The South Wales Daily Post

i ¡'R "GOOD GIFT. .Sotimt' I n't.te Owen Mrertit41 sa;d i Mildred Ch"mev. a.S sit'J threw dO'11 wih b&Dg tte blu, a.nd. g(,¡,l editio.1 t'Î "Illci1o: }uÚ beeu reading. I "W'hv, .Mi1Ó-! ex"imed nldoweli œ.er. MI' Greh<tm, wjJO was ealmlv (hill", ¡ ftHtoy w(,rk at the OpPOi!oè ¡de of the win: dow, "llidn'tknow tbüt it wa.s C)rtho."ox fCl" a. hwiy in her firwt aeaaon to do feiivtbin^ bat adore Owen iferedith." •■Well, I don't. Now, her* is hat I Tuiie Just listen: f Ye there? none so happy but what he bath been ■Jusft aurut to be h;^ppv ,c time, I wean; I to bt Do you notice? Not be' or 'is,' J ut 'aboat to be,' &a if i.u- Ibing ever .-dm- t the right time. X call tt Tank pessimism and poor consolation, tmo, this is: And to most of us ere we go down to the gra.v, reJentinir. accords the good g»Ct we ■would have, But, as though by some strange imperfection in fAte. v be £ ood gift, when it comes, WIiJd a mo- ment late. v *R isn t true, Eleanor, for ih^re are Wioosands o; people who are happy. I have been happy all rev kfe, unci I mean *0 '«Vf>y I die. An t what is ail that- non*Hm about th. good ^ift, as if there were or.lv orte good gift, m the compass Of life. X" I don't like Oven Meredith. A shadow passed over the elder woman 3 face, and t whs a face that si .owed morn •dcvelonme?*t in r jieru < than t ten *'<irs seniority between nefseif anl Mildred }<eir.ed L *o justify; she had lived, suffered, md E ^loflght. voa coukt tell at a -md ahe [ learned to he pt t; e.r t-. t 'i.at also was I «v.vlent. She dropped her hands in her Jap The good Mildred." ahe repeated; "U fancy it different things to diffe- rslit psjple. It mean- amassing w-alth to one man. it means political to •rother, it fin,a to another, and to women it means their own lr11 id Jcve, for, no matter wlwt. a woman adriere*, Ae is only fust- t., be happy' uutil fliat is hers." Now, that is downright *entimentil, "Elinor, laughed the younger woman. "As 41 there was any on* 'ove f.h;d hud to sweep VOYer you It:»o an av«luii; he i«efof- you could wcognise ic. If >* all vv^il Apough ;n p'>iktrv tet f don't believe in it. Now, let's he and personal. For instance, th^rv's flwor EngLrti friend, Fred D^gravc He is good-k)'.»king. '-ultnrf-d, ricL, and some d;ty will hare a title. H& wants t> ,t ia,r i*v vcur { fcnmhle servant, w hasn't mad* up her j Blind Tat whether to settle down or not, but: I don't, i>hn any better thin I do most «f jay friends, and if I marry him I expect to be to be 'nappy.' I think mv will coine at otice, *nd not raomcnt too l ite.' Whv One be happy with everything to make iter «o? It is a woman s ow n fault :f she Bi.imes a good n an that ahe w ^o-.d friends tv^th and t Tt ^'>es orr mourning aDont bsinj; 'unsstisfW-'?' and venting things that aiwj.ys tome "a moment too late.' N'i,- •ense:" "You 1 Lave a fortnnate girl, Mii- dred." sa>d her sifter. "»nd yet ;t- is fasy to philosophise before one w.itiers. <4rd .gFaftt that hippiness may tJP full {-.i d ■Complete and in time, but, theiv are mnny -»«opW who never reach it. snve with ;h« ir Safer tim. A* tc» Mr. r>a!<jrave, ti»is u. -your first reason, and I should be verv fer- I him more than other trun ■M I w you: more us Stv. irwrtaiice—rr.>>i.. than Edgar Wilton, just lv w«y of example, yon kaow. *4Oh, carelessly answered Mildred, slihot^h the colour deeipe&ed on her clieek; "Ted tg just Ted. and I'w known him all say Kfo. TIleD. with an [inpatient motion •t-o.v^rds the offending "Lucile." she arose to feet. "1"11 go down town now." s'ik. 'v;a eitejjua from'frt :u i- for the rest of my tsuTafrnias fist. Chr»;.iuu-,s, thank Heavon. is gilt tknt alvv^ys in the :»iek of ^soe. Even your pes*ir.n*n, Nell, c-an't de- <4are that it is one of t'>o»e intangible ^bont- te-hes or t\at it i eve* jromen^ too 'ate, «ad ti»e ffirl went g; ,!v out of r.be rr»om, Warning, "I liove m' Love in the Spncg- <apw' under her bre.it Mri. Qr3f!itU>i looked aft^r h°r with fond ./W* ^at a little "moist. NotWng i.as 4W^r <x>i<te too Iat« f .>r li:er yet." she thought. «?be has never ^n.s^d ihe mother who C'^d .• in W ba-bvhood and *11 other good things We been I hop? always be ,,0," Mr. Williatfo Gbesney the millionaire whole- j W&* tod retail dmler m toys, fopcy goods. iSfct Japanese novelties, was in his private wiien hill daughter reached his piac- ..01 business. A ragged wonwn, with a in bar arms, was rtanding outride his onice door in oonfert: ^e with a^clerlr "He cannot 11P. 1 en, the clerk w■ ip 8:\V- SHf ";00 better go ar "Why he be seen?" interposed Mil. .dre,r.. frasli, clear voir-e, its wdfid ring. ]0f ^'Wrsw, he estn be s»%en. I naw lutn #liroT!?h the window; Lc .n't busv a bit—j ,«_r»/»e on," to the woman, TH take von in .åAt1 suiting the action to the vord. 8he th.j dot>r aud irstiwhic^d herself and '««r poverty-stricken c>.fm;>nnions to btr notice. The abmgged shoulders. rather it was th-n he said, "tdkuv begraurs in the- and thtn he weat .bout bis business. There a mhrfcare of emotions on the mwdiianV? fSlft; plensnre %t his d.-wighter's annovanee at tfce sight of Iver -■ cwipawoba, b«rt he rose to oeca-siou wi*h •atr of one who v~xs in.tlie i»abtt of doing |*b doty. 'Wh*i do vou want, my good woman?" Ike a«^d ti>e wretched-looking creature btfor« %rim. want help, sir." "But don't, you know tihM I help everybody, even if T g-ave away all I've got ?" hs renaanatr^.teiJ. "But why don't t.»U jnrt Ajwe that ha&vy e'rnld <uid not oajry her?" "*She osn't walk, sir; stie is paralysed on nie." ^Thtre wu «, hopeless, quiet despair in tones and face, someth'ng different in itPr Jf1¡a:rmer from that of a professional ipen- dicant. It this difference and the fruddesi totef'esst in Mildred s eyee that r>bade the »i^4i Pv,sh a cK'iir ro chc woman Mid bid h-r MAt hea^elf and her burden. "Why did you oome, to me ?'' ,^e m- «BB9ed, "and w'oere » the father of vour Something 1:ik a swift of pain paasf d ever Wer set featurt^s replied to his •eeond question first. "My hnsbanu..he øa.i.d, with almost imperceptible emphasis, "died four years ago, «r*» I came to von, sir, becaose tie. was an • Tl ai U :hm&n. I heard that you were n fe LoiedMt jonrmtM. I cinnot work, because 1 no one lÜ care of the child, « £ hb i-" tl. -So we ba.ve sunk down t,), -wihftt we a*e. We tjan^t dio. it aeeoas, sit -f «a<>i we must J* or starve.; end I isn't Jet the child starve, if t^ggiug' wili feed her." "There are children's hospitals," he stiid; f don't fon go to oee of tliem?" "f it*re tI thcm, but they wm }I(4- her, exoept for it few week. at a kire, Sw she i* imtrabit- are? fire weeks ago they Met lior baiok to me. ^asd since then I've not ffeeen vihlr to work on acooan+ of carrying her ,ibou$trii,h n: J "Dki you a«k ti* city for help ?" "Yes, sir; 1 stood for three days outside 4&e ar' doc.r, but could not get to biw, 1 and go t tho'iirht T'd try you." Ajrthb tiiiw paJf Htlt creature in anas 'iai ms witu her .bj bright ejecjj -fastened on a simple doll '.tot My on the 'aoercliant's desk. A 3even-year-old chill, grr+<h tad developed inteilecit. of one of th*ee she w but a bab;, in her speech lird thoughts. She looked old, and she was unnfttoraify quiet i'oa could not imagine t»er crj-ing, even for hunger or cold, and yet -•you could only treat her hr an infant. As Cer mother f«ase>.i Kf-eaking. she held out j feei ra.pturou>,ly toward? the doll. j "Oh!" she -aid, with a ?igh of ineff anle j 1ight, the pretty baby, the pretty, ) pretty baby!" i An iraonlse ttiafc he did not stop to analv-se j jn idb tfe merchant pick np the plaything | -ami piece it. in toe crip pi **1 arms. A llood | «f teippi^?ss fairly debited the wizened ttitck. f:«5e. j "Fo r me ?" dte <Umo$t acrewned in her | «fTT'.us delight: "for ia«f" I for you. he said, whUe a. suspicions I ^-i.oartej hit ,T;l1.1hTII' i9r^.v.^ JfeLV himseif up. as it were, to *the'practicalities- of life, he handed the mother a* dollar. "Where do you live?" he embed, and what is your name" And then, aa if afraid f vat he had let his emotional naitare get ahead of his business sense, he added, "hut would you work if you could ?" ''God knows I would, sir," she said, "and I am verv thankful for this. I ve m Catcher's teneoient, on Water-street, now, Mid I iiia Mary Wilkinson." 'fliers were no profuse "God bless vous" as she left the ofliee, but across the wh'te da^rxnr of the woman's countenance there had broken an irradiation of light as the mother looked at the happy face of her crippled ciuld who had forgotten.all of her hunger uid ooid in ttie blissful possession of tiie pretty, pretty baby." "Father, askevt Mildred, as Wie d. i r alos«<l, there many such in the world "Thousajuls such, child we have beu^n's all dav long." "Buob beggars as these ?" she persislevt, "w^io would work if they could; peiple without anv chances?" "Oh, yes, yes," a. little impatiently, said the merchant, for he felt that he had already I wasted too much time on the subject, not to mention having been guilty of an emot on. "A great many people mise their C"hal! S, I one way or another—but Low much money I do you need for Christmas, eh, Mildred?" "Whatever you think is enough, t;){,her," she answered, carelessly, and when bad given her the cheque she paused to ask him I yet another question. "Do you think there is any need of that child being helpless? Couldn't a. doctor do something f" 1'. be concluded to-morrow.

