The South Wales Daily Post

THE ROMANCE OF A LIFE. "P—i—i—ff, Minnie. It 3 a horrid smok- ing carriage." 'So it is, Maud. Well it couldn't helped. There was no time to choose our carriage; in fact, ne bad luck in catching the train at all. These underground trains scarcely give one time to wink." "What drftaJfully vulgar expressions you do pick up, Minnie r" "Slang is the go nowadays, my dear. You cannot 1)03 smart without it. But. i say, do you really object to the smell of tobacco?" 'Yes, especially when it is stale. The fcoecit of a carriage like this clings to one's dress for hours. "What of that? It is rather chic than otherwise. For my part, I greatly prefer a aino-king carriage." "What extraordinary taste r" "Not so much for the sake of the tobacco, as because you meet the bcdt lookiii^ men in smoking carriages, and "Minme Don't be so inexpressibly vul- gar." "And the wickedest." "Ave all smokers wioked, then?" I "No but all wicked men a; e smokers." "And you like wicked men best ?" "Rather Don't you?" "Of course not. How can you suppose Irtich a thing I "Charlie Bidding is a little wicked, my I dear" (with laughing malice). "You—you—shouldn't talk such nonsense. Minnie. You let your tongue run away with you." "Perhaps I do. But it'? not nonsense, all the same. Y Oil know that Charlie Bidding is in love with you, my dear; and I know- that you entertain a weakness for him. I also kn&w that, if he wasn't just a little bit wicked, you wouldn't care for him a you Suppose he had been" with infinite scorn) "a good young man, he would never had sent you that pretty yold 'watch at all—seeing that he isn't engaged to you he would never have danced seven dances with you at Lady P 's ball the other night, when he nearly enraged Aunt Agatha into a ht; he would never have stolen that kiss from you in the corner of the conservatory, when-" "How can you say such things, Minnie interrupted Maud, blushing a rosy red. "I— 1—don't know what you mean." "Yes, you do, my dear, very well," laughed Minnie, saucily. "I—I—really, Minnie, you speak as if Ch— Mr. Bidding's affairs had something to do with me. Haven't I told you fifty times-" "Yes. you eld darling! And I've never believed you once. Huloa, what's this?" What's what?"' "Why, this," said Minnie, stretching across and packing up some small article from tha opposite seat. "By jingo, Maud— a pipe f" "&o it is. Some man has !eft it behind him. Ugh! The horrid, smelly old thing. Put it down at once, Minnie." "You're no judge of pipes, my dear," said Minnie, airily. "If you were, you would never abuse a pipe for being old. Now, this I is a regular clinker; quite a gentleman among pipes. Look at it. Amber mouthpiece, silver collar, I beautifully coloured bowl, and" (bringing it close to her dainty nose) "smells de-licious I "Faugh I call the smell atrocious. It nearly makes me ill—even that distance." Ah, that's your prejudice, dear old- fashioned coz. I—I sa.y" (inspecting the in- side of the bowl) "it's actually charged!" "Actually what ?" "Charged, you darling simpleton; waded- filled with baccy. And I do believe—yes, yes, it is—I am sure of it—it's Old Caro- lina "Pray what i.s Old Carolina Minnie?" "Old Carolina, Maud, is a particularly "Pray what M Old Carolina Minnie?" "Old Carolina, Maud, is a particularly scrumptious kind of baccy. My brother Jack always expects me to give him some for a Christmas present. It tastes just about heavenly, I can tell you." "Tastes cried out Maud. "You do not mean to say that you have smoked it?' "Rather! I've had stealthy whiffs from Jack's pipe many a time. I slvould like a pull at this one now As she spoke—to Maud's unutterable As she spoke—to Maud's unutterable horror—fhe placed the pipe to her mouth and made believe to draw at it. "Good heavens, Minnie f" exclaimed her sober cousin, aghast. "How can you That horrid, dirty, strange pipe! Take it out im- mediately Minnie only laughed. "If I had a match with me," she said, "I should shock you still more; for I should light up." "Allow me to oblige you." It was a man's voice, and it came from behind. The stranger was m the n?xt compartment, looking at them over the partition. How .long he bad been waichinar tiicm they did not know, for they had sat with their backs to him. and would never have observed him at ail unless he had spoken. He was not an at ail unless he had spoken. He was not an ill-looking man—rattier the reverse. He ha.d a pleasant, good-tempered face and twinkling eyes, which were no.* regarding the two young ladlios with evident amusement. But I ihe had no business to be spying over the partition at all, still less to address girls with whom he was unacquainted. So Maud felt, and she drew herself up as stiffly as she could, and affected to ignore him. That was not in Minnie's .tvle ut all. After the first shock of the stranger's voire she began to enjoy the joke, and she said, "with a wave of her liaod towards Lis prof- fered match-box: "Thanks, awfully. We are getting out at fered match-box: "Thanks. awfully. We are getting out at the next station, etee I should oertaiuly have availed myself of your kinuiiess." "Then, if you are really not going to use it yourself, perhaps you can spare me my pipe no* suggested the stranger. smiling. "01.1. it is yours, is it? Here you are," she fca*id, handing it up to him. HK "Thank you very much. I ought to ex- My" intrusion must othe wise seem rather unaccountable. I got out at the last station for a paper, and jumped back into the wrong compartment. Recollecting that I had left my pipe-an old and valued friend —upon the seat, I stood up to look for it ever the partition. I was rejoiced to hnd that it had fallen into such appreciative hands." "Hilloa here we are: Gloucester-road. Oat with you. Maud." J The stranger raised his hat by way of a farewell. "I shaft never forjet," he said, demurely, "that so great a. connoisseur in pipes as yourself has pronounced mine to be a regular clinker!" When they had alighted f<~em the train, Maud, who bad been frowning at her cousin ■all through the above, brought the young lady to task for enoouraging the stranger's familiarity But Minnie treated these remon- strances very lightly. "All right, dear old Propriety. No harm done. Only J, bit of a joke. What do yoa think Aunt Agatha will s:iy when she hears about it?" "Surely VOtl won't tell mamma 1" exclaimed Maud; "she'll he terribly angry if you do." "Oh, I shaJl tell her, certainly." answered Minnie, "if only for the sake ofwutdhing her face during my recital. It will be better) than a play." And Minnie did teli her. And Aont Agatha's face—as a gtmuine study of emo- tioivs- -wao' decidedly better than a play. No actress ciould quite have reproduced that horror-stricken expression. "Margaret," she said, scathingly. "J do not know which to condemn the more, your I conduct with that impertinent stranger cr your flippant manner of relating it. It is hard for me to believe that you can be my own sister's child." Minnie affected to look very much crushed. She bent her eye-s over the tablccloth. Aunt Ajatha, could not see their roguish twinkle, or she might have found it harder still to believe that the gir.i was her own sister s child. In truth, few things daunted this fiarriTn-^canim young lady, and DO reproof* weighted heavily upon her soul. A few mornings affer the two girls were witting" m their little upstairs room, where th/ev painted1, and messed, and practised nn- Cuivjjess to their hearts content. fhey were talking now; though, to sure, Maud did },<)J,} a palette in one hand and a brush m the other, and made occasional reckless dabs pX a canvass in front of her. Minnie had *~VTOWU her implements of art ttpon tne floor iwrtvte Iter, and was i'ounging wth crossed Jrmea In a chair near tho window. was m of high-spirited mooas. 1 i;>d was rattling a,a:í like the proverbial "If I were you, Maud, I should assert myself, defy Auut Agatha, and marry Charles Bidding to-morrow ies, I should. If I loved a man I shouldn't care a twopenny—I mean two- pence—whether he was poor or rich. All the mothers, or fataers, or brothers, or aunts in the world might try to stop me. But I si louldn t let them. If a man, I say, who-m I loved, asked me to marry him. Id do it, in spite of 'em ail." "Ch—Mr. Bidding has never asked me to marry him." said Maud, blushing. "But you know that he wants to. You know that you have only to give him the opportunity to ask you. And vou daren't, because you're afraid of Aunt Agatha. If I WM in love, which Good heavens, who's this?" A hansom had drawn up at the door. Minnie watched the occupant alight. She; clapped her hands merrily. "Talk of an angel," she cried. "Oh, Maud Here's fun. Who do you think it ¡,s?" "Who?" exclaimed Maud, springing to the window and peeping out. Her face suddenly flushed the rosiest of reds. She recognised the athletic form of Charles Bidding. "He has come to ask Aunt Agatha for your hand," laughed Minnie. "Poor Charles I do not envy him the interview." "I—Im sorry he's come," faltered Maud, looking rather distressed. I—I'm afraid mamma will—will be dreadfully rude to him. She was—she was horrid to him the other night at Lady P 's ball. It is of no use his coming, either; no use, whatever. He—he -ouly has JB500 a year, and he's in—in debt. Mamma will never let me marry him." "Fiddlesticks, dear old coz," said Minnie, putting her arm round her and giving her a kiss. "Aunt Agatha, can't prevent you. Girls are not slaves nowadays. You have only to assert yourself, you darling goose. My motto is. if a uitn is worth loving he is worth marrying. And if he is worth marry- ing, marry him. For men worth marryino- do not grow on every bush." In this half-jesting strain Minnie ran on. But Maud did not hear much of it. Maud's attention was obviously distracted. Hci eves constantly wandered to the door. She seemed to be listening for something outside. At. last there oarne a footstep. A maid entered. "A message from missis, please. Miss Maud. Will yoa go down to her in the drawing-room?" Maud sprang up and smoothed h«r hair i with her hands. Then she ran downstair- to obey her mother's order with a verv nervous, frightened expression upon her face, ■ "nearly an hour before she came! back. Minnie looked up at her questioninglv. it was clear that something unexpectedly good had happened. Oh, Minnie, I have something so wonder. tul to 1611 you. Mr. Bidding—Charles-has had an extraordinary piece of fortune. He come into—into—two thousand a }sar! And mamma has allowed us to be engaged. She was so kind. Minnie, and said such such—beautiful things about my happiness being her one consideration. I-I think i have misjudged mamma. Minnie Just for a second a. queer, quizzical twinkle flashed in Minnie's eyes. The idea of Aunt Agatha saying beautiful things was rather novel. However, that was soon for- gotten in her genuine delight at Maud's hap piness. With all her harum-scarum wavs, Minnie was a warm-hearted, unselfish little creature. She hugged and kissed her a. dozen times. She used every term of congratula- I tion-of endearment. Had it been her o*n engagement, she couki not have displaW more heartfelt and unaffected joy over it. Maud found her sympathy very delicious. Girls in Maud s condition are particularly susceptible of sympathy. It adds on 15 per cent. to their bliss. At luncheon Aunt Agatha was more than I agreeable. Her face was wreathed in snhles I throughout the meal. Minnie indulged in many vulgarisms un rebuked. It was alto- gether ail unprecedented luncheon in that I nouse. Aunt Agatha said some more beau- tiful things, and Minnie managed to keep countenance. It -was an effort. But she did it. In the afternoon the elder lady went out alone to pay calls, and. no doubt, to discfiisa Mauds engagement with k-r friends. It was five o clock before she returned. She came into the drawing-room, where the two prls were having tea. They saw at once by her face tbll, something had happened in the interim. Sue had gone away in a sunlight of smiles and good humour. She came back in a storm and good humour. She came back in a storm of angry scowls. Even Maud had never seen her mother's laoe more i/miitou*. The poor girl shuddered. What oould it mean'' Could it have anything to do with her engage- ment ? ° But it was not against Maud that her mothers anger was directed. Nlarga,rot she said, in an awful voice Margaret! Yes, aunt," replied Minnie. I hardly know how to address you- you—you shMneiess girl. Do you know what 1 have betn told of you this aJifcerDooD ? That a few evenings ago you were seen, after dark, in a deserted street near here, walking arm in arm with--with--R man J" "Quite true, aunt," answered Minnie, in a low voice. Her eyes ,were bent upon the carpet. She was altogether shame faced and oonfused. "And a strange man!" continued Aunt Agatha, her voice ming with increased anger. "ies, aunt. At >ast, I had never seen him till-till I picked 11,n his pipe the other day on the Underground." "Picked up bM pipe f Aunt Agatha's voice had risen almost to a scream. "Is that tin M]ow? The counter-jumper ■ A nice compa.nion for my niece to walk arm-in-arm with in the public streets." "1-1 did not t—t—take his arm," faltered Minnie, in a slight.y ill-used tone, "until I— I had promised to marry him "Promised to marry him Aunt Agatha's expression was now appalling. "Marry him Some common cad, whose very name we don't know, and I do know his name, aunt. interposed Minnie. hat. is it, pray? Tom Jones or .Tack ■Robinson?' scoffed the elder lady, with an unparalleled effort of sarcasm. eoither. aunt. It is the Ear of Aorthover—Charles Bidding's brother." So, yon ?ee. CWles dweti his fortune to the ear., his brotuer. The earl owed his generous impulse to Minnie. And Minnie on-ed her opportunity to the pipe. If you took the opinion of these three oersons, adding Aunt Agatha and Maud, you would probably find them to concur in Minnie' original verdict upon the said pipe—that it was a regular clinker

