South Wales Echo

DEATH. RicaF, i nly 17, Osborue Henry Richds, of Cardiff, DEATH. RICHES.—July 17, Osborae Henry Riches, of Cardiff, aged 44. Funeral will leave Dumfries-place, for the New Cemetery, at Yl o'clock on Wednesday.

A TERRIBLE WIFE MURDER. A woman named Marianne Casevj living at Anaglog, county Louth, was murdered on Sunday by her husband, a working baker. The relations between them became unhappy two years ago. At that time Ca"ey made an attempt on his wife's life, and very nearly killed her by cutting her throat. For this offence he was sen- tenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. Tha term of his incarceration expired five or six weeks ago. His wife, before his release, fepring to con- tinue to live with him, took lodgings at Anaglog, about ten miles distant from Drogheda, where she formerly lived, and her children sent her money weekly for her support. Her husband, however, found out where she was living, and on Sunday called for the purpose of inducing her to return home. She replied, "No, never." He instantly felled her to the ground with a hatchet, and con- tinued to hack her head until tie was assured that she was dead. The murdered woman's landlady interfered, and she, too, was struck and severely hurt. ;The murderer afterwards walked to a public-house, where he was arrested later on.

THE ADVENTURERS f0F PARIS. Pranzini Complains of the Jurymen. The extraordinary career of Pranzini has, says the Daily Telegraph Paris correspondent, drawn a good deal of public attention to the adven- turers who pour into Paris from different Oriental or Italian cities, and who contrive to fascinate foolish women by their Almavivaliko airs and appearance. They have now succcessively blazed before the public Prince Scanderbeg, an ex-waiter, who sold decora- tions; Adim Pasha, a gambler, greatly beloved by the demi-monde, who was entrapped in London, and who turned out to be an ex-hotel tout from Riga; the false Count, who gave himself the name of a noble Roman family, but who was in reality a good-looking, brawny limbed scamp, who had sold ices in Naples. Another notorious impostor was the Marquis of Castel- Bravo. A few years ago his youth and stature, but, above all, his splendid head, caused flutters in the heart of many a frail beauty. The Don Juan of Castel-Bravo was, in fact, the forger Bernardino Dominguez. He was transferred to Noumea, in time to prevent his marriage with an American widow, who had one million of dollars as her jointure. As for Pranzini himself, be has not abandoned all hope of a reprieve. He complains of the jurymen having allowed them: selves to be influenced by the newspapers.

GRANGETOWN AND THEFL00DS Meeting of the Corporation Committee. The Borough Engineer's Scheme. I A meeting of the committee appointed by the Cardiff Town Council to devise the best means for preventing floods at Grangetown was held in the council chamber at the Tovvii- ball to-day, Alderman Jones presiding, and there being also present Alderman Yorath, Councillors Stevenp, Lougher, Trounce, Vaughan, and Mildon. A report was presented by the Borough Engineer (Mr Harpnr), in which be stated that he had made a careful examination of the banks of the rivers Taff and Ely, and in some places had taken the levels of such banks. The bank' on the north-western side of the river Ely, extending from Leckwith bridge to the Ely paper mill, was in a very unsatisfactory and unsafe condition. In three distinct places the river had encroached on the bank, thereby partially washing it away, and at any future floods the remaining portions would very probably be broken down and large branches formed in the bank. There could be no doubt that Leckwith bridge very seriously affected the now of the river, causing it to overflow the banks, especially as the bank for some distance above the bridge inclines in the op- posite direction to the river bed, so that at a distance of 500 yards above the bridge the level of the river bank was from 12 to 15 inches lower than it was immediately adjoining the bridge, the reverse to what it should be. To prevent the possibility of any further flooding of the lands, &c., from the river Ely it was necessary first, to clear the northern archway of Leckwith bridge, and second, to raise, repair, and secure the embankment between Leckwith bridge and Ely paper mill. Owing to precautionary measures already adopted hedid not apprehend any further danger to Grangetown from the overflowing of the river Ely. He would, however, recommend the raining of the Leckwith-road between the Taff Vale Railway bridge and Leckwith bridge to the same level as the new road, so that it would not in future be covered with water at fftod times. With respect to the overflow of the Taff, he believed that the raising of thetembaukment from 18 inches to two feet would ensure Grangetown against flooding from that river. The construction of the new roads contemplated in the Corporation Bill would, however, prove the most per- manent and certain preventive against future in- undations. The committee, after considering the report, and hearing explanations from the Borough Engineer..wbo was present, decided to instruct the T Clerk to write to the County Roads Board requesting that authority to repair Leckwith bridge, and remove the obstruction in the third arch, in order to prevent the possibility of further flooding of lands from the Ely. It was also l resolved, on the motion of Mr Lougher, seconded by Alderman Yorath, to recommend the council to have Leckwith-road raised to the same level as Panarth-road.

