South Wales Echo

THE ITALIAN REVERSE IN ABYSSINIA. Stubborn Defence. HAND TO HAND FIGHT, Graphic Description of the Battle, ROME, Thnrsday.-The telegram received last night by the Government from General Baratieri, commander in Abyssinia, states that the engage- ment at Ambalagi between Major Toselli and the Shoans commenced at half-pasfi six in the morn. ing, The major has with him Ras Sebats men with 350 rifles, and Slektalos soldiers with 340 rifles, as well as a battery of Artillery. The attack was opened by Ras Ollie with 7,000 Shcans. The Italians were defending themselves valiantly when suddenly the columns undsr Rl8 Michael and Ras Mangascia, numbering 15,000 men, appeared and attacked their centre. The Italian lett wing, sheltered behind some ingeniously constructed works, held its own against a force 20 times its number. Lieutenants Morinan and Barral were soon killed, while Lieutenant Mazzei was wounded. Major Toselli made great en. deavours to guard the position which protected the road to Antalo, whence he hoped to receive reinforcements sent by General Arimondi. At 9 o'clock Captain Ricci's Company was ordered to attack. This they did with such spirit that the enemy wavered. The batterv at the same time kept up a heavy fire, causing great gaps in the Shoaus ranks. At a quarter to 11 it was reported that the columns of Itas Alula and Ras Mangascia were endeavour- ing to turn the Italian position. Major Toselh thereupon concentrated hIS force, and after ordering Captains Ricci, Canovelli, and Issel to make a rear attack, fell back upon Ambalagi. The Itahans continued their stubborn defence until 20 mmutes to 1, when all hope of help being abandoned their commander ordered a retreat. The Shoans bad so far advanced cautiously, but when they saw the artillery tire cease they came on en masse, and turned the Italian position on all sides. A hand- to-hand tight then ensued. The Italians, rather than abandon their battery to the enemy, hurled males, guns, and ammunition into the ravines. Lieutenant Manfredoni stuck to the guns until the very last, and fired a charge of canister shot into the enemy's ranks at fifty paces. The Shoans, however, came on in such overwhelming numbers that the Italians.1 defence was useless. The general retreat then commenced, the Italians having to descend from the heights by a very difficult route to the road leading to Makale, The last to leave the field was Major Toselli, who, calm and full of energy, continued to give orders with the object of attenuating the disaster as much as possible. The little force during its descent from the heights was closely pursued by the enemy, and had to maintain a continual fire to keep them in check. Occasionally the Shoans got as near as ten paces to the retreating force, whose numbers became less every moment. When at length the road was reached Major Toselli ordered Cap- tain Botiero to rally the survivors and take them to Makale. He himself faced the enemy, and made his body a target for their bullets. In accordance with his instructions, Captain Batrero formed the scattered troops into column, and with Captain Pagella made good the retreat. General Arimondi knew nothing of the Bhoan attack at Ambalagi, He was able, how- ever, to check the enemy's advance and to collect the wounded and fugitives at Adera. He did not return to Makale until late at night.—Jleutcr, Monelik Swiftly Advancing, I The Escrato publishes a despatch from Massowah stating that Menelik is advancing by long forced marches towards the Italian positions. fie has at his disposal 90,000 men. A decisive tattle will probably be fought near Adigrat. jB*id«nce shows that at Aroba Alagi the bands of ^•tive levies fled immediately th" fightmg began. Two batteries will leave Italy nexb Wednesday. The English Government and the German Smperor promptly telegraphed their condolence 110 the Italian Government on the disaster at Amba Alagi. Other Governments have since done the same.-CeWrat News.

INDIAN COTTON DUES, I Replying to a deputation of Lancashire mill owners and operatives on Wednesday, Lord Geo. Hamilton said he bad endeavoured to look upon the question of cotton duties from an Imperial standpoinb. Financial exigencies necessitated the imposition of duties, but since they were im- posed the condition of Indian finance had improved, and, he hoped, would continue to improve until these duties were no longer necessary. As soon as equilibrum was es.ab. lished they would be removed.

DEATH OF LORD DUNLEATH. I The Press Association states that Lord Dun. leath, an extensive landowner in Counties Down and Antrim, died in London last night. He is succeeded by his eldest aon, Mr H. L. Mul- holland, ex-M.P. for Norbh Londonderry.

BURNING FATALITIES. I A child named Lee, aged 15 months, was left in a cradle near the fire this morning, and during its mother's temporary absence the cradle was by some means seb on fire and burued to a cinder. On the mother's return the infant was charred beyond recognition and quite dead. Another burning fatality also occurred in Derby to-day, a widow named Sarah Wallis succumbing to injuries sustained through the explosion of a paraffin lamp.

TO-DA V'S MARKETS. I CATTLE. LONDON, Thtirsday.-Y,-trger supply of beasts and rather more demand, though trade was of a very nondescript character, without a clearance, Sheeo trade very dull at late rates. Calves almost nominal. Beef. 2s 4d to 4s 8d mutton. 3s 8d to 5s 8d veal, 2s Set to 5s 2d pork, 2s 4d to 3s 6d per 81bs. Total supply of beasts, 220; sheep. 2,130 calves, 20 pigs, 55. BIRMINGHAM. Irijurs,iay.-Wet weather. There was a short supply of cattle and sheep. but a good supply of pigs tMde slow. Beef, 4d to 6%d mutton, 4%d to 4d per lb. Bacon pigs, 6s 6d porkers, 7s 6d saw .58 2d per score. BRISTOL, Thursday.—Moderate supply of beef for a Christmas market; the better qualities on offer made 64s per cwt. others, 50s to 60s. Fair number of sheep—best wethers, 73,4d per lb ewes, 6d Canadians, SY2d. Four hundred piga;-light bacon pigs, 6s lid per score porkers difficult to sell at lata quotations. Three hundred store cattle, but very few wanted. SUOAK. GLASGOW, Thursday. Alarket steady; moderate business done. The official report states Stea-ly market; good business done. fish. GRIMSBV, Thursday.-17 steamers and 15 smacks brought a fair supply strong demand. Soles, Is 9d turbot, Is brills, lOd per lb pi to 6s li-m:>n soles, 8s to lis whitches, 78 6d live halibut, 9g to lis per stone live ling, 45 to&s dead, 3s to 53 lire cod, 5s to 10s dead, 3s to 7s dead skate, 2s to 4s each; hake, 90s to 140s per score kit hmidouks. 14s to 18s live codlings, 19s dead, 15s to 165 per box roker, 25s per score. BUTTER. CORK,Thursday.-Firsts, 109s; seconds, 90s; thirds, 80s; fourths, 67s. Kegs-fine, 101s mild, 80s. In market—56 tirkins, 3 kegs, 30 mild. m,A IJ Am AT. LONDON. -Thursday.— Heavy supplies and trade slow. Prices:- English beef, 3s 8d to 3s lOd Scotch long sides, 3s lOd to 4s shorts, 4s 4d to 4" 6d; British mutton, 4s to 4s 3d foreign do., 2s 8d to 3s 4d veai. 3* 4d to 4s 8d small pork, 3s 2d to 3s 6d large do..2s 6d to 3s per aibs. HAY AND STRAW. LONDON, Thursday.—Fair supplies,and a quiet trade at the following prices Good to prime hay, 65: to 90s; infeiior to fair do., 36s to 55s; good to prime clover, 80i to 95s interior to fair do., 60s to 75s; mixture and sanfoin, 60s to 87s 6d straw, 20s to 42a per load. WOOL. BRADFORD, Thursday —There is a falling off in the tone of the market, but a lull is customary at this time of the year,anri although rates are scarcely maintained it is believed that the shortness of stacks will lead to the early recovery of prices. Fine wools are quite as dear and strong deep wools show no weakness. No change in yarn trade, and in pieces business is much forwarder and brisker than is usual in December. MII'¡\I.s- LONDON, Thursday.—Copper firm (air business— 242 16s 3d cash £ 43 J3s 9d to B43 5s three months. Tin firm moderate business— £ 62 cash B62 10s three months. Spelter, 914 10s to 214 12s 6d. Spanish lead, Ell 8s 9d English do., ;211 12s 6d. Scotch pig iren, 46s 11 Vied cash hematite, 47s lld cash.

I LOCAL PROBA fE SUIT. I I Re tha late John Thomas, Tredegar. I I [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE" 11CRo. 111 I LONDON, Thursday.—In the Probate D:vis:on to-day. the case relating to the intestacy of Mr John Thomas. bookseller, of Tredegar, who died in April, 1893, leaving property amounting to about £ 10,000, was further heard. The defend- ant, Mrs Sophia Emery, of Dowlais. who claimed to be au aunt of the testator, had obtained letters of administration founding her claim on the statement that the intestate was the son of John Thomas and Eleanor, his wife. The plaintiff, Mrs Sophia Davies, of Llanbadarnfawr, Cardiganshire, sought revocation of the letters of administration, and alleged her title thereto as a cousin german on the ground that John Thomas, the intestate, was a son of John and Jemima Thomas. Counsel for tbe defence produced documents and evidence to show that the intestate was the son of John and Eleanor Thomas, and that John and Jemima Thomas, alleged to be his father and mother, had gone to America and never returned.

I EDUCATION GRIEVANCE IN I I DEAN FOREST, Mr Alex. Taylor, president of the Liberal Council of the Forest of Dean Division, ILedd on Tuesday at a meeting held in the B-tptist S'.md?y School at C'nderford, of the Executive Committee of the Council, when Mr S. J. Eeilsom, J.P., and a member of the Forest School Board, introduced the following resolu- tion That this Executive of the Forest of Dean Liberal Council observes with regret the strenuous efforts which are being made to disturb the religious compromise which was submitted to on the education question in 1870, and reaffirms the principle that all elementary schools to which State aid is granted should be unsectarian, and managed and controlled by properly elected representatives of the ratepayers."—Mr ll. Bpard secondpd the resolution, which was supported by Messrs Rowlinson, R. Beaumont Thomas, and J. KAar, members of the School Board, and carried uuauimously.