WAR OFFICE PREPARA- TIONS. MOBILISATION OF ARMY CORPS FOR HOME DEFENCE. Much excitement and commotion were cilust,il in London on Saturday night on it becoming known that an "emergency letter" bad betii issued from the War Office to the City audhoritic-s and 30 Me tropolitan boards i f guardians. Tho lotter is signed by Surgeon- colonel Churchill, principal medica1 ;>ffiow for ihe Home Department, and asks whether, "in event of a war or invasion, the guardians would be prepared rt0 allow the War Department to utilise the infirmaries for the mobilisation of the Army Corps for the home defenoe." A representative of "Lloyd's" was a.b once dtspatched to make inquiries, and found that many of the authorities circularised had already sent replies. In some ifst-aneea it ws-" sSuted tliat p-,esclit the infir- maries would be inadequate to meet the re- quirement. The clyk to the City gu-nVhans was instructed by them to say that they would do everything in their power to assist in t,me of invasion. At St. Giles'a they had 256 beds all occupied, and the guardians would take immediate steps to raise the number to 200. Other inquiries at tho Service clabs elicited replies from naval and military men that never in their experience had the War Offioe so sud- denly issued such an alarming document. They cc-uid not account for its issue on any known grounds, and the gravest surmises were indulged in. At the War Office itself no information was allowed to be imparted beyond the fact lhat the letter i* an "emerjfei'cy" one, and that, further action will be tsucen when the whoie of the guardians' replies have been received. A WAR OFFICIAL'S STATEMENT. It is stated by a war official that the extra- ordinary" circular issued 111 the Secretary for War to the London parochial authorities asking if their infirmaries could be nsed in tbe event of war or invasion was simply part of the homo defence scheme.

I THE ARMENIAN ATROCITIES. i POWERFUL ODE BY SIR LEWIS MORRIS. A CALL TO CHRISTENDOM. ATTITUDE OF THE GOVERN- MENT. Our London contspondent telegraphs: — I am indebted to the courtesy of the editor of the London "Daily News" for permission to wire you the following powerful ode from t.he pen of Sir Lowis Morris, which will appear in his paper this (Mouday) morning. The ode, I am informed, was written by request of the Armenian Committee — ARMENIA, A.D. 1894-5. Deau by their ravaged fields And blackened root-trees' chill, To-day oia- martyred brethren, lie; White on the blue autumnal sky Ararat's sacred lull, Ùn tht; forlorn and ruined plain Uncaring seeins to smile— Uncaring for the blood, the wrong, the guile, The hopeless griefs, the oft-repeated pain. The innocent lives defiled, the supplication vain; The apoiler robs and preys, Wiili rape and torture for his daaiy work. Unchecked, the wolfish Kurd, tormeutM and slays. Th' obscene, ineffable Turk, False heart, and glozing longue, Fills all the haplws la.ud with lust and blood. Into the murder pits are. Hung The sire, the mother with her unbom child, The virgin lives defiled. Or if escape there be, 'tis through the shaane Of souls too wtak to vow the Holy Name, Or theirs who, from the dreadful precipice, Veiling their desperate éyes, Plunge with their children th:x>ugh the void to gain, Dvins:, release from pain. What! Has (rod's thought* forgot His veople'q woes? Doth His averted ear No more their cries of hopele^iF anguish heo.ri? The wa.il for precious lives which now a.re not? Shall not the All-seeing eye Look downward from the dumb, unheeding sky, And with a glance confound the might of ill? Shall the oppressor still, Through endless a-ons wreak his fiendish will? Ravish and rob and murder in the name Of that dark Antichrist, whose rule of .;mmo Llighte the dead Ea,It? For whom the spear, the sword. And ruthless honors of unsparing war Are weapons fitter far Than a.re the futile forgeries of his word. Who. knowing not 'ompagsioti, yet maktt sure With prayer from iipJ oapure Of Paradise-—no place of innocence— Of white-winged hope immense— But a foul lazar-house of lus* and sense. And this, our Europe strong, inch at a. common altar boasts to kneel, Shall no compassionate yearning come to move. No slirring.s of fraternal love, For these, our brothers, who have pined so long? Shall she no pity feel, For these, the martyrs of our faith, who sigh Tifading the cold and sunless ways of death, Lcng- ere they gain to die? Strong Russia, champion of the Christian East, France, through whose soul, too generous to forget, The ardour of St. Louis pulses yet? Our noble England, with the years increased. To hold tb gorgeous Ortent in fee; And her great elci^<t daughter, she Who sits ucru-t and free. A crowned Commonwealth from sea to rea? Skill th<*>e, -unmoved by the long post of pain, Wait till tho tide of blood returns again? And watch a,wain their helpless brethren die? These, who upheld or gpswred the waning secular lie? Nay. nay. it is enough, enough; no more Shall black Oppression rule, her reign is o'er. No more, 0 Earth, no mere! No more, forbid it, Heaven- Arise, 0 puissant Christendom, be tftrori^; God's Voice within thee calls, the Voioe of Fate— "Donfound this monstrous tyranny of wrong. Let love prevail, not h*te!" With you the future iee! TV ere shame, indeed, if mutual jealousies* if ocv. aid fears. Adding fresh force to Fwell the sum of ill. Proiong tiie accursed reign of pam and tears, Am. bade again a hapless nation bleed. SiKOonr the weak, drive back their utiles foe*; Let not despair afflict your brethren still. Let the new -coming a* a. kappinr birth. Bless these wa.ste places of the suffering earth- Let peace, with law, the tranquil valleys fill, And make the desert blosnom au the Aug. 17, 1895. LEWIS MORRIS. SPIRITED CONDEMNATION BY THE ANGLO-ARMENIAN ASSOCIATION. On vSat-uiday the Council of the Anglo.Anne- naan Assciat'iun, in*>v, under the presidency of Mr (J. E. Sciiwaim. M .P. The lion, member 1 he wa«5 fill ad with gratitude to Lord Sails- bur> -or his solemn and sp^oific declaration tuiit the rule of the f>ultau in Armenia and »lscwh«re nuwt b'o mended or it would be ended. But Loio .Salisbury had done more than By a J'eiiiiarkai(_« letter to tilio tree-furen w the Armenian Relief Fund he had wiown thai he had reversed the disastrous policy of the past. eighteen .nx\rS of scieenmg the fc>ultan ajid the infamous gaug of mur- dereni, r >bbeni. and ravishers who took their orctrj Îi urn Y ildu: Kiosk. The Prims Minister had published to the world the Icrnbla story of Armenian fugitives \iandering home- less and nuked m the forest around the Sas- sotm villas and existing on rooty and grasses, winch they shared with the beast; of the held. ? 5,0)0 persons who had esta-ped fciibre and bullh-t of Turk and Kurd were now aWutely des^tut*. Mr. Gladstone's great (ieliverance at Chester had been fol. lo«ed by Lord S-Lsbmy with an utterance of ajul„value- here was not a cay to lo;c For ten mouths the late Uovtrnii.eut had waited and hesitated, and tuhmr ted to the insolent replies of the Sultan U: J :'u n h^ome tired of tiiiling with Jiuatuated JioV^ign and the Minister i ''IK('V a"ow tjiat Lord Salisbury knew he liaa the nation a-tiiin back, and ho wa« sure that inula, Canada,arid the Colonies were at one with us in the demand for justice, he hoped that the Government reforii a would be demanded simul- taneously with the British men-of-war dropping a;.chor within sight of the palace of the Sultan, there to remain nntil everv i!in<x;eiit prisoner had l>een leii-as^l, and free access to Sa«soun err tited to di.tn hutors of relief sajit from iLngiand ancl Amer^ja..—A resolution was passed thanking the Prime Minister for his solemn declaration in Parliament respecting the terrible oppression of tho Armenians in Turkey, and, in view of the continued persecutions, appealing to her Miiieaty's Government, to no longer delay effective and adequate ;«medial measures under permanent European control. A hope was ex- pressed that generous offerings would 1-e made to I.ho ArmcniiWi Relief Fund Oil Sunday, August 25, bv congregations throughout the United Kingdom. REPLY OF THIS PORTE A Renter's CoT";t:mthtopie telegi-aM on Satur- day says :—The reply of the Porte to tho last communication of the Biitish, French, and Russian Ambassadors on the subject of reforms in Armenia was made this evening, but its tenour has not transpired.