1-1 .-P':&¡'¥"õ.o. Colliery Accident in the Rhondda. NINE MEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. I [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE ECHO."] At ten o'clock this morning a fearful accident occurred at the Bwllfa Colliery, the property of Messrs D. Davies and Co., situated on the hillside near Ton, which resulted, it is stated, in th severe injury of nine men. It appeared that as the cage containing the usual number of men descending the pit was about being lowered, the valves of the engine got out of order, and the enginemen, losing all control of the machinery, the men were let down at a terrible rate. The ascending cage was rapidly wound over the top of the framing of the pit, and much damage has resulted to property.

I THE DEATH OF MR GRANGER. THE INQUEST. This morning Mr E. B. Reeee (district coroner) held an inquiry at the Town-hall into the circum- stances attending the death of Mr Frederick William Granger, surgeon, of Charles-streek, Cardiff, who died on Monday morning as reported in yesterday's Echo. Before proceeding to swear the jury the coroner said be was extremely sorry to hear that the jury were detained for an hour on the previous evening unnecessarily. That was owing entirely to a mistake on the part of the police authorities. He wrote a letter to them on Monday stating that he would hold the inquest at fivein the evening, if it could be arranged, and if not be would hold it on Tuesday morning. No reply was sent to him by the police, and he concluded that the inquest could not be held. As a postcript he said, "Perhaps the inquest can be held at the house." No reply was sent at all, however, and he came to the conclusion that the inquiry could not be arranged, and as he bad another inquest at six o'clock at the Infirmary he went there. He made this explanation because he understood the jury were kept waiting an hour. The foreman said he was glad to hear the ex- planation because some of the jury were grumb- ling somewhat loudly. Dr. Horder was the first witness called. He said he knew Mr Granger very well. He (de- ceased) was a surgeon, and was 55 years of age. On Thursday he met with an accident, and wit- ness was called in to attend him professionally, and he found he was suffering from shock to his nervous system. On Friday his condition bad improved a little. On Saturday he, (however, was more feeble. On Sunday he was a great deal worse, and he died on Monday morning between seven and eight o'clock. Witness had examined the body. There were no marks of violence upon it, with the exception of a slight graze upon the forehead caused by a fall in the house after the accident. Deceased had a somewhat serious illness at the end of last year, and was confined to his house about three weeks. Mr Granger had for some time been suffering from disease of the kidneys, and his heart was exces- sively weak. The further examination of Dr Horder was deferred until witnesses to the acci- dent bad been heard. James Stevens, a driver in the employ of the Tramway Company, said that on the morning in question, about a quarter to eleven o'clock, he was driving a tramcar from St. John's-square towards Queen-street. The car was round- ing the corner when Mr Granger wect in front of the horses' heads. The horses were going at a walking pace. Mr Granger caught bold of the stairs rail, but slipped on the wood pavement and was dragged several yards before the vehicle could be stopped. Witness quickly pulled up or be wojuld have been over him. Frank Walter Hicks, a cab driver, said that on the day in question he was on the Queen-street stand, when he saw Mr Granger, whom he knew very well, hanging on to one of Mr Andrews's 'buses, which was coming round the corner from St John's square. Mr Granger had hold of the rail on the off side of the 'bus he was on the ground, and was being dragged along. The 'bus horses were goinir at a trot-a pretty smart trot-as they generally did. When Mr Granger had been dragged three or four yards the 'bua stopped. Several policemen and others ran to the gentleman's Assistance. He did not notice the tramcar, but it was generally a race for life round the corner. P.C. John Mills said he was on duty at the Queen-street cro ssing on the morning in question at quarter to eleven o'clock. The tramcar, in rounding the corner, was going at a walking pace. A 'bus which was in front had stopped opposite Mr Fulton's door to pick up a woman and child. As the 'bus and the tramcar rounded the corner they were within a few yards of each other, but the 'bus was ahead. He saw Mr Granger walk in front of the tramcar horses, and take hold of the 'bus stair rail with his right hand. He appeared to put his foot on the step with a view to get into the 'bus, but he was jerked off, and was dragged some yards along the ground. Witness called to the 'bus driver to stop, and then helped Mr Granger up. He asked Mr Granger if he was hurt, and he replied in the negative, and asked him not to make a report of it. Mr Granger's words were, Don't say anything about this, it is only a mis- take of mine." Witness asked him if he should take him somewhere and brush his clothes, but he declined the offer, saying he was going to the Globe." Mr Granger did not appear any the worse for the misadventure. Witness was quite sure that the 'bus and the tramcar were poing at a walking pace. Dr Horder being recalled, the Coroner said: You have heard the evidence of the various wit- nesses. Mr Granger appears to have walked ainst the 'bus, to have caught hold of the railsj to have been jerked off his legs, and pulled along two or three yards. Do you think that could have bad anything to do with his death? Dr Horder: It had a little to do with it in this way—that it produced a shock to his system which, in his weak state of health, brought on the symptoms that caused death. The Coroner Do you think the shock his nervous system received accelerated his death? Dr Horder: Yes, I certainly think that. The Coroner: You think be died from natural causes, accelerated by the accident? Dr Horder: Yes he made light of the accident. The Coroner Do you know what be did after the accident ? I ha"; heard he went to Penarth. Dr Horder: Yes, he did, in the afternoon. The Coroner: You say he died from-, natural causes ? < Dr Horder Yes, disease of the kidneys and heart, accelerated by the shock. The Coroner, in summing up, said the accident occurred at a very dangerous corner. Anything going round there ought to go at a slow pace. The question for the jury was whether there was any blame attaching to any one. h The jury having conferred together, the fore- man said they were of the opinion that there was no blame attaching to either of the drivers, but they wished to suggest that all vehicles going round the corner, where the traffic was so con- gested and there were usually so many pedestrians, should always go at a walking pace. The jury then returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence. The Coroner said he had just been speaking to Mr Hemingway, who informed him that a police-constable was invariably stationed at the spot where the accident occurred, and that all the 'bnses and tramcars were made to round the corner at a walking pace. Of course, they could not regulate private vehicles. One of the jurymen remarked that the great danger arouse from the close proximity of the tramcars to the 'buses and to the" nursing." The Coroner said Mr Hemingway wished him to say be was sorry the jury were detained so long to no purpose on the previous evening. It was owing to a mistake on the part of one of the inspectors. The jury very kindly ga\e their fees to the Deaf and Dumb Institute.