I THE CZAREVI i CH. I ST, PETERSBURG, Thursday.—-According to the Black Sea Messenger the steamer Petersburg, belonging to the Volunteer Fleet, has arrived at Batoum in order to be at the disposal of the Czarevitoh for his journey to a more favourable climate. His Imperial Highness will remain for the next few days at Batuom. It is stated the Dowager Empress will proceed direct to the Czarevitch's destination, which is understood to be Nice.-Reuter.

115 YEARS' PENAL SERVITUDE. Simon Yorke was sentenced to 15 ytar, penal servitude at Wicklow to-day for waylaying and killing Michael Lane, a cattle drover, at Moate, Wes, Meath. McGuinness and Heaiion, con- federates, were sentenced to seven years anil 20 months respectively.

Alleged Poisoning. I THE HUDDERSFIELD MYSTERY. Hearing at Leeds Assizes. Annie Robinson (38), married, of Huddersfield, was indicted at Leeds Assizes to-day for adminis- tering to her husband, Rowland Robinson, a metallic poison with intent to murder. It was alleged that during August) and September the prisoner put quantities of white pre- cipitate into bet husband's food. He was seized with illness, and at one time his life was despared of. Previously prisoner had induced Robinson, who is possessed of consider. able means, to make a will leaving all his pro. perty to her, she. threatening to leave him vulesa he did so. This was six weeks after they were married, Daring Robinson's illness pri- soner went away to Barrow-in-Furness to see her father, who she said was dying. Evidence was produced which showed that tht father was alive. The wife of a Barrow photo. grapher stated that on the date in question prisoner called at the studio with a man whom she introduced as her husband. They were photogJapbed together. The proprietress of a Barrow hotel deposed.' that prisoner and the man stayed that night at her hotel as husband and wife. The man, it wafr1 explained, was Rowland Robinson's cousin, who, prisoner once told a neighbour, would make a I good landlord of a certain public-house, which she intended to take after her husband's death. Evidence was given of the finding of quantities of mercury in the milk of prepared food intended for Robinson's consumption.

RUNNING DOWN CASE AT NEWPORT. Damages for Personal Injuries, I At the Newport County Court to-day-be. fore his Honour Judge Owen-the case of Gillard and Chick was heard, Mr Arthur Lewis, barrister, represented the plaintiff, who is a plumber and carrying on business in Newport, who sued Mr Chick, of the Angel Mews, Cardiff, for JB50 damages for personal injuries. Mr B^ihache, barrister, appeared for the defendant. On the 14th of September last the plaintiff drove with his family to Cardiff in two traps, and they returned to Newport in the evening. Between the Ebbw Bridge and the Tredegar Lodge. a four horse brake belonging to Mr Chick collided with his trap, and plaintiff, his wife, and some of the children were thrown out. Mrs Gillard had her wrist and hip sprained, and her face was badly injured, the nose being permanently injured. Mr Gillard had snfferod from an internal injury,and he was confined to his house for three weeks. Plaintiff stated that the internal bleeding was renewed on Saturday last. Charles Hayward, driver of the brake, stated that he was returning from Caerleon with a party from Cirdift. Plaintiff appeared to draw into the middle of the road and collided with the hind wheel of thebiake. The company had been to a birthday party. Mr Bailhache, for the defence, contended that the collision occurred through an error of judg- mGut; on the part of plaintiff, who pulled out into the road before he had cleared the brake. His Honour, however, held the caqe proved and gave judgment for plaintiff for L35 and costs.

AN ALLEGED LIBEL. I Sampling a Wlttiess's "Truth." I Herbert Cadett, a journalist on the Sun staff, appeared on an adjourned summons at Bow-street to-day charged with publishing a libel upon James Charles Ady. a medical man, of Brixton, in the course of a series of articles upon alleged illegal operations and baby farming in London. Dr. Ady, in continued cross-examination, said he did not correct a misstatement in his letter to the Sun because he did not think it mattered. His brother wrote the letter and read it over to him. Mrs Graham was his foster-daughter. His late wife adopted her seven years ago. Witness declined to say whether Mrs Graham was married then. She first came to live with witness in Stamford-street in 1893. She had taken in lying-in patients. She bad not cohabited with witness or described herself as Mrs Ady. Asked whether there wae a notice in the window in Stamford-street relating to diseases of women, witness said No," butlater on admitted thpre was, Counsel thereupon wanted to know whether this was a fair sample of witness's truth. The witness replied by saying, "Do you mean that I am a lur? I will not be bullied by you. I will not be called a liar." The Magistrate You call yourself a liar. You should have spoken of this notice at first. After further questions Mr Vaughan inter posed, saying no reliance could be placed on witness's evidence, and he therefore dismissed the summonR.

SIR JULIAN GOLDSMID, I Sir Julian Goldsmid, who is in a very weak state, was rfmmvcd yesterday from Brighton to Tun bridge Wells.

A NEWPORT CUSTOM APPROVED, I At the Newport County Conrb to-day his Honour Judge Owen gave judgment in the case of Johansen v. Batchelor and Co., which was a claim for balance of freight due on a cargo of timber brought frem Quebec to Newport. The timber was what is known as "waney" timber, and the defeddants claimed that according to the custom of the port of Newport they were entitled to make a deduction of 5 per cent. for waney timber. His Honour held that the custom was not unreasonable, and gave judgment for the defendants with costs, but Mr Lyndon Moore, solicitor, who represented the defendants, Faid that they would not ask for an order for costs.

PRIVY '.COUNCIL. The Quean held a Privy Council to-day at Windsor. The Cabinet Ministers who left Paddington by special train for Windsor were the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Geo. Hamilton, and Mr Ritchie, accompanied by the Duke of Norfolk, and Sir Charles Dennok Peel, Sir Robert Finlay, Sir Harry Bodk'n Poland and Sir Henry Hock. ing, Attorney-General from Jamaica, also travelled by the same thain to formally receive their knighthoods at the bands of her Majesty. The party will lunch at the Castle.

CARDIFF. ENTERTAINMENT AT THE WORKHOUSE. — An entertainment. was given to the inmates of the Workhouse on Tuesday evening by the Black- bird Minstrels. The programme consisted of banjo solos, plantation songs, duets, etc,, followed by a sketch." The entertainment was most amusing. installation of Knight A. E. Marshall as Provincial Grand Primo fur South Wales and Monmouthshire for 1896 will take place at the Grand Hotel, Cardiff. oa Thursday, December 19h. The Deputy Provincial Grands will also be elected the same evening, SHKPHERDKY AT SpLOTLANDS.- The members of the Ruperra Lodge of Shepherds attended their lodge on Monday evening to initiate Councillor Sydney Robinson as an honorary member. The following were the district officers present Bros. W. T. Shutp, P.C.S., secretary; H. J. Day. D.P.C.S. and G. Churchill, P.P.C.S. LoNDON ACADKMY OF Niusic.-At the recent distribution of medals to candidates who passed the examinations held at St. George's Hail last July some of Mrs Righton-Ti ice's pupils have again been successful. The Misses Gertrude Howard and Jessie Williams (bronze medallists) both obtained silver medals and diplomas for pianoforte playine. Miss L >UIH B'ackburne obtained a bronze medal. The Daily Telegraph states that some of the candidates had hailed from such distant parts as Canada and e-vion. WOMEN'S LIBERAL A SSOCI.TIO. -III connection with the Roath and Splott Wards branches of the Cardiff Women's Liberal Association, a very successful tea and meeting were held in Mount Hermon Schoolroom on Tuesday evening. The chair was taken by Mrs Scoble, who was supported by Mrs Andrews, Mrs Pugh, Mrs David Morgan, etc. A resolution on temperance reform and Local Veto was proposed by Mrs Bur, seconded in a caoital and impressive speech by Mrs Pugb. WOOD STREET MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY. -Oti Wednesday evening Mr F. W. Watkins gave a most entertaining and edifying lecture, entitled Magnetism and Electricity." Some interesting experiments were made. NATIONAL UNION OF SHOP ASSISTANTS.—Under the auspic- of the Cardiff Brandl rJf the National Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen, and Clerks, a minstrel and miscellaneous entertain- ment was given in the Queen-street Arcade Hall on Wednesday evening by the employees of Messrs Morgan and Company, The Hayes. The proceeds will be given in aid of the funds of the Cardiff Branch of the Union. ANCIENT ORDER or DRUIDS.—In connection with the Loyal Dowlais Lodge of the United Ancient Order of Druids, a highly successful smoker was held at the Lord Wiinborne Hotel on Wednesday evening. There was a large attendance, and during the evening addressee were delivered by Messrs Gilbert, Payne, White, Keagh, and Hodge.