IMMIGRATION OF ALIENS TO ENGLAND. LETTER FROM TTf i," CHIEF RABBI. Mr. John Evans, a gentleman stront-ly in sympathy with the alien Jews, recently wrote to the Rev. Dr. Adler, the Chief Rabbi, urging him in view of correspondence which has massed between members of the Government and"the Anti-Aiien Immigration Association, which, Mr. Evans said, made it clear that Lord Salisbury's Government seriously contemplated legislation for the prohibition of pauper alien immigration, to at once take steps "to prevent poor Jews who arc not compelled to leave their native land in consequence ot religious persecution from com"ig to this country and competing with British woncmen and then own co-religionists already settled here." Chief Rabbi Ad!«r has replied as !,)I luws: Dear Sir,—! am in receipt of your letter of the 9th inst., and beg to thank you for the sympathetic terms in which you write concerning the problem of alien immigra- tion in HO far as it affects my community. The ¡ administrators of our various charities—more especially of our Board of Guardians—use every available means to discourage the migration to these shores of all who are not victims of persecu- tion, and I endeavour to second these efforts in wy communications to the various rabbis in Russia and Poland, by pointing out. to them the congested state of the various trades in this country, and the grave difficulties tha.t would I confront new oomei-: in their endeavours to I obtain a livelihood." T «»!■« .mvjw..

It is stated that the <lre.-s to !>s worn by tho FfliiprtMS of Ruesria at the coronmbion ceremony neit year has just, beeu ordered in Paris. Ik is to lie decorated with pearls and gold, mar- vellously worked, as a OMt) of over L.OOO.OOOf.

INTERNATIONAL CYCLING. HE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD. MICHAEL WINS A BIG RACE, A Renter a Cologne telegram on Saturday says :—The principal event en to-day'a pro- pamine ut the internaoionai cycling meeting litre was the amateur mile championship of the world. IVenty-eight competitors started, r.'nd the race was run in seven heats. The first and second placed men in these competed m the three intermediate heats, and amonir the number were F. M. Wcatherln- (Lwvislaui), E. *°t^ arliS^e^ ChenT ), -Hid A. J. Wf at.son (Hounslow). in the intermediate hfuts Jaap Kden (Arnheim), W. Henir (Chris- tnu-ia), Ingeman Petersen (Denmark), A. J Cheri-y (England), <T. 8c-haaf (Colr<ne), a.nd A. J. Watson I ling) and) were placed, and of these Eden, Henir, Petersen, rnd Schaaf were left in the i'mal. The Dutchman eventually won the cltainpionship, Petersen being second and Sobaai thii-d. A IJdlldrc.>d kilometres—nl.out 62 iniles—o]>'ii profes.-iional world's cliampion- ship, witli pacemakers, followr-d, and in tin., J. Michael i England) proved an MMy winntf. He rode in splendid style, and crossed the line three miles in frmt of Luyte-n (Antwerp), who was second. Time, 2.h. 24min. 53 2-5sec. Hoffmann (Munich) was third, and Gerges Grata fourth. Olx,l (Frankfort) gave up after cover- ing half the diFtanc?.

THE PROFESSIONAL CHAMPION- SHIP OF THE WORLD. A Reuter's (.ologne telegram on Saturday says :—Trie international cycling meeting was held here to-day. The one mile professional iace for the championship of the world was IUII in heats—the first two in the preliminary heats to run in the final. The first, in which four started, was won by Banker, of New York, Huet, of Brussels, being second, and Protin, of Liej?e, a good third. Only three men ran in the second heat-, and Protin, on the strength of his good performance, claimed to run in the nnal. This was allowed, and he succeeded in nnal. This was allowed, and he succeeded in winning the championship in 2min. 31sec,, after a close race with Banker, who was only beaten by a few inches. Tho next event was the inter- i stional team race of ten kilometres for ama- teurs, the result being decided by point* Tin- race was run in four sections, five in each. The Dutch team were victorious with nine points I iMifjland and Belgium tied for second place with eleven points each, Germany was fourth with fourteen points, and Denmark fifth with f'fteen point?. The one kilometre tandem race for amateurs resulted in a win for H,if maim and Eisenriehter, of Munich, Ha.utvast and Borisowski, of Brussels being second. No other foreigners competed.

ANOTHERLONDON MYSTERY FOREIGNER FOUND IMPALED. An extraordinary discovery was made in Soho, London,, early oni Friday morning. A lad passing by Wimlour-streeb heard vrroans in the neighbourhood of the SwiiM Hotel in Compton-streei, and sens a woman to fetch a constable. The policeman climbed over the. railings and found a. man hanging by his arm on some spikes sur- rounding the churchyard of St. Anee's. The man was naked but for a vest, which was smo- thered in blood, and he had, it is said, been stabbed. It seined possible that he had fallen or been thrown from the window of the hotel. The policeman, who had the unconscious man taken to Chafing Cross Hospital, said he never saw suoh a ghastly sight—the injuries were so terrible. Subsequently it transpired that the man was Joseph Galvoni, the second waiter at tli8 hotel, and it was averred that he had fallen from a fouxth-storev window on to the iro-i railing. Six hours after his admission to the hospital death came to the poor fellow. At the hotel it is not believed to be a case of suicide, for the man was in unusually cheerful spirits when he was last,seen shortly after midnight. There are indications that he had been sick, and it is supposed that, leaning out of the window, he overbalanced himself. However, it is said that the man himself before his daath made a statement of a serious nature, the truth of which the pohoe are investigating.

TEMPERANCE REFORM. MANIFESTO BY THE CONSERVA- TIVE UNION. THE DEFEAT OF LOCAL VETO. The Press Association srtatea that the National Conservative Temperance Union has drawn up a manifesto to the temperance electors of 'the 0 nited Kingdom. In this documens the executive committee declared that they be- heved that the contemptuous dismissal of the Local veto Bill by the country ha-i cleared the way for the consideration of "other proposals, which dhall be free from the fatal charge of confiscation and unfairne..f. and the new far- liament will, doubtless, be prepared to accede to the moderate demands of the true temiptTanee woikers, what they would not. even be flaked to gran: to the self-styled temperance uarty. Any proposal for licensing reform must in- volve a reduction of licensed houses, and the sweeping away of a portion should, afford a claim for adequate and equitable compensation to those dispossessed, tho funds for the puroose being supplied by the licensees allowed TO re- main, and in some such proposition Mr. 'ilad- ftone has expressed his concjrmtce The licensing authority, too, is a it.a-u-r for con- sideration, and ether -points, such as the sup- prespion of bogus clubs, might be named as matters for inclusion m any settlement of the question.

