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I I SECESSIONS TO ROME. I ';ri co?,?si)ondent of the Ventml }(*»;.■< -t.ti,? theHev. K. Lord, r?to, of Fam- IU.?. n a the Church of Rome. in 00m. i? 1 11 ?, Msiatant ourate, the Rev. A. M. I "o.nakiacn.

IMPERIAL PARLUMM.1 I M,!A_}f!iT. I w (rniiSS ASSOCIATION TBUtaitAM.i I HOUSE OF COMMONS.—-Thtibsdat. I The Speaker took the chair at four o'olook. I STOCK EXCHANGK PRACTICES. I Sir E. WATKIN (Hythe) gavo notice that on Thursday he will ask if the attention of the Attorney-General had been called to the state- ment reported in the Times to have been made by the Lord Chief Justice during the hearing of the the case of Twyoross Y. Grant as to praotieos prevailing on the Stock Exchange. 1 THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. I Alderman ri.&YtAUt (St. Androw b Univer- sity) notified that on Monday ho will ask tha First Lord of the Admiralty a question with ro- ferenco to the outbreak of scurvy during the last Arctic expedition, and what steps had been taken to prevent similar calamities in futuro. THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. I Mr. COW EN (Newcatle) gave notice that on I Monday he would ask the Homo Soorctary if lie will place on the table a detailod list of the privi. leges referred to in his speoch of tho 4th of May I as being enjoyed by the inhabitants of the Channel islands. THE ANNEXATION OK THE TRANSVAAL. I -1?.-?. ?. 1, Mr, umiltltt II OrK), in repiy w> air. K iiaitchbull-tiugeswn (Sandwich), statod that the papers relative to the annexation of the Trans- vaal would, he hoped, be laid on the table Oil that day week. They would include the commis- sion given to Sir Theopliilus Shopatone, and the report received from him a few days ago. OMISSIONS FROM BLUE BOOKS. I Mr, SANDFOKD (Maldon) called attention to the omission from Blue Book No. 2 on Turkey of all mention of the conversation between Lord Salisbury and the Due Decades at Paris, and be. tween Lord Salisbury and Prince Bismarck at Berlin, as to tho proceedings of tho conference at ''I1inop:o Jdc;ef; production i copies of any minnto of the aforesaid conversations ut Paris and Berlin. Sir. BOURKE (King's Lynn), in replying to the hon. gentloman, thought it would be injudicious to follow him into all the points to whioh he had alluded. When the qncsHon of peaoe came to be disu68ed, that, no doubt, would be ona whioh would concern Europe, and the European Powers would have a right to share in those deliberations respecting tho future. With reference t:> the despatches relating to the conver. sations between Lord Salisbury and Prince Bismarck, and Lord Salisbury and the Duo Decazes, all he had to say was that those conver- sations were of the most confidential charaoter, and, like all conversations between foreign Ministers and Ambassadors, the despatches had to be considered and discussed by her Majesty's Government in accordance with the naturo of the subject matter, and they had deemed these con. versations of such a charaoter that they would have been greatly to blame if they had made them public. Of this he was certain, that they wore never intended to be communicated to others. With regard to the question whether Russia had made communications to her Majesty's Government as to tho localisation of tho war, e could only reply (hat he know of no oommunioations from tho Russian Governmeut of that character that had been dedincd by her Majesty's Government. Lord ELCHO (Haddingtonshire) expressed the gratification he felt at hearing Mr. Bourke say that the terms of peace would be made a matter of European arrangement, and was proceeding to enter upon the more general aspect of the ques- tion, when Tho O'DONOGHUE (Tralee) rose to order, and The SPEAKER ruled that this was not a fitting occasion for a speech, dealing with the general question. The motion was then withdrawn. Lord ELCHO, continuing tho remarks he had been interrupted in making upon the Eastern Question, strongly urged her Majesty's Government should be prompt in making e?,?ry necessary preparation for such eventua ities as might be anticipated in reg?rd to the present war, and eprcilsed a hopo that the House wonld receive an assurance to this effeot. After some remarks from Sir U. CAMPBELL (Kiikouldy), Mr. HARDY (Oxford University), said he thought it would havo been wisor if the noble lord had abstained from putting the question ad- dressed to him, but as it had been put he had only to state that he rested on the responsibility belonging to his position. It was his duty to be ready for any emergjney, and, although he was maintaining the forces on a peace footing, he had not overlooked what might he-but ho hoped not -11 probable contingency. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH LUNDY ISLAND. Mr, DILLWYN (Swansea), in calling attention to the importance of establishing telegTaphio com. muniealion between Lundy Island and the main- land, said it was of extreme importance that such communication should be established in order to enablo owners of vessels to communicate with them in case they'ran into, or took refuge in, the harbour at Lundy Island. This matter had largely engaged the attention of the chambers of commerce, which had endeavoured to obtain from the Government the establishment of the telegraphic line whioh he was advocating. He understood that the answer of the Postmaster General, to whom the application had been addressed, was that this could not be done at the national expense, but that it must be done, if at all, at the cost of the neighbouring ports. Now he (Mr. DiUwyn) did not see why the expense of what is really a matter of national interest should be thrown on the neighbouring ports, because, in point of fact, these ports were less interested in tha subject than other ports at a distance, seeing that vcsRds belonging to neighbouring ports would naturally make for those rts instead of ta?-in? refuge off Lundy Ixud. He thought that the Government hanng the tele. graphic service of the country in their hande should provide this communication with Lnndy Island, in which the chambers of commerce took a lively interest, as was manifest from the nume- rous communications he had received on the sub- jcct from various ports. He did hope, though, that this appeal, which would be made to the Govern- ment in no hostile spirit, would receive from them a favourable reply, and that he should at all events on that occasion receive the support of rhe President of the Board of Trade. The hUll. member concluded by moving a resolution declaring that, in the opinion of that House, it was of national importance that telegraphic com- munication between Lundy Island and the main- land should be established. After some discussion, in which Mr. D. Jenkins, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Whitwell, Mr. Hassey Viviai), and Sir H. Havelock took part, Lord J. MANNERS said that it was his duty to truard the post-office revenue against unremune- rative telegraph extensions, and he regarded this uw one, but if an application were made to the Treasury on the subject he would throw no ob. smcle in the way. PETITIONS. Jlr. CORDES (Monmouth) presented a petition from the Baptist Congregation, Newport (Mon.), agu int opening museums on Sundays. Petitions were presented by Mr. DILLWYX, from Swansea (1), against the Burials Auts Con. solidation Bill, (2) against opening the national museums and galleries 011 Snnday, and (3) agaiust the Bill to amend the Modical Act of ISO*. I SUPPLY. ¡ The House then went into Committee of Supply I on the Civil Service Estimates, .md several votes were passed. I INLAND REVENUE AND SAVINGS BANKS BILL. On the motion for the consideration of the Customs, Inland Revenue, and Savings Banks Bill, Mr. BUCKLEY moved the iuscttionof a clause exempting from licence duty guns used by farmers, or persons employed by them, exclu- sively for the protection of their crops. On a division, the amendment wm negatived I by 92 against 20. The Bill was then considered. I CANAL BOATS BILL. Mr. SCLATER-BOOTH moved the second read. ? ing f the Canal Boats Bill, remarking that the voii it aci: :id r:1:nxo:f:\v\h in committee. After a brief discussion, the motion was atnreed to. MISCELLANEOUS. Tho Colonial Fortifications Bill was road a second time. The other business waB disposed of, and J lie House adjourned at 1,30.

DEATH OF GENERAL SIR GRIFFIES- „„ WILLIAMS. xno acatii is announetd.inhis77thyeM.of General ?,r WatkinLe?ie Ghtnef-WiUiams, Brt. lie entered tho Madras army in 1819, Md served in both the ?'eBewMs, in 18?6 and in 1852. .Duriiig the first war he ?' P''?ent at the storm- ??S'?ST???riamP?oda. H &100 .?rv ?;- ?Ru t?e ?"'? and etorwmg of 11-hthe capture of Munnohur. He is fueed ,n tv,v. by ? ?th?. the I Pev David of Penboyr, Carmarthet??l?e.

THE PROSECUTION OF MEt. I BRADLAUGH on innrsday morning Mr. Bradlaugh and Mrs Beeant appeared in the Court of On.i B u revive to a day being fixed for the trial Tit indictment against them for publishing an alleged obscene b<x>k and were privately informed tha? the Lord Chief Justice would try the -? Mon- day, the 18th of June. Cie. on Mon.