THE LIVERPOOL MURDER. A BOY'S STORY OF THE CRIME. 'the police are now in possession of valuable information in connection with the terrible murder of old bookseller at Liverpool. Tht tfifMUatiou wao obtained from the oed boy Needham. This is the lad's fetory :—. "My master (meaning the deceased man) had not bet-u gone out long before a, man to the and for Mr. -Jorè, saying lie wanted to buy soiucbooke. I told him that my uuster had gone out, and I dkl not- expect him biu-k until about a quarter to *en. The visitor r-plied that he would call again at nine o'clock, ami he theii left the house. He re- turned, however, aboat eight, and I told him tluit the old man had not ("Hne back. He said h.; v.ould wait, and Thereupon sat dO\\1\ aad talked about Moyse to me for nearly two hours. said nothing, however, that would give 3J.'y idea J to v ho lip waa, or whert- he had ccane from, and h& did not mt:ntlOl1 hi* nallle to me. He evidently ha3 known the oid m"n tJi Borne tunø, judging irom the conversation. Abcut ten o'clock Moyse returned, and the visitor was skill in the house, When the old man. eanie into the kitchen the visitor jumped up wid shook hands with him very cordially, and the'. seemed to be extremely pleased to each other. 1 thought then that they were itoth well known to each other. Movae, then, addressing the visitor, but. not by name, said, '1 did not expect you back so eoon, as though tho visitor had returned froa icme long ion*- ney, or frvm a -voyage. Turning to me, my ii-adter uaid, 'He (meaning the visitor) will sleep here to-night, on the sofa, and you 11 tix the l**>t room foi him tomorrow/ 1 tlien to bed, my bedroom being over the one occupied by my master,. I hoard and saw nothing more that night. • illy arise about tn e o'clock in the moinin- on this parti- cular morning 1 heard the clock strike five At the same time 1 heard aomecie coming upstairs, and on looking towards the door 1 saw the man I had left with my master the previous evening. He said to me, 'Are you not gemg to get 1 asked him had the old man called me yet, and he replied, 'No.' I then said, 'Is he awake ( Mid again the stran- ger said, adding, you Slot going to get up and make the :fire r i said, and asked him if he would fetch the bucket and hatchet w break some 0.301, which wa kept in the scullery- adjoining ill)" room, Th., man at cnce went downstairs, and brought up an ax&, and in the meantime I jumped out of bed and j,{fJ! dressed. Whilst I wa dressing 1 the visitor in a stoopins? lJOijition. as though he was looking for wIDét1¡.ing 01' the floor. IIp was rubbing hia hajids along the iioor. He next got up and fixed a chair and a bundle under a hole ic the ceiling- of the sc.il!e»-y—under .cockloft. ft., then got 011 to the bundle and looked into the oockloft, and I laughed at him. He then got down and spoke to me. By this time I was tlres»ed. The visitor then came mto my room and caught hold of me by the throat, and pushing me On th* bed tried to cihoke me. He struck me on the head several timeu with a hatchet. 1 screamed and said. 'For God's snke, kill me.' Before a,t- tempting- to choke me, however, the man blew the cndlp out, and we were then in darkneas. I managed ultimately to get away from him, and went mto the kitchen. He followed me, and, as T was still scretiming for help, he picked Up a roker am] Atruck 11Ie several times over the head, telling me to 'hold my noise.' I ran towards him to try to scop him hitting m-\ but ho pushed me from hlro. saying, '"Don't put blood on me.' I then felt to th^ gn-ii'w; and ne said. can now go and wake the old The visitor then wen* out of the house, afd aa he was goinf he said, 'If you follow me I will kill you.' I was dazed for some time. bus when T managed to get up I went into my master's roc a, which lies over the kitchen. I looked on the bed, anc. saw my master lying in a peculiar position with his head on the pillow, and I notice 1 that b ood was or. hi« face and head. On going closer I saw that he was- dead." Questioned as to whether he could give further details anout the man who hatt committed ihe crime (says the "Morning"), the boy said "I i never saw the mail before, and I never heard my master mention his name. I doc t know where he en me from, or where he belonged to. but I believe he is a sailor from his appearance, and be talked to me about bringing a. bird and some tobacco next time he camet When he was with mo in the kitchen the previous night, he talked about the old man being a noisy, funny sort of fellow, and his other eonvewatkwi led me to believe that he was well ,-oqnainted with him. Ho is a,bout 28 or 3C yeanvof ages about 5ft. Sin. in height, with thick brown Hrfyue&ache, paJe face, and thin. He looked l reepectnbk; and clean, and he was evidently not <%fo;eigTie; for he spoke like a Liverpool mali." AN ARREST The Press Association Liverpool*corlonpon- dent telegraphs:—The police here on Saturday morning made an arrest in connection wrth the murder of the dd man Mo*yeo. but ûhøy de- cline to make any -tacnmehfeat present rejrarding the person arrested. Meanwhile, he is-dotemed in the detective office awswting-examination. A later iwlegram says:—Up to noorj on Satur- day the man under arrest for the Liverpool murder hud net 1 on brought before the lad Needham for identification, but from the in- quirMB of the police they attach the utmost importance to the arrest. They are extremely reticent and^ decline in the meantime to say more than that the man fully answers to the deeoription given by Needham of the murderer.1 Tlie ari-est was effected in a house m Etlgeware- stree-t ■dn'ough soukj talk whioh a- police-coii- stable aocidenwJly overheard while passing.! along tho street on his usiial rom-.ds. The man's name has not transpired, but it is stated some blood spots have Ijeeai found on hie clothes, and that, having formerly been employed about th* river, he was likely to be acquainted with the murdered man, whose bookstall near 'the landing-stage. IDENTIFIED BY NEEDHAM. The man in ouetody on suspicion of haviog .murdered Edward Moyse at Liverpool wae on, Batwrday afternoon taken before the lad Need- ham, at the Norsfeern Hospital, and Needhanf 'id«rt-itied him from among several1 other men. 4 Prifconer'a name is William Miller, aged 30, a native of Liverpool, and a seafaring man. He is married, with a family. The puijoe- ^ha>ve "found smears, apparently of blood, obh Jhw shirt, and these will be examined by an-' araJyst. Bobbery is supposed to have been ( the motive for the crime, and the fact that. neither tibe watch nor the money of Moyse -was-" taken from under his pillow is supposed "hy- the police-to be due to the lad Needham gettùIg out. of the house and giviI!g an aJazm" "lh& 1JQl.X'e íV@ in the nlca.ntim ptoaecut.mg In- quines into Mi [r'@ IWltecooenis. He will' be lw-oughi OOÍore tJ.ae court ».9ty (:Mony),

