South Wales Daily News

ALARMING FIRE. The Workmen's Home, Albert-road, Southamp- ton, wasdestroyed by fire early on Saturday. At the time of the outbreak over 50 persons, mostly women and children emigrants, were sleeping m the institution, and these effected their escape. Among the debris was found the charred body of a labourer named Dibden. Another labourer named Mulligan was recovered inran uaconscioos condition.

SWANSEA GUARDIANS. in canneetioa with the vacancies on the < Swansea Board of Guardians the Mayoress (Mrs Aeron Thomas^ says that though she has been approached she has not consented to be a candi- date.

NORTH DOWN. Messrs J. Blackeston Houston aad T. L. Corbett, both Conservatives, were on Saturday nominated, as candidates to contest the vacancy caused in North Down by the death of Colonel T. Waring, Conservative. PolHng takes place next Wednesday.

THIRD CAMBRIAN t COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' ASSOCIATION. The>quarterty meeting of the above association was held at-the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, on Saturday evening, for the purpose of electing "lite governors" of the Commercial Travellers' Charitable. Inetitntiona, There was a consIder. able attendance. The following were successful in the ballot H. A. Allen. Penrith Mr W. A- Moore, Cardiff; and Mr G. H. Walters, Cardiff.

The death occurred at Leauiington pn Sunday irSVKsisg I dossier MeHwaeife, daughter :gf i-40zd lin1 asd widow of the late Six Thomas ifpusrieffs, FetftaMre-

MERTHYR BOARD OF GUARDIANS. • IRON AND STEEL WORKERS' CLAIMS On Saturday at the meeting of the Merthyr Board of Guardians, Mr J. Rogers presiding, the Clerk stated that the treasurer's account was creeping down by degrees. The debit balance that day was £6,.648 126 8d. On their loan account they had credit £3,512 14s Id. He said that the overseers of Aberdare had paid in the sum of £2.000. (Hear, hear.)—Rev. Father Wade Is that all ? (Laughter.)—Clerk All on account of the rate. I don't know where the various martyrs are. I was told there-were many going to prison at Aberdare rather than pay the rate. He also- stated that £700 had been paid in by the overseers of Gelligaer on the 31st ult., aadJE20 by the Yaynor overseer on the 1st inst.—Rev. Father O'Reilly said he thought this was rather a serious matter in reference to tbe collecting of the rate in Merthyr, and be thought the attep- tion of the assistant overseer should be called to the injustice that was occasioned by this state of things to the rest of the Union, by reason of all paits of the district having to contribute towards the interest charges upon the remaining overdraft at the bank. If this gentleman had done his duty, and the over- seers had done their duty, he thought their over- draft would not be so large as it was. He under- stood the rate was signed by the overseers of Merthyr before it had been signed by the over- seers of Aberdare, and yet not a single demand note was sen tout until the previous week, andnot a- singlepenny had been paid into their credit. He thought they should call the attention of the overseers to the matter.—Mr David Evans said he thought it was moat unfair to make com- parisons like this at a juncture of this sort. The position during the strike of Merthyr and Aber- dare was different, as at the latter place many of the men had been going to work.—Mr J. W. Morgan seconded.—Mr W. Lewis. Penydarren, questioned whether it was right to deal with their, assistant overseer in this manner. The rate was made out for payment in seven days, and if any- one was to be blamed the overseers should be blamed. He thought their assistant overseer was as well able as any others to do his duty.—Rev. Father O'Reilly consented to alter his motion to read—" That the attention of the overseers should be called to the fact that they are in arrears,and the sooner they pay the better for the interests of the Union."—Mr Joseph Owen (one of the Merthyr overseers) said the overseers were alive to their position. They called every day at the offices of the assistant overseer, but it was very difficult to get the money in.—Mr John Lloyd moved and Rev. J. H. Davies seconded that the matter be allowed to drop—Nine guardians voted for the motion and nine against, and the chairman gave his casting vote for the amendment to let the matter drop.—It was ..resolved to dispense with the services of several • of the new assistant relieving officers, as the strike was over.—The Clerk read a letter from the District Council setting forth that the guardians could now proceed with the rjjad- making work for the iron and steel workers in accordance with plans aud instructions of Mr T. F. Harvey, surveyor.—Mr Hankey asked when the iron and steel workers were likely to have work at the works.—The Chairman said it was difficult to say—it depended upon so many things. —Mr H. W. Martin observed there must probably be hundreds of the iron and steel workers out for many weeks if not, so much the better. He moved that they should provide a. labour test so far as the proposed road from Brenniau to Pont- sam was concerned.—This was seconded by Rev. J. H. Davies, and carried. The detail arrange- ments were relegated to a committee.—It was resolved upon the motion of Mr J. Lloyd, seconded by Mr Luther Davies. that the relief for the work should be fixed at la per man (and wife) per day of eight hours, with 3d for each child,—Mr H. W. Martin moved, Mr Joseph Owen seconded, and it was agreed, that half the amount of relief should be given in money and half in kind.—It was understood that men with large families should receive priority of attention,

FATAL ACCIDENT AT PENPERGWM STATION. An inquest was held at Penpergwm Railway, Station on Friday evening into the circumstances' of the death of Wm. E. Price, aged 24, coachman to Mr A. D- Berrington, Pantygoitrey. It appeared that the deceased together with James Henry Jenkins and Henry Reas, intended visiting Abergavenny Horse Show on Thursday last, and went to Penpergwm Station at about 2 p.m. to catch the 2.26 p.m. train. While waiting for their train the up express from Pontypool to Hereford was heard coming, and the deceased said, "Here's our train." They hurried across the line to the up platform. Deceased appeared to have just cleared the rails in front of the engine when* the left buffer plank caught him and hurled him 40 yards along the up platform, killing him instantly. After a long and careful, deliberation, the jury returned a verdict of Accidental death," with a rider censuring the management of the Great Western Railway Company for the inadequate precautions in force at the station.

j COLLISION AT THE MOUTH OF THE THAMES. Lloyd's Agency reports that the steamer Gravina, of Liverpool, for Antwerp, has returned to Grraveggnd with severe damage to stem and bows. The cagMn reports baving^egp in col- lision about ? on. Saturday bejow IToleliaven, at the mouth of the Thames, with the Clan linor Steamer Glan Mackintosh, The latter vegsel waa struck on the port Mde file forg Hg- ging, »nd T?a,s put a,ahars Halebaven. The Clan M{tgkinlQ@h is a IiItElofll screw steamer of ia Glasgow,

THE EMPIRES. CARDIFF. There is another splendid programme at the Cardiff Empire this week, the bright particular star being the famous Parisian artiste Margue- rite Cornille, from the Palace and Tivoli Theatres. Other turns will be by the Musiea Jees, the Sisters Slater, Lucretia, Mr James Curran, Mark Milton and the Blakes, and the Flakeys and Miss Ethel Cambridge will also appear. SWANSEA. At the Swansea Empire this week Athas and Collins will give their smart turn, and the Brothers Home, funniest of boxers, will also ap- pear. Other turns are by Mr F. W. Mills, the clever ventriloquist Jack and Evelyne, Herbert Le Martin, J. P. Dane, and Ada Montrose. There should be good houses throughout the week.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT TO A CHILD. A little girl named Eliza Warren, residing at the new houses near Walnut Tree, met with a fatal accident on Saturday. She had been sent to the tinulateworks with food for her brother, who was employed there, and was returning home when, near the viaduct, she was knocked down by a truck and run over, the wheels passing over one of her legs. The occurrence waa a more painful one owing to the fact that the unfortunate child stood aside, whilst the engine, which was ■ engaged in shunting operations, might pass her, when suddenly one of the trucks by some means or other, was derailed and passed over her. Dr. Riaeley was soon in attendance, and ordered her to be removed to the Cardiff Infirmary, where she died in the evening. Deceased was only 13 years of age. _L_

SEVENTY YEARS A PREACHER. William Sanders, the oldest preacher in the Primitive Methodist connexion, d j d at Leek, Staffordshire, on Friday, He was 94 years pf age. When a young man he-used to tmtertain ifugh Bourne and Thoinan Bateman, thefpundssra pf the denomination, and preached its doctrines f<?r afrout 70 years.