Bishop Powye, late bishop of Sodor and Mm' di d at Bournemouth on I?? r,?d The Duke of Norfolk has, according to Berlin telegram published by a htodj¿:1,:or::il:d Mytum m England to the deposed and exiled B i' ?hope of Paderbom and Ermlaud. General and Mrs. Grant arrived ill London by special train on Thursday afternoon, and were met by the United States Minieta-. Addresses were received by the general ea raute at Bedford and Leicester. FAifttT Pkssxbts,—Try anti oompare t o quality of Homiman's pure tea with that sold by those who offer paltry pmtufs as au inducement to lmy. For the past 30 years Hormman s packet tea has been in groot do- mand by all C1a88e8, UB CNpeci? attention is <?eD to supply only the cheapest and b-t. They MV8 ,!i,Lgl .g.tL,)r &- -?.b?td packet tea. Aients— ?ardj? ?w?. 255, Bute-street j Anthony, ?" 8t Mary-street j Joy, Duke-street; Colmcan.8, &tfh. street; Kermck. 26, Duke-street; Prust, S1l1oU..n. Newport !—Chony, 41 Co?mi?i 'i?t?t. Cowbridjie • Th..?., (,he-it. Brid?d; WWi? Foet?S?. Moyd. themMt. Pontypridd ;1 James, Cheuiiat "D"o?w? i?.Btdtte, .;Lowist. 173 High-street. J

MR. GLADSTONE AT BIRMINGHAM. FORMATION OF A LIBERAL FEDERATION. MR. GLADSTONE ON TURKEY AND THE EASTERN QUESTION. jor. uiacstone, who arrived at Birmingham on Thursday afternoon, mot with a reception which partook of all the characteristics of aBaman triumph. The business of the town was quite suspended, the oitinens turning out en masse to welcome the ex.Premier. Long before the hour appointed for Mr. Gladstone's arrival, the railway station and its approaches were filled with a dense orowd, and throughout the whole of the ronte barriers were ereoted. Most of the houses were decorated with flags and other emblems of welcome. On alighting from the train Mr. Gladstone was received by Mr. Chamberlain, M.P., the Mayor, Mr. J. S. Wright, and the officials of the Liberal Association. Amidst the cheers of the assembled multitude, Mr. Gladstone was escorted to his carriage. A procession was then formed, which escorted the ::ebh:iresfdn dri;' Chamberlain's house, w tere he will reside during his Birmingham visit. Prior to Mr. Gladstone's arrival, a oonferenoe was held of the delegates of the Liberal Associations formed on i the basis of the Birmingham Liberal Association. The object of the meeting waa to consider a scheme for the formation of a national federa- tion of the Liberal Associations throughout the country to assist in the organisation of an asso. ciation based on popular representation, and to promote the establishment of Liberal principles in the government of the country. Mr. Chamber. lain, M.P., presided, and about 400 delegates representing 100 Liberal Associations were pre- sent. Resolutions affirming the principle of popular representation, settling the scheme for a federal association, and affirming Mr. Chamber. lain as president, and 25 vice-presidents, were passed. In the evening a public meeting, at whiob over 25,000 persons were present, was held at Biugle ball, under the presidency of the mayor. In a?: dition to Mr. Gladstone, there were on the plat- form Mr. Chamberlain, M. P Mr. Hopwood. M. P Mr. E. ,erp' ;V:kin W&i=: M.P., Sir C. Forster, M.P" Mr. 0. Harrison M.p" Mr. Dobbs, M.P., Mr. W. Barran, M.P.: Mr. W. H. Jarvis, M.P., Mr. Allen, M.P" Mr. Pennington, M.P., Mr. H. Edwards, M.P., and Mr. Whalley, M.P., &c. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, on entering the hall, were received with enthusiastic cheers. Alter an address from the Chairman, Mr. R. W. Dale, M.A., moved, and Mr. H. H. Fowler (President of the Wolverhampton Liberal Association) seconded the following reso. lution:- ThAt this meeting is of opinion that by lon^.continuod misgov< rnmeut. culminating in the iimas- sacres, k,,y lost all claim either to the moral or the material support of this ?.-try, and that the wise .ad b, ur"ll" policy of thiB country to pursue is t. its inJIueuo" ill the Councils of Europo to secure the effectual development f local lib,,rt d If ctlindh:JÓrsfp:r{¥Uke. to -t from the Ot. Court, by the united authority of the great Powers, e\fectual gur?matees ROiLbt th? C@tIDU4L@ of the oppression and misery fmm which its subjeot populatio? now buffer. Mr. GLADSTONE, on rising to support the re- solution, was received with great enthusiasm. The audience rose in a body, and cheer followed cheer for more than two minutes. When silence was procured, the right hon. gentleman said Mr. Mayor, ladies, and gentlemen,-It has boon' asked, and it will be asked again by tho critics of this meeting, why you are here, and why I am here. Let me say a few words upon the first of these questions, which is one not difficult to answer. You are here, ladies and gtntlemen, in connection with an operation of the most strictly practical kind, for which Birmingham has IloO" quired a reputation, enhancing the fame she already possessed in connection with the elec- toral organisution of the Liberal party. (Cheers.) Ladies and gentlemen,—I am rejoiced that a kind of primacy has been conferred upon Bir. mingham by the general voice in this important respect. When we look for a moment at tho condition of the Liberal party, in the first place I find that it is led I by men of the highest political character and ability, men with regard to whom I entertain a strong opinion, fonnded upon personal know. ledge, that when it is the desire of that party to move briskly and resolutely forward in the accom- plishment of this work they will not be wanting to the fulfilment of its desires, (Cheers.) But, ladies and gentlemen, undoubtedly on the point of organisation we have a lesson to loarn from our opponents. They have for years been ahead of us in this respect, andj rely upon it they will continue ahead so ong as we ad- here only to the methods that they pursue, so long as we adhere to the methods of arbitrary selection of the representa. tives of party, founded mainly upon the power of the purse. (Hear, hear.) It is, in my opinion, to tto honour of Birmingham that she has held up the banner of a wider and of a holier prin. ciple, and, as the principle Itho law of popular election is the foundation of the British House of Commons, so, if I understand you aright, it is the principle and the practice of your great town that the local organisation shall be governed by the very same principle, and that free popular choice shall be its basis and its rule. (Cheers.) I Rejoice not merely that we are about to inoul- cate this lesson, but that the large attendance here to-day of many hundreds of representatives of tho constituents of the country are met together to consider that subject and to join in counoil with you testifies to the satisfaction which exists injadopting the admirable principles of which you have given the example, and of whioh, if it be freely and largely adopted, I, for one, am suffi. ciently sanguine to predict with confidence its success; and there is no doubt that we have muoh to learn from' our opponents. They are admirable in their party discipline. It is much easier to keep a Conservative majority together in the House of Commons than a Liberal majority, and from reasons which lie at the very root of the case. I will endeavour to illustrate my meaning by referenoe to the well-known schools of ancient art. There was the Egyptian school and there was the Greek school. If you examine the remains of Egyptian antiquity you will find that the great principle whioh the artist had in his mind was the representation of re- pose—(applause and oheers)—but if you examine the Greek school of art, whioh is ad- mitted on all hands to be the head of all schools,you will find that the predominating principle of the Greek is life and action. (Cheers.) Now, I think that the Conserva. tive party has no great resemblance to the )Atter, exoept in those particular cir- cumstances l .in which a man of large, generous, dioi:chk n Rtel:trf.ielbes the leader of its destinies, and then he very soon pays the penalty. You will find, I think, t7lst the ominant idea of Conservatism is the Egyptian prinoiple of repose. (Laughter and cheers.) But in. our Liberal party we have got the Greek idea of life and motion. I need not tell you that when you have got a lot of BtatueB arranged it is not very difficult to keep them in ordor. (Laughter and cheers.) But if all these Conservative statues became suddenly animated with power and the wish to walk about the house in whioh they are placed, no doubt the q?eation of drill would a p pear muoh more 'erious and muoh more drJiít. muo(h=:J se¥h::efed m:eoh 'd not be ashamed to confess the difficulty of keep. ing our ranks in proper order, but at the same time I rejoice to think that this towm-wliich cer- tainly has never been distinguished for what is caue eakened Liberalism—I rejoice to think that this town, which at the great orisia of the Reform Act may fairly be said to have led on the nation to its great benefioent triumph, has like. v? in been the town to raise the banner o! order in the Libei-al lierty, and to teach in a. most emphatic manner, by practice as well as by precept, that if you wish to prevail and to conquer you must learn much of the sacrifice of private and secondary opinions for the sake of great Liberal objects, and must to a certain extent notdisdainto learn a portion of the lesson whiohour oppon-ants can teaoh. I say a portion of that lesson, for I must own to you I should be very sorry to Bee the discipline of the Liberal party brought up to the