The Western Mail

BULLER FIGHTING. ENCOUNTER IN THE MOUNTAINS. STUBBORN STAND BY BOTIIA LADYBRAND HARD PRESSED. GARRISON BURN THEIR STORES. Th- ioUowuik dispatohrs from Lord Robert- wnv issued by tho War Offico on Tuesd- HKl.K AST, Sunday flO.Ho p.m.). I'agd reports friun Warmbaths that Phiroer had a slight engag<v ,tt with the onrmy n>>ar a place caljod Rooikop. H., copturod 100 rifles, 40,000 rounds )f ammunition, seven priso- t<, rs. H"0 head of cattle, and three wagons containing supplies. Our casualties wore —Wounded Two men (Tasmaman\ severely; Captain E. W. Brook, Army Service Corps; Lieutenant G. L. Wylly, and three men of the Tasmanians (flight ly>. General Hart, ratne across a bodv of the enemy on the 31st of August who were endeavouring to destroy the main Johannesburg waterworks about ten miles south-west of the town. He drore them from the strong position they took up and caused them to retire in confusion. Our losses wcro nine men wounded. Small bodies of the enemy, chiefly belonging to Do Wet's dispersed force. have been very active in the neighbourhood of Johannesburg lately. A column under Colonel Bradley, North Staffordshire Regiment, came across a part of the enemy near MoJHerfontein, south )f Krugers- dorp. on the 29th of August, and icfhctn: -onsiderabte loss on them. Our ciisualties were: Killed.-North StaffordshireRegi- ment, three men. Wounded. Lieutenant Wyatt. tfiroat (very slight) and five men; two mussing, all of the North Staf- fordshire Regiment. About 500 of the Third. Cavalry Brigade, and a portion of the Colonial Division, which included Brabant's Horse, Cape Mounted Riflp, &c.. marched from Zeerust to Krugorsdorp. It is a very disaffected district, and they had several engagements with different bodies of the enemy on the way. They had about 60 casualties in all. The officer commanding reports that the Boers suffered heavilv. September 3 (11.0 p.m.). Buller reports the following casualties during his move towards Lydpnburg -One man killed and fourteen wounded, including Vet.- captain W Steele (very slightly). As he found the enemy were hold- ing a strong position in his imme- diate front, which he could not turn, I sent a column to-day along the direct Belstroom road to assist him. Hamilton drove a few of the enemy who opposed him, and is to-night at Swartz Kopje. Lord Ennismore arrived here to-night, having bt-(ln released by th., Boer (-ointuandant. About twenty sick prisollPrs, who are uriablf- to walk, have been sent by rail to Lourenco Marques. Paget reports that Plumer suc- engaged a party of Boers near Warmbaths yesterday in an impassable bush country. He destroyed twelve of the enemy's wagons and captured 200 cattle and 3-50 sheep, 40 donkeys, twelve horses, 24 prisoners, 6,0001b! of mealies, besides a considerable quantity of flour, rice, groceries, and clothing. Our casualties were four men wounded and some missing. They tampered with the Pieters- burg line yesterday, and derailed a trairt conveying one companv of the Wl'st Riding Regiment. Some of the men were slightly injured. The officer commanding at Erste- fabricken, the first station east of Pretoria, reports that ten men and -rit wctzi(,n and ciiilclrcn came into his camp to-day. bringing with them .5.000 sheep, 800 cattle, fifty horses, eight mules, eight wagons, and six Capo carts. BADFONTEIX Monday. '«ner,l Bailer the Boere in the noontains overlooking Lydenburg yesterday, general Both"- v.as with the enemy, who held a paf„ all d_iv The ?"' "?-?- ? was yen- heavy- Beater. A PRODIGIOUS TASK. BADFOTEIX Monday, ? task -et General Buller is truly 'pr digion,. T)ic Boer position on the Croco- hill, i? ? to,,gl?,?r nut to crack than "(>n Vaalkrantz or Laings Kek, The cualry wer.. ('nt to reconnoitre YMtpr- ?.Th.yentMcdahoOow. where the oers bombarded them all dav. They f0»"<! it impossible to retire until dark- "?'f'' their movements. Many had 7"r%, narrow PS(pes from shells, but there Jj('fc remarkably fcw?.suaftips. General BIIII"r p"r<cmaÙv conducts ypstNday's operations. The Boers command the only road to Lydenburg, and they have at least en guns mounted in position. I learn that the British casualties since August 21 numb (or _>7() but it is safe to say that those I of the Boers are many more.—Central ^om Mr. BENNET BURLEIGH. R"al -Mngementmith th« 1 Daily Tel«gr*fll' fir timultansous publication. MACHADODORP, Sunday. Lord Roberts j proclamation annexing toe Iransvaal is having a good effect in re-a.ssuriug tile loyal part. of the popula- tion. ¡¡,.j P,J11, General Pole-Carew now has posts estab- lished on the southern heights of Water- valonder. and the ?niper: are being repressed. Small parties of them, how- ever. are hovering about the otli?r enmps. General Buller is well advanced towards Lydenburg, and I heard his guns to-day. The movements in this direction are pro- gressing favourably. Letters seized from Colonel Blake, tho Irish-American, disclose the act that the Irish Brigade is biig ?nnncod with the ambulance, arvd is drawing ib suppUos th?rcfrnm. The accounts aro bcautifuUy complicated. FROM THE "DAILY TELEGRAPH" SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. V 8pial ^rranjfmfn* /or SimulianeoMt Publication in the Western Mail." LOT KEN CO MARQUES, Tuesday (.Noon). Two trains laden with flour went into the Iransvaal yesterday from the steamer Styria. Ex-President Kruger is again at Nel- spruit. He has replied to Lord Roberts's proclamation, protesting strongly against it, and has also notified the foreign Consuls, of the protest. BOER TREACHERY. Tnesdav. Information is just forthcoming ol a bad case of lIoer treachery. General Botha sent a message to Sir Redvere Buller, inviting him to send ambulances to remove a number of sick British prisoners in the lioei- camp. The; ambulances were sent on. and promptly com- mandeered by the Boers, to whom the horses; were verv nsetnl. The men in chartjc, number- ins: 40. were made prisoners, and the doctors were robbed of their watches and cash. Over 70 released prisoners have arrived here. The majority are Colonials and Yeomanry- Central News. SOUTH AFHICAN LIGHT HORSE IX A HOT CORNER. Or.OCODILK RIVKK VALLKY. Sunday. tViu Badfontein, Monday.) General Buller made a reconnaissance to-day towards the Boer position at a point where the road passes over the mountains overlook- ing Lydenburg. h haud i T!'UT"that Botha, with 2.000 bashers. had .i"iued the force holding the pass, \?°"?'c"outh Africa n Light H()rc ".nd the mounted "'fa"trv .n,. within two mile, 'f Me°8^n the enemy opened Sre. ?ithU'.re? e ?L'"n'S roma. heing mounts on either otrt 'f PU3S' and the third being placed on thJ ?'?'??'? Thpcm-mya?nhadahiRhTt-tocityMn ,Ihe Composite Regiment, with a horse Uat- '1?'' !H'cu"ied position on the ririKghhtt, ffrroom inwwhhich n was unable to ,t,t mit 1 nightfall, and the Boor gu,??. fired at Ctn "?"' t!?""t the d??y. fi??di,?g the range accnrately Considering thllt our force was in a hasin,  ''?''??'"? that OUr casualties ?re so few. There were, howcver- several remarkable ?"' '?" ?°"' ?''° not bought into an. T™  8p;>re their ammunition Onr Oi. advanced ??ee" the rid?., t< 'Wirds thp ijft ?"? ??-?t- the B''r., who wer? < '? in cr?,ks "Yer?rnwn with senth, Ciener UL Ran,i ?"'?'"? '?"-inc the who)e dav dav on an^i aSn^ia '?'?--?? i«o„r LADYBRAND GARRISON SUR- ROUNDED. HI XIER HASTENIXCJ WITH KKLIKF. MASERU. Monday. The BritiBli fol-ce i,, till holding out at Ladybrand, which is surrounded bv the Boers The troops ha1'e harned their stores in the market-square to prevent them falling into the ha,, do houl<l the tOWU ljccome U'p The Boers are commandeering all able- bodied men they can find, and threaten to h?urnt.hedwei)inf;jofthaMMh<.r(.h?t? jo.n them. The Boer..tate that th? h?'" large force on the Vet River. Lawr, Hope. ?re Btin entrtaint'd that tlj ?rri. son at La.dyhrand h? not '-n (?mw,od to .Urrender, as YoUey firing h? ?"? liea^rd during the last half-hour. The B? annJn of ammnniUon. "?"'?' °'? to "hort?e of ammunition. o?d??" '-?-'? the relief of iadbrajn< The Boer for? snrrounding the garr:9on consists of commandos under Fourie. Clrob- for. [?mnier, and H?broch. and at? 20) "t I'h,ron'. of men of !T "a,1?ulUitie8- The '?'? ?? '"?" dreaded by farmeni and storekeepers, as they Special ereVer they ? -?? A..?.i??, War q pecia 1. PRELIMINARY comma ndekring. MASKRi:. Friday. «Mit. scuts to the farm of Mr. Newberry, of Prynsberg. and coramaudeered all his horses. Several other farmers in the district have been -cl in the Ulle way. The resiùent tn.?i?'ate from t?ybra.nd ? here. T' y? Jarge Boer commando i, at Lolandale (? Allan- (laiei. clo^e to Koranaberg.—Keuter. Note.-Allandale is on the Vet Fiver, where later reports allow that the Boers were present in foree. BOER PRISONERS OFFERED PAROLE. MA -ERT', Sunday. ot Th. ?'' p*oners at Ih;i :dn otrered the!,bertv on parole Two refused the otfer Olt the b'"l'oumd that the fighting Boers would compel them to take up arms again. A man named Bowman, who has i,wt ?,,?i-d fro??r River, states that the B"ers had Speared close to Iii? store, when he fled from it, 'l'he Bocrs ?'? commandeered Sten". milia, and ??re commandeering horses all round.-Press Association War Special. ''° AN AMERICAN CONSUL'S ADVENTURES. CAI'E TOWN, August 15. C„ ol, onel „ stowe. the American Consul-Cieneral. m South Afnra.who?. train was recently ?? troyedhyara.dins party of the Boers in the YmL? State, has returned from I'rctorÜ none the worse for hiø exciting experiences when the attack took place Colonel Stowe had just fallen asleep, and was wakened by a volley. Twenty-eight bullets struck his car within a less number of seconds, and as he hastily struggled into his clothes a bullet atruck the lamp, and he finished his toilet amid a shower of glass. He hurriedly made his way to the end of the car, where he heard voice3. "Conle out of that, you rooinek," Bcmeone shout?j. and the soldiers, who were unarmed and sleep.ng in ldi£(nwl1(n: u;:e1n: I .iously hurled out by the B.?rm, The n r:li(r:Bal1ht C;)Coer J]:): I Italians, and Irish-Americans, who had made their way south from De Wet's column on a looting expedition. Having made his iden- tity known, Commandant Theron was sum- moned. and was full of apologies for attack- ingo the American Consul. The looting of the train was characterised by martv amusing RAILWAY FACILITIES IN NATAL. the PN'S8 Association is rcquested br Sir Waiter Peace. A!ent.Gcneral for Natai, to eontradict a telegram emanating from South Africa to the effect that scant, railway facili- ties had been afforded by Natal to the military authorities. Sir Walter has been a3ured by his Government that throughout the whole war the military authorities have expressed in tprms of the highest praise their appreciation of the services and asaistauce rendered by tho Natal Railway. and within tile bot few days Lord Itol>ert3 has thanked the Natal Government for all that it has done and has stated he is satisfied that the Natai Railway Department has dune everything in it, power to a8Sist him, LOCAL CASUALTIES. The following local casualties were reported oil Tuesday: — 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers,-73336 Corporal W. Roberts was reported dangerously ill at Johannesburg on September 1. 1st Welsh Fusiliers.—Lieutenant Harris left (Jape Town by the Simla on August 27, inva- lided home THE LATE FARRIER-SERGEANT R. Y. WILLIAMS. A service will be held in Lampeter-Velfrey Parish Church on Saturday next, at three in the afternoon. in memory of the late Farrier- sergeant R. P. Williams, of the 30th Company (broke3hire) Imperial Yeomanry, who was killed a few days wgo near Winburg