COAL STRIKE ITEMS. COL. LYNE ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE STRIKE. Colonel Lyne, chairman of the Newport Board of Guardians, at the opening of the board meet- ing on Saturday congratulated the board and the district upon the conclusion of the ter- rible strike—a strike which had done harm to hundreds and thousands, and good to none. He hoped that through the strike the parties would see the desirability of capital and labour joining together instead of fighting one another. He thought that the work of dealing with the dis- tress in the Union had been carried out satis- factorily. The Finance Committee reported that owing to the extra expenditure of JE900, princi- pally on outdoor relief, the amount required for the coming half-year would be £ 900 more than in the previous six months. The result of the special valuations had however resulted in an increased ratable value of £ 40,000, so that the rats would remain the same as for the last half year. MEETING OF ABERNANT WORKMEN. We have been specially asked to report the I following resolutions passed by the Abernant workmen at a mas8 meeting in the Bute Arms' Mr J. Bufton in the chair :—(1) Mr W. Evans, Rhondda, was censured for giving the figures on Vlednesdav to some friend in the Rhondda.; (2) the Provisional Comlilitte was condemned for arranging a. joint meeting vAth the employers before- calJiw; a conference; and (3) the Trades Council of Cardiff was thanked for the reception proposed to be given Alderman D. Morgan, and the Executive Committee of the Aberdare and Merthyr District was asked to co-operate with them, but to allow no other committee to do so. GAR YV MINERS AGGRIEVED. At a mass meeting of Garw miners on Friday night, attended by 1,500 workmen, Mr John Thomas gave his reasons for refusing to sign the agreement at the joint conference, and his atti- tude was approved. Resolutions were also passed condemning the action of the Provisional Com mittee in signing the agreement, notwithstanding the resolution of the delegate meeting to unanimously retain Mabon's Day, and reÏuses any other further contributions to the Sliding Scale also declaring that the workmen may start when they choose on daily contracts no books to be signed till the agent is satisfied that the books are correct, and requesting that a deputation be sent to each of the collieries to see about lamps being provided for all workmen.

WELSH TIT-BITS. BY CADBAWD. BRYNLLYWARCH. An English reader sees nothing in the word that heads this paragraph to arrest his attention. To him it is au unpronounceable name—a jingle of consonants, with only a single vowel apparently^ But if my Saxon friend who happens to read this has an admiration for a ma.n who loves his prin- ciples more than temporal gain, then he will find in this Welsh name a good deal that will interest him. Brynllywarcli is an old farm house situated in the Llynii Valley, between Tondu and Masteg. The Llyufi Valley Railway pases through a por- tion of the courtyard (buarth). Originally the farm was the property of the Powells of Maesteg, of which family the Rev, Mr Jones took to himself a wife. At pre.sent the owner is Mr J. P. Traherne, of Coytrahene, who inherits the property from the Powells. The origin of the name is rather doubtful. Some suppose that the celebrated Llywatch Hen took refuge here while on his way as a fugitive through the land about the sixth century, and that the place ret:eived its name from thitt circumstance. Others state that the name Llywarch is a composite word I made up of Llu, and gwarch, the former meaning host and the latter a place of refuge, and was so called because that in one of the fierce battles fought here during the early history of Wales the retreating a1:my took refuge in this quiet nook. Be that as it may, the renown belonging to the place is not derived from Llywarch Hen, or from the Welsh Wars of Independency. What has given fame and importance to the place is the tact that the Rev. Samuel Jones, M.A., who was the father of Nonconformity in Wales, resided there. The Act of Uniformity, which was padded in the reign of Charles II, required all clergymen to declare their assent to everything contained in the Prayer Book. About two thou- sand clergymen declined to subscribe, and were consequently ejected from their livings. Mr Jones, who then held the living of Llangynwyd, was among those who were ejected. He retired to Brynlly wurch, where he opened a grammar school of high repute, which became the first Nonconformist Theological College in Wales. The late Rev. John Davies, of Cardiff, used to say that whenever he passed this venerable farm- house he felt inclined to take off his hat, because of the many associations that pertained to the place. Some five years ago there was erected over the grave of Mr Jones, at Llangynwyd Churchyard, a substantial monument, consisting of a handsome granite obelisk, with appropriate inscription and the following englyn composed by Ceulanydd:— Gwalia Hen, uwch trigle'i arch,—gar enw Gwr anwyl Brynllywarch Myn gofio, a mwyn gyfarch Ei oes byth a chynes barch. ELECTION SQUIBS. lolo Morganwg tells us in the piece of auto- biography prefixed to his first volume of poems that some of the earliest efforts of his muse— the earliest that attracted notice, at least-were. election squibs." I cannot say whether these have been preserved to our own day, for I have been able to see only but a very few of them. Political feeling in Glamorgan as well as in other counties 11808 at times run high. The contest be- tween Sir Christopher Cole aud Mr Lewis and be- tween Guest and Lord Adare, were long remem- bered by the old inhabitants, who could recollect the contests for the acrimony aroused thereby. Sir C. Cole was not possessed of great wealth, and therefore some of the Tory gentry of the county supported him in the contest. The expenses were heavy, and they had to smart for it. About this time Mrs Lewis, of Greenmeadow, near Cardiff, then a very young wife, engaged in an active canvas for her husband. Fortune did not favour her just then; but later on and for the greater part of a long life she enjoyed intense pleasure in the excitement of party politics. Mr Lewis was not credited with the possession of a.ny political talent. He was wealthy, and his wife, no doubt, was ambitious. Destiny severed the tie which bound her to Mr Lewis, and her widow- hood ended in her becoming the wife of the dis- tinguished Benjamin Disraeli. She died in 1375, as Viscountess Beaconsfieid. WELSH HOSPITAL AT ROME. An hospital for Welsh pilgrims was at some ancient period founded and endowed at Rome. In 1579 one Owen Lewis, a native of Cowbridge, was in Rome, and he made a grant of some farms ten miles east of Rome, which he had pur- chased, for the support of the said hospital. (Vide Strype's Memorials.") Some pilgrims from Wales are said to have visited this hospital in the fifteenth century. IOLO FARDD GLAS. Some months ago there appeared some jottings about this celebrated Welsh author. Recently I cam?, across an article which appeared in the Chester Oourant soon after his death, which I am sure will interest my readers. It is submitted without comment The Fate of a Welsh Author.—Lately at the. Workhouse 01 Penybont, Glamorganshire, the well-known Welsh bard and writer, Edward illiams (lolo Fardd Glas) breathed his last; at the patriarchal age of 80 years. He had been graduated as a bard in conformity to the custom and privilege of the Bards of the Isle of Britain; and he was one of the most laborious of writers, considering his station in life, of any age or country. By trade he was a cooper, and as long as he could he adhered to it as a means of gain- ing his livelihood; and wheu old age and 1llfirrnity prevented him doing so any longer his celebrity as a Welsh writer could not help him to a crust of bread. He commenced a Geographical Dictionary, aud proceeded with it as far as the letter L, but it was discontinued, probably for v/ant of support. He afterwards brought an Explanatory Dictionary in Welsh, of consider- able size, which was printed at Brecon (1823). He also published a volume of poems. He gained many prizes at'Eisteddfodau for compositions in prose and verse; and wrote a Welsh stanza when an inmate of the workhouse for which an- oti1er obtjlled the prize and honour at an Eis- teddfod. He thus ended a laborious life, deserv- ing of a better fate than the prison house of poverty, a fair warning to future aspirants to expect nothing from bardic congress except the prizes gained at the noisy gatherings of a Welsh Eisteddfod. But this is not all. It was two miles from the degrading scene of his deathbed to the place where the old bard was to take his final rest, and there he was taken in a cart, much like a malefactor taken to the gallows; and in Coity Churchyard, among the paupers of Penybont Workhouse, lies the once celebrated lolo Fardd Glas! Mr Ma.caaiay says that to die in a hospital and be buried in a parish vault was the fate of more than one writer in the time of Dr. Johnson, who if he had lived 30 years earlier would have sat in Parliament, and would have been entrusted with Embassies to the High Allies. The condition of men of genius was degrading enough in England at that time, but it has not yet improved in Wales." In his Dictionary, which lolo dedicated to Sir Charles Morgan, Baxt., M.P., Tredegar, President of the Cambrian Society, we find the following admonition, re Gesriadur," in the form of a "triban:— Bum ugain mlynedd brysur Cyn gorpheu y Geiriadur; A gwrthwynebol oedd y task, Cyn cael o'r wasg fy mhapur. THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN THIS COUNTRY. Charles Knight, in a postscript to his Bio- graphy of William Caxton," gives a list of sixty- four works assigned to the first English printer, furnished to the "Penny Cyclopedia," by Sir H. Ellis, librarian to the British Museum. The title of the first book printed in English runs tlyis" The Recuyll of the Historyes of Troyef l composed and drawen out of divorce bookes of Latyn iiito Frensshe, by Ravel Ie ffeure in the yere 1464, and drawen out of Ffrensshe into Englisshe by William Caxton, at the Commaund ment of Margarete Duchess of Bourgoyne, &c. Whyche said translation and werke was begourne in Brugis in 1468, and ended in the holy cyte of Coien 19 Sep 1471." The next on the catalogue -Mid llaO supposed to be the first printed in Eng- land, is—"The Game and Playe of the Chesse, translated out of the French, fynysshed the last day of Matche, 1474." fl tfust this will answer my correspondent' 8, E. D.'s" purpose. Thanks for his apprecia- tion ol Welsh Tit Bite." 4

CARDIFF. BICYCLE AccmENT.-On Sunday morning, 9 .Frederic Aspinal (44), divisional officer in Salvation Army, was riding a bicycle j Penarth-road near the Havannah School, front wheel got into the tram line, with j result that the unfortunate rider was thrown to the kerb and rendered unconscious. Help* soon at hand, and on regaining consciousness & £ I was conveyed to the Infirmary, where Dr. Forbel) dressed an ugly scalp wouud, and subsequent^ he was able to proceed to his residence, 1; Stacey-road. i A FRACTURED LEG.—On Saturday evening, a man named Debnell Godfrey, aged 60, cook ofl j board the s.s. Eden Barrymore, was in Mi^l j lane, Cardiff, he was knockwd down by a cab had his thigh broken. The injured limb was Put in splints by Dr. Lloyd, of Newport, who hap* pened to be on the spot, and subsequently he 1 was conveyed to the Infirmary. ,1 OUTING-Oll Saturday the Bethany Band 01; Hope held their annual outing at Sully. The j members, to the number of 80, accompanied W the superintendent, Mr W. H. Jenkins, Riverside Station at one o'clock, and a most enjoyable day was spent.—Bethany young men'. Bible class also held their picnic on Saturday* the place visited being Fontigary. The party, w the number of 20, left Wharton-street at two p.JØ- A very pleasant day was spent.