Extraordinary Divorce Case. I isl,000 DAMAGES, In the Divorce Court yesterday (as brieflj reported last night), before Mr Jutise Butt and a common jury, the suit of Springett v. Springett and Scarth came on for hearing- a husband's suit for a divorce on the ground of his wife's misconduct with the co-respondent, against whom also damages were claimed. The respondent countercharged her husband with desertion. The facts of the case were very pecu- liar. The petitioner, Arthur Ricbard,{&,IJ'O)gett, a. young gentleman of good family, [J10.W ríe ,c- quaintance of the respondent, a young lady of great personal attractions, the daughter of a medical man at Rilion, in 1881, while the former was an undergraduate at Oxford. An intimacy sprang up between the young lady and petitioner which continued for upwards of a year until ialiss Paley found he-self about to become a mother. She wrote to Mr Springett about her condition, and he promised to marry her at once. He told her, however, that he had no money, and could not keep her. The marriage took place in December, 188(4, in the presence of the respondent's parents, who had been made aware of the state of affairs. The petitioner's family and friends refused to acknowledge the marriage, and finding himself penniless, Mr Springett left Oxford, and, a few days after the marriage, agreed to leave his wife for a time, and try to make a home for her in the Colonies. He did so, going to Canada,where, after a hard struggle, the young man made his way in the Government service, ultimately obtaining an appointment as agent in charge of the Blackfeet Indians. He had kept up a correspondence with his wife meanwhile, on affectionate terms, and was about to bring her out in the end of 188S, when he heard she had been unfaithful to him, with the co-respondent, a gentleman farmer re- siding in the neigbbourhood where the respondent resided with her parents. All bad gone on with- 10 out giving rise to any suspicion until the beginning of 1885, when, from information sent him by friends, the petitioner wrote to his wife, telling her she and Mr Scarth were charged with being together constantly under suspicious circumstances. Mrs Spriagett at 6rst wrote disarming her husband's suspicions, but afterwards she made a clean breast of the whole matter, telling her husband that she bad had a child bgrn at Clapham, ef which Scarth, the co-respondent, was the father. On this the petitioner had proceedings for a divorce instituted. His wife, on bearing this, made her way to Canada, and had an interview with her husband, who, however, declined to forgive her, and the divorce suit proceeded. There was no appearance on the part of either the respondent or co-respondent, and the counter charge of deser- tion was withdrawn.—The jury found for the petitioner, finding the respondent and co-respon- dent guilty of misconduct. They assessed the damages at £ 1,000. Mr Justice Butt thereupon pronounced a decree nisi, condemning the co- respondent in costs.