CAPE TOWN NEWS.1 FROM THE "DAILY TELEGRAPH" SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. By Special Arrangement for Simultaneout Publication in the" W t.tt. "fail" CAPE TOWN, Monday. The nows of tho formal annexation of the Tranmaa). which has boon officially confirmed in the House of Assembly, has been received with much satisfaction, and flags have been hoisted to celebrate the event. The proclamation emphasises the impudent character of Mr. Sauor's resolu- tion. which is a direct defiance of the Imperial Government, and has been moved, it is believed, with the deliberate object of challenging a suspension of the Constitu- tion, which would be tho inevitable result of its adoption. Of this, however, there is no danger. An angry scone occurred in the House of Assembly to-day between Mr. Schreincr and two of his late followers. HOSPITALS COMMISSION. CAIIE TOIVN, Tuesdav. The general effect, of the latest evidence taken by tho Hospitals Commission at Bloem- fontein is that evor.vthiug possible was done for the comfort of the men in the Number 9 and Industrial School Hos- pitals. The prinripal medical officer. Colonel Exliani, denied the statements of Mr. Burdett-Coutts regarding the lack of accommodation, equipment, and 8upervision. saying that in spite of pressure the stationary hospital worked well, and every attention was paid to patients.-Router.

I STOL* PRESS. 1-JAPAN AX1) TH K F,V A(.'i: ATION OF PKK1X0.1 lokio, MondayKogarumg the rwu-uatiuii jof Peking, the 1aJ1:lll(,8C (JovernnieiU. re-o- S Uitolv adhering to the policy 01 the Concert, t je comse approved hy the uiajo- jrity of the Powers. The .Japanese pre&s una- ¡lIinonly considers tùat }{t18ia' action ter- minate^ th Concert, Bud believes in a Hus' • .U i man secret uutlcr<itamUug,>"Times."

FRANCE AND RUSSIA. I CZARS LETTER TO PRESIDENT LOn3ET, Rambouillet, 1Ionday,Prince UrusofF, Russian Ambassador to France, to-day pre- sented President Loubet. with tin* Order of St. Andrews, together with an auto- .gr,,ipli letter from the Czar.-Iii returning thanks, M. Loubet said:—"I beg you to transmit, to his Majesty the expression of my gratitude and the assurance that the French Government is daily striving to uphold this union, which is so profitable to the two nations."—Reuter. FRENCH PRESS COMMENTS. I arts, luesday.—The autograph letter from the Czar to President Loubet is re- produced by all the newspapers to-day, In some it is printed in large type, but onlv a few journals make any comment on it. The "Figaro" says:—No letter from an ally and a iriend of France has ever been of a more affectionate or more flattering character. This letter is precious to France, and it will find a just and profound echo in Europe. It restores the Franco- Russian alliance on its indestructible pedestal, and disposes of the suspicions disseminated by malevolence and jealousy as to its alleged weakness. At any timo the letter would have been of great value. Tniler the present circumstances, the pro- clamation of the Franco-Russian union derives a quite special eloquence from events. The agreement be- tween the two Powers in China can only become still closer after yesterday's ceremony, and it is probable that the decision to evacuate Peking will be approved by the Uovemment of the Republic. I RTII(I-okil." while expressing itself as pleased with the mark of esteem which the Czar has shown to M. Loubet, protests against the excessive increase iu Russian Customs duties on French wines, and hopes M. Delcassc will intervene and obtain an economic success. ''France," adds the "Soleil." will bo grateful to him. and such all act will be worth all the decorations in the world to our wine-growing population so worthy of interest." The "Gaulois" savs: -The alliance is stronger than ever. It is the duty of every Frenchman to rejoice at it with all his heart. It is that of the Government to draw from it all profit possible for France. —Reuter. CZAR NOT GOIG TO PARTS, An Exhangc Company's telegram ree;1 (.n Tuesday morning Buys that the HnEsian Ambassador has h,,?,1,,ip ?-i d'Tt L"?l"t i I letter Baying that the Czar will not visit Paris

I ANOTHER PLOT TO KILL THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR, Rome. Tuesday .—An American Anarchist, named Jobn Guiappa has been arrested on the French frontier by the Italian authorities, who had been apprised of his coming to Europe on a mission to assassinate the Austrian Emperor. -Central Xews.

THE HAGUE CONVENTION. DECISION OF THE POWERS. The Hague. Tuesday.—Acts of ratifica- tion of tho three conventions ana the three declarations of The Hague Confe- rence hav:' been handed in by Germany, Austria, Iluugarv, Belgium, Denmark! Spain, France, Italy, Holland. Persia, Roumania, Russia, fsiam, and Bulgaria! Portugal i as ratified all the act, except the declaration prohibiting the employ- ment- of expanding bullets. Sweden and Norway ratifies nil the conventions and declarations except the convention provid- ing for the adaptation of the Geneva Con- vention to naval warfare. The United States luwp ratified the conventions con- cerning arbitration and the adaptation of the Geneva. Convention to naval \l1rfarp, and the declaration prohibit ing thp throw- ing of projectiles from balloons. Great Britain handed in cprtifipations of thp three conventions. The ratifications of the other signatory Powers have not yet been handed in. Article 10 of the con- vention for the adaptation of the Geneva Convention to naval warfare has not been ratified bv any of the Powers.—Renter.

QUEEN AND SULTAN. Constantinople. Tuesday.—Very cordial tele- grams have l*on exchanged betweetn Queen Victoria and the Sultan on the occasion of the lattcir'g jubilee. Her Majesty h" expressed her thil-k-, for the reception accorded Sir John Fishiar.Itetiter.

I YACHTING IN AMERICA. New York. Tuesday M(Jrnin.s,-Thc English cutter Isolde defeated the Astrild a t, Larch- mont Regatta, in Long Island Sound, yester- day. The Astrild led throughout, but lost on ber time tllo%?nm.-Central. Ncw.,

MORE FIGHTING AT PEKING SITUATION AT SHANGHAI. i [DUPLICITY OF LI HUNG] CHANG. Router's Agency learns that, as all tele- grams have to he conveyed by courier from Tosi-Nai-Fii to Peking, cypher mes- sgps arp probably stopped by the Chinese, who. doubtless, apprehend that the reports of the Ministers as to the complicity of tho Chinese Government in the recent events may have the effect of preventing the evacuation of Peking by the allied forces.