BRIDGEND. BBIDGEND AND COWBBIDGE IiOARD OF GUARD —The usual weekly meeting of this board held on Saturday at the Bridgend W orkho Archdeacon Edmondes presiding. It was I** ported that the amount of relief given in tb* mining districts under the board had decrease** considerably. The Finance Committee reporter that after the cheques which they had pasflfl" had been signed there would be a credit alailul of £ 400 to the board's account at the bank. THK FATAL ACCIDENT AT LITCHAKD QOABBY.< An inquest on the body of Jeremiah Toome aged 48, who was killed by a fall of earth if Litchard Quarry on Thursday last, was held tØ Saturday afternoon. Mr Robson, her Majesty* inspector of mines, was present to watch the ceedings. The evidence of the son of the deee showed that the man was standing on a ledge rock removing the earth from the top of a 1 stone, when the earth gave way and carded deceased with it. In the course of the evident of Mr Jacob Jenkins, a member of the firm owning the quarry, it was elicited that deceased "P tracted for working the quarry, and carried C&jt the place as he thought best. The De Coroner, in summing up, said that under th circumstances it was impossible for the jury tO blame anybody. A verdict of Accidental death was returned." PENYBONT DISTRICT COUNCIL.-An ordinal sanitary meeting of this Council was held at tb* Bridgend Workhouse on Saturday, Mr J. I. P* Nicholl (chairman) presiding. It was decided t the surveyor should be instructed to forthwith stop all colliers at present at work on the road i provements in view of the settlement of t strike, and the fact that work was obtainable ft* them at the collieries. A motion that the Pencoe* Parish Council be instructed to carry out efficient drainage scheme for that place in viefIc of the county medical officer's unfavourably report on the sanitation and water supply of Pen* coed was defeated, and an amendment carried that the matter be postponed for a month and the attention of the Pencoed Parish be once more drawn to the need of a proo drainage system at that place.

CHEPSTOW. LAUNCH.—On Saturday a large caisson ft*] Avonmouth Docks was successfully laoncb*^ from the yard of Messrs E. Finch and 001 Chepstow, in the .presence of large crowds of interested onlookers. HOSPITAL SU--NDA-Y.-The various Priendtf Societies held a parade on Sunday afternoon &OP attended Divine service at the parish church- ] Collections were made along the streets and iØ the church for the District Nurses' Fund and Jf Bristol General Hospital.

MERTHYR. GELLIGAER AND RmGos RURAL DrsTsO COUNCIL.—At the Mertbyr meeting of this bodl on Saturday, Mr David Hopkins, J.P., chairman presiding, Mr George Seaborne moved :—" That* book be kept at the Council offices, Hengoed^shO1*'} ing the name of every ratepayer in the pansb-0* 1 Gelligaer,togetherviitha,descriptionofthepropao, or concern which is rated and the amount so 1 which it is assessed for the poor." He arga8d that if the members could at all times exaJDiØØ such list it would be a protection and guaraatio against any inequality or partiality in RATIOL and even against a suspicion of such things. BefO*S bringing this matter forward he waited the Council had proper buildings in which the W could be kept. Mr D. S. Jones seconded tJaI motion, which was carried unanimously.

MORRISTON. PRESENTATION.—Mr A. A. Lewis, for the l*8^ 12 years chief of the office staff at the DufW* Tinplate Works, Morriston, was on Saturday night presented with a gold watch by the fi*?1 and the employees as a token of respect on bl4 leaving for the Ashburnham Tinplate Work* Burry Port. Alderman W. H. Edwards pr and complimentary addresses were made by tm .J. Chairman, Dr. E. Rice Morgan, Messrs DaJ^™ Edwards, J.P., David Edwards, David GrxffitW (accountant), and John Davies. MUNICIPAL ELECTION. A deputation ba* I waited upon Mr David Owen, J.P., urging him ø. allow himself to be nominated for one of tbf 1 vacant seats on the Swansea Town Council November. 1

LYDBROOK. J ODDFELLOWS' CHURCH PARADE.—On Sunday I afternoon the members of the Courtfield Lodtf! of Oddfellows, together with friends, at the Courtfield Arms, and headed by tb* Trafalgar Brass Band, marched to the Paris" Church at Lydbrook for Divine service. sermon was preached by the Rev. T. H. Hoito vicar of Lydbrook. =

SWANSEA. PARISH CHURCH.—It transpires that the donøt of Ae treble bell at the new parish church (St Mary's), Swansea, is Mr Evan Evans, grocefi High-street, who desires it to serve as a memo of his late brother, Mr Daniel Evans, the fa-0 person to import American provisions direct frof the States to Swansea.

= PRICE OF BREAD IN CARDIFF j The Cardiff Master Bakers' and Millers' j Association have decided that on and after to-ds^ (Monday), and until further notice, the price øf bread is to be fyced at 4d per 41b. loaf, aud tbf price of flour 2s 2d per score for plai-ntie beS* .i bread, 5!d.,

FATAL CYCLING ACCIDENT. SON OF SIR W. BAILEY KILLED. News reached Beaumaris on Saturday that Mr I Percy Bailey, third son of Sir William Bailey, of Salford, who has a residence at Beaumaris, had met with an accident whilst riding his bicycle from Bangor to Lake Yyrnwy, and after remain- ing unconscious for about an hour he succumbed to his injuries.

THE QUEEN OF HOLLAND. On Friday the burgomaster of Amsterdam, in the name of the n&tion,and as a thank offering for the coming of age of Queen Wilhelmiua, pre- sented the Queen Regent with the sum of 300,000 florins. Queen Emma, in accepting the money, said it would be devoted to a work of charity viz., the establishment of a convalescent home at Nassauoord, the first institution of the kind in the country.—Central News. ELECT INTELLIGENCE.

CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNCIL. THE OFFICE OF TREASURER. The death of Mr D. Long Price, of Talley House, near Llandilo, caused a vacancy in the Carmarthenshire County Council appointments, and at a. special meeting of that body on Satur- day, Professor Jones, the chairman, presiding, sympathetic allusion was made to the recent loss. —The Chairman, in proposing a vote of condo- lence with the family of the deceased gentleman, who had held the office of county treasurer for very many years, was certain that Mr Long Prices's courtesy and kindness of heart had en- deared him to them all, and that they would greatly miss his genial presence for a very long time to come. (Hear, hear.)—The Vice-chairman (Mr Mayberry, Llanelly) seconded the motion, which was supported by Mr Gwilym Evans. Westfa, who hoped the surviving sons would emulate their highly-honoured father.—The reso- lutionj was passed.—Mr W. N. Jones (Tirydail) proposed the temporary appointment until the October meeting of Mr Peel Price, who had acted as his father's deputy for several years, the stipend to be the same, viz., at the rate of £250 per annum.—Mr John Lloyd (Penybank), seconded;—Sir James Williams Drummond, Bart., the Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, in supporting, spoke oi tho satisfactory way in which Mr Peel Price had grasped the work as did also Mr Tregoning. who had been chairman of the Finance Committee for some years, and Professor Jones, the' latter stating that the treasurer had to deal with some £45,000 yearly.— The motion was adopted with acclamation.—Mr Henry Jones-Davies (Glyneiddan) initiated a protracted discussion, during which there was much wrangling, by a proposal to inquire the terms of bank managers for undertaking the duties of the treasurership.—Mr D. Evans (Pem- brey) seconded.—Mr Gwilym Eva.ns, Mr Tre- goning, the chairman, and many others opposed, and on the motion of the first-named it was car- ried by 2.3 to 16 votes, as an amendment, that the Council have a treasurer of its own on the ground that he would be the Council's servant, which would not be the case if a bank manager were employed.—Mr Tregening moved that a treasurer be appointed at the next Council meeting at a salary of £150 a year.—Sir James Williams Drum- mond seconded.—Mr John Lloyd (Penybank) moved that that sum be paid on the distinct under- standing that the work be carried on at the cen- tral office. It was pointed out that the office was not in existence.—Mr Lloyd said room could soon be found for one by clearing out the magisterial wine cellar. (Laughter.)—After much animated talk Mr Tregonmg's motion was carried.