ATTEMPT TO MURDER A SEA- MAN, Yesterday T. Erickson, chief mate, and Daniel Flynn, second mate of the ship North Riding, of Liverpool, were charged at South Shields with attempting to murder John Garrison, formerly a seamau aboard that vessel. The prisoners were apprehended at Falmouth, and prosecution was ordered by the Treasury. The allegation was that a year ago, on the veseet leaving the Tyne, prisoner assaulted the prosecutor and afterwards knocked him overboard, no attempt being made to save him, be beiug afterwards picked up by tugs. The prisoners were remanded.

MEMORIAL TO A SCOTTISH KING, The unveiling of the monument to King Alexo ander the Third, over the spot where he was killed near Dunfermline, was performed this fore- noon by Lord Elgin in the presence Qf a lacge crowd. A procession also took placte to the monument consisting of the management committee and several ioeal bodies. ^l'|rAndrew Carnegie and sonta American friends were present, and met with a cordial reception. The weather was beautiful. The monument is of beautifully polished Peterhead granite.

A DOUBLE RAILWAY OOLLISION Several Persors Injured. An alarming railway coll eioa is reported fiotn Wakefield to-day. A 6ref t Northern passenger train from lagou to Cwtleford, ran into a North Sastern engine and van standing on the line at Methlsy the van being splintered. Directly afterwards a Great Northern passenger train came up in an opposite direction, and dashed into the wreckage The passengers by both trains vmr* much shaken, and some injured rather lerioUllf,