rROIS THE "DAILY TELEGRAPH" SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. By Special Arrangement for Simultaneont Publication in the" Itlesten Mail." SHANGHAI, Monday (10.10 p.m.). Enlightened native officials hero say they would regard a withdnlwal from Peking as a suicidal step. The Empress- Dowager is so bitter against the foreigners that she would be certain to re-produce tho recent- conditions next spring, with ilI<!)rovpmpnts, if allowed to resume power at Peking, It is generally believed here that Li Hung Chall, ha,s promispr! Russia three hnchnrian provinces if Russia favours the withdrawal of the Powers. It is cer- tain that. Li Hung Chang is lavishing money in order to secure terms favourable to the Empress-Dowager. There is now no Chinese Government whatever ill existence. The latoit Im- perial edict, dated Huai-Ycn-Hsien, Tatung Prefecture, Shan-si, confirms li Hung Chang's plpnarJ powers as peace- maker. Th" AniericJtti Association beM a meet- ing to-tllty. at which it. was decided to tele- graph to the United States Government protesting strongly against withdrawal. The Viceroy Liti Kun Yi seems to be ignorant of the Emp\'C'"s-Oowa('r'3 present addn si. He has sent- trusty mes- sengers to Peking. Shan-tnng, Ho-wan, S han-si, and Moukden, with orders not to return without accurate news of the Empress-Dowager's quarters. Seven hundred and fifty German troops will land at Shanghai shortly to assist in tho defence of the settlement. Ma Kien Ching, a well-known protege of Li Hung Chang, died at Bhanfhm t{)-,]ay. Tuesday (0.,):) p.m.'). Li Hung Chang's staff apprehend that his brain is failing. Li Hung Chang wired to Sir Chihchen Lofengltih to, day:—"Our St. Petersburg Minister has persuaded Russia to withdraw from Peking. You are useless if you cannot persuade England." It is perfectly certain that all the Chinese would regard a withdrawal as :t confession of foreign inferiority. Intelli- gent Chinese fear secret societies every- where and the rebels are restrained now as tihey hope that reform will follow the present crisis under foreign auspices, but the revulsion under a. patched-up peace would assuredly be serious. Four mission compounds woro looted at Cliian, in Kiangsi, on Saturday. The missioneiN were rescued by Chinese officials, and t?cort<? to safety. The Empress-Dowager has appointed Yung Lu with full POWNs to assist Li Hung Chang in negotiating. It is œrtain that Yung Lu really devised the scheme to employ the "Boxers' to destrov foreigners and converts, and took a prominent, part in attacking tho Legations. Princo Cheng signed n lett.>r, after Baron Von Ketteler's death, begg'^g the Ministers to come for refuge to the Tsnng- li- Yamen unarmed and with no foreign escort. Sir Claude MacDonald sent It sarcastic refusal. The Emperor and I Empress-Dowager arrived on August 30 in Shan-si, at the Governor's Yamen at Tai- yuanfu. rROM THE "DAILY TELEGRAPH" BVBOIAI. CORRESPONDENT. By opeciai Arrangement for Simultaneom Publication in the Western Mail." TAKU, August (via Shanghai, Tiled ay). Tho British arrangements here for the transhipment of troops and stores are far in advance of those made by the other Powers, and tho Punjaub Coolie Corps par- ticularly has proved a great success. The British are assisting the Italian troops to land. Stores have been pushed on straight to Tientsin, but the Russians, French, Germans, and Japanese have piled up vast quantities of food and war materiel at Taku which they are unable to send for- wnrd. Thousiyuls of foreign troops are arriving weekly, with what object we cannot under- stand, as the Chinese resistance is practi- cally at an end. The following was issued from the Admiralty on Tuesday:- Reference having been made in the English press to a statement, emanating from a foreign source, reflecting on tho conduct of a por- tion of the British force which accompanied Admiral Seymour in his attempt to effect tho relief of the Legations at Peking, the vice-admi- ral has reported that there is no truth in the statement, and that he had been unable to trace the origin of the attack on the men engaged. A RUSSIAN DISPATCH. St. Petersburg, Tuesday.—The following dispatch, dated August 21, from General Linevitch, has been received by the head- quarter staff: "According to information received, the Boxers and Chinese troops were reported to be in the southern part of the Imperial Park on August 20. 1 ordered a recon- naissance there with a detachment of the allied Russian, Japanese, American, and British troops. These troops reconnoitred the entire park for a distance of eighteen versts, but found no one. It was rumoured that the Chinese troops and '■ Boxers had fled. The detachment bivouacked for the night in the park, and next day the Cos- sacks made a second reconnaissance to the south of the park, and again found no one. The railway in the Peking district is completely destroyed, and all plant has been "burnt No engines are left, and only the rails remain. The station at Moshan] has been occupied by our troops. The work of repairing the railway is being carried on from both sides. Navigation on the Peiho River is becoming more and more difficult, owing to shallows. The railway from Tientsin to Peking has been repaired only as far as Ytirg- Tsun, where a bridge is in course of con- struction. The permanent way as far as Lofa Station is completely destroyed, as are also many bridges. The line from Yang-Tsun to Peking, a distance of about one hundred vers. will have to be com- pletely re-la.ieJ. All necessary material is being ordered up from Shanghai. Measures have been taken for the reco- very of stolen plant, for which rewards are olfered."—Reuter. REPORT FROM GENERAL I CHAFFEE. Washington, Tuesday Evening,—The Govern- ment liaa rc-oeived a dispatch from General Chaffee at Peking, via Taku, and undated. The mesi^ago details tils conditions at t.h? Ch'tneM capital at the time the renort left. Ceneral Chaff:e st-at-l that houUlitiea had practicall_y cenaml, there being only oocKuaional sniping of those at work in re-conetruc, ting tho t/etegraph and of the foraging rarties of tha allied troops. General c''1',affee says tho American forcc «umbers 5,000 effec- tive men, and he thinks this nUI1lr i. ample. If, however, the t,.?p. have to remain tl'.roujjhout tho winter wall tents will he required, The river is fullhng rapidly, and tile allies must soon hiwe to haul their snpplieH ror forty miles. Gencr1.1 Chaffec is. however, ralisfied that the railway ivill not be required before the rl" ,'r freezes.—Central News. SITUATION AT SHANGHAI. NATIVE IGNORANCE AND MISLEAD- ING PICTURES. Shanghai, Tuesday.