THE ILLNESS OF THE REV. TOWYN JONES. We regret to state that the Rev. Towyn Jones, ,of Garuant, has been so indisposed throughout the mouth of August that he failed to fulfil any of his numerous engagements. At the end of August he was advised to take a sea trip from Swansea to Oban, but he returned to Garnant last Friday week in a worse condition than when he started. He has since been dangerously ill with rheumatic fever, and it must be hard for a man hitherto so active to be unable to move either hand or foot. Great concern has been felt by hia illness in East Carmarthen, and in every place in the Principality where it has become known, as Mr Towyn Jones is one of the best known national characters. All his engagements during the month of September have been can- celled, for it will take him many weeks before he will be able to get about again, but it is to be hoped that, under Providence, and the careful treatment of Dr. Howell Rees, J.P., Ghn Garnant, he will ultimately get convalescent.

TRIBUTE TO A LATE NEWPORT MINISTER. At the weekly meeting of the Newport Board of Guardians, held atthe Town Hall on Saturday,, the Chairman (Col. Lyne) referred to the loss which the board and the district had sustained by the death of the Rev. Charles Ayliffe, who was at the time ofhis death and had been for many years a member of the board. Mr Ayliffe was a very active member o" the board, and there was no member who had performed his duty with greater assiduity than he had done. His efforts were not confined to that' board, nor to the dis- trict which the- board covered his reputation for goodness and kindness and utility was wide- spread. Every man in Newport would echo the f sentiments which-had been expressed relative to Mr Ayhffe by the Press. He was one of those men who were never beaten, and would never willingly submit to a wrong law, and oftentimes Isuggested in connection with that. board that they should do what was right and just if the law would not permit it. They would all lament his loss, others—the poor girls and poor boys— would miss him sadly, and he did not know how I his place was to be filled. He (the chairman) moved that the board should place on record an appreciation of My Ayliffe's great services, and that a resorotion of condolence should be sent to Mrs Ayliffe and family. Councillor Moses Wheeler seconded the motion, which was passed by the members upstanding.

BREWSTER SESSIONS. HUNDRED OF SWANSEA. The annual general licensing meeting for the Hundred of Swansea was held at the Swansea Police Court on Saturday morning, the justices on the bench being Mr William Walters fin the chair), Dr. Howell Thomas. Dr. John Paddon. Messrs. David Owen, Rd. Woollacott, Ed. Daniel, Daniel Edwards, Joseph Davies, and J. W. Lewis. HALFWAY INN, LLANSAMXJST. The police opposed the renewal of the licence of the Halfway Inn, Llansamlet, Susannah Rees, tenant, on the ground of a conviction and defects in the sanitary arrangements. The licence was I renewed upon an undertaking being given that the sanitary defects were properly remedied. PUNVANT INN. Mr John Isaac applied through Mr R. T. Leyshon for the renewal of the licence of the Dunvant Inn, Danvant, against which there was a conviction for selling drink during illegal hours. The licence was renewed. NO APPEARANCES. There were no appearances in the cases of the Plough and Arrow, Llangyfelach, John Walters, tenant and the Welcome Inn, Mynyddbach, Anthony Gower. tenant, which were also ou the I black list, and these were adjourned till the adjourned sessions on the 24th inst.

MASONS' DISPUTES AT BARRY DOCK. A charge of subletting has been made by the Masons' Society at Barry against Messrs Rutter, Britton, and Rendell and Motton respectively, who are all local contractors, and in consequence of the employment of a non-Unionist, about ten men employed by the latter firm have struck work. The two former contractors denied the charge of sub-letting, and the latter maintained that it was a custom to have some channelling work done as piecework in the same way as at Cardiff and other places without this being con- sidered sub-letting. At a meeting held on Satur- day night the dispute was partially settled. There were six local employers and five representatives of the men present at the conference, which was presided over by Mr S. Hopkins. Instances were pointed out in the course of the proceedings in which both sides had broken local rules. A long discussion took place with regard to the action of the men in leaving the employ of Messrs Rendell and Motton in consequence of the employment of free labour, but no decision was arrived at. This matter will however be dealt with at the general meeting of the Master Builders' Association, to be held on Tuesday (to-morrow) evening.

THE TINPLATE TRADE. i LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—The chief event of the week has been the ending of the Welsh coal strike. Tinplates should now be on a better basis; indeed, evidence of an improvement is already before us several makers displaying willingness to book forward in rather extensive lines, and buyers are on the alert to make favour- able contracts. The oilmsp are comparatively quiet, and any business offering from them is based upon 108 to 10s lAd for 19;k and 18 x 14 Bessemer, and 14s for 10 x 20 Siemens. Con- siderable lines of wasters and odd stock have changed hands on continental at fair prices. Canada plates are also in request at £7 to JE7 Is 3d f.o.b. Wales. San Francisco has again been nibbling, and it looks as if the difference between United States makers and Wales is very trifling and might be overcome by a small reduction in price by Welsh makers. The Danubian season is practically over, time for shipment before close of navigation being near at hand. Other markets are dull and featureless. Prices unal- tered from last week, and areBessemer cokes C 14 x 20, 9s iOjd to 10a C 182 and 191 x 14, 10s to 10s ld; squares and odd sizes, 10s 1hl basis Siemens' cokes, C 14 x by 20, 10s ld "C 10 x 20, 14s lJd squares and odd sizes, 10s. 3d basis; charcoal tins, Us and upwards, according to quality and finish, and ternes 19s 3d per double box. all f.o.b. Wales.

CARDIFF THEATRE ROYAL. The Circus Girl" is one of those up-to-date successes of which a Cardiff audience never tires, and it will be regarded by our readers as good news that to-night and during the week Mr Geo. Edwardes's great Gaiety success will hold the boards at the Cardiff Theatre Royal. The com- pany will be a splendid one, including as it does Miss Hetty Chapman, Miss Elise Cooke, and Miss Olive Marston, and Messrs Charles E. Steven?, Goerge P. Huntley, Edward Lauri, and W. H. Kemble. There will be a full chorus and an augmented orchestra, and doubtless a big audience will welcome this bright and sparkling production.

GRAND THEATRE, CARDIFF. At the Grand Theatre, Cardiff, this week the Arizona Joe Company will appear in the Belle of the West," a stirringly, dramatic production by Colonel Bruce. The story is one of the Western States, and the scenes are wild and realistic. A great feaure of the piece will be the acting horseA and dos. Thera is plenty of sensa- tion, one of the greltt feats being the shooting g,wayof a bringe and the fall of a horse ana rider for a distance of 15ft.

LYCEUM THEATRE, NEWPORT. The management of this pretty and well- appointed place of entertainment continues to eater successfully for the amusement of the public, now wholly dependent upon it in matters theatrical. The Circus Girl," which has bad a fairly good run considering tho season, is this week succeeded by the absorbing domestic drama entitled The Sledge Hammer." A guarantee for the excellenca of the drama lies in the fact that it has been adapted to the English stage by Wilson Barrett, that pastmaster in the art of stagecraft. The scenery .and costumes are excel- lent, the music sparkling, and there is much realism surrounding a fight with sledge hammers inside the blacksmith's shop. --=- -=

KICKED BYAHOESE. SAD DEATH OF A TREDEGAR HAULIER. Russel, a haulier employed under Messrs J. T. Jenkins and Co., the Brewery, Tredegar, died from the result of a kick delivered by a horse on Saturday evening. It appears that during the da,y Russel had been severely kicked in the abdomen by one of the horses he was driving. On arriving home he complained of being ill. and medical assistance was procured, but he expired shortly after. The deceased was one of the oldsst employees of the brewery com- pany, was 36 years of age, and married. .M15 'JI

LATE'^SHIPPING'NE WS. [LLOYD 'o TELEGUAMS.] The Norwegian barque D. H. Morris, before reported ashore at Savannah, has arrived at Savannah partially dismasted. The Norwegian barque Ragna, before reported ashore at Savannah, will be a total loss. The steamer Neva sunk at Leith after collision with the Majorca. She was bound for Rochester with a cargo of cement. Crew saved. The Majorca was bound to Pillau, and proceeded undamaged. The steamer Cleopateca, from New York, passed Gra,vesend at 12.30 on Sunday morning for Albert Dock, towed by two tugs, with boilers leaky. The*stearner Aira Force, from Whitehaven for Clarecastle, is ashore on Carrick Rocks, Wexford. Her middle hold is full of water, but the fore and aft compartments are dry. The tug Wexford went to her assistance. Crew saved. A Savannah telegram states that further losses are reported in the late hurricane but principally > of coastguard craft. A Nagasaki telegram states that the steamer t Zealandia has sustained damage. She was surveyed and recommended to dock for further examination.