EXTUAORD1 NARY SCENE AT A FUNERAL. AN INDIGNANT POPULACB An extraordinary scene .took place at the fuiL'Tal (Y, Suiiday at Anheld Cemetery. Liverpool, of t!t'3 boy Fr"d. son of Dr. he rw iln (JOnu-'c':lori w^h whose d«,-ath Patrick O Cu.llagh.vn is awaiting trial on a charge of wilful murder. The revelations at the in- quest as to tihe relations between Mu. Ireland an.d O'Callaghan, who were drinking together at the tiine the boy met hia death aroused great indignation among the pt.pul.tw, and several thousand per. on* aascm bled at tbo cemetery and hooted Mrs. Lebind. who had to be protected by the police. On return- ing after tbe funeral theorowd tried to sur- round her carriage, and she rcaclnx1 home with diinoulty. 'w.A'

ANOTHER LIVERFOOL TRAGEDY. SEQUEL TO A DRUNKEN QfT^R 'ilL Another shocking affair took place at Liver- pool on Sunday, resulting in the death of a labourer named ;:>tc;>11<!1I JJocherty. and another man named William O'Neill quar- relled en Saturday night. Thev had bt n drinking. The quarrel wns resumed on Sun- day, when O'Neill gut on the roof of a house in Mansfield-street and Commenced to throw bricks fro in the chirp ney-i-dack at deceased, who "'a.$ in the street below. Deceased oncieavoureo to get on to the roof of the house onposite, but wao struck with a brick, and fell head foremost to the street, where he was picked up daad O'Neill has been arretted an,1 charged with the murder of Loeherty.

THE MADAGASCAR EXPEDI- TION. RETURN HOMÐ OF FRENCH TROOPS. A Reutor's telegram from Marseilles on Sum day says iteamer Yanetsee, which arrived here to-day, brought back 136 .French soldiers from Madagascar. Ninety-seven of them were convalescent, and thirteen were still on the sick list. Three soldiers died dnrnig the voyage.and ten invalids were left behicd at Zanzibar and Port Said, as they were not in a fit condition to t'ave any further.

THE REBELLION IN FORMOSA. CAPTURE OF A STRONGHOLD. A Dalziel s telegram from Shanghai on rilun- day ;.¡\y,¡.: -.ACJortl: 1I.g" tu report? from Formona, a Japanese force, under General Kuwiwnura, and Colonels Vaito and Yanmue, atta-ked Sninchiku. an important tv on the south-west ooast of the inland. Shiuciiiku was the stronghold of Llu-.luug-Fu, leader of tho Diack Flags and reliels. Two Japaueee gunboats co-operateu wit);, lim farces on shore, ttte coupeq,,iez)k-k) be¡Ilg that Lui's soldiers were caught between two fires and utterly routed with gro3t loss. ThO" rubelhon in Formosa ? now practically OVIT.

M-1. A finfl wh:ch may prove to I" vniuabl*. has 1"11 H1'fi., liv hdiourcrs >vho, in (rnarrvinT at Lottorkcnny. struck upon a quantity of silver are. An isvMOUsnatiau will ha nmrU.

PRINCIPAL JOHN HHYS IN CARDIGANSHIRE. INTERESTING ADDRESS AT ABER- AYRON. A TALE AT "MORIEN S" EXPENSE. Mr. John Hugh Jones, mayor of Aber- ayron, and Mr. John Morgan Howell, chair- man of the Cardiganshire County Council, Raited on Dr. John Khy. principal of Jesus College, Oxford, who. wiiih Mrs. Rhys, is staying at Abe ray r on. and induced him to promise to address a meeting, which was held at the Assembly-rootn on Friday evening Councillor John M. Howell presided. Principal Rhys spcloe for an hour and a quarter. He first refe,rred to his investiga- ttons since he had arrived at Aberayron. He nad visited Llanllyr, Aljenneuriir, and 1'ian- hnangcl Yatrad, also their own churchyards and churches, viz.. Llanddewi Aberartli and pjenfynyw. He had examined an inscrip- tion on an old stone in tho eastern wall of t.he church of Henfynyw, and i.nd been able t!? i decipher the r-jla,raC(^,rs< -vvliioh signified "Tygeyrn" or "Teyrn," which might IK- synonymous with tlhe word "Lominus" in La,tin, which might mea.n "a head of the fflimlj7 or of a "clin." Tho charac-t^rs led him to believe that it was a sixth century stone. He found that the most, important stones belonging to Llanddewi Abc-iiu-ch had beeu removtd to Dolaeron, and placed in a. rockery there- The* might be eighth cen- tury stones. One was of considerable inte- rest, and the characters, apparently, signified that a patronymic of his had, in considera- tion, probably, of some virtue, had the stone placed in the church to his memory- (laughter) for the cams Mas Rys ap Rhys. After touching upon oihei local topics, the learned doctor pleasantly discoursed on the probable meaning of the names of places which he had seen since lie had been in Cardigan-h i re. Xeqr Llan- PTanotf he ia-id there wsw a name whioh puzzled him entirely, called "Ir^ihtyn." There was a Ot.-stell Lou1 ityn and Ynv« TIOC-ititIn. When he did not know h." preferied- to say 00 than to build up a number of hypothetical theories, however plausible. He remembered when he first beewme acquained with the late Lord Abcr- dare that he remonstrated wit.h him. The noble lord uk-(] to quwtion him as to the meaning- of this and that, and he had to confess he could not answer. "Ah," replied Lord Aberck-re, "you are shairanins! "No, I am not." said he. ''Well, aJ!j I can say," replied Lord Alierdare, "is tJiat if I asked 'Morien' he world give me an answer." (Much merri- ment). "Then," w, d he (Dr. Rhvs). "I oati I only recommend you to to Morien' (Great lougihSter.) Princ'pa-l n.h.q en«oha.sise<l the point whidh he had refer-d to at Newquay, viz., that the more he looked into it the more he ;belieAred thit the uihil«-"t^ of Wales indicated he boundaries of the tnbal territories. ■A rote of th.ankrf to Prineipai Rhys was moved by the Rev. Daniel Joues. M.A., vicar of Lfunipetei'. and secombnl 1w Mr. Thomas Davie?, Oomipton. House," and a v,p to the chaiinnan, accorded on the motion c. Principal Rhya, ended a. very interesting occasion. v

GENERAL GORDON'S DEATH SLATIN PASHA'S ACCOUNT. Slatin Pasha gives in the "Saturday Review" a fuller account than has been hitherto made of the death of General Gordon. The Pasha says —"I was taken in the M&hdi's suite to Khartoum, and when we arrived at the walls the Mahdi a.sked me to write a. letter to General Gordon calling upon him to surrender. Accordingly I wrote a letter in German, which no one in the Mahdi's camp couldoontrol in any way, and it was duly despatched. No answer, how- ever, was returned, and from that, as well as from other indications, the Mahdi con- cluded that I had not carried out his wishes. Therefore, he cast me into chains. For the next eight months I waj very badly treated. The chains were so heavy that I could scarcely rise up at a'd. When we moved from place to place I was put on to a donkey, and two men walked by the side to prop me up. The object of this was to prevent my escaping into Khartoum, which thev sus- pected I intended to do. When Khartoum fell the Mahdists found certain documents which they considered incriminating, so they increased my irons and their severity towards me. Within an hour of Gordon's death his he 1 was brought to me in my prison, wrapped' up in a cloth, which they unfolded before me, I had no difficulty in recognising it at, once. For some reason or other they had taken it into their heads that I was Gordon's nepheuv, and no amount of arguing could disabuse them of that notion. They thought thev recognised a 'ikeness, and they kept repeating that we both had fair hair and blue eves, as if that A-ere conclusive. Gordon defended Khartoum as well as it was possible for him to do under the cir- cumstances. I think Gordon might have escaped from Khartoum, had he wished to do so, at the test moment. He was killed cn the top of the ,t.epqo of the palai during the first rush of the invaders. C in of the foromost men plunged a spear into ,1 body he wM dTa.g2ed' down the steps in a w'iV, tumult, and pierced through and through by countless spears."