I Leicester December Meeting. I LEICESTER, THURSDAY. After a wet night the morning was rather promising but before noon there wus a change for the worse, and heavy clouds gathered. This was followed by a drenching rain, which showed no signs of ceasing during the day. With but moderate fields turning out ouly a small attendance was present, the weather being in itself tnough to prevent any but very entliusiastie sportsmen from attending. Details:- L15—The MONTROSE HURDLE RACE PLATE of I £ 40 winners extra. Two miles. Mr R. Bull's ldalus, 10st71b „ ..Mr Cullen 1 Mr E. Rose's Query, list 2 Air F Platt's Alorganne, lOst 71b Lake 3 Capt Maudslay's Chota H azri, lOst 7lb Eland 0 Winner trained in Ireland. Betting-13 to 8 on ldalus, 3 to 1 agst Query, 5 to agst Morganne, and 20 to 1 agst Clioti* Hazri. Moiganne made the running to the distance, where Query went on. but immediately gave way to Idalcs, i who won by two lengths four lengths divided second and third L45-The WIGSTON SELLING HURDLE RACE PLA TE of £60 the winner to be sold for C50 the seeond receives E3. Two miles. Mr Reese's Bel Homme, 3y lOst 51b. R. Chaloner 1 Capt de Vere Smith's Beau Francis, 3y lOst 51b A. Nightingall 2 Mr Harper's Bachelor of Arts. 3y 10st 51b.Owner 3 Capt. Maudslay's Treacle Possett. 4yllstl21bSydney 0 Mr James's St. Petersburg, 4y list 121b R. -Smirh 0 I f I I I 1 -? i Mr McGegol" Tipstaff, 3y lOst 51b Owner 0 Mr Lowe's solitude, 3y 1,),t 5)b Mr Cullen 0 Mr Waller's Auditor, 3y 10.n 51b Dri*co!l 0 I Mr Dyas's Adonis, 3y lOst- SJb. Gourley 0 Mr Shedden's Tulchan, 0Y lOst Sib. Ell's 0 Winner trained in Ireland. Betting—11 to 10 g4 Bean Francis, 5 to I agst. Bel Homme, 6 to 1 agst Bachelor of Arts, 7 to I agst Adonis, and 10 to 1 agst others. St. Petersburg fell at the first hurdle, and Bean Francis cut. out the work from Bel Homme t.ilI the last hurdle, where Bel Homme challenged and got the better of a fine finish by a short head two lengths divided second and third. Bel Homme was sold to Barnn Teffer Laski for 85gs, and Beau Francis was claimed by Mr Harper for Mr R. R. Hickman. 2.15-The BROXHILLS STEEPLECHASE PLATE (handicap) of S150 winners extra the second re- ceives B5. Two miles. Mr D. Courland's May Day, a lOst lib Owner 1 Mr H. Baker's The Mitcher, 6y lOst (car. lOst 31b) Mr H. Hunt 2 Mr H. Cairnes's Elfrida, 4y list 41b Mr Cullen 3 Mr B. Bletsoe's Old Times, a 12st..Mr Bletsoe, jun. 0 Mr H. Turner's Astroea, 4y lOst 91b .G, Wilson 0 Mr J. Craig's Gownsman. 4y 10st7Jb Drisooll 0 Mr Cunningham's Leap Year, a lOst 41b A. Nightingall 0 Mr White s Seaport II., 6y lOst 21b .Tames 0 *Tames 0 Mr Rochfort's Pinafore, 6y lOst Mr Beatty 0 Winner trained by owner. Betting-3 to I agst Astrcea, 4 to 1 agst Mitcher. 5 to 1 agst Elfrida, 6 to I agst Gownsman, 100 to 15 agst Seaport II.. 7 to 1 agst Old Times, and 10 to 1 each agst May Day and others. Astreea shewed the way to Leap Year, Gownsman, and Seaport II., with Old Times lying next, for five furiongs, when May Day went on from Gownsman, Astro-a., a.nd The Mitcher, Seaport II. an i Old Times bringing up the rear. In the straight The Mitcher became second, but could make no impression on the lexder, who won by five ieuglhs three lengths divided second and third. Astreea was fourth, and Seaport II. fifth. Leap Year fell at the first open ditch on the far side. 2.^5—The QUORN HUNT STEEPLECHASE PLATE of SM; the second receives £ 5. Three miles. Mr Briscoe's Royston Crow, 5y list 71b ReiUy 1 Capt. M. Hughes's .-Esop, a 13st .Sir C. Slade 2 Mr Reid wlker's Surplice, 6y list 71b Wilson 3 Mr Martin's Woodrose, 5y list 71b .H. Smith 0 Winner trained privately. Betting—2 to 1 on AEsop, 3 to 1 agst Rovston Crow, and 100 to 3 agst others. Royston, Crow, and Surplice made alternate running from jesop for half the journey, where the latter drew to the front but was headed again bv Royston Crow, who won by ten lengths a bad third. 3.15-The BILI.STALL SELLING HANDICAP T of £80; the winner to be sold for t.50 th second receives B5. Two miles. Mr Sidney s Bass Rock, a list 111b Owner 1 Lord Shrewsbury's Ding Dong, a list 121b.. H issall 2 Capt. Le Callais's Dor a list 51b Gazey 0 I Winner trained privately Betting-Evens Ding Dong, 2 to 1 agst Bass Rock, and 3 to 1 &gt t. and 3 to 1 DagE^Ct EMBER HANDICAP HURDLE RACE j of 260 wmners extra the second receives £ 3. Two miles. Specs j Schooner  2 White Boy II 3 5 rau. ARRIVALS. I I htuiderclap, Beau Francis, Turmoil, Gownsman, Excelsior' Tipstaff Treacle Possett, Solitude, Auditor, Wl d Violet, Adnnis, St. Petersburg, Bachelor Auditor, ruler.in. Belle Homme, Seaport II., Amy Roberts, Santa Rosa, Bass Rock, Astrae. Rovston Crow, Hawkesbuiy, White Boy 11., Query, cfoval Douglas, Old Times. Clt)gliran. Persu:bion, Idff Cowslip, Andante, Sheridan, and Cunning Boy. latest Arrivals. I Con Amore, Rachel, Morganne, Maltravers, Elfrida, Lsap Year, Pinafore,. Barrister, Dili" Dang, Boa, I Specs, Schooner, Query

To-day's Starring Prices. I LEICESTER. prick*. O. ør &ACB. *UNNRS. WINNER ?r??..?'?-fnM?Y?' MontroM..? 4 Id?ns 1:? & on ?t. 8 on %gston 10 Pel ?tola: 5?1? Broxhills.9M&yI)?.tOtol? 10 w 1 a= Quont 4R.Crow.3t.t? ?iala? £ Bass Rock „ 2 to lag 2?1? Decembi er 5 Specs 6to Iag b to 1 ag I

Newmarket Training Notes. I I FROM OU K NEW ARRET I NEWMARKET, Thursday.—On the Bury side, Enoch's, sen., Mausolus, Love Lane, and Veronesa canterell tive furlongs. Leader's Seaport, Outward Bound,Tyranny, Pepperbox, and Peppercorn went six furlongs Man- ner's Rosebery Despatch, Queen of the T Y C filly, Dead Letter, and Royal Princess went tive furlongs. C. vvaugh's Persona and Malimoud, galloped six furlongs W ooIslhorpe, The Nipper, Speed, Spur Knyal, and La Toison d'Or going steadily the same distance. Waugh's sen.. Platter, Gan-iden, and Un le Peter covered five furlongs. Ryan's Lauriola and Sprinkle going the same (listance. Jennings's, jun., Pardalo, Brechin, Pauishah, Toussaint, Sarchedon, Butierfly and Trojan cantered twice five furlongs. J. Dawson's, sen., Black Andrew galloped a mile and a quarter. J. Daw. son's, jun., Springald, Vigaid, Queen Iscolde, Agnes Gi,lli,%i-d, King's Evil, and Rinovata colt went five furlongs Pickering's Gazet.teer, Devoue, and Spanish Prince going seven furlongs. Jewitt's Priest- holme, Kniglu of the Thi-tle, Claros, Recorder, Dosser, Encounter. Porimarnock, The Lombard. Witness, I nited, Devil-may-Care, Cushendall, Faversh -in, Erin, Pet of the Chase, Brown Princess, Anphora, Snowy Corrie, Veglione, nnd Santa Luna were sent five furlongs G. Dawson's < hancery, Osiris, Bank Holiday, Eisteddfod, Nenemooshu, Serfdom, Irish Wit, Adria filly, and Flitters going the sa.me distance. Wallers's Chad, Sir Visto, and The Winter King were sent five furlongs.

RAILWAY & CANAL COMMISSION Midland Company v. Great Western Company, Further argument was heard on Wednesday— before Mr Justice Collins (President), Sir F. Peel, and Viscount Cobham-in this case, which was an application by the Midland Railway Company asking the Court to interpret tleit foment with the Great Western Railway Coij,"Y by which they have running powers over the Here- ford and Newport line for the conveyance of South Wales coal to the Potteries, and over the Birmingham and Glouceste. ay which they have access to Bristol and other places in west of Worcester. Sir R. T. Reid, Q.C., M.P. (iate Attorney-General), and Mr Noble was for the Midland Company Mr Asquith, Q C., M.P. (late Rome Secretary), with Mr Cripps, Q.C., MP., and Mr Moore were for the Great Western ilanway Company. The. President: Is it an essential part of your case, Sir Robert Reid, that you should have running powers from Worcester west in respect of traffic which has come via Abbotswood and Worce.iter You say in your application that the Midland are entitled to carry traffic in their own trains either between Abbotswood and Worcester, and between Stoke and Worcester' and thence westward. Sir R. T. Reid It is essential to the Midland case and also to our traffic tha; we should carry in our owi. trains the traffic coming from the south of Abbotswood to places west of Worcester and one reason will be apparent to elucidate it. We have a line from Hereford to Brecon, and going on to Swansea. We wish to take our traffic to Swansea through Hereford. If. therefore, we were to be stopped short at Worcester, and the traffic were to be carried by the Great Western, it would mean two exchanges of traffic within a space of 20 miles. It is esseutial to us to take the traffic from the south of Abbotswood in our own carriages to Bristol and South Wales and places in the West. There are two ways by which it can be done. We wish, of course, to claim the right to take the traffic from Abbotswood to Worcester and thence westward. That is very desirable and in law essential. Nevertheless, we can carry the traffic from Stoke to Worcester and so forward. But that would be cumbrous, though practicable it would mean carrying the traffic a great deal further than is neces<;ary. The President said the Court bad desired to know whether the Midland case was divisible or not. They would give judgment to-moriow morning. Judgment reserved accordingly.