BURGLARY AT LLANELLY. The Llanelly Steam Laundry was closed early on Saturday night in consequence of the want of ga,s illumination. The carman was there last of I all, and on Sunday morning, when he went to feed the horse, he noticed that a pane of glass was broken. Miss Sullivan (the manageress) was communicated with, and on an examination of the premises it was found that the clothes had been disturbed, the locks of several drawers burst, and a small Hum of money taken. The matter is now in the hands of the police.

SYMOND'S YAT. J CARNIVAL.-On Saturday evening a large nufll* ') ber of spectators from Ross, Lydbrook, Whi*' church, Monmouth, and other places assemble^ at Svmond's Yat to witness the annual carniv»' on the river Wye. The weather was fine, aPa t the illuminated huts presented a very pretftf sight.

ISLE OF WIGHT MURDER* At Newport (Isle of tVight) on Saturday < Maurice Holbrook was chaiged on his own cOn" fession with the murder of a boy named Perol Hayter in Parkhurst Barracks field- Accoosu when he gave himself up stated that he was vaq weak, having bad nothing to eat but a pennywOO17 of buns for three days. He did not, he said, knOI4 what made him commit the crime. He was coul' mitted for trial.

SWIMMING. INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING MATOS. PARIS, Sunday—The international swimmw match over the course of 500 metres was woa tbJi afternoon by the Englishman Greasly in tbe, remarkably short time of 6min. 59sec. Standrinfr another Englishman, wa,s second, five mettso behind, the French champion Paulus being 5" metres behind. The match was swum in Seine near Bagatelle. The winner received 2 great ovation, and afterwards dived into tb^ river from the Puteaux Bridge.—Renter.

CYCLING FATALITY. 1 On Friday afternoon a young lady cyoMflti resident of Catford, collided with a brewer's va* in Southend-road, Beckenhaai. She waa off her machine, and the wheels passed over hey: chest and killed her. j

SPAIN AND THE CUBAN DEBT. MADRID, Friday Night.—The Minister cf TW Colonies denies having made any setuamat. the Cuban debt. He denies also that it haG bedI decided not to pay the coupons on the debt. TJ* Minister is in a difficult position owing to tit large amounts he has to send to Cuba, Port" Rico, and Manila.—

j&gq %'atg far daasrSctrtimt. 222, HIGH-STREET, SWANSEA. TO HOSIERS, HAIRDRESSERS, AND UNRESEIWED SALE of a HOSIER'S cefHATTKB-t" STOCK and SHOP FITTINGS, together ndjh 1;11" Furniture and Trade Fittings of a HA-rr.- DR^SSER's ESTABLISHMENT. r TyrESSRS JOHN M. LEEDERaiid SOi4 i-VJL will SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, at above premises, on MONDAY, September-5th, under a distress for rent, the whole of the STOCK-IN-TRADE, Comprising gentlemen's white and coloured ahirij underclothing, silk, felt and other hats, boys' rnen's caps. umbrellas, gloves, mufflers, silk ha- chiefs, collars, fronts, ties, &c., together with gany top counter, handsome shop mirror, bentwo,, shop chairs, linoleum, aud two outside incandesce*1 lamps. HAIIVDBESSER'S ESTABMSHIUJNT.—Three shf-viw chairs with ad(ustable headrests, three usefutm corner settle in American leather, &c. Sale to commence at 11.30 Iun. Goods on view morning of Sale. Auctioneers' Officcs, Goat-street Chambers, SVW sea. BAKERS.—Thomas and Evans, Porth, have vacant! for Young Man about 20 as Second; must be strict" sober; state wages. 9ZlØ GROCERS' Hauliers.- Young Man wanted for shop at Norton Bridge, Pontypridd; inticors.-XRV Thomas and Evans, Perth. TIZIS XTfTANTED, a smart Lad one accustomed to fy lawyer's office preferred.—Apply, by letter oOW Roberts-Jones, Western Mail Chambers, Cardiff. gloo GROCEHS' Asslstantö.-An experienced GR and Improver wanted.-Apply D. iones, DickinSO" and Co., Ltd., Dowlais. 919P.^1 APARTMENTS or Board-Residence; well-furnish^ front rooms central.—1, Llanbleddian Gard«cg> rilO Grocers.-Wanted at once, two smart JunWfJf* X Colea' Housenold Stores, Pontypridd. » ]

TRADES CONGRESS. NEW PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE. CHILD LABOUR, The concluding sitting of this year's Trades Union Congress was held on Saturday in the Lesser Colston Hall, Bristol, under the presi- dency of Mr J- O'Grady. THE WELSH MINERS' DISPUTE. The President announced that a letter in <eply to the telegram of sympathy with the Welsh miners sent by the congress had been received from the committee at Cardiff, expressing the thanks of the miners' confer- ence held at Cardiff, representing over 100,000 ence held at Cardiff, representing over 100,000 workers, to the members of the congress for their assistance to the Welsh miners in their straggle with capital in South Wples." (Cheers.) PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE. Mr Aspinwall (Wigan) announced that the following had been elected as tho members of the Parliamentary Committee for the ensuing twelve months :—Mr E. Coivey, Miners' Federation, Wakefield. 878; Mr W. Thome, Gasworkers, London, 823; Mr F. Chandler, Carpenters and Joiners, Manchester, 658; Mr J. Mitchell, Amalga- mated Engineers, Glasgow, 592; Mr W. J. Davis, Brassworkers, Birmingham, 567 Mr W. Hutison, Amalgamated Railway Servants, Darlington, 558; Mr R. Knight, Boilermakers, Newcastle, '3 346 Mr D. Holmes, Northern Counties Weavers, Burnley, 545; Mr A. Wilkie, Associated Ship- wrights, Newcastle, 511 Mr W. Mnllin, Card and Blowing Room Operatives, Manchester, 458 Mr W. Iuskip. National Boot and Shoe Operatives, Leicester, 445 Mr H. W. Bowerman, London Society of Compositors, 439. Mr Sam Woods, M.P. (Miners' Federation of Great Britain), was again elected unopposed as secre- tary. CHILD LABuUR IN FACTORIES. Mr SHACKLETON (Darwenj said that as the textile workers had been attacked by the president and other members of the congress in connection with the system of child labour, he thought it would not be fair to pass the question over with- out giving t'le texti;).e reri--e titives an oppor- tunity of speaking. The PRESIDENT having sanctioned discussion, Mr PETE CURRAN (London; moved the following resolution, submitted by the Gasworkers and General Labourers' Union Con;õidering that the employment of children in factories and workshops and on board river and canal craft, •and their consequent exploitation by the capita- list, is injurious to the children, un- just to their parents, and a crime against the human race, considering the infam- DUS fact that the children of the working class have not the same opportunities of the class- oom and the play-ground as the children of the capitalist class; considering that in this connec- tion Great Britain is behind other countries; considering that unhappy parents, under an unhappy system, are actually willing, and even anxious, to have their children torn from school and hurried into the factory-this congress is of opinion that the time has come for Great Britain to cease building its Empire on children's hearts, to up coining its wealth out of children's wasted lives, and hereby instructs the Parliamen- tary Committee to demand, as a temporary minimum from the Government, the abolition of (a) child labour under the age of 14, and (b) all night labour under the age of 18." Mr BAKEY (Wigan) seconded the resolution. Mr CUMMINGS (Leeds) said that even the Tory Education Department was in favour of raising the age to 13, and of making it almost impossible for children to leave school before the age of 14. Their Trades Union friends then would be behind eve-a the Tory Education Department if they opposed this resolution. It was not only the textile workmen who were concerned in this matter. A circular had recently been issued by the Educa- tion Department asking for particulars as to children who were full-timers in school, but who worked in their spare time. The result of investi- gation showed that there were only99 half-timers in the Leeds Board Schools, but they had over 1,500 full-timers who were working from six to 50 hours a week in order to earn a living, their wages ranging from 6d to 6s. He believed that if they could obtain returns from the Roman Catholic and the Voluntary schools, it would be found that the total would be increased by 50 per cent. This, he considered, was a disgrace which should be wiped out. (Cheers.) Mr SHACKLETON (Darwen) said he supposed the delegates who spoke at the congress represented the views of those who sent them there. (Hear, hear.) That being so, he would explain his case. After the last congress, at which a similar resolution to that now proposed was adopted, they decided to take a ballot, without giving any advice in any shape or form to the members. They had read the reports of the discussion on the question from time to time, and it was thought advisable to take the ballot on the subject before the Home Secretary was approached by the annual trades deputa- tion. What was the result ? Only 3,429 voted in favour of the resolution carried at the last con- gress, while 79,959 voted against it. (Cries of "Shame.") Their friends had better go to the people who voted and tell them shame." He had nothing to do with that. His point was that he was there representing those who knew more about the question than the whole lot who sup- ported the resolution. (Cries of Oh !") The remarks of Mr Cummings should lead some of them to reflect that the textile workers were not the worst. So far as they were concerned, it should be remembered that their children were in their parents' employment and not in the employment of the employers. (Cries of Shame !") In the textile trade women were paid at the same rate as men, with the result that they had the best trained female labour. What was the usual result when women worked at less wages than men in the same trade ? Why, that the men had to look out for fresh shops. But that was not so with the textile trade, where they kept up the standard of female life by insisting upon women receiving the same rate of wages as the men for the same class of work. (Hear, hear.) They were charged in the resolution with being inhuman. (Hear, hear.) They had been charged by the president in his address with being the accessories to legalised murder. (Cheers.) More than one- half of the children in the textile industry were the children of men who earned 30s, 35s, or X2 per week. One-half of the half-timers were not the children of the textile workers at all, but of ,gas workers, carpenters and engineers. These people, as soon as they can get the School Board papers, sent their children off to the mill. Mr A. GEE (Hudclersfield) said he had under- itood the president in his opening address to atate that the child labour evil was a growing one ill the Lancashire and Yorkshire districts. (A Delegate It is not true.") That was what he wished to point out. As far as Yorkshire was concerned—(A Delegate And Lancashire ")— as far as Yorkshire, about which he ccnew most, was concerned, the evil was Hot a growing but a decreasing one. If they iwrald increase the standard from the second to "ihe fifth or sixth before allowing chilrren to work at all, then they would very soon get rid of the half-time system. He was in favour of raising the age, but would prefer that it should be done gradually. It was now 11 it would probably be 12 next, and all the resolutions they >;ould pass would not hasten the process. Ulti- mately the limit would doubtless be 13 or even 14. His advice was to go on stage by stage. The resolution was then carried by a very large majority. The congress passed the following resolution without comment:— That this congress is of the opinion that children from 11 to 13 years of age should not be allowed to work mote than four hours per day in any industrial occupation, and that such working day shall not commence before 8.30 a..m., a-nd, farther, they shall not be employed any later than 6 o'clock p-m. We therefore instruct the Parliamentary Committee to form and support a Bill in Parliament for that object." PAYMENT OF MEMBERS. "That this congress instructs the Parlia- mcuUtxy Committt-e to introduce a Bill into the House of Commons legalising the payment of Members of Parliament, coupled with the pay- meat of returning officers' charges from the local rates." ARBITRATION AND TRADE DISPUTES. That in the opinion of this congress the time kwa arrived for compulsory arbitration to be anforced in cases of trade disputes. That it be wi instruction to the Psj-linmectary Committee M prepare a Bill dealing with the subject fOJ: inti.) Parliament, and that the £ >«b0srr me.-xtem- be requested to support the »IC»SS«T:S s»nd do sdl IA their power to procure its B through the House of Commons." Ths following amendment was also agreed to, although it was pointed out that its principle was opposed to the resolution already adopted'.— "That while favourably disposed towards the criiieiplfts it arbitration in labour disputes, this Xiitgxess is net in faw-rir of the forcible dragoon- sag of either party. But would urge upon the psrlisvmentary Committee the necessity of moving a jeaoluticn in the British House of Commons fÏ}, ail C'I J.irAetora be permanently debarred fgmn tendering 1m: any Government work. who, tn eithar their public or privat.e capacity as wnpfcyoxs, refuse to submit a labour dispnte to «bitra.tiaa when requested by the Board of XTadc." FATAL ACCIDENTS. this o ingrsss is in favour of the Fatal Acci- Traniry Act (Scotland) biling amended so 1give the same powers under the Act as are- ":ï.t at the coroners' inquests in England. F-th#w, that no amendment of these Acts can be n'hich ucss not empower (as a legal --gbt) ciocers of Trades U nions to represent the ioceased members upon all such inquiries. Mr S. Woods, M.P., announced that at a meeting of the newly-elected Parliamentary Com- -stfttee Mr Davis, of Birmingh,%mhad been anaaii- X40w..ty appointed chairman. The committee had decided to issue a circular notifying to the that the Federation Congress would meet rf. Manchester in the last week of January next. Tbeproeeeçlidgs closed with the usual vote of ;k?«nks and the singing,of" Auld Lang Syne.