CRUEL PERSECUTION. APPEAL BY A VICAR. The vicar of Great Wyiley, Walsall, has sent this letter to the '-Timet! — Sir.—Scire unknown pernon im-: sent for the la«t three years, ar.d still continue? to send, a ialle num- ber if letters and j'0o:'trœrds j" my name to clergy- men, solicitors, detectives, managers of newspapers, nnd 1rallt't-JJ,¡..n generally ankmjf them to do a num. bei of UmiEM too me. He hail forced my signature, itnd hip-handwriting; and M.yle of compOó<it.ion are such r.s to :i'HV-' cue believe tluit his eemimiiiicatioiiti nvist be i^nuaie. Ctergyineniare Mk/'(l to f-Moe end take, funerals fi r me cr visit f-oine dying person, who, it is alleged, is wishini; to bee tl*eii!. Solicitors are in- formed ti I., if they culted here without deiav they" should have .•jome valuable information h-oin Dftectivc" .ire nuked to call here, when they would be comm^iourd by me to undertake some ecrct and Manager)- of nctYgpapcrs all over the eounky are requefti.Hl to insert- in their not: CfS vf births. HutrrofiY*, and 01 hre matterv for which thert i" no foundation whatever. Trades- man of almost tvery de^ription art iec,vie«t"d to 8"n.1 to my house wines, gtttHtg. m-dir-ines, books, fur. niture. ciotiic?. Fni,mt h.ptrnii»'ii(f, and a hr.dt ot other thiiii!8. in numeroui eases the rcquesto ecu- tallied in these tlctitious comuiunicatiuis have, betn at once complied with: and the people to wliom thev were iiddreivvjd have either called pr-ivnnaHy or the thinjrs asked for. They liave therebv been nut to a ircent deal of unnecessary trouble and expense ] he person who in engaged in tilin evil IHJ8il!fotI;; seeing to have no repml fof t-hfe time, convenience, or i'n- ten-8t any on:?. AU he sceme to care for ia gratify his c.vn desire for fuu or revfonje. I j, leave, therefore, to caution all pprgona asainst acl cepwng. without, inquiry, any letters or^tioet-cmtU which may 'OT.K- to ilii-m with mv name and a(i. drew. As sucli forged communications are sent everv now and then by the forgM- to a,U narttT of tlie United Kiv.xdom. inciuditijj Ireland, the editors ot all the jiapers in Urn country would ec-ufpr a favour cot only upon jnyself, but upon the public at larjre if they would re-produce this letter in their coluinins' or in sorne other way caution their readers against th frauds.—I an!, sir, your obedient F-trvant c KDALJI, Vicar of Great lvyrley, AV'ulsull.

EXCITJNG RUN ON A FREWCH RAILWAY. A Dalziei's telegram from Paris savs An exciting incident is reported to have (tcctirr. d to an excursion train which left Boulogne on Thursday night. All went well until after pang, ing Amiens, when It was noticed that the roof of a compartment containing nine passenger.? was on fire. The passengers tried to draw the at- teution cf the driver and fraatd, but found the communication cord broken, and, as the flames were every second obtaining a firmer hold of the woodwork, one of the occupants at the risk of his life, went along the foot- boards to the guards' van, only to learn that the latter had no in-an* of communication with the engine-driver. Mean- while, as the train niched on, the flame* in. creased in volume, and 'tho pa-^enger.-t in a panic fired revolver shots to attract, the attri- tion of t))r)?p on the engine. Even this failed however, and the position of affair* was bt.- coming- most, serious, when the guard suc- ceeded in scrambling across the carriages to the engine. Th-* train was stopped, and the tire eventually subdued.

,¡. KENT OVERRUN WITH TRAMPS. ilte Central News Rittinifboume corresixm- dent telegraphs tha,t an uii|>u\x-ient^f{ rinmher if trampy are infeetinx Kwi and the county constabulary have, the great.*fc trouble to pro- tect property in the country ilfstricts. Fiv.. larue stacks of hay A'ur Bittimjhoivroa were d«Htioyed bv fre on Friday niglit, sup- posed to be the work of temps. '('Ii-■ work- hmisef ai-e filled to o\ erflowng. nnd one union has been eoinjK-lhxl to lihe a large' tent to provide fleejiinjr .iccomnicidi'tien.

# A it aflei mg: out to vis^t'^ J.(> 'dly .1 utli^r work« '«me (o the bu*t ;.f Man-us ,A>. > -av. "And tlrs. 'a 'o. Muruuftaci of lliiil

EXTRAORDINARY BLACK- MAILING CASE. CHARGE AGAINST AN AMERICAN ATTORNEY. At Bow-street iioiikx,-c,,ourt on Friday Ge-ortrey Athefetein Perkins, detSoribed an American attorney, was cha.rged on remand with demanding money hy ivuenacv.s from 1-nomas VVmdom, cofFce-house keepw, and die Kev. Irtdenck Williams, rector T>f Beittis- CDnuifcL liJ^don, (Jharinoutli, Dew-set. With regard to the limt charge, it wa? auegm that prisoner told the oorfee-hor.ge keeper that lie had been iiist-ructe1 by the National Vigilance Society to investigate a chaige of criminal assault preferred aoainst lorn by a girl with whom he had been "keep- ing company, and obtained 5K- to hush no the caf-e. With respcct to the second case, it was alleged that the ,on of ihie Rev. Mr. VVilliam.! Ix-caine intimate wirh a girl na.med Hai ids ford while he was u.t Ex^r College, Oxforo. ::nd that priscaier demanded from the father L5 for the return of certain letters re ting to the intimacy. Iiu Ttev. Mr. Williams, who gave li pvi. oenoe-ln-t-nief on the lapt occasion, was re- called for cross-examination. Prisoner ouea tioned him at some length, hi, object appa- rently being to expose the failings, or his v itnef« stated, in reply to the prisoner, that his fColt wa.s sent- down from codege in 1892 or immorality. Prisoner remarked" that them bd l:wn eight such cases at Oxford within a very phort- time, and asked for the produc- tion cf the correspondence between witnea:) and 1 JT, Jackson, of Exeteir Ooilegc. He that there was a second girl connecitcd with the case, and she liad been sent to ^i.m erxoa. In reply to further questions, witness said his SOli became intimate with the girl Hands- O' "'bile he was at home. Witness sent her mother a few pounds on the receipt of a letter from her stating that she was not very well off. Hi3 .son, who was now 22 years of a-ro, wtnt back to college, find took his degree fourteen ivl VS Did y<>« ever see the Vi °r r ke iiad in college with hin* y lr- Luslungton (the magistrate): You need not answer that question. It has nothing to do with this case. In reply to prisoner, witness said his pon went, to Australia in lJwmber last. On one ^r?1iPsr,Svnc"r wrote to him- "r am <'Ut of po ket jjyti; but, never mind, I will tske £ 5- X cion t like to act harstdv. in if 2 Hano.slord, the arid implicated Vx T, rH' gavi' evnience. She lived at Mo. W, Dodsoo.-street, Westminster Bridge road- with a man named Bottrill. She would be twenty year? of age r. xt month. She used to know Mr Erskme Williams, the son of the Rev. F. William*. The child was stillborn i»^e a«°* She met Prisoner in March, loy^V. tie accosted her in the street by Victoria Station. He asked tier where she was sroing. >he said home to Great Peter-street. He then asked her whether she had a child. She ad- mitted it, and prisoner asked her who tho (father was. Witness told prisoner it was Mr. Erskine Williams, of Exeter College, Oxford Prisoner said he was a private detective from Scotland Yard, and was employed to go about on business of this kind. He aeked wVtneHs if she had arnv letters fi o. Mr. Williams, and was told her mother had some. Prisoner wrote down in his y>oc-ket-book both the addresses She told pnisorier who young Williams's father was. Prisoner gave her an address over Westmin^ Bridge to come to when he would let her know whether he got Williams's letters from her mother. She called at prisoner's place, and he told n* lie had got the letters from her mother, and had written the Rev. F. Wiiliams. and he expected £5. Wittness was to have £2. Pri- soner also said he. expected £ 50 more before tie week ">v a out, VYrtne^ said she did not want any more money applied for, as Mr. •V i.hams had been very kind to her. Prisoner's only reply wa>, "I am a detectuve at Scotiand if 1 ^evv da>"s al'terwards prisoner ca.,wl upon her, and took her to the office of •aif ,?ma'e Society, near Charing Cross, one the'ra saw several ladies. Prisoner i>aid her mother wanted her to go into a home, and a«ked the ladies to assist her. Witney told him privately that she did not want to go to a home. "If yoa don't go," said the prisoner, "I shall take you to Scotland Yard." Tlrs fnghtened her, and Ac went to a home at II dotting HiU. She only stayed there one aitrht VVhen she returned to her room-, in Peter- street-, on the following mornii; ?he found a had stolen her clothing, which ?} ™ £ 3" A feu' a.'terwards ?he After 1'n priS.v'er ",tar W^tuiinster Bridge, -t v! Silnff bad occurred he said, for tir&iT, r>°%T? Why dc"r-'t YQU l)I',m' K, lL in I to the nflfioe of the J emale Aid Soc-etv. but failed to g-t h^r \h*V t!,at flid fhe 1 n ,ur! 'va3 arrested. She never authorswd prisoner to write to the RPV. F R U^M'Hins, or to make, inquiries on his behalf The accused was again remanded. -l"

PEMBROKE DOCK GARRISON ARRIVAL OF THE DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT. 0:1 &l.tttnlav II fternoon the 2nd Battalion of {11th), titider tho comn.and of Colonel 1). T Kinde- a-t_ Pembioke Dock from^ Vlv- mouth (V!a Ilfracomhe, bein- !'L mental T"1 th^e sea)" rogi- 'on etL. ^P' Preceded the regKn./nf- vessel "i>a, 01 a Ua: ]^Pai-tment store ti detachment of the same corps, -vith the women and children (an exceptionaih'large FR^R^VMOUTRTH^ T"™1 TRA'IN' DIROOT re-ment 7nn P^ced ng evening. The veC ti? StroriR' ":rwt from the T^ni 1 tl0 1,1Wr Camber" at HobV the short acclivity lead- o oin the Ordnanx-e Wharf, witlion) -nr oTth- FTT0-fi;ni'ntHjlateIy within the precinct neS.^ very fMV people wt- r,, rr^lv deoarkation m tins obscure and ^to4 Ae-Utter ''iwS iiu«l 1 !r'aab, ant:- WO would, in the iik! o-V Ve ?lven reghuent a iiearty sw/K^facini.hvrff"' ,ThV:zi:nent the \1 i hite) as the Wels-h Re2im°nt hud lu0 w™r>" X The it->i 5JT P',m tr:lln 0,1 Saturday. ^bi'it runs a pack oi beagle.