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I The Man About Town. It has not come within my experience to hear of a more shocking case of recklessness on the part of colliers than that brought before the Ystrad magistrates yesterday. A collier named Walker had his lamp ex- tinguished, and his neighbouring workman, one Thomas, it seems, had managed to secrete a lamp key. What did these two idiots do ? To avoid a walk to the lamp house by one of them, both agree to ignore all the rules of the colliery and the dictates of common sense, and open the lit lamp in order that the other might be set L aflame, and this in a notoriously fiery mine, where 250 men were then at work. That there is no exaggeration in talking of peril is proved by the fact that imme- diately the lamp case was raised a strong "blower" took tire, the flames rising to the height of a foot. The men were frightened, and screamed out for help, but, never- theless, managed to put the fire out with their coats, a feat they could not have ac- complished if at that spot the road had not been damp. There were some other aggra- vating features in the case. They at first denied the whole occurrence, and afterwards pleaded that they had done no more than other workmen were in the habit of doing, which is surely a gross libel on the rest of the miners, or a subject for immediate and searching inquiry, It really seems to me that sentences of six weeks and one month's imprisonment do not meet the enormity of the offence these men committed. An inexcusable blunder, which may be ex- plained but not excused, occurred in connec- tion with the coroner's inquest into the cause of Mr Granger's death. I have received a letter from a welhknown tradesman, and his information is confirmed by the reporters so far as it relates to them, stating that he and eleven other burgesses, all business men, were summoned as jurors to attend at the Town-hall yester- day at half-past four. They attended. They went (without the coroner) to view the body, and returned to the inquest room at five. They waited until a quarter past six, and the coronerdidnotcome, for the reason he explains at the resumed proceedings this morning. This involved a serious watste of time, and it does not matter to me so much who is responsible, but the mistake could not have occurred in a well-ordered system. The fact ia that neither here nor elsewhere is the system a well-ordered one. It has attaching to it all the defects and many of the abuses of a mediaeval institu- tion. How often have not jurymen and witnesses had to kick their heels about uselessly, while mourning relatives were waiting to, because the coroner was behind time ? I remember a case in our eolliery district where the coroner was a day late. There are numbers of cases in which the jurors are summoned for an 14oqr or more before the coroner's engagements would enable him to attend. It is far from my intention to impute inattention in this matter to Mr Reece. The incident oecurs everywhere. I propose to return to the whole question of crowners' quest law" another day. The distressing result of Mr Granger's accident compels attention once more to the perils of the streets of Cardiff. He is the last victim of a want of control, or a defiance of control, which the local authority has power enough to deal with, and, it must in fairness be admitted, has already tried +o deal with, though not with sufficient firm- ness. There is continually theriskof a similar accident coming to any one of us. The traffic has altogether exceeded the capacity of the narrow streets of the town, and requires to be more rigorously regulated. I am not going to make a dead man a text for my remarks. There is, indeed, no need for any other text than is supplied to all persons who walk about with open eyes in their heads. < Take the roads to the Rhymney and Tag Vale stations as examples. They are dangerous in the extreme. They run 4own inclines at right angles to a main highway, approaching that thoroughfare in the worst of all conceivable ways, and from both come laden-vehiclea, oemibuses, cabs, wife carta* to say nothing of other conveyances, under circumstances which often make a driver helpless, despite of bit or break, and under which the regular passengers of the road- whether tramcars, 'buses, or the poor pedes- trian, for whom no mercy seems to be shown except in the courts of law-are reduced to "the old rule, the simple plan" of taking care of themselves, which is distinctly an indefensible rule in any civilised, and especially so highly rated a town. ■» The accident which caused Dr Granger's death occurred nearer town, but if the perils there are not so peculiar, they are certainly not less real. Though it is understood that there is no longer competition between the tramways and the omnibuses, there is still the same racing. I saw this yester- day on two routes, the Crockherbtown and the Bute-road. It has been all the week especially noticeable at the points where the 'bus routes come abruptly upon the chief arteries of communication, like the junction at the corner of Windsor-terrase, or the fatal spot where this last sad accident occurred. It cannot be that the tramcar conductors are so much to blame, for they are bound to be cautious in round- ing a curve, or they would throw the con- veyance off the metals, and have to bear the responsibility