1 Mornington Cannon had for some time been taking things somewhat easily, bat during the caat week he has had 19 mounts, of which seven .itave been winners. These additions to his score save again made his position ft. third in the list flf winning jockeys safe for present; and although Madden's position the top seems to be mtaaeaHabie with 116 wins, Cannon may yet. foojrli second, for with 83 he is but seven behind T. Loates. Allsopp has had six winners out of 22 "sides, and goes up into the fourth place,, to the detriment of S. Lo"es amd-:C. Wood. FHI&MPB'S 1B 6D TBA is a Triumph of-the Tea Sieuding Art It is distinctltv superiorw so-cafled >■ ftnest teas." Have you tried it 1

RAILWAY DISASTER AT WELLINGBOROUGH. LIST OF KILLED AND INJURED. HEARTRENDING SCENES. As reported on Saturday a shocking disaster took place on Friday night on the Midland I MS Railway, resulting in the deaths of severalpersong.. and severe injury to a number of others. TWO MORE DEATHS. Miss Clark, of King's Norton, who was OIL Friday night reported to be in a critical conSi- tion, died on Saturday morning. The othersate making satisfactory progress. A Northampton correspondent telegraphs :— Mr Arthur Dix, of Derby, who was admitted to the Northampton Infirmary suffering from ba.d internal injuries, died at three o'clock on Satur- day. The other injured persons at the Infirmary are :-Joseph Thornton, Leicester, fractured leg and broken ribs James Fleet, Derby, internal injuries Roger Toms, Derby, injuries to spine and legs Oliver Green, Leicester, eight years of age, both legs fractured and one since amputated Allan Swan, Leicester, injuries to head and foot Isabella Cawson, crushed foot and shock and another lady, believed to be a sister of the last-named, who is badly shaken. All the patients, with the exception of the one whose injuries have proved fatal, are reported well. Mr Thornton's condition, however, is regarded as critical, and his wife was telegraphed for on Saturday morning. INJURED AT NORTHAMPTON INFIRMARY. Another correspondent telegraphs that with two exceptions the injured passengers of the wrecked Manehester express now in Northampton Infirmary are this morning reported to be making good progress. The exceptions are the cases of a boy about seven years of age and a gentleman, name at present unknown. In each of these cases the injuries are of a terrible character, and both patients are considered to be in a critical condition. The accident is regarded as one of the most remarkable of recent years, and the fact that only four lives were lost is also regarded as extraordinary considering all the circumstances. Railway experts attriLmi.8 the comparatively light death roll to the great strength of the rolling stock of which tetC wrecked express was composed. Had the carriages been ordinary ones there is no doubt that several would have been telescoped, and the resultant lofcs of life would have been appalling. As it was there was only slight telescoping of one-carriage in which there were few passengers. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. The accident was due, as already explained, to the thoughtless act of a couple of lads in play- ing with a luggage truck in which a postman had taken some mail bags on to the platform. The perfect working arrangements cf the Midland Company, the strength of the rolling stock and permanent way, and the ceaseless vigilance of the signalling staff could not avail against such a sudden and unpremeditated action as that, but the consequences would have been averted had the express been only a few minutes later. The postman realised like a flash that the truck was on the line over which the Manchester express would soon pass, and shouting for help he immediately commenced to tug at the trolley. Several railwaymen ran to his assistance, but in another instant the roar of the approaching express was heard, and the men on the line just had time to save their lives as the disaster occurred. The railway officials behaved with commend- 0 able vigour and discretion in rescuing the injured passengers and clearing away the wreckage from the line. The important main line traffic was diverted on to a siiort section of rails ordinarily used for goods wo, rejoining the main line some distance north of the scene of the disaster. The result was that the dislacation of traffic was com- paratively trifling considering the magnitude of the mishap. THE WRECK ON FIRE. It has been ascertained that the fire which fol- lowed the wreck of the Manchester corridor train was caused by some burning embers from the en- gine's furnace setting light to escaping gas used in the corridor carriages for lighting and cooking purposes. The report that the fire continued to blaze until last midnight is incorrect. The fire was speedily txtinguished by the company's ser- vants, and not one passenger was inj ured by the flames. A PASSENGER INVERVIEWED. GRAPHIC NARRATIVE. Mr George Spicer, of Dover, who was a pas- senger by the train; travelling to Nottingham, makes the following statement The train was very full of passengers, and so far as I can remember was made up of about eight coaches, two of which were the corridor dining cars and third class, and one first. I travelled in the third dining car, all the seats in which were occupied. There were two or three ladies. We stopped at Bedford at a quarter to 8, and all went well until about 20 minutes past 8, when we ran through Wellingborough Station. We were then travelling at a good, swinging pace. I was sitting at table at the rear end of the carriage, with an American gentleman, who had just crossed from Paris, and was travelling to Man- chester. We both had A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. We had just finished dinner, and succeeded in securing two seats in the front half of the saloon, which was used as a smoking compartment. We had not been there three minutes before the dis- aster happened. It was a terrible experience. The first intimation we had of anything being wrong was when we were running through Wel- lingborough. We had just cleared the station when there was 9, terrific jerking of the tram and a grating noise as though we were swinging round a sharp curve in the line. Then came the sensation that the train was being violently pulled, a loud crash, and the train appeared as though it were being doubled up. We realised at once that a shocking accident had happened. It all occurred in a few seconds. Everyone in the car was stupefied, and all was confusion. A huge body crashed along the metals and landed along- side our car. I afterwards found that it was the engine. The splintering of timber and the crash- ing of glass, accompanied by the piercing SHBIEKS OF 1IEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, was horrifying. Our car was suddenly filled with steam, which completely obscured everything, j and for a few minutes it was impossible to realise what had happened, whether we were in a tunnel or where we were. I could hear people groaning, and some shouting, Make for the windows,' while there was a crashing of glass caused by some of the passengers clearing a way through the window panels. In a few minutes the steam had cleared away, and we were able to realise to some extent what had happened. The interior of the car was in a state of the wildest confusion, and everyone appeared more or less dazed. The car was a wreck, tables and chairs being over- turned, and the floor strewn with wreckage of different kinds. So far as I was able to ascertain no one in our car had broken limbs, but several had contused wounds and were badly cut about the face and hands with the splinters of broken glass. I saw two gentlemen with BLOOD STREAIHTNG DOWN THETBPACES and two of the passengers had fainted. When the collision occurred it appeared as though the car was being crushed by the great pressure. An examination proved that the ends of the car had suffered the most, that nearest the engine being telescoped right up to the compartment at the end of which