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C00 iraft for Classiticatiotu A 1 Xmas PresTOte.—FUgelstone's erand selection* Watches and Jellery.-22, Castle-rd., Roati^Caraiflu Al Va.lue.-F;il:etom's solid Gold J-ptate UW» Stop Watch, only 4 guineas: warranted 10 years. A 1 VaJne.-FJireÙltone's BPDSOD's IlAndon) 5 gum" A- English Silver Ù'ver. only 25s 5 Years'vmrmntY. Al Value.—FlifeLstone's Lady's lSet. 5 stone Dianot4 King, only 10s wonderful value: competition vited. At V?llue.-Flil-l?lto?e s handsome &-dparay l- AC'Iclck (-ak?r. Benson. London). 158nlr, 'f A1 Value.—FUeeistone's Gent's 18ct., ;(,,2j AKnOt Rin. only 25s cot double eteTwiere. W A1 Value.—Fligelstone's i English 8ü.er lietet Iu&,ram, CELrdiffL only 55s wamated 10 yean. A1 Value.—Flicelstone g Lady's IteL 5-stone pare w 3 lustrous Di?imond Ring, only 4 Ctuneas. A ) Value.—Fligelstone's Gent's first-class Sliver I M, crystal glass, lis warranted fire years. A1 Value.—Fli*elst»ne's for Watches oompetium Adefaed. Lady's Gold Watch, only Zs, five fewe warranty. A1 Value.—FligeUtone's handsome Marble Cawk "4 ABronze. Marli Horses to match, only 3 guinea& A' Value. -F) irelswne's 22 guinea Gold WeddWg BaW to order. ? dwt., 15: 4 dwt.. 20s. A I Valtie.-Fligelstone's Solid Gold Keeper, 3s; veM hen)7. 5s 18et. Keepers. 58. A1 Value.—Fligelstone's Lady's Gold Dreg Rin"" ba& ma.red. real stonm, only 5s 6d Gent's Goid.]EUng% 3s id. A IValue.-Flixelstone's Lady's bndsome Solid SU.. Watch, fancy dial, onlv 12s 6d wonderful bargaim. Al Value.—Fligelstone's Gent s Solid Gold Fancy Carll Albert, every link stamped, only Ms. A 1iralue,-Fligelstone's Lady's 18ct. Gold Bracelet? a% with diamonds and sapphires, only 55a. A 1 Value.—Fligelstone's Gold Brooch. 2s 60 Gold PIa Ss Nickel Clocks, Is 4id Alorms. Is 11K A- lV-=FiiielstoDe'R Lady's Itc. Enchsb Gold Le. Amake.r. Joric-, London. cost 15 guineas oaly 90s. AND don,t forget the ^op you want is Fligeirtone 'a Ahui3(L-ed-,? of grand and attractive Xmas Presents. SHARP Office Lad ..ante(f:g; characr.-Ap;}y 1. 8* Is Fielding and Co., Limited, The Hayer? Cardiff. 249 s ?kLE, good Couchei?? large Chmt Mahogany Drawer^ ChilQ's Cots, Bedrteads, Spring Mattresses, Feath. Bed, Overmantel, oil and gas heating Stoves, good Banfet also Fender. Fire Brasses.—11, Augusta-street. 218 21, Parb-streett Cardiff, to Let: immediate possession Apply 4. 252 TO Provision a6d Grocery Assist?nts.-Want*d at once. TFir.i?ss Pr"vlsioD Hand also Jnnior for GrocerS and Provisions. —Apply, stat:n¡( wages and copy 01 refer. enceg. K. 253. Echo Office, Cardiff. 254 WANTED, smart Vouug Man accusiomee to shipping ta Manure Eancb at Barry Dock salary nd corw Sll1on.-Writ.e Triple. Echo OfEce, Newport. 323e TO Let, No. 64. Alexandra-road, Canton back and side entrance.—Apply next door. 525e w AN nSD, by S?,h December, good General Sern," aooat 25 ?m?ill family good wages.-Mm MerU.. 19, Senghenydd-read, Cardiff. 256 \l7 ANTED, a respectable Girl, about 16 to 18, as General v at once small family.—Apply 43, Plantapnet-street. Riverside, Cardiff, 255 HOUSES to Let, Manffield-place, King's, Llanfair, aa4 .1. Cowbridge-reads, Neville. Arabells. and Angaa- streets.—Particulars Penney and Burt, 19, Duke-street. 2SI /COMFORT ABLE 7-roomed House to Let: rent, low week inclusive.—Apply 14 or 16, Richards-t-ormeeor 61. Newport-road, Cardiff. 25 4 B LAI BERG'S Arcade.-lf you do not see the Anconia BAiarm advertised, don't forget it when you wanton% 4s, with 12 months ruarantee. BLAIBERG'S Arcade.—Gent's Gold Alberts, 26s, Os, "0.. 50E. BLAIBEIIG'S Arcade.—Macintoshes, 21s: min-proa Bwarranted. BLAIBERG'S Arcade.ilway Overcoats, 6s Id. now 4s I%ci. B LAIZERG'S Arcade.-Suits. Overeats, Troums order large selection. BLAIBERG'S .ucade.-IOO dozen Chin Silk Handkw Behi- fs, 9d each. j3Lii¡Grc7I'h.I8een Gold Levant English make, 704? each. The gold in tbe watch a" imore. BLAIBERG'S Armde.-Prest?ntation Gold Lever5 £ 20, would cost £ 38 to £ 35 elsewhere. BLAIBERG'S Ard,-Tb' mORt handsome 2M P)- Wedding Ring at 1% said P nvwbere. TJLAIBERGS Arcade.—We are pleased to state an .> account of the great sale in Welsh Drawers at is 10 £ d We ciLD now make them in extra large sizes. CtOCPON H;;w.-AJlCo-Poi;;ed from the Lond08 J Studios (St. John's-square and Royal Arcade) cxpínna in October, November, or December, will be accepted te the end of January. 1896. 252 "2 weekly upwards may be realised by either sex, withnm 0.1 hindering occupation.—For samples (returnable).. enclose Pddrc-med envelope to Evans, Watts aDd Co., i33:IMt:t'ei EThs¡s nend Co.t' 7 ANTED, strong Girl, age 16.-g, PeArsOD..t v Castle- road. 252 CONFECTIONERY and Stationery Bu.?ineer for S posal in ,rowin& part Cardiff ingoing moderate.- Particulars Penney and Burt, 19, Duke-Rtreet. Cardiff. 236 BAKERS and Confectioners.—Young Man, well up in tbe trade. First, Second, or Singk-.— Baker, 5, Mount- -roa.d. Newport- 22% S INGLY, Gentleman requires clean, quiet Apartment* immediately bath no children RoaGh preferred.- Write E 230. Ecko Office. Cardiff. 230 IADIEs', Gentlemen's, Children's Left-off Clothing 1-i Bought.—Mrs Rich, 57, Castle. rOad, Cardiff. Gooa prices orders punctually attended to. Furniture bought. AGENTS wad ted. South Wales and elsewhere, canvass ing shopkeepers, hotels, inns, tc.: £4 earned weekly splendid opportunity—Messrs Pamphilloh, CongiEtoo, Cheshire. ;3$ HOUSES to Let at Canton, Cathays, Splotlands. and Llandaff, rent from 4s 6d per week upwards.—A] with references. Wm. Sanders and Sons, 28. St. Mary-street. Cardiff. 244 OlITUATlON as Working Housekeeper or Plain Cook O wanted bv respectable mid<.tle-aged. person small family no object ion.—J. D., 153, Cardifl-road, Aberunw^ Aberdare. 240 rI^O Let, S, Church-terrace, Llanishen, 7 rooms rent, £8 X per year.—Apply 7, Church-terrace. 239 W ANTED at once, General Servant. age 11.-NetÙb¡ VIta. Longcross-sfeet. C-,dff 237 F-ORSale, 4 V?llas, Bel&:raV\ Cathedral-road, 18 to* frontage. 4 bedrooms, ait latest improvementa.-Few, 63, Angus-street, Roath. 246 4*7 ANTED, Office Boy able to write.—Apply "y letter T V Downs? Churcb-street Chambers. 245 L O??T. froai ?,0, Arabella-street, Pu Biwh, about I U mOIl,b o1Q. Finder rewarded. anyone de.Lai" same will oe prosecuted. 242 y ASTROLOGY. — What is befoie you? P~rot.|,ericfl BeaU,h, MarriW, Changes, cue. Free with CharacteR from Handwriting or Photograph. Send birthtime, la. and stamped address. C. Gordon, 76. CambenveU G;?;% London. 241 10, Partridge-road.—To Let, attractive convenient Villa. Particulars of T. Lewis, jun., 19. Elm-streett Roath. 24.3 TO Hauliers, Contractors, Farmers, and Others.-Fotw Tpowerftil Cart Ho?-es Darby. 15.2. seven years. t«i| strong, suitable for dray, price £25: also Lion. 16.2, sevea years, master of three tons, price ICIS also Duke, righfr years, iS.2, price £B and Farmer. 15.2, seveu yeurs, verj vrOIl:: and active, price £12. All these horses are war ranted good workers in shafts or chums and sound soli for no fault completion of contract cause of selling.— Apply 21, Picton-place, Canton, Cardiff. 247 W ANTED, Young Girl for Confectionery St&il, Market \V 1,tY;I5:.t¿Jrl:C:ff(G';r- TO Let, two or three comfortable F?oom?, 10 "pectabk TO p;let7°Lr:P 21b. oe=::= Grange. Cardiff. 26 UNFURNIStiED Apartments—Two rooms, conserva tory. hot and cold batq: terms moderate. -21* Cartleroad. 267 -ilANTED. at oace. experienced ur&e.Houøe.aid I v also experienced Cook-Genera! good references m quired—Apply Mrs Macfcay. Wychwood. Caihedrat-roxd. w A N TED at once. a good General: good waees.— Applg v Miss Payne. Ptas Hen School, Covrbridge. 2t3 BOOT Trade.—Wanted, a good Stitch Man also a,CeoC. Repairer—Apply F. Kossita, .5, Castle Area** Cardiff. 2U \V A¡'1t;. a steamer bound for tbe luver VITW t hiindy Man as Paint?r. one used t? Cr%M work ore. ferred.—Apply Shipping Federation vlbc. Exchange, Cardiff. PGNTYPRIDD.—Good General Setvant wanted socall. fortable heme fer a respectable girl no childrea:- Apply ll. Gelliwasred-road. 259 T E J. CRAVEN THOMAS (Late Manager to Messrs G. A. Stone & Co.) Beprs respectfully to announce that be teas COMMENCED BUSINESS AS A FIRST-CLASf FURNISHING UNDERTAKER. ADDRESS23( IEMORIAL BUILDINGS COWBRIDGB-ROAD. HARRISS FURNITURE DEPOT. THE MARKET, NEWPORT. EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS AMAZING BARGAINS WONDERFUL BARGAINS f Substantial Dining-room Suite "Jr? £ J,=,droom Suhe, Walnat, now design. 8 0 .Masive Brass-mounted Bedstd & Spring Berldin £ 2 12 0 Feather Beds, 25s Millpuff Bert, Bolster, & Pillows 11 Solid Walnut Tables, 13s 6d Fancy Chairs, 2s lid, 3s A saving of 10 to 50 cent, by Furnishing at ( HARRISS'S, THE CASH FURNISHERS THE MARKET. NRWPtlRT NTENDnÚ- PURCHASERS ot I JEWELLERY, &C., SHOULD GO TO j^OL PHILLIPQ (THE OLD F i il M ) I 43, CAilULINE-STREET, CARDIFF, f A Visit will prove it the Cheapest Shop for WATCHES, CHAINS, RINGS, ELECTRO GOO" CLOCKS, CUTLERY, GUNS, STICKS. UMBRELLAS. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