SPLITTING BANK NOTES. SENTENCE ON INGENIOUS SWINDLERS. A Router's telegram from Vienna on Satur- day says:-The sensational trial of swindlers I whioh has been occupying the attention of a jury d.ming the pact, week concluded today. The prisoners were charged with fraud and with counterfeiting bank nctos, their modus operandi being to split genuine notes and induce their dopes to buy them. Among other places they carried on this method of swindling in London, Berlin, and Rotterdam. The accused were five in number, including one woman, the wife of Nuchem Sohapira, the leader of the gang.—The jury found all the male prisoners guilty, Nuchem Schapira and Mausch Bauni- garten were sentenced to nix years' hard labour, Roman Her* to font years, and Aron "Fre»chleng to three years. Here on his release; will be excelled the country.—The jury acquits Sarah

TIIIf WAR IN china! ♦ — ■■ — f RE SITUATION vAT^WlEX^ HMæEI. jGEINESE IN MANCHURIA LOSING? HEART- i 5 JAPANESE WAR LOAN VOTED- A Central News telegram from Wei-Hai- Wei (via Ta-lienwan). dated February 22" says —Since the capture of this island strong- hold ami the surrender of the Chinese fleet aJI efforts have been directed by the Japanese to strengthening HI" <lefenoes along the t, i a.nd a.t Liu-Kung-Tao fresh guns ha.ve been I mounted and defects maxle good The amount of stores seized was so great that the troops have had a superabundance of supplies. A I civil coiiimissiont-r has been appointed, and Marshal Ovama has issued a proclamation assuring the inhabitants of kind treatment I and protection so long as they follow their peaceful pursuits. Another project is being j prepared in which the fleet will pi: r a! prominent part, but the nature of the p vriA j 1 are, as usual, kept secret. After the aurmxkr; of the last forts and the fleet the e:K"t1.).¡ foreigners who were captured were hro-.gln; | before Count Ito and lus staff, sitting << £ «s j naval court, and ten swore and subscribed to j the oath that they would not again appear a*} combatants during the present war. They | were then re!eased1. The eleventh n*■% j iieorge Howie, an American, wps not trfraied with the same consideration. He destribcdl hameelf as a technical sub-marine mine ex- j ploder. but would not admit his identity with ) the man was arrested on board th* | steamship Sydney in Japanese waters whilst | on his way to assist the Chinese. Evid^aiv, i however, was forthcoming clearly identify- j ing him. No sentence will be prono unced j until his case has been considered in 'h-3! highest quarters. Howie is now under artelit I on the flagship. j CHINESE DISHEARTENED. A Central News telegram from Kai-Chfmg. dated February 21, says:—The news of i'i* j capture of Wti-Hai-Wei has reached and the Chinese generals are disheartcua? The Chinese forces, both at Ying-Kov aud I NewchWang, a.re steadily dwindling, and t the armed camps outside are breaking Bp, JAPANESE WAR LOAN. A Central News telegiam from Tokio c'n t Saturday sa;ys:—In tlie Diet to-day the! ■supplementary Budget for the *xtra war • | expenses was parsed by the House wit:,out & j single dissentient. The loan of 1,000,000 yen! to be raised in Japan at 6 per (".ont. interest i was also approved unanimously, a.s well a-i! the passing of a Jaw authorising the 1.t j of a national loan. It was further ur.aniiuotaiy t decideil to authorise a loan of 3,000,0(") yen to the Corean (tovernment for the construction of public works and th, betu-r of its defences. LI HUNG CHANG'S MISSION. A Centra! News telegram from Pefc-.n ou Saturday says:—The highest officials of t-isfc Court and the foreign Ministers here a:- (Kni- j vinced that L: Hung Chang is the best pea-O* envoy thai could have been selected. I* in f-ervantly hop-ed that his appointment > ill prove acceptable to Japan. The Imperii i Council d-jciare that the fullest power:; will j be given ?to Li Hung Chang. |

THE HAWAIIAN REVOLT I 5 SEN.TENCE ON THE QUEEN. A Dalsiel's telegram from New YoiSt 1 Sumirtyeays:—A specia.1 message tn the York World from the Hawaiian Islands. 7'a Han Francisco, atates that the trial of Queen Lilinokalani for misprison of treason rostdtcd in a verdict of guilty. The court sentenced her. to be imprisoned for five v^ars withot Jiard'j labour, end be compelled to pay a fine or >.(XX? dollars. The sentence is subjeor to revi«. <n by the highest authority in the St-ate, ara«. the chances are that the Queen will be granted ;v free 1 pardon on condition that she leaves the conairj or ever. Of the Royalist leaders thiegt Wideman, aud Marshal were sentenced to deftth, j and 26 of the others were sentenced to tc.- r<« of j imprisonment of from five to ten years, wtib a j fine of 5,000 dollars eswjh. Mr. Ashford. a barrister, and a British subject, sentr.iCiji! I'to a. yeM'" imprisonment aCid a fiue -0.' 1.000 ¡i dcHa.n5, Ile i" dying' of (\n8UT!lptioll, I _r_o".