I was sitting. My ojily injury was a slight scratch, but a gentleman sitting opposite me and one at the side were rather badly knocked me and one at the side were rather badly knocked about. As soon as we could get free of the car a sickening sight presented itself. The accident had occurred in a deep cutting, for there was a high embankment run iningup alongsidethe train The first thing which we noticed when the steam had blown ¡);way was that the whole of the train in front of us-about three carriages—was on fire, the dry timber blazing fiercely. Everything immediately in front of us was smashed into splinters. THE PIKE CAST A LURID GLABiI over the wreckage, which was scattered in al- directions. A few people, attracted by the fear- ful crash, had already assembled along the fence at the top of the embankment. Before extrica- ting myself from my carriage I looked out at the debris. There, right opposite to the car, lay a dark form huddled up, which I recognised to be a human being. Within a few feet of the spot was another body—a man—apparently qnrteMfe- le38. From what I afterwards learned the bodies were those of the enginedriver and stoker. Just above these two poor creatures, hurled high up the embankment, was a, poor little child whose agonising screams were piteous to hear. It was about the first removed from the scene, for some of the onlookers ran down the bank and took it away. I was told that one leg of the child was crushed. I saw one man almost lifeless trying to raise his head, which appeared to be frightfully wounded. In a very short time a number of local doctors were on. the spot, and several ambulance parties arrived. A great number of people appeared to be suffering from injuries more or less serious. Several were sent on to the Northampton Infir- mary for treatment, and others are being attended to locally. The whole of the carriages in front of the third-class dining-car were smashed into- splL-ters, and it is feared that some bodies may be under the debris. The fearful nature of the accident may be ganged from the fact that the engine and tender were divided, and had been hurled right down to either side of the car in < which I had been seated. Some of the PASSKNGERS WERE QUITE FBAXTIC. It was a scene of great excitement at the raifcway station. The little telegraph office and signal box were besieged with people desirous of wiring to their friends. Numbers of the passengers bore ample evidence of the dreadful experiences they had passed through, several having their faces- badly gashed. One little child was in her father's arms, and both were badly bruised a-bout the face, from which the blood was running. I asked tho father if the child had any very serious injuries, but he only replied, half dazed, that he did not know, and was waiting for a doctor The railway officials lent every assistance in their power. In a very few miantes the whole town of We borough was alarmed, and a dense crowd of spectators had assembled at the scene of the dismter. THE CAUSE OF THE CATASTROPHE is stated to be due to the foolish-act of some lada,: who pushed a truck on to the rails. I learnt this, from a gentleman who was apparently connected with the line. He told me that had he been a minute earlier he could have averted thecalaanity. He saw the truck pushed on to the line, and ran to get it off. He was too late, and nearly lost his fife in attempting to reach it. One of the local Post Office officials named Thomas Smith, who was-on the platform and saw the barrow the boya. were playing with swerve tonmrdo-the line, tried to render assistance, but was too late. The train dashed through the stagm at the rate of-about 40 miles an hour. A breakdown gang arrived to-night. It is feared that more bodies will be found under the heap of burning debris. LIST OF KILLED AND INJURED. The Press Association's Wellingborough cor- respondent telegraphs :-The following is a list of the killed and injured sot far as-can at present ,be, aseertainecl KILLED. Edward Meadows, of Leicester. Engine driver Joyce, of Leicester. Fireman T-Richardson, High-street, Leicester. Mr A W, Dix, Dairy Farm-road, Derby, Miss Clark, King's Norton, and a lady not yet identified, making a, total of six. INJUBED. Messrs and Miss Otdacre, 18, ^tretton-road, Leicester, severely bruised and shaken. Mr F. G, Mellor. Nottingham, shaken. Mr J. W. Haylock, shoe factor, Leicester, shaken. Mr F. Widowson, Nottingham, badly shaken and left wrist injured. Mr H. Hooper, Equity-street, Leicester, broken thigh. Mr A- 0. Limb, Nottingham, slight injuries. Mr G. B. Chaleroft, Leicester, shaken and bruised. Mr B. H..Binder, Islington, cut and shaken. Mr R. H. Buxton, 93, Mark Eaton-street, Derby, crushed foot. Miss Lomas, Derby, badly shaken. Rev. H. Gedge, Leicester, fractured thigh. Mrs Gedge, fractured ribs. Mr Cox, 47, Sellowfield, Old Chariton, Kent, two fingers smashed. Rev. Father O'Kelley, Manchester, crushed foot and injured head. Oliver Greed, lad, Leicester, both legs cut off. Master Lomas, Colville-streefc, Leicester broken leg. Mr Luckin, Leicester, cuts on head and leg. Mrs Luckin, cuts about face. A daughter of Mrs Luckin, internal injuries and supposed spinal fracture. Another daughter, aged two, severely bruised and cut; and a niece severely bruised and cut. Mrs John Haxfield, Sycamore-road, Notting- ham, cut and bruised. Mr Allen Swain, 163, St. Saviour's-road, Leicester, broken thigh. Miss Isabelle Dawson, 1, St. Alban's-road, Leicester, broken thigh. Mr Joseph Thornton, 81, St. Peter's-road, ¡ Leicester, fractured ribs and leg and flesh wound in ear. Mr Hillyard., Nottingham, slight injuries. Mr H. Weston, Leicester, severely shaken. Mr James Fleet, Derbv. internal iniuries. The following were taken to Northampton In- firmary :—Mr Joseph Thornton, Mr James Fleet, Roger Lomas, Allen Swain, and Isabelle Dawson. The others were accommodated at various hotels and private houses in V. ellingborough. The most serious of the cases in the Northampton Infir- mary is that of Oliver Greed, and at Welling- borough that of Mr Buxton, who is being accom modated at the residence of Mr Hollis. The Rev. H. S. Gedge, of Leicester, who had his thigh fractured, is a son of the late Rev. Sydney Gedge, formerly vicar of All Saints, Northampton, and his wife, who was injured about the bead, is also a Northampton lady. Both were removed to the residence of Dr. Hollis, Wellingborough. PATHETIC SCENE. There was an animated scene at Welling- borough Station on Saturday when the majority of the passengers who had travelled by the ill- fated train left for the North. Every attention was beeu shown to them by the railway officials and the police, the general manager of the com- pany and the Chief Constable of Northampton- shire being amongst those directing operations, The Luckin family, who had stayed the night at the stationmaster's residence, presented a pathetic sight as they made their way to compartments reserved them. Mrs Luckin was leaning on the arm of her husband, and their four-year-old daughter, who is suffering from an injured spine, had to be conveyed on a stretcher. Both local doctors and ambulance men have been exceedingly attentive, and several clergymen have done their best to assist the unfortunate passengers. CONDITION OF THE INJURED. A Weiliugborough telegram states :-The greater part of the wreciiage of the Manchester express has been cleared, and the main down line permanently fixed. Soon there will be little trace of the Occident. It is probable all the injured passengers at Wellingborough except Mrs Gedge, who is not out of danger, will resume their journey to-day (Monday). The injured at Northampton Infirmary, beyond Mr Joseph Thornton and the lad Oliver Green, are reported to be making progress. The remains of five bodies have been removed to their homes. A Northampton message says that Miss Dawson, who is suffering from shock, was able to get up on Saturday, but her sister Phyllis's condition is causing anxiety. Pulpit references were made in both towns on Sunday.