The SIXTH EDITION of the" SOUTH WALES ECRO I is Published at 7 p.m. and contains the LA-ThSI f oreign,Gene) aX, and Sporting Telegrams up to the TIME OF GOINQ TO PRESS.

NOVELISTS AND MUSIC. I Stme Scathing Criticisms. I Professor J. F. Bridge presided at the monthly meeting of the Musical Association, when Mr T. L. Southgate read a paper on The Treatment of Music by Novelists." If authors, be said. would only write of the art in general terms they would be safe, but not unfrequently they used extravagant language and endeavoured to describe it with a smattering of technical terms of the meaning of which they were profoundly ignorant. In A Roman Singer," by Marion Crawford, one reads of a pianoforte termed a masterpieca of an instrument." "It had five pedals disposed as a harp underneath, but none of them made any impression on the jound except the middle one which rung a bell; the soundboard had a crack in it, and two of the aotes were dumb." Yet on this strange and unpromising instrument some fine music was discoursed. The hero, who makes his debut on the operatic stage by the way. La Favorita" was described as being composed by. Verdi was prepared for his task by the singing master giving him black- berry syrup in order to increase his courage Teachers of singing should note this. Ouida once described a Jady s'nging a "Stabat Mater ilone in a wood as producing glorious harmonies In Mr Black's Three Feathers" a lady sits down to the pianoforte and plays Beethoven's Farewell." One result of mentioning this apocryphal piece bad been the worrying of music Hellers to supply the work. A perfect accord of descending fifths in the same book is spoken of as a most enjoyable and wonderful passage in "Kilmenv" the hero wonders whether Miss Lesley would only express a Jaint surprise at hearing Mozart's Sonata in A sharp," a work also referred to in "A Daughter of Heth." In Mr Barnes of New York," the heroine's nervous system is kept at a constant unrelaxing tension that makes It like the C (!) string of a highly tuned violin." Bcorge Eiiot in "DAniet Deronda" tells At a conversation broken off and then resumed "-8 atter a long organ stop," as if an organ ltop meant a pause in an organ recital. Charles Reade, in ''The Cloister and the Hearth," ventured on a quotation in musical type, with the result that the tno-lody was in one key Whilst the signature lociong,d to another; the tempo, really three crotchets in a bar, bore the signature d-8. Doreen, the Story of a Stnger," by Edna Lyall, despite its title, had little of music in it. Mr Southgate also referred to what he described as the musical absurdities in Trilby and The Kreutzer Sonata." In the course of the discussion that followed, Professor Bridge said it was a disgrace that the art of inniiic should be travestied as some writers seemed fond of doing. He remembered, after the open- ing of a new organ, that the instrument was described as an intricate arrangement of diapasons 88d fugues.

ELECTION PETITIONS, Justices Wills and Lawrance to-day fixed the fatting of the Sunderland eleqtiin petition for Jftntmry 13tb, the Haggerston petition for Jannary 2OLh, and the St. George's-in-the Easb, Tower Hamlets petition. for January 27th. I Lichfield. I Baron Pollock and Mr Justice Bruce continued the Lichfield election inquiry to-day on the petition to unseat the Liberal member, N Mr Fulford, for illegal practices. Further evidence was given of the sending of vehicles, some ot which were hired by the senders, to Rugoley to carry voters to the poll. Their drivers paid nothing for either their own lodgings and food or the stabling of their horses for the two nights they were away. More evidence was ffiveo of the carriage of Voters, but the owners of the conveyances, who 0121Y attended in eubpoena, denied that they .1tpected payment. One of them had offered his Assistance firpt to the Unionists, and then to the (liberals. He was anxious, he said amidst much gbter. to help voters rather than the candidate. There was much legal argument as to what a carriage let for hire.

A CRY OF MURDER IN fHE I NISHT, A CGITC'i» AT Ringwood telegraphq-- This morning at 10 o'clock the body of a woman *&" found against tile mill hatch138 at Ringwood. Yesterday thR?nau&t winter fair was held. &ud It was largely attended. The woman was ?pp?rentty about 30, and has not been identified She seems to have been a stranger, and foul play j is suspected. A cry of Mnrdcr" was heard in We might.

I Engineers' Dispute. I CONCLUSION OF THE CONFERENCE. I The Men Express Dissatisfaction, I I HOW THE BALLOT 18 LIKELY TO GO. I The Press Association's Glasgow representative visited the various Clyde engineers' quarters to- day and found that the prevailing opinion was that the men will not accept the terms laid down by the conference. The men hold that the terms are merely those offered and refused at Carlisle,and say that they will have 7d per hour. The ballot may be taken to-morrow afternoon or Saturday, and the result will probably be made known on Monday. It is stated tbab th officials will not advise the men either way, and that the vote wili be an unprejudiced one. The Greenock men vote to-night. It is expected that their decision will have soir.e bearing upon the situation. Lord James has left for London, and the Irish delegates I have returned to Belfast.

I The Birmingham Tragedy I I SAD SHOOTING FATALITY. I I Inquest and Verdict. I An inquest was held to-day upon the body cf Eva Rossi tar, aged 10, who was shot by her brother, a boy of nine, yesterday under circumstances reported. The father said be had bad a revolver for years. Last summer an atempt to break into the house was made, so he loaded the revolver and placed it in a secret drawer of the wardrobe. The boy, whilst playing, found this drawer, and pull- ing out the revolver, shot his sister. The deceased's mother was in the room at the the time, The lad had been accustomed to shoot with an air toy pistol, and had been promised a revolver when he attained his majority. He was very fond of playing soldiers, and he and bit sister bad been so playful before the occurrence. The jury returned a verdict that deceased was killed by misadventure, and the lad was subse- quently brought before the Stipendiary and discharged.

The Ashanti Expedition. I I ACTIVE PREPARATIONS. t t CAPE COAST CASTLE, Thursday.—Mr Maxwell, the Governor, is doing his utmost to assure the comfort of the mau of the Ashanti L, x. peditionary force who have arrived here in the African Steamship Co.'s steamer Angola, and to make the transport service a success. Her Majesty's gunboats Magpie and Sparrow are here. Tha Bathurst, with the second portion of the expeditionary force and Sir Francis Scott on board, is expected from Sierra Leone to-morrow. The Chief Samory, who is at Bontuku, has sent messengers with presents to the Governor. Slaves belonging to the Samory report the land. ing of a large French force at Assinee. A riot recently occurred here. in which 70 persons were woun dad. -Beitter.

NAVAL COMMISSIONS. I The Magnificent was commissioned at Chatham to-day, Captain Barlow, officers, and crew of the Empress of India passing over to the new battleship. The Majestic was commissioned to-day at Portsmouth as the flagship of the Channel Squadron, a crew being transferred to her from the Royal Sovereign. The latter vessel was also recommissioned with a new crew as an extra ship for the Channel Squadron.

THE S.S. GERMANIC, I A Lloyds' telegram states that the Star Line steamer Germanio, which collided yesterday with the steamer Cumbrae, will go into dock, her fore compartment) being full of water. In addition to a large hole in the bows, it is believed damage has been done to the lower portion of the stem. A number of her passengers have decided to go to America by the Umbria on Saturday.

NO TICKET-OF- LEAVE. The Home Secretary has refused to grant the prayer of -t petition for the release on tioket-of- leave of Kate Dover, sentenced to penal servitude for life for the manslaughter of Mr Skinner, at Sheffield. in 1882. Dover was charged with poisoning the man, and the case created a great sensation at the time. The memorial was numerously signed.

NEWPORT IMPORTS ANB EXPORTS. I The export of coal, foreign and ooastwise, from Newport for the week ended last (Wednesday) evening amounted to 55,576 tons and 2 cargoes, of which 36,315 tons were despatched to foreign ports, and 19,201 tons went coastwise. The other exports for the week included :-Tinplates, 5 cargoes rails, 233 tons deals, 95 tons man- ganese ore, 57 tons; bolts, ( 10 tons; flour, 1 cargo and general merchandise, 20 tons and 1 cargo. The imports for the week were :-Iron ore, 6,105 tons silver sand. 500 tons sulphur ore, 2,370 tons pig-iron, 575 tons; sand. 3 cargoes; limestone, 1 cargo; and 50 tons; stone, 3 cargoes pitprops, 1,283 loads pitwood, 100 tons and 1,050 loadfj oats, 338 tons deals, scantlings, boards, and ends, 5,705 loads; barley, 80 tons and 900 Jacks potatoes, 115 tons brandy, 25 cases wine, 1 case grain, 1 cargo empties, 1 cargo scrap iron, 1 oargo; bricks and tiles, 1 cargo cement, 5 tons and general merchandise, 9 cargoes.