FIGHTING-- ON TrfE NI(JEK,j GREAT BATTLE AT BRASS. DETAILS WANTING. The Press Association Plymouth.oarm-tK- i "•-dent telegraph* that a telegram rec^.ved r»« tJ* Royal Marine Barracks, Stonehouse. on K- cski<iy j morning, leaves very little doubt that tbetc hM j bean a severe engagement in tlie vicir.iiy j I Biase, on the wefct coast of Africa, in v/b .c*L tiw men of H ALS. St. George, iher of Rear-Admiral Sir F. Bedford, K.C.B., .-iV*! i oomnnatidwr-m-chief of the Cape of Goes j-and the West Coast of Africa Station, itf-d «.-f | B.M S. Thursli, t>oth of which vessels h? y :*f a j :o £ F the ooaet for some time, have no doubt jj*- ] tioipaied. Considerable anxiety lias patvadwi] .at the Ni«rer OonipanyV offices in Kngu^|.#eir ] sevetad days pa-^t couuerniiig she faniii*cj at] Aka«sr% aiid tliat the situation was periirr* w«*; j proved by the fact >that the Admiralty i Sir Frederick Bedford to proceed to th | tanoe oC the atgent. Sir Claude Macxlonc-M, 'vIri is reeidiipg there. A cablegram has '>» .n re- j ceived as foilows: — Big a* j BraMi ail night." The cootent^ of th;e- | grain was repeated in a telegram sent Mr«. T>en*y to the offioerfl of the division at j house. Some excitement naturally p^vstied, | as it was at once inferred that Major LKaiq^ f sand he marines of tlie squat Iron m\4 -i»v- t landed. The Admiralty we at onoe 0f5,iia- f moated with. but a reply was reoeiv-M \bØ j nobhixi;' was known thei3. The latest news was that Sir U. MaecV»"iaW, 3.'1 wen as the officw in i'omma.nd of tb -V■ Indiajt trcopa. had bee? s?verf?v v'u'nd-'d, ?? f a, totttrh strug?o m winch the B'-aas-a??tnte' -had heen succcsatuily dri''<'n on'. —-?'—-—————?*f?

AND ECTm THE BRITISH GARRISON = • —— Reuter's Agencr/ learns that- tho sta!«3>»^>. < -:rececrttv nade T>y the British and Freti.1, oi .»■> iiKlieating that an increase of the ,ri?-h usirrison in Bgypt wus: in contempiatii'S -entirely devoid of frimdation. movemtr s 'of British troops which have recently~b&iii 'taking ptatee in the Mediterranean are strictly •in accordance %-ith the usual programme ^arraagecLmcnths ago. HOSTrLiliX'RmCISM. A-Daizjel's telfarram^rom Paris on Saturday says The "Kclair-" publishes an article on- the Bgy ptian question i re-proda«eti.a«umber of oxtzactetfr^m for, moefly Russian r psper8" Eng^sad, ewd <twn{4ainiog rØre: has not £ u fiWled ber prandse I!a.rding the rtMMtouafeltHi by her-cioc^ss [ DUFWgRIN S SPLSCH. A-iReirfwrV telegram from Paris <m Sunday- r#saysi:—To-day's newspapers expressaatiafatiion^ i ■^t Xord DuffcrioJs friendly utterances at the annual banquet of the British Chamber of=>Oom- l.merce »>a'Fiiday. The Gaulois says if Lord i-Dufferin could bringtabcut the final settlement •'of the Egyptian question without injuring French interests or the-amour propre'he wonld I gain the sympathy of all Frenchmen. ¡ THE ASSAULTS'•ON BRITISH SUBJECTS A Renter's telegram from Constantinople dated February 21, gays :— Safvet Bey, who committed an assault «n a British naval cadet, near Caralla, some time ag«. has been sen- tenced by the court at Droma to eight years' hard labour, the same sentence beine- passed upon his two accomplices.

THE MADAGASCAR CAMPAIGN. I ENGLISH VESSEL CHARTERED I' BY FRANCE. A Dal ziel's telegram from Paris on Saturday I says:—The Liverpool correspondent of the I TeJl1.:ps" telegrapbi that the French Govern has acquired the Paeific Steam Naviga- tion's steaaier Aconcagua for use as a transport

DECOYING ENGLISH GIRLS. THRILLING EXPERIENCES OF AN ENGLISH WOMAN. CHARGE AGAINST AN AGENT. A bright-looking young- woman, named Annie Nightingale, applied to LNir. Bushby, t, --eet -court (-?n Frid tie Wors][iip-it, ay, for his advice as to how she could recover a box and a quantity of stage apparel left by her at Amsterdam. Applicant said she was engaged by a niuaic ball ageut, of ork-road, Waterloo-road, to fulfil a music-hall engage- ment as vo-alist and comic singer at Amster- daiu. she was very young jn thp "profes- sion, it being only her second engagement, a;ud the agent assureu her it was a "proper'" pi ace with nice people. Another jouug woman, named Stewart, wag also engaged, and the agent's clerk saw them hoth oif at Liver- pooi-street. paying their tares to Amsterdam. They arrived ou a Thursday morning three weeks ago. and were received at the address hriven thull, a. house in the Dam liacke. Thence, after a rest and some food, they were taken to what was called the hah—known as the Cafe Royal, near the Dam Racke. Ap- plicant said it was a very large room, fur nashed with oha.iH and tables, and had at one end a raised platform, with piano and chairs She found she had after dressing to go on to the platform, and stay there the rest of the evening, taking her turn to sing. There were five Dutch and three French girls, and one English girl, na.med Norton, thee, the agent having told her he had sent Norton three weeks before. After applicant and Ati»s Stewart had been there three days, the wife of the proprietor to.d them that they must do as the others did-go down froni the placform wici ait with the gent"men at the tables and get them to order champagne. She also told them they wt-re to -ay "Yce" if any proposal was made to them, but to a«k for plenty of money from the gentlemen, men- tioniug 60 gulden as the kast sum. There we*, i; bedrooms in the oafe. which was kept open till on*, o'clock. Applicant said sh-- had 1 idtort: then made up her mind what sort I of a place it was, and she tola the woman she shoutu not stop, and that she had sent to London for money to go b1L. Tlien t-hey tried to frighten her, but on the Thursday she got money how London, and said she would leave. The proprietor, who spoke Knglish, refused to give up her box and clothes, whwi she said she >houJd leave theni. She went to the English Consul, Air. Robinson, who sent her to the police, but the man abused them all, and would Int give up her things. On that night sho and Miss Stewart, who is 21 years oid, and came back with had to sleep in the police-station, and the next morning went on the boat and got iraok to Lontion.-Asked if she applied to the agent named since her return, she said she had been two or three times, At first he said, he oould do nothing for her, but when she said she would go to a magistrate he said if she kept quier he would see what he could do, arid that he thought he could get her box by k;end'ng two girls 'jili. Tho girl Nor- ton, who is tivtm?, year?, ofcl, rem*in,-d in ih,- 'a" i sa_N-ing she, c)oiild ncA, g-t-t aw&lr beca-uze p ?4he h?ad gigiiet-i aa-L ong-o?,L-iebt for three niout&. A 'hail U,)t-Ligne4i any ewi- trac,Nfr. r?u6lib;l eaid -?ie wa.- afraid fie o/uiu do nothing- in the matter, but r^iisred the applicant to the Dutch Consul.

LORD ABERDARES ILLNESS. THE DISTINGUISHED PATIENT LOSING STRENGTH. The condition of Lord Aberdare, chairman of the Royal Commission on th« Aged Poor, has become serious. At noon on Sunday a bulletin was issued, and stated that "Lord Aberdat-e has bad a restless night, and is weaker this morn- ing." In the evening his strength had further I diminished. It was reported in Cardiff on Sunday that Lord Aberdare, who is suffering from influenza I' at his London residence, Wáè in a critical con- dition. His relatives have boen hastily sata- moued to London. A later telegram says —Lord Abei-dare's I relatives arrived at Princes-gardens on Sunday evening. At 10.30 p.m. his lordship was again I visited by his doctor, who infomu-d a represen- t,itive of tli,, Press As,,wiatioii that Lord Aber- was i-taker. and that he considered his (?I)i)clltioit zrive. A fp-legrein dospaic'L?ed Lt 2.45 thiii morn] I ;tates that. his lordctbip's eon(lition then show?d J8 change.