height which prevails amongst the supporters of the Government in the House of Commons. (Cheers.) Why, I will give you one Bample taken from these very resolutions whioh you have honoured by your notice. Before these resolutions were dis- cussed, it was not at all an un6ommon thing to hear this and that member of the Conservative party in private life expressing his concurrence with their sentiment—(hear, hear)—but when we came to the debate, what happened P Why, two of these geritlemon-I won't name them, but they were men of honour and charaoter and .ark' d ability in the Conservative party—two of theBe gentlemen who sympathi?ed with us in the main in this question, made speeches in th debate. One of ¡:\d:l::r;;l:n'\h\h t1a: of the first two resolutions, and as that is the case I intend to leave the House and give no vote at all." (Laughter.) Another cf them went even farther, for he did not confine his adhesion to the first resolution. He was ready in substance to embrace the whole, but he said that, notwith- standing that he agreed with the resolutions, he found it necessary I under the circumstances, to vote against them. (Laughter and oheers.) And so the end of it was this-that when we went into the looby, although they were thus recording thoir votes against us, and in whose concurrence of opinion wo had to a great extont reason to be. lieve, yet we carried with us but one solitary Conservative, a gentleman well known to you- (cheers)—a gentloman from whom yo. and I have often differed, and may often uiner again, but one whom we have known and believe to be that which is ealled in familir phrase a fine old English putle. m-n "-Mr. ewdegate. (Oheeu). Well, I have ?~riT5fr- by 11I.illUBtration to the main question, I! whih It is feeble powers and your kind patience and (bdulgence can enable me to oom- mand attention or to reach the ears of this vast and almost countless assembly-I mean the qUell- tion of the Last—(cheers)—and, in the first place, we have to meet this objection, "Why do you work by the Liberal party; why do you make this » party question P It is a national question." Who has made it a party quostionf (Hoar, hear.) When the discussions of the subjeot began there was no attempt to give to them the oolour or the character of party. (Cheers.) In August and September last, at the meetings whioh were held, joeknow and r know that 81'&7 effort W" nJed to bring men together, irre"otive of artl D. viction, upon the broM judgment of umantliy, IJOY, and justioe. (Hear, bear.) It is not due FaOu?lt if we hare failed, but I mat gay that tihe only sentiment which predominates in my mind over &"t every other in mwing this question is sentiment of 8toni8bmf\nt that there should have been in this country » Government, majorit" or a party, found to punue .;00ur81 of est ran god and de?aobed action, not fmm prude?.oe, nor in pursuing principles, as had been the atti- tude of tho majority in the House of Commons ::rd to JhtukteQe'tis:n.o A:) But tht 4int? so I am not ashamed to say that when I was rednced to the choice whether not to work at all or by means of the Liberal parky, findi, ng tht 7 ooul l not obtain the ad onion of &V its members in cause that was good and noble and so imperative in its character, I was ig .fed oøaavho,oh:te:h! willing to work with me, and I was quite prered to do battlo "Hh them. (Applause ) What ia politioal, gentlemen ? Thore is no sacredness in itself. It is an instrument for good, and I rl joioe that a party exists. The Liberal party has on thle r uestion been true to its prin. ciples and oonviotions, and it has resolved, and is resolved, to exert itself to the utmast in to preat and so holy a cause. (L?nd applause. ) But fsrh=e:oo to bhe(I:¡:r ie:hoJ make efforts to encourage some to oarry on prac- tical efforts P I wish I conld aus ter that such anxiety was not necessary. On the contrary, the f:Ya'I:s'rhel:W::Ylt t: impossible to place reliance upon the polioy of the GovernmeLt. (Cheers.) What is the polioy of the Government to-day P What will be the policy of the Crovernmont /to-morrowP. (Cheers.) What was it when Lord Beaconsfield made his Guildhall speech P-(hisseB and groans)-and what was it when Lord Salisbury spoke in manly terms at Constantinople tho sentiments of the British tI.on e(hotre. ) Is it not a polioy f 4:.i:: ah'law 8 (Cheers an'd fa'?w ) Unfortunately I &m driven to the conclusion that when it o?ee in the right direction it moves under popular pree8ure and that when that popular pressure is with4r&wn it is apt to move in the wrong one. (Applause.) In e autumn we t:rco:!eiy \l:ri:t it w: im:osi;Ïe to rely upon the engagements of Turkey to reform the condition of her provinocs, and that wo ust absolut?el be inppli 4 with extraneous guaran- ::h oïå be in:tn:aTI:e giíaf that Government, but wittin the last two months we have been told on the contrary by Sir Stafford roopooe::Jd Government in its reply to Prinoe Gortschakoff, signed by Lord Derby, that it is not reasonable to give up the hope of reform in Turke" independently of coercion, becaue Turkey declares her i;:88 be:r.e:efoJ::kohosecà:rati: E5?&r contradiction of the truth. If would be hardly an exaggeration to say that we have not one Government, but two. (Hear, One pnlling in one direction conformably to the public 8entiment ¡ the other placed nearer the springs of action, steadily and constantly wat?h. for the slightest appearance .?divisic,n or tacit remission in the mani?estation of public feeling, turning its courso directly in the old sense of virtual assistance to the Turk, like the dog returning to his vomit or the sow to wallowing in the mire. (Cheers.) But there is another issue; don't conoeal it from yourselves that you have the House of Commons against you. (Hear, hear. ) I wish that many of you had c" present during the late debate. I wish that youadheard and had observed the reception bi?h was given to the speeoheB of the Govern- ment. Take, for example, the speech of Mr. Cross. Whenever Mr. Cross used a sentiment that could be interpreted into support of the Turkish cause; whenever, for example, ho con- demned, not the national manifestations, for that they took care not to condemn-but when he con- demned my manifestations, which he is of course very apt and perfectly entitled to do, he was greeted by tempests of cheering from behind but when he proceeded in some valuable sentences to dispose of the absurd chimeras by which the British interest had beon conjured up upon every spot of the globe to terrify us from doing our duty; when in language plain and manly he said there was no British interest involved in the Russian operations now going on in Turkey, or in the occupation by BusBia of Bulgaria for the purposes of wat-that is, for temporary purposes-his words fell flat and dead upon those behind him, joist as if they had been addrossed to au assemblage of those Egyptian statues whose case I lately endeavoured to represent to you. And now what has the Houbs of Commons done? What is the motion it has passed P Examine the elements of it. There are two things only to be done. The House refused to say that moral sup- port should be withdrawn from Turkoy. It refused to say that it was dis- fatictied with the oontemptuous treatment of Lord Derby's despatch concerning the Bui- garian massacres. Why did it refuse f It refused eat we should embarrass the Government in the maintenance of British interests and in the preservation of peace, which, at the very moment the resolution was passed, could no longer be PToserved, became in consequence of our per- verse and bungling policy it had been already broken. (Cheers.) Still, I fully admit that we have a great reamnsibility in working upon a matter of foreign olicy, systematically working, as we gave done, against the executive Government, ami against the sense of the House of Commons. Itia thing that is rarely done, and it is a thing which I hope -iU rarely have occasion to be done ::f:. I W£; h::lào:: eo}:¡l; t: 01 the deep nature and interest of the principles involved; and secondly, because we have a firm and unwavering conviction that tho country is on our side. (Cheers.) I go further. It i. s remarkable, too, that the country should be on our side, but more, that tlje empire is on our side. (Cheers.) Dr. Johnson, among many fiagu- cioue observations, once, I think, remarked that the occurrence of some slight accident, the break. ing of an arm or a finger in your own honse, would affect you more than the swallowing up incua by an earthquake of several hundred or thousand people. It is therefore most remarkable,-to my mind most honourable to the people of this country— that they should feel as they have felt, not upon h:f:! th¡i:etlWleiV:nf;:e: t geir own families, their own habits, but upon a matter touching mainly and primarily the honour, peace, and condition of life of millions living at a great distance 10:a¿inefe:rá;n differing in many points of religiou, hardly El..1?; in recent history, and yet the fan of these people has stirred up tre hearts of Englishmen even as if they had been brethren locateg in some Oountry of our own. And more, it has gone beyond England, in s ite of the saying, and trite eayinjt, of Dr. Johnson. To my astonish- ment saying, I find that the eoho of these deep and titter e:; h::e led o \sBr1i:!r corner of the globe. In the newspapers of Aus. tra" you w'-i find articles on the afflictions of :í:e1utjt cens a=e:d e :nie:¡oto that have appeared in our own journals, and in one