei-t of the manager of the Old Castle Works for a reduction or a con- cession. It appears that Mr Maybery 8AW deputation oif his men, and asked them to con- cede him sheetage or tu (five him a concession in any other form, He did not specify any amount, but would leave it to them. No definite reply was given, and it is not likely that one will be forthcoming until after a meet- ing of the Llanclly District, which is to ba held on Saturday.

LONDON TO CARDIFF. PROVISION OF A SLEEPING-CAR ON THE G.WR. For some lime 1--t considerable clil!OO3.:A" fcion has been felt by members of the Cardiff Chamber of COfnmeroe at tht inconvenience suffered by passenger* travelling to Cardiff by the train leaving Pa.dding-to.. at 12.15 a-m. and reaching* Bristol at 3 55 3111. at the latter station Cardiff-bound travellers have obliged to detraiu and wait two hours for the South Wales express. A communication pointing out the grievance was forwarded to Mr. Henry I.an-Lert, manager of the Grcat Western Rail- way Company, by the Cardiff Charobe.* of Commerce, with the result that in f. a special sleeping-car will he provided at Pan- dington, in which traveller* for South \1. can embark, and wlivh at Bristol is detached and coi ncoted with the sit o'clock train for Cardiff, thus affording passengers the oppor- tunity of travelling from London to th?i»* destination without leaving the train. The innovation, which was started on Monday, will certainly be received as a IOOD by gentleme t whose business causes frequent journey* between the capitals of England and the Prin- cipality,

At the Neath Board of Guardians on Tuea* dav Dr. Pritchard, the snedioal officer, was ame to destroy a sensational etory. of whieh one of the guardians was the n.arrat<>r. io refe renee to a fatal of typhoid at .Resolves. The statement or Dr. Pntchard giving the facts of the case were satisfactory. kCTiittK, if oAtiT OO'JGHa w Wb- rm 10 risks, but five it a daaa lit Kortiaer's Caqgfc mJOruef Mixture. 9f all tifaemieti, la 1