THE WELSH IN LONDON. PREPARING FOR ST. DAVID'S DAY FESTIVAL. t The Welsh Choral Festival will again be held this year at St. Paul's Cathedral, on the eve of St. David's Da.y, February 28, when the sermon will be preached by the Rev. David Rirlardil, M.A., Vicar of Blaenau Festiniog. I The choir, which number-- about 300 voices, is 1-rder the conductorahip of Mr. Edward Owen, 11.A.M., ((organist and choirmaster of St. Dfnet's Welsh Church, London). Mr, I>. J. Thomas (organist and choirioaster • of Hanover Church and of the Welsh services, All Saints', M:-rgaret-street, Louden) will pres de, for the r,, fovith time ar the organ. The sclos will be stTig by Messrs. Emlyn Jones, R.A.M and Fmlyn Davics, R.C.M. Tickets for seats under ■the dome may be had from the lion, see., the Rev. Morris Roberts, 31, BaJfaur-ro«d,London. N., and not from the Cathedral authorities. t

CARDIGAN MUNICIPAL I BYE-ELECTION. CONSERVATIVE VICTORY, The polling for the vacancy OIl the Cardigan Illown Couucii, in the room of Mr. OIYelJ lieynon ETaus, who has been made an alderman, took place on Friday, the candidates being Captain Riebai-ds, retired roaster mariner, who contested on.independent grounds, and Mr. John Mathias. who was brought out and supported by the Radical Club. Only about two-thirds of the co7istitueney po'Lled, the rpinlt beng d(-clared by the mayor about Wf-pwt nine _,as FD.'IOWS R;Chardis 2"9 Ma,thaao? 222 I Majority for Richards. 77 Captain, Richards ,is .& Conservative in politics I jwnia Ohnrehman. The successful candidate was-chaired and carried iTi: triuriph. through the town, and genuine. satisfaction ia felt at hilfct ^return.

PORTHCAWL WAXER SUPPLY. I REPORT OF THE DISTRICT I, COUNCIL. A public meeting was held at Porthiaawi on Friday evening for the purpose of considering the rf-port of tlie urban district council as to the water supply of tlie town.- Mr. John Oraee, J.P., chairman of the council, presided.—The report stated that the council were not satisfied with tbo quality of the water supplied by the Porthcawl Water Company r that the oouncil were negotiaung for a supply of nater from Kenfig bo#ough. being advised thai they oould supply their district w^rh thia watier on terms more beneficial to the rat^yers, and that the oouncil, after very careful ronsideratioii, were 1,30, 'tion ',o u,i.m--i ? 'Isly of (,)iiiT)ion iha% the I;pll? the applic-a.?.;()n of t-lie ?,. (!.om- IJ<lny for a, provisiona,' order should be con- tinuerl as the only mearts of preserving the oouuioii's risdis to .ruppiy their district, with water, and they wore furtkfir of opinion that tho Kenfig Ixnxnugli scheme should be proceeded witlx—On motion of she R~.v. J. P. South- well, seconded hy Mr. ff. B. Oomiey. it WM I deoidci to adopt tho roport, th9 council being urged to per severe in the course they l»ad sug- gested.An amendment for an adjournment to allow of the con ten te of the report becoming more widely known wa-- k**t bv 39 votes to nint- JNHU

DEATH OF THE BISHOP^OF>; LLA^DAPFS WLb E. A USEFUL^ LIFE. It is our painful duty to announce the-death- of Mrs. Oeorgiana JBLing Lewis, wife of Richard,. Bislioy of Lianckitf: whioh took place at the Bishop's Palace, LWidaff, at three o'clock 010 Sunday morning. Mrs. Lewis had been. in failing health for tlie last two years, 11 id, oon- ecqueiitly, was unable to devote 90 xauch tiine as she hithferto had to parochial work. It was only;, on Monday feist, however, that ehe.was taken) seriously ill with an. acute attack of bronchitis. This treacherous disease was overcome, and on Frida-y hopes were entertained of Mrs. Lewis's recovery. The heart, however, was too weak to withstand the attack, aud on Saturday the doctors feared that her life could not be pro- longed for hours. Their anticipation, unfortunately, proved correct, and on Sunday morning she passVd peaeefnily Mis. Lewis was the daughter of Captain John I Lewis, of blio HoiK»ural>le Fast India. Company's Service. She liorn at Kirkee, in India, on the 13t.J¡ of November, 1817. and was, therefore, in her seventy-eighth year. 8h was married to the Bishop of Llandaff (then the Rev. Richard Lewi*, ourate of Denchworth, Berkshire.) in April. 1847. With her husband she went from there to Flax ley., Forest of Dean, and later, about. 48 YiJ ago, to Lampeter-Vclfrey, Pew- brokeshire, the living of which was presented to her husband at t.hat tune. Thf. appointment of Wie Rev. Richard Lewis to the Bishopric of Lhuidaff in 1883 necessitated her third and last removal since he-r marriat.e. lrG. Lewis was aquiet, unostentatious woman, and a faithful and loving wife, These chara.cristic8 did not, however-, prevent her from devoting j, great part of her life to parochial work aud t.he ame- lioration of the condition of those among whom she lived. Both at Denchworth and Flaxley she was greatly beloved, and at La.mpeter Velfrey she did n immense amount of good during the long period which she spent in that parish. It Wa4! with the deepest t'egret that the parishioners parted with one whom they rightly considered a warm-hearted and generous friend. The appointment of Bishop Lt-wis to Llandari increased the responsibilities and, at the same time, extended the sphere of usefulness of the deceased lady. She threw herself into the good work with as much avidity as did the bishop himself, and there was scarcely any religious or charitable insti- tution in the diocecse iin which her valuable services be of use which she did not take the liveliest interpst in. She was for some years president of the Girls' Friendly Society, an association of working girls and young women wno are combined together for mutual he'p, both religious aud secular. Other objects of this society are the encourage- ment of purity of life, dutifulmss to parents, faithfulness to employers, and thrift. Those who belong to the organisation have the pri vi, t8ge of going from one branch to allobheor with- out imrod,uct.iol1. and thus are enabled W obtain faithful friends in strange places. When Aberdure took the presidency of this excellent organisation Mv*. Lewis was appointed honorary president, in recognition of her valuable services, ami that position she held until her death. he was also president of the Llandaff Branch of the Ladies'Home Mission Association, which was formed to minister to the salvation of souls by increasing the number of clergy in the lajrge manufacturing towns, soaports, and the min.ing- and widely-spread agricultural dis- tricts. These are only two of the most nn- portant institutions in which Mrs. Lewis took a prominent part. Durlllg her residence a.t Llandaff she la.id the foundation-stones of eight or nine churches, among them being All Saints', a.t Llniidati" Yard, and the. new aisle of St. Catherine's Church, Pontypridd. For the last few years Mrs. Lewis's health has not allowed her to attend as many functions as she would have wished, but she occasionally opened bazaars and other meetings in a.id of the Church. Among the parishioners of Llan- daff Mrs. Lewis was extremely popular. She was ix-vei weary of assisting tho who were in distress, and it is no exaggeration to say that the was universally bi-loved. The news of her death on Sunday morning came as a great shock to everyone in the city, and at most of the houses the blinds were drawn. At the morning service at the cathedral the organist. Mr. G. G. Beale. played the "Dead Ma.roh," and several among the congregation were visibly affected. The only near relative who Mrs. Lewis lid alive is a half sister, who is the wifo of Colonel Lord, and resides in Londun The only offspring is Mr. Arthur LeW!!> the well-known ban ister, of Tynewydd, Llandaff. Both he and the bishop are, naturally, very greatly upset, by the death, for, although Mrs. Lewis was in advanced years and had been ailing for a. long lime, the end came upon them very (suddenly. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. Nothing definite lev yet been arranged in regard to the funerai, "but it will probably take place on Friday next at Llanddewi-Velfrey, near Narlierth, the bishop's native place, and wher- he still possesses the family stat of Hen] lan. Any friends who may desire to send1 wreaths are earnestly requested to contribute instead the value of the flowers to the mayor's fund for the rehef of the sick and suffering poor of Oar- diff.