FOOTBALL. I THE GLAMORGAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE I Selection of Team to Play Cardiff. I A meeting of the Glamorgan Football League was held at the White Hart Hotel, Pontypridd, on Wednesday night, under the presidency of Mr Tom Williams, Llwynypia, when the follow. ing team was selected to play Cardiff at the Cardiff Arms Park on Boxing Day Back, J. Tanner (Mountain Ash); three-quarter backs, T. M. Davies, Treherbert (lei# centre), J. Morgan, Pontypridd (right centre), B. Tilev, (captain), Mountain Ash (right wing), and T. Williams, Llwynypia (left wing); half backs, Wiiiia,ii!3, (Trfhorbert) and T. Morgan (Treorky); forwards, S. Ramsey (Treorky), R. Hellings (Llwynypia), T. Perrott and F. Millar (Moun- tain Ash), P. Phillips (Llwynypin), Rowley Thomas (Pontypridd), G. Kirkhouse (Treherbert), and W. Alexander (Fernda'e). Rqsorves- Back, Hadridge (Llwynypia); three-quarter backs, J. Hoskins (Mountain Ash) and 1. Edmunds (Llwynypia) half-back, A. Powell ,?, J. 1%1. -,telrenzie (Ponty. (LI wytiypia) forward, J. Mackenzie (Polity- I pridd) and J. Hopkins (Ferndale). OvKRHEATtn AT QUEEN'S CICB.—Spectator (who is greatly distiubed because Sunderland seem likely to lose) Call this football ? Why there hasn't been a trip all day—not even a foul of any kind no pushing, no charging behind not a blessed rule broken. It don't give a League team a chance—this gentlemanly game, as you call it. Two or three other Spectators Why not ? First Spectator (angnly) Why, it isn't their game, don't you see ?-Pastzmc. George Abbott, the Carditt forward, is stated by Pfstime to have been one of the leading forwards in the Somerset side against Devon. Elsey, his fellow-clubman, has been asked to play for Surrey lie was born at Wanuuworth. ROATH ALBIONS V. CATHAYS WEDNESDAY.— This match was played at Roath Parle, and resulted in a win for the Albons by 2 tries 2 minor; to nil. BRYNMAW hae December 21t and Christmns Day open. Will give guarantee.Write W.B.Nash, "ecretary. ???? _——— 231 u-

I Close on 48,000 people paid for admission to I "Birmingham Cattle Show !M6 week. |

Wiping Out Armenia. I FIENDISH WORK OF EXTERMINATION. A Touching Appeal, I Renter's Agency has received the following telegram, signed by a number of Armenians of Constantinople, and despatched from the Turkish capital by an indirect route on the 6th inst. Armenia is at her last gasp. The work of extermination continues. The number of the massacred reaches 100,000. Five hundred thousand survivors have taken refuge in the forest and mountains, and are feeding on herbs and roots. Hunger and cold have begun to make great ravages. In the name of humanity and Christianity, save us.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A I DOWLAIS TRUSTEE. Alfred Thomas Bevan, formerly ft trustee of the Cadair Ivor Lodge, Dowlais, was charged to- day at Merthyr Police Court-before Mr North and Dr. Webster -with the larceny of 210, the moneys of the Friendly Society lodge named. Mr D. W. Jones appeared for the prosecution, and stated that in consequence of some irregularities the accused was dismissed from his trusteeship. It was alleged that in June, 1894, the sum of B15 was banded by the treasurer to accused to pay into the bank. From the Post Office bank-book ib subsequently appeared only 25 had been paid in instead of the j615, and there was an erasure. The matter was under the oonsideration of the Post Office officials in London, and he therefore asked for an adjournment for a week. Mrs Davies, Royal Arms Inn, Dowlais, said she was treasurer of the Cadair Ivor Lodge. On the 30th June prisoner gave her the order produced, and shen handed him £ 15, which was duiy entered in the book.. Prisoner said there was one serious mistake. The money was not drawn by himself, but by his fellow trustee, George Hope.—Witness said she thought she gave the money to the prisoner, but she was not certain.— Prisoner said he had been in custody since Monday,and he had had no chance of getting legal assistance. He consented to an adjournment and was remanded for a week on bail.

TO-DAY'S MONEY. I [SPECIAL TELEGRAM.! 1 STECK EXCHANGE, LONDON, OPENING, 11.20 A.M. -Business remains very quiet in the Stock Markets, and prices show irregular tendency. General fortnightly settlement will begin to- morrow, but this is carrying-over day in Mining Shares. and rates of continuation rule light, varying from V £ d to l%d on better class of South African undertakings, and even to 3d on Char- tereds. It is believed that a number of options will fall due to the latter at the end of the year. East Rands and Consolidated GoldfieJds better, but De Beers und Barnato issues easier. Consols steady. Rupee Paper weak and lower. Foreign Bonds firm and mostly higher in the absence of any fresh disquieting politioal news from Constantinople; French and Portuguese lower. Home Railways dull and occasionally lowflr; Scotch Stocks firm on the belief that the men will accept the terms arranged at theGlasgow conference. American Railways, with some few exceptions, show dnlnes's at a slight decline. Grand Trunk Stocks firmer. NOON.-rrhe Stock Markats show no special feature. Consols dull. Russian and Uruguay Bonds weak and lower French better. Home Railways inactive Caledonian Deferred lower. American Railways weak and lower. Grand Trunk Stocks firmer at slight rally, Mining Shares irregular and slight changes evenly balanced, without much business doing Simmer and Jack especially flat. 1.5 P.M.—Moderate business doing in discounts and rate rules steady at H per cent, for three months'bills; occasional transactions are however reported at per cent. Money in rather better demand at 0', to per cant, for short loanp. sdvances into the new year obtained at to per cent. Paris Bourse -1..11 « VI^M auiet, Suez Canal traffic receipts vestRT^y, 1.10 P.m.-Coinsols firm ana iii, ittit: on invest- ment purchases. Foreign Bonds >ve»b in response to lower prices from Paris Italian, Spanish, and Mexican Bonds freely offered at a decline; Imperial Ottoman Bank Shares flat and lower on Continental sales, fn HomeRaUways Scotch Stocks weak and lower, but North-Eastern better. American Railways inactive. Mining Shares show general weakness at decline on preponderance of sales, whilst no support is received from Ptris Consolidated Goldtields, Gold Fields, Deep, Rand Mines, and East Rands especially flat, contango rate on latter being 4 to 6 per cent. CLOSING, 2.30 p.m.-Consols easier for money. Foreign Bone's unaltered, bub Ottoman Bank Shares dull. Home Railways dull and occa- sionally lower. American Railways inactive, with a drooping tendency. Mining Shares con- tinue weak De Beers especially flat.