—Dispatches which have been received here statin tunt the American Government refuses to withdraw its troops Irom Peking until 8,ft"ti." for outrages and for the los. "ccasi<med to American citii!?i. has been given, meet with the appro va I of the entire foreign colony in hanghaL The other policy suggested, in the opinion of l'uB¡n{,8 men and missionaries with whom 1 have had conversations, will be regarded as u ,iLl\ blow to the pre"liü of foreigners, and as weak('nin their status in Ch!nu. This view is HI"" shared by the local English phper*. which dedare the Chinese would interpret the cvaenntion of Poking as a diIfl-t of the foreij»ners. Ma38P8 of Chinamen enn now believe that the Chinese have been victorious, and the Chinese papers printed here contain very circumstantial accounts of Chincne vie- tories at Peking, Tientsin, and Tnnchow. The shops in the native quarter display for lurid pictures representing the Celestial Army driving Ettropp::n soldiers into the sea at Taku, and cutting them into pieces at Tien- tGin Pictures aro also ,?iiibitd depicting th, foreign admirals under torture in the p1"e Renee of the Viceroys. Adm(ral Seymour, witTi his arms pinioned, is Ehown "kow-towing"; before the Throne.The people accept tbes2 Stat2- u.ents, nd consider the reports in the loeall English preBS to he merely foreign lies. The European community continues to demand I the destruction of Peking and the exemplary punishment of the officials, holding that an indemnity and patwr promises ,f .,? tr?.ti,?s U"t"" "'?. undoubtedly, details m. gurrting the massacres of for(>i)Cr8. which aro received here daily tend to inflame thi.; spn, timent. The Empress-Dowager is living in the Yan:en of ShanB; ,,t P,?, and it is reported ]I,- Itht' t 50 f,),?,igi missionaries have been massacred in that Yamen under the orders df and practically in the presence ot the Viceroy himself. Throe are paid to have 1>een he3(>ldAd in the inncr f)urty<trd. whil-e the others were barbarously killed in the outer courtyard and their bodies thrown to the log,. These reports of barbarous cruelty make a lenient policy unpopular in Shanghai, where the victims bad friends, and to-day placards have appeared in all the public places exhort- in foreigners to oppose all compromise with the Government, attacking Li Hung Chang. i'nd quoting the remark attributed to him ihnt, with the exception of tl?. MinisterB, all the other forcicrs at Peking were of no account.—Press Association War special. DEFENCE OF SHANGHAI. Shanghai. Tuesday.—It is officially intimated that th (Jermau (Jovcinmeoit intends to land 459 t. ?itli tl?, B:,iti,i French forces i? tho protection of Sh?,ngh?i.- P_" Association War Special. RECONNAISSANCE FROM I PEKING. Peking, undated (via Shanghai. Monday, 7.10 p.m.),—Three thousand of the enemy have re-appeared in the hunting park at Tungfu, the place known as Bhang's drilling grounds. The allied forces arc reconnoitriug the position preparatory to makiTig an attack. Until this Chinese force is absolutely dispersed and com- pletely driven from the precincts of Peking it will he Impossib!e for any force to proceed further. The meaoure' of the allied com-I manders for the adminietration of the city have been formally arranged. The Imperial Palace is now under an efficient guard. An inventory was taken, and the building was; immediately closed. The contents were found to b. intact. The "BoxerA" appear occa- \'tl:en various parts of the city. There] )it es. The foraging of! onr men secures ample provisions.—Central j w AMERICA AND THE RUSSIAN PROPOSAL. Washington. Tuesday —The Cabinet held a eonference to,day, at which WaR di?ui?ocd the message received yesterday evening from Mr. CVmscr at J'eking, and which has not been shed snii-offiitilly stated that the State Department, expects that all the I responses of the Powers to the Note of the Russian Government will be received this wefek. -Central News. DISASTROUS RESULTS OF WITHDRAWAL. MR. PMTCHAH]) MORGAN INTER- VIEWED. b Au Aberdaro corre5pandeut, telegraphs that he saw Mr. Pritclia.nl Morgan, M.P., oil Tues- day afternoon, and wu. informed that a cable, gra.n} frqlu Sh.uighai had been received that day atjtiffig that general consternation exiBteù in China amongst British subjects at the pro- posed Y1.C"UnifJll of Peking. The cablegram further stated that in consequence British trade and commen'" wond ))t di8a8' trouafora.Utinie.Mi- Pritchard Morgaci has "Iso received a cablegram to the that Hr. Jack and the r.re0logical party under him who Were in the Sezehun have crossed over- laud to nurmh, and are nON well and 8IIle All British territory. CONSTERNATION AMONG ALL NATIONALITIES IN CHINA. Shanghai, Tuesday.—The turn tb9 Chines% question has taken in Europe has cauøod con, sternation among all nalionalities here. The GNman community is telegraphing the Ger- man Government to-day <ledaring that th withdrawal of th? aliied t-.P. from Peking would be fatal to foreign interests.—Reuter. ITALIAN COMMENT. Rome. Tuesday.—The "Tribuna" states that, according to information obtained from a trustworthy souroe, the Unit-ed, Mates has hitherto been the only Power to reply to the Rusaian proposition in regard to China. An exchange of ideas continues between the powers interested in the Chinese question. The various Cabinets are considering the Russian proposal* from their respective pointa of view. There is fr(oli.ffitchu'lty, the "Tribnna" continue" in the way of the provisional withdrawal of the Legations from Peking, but the proposed withdrawal of the international troops gives rise to serious Objections. The journal adds that all the Governments are telegraphing to their repreaentath'ea at Peking "eking them for their opinion on the suggested withdrawal of the troops from Peking. They are also desirous of knowing what would be the result, from a purely military standpoint, of com- pliance with the Russian proposal. The "Tribuna" reiterates tha,t the role of Italy is to co-operate in the maintenanee of the accord between the RUSSIA'S POLICY. St. P?t?r.b.?g, Sunday.—Several pap, here have _,e?t 'd tlta! the qu?tt??u of Manchuria ,,?ld bo Iii, 1 t i,Ily treated apart fr ii that of the evacuation of the allied troops of the province of Peohili. According to my jnj;¡Jrmation, from a competent official quar- ter, the Russian Government has no intention to permanently occupy or annex Manchuria. Russia will olaim no territorial concession, pro- vided that the other Powers fol1ow the same course. The que.tion of iod<Jmnities from China will be determined, it is hoped, bere, by co-operation amongst the allies. I have also official authority to state that. Russia doesn't occupy Kouldja with any design to hold it. For some flays there hae been no direct news from Peking. The comnmnic-i- tionfl between the Chinese capital and Tientsin are again iuterrn¡¡ted,-C«1tra1 News. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Shanghai, Tuesday (11.53 a.m.).—Li Hung Chang recently memorialised, the Throne re- questing that Lui Kunyi, Chang Ohitung. Prince Ching. and Ymiglu should he associated with l1im.elf ai commissioners to conduct p*ace negotiations. An Edict, in reply, which has just heen received from Tai Vuanfu, COIn. pletely ignores the Yangtze Viceroys men- tioned. and appoints Li Hung Chang. Prince Ching, Yunglu, and llsutnng, the latter being the well-known tutor of the hpir-uppiu-ent. He has violent ajiti-foreign tendencies. The Peace COmmimiOn thus consists of one Chinese and three Manchns. It is hoped that the Pewers will decline to recognise Heutung as I (ne of the Peace Cnmmissioncn!Central Novs,