PEMBROKESHIRE OTTER HUNT. AMALGAMATION WITH CARMAR- THENSHIRE. On Saturday at tho Tvy Bush Royal Hotel, Carmarthen, Mr. W. J. Buckley, M.F.H., pre- sided over a. largely-attended meeting of sport men held for the purpose of considering the proposal to include Carrnartbenslun* in the Pembrokeshire Otter Hunt. A deputation from Tenby, including the master of the Pem- brokeshire Otter Hounds, Mr. J. Evans, attended to urge the advisability Of carrying ''out the proposal.—Tlie Chairman, who was well received, expressed his willingness, as master of the Carmn,rthenshirc, Foxhounds, to allow the Pembrokeshire Otterhounds to hunt the rivers hunted by the late Mr, W. R. H. Powell, Maerl- gwynne, and which were the recognised sphere of the Carmarthenshire Hounds. In conclusion, Mr. Buckley proposed that Carmarthenshire join Pembrokeshire, and that the club hence- forth be known ao the Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire Otter Hunt Club.—Dr. R. L. liiOiuas seconded the motion, which was unani- mously agreed to.—Com mimical ions were then read from various landowners granting the club permission to hunt parts of the Towy, Gwili, Cofchi, Gwendraeth, and the Loughor be- longing to them. It wa-s pointed, however, that with respect to certain portions of she Towy and the Tave some difficulty might be experienced, as rights had been established by other elub«.—A representative sub-committee was appointed to take into consideration the question.

INFANTILE MORTALITY AT NEWPORT. The Newport borsagh police on Sa.turda.y received information of the sudden deaths, of three children in tbe town. About four o'clock Mr. James Marshall, of No. 18, Phillip-street, 11 Maindee, reported that his son, Charles James Marshall, a.ged six months, had expired in a. painfuUy sudden manner. Shortly after seven o'clock a Mr. Harry A. Day, of No. 13, Canal- parade, gave information that hia child, four dAYs old, had been found dead in bed by the midwife; and an hour later intelligence was received that a little girl named Annie Louisa Kane, aged eleven weeks, whose mother lives at No. 2, Jeddo-street, had died very suddenly. Inquests upon the bodies will be'helflt"to-day.

CRUSHED TO DEATH. A BARRY BOY'S SAD END. A lad, named -Robert -Aanbiidge, aged four- teen, the son; erf Mr. Joseph Ambridge, 81, Princes-street-, Barry, mat with a shocking end on Friday. He was employed by 'Mossra. Pethl:-k Bros., 000tractors of ihe Vale of Glamorgan Railway, weaær, went between two rubbum wagons on the line near Por+hkarry Farm on the afternoon named for the purpose of ooupimg #161», wtieu they were sudddv shunted, and he WM cm-hed between the buffers. Dr. Powell, of Barry, was^ quickly sent for, but the lad succumbed to his uijuries in a few mmutes, fwnd the body was conveyed home by Pol ice- con stab 1 e Halsey- Rili, of Rhoose, and others. An inquest was held on the body on Saturday at Barry Police- atation. befrne. Mr. R B. Tleeoe, Cardiff, the coroner, and a. verdict of "Accidental dewth" was returned. The deceased was a member of the Wesley an Boys' Brigade at Barry, and a. "military" funeral will prol/.tbly take place.

SUDDEN DEATH AT CWMAVON. On Saturday afternoon as Mr. William I Getking, Pautdu. Aberavon, was wending his way past the Muthodisl, Cha.pel, Cwmavou, to a funeral he suddenly fell backwards on the road and died. Ml. Getting, wh. was over 70 years of age, was one of the oldest inhabitants of Aberavon, and had for a considerable number of years filled the post of treasurer to the Aber- avon District of Oddfellows, and, as a proof of the high esteem he was held in by them, the deceased would have been presented this week with several valuable articles as a recognition of hist ssrrieM,

MB, CHAMBERLAIN- 8 DISAP- PEARANCE. A PARALLEL CASE. -SIR WALTER BAPTTELOT EVADED A DIVISION, Mr. T. P. O'Connor, writingvin the. "Sun- day Son" on Mr. Chamberlain's mysterious' tdisappearance in the lobbies of tbe House of Commons on thp occasion, of the division on. Thursday^ evening, says —The last, occasion- ,on. which a similar method- of escape- from the difficulties of the filiation was 'brought to the notice of the Speaker—at least, the I remember—was in the case of the late Sir "Walter Barttelot. Immediate, v above the division lobbies, on either side of the House, there is a corridor, provided with tables, couches, and lavatories. Members use the-se corridors for various purposes. 11 is a favou- rite place with some for writing their letters. On the occasion to whioh I allude either poor Sir Wa.lter was too deeply immersed in his letters or had fallen into slumber so profound that he did not hear the question put, and when, therefore, he got down to the lobby below, he found himself among the Trish—at that poriod in the epoch of their fieroe.se, mast desperate, ami most reckless fight :1!f.tin"" oootcion. The Irish all loved Sir Walter, and he loved them, but they hated each other's politics, and a peri amidst the myrmidons of Beelzebub could not have felt more horrified than Sir Walter when he dci-eeuded with the small group of Irish representatives. When Sir Walter wasa greeted with the usual cyclone, and saw whence it came, he knew he was a lost man! But he was too dogged and brave an old boy to yield even in th extTlJlet 110111.. He rushed up the stairs again, took refuge in one of the "m«*.ms of escape whic h are known to the House, and looked the door. Mr. Power, the Chief Whip of the Irish party, when standing at the table to deliver the numbers, made report to Mr. Speaker Brand that 'there was a. member in one of the division lobbies who had not recorded his vote, and Captain Gosset, tile then Sergeant-at-Arms, was ordered to pro- duce 'the missing man. Accompanied by the whipe he ascended the -•♦airs, and with his sword struck the door of "the means of escape," and cried. "Come out, Sii Walter Barttelot," and out Sir Walte- had to pome. The procession was re-formed, and down it descended to the House. Poor Sir Walter with shame, ht miliation, and rage- was trembling, and disturbed. And then, with gmit solemnity, he had to account for himself to the Koeaker, and at laèt, was allowed to get to his seat. I don't know that anybody would have laughed if MI. Chamberlain had been obliged to go through the same ordeal, for he has not ninny friends; and, besides, his ignominious retreat was from his own friends and his own move; Sir Walter Barttelot was simply running away from a mi stake and from his enemies. -=