THE LLANDAFF PEERAGE. law? °f ^rd1 LiaiKia'ff- whi.di 1«1« Henry tf/^ tlie Ri^ht Hon. tlle » barony in ea'idom in in 1793> »d «« an oT Ant.p3.I T.' °U FtancLs M"t'.ew, many vciisM I, and Tliumaetoivn, •r, 1* -m x ^0r couutv Tippcr^ry in th" iV",„,cnt. b„t in-a!l firee a Ul I^era^e of Ireland only Th- -t 28 Irll <Hed Ul 1806' of the *V,a T • representative PTRER-s chosen at t IT' T,1- tbe tltle on Xmi i:~1 v. ""d«»«»». ..arnes, se^td earl, m 1833. It may be --n celecra^d iuher MaUiew, the apostle of ln Ird,and' v'as u,lh!terally a relative 01 tins who always sp^lt their nwies as MaW" not '"Matthews, them «« "Landaf/ bemg spe1t b-v J

MINERg PROVID KNT «O^IEXY. QUARTERLY MEii AT CARDIFF. The ordinary qaatt^- ni&etin,r of t)¡f' board of management of the Miners' ]Jrovi- dent Society was lick at the Institute of Louis -'vl()i- (in the Davies, W. B Maaw T U. gtv' ulK,!no's •I Pri-e T m 1 kJ'Ite,u' Hughes, F'N L'T Llewel-Vri> Jenkin Hcw^li (auditor), G. L. (Jamplxdl (Pai-liamentai-v ^tary), and Evan 6wen Igeneral thi'i quarterly statement of accounts th' t th ?Ubn?ltte,a b-y tl'« sec;etnry. showul 11 th' t th ?Ubn?ltte,a b-y tl'« sec;etnry. showul that the momljers contributla.s for the qaai-ter amounted to £ 12,761 proprietors^ TOtageS, ^2,795. Tlie £ 011^ £ 470^- ,.«r'T uneraI allowances, Siihl^n £ 24oi WS' £ 2,66°; Velief miKiren, i,404: disablement £ 6 736 There have been 48 fatal alci during ,:u> r'"a'v 48 members lost their \iVrr: !,undred and thirtv-nine widows children, and 3,421 disabled members 14 becn relieved; 1,461 children were in receipt of annuities.—The question of ad- nge allowances was discussed, and it -was decided to print 20.000 copies of Mr. Tvlcv's scheme for old-ave allowances, and to cir- onlnte them.— A Urge nurnlier of specisl oa.ses were de-ilt with. nnd the proceedings terminated with a cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Tylor for his services in the chair.

Dr. 1 )on*\ who was organist ot Worceiter Cathedral for core than half a century, and ^(yidnct'ir of the mumc-al festivals T'early ti-e whulu of ikai fcuue. haa died at the i*e of 80.

ST. MARY'S PARISH CHURCH SWANSEA. THE CONTROVERSY AS TO ITS being RE BUILT. JUDGMENT OF THE CHANCELLOR. The Bi-hop of Swansea presided at a oon- ^tory tWt at St. Pelt's Chun*, Carmar- then on Saturday, to receive the judgment of the chancellor of the diocese of St. Da;vid'jj (Mr. J. E. Ol-Iivant) in re3p,<jt- of th.e petition made by the vicar (the Kev. Canon Smith) and the churchwardens of St. Mary's Parish Church, Swansea, for a faculty to take down, re-b"ild £ T"Z 'R"*RE R* l>a.rket, acting for t3i*« dioceean retfisrrar (Mr. J. H. Barker), Ca-non Smath, and Mr, Woods, solicitor for the petitioners, and Mr. E. H. Plant, solicartor, Colonei Morgan, Swa.nrieo,, and faililly. THE JUDGMENT. The Chancellor, in his judjfment (rtad by ilhv president), explained thait the petitioners in the case I'VI,TO the VMW and four church- warden,s of the parish cJimx-h of St. Mtuy. Swan- seti, and application was mads to the amatory court of the diocese on the 3Is* of July kts<t at Carmarthen to tfraufc a faculty to authorise the pulling down of the pnssvnt cilunxh with the exotiption of the Herbert Chapel, a.nd to build a new church in the Early Pointed thirteenth century style, contaiining 1,206 edtitiiiifs, at a cost of £ 24,000. incorporating- and regwirins: t-he Herbert Clriwl and throwing it open to tlio church. The assents of the owner of the Herbert Chapel and of the liiiy rector, u-o regards toe chancel h'ad !>een lodged in the registrv, auci tho stipulations of the latter will be em- botiiixl in the faculty. Objections oil various grounds had been filed on behalf ot Colonel Morgan and. laniily and of the Vivian fanuly. lie, wa,? relk-ved from specifying these o-oiec- tions in detail, some having been wilth- drawn, and modifications of the petition in the direction of greater sanitary precaution, and in'L further stringency and definition of the course, to bo adopted with regard to the removal of bodies, cure and re-placement of tombstones, memorial tablets, and objects of antiquarian value, and the arrangement of the heating apparatus, having been agreed to. The grant- ing permission to remove old and interesting features to which association and eentinum't attached was not a pleasant task, but when con- siderations of over-balancing advantages* occurred, it would not be always right to allow arcnaxwognoal sentimenti to prevail. In the report and subsidiary statement of the archi- tect the case (of St. Mary) was stated so clea-rly that scrupJes seemed out of place. It. must be borne in wind how many fine churches and cathedrals we owed to the fact that our nre- decessora dismissed all scruples as to pulling down where they desired to Ibuild, or, by en- largement. make churches better adapted to the. requirement& of Divine worship. He had come to the conclusion that, in order to build a, mother church worthy of Swansea, a.nd for uie oeiter accommodation, convenience, and comfort of the parishioners in accordance with their wishes, it would be a more String memorial to bishop Cower to build an enlarged and har- monious successor to what remained of his c-iiurch than to carry out any loss satisfactory .scheme It wa» proposed to ie-build the iave. «nf i'U onn TUluVe- ,aT1 estimated. (»&t of i.14,000 to which the £ 700 alluded to must be addud, and subsequontl v the eastern portions at a cost of £ 10,000. Towards the first portion a sum of £ 10,563 was deposited with the Glamorganshire Banking Company. Swan- sea, and bonds had been entered into by the vicar and Sir J. D. Llewelyn respectively for the sums of £1,000 and £ 3,500. He was not disposed to view favourably the vicar binding- lnrnseU to so generous, but heavy, an obligation Wit having givendiim'an opportunity of re-con- sioermg the matter, and he having collected a further sum of £1.000 since the £ 9,500 at the date of the petition, and further in considera- tion of the long delay and the desire of the parishioners to see the work begun, he (the chancellor) had resolved to interpose no further' stipulations which miyht have an irmirous effect. He, however, expressed a. hopa that the vicar's obligation* might soon be materially diminished. He (the. chancellor) would r.ot bind himself to theiexaci proposals of the peti- tioai as to th" provision of the fund for the chan- cel by cash cur bond, but1 insertedtin».te8.d,"when, the said Hum of £ 10,000 vas guaranteed to t-bo satisfaction of the chancellor," The prayer of the petitioners wats, therefore-, grer ted. Two- years instead of fifteen months would be per- mitted for t.he completion of the navi from the commencement of the works, and the pro- vision just named substituted for that in the petition. Tho lay rector's assent to conditions annexed, the ajgi cement with Mr. Michael, and the modifications of t.he petition accepted by both parties would be recited in the faculty. The chancellor, however, made due reservations as to vaults, graves, and made a proviso that the present, chancel windows, tower, corbel, and any other interesting fea- tures possible to preserve should bo preserved also that if a new Holy Table be provided, that the one in use be preserved in the vestry, and t.ha.t, although the brasses find memorial* in the chsncl were sufficiently pro- vided for in the lay rector's conditions and those in the church and churchyard in the modifications to the petition. special care be taken to re-place the reputed monument of Bishop Gower in the chancel, the memorial to Bishop GOTO, and of the tomb- m"In stones commemorating "leuan Ddu" and Comer" as of interest to many outside the Church of England. Finally, permission was given for the works to be begun at any time after a period of fourteen day. from deiieverv of the jufigment without awaiting the actual receipt of the faculty.