case I remember particularly, from the very antipodes underneath us, the settlement of Otago, in New Zealand, there was held a public meeting, distinguished bv as muehenthllSiasm as a publio meetin in Birmingham, to describe the sorrow atd the mdignation with whioh they heard of the existence of these horron, and of the fact that no remedy bad been applied. ¥hih is ::t;d:a:;re ;t;: :Yn dwhether the country is with us or not Well, ladies and gentlemen, it is difUeult to con. vince _a mun who can only be convinced against hlC:ill,m lh:Oull be :e orf a?cer. taining it-the method of a dissolution of Parlia. ment. (Loud laughter). That is a method which, in a very mild manner, I have ventured to suggest. The question really is whether we have serious cause to woik, whethec we are in danger of seeing the duties of Englishmen diÑ:1h'renar:eSot:i: contravened. Now, there are two otjections,. which are distinct one from the other. One is the maintenance of neutr"lit netheis pr:nt :ios.n:twe R::a; Tnrby. The other is the endeavour which has; been ?po- ?rfully advocated in the two ad mi. ,able peeohes yon hav e heard from the mover and seconder ojth. resolution. They endeavour to orfanise if I may say so—and you people of Birmingham know what the word means- (laughter)—to organise a real and: living conoert of Europe for the purpose of requiring from Turkey the adoption of necessary changes. Now, even as to the first of these ob j ects, diee and gentlemen mark my words we &re not accum eetthl\'ra1I ()od ':b: t\=IU:n: ance of neutrality, we m not 8ecure, beo&an the desire to maintain neutrality—the exprewon of desire— i s always qualified by the reserve on :hÍr-f ha?S aua.ln btir¡h r°i:t::est: Now, ladies and gentlemen, what are these British interests ? It is exoeedingly ditfiowt to find out. Her Majesty's Government havo ceased, in a great fh:r:dt¡ti:rC:êtri' improvements in the condition of tho Christian population. But still they say something. Their potey is a polioy of expostula t ion. lb??lievothat among the many induatrb8 of Birmingham you have a large paper industry—I do not mean au :d:Sau; :'ib; for :h:a terials of whioh pa r is made. I presume there is a demand for old paper and w"to paper n Birmingham, and if there is such .de?nnd I would recommend the ukiDg advantwo of it to sell to the people of Birmingham a groat many tons of the worth- less and useless expostulations that might be very well disposed of. (Hear, hear ) But British in- tercets are thrown 'm your way, and at the same ::o:r:rl: faIT ;?Ot, :h interests are never in cocfliot with duty," and in that way your favour is endeavoured to be ac- quir Now, when I hear of attempts of this kind to bring into harmony Bfriti:ø in::s r:d Bt d:1I it:kd me of the time of the old corn law controversy, because if you remember-though I am afraid most of you hardly can remember-however, it is a fact that in those days the advocates of :ef:rlf'îhrf seed their keex anxiety in favour of the interests of the mansfacturn, but when you inquired what they meant by this they said that the great interest above all of the mauufaotuner waa in maintaining the home mar- ket, that tho agriculturist kept up the home mar- ket, and, consequently, you must feed the par- pose of the agriculturists, and in that way sup- port the interests of the manufacturers, In truth it meant nothing at all except that the agricul- tural interest was greed. And so it was in this case. When we are told that British interests are not in conflict with duty, the real meaning is this, that we are to. pursue our interests, and to assume that it will be all right ia point of duty. Now, ladies and gentlemen, none of ne are blind or deaf to British interests. (Hear, hfcar.) The case of states is just the same as the case of individuals. Here is our friend, Mr. Dale, in dealing with individuals, does he find it necessary continually to pn*Ah to hW congregation and stimulate each of them to pay due regard to his own interests P (=.ht!? I app:Cnd that if he did he would be held in much lower estimation than that in which you actually hold him. No. What is necessary is to hold up the standard of duty, &ad endeavour to counteract the inborn ct habitual eelfishnesB of man, by reminding him that there are high and ='Iar: whioh ke t:àe: oh so it is with us. We bo" very well •thJ at it is di410uU to bring nations to a etriot cbsetvanoe of a standard of duty, and to talk to them of the necessity of main. tainingBritish interests is to throw a dangerous temptation in their way. For that reason we believe that it is wiser far for us to speak of EqUah honour and of duty than ooutinoally to din into their both the doctrine of the necessity of attending t°4our own interests. But if we are challenged on the ground of interest I venture to say that what happens oommonly to men is this, that a person too keenly and too exclusively set upon maiutabinir his own interests is very apt to outwit himself. And as a nation we have out- witted ourselves. The maintenance of onrin. terests depends upon our keeping a .trong hand orer the Itirkish Qaosiioa—upon our obLiU?'n and uph(dding our sham ,n&situation in wb1,39 we w(?,ro bound &like in honour and iu P-denee. We have let go our hold. It has parsed i■ nt? o the bands of those of "hom we are to be jealous, because it will bring our interests into danger in connection with this subject. I do not, but there are plenty to axmrt this. It is the very coaroe that has been pursued. But I have said we are not fecure as regards even the maintenance of and it is my firm conviotiou :tttt:rniftutnce in r:[e ¿t;bino°n.:t too weak to contend with the worse, and yet if they are to be npheld and made effectual it must be by the "aist anoe which you and others like you can render them from without. (Cheers.) But I also point to the ominons language which is held by the supporters of the Government, There was no p"s?ge in any speech delivered in the late debate that waa cheered so vehemently &a & passage in whioh Sir Robert Pl endenoured to turn the -p-l?on" of the °Ho ouse of Commons against Bass. while engaged in her present work. That ia due on account of how cruelties in Poland. But it is done by men who, while those cruelties were being committed, lay still and silent, and now make use of them for the purpose, not perhaps known to themselves, but oertainly with the effect, of sheltering other cruelties—worse, more :ndtd more hopoless of cure. (Cheers. ) But mark, not only the tone of the majority—or a large portion of the majority — ut likewise th t..gge of the press whioh support the Government, and yon wu! find almost from day to day in their important metropolitan press, -for they are important-whioh sustain what is called the Turkish cause; you will find that all along we are preparing the way for intervention in the present war. ,,Of in the name of oupportin Turkey,but of sup- porting British interests, an i with the distinct effoct of 1hP;dfti;nurfYhen of "ndering hopeless the condition of ?er oppressed and oftlLted subjects. (Oheers.) Well, but is the case of Turke very bad P There are those who will tell you that it is not; there are plenty of people who make constant pleas for Turkey. They say the Turks are so gentlomanlike. (Laughter.) They say they are so hospitable; they say they are so civil to Englishmen. A book has reoently been published by Colonel Baker. In that book, which is a clever book in many respects, and contains a great deal of useful information for any of you who may wish to buy estates in Turkoy, there is a discussion also upon the relative conditiou of tho Turks and the Chrisbans, and when you have read the book of Colonel Baker, it you do road it, s? p posing uCfll him in his :so:; you ;Ufs to come to the concluBion that after all Christianity has been rather a oalamity to the world, because the Turks are persons, upon the whole, ot superior virtue. He says, indeed, they have certain vices that they are extremely venal and corrupt. But how do you think he accounts for it P He accounts for it in this way. He says they got inoculated with these vicoa because, when they came into the country, they found it com. pletely possessed by venality and corruption. (La g i ter.) And so the pure maiden virtue of the 1 u?ks gradually gave wy to venality and cor. ruption which they inherited from their Christian predecessors .in the country. (Laughter and oheers.) He looks upon it exactly like the case of going into an intected house, and catching there a disease which the last occupant has left behind him. Well, tWo is very strange and very sad, but unfortunately it is too apt to be the oase with Englishmen who have resided in Turkey. And why P Because '"hey do not go to' Turkey to examiue tho condition of the country. When they go thereto examine the oondition of the country like Miss M'Kenzie and Miss Irby, then you get a true record of the country; but when they go there to buy estates, or for sport, or to pursue their own ploasuro, and to enjoy hospitality, they then come back with the most partial and delusive views, and I will give you a parallel. Go back with me, if you please, to the time of the great slavery controversy. Few of you can recollect it, it is now half a century ago; but how do you suppose that slavery came to be abolished in this country was it thus that English travellers, gentle- men going to the West Indies for their pleasure, profit, or sport, broupht back their damning reports? No; almost all of them did as our