I Welsh Gossip. I The battle of Bangor Orchard," or Chester, was fought in 607. Mr Clifford Cory left Cardiff on Wednesday for a sojourn of about three weeks oa tbe Continent. From the death of Cadwaladr in 664 to the end of the seventh century Welsh history and tradi- tion remained a blank in national records. Cressy states that Baruck was a Hermite, whose memory is celebrated in the Province of the Silures and regions of Glamorgan. He lyes buried iu the Isle of Barry, which took its name from him." About 130 years ago Merthyr was a small village, inhabited by shepherds and farmers. Mr Evans, in his Cambrian Tourist," says the place was naturally retired, and calculated to aid reflection. It is far from being so to-day. In 664 a great plague spread over Britain, when vast numbers of people perished and with them Cadwaladr the Great, who, according to the traditions of Wales was to reappear and expe the Saxons from the whole island. After which the Cymry would be restored to their ancient territory. Which is the correct Welsh for Cowbridge— Pontfcu,n. or Pont/on » It is asserted that mon is an ancient word for tow, as is found in the proverb, Y sawl a biau yr hen/on, ymaeled yn ei chynffon" ("He that owns the milch cow. should take hold of her tail"), and that Pontfaen (" stone bridge ") is a corruption of Ponbfon. Is the old prejudice in Wales against the drama disappearing 1 The success that has attended the Treorky and Rhondda choirs on the stage at Cardiff and elsewhere, the eminence attained by two or three Welsh singers in opera, and the revolt of the Morriston choristers against church discipline, appear to indicate a startli ng revolu- tion of popular opinion. The great coalfields of South Wales extend from Pontypool, on the east, to St. Bride's Buy, south of St. David's Head, on the west. The deepest part of the basin is in the neighbourhood of Neath, whioh is near the centre. By taking the average length and breadth of the coalfields, the extent is about 100 miles, containing about 95 feet of coal, in 23 distinct strata, which will produce, it has been calculated, 100,000 tons per acre. It is related that in Llandaff Cathedral, towards the west, is a gravestone on which was formerly a brass plate with an inscription in tbe Welsh language. A tradition is extant that a person of distinction who lived in the mountains, having a desire to be buried in the Cathedral, was carrie thither by 80 men, who relieved one another by turns till they came to Llandaff. It is said like- wise that there 3,500 persons followed his remains to the church. Who was he, and when was he buried 1 Richard Powell, a native of Llanegryn, Merionethshire, and who lost his life on a dark night in a snowstorm while crossing Penmachno Mountain, was the author of the following englynion to Winter :— Buost y gloyw hoyw huan-hoff unwaith Megys ffunestr lydan Uwch y ddaear nial arian. A'th belydr ail gloyw-wydr gtan. Yr awrhon, Haul, wyd frycheulyd—d'agwedd, Darfu'th degovch hyfryd Y ffurfafen, neu hefyd, Galarwisgawdd gawdd i gyd A Baptist student who not long ago preached in the Ogmore Valley roused the ire of his hearers when he said that be believed in read- ing good novels. Subsequently he redeemed his position in the good opinion of his congrega- tion with the remark that "God never asks us to read the Bible only, as reading itself is too superficial for God's Book, which remark saved him trom many arguments by anti-novelists at the close of his discourse. Miss Ethel Hurlbatt, the popular principal of the new Aberdare Hall in connection with the Cardiff University College, is an alumna of Somerville Hall, Oxford, and took Second Class Honours iu the Final School of Modern History. She is a frequent speaker at the College Debating Society, and her speeches are always character ised by great force and eloquence. Aberdare Hall is not Miss Hurlbatt's first appointment, as she was for some time engaged in teaching, and was associated for a period with the management of Somerville Hall. The petition about to be presented on behalf of the Welsh University to Sir M. Hicks-Beach with the view of inducing him to continue the contribution of Sir William Harcourt is unique in that- it is signed by the Prince of Wales, as Chancellor of the Welsh University. It is a moot constitutional point bow far a Royal Prince in the direct line of succession may give his signa- ture to a petition which has for its purpose to extract money from the public purse for a parti- cular purpose. But, at any rate, it has been done, and it is all but certain that there will be a favourable answer, and then we shall have an attempt to give the present Government the credit of having placed the Welsh University upon a sound financial basis. Fairs are always popular in Wales, but it has remained for the present generation to witness the startling innovation of fairs introduced into places of worship. And they are not small, petty, local fairs either, but the World's Fair It is hardly necessary to explain that we refer of course to Dr. Gomer Lewis's celebrated lecture on "Ffair y Byd," which he has now delivered on 184 separate occasions within two years, thus establishing a record in Wales. This lecture has been the means of raising over £2.500 towards various good causes in connection with all denominations. Dr. Lewis lectured at Sengbenydd on Tuesday night, and was the first lecturer ever to visit that valley. It was interesting to note that the chairman was a Congregationalist, the lecturer a Baptist, and that the chapcl belonged to the Corph." One of the most talented leaders of juvenile choirs in South Wales is Mr Rhys Evans, who, after signal successes in the Merthyr district, initiated the popular Severn-road Board School J Concerts in Cardiff. Mr Evans came to Cardiff as an assistant schoolmaster, accompanying his old chief Mr Wm. Greig, and at once made a mark for himself in the looal musical world as a teacher of the tonic sol-fa notation and as a clever voice trainer. After a term in London on the staff of the Shipping Wtrld, he has returned to the service of the School Board, and has at once resupned his musical classes. His first public essay with the baton since he left the Metropolis will be to-night, when he will conduct a Band of Hope choir, which has under bis tuition attained a high degree of proficiency, at the production of The Boyhood of Christ," which will be given at the Severn-road Congregational Church, Canton. There lived in Carmarthenshire at the dawn of this century au old man, whose avocation was closely allied to that of the modern fortune- teller, differing only in that its scope was more comprehensive. Among divers other faculties he professed was that of indicating the whereabouts of lost articles. With implicit confidence in the abilities of his friend, Taffy one day sought bis advice as to a large quantity of cow fat he had recently missed. And this was the revelation of the "dyn hysbys." You know," he beaD. that this world of ours revolves on a pivot, and, as in all similar cases, frequent application of grease is necessary to promote its regular revolu- tion." "Twbishwar," remarked Taffy. Well," continued the seer in confident tones, an angel is despatched to this earth at regular intervals to seek the same, and this time it was your turn to provide the grease for this all-important purpose." "The Lord be praised," excitedly ejaculated Taffy, that I should have the fat by me when the angel came round Mr Joseph M. Thomas, who to-night will be the recipient of a testimonial at the hands of the Umtarian Church, Pontypridd, is one of the very few men who have abandoned the law for the ministry. A Cardiganshire boy, Mr Thomas is a native of Llanarth, the birthplace of Bishop Lloyd, of Bangor, under whom he was educated, and he passed his final for law with honours. His residence in Pontypridd was characterised by the remarkable energy with which he threw himself into public movements. Once a zealous Churchman, Mr Thomas became, after studious reflection, an ardent disoiple of Dr. Martineau, and it is mainly to his efforts that the Unitarian Mission was founded at Pontypridd—a mission which has now extended itself into the populous centres of the Rhondda. Mr Thomas is now himself a student for the Unitarian ministry, and secured admission into the Man- chester College, Oxford, in October last. He was for two years the honorary secretary of the Pontypridd Liberal Olub. and rendered yeoman service for the good old cause of reform and enlightenment in the metropolis of the Glamorgan coalfield-

I Islington Outrage. I GAMBLE AGAIN IN THE DOCK, I I A Further Remand, I At "ClerkenweD Polioe Court to-day Alfred I Gamble was charged with attempting to murder Wm. Cattle, aged thre- years, in Ii stable in Sydney-errove, Goswell-road, on December 3rd. Ann Burgess, who keeps a fruit stall in Chapel- street, Islington, and employs prisoner, said on the afternoon of December 3rd she sent him to her stable in Sydney-grove to get some sacks. Prisoner bad the key of the stable. Gamble was away for about an hour and a half. Witness scolded him for being so long. Gamble said be had stopped to sweep the stable. George Irons, employed by Mrs Burgess, said on December 3rd, at midday, prisoner borrowed from him a pocket knife (produced) and had it ground. Gamble returned it in the evening. George Miles, grandson of Mrs Burgess, said on the evening of December 3rd he wished to take chaff to the stable, and asked Gamble for the key. Prisoner replied You had better not take it, you will get into a row." He ultimately gave witness the key. Witness, with two other lads, took the chaff to the stable. It was then dark. They placed the chaff just inside the door ami went away. Wilfrid Young said he went to the stable with the last witness. The door was locked. Witness's brother opened it. While in the stable witness heard a groan. Prisoner was again remanded for a week. I Statement by Gamble. I Yesterday afternoon Mis Gamble, who saw her son in Holloway Prison, questioned him with reference to the new evidence concerning the knife. The lad most strenuously denied that there was any truth in it. He said he had already admitted that he borrowed the knife from Long George," but that was in the morning, and he wanted it to cut the string which bound some hampers of app!es which he had to unpack. He sharpened the knife himself, and certainly did not hand it to an Italian knifegrinder to s harpeu for hnn. He returned it to Long George soon after 1 o'clock, while he did not go to the stable till after 2 o'clock. When he got back about 3,30 he ae once went to dinner at his employer's house. He then went to the stall in Chapel-street, and stayed there until he was arrested. On his mother asking if there was any truth in the statement that on his return from the stable he was seen digging the knife into some pork on a stall, Gamble repeated that be had parted with the knife some hours previously. Last night Mr Drake, the house-surgeon at S. Bartholomew's Hospital, who has charge of Cattle's case, said that although the child was going on very well some time must still elapse before he could be discharged.

THE CAERAU AND OOEGNANT DISPUTE. I Proposals by Both Sides. I On Wednesday evening a public meeting was held at the Maesteg Town Hall to hear the report of the committee appointed by the colliers to arrange this dispute. Mr W. Rees presided. It will be remembered that the Caerau pits were sunk by North's Navigation Company in the upper part of Maesteg over two years ago, and that a dispute arose as to the identity of the seam proposed to he worked and consequently as to the price to be paid. The Chairman explained that many meetings had been held in that hal! as to the present dispute. The Joint Committee of Workmen met Mr D. S. Rees, the agent, on Tuesday, when they proceeded to the pits to examine the seam, and subsequently held a conference for several hours at the company's offices. They wera nearer a settlement than at the begmning of tbe strike. (Cheet-s.)- Mr John Watt* said t'lat the following were the proposals of Mr D. S. iteei, on behalf of the company :-(1) The standard of Is 5d per ton is not to be shifted, because it was accepted and approved of by the Masters' Associa- tion. (2) One shilling per yard will be allowed for ripping the top clod, which is from 15 to 18 inches in on the roadway, and the facing is to be 12 yards wide. (3) The top coal or small coal if worked separately will be paid for at lu per ton extra, making Is 6d per ton, irrespective of the allowanco in No. 2 proposal. (4) The brass and other im- purities to be cleared by the company on the screen, (5) There are to be no alterations whatever in tha Coegtianfc price lise, but the Coegnanfc Pit will not be started until the Caetau question is settled. Mr David Beynon, D.C., iiiitjt-rs' tgetit, explained in detail these offers, and expressed a desIre to have the views of the meeting in the form of a resolution before the committee held any further conference. Eventually the meeting unanimously reiolved that the committee meet Mr R,-s, and state that this meeting would accept Is 8rI Der ton, and all brass to be filled out. The committee were asked to convene another meeting after sub. mitting the resolution to Mr Rees.

I GLMORGAN INTERMEDIATE I SCHOOLS. I To-day a meeting of the Technical Instruction Commit.tee of the Glamorgan County Council was held at the County Office, Cardiff, the Rev. Alderman Aaron Davies presiding. Statements of accounts for building of intermediate schools were submitted and considered; and the Com- mittee decided to recommend the Council to authorise payment of sums eqnal to 23 per head on the average attendance, to assist local commit- tees in arrears, where ths money has been over- spent in substantial building work, of which tIle county will have the benefit.

I A VILLAGE RAIDED, CAIRO, Wednesday.—Yesterday evening a party of Dervishes mounted on camels suddenly raided Anendan, a village to the north of Wady Haifa. Afcer plundering village and cattle enclosures, the Dervishes withdrew into the deserb. A detachmeut of mounted troops have | gone in pursuit. —Rcvter.

The Emporoi and Empress of Russia will take I up their residence at the Winter Patace on the day after Christmas.

Hunting Appointments, I GLAMORGANSHIRE HOUNDS. Friday, Dec. 13, at, Brynna Common, at 10.45 a.m, YSTRAD HOUNDS. Friday, Dec. 13, a.t Crossvane, at 10 a.m. Friday. CARMARTHMNSH1RE FOX HOUDS, Friday. Dec. J3. at Stag and Pheasant, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17. at Penycoed Upper Gate, at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 20, at Pelican Hotel, Kidwelly, at 11 a.Di PEMBROKESHIRE HOUND.-j. Thursday, Dec. 12, at Letterscone at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 16. at Ashdale Lodge, at 11 a.w, Thursday, Dec. 19, at Hay^castle Cross, at 11 a.m. TiVY-SIDE FOX HOUNDS. Thursday, Dec. 12, at Penybryn Bridell, at 10.45 a.m Monday, Dec. 16, at Blaenoorth, at 10.45 a.m. Thursday. Dec 19. at Moylgrove, at 10.45 am. MR SEYMOUR ALLEN'S HOUNDS. Tuesday, Dec. 17, at Cresswell Bridge, at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 20. at Gloyne at 11 a.m.