NEATH AND BRECON1 RAIL-1 WAY. The report of the Neath and Brecon Railway snows that the gross receipts for the haif-yea'r amounted to £16,295. including JB297 rents fwd interest. The working expenses were £ 11,W6 leaving net receipts £ 5,278. The gross receipts ^>fTlo1.o00riVspolKll"s half-year of 1894 were ^11 H7I' 'P^ a°rkyiS >v.>ve { c^o *rc has, therefore, been a decrease ot 4.1,5^2 in the gross receipts and a decrease in the working expense of B858. ma-king a net decrease of £ 664. An amount of f,560, wiiH-fi had been kept- in suspense, is brought into the present halt-year's accounts. Out -if the hahmoo of £ 1.971 fro. +1,(\ last half-veu, a dividend of £ 1 4S p*r cent, y. annum was pad °!\ >1Py-v Oelitnuire Stock for the vvr 3"1. 18S4, alKorl )ing tho sum °wi. Ii a'm e;,vin^ a small (^bnce of £ 60. Atter .he payment of internet on the St.ok tor tho half-year, a.mounting *2-5Q?.*ndproviding £ 3.305 for the interest on the A 1 peljenture Stock, there remains thr-Tl^r?3- t Vva cnnV for the intereet- on tht vlR'Tlt',r' Stnck wiU IJOsted to the proprietor on SeptemW ?3

THE MISSING RI5LIFVI\T0- OFFICER FROM NEWPORT. Bolll^of C?kT m(20ti°Sof the Newport iio.ird of Guardians on Saturday (Colour' Lyne: presufcng) the Clerk read a leU- fmm the Local Government Board enelosiiv r»n hif offi Wm'SSm^ Mr- J- °" ««»ier 'from —The Ch-iitn r "n.^ pffiw and collector, nl.irf f o ,n sa,d tne ei>inmittee lnving' cnaige of the matter had defer-ed any act on until the special audit uhi-i, [ Tcc^ Oovernmont Board had been ask^Pto cr.n- wSntlthe f P<,Sifci0n ™ 0.0„«M "17 t'> ind™ { ar as "e nas able ./f' the ratepayers w^vdd llot snst-nn o fi nA1"a:1 )(>ss "y the unfrvrtuni.t* affair as the sureties would full,- r(, _T+ 1 u,!v cover the amount it was subsequently docidcl to proceed m the usual way by ndv^t-tiijement to the appointment of a successor at tlu- s-une -7, viz., £ 100 per annum, and 10 ^r cent, on the .sum ccLlected.

_1t1 HMWU RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR CARD! FF. A TONDU RESIDENT KILLED te-n Wa'3 on the Great We*. Tythh", Cl0ssin«' «-h"n '*peeiti tr;in V;v"-rd rim °?r I)r T*i> n f rendered by ,;• "f Bridgend, who ac,,rnpanied „_ .K.ua iy M!|k and di^l f-rom evhau.^ ion of n,m: on Sunday morning

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THE LATEST WELSH OPERA THE CONCLUDING PERFORMANCE. PRINCIPALS A TO CHORUS ENTER- TAINED BY MR. I'LETCHER. i>lJ:ry s new opera,, "8vlvia," concluded rt^i weeks run a-t- the iiweatie Royal, Caiditi, on Saturday evening-, when there was again a laige and ■enthusiastic auuienee. The composer and principals \vere again cordially received, but. tiMre was no rf-peet^h-niaking before the onrtiiiii. Immediately after the jjarformani. the principals and members of the ch^rup'sat down to supper --it. the invitation of Mr. Edward -Fletcher, in the Phiiliarmonio Restaurant. Mr. Edwuiru Fletcher presided. Among those pre- sent were Mrs. Edward Fletoher, Mhs Van ic4, 3! -ss Hannah .Jones, Dr. Parry, Mi. Menoelssohn Parry, Mr. Maldwvn Humphries, Mr. Meurig James, Mr. Franklin Clive, Mr. lom Stephens, Mr. Ambrose Mabbett (musical director). Mr. W. Quick (scenio artist), and Mr. W. T. Benjamin (acting- managei). After supper speeches were made by Mr. Edward lletsher, Dr. Parry, and..i.vr. Mendelssohn Parry.—Mr. Fletcher ",poke in reference to Dr. I arry's works, and said he considered that of "Svlvia" the inest of alL-Dr. Parry thankod air. and Mrs. Edward Fletcher for their kind- ness in placing his laxe«t work before the public, and styled Mr. Fletcher the "Sir Augustus fiarfl-te" of 'Wa'^s. AprJause.) Thanks were returned to the principals, chorus, and all those who had come forward to help TJV in* bad been an undoubted success. Mr. Mendelssohn Parrv also spoke.—The pro- ceeding*; concluded a.t twelve o'clock, after a. most enjoyable time. The catering of Mr. R. P. Lalley was all that could be desired.

VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE ARTILLERY INSPECTION AT BRfTON FERRY. The annuai inspection of the Nos. 5, 6, e, 'and 7 Companies—Briton Ferry. Neath, And bkewoii—ot the list Glamorgan Volunteer Aitilfery, together with the presentation of the long-service medals, took place on Satur- day afternoon. The companies mustered strongly at the Briton Ferry Armoury, and, headed by their brass band, marched four deep through the town, under the comnicoid of Major Gardner, to a field at Baglan. The rne;\ were put through the ordinary parade by Acbittteut Log-all anti Maj*s GttPdnw. The inspecting officer—Colonel Allen, R A., commanding Militia and Volun- teers Western District—accompanied by Colonel Sir E. S. Hill, K.C.B., M.T., arrived on the field, and was received with a gene¡;.tl salute. The inspecting officer then walked up and di»\m the i ;Liiks, front and reaa-, and examined the accoutrements most minutely, and aiter bemg put again through some iiKinxeuvres, a. square w-a-s formed, and an order -was given for the long-service men to fall o-xit and stamd in t.ht; centre. Colonel Aiien then presented medals to the fol- It, lowing eiaftit Tuen: —Quai-termasteiJ-ser- geant Dawkin, 35 yeaxs and three months; Sergeant Ilaymcnd, 27 years and ten months; Li-ethan. 24 yeans aaid one month; Captain Kendall. 21 years and eleven montlw; Sergeant Ball, 21 years and one month Sergeant Jenkins, 21 years and one month; Corporal C. Gunter, 21 yeara and one month and Gunner Price, 21 years. The gallant office-, in the course of his re- marks, said he thought that the men were entitled to medals a.3 well as the officers. The officers gave their money and the men gave their time, which was equivalent to money. It wa;s the firvt time that medals had been presented to the men of the Volun- teers, ain 1 lie was pleased to have the honour of presenting them, and complimented the corps generally on their soldierly a.nd clean appearance, nnd the order in which they had gone through their nel Sir E. S. Hill, in endorsing the remarks of the inspect i ng officer, saiu that he had known Quarter- mMter-rgea.nt Da.wkfn. one of the re- cipients of the iong-jjervioe medals, for many years. He had been a. Volunteer long before he had. IRe had taken great interest in the Volunteer movement at Briton Ferry since its formation, and was highly respected oy ofiicer.s and men. and be hoped that this would not he the last time that he (Colonel Sir E. S. Hill) would have the Sir E. S. Hill) would have the honour of being present at the distribution of long-service medals. Trie ccmpanieis then marched to the big gun, where repository practice was gone through and seventeen rounds of 64-plug shell were fired at a target 1.600 yards distant. Among the officers present were Captain and Adjutant Dent. C-iptain Kendall, Lieutenants J. M. Davev. F. H. Kcmpthornt. and Glover-, the chaplain (fclie Rev. D. Lewis), an 1 Ser- gea-nt-uiajore Applegate, Mil: and Baker. Amotipst the visitors were Mrs. Younf a.nd the Misses Young, 1Ifr". Flower, Baglan Lodge, and Captain Moore.

LOUD DEK BY AND C A K K- G-WRLE CASTLE. XHE RT^IDENTS ()¥ THE VILLAGE UP IN ARMS. The. resident-? of Caergwrle, Flintshire, have h.ken mother >tcp to vindicate their -alleged right to walk over Oaergwik- Hill. Lord I-Iciby, who claims the property, .recently sain- nirned several liovs for damaging s-onie liurdleo- elected to prevent what he asserts is trespass, nn.t (juently his lord:J:p'" a^ent erected a liOviee declaring that the grounds were private property, and that permission to visit the castle ruins and the grounds must be obtained from Mr. Eccleaton, of the Derby Arms I1111. A gang of men accordingly assembled at Gaer- gv-1 lt\ and, climbing the fence, a^eailed the pole 'a lii'i ^'le 110^x-lxxi!-d stood with an axo. A.though it was protected with iron bandd, it scon fell, and. amid cheers, the notice-lxwd was smashed ni" and the crowd then proceeded to the surnnct of the rü",t]e grounds, where they toon fell, and, amid cheers, the notice board that for more than half a. century they have oll.)oyed all unrestricted right to enter the castle grounds, and that they will not now abandon it.