Eng- lish travellers goii? to l'urke now do. They came back saying w i at fine fellows the planters were, how hospitable, how kind, up- right, and truthful; and what up- lyng, pilfering fellows the negroes were. But men another stamp—who Knew very well that the vices of the oppressed are really chargcablo upon the oppressor-euoh men as Sturge, who is one of your own men, went from Birmingham not to buy estateg-not to sport-but to ascertain the condition of the people. These men possessed tho mind of the people of England with the truth, and the English people rose up on behalf of the negro race, and over- threw slavery, just as they &" now rising on be- half of the subjeots of the Ottoman Empire, for whom the application of the same saored prin- ciples is earnestly demanded. (Cheers.) Ladies and gentlemen, I wish to present to you, if your patience is not yet exhausted—(cries of no ")- an observation which I think you will admit tends greatly to illustrate the real gravity of the question of Turkish rule. It is thia- things have happened in Turkey without being noticed, but whioh, if they happened in any other country, would have aroused not only criticism, but inaignaiit criticism. (Cheers.) Turkey is a bankrupt oountry. (Hear, hear. ) Tur rz, e in 1875 d?termined to pay her creditors ?nly taU the interest duo to them, and in 1876 a new Minister, one of the enlightened sort—(laughter)—said that the ediot au- thorising the payment of one-half the interest would e. withdrawn, because it had offended the moral sense of the country—(laughter)—and therefore it should be withdrawn, (Hear, hear). The effect of this declaration was that nothing was paid at aU. (Laughter.) I understand that what is called the Turkish Parliament has weedto pay at the rate of 1 per cent., including the :i:;1. t1,a:} rron;ntfc\ist?: order t?'oi't out how significant 18 the general silence ',th regard to this matter. You hardly ever hear of the bankruptcy of Turkey. Supposing th':t atan;a;of BrJ: becomes a bankrupt, people talk of it for a day or so after the fact has become known, but should he commit a murder, the fact of his bankruptcy would bo forgotten in con- templation of the great crime. (Cheers.) There- fore it is that men do not talk of the bankruptcy of Turkey, because we have graver matters to consider with regard to her. Turkey is a great home of slavery. It is the country where "very is pursued u7bius Iiingly for purposes more base E:1m;S¡I ever were rdde;:h: history of the countries whose names are most familiar to us in connection til slitve :e:nd ue thnn tr:dh Of.1T: we hardly ever hear of, because it is eolipsed by the terrible and bitter woes and dis- graces which weigh upon the country. (Cheers.) it is a dreadful state. I will tell you of a plea -the most instructive, I think—that was raised by her Majesty's Government in the late debate. The excuse was made for the Tnrkish (i overnment with respect to the Bulgarian massacres. An excuse for their having failed to punish those who committed the massacres, and for their having failedito reward, but, on the oontrary, in several cases punished those who endeavoured to restrain the massacres. The excuse was that the Turkish Government, and in good faith, were afraid of daring Mahomedau opinion. Now that was an- nounced by her Ma j esty's Government as if it 'nv¡ ds¡:Y;bo;.mei was f; discovery, it 1mS no apology, it was the truth, but being the truth, it was an aggravation of the truth. For what did it show ? It showed that Mahom- edan opinion-the opinion of the Mahomedan people, not merely of a few official men-de. manded those massaores, demanded that the men who committed them should be rewarded, de. n,anded that those who restrained thomshould be overlooked or should be punished. Is it possible to have a stronger proof,of:the utter hopelessness of the case before yoa ? It is not a handful of pMbss, not a few corrupt men in Constantinople. bere have been in Constantinople honest men amongst the Turks, there have been at times en- lightened nen amongst tho Ministers of the 1 urks, but they have been confronted by this terrible fact of Mahomedan opinion, of whieh 1011 now have a description — very late, it is true, but yet substantially acourate. from the month of her Majesty's Government. It has the basis of Mahomedan rule upon no other foundation can it exist. The Government of Turkey is a Government of force. Turkey as far aa rovemment is oonoemed is not a state, it is a camp. They came in like other conquerors by force, bvt they differed from other conquerors in this, that instead of amalgamating with the pcoplo, instead of becoming one with the people, they stood apart like oil from water, ,,g 'toy claimed the right to use the people for their purposes, to PeA to them their own lives, those .ves to be held at their mercy, their property t;ci illi;: tbeir ::u:6; a4irPdi to the Tur k aocording to h6 own vnU and plea- ;re Tio,t:(e tht :nd:kl:: aggeration, but it is not eeration, I have been ?e?iM t?d&y, like Mr. Dale, the p?per of Lord :for:r:. in the ?met-iM? Centun. Lord Stratford de»Bedcliffe .peaks t f the woful aspect presented by Turkey to the eye of tlie traveller You cannot pan through the bmmtifal countrim over whioh the Nrte now rules without blq from spot to spot ivitum to evidences of degene- deu6ticn, and decay. These Moplo ¡; .et&Sth:nnt:Ybe ;e r: land. They h?Te wtled upon it to imp<werMh the soU and debase the people. When they disappear what will they lea. hhiDd P They will leave behind many a bitter memory, and nothing else. No laws, no institutions, bo public works. I read the other day in the his- tory of the little state of Montenegro an acoount of a bridge, whioh the late sovereign of that small but noble territory—(oheovs)—had pro- jected, or I believe actually erected, over a mountain stream. The historian said that smau &8 this bridge may be, yet i,rcbabl it is more oonRiderable work as a work of peaceful utility than has ever been executed by tho united foren of the Ottoman Government and people. (Ch"8.) Of the Turk you may "1' ? 41A' My< ? the noMe ?oem i TeuW. 8OD, ChUdreD bom of tim n blood and II", ¡ nd ruin the breakio* up of laws." We;o &re the frui"t.. th?i, asenoy. We were about a qwwt?r of & oentmry ago to that :a near ¡t, nl tht new era might dawn, and a new career open. We have now seen that everything is going to the worse, and we cannot, without an abuega- tion of our reaeon, without doing despite to all the laws which govern us in the ordinary transactions of life, pretend any longer to continue to look to this effort to mitigate its cruelty, and commit to it the future destiaicw and countries that have heretofore had their share in the noble history 01 the world, and that are as richly endowed by Providence in all that tends tobhappiness as any portion of the globe. JuBt consider for one moment what i. s the oase of these countries, wluch are represented to ua now as in- habited by a people so mean and despicable. I do not deny that many of them have contracted a portion of those vices which slavery always must engender in the viotims of the 818tem.Whit is their c&Ee? Remember what was the ancient area of the oivilised world from the tima of the Great Alexander, 300 years before Christ. The range of civilisation was ex- tended far into Asia, over oountries that now own the sway of the Ottoman Porte. It prepared the way for the strong and masculine institu- tion w? ??h the power of Romo established as the law in all those oountries. The area of civilisa- tion, as I may call it, at the time reaohod from the Persian Gulf in the East to the Atlantic in the West, and from the Northam Oman to the deserts of Africa. Upon that area providentially preparedChristianity commenced ite wor k but C riatianity was fo lowed by the outbnrø of Mahomed&Wam. I am not now going to pronounce a general censure upon Mahomedanism, or to speak evon of the pood it may hne done in its contact with idolatry; but the CbrisUmityl of Asia, e:b s:tng:a. C=ttrofg en: to resist the tremendous outburst of the Turkish power, of the Ottoman race. That Mahomeaan 00 and propagaudu? reached the shores of Europe, and there it encountered I will venture to say a noble resistance—a resistance which made us deeply the debtor of those people by whom it was offered. There were four nations, the Armenians in Armenia, the Bulgarians in Bulgaria, the Servians in what are now called by various names, and the Hellenio race in Greece, and in the whole of that peninsula these four nations offered a gallant resistance. The bulk of the people "hered to their Christianity, and main- tained it unbroken through the many long and eø.r;n:rioD:h:f:vit;k: and suf- fering. Nor did they shrink from the servitude and ''u"e ri'? until they hd brvely contended for it And do.t suppose that was &small matter. Th 1 urk, on the contrary, as a 'Litary conquoror, was trul great. In his warlike charaoter he was lu?d at the head of the nations of the world. lIe had most dovelopod the military art; his courage and skill were un. questionable. It was these nations which broke the force of the advancing deluge. They were like the surging beach which restrains the oooan that beah, beaten by he ves, is laid desolate, and produces notj ih. i- ng it becomes, perha:r a mass of nothing no ? Alog)e, ro^k, or ?oet usele" weed. It has a fence behind which cultivated earth can spread. (Applause.) And so it was with the heroic resistance of Bulgaria and Servia and the Greeks—a