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LADY MISSIONARY IN CIIINA. TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES AT I TIENTSIN, —— BESIEGED IN A CELLAR FOR A FORTNIGHT. The Rev. Henry Ehbau, of Boscombc-) Grange, Bournemouth, sends to the "Stan- dard" the following extract front a letter written by a lady attached to the Nortli China Mission. The letter is dated from Robe, in Japan, to vhicli she, with a few other European ladies, had succeeded in escaping when Tientsin was relieved by ilin T i (,iit,,? the allied forces: "In my last letter from Tientsin I men- tioned that we were daily, and even hourly, expecting the 'Boxers.' I posted that letter on the 12th of June and on Ow night, of the 15th th 'Boxers arrived. We were ready for them. About eight hundred entered Tientsin. The alarm- bells rang, and we took refuge in the Gordon-hall, while a sharp encounter took place between them and the allies. In three hours it was all over, and we returned to our respective homes, every- one assuring us that there was nothing t1l'H'" to bo feared, for the 'Boxers' wen being dispersed, and that we might 'rest in peace.' Next day (Sunday, 17th). at 3,:30 p.m., when all Tientsin was having it, afternoon siesta, the first shell was fired. So little was this expected {hat when I was roused I ran into the girls' dormitory to re-assure them, saying, 'Don't be alarmed, girls; it is nothing. We have opened fire on the enemy.' The nexi moment another shell arrived, and thi voice of one of tho Home Guards wai- heard in the hail, shouting. 'Dress quickly, and run to the Gordon-hall: we are beii.g bombarded.' The scene in the streets wav a never-to-be-forgotten one; women and children flying in all directions, almost all luit l ess, many s h oe l ess; ,ome in I t- %I!. ihd;ig'JSn Wf¿H and shots were simply raining. We nil fled to the Gordon-hall. By a wretched mistake the dcor was actually closed in my face-I may her., ""mark that tlw men lost their heads on the slightest provoca- t,ion-and I rushed aboui looking for a ph. of slwHer. Suddenly I heard a voice Shying, 'Put your head in here.' 'Here' vas a tiny cellar window. I lay flat, or the ground, thrust in my head, and a gen- tleman inside dragged me down by th< head and shoulders. Such was mv n aimer of entrance into the cellars of tin now historic Gordon-hall. In the cellar we lived—2o0 to 300—for two weeks, only going upstairs to the hail during the inter- vals of shelling. Oh, the misery am' wretchedness of those fourteen days'- bombardment, firing, sniping going on in- cessantly. Added to the usual hardship of the si ege, we had to endure a conditio! of publicity which was horrible. Privao was utterly impossible, fcr net onlv werr all the European women and chiJdrc:" there, but we had also the men for sleep- ing and eating. Our provisions ran low: water became scarce (we were obliged tr wash in water ten other people had used) we had illness, hysterics, nervous alloc lions. Some people went completely off their heads, and were madly delirious But, on the whole, the women befiavec well; some even splendidly. I am thank- ful to say that T was perfectly calm all through. Tho dressing-bag you gave me was the joy of many a heart. I had mosi carefully packed it in readiness, and some- times it seemed Ls "f I had been inspirec with regard to itn contents. I seemed tc have in that bag everything that every b-odv had forgotten, from a baby's feeding lamp down to a needle and thread. The toilet articles were also in constant demand, s? it has the honour and glory 01 having done ood work in a tim?? of great 'I distr.s. We had many terrible moments as. for instanu?, wlien a shell burst in the Gordon-hall and killed a-husband and wife bef ore the eyes of their dear little children. I grew -unto clever in regard t40 the shells and learned to dodge them beautifully. Tin* shots were really more dangerous te life, but even to thom one gradually became accustomed. One day in the hfspital a shell came into the ward and hurst. at mv feet. It was the verv worst shell of the siege. It carried into the ward with it 3,; ontRide waIL an inne' wall, and two big windows. The time of the greatest danger was when, on two occasions during the night, the JmpNial troops got within n qvarier mile of the GorIon-hall, whict ?w,t,,? the centre of attack. Thanks to the brave Cossacks, who fought, as everyone says, more like wild beasts than men. we were saved. The Cossacks may be, and are, wild, brutal, and savage. but they are our saviours. Under no conditions, how- ever. were we likely to fall into the hands of the Chinese, for the men had resolved that when all hope was over thev wnulrl shoot the women and children. To add to other miseries, we had actually a flood the lust day of our cellar life. But. after all. the worst horrors of the sieao were not the shells, nor shot, nor flood, nor hunger, nor thirst, but the awnl fires. Every night we had tl;em-all night long. The con- stant 'ping,' 'ping' of the rifles tolrl us that each shot was bringing down a poor China- matI trying to escape from the flames; and Own, worst horror of nIl. the air was filled with the odour of burning flesh: and in the streets the bodies of the China- men Inv nnburied and were devoured bv horrible dogs. These dreadful siehts are stamped oil my very soul. T feel that I shall never be rid of the terrible memory."