MR KENSIT'S RECENT VISIT TO CARDIFF. Special sermons were delivered on Sunday morning and evening at the Emmanuel Church, Richmond-road, by Rev. H. L. Jones, F.S.Sc. (Lond.), replying to the adverse criticisms in a Cardiff contemporary on the visit of Mr Kensit. At the evening servicc the preacher spoke in trenchant terms of the Ritualistic practices of certain churches, and said that now that Mr Kensit had been to Cardiff the campaign would be vigorously carried on. Arrangements were being made for the W yeliffe preachers to conduct a week's mission in the town very shortly, and Mr Kensit himself would come again to address a meeting in the Park Hall. Referring to the trick played by a person at the meeting of Mr Kensit last week, the preacher said that he had instructions to request the police to immediately arrest any person doing such a thing at any future meeting in connection with the campaign. The speaker urged upon his hearers the im- portance of not suffering Ritualistic practices to go on, but to denounce abuses just as Luther did four centuries earlier.

FAVERSHAM EXPLOSION. FOUR WOMEN TERRIBLY INJURED. A Faveraham correspondent states that there was no change on Saturday in the condition of the four women injured on Friday by the ex- plosion at the Faversham Cotton Powder Company's mill. On Friday evening Mr W. Brailey, ophthalmic surgeon, of Guy's Hospital, examined the unfortunate suffer- ers. There is a possibility of partially saving the sight of the woman Boodle, and one eye of the girl Rickard but the women Martin and Seager are totally blind, and the condition of-all four is described as precarious.

MR HALL CAINETS MODESTY. Mr Hall Caine left Liverpool on Saturday by the Campania for New York. During his visit he will superintend the production of a drama founded on his novel The Christian," to be pro- duced in Washington on September 26th. Probably Mr Wilson Barrett" win produce tbe drama. in England. During a brief interview, Mr Hall Caine said among the objects of his visit to America were certain public appearances on the question of an Anglo-American alliance, which he was one of the first to advocate, and which he believed would be a powerful factor-in promoting the world's peace.

SUPPOSED SUICIDE AT DOWLAIS. XntRfcjgfince was brought to Dowlais Police Station on Saturday afternoon by a man named James BlackweU that William Williams, collier, lodging at-89, High-street, Caeharris, had been missing since the previous night, and that hi=i hat had been found floating in the fishpond at Penywern, one of the supply reservoirs of the Dowlais Works. On a search being made the body was found in the pond. Williams, who is a widower of .about 60 years of age, had been un- well for abortt six months, ana had only just returned from the Porthcawl Rest.

SRUESOME DISCOVERY NEAR CHEPSTOW. On Friday a man named Carter discovered on the foreshore at Caldicot Pill, near Chepstow, washed up by the tide in the river Seseern, the beadbuw., mrmlegs, and legless trunk of a woman in an advanced state of decomposition.

NORTHUMBERLAND MINERS WAGES At a joint meeting of the 3$apilutiBber!a8$; raa»tesB'SWj$I mm at ifeweaetle 011 Saturday ib*: consideration of the men's demand for an increase f wages was adjourned tmiJ Ssgteiftkes Wk*

THE ANGLO-GERMAN TREATY. PURELY COMMERCIAL. BEIILIN, Saturday. — The semi-official Post to-night declares that the negotiations between Count Hatzfeldt and Mr Balfour have reference only to certain colonial questions concerning the two countries, and have not yet been concluded. I learn on high authority that in the treaty now being arranged between Great Britain and Ger- many no stipulations whatever are made with reference'to Egypt.—Central News. GERMAN AND FRENCH COMMENTS. BERLIN, Saturday.—The National Zeitung, in an article to-da.y, says :—" The reports published in English newspapers of a German British offensive and defensive alliance are entirely unfounded. The British Government is neither in a position to conclude such an alliance, nor does there exist in authoritative quarters in Germany the slightest inclination completely to identify its own foreign policy with that of another Power. We understand that there can only be a question of some arrangement of a Colonial nature, whereby the relation of the Powers would in other respects maintain unal- tered. It must, in particular, be definitely under- stood that Russian interests are thereby in no way prejudiced."—Ileuter. PARIS, Saturday.—Under the title A Diplo- matic Canard" the Temps to-day has an article on the statements which have appeared in the English Press regarding an Anglo-German alliance. The writer says :—" All this has not a leg to stand upon. Never did a more monstrous canard spread its wings and take flight in the sea-ssrpent season. It is very possible that the German Ambassador has recently paid repeated visits to the Foreign Office, We know nothing about that. In any case there is no want of subjects of conservation with Mr Balfour and his permanent assistants. We may reassure ourselves. The Triple Alliance is not yet on the way to become the Quadruple Alliance. For the present nothing dangerous is being plotted in London—at least, nothing in the shape of a draft treaty, and we may recover from an alarm for which there is no reason until the day when some fresh surprise, emanating from high or low, bursts upon us, be it the unexpected manifesto of a Sovereign or speculation and self-advertisement on the part of a newspaper."—Renter.

AUTUMN MANOEUVRES. DINTON CAMP, Sunday, — Another day of masterly inactivity yesterday. The infantry have scarcely fired a shot, and have been engaged in a tactical route march from one eamp to the next under cover of guns — which is called field operations. A good deal of time is being devoted on these manoeuvres, These army corps are in the field that they should afford a higher training than has hitherto been obtainable, but yesterday's work resulted in the troops being choked up on dusty roads instead of being shaken out across country in an exercise where instruction is possible. Overnight, the Northern Army bivouacked at Wincombe and the Park and the Southern Army north of Shaftesbury. About 8 o'clock they moved out. The Duke's instructions were :To remain in observation of force with which he was on the previous day in contact, and if attacked to • fall back on Fovant. Sir Redvers Buller was ordered to advance north-east and to drive the enemy east if encountered. Everything then depended on the Duke remaining in his position to be attacked otherwise, it was impossible to conceive how any fighting could occur— which has a smack of being preconcerted. The Northern general established his cavalry brigade on Wingreen with Horse Artillery, and at White Sheet Hillhe placedhis corps gunsand also a brigade division in a field on the lower plain. Thus his guns covered every approach to his lines of retirement, and it must at once be said that any army attempting to follow the moving columns would experience pulverising by shrap- nel fire, but it was evidently no part of Sir Redveis Buller's intention to follow. Some good work was done from heliograph stations, the non-commissioned officers appearing to be very efficient in the sun-flash signalling. I After cease fire" had sounded, the march of columns to their new camping grounds at Wincombe Park and Fovant was continued. The march was a most trying one, as the troops had been in eohniiu all the morning on roads choked up with dust. Everywhere indications of the march were observable, high broken clouds of dust showing where guns moved and low dust clouds denoting infantry columns. One pities the poor bandsmen of these marches, who have to blow with dust-filled and parched throats. The sun shone down on the men in piercing rays, but with song and whistling the march was made merry, as the British spldier always manages to do, whether he be matching to Khartoum, or at home under peace conditions. The disinclination of the General Post Office to meet the correspondents in the field makes the journalists' lot anything but a happy one. To say that correspondents are dissatisfied with their treatment is but a mild form of expression. Many miles have to be covered at the conclu- sion of each day from the heart of the open plains to obtain telegraphic communication in towns. One pities our troops marching in the flannel which does duty at midsummer as on Christmas Day. How mobile Frenchman or Muscovite, carrying his ten d'arbi for night and his food ration and. firing for bivouac by day, would smile at our ponderous and mighty columns of baggage, which make swift movement of their armies a matter of impossibility. The supplies by Lipton continue to be made satisfactorily.

THE HUNGARIAN ^PREMIER. .REPORTED PLOT TO KILL HIM. VIENNA, Friday Night.—The Hangar "n paper Budapesti Hirlap published thi morning the sen- sational and alarming report that a plot had been discovered to murder the Hungarian Premier, Baron Banffy. It is said that at Paris a secret society had been constituted, and that Baron Banffy was sentenced to death by that society as being the suppressor of the Slav and Roumanian nationalities in Hungary. The chief conspirators are said to be a Count, a mere adventurer, and a former Hungarian official, dismissed for revolu- tionary agitation. The police of Budapest deny having beeu officially informed from Paris of the existence of such a plot. The other Hungarian authorities also say that nothing is known about it, and that no measures have been taken for the protection of Baron Banffy.

OUTRAGE BY BRIGANDS. NEW YORK, Saturday.—A despatch from the city of Mexico states that a train of mules laden with silver bullion was attacked by brigands near .Zacaiicas yesterday. The men in charge made but a feeble resistance, and were soon over- powered. The brigands got clear away with their valuable booty, but soldiers are now in pursuit of them, and it is hoped that the entire gang will be captured.—Central News.

SERIOUS FIRE AT NEWCASTLE. THOUSANDS THROWN OUT OF WORK A fire which at one time threatened to envelop the Elswick Shipyard, Newcastle,' where half a dozen warships are now building, was discovered-at half-past 9 on Saturday night. The alarm buzzer was blown, and many of the employees rushed to the scane. With the help of the city brigade the fire was extinguished by 11. The fire was in the engine-shed, and the dynamos and machinery are so damaged that two or three thousand men will be thiown idle for some days. The damage is estimated at several thousand pounds.