resistance in which they succumbed, with the single exception of the other glorious mountaineers in Montenegro. It was that resist- ance which gave her the claim to en j oy her own liberty, and develope her institutions and cause. It is said we mut put trust in Turke" and trust to railways and tele. h8. That is not our belief. M. and :teme we loarn leI8:ef history. We are told told that we an the 8chool of sentiment. I ask how it happens, if we are the school of sentiment, that every historian in the country is strongly on our side. I ask how it is that men so widely differing in all their incidents of character and opinion as Mr. Freeman, Mr. Froude, Mr. iCarlyle-J believe I might add to them, Mr. Stubbs, Mr. Greene, and many more-that these gentlemen who represent the historical school in England—these three in paaicular-how is it that all these men share to the very uttermost opinions which have been expressed by us upon this platform to. night. (Cheers.) But, ladies and gentlemen, most emphatically do I say this war-if I can judge fairly and justly-this war is due to the action of this country. Itioduetothepolloy pursued, not by us, but in our name. It is due to that olioy that the concert of Europe was not effectually maintained. At the time of the Berlin note the five great Powers from whom we dis- sented made proposals to Turkey, and said that if those proposals were not accepted they ofd:r'tosath:ee: that note we dissented, ainly on aooount of those other eaanres; that concert we broke up; the ::r S:Viau tt :dÎsee g war between Russia and Turkey ensuing from a half-hearted pursuance of good policy, and of too much pursuance of evil polioy. The war betwoen Russia and Turker. has been its indirect effect. It ia in my mind ridiculous to say that tho au. thority ot Europe could not have settled this question, The authority of much less than Europe settled a similar question in the case of Greece :tJlftd hab:: si tt \ew':i be as :'ú for the Isle of Wight to resist the order of the United Kingdom as for the effete Ottoman Empire to resist what Europe deemed necessary for her to do. It is on that ground that we ask you to manifest your sentiments, and to set an example toothers to obtain,for the effort in which we aro engaged is a continuous effort. We are, as I ventured to say in the House of Com- mons, rolling the stone of Sisyphus up hill, and the moment we cease to push tre stone be- gins obstinately to roll down again. Suoh is our position. We have not gained all we wish, but we .have (gained something. By a popular action irregular and nnusual, but ne- cesaary, and in my opinion sanotified both by its purity and wisdom, we have done something to reinforce the Government. We have made it doubtful, at all events, through the world whether the England that was speaking to Europe twelve months ago was the real England of the English nation. (Cheers. ) And although it may per- haps till (:e:: td tt::rneYw'h speaks in her name is subtle, is half-hearted, is equivocal, gives promises when they are of little use, and at the critical and vital moment refrains and draws back from what it has said, still we can do something to show that the Government, if by the forms of the constitution it is in the possession of power, is not the legitimate and authentio re- presentatives of our minds and conviotion, but that the great heart of England stiU beats a?? it has ever beat before, and that every hope it oan cherish, every aspiration it can breathe, are hopes and aspirations in regard to this groat ?,e.Vo. of the East, on the side of freedom, of justice, and of peace. (Loud and long-continued cheers.) The =i on was carried amidst loud oheers. Mr. Gladstone, in reponding to the vote of thanks unanimously aceorded to him for his address, said: The duty which 1 have to per- form to-night is one of those whioh at once brings to it its own reward in the act of performance, but the kind testimony you have boen pleased to give of your approval makes an ciddition to the reward which I most gratefully accept. When I listen to a speech like that of your friend Mr. Wright, I begin a little to doubt my own identity. (Laughter.) Sometimes I admit, when reading the hostile review of my character and conduct, I have had great doubts of the identity, because. I do not perfectly understand how I could oonrespond to the perfect monster thus drawn. (Laughter.) Now I am undergoing the opposite operation, but when I find that y v?- f le and very mixed efforts, open to $IF manner of criticism, at..bigoted to 60 generous a review, and treated m a manner 80 far beyond my deserts -(" No again I am involved in the same diffi. oulty abont identity, but I grant in a manner that is more agreeable. (A Voice: Say a word about the Daily Telegraph."— 'h ter.) Gentlemen, if I have performed any d.ty on your behalf, I have enjoyed th great adnntage in being permitted to 1= ceive the ntraordinary. energy and re- markable nmty of general purpose, and with a careful toleration for individual differences, which appears to pervade this great community. (Cheers.) And it enables me the better to understand how you have reached the high level of political and municipal life at whioh it is admitted you at present rest. An allusion has been made to Ms. Bright, respecting whom I will only say that great &8 aro his talents, and splendid as is his eloquence, bis moral qualities appear to me for sheer purity and for sheer force to be perhaps even more remarkable, and, congratulating him on the constituency he has the honour to represent, I make bold also to congratulate yott on the member by whom you have-I will not simply say the honour to be re- presented. (Loud cheers). The rigtA, hon. gentleman concluded by proposing a voto of thanks to tbe mayor for presiding. The motioa having been carried, th& proceed- ings terming tod.

ft I .Ni!iWJeuKi. I Marriah* of Miss Evans.—Many of the old resident* ef Newport and neighbourhood will be lad to bow that the second daughter of the late I. Wilg.. Evans (who the fit ironfounder established in Newport, and upwards of 50 years a resideat there was married on Saturday last to Mr. Thomas LWfman Davies, of Fernbank, Bed- land. The happy event, favoured by au unusually fine day, took plaoe at the pretty church of St. Andrews, Mentpelier, Bristol. The bride was gi away b Is ther, Mr. Phillip K. Evans. The MdMrnfuda were the eitteM I & bride. Misses Mattie and Julia Evans. The groomsman ?M Mr. Lewis F. Marsh, of Cotham. TheM was a large company of visitors and friends present. :r:m&nl: C. J. Clarke, M. Å.'ri | the cemony. The wedding pr"mto were both I numerous and eostly. Dsntal Subsist AND Artificial TxxTu.- Mr. Geor(? :ø..iø 10, Stow-hUt. No-po?t at hM.r ? .GdOOOy O f- l?I, D? 6 (Tneedtyexoepted), when he ean be consulted; at AbergaveW first and third Tuesdays, and Pontypoof Mtoed Tuesday in eteh m<m?. tl?S

I Cowu, Asxaiu, tBoiomu.'wMMwri testimony statee that 110 otbdi mediate* is so sfleetaal in the curs of tb- danfwons nabdim u Jlz&ime's Comm L7UW1XS. Ow Le-ow alone gives must on* or two at bedtime owum not. Sola by U &-it.. in boxes, at Is lid and 2s 9d. They o.tain no pim or preparation tb?,.t AT BMCON the mUihtty tnthontiee are mak. ing a quick march" in favour of the temper- ance movement. In order to avoid the disgraceful scenes of drunkenness and fighting that generally occur on the day the militia are disbanded, it i8 intended that the men shall be marohedtothe railway station, their money placed in envelopes prepared for that purpose, and handed them wr. r.b::t::ttEt.IUI: 19 As ..Me of the men entert?n strom b=i-- t- thH Mnmgement. it is not oett?n yet whether n I will be carried into tleot.

THE FATAL RAILWAY COLLI- SION NEAR MOUNTAIN ASH. THE RESUMED INQUIRY, <Jb I nurscUtj moarine. *t the illaok Lion HoW, Aberdftre, Mr. T. 'iniam depatr ooroaer, re- sumed the inquiry into the dea:L' of Wm, Comer, ad 4&11 engine driver in the emplo of the jrest *7-ter- Railway cop"r, ?bo yl.? his life owig to a collision of two mmeral tram@ at the western tunnel signal.box near Mountain Ash, Borne three weekj ainoe. Major-General Hutchinaon, R.E., waa present from the BaHd of Trade; and there were also present Mr. John Lean, engineer; Mr. Petu DoWdson, traffic superintendent; Mr. George Armstrong, locomc? Ure ^rinteHdent; and Inspector Mends. The Deputy-Coroner, h&risg read orer the The oLf et E jnry, in a 'ew opening remarks, said that they would remember that they met thre on the 10th of May, when he be- lieved he indicated to them the circumstances which were connected with the oouicion. Tbey then only took evidence of the identideation of the drœaøed, x and proceeded to the spot where the collision took plaoe. They would remember, as it was perfectly well knon to them at the im. ;tnrfllth of May hee =: :tf proe"ding from Aberdare, in the direction of Quakers Yard, and just abont the same time a train from Swindon was coming throogh the tunnel. It appeared that the collision took place at or near the signal-box at the western end of the tunnel, and it was then that the deemed met with dt:J:btte:Ofoh:tiff:: ment was to secure the atten?. f tho differ, t who were accompan y ing the train e. :d= hoped h; :din:e ntr: to attend. The course he intended to pursue that day was, first, to mako themaelve acquainted with the locale of the ..I. .i.. He had %plan, "hich had been supplied by the oompany, on which were shown the signals, &0" and the relative distanooe of tho objects on the line. Having proved