EXCURSION TRAIN ON FIRE VAIN ATTEMPTS TO WARN THE I DRIVER. Particulars were received at Leeds on Monday of an alarming incident on the North-Eastern line. A passenger tells the story of a Leeds excursion train from Scarborough on Saturday night taking fire. He states that eoon after the train left Scarborough the lamp d hie carriage went out. After passing1 Malton it was discovered that another carriage was on fl re. It blazed for miles, and the passengers shouted to the guard, who was seen waving his lamp to call the attention of the driver, to no purpose. The passenger calls attention to the fact that the communication cord was useless, and states that a passenger at York station tried in vain toO use it, At one point the signals were against the train, which was pulled up, and about 40 or 5) passengers jumped out of the burning carriage, The guard ran up the line towards the engine! and the belated passengers and guard were left by the side of the line near Strensall Common. the carriage still burning as the train steamed away.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN. UNEXPECTED VISIT TO THE COLONIAL OFFICE. Mr. Chamberlain arrived in London from Birmingham late on Monday night. and-was on Tuesday busily ciigaced at the Colonial Office. The visit of the right hon. gentleman, which was quite unexpected and is understood to be in connection with the situation in South Africa, is not likely to he protracted.

LORD SALISBURY'S RETURN I Lord Salisbury is expected te return to England about the middle of September. Ateanwhile. the service of two messjenprerj per weelv is continued, and frequent teleRrams pass between Downing-street and his lord- ship's temporary residence in the Voeges.

A SINGLE SET OF CUTI- BESfEDIES coniistingof ri.TIUt'KA SUA I', to lic.iine the onsLiCt,inU VCURA Ointment, to heal the .kin and CUTICURA EMOLVE\T to c?) t& b)ood.i6oft<-))su9tcienttocorcthe!nf)? torturing, disgwing, and humiliating skin ,?ip, and blood hlll"I 10''? (: f i,inr Wdelofil.nCUITèÙR STSTE?t'?p TBEATMENT.-Warm batns with CUTICUHA SOAP, to clean-c the skin of ?r-t. and ecaJea Md gentle anointings with CUTICUBA O?nt: ment, to allay itching, borning. and inflam- 1D&tion, and soothe and b b: -r1u. in and i,fl,- ?U%IC?BA RESOLVENT, to cool ?? b!oo? of will "Peedity, permanently, and economically enre the most torturing, cligflguring humours of the skin, m P. and blood, with loss of hair when the beet physicians and all other remedies fail. PRICE, TBIE SET. 6s.; or 'SOAP 18., OINTMENT. 2m. 6d., RESOLVENT, 2a. M.. post paid by F. NEWUEKV aod SONS. Londo i, I..C.. or all Chemiste. L\4606-.J