themselves, even to the extent of a verdict of manslaughter if a death were proved to have arisen out of this negligence. It has been the "racing or "nursing" 'buses, the very conveyances that some shortsighted people hailed as obstructions to high-priced monopoly, which are chiefly accountable for the danger. They whirled round a corner as Phaeton may have tried to dodge a star in his furious course, and were as indifferent to kerbstones as to the safety of the people. ♦ The circumstance, which has been men- tioned before, that I saw the policeman on duty endangered at one of the corners I have referred to, is in one sense evidence that the police are not all-powerful in their attempts to regulate street traffic unless h they are thoroughly supported by the ruling people, magisterial as well as municipal, of .L 1 1 1"1 1 "I tne town. itatner tnan ri»i £ my Dones i have sometimes judged it be3t to wait or retrace my steps and go through the Arcade, rather than undertake the adventurous journey across from the North-road end into Duke- street, or from the Queen-street corner to St. John-street. And so, in like manner, though there the danger is less, I have gone into the roadway in Working-street in preference to using the almost impassable trottoir of a pathway left when certain tradesmen have got their wagons and carts there. What is worse, I have seen ladies compelled to do the same thing—seen them obliged to go into a muddy roadway as the alternative to contact with muddy wheels. I am not going to place the blame of these latter things on any department until I find out where the blame really rests. But it is not creditable-it is indeed scandalous—to the government of the town. it If you ramble along in a one-eyed way You will, some of you, doubt the things I say If you are as blind as those who won't see I cannot expect much agreement with me Or, if from your broughams the streets you'd view, The chance is I should agree with you. But come down to the street, where the thousands M,,et Where dangers threaten the life that is sweet; Where the block of the traffic is only funny To those who don't know that time is money Where the block comes most at the very hour When time may mean both wealth and power; When eager men seek on foot to run From office to office of everyone; Or where, near the square and the places there, Men detained will defy the church and swear For telegrams hindered a train that is lost And you will discover how great is the cost; Come down and see, all you home-staying creatures, How little I've erred in describing the features Of Cardiff's small streets and the force of my warning Will strike you the more if you come down this morning. I am afraid the correspondent whose letter follows cannot have been so con- stant a reader, or he would know that I have drawn attention to the cruelty he speaks of more than once. Canton, July 16th, 1887. Dear Man about Tow-n,Will you use your pen on behalf of the poor horses attached to the Canton tramcars? The overloading ot these cats on Saturday evenings id positively disgrace- ful, and it is painful to see the efforts of the poor dumb creatures as they endeavour to draw the load from the entrance to the Sophia Gardens to the top of Canton Bridge. I have counted as many as seven pabseuger^ on i,be footboard, and rnura than the li wnsed number inside and out. Is there any remedy for this state of things ?— Yours faithfully, CONSTANT READKR, Yesterday I was talking with a gentleman at Penarth who was bewailing the disap- pearance of the British sailor from our mercantile marine, and I felt-but could not then call to mind some statistics I had just seen that he was labouring under a very common misconception. The impression that foreigners have so largely superseded native seamen is no doubt due to the circumstance that at Cardiff and other great ports British ships may often be found which are manned almost exclusively by Germans or Scandinavians. No English- man cares to see even a single ease of this kind, and it must be confessed that it would, for more reasons than one, be a much more satisfactory state of things if we could disr pense with external assistance in this impor- tant branch of industry. But in this field it is hopeless to attempt to exclude foreign competition. The old apprenticeship system has been given up and if the English seaman has frequently to yield to the sober and tractable Swede or Dane, he is himself largely responsible for the preference accorded to his rival. With all this foreign invasion, however, the bulk of the men who are employed in the manning of the commercial marine are British subjects. An official return just issued is conclusive on this point. In 1886 the number of persons borne on the books of our trading vessels was 187,797, and of these not more than 25,183, or 15"49 per cent, were of foreign origin. The per-centage in 1883 was 16*42, in 1884 it was 16-17, and in 1885 15-85. It will thus be seen that within the last few years there has been a gradual decrease in the number of foreigners employed. The figures quoted do not include the Asiatics, who find employment chiefly in ships trading to the East. Their total w stated at 16,675., and they are excluded from the general comparikion, beeauoq in any case it would be difficult in tlij Eastern trala to work vessels, or stciimep^ 4t least, without the aid 01 Lascar*,