thiB plan and taken evidenoe on this hea g.pr.d to call the Agualman from Qoaker's Yard, and also the signalman from the Mountain Ah side of the tunnel. He thought it would be convenient to call tho Quaker's Y-d ed of tho tunnel tho .tb:II:II: at dM:ui" Ash w6øtem end. After nailing these witnesses he would call those who accompanied the train who were at present able to give evidence. He was :e::l; to lete 6tt::nt¿ driver of the down engine and the fireman of t £ e up engine were still in suoh a condition as to preclude the possibility of their being present. It would be impossible to conclude the inquiry until such time as they could got these men present, but be hoped at no distant period they would be able to do so. He next proposed to call those who were son n:er oi;n:b:a:: would be able to state the position of the engines and also the exact point at which the eowsion occurred. As the cause of death, of course there could be but little or no doubt, and what they would have to determine was the ciroumstanoss under which the oollibion occurred. Major.General Hutchinson, from the Board of Trade, was pre- sent, and would render tbom every assistanoo in his power, and also give them his opinion as to the oircumstanoos under which the accident took plaoe. Owen Gethin, surveyor, was the first witness called, and produoed a plan of the line, the tracings from which, then put on, he proved were correct. Joseph Golder, signalman at the east on d of ¿aO: Yard etn:fide ¡;Jhbe::S: at this point since July last, but he had been signalman for five years. He and his mate .took turns about, so that they got about 12 hours' work a day. They oommunicated from tho cut to the west-end tunnel by block telegraph there were bells and discs at each end. The switches and signals were worked by levers in the box. There waa a regular code ?r rules &A to the sig- n&Uimg of the bli and disc. The signal for a train on line was one beat of the bell; his line clear was two beats; line clear, three; line blocked, five top train, six; and the test Bignal was nine beats. 1 he receipt of the various signala were given befor? the starting of the "n, and acknowledged back again. He kept, a book, in which he entered every train immediately after it passed. There were no catch points of any description. On the night of the collision he went on duty at ix o'clock, and had to remain until six in the mom- ing. At 10.15 a train ?" signalled as ooming to- :;dø 1lø1t; dsihe :'nf: to:s box, and receivod answer that the line was all right. About a minute later he allowed the train to pass. There was a white light on the front of the engine, and throe red tail lights. AU the signals were worked in oonjnnotion with the points, but os& had separate levers. The night was ;uak.\hd: ler:be:h: it rained. 1 hey had a speaking telegraph instrn- ment in addition to thnignu. Tfe next thing he heard w" that the down train was gone into the eanal, and he was asked to go down at onca. He went and told the foreman, and blocked tho road. He did not go down to the scene of the accident. Major-General Hutchinson: Have you found that the rules lay down that all home trains should stop at the east signal-box 'r sh ;itneas eplied that they did. The rules were here produoed, but wituesB acknowledged that the train did not oome to a dead stana, bnt stoam?d slowly through, Major-General Hutchinson: It seems to me that the rale hag not been quite acted up to. i:¡ ::ie n;u'i::s ni all qDllac:ld be brought to a standstill at the east signal-box, and that a white &f sh&M be waved by day, and a white light by right. Witness said he used the white light. Major-General Hutchinson: Then the only point whore the rules have not been acted up to is that tho train was not .topped. Is is cus- tomary to stop trains at the signal-bo*, r Wtners: Y?s, Birj unbl wo remove the signal. And you are not at liberty to remove the signal until they have stopped ?-o. By a Juryman: Te down train was not going faster than usual, and p"sed at a very slow rate. Edward Charles, switchman at the west tunnel, box for the-pamt five years, said he was on duty on the night of the 8th of May. Between 10 and 11 that night an up.train approached his signal box. The train was signalled at 10'49 from No. k Mountain Aehf Train on line." He knew iiere was a train in the tunnel, and gave it per- mission to come by signal. At 10 48 he received a signal from the east tunnel box if the line was clear, and he immediately replied. At 10'54 the up train came to his home signal. He knew the other train was coming through the tunnel. His points and signals were put right for the down train after the signal from Moun- tain Ash. He went out of ? box and waved his red light in order to stop the up train. He beard the engine boating too (juiokly to stop at his signal. There was a con- siderable rise in the line here. His signals were against the up train, and no one eould alter them, as they were locked. The night was a calm one, though rather dark. He noticed that the cp-train had a front light. The up train was just about where the double and single line oonverged when he got out with his lamp. He thought by the beating of the engine of the up train some distanoe off that she was going too fast to stop, and about the same time the down train was going at a slow speed from the tunnel, and directly alter tho collision oww?re& Tlie down train was also carrying a front light. Whtn the collision occurred there was a glare of light from the engines, and he could see some of tlio trucks rolling down into the oanal. The collision occurred half-way between the points and the creesing-in fact, just at the junction. The body of Corner was got out from the engine bstween 1Z and I he was quite dead. The other driver Wat- had hia arm injured, and the two firemen were also much injured. He could give no i?e"on for Corner's ?omini past the home igW aa he did. Always 0-n-ideled him a very careful driver. Had no slip oi catch- points before ooming to the single line, and had never used the staff at the tunnel. By Major-General Hutchinson: There would be no difficulty in working the staff throngn the tunnel, although it would not be done so quickly. Had never worked on a ii t engine in ? sin?,"r place with a tunnel. 'ook. i.1, of the down line at 9 S7, and kept it o w to 10'54, but bad ot ginn on the down train to Mountain Ash, which u would have dime when the train passed the box. thBh8 Deputy-Coroner; Did not observe any brake applied to the np train. He waved his h:h :ESbu to an:ta at:v: driver, but in a very short time the train passed. By a Juryman: Did not how the deceased whistle, or was aware that hi took any notice of the signal apin8t him. He did not appear to make any endeavour to stop and had steam on when ) he passed the signal-box, aad his traia was goinp at 101M 25 =Hem an hour. By Major-General Hutchinson: The down train had a good back light. Never Mud of anyou? lIiistaking the lignt of tJw down tra for thi light of the up Zn. Maior-General Hutohinson was then swory, and deposed that he wu one of the Board of Trade m1>ectors. He had visited the scene of the collision, and had MSU a tracing of tho plan produced, and mON or kww vcriöed it on the ground. In the tunne l w" & single line cf rail r'15 I8 t::ad :hes:liif:al gether was about iths of a mile. Had made elf acquainted with the signal appliances for work- ing(&Ild he considered that the arrangements at the end of the line where the accident occurred were tolerably sufficient. There waa no reason to oocsider that the collision eould be attributed to their insufifciency. Additional amnntw might undoubtedly be obtained by adopting, ot&er methods, but whether they wonld be compatible with the trdo wonld be another question. There would be no dii&eulty in preparing for them. One. means of mdety wo a d bo not to a llow any two trains to approach the junctio to eitJWr end of the tunnel at the same time; that noiuatrain should be allowed to leave bhouataiu Asn unte the line was elear throughout the aiagle line oa the Quaker's Yard side, and. the same from Quaker's Yard to the Ktain Ash aide. If such an arrangement woald invuwe too great au interruption to the trafl* it .bøuld be mwan imperative rule that all traWa .would oome w & dead stand before entering on the single line. The rule which required all trains to 60m ts a ctand at the east twmel did not app-r to bn been enforced. Tkeue two suggestions would add muoh to the safety of the traSc.. On a single line the carrying of a staff would le a safeguard, bat this, would havt heen of no use in the present caso, as the accident did not take plaoe on the abIØe Jubc. The staff, however, wouid interfere with, the tullo. It it WM not wou to the safety on- u,.iy to the wg,.O, and if a* was 0-d VAA be iied, a pdot engine woun add to $be ?#Ww at the liM. This however, WA mokkiagba, do I" the accident. &igma --d to _v. b- proml-9:4?l The a.ivel even under th- .i1oD8.It* still ba: home _bin and .imale, if he wae u equally inat- œnüfe.. it wouid appear be wu on thU QOCF^ sion. The Coroner eaid he did not wish to offer any eaggestien, hat wonld any good arise from the use of (Ming and oatohpoiats t lfMor-Oetieral Hutchinson: The Reud ef Trade "ways set-their face against facing paint*. It mi.g,ht be pewdble at the weet end of the tenaet  dMd end, ao that the train rni? ?on waimt it and not on to the !mo, but if they W'MW Mmi? te ÎD8pecttbe liaeaad the oomP6DY W pd m faomg PAnt" they would a? the oompa-yT. take ?Mnoat,nnbM aomething very peooliar ox4t&d which re aired their ?