THE RAILWAY COMMISSION. THE GREAT WESTERN RATES AND CHARGES. IMPORTANT APPEAL. On Saturday, before tht. president of the Rail- way Commission (Mr. Justice Collins) the Great Western Railway Company made an important application in connection with the proceedings taken against them by the Mansion House Asso- ciation in Railway Traffic in reference to the company's rates and charges from 'Loudon to the various towns and places on their lines. The, application by the Mansion House Association affects every trader on the Great Western system, but for tho purposes of this preliminary application rtam prii.cipil towns wore cited, among- them Bath and Bristol, Exeter, Cardiff, and in another I branch of the company's system, the city of Hereford These places cover the extremes of the lines, and thereby comprise the whole of the company's lines in respect of their rates and charges. Sir Richard Webster, Q.C., M.P.. with Mr. Cripps, Q.C.. and Mr. Ernest Moon apiiearcd for the company; Mr. Balfour Browne. Q.C., and Mr. Whitehead were fur the MaiUtiou House Association.—Sir H. Webster said this wa-s an application by way of appeal from a decision for the registrar declining to ve the company particulars of complaints as to rates. The application by the Mansion Hr use Association against the company con- tained seven paragraphs, and what the company asked for was rliat the names of the traders com- plaining should 11(" furnished by the association as representing those traders.—After a long dis- cussion the President pointed oui that the diffi- culty was that the Commission might be called upon tj inquire irto thousands of issues p* to the rates charged under 'he different clauses. I He e-tme to the conclusion, however, that- the applioation must be dismissed, and if Mr. Hal- four Browne, at the hearing of the application, should cross-examine any of the witnesses, it might then be considered whether he should be tied down to a reasonable number of iferticubrs. —The appl "cation of the railway company was dismissed, and, the point being one of great importance, leave to appeal was granted.

THE WEATHER. MORE ICE ACCIDENTS. There was a distinct break in the w- atlit j on Sunday, ram falling during afternoon and even- ing. SERIOUS SKATING ACCIDENT AT MARGAM. I Skating has been carried on with much zest on the large pond at Margam Park during the frost. On Friday, however, an accident befel Mrs. Knox, wife of Mr. Knox, Miss Talbot's agent. By some means Mrs. Knox- fell and fractured her leg. She is, however, doing well. THREE PERSONS DROWN ED AT BARNSLEY. On Saturday a. sad fatality, resulting in the I deaths of three persons by drowning, occurrcd at Hoyle Mill, near Barnsley. The victims were Uriah Green, a labourer, Hurry Williams, 12, and John Williams, 9, sons of Harry WDliitins. a pit sinker. Although warned before- hand, Harry Williams persisted in crossing the canal on the ice, and he fell in. His brother, to his assistance, also disappeared, when Green jumped into the water and managed •to seixe the lads, but he sank, and ail three were drowned.

THE ELBE DISASTER. DIVING OPERATIONS ARRANGED. A MELANCHOLY INCIDENT. The Berlin correspondent of the "Observer" sa,y-; ,It has been decided that, in spite of all difficulties the wreok of the Elbe shall be examined. The North German Lloyd Com- pany has engaged three German, three English, and two French divers for the operation. The I main purpose of the attempt is to recover tJle. valuable postal jwoperties which went down with I the ill-fated steamc It is estimated that these represent a sum of no less than £ 18,000 alone. The work will last about eight days. A sum of 10,000 marks has been allotted for prizes for finding money and other valuable* in the wreck. The sea. ia, however, still too stormy for diving. A {PATHETIC INCIDENT. A gentleman arrived at Nordenham by the steamer Ems who lost his wifw and three chil- dren in the Elbe. A curious incident marked his homeward pa.wsagt>. At; his request the ¡ captain of tho Ems slowed down on passing the place of the eatastroph^ and the bereaved pas- senger threw overboard a large wreatii winch, to ensure its sinking had been weighted with lead. The RoyaJ Orchestra, under Dr. Muck: the Royal Cathedral Choir, under Professor Bccker, I and Fran Ka.tharina Klafsky, of^ tlw City Theatre, Hamburg, gave a splendid concert on Saturday evening in tb« new Reichstag Palace for the l»enefit of the wives, children, and rela- tives of the vie time of the catastrophe. MORE BODIES RECOVERED. One of the Folkestone fishing-boats, on arriv- ing at port on Saturday, reported pioking up the body of a man wearing an Elbe life-belt. Another victim of the Elbe disaster was picked up in the Channel off Dunger-'ss on Saturday. A Rye fish ing-boat arrived in port having on board the body of n man. apparently I a. soaman, on whioh was an Elbe life-belt. I

REPORTED RE CALL OF SIR I HENRY LOCH, AN OFFICIAL CONTRADICTION. We are officially informed that the rumours in circulation on Saturday that Sir II, Loch had been re-called are without foundation. Her Majesty's Government have tho highest appre- ciation of Sir H. Loch's services, and no idea of his re-call has ever been entertained. His term cf service at 1ho Cape will come to an end in the course of the present year, and he proposes to return to England o: leave, before that period has actually run out.

A STORM-PETREL SHOT. A fine specimen of the storm-petrel was shot, a"t tlie Park Farm, Hanbury, near Droitwkgh, on Friday, and has been sent to Worcester^' o be stuffed. The bird is described by a corre- spondent as having long legs, an arched back I tin. long, and being marked like a partridge ia tins pl

NO HOUSE EQUALS DOWN & 0 FOR MXIABLE FU-RINIT-C]RES WIIY? hAY' Became they are the LARG1-.ST MAKER8 BY MACHINERY IN WALlŒ, MOST EXTENSIVE STOCK TO SELECT FROM, and gi*« <bfl BEST POSSIBLE VALliE' A VISIT WILL AT ONCE CONVINCE ON-Z OF THIS FAct. ?\u-nitRre to Suit Cottage er Mansion. '-) t?? Carpets Made and Laid BSTABLMHRn NEARLY HALF A C'E?TL'RY.. Hi?a STBjBjbT AND MORRIS LANE. SWANS?

SHIPPING DISASTERS. r LOSS OF A PENARTH-LADEN VESSEL. CR:-W,NN, !LANJ)FI) A'r ?SOUI'11-ANTI"l'ON Tlie,-e lall(lei Oll Sat!IT-day zit w"ro 'I,- ten. by the Royal Mail steamer Tagus and the Union Company's steamer Greek, the otheers, crew, and stewardess of the Liverpool barque Dor Enrique, after a terrible expere-nce. The vessel was in command of Captain Corning, and had a crew of eighteen hands. She left Pen irth for Rio de Janeiro with a cargo of 2,000 tons of coal on the 30th of January, and experienced a succession ot heavy ¡<;a 1 from the east and west, and sprung aleak. The hands were kept at the pumps night and j day for fifteen days, and the, captain decided to make for Lisbon. Early on tlv morning of the 17th Cape Roque was sighted, and the heavy ground I::w..ll took the ship right oil the rocks, about half a mile from tin light house. There was jut time to lower tin boats and furnish them with a small quantity of hrè-ad and. water, for in ten minutes the vessel had sunk. The men rowed in their boats until sighted by a signal station twelve miles from Lisbon, which sent out. a lifeboat, and brought them to land in safety. The men lost th,. whole of their effects, and suffered great privations. At Southampton they were received at the Sailors' Home, and wore sent to their homes at Liverpool. Cardiff, ami Londoll on Sunday. SHIPS COLLIDE IN BARRY ROADS. I On Friday night a schooner, named the Clara, t.nd another vessel, the Erin, collided, in Barry Roads, the latter, on licr voyage from Bideford with a cargo of sand for Newport, drifting on the ebb. The Clam, potato laden from Ireland for Cardiff, sustauied tlie loss of hf>r anchor and cable. The vessels proceeded to Cardiff and Newport respectively oil the next tide. DISABLED STEAMER, AT CARDIFF. The steamships Glantn.y (Messrs. Mathias and Sons) and Rhio (Messrs. Stephens, Alaw- Bon and Goss), which have both been aground are expected to dock on the Windsor Slipway, Cardiff, on Monday for repairs., A LIVERPOOL SHIP ABANDONED Hie Swedish barque August, which rrived at Glasgow on Saturday, from Savannah, larded the mate and eight seamen of tbe ship Rialto, of Liverpool, which was abandoned in the Atlantic on a voyage from Ijobosde Tierra I to Antwerp, with a cargo of nitride. The cap- tain, aul the remainder cf the Rialto's crew I were p1 ked up by a White Star liner, and ¡ thus no lives w >re lost.. MINOR CASUALTIES. The steamer Ethelbert grounded on the point entering Teignmouth Harl>our, bat w ill pro- bably float off next tide. The British steamer Gorsedd. from Barry for Batavja, put into Perim with feed-pipe broken. Has repaired arid proceeded.