SIR W. HARC0URT ON TORY TACTIOS. The inaugural meeting of the heme counties division of the National Liberal Federation took place on Monday afternoon in the smoking-room at the National Liberal Club. Mr Richard Knight Oautou I)residei, ii (i there were present, the K/srht Hon. Sir;\V. Harcourt, M.P., H. Campbell-Bannerman, M.P., and Viscount Oxeabridge, S.r Charles Russell, M.P., Sir Horace Davey, Sir Arthur D. Huyter, Sir Walter Foster, M.P., Sir F. Mappin, M.P., Sir W. C. Plowaen, M.P., Sir John Bennett, Sir W. B. Gurdon, and Mr F. Schnadhorst, &c., &c. Sir WILLIAM HABCOURT, in rising to support the resolution, was recdived with ioud cheers. He congratulated the meeting upon the particular manner and the particular moment in which they had met to consider this new phase of their organisation. He did not think he remembered a time-and he was becoming a pretty old stager in politics-when a beaten party in a minority were in such admirable spirits, and when a victorious party with a compo- site majority were so dismayed, dumbfounded, and discomtited as their opponents. (Cheers.) He had read that day a speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which he bitterly complained how much he and his colleagues were misrepre- sented. There was a well-known phrase about ladies who tound themselves misunderstood in a manner which was prejudicial to their characters, but he had generally observed that persons who thought themselves misunderstood were just those who discovered they were beginning to be found out. (Laughter.) Why Mr G-oschen and his fiioads should be misunderstood he did not know. They had had plenty of opportunities, and they bad availed themselves of them, to explain their principles and conduct to the country. (Cheers.) They were not devoid of the power of expression—(a la,ugb)-and how came it that the country had formed au opinion of which they so sorely complained ? (Hear, hear.) Mr Goschen complained that be should be considered on the side of the landlords, and how came that about ? There bad been a report from a Iioyal Commission showing that the tenants in Ireland were suffering from exorbitant and unjust rents, which ought to be reduced. That was a matter very simple for Mr Goschen and his friends to determine, and if they did not do so, how could Mr Goscben complain if he was considered to be on the side of the land- lords ? (Cheers.) Wherever occasion came Mr Goschen was to be found on the side, of the rich and pjwei-fkil as opposed to the interests of the poor and distressed. He had known that gentleman a loa^ lime in public life, and he did not ruinember any par ticular oocasiou when he bad taken the side of the weak and oppressed against the rich and powerful. (Hear. hear.) No doubt it,was a mis- understanding in name, but it was of very long standing, and it had produced such an indelible impression on the:min(is of the English people, that to come to any other conclusion would be I unnatural. (Hear, hear.) It was like the man in the poem of Tennyson where ther was the inevitable chorus of pioputty, proputty, pro- putty," and the man who was always upon the same side ought not to complain, as Mr Goschen did, of the interpretation which was placed upon his conduct. (Hear, hear.) Another great public functionary, as he was called in the Times—(oh, oti)-had been very much disturbed at the present situation, and strongly deprecated a dissolution taking place. It was a curious course for the Times to take to say that a disso- lution would be ruinous to the Unionist party, but it was one of the truest things he had ever heard. (" Hear,and laughter.) Bur neither the Times nor Mr Goschen could make out how it was that such virtuous, excellent, and admirable men as constituted the present administration were so unpopular that their candidates were so uni- versally rejected or stood lower in the poll than they did 12 months ago. Th9 Times thought it was bec.-iuse there had lI<;t lteen enough distribution of "Parneilism and Crime." That was one of the causes why this admirable Government had been »• ^understood. (A laugh.) That was a little like the man who, finding he could not stand steady on his legs, had another bottle of brandy. (Laughter.) He should say that upon the whole nothing had discredited the Government and the Unionist party more than that base and baseless attempt to caluminate and vilify tha Pstrneihte party. (Cheers.) Let them go on with Par. nellism and Crime," bygall means. It had lost several seats for them already, aud would lose more if continued. (Renewed cheers.) The real truth was that the people of this country were fair and generous, an they didn't understand a system of forged letters and calumnies of this description which the Govern- ment in the House of Commons used their in- fluence to prevent being fairly met by the Irish members as they desired. The consequence was that the country had been filled with disgust with the men who bad resorted to these imple- ments of warfare, and he heartily hoped they would go on in the same way. (Cheers.) Another newspaper, the admirable and sagacious Saturday Review, blamed the Government for their defects, and said they had not impudence enough. (Laughter.) Poor people Why did they not get their friends, the Liberal Coercioniscs, to help them ? The Government bad brought for- ward a Coercion Bill without the slightest neces. sity for it, and they had suspended the orders of Parliament in order that they may suspend the liberties of the Irish people-and yet they were told they had not impudence enough (Laughter.) Then they said the Government were not in- dustrious enough. Well, they had taken the whole time of Parliament and kept members up all night to pass the Coercion Bill which was not needed, and now they were proceeding with the Land Bill, which was a sham. (Cheers.) The Government had found out, to use the vulgar and preper expression, that they had got into the wrong box altugeth(r They thought this coercion business was going to be popular with the English people, but it was like that great return in triumph from Berlin. It was a great theatrical stroke that was to recom- mend the Tory party to the eternal gratitude of the English people, but when in 1880 they had the opportunity of showing what they thought of it, they did so in a very distinct manner, and they had formed the same opinion of this coercion Government. (Cheers.) The real truth was that this coercion policy was dis- tasteful to, and was detested by, the great mass of the English people, and anyone who had been acquainted with recent elections knew it. (Hear, hear.) Of this he was satisfied-that no Govern- ment could satisfactorily rule Ireland upon the basis of hostility to the representatives of that country. The Tories and the Liberal coercionists had taken as their fundamental principle an opposition to the wishes of the Irish people, and must, therefore, fail ill. their work. (Cheers.) The Government had done nothing whatever to bring about an adjustment of rents, and they refused to allow the only remedy which could secure it, namely, combination. The Coercion Bill had been so discussed that people now knew its proper bear. ing. (Cheers.) They need not, therefore, be surprised at the rally of the Liberal party which had just taken place. The country understood the policy of the Conservatives, and they were learning the policy of Mr Gladstone towards Ire- land, which they did not at first realise. (Cheers.) The Liberal coercionists, elecfcionally, were very unimportant—(hear, hear)—and when they came to the polls be thongnt it would require a micro- scope to discover what was termed the Liberal Unionist party throughout the country. (Hear, hear.) The case for the Land Bill was a very simple one. The OowpeF Commission had estab- lished this fact, that, owing to the fall in prices, judicial rents as settled were unjust, and should be reduced. Well, the Government did not pro. pose to revise rents. They said they would take measures to prevent ejectments, but his belief was their policy would increase them. (Hear, hear.) If they did not allow evictions as they now want on, they would allow a process to be taken which would have the same effect, and, if a man did not pay an exces- sive rent, he would have to leave. They ought to discover some machinery for dealing with these r«ntst instead of being satisfied with a Coercion Bill which was unnecessary and a Land Bill, which was a sham. (Cheers.) Mr Goscheq said when these bills were passed Ireland would be done with. Did they suppose a purchase bill next session would pass in a day ? No next session would be just as much Irish as this, and until they had solved the question on a fair basis, they could never have anything but Irish sessions to the end of the chapter. But apart from Irish affairs, it was not bard to prove the general incapacity of the Government. Sir Drummond Wolff, for instance, was returning from Constantinople after many weeks of diplomacy. They might have expected that the Tory party and the Tory press would have regretted the lailure but. no— th«y were glad the mission hactcoma to grief. But this was not a good thing for the nation. What Liberals had to do now was to bold on as they were, and adhere to the policy which Mr Glad- stone had proclaimed with regard to Ireland. That question must be settled by the opn- stitoenoies. who were now realising what was meant. They bad much encouragement. They recognised but one policy and one chief, and their determination had been taken. They would fight with equ:il determination, were they sure for years to be beateu; but the omens of victory were gathering on their standard, and be believed the hour of their SQCQSSQ was at band, (Cheers,)