- 0<oo<t  not fair w ? = 0, = matte, tfter M M< d-at. Th. tnM.?Mdy for the whole m.ttM w? ?'n?t a Meond tunnal b.? this would cause & large expenditure He thought the evidenoe of  °i v.6 comPanI w" ?i?n very oam- didlv  ? 4^ not ihink tbere ?? any <?- owJment; sod he was also ? ?""? that tb. signal arrangements wero carried on reg&larly. It am aPP-zed tkA the t the ..t a .?t ?"?? '*? ?? M?mJa ?t ? the wMt emt M..t-Li. A,Ll 11 as good -6 any could be, ad coulvd ?be very well men. He thouL ght a signal in the tmwei wold be of no u*e, &Ii it would be seldom seen, Owilw to the ?m. He was 3 .puuon, however that the use of some a-dditicaU precautions would be desirable In the oonras of & conversation as to the amount of tmffic upon the line, the C?U?" remarked that on the day of the ?cident 1W tr&i?-rj way—had run over the line. waz.D&Tid DtYMN, of Aberdare, deponed tht he had been in attendanoe upon the injured men. Pickering, Watson, and Sheppard. Ptek?? wae stiu in a very bad state, and suffering from paralysis, owing to an injury to the spine. Did not = Pickering ?. tt.. a the inquiry under a month; if he went on &a at pre"at he might be able to so. Watson WM still unable te attend, but WM pi-ofrre?stn? ftToar&My. 46ep? pard was able to he present that day. WiUiam Sheppa, Srem?n to W.twm, the driver of the down train deposed that they ed' thw=:Î1 ri?ht, allowing thoir train to go through the tuunel, through whioh they proceeded at abont 10 mUea Mi honr. He Utte bt?e on the whee? ooming thr&n?h t?* tunnel, and npon "ig that the B?tmte w-e aU right he took the brake off. Almost im1I1eduot;ol.y afterwards the collision occurred, and he wu stunned, Ilnd knew nothing that took plaoe. Oe coming to, ho found kiself thrown on to tM other engine, and lying b??side the deoe"od man Corner. If the signal at the home 001 bad been ait,bt them on comig out of tIae tu.n ?,TecL?d not think they oould have paued .p in time to prevent the collision, although they micrh. have slackened speed. James Norman, guard to the ùt,tr:;td thtt he did not keep tie on the n?ht of tha M< tdect, M his wawb was gone in for MpMrn. iassed No. 1 and 2 signal-boxes at Mountain Ash. and went on towards the tunnel box. He took notioe of the signals at the tunnel box. The first signal showed a red light for danger. The dnver went pi?t this «i?n?. He &t<o ew th? home ?tgnat pomted to danger. Coold n:" m:: out why the driver went on. He put his brako on the van, to try and stop the train. The driver had steam on when he 6 sed the ei?.bM. thought the condoct of 8::ew'= M he knew that he ought te have stopped there. Had no time to make any farther emmanicatiol to the driver before the collision oocorred. Dicl not see the down train until after the oollisiea. Was knocked senseless for a time. Afterward went up to the engine of his train. The home signal was right for the down traia. The up home and distanoe signals were atiu standing at danger. The plaoe where the aooi. dent occurred was just at the crossing the down engine being on the right road. By a J uryman Had never known Comer dn? on before when danger 1:erHO:: a?w him on the ni?ht of the accident he seemed ?ipht. Did not know that Comer was new- 16 Philip Tyler, guard upon the Swijdon train. gave evidenoe all to signals being right for the down train, and signalling danger to the np traia after the accident. James Yaughan bartlett, station-master t? Quaker's Yard, gave similar evidence did gm William Hania, mechanic. Mr. Charles Batting, locomotive foreman, de- posed to tho damage which had oocurred, mad tIaa exact plaoe where the accident took place. The mquirJ was then adjourned till Thursday, I the 12th of July, at two o'cloek.

CONFERENCE OF THE MlNEIW NATIONAL UNION. This conference was resumed in Durham ecr Thursday morning. The first business was spent in discussing a resolution introduced by Mr Benjamin Pickard, of West Yorkshire, in re- ference to the advisability of laying the whole community of miners in the kingdom idle for a month or six weeks in order to try and restrict the output of co?!, and to stop the ruinom competi- outp?t &fe ?V.i trade and downward tendency of < tion in e The subject of the restriction of labo? was discussed from various points of view, ?d ulti- matdf Mr. Pickard's moon wM withdrawn, mA the following proposition, proposed by Mr. ;f:A'f Durbam, and seoonded b1: Pickaud, was unanimously a?eented to:- 1. Th?t thi?; wutcreme views with the atm- serious apprehension the eontinuul tall in the ratio 01. the miners' wages and believing such can be sta/ef by a proper organisation of labour throughout tha kingdom, it therefore ^jrees to empower the board to .ummon. it r?quired a ?nforenoe fmm &U minuag t-umm(on, of the United Kingdom spfcmIytoo?S tbe best w?o of stopping such reduction, either by partial -p?-i.. of la b our, or by the restriction f it the dWy output tor a timo, or in any other way that seems best calculated to produoe beneficial results. 2 this (question also deeply aftect* woi kers in mines in France, Belgium, and Qermaay. tbej would ask tItem to rounder with the miners of the L.ild Kingdom, tlie subject; ..d that tbey bj no. q"tOO to coml itai?t, with Ih otlie "['1M Mineis' National Union on the n-atter, and also by ra- pivsentativea appointed from among th.%mselre» to confer with us OIl the ?uuj?t at tLw euut%?muoe wbi? "ailed. I l.hLe conference agreed unanimoml7 to support the men in the five districts agaiust the em- ployers who had refused arbitration in th- ques- tion of the proposed reduction of 10 per cent, in tiou tif th0e tht ?nti on of Mr. Brown, of North Staffordshire, it was resolved that the question of foreign competition demands the attention of the miners of the United Kingdom; that competition between various districts alae seriously affects the. condition of tha irinititr population and that it has become neoes- sary for them to consider how far a wise system of emigration would be of benefit to the minsto of Great Britain. It was, therefore, agreed that Mr. Macdonald, Mr. Birt, the Secretary, and the treasurer should form a committee to obtain in- foamation of the subject of foreign and looal competition, and if need be visit the competing counties or districts.

AN AMUSING PIG CASE AT LYDNEY. At Lydney petty sessions on Wednesday (before Mr, Seys, chairman, Colonel Noel, CaptainJonkiaa, una Messrs, Sully and G. B. Keeling), Elizabeth Birks &ad Charles Birks, her son, who carry on the Purton Passage Inn, in the parish of Lydney. were summoned by Isaac Godfrey, an innkeeper at Blakeney, for having on the 1st of May wfl. tuUy released ?ertain p4s, and trespassed Ot. Mr. Hayward's land. They were aüo summoned lor allowing the pigs ? tr pe U. Mr. Phikp J. rC:eli:,I'r Uu:fcdlkii*: prosecutor saW he was the oocupisr of mtod? at Pwtou, sd*Aring defepdants'iyaxd, whic^jrpb entered by gate "I. proximity. (?n the kt ftMr: d'edJ= )u: t fi,t:I1i: he turned cut for the purpose of impounding. While in this act he called to Charles Birks, who, h? alleged,,mude no -eply, and liubsequenUy"" pigs were given into- the possession of Haysrard. k,)IVi le this perBon with himself (Godfrey) wom driving tbam 'Wwaro. Lydney Pound, Mrs. Birks set up a vigorous -ttle iti? zinc bUCk 6hont)B?"f?ti?,tiK." TbhwMcoctinuod. until tL old sow t.-od, and. m.& iis cscape, he, the'utor, being then laughed at Mrs. Birks^aid, We have dt?e you at but." The 1:8wket was atib rattled, and the elder de- fendant o-tinmed his tig tig tig. Notwith- ht:ithlt¡¡:l tigh o,: -van "e of 0,.i..U, both I ftw?;W tshee on dre0- fendant Chades having* m?j? over the wUt Bhojtu? to the aeooB? pt? util it mdoit. e, both running to (the'jferd, where they WU9 socand by de£ tè. In crQ&l.eamiaa- tion, the KOMMtM- 'trod it:- hm duty to t k?Z the hedge ropeir and the gate w,.m, but that his locks bad often been forced, and Tate left open. Witness also stated that Charles Birke had requested him to leave the gMe unlocked, as he claimod a ptth into a small orchard, aud henoe It arose that he wa*,y Mm.M< to keup tW pte amurely fMteneJ. Mr. Cooke denied both offences, arguing that to come within the meaning of wilful rtk*Ae" prowatpr ¿ show that defendants had -d :k or other instrument to rescue the P4t,. Godfrey had even &dnntted the gate was otteu 16ft open, and upon that evidenoe he (Mr. Cooke) au!).it that ha iproseontor) had faHed to keep the fenoa neunM. SevenJ wituessw were catted in dw ..e, both for -ml,LaitLtnt .d defenti, "J-- the Bench., dismissed the charge against Mrs. Zirka, fajid the chairman added, with referopee to Charles Birks. that it had been coi*- tended he had a right of way, and. therefore, the bench wenot of opinion it was sa much his duty to keep, the gate locked as Godfrey's—the one to keep his stock ua and his neighbours oat as the other-, but Hirks. jiot having done sa, the-honoh ooi^idered he was liable. The justices had to take W. Cooke's definition of tlæ Uw xsith regard to tio Milease, because it had been, shown that the. II-. tendant, Cbarie?Btrkc, had iumped over a w&R and frightened one of the pigs on its way to tha pound, and thus he- vas iiuole for -3?-mg?g &1" ,mt it was a c? ? ?at should not have coma be- fore the be.eh A m no doubt the wm ilU feeling between tha parties. There seemed to have been no TÙllehQe used in the rescue, and tha penalty would be mitigated to a fiue of Gd. *A4 costs, wbiuh was paid.

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