SPORTING ITEMS. I The two year old filly, Meli Melo, by Melanion out of Irish Stew, has joined W. Stevens's team ab Ilsley. Lord Cadogan'u Eton blue jacket will, it is said, be seldom seen on the English turf for some time to come. The four year old Wensley, by Fernandez out of Lena, ha.s left Middleham for Mr J. G. Eisey's establishment at Waddingworth to be trained for jumping. W. J. Sturgess, the amateur champion walker, has decided to make his attempt to break all existing records up to 15 miles at the Boxing Day meeting of the Polytechnic Harriers. Calder has been relieved of the care of Media- tion, who, accompanied by a couple of yearlings, has been despatched from Bourton-on-the-Hili to C. Archer's stable at. Newmarket. Walter Humphreys, the veteran Sussex cricketer, having definitely decided to retire from participation in first-class games, has been nominated to officiate as an umpire in county matches. Arcano and Anlaf, who failed to reach their reserve prices when submitted for sale beneath Mr Somerville Tattersall's rost.um, were sub- sequently sold privately by Sir W. Throckmorton to Mr Alfred Day for 850 guineas. Mr Keylock, who bred May Duke, has leased his young stock to Mr Cartwright. This apparently puts paid to the statement that the gentleman last named was about to withdraw from the Turf. Not a bet has been laid on the Derby for several weeks, and there is net likely to be any speculation of importance until after the Christ- niaa holidays; while the Two Thousand Guineas I will not be mentioned seriously for the next thre.. months. All the animals which are more Tr less fancied for the classic races are doing well, and Knight of the Thistle and Regret have both considerably impioved during the last six weeks. I The ownership of racehorses is not always what it may seem to the uninitiated, and an instance of the singular ill-luck which frequently befalls men in apparently their happiest moments is recorded this week by a London enntemporary. At the Windsor August Meeting Mr S. Jacobs ran Contentment in two races, the colt winning the Forest Handicap on the first day, and run- ning third to The Alsatian and Jack Spinner on the second. Just before the latter event Mr Jacobs was offered £1,500 for the horse, which he refused. As a matter of fact he would not hve taken £ 2,000. In running, Contentment strained his hock, and on reaching home had to be put in slings. The swelling, which has since been treated in every known way, has never abated, and he 18 in slings to-day, his case being -imext to hopeless.

LLANDUDNO EISTEDDFOD, 1 One of our North Wales correspondents writes: —It seems quite within the bounds of possibility that the Llandudno Eisteddfod of 1896 will have to be extended in order to enable the great choral, the second choral, and the male voice choir com- petitions to be carried throuch, for never before probably has such an mterest in these great choral tourneys been manifested. From the letters to hand it appears that no fewer than nine choirs are in full practice in South Wales alone for the chief choral competition. When to these are added several North Waies and some English choirs, it will be seen that an entire day at least must be devoted solely to the chief choral competition. As the number of competitors for the second choral and the male voice competitions promises to equal if not excel the entries for the chief choral, it will be seen that some steps in the way of extending the duration of the eisteddfod if all the competitors are to be beard (it is impossible to imagine that any of them cau be excluded) must be taken. The publisher of one of the male voice test pieces is inundated with orders from choirs for copies, among thA latest being the famous Glantawe (Swansea) Glee Party, conduc- tor, Ap Caradog. The secretary of the Caerphilly Eisteddfod writes The committee, I may teil you, had chosen the Dwynen for male voice competition, but had to reluctantly throw it aside in consequence of the South Wales choirs having decided not to compete anywhere but at the National Eisteddfod on the test pieces which appear in the programme for 1896

THE CUBAN REVOLT. I A Town Attacked and Pillaged. I MADRID, Wednesday.—A telegram from Havana states that the insurgent leader Maxima Gomez continued his advance,- and has arrived at Pi-ec-to.9, in the province of Santa Clara. The object of the rebels is to lay waste the most fertile provinces in the island.—Heuter. MADRID, Wednesday (L,-tter).-Tiie Havana cor. respondent of the Jmpareial says :—The Havana train from Santa Clara has not arrived owing to insurgents having derailed a goods train in Jicotea. The insurgents, with artillery, have besieged Fort Remanganguas, and it is reported another expedition has disembarked near Cape Marjsi. — CtrUral News. MADRID, Wednesday (Latest).—A Havana tele. gram announces that the insurgents bave attacked the town of Rudgo, in the province of Matanzas. They set fire to 11 bouses and pillaged several others, but were ultimately put to fitgiit with very heavy loss by the Spanish troops.—Hiuttr. A GOVERNMENT FORT BESIEGED. I MADRAS, Wtdnesday.-The following telegram has been received from Havana The fort of Remangangua has been attacked by a strong band of insurgents with one gun. The result of the attack is not jet known. A fresh filibustering expedition is reported to have ianded near Cape Maysi, In the province of Matanzas five farms have beeu burned by the rebele, and in the Province of Santa Clara t-wo have been destroyed. At Jicotea a goods train from Santa Clara has been thrown ofi the line, the driver being killed. -Reuter.

LOSS OF H.M.S. LIGHTNING. I Her Cemmandsr Oeui'T-martialled. I The ccurt-martial on Staff-Commander Bulmore and Gunner Swvenson, of H.M.S. Lightning, was resumed at Chatham on Wednesday morning. Chief Engineer Cornish continued his examina- tion, and said lie was not satisfied that the ship was being safely navigated after the collision, and he himself offered stiggeetioni because he thought his own life and the lives of the crew were ID danger. He admitted that he TioadR a. mistake at the court of inquiry as to the condition of Gunner Stevenson. He had since heard that that officer suffered from severe neuralgia and facial paralysis. —Evidence was also given by Surgeon George Goss Borrett, who stated that the condition of Commander Bulmore was primarily due to inebriety, aggravated by exposure and the shock of the collision. Commander Bulmore had half a glass of whisky in a cup of hot tea early in the evening.—Chief Engineer Wm. John Anstey de- posed that after the collision Commander Bulmore was confused and shaken. His voice was a little thick and iTl(1isinct, and he did not appear to be noticing where t-be, ship was going when witness spoke to h:m,-The Court was adjourned

CHANSES IN THE GOVERNMENT I IN DEAN FOREST, By order of the Office of Woods, about 8.000 Mr?s of the common land in the Forest of Dean are to be enclosed forthwith, and the new departure is giving rise to much discussion, the sheep farmers being staggered with the prospect, whilst there are others who affect to be much pleased with the decision which has been arrived at. Contemporaneous with comparatively recnt official appointments, new schemes have been put forward, and a very much more liberal and elastic interpretation is given to what formerly have been regarded as cast-iron and and inflexible Office of Woods' rules and enact meots.

REV. J. MCNEILL IN CARDIFF. The Park Hall was packed on Wednesday night, when the Rev. John McNeill again held the attention of his audience for over an hour by his marvellous preaching power. His mission closes to-morrow night, and a rush for seats in the Park Hall for the remaining services is antici- pated. It is many years since Cardiff has been so stiired by 11 religious mission as by thi" of Mr McNeill's. On tite crowded platform on Wednes- day night were many local ministers and leading philanthropists of the town.

REBELLION IWTHE DUTCH EAST INDIES THE HASTE, Wednesday.—An official de-, spatch has been received here announcing that some native disturbances have occurred in the island of Madura, in Dutch East Indies, owing to an attempt which was made to arrest a local; chief. The police force being inadequate to cope with the rioters, a company of soldiers was sent on the following day, and, after a fierce conflict, succeeded in dispersing a band of 150 armed rebels, who left 29 dead and 12 wounded. The chief and six of his followers were arrested, and order was at last- restored.—Reutfi-

REMARKABLE SPEECH IN THE I REICHSTAG. I ) BERLIN, Wednesday.—D tnnp; tIle CiFbate in the Reich>tag to day Herr Bebel, the Socialist leader, endeavoured in a two hours' speech, delivered from a historical standpoint, to justify the now well-known attitude of the Social Democratic party with respect to the Sedan anniversary celebrations, and by so doing elicited a warn; reply from the Minister of War. The gist of the latter may be conveyed in this sentenc-e which the Mif'sttr employed The shambiess declarations of Socialist hack scribblers are being scored up by the enttre?rmy. and if evar Soo?t Democrats provoke disturbances which the police and firearms shall not suffice to stamp out, the army will then assuredly be summoned, and matters will go further than the moistening top hats."—Central News.

EARL OF CORK KICKED BY A HORSE The Earl of Cork met with a somewhat serious accident while hunting with the Bscester Hounds on Wednesday afternoon. His horse fell with bim, and his Lordship was badly kicked in the face. Medical aid was speedily forthcoming The noble patient is progressing satisfactorily.

ACTION AGAINST k, HIGH BAILIFF. His Honour Judge Owen, at th County Court to-day, heard a case brOl CardiOf Milling Company against tlift afi high bailiff to recover C24 16s i Bailhache appeared for the plain A pany, and Mr L. H. Hornby, represented the high bailiff. It appeared t July last the plaintiff company obtained judl for the amount claimed against a man at Morgan, resident at Pontymister, and disk was levied. Morgan went to Newport and ipL JSIt and asked to have the bailiff withdrawn o 10 the serious illness of his wife. The baiIi. AiM withdrawa on Morgan promising to P?n the balance, and signed ?a authority to the bMht to retake possession if the money was not paid, The distress was relevied. and the balance of money was afterwards paid. A receiving ordes was made within 14 days, and the high bailiff paid the money to the official receiver.-Afmo hearing arguments, bis Honour reserved todf ment,

DEATH OF THE SALFORD CORONER. Mr F. Price, for 26 years coroner for Salfo4 died last night.