AFFAIRS OF BARON SUDELEY. HIS LORDSHIP'S SECOND FAILURE. WELSH ASSOCIATIONS. At London Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday the public examination wa* held 01 the Eight Hon., Burou Sudeley.—The Official Receiver's observation* and the debtor's statements showed that he is the fourth lord, and suc, ceeded to the title and family estates in Gloucestershire and 1f(,nfgomerYBhire on the death of his brother in 1877. He has held public appoint mnets, and is a. member of her Majesty's Privy Council. In August, 1893, he executed a deed uf arrangement for the oenciit of his creditors, whose unsecured claims amounted to £ 46:),273, and who received "dividend of about 10d. in the C. The debtor states that this failure was due to loss of in, come, to the extent of L12,650 per annum, aris- ing from the land depression of 1392 and 18>3. and commercial shrinkage, due to the Baring crisis and the Murriata failure. Since 1893, wiih a capital f LW. he became engaged in the prolllotion or on the directorate of several limited liability companies, chiefly syndicates formed for the development of mining pro- perties. The debtor stated that his object in embarking on these enterpriser, to which he devoted much ti :ic and energy, was mainly to enable him to malts up to his friends and relations, who had Bu!fered loss through l?i former failure ,?)me liart of titeir 11: .ittril)utod his present failure to LahLitic incurred in connection with mineral proper- ties, such liabilities being incurred in accordance with the advice of the best mining engine-era, which properties, contrary to the Jxpectation of the engineers, have in some cases turned out badly, and in others have taken longer to develop than WIlS expectd The Ollicial Receiver observes that the failure al*3o in part due to losses by Stock Exchange speculations. The debtor's affairs are being wound up in bankruptcy, and his accounts show a total indebtedness of £79,688. of which 159,647 i, stated to be unBerured, and assets ?260. The deficiency account shows tha? oi' 1: 2t:ee!r)tC,,t;ei!: I ,.ti..ted Burplns of S8,798. On the other irtnd he returns a loss of £ 56.786 in respect of the subsequent depreciation of securities. In reply to Mr. C. A. Cope (assistant receiver;, the debtor stat-rd that fonnerlv. for about ten years, he was in thp Navy, and from 1863 to 1377 he represented he Montgomery Borou?M 4n Parliament He held Lrio,,F p1hlk apmimmerns. and on succeeding to the title in 1877. upon the death If biR brother, be found the etatÐg very heavily encumbered, and th it debts, amount- ng to i-l>out £100,000, were due in connection •vith them, inrl1¡ding £43,()OO for building a •hurch. which be afterwards completed. He tccided to discharge his brother's debts, and did", to a pro-it extent by ¡neanll of borrowed money, W.th the view of rendering- the estates more re- munerative he incurred a. heavy outlay for mprovements. but. the result, was not satis- factory, and in order to increase his income he devoted himself to companv matters. He chairman of the Welsh Woollen Manu- actunng Company, and also assisted in •tarting the jam business of Beach and Co Limited), in which he arranged to hold about ial. the aliare capital. As a director of ranoua companies, his fees had amounted to "bout £ 5,CX)0 a. year. About, the year 1892 he ilso became trustee for the debenture-holders of Murrieta and Co., and incurred consider- able liabilities in endeavouring to bring about an amalgamation of that and other '■ompanies. In August. 1893. owing to loss of income and the general commercial depres. •oon he became involved in financial difficul- and executed a deed of arrangement for 'he benefit of his creditors. He also embarked In various enterpri8-ES, with the view of pay- ng off those creditors, and also creditor* who did not come in unc1eT the deed The examination was concluded.

HEALTH OF DR. RUTHER. I :F80RD HARRIS. Dr. Rutherfoord Harris, who «inc« August 31 ha« been under the are of a specialist in London, was able on Tuesday to drive out. and is now progressing towards recovery.

ELECTION IsEWS. MR. BRYCE AND ABERDEEN. Mr. Bryce, writing to the Secretary of the Aberdeen Liberal Association, says: — Although, in common with many supporters of the Government. I doubt whether Lord Saliiibury will take the unprecedented course of advjsing her Majesty to dissolve Parliament a, such time as the present, it may be convenient that I should inform you that I am prepared again to place my cervices at the displ)sal of th(; electors of the southern division of the city. It is peporte-l in Liverpool that Mr. W. H Lever, the well-known scapmaker of Port SUD- .i!ht, has consented to become the Liberal can- didate for the Wirral Division of Cheshire, in opposition tc Colonel Cotton Joddrell. Mr, Lover has thrice Ul1£ueBsfnllv contested Bir. kenhead.

THE SCARCITY OF COTTON. Tn connection with the scarcity of cotton an important step w:i?? taken on T-n?, ay ?ift?r- noon at Manchester by t? ? I., Cotton Spinne It was decided "ti,,n f cotton spinner? throughout Lancashire to attend a conferenoe oil Friday next, at which a resolution wii1 })Ie submitted discontinuing the purcha«e of American cotton on the spot. The effect of this will he thiit. the ootton trade will be brought to a standstill for several weeks, as the Dew American cotton crop is likely to be late, and private stocks are under- stood t-o be limited.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS. The Registrar-General reports that the annual rate of mortality in the K great towns of England and Wales iast. week averaged 21.7 per 1,000. Cardiff. 14; Swansea. 20. There were 7,042 births and 4.324 death* ri8terect in tho same towns d1nín!' the week, In Cardiff there were 101 births and 53 deaths, the latter in, cluding 27 it1fr-!lts under one year of age and seven ierzonv aged 60 and upwards. In Swan- sea there were 73 births and 41 deaths, the latter inc.udir.g eighteen infants under one year and four persons over 60.

A KEN'T VILLAGE MYSTERY. A sensation has been cauøed in the village of Iloo Rt. Werburgh, Kent, by the tragic de ath of lir. Benjamin Baker. 60 years of a#e, proprietor of the local pottery and brick- making works. He left the village institute about eleven p. m to walk hOlDe. and tnUf an hour later was found lying insensible in the public road with a fraetured skuil. There were other marks of violence on the body. but his money remained untouched. Death ensued two hours afterwards. The inquest opened 011 Tuesday, anù was adjourned.

ONE OF THE UGHT BRIGADE. t Willi? Barker, who rode in the charge "r ,h, Light Brigade a. t,r 'ergooJ)t,m"jor of the 17th Lancet?, died at Lei?ht.on Bn?ard on Tuesday.

Of KF. OF YORK DEERSTALKING The Duke of York. who. with the Duchess of York, is on a visit to Barl and Countess Anoas- t er, Drummond Castle. Crieff. N.B., was out deerstalking on Tuesday, and shot five stags.

VOYAGE OF THE ROYAL YACHT. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert. with I Princew Christian. Princes* Victoria of SohlBllwill'Hol8tein, and Prrnoesi Aribert of I AniMtlt on board, left Milford Haven _rly on Tuesday morning rOT Oban.

WALES DAY BY DAY There ;)) a barber :n Swansea who can cut h1S own nair. A new Cardiff bai>y has been chri tened Kedvcrs Hector Fren,;} Mr. nea-ey has gcae off f, r a three w««fe«* holiday. He w&e a, busy man during the fltrjl{(>, When we are all waiting fnr the general election Mr. Robert Bird has brought off m Cardiff a little dissolution on his own. Malta was surrendered to England 100 years agro to-day. A Swansea man, Lieutcnant- f"cnE"ral Sir FTanri8 urenfoll, it the present governor. Commercials øet the f;!si1ÚJn in jokes on the Tuff Vale Railway. This is how they preet each other in the mornings now:—"I ;JID glad this DeMley strike is over last." A lad wtia once worked in the" Western Mail" machine room. and is now in the Loudon police force, is proud of the fact that he wa* the man on duty at Baden-Poweil'i house on the night Mafeking was relieved. Why should the Taff Vale Railway Rtriker8 make model hu-band£?" w". a conandrnm prupounùed at the Yny«vbwl Constitutional Club on Monday night. "Because they are so fond of their Holmes," was the applauded reply. A return in yesterday ?? London Expres" whows the relative popularity of the horns health resorts. Margate, Pamsgate. and Yar. mouth lead with 200,003 visitors apiece during August and September. But a matter of special interest is that Llandudno is bracketed IV ¡tll Douglas for tilth with 150,030 visitors. Rhyl has 50.000 and Yarmouth 50.000, It would be interesting to get- '0 know the numbers for Abeiyst-with, Tenby, u-nd PorthcawJ. A correspondent wao read our paragraph about the name" Otuer" always found in the Clive family Fends a quotation from "Brown{"s Gu:do to Windsor Cnetle." It says that the first g r. of the keep was Waller Fit, Other, ancestor of the Earls of Plymouth. who was one of the kniphts of William the Conqueror and was appointed by him to this office by rhe title of Ca@t<ellan, since which that noble family have prefixed De Windsor to their other titles." For want of a proper buiTding the Barry Intermediate achoo1 has hitherto been carried on in one of tise several commodious unlicensed hotels, asd now that the building has been licenped t>>? governors do not know what to do or where to turn for another home for their students. A wag at yesterday's meeting of the Glamorgan Technical Instruct ion Committee suggested that, baring under. gone a few terms the hotel, the students should now take a collegiate course at one of the Hurry breweries. Back at tho boginning of this century there was keen competition befwcell Swansea and Llane!!y, Tin "British Magazine" in 1804 I says that the geyitie-nfn of Van;I)1 and its | neighbourhood have it, in contemplation to enter into a subscription for the same loyal purpose as thore of Swansea, but on a larger ^cale, for purchasing six 24-pounders, which are intcnde l to be ¡.:aced on Mychunnis Point ??s being the most desirable Fpot for a batt?? :Cb.1::B:v:¡e of o/ Were titese guns ever frot? Sir John Llewelyn appears likely to have to fight the head of the British Electric Traction Company, which is running Swansea tram- ways. At least that is the only name the local Liberals appear to have as yet got hold of. Sir John believes the election will be in October next year. He is a careful man. He told the members of the Conservative Club a Penllergaer on Saturday that he would like to have provided the refreshments, but, in view of the near approa-ch of the general election, he had been warned to he extremely careful. Labour matters are getting a bit mixed in. South Wale«. No s<»oner h., Sir W. T. Lewis laken upon himself the mantle of peacemaker and conciliator i.n the Taff strike than the Rlven miners com* out on strike, not ¡"(".lUM of any grievance against their ern. ployers, but because of a misunderstanding tto put it mi\dly) between the members of the Miners' Federation and the members of the Enginemen and Stoker. Union. But, what- o\er the grievance, the result is the name: the pits are idle ajid over 4(») men are out of employment. There are many small men on this staff that it is, perhaps, necessary in say that mental labour causes greater waste of tissue than muscular work. for. according to careful estimates, three hours of hard study wears out the body more than a whole day of hard physical exertion. The wear and tear of the brain are easily measured by careful exomi- nation of tho salts in the liquid excretions. The importance of the brain as a workine organ is shown by the amount of blood it receives, which is proportionately greater than that of <\ny other part of the body. Mr. Emile G.rk,.?, h. is said to be the Liberal -d idate for Swan.ea Town, was once a keen Socialist, one of a little group of theoretical revolutionaries who together studied Karl Marx anù built up that ideal Stats "whose margin fades for ever and for ver when we rnoYe" The years, at; usual, have •\ rough?, havoc with tho. ardent young dreamer*, and they have moved along oddly divergent lines Mr, (;6.eke- views are dis- creetly Iolled down, As he is said to be the brain of half the electrical schemes in the country, he will not, perhaps, be shocked to find him,lf at the bottom of the poll, It s""ns that the railway strike had a p- jndicial effect on the Wells, both Llamwrtyd "nd Buiitli euffering in degree. One man from the Rhondda led a correspondent that I hie "butties" were afraid to go because they micrht mot be able to return home except by paying a lot of money. On the last railway upwt, some years ago, the spectacle of cabs, carriages, and traps iaden with "pilgrim." from the Wells, from old men and women to little children, seeking their homes in Mon- mouthshire and the Rhondda. was a sight. A. Ribliowl student, gawng at a caravan, nid he could understand better about the flight, from Egypt and about the procession which started for the Promised Land. Mr. W. E. Creed, Cardiff. sends us a cutting from the "British Magazine" for March, 1804. giving all account of the trial of Richard Trevethick's engine, which took 1'1, in that month, or ten years before George Stephenson's first Jocomotive- made its appearance. Here is the account:—"The long-expected trial of Trevethick's new-invented Steam Engine took place near Merthyr Tydril. on the 21st ult.: for this he has obtained his Majesty's letters patent, to draw and work carriages of 011 descriptions on various kinds of roade. a5 wen as for a number of other purposes to which its power "ay be usefully applied. In the present instance, the novel application of steam hy mean8 of this truly valuable machine was made use of to take alcng the tram-road ten tons, long weight, of bar-iron, from Penny- darran Iron-works to the place where it joint the Glamorganshire canal. upwards of nine miies distant; und it is necessary to observe, that the weight of the load was soon increased from ten to fifteen tons, by about seventy people riding on the t rainø, who, drawn thither (as well as many hundreds of other people, by invincible curiosity, were eager to ride at the expence of this flret display of the patentee's abilities in this country. To those who are not. acquaInted .nth the exact principle of this new engine, it migh!. not be improper to observe, that it differs from all others yet brought before the public by dis- claiming the use of condensing water, and that it discharges its steam into the open air. or applying it to the heating of fluids, as convenience- may require. The expence of making engines on this principle does not exceed one half of any en the most improved plan made me of before this appeared. K takes much less coal to work it. and it is only necessary to supply a small quantity of water for the purpose of creating the steam, which is a most essentia] point. It performed this journey of upwards of nine miles without feed- ing the boiler. or using any water, Ac., travel- ling with ease at the rate of five miles an hour. l'rom this improvement, the number of horses in the kingdom may be very much reduced; and the machine in the hands of the present proprietors, will be made use of in a thousand Instances never yet thought of for an engine.