SHIPPING NEWS. I SIGNALLED OFF THE LIZARD. Feb 23 —Pasted Steamers Lcughhrow, from C. la.8I)w for Clum: Torwood, of Teign- mouth Hafis, from Philadelphia for Dover Egret, of Cork; Malachite, of Glasgow Mani- toba, from New York for London Nymphea, from New Orleans lor Havre. Pcrss^rZ West: Steamers Qoarta (trawler), of Ostend James Tennant, of Newcastle; Ulysses, of Liver- pool William Conn all, of Glasgow Shagbrook. of London Whitehall, of Wkitby, Ashdene, of Sunderland.Wind, N., light; weather, very hazy sea, smooth bar., 30 12, falling. Feb. 2.3.-—Pasted East: Sleatuor, presumed Rhynland, from New Yor ror Antwerp. Passed West: Steamers New York, from Southampton for New Yorl-, a lied Star Liner. Feb. 24—Pasted Steamers Hamburg- American Liner, from New Orleans for Hamburg Princess Mary, of Glasgow Unity, of Liver- pool Iran, from New Orleans for Bremen; Hugin, of Bergen City of Bristol, Lady Hudson Kinahan. and City of Oporto, of Dublin Lee, of Cork; Planta.genet. of Liverpool British Queen, from Liverpool for Havre Clara, of Glasgow. Passed W,,i Zulu, oi Guernsey; steamers William Middleton, or Sunderland Acme and Chingwo, uf Loudon her Majesty's yaekt Hawk Da,met, ef Wh'tby. —Wind, N., liffbt; weather, cloudy and hazy Mea., smooth; bar., 29-79, falling. SIGNALLED OFF THE MUMBLES HEAD Feb. 23.—Wind, N.. light; weather, hazy and cloudy; sea, smooth.—Passed Fast: Ship i Eudora, of Dundee; steamer Theory, of Bel- fast. Passed West; Steamers Queen's Channel, of Liverpool Derwent, of Workington. S WA NSF, A.-A RRTYALS. NORTH DOCK. Feb. 22.—Clara, 40. Porthva-in, macadiro. Edith Williams, 25, St, Davit's, hurley. Kieliard Fisher, 170, Belfast, pit-;h. Stueley, 32. Burte, nil. j Feb. 23. —N-jrinand. s, 60, PortAferry, potatoes. SOUTH DOCK. Feb. 22.—Unity, s, 534, Liverpool, general. Wesley, 38, Penzance, nil. Hugin, s, 260, Cherbourg, nil. Feb. 23.-Flurf-,e, 46, Newquay, niL Severn, II, 440, Cardiff, general. PITINCE CF WALES POCK. Feb. 22.-Meine, ?, 1,690, London, general. Fe-t,. a. Hsyle, s, 1%, Hayle, nil. Moderator, 8, 57, Newport, tin-plates. SAILINGS. NORTH DOCK. Feu 23.—A>nie (Wilcocks). Plymouth. Feb. 23.—Union (Jones), Ahprthaw. SOUTH DOCK. FeC 22.—Collier, n (Fox), Bristol, via llfracombe.. bverpcol, a (Rbiimlsoti), Bar rev.. Queen's Channel, ¡f ■ (Hughei), Guernsey. Feb. 23. —Kisc-a, s (Watson), Tronviile. PItlNCE OF WALES POCK. J veh. 22.—Kdith, 8 (Tmverig), Bristol. Chicago City, < (Sandell), aow York. Torwood, a (Porteus), I Dieppe. Icb. 23.—Pe Bay, s (Yea'es), Guayaquil. ENTKREP OUTWARDS -February 23 Philadelphia. Maine, s. B, Tubb, 1,690". Williamtl, Torrey & Feild Rouen, Unity, B, Gully, 334, G. Taylor Havre, Hugit. 8, N\y\, llaun, 260, rfarries Bros. Guernsey, FI)r(-ringe,.i, s, Prn, Polsen, 283. F. Lewis I CLEAHEP -February c'i. I Havre. }!ugin. s. Nwv, 5'T> coal Guernsey-, Foreningen, e. Pen, 430 coal "Venice. Sonnonanga, s, Goe, 40c oral, 1,400 fuel Granville, Marie Eugenie, F, 140 eoal, 150 fuel Bordeaux, Marguerite, F. IMPORTS—February 23. Philadelphia, Maine, s, 10 cases beef, Williams, Torrey & Feild IMPORTS COASTWISE -February 23. St. Pavid's. Edith Williams 16 tons bailer, J. Dyer Belfast, Ki?hard Fi.-her. 310 tons pitch, Graigila Company Glasgow, via, Oauiiff, Severn, s. treneral, M. Jontu and Bro. I Carlirgford, Red It over, 65 lotts potatoes, W IteW Newport, Moderate, e, 103 tons tin, Williams, Torrey and Feild Newport, Lincolnshire, s, 105 tons tin, Williams, I Torrey & Feild Porfcafe.rrv, Norniand, a. 130 tone potatoes, O. Allen Carditf, Edith, s, 60 torl- tin-plates, Burgess & Co. EXPORTS COASTWISE —February 23 Severn, s, general, M. J,,r,,z I Bro Hayle, Havle, Ill, 385 i.-oal. Foxhole Colliery Company Righbridge, Sabriua, 200 coal- YstradgynUis Co. bade, Stiiilpv. 60 superphosphate, Vivian & Sons Scilly Agiifs. 50 coal, Cwniaman Coal Ootnpauy St. David's, Alice, 64 coal, Cwinaman Coal Company NEATH AND BRITON FERRY- ARRIVALS. Feb. 21.—Henry Fisher, s, 331, Hontleur, ballast. Fel». 22.—E!ectra., s, 305, Feciunp. balbat. Dprwent, g, 111, ('Tk, ballast Brimtw. s. 124, Pevoran, hai'ast. SAILINGS. Feb. 22, —Lanieley, s tBeokerley), Penzanoe. Henry Fisher, g (Nelson), Hayle. Gogo, s (Ceatoto Hnelva, via Cardiff. Bessie ræwarn), Truro. Derwent, s (Kobinson), Warmipomt. CLEARED.—February 22. Huelva, via Cardiff, Gogv, s, B, rmpties --+--

ENGINEER DROWNED AT CARDIFF. 1ALrl,t- oi-i -8imdav m i uln'tig it mftrt w" lR'R6;1 by a dook constable struggling in the Roath Basin, Cardiff. A life-buoy was at one- thrown to the drowning man. but he was in a too ex, hausted condition to seize it. and almost ireme- diated y sank. Later in the day the body was recovered and taken to the mortuary, where it wa# identified by the captain of the steamship Ethel Rudoliffe a& his guarantee engiiiecr, \Vm. AmiSworfch. Deceased, v ho was g. >■-pht-s of I age and married, is a native of S'.ookt<>i<

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