I MURDER OF AN ARCHBISHOP. IBEDTER'S TKI.EGRA1I.] VICTORIA (British Columbia), Monday.—Intel- ligence from Oonalaska states that Dr Seghers, Roman Catholic Archbishop ot Victoria, while engaged in founding missions on Yukon River, Alaska, was murdered on November 28th last by one of the brothers of the mission, who was deranged.

SINGULAR CONDUCT OF A THIEF, Yesterday, at the Derby county police-court, J ames Frost was charged with burglary at Nor- manton. In broad daylight on Sunday he entered the house of Mr Archibald Laing, manager of the Derby Commercial Bank, and having left his boots and coat in the hall went into a bedroom. When he perceived that he was discovered be endeavoured to hang himself with the string of a lawn tennis bag, and then to cut his throat. At the lock-up he inflicted seiious injuries on himself by running with his head against the door of his cell. He was remanded.

A WOMAN ATTACKED BY A LEOPARU. A woman named Dean was seriously'injured yesterday by a leopard in Priest's menagerie, which is exhibiting in Salford. She went into the menagerie with a child, who she held up to look at a Jeopard in a cage. The animal put his paw between the bars and struck the child on the shoulder. The woman then struck at the leopard, which caught her hand in its paw, dragged it into the cage, and got it in its mouth. The attendants beat the animal off, but the woman's hand was seriously lacerated. She was taken to the dispensary.

THE SHOOTING BY A LADY. Queer Case. Kate Struk (33), well dressed, surrendered to her recognisances at Westminster police-court yesterday to further answer the charge of firing a loaded revolver in Victoria-street, Westminster. Mr T. Duerdin Dutton appeared for the defence. —The evidence given went to shew that on the evening:of Saturday, the9th instant, the defen- dant engaged a cab and was driven to St. James's, where, by her direction, the eabman left her card, and inquired for a gentleman named Seaton, who woo out. She then proceeded to 15, Qaeen's-mansions, Victoria-street, Westmin- ster, and found Mr Seaton there. lIe came out to speak to her. The cabman did not bear what passed, but, after an interval of a few minutes, be was startled by the flash and report of a revolver, which was either dropped or thrown out on the near side of the cab. Constable Simmons ran to the spot and picked up the weapon. He noticed that the lady wag much agitated and excited. The gentleman said it was an accident, and that be knocked the revolver out of the lady's hand. She was taken to the station, and, after being charged, she said to Poliee-con- stable Sheppard, Had it not been for Mr Seaton trying to get me and a friend into a house of ill-fame, I would not have done it."— Mr Charles Seaton was called as a witness, and deposed that be was of no occupation, and that be resided at 15, Queen's-mansions, S.W.-The Clerk: Do you know this lady -Yes. Is the a married lady, or single?-I believe she is married. The witness added that the lady brought him a cigarette case and the pistol wrapped up in paper. Whether the paper got twisted into the trigger, or the trigger was touched by her hand or hip, he could not say, but the firing of the pistol was a pure accident. The accused was then discharged.

A GOOD THING SHE HAD STAYS ON. Yesterday, at Warrington, John Murray (9), last from Hanley, was convicted of a stabbing offence. Prisoner retused to pay for his night's lodging at Mary MulhellandV, Mersey-street, and was ejected. He threw stones through the win- dows, and plunged a knife into the brosat of Mulholland's daughter. Fortunately for the girl, her stays broke the blow and twisted the knife, which caused a slight wound. Prisoner was com- mitted for three months' hard labour.