AN ALPINE FATA LIT Y. SAD DEATH OF AN ENGLISHMAN. Mr. Benjamin Eyre, who only a few days i).fo went to Switzerland for a well-earned rest after an arduous practice in the Chancery Division on i nday morning fell off a precipice and was unmeoiately killed. The learned gentleman was IT 18Wthe vat V'e In'iei :|'emPl0 f-n Nov. 1(, 1869, and he devoted his attention to SSGASJ"

SHIPPING NEWS. SIGNALLED OF THE LIZARD. AUf. 16.—Passed East Steamer :Michigan, from Baltimore to London. Aug. 17.-Passed East: Znin. of Guernsey: Swifisure, of Sunderland No. 84 torpedo boat; I Taskar, of Glasgow Celeate, of Cardiff: Tor- pedo, of Hull Shelley, of London Marengo, from New York for the Tyne and Antwerp; I Hafis, from Philadelphia for Flushing; Hun- tfaria, from the West Indies for Havre and Hamburg Pioneer, of Manchester Umlazi, of I London for Gravesend. Passed West Alliance, from London for Liverpool Moel Tryvan (pre- sume.)), of Carnarvon steamers Weimar, of Bremen; Swan, of Liverpool; Prior, of London t Illinois, from Antwerp for Philadelphia, Cynthiana, of Glasgow Fulmar, from Antwerp for Cork: British Queen, from Loudon for Boston; Killarney, of Cork; Tyne, of New- castle Karoon, of West Hartlepool: Sulta-nll, of Hu)L—Wind. E., lifetht; weather, hazy; set, smooth; bar., 30'11, steady. Aug. 17. Parsed East: Steamer (presumed) America, from New York for London. Aug. 18.—Passed East Connanglit Eang'er. from Pi sag-u a for 1'almonth (in tow) steamers Trave (presumed), from New York for South- ampton Dungeness, of Glasgow llotba, of Newcastle G. K Wood, of Cardiff; Harriet, of Middlesborougli Abermaed, of Swansea Whi" stanley, of Dublin Blarney. of Cork three lighters in tow of Resolute, of London Titanic, of Belfast Robert Dickinson, of London; Nigel, of Bristol Darwin, of London: Moss Rose, of Liverpool. Passed West Steamers Burdon, Gf West Hartlepool Harpalus, of London; Barrowmore (presumed), from London for Swansea Paris, from Southampton for New York; Lancashire, of Liverpool- Southwick, of Sunderland; Hampshire, of Southampton Alacrity, of Belfast; Moravia, from Hamburg; for New York; Metlway, of 'i E5 London; John Morrison, of North Shields; Clio, of Bristol; Gertrude, of Middlesbrough ? Waesland, from Antwerp for New York; William Fisher, of Newcastle Minnesota, from London for Swansea; Denmark, of Copen- hagen.—Wind, SE,, light: weather, verv hazy; sea, smooth bar., 30 07, falling. SIGNALLED OFF THE MUMBLES. Aug. 17.- Wind, S.E., moderate: weather, cloudy sea, smooth. — ftt Roads bteame- Ilhubina, of Cardiff. Passed East: Steamers Ivanlioe, of G bsgow: ltubiuo, of Newport; Camel, of London Atlautique, of La. HocheHe. SWAK S' A A Tl MIVALS. M NORTH DOCX. Aug. 16.—Squirrel, oii c-ndti, Uariey. T.er.ora, 40. B8nistaf.Se, genei-al. (iood Templar, 62, Wexford nil. Deniarit!, 95, Ncwhaven, cement. AIlg-. 17.-H<A10r. 42, Aix-rthfnv. lirn<til<mca. Caffl" bria, 39, HaxMtttpif. ral. Ciime!, if, 226, Jjomioih via Cai-dhl, copjUH- I SOtJ-J'W I>OCK. Aug. 16.—Collier, s, 113, Bristol, general. Eleanor s. 7Ji, Caen, nil. Ami;a Cee.ille, s, 65l, Itom-n, nil- MtdwHV, s, 500, Ciuditf, gcnemi. Rer\'l, s, 12Z, Ot.l.iin, nj). Aujf. 17.—Prr-j;h-. s, 166, Dublin, Caroline- 49, Hidefoni, nil. PRINCE OF WALES DOCX. Au^. 16.—Eiuii, 1<. 60, )ie..port, tin. Clara, s. 184. Ayr, general. At-dantle&rg, B, 2,C36, Dieppe, fiuJt stcns*<. Aug. l'l-Hnhio, a, 950, Middlesboroucli, nil- Sir RMtum!) Oivuville, s, 1.7'14, Mictillesborougli. 1111. Harlingtou, n, 627, Lomlcn, nil. SAILIXGa. NORTH DOCJC. Aug. 16.Vr.zle Kdith (Stephens'). Neath. Dorothy (Grant), Newport (rnttt). Jane Monjriii (Gitvnt), Nttt" Ecss..fulien Marie (1 ebant), Mortaigae. Ltt. K«:helle, a (L'Hertnile), La Koehelle. Aug. 17.—Fitawilliani, (la.waon). Loudoti, VIa LMnelly. Emilie, g Philipjjeville. SOUTH DOCK Aug. 16.—Gleaner (Stunoti). Guernsey. ViXpJ) (Collins). I'ort!jj)d. Aug. 17.—Med way. & (Whyte), Gia«jfo\v. Pioneer, s (Ro-kett, ltouen. VKINClC OF WALKS DOGK Aug. 16.-Firdl.v, s yac'it (Davies), Tenby. Swan- sea, s rDinan), St. Nazairo. Edith, s (Thonu.e), Car- diff M.xlerator, s (Wiiliams), Carditf. Alpha. (f.11x011). As-onmouth. Ocean, 6 (Window.). Avon- 1l,('lJth. Aug. 17.—Knid, s (Wilton). CanPff. IMPORTS COASTWISE.—August 17. Ayr, Clara, s, general, Burg-et^ & Co. Barnstaple, 1.eno.l. general Livi-rjiool, Talbot, s, general, J. Bacon (Limited) Awrtliaw, Honor, 74 toils limestones. Silurnian Liuie Company Newport, Er.d. a. 105 tons tin-plates, William3" Torrey, & Field Neivbaven, Dcmuria, 150 tons cement, Order harnslaple, Cambria, genentl Ixaidon via Cardiff, Camel, ts, ^30 torn copper ore, Vivian Sons KXl'OUTS COASTWISK.—August 17, W l'itetable, John Ht/ni- n, 450 coal, Gwaun-oae-GurweH Company London. 1 i;H 163 copperas, Jowah Griffiths: 40 (oppi>raa, W. Be van & Co. Rinsale, T. Crowley. 150 coal, OoMherir 4- Co. Livf-rpool, Talbot, M. general, J. Baeon (Limited), Hifdibridfft), Jessie, and Emily, t, 110 cosvl, GellYci- drim C'oilicry Company Barnstaple, Lènom, 60 coal, T. T. Pasc^ Rool-csfcr, Pyrope, i-r, 500 coal, G. Thomas Jersey, Dauntless, 60 coal, T. T. Pajscoe NEATH AND B KITOIS1 LERRY-— ARRIVALS. Aujf. 16.—Hayle, s, 185, ballast. Aug. 17.—Lan'wley, 130, Pemnuioa. lxillaet. City ot York, s, 23, Bristol, soneral. Ortrficrine Sutton, 5, 140. Cork, ballast. SAILINGS. Aug. 17.-Hayie, s (OISJIJIO), Hayle..Alexander (Lilien- thal!), St. Petersburx- City: of York, H (Baker), Bris- tol. CLKAKE1).— AUGUST 17. St. I'ecersburfr, .Vlexandfr, Rus, blinks

THE OBGKEAVE MURDERER TO BE EXECUTED ON TUESDAY The execution of rl homaa Bond, who. at the la»6 »Staffopd«ljiro Asteizes, was convicted of the wilful murder of George Haokett, at :ho village of Orgreave, near I»iohiield, ha,^ been fixed by the hlgti sheriff (Mr. F. Alonckton) to take prace on Tueed-iv. The sentence pro- liounoed iby Jos^ioe Ha.wk-ins will 1)0 carried out within the precincts of Stafford Gkiol. The time iixed for the execution is O'CICK' iti the morning, and, an Oil the las* occasion when an execution, took place at Stafford,^ the axeoutioner will l>e Scott, of Huddersfifld. The oulpnt- has inaint.ained ■i sullen disposition in regard to hi" relatives, with none of whom has he corresponded. 0;' consented to have an interview sonee his c«»o- vietiou. Appl-ications for an interview froin them have b,-eii made, but the pri«oner is said to have ejcprenee<l a. wish not to see thevl- ,■ T110 v,"utleman wiio iict-ed as his solicitor dur- ing the trial :i1»k> sought an interview v-'ifh Bond. in atx-ordanoe with fin underwtnwni' between them before the trial, but on till I senting himself at the prison ho was in for i that Bond' had Ino wish to seo hi-ni. '-h"1 pri.-ioner'd health continues £ ood. and he and sleeps well. The Kev. Canon Aot' Itoinan Catholic cltaplain, has reprnlarly visit*3^ the culprit, who is sa.d to pay much 2. t+.enii,,Tk to the spiritual instruction lie. receives.

A FOOTBALLER'S ST RAN ROMANCE. At Heywood AYalliain Anthony Morton, a wC||" known football player, was charged ? attempting to commitsuioide. He i:i'l to get married,sund on.his mother desirincr to postpone itrprisonergrot a knifo and inliictc' n sliffht wourd'on his throat. Tho mr«»isi.ri»t<T disoharged him with » caution. J Printed and. I'ul^iisiu'd for the Pmnri^tors W 1)A VID ])AVtJ:S. at the Oftic-.v «f "South. Wales